Post by bod on Apr 7, 2018 21:21:26 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Erik Gundersen and Jan O Pedersen
Inside Front
Bobby Schwartz and Rick Miller
Inside Rear
NL Fours Champions Middlesbrough
Rear
Coventry team photo
News
- Hans Nielsen wins his first World Championship with a fourteen-point haul at Katowice
- BSPA Manager Ron Bott resigns his position with effect from the end of the season
- Czecholslvakia hope to send a team to tour NL sides during the autumn
- Sheffield drop attempts to lure John Cool to Owlerton after the American doesn't repsond to their attempts to contact him
- Paul Thorp claims the National League Riders' Championship with an immaculate 15-point maximum at Coventry
Major Meetings
World Final, Katowice
wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/886/1986-world-final-slaski-stadium
NLRC, Coventry, 30th August 1986
wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/3212/1986-national-league-riders-championship
Big Wins
Arena-Essex 57 v 21 Birmingham
Andrew Silver/Martin Goodwin (11)..Ian Stead (7)
Berwick 51 v 27 Canterbury
Charlie McKinna (12)..Dave Mullett (10)
Mildenhall 53 v 25 Glasgow
Dave Jessup (12)...Steve Lawson (10)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 11.42
- Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 11.16
- Jeremy Doncaster (Ipswich) 10.23
- Sam Ermolenko (Wolves) 10.15
- The late Kenny Carter (Bradford) 10.05
League 2
- Dave Jessup (Mildenhall) 10.84
- Steve Schofield (Poole) 10.67
- Paul Thorp (Stoke) 10.42
- Andrew Silver (Arena-Essex) 10.33
- Jamie Luckhurst (Wimbledon) 10.12
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Oxford..9..9..0..0..20
- Reading..10..6..1..3..14
- Wolves..8..6..0..2..14
- Sheffield..8..5..0..3..12
- Coventry..10..4..1..5..10
League 1 Bottom 5
- Belle Vue..10..4..0..6..8
- Swindon..3..3..0..0..7
- Ipswich..9..3..0..6..7
- Bradford..9..2..1..6..6
- King's Lynn..12..0..0..12..0
League 2 Top 5
- Middlesbrough..32..21..1..10..43
- Eastbourne..27..19..1..7..39
- Poole..27..18..1..8..37
- Stoke..28..18..0..10..36
- Arena-Essex..27..17..1..9..35
League 2 Bottom 5
- Exeter..27..10..0..17..20
- Canterbury..26..8..1..17..17
- Long Eaton..24..7..2..15..16
- Glasgow..27..7..0..20..14
- Newcastle..25..6..1..18..17