Jason Crump won a dramatic Danish GP which puts him two points behind Greg Hancock in the overall standings. Crump overcame Freddie Lindgren, Hancock and Britain's Chris Harris to win the final.
Both semi-finals were full of drama, following in the same vain as the whole meeting. Semi-final one saw Hancock and Lindgren take on Nicky Pedersen and Chris Holder. The initial race saw Holder and Pedersen come together for the majority of the race before the Aussie finally put the Dane onto the floor. Holder was subsequently excluded but it didn't end there; the restart saw Pedersen trying to squeeze Lindgren out and the Swede had no option but to once again cause Pedersen to hit the deck. But this time it was Pedersen who was excluded for ultimately causing the collision. Hancock and Lindgren rode out the second restart with the American gaining the three points.
The second semi-final also had its drama. Crump and Harris met Bjarne Pedersen and Emil Sayfutdinov and it was the Russian who caused an incident. After a good start, Sayfutdinov lost control of the bike and just about managed to put both wheels back on the track, but this caused Bjarne Pedersen to crash into the Russian, causing Sayfutdinov and Harris to hit the floor. Sayfutdinov was excluded for causing the incident and Crump would win the restart.
The meeting started in just a dramatic fashion. Kenneth Bjerre and Jaroslaw Hampel collided going into the first corner and the Pole unfortunately suffered a dislocated ankle. With Hampel not able to continue, the restart would feature reserve driver, Peter Kildemand. But the Dane's anticipation got the better of him and he would false start, taking the tapes with him. This again forced an exclusion and the second restart had the second reserve driver, teenager Mikkel B Jensen. Holder eventually won it ahead of Anderson, Bjerre and Jensen.
Hancock took the second heat with Peter Ljung picking up a surprising victory in the heat three. Andreas Jonsson's night didn't start well as he packed up in heat four as Nicky Pedersen took it ahead of Antonio Lindback and wildcard Michael Jepsen Jensen.
Nicky Pedersen made it two heats in two rides in front of his home crowd in heat five. Heat six was delayed due to the pit gate not being shut properly. Once that had been sorted, Thomasz Gollob won his only heat of the night with Jepsen Jensen finishing second. Harris took heat seven ahead of Hancock with Sayfutdinov winning heat eight.
Jonsson returned to take heat nine ahead of Harris, Holder and Gollob. Bjarne Pedersen took heat ten in front of his home supporters. Sayfutdinov made it two heats in a row with Crump back in third and the teenager Mikkel Jensen would go onto win heat 12, ahead of Hancock and Nicky Pedersen.
Drama returned in heat 13 when Holder caused Bjarne Pedersen to hit the deck. Holder was excluded and Hancock would win his second heat in the restart. Sayfutdinov made it three heats in a row after forcing Nicky Pedersen out wide. The Dane had done the same to Holder in heat five, but. because it had happened to him, Pedersen was unhappy and he squared up to Sayfutdinov until security had to separate the riders.
Bjerre packed up in heat 15 which Freddie Lindgren went onto win. Crump took his first heat in the 16th before Holder and Crump took the next two heats, both recording two wins for meeting. Nicky Pedersen was on the floor once again in the penultimate heat, a bunch up going into the first corner forced Bjarne Pedersen to clip his fellow Dane who also took Gollob down with him. All four riders restarted and it was Bjarne Pedersen who took his second heat of the night. Wildcard Jepsen Jensen rounded his night off with a win in the final heat.
The result means Hancock now leads the standings on 75 points but is only two points ahead of Crump. Nicky Pedersen is now further behind on 65 points with Holder climbing up on 61. Gollob and Lindgren are even further behind on 52 points.
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