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Volume 1 Number 8 Editor-Publisher }ean Ca\vi.n Contributors Cindy Chamberlin Daryl D. Drake Peggy Ellenburg Homer Eubanks Jan Flick Rick Hochfeld Martin Holmes Cam McRae Danny McKenzie Bill Oursler Brenda Parker David Ryskamp Walt Schwalbe Wayne Simmons Judy Smith John Sprovkin Joe Stephan T rackside Photo Enterprises Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services Printing News Type Service August 1984 y Subscription Rates: $12.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES wekomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Classified Ads will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. · DUSTY TIMES is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301, (818) 889-5600. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Applica-tion to Mail at Second-Class Postage Rates is Pending at Agoura, CA 91301. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave:, Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. In This Issue ••• FEATURES Fireworks 250 Toronto Super Cross Bay Area Classic SCIDA Under Lights Spring Teller County Hill Climb Stroh's Off Road Championship Gran Prix Cinder Lake 150 · Old Style Sprints Hoosier Dome Racing Pike's Peak Hill Climb - Virginia City 200 FORDA At Sebring Susquehannock Trails Pro Rally-Plymouth Voyager · World Championship Acropolis Rally Olympic Torch Relay Trucks DEPARTMENTS Snapshot of the Month Soap Box By Jim Sumners Trail Notes Side Tracks By Judy Smith Happenings 6-50 Club Report Goodies Galore Bounces From The Berm Pony Express Index To Advertisers SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH ••• DUSTY Tl .BlCOME The question today is "Will a Jeep CJ 5 fit in the bed of a Ford pickup?" Jack Flannery, of Crandon, Wisconsin, seems unconcerned that he is about to acquire some additional cargo in the bed of his Class 8 racer. Rick Rogers, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, did land his Jeep short of hitting the Ford in this action, as the two northerners enjoyed the Florida sunshine racing at the Score Canada event at Tampa last winter. Rogers finished thir~ in 4x4 class, and Flannery won the Class 8 action. Photo by Wayne Simmons. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or 8x10 will be· considered. ON THE COVER -This spectacular action at the Fireworks 250 near Barstow, CA happened on the first lap midway on the route. Sid LeTourneau, #1234, and Dan Hovis, # 1235, encountered the same bad lump on the trail at the same time. Just before crossing the infamous power line road on course the action ended with a collision and Hovis turned turtle. It is not surprising that neither of the 1-2-1600 racers finished the first lap. The full sequence of this action is highlighted in the race coverage, starting on page 8. Color photography by Jim Ober ofTrackside Photo Enterprises. DustyTimcs August 1984 \ Page 8 14 16 18 19 20 24 28 30 33 34 36 38 39 40 41 3 4 4 ,5 6 7 45 46 46 46 Page 3

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I ,· r I Soap Box ••• By Jim Sumners Overall Score Points Champion -198 ~ -1982 -1983 Overall HDRA Points Champion -1981 HDRA 1-2-1600 Points Champion·-1981 -1982 -1983 This is my sixth year in off road racing and for the most part all of it has been great. I think · .. t! all, at one time or another, have complaints or something that bothers us regarding our sport. Most of our complaints are usually, only heard by our immediate friends where the complaint usually stops and is heard no more. Over · the year.s we have continually been confronted with various rule changes, date chan_ges, location changes, date conflicts and so on. One of the things I have always thought strange were the changes that occurred that I have known nothing about until after the change is already a law. I have been a Class Representative and found new rules come out that I• have known nothing about. I think major promoters of off road events should take more time to inform and/ or ask for input from all competitors in a particular class which might be affected by the rule change. A bulletin or a questionnaire where actual input from each com-petitor could be heard and be-used. Major changes should be voted on and not just changed at the promoter level. We have all heard complaints about organizations not having rules that are the same. We need rules that would allow com-petitors to run in different promoters races without making major or costly changes to their cars. We understand that each promoter is an independent and would prefer doing as each sees fit. The rule change affects many people .in many ways and should be made only with the approval of the people that support each class and not just the few who are the most vocal on the subject. One other area that I find hard to understand is the new proced-ure for awarding points for races. The point system has long been a method of selecting a class champion in each class and an overall champion for all 'the classes. We used to compete in a race and receive a set amount of points in relation to the number· of competitors in the class. The more people in the class the more points you received. Seems like a natural formula; more people, more competition, more points. Now both SCORE and HORA have devised a new method for earning points to become the points champion. I don't know if the changes were prompted to . enhance the entry list or to satisfy certain manufacturers. What-ever the reason, both of the new methods seem to have many iniquities. For those not familiar with the points system we have the SCORE system: Points paid for a 1st place. 1st race 150 points, 2nd race 188, 3rd race 225, 4th race 263, 5th race 300. Without being a mathematical genius you can see that a racer can win race 1, 2, and 3 and have a total of 563 points. If another competitor wins race 4 and 5 he also receives the same 563 points. Why should the guy who wins Parker receive the basic 150 points and the next guy wins the Barstow Classic and gets 300. SCORE does have a method of awarding one more point for each competitor in the class but it would be most difficult to offset the 150 points spread in the two races. This year HORA also came up with a new scoring system. Desert folks have six races to score points in over the year. The six races are: Laughlin, Fireworks 250, Snore 250, Midnite Special, Frontier 500, Frontier 250. From these six races you receive double points for the Laughlin race and the Frontier 250. Here a guy can win the first and last race and tie for the points with the other guy who wins the . other four races. Why double points? Why not double the points for a race that is twice as · long or twice as hard, like the Frontier 500. HORA now awards 150 points to the winner of every class. It doesn't matter if there are 4 or 40 competitors in the class. This seems very unfair to~ the competitors in the large classes. An example might be if there are 40 cars in class 10 the winner gets 150. Cla~ 4 has 7 entries and everyone breaks before the finish line. The guy that completes the furthest distance is the winner and he gets 150. This is clearly not a reasonable method. Other problems which might occur from this point system will be multiple winners. It is not uncommon for one competitor to win every race a promoter puts on in a year. If this occurs we will have many, many winners, or a tie for the overall point champion. I would like to finish up by thanking all of the people who have made off roading what it is today. I think all competitors are appreciative, whether they let it be known or not, of the effort that promoters and all of their staff put into organizing a race. While I am on the soap box I would like to thank all of the people who have contributed to my off roading effort: The Checkers Off Road Club, for their undying support at every desert race; the people in the industry that have helped me, Sway-A-Way, McKenzies Auto-motive, Don Hatz, VW engine builder, A&A Transmission, Penzoil, Unique Metal Products, Bilstein Corp., T Mag and all of the contingency donors that have contributed to all of our efforts. Our sincere thanks to Jim Sumners for sharing his keen insight into off road racing with our readers. Jim speaks with real authority on his subjects and his incredible record of off road racing success speaks for itself. His points on rules changes and points systems are very well taken, and perhaps these areas of unrest may be resolved in the future. - · Volunteers are invited to climb on their "Soap Box" and fill this space with their thou~ts about what is good and whavis not so good about the state of off road racing. Call DUSTY TIMES with your ideas for a "Soap Box" column and get on the schedule. Trail Notes ••• AMERICAN ISUZU is building a Class 7S truck to compete in the November running of the Score Baja 1000. Isuzu thinks 7S is the class to be in for a stock truck, and they plan to be competitive in the class. The driver for the new entry into mini truck racing in Baja will be none other than Mike Leon, of Mike's Sky Ranch fame. Welcome aboard, Isuzu. A TIENTION CLASS 7S RACERS! A meeting for all drivers involved or interested in Class 7S racing is scheduled on Wednesday, August 22, 1984 at 7:30 p.m. at Downy Off Road Manufacturing, 1001 South Pioneer Blvd., Santa Fe Springs, Ca. With the continuous growth in the class, this meeting is aimed at discussion and clarification of the present rules, in an effort to insure the continued growth and success of the class. Bring a guest, and do bring your opinions and suggestions. It is none to soon to give race promoters input before the 1985 rules are written. If you have any questions, need directions, or other information, please contact Mike Falkosky at (619) 485-9410. DICK CEPEK, INC. IS MOVING the whole kit and kaboodle under one roof in Carson. The entire move will be completed in late August. Construction on the new warehouse started in January of 1984, and by Labor Day all the warehouse and mail order activity will be in one place. The new location is just north of the 91 Freeway between Avalon and Central Ave. The proper new address is 17000 Kingsview Drive, Carson, Ca. 90746. THE HORA 1985 CALENDER for their desert events is now in print. Thanks, Walt Lott, for making it easy for the sometime racers and the serious points hunters to plan ahead. Also, it does eliminate any possibility of the usual remark from other promotors who land on a major date of, "Gee, I didn't know there was another race that weekend". The desert race schedule for the HORA in 1985 starts with the Laughlin Desert Challenge, March 1-3. Next comes the Fireworks 250,July 5-7, the Frontier 500 from Las Vegas to Reno, October 11-13, and the season winds up with the Frontier 250 on December 13-15. Ofcoursethe big bad Mint400 is one to put on your 1985 Calender too, happening on May 2-5, 1985. · THE SCCA PRO RALLY folks are getting closer to earning the right to organize a World Championship event in the USA. Last April the FISA, the governing branch of the FIA, sent an observer to the Olympus Rally in the state of Washington. In July there was a FISA meeting in Dallas and it was decided by-the .international body that the Olympus International Pro Rally would be officially listed on the World Rally calender for 1986, pending a good report from FISA observers of the 1985 prototype event. Olympus organizer John Nagel plans to request a July 4 calender date for the 1986 event to coincide with the Independence Day Holiday, a busy time in motorsport. The final date selected depends on FISA. ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY are a couple of off road racers who bruised their bodies in midsummer race efforts. While off road racers seldom suffer the terrible injuries of drivers in Indy cars and similar road racers, they can get hurt despite the use of full safety equipment. Vince Tjelmeland broke his wrist, banged up his arms, and generally battered his long body last June at the MTEG Pomona race. Vince did a spectacular rollover into the far barrier, and it was hard to see what happened ' from the grandstand§. The car and safety crews were on the scene for some time before Vince was removed and taken away for treatment. The broken wrist is the most serious injury, requiring pins and such things, While the whole accident was a blur to him, Vince thinks his arm came out the front of the car and got banged against the barrier. He is now a firm believer in arm restraints as well as nets on race cars. By the way, Vince would really like to see some pies of his accident, if anyone caught the action. If you have shots of the wreck, contact Vince at 3160 Radcliffe, Anaheim, Ca. 92806. Vince plans to be back behind the wheel for the action at Riverside in September. Then, while pre-running· the Fireworks 250 with Mike Lund, DUSTY TIMES' talented cartoonist and Class 10 racer Dave Ryskamp was injured. He says the pair made a big "boo boo", and Lund got away with a few harness burns. But Dave slipped out of the shoulder harness during the e.ndo, hit the frame with his helmet, which gave his forehead a bump and blackened his eyes. He also got a compression fracture of two vertebrae in his back, and Dave is now wearing a brace. Ryskamp still plans to be ready to drive the Frontier 500, and he is now a firm believer in keeping the shoulder harness and lap belts tight to tighter while running off road, including pre-running a race course. CHANGES FOR RIVERSIDE are in the wind. Score is not doing anything drastic, just some changes in format that should make life easier for short course racers at the big extravaganza coming up on September 14-16. This year, as usual, Friday will be move into the pits day, along with registration, tech inspection and the pa·rade down contingency row. The bigchange is that -there will be no qualifying at all. There will be practice all day Saturday for all classes. And, better yet, all classes will race on Sunday in front of the big---._ crowds. So, polish and paint your racer if you are running at Riverside. ~0~1"LERs . · AO .. ~~ . 0 \ S •• NEED A FENDER .;,_ AXLE - TRANS? 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Side Tracks ••• By Judy Smith Recently, while on our way to yet another race, we got to reminiscing about past races, old race courses and old race cars. Off road has bred some funny vehicles in the past, and we've been lucky to see quite a few of them in action. How many of you remember the innovative 'sprint' car that John Johnson built back in the early seventies? It seems to tis that it was Chevy powered, and front engined, and faintly resembled the later cars of Mickey Thompson. Johnson ran the biggest tires he could find on the rear of that thing, and we remember at one Nevada race, when he started a row in front of us, that he came back before the start to warn us to cover our goggles when he took off, because "those tires throw a lot of rocks!" For front tires he ran what the buggy folks were using for rears. Johnny ran several races with the car, and got one win as we . recall. He had the unnerving experience of breaking a spindle on Thunder Alley in the Parker race, and he began to think that the· car went faster than he wanted to go. He finally sold itto Ray Thomison, husband of Jackie, who used to race in Class 11 with Johnny's wife, Linda. Ray raced the car a few times, but then had a tragic accident at a race track, and broke his leg so badly that he was forc~d to retire from racing. Another odd one was the conventional looking two seater with dual controls. Each of the two seats in the car had a full set of controls, meaning brakes, throttle, clutch and steering wheel. And, of course, they could both reach the shifter. This was supposed to make it easy to switch drivers, so that they wouldn't have to stop and change seats. We always wondered how it would feel to be the designated passenger in that car, while the driver was doing something we thought was dumb. How long could we keep our hands off the · wheel, and our feet off the pedals? Another one that was a little strange, but ran very successfully for a while, belonged to J.C. Myers, who's still experiment-ing, and now runs a Cosworth engine. Back in the mid to late seventies, J.C. had a chain driven Kawasaki powered two seater. It ran very well, and very fast, but they couldn't get the chains to last. J.C. and his dad, Joe, have always been ready to try something different, · and at one point they did some machine work and came up with a set of tapered torsion bars for one of their cars. Some of the older readers out there will remember Bill Howard's Evinrude outboard motor powered two seater. This is the same Bill Howard who now drives the beautiful- Class 8 Chevy that Walker Evans built. Dusty Times For many years his Evinrude . could be heard, from miles away, as it screamed across the desert. The car did alright, but ran better at top end and had some handling problems in rough desert courses. Bill went from it to the trucks, as we remember. Does anyone recall Gil George's Subaru powered Funco SSl? It had a Subaru transmis-sion too, and was really hard to shift. The chassis and glass for that little beauty ended up in Virginia somewhere, but we don't know what happened to its Subaru parts. And Karol Vanzant and Dennis Sullivan used to drive a big, ugly yellow thing called Superwinch Special. It was practically square, and tqe engine sat next to the driver. It was a VS, we think, and was amazingly fast on smooth roads. Doug Fortin used to have a four wheel drive, aluminum chassis buggy. It was too successful, and the promoters outlawed it for the buggy classes. Harry Jackman had a Mazda powered single seater, with a five speed gearbox back in '74 and '75. He never quite got the combination worked out. We wonder if he's seen Dave Lewis's Mazda powered Raceco two seater with the secondary rear suspension. Lewis is close to winning a race overall in that one. There was also Mickey Thompson's mini truck. This was back in about 1975, and it was like no mini truck that exists now. Mickey moved the engine behind the cab, so it sat in the bed of the truck, and of course, it was one of his well loved Chevy V8s. There was no class for him, and he ran with the two seaters, but didn't get very far most times. It was a really fast truck however, and was rumored to have been sold to some oil country sheik, for use as a patrol vehicle out amongst the desert·oil wells. Our favorite was one that showed up one year at a Baja 500 or 1000. This was in '71 or '72. It _was a big 'buggy', made of pipe or tubing, and based on no familiar chassis. Instead of a conventional spring and shock absorber, combination, this baby had giant sized rubber bands as part of its suspension. We never heard how it fared, but have always felt that it would be easier to carry spare rubber bands than spare shocks. Coming up from the past we have heard from a couple of young men with busy plans for the future. One is Lance Huffman, younger brother of Chet, who's been racing some short course. Recently, Lance decided he would like to try some form of racing with a little less of the crash and bang attitude that off road short course so often has. So Lance has decided to try a new series, Formula Renault, which will start in the fall of this year. The series is sponsored by Renault/Jeep Sport, and the cars, all alike, come in a kit and are powered by 1750cc Renault engines. SCCA does the organizing, and the racing will be on road courses all over the United States. Lance has his license already, and has ordered his car, which will be delivered in September. His plans are to do this for a year, and then maybe move up to GTU. The Renault series sounds like a good one for a driver who plans to move up to Champ cars or Formula 1 in the future. We wish Lance all kinds of good luck in his new car. Another off roader with aspirations for more elegant things is Jeff MacPherson, who's been racing Super Vee this year. Jeff's doing very well, runing fourth in the point standings in his first year in competition. We talked to his father, Joe, who says that he really likes the Super Vee, and is enjoying the fact that, since the races generally run on the same weekend, or same day, as Cart races, he keeps running into old friends, many from off road, at tracks all around the country. Recently he's seen Rick Galles, who used to sponsor the Mears brothers in their off road cars, and Bill Mears of course, and Drino Miller ( who was once sponsored by Joe), and Dan Gurney, who had one brief fling at off road at Riverside a few years back, Incidentally, Joe told us that Super Ve~ is b_asically cheaper than off road, because engines and transmissions are cheaper, and last longer. A rolling chassis costs about the same as a first rate unlimited off road car, but, before you head for the Super Vee store, he added that the cost of travel for the series makes the budget shoot way up above the costs of off road. MacPherson also says that he's spoken with many folks who could be classed as potential major sponsors while at these Cart and Super Vee races, and · that they are really interested in off road as a place to showcase their products. He hopes that off-road racing will continue to grow in professionalism, and will eventually bring some of them in. The Pike's Peak Hill Climb was run on July 7th, and our old friend, Bill Brister, who used to race the Bugformance car at Ascot, won the open wheel class for the second time. Bill reports that the course, newly graded, was really slippery, and, while he had no problems, several cars went over the side. Roger Mears finished third. . Bill's car, a Wells Coyote chassis, powered by a 355 c.i. Chevy, had qualified fastest, running part of the· course on only 7 cylinders. He had no mechanical problems during the race, and the purse, fattened by a nice $15,000. That doesn't include the contingencies and little extras like airplane trips and electric· typewriters. ESPN was • there to film the race, and it'll be shown on August 4th and 6th. It sounds like Pike's Peak, one of the oldest races in the dirt, has begun to get the attention it deserves, once again. _ Brister reports that the next hill climb, at Land's End in Grand Junction, Colorado, on August 31st, would be a good one for some of the short course cars that are running now. He says the purse is already up to $50,000,· and that the whole town gets behind the · event, putting on special events like a · Dan Fogelberg concert, to draw people. He says the hill isn't as steep as ·Pike's Peak, and it's a bit rougher. We'd love to ·see some of our· shor_t c<;mrsers try !t-Should be mce m Colorado m A1,1gust. ~ SEMA BANQUET ~A-October 18, 1984 . MGM GRAND HOTEL Make your reservations now, for this gala event. You·lcan use your Master Card or VISA to charge your order. 213-692-9402 THE ORIGINAL GAS PRESSURE SHOCK ABSORBER The Official Shock for the Nissan Classic BILSTEIN. WHERE THE WINNERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. For further information and special off-road applications contact Doug Robertson at BILSTEIN Corporation of America. 11760 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121 . (619) 453-7723 August 1984 Ivan Stewart Fireworks 250 1st place, Class 8 "Never before have I had so much confidence in a shock. After five races and extensive testing on the same set of shocks, I am very pleased by their reliability and excellent performance.'' Jack Ramsey Mint 400 • 1st place, Cl. 5-1600 "Your product has brought our race team 2 Mint wins (1981 & 1983). Hope to always see you at the races." Jerry & Sherry Vinson CAL 400 3rd place, Class 11 ''/ think Bi/stein shocks are the best shocks any race car driver could run on his race car." Paul Bowen Mint ~00 2nd place, Class 15 "We appreciate the performance & your very professional way of doing business-sincere thanks.·: Bob Denault Mint 400 2nd place, Class 9 "I've still never had a shock failure!!" Dick Young Mint 400 1st place, Class 10 "The quality and dependability of Bi/stein shocks contributed significantly to our win at the Mint. Thank you!" Norm Shaw Frontier 250 1st place, Class 11A "You (Bi/stein) continue to be the Number 1 choice in off-roading. We have used your shocks exclusively (resulting in)'wins in the Mint 400, Frontier 250, SNORE 250, Barstow 350, Botton Dollar, etc:" Pagc5

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- T 1984 HAPPENINGS ••• A.D.R:A Arizona Desert Racing Association 1408 East Granada Phoenix, AZ 85006 (602) 252-1900 September 1 7th Annual "Giant Off Road Centers" Snowflake Buggy Bash Snowflake, Arizona October 20 8th Annual Penasco 150 Rocky Point, Mexico December 1 8th Annual Sonoita to Rocky Point Hare 'N Hound Mexico January 19, 1985 Annual Awards Banquet AMSA -American Motor Sports AJsociati0n P.O. Box 5473 - -Fre/i,no, CA 93755 (209) 43~-211_4 · September 1-3 12 Hour Mojave Desert Challenge · Californi_a City, CA , October 21 Fresno Fair Off Road Championship Fresno Fairgrounds Fresno,-CA . · November 23-25 Palm Springs Classic Palm Springs, CA BERRIEN AUTO CROSS SERIES Berrien Series Gil Parker 7406 S. 12th St. Kalamazoo, MI 49009 August 4-5 Hodag 50 Rhinelander, WI September 1-2 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 15-16 Dixie Sp(ints Birch Run;'M-I September 29 Lincoln TraHOff-Roaders Decatur, IL OFF ROAD RACING Dick Bower 4571 East Pine Fresno, CA 93703 (209) 255-5995 September 23 Short Course Race Tulare_ County Fairgrounds Tulare, CA BUDWEISER BAJA CRoss· Baja Cross Racing 13704 Bechard Ave: Norwalk, CA 90650 (213) 921-2838 July 29 Saddleback Park Orange, CA September 9 double points Saddleback Park Orange, CA Pagc6 BUG-E-RACEW A Y Bug-E-Warehouse 1915 So. Presa San Antonio, Texas 78210 (512) 533-8056 September 16 Bug-E-Raceway San Antonio, Texas COBRA RACING P.O. Box 19407 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73119 ( 405) 232-4231 - ( 405) 685-3450 (all off road races will be held at the 59th & Douglas track, Oklahoma City.) August 11-18 Cobra 300 Pro Race August 26 Points Race September 2 Points Race October21 l'oints Race FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 5349 Hansel Ave, C-1 Orlando, Florida 32809 (305) 851-6245 · August 12 East Bay Raceway Tampa, Florida September 2 Labor Day 150 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, Florida October 7 -East Bay Raceway Tampa, Florida November 17-18 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, Florida January 6, 1985 East Bay Raceway Tampa, Florida , March 22-24, 1985 Florida 400 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, Florida FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #6 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 or The Wright Place, Inc. (619) 561-4810 August 17-18 Superstition 250 Night Race El Centro, California area HDRA High Desert Racing Association 961 West Dale Ave. Las Vegas, Nevada 89124 (702) 361-5404 August 10-12 Glen Helen Park San Bernardino, CA October 12-14 Frontier 500 Las Vegas to Reno, Nevada December 14-16 Frontier 250 Las Vegas, NV March 1-3, 1985 Laughlin Desert Challenge Laughlin, Nevada July 5.7, 1985 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA \.-,, I I ; ! I October 11-13, 1985 Frontier 500 Las Vegas to Reno, Nevada December13-15, 1985 Frontier 250 Las Vegas, Nevada MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group 53 Woodlyn Lane Bradbury, CA 91010 (213)359-5117 July 14 Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, Indiana July 28 Silver Dome Pontiac, Michigan August 25 LA County Fairgrounds Pomona, CA PRO CAN AM SERIES Pro Can Am Racing Inc. P.O. Box 323 Seahurst, Washington 98062 (206) 242-1773 ( 503) 620-0313 August 11-12 11·H'?_ 1-S i'lfE OF:E_\~ I A_'::-i::r~A,:::Rt. CD.l,5~,~;t,o_~ \ 9':11\E" , ~84 ~LYMp__!_c~ SCIDA Southern California Independent Drivers Association Vince Tjelmeland 3160 Radcliffe Anaheim, CA 92806 (714) 528-2686 August 10 Ascot Park • Gardena, CA August 24 Ascot Park Gardena, CA September 29 Corona Raceway Corona, CA October 19 Ascot Park Gardena, CA SCORE Score International 31356 Via Colinas, Suite 111 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (213) 889-9216 September 14-16 Off Road World Championships Riverside, CA November 1-4 Baja 1000 Ensenada, BC, Mexico Pro Can Am ORV Forest Fling 200 Washington November 30-December 2 Barstow Classic Barstow, CA September 15-16 ORV Short Course Olympia, Washington October 12-14 Hi Desert 400 Bend, Oregon November 17 Awards Party PYLE DRIVER CHARITY - OFF-ROAD RACE Information: Marty Tripes (213) 924-6688 (714)-525-3478 August 18 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America 6750 Emporia St. Englewood, Colorado 80112 ( 303) 770-1044 August 25-26 Budweiser Forest Chilicothe, Ohio September 8-9 Manistee Trails Manistee, Michigan October 26-28 Pre~s On Regardless Houghton, Michigan November 17-18 Oregon Trail Tualatin, Oregon December 8-9 Carson City International Carson City, Nevada August 1984 January 5, 1985 Score Awards Banquet Los Angeles, CA SCORE CANADA INC. 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada ( 5 14) 692-61 71 August 11-12 Zoar Motor Park Buffalo, New York August 25-26 Short Course Race Rimouski, Quebec September 29-30 Zoar Motor Park Buffalo, New York October 13-14 Short Course Race Toronto, Ontario November 10~1 l Short Course Race Tampa, Florida SILVER DUST RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 7380 Las Vegas, Nevada 89125 (702) 459-0317 · August 24-26. Nevada 300 Las Vegas, Nevada November 16-17 Silver Du1>t 400 Las Vegas, Nevada SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O . Box 4394 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 (702) 363-6456 SKOAL BANDITS/ SNORE SERIES September 7-9 (HORA &SNORE POINTS) SNORE 250 · Jean, Ne~ada · October 28 Points Race Las Vegas, Neva~a SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION 460 No. Beaumont Ave. , Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005 ·· (715) 272-1489 August4-5 Rhinelander Hodag 50 Rhinelander, Wisconsin, August 18-19 Prime Challenge Trego, Wisconsin September 1-2 Brush Run 101 Crandon, Wisconsin September 22-23 Location TBA VORRA n Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 September 1-3 VORRA 250 Desert Race Dayton Nevada October 20-21 Short Course Championship Race WESTERN HILL CLIMB September 1-2 Lands End Hill Climb Grand Junction, Colorado September 29-30 Fall Teller County Hill Climb Cripple Creek, Colorado (Neu· Mexico Hill Climh date pending GRAVELRAMA IOK Four Wheelers P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 August 24-27 Gravelrama 14 Cleves, Ohio ATTENTION RACE ORGANIZERS List your coming events in Dusty Times free. Send your 1984 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column. Mail your ei1ent schedule to: Dusty Times, 533 1 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. Dusty Times

