1975 British League season

1975 British League season

League	British League
Season	1975
Champions	Ipswich Witches
No. of competitors	18

The 1975 Gulf Oil British League season was the eleventh season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. The league was sponsored for the first time by Gulf Oil. Reading Racers returned after a one season absence to increase the size of the league back to eighteen teams and the ban on Overseas riders that rode in other leagues abroad was lifted. The Ipswich Witches won their first title.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Ipswich Witches	34	26	1	7	53
Belle Vue Aces	34	25	2	7	52
Newport	34	24	1	9	49
Exeter Falcons	34	20	3	11	45
Sheffield Tigers	34	21	0	13	42
Reading Racers	34	21	0	13	42
Oxford Rebels	34	18	0	16	36
Leicester Lions	34	16	4	14	36
Wimbledon Dons	34	16	2	16	34
Halifax Dukes	34	15	3	16	33
Cradley United	34	15	2	17	32
King's Lynn Stars	34	14	3	17	31
Wolverhampton Wolves	34	13	1	20	27
Hull Vikings	34	10	4	20	24
Poole Pirates	34	10	3	21	23
Coventry Bees	34	9	2	23	20
Hackney Hawks	34	9	1	24	19
Swindon Robins	34	8	0	26	16

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Ivan Mauger		Exeter Falcons	11.45
2	Peter Collins		Belle Vue Aces	11.27
3	Phil Crump		Newport	11.17
4	Anders Michanek		Reading Racers	11.03
5	Ole Olsen		Wolverhampton Wolves	10.79
6	John Louis		Ipswich Witches	10.67
7	Dave Jessup		Leicester Lions	10.45
8	Malcolm Simmons		Poole Pirates	10.37
9	Dag Lövaas		Oxford Rebels	10.22
10	Reg Wilson		Sheffield Tigers	10.18