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certainly weren't the overwhelm-
ing favorites like many American
teams in the past. Once Ryan
Dungey got injured at the end of
the supercross season and Eli
Tomac ruled himself out due to
sheer race overload, expecta-
tions were dropped for a team
that was being led by Webb, a
at the 1986 MXoN, the trio of
Cooper Webb, Alex Martin and
Jason Anderson came so close
to overturning incredible odds
and bringing the Chamberlain
Trophy back to the United States
for the first time in five years.
While it would be wrong
to label this a "B team," they
light just how amazing the sport
of motocross can be in terms of
both human endeavor and as a
sporting spectacle.
In an event that marked the
30th anniversary of the famous
USA "Dream Team" of David
Bailey, Johnny O'Mara and Ricky
Johnson which went 1-2, 1-2, 1-2