The 5th Edward Jancarz Memorial was the
1997
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version of the
Edward Jancarz Memorial The Edward Jancarz Memorial ( pl, Memoriał im. Edwarda Jancarza) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Stal Gorzów Wlkp. The Memorial held in the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Memorial is irregular and firs ...
. It took place on 3 August in the Stal Gorzów Stadium in
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...
,
Poland
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. The Memorial was won by
Hans Nielsen who beat
Tony Rickardsson
Tony Rickardsson (born on 17 August 1970) is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1989 to 2006. Rickardsson is notable for winning six Speedway World Championship titles in 1 ...
and
Sławomir Drabik
Sławomir Drabik (born 6 February 1966 in Jawor, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider who has won 1996 Team World Champion title.
Drabik was second in the 2003 Individual European Championship and 2007 European Pairs Championship. He was perman ...
.
Heat details
* 3 August 1997 (Sunday)
* Best Time: 63.49 -
Tony Rickardsson
Tony Rickardsson (born on 17 August 1970) is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1989 to 2006. Rickardsson is notable for winning six Speedway World Championship titles in 1 ...
in Heat 5
* Attendance:
* Referee: Lechosław Bartnicki
Heat after heat
# (63.70) Nielsen, Jankowski, Karlsson, Krzyżaniak
# (63.66) Rickardsson, Wiltshire, Bajerski, Huszcza
# (63.77) Drabik, Świst, Andersen, Smith
# (63.72) Kasper, Paluch, Louis, Kowalik
# (63.49) Rickardsson, Andersen, Kowalik, Jankowski (F)
# (64.07) Bajerski, Drabik, Karlsson,
# (64.25) Krzyżaniak, Świst, Wiltshire, Paluch
# (64.01) Nielsen, Huszcza, Louis, Smith
# (64.81) Jankowski, Świst, Louis, Bajerski (R)
# (64.09) Rickardsson, Smith, Paluch, Karlsson
# (64.36) Kasper, Huszcza, Andersen, Krzyżaniak
# (63.86) Nielsen, Drabik, Staszewski, Wiltshire, Kowalik (T)
# (64.81) Wiltshire, Jankowski, Smith, Kasper
# (63.65) Karlsson, Świst, Huszcza, Kowalik
# (63.55) Rickardsson, Louis, Krzyżaniak, Drabik (F)
# (63.50) Nielsen, Andersen, Paluch, Cegielski, Bajerski (T)
# (65.05) Huszcza, Drabik, Jankowski, Paluch (F)
# (64.96) Andersen, Karlsson, Wiltshire, Louis (T)
# (64.02) Bajerski, Krzyżaniak, Smith, Staszewski, Kowalik (-)
# (63.51) Nielsen, Rickardsson, Świst, Kasper
#: 3rd-5th placed Run-Off
# (64.66) Drabik, Świst, Andersen
See also
*
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
*
1997 in sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France
** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden
American football
* Super Bowl ...
References
External links
* (Polish
Stal Gorzów Wlkp. official website
Memorial
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...
Edward Jancarz Memorial The Edward Jancarz Memorial ( pl, Memoriał im. Edwarda Jancarza) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Stal Gorzów Wlkp. The Memorial held in the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Memorial is irregular and firs ...
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
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