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Man of th e mat ch , Shawn Moran , ra ced to a n im macula te 18-point max imum, a nd was backed by Bobby Schwartz . (16) an d Dennis Siga los (15). Schw ar tz lost his two points to Kenn y Carter a nd Dave J essup a nd played a fine ca p tains role, encouraging the rest of the team to win th e meeting, making it all sq ua re a t two each , with th e 'fina l test just three days later at Sheffield. The Ameri cans had tak en a 14point lead going into the halfway mark , aft er they had earlier been traili ng by two points aft er heat th ree. That lead was increased to 20 points by race 14 and the meeti ng was over. La nce Kin g fell in his first ride a nd suffered engine p robl ems in hi s fourt h , but still battled on to record four po ints, a nd with J ohn Cook showing more fir epower, and sco ring six points, th e stage wa s set for a grand fin al e. ....... Results USA. 66: 1. Shawn Moran(1B); 2. Bobby Schwartz (16); 3. Dannis Sigalo s (IS); 4. Kally Moran (6); 5. John Cook (6); 6. Lance King (41; 7. Rick Miller (1). ENGLAND. 42; 1. Kenny Carte r (131 2 . Simon ; W igg (9); 3. Chris Morton (9); 4. Deve Jes sup (n 5. Mike Lea (3); 6. Neil Collin s (1 I; 7. Peter Colli ns (0); a. John DaVIS (0 ). USA/England Test Series: Final round England takes the marbles By John Hipkiss EN GLAN D, MAY 8 Eng la nd triumphed in the last two hea ts a t Sh effield Speedway for a 58 ~50 win to clinch the speedway test series agai nst USA,3 -2. The score was tied 48-48 when Kenny Carter and yo ung Neil Collins lin ed up in heat 17. T he latter mad e an electric sta rt, and with Ca rter sha dowing him all the way, Ame rica's top scorer, Dennis Siga los , was pushed into th ird pl ace. - USA needed a 5-1 from th e last race to force a tie, but En gland skip per Peter Collins a nd Mik e Lee pu t on a repeat of th e previous race over th e Moran brothers to give th e "home" team a 58-50 victo ry. It was touch a nd go all the way for Engl and as th e Amer icans were leading for mo st of the meeting, enjoying a six point adva ntage wh en th ey collected a maxi m urn 5-1 ra ce win by th e Morans in heat six, but by th e halfway point England had pulled back to square th e totals. Again the America ns pulled way with a 4-2 heat win in race II , only ha ve th e British answer back the same way in the next race. Sigalos paid th e price of loaning his bike to h is teammates in th e last few races. When lining up for the crucial heat 17, his clutch burned out, paving the way for victory "to England. John Cook had earlier kept up their hopes by ra cing to a heat win in the 16th race over Chris Morton. That win was half of Cook's point total, which showed the determination of the Americans. It 's ironic that after five tests, it all rested on the outcome of the 90th heat, and afterwards both teams were full of praise for the other. _ NO CONTEST footing, we're sponsoring six regional motocross workshops exclusively for . new Team members.There we'll teach you how to maintain and prep your bike 5 Becausefrom May 1 throughJuly 15. Husqvama is inV every m iting otefor any racing situation, how to plan and crosser toprove their worth. Purchase a implement a personal training program and howto.ride like a champion. new, 1 Husqvama CR -125, 250 983 or Open C 500 and join Team lass Husqvama. Like a good manager, we'll Hurry down and contact your local Husqvama dealer for-details- our watch your results all season long.This auditions are open, but only through year's topcompetitors will be our first July 1 5th choice for next season's Factory ba cked local, regional and national efforts. Are you lookingfor afast way tothe top?With Husqvarna, it's no contest. As aTeam member, you'll receive a personalzed team jersey, support information packet and race results reports, And tobe sure everyone has an equal Results ENGLAND. sa : 1. Peter Collins (16); 2. Chris Mor· ton (141; 3. Kenny Carter (13); 4 . Les Coll ins (5); 5. M ika Lae (4); 6. Neil Collins (4); 7. steve aastable (2 ). . USA. 50: 1. Denn is Sigalos (13 ); 2. Shawn Moran (12); 3. aobby Schwartz (11); 4. John Cool< (6); 5. Kelly Moran (5); 6. Lance King (3). 27