1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
Information
Date	23 September 1997
City	Vojens
Event	6 of 6 (18)
Referee	Wolfgang Glas
Stadium details
Stadium	Speedway Center
Track	speedway track
SGP Results
Winner	Mark Loram
Runner-up	Tony Rickardsson
3rd place	Greg Hancock

The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the sixth and last race of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 23 September in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark^[1][2] It was the third Danish SGP and was won by British rider Mark Loram. It was the first win of his career.

Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jesper B. Jensen from Denmark 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	16	(7) Mark Loram	25				2				2	3						2			2			11	4				3
2	14	(4) Tony Rickardsson	20				3		3					0		2							3	11	3				2
3	12	(3) Greg Hancock	18			2					3		3			3						2		13	1				1
4	3	(13) Tomasz Gollob	16	2						1				3				3				3		12	2				0
5	8	(8) Chris Louis	14		3						1			1			2			2				9	8			3
6	11	(1) Billy Hamill	13			1				2		2					3						2	10	7			2
7	7	(2) Hans Nielsen	12		2					3					2	0					3			10	5			1
8	9	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	11			3		1						2					3		1			10	6			0
9	15	(10) Leigh Adams	9				0			0			2						2	3				7	10		3
10	1	(12) Brian Andersen	8	3				2				1				1				1				8	9		2
11	13	(6) Peter Karlsson	7				1	2							E		0					1		4	12		1
12	4	(18) Andy Smith	6	0							0				3				1				0	4	11		0
13	5	(16) Jesper B. Jensen	4		F			0					0					1					1	2	15	3
14	10	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	3			F			2						1			F		0				3	14	2
15	2	(17) Mikael Karlsson	2	1					1				1				1				0			4	13	1
16	6	(14) Sławomir Drabik	1		1				0			0							0			0		1	16	0
17	17	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	–																					-	17
18	18	(9) Simon Wigg	–																					-	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 final 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
	(3) Greg Hancock	118	25	20	18	12	25	18
	(1) Billy Hamill	101	20	12	16	20	20	13
	(13) Tomasz Gollob	92	18	25	1	14	18	16
4	(4) Tony Rickardsson	90	11	18	14	13	14	20
5	(7) Mark Loram	81	7	13	8	16	12	25
6	(12) Brian Andersen	80	9	14	20	25	4	8
7	(2) Hans Nielsen	75	8	16	25	7	7	12
8	(11) Jimmy Nilsen	71	13	7	13	18	9	11
9	(8) Chris Louis	59	12	4	12	4	13	14
10	(10) Leigh Adams	42	6	6	9	9	3	9
11	(14) Sławomir Drabik	38	16	2	6	2	11	1
12	(6) Peter Karlsson	37	4	11	3	6	6	7
13	(15) Piotr Protasiewicz	31	1	ns	11	0	16	3
14	(18) Andy Smith	22	ns	9	4	3	ns	6
15	(5) Henrik Gustafsson	20	14	3	–	1	2	ns
16	(17) Mikael Karlsson	14	ns	1	ns	11	ns	2
17	(9) Simon Wigg	13	3	ns	2	ns	8	ns
18	(16) Jason Crump	8	–	8	–	–	–	–
19	(16) Joe Screen	8	–	–	–	8	–	–
20	(16) Robert Barth	7	–	–	7	–	–	–
21	(16) Jesper B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	–	4
22	(16) Tomáš Topinka	2	2	–	–	–	–	–
23	(16) Rafał Dobrucki	1	–	–	–	–	1	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(19) Sam Ermolenko	—	–	–	ns	–	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	CZE	SWE	GER	GBR	POL	DEN

See also

• Speedway Grand Prix
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1. speedwaygp.republika.pl. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-12.
2. world.speedway.org. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. Archived 2009-05-11.

External links

• FIM-live.com
• SpeedwayWorld.tv