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2008 Speedway Grand Prix

14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix

Field	Value
Year	2008
Dates	April 26 - October 18
Events	11
Cities	10
Country	8
per	15	wc=1	tr=2
Heats	253 + 1 Super Prix
P1f	DEN	P1 =Nicki Pedersen
P2f	AUS	P2 =Jason Crump
P3f	POL	P3 =Tomasz Gollob

The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix was the 63rd edition of the official World Championship and the 14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the promotion of IMG.

Event format

The format for 2008 was the same as that used in 2007 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix. Over the course of 20 heats each rider raced against every other rider once. The top eight scorers advanced to a semi-final and from each semi-final the first and second placed riders advanced to the GP final.

All rides count towards Grand Prix points totals, including the semi-final and final, which counts double (6-4-2-0) and therefore the maximum points for a single Grand Prix is 24 (five heat wins, semi final win and final win). This format means that the winner of each Grand Prix may not be the rider who scores most GP points from each race.

Qualification

For the 2008 season, there were 15 permanent riders who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

2008 Riders

No	Rider	DOB	Age	2008 Clubs	GBR British	POL [Polish](2008-speedway-ekstraliga)	SWE Swedish	DEN Danish
1	DEN DEN Nicki Pedersen	1977-04-02	31		Częstochowa	Gislaved	Holsted (DEN)	Togliatti (RUS)
2	AUS AUS Leigh Adams	1971-04-28	37	Swindon	Leszno	Avesta
3	AUS AUS Jason Crump	1975-08-06	33	Belle Vue	Wrocław	Vetlanda
4	POL POL Tomasz Gollob	1971-04-11	37		Gorzów Wlkp.	Västervik
5	DEN DEN Hans Andersen	1980-11-03	28	Coventry	Toruń	Målilla	Fjelsted (DEN)
6	USA USA Greg Hancock	1970-06-03	38		Częstochowa	Hallstavik
7	POL POL Rune Holta	1973-08-29	35		Gorzów Wlkp.	Vetlanda	Grindsted (DEN)
8	GBR GBR Scott Nicholls	1978-05-16	30	Eastbourne	Rzeszów	Stockholm
9	GBR GBR Chris Harris	1982-11-28	26	Coventry	Ostrów	Västervik
10	SWE SWE Andreas Jonsson	1980-09-03	28	Lakeside	Bydgoszcz	Målilla
11	DEN DEN Bjarne Pedersen	1978-07-12	30	Poole	Gdańsk	Västervik	Holstebro (DEN)
12	DEN DEN Niels Kristian Iversen	1982-05-20	26	Wolverhampton	Zielona Góra	Västervik	Holsted (DEN)
13	CZE CZE Lukáš Dryml	1981-04-16	27	Peterborough	Ostrów Wlkp.	Målilla		Pardubice (CZE)
14	POL POL Krzysztof Kasprzak	1984-07-18	24	Poole	Leszno	Eskilstuna
15	SWE SWE Fredrik Lindgren	1985-09-15	23	Wolverhampton	Zielona Góra	Målilla		Pardubice (CZE)

Cities

[[Image:POL Bydgoszcz COA.svg|20px]] Bydgoszcz
Cardiff
[[File:Greater coat of arms of Copenhagen.svg|25x25px]] Copenhagen
[[Image:Coat of arms of Daugavpils.svg|20px]] Daugavpils
[[Image:DEU Gelsenkirchen COA.svg|20px]] Gelsenkirchen
[[Image:Göteborg kommunvapen - Riksarkivet Sverige.svg|20px]] Gothenburg
Krško
[[Image:POL Leszno COA.svg|20px]] Leszno
Lonigo
[[Image:Hultsfred vapen.svg|20px]] Målilla
[[File:Coat of arms of Prague.svg|20x20px]] Prague

Calendar

The Final Classification

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