1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the third race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 17 July in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark^[1] It was the fourth Danish SGP and was won by Danish rider Hans Nielsen. It was the fifth win of his career.

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Information
Date	17 July 1998
City	Vojens
Event	3 of 6 (21)
Referee	Christer Bergstrom
Stadium details
Stadium	Speedway Center
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Hans Nielsen
Runner-up	Chris Louis
3rd place	Tony Rickardsson

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Brian Karger (from Denmark), Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and Lars Gunnestad (Norway) as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	Pre-Main Event										Main Event										Final Event
				Round 1						Round 2				Round 1						Round 2				1/2		CF	F
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	7	(7) Hans Nielsen	25												2					1				2			1
2	9	(18) Chris Louis	20	1						1				4					1				2	1			2
3	1	(4) Tony Rickardsson	18											2							1				1		3
4	17	(10) Jason Crump	16	2							2			3				1				2			2		4
5	23	(23) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	15		2					4			2			1				3		1		3		1
6	8	(1) Greg Hancock	14											1						2					3	2
7	22	(22) Brian Karger	12			1				2					4			2
8	10	(5) Mark Loram	10		3				2			1				2
9	4	(3) Tomasz Gollob	8														2			4			3
10	2	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	8												3				2			3
11	18	(6) Brian Andersen	7		1						3		1				1				4R	4
12	12	(14) Stefan Dannö	7				1				1				1						3		4
13	3	(2) Billy Hamill	6													3		3
14	5	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	6														3		3
15	20	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	5				4F	1				2					4X	4
16	6	(17) Andy Smith	5													4			4
Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
17	13	(15) Leigh Adams	4				2			3		3
18	24	(24) Lars Gunnestad	4	4					1				3
19	11	(9) Ryan Sullivan	3			2					4	4
20	14	(11) Armando Castagna	3			3		2					4
21	15	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	2		4			3
22	21	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	2				3		3
23	16	(16) Craig Boyce	1	3				4
24	19	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	1			4			4

Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event 1-4: First round 5-6: Last chance for second round 7-8: Second round 9-10: Last chance Main Event

Heats 11-20: Main Event 11-14: First round 15-16: Last chance for second round 17-18: Second round 19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals

Heats 21-24: Final Event 21-22: Semi-Finals 23: Consolation Final 24: The Big Final

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	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL
1	(4) Tony Rickardsson	68	25	25	18
2	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	46	18	20	8
3	(7) Hans Nielsen	45	8	12	25
4	(2) Billy Hamill	44	20	18	6
5	(18) Chris Louis	43	15	8	20
6	(3) Tomasz Gollob	40	16	16	8
7	(1) Greg Hancock	30	6	10	14
8	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	29	8	15	6
9	(14) Stefan Dannö	27	14	6	7
10	(22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	26	7	4	15
11	(5) Mark Loram	23	6	7	10
12	(9) Ryan Sullivan	22	12	7	3
13	(10) Jason Crump	22	3	3	16
14	(17) Andy Smith	21	2	14	5
15	(15) Leigh Adams	20	10	6	4
16	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	14	7	5	2
17	(6) Brian Andersen	12	5	–	7
18	(22) Brian Karger	12	–	–	12
19	(11) Armando Castagna	9	1	5	3
20	(25) Peter Karlsson	9	1	8	–
21	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	8	2	1	5
22	(16) Craig Boyce	8	3	4	1
23	(22) (24) Gerd Riss	6	4	2	–
24	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	5	4	–	1
25	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5	5	–	–
26	(24) Lars Gunnestad	4	–	–	4
27	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	3	–	1	2
28	(27) Jacek Krzyżaniak	3	–	3	–
29	(23) Robert Barth	2	–	2	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders