2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Explained

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 3 riders that would qualify for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix.^[1]

Calendar

- Domestic - Quarter-finals - Semi-finals - Final

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Domestic Qualification
June 6	Bydgoszcz	Grzegorz Walasek	result
Quarter-finals
June 23	Terenzano	Niels Kristian Iversen	result
June 24	Miskolc	Rory Schlein	result
June 23	Mšeno	Krzysztof Kasprzak	result
June 30	Motala	Damian Baliński	result
Semi-finals
July 7	Lonigo	Bjarne Pedersen	result
July 8	Ljubljana	Fredrik Lindgren	result
Final
15 September	Vojens	Niels Kristian Iversen	result

Domestic Qualification

Poland

• Golden Helmet Final (Finał Złotego Kasku)
• June 6, 2007
• Bydgoszcz, Polonia Stadium
• Referee: Ryszard Bryła (Zielona Góra)
• Attendance: 2,500
• Best Time: 61,63 s. - Wiesław Jaguś (7 heat)
• Only 16 heats, because was rain.

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1	Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra	9	(0,3,3,3)
2	Rafał Dobrucki Rzeszów	9	(2,1,3,3)
3	Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno	9	(3,2,2,2)
4	Paweł Hlib Gorzów Wlkp.	8	(3,1,1,3)
5	Piotr Protasiewicz Zielona Góra	7	(3,1,3,F)
6	Jarosław Hampel Leszno	7	(2,2,E,3)
7	Damian Baliński Leszno	7	(1,3,2,1)
10	Tomasz Gapiński Wrocław	6	(2,0,2,2)

Paweł Hlib was injured before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapiński. Wiesław Jaguś (8th) and Sebastian Ułamek (9th) refused.

Quarter-finals

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Terenzano Qualifying round A June 23, 2007 Terenzano Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? No12: Sebastian Aldén → Marco Gregnanin width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Heats 1 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2 12+3 (1,2,3,3,3) 3 12+2 (2,1,3,3,3) 4 12+F/X (2,3,2,2,3) 5 11 (3,2,2,2,2) 6 10 (3,0,3,3,1) 7 10 (3,2,1,2,2) 8 8+3 (2,1,2,2,1) 9 8+2 (1,3,1,1,2) 10 (9) Matej Ferjan^[2] 5 (0,1,1,1,2) 11 4 (0,3,1,0,0) 12 3 (0,1,2,0,F) 13 3 (2,F,0,1,0) 14 3 (1,2,E,0,0) 15 3 (1,0,0,1,1) 16 1 (0,0,0,0,1)

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Miskolc Qualifying round B June 24, 2007 Miskolc Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Heats 1 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 2 12+3 (3,3,2,3,1) 3 12+2 (3,2,2,3,2) 4 10 (2,1,3,1,3) 5 10 (2,3,1,2,2) 6 9 (2,2,3,2,E) 7 8+3 (E,3,1,1,3) 8 8+2 (1,2,2,3,0) 9 (6) Norbert Magosi 7 (1,0,3,1,2) 10 7 (1,1,1,2,2) 11 6 (3,X,0,0,3) 12 5 (0,2,3,0,0) 13 5 (2,0,0,2,1) 14 5 (1,1,1,1,1) 15 1 (0,0,0,0,1) 16 1 (0,1,0,0,0) -

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Mšeno Qualifying round C June 23, 2007 Mšeno Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? No13: Denis Sajfutdinov → Martin Vaculík width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Heats 1 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2 13 (3,3,2,2,3) 3 11 (3,2,1,3,2) 4 10 (2,2,1,2,3) 5 9 (E,3,3,3,0) 6 9 (3,E,2,2,2) 7 8+3 (E,2,3,3,F) 8 8+2 (2,2,2,1,1) 9 8+1 (2,1,3,1,1) 10 6 (2,3,0,0,1) 11 6 (1,0,0,2,3) 12 6 (0,1,2,1,2) 13 3 (1,2) 14 3 (0,1,1,0,1) 15 3 (1,1,E,1,E) 16 1 (1,0,0,0,0) - 0 (E,0,-,-,-) - 0 (0) 17: Heats: ? 18: Heat: ?

