Post by bod on Jun 27, 2018 15:37:27 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Mel Taylor
Inside Front
Kevin Smith
Inside Rear
Nigel Crabtree and Andrew Silver in action
Rear
Stoke's Pete Smith
News
- USA and England qualify from the UK round of the World Team Cup
- Peter Collins and Kenny Carter will represent England in the World Pairs semi-final in Bremen
- Denmark drop only one point in winning the Nordic WTC round. Only Tommy Knudsen is beaten by an opponent
- Hans Nielsen wins the Danish World Championship round with a fifteen-point maximum; two clear of Erik Gundersen
- Tempers flare between Ipswich and Swindon as pit scuffles break out between Billy Sanders and Phil Crump along with further trouble as John Berry and Steve Gresham are pulled apart
- Bobby Schwartz if fined £200 for being found in possession of drugs at Heathrow Airport
- Belle Vue sign Kenny McKinna from Galsgow to replace the departed Peter Ravn
- Swindon are set to include a Dane, Per Sorensen, along with German Bernd Odermatt in their side
- Vaclav Verner rejoins Poole after hitches with the Czech authorities are ironed out
Major Meetings
World Team Cup UK Round, Reading, May 15th 1983
[li]Dennis Sigalos (12)[/li]
[li]Shawn Moran (10)[/li]
[li]Kelly Moran (9)[/li]
[li]Bobby Schwartz (7)[/li]
England 27
[li]Kenny Carter (8)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (7)[/li]
[li]Simon Wigg (6)[/li]
[li]Chris Morton (6)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (0)[/li]
New Zealand 20
[li]Mitch Shirra (8)[/li]
[li]Larry Ross (6)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (5)[/li]
[li]David Bargh (1)[/li]
Australia 11
[li]Billy Sanders (6)[/li]
[li]Phil Crump (2)[/li]
[li]John Titman (2)[/li]
[li]Steve Regeling (1)[/li]
[li]Rod Hunter (0)[/li]
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Big Wins
Crayford 59 v 37 Edinburgh
Kevin Teager (15)...Dave Trownson (11)
Cradley 52 v 26 Belle Vue
Erik Gundersen/Alan Grahame (12)..Larry Ross (9)
Middlesbrough 63 v 33 Edinburgh
Paul Price (13)...Derek Harrison (14)
Averages - Top 5
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 2 Top 5
- Milton Keynes..9..7..0..2..14
- Crayford..11..6..0..5..12
- Rye House..11..5..1..5..11
- Newcastle..8..5..0..3..10
- Middlesbrough..7..5..0..2..10
League 2 Bottom 5
- Mildenhall..5..2..0..3..4
- Peterborough..5..2..0..3..4
- Oxford..7..2..0..5..4
- Boston..5..1..0..4..2
- Long Eaton..7..0..0..7..0