Californian Shawn Moran (3) led the U.S. team to its (irst World T eam Cup Speedway Championship since 1982. The U.S. team beat runner-up England by just threepoints.
" Sudden " Sam Ermolenko is congratulated by his fellow American teammates
after clinching the World Team Cup Championship in the final race.
The winning U.S. squad: (top row, left to right) Billy Hammill, manager' J ohn
Scott, Rick Mill er, Shawn Moran, «(ront row ) Sam Ermolenko and Kelly Moran .
Am eric an Kell y Moran leads Czechoslovakian lcenek Tesar and Dane T o mmy
Kn udsen in one of the many tightly knit heat races.
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U.S. team wins World
Cha p n ip in Czecho
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By John Hipkiss
PARDUBICE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SEPT. 16
merica is back on top of the
speedway world (or the firs t time
since 1982 when Bruce Penhall
led the U.S. team to victory in th e
World T eam Cup final . They made
ligh t of th e ultra-slick conditio ns in
Pa rdubice to stor m to victor y, beating
the En gli sh team by three points wit h
Denmark a further (our points beh ind.
It was a magnificent triumph (or
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Kelly Moran and his bro ther Shawn,
Sam Ermolenko, Billy Hamill and
Ri ck Miller, who had to battle through
the qualifying rounds to get to the
final. England, Denmark and host
nation Czechoslovaki a were gua ranteed the ir places, but the Americans
ha d to get there the hard way, overco min g a strong challenge (rom
Sweden in the semi-final.
