W/E SEPTEMBER 11TH 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

World Champion Bruce Penhall

Inside Front

The 1982 World Final podium

Inside Rear

A distraught Kenny Carter

Rear

Les Collins in action

News

• Dennis Sigalos clinches speedway's richest ever prize of £5,000 by winning the Embassy British Open
• Len Silver calls for Bruce Penhall to be stripped of the world title following his non-arrival at the British Open. Both the BSPA and Cradley Heath are threatening legal action against the American
• Canterbury sign Les Rumsey from Weymouth
• Stoke's Mike Sampson breaks a toe

Major Meetings

British Open, White City, September 5th 1982

• Dennis Sigalos (14)
• Hans Nielsen (14)
• Kelly Moran (12)
• Kenny Carter (11)
• Peter Colins (10)
• Larry Ross (9)
• Jan Andersson (8)
• Phil Crump (8)
• Dave Jessup (7)
• Les Collins (6)
• Kai Niemi (6)
• Bo Petersen (5)
• Jiri Stancl(5)
• Andy Grahame (4)
• Vaclav Verner (1)
• Edward Jancarz (0)

Big Wins

Swindon 24 v 54 Cradley

Phil Crump (9)...Erik Gundersen (12)

Newcastle 66 v 30 Middlesbrough

Rod Hunter (15)...Martin Dixon (8)

Weymouth 62 v 34 Oxford

Simon Wigg (13)...Ashley Pullen (14)

Long Eaton 61 v 35 Weymouth

Dave Perks (13)...Simon Wigg (14)

Belle Vue 53 v 25 Leicester

Chris Morton (12)...Les Collins (12)

Berwick 63 v 33 Edinburgh

George Hunter/Steve McDermott (12)..Dave Trownson/Brett Saunders (8)

Stoke 35 v 61 Newcastle

Brian Havelock (13)...Joe Owen (14)

Rye House 64 v 31 Crayford

Steve Naylor (15)...Alan Sage (11)

Rye House 59 v 37 Ellesmere Port

Marvyn Cox/Kelvin Mullarkey (13)...Steve Finch (11)

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..23..18..0..5..36
• Cradley..21..17..0..4..34
• Coventry..23..13..2..8..28
• Sheffield..24..12..3..9..27
• Swindon..22..11..1..10..23

League 1 Bottom 5

• Hackney..16..7..3..6..17
• King's Lynn..25..7..3..15..17
• Halifax..20..7..1..12..15
• Birmingham..19..6..1..12..13
• Poole..22..3..3..16..9

League 2 Top 5

• Newcastle..29..24..0..5..48
• Ellesmere Port..29..22..0..7..44
• Mildenhall..29..20..1..8..41
• Middlesbrough..32..20..1..11..41
• Rye House..28..19..0..9..38

League 2 Bottom 5

• Peterborough..28..10..2..16..22
• Stoke..32..9..1..22..19
• Scunthorpe..29..8..2..19..18
• Crayford..26..7..0..19..14
• Oxford..29..6..2..21..14