W/E OCTOBER 5TH 1985

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Tommy Knudsen

Inside Front

Daz Sumner

Inside Rear

Alun Rossiter

Rear

Ipswich team photo

News

• Kenny Carter suffers a blow as he learns he requires a further operation on his broken leg and faces four months in plaster
• Reading are finally granted a work permit to bring Norwegian Champion Einar Kyllingstad into their team
• Milton Keynes veteran Derek Richardson announces his intention to quit the sport at the end of the season
• Middlesbrough have opened talks with ICI about moving to a new sports stadium being built in the town
• Ipswich are in talks with former number one Dennis Sigalos about the American making a surprise comeback

Big Wins

Exeter 51 v 27 Wimbledon

Colin Cook (10)...Jamie Luckhurst (9)

Poole 56 v 22 Wimbledon

Martin Yeates (11)..Roger Johns (8)

Wimbledon 51 v 27 Arena-Essex

Mike Ferreira (12)...Bob Humphreys (7)

Ellesmere Port 50 v 28 Hackney

Joe Owen (11)...Andy Galvin (10)

Middlesbrough 51 v 27 Stoke

Steve Wilcock (12)...Tom Owen (8)

Edinburgh 50 v 27 Stoke

Steve Finch (12)...Paul Thorp (8)

Berwick 53 v 25 Edinburgh

Steve McDermott (10)..Brett Saunders (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 11.70
• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 11.28
• Shawn Moran (Sheffield) 10.50
• Tommy Knudsen (Coventry) 10.45
• Simon Wigg (Oxford) 10.22

League 2

• Joe Owen (Ellesmere Port) 10.62
• Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne) 10.37
• Stan Bear (Poole) 10.15
• Mike Ferreira (Wimbledon) 10.13
• Roger Johns (Wimbledon) 9.78

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Oxford..14..11..0..3..27
• Halifax..16..8..1..7..20
• Sheffield..13..9..0..4..20
• Ipswich..13..7..0..6..18
• Coventry..15..7..1..7..17

League 1 Bottom 5

• Belle Vue..16..6..0..10..14
• Reading..13..5..0..8..13
• Swindon..12..5..0..7..12
• King's Lynn..15..5..0..10..10
• Wolves..12..3..2..7..8

League 2 Top 5

• Poole..35..25..1..9..51
• Middlesbrough..33..24..1..8..49
• Ellesmere Port..32..23..1..8..47
• Wimbledon..34..21..1..12..43
• Hackney..35..21..0..14..42

League 2 Bottom 5

• Rye House..34..13..0..21..26
• Birmingham..31..12..1..18..25
• Glasgow..33..10..1..22..21
• Long Eaton..34..9..2..23..20
• Edinburgh..31..8..0..23..16