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6·50 Club Report· · By Jean Calvin · The Baja In Barstow affair was not a good race for the 6-50 Club members. Only six showed up at the race moved from Ensenada and Baja to Barstow and the Johnson Valley last June. They were Mike Leon, Don McBride, Gregg Symonds, Mickey Thomp-son, Cal Well, Jr. and Richard Yerger. Sad to say, not one of them finished the race, although i:;ome were going very well while i:hey were going. · . Moving on a month later to the Fireworks 250, at Barstow also, and its big entry of 210 starting cars, a full 15 in the 6-50 Club were on the starting line in a whole range of classes. Of the 15, six managed to get around and finish the four really tough and fast laps on the course. Doing about the best of all members, Danny Lerner flew his big Porsche powered Raceco into a dandy third in the ranks of Class 2. There were 28 starters in Class 2, so Danny got' a wad of points. and he moved into second in 6-50 standings. Still leading, but onl'Vby two points now, is Frank Snook. Snook was doing very well in Class 1 at the Fireworks, but his car vanished from the charts on the second half of the race, so he collected only five points for starting. Now lying third in 6-50 stand-ings is Bill Howard. Bill's Class 8 Chevy also failed to get in all four laps at the Fireworks, but Bill has 115 points, just 15 behind Let-ner. Vern Roberts moved up to fourth in the standings by virtue of his keen fourth place finish in his Honcho in Class 4. Vern has an even 100 points. Bob Renz did well in Class 1, coming home sixth for some good points, and Bob now had 98 total points, fifth in the standings. Despite a DNF at the Baja In Barstow, Cal Wells; Jr. is in sixth place at 94 points. But, Marshall Mahr now has 91, getting a bunch of points by finishing third in Class 3 in his Jeep at the Fire-works, and Mahr is seventh in the standings. Former 6-50 over-all champion Clark Gillies fin-ished 14th in Class 10 at the Fireworks and Clark is moving up the points ladder, now ninth with 71 points. Jack Irvine also failed to finish at the Fireworks, but his 79 points keep him in eighth place. Len Newman also had problems in the July race, and Newman's Class 2 did not see the checkered COMING NEXT MONTH ••• Pontiac Silverdome SNORE Midnight Special FORDA Cracker 150 HDRA at Devore VORRA at Baylands Pro Can Am Racing -~~nd much more " DustyTimcs either, but he is tenth in 6-50 points with 68 on the record. Gregg Symonds is also running a rash of DNFs, and he is holding 61 points and ready to move into the top ten. ' To date there have been a total of 46 drivers that we know of competing in the various desert races on the 6-50 Club Calendar. If we missed you at a race, please contact us with your name, ad-dress and class and position at recent · races. Many of the pro-moters do not list ages on the entry list, and some do not even supply a!} entry list. So, if you think you are being left out, drop a card to Jean Calvin, 5331 Derrv Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 with all the info written down. Remember, there is nothing to join and nothing to pay to be a 6-50 Club member. You must be the driver of record, and 50 years of age or older, and we need to know if you are eligible. At the end of the season your best six finish and points positions are counted for your total points score, and you may be in line for the gold, silver or bronze. In the record now are the Parker 400, Laughlin Desert Challenge, San Felipe 250, Mint 400, B~ja in Barstow, and the Fireworks 250. Still to come are the Snore 250, AMSA 12 Hour, Frontier 500, Barstow Classic and the Frontier 250. August 1984 Frank Sn~ok started out strong driving the Class 1 Raceco, but now he holds a slender lead In 6-50 points standings, by only two points. 18th Annual Del Webb's MINT 400' Desert Race i I . The world's biggest richest and toughest off-road ra~e. May 2~s, _1985 For your year 'round ExciteMint, visit Del Webb's Mint Casino/ Hotel, home of the MINT 400 Desert Race, where we speak your language. Best of luck and safe racing. Thumbs up! The MI NT 400 Staff and Management. ~ For further information contact: MINT 400 Racing Headquarters Del Webb's Mint Casino/Hotel P.O. Box 2160 Las Vegas, Nevada 89125-2160 (702) 385-7 440 Page 7

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II It Was A Lucky Number For-The HDRA Who Drew.a Whopping Entry For The 13th Annual Fireworks 150 B-y Jean Calvin . The gathering of the faithful to the annual 4th of July holiday running of the HORA Fireworks 250 exceeded the wildest dreams of Walt Lott and his crew in numbers, and in smooth organization. While some thought two races in five weeks near Barstow would weaken both events, it had no visible effect on the Fireworks 250. Last year the well over 200 car entry was credited to the fact that the first · 20 starting spots on the Frontier 500 would go to the first 20 overall at Barstow. No such incentive, not all that popular with the rank and file anyhow, was offered this year. Still the entry went well over 200, with 210 cars actually taking the green flag. Such support for the classic event sure indicates that desert racing is not going downhill, and that the troops will turn out for-a sure thing ... a classic and long standing event on its traditional date and site. Borrowing from SCORE, t1 .e HORA moved the start and finish line plus the pre-race activity from the dust bin at the Slash X Ranch used last year to the complete luxury (including air conditioning) of the Barstow .,Community College. While waiting in line a long time to register on Saturday, competi-tors did the wait in the air conditioned student union area, a factor that kept the workers relatively sane during the long day that began at seven in the morning and ended around four the next morning. There was no registration on the Friday. -Contingency donors and tech inspectors were not so fortunate. The tech lines were long and slow moving, and the temperature soared to 1 l 4°F · by noon, starting from 90 at dawn. It was a great boon to all when, just before the 4 PM starting time, a group of thunderheads appeared in the sky, providing an immediate drop in ambiant temperature and some shade for the drivers sitting in their cars waiting out the start. The start did go quickly with one away every 15 seconds, and all had cleared the area by a good 20 minutes before the first of the fast cars came around on the initial lap. Of course the thunderheads also dropped some Pagel Above: In a reprise of the cover photo, there was wild action at the Infamous power line road crossing caught by Don Baumunk of the Metal Works and Jim Ober of Tracks/de Photos. Dan Hovis stands his 1-1600 on Its nose as Sid Le Tourneau approaches In his 1--1600. Both cars do reverse wheelies, Hovis starts to roll In front of Le Tourneau, lands on his side, gets tapped, pops over again, and Le Tourneau goes on past. Neither car finished a lap. cloudbursts on the course, and close behind him. Next . came time, was Jack Johnson, and then before Check 1, a flash flood met-Terry McDonald, about a minute came the herd as all but four the first competitors on the first later and he was followed by covered two laps. lap. The cool water might have Frank Snook. Surprising the pit Along with the Snook/ Arras felt very good. folks, the next car on the road Raceco and the Lund Chenowth, The course was a good mix of was the Class 2 of Dave Lewis, contenders Chet and Lloyd the best of the traditional turning fast lap of the day with Huffman were done in midway Barstow route with a few new the rotary Mazda engine in the too, with power steering and spots added for spice, even a bit Raceco. Jack Johnson, Chen-trans failures. Up front it of a silt bed. It was really rough in owth, was right in his dust; next narrowed down to a two man some areas, and very fast, as in in Class 1, followed by Larry Job, battle between solo drivers Tom gas line road fast, in other who did not make another lap, Koch and Jack Johnson. Jack, stretches. Overall the course was and Mike Lund, Chenowth. despite the flats and repeated fan well liked by most drivers, who Finishing lap 2, it was the belt trouble, picked up over two thought it was a true Barstow Lewis ctwo seater first on the minutes on Koch on the third run, rough enough for the desert road, w,ith Tom Koch about 20 lap, and, heading into the final types and fast' enough to make · seconds back in his dust. It was round, Koch was still first on the the Baja runners happy. five minutes before McDonald road and just over two minutes Class 1 was first away, and a arrived, retiring to his pit with ahead on total time. full 20, most of them serious myriad problems. Soon Snook It was tense when the cars were contenders, were on the line. A and Lund arrived in the same due at the now dark finish line. couple started late; although -dust cloud, and Jack Johnson was Tom Koch sailed across the line Tom Mattingly was only minutes back a bit, having flat tires en first, but Jack Johnson was close off time, Dave Robinson started route. Half way, on time Tom behind, and the Las Vegas driver well ba5=k among the Class 5s. Koch had a four minute lead in just won Class 1 and overall .. Tom Koch was going solo in his Class 1, Mike Lund just led honors, by a mere 21 seconds. Raceco, and Tom, at #100, got Frank Snook by fractions of a Tom Koch was totally dejected the gre~n flag first. Tom enjoyed second, but neither completed after a near perfect four laps. his dust free run and was first the third lap. Fourth here, about Running well all day, Lawrence around on the road with no one another minute down on elapsed Noel and Tim Kennedy were Jack Johnson drove the Barbary Coast Chenowth Magnµm hard and fast, and Just eked out the overall victory on the Fireworks 250. August 1984 Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises solid in third, 23 minutes behind the leaders but half an hour ahead of fourth placing Ed and John Mohr in a Funco. None of the other four finishers were even close. Class 2 was equally exciting, and after mechanical trouble struck the quick running Mazda/Raceco, it was just as close combat as Class 1. The 28 car field of two seaters was stuffed with very fast drivers and cars, but none could touch the first two laps of Dave Lewis and Dave Simpson. After two laps they were first on the road, having passed all the Class ls, and in elapsed time they were a full five minutes ahead of Tom Koch and running first overall. But mechanical problems, reported to be oiling plugs in the rotary engine, lengthened their lap times by 25 minutes and dropped them to fifth in class at the flag. Meanwhile the Raceco of Brian Collins and Ken Cox was running second midway, ten minutes down with a pair of 1: 14 laps turned in by Co~. Danny Letner was just two minutes back with a pair of 1: 15s, in his Porsche 6 Raceco; Mark McMillin, in a Porsche · 6 Chenowth was another five minutes back, followed by a pack in close quarters. Contender Jim Sumners suffered flats on the first lap and never got the time back. Gregg Symonds/Jake Fogg had first lap woes, then did a 1:14, then vanished onto the trailer, and .17 completed three laps. Now Collins/Cox had about 4½ minutes lead over both Mark McMillin and Danny Letner, who were virtually tied on total time, and Lewis was another three minutes back. Close enough to pounce, Scott and Corky McMillin, also Porsche powered, were only another five minutes out, and the race was on as darkness fell. The Lewis/Simpson entry got stuck with a dead engine in a ditch, which put them back one place, but up front little changed. Collins did a 1: 19 on the last go to win Class 2 and place third overall. Mark McMillin was a minute faster on the last lap, but finished second, fourth overall, closely tagged by. Danny Letner who was fifth overall. Scott Dusty Times

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in numbers was the two seat variety, but the single seaters seemed just as quick on the race course. The first lap leader was the two seat Bunderson of Terry and Tim Bell, the team that just missed beating an unlimited car by a minute for the overall win at the Delamar 400; The Bell's 1:19.38 was also the fast lap of the day for the class. The Phil Bowers/John Slager Funco and the Chuck Sugar/ Dave Snoddy team, both in single seaters, were nearly tied, another minute back, and half a dozen were in the 1 :23 range. Tom Koch started first In his Raceco, was first on the road all day, but Tom ended up second In Class 1 by a dismal margin of only 21 seconds. Midway the Bells held their lead by about four minutes over Richard Binder/Wayne Mat-thews, who had half a minute on Bowers/Slager. Fred Ronn/ John Love were in the hunt now, another two minutes out; next came Tom and Mike McDonnell, Jim and Mike Zupanovich, and James Ward and Terry/effers, all running a total time o 2:49 and change. Things really got tight after three laps of the 60 mile route, and now the daylight was fading as well. Fred Ronn/John Love had taken over the lead when the Bells dropped nearly ten minutes, but were still only 13 seconds behind. Ward and Jeffers, who started last, were just another odd.• minute back, McMillin whipped off a fast final round of 1: 15 to zoom into fourth in class, sixth overall. Class 10 was up next, and this was some group, 30 strong and a very quick bunch. To no one's surprise the first lap leader was young Rob MacCachren in · his Bunderson with fast lap for the class of 1: 15.18. While the 13th annual race brought Rob a starting number of 1013, it wasn't lucky for him, and he was seen no more after the first lap. About four minutes back here, Steve and Dennis Casagrande had the Toyota powered Hi Jumper singing, with a 1: 17 second lap to take a strong lead in class of two minutes over Jerry and Bob Leighton, who had a one minute margin on Cortney and Laird Whipple. Half the field were only minutes back. Jerry Leighton had lost third gear completely when he handed over to brother Bob, who was the anchor man. Many of the favorites were in trouble. Among the missing were Steve Sourapas/Dave Richardson, Jack Irvine/ Kit Trenholm, and Jim Stiles, who didn't do a lap. In · trouble was Ray Aragon, with a burned out wiring harness, but he carried on to finish, well down the ranks. Moving ahead smartly here were Steve Tetrick/ Randy Snyder and Bill Sallenbach/ Mike Bird, while Larry Bolin survived a roll over to eventually finish sixth. After three rounds the Casagrandes were well out front with close to six minutes lead over the Leightons. The Whipples were another three minutes out, and moving up to challenge were Greg Aronson/ Craig Watkins in their Raceco, now just five minutes behind the Whipples. On the final lap the Casagrande Hi Jumper lost the CV joint bolts in the dark, lost nearly an hour in repairs, and lost the ballgame, coming in .ninth. Up front Bob Leighton stopped to check things out when his oil Dusty Times and generator light came on, but the Whipple Funco also lost a good ten minutes on the leg. Craig Watkins pulled out all the stops and leaped quickly into second place, just over a minute off the pace of the winning team, Jerry and Bob Leighton in a most exciting finish. The Whipples were third, about seven minutes back, and Steve Tetrick/ Randy Snyder got their new ORE home fourth, followed by the Raceco of Bill Sallenbach/ Mike Bird. Next to tackle the rugged desert were the 38 in Class 1-2-1600, the largest class in the race. The dominant type of car by far Splashing through the unexpected water, Dave Lewis anci Dave Simpson had the rotary powered Raceco leading overall for the first two laps. Brian Collins and Ken Cox won Class 2 In the Raceco, taking the lead on lap 3, and holding on to take the checkered flag first by 3½ minutes. August 1984 II followed in a minute McDonnells. Barstow resident James Ward got a good final lap together, and he and Terry Jeffers pulled out anqther big win on their home course in the single seat AFB Outlaw that ran without problems all the way. Both Ronn/ Love and the McDonnells failed to finish so Terry and Tim Bell, despite. more woes on course, got back into second place at the flag. Jim and Mike Zupanovich were just a couple minutes behind in third, closely tagged by Rodney Godsell and Dave Marini. Binder /Matthews nailed fifth, not far ahead of both John Swift/Glenn Harris and Dave Parsons/Rick Lind, just one second apart for sixth and seventh spot. All but a few of the KEEPS-ON WINNING! More Stock Car Winners at Pikes Peak 3rd - Roger Mears • 6th - Ralph Bruning WINS AT THE FIREWORKS 250 1st CL 5-1600 - Mike and Roy Taylor 1st CL 5 -Malcolm Vinje/Mark Hansen 1st CL 6 - Larry Schwacofer 1st CL 7 - Mario Alesi 1st CL 9 - Mark Johnson 1st Nissan Cup - Jorge Souto RIM OF THE WORLD PRO RALLY 1st CL 8 -Scott Child/Tom Gant LA JORNADA TRABAHOSA PRO RALLY 1st CL 8 -Scott Chi_ld/Tom Gant ¢¢¢ THANKS FOR PROVING ~WORKS AND ITS WORTH IT! This year HPS synthetic-lubricants have helped racers score 5 First-Overall and 56 First-in-Class wins. HPS performance and protection can held you be ·a winner, too. So, ask your parts supplier for HPS before your next oil change. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A LIST OF DEALERS, CONTACT: HPS Inc. P.O. Box 1065 • Solana Beach, CA 92075 • (619) 753-3196 Dealer Inquiries Invited Page9

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Mark McMlll/n, with Gary Arnold riding along, hauled the Porsche Class 10 was an extremely close contest with a trio of leaders. Greg Aronson and Craig wa,klns turned four laps In good time, a 6 powered Chenowth Into a close second In Class 2 and a fine Jerry and Bob Lelgthton led when It counted, under the checkered quick one on the final round, and the team put the Raceco home fourth overall. · flag for the big win.-second In Class 10. Steve Casagrande came back to Class 10 In style, leading the two Starting last In a 38 car field did not slow James Ward and Terry First lap leaders In 1-2-1600, Terry and Tim Bell had trouble later middle laps, but he dropped to ninth with mechanical problems on Jeffers game plan. They won 1-2-1600 honors by a full five on,-got fixed and came back to take second In class In their the last lap. minutes In the Outlaw. Bunderson .. This is the system run by most off road race winners TRl•MIL BOBCAT• CHROME Page 10 DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234•9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED rom uma, Richard Binder and Wayne Mathews were up as high as second In 1-2-1600 ranks, but late breaking trouble dropped them to fifth. Soaring at the nasty road crossing, Dave Shoppe held the Ford together to take the big victory In Class 8, his fourth for the 1984 season. Malcolm Vln/e and Mark Hansen won the tightest race of the meetln Class 5, taking the victory on the last lap dash with only a four second margin. The Ghia driven by Christopher Nell and Jerry MIiier Is as fast as It looks, and the team brought their new racer home third In Class 5: August 1984 Marlo Alesi won the two car contest In Class 7, bringing the Nissan around four laps In good time scoring a desert win for Jim Conner. Midway In the Class Ii Battle, Greg and Ron Klshlyama h!Jd their older Ford In third spot, but troubles on course kept the brothers from a finish. Greg Diehl and Brad Person led Class 5 all the way on the. road, missed the finish line check and had to settle for second In the Baja Bug 'bunch. A sentimental favorite had to be the "Thing" of Mark Strockls and Bob Bertram. Despite nose stands the team finished the race, fifth In Class 5. Dusty Times ·

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Mark Johnson and Kent Richardson had a huge lead In Class 9 John Randall found the right groove at Barstow for his Jeep starting the final lap; despite troubles then, they won the 40 horse Honcho, and he took the Class 4 title home to Arizona despite a class honors. · time penalty. -Mike and Roy Taylor led 3 of the 4 laps In the big, 20 Bug 5-1600 field, and the Taylors nabbed the victory by about 4½ minutes. i i 18 finishers were just a few clicks Mark Hansen found some extra finish line a winner, but the apart all the way down the line. time in the night, and went driver did not stop long enough Class 7 fielded just two trucks, around more than four minutes to get a· ticket, and had to back up the Ford Ranger of Man~y and faster than Diehl/Person, to to the line and get the chit before T udy Esquerra and the Nissan of claim the Class 5 victory for the car was timed. This action Mario Alesi and Jim Conner. himself and Malcolm Vinje. gave Vinje/ Hansen the victory Still, it looked like a race after Diehl actually arrived at the by the slim edge of four seconds. Neil and Miller were about 11 minutes down in third, and four others finished, well back on time. Class 9 looked good at Barstow with again, eleven starters. A couple of the favorites . fell on evil times. Defending HORA f>Oints champ Alex Decuir rolled badly and went to the hospital for a bhef stay. Mint 400 champs Larry and Jeff Watson had front end trouble one lap as Alesi, driving Roger Mears' desert rig, led by merely six seconds. Esquerra was first on the road approaching the line after two laps, but the truck was stuck in gear, and he stopped short of the timing line and took about 35 minutes to change the trans. Despite some electrical trouble, Alesi never looked back. Although Esquerra made back some of the lost time, Mario Alesi won the duel by 20 minutes. Cl~ss 8, oddly enough, followed Class 7 at the start, and a husky eleven of the biggies were on hand. After one lap it looked like a walk-a-way for Walker Evans in his Dodge, with a one lap edge of four minutes over Stan Gilbert/Charlotte Corral, Ford, and the Ford of Dave Shoppe/ Jeff Yocum was another minute back. Evans continued at a quick pace, and midway he led Shoppe by eleven minutes. Gilbert, with some trouble was down in fourth behind the older Ford of Greg and Ron Kishi1ama, who sadly, did not complete another round. Trouble in the ·form· of a broken spring stuck the leading Dodge, and Walker lost close to an hour getting found and getting fixed. Up front after three laps it was Dave Shoppe, with 16 minutes in hand over Gilbert. Stan picked up about seven minutes on the last lap, but it wasn't enough. Dave Shoppe won again on the desert in his Ford that the Goodyear folks call their insurance policy. Gilbert was about eight minutes back at the flag. Walker Evans'came in third over half an hour later, and the Dodge quit right at the finish line, and went into impound ignominiously on the end of a tow rope. The last finisher was the Ford of Vin Fugate and Merlin Johnson; about two hours later. Eleven were on hand l~( Class 5, a fine group, but after tne•first lap it turned into a two Bug race. Greg Diehl and Brad Person got the fast lap and a good lead on lap 1 with a keen 1:20.24. Veterans Malcolm Vinje and Mark Hansen were just under six minutes back, and three minutes ahead of Christopher Neil and Jerry Miller, who had their trouble on the next lap. Midway Vinje/ Hansen closed the gap to just over three minutes, but Diehl and Person had. the good lead. They turned up the wick to gain a couple minutes on the third lap over Vinje and Hansen. Doing the anchor man bit, Dusty Times· ¢ ¢ ¢ INCREDIBLEI IN THE MINT 400 21.4% OF THE WHEEL POSITIONS WERE OCCUPIED BY OUR TIRESI AND, 26.5% OF THE CARS STARTED THE ROUGH 'N TOUGH· MINT ADVENTURE WITH DURABLE TECTIRA TIRES! THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY! Yes, we checked them off the line ... more race car wheels sported TECTIRA TIRES than any other brand ... and more cars had 'em on! In fact, nearly 38% of the tires responding to the green flag employed the design skill and construction expertise that is our heritage! 3 FIRSTS IN CLASS, 5 SECONDS, 7 THIRDS! A pretty outstanding day on the course for a product that's only been around a year and a half. We congratulate all the winning drivers and their crews! When TOTAL PERFORMANCE and EXCEPTIONAL VALUE are important! TECTIRA LJO[g3@~ TECTIRA, INC.■ 701 CHARLESTON■ LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64063 ■ 8~6-525-3555 August 1984 Page 11

