The 2001 Elite League speedway season was the 67th season of top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and in 2001 was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1][2]
In 2001, the league consisted of nine teams and operated on a standard format without play-offs.[3] Oxford Cheetahs won their first title since 1989. Leigh Adams was brought in from King's Lynn to lead the team that retained fellow Australian riders Todd Wiltshire and Steve Johnston, Czech brothers Lukáš Dryml and Aleš Dryml Jr. and Dane Brian Andersen. In a closely fought three way title battle they claimed the crown ahead of Poole and Coventry.[4] Poole were led by three times World Champion Tony Rickardsson who would claim his fourth Speedway World Championship during the season. Jason Crump was runner-up in the World Championship and topped the league averages for King's Lynn.[5]
Peterborough's home fixtures with Belle Vue were not held.
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The 2001 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 63rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.[7]
First round
Second round
Semi-finals
Final
First leg
Second leg
Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 93-87.
Jason Crump won the Elite League Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Owlerton Stadium on 20 September.[9]
Belle Vue
Peter Karlsson 8.00 Jimmy Nilsen 7.78.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small}
Jason Lyons 6.74
Kai Laukkanen 6.33
Matej Ferjan 6.14
Andy Smith 5.81
Tomáš Topinka 4.74 Neil Collins 4.21 Henka Gustaffson 4.13
Tomasz Jędrzejak 4.00 Wayne Carter 3.79 Adam Labedzki 3.65Coventry
Billy Hamill 9.26 Greg Hancock 9.05 Andreas Jonsson 7.90 Lee Richardson 7.44 Stuart Robson 5.39 Billy Janniro 5.17 Paul Lee 2.88Eastbourne
Martin Dugard 8.16 Joe Screen 7.60 Dean Barker 6.80 David Norris 6.70 Antonín Šváb Jr. 6.46 Stefan Andersson 6.07 Roman Povazhny 6.00 Brent Werner 5.42 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 5.39 Marcus Andersson 5.06Ipswich
Scott Nicholls 10.11 Craig Boyce 8.06 Chris Louis 7.79 Jarosław Hampel 7.35 Jeremy Doncaster 6.35
Jason Bunyan 2.66 Savalas Clouting 2.08King's Lynn
Jason Crump 10.39
Nicki Pedersen 9.01 Peter Karlsson 8.75 Niklas Klingberg 6.76 Ronni Pedersen 6.64 Tom P. Madsen 5.20 Freddie Eriksson 4.71 Tomasz Bajerski 4.00 Lee Redmond 2.08
Joachim Kugelmann 1.83Oxford
Leigh Adams 10.08 Todd Wiltshire 7.16 Brian Andersen 6.99 Lukáš Dryml 6.75 Steve Johnston 6.47 Aleš Dryml Jr. 6.12 Andrew Appleton 2.73Peterborough
Ryan Sullivan 9.52 Mark Loram 8.37 Simon Stead 7.31 Matej Ferjan 6.59 Shane Parker 6.18 David Howe 5.86 Nigel Sadler 5.66 Marián Jirout 5.23 Grant MacDonald 0.38Poole
Tony Rickardsson 9.66 Krzysztof Cegielski 8.34 Gary Havelock 8.16 Hans N. Andersen 6.73 Grzegorz Walasek 6.53
Lars Gunnestad 6.51 Magnus Zetterström 5.86 Craig Watson 4.87Wolverhampton
Mikael Karlsson 9.00 Sam Ermolenko 7.34 Paul Hurry 7.33 Jesper B. Jensen 5.71 Daniel Nermark 5.62 Krzysztof Jabłoński 4.70 Alun Rossiter 2.76 Wayne Broadhurst 1.69