1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 16 riders that qualified for the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.
There was a late change to the qualifying when the Grand Prix increased to 24 permanent riders. Therefore 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 9 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The final 3 GP places would go to wildcards.
Piotr Protasiewicz won the GP Challenge.
Format
- First Round - 5 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 3 riders each from Finland & Norway to Scandinavian Final
- First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
- First Round - 8 riders from British final to Overseas Final
- First Round - 4 riders from Australian/New Zealand final to Overseas Final
- First Round - 4 riders from United States final to Overseas Final
- Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian final to Intercontinental Final
- Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas final to Intercontinental Final
- Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
- Third Round - 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
- Third Round - 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 4 to GP Challenge
- Third Round - 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1998 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
- Final Round - 9 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1998 Grand Prix
Second round
Overseas Final
8 riders to Intercontinental FinalScandinavian Final
8 riders to Intercontinental finalContinental semi finals
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental finalThird round
- 7 riders from positions 9-15 from the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge
Intercontinental Final
2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP ChallengeContinental Final
| Pos. | Rider | Points | ||||
| 1 |  Final RoundGP Challenge4 riders to 1998 Grand Prix
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