2009 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2009 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification Meetings are a series of speedway meetings used to determine the three riders and one reserve who qualify for the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix. The top eight riders finishing the 2008 Grand Prix series automatically qualify for 2009.

Calendar

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Race format
Gate A
(inside)
B
 
C
 
D
(outside)
Heat No Riders starting No
1 1 2 3 4
2 5 7 6 8
3 10 11 9 12
4 15 14 16 13
5 13 1 5 9
6 14 10 2 6
7 11 15 7 3
8 4 8 12 16
9 6 16 1 11
10 12 5 15 2
11 8 9 3 14
12 13 4 10 7
13 7 12 14 1
14 2 13 8 11
15 16 3 10 5
16 9 6 4 15
17 1 8 15 10
18 9 2 7 16
19 3 12 13 6
20 5 14 11 4
Date Venue Winner
Domestic Qualifications
April 16   Zielona Góra   Adrian Miedziński result
Quarter-finals
May 12   Abensberg   Davey Watt result
May 31   Goričan   Charlie Gjedde result
June 15   Częstochowa   Grzegorz Walasek result
June 21   Lonigo   Ryan Sullivan result
Semi-finals
July 5   Terenzano   Lee Richardson result
July 5   Motala   Peter Karlsson result
Grand Prix Challenge
September 14   Zielona Góra   Kenneth Bjerre result

Allocation

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Qualifying Rules:

  • Riders placed 1st to 7th 1 reserve from each Qualifying Round will qualify for the semi-final.
  • Riders placed 1st to 8th 1 reserve from each Semi-Final will qualify for the Grand Prix Challenge. However, if no Polish rider qualifies to the Grand Prix Challenge, then only 7 riders 1 reserve will qualify from Semi-Final 2.
  • Riders will be balloted for the semi-finals and the Grand Prix Challenge.
FMNs Total /- Qualifying Rounds Semi-Finals Ch
1 2 3 4 1 2
             
  Czech Republic (ACCR) 5 -1 2 1 2
  Great Britain (ACU) 6 - 2 2 2
  United States (AMA) 1 - 1
  Slovenia (AMZS) 2 -2 2
  Canada (CMA) 1 - 1
  Germany (DMSB) 5 1 3 2
  Denmark (DMU) 6 - 2 1 2 1
  France (FFM) 2 2 2
  Italy (FMI) 3 - 2 1
  Ukraine (FMU) 1 - 1
  Switzerland (FMS) 1 1 1
  Croatia (HMS) 2 1 2
  Netherlands (KNMV) 2 - 2
  Latvia (LaMSF) 2 - 2
  Australia (MA) 3 - 1 2
  Hungary (MAMS) 2 -1 2
  Russia (MFR) 4 1 2 2
  Norway (NMF) 1 -1 1
  Austria (OeAMTC) 2 - 2
  Poland (PZM) 7 -1 1 2 3 1
  Slovakia (SMF) 1 - 1
  Finland (SML) 3 - 1 2
  Sweden (SVEMO) 6 - 2 2 1 1
TOTAL 68 - 16 16 16 16 1 1

Domestic Qualifications

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Poland

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Domestic Qualifications for the 2009 Grand Prix and the 2008 Individual European Championship
Krajowe eliminacje do Grand Prix 2009 i IME

Qualifying Rules:

  • Riders placed 1st to 8th 1 reserve in the semi-finals qualify for the Final.
  • Riders placed 1st to 6th in the Domestic Final qualify for the Grand Prix Qualification. The seventh Polish rider and reserve are nominated by the Main Commission of Speedway Sport in Poland (GKSŻ).
  • Riders placed 1st to 7th in the Domestic Final qualify to the Individual European Championship. The eighth Polish rider and reserve are nominated by the Main Commission of Speedway Sport in Poland (GKSŻ).

Results:

