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1999 Elite League speedway season

65th season of the British motorcycle speedway tier 1 league

Field	Value
competition	Sky Sports Elite League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Peterborough Panthers
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Peterborough Panthers
domesticcup3	Craven Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Peterborough Panthers
domesticcup4	Riders Championship
domesticcup4 winners	Jason Crump
highest average	Jason Crump
leagues below	Premier League
Conference League
prevseason	1998
nextseason	2000

Conference League

The 1999 Elite League speedway season was the 65th season of the top tier of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the third known as the Elite League and was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary

In 2000, the league increased to ten teams with the Hull Vikings and the Peterborough Panthers moving up from the Premier League, and the Swindon Robins dropping down. The league operated on a standard format without play-offs.

Despite coming up a division Peterborough completely rebuilt their team for the season. They brought in three Australians Jason Crump from Oxford Cheetahs, Ryan Sullivan from Poole Pirates and Craig Watson from Newport Wasps, in addition to recalling Zdeněk Tesař. Poole ran Peterborough close, only losing the league by one point and losing in the cup final to them.

Final table

10	Wolverhampton Wolves	18	4	0	14	736	884	8	1	9

Fixtures and results

Elite League Knockout Cup

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

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

Final The second leg of the final was due to be completed on 22 October but was abandoned after just two heats due to heavy rain.

First leg Matej Ferjan 13 Jason Crump 13

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

Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.

Craven Shield

10	Belle Vue	17	5	1	11	11

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

Jason Crump won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at the Brandon Stadium on 23 October.

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Leading averages

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

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

8.66
8.27
8.27
8.00
7.28
3.25
2.80
2.67
2.33
2.00
1.60
1.00

Coventry

9.31
8.91
7.67
6.47
5.91
5.62
5.43
5.33
3.01

Eastbourne

7.81
7.56
7.09
7.03
6.41
6.07
5.60
2.45
1.40

Hull

8.76
8.60
6.36
5.86
5.60
5.52
5.35
4.67
3.80
1.66

Ipswich

9.24
8.96
7.30
6.33
6.33
4.99
4.82
3.35

King's Lynn

9.64
9.47
7.56
7.22
6.78
4.85
4.45
3.79
3.21
2.18

Oxford

8.18
7.23
6.99
6.74
6.51
5.40
5.08

Peterborough

10.67
9.05
7.12
5.97
5.83
5.53
5.47

Poole

9.80
8.64
8.42
7.41
6.59
6.20
2.29
1.81

Wolverhampton

8.27
8.08
7.64
6.98
6.65
5.96
5.12
4.73
2.10

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"1999 league tables". Speedway GB.
"HISTORY ARCHIVE".
"1999 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1999 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
"1999 Speedway Star Knockout Cup final".
(21 October 1999). "Speedway". Reading Evening Post.
"1999 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1999 Elite League Riders Championship".
"Super second for Wiltshire".

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