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Febrtaary 1987 --------------------------------------'--------Volume 4 Number 2 In This Issue ••• 0 ■ Ii . ____...--FEATURES Pa~e A Salute to the 1987 Desert Series Champions ......... 10 The WRC Olympus International Rally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ra S.N.0.R.E. Awards Banquet ..... . ............ , ..... 22 The SCORE/HDRA Annual Awards Banquet ......... 26 A .D .R.A. Sonoita to Rocky Point . ................... 30 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Publisher Brad Goodrow Associate Editor . Richard K. Schwalm_ Controller John Calvin Circulation Jerry Lawless Traffic · Frank McCombs Contributors Darla Crown Le~nard Day Daryl D. Drake Winnie Essenberg Homer Eubanks Tom Grimshaw Dennis Henneberg Martin Holmes Danny McKenzie Brenda Parker David R yskamp Walt Schwalbe Wayne Simmons Judy Smith John Sprovkin . Joe Stephan Darlene Thackston 3-D Photography Trackside Photo Enterprises Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services I THE OfflCIAL VOICE OF ~ rA: AND. ,,..._ - , J~ . -Subscription Rates: --:g ~ $12.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. 1. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes 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 combined with OFF ROAD f .CTION, NEWS, "USPS-305-609" is published monthly by Hill-, , side Racing Corp., 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0,1 Agoura, ' CA 91301, (818) 889-5600. <;:opyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be repro-duced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Agoura, CA 91301 POSTMASTER: Send address changes .to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA ~1301. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks noti~e 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. • SNAPSHOT OF THE.MONTH ••• I I ' MTEG Stadium Racing at Anaheim . ................. 32 - Baja 1000 Endurance Safari ......................... 36 Nissan's Hardbody King Cab Pickup ...... . ........... 37 Formula Desert Dog Series Awards Banquet ........... 38 G .O.R.R.A. Thanksgiving Enduro .................... 41 Paris-Dakar Prologue .............................. . 47 DEPARTMENTS Snapshot of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 1 Soap Box by Jean Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,. Trail Notes -.............. : .• -....................... 4· Happenings .................•.......... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 · Gold Coast 300, ; .....•. -: ..... -...................... 8 Side Tracks hy Judy Smith ..........•............... 23 The Losers by Judy Smith .........................• . 36 Manufacturers Advisory Board Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Tech Tips by Bill Savage ............................ 39 Pit Team Register and Reports ...•..•....•. : ........• 40 California Rally Series by Lynnette Allison . • . • . • . . . . . . 40 Good Stuff Directory ......••.......•.......•.... -. . 4 2 Classified Ads • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 46 Pony Express • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . • . . . 4 7 Index to Advertisers . . . . . • . . . • . • . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . 4 7 ON THE COVER-The February issue holds the Salute to the 1986 SCORE/HDRA desert series champions, and all three of the overall winners in the categories are featured on our traditional triple photo cover. Jack Ramsay drove his two seat Bunderson to the 1-2-l 600 title and absolute overall points championship by a goodly number of points. Walker Evans mape a late year charge in his Dodge to capture the Class.8 points championship and the Heavy Metal Championship and True Grit awards. Spencer Low became the only two time overall winner in the combined des.ert series, taking th_e Class 7S championship in his Nissan and his second Mini Metal Championship in~ i_nany years. Color ~hoto_!!_rap~y b~:!:_rackside Photo Enterprises. ~ , . . • I ~ ..,. DUSTY-TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! D 1 year -$12.00 tJ 2 years ~ $20.00 D 3 years -$30.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus .•• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name----'-------------------------! "Gee, look at these funny photos," might be what these two are grinning about. Actually Ivan Stewart, left, and Dr, David Sauers, a former off road racer himself before suffering a back injury, are checking out the X-Rays of Ivan's back at the Anaheim Stadium. Stewart injured his back on the Thursday press day practice session, and Frank Arciero, Jr. subbed for him in the Toyota pickup at Anaheim and San Diego. However, Doc Sauers says the Iron Man will be all welded together fo~ the March back to back dates in the midwest. Photo by Trackside Photo Enterprises. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar ''funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your . snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration, DUSTY TIMES will pay$ IO for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope, Only black & white prints, Sx7 or 8x IO will be considered. 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SoaR· Box ••• By Jean Calvin Editor-Publisher DUSTY TIMES The holidays are over, the last of the awards parties is history, the trophies are on the shelf, and off roaders can get back to the serious business of facing a brand new season both in the desert and OJ\ the short course tracks. While it certainly is fon to party in the winter in clean and fancy clothes instead of grubby race garb after an event, most off roaders are eager to get back into the racing scene. The 1987 s~ason will be busy for folks all over the country. This year a good many promoters have their races, series, or individual eve~ts set, and the dates firm. Clubs in the snow belt have a little more time to f Ian their schedules, but it is stil tricky, especially in the midwest where two separate organizations traditionally vie for entry. The midwest schedule is a short time one as well, predicated by the late spring and early winter weather in the northern midwestern states. While changes are in the wind for some of the better known series, it seems the more things change the more they stay the same, and staying the same is not all bad if a club has a traditional date. In the major desert series, Score International stuck to tradition for 1987, with all four of their races, Parker, Lucerne Valley, and the pair in Baja California, on traditional dates. However, the HORA has split their bets. Only two familiar dates and places are on the calendar, the Mint 400 and the Fireworks 250. HORA has moved their popular December race back to the March date of the former events in Laughlin, but this year the race will be sponsored by the Gold Coast and run out of Sloan. The Frontier 500 might be gone forever after a five year run in early autumn. HORA is on the threshold of moving the September race to Craig, Colorado. •~ Obviously promoters must go . ~here the sponsorship lies. But, it does not necessarily follow that new locales, especially those far away from the southwestern core bf desert racing, will produce the great growth in entry for the ~esert series that it has the past two seasons. Sticking our neck 9ut, we predict the Score/ ~ORA schedule as it is currently published will discourage rather than encourage more serious points hunters in 1987, although we would be most happy to be proven wrong. Check Out the DUSTY TIMES Special Club Sub Offer Call (818) 889·5600 or write DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91:)01 Page 4 We have been told that during the 1986 season, less than 100 drivers had gone for the points by competing in three HORA and three Score events throughout the year. We have talked to several desert racers, one a class champion, who have decided to pass on the points battle this year, pay more attention to business, and compete in. four or five events. This y·ear they plan to run close to home base, towing hours instead of days to the events. This year the new desert schedule will tax the serious racers ability to keep up the first seven months, both in time and money. Starting with Parker, there is a points race the first of every month from February through July, getting three fourths of the series done in six months. For the next five months of 1987, only the two double points races, in September and November, remain to be-contested. This is another reason that we think the plan will discourage rather than enc01.irage more drivers to run for a series points title. Only tim:e will tell if it proves to be a popular format with the serious race teams. On the short course side of the scene, stadium racing got its best start ever early in January. The Mickey Thompson Gran Prix season opener at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA, played to a near sell out crowd, a reported64,758 fans were on hand, and in truth all three tiers of the huge place were packed with people. The following week the show played again at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, then the troops got a brief rest. The Thompson series moves to the midwest and indoors in March, playing at the Silver Dome in Detroit March 21, and the Hoosier Dome in Indy on Sunday afternoon, March 29. The famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena is next early in May, and in June the place is the Kingdome in Seattle. The Los Angeles Coliseum race is missing this year, as the old facility is -undergoing its second face lift this.decade, the first being done for the '1984 Olympics. In September the stadium bunch will be in Las Vegas in the Silver Bowl, and finish the : season where it all started, at the Pomona Fairgrounds. Back on the desert scene, there was a manufacturers meeting after the banquet early in January. The good news is that a report on these meetings will be a~aila?le for publication for the first time, and we expect the first . one in this issue. A .. most interesting fact came out of the meeting, however. The vote was that any ·desert racing class that does not produce a minimum of 48 entries in the eight races, an average of six ger ~vent, will be dropped in 1988. Presumably the bike classes need only the average of six per event or 24, earned in the four Score races. . Had this rule been in effect in 1986, the field would be missing one third of the 30 classes eligible-in 1986 for 1987. There were 18 car classes and 12 motorcycle classes last year. Those that did not _produce the six per event average in cars are Class 7, a total of 46, Class 4, a total of 4 7, and these are both classes where the factories play. One wonders how eliminating those two truck classes would play in Detroit and Tokyo. Class 9 with a total of 39 entries was dropped for 1987 anyhow, but Class 14, with a total of 27 entries in eight races, was retained. So, if the rule had been working, car classes would have dropped from 18 to 13, but, for 1987 there are 17 car classes still listed. The motorcycle classes would have fared even worse than the cars, losing six of the 12 classes that had under 2 4 entries, and Class 34 was just there with a total of24 for the four races. Out would go Class 20, with 19 starters, Class 23, with 14 starters, Class ,24, with 22 starters, Class 25 with ten starters, Class 43 with 9 starters and Class 44 with eight starters. The bike classes would shrink in half, and the total classes would be just 19 instead of 29, a 33 percent reduction in paperwork. The maj9r kicker on this program goes back to the schedule. In 1986 a borderline class like 4 or 7 could have had some donor pay the entry fee for a couple of cars to make the minimum of 48 entries at the last race at Barstow. But, this year the last race is the more expensive to run Baja l(X)(), and it isn't just a matter of entry fees. The car must start the race to be counted. We are eagerly awaiting the · details on this program. Back to short course events on this issue, Mickey Thompson has already shortened his program in the stadium series by eliminating classes. The 1-2-1600 bunch were out last summer, and with the new year there are no 3 wheelers either. The eligible classes for the MTEG series are, in cars, modified Class 7 trucks, Class 10 and UltraStock. The bike classes embrace only one· class of the entertaining Odysseys, and the 4 Wheel A 1V s. It makes for a much more varied and tighter show . The time has come to climb off this Soap Box for another year. This column is designed to display thoughts from people in the sport from all corners of activity. We welcome a Soap Box column from one and all, famous or unknown, who have something to say about off road _ or rally competition. Your words, short of being libelous will be printed, so send us your words of praise or damnation on your Soap Box topic. ' Trail--Notcs ••• ATTENTION DESERT RACERS! Dusty Times had a new monthly-column making its debut this month, Tech Tips. It comes direct from BiU Savage, the oracle from whom· all tech inspection rulings spring for both Score International and the High Desert Racing Association. If you race with either of these organizations, or with one that uses the same rule book, pay attention to this column every month, as it will cover new rules, changes in the existing rules in the 1987 book, and proposed rules for the 1988 season. If you are interested in the rules affecting your class, check the goodly amount of explanations and revisions in this first column, on page 39. -It is required reading for racers and car builders. · THE SCORE PARKER 400 is going to be a whopper, and will already be history by the time this issue is in full circulation. The 425 limit for entry was filled on January 19, and since that date Score International has been taking standby entries, working on the past performance at this race where about two dozen no shows are average on tech day. California residents will be pleased to know that they can initiate a GREEN STICKER at Parker, required by law as ofJanuary 1, 1987 to race on the California side of the course. While the CHP, obviously, cannot operate in Parker, Arizona, the Department of Motor Vehicle in Needles, California, is sending a team to Parker, and they will be on hand-all day Friday in Western Park near Tech Inspection, to get your paper work started for your Green Sticker, which will make your car eligible to compete in the race, if you do not already have a Green Sticker. Remember, the Green Sticker is required only for race vehicles owned by California residents. THE SAN DIEGO STADIUM event promoted by the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group ran into some of the frigid wea.ther that gripped the southland, in fact swept across the entire country in January, Non!!theless, a, bigger crowd than last year showed up, over 37,000, and somehow stayed warm in the 30 degree temperature in Jack Murphy Stadium. Glenn Harris won the truck main event-in his Mazda, and Frank Arciero, Jr. won the Class 10 feature in his Chenowth. Greg George provided quite a bonus to the Cox model folks, who introduced a radio control racer look-a-like to Greg's Toyota-Funco UltraStocker at the race. George won the main event in the class. Watch for the full report on the race in the March issue. · NISSAN MINT 400 RALLY - Nissan is sponsoring an off road rally on Friday, May>8, the·day"-before the Mint 400 race. The rally will be a Seat of the Pants TSO affair for street legal off road mini pickups and utility rigs, two' wheel or four wheel drive. The course will run out of Sloan, Nevada, and utilize some of the early miles and the finish miles of the famous Mint 400 route. The speeds will be moderate, the entry packet lavish, and the prize fund· will be a generous ten grand in cash plus some contingency prizes. If you are a Walter Mitty racer, have a rig you like to keep in one piece to take you to work, and want to see parts of the Mint 400 course, this is your event. The whole works is in the planning.stages now, but full details and entry forms will be available soon. We will keep y~u posted on these pages. ICE CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCJ;: RACING is in full swing right now in the northern midwestern states. The events happen in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. We don't have the schedule available for this issue, but they do have a variety of classes in the programs, and a race almost every -weekend through March. If the idea of ice racing on studded tires sounds good to you, ccintact Mary Cich, 872 7th Ave. N. W., New Brighton, MN 55112 or call her for up to the minute information at (612) 633-3630. BILL DONAHOE, owner of Vernon Truck Wash and a major sponsor in · the Class 4 wars in desert racing, has announced that the Donahoe and Roberts Racing Team has been disolved. Also, due to the lack of contingency money support for Class 4 as well as no support for the 1985 Jeep Champions, a relationship of many years has been severed between American Motors and Bill Donahoe, as well as other members of the new racing team, Donahoe, Renoe and Phillips Racing Team. The venerable Jeep J-10 has been retired, and the vehicle for 1987 is a new Dodge Class 4 pickup. While the rig is new, the decals on its flanks will be familiar, as past sponsors of the Jeep are completely supporting the new tea,m and race truck. They are Vernon Truck Wash, General Tire, King 8 Hotel and Truck Plaza of Las Vegas, Sports Racing Fuel and others. Bill Donahoe will be the driver of record for the new . team, though it will be a collective effort with Buddy Renoe· and Wayne Phillips, as well as all other team members. O.J. Shrum will take over the duties of pit boss. Look for the new rig in·Class 4 at the Parker 400. GENERAL TIRE MOTORSPORTS, already heavily involved in the Score/ HORA desert series as a contingency donor, just announced their program for both the SODA and ADRA race series. The Superior Off Road Racing Association conducts races primadly in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the Arizona Desert Racing Association operates in Arizona and Sonora, -Mexico. All SODA and ADRA events for the 1987 season will be included in the plan. A $3600 per race cash total has been earmarked for all Pro and; Sportsman classes in all ADRA Desert Championship Series races. A $200 bonus and a set of four tires will be awarded to first in class, OR a set of tires · will go to the first finisher in class on General Tires. Fifteen classes in the · SODA race will be covered by General's contingency plan. First place finishers will receive $200, for a total of $3000 _per race. Special tire prices for off road racers will-again be available in 1987. · through General Tire's Off Road Racers Purchase Program. Any off road''.: driver competing in approved races is-eligible for the discount. Purchase ol,; tires within 30 days prior to any race will be covered by the program. Drivers;:, who qualify and are interested in the program can contact any General Tire'• dealer or store for more details, or call toll free (800) 321-7575 and ask for' Competitipn Price lnformatior. THE CARSON CITY PRO RALLY has again been postponed, due to lack of immediate sponsorship availability, but plans are still working to have the rally later on this-year. But, it will not happen on the otiginalMarch date. It Volunteers are invited to climb on their "Soap Box" and fill this space with their thoughts about what is good and what is not so good about, the state of off road racing. We would welcome some discussion on· the state of the Pro Rally Series as well. Call or write DUSTY TIMES with your ideas for a Soap Box column, and get on the schedule. - seems incredible-that this rally was, less thai;i two years ago, a serious .. _, candidate for. the World :championship-status~ and now cannot get enough funding in·northem,Nevad.i, to hold a National Championship Series event. Also, the April running of the Tulip 200, in Chillicothe, Ohi9, will no longer be a nationahally, because only qne per l9cation is alloweq, and-the Sunriser F9rest in August is th~ more important of the two events':, . ' more TRAIL NOTES on page 45 February 1987 Dusty nmes

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1987 HAPPENINGS ••• June 7 100 miles Alabama June 28 Winder, GA July 26 Cordele, GA A.D.R.A. Arizona Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 February 21 Annual Awards Banquet Phoenix, AZ April 11 Penasco Twilight 250 Sonora, Mexico July 18 High Country 150 Flagstaff, AZ September 5-6 Snowflake Buggy Bash Snowflake, AZ October 17 Penasco 150 Sonora, Mexico December 5 Sonoita to Rocky Point Sonora, Mexico AMSA American Motor Sports Association P.O . Box 5473 Fresno, CA 93755 (209) 439-2114 BAJA PROMOTIONS, . LTD. S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 241 Yan Nuys, CA 91303 (818) 340-5750 February 13-15 Gran Carrera Internacional San Felipe, B.C. October 9-11 Carrera de los·Campeones San Felipe, B.C .. CALIFORNIA Rl LLY SERIES . March 19817 (TBA) High Desert Trails . I April 1987 (TBA) Carlsbad Rallysprint May 2-3J 1987 . Rim of the WI· orl~ Rally May 30, 1987 Glen Helen Rallycross #2 I Page 6 July 1987 (TBA) Prescott Forest Rally August 1987 (TBA) Glen Helen Rallycross #3 September 26-27, 1987 Cliffs of Gorman Rally December 5-6, 1987 East of Indio VII FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 5349 Hansel Ave., C-1 Orlando, Florida 32809 (305) 851-6245 FLORIDA OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 40 Inverness, FL 32651 (813) 933-794 7 (904) 726-0560 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM · 250 Kennedy, #6 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 August 8, 1987 Superstition 250 IV Ancient Dry Lake Bed El Centro, CA October 3, 1987 200 Mile Plaster City Blast Plaster City, CA December 31, 1987 150 Mile Dunaway Dash El Centro, CA GORRA · • Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 927-6432 March 5 50 miles Cordele, GA April 5 100 miles Alabama April 26 Winder, GA August 23 Winder, GA September 13 100 miles Alabama September 2 7 Cordele, GA October 25 Winder, GA November 28 250 miles Cordele, GA December 5 Annual Banquet GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Ron Knowlton 831 So. Jason Denver, CO 80223 (303) 722-5537 May3 Raceland Denver, CO May24 Gordon, NE June 7 St. Francis, KS June 21 Raceland Denver, CO July 19 Raceland Denver, CO August 8-9 St. Francis, KS August 30 Raceland Denver, CO September 20 Raceland Championship - SC Denver, CO HORA . High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 March 6-8, 198 7 Gold Coast 250 Las Vegas, Nevada GOf ANY SFAAE" CO-DRIVEl?5 ??? 1]tLS ONE'S SHOT!!! February 1987 May 7-10, 1987 Mint 400 Las Vegas, NV July ~-5, 1987 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA September 11-13, 1987 Craig/Hi Desert 300 · Craig, CO December 5, 1987 Desert Series Awards Banquet Las Vegas, NV HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Darla Crown P.O . Box 83. Wall, South Dakota 57790 (605) 279-2245 February 15 . Badlands Baja Interior, S.D. August 16 Gumbo Buttes Baja Pierre, S.D. October 24 Last Chance Baja Wall, S.D. GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2937 San Bernardino, CA (714) 381-4454 or (714) 880-1733 March 22, 1987 Short Course Race June 14, 1987 Short Course Race September 27, 1987 Short Course Race IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 . ( All events staged at .. the club grounds in Cleves, Ohio) MIDWEST OFF ROAD CHALLENGE SERIES Tommy Bowling Rt:6, Box 833C Midland, TX 79703 (915) 332-1537 -(915) 563-9154 March 7 El Paso, TX April 4 Big Spring, TX May30 Freedom, OK June 27 Albuquerque, NM August 1 Freedom, OK -September 12 Albuquerque, NM October 3 Big Spring, TX December 5 El Paso, TX M.O.R.E. 3513 North West Loop 820 Fort Worth, TX 76106 (817) 625-8843 MICKEY .THOMPSON'S OFFROAD . CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group 53 W 00dlyn Lane Bradbury, CA 91010 (818) 359-5117 March 21 Silverdome Pontiac, MI Ma~ch 29 Hoosier Dome Indianapolis, IN May2 · Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA June 20 or 27 Kingdome Seattle, WA September 26 Sarq Boyd Silverbowl Las Vegas, NV October 10 L.A. County Fairplex Pomona, CA OLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL RALLY John Nagel P.O. Box 4254 Tumwater, WA 98501 (206) 754-971 7 June 25-29 WRC Olympus International Olympia, WA OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS 1421 Lee Trevino, D-1 El Paso, TX 79935 (915) 594-8266. "' "( ... '( '~ March 7 Sun Clty Baja 150 El Paso, TX November 7 Red Sands 150 El Paso, TX O.O.R.R.A. Oklahoma Off Road Racing Association Larry Terry 9220 N.E. 23rd Oklahoma City, OK 73141 ( 405) 769-5491 (All races located at Freedom, OK) Vic Brurnham Freedom Chapter President (405) 621-3428 ORSA Randy Mi'ller 407 G Street, Suite F Davis, CA 95616 (916) 756-9938 (916) 756-0399 Short Course & Sand Drags, all events at Sacramento Raceway, Sacramento, CA POST Pennsylvania Off Road Short Track · Shark Saxon RD #3, Box 9 . Towanda, PA 18848 (717) 265-3076 All events in Monroeton, PA at the intersection of Routes 414 & 220. Dusty Times

