1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 May in the Marketa Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic^[1][2] It was the first Czech Republic SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the second win of his career.

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date	17 May 1997
City	Prague
Event	1 of 6 (13)
Referee	Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium	Marketa Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Greg Hancock
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Tomas Topinka from Czech Republic as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23	24
1	5	(3) Greg Hancock	25		3			3					3					2					2	13	1				3
2	11	(1) Billy Hamill	20			2				1		3					3						3	12	2				2
3	16	(13) Tomasz Gollob	18				2				3	2						3			1			11	3				1
4	10	(14) Sławomir Drabik	16			3			3						2			1		2				11	4				0
5	15	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	14				3			3			E						2	1				9	8			3
6	6	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	13		2				2			X							3			2		9	7			2
7	8	(8) Chris Louis	12		0						2			3			2			3				10	5			1
8	12	(4) Tony Rickardsson	11			1					1		1			3						3		9	6			0
9	2	(12) Brian Andersen	9	0					0				2				1				3			6	11		3
10	7	(2) Hans Nielsen	8		1					2					3	2					0			8	9		2
11	4	(7) Mark Loram	7	3							0				1				1				1	6	10		1
12	9	(10) Leigh Adams	6			0		2						2					0		2			6	12		0
13	14	(6) Peter Karlsson	4				1		1					1		1							0	4	13	3
14	3	(9) Simon Wigg	3	2						0				0				0				E		2	15	2
15	13	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2				0	1							T		0					1		2	14	1
16	1	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	1	1				0				1				0				0				2	16	0
17	17	(17) Mikael Karlsson	–																					-	17
18	18	(18) Andy Smith	–																					-	18
Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23	24

Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th

Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN
1	(3) Greg Hancock	25	25
2	(1) Billy Hamill	20	20
3	(13) Tomasz Gollob	18	18
4	(14) Sławomir Drabik	16	16
5	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	14	14
6	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	13	13
7	(8) Chris Louis	12	12
8	(4) Tony Rickardsson	11	11
9	(12) Brian Andersen	9	9
10	(2) Hans Nielsen	8	8
11	(7) Mark Loram	7	7
12	(10) Leigh Adams	6	6
13	(6) Peter Karlsson	4	4
14	(9) Simon Wigg	3	3
15	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2	2
16	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	1	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Mikael Karlsson	—	ns
	(18) Andy Smith	—	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders