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L OCALEVENTS OUI . '1th the old. In with tne new. American Donald Jacks led the second leg of the Macau Grand Prix for four laps before dropping back to fourth. Jacks ended up finishing fifth overall. Road Race Macau Grand Prix Jacks top American in Macau FROM KTM We'd like to offer best wishes for Happy Holidays to all of : our customers, riders , and dealers. And to show you that we mean it, we'd like to give you a very tang ible sign of our appreciation : $1,000.00 off our highly acc laimed 1990 250 MX and DIXC motorcycles . These are the bikes that have been shaking up the offroad world . They feature our new "ultra-rigid" frame des ign, Tw in Valve Control (TVC) engines , and the superior qual ity KTM has become famous for. This is a great deal on two great bikes . But, just like 1990 , this offer ends soon . Visit you local KTM dealer now. ' Then celebrate the holidays in style - on your new KTM 250 MX or D/XC. Prices shown are suggested retail prices. Sales tax. licensing. destinaton and seti up lees are not included . Prices subjea to change without notice . Offe r good at participating KTM dealers only. Protect your right to ride : Always wear protective ridrng gear , operate a properly muffled • machine, and avoid sensitivewilderness areas. WIth the freedomafforded by oft-road riding comes a responsibility to proted the environment. Keep ott-road motoreyding a positive and sate recreational pursuit. 1990250D/XC $3159 KTM America, Inc. east 1906 Broadway. Lorain. Ohio44052 West 930 F. ~I.r Street. EI Cajon. California 92020 By Chris Carter MACAU, l\OV. 25 o na ld J ack s beca me on ly the second American ever to lead the Maca u G rand Pr i x, doing so during the second 15-lap leg oCthe 1990 Far East classic run throug h the streets of Macau. The Suzuki II OO;mo unted Floridian grabbed the lead fro m the start, and stayed out front for the first two laps till Britain's T revor Na tio n on the JPS Norton blas ted past. But whe n the N orton engine over heated, and locked up, Jacks was o n han d to head the pac k again. This time the youngs ter set the pace for two more laps, till he was caught, and passed by Sco tsman Steve H islop and German Peter Rubano (a WOl Yama ha) . J acks kept o n cha rg ing, th ou gh , and it took Yorkshireman Dave Leach, o n the 750 Mitsu Yam aha, three more laps to catch and pass him. By th e checkered flag, th ou gh , Leac h was on ly 5.5 seco nds clea r. of th e ta lented youngs ter and fourt h pl ace was good enoug h to cli nc h fifth pl ace overall for Jacks. thanks to a first leg sixth. " T he first race wa s reall y j us t ano ther sort of practice sessio n for me. But I felt good going into the second leg. and some ho w I figured I was riding for my co untry. and wanted 10 sho w the people we were not a bunch of wimps." said Jacks aft er the race. No one cou ld accuse Jacks or fellow American Kurt Hall of doing that. H all. wh o swit ched hi s wedd ing daie to mak e th e meeting. and who had brought his new wife with him for a honeymoon with a difference, was ano ther revelation. H all stag gered the Macau regulars by holding fourth place until th e fourth 'la p of the ope n ing race on hi s GS XRIIOO. Th en Robert Dunlop passed him on th e JPS Norton. and a lap lat er Dave Leach "went by. But lappin g at a steady. and impressive 2:42. Hall stayed in sixth until he was joined by J acks. who was down in 19th p lace on the o peni ng lap. By th e end of th e 15 laps . Jacks had clinched sixth place, and was 3/10ths of a second behind Ull sterman Phillip McCallen . with Hall seven th, less than four seconds down. H all . unlike J acks. started slowly in the next outing, though. but climbed D stea dily to fin ish eigh th. after a great race-long battle with TT specialists J oey Dunlop and Ni ck J efferies. Hall took seventh place overall. Mark Chin mi ssed th e first race. waiting for a clip-on to be welded, and fin ished j us t two laps in the second leg. Michael Barnes. making his Macau debut, ws 18th in the first race, then quickened his pace to take 15th spot in race two. But Danny Roberts. a lasrm in ut e replacem ent for Canadian J acques C eneue, bl ew h is Suzuki engi ne in practice, and had a gas leak in the spare eng ine loaned from Jacks. Overall victory went to Britain 's Steve H islo p , bu t on ly by .99 second from Peter Rubatto. Rubano won the first leg, chased hom e by H islop and Leach . Just 2.22 seconds separated the two. In race two. H islop bro ke clear to look set for an easy win . but Rubatto set a new lap record at 2:36. 14 as he cha sed H islop hom e. And when the Fl yin g Sco tsma n was ' slo wed by a mobile ch icane in the form of two Japanese rider s o n th e final lap, R ub atto was able to close the gap to little mor e th an a second. 'Bu t Hislop took the win by just under a second and th en ad mi tted he had almos t run o ut of fuel o n the fin al circu it! a Results RACE t : R. Rubano (Yam); 2. 5. Hislop (Hon); 3. D. Leach (Yam ); 4. R. Dun lop (Nor); 5. P. McCa llen (Ho n ). RACE 2: 5. H islop (Hon); 2. R. Rubano (Yam): 3. O. Leac h (Yam); 4. D. J acks (5 w ); 5. P. McCallen (Han ). . O/A; 5. Hislop (Han); 2. P. Ru bano (Yam); 3. O. Leach (Yam); 4. R. Dunl op (Nor); 5. D. Jacb (5 uz). Anderson awesome at Arvin Vintage Motocross By Matt Hilgenberg ARVIN. CA. NOV 1\ . J ohn Anderson put in lour outstanding rides to win the 125 and 250cc Amateur classes at the linal round 01 the Ameri can Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AH R MA) West Hi stor ic Mot ocross Series. held at Arvin Raceway. Anderso n a nd hi> brace 01 Vintage Ironbacked Hon da Elsino res were un beatable as he swep t both motos 01 the 125cc Amateur event, each tim e defeating Hugh Blacka. Mike Vorndran a nd Mike McPeek traded third- and fourth-pla ce finish es, with Vorndran taking the tiebreak er. The 250cc Amateur class also saw nothing 01 Anderson excep t his wh ite rear lend er as he roo sted to the lead in both rnot os, CZ rider J erem y Mickles man aged a 3-2 score to take runner-up hon ors ahea d 01 T on y Tam's 24 moto finishes, Randy Ressell rode a Yamaha MX250 to lourth. T he Vet Expert race promised to be a F one, with many 01 AHRMA's heavy-hillers entered. But when the du st cleared, Duane