# 1999 Speedway Grand Prix

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5th season of the Speedway Grand Prix

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Season details Dates May 8 – September 25 Events 6 Cities 6 Countries 5 Riders 22 permanents 2 wild card(s) Heats 144 (in 6 events) Winners Champion SWE Tony Rickardsson Runner-up POL Tomasz Gollob 3rd place DEN Hans Nielsen ← 1998 Speedway Grand Prix 2000 →

The **1999 Speedway Grand Prix** was the 54th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3] It was the fifth season in the [Speedway Grand Prix](/source/Speedway_Grand_Prix) era and was used to determine the [Speedway World Champion](/source/Speedway_World_Championship).

## Event format

The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.

The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10 point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.

## Qualification for Grand Prix

Main article: [1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification](/source/1999_Speedway_Grand_Prix_Qualification)

The 1999 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards 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 8 Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium Tomasz Gollob Greg Hancock Jason Crump Jimmy Nilsen results 2 June 4 Linköping , Sweden Motorstadium Mark Loram Jimmy Nilsen Tony Rickardsson Leigh Adams results 3 July 3 Wrocław , Poland Olympic Stadium Tomasz Gollob Jimmy Nilsen Stefan Dannö Tony Rickardsson results 4 July 31 Coventry , Great Britain Brandon Stadium Tony Rickardsson Chris Louis Greg Hancock Hans Nielsen results 5 August 28 Bydgoszcz , Poland Polonia Stadium Hans Nielsen Tony Rickardsson Ryan Sullivan Mark Loram results 6 September 25 Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center Tony Rickardsson Mark Loram Hans Nielsen Joe Screen 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 POL GBR PL2 DEN (1) Tony Rickardsson 111 7 18 16 25 20 25 (3) Tomasz Gollob 98 25 15 25 10 15 8 (4) Hans Nielsen 76 6 1 10 16 25 18 4 (2) Jimmy Nilsen 73 16 20 20 8 4 5 5 (23)(25) Mark Loram 71 – 25 2 8 16 20 6 (19) Joe Screen 68 12 5 15 12 8 16 7 (13) Leigh Adams 67 4 16 5 14 14 14 8 (8) Jason Crump 66 18 7 12 15 8 6 9 (6) Greg Hancock 62 20 7 4 18 7 6 10 (7) Ryan Sullivan 55 6 3 14 7 18 7 11 (17) Stefan Dannö 52 10 12 18 5 5 2 12 (5) Chris Louis 50 8 6 5 20 7 4 13 (10) Peter Karlsson 45 8 14 6 4 5 8 14 (18) Mikael Karlsson 45 7 5 8 7 6 12 15 (11) Antonín Kasper Jr. 39 15 10 7 3 2 2 16 (9) Brian Karger 36 3 8 6 6 3 10 17 (15) Henrik Gustafsson 35 5 2 7 4 10 7 18 (22) Billy Hamill 35 2 3 3 6 6 15 19 (20) John Jørgensen 32 14 8 3 2 1 4 20 (16) Andy Smith 22 5 6 1 5 4 1 21 (21) Robert Dados 20 4 4 4 1 2 5 22 (14) Brian Andersen 12 3 1 2 2 3 1 23 (23) Jacek Gollob 12 – – – – 12 – 24 (12) Marián Jirout 8 1 2 1 1 – 3 25 (24) Rafał Dobrucki 8 – – 8 – – – 26 (24) Sebastian Ułamek 4 – 4 – – – – 27 (24) Scott Nicholls 3 – – – 3 – – 28 (24) Jesper B. Jensen 3 – – – – – 3 29 (23) Antonín Šváb Jr. 2 2 – – – – – 30 (24) Piotr Protasiewicz 2 1 – – – 1 – Pos. Rider Points CZE SWE POL GBR PL2 DEN

## 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.

## External links

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

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