W/E OCTOBER 20TH 1984

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Hans Nielsen

Inside Front

Shawn Moran and Bo Petersen

Inside Rear

Collins brothers

Rear

Bobby Schwartz

News

• Ian Barney wins the re-staged NLRC at his home track Peterborough. Barney defeted Dave Perks in a run-off after he the Long Eaton star shed a chain on the last bend
• Ipswich's Lawrie Bloomfield wins the British Junior League Championship from Michael Keepe of King's Lynn and Swindon's Gary Chessell
• Cradley beat Belle Vue 80-76 to claim the League Cup trophy
• Egon Muller wins the West German title from Klaus Lausch and Karl Maier
• Arena-Essex sign Keith Pritchard on loan from Eastbourne
• Poole sign West German youngster Gerd Riss

Major Meetings

NLRC, Peterborough

• Ian Barney (14)
• Dave Perks (14)
• Martin Yeates (12)
• Andy Buck (12)
• Steve Wilcock (10)
• Tom Owen (8)
• Colin Cook (8)
• Alan Sage (7)
• Mark Fiora (7)
• Keith White (7)
• Steve Lawson (7)
• Jamie Luckhurst (4)
• Bruce Cribb (4)
• Bob Garrad (3)
• Barry Thomas (3)
• Carl Baldwin (0)
• Rob Fortune(Res) (0)
• Ian Gutteridge(Res) (0)

Big Wins

Belle Vue 56 v 22 Wolves

Chris Morton/Andy Smith (12)..Peter Ravn (10)

Belle Vue 57 v 21 Poole

Andy Smith (12)...Neil Collins(G) (7)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.59
• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.47
• Jan Andersson (Reading) 10.36
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 9.92
• Phil Crump (Swindon) 9.88

League 2

• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.41
• Martin Yeates (Weymouth) 10.35
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 9.89
• Tom Owen (Stoke) 9.86
• Steve McDermott (Berwick) 9.83

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Ipswich..28..23..2..3..48
• Belle Vue..29..22..3..3..47
• Cradley..28..20..2..6..42
• Reading..25..14..2..9..30
• Sheffield..29..15..0..14..30

League 1 Bottom 5

• Wolves..26..10..1..15..21
• Poole..26..9..1..16..19
• Halifax..27..8..3..16..19
• Exeter..29..8..2..19..18
• Newcastle..30..9..0..21..18

League 2 Top 5

• Long Eaton..30..21..1..8..43
• Mildenhall..29..18..4..7..40
• Stoke..29..16..3..10..35
• Berwick..30..15..1..14..31
• Boston..30..15..1..14..31

League 2 Bottom 5

• Canterbury..29..13..1..15..27
• Weymouth..30..13..0..17..26
• Arena-Essex..29..11..3..15..25
• Peterborough..30..12..0..18..24
• Edinburgh..30..10..1..19..21