2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe

SGP Event infobox


NAME =FIM BZ WBK BANK European Speedway Grand Prix
DATE D =10
DATE M =5
DATE Y =2008
CITY =Leszno
EVENT =2 / 11 (102)
REF-

REFEREE =Frank Ziegler
JURY-

JURY =Joergen L. Jensen
STADIUM =Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
CAPACITY =25,000
LENGTH =330
TRACK =speedway track
ATTENDANCE=24,000
TIME-BEST =59.44
TIME-

TIME-NAME =Tomasz Gollob
TIME-HEAT =4
FLAG-1 =AUS
NAME-1 =Leigh Adams
FLAG-2 =USA
NAME-2 =Greg Hancock
FLAG-3 =DEN
NAME-3 =Nicki PedersenThe 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. [ 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 = 2008-04-29 ]

The main sponsor will be commercial bank Bank Zachodni WBK.

European SGP was won by Leigh Adams from Australia. It was the 7th SGP win of his career. In the final, Adams beat American Greg Hancock and defending World Champion Danish Nicki Pedersen [cite web | title = Adams wins at Leszno | publisher = SpeedwayWorld.Tv | date = 2008-05-10 | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9046?SID=2b0e63bdfe41df68647ff3ab2af5be83 | accessdate = 2008-05-11 ] .

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jarosław Hampel as Wild Card, and Damian Baliński and Krzysztof Buczkowski both as Track Reserves [cite web | title = Grand Prix Leszno | publisher = PZM.pl | date = 2007-10-23 | url = http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/,c,862,GRAND_PRIX_LESZNO_ | accessdate = 2008-04-29 ] . The Draw was made on April 29 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland [ [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/draw/2008/draw_pol.php SpeedwayWorld.Tv] - 2008-04-29.] . Because of injuries, Bjarne Pedersen was replaced by Luboš Tomíček, Jr [cite web | title = Grand Prix Leszno | publisher = PZM.pl | date = 2008-05-06 | url = http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Aktualnosci/,c,862,GRAND_PRIX_LESZNO_ | accessdate = 2008-05-06 ] .

# (11) Bjarne Pedersen (Denmark) → (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. (Czech Republic)
# (9) Chris Harris (Great Britain)
# (1) Nicki Pedersen (Denmark)
# (13) Lukáš Dryml (Czech Republic)
# (15) Fredrik Lindgren (Sweden)
# (3) Jason Crump (Australia)
# (6) Greg Hancock (United States)
# (16) Jarosław Hampel (Poland)
# (2) Leigh Adams (Australia)
# (10) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden)
# (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland)
# (5) Hans Andersen (Denmark)
# (7) Rune Holta (Poland)
# (12) Niels Kristian Iversen (Denmark)
# (8) Scott Nicholls (Great Britain)
# (4) Tomasz Gollob (Poland)
# (17) Damian Baliński I (Poland)
# (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski (Poland)

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.

Heat details

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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

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References

See also