2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix[1] to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix.[2]

The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.

Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.[3]

Format

  • First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
  • Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
  • Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
  • Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2004 Grand Prix

Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)

Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1Sweden Peter Karlsson13
2England David Howe13
3United States Billy Janniro12
4Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr.10
5Poland Piotr Protasiewicz9
6France Tomáš Topinka9
7Netherlands Theo Pijper8
8Denmark Charlie Gjedde8
9Slovenia Matej Žagar7
10Canada Chris Slabon6
11Sweden Peter Ljung6
12Hungary László Szatmári (R)4
13Poland Grzegorz Walasek4
14Poland Jacek Rempala4
15Sweden David Ruud3
16Italy Andrea Maida3
17Hungary Sándor Tihanyi0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1Russia Roman Povazhny12
2Denmark Jesper B. Jensen12
3Denmark Bjarne Pedersen12
4Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel11
5Poland Rafał Dobrucki10
6Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml10
7Finland Kai Laukkanen10
8Poland Sebastian Ułamek8
9Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi7
10Russia Sergej Darkin6
11Sweden Peter Ingvar Karlsson5
12Poland Jarosław Hampel5
13Hungary Attila Stefáni4
14England Simon Stead (R)3
15United States Ryan Fisher2
16England Lee Richardson1
17Sweden Stefan Andersson2
18United States Brent Werner (R)1

Final Round

GP Challenge

6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Total Points
1Poland Piotr Protasiewicz142, 3, 3, 3, 3
2Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel133, 3, 2, 2, 3
3Denmark Bjarne Pedersen122, 2, 2, 3, 3
4Finland Kai Laukkanen113, 3, 1, 2, 2
5Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr.10exc, 3, 3, 3, 1
6Denmark Jesper B. Jensen91, ef, 3, 3, 2
7Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi73, 2, 0, 1, 1
8England Simon Stead (R)61, 0, 3, 2, exc
9Poland Rafał Dobrucki63, 0, 1, 1, 1
10United States Billy Janniro62, 2, 1, 1, 0
11Russia Roman Povazhny5exc, 1, 0, 1, 3
12Denmark Charlie Gjedde50, 1, 0, 2, 2
13Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka52, 2, 1, 0, x
14Slovenia Matej Žagar (R)51, -, 2, x, 2
15Poland Sebastian Ułamek41, 1, 2, f, exc
16Netherlands Theo Pijper10, 0, 0, 0, 1
17Sweden Peter Karlsson0ef, -, -, -, -
18Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml-dns+[4]

+broke his leg and was unable to compete further

References

  1. "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. "Speedway Star Cover Men". WWOS backup. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. "DRYML BOYS PLAY PART IN 2003 TITLE SUCCESS". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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