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PRO CAN AM SERIES , Pro Can Am R.acing Inc. P.O. Box 323 Seahurst, Washington 98062 (206) 242-1773 (503) 620-0313 March 20-21 250 miles Richland, WA May 23-25 Y errington 250 Yerrington, NV June 19-20 250 miles Richland, WA July 24-25 400K Ashcroft, BC September 18-19 Millican 400 Millican Valley, OR SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80155 (303) 694-7223 February 13.15; 1987 Barbary Coast Rally San Francisco, C May 14-17, 1987 Centennial Pro Rall}· W estcliff, CO June 5-7, 1987 Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA June 25-29 Olympus International Rally · Olympia, WA Jl;ly 24-25, 1987 Arkansas Traveler Little Rock, AR August 21-23, 1987 Sunriser Forest Chillicothe, OH September iI-13, 1987 Traverse City Rally Traverse City, Ml September 25-27, 1987 Ojibwe Rally Grand Rapids, MN October 29-31, 1987 Press On Regardless Houghton, Ml November 13-15, 1987 Wild West Rally Tacoma, WA SCORE Score International 31356 Via Colinas, Suite 111 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 January 30-31, February 1, 1987 Parker 400 Parker., AZ April 3-5, 1987 Great Mojave 250 Lucerne Valley, CA June 5-7, 1987 Baja Internacional Ensenada, B.C., Mexico August 14-16, 1987 Off Road World Championship Riverside, CA November 6-8, 1987 Baja 1000 Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Dusty flmes December 5, 1987 Desert Series Awards Banquet Las Vegas, NV SILVER DUST RACING ASSOCIATION September 25-27. Snore 250 Las Vegas, NV STADIUM RACING, U .S.A · Marty Tripes SCORE CANADA 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada (514) 692-6171 SCORE SHOW P.O. Box 6819 Burbank, CA 91510 (818) 768-2914 June 26-28, 1987 10th Annual Score Show Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA P.O. Box 7380 Las Vegas, t¼v 89125 (702) 459-0317 I I SNORE Southern Nbvada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (7.02) 452-4522 February 21 Bottom Dollar Las Vegas, NV June 13, 1987 Twilight Race Las Vegas, NV July 25-26, 1987 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV October 31 Yoko Loco Las Vegas, NV December 5 Black Ja:ck 200 Las Vegas, NV S.O.R.R.P. Speedway Off Road Racing Productions Bernie Weber P.O. Box 402 Temple, Texas 76503 (817) 773-3548 228 Faxon Drive Spring Valley, CA 92077 (619) 463-0654 February 21 El Cajon Speedway El Cajon, CA March 14 1 El Cajon Speedway El Cajon, CA SHORT TRACK OFF ROAD ENTERPRISES FORMULA DESERT DOG SERIES . S.T.O.R.E. Co-Ordinator: Gil Parker 7406 So. 12th St. Kalamazoo, Ml 49009 (616) 375-1233 ----------Spencer Low Wins 88 Class 7SSCOl(IE/HDRA and Overall Mini1Metal Championships! . ' . Autolite spark plugs and Fram oil filters stood up to all the punish-ment Spencer Low could dish out! And that was a lot as he drove thousands of winning miles to capture TWO Championships in 1986. Congratulations, Spencer! There's no disputing the talent and deter-mination of the winner of both the prestigious 1986 Cla$5 1S SCORE/HORA Championship AND the 1986 Overall Mini-Metal. Challenge Championship for classes 6, 7, 7S & 7 4x4. ~llied Manufactures Fram, Bendix and Autolite Quality Parts. Allied Altermarket Division 105 Pawtucket Avenue East Providence, RI 02916 ~IED Automotive i;r' February 1987 Page 7

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I ! i I I Aclclitio11al HAPPENINGS ••• April 16-20, 1987 Safari Rally Nairobi, Kenya THE GOLD COAST HOSTS NEW LAS VEGAS RACE SUPERCROSS, INC. Gateway Plaza 180 Newport Center Dr., Suite 270 Newport Beach, CA 92660 (714) 760-1606 SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Karen Jenkins 2345 Hopkins Crossroad Minnetonka, MN 55343 (612) 544-2370 VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 May 23-25 Yerrington 250 Yerrington, NV June 20-21 Virginia City 200 Virginia City, NV SeJ?tember 5-7 Labor Day 250 Y errington, NV WHEEL TO WHEEL, INC. P.O. Box 688,.Dept. 4W0R Bancroft, Ontario, Canada KOL ICO (613) 332-1766 (613) 332-4128 WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 - 87A Ave. Surrey, Brhish Columbia, V3S 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 April 12 Ashcroft, B.C. May 16-17 Kamloops, B.C. · May 31 Mission, B.C. June 26-28 Sand Drags Only Mission, B.C. August 16 Mission, B.C. September 5-6 Kamloops, B.C. October 10-11 Ashcr?ft, B.C. FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP January 17-24, 1987 Monte Carlo Rally Monte Carlo, Monaco February 13-15, 1987 · Swedish Rally Karlstad, Sweden March 10-15, 1987 Port Wine Rally Estoril, Portugal May 7-10, 1987 Tour de Corse Ajaccio, Corsica May 30-June 4, 1987 Acropolis Rally Lagonissi, Greece June 25-29, 1987 Olympus Rally Olympia, WA, USA July 11-14, 1987 New Zealand Rally Auckland, New Zealand August 2-9, 1987 Argentine Rally Buenos Aires, Argentina August 26-30, 1987 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 22-26, 1987 Ivory Coast Rally Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast October 11-17, 1987 San Remo Rally San Remo, Italy November 22-26, 1987 . RAC Rally England ATTENTION RACE ORGANIZERS List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free!. Sei1d your 1g87 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column. Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. LAS VEGAS, Nevada -Championship desert racing on the HDRA/SCORE Off Road Series comes to Las Vegas March 7 for a new event at a new hotel/casino: Michael Gaughan's new Gold Coast will sponsor and host the second stop on the HORA/SCORE campaign, the Gold Coast 300, staged by the High Desert Racing Association of Las Vegas. It will be the first late winter/early spring date in Las Vegas for HORA, which last year took over organization of the Mint 400 in May and previously staged the Frontier 500 and Frontier 250 in Las Vegas in September and December, respectively. "It will be good to have a race earlier in the year," said HORA President Walt Lott. "We'll be able to capitalize on the early ·season enthusiasm of all of the drivers who will be just beginning the hunt for champi-onship points." Lott · also announced that the season -ending HORA/SCORE awards banquet, held the last two years at the Anaheim Hilto~, wiii be hosted by the Gold 'Coast December 5, 1987. "i've been involved in everything in off road racing," said Gaughan. "Now thi~ will-make the full circuit. I've raced, chased race cars, worked in pits · and worked at check points years ago. There's nothing left. I want to see if we can help off road racing out a little bit," he said of his new hat of race sponsor. The Gold Coast 300, scheduled to start at 7 a.m. March 7, will consist of two laps around a 150 mile course south of Las Vegas. The route, on existing dirt roads and desert washes, will be made up of sections previously used for the Frontier 500 and Frontier 250 and will be run on both sides of Interstate 15. The start~finis,l,. line will be at Sloan, 15 miles south of-Las Vegas. Tech inspection of the race cars and trucks will take place Friday, March 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Gold Coast. Gaughan will be hosting a cocktail party during the Friday evening drivers' meeting and an 1 awards buffet on Sunday. The event will be the second in the eight race series conducted by HORA and SCORE Internation-al of Westlake Village, CA. The season opener is the SCORE Parker 400 at Parker, AZ, January 31. COMING NEXT MONTH ... This will be the first venture into race sponsorship for Gaughan, whose Barbary Coast Hotel/ Casino in Las Vegas was recently selected the Sponsor of Year for 1986 for its support of individual race teams, including his own two seat buggy, the single seater driven by Rob MacCach-ien of Las Vegas and the Dodge pickup driven by overall Heavy Metal champion Walker Evans of Riverside, Calif. HORA and SCORE are beginning their third season of staging a combined champion-ship off road racing series. Overall series champions, plus winners of 28 off road classes, including several motorcycle and all terrain vehicle divisions which run only at SCORE events, will be crowned at the year end banquet. Score Parker 400 MTEG Stadium Racing in San Diego Paris-Dakar Rally CRS Glen Helen Rally Cross Monte Carlo Rally ... plus all the regular features CONGRATULATIONS Page 8 to MATT-PIKE February 1987 , Co-Points Winner at 444 Points in Class 3 1986 SCORE-HORA DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES $incerely-Gale Pike Dusty nmes

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s -A L u T E To The 1986 Desert Series Champions By Jean Calvin SCIIE INTERNATIONAi: Chernpionship·Off-Roed Racing ra HIGH DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION The sophmore year of the combined SCORE/HORA desert series fulfilled the promise of 1985 for both the racers and the promoters. In almost every event the entry numbers we_re up a good deal and the complaints were down. Sure, there were some rough times in post race tech, starting with the first event at Parker, but overall the rules · enforcement shook out a bit better than before. The two organizations· published a common rule book last Novem-·ber, a major step forward in making the desert series a true national championship affair. Of course, SCORE and HORA continue to run their own races in their own manner, SCORE with a driver's meeting the night before the race, and HORA with the driver's meeting race morning, for e_xample. Despite dangling double points in front of competitors for the fall events, the most popular events with competitors contin-ued to be the most popular, with the entry numbers swelled by folks who run their favorite piece of desert every year and are not interested in points. While major sponsorship for the desert series points fund, outside of Nissan, 'is Page 10 still in the search mode, two years of a most successful series should certainly bear fruit this season, if not in points money, perhaps in purse money at some individual events. As last year, each organization produced four races, and to be eligible for a year end points title, a driver had to compete in three SCORE events and three HORA events. The HORA split its schedule with two races in California, the Fireworks 250 and the Budweiser 250, both at Barstow, and the Mint 400 and the Frontier 500, both out of · Sloan, Nevada. ·scORE's sched-ule was identical to 1985 with the · two races in· Mexirn, the Baja lnternaciona_l and the Baja 1000, the difference being that the Baja 1000 went all the way from Ensenada to l:,a Paz and produced an unexpected heavy entry. The two state Parker 400 opened the season, and another edition of the Great Mojave 250 out of Lucerne Valley, California was in April. The Baja 1'000 and the Frontier 500 were again back to back double points races. The extra miles on the Baja 1000 certainly warrants the double points, but somehow a loop race out of Sloan doesn't have the Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises CLASS 1-2-1600-1600 CC RESTRICTED -JACK RAMSAY-Winning the overall points title is getting to be a habit with 1600 class champions, and Jack.Ramsay is the absolute top points man for 1986, The Las Vegas, Nevada resident drove a two seat 1600 to his titles, entering all eight series races, and-finishing all but the Baja Internacional. Jack started the season right by winning the spor('s most populous class at both the Parker 400 and the Great Mojave 250 in the _Steel Engineers sponsored Bunderson, with Rick Mills riding in most of the events. Jack drove_to a fifth at the Mint and the Frontier 500, was sixth in the Fireworks, and nabbed a double points second at the Jong Baja 1000. He came back from disaster for a _12th place finish at the Bud 250. Ramsay is building a new, state of the art Bunderson_for the 1987 season, and it will be at the Parker 400. · · same adventure and additidnal tradi~ion of a 1600 car winning effort of the original route of the · the overall title. Frontier 500. In the big trucks, Kirby The series began again this year High tower a·nd Gary Currier with the Parker 400, which was a won Class 3 in a Jeep CJ 7, and portent of things to come with an Rod Hall and Jim Fricker got a incredible 416 vehicles taking good. start on another Class 4 the green flag, and 320 of them title by winning in the Dodge. were in car classes, an increase of Walker Evans got a great start 19 cars over 1985. Total entry also, winning Class 8 in his was up by 48 vehicles, and this Dodge over defending champ heavy entry pattern continued Steve Kelley. Despite not throughout the season. Memor- finishing, Carl Cook took the ies of the snow and sleet of 1985 win in Class 14. · came back race morning as Max Razo and John Johnson ominous clouds caused officials started the new year right by to delay the start time by half an winning Class 5 by a goodly hour, waiting for light. Happily margin. Youngsters Mike Lesle the sun came out later and -it<- and Cameron Steele whipped off stayed dry throughout the· race · · ,a: seven minute victory in Class day. 5-1600; and Mike Abbott and Tom Koch had his · Class 1 Pausto Panisotto won Class 11 Rateco in the lead in California - by a slim ten minutes. Wes and ,_and at the finish, and Tom took Greg Moser took top honors in overall car honors as well. In fact, Class 6 driving their venerable only one bike, the Husky of Dan Ford Ranchero. Al Arciero Smith and Dan Ashcraft, beat started in the Class 6S Olds Tom's time, and only by six Calais, and was not only the only minutes. _Danny letner and entry, but a DNF. Henry Bergdahl won Class 2 in Among the three mfni truck the Porsche powered Raceco, classes, there were winners and and Jack Ramsay started his technical losers. While Spencer march to the 1986 overall points Low won Class 7S on the road, championship by winning Class the entire 16 truck field, of which 1-2-1600 in the two seat ninefinished,Jasdisqualifiedin Bunderson. Jack continues the post race tech for sundry items February 1987 on various brands of tn.i.cks~ To a_ lesser degree, the same fate befell the 7 4x4s. The top three finishers, led by Mike Randall at the checkered flag in the ex-Adams Jeep Cherokee, were all disqualified for odd tech infractions after the race. Fourth on time, Jerry McDo·nald inherited the official victory in the Chevy S-10. Class 7 had no such woes, and Manny Esquerra won in· the Ford by inches over Roger Mears' Nissan . . Class 10 was hard fought as always, and Jac;k Irvine and l<it Trenholm repeated their 1985 performance by winning in the Raceco. Gary Cogbill won Class 9, and Rick Johnson and Gary Watson won the 31 car Challenge Class in a Hi Jumper. · Next came the Great Mojave 250 at Lucerne Valley early in April, and again the entry was staggering. There were 405 starting entries, up a tremendous 132 from 1985. W.hh 318 starting cars, the increase was there, with 130 more cars than in 1985. At the Friday evening driver's meeting not only was the time allowance extended due the rough cause, · but, the starting time was bumped _up earlier, which caught a dozen or so Dusty nrnes

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drivers out to breakfast, and they started late. Larry Noel was close to repeating his overall victory in _ 1985, and we must apologize for brain fade in our Barstow coverage last month, which was Noel's second overall victory in this desert series. At any rate, this round Noel missed overall time at Luc~rne by inches, but won Class 1, only to be bumped down to third by a road crossing penalty. Ivan Stewart got the Class 1 win in the Toyota pickup. Class 2 was as close as a race can get, and at the flag Jim and Mark Temple took the overall victory in their Raceco as well as the class, taking overall car time by 1. 2 seconds over Noel. They were well behind the fastest time of the day of the Dans, Ashcraft and Si:nith, whose Husky was in well before lunch, almost in time for breakfast. An astounding entry of 58 starters in Class 1-2-CLASSB-2 WDSTA~bARD PICKUP : Wi LKER EVAN$-.Walk,erEv_ans fie'// f?is Dodge toan early lead in ClassB and the Heavy Metal points erase, winning the fi~~t three races, Parker, MqIave and the Mmt 400. He came back from a dnf at the Baja Internacional t0 nab second at the_ Fireworks, but troubles dropped him to seventh_ at _the Frontier 500. Walker finished the year in the Goodyear and Barbary Coast sponsored Dodge in a blaze of g_lory,,_wmning the long trek, the BaIa 1000 and the final rade1 in the series, the Budweiser 250. The man from Riverside, Caltforn1a won yet another Class 8 title, and the important oJerall Heavy Metal Cliampionship. 1600 saw the victory again go to, Jack Ramsay in the Bunderson. ... ' • • l-. ·~ CLASS 7S - STOCK MINI P)CKUP - SPENCER LOW - One of the few repeat champions from 1985, Speh'cer Low, from Arcadia, California, not only took the Class 7S title again, but he won his second Mini Metal Championship, and, as last year, Low was the only trucker in the top ten overall on points, in ninth spot. His Nissan is sponsored by 'Arcadia Nissan ahd Goodyear, and Low and hisco-dr,iver Paul DeLang competed in all eight races. Although he won at Parker, the entire 1 7S class was disqualified. So Low began his charge to the title by winning at Mojave and taking second' at the Mint. He · dropped out in Baja and was .sixth at the Fireworks. Low had a strong finish with a trio of seconds in the 16st three races, two of them doublepoints affairs. . I ' I CLASS 1 -UNLIMITED SINGLE SEAT - MARK McMILL/N-Mark McMillin, from Bonita, California, hadja great second half that brought him the Class 1 points championship. With co-driving help from Ralph Paxton on the long races in the Chenowth Magnum powered by a six cylinder Porsche, Mark got a slow start on the season with a fifth atjParker, a dnf at Mojave, but climbed to fourth at the Mint 400. Mark finished second in Baja, at the Fireworks and the ~rontier 500. He secured his title with the big win, first overall at the Baja 1000. He dropped to third in class at Barstow with late breaking problems. fvfa!k was fifth overall on points, and, like most champions, he competed in all eight races. j Dusty nmes This is the system run by most· • off road race winners TRl•MIL BOBCAT· CHROME DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON A~NUE LOS ANGELES, C~LI 90011 (213) 234-901 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 11 . .

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" CLASS 2 -UNLIMITED TWO SEA.T - BOB GORDON - Bob Gordon had mixed results early in the season in his two seat Chenowth, with co-driver Tim Crabtree. After taking a fine second at Parker, Gordon fell to sixth at Mojave, 12th at the Mint, then came back to fifth in Baja, only to dnf at the Fireworks 250. Then the team scored second, behind Bob's son Rob, at the Frontier 500, and won Class 2 and took second overall at the Baja 1000, both double pointers. The Orange, California driver ended the year with a third place at the Budweiser 250. Not only did Bob Gordon win the Class 2 points championship, he also finished second overall on points, just 48 digits behind the overall winner. in the Jeep CJ 7, while Rod Hall continued his trot to a points title in Class 4, taking his eighth Mint 400 victory. Also taking Mint win number 8was Walker Evans in Class 8. Lowell Arnold and Tom Kepler moved their Jeep Honcho into Class 14 and scored the victory. John Cooley and Mark Fox beat the field in Class 5, while Mike Lesle and Cameron Steele won again in Class 5-1600 . . ,Chris Robinson finished in the Olds for the 6S win and so did Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling.in Class 6. Andy Diaz and Charlie Woodard got the victory in Class 11. Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn took the points lead and the Mint win in Class 10 handily. Rich Minga and Dale Ebberts got the Chenowth home first in Chal-lenge action, and Gary Cogbill and John Marking won Class 9. · ~ Among the ''.heavies", Buck Griffin and Don Coffland won Class 3 in their Jeep CJ 8, and Rod Hall and Jim Fricker won Class 4 again in the Dodge. Class 8 went to Walker Evans again in his Dodge, this time by an hour. Steve Mizel got his Bronco home first in Class 14. · Max Razo and John Johnson won again in Class 5, while new names, Owen and Curtis Duggan won 5-1600 honors. Chris Robinson and Chris Minor won 6S in the Olds. Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling came out of a brief retirement to win Class 6 in the '55 Chevy. Dave Hendrick-son and John Jones took the win among the nine Class 11 Beetles. Manny Esquerra won Class 7 again in the Ford Ranger, and Spencer Low got his Class 7S win this time in the Nissan. Jerry McDonald won Class 7 4x4 on the road this trip as well. Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn nailed the honors in Class 10. With 40 starters, the Challenge Class went to Dave Stokes and Don French. Dave and Bryant Wood won Class 9 in their new car. Next up was the mighty Mint 400 on a new and almost as dirty course out of Sloan, Nevada. The HDRA put in a bit of stadium racing for the spectators, running the course through a motocross track near Boulder City. It was the first series race for the HORA, and with the on-again-off-again status of the race during the winter, the entry was down seven from 1985, as 367 cars took the starting flag last May. Although Class 2 cars do a lot of overall winning at the Mint 400, this year it was the Porsche . powered Chaparral of Larry Ragland that led the survivors to the checkered flag, taking the overall by ten minutes. The Class 2 winner and second overall was the Funco ORE of Cam Thieriot and Greg Lewin. New names won Class 1-2-1600, Darren Wilson and Eddie Webb in a new Mirage. Old desert hand] M Bragg and sons Mike and Greg won Class 3 CALIFORNIA PHONE ORDER.HOUSE ,t . 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The magic was back in the starting numbers at the June Baja Internacional, a round trip to and from Ensenada, Baja California. The Mexican race was number 4 in the series and a must for serious point hunters. There were 38 more cars onthe starting line in 1986, and a total entry of 64 more than in 1985. The -weather was the usual damp and overcast type on the start, and very hot on the eastern side of the peninsula, as usual. It was a race long battle, but Ivan Stewart took the Class 1-victory in the Toyota and was second overall car as well. Zooming home first on the road and first overall car was the CLASS 10 -·UNLIMITED 1650 CC-RICK HAGLE - The battle for the Class 10 points championship was intense all year. Rick Hagle was another driver, with a gjant assist from his co-driving brother John, who came on strong in the double . points races late in the year. From Somis, California and sponsored by the family lumber business, Hagle was third at Parker, fourth at Mojave and failed to finish the Mint. But, not an old Baja hand, he still got second in June, followed by a fourth at the Fireworks 250. Rick Hagle had a fantastic finish, winning the Frontier 500, the Baja 1000 and the Bud 250, all after very close dicing all the way in Class 10. Hagle also finished third overall on points, just two points behin(/ Gordon. CLASS 3-SHORT WHEELBASE 4x4 -DON ADAMS-Oon Adams returned to Class 3 this season, driving his Jeep CJ 7 at the early races, then moving into a Jeep Cherokee for the balance of the year. With co-driver Larry Olsen, A~ms, who raises buffalo in Colorado among his many enterprises, started out with second place at Parker, third at Mojave and seventh at the Mint. Ba'ck on form he won in Baja and took second at the Fireworks, then failed to finish the Frontier 500. A second on the Baja 1000 an_d fifth at the Bud 250 earned Adams another Class 3 title. He competed in all e_ight events and was sponsored by AMC Sports and BFGoodrich . Febn1ary 1987 Dusty nmes

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/ CLASS 4 -LONG WHEELBASE 4x4 -RODNEY HALL -Although 1986 was the year that Rodney Hall saw his unbroken string of victories broken, he and Jim.Fricker still brought the Dodge home the Class 4 points winner, with more victories than most class champs. The BF Goodrich sponsored 4x4 started the year with five class victories in a row, and it looked as if Hall, from Reno, Nevada, was well on his way to more records. But troubles caused a dnf at_both the 1ro~ti~r 500 and the Budweiser 250. However, Hall won the class on the long Baja 1000, and with the double points he ke this incredible 15 · starters it was a real race in Class 11, and the winner was Sergio Gutierrez and family. ) Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn l:fad the overall points lead in ~and with another victory in O:lass 10. Dave and Bryant Wood a~ain won Class 9. The Challenge Class shuffled points as Rich Richardson and Mike LaPlant Jon in a Jimco. of Mike and Pat Falkosky outran the 7S field. Jim Conner and Pat Blackmore got their stocker Nissan home first in Class 7 4x4. It was on to Barstow for the Fireworks 250, and this popular course drew an incredible 293 cars, causing the course to be lengthened just to get them off the line. The entry was up 25 cars from 1985, and the beat went on. The heat in July was the usual three digits, but a good breeze string of class championships intact. in Class 4. Dave Shoppe and Larry Maddox got the big Class 8 win in the Ford. Steve Mizel was the only starter, and therefore the winner in Class 14. . Manny Esquerra was well up on Class 7 points, with another victory for Ford. But, the Toyota race i;r · Porsche powered Chenowth of Corky and Scott McMillin, winning Class 2, and finishing · 2½ minutes faster than Stewart . . Absolute fast time for the race went to the Husky ridden by Garth Sweetland and Scot Harden. Rob Tolleson, with Bill Varnes co-driving, got the Mirage home first in Class 1-2-1600. . Don Adams and Larry Olson took their first Class 3 win of the year in the Jeep Cherokee, and the Hall/ Fricker show rolled on Max Razo and John Johnson looked good on points, winning Class 5 again. More fresh names, R.C. Jones and Paul Maxey, long time Class 5 racers, got the victory in 5-1600 action. Chris Robinson again finished in 6S for the win, and Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling outran the other old sedans in Class 6. With CLASS 5-UNLIMITED BAJA BUG -MAX RAZO-Max Razo and John Johnson had just a few problems on their march to the championship in the strong running Class 5 racer. Razo, from El Cajon, and Johnson, from Jamul, continued the domination of year end titles by southern Californians. They won at Parker and Mojave but dropped to seventh at the Mint. They won again\at the Baja Internacional, but failed to finish at the Fireworks._ A second at the Frontier 500 and the big win on the Baja 1000, plus a third at the Bud 250 brought Razo the Class 5 championship. It was a fight to the final race, as Max Razo won his title by a slim 25 points. -1986 ~CORE/HORA Drivers/Riders' . Points Champion~ · overall Buggy & overall Points JACK RAMSAY overall Heavy Metal WALKER EVANS CLASS 1· Mark McMillin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 Ivan Stewart ....... : ........... 533 Larry Noel .................. -... 533 Gregg Symonds ................ 433 Tom Koch ..................... 428 CLASS 2 Bob cordon .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. 721 David Kreisler .................. 629 Bob Richey .................... 576 Jerry Penhall .................. 567 Jim Temple .................... 538 CLASS 1/2·1600 Jack Ramsay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Willy Higman ......... "· ....... 630 Jeff Papple .................... 509 Rob Tolleson ................... 460 Morley Williams ................ 415 CLASS 3 Don Adams ................. 444 Mike Schwellinger .............. 402 , Buck Griffin ................ , ... 343 David Bryan ................... 113 CLASS 4 Rod Hall .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 462 Don Yosten ................... 314 Don McCormack ............... 286 CLASS 5 Max Razo ................. : . 587 Hartmut Klawitter .... ......... 562 Stan Parnell ................... 540 Jim Cocores ............ ....... 411 Greg Diehl ..................... 224 overall Mini Metal SPENCER LOW CLASS 5·1600 Steve Lakin ................. 605 David Anckner ................. 540 Mike Lesle ..................... 472 CLASS 6 Larry Schwacofer .......... 552 We51ey Moser .................. 301 Dale Jordan ................... 127 CLASS 7 Manny Esquerra ............ 478 Roger Mears ................... 300 John Swift .................... 179 CLASS 7S s pencer Low .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 608 Willie Valdez ................... 593 Paul Simon .................... 568 Mike Falkosky ................... 506 Scott Douglas . . ............... 438 CLASS 7 4X4 Jerry McDonald ........ ..... 555 Jim Conner .................... 444 Michael Horner ................. 362 Mike Randall .............. : .... 230 CLASS 8 Walker Evans ............... 581 Dave Shoppe ................... 518 . Steve Kelley ......... .-......... 485 Frank v e5sels .... ...... : ....... 302. Steve McEachern ............... 238 CLASS 9 Dave wood 367 overall Motorcycle SCOTT MORRIS overall 4-Wheel ATV OLEN ELLIOTT CLASS 10 Rick Hagle .................. , 719 Steve Tetrick .................. 650 Roger Mortenson .............. 525 Steve Myers ................... 203 Class 11 Ramon Castro ......... ..... 399 Andy Diaz ............ ......... 328 Mike Abbott ................... 178 CLASS 14 Steve Mlzel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 CHALLENGER Rick Johnson .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. 693 Rich Minga .................... 569 Edward Mdean ............. , .. 528 Mike Ward .................... 503 Kent Lothringer ................ 472 CLASS 20 Duane summers ............. 175. Guy Kibbe .................... . 154 Wes Eriz ...................... 123 I , CLASS 21 Scott MorrIs1 ................ 322 Jeff Quinn ..................... 262 Bob Johnson .................. 250 David Callawav, ................. 247 Joey Lane ..................... 172 Dan Smith )~~~~~-~-~ ........ 308 Phil Means .................... 171 Randy Morales! ................. 151 Mitch Schacklett ............... 121 Garth Sweetlalild ............... 118 Dusty nmes February 1987 I . overall 3-Wheel ATV STEVE FENTON overall Odyssey STEVE SIXBERY CLASS 30 BIii Harris ............ ....... 279 Neil Manninen .................. 172 Bill Dell ........ , ................. 75 CLASS 38 Ron Cray . .'.. .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. 273 John Etchart .................. 233 Wayne Cornelius ............... 165 Peter Bormanis ................. 56 CLASS 23 Robin Davis ................. 120 Jeff Enz ........................ 73 CLASS 33 Steve Fenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Fred Wing ..................... 213 Allen Fox ...................... 208 Doug Yarnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Dustin Hoffman ................ 153 CLASS 43 Mike Mancha .......... · ..... 123 Jim Callen ..................... 112 CLASS 24 Clen Elliott ................. 188 Jerry w helchel .................. 99 CLASS 25 Ron Apodaca .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . 108 CLASS 34 Steve Sixbery .............. 240 Juan Lencioni .................. 141 Randy Pettit ... : .............. 125 Nick Kozin ......... : ............ 38 CLASS 44 Philip Blurton ............... 122 Page 13

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CLASS 5-1600-RESTRICTED 1600 CC BAjA BUG -STEVE LAKIN-Steve Lakin, from National City, and Todd Fetters, from Lakeside, California drove their Razo sponsored Bug in all eight races. But, they had to fight for the class title to the last mile, with nonf.inishes at both Mojave and the Fireworks. They were third at both Parker and the Mint 400, moved up to second in Baja and back to third at the Frontier 500. They had trouble in Mexico but did finish eighth. Lakin had to do well at the final race, and he did. Steve Lakin was happy with second place at the Budweiser 250, as it gave him the points for the championship. Lakin is the only points champ this year without a class win to his credit. Tudy Joe Esquerra continued winning in Class 7, and so did Jerry McDonald in 7 4x4 action. Paul and David Simon scored a big victory in Class 7S. Steve Kelley again got his Chevy home first in Class 8. Matt Pike and Burt McCready put their aged Ford Bronco in for the Class 3 victory. Don Y oston and Bill Donahoe got the ~ in in Class 4 in their Jeep Honcho, while Carl Cook and Glen Emery got a finish and the win in Class 14. overall and in Class 1 by less than two minutes over Bob Gordon · and Tim Crabtree who won Class 2, both driving Chenowths. Absolute fast time went to the Honda of Chuck Miller and Bruce Ogilivie. t;r afternoon kept things somewhat livable. The race was a battle for the overall win, but at the flag it was Rob MacCachren in his Chen-owth who ·won overall and in Class 1 by 53 seconds after taking a 15 minute penalty. Many time penalties were given when a goodly number of cars missed Check 6 in the dark when the course markers went down. Less than two minutes back on total time, Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn won Class 10 again, and took third overall and the points lead. Cain Thieriot and Greg Lewin were next, the Class 2 winners. The wild Las Vegas team of Larry Job and Jack Johnson won Class 1-2-1600 in the Valley Perform-ance single. Dave and Bryant Wood won again in Class 9. In the 41 car Challenge group, new driver Mike Burns and old hand Carroll Ditson won in a new ORE . . In sedan action Stan Parnell and Jeff Bolha took the Class 5 win and Darryl and Wayne Cook Don't miss out' Order Your Off-Road Racing 1987 CALENDAR Features: Top Drivers Action Photos ~OR RACE DATES Now $5.00 Postage Included M&M ENTERPRISES 5318 Don Pio Drive Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Page 1~ won 5-1600 honors. Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling won Class 6 over a. good field, and Alan Remington and Jeff · Dahl nabbed top honors in Class 11. Manny Esquerra continued his march to the Class 7 title with another victory. But, the points got scrambled in 7 4x4 as new boys Dave Ashley and w ·ally Kaiser won in a Ford Ranger. Scott Douglas and Rick Doetsch won Class 7S making a mini metal sweep for Ford. The heavy metal Class 8 victory went to Steve Kelley in the Chevy. Rod Hall and Jim Fricker, despite a penalty, won Class 4, and Eric Heiden and Pete Calaci won Class 3 in a Jeep CJ 8. Rock Bradford· and Steve Miles got the victory in Class 14 in a Jeep Commando. The Frontier 500 was a very different race this past season, moving from a point to point affair into northern Nevada to a four loop, 500 mile run out of Sloan that covered trails on both sides of 1-15. It was the first double points race, and the entry was up by 45 cars over 1985, but still short of 200 starters at 193 cars taking the green flag. It was a family affair as Frank Arciero, Jr. and. teenager Rob Gordon won Class 2 and won the race overall, beating out second overall, and in Class 2 dad Bob Gordon and Tim Crabtree, both driving the Gordon family Chenowths. Class 1 went to the Raceco of Frank Snook and Eric Arras, .and Bob Scott and Mike . Voyles aced the regulars in Class 1-2-1600. Rick and John Hagle scored an important win in Class 10, and sixth overall, and Rick Johnson and Gary Watson won the Challenge Class in post race tech. Dave and Bryant Wood added more points with the Class 9 victory. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawit-ter scored a long sought win in Class 5, and David Anckner and Henry Arras won by miles in 5-1600. Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling were the only finishers in Class 6. Ramon Castro and Salvador Avila won Class 11 by a bunch. Manny and The big, bad, long and tough Baja 1000 sfretched all the way from Ensenada to La Paz this year. Despite the extra cost of the long point to point , race, the entry was up for the 1000, 29 more than in the loop run in 1985, and 25 of the increase came in the car classes. Despite the 1013 mile course it was a drag race to the finish line in La Paz for overall honors. Mark McMillin and Ralph Paxton won the race Art Peterson, Roger Mears Jr. and Richard Goldbaum got the job done in Class 1-2-1600 in their O.R.C. single seater in the biggest class in the race. Todd Francis and Brian Johnson won Class 9 with . a good finish, and Mike Leon and Javier Tiznado took top spot in Challenge Class after a controversy in post race · tech was settled. Rick and John · Hagle scored their second double points Class 10 win, and took the points lead. Sergio and Porfirio Gutierrez won the Beetle battle in Class 11, apd Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling cemented another points title with the win in Class 6. Max Razo and John Johnson CLASS 6 -PRODUCTION SEDAN° LARRY SCHWA COFER -Larry Schwacofer and Si_d Spradling took the Hemet, California based 1955 Chevrolet to yet another Class 6 championship. Schwacofer was the only driver in the 1986 season who ~on every race he entered, seven in_ a row starting with the Great Mojave 250. Schwacofer had retired because of lack of sponsorship after the 1985 season, and missed the Parker 400. But spans.ors appeared and he got the job done for them in the BFGoodrich shod mean, green racer. It was tough at times, with many trackside repairs, but the team finished first in the races and Larry Schwacofer is another repeat champion from 1985. CLASS 7 -MODIFIED MINI PICKUP -MANNY ESQUERRA -It looked like another perfect season building for Manny Esquerra and various co-drivers, including his brother Tudy Joe. The Parker, Arizona businessman took the Ford Ranger to the Class 7 victory at Parker, Mojave, the Mint ( his eighth), the Baja Internacional, the Fireworks 250, and the Frontier 500, his fifth in a row. Manny is the only Class 7 winner in that event. Problems dropped him to third at the [fJaja 1000, and more trouble for the Firestone sponsored Ranger brought a dnf at the Bud 250, a rare happening. However, the points tally was so heavy that Esquerra won the title-easily, as he did last year, this round by 178 points. February 1987 Dusty Times

