Funeral for a friend

newmann
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One of the old vintage racing friends passed away, Chris Serres from the Nederland/Port Neches, Texas area. Anyone who raced the old Pleasure Island track or Houston area tracks in the 70's probably knew him. As you can see he was an old school Elsinore rider.



After many years off the bike when life got in the way, he ended up back out there on his original CR125 and picked up where he left off. Pretty damn fast and never gave up. One day he couldn't get off the bike when he got back to the pits. Ended up that he had broken his leg yet finished the moto. Moto two rolls around and there he is on the line with damn near a full roll of duct tape torqued down around his boot! Here's another back in the day "style check" with the classic Hondaline colors.



Fast enough to make it to the GNC amateur days in the Astrodome where he finished 8th overall in the hotly contested 125 intermediate class.



And then there was this pic of me getting roosted off the start. Feet up, on the pegs and to the front on his 78 CR250.



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sleeve1
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6/17/2016 8:00pm
Gods speed to your friend Newmann
500guy
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6/17/2016 8:02pm
Condolences

Give us some info.
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6/17/2016 8:15pm
RIP newmann's friend. He raced Honda's, so he had to be a good guy, and smart too. Sorry for your loss newmann,

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newmann
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6/17/2016 8:24pm Edited Date/Time 6/17/2016 8:25pm
500guy wrote:
Condolences

Give us some info.
Filling in a few blanks between the pics. Cool old guy, may have looked a little rough around the edges but was good as gold. If you were ever in a bar fight, he would be THE guy to have in your corner. Like I mentioned above, he never quit when the gate dropped.Laughing

When another one of his older friends was near death in the hospital in need of a kidney transplant, he was the first to step up and offer. You can't buy that kind of friendship.

We had some really good battles out on the track and laughs in the pits. Good friends, good times.
6/17/2016 8:47pm
Sounds like one hell of a guy, the guy you wanna park next to at the track. RIP
Mini Elsinore
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6/17/2016 8:58pm Edited Date/Time 6/17/2016 8:59pm
Sounds like a good brother. RIP Chris.
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6/17/2016 9:26pm
I have faint memories of Chris. Mostly just the name and the pic popping out of Cycle News when I was trying to see if I got my name in. Godspeed.
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6/18/2016 12:24am
Sorry to hear about your racing buddy newman.

Sounds like a fun dude to ride/race with.
Just know he had as much fun riding and racing with you.

May Chris Rest in Peace.....
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6/18/2016 7:17pm
Sad to hear. The guy in the corner part made me laugh. God Speed and long live the moto brotherhood.

Condolences to friends and family.
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6/18/2016 8:00pm
Sorry about your buddy, Joe. Godspeed to Chris.
6/18/2016 8:05pm Edited Date/Time 6/18/2016 9:15pm
Sorry for your loss. RIP
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6/19/2016 5:03am
Joe,

So sorry to hear about Chris!

I remember racing EVO with Chris.


He will be missed by us all.
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6/19/2016 10:03am
Thanks for sharing with us Newmann. Cool ass post.
My condolences.
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6/19/2016 10:20am
Sorry for the loss of your friend, Newmann. Cool pictures that capture the essence of what moto is all about, life-long memories and good friends.

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