1992 British League season

1992 British League season
LeagueBritish League
No. of competitors13
ChampionsReading Racers
Knockout CupBradford Dukes
IndividualJoe Screen
Highest averageSam Ermolenko
Division/s belowBritish 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]

Summary

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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

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Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Reading Racers 24 19 1 4 11 50
2 Bradford Dukes 24 15 0 9 18 38
3 Poole Pirates 24 15 2 7 6 38
4 Cradley Heath Heathens 24 14 2 8 8 38
5 Wolverhampton Wolves 24 14 1 9 9 38
6 Belle Vue Aces 24 14 1 9 8 37
7 Ipswich Witches 24 11 2 11 6 30
8 Coventry Bees 24 10 1 13 5 26
9 King's Lynn Stars 24 9 0 15 7 25
10 Oxford Cheetahs 24 8 4 12 4 24
11 Arena Essex Hammers 24 7 0 17 3 17
12 Eastbourne Eagles 24 6 2 16 1 15
13 Swindon Robins 24 5 2 17 2 14

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

British League Knockout Cup

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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

Date Team one Score Team two
10/07 Belle Vue 57-33 Coventry
06/07 Reading 56-34 Oxford
16/08 Kings Lynn 48-40 Ipswich
25/07 Coventry 51-39 Belle Vue
10/07 Oxford 45-45 Reading
03/06 Poole 49-41 Cradley Heath
04/06 Ipswich 56-33 Kings Lynn
25/04 Cradley Heath 54-36 Poole

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
24/07 Belle Vue 47-43 Ipswich
10/09 Ipswich 39-51 Belle Vue
29/07 Cradley Heath 56-34 Arena Essex
17/10 Arena Essex 49-41 Cradley Heath
24/07 Eastbourne 48-42 Bradford
10/10 Bradford 59-31 Eastbourne
26/10 Wolverhampton 50-40 Swindon
24/10 Swindon 43-47 Wolverhampton

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
17/10 Bradford 61-29 Belle Vue
18/10 Belle Vue 54-35 Bradford
07/10 Reading 55-35 Cradley Heath
22/10 Cradley Heath 45-44 Reading

Final

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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 - 35Reading 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 - 37Bradford 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

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

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 England Joe Screen 3 3 2 3 3 14
2 Sweden Per Jonsson 2 1 2 3 3 11+4
3 England Gary Havelock 1 2 3 2 3 11+3
4 England Marvyn Cox 3 1 3 2 2 11+2
5 Australia Leigh Adams 3 2 0 3 3 11+1
6 England Simon Wigg 0 3 3 3 2 11+0
7 Denmark Hans Nielsen 2 3 3 TX 2 10
8 Hungary Róbert Nagy 1 0 2 2 2 7
9 Denmark Brian Karger 3 2 0 0 1 6
10 United States Sam Ermolenko 2 0 1 1 1 5
11 Denmark John Jørgensen 0 0 1 2 1 4
12 Sweden Henka Gustafsson 2 2 0 0 0 4
13 United States Greg Hancock 0 3 0 0 1 4
14 Sweden Peter Nahlin 1 1 1 1 0 4
15 England Martin Dugard 1 1 1 0 0 3
16 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 0 0 2 1 0 3
17 England Darren Pearson (res) 1 1
  • ef=engine failure, f=fell, x=excluded r-retired

Final leading averages

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Rider Team Average
United States Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton 10.25
Denmark Hans Nielsen Oxford 10.24
Sweden Per Jonsson Reading 10.04
England Gary Havelock Bradford 9.50
Australia Leigh Adams Swindon 9.49
United States Greg Hancock Cradley Heath 9.41
United States Ronnie Correy Wolverhampton 9.36
England Marvyn Cox Poole 9.26
England Joe Screen Belle Vue 9.05
England Martin Dugard Oxford 8.94

Riders & final averages

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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

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  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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