W/E JUNE 5TH 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Poole's John Davis

Inside Front

Michael Lee lifts in front of Bruce Penhall and John Titman

Inside Rear

Craig Featherby of Milton Keynes

Rear

World Team Cup start action

News

• Birmingham rider Zdenek Kudrna is tragically killed in a grasstrack crash in Holland. 35-year-old Kudrna crashed in a Victor Ludorum race and was impaled by a wooden stake supporting the fence
• England announce Peter Collins and Kenny Carter as their World Pairs team
• Sheffield announce Shawn Moran as their new captain to replace Reg Wilson
• Swindon apply for a work-permit to re-introduce Bjorn Andersson to their team follwing his stint in the Swedish army
• King's Lynn express an interest in USA rider Mike Faria

Big Wins

Belle Vue 50 v 28 King's Lynn

Chris Morton (12)..Billy Sanders (10)

Crayford 33 v 62 Rye House

Mike Spinka (9)...Kelvin Mullarkey (15)

Mildenhall 62 v 34 Oxford

Derek Harrison/Ray Bales (12)..Ashley Pullen (14)

Birmingham 54 v 24 Sheffield

Andy Grahame (12)...David Bargh (9)

Berwick 67 v 29 Long Eaton

Steve McDermott (15)..Nigel Close (15)

Ellesmere Port 70 v 26 Glasgow

John Jackson (15)...Steve Lawson (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 11.16
• Kenny Carter (Halifax) 11.06
• Jan Andersson (Reading) 10.26
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.08
• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.04

League 2

• Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.59
• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.86
• Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.74
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 10.64
• Dave Trownson (Edinburgh) 10.05

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..6..5..0..1..10
• Cradley..3..3..0..0..6
• Coventry..3..3..0..0..6
• Halifax..3..2..0..1..4
• Sheffield..4..2..0..2..4

League 1 Bottom 5

• Wimbledon..4..1..0..3..2
• King's Lynn..5..1..0..4..2
• Poole..3..0..1..2..1
• Hackney..1..0..0..1..0
• Swindon..3..0..0..3..0

League 2 Top 5

• Mildenhall..10..9.0..1..18
• Midlesbrough..10..9..0..1..18
• Ellesmere Port..12..8..0..4..16
• Rye House..10..8..0..2..16
• Canterbury..12..8..0..4..16

League 2 Bottom 5

• Glasgow..9..3..0..6..6
• Crayford..12..2..0..10..4
• Milton Keynes..10..2..0..8..4
• Oxford..6..1..1..4..3
• Scunthorpe..12..1..1..10..3