The 1990 British Speedway Championship was the 30th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 20 May at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Kelvin Tatum, while Simon Cross won a run off against Jeremy Doncaster for second place.
Quarter finals
Quarter Final 1 5 April 1990 Middlesbrough
Pos. Rider Points Details1 Gary Havelock 15 2 Les Collins 14 3 Mark Courtney 12 4 David Blackburn 12 5 Daz Sumner 11 6 Jeremy Luckhurst 10 7 Andy Hackett 8 8 Kenny McKinna 6 9 Martin Dixon 6 10 Steve Lawson 6 11 Sean Courtney 5 12 Bryan Larner 5 13 David Walsh 5 14 Tony Richardson 2 15 Duncan Chapman 2 16 Mike Lewthwaite 1 17 Mark Robinson 0 Quarter Final 2 5 April 1990 Ipswich
Pos. Rider Points Details1 Alan Mogridge 13 2 Chris Louis 12 3 Mark Loram 12 4 Martin Goodwin 11 5 Andy Galvin 11 6 Dean Standing 11 7 Carl Blackbird 9 8 Steve Schofield 8 9 Neville Tatum 8 10 Paul Whittaker 7 11 David Norris 6 12 Rob Tilbury 4 13 Nathan Simpson 4 14 Roger Jones 2 15 Paul Woods 1 16 Chris White 1 17 Andy Buck 0
Quarter Final 3 21 April 1990 Stoke
Pos. Rider Points Details1 Nigel Crabtree 14 2 Dean Barker 13 3 Alun Rossiter 12 4 Louis Carr 10 5 Andy Grahame 10 6 Alastair Stevens 9 7 Richard Green 9 8 Eric Monaghan 8 9 Ray Morton 8 10 Ian Barney 5 11 Carl Stonehewer 5 12 Paul Dugard 4 13 Gary Chessell 4 14 Peter Jeffrey 4 15 Michael Coles 3 16 Richard Davidson 1 17 Joe Hughes 1 18 Garry Stead 0
Semi finals
Semi Final 1 6 May 1990 Cradley Heath
Pos. Rider Points Details1 Gary Havelock 14 2 Simon Cross 13 3 Andrew Silver 12 4 Kelvin Tatum 11 5 Les Collins 9 6 Nigel Crabtree 9 7 Mark Loram 8 8 Paul Thorp 7 9 Neil Collins 7 10 Alun Rossiter 7 11 Sean Wilson 6 12 Alan Grahame 6 13 Andy Grahame 4 14 Andy Phillips 4 15 Marvyn Cox 1 16 Martin Goodwin 1 17 David Haynes 0 17 Rob Horner 0
Neil Collins replaced Nigel Crabtree in the final. Alun Rossiter was promoted to reserve. Semi Final 2 6 May 1990 King's Lynn
Pos. Rider Points Details1 Jeremy Doncaster 15 2 Richard Knight 12 3 Andy Smith 12 4 Chris Louis 10 5 John Davis 10 6 Martin Dugard 9 7 Graham Jones 7 8 Simon Wigg 8 9 Neil Evitts 8 10 Dean Barker 6 11 Joe Screen 6 12 Louis Carr 5 13 Alan Mogridge 4 14 Chris Morton 3 15 Dave Mullett 2 16 Mark Courtney 0 17 Tommy Grinstead 0
British Final 20 May 1990 Brandon Stadium, Coventry Top 10 to Commonwealth final (as part of the 1990 World Championship) Pos. Rider Points Details Kelvin Tatum 13 (2,2,3,3,3) Simon Cross 11+3 (3,2,2,2,2) Jeremy Doncaster 11+2 (3,1,1,3,3)4 Gary Havelock 10 (1,3,3,3,0) 5 Martin Dugard 9 (2,3,2,2,0) 6 Mark Loram 9 (2,1,1,2,3) 7 Graham Jones 7 (3,0,2,1,1) 8 Simon Wigg 6 (E,3,1,0,2) 9 John Davis 6 (1,E,3,0,2)10 Richard Knight 6 (0,3,0,M,3)11 Paul Thorp 6 (0,0,3,2,1)12 Chris Louis 5 (3,2,0,0,0)13 Les Collins 5 (1,0,1,3,1)14 Andy Smith 5 (2,1,2,X,0)15 Neil Collins 5 (1,0,1,1,2) 16 Andrew Silver 5 (1,2,0,1,1)17 Paul Bromwich 1 (1)
British Under 21 final Joe Screen won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship. The final was held at Wimbledon Stadium on 11 July.
Pos. Rider Points1 Joe Screen 14+32 Mark Loram 14+23 Chris Louis 13+34 Nathan Simpson 13+25 Dean Standing 86 Carl Stonehewer 77 Gary Tagg 78 Richard Musson 79 Simon Wolstenholme 610 David Clarke 611 Chris Cobby 612 Simon Green 513 Darren Grayling 514 Scott Robson 415 Kevin Little 216 Mark Simmons 2
See also British Speedway Championship 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
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