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1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
Information
Date	15 May 1998
City	Prague
Event	1 of 6 (19)
Referee	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Markéta Stadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Tony Rickardsson
Runner-up	Billy Hamill
3rd place	Jimmy Nilsen

The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic was the first race of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 15 May in the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic It was the second Czech Republic SGP and was won by Swedish rider Tony Rickardsson. It was the first win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Antonín Kasper, Jr., Bohumil Brhel (both from Czech Republic) and Gerd Riss (from Germany) as Wild Card.

Draw 20. (20) Sebastian Ułamek → (25) Peter Karlsson

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) Tony Rickardsson	25														2			1				1			1
2	2	(2) Billy Hamill	20												2					3		1		2			2
3	8	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	18											1						2					1		3
4	3	(3) Tomasz Gollob	16													3		1				2			2		4
5	18	(18) Chris Louis	15		3				1				1				1				3		1		3	1
6	14	(14) Stefan Dannö	14			1				4			2			2					1				4	2
7	9	(9) Ryan Sullivan	12	1						1				2							2			4		3
8	15	(15) Leigh Adams	10		1						2			4					1				2	3		4
9	7	(7) Hans Nielsen	8												1						4	3
10	19	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	8			4			2			1				1				4			3
11	12	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	7				2			2					4			2					4
12	22	(22) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	7			2					1				3				2			4
13	1	(1) Greg Hancock	6											3				3
14	5	(5) Mark Loram	6														3		3
15	6	(6) Brian Andersen	5													4			4
16	23	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5		2					3		2					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	21	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	4				1				4	3
18	24	(24) Gerd Riss	4	3				2					3
19	10	(10) Jason Crump	3		4E			1				4
20	16	(16) Craig Boyce	3	2							3		4
21	13	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	2				4	3
22	17	(17) Andy Smith	2	4E					3
23	11	(11) Armando Castagna	1			3		4F
24	20	(25) Peter Karlsson	1				3		4

The intermediate classification

Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL
1	(4) Tony Rickardsson	25	25
2	(2) Billy Hamill	20	20
3	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	18	18
4	(3) Tomasz Gollob	16	16
5	(18) Chris Louis	15	15
6	(14) Stefan Dannö	14	14
7	(9) Ryan Sullivan	12	12
8	(15) Leigh Adams	10	10
9	(7) Hans Nielsen	8	8
10	(19) Henrik Gustafsson	8	8
11	(12) Zoltan Adorjan	7	7
12	(22) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	7	7
13	(1) Greg Hancock	6	6
14	(5) Mark Loram	6	6
15	(6) Brian Andersen	5	5
16	(23) Bohumil Brhel	5	5
17	(21) Jesper B. Jensen	4	4
18	(24) Gerd Riss	4	4
19	(10) Jason Crump	3	3
20	(16) Craig Boyce	3	3
21	(13) Piotr Protasiewicz	2	2
22	(17) Andy Smith	2	2
23	(11) Armando Castagna	1	1
24	(25) Peter Karlsson	1	1
Rider(s) not classified
	(20) Sebastian Ułamek	—	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	GER	DEN	GBR	SWE	POL

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1. speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. 2009-05-12.
2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-27. Archived 2009-05-11.

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv

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