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NEW PRODUCTS It was Kell y Moran wh o provided the ins pira tion after tailing off in h is first heat behind Hans Ni elsen, Simon Wigg a nd Bo humil Breh l. Moran did not make a nothe r mistake, ga ting superbly a nd win ni ng his remai ning four races in brillia nt style. After th e firs t th ree heats, the V.S. team had co llec ted only two points b u t th en Ermol enko gave them the boost they need ed, beating Da ne Bo Petersen a nd Br i t Marvyn Cox to regis te r America 's first win. Kell y Moran immediately followed u p with a nothe r victory a nd the Americans were o n . their way. Disappointments in th e next two heats wh en Sh awn Moran a nd Ri ck Miller both finished last left America trailing England and Den ma rk by six points, b ut again Ermolenko came to the resc ue, wi nning a tremendous tussle with Denmark's Tommy Knud sen to snatch second place behind Wigg. Kell y Mora n 's second wi n in the ninth heat gav e th e Americans another lift a nd th ey edged closer to the leaders in th e next heat wh en Sh awn Moran added a no ther three points to th eir tally. H a mill , coming in as a reserve for Miller who cou ld not handle th e bare track, took seco nd pl ace to N ielsen a nd the V.S. went a head for th e firs t time when Ermolenko scored his second win in heat 12. They stayed in fro nt with successive wins fro m the Moran brothers and another valuable second from H amill before Ermolenko was relegated to third by Kelvi n Tatum and Nielsen in hea t 16, bu t Kell y Moran's fourth wi n of the mat ch in hea t 19 left Englan d needing to take full points fro m the fi nal ra ce to fo rce a run -off. All depended on Tatum but while he was . left at th e tapes Ni elsen and Ermolenko shot away a nd sens ibly th e Ca lifo rnian was co ntent to settle for a co mfortable seco nd place to cl inc h th e American victo ry. . The V .S. team totaled 37 points with England second with 34, Denmark third at 30, and the Czechs fourth with 19. It was the excellent tea m work which won the day for America. " We felt if we co u ld beat Sweden in th e qualifying round we could win the final ," said Ermolenko. " We tal ked constantly to each other o n the phone, worked out th e details and tactics and we were all geared up. Things began badly but we suddenly got good when we took 17 points out of a possible 18 in th e m iddle of the meeting." Ermolenko is still disappointed at missing out on th e World Individual Championships after th e AMA decision not to seed him through to the overseas ro und, bu t he said, " I thi n k I have proved a point and this has he lped to make up for that disappointment. It has been a rough year; but I'm tryi ng to make u p for lost time." H ero Kelly Moran had good reason to be delighted with his performance andAmerica's first World Championship Team Cup victory in eight years. " It's been so long since we were on the victory rostrum, I cou ldn't remem ber t h e wo rds to the Star Sp angled Banner," sai d a grin ning Moran. CI'l Results I. U.S.A. ( ~ 7 ) . Kd ly Moran (12); Sam Ermolcnko (I I); Shawn Moran (10);Billy Hamill (4); Rick Miller (O). 2. Eng land (34). Kelvin T atum (I I); 2. Simon Wigg (8); ~ . jeremy Don caster (8); Gary Havelock (5); Marvyn Cox (2). 3. Denmark (30). Han, Nielsen (13); Brian Karger (5); j ohn j orge n>en (4); T ommy .Knudsen (4); Bo Pet ersen (4). 4. Czechoslovakia (19). Zdenek Tesar (6); Bahumil Brhel (6); Roman Matousek (3); Antonin Kasper (3); Vladimir Kalina (I). ROAD RACING'S # STRESS RELIEVER 1 Mikuni's full -color, 15 x 15-inch 16month 1991 Fast Dates ca lendar is racier th an ever with seven of th e ho ttest drag bikes, road racers and sport bikes in Am erica, all acco m pa nied b y beautiful P layboy models . 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