2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia was the eighth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It was held on August 30, 2008, in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in Daugavpils, Latvia. The Grand Prix was won by Jason Crump from Australia, it was his second GP win of the season.^[1][2]

2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
FIM Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	30 August 2008
City	Daugavpils
Event	8 of 11 (108)
Referee	Krister Gardell
Jury President	Ilkka Teromaa
Stadium details
Stadium	Latvijas Spidveja Centrs
Capacity	10,500
Length	373 m (408 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time	Greg Hancock 68.65 secs (in Heat 1)
Winner	Jason Crump
Runner-up	Nicki Pedersen
3rd place	Tomasz Gollob

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Grigory Laguta as a wild card, and Kasts Puodzuks and Maksims Bogdanovs both as track reserves.^[3] The draw was made on August 19 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.^[4]

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
1	12	(3) Jason Crump	19			3					2		3			F3x						3		11	3		2	3
2	4	(1) Nicki Pedersen	18	2							3				3				3				0	11	2		3	2
3	5	(4) Tomasz Gollob	16		2			2					1					3					3	11	4	3		1
4	2	(6) Greg Hancock	13	3					3				0				3				2			11	1	2		0
5	16	(10) Andreas Jonsson	10				3				1	3						2			M/-			9	5		1
6	7	(2) Leigh Adams	9		3					1					2	2					1			9	6	0
7	1	(9) Chris Harris	9	1				1				2				1				3				8	7	1
8	9	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	7			0		0						2					2		3			7	8		0
9	13	(8) Scott Nicholls	7				2	3							0		Fx					2		7	9
10	14	(5) Hans N. Andersen	7				1		2					0		3							1	7	10
11	3	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	7	0						2				3				1				1		7	11
12	15	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	7				0			3			2						1	1				7	12
13	11	(13) Lukáš Dryml	7			2				F3		1					2						2	7	13
14	10	(7) Rune Holta	4			1			0						1			0		2				4	14
15	6	(16) Grigory Laguta	2		1				1			0							F4			0		2	15
16	8	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	1		0						0			1			F2x			0				1	16
17	17	(17) Maksims Bogdanovs	0																		0			0	17
18	18	(18) Kasts Poudzuks	-																					-	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

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

Heat after heat

1. (68.65) Hancock, N.Pedersen, Harris, Kasprzak
2. (69.09) Adams, Gollob, Laguta, Iversen
3. (69.29) Crump, Dryml, Holta, B.Pedersen
4. (69.47) Jonsson, Nicholls, Andersen, Lindgren
5. (69.54) Nicholls, Gollob, Harris, B.Pedersen
6. (69.39) Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Holta
7. (70.44) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Adams, Dryml (F3)
8. (69.77) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, Iversen
9. (70.35) Jonsson, Harris, Dryml, Laguta
10. (69.40) Crump, Lindgren, Gollob, Hancock
11. (70.03) Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Iversen, Andersen
12. (70.30) N.Pedersen, Adams, Holta, Nicholls
13. (69.31) Andersen, Adams, Harris, Crump (F3x)
14. (70.07) Hancock, Dryml, Iversen (F2x), Nicholls (Fx)
15. (70.50) Gollob, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Holta
16. (71.00) N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Laguta (F4)
17. (71.32) Harris, Holta, Lindgren, Iversen
18. (71.05) B.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams, Bogdanow, Jonsson (M/-)
19. (70.35) Crump, Nicholls, Kasprzak, Laguta
20. (70.71) Gollob, Dryml, Andersen, N.Pedersen

    Semi-Finals:

21. (71.55) Gollob, Hancock, Harris, Adams
22. (70.74) N.Pedersen, Crump, Jonsson, B.Pedersen

    Final:

23. (70.36) Crump (6 points), N.Pedersen (4), Gollob (2), Hancock (0)

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	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN
1	(1) Nicki Pedersen	134	17	16	16	20	11	22	14	18
2	(3) Jason Crump	118	10	8	12	18	22	17	12	19
3	(6) Greg Hancock	102	8	20	6	10	20	13	12	13
4	(4) Tomasz Gollob	98	19	12	8	19	4	12	8	16
5	(5) Hans N. Andersen	91	14	6	8	11	9	16	20	7
6	(2) Leigh Adams	89	5	20	9	8	7	10	21	9
7	(10) Andreas Jonsson	71	12	9	8	9	8	9	6	10
8	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	59	7	7	22	3	2	4	7	7
9	(7) Rune Holta	57	5	4	17	7	6	9	5	4
10	(8) Scott Nicholls	52	7	2	7	7	12	6	4	7
11	(9) Chris Harris	49	6	6	5	3	10	7	3	9
12	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	49	8	10	2	6	6	7	9	1
13	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	45	4	–	–	7	14	7	6	7
14	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	38	6	3	5	3	4	1	9	7
15	(13) Lukáš Dryml	32	9	2	3	1	1	4	5	7
14	(16) Jarosław Hampel	16	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	(16) Kenneth Bjerre	11	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–
18	(16) (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	8	–	3	5	–	–	0	–	–
19	(16) Matej Žagar	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	(16) (17) Jonas Davidsson	7	–	–	7	–	–	–	ns	–
21	(16) Edward Kennett	4	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
22	(16) Peter Ljung	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–
23	(16) Grigory Laguta	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
24	(18) Billy Forsberg	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
25	(17) Nicolai Klindt	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
26	(17) Sebastian Aldén	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
27	(17) Maksims Bogdanovs	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Izak Šantej	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tai Woffinden	—	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Adrian Rymel	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Denis Štojs	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Patrick Hougaard	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(18) Simon Stead	—	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(18) Filip Šitera	—	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Thomas H. Jonasson	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns	–
	(18) Kasts Poudzuks	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders