| Competition: | Sky Sports Elite League |
| Domesticcup1: | Champions |
| Domesticcup1 Winners: | Peterborough Panthers |
| Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
| Domesticcup2 Winners: | Peterborough Panthers |
| Domesticcup3: | Craven Shield |
| Domesticcup3 Winners: | Peterborough Panthers |
| Domesticcup4: | Riders Championship |
| Domesticcup4 Winners: | Jason Crump |
| Highest Average: | Jason Crump |
| Leagues Below: | Premier League Conference League |
| Prevseason: | 1998 |
| Nextseason: | 2000 |
The 1999 Elite League speedway season was the 65th season of the top tier of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the third known as the Elite League and was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1]
In 2000, the league increased to ten teams with the Hull Vikings and the Peterborough Panthers moving up from the Premier League, and the Swindon Robins dropping down. The league operated on a standard format without play-offs.[2]
Despite coming up a division Peterbrough completely rebuilt their team for the season. They brought in three Australians Jason Crump from Oxford Cheetahs, Ryan Sullivan from Poole Pirates and Craig Watson from Newport Wasps, in addition to recalling Zdeněk Tesař.[3] Poole ran Peterborough close, only losing the league by one point and losing in the cup final to them.
| Pos | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bon | Tot | ||
| 1 | Peterborough Panthers | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 889 | 734 | 26 | 8 | 34 | |
| 2 | Poole Pirates | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 899 | 724 | 24 | 9 | 33 | |
| 3 | King's Lynn Knights | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 823 | 804 | 23 | 6 | 29 | |
| 4 | Coventry Bees | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 821 | 804 | 23 | 5 | 28 | |
| 5 | Ipswich Witches | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 815 | 710 | 22 | 4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Belle Vue Aces | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 848 | 773 | 19 | 5 | 24 | |
| 7 | Hull Vikings | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 785 | 834 | 13 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | Oxford Cheetahs | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 754 | 869 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| 9 | Eastbourne Eagles | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 745 | 879 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 736 | 884 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
The 1999 Speedway Star Knockout Cup was the 61st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.[4]
First round
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/06 | Eastbourne | 47-43 | Ipswich | ||||
| 17/06 | Ipswich | 51-39 | Eastbourne | ||||
| 28/05 | Belle Vue | 53-37 | Kings Lynn | ||||
| 26/05 | Kings Lynn | 55-35 | Belle Vue |
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/10 | Peterborough | 56-34 | Ipswich | ||||
| 03/09 | Poole | 59-31 | Kings Lynn | ||||
| 02/09 | Ipswich | 44-46 | Peterborough | ||||
| 13/08 | Kings Lynn | 46-44 | Poole | ||||
| 12/07 | Reading | 46-44 | Sheffield | ||||
| 30/06 | Hull | 49-41 | Wolverhampton | ||||
| 28/06 | Wolverhampton | 48-42 | Hull | ||||
| 19/06 | Coventry | 51-39 | Oxford |
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/10 | Peterborough | 50-40 | Hull | ||||
| 13/10 | Hull | 47-42 | Peterborough | ||||
| 13/10 | Poole | 49-41 | Coventry | ||||
| 09/10 | Coventry | 40-49 | Poole |
The second leg of the final was due to be completed on 22 October but was abandoned after just two heats due to heavy rain.[5]
First leg
Second leg
Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.
Jason Crump won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at the Brandon Stadium on 23 October.[6] [7]
| width=25px | Pos. | width=200px | Rider | width=100px | Pts | width=50px | Total | width=50px | SF | width=50px | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 2 1 3 3 | 12 | x | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 1 3 1 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | 3 3 1 2 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | 3 2 3 1 3 | 12 | x | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | 1 1 3 2 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | 2 3 2 0 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | 0 3 1 1 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| 8 | 1 0 3 3 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 9 | 1 1 2 2 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 3 0 3 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 0 2 3 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 0 1 1 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 13 | 0 2 0 2 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 0 2 0 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 15 | 0 2 0 0 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 | 0 1 0 0 0 | 1 |
| width=200 | Rider | width=200 | Team | width=40 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jason Crump | Peterborough | 10.67 | |||
| Mark Loram | Poole | 9.80 | |||
 Tony Rickardsson | Kings Lynn | 9.64 | |||
| Leigh Adams | Kings Lynn | 9.47 | |||
 Greg Hancock | Coventry | 9.31 | |||
 Tomasz Gollob | Ipswich | 9.24 | |||
| Ryan Sullivan | Peterborough | 9.05 | |||
| Chris Louis | Ipswich | 8.96 | |||
| Billy Hamill | Coventry | 8.91 | |||
| Hull | 8.76 |
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