W/E JULY 31ST 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Peterborough's Dave Allen

Inside Front

Belle Vue team photo

Inside Rear

Reading's Tim Hunt and Hackney rider Antonin Kasper clash

Rear

Coventry star Tommy Knudsen

News

• Jiri Stancl wins the Continental Final in Poland. He is joined in qualifying for the World Final by countryman Edward Jancarz, Czech Vaclav Verner, West German Georg Hack and Mikhail Starostin of the Soviet Union
• Newcastle clinch the National League Fours at Peterborough. They defeat Mildenhall, Middlesbrough and Rye House in the final
• Eastbourne sign Swedish international Lillebror Johansson
• Brian Havelock comes out of retirement to help out injury ravaged Stoke
• In the wake of recent tragedies, Andy Grahame refutes that bikes are getting too fast
• Peterborough's Neil Cotton suffers burns in a workshop fire
• 17-year-old Paul Thorp is pushing for a team place at Berwick
• Exeter's top two riders, Les Sawyer and John Barker, are injured in quick succession

Major Meetings

Inter-Continental Final, Vetlanda, July 23rd 1982

• Les Collins (12)
• Kenny Carter (11)
• Dennis Sigalos (10)
• Hans Nielsen (10)
• Kelly Moran (9)
• Bruce Penhall (9)
• Dave Jessup (8)
• Kai Niemi (7)
• Phil Crump (7)
• Jan Andersson (6)
• Peter Collins (6)
• Andy Grahame (6)
• Bo Petersen (6)
• Larry Ross (5)
• Ole Olsen (4)
• Erik Gundersen (3)

Big Wins

Newcastle 72 v 24 Peterborough

Keith Bloxsome (16)..Andy Hines (10)

Weymouth 59 v 37 Berwick

Simon Wigg (15)...Paul Thorp (11)

Long Eaton 60 v 36 Berwick

Alan Molyneux (14)...Steve McDermott (11)

Ellesmere Port 67 v 29 Middlesbrough

John Jackson/Eric Monaghan (13)..Martin Dixon (10)

Ipswich 51.5 v 26.5 Wimbledon

Dennis Sigalos (12)...Dave Jessup (7)

Berwick 64 v 31 Rye House

Steve McDermott (15)..Bob Garrad (13)

Canterbury 69 v 27 Crayford

Denzil Kent (15)...Alan Sage (7)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Kenny Carter (Halifax) 10.67
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.67
• Kelly Moran (Eastbourne) 10.53
• Bruce Penhall (Cradey) 10.42
• Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne) 10.41

League 2

• Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.41
• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.88
• Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.55
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 10.32
• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.04

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Cradley..13..11..0..2..22
• Belle Vue..15..11..0..4..22
• Coventry..15..10..2..3..22
• Swindon..15..8..1..6..17
• Reading..15..7..1..7..15

League 1 Bottom 5

• King's Lynn..15..4..2..9..10
• Leicester..11..4..0..7..8
• Hackney..8..3..1..4..7
• Birmingham..10..2..0..8..4
• Pole..13..0..2..11..2

League 2 Top 5

• Newcastle..20..17..0..3..34
• Mildenhall..23..16..1..6..33
• Ellesmere Port..22..15..0..7..30
• Middlesbrough..18..14..0..4..28
• Rye House..19..13..0..6..26

League 2 Bottom 5

• Edinburgh..17..7..0..10..14
• Glasgow..21..7..0..14..14
• Oxford..18..5..1..12..11
• Crayford..19..5..0..14..10
• Scunthorpe..19..3..2..14..8