W/E JULY 24TH 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Peter Collins in action

Inside Front

New Zealand's Larry Ross

Inside Rear

Kelly Moran and Kenny Carter chatting

Rear

Erik Gundersen

News

• Reading's Denny Pyeatt is tragically killed in a track accident at Hackney. Pyeatt clashed with Marvyn Cox in heat 9 Of the Hackney v Racers league meeting and crashed into a lamp standard.
• Stoke place Mike Sampson on the transfer list
• Exeter's Keith Wright joins Glasgow on trial

Major Meetings

European Junior Championship Final, Pocking

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Big Wins

Exeter 59 v 37 Edinburgh

Les Sawyer (13)...Dave Trownson (14)

Long Eaton 60 v 36 Edinburgh

Paul Stead/Alan Molyneux (14)...Brett Saunders/Chris Turner (12)

Berwick 61 v 35 Peterborough

Steve McDermott (18)..Andy Hines (16)

Mildenhall 75 v 21 Stoke

Richard Knight/Derek Harrison (13)..Pete Smith (8)

Rye House 61 v 34 Exeter

Bob Garrad (15)...Andy Campbell (10)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.76
• Kenny Carter (Halifax) 10.71
• Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 10.35
• Hans Nielsen (Birmingham) 10.33
• Kelly Moran (Eastbourne) 10.31

League 2

• Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.37
• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.88
• Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.47
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 10.32
• Dave Trownson (Edinburgh) 9.93

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Coventry..13..9..2..2..20
• Cradley..11..9..0..2..18
• Belle Vue..13..9..0..4..18
• Swindon..12..7..1..4..15
• Wimbledon..15..7..1..7..15

League 1 Bottom 5

• Ipswich..9..4..1..4..9
• Hackney..8..3..1..4..7
• Leicester..9..3..0..6..6
• Birmingham..9..2..0..7..4
• Poole..12..0..2..10..2

League 2 Top 5

• Mildenhall..20..15..1..4..31
• Newcastle..18..15..0..3..30
• Ellesmere Port..21..14..0..7..28
• Middlesbrough..16..13..0..3..26
• Rye House..17..12..0..5..24

League 2 Bottom 5

• Stoke..20..6..1..13..13
• Crayford..18..5..0..13..10
• Glasgow..18..5..0..13..10
• Oxford..15..4..1..10..9
• Scunthorpe..18..2..2..14..6