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.O ·R A . AdelantoGrandPrix FF O D ..Desert Vipers M.e, ~ : ADELANTO, CA,FEB. 4-5 here's a new king in town, and he ;. ' likes to d 0 things.his wa y. He does . most of the work on his bikes himse lf. He tra ins the way he feels wo rks . best for him. An d h e li kes to ride his own race, not worrying about others. Peo ple who live in the desert see m to exhibit that sort of individua lism, and Ty Davis is no different. Well, h e is faster than most, and he proved that by wi nning all five classes he en tered at the 15th annu al Adelanto Grand Prix, put on by the Des ert Vipers Motorcy cle Club . "In the 12ss I rode my own race:' he recounted. "In the 250s I rode my own T race. In the SODs I rode my own race . In the Pro race I rode my own race. I guess I ro de my own race all weekend . The Fou r-Strok e (Class) was the only race I had to wo rk from beh ind ." An d each race certainly belo nged to the Team Green speedster. He'd take the lead alm ost immedia te ly and, a t h is pace, simp ly extend it the w ho le way. Buthe didn' t win every race. Teamma te Danny Hamel started off by stealing the Uncla ssified eve nt, the firs t race of the . weeke nd which is simply a heads -u p, eve rybody -welcome sort of deal. " It was actu ally rou gh er than (the first race the next morn in g ) becau se th ey graded it Saturday n ight;' Hamel said. (Indeed, the city d onated tw o backhoes, a grader an d a wa ter truck for u se duri ng th e (Right) Paul Krause won the Vet Expert cla ss and took th ird in the Pro division. (Below) As always, some of the course runs through t he streets of Adelanto. Ty Davi s (3) won five class es. (Left) Nati onal Hare & Hound Champ io n Danny Hamel won the Unclassified race on Satu rday and twi ce finished second place behind Davis. . 10 weekend, and the grader ope ra tor was busy until 2 a.m, Su nday smoothing the entire course). "Bas ically, it' s a race to go out and famili ari ze yo urself w ith th e cou rse:' Hamel exp lained . "I'm not old enough to rid e the Vet race, an d m y power -toweigh t ratio on a 125 isn't too goo d, so I have to ride Unclassified to learn the track for the Pro race. Of course, by the time I go t to the Pro race, every thi ng chan ged ." Th at' s because se ve ra l races took p lace between those first and last eve nts on Satu rday . "Rocket" Rex Sta ten was an easy winner (u nofficially) in the Senior/Magnum/Super Seni or contest on his Kawasaki KX250, whil e Kaw asaki KX500-mounted Paul Krause aced the Vet Expert / Am ate ur competition . Saturday' s fifth race (175cc/Wom en l Minis) w as, briefl y, a Ty Da vis-Lar ry Roe s el er tu ssle, but Davi s qu ickl y steamed away and retai ned his di gnity (see s ideba r) . " Yo u ca n n ever co u n t Larry ou t; he's Mr. Sneaky. If he's go ing to wi n anyw he re , it'll be Adela n to : ' Davis observed. In the Pro race, Davis had 90 minut es in w hich to d ea l w ith passing people instead of 45 for all other eve nts. "My plan was to follow him (Davis), learn his lines an d try to pass h im a t the end: ' Hamel said. "I got a good star t an d then never saw Ty. La rry and I h ad a good battle for secon d for a while, though. Ty rode a g reat ra ce." Kra use ended u p passing Roesele r for third. After an action -packed Vintage/Classic /Sidehac k race followed by the Kid s /Pee Wee moto Sun d ay, a healthy field lined up for th e FourStrok e / Du al Spo rt sh ow d ow n. Th is