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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Ole Olsen and Finn Thomsen
Inside Front
Sunderland team photo
Inside Rear
Oxford team photo
Rear
Dag Lovaas leads Bobby Beaton and Tom Owen
News
- Russian star Vladimir Gordeev wins the Continental Final in Togliatti and leads five Russian and three Polish qualifiers for the European Final
- Former Swindon rider Clive Hitch makes a comeback at Rye House in place of transfer-seeking Trevor Barnwell
- Struggling Hull fail in a bid to lure former Sheffield star Jim Airey back to British racing
- Newport's Roy Trigg tells the club he will be emigrating to New Zealand at the end of the season
- Norwegian Dag Lovaas smashed over a second off the Oxford track record
Major Meetings
Continental Final, Togliatti, June 23rd 1974
- Vladimir Gordeev (12)
- Mikhail Starostin (11)
- Zenon Plech (11)
- Mikhail Krasnov (10)
- Anatoli Kuzmin (10)
- Jan Mucha (9)
- Edward Jancarz (9)
- Grigori Chlinovski (8)
- Ryszard Fabiszewski (8)
- Valeri Gordeev (7)
- Vladimir Zaplechny (6)
- Marek Cieslak (5)
- Henryk Glucklich (3)
- Alexander Pavlov (3)
- Bernard Jader (3)
- Zbigniew Filipiak (2)
Second Test, Poole, June 19th 1974
[li]Terry Betts (13)[/li]
[li]Dave Jessup (13)[/li]
[li]John Louis (13)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (10)[/li]
[li]Ray Wilson (10)[/li]
[li]Malcolm Simmons (7)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (0)[/li]
[li]Pete Smith (0)[/li]
Sweden 42
[li]Soren Sjosten (16)[/li]
[li]Tommy Jansson (11)[/li]
[li]Bengt Jansson (5)[/li]
[li]Tommy Nilsson (4)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (3)[/li]
[li]Kenneth Selmossen (2)[/li]
[li]Soren Karlsson (1)[/li]
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Third Test, Sheffield, June 20th 1974
[li]Peter Collins (18)[/li]
[li]Terry Betts (17)[/li]
[li]Doug Wyer (14)[/li]
[li]Reg Wilson (13)[/li]
[li]Chris Pusey (12)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (9)[/li]
Sweden 25
[li]Soren Sjosten (10)[/li]
[li]Tommy Jansson (5)[/li]
[li]Bengt Jansson (5)[/li]
[li]Tommy Nilsson (2)[/li]
[li]Tommy Pettersson (2)[/li]
[li]Kenneth Selmossen (1)[/li]
[li]Soren Karlsson (0)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (0)[/li]
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Fourth Test, Hackney, June 21st 1974
[li]Dave Jessup (15)[/li]
[li]John Louis (15)[/li]
[li]Chris Pusey (14)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (14)[/li]
[li]Barry Thomas (9)[/li]
[li]Ray Wilson (6)[/li]
Sweden 35
[li]Soren Sjosten (15)[/li]
[li]Tommy Pettersson (6)[/li]
[li]Bengt Jansson (5)[/li]
[li]Tommy Jansson (5)[/li]
[li]Tommy Nilsson (3)[/li]
[li]Kenneth Selmossen (1)[/li]
[li]Soren Karlsson (0)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (0)[/li]
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Fifth Test, Coventry, June 22nd 1974
[li]Dave Jessup (15)[/li]
[li]John Louis (15)[/li]
[li]Doug Wyer (15)[/li]
[li]Ray Wilson (12)[/li]
[li]Reg Wilson (7)[/li]
[li]Nigel Boocock (5)[/li]
[li]Tony Davey (2)[/li]
Sweden 37
[li]Soren Sjosten (13)[/li]
[li]Tommy Nilsson (8)[/li]
[li]Tommy Jansson (5)[/li]
[li]Tommy Pettersson (4)[/li]
[li]Soren Karlsson (4)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (2)[/li]
[li]Bengt Jansson (1)[/li]
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Big Wins
Stoke 56 v 22 Sunderland
Geoff Pusey (12)..Brian Havelock (10)
Newport 52 v 26 Coventry
Phil Crump (12)...Nigel Boocock (11)
King's Lynn 51 v 27 Halifax
Terry Betts (11)...Charlie Monk (8)
Workington 50 v 28 Stoke
Mitch Graham (11)...Mike Broadbank (11)
Canterbury 55 v 23 Bradford
Dave Gooderham/Barney Kennett (10)..Colin Meredith (7)
Eastbourne 58 v 20 Bradford
Bobby McNeil/Paul Gachet (11)...Colin Meredith (6)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.55
- Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 11.37
- Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.06
- Dag Lovaas (Hackney) 10.76
- John Louis (Ipswich) 10.67
League 2
- Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 10.67
- Phil Herne (Birmingham) 10.64
- Trevor Jones (Canterbury) 10.64
- Bruce Forrester (Teesside) 10.30
- Bobby McNeil (Eastbourne) 10.18
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Wolves..15..9..1..5..19
- Halifax..15..8..2..5..18
- King's Lynn..14..9..0..5..18
- Exeter..11..8..1..2..17
- Hackney..12..8..1..3..17
League 1 Bottom 5
- Leicester..12..4..1..7..9
- Wimbledon..14..4..1..9..9
- Hull..9..2..0..7..4
- Oxford..12..2..0..10..4
- Coventry..10..2..0..8..4
League 2 Top 5
- Boston..16..11..0..5..22
- Eastbourne..12..9..1..2..19
- Barrow..17..9..1..7..19
- Berwick..20..9..1..10..19
- Workington..12..8..1..3..17
League 2 Bottom 5
- Rye House..11..5..0..6..10
- Weymouth..14..3..0..11..6
- Scunthorpe..12..2..1..9..5
- Ellesmere Port..11..2..1..8..5
- Sunderland..17..2..0..15..4