W/E MAY 7TH 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Steve Bastable

Inside Front

Alan Molyneux

Inside Rear

Peterborough's Andy Hines

Rear

Dave Gooderham of Ipswich

News

• Poole rider Kevin Holden tragically dies in a crash during the Pirates' KOC home clash with Reading.He was 26 years-of-age
• Edward Jancarz wins a World Championship Qualifying Round at Bremen in Germany. Jancarz finished two points clear of compatriot Marek Cieslak and German star Egon Muller
• Hackney are keen to sign Polish rider Jerzy Rembas
• Bristol's new Eastvile track open to a crowd of over 20,000. The meeting was won by Ole Olsen but is marred by track issues which caused riders to pull out and serious injury to John Davis and Edgar Stangeland
• Ivan Mauger is set to sponsor Hackney rider Keith White's bid for the European U-21 Championship
• NL Oxford protest to top-flight Swindon's change of alternative race night from Wednesday to Thursday
• Edinburgh swoop for Nigel Wasley on-loan from Cradley
• 15-year-old starlet Sean Willmott looks set to join Weymouth when he turns sixteen
• Hackney's Trevor Hedge is forced to take a three-week break from racing owing to fatigue

Major Meetings

World Championship Qualifying Round, Stoke, April 30th 1977

• Robbie Gardner (13)
• John Jackson (12)
• Carl Glover (12)
• Steve Lawson (11)
• Keith White (10)
• Craig Pendlebury (9)
• Graham Drury (9)
• Roger Johns (9)
• Vic Harding (8)
• Ray Bales (6)
• Alan Emerson (5)
• Frank Auffret (5)
• Brian Havelock (5)
• Keith Evans (5)
• Ian Robertson(res) (1)
• Pete Jarman (0)
• Mick Fishwick (0)
• Trevor Charley(res) (0)

World Championship Qualifying Round, Rye House, May 1st 1977

• Karl Fiala (15)
• Les Collins (12)
• Mike Lanham (10)
• Kevin Jolly (10)
• Ted Howgego (10)
• Dave Gooderham (9)
• Arthur Browning (8)
• David Gagen (8)
• Alan Sage (8)
• Colin Gooddy (7)
• Hugh Saunders (6)
• Grahame Dawson (5)
• Billy Burton (5)
• Kelvin Mullarkey (3)
• Barry Etherington (2)
• Nigel Wasley (1)
• John Waldrab(res) (1)

Big Wins

Exeter 50 v 28 Swindon

John Titman/Mike Farrell (11)..Martin Ashby (14)

Ellesmer Port 50 v 28 Rye House

Phil Collins (11)...Kelvin Mullarkey (10)

Belle Vue 52 v 26 Halifax

Peter Collins (12)...Chris Pusey (10)

Sheffield 53 v 24 Hull

Doug Wyer/Arnold Haley (9)..Frank Auffret (12)

Workington 50 v 28 Coatbridge

Brian Havelock (12)...Alan Emerson (9)

Edinburgh 52 v 26 Newport

Bert Harkins (15)...Brian Woodward (9)

Eastbourne 62 v 16 Berwick

Colin Richardson (12)..Graham Jones (7)