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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Dave Jessup
Inside Front
Belle Vue team photo
Inside Rear
Newcastle team photo
Rear
Hull trio Bobby Beaton, Joe Owen and Mike Curoso
News
- Poles Jerzy Rembas and Marek Cieslak win Continental Semi-Finals of the World Championship at Gorzow and Norden respectively. Zenon Plech is a shock non-qualifier from the Gorzow meeting.
- Anders Michanek, Bengt Jansson, Bernt Persson and Tommy Nilsson clinch the four seeded World Final positions for hosts Sweden
- Ole Olsen is crowned Nordic champion in Tampere Finland. Ila Teromaa, Finn Thomsen and Kai Niemi also qualify for the Inter-Continental Final
- Halifax rider Graham Plant suffers a dislocated shoulder
- Leicester persuade ex-Lion Tony Lomas to make a comeback
- The BBC select Rye House to stage racing scenes for a new Children's Television serial called "King Cinder"
- Reading are closing in on re-signing Boleslaw Proch
- West German Peter Lempenauer wins the first European U-21 semi-final in Krsko. English riders Keith White and Neil Middleditch both qualify for the final in Vojens.
Major Meetings
Fourth Test, Hull, May 22nd 1977
[li]Malcolm Simmons (10)[/li]
[li]Michael Lee (10)[/li]
[li]Terry Betts (9)[/li]
[li]Peter Colins (9)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (8)[/li]
[li]Chris Morton (7)[/li]
[li]Doug Wyer (2)[/li]
Rest Of The World 53
[li]Ivan Mauger (16)[/li]
[li]Ole Olsen (15)[/li]
[li]Billy Sanders (9)[/li]
[li]Phil Crump (6)[/li]
[li]Bobby Beaton (4)[/li]
[li]Egon Muller (2)[/li]
[li]Barry Briggs (1)[/li]
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Fifth Test, Reading, May 23rd 1977
[li]Malcolm Simmons (11)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (10)[/li]
[li]Michael Lee (8)[/li]
[li]Gordon Kennett(res) (8)[/li]
[li]John Davis (6)[/li]
[li]John Louis (3)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup(0)[/li]
Rest Of The World 62
[li]Ole Olsen (15)[/li]
[li]Billy Sanders (13)[/li]
[li]John Boulger (12)[/li]
[li]Phil Crump (11)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (7)[/li]
[li]Edward Jancarz(res) (4)[/li]
[li]Egon Muller (0)[/li]
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Big Wins
White City 53 v 24 Halifax
Marek Cieslak/Gordon Kennett (12)..Chris Pusey (9)
Ellesmere Port 51 v 24 Crayford
John Jackson (15)...Colin Gooddy (6)
Teesside 51 v 27 Scunthorpe
Alan Emerson (12)...John McNeil (14)
Oxford 52 v 25 Mildenhall
Martin Yeates (10)..Bob Coles (16)
Halifax 25 v 53 Cradley
Barry Thomas/Keith White (7)..Anders Michanek (11)
Coatbridge 50 v 28 Workington
Brian Collins/Grahame Dawson (12)..Steve Lawson (10)
Belle Vue 56.5 v 21.5 Leicester
Peter Collins (12)...Jim Brett (8)
Swindon 50 v 27 Wimbledon
David Ashby/Jan Andersson (10)..Eric Broadbelt(G) (11)
Eastbourne 52 v 26 Newcastle
Mike Sampson/Colin Richardson (11)..Tom Owen (12)
Averages - Top 5
League 2
- Tom Owen (Newcastle) 11.38
- John Jackson (Ellesmere Port) 10.99
- Steve Lawson (Workington) 10.80
- Martin Yeates (Oxford) 10.15
- Brian Collins (Coatbridge) 10.00
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- White City..11..8..1..2..17
- Swindon..10..7..0..3..14
- Cradley..13..7..0..6..14
- King's Lynn..12..6..1..5..13
- Coventry..12..6..0..6..12
League 1 Bottom 5
- Birmingham..13..4..0..9..8
- Poole..5..3..0..2..6
- Leicester..11..2..0..9..4
- Hackney..11..2..0..9..4
- Bristol..2..0..0..2..0
League 2 Top 5
- Ellesmere Port..16..10..0..6..20
- Eastbourne..10..7..0..3..14
- Mildenhall..9..7..0..2..14
- Teesside..16..7..0..9..14
- Newcastle..11..6..0..5..12
League 2 Bottom 5
- Crayford..10..3..0..7..6
- Stoke..8..3..0..5..6
- Berwick..8..3..0..5..6
- Edinburgh..7..2..0..5..4
- Scunthorpe..7..1..0..6..2