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Denmark 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
Information
Date14 June 2008
CityDenmark Copenhagen
Event4 of 11 (104)
RefereePoland Wojciech Grodzki
Jury PresidentGermany Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
StadiumParken Stadium
Capacity32,500
Length275 m (301 yd)
TrackTemporary
SGP Results
Attendance29,000[1]
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerPoland Tomasz Gollob
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upDenmark Nicki Pedersen
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeAustralia Nicki Pedersen

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark will be the fourth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 14 June in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]

Copenhagen is also the second of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the blue helmet in the Super Prix Final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.[3]

Riders

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kenneth Bjerre as a wild card, and Nicolai Klindt and Patrick Hougaard both as track reserves.[4] The draw was made on 2 June at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[5]

Result

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Tomasz Gollob was the winner at Parken and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008.[1] He won the final from Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump and Hans N. Andersen. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. Danish wild card entry Kenneth Bjerre reached the semi-finals and finished in fifth position.[1]

Heat details

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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
1 12 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 19 2 2 3 1 2 10 4 3 3
2 13 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 20 3 3 3 2 3 14 1 2 2
3 8 Australia (3) Jason Crump 18 1 3 3 3 3 13 2 3 1
4 6 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 11 3 1 2 3 0 9 5 2 0
5 7 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 2 3 0 3 3 11 3 0
6 2 United States (6) Greg Hancock 10 2 3 1 1 2 9 6 1
7 4 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 9 3 1 2 2 0 8 8 1
8 11 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 8 3 2 0 0 3 8 7 0
9 1 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 7 1 2 3 0 1 7 9
10 10 Poland (7) Rune Holta 7 1 2 1 3 0 7 10
11 5 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 11
12 14 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 6 1 0 2 2 1 6 12
13 16 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 13
14 15 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 14
15 3 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 3 0 1 X 1 1 3 15
16 9 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 1 0 0 M/- 0 1 1 16
17 17 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 1 1 17
18 18 Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard - - 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

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

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  1. Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  2. Andersen, Bjerre, Crump, Nicholls
  3. Adams, Gollob, Holta, Dryml
  4. N.Pedersen, Harris, Iversen, Kasprzak
  5. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Dryml
  6. Hancock, Holta, Andersen, Iversen
  7. Bjerre, Adams, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  8. Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Harris
  9. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Harris, Adams
  10. Gollob, Nicholls, Hancock, Kasprzak
  11. Crump, Iversen, Klindt, Dryml (M/-), Lindgren (X/F2)
    Drryml collides with Lindgren in spectacular crash. Lindgren excluded for restart. Dryml's bike fails to start before end of time limit, he is excluded. replaced by Nicolai Klindt.
  12. N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta, Bjerre
  13. Bjerre, Iversen, Gollob, B.Pedersen
  14. Crump, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  15. Holta, Nicholls, Lindgren, Harris
  16. Andersen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml
  17. Crump, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Holta
  18. Bjerre, Hancock, Dryml, Harris
  19. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Lindgren, Andersen
  20. Adams, Nicholls, Iversen, Jonsson
    Semi-finals:
  21. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  22. Crump, Andersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
    Final:
  23. Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Andersen (0)

The intermediate classification

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Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
Full-time Grand Prix rider
Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia		 EUR
Poland		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 GBR
United Kingdom		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SCA
Sweden		 LAT
Latvia		 POL
Poland		 ITA
Italy		 FIN
Poland
1 Denmark (1) Nicki Pedersen 69 17 16 16 20              
2 Poland (4) Tomasz Gollob 58 19 12 8 19              
3 Australia (3) Jason Crump 48 10 8 12 18              
4 United States (6) Greg Hancock 44 8 20 6 10              
5 Australia (2) Leigh Adams 42 5 20 9 8              
6 Denmark (5) Hans N. Andersen 39 14 6 8 11              
7 Sweden (15) Fredrik Lindgren 39 7 7 22 3              
8 Sweden (10) Andreas Jonsson 38 12 9 8 9              
9 Poland (7) Rune Holta 33 5 4 17 7              
10 Denmark (12) Niels Kristian Iversen 26 8 10 2 6              
11 United Kingdom (8) Scott Nicholls 23 7 2 7 7              
12 United Kingdom (9) Chris Harris 20 6 6 5 3              
13 Poland (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak 17 6 3 5 3              
14 Poland (16) Jarosław Hampel 16 – 16 – –              
15 Czech Republic (13) Lukáš Dryml 15 9 2 3 1              
16 Denmark (11) Bjarne Pedersen 11 4 – – 7              
17 Denmark (16) Kenneth Bjerre 11 – – – 11              
18 Czech Republic (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8 – 3 5 –              
19 Slovenia (16) Matej Žagar 7 7 – – –              
20 Sweden (16) Jonas Davidsson 7 – – 7 –              
21 Sweden (18) Billy Forsberg 2 – – 2 –              
22 Denmark (17) Nicolai Klindt 1 – – – 1              
23 Sweden (17) Sebastian Aldén 0 – – 0 –              
Rider(s) not classified
Slovenia (17) Izak Šantej — ns – – –              
Poland (17) Damian Baliński — – ns – –              
Slovenia (18) Denis Štojs — ns – – –              
Poland (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski — – ns – –              
Denmark (18) Patrick Hougaard — – – – ns              
Pos. Rider Points SVN
Slovenia		 EUR
Poland		 SWE
Sweden		 DEN
Denmark		 GBR
United Kingdom		 CZE
Czech Republic		 SCA
Sweden		 LAT
Latvia		 POL
Poland		 ITA
Italy		 FIN
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Parken Glory for Gollob". SpeedwayWorld.tv. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  3. ^ "SuperPrix". SpeedwayWorld.Tv. 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-02.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Dzika karta dla Bjerre". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-05-26. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  5. ^ "Press Release Copenhagen SGP Draw" (pdf). pzm.pl. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
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