Speedway: Belle Vue Aces v Poole (12 June 1976)

Heat 1: Malcolm Simmons (white) & Paul Tyrer (blue)

Heat 2: Kristian Praestbro (blue), Colin Gooddy (yellow/black) & Les Collins (red)

Heat 2: Les Collins

Heat 3: Russ Hodgson (red), Pete Smith (white) & Neil Middleditch (yellow/black)

Heat 3: Russ Hodgson

Heat 4: Peter Collins (red), Christer Sjosten (white) & Colin Gooddy (yellow/black)

Heat 5: Chris Morton (blue) & Malcolm Simmons (white)

Match Result: Belle Vue Aces 43 Poole 35

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 Oxford (9 August 1975)

Soren Sjosten before the start of Heat 1

Heat 1: Dag Lovaas (white) & Alan Wilkinson (red)

Chris Morton before the start of Heat 3

Paul Tyrer before the start of Heat 3

Heat 3: Chris Morton (red) & Richard Greer (yellow/black)

Heat 4: Doug Wyer (red), Russ Hodgson (blue) & John Dews (yellow/black)

Match Result: Belle Vue Aces 45 Oxford 33

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

Speedway: Belle Vue Aces v Oxford (28 June 1975)

This is one of my early photographic attempts at Belle Vue speedway stadium and before I got a telephoto lens for my camera.

Soren Sjosten on his way to the start line for heat 1

Heat 1: Soren Sjosten (red), Paul Tyrer (blue), Richard Greer (white) & John Dews (yellow/black)

Heat 3: Chris Morton (red), Alan Wilkinson (blue) & Eddie Davison (yellow/black)

Heat 4: Gordon Kennett (yellow/black) & Dag Lovaas (white)

Match Result: Belle Vue Aces 42 Oxford 36