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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
World Pairs Champions Denmark
Inside Front
John Davis lifts at the start
Inside Rear
British Junior Championship Rostrum
Rear
Stoke team photo
News
- Ole Olsen wins the second World Masters meeting in Bremen, West Germany. Peter Collins and Bruce Penhall jointly lead the series
- The USSR qualify for the Continental Final of the World Team Cup after an easy victory on the Pardubice staged semi-final. Hungary finish a distant second ahead of Holland and Austria
- Belle Vue pay £4,500 to Boston for the services of 22-year-old racer Dave Allen
- Malcolm Simmons is fined £40 for not making sufficient effort to attend a meeting at Exeter in May
- Promoter Mike Parker expresses concerns that riders have too much power and are asking for extortionate amounts ofmoney to appear in open meetings
- Belle Vue lose interest in signing Mike Bast after he requests terms in the region of £20,000
- Planning permission is being sought for a multi-sports complex, including speedway, at Leckwith on the outskirts of Cardiff
- Czech authorities grant both Jiri Stancl and Milan Spinka approval to race in Britain. Stancl is expected to join Reading whilst Spinka is awaiting offers
Major Meetings
First Test Match, Wimbledon, July 12th 1979
[li]John Davis (13)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (12)[/li]
[li]Michael Lee (11)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (9)[/li]
[li]Malcolm Simmons (9)[/li]
[li]Gordon Kennett (7)[/li]
[li]Roger Johns (0)[/li]
Australasia 47
[li]Phil Crump (13)[/li]
[li]Larry Ross (12)[/li]
[li]Billy Sanders (11)[/li]
[li]Bruce Cribb (5)[/li]
[li]John Titman (4)[/li]
[li]Mitch Shirra (2)[/li]
[li]Gary Guglielmi (0)[/li]
[li]Steve Koppe (0)[/li]
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Big Wins
Newcastle 53 v 25 Milton Keynes
Tom Owen (15)...Andy Grahame (12)
Hull 50 v 28 Eastbourne
Kelly Moran (12)..Gordon Kennett (11)
Ellesmere Port 56 v 22 Peterborough
John Jackson/Steve Finch (12)..Dave Gooderham (7)
Halifax 79 v 29 Reading
Ian Cartwright (15)..Bernie Leigh (9)
Cradley 51 v 27 Birmingham
Bruce Penhall (14)..Andy Grahame (14)
King's Lynn 55 v 23 Hackney
Michael Lee/Dave Jessup (12)..Finn Thomsen (7)
Berwick 51 v 27 Oxford
Mike Fullerton (10)..Les Rumsey (8)
Rye House 59 v 19 Workington
Karl Fiala (14)...Brian Havelock (7)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Scott Autrey (Exeter) 10.98
- Ivan Mauger (Hull) 10.88
- John Davis (Reading) 10.49
- Ole Olsen (Coventry) 10.39
- Phil Crump (Swindon) 10.31
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Coventry..18..14..0..4..28
- Hull..14..11..0..3..22
- Cradley..15..10..0..5..20
- Swindon..18..10..0..8..20
- King's Lynn..16..10..0..6..20
League 1 Bottom 5
- Ipswich..13..5..1..7..11
- Eastbourne..19..5..1..13..11
- Hackney..17..5..1..11..11
- Reading..13..5..0..8..10
- Leicester..15..2..0..13..4
League 2 Top 5
- Ellesmere Port..14..10..0..4..20
- Mildenhall..12..9..0..3..18
- Rye House..11..9..0..2..18
- Edinburgh..15..9..0..6..18
- Oxford..11..8..1..2..17
League 2 Bottom 5
- Crayford..15..6..0..9..12
- Stoke..12..5..1..6..11
- Boston..13..3..2..8..8
- Weymouth..15..3..1..11..7
- Scunthorpe..14..0..0..14..0