1999 Adelanto Grand Prix
BIG SIX GRAND PRIX SERIES. ROUND 1
By Brent Avis
Photos by Kinney Jones ,
ADELANTO, CA, FEB. 6-7
side from Baja or the occ!lsional
LJ Best in the Desert Silver State
race, Adelanto is the only event
where riders gear for speeds in excess of
100 mph and basically weld their throttles wide open. Those who do not gear
for serious speed either wish they had
an eight-speed tranny or wish they had
stayed at home in front of the tube. Adelanto is not a place for the faint of heart..
It is a place for serious speed. It is a
place for serious racing.
Every year, the folksy little desert
town of Adelanto does a Jekyll-Hyde
turnaround and becomes a race Mecca
for one weekend only in February. In
excess of 20,000 spectators and participants descend on the sleepy town over
the course of the weekend. Quiet city
streets and mild desert dirt roads turn
into crazy highways of speed and insanity. Dirt lots become staging areas for
the likes of factory off-road race teams
such as Kawasaki, Honda and KTM.
As of late, the epitome of all things
fast has been Ty Davis. Going into the
weekend, everyone was expecting a
Montclair Yamaha brigade - consisting
of Davis and teammates Donnie Book
and Paul Krause - to dominate. Davis
himself was favored to win every race
he entered. These may seem like silly
expectations, but those who have kept
abreast of the situation know that it has
happened before, and more than on~.
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(Above left) Ty Davis came
to Adelanto and to no one's
surprise won lour of the five
classes he entered.
(Above) Mike Healey turned
heads by smoking Davis
and company during
Sunday's 250Cc race.
(Left) After a brief hiatus,
Larry Roeseler returned to
Adelanto and won the Vet
and Senior races. He also
finished second to Davis In
the Pro rece.
