1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 7 August in the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England^[1] It was the fourth British SGP and first in Coventry. SGP was won by Australian rider Jason Crump. It was the second win of his career, after winning in 1996 London GP.

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date	7 August 1998
City	Coventry
Event	4 of 6 (22)
Referee	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Brandon Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Length	320 m (350 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Jason Crump
Runner-up	Jimmy Nilsen
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Czech Republic) and Joe Screen and Martin Dugard (both from Great Britain) 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	4	(10) Jason Crump	25														4X	2					2	1			1
2	8	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	20											3				1				2			2		2
3	7	(3) Tomasz Gollob	18												2					1				2			3
4	16	(9) Ryan Sullivan	16	2							1				1						3		1		1		4
5	5	(1) Greg Hancock	15														1				1				3	1
6	22	(22) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	14			2					2			2							2			4		2
7	11	(2) Billy Hamill	12			1				1				1						2					4	3
8	10	(14) Stefan Dannö	10		1						4	2					2			3		1		3		4
9	3	(4) Tony Rickardsson	8													1				4			3
10	9	(6) Brian Andersen	8	1						3		1				2					4	3
11	6	(5) Mark Loram	7													4			2			4
12	1	(7) Hans Nielsen	7											4					1				4X
13	2	(18) Chris Louis	6												4			3
14	12	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	6				1				3		1				3		3
15	21	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	5				2			4			2			3		4
16	23	(23) Joe Screen	5		2					2					3				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	15	(15) Leigh Adams	4		4T			1				3
18	14	(17) Andy Smith	4			4			1				3
19	17	(11) Armando Castagna	3	3				2					4
20	18	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	3		3				2			4
21	13	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	2				4	3
22	24	(24) Martin Dugard	2	4					3R
23	20	(16) Craig Boyce	1				3		4X
24	19	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	1			3		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	76	25	25	18	8
2	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	66	18	20	8	20
3	(3) Tomasz Gollob	58	16	16	8	18
4	(2) Billy Hamill	56	20	18	6	12
5	(7) Hans Nielsen	52	8	12	25	7
6	(18) Chris Louis	49	15	8	20	6
7	(10) Jason Crump	47	3	3	16	25
8	(1) Greg Hancock	45	6	10	14	15
9	(22) (23) (24) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	40	7	4	15	14
10	(9) Ryan Sullivan	38	12	7	3	16
11	(14) Stefan Dannö	37	14	6	7	10
12	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	35	8	15	6	6
13	(5) Mark Loram	30	6	7	10	7
14	(17) Andy Smith	25	2	14	5	4
15	(15) Leigh Adams	24	10	6	4	4
16	(6) Brian Andersen	20	5	ns	7	8
17	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	17	7	5	2	3
18	(11) Armando Castagna	12	1	5	3	3
19	(22) Brian Karger	12	–	–	12	–
20	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	10	2	1	5	2
21	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	10	4	–	1	5
22	(16) Craig Boyce	9	3	4	1	1
23	(25) Peter Karlsson	9	1	8	–	–
24	(22) (24) Gerd Riss	6	4	2	–	–
25	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5	5	–	–	–
26	(23) Joe Screen	5	–	–	–	5
27	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	4	–	1	2	1
28	(24) Lars Gunnestad	4	–	–	4	–
29	(27) Jacek Krzyżaniak	3	–	3	–	–
30	(23) Robert Barth	2	–	2	–	–
31	(24) Martin Dugard	2	–	–	–	2
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders