W/E AUGUST 13TH 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Hans Wassermann leads Anders Michanek

Inside Front

Birmingham's Ray Wilson

Inside Rear

Roger Abel

Rear

Ellesmere Port team photo

News

• Peterborough clinch the NL Fours title from fellow finalists Canterbury, Eastbourne and Stoke
• Colin Richardson defeats Ted Hubbard to retain the Silver Helmet
• Wolves sign Steve Lomas on a full transfer from Hackney
• Ladbrokes are set to take over full control of Crayford Speedway
• Hull fine and transfer-list Mitch Graham after his non-arrival at the Vikings' meeting at Exeter
• Scunthorpe's Arthur Browning suffers a workshop fire which causes around £8k worth of damage
• Danish youngster Bo Petersen is set to join Hackney

Big Wins

Exeter 53 v 25 Hull

Ivan Mauger (15)..Graham Drury (9)

Newcastle 50 v 28 Boston

Tom Owen (13)...Rob Hollingworth (14)

Leicester 27 v 51 Coventry

Ila Teromaa (8)...Mitch Shirra (12)

Crayford 56 v 22 Workington

Vic Harding/Alan Sage (12)..Mick Newton (8)

Newport 59 v 19 Glasgow

Brian Woodward/John Goodall (15)..Mick McKeon (6)

Oxford 60 v 18 Glasgow

Martin Yeates (12)..Mick McKeon (5)

Bristol 52 v 26 Hull

Phil Crump/Phil Herne (12)..Joe Owen (11)

Eastbourne 57 v 20 Boston

Colin Richardson/Mike Sampson (12)..Rob Hollingworth (9)

Glasgow 54 v 24 Mildenhall

Brian Collins/Mick McKeon (12)..Bob Coles (11)

Peterborough 52 v 26 Newport

Kevin Hawkins (11)...Brian Woodward (13)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.21
• Dave Jessup (Reading) 10.94
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 10.75
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.68
• Ole Olsen (Coventry) 10.67

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..25..19..1..5..39
• Reading..18..15..0..3..30
• Exeter..21..14..1..6..29
• Ipswich..22..14..1..7..29
• King's Lynn..25..13..2..10..28

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..24..8..0..16..16
• Hackney..22..6..1..15..13
• Bristol..17..6..0..11..12
• Birmingham..22..5..0..17..10
• Leicester..24..3..0..21..6

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..26..22..0..4..44
• Ellesmere Port..27..17..1..9..35
• Rye House..23..16..2..5..34
• Newcastle..23..14..1..8..29
• Peterborough..20..13..0..7..26

League 2 Bottom 5

• Edinburgh..21..10..0..11..20
• Weymouth..24..6..3..15..15
• Scunthorpe..23..7..0..16..14
• Berwick..22..5..1..16..11
• Stoke..20..4..0..16..8