1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

Speedway race

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
Information
Date	14 June 1997
City	Linköping
Event	2 of 6 (14)
Referee	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Motorstadium
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
Winner	Tomasz Gollob
Runner-up	Greg Hancock
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden was the second race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 14 June in the Motorstadium in Linköping, Sweden It was the third Swedish SGP and was won by Polish rider Tomasz Gollob. It was the second win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jason Crump from Australia as Wild Card.

Heat details

Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23	24
1	10	(13) Tomasz Gollob	25			3			3						3			3		1				13	1				3
2	5	(3) Greg Hancock	20		3			2					3					1					3	12	2				2
3	4	(4) Tony Rickardsson	18	2							3				2				2				2	11	4				1
4	8	(2) Hans Nielsen	16		1						2			3			3			3				12	3				0
5	11	(12) Brian Andersen	14			1				2		3					1						0	7	8			3
6	14	(7) Mark Loram	13				1		2					2		3							1	9	7			2
7	13	(1) Billy Hamill	12				3	3							0		2					3		11	5			1
8	1	(6) Peter Karlsson	11	3				1				2				2				2				10	6			0
9	12	(18) Andy Smith	9			E					1		2			1						2		6	9		3
10	2	(16) Jason Crump	8	1					1				1				X				3			6	10		2
11	15	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	7				2			1			0						3	X				6	11		1
12	3	(10) Leigh Adams	6	0						3				1				0				1		5	12		0
13	16	(8) Chris Louis	4				0				0	0						2			2			4	13	3
14	6	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	3		E				T			1							1			0		2	16	2
15	9	(14) Sławomir Drabik	2			2		0						0					0		1			3	15	1
16	7	(17) Mikael Karlsson	1		2					0					1	0					X			3	16
17	17	(9) Simon Wigg	–																					-	17
18	18	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	–																					-	18
Placing	Draw	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22	23	24

Heat 21 (Final D): Riders placed 13th to 16th

Heat 22 (Final C): Riders placed 9th to 12th

Heat 23 (Final B): Riders placed 5th to 8th

Heat 24 (Final A): Riders placed 1st to 4th

gate A – inside

gate B

gate C

gate D – outside

The intermediate classification

Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series

Full-time Grand Prix rider

Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN
1	(3) Greg Hancock	45	25	20
2	(13) Tomasz Gollob	43	18	25
3	(1) Billy Hamill	32	20	12
4	(4) Tony Rickardsson	29	11	18
5	(2) Hans Nielsen	24	8	16
6	(12) Brian Andersen	23	9	14
7	(7) Mark Loram	20	7	13
8	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	20	13	7
9	(14) Sławomir Drabik	18	16	2
10	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	17	14	3
11	(8) Chris Louis	16	12	4
12	(6) Peter Karlsson	15	4	11
13	(10) Leigh Adams	12	6	6
14	(18) Andy Smith	9	ns	9
15	(16) Jason Crump	8	–	8
16	(9) Simon Wigg	3	3	ns
17	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2	2	–
18	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	1	1	ns
19	(17) Mikael Karlsson	1	ns	1
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN

References

speedwaygp.republika.pl Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. 2009-05-12.
world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.

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