1978 British League season

1978 British League season

League	British League
Season	1978
Champions	Coventry Bees
No. of competitors	19

The 1978 Gulf British League season was the fourteenth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. The list of nineteen teams that competed in the league was identical to the previous season. The league was sponsored by Gulf Oil for a fourth season. Coventry Bees won their second title and their first for ten years. Belle Vue Aces were runners-up for the fourth time in five seasons.

League table

Team	M	W	D	L	Pts
Coventry Bees	36	27	0	9	54
Belle Vue Aces	36	26	0	10	52
Hull Vikings	36	22	2	12	46
Wimbledon Dons	36	22	1	13	45
Cradley Heathens	36	21	1	14	43
Ipswich Witches	36	21	1	14	43
Exeter Falcons	36	20	1	15	41
Sheffield Tigers	36	19	2	15	40
Bristol Bulldogs	36	19	0	17	38
Poole Pirates	36	17	3	16	37
Leicester Lions	36	17	0	19	34
Halifax Dukes	36	14	3	19	31
King's Lynn Stars	36	14	2	20	30
Reading Racers	36	13	3	20	29
White City Rebels	36	12	3	21	27
Swindon Robins	36	12	3	21	27
Wolverhampton Wolves	36	11	1	24	23
Birmingham Brummies	36	11	1	24	23
Hackney Hawks	36	10	1	25	21

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Malcolm Simmons		Poole Pirates	10.78
2	Ole Olsen		Coventry Bees	10.71
3	Scott Autrey		Exeter Falcons	10.45
4	Peter Collins		Belle Vue Aces	10.44
5	Michael Lee		King's Lynn Stars	10.40
6	Chris Morton		Belle Vue Aces	10.31
7	Dave Jessup		Reading Racers	10.24
8	Billy Sanders		Ipswich Witches	10.23
9	Phil Crump		Bristol Bulldogs	9.99
10	Ivan Mauger		Hull Vikings	9.91

References

• British League Seasons