W/E AUGUST 6TH 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Gordon Kennett and Mick Hines

Inside Front

Martin Yeates in action

Inside Rear

Hackney's Keith White

Rear

Nigel Couzens and Ken Matthews

News

• Mike Bast wins the American Final at Costa Mesa. Bruce Penhall joins Bast in qualifying for the Inter-Continental Final
• Bob Kilby and Ila Teromaa both score 19 points in defeats for their respective Swindon and Leicester teams

Major Meetings

Danish Championship, Fredericia

• Ole Olsen (14)
• Finn Thomsen (13)
• Hans Nielsen (11)
• Alf Busk (11)
• Finn Jensen (11)
• Bo Petersen (11)
• Bent Rasmussen (10)
• Kristian Praestbro (8)
• Frank Mastrup (7)
• Knud Ellegaard (6)
• Erling Rasmussen (5)
• Gunnar Svensen (3)
• Bent Norregaard (3)
• Kurt Bogh (3)
• Jens Krause-Kjaer (2)
• Ernst Bogh (0)

Big Wins

Newcastle 50 v 28 Glasgow

Tom Owen (15)...Brian Collins/Mick McKeon (8)

White City 51 v 27 Cradley

Marek Cieslak (11)...Bernt Persson (12)

Newport 59 v 19 Teesside

John Goodall (15)..Steve Wilcock (8)

Oxford 53 v 24 Berwick

Martin Yeates (12)...Graham Jones (10)

Eastbourne 54 v 24 Weymouth

Dave Kennett (12)...Danny Kennedy (11)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.21
• Dave Jessup (Reading) 11.06
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 10.67
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.65
• Ole Olsen (Coventry) 10.63

League 2

• Tom Owen (Newcastle) 11.02
• Colin Richardson (Eastbourne) 10.64
• Martin Yeates (Oxford) 10.49
• John Jackson (Ellesmere Port) 10.44
• Steve Lawson (Workington) 9.72

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..25..19..1..5..39
• Reading..17..14..0..3..28
• Exeter..20..13..1..6..27
• Ipswich..21..13..1..7..27
• Swindon..20..13..0..7..26

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..23..7..0..16..14
• Hackney..22..6..1..15..13
• Bristol..16..6..0..10..12
• Birmingham..21..5..0..16..10
• Leicester..22..3..0..19..6

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..23..19..0..4..38
• Ellesmere Port..25..16..1..8..33
• Rye House..20..13..2..5..28
• Newcastle..21..13..1..7..27
• Mildenhall..21..12..1..8..25

League 2 Bottom 5

• Newport..18..8..0..10..16
• Weymouth..21..6..3..12..15
• Scunthorpe..21..6..0..15..12
• Berwick..21..5..0..16..10
• Stoke..19..4..0..15..8