# 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 3 riders that would qualify for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix.

## Calendar

- Domestic - Quarter-finals - Semi-finals - Final
| Date (2007) | Venue | Winner | |
| Domestic Qualification ||||
| June 6 | Bydgoszcz | Grzegorz Walasek | result |
| Quarter-finals ||||
| June 23 | Terenzano | Niels Kristian Iversen | result |
| June 24 | Miskolc | Rory Schlein | result |
| June 23 | Mšeno | Krzysztof Kasprzak | result |
| June 30 | Motala | Damian Baliński | result |
| Semi-finals ||||
| July 7 | Lonigo | Bjarne Pedersen | result |
| July 8 | Ljubljana | Fredrik Lindgren | result |
| Final ||||
| 15 September | Vojens | Niels Kristian Iversen | result |

## Domestic Qualification
### Poland

* Golden Helmet Final (Finał Złotego Kasku)
* June 6, 2007
* Bydgoszcz, Polonia Stadium
* Referee: Ryszard Bryła (Zielona Góra)
* Attendance: 2,500
* Best Time: 61,63 s. - Wiesław Jaguś (7 heat)
* Only 16 heats, because was rain.
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra | 9 | (0,3,3,3) |
| 2 | Rafał Dobrucki Rzeszów | 9 | (2,1,3,3) |
| 3 | Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno | 9 | (3,2,2,2) |
| 4 | Paweł Hlib Gorzów Wlkp. | 8 | (3,1,1,3) |
| 5 | Piotr Protasiewicz Zielona Góra | 7 | (3,1,3,F) |
| 6 | Jarosław Hampel Leszno | 7 | (2,2,E,3) |
| 7 | Damian Baliński Leszno | 7 | (1,3,2,1) |
| 10 | Tomasz Gapiński Wrocław | 6 | (2,0,2,2) |
Paweł Hlib was injured before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapiński. Wiesław Jaguś (8th) and Sebastian Ułamek (9th) refused.

