WORLD SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX 2003

• 9 ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP
• MAY 17, 2003 - OCT 4, 2003
• AUSTRALIAN EVENT CANCELLED

• R9 OF 9, NORWAY, 4th October 2003 HAMAR Olympic Stadium
  1 Hancock 2 N Pedersen 3 B Pedersen 4 Jonsson 5 Holta =5 Nicholls

• R8 OF 9, POLAND, 20 Sept 2003 BYDGOSZCZ Polonia Stadium
  1 Gollob 2 Crump 3 Pedersen 4 Protasiewicz 5 Nicholls / Hampel

• R7 OF 9, CZECH REPUBLIC, 6 Sept 2003 PRAGUE Marketa Stadium
  1 Crump 2 Rickardsson 3 Pedersen 4 Holta

• R6 OF 9, SWEDEN, 31st August 2003 GOTHENBURG Ullevi Stadium ** race rescheduled from Aug 24 to Aug 31 **
  1 Sullivan 2 Nicholls 3 Adams 4 Crump

• R5 OF 9, SLOVENIA July 12, 2003, KRSKOMatije Gubjca Stadium
  1 Adams 2 Pedersen 3 Nicholls 4 Gollob

• R4 OF 9, DENMARK  June 29, 2003 COPENHAGEN PARKEN
  1 Crump 2 Rickardsson 3 Hancock 4 Pedersen

• R3 OF 9, UK  14 June 2003 CARDIFF, Millenium Stadium
  1 Pedersen 2 Crump 3 Rickardsson 4 Hancock 5 Nicholls =5 Adams

• R2 OF 9, SWEDEN, 31st May 2003 BROVALLEN, Avesta Motorstadion
  1 Sullivan 2 Dryml 3 Adams 4 Hancock 5 Rickardsson 6 Max

• R1 OF 9, POLAND, 17th May 2003 CHORZOW Slaski Stadium
  1 Rickardsson 2 Pedersen 3 Dryml 4 Gollob 5 Holta 6 Protasiewicz

2003 FINAL STANDING

• 1 Nicki Pedersen Denmark 152 points
• 2 Jason Crump AUS 144 points
• 3 Tony Rickardsson Sweden 127 points
• 4 Leigh Adams AUS 126 points
• 5 Greg Hancock USA 121 points
• 6 Tomasz Gollob Poland 111 points
• 7 Scott Nicholls England 102 points
• 8 Rune Holta Norway 98 points
• 9 Ryan Sullivan AUS 94 points
• 10 Andreas Jonsson Sweden 76 points

2003 TEAM CUP:

• 1 SWEDEN (Max, Jonsson, Ljung, Karlsson, Ruud), 62 points
• 2 Australia, 57
• 3 Denmark, 53
• 4 Poland, 49
• 5 UK, 44

2003 WORLD LONG TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP:

• 1 Robert Barth, GER, 131 points
• 2 Kevin Tatum, UK, 120
• 3 Gerd Riss, GER, 98

2003 UNDER 21 WORLD SPEEDWAY CHAMPION: Jaroslaw Hampel

RICKARDSSON WINS HIS 5TH WORLD SPEEDWAY TITLE

FINAL ROUND, OCT 27, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA:

RESULT: 1 GREG HANCOCK (US), 2 Scott Nicholles (UK), 3 Jason Crump (AUS)
DNF: SULLIVAN, RICKARDSSON

STANDING: after R9 of 10

1 TONY RICKARDSSON, SWE, 173 points, 3 wins
2 RYAN SULLIVAN, AUS, 147, 2 wins
3 JASON CRUMP, AUS, 144
4 LEIGH ADAMS, AUS, 122
=5 MIKAEL KARLSSON, SWE, 109
=5 TOMASZ GOLLOB, POL, 109

2002 TEAM CUP: AUG 10, 2002, PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND

WINNER TEAM AUSTRALIA
(Ryan Sullivan, Todd Wiltshire, Leigh Adams, Jason Crump, Jason Lyons)

RESULT: 1 AUSTRALIA 64 POINTS
2 DENMARK, 58 PTS; 3 SWEDEN, 54 PTS; 4 POLAND, 48 PTS; 5 CZECH REPUBLIC, 36 PTS

• R1 OF9, POLAND, 17th May 2003
  CHORZOW Slaski Stadium
  
• R2 OF 9, SWEDEN, 31st May 2003
  BROVALLEN, Avesta Motorstadion
  
• R3 OF 9, UK, 14th June 2003
  CARDIFF Millennium Stadium
  
• R4 OF 9, DENMARK, 28th June 2003
  COPENHAGEN PARKEN
  
• R5 OF 9, SLOVENIA, 12th July 2003
  KRSKOMatije Gubjca Stadium
  
• R6 OF 9, SWEDEN, 23rd August 2003
  GOTHENBURG Ullevi Stadium
  
• R7 OF 9, CZECH REPUBLIC, 6th September 2003
  PRAGUE Marketa Stadium
  
• R8 OF 9, POLAND, 20th September 2003
  BYDGOSZCZ Polonia Stadium
  
• R9 OF 9, NORWAY, 4th October 2003
  HAMAR Olympic Stadium