W/E SEPTEMBER 14TH 1974

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Phil Crump leads John Boulger and Grigori Chlinovski

Inside Front

Hull team photo

Inside Rear

Steve Taylor of Ellesmere Port

Rear

Bob Valentine

News

• Anders Michanek wins the world title with a faultless display in Gothenburg. He is joined on the rostrum by Ivan Mauger and fellow Swede Soren Sjosten
• Ole Olsen looks set to miss the remainderof the season after crashing and being injured in the World Final
• Phil Crump is named as John Louis' latest Golden Helmet challenger
• Boston place Robert Mouncer on the transfer list after he loses his team place due to injury and poor form
• Stoke are unsuccessful in attempts to sign Australian veteran Peter Moore

Major Meetings

World Final, Gothenburg, September 6th 1974

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Big Wins

Birmingham 60 v 17 Sunderland

John Hart (14)...Brian Havelock (6)

Teesside 50 v 28 Scunthorpe

Dave Durham (12)...Tony Childs (10)

Coatbridge 57 v 21 Barrow

Brian Collins (12)...Terry Kelly (7)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Ole Olsen (Wolves) 11.32
• Peter Colins (Belle Vue) 11.27
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 11.14
• Phil Crump (Newport) 10.78
• John Louis (Ipswich) 10.53

League 2

• Phil Herne (Birmingham) 11.06
• Carl Glover (Boston) 10.47
• John Jackson (Crewe) 10.04
• Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 10.02
• Mitch Graham (Workington) 9.90

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Exeter..25..18..1..6..37
• King's Lynn..28..18..1..9..37
• Belle Vue..20..16..0..4..32
• Ipswich..24..15..1..8..31
• Newport..24..14..2..8..30

League 1 Bottom 5

• Cradley..27..10..0..17..20
• Leicester..25..9..1..15..19
• Oxford..26..9..0..17..18
• Hull..26..7..0..19..14
• Coventry..23..7..0..16..14

League 2 Top 5

• Birmingham..26..19..3..4..41
• Eastbourne..29..19..3..7..41
• Boston..32..19..2..11..40
• Workington..28..16..3..9..35
• Bradford..31..17..1..13..35

League 2 Bottom 5

• Rye House..23..12..0..11..24
• Ellesmere Port..27..9..3..15..21
• Sunderland..35..10..0..25..20
• Weymouth..28..8..0..20..16
• Scunthorpe..32..6..2..24..14