CONTENTS OF THE TVRC APRIL 98 NEWLETTER

Letter from the President

The Wyman Priddy Memorial race was one of the very finest in this club's history. A great track, a great racing, and really cool awards, was just a part of what made this race special. With 120 entries in all classes, one doesn't have to wonder if Wyman would have approved.
Special thanks to those involved are Russ & Martina Kinsey who put together the art work for both the flyers and awards. Jerry & Liz Surber for giving this event to the T.V.R.C. with the gate being the donation to the club instead of the usual paybacks.
T-shirts were on sale with the Wyman image, same as flyers and plaques that made a really cool collection of collectibles for all to attend. Joe Busby was at home and volunteered to answer any questions by phone about the race. Joe was awarded a special poster signed by all who raced that day. Front Row Joe, what a racer!
Moving right along, Oak Hill is the next race we'll run; see map for location. Oak Hill will also run modern classes that day, so bring out the new iron too! 7 a.m. - Gates open. 8 a.m. - Practice starts. 9 a.m. - Races start.
The Burleson race is going to be rescheduled, Chester says all Vintage will be Ok. Cool Chester! We will confirm that date to be May 17th. We as a whole, have discussed running a GP as a series race. Could we make this one a GP? Be at Oak Hill, let's talk about it! The Waco event is on, this race is going to be really a great race.
The Waco Chamber of Commerce along with area businesses is putting on this event along with the help of the Waco Eagles. The track is going to be very Vintage friendly and will be in an area of little or no use from racing. TCCRA has run an event there and Mark Andrews tells me the track will be really good. Grass and all that! Be there the last race in the series! Information about track location will be in an upcoming newsletter.
Speaking of the rest of the series, Oak Hill, Burleson, Mosier Valley, Cen-Tex, and Waco are what's left; so with five races remaining, any class can still be won.

SEE YOU AT THE RACES!!!

ON ANY SUNDAY

Special thanks goes to Cycle Town's Dean Lane for being a part of this very special day. Dean rode Vintage Masters and GPII, wining motos and really flying on the old Pentons.
Jim Sharp provided his Penton 250 for Dean to ride in Vintage. I loaned him my 400 Penton to ride in GPII. Skip Miller also loaned his 250 Penton to Mike Clements who rode just one of the second motos in GPII.
Thank you to Ron Short who announced some of the racing. Skip Miller, Jim Sharp and I did the same. I know we are not Lynn Mickerson, but Lynn was calledout of town on an emergency. Next year, Lynn!
Racing in all classes, both Vintage and Modern was fast and furious with an old expert that showed how to do it on modern bikes. That rider is Mitch Milson. Kawasaki of Granbury is a Milson enterprise and they have been one of the original racing family acts. Mitch said he left his old 370 CanAm in the shop. Maybe next year we'll provide him a fresh one to ride.
John Talbot made his appearance riding in the modern Over 40 Class. John was the promoter at Mosier Valley for a good number of years in the heyday of the 70's. It was good to hear his outback accent. Have a gudday, mate!
And one special person to me was my wife Karen who collected gate fees and later sold T-shirts with my daughter Stacy and Martina Kinsey. Funny how women want to be where the money is!

TVRC Banquet!

Special notes: Jack Penton and his dad, John are going to be at the TVRC Banquet, because Jack works for KTM USA and his schedule will allow him to be here the last weekend of August and a month ago, he committed to being here then.

News Flash! Tim Bates recruits two new Vintage racers.

Dean McGuire from Duncanville, Texas. Dean still has his Kawasaki 350 Big Horn he rode as a kid. Looked like it was 6 months old. Dean is a Basketball coach at Duncanville High School.

Danny Thompson from Houston, Texas. Danny is a CZ rider and will ride intermediate with #83Q. He is also restoring a Vintage Husky. Good Job Tim!

New Member Info:

Alan Davis Hillsboro, TX. 1974 250 Suzuki - Old Member Rejoins
7B Mark Jeter Arlington, TX. 1978 Yamaha
93I Mark Tapp Paris, TX. 75 CR125, 74 YZ 360, 76 RM 370
Dean Mcquire Duncanville, TX. KX350 Big Horn
34B Carter Fournier Plano, TX. Maico
83Q Danny Thompson Houston, TX. 1974 CZ