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right from the start on their Hi Jumper, and so it went. One team that had no trouble early was Mark Johnson and Kent Richardson in a Hi Jumper. They got fast lap on the first one of 1:24.58, continued swiftly to hold an eleven minute lead over Tom and Don Denault, Chenowth at mid distance. The leaders did a third fast lap to have a big edge heading down the home stretch. Although they lost 20 minutes on the last lap, everyone else had trouble too, and Mark Johnson and Kent Richardson scored an 18 minute victory in Class 9. Running a quick and steady pace, Ted Armstrong and Tom Moessner had a good.second half and came in second in a Fuoco. Tom and Don Denault, who lost half an hour on the third go, survived to take third, just three minutes ahead of the W atsons, who had eight minutes on Larry Webster and Shelton Lowery. Class 4 had a keen eight chargers on the line, five Jeeps, two Dodges and a Chevy. John Randall took off like a rocket in his Honcho, beating favored Rod Hall by four minutes on lap 1, and the Tom Strong/Steve Borden Chevy was only a minute behind Hall's Dodge. Tim and Chris Casey, Honcho, were another 12 minutes behind the leaders. Midwav Rod Hall closed up on John Randall, cutting the ~ep's lead to one slim minute, and Strong was out. After refueling, John Randall turned a pair of 1 :38 laps, kept the Jeep tidy and intact, and literally flew across the finish line, scattering the spectators in his charge to the checkered flag. Randall was assessed a four minute penalty for his actions, but he still managed the victory over rival Rod Hall by two minutes. The Caseys were a long third, an hour later, and nearly another passed before the Honcho of Vern Roberts and Bill.Donahoe came in, the last Class 4 finisher. A full 20 appeared for the contest in 5-1600, a great group of which nine were destined to finish. After the first lap it was very tight among the leaders. Mike and Roy Taylor held a slim edge of two minutes over Bill Raybould/Doug Smith who were less than a minute ahead of Dan Naylor/ Max. Razo, Jr., and four more were within a few minutes time. Five, including one of the favorite teams, Mark Steele and John Johnson, down with torsion bar trouble, failed to come around. After two laps Naylor and Razo had turned fast lap for the class, a 1 :39 .58, on the second go and took over the lead bv 54 seconds over the Taylors, who were nine minutes to the good on Raybould/Smith and a half dozen more were within . striking distance. Starting well back in the line up, the 5-1600s were into darkness on the third lap. Here the Las Vegas team of Norm Shaw and Randy Garland made up time, to be second by 11 minutes behind the Taylors. Raybould/ Smith lost nearly 20 minutes, and Naylor/ Razo did the same, and did not finish the · final lap. Shaw and Garland poured on the coal on lap 4, doing a fine 1 :51 on the rough course, six minutes quicker than the Taylors. But, Mike and Roy Taylor had amassed an uncatch-able lead, and they won the class handily by 4½ minutes over Norm Shaw and Randy Garland in one of the many close contests in the· event. Raybould and Smith stayed in third, followed by Dave Girdner and Leroy Perfect, and a bunch of the nine finishers were in a tight time warp at the checkered flag, Four were on hand for Class 6 honors, and none could finish four laps. Missing early was the Ford Maverick of Bill McDon-nold and Dave Federwisch, and the AMC Pacer of Larry and Bob Stone managed two, well over four hour laps. The class belonged once again to Larry OFF ROAD NIGHT RACING Saturday • August 18 • Sunset Start :..,;~-:y-Contingency donors to date: Cornwell's German Auto $500 1st overall HPS $25 product for 1st in class The Wright Place House of Buggies Rbertech Engineering Johnson's ATV, Jet Ski and Mini Truck THE . WRIGHT PLACE CLASSES I 2 1&2 1600 3 & 4 (1983 Rui<sl 5 5-1600 6 7 Mod 7 Stock & Stock Showcase 8 9 10 II FU/JPUt'KBl. f4Jcinj 7eo.PL ENTRY FEE: $250 Plus Insurance 65~ Payback START /RNISH (Plus Registration, Tech and Contingency Inspection): On the ANCIENT DRY LAKE BED in IMPERIAL COUNTY 100-100"\Nhnlme, no fuelc:ellre• ~ .nctsoramra:tralnbreqund, 15 miles west of El Centro · North of Plaster City 21Xnx . . 040 - - · IOff ROADlER (619) 427-5759 Page 12 August 1984 Schwacofer and Sid Spralding in the '55 Chevy. Schwacofer, who did three laps in 6:13.11, pulled in voluntarily then, saying he had changed axles twice and was out of parts. He was gambling that Jim Madison and Mick Newton, Chevy Nova, could not beat his ·HDRA FIREWORKS 250 BARSTOW JULY 6-8, 1984-RESULTS Pas. Car # Driver(s) Vehicle Time Pos. 0/A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Class 1 -Unlimited Single Seat -20 start - 8 finish - 4 laps 104 Jack Johnson (solo) Chenowth Magnum 4:57.14 100 Tom Koch (solo) Aaceco 4:57.35 115 Lawrence Noel/Tim Kennedy 5:20:38 105 Ed Mohr/John Mohr Funco SS 2 5:51.04 116 Kevin Derby/Todd Davis Funco 6:31.40 Class 2 -Unlimited Two Seat -28 start -12 finish - 4 laps 221 Brian Collins/Ken Cox Aaceco 5:06.07 207 Mark McMillin/Gary Arnold Chenowth/Porsche 5:09.45 208 Danny Leiner/Kori Vasquez Aaceco/Porsche 5:11.51 ·211 Scon McMillin/Corky McMillin Chenowth/Porsche 5:14.27 200 Dave lewis/Dave Simpson Aaceco/Mazda 5:24.32 Class 1-2-1600 -Restricted 1600cc -38 start -18 finish - 4 laps 1299 · Jajlles Ward/Terry Jeffers AFB Outlaw 5:44.08 1221 Terry Bell/Tim Bell Bunderson 5:49.14 1226 Jim & Mike Zupanovich. Aaceco 5:51.44 1214 Rodney Godsell/Dave Marini Chenowth 5:55.07 1230 Richard Binder /Wayne Matthews ORBS Special 6:00. 59 1 2 7 20 46 3 4 5 6 8 15 19 24 25 27 Class 3 - Short WB Unlimited 4 x 4 - 13 start - 4 finish - 4 laps 302 J.M .. Greg & Mike Bragg Jeep CJ 7 8:01. 51 · 308 Kenneth Nance/Dennis Alhemire Ford Bronco 8:35.20 307 Marshall Mahr /Michael Mahr Jeepster 9:16.42 303 Don Coffland/Buck Griffin Jeep CJ 8 9:40.32 305 Doug Robinson/Ken Robinson Jeep CJ 7 6:41.33 Class 4 -Long WB Unlimited 4 x 4 - 8 start - 4 finish - 4 laps 402 John Randall/Jimmy Jordan Jeep Honcho 6:28.36 405 Rod Hall/Jim Fricker Dodge PU 6:30.37 404 Tim Casey/Chris Casev Jeep Honcho 7:40.56 400 Vernon Roberts/Bill Donahoe Jeep Honcho 8:30.24 406 Bill Oickton/lynn Oickton Dodge 7:47.10 Class 5 -Unlimited Baja Bug -11 start - 7 finish - 4 laps 75 85 90 94 (3 laps) 44* 45 69* 84 (3 laps) 503 Malcolm Vinje/Mark Hansen Baja Bug 5:51.34 21 501 Greg Diehl/Brad Person Baja Bug 5:51.38 22* 549 Christopher Neil/Jerry Miller KG Baja Bug 6:12.54 36 500 Bruce Whittig/John Aonnerud Baja Bug 7:28.05 65 508 Mark Strockis/Bob Bertram Baja Bug 181 · 7:31.52 67 Class 5-1600 -1600cc Restricted Baja Bug -20 start - 9 finish ~ 4 laps 573 Mike Taylor/Roy Taylor Baja Bug 7:23.36 63 559 Norm Shaw/Randy Garland Baja Bug 7:28.09 66 561 Bill Raybould/Doug Smith Baja Bug 7:50.48 71 598 David Girdner /Leroy Perfect Baja Bug 8:04.24 76 565 Brad Wright/Brian Wright Baja Bug 8:11.39 78 Class 6 -Sedans - 4 start - 0 finish - 4 laps 602 Larry Schwacofer /Sid Spralding · 55 Chevy 6: 13.11 (3 laps) 601 Jim Madison/ Mick Newton . Chevy Nova 7:12.20 (2 laps) Class 7 - Unlimited Mini Pickup - 2 start - 2 finish - 4 laps 729 Mario Alesi/Jim Conner Nissan 6:23.12 43 700 Manny Esquerra/Tudy Esquerra Ford Ranger 6:43.59 53 Class 7S - Stock Mini Truck - 8 start - 3 finish - 4 laps 738 Willie Valdez/Michael Schwartz Ford Ranger 7:46.27 732 Spencer Low/Paul Delang Nissan 8:05.46 734 Mike Falkosky/Pat Falkosky Toyota 8:23.19 737 Dick landfield/Matt landfield Ford Ranger 9:22.51 Class 8 -Pickup -11 start - 4 finish - 4 laps 802 Dave Shoppe/Jeff Yocum Ford 6:04.55 805 Stan Gilbert/Charlotte Corral Ford 6:13.06 808 Walker Evans/Bob Ritzman Dodge 6:49.41 813 Vin Fugate/Merlin Johnson Ford 8:37.37 800 Steve McEachern/Jim Quinn Chevrolet 6:42.13 Class 9 -1200cc Single Seat -11 start - 8 finish - 4 laps 70 77 82 (3 laps) 29 37 56 86 (3 laps) 1. 906 Mark Johnson/Kent Richardson Hi Jumper 6:03.45 28 2. 901 Ted Armstrong/Tom Moessner Funco SS 2 6:22.25 42 3. 900 Tom DeNault/Oon DeNault Chenowth 1000 6:47.15 54 4. 902 Larry Watson/Jeff Watson Hi Jumper 6:51.20 57 5. 904 Larry Webster/Shelton Lowery Funco 6:59.29 61 Class 10 -Unlimited 1650cc -30 start -17 finish - 4 laps 1. 1019 Jerry Leighton/Bob Leighton LAP 5:26.32 9 2. 1027 Greg Aronson/Craig Watkins Aaceco 5:27.43 10 · 3. 1001 Cortney 'Nhipple/ laird Whipple, Jr. Funco 5:34.36 13 4. 1018 Steven Tetrick/Randy Snyder ORE 5:39.29 14 5. 1031 Bill Sallenbach/Mike Bird Aaceco 5:46.50 16 NISSAN CUP -Stock Nis,san 4 x 4 - 6 start - 3 finish - 3 laps 1. 775 Jorge Souto/Sergio Duron Nissan 7:35.31 2. 773 Dick Starita/Alan Starita Nissan 8:11.51 3. 776 Myron Croel/Benjamin Croel Nissan 9:20.55 4. • 777 Larry Olsen( leslie Olsen Nissan 6:06.39 (2 laps) •Total Time includes penalty. Total starters -4 Laps-204 Total finishers - 4 laps -96 -47.05% Nissan Cup starters 6 finishers - 3 'laps - 3 -50% Race Distance - Approxir:nately 60 miles the lap Time Allowance -10 hours Fast Lap - #200 - Dave Lewis/ Dave Simpson - 1 :08.37 - Raceco/Mazda Rotary DustyTimcs

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nme. oug t ey were secon , the Madison team only covered two rounds before retiring. The 7S group held a mixed bag of eight starters, and it was a good contest for a time. Fastest lap for the class, a 1:45.30, went to the Ford Ranger of Dick and Matt Landfield, but Spencer Low/ Paul Delang, Nissan, were just two minutes slower, and Willie Valdez, Ford Ranger, was another minute back. The Landfields had problems on the next round, and 2 ½ hours worth of down time on the third lap and retired. Midway Willie Valdez took over top spot, having a good margin of 13 minutes over Mike and Pat Falkosky, Toyota, who were merely two minutes ahead of Low and Delang. Half the field was already on the trailer. a ez ung onto t e lead heading into the last lap, with about nine minutes in hand over the Nissan, and the Toyota lost ten minutes out in the desert. All stayed in position to the checkered flag. Valdez won easily keeping his nine minute margin over Low, who was comfortable with 17 minutes and change to the good over the Falkoskys. For a time it had been a close encounter for the three finishers. A healthy bunch of lJ Class 3s, mostly Jeeps, arrived at the start. While some questioned their last starting slot_ on the line, the total elapsed times pretty well proved it a proper spot. Don Adams was busy at Pikes Peak, and the ETs were slower for the · stocker bobtails with only a few lap times under two hours. One team going quickly initially was Doug and Ken Robinson, with their CJ 7 newly re-suspended by Warren Baird. The Robinsons were the first lap leader, a little over a minute faster than the Chevy of Steve Olliges and Jim Yacksyzn, who were a minute up on J.M. Bragg in his CJ 7. Next came the CJ of Marshall and Mike Mahr, but they had an hour down time on the second round. Midway Bragg whipped into the lead with a 1 :50.23 second lap, fastest for the class. The Olliges Chevy was nine minutes down, and Ken Nance and Dennis Alhemire had their Bronco just a few seconds ahead of the Robinsons. Bragg continued to widen his lead on the third round, the Chevy lost a couple of hours and Dan Naylor and Max Razo, Jr. flew Into the 5-1600 lead midway in the fray, but troubles put them down, and finally . out before the finish line. Norm Shaw and Randy Garland drove a good and steady pace to put their Bug Into a solid second place In hard fought 5-1600 competition. Sedan master of the desert, the old Chevy of Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling did three good laps before retiring the Class 6 winner. The KC Daylighter. The number one choice of off road enthusiasts across the United States. Around the world. Since 1970. But what's happening? our original KC HiliTES Daylighter design has been ripped off!. You can now buy a light that looks like a Daylighter. But the similarities end right there. The housing on the look-alike is not plated or painted to our rigid guidelines. In fact, we build lights only one way· if the quality isn·t good enough that we'd buy it ourselves. we won't try and sell it to you. The flex that protects the wiring on then retired, and heading into the final loop, Nance was second, 16 minutes back. The Robinsons fell back with engine trouble and retired somewhere on the last lap. J.M. Bragg slowed only a tad on his way to the checkered flag, and J.M., with his sons riding shotgun, was back in the winner's circle in a time just over eight hours. Nance and Alhemire held strong in second, about half an hour back, while the Mahr Jeep did a couple of quick laps to · climb into third place. Fourth and final spot went to the CJ 8 of Don Coffland and Buck Griffin. After a short delay-on the line, the half dozen Nissan Cup racers started their three lap trek. Jorge Souto led the first lap by a minute over Barstow drivers Myron and Ben Croel. After two i laps Souto increased his lead to 12 minutes, and he was never threatened en route to victory. Croel lost over an hour on the last. lap a_nd dropped to third behmd Dick and Alan Starita. Three of the six completed the three laps. It was a classic Barstow July race with good fields in most classes, very tight competition in many classes, split second victories in a few classes, and a before dawn finish with the ten hour time allowance. On Sunday the awards presentation was a gala at Rosita's Restaurant in Barstow, and then the desert racers headed home to get ready for the next outing on the HORA desert points schedule, the Snore Midnight Special out of the Las Vegas Speedrome late in July. The Bulb. our U.S. manufactured bulb is far, far superior for life. Accuracy. For brightness. The warranty. No look-alike has KC's news year warranty: How About You? can you afford not to run the very latest in lighting technology on your vehicle? 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' I TORONTO SUPERCROSS · The Showdown Race for the BFGoodrich/ Score Canada Triple Crown By Cam McRae A formidable front line trio for the main event shows Scott GIiiman, Chenowth, front and center, flanked by Scott Taylor, Pro-Tech, right, and Ernie Jaku-bowski, Mantis, with a fast herd right on their tall pipes over the first Jump. When the sixty thousand Montreal three times, but not in spectators went home from the the last two years. West coast Montreal Supercross, the crowd star Scott Gillman had buzzed with the solid satisfaction dominated Montreal in 1983, that comes from being truly but this year he could only entertained. It had been a great manage a distant second to the · night, and for the fans it was all flying McPherson. Bil I over.'til next year. For the thirty Lefeuvre's previous stadium odd drivers, however, next week attempts had been marred by loomed as a critical race in their equipment. failure. A new BFG careers. Only six days later in sponsored Berrien was supposed Toronto, the outcome of the • to end all that, but in Montreal a final round of the BFGoodrich CV joint collapsed . . . Triple Crown would reveal a Jimmy Crowder, Tallahassee, "King of the Hill." The Florida, and Texas Joe Furlongt Championship had nothing to do from San Antonio had towed a with it; Ontario's John long way. Theymadenosecretof McPherson already had that their desire to prove that the sewn up b'{ vi.rtue of hi.s wi.ns ~t southland could run with the Vancouver and Montreal. Nope! best from the nortli and west. Lee· The Toronto contest involved Wuesthoff, of Mequon, pride, ego, personal determina-Wisconsin, had surprised tion and a raft of east/ west, everyone with a good showing at north/south and Can/ Am rival- Montreal. A seasoned "outdoor" ries. All of the top runners had a 'racer, fresh from a win at strong vested interest. Wisconsin's Memorial Day 100, The Scotts, Gillman and it was I,,ee's turn to make the Taylor, had their reputations to transition to "indoor" racing. regain. From Belvidere, 1llinois, The pressure was intense for Scott Ta !or had won at Ernie Jakubowski, trying for his SMALL SHOP PRESS How .many times have you needed a hydraulic press to remove or install a bearing or a gear on a shaft? Until now there has not been a small bench mounted press that was capable of a multitude of applications and operations at an affordable price. GENERAL MACHINE SERV-ICES has designed and pro-duced what they consider to be the Ultimate Shop Press. THE SSP I - $159.95 12,000 pound rating THE SSP II - $139.95 8,000 pound rating You can't afford to be without the Small Shop Press. GENERAL MACHINE SERVICES 29300 3RD • LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92330 (714) 674-7365 _ .SHIPPED BY UPS DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 14 Photos: Danny McKenzie first stadium win in front of a hometown crowd. There was speculation that his radical Mantis wasn't suited to the short, choppy stadium tracks. Rumor also suggested that Ernie was "endo-shy." Had his history of wild accidents left him slow off the jumps? As for McPherson, at two for two, he was going for the hat trick! The rest of the field was just as hungry; making it to the feature was a prize in itself. · By the night of the race everyone was totally pumped up. Light hearted banter had given way to quiet determination. Easy smiles were replaced by curt nods of recognition. Score Canada's event staff fueled the, fires by_ carefully seeding the three qualifying races with equal numbers. of favorites, maybes _ · and also-rans. Four froin each seven lap qualifying heat and two from a five lap consolation race would go to the final, the main event. The track was fast with lots of racing room -no excuses! When the first wave lined up under the TV lights, the Canadian National Exhibition Stadium in Toronto was roaring with cheers from 40,000 fans. John Becka, from Derry, N.H., won the start only to barrel· roll on tllf secon~ lap, sending the hay bales flying. Lee Wuesthoff was right there to take the lead, and Bill Lefeuvre, of Ontario, used the confusion to pass two cars and move into second. Although nothing changed at the front, back in fourth spot, Butch Peterson, from Orlando, Florida, threw all his tricks at third place Dave Lofland, Palmy,ra, N.J., for five laps, but couldn't get by. Wuesthoff won the heat, and also going into the main event were Bill Lefeuvre, Dave Lofland and Butch Peterson. The second qualifier brought out Furlong, McPherson and Gillman. They· made their statement early, streaking away from the field. Only Allen Andreoli, Collinsville, Conn., could stay with them. Toronto's Blair Bassett provided the show in this race. Victim of a terrible start, by the time Bassett got his act together, Gillman and McPherson were on his tail, trying to lap him. A recently unretired veteran off roader, Blair was not about to let his Chenowth be lapped by anyone. Scott Gillman tried, but Bassett's inspired drive held him off. With three laps to go, Gillman had made his point in the Magnum. Backing off, Gillman dropped back to third to pick up an advantageous starting position in the feature. Andreoli broke, so Joel Croft, Guelph, Ontario, who had worked_ his way up through the pack in his 1-1600 Berrien, inherited fourth. The last qualifier was a Florida rout. Jimmy Crowder exploded into the lead in his Chenowth Magnum with Thonatossa's Tom Seckman in his mirrors, and they MlgUSt 1984 were gone!! Karl Wuesthoff, Berrien, was in third with Jakubowski trailing. Wuesthoff got hung up and then Russ Wood, from Hamilton, Ontario, used the traffic to dart up to third place. Scott Taylor came along with Wood, forcing Jakubowski back to fifth. Wood was quickly passed by Taylor, but he wasn't about to let Ernie by. Driving very "wide": he was all over the track. At those speeds, it was finally his undoing. Wood took out about forty feet of hay bales, and Jakubowski made it to the feature. Crowder won the heat, followed by Tom Seckman and Scott Taylor. In the consolation race, Blair Bassett demonstrated that his earlier performance wasn't a fluke, virtually running away, leaving the rest of the field to battle for the last slot in the feature. Battle they did! First it was two Quebecers, Normand Vaillancourt and Claude Tetreault. They were quickly enjoined by Karl Wuesthoff, Home town driver Ernie J_akubowskl won the main event at Toronto driving his own creation, the Mantis chassis, and he delighted the Toronto fans. Here Scott Taylor trails closely, but later broke. Headlr,g the third qua/If/er race were the Florida drivers; Jimmie Crowder won In his Magnum, and leads here, and second here and at the flag was Tom' Seckman, Chenowth. The Nissan 4x4 celebrity race was a feature that pleased the fans. Each celebrity had a seasoned driver riding along to give needed advlc.e. John McPherson won the second heat and was third In the inaln In his Berrien, but John won the triple Crown BFGoodrlch Autocross Cup on points. Dustynmcs

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who did away with Tetreault and then went after Vaillancourt. Wheel to wheel up to the last lap, it was the Quebec driver who prevailed. So, along with Bassett, Normand Vaillancourt made the main event. JI And so to the feature. The stage was set for a major confrontation. T he tension declared itself in a ragged false start, well before the flag. The second attempt was clean, and close. Scott Gillman won the first turn contest, but Scott Taylor, Jakubowski, Lofland, Furlong and Crowder were doing a "Hounds of Hell" routine right behind him. McPherson and Lefeuvre both started badly and were way back in tenth and twelfth. Nothing changed until the fourth lap when Jimmy Crowder hole shotted Furlong, and took after Lofland. Suddenly Gillman was out. He had gone into a corner under power and came out without a ring and In Olympic style the Toronto Super Cross champions get the cheers from the crowd, Ernie Jakuboski, top, Jimmie Crowder, left and John McPherson. Leading his heat race, Scott GIiiman used tactics to put his Chenowth on the front row In the Main event, and dropped back to third at the flag. pinion. Meanwhile, McPherson and Lefeuvre were cooking, thread-ing their way up through the pack. John McPherson had his Berrien up to fourth behind Crowder. Bill Lefeuvre was up to seventh and dicing with Lofland and Furlong. The heat was on Taylor and Jakubowski. The Mantis and the Pro-Tech were. Ernie Jakubowski, left, gazes at John McPherson's speed secrets while Californian Scott GIiiman sizes up the pair of Canadian champions. The hot dog vendors seemed to be off track before the Toronto event. It must have been some crash; where were the racers with all the food lying around. tied together, and every lap was with John McPherson closing ten-tenths. Finally, Taylor's_ fast.Lefeuvrewasuptochallenge_ special stadium tranny couldn't Furlong, but both ran out of take it, and he pulled off to watch time. Jakubowski blast by. This left It was ErnieJakubowski's race. Crowder by himself in second · The Mantis never missed a beat, \ Dusty Times TRAIL:ER TIRE RACK Will hold 8 race car tires and fits -all our trailers. In-stalls with just four bolts. We will also build custom racks for any application. $85.00 , and its creator, from Oakville, Ontario never put a wheel wrong, to the delight of the crowd. Jimmy Crowder held,up the honor of the USA with a strong second place, followed by John McPherson, and Bill Toronto, having won at both Lefeuvre. For John McPherson . Vancouver and Montreal, John the pressure to win the third 1:asily won the championship on jewel in the BFGoodrich Triple points. For the rest of the field crown was heavy. Although he "wait 'iii next week" had becom~ finished third in the final race at "Wait 'ti! next year!" RACE CAR and SAND BUGGY TRAILER Heavy duty desiign for the rough use they get in the desert. Axle is 3200 pounds, with Bearing Buddy dust covers for easy maintenance. Axle guaranteed for 2 years. Springs are 3500 pounds, 3 leaf, with nylon bushings. Main frame rails are 4" x 3/16" channel, with long 6 ½' tongue for tool box· or bikes. The loading ramps are 1 %" tubing, perm-anently attached so they will never get lost. When ramps are in the locked up position they will hold the buggy if other tie downs should come loose. 14" tires and wheels, lights . with light guards, · wirmg, fenders, 4 tie rings, painted black Axle is adjust-able for correct tongue weight. $895.00 Also available in a short tongue model for easier storage. 1533 TRUMAN ST., SAN FERNANDO, CA Phone (213) 361-1215 August 1984 Page 15 •

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II The First Bay Area Classic is History By Brenda A. Parker the mud on the fourth turn, attempting to get out of the way of the two tars. Jeff's wheel hooked Bert's wheel and they got hung up. ThisgaveScottTaylora chance to pass Jeff and take the Photos: Walt Schwalbe contender in this class this season. The first Bay Area Classic was staged at the DePere Fairgrounds in Wisconsin on June 23 and 24. Dick Shinnick was the race coordinator with the help of Terry Prevost. There was a lot of rain in the 10 days prior to the race and this caused a problem with the laying out of the track • but the race director indicated that everyone was ready for race ~checkered flag. This was a very disappointing finish for Jeff after he had been in the lead for the whole race. Class 2-1600 is a big class in the Northern Wisconsin area and this race was no exception. There were 30 entires in this class alone. You have never seen the start of a race until you see a mass · start involving 30 cars lined up four abreast and eight rows deep, on a track just over one mile long. What excitement!!! Kevin Probst, with his sister-in-law, Kim Probst co-driving in the Berrien, won Saturday's heat, and Kevin, starting back in the seventh row on Sunday, man-aged to move up through the pack and-take the lead in the 10th lap. He led for three laps and then was out of the race due to problems with his power steering. Dave Vandermissen, Jr., from Wilson, Michigan, won Sunday's heat and, except for the three laps when Kevin was leading, was in the lead from flag to flag. Dave will be a strong A newcomer to the off road racing scene is Bob Hutchins from Galesburg, Michigan. He got involved in off roading after attending several races with drivers from his area. He "took the plunge" when he decided to buy a 2-1600 car. His son-in-law, Dan Cunningham is co-driver. Bob is a former stock car driver and even though he has been out of it for several years, his training showed when he managed to move from a 27th starting position on Sunday to end up in the top ten. He is currently leading the 2-1600 class in the Berrien Autocross Point Series. Not bad for a rookie with only three races under his belt. weekend. . Since this race was set up with two heats, one on Saturdav. and one on Sundi}y, we will attempt to hit some of the highlights. By far one of the most exciting races of the weekend was the first heat of the Class 1. cars. Jeff Probst, Berrien, and Scott Taylor, Pro-Tech, were f igh tins for first place, with Scott right on Jeff's tail. However, behind them were Scott Schwalbe and Bert Decker · who were going head to head for third place. The spectators were on their feet everytime these four cars came around. Jeff remained in the lead but Bert finally passed Scott Schwalbe and managed to stay in third position. On the last lap of the race, it was very plain that Jeff and Scott Taylor were going to come up behind both Scott Schwalbe and Bert. Bert took the inside line, down low in There was close racing among the full size pickups, but at the flag Jack Flannery won over Frank Hood In the battle of the Ford trucks. Class 9, or the Super 1600's, is another exciting class to watch. Kevin Probst, Berrien, won Saturday's heat with Lee Wuesthoff, Chenowth Magnum, taking second. On Sunday, Jeff Probst won and Kevin took second. Mike Parker, Mirage and Wuesthoff were battling for position and Mike managed to hold Lee off to take fourth in the heat. Mike Paulson drove a good hard race and finished third. Class 1-1600 was won on Sunday by Kurt Wuesthoff. He jumped in the lead at the start and ran flag to flag. Hilding Brannstrom was second. Hilding, along with his brother Bruce, are contenders in this class. The overall winners for the weekend were: Class 1, 1st-Jeff Probst, 2nd -Scott Taylor and 3rd -Scott Schwalbe; Class 1-1600, 1st - Mike·Poppie, 2nd - Hilding Brannstrom and 3rd -Todd Attig; Class 2, 1st -David Vandermissen and 2nd-Dan Adams; Class 5-1600, 1st-Jeff T uerriault, 2nd -Ronald Karlman and 3rd - Jim Pfeffer; Class 6, 1st - Fay Statemy, 2nd - Pete DeBeukelar and 3rd -Allen Fannin; Class 8, 1st-Jack FlannerJ, 2nd - Frank Hood and 3r - Dave Hockers/ Bill .Allcox; Class 9, 1st - Kevin CALIFORNIA PHONE ORDER.HOUSE u u . BEFORE YOU BUY-TALK TO THE PROFESSIONAL! 12945 SHERMAN WAY - NO. HOLLYWOOD, CA 91605 (213) 765-5827 e (213) 764-6438 . - - - --·--Page 16 AUgust 1984 Mud and more mud caused course woes for the entire entry, but even e 5-1600 racers braved the slime at the Bay Area Classic. Rod Attlg's Moonraker has exotic power, a twin cam Alfa Romeo engine. Attig flew over the water holes In the two seater to third In Class 10. Probst, 2nd - Jeff Probst and 3rd - Lee Wuesthoff; Class 2-. 1600, 1st - David Vandermis-sen, Jr., 2nd -John D. Koran and 3rd-Doug Motto; Class 3, 1st -Geoff Dorr, 2nd -Matt Foltz and 3rd -Bill Schirm/Mark Zimmerman; Class 4, 1st -Geoff Dorr, 2nd - Ray Janusz and 3rd - Bill Schirm/Mark Zimmerman; Class 10, 1st -DerrelrBurks, 2nd - Richard Ault and 3rd -Rod Attig; Class 11, 1st -Dennis Noble, 2nd -Deb Freimuth and 3rd - Bryan Frankenburg; Class 13, 1st - . Sam Konitzer, 2nd - Blaine Konitzer and 3rd - George Konitzer; Class 17, 1st - Leo Jorasz and 2nd - Chris Rhode; Class 18, 1st - Bill Delwiche, 2nd - Gary Zorn and 3rd -Robert Swartout; Class 19, 1st - Darrel Watzka, 2nd - Garry Glime and 3rd -Bret Winzenried; Women's Buggy, 1st -Connie Limpert, 2nd -Chris Dooley and 3rd - Joanne Karpf. The Showdown races were held late Sti°nday afternoon. Hilding and Bruce Brannstrom took first and second in the Limited Buggy group with Mike Poppie third; Scott Taylor won · the · Unlimited Buggy class with Mike Paulson and Chuck John-son second and third. In the Heavy Metal it was Brad Mihalko, Charlie Kuchan and Kevin Kincaid. With all ·of the preliminary hype of the Bay Area Classic, everyone went up there with great expectations and a lot of . them were disappointed. The jumps were bad; because of-the rain they had broken down and · there was single lane traffic iri front of the grandstand, which is where the action should take Dustynmes

