• Source: 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden

      • The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden is the third race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 24 May in the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden It is the fourth time that the Ullevi Stadium has staged a GP, the last time being the 2004 Grand Prix of Scandinavia. At 416 metres, the semi-permanent track is the largest track on the 2008 Grand Prix calendar, and the longest ever used for a Grand Prix event.
      Sweden is also the first of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the red helmet in the SuperPrix final at Gelsenkirchen in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.


      Riders


      The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jonas Davidsson as a wild card, and Sebastian Aldén and Billy Forsberg both as track reserves. Bjarne Pedersen was again replaced by Luboš Tomíček because of an injury. The draw was made on 13 May at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

      Draw No 13: (11) Bjarne Pedersen → (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.


      Result


      Rune Holta won the Swedish Grand Prix with a fast overtaking manoeuvre on the back straight on the first lap of the final. It was Holta's 50th Grand Prix and the first Grand Prix win of his career.
      Fredrik Lindgren had been unbeaten from his previous races but had to settle for second place, although he did score the most points from the meeting. Nicki Pedersen extended his series lead to ten points with third place.
      The meeting overran by over an hour due to a number of stoppages caused by the unpredictable, rutted track. Andreas Jonsson was taken to hospital after a high-speed crash but escaped serious injury, Niels Kristian Iversen also crashed in one of his heats and suffered a dislocated shoulder.


      Heat details




      = Heat after heat

      =
      Crump, Jonsson, Nicholls, Kasprzak
      Holta, Pedersen, Andersen, Gollob
      Hancock, Iversen, Dryml, Davidsson (E/start)
      Lindgren, Adams, Harris, Tomicek
      Crump, Tomicek, Holta, Iversen (X/F2)
      Davidsson, Gollob, Harris, Kasprzak
      Lindgren, Jonsson, Pedersen, Hancock
      Andersen, Nicholls, Adams, Dryml
      Gollob, Adams, Crump, Hancock
      Lindgren, Holta, Dryml, Kasprzak
      Andersen, Harris, Jonsson, Alden
      Pedersen, Nicholls, Davidsson, Tomicek
      Pedersen, Crump, Dryml, Harris
      Hancock, Kasprzak, Tomicek, Andersen (F2)
      Jonsson, Adams, Davidsson, Holta
      Lindgren, Forsberg, Nicholls (X/F3), Gollob (X/F2)
      Lindgren, Davidsson, Crump, Andersen
      Kasprzak, Pedersen, Adams, Alden
      Gollob, Tomicek, Jonsson (X/F5), Dryml (X/F3)
      Holta, Nicholls, Harris, Hancock (X/F2)
      Semi-Finals:
      Lindgren, Holta, Adams, Jonsson (N)
      Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Gollob
      Final:
      Holta (6), Lindgren (4), Pedersen (2), Crump (0)


      The intermediate classification




      See also


      Speedway Grand Prix
      List of Speedway Grand Prix riders


      References




      External links


      www.SpeedwayWorld.tv

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