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1999 Elite League speedway season

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65th season of the British motorcycle speedway tier 1 league

1999 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Peterborough Panthers
Knockout Cup	Peterborough Panthers
Craven Shield	Peterborough Panthers
Riders Championship	Jason Crump
Highest average	Jason Crump
Division/s below	Premier League Conference League
←1998 2000 →

The1999 Elite League speedway season was the 65th season of the top tier ofmotorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the third known as the Elite League and was governed by theSpeedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with theBritish Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]

Season summary

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In 2000, the league increased to ten teams with theHull Vikings and thePeterborough Panthers moving up from thePremier League, and theSwindon Robins dropping down. The league operated on a standard format without play-offs.^[2]

Despite coming up a division Peterborough completely rebuilt their team for the season. They brought in three AustraliansJason Crump from Oxford Cheetahs,Ryan Sullivan fromPoole Pirates andCraig Watson fromNewport Wasps, in addition to recallingZdeněk Tesař.^[3] Poole ran Peterborough close, only losing the league by one point and losing in the cup final to them.

Final table

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Pos		M	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Bon	Tot
1	Peterborough Panthers	18	12	2	4	889	734	26	8	34
2	Poole Pirates	18	12	0	6	899	724	24	9	33
3	King's Lynn Knights	18	11	1	6	823	804	23	6	29
4	Coventry Bees	18	11	1	6	821	804	23	5	28
5	Ipswich Witches	18	11	0	7	815	710	22	4	26
6	Belle Vue Aces	18	9	1	8	848	773	19	5	24
7	Hull Vikings	18	6	1	11	785	834	13	3	16
8	Oxford Cheetahs	18	5	0	13	754	869	10	3	13
9	Eastbourne Eagles	18	5	1	12	745	879	12	1	13
10	Wolverhampton Wolves	18	4	0	14	736	884	8	1	9

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	HV	IPS	KL	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		44–45	58–32	56–33	55–35	48–42	57–35	53–37	46–44	60–30
Coventry Bees	45–45		49–41	49–41	42–48	44–46	51–39	47–44	49–41	48–42
Eastbourne Eagles	37–53	47–44		48–42	44–46	47–43	55–35	43–47	44–46	50–40
Hull Vikings	47–43	39–50	53–37		52–38	45–47	49–40	45–45	53–36	61–29
Ipswich Witches	46–44	46–47	58–32	51–39		46–44	48–41	48–42	50–43	51–39
King's Lynn Knights	54–36	57–33	55–35	47–43	48–45		47–43	45–45	48–44	43–47
Oxford Cheetahs	46–44	39–51	46–47	56–34	47–43	48–42		42–48	39–51	57–34
Peterborough Panthers	60–30	48–44	52–38	59–32	55–34	56–34	60–30		48–42	59–31
Poole Pirates	58–33	53–37	54–36	57–33	53–36	61–28	61–29	54–36		51–39
Wolverhampton Wolves	47–43	44–46	58–32	46–44	43–46	44–45	47–42	42–48	40–50

Source:^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Elite League Knockout Cup

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The 1999 Speedway Star Knockout Cup was the 61st edition of theKnockout Cup for tier one teams.Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.^[5]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
26/06	Eastbourne	47-43	Ipswich
17/06	Ipswich	51-39	Eastbourne
28/05	Belle Vue	53-37	Kings Lynn
26/05	Kings Lynn	55-35	Belle Vue

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
08/10	Peterborough	56-34	Ipswich
03/09	Poole	59-31	Kings Lynn
02/09	Ipswich	44-46	Peterborough
13/08	Kings Lynn	46-44	Poole
12/07	Reading	46-44	Sheffield
30/06	Hull	49-41	Wolverhampton
28/06	Wolverhampton	48-42	Hull
19/06	Coventry	51-39	Oxford

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/10	Peterborough	50-40	Hull
13/10	Hull	47-42	Peterborough
13/10	Poole	49-41	Coventry
09/10	Coventry	40-49	Poole

FinalThe second leg of the final was due to be completed on 22 October but was abandoned after just two heats due to heavy rain.^[6]

First leg

20 October 1999

Poole Pirates Matej Ferjan 13	49 - 41	Peterborough Panthers Jason Crump 13
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Wimborne Road

Second leg

28 October 1999

Peterborough Panthers Jason Crump 15 Ryan Sullivan 11 Zdeněk Tesař 8 Nigel Sadler 6 Jan Andersen 5 Marián Jirout 4 David Howe 2	51 - 39	Poole Pirates Lee Richardson 13 Mark Loram 11 Gary Havelock 7 Bohumil Brhel (guest) 6 Oliver Allen 2 Matej Ferjan 0 Magnus Zetterström R/R

East of England Showground

Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate92-88.

