| Competition: | Conference League |
| Domesticcup1: | Champions |
| Domesticcup1 Winners: | St Austell Gulls |
| Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
| Domesticcup2 Winners: | St Austell Gulls |
| Domesticcup3: | Individual |
| Domesticcup3 Winners: | Steve Bishop |
| League Above: | 1998 Elite League 1998 Premier League |
| Prevseason: | 1997 |
| Nextseason: | 1999 |
The 1998 Speedway Conference League sponsored by Dunlop, was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]
The title was won by St Austell Gulls.[2]
| width=20 | Pos | width=300 | Team | width=20 | Played | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | F | width=20 | A | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 844 | 562 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 742 | 682 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 704 | 709 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 690 | 739 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 573 | 861 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Skegness Braves+ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 191 | 2 |
A Fixtures
B Fixtures
The 1998 Conference league Knockout Cup (sponsored by Dunlop) was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.[3]
In 1995 there had been an Academy League Knockout Cup and in 1996 a Conference League Knockout Cup but due to a merger of the British Leagues, both the 1995 and 1996 editions acted as the second tier of British speedway at the time.
First round
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/06 | Skegness | 41-49 | Mildenhall | ||||
| 21/06 | Mildenhall | 48-41 | Skegness |
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/08 | Buxton | 43-47 | Mildenhall | ||||
| 19/07 | Mildenhall | 49-41 | Buxton | ||||
| 17/07 | Newport | 52-38 | St Austell | ||||
| 14/07 | St Austell | 59-31 | Newport |
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Steve Bishop won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 12 July at the Clay Country Moto Parc in St Austell.[4]
| width=25px | Pos. | width=180px | Rider | width=100px | Team | width=50px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Austell | 15 | |||||
| 2 | Newport | 14 | |||||
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | St. Austell | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Adrian Newman | St. Austell | 11 | ||||
| 5 | Peter Boast | Norfolk | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Wayne Barrett | St. Austell | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Roger Lobb | Newport | 9 | ||||
| 8 | Dean Garrod | Mildenhall | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Jason Prynne | St. Austell | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Newport | 7 | |||||
| 11 | Paul Lydes Uings | Mildenhall | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Richard Ford | Newport | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Kevin Phillips | St. Austell | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Paul Macklin | Buxton | 3 | ||||
| 15 | Martin Williams | Newport | 1 | ||||
| 16 | St. Austell | 1 | |||||
| 17 | Vince Purnell (res) | 0 |