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Heat 15 was int eg ral to Sw ed en 's cha lleng e, w ith Peter Karlsson and Gustafsson recording a vita l 5- 1 over H a m i ll and E rm ol enko , who was clearly strugg ling with the i nj u r ed wrist. Dugard ca me a cropper in 16 , catapu lti ng o ve r hi s handleba rs to prompt som e inq uisit ive glanc es at the th ird b end bl ack sp ot , but h is Eagles teammate Screen took th e rerun fro m Adams and Ryan Sullivan , and it left Sw ed en wi t h 28 , England 26 , USA 24 and Australia 18 . Lora m 's dive under Cook sp lit the po ints wit h th e Yanks in 17, and the Swedes lost a point in t he following rac e when reserve N ik las Klingberg, in fo r th e o ut-o f -sort s M ika el K arl s son , slid off o n a 3 -3 wi th Ric k ar dsson . En g lan d tra il ed Sw ed en and Amer ica by o ne poi nt ahead of heat 20 , which brought St one hewe r to t h e t apes for t he first time . The Prem ier League man trapped from gate one but was tra cked by Gustafsson, who got h is front wh eel to the fore down the back str aig ht. Peter Karlsson was also pressing wh en Stonehewer swift ly jumped back i n t o the lead as Screen battled away vainl y at the back . The smooth Hancock's fourth win of the afternoon kept USA in touch with a 4 -2 in heat 21 - the Coventry cap tain catching Rickar dsson as Coo k went past Klingberg at th e back - bu t En g l a n d ' s h o p e s of glory ap peared to be over when the forlorn Lorarn 's chain c am e off to leave him st ra nded at the start of heat 22. It left th e on us on Lo uis, who had cha nged b ik es a fter a pa tchy sta rt , a nd h e resp onded m aj esti ca lly b y cutt ing up t he ins ide of bo th Cr ump and Adams at the end of the fi rst lap . Scr een and Stonehew er did the bu siness ag ain for the buoyant Lions in heat 23 to set up what appeared a memora ble En g lan d victory - but th en came a hurtful sting in the tail. Swe de n boss Ma ts Olsson was up in t he clouds afte r th e Sc an d inav ians were crown World Te am Cu p champi o ns for only the second time i n 30 years. " I am over th e m oon ," sa id Olsson , who had a brief spell riding in Eng la nd w ith Halifax in the early 1980s. " Bu t the m eeting was one of the most n e r v e - ra c k in g 1 h a v e ever been involved in . I felt befo re th e meeting it would go down to the las t few races, but the scores were so close be tween us, England and America . It was hard to predic t what the outco me was go ing to be." eN Brandon Stadium Coventry, England Results : Sep tember 17, ZOOO O/ A: I. Swede n 4 0 + 3 (Tony Rickardss on 16; M i ka el Kar lss o n 2 ; H enk e G u stafs so n 10 : Pet e r ONE DAY ONLY! sCiat .... rclCiay ~Cia.~~t~~F».~~ S .,.I Form.....' the P artlln, i Lo t 7' t h ---- :Ii! «»«»«» Assorted Goggles _$10 SMX PMT Goggles $10 Graphics $25 - - NO CHECKS • -- N -- ·I ~ Hardware .Je rse ys .... $15 NO CREDIT CARDS OR CHECKS ACCEPTED ON PARKING LOT SALE MERCHANDISE . OUANTITIES ARE LIMITED . FIRST COME . FIRST SERVED . ALL REGUlAR FORMS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED FOR IN-5TORE PURCHASES . Element , M e t h od, Hardwa r e P a nts -- $40 *Produet pbotos are for reference only and may not be idenbcal to sale Items.* ( • ,::::::::con.. CHAPARRAL MOTORSPORTS · 555 SOUTH H STREET, SAN BERNARDINO, CA · 909·889·2761 • OPEN 7 DAYS W Springs Raceway-September 16th 2000 illow MnXUM4 60ES fOR 24 HOURS' EBSCO S uzukiIT eam Corona Extra went tothe 24 Hours of WillowS pringswith one goal in mind...W N IN ING. Andthat's exactlywhattheydid! Outlasting their competitors totakethe HeavyweightSuperStock National C hampions hip uzuki. W it comes tohigh-performance hen aboard their Maxum4 lubricated S lUbricants, additives and cleaners-NO THINGOUTlASTS MAXIMA! Karlsson 12 ; Nikles Klingberg 0) ; 2 . Eng land 40 + 2 (C hri s Lo uis 8 ; Mar k Lor am 1 1; Joe Sc reen 12 : Ma rt in Du gard 5 ; Carl Sto nehew er 5); 3 . USA 35 (Greg Hancock 16; J ohn Cook 7; Billy Ham ill 10: Sa m Ermolenko 2; Brent Wemer 0) ; 4. Australia 29 (Jason Crum p 13; Todd Wiltsh ire 2: Leigh Adams 12: Ryan Sullivan 2: Crai g Boyce 0). HIGH PERFORMANCE LUBRICANTS & ADDITIVES PHONE 619.449.5000 EMAIL into@m aus&.Com WEB m ausa.com axim axim cue I .. n .. _ S • O C TO B ER 4 , 2000 33