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After a disappointing finish on Saturday, Jeff Probst, Berrien came back on Sunday to win the heat and also take first In Class 1 points. Mike Popple survived all the mud and puddles, and he drove consistently to take the 1-1600 title on points at the Bay Area Classic. Young Todd Attig did a fine Job In the HI Jumper, and after the two day meet In Wisconsin, he was third for the race on 1-1600 points. NEW JEEP RACER -A new breed of Jeep will make Its debut in late summer on the High Desert Racing Association trails. The new Jeep Cherokee XJ Sports wagon was built in Detroit to the specifications of HDRA 's Class 12. The downsized Cherokee will be campaigned by none other than Don Adams Racing on the desert. On going development will be handled by Renault/Jeep Sport engineering and technical staff in concert with Don's team of experts who have helped him become one of the most successful drivers in off road racing history. Renault/Jeep Sport plans to develop the right components for racing, so lnde•pendent teams will be able to campaign the Jeep Cherokee In off road racing In 1985 .. DustyTirncs place for the benefit of the spectators. The promoter made no attempt to improve the jumps before or during the race, even though there was equipment available to do so, after the drivers had made their complaints known to him. The drivers started backing off just before the jumps because one of the jumps was causing the cars to nose dive, and because of this several cars almost "bought the farm." When Gil Parker, as Berrien Autocross Series coordinator, talked with Dick Shinnick about the race, and the general comments he had heard from some of the drivers, Dick indicated in so many words that he was not going to pay too much attention to what the drivers had to say about the track because he felt that the drivers would never be satisfied. Green Bay has the potential ~f having a good race and the facilities are great, but the promoters have to pay some attention to the drivers with regards to the track lay~out. Without drivers there won't be a show and no one wants to go out and wreck his car when it can be avoided. I urge · everyone to support this race again next year but, I also urge the promoters to take heed of the drivers' concerns. -• ·. ~..--Budweise:c KING OF BEERS@ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BRUSH RUN 101 INFORMATION CALL 715-478-3435 or 2924 Pre-Run Friday Aug. 31st 1-4 P.M. OFF ROAD RACE Contingency Now at $11,000 ALL CLASSES Plus GOOD OLD BOYS Berrienllis csr:,;;•rD-.0::.::: = J O O 0 SHOWDOWN FRONT & REAR ENGINE ALL CLASSES MOTORC)'CLE, ATV &.OPPY WILL RACE 100% Plus $10,000· Payback . OVER 500 ' ENTRANTS IN~. 1983 · NEW TRACK and FACl[ITIES One Mile West-of Crandon,-Wisconsin on U.S. 8 SEPT. 1 AND 2 CRANDON, WISC. Best Race in the Midwest - -----------August 1984 Page 17

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SCIDA UNDER LIGHTS By Vince Tjelmeland Photos: Earl Stubbs Mick Tickner won the sedan main ev.ent by a couple of feet from Mike Sullivan and Dan Blssonett_e In a very hard fought contest. The fifth round of the 1984 SCIDA Racing Series was held at Corona Raceway in southern California on June 30. There were ten Sedans and a dozen Unlimited buggies there to race under the lights on the modified TT course. Mike Sullivan, right, and Jim Fay had a real dice early in thir;ace, Fay ran out of race track and was a DNF in the main event at Corona. FROM THE Bl:GINNING ... TO THE END-O TRACKSIDE IS THERE! • Color and Black & White photos of many major off-road events, including Riverside, and Baja -current and historic. • We have one of the largest photo libraries of all types of motor sports including events dating back into 1970. __!lY_e_,have photo_s for publication, public relations, . advertising, presentations, promotions, personal "scrapbook" enjoyment. · • We were there last time ... we'II be there next time! TRACKSIDE '· Photo Enterprises PO BOX 91767 • LOS ANGELES, CA 90009 • (213) 327-4493 18710 SO. NORMAN DIE AVE.• SUITE C • GARDENA, CA 90248 Page 18 The Sedan main event was made up of the five unlimited Baja Bugs, highly modified for track racing, and the five 5-1600 restricted Bugs. Jim Fay took the lead in the first corner followed very closely by the "Flying Limey", Mick Tickner, and Mike Sullivan. On the second lap Mike Sullivan pulled to the inside of Jim Fay on the banked half mile turn and then they headed into the hard left turn onto the road course with only enough room for one car. Sullivan made the corner and Fay hopped the outside berm and hit a two foot mound, of dirt. Fay then launched through the air to land back on the track, sideways in front of both Dan Bissonette and Mick Tickner. Bissonette and Tickner came together and stalled out on the track. Meanwhile Jim Fay had hopped another berm and was high centered, suffering with broken front tie rods. The race was red flagged, and the cars were lined up for the , restart. The only missing car was that of Jim Fay. On the restart Dan Bissonette took the lead followed by Sullivan and Tickner. Behind these three there was a pack of the 5-1600 sedans led by Marvin Tomlinson, Alan Bursey and Kathy Fay. Sullivan and Tickner passed Bissonette on the next lap and they ran first and second all the way to the last lap. Then in the final corner Sullivan went too high letting Tickner slip under him, and Mick Tickner won the race• by two feet. Sullivan was second, followed by Dan Bissonette and Marvin Tomlinson. · In the sprint buggy main event Albert Rodela led the pack . through the first lap in the Newman/ Dreager kit car. In the second position .was Jim Vanzant, followed by Karol Vanzant and Ron Greiner. They all continued in this order until the sixth lap when Rodela had a spark plug blow out of his engine head, sending him to the pits. At this point Jim Vanzant took over the lead with his father, Karql, right behind him. Ron Greiner· held a slim lead over Stan Moore who was challenging for third. Two laps fro~ the finish,Jimand August 1984 Leading the sprint buggies on points, Jim Vanzant just aced his dad Karol out for the main event victory to widen his points lead. Stan Moore leads Dave Throgmorton out of the turn, and Moore finished well in the main event, a solid third with a pass on the last lap. Even In SCIDA racing the 5-1600s carry a passenger. Here Alan Bursey just edges past Kathy Fay, a big booster of SC/DA track racing. The wing Is bigger than the car on Dan Blssonette's sedan, and Mick Tickner also sports a wing, but Mike Sullivan races wingless. Karol were still first and second and they finished in that order. But, Stan Moore was able to slip under Ron Greiner for third place. SCIDA events alternate . between Corona Raceway and Ascot. Park in Gardena, California. They are a lot of fun for the spectators as both the sprint buggies and sedans put on quite a show. After five events in the series, Jim Vanzant is leading the open wheel points race and Mike Sullivan is leading among the sedan racers. -Dusty Times

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THE SPRING TELLER _COUNTY HILL CLIMB The Season Opens at Cripple Creek By Bill Brister I -Driving his own Coyote chassis, John Wells won the climb overall with quick time of 3:22.86 and a finish line speed of 130 mph at the top. Leonard Vasholtz was fastest among the stock cars, stopping the clocks at 3:48,60; his Thunderbird was running 120 mph at the finish llne. The hill climb season in Colorado got under way early in June with the Spring version of the Teller County Hill Climb. The dirt road race course is located approximately one and a half hours west of Colorado Springs, or about six miles from the old mining town of Cripple Creek. The event is the annual ,.tune up for the devoted hill climbers preparing for the famous 4th of July Pike's Peak Climb to the Clouds. However, on the qualifying day near Cripple Creek, all the participants were surprised to find three to five inches of snow on the ground. The special cars and tires couldn't handle the snow, so there was a three hour delay while the snow plows were called in to clear the road course. Eventually the qualifying runs began, and, as the day pro-gressed, the weather warmed up, almost too much. The sunshine and warmer temperatures encouraged the snow to melt, and the result was that the pit area became a huge mud hole. Still, the qualifying proceeded well for the two classes on hand, open wheel and stock cars. Among the fast open wheelers, Bill Brister got his 1981 Wells Coyote up the hill quickest;John Wells, in a new 1984 Coyote was second, and Ted Foltz, in another 1981 Coyote was third. It was a clean sweep for the Coyote chassis, native to Colorado. The fast qualifying honor in stock cars went to Leonard Vahsholtz in a 1984 Ford Thunderbird. Second quickest was Larry_ Carnes in a 1984 Pontiac Trans Am, and third was Joel Newcomer in a 1984 Cama,o. New cars dominated the stock car group. The weather got even better, and race morning proved to be a typical Colorado June scene, crisp and clear, a· beautiful day. The competition consists of two separate runs for each car, and the times are-averaged for total score. Still, the best times on the first run always provide an insight about which drivers will prove .to be the fastest in the new season. After the first run, the format seemed to be set. In the open wheel class, Bill Brister was the fastest by just .004 seconds ahead of his teammate John Wells, the designer of the Wells Coyote. Ted Foltz .was third fastest, and Stan Kossen got his 1978 Coyote up the hill in fourth spot. In the stock car class, Leonard Vahsholtz snagged the fast first run, just nipping Larry Carnes for first, and, just as in dtualifying, Joel Newcomer was ird. .. After the one hour lunch break, racing resumed. Most comrtitors were doing frantic wor in the pits, altering suspension settings, making engine adjustments and changing tires. All added some fuel and got ready for the final run, and the tension mounted. The open wheel cars were first again. The times had been so close on the first run that both Brister and Wells hoped the chan.ges each had made to his car woul~ give_ him the edge. At the startmg,...-lme, _ all th_e __ open wheelers had taken the green flag·· except Brister. He waited anxiously for the final seconds to tick away with the engine run-- ning, the trans in gear, water temperature at 180 degrees -everything was ready. Then the word came that Ted Foltz had crashed, and crashed badly. Brister was told to shut it off and wait. It was a long wait, one and a half hours. Approaching the finish line, Foltz was traveling around 111 mph when the Coyote struck a ridge and flipped three times before landing 50 yards from the finish line. It took some time to free Foltz from his twisted car, and get him off to Memorial Hospital. There Ted regained consciousness, and his injuries included a punctured lung, three broken ribs, cuts requiring stitches on his arms and legs, and a totally bruised body. Happily, Foltz was well recovered a month later and was able to compete at Pike's Peak. Finally, Brister started his second run at Cripple Creek. Unfortunately, the edge was gone during the delay while Brister wondered how his friend who crashed was doing, and he sat in the full fire suit for over an hour. Brister's second dash up the hill was two full seconds slower than that of John Wells. The top three were all Wells Coyotes. John Wells won with a time of 3:22.86 and a finish line speed of 130 mph. Brister recorded a 3:24.14 time and a speed at the line of 128 mph. He just edged Stan Kossen, who scored a 3:24.58, but a finish line speed of 121 mph. The stock car class race· was not so eventful, but the contest was equally exciting. Leonard Vahsholtz got the Ford Thunder-bird into top spot with his quick time of 3:48.60 and a line speed of 120 mph. Larry Carnes put the Pontiac Trans Am home second at 3:51.10, and 117 mph. Larry Overholser nabbed third, his Ford Thunderbird doing the hill in 3:52.42 at 115 mph. Fast quallfyer Bill Brister had a long wait at the starting line, and he had to settle for second place In his Wells Coyote after the delay. Larry Carnes put the sleek Pontiac Trans Am home second In the stock cars, Just three seconds and three mph off the winning pace In the class. ---~~~----- - ------------Dusty Times August 1984 Page 19

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Right to Left: . Greg George took his Pipeline Trucking Funco on an unscheduled flight during qualifying and practice. ·Greg got crossed up over the mechanical Jump on the front straight, took off, and <!Id an endo and a barrel roll, and maybe more ... lt happened fast. Happily George was not Injured, and the Funco survived, albeit bent, to make the evening starting line In Class 1. STROM'S OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX By Homer Eubanks Photos: Homer Eubanks/ T rackside Photo Ent. There Were New Faces in the Winnel''s Circle Last June at Pomona Off road racing on the short He stated that the previous course Toyota special, to get Willie Valdez. Evans pitted for a course is rapidly becoming the steering problems on the truck around for the lead. Three tire change, and returned two most exciting form of the sport, had been conquered, and said, "I different leaders in as many laps down on the leader. Steve providing entertainment for think we can win." corners on the first lap had the Millen won the heat easily, and everyone. Off road racing is out The Grand National-Sport crowd on its feet. Willie Valdez, with a 7S Ranger, of the closet, or perhaps out of Truck division delivered what On the next lap Walker Evans was second. Kevin Conery held the back lands and into the the fans came to see, with door shook Willie Valdez off his third in a Datsun, and Tom stadiums. It still ~ffers fans all the handle to door handle, bang-um-_ bumper and . pulled ahead to Haliburda got his old Ford into thrills and spills of the dese'rt, but up action. Better known as Class challenge Millen. As they came fourth. Evans was fifth, but he they can see it . all from a 7, the trucks had a good turnout around to the start/ finish line, pleased the crowd with a side by grandstand seat: Stadium racing in entry. In the first heat race, Evans made his move before the side battle with Valdez to the flag. is making hist0ry this season. · Willie Valdez, who suffered ' a crowd. Walker held on the gas Earlier, Sherman Balch retired An example of recognition of broken foot the day before the over the steel · straight-a-way his Nissan with fuel pump-the sport is the addition of the race, jumped ahead at the flag for jump, and it looked like he trouble. Despite rolling in Electramotive Engineering group a hole shot in his Ford Ranger. · would make the pass, but when practice, Balch had .been third to the Nissan Racing Team. His short Jived lead was. taken his Dodge came back to earth, fastest qualifier. Electramotive_· is better known away before the third turn by ·-the left rear tire blew. Millen In the second trl!ck heat, Ivan for their success in sports · car - W ~Iker _ Evans, Dodge D:-50. ·. moved out into a comfortable Stewart, Toyota, was on the pole, racing, and they have __ put· _that .V a:ldez didn't give up, and pulled· lead, while Evans was trying to having qualified second fastest expertise t'o work on-the Nissan up to the Dodge on the next hold second, and Valdez closed it behind Walker EviJ,Iis. Alongside trucks competing. in · stadium corner. Evans and Valdez up. . was the Ford Ranger of Jeff racing. Team leader Roger Mears exahanged some paint and body ' Things looked good for Team Huber, and Roger. Mears and was confident going into the work;, and this allowed Steve , Toyota by. tht fifth lap, as Millen Josele Gar~ were just to the rear qualifying at Ponw n~ last June. Milten~ Jn' "th~' bran'd. new short ' . enjoyed .a ; half lap lead OYer ' in .. a" Nissan and Ford Ranger :p~ge 20 August' 1984 respectively. At the green flag Jeff Huber came around turn· one first, Mears found a hole and was second, followed by Ivan Stewart. The first three trucks pulled a good half lap lead on the field within two laps. Huber's · Ford out powered Mears' Nissan on the straights, but Roger would pressure in tight at every corner, many times ramming the Nissan into the - Ford, trying to tell Huber to get out of the way. Mears got beside Huber on the back straight, and out drove Jeff into the corner to take the lead. Out -in front Roger Mears found the quicker way around the track and won by a comfortable five truck lengths over. Jeff Huber. Ivan Stewart got his desert Toyota around for third, _followed by Mike Falkosky, in a

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It was Al Arclero's night In the spotlight as e won his heat race in the C cage, and came back to win the Class 1 main event convincingly. 7S Toyota. Off r FR ER OCTOBER· 12-14, 1984 The longest point to point Road Race in the United· States Bet on· tt ... The main event has a semi inverted start, and Jeff Huber and Willie Valdez were on the front · row, with Roger Mears and Steve Millen in the second row. A dozen trucks all tried for the lead at the flag. Huber got the hole shot and Millen got the "tried to hard" award as he rolled the Toyota all the way to the fence. Mears- followed Huber, with Walker Evans, Ivan Stewart and Sherman Balch all fonder to fender. The action mounted as the first five pulled away from the pack, leaving a wake of truck parts falling on the track as 'the competition remained door handle to door handle. Mears remembered the way around Huber from the heat race, put his foot down on the back straight and took the lead on the third lap. Now Walker Evans was knocking on Huber's bumper to pass. The battle for second continued for five more laps. Then on the eighth round ah the pushing and shoving paid off for Evans as he passed Huber coming out of the first 180 turn. Before Huber could regain his composure, Ivan Stewart got past, putting Huber down to fourth. the Third time is the chann. Roger Mears held a comfortable lead, and the crowd was urging Walker Evans on. Now ·the leaders were in traffic, lapping the back markers, and Walker was caught in traffic. Huber departed with a flat tire, · and Sherman Balch moved into fourth. The Nissan crowd went wilq as Roger took the white flag and went on..~ victory. Walker Evans was a distant second, followed by Ivan Stewart, and· Balch; held fourth ahead of Steve Millen, whose Toyota had fenders and other body parts hanging off in all directions. In Class 1 action, some of the most excitement was during the afternoon practice and qualitying sessions, before the fans come into Pomona. Last June during qualifying Greg George did a spectacular loop out, flip, and roll in the air crash in his Class 1 Funco. The car looked to be a total with the suspension collapsed and tl-1.e frame bent around the engine. But Greg pulled himself out of the mess with-only a sore neck. No one thought the car could b\! fixed that day, but Greg and his crew got the Funco back on the line, slightly bent, in the first heat race. The Class 1 Trophy dash was a quick five car contest between the fast qualifiers, that honor Dustynrncs t August 1984 I . Pap11

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' I more about POMONA going to M·arty Tripes in a Funco. Jim Fishback, Jr. got the hole shot, but he was soon passed by Pancho Weaver. Tripes got into the dice, and he and Weaver passed and repasssed for the lead, until they bumped, and Weaver spun out and killed his engine. Bob Gordon ended-up second well behind Tripes, Fishback was next, then Weaver. Frank Arciero rolled his Chenowth into the guard rail. · In the first heat race, Scott Gillman, Chenowth Magnum, grabbed the early lead hotly purs.ued by Pancho Weaver,-Funco, and Marty Tripes. Most noticable on the track was Texan , Steve Foster, running fourth Mike Gillman was fast qualifyer in his Class 10 Chenowth, won the Trophy with his engine smoking heavily, dash and the heat race, but lost the trans late In the main event. Ken Kazarian flew his tidy Chenowth to a fine victory In the second Class 10 heat, and he Just nabbed second in the main event on the final lap. so heavily it was hard to see the cars around him. On the third lap next lap Tripe~ again got into a the three front runners got tangle with Gillman OQ the same tangled in the corner after the corner, and they both lost time. back straight. Gillman pulled out . Steve Foster slipped by the trio still leading, but Tripes moved into the lead over W eaver, as into second over Weaver. On the Tripes retired from the race. Page ii Saddleback Park APRJL8 Saddleback Park . . MAY 2() Saddleback Park JULY29 Saddleback Park SEPTEMBER9 Saddleback Park (Doubte Points) SCORE SANCTIONED/SCORE CLAS$ES GRANDSTAND SEATING/ 100% VISIBILITY SADDLEBACK PARK, ORANGE, CA BAJA CROSS RACING 13704 BECHARD A VENUE NORWALK, CALIFORNIA 90650 213921-2838 On the next lap Weaver spun out on the first turn, and Jim Fishback, Jr .. got by him and Gillman, but Foster, still smoking, began pulling away. Fishback lost his engine on the next lap, and Steve Foster won the heat' with everyone wondering how much oil he could burn in his engine. Pancho Weaver got back into second ahead of Scott Gillman, while Mark Terzian and Bobby Morse brought up the rear. There were nine cars in the second Class 1 heat race. Joe Bean, in a new Chenowth Magnum got the lead off the line, tagged ·by both Al and Frank Arciero. Frank wanted his · brother's spot, and the two bumped eoch: other on the short straight. Two turns later Frank ·flipped his Chenowth into the wall for the second time that day. Meanwhle Al put the move on Bean and, took the lead, and pole sitter Bob Gordon moved his Magm1m into third, closely followed by J.C. Myers in his Glenn Harris had his new Funco well sorted, taking second In his heat race, and sa/1/ng on to lead the last half of the main event and win the Class 1 0 title. Cosworth powered Funco. first turn and hitting the fence. The action spread out, but Al But he held on for the victory. Arciero kept the crowd excited Gordon passed Bean for second by pulling wheelies off the on the last lap, . and Myers and mecnanical jump. Ron Wachter Bean wrestled for third, with also got attention by rolling at - Bean winning that spot. Bill the finish line. Arciero did make Royster, Chenowth, finished one blunder two laps before the fifth. _ finish by going too hot into the The Class 1 main event fielded 1 7 cars, and it was crowded on the course. Bob Gordon jumped from the pole position into the lead, and though they all cleared the first tum, going into the second turn Dan Fisk catapulted his Funco over the wall. Fisk jumped clean over the retaining wall, sending course workers scrambling. Fisk returned to action, a lap down after righting his car. Now Al Arciero was second behind· Gordon, and Pancho Weaver was in third, with both .Scott Gillman and smoking _Steve Foster in ·hot pursuit. Gillman spun on the next lap on the first turn, and got center -punched by Foster, causing congestion in the first tum and putring Gillman in the Roger Mears finally had a good night In his Nissan. Mears had to fight off Jeff pits. Huber, but he won his heat race and the Class 7 M main event handily. The three leaders, Gordon, Al Steve MIiien was ·the driver who took the brand new short course Toyota on Its maiden voyage. Steve won the heat, but rolled out of contention in the ma.In. Arciero and Weaver pulled away from the pack, but looked like a choo choo train · with the cars coupled together. Gordon's car quit on lap 5, giving Al Arciero the lead, but Weaver had his nose up the Chenowth's tail pipe, and he was bumping Ardero at every tum. J.C. Myers was now third, followed by Frank Arciero. Coming over the front jump, Al's· Chenowth lost the whole engine cage, perhaps from Weaver's action ... but Weaver then hit the wall at the right hander going into the back straight, and Al Arciero got a good lead. Weaver spun again in the first turn, letting both Myers and Frank Arciero past. At the flag Al Arciero was an easy winner, well ahead of].C. Myers, August 1984 DustyTimes

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Pancho Weaver gets sideways in the Class 1 Trophy Dash and behind him Frank Arciero goes over, while Marty Tripes went on to win the trophy. who was followed closely by came together on the back Frank Arciero. Steve Foster got straight. Harris came out the .around Weaver, who. had to victor as Croft ended up on two settle for fifth. wheels and had to do some fancy The Class 10 Bugpack action car handling to regain control. began with the trophy dash. Mike Gillman was comfort-Fastest in qualifying, Mike able with a few seconds lead over Gillman, Chenowth, eventually Glenn Harris, who was pouring won the dash, but he had to work on the power in an attempt to for the trophy. Jerry Whelchel catch up. Time ran out for took the early lead, but Gillman , Harris, and he came in second out powered him on the back behind Gillman. Glenn had put straight. Glenn Harris and Brad some distance between his Funco Ca'stle tangled off the start, and that of third placing Ron putting them both well back. Carter. Next came Chet Castle won the battle . and got Huffman, Chenowth, and Mike third followed by Harris and Sally, as Croft fell well back due Brian Harber. to a spin out. Tommy Croft put his Funco · Fourteen were on the grid for into the lead off the start of the the second Class 10 heat. Ken first Class 10 heat race. But, both Kazarian put his Chenowth in the Mike Gillman and Brad Castle, lead on the second turn, with Raceco, were close. The ord_er both Jerry Whelchel and Brian remained for three more laps, Harber right behind, while David with Gillman attempting to pass Bonner was fourth. The front Croft, finally getting by on the three pulled away from the pack, short straight. Castle, now third, dicing one another for a wheel slid out into the wall arid went to length. Further back a battle for the pits. Glenn Harris took over fourth developed between David third in his new Funco and began Bonner, Ed Martensen and Kent reeling in Croft, and the two Castle. Kazarian got himself The Odyssey race Is a real crowd pl,aser, and the unsuspended ciass cars look like a pogo stick clearing the Jumps and bumps at Pomona. Brian Harber fought his way through the traffic In the Class 10 main and survived a tight duel with Ron Carter to place second In the Funco. · DustyTimcs crossed up, but he managed to recover before Whelchel could react. Jerry Whelchel was getting desperate as the race wound down, and rammed into the rear of Kazarian at the end of the back straight. But Ken Kazarian held on to victory. Whelchel was so busy chasing Kazarian, that he must have forgotten about Brian Harber. Just before the finish, Whelchel let off the gas for the · steel jump, and Harber took the advantage and nosed him out for second. The tight battle for fourth was still going on and it was Dave Bonner who won out over Ed Martensen and Kent Castle, The final event of the evening was the Class 10 main event, with 25 cars on the line going for the big win. When the flag dropped it was Jerry Whelchel that made the pole position pay off. Behind Whelchel a pack of four cars were going for second place. Ron Carter, Glenn Harris, Brian Harber and Mike Gillman were dicing closely. Then just after Carter got clear into second place, he lost it to Harris, and had to fight off an attack from Gillman. On lap 4 Whelchel lost power and retired, and Glenn Harris took over the lead. Mike Gillman got around Carter and began closing on Harris, and Brian Harber was now third. Fighting for fourth, Carter was busy blocking Ken Kazarian and Chet Huffman. Gillman began closing tight on Harris as they moved into slower traffic they were lapping. Then Gillman had trouble passing a car that was upside down in a corner, and at the same time his Chenowth developed shifting problems. Soon Harber passed Gillman, and then Carter went around also, into third. On the ninth lap Kazarian passed Carter, but C~rter got him back on the next round. Back · in the field Mike Withers rolled his car, but up front Glenn Harris went on to victory with a good margin. Glenn was happy with his win, and said that he made· some suspension adjustments after the heat race that helped him in the main. Second place went to Brian Harber in his Funco, and Ken . Kazarian made a spectacular pass at the finish line to overtake Ron Carter for third. David Bonner brought his Hawk home in fifth. Also on the program were several events for 3 wheelers, motorcycles and Odysseys. In the 3 wheeler main Jimmy White won over Chris White, both on Kawasakis. Stan Cargo won the suspended class of Odysseys in the main event over Tom Bries, and in the spectacular unsus-pended class, Scott Miller won over Mike Roderick. Ron Turner rode an Italian made Gagi~a .. to . tne '·victory in the 250cc Motocross. It wasn't a good night for Jerry Whelchel. He got a second in the Class 10 !rophy D~sh, lost Sf'cond on the last jump in the heat race, and lost an engine mthemam. FAT Performance, leaders in offroad racing engines and performance prod-ucts, have set an unprecedented record in the recently-formed Super 1600 competition. Since its inception, we have won more races-both Short Course and Desert-than all others combined. We have also experienced an amazing amount of success in all other VW classes with top finishers at all major races. It's this kind of record that sets us apart from the rest. When performance is the goal, see FAT for all your street and off road needs. After all, it's our last name. And keep your eye on our impressive list of FAT performers: GILLMAN BROS., JERRY WHELCHEL, GLENN HARRIS, KEN KAZARIAN, LARRY BOLIN, JIM STILES, LARRY RAGLAND, JIM AND BILLY WRIGHT, JIM GREENWAY AND MARK STEELE. THE LIST GOES ON August 1984 1450 N. Glassell, Orange, CA 92667 (714) 639-2833 Page 13 .J

