The 1992 British League season was the 58th season of the top tier of

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in the

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and the 28th known as the

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Summary

Reading Racers Reading Racers are a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October 2008 after the lease on Smallmead Stadium was sold and the site was demolished. In 2016 a ...

won the league for the second time in three years. Four riders who won the 1990 title (

Jeremy Doncaster Jeremy Doncaster (born 16 June 1961 in Grimsby, England) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Team Cup in 1989, top scoring for Great Britain with 13 points. He also finished in third place in the 1989 World F ...

Per Jonsson Per Jonsson (born 21 March 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992. Career In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major ...

, Jan Andersson and

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) were integral during the 1992 campaign. They were joined by Italian

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and

Ray Morton Raymond Paul Morton (born 19 June 1968) is a former international speedway rider from England. Speedway career Morton reached the final of the British Speedway Championship The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedwa ...

Bradford Dukes The Bradford Dukes were a British motorcycle speedway team which operated from the Odsal Stadium in Bradford from 1986 until their closure in 1997.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. History Speedway has long been asso ...

retained their

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title. World Champion

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topped the averages for Cradley Heath.

Final table

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

for tier one teams.

were the winners for the second successive year.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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

Riders' Championship

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won the

British League Riders' Championship The British League Riders Championship was an individual motorcycle speedway contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average from each club competing in the British League in the UK, or the top division of the league during ...

. It was the held at

Odsal Stadium Odsal Stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Bradford Bulls Rugby League team. It has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, BRISCA F1 and F2 stock cars, the football team Bradford City, following the Valley ...

on 3 October. *ef=engine failure, f=fell, x=excluded r-retired

Final leading averages

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex * 8.89 * 8.18 * 7.08 * 6.94 * 6.10 * 5.50 * 4.97 * 3.11 * 3.02 * 0.44 Belle Vue * 9.05 * 8.92 * 8.83 * 6.84 * 6.12 * 5.95 * 3.73 Bradford * 9.50 * 8.75 * 8.25 * 7.55 * 6.70 * 6.16 * 2.44 * 2.11 * 1.79 * 1.38 Coventry * 8.91 * 8.14 * 7.64 * 7.08 * 6.24 * 5.49 * 4.79 * 3.87 Cradley Heath * 11.37 (only 4 matches) * 9.41 * 8.64 * 7.91 * 7.40 * 6.33 * 4.17 * 3.79 Eastbourne * 8.63 * 7.18 * 6.58 * 5.84 * 5.81 * 5.71 * 5.57 * 4.75 Ipswich * 8.33 * 7.46 * 7.10 * 6.93 * 6.76 * 6.65 * 4.86 King's Lynn * 8.86 * 8.85 * 7.54 * 6.50 * 6.35 * 5.28 * 5.24 * 2.34 * 1.67 Oxford * 10.24 * 8.94 * 6.09 * 5.22 * 5.21 * 5.11 * 2.43 * 2.35 Poole * 9.26 * 8.56 * 7.97 * 6.40 * 6.33 * 5.63 * 5.53 * 4.43 Reading * 10.04 * 8.36 * 7.88 * 7.65 * 7.09 * 6.77 * 2.89 Swindon * 9.49 * 7.37 * 7.16 * 6.09 * 5.75 * 3.67 * 2.88 * 2.73 Wolverhampton * 10.25 * 9.36 * 7.79 * 6.83 * 5.17 * 4.17 * 4.00 * 2.40

References

{{British Speedway League seasons British League 1992 in British motorsport 1992 in speedway