1997
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
GRAND PRIX. Prauge CZ 17/5. Linköping S 14/6. Landshut D 5/7.
Bradford GB 9/8. Wroclaw PL 30/8. Vojens DK 20/9.
1.Greg Hancock USA 25 20 18 12 25 18 118
2.Billy Hamill USA 20 12 16 20 20 13 101
3.Tomasz Gollob PL 18 25 1 14 18 16 92
4.Tony Rickardsson S 11 18 14 13 14 20 90
5.Mark Loram GB 7 13 8 16 12 25 81
6.Brian Andersen DK 9 14 20 25 4 8 80
7.Hans Nielsen DK 8 16 25 7 7 12 75
8.Jimmy Nilsen S 13 7 13 18 9 11 71
9.Chris Louis GB 12 4 12 4 13 14 59
10.Leigh Adams AUS 6 6 9 9 3 9 42
11.Slawomir Drabik PL 16 2 6 2 11 1 38
12.Peter Karlsson S 4 11 3 6 6 7 37
13.Piotr Protasiewicz PL 1 11 16 3 31
14.Andy Smith GB 9 4 3 6 22
15.Henrik Gustafsson S 14 3 1 2 20
16.Mikael Karlsson S 1 11 2 14
17.Simon Wigg GB 3 2 8 13
18.Joe Screen GB 8 8
19.Jason Crump AUS 8 8
20.Robert Barth D 7 7
21.Jesper Jensen DK 4 4
22.Tomas Topinka CZ 2 2
23.Rafal Dobrucki PL 1 1
QUALIFICATION ROUNDS.
SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Eskilstuna 4/5.
1.Stefan Dannö 14 2.Peter Nahlin 14 3.Claes Ivarsson 13 4.Mikael
Teurnberg 10 5.Benny Olsson 10 6.Jörgen Hultgren 9 7.Göran Flood 8
8.Emil Lindqvist 8 9.Magnus Zetterström 7 10.Daniel Andersson 6 11.Robert
Johansson 6 12.Christer Rohlén 5 13.Peter I Karlsson 4 14.Kenny Olsson 2
15.Fredrik Johansson 2 16.Joakim Karlsson 1 17.Mats Malmberg 1R 18.Patrik
Dybeck 0R
8 to Swedish final.
SWEDISH QUALIFICATION. Målilla 4/5.
1.Niklas Karlsson 13 2.Niklas Klingberg 12 3.Jonathan Forsgren 12
4.Stefan Andersson 11 5.Andreas Jonsson 11 6.Jörgen Johansson 11
7.Christer Jonsson 8 8.Björn Gustavsson 7 9.Per Wester 6+ 10.Robert
Eriksson 6+ 11.Marcus Andersson 6+ 12.Stefan Larsson 4 13.Raymond Smedh 4
14.Kenneth Lindby 3 15.Thomas Ljung 3 16.Rickard Karlsson 3
8 to Swedish final.
SWEDISH FINAL. Mariestad 21/5.
1.Niklas Klingberg 14+ 2.Stefan Dannö 14+ 3.Stefan Andersson 10+ 4.Peter
Nahlin 10+ 5.Niklas Karlsson 10+ 6.Andreas Jonsson 10+ 7.Christer
Jonsson 9 8.Jonathan Forsgren 8 9.Magnus Zetterström 7 10.Jörgen
Johansson 7 11.Emil Lindqvist 5 12.Jörgen Hultgren 4 13.Göran Flood 4
14.Mikael Teurnberg 4 15.Björn Gustavsson 3 16.Benny Olsson 1 17.Daniel
Anderson 0R 18.Per Wester 0R Claes Ivarsson qns
5 to Scandinavian final.
DANISH FINAL. Holsted 23/5.