## Quarter-finals

| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | (10) Niels Kristian Iversen | 15 | (3,3,3,3,3) |
| 2 | (6) Jurica Pavlič | 12+3 | (1,2,3,3,3) |
| 3 | (14) Rafał Dobrucki | 12+2 | (2,1,3,3,3) |
| 4 | (7) Richard Hall | 12+F/X | (2,3,2,2,3) |
| 5 | (16) Kyle Legault | 11 | (3,2,2,2,2) |
| 6 | (2) Niklas Klingberg | 10 | (3,0,3,3,1) |
| 7 | (5) Steve Johnston | 10 | (3,2,1,2,2) |
| 8 | (11) David Howe | 8+3 | (2,1,2,2,1) |
| 9 | (13) Henrik Møller | 8+2 | (1,3,1,1,2) |
| 10 | (9) Matej Ferjan | 5 | (0,1,1,1,2) |
| 11 | (16) Andrea Maida | 4 | (0,3,1,0,0) |
| 12 | (8) Denis Štojs | 3 | (0,1,2,0,F) |
| 13 | (3) Guglielmo Franchetti | 3 | (2,F,0,1,0) |
| 14 | (4) Josef Franc | 3 | (1,2,E,0,0) |
| 15 | (12) Marco Gregnanin | 3 | (1,0,0,1,1) |
| 16 | (1) Maks Gregorič | 1 | (0,0,0,0,1) |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | (9) Rory Schlein | 14 | (3,3,2,3,3) |
| 2 | (16) Piotr Protasiewicz | 12+3 | (3,3,2,3,1) |
| 3 | (7) Charlie Gjedde | 12+2 | (3,2,2,3,2) |
| 4 | (12) Sebastian Ułamek | 10 | (2,1,3,1,3) |
| 5 | (14) Chris Holder | 10 | (2,3,1,2,2) |
| 6 | (8) Denis Gizatullin | 9 | (2,2,3,2,E) |
| 7 | (11) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 8+3 | (E,3,1,1,3) |
| 8 | (2) Zdeněk Simota | 8+2 | (1,2,2,3,0) |
| 9 | (6) Norbert Magosi | 7 | (1,0,3,1,2) |
| 10 | (15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 7 | (1,1,1,2,2) |
| 11 | (1) Jozsef Tabaka | 6 | (3,X,0,0,3) |
| 12 | (13) Ruslan Gatiatow | 5 | (0,2,3,0,0) |
| 13 | (3) Maksims Bogdanovs | 5 | (2,0,0,2,1) |
| 14 | (10) Kasts Poudzuks | 5 | (1,1,1,1,1) |
| 15 | (4) Magnus Karlsson | 1 | (0,0,0,0,1) |
| 16 | (5) Jaroslaw Poljuchowicz | 1 | (0,1,0,0,0) |
| - | (R1) Zsolt Bencze | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | (4) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 15 | (3,3,3,3,3) |
| 2 | (10) Renat Gafurov | 13 | (3,3,2,2,3) |
| 3 | (5) Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 11 | (3,2,1,3,2) |
| 4 | (7) Tobias Kroner | 10 | (2,2,1,2,3) |
| 5 | (11) Izak Šantej | 9 | (E,3,3,3,0) |
| 6 | (15) Jarosław Hampel | 9 | (3,E,2,2,2) |
| 7 | (12) Lukáš Dryml | 8+3 | (E,2,3,3,F) |
| 8 | (14) Lewis Bridger | 8+2 | (2,2,2,1,1) |
| 9 | (9) Daniel King | 8+1 | (2,1,3,1,1) |
| 10 | (1) Adrian Rymel | 6 | (2,3,0,0,1) |
| 11 | (13) Martin Vaculík | 6 | (1,0,0,2,3) |
| 12 | (16) Thomas Stange | 6 | (0,1,2,1,2) |
| 13 | (17) Hynek Štichauer | 3 | (1,2) |
| 14 | (3) Henk Bos | 3 | (0,1,1,0,1) |
| 15 | (2) Fritz Wallner | 3 | (1,1,E,1,E) |
| 16 | (8) Kaj de Jong | 1 | (1,0,0,0,0) |
| - | (6) Manuel Hauzinger | 0 | (E,0,-,-,-) |
| - | (18) Richard Wolff | 0 | (0) |
| 17: Heats: ? 18: Heat: ? ||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | (4) Damian Baliński | 12+3 | (1,3,3,2,3) |
| 2 | (8) Kenneth Bjerre | 12+2 | (3,1,3,2,3) |
| 3 | (3) Mikael Max | 12+1 | (3,3,2,3,1) |
| 4 | (14) Tomasz Gapiński | 11 | (2,3,1,3,2) |
| 5 | (16) Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | (1,2,3,2,3) |
| 6 | (6) Kai Laukkanen | 11 | (2,2,1,3,3) |
| 7 | (13) Jonas Davidsson | 10 | (0,3,2,3,2) |
| 8 | (15) Kauko Nieminen | 9 | (3,1,2,1,2) |
| 9 | (11) Jesper B. Jensen | 8 | (3,2,2,1,E) |
| 10 | (12) Simon Stead | 6 | (1,0,3,2,0) |
| 11 | (10) Martin Smolinski | 6 | (2,1,1,1,1) |
| 12 | (1) Christian Hefenbrock | 5 | (2,2,0,1,0) |
| 13 | (5) Daniel Davidsson | 3 | (0,1,0,0,2) |
| 14 | (2) Oliver Allen | 2 | (0,0,1,0,1) |
| 15 | (9) Rune Sola | 2 | (1,0,0,0,1) |
| 16 | (7) Matt Browne | 0 | (0,0,0,0,0) |
| - | (17) Ricky Kling | | |

## Semi-finals

| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | (7) Bjarne Pedersen | 11+3 | (3,2,2,3,1) |
| 2 | (4) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 11+2 | (2,3,0,3,3) |
| 3 | (14) Damian Baliński | 10+3 | (3,3,2,2,0) |
| 4 | (10) Denis Gizatullin | 10+2 | (3,1,3,1,2) |
| 5 | (12) Tobias Kroner | 10+1 | (2,2,3,1,2) |
| 6 | (1) Lukáš Dryml | 9 | (3,X,3,X,3) |
| 7 | (2) Kyle Legault | 8+3 | (1,2,2,3,0) |
| 8 | (9) Steve Johnston | 8+2 | (0,2,1,2,3) |
| 9 | (11) Charlie Gjedde | 8+1 | (1,3,1,2,1) |
| 10 | (3) Chris Holder | 7 | (F,1,0,3,3) |
| 11 | (8) Jarosław Hampel | 7 | (2,0,3,1,1) |
| 12 | (16) Jurica Pavlič | 7 | (2,1,0,2,2) |
| 13 | (5) Mikael Max | 6 | (0,3,1,0,2) |
| 14 | (6) Tomasz Gapiński | 4 | (1,0,2,E,1) |
| 15 | (15) Richard Hall | 2 | (1,0,F,1,0) |
| 16 | (18) Zdeněk Simota | 1 | (E,1,0,0) |
| 17 | (13) Mattia Carpanese | 0 | (0,F/-,-,-,-) |
| 18 | (17) David Howe | 0 | (F/-) |
| 17: Heat: 5 18: Heats: 5, 12, 14 and 19 Heat 5: Carpanese fell (injury); replaced by Howe. Howe fell by Dryml (injury); Dryml was exclusion; Howe replaced by Simota. ||||
| Pos. | Rider | Points | Heats |
| 1 | (16) Fredrik Lindgren | 11+3 | (2,1,2,3,3) |
| 2 | (4) Renat Gafurov | 11+2 | (1,3,1,3,3) |
| 3 | (10) Kenneth Bjerre | 11+1 | (3,3,3,2,0) |
| 4 | (15) Rory Schlein | 10 | (3,2,3,1,1) |
| 5 | (8) Niels Kristian Iversen | 10 | (1,2,3,2,2) |
| 6 | (1) Rafał Dobrucki | 9 | (3,2,1,0,3) |
| 7 | (7) Jonas Davidsson | 8+3 | (3,1,E3,3,1) |
| 8 | (12) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 8+2 | (2,0,2,2,2) |
| 9 | (13) Piotr Protasiewicz | 8+1 | (0,3,2,F/X,3) |
| 10 | (6) Grzegorz Walasek | 7 | (2,1,3,0,1) |
| 11 | (9) Niklas Klingberg | 7 | (1,0,2,2,2) |
| 12 | (14) Kai Laukkanen | 6 | (1,2,1,1,1) |
| 13 | (2) Jernej Kolenko | 5 | (2,0,0,3,0) |
| 14 | (11) Sebastian Ułamek | 4 | (0,3,0,1,0) |
| 15 | (5) Izak Šantej | 4 | (0,1,1,0,2) |
| 16 | (3) Aleš Dryml, Jr. | 1 | (E4,0,0,1,T/-) |
| 17 | (17) Kauko Nieminen | 0 | (0) |
| - | (18) Lewis Bridger | | |
| 17: Heat: 19 ||||

