2001 Elite League speedway season

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2001 Elite League speedway season
League Sky Sports Elite League
Champions Oxford Cheetahs
Knockout Cup Peterborough Panthers
Craven Shield Poole Pirates
Riders Championship Jason Crump
Highest average Jason Crump
Division/s below Premier League
Conference League

The 2001 Elite League speedway season was the 67th season of top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and in 2001 was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). [1] [2]

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Season summary

In 2001, the league consisted of nine teams and operated on a standard format without play-offs. [3] Oxford Cheetahs won their first title since 1989. Leigh Adams was brought in from King's Lynn to lead the team that retained fellow Australian riders Todd Wiltshire and Steve Johnston, Czech brothers Lukáš Dryml and Aleš Dryml Jr. and Dane Brian Andersen. In a closely fought three way title battle they claimed the crown ahead of Poole and Coventry. [4] Poole were led by three times World Champion Tony Rickardsson who would claim his fourth Speedway World Championship during the season. Jason Crump was runner-up in the World Championship and topped the league averages for King's Lynn. [5]

Final table

PosMWDLFAPtsBonTot
1 Oxford Cheetahs 32205714951367451358
2 Poole Pirates 32212915381325441357
3 Coventry Bees 32212915181356441155
4 Ipswich Witches 32172131444142936743
5 Peterborough Panthers 30122161356132926733
6 King's Lynn Knights 31121191381146725732
7 Eastbourne Eagles 32113181373146325732
8 Wolverhampton Wolves 32120201397147824428
9 Belle Vue Aces 3071221196148415116

Peterborough v Belle Vue and Belle Vue v Peterborough not held.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2001 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 63rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition. [6]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
04/04Poole50-40Ipswich
17/05Ipswich56-34Poole

Second round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
09/07Reading50-40Exeter
08/07Stoke41-48Hull
12/05Coventry39-50Peterborough
12/05Eastbourne50-40Oxford
11/05Oxford53-37Eastbourne
11/05Peterborough50-40Coventry
09/05King's Lynn56-34Belle Vue
07/05Belle Vue39-47King's Lynn

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
09/10Ipswich46-44Oxford
14/09Oxford45-45Ipswich
14/09Peterborough49-41King's Lynn
12/09King's Lynn38-33Peterborough

Final

First leg

Peterborough Panthers 51 - 39 Ipswich Witches
East of England Showground

Second leg

Ipswich Witches 48 - 42 Peterborough Panthers
Foxhall Stadium

Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 93-87.

Riders' Championship

Jason Crump won the Elite League Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Owlerton Stadium on 20 September. [7]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump 3 3 3 3 214x3
2 Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls 3 1 3 2 312x2
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen 1 3 2 3 21131
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Karlsson 2 2 2 3 21120
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Boyce 0 1 3 2 391
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson 3 3 2 1 090
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan 3 1 1 1 39
8 Flag of England.svg Lee Richardson 2 3 2 2 09
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams 1 2 1 1 38
10 Flag of England.svg Mark Loram 0 2 0 3 27
11 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 2 1 1 2 17
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Lyons 1 2 3 0 06
13 Flag of England.svg Dean Barker 2 0 0 1 14
14 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Cegielski 1 0 1 0 13
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Johnston 0 0 0 0 00
16 Flag of England.svg David Norris 0 0 00
17 Flag of England.svg David Howe (res)11
18 Flag of England.svg Paul Lee (res)00

Leading final averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump King's Lynn10.39
Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls Ipswich10.11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams Oxford10.08
Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Rickardsson Poole9.66
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan Peterborough9.52
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill Coventry9.26
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock Coventry9.05
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen King's Lynn9.01
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Karlsson Wolverhampton9.00
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson King's Lynn8.75

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

King's Lynn

Oxford

Peterborough

Poole

Wolverhampton

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "2001 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ↑ "Oxford". wwosbackup. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "2001 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ↑ "Elite League Riders' Championship". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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