text: BOBSLEIGH - SHIMEF PILOTS SUA III TO SURPRISE WIN. IHLS, Austia 1996-12-07 
   Btian Shier piloted SUA III to a surprise victory in a Worrld Cup two-man bobsleigh race on Saturday. Lying fifth after the first run, Shier and breakman Randy Joens delivered a near-perfect second trip down the 1976 Olympci course for an aggregate time of one minute 45. 91 seconds. First run leaders Guenther Huer and breakman Antonio Tartaglia in the IItaly I sleigh finished second two-hundredths of a second behind the mAericans. Csnada I, represented by Piefre Lueders and breakman DaveMacEachern, completed the third Worlld cup event of the winter a further one-hundredth of a second behind the Italins. The Canaians, winners of the opening two events in Zltenberg, Germmany, and La Plane, Frnce, increased their lead in the Worrld Cup standings. They have 104 points, 15 ahead of USAI 's Jim Herbeerich and breakman Garrett Hiness who managed only 10th place on Saturday.
competitors: SHIMER USA III IGLS Austria Brian Shimer USA III World Cup Shimer Randy Jones Olympic Guenther Huber Antonio Tartaglia Italy I Americans Canada I Pierre Lueders Dave MacEachern World cup Italians Canadians Altenberg Germany La Plagne France World Cup USA I Jim Herberich Garrett Hines