Craven Shield

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Pos		M	W	D	L	Tot
1	Oxford	17	13	1	3	27
2	Coventry	18	12	0	6	24
3	Peterborough	18	10	2	6	22
4	Poole	18	8	3	7	19
5	Wolverhampton	18	9	0	9	18
6	Ipswich	18	8	0	10	16
7	Hull	18	7	0	11	14
8	Eastbourne	18	7	0	11	14
9	King's Lynn	18	5	3	10	13
10	Belle Vue	17	5	1	11	11

Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	HV	IPS	KL	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue		43–47	56–34	52–38	46–44	47–43	n–h	51–39	45–45	45–46
Coventry	48–42		49–41	46–44	56–34	49–41	34–54	50–43	46–44	55–35
Eastbourne	49–41	51–39		49–41	50–41	50–40	44–48	47–42	41–49	47–42
Hull	65–24	44–46	49–41		50–39	46–44	44–46	43–47	47–43	46–44
Ipswich	52–38	52–38	53–40	42–46		49–41	52–38	43–47	44–45	52–38
King's Lynn	59–30	44–45	57–34	54–38	37–53		53–37	45–45	53–40	43–47
Oxford	50.5–39.5	55–35	52–32	48–42	59–30	45–45		48–42	46–44	47–43
Peterborough	53–37	55–35	65–25	57–33	56–34	59–31	51–39		45–45	58–32
Poole	57–33	58–31	57–34	56–34	44–46	45–45	43–48	52–38		54–33
Wolverhampton	49–41	43–47	57–35	47–43	57–33	48–42	41–52	54–35	46–44

Source:^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Coventry	Oxford	55–35, 45–45
Poole	Peterborough	47–43, 38–52

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Coventry	Peterborough	55–37, 35–55

Riders' Championship

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Jason Crump won theElite League Riders' Championship, held at theBrandon Stadium on 23 October.^[9]^[10]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Jason Crump	32133	12	x	3
2	Todd Wiltshire	31313	11	3	2
3	Jason Lyons	33121	10	2	1
4	Mark Loram	32313	12	x	0
5	Peter Karlsson	11322	9	1
6	Mikael Karlsson	23202	9	0
7	Billy Hamill	03113	8
8	Ryan Sullivan	10331	8
9	Joe Screen	11222	8
10	Leigh Adams	13030	7
11	Chris Louis	20230	7
12	Brian Andersen	20112	6
13	Ronnie Correy	02021	5
14	Craig Boyce	20200	4
15	Gary Havelock	02001	3
16	Dean Barker	01000	1

Leading averages

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Rider	Team	Average
Jason Crump	Peterborough	10.67
Mark Loram	Poole	9.80
Tony Rickardsson	Kings Lynn	9.64
Leigh Adams	Kings Lynn	9.47
Greg Hancock	Coventry	9.31
Tomasz Gollob	Ipswich	9.24
Ryan Sullivan	Peterborough	9.05
Chris Louis	Ipswich	8.96
Billy Hamill	Coventry	8.91
Joe Screen	Hull	8.76

Riders & final averages

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Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Hull

Ipswich

King's Lynn

Oxford

Peterborough

Poole

Wolverhampton

References

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^"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
^"1999 league tables". Speedway GB.
^"HISTORY ARCHIVE".British Speedway. Retrieved4 July 2021.
^"1999 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved31 May 2024.
^"1999 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^"1999 Speedway Star Knockout Cup final".Speedway Star. Retrieved25 June 2021.
^"Speedway".Reading Evening Post. 21 October 1999. Retrieved31 May 2024 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"1999 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved22 October 2025.
^"1999 Elite League Riders Championship".Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved8 June 2023.
^"Super second for Wiltshire".Oxford Mail. Retrieved8 June 2023.

v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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Champions	League champions Cup winners

v t e Elite League
Teams	Belle Vue Aces Birmingham Brummies Bradford Dukes Coventry Bees Eastbourne Eagles Hull Vikings Ipswich Witches King's Lynn Stars Lakeside Hammers Leicester Lions Oxford Cheetahs Peterborough Panthers Poole Pirates Reading Bulldogs Rye House Rockets Somerset Rebels Swindon Robins Wolverhampton Wolves
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Domestic cups	Elite League Knockout Cup Craven Shield Elite Shield Elite League Riders' Championship Elite League Pairs Championship