Post by bod on Jan 10, 2018 11:35:38 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Kelvin Tatum
Inside Front
John Cook and Lance King
Inside Rear
Chris Morton leads Sam Ermolenko and Rick Miller
Rear
Eric Monaghan
News
- England are humiliated by the USA in tests at Cradley and Ipswich. Michael Lee walks out of the Ipswich meeting after starting issues with referee Frank Ebdon
- The DMU seed the injured Peter Ravn through to the Scandinavian Final of the World Championship
- Jan Andersson, Pierre Brannefors and Bjorn Andersson win the three Swedish World Championship rounds
- Continental Rounds are won by Egon Muller and Josef Aigner at Landshut and Wiener Neustadt. Other rounds are won by Vaclav Verner and Jiri Svoboda
- Ales Dryml wins the second round of the Czech Championship at Plzen
- Mick Hines ends his retirement to comeback and race for Peterborough
- USA name Dennis Sigalos and Shawn Moran as their World Pairs duo. New Zealand select Ivan Mauger and Mitch Shirra
- Exeter sign Louis Carr following his release from Wolves
- Arena-Essex release early season signings Kevin Price and John Grahame
Major Meetings
Third Test, Cradley Heath
[li]Michael Lee (12)[/li]
[li]Phil Collins (10)[/li]
[li]Simon Wigg (10)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (8)[/li]
[li]Alan Grahame (5)[/li]
[li]Chris Morton (2)[/li]
[li]Andy Grahame (2)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (0)[/li]
USA 59
[li]Dennis Sigalos (14)[/li]
[li]Shawn Moran (13)[/li]
[li]John Cook (12)[/li]
[li]Bobby Schwartz (7)[/li]
[li]Sam Ermolenko (7)[/li]
[li]Lance King (6)[/li]
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Fourth Test, Ipswich
[li]Chris Morton (9)[/li]
[li]Richard Knight (8)[/li]
[li]Kelvin Tatum (6)[/li]
[li]Jeremy Doncaster (5)[/li]
[li]Paul Woods (4)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (3)[/li]
[li]John Louis (1)[/li]
[li]Michael Lee (0)[/li]
USA 72
[li]Shawn Moran (18)[/li]
[li]Dennis Sigalos (15)[/li]
[li]John Cook (13)[/li]
[li]Lance King (11)[/li]
[li]Bobby Schwartz (9)[/li]
[li]Sam Ermolenko (5)[/li]
[li]Rick Miller (1)[/li]
[li]Robert Pfetzing (0)[/li]
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Danish World Championship Round
- Bo Petersen (14)
- Erik Gundersen (14)
- Hans Nielsen (14)
- John Eskildsen (12)
- Jens Rasmussen (9)
- John Jorgensen (9)
- Preben Eriksen (9)
- Finn Thomsen (9)
- Kent Noer (8)
- Jan O Pedersen (7)
- Flemming Pedersen (6)
- Brian Jakobsen (4)
- Per Sorensen (2)
- Henry Nielsen (2)
- Sam Nikolajsen (1)
- Peter Ravn (DNR)
Big Wins
Belle Vue 53 v 25 Oxford
Andy Smith (10)...Hans Nielsen (13)
King's Lynn 53 v 25 Exeter
John Louis (12)...Jeremy Doncaster(G) (12)
Canterbury 51 v 27 Peterborough
Dave Mullett (12)...Derek Harrison (8)
Stoke 55 v 23 Weymouth
Tom Owen/Nigel Crabtree (11)...Alun Rossiter (9)
Mildenhall 51 v 27 Weymouth
Ray Bales (11)...Alun Rossiter (8)
Boston 51 v 27 Arena-Essex
Rob Hollingworth (11)...Alan Sage (9)