# 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 6 riders that would qualify for the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 16 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix.
The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi finals was retained and only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.
Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.

## Format

* First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
* Quarter finals - 32 riders to semi finals
* Semi finals - 16 riders to GP Challenge
* Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2004 Grand Prix

## Quarter finals

32 riders to semi finals (Andrea Maida & Jarosław Hampel seeded to sf)
QF (26 April 2003 Lonigo) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Lee Richardson | 13 |
| 2 | Billy Janniro | 13 |
| 3 | Ryan Fisher | 11 |
| 4 | Tomáš Topinka | 11 |
| 5 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 11 |
| 6 | Sebastian Ułamek | 10 |
| 7 | Theo Pijper | 10 |
| 8 | Matej Žagar | 10 |
| 9 | Sebastien Trésarrieu | 7 |
| 10 | Joachim Kügelmann | 6 |
| 11 | Mirko Wolter | 6 |
| 12 | Scott Smith | 4 |
| 13 | Jernej Kolenko | 4 |
| 14 | Simone Terenzani | 3 |
| 15 | Christian Miotello | 1 |
| 16 | Marko Vlah | 0 |
QF (1 May 2003 Debrecen) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Peter Karlsson | 13 |
| 2 | Rafał Dobrucki | 13 |
| 3 | Jesper B. Jensen | 12 |
| 4 | Attila Stefáni | 11 |
| 5 | David Howe | 11 |
| 6 | Sándor Tihanyi | 10 |
| 7 | Sergej Darkin | 9 |
| 8 | Jacek Rempala | 8 |
| 9 | László Szatmári | 8 |
| 10 | Oleg Kurguskin | 8 |
| 11 | Josef Franc | 5 |
| 12 | Norbert Magosi | 4 |
| 13 | Ronni Pedersen | 4 |
| 14 | Izak Šantej | 3 |
| 15 | Manuel Hauzinger | 1 |
| 16 | Tomáš Suchánek | 0 |
QF (3 May 2003 Elgane) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Grzegorz Walasek | 13 |
| 2 | Bjarne Pedersen | 12 |
| 3 | David Ruud | 12 |
| 4 | Charlie Gjedde | 11 |
| 5 | Stefan Andersson | 10 |
| 6 | Kai Laukkanen | 9 |
| 7 | Hans Andersen | 9 |
| 8 | Peter Ingvar Karlsson | 9 |
| 9 | Brent Werner | 9 |
| 10 | Chris Harris | 8 |
| 11 | Björn Hansen | 8 |
| 12 | Oliver Allen | 4 |
| 13 | Sam Taylor | 3 |
| 14 | Mikke Bjerk | 2 |
| 15 | Carl Johan Raugstad | 1 |
| 16 | Remi Ueland | 0 |
QF (8 June 2003 Heusden-Zolder) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Lukáš Dryml | 12 |
| 2 | Bohumil Brhel | 12 |
| 3 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 11 |
| 4 | Chris Slabon | 11 |
| 5 | Peter Ljung | 11 |
| 6 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 10 |
| 7 | Roman Povazhny | 8 |
| 8 | Simon Stead | 8 |
| 9 | Kenneth Bjerre | 7 |
| 10 | Mathias Schultz | 7 |
| 11 | Mark Lemon | 6 |
| 12 | Magnus Zetterström | 6 |
| 13 | Craig Watson | 5 |
| 14 | Leigh Lanham | 3 |
| 15 | Henk Bos | 2 |
| 16 | Warren Meier | 0 |

## Semi finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Peter Karlsson | 13 |
| 2 | David Howe | 13 |
| 3 | Billy Janniro | 12 |
| 4 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 10 |
| 5 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 9 |
| 6 | Tomáš Topinka | 9 |
| 7 | Theo Pijper | 8 |
| 8 | Charlie Gjedde | 8 |
| 9 | Matej Žagar | 7 |
| 10 | Chris Slabon | 6 |
| 11 | Peter Ljung | 6 |
| 12 | László Szatmári (R) | 4 |
| 13 | Grzegorz Walasek | 4 |
| 14 | Jacek Rempala | 4 |
| 15 | David Ruud | 3 |
| 16 | Andrea Maida | 3 |
| 17 | Sándor Tihanyi | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Roman Povazhny | 12 |
| 2 | Jesper B. Jensen | 12 |
| 3 | Bjarne Pedersen | 12 |
| 4 | Bohumil Brhel | 11 |
| 5 | Rafał Dobrucki | 10 |
| 6 | Lukáš Dryml | 10 |
| 7 | Kai Laukkanen | 10 |
| 8 | Sebastian Ułamek | 8 |
| 9 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 7 |
| 10 | Sergej Darkin | 6 |
| 11 | Peter Ingvar Karlsson | 5 |
| 12 | Jarosław Hampel | 5 |
| 13 | Attila Stefáni | 4 |
| 14 | Simon Stead (R) | 3 |
| 15 | Ryan Fisher | 2 |
| 16 | Lee Richardson | 1 |
| 17 | Stefan Andersson | 2 |
| 18 | Brent Werner (R) | 1 |

## Final Round
### GP Challenge

6 riders to 2004 Grand Prix
* 17 August 2003 Poole
| Pos. | Rider | Total | Points |
| 1 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 14 | 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| 2 | Bohumil Brhel | 13 | 3, 3, 2, 2, 3 |
| 3 | Bjarne Pedersen | 12 | 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
| 4 | Kai Laukkanen | 11 | 3, 3, 1, 2, 2 |
| 5 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 10 | exc, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| 6 | Jesper B. Jensen | 9 | 1, ef, 3, 3, 2 |
| 7 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 7 | 3, 2, 0, 1, 1 |
| 8 | Simon Stead (R) | 6 | 1, 0, 3, 2, exc |
| 9 | Rafał Dobrucki | 6 | 3, 0, 1, 1, 1 |
| 10 | Billy Janniro | 6 | 2, 2, 1, 1, 0 |
| 11 | Roman Povazhny | 5 | exc, 1, 0, 1, 3 |
| 12 | Charlie Gjedde | 5 | 0, 1, 0, 2, 2 |
| 13 | Tomáš Topinka | 5 | 2, 2, 1, 0, x |
| 14 | Matej Žagar (R) | 5 | 1, -, 2, x, 2 |
| 15 | Sebastian Ułamek | 4 | 1, 1, 2, f, exc |
| 16 | Theo Pijper | 1 | 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
| 17 | Peter Karlsson | 0 | ef, -, -, -, - |
| 18 | Lukáš Dryml | - | dns+ |
+broke his leg and was unable to compete further