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2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix.

The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.

Format

  • First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
  • Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
  • Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2004 Grand Prix

Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)

QF (26 April 2003 Italy Lonigo)
Pos Rider Points
1 England Lee Richardson 13
2 United States Billy Janniro 13
3 United States Ryan Fisher 11
4 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 11
5 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 11
6 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 10
7 Netherlands Theo Pijper 10
8 Slovenia Matej Žagar 10
9 France Sebastien Trésarrieu 7
10 Germany Joachim Kügelmann 6
11 Germany Mirko Wolter 6
12 England Scott Smith 4
13 Slovenia Jernej Kolenko 4
14 Italy Simone Terenzani 3
15 Italy Christian Miotello 1
16 Croatia Marko Vlah 0
QF (1 May 2003 Hungary Debrecen)
Pos Rider Points
1 Sweden Peter Karlsson 13
2 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 13
3 Denmark Jesper B. Jensen 12
4 Hungary Attila Stefáni 11
5 England David Howe 11
6 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 10
7 Russia Sergej Darkin 9
8 Poland Jacek Rempala 8
9 Hungary László Szatmári 8
10 Russia Oleg Kurguskin 8
11 Czech Republic Josef Franc 5
12 Hungary Norbert Magosi 4
13 Denmark Ronni Pedersen 4
14 Slovenia Izak Šantej 3
15 Austria Manuel Hauzinger 1
16 Czech Republic Tomáš Suchánek 0
QF (3 May 2003 Norway Elgane)
Pos Rider Points
1 Poland Grzegorz Walasek 13
2 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 12
3 Sweden David Ruud 12
4 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 11
5 Sweden Stefan Andersson 10
6 Finland Kai Laukkanen 9
7 Denmark Hans Andersen 9
8 Sweden Peter Ingvar Karlsson 9
9 United States Brent Werner 9
10 England Chris Harris 8
11 Norway Björn Hansen 8
12 England Oliver Allen 4
13 New Zealand Sam Taylor 3
14 Norway Mikke Bjerk 2
15 Norway Carl Johan Raugstad 1
16 Norway Remi Ueland 0
QF (8 June 2003 Belgium Heusden-Zolder)
Pos Rider Points
1 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 12
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 12
3 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 11
4 Canada Chris Slabon 11
5 Sweden Peter Ljung 11
6 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 10
7 Russia Roman Povazhny 8
8 England Simon Stead 8
9 Denmark Kenneth Bjerre 7
10 Germany Mathias Schultz 7
11 Australia Mark Lemon 6
12 Sweden Magnus Zetterström 6
13 Australia Craig Watson 5
14 England Leigh Lanham 3
15 Netherlands Henk Bos 2
16 South Africa Warren Meier 0

Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Peter Karlsson 13
2 England David Howe 13
3 United States Billy Janniro 12
4 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 10
5 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 9
6 France Tomáš Topinka 9
7 Netherlands Theo Pijper 8
8 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 8
9 Slovenia Matej Žagar 7
10 Canada Chris Slabon 6
11 Sweden Peter Ljung 6
12 Hungary László Szatmári (R) 4
13 Poland Grzegorz Walasek 4
14 Poland Jacek Rempala 4
15 Sweden David Ruud 3
16 Italy Andrea Maida 3
17 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Russia Roman Povazhny 12
2 Denmark Jesper B. Jensen 12
3 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 12
4 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 11
5 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 10
6 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 10
7 Finland Kai Laukkanen 10
8 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 8
9 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7
10 Russia Sergej Darkin 6
11 Sweden Peter Ingvar Karlsson 5
12 Poland Jarosław Hampel 5
13 Hungary Attila Stefáni 4
14 England Simon Stead (R) 3
15 United States Ryan Fisher 2
16 England Lee Richardson 1
17 Sweden Stefan Andersson 2
18 United States Brent Werner (R) 1

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Total Points
1 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 14 2, 3, 3, 3, 3
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 13 3, 3, 2, 2, 3
3 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 12 2, 2, 2, 3, 3
4 Finland Kai Laukkanen 11 3, 3, 1, 2, 2
5 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 10 exc, 3, 3, 3, 1
6 Denmark Jesper B. Jensen 9 1, ef, 3, 3, 2
7 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7 3, 2, 0, 1, 1
8 England Simon Stead (R) 6 1, 0, 3, 2, exc
9 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 6 3, 0, 1, 1, 1
10 United States Billy Janniro 6 2, 2, 1, 1, 0
11 Russia Roman Povazhny 5 exc, 1, 0, 1, 3
12 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 5 0, 1, 0, 2, 2
13 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 5 2, 2, 1, 0, x
14 Slovenia Matej Žagar (R) 5 1, -, 2, x, 2
15 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 4 1, 1, 2, f, exc
16 Netherlands Theo Pijper 1 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
17 Sweden Peter Karlsson 0 ef, -, -, -, -
18 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml - dns+

+broke his leg and was unable to compete further

References

  1. "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. "Speedway Star Cover Men". WWOS backup. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. "DRYML BOYS PLAY PART IN 2003 TITLE SUCCESS". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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