2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

**2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe**
2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
FIM BZ WBK BANK European Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date	10 May 2008
City	Leszno
Event	2 of 11 (102)
Referee	Frank Ziegler
Jury President	Joergen L. Jensen
Stadium details
Stadium	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Length	330 m (360 yd)
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Attendance	24,000
Best Time	Tomasz Gollob; 59.44 secs (in Heat 4)
Winner	Leigh Adams
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe was the second race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 10 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland.^[1] The main sponsor was the commercial bank Bank Zachodni WBK.

The Grand Prind was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was the 7th Grand Prix win of his career. In the final, Adams beat American Greg Hancock and defending World Champion Danish Nicki Pedersen.^[2]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jarosław Hampel as wild card, and Damian Baliński and Krzysztof Buczkowski as track reserves.^[3] The draw was made on April 29 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.^[4] Because of an injury, Bjarne Pedersen was replaced by Luboš Tomíček, Jr.^[5] Adams, Kasprzak, Hampel and Baliński are all riding for Unia Leszno, whose home track is at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, in the 2008 season in Poland.

Draw No 1: (11) Bjarne Pedersen → (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.

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	9	(2) Leigh Adams	20			2		3						0					3		3			11	4	3		3
2	7	(6) Greg Hancock	20		3					3					3	3					2			14	1	2		2
3	3	(1) Nicki Pedersen	16	3						2				1				3				3		12	3		2	1
4	8	(16) Jarosław Hampel	16		2						2			3			3			3				13	2		3	0
5	16	(4) Tomasz Gollob	12				3				3	3						1			1			11	5		1
6	14	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	10				2		0					2		2							3	9	7	1
7	6	(3) Jason Crump	8		0				2			2							2			2		8	8		X
8	10	(10) Andreas Jonsson	9			3			3						1			0		2				9	6	0
9	5	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	7		1			1					1					2					2	7	9
10	12	(5) Hans N. Andersen	6			0					1		3			1						1		6	10
11	2	(9) Chris Harris	6	2					1				2				1				0			6	11
12	13	(7) Rune Holta	4				0	0							2		2					0		4	12
13	1	(19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	3	0				2				0				0				1				3	13
14	11	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	3			1				0		1					0						1	3	14
15	4	(13) Lukáš Dryml	2	1							0				0				1				0	2	15
16	15	(8) Scott Nicholls	2				1			1			0						0	E4				2	16
17	17	(17) Damian Baliński	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski	-																					-	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

(60.91) Pedersen, Harris, Dryml, Tomicek
(60.82) Hancock, Hampel, Lindgren, Crump
(60.63) Jonsson, Adams, Kasprzak, Andersen
(59.44) Gollob, Iversen, Nicholls, Holta
(60.62) Adams, Tomicek, Lindgren, Holta
(59.94) Jonsson, Crump, Harris, Iversen
(60.10) Hancock, Pedersen, Nicholls, Kasprzak
(60.09) Gollob, Hampel, Andersen, Dryml
(60.47) Gollob, Crump, Kasprzak, Tomicek
(60.85) Andersen, Harris, Lindgren, Nicholls
(60.04) Hampel, Iversen, Pedersen, Adams
(60.25) Hancock, Holta, Jonsson, Dryml
(60.96) Hancock, Iversen, Andersen, Tomicek
(60.38) Hampel, Holta, Harris, Kasprzak
(60.45) Pedersen, Lindgren, Gollob, Jonsson
(60.19) Adams, Crump, Dryml, Nicholls
(60.28) Hampel, Jonsson, Tomicek, Nicholls (E4)
(60.38) Adams, Hancock, Gollob, Harris
(60.67) Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Holta
(61.14) Iversen, Lindgren, Kasprzak, Dryml
Semi-Finals:
(60.73) Adams, Hancock, Iversen, Jonsson
(60.19) Hampel, Pedersen, Gollob, Crump (X)
Pedersen crashes on final lap due to collision to Crump. Crump excluded. Heat was no-restarted.
Final:
(60.23) Adams (6), Hancock (4), Pedersen (2), Hampel (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	33	17	16
2	(4) Tomasz Gollob	31	19	12
3	(6) Greg Hancock	28	8	20
4	(2) Leigh Adams	25	5	20
5	(10) Andreas Jonsson	21	12	9
6	(5) Hans N. Andersen	20	14	6
7	(3) Jason Crump	18	10	8
8	(12) Niels Kristian Iversen	18	8	10
9	(16) Jarosław Hampel	16	–	16
10	(15) Fredrik Lindgren	14	7	7
11	(9) Chris Harris	12	6	6
12	(13) Lukáš Dryml	11	9	2
13	(7) Rune Holta	9	5	4
14	(8) Scott Nicholls	9	7	2
15	(14) Krzysztof Kasprzak	9	6	3
16	(16) Matej Žagar	7	7	–
17	(11) Bjarne Pedersen	4	4	–
18	(19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.	3	–	3
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Izak Šantej	—	ns	–
	(17) Damian Baliński	—	–	ns
	(18) Denis Štojs	—	ns	–
	(18) Krzysztof Buczkowski	—	–	ns
Pos.	Rider	Points	SVN	EUR	SWE	DEN	GBR	CZE	SCA	LAT	POL	ITA	FIN

References

^ "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
^ "Adams wins at Leszno". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Grand Prix Leszno". PZM.pl. 2007-10-23. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
^ SpeedwayWorld.Tv Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today - 2008-04-29.
^ "Grand Prix Leszno". PZM.pl. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

External links

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[1] "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-04-29.

[2] "Adams wins at Leszno". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Grand Prix Leszno". PZM.pl. 2007-10-23. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-29.

[4] SpeedwayWorld.Tv Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today - 2008-04-29.

[5] "Grand Prix Leszno". PZM.pl. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

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