2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia

SGP Event infobox


NAME =FIM Slovenian Speedway Grand Prix
DATE D =26
DATE M =4
DATE Y =2008
CITY =Krško
EVENT =1 / 11 (101)
REF-

REFEREE =Anthony Steele
JURY-

JURY =Wolfgang Glas
STADIUM =Matije Gubca Stadium
CAPACITY =12,000
LENGTH =387.7
TRACK =speedway track
ATTENDANCE=
TIME-BEST =65.18
TIME-

TIME-NAME =Rune Holta [cite web | title = Results.xls | publisher = PZM.pl | date = 2008-04-28 | url = http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Results.xls | accessdate = 2008-04-28 ]
TIME-HEAT =1
FLAG-1 =POL
NAME-1 =Tomasz Gollob
FLAG-2 =DEN
NAME-2 =Nicki Pedersen
FLAG-3 =DEN
NAME-3 =Hans AndersenThe 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia was the first race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on April 26 at the Matije Gubca Stadium in Krško, Slovenia. [ cite web | title = SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced | publisher = SpeedwayWorld.Tv | date = 2007-10-22 | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 | accessdate = 2008-04-24 ]

Slovenian SGP was won by Tomasz Gollob from Poland. It was the 12th SGP win of his career. In the final, Gollob beat Danes Nicki Pedersen and Hans Andersen. [cite web | title = Gollob's Krsko Glory | publisher = SpeedwayWorld.Tv | date = 2008-04-26 | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9005?SID=f69440ba1025411800a89ee885867dc5 | accessdate = 2008-04-26 ]

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Izak Šantej and Jernej Kolenko both as Track Reserves. [ cite web | title = Zagar Gets Krsko Wild Card | publisher = SpeedwayWorld.Tv | date = 2008-04-15 | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8965 | accessdate = 2008-04-24 ] The Draw was made on April 15 in FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. [cite web | title = Press Release I Krsko.pdf | publisher = PZM.pl | date = 2008-04-24 | url = http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Press_Release_I_Krsko.pdf | accessdate = 2008-04-26 ] Denis Stojs later replaced the injured Jernej Kolenko. [cite web | title = Stojs za Kolenkę | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2008-04-18 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc_id=4&k1_id=50&k2_id=111&dzial_id=764&news_id=257555 | accessdate = 2008-04-25 ]

# (7) Rune Holta (Poland)
# (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland)
# (8) Scott Nicholls (Great Britain)
# (2) Leigh Adams (Australia)
# (11) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark)
# (9) Chris Harris (Great Britain)
# (13) Lukáš Dryml (Czech Republic)
# (10) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
# (4) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
# (6) Greg Hancock (United States)
# (1) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
# (15) Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden)
# (16) Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
# (12) Niels Kristian Iversen (Denmark)
# (5) Hans Andersen (Denmark)
# (3) Jason Crump (Australia)
# (17) Izak Šantej (Slovenia)
# (18) Jernej Kolenko (Slovenia) → Denis Štojs (Slovenia)

Heat details

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Heat after heat

# (65,18) Holta, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Adams
# (65,86) Dryml, Harris, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
# (66,14) N.Pedersen, Hancock, Lindgren, Gollob
# (66,41) Iversen, Žagar, Crump, Andersen
# (66,53) Žagar, Gollob, Holta, B.Pedersen
# (66,95) Hancock, Iversen, Harris, Kasprzak
# (67,26) Andersen, N.Pedersen, Nicholls, L.Dryml (E4)
# (66,96) Jonsson, Adams, Crump, Lindgren
# (67,64) N.Pedersen, Crump, Harris, Holta
# (68,30) Andersen, B.Pedersen, Lindgren, Kasprzak
# (67,27) Jonsson, Gollob, Nicholls, Iversen
# (67,75) Adams, Dryml, Hancock, Žagar
"Heavy rain began during the interval, difficult conditions gave the inside gates an advantage."
# (71,61) Dryml, Lindgren, Holta, Iversen
# (72,59) Kasprzak, Žagar, N.Pedersen, Jonsson
# (72,03) Crump, Nicholls, Hancock, B.Pedersen
# (72,38) Gollob, Andersen, Harris, Adams
# (71,17) Jonsson, Andersen, Hancock, Holta
# (71,01) Gollob, Crump, Kasprzak, Dryml (F/X)
"Race stopped, Dryml excluded after bailing and slamming into the wall late in the race; bad conditions, very wet"
# (71,78) Lindgren, Nicholls, Harris, Žagar (F4)
# (71,26) Iversen, B.Pedersen, N.Pedersen, Adams
#: Semi-Finals:
# (71,56) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Dryml, Iversen
# (70,68) Gollob, Andersen, Crump, Hancock
#: Final:
# (71,00) Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Andersen (2), Jonsson (T) (0)
"False start, Jonsson touches tapes and is excluded; race re-started"

The intermediate classification

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References

See also