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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Shauna Rohbock won for the second straight week and set a Utah Olympic Park track record in World Cup women's bobsled race Friday.
Rohbock, the silver medal driver in the Turin Olympics, and brakeman Valerie Fleming finished the two runs with a combined time of 1 minute, 37.58 seconds.
Their second run of 48.73 seconds was the fastest ever for women's bobsled on the track, breaking the record of 48.81 that Americans Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers set while winning gold at the 2002 Olympics.
Germany's Cathleen Martini and brakeman Janine Tischer were second (1:38.01), followed by Canadians Helen Upperton and Jennifer Ciochetti.
Rohbock had never won as a driver in a World Cup race until winning the season opener last week in Calgary. She and Fleming will try for a North American sweep next week in Lake Placid, N.Y.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-12-08-06 1650MST
