2000 Speedway Grand Prix
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| 2000 FIM Speedway Grand Prix | |
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The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix season was the sixth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
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[edit] Event format
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions - while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10 point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
[edit] Qualification for Grand Prix
The 2000 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
[edit] 2000 Event Schedule and Winners
Calendar
| Date | Grand Prix | Winner | |
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| May 6 | Prague, Czech Republic | Billy Hamill  |
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| June 3 | Linkoeping, Sweden | Jason Crump  |
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| July 1 | Wroclaw, Poland | Tony Rickardsson  |
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| July 29 | Coventry, Great Britain | Martin Dugard  |
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| September 2 | Vojens, Denmark | Greg Hancock |
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| September 23 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | Billy Hamill |
Final 2000 standings
| Pos. | Rider Name | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Loram |
102 | (20,20,15,18,15,14) |
| 2 | Billy Hamill |
95 | (25,6,20,5,14,25) |
| 3 | Tony Rickardsson |
94 | (14,16,25,14,7,18) |
| 4 | Jason Crump |
88 | (5,25,12,10,20,16) |
| 5 | Greg Hancock |
76 | (7,5,7,12,25,20) |
| 6 | Leigh Adams |
65 | (6,10,16,15,12,6) |
| 7 | Tomasz Gollob  |
64 | (15,14,14,-,6,15) |
| 8 | Todd Wiltshire |
63 | (16,18,7,7,3,12) |
| 9 | Ryan Sullivan |
62 | (8,12,8,20,8,6) |
| 10 | Chris Louis |
60 | (18,7,18,8,5,4) |
| 11 | Jimmy Nilsen |
42 | (6,15,5,6,2,8) |
| 12 | Stefan Danno |
41 | (3,4,10,6,18,0) |
| 13 | Mikael Karlsson |
39 | (12,8,4,8,5,2) |
| 14 | Henrik Gustafsson |
39 | (8,4,2,5,10,10) |
| 15 | Peter Karlsson |
35 | (3,2,8,7,8,7) |
| 16 | Joe Screen |
34 | (5,5,6,3,7,8) |
| 17 | Antonin Kasper  |
32 | (7,6,5,4,6,4) |
| 18 | Carl Stonehewer |
30 | (10,7,3,4,3,3) |
| 19 | Martin Dugard |
25 | (-,-,-,25,-,-) |
| 20 | Nicki Pedersen  |
17 | (-,1,-,-,16,-) |
| 21 | Rafal Dobrucki |
16 | (4,3,3,-,1,5) |
| 22 | Jason Lyons |
16 | (-,-,-,16,-,-) |
| 23 | Brian Andersen |
15 | (4,2,1,2,4,2) |
| 24 | Brian Karger |
13 | (2,3,4,1,2,1) |
| 25 | Andy Smith |
10 | (2,1,1,2,1,3) |
| 26 | Rune Holta  |
8 | (-,8,-,-,-,-) |
| 27 | Jarosław Hampel |
7 | (-,-,-,-,-,7) |
| 28 | Sebastian Ulamek |
6 | (-,-,6,-,-,-) |
| 29 | Jesper B Jensen |
4 | (-,-,-,-,4,-) |
| 30 | Piotr Protasiewicz |
3 | (-,-,2,-,-,1) |
| 31 | Scott Nicholls |
3 | (-,-,3,-,-,-) |
| 32 | Andreas Jonsson |
1 | (1,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 33 | Bohumil Brhel |
1 | (1,-,-,-,-,-) |
| 34 | John Jorgensen |
1 | (1,-,-,-,-,-) |
[edit] External links
| Speedway Grand Prix seasons |  |
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| 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 |
