The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden is the third race of the

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season. It took place on 24 May in the

Ullevi Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the ...

Stadium in

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, 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

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- 2008-05-13. * Draw No 13: (11)

Bjarne Pedersen Bjarne Aagaard Pedersen (born 12 July 1978 in Holstebro, Denmark)Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''. is an international motorcycle speedway rider who has represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: i ...

→ (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.

Result

Rune Holta Rune Holta (born 29 August 1973 in Stavanger, Norway) is a speedway rider. He grew up in Randaberg Norway, but has been a Polish citizen since 2002, allowing him to represent Poland in international competitions and was a member of their Speedwa ...

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 Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, R ...

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 Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015. Career summary Jonsson won ...

was taken to hospital after a high-speed crash but escaped serious injury,

Niels Kristian Iversen Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen (, born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was part of the Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Early life ...

also crashed in one of his heats and suffered a

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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

References

External links

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{{Speedway Grand Prix in Sweden Sweden Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden 2008 in Swedish motorsport