Speedway: Grand Prix Qualifying Round (3 July 1976) at Belle Vue Stadium

Peter Collins (Belle Vue Aces) before the start of Heat 1

Heat 1: Peter Collins (Belle Vue Aces)

Heat 3: Dave Morton (Hackney Hawks)

Heat 4: Scott Autrey (Exeter Falcons) in white and Doug Wyer (Sheffield Tigers) in blue

Heat 5: Reide Eider (Leicester Lions) in white and Keith White (Hackney Hawks) in blue

Start of Heat 6: Doug Wyer (Sheffield Tigers) in red, Dave Morton (Hackney Hawks) in blue, Russ Hodgson (Belle Vue Aces) in white and Christer Sjosten (Poole Pirates) in yellow/black

Geoff Pusey (Belle Vue Aces)

Alan Wilkinson (Belle Vue Aces) before the start of Heat 7

Heat 7: Chris Morton (Belle Vue Aces) in white and Steve Gresham (Newport Wasps) in yellow/black

Finn Thomsen (Wolverhampton Wolves) before the start of Heat 9

The final placings were:

          1st        Peter Collins (Belle Vue Aces)       14 points

          2nd       Scott Autrey (Exeter Falcons)        13 points

          3rd=      Dave Morton (Hackney Hawks)     12 points

          3rd=      Doug Wyer (Sheffield Tigers)         12 points

Speedway: John Player's No. 6 Classic (16 April 1976) at Belle Vue Stadium

Heat 4: Chris Morton (yellow/black), Tommy Jansson (white), Peter Collins (blue) & Jim McMillan (red)

Heat 6: Peter Collins

Heat 8: George Hunter (red) & Tommy Jansson (yellow/black)

Peter Collins, Eric Boocock, Russ Hodgson & Chris Morton

Peter Collins

Heat 12: Chris Morton (red) & Nigel Boocock (yellow/black)

Eric Boocock, Paul Tyrer & Chris Morton

Heat 14: Mitch Graham (yellow/black), Reg Wilson (white) & Kristian Praestbro (red)

Tommy Jansson

Heat 15: Russ Hodgson (white) & Soren Sjosten (yellow/black)

Heat 16: Geoff Pusey (red) & Jim McMillan (yellow/black)

Result: 1st Peter Collins (15 points)
           2nd Doug Wyer (12 points)
           3rd Chris Morton (12 points)
           4th Tommy Jansson (12 points)
There was a run-off for 2nd and 3rd places, finishing as above

Speedway: Belle Vue Aces v Newport (2 August 1975)

An Inter League Cup match at Belle Vue.

Heat 1: Soren Sjosten (red), Paul Tyrer (blue) & Phil Herne (yellow/black)

Heat 2: Russ Hodgson (blue), Geoff Pusey (red), Brian Woodward (white) & the right leg of Arthur Browning

Heat 3: Phil Crump (yellow/black), Chris Morton (red) & Bob Coles (white)

Heat 5: Phil Herne

Match Result: Belle Vue Aces 50 Newport 28

Speedway: Belle Vue Aces v Wimbledon (5 July 1975)

Another Gulf Oil British League speedway meeting at Belle Vue and now I had my telephoto lens.

Heat 1: Soren Sjosten (red), Paul Tyrer (blue) & Barry Briggs (white)

Heat 1: Barry Briggs

Heat 2: Reg Luckhurst (yellow/black), Graham Banks (white), Russ Hodgson (blue) & Geoff Pusey (red)

Heat 3: Ed Stangeland (white), Chris Morton (red) & Roger Johns (yellow/black)

Heat 4: Peter Collins (red), Tommy Jansson (white) & Geoff Pusey (blue)

Heat 5: Ed Stangeland (yellow/black), Chris Morton (red) & Alan Wilkinson (blue)

Heat 6: Soren Sjosten 

Match Result: Belle Vue Aces 53 Wimbledon 25