1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

{{Infobox speedway grand prix event

| flag = POL

| name =

| date = 30 August 1997

| city = Wrocław

| event = 5 of 6 (17)

| referee = Wolfgang Glas

| flag_ref = GER

| jury =

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| stadium = Olympic Stadium

| capacity =

| length =

| track = speedway track

| attendance =

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| time_best =

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| name1 = Greg Hancock

| flag1 = USA

| name2 = Billy Hamill

| flag2 = USA

| name3 = Tomasz Gollob

| flag3 = POL

}}

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 August in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland[http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ speedwaygp.republika.pl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422155710/http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ |date=2009-04-22 }}. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.[http://world.speedway.org/1997/wc/i/gp5.sdf world.speedway.org]. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12. It was the third Polish SGP and was won by American rider Greg Hancock. It was the third win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Rafał Dobrucki from Poland as Wild Card.

Heat details

{{SGP Results1|RIDERS=

{{SGP Results1/riderB|3|1|USA|3|Greg Hancock |3|3|0|3|3| 3| w|3 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|14|2|USA|1|Billy Hamill |3|3|2|2|3| 2| b|2 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|8|3|POL|13|Tomasz Gollob |3|3|3|3|2| 1| r|1 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|5|4|POL|15|Piotr Protasiewicz |2|3|3|1|2| 4| y|0 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|16|5|SWE|4|Tony Rickardsson |2|2|3|2|1| 7| |3 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|7|7|GBR|7|Mark Loram |1|1|3||13i=E|3| 8| |1 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|9|8|POL|14|Sławomir Drabik |3|2|1|2|2| 6| |0 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|13|9|SWE|11|Jimmy Nilsen |1|0|2|2|0| 11| |3 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|15|10|GBR|9|Simon Wigg |0|0|1|3|1| 10| |2 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|12|11|DEN|2|Hans Nielsen |2|0|2|1|2| 9| |1 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|10|12|SWE|6|Peter Karlsson |1|2|1|0|0| 12| |0 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|2|13|DEN|12|Brian Andersen |0|1|0|1|0| 16| |3 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|11|14|AUS|10|Leigh Adams |0|2|0|0|1| 13| |2 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|4|15|SWE|5|Henrik Gustafsson |1|1||12i=X|0|0| 15| |1 }}

{{SGP Results1/riderB|6|16|POL|16|Rafał Dobrucki |0|0|1|1|1| 14| |0 }}

}}

The intermediate classification

{{SGP Table|1997|CZE|SWE|GER|GBR|POL|DEN|RIDERS=

{{SGP Table/r|Q|1 |USA|3|Greg Hancock

|a|25|b|20|c|18|e|12|a|25|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|2 |USA|1|Billy Hamill

|b|20|e|12|d|16|b|20|b|20|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|3 |POL|13|Tomasz Gollob

|c|18|a|25|f|1|e|14|c|18|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|Q|4 |DEN|12|Brian Andersen

|f|9|e|14|b|20|a|25|f|4|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|q|5 |SWE|4|Tony Rickardsson

|e|11|c|18|e|14|e|13|e|14|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|q|6 |DEN|2|Hans Nielsen

|f|8|d|16|a|25|f|7|f|7|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|q|7 |SWE|11|Jimmy Nilsen

|e|13|f|7|e|13|c|18|f|9|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|q|8 |GBR|7|Mark Loram

|f|7|e|13|f|8|d|16|e|12|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|p|9 |GBR|8|Chris Louis

|e|12|f|4|e|12|f|4|e|13|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|p|10|POL|14|Sławomir Drabik

|d|16|f|2|f|6|f|2|e|11|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|p|11|AUS|10|Leigh Adams

|f|6|f|6|f|9|f|9|f|3|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|12|SWE|6|Peter Karlsson

|f|4|e|11|f|3|f|6|f|6|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|13|POL|15|Piotr Protasiewicz

|f|1|n||e|11|f|0|d|16|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|14|SWE|5|Henrik Gustafsson

|e|14|f|3|x||f|1|f|2|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|15|GBR|18|Andy Smith

|n||f|9|f|4|f|3|n||i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|16|GBR|9|Simon Wigg

|f|3|n||f|2|n||f|8|i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|P|17|SWE|17|Mikael Karlsson

|n||f|1|n||e|11|n||i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|w|18|AUS|16|Jason Crump

|x||f|8|x||x||x||i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|w|19|GBR|16|Joe Screen

|x||x||x||f|8|x||i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|w|20|GER|16|Robert Barth

|x||x||f|7|x||x||i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|w|21|CZE|16|Tomáš Topinka

|f|2|x||x||x||x||i|}}

{{SGP Table/r|w|21|POL|16|Rafał Dobrucki

|x||x||x||x||f|1|i|}}|NC=

{{SGP Table/r|r| |USA|19|Sam Ermolenko

|x||x||n||x||x||i|}}

}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090224213554/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/speedway-gp/events/ FIM-live.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070530062333/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgplatest/show_gp SpeedwayWorld.tv]

Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

1997

Category:Sports competitions in Wrocław