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CLASS 7 4x4 - STOCK MINI PICKUP 4x4 - JERRY McDONALD - From San Clemente, California, ~erry McDonald established control-of this class early, one of the newest classes in the desert. Driving the Chevrolet S-1/0 sponsored by Joe Mac Pherson Chevrolet and General Tire Mptorsports, McDonald got the win at Parker, and went on o win at Mojave and the Mint 400. He failed to finish in Mexico, but was second at the Fireworks and won the double poin~s at the Frontier 500. McDonald finished third in the Baja 1000, and scored second place at the season ending Budweiser 250. Jerry McDonald earned more than a 100 points margin oiler his closest competitor in the class. [ · made victory lane in Class ·.s, while. Dave Anckner and Henry Arras did the same in Class 5-1600. Walker Evans won Class 8 by hours in Baja, Rod Hall did the same in Class 4, and Matt and Gale Pike Won Class 3, making it a near Dodge sweep in heavy metal. Almost finishing, the Class 14 title went to Richard Seiman and Steve Kramer in the Isuzu Trooper. minut-es civer Spence Low. Jim Conner and Carl J aGkson won by ten minutes in the 7 4x4 Nissan. · sf·cond overall arid won Class. i in the Raceco. Having a great run ~nd a tight dice, 1985 overall f?Oints champ Rob Tolleson was Back on form, besting 38 other s:tarters in 1-2-1600 in his Niiirage. Dave and Bryant Wood won by hours in Class 9. William Bunch surprised the regulars in Cl:hallenge racing by winning in a _!:lrand new San-dwinder Midi. G:lass 10 was a 225 mile sprint rkce, and at the flag Rick and Jphn Hagle won the race and the G:lass 10 points title over Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn. ! More surprises came in other classes. In his second car race · Mike Quintana won Class 5 by dver five minutes, • and Randy ahd Rick Wilson did the same in . Clas~ 5-1600. Schwacofer and Spradling easily won Class 6. Ramon Castro and Salvador Avila got the Class 11 win by just over a minute and won the points title. Walker Evans won Class 8 by 2½ minutes and also won the · Heavy Metal title for racers in Classes 3, 4, 8 and 14. Rod Hall' suffered a rare· DNF, anq Joh(} Dyck and Al Baker WOI). Clas,s 4 in a Jeep J-10. Mike Schwellinger and Marty Pollard wo'n Class 3 in a Jeep CJ 7. Steve Mizel won Class 14 and the points title over five other starters, Roger Mears was the winner and only finisher in Class 7. Willie Valdez scored big in Class 7S ini;r It was another drag 'face to the finish in Class 7, but the team of Roger Mears and Sherman Balch, Nissan, aced1out Larry Ragland's Chevy for the win by mere seconds. It was close too in 7S as Scott Douglas and Ch.uck Johnson won by less than, two HORA moved the final race of the series from Las Vegas to Barstow;· and the Budweiser 250 attracted 265 starters, up by just six from the 1985 Frontier 250. While most .. points' titles were decided, a few were riding on the results of this final points race. The weather was wierd, rain all Friday night and drizzl~ race · morning. It was an unusual race for Barstow, dust free! Attrition · and flats played a big role, at the ·. CLASS 9 - 1200 CC SINGLE SEAT - DAVE WOOD - Dave Wood, with his son Bryant co-driving, completely dominated fast race, and after three tou~h -the waning months ·of Class 9 competition. From Twenty-Nine Palms, California, Wood built his own chassis for the laps Larry Noel won overall m purpose, and was sedond at Parker, won the Mojave and was third at the Mint 400. The team went on to win in Baja, at the his Class 1 Chaparral. . Fireworks and the Frontier 500. They skipped the long drive south on the Baja 1000, but came out to win the Bud 250, the Danny Letner and Henry final Class 9 race in th.is desert series. The news of the impending demise of the class kept the entry well down in 1986. In Bergdahl finished a strong fac_t Dave Wood was the only Clasas 9 driver who competed in enough events to be eligible for the title. ··, , 1/1:, ·-'/~ ~------;~ ~ " .... u;,:;: - -Ii - -'/J . 't{/i i ' I --·,.__.~~ --::::==:::.~ - -~~-"'IJl'!'l~,..,,.;li,i ·------,.,,.. s•t~ ~FF-ROAD RA <ZING DIVISION . . THE $OURCE FOR_-·''PRO-COMP SERIES" RACING MOTORS & TRANSAXLES. . - I SCORE & HDRA MEMBERS RECEIVE SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON: YOKOHAMA' TIR~S, PERMACOOL,. J-MAR, ~ARLS PRIODUCTs,·.cENTERLINE, NEAL PRODUCTS, ·swA Y-A~wA Y, CIMA PISli:IONS, ARA?STRONG NORSEMAN TIRES, S&S EXHAUST, GEM GEARS, VDO GAUGES, K&N FILTERS, . CHENOWTH, WEBER, ENGLE CAMS, KYB, DELLOR.TO, RACE-TECH FRONT ENDS & THOUSANDS OF OTHER ITEMS ..... -VISIT THE WORLDS LARGEST! . · w WEBER I I PET ·oR11tANC£ PRooucr■ IE~ .,>-'IV '_·, J1. Car Custom SWAY·A·WAY ~ ' DE'"i:.l.2R!o Ca~b u r etors PER~ A-COOL I' _ I_ High Performance & 5toch VWParts t 915 W. Foothill Blvd., Azusa, Ca. 91702 tALK IN (818) 334-4951 PHONE ORDERS (818) 969-7967 I . Dusty nmcs I I February ~987 Page·15

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CHALLENGER CLASS -RESTRICTED BUGGY -RICK JOHNSON·_ The Challe'nger Clas; really came irito its own in 1986, with huge entry numbers and very tight competition at every race. The class was designed to bring out older buggies, past being competitive in other classes. But, in 1986 there were a number of brand new cars complete with the latest goodies in for the challenge. Through it all the boys from Barstow, Califorr;,ia, Rick Johnson and Gary Watson, -ran their older Hi Jumper, updating it all year long. The seven race effort brought Rick Johnson the championship on points. The team started out strong with the big win at Parker, then scored a pair of fourths at Mojave and the Mint. They skipped Baja, and did not finish the Fireworks, on home ground. A strong finish with the win at the Frontier 500, and third place in both the Baja 1000 and the Budweiser.250 brought privateer Rick Johnson the class championship. In the water pumper classes, 3 stayed ! pe same and 4 lost. three entries per race average while 6 gained three. Class 7S increased by 1 per race, and 7 wentµpby 2, while. 7 4x4 jumped on average by six per ·race. Class 8 ·gained one on average and Class 14 gained two per race. Yokohama came out on top of the tire wars · this year with six class· champions in Classes 1-2~ 1600, 5, 5-1600, 9, 10 and Challenge. BFGoodrich was next . with five champs, Classes 1, 2, 3, . 4 and 9. Goodyear had two wins in Classes 7S · and 8, as did !Ir' the Ranger; and Dave Ashley and Wally Kaiser added . another 7 4x4 victory to their score. Despite winning the race, Valdez lost the Mini Metal Title to Spencer Low for 1986, and Low is the only repeat overall champion from 1985. In fact, among the class points winners in the 26 classes scheduled in 1985, there are more this year, only five repeated a points victory. They · are Rod Hall, Larry Schwacofer, Manny Esquerra, and Spencer Low, aµd Phil Blurton in Class 44. The second season for the combined SCORE/HORA series was indeed a success. The entry numbers were up for every race except the Mint 400, with THE only eight instead of nine major dese,rt events in 1986. With the Mint in the , series and under HDRA control, it should have increased entry, but the 1986 edition got a late start on hustling entry. The entry gains came mainly in the VW based classes. The Class 1 aver:age entry increased by 1, Class 2 stayed the same, and Class 1-2-1600 went up by three on average per race. Class 5-1600 was also up an average of three per race, and Class 5 stayed the same. Challenge Class showed the biggest gain, up 19 entries on the average, and Class 10 gained four per race. Class 11 showed a gain of two, but Class 9 dropped two per race. WRIGHT PLACE~. COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! The coil springs you are seeing on cars in magazines and at the finish line, are products qf The Wright Place. You can use them on Fox, Bilstein, or Rough Country'sNitro Charger. Springs are available in 1, 2, or 3 stages, and various lengths. Easy to install a·nd adjl!lst. Wrenches come with the kit for adjustments. Another great idea from .the front ~ml experts of off (Oad racing. ' , :·9420 FLINN SP~:i'~GS. LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 ,, ;i; ;"; • ~ , , > (61.9t561-481 Q Page 16 In individual events, the Parker entry was up 13.04 percent, Lucerne a whopping 48.35 percent, ;1,nd the Mint 400 dropped 1.87 percent. The Baja Internacional gained 30.04, percent, the Fireworks was up 9.33 percent, the Frontier by 3. 76 percent, and the Baja 1000 by a good 8.56 percent. The . Budweiser 250 gained 2.31 percent. In the entry sweepstakes, SCORE gained the most, 24.44 percent, while the HORA gained only 2.85 percent. · · Formula Tires in Classes 11 and 14. Firestone gdt the win in Class 7 and General Tire did the same in Class '7 4x4. The charp.pions were crowned at the awards banquet early in January in Anaheim, CA. To salute each winner properly, we are featuring pictures of their cars in action, with a brief report on how they won the title in the second round of the combined desert points series in 1986. A co,mplete listing of the winning drivers in 1986 points is included here as well. CLASS 11 -STOCK VW SEDAN -RAMON CASTRO -It is hard enough to compete for series points without having to fight border customs hassl~s for most of the events. But, Ramon Castro and'his friends were determined to win in 1986. Castro, from Ensenada, B.C., Mexico, missed the points title in 1985 by a whisker. He started out well at Parker, third in the '66 Beetle. But, he did not finish at Mojave or the Baja Internacional, did not go to the Mint 400, but placed second at the Fireworks 250. Still a long way from the points title, Ramon then won the double points race, the Frontier 500, with his car in tatters. He was fourth on the Baja 1000, and finished the season in grand style, winning by seconds at Barstow, and winning his 1986 points championship. CLASS 14 -MODIFIED 4x4 -STEVE MIZEL - Class 14 ha.s a speckled past and an uncertain future, but its fans and competitors are growing in numbers. However, all the racers seldom show up at the salne events. This PfJ.St year only Steve Miz?I was eligible for the points title, which he, wop fairly rather than backing into it. Mize/ drove his Armstrong shod Ford Bronco to victory at the Mojave 250 and the Bud 250, finishing the course at both events. Other poin(s came from a third at Parker· and the Mint, second at the Frontier 500 and first at the Baja Internacional, although his rig _failed to complete the course in those races. Class 14 may still be alive in 1987, although it has been eliminated from the rule book. 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THE OLYMPUS RALLY Final Round Of The World Rally Championship For Drivers Photos: Martin Holmes/Trackside Photo Enterprises It was the battle for the World Championship, and Markku Alen and 1/kka Kivimaki won the rally by over a minute in the Lancia Delta S4. and the win gave Alen the points for the provisional World Championship title. The story of The World Championship Toyota Olympus Rally actually began some years ago in Dallas, Texas. It was the week of the Dallas F 1 Grand Prix. The FISA heavies were in town to enjoy Texas hospitality and watch the track melt before their very eyes. They sipped Courvoisier, tested Wild Turkey neat, sweltered in the 110 degree heat and spoke through interpre-ters who didn't understand "Yawl cum back", so they didn't. It was the first and last F 1 race in Dallas. In the midst of the madness, while Texas Oilmen bid on the black ooze seeping from the newly paved track, John Nagel and I hosted a meeting in one of the plushier hotels. SCCA reps, FISA hard ballers and interpre-ters and a few local leeches drank our booze, nibbled our hors-d 'oeuvres and listened to Nagel's pitch for a World Championship Rally in the United States. FISA was supportive. SCCA was silent -most had never seen a rally. Nagel and I paid our one day $500.00 hotel bill and left Dallas feeling like young boys at a Greek orgy. Four years later I stood in the middle of the Tacoma Dome and watched John and Claudia Nagel's dream come true. The Toyota Olympus Rally was a promoter's bonanza. Not only was it the final round in the 1986 World Championship for Drivers and the first WRC event in the U.S. since the abortive 1974 Michigan POR fiasco, it was to be the rally that would decide the driver's championship for 1986. It was also the final appearance of the "thunder cars" - the 600bhp Group B blasters Fl driver, Nigel Mansel) recently stated could out accelerate his Williams FWl 1. 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In the U.S. these factors would be akin to deciding the Heavy-weight Championship in the final round and banning the NFL because of damaged knees. Overseas, the World Rally Championship is our Super Bowl and World Series wrapped together. · Peugeot had already clinched their second consecutive Manu-facturer<s title back in September at the 000 .Lakes Rally in . Finland, but their team driver, Juha Kankkunen, trailed Lancia's Markku Alen by a single point for the driver's crown. Kankkunen, 27 years old, and Alen, 37 years old, are both Finns. They are personal friends and probably will be teammates in 1987. But this was still 1986 and an entire year of work would culminate in the final run in the mountains of Washington. There would be no strategy meetings, no holding back for a better course next month, no waiting for more familiar territory, no saving the equip-·ment - nothing but winning, putting it all on a single roll of the dice to become the World Rally Champion . . Both Lancia and Peugeot emptied the vaults to support their drivers. Each team spent in excess of a million U.S. dollars on the final event in Washmgton. Each team brought a single car; a Lancia Delta S4 for Alen and a Peugeot 205T16 for Kankkunen, but the backup teams were awesome. Peugeot shipped in 20 metric tons of parts, 350 tires and wheels, ten mechanics, three engineers and a team doctor. They rented ten 18'foot trucks from the local Budget dealer and a 24 footer from Ryder, as a spare. Lancia matched their efforts, dollar for dollar. Since World Championship Rallies, with exception of England's RAC, all allow pace notes, each driver spent several weeks on the Olympus course. Alen drove the course four February 1987 A mistake in the pits cost a minute for Juha Kankkunen and Juha Piironon in the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, but they easily held 2ndplace throughout the event. times, flew to England to do the would sit in the Quattro and read RAC then returned to drive the them dunng the event. I moved cours~ two more times. down to a Group N ( showroom John Buffum and I met him in stock car) Audi Quattro 4000S the mountains during our second to co-drive for John's stepson, week of note taking. He was Paul Choiniere. using a black Audi 5000 as a Group A also held our attention. Most of our domestic hot shoes were entered in Group A. Rod Millen (Mazda 323 4WD), Doug Shepherd (Toyota Corolla FX), Chad DiMarco (Subaru RXT), Clive Smith (Toyota Corolla), Walter Boyce (VW GolfGTI), the Watanabes (Toyota Corolla), Alan Carter (Subaru RXT), Dan Holt (Toyota Corolla), Nelson Shepherd (VW Golf GTI), Guy L,ight (VW,Golf GTI), Scott Child (Toyota Corolla FX), Steve Nowicki (Nissan 200SX), Gary English (Alfa Romeo GTV) -Group A shaped up to practice car. Not to be outdone at their own event, Toyota sent in three Toyota T earn Europe Celi ca T Group B entries. Ex-World Champion, Bjorn Waldegard drpve the first car. Rising young star, Lars Eric T orph piloted the second and the California Kiwi, Steve Millen chaired the third. A local auto dealer told me the Toyota team rented an' entire dealership in Olympia, paying the full salaries of all the mechanics who were sent home for two weeks. While most of us sat around the Tyee Motor Inn bar in Tumwater, washing away the grime of another practice day in the hills, young Mr. Torph continued driving throughout the night. Such is the stuff of dedication and youth, During a splendid Thanksgiv-ing dinner at the Nagel's home, everyone agreed the Olympus would be a two man show. Alen vs Kankkunen for all the marbles. But our interests were in the side shows. Jon Woodner and Tony Sir-combe were on hand in their powerful Group B Peugeot 205 T16. John Buffum entered the ·Olympus at the last minute, just in time for he and I to spend two weeks preparing our notes. He used the same Group B Audi Sport Quattro we'd campaigned in North America throughout '86: Since it was JB's best chance for a high finish at a World Championship Rally on his home turf, we felt it best to bring in an experienced note reader. So, while JB and I prepared the pace notes, Neil Wilson ( winning co-driver of the 1'985 RAC) be a real scramble. · Two New Zealand Group A stars also travelled to the U .S. to show the locals how to go fast in the mountains. ~ep f?illport (Mazda 323 4WD) a)Jd Possum Bourne (Subaru RXT) both figured to be top Group A contenders. Despite the quick reputations of Allport and Bourne, John Buffum bet Fred Gallagher, Bjorn Waldegard's co-driver, that Rod Millen would_lead Group A by the tenth stage. I also tried to bet that Doug Shepherd would win Group A despite JB's warning looks. Fortunately for my pocketbook, no one took my bet. And so the stage was set. It was "get down" time in Washington· as we all gathered inside the Tacoma Dome for the start of the four day Toyota Olympus World Championship Rally at 8:00 p.m.; Thursday evening, December 4, 1986. Kankkunen drove his Peugeot out of the Tacoma Dome and the show began. 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\ to the first pµveq stage in a Tacoma, WA city park. . When the announcer -called Young Paul and I to the start ramp - we were Car 4 7 -the first five Group B cars had already completed the opening spectator stage and were reenter-ing the dome for their· first service stop and tire change. It was a new experience for me, starting a U.S. rally in forty-seventh position and I must admit I was very nervous. I wasn't sure what went on back there. Would we be blocked on the course? Would we have to pass cars on the edges of high cliffs? Would Paul.listen to pace notes? Would we still be tunning four days from now? Would we take the long fall in the mountains? Would God forgive me for doing this? Would my wife? Two hours later we started the first forest stage in a light drizzle. The front runners were already starting the final stage of the night. Two days before the start 1'.d taken my first ·r,ide with The Kid during a tire testing session. We spun and stopped with both front Michelins hanging over the edge, in the air! I'd been forced to push us back onto the road before we could continue. I still had that spin in mind when we began the first forest stage. As it turned out, I learned that, like many ball players, Young Paul is poor on the practice field but when the real thing begins he's more than ready. He drives a rally car like his coach -John Buffum. If anything, he's a bit more cool,·a bitsmoother, than JB. The first night ~e passed five cars'ni'. fdur stages (including Jon . Wd68tUN-\1 \ oiled and DNFed Peugeot), ran tenth fastest overall on the first forest stage, and moved up twenty positions. And I thought we'd gone rather carefully as we had agreed, biding our time, learning to work with each other, becoming comfort-able with pace notes, playing our waiting game. I wondered what The Kid would do when I let him loose. Kankkunen held· the lead of just a few seconds over Alen at the end of the first night, while Buffum held third, followed by Torph, Waldegard, and Steve Millen. Rod Millen had moved to the front in Group A. After a five hour sleep and a quick shower we lined up for the restart at 10:00 a.m., Friday morning, from the T yee Inn Pare Ferme. Friday was to be a ten hour, 180 mile day, including ten stages on the mountain roads of Rod Millen and John Bellefleur led Group A in the Mazda Familia 4 WO most of the rally, and where it counted, winning the Group by a hefty margin, nearly eight minutes. ,Paul Choiniere, with Tom Grimshaw calling the turns, surprised the international set by driving his Group N stocker to tenth overall and winning the Group handily in the Audj 4000S. the Capitol Forest. Driving up Highway 101 in the morning we could see the heavy fog covering the mountain tops. I wasn't looking forward to racing along the cliffs in dense fog. The Kid was as relaxed as ever. Little did he realize . what a quivering . ·· coward he had sitting next to him. . We passed seven more cars in the fog, sometimes taking the outside line where the gravel road becomes thin air. Our notes were proving to be the difference -and Young Paul's ability to drive them on trust alone in the heavy fog. Up front, Kankkunen and Peugeot were giving away ,a World Championship on a simple mistake. Kankkunen pulled into the start of SS#7 about ten minutes early. The Peugeot service crew began checking the car before he entered the control zone. Something happened. I was told the mechanics had a probl'em inst.ailing a backup battery. I was also told they were working on a problem with the co-driver's mileage computer. Whatever, sudden panic struck the Peugeot team. Co-driver Juh_a Piironen ran into the control zone on foot and attempted to check in on his cor-rect minute. The control marshals correctly refused to issue a start time until the car also entered the control. Kankkunen fired up the Peugeot, jumped a ditch, blasted across the grass and into the control - one minut.e late! Peugeot's claim that Kank-kunen was held up ih traffic was not accepted, and rightly so. The control crew and following team drivers watched the entire epi-sode. It was a simple glitch in servicing. It was the most dramatic mo-ment of the entire four day rally. Kankkunen and Alen had finished most stages only' a second or ·two apkrt. Indeed, they had tied to the Jxact second on several stages. And Kankkunen had just handed Alen sixty big ones. Merry Christmas Markku. For the next two days, Kank-kunen drove lik~ one possessed, or one who had tb make up a full . I minute on the mad. He pushed. the Peugeot to i~s limits and far beyond. And Aldn matched him, mile for mile_. I , . . On Sunday ev1ening, Markku Alen stood on the ceremonial finish platforl1i before the cheering crowd in front of the Capitol Buildinlg in Olympia,· Washington,.and declared, "I am the World Champion." The - I i margi~, after four days, 860 I miles, forty stages, and 326 stage miles -and a full year of world-I wide events, was 1 minute, 26 seconds. Meanwhile, John Buffum was proving he is a world class rally driver. He took a very tired and outdated Audi Sport Quattro immediately into third place over-all and held off charges from Toyota's Torph and Waldegard. Toyota's third Team Europe entry left the action early on when Steve Millen hit an icy I patch and rolled the car into a small pile of very costly junk. As Paul and I sat on a start line midway through the fourth day,. Arnie Hertz tapped on my win-dow. Arnie is Hannu Mikkola's co-driver with Audi.. He was spectating the Olympus. I rolled the window down and Arnie said "Your other driver 'tries to destroy his . car . on the 'second turn on this stage·.'' It was ]B's only "moment" in an outstanding drive. We saw his tracks leave the road, cut through . the small trees and rejoin the road. Not a bad corner, just brain fade, as Buffum stated later that night. He left a goodly portion of the rear panels in the woods but still held on to post the first ever third ove~all finish for an Ameri-can Ir WE MANUFACTURE FUEL SYSTEMS FOR COMPETITION RACING OVAL TRACK, OFF~ROAD, RACE.BOATS FUEL TANKS: All sizes for all fuels. FUEL BLADDERS: Gasoline or Alcohol/ Methanol Stock sizes or to your print. SAF-FOAM, PiLA TES, FILLER CAPS, CHECK VALVES USAC, SCCA, SCORE/HORA APPROVED Winner of thel 1986 CNA Award for Safety ,in Racing. Lars-Erik Torph and Bo Thorsielius drove the best placed of the Team Toyota Celicas, finishing fourth overall, six minutes behind John Buffum. FBI Fuel Systems I . . 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Winners in Africa, Bjorn Waldegard and Fred Gallagher had to settle for sixth overall and in Group Bin the USA, driving another Team Toyota. Privateers Paolo and Allessandro Alessandrini came 'trom Italy to race the Lancia S4, and they did well, sixth overall and sixth in Group B. Possum Bourne and Jim Scott slide their Subaru RX Turbo around a scenic curve, en route to second in Group A behind fellow Kiwi Rod Millen. In nearly an all Kiwi show in Group A, Clive Smith, with Harry Ward from Illinois, got the Toyota Corolla home third in A, ninth overall. Neil Allport had a tough run, rolling the Mazda three different times, sending co-driver Rodger Freeth to the medics, but he finished fourth in Group A. The exciting new cars at the rally were the 1.3 liter four valve Suzukis. One crashed and the other finished well, first in class and 19th overall. r.r driver on a World Champion-ship rally. By finishing in the top three overall positions, John Buffum becomes our country's first Priority A rally driver'. The per-fect end to a near perfect season. Rod Millen ran away with Group. A. He put in a flawless drive in the 4WD Mazda 323 and shut down Neil Allport and Possum Bourne before the rally was half over. Shepherd never mounted his expected charge in Group A. Instead he rolled his Page 20 Toyota and finally destroyed its running gear for an early trip to the bar. Teammates Guy Light and Nelson Shepard were disqual-ified for driving backwards through a finish control zone while looking for their service crew. It was an unintentional mistake but a costly one. New Zealand co-driver, Rodger Freeth, experienced per-haps the most trying ride of the Olympus. His driver, Neil Allport seemed bent on self des-truction. He rolled twice and stuffed his Mazda 323 off the road after kissing a bridge. Freeth sliced partway through his left hand while righting the Mazda after one roll and was rushed to a hospital during a major service break. He returned in time for the restart, only to be rolled over one more time. By then, I think I might have had words with my driver. Very strong words. On the fourth day, four stages .out of the· restart from the over-night halt in Westport, WA, a KC HAS SHINED THE WAY TO MORE OFF-ROAD RACING VICTORIES THAN ALL OTHER BRANDS COMBINED! At KC HiLiTES, we're serious about competition lighting. So why take a chance with anything else? ~="""-. February 1987 foreign journalist leaned into our car at a start line and told young Paul we'd just moved into tenth overall! He said excitedly, "You are de story of de rally. You renew my faith in Audi." The story of the rally was Kankkunen and Alen's battle, or John Buffum's third place finish, but The Kid raised some ev.e-brows. He drove a great rally in a very underpowered Group N car and moved from forty-seventh to tenth, driving ~ight past most of the field in a World Champion-ship Rally. He never lost his cool, never raised his voice, never lost his sense of humor and gave me an experience I will long remember.. Two stages later Allport came charging back and moved us down to eleventh overall. Then he stuffed it again and we slipped past him on~ more time. Sitting at the start line of the final stage early Sunday evening we discussed what to do. We'd .... "'""' THE OLYMPUS RALLY -A RALLY WITH A FUTURE? By Martin Holmes The 21st Olympus Rally last eyebrows; A late entry was December became the first U.S. accepted, officials saying it was Ra 11 y to carry W or Id still being driven by the original Championship status since the driver, but the phantom car was badly organized 1974 Press On boldly parked for days outside Regardless. The promoter of the the official hotel. But, this sort of Washington based event, John thing was insignificant. What Nagel, amazed the rally word by mattered was that the rally was a gaining FISA status, and being fair competition, run in safe able to progress despite -( or conditions, and it had proper and maybe because) of extensive efficient results. disarray in the support of a The stages themselves were ' national championship series in monotonous. The other big America. By general consent, the forest rally, the RAC, at least Olympus Rallies have enjoyed goes somewhere all the time. So, the best organizational when the Olympus went off to reputation, and have always Westport on Saturday evening, enjoyed the use of the local there was some variety. The forests for special stages. timetable of the event, ending at Th · · · E d . 4:40 a.m. Monday morning e v1s1tmg uropean rivers GMT b d t f; found little serious complaint. "l .'-was a . a sys em _so ar as th· k th • h f the mternattonal media were t e orgamz_er~ ar~, s Y ?d concerned. And, the·decision to Masarmkg oAulr 0P.midonsf ' sai start the event 30 miles from base ku en, an o course · l Th bl · they did some strange. things, like . ~h ;0trP_U ar. e f/0 ~r 1S announcing new routes ori stages a laacomd_a ~ ere a at short notice". Predictabl the spec~cu r sta mm ror the sta~t, drivers found their patier{ce a Tand if th~ rally ldwabes based m l. l hed h d . acoma, 1t wou a most ttt e stretc w en co- rivers · ·t f 30 ·t f,. h had to spend so long explaining ftrn a tthng m: es urt er away h . . l ( h · rom e stages. t e urning ru es not t e same as T , , • l on national U.S. events) to the oy?ta_s mvo v~ment was workers. _ent~us1ast1c an_d their supply of vehicles essential to the event. It was curious to see that the Americans were told this was the TOYOTA Olympus Rally, though the arrival of the long-promised Supercars must have been a disappointment to Toyota, who only had two class The manner in which the event achieved its 50th starting car, necessary for continued existence as a World Champion-ship qualifier, after a private driver's car was refused by scrutineers, raised international . Dusty nmes

