1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix.
The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados who were seeded through.
Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.
Format
- First Round – 6 riders each from Sweden & Denmark, 2 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 – 3 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
- First Round – 1 rider from New Zealand Final to Overseas Final
- First Round – 1 rider from South African Final to Overseas Final
- First Round – 3 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 – 12 riders from positions 9-20 from the 1998 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
- Third Round – 2 riders from the Continental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
- Third Round – 2 riders from the Intercontinental Final to 1999 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
- Final Round – 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1999 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 finalSF
Third round
Intercontinental Final2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP ChallengeContinental Final
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