1.Tommy Knudsen 14+ 2.Brian Karger 14+ 3.Hans Nielsen 12 4.John
Jörgensen 11 5.Jesper B Jensen 11 6.Brian Andersen 10 7.Ronni Pedersen 8
8.Frede Schött 8 9.Hans Clausen 7+ 10.Jan Staechmann 7+ 11.Nicki
Pedersen 5 12.Martin Greve 4 13.Ole Hansen 3 14.Robert Larsen 3
15.Martin Winther 2 16.Bo Skov Eriksen 0 17.Jacob Beierholm 0R 18.Kim
Brandt 0R
5 to Scandinavian final.
SCANDINAVIAN FINAL. Hyvinkää FIN 7/6.
1.Peter Nahlin S 12+ 2.Jesper B Jensen DK 12+ 3.Stefan Dannö S 12+ 4.Kai
Laukkanen FIN 10 5.Ronni Pedersen DK 10 6.John Jörgensen DK 10 7.Frede
Schött DK 10 8.Stefan Andersson S 9 9.Rune Holta N 8+ 10.Niklas
Klingberg S 8+ 11.Hans Clausen DK 6 12.Lars Gunnestad N 5 13.Niklas
Karlsson S 3 14.Marko Hyyryläinen FIN 2 15.Kenneth Borgenhaug N 2
16.Jonas Kylmäkorpi FIN 1 Arnt Förland N qns Tommy Knudsen DK qns Brian
Karger DK qns
8 to Intercontinental final.
BRITISH FINAL. Coventry 1/6.
1.Mark Loram 14+ 2.Chris Loius 14+ 3.Sean Wilson 11 4.Dean Barker 10
5.Joe Screen 10 6.Gary Havelock 10 7.Carl Stonehewer 9 8.Kelvin Tatum 8
9.Andy Smith 7 10.David Norris 6+ 11.Scott Nicholls 6+ 12.Neville Tatum 5
13.Gary Stead 4 14.Alun Rossiter 3 15.David Walsh 2 16.Scott Smith 1
Martin Dugard qns Steve Schofield qns
AUSTRALIAN FINAL. Brisbane 28/12-96.
1.Craig Boyce 15 2.Jason Crump 13+ 3.Ryan Sullivan 13+ 4.Leigh Adams 13+
5.Craig Watson 10 6.Shane Parker 10 7.Jason Lyons 8 8.Stephen Davies 7
9.Mark Lemon 7 10.Mick Poole 6 11.Tony Rose 5 12.Mark Keast 5 13.Brett
Woodifield 3 14.Lee Redmond 2 15.Jason Stewart 1 16.Brent Collyer 1R
17.Matt Johnson 0
4 to Overseas final.
AMERICAN FINAL. Costa Mesa 14/6.
1.Mike Faria 13+ 2.Bobby Schwartz 13+ 3.Charlie Venegas 12+ 4.Sam
Ermolenko 12+ 5.Chris Manchester 10+ 6.Ed Castro 10+ 7.Charles
Ermolenko 8 8.Brad Oxley 7 9.Bob Hicks 7 10.Bobby Hedden 6 11.John
Aden 6 12.Pat Linn 5 13.Shawn McConell 4 14.Gary Ackroyd 4 15.Rick
Pearce 2 16.Andy Northrup 1 17.Jerry Black 0R
4 to Overseas final.
OVERSEAS FINAL. Bradford GB 22/6.
1.Kelvin Tatum GB 14+ 2.Joe Screen GB 14+ 3.Sean Wilson GB 11+ 4.Craig
Boyce AUS 11+ 5.Sam Ermolenko USA 11+ 6.Gary Havelock GB 10 7.Ryan
Sullivan AUS 9 8.Dean Barker GB 9 9.Jason Crump AUS 8 10.Chris
Manchester USA 6 11.Shane Parker AUS 5 12.Carl Stonehewer GB 5 13.Charles
Ermolenko USA 3 14.Chris Penny NZ 2 15.Charlie Venegas USA 2 16.Karoly
Lechky SA 0 Mike Faria USA qns Bobby Schwartz USA qns
CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Ljubljana SLO 4/5.
