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Euro Challenge (Continued from page I4 ) co uple of seconds in front of Haslam and Burnell. Shobert slip ped in sid e P ol en 's Suzuki down th e front straight as Pol en looked over his sh ou lder, but a t th e end of a last lap that wouldn't have been o u t o f pl ace in a wrestling ring, Shobert go t in to a big slide co m ing o ut o f th e ch ica ne and Po len got to th e chec kered flag first by just o ver half o f a seco nd. Burnell fin all y got on th e rostrum , just shad ing Ha slam for third, and Gray wa s well pl ea sed wit h hi s fifth place fin ish a nd a share in th e fastest la p with Pol en a t I minute, 14 - seconds flat a t 95.92 mph. As wa s ex pected a fter Mer ci er retired at th e sta rt of th e race, th e: U.K. team too k over th e points lead from th e U.S., 489 to 479. With just one race to go, th e Eur o sq ua d wa s third with 241 po ints and th e numbet: two U.K. team was la st with 227. PJl Wins 15 World Mini Titles PJ 1 Goldfire Pro and PJ 1 Octane Plus is their winning combination. Get yours at your local dealer. BRIAN SWINK DANNY ULVEN Pee Wee Mod 60cc Stk. 6-8 60cc Mod. 6-8 80cc Mod. Ex. 12-16 Super M in i 105cc . 80cc Stk, lnt, 12-16 CHAD PEDERSON DAMON BRADSHAW 125cc Mod. Int . 250cc Stk.lnt. 125cc Stk. Pro 250cc Mod. Pro ROBBIE REYNARD J.J. SLAGLE 80cc Stk, 9-11 80cc Mod. 9 : 11 125cc Mod. Nov. JEFF DEMENT CLINT LATHAM 80cc Mod. Int. 12-16 Round 6: Donington Park ' Wi th 10 points sepa ra ting the two lead in g team s and just one race to go , th e o u tco me o f th e tea m even t depended o n wh ether Gray co u ld get a good start a nd get into th e top three like he did at Bra nds and wh ether Mercier co uld ge t hi s unfamiliar bike to last until the fini sh of th e IO-Iap, 19.57-m ile race. McMurter had been placin g well and ' was sure to sco re a few points, but co u ld T ommy Dou gl as get a few extra pl aces. If th e answer to a ll th ese was yes, the U.S. team might still win. Burnell a n d Sho be rt got th eir custo ma ry go od sta rts wi th Phillips righ t with th em . Dougl as was certainl y trying h is best for th e Yanks as he was ' sevent h a t th e en d o f th e first lap. Gray had to beat Burnell to be th e third highest points sco rer and he was riding very hard indeed . He went into th e co rne r on th e back .struigh r too hot and barged Whitham off , but sta yed o n him self an d set about chasing th e four Brit s between h im and thi rd p lace. Mean wh ile, Polen had yet again forc ed h is way to the front and was o nce more be ing sha dowed by Sho bert. Has la m loo ked to be go ing harder than he 'd been ab le to manage all weekend as he fou gh t to keep th e Ameri cans in ra nge a n d stay a head of th e cha rgin g Gray wh o 'd pi cked off first Marsh all , th en Phillips and most importantl y Burnell, to go to fourth . But th e U.S. team 's h opes reall y cras hed with Mercier o n la p nine, so Pol en a nd Shobert co ntinued th eir ' personal war at th e front. After th e fifth race , Shobert had been of th e o p in io n th at Pol en was riding lik e a cra zy man a nd o bvious ly need ed to win a lo t more tha n he did. " He hasn 't won enough yet, I g uess." sai d Shobert . ad di ng, " Tve got o ther th ings to do this season ." But in thi s roml udi ng race, Sh o bert went in sid e Po lcn at th e ch ica ne on th e las t lap a nd a lt hough he ra n wide th en' was no wa y Polen was go ing to risk too much on ge ll ing him ba ck. Did Shobert just wa n t to prove a point? "Y eah , I guess ." said the Am erican «luuu p. Polen was qui te happy 10 settl« for fo ur o ut o f six wins a nd being th e top poin ts scorer. Gra y go t fourth ahead of Burnett to get th e th ird top points scorer 's slo t behi nd Polen and Shobert . Was it a ha rd ride for Gray? "Arc yo u kidding? 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