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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Hackney trio Barry Thomas, Geof Maloney and Dag Lovaas
Inside Front
Newport team photo
Inside Rear
Weymouth team photo
Rear
Eric Broadbelt
News
- Coventry rider Pete Bailey is tragically killed in a car crash just a few hundred yards from the entrance to Brandon Stadium
- Speedway Star announces plans to sponsor the monthly Golden Helmet matchrace competition to the tune of £100 per challenge
- New Coventry signing Jens Krause-Kjaer looks set to miss the rest of the season after breaking and dislocating a wrist
- Americans Steve Gresham and Scott Autrey are shocked by a decision to withdraw permission for them to contest the British World Championship rounds
- Malcolm Ballard walks out on Poole and is told he is free to find himself a new club
- Scunthorpe sign unsettled Barrow youngster Keith Evans
- Oxford appoint Bristolian Roger Jones as their new team manager to enable Bob Radford more time to concentrate on promotion at both Cowley and Eastbourne
- Cyril Crane submits the latest of several applications to develop a site for a new track in Norwich
Major Meetings
World Championship Qualifying Round, Crewe, April 22nd 1974
- Carl Glover (14)
- Mike Broadbank (14)
- Richard Greer (12)
- Laurie Etheridge (11)
- Frank Smith (10)
- Mick Handley (9)
- Peter Thompson (8)
- Trevor Barnwell (8)
- Doug Templeton (7)
- Malcolm Mackay (6)
- Pete Jarman (5)
- Jim Ryman (4)
- Barney Kennett (4)
- Wayne Forrest(Res) (4)
- Barry Meeks (3)
- Dave Piddock (1)
- John Hart (0)
- Paul Wells(Res) (0)
World Championship Qualifying Round, Ellesmere Port, April 23rd 1974
- Barry Crowson (15)
- Richard May (14)
- Ken Eyre (13)
- Geoff Bouchard (11)
- Mike Lanham (9)
- Tony Freegard (8)
- Peter Thompson (8)
- Geoff Pusey (8)
- Tony Featherstone (7)
- David Gagen (6)
- Mitch Graham (6)
- Roger Johns (4)
- Russ Dent (4)
- Jim Wells (3)
- Paul Gachet (3)
- Bruce Forrester (3)
- Duncan Meredith(Res) (3)
- Wayne Hughes(Res) (1)
- George Barclay (0)
Tour Match
England Div II 52 v 56 Czechoslovakia
Arthur Browning/Bruce Forrester (12)..Milan Spinka (17)
Big Wins
Exeter 50 v 28 Coventry
Ivan Mauger (12)..Bob Kilby(G) (11)
Weymouth 50 v 28 Long Eaton
Clark Facey/Bob Hughes (11)..Alan Molyneux (10)
Teesside 54 v 24 Barrow
Pete Reading (12)...Chris Roynon (10)
Peterborough 60 v 18 Sunderland
Mike Lanham (12)...George Barclay/Brian Havelock (6)
Stoke 50 v 28 Long Eaton
Mike Broadbank/Geoff Pusey (11)..Geoff Bouchard (12)
Eastbourne 52 v 26 Weymouth
Mike Sampson (12)...Kelvin Mullarkey (8)