# 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 14 June 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 2 June at the FIM Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

## Result

Tomasz Gollob 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

| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 1 | 12 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 19 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | 10 | 4 | 3 | | 3 |
| 2 | 13 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 20 | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | 14 | 1 | 2 | | 2 |
| 3 | 8 | (3) Jason Crump | 18 | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 13 | 2 | | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 11 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 0 | | 9 | 5 | | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 11 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 0 | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | 11 | 3 | | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | (6) Greg Hancock | 10 | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 9 | 6 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 4 | (10) Andreas Jonsson | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 1 | |
| 8 | 11 | (2) Leigh Adams | 8 | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | |
| 9 | 1 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 7 | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 10 | (7) Rune Holta | 7 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | 0 | | | | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 5 | (8) Scott Nicholls | 7 | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 14 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 6 | | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 16 | (9) Chris Harris | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 3 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 15 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 3 | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | 3 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 3 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | | X | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 9 | (13) Lukáš Dryml | 1 | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | | M/- | | | | | 0 | | 1 | | | 1 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Nicolai Klindt | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Patrick Hougaard | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 18 | | | |
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |

### Heat after heat

* Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
* Andersen, Bjerre, Crump, Nicholls
* Adams, Gollob, Holta, Dryml
* N.Pedersen, Harris, Iversen, Kasprzak
* N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Dryml
* Hancock, Holta, Andersen, Iversen
* Bjerre, Adams, Lindgren, Kasprzak
* Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Harris
* B.Pedersen, Andersen, Harris, Adams
* Gollob, Nicholls, Hancock, Kasprzak
* Crump, Iversen, Klindt, Dryml (M/-), Lindgren (X/F2) 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.
* N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta, Bjerre
* Bjerre, Iversen, Gollob, B.Pedersen
* Crump, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
* Holta, Nicholls, Lindgren, Harris
* Andersen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml
* Crump, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Holta
* Bjerre, Hancock, Dryml, Harris
* N.Pedersen, Gollob, Lindgren, Andersen
* Adams, Nicholls, Iversen, Jonsson
    Semi-finals:
* Gollob, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
* Crump, Andersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
    Final:
* Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Andersen (0)

## The intermediate classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT | POL | ITA | FIN |
| 1 | (1) Nicki Pedersen | 69 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | (4) Tomasz Gollob | 58 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 19 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | (3) Jason Crump | 48 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | (6) Greg Hancock | 44 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | (2) Leigh Adams | 42 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | (5) Hans N. Andersen | 39 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | (15) Fredrik Lindgren | 39 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | (10) Andreas Jonsson | 38 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | (7) Rune Holta | 33 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | (12) Niels Kristian Iversen | 26 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | (8) Scott Nicholls | 23 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | (9) Chris Harris | 20 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | (14) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | (16) Jarosław Hampel | 16 | – | 16 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 15 | (13) Lukáš Dryml | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | (11) Bjarne Pedersen | 11 | 4 | – | – | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 17 | (16) Kenneth Bjerre | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | (19) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 8 | – | 3 | 5 | – | | | | | | | |
| 19 | (16) Matej Žagar | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 20 | (16) Jonas Davidsson | 7 | – | – | 7 | – | | | | | | | |
| 21 | (18) Billy Forsberg | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | | | | | | | |
| 22 | (17) Nicolai Klindt | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 23 | (17) Sebastian Aldén | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | | | | | | | |
| Rider(s) not classified ||||||||||||||
| | (17) Izak Šantej | — | ns | – | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | (17) Damian Baliński | — | – | ns | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | (18) Denis Štojs | — | ns | – | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | (18) Krzysztof Buczkowski | — | – | ns | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | (18) Patrick Hougaard | — | – | – | – | ns | | | | | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | SVN | EUR | SWE | DEN | GBR | CZE | SCA | LAT | POL | ITA | FIN |