2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

**2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland**
2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date	23 June 2012
City	Gorzów Wielkopolski
Event	6 of 12 (150)
Referee	Krister Gardell
Jury President	Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium	Edward Jancarz Stadium
Capacity	17,000
Length	329 m (360 yd)
Track	speedway
SGP Results
Attendance	10,000
Best Time	Martin Vaculík; 61,60 secs (in Heat 2)
Winner	Martin Vaculík
Runner-up	Chris Holder
3rd place	Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 23 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Grand Prix was won by Martin Vaculík who beat Chris Harris, wild card Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tomasz Gollob.^[4]^[5] Vaculík becoming first Slovak rider who ride in the SGP and third rider who won SGP event in his debut (after Tomasz Gollob and Emil Sayfutdinov). It was 150th SPG event since 1995 and Greg Hancock was only rider who rode in all meetings.^[6]^[7]

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Zmarzlik as Wild Card, and Piotr and Przemysław Pawlicki both as Track Reserves.^[8] Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík.^[9] The draw was made on June 22.^[10]

(3)

Jarosław Hampel → (19)

Martin Vaculík

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	5	(19) Martin Vaculík	20		3			2					2					2					3	12	2		2	3
2	10	(8) Chris Holder	17			2			2						1			3		3				11	4	2		2
3	7	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13		2					1					3	2					0			8	7	3		1
4	6	(5) Tomasz Gollob	12		1				1			1							3			3		9	5		3	0
5	9	(1) Greg Hancock	12			1		3						3					2		3			12	1	R
6	2	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	11	2					3				3				1				2			11	3		0
7	11	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	10			0				2		2					3						2	9	6	1
8	13	(2) Andreas Jonsson	9				3	0							2		2					1		8	8		1
9	1	(14) Peter Ljung	7	3				1				0				3				0				7	9
10	15	(10) Nicki Pedersen	7				2			3			1						0	1				7	10
11	16	(15) Hans N. Andersen	7				0				2	3						1			1			7	11
12	4	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	6	1							3				0				1				1	6	12
13	12	(4) Jason Crump	5			3					X		0			0						2		5	13
14	14	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	4				1		0					2		1							0	4	14
15	8	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	3		0						1			0			0			2				3	15
16	3	(11) Chris Harris	1	0						R				1				R				0		1	16
17	17	(17) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	-																					-	17
18	18	(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	-																					-	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

(61,81) Ljung, Lindgren, Lindbäck, Harris
(61,60) Vaculík, Zmarzlik, Gollob, Bjerre
(62,31) Crump, Holder, Hancock, Sayfutdinov
(62,41) Jonsson, N. Pedersen, B. Pedersen, Andersen
(62,75) Hancock, Vaculík, Ljung, Jonsson
(63,01) Lindgren, Holder, Gollob, B. Pedersen
(63,14) N. Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Zmarzlik, Harris (R)
(63,11) Lindbäck, Andersen, Bjerre, Crump (X)
(63,33) Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Gollob, Ljung
(63,94) Lindgren, Vaculík, N. Pedersen, Crump
(63,97) Hancock, B. Pedersen, Harris, Bjerre
(64,13) Zmarzlik, Jonsson, Holder, Lindbäck
(64,19) Ljung, Zmarzlik, B. Pedersen, Crump
(63,78) Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Lindgren, Bjerre
(64,34) Holder, Vaculík, Andersen, Harris (R)
(64,12) Gollob, Hancock, Lindbäck, N. Pedersen
(65,06) Holder, Bjerre, N. Pedersen, Ljung
(64,72) Hancock, Lindgren, Andersen, Zmarzlik
(64,34) Gollob, Crump, Jonsson, Harris
(64,22) Vaculík, Sayfutdinov, Lindbäck, B. Pedersen
Semifinals
(64,23) Zmarzlik, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock (R)
(64,34) Gollob, Vaculík, Jonsson, Lindgren
Final
(66,87) Vaculík, Holder, Zmarzlik, Gollob

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	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2
1	(1) Greg Hancock	87	22	9	12	15	17	12
2	(4) Jason Crump	78	12	12	20	11	18	5
3	(8) Chris Holder	78	4	19	12	17	9	17
4	(10) Nicki Pedersen	72	13	10	19	14	9	7
5	(5) Tomasz Gollob	64	15	16	12	6	3	12
6	(9) Fredrik Lindgren	63	8	8	6	15	15	11
7	(6) Emil Sayfutdinov	58	8	7	10	12	11	10
8	(2) Andreas Jonsson	47	4	13	3	10	8	9
9	(3) Jarosław Hampel	46	18	15	6	7	ns	–
10	(12) Antonio Lindbäck	40	13	4	9	5	3	6
11	(14) Peter Ljung	36	4	6	5	6	8	7
12	(13) Bjarne Pedersen	33	7	2	6	4	10	4
13	(15) Hans N. Andersen	31	6	5	6	3	4	7
14	(7) Kenneth Bjerre	28	4	8	3	5	5	3
15	(11) Chris Harris	28	5	3	6	3	10	1
16	(19) Martin Vaculík	20	–	–	–	–	–	20
17	(16) Bartosz Zmarzlik	13	–	–	–	–	–	13
18	(16) Thomas H. Jonasson	11	–	–	–	11	–	–
19	(16) Josef Franc	9	–	–	9	–	–	–
20	(16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki	7	–	7	–	–	–	ns
21	(16) Michael Jepsen Jensen	7	–	–	–	–	7	–
22	(18) Mikkel B. Jensen	4	–	–	–	–	4	–
23	(17) Peter Kildemand	2	–	–	–	–	2	–
24	(16) Jason Bunyan	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
25	(17) Václav Milík, Jr.	0	–	–	0	–	–	–
Rider(s) not classified
	(17) Grant Tregoning	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(18) Sean Mason	—	ns	–	–	–	–	–
	(17) Tobiasz Musielak	—	–	ns	–	–	–	–
	(17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr.	—	–	ns	–	–	–	ns
	(18) Matěj Kůs	—	–	–	ns	–	–	–
	(17) Linus Sundström	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–
	(18) Simon Gustafsson	—	–	–	–	ns	–	–
Pos.	Rider	Points	NZL	EUR	CZE	SWE	DEN	POL	CRO	ITA	GBR	SCA	NOR	PL2

References

^ "FIM Track Racing Commission 2012 Calendars (Mar 16)" (PDF). fim-live.com. 16 Mar 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
^ "FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland". speedwaygp.com. Retrieved 16 Mar 2012.
^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (89) 2012, pages 32-33 ISSN 1429-3285
^ "Sensacyjne zwycięstwo Martina Vaculika w Gorzowie, Bartosz Zmarzlik na podium" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 23 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
^ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 60 ISSN 1429-3285
^ "Słowak - kolejną nacją w Grand Prix" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 17 Jun 2012. Retrieved 24 Feb 2013.
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