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2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland

Poland 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
Information
Date 23 June 2012
City Poland Gorzów Wielkopolski
Event 6 of 12 (150)
Referee Sweden Krister Gardell
Jury President United Kingdom Anthony Steele
Stadium details
Stadium Edward Jancarz Stadium
Capacity 17,000
Length 329 m (360 yd)
Track speedway
SGP Results
Attendance 10,000
Best Time Slovakia Martin Vaculík
61,60 secs (in Heat 2)
1st, gold medalist(s) Winner Slovakia Martin Vaculík
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up Australia Chris Holder
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik

The 2012 FIM Gorzow Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the sixth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 23 at the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.

The Grand Prix was won by Martin Vaculík who beat Chris Harris, wild card Bartosz Zmarzlik and Tomasz Gollob. Vaculík becoming first Slovak rider who ride in the SGP and third rider who won SGP event in his debut (after Tomasz Gollob and Emil Sayfutdinov). It was 150th SPG event since 1995 and Greg Hancock was only rider who rode in all meetings.

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Zmarzlik as Wild Card, and Piotr and Przemysław Pawlicki both as Track Reserves. Injured Jarosław Hampel was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík. The draw was made on June 22.

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell
ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify
Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)
Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals



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