## Grand Prix Challenge

* September 15, 2007 (Saturday, 19:30)
* Vojens
* Referee:
* Jury President:
* Attendance:
* Best Time:
* Stadium and track:
** Name: Vojens Speedway Center
| Placing | 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 |
| 1 | (8) Niels Kristian Iversen | 14 | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 14 | 1 | |
| 2 | (6) Lukáš Dryml | 12 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 12 | 2 | |
| 3 | (4) Bjarne Pedersen | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | (12) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 11 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | (5) Kenneth Bjerre | 10 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | | | X | | | | | 2 | 10 | 5 | |
| 6 | (11) Rafał Dobrucki | 10 | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
| 7 | (3) Jonas Davidsson | 8 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | (15) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 8 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 3 | | | | 8 | 8 | |
| 9 | (14) Renat Gafurov | 7 | | | | 3 | | 2 | | | | | 0 | | 2 | | | | | | | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | (10) Fredrik Lindgren | 7 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | X | | | | 7 | 10 | |
| 11 | (16) Denis Gizatullin | 6 | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 6 | 11 | |
| 12 | (1) Damian Baliński | 5 | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | E | | | | - | | | | 5 | 12 | |
| 13 | (7) Rory Schlein | 4 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 4 | 13 | |
| 14 | (9) Steve Johnston | 3 | | | 0 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 3 | 14 | |
| 15 | (2) Tobias Kroner | 2 | 1 | | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | E | | | | 1 | | | 2 | 15 | |
| 16 | (13) Kyle Legault | 1 | | | | X | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | 1 | 16 | |
| 17 | (17) Charlie Gjedde | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 17 | |
| Placing | 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 |
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
| gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |

### Heat after heat

* Pedersen, Baliński, Kroner, Davidsson
* Iversen, Bjerre, Dryml, Schlein
* Tomíček, Lindgren, Dobrucki, Johnston
* Gafurov, Gizatullin, Kasprzak, Legault (F/X)
* Bjerre, Baliński, Johnston, Legault
* Dryml, Gafurov, Lindgren, Kroner
* Dobrucki, Davidsson, Kasprzak, Schlein
* Iversen, Tomíček, Pedersen, Gizatullin
* Dobrucki, Dryml, Baliński, Gizatullin
* Bjerre, Tomíček, Kasprzak, Kroner
* Iversen, Johnston, Davidsson, Gafurov
* Pedersen, Lindgren, Schlein, Legault
* Tomíček, Gafurov, Schlein, Baliński (E/start)
* Iversen, Dobrucki, Legault, Kroner (E4)
* Davidsson, Lindgren, Gizatullin, Bjerre (F/X)
* Dryml, Kasprzak, Pedersen, Johnston
* Kasprzak, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren (F/X)
* Gizatullin, Schlein, Kroner, Johnston
* Dryml, Davidsson, Tomíček, Legault
* Pedersen, Bjerre, Dobrucki, Gafurov Play-off 3-4 place:
* Pedersen, Tomíček
Top three riders qualified to 2008 Speedway Grand Prix:
* Niels Kristian Iversen
* Lukáš Dryml
* Bjarne Pedersen