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THE CINDER LAKE 150 The ADRA Find a Strange New Surface for Off Road __.cing Among the Cinders of Flagstaff By Jean Calvin Photos: John Calvin & Daryl Drake Cresting the hill above Cinder Dry Lake Mark Glebelhaus had a flawless run to the Class 1 and overall victory driving his Funco over the Cinders. of the big entry, 105 starters,· seemed more than satisfied not to have a pre-run arid they used the short test area instead. All seemed eager to do anything in order to enjoy off road racing at the site. The lack of a pre-run does make the first lap an "equal opportunity affair" for both the high buck racers · and the guys that tow in late Friday night. All day Friday and again on Saturday morning the cars wound through tech inspection and then camped under the big pines. The tech business went quickly, super-vised by Bill and Marilyn Graham, and in answer to the question "Are we having fun yet" the workers and the compet-itors all seemed to truly be having fun all weekend. Jack Woods drove his alloy bodied creation swiftly to take first place In Class 10, hold second on the road, and he placed fourth overall In Pros. The race course was beauti-fully marked in a two loop con-figuration for each lap. Off the start the route went along side the lake and into the bushes on a ten mile run that came back down the center of the dry lake into a hard 180 turn just short of the finish line, a rolling check-point. Then it was off across another side of the dry lake, up a super keen hill into the forest where the trees grew closer together, over shale type hills, over some really rocky areas, and in another 20 miles the racers were back at the finish line at the end of a 3 checkpoint lap. While some prophets of doom exclaim that desert racing is all but history with massive land closures looming on the horizon, some enterprising race groups keep finding new venues for desert races. With the entire state of Arizona around the Phoenix home of the ADRA, it still can be a problem to find land for off road racing. When his June event at Young was canceled due to dif-ficulties with the fish and game authorities, Phil Auernheimer of the ADRA went north to Flag-staff to an area unused for organ-ized racing for more than a · decade, Cinder Lake. Phil found excellent cooperation from the Forest Rangers who manage the land in this area. The origin of the Black Cinder Hills is shrouded in history, and the surface of the ground is like none other we have seen. A blanket many feet deep of small black pebbles covers miles and miles of hills, whose main decor are towering Ponderosa pines. A few succulent plants also survive in the barren land covered with the volcanic pebbles eons ago. The start/finish area for the race was, naturally, at Cinder Lake, a dry lake with no vegetation of any kind, just acres of the sur-prisingly clean black cinders. Cinder Lake was one of the Ari-zona locales used by the moon walking astronauts for training, and they covered many a mile on Cinder Lake in replicas of the moon buggy. Since that NASA program ended, the area has been open to motor vehicles, but ADRA staged the first formal race for cars there last July. To keep the land intact, and Page 14 keep the cooperation of the Forest Rangers, the ADRA allows no pre-running of the race course. Because of the extra high altitude at Flagstaff, a short run around Cinder Lake was marked early on Friday for competitors to use while sorting out their tire pressures and carburetion. Sea-sonal heavy rains fell from time to time, making the proper car jetting a bit of a mystery. But, all There are actually three races during the day by the ADRA. It all begins early in the morning with the Pro classes, who ran five laps at Flagstaff. When they finished, around noon, the biggest bunch, the Sportsman took off for their three laps. Dwight Lundell recovered from the time loss of a broken throttle cable to drive his Pro Class 10 Chaparral Into a fine Second In Class. Wayne Green drove a consistent pace through all five laps to come In second among the Pro Class 2 bunch about 25 minutes off the pace. August 1984 Then, when only a few stragglers are left in motion, the Beginners leave for their two laps of the route. Everyone is given ample time to finish the appointed rounds and earn finishing points. The last Beginner car was home at Flagstaff around six in the evening. Of course it seems ironic that the Beginners face the roughest course, nicely rutted by the other classes. But, the program lets the novice drivers see the toughest side of off road racing, and it may also encourage them to move up to Sportsman racing soon. The biggest section of the Pro group were driving Class 1 cars. In the lists were such desert notables as Jerry Finney, Larry Noel, Mark Giebelhaus, Bob Austin and Larry Ragland. Ragland's Chaparral sported a most unusual body, that at first glance looked normal,-although a dull beige/brown in color. Closer inspection showed that the body was made of cardboard, actually out of furniture packing crates. It was so well done it can't be seen in pictures. Larry said they make a fresh box board body for each ADRA event, and change the stickers and decor at will. Having a disposable body on a single seater is not such a bad idea, in fact a good one for short course racing. There were ten starters in Pro Class 1, including the very swift Baja Bug of Doug Sylvester. Pro2 fielded eight, including Ed Martensen and Jerry Everett. Pro Class 10 was lighter than expected with only five on the Ed and Jody Martensen had a good day In their Class 2 Raceco, and they won the class by a huge margin as well as placing a swift second overall. Check the cardboard body on Larry Ragland's Chaparral; .It Is really tidy. Ragland got fast lap of the day at Flagstaff, and third overall In Pros. Don Coffland was the lone entry In Pro Class 4, and he had a good run tn' the brand new Jeep CJ 8 over the hills and through the woods. Doug Sylvester's Bug was the only Pro 5 entry, so he elected to race against the Class 1 cars, and he was seventh In class, 10th overall. Dusty Times

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line. In the quintet was the nifty single seater of Jack Woods and the Chaparral of Dwight Lundell plus another Chaparral driven by Gary Johnson with a very tidily installed Toyota 1600 in the tail. Don Coffland and his new Jeep CJ 8 were the only entry in Pro 4. The Pros started one a minute in a random mix from a drawing the week before. First on the road after ten miles was Jack Woods, but Lundell and Bob Rivard, Class 10 also, were both close behind. Tom Zentner was the first of the big engined cars on the road, next came Gene Greenlee, Terry Smith and Mark Giebelhaus. Ed Martensen led the two seaters; and th'e race was on. Brad Griffith had a clean and quick three laps In the Greenlee two seater to take top honors In Sportsman Class 2 and fifth overall. · Class 5 was very strong In Sportsman ranks. Pete Sohren led most of the distance to score a ten minute victory In his Baja.Bug. Enjoying the cool breezes and occasional mist in the high country, the drivers held their cars together through the middle lap. By now Jack Woods was first on the road with a good lapse back to Mark Giebelhaus, Funco, who probably was first Missing part of the Chaparral's body didn't slow Dan Foddrill at all en route to first In Class 1 overall among the huge Sportsman category. Jim Kirk took first place In Sportsman 1600 open In his "Ugly II", freshly painted. Jim's swift 2. 11 time put him home fourth overall. Jim Travis, In the ex Mark Stahl Chenowth, nailed a keen second In Sportsman Class 1, only six minutes away from the overall victory. Young Rod Leon drove his aged Sandwlnder very well In the open 1600 class. With IRS now In the rear, Rod finished sixth In the big class. DustyTimes on time. Larry Noel, Chaparral, came along next through the trees, followed by Bob Rivard, Ed Martensen, Terry Smith, Chenowth, and Bob Austin, in Glenn Evans' single seater, then the quick Baja Bug of Doug Sylvester. From his nearly last starting position, Larry Ragland had made a fast charge through the pack, but a broken axle on lap 2 had him playing catch up again midway in the race. Dwight Lundell was also on the come-back trail recovering from a broken throttle cable. . . Starting the last lap, Mark Willie Brunfield overshot the finish line Into a sand trap, but he got his second Giebelhaus was first on the road in Sportsman Class 5 placing despite the mishap. and on time, with Jack Woods in fourth overall: Ed and Jody both over four hours on time. his wake and the Class 2 of Ed Martensen slid under the Johnson failed to finish. Tellier and Jody Martensen next on the checkered flag third on the road· did a spectacular at the finish; road. Running hard now, Dwight and the Class 2 winners by a coming through the trees just Lundell was next, followed bunch. Theirtimeof3:21.59put short of the finish line, he lost closely by Terry Smith, Tom them home second overall. concentration with the checkered Wood and Larry Ragland. Dwight Lundell was next, his flaginsightandcenterpuncheda Mark G i e be 1 ha us had no Chaparral nailing second in Class stout Ponderosa pine, destroying apparent trouble, and he flashed 10, eighth overall with 3:36.37. the buggy front end as he rolled across the finish line a clear Charging to the flag was Larry heavily, before getting righted winner in Class 1 and overall Ragland with a pair of quick laps, and limping to gain his finish. with a total time of 3:19.39 for 35.34 and 35.45. He zoomed Second in Class 2 in 3:49.19 the 150 mile sprint. Jack Woods into second in Class 1 and third was Wayne Green, only two arrived second, also a clear overall. minutes ahead of Jerry Everett winner in Class 10, and his time Filling out Class 10 were Bob who had ten minutes on Glenn of 3~30.00 was good for a niftv. Rivard in third and Tony'T e\\ier, ¢ ¢ ¢ KC HiliTES Daylighter August 1984 The Original Can't Be Beat! • 385,000 Candle Power • Patented Shock Mounting • Helped Win More Races Than Any Other Light • SCORE & HORA Contingency Sponsor Black #1627 $34.95 postage paid Chrome #1620 $39.95 postage paid Mickey . Thompson ~ • Choice of '83 _._._.IILo • ._ SCORE Champ 7-15 Front 35x11.50-15 35x14.50-15 Larry Ragland • Sizes Up To 35" Tall. Great For Long Travel! •Tough 6 Ply Tread, "Side Biter" Cleats. $ 69.95 $128.95 $151.95 World Famous BMkS & Nitrocharger • Improved Handling For Faster Speeds • 8", 10" & 12" Travel -In Stock -~ r -• Also • Full Line of Rough Country Parts In Stock Competition Windshield Decals ' S2.95 Get The Giant Advantage! Free with your . order, Giant's / 3rd Edition ' Catalog. Or send a dol-lar and re-turn address to our mail order facility. Please, / no phone , calls for 1 catalogs. Page 15

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honest was Willie Brunfield, who 3ot so excited at the checkered flag that he overshot the finish line ·:md landed in a sand trap. It was embarassing, but Brunfield got pushed out and got his second in class in the sleek blue Bug. He was only 30 seconds ahead of Lee Finke. Well back, George Tellis was the other Class 5 finisher. · Ben.Pierport fought off challenges all three laps to take the win In limited 1600 ciass, required by the rules to use steel wheels. Despite a shorter wheelbase than most of the competition, Ed Faulkner brought his winged racer home for second in Sportsman limited 1600 class. The restricted 1600s tame to race nine strong, and, ·with the suspension restrictions, this was the highest attrition rate of any class, as only four did the three laps. Harold Sanders and Ben Pierport had a whale of a race going after 40 miles, almost in visual contact; and, Ed Faulkner and Randy Miller were very close, and had higher numbers. After another lap Ben Pierport was first across the line in his Beard built buggy, and he won the class by nearly ten minutes. Taking second place glory was Ed Faulkner, who just edged out Tom Higgens by a skinny 26 seconds. About 45 minutes behind that battle, Tom Bartos was the final class finisher. The lone suvivor in Sportsman 5-1600, Don Weiser lost the nose early, lived with the wind drag and finished three laps for the victory. was thick with humidity, but small puffs of dust, the first of the day, were coming from the tires as the cinders dried out. Jim Kirk led this class on the road midway in the three la pper, and a half dozen were close behind him. Kirk extended his lead on the final loop and finished not, only first in class·with a 2:11.17, but fourth overall among the Sportsman. Exactly seven minutes behind him was Jim Allison, followed closely by Nels Dutton, Greg Oswskey, who had oil problems, and Mike Gertson in a tight race. Our sentimental favorite was a genuine, tail dragger Sandwinder, a car out of the past. It was driven by young Rod Leon, who finished well, sixth in class among the eight that covered the three laps. more •.• CINDER LAKE Hennessey. Seven or the eight starters finished in Class 2. Three of the Class ls failed to V,C the distanc.e, i.ndudi.ng Tom Zentner who lost a wheel and sat out the race. Tom Wood nabbed third in class at 3:33.38, just a couple of minutes ahead. of fourth placing Bob Austin, whose adventures included a slow rollover after hitting a stump and making it to the finish line without an operating clutch. Austin just . beat Jerry Finney, Chaparral, by 35 seconds. Terry Smith was another three minutes back, followed in 2½ minutes by the Bug of Doug Sylvester. Don Coffland brought his Jeep in a winner after four laps, in order to get it ready for Monty Griffin to drive in the Sportsman race. There were a herd of Sports-man, 53 in all, and a few were given late start times, because the cars they planned on driving had yet · to return from the Pro contest. The Sportsman were divided into Classes, 1, 2, ·5, 5-1600, 4 (for any 4 x 4 ), open 1600, and restricted 1600. The restricted 1600 class is a bit different than most in that the chassis is restricted with a single shock front end and only two shocks per wheel allowed in the rear. While the Pros enjoyed bright sunshine during their race, a big, spooky sounding wind came up for the Sportsman, and ominous black clouds rolled in fast, but the temperatures stayed pleasant. The Sportsman actually started by class and they are scored by class. So, they started one every 30 seconds. There were eight in Class 1, and after one lap plus ten miles, Dan Foddrill, Chaparral, led Jim Travis, Chenowth 1000, and Mark Larson, Funco, on the road. Foddrill, who co-drives the car with. Jerry Finney in long Page !6 desert events, kept about a two minute gap in hand all the way to the finish line. Foddrill won Class 1 and overall honors among the sportsman by over four minutes from Jim• Travis. Arriving third in class and overall, another 1 ½ minutes back was Gene Greenlee. Having a tight tussle for fourth in Class 1 were Gary Crother and Oran Back, with Crother emerging in front by just over a minute at the flag. Next to start were the 14 in Class 10 and they ran the first lap in cJose combat .. By now the air Tu·e Class 2 Sportsman were ten off the line, and after 40 miles Brad Griffith was first on the road, followed by Jay Volkner and Newt Campbell. Vicki Allison broke a tie rod and dropped a bunch of time at this point. At the checker Brad Griffith was first on the road and first in class as well as fifth overall in a clean drive to finish in 2: 14.48. Eight minutes back, Dave Wood took second from Second among the quartet of 4x4s In Sportsman was a tidy IH Scout driven by Jack Balley. Check the fish style door netting on the Scout. Ron Legue drove the Jim _Travis Chenowth to a second I'! Class 1 among the Beginners. Note th_e total lack of dust from the-cinder surface. ~gust 1984 Jim Wood, less than a minute separating the pair. Only four more minutes down in this tight dice came Paul Notte, with a couple of minutes on Jim Bush. Vicki Allison got running again to finish sixth out of the seven that.did. The half dozen in Class 5 left the line in fine form. Pete Sohren was the first to depart, and he stayed first on the road from flag to flag. Sohren not only won handily in class by ten minutes, he also placed seventh overall. Keeping up and keeping him There were a pair of 5-1600 Sportsman Bugs and the lone survivor was Don Wieser. He actually finished among the It was two for two for Don Coffland's Jeep CJ 8. Monty Griffin drove It to victory in a quick run of 2:36.35 In Sportsman 4x4s. Dave Turbyflll's 4x4 Dodge pickup was truly neat and tidy. After a good first lap, It retired later with fuel feed problems. The Beginners get the roughest course, but Larry Cobbs had two clean laps In his Class 1 Chaparral to win overall among the novices. Dusty Times

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Beginners minus the nose glass and the car was on the trail for over five hours, but it was a winner. There were four in the 4 x 4 group, and it was a treat for the ADRA to have some_ trucks. Monty Griffin was driving Don Coffland's CJ 8, facing .the Toyota LC, with Chevy power, of James· Gattrell, the slick IH Scout driven by JackBailey and a tidy_ Dodge pickup driven by Dave 'Turpyfill, and the latter two rigs were from the same town. After the first ten miles the Scout and the Jeep came through the 180 turn side by side, and the Toyota wasn't far behind, trailed by the Dodge. Unfortunately for the race, the Toyota vanished from the scene, and the Dodge got in a lap and change before succumbing to fuel feed prob-lems and oil leaks. From Texas, Griffin had ridden the Pro race, as well as at Barstow, with Coffland, and he soon got the feel of the Jeep to take a strong lead and win the class. The Scout of Jack Bailey finished well also, only 13 minutes in arrears. The Beginners were on their way while a number of the Sportsman were still circulating. But, the skies were again threatening, and the ADRA did not want anyone out on the track after dark. The Beginners, while at least half a dozen classes were represented, also started at random from the drawing. So it was quite a mix of pbwer potential among the 28 novi<;:e . drivers. Again, some started late, while waiting for their race car to finish the Sportsman contest. All beginners wore numbers in the 800 series, so it is difficult to figure wno was leading whom and where in the class contest. After one lap Larry Cobbs was first on the road and he stayed, there through the second lap to win Class 1 and the Beginner race overall with a two lap time of 1:29.24 on the now rough race course. The first lap leader.on the road, Ron Legue, Chenowth, dropped to second overall and in Class 1 at the fla:g with a time of 1:35.25. A late starter, and a confused finisher, Jerry Wood took the checkered flag next, but didn't turn in his ticket right away. It took some checking to get his time and position located, because he started well back of the pack. Wood ended up third overall and first in Class 2 with a time of 1:39.30. Running through the novice category finishers, they were all driving in the Limited 1600 class. Craig Wilde won the limited class honors and was fourth overall by five minutes over Roger Drudge. Bruce Mills was next on time at two hours flat, and other finishers include Gary Hendricks, just two minutes behind. Next came Duane Beamis, and more than an hour later Ken Roelke arrived. The tenth and final finisher among the Beginners was Bob Burns, at 3:53.15. As the last of the Beginners were finishing the route, the heavens really opened up with another short, but fierce rain st0rm. But, most of the parptici-pants were camped under the sheltering pine trees, and it st,1re was a keen and clean setting for Dusty Times · Craig Wilde favors a two seater for the limited 1600 class, and he won top honors ln the Beginner category and fourth overall. Driving his full bodied -Bug, taped together, Rodger Drudge patched it well_ enough to finish second Beginner in limited 1600 class. an off road race. The barbecues 150. It all went smoothly on the were soon going again after. the weird surface;-there were very storm passed, and everyone was few problems on course, and the pleased with the Cinder Lake cars that broke down were promptly towed in by.their crew yet?" Their Flagstaff,affair was or the race organizers. The goodfunfromstarttofinish,and ADRA has found the answer to -posted good money for the Pro the question "Are we having fun Classes as well. DOING IT IN T-HE DIRT! GO. STATION 1 SWAY·A·WAr .. 1;.s:-..... 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PAN·A·RAMA '84 Text & Photos: Walt Schwalbe Old Styl~ Off Road Sprints Mike Popple was the spin out champ In the mud, but he kept his 1-1600 under control on Sunday to take second In the heat and on points. The first event in the Superior Points Series last May took place at a track new to the series in Fountain City, Wisconsin. The facility has much promise for future races, and the event should more than double or triple in entry next season, if the midwest can get their thing together on scheduling events. Fountain City is on the Mississippi River ,approximately 40 miles north of LaCrosse in some of the most beautiful coulee country one can see. The river is lined with bluffs on both sides which enter into country with green valleys and fertile farms amongst wooded hills, with roads leading to the top showing some of the contoured hilltop farming common in the region. Racing started at noon on Saturday with Classes 1-2-1600, 5-1600 and 11. It was heat racing style with 30 minute heats per race, then a 15 minute clean up period. 1-1600 was a flag to flag victory for Curt Wuesthoff, Mequon, WI. Dean Scidmore, Schofield, WI chased Curt for the entire race, and took second, followed by Mike Poppie, Waukesha, WI, who had overpowered Gary Campbell, Trego,WI about half way through the race for third. Gary held his fourth place. In the 2-1600 section, John Koran, Marshfield,WI, ran in the lead until midway in the race when he was overtaken by Scott Thompson, Maple Grove, MN, who held the lead · to the checkered flag. Koran held his second place while being chased bv Dave Vandermissen Jr., OfFR040 Tired of Getting Shafted? Check Out NEVADA OFFROAD BUCCY Ultra Boot & Flange for Turbo CVs -$119.95 the set of 4 Boots & Flanges Complete stock of everything for your racer. pre-runner or street Bug, from wheels. & tires to hard parts tor the engine. transmission. the whole car. Page 18 CHECK US OUT WE SHIP ANYWHERE Two Locations to Serve You 3054 South Valley View Las Vegas. Nevada 89102 (702) 871-4911 1541 North Eastern Las Vegas. Nevada (702) 642-1664 Wilson,MI, who held third for the entire race after he bested Roger Greenfield, Trego,WI during the third lap. . The 5-1600 race was a shoo-in for Ron Karlman, Ixonia, WI, who ran a flag to flag first place. Some exciting action behind him was b tween Roger Wolfe, Milwaukee, WI and Dan Timmerman, Wisconsin Rapids, WI for the entire distance. These two were running very close and changed position often to make a real dice. Dan Timmerman stayed in front when it counted for the second place win. Class 11, for virtually stock, single shock buggies, was taken by Matt Trelstad, Minnetonka, MN, who flew over the jumps as though they weren't there. He bent a tie rod coming over a jump, but hung together to put himself way out in front for the win. The second heat included Classes 3 and 8. Jack Flannery, Crandon WI, took first off the line in his Ford, spun out in the first 180, and was.passed by Rick Rogers, Milwaukee, WI, who maintained his lead to the checkered flag. Flannery, although definitely faster on the short straights, had his problems in the corners and ended up fourth overall, first in Class 8. Mark Carlson, Menominee, WI took second in Class 8. down a lap from Flannery. · Behind Rogers in Class 3, Ron Omlid, Grand Forks, ND was second, followed by Matt Foltz, Dousman, WI, in the ex Chuck Johnson Bronco. In the Class 10 heat Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL had a wire to wire victory in his Pro Tech, enough though he spun out in the first 180 shortly after the start of the race. Mike Paulson, Belvidere, IL was second, laps down with some engine problems and Chuck Johnson, Rockford, IL, was out after seven August 1984 laps with electrical trouble. Greg Gerlach, Dakota, MN took off the line and led all the way in Class 4, his Jeep Honcho gaining a substantial lead over the pack. So)Jle very hot racing took place behind him with Ray Janusz, Pewaukee, WI spinning out on the first 180 turn and then moving from last to third. Ray· came wide on one of the turns, lost it, and was turned into the corner when he regained traction with his pedal still on the metal. He headed straight for your truly, who scampered out of the way. Ray said later he would have braked if I hadn't got out of his way, but I will still keep on moving. The next lap Ray dropped the front drive shaft and was out. Charlie Kuchan, Okauchee, WI moved into second place and held it from then to the checkered, followed by Mark Seidler, Appleton, WI. The Class 1 session saw the buggies in a tight group for· a short period, but Scott Taylor went out front for another flag to flag victory. Mike Paulson worked his way from a fourth place start to second place at the flag. Chuck Johnson was out after ten laps with a broken CV, giving third place to Greg Smith, Hopkins, MN. The final race was a three wheeler run, and the day's events ended with a Mud Bog. After the usually enjoyable Saturday evening cookout, we retired only to be awakened by the Saturday night torrent. It rained and rained all night into Sunday morning. By wake up time the dusty track of yesterday was now a sea of mud. It looked impossible to have a race. The start was put back until noon, in hopes nature would have a hand at drying the course. The Winona and LaCrosse 4 x 4 people decided to help nature and went in big bunches around the track, with their vehicles throwing mud into the air. Around noon the racing Curt Wuesthoff flew over the first Jump, flew all the way to win both 30 minute heats for the 1-1600s, and he naturally won the points too. Greg Gerlach not only came from Minnesota to ~;ganlze the race, he won both Class 4 heats and the Heavy Metal Showdown In his Jeep Honcho. 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resumed with 1 and 2-1600, 5-:. 1600 and Class 11. It was a slipping and sliding affair with spin outs being common rather than the exception. Mike Poppie took the lead off the line, with Curt Wuesthoff, Gary Campbell and Dean Scidmore in pursuit. In 2-1600 John Koran led, followed by Roger Greenfield and Dave Vandermissen, Jr._ .Jhe 5-1600 was a flag to flag win for Ron Karlman, and a rehash of the Saturday race with Dan Timmerman again in seeond, and · Roger Wolfe third. Curt Wuesthoff again took over the 1-1600 lead on the first lap and held it for the duration. G;uy Campbell lost his second place spot due to transmission problems to Mike Poppie in the fifth lap. Mike, by this time, had his spins under control and held on to the checkered. Dean Scidmore moved into third when Campbell dropped out. The 2-1600 lead was held by John Koran for six laps, only he was stopped with electrical trouble. This gave the lead and the first place win to Dave Vandermissen, Jr. who was followed by Scott Thompson and Roger Green-field. On points for the two heats Curt Wuestoff won 1-1600 honors, Mike Poppie was second, Dean Scidmore third and Gary Campbell fourth. In the 2-1600 points the total victory went to Scott Thompson, followed by Dave Vandermissen, Jr., John Koran and Roger Greenfield. First- place in Class 11 belonged to Matt T relstad, followed by Rocky Eiden, Abbotsford, WI. . The second group on Sunday found the track a little better than it was for the first. The slipping, sliding and puddling was done better by the 4 x 4 vehicles out of the corners too. Bill Schirm. LaCrosse, WI came out in' the lead, and after much racing was overtaken by Rod Om-lid who held the lead to the finish. While Rod was out front, serious racing was .going on to the rear. Rick Rogers . moved up on Schirm, who was forced out with mechanical trouble after four laps. Rogers stayed on Omlid's tail for second place. Matt Foltz took third. These three were the only vehicles ahead of Jack Flannery doing his second round with another (irst place in Class 8. The results of the two heats combined put Ron Omlid first in Class 3, Rick Rogers second, Matt Foltz third and Harry Bowey, Jr. fourth. Flannery took the Class 8 title, of course, and Frank Hood, Stoddard, WI bested Mark Carlson for second spot in the second heat, so Hood, "in his new truck took the overall second place. The second Class 10 heat was a rehash of the first round. Scott Taylor again drove from green to checkered in front . . Mike Pa_ulson, although first off the line, was passed by Taylor at the first 180 turn and Mike was again second and second for the weekend points. Class 4 was led by Charlie Kuchan in his Bronco under glass for the first two laps. He lost the lead to Greg "Baja" Gerlach in the third lap. Kuchan lost his .·· position when he, killed · the . engine ,_p,n .a 180 turh, and .had The Class 8 king in the mldwest, Jack Flannery continued his winning ways by taking both Class 8 heats in the very tidy and new Ford. Ron Kartman survived the muddy going to take first place In Class 5-1600 In both the Saturday and the Sunday _heats. Wisconsin's Class 11 calls for a stock frame, steel wheels and single shocks. The class Is a lot of fun, and Matt Trelstad won the points this round. Greg and Lana Gerlach shut out the Class 4 honors with the Jeep Honcho at the first event In the 1984 Superior Off Road Racing Points Series. trouble restarting it. Ray Janusz passed him too, but Ray, with no front drive shaft, was at a disadvantage coming out of the turns in the slippery mud. Kuchan got going, and played racer with Janusz for a short while, then took the lead over Janusz and ended up in second at the checkered, while Janusz settled for third. The overall results were the same as those of the second heat. 'The Buggy Showdown started with the limited buggies taking off with a minute lead over the second wave of unlimited machines. The first wave was led by Curt Wuesthoff, Mike Poppie and Dean Scidmore. The. unlimited bunch was led into the first corner by Mike Paulson, but Scott Taylor, going wide, grabbed the lead there, followed bv Paulson and Greg Smith. Chuck John.son, who spun out, was left in the corner mud and had to be removed. By the third lap Taylor had moved through the pack with only Curt Wuesthoff left to pass. Taylor got by on the fourth lap and then Paulson, moving up right behind, took second from Wuesthoff. At the flag it was Taylor and Paulson, and then the limited 1600s of Wuesthoff and Poppie. The Heavy Metal Showdown was the last but not the least exciting race of the weekend. Charlie Kuchan led off the line followed by Ricky Rogers and Ron OmHd. While they were settling down to racing, Greg Gerlach stole their thunder coming out of the turn wide, and passed them all on the jump. Greg went on to finish what must have been a great weekend for him. He was finishing a · tremendously successful race as a . pr9moter ·and. a .shutout .for his< . class plus the Heavy Metal Showdown. The second spot was Ricky Rogers all the way with Frank Hood taking third from Charlie Kuchan, while Omlid was off to the side with a ring and pinion failure. Kuchan passed Hood on the fourth lap while Hood was trying to get out of the deep holes in the spectator's corner. These holes were getting so deep the vehicles were lost in them. Charlie took a piece of Hood going arm.md him, but unavoidably. Ray Janusz put his nose in one of the holes, couldn't make it thr_ough, but managed to him for the fourth place spot. And, that is the way they finished the Showdown. It was a most enjoyable weekend · of racing. 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The CA3 includes JAMAR's large capacity master cylinders, available in three sizes for disc or drum type brakes. They feature captivated push-rods, new convoluted gaskets, and caps · which are easy to remove. The mounting_ bracket is cast aluminum, treated to a T-6 condition, and can be mounted on the floor or under the dash. MANUFACTURERS OF THE FINEST IN OFF ROAD PRODUCTS Co,ritact your local JAMAR dealer or write 42066-C Avenida Alvarado• Temecula, CA 92390 , ,-C ... (r14) 6Jf3-?066 , Ct,,· . ~.- , .. ,, .. :' . iusu~t:1984

