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2018 Speedway Grand Prix Of Sweden
The 2018 Norrbil Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 7 at the HZ Bygg Arena in Hallstavik, Sweden. Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Andreas Jonsson as the wild card, and Linus Sundström and Kim Nilsson both as Track Reserves. Results The Grand Prix was won by Maciej Janowski, who beat Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider), Fredrik Lindgren, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tai Woffinden in the final. Woffinden retained his overall world championship lead, in fact he extended it to 11 points after outscoring Lindgren by a point. Janowski moved up to fourth place, one point behind Emil Sayfutdinov. Heat details Intermediate classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:Speedway Grand Prix Of Sweden Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, 2018 2018 Speedway Grand Prix, Sweden 2018 in Swedish motorsport 2018 in Swedish sport July 2018 in Sweden July 2018 sports events in Europe 21st century in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallstavik
Hallstavik is a locality situated in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 4,476 inhabitants in 2010. The town is famous for its papermill and the Speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Daytona International Speedway, a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida. *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta. *Indianapolis Motor Spe ... team Rospiggarna. The modern Hallstavik An established project organization, Hallstaviks Network, coordinates everything that happens in and around Hallstavik. Outdoor swimming was completed and inaugurated in 2010. Other projects are meeting places for the youth and Skebo Rivers, focused on sportfishing for trout. Holmen Paper is a business area within the Holmen Group with paper mills in Norrköping and Hallstavik. The Group also owns forest and power assets. A feasibility study was done to investigate taking advantage of waste heat from the paper mill i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Doyle
Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017 after winning the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix. Doyle is a member of the Australia national speedway team and represented his country in the Speedway World Cup and was a part of the Australian team that won the 2022 Speedway of Nations. Career Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, New South Wales, Doyle made his British speedway debut in March 2005 for Premier League (speedway), Premier League team the Isle of Wight Islanders. In 2006, Doyle remained with the Isle of Wight and signed for the Poole Pirates as their number 8 before moving up to the Elite League (speedway), Elite League full-time with Poole in 2007. He moved to Premier League team the Somerset Rebels in 2008 after failing to secure a team place at Poole, although he still remained a Poole asset. During the 2008 season Doyle finished as runner up in the Premier League Pairs Championship with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksym Drabik
Maksym Drabik (born 22 February 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Drabik won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship and the 2019 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship. In 2021, he was banned for breaking anti-doping rules (vitamin injection) by the Polish Doping Agency, the ban was back dated from 30 October 2020 (when he was initially suspended) to the 30 October 2021. In 2022, he helped Lublin win the 2022 Ekstraliga. World final appearances World Under-21 Championship * 2015 - 15th - 10pts * 2016 - =21st - 0pts * 2017 - 1st - 49pts * 2018 - 2nd - 54pts * 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ... - 1st - 49pts Family His father Sławomir Drabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jepsen Jensen
Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Jepsen Jensen was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He peaked in 2012, winning the 2012 Speedway World Cup with the Denmark national speedway team and winning the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic becoming the first wildcard to have won a GP meeting since Hans Andersen. In the Nordic Grand Prix he defeated Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Crump in the final. Later that year in November 2012, he won the Individual Under-21 World Championship. In 2013, Jepsen won a second gold medal at 2013 Team Speedway Junior World Championship as part of the U21 Danish team. He then secured a permanent place in the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix, finishing 11th with 84 points. In 2022, he helped Smederna win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship during the 2022 campaign and continued to ride for them in 2023 and 2024. Jepsen Jensen helped Slangerup win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Milík Jr
Václav () or rarely Vácslav is a Czech male given name. It is among the most common Czech names. The Latinized form of the name is Wenceslaus and the Polish form of the name is Wacław. The name was derived from the old Czech name Veceslav, meaning 'more famous'. Nicknames are Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda. The Latinized form is used in English for Czech kings and some other early modern notable people. The people listed below are Czech unless otherwise noted. Notable people with the name include: Nobility and politicians *Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (''kníže Václav I.''; 907–935 or 929), saint * Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (''kníže Václav II.; died 1192) *Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (''Václav I.''; –1253), King of Bohemia *Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (''Václav II.''; 1271–1305), King of Bohemia and Poland *Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (''Václav III.''; 1289–1306), King of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland *Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (''Václav IV.''; 1361–1419), King of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider, who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles and He earned 13 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career Kasprzak became the European Champion in 2003 after winning the 2003 Individual Speedway European Championship. He also made his British speedway debut after joining Poole Pirates and won the Polish pairs championship. The following year in 2004, he broke into the Poland team, representing them in the 2004 Speedway World Cup and finished runenr-up in the Polish U21 championships. In 2005, he won European Pairs Championship and Under-21 World Cup for Poland. He also won the 2005 Speedway Under-21 World Championship after the meeting was stopped early after just 12 heats due to heavy rain and dangerous track conditions. Kasprzak and Tomáš ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels-Kristian Iversen
Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen (, born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a seven times national champion of Denmark and was part of the Denmark speedway team, Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Early life Niels-Kristian Trochmann was born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark to Ann Marie and Flemming Iversen. Growing up with older brother Soren, Iversen decided he want to be a speedway rider. His local town Esbjerg had a track where Iversen began to learn his desired trade. Quickly moving up the ranks in Denmark, his first title came in 1994 at the 50cc Danish Individual Championship. Moving up to 80cc in 1997 saw him win his second title at 15 years old. In 1998 Iversen moved up to full size 500cc bikes. Career In 2001, British team King's Lynn Stars noticed Iversen and signed him for the last three meetings of the 2001 Elite League speedway season. In 2002, he helped Danish team Holst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vaculík
Martin Vaculík (born 5 April 1990) is a Slovak motorcycle speedway rider. Career On the 6 May 2008, Vaculík gained a Polish speedway licence (''Licencja "Ż"'') at Toruń. and from 4 June 2008 he has taken part in the Polish Championships as a Polish domestic rider. In 2012, Vaculik won his first ever Grand Prix as part of the 2012 World Championship, he won the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland in Gorzów. The following year he won the 2013 Speedway European Championship. After missing the World Championship from 2014 until 2016 he returned in 2017 and won the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia. He won his third Grand Prix during the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix series when winning the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II. His only venture into British speedway (in 2018) ended in unfortunate circumstances after he broke an ankle riding for Leicester Lions in only his second outing with them. In 2019, he rode strongly and finished in 5th place in the World Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Pawlicki
Przemysław Pawlicki (born 5 September 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 14-15 is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career Pawlicki passed his speedway license (''Licencja "Ż"'') in 2008, as a 16-year-old. On 20 July 2008, he rode in his first meeting in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga, representing Unia Leszno and scoring 11 points.''Świat Żużla'', No 4 (76) 2008, pages 4 10-11, 13, 40-43, 45 In total he rode in 20 heats (5 meetings) and scored 31 points and 3 bonus points (averaging 1.700). He participated in the Team Under-21 Polish Championship for Leszno, at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium. Pawlicki scored a maximum 15 points and was the fastest rider in the meeting (60.6 secs in Heat 5) as Leszno won the event. In total, he scored 51 points in 21 heats (averaging 2.429). Leszno won the Under-21 Speedway Ekstraliga (''Liga Juniorów'') and Pawlicki finished third in the Ekstraliga U-21 Individual Championship (13 points and second in Run-Off). In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three time world champion having won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008. He has also won the World Cup with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Career Pedersen began speedway racing aged 11 at Danish club Fjelsted. He stayed at the club until a move to in 1998 to Holstebro, the same year that he made his British league debut with Newcastle Diamonds in the 1998 Premier League speedway season. He topped the League averages which began his journey towards the pinnacle of the sport. He started his Polish speedway career in 1999 with Polish Speedway First League club Start Gniezno and would go on to ride for ten different Polish sides. Elite League side Wolverhampton Wolves bought him for the 1999 season. He was at Wolverhampton for two years. Pedersen took part in his first Grand Prix in 2000, as a wildcard in Denmark and impressed by finishing in fourth place. That year he qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Cook
Craig William Cook (born 21 May 1987) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Born in Whitehaven, Cook's speedway career began in 2008. In 2009, Cook won the National League Riders Championship, held on 26 September at Rye House Stadium. He rode for Peterborough Panthers in 2010. He moved on to Edinburgh Monarchs, who he rode for in the Premier League between 2011 and 2015. As an Edinburgh rider, he won the Premier League Riders Championship, held on 14 October 2012 at Owlerton Stadium. He was twice part of the Edinburgh team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which were held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena and 1 October 2015, at the Media Prime Arena respectively. He was part of the Belle Vue Aces team that competed in the Elite League from 2011 until 2018. He finished second in the 2014 British Speedway Championship and the 2015 British Speedway Championship. His domestic success as also seen him recognised internationally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patryk Dudek
Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Poland national speedway team, Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir Dudek, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek won 2009 and 2010 Team Speedway Junior European Championship, Team U-19 European Champion and 2009 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship, 2009 Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles. In June 2014, Dudek tested positive for a banned substance following a Polish league match against Stal Gorzów. He was subsequently issued a 12-month ban by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM from all international speedway competitions, starting that August. The substance was later revealed to be Methylhexanamine, a drug commonly used as a dietary supplement. He returned to competition once his ban was lifted in August 2015. In September 2016, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
