1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II

This article is about Grand Prix event held in Bydgoszcz. For event held in Wrocław, see 1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland.

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 28 September in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland^[1]

1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	28 September 1998
City	Bydgoszcz
Event	5 of 6 (29)
Referee	Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium	Polonia Stadium
Length	348 m (381 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Hans Nielsen
Runner-up	Tony Rickardsson
3rd place	Ryan Sullivan

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated British rider Jacek Gollob and a Piotr Protasiewicz as Wild Card.

Draw 22. (12) Marian Jirout → (25) Mark Loram

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	(4) Hans Nielsen	25														1				1				1		1
2	1	(1) Tony Rickardsson	20											1						1				1			2
3	10	(7) Ryan Sullivan	18		1						1				1						2			2			3
4	22	(25) Mark Loram	16			3		1				1				1				2					2		4R
5	8	(3) Tomasz Gollob	15											2							3		1		3	1
6	6	(13) Leigh Adams	14													3		1				1		3		2
7	23	(23) Jacek Gollob	12		3				1				1				2			4			2	4		3
8	17	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	10	1						2					2					3		2			4	4
9	5	(8) Jason Crump	8														3		1				3
10	7	(19) Joe Screen	8												3				2			3
11	2	(5) Chris Louis	7												4			2					4
12	3	(6) Greg Hancock	7													2					4	4
13	11	(18) Mikael Karlsson	6			2					4	2					4	3
14	13	(22) Billy Hamill	6				1				2			4					3
15	16	(10) Peter Karlsson	5	2							3		2			4			4
16	15	(17) Stefan Dannö	5		2					1				3				4G
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	9	(2) Jimmy Nilsen	4	3				2					3
18	14	(16) Andy Smith	4			1				3		3
19	12	(9) Brian Karger	3				2			4			4G
20	19	(14) Brian Andersen	3			4			2			4
21	18	(11) Antonín Kasper Jr.	2		4			3
22	21	(21) Robert Dados	2				3		3
23	20	(20) John Jørgensen	1				4	4
24	24	(24) Piotr Protasiewicz	1	4F					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	SWE	POL	GBR	PL2	DEN
1	(3) Tomasz Gollob	90	25	15	25	10	15
2	(1) Tony Rickardsson	86	7	18	16	25	20
3	(2) Jimmy Nilsen	68	16	20	20	8	4
4	(8) Jason Crump	60	18	7	12	15	8
5	(4) Hans Nielsen	58	6	1	10	16	25
6	(6) Greg Hancock	56	20	7	4	18	7
7	(13) Leigh Adams	53	4	16	5	14	14
8	(19) Joe Screen	52	12	5	15	12	8
9	(23)(25) Mark Loram	51	–	25	2	8	16
10	(17) Stefan Dannö	50	10	12	18	5	5
11	(7) Ryan Sullivan	48	6	3	14	7	18
12	(5) Chris Louis	46	8	6	5	20	7
13	(10) Peter Karlsson	37	8	14	6	4	5
14	(11) Antonín Kasper Jr.	37	15	10	7	3	2
15	(18) Mikael Karlsson	33	7	5	8	7	6
16	(15) Henrik Gustafsson	28	5	2	7	4	10
17	(20) John Jørgensen	28	14	8	3	2	1
18	(9) Brian Karger	26	3	8	6	6	3
19	(16) Andy Smith	21	5	6	1	5	4
20	(22) Billy Hamill	20	2	3	3	6	6
21	(21) Robert Dados	15	4	4	4	1	2
22	(23) Jacek Gollob	12	–	–	–	–	12
23	(14) Brian Andersen	11	3	1	2	2	3
24	(24) Rafał Dobrucki	8	–	–	8	–	–
25	(12) Marian Jirout	5	1	2	1	1	–
26	(24) Sebastian Ułamek	4	–	4	–	–	–
27	(24) Scott Nicholls	3	–	–	–	3	–
28	(23) Antonín Šváb Jr.	2	2	–	–	–	–
29	(24) Piotr Protasiewicz	2	1	–	–	–	1
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	POL	GBR	PL2	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders