2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format

  • First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final
  • First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
  • First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
  • First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
  • Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
  • Third Round - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
  • Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2000 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

Second round

Overseas Final

Main article: 1999 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

(13 June 1999 Holsted)
Pos Rider Points
1 Rune Holta 14
2 Jesper B Jensen 11
3 Gert Handberg 11
4 Andreas Jonsson 10
5 Charlie Gjedde 9
6 Peter Nahlin 9
7 Ronni Pedersen 9
8 Kai Laukkanen 9
9 Niklas Klingberg 8
10 Vesa Ylinen 7
11 Bo Skov Eriksen 7
12 Per Wester 6
13 Niklas Karlsson 6
14 Stefan Andersson 2
15 Kjell Öyvind Sola 1
16 Tomi Reima 1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Robert Barth 13
2 Robert Sawina 12
3 Tomáš Topinka 11
4 Róbert Nagy 10
5 Philippe Bergé 10
6 Attila Stefáni 9
7 Michal Makovský 9
8 Bohumil Brhel 8
9 Richard Wolff 8
10 Aleš Dryml Jr. 7
11 Oleg Kurguskin 7
12 Pavel Ondrašík 6
13 Robert Flis 6
14 Matthias Kröger 3
15 Zoltán Adorján 1
16 Tomasz Sustersic 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Sebastian Ułamek 13
2 Armando Castagna 13
3 Rafał Dobrucki 12
4 Roman Povazhny 10
5 Jacek Gollob 10
6 Sándor Tihanyi 10
7 Antonín Šváb Jr. 9
8 Piotr Protasiewicz 9
9 Sławomir Drabik 9
10 Matej Ferjan 5
11 Andrea Maida 4
12 Izak Šantej 4
13 Stefano Alfonso 4
14 Sebastien Trésarrieu 3
15 Simone Terenzani 3
16 Piotr Świst 2

Third round

Intercontinental Final

Main article: 1999 Intercontinental Final

1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

  • 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
  • 25 July 1999 Wrocław
Pos. Rider Points
1 Rafał Dobrucki 15
2 Piotr Protasiewicz 14
3 Sławomir Drabik 11
4 Robert Sawina 11
5 Bohumil Brhel 10
6 Jacek Gollob 8
7 Roman Povazhny 8
8 Sebastian Ułamek 7
9 Robert Barth 7
10 Antonín Šváb Jr. 7
11 Tomáš Topinka 6
12 Armando Castagna 5
13 Sándor Tihanyi 5
14 Attila Stefáni 3
15 Richard Wolff 2
16 Michal Makovský 1

Final Round

GP Challenge

10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider pre-qual qual sf Final
1 Billy Hamill x 3, 2 3 3
2 Mikael Karlsson x 3, 3 2 2
3 Carl Stonehewer 2, 2 1, 2, 3 3 1
4 Brian Karger x 3, 2 2 0
5 Henrik Gustafsson x 2, 3 1 x
6 Mark Loram 3, 1 2, 1, 3 1 x
7 Andy Smith x 2, 0, 2 0 x
8 Antonín Kasper Jr. x 2, 2 0 x
9 Peter Karlsson x 3, 1, 1 x x
10 Brian Andersen 3, 3 0, 2, 1 x x
11 John Jørgensen x 2, 0, 0 x x
12 Niklas Klingberg 1, 3 2, 1, 0 x x
13 Jacek Gollob 3, 0 3, 0, 1 x x
14 Jason Lyons 3, 3 1, 1 x x
15 Robert Dados 2, 2 0, 0 x x
16 Gary Havelock 2, 0 3, 0 x x
17 Marián Jirout 2, 1 1 x x
18 Lee Richardson 0, 2 1 x x
19 Robert Sawina 1, 3 0 x x
20 Bohumil Brhel 1, 2 0 x x
21 Sławomir Drabik 0, 1 x x x
22 Rune Holta 1, 0 x x x
23 Piotr Protasiewicz 0, 0 x x x
24 Kai Laukkanen 0, 1 x x x

References

  1. ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Speedway". Daily Record. 18 October 1999. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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