W/E OCTOBER 4TH 1968

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Antonin Kasper signs autographs

Rear

King's Lynn team photo

News

• World Champion Ivan Mauger states he will miss UK speedway next season, unless he gets a transfer from Newcastle
• Belle Vue boss Dent Oliver tells Norman Nevitt his Aces career is over after the rider walks out of the Exeter home meeting after learning he was dropped from the side
• Talks between Australia and Sweden are at an advanced stage for the Scandinavians to send a tour party down under this winter
• Middlesbrough's Graham Plant is crowned as the inaugural Division 2 Riders' Champion follwing a close-fought final at Hackney
• Reg Fearman has his sights on four potential new Second Division circuits. Maidstone and Hull are two, along with, as yet unnamed, circuits in Kent and the Bristol Channel area

Major Meetings

Division 2 Riders' Championship, Hackney, September 27th 1968

• Graham Plant (13)
• Ken Eyre (12)
• Graham Smith (11)
• Mick Handley (11)
• Murray Burt (11)
• Allan Brown (10)
• Mike Cake (10)
• Tony Lomas (7)
• John Poyser (6)
• Barry Crowson (5)
• John Woodcock (5)
• Dave Schofield (5)
• Martyn Piddock (5)
• Chris Bailey (3)
• Barry Duke(Res) (2)
• Roy Williams (2)
• Taffy Owen (1)
• Mike Vernam(Res) (0)

Big Wins

Exeter 50 v 28 Sheffield

Martin Ashby (12)..Arnold Haley (14)

Sheffield 54 v 24 Belle Vue

Charlie Monk/John Dews/Brian Maxted (12)..James Bond(G) (7)

Coventry 50 v 27 Wimbledon

Nigel Boocock (12)..Trevor Hedge (8)

Halifax 54 v 24 Hackney

Greg Kentwell (12)..Les McGillivray/Colin Pratt (6)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ivan Mauger (Newcastle) 11.53
• Barry Briggs (Swindon) 10.92
• Martin Ashby (Exeter) 10.79
• Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 10.74
• Torbjorn Harrysson (Newport) 10.20

League 2

• Archie Wilkinson (Crayford) 12.00
• Chris Bass (Plymouth) 10.84
• Mike Cake (Plymouth) 10.44
• Mick Handley (Crayford) 10.41
• Dave Schofield (Nelson) 10.03

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Coventry..35..21..0..14..42
• Hackney..33..20..2..11..42
• Exeter..34..19..1..14..39
• Sheffield..34..19..1..14..39
• West Ham..35..19..1..15..39

League 1 Bottom 5

• Oxford..32..14..0..18..28
• King's Lynn..33..13..1..19..27
• Glasgow..36..13..1..22..27
• Wolves..29..13..0..16..26
• Poole..33..10..2..21..22