1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix^[1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix.^[2]

The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through.

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.^[3]

Format

• First Round - 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 riders each from Finland & 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 - 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 1 rider from South African Final to Overseas Final
• First Round - 3 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 - 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
• Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
• Final Round - 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1999 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

QF (1 May Mureck)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		13+
3	Andrea Maida	13+
4		10
5		10
6		9
7	Alexander Liatosinski	9
8	Alessandro Dalla Valle	9
9		8
10		7
11		5
12		3
13		3
14		3
15		2
16		1

QF (3 May Moorwinkelsdamm)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Robert Barth	12
4		11
5		11
6		10
7	Philippe Bergé	8
8	Matthias Kröger	8
9		8
10		8
11		5
12		4
13		3
14		2
15		2
16		1
17		1
18		0

QF (9 May Krško)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		14
3	Sándor Tihanyi	13
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Norbert Magosi	9
8	Karel Průša Jr.	8
9		8
10		7
11		5
12		4
13		3
14		2
15		1
16		1

QF (10 May Gniezno)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		14
2		14
3	Adam Fajfer	13
4		11
5		10
6		9
7	Michail Starostin	9
8	Vladimir Voronkov	8
9		7
10		6
11		4
12		3
13		3
14		3
15		3
16		2
17		1
18		0

Second round

Overseas Final

See main article: 1998 Overseas Final. 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental final

(4 July 1998 Norrköping)
width=20	Pos	width=180	Rider	width=40	Points
1		13
2		13
3	Mikael Karlsson	12
4		11
5		10
6		10
7	Lars Gunnestad	9
8	Peter Nahlin	9
9		9
10		6
11		5
12		4
13		4
14		2
15		2
16		1

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final

width=50% valign=top	SF 13 June 1998 Lonigo width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 14 2 11 3 Marián Jirout 11 4 10 5 10 6 9 7 Andrea Maida 9 8 Roman Povazhny 9 9 9 10 7 11 5 12 4 13 3 14 3 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 0	width=50% valign=top	SF 14 June 1998 Prelog width=25px Pos. width=180px Rider width=40px Points 1 15 2 13 3 Adam Fajfer 12 4 11 5 10 6 9 7 Róbert Nagy 7 8 Roman Jankowski 7 9 7 10 6 11 Norbert Magosi 6 12 5 13 5 14 4 15 3 16 0
valign=top

Third round

• 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final

See main article: 1998 Intercontinental Final. 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

• 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
• 25 July 1998 Debrecen

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=40px	Points
1		13
2		11
3	Roman Povazhny	10
4		10
5		9
6		9
7	Piotr Świst	9
8	Adam Fajfer	9
9		8
10		8
11		7
12		6
13		5
14		4
15		1
16		1

Final Round

GP Challenge

8 riders to 1998 Grand Prix

• 3 October 1998 Pardubice

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	pre-qual	width=80px	qual	width=20px	sf	width=20px	Final
1		x	3, 3	3	3
2		x	2, 2	2	2
3		x	2, 1, 3	3	1
4	Andy Smith	x	1, 2, 2	2	0
5	Stefan Dannö	x	3, 3	1	x
6		2, 2	2, 2	1	x
7		2, 3	1, 3	0	x
8		1, 3	3, 3	0	x
9		x	3, 0, 1	x	x
10		3, 3	1, 3, 1	x	x
11		x	2, 0, 0	x	x
12		2, 0	2, 1, 2	x	x
13		x	0, 1	x	x
14		3, 2	0, 1	x	x
15		3, 1	3, 0, 0	x	x
16		0, 2	2, 0, 0	x	x
17		2, 0	1	x	x
18		1, 2	1	x	x
19		3, 1	0	x	x
20		0, 3	0	x	x
21		1, 1	x	x	x
22		0, 1	x	x	x
23		1, 0	x	x	x
24		0, 0	x	x	x

Notes and References

1. Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 7 January 2023.
2. Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications . Speedway History . 7 January 2023.
3. News: Speedway . Lynn Advertiser . 6 October 1998 . 7 January 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .