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o n t he third. But Roberts ' race be came aca de mic as th ey were m illin g arou nd fo r th e st art ; his Yamaha went on o ne cylinder , vict im o f a broken coi l wi re, an d w as pulled off the grid. It was a bu nch ed- up an d almost in dist ingu ishable m ob th a t bu rst ou t of tu m fo ur at th e end o f one lap - Kid d, Jo rgy. and th e res t, passing in a clo ud of sparkling tear-aways, Th e black crud th at was ge tting sprayed back on number plates and face sh ields was." mostly all rubber as the t ric k Goody ears in tra du ced a new sou nd to Ameri can dir t tr ac k - tire sq uea l on Ken Murr ell 's pavement-like track surface . By the second lap , J ay Sp rings teen had du cked under Kid d fo r th e lead , a nd Rex Beaucham p wo u ld soon mo ve p ast J o rgy for t hird. Sco tt wa s reelin g th e mid-pack ers in wit h a qu ick, deliberate ch arge. Kidd 's engine so ur ed .an d died wi thin minutes. Pau l Bostrom broke a pist on an d th e m ob beh ind Springst een shu ffle d aga in as Rex 'Beaucham p b roke cle ar . Keen er and Scott m oved up to bracke t J orgensen while Rex mov ed right up on J ay 's tail, duck ing under in to the lead ou t of tu rns three-fo ur . Ald an a was bottled up in .m id-p ac k with Berry and Sassaman . J ay Springst ee n repassed Re x and th e two pu lled clear riding as a ballet duet. po ised with in inc hes of ea ch o th er. Three seconds back, by m id-ra ce, we re Scott , J o rgy and Keen er in a wedge. Sas saman , Berry and Alda na knotted in a third clump and t he fourth gro up held Ro m ero , Hocking, Clee k, Eklu nd (t he o n ly ..ro o kie to make the Fin a l), Wirt h and Bubba Ru sh, in m or e or less that order. Springst een pulled o u t abo u t a bi ke len gth cle ar of Beauc hamp an d held it till abo ut three laps from the end. Rex said "J ay seem ed to slow up a bit ." J ay agreed, " Co ming up the straigh t, full th rottle , it would see m t o hes itate every no w and th en . .. boy, I tho ug ht he was goin g)O let me win t his one, but he didn't." " No t bloody li kely. Wit h the white flag in sigh t, Rex pulled clear away fr o m J ay co min g out of the last tu m and held it. Though both Keener an d Jo rgy had led t he second wedge at one t ime or ano the r , it was Sco tt who hel d it the most an d t he latest , taking a lin e sligh tly o utside his co mpe tit ors, sneakin g a look under h is lowside sho u lder exi ting turn four and ne atly slamming th e door in to turn on e. He u sed lapped traffic on the fin al lap (Drost e and Collins, bar -to-bar fo r 14 th / 15 th ) to make th e point stick. Aldana broke clear of the third gro up in the lat e lap s as Sassama n felt his tire beginning to go away, an d Berry slowed even further , ge tt ing a wei rd nasty wobble part way up th e fr ont st raig ht. Rick' Ho cking m anaged to du ck un der Romero in to turn one , an d Ek lund briefly go t a wh eel by Burritto as the three wiggled together o ut of turn fo ur , bu t Ro me ro edged Steve at th e finis h. A philosoph ical Ken ny Rob erts said af terwards that both he and th e new Go od years were going to be "still aroun d" a t other di rt tracks. An d Gary Sc ott, minut es afte r results were Harley-Davidson team manager O'Brien squeezed Rex on the arm and said, " Let's do it." ~ex did . Sc:on would sneak a look to the left, and either Corky or Jorgy would be there. - announced, plunked do wn $35 00 to claim Rex Beauchaml"s Harley . His main reason , " They (Harley) weren 't " w illin g to sell en o ugh co m po nen ts to build so me m ot o rcy cles . . . Ek lund got a set o f cas es in three day s; I been trying to ge t p arts for three months. " Un der the revised clai m ing rule, the factory will eithe r h ave to deliver up the engine uni t out of th e winning bi ke o r settle off-track to Gary 's sat isfactio n. Results SAN JOSE 2 CHAMPIONSHIP,1 5MILE 2. . HoO. a l' . o ! NOr\" 7. Gregg Sssaman(H.D 8 Tm Randy C (HoD) 1. Eddie W ·D). eek . 3 irth(H ;:;:_A Beau cnamp ~O ) . (H~ D ) . Jay Sprin gsteen 3 . Gary Sco tt ( H-O ). 4 . A lex Jorg enson 5 . Cor ky K eene r (H-D) . 6 . Dave A ld ana Be rry (H· D) . 9 . R ick Hock ing (HaO . 10. Ge ne Ro me ro IH-D ). 11 . St eve E k lund ( H -O). 12 . 14. Bubba Rush (H·O). 15. M ike Co llin s (H ·D). 16 . Steve Droste (H-D) . 17. Hank Scott (Yam l . 18. Mike Kid::: ( ~ :-::;j . 19 . Pau l Bost rom (H':D ). 2 0 . K6ii n y Roberts (Vam) . T ime 15.4 .02-95 .7 44 rnpn-new record. T RO PH Y RACE: 1. Chuck Palm g ren (H -D). 2. S kip A ksland (Yam) . 3 . Terry ~ Poe .4 Dorsch (H-D).S. ovy(1+0) .Terry MikeCaves(H) .MertLawwll (H . ·D .8 ·D).9 TUNOF.92. CAMEL PRO POIN ime75 6ICIAL ,F T Pat Marinaccl (H- D ). 6 . D an McWh orter (H·O) . 7. Te d Bo odY (HoD) . 10. Walt Foster (Tr il . STANDI NGS AFT ER SAN JOSE NAT ' L : 1. Ri ck H OC kin g 55 .2. Ke n Ro be rts 44. 3 . Gary Sco tt 2 4. 5 . Ja y Sp rings te en 21. 6 . Dav id HBubba" Ru sh 2 1. 7 . Dave Hans en 2 0 . 8 . Rex 8~at!champ 7 ~C~le~e~k;2~O~'~lO:~'~S;te~v~e.~~~;;;;==:===::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:::::::::=::::!_~ Ekl u nd 19 . 11. Ga ry N ix o n 16 . 12 . Mike Caves 16 . 13. Gene Ro mer o 16. 20. 9 . Randy I