2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark


The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark will be the fourth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 14 in the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhagen is also the second of four rounds of the 2008 Super Prix. The meeting winner will be given the blue helmet in the Super Prix 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 Kenneth Bjerre as a wild card, and Nicolai Klindt and Patrick Hougaard both as track reserves. The draw was made on June 2 at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

Result

was the winner at Parken and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008. He won the final from Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump and Hans N. Andersen. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. Danish wild card entry Kenneth Bjerre reached the semi finals and finished in fifth position.

Heat details

Heat after heat

  1. Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
  2. Andersen, Bjerre, Crump, Nicholls
  3. Adams, Gollob, Holta, Dryml
  4. N.Pedersen, Harris, Iversen, Kasprzak
  5. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Dryml
  6. Hancock, Holta, Andersen, Iversen
  7. Bjerre, Adams, Lindgren, Kasprzak
  8. Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Harris
  9. B.Pedersen, Andersen, Harris, Adams
  10. Gollob, Nicholls, Hancock, Kasprzak
  11. Crump, Iversen, Klindt, Dryml, Lindgren
Drryml collides with Lindgren in spectacular crash. Lindgren excluded for restart. Dryml's bike fails to start before end of time limit, he is excluded. replaced by Nicolai Klindt.
  1. N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta, Bjerre
  2. Bjerre, Iversen, Gollob, B.Pedersen
  3. Crump, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  4. Holta, Nicholls, Lindgren, Harris
  5. Andersen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml
  6. Crump, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Holta
  7. Bjerre, Hancock, Dryml, Harris
  8. N.Pedersen, Gollob, Lindgren, Andersen
  9. Adams, Nicholls, Iversen, Jonsson
  10. : Semi-Finals:
  11. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
  12. Crump, Andersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
  13. : Final:
  14. Gollob, N.Pedersen, Crump, Andersen

    The intermediate classification