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Invited to drive the Group B Toyota Celica team car, Steve Millen stayed right with the EuropEJans until crashing on the 19th stage of the event. Alan Carter and Ty Holmquist had some woes; but kept going in the Subaru RX 4 WO Turbo to finish 12th overall and fifth in Group A. · ' I -The service van looks familiar but the Vermont driver having lunch ,s Paul Choiniere, watching his winning Audi getting a quick once over. ----------------------- -------. The C.alifornia rally team of Richey and Howard Watanabe had a • smooth ride in the Pro Rally Toyota Corolla, a.nit hey took a fine Driving the only Nissan in the entry, Steve Nowicki and Cathy Light were going ,well in the 200 SX, but they failed to finish the SCCA Pro Rally Group A ·champiQn Walter Boyce and Martin Headland went well in the VW for two thirds distance, then vanished into the forest. 17th overall. · already won Group N by a day and a half; we'd moved into the top ten in a Grb up N .car -unheard pf; we were 1 :21 in front of Allport. Should we try to hold off the much more powerful Group A Mazda or ·slow down and let him by, take eleventh place and go home .in glory? Those are the times,you must leave a driver to himself. It's his decision and his alone. As we moved to the start line, Paul.said iW o: , · wins to their credit on the event. Toyota Team Europe's Chief . Ove Andersson had the charice of a rare on-event meeting with his Toyota sports technical boss, who could no doubt appreciate first hand the hopelessness of rear drive competition at top special stage rallying levels. Strangely enough, the most significant item of the rally was something quite different, the arrival of Suzuki into the rally world. Their little 1.3 liter Suruki Cultus (Chevy Sprint) cars were real fliers, and the decision to compete at this level showed a perception of the need of privateers that bigger companies often ignore. Next year the Olympus goes back to the summer, the last week of June. The problem then will be dust instead of floods, but presumably the low number of entries with homologated vehicles will mean that everyone could have two minute gaps, and the long daylight hours would reduce. the need for any n'ight driving. It would be nice to have stages in more interesting places ( this year the two city stages were held in darkness) and rest halts in daylight. Competitors saw windy Westport by night, and the start and the finish were in darkness as well. As nice as the forests were to test driving skills, pho_tograph~rs found it difficult to fmd the nght sort of spots, so much of the route was under tall trees with very little light. The best publicity feature of the area, the snow capped Mount Rainier, Dusty Times final legs. '-"You know, if we crash on the final stage, it would be as if we were never here." I kept quiet and started reading.the first notes. We left the start rather slowly · and ,I assumed we would coast home, take Group N, . arid give. tenth overall to Allport. I assumed wrong, There were . some nasty rocks at the start of · the final stage and The Kid was just tip-toeing over them, saving the tires. Then he let it all hang . was never within view of the cars at all. If anything spoiled the preparations, however, it was the realization that this was not necessarily the showdown everyone hoped. The World Championship for drivers was going to be decided by FISA in Paris, not by performance on special stages in America. And, so it was. On December 18 FISA disqualified the San Remo Rally from the 1986 points series. So, Markku Alen was World Champion for a couple of weeks, but Juha Kankkunen is the official World Champion for 1986, and he will wear the crown and number 1 for the entire 1987 season. . It has been five years si~ce a new event was included in the World Rally Series. For many years the.re had been a forlorn hope of a future World status event in the USA. Many events had spoken about the possibility of being "nominated" by SCCA. In-the end only two had any real possibilty, the Olympus and the desert rallies in Nevada at Reno or Carson City, but the latter fell by the wayside. The Olympus eventually went ahead without any "nomination" of the body entrusted to run American rallying affairs, quite the reverse. The full story of how John and Claudia Nagel kept riding onward against every con-ceivable obstacle and expectation would make fascinating reading, if they ever have time to tell the tale. out. I tightened my belts, speeded up my rlote reading and held my breath. I At the finish line, Allport's crew chief wa~ted with the Mazda's time written on the palm of his hand. He l~aned in, showed it to me and asked our time. Allport had be!ten us on the stage -but on!~ by five seconds! We'd held tenth overall and earned Paul Chbiniere a world class ranking. I i"t My exact words as Vj.e drove away from the final stage finish were "The Kid has grown some 1 balls. Welcome to the big time.'' Paul's only comment, spoken ! in his quiet way as we drove towards the finish in Olympia, was "If we had crashed, John would have understo'od.'' I never told him, but I also would have I understood. · · The Toyota Olympus was a 1 first class show. Despite the fact I most people in this country stiU 1 do not realize ~he m.agnitud~ of World Charnp1onsh1p Rallying, I we could not have asked for a better event in Washington. It was a major world class motor-sport happening and the fact the President of our own sanctioning body; SCCA, embarassed us by his absence ( we were told he was attending the very ritzy NASCAR .banquet in New York) was offset · by comments of the fore~gn pro-. fessional teams. They unani-mously agreed it was a rally well deserving its place in the World Championships. Perhaps John Buffum said it best for all of us at the award ceremonies Monday morning. "The Toyota Olympus made us proud to be Americans." TEA~ SPIRIT and UNIDEN OF AMERICA J Congratulate BILL HOlLMES -FIRST OVERALL I 1986 SCCA EAST OF INDl'O PRO RALLY Rading Into The Future l with Ford Mot rsports and BFGoodrich I February 1987

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The SNORE Christlnas Party and 1986 Awards Presentation Photos: Mike Henle The Governor of Nevada Richard Bryan, who is also a member of SNORE, laughs it up prior to drawing the winning Baja Bug ticket, while outgoing SNORE President Roger Gaskill, left, keeps the joke going. SNORE held their annual road enthusiast for many years, awards to members of the club. Christmas party on December 13 riding with Rex Riggs in SNORE Rob MacCachren won the at the Clark · County Sheriff's events in his early days, and more • SNORE overall points title and Jeep Possee Hall in Las Vegas, recently riding with Rodney Hall took home $5,000 for his year Nevada. It was a gala affair with · at an HORA event. end reward. Kenny Freeman Jr. more than 200 racers and their After a marvelous prime rib was second on points and earned families on hand for the dinner prepared by Jerry and $3,000 for his effort. Brent Bell, occasion. A long list of awards Glenda Magnuson, who cele~ who was tied for overall points were presented to many brated their 25th wedding with MacCachren going into the deserving off roaders during the anniversary in the Posse Hall last event of the 1986 season, night, and the group was kitchen cooking for the sell out ended up third, and earned honored with a surprise visit crowd, the presentations began. $1,500. Barry McDermott _got from Nevada Governor Richard SNORE not only honored its top $750 for his fourth place on Bryan and his lovely wife Bonnie. points drivers during the points, Jack Short was fifth and Governor Bryan has been an_off_ evening, but also g8:~eshe_r_~_!led earned $500 and Jim Barbeau ,. _____________________ " ---·~·;,..· took sixth place for $250. West Coast Distributor fOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1962 / OUR PRICE $695.00 Per Set 2 Ratio's Available McKenzie Automotive 12945 Sherman Way #4 North Hollywood, CA 91605 818/764-6438 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page ii SNORE's most prestigeous award to its members is the Jimmy Schaefer Off Roader of the Year trophy. A past president of SNORE Schaefer passed away in 1980 after years of many civic services. Marian Freeman was the winner of the Off Roader of the Year trophy, and she was genuinely surprised. Marian, her husband and son, who both race, have been involved with SNORE since its inception in 1970. Marian is currently the series points keeper among her many jobs in the club. Winning Sportsman of the Year honors was Jerry Magnuson, who also received a special "Cook's Award" for his dedicated efforts presenting fine meals at the races and social functions for SNORE. Among those given special awards of appreciation were Bob Mount and Larry Bartleson of Yokohama -Tires, the SNORE race series major sponsor, Robyn Johnson, formerly of the Holiday Inn & Casino, BFGoodrich, for their T earn T / A support of the series, Bert Vaughan of the Silver Dust -Racing Association, Walt Lott of HORA, Jean Calvin of DUSTY TIMES, andLouPeralta . of On Dirt Magazine. More awards went to Stan Parnell, Bill . Civish of the B.L.M., Chuck Trickle of Honda of Las Vegas, Jim Temple, KC HiLites, Stan James, Bunderson Racing, ·Tommy Fo~d, Ted Rivers, Jerri1 February 1987 Rob MacCachren, who competed in Classes 10 and 1-1600, gets a handshake from Roger Gaskill and a check for $5000 for his 1986 overall SNORE points championship. Winner of the Jimmy Schaefer Off Roader of the Year honors was Marian Freeman, here getting a hug from Bert Vaughan, while Bob Jensen tries to manage the mike and also present the hefty perpetual trophy. The new SNORE President for 1987 is Don Dayton, who received aplaq~e of appreciation for 1986 from outgoing Vice President Tommy Ford, right. and Glenda · Magnuson, Roger Gaskill, and several members of the Southern Nevada Race Support. -The class winners in the SNORE series were all presented with plaques as well. They are Jim Barbeau, Class 1, Gregg Symonds, Class 2, Kenny Freeman, Jr., Class 1-2-1600, Randy Ward, Class 4, Stan Parnell, Class 5, Leonard Jones, Class 5-1600, David Shrum, Class 7, Ron Fielder, Class 8, _ Jean Calvin, Class 9, Larry Gilmore, Class 10 and Tim Sims, Challenger. Among the Goodrich T earn TI A winners were Ron Fielder who won $925 and five tires. Others included Larry Ellis, $600 and five tires, Sandy Howe, $500, and Jim Barbeau, $800, five tires and the BFG championship ring. The · Posse Hall was gaily decorated for Christmas and the SNORE folks had dandy table decor combining off road themes with the holidays. Flowers were presented to all the lady guests of the club, and it was a real down home party. Staying with the party for a couple of hours, Governor Bryan graciously took the podium to draw the lucky ticket of the winner of the SNORE Baja Bug, an annual fund raiser for the club. The Governor pulled the name of Las Vegan Larry Bartlett from the drum stuffed with tickets. Californians who went to Las Vegas for the party included Larry Bartleson and Bob Mount of Yokohama Tires, who sponsor the SNOR£ series, and Jean Calvin from Dusty Times. Dusty Times

