W/E OCTOBER 5TH 1984

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Peterborough's Ian Barney

Inside Front

Rob Woffinden

Inside Rear

Paul McHale in action

Rear

Ivan Mauger

News

• Former rider John McNeill approaches Wembley with a view to staging speedway at Wembley for the first time in three years
• Rye House rider Andy Fines is seriously injured in a crash during handicap racing staged at Poole
• Zenon Plech is Polish Champion for the fourth time
• America's World Team Cup side, with the exception of Bobby Schwartz, are fined $2,000 for damage to hotel rooms in Leszno Poland. The Moran brothers, Lance King and John Cook allegedly caused the damage which included ripped wallpaper, ruined carpets, furniture thrown from windows and fire extinguishers being set off
• Ipswich hammer King's Lynn to claim a BL KOC Final place
• Hackney defeat Berwick to claim the PL KOC trophy
• NL strugglers Peterborough sign Mark Baldwin and Rob Fortune
• Middlesbrough rider Pete Smith hands in a transfer request

Big Wins

Ipswich 57 v 21 King's Lynn

Kai Niemi (10)...Richard Hellsen (6)

Sheffield 51 v 27 Coventry

Shawn Moran (10)...Tommy Knudsen (10)

Oxford 57 v 21 Halifax

Hans Nielsen/Simon Wigg (10)...Neil Evitts (8)

Cradley 51 v 27 King's Lynn

Phil Collins (12)..Dave Jessup (10)

Wolves 57 v 21 Newcastle

Peter Ravn/Andy Grahame (11)...David Bargh/Eddie Ingels (7)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.47
• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.31
• Jan Andersson (Reading) 10.29
• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 10.22
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 9.91

League 2

• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.41
• Martin Yeates (Weymouth) 10.35
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 9.89
• Steve McDermott (Berwick) 9.83
• Tom Owen (Stoke) 9.79

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..25..20..3..2..43
• Ipswich..24..20..1..3..41
• Cradley..23..18..1..4..37
• Wimbledon..26..15..0..11..30
• Sheffield..28..14..0..14..28

League 1 Bottom 5

• Newcastle..29..9..0..20..18
• Eastbourne..23..8..1..14..17
• Exeter..27..7..2..18..16
• Poole..22..7..1..14..15
• Halifax..22..6..2..14..14

League 2 Top 5

• Long Eaton..30..21..1..8..43
• Mildenhall..29..18..4..7..40
• Stoke..27..15..3..9..33
• Hackney..28..15..0..13..30
• Milton Keynes..30..14..1..15..29

League 2 Bottom 5

• Weymouth..30..13..0..17..26
• Canterbury..26..12..1..13..25
• Arena-Essex..29..11..3..15..25
• Peterborough..28..10..0..18..20
• Edinburgh..29..9..1..19..19