W/E JULY 10TH 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Boston's David Gagen

Inside Front

Hackney team photo

Inside Rear

Mildenhall team photo

Rear

Berwick trio, Steve McDermott, George Hunter and Mike Caroline

News

• Bruce Penhall is widely jeered at the Overseas Final for not trying in heat 19 and thereby assisting his fellow countrymen's qualification prospects
• Hans Nielsen wins the Nordic Final at Fjelsted in Denmark
• Mike Lanham postpones his testimonial as it clashes with a televised England versus West Germany 1982 World Cup football match
• Boston sign youngster David Blackburn on loan from Leicester
• Stoke's Rod North suffers a nasty groin injury in a crash at Exeter
• Roger Johns of Wimbledon breaks a leg
• Cyril Crane in talks with a party looking to take over at King's Lynn
• Roger Lambert joins Glasgow after his release from Edinburgh
• Ian Thomas looking to re-establish speedway in Workington from 1984

Major Meetings

Overseas Final, White City, July 4th 1982

• Dave Jessup (13)
• Kenny Carter (12)
• Bruce Penhall (11)
• Larry Ross (8)
• Andy Grahame (8)
• Kelly Moran (8)
• Dennis Sigalos (8)
• Phil Crump (8)
• Les Collins (7)
• Peter Collins (7)
• Shawn Moran (7)
• Alan Grahame (6)
• Ivan Mauger (6)
• Billy Sanders (5)
• Chris Morton (5)
• Phil Collins (1)

Big Wins

Exeter 61 v 35 Stoke

John Barker (14)..Mark Collins (11)

Weymouth 64 v 32 Stoke

Simon Wigg (14)...Mark Collins (15)

Long Eaton 62 v 34 Berwick

Alan Molyneux (14)...Steve McDermott (14)

Sheffield 51 v 27 Poole

Shawn Moran (12)...Vaclav Verner/John Davis (9)

Averages - Top 5

League 2

• Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.21
• Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.73
• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.72
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 10.10
• Dave Trownson (Edinburgh) 9.89

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..12..9..0..3..18
• Cradley..9..8..0..1..16
• Coventry..9..5..2..2..12
• Sheffield..11..5..1..5..11
• Wimbledon..12..5..1..6..11

League 1 Bottom 5

• Ipswich..5..2..1..2..5
• Hackney..6..2..1..3..5
• Birmingham..7..2..0..5..4
• Leicester..6..1..0..5..2
• Poole..8..0..2..6..2

League 2 Top 5

• Mildenhal..18..14..0..4..28
• Newcastle..15..13..0..2..26
• Ellesmere Port..18..13..0..5..26
• Middlesbrough..15..12..0..3..24
• Rye House..16..12..0..4..24

League 2 Bottom 5

• Milton Keynes..18..6..0..12..12
• Crayford..17..4..0..13..8
• Glasgow..14..4..0..10..8
• Scunthorpe..17..2..1..14..5
• Oxford..11..2..1..8..5