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THE GREAT RACE! -. G ~ . .. $-0 V .0 o ... u o Lance King was the top po intscorer at Swindon, w ith 17. level a t 15 p oints eac h. That revival by En gland, however, was sh ort -lived , as in th e next race, Moran a n d Ri ck Mi ller responded with their own 5- 1 race win to put th e Californians back on the winn ing track. T hat was repeated in heat ei gh t by Kin g a n d Ermolenko a nd by the halfway stage, the Americans had a lO-point advan tage. Their only setbac k ca me in race II when Kin g got him self excluded for touching the tapes and Ermo lenko fell , leav ing reserve Miller to fo llow home En gl and 's Ph il Collins and Ri chard Kni ght. That left th e scores En gl and 30, USA 36. T he Am erican s' lead wa s fu rt her red uced to fo ur po ints a fter race 13 (37-4 1), but from the n on, th ey gra d ually inc reased th eir winning margin for a fi na l result in th e seco nd test o f England 50, USA 58. The third an d fin al test of the 1985 series held a t Sw in do n , was a compl ete sha m bles for En gl and , thoug h they had been unable to ca ll o n th e ser vices o f number o ne rid er Kenn y Carter , wh o wa s injured in the Interco ntin en ta l Final. And with Internati on a l Chris Morton refu sin g to ride, John Davi s feelin g bitter a bo ut ge tting so few rides in th e previous test s, and top cla ss rid er Sim on Wigg o ff co n tes ting a bi g grass track meeting, it wa s n o wonder th e home side was left feeling as th ough th eir cu p board s were bare. But th a t' s n o excu se for th e American s' triumphant win. Nothing co u ld have sto p ped a wh itewa sh by th e bubbling Yanks. ) The Sw indon track wa s very slick and gati ng wa s o bvio us ly crucia l wi th very little pa ssing a fter th e firs t bend, Kin g look ed al most unsto ppabl e. H e d ro p ped hi s o nly point to Engla nd 's yo u ng ris ing star Kelvin Tatum in ra ce five, an d was ba cked by double figures from Moran ( 13) a n d Sch wartz (10). A successio n of three 5- 1 race wins o u t of four races in th e earl y stages were the sprin gboard to a crus h ing o f th e lions. Schwartz a nd Cook obliged firs t in h eat four, followed by Moran /M ill er in race six. befo re Sch wa rtz a nd Cook rep ea ted th eir heat four maximum in hea t seven . Engla nd co u ld o fffer little resista nce, a nd o n ly T atum received double figures for Engl and , with 12 p oints. Ir 's a ll very sad for Eng land, o nce th e lead er o n the In tern a tion al scen e. but th eir po licy of yo u th w ill pa y d ivide nds . • Results US A SCORES IPSW ICH: 1. Shawn Moran (17 ); 2. John Cook ; (10) ; 3 . Sam Ermolenko (10 ); 4 . Lan ce King {81 5 . Bobby Schwartz (7); 6 . Ric k Mill er (51; 5. Eddie Ingels (11 . SWINDON: 1. Lan ce King (1 7 ); 2. Bobb y Schwartz ( 10 ); 3 . Sh awn M ora n (13); 4 . Rick M iller (9); 5. J ohn Cook (8); 6 . Sam Erm olenko (6 ); 7. Eddie Ingels (3 ): 8 . M ike Roon ey (01. SERIES TEST ONE: 1. USA (48); 2. Engla nd (4 8). ; . TEST TWO : 1. USA (581 2. England (501 TEST THREE: 1. USA (66); 2. Eng land (4 2). • SANCTIONED MIA THE SANCTIONED BATTLE Of THE SUPERSTARS Chris Carr Doug Chandler Sam Ermolenko Eric Gaboers Ricky Graham Kent Howerton Eddie Lawson Andre Malherbe Johnny O'Mara. Wayne Rainey Kevin Schwantz Bubba Shobert Jay Springsteen Jeff Ward CARLSBAD RACEWAY Jus! southeast of Oceanside, Ca. , 5 miles east off 1 nte_ 5 on Palomor Airport Rood. Sorry. no overnight camping af Ihe lrod<. FlI' rom end ping other vcro tio. infcrmction, CllI!lId the (crlsbcd Chamber at (om"""",. P.O. Bex 597. Carkbcd. Ca. 97008. F more information, mil (7141 498-0460 or For phone onIen, CAll THE TICKET HOTUNE (714) 498-0460 AND CHAR GEYOUR noms TO MASTERCARD OR VISA. Cycle News every week ! The latest on two wheels ! 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