1978 National League season

1978 National League season

League	National League
Season	1978
Champions	Canterbury Crusaders
No. of competitors	20

The 1978 National League was contested in 1978 as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.

Newport Dragons dropped out of the league after just one season of second tier racing, however two new entrants - Milton Keynes Knights and Barrow Furness Flyers - saw the league expanded to twenty teams. Weymouth changed their nickname from Wizards to Wildcats.

Canterbury Crusaders won the National League title. Although equal on points with Newcastle Diamonds they won by virtue of the fact that their race points difference was greater than their rival.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Canterbury Crusaders	38	30	0	8	60
Newcastle Diamonds	38	29	2	7	60
Rye House Rockets	38	27	0	11	54
Eastbourne Eagles	38	25	1	12	51
Ellesmere Port Gunners	38	24	0	14	48
Peterborough Panthers	38	22	1	15	45
Oxford Cheetahs	38	20	4	14	44
Stoke Potters	38	21	1	16	43
Glasgow Tigers	38	19	1	18	39
Crayford Kestrels	38	16	2	20	34
Berwick Bandits	38	17	0	21	34
Mildenhall Fen Tigers	38	16	1	21	33
Weymouth Wildcats	38	16	0	22	32
Workington Comets	38	16	0	22	32
Edinburgh Monarchs	38	15	1	22	31
Milton Keynes Knights	38	12	6	20	30
Boston Barracudas	38	13	2	23	28
Teesside Tigers	38	12	0	26	24
Scunthorpe Saints	38	9	2	27	20
Barrow Furness Flyers	38	8	2	28	18

Top Five Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Tom Owen		Newcastle Diamonds	10.86
2	Bob Humphreys		Milton Keynes Knights	10.59
3	John Jackson		Ellesmere Port Gunners	10.32
4	Les Rumsey		Canterbury Crusaders	10.17
5	Steve Koppe		Canterbury Crusaders	9.95