Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ SPEEDWAY Overseas Speedway Final e J~r~my Doncaster (left) and Todd Wiltshir~ (center) were the top two finishers at the Overseas Final in England. Doncaster was the top points getter. England's Martin Dugard is sandwiched between Americans R o n n ie Correy (outside) and Moran (in side) in one of the 20 heat races at Coventry. England's Wiltshire (left), Australia's Doncaster (cen ter) and American Shawn Moran (righ t) will head to the Inter-Continental semi finals in Denmark next month. Rick Miller (2), along with Moran and Corey, qualified to represent the U .S. at the Inter-Continental semi finals. American Billy Hamill failed to make the COL 'I Moranheads American effortin England went on to cli nch hi s pl ace on the p resentatio n ros tru m wit h a n eq ua lly devasta ti ng win over Engla nd's Martin Du gard. Correy took . a mu ch smoo t her passa ge into the next round. He looked th e more impressive a nd was cer ta in ly the most co nsistent of the Am erican quartet. H e had failed to ge t o ne of th e four places from the Cal ifornia qu alifier, but a s first reserve, he stepped in when Greg' Hancock was forced to pull out with th e arm fra cture he su stained in the Long Beach, California, run-off a whil e back. Correy was keyed up to make the m ost o f hi s seco n d c h a nce and , altho ugh he was beaten by Wil tshire in his first race, hi s win over Mill er next time ou t put him a mo ng the leaders. The objec tive was a pl ace in the semi fina l and Correy was never in doubt. Tw o m ore secon d places behind Tatu m a nd J erem y Doncaster , who went o n to co m p lete th e 15-point maximum, saw him safely home before he' tai led off in his last race. Mill er was more of a surprise pa cket. H e was ridin g o n his home track but he had don e tha t in two previous overseas rounds without having any success . This time he mad e the hom e . adv antage co unt. Mill er failed in hi s opening heat but aft er taking second place to Correy in h is next ou ting .he made a superb getaway in his third ride to beat hi s ) .By John Hipkiss COVENTRY, ENGLAND, JUNE24 hawn Moran will lead a th reepronged Am eri ca n assault at the Inter-Con tinen tal semi final s at th e Speedway World Champ ionsh ip a t Fjelsted, Denmark. August 12. Despite the pain and d iscom for t of two brok en ribs. Moran, alo ng with fellow America ns Ronnie Correy a nd Rick Mill er, moved one step closer to th e World Championsh ip fin als with co nsistent finishes at Coventry. Moran was the top scorer of the four Ameri can riders wh o co mpeted at the overseas even t by finishing thi rd. just o ne point ahead of Correy, while Miller finish ed two po ints behind Hamel. The fourth American rider, Bill y H amill, wh o was the top scorer on .the California circuit last year, co uld not produce hi s usual winning form and was never in co ntention for one of the n ine places that . were available for the sem i finals. H e tall ied S on ly fo ur poi n ts a nd was way down th e chart in 15th place. Thenight's top qual ifier was England 's J erem y Doncaster, who co mpl eted a 15-p oint maximum score, whil e Australia ' s Todd Wiltshire fin ished second with 13 points. Moran had some a nxio us mom ents before he finally got hi s act together. He made a good openi ng to lead in hi s first race but was then pushed back to second wh en he was overta ken by Engla n d' s ca pta in Kelv in Ta tu m. Mor an foll owed with two th ird pl aces a nd a t th e interva l h is qualifying cha nces were in the bal an ce, but aft er the halfway point Moran was a lot more co ntro lled. T wo sli ck starts and some determined riding brought him two comfortable wins and places on th e rostrum. He inflicted the first defeat o n the Australian, Wiltshire, and then Co ventry clubrna te Tatum. Another failure after the break left him needing points from hi s fina l race in or der to ge t th rough . Miller mad e sure by lead in g from start to finish . c. Results Q UAUFIERS: I. J erem y Doncaster (England ); 2. T odd Wiltsh ire (Austra lia ); 3. Sha wn Mo ran (USA); 1. Ronn ie Co rry (USA); 5. M. Dugard (Eng la nd); 6. Ri ck Miller (USA); 7. Kelvin Ta tum (Eng land); 8. T . Butler (Au stra lia ); 9. S. Cross (Eng la nd). HEAT I: I. J erem y Do ncaster ; 2. M. Lora m; 3. R. Knight: .1. Ri ck Miller. HEAT 2: l. Kelvin Tatum: 2. Sha wn Moran: 3. D. Rough; 4. Havelock (mach ine fa ilure). 1 HEAT 3: I. Todd Wiltsh ire; 2. Ronnie Corry; , . S. WigJ:; 1. Bill y Ham ill . I HEAT 4: I. M. Dugard : 2. T . BUller: 3. L Adams ; 4. S. Cross. fl HEAT 5: I. T . Butler; 2. Bill y H amill ; 3. M. Lo ram : 4. Kelvin T at um (mach ine failu re). HEAT 6: I. Ron nie Co rrey: 2. Rick Mill er ; ! . S. Cross; 4. D. 8ar gh . HEAT 7: I. Todd Wilt shire; 2. G . Havelock; ,. M. Du gard : 1. R. Knig ht. HEAT 8: 1. Jerem y Doncaster. 2. S. Wigg: 3. Shawn Moran ; 4. L Ada ms. HEAT 9: I. Todd Will sh ire; 2. L Ada ms; 3. M. Lo ra m; 4. D. Bargh. HEAT 10: I. Rick Mill er; 2. Kelvin T at u m: , . M. Dugard ; 1. S. Wigg. . HEAT \I: I. S. Cross; 2. R. Knigh t; 3. Shaw Mora n: 4. Bill y H amill. HEAT 12: 1. J erem y Don caster; 2. Ron n ie Correy 3. G. Ha velock; 4. T . But ler. HEAT 13: I. G . Gavelock; 2. S. Cross: , . M. Loram 1. S. Wigg. HEAT 14: I. Shaw n Mo ran; 2. Todd Wil uhirr .5. T . Butl er; 4. Rick Miller. " HEAT 15: 1. Kelvin Tatu m; 2. Ronnie Correy , . R. Kni gh t; 4. t.. Ada ms. . HEAT 16: I. J eremy Don caster: 2. M. Duga n! 3. Bill y H am ill; 4. D. Bargh. . HEAT 17: I. Shaw n Mo ran ; 2. M. Du gard : s. M Loram ; 4. Ronnie Corr~. HEAT 18: I. Rick Miller; 2. L Adams; , . Bill Hamill ; 1. G. Havelock . HEAT 19: 1. S. Wigg; 2. R. Kni gh t; s. T . Butl 1. D. Bargh. HEAT2IJ: I. J erem y Don castert Z, Todd Wil tsh ire 3. S. Cross; 4. Kelvin T atum.

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