W/E AUGUST 15TH 1981

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Rod Hunter

Inside Front

Ipswich man John Cook

Inside Rear

Mark Collins of Stoke

Rear

Bob Humphreys

News

• Michael Lee gains a six-week driving ban and is also fined £50 as he fails to arrive for King's Lynn's meeting with Hackney
• Reading sign Pole Andrzej Huszcza from Leicester whilst also pursuing Jiri Stancl
• Mildenhall wrn they could hit financial difficulties if crowds don't improve

Major Meetings

Embassy Internationale, Wimbledon, August 9th 1981

• Hans Nielsen (15)
• Kenny Carter (12)
• Jan Andersson (12)
• Chris Morton (10)
• Dave Jessup (9)
• Larry Ross (9)
• Kelly Moran (9)
• Ole Olsen (9)
• Erik Gundersen (9)
• Gordon Kennett (8)
• Edward Jancarz (6)
• Phil Crump (5)
• Billy Sanders (3)
• Malcolm Simmons (2)
• Les Collins (2)
• Shawn Moran (0)
• Roger Johns(res) (0)

Tour Matches

Edinburgh 47 v 29 Norway

Neil Collins/George Hunter (12)...Dag Haaland (10)

Stoke 50 v 27 Norway

Mark Collins (12)...Dag Haaland (9)

Workington 44 v 34 Norway

Terry Kelly (12)...Roy Otto (11)

Big Wins

Newcastle 55 v 23 Crayford

David Bargh/Robbie Blackadder (12)..Barry Thomas (8)

Crayford 63 v 15 Workington

Mike Spinks (12)...Wayne Jackson (8)

Weymouth 55 v 23 Exeter

Martin Yeates (12)..John Barker (9)

Weymouth 54 v 24 Mildenhall

Simon Wigg (11)...Mick Bates (9)

Peterborough 58 v 20 Workington

David Bargh/Robbie Blackadder (12)..Barry Thomas (8)

Coventry 26 v 52 Cradley

Ole Olsen (8)...Bruce Penhall/Erik Gundersen (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 11.27
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.69
• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.50
• Phil Crump (Swindon) 10.44
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.38

League 2

• Mike Ferreira (Canterbury) 10.86
• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.86
• Dave Perks (Oxford) 10.49
• Neil Collins (Edinburgh) 10.35
• Mark Courtney (Middlesbrough)10.27

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Cradley..15..14..0..1..28
• Belle Vue..16..11..1..4..23
• Swindon..18..11..1..6..23
• Coventry..18..10..0..8..20
• King's Lynn..15..8..2..5..18

League 1 Bottom 5

• Hull..13..4..2..7..10
• Eastbourne..12..4..2..6..10
• Wimbledon..15..4..1..10..9
• Poole..16..3..1..12..7
• Hackney..10..3..0..7..6

League 2 Top 5

• Glasgow..25..28..0..7..36
• Edinburgh..21..17..0..4..34
• Newcastle..22..16..0..6..32
• Weymouth..24..15..1..8..31
• Exeter..23..15..0..8..30

League 2 Bottom 5

• Berwick..22..6..0..16..12
• Rye House..19..5..0..14..10
• Scunthorpe..27..4..1..22..9
• Milton Keynes..27..4..0..23..8
• Workington..28..4..0..24..8