1989 British League season

1989 British League season
League Sunbrite British League
Season 1989
Champions Oxford Cheetahs
British League Knockout Cup Cradley Heathens
British League Riders' Championship United States Shawn Moran, Belle Vue Aces
Highest average Denmark Hans Nielsen, Oxford Cheetahs
(10.91)
Biggest home win Oxford Cheetahs 63-27 Belle Vue Aces
Biggest away win King's Lynn Stars 33-57 Belle Vue Aces
Swindon Robins 33/57 Cradley Heathens

The 1989 British League season (also known as the Sunbrite British League for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th since its establishment in 1965. The league operated as the top-tier of British speedway. The Coventry Bees were the defending champions from 1988. The league was once again run over a 15-heat formula, with 7 riders per team. The season ended with Oxford Cheetahs winning their third title in five years.

Final table

Team PL W D L BP Pts
Oxford Cheetahs 32 22 1 9 13 58
Wolverhampton Wolves 32 19 2 11 12 52
Cradley Heathens 32 19 3 10 10 51
Belle Vue Aces 32 19 2 11 10 50
Coventry Bees 32 15 3 14 8 41
Swindon Robins 32 12 1 19 8 33
Reading Racers 32 13 1 18 5 32
Bradford Dukes 32 9 2 21 3 23
King's Lynn Stars 32 8 1 23 3 20

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

Top Ten Averages

Rider Club Average
Denmark Hans Nielsen Oxford Cheetahs 10.91
Denmark Jan O. Pedersen Cradley Heathens 10.22
Denmark Erik Gundersen Cradley Heathens 9.97
United States Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton Wolves 9.85
United States Shawn Moran Belle Vue Aces 9.68
United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum Coventry Bees 9.49
United Kingdom Simon Cross Cradley Heathens 9.13
United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster Reading Racers 8.61
Sweden Jimmy Nilsen Swindon Robins 8.41
United States Kelly Moran Belle Vue Aces 8.29

Team Line-Ups

BELLE VUE ACES Average
United States Shawn Moran 9.68
United States Kelly Moran 8.29
Denmark Peter Ravn 7.54
United States Gary Hicks 7.17
United Kingdom Chris Morton 6.75
United Kingdom Joe Screen 6.40
United Kingdom Carl Stonehewer 5.50
United Kingdom Gordon Whitaker 3.41
United Kingdom Paul Smith 2.09
Also rode:
United Kingdom Mike Lewthwaite 1.85
United Kingdom Glenn Hornby 1.00

BRADFORD DUKES Average
United Kingdom Paul Thorp 7.79
United Kingdom Neil Evitts 7.51
United Kingdom Andy Smith 7.27
United Kingdom Bryan Larner 5.40
Denmark Henrik Kristensen 4.94
Australia Glenn Doyle 4.76
Hungary Antal Kocso 4.60
United Kingdom Michael Graves 4.17
Also rode:
United Kingdom Stuart Parnaby 0.00
United Kingdom Derek Green 0.00

COVENTRY BEES Average
United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum 9.49
United States Rick Miller 6.93
United Kingdom Sean Wilson 6.52
Denmark John Jørgensen 6.39
United Kingdom Andy Hackett 5.49
Czech Republic Roman Matousek 5.27
Finland Kai Niemi 4.69
United Kingdom Mike Bacon 2.95
United Kingdom Paul Smith 2.55
Also rode:
United Kingdom Lee Coleman 1.00
United Kingdom Rob Homer 1.00
United Kingdom Wayne Broadhurst 0.00

CRADLEY HEATHENS Average
Denmark Jan O. Pedersen 10.22
Denmark Erik Gundersen 9.97
United Kingdom Simon Cross 9.13
Denmark Gert Handberg 6.52
United States Greg Hancock 6.06
United Kingdom Alan Grahame 5.78
United Kingdom John Bostin 3.00
Also rode:
United Kingdom Justin Walker 2.91

KINGS LYNN STARS Average
United Kingdom Richard Knight 7.83
United States Lance King 7.67
United Kingdom John Davis 6.74
Denmark Allan Johansen 6.65
Italy Armando dal Chiele 5.03
Australia Stephen Davies 4.93
Sweden Dennis Lofqvist 4.82
United Kingdom Adrian Stevens 3.56
United Kingdom Paul Smith 3.14
Also rode:
United Kingdom Tom Grinstead 2.00
United Kingdom Roger Horspool 1.50
United Kingdom Richard Pettman 0.00

OXFORD CHEETAHS Average
Denmark Hans Nielsen 10.91
United Kingdom Simon Wigg 7.69
United Kingdom Martin Dugard 7.61
United Kingdom Andy Grahame 6.91
United Kingdom Marvyn Cox 6.80
Australia Troy Butler 5.96
United Kingdom Paul Dugard 2.56
United Kingdom Kevin Pitts 1.64
Also rode:
United Kingdom Paul Muchene 1.00
United Kingdom Colin White 0.00

READING RACERS Average
United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster 8.61
New Zealand Mitch Shirra 7.62
Sweden Tony Olsson 6.49
United Kingdom Carl Blackbird 5.52
Italy Armando Castagna 5.47
United Kingdom David Mullett 5.09
United Kingdom Malcolm Holloway 4.38
South Africa David Steen 2.56
Also rode:
United Kingdom Steve Chambers 1.46
United Kingdom Scott Pulleyn 1.00
United Kingdom Troy Smith 0.00

SWINDON ROBINS Average
Sweden Jimmy Nilsen 8.41
Denmark Brian Karger 8.09
United Kingdom Andrew Silver 7.38
United Kingdom John Davis 6.67
Sweden Peter Nahlin 6.24
United States Bart Bast 5.05
United Kingdom Gary Chessell 4.88
United Kingdom David Smart 3.72
Also rode:
United Kingdom Matthew Cross 8.00
Denmark Tom Knudsen 4.00
United Kingdom Martin Chessell 0.00
United Kingdom Derrol Keats 0.00

WOLVERHAMPTON WOLVES Average
United States Sam Ermolenko 9.85
United States Ronnie Correy 7.86
United Kingdom Neil Collins 6.88
United States Robert Pfetzing 6.61
United Kingdom Graham Jones 6.60
Denmark Jan Staechmann 6.54
United Kingdom Andy Phillips 5.73
Also rode:
United Kingdom Wayne Carter 0.00
United Kingdom Ade Hoole 0.00

Also Rode = Less than 6 matches completed

See also

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