  • Semi-Final 1
  • April 10, 2008 (4:00 pm CEST)
  •   Poznań, Olimpia Poznań Stadium
  • Referee: Maciej Spychała
  • Best Time: 66.90 - Krzysztof Kasprzak in heat 1
  • Attendance: 700
  • Changes:
Pos. Rider Points Details
1 (5) Walasek (ZIE) 15 (3,3,3,3,3)
2 (6) Dobrucki (ZIE) 13 (2,3,3,2,3)
3 (13) Mi.Szczepaniak (CZE) 11 (3,2,1,3,2)
4 (14) Gapiński (CZE) 11 (2,1,3,3,2)
5 (10) Jeleniewski (WRO) 11 (3,2,2,2,2)
6 (4) Kasprzak (LES) 10 (3,1,3,3,E)
7 (12) Świderski (RYB) 9 (2,3,2,1,1)
8 (19) Kołodziej (TAR) 5 3 3 (2,3)
9 (9) Słaboń (WRO) 5 3 2 (1,0,2,1,1)
10 (17) Jankowski (POZ) 5 2 3 1 (2,X,3)
11 (1) Jabłoński (GDA) 5 1 2 E (2,1,1,0,1)
12 (11) Klecha (TAR) 5 2 1 (0,E,2,2,1)
13 (16) Okoniewski (BYD) 4 (1,0,0,1,2)
14 (3) Marcinkowski (POZ) 3 (0,3,E,T/-,0)
15 (8) Trojanowski (POZ) 3 (1,2,X,-,-)
16 (2) Pytel (POZ) 3 (1,0,1,1,d)
17 (15) Ma.Szczepaniak (CZE) 1 (0,1,0,0,0)
18 (18) Kłopot (POZ) 0 (0,0)
19 (7) Szombierski (OST) 0 (E,-,-,-,-)

(17) Jankowski: 7, 14, 18
(18) Kłopot: 12, 15
(19) Kołodziej: 13, 17
Times:
Heat 1-4: 66.90 67.42 67.98 69.22
Heat 5-8: 67.70 68.10 68.40 68.64
Heat 9-12: 68.42 67.95 68.80 68.19
Heat 13-16: 68.10 70.29 67.94 68.08
Heat 17-20: 68.56 69.02 68.23 68.63
Heat 21-24: 68.18 69.36 69.09 68.87

Pos. Rider Points Details
1 (5) Ułamek (CZE) 13 (3,3,1,3,3)
2 (15) Jędrzejak (WRO) 12 (3,2,2,3,2)
3 (11) Kościecha (TOR) 11 (2,3,3,3,-)
4 (4) Buczkowski (BYD) 11 (3,3,1,2,2)
5 (1) Hampel (LES) 10 (2,0,2,3,3)
6 (10) Miedziński (TOR) 10 (3,2,3,2,0)
7 (12) Ząbik (TOR) 9 (1,2,3,T/-,3)
8 (9) Protasiewicz (ZIE) 7 3 (0,1,2,1,3)
9 (8) Zengota (ZIE) 7 2 (0,1,3,2,1)
10 (13) Stachyra (RZE) 6 (2,2,0,0,2)
11 (14) Gomólski (OST) 6 (1,1,1,2,1)
12 (7) Staszek (GRU) 5 (2,0,2,1,M)
13 (6) Puszakowski (GRU) 4 (1,3,X,-,-)
14 (2) Jędrzejewski (BYD) 3 (0,0,E,1,2)
15 (3) Hlib (GOR) 3 (1,1,0,1,0)
16 (17) Celmer (TOR) 2 (1,0,1)
17 (18) A.Wiśniewski (TOR) 1 (0,1,0)
18 (19) Lampkowski (TOR) 0 (0,0)
19 (16) Piszcz (DAU) 0 (X,0,E,-,-)

(17) Cemler: 9, 16, 19
(18) Wiśniewski: 13, 18, 20
(19) Lampkowski: 15, 18

  • Final
  • April 16, 2008 (5:00 pm CEST)
  •   Zielona Góra, Municipal Stadium
  • Best Time:
  • Referee: Wojciech Grodzki (Opole)
  • Attendance:
Pos. Rider Points Details
(2) Buczkowski (BYD)
(12) Dobrucki (ZIE)
(1) Gapiński (CZE)
(6) Hampel (LES)
(4) Jeleniewski (WRO)
(9) Jędrzejak (WRO)
(10) Kasprzak (LES)
(16) Kołodziej (TAR)
(11) Kościecha (TOR)
(8) Miedziński (TOR)
(13) Protasiewicz (ZIE)
(3) Mi.Szczepaniak (CZE)
(7) Świderski (RYB)
(5) Ułamek (CZE)
(14) Walasek (ZIE)
(15) Ząbik (TOR)
(17) Słaboń (WRO)
(18) Zengota (ZIE)