1.Robert Sawina PL 13+ 2.Piotr Swist PL 13+ 3.Robert Kessler D 12
4.Andreas Bössner A 11 5.Matej Ferjan SLO 11 6.Nikolaj Manev BG 9
7.Gerhard Lekse SLO 9 8.Norbert Magosi H 8+ 9.Emiliano Sanchez ARG 8+
10.Martin Peterca SLO 7 11.Sandor Tihanyi H 4 12.Alessandro Milanese I 4
13.Alexander Liatosinski UKR 4 14.Krunoslav Zganec CRO 3 15.Milen
Nikolajev BG 2 16.Renato Kuster CRO 1
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Terenzano I 1/5.
1.Armando Castagna I 13 2.Zoltan Adorjan H 12 3.Alessandro Dalla
Valle I 12 4.Zdenek Schneiderwind CZ 11 5.Christophe Dubernard F 11
6.Antonin Kasper CZ 10 7.Andrea Maida I 10 8.Izak Santej SLO 8 9.Maik
Groen NL 6 10.Csaba Hell H 5 11.Sergej Eroschin RUS 5 12.Stephane
Tresarrieu F 4 13.Massimo Mora I 4 14.Oleg Kurguskin RUS 4 15.Thomas
Stadler A 3 16.Helmut Lercher A 2
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Abensberg D 19/5.
1.Gerd Riss D 15 2.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 13 3.Roman Povazhny RUS 11+
4.Tomas Topinka CZ 11+ 5.Robert Barth D 11 6.Bohumil Brhel CZ 10 7.Jacek
Gollob PL 10 8.Sergej Darkin RUS 9 9.Jaroslav Gavenda SK 8 10.Laszlo
Bodi H 7 11.Heinrich Schatzer A 4 12.Gabor Röth H 4 13.Vladimir
Visvader SK 3 14.Alexander Biznia LT 3 15.Simone Tadiello I 1 16.Patrik
Verbrugge NL 0
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL QUARTERFINAL. Czestochowa PL 4/5.
1.Sebastian Ulamek PL 14 2.Dariusz Sledz PL 13 3.Igor Marko UKR 13
4.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 12 5.Nikolaj Kokins LT 11 6.Vaclav Milik CZ 10
7.Wieslaw Jagus PL 9 8.Vladimir Trofimov UKR 8 9.Vladimir Voronkov LT 7
10.Rene Aas EST 5 11.Björn Danielczik D 5 12.Michal Makovsky CZ 4
13.Mirko Wolter D 4 14.Waldemar Walczak PL 3 15.Grigorij Charchenko RUS 1
16.Frederic Brisseau F 0 17.Robert Jucha PL 0R 18.Artur Pietrzyk PL 0R
8 to Continental semifinal.
CONTINENTAL SEMIFINAL. St.Johann A 8/6.
1.Robert Sawina PL 14 2.Antonin Kasper CZ 12+ 3.Piotr Swist PL 12+
4.Andreas Bössner A 10 5.Zoltan Adorjan H 10 6.Robert Kessler D 10
7.Armando Castagna I 10 8.Andrea Maida I 8+ 9.Zdenek Schneiderwind CZ 8+
10.Izak Santej SLO 7 11.Matej Ferjan SLO 5 12.Alessandro Dalla Valle I 4
13.Norbert Magosi H 4 14.Nikolaj Manev BG 2 15.Christophe Dubernard F 2
16.Gerhard Lekse SLO 2
8 to Continental final.
CONTINENTAL SEMIFINAL. Pocking D 7/6.
1.Jacek Gollob PL 14 2.Bohumil Brhel CZ 12 3.Tomas Topinka CZ 11 4.Roman
Povazhny RUS 10 5.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 10 6.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 10
7.Robert Barth D 9+ 8.Sebastian Ulamek PL 9+ 9.Sergej Darkin RUS 9+1
10.Dariusz Sledz PL 7 11.Gerd Riss D 7 12.Vaclav Milik CZ 5 13.Michal
Makovsky CZ 4 14.Vladimir Trofimov RUS 2 15.Björn Danielczik D 1 16.Igor
Marko UKR 0 17.Jaroslav Gavenda SK 0R Nikolaj Kokins LT qns Wieslaw
Jagus PL qns
8 to Continental final.
