W/E AUGUST 13TH 1988

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Golden Greats - Barry Briggs, Peter Collins and Ray Wilson

Rear

Hackney youngster Mark Loram

News

• Hans Nielsen wins the Inter-Continental Final of the World Championship
• Zenon Kasprzak is crowned Continental Champ
• Emerging nation Hungary have two World Finalists for the first time
• Mark Loram suffers wrist and shoulder injuries in a crash at Waterden Road
• Wolves open talks with American Bart Bast
• German Gerd Riss quits Ipswich to concentrate on Longtrack racing
• Bradford sign Hungarian World Finalist Antal Kocso for 1989
• Ivan Mauger agrees to fly in to appear in Barry Briggs' Golden Greats at Coventry
• Peterborough clinch the NL Fours on home shale after Kevin Hawkins beats Gordon Kennett in the last heatof the final

Major Meetings

Continental Final, Leszno

• Zenon Kasprzak (14)
• Antal Kocso (13)
• Roman Jankowski (12)
• Roman Matousek (12)
• Sandor Tihanyi (11)
• Andrzej Huszcza (11)
• Gerd Riss (9)
• Antonin Kasper (8)
• Paolo Salvatelli (6)
• Dariusz Stenka (5)
• Lubomir Jedek (4)
• Janos Balogh (3)
• Zoltan Adorjan (3)
• Ryszard Franczyszyn (3)
• Marius Korbel (2)
• Zdenek Scneiderwind (2)

Inter-Continental Final, Vetlanda

• Jan O Pedersen (14)
• Hans Nielsen (12)
• Erik Gundersen (12)
• Per Jonsson (12)
• Kelvin Tatum (11)
• Conny Ivarsson (9)
• Chris Morton (8)
• John Davis (8)
• John Jorgensen (7)
• Simon Wigg (7)
• Sam Ermolenko (7)
• Simon Cross (5)
• Peter Ravn (3)
• Mitch Shirra (2)
• Marvyn Cox (2)
• Richard Knight (1)

Big Wins

Exeter 62 v 34 Berwick

Alan Rivett (14)..Charlie McKinna (14)

Long Eaton 62 v 34 Mildenhall

Gary O'Hare (16+2)...Mel Taylor (15)

Exeter 62 v 34 Berwick

Alan Rivett (14)..Charlie McKinna (14)

Berwick 68 v 28 Rye House

Charlie McKinna (15)..Jens Rasmussen (11)

Eastbourne 67 v 29 Exeter

Gordon Kennett/Dean Standing (15)..Steve Regeling (10+1)

Stoke 64 v 32 Long Eaton

Graham Jones (15)..Mike Spink (14)

Belle Vue 58 v 32 Ipswich

Chris Morton (13+1)..Jeremy Doncaster (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 11.06
• Tommy Knudsen (Coventry) 10.42
• Kelvin Tatum (Coventry) 10.09
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 9.92
• Jan O Pedersen (Cradley) 9.74

League 2

• Mark Loram (Hackney) 10.75
• Andy Galvin (Hackney) 10.70
• Steve Schofield (Poole) 10.19
• Mel Taylor (Mildenhall) 10.08
• Mark Courtney (Berwick) 9.98

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Coventry..27..23..1..3..59
• Oxford..29..14..6..9..41
• Belle Vue..26..16..1..9..40
• Cradley..27..15..1..11..40
• Reading..26..13..2..11..35

League 1 Bottom 5

• Swindon..24..9..1..14..24
• Wolves..27..8..2..17..21
• Ipswich..24..9..0..15..21
• Sheffield..25..9..2..14..21
• Bradford..21..5..0..16..10

League 2 Top 5

• Hackney..19..17..1..1..35
• Berwick..22..13..0..9..26
• Poole..18..12..1..5..25
• Wimbledon..18..11..1..6..23
• Peterborough..18..10..1..7..21

League 2 Bottom 5

• Exeter..22..7..0..15..14
• Mildenhall..17..6..1..10..13
• Rye House..19..6..0..13..12
• Long Eaton..17..4..0..13..8
• Middlesbrough..14..2..0..12..4