Qualifying rounds

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Abensberg

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  • Qualifying Round 1[1]
  • May 12, 2008
  •   Abensberg (2pm)
  • Referee:
  • Jury President:
  • Attendance: ?
  • Best Time: ?
  • Qualify: 7 1R
  • Replacements for injured riders:
  • Henk Bos (NED) was replaced by Mark Stiekema (NED)[2]
  • Theo Pijper (FRA[3]) was replaced by David Watt (AUS)[4]
  • Changes:
    • (5) NED (Jannick De Jong) › Rider 17
    • (16) NED (Mark Stiekema) › Rider 18
Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (1) Davey Watt 15 (3,3,3,3,3)
2   (14) Rafał Dobrucki 11 3 (3,3,2,0,3)
3   (7) Adrian Rymel 11 2 (2,3,2,2,2)
4   (12) David Howe 11 1 (2,3,3,1,2)
5   (9) Edward Kennett 11 X/F (3,1,3,1,3)
6   (6) Tobias Kroner 10 (3,2,2,3,0)
7   (4) Mikael Max 10 (2,1,3,2,2)
8   (13) Martin Smolinski 9 (E,2,1,3,3)
9   (16) Richard Speiser 8 (2,2,1,2,1)
10   (3) Josef Franc 5 (0,E,1,3,1)
11   (15) Niklas Klingberg 5 (1,2,2,0,E)
12   (8) Mathias Schultz 4 (1,0,E,2,1)
13   (2) Manuel Hauzinger 4 (1,1,1,1,-)
14   (10) Friedrich Wallner 3 (X/F,E,E,1,2)
15   (11) Sebastien Tresarrieu 2 (1,1,0,0,0)
16   (5) Frank Facher 1 (E,0,0,0,1)
17   (17) Max Dilger 0 (E)

Goričan

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  • Qualifying Round 2[5][6]
  • May 31, 2008 (7:00 pm)
  •   Goričan
  • Referee:
  • Jury President:
  • Qualify: 7 1R
  • Change: No 8 Sirg Schutzbach (GER) was replaced by 1st track reserve
Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (6) Charlie Gjedde 14 (2,3,3,3,3)
2   (1) Jurica Pavlic 13 3 (3,3,2,2,3)
3   (5) Matej Žagar 13 2 (3,2,2,3,3)
4   (2) Tomasz Jędrzejak 12 (2,2,3,2,3)
5   (4) Christian Hefenbrock 10 (1,3,3,1,2)
6   (13) Rory Schlein 10 (3,1,1,3,2)
7   (15) Kevin Wölbert 9 3 (2,2,1,2,2)
8   (3) Kenneth Bjerre 9 2 (0,3,3,2,1)
9   (10) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 (3,1,2,1,1)
10   (7) Renat Gafurov 7 (1,1,0,3,2)
11   (11) Izak Šantej 5 (2,0,1,1,1)
12   (14) Radik Tibiejev 4 (1,0,2,1,X)
13   (12) Michał Szczepaniak 3 (1,2,0,E,-)
14   (16) Carl Johan Raugstad 2 (0,1,E,0,1)
15   (8) Nikola Pigac 1 (0,0,1,0,0)
16   (17) Ivan Vargek 0 (0,0,0)
17   (9) Nikola Martinec 0 (0,0,F,-,-)

Częstochowa

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Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (12) Grzegorz Walasek 14 (3,2,3,3,3)
2   (9) Lukáš Dryml 13 (2,2,3,3,3)
3   (14) Peter Karlsson 11 (3,2,1,2,3)
4   (11) Lee Richardson 10 (0,3,3,3,1)
5   (1) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 10 (3,3,0,1,3)
6   (4) Sebastian Ułamek 10 (1,3,3,1,2)
7   (3) Daniel Nermark 9 (0,2,2,3,2)
8   (6) Emil Saifutdinov 8 (3,3,1,0,1)
9   (2) Denis Gizatullin 7 (2,0,1,2,2)
10   (16) Jarosław Hampel 7 (1,1,2,2,1)
11   (10) Janusz Kołodziej 6 (1,1,2,0,2)
12   (15) Oliver Allen 5 (0,E,2,2,1)
13   (5) Maksims Bogdanovs 3 (2,0,0,1,0)
14   (13) Nicolai Klindt 3 (2,1,C,T/-,0)
15   (7) Andriy Karpov 3 (1,1,1,0,0)
16   (8) Leonids Paura 1 (0,0,0,1,0)
17   (17) Borys Miturski 0 (0)

