# 1997 Speedway Grand Prix

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3rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix

1997 Speedway Grand Prix Season details Dates May 17 - September 20 Events 6 Cities 6 Countries 6 Riders 17 permanents 1 wild card(s) Heats 144 (in 6 events) Winners Champion USA Greg Hancock Runner-up USA Billy Hamill 3rd place POL Tomasz Gollob ← 1996 Speedway Grand Prix 1998 →

The **1997 Speedway Grand Prix** was the 52nd edition of the official World Championship.[1][2] It was the third season in the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix) era used to determine the [Speedway World Champion](/source/Speedway_World_Championship).[3]

[Greg Hancock](/source/Greg_Hancock) from the United States became the World Champion with 118 points beating fellow American [Billy Hamill](/source/Billy_Hamill) into second place. The bronze medal went to Pole [Tomasz Gollob](/source/Tomasz_Gollob).[4]

## Event format

During 1997 the initial SGP scoring system was used for the final time. Each rider raced every other in the meeting with the top 4 qualifying for a final - the points for all other riders determined their finishing position in the meeting and therefore their championship Grand Prix points. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with the remainder scoring 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

## Qualification for Grand Prix

Main article: [1997 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification](/source/1997_Speedway_Grand_Prix_Qualification)

The 1997 season had 17 permanent riders and one wild card at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.

## Calendar

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results 1 May 17 Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium Greg Hancock Billy Hamill Tomasz Gollob Slawomir Drabik results 2 June 14 Linköping , Sweden Motorstadium Tomasz Gollob Greg Hancock Tony Rickardsson Hans Nielsen results 3 July 5 Landshut , Germany Stadion Ellermühle Hans Nielsen Brian Andersen Greg Hancock Billy Hamill results 4 August 9 Bradford , Great Britain Odsal Stadium Brian Andersen Billy Hamill Jimmy Nilsen Mark Loram results 5 August 30 Wrocław , Poland Olympic Stadium Greg Hancock Billy Hamill Tomasz Gollob Piotr Protasiewicz results 6 September 20 Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center Mark Loram Tony Rickardsson Greg Hancock Tomasz Gollob results

## Final standings

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

- [motorcycle speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX"](https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex). *British Speedway*. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK"](http://www.speedway.org/history/). *Speedway.org*. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Speedway riders, history and results"](https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/6933/world-champions). *wwosbackup*. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hoare, T. (1997) 'Relaxed Hancock lifts world crown'"](https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502232917/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=97da3091). *The Times*. 22 September 1997. Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.

## External links

- [Official Speedway GP site](https://web.archive.org/web/20070203093546/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/)

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