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'Side Tracks ••• : By Judy Smith ~ There is a hiatus between seasons, when .nothing much is happening. The n_ew rules have been published, the winners have all been trophied and toasted, and the new cars aren't quite ready for testing yet. Some of the pit teams use this time to celebrate the end of the year, and recognize their hardworking pit people, and top drivers. We were pleased to spend an evening at the Checkers Off Road end-of-the-year party, which is always a good one. This year, in addition to all their usual awards and nonsense, the attendees were presented with an extra, in the form of a booklet titled "BIOWFSKISPEAK, A Uniquely Definitive Dictionary". The booklet professes to have been edit~ by The Reverend Josef Biowfsh and friends, and . published by Finagle, Connive and Biowfski, Ltd., of San Felipe, Baja California. Funding is said to have come, in part, from a grant by the Prince Manufactur-ing Company, former producers of the• legendary Prince Telescoping Race Car Ramp with Fold-Down Wheels and Iceberg Prow. Many of the terms defined in the dictionary are understand-able only to the Checkers, a unique breed, who see the world through oddly tinted glasses. ·-·~ -- . _, Others are universal to the sport of off roading, and we thought our readers would enjoy them. Herewith: ALUMATRACT: The inex-plicable attraction aluminum . wheels seem to have for mating with rocks. BANQUETS: A ritualistic gathering of people where the only thing that changes is the clothes. BIBLE: When in doubt, gas it. . CO-DRIVERFAULTA: We were doing great ... had a three minute lead ... passed Walker too ... until the co-driver screwed up. DIMP: A person who buys his race car parts by mail order from the J.C. Whitney catalog, and can be found at any convenient Pep Boys store if his order runs late. GAUGHANSEARCH: The ongoing quest , for longer runways in Baja. . GILPLAN: "You don't need it and I won't build it, by George!" GREGGMANIA: This.car will be a winner no matter what!!! LOTTFUN: Barstow will be smooth and easy. . MANUFACTABLAMA: What I bought was defective if it broke. MICKEYNOMICS: I lose money on every race but I make it up on volume. MIRAGESPONSIA: Seeing a sponsor behind every bush. PRE-RUN: A metaphysical SAN BERNARDINO FREE Overnight Camping The BFGoodrich annual pre-run for the 1desert series awards banquet brought out a herd of folks who sipped a wide variety ofpotables and enjoyed a delightful buffet. This group, from the left, are Gary Pace, of BFG, Class 2 points winner Bob Gordo~. Chris Arciero, Rob'by Gordon and Al Arciero. experience, displliying creative · terrain interpr~tation. An endangered activiw. . PITGRIPE: TuJ \ pits screwed up; they weren'it there ... they weren't ready ... tHey were too slow ... they gave lmy spare to someone else ... they didn't orfer a beer ... the captain was asleep/ drunk. PITTERGRIPE: The damn drivers are always yelling, and we. can't work ulnder those · conditions. . TREESTOPS:, Secondary braking.systems. I We thank the "anonymous" . Checker editors for permission I .. , PRESENTS to quote parts of their dictionary. I On a ·sad note; we're sorry to r1eport the passing of Ray Encabo, who died of heart failure · the first week of January. Ray, an ~ff road racer and fan, and a tnember of the Checkers, got a late start in the sport and was honored as SCORE's Rookie of the Year in 1980 when he was already in his 60s. He retired from racing several years ago, and most recently has been an active pit person, known for dependable service to the racers, and good food for his fellow pit crew folks. He'll be sorely missed. Our condolences to his wife Millie and son Tony. BFGoodrich held their sixth annual "Pre-Run" for the SCORE/HORA Banquet, on. Saturday afternoon, just before the main event . BFG racers, pit crews, supporters and media were bussed from the Anaheim Hilton · to the site of the soiree where they enjoyed a couple of pleasant hours. There was a marvelous buffet, and a corps of speedy bartenders, and folks had a chance for some relaxed chitchat before riding the busses back to the Hilton for the more formal banquet that followed. The BFG folks really know how to entertain off roaders; HIGH LIFE OFF-ROAD CHALLENGE (The First Race of a Three Race Series) "The Fine~t in Short Course Racing" I . MARCH 22nd,-1987 1000/oCASH PAYBACK I PLUS 1Q%0FTHEGATE Sunday March 22nd, 1987 I . For informafion contact Brian Church 714/381-4454 or 880-1733 P.O. Box 2937 ENTRY FEES: . Dune Buggies - $200.00 ATVs -$75.00 Odyssey -$1 00.QO San Bernardino, CA 92406 Dusty Times February 1987 Page 13 .. , i l I I i I ' . ' j I 1 1 J ~ l J l j

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i l l f I i [ I I r I l I t ' l t THE SECOND ANNUAL SCORE/HDRA AWARDS BANQUET Walker Evans is the Man of the Year By Jean Calvin The 1986 awards banquet for the combined SCORE/HORA desert series of racers drew a near capacity crowd to the Anaheim Hilton Hotel on January 3, despite the fact that the-banquet was a week earlier than the norm, with a lot of folks still off on their holiday vacations. While it didn'.t seem quite as jammed as last year, the missing folks seemed to be among the motorcycle racers, many of whom were off in the desert with a race the following morning. As last January, the gala started with a · cocktail hour hosted, as last year, by the Mint _Hotel and Casino of Las Vegas. Gone, however, were the commemora-tive Mint 400 cups, but the drinks flowed every bit as freely. Finally, the doors to the banquet hall opened and the celebrants sought their tables and settled in for dinner, listening to the quiet music from TC and the Slicks, sponsored by BFGood-rich. A new sign hung above the podium denoting the combined sedes with the unique Off-Roadsman emblem on it. The podium was crammed with an incredible amount of trophies, Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises Chassis of the Year were O.R.E., Raceco, and Chenowth, and, as in the past four years, David Kreisler accepted the trophy on behalf of all the hard workers at Raceco. In the sedan category the finalists were Volkswagen ( with -not one eligible car running all year), Chevrolet and Oldsmo-bile. Jerry Laise accepted the tr_ophy on behalf of Chevrolet, their fifth in a row as well. Ford, Toyota and Nissan were on the list. for Mini Pickup Truck of the Year, and John Borgen.of Nissan took home,the trophy, the first for · Nissan in this category since 1978. Last but not least in the Manufacturer category was Pickup of the Year, a vote between Chevrolet, Chrysler/ Dodge and Ford. Dick Maxwell, Motorsports Manager of Dodge, took home this Off-Roadsman trophy, as well as one for the four _ wheel drive Manufacturer of the Year, · as Dodge edged Chevrolet and Nissan on that vote. -:o; the trad.itional Off-Roadsman numbers with the coveted lava rock and cactus decor, and nifty points champions trophies, very nicely done with an electric clock as the centerpiece. Behind the dining area were the now traditional truck displays, a Nissan f)ainted in the familiar red, white and blue style, and the Toyota painted in the colors used by Cal Wells on the racing trucks. Walker Evans was overjoyed to be chosen Man of the Year, and he also collected trophies in other Off Roadsman categories for his team, as well as winning the Class 8 and Heavy Metal Championships. · Les Unger of Toyota took the center stage to announce the results of the first Toyota True . Grit awards, and these are based on -the best average speed attained by a driver it:i his best six Score/HORA races, the same six that count for the points score. Class 1 driver Mark McMillin was the overall winner, covering 2750 miles during the racing year in 53 hours and 26"tpinutes for an average speed of ~1.48 mph. Walker Evans won the Heavy Metal category driving 2456 miles in 55 hours flat for a 44 .66 mph average speed. Manny Esquerra drove the farthest of all, covering 2904 miles in 68 hours, four minutes for _ an average speed of.42.66 mph and he was the Mini Metal winner. The three drivers split evenly, one third each, the posted purse from Toyota of$10,000. For the 1986 season, the True Grit awards replaced the new J:oyota pickup that in the past had been the grand prize for the overall points winner. Just as dessert was served, Sal · Fish, Walt Lott, Steve Kassanyi, and Dave White took poisitions on the stage to start the awards presentation. Of necessity, it is a long program, but one that most who have worked long and hard . in the arena of desert racing, have come to enjoy and appreciate, whether they are points winners, race workers, or supporters of the desert series. , ,.,,._,. Steve Kassany of Score led off the presentations. He presented plaques of appreciation to Russ Biswell, President of the Score Official's Association, Bill Savage, head of the Score Tech Team, and Charlie and Linda Engelhart, of the Score Contingency Team, _ who Roberfa Lavelle, Score's unfortunately could not attend. Impound and Staging Directors, Next Max Norris, President of George and Toni Anderson, the Checkers Off Road Racing Directors of the Score Timing Team, who was resplendent in a and Scoring Team, and Al Key, tuxedo, took over the mike President of B.A.R.R.A., Score's holding a giant size perpetual radio network. trophy. It was the Vic Van Ella HDRA's Chief Steward Dave Memorial award, sponsored by , White presented the associa-the Checkers, and it will be tion's awards of appreciation, presented annually to their after receiving one himself. The choice of Sportsman of the Year. plaques went to Jerry Boekank-The first year award went to amp, head of the HORA Tech Class 1 driver and former Team, Mal and Connie Wessel, Checker President, Gregg Directors of the HORA Symonds, and it nearly filled the Contingency Program, the Ray table. · Potter Family and Danny Cau, Bill Donahoe, of the Vernon the HORA Timing and Scoring Truck Wash Class 4 team, and Computer Team, and Andy presented a special appreciation Dishong and Don Satterfield, award to Louis Unser, who .was Directors of HORA staging, unfortunately in the hospital. impound and start/finish But,_ Louie's lovely wife Laverne a~tivities . . Special ~ thanks were graciously accepted the · award. given to all the behmd the scenes More of the worker appreciation workers at each race, from the awards came next, going to Tom ladies at registration to the long Ruddick, Director of the Score suffering checkpoint teams. Medical T earn, Charlie and W.alt Lott asked all of them in the j~ f:. : room to stand up for their round of applause. David Kreisler not only was 2nd on Class 2 points in 1986, his Raceco company got the big vote, his 4th in a row, for Original Buggy Chassis of the Year. Almost lost in the welter of awards, Sal Fish took over the mike to announce some really significant news. Sal announced that he and Ted Johnson had recently taken over total interest in Score International, purchas-ing all remaining stock from Score's founder Mickey Thomp-· son. Thompson, extremely busy with · his own stadium racing series, has not had too active a role in Score policy recently. While little outwardly will change in the operation of Score, there are some plans for expanding the organization's activity in the future. Page 26 February 1987 The first of the Off-Roadsman awards were in the Manufacturer categories. These, like all theOff-Roadsman honors, are voted on by the membership and associates of both racing .organizations. We understand the vote was extremely light this year, apparently most folks were too busy racing to send in their ballots. The Contingency Company of the Year finalists , were BFGoodrich, Yokohama and Goodyear, bringing a bit of , the tire wars down to a vote. Sharing the honor in 1985 with BFGoodrich, Yokohama won it all this year, and Bob Mount, looking great in a tuxedo, accepted the award on behalf of Yokohama. The Motorcycle Manufacturer hon·or came down to American Honda, Husqvarna and Kawasaki. The winner was Honda, their sixth such honor in as many years, accepted by Bruce Ogilivie. _ Vying for the Original Buggy Toyota also honored the five drivers who completed every one of the 3394.88 miles of competition in the eight race series. They are Bob Richey, David Kreisler, Dave Shoppe, Stan Parnell and Hartmut Klawitter. Les Unger presented each of the five with a unique Dick Maxwell, the Motorsports Manager for Dodge/Chrysler, took home a matched pair of Qf( Roadsman trophies for both Pickup and 4 Wheel Drive Manufacturer, and he accepts congrats from_ Dona Speir, Miss Toyota. Dusty nrnes

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Yokohama Tires got the vote this year for Contingency Company of the Year, and.Bob Mount graciously accepted the honor on behalf of the company. The Mini Pickup oft he Year honor went to Nissan for the first time in many years, and John Borgen was surprised as he accepted the trophy. Mark McMillin not only won the Class 1 points Lookingamiteserioushere, Jim Fricker was on title, but he was the overall True Grit award hand to accep(awards for Rodney Hall, saying winner with the fastest1 average speed of all it shortened the program, because Jim didn't "pet rock", wearing the True Grit sign. · Dick Maxwell of Dodge returned to the stage to reward the Dodge drivers. Earning $4000 each from Chyrsler were Rod Hall and Walker Evans, both 1986 points champions in their classes. While Walker was on hand to accept his check, the effervescent Jim Fricker accepted the priz.e for Rodney Hall, who was snowed in at his Reno home. Walter Voss of American Motors/Jeep f)resented Don Adams with a new Jeep \7ehicle, as Adams won the Class 3 championship and was the Jeep Driver of the Year. Actually, Matt Pike, who drove . both a Bronco and a Dodge, tied exactly with Dem Adams on points in Class 3 at 444. But Pike only competed'-inrf-ive events in 1986, and was therefore not eligible for · the official championship. -Mr. and Mrs. Allan Kelley, owners of the Cloud Seven Hotel in Avalon on Catalina Island unveiled a unique presentation. The prize was an all expense paid . trip for two for a deserving class champion. The prize includes lodging and continental break-fast for two full days at the Hotel, cross channel transportation, an inland island tour and a tour of ·· Avalon, a glass bottom boat ride, and dinner at the Channel Hou~: The Cloud Seven choke at the banquet was Rick Johnson, the Challenge Class champion, and the hotel will present a similar award at each of the eight series races in 1987 to a lucky class winner. _ Genial Dick Ralstin of the .Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company presented the annual . Goodyear Hi Miler award. This prize of product and pit support for the coming season went to Larry Carlton/ Gil Devine, the winner for the second year in a row. The agenda now turned to the 1986 high points champions, starting with the overall winners. First to be called to the stage was the absolute .overall points Les Unger of Toyota presented hefty checks to the True Grit winners, and it was Walker Evans again, winning the Heavy Metal Category cash. Rick Johnson not only won the Challenge Class points titie, but he was chosen for the first winner of the Cloud Seven Hotel vacation, presented here by Sal Fish. Dusty nmcs entrants in the eight race series. make long speeches. champion, Jack Raf11say of Las ordered duplicate trophies for got the overall title in the Vegas. Jack graciously thanked his major sponsor, Nissan, Odyssey group. Starting with the all his sponsors, his family, and accepted by John Borgen, his ace motorcycle classes, since some of especially Steel Engineers. The mechanic, John Ray, and his co- their champs were waiting to Heavy Metal champion was driver, Bau I DeLang. It was a very leave for a race the next day, the Walker Evans, who !thanked his classy act. points winners were next on the many sponsors, his pit and race The Overall Motorcycle agenda. Both the first and second prep teams, and his wife for all points winner was Scott Mords place riders and drivers., were their support. Spencer Low had a in Class 21. Glen Elliott won it all called to the podium, with the big surprise for his helpers as he in 4 Wheel A TVs, and Steve trophy and a nice polo shirt accepted the Mini Metal Fenton was the 3 Wheel ATV denoting their class champion-championship trophy. Low had overall winner. Steve ~i~g~_rry ships for r;r- • . . . , I . . A Performance Tradition l More off-road races are won on Bilstein than any other shock absorber. Our ; ecord speaks for itself! . Winni~g Heritage , Bilstein gas preb'sure shocks first · appeared in Ame~ica posting a win at the famed Baja 1000 in 1972. Since that impressive performance, Bilsteins have been the choice of serious off-roaders who not only want to start the race -but finish it as well. Many Applications Today, Bilstein offers a variety of off-road shock applications for racing or just running on the street. From single seaters and Baja Bugs to big and small two-wheel and 4WD trucks, Bilstein delivers performance second to none. Reliable Performance _-. Whether you're just entering off-road or have been there for years, check out Bilstein - first where reliability counts. "World leader in development of the Gas Piressure Shock Absorber." ,, Bilstein Corporation of America 111760 Sorrento. Vallf y Road, $an Diego, CA 92121 619/453-7723 For additional technical information and a complete catalog, send $2.50. I February 19,-7 Page 27

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Manny Esquerra won the Class 7 points title One of the happiest points winners at the Spirit Racing won the Off Roadsman trophy for The Rookie of the Year honor was a tough once again, and Manny also took home the banquet was-Ramon Castro, who made a Pit Support Team of the Year, and both Steve choice between three real rookies, and it was Toyota cash for winning the new True Grit Mini tremendous effort in 1986, racing in the USA Spirkoff, left and_Larry Rae accepted ~he honor. Brian Stewart 'f','hO took the trophy for his Metal title. too, to get his Class 11 title. efforts in Class 8. ~~'..'..'.'.."._:__ _________ .:_..:.:.::'....:..:..~.:.:.:.:....::.:.:=-:.~~-------------========= the winners, and a nice plaque for · the second place people on points. Space does not permit a run down on all these speeches, with 29 classes of co~petition eligible for the points titles this year. However there were a couple of neat items. Class 5 winner Max Razo produced an enormous · silver loving cup trophy, and called his car builder and co-driver, a ten time Baja 1000 class winner, John Johnson to the stage_to take home the silver, real silver! For probably the first time in his life, Johnson was speechless. Ron Gray, the Class 38 points winner made a keen remark. After thanking his family and friends . who helped him all year, Gray said he would like to thank a vehicle and a tire manufacturer for their help, but he couldn't because they didn't. It brough_t a cheer from the assembly. The annual 6-50 Club awards were next, sponsored this year by the Yokohama Tire Corp. Bob Mount presented the handsome gold, silver and bronze medals to the over 50 years of age drivers who did so well in desert racing this past season. Gregg Symonds won the bronze medal, and the Class 1 driver was also fourth in the desert points series. Class 2 racer Corky McMillin, twice the gold medal 'winnef in 6-50 action, took home the silver medal this year. The big winner, earning not only a solid gold medal but a beautiful champion-ship jacket from Yokohama was Stan Parnell. Stan finished every series race this year, won a few of them and was third in Class 5 points. Stan thanked Yokohama for their support, the good tires that allaowed him to finish all nine events in the 6-50 series, Publisher Jean Calvin got the vote for Off Road Journalist of the Year in 1986, perhaps a tribute to the popularity of DUSTY TIMES as well. and h~ also thanked Larry Bitcon and his Yucca Valley crew for their support and a fine race car. He thanked his wife Joyce for her i'~s NEVADA . Vegas OFF-ROAD N it's ... BUGGY Street -Stock -Baja Race or Sand Whatever Your Pleasur:e Play or Pay-We've·Got Your VW Parts See Brian· ~:\H,\ K,\ See Dave ~ X 2 Locations to Serve You Better! ;;, >-.,_ __ ...,_11-<_1_1,_..., __ -, WEST 3054 Valley View 871-4911 • 871-5604 r X 7. <1., ~ -~::: ~ . 4. 01' _ 1$-NORTH 1541 N. Eastern 642-2402 • 642-1664 NOW 2 LOCATIONS z 0 I-" z :I: en ~ Page 28 February 1987 N Goodyear Tire's annual Hi Miler award, presented by Dick.Ralstin, center, · went to Larry Carlton and Gil Divine for the second year in a row.: help. Stan said that when you are over 50, a racing award, earned on the track, comes "kinda sweet". Walt Lott then introduced Bill Kaiser of the Mint Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, who had sponsored the cocktail hour. Kaiser stated firmly that the 1987 Mint 400 was on track and on schedule, and there is no doubt that the race is happening in 1987. He did rell}ark that there would be somJ1fe's'tructur-ing of the event, but in general it would be totally familiar to off road racers and fans. Kaiser then introduced Bill Correia of Nissan, who announced that Nissan was proud and pleased to Jack Ramsay waves his mammoth trophy for first overall points champion with a happy grin, and Jack was the 1-2-1600 champ as well, driving the Las Vegas built two seat Bunderson. Spencer Low won Class 7S points and the Mini Metal Championship, and he presented duplicate trophies to his co-driver, Pa',}/ Delang, left, and chief mechanic, John Ray. Dus~ nmes

