1992 British League season

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1992 British League season
League British League
No. of competitors13
Champions Reading Racers
Knockout Cup Bradford Dukes
Individual Joe Screen
Highest average Sam Ermolenko
Division/s below British League (Div 2)

The 1992 British League season was the 58th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 28th known as the British League. [1] [2]

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Summary

Reading Racers won the league for the second time in three years. Four riders who won the 1990 title (Jeremy Doncaster, Per Jonsson, Jan Andersson and Dave Mullett) were integral during the 1992 campaign. They were joined by Italian Armando Castagna and Ray Morton. [3] Bradford Dukes retained their Knockout Cup title.

World Champion Jan O. Pedersen topped the averages for Cradley Heath.

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1 Reading Racers 2419141150
2 Bradford Dukes 2415091838
3 Poole Pirates 241527638
4 Cradley Heath Heathens 241428838
5 Wolverhampton Wolves 241419938
6 Belle Vue Aces 241419837
7 Ipswich Witches 2411211630
8 Coventry Bees 2410113526
9 King's Lynn Stars 249015725
10 Oxford Cheetahs 248412424
11 Arena Essex Hammers 247017317
12 Eastbourne Eagles 246216115
13 Swindon Robins 245217214

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

British League Knockout Cup

The 1992 British League Knockout Cup was the 54th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for the second successive year. [4]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
10/07Belle Vue57-33Coventry
06/07Reading56-34Oxford
16/08Kings Lynn48-40Ipswich
25/07Coventry51-39Belle Vue
10/07Oxford45-45Reading
03/06Poole49-41Cradley Heath
04/06Ipswich56-33Kings Lynn
25/04Cradley Heath54-36Poole

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
24/07Belle Vue47-43Ipswich
10/09Ipswich39-51Belle Vue
29/07Cradley Heath56-34Arena Essex
17/10Arena Essex49-41Cradley Heath
24/07Eastbourne48-42Bradford
10/10Bradford59-31Eastbourne
26/10Wolverhampton50-40Swindon
24/10Swindon43-47Wolverhampton

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
17/10Bradford61-29Belle Vue
18/10Belle Vue54-35Bradford
07/10Reading55-35Cradley Heath
22/10Cradley Heath45-44Reading

Final

First leg

Bradford Dukes
Gary Havelock 13
Simon Wigg 12
Antal Kocso 11
Kelvin Tatum 8
Sean Wilson 5
Paul Thorp 4
Stuart Parnaby 2		55 - 35 Reading Racers
Per Jonsson 9
Armando Castagna 9
Dave Mullett 8
Jan Andersson 4
Jeremy Doncaster 3
Phil Morris 2
Lance Sealey 0

Second leg

Reading Racers
Dave Mullett 12
Per Jonsson 11
Armando Castagna 11
Jeremy Doncaster 8
Jan Andersson 7
Phil Morris 3
Lance Sealey 1		53 - 37 Bradford Dukes
Gary Havelock 10
Simon Wigg 9
Kelvin Tatum 8
Paul Thorp 4
Stuart Parnaby 3
Antal Kocso 2
Sean Wilson 1

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.

Riders' Championship

Joe Screen won the British League Riders' Championship. It was the held at Odsal Stadium on 3 October. [5]

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Flag of England.svg Joe Screen 3 3 2 3 314
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson 2 1 2 3 311+4
3 Flag of England.svg Gary Havelock 1 2 3 2 311+3
4 Flag of England.svg Marvyn Cox 3 1 3 2 211+2
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams 3 2 0 3 311+1
6 Flag of England.svg Simon Wigg 0 3 3 3 211+0
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 2 3 3 TX 210
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy 1 0 2 2 27
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Karger 3 2 0 0 16
10 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 2 0 1 1 15
11 Flag of Denmark.svg John Jørgensen 0 0 1 2 14
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Henka Gustafsson 2 2 0 0 04
13 Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock 0 3 0 0 14
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Nahlin 1 1 1 1 04
15 Flag of England.svg Martin Dugard 1 1 1 0 03
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson 0 0 2 1 03
17 Flag of England.svg Darren Pearson (res)11

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton10.25
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Oxford10.24
Flag of Sweden.svg Per Jonsson Reading10.04
Flag of England.svg Gary Havelock Bradford9.50
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams Swindon9.49
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock Cradley Heath9.41
Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy Wolverhampton9.36
Flag of England.svg Marvyn Cox Poole9.26
Flag of England.svg Joe Screen Belle Vue9.05
Flag of England.svg Martin Dugard Oxford8.94

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

Belle Vue

Bradford

Coventry

Cradley Heath

Eastbourne

Ipswich

King's Lynn

Oxford

Poole

Reading

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "1992 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ↑ "1992 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. ↑ "Speedway" . Western Daily Press. 5 October 1992. Retrieved 6 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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