1978 National League season

[1] Newport Dragons dropped out of the league after just one season of second tier racing following a dispute over rent at Somerton Park.

[2] Ttwo new entrants – Milton Keynes Knights and Barrow Furness Flyers – saw the league expanded to twenty teams.

The Crusaders were led by heavy scoring from Les Rumsey and Riders' Champion Steve Koppe, while Newcastle's Tom Owen topped the averages for the second consecutive year.

[8] Earlier in the season 18 year-old junior rider Chris Prime was representing Newcastle when he was killed in the National League match against Mildenhall on 3 April.

[14][15] Semi finals Final Barrow Berwick Boston Canterbury Crayford Eastbourne Edinburgh Ellesmere Port Glasgow Mildenhall Milton Keynes Newcastle Oxford Peterborough Rye House Scunthorpe Stoke Teesside Weymouth Workington