text: BOBSLEIGH - SHIMER PILOTS USA III TO SURPRISE WIN. IGLS, Austria 1996-12-07 
   Brian Shimer piloted USA III to a surprise victory in a World Cup two-man bobsleigh race on Saturday. Lying fifth after the first run, Shimer and breakman Randy Jones delivered a near-perfect second trip down the 1976 Olympic course for an aggregate time of one minute 45. 91 seconds. First run leaders Guenther Huber and breakman Antonio Tartaglia in the Italy I sleigh finished second two-hundredths of a second behind the Americans. Canada I, represented by Pierre Lueders and breakman Dave MacEachern, completed the third World cup event of the winter a further one-hundredth of a second behind the Italians. The Canadians, winners of the opening two events in Altenberg, Germany, and La Plagne, France, increased their lead in the World Cup standings. They have 104 points, 15 ahead of USA I's Jim Herberich and breakman Garrett Hines who managed only 10th place on Saturday.
competitors: Mail-Well Union Planters H&R Block