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Motala Qualifying round D June 30, 2007 Motala Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? No5: Carl Johan Raugstad → Daniel Davidsson width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Heats 1 12+3 (1,3,3,2,3) 2 12+2 (3,1,3,2,3) 3 12+1 (3,3,2,3,1) 4 11 (2,3,1,3,2) 5 11 (1,2,3,2,3) 6 11 (2,2,1,3,3) 7 10 (0,3,2,3,2) 8 9 (3,1,2,1,2) 9 8 (3,2,2,1,E) 10 6 (1,0,3,2,0) 11 6 (2,1,1,1,1) 12 5 (2,2,0,1,0) 13 3 (0,1,0,0,2) 14 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 15 2 (1,0,0,0,1) 16 0 (0,0,0,0,0) -

Semi-finals

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Lonigo Semi-final A July 7, 2007 Lonigo Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Heats 1 11+3 (3,2,2,3,1) 2 11+2 (2,3,0,3,3) 3 10+3 (3,3,2,2,0) 4 10+2 (3,1,3,1,2) 5 10+1 (2,2,3,1,2) 6 9 (3,X,3,X,3) 7 8+3 (1,2,2,3,0) 8 8+2 (0,2,1,2,3) 9 8+1 (1,3,1,2,1) 10 7 (F,1,0,3,3) 11 7 (2,0,3,1,1) 12 7 (2,1,0,2,2) 13 6 (0,3,1,0,2) 14 4 (1,0,2,E,1) 15 2 (1,0,F,1,0) 16 1 (E,1,0,0) 17 0 (0,F/-,-,-,-) 18 0 (F/-) 17: Heat: 5 18: Heats: 5, 12, 14 and 19 Heat 5: Carpanese fell (injury); replaced by Howe. Howe fell by Dryml (injury); Dryml was exclusion; Howe replaced by Simota.

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Ljubljana Semi-final B July 8, 2007 Ljubljana Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? width=25px Pos. width=200px Rider width=40px Points width=70px Heats 1 11+3 (2,1,2,3,3) 2 11+2 (1,3,1,3,3) 3 11+1 (3,3,3,2,0) 4 10 (3,2,3,1,1) 5 10 (1,2,3,2,2) 6 9 (3,2,1,0,3) 7 8+3 (3,1,E3,3,1) 8 8+2 (2,0,2,2,2) 9 8+1 (0,3,2,F/X,3) 10 7 (2,1,3,0,1) 11 7 (1,0,2,2,2) 12 6 (1,2,1,1,1) 13 5 (2,0,0,3,0) 14 4 (0,3,0,1,0) 15 4 (0,1,1,0,2) 16 1 (E4,0,0,1,T/-) 17 0 (0) - 17: Heat: 19

Grand Prix Challenge

• September 15, 2007 (Saturday, 19:30)
• Vojens
• Referee:
• Jury President:
• Attendance:
• Best Time:
• Stadium and track:
  • Name: Vojens Speedway Center

Heat after heat

1. Pedersen, Baliński, Kroner, Davidsson
2. Iversen, Bjerre, Dryml, Schlein
3. Tomíček, Lindgren, Dobrucki, Johnston
4. Gafurov, Gizatullin, Kasprzak, Legault (F/X)
5. Bjerre, Baliński, Johnston, Legault
6. Dryml, Gafurov, Lindgren, Kroner
7. Dobrucki, Davidsson, Kasprzak, Schlein
8. Iversen, Tomíček, Pedersen, Gizatullin
9. Dobrucki, Dryml, Baliński, Gizatullin
10. Bjerre, Tomíček, Kasprzak, Kroner
11. Iversen, Johnston, Davidsson, Gafurov
12. Pedersen, Lindgren, Schlein, Legault
13. Tomíček, Gafurov, Schlein, Baliński (E/start)
14. Iversen, Dobrucki, Legault, Kroner (E4)
15. Davidsson, Lindgren, Gizatullin, Bjerre (F/X)
16. Dryml, Kasprzak, Pedersen, Johnston
17. Kasprzak, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren (F/X)
18. Gizatullin, Schlein, Kroner, Johnston
19. Dryml, Davidsson, Tomíček, Legault
20. Pedersen, Bjerre, Dobrucki, Gafurov
    Play-off 3-4 place:
21. Pedersen, Tomíček

Top three riders qualified to 2008 Speedway Grand Prix:

1. Niels Kristian Iversen
2. Lukáš Dryml
3. Bjarne Pedersen

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications . Speedway History . 27 January 2023.
2. Hungarian licence.