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:::' vote of their peers. The program was over earlier this year, the band struck up some good but loud.music, and the lines formed at the bars. In the hallway many business deals were being struck for support this season, and it was a golden opportunity for some racers. Most of the heavy hitters from back east were in town, not just for the party, but for the important meeting for manufacturers the following day. Meetings such as these in the past have changed the face of desert racing in giant leaps, mostly forward, in recent years. Class 5 points champion Max Razo, right, surprised his co-driver/car builder Jerry McDonald was the big points winner in Class l 4x4, and, like most John Johnson with a giant size silver trophy of appreciation. · · winners, he graciously thanked his sponsors, pit crew, and family. With two years of a successful combined desert series · in the history book, and many of the amalgamation problems already solved, the hat trick year for the series in 1987 should be a dandy. Coming up for the desert chargers are six races on the same time and station as last year, one new date on a familiar course, and on~ all new event in · Colorado. It all gets under way Mickey Thompson used Mark's camera to record it all for Trackside. The finalists for Off Road Journalist of the Year were Jim Short, of the Riverside Press Enterprise, free lahcer Judy Smith, and your reirrter, Jean Calvin. We were surprised and honored to be awarded the 1986 Journalist of the Year recogni-tion. Thank you all. The final three Off-[Roadsman awards are for personal achievement. The Entry Sponsor of the Year top three were Yokohama Tire Corp., the Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino, and Uniden Radi6s. Phyllis Evans accepted the trophy for Pulling it out in the later part of the season, Rick and John Hagle took home the - the Barbary Coast head man handsome points champion trophy for their Class 10 title. Mike Gaughan, who sponsors be a major sponsor of the Mint one of the busy guys behind several cars, including Walker's, 400 in 1987. Walker Evans' truck, was the and drives in Class 2. Walt. Lott then thanked his winner. Never in memory [has it been partner in the High . Desert On the Media side, the honor so difficult to choose alRookie of Racing Association for -all his of Off Road Photographer of the the Year. All three fihalists were work and support, and Year came down to Trackside bona fide rookies in desert racing introduced Tom and · Candy Photos, Thom Rosian of Off in cars. One, Rob Gordon, had Spiel t<?).hf_.,~u~_\ence.. Sal Fish Road America, and Pete Biro. won the Frontier 500 overall. brought--~N!-emLuisa Morales, The winner, as in eighe other The vote went to Brian St~rart the Sub Director of Tourism for· years, was Trackside Photos. over Danny Ashcraft and Baja California, to the podium. Harold Crawford brought his Gordon. Stewart ran in Her speech was two fold, and she camera to the podium and Charlotte Corral's Ford in Class had a special award for Phil snapped a picture of the audience 8 for his debut season in off road Blurton. The humanitarian before thanking the crowd for racing. I award was from the. state the honor, and Harold was The big prize, the final award government of Baja California to backed up by Mark Chen, while of the evening is the1 "Person of Blurton for his compassion in ___ _,___,_ _ __:_:.::_::_:__::....:.c.::..::..::..c--'-'-'==-----"--'--'---'-=-=-=='-=-==-=-.....::...:=-=-=-=-=--=-paying medical and funeral expenses' for the family near San Telmo whose infant daughter was killed in a non-race related accident while watching the Baja 1000 last November. Blurton also gathered up Christmas presents for the children of the village and athletic equipment for the school. Morales also read a telegram from the Governor of Baja California congratulating Score/HORA on another very successful year of off road racing in the USA and Mexico. Sal Fish presented a very special trophy for Porfirio (Indio) Gutierrez, who is not only a racer from Ensenada, but also one of the tireless workers for Score in Mexico. Indio does everything from marking the course to. follow up after the races. Now it was time for the grand finale, the Off-Roadsman Media, Mechanic and Personal Achieve-ment awards. The finalists for the Pit Support T earn of the Y ea.r were F.A.1.R., Walker Evans, and Spirit Racing. The winner was a surprised bunch in Spirit Racing, and Steve Spirkoff came forward to accept the trophy. The. top three vote getters for Mechanic of the Year were Randy Anderson, Steve Spirkoff and Greg Lewin, of Off Road Engineering. Randy Anderson, Dusty nmes The Yokohama 6-50 Club medal winners for 1986 are, from th~ right, gold I medal winner Stan Parnell, Gorky McMillin, the silver, and Gregg Symonds, the bronze. Dona Speir congratulates Harold Crawford, left and Mark Chen, who accepted the Photographer of the Year trophy, b(!tween shots, for Trackside Photo Enterprises. February 1987 ) the Year". Two of the finalists Walker Evans and Ivan Stewart, have won the award before, and the new man on the list was Bob "Weatherman" Steinberger. The winner for 1986 was Walker -Evans, and he must have filled a truck to haul all his trophies home to Riverside. Our congratulations to all the points winners, special award recipients, and to all the Off-. Roadsman for 1986 elected by a this month with another edition of the long standing two state romp, the Parker 400 staged by Score out of Parker, Arizona. DESERT LOCK OUTER 3.000 WIDE OUTER FOR SUPER STRENGT 8 • 1.125 HOLES TO REDUCE DIRT BUILD-UP. 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1986 A.D.R.A. DESERT CHAMPIONS SERIES FINALE Finney Flies in Mexico Jerry Finney and Frank Thomas brought their two seat Raceco through the sand to finish with a two minute edge for the Overall and Class 2 victory in Mexico. Wrapping up the 1986 hardpack trail, then heads south Raceco ran the distance in A.D.R.A. Desert Championship to Rocky Point over increasingly 2:27:53 to average 50.72 mph. Series was the Tenth Annual softer terrain, ending up on blow None of the Pro Class 1 cars "Sonoita to Rocky Point Hare 'n' sand. We took up our first made the finish line, with Ingram Hound." Everything from full vantage point (along with about going the farthest but dropping size trucks to minicycles half of Sonoita's populace) at a out before Check 4. In Pro Class competed in this race across the good ditch not far from the end 2, Finney held the lead Sonoran desert with the car and of the loop. throughout, but Gary Anderson truck classes running 116 miles. Pro Class 1 had been first off and Wendell Moate kept him Despite taking place on the and it was Texan Tom Wood honest running real close behind same day as the Budweiser 250, · into view first. Close behind and f!nis~ing just 1 :54 behind. in Barstow, this year's edition came last year's O / A winner, -Th1rdmcla:sswastheMazdaof drew more than twice as many Class lO's Ed Beard, who looked Carl Perez and Ross Whitmoyer. entries than in 1985. Over 100 set for a repeat performance. It They'd·lostsecondgearandalot companies -sweetened the purse appeared that most of the field of time early on, then screamed with great contingency donations made it throu~h and we took off across the fast last sections to to make this the richest race of for the finish on the Sea of finish nine minutes behind the series. Cortez. Finney. Greg Oswskey was Friday's registration and tech At Check 2 (57 miles), Beard fourth in his first Pro race ahead went relatively smooth as 400 was way out in front with a three of Bill Stern to fill out the top five racers rolled into the pits outside minute lead on the road over in class. Sonoita until midnight when the Class l's Doc Ingram. And at Pro Class 4 fielded but one border closed. Check 4 (95 miles), Beard was starter again, but this time Jim Race day morning dawned over six minutes ahead of Class Huff had to work for his win. warm if not bright as the bike lO's Jim Kirk, who'd taken over The Huff's 4WD Center/ Larjon racers prepared for their 9 a.m. second. DrillingNalvoline/ Key AMC/ start. But the day soon grew But a broken tach shorted J&J Cantina CJ-6 suffered two colder and intermittent rain fell. Beard's ignition and stopped him flats on the first loop, then bent So while the race would be dust dead. Kirk also had troubles, an axle, jammed a hub and finally free, it would also be chilly and letting Jerry Finney and Frank finished in two wheel drive after real wet in spots. The car and Thomas grab the overall in their nearly five hours on the trail. · truck division got underway in Pro Class 2 Raceco. The Unique Only two starters made it out the early afternoon, starting two Metal Products/Palmet's· Cus-in Pro Class 5, with the Burghout abreast in a wild drag race to the tom Speed/Trick Fuel/Pat · Brothers taking . their Clark's . first tum. Hughes Performance/Paul Citrus/ Arnie's Health Foods The course makes a 30 mile Sigmundson/Mickey Thomp-_ Dir Trix convertible to an easy loop around the mountain and son Tires/Summers Brothers/ win at 10th 0 / A, ·and: ·Pete returns to the pits on a rocky Desert Enterprises-backed Dunshie finishing far behind r---------------------------after numerous woes on the BUY A PROVEN WINNER 50T:~/16oo'sfromtheT.U.F. In at third overall, Gary Hendricks and Joe Hammbnd were tops among the Sportsman for this car's fourth consecutive Class 2 triumph. Carlos Serrano sailed to the Pro Class 10 victory, despite considerable tire and wheel trouble with the Chenowth along the course. Bill Capatch and Kim Krawczyk were less than a minute behind Serrano fort he ·sportsman Class 10 trophy driving the Toyota powered Brandwood. stable ran in the Pro division. , Don Weiser earned his first finish of this race and the dass win with a 27th 0 / A finish, and a one hour margin on Dean Whitaker. Nels Tomlinspn kept his Ford on top of the ~nd this year and took the Pro Class 8 win. After spending hours ldigging last year, Nels was determined not to get stuck and kept the truck rolling, regardless. Meanwhile, Frank Turben was out of it with tranny trouble on the Sonoita loop, breaking his year long string of victories. In Pro Class 10, Ed Beard led the way until his electrical troubles. At Check 4 he held an 11 minute lead over eventual winner Carlos Serrano, who had suffered a flat early1on_. Having.a good race with Serrano was Jim Kirk, and the ;pair · traded positions until past Check 4 when Kirk went out while in the lead. And Jeff Sanders ended up second after running fourth with shifter troubles. Serrano's Eastside Cycle/ Malcolm Smith/ Rick Geiser Engines Chenowth finished at fourth 10 / A with a time of 2:33:55 to :,tverage 48. 73 mph. . In the Sportsman division, Gray Hendricks was tops, finishing at third overall justtwo and a half minutes behind Finney. This brings the total to four consecutive Class 2 wins for the JLM Racecars/Galaxy . Floors/ Station 1 Sandhawk. THE 1986 CLASS AND OVERALL CHAMPION OF THE HORA/SCORE DESERT SERIES Class 2-1600, race ready. 1984 !3underson fame, Don Hatz engine, Jeff Field transmis-sion, Fox Shox, Super Boot. For sale for $15,000.00 firm! Call after 6:30 p.m. -(702) 363-2299. The Burghout Brothers, G.A. and Bill, ran away with the Pro Class 5 win bringing their DirTrix Baja Bug in at a fine tenth overall. ' Sportsman Class 1 went to Steve McCann in the Woods Off Road Products/Reg Hughes/ Ruffe Electric Woods Vulcan when he turned in an 11th 0 / A finish and a tiine of 2:45:01. McCann had a good race with Page 30 February 1987 Du~ty Times ::...

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John Imbriale had no troubles with his DirTrix Challenger Class entry, and he took the Sportsman win in class and 24th overall. Don Weiser and Jeff Wester drove their T.U.F. Baja Bug t0 the Pro Class 5-1600 win, finishing with alone hour time margin. Vowing, "I'm not-getting stuck in that sand this year!" Nels Tomlinson drove to the Pro Class 8 honors with Olin James · co-driving the Ford. Larry and Melody Vittitow had a good ride in the Baja Bug, and they finished well for the Sportsman Class 5-1600 win. Merilyn and Dunc Brown made it to the finish line, and they were the lone Beginner Limited finishers in their Beard's built car. After a lot of extra work on the trail, and a lot of hours too, Jim Huff finished in his Jeep CJ for the Class 4 win and 42nd overall. Championships were: Larry Noel in Pro Class 1, Gary Anderson in Pro 2, Jim Huff in Pro 4, Pete Dunshie in Pro 5, Don Weiser in Pro 5-1600,John Randall in Pro 7, Frank Turben in Pro 8, Jeff Sanders in Pro 10 and Larry Dimmett took the Pro. Challenger win. Running hard here, Steve Mccann ended up cruising his Woods Vulcan to an easy win in the Sportsman Class 1 ranks. Ron and John Brown did a super job in their Chaparral to grab the overall Beginner title and also the Unlimited honors at 1qth overall. In the Sportsman division it was Jim Travis/Ron League in Class 1, Gray Hendricks in 2, Don Coffland in 4, Lee Finke in S, Larry Vittitow in 5-1600, Pat Dewys in 8, Bill Capatch in 10, Tom Higgins in 1600 Ltd. and Daryl Knupp earned the Challenger Championship. Taking the Beginner crowns were Mark Harrison in the Unlimited Class and Shaun Darr in. the Limited ranks. . Stuart Calvelage for the first 40 miles or so, then Calvelage lost his steering .. Gil Feldman was second at:the finish, two hours back, but earning his first finish in the Ninja-powered Harden Mini-Rail. Paul Nolte had held the . Sportsman and Class · 2 leads until past Check 3 when unknown troubles st_opped him. Hendricks had been right on his tail and then moved out front to a 20 minute margin over Keith Alger. Jay Voelkner, Peggie Jacobs ;ind Emmett Warren filled out the class finishers. Russ Blylie was the lone Sportsman Class 5 starter but broke a trailing arm early and went out. Three sedans did battle in Sportsman Class 5-1600 but only Larry Vittitow made it to the halfway mark and on to the finish.. •·.· In Sportsman Class 10: Levi Beard held the-lead until not far from the finish when, troubles slowed him . and Bill Capatch moved . out ~front in the Pat Hughes Performance/B&:K Racing/Device De.vel·opment Brandwood to take the win at a great fifth 0 / A, less than 30 seconds behind the Pro 10 winner. Steve Baker had been a strong second early on, but it was Jim Allison in second at the flag. Steve McArthur was third ahead Dusty nmes of Baker and Stan Calvelage to make up the fast five of ten finishers. · The 1600 Ltd. Class was led throughout by Ed Faulkner who built up a big lead early and held most of it to the finish. In second place, Jim Covey was closing on the final leg but was four minutes back at the finish line. Faulkner brought his Yokohama/Edwin Enterpris~( Amsoil Hi-Jumper in at 20th 0/ A with a 42.80 mph average. Shaun· Darr was third with Tom Higgins in fourth. Four cars turned out for the Sportsman Challenger run. John Imbriale was the lone finisher and did it in fine style, bringing his Dir Trix car in at 24th 0/ A and averaging 41.49 mph. Vic Evans had a ball joint cbme loose on his new DirTrix, while Daryl Knupp rolled his Chenowth. We had no report on Chris Harris' woes. I In the Beginner division, Ron Brown led all the Way while Robert Gayton gave chase. But Brown hung on to 1bring his family sponsored Chaparral in first for the UnlimitJ.d win at 15th 0/ A. Gayton wJs in three minutes later ahead. 1of Mark Harrison and Ron Odell. Then came Limited Class winner Merilyn Brown at 34th 0/ A to average 34 .1 7 mph in the Stroller Flying through the tall cactus, Ed Faulkner put his Hi Jumper outlin front to take the Sportsman 1600 Limited class victory. February 1987 Engineering/Beard's Super-Seats/Gary Johnson-backed Beard's Sf.ecial. . Overal , out of 72 starters, 44 racers saw the finish line for a good 60% finishing ratio. Winning the Series Points We'll have a complete wtap-up of the series' results and coverage of the awards banquet in an upcoming issue of DUSTY TllvlES. .MINIMUM EFFORT ..... ~ ................ : ... . MAXIMUM EFFECT!!! Cf3 -COMPETITION ~RAKE WITH BALANCE BEAM MANUFACTURERS· OF THE FINEST IN OFF ROAD PRODUCTS Contact your local JAMAR dealer or write ~30-C Avenida Alvarado• Temecula, CA 93290 (714) 676-2~66 Page 31 ,-v-<'ll'

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"-,,d. THE MICKEY THOMPSON CHAMPIONSHIP GRAN PRIX . . . A Record Breaking Crowd of 64,000 Plus Watch Steve Millen and Toyota Continue to Dominate Sport Truck Racing Photos:TracksidePhotoEnterprises Steve Millen got a perfect start on defending his and Toyota's 1986 championship. Steve flew to the Trophy Dash win, took both his heat race and the main event for Grand National trucks with apparent ease, as nobody ever got close. The rookie sensation of 1986, teenager Robby Gordon started out strong by winning the Trophy Dash, but his Class 10 Chenowth had mechanical troubles later. Round one of the MTEG Off Road Championship Gran Prix took place at Anaheim Stadium on January 10 before a record breaking crowd of 64,758 fans. The new season is a time for renewed friendships and a time to make new friends. New to off road racing this year is Indy 500 veteran Al Unser, Jr., driving the Stroh's Jeep Comanche in the Grand National Sport Truck class. At Anaheim Ivan Stewart was replaced by Frank Arciero, Jr. on the Toyota team, after · Stewart suffered back injuries during practice on Thursday. The Iron Man is scheduled to be welded back together and back in action in a week's time for the San Diego event. Jeff Huber has parked his Ford this season, and is driving Team Mazda's second m.ick this year. /T'S SUMMERS BROS. FOR THE FINEST IN OFF-ROAD PRODUCTS! WE PAY CONTINGENCIES FOR SCORE AND HORA EVENTS! Page 3! SEND $3.00 FOR YOUR DIRT RACER'S CATALOG! ~rMiS~ ~~0TH€.0C., 530 South Mountain Avenue Ontario, CA 91762 (714) 986-2041 Back in the line up were many familiar· faces that made this opening round a spectacular event for those that closely follow the Super 1600 action. Along with the noted drivers running last season at the finish, competitors like Mike Gillman, Bob Gordon, Al and Frank Arciero, · and Steve Kelley decided to make this opening round. With this caliber of racers, the fans were guaranteed an exciting evening of buggy action. 1987 brought new rules for the UltraStock class, so several new machines were on hand with most being piloted by the regular UltraStock drivers, including defending champion Monte Crawford. Gone from the 1987 action are the 3 wheel A TV classes and the Unsuspended Odysseys. Something new this year is the points system that offers points tor passing as well as finishing position, to give the drivers an incentive to go all out. The track offered sections as wide as some freeways, but the jumps and rough sections were well placed around the track to make this anything but a Sunday drive. The wide track created a fast course with one main line around, so passing was difficult, and it was evident, as many pole sitters took their heat race. · Steve Millen was on the front row of the truck trophy dash in hisToyota with Dan Esslinger in his "Sponsor Wanted" Ford next to Millen. Glenn Harris was alone behind them, since Danny Thompson had pulled off, Thompson got his Chevy running and joined the pack midway in the first lap. Harris made his way around Esslinger and his Mazda was working on Millen until the last lap when Harris made his attempt on the February 1987 It seemed a name out of the,past, but Mike Gillman returned to short course racing in_triumph, smoking his Chenowth all the way out fro.!]J,{? .""!{~ the Super 1600 main event. .1 _ _ inside of Millen after the back straight. The result was a slow roll for Harris that lasted almost as long as it took Millen to go on to the win. Esslinger was second and Danny Thompson third, while Harris was pushed off the track. In the Class l O trophy dash Jimmy Nichols and Robbie Gordon shared the front row ahead of other fast qualifiers Billy Beck and Frank Arciero, Jr. Gordon got up on two wheels as he took the lead from Nichols off the line. Nichols attempted to repass at the first switch back, but wasn't able to make it. Throughout the race Nichols could not get by Gordon because he was busy fighting off a hard charging Frank Arciero, right on his tail. Robbie Gordon took home the trophy with Jimmy Nichols playing the bridesmaid and Frank Arciero holding on for a cldse third over Billy Beck. The first of the heat races held 16 Odysseys. Eddie Morris came from the second row to jump out front with Frank Chavez and Ron Pierce right behind. Then Chavez nose dived over a jump leaving Morris and Pierce in the battle. . On the next lap in the same spot Pierce did a nice forward 360 and landed <?n all fours, . continu!ng the race Just a few lengths behmd the leader. Eddie Morris took the checkered flag with the acrobatic Ron Pierce second. Third was Dan Hamilton and Tom Price was 1fourth, while Frank Chavez ended the race in sixth place. There were 15 Odysseys in the second heat, and when the green flag flew it was Johnny Custom running away from the pack. Don Archibald, John Hasshaw and Rory Holladay were giving Despite a rumpled fender, Walker Evans made a good start in hisDodge Ram 50, taking a good second in the first heat for Class 7 trucks. Dusty nmcs

