1998 Elite League speedway season

1998 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Ipswich Witches
Knockout Cup	Ipswich Witches
Craven Shield	Ipswich Witches
Individual	Tony Rickardsson
Highest average	Tony Rickardsson
Division/s below	Premier League; Conference League
	← 1997; 1999 →;

The 1998 Elite League speedway season was the 64th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the second year known as the Elite League, governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	KL	OX	PP	SWI	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		46–44	54–36	47.5–41.5	54–36	55–35	54–36	59–31	52–38
Coventry Bees	43–46		51–39	43–47	47–43	45–45	52–38	53–37	44–46
Eastbourne Eagles	49–41	49–41		42–48	48–42	60–30	52–38	52–38	57–33
Ipswich Witches	54–36	50–39	53–37		60–30	48–42	63–27	61–29	51–39
King's Lynn Knights	59–31	47–43	47–43	33–57		47–43	44–46	52–38	45–45
Oxford Cheetahs	46–44	37–53	39–51	47–43	52–38		38–51	46–44	50–40
Poole Pirates	47–43	48–42	41–49	26–64	57–33	48–41		38–52	43–47
Swindon Robins	47–4	42–47	49–41	31–59	55–35	51–39	53–37		52–38
Wolverhampton Wolves	31–59	39–50	54–36	38–40	50–40	55–35	50–40	55–35

Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	KL	OX	PP	SWI	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		58–32	56–34	46–44	65–25	51–39	49–41	57–33	48–42
Coventry Bees	52–38		50–40	46–44	55–35	44–46	48–42	48–42	46–44
Eastbourne Eagles	59–31	44–46		38–51	56–34	47–43	52–38	55–35	55–35
Ipswich Witches	48–42	49–41	47–43		60–30	63–27	51–39	58–32	56–34
King's Lynn Knights	41–49	47–43	46–44	27–63		40–50	40–50	42–48	53–37
Oxford Cheetahs	47–43	42–48	56–34	44–46	57–33		47–43	45–45	44–46
Poole Pirates	40–50	49–41	56–34	45–45	46–44	40–50		42–48	46–43
Swindon Robins	55–35	42–48	64–26	44–46	56–34	38–52	59–31		56–34
Wolverhampton Wolves	48–42	40–49	62–28	47–43	62–28	56–34	51–39	42–48

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
27/03	Belle Vue	50-40	Coventry
28/03	Coventry	51-39	Belle Vue
29/03	Swindon	41-49	Wolverhampton
30/03	Wolverhampton	47-42	Oxford
03/04	Oxford	45-45	Coventry
06/04	Wolverhampton	50-40	Swindon
10/04	Swindon	46-44	Oxford
11/04	Coventry	47-43	Swindon
12/04	Belle Vue	43-47	Wolverhampton
13/04	Wolverhampton	45-45	Belle Vue
17/04	Belle Vue	46-43	Oxford
18/04	Coventry	48-42	Oxford
20/04	Wolverhampton	45-45	Coventry
24/04	Belle Vue	41-48	Swindon
24/04	Oxford	39-51	Wolverhampton
25/04	Coventry	54-36	Wolverhampton
30/04	Swindon	40-50	Belle Vue
03/05	Oxford	48-42	Belle Vue
08/05	Oxford	58-32	Swindon
11/05	Swindon	41-49	Coventry

Summary

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
19/03	Ipswich	60-30	Kings Lynn
22/03	Eastbourne	65-25	Kings Lynn
26/03	Ipswich	56-33	Poole
29/03	Eastbourne	52-38	Poole
01/04	Kings Lynn	41-31	Eastbourne
02/04	Ipswich	49-41	Eastbourne
11/04	Eastbourne	44-46	Ipswich
22/04	Kings Lynn	34-55	Ipswich
22/04	Poole	47-43	Eastbourne
24/04	Kings Lynn	47-43	Poole
26/04	Poole	48-42	Kings Lynn
06/05	Poole	39-51	Ipswich

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
22/08	Coventry	54-36	Wolverhampton
29/06	Wolverhampton	49-41	Coventry
16/07	Ipswich	57-33	Eastbourne
04/07	Eastbourne	42-48	Ipswich

Team one	Team two	Score
Wolverhampton	Coventry	40–50, 41–49
Swindon	Eastbourne	68–22, 41–49

Team one	Team two	Score
Belle Vue	Coventry	43–47, 38–52
Ipswich	Swindon	49–41, 50–40

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Tony Rickardsson	3 2 2 3 3	13	x	3
2	Jason Crump	3 3 3 3 2	14	x	2
3	Joe Screen	3 2 1 2 3	11	2	1
4	Leigh Adams	2 1 3 3 2	11	3	0
5	Jimmy Nilsen	2 2 2 3 2	11	1
6	Todd Wiltshire	3 3 2 2 0	10	0
7	Greg Hancock	2 3 0 2 3	10
8	Brian Andersen	0 3 3 0 1	7
9	Ronnie Correy	2 1 3 1 0	7
10	Chris Louis	1 1 0 1 3	6
11	Mark Loram	1 0 1 2 2	6
12	Martin Dugard	1 0 2 1 1	5
13	Craig Boyce	1 0 1 1 0	3
14	Ryan Sullivan	0 2 0 0 0	2
15	David Norris	0 1 0 0 1	2
16	Shane Parker	X 0 1 R 1	2
*exc=excluded