2000 Speedway Grand Prix
6th season of the Speedway Grand Prix
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The 2000 Speedway Grand Prix was the 55th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3] It was the sixth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
| 2000 Speedway Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | May 6 – September 23 |
| Events | 6 |
| Cities | 6 |
| Countries | 5 |
| Riders | 22 permanents 2 wild card(s) |
| Heats | 144 (in 6 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  GBR Mark Loram |
| Runner-up |  USA Billy Hamill |
| 3rd place |  SWE Tony Rickardsson |
Event format
The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes. The eight best would be directly qualified for the "Main Event", while the sixteen others would be knocked out if they finished out of the top two in 4-man heats on two occasions – while they would go through if they finished inside the top two on two occasions. This resulted in 10 heats, where eight proceeded to the Main Event, where exactly the same system was applied to give eight riders to a semi-final.
The semi-finals were then two heats of four, where the top two qualified for a final and the last two going towards the consolation final. The 4 finalists scored 25, 20, 18 and 16 points, with 5th to 8th scoring 15, 14, 12 and 10-point, and after that 8, 8, 7, 7, etc. Places after 8th place were awarded according to the time a rider was knocked out and, secondly, according to position in the last heat he rode in.
Qualification
The 2000 season had 22 permanent riders and two wild cards at each event. The permanent riders are highlighted in the results table below.
Calendar
| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 6 |  Prague , Czech Republic Markéta Stadium |
Billy Hamill |
Mark Loram |
Chris Louis |
 Todd Wiltshire |
results |
| 2 | June 3 | Linköping , Sweden Motorstadium |
Jason Crump |
Mark Loram |
Todd Wiltshire |
Tony Rickardsson |
results |
| 3 | July 1 |  Wrocław , Poland Olympic Stadium |
Tony Rickardsson |
Billy Hamill |
Chris Louis |
Leigh Adams |
results |
| 4 | July 29 | Coventry , Great Britain Brandon Stadium |
Martin Dugard |
Ryan Sullivan |
Mark Loram |
Jason Lyons |
results |
| 5 | September 2 |  Vojens , Denmark Speedway Center |
Greg Hancock |
Jason Crump |
Stefan Dannö |
Nicki Pedersen |
results |
| 6 | September 23 | Bydgoszcz , Poland Polonia Stadium |
Billy Hamill |
Greg Hancock |
Tony Rickardsson |
Jason Crump |
results |
Final standings
| Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series |
| Full-time Grand Prix rider |
| Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE | SWE | POL | GBR | DEN | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
(16) Mark Loram
|
102 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 14 |
 |
(11) Billy Hamill
|
95 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
 |
(1) Tony Rickardsson
|
94 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | (6) Jason Crump
|
88 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 16 |
| 5 | (7) Greg Hancock
|
76 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 20 |
| 6 | (5) Leigh Adams
|
65 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 |
| 7 | (2) Tomasz Gollob
|
64 | 15 | 14 | 14 | – | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | (21) Todd Wiltshire
|
63 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | (8) Ryan Sullivan
|
62 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | (10) Chris Louis
|
60 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | (3) Jimmy Nilsen
|
42 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | (9) Stefan Dannö
|
41 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| 13 | (12) Mikael Karlsson
|
39 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | (15) Henrik Gustafsson
|
39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | (19) Peter Karlsson
|
35 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 16 | (4) Joe Screen
|
34 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 17 | (18) Antonín Kasper, Jr.
|
32 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 18 | (13) Carl Stonehewer
|
30 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | (23) Martin Dugard
|
25 | – | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 20 | (23) Nicki Pedersen
|
17 | – | 1 | – | – | 16 | – |
| 21 | (22) Rafał Dobrucki
|
16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | (28) Jason Lyons
|
16 | – | – | – | 16 | – | – |
| 23 | (20) Brian Andersen
|
15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | (14) Brian Karger
|
13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | (17) Andy Smith
|
10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 |  (24) Rune Holta
|
8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (24) Jarosław Hampel
|
7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 28 | (24) Sebastian Ułamek
|
6 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| 29 | (24) Jesper B. Jensen
|
4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 30 | (23) Piotr Protasiewicz
|
3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| 31 | (24) Lee Richardson
|
3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 32 | (23) Michal Makovský
|
1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | (24) Bohumil Brhel
|
1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | (25) John Jørgensen
|
1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | CZE | SWE | POL | GBR | DEN | EUR |