2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

United Kingdom 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
Information
Date29 July 2000
CityUnited Kingdom Coventry
Event4 of 6 (34)
RefereeUnited Kingdom Anthony Steele
Stadium details
StadiumBrandon Stadium
Capacity5,000
Length320 m (350 yd)
Trackspeedway track
SGP Results
Best Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) WinnerUnited Kingdom Martin Dugard
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-upAustralia Ryan Sullivan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd placeUnited Kingdom Mark Loram

The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fourth race of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 29 July in the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England[1]

Starting positions draw

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The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated British rider Martin Dugard and Lee Richardson as Wild Card. Injured Poles Rafał Dobrucki and Tomasz Gollob was replaced by John Jørgensen and Jason Lyons.

Draw 6. Poland (2) Tomasz GollobAustralia (28) Jason Lyons
Draw 19. Poland (22) Rafał DobruckiDenmark (25) John Jørgensen

Heat details

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Placing Draw Rider Total Pre-Main Event Main Event Final Event
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 1/2 CF F
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 23 United Kingdom (23) Martin Dugard 25 2 1 1 3 1 1 1
2 9 Australia (8) Ryan Sullivan 20 2 1 1 1 1 2
3 5 United Kingdom (16) Mark Loram 18 1 2 2 3
4 6 Australia (28) Jason Lyons 16 3 2 1 2 4
5 4 Australia (5) Leigh Adams 15 2 1 4 1
6 1 Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 14 3 1 2 3 2
7 11 United States (7) Greg Hancock 12 2 2 2 3 2 3 3
8 7 Australia (6) Jason Crump 10 2 2 4X 4
9 3 United Kingdom (10) Chris Louis 8 4 2 3
10 16 Sweden (12) Mikael Karlsson 8 4G 1 2 1 4 3
11 10 Sweden (19) Peter Karlsson 7 4 2 1 3 1 4
12 12 Australia (21) Todd Wiltshire 7 4 1 1 2 4F 4
13 14 Sweden (3) Jimmy Nilsen 6 1 3 2 4 3
14 8 Sweden (9) Stefan Dannö 6 4 3
15 2 United States (11) Billy Hamill 5 4R 4F
16 20 Sweden (15) Henrik Gustafsson 5 2 2 3 4X
Placing Draw Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 18 United Kingdom (13) Carl Stonehewer 4 1 3 3
18 15 Czech Republic (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 4 3 2 3
19 13 United Kingdom (4) Joe Screen 3 1 4 4
20 24 United Kingdom (24) Lee Richardson 3 1 4 4
21 21 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 2 3 3
22 22 Denmark (20) Brian Andersen 2 3 3
23 17 Denmark (14) Brian Karger 1 3 4
24 19 Denmark (25) John Jørgensen 1 4 4
Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – inside gate B gate C gate D – outside

Standings

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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 CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
EUR
Poland
1 United Kingdom (16) Mark Loram 73 20 20 15 18    
2 Sweden (1) Tony Rickardsson 69 14 16 25 14    
3 United States (11) Billy Hamill 56 25 6 20 5    
4 Australia (6) Jason Crump 52 5 25 12 10    
5 United Kingdom (10) Chris Louis 51 18 7 18 8    
6 Australia (8) Ryan Sullivan 48 8 12 8 20    
7 Australia (21) Todd Wiltshire 48 16 18 7 7    
8 Australia (5) Leigh Adams 47 6 10 16 15    
9 Poland (2) Tomasz Gollob 43 15 14 14    
10 Sweden (3) Jimmy Nilsen 32 6 15 5 6    
11 Sweden (12) Mikael Karlsson 32 12 8 4 8    
12 United States (7) Greg Hancock 31 7 5 7 12    
13 United Kingdom (23) Martin Dugard 25 25    
14 United Kingdom (13) Carl Stonehewer 24 10 7 3 4    
15 Sweden (9) Stefan Dannö 23 3 4 10 6    
16 Czech Republic (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr. 22 7 6 5 4    
17 Sweden (19) Peter Karlsson 20 3 2 8 7    
18 United Kingdom (4) Joe Screen 19 5 5 6 3    
19 Sweden (15) Henrik Gustafsson 19 8 4 2 5    
20 Australia (28) Jason Lyons 16 16    
21 Denmark (14) Brian Karger 10 2 3 4 1    
22 Poland (22) Rafał Dobrucki 10 4 3 3    
23 Denmark (20) Brian Andersen 9 4 2 1 2    
24 Norway (24) Rune Holta 8 8    
25 United Kingdom (17) Andy Smith 6 2 1 1 2    
26 Poland (24) Sebastian Ułamek 6 6    
27 United Kingdom (24) Lee Richardson 3 3    
28 Poland (23) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 2    
29 Czech Republic (23) Michal Makovský 1 1    
30 Denmark (23) Nicki Pedersen 1 1    
31 Czech Republic (24) Bohumil Brhel 1 1    
32 Denmark (25) John Jørgensen 1 1    
Pos. Rider Points CZE
Czech Republic
SWE
Sweden
POL
Poland
GBR
United Kingdom
DEN
Denmark
EUR
Poland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2000-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-12-03.
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