The 2015 Kjærgaard Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the seventh race of the
2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 8 at the
CASA Arena in
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
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Riders
First reserve
Peter Kildemand
Peter Kildemand (born 1 September 1989) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.
Career
He is a member of the Danish national team. He was a member of the Swindon Robins Elite League Championship winning side of 2012 and was named "Rider o ...
replaced
Jarosław Hampel
Jarosław "Jarek" Hampel (; born 17 April 1982 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish Speedway rider. He was a participant of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix in 2007 and 2010.
He received his speedway license in 1998 with the Polish team Polonia Piła, alth ...
, who had injured himself during the
2015 Speedway World Cup
The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was ...
. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated
Mikkel Michelsen
Mikkel Michelsen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish speedway rider.
Career
Born in Nykøbing Falster, Michelsen took up speedway at the age of 6, and went on to win the Junior World Cup in both 2008 and 2009.Laursen Brock, Jeppe (2013)Speedwaytale ...
as the wild card, and Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen and Anders Thomsen both as Track Reserves.
Results
The Grand Prix was won by
Peter Kildemand
Peter Kildemand (born 1 September 1989) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.
Career
He is a member of the Danish national team. He was a member of the Swindon Robins Elite League Championship winning side of 2012 and was named "Rider o ...
, who beat
Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2004 and 2008.
Career
In 2002, he won the 2002 Individual Speedway Junior European ...
,
Michael Jepsen Jensen
Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a speedway rider from Denmark.
Career
He was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He also won the 2012 Nordic Speedway Grand Prix becoming the 1st wildcard to have won a GP ...
and
Tai Woffinden
Tai Woffinden (born 10 August 1990) is a British motorcycle speedway, speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Championship, World Champion (2013 Speedway Grand Prix, 2013, 2015 Speedway Grand Prix, 2015 and 2018 Speedway Grand Prix, 2 ...
in the final.
Maciej Janowski
Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Poland[www.janowskiracing.com](_blank)
Retrieved on 2008-07-04.< ...
had initially top scored with 12 points during the qualifying rides, however he was eliminated in the semi-finals. After finishing fourth, Woffinden extended his overall lead over
Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, Ro ...
to 13 points in the race for the world title.
Heat details
The intermediate classification
References
{{Reflist
See also
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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 ...
2015 Speedway Grand Prix
2015 in Danish motorsport
Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark