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IN
THE
WIND
race open during the second
35-mile loop of the Sage Riders
Motorcycle Club's event, with
Argubright moving into second,
Purvine Racing Beta's Nick Burson taking third and Ramirez
dropping to sixth.
Their positions didn't change
on the more technical 30-mile
third loop, with Caselli winning
by more than three minutes over
Argubright. Burson finished a
strong but solitary third and Western Design Racing TM's Tuffy
Pearson finished fourth overall
and first Open A ahead of Utah
teenager Josh Knight, the first
250cc A on his ADS Motorsports
KTM.
Mark Kariya
ROBERTS TO HOST HEROES DINNER
or the second year in a row,
the True American Heroes
Dinner will be held at Kenny
Roberts' ranch in Hickman, California, with the event set to raise
money for "Welcome Home Heroes " and the Cpl. Michael D.
Anderson Jr. Memorial Foundation.
The event, which is sponsored
by Yamaha Motor Corporation,
U.S.A., will be held on Friday,
May 10 beginning at 4 p.m. and
will feature Roberts, Wayne
Rainey, Eddie Lawson, Kenny
Roberts Jr. and Mert Lawwill.
And Roberts Jr. won't be the
only "10" at the dinner as the five
motorcycle racing superstars will
be joined at the dinner by the
most famous "10" of them all - Bo
Derek.
Also attending the dinner will
be Bruce Brown, who produced,
directed, and narrated the iconic
1971 Oscar-nominated film "On
Any Sunday." In addition, representatives of America's military
elite, including Sergeant Major
Jon Cavaiani (U.S. Army, retired)
who received the Congressional
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREA WILSON
F
Medal of Honor for his valorous
action in the Republic of Vietnam, will be among the invited
guests.
Seating for the True American
Heroes Dinner is limited, and
tickets are $500 per person. To
attend, call Michael at 209/7659317 or email your inquiry to
Info@KennyRoberts.com
or
Info@TrueAmericanHero.org.
As a follow-up to the dinner,
the ninth annual Cpl. Michael D.
Anderson, Jr. Memorial Ride will
Kenny Roberts (left) and Eddie
Lawson will be at the True American
Heroes dinner at Roberts' ranch.
be held the next day on Saturday, May 11. Roberts and several
other American motorcycle racing heroes are scheduled to ride
in the event aboard Star motorcycles. The ride is free and open
to the public, and hundreds of
Marines, soldiers, sailors, and
airmen are expected to attend.