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"Dome" Racing is a Success at Indy By Brenda A. Parker la'J~ PYLE·DRIVER CHARITY OFF·ROAD RACE -----BENEFITING-----R.M. PYLES BOY'S CAMP AUGUST 18-tk MES.A B A K · MARIN E R S F I · R.ACEW .A Y ELD,,.CA - GUAIIANTl!l!D $40,000 PUJISE - CIJlSSES l, 1-2-1600, 10 AND 250cc 1'IIJU!E WHEELl!1IS - BOT ACTION PACJa!D SBOJn' COUIISE JtACING JtuN IN THE COOL EVENING BOUIIS - ADVANCED TICJa!'IS: $10.00 / AT THE GATE: $12.00 / GATES OPEN AT 6:00 p.m. -------* FOR TiaET SALES INFORMATION CONTACT BAIO!ltSPIELD DEA: PIPELINE TRUCKING CO. MINI'ER FIELD BAKERSFIELD. c.A 93308 TEL. # 805-393-6350 HOURS: 7 am. · 5 p.m. LOS ANGEIJ!S DEA: PIPELINE TRUCKING CO. 11250 FIRESTONE BLVD. NORWALK, c.A 90650 TEL.# 213-924-6688 HOURS: 7 am. - 5 p.m. ADVANCE TiaET ORDER DEADLINE DATE 8-13-84 Page 30 RACE ORGJINIZB: MAR1Y TRlPES TEL. # 619-463-0654 RACE STEW.DD: CHARLIE ENGELBART TEL. # 213-921-2838 Mickey Thompson announced that he is returning to the Hoosier Dome on January 19, 1985. Such are the feelings of Mickey Thompson about the "dome" races. Tires were the big question as racers began to arrive on Thursday for press day. There was every.thing from Mickey Thompsons, to McCreary slicks, Hoosiers, BFG's and Firestone. The only tires that seemed to be working were the Mickey Thompson's, a McCreary treaded tire and the Firestones on the car of Ken Kazarian. The two tire vend'ors were busy people by the time the first practice was over. During one of the afternoon practice sessions a cable holding one of the adjustable ramps in place broke. This was replaced but delayed things for about 30 minutes. Then during a subse-quent practice the same cable broke two more times: Mickey finally called a drivers meeting and outlined the problems they were having and also the danger to the drivers and his concerns with regards to this danger. A · vote was then called for and the majority voted to remove this ramp. With this problem eliminated the program went forward. Qualifying consisted of two qualifying laps with the best lap time placing the driver in his heat race. The top four qualifiers in each class went into the "Trophy Dash" for his class. The top qualifiers in Class 1 were: Joe Bean from El Cajon, CA driving a Chenowth, Pancho Weaver from Westminster, CA, driving a Funco; Kevin Probst from New Lenox, IL in a Berrien and Doug Bils from Ottawa, OH driving another Berrien. In Class 10 it was Tommy Croft from San Diego, CA in a Funco, Ken Kazarian from Rolling Hills, CA driving a Chenowth, Gary Harden from Nashville, IN in a IOR and Mike Parker out of Kalamazoo, MI in a Mirage. After qualifying, an autograph session was held on the floor of the dome so that the spectators could meet the drivers and see the cars close up. My observation was that the crowd really enjoyed August 1984 this "up close and personal" contact. The first Trophy Dash was won by Tommy Croft. He jumped into an early lead and was never headed. Ken Kazarian came in second with Mike Parker third and Gary Harden fourth. The next event was the Unlimited Trophy Dash and Pancho Weaver took advantage of a ½ spin by #1 qualifier, Joe Bean to win, with Kevin Probst finishing third and Doug Bils in fourth. A Trophy Dash for the Formula 7 Thunder Trucks was added to the program and Steve Millen in a Toyota banged his way past the Ford Ranger driven by Jeff Huber and went on to victory over Roger Mears, in a Nissan.; Walker Evans in a Dodge Jeff Huber had some problems with his Ford Ranger In the heat race, but e came back healthy to lead the main event from flag to flag. Steve Millen won the Trophy dash for Toyota, and also won his heat race, but he had to settle for second spot in the Class 7 main event. Wisconsin's Lee Wuesthoff won the first Class 10 heat with a flag to flag drive n . the Chenowth Magnum, but he ran out'of luck In the main. Driving his own IOR chassis from Indiana, Gary Harden endured a f~at tire on the last lap and still held second In his Class 10 heat race. Dusty Times

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was third, and Huber, who finished the three lapper minus some body work, was fourth. In the first Formula 10 heat race, Lee Wuesthoff from Mequoin, WI driving a Chenowth got the jump on Rod Attig, Dixon, II in an Alfa-Romeo powered Attig, and led flag to flag. The best battle of the heat was between Attig and Harden with Harden finally getting by Attig on lap 5. Harden closed the gap on Lee but was unable to catch him. In the last lap Harden had a flat tire but just managed to get under the checker to take second place. Mike --'"" ___ , Parker was third followed by Glen Harris, in his Funco, brought some gold home to California. Glenn did a Rod Attig, Tony Ruby out of wire to wire win in his Class 10 heat race and was seco11d in the main event. Raceland, KY and Ernie before Harris again opened a lead in a Berrien was fifth and Bryan Jakubowski from Oakville, which he held to the checkered Decker from Colorado Springs, Ontario, Canada driving a flag. There was quite a race for CO in a Funco finished sixth. Mantis. third place between two Midwest Ken Kazarian scored the In heat #2, Glenn Harris of drivers, Bruce Brannstrom from widest margin of victory winning Camarillo, CA in a Funco, Northbrook, IL in a Mirage and by ½ a lap over Jeff Probst from looked like an easy winner after Scott Taylor in a Pro Tech, Mokena, IL driving a Berrien, in breaking to a big lead at the start before Scott finally managed to the third Formula 10 heat race. but, Tommy Croft slowly and get around Bruce to finish third. Jerry Stansbury from Gaines-surely closed the gap and Bruce was fourth, Karl ville, TX in a Funco was third challenged the leader for a time Wuesthoff from Mequoin, WI with Tom Benvenuti from ----'-'-------------------~---Dundas, Canada; Paul Robert-Canadian champion Bill Lefeuvre, from Ontario, took to won the first Class 1 heat driving his new Berrien Buggy. Pancho Weaver had a perfect Class 1 score In Indiana In the Chenowth. Weaver easily won his heat race, the Trophy Dash and the main event. Toronto Stadium Race winner Ernie Jakubowski won the semi-main for Class 10, but he came to grief In the main driving his own Mantis. Dusty Times son from Toronto, Canada in a Mantis; Bill Pederson in a Berrien from St. Charles, MO and Geoff Kenward, from Redunda, IL in a Pro Tech finishing next in that order. The first heat race for the three wheelers was won by Chris White of Bloomington, CA on a Kawasaki. Chris came from last place at one point during the race to take over the lead from Steve Mendenhall on another Kawa-saki, for the victory. Third place went to John Arnold with Joe Baker finishing fourth. Jimmie White, the current serie~ point leader made it a clean -sweep for Kawasaki by winning the second heat race by a wide margin over Kent Severson on a Honda. Mickey Erikson out of Forest Lake came in third. The Odyssey 6 lap heat race went to Blair Duhamell of Franklin, IL who took the lead from Rick Kelly in this crowd pleastr. Rex Perry finished third · with Mike Stinson, Jr. and Billy Vaughn finishing fourth and fifth. In the first Formula 1 heat race, Bill Lefeuvre out of Ontario, Canada in a Berrien, took advantage of a spin by Kevin Probst on lap 4 to take the lead. Probst attempted to make up for lost ground but could only close to a few car lengths to finish second. Scott Schwalbe, Joe Bean and Steve Norris finished in that order behind Ke~in. Steve had -pulled off the track in lap 9 because his car was not running good but managed to limp around to take the checkered flag to finish the race. There were only three cars in the second heat race for the Formula 1 cars but this quickly turned into a two man race when Rick Prouty spun on the first lap. Pancho Weaver then moved to a huge lead over Randy Turner and Weaver then breezed to an easy victory. . In the first heat of the Thunder Trucks, , Josele Garza, Ford Ranger, pulled a hole shot to take the lead but lost it to Jeff Huber on lap 2 in a wild melee. Garza was involved in a second fender banger and was forced to leave the race with a flat tire. Meaf\while, Roger Mears put the heat on the leader, Huber, with Sherman Balch in a Nissan third. August 1984 Ken Kazarian had a super night at the Hoosier Dome, winning his heat race In the Chenowth and going on to narrowly win the Class 10 main event. Mechanical trouble overtook the in a wild duel between Walker rest of the field after five laps and Evans, perhaps off road's most the race settled _to a two truck experienced driver and Indy 500 battle between Balch and Mears. winner Tom Sneva, who was a Mears took the lead on lap 6 and surprise entry in this field, held Balch off to the checkered. making his first off road start. Heat 2 for the trucks saw Steve Sneva held off the veteran until Millen become a main event the next to last lap when the two favorite by winning this 8 lap tangled and Evans was able to get thriller. The most exciting battle his Dodge going first ahead of of the race came for fourth place Sneva's Toyota. Tom Norris was la 1~ ¢¢¢ PYLE-DRIVER CHARITY OFF·ROAD RACE ENTRIES TO DATE Class One Bill Royster Ron Wachter Bobby Morse Fritz Kroyer Karol Van Zant Don Paxton Mark Hanson Frank -Arciero Class Ten Mike Whitters Jerry Whelchel Mark Bronceu Tommy Croft Bill Silberman Dave Bonner Ron Carter Glenn Galbraith Gary Dillon Mike Sally Jim Sandifer Dan Morton Craig Durfee Class Five Bobby Garner Greg Sanden Stefano Milicic John Herlong Jim Fay Tom Copper ,Al Arciero Pancho Weaver Scott Gillman Bob Gordon J.C. Myers Greg George Jim Fishback, Jr. Larry Ragland Don Koll Ed Martinson Randy Rychedasch Steve Kelly Glenn Harris Jim Fishback, Sr. J.C. 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I • I -Jeff Probst got a second with the Berrien In his Class 10 heat, led the main event for a time, but dropped to fifth at the flag. Scott Taylor had traction problems on the concrete, but he managed a third In his heat and a hard won fourth In the Class 10 main event. more •.. DOME RACING second in a Toyota and Curt Leduc finished third, in his new Ford Ranger. The Semi Main Event first and second place finishers advanced to the main event. Canada's Ernie Jakubowski lost the lead on lap 2 when he spun momentarily, giving the -front spot to Karl Wuesthoff, in a Berrien. Jakubowski then came back to regain the lead the following lap and went on to win handily. The Three Wheeler main event was won by Jimmie White who increased his series lead with a wire to wire win. It was a Kawasaki sweep of this main event with factory team riders Chris White and Steve Menden-hall finishing second and third. The yellow flag came out on lap five of the Formula 1 main event due to oil on the track dumped by the car driven by Steve Norris. The leader was Pancho Weaver who took the front spot on lap 4 from Kevin Probst when Prol;:,st spun on the wet surface. The race was then Joe Bean was the top quallfer In Class 1 and won the Trophy Dash, led the main until he spun out on the last lap and fell to fourth. _ Michigan's Mike Parker qualified fifth fastest In his Class 10 Mirage, did well with a third In the Dash and In his heat race. red-flagged beause there was oil ground to Bean. Kevin Probst all around the track. Officially was second and Weaver dropped there were four laps scored to third. Weaver came back to before the yellow/ red flag. On take second on lap 10 but Bean the re-start, Weaver, plus the had an eight cadength lead. On second and third place cars spun the last lap, Bean spun with.a half and the lead went to Joe Bean. lap to go and dropped to fourth. The spinning cars were ·au able to Weaver cruised to victory with continue but lost valuable his right rear tire _ flat. Kevin Probst nailed second, followed by Bill Lefeuvre. The Formula 10 main event saw 14 cars at the start. A jam-up on the first turn at the start allowed Jeff Probst an.cl Tommy Croft to get a sizeable lead. However, Kazarian recovered quickly and closed from third. Kazarian took second on lap 3 and went on to take the lead as the pack crossed the start/ finish line. Jerry Stansbury took second on lap 5 but lost it to Croft the next time around. Glenn Harris was the next of several second place challengers, taking the runner-up spot on lap 11 while Kazarian remained well in front. Second place changed hands five times. With one lap to go, Harris was less than a car length behind Kazarian but Kazarian hung on and won by a car length and Harris had to settle for second, followed by Croft and Scott Taylor. There were nine starters in the Thunder Truck main event. Roger Mears was a non-starter due to power steering problems. Jeff Huber took the lead at the start. Tom Morris in a Toyota was second, trailed by Steve Millen, Curt LeDuc and Tom Sneva. Huber moved to a comfortable lead in the sixth lap after which there were no changes in the top three spots. Huber went on to win it with Millen second, Morris third, and Ivan Stewart, Toyota, in fourth. All in all it was very interesting racing. The crowd, 20,160 strong, seemed to enjoy the show and no one left before the last race was finished. Let's hope the race at the Silver Dome is even bigger and better. Thanks _ Mickey for all that you are trying to do for off road racing, and good luck. I for one am pulling for you. _ Rick Kelley led from start to finish in the Odyssey main event to win this 8 lapper. Kim Van Pelt of Bloomington, IN was second with Bill Vaughn of Terre Haute coming in third, making it an all Indiana sweep. Tommy Croft won the Class 10 Trophy Dash, got second In his heat race and his Funco ended up third In the hard fought main event. _ Bruce Brannstrom had his Mirage humming In his Class 10 heat race, and the Illinois driver came In fourth, and was seventh In the main. YOUR SOURCE FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE CA TA LOG 22630 SOUTH NORMANDIE A VE. TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA 90502 213-320-7231 TWX: 910-349-7514 Page 3i August 1984 Sporting an unusual powerplant, an Alfa Romeo twin cam, Rod Attig did well In his two seater with a fourth In his Class 10 heat. Dusty Times

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Coyote in a time of 12:30.12. The Predator Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb time Class 3 champ Don Adams, who lives nearby Pikes Peak, was fourth in open rally class in his short course Jeep CJ 8. John Crawford smoked the Produc-tion Rally ranks driving a factory backed Dodge Daytona Turbo Z. His time was a quick 15:18.18. Sixteen of the 24 stock cars made it all the way to the top. Fastest of all in this class was Larry Carnes driving a 1984 Pontiac Trans AM. His time of 12:4 7 .35 was a new class record for the 12½ mile climb. About 4½ seconds behind, Leonard Vahsholtz was second in a Ford Thunderbird. All around racer and off roader Roger Mears nailed third at 12:57.35 driving a 1984 Camaro. Using a little reverse lock, BIii Brister put It all together over the 12½ mile climb to post fast time of the day and win the open wheel class by a big margin. Michele Mouton surprised a lot of regulars at t e ea , as ng er ac ory · Quattro to first overall In Rally ca(egory and she established a new track record as well. Larry Carnes spun out on his way up the hill, but he won the stock car class honors _eas{IY driving the handsome Pontiac Flreblrd Trans Am to a new record. The annual Climb to the Clouds did not attract many off road racers this year, but for the final runs the fields in three classes were ample. The biggest class was the stock cars with two · dozen ori the line. The open wheel unlimited group started 21, and the Rally car class had a total of fifteen, ten in open class and five in Production class. In recent years the organizers of the classic hill climb have scheduled a class for Pro Rally cars, and last year the Pikes Peak title went to frequent US Pro Rally champion John Buffum, driving his rally winning Audi Quattro. This year the Audi Dusty Times people brought troops from the .factory team in Germany. Their lone entry was European rally star Michele Mouton, a world class driver, and she is presently in the running for the World Driver Championship. Despite some disagreements on which power plant to use, Michele used the factory choice, though it was slower, but she still won the Rally category overall in the Sport Quattro in 12: 10.38. Buffum was not allowed to compete this year and he was part of Michele's pit crew. Audi brought a whole plane load of folks from Europe to watch the classic race, including a bunch of Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises European press to see the world famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Driving his four wheel drive Mazda RX 7, Rod Millen nailed second in open rally class with a time of 12:35.49. Third was Martin Schanche, who brought a . super fast turbo charged Ford Escort from Europe for the occasion. Off roader and many Naturally, the fastest times were in the open wheel class. This year Bill Brister won his second overall "King of the Hill" title in his Wells Coyote. Brister stormed the hill in 11:44.49. Butch Hardman driving a 1976 Sprinter, was second in 12:24.41, oddly enough a slower time than that of both Mouton and Millen in full bodied cars. Recovering from a crash a month earlier, Ted Foltz was third in another Wells The purse money was really great for the winners at the 62nd · annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb, and even the also rans got checks in four figures, thanks to Predator ,.the major sponsor this year. John Crawford not only won the Rally Production class In his Dodge Daytona Turbo Z, he also knocked nearly 29 seconds off the class record, which he already owned. Kicking up dust among the trees, Roger Mears ended up third In the stock car class on the hill, driving a new Cl)evrolet Camara. Silver Dust Racing Association Presents NEVADA "300" August 25,1984 START/FINISH Pioche, Nevada an , all facilities frontier town, a scenic hop North of Las Vegas. All lllUJ Classes, Track Class 7S, Bikes aid ATV' s A one hundred mile loop course run through cool, refreshing tall pine country. Second points race in 1984 Nevada Triple Crown Off-Road ChampioMhip for off-road race cars, motor-cycles and ATV' s! Third event -Silver Dust "400" Nov. 17, 1984 NEW TWIST...:..MORE CLASSES FOR CARS Class 1-2 Class5 Class 6 Class 7s 1-2-1600 Class 9 5-1600 Class 10 Class 11 Bike Pro. Classes-125,250, Open & Veteran (Over 30) Revised Payback One through five cars-80% payback to first place only. Over five entries guaranteed $2000.00 to first place '&? 20% payback. One through five bikes-8()% payback to first place only. Over five entries guaranteed $1000.00 to first place'&? 20% payback. · ~~ Silver Dust Racing Assaciatia Phone: (702) 459-0317 ~ PO Box 7380 • Las Vegas NV 89125 ~~\ August 1984 Page 33

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VIRGINIA CITY Th-Verlings Take the Victory at Virginia City Hollywood has long been famous for that perfect, story book ending. It is always fun when it occurs in real life. Such was the case at VORRA's Virginia City 200. The Verling family, of Reno, Nevada, have been a fixture at VORRA races since the early days of the series, which begins its second decade in 1984. They have many short track wins and a couple of class- titles to their credit; but, until last Labor Day's "Mud 250", so dubbed because of the massive desert storm that struck during the race, the Verlings had never won a desert event overall. As if set up for a Hollywood script, the Verling scenario began at Weeks, NV, at the previous race three weeks earlier. They then blew their unlimited engine, and had decided not to run Virginia City since they couldn't afford to build another engine. Nineteen year old Patrick Verling, a five year VORRA veteran, was on his job at the Williams Truck Center in Sparks, and one day lamented the situation out loud. The owner heard the story, and gave Patrick a check, telling him to go build an engine. With the help of defending VC winner Bill Lott, and his Fibercraft VW shop in Reno, the parts were rustled up and the Verlings were able to build their first ever big, unlimited motor. The whole thing was put together in l~ss than a week with a lot of burning of midnight oil, and they just barely made it to the race. Virginia City is a most unique spot for an off road race, which runs through the streets of the old gold rush town as well as the Out In the dusty mountains, the Augle Steinert Sportsman buggy makes a rolling obstacl~ for the Bowers/Ohnstad Class 10 winner cresting Sign Hill. In one piece here, Bob Eastman had quite a saga en route to winning Class 1-2-1600, "with a little help from my friends!" -Page 34 Test & Photo: Joe Stephan desert. The 71 entries came from five states to enjoy the town and its historical saloons and places of business. Some were there as early as the Wednesday of race week. Many soaked up the . history, while others were seen spending their winnings early on the same tables many a fortune was won or lost in Virginia City's hey days 100 years ago. VORRA uses the historic flavor of the town during the race, with tech inspection on the main street, and the draw for starting numbers held in the Delta With historic V rglnla City In the background, oy Clouse and Fritz Wlechers get set to start the race In front of the old train station. Wlechers led the Clouse V-8 powered HI Jumper after one lap. • Saloon, est. 1863, where one shares the bar stools with the ghosts of the most famous and notorious from the gold rush era. Talk this year centered on the new course with a new, fast run up through the trees at the end of Long Valley to the new Checkpoint 1, and Check 2 was new also, some 7,000 feet high in the Virginia Mountains. From there it was a horrendous descent down the other side over a rough and steep twisting road that included several switchbacks before rejoining the old course half way to Check 3. The route still included the unique two mile run over city streets through the middle of Virginia City on each of the ten laps. Following a red light and siren parade through town, the race started at the old Virginia and Truckee train station with a start by class, two every 30 seconds, and Class _ l left first. Inaugural VC 200 winner Fritz Wiechers in the D & D Foreign Car Cheno~th and Roy Clause's V-8 Hi Jumper were the first drag race down E Street to the big drop off. Wiechers laid down a 23.40 minute first lap and led almost all the way from there, despite twice blowing the left front.tire, rolling on lap 9, and having to slam on the brakes going up hill every time the fuel got low, thanks to a front mounted tank pickup. In the meantime, the Verling entry left in the fourth wave, with papa Vic at the wheel. In a related story, eighteen year old Eric Verling, leaving in his Class 10 Furico from 27th spot, took the big E Street drop off a little too hot and slammed to earth, heavily. The rookie driver was initially knocked out, but was soon up and around, though a little goofy. Pat Verling ran from their close by pit, dressed only in his race suit and socks, but he grabbed someone's shoes and his brother's helmet, and took over. He got to Check 3 where the gearbox quit. He hitched a ride 15 miles back to town. where he had just time to catch his breath when his father came in after four laps and said "You take it". · Despite having to hold the _ shifter in its tower, Patrick set a hot pace of his own, and little _by Mike Povy drove hard to second place In his Bronco 4 x 4. The good finish was a long time coming for the ten year VORRA veteran racer. Now nicknamed "Ma Bell Killer", ave hulte won his second straight Class 2 title at Virginia City despite hitting a telephone pole. August 1984 little closed the gap to Wiechers, who also was fighting a failing gearbox. Verling caught up on the last lap, and somehow passed Wiechers going down the big hill, which must have been quite a sight. The Hollywood finish brought Verling home to a 4:28.24 win, four slim minutes faster than Wiechers, who quit pre-running early the day before to go back to Reno to set up the Verling's carburetor! The Class 2 and 5 race was also tight, and the win eventually went to Dave Schulte and his daughter in a V-8 Hi Jumper. They did a 4:36.34 despite hitting a telephone pole head on at 40 mph down the hill into Check 3. Joe Falloon and Don Ward were leading the class when they became the filling in a three buggy sandwich on lap 6, getting nailed in the dust cloud, which cost them the right head off the engine. David Brown's Baja, which had won four desert races overall coming into this race, suffered two flats and lost the front brakes for a trip over . the side at Checkpoint 2 on lap 3. Brown hit every big rock between there and the bottom of the switchbacks before getting back on course to take secopd in class with a 4:39.10 run. Rick Bowers and Kevin Ohnstad took the Class 10 honors, running their Eagle tandem in a single seat style. They reported· a great run, despite getting hit by a two seater, getting stuck, and rolling on lap 7 at the top of Six Mile Canyon while making the left turn onto the pavement into the first city street. Luckily, it was only a mile to the pits for a new right rear tire, rim and stub axle. Their third overall 4:35.42 run was five minutes up on Roger Caddell's solo drive in a 1;hort course Funco, and he spent nine minutes in the pits with a broken shock, and ran out of gas on the last lap, just past the last check. Caddell had to run back to the pits to beg some gas. The 1-2-1600 race was another story out of Hollywood. Robert Eastman broke a steering wheel spoke going down the E Street drop off at the start, and had the whole steering rim come off in his hands on lap 2. He drove to the pits on the spokes, where his buddy Ira Ingersol took the steering wheel off his street buggy for a transplant that only took three minutes. Ingersol put the spokes and hub on his buggy and drove out onto the course to watch the action. On lap 7 Ingersol watched Eastman roll right in front of him, and Dusty Times

