Post by bod on Oct 27, 2016 15:48:10 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
USA rider Dennis Sigalos
Inside Front
Chris Morton
Inside Rear
Halifax's Kenny Carter in action
Rear
Danish star Hans Nielsen
News
- Les Collins is named SWAPA rider of the year
- Barry Briggs is making a comeback in the Martin Hewlett Memorial meeting at Swindon
- Shawn Moran is USA champion
- Hackney's Bo Petersen breaks a leg
- Peter Collins' Belle Vue future in doubt as they offer him reduced terms for 1983
- Belle Vue are allocated the staging of the 1983 Overseas Final
- Exeter's Keith Millard becomes youngest rider to score 400 league points
Tour Matches
Exeter 38 v 39 Red Star Prague
Keith Wright (10)..Vaclav Verner (12)
Birmingham 40 v 38 Red Star Prague
Hans Nielsen/Andy Grahame(11)..Petr Ondrasik (9)
Swindon 45 v 33 Red Star Prague
Steve Bastable/Steen Mastrup (9)..Milan Spinka (8)
Rye House 54 v 41 Red Star Prague
Peter Johns (15)...Jiri Stancl (12)
Big Wins
Newcastle 64 v 32 Middlesbrough
Joe Owen (15)...Steve Wilcock (14)
Peterborough 61 v 35 Boston
Dave Allen (15)...Steve Lomas (14)
Belle Vue 54 v 24 Sheffield
Larry Ross/Chris Morton (12)..Preben Eriksen (10)
Halifax 54 v 24 Eastbourne
Kenny Carter (12)..Gordon Kennett (13)
Berwick 51 v 27 Edinburgh
Rob Grant/Bruce Cribb/Steve McDermott (10)..Dave Trownson (15)
Peterborough 62 v 34 Milton Keynes
Ian Barney (18)...Steve Payne (12)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Kenny Carter (Halifax) 11.03
- Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.74
- Hans Nielsen (Birmingham) 10.43
- Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 10.39
- Dennis Sigalos (Ipswich) 10.15
League 2
- Joe Owen (Newcastle) 11.12
- Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 10.65
- Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.32
- Rod Hunter (Newcastle) 10.30
- Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.01
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Belle Vue..28..23..0..5..46
- Cradley..25..20..0..5..40
- Coventry..27..16..2..9..34
- Sheffield..26..14..3..11..31
- Ipswich..25..14..2..9..30
League 1 Bottom 5
- Halifax..27..10..1..16..21
- Hackney..25..9..3..13..21
- Eastbourne..25..8..3..14..19
- King's Lynn..26..8..3..15..19
- Poole..28..3..3..22..9
League 2 Top 5
- Newcastle..35..30..0..5..60
- Mildenhall..34..24..1..9..49
- Middlesbrough..36..24..1..11..49
- Ellesmere Port..34..24..0..10..48
- Weymouth..36..22..1..13..45
League 2 Bottom 5
- Canterbury..35..12..1..22..25
- Scunthorpe..36..11..2..23..24
- Stoke..35..11..1..23..23
- Crayford..33..10..0..23..20
- Oxford..34..6..3..25..15