W/E AUGUST 27TH 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Bobby McNeil

Inside Front

Mick McKeon of Glasgow

Inside Rear

Danny Kennedy

Rear

British Junior Champ Les Collins

News

• Swedish world finalist Anders Michanek suffers a crushed foot in a crash in Sweden
• Newcastle Aussie Phil Michelides quits the Diamonds to return to his native Australia
• Norwegian star Reidar Eide looks set to return to British speedway with former club Leicester
• Erik Gundersen scores a maximum as Denmark u-21's beat their Swedish counterparts
• Oxford are keen to sign Swindon junior Malcolm Holloway on loan
• Bernt Persson wins the Swedish title with a fifteen-point maximum. Tommy Nilsson finishes as runner-up
• Former Birmingham rider Audun Ove Olsen is crowned Norwegian champion at Skien.
• USA rider Bruce Penhall is considering offers from Halifax and Wolves to remain in the UK for the remainder of the 1977 season

Major Meetings

Inter-Continental Final, White City, August 21st 1977

• Peter Collins (15)
• Ole Olsen (13)
• Billy Sanders (12)
• Michael Lee (12)
• Ivan Mauger (9)
• John Boulger (9)
• Finn Thomsen (8)
• John Davis (7)
• Dave Jessup (7)
• Ila Teromaa (6)
• Doug Wyer (6)
• Kai Niemi (5)
• Keith White (4)
• Bruce Penhall (3)
• Phil Crump (2)
• Mike Bast (1)

Big Wins

Exeter 52 v 26 Coventry

Ivan Mauger (12)..Alf Busk (12)

Hull 52 v 26 Sheffield

Bobby Beaton/Graham Drury (14)..Doug Wyer (9)

Ipwich 54 v 24 Leicester

John Louis/Billy Sanders (12)..John Boulger (12)

Berwick 54 v 24 Peterborough

Robin Adlington (12)..Kevin Hawkins (10)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.08
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 10.82
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.73
• Dave Jessup (Reading) 10.57
• Malcolm Simmons (Poole) 10.49

League 2

• Tom Owen (Newcastle) 11.00
• Martin Yeates (Oxford) 10.80
• Colin Richardson (Eastbourne) 10.59
• John Jackson (Ellesmere Port) 10.29
• Mike Sampson (Eastbourne) 9.82

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..27..21..1..5..43
• Reading..22..16..1..5..33
• Ipswich..25..16..1..8..33
• King's Lynn..27..15..2..10..32
• Exeter..22..15..1..6..31

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..28..9..0..19..18
• Hackney..24..7..1..16..15
• Bristol..18..7..0..11..14
• Birmingham..24..5..0..19..10
• Leicester..27..4..0..23..8

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..30..24..0..6..48
• Ellesmere Port..31..18..1..12..37
• Rye House..24..16..2..6..34
• Newcastle..26..15..1..10..31
• Workington..27..14..1..12..29

League 2 Bottom 5

• Oxford..22..10..0..12..20
• Scunthorpe..27..10..0..17..20
• Weymouth..28..7..3..18..17
• Stoke..24..7..0..17..14
• Berwick..23..6..1..16..13