GP CHALLENGE SEMI FINAL 2
 
Experience former GP rider STEEN ERIKSEN took a step towards returning to the series next season with a fine win in the GP Challenge Semi Final.  Behind him on the rostrum were Polish duo JERZY WIECZOREK and MIECZYSLAW RUBIK, the former winning a run-off for 2nd in the meeting after they had tied on 11 points.  The remaining automatic qualifying place was claimed by ERLING TROELSEN who could afford a fall in his final ride after picking up 10 earlier in the meeting to do enough with a ride to spare.
 
Giovanni Donati was excluded in his first ride and had just a single point after 2 races but still put up a real fight to finish 5th and just miss out on qualification.  As always there were some good riders who dipped out of the title race at this stage but in reality the four qualifiers were the best performers on show and there could be no arguments the right names will go through to the GP Challenge.
 
After the meeting the GP committee confirmed that TEODOR PATOCKA would be the wild card selection for the GP Challenge after he finished 5th in the first Semi where the top 5 finished convincingly clear of the field.
 
  1. Steen Eriksen............. 2  2  3  3  2  12   ---   QUALIFIED
  2. Jerzy Wieczorek........... 1  3  1  3  3  11   ---   QUALIFIED
  3. Mieczyslaw Rubik.......... 0  3  3  3  2  11   ---   QUALIFIED
  4. Erling Troelsen........... 3  3  2  2  F  10   ---   QUALIFIED
  5. Giovanni Donati........... Fx 1  3  2  3   9
  6. Anders Solberg............ 3  3  2  0  0   8
  7. Janusz Pala............... 0  1  1  3  3   8
  8. Nicolai Grafstrom......... 2  0  2  2  2   8
  9. Jay Patterson............. 3  0  0  1  3   7
 10. Hideto Kisaka............. 2  0  3  1  1   7
 11. Sitiveni Chand............ 1  2  0  1  2   6
 12. Jorge Alvarez............. 2  1  0  2  1   6
 13. Eugene Burkes............. 3  0  1  R  0   4
 14. Henk Knapke............... 1  1  2  0  E   4
 15. Dexter Last............... 1  2  0  Fx 1   4
 16. Ferdinand Neuser.......... R  2  1  1  F   4
 
 No. Results
  1: Eugene Burkes, Steen Eriksen, Jerzy Wieczorek, Mieczyslaw Rubik 
  2: Jay Patterson, Hideto Kisaka, Sitiveni Chand, Giovanni Donati (Fx) 
  3: Erling Troelsen, Jorge Alvarez, Henk Knapke, Janusz Pala 
  4: Anders Solberg, Nicolai Grafstrom, Dexter Last, Ferdinand Neuser (R) 
  5: Jerzy Wieczorek, Dexter Last, Janusz Pala, Jay Patterson 
  6: Erling Troelsen, Steen Eriksen, Giovanni Donati, Nicolai Grafstrom 
  7: Mieczyslaw Rubik, Ferdinand Neuser, Jorge Alvarez, Hideto Kisaka 
  8: Anders Solberg, Sitiveni Chand, Henk Knapke, Eugene Burkes 
  9: Giovanni Donati, Anders Solberg, Jerzy Wieczorek, Jorge Alvarez 
 10: Steen Eriksen, Henk Knapke, Ferdinand Neuser, Jay Patterson 
 11: Mieczyslaw Rubik, Nicolai Grafstrom, Janusz Pala, Sitiveni Chand 
 12: Hideto Kisaka, Erling Troelsen, Eugene Burkes, Dexter Last 
 13: Jerzy Wieczorek, Nicolai Grafstrom, Hideto Kisaka, Henk Knapke 
 14: Steen Eriksen, Jorge Alvarez, Sitiveni Chand, Dexter Last (Fx) 
 15: Mieczyslaw Rubik, Erling Troelsen, Jay Patterson, Anders Solberg 
 16: Janusz Pala, Giovanni Donati, Ferdinand Neuser, Eugene Burkes (R) 
 17: Jerzy Wieczorek, Sitiveni Chand, Ferdinand Neuser (F), Erling Troelsen (F) 
 18: Janusz Pala, Steen Eriksen, Hideto Kisaka, Anders Solberg 
 19: Giovanni Donati, Mieczyslaw Rubik, Dexter Last, Henk Knapke (E) 
 20: Jay Patterson, Nicolai Grafstrom, Jorge Alvarez, Eugene Burkes 
 21: Jerzy Wieczorek, Mieczyslaw Rubik