Jim Budd

BOOING A RIDER while the victor’s wreath is being hooped around his neck after winning a Castrol Six Hour is not how you’d usually introduce yourself to your future husband. But a string of catcalls and hisses was Elayne Kelly’s opening line in her first gambit with her late husband, Jim Budd.

“My brother Trevor was co-riding with John Warrian on a Ducati 900 in the ’78 six-hour, and there was some conjecture about who was actually leading the final stages of the race,” remembers Elayne, who was 17 at the