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2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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

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  • 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

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

Semi finals

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16 riders from to GP Challenge

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Sweden Peter Karlsson 13
2 England David Howe 13
3 United States Billy Janniro 12
4 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 10
5 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 9
6 France Tomáš Topinka 9
7 Netherlands Theo Pijper 8
8 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 8
9 Slovenia Matej Žagar 7
10 Canada Chris Slabon 6
11 Sweden Peter Ljung 6
12 Hungary László Szatmári (R) 4
13 Poland Grzegorz Walasek 4
14 Poland Jacek Rempala 4
15 Sweden David Ruud 3
16 Italy Andrea Maida 3
17 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Russia Roman Povazhny 12
2 Denmark Jesper B. Jensen 12
3 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 12
4 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 11
5 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 10
6 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 10
7 Finland Kai Laukkanen 10
8 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 8
9 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7
10 Russia Sergej Darkin 6
11 Sweden Peter Ingvar Karlsson 5
12 Poland Jarosław Hampel 5
13 Hungary Attila Stefáni 4
14 England Simon Stead (R) 3
15 United States Ryan Fisher 2
16 England Lee Richardson 1
17 Sweden Stefan Andersson 2
18 United States Brent Werner (R) 1

Final Round

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GP Challenge

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6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Total Points
1 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 14 2, 3, 3, 3, 3
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 13 3, 3, 2, 2, 3
3 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 12 2, 2, 2, 3, 3
4 Finland Kai Laukkanen 11 3, 3, 1, 2, 2
5 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml Jr. 10 exc, 3, 3, 3, 1
6 Denmark Jesper B. Jensen 9 1, ef, 3, 3, 2
7 Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7 3, 2, 0, 1, 1
8 England Simon Stead (R) 6 1, 0, 3, 2, exc
9 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 6 3, 0, 1, 1, 1
10 United States Billy Janniro 6 2, 2, 1, 1, 0
11 Russia Roman Povazhny 5 exc, 1, 0, 1, 3
12 Denmark Charlie Gjedde 5 0, 1, 0, 2, 2
13 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 5 2, 2, 1, 0, x
14 Slovenia Matej Žagar (R) 5 1, -, 2, x, 2
15 Poland Sebastian Ułamek 4 1, 1, 2, f, exc
16 Netherlands Theo Pijper 1 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
17 Sweden Peter Karlsson 0 ef, -, -, -, -
18 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml - dns+[4]

+broke his leg and was unable to compete further

References

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  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.