The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 3 riders that would qualify for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix.

Calendar - Domestic - Quarter-finals - Semi-finals - Final

Date (2007) Venue Winner Domestic Qualification June 6 Bydgoszcz Grzegorz Walasek result Quarter-finals June 23 Terenzano Niels Kristian Iversen result June 24 Miskolc Rory Schlein result June 23 Mšeno Krzysztof Kasprzak result June 30 Motala Damian Baliński result Semi-finals July 7 Lonigo Bjarne Pedersen result July 8 Ljubljana Fredrik Lindgren result Final 15 September Vojens Niels Kristian Iversen result

Domestic Qualification

Poland Golden Helmet Final (Finał Złotego Kasku) June 6, 2007 Bydgoszcz, Polonia Stadium Referee: Ryszard Bryła (Zielona Góra) Attendance: 2,500 Best Time: 61,63 s. - Wiesław Jaguś (7 heat) Only 16 heats, because was rain.

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra 9 (0,3,3,3)2 Rafał Dobrucki Rzeszów 9 (2,1,3,3)3 Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno 9 (3,2,2,2)4 Paweł Hlib Gorzów Wlkp. 8 (3,1,1,3)5 Piotr Protasiewicz Zielona Góra 7 (3,1,3,F)6 Jarosław Hampel Leszno 7 (2,2,E,3)7 Damian Baliński Leszno 7 (1,3,2,1)10 Tomasz Gapiński Wrocław 6 (2,0,2,2)

Paweł Hlib was injured before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapiński. Wiesław Jaguś (8th) and Sebastian Ułamek (9th) refused.

Quarter-finals Terenzano Qualifying round A June 23, 2007 Terenzano Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? No12: Sebastian Aldén → Marco Gregnanin

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 (10) Niels Kristian Iversen 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 (6) Jurica Pavlič 12+3 (1,2,3,3,3)3 (14) Rafał Dobrucki 12+2 (2,1,3,3,3)4 (7) Richard Hall 12+F/X (2,3,2,2,3)5 (16) Kyle Legault 11 (3,2,2,2,2)6 (2) Niklas Klingberg 10 (3,0,3,3,1)7 (5) Steve Johnston 10 (3,2,1,2,2)8 (11) David Howe 8+3 (2,1,2,2,1)9 (13) Henrik Møller 8+2 (1,3,1,1,2)10 (9) Matej FerjanHungarian licence. 5 (0,1,1,1,2)11 (16) Andrea Maida 4 (0,3,1,0,0)12 (8) Denis Štojs 3 (0,1,2,0,F)13 (3) Guglielmo Franchetti 3 (2,F,0,1,0)14 (4) Josef Franc 3 (1,2,E,0,0)15 (12) Marco Gregnanin 3 (1,0,0,1,1)16 (1) Maks Gregorič 1 (0,0,0,0,1)Miskolc Qualifying round B June 24, 2007 Miskolc Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ?

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 (9) Rory Schlein 14 (3,3,2,3,3)2 (16) Piotr Protasiewicz 12+3 (3,3,2,3,1)3 (7) Charlie Gjedde 12+2 (3,2,2,3,2)4 (12) Sebastian Ułamek 10 (2,1,3,1,3)5 (14) Chris Holder 10 (2,3,1,2,2)6 (8) Denis Gizatullin 9 (2,2,3,2,E)7 (11) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8+3 (E,3,1,1,3)8 (2) Zdeněk Simota 8+2 (1,2,2,3,0)9 (6) Norbert Magosi 7 (1,0,3,1,2)10 (15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7 (1,1,1,2,2)11 (1) Jozsef Tabaka 6 (3,X,0,0,3)12 (13) Ruslan Gatiatow 5 (0,2,3,0,0)13 (3) Maksims Bogdanovs 5 (2,0,0,2,1)14 (10) Kasts Poudzuks 5 (1,1,1,1,1)15 (4) Magnus Karlsson 1 (0,0,0,0,1)16 (5) Jaroslaw Poljuchowicz 1 (0,1,0,0,0) - (R1) Zsolt Bencze

Mšeno Qualifying round C June 23, 2007 Mšeno Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? No13: Denis Sajfutdinov → Martin Vaculík

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 (4) Krzysztof Kasprzak 15 (3,3,3,3,3)2 (10) Renat Gafurov 13 (3,3,2,2,3)3 (5) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 11 (3,2,1,3,2)4 (7) Tobias Kroner 10 (2,2,1,2,3)5 (11) Izak Šantej 9 (E,3,3,3,0)6 (15) Jarosław Hampel 9 (3,E,2,2,2)7 (12) Lukáš Dryml 8+3 (E,2,3,3,F)8 (14) Lewis Bridger 8+2 (2,2,2,1,1)9 (9) Daniel King 8+1 (2,1,3,1,1)10 (1) Adrian Rymel 6 (2,3,0,0,1)11 (13) Martin Vaculík 6 (1,0,0,2,3)12 (16) Thomas Stange 6 (0,1,2,1,2)13 (17) Hynek Štichauer 3 (1,2)14 (3) Henk Bos 3 (0,1,1,0,1)15 (2) Fritz Wallner 3 (1,1,E,1,E)16 (8) Kaj de Jong 1 (1,0,0,0,0) - (6) Manuel Hauzinger 0 (E,0,-,-,-) - (18) Richard Wolff 0 (0)17: Heats: ? 18: Heat: ?Motala Qualifying round D June 30, 2007 Motala Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ? No5: Carl Johan Raugstad → Daniel Davidsson