Lonigo

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Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (7) Ryan Sullivan 14 3 (3,3,3,2,3)
2   (1) Matej Ferjan 14 2 (3,3,3,3,2)
3   (16) Peter Ljung 12 3 (3,3,2,2,2)
4   (4) Mads Korneliussen 12 2 (2,2,2,3,3)
5   (10) Jesper B. Monberg 10 3 (3,2,1,3,1)
6   (2) Daniel King 10 2 (1,3,2,3,1)
7   (8) Simon Stead 10 1 (1,1,3,2,3)
8   (5) Mattia Carpanese 10 0 (2,2,3,1,2)
9   (3) Chris Holder 5 (X,E,2,E,3)
10   (9) Andrea Maida 5 (2,0,1,2,0)
11   (13) Maks Gregorič 5 (1,1,0,1,2)
12   (11) Hynek Štichauer 4 (1,2,X,0,1)
13   (6) Kyle Legault 3 (0,1,1,1,0)
14   (14) Kai Laukkanen 2 (2,0,0,E,0)
15   (12) Marco Gregnanin 2 (0,0,1,E,1)
16   (15) Zsolt Bencze 1 (0,1,0,0,0)
-   (17) Daniele Tessari - -
-   (18) Alessandro Milanese - -

Semi-finals

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Terenzano

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Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (7) Lee Richardson 12 3 (3,2,3,2,2)
2   (9) Jesper B. Monberg 12 2 (0,3,3,3,3)
3   (13) Peter Ljung 11 3 (3,2,2,1,3)
4   (1) Sebastian Ułamek 11 2 (3,0,2,3,3)
5   (2) Matej Žagar 10 (2,2,3,3,0)
6   (11) Charlie Gjedde 10 (2,3,3,2,0)
7   (5) Ryan Sullivan 10 (2,1,1,3,3)
8   (12) Adrian Miedziński 9 3 (3,1,2,1,2)
9   (16) Jurica Pavlic 9 2 (2,3,1,2,1)
10   (4) Lukáš Dryml 8 (1,2,1,2,2)
11   (14) Mikael Max 6 (0,3,2,0,1)
12   (10) David Howe 4 (1,0,0,1,2)
13   (15) Christian Hefenbrock 3 (1,1,0,1,FX)
14   (6) Kevin Wölbert 3 (1,1,X,0,1)
15   (8) Mattia Carpanese 2 (0,0,1,0,1)
16   (3) Guglielmo Franchetti 0 (T,E,0,0,FX)
17 -   (17) Emil Saifutdinov - -

Motala

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  • Semi-Final 2[16][17]
  • July 5, 2008 (4:00 pm)
  •   Motala
  • Referee:
  • Jury President:
  • Qualify: 8 1R
  • No 4 Davey Watt (AUS) was replaced by track reserve
Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (1) Peter Karlsson 14 (3,3,3,2,3)
2   (3) Jonas Davidsson 11 3 (E,2,3,3,3)
3   (10) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 2 (3,3,2,2,1)
4   (15) Grzegorz Walasek 9 (3,3,2,1,0)
5   (5) Matej Ferjan 9 (3,2,0,1,3)
6   (9) Daniel Nermark 9 (1,1,1,3,3)
7   (4) Kenneth Bjerre 9 (2,3,1,2,1)
8   (8) Tomasz Jędrzejak 9 (2,1,2,2,2)
9   (2) Mads Korneliussen 8 2 (1,2,1,3,1)
10   (12) Edward Kennett 8 2 (0,2,3,1,2)
11   (13) Daniel King 7 (2,0,3,1,1)
12   (11) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 7 (2,1,2,0,2)
13   (7) Simon Stead 6 (1,0,0,3,2)
14   (16) Rory Schlein 1 (1,0,0,0,0)
15   (14) Adrian Rymel 1 (E,1,0,0,0)
16   (6) Tobias Kroner 1 (0,T,1,0,0)
-   (17) Martin Smolinski - -

Grand Prix Challenge

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Placing 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
1   (12) Kenneth Bjerre 12 3 1 2 3 3 12 Q1 3
2   (16) Grzegorz Walasek 12 3 2 2 3 2 12 Q2 2
3   (8) Sebastian Ułamek 12 3 3 0 3 3 12 Q3 1
4   (10) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 2 3 3 1 2 11 4
5   (14) Tomasz Jędrzejak 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6   (1) Ryan Sullivan 10 3 3 3 1 F2 10 6
7   (9) Jesper B. Monberg 10 1 1 3 2 3 10 7
8   (3) Adrian Miedziński 9 1 3 1 2 2 9 8
9   (15) Jurica Pavlic 7 0 0 3 3 1 7 9
10   (5) Matej Žagar 7 2 2 1 0 2 7 10
11   (2) Mads Korneliussen 5 2 0 F4 2 1 5 11
12   (11) Peter Karlsson 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13   (13) Lee Richardson 3 1 E4 2 E4 0 3 13
14   (6) Charlie Gjedde 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 14
15   (4) Matej Ferjan 2 0 E4 1 E4 1 2 15
16   (7) Peter Ljung 2 1 1 F4 - - 2 16
17   (17) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 0 0 0 0 17
Placing 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