CONTINENTAL FINAL. Lonigo I 26/7.
1.Armando Castagna I 13 2.Zoltan Adorjan H 12+ 3.Tomas Topinka CZ 12+
4.Sebastian Ulamek PL 10 5.Piotr Swist PL 9 6.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 8+
7.Antonin Kasper CZ 8+ 8.Roman Povazhny RUS 8+ 9.Jacek Gollob PL 8+
10.Rinat Mardanschin RUS 6 11.Bohumil Brhel CZ 6 12.Andrea Maida I 5
13.Robert Kessler D 5 14.Robert Sawina PL 5 15.Andreas Bössner A 4
16.Zdenek Schneiderwind CZ 1R 17.Sergej Darkin RUS 0 Robert Barth D qns
2 to Grand prix 98, 4 to Challenge.
INTERCONTINENTAL FINAL. Västervik 26/7.
1.Ryan Sullivan AUS 13 2.Jason Crump AUS 12+ 3.Craig Boyce AUS 12+
4.Kelvin Tatum GB 11 5.Stefan Dannö S 10 6.Joe Screen GB 9 7.Sam
Ermolenko USA 8+ 8.Ronni Pedersen DK 8+ 9.Stefan Andersson S 8+ 10.Peter
Nahlin S 7 11.Kai Kaukkanen FIN 6 12.Frede Schött DK 5 13.John
Jörgensen DK 4 14.Sean Wilson GB 3 15.Gary Havelock GB 2 16.Rune
Holta N 2R 17.Jesper Jensen DK 0 18.Niklas Klingberg S 0R
2 to Grand prix 98, 5 to Challenge.
CHALLENGE. Wiener Neustadt A 5/10.
1.Piotr Protasiewicz PL 14 2.Stefan Dannö S 13 3.Leigh Adams AUS 12
4.Craig Boyce AUS 11 5.Andy Smith GB 9 6.Chris Louis GB 8 7.Henrik
Gustafsson S 7 8.Peter Karlsson S 7 9.Sebastian Ulamek PL 7 10.Sam
Ermolenko USA 7 11.Jacek Krzyzaniak PL 6 12.Tomas Topinka CZ 5 13.Piotr
Swist PL 5 14.Joe Screen GB 4 15.Kelvin Tatum GB 2 16.Slawomir
Drabik PL 1 17.Ronni Pedersen DK 1R
4 to Grand prix 98.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.
QUALIFICATION GROUP B. Krsko SLO 21/6.
1.Slovenia 38 Matej Ferjan 17 Izak Santej 14 Gerhard Lekse 7
2.Italy 29 Andrea Maida 16 Alessandro Dalla Valle 8 Simone Tadiello 5
3.Austria 24 Toni Pilotto 12 Helmut Lercher 7 Andreas Bössner 5
4.Croatia 16 Zlatko Krznaric 8 Krunoslav Zganec 6 Zeljko Fehere 2
5.France 11 Christophe Dubernard 7 Jerome Georges 2 Stephane Tresarrieu 2
2 to Group A.
QUALIFICATION GROUP A. Debrecen H 23/8.
1.Czech Republic 27 Antonin Kasper 17 Tomas Topinka 10
2.Hungary 25 Zoltan Adorjan 10 Sandor Tihanyi 10 Laszlo Bodi 5
3.Slovenia 19 Matej Ferjan 14 Izak Santej 5
4.Norway 15 Tryggve Jensen 11 Kenneth Borgenhaug 4
4.Ukraine 15 Igor Marko 10 Vladimir Kolodij 5
6.Italy 14 Andrea Maida 10 Alessandro Dalla Valle 4
7.Latvia 11 Nikolaj Kokins 7 Alexander Biznia 4
2 to Final.