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 (4) Damian Baliński 12+3 (1,3,3,2,3)2 (8) Kenneth Bjerre 12+2 (3,1,3,2,3)3 (3) Mikael Max 12+1 (3,3,2,3,1)4 (14) Tomasz Gapiński 11 (2,3,1,3,2)5 (16) Fredrik Lindgren 11 (1,2,3,2,3)6 (6) Kai Laukkanen 11 (2,2,1,3,3)7 (13) Jonas Davidsson 10 (0,3,2,3,2)8 (15) Kauko Nieminen 9 (3,1,2,1,2)9 (11) Jesper B. Jensen 8 (3,2,2,1,E)10 (12) Simon Stead 6 (1,0,3,2,0)11 (10) Martin Smolinski 6 (2,1,1,1,1)12 (1) Christian Hefenbrock 5 (2,2,0,1,0)13 (5) Daniel Davidsson 3 (0,1,0,0,2)14 (2) Oliver Allen 2 (0,0,1,0,1)15 (9) Rune Sola 2 (1,0,0,0,1)16 (7) Matt Browne 0 (0,0,0,0,0) - (17) Ricky Kling

Semi-finals Lonigo Semi-final A July 7, 2007 Lonigo Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ?

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 (7) Bjarne Pedersen 11+3 (3,2,2,3,1)2 (4) Krzysztof Kasprzak 11+2 (2,3,0,3,3)3 (14) Damian Baliński 10+3 (3,3,2,2,0)4 (10) Denis Gizatullin 10+2 (3,1,3,1,2)5 (12) Tobias Kroner 10+1 (2,2,3,1,2)6 (1) Lukáš Dryml 9 (3,X,3,X,3)7 (2) Kyle Legault 8+3 (1,2,2,3,0)8 (9) Steve Johnston 8+2 (0,2,1,2,3)9 (11) Charlie Gjedde 8+1 (1,3,1,2,1)10 (3) Chris Holder 7 (F,1,0,3,3)11 (8) Jarosław Hampel 7 (2,0,3,1,1)12 (16) Jurica Pavlič 7 (2,1,0,2,2)13 (5) Mikael Max 6 (0,3,1,0,2)14 (6) Tomasz Gapiński 4 (1,0,2,E,1)15 (15) Richard Hall 2 (1,0,F,1,0)16 (18) Zdeněk Simota 1 (E,1,0,0)17 (13) Mattia Carpanese 0 (0,F/-,-,-,-)18 (17) David Howe 0 (F/-)17: Heat: 5 18: Heats: 5, 12, 14 and 19 Heat 5: Carpanese fell (injury); replaced by Howe. Howe fell by Dryml (injury); Dryml was exclusion; Howe replaced by Simota.Ljubljana Semi-final B July 8, 2007 Ljubljana Referee: ? Attendance: ? Best Time: ?

Pos. Rider Points Heats1 (16) Fredrik Lindgren 11+3 (2,1,2,3,3)2 (4) Renat Gafurov 11+2 (1,3,1,3,3)3 (10) Kenneth Bjerre 11+1 (3,3,3,2,0)4 (15) Rory Schlein 10 (3,2,3,1,1)5 (8) Niels Kristian Iversen 10 (1,2,3,2,2)6 (1) Rafał Dobrucki 9 (3,2,1,0,3)7 (7) Jonas Davidsson 8+3 (3,1,E3,3,1)8 (12) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. 8+2 (2,0,2,2,2)9 (13) Piotr Protasiewicz 8+1 (0,3,2,F/X,3)10 (6) Grzegorz Walasek 7 (2,1,3,0,1)11 (9) Niklas Klingberg 7 (1,0,2,2,2)12 (14) Kai Laukkanen 6 (1,2,1,1,1)13 (2) Jernej Kolenko 5 (2,0,0,3,0)14 (11) Sebastian Ułamek 4 (0,3,0,1,0)15 (5) Izak Šantej 4 (0,1,1,0,2)16 (3) Aleš Dryml, Jr. 1 (E4,0,0,1,T/-)17 (17) Kauko Nieminen 0 (0) - (18) Lewis Bridger 17: Heat: 19

Grand Prix Challenge September 15, 2007 (Saturday, 19:30) Vojens Referee: Jury President: Attendance: Best Time: Stadium and track: Name: Vojens Speedway Center

Heat after heat Pedersen, Baliński, Kroner, Davidsson Iversen, Bjerre, Dryml, Schlein Tomíček, Lindgren, Dobrucki, Johnston Gafurov, Gizatullin, Kasprzak, Legault (F/X) Bjerre, Baliński, Johnston, Legault Dryml, Gafurov, Lindgren, Kroner Dobrucki, Davidsson, Kasprzak, Schlein Iversen, Tomíček, Pedersen, Gizatullin Dobrucki, Dryml, Baliński, Gizatullin Bjerre, Tomíček, Kasprzak, Kroner Iversen, Johnston, Davidsson, Gafurov Pedersen, Lindgren, Schlein, Legault Tomíček, Gafurov, Schlein, Baliński (E/start) Iversen, Dobrucki, Legault, Kroner (E4) Davidsson, Lindgren, Gizatullin, Bjerre (F/X) Dryml, Kasprzak, Pedersen, Johnston Kasprzak, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren (F/X) Gizatullin, Schlein, Kroner, Johnston Dryml, Davidsson, Tomíček, Legault Pedersen, Bjerre, Dobrucki, Gafurov Play-off 3-4 place: Pedersen, Tomíček

Top three riders qualified to 2008 Speedway Grand Prix: Niels Kristian Iversen Lukáš Dryml Bjarne Pedersen

References

See also Speedway Grand Prix