Ronnie Coney (leading) and Kelly Moran (Iefr) were lwo of four American riders
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advance towards the World Finals.
Hamill tall ied 12 poin ts, one point less than Tatum'stop sco re of the meeting,
Kell y Moran made the CUI, the fourth
and fin al Ameri can 10 do so, shari ng
th e bottom line wi th Sh irra and Brit
J er em y Don ca st er. Moran did so
despile tailing o ff aft er a promising
opening and finish ing third and
fourth in his lasI lWO races. With fou r
rid ers advancing, the U.S. finished th e
meet on the same level as England.
Odd-man OUI was Ri ck Mill er ..
whose hopes virtuall y d isa p pea red
before the interval when his first three
rides netted him onl y one po int.
Although Miller i mp ressed w he n he
finished eighth in hi s firs t World Final
on th e sa me tra ck last Sep tem ber, he
neve r looked his best this time a nd
col lected on ly four points fro m five
rides.
T atum lo pped the sco reca rd by
winning four races in fine sly le,
making hi s on ly slip in hi s seco nd
outing wh en he started on th e ins ide
ga te. He lost gro u nd in th e tight first
turn and although he tri ed hard to
reco ver, he co u ld not get past Todd
Willshire a nd J oe 5oreen. He had
a lread y disposed o f the ch allen ge o f
fellow Brit Doncaster and went o n 10
notch th ree mo re win s over Ermolenko, H amill a nd Aus tra lia n Leigh
.Ada rns.
T he big sh ocks were th e eli m ina tio n
o f British cham p Ga ry Havelock o n
hi s home tra ck a nd th e failure of Au ssie
cham p G len n Doyle.
Last yea r's World number th ree
T odd Wiltshire o f Austral ia was
relegated to reserve a n d Bri t Ne il
Co lli ns wo n o ne race impressively but
fin ished last in hi s o the r four.
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Results
QUAunERS: Kevin T atum (Engla nd ) I! ; Sam
Ermolen ko (USA) 12; Bill y Ha mill (USA) 12; Andy
Sm ith (Eng land ) 11; Pau l Thorp (Eng land) 10;
Ronnie Co rrey (USA) 9: jeremy Don caster (Eng land )
7; Milch Shirra ( N ~ Zealand) 7; Kelly Moran (USA)
7: Reserve - Todd wiltshire (Australia) 6.
NON.QUAUnERS: Glmn Doyle (Australia) 6;
j oe Sc reen ( En K la n d) ~ ; Rick Milia (USA) 4; Gary
Havelock (England) 4; Leigh Adams (Australia ) 4;
Nri l Colli ns (Eng land ) ".
