W/E SEPTEMBER 12TH 1981

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

New Poole signing John Davis

Inside Front

Mike Caroline crashes

Inside Rear

Karl Maier

Rear

Georg Hack leads Kenny Carter

News

• American Bruce Penhall wins his first world title in a Wembley classic
• Peter Collins announces he intends to return to British racing next season
• Leicster's Rolf Gramstad breaks his neck in a freak grasstrack accident in West Germany
• Hull's Billy Sanders is set to miss the rest of the season with a broken thumb
• Newcastle open negotiations with Belle Vue about signing Keith Bloxsome

Major Meetings

World Final, Wembley, September 5th 1981

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Big Wins

Coventry 51 v 27 Hull

Ole Olsen (11)...Ivan Mauger (12)

Sheffield 56 v 22 Eastbourne

Shawn Moran/Dave Morton (11)...Kelly Moran (9)

Middlesbrough 55 v 23 Canterbury

Steve Wilcock (12)...Mike Ferreira (12)

Swindon 74 v 22 Leicester

Phil Crump/Steve Gresham (15)...Les Collins/John Titman (6)

Ellesmere Port 55 v 23 Mildenhall

Steve Finch (12)...Ray Bales (10)

Peterborough 54 v 24 Stoke

Richard Greer (12)...Mike Sampson (10)

Milton Keynes 27 v 51 Weymouth

Bob Humphreys (10)...Les Rumsey (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 11.43
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.70
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.65
• Phil Crump (Swindon) 10.49
• Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne) 10.36

League 2

• Mike Ferreira (Canterbury) 10.94
• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.62
• Neil Collins (Edinburgh) 10.54
• Mark Courtney (Middlesbrough) 10.49
• Dave Perks (Oxford) 10.45

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Cradley..20..19..0..1..38
• Swindon..24..17..1..6..35
• Ipswich..20..15..1..4..31
• Coventry..22..15..0..7..30
• Belle Vue..23..14..1..8..29

League 1 Bottom 5

• Eastbourne..19..6..3..10..15
• Leicester..20..7..0..13..14
• Poole.22..6..2..14..14
• Hackney..16..6..0..10..12
• Wimbledon..21..5..1..15..11

League 2 Top 5

• Weymouth..33..23..1..9..47
• Middlesbrough..27..22..1..4..45
• Glasgow..31..22..0..9..44
• Edinburgh..27..21..0..6..42
• Newcastle..28..20..1..7..41

League 2 Bottom 5

• Berwick..26..8..0..18..16
• Rye House..27..6..0..21..12
• Scunthorpe..31..5..1..25..11
• Workington..33..5..1..27..11
• Milton Keynes..30..5..0..25..10