Post by bod on Jan 18, 2017 17:54:01 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Poole's Gary Allan leads
Rear
Stoke and Poole Fours line-ups
News
- Barry Briggs begins tests of a new bike consisting of a 600cc production Yamaha engine
- Belle Vue are kicked out of the KOC following an infingement of the rider replacment rules in their semi-final against Reading
- Calls are made to scrap the practice of drawing World Final starting numbers prior to the last qualifyong rounds. A number of riders are accused of manipulating their Inter-Continental Final scores to achieve the best final slots
- Rye House give trials to Dutch pair Rene Elzinga and Robert Jan Munnecom
Major Meetings
Inter-Continental Final, Fjelsted
- Shawn Moran (14)
- Per Jonsson (12)
- Hans Nielsen (11)
- Jan O Pedersen (11)
- Rick Miller (10)
- Kelvin Tatum (9)
- Ronnie Correy (9)
- Richard Knight (8)
- Martin Dugard (7)
- Jimmy Nilsen (7)
- Todd Wiltshire (6)
- Henrik Gustafsson (5)
- Dennis Lofqvist (4)
- Troy Butler (3)
- Conny Ivarsson (2)
- Jeremy Doncaster (2)
Continental Final, Norden
- Gerd Riss (13)
- Zoltan Adorjan (12)
- Armando Castagna (12)
- Roman Matousek (11) (11)
- Zdenek Tesar (10)
- Antonin Kasper (10)
- Sandor Tihanyi (9)
- Wojciech Zaluski (7)
- Antal Kocso (7)
- Klaus Lausch (6)
- Bohumil Brhel (5)
- Vladimir Kalina (5)
- Jozsef Petrikovics (5)
- Tomasz Gollob (4)
- Heinrich Schatzer (3)
- Jan Krzystyniak (1)
Big Wins
Exeter 62 v 34 Wimbledon
Richard Green (15)..Ray Morton (11)
Glasgow 66 v 30 Eastbourne
Steve Lawson (15)..Tony Primmer (10+1)
Wimbledon 61 v 35 Exeter
Andy Grahame (15)...Steve Regeling (12+1)
Middlesbrough 61 v 35 Eastbourne
Rod Hunter (14+1)...Tony Primmer (13+2)
Edinburgh 60 v 36 Eastbourne
Frede Schott (13+2)...Tony Primmer (14+1)
Bradford 58 v 32 Swindon
Marvyn Cox (17+1)...Leigh Adams (7)
Stoke 66 v 30 Peterborough
Nigel Crabtree (15)..Craig Hodgson (11+1)
Eastbourne 62 v 34 Edinburgh
Tony Primmer (15+3)...Les Collins/Scott Lamb (8)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.12
- Jan O Pedersen (Cradley) 9.25
- Marvyn Cox (Bradford) 9.16
- Jeremy Doncaster (Reading) 9.15
- Ronnie Correy (Wolves) 9.08
League 2
- Steve Schofield (Hackney) 10.87
- Craig Boyce (Poole) 10.67
- Mick Poole (Peterborough) 10.30
- Steve Regeling (Exeter) 10.29
- Rod Hunter (Middlesbrough) 10.05
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1
- Reading..20..11..2..7..31
- Belle Vue..20..13..1..6..30
- Wolves..20..11..2..7..27
- Swindon..19..9..2..8..25
- Bradford..18..10..0..8..23
- Oxford..16..7..1..8..18
- Coventry..19..5..2..12..16
- Cradley..14..5..0..9..13
- King's Lynn..18..4..4..10..13
League 2 Top 5
- Ipswich..23..17..1..5..35
- Middlesbrough..24..16..1..7..33
- Hackney..20..16..0..4..32
- Poole..18..15..0..3..30
- Peterborough..25..14..0..11..28
League 2 Bottom 5
- Newcastle..20..9..0..11..18
- Arena-Essex..21..8..1..12..17
- Long Eaton..22..4..2..16..10
- Rye House..23..4..0..19..8
- Milton Keynes..23..4..0..19..8