2001 Elite League speedway season

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2001 Elite League speedway season
LeagueSky Sports Elite League
ChampionsOxford Cheetahs
Knockout CupPeterborough Panthers
Craven ShieldPoole Pirates
Riders ChampionshipJason Crump
Highest averageJason Crump
Division/s belowPremier 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]

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[]

Pos M W D L F A Pts Bon Tot
1 Oxford Cheetahs 32 20 5 7 1495 1367 45 13 58
2 Poole Pirates 32 21 2 9 1538 1325 44 13 57
3 Coventry Bees 32 21 2 9 1518 1356 44 11 55
4 Ipswich Witches 32 17 2 13 1444 1429 36 7 43
5 Peterborough Panthers 30 12 2 16 1356 1329 26 7 33
6 King's Lynn Knights 31 12 1 19 1381 1467 25 7 32
7 Eastbourne Eagles 32 11 3 18 1373 1463 25 7 32
8 Wolverhampton Wolves 32 12 0 20 1397 1478 24 4 28
9 Belle Vue Aces 30 7 1 22 1196 1484 15 1 16

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

Leading averages[]

Rider Team Average
Australia Jason Crump King's Lynn 10.39
England Scott Nicholls Ipswich 10.11
Australia Leigh Adams Oxford 10.08
Sweden Tony Rickardsson Poole 9.66
Australia Ryan Sullivan Peterborough 9.52
United States Billy Hamill Coventry 9.26
United States Greg Hancock Coventry 9.05
Denmark Nicki Pedersen King's Lynn 9.01
Sweden Mikael Max Wolverhampton 9.00
Sweden Peter Karlsson King's Lynn 8.75

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[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
04/04 Poole 50-40 Ipswich
17/05 Ipswich 56-34 Poole

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
09/07 Reading 50-40 Exeter
08/07 Stoke 41-48 Hull
12/05 Coventry 39-50 Peterborough
12/05 Eastbourne 50-40 Oxford
11/05 Oxford 53-37 Eastbourne
11/05 Peterborough 50-40 Coventry
09/05 King's Lynn 56-34 Belle Vue
07/05 Belle Vue 39-47 King's Lynn

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
09/10 Ipswich 46-44 Oxford
14/09 Oxford 45-45 Ipswich
14/09 Peterborough 49-41 King's Lynn
12/09 King's Lynn 38-33 Peterborough

Final[]

First leg[]

Peterborough Panthers51 - 39Ipswich Witches
East of England Showground

Second leg[]

Ipswich Witches48 - 42Peterborough Panthers
Foxhall Stadium

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

Teams[]

Belle Vue Aces[]

  • England
  • England
  • England Neil Collins
  • Slovenia Matej Ferjan
  • Sweden Henka Gustaffson
  • Poland Tomasz Jędrzejak
  • Sweden Peter Karlsson
  • Poland
  • England Leigh Lanham
  • Finland Kai Laukkanen
  • Australia Jason Lyons
  • Sweden Jimmy Nilsen
  • England Andy Smith
  • England Lee Smethills
  • England Garry Stead
  • England Simon Stead
  • England Carl Stonehewer
  • England Shaun Tacey
  • Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka

Coventry Bees[]

  • England Oliver Allen
  • England
  • United States Billy Hamill
  • United States Greg Hancock
  • England Ritchie Hawkins
  • United States Billy Janniro
  • Sweden Andreas Jonsson
  • England Leigh Lanham
  • England Paul Lee
  • England Lee Richardson
  • England Stuart Robson
  • Australia Adam Shields
  • England Shaun Tacey

Eastbourne Eagles[]

Ipswich Witches[]

King's Lynn Knights[]

  • Poland Tomasz Bajerski
  • England Danny Bird
  • Scotland
  • England
  • Australia Jason Crump
  • Sweden Freddie Eriksson
  • England Lawrence Hare
  • England Ritchie Hawkins
  • Denmark
  • Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen
  • Sweden Peter Karlsson
  • Sweden Niklas Klingberg
  • Germany Joachim Kugelmann
  • Denmark Nicki Pedersen
  • Denmark Ronni Pedersen
  • Denmark Tom P. Madsen
  • Czech Republic Michal Makovský
  • England
  • Australia
  • Czech Republic Adrian Rymel
  • England Garry Stead
  • England Simon Stead
  • England
  • England Shaun Tacey
  • Australia Davey Watt
  • Australia

Oxford Cheetahs[]

Peterborough Panthers[]

Poole Pirates[]

  • Denmark Hans N. Andersen
  • Poland Krzysztof Cegielski
  • Norway Lars Gunnestad
  • England Gary Havelock
  • England Ray Morton
  • Sweden Tony Rickardsson
  • Sweden David Ruud
  • Australia Adam Shields
  • England Carl Stonehewer
  • Poland Grzegorz Walasek
  • Australia Craig Watson
  • Australia Davey Watt
  • Sweden Magnus Zetterström

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

See also[]

External links[]

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.
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