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after the con cl usio n - something about famil y jewels. J im Ri cci wou ld lead out eac h mot o o n . t hc Lo u is Arur a T riu m p h th at used to ca rry Paul Bostrom. but sli p ped ba ck to second in th e Ama teur ent ry to Don Wa rren 's BSA. In th e No vice portion . C-Z mo u nte d Hank La n man won with a 5-2. whi le Wavnc Su m ner co n tinucd h is oncea- yea r racin g , ta king second. 4-4. on a Triump h . Eric Buechl ey, all 6'8" of h im . too k th e th ird sp ot. winn ing the seco nd moto p orti on a n d a seventh . Kell y Moss and the San J os e Wheel CZ were fourth. a nd ex-spo rt y ca r race r H ow ard Womack fifth on an old Peta l uma Yam ah a . Wild Bill Ripley topped th e Sportsman 250cc Novi ces. desp ite a cra sh . scene on hi s Bu ltaco while Pau l G lade topped th e Amateurs o n an Ossa a nd Gary Rave easily won th e overa ll o n hi s 1974 Husk y, w ith Dean J oyn er in tow a ll th e wa y o n a no ther O ssa . A tri al s section was plan 'd in the ba ck section a m on gst a h ill a nd som e por tions of th e cross -co u n try trac k . with Erni e Stair topping th e non u nit Expert portion as o ldest com pe titor. 46. with Dave Danish top Novice. Lloyd Reeves won th e U n it Co n struction Expert portion o ver Ia n Havdon and C huck Oliver zeroed the No~ice portion over Co lin Ma cDona ld an d Kelly Moss. wh o tied with one point los t. . Th e hillclimb dem ons trat ion was definitel y a gass er with a pair of an cien t Harlcys sho wing what i t was like. while th e best p art of th e day h a p pen ed just before the short tra ck demo. Bu~~s Ma n n ca lled th e assem bl ed fans under a massive tent a nd th en started introducing th e assembled great s. of yester year. Hap j o nes and Tom Sifton were all warmly welco med. al ong with Mert Lawwi ll, Ken Eggers and others . but wh en Ken n y Ro berts was broug ht in. it capped th e en tire da y. Ken n y tol d of poss ible fut ur e prospects . whi ch certa inl y included his forming a team for the 1986 European GPs with Ra n dy Mamol a as one member of the team . a nd Wayne G ardner a m on gst the possible cho ices that certa in ly didn't leav e hi mself out. When ask ed abou t fu ture dirt- tra ck involvement. he couched his answer by stating tha t h e wou ld like to . but it depended on a lo t of variables that he d idn 't th in k would work out un til maybe February. whi ch seems toco incidewith th e Houston opener. . Buggs commented on how H ap J o nes used to ca ll him on the phone to see how he co u ld be of help, and always was. but here was H ap. now sponsoring th e Mer t Lawwill effort and Ken ny Ro bert s having ridden th e bi ke o n ly o nce. a nd thes « thousands of fans rootin g to see him aga in. . T he sho rt -tra ck demonstration was staged for 1958-a nd-ea rlier ma ch in es th a t were the short-track con fig u ra tion of their day. A number o f other short tracker s were in att endance. but werenot qua lifi ed : although ov erl y exuberant ab out wa nting to race. th ey were fir mly turned down . Don H o wa rd h ad a chance to rid e some antique stuff a n d was a ll smi les as was G reg Ferg uso n and J eff S ierrk , a ll rel.u ively yo u ngsters in co m pa rison to eq u ip me n t. Bench raci ng wus nt its best a fter all was quic«, wit h Mert Laww ill a nd H an-k-y a ll a -sm ile a nd not h aviru; cha n ged much in th e past 15 years . wh ile Ken Eg~crs recount ed hi s 1950 Nati onal Milr win a t Bay Meadows with th e o wne rs o f a hill climber th at purport edl y had that eng ine in its fram e. While K':!1Iw Roberts sn uc k off with h is two sons, Bu~~s con tinued to shake hand s and sm ile fo r th eIans that reall y mad e lo r a fun day . relivin g th e days of yesteryea r. • ~ ~ - ~ ~. l!iUBAKl"TSUBAKI CHAIN WINNERS ,.... ... 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