Post by bod on Jan 15, 2018 11:55:52 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Peterborough's Neil Cotton
Inside Front
An Oxford versus Reading first turn
Inside Rear
Rob Hollingworth
Rear
Peter Ravn and Rob Pfetzing
News
- Jan Andersson heads the Swedish World Championship qualifiers after a three meeting series. Per Jonsson is a notable non-qualifier
- Denmark and Sweden qualify from the Nordic round of the World Team Cup in Tampere. The Danes totalled 37 points, 3 clear of the Swedes
- Peter Adams defends Preben Eriksen's riding after the Dane is involved in a crash which results in Kelvin Tatum breaking a thigh
- Michael Lee is in trouble again as he fails to arrive at Sheffield for the second leg of the Golden Helmet challenge against Shawn Moran
- Eastbourne open talks with Kelly Moran about a comeback with the Eagles
- Exeter hope to complete the signing of American Buddy Robinson. The Falcons are also giving a trial to German Stefan Deser
- Bob Radford resigns as Reading team manager owing to ill health
- Swindon sign American Shawn McConnell to replace the struggling Martin Yeates. Yeates is expected to rejoin Weymouth
- Kenny Carter qualifies for the British Final just five weeks after breaking his leg
Major Meetings
British Semi-Final, Oxford
- Neil Evitts (12)
- Andy Grahame (12)
- Kenny Carter (11)
- Martin Yeates (10)
- John Louis (10)
- Alan Grahame (10)
- Malcolm Simmons (10)
- Peter Collins (9)
- Simon Wigg (8)
- Marvyn Cox (7)
- Steve Bastable (7)
- Neil Collins (5)
- Richard Knight (3)
- Dave Perks (3)
- Colin Cook (2)
- Sean Willmott (1)
- Kevin Smart(Res) (0)
Big Wins
Long Eaton 50 v 28 Middlesbrough
Paul Stead (11)...Mike Spink (12)
Canterbury 50 v 28 Weymouth
Barney Kennett/Jamie Luckhurst (10)...Alun Rossiter (14)
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 2 Top 5
- Stoke..8..5..2..1..12
- Canterbury..6..5..0..1..10
- Long Eaton..6..5..0..1..10
- Berwick..7..5..0..2..10
- Middlesbrough..8..4..1..3..9
League 2 Bottom 5
- Rye House..8..2..0..6..4
- Weymouth..9..2..0..7..4
- Mildenhall..1..1..0..0..2
- Arena-Essex..6..1..0..5..2
- Peterborough..6..1..0..5..2