2006 Elite League speedway season

2006 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Peterborough Panthers
Knockout Cup	Coventry Bees
Craven Shield	Poole Pirates
Elite Shield	Coventry Bees
Individual	Jason Crump
Pairs	Belle Vue Aces
Highest average	Jason Crump
Division/s below	Premier League; Conference League
	← 2005; 2007 →;

The 2006 Elite League speedway season was the 72nd season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]^[2]

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Home \ Away	AE	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	RB	SWI	WOL
Arena Essex Hammers		48–41	46–43	40–52	49–41	39–53	42–48	55–40	58–33	50–40	46–44
Belle Vue Aces	46–44		58–37	48–42	48–42	56–38	50–40	53–37	51–39	55–41	54–39
Coventry Bees	47–43	49–42		56–40	48–45	50–42	48–44	47–42	42–48	51–43	53–40
Eastbourne Eagles	62–32	48–42	47–41		51–39	60–32	47–46	49–41	42–48	41–55	46–44
Ipswich Witches	50–42	53–42	51–42	57–38		60–30	48–42	50–40	43–47	48–45	50–42
Oxford Cheetahs	64–26	43–50	47–43	42–48	42–51		42–47	50–43	50–44	47–43	41–51
Peterborough Panthers	56–39	46–44	62–32	59–33	55–38	63–31		48–42	41–52	55–40	54–38
Poole Pirates	59–33	55–38	55–38	54–36	57–39	55–40	48–42		45–48	48–42	47–43
Reading Bulldogs	50–46	52–43	41–49	61–34	50–40	67–28	39–51	50–40		46–44	43–47
Swindon Robins	53–38	50–43	56–39	51–39	53–40	56–38	58–34	52–43	44–49		52–42
Wolverhampton Wolves	56–36	46–44	53–40	48–45	56–35	53–37	48–42	52–41	47–44	44–46

Home \ Away	AE	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	RB	SWI	WOL
Arena Essex Hammers		39–56	44–46	48–42	42–48	62–32	58–38	50–40	41–51	43–46	44–46
Belle Vue Aces	51–42		49–41	44–30	51–39	53–39	52–43	42–48	59–34	43–30	61–35
Coventry Bees	65–29	49–44		56–39	46–44	54–38	49–47	49–42	47–46	45–45	51–42
Eastbourne Eagles	53–41	42–36	47–46		54–39	50–45	55–35	53–41	46–44	53–43	45–45
Ipswich Witches	57–37	52–43	44–50	42–48		52–43	51–43	52–44	56–38	56–37	53–43
Oxford Cheetahs	55–37	46–44	44–51	50–42	46–44		41–49	49–47	39–54	48–47	44–46
Peterborough Panthers	62–28	55–39	49–41	61–32	50–40	55–34		47–46	43–49	53–37	47–42
Poole Pirates	66–24	50–44	47–46	49–44	54–36	49–42	36–56		47–43	58–36	59–34
Reading Bulldogs	60–33	55–40	44–46	54–41	57–38	50–42	51–42	53–41		57–35	58–37
Swindon Robins	57–36	51–42	53–40	58–32	57–38	52–38	47–46	49–44	53–40		47–43
Wolverhampton Wolves	54–40	52–39	53–43	47–43	47–46	46–44	44–46	52–40	45–45	41–49

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/04	Swindon	40-50	Reading
10/04	Reading	47-43	Swindon
06/04	Peterborough	57-37	Arena Essex
03/04	Wolverhampton	54-40	Oxford
31/03	Arena Essex	59-35	Peterborough
29/03	Oxford	43-47	Wolverhampton

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/07	Belle Vue	56-38	Arena Essex
07/07	Arena Essex	44-46	Belle Vue
07/07	Coventry	56-40	Ipswich
07/07	Reading	51-42	Poole
05/07	Poole	58-34	Reading
03/07	Wolverhampton	41-51	Eastbourne
01/07	Eastbourne	55-38	Wolverhampton
01/06	Ipswich	48-42	Coventry

Season summary

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Jason Crump	3 3 3 3 3	15	x	3
2	Nicki Pedersen	3 2 3 3 2	13	x	2
3	Greg Hancock	2 2 3 2 3	12	3	1
4	Scott Nicholls	2 3 1 2 2	10	2	0
5	Hans Andersen	1 1 3 1 3	9	1
6	Todd Wiltshire	3 0 2 2 2	9	0
7	Leigh Adams	0 3 2 3 0	8
8	Billy Hamill	1 2 1 1 3	8
9	Rory Schlein	2 2 1 1 1	7
10	Adam Shields	1 1 2 2 1	7
11	Craig Boyce	0 0 0 3 2	5
12	Krzysztof Kasprzak	0 3 1 - -	4
13	Simon Stead	3 0 0 0 1	4
14	Jesper B. Monberg	0 1 2 1 0	4
15	Mark Loram	2 1 - - -	3
16	Mikael Max	1 0 0 0 1	2
17	Matt Bates (res)	0 0 0 0	0