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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Peter Karlsson and Brian Karger
Rear
Inter-Continental Final action
News
- Brian Karger wins the Inter-Continental Final at a very wet Vojens. He will be joined in the 1999 GP Series by runner-up Peter Karlsson
- Newcastle co-promoter George English quits the club due to frustrations with recent results
- Glasgow are tracking Finnish star Kaj Laukkanen and have also spoken to former number one Steve Lawson about a comeback
Major Meetings
Inter-Continental Final, Vojens, August 21st 1998
- Brian Karger (14)
- Peter Karlsson (14)
- Sam Ermolenko (11)
- Joe Screen (9)
- John Jorgensen (9)
- Gary Havelock (8)
- Nicki Pedersen (8)
- Mikael Karlsson (8)
- Ronni Pedersen (8)
- Lars Gunnestad (6)
- Jason Lyons (6)
- Peter Nahlin (6)
- Paul Hurry (6)
- Kelvin Tatum (4)
- Mark Lemon (2)
- Glenn Cunningham (1)
Big Wins
King's Lynn 27 v 63 Ipswich
Shane Parker (8+1)...Tony Rickardsson (15+2)
Ipswich 63 v 27 Oxford
Tomasz Gollob (15+1)..Jason Crump (11+1)
Oxford 56 v 34 Eastbourne
Todd Wiltshire (16+2)..Martin Dugard (12)
Exeter 62 v 28 Newcastle
Mark Simmonds (15)..Nicki Pedersen (13)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Tony Rickardsson (Ipswich) 10.46
- Billy Hamill (Coventry) 10.01
- Greg Hancock (Coventry) 9.36
- Chris Louis (Ipswich) 9.33
- Joe Screen (Belle Vue) 9.28
League 2
- Carl Stonehewer (Sheffield) 10.10
- Nicki Pedersen (Newcastle) 10.05
- Dave Mullett (Reading) 9.80
- Paul Thorp (Hull) 9,71
- Glenn Cunningham (Peterborough) 9.61
League Tables
League 1
- Ipswich..26..22..0..4..54
- Belle Vue..26..17..0..9..43
- Coventry..27..14..1..12..37
- Eastbourne..26..14..0..12..34
- Wolves..26..13..1..12..34
- Swindon..26..12..0..14..29
- Oxford..25..10..1..14..22
- King's Lynn..27..7..1..19..16
- Poole..25..6..0..19..14
League 2 Top 5
- Reading..20..13..0..7..34
- Peterborough..17..13..1..3..33
- Exeter..17..10..1..6..26
- Hull..18..11...0..7..26
- Sheffield..15..10..0..5..23
League 2 Bottom 5
- Edinburgh..17..7..0..10..17
- Glasgow..16..7..0..9..16
- Arena-Essex..17..6..1..10..15
- Berwick..16..3..1..12..7
- Stoke..16..2..0..14..4