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Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Ronnie Genz leads Bob Kilby
Rear
Cradley team photo
News
- Ivan Mauger wins his first British title and in the process stops Barry Briggs from claiming a fifth successive victory
- Norman Hunter takes 2/5ths of a second off Nigel Boocock's West Ham track record during the Hammers' drubbing of King's Lynn
Major Meetings
British Final, Wimbledon, July 11th 1968
wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2527/1968-british-final
World League, Hackney, July 12th 1968
[li]Terry Betts (12)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (11)[/li]
[li]Colin Pratt (11)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (8)[/li]
[li]Nigel Boocock (8)[/li]
[li]Norman Hunter (7)[/li]
[li]Ray Wilson (3)[/li]
Poland 18
[li]Antoni Woryna (7)[/li]
[li]Pawel Waloszek (7)[/li]
[li]Stansislaw Tkocz (3)[/li]
[li]Edward Jancarz (1)[/li]
[li]Konstanty Pociejkowicz (0)[/li]
[li]Jerzy Trzeszkowski (0)[/li]
[li]Zbigniew Podlecki (0)[/li]
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World League, Coventry, July 13th 1968
[li]Nigel Boocock (9)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (7)[/li]
[li]Terry Betts (6)[/li]
[li]Norman Hunter (6)[/li]
[li]Ray Wilson (5)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (4)[/li]
[li]Ken McKinlay (3)[/li]
Poland 38
[li]Pawel Waloszek (14)[/li]
[li]Antoni Woryna (8)[/li]
[li]Henryk Glucklich (6)[/li]
[li]Jerzy Padewski (6)[/li]
[li]Zbigniew Podlecki (3)[/li]
[li]Jerzy Trzeszkowski (1)[/li]
[li]Edward Jancarz (0)[/li]
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Big Wins
Exeter 50 v 28 Oxford
Martin Ashby (12)..Eddie Reeves (8)
Middlesbrough 50 v 28 Weymouth
Graham Plant/Allan Brown (12)..Chris Yateman (8)
Belle Vue 55 v 23 Swindon
Cyril Maidment/Soren Sjosten (12)..Mike Broadbank (10)
Cradley 54 v 24 Coatbridge
Roy Trigg (11)...Bernt Persson (10)
Halifax 50 v 28 Wimbledon
Eric Boocock (12)..Olle Nygren (13)
Nelson 53 v 25 Reading
Murray Burt (12)..Dene Davies (7)
King's Lynn 50 v 28 Poole
David Crane (12)...Geoff Mudge (9)
Oxford 54 v 24 Newport
Ronnie Genz/Leo McAuliffe (10)..James Bond/Jimmy Gooch (7)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ivan Mauger (Newcastle) 11.44
- Martin Ashby (Exeter) 10.85
- Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 10.76
- Barry Briggs (Swindon) 10.75
- Anders Michanek (Leicester) 10.39
League 2
- Chris Bass (Plymouth) 11.50
- Allan Brown (Middlesbrough) 11.29
- John Poyser (Reading) 10.30
- Mike Cake (Plymouth) 10.29
- Mick Handley (Crayford) 10.00
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Hackney..21..14..2..5..30
- West Ham..20..15..0..5..30
- Swindon..22..11..1..10..23
- Coventry..22..11..0..11..22
- Newcastle..15..11..0..4..22
League 1 Bottom 5
- Oxford..20..8..0..12..16
- King's Lynn..20..7..1..12..15
- Wolves..19..7..0..12..14
- Wimbledon..17..6..0..11..12
- Poole..20..4..2..14..10