1960 Provincial Speedway League

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Competition	Provincial League
Season	1960
No. of competitors	10
Champion	Rayleigh Rockets

The 1960 Provincial Speedway League was the first season of the Provincial League, ten motorcycle speedway teams took part.^[1] The league was dominated by Rayleigh, Poole and Bristol. Rayleigh and Poole finished on the same points, but Rayleigh triumphed with a superior amount of race points scored. At the end of the season Liverpool and Yarmouth folded and Bristol closed after their track was sold for redevelopment.

[edit] Final table

Team	M	W	D	L	Pts
Rayleigh Rockets	18	16	0	2	32
Poole Pirates	18	16	0	2	32
Bristol Bulldogs	18	15	0	3	30
Sheffield Tigers	18	9	0	9	18
Stoke Potters	18	8	1	9	17
Cradley Heath Heathens	18	8	0	10	16
Yarmouth Bloaters	18	7	0	11	14
Edinburgh Monarchs	18	5	1	12	11
Liverpool Pirates	18	4	0	14	8
Bradford Panthers	18	1	0	17	2