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r later a very humble Eastman told of being uprighted by Ingersol, which obviously made the difference. Eastman won the class by one minute in a time of 4:48.44. The big news in the four wheel drive group was Don German NOT winning, his blown head gasket on lap 2 making for "s~eing how the rest of the class does for a change!" John Deetz, though his Jeep was stuck in second gear the last .half of the race, kept it together this time to win the class in 5:23.45. Second went to Mike Povey, Bronco, which was a long time coming for the ten year VORRA veteran. Povey endured an overheating engine that required water every three laps, a flat at high speed in Long Valley, and then discovered the new air scoop was too close to the air filter, with not enough air flow. His pit left the hood off after a water stop, and the Ford ran much better, but then almost got taken out by-a head on with a motor home going down the course the wrong way. Through it all Povey clocked a 5:54.57. Defen~ing cha~pion Fritz Wfechers blasts back into town on the way to a scorching 23 minute first lap; his Chenowth finished second. The infamous E Street drop off caught many napping and made for some wlld action, Just 100 yards from the drag race style start. VORRA 's hobby level Sportsman class went to David and Darrell Hinze, who· managed nine laps in 6:08.28; they were awarded the win, though over the six hour cut off time. The only team to also make nine laps was the Hi Jumper of two .time class champion Les Poulson and Bob Shermer, who turned a 6:15.24 in the face of adversity. Shermer lost the left front wheei and spindle coming down the big hill on lap 7, and somehow made it to the pits with a flat right rear tire. Th.ere he told Poulson, "Your turn." Leading the class before the incident, Poulson jumped in and manhandled it another two laps, complaining of blistered hahds ,from having to really use the stee~ing -brake to make any turn. Jeep driver Wes Banks and 1600 driver Mike Bishop laughingly told of the private s~ap meet they held in the middle of nowhere. Bishop reported he had broken a crank pulley seal before Check 1 and lost all his oil. He said he decided to try out the claim of HPS in the crank case, and drove 12 miles with no oil when he came across Banks, broken beside the road before Checkpoint 2. In the ensuing barter session, Bishop traded Banks his spare electric fuel pump for two quarts of trans fluid for the crankcase, since Banks had no oil with him. Bishop bummed oil all the way and finally completed lap 4 to retire after using 18 quarts of oil. It was tense for a time on lap 3 when Roy Walker -flipped is 1600 buggy on a tricky curve next to a drilling rig in Long Valle, and landed on his wheels -facing traffic. He was still sitting a bit stunned wherne Terry Rogers' .Class 1 came along and nailed him head on. Both cars were. severely damaged, but There was close action, even In the city /Im/ts. With two ml/es of every lap right through town, the racers passed the hospital often. fortunately both drivers were the pits for a fix. control stations to stop him but OK. A good example of how great all Paul did was wave back to Eighteen year old Roy Clouse, the race went off was VORRA their waves. When finally Jr., making his first Virginia City President Ed Robinson claiming stopped at Checkpoint 1 and start in the Sportsman class was no complaints what so ever after ·informed the race was over, he driving his father's spare V-8 Hi the event. Paul McCain was said "You're kidding!" Jumper. He got so excited off the having ,such a good time that, It was another great Virginia start, he pulled the shifter right after receivi:ng the checkered flag, City 200, this one complete with out of the mounts on the first he took off on an eleventh lap. a touch of Hollywood. The next shift, so he made a right turn to. They radioed out to the course desert event from VORRA is -----------------------,--=--__:-over Labor Day weekend, the The father and son team of Vic and Patrick Ver/Ing scored a real movie script type overall victory in the VO~RA Virginia City 200. John Deetz came into glory at Virginia City, winning the 4 x 4 class despite his Jeep being stuck In second gear the last half of the race. Dayton 300 out of that Nevada town, just down the canyon from Virginia City. RECOGNIZED SAFETY . ~L~~e~~q~~~GS ~ men! offers the racer · .; · '-the finest assortment of quality racing \:.d •-i equipment on :he market today at a tremendous savings. 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It Was A Stormy Session At Sebring For F.O.R.D.A. Text & Photos: John Sprot1kin It was almost historic as the off roaders came to Sebring, a famous race track, best known for the 12 Hour Endurance Race for sports cars each spring. F.O.R .D .A. drivers will remember the race last June as a "shocking" experience. Torren-tial rains swept the old airport from time to time, accompanied by bolts of lightning. One lightning strike caused many to hit the ground with tingling and burning feelings all over their bodies. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. The one mile race course was laid out in the usual fashion.with three jumps right off the start that were mandatory for everyone, a hairpin right turn that was a problem in the mud, and many more jumps. The agenda for the day included two heat races of five laps each, and a· feature race of ten laps that had all contenders running together. This main event started with the "B" class, then "O" th~ 1600 and Class 1, separated b¥ 100 yards starting distance between each class. As race time approached and the clouds rolled in, it was questionable as to which would start first, the· races or the rain. Fortunately, the races made the first move, followed shortly by seasonal rains throughout the afternoon. The "B" and "0" classes started first, and at flag fall the first pile up of the day happened. Jerry Allen rolled coming off the first jump, and then was hit by Mark Armhein, and before all settled down, Mark Oliver joined the group and said "Every time I hit the first jump, somebody is underneath me." The rest of the heat went great; all the drivers maintained good control and showed excellent driving skills. In the "0" class, J.R. Taylor took the win, Scott Gundeck was second, followed by Marty Pounds and Sam Pace. Among the B cars, the sedans, Joe Cunningham took an easy victory followed by Dave Hluzek and Mark Bicker: Despite a wild nose stand, Jody Denahan was fourth. Page 36 The 1600s and Class ls were combined in their first heat. The Class 1 engines roared at the green flag, and the group mastered the tricky course with a clean start. Jack Berry took the lead on the first lap and stayed out front throughout the heat. Danny Hahn and Leon Felix were running tight and alternating second place position each lap. Hahn was in second at the finish, Felix was third with Butch B~ickell in fourth. Among the 1-2-1600s, Bob Broome and Ken Burkert went head to head along with Buddy Taylor and Bruce Bennett. Midway in this heat the rains came, and the class finished in the same order. As the first group lined up for the second heat, the start was delayed for about fifteen minutes because of heavy rain. Now the track was engulfed in mud, and when the rain slowed down the green flag dropped. With tires spinning and mud flying, J.R. Taylor picked up the "D" class lead and dominated the heat.Joe Cunningham blew his sedan engine in the first lap, and Mark Armheiri lost a left front wheel. Mark Bicker, Jody Denahan and Dave Hluzek were tearing up the track in "B" sedans, and after five laps the class went to Mark Bicker, with Jody Denahan The D class action Is close and competitive. Marty Pound, #57 goes tight In a corner while Sam Pace does handsprings behind him. Mike Hester missed both Class 1 heat races sorting out. engine woes, but he made the main event, and streaked to the Class 1 victory. · lwgust 1984 crossing the finish line second, Dave Hluzek in third. J .R. Taylor, sliding all over, came across the finish first in the "D" class, and Scott Gundeck made the second crossing, followed by Sam Pace and Marty Pounds, who did a great job in fourth position. The second heat for the 1600s _and Class 1 was_also held up for a time because of heavy rain, but, when the green flag came out, the buggies were on the move. Mud, rain, jumps and turns, the drivers didn't hesitate a bit and got with the program. It is really amazing, under the existing conditions, how each and every driver on the track could have such control Mark Bicker, left, and Jody Denahan battled each heat for top spot In the wild B sedan class. Bicker won the meet on the points. Literally covered In mud, Scott Gundeck won the main event In D ;estrlcted buggies, but was second In the heats and on points for the day. Jack Berry won both of the heat races In Class 1 alm.o'st wire to wire, got a second In the feature and took home the Class 1 points title. Danny Hahn got second In Class 1 points In his second FORDA event driving what looks to be an ex Jack John.son HI Jumper out of Las Vegas. Dusty Times

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over their buggies. Still, off the start, Ken Burkert, Bob Bohres, Buddy Taylor, and Jim Mortimer got tangled badly, but no one rolled, and the pack swept past. In the 1600 battle Bruce Bennett. maintained his leading habits with Bob Broome and Ken Burkert not far behind. Jack Berry upheld his winning ways in Class 1, and again Danny Hahn and Leon Felix kept · swapping spots for second. The 1600s finished in formation with Buddy Taylor getting fourth. And in Class 1 Berry was again the winner, and this round Leon Felix bested Danny Hahn and_ Butch Brickell was fourth. Buddy Taylor, who was fourth In 1600 class, hops In cadence with Jim Mortimer, ast.ern. Mortimer was seventh In the same class as on po_lnts. Ken Burkert does the bicycle act In the muddy going, but he recovered to place high In the 1600 heats and take third for the day's points. Even the feature race was held for a time because of the rain. The track was a muddy morass, and it must have looked terrible to the eyes of the drivers. Off the start the mud was slung in all directions, and the race cars were soon covered with mud, and so were the drivers, and it was still raining hard. Jim Mortimer rolled his 1600 at the beginning of the race, and Jody Denahan lost a front wheel. Bruce Bennett had the 1600 lead after one lap, and several cars were stuck together in the S turns, too muddy to be identified. Mark Bicker took a wild nose dive off one jump and Ken Burkert drove -under him, and both continued in the race. There were lead changes in all classes as the rooster tails of mud signaled a class bunch going past. The 1600s regularly have the tightest of competition In FOR DA racing. Louis The buggies of Ken Burkert, Mark Oliver and Buddy Taylor race past famlllar Mike Hester, -sidelined with Foster flies high over a muddy Jump en route to eighth on points. landmarks on the historic. airport sports car course at Sebring. engine trouble during the heat close behind, followed by Ken Hluzek and Joe Cunningham in fifth. Among the eight 1600s, Despite the monsoons, the races, had his problems solved Burkert and Buddy Taylor. The hi.s wake, and that is the same Bob Broome came out on top on lightening strikes, and the mud, and flew over the mud to win big class, a dozen on the line ih D, order the sedans finished on total points, Bruce Bennett . was the first off road race at Sebring Class 1. Danny Hahn was saw Scott Gundeck up front in points at Sebring. second, followed by Ken was a success for F.O.R.D.A. second, followed by Butch the main event, Sam Pace was Oµ pointsJ.R. Taylor was tops Burkert, Buddy Taylor and Bob Still, it didn't take long for , Brickell, who was stuck in the second and J .R. Taylor third in the highly restricted "D" class Bohres. In Class 1 Jack Berry was everyone to clear out of the track mud for a time, and Jack Berry. followed by Marty Pounds. In buggies. Scott Gundeck was the run-a-way points winner, and head home. The next race Among the 1600s, Bruce Bennett "B" sedans Mark Bicker nabbed second, Sam Pace third, Marty followed by Danny Hahn, Leon was just two weeks away at -go_t_t_h_e_w_in_w_1_·t_h_B_o_b_B_ro_o_m_e __ f1_·r_st~,_w_it_h_J~o_d~y~D_e_n~ah~a_n~, ·~D~a=v~e · ,.P .. o_u_n_d_f_o_u-rt_h.;.;a;;;;n_d;;;.;;..A_ll_e_n;.;;B;;.;r;.;;u_m_l-e;..........;;F..;;e;.;;li;;.;x..;;a;;;;n_d;;...;;;;B.;;u_tc-h.;...;;;;B;.;.r_ic_k;;;e;;.;ll.;.;. ____ T..;;..;;;a::lla:::h;,:.a:::s.:.s.:.ee:.:· _______ _ It was tight going In the Main event for a time between the Class 1s of Mike Hester, #109 Funco, and the (wo seater of Jack Berry/Darryl Stedman. Buddy Taylor, #682, and Bob Bohres had a close dice on the course, and on points Taylor ended up fourth and Bohres was fifth In class. Dusty rtmcs Fresh Air System Blows the Competition Away Filters Out Dust to Give You Fresh Air • Completely self contained unit · • Attaches to helmet with no holes or modification • Weighs less than 6 oz. • Desert proven high tech 3m filter • Draws less than ½ an amp. from 1 2 volt power source August 1984 To order phone: 312-251-3991 Visa/Mastercard accepted or Information: Raffo Racing 520 Sheridan Road Kenilworth, Illinois 60043 Pagc:37

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THE SUSQUEHANNOCK TRAILS PRO RALLY John Buffum and the Quattro Roll_ through the Dust to Victory By Ray Hayworth John Buffum, Nell Wilson and the Audi Quattro rolled through the creek and the dust, first on the road most of the time to win the rally and close up the points race. - · Traditionally the Susquehan-after the tricky first stage on -Clay nock Trail Pro Rally features rain Mine Road. After a spectacular and more rain, and rain did fall finish accoss the creek, John for the preceding · days all Buffum was ahead by .22 of a through the mountains of north minute over Rod Millen, and he central Pennsylvania. _ So, it never looked back. Meanwhile, looked to be a dust free rally in Ken Houseal, Dodge Daytona the making. With reports of Turbo, broke his exhaust and more rain on the way for rally . blew a head gasket and parked. day, the drivers were preparing Don Rathgeber, in the "Hairy for a fast but muddy event. As it Canary" Mustang. rolled out of turned out, _ it was a very fast, contention, but there were no dust rally, the kind of dust you injuries .. Dan Coughnour came would expect at the Mint 400. through with his Dodge Shelby The outcome was predictable backfiring and spitting flame, but for a great part of the rally, he got the problem fixed, because even when the first cars En route to stage 2 the route came through the stages, the silt went into Rene, a small town that was so thick you could cut it with is the home of the annual a knife. The exception was the rattlesnake round up. Appar-first stage, nine miles of twisting ently everyone in town goes into road that was dusty until the the hills _ after the venemous finish. There the surprise was a vipers, but there were none fast flowing river in what had around as the rally passed been a fifty foot wide ditch. The through to the spectator stage 2, water was a foot deep just after and there . were hundreds on the finish line, and most drivers hand, some even coming in were in third gear when they school buses. The rally has the landed in the _ water crossing. appearance of the world _ class Some of the cars drowned and events in Europe, with spectators stalled from the swim, including lining the wooded trails cheering Tibor Denes in a Volvo 142. It on their favorites. · took several course workers to After the second stage, there pull the Volvo out qf the water was a stop to reseed the cars, and the car took 100 road points, s~e got a quick wash job, and being late to the start of the next the rally was running right on stage. schedule at this meal break. Stage Photos: Track.side Photo Ent. Wilcox rolled badly on Stage 4 in their GT class Dodge Shelby. They were both shaken uf, and after a trip to the hospita for a check, they were both fine. John Buffum was using his first on the road position to great advantage, opening up a good lead. Rod Millen said it was tough being second on the road with so much dust, but that he was holding in third and fourth gear most of the time: The usually helpful ultra bright driving lights were not much good in the dust. Bad luck seemed to run amuck on Stage 5. About two miles into the stage Jon W oodner broke the gear shift linkage and the Peugeot was stuck on a corner, and out of the race. Then, John Ricker, Dodge Colt, tried to avoid -W oodner, hooked the rear in a ditch and flipped. The wind-shield came out, and both John and his navigator Arthur Mendolia were treated at the hospital and released later. _ By stage 8, 44 were still running, and Production leader Walter Boyce, VW GTI, had 15 .seconds in hand over Guy Light in the Olds Omega, and Dan Coughnour was•just a bit over a · minute behind. Stage 10 was reported to be not so dusty, perhaps from the moisture in the air. Moisture wasn't the only thing in the air on that June night. There were very strong radar waves as well. According to sever.al service crews inter-viewed, it seems the police were lurking in the trees, or close to it. The "paratroopers" were sitting everywhere, radar guns in hand, with no lights on, waiting in the bushes for any sucker to come along in the middle of the night. But, with the early warning system, an unmentionable source, the service vans cautiously drove the speed limit between pit are.as along the highways. There was more action in the -wee hours. The Datsun 510 of Bob Shaffner and Bruce Davis was less than a mile into stage 7 when it rolled twice, landed on the roof and blocked the trail for the next five cars: luckily only the Datsun was injured. The ill fated Volvo of Tibor Denes had serious .trouble on ·stage 9, catching fire near the start, and both drivers were taken to the hospital for burn treatment.John _ Crawford was down to only two gears after stage 8 in his Dodge Daytona, and so it went. After stage 11, the main service and meal stop came at Potato City, and all were treated -to a delicious meal. Here Buffum had about a 2½ minute lead over Millen, who had hit a bank ear lier and knocked off the -bumper. Walter Boyce had the Rabbit GTI into third overall and led the Production class by .33 of a minute over Guy Light, Olds, who was up in fourth overall. -With only four stages left; you might think John Buffum would cool it a bit, but he still ran a fast pace, taking an average of 7 ½ seconds eaGh stage in his dust free run over Rod Millen, who was running hard in the dust. Here things seemed to be going great for Ed Jacobs and Dave Parps in the ex BFG media Datsun 200 SX. Not knowing exactly how he was doing in his first time out in a Pro Rally, Jacobs took a wide, down hill right hander a little too wide and caught a big rock which gave the team a real flying lesson. The car danced atop three stumps before center punching a tree, and doing plastic surgery on _ the front end while shortening the car about two feet. Both Ed and Dave were ok, a bit sore, and then sad when they found out how far up in class they had been. First to the finish line was John Buffum, with Englishman Neil Wilson navigating, taking his third _ overall victory of the season by over four minutes. Rod Millen and Bob Kraushaar were an easy second overall and in open class. After the VW had some troubles, Guy Light and Jon Wickens got the Olds home third overall, first in Production by over two minutes ahead of Dan Coughnour and Eric Marcus. Gary Webb and Bob Lyle won their first title, first in GT class and tenth overall in the Plymouth Colt Turbo, and a total of 33 fnished the run. The beautiful and picturesque country around Wellsboro made a fine setting for what was possibly the best U.S. rally of the year. The STPR wori that title in the 1983 series, and this year it was again organized by Finger Lakes Region of the SCCA. It is unquestionably the best event so far this year, even with considerable problems on some of the stages for the rally cars, mostly due to the uncommon dust. Now the Pro Rally circuit takes a break until late August, when action resumes with the Budweiser Forest Rally in Ohio on August 25-26. The mechanics work hard during the meal stop; here Carl Kleranen· does some fancy welding on Guy Light's class winning Olds Omega, The seeded draw for starting 3, near the host town of order had Jon Woodner, Peugeot Wellsboro, had thousands of 505, off first, followed by Rod spectators, and 47 of the orginal Millen, Mazda RX 7 4x4 and 68 entrants were running well. John Buffum, Audi Quatro. To From here the route went well keep things interesting, the into the woods in the night, and a organizers allowed the drivers to few more rally cars literally l?it "earn a better position, with a the dust. _ restart according to the st ndings Doug Shepherd and Linda A surprise second place 1n the new GT class was taken by Robert Parks and Gerald Tobin, from Michigan, In a keen Alfa Romeo GTB6. New to the SCCA rally trails was this spiffy Pontiac Fiero driven by Robert Aranas/an and Robert Jordan from Michigan. It failed to finish. Gary Webb and Bob Lyle gave the Dodge Colt Turbo Its first win In Pro Rally competition, as they took the GT Class by nearly five · minutes. · Page 38 Guy Light and Jon Wickens drove the big Olds Omega through the dust to not only the Production class victory but a great third overall. -August 1984 Spraying.the spectators at the end of the first stage, Rod MIiien got close In the 4 x 4 Mazda RX 7, but he was again second overall. · Dusty Times r

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Designed basically on· the K car chassis with a 112 inch wheelbase the downsize units are available as a bus, with ample The front seats are both comfortable -and nicety upholstered, the dash Is quite plain but pleasant, and wall to wall carpeting Is standard. Text & Photos: Jean Calvin seats all the way back and push three speed trans seems a bit out windows, or as a regular van heavy. The handy deluxe sound with only front seat side deadening is only 91 bucks, the windows. The use of front wheel windshield_ wipers with . the drive affords vast flat floor space intermittent feature cost another all the way back to the lift up $53, and the tilt steering lists at door, as well as precise control in $110. The good performing all kinds of weather. Goodyear P205/70R-14 mud & The Plymouth Voyager snow Vector tires are listed at a version of the downsize Chrysler . bargin price of $152 for ~II four. van on test was relatively plain in The spare is a mini spare, not gun metal paint with a slight ideal for any distance in travel. sparkle to it. With its sloping The radio, with a digital clock nose and scant exterior trim, it is display that includes the not what you would call a trequency tuning is standard, as "looker", but it sure is are the Halogen headlights, function.al. Fitted with the power steering and brakes, front \ standard, 2.2 liter overhead cam and rear bumpers, wall to wall four cylinder engine, the carpeting all the way back on the Plymouth carried a base price of wagon, side window defoggers, $8678.00. There were only sunvisors,andoneoftheneatest seven options, but with the big · ideas ever for a v~n - a r~al glove hit of 737 bucks for the much compartment. This one 1s tucked needed air conditioning, the ' under the passenger front seat, price turned into a fast $10,305 ~nd it is a great space utilization_ · plus destination charges. idea. The front and rear floor mats The seats were done in a were $45 extra and well worth it. c?rduroy material with vinyl a_ut the $439 for-the automatic sides, and they proved to be most The 2.2 liter overhead cam four cyl-inder engine Is standard on the van. Mounted east-weston the front wheel driver, It does fill up the engine bay. A neat piece of equipment Is the tocking glove box under the pas-senger seat, a spacious bin that holds a lot of good things out of sight. August 1984 The van has a functional shape, and the side door opens wide for entry Into the vast Interior spaces, but you don't want to slam that door! comfortable during a day spent pounding down the highway. They could use an inside arm rest on the front buckets. The reaF seat, apparently standard on the wagon, is comfortable too with ample leg room for adults. The cargo bay to the rear is downright vast. En route to cover a race, we packed ice chests, baggage, and bundles of Dusty Times behind the seat easily, and , the suspension held the weight with_out rear droop or raising the nose and the headlights. Instrumentation is no non-sense, all right in front of the driver with a huge speedo and fuel gauge; no trip odometer, however. To each side a pair of smaller aials hold warning lights for temperature and oil pressure, a real voltage gauge and a seat belt reminder. A push pull light switch is on the far left of the panel, and to the right are the h_eater and air conditioning controls, obscured from the driver's view while in motion by the automatic gear .shift lever. In the center of the dash another box holds the radio with the ashtray below; on top are a pair of cupholders molded into the plastic, but these are really too shallow to steady a cup of fluid while in motion. The right side of the dash is blank, like all vans, but check out the underseat glove box. It is a good sized bin that will hold a purse or a camera out of sight and it has its own lock. A center console bin would be a handy item, and no ,do.ubt available now. On the road there is no feeling of driving a truck. The new van drives and parks like a passenger car, sliding into the narrow spaces in crowded lots with room to sp.are to open the front doors. The sliding side door on the passenger side opens wide to accomodate rear seat passengers or cargo. However, it is now common knowledge that the sliding door must be closed gently to avoid breaking the glass. If slammed, the window is liable to fall out. The rear lift door opens wide for ease of loading, but it has the stiffest spring known to man. It takes a man •sized shove to get this door closed, but this feature might be unique to the unit on test. Another odd feature is that the front side window winders are m~unted backwards, or at least they wind up and down in the opposite direction from the norm. Maybe Chrysler is encouraging us to break some old habits. In either Dodge or Plymouth form, this carry all station wagon is a real winner. It gets top notch marks for drivability, as mentioned. It behaves like a car, not a truck, and the size is big enough to haul most anything and small enough to park anywhere. The fuel ecocnomy is good, even with the small engine that suffers from smog hardware and does a lot of shifting on the hilly highways of southern California. Even with its ' automatic shifty habits, the Voyager returned 23.5 mpg on the highway and 20.6 around town, certainly numbers well above that of full size vans on the market. With the stock 15 gallon tank, the drive from Los Angeles to El Centro was done with fuel to spare on board. However, for all around performance in hilly terrain, the optional 2.6 liter _ Mitsubishi engine would probably deliver just as good fuel figures and have the power to climb hills without the constant upshifts and downshifrs. It would also provide better highway passing performance. Enthusiasts would also want the optional full instrument panel with trip odometer, power windows, if available, and other trim goodies. But, the T wagons from Chrysler are ready for fun time, car poolin,g, or duty as the neighborhood carryall, just as they come in basic form. C.O.R.E. PIT TEAM C.O.R.E. offers unique pit services at western desert races, a family oriented club with social activities and much more for its members. C.O.R.E. also has a program of one time guest pit service for out of the area competitors. Get all the information on C.O.R.E. Jim Branstetter, President, (818) 881-6708, 17453 Runnymede St., Van Nuys, CA 91406. Page 39

