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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jarosław Hampel as wild card, and Damian Baliński and Krzysztof Buczkowski as track reserves. The draw was made on April 29 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Because of an injury, Bjarne Pedersen was replaced by Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 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.
e: retired or mechanical failure •
m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •
t: exclusion for touching the tapes •
x: other exclusion •
f: fell ns: non-starter •
nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
gate A – inside
gate B
gate C
gate D – outside
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.
2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe
Frank Ziegler
Joergen L. Jensen
Winner
Leigh Adams
Runner-up
Greg Hancock
3rd place
(19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.
(10) Andreas Jonsson
(9) Chris Harris
