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(Above left) The U.S . team mobs Kelly Moran after he led all scorers with 12. (Top right) Moran leads former World Champ Mike lee. (Above right) American team captain Bruce Penhall trails England's Dave Jessup. World Team Cup Qualifier: UK round England, U.S. advance in a tie score By John Hipkiss KINGS L YNN , ENGLAND, MAY 16 England and the United States set the pace to both qualify for the Inter-continental stage of the World Team Cup Speedway Championship at Vojens, Denmark, on June 26. It was a lways going to be between th ese two nations fo r th e meet in g 's two q ualifiers, bu t rarely has th ere been such 18 ent h us ias m o n eac h side as both teams tied on 39 points at th e end of 16 excitin g ra ces. A run -ocr was a fiu in g climax as England 's Peter Co ll ins. wh o o n ly ca me to be ri ding because o f a n inj ury to Cris Morton . shot fro m th e ta pes to bea t ocr th e g u tsy cha llen ge from th e American's maximum ma n , Kell y Moran. T h ere were never mo re tha n two po in ts sepa rat ing E ng la nd a n d America throughout th e meeting as both team members gave 110% effort in their riding , with man y of th e races on ly being decided o n th e li ne. It was Kell y's day, shooti ng into a n in vin cibl e lead in the first race to set th e Am er ican team into th e ri ght groove a nd ca rry ing o n to record a max imum 12 po ints. Bru ce Penha ll a nd Sh awn Moran bo th had race wins , but th e odd man o u t was Den ni s Siga lo s wh o reco rded four seco n d p laces , yet was featured in some of the most exci ting races. H is first was when h e push ed forme r world cha mpion Peter Co llins for fou r p u lsa ting laps, forcing th e track reco rd to be broken in th e bar ga in . America went into a hal fwa y lead of j us t o ne poi nt, 20- 19. th anks to a fin e win by Pen ha ll o ver England 's Kenn y Carter. Engla nd pulled back to level th e scores a t 27 eac h in race I I after World Lon g Track Champion Mike Lee barr led to beat Si ga lo s. It wa s a fa ir y tal e endi ng to th e meeting as Engla nd needed to win the last two races to force th e run-off. In th e pen u lt imate heat , Carter ro de to a det erm ined win agai nst Siggy, an d in th e la st race Penhall had to be co nt ent with second p lace to England 's Da ve J essu p . It was good to see that n either team were co nte nt wi th j us t q ua li fying bu t were h un gry for tot al success. Results POINT SCORERS . I . ENGLAND (391: D. Jossup (lll; K. Can or (9); P. Collins (8 ); M . Loo (II ). 2. USA (3 91: 8 . Ponhall (101: D. Sigalos (8 ); S. Moran (9) ; K . Mor an ( 12) . 3. AUSTRALIA (1 01: 8 . Sandors (3); P. Crump (5); J . Titm an (n G. Gugl iom i II). 4 . NEW ZEA LA ND 1 W . Brow n ( 1); D. Bargh (21 8); ; M . Shirr a (3); I. M augor (2). America 's speedway success in Sweden By John Hipkiss SWE DE N, MAY II . 12. 13 Ame rica n speed way rid ers re. presen ting their co u n try won a min i test series agains t Sweden , two meetings to one . Sq uas hed in th e midd le of a very hectic racin g p eri od for th e America ns came a trip across th e North Sea to cha lle nge th e once mighty Swedes, just two da ys after a meeting aga inst En gl and a nd o nly two days before th e important World T eam Cup qual ifier . a team headed by World Ch am p ion Bruce Penha ll raced to two victories to o ne against. • Results NORKOPING. SWEDEN 1 491 USA 1 59) . Pan haIl I16 ); Sch w anz (121 K. Moran (121 ; STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (6 1) USA (4 7) R. Prosto n (151; B. Pon hall (131 K. Mora n 1 . ; 91 KUMLA, SW EDEN (4 7) USA (61) Ponhall (I S); K. Mo ra n (13); B. Sch wanz (10).