The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the

1999 Speedway Grand Prix The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix was the 54th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. It was the fifth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Event form ...

to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the

1998 Speedway Grand Prix The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix was the 53rd edition of the official World Championship. It was the fourth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Tony Rickardsson won the World title, which included thr ...

. The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to

Billy Hamill William Gordon Hamill (born 23 May 1970) is an American international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a former Speedway World Champion, winning the title in 1996 and earned 29 caps for the United States national speedway team. Career Earl ...

and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through.

Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also wo ...

won the GP Challenge.

Format

* First Round – 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final * First Round – 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals * First Round – 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final * First Round – 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final * First Round – 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final * First Round – 1 rider from South African Final to Overseas Final * First Round – 3 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final * Second Round – 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final * Second Round – 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final * Second Round – 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final * Third Round – 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Grand Prix to GP Challenge * Third Round – 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge * Third Round – 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge * Final Round – 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1999 Grand Prix

First round

Continental quarter finals

Second round

Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental final

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals – 16 riders from to Continental final

Third round

*12 riders from positions 9-20 from the

to GP Challenge

Intercontinental Final

2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

Continental Final

*2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge *25 July 1998

Debrecen Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...

Final Round

GP Challenge

8 riders to 1998 Grand Prix *3 October 1998

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

References

{{Reflist

Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway. History From 1995 the In ...

Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

Qualification Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can ...