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Heat after heat:

  1. (60.60) Sullivan, Korneliussen, Miedziński, Ferjan
  2. (59.75) Ułamek, Zagar, Ljung, Gjedde
  3. (59.66) Bjerre, Iversen, Monberg, Karlsson
  4. (60.47) Walasek, Jędrzejak, Richardson, Pavlić
  5. (60.19) Sullivan, Zagar, Monberg, Richardson (E4)
  6. (60.20) Iversen, Jędrzejak, Gjedde, Korneliussen
  7. (61.10) Miedziński, Karlsson, Ljung, Pavlić
  8. (60.34) Ułamek, Walasek, Bjerre, Ferjan (E4)
  9. (61.21) Sullivan, Walasek, Karlsson, Gjedde (E4)
  10. (60.22) Pavlić, Bjerre, Zagar, Korneliussen (F4)
  11. (60.94) Monberg, Jędrzejak, Miedziński, Ułamek (d4)
  12. (60.15) Iversen, Richardson, Ferjan, Ljung (F3)
  13. (61.31) Bjerre, Jędrzejak, Sullivan, A.Dryml (E4)
  14. (60.51) Ułamek, Korneliussen, Karlsson, Richardson (E4)
  15. (60.97) Walasek, Miedziński, Iversen, Zagar
  16. (60.28) Pavlić, Monberg, Gjedde, Ferjan (E4)
  17. (60.69) Ułamek, Iversen, Pavlić, Sullivan (F)
  18. (60.90) Monberg, Walasek, Korneliussen, A.Dryml
  19. (60.97) Bjerre, Miedziński, Gjedde, Richardson (E3)
  20. (61.69) Jędrzejak, Zagar, Ferjan, Karlsson
    Run-Off:
  21. (60.88) Bjerre, Walasek, Ułamek
Pos. Rider Points Details
1   (12) Kenneth Bjerre 12 3 (3,1,2,3,3)
2   (16) Grzegorz Walasek 12 2 (3,2,2,3,2)
3   (8) Sebastian Ułamek 12 1 (3,3,0,3,3)
4   (10) Niels Kristian Iversen 11 (2,3,3,1,2)
5   (14) Tomasz Jędrzejak 11 (2,2,2,2,3)
6   (1) Ryan Sullivan 10 (3,3,3,1,F2)
7   (9) Jesper B. Monberg 10 (1,1,3,2,3)
8   (3) Adrian Miedziński 9 (1,3,1,2,2)
9   (5) Matej Žagar 7 (2,2,1,0,2)
10   (15) Jurica Pavlic 7 (0,0,3,3,1)
11   (2) Mads Korneliussen 5 (2,0,F,2,1)
12   (11) Peter Karlsson 4 (0,2,1,1,0)
13   (6) Charlie Gjedde 3 (0,1,0,1,1)
14   (13) Lee Richardson 3 (1,F,2,E4,0)
15   (4) Matej Ferjan 2 (0,E4,1,E4,1)
16   (7) Peter Ljung 2 (1,1,F4,-,-)
17   (17) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 0 (0,0)

References and notes

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  2. ^ pzm.pl - 2008-05-06
  3. ^ Pijper is a Dutch rider, but in this competition he represents the French Motorcycling Federation.
  4. ^ pzm.pl Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - 2008-05-09
  5. ^ SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-05-30
  6. ^ SportoweFakty.pl - 2008-06-02
  7. ^ "IMŚ GP Runda Kwalfikacyjna 3". pzm.pl. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  8. ^ "Ballot Czestochowa II" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  9. ^ "Walasek wygrał w Częstochowie, Hampel i Kołodziej za burtą". 2008-06-15. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  10. ^ "Szczęście uśmiechnęło się do Hampela". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-06-12. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  11. ^ "Lista startowa kwalifikacji w Lonigo". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  12. ^ "Przed RK do GP w Lonigo". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  13. ^ "Sullivan najlepszy w Lonigo, Holder za burtą". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-06-21. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  14. ^ "Ballot Terenzano I" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  15. ^ "Awans Ułamka i Miedzińskiego". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-06. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  16. ^ "Ballot Motala I" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  17. ^ "Walasek i Jędrzejak pojadą w Zielonej Górze". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-05. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  18. ^ "Ballot Zielona Gora I" (PDF). pzm.pl. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  19. ^ "Dwóch Polaków w Grand Prix 2009!". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

See also

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