W/E OCTOBER 29TH 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Michael Lee and Terry Betts

Inside Front

Scott Autrey

Inside Rear

Crayford's Alan Sage

Rear

First bend action from Mildenhall

News

• The BSPA refuse Wimbledon and King's Lynn permission to book Anders Michanek into their upcoming individual meetings
• Bryan Seery is tipped to take over as BSPA Secretary from Ron Bott
• The traditional 13-heat, seven man team format for British racing is to be reviewed as a number of tracks push to get second-halves scrapped
• A fire at Cradley causes an estimated £50,000 worth of damage
• Cradley are keen to sign Dave Morton from Hackney. The Heathens are also looking to tempt Eric Boocock out of retirement

Tour Match

Rodenbach 30 v 47 Peterborough

Franz Kreimoser (12)..Kevin Hawkins/Andy Hines (10)

Big Wins

Crayford 25 v 52 Eastbourne

Alan Sage (11)...Colin Richardson/Mike Sampson (12)

Hull 50 v 28 White City

Bobby Beaton/Graham Drury (11)...Kai Niemi (10)

Wolves 52 v 26 Cradley

Jimmy McMillan/Hans Nielsen (11)...John Titman(G) (11)

Ellesmere Port 50 v 28 Mildenhall

John Jackson/Phil Collins (12)...Mike Spink (9)

Cradley 51 v 26 Bristol

Bob Valentine/Dave Perks (11)...Phil Herne (11)

King's Lynn 55 v 23 Coventry

Michael Lee (12)...Ole Olsen (13)

Canterbury 50 v 28 Oxford

Steve Koppe (11)...Martin Yeates (12)

Eastbourne 61 v 16 Berwick

Colin Richardson (12)...Brendan Shilleto(G) (6)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 10.96
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.65
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 10.62
• Gordon Kennett (White City) 10.41
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 10.40

League 2

• Tom Owen (Newcastle) 11.04
• Colin Ricardson (Eastbourne) 10.70
• Martin Yeates (Oxford) 10.62
• John Jackson (Ellesmere Port) 10.24
• Mike Sampson (Eastbourne) 10.18

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..36..27..1..8..55
• Exeter..35..24..3..8..51
• Ipswich..36..25..1..10..51
• Reading..34..23..3..6..49
• Belle Vue..34..19..3..12..41

League 1 Bottom 5

• Hackney..36..14..1..21..29
• Wolves..34..14..0..20..28
• Halifax..36..12..0..24..24
• Birmingham..36..8..0..28..16
• Leicester..36..6..0..30..12