The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix.

The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through.

Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.

Format First Round – 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final First Round – 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals First Round – 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final First Round – 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final First Round – 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final First Round – 1 rider from South African Final to Overseas Final First Round – 3 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final Second Round – 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final Second Round – 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final Second Round – 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final Third Round – 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Grand Prix to GP Challenge Third Round – 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge Third Round – 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge Final Round – 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1999 Grand Prix

First round Continental quarter finals

QF (1 May Mureck)PosRider Points 1 Rafał Dobrucki 14 2 Andreas Bössner 13+3 Andrea Maida13+4 Jacek Rempala 105 Joachim Kugelmann 106 Laszlo Bodi 97 Alexander Liatosinski98 Alessandro Dalla Valle99 Thomas Stadler 810 Siegfried Eder 711 Zsolt Bencze 512 Tomasz Sustersic 313 Zeljko Feher 314 Ivan Nagar 315 Vladimir Visvader 216 Igor Marko 1

QF (3 May Moorwinkelsdamm)PosRider Points 1 Marvyn Cox 132 Tomáš Topinka 133 Robert Barth124 Tomasz Bajerski 115 Roman Povazhny 116 Piotr Świst 107 Philippe Bergé88 Matthias Kröger89 Marián Jirout 810 Stefano Alfonso 811 Oleg Kurguskin 512 Björn Danielczik 413 Björn Dräger 314 Roy Verbrugge 215 Mirko Wolter 216 Sergej Eroschin 117 Patrick Verbrugge 118 Jean Michael Bouillaud 0

QF (9 May Krško)PosRider Points 1 Todd Wiltshire 142 Matej Ferjan 143 Sándor Tihanyi134 George Štancl 115 Bohumil Brhel 106 Izak Šantej 107 Norbert Magosi98 Karel Průša Jr.89 Gerhard Lekse 810 Renato Kuster 711 Krunoslav Zganec 512 Toni Pilotto 413 Francesco Ulian 314 Graziano Franchetti 215 Sebastien Trésarrieu 116 Stéphane Trésarrieu 1

QF (10 May Gniezno)PosRider Points 1 Roman Jankowski 142 Antonín Kasper Jr. 143 Adam Fajfer134 Róbert Nagy 115 Sławomir Drabik 106 Rinat Mardanshin 97 Michail Starostin98 Vladimir Voronkov89 Nikolaj Kokins 710 László Szatmári 611 Vladimir Trofimov 412 Sergej Darkin 313 Rob Steman 314 Alexander Biznia 315 Vladimir Kolodij 316 Andrzej Huszcza 217 Adrian Rymel 118 Grzegorz Rempala 0

Second round Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental final (4 July 1998 Norrköping)PosRider Points 1 John Jørgensen 132 Peter Karlsson 133 Mikael Karlsson124 Brian Karger 115 Nicki Pedersen 106 Ronni Pedersen 107 Lars Gunnestad98 Peter Nahlin99 Andreas Jonsson 910 Niklas Klingberg 611 Kai Laukkanen 512 Arnt Førland 413 Niklas Karlsson 414 Hans Clausen 215 Bjarne Pedersen 216 Kauko Nieminen 1

Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals – 16 riders from to Continental final SF 13 June 1998 Lonigo Pos.RiderPoints1 Rafał Dobrucki 142 Piotr Świst 113 Marián Jirout114 Tomasz Bajerski 105 Tomáš Topinka 106 Jacek Rempala 97 Andrea Maida98 Roman Povazhny99 Matthias Kröger 910 Robert Barth 711 Laszlo Bodi 512 Joachim Kugelmann 413 Andreas Bössner 314 Alexander Liatosinski 315 Philippe Bergé 216 Alessandro Dalla Valle 217 Stefano Alfonso 218 Thomas Stadler 0SF 14 June 1998 Prelog Pos.RiderPoints1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 152 Todd Wiltshire 133 Adam Fajfer124 Sándor Tihanyi 115 Sławomir Drabik 106 Matej Ferjan 97 Róbert Nagy78 Roman Jankowski79 Rinat Mardanshin 710 Izak Šantej 611 Norbert Magosi 612 Gerhard Lekse 513 Michail Starostin 514 Bohumil Brhel 415 George Štancl 316 Karel Průša Jr. 0

Third round 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final 2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge 25 July 1998 Debrecen Pos.RiderPoints1 Antonín Kasper Jr. 132 Marián Jirout 113 Roman Povazhny104 Róbert Nagy 105 Sławomir Drabik 96 Sándor Tihanyi 97 Piotr Świst98 Adam Fajfer99 Rafał Dobrucki 810 Tomáš Topinka 811 Jacek Rempala 712 Matej Ferjan 613 Todd Wiltshire 514 Andrea Maida 415 Tomasz Bajerski 116 Roman Jankowski 1

Final Round GP Challenge 8 riders to 1998 Grand Prix 3 October 1998 Pardubice Pos.Riderpre-qualqualsfFinal1 Leigh Adams x3, 3332 Brian Andersen x2, 2223 Henrik Gustafsson x2, 1, 3314 Andy Smithx 1, 2, 2205 Stefan Dannöx 3, 31x6 Mikael Karlsson 2, 2 2, 21x7 Joe Screen 2, 31, 30x8 John Jørgensen 1, 33, 30x9 Mark Loram x 3, 0, 1xx10 Nicki Pedersen 3, 31, 3, 1xx11 Zoltán Adorján x2, 0, 0xx 12 Sam Ermolenko 2, 02, 1, 2xx13 Armando Castagna x0, 1xx14 Sebastian Ulamek 3, 20, 1xx15 Jesper B Jensen 3, 13, 0, 0xx16 Piotr Świst 0, 22, 0, 0xx17 Craig Boyce 2, 01xx18 Gary Havelock 1, 21xx19 Piotr Protasiewicz 3, 10xx20 Sándor Tihanyi 0, 30xx21 Ronni Pedersen 1, 1xxx22 Sławomir Drabik 0, 1xxx23 Roman Povazhny 1, 0xxx24 Róbert Nagy 0, 0xxx

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