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1984 ACROPOLIS RALLY It was Survival of the Strongest The Acropolis Rally changes little each year, this year a fraction more than usual with the substitution of stages close to the start at Athens. Fresh from the asphalt roads on the Tour of Corsica, one sees the rugged, rock strewn tracks in Greece with horror, but gradually they fit into place. They have been rugged and rock strewn for longer than rally cars have existed, and they are part of the timelessness of the country. The Acropolis is a rally which will reveal weakness in any car, and the results will only contain a list of cars strong enough to withstand the toughest struggle. It is one of most demanding events on the WCS, and this year the promise of a three way fight between Lancia, Peugeot with their new Turbocharged 4 WD, and the favorites Audi was especially exciting. More than ever, and despite the severe demands of the route, the Acropolis showed just how much the old fashioned cars have fallen out of fashion. It took half the event before the orthodox cars like the Nissans could get into top ten position. Audi had five Quattros on the line, four from Audi Sport and one of the older cars for American champion John Buffum, sponsored by BFGood-rich, out to see how tough their mass produced tires would be against the specialized European tires. Lancia came with three team cars, and Peugeot had a pair of the 4 x 4 cars. Other teams on hand included Nissan with six 240 RS cars, Mazda in group B with a pair of RX 7s and Volkswagen with a new GTI, and Porsche with a 911 C. Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Grundel needed more help; his the double effect of having flats VW Golf had a broken the hard way, and Alen passed driveshaft, but the van scheduled him into fifth place; but the to meet him had been stolen the younger Finn went charging back night before. Grundel had to again. Two stages later the Lancia drive the following uphill ten was embedded in the scenery, the kilometer stage in one wheel driver complaining the line of the drive. stage had been altered since his The day grew hotter and notes were made. Lancia's Pirellis wilted under the Now Vatanen had more strain. On shorter stages the problems with oil pressure, and Italian cars battled simply with the engine siezed. Nicolas, in the the four wheel drive cars from second Peugeot, had trouble with Germany and France. On the stones in the brake calipers, and longer stages they faced tread later had similar oil pump failure, stripping and punctures. Michele but he got rolling without losing Mouton fell back badly with a position. On Tuesday night Audi puncture, but Ari Vatanen was were one-two-three, Lancia four driving smoothly and at the end and five. Nicolas a lucky sixth, of stage 5 he had the Peugeot and John Buffum had his older third behind Blomqvist and American Quattro up into · Mikkola in their Audis. Rohrl eighth. was up to fourth and Henri The final leg was expected to T oivonen was the best placed be a formality, as the Audis were Lancia driver. in complete control going into As the heat of the day · the seven night stages. Nicolas subsided, another peril lay in luck did not last, and more brake store, dust. With no sign of rain, trouble and a broken hub put his and with the cars being required Peugeot out. Biasion retired from to run at one minute intervals, fifth place when he hit a rock the front runners had an which broke a driveshaft on the immense advantage. As the Lancia. Then Rohrl, in third, had daylight faded and the lamps a clutch explode, and this moved were switched on, so the strain Bettega's Lancia into fourth on overheating electrical systems behind his team leader Markku showed itself. Both Blomqvist Alen. Stig Blomquvist went on to and Mikkola suffered, and by the big victory and Hannu using the advantage of dust free Mikkola made it one-two for the stages by running at number one, Audi Quattros. last · year's winner Rohrl leap Surprising a good many rally frogged both his Audi rivals and fans, John Buffum and Fred Vatanen as well, and at the Gallagher brought their Audi _ Kalambaka rest stop, he was in home fifth overall. Toughness the lead. Mouton was out with oil leaks, a slipping clutch, and later the engine expired. Grundel was also out, the strain of the second stage had ruined the gearbox. It was his 14th rally for VW, and the first time he had to retire. There was no let up the next· day and no shortage of surprises: proved to be the name of the game, as usual, in Greece, and BFGoodrich was delighted to score the highest finish by an independent driver, and the highest finish ever for an American driver. "-We have come to Europe to show our European markets the value of our street tires" was the message. "Rough roads take on a new meaning in Greece", was Buffum's opinion of the Acropolis. The Acropolis maintained its traditions, even if the cars are getting stronger and more sop};tisticated. The winning average speed on the stages was just 74 kph, the same as it had been for the past two years. Testimony to the toughness of the route is that, of the 104 starters only 32 finished the course ... sounds like an off road race. From the drop of the_ flag the Acropolis was a fast GO! The first stage was a real horror show. Twelve kilometers of downhill tracks, stones bouncing the cars all over the road, waiting to pierce the tires. Fastest was Stig Bloinqvist, with a flat Michelin on the Quattro, and teammate Walter Rohrl lost a minute with another flat. The rock damage destroyed the transmission and suspension on Carlo Capone's Lancia, and dozens of others were changing wheels when they reached the finish control. Kalle On the first stage Rohrl was in trouble with an injection wire grounding, so he lost the lead. Ari Vatanen led now, but only for two stages, then an oil pump drive belt failS?, and he stopped for help. Stig B~mqvist was back in front. The long stages which followed were in the hills of Central Greece,and the transit sections were so short that any delay meant penalties at the next control. T oivonen discovered Stlg Blomqvlst and Bjorn Cederberg took over late In the rally to win overall. Audi Is now certain of the-manu-facturer's championship. Markku Alen. and llkka Klvlmakl swept the handsome Lancia Rally Into third overall after a series of small but time costly troubles. FIRST AID KIT FOR YOUR RACE CAR MEETS RACING RULES REQUIREMENTS -1ONL Y $26.50 Larger Kits Also Available for Pit Vehicles, 4 x 4s and RVs AMERICAN FIRST AID SUPPLY Brea, California (213) 694-1858 • (714) 529-9028 Look for us at AMSA's 12 Hour at Cal City on Labor Day Weekend Page 40 Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman did well In the 4 x 4 Peugeot 205 Tl!fbO 16, but the effort ended In retirement with engine troubles. August 1984 John Buffum scored the highest finish ever for an American, fifth overall, on street tires.yet, driving an Audi Quattro on the four day rally. Dusty·Tlmes

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GMC-OFFICIAL TRUCK OF THE 1984 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY Specially Built GMC Trucks Help Carry the Olympic Flame Fourteen of the fancy spec/ally built motor homes were In the fleet, some ro/1/ng offices, others recreation areas, and some Just for sleeping. For sure they all had ample air conditioning for the run. The 1984 Olympic Torch transmissions ease the strain and medical center complete with Relay from New York City to airbag rear suspensions help the examining room, oxygen, and a Los Angeles was an 82 day ride quality. raft of heart trouble treatment journey for the flame on a Four of the motor homes devices, plus a whirlpool bath, twisting route across the USA. housed the AT & T cadre and one medical staff person at The Olympic flame and the runners. Each of these units all times. runners were supported by a contained a comfortable lounge Along with the 14 motor caravan of nearly 30 GMC trucks and mini kitchen, shower and homes, GMC Brigadier tractors thatdideverythingfromhousing lavatory and sleeping quarters hauled the diner and kitchen the runners to providing a for four. Recreational amenities trailers along the 8700 kilometer mobile base of operations for the included a Delco electronic Torch Relay staff. DUSTY stereo syste{ll, color TV and TIMES staff watched the caravan Atari videogames. Built-in racks and the torch pass through Van held the Olympic torches. Four Nuys; CA, and, along with wads identically equipped motor of LAPD, the parade was an homes accommodated the relay impressive procession. support personnel. Another unit ' Mostimpressiveinappearance served as the Torch Relay were the GMC motor homes, control center. In place of the bristling with radio antenna and lounge was an office with a sporting three roof mounted air computer and a full complement conditioners. What a race team of electronic telecommunications support vehicle these rigs would gear. The computer not only make! The motor homes were handled each daily plan for each built on a modified GMC B6P caravan vehicle, and made bus chassis, built from the adjustments en route, but it also ground up to meet the stringent maintained emergency medical demands of the relay, traveling info' on everyone in the caravan 16hoursaday,oftenatspeedsof and the torch bearers, as well as just four to ten miles an hour, info' on service stations, over every type of road, while campgrounds, and supply providing comfortable accom-sources. modations for the runners and Two more motor homes were support personnel. Oddly offices for the press. and relay enough the motor homes were staff, with work stations for four, gasoline engined instead of diesel including teleph~, type-powered. One driver told us the writers, copy machines, the gasoline engines were· chosen works. Two others were designed because they run much quieter. as eight bunk dormitories. The The engines are Allison V-8s, fourteenth motor home on the with 366 CID, automatic caravan was an emergency. PAINTER HAT Great for pit workers -one size fits all but very large heads -Nifty for children too - $2.50. route. A GMC C-3500 Cab' & Chassis sported a special stake bed body used by press photog-rapher's along the route. Also impressive was the GMC Magnavan with a 14 foot body that carried the runners' torches and also supplied a home each night for the Olympic flame. Along with all this, GMC provided a Top Kick truck with a van body that operates as a mobile service center for all the caravan vehicles. Staffed by'two GMC mechanics, the truck carried a complete supply of spare parts and tools, and main-tenance equipment. It also carried 130 gallons of spare fuel, and a 20,000 pound winch plus an engine hoist. GMC also supplied a few more ordinary looking trucks. Travel-ing directly behind the runner all the way was one of two specially modified Suburbans that carried Relay security personnel. Suburbans were used because of their large passenger carrying capacity, ease of egress and rugged construction. The Suburbans were all top of the line units. Extra security equipment included high power lighting; amber emergency lights on overhead bars, running boards and handholds, and additional interior lights, storage racks and power outlets for emergency equipment. A third Suburban functioned as a back up medical emergency vehicle. Two Vanduras modified to carry passengers provided shuttle service among the Torch Relay caravan. A shuttle vehicle dropped off each runner at the starting point of his section, and picked him tip again at the end of his run. If you had a chance to see the torch go by, you probably saw less than half of the entire fleet in action, but it still was an impressive sight, almost dwarfing the runner and the AT & T back up man. Among the total of 26 vehicles supplied by GMC for the Olympic Torch Relay, were some whose drivers missed the glamour of actually seeing the torch carried across the country. Traveling a day in. front of the runners was an S-15 Jimmy that held the advance staff of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. A GMC Rally Van was provided for the Telephone Pioneers o( America day man-. agers, who had the day-to-day responsibility for managing the route. Truly it was quite a sight to see the parade, and it must have been a monumental logistical horror for those who put in close to 20 hours a day on the journey that started on May 8 and ended in Los Angeles on July 28. Wonder what GMC is going to do with all those special vehicles now that the Relay is over. Those motor homes, while not as good looking as the original GMC unit, sure are functional, and the special hefty Suburbans would also make keen race support rigs, if they are put up for sale. DUSTY TIMES COVER UPS ALL WEATHER COVERALL Neck ..t0 ankle protection against heavy weather -made of water shedding, paper based fabric - will last through many wet race · weekends if washed gently. One size fits all adults except N.F.L. sized men. $8.50. SAFARI HAT Protects tender necks from the' sun -All cotton bill makes the Safari -Hat com-peletly washable. Sizes S, M, L, XL -$6.50. To order send check or money order to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. Specify size on Safari hat. Be sure to include $1.50 for shipping and handling. California residents add 6.5% sales tax. Since each runner kept the exact torch he carried, this truck was bu/It to tote up to 750 torches and the fuel required to keep the flame alive. Dusty Times Allow 4-5_weeks for delivery. August 1984 Page 41

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GOOD/YEAR - RACE PROVEN "HPS WORKS AND ,rs WORTH IT!"· •Alloy Axles & Spools •Mag Dana 60's •VW Master Diffs. •VW Axles Send This Ad In For A Free Catalog. ORS46 FOR A FREE BROCHURE CONTACT: HPS INC. P.O. Box 1065 SOLANA BEACH. CA 92075-0830 (619) 753-3196 HIGH PERFORMANCE SYNTHETIC OIL FOR COMPETITION OR STREET PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS BRAKES• Master Cylinders• Shifters P.O. Box 1538 • 42006-C Avenida Alvarado • Temecula, CA 92390 (714) 676-2066 -Williams,: AZ. 86046 602/635-2607 Catalog S1.00 Dusty Times 4 WD Repairs • Lift Kits • Wheels & Tires UsedTrk. Parts • Tel. (413)739-4111 LeDuc Off-Road ENTERPRISES 186 Baldwin St. West Springfield, MA. 01089 Distributor For: Mastercraft • Bestop Husky • Rough Country • Parker Pumper Custom Race Truck Fabrication and Roll Bars McKENZIE'S AUTOMOTIVE INC. OFFROA0 RACECAR PARTS ANO ACCESSORIES CENTER-LINE WHEELS BILSTEIN SHOCKS GEM RACING GEARS SWAY-A-WAY CIBE LIGHTS BEARD SEATS .213-764-843"9 1294!5 SHERM..,_N WAY. No. • NO • . HOLLYWOOD, CA 91S015 WEST ENGINE & MACHINE I Quality Engine/Machine Work Fabrication 947 Rancheros Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069 CLARK WEST (619) 741-6173 Mickey .Thompso Entertainment Group 53 WOODLYN LANE BRADBURY, CALIFORNIA 91010 (213)359-5117 • (213)358-2651 Mick&y Thompson 'uft~ BAJA BELTED POLYESTER/FIBERGLASS BELTS, OUTLINED WHITE LETTERS All the characteristics of a radial and more! Soft ride, extra mileage, precise handUng, reduced rolli"ll resistance. (more MPG) low noise level. Revolutionary "Side Biter" cleats give lw1ce the traction ,n mud, snow. dirt and sand. Plus protect Sidewalls off-road. Orders shipped from Santa Ana: California. or Akron. Ohio. Send 25% Deposit. Balance and freight shipped C. 0 . D. 1-800-222-9092 IN CANADA (411) l&M7U CALL OR WRITE FOR OTHER MIT TIRES AND SPECIALS TEST RESULTS AVAILABLE Send 10 MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES, P.O. Box 227, Cuyahoga Fallll, Ohio 44222 August 1984 NELSON /17/ DUNN LIC 940 South Vail Avenue Montebello,· CA 90640 (213) 724-3705 7818 Wilkerson Court San Diego, CA 92111 (619) 268-4140 NEVADA OFFROAD BUGGY }054 Sourli VAllEy ViEw LAs VEGAS, NEvAdA 8Ql 02 (702) 871-4911 -ORC Chassis -Suspension - Race Prep DAVE SNODDY OFF ROAD CONCEPTS 1440 East Arrow Highway, Unit F 0:, .... --0 o3 ., .... ~ ::s Irwindale, CA 91706 213-359-1203 ORE OFF ROAD ENGl#EER/#6 ........ Can 9720 Cozycroft Chatsworth, CA 91311 GREG LEWIN KIRK CARTWRIGHT (213) 882-2886 Page 43

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Goodies Galore ••• Battery Lock for Security New from Terra Products is a precision, aluminum/neoprene composite set of washers. Cushion Squashers spread stresses evenly upon torquing to Introducing Squashers avoid cr_;lcking and tearing at bolt holes; applications include engine cooling tin, body parts, thin cast aluminum, engine mounts, intake manifolds, etc. Gem Super Duty Gears New racing gears for Type 1 and 2 Volkswagen transaxles are now available from McKenzie's Automotive. The new Gem Super Duty gears are made of quality 9310 material with special heat treat control. These gears feature redesigned tooth structure for high impact loads. The Gem Super Duty is available Gear Vendors new Happy Hook lJp is a towmg accessory designed to ease trailer hitcn up, · us 1 ng e lee tron1cs to p·erm it unassisted trailer hitch ups in three easy steps. The Happy in 3rd gear set in ratios of 1 :56 to 1 and 1:42 to 1, and in 4th gear set in ratios of 1.19 to 1 and 1.09 to 1. The Type 1 and Type 2 gears are in stock at McKenzie's Automotive, Dept. OT, 12945 Sherman Way, No. 4, No. Hollywood, CA 91605. Hook Up's sensor tape is mounted on the rear bumper, the sensor tape is pulled out and attached to the trailer hitch, and by following the needle on the dash mounteq meter, the vehicle and more GOOD STUFF ••• Seal Squashers seal better against face and bolt threads, won't split and tear like O-rings, won't "squeeze out". Applications include bolt on valve covers, oil systems and air cleaners. Resist Vibration Squashers have resilient polymer backing that absorbs vibration without biting into the fastener or bolted part. Bolts do not tend to back out. Applications are anywhere fasteners tend to loosen, leak or crack. Many OD/ID combina-tions are available up to 18 mm (3/ 4 inch). Write today for prices to Terra Products Com-pany, Dept. OT, P.O. Box 1692, Apple Valley, CA 92307 or call (619) 247-5065. Push Rod Tube Protector FAT Performance, the leader in off road racing engines, offers a new trick push rod tube protector which bolts to the exhaust flanges of any off road VW Type l engine. The pro-tectors are made from .080 6061 T.6 aluminum with 1 /2 inch radius bends and are gold ·anodized. They will clear most skid plates, and cost just $34.95 a pair. Join the winners - use FAT components. Send $2.00 for your FAT catalog of quality components for your off road engine to FAT Performance, Dept. OT, 1450 No. Glassell, Orange, CA 92667. can be backed up without assistance to align the tow ball. Power is supplied by simply plugging into the cigarette lighter. All wiring, hardware and instructions are included for do-i t-y o·u r self installation. For complete information contact Gear Vendors, Dept. OT, 1466 Pioneer Way, Unit 9, El Cajon, CA 92020. -. GO FOR " • .;>:6;;.>.<11< :.l:~:.»:(~\"1:,'-'.I:~ ~<·) >.,c;~-~:,,:; John Johnson Racing Products has a brand, new catalog full of Goodies for the Chevy S-10, and Blazer, and the GMC S-15 and Jimmy. Everything, glamour bars to serious roll bars, grill guards and trailer hitches to heavy duty suspension components in kits or by the piece, plus much more is all in the catalog. To get your copy send $2.00 to John Johnson Racing Products, Dept. OT, P.O. · Box 81, Lemon Grove, CA 92045. Peter's Precision has· just released an all new Battery Lock designed to be the ultimate lock and key security system for your car or RV battery. It might be a neat thing for fun buggies with the battery · sitting out in the open. All the mouting hardware is included in the kit, installation is simple, yet the hidden lock and hinge design helps prevent intruders from removing the battery. The battery lock fits most tie downs. Get full information from Peter's Preci-sion, Dept. OT, 1025 Melrose, Suite B, Placentia, CA 92670. To o~ _flares from Bushwacker Bushwacker Products of Portland, Oregon, manufactur-ers of a full line of sport truck equipment, has just released a new, full coverage set of Fender Flares to fit the 1979-1983 Toyota 4 WO pickup line. These cut-out type flares were specifically designed for the Toyota ·4 x 4 owner with oversize wheels and tires. The flares keep the extra wide rubber street legal, and keep mud and dirt off the custom paint. Called cut-out flares because they provide expanded wheel coverage, these impact resistant thermoplastic flares install easily with all the hardware included in the kit. The smooth gloss finish comes in either black .or white, and they are easily painted to match any truck. For more information on the complete line of fender flares and other Bushwacker Sport Truck Accessories, send $2.00 for the complete catalog to Bushwacker Products, Dept. OT, 9200 North Dacatur St., Portland, Oregon 97203. New Hedman Hedder Catalog Hedman Hedders "Fits Right In" with your life style. If you are looking for economy and performance on the street, more power for High Performance in racing, Hedman is the name you want to know about. Hedman Hedders for passenger cars, large and small, trucks, 2 and 4 wheel drive, vans and mini motor-homes, either domestic or foreign made, plus a complete line of mufflers, side pipes and accessories are all covered in the new catalog. Find out about the new line of Hedman Huslers for race cars. See your lo'cal dealer or send $3.00 for the new catalog direct to: Hedman Hedders, Dept. OT, 9599 West Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90231. !(ACE Tl(IINS BY JEff. REIJ)'S -~ TRflNSAXLE VALLEY PERFORMANCE 3700 Mead Avenue ENGINEERING 2740 COMPTON AVENUE Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234•9014 702/873-1962 JEFF FIELD 9833 Deering WHOL--E-S-ALE ONLY 998-2739 Unit H DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Chatsworth, CA 91311 Dustynmes August 1984 Page 45 .-..........._

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Bounces from the Berm ••• By Jean Calvin THE SUPERSTITION 250 has all the makings of a real down home style off-road race - remember the kind that used to be all fun. "Fud" has a keen old Borrego style CO!Jrse laid out near El Centro, CA, and he also has acquired the services of many faces familiar to long time Borrego racers. The Baldridge family will be handling the P.A. system and race communications once again, and a full scoring and timing team has been assembled. While the area around El Centro might well be a hot spot next August 18, the weather could be very nice for the night race through the sand. And, with the flash flood season in full swing, one could even encounter some of the infamous Borrego mud hills. **** THE BERRIEN AUTOCROSS SERIES is changing its methods a bit to facilitate scoring the races. Formerly most of the major events in what used tQ be the North Central Points Series were on "long" short courses, usually well over two miles in length, and the class events were often more than an hour long. Then timing as well as scoring was jmportant as pit stops, and just the leaders lapping others in class more than once, made a simple lap chart difficult to maintain without the records of a lap time, each lap for each car. The case in point is the recent Memorial Day 100. In just a few years the course has shrunk from nearly three miles to about a mile, so the cars pass the scoring location ·three times faster, and the race is down to 30 minutes for each class. Often two or three classes run at the same time. The hard working scorers and timers on the Berrien Autocross Series, all volunteers by the way, who often buy a ticket to get into the race course in order to work, are now going to concentrate on-lap charts, and have another team do the timing as a back up system. Also, they are working on keeping the start/ finish line somewhat remote from the pit stop area, to avoid that sort of confusion. How nice it is to see people like the Series Chief of Scoring Kathy Leonard, so involved in off road racing that they are willing to spend a lot of personal time changing the system to match the current format in their short course racing. · **** THE ROUGH DRIVING COMMITTEE idea seems to be gaining favor in far flung corners. The idea to curb some of the more violent nerfing and banging in short course racing grew from the Mickey Thompson· Pomona Series, J here Scott McKenzie heads a Rough Driving Committee. The team is on the roof of the grandstand where they can see every inch of the track, and they report what appears to be deliberate banging and bumping. Often these reports result in a penalty on position in the race or starting position in the main event. Of course the Rough Driving Committee also went to the midwestern Dome races in July, along with the other key officials. ' However, before the Dome races happened, Walt Schwalbe, President of the Supedor Off Road Drivers Association and Publisher of Dirt News, wrote along similar lines in his July issue editorial. Walt made a few points we want to share with readers who don't see Dirt News. "I've been listening to complaints about mixing classes in heat races. Those complaining say some vehicles do more damage than others. Some say it is done intentionally. If intentional bumping is done, that driver should be disqualified. I've seen lots of bumping on the ,course, mostly at starts or in congested areas, and most of this is the hazards of racing. I've also seen drivers do some stupid things which destroy vehicles, most of the time their own, but occasionally someone else gets caught. More of this action is evident now that we are running more short courses. _This still has to be the hazards of racing, but we, as promoters, and S.O.D.A. as a sanctioning body, have to get our act together and _penalize for those infractions that are totally deliberate; and maybe penalize some that are done from stupidity, to teach drivers to respect each other." "This can be done easily, as the deliberate and the stupid drivers usually repeat themselves and will eventually be caught. It can also work if a driver reports something not seen by an official, then the official can watch that vehicle more closely. Our people need to be trained to watch for such incidents. Tolerance should be the word at this time, however, and the tracks are shorter and that will cause problems. Our volunteer workers need time to learn and adjust to the new style racing." · Thanks Walt for letting us crib.your editorial. You said what should be said very well. Let us know what you think of the Rough Driving Committee action at the Hoosier Dome and the Sjlver Dome. Pony Exp'ress ••• I was very flattered to be mistaken for Larry Ragland in your coverage of the Baja in Barstow. (The photo on page 26 of the July 1984 issue is of my car.) Mr. Ragland certainly deserves all the credit and recognition for being the premier desert racer that he is. And, I suppose, he was not equally flattered being confused with me, a beginner, having competed only in three SCORE races. We enjoy very much your publication and we hope you will continue your excellent coverage of off road racing. Dwight C. Lundell, M.D. Phoenix Arizona Sorry for the mistake, but then the car was tough to identify and it was a keen opening shot. Maybe if Larry Ragland had used his cardboard body at Barstow it would have been easy to see the mistake. Check the coverage of the Cinder Lake r 50 for good, clear shots of both your racer and that of Larry Ragland. I really appreciate you sending me the July 1984 issue of DUSTY TIMES, particularly the issue that features me and my race car on the front cover. I enjoyed that issue of DUSTY TIMES and every issue I have ever read. I like seeing rhe increase in Canadian coverage in regards to autocross racing,· because I think there is a lot of talent in Canada. Autocross racing is beginning to be a popular sport worldwide. John McPherson Pickering, Ontario, Canada Thanks for the good words, John. By the way, you can get every issue of DUSTY TIMES promptly by subscribing. It is just$ I 5 (US) for a year, 12 issues, mailed to Canada. Thanks so much for your complimentary note about my WHY AREN'T YOU??? A DUSTY TIMES DEALER!!! SELL TO YOUR CUSTOMERS PRESENT TO YOUR PREFERRED CUSTOMERS U.P.S. 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