WORLD FINAL. Pila PL 13/9.
1.Denmark 27
Hans Nielsen 3 3 2 2 2 2 14
Tommy Knudsen 1 2 3 3 1 3 13
2.Poland 25
Tomasz Gollob 2 2 2 2 2 3 13
Piotr Protasiewicz 3 3 1 3 2 12
Jacek Krzyzaniak 0 0
3.Sweden 21
Tony Rickardsson 2 3 3 3 3 3 17
Jimmy Nilsen 1 0 2 3
Peter Karlsson 1 0 0 1
4.Germany 17
Robert Barth 3 1 0 3 0 2 9
Robert Kessler 2 2 1 2 1 0 8
5.Czech Republic 16
Tomas Topinka 3 3 1 2 1 0 10
Antonin Kasper 0 0 3 0 3 6
Vaclav Milik 0 0
6.Russia 10
Roman Povazhny 0 1 2 1 2 1 7
Rinat Mardanschin 1 2 0 0 3
Sergej Eroschin 0 0 0
7.Hungary 9
Zoltan Adorjan 0 0 3 0 3
Sandor Tihanyi 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Laszlo Bodi 0 0 0
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
WORLD FINAL. Mseno CZ 2/8.
1.Jesper B Jensen DK 14 2.Rafal Dobrucki PL 11+ 3.Scott Nicholls GB 11+
4.Roman Povazhny RUS 10 5.Charlie Gjedde DK 9 6.Rafal Kowalski PL 9
7.Andreas Jonsson S 8 8.Michal Makovsky CZ 8 9.Marian Jirout CZ 8
10.Grzegorz Walasek PL 7 11.Nicki Pedersen DK 6 12.Tomasz Cieslewicz PL 5
13.Pawel Staszek PL 5 14.Emil Lindqvist S 4 15.Pawel Lecki PL 2 16.Stefan
Bachhuber D 2 17.Kristian Andersen DK 0R 18.Bartlomiej Bardecki PL 0R
LONG-TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP.
GRAND PRIX. Aduard NL 29/6, Cloppenburg D 20/7, Pfarrkirchen D 17/8,
Marmande F 6/9, Marienske Lazne CZ 28/9.
1.Tommy Dunker D 89 2.Steve Schofield GB 85 3.Glenn Cunningham GB 76
4.Massimo Mora I 68 5.Egon Müller D 66 6.Zdenek Schneiderwind CZ 65
7.Phillipe Berge F 64 8.Matthias Kröger D 62 9.Steve Johnston AUS 58
10.Jeremy Doncaster GB 54 11.Paul Hurry GB 51 12.Bohumil Brhel CZ 43
13.Pavel Ondrasik CZ 35 14.Christophe Dubernard F 32 15.Vladimir Trofimov
UKR 19 16.Herbert Rudolph D 17 17.Thorsten Kerl D 10 18.Vaclav Milik CZ 7
19.Adam Labedzki PL 6 20.Shane Parker AUS 6 21.Oleg Kurguskin RUS 5
22.Mark Lemon AUS 1 23.Walter Scherwitzki D 1
MORE RESULTS.
INTERNATIONAL MASTERS SERIES. (10 rounds in Australia).
1.Leigh Adams AUS 194 2.Craig Boyce AUS 160 3.Greg Hancock USA 128
4.Kelvin Tatum GB 113 5.Simon Wigg GB 103 6.Tomas Topinka CZ 99 7.Steve
Johnston AUS 97 8.Mark Lemon AUS 83 9.Andy Smith GB 67 10.Piotr Swist
PL 65 11.John Jörgensen DK 64 12.Shane Parker AUS 59 13.Craig Watson
AUS 45 14.Jiri Stancl CZ 36 15.Chris Manchester USA 35 16.Jason Crump
AUS 33
Index 1998