W/E SEPTEMBER 15TH 2001

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Speedway Star Cover Men

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Jason Crump

News

• Jason Crump wins a superb GP in Bydgoszcz, but Tony Rickardsson finishes runner-up and is now just two rides away from his fourth world title
• Exeter's future looks bleak after a second succssive meeting is abandoned due to floodlight failure, despute reassurances from stadium landlords that the fault had been rectified
• King's Lynn boss Nigel Wagstaff is angry after Polish rider Piotr Protasiewicz changes his mind on a deal to join the club
• Workington's Carl Stonehewer becomes the first rider to successfully defend the Premier League Riders' Championship title. Stonehewer wins the final from old adversary Sean Wilson, with Bjarne Pedersen back in third

Major Meetings

Polish GP, Bydgoszcz, September 8th 2001

wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2846/2001-polish-grand-prix-bydgoszcz

Premier League Riders' Championship, Coventry, September 9th 2001

• Simon Stead (12)
• Bjarne Pedersen (12)
• James Grieves (11)
• Paul Fry (11)
• Carl Stonehewer (9)
• Sean Wilson (9)
• Paul Thorp (8)
• Steve Masters (7)
• Michael Coles (7)
• Robert Eriksson (7)
• Brett Woodifield (6)
• Adrian Rymel (5)
• Ray Morton (5)
• Leigh Lanham (3)
• Paul Pickering (3)
• Armando Castagna (2)
• Andrew Moore(Res) (2)
• Ritchie Hawkins(Res) (1)

Big Wins

Isle Of Wight 56 v 34 Sheffield

Danny Bird (14)...Sean Wilson (14)

Isle Of Wight 57 v 33 Newcastle

Danny Bird (13)...Bjarne Pedersen (15)

Sheffield 57 v 33 Swindon

Lee Complin (16+1)...Paul Fry/Claus Kristensen (9+1)

Berwick 58 v 32 Workington

Michal Makovsky/David Meldrum (12+2)..Peter Karlsson (13)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Jason Crump (King's Lynn) 10.30
• Leigh Adams (Oxford) 10.25
• Scott Nicholls (Ipswich) 9.80
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 9.58
• Billy Hamill (Coventry) 9.27

League 2

• Carl Stonehewer (Workington) 10.71
• Sean Wilson (Sheffield) 10.42
• Simon Stead (Sheffield) 10.21
• Bjarne Pedersen (Newcastle) 10.19
• Peter Carr (Edinburgh) 9.88

League Tables

League 1

• Oxford..29..20..4..5..55
• Poole..30..19..2..9..51
• Coventry..28..17..2..9..44
• Ipswich..24..14..1..9..35
• Eastbourne..29..10..3..16..29
• Peterborough..25..11..2..12..28
• Wolves..28..11..0..17..25
• King's Lynn..27..8..1..18..22
• Belle Vue..28..6..1..21..14

League 2 Top 5

• Hull..25..16..3..6..46
• Newcastle..22..16..1..5..41
• Sheffield..23..15..0..8..38
• Swindon..23..14..3..6..37
• Workington..25..14..2..9..37

League 2 Bottom 5

• Stoke..23..10..1..12..22
• Berwick..24..8..1..15..21
• Glasgow..24..9..0..15..20
• Trelawny..23..4..1..18..10
• Newport..22..4..1..17..9