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Custom pursuit until traffic caused Hasshaw arid Archibald . to tangle. During the c~O:fusion Mike Lovelle slipped into second, with Chester Parker and John Schultz getting by as well. Just as the white flag was aboutto come out, Custom lost power, giving the win to Mike Lovelle. Terry Scroggins crossed over second, followed by Chester Parker and John Shultz. The 4 wheel A TVs were divided into two heat races with Marty Hart running away with the first heat. A hard earned second went to · Aaron Ruple,, with Jimmy White third and Don· Turk fourth. The second heat victory went to Roger Burman, who took the lead.on lap 1 from Brian Fry. Second place went to Rodney Gentry, and Gary Denton was third after making a hard. charge through the pack. Fourth was Sean Finley. · Christopher Neil and Tim Maples shared the front row of the UltraStock heat race, with Ken Kazarian and Jeff Elrod on the second row. Elrod stalled his brand new Mirage built VW in the first turn and 1986 series champ Monte Crawford ran up orf him. Maples grabbed the lead with Neil seco~d. Greg George . was third un!il lap 2 w. hen he held ~n the gas over the rough section an1, 1;,egan pressuring Maples for the lead, after passing Neil. Georg~,,;-·pulled alongside, . but ¥aples poured on the gas to keep his le1 d: G~orge's next maneuver se,Jlt him ~-up . <>n . the hydro Barriers, ,, but he. was able to power his way off to keep third place. One lap.later Neil got hung up . at the same. corner, but Crawford ran into him, knocking him off his perch. · Maples was not having an easy time of it, but the real battle was for second. Now Kazarian and George · were at each other's throat.' When the checkered flag came out Maples was the winner, Brad Castle took his Raceco to the first heat victory in Class 10 act~on, and this young driver will be in the points hunt for sure in 1987. I . . . . I Returning to thestadi11;m racing wars, Greg George looked great ln the F1.mco as he flew to a strong. second in the first Class 10 heat race. and George a close second over Kazarian. Jeff Elrod managed fourth ahead· of Monte Crawford . . To slow things down a bit, a quartet of monster trucks did a couple· of parade laps, actually 1t was 4½ monst~~ truc;ks. Also on the· track was·. &by Cyclops featuring a supercharged V-8. •, with dual wheels at all four . comers, ·au contained in a Odyssey size frame. Next the four big trucks did a half lap race with not too much excitement in passing. There were 16 ope,. wheelers in the first Super 1600 heat race. Brad Castle took his idside line to · the front of the packlat the flag with Dave Bonner slipping into second and Marty c;oyne fall, ing . bac;::k .· to fourth \fhen .Qreg George slipped pa11t, Greg George pushed his way inside of Bonner for second sp<1>t after the back straight. Bonnet then had the hard charge of Frahk Arciero on his tail, until! Arciero developed shifting problems and both Rob Gordon 1a'nd Mike Gillman found their Jay around. Rob Gordon stalled cln -the next lap and watched most bl 'f the field motor on by. . 1 Brad Castle went on to the win with Greg George sbcond and Dave Bonner holding ~hird. Mike Gillman moved through the pack to finish fourth aheac!Lof Frank Arciero. I Tommy Croft gets a-lot of altitude' in his Chenowth as he flies over a tough jump en r9u,te to second spof in. the second.open wheel f'!ef!,t race. The next heat proo.uced 16 more Class 10 cars J with Bob Gordon and Kent Caijtle ~haring the. front row . .Gordon· didn't expedence.:any. fr~fflc problems as he;,C4'me-out· of nirp one, but AlArciero had plenty1ofbidders on his second place position. Billy Beck was in third, followed by ,Kent Castle and Jim Fishback, Sr. Kent Castle knocked down, three of the hydro barriers as he tangled with another c~r ori'lap 2, and it p~t Castle out @f the hea.t .. Jeff Huber moved to the Mazda team'this season,-and he started out with a great win in the first Grand National truck race and a fifth in the main event Dusty Times-Midway it \vas Bdb Gordon out. front by three dar lengths, but he fumbled for a !gear at the next corner allowing ~l Arcier.o to close in and challenge. But Gordon held on in tHe lead. On the nex_t lap. th.e leaddr\. ran into_ -. traffic, increasing !Arciero,'s· chances, but then he went out of the .battle when he tbok a hard •· '" · '•' . 1·1· · ' · Jump am;i la11ded on.apother car1 and rolled. Al. dropped nearly .. a lap before . being tighted oy" course workers. After a half,year . hil!tUS from stadium events, Bob February 1987 , I Al 4 nser Jr. had no real luck in the debut of the JeepComanche, as both traffic woes and mechanical problems kept him from any real competition. Bob Gor~on held up the family honor in the Anaheim arena by winning a tight dice for the victory, driving the Chenowth hard in the second heat for Super 1600, Class 10s. · Go~don went on for the win with stadium trucks. . Tommy -Croft coming across Unser stayed on the gas in seccind. Third place went to Billy what must have been a bone Beck and Jimmy Nichols was jarring ride, and he held the lead ahead of Larry Noel. around the course with Mears The Grand National Sport and Evans battling for second~ Truck first heat race saw the Then Evans got up on two wheels Stroh's Jeep of Al Unser, Jr. out in the sweeper . and ran into front on the first row. The next Unser, driving him up on two row1held Walker Evans, Dodge, wheels and running him into the and,Roger Mears, Nissan, while barriers, which knocked a course Gle~n Harris, Mazda, and Steve worker into a bulldozer blade Millen, Toyota, brought up the behind him. The course worker rear! of the five truck heat. The was sent to }he hospital · for JeePi featured a new hydraulic observation. ., · · ·-suspension package, and was Harris lost his ·right r~ar wheel reP9rted to have suffered all day when an axle broke, but he kept from new race car blues, having going for an extra lap with his beeb built in nine short weeks. It never give up attitude. Mears did treseinble a California low broke the second rear differential rider rather than any serious of the evening and rettred, thrert to the normal, long legged leaving i;r I •· -STRONGER AXLES AND OUTPUT BELLS · :~0 Upgrade the C.V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner. 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' I I i l I C ~a:i Frank Arciero, Jr. did double duty tit Anaheim, as he subbed for /van Stewart in the Toyota truck and earned points with a third in heat 2. Billy Beck came from Texas with a new Berrien Laser and the car worked very well, as Beck drove to a good third place in the second Class 10 heat. · Sporting a fancy new paint job, Dave Bonner drove the Raceco to a tight third place in the hectic first heat for Super 1600 cars. i;r --::th,:-e-=--::r-=-ac-=-e~t--0-:-,;M~il"le_n __ ---;W.:v,1:-.t'h---::=========== = =================--___,,..=======c-:::::==------------------only three trucks left, Steve Millen had an easy victory, with Walker Evans finishing second, and Al Unser, Jr. a distant third. When the second bunch · of· trucks came out Sherman Balch, Nissan, and Danny Thompson, Chevrolet, shared the front row. Jeff Huber,. Mazda, and Dan Esslinger, Ford, made up row . two, with Frank Arciero, Jr. alone to the rear. Balch had little trouble taking the lead as Huber and Thompson elbowed one another ·until Huber got his Mazda into second spot. Next came Arciero, and Esslinger. Huber nosed his way around Balch on the third lap, and Thompson miscued and ended up nose first into the barriers, and couldn't get going right away and dropped to last position. Greg George drove in two classes at Anaheim, an& soared high in the Funco to Frank Arciero, Jr. caught a lot of air in his Chenowth, and he fo.ught a hard second in the UltraStock heat and second on th9i road in the main event. battle to gain his second place in the Class 10 main event. ------------~------!!-----------------~--another, and the Ford ended up followJd by John Schultz, James in the barriers and caught fire Cook and John Gersjes. Jeff Huber pulled out several lengths over Balch, who had several lengths over Arciero, and that is how it went. Huber won his first race driving for Mazda. Esslinger was challenging Arciero at every corner. On the last lap Esslinger held the pedal down to take third, and on the last tum tried to take second. But, Balch wasn't about to give an inch, the two banged into one while Balch motored on into After the seven lap main event second. was ovJr for the 4 wheel A TVs, it There were 22 survivors in the was Doh Turk on a Suzuki in for Odyssey main ev1nt. Tom Pries the victbry. Second place went to _got to the first tur' first, and Dan Brian IFry and Sean Finley Hamilton was secf>nd until Ron finished third over Chris Brandt. Pierce rammed int~ him creating Things · got hot in the · a ten car pile up. 11 were clear UltraStock main event. Jeff before the leaders came around, Elrod came out the early leader in . but the leaders were in traffic by his brand new VW ~Mirage, with lap 2. This didn't stop Pries as he Ken Kazarian getting hung up on went on to the qheckered flag. the barrielis. Greg George set his Second went to fddie M9rris, sights on Elrod, and Monte . ---BIG WRENCH GOLETA SPEED 5760 THORNWOOD DRIVE GOLETA, CA 93117 805-967-4048 --------------------~-----~--------------D 36mm (Bug) ............ . $29.95 Name------~--------"----------D 46mm (Bus) .... , . . ....... $29.95 Address -------.a,,.:__'--'----'-------------D Both . . .... . ........ . ..... $49.95 City -------~--'---State _____ Zip _____ _ CA Residents Add 6% Sales Tax D Check D Money Order · Send To: Goleta Speed All Merchandise Shipped Freight Collect 5760 Thornwood Drive Goleta, CA 93117 Page 34 February 1987 Driv.ing the older mo<J,el Nissan, Sherman_Balch had a good night, taking strong second places in both the truck heat race and the main event. Crawford was right behind Monte Crawford. The rough George. [ ' drivi,ng · committee ruled George slipped into th~ lead excessive · bloc~ing on : :G~eg momentarily, but gJ t up on two George and set hun back to third wheels, and then the battle for place. · · second, behind Elrod, became a Missing from off road racing push and shove between George . for a couple of years, Mike and Crawford. George was able Gillman was back in Class 10. He to cut Crawford off to ga~n some had sold· his Chenowth to Bill ground, but Crawford came back Silbermann, and borrowed it strong. Monte would slip back for this event. Gillman was alongside in the comers,1 buf on the pole in the 24 car main Greg would close the 8oor. event, and he jumped outin front Vince Tjelnieland stalled his new · from the flag and never looked· Pulsar in a comer , and this closed back. The Chenowth. began to up the front three. These three smoke on the second lap, but • had' a very close and exciting1race, Gillman, who said later he didn't but Jeff Elrod held on for the know it was smoking, hung on in victory. Greg George was setond · a narrow lead. Dave Bonner got ahead of defending champion parked on the barriers and had to Tim Maple,s made a 1trong bid for UltraStock points by wire to wire driving his Mazda RX-7 style UltraStocker, b the main ev_en( Dusty nmcs

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Flying past a small portion of the 64,000 fans at Anaheim, Ken Kazarian took the VW Scirocco to third in the heat and fourth in the UltraStock main event. Displaying all his usual verve Al Ar~iero had his Che,nowth in close for second, working on the lead1 in his Class 10 heat, when he tipped over. The Anaheim race had plenty of thrills, including a couple of engine fires like this one in the UltraStock Mazda of Bill Silbermann. The Arizona flyer, Larry Noel was close all night in Super 1600 action, and he took the Chenowth to a fine third place in the busy main event. Defending points champion Monte Crawford soared over the jumps in the VW Golf UltraStock, and finished the main event officially second. be pushed off by course workers, Jimmy Nichols, they tangled a lap down. coming off a jump, and George After sharing the front row of was sent flying over the wall. the grid with Gillman, Frank Greg used the turning brake to Arciero got bogged down in spin. around a·nd continue traffic, dropping to seventh pursuit, but he was now out of place. A lot of position changes contention. happened in the first three laps, , With two laps to go Gillman and by now Gillman had a good ran into a lot of traffic generated ten OU' length lead between by Brad Castle and Billy Beck himself and Greg George, who being stalled in the rough section had worked his way through the before the finish line. But Mike pack. Except for ever increasing · Gillman held on to take the smoke from the engine, Gillman victory, surprising a lot of the seemed to have a comfortable regulars. A few years back Mike lead and had the traffic breaks. and his brother Scott had won At the half way point, Greg almost every event on the short George was running second, but co_urse circµit, and this must have had lapped traffic to contend felt like a homecoming to him. with. As he attempted to pass Frank Arciero finished second, Jimmy Nichols survived the 24 car traffic jam in the Class 10 main event to bring his Raceco,home a strong fourth at the checkered flag. Dusty nmes Mazda Team leader Glenn Harris had a slow start in the trophy dash, but he came back with a strong bid taking third by a nose in the main event. showing the crowd t~at he too can still drive a Cl, ss 10 car. Third went to Larry Noel, with . Jimmy Nichols fourtp ahead of last year's champion Tommy Croft. I 1 Steve Millen leapeH from the third row to enter ahd exit the first turn ahead of thJ other nine Class 7 trucks in the main event. Sherman Balch took lthe second position with Jeff Huber right on his bumper. WalkerlEvanfwas next with Danny ,Thompson ahead of Dan Esslinger. Newcomer Al Unser( Jr. retired the1 Jeep, -suffering from susP,ension problems. Ekrly in the race Millen pulled away from Balch and. the third place battle was between Arciero and I Esslinger. By lap 3 the field had I strung out with everyone racing against themselves. Jeff Huber had managed to snag third place, with Arciero holding a distant fourth. Evans stalled on the front straight, leaving him last. Glenn Harris outpowered the , Esslinger Ford to move to fifth. On the next lap Arciero caught the rear corner of Huber's racer and spun him out of . position just before· the front straight. Millen was out front running all alone with no traffic at all. Harris passed his Mazda mate Huber after the back straight and quickly gained · a couple 'of lengths on his way after Arciero, now third. Arciero was moving up on Balch but couldn't find a way around. · When the white flag came out Steve Millen was a short straight from the trio battling over second. Millen went on to finish a perfect evening, winning the trophy dash, his heat race and the main event in the Toyota. The battle for second came down to the wire, but Sherman Balch held on to that spot. Glenn Harris nosed .out the Toyota.of Frank Arciero for third place and Jeff Huber was fifth. The huge crowd certainly got their money's worth with the on track action, and the stadium series seems well on its way to its best season ever. The program is varied, yet moves quickly, with the classes well mixed in order to provide something for all tastes. The second pair of back to back races , in this series happen in March .in Detroit and Indy. 7 ~LASS WINS PER nACIE w1TH PACE \ FM 2-WAYS Landm3ister II I -$7~5 OVER 300 ON THE COURSE • Handhelcts I • Antennas ~ • Intercoms • Rentals 1 • Helmet Wired cf 125 • Amplifiers ;, I . • Official Radio of: SCORE - HDRA - SNORE - SCORE Medical Team • • EmergencyjMedlcal Rescue Team - Goodyea,: Weatherman Radio Relay Team• .,,_.#,. · • Emergency Rescue Service• •"!• . • I RACE RADIOS I February 1987 2888 Grundry Ave. Signal Hill, CA 90806 (213) 427-8177 Page 35 \ I i ~ I i 1· . I -1 -1 I I I

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The Losers Bruckmann and Mike Evans. Bruckmann, from the San Diego area, is the builder of those big, By Judy Smith · fast Porsche engines which 'Every year, at the end-of-the-year awards banquet, one manufacturer or individual is honored for accomplishments during the previous year. But in every case there are two runners-up, also worthy of recognition, who get left out. We'd like to acknowledge those losers here this month. The SCORE/HORA Contin-gency Company of the Year runners-up were BFGoodrich and Goodyear.Tire and Rubber. Each of these tire companies sponsored hordes of competitors in numerous classes to tires, and helped with- race support and advice as well. There were programs for the unsponsored drivers, such as GOQdyear's High Miler award, and BFG's Team TI A, as well as secondary race support, in the form of the Goodyear Weatherman and the BFGoodrich Relay, both radio setups air:n~ at helping improve commumcanons at the races. Both companies were certainly well deserving of their inclusion on the honors list. · The original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer of the year runners-up were ORE and Chenowth. Chenowth cars were driven by two of the season points winners; Mark McMillin in Class 1 and Bob Gordon in Class 2. ORE, a small shop, still fairly new, had some very good finishes, including two firsts in Class 10 early in the year with Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn, and they finished second in Class 10 points. They also had Malcolm Smith's fine second place in Class 2 in the 1000, to top off a strong showing. In the 4-Wheel Drive Manufacturer of the - Year Category, the Losers were Chevrolet and Nissan. This category applies to Classes 3, 4, and 7 4x4. Neither had a winner in Class 3 or 4, but Chevy took first and third in Class 7 4x4 with Jerry McDol)ald and Mike THE PE CT PRE-FILTER FILTER WRAPS • Cleans air before it reaches primary filter,1designed to fit over most foam, paper or gauze filters: • No restriction to breathing. • Stops all dirt/sand .. ,excellent protec-tion against water and mud; breathes even when dirty. • Uses specllllly oiled "sticky" foam fibers; the dift clings to the fibers; the clean air flows easily to your primary filter. • Reusable; withstands hundreds of cleanings. • Can be used oiled or dry; instructions included. UNI FILTER has a filter to fit virtually every A TV and motorcycle, as well as most race cars and light trucks. To order direct, contact UNI FILTER; newest catalog, $3.00. Filler Wraps priced from $4.95 to-,_8.;.....9.;_5. ____ ------. UNI FILTER,JNC. Dept. DT 13522 Newhope Street Garden Grove, CA 92643 "714/530-6101 -Page 36 Horner, while Nissan took second place with Jim 'Conner's truck. Both companies have been very visible this past year, with heavy support for their vehicles at the races, and splashy commercials on t.v. The Off Road Sedan Manufac-turer of the Year, for Classes 6 ·and 6S, had one Loser and a ringer. For reasons we can only guess, Volkswagen was banned from Class 6 many years ago, and none (not even watercool~) has shown its face since. The Oldsmobile, however, in the person of Larry Minor's Calais, which seldom finished an event as a Class 6S vehicle, captured the admiration of the fans as it moved into Class 2 and showed its stuff. It did actually lead Class 2 for about 300 miles in the 1000, so it's probably kosher to• overlook the fact that it was no longer running in Class 6S at the time. For Classes 7 and 7S the Off • Road Mini Pickup Manufacturer of the Year Losers ·were Ford and Toyota. Ford, of course, had the Class 7 points victory, with Manny Esquerra, and in Class 7S there was Willie Valdez in second place, and Paul Simon in third. Toyota was represented by Mike Falkosky, in fourth place in Class 7S, with many fine finishes this season, including a win at the Baja Internacional. Some of Ivan Stewart's glamour transfers to Toyota, too, even though he competes in Class 1. In the big pickups, the Manufacturer of the Year runners-up were Chevrolet and Ford. Ford was represented here by Dave Shoppe, who finished second in the season points, getting the win at the Internaci-onal, along with a string of good finishes. In the Chevy corner it was Steve Kelley, who finished the season a close third, getting wins at the Fireworks and the Frontier. As the awards moved to the area of personal achievement, the Pit Support Team of the Year left FAIR and the Walker Evans team as Losers. Evans' team is highly visible, always easily recognized, if not beloved, in their fast moving vans, doing a superlative job of chasing, not only Walker, but sometimes Mike Guaghan (Walker's Barbary Coast sponsor) and Lenny Newman in their Class 2 car. Race watchers can always tell how Evans is doing by watching his pit crew as they hustle from place to place. · . The FAIR Team, on the other hand, is an eclectic group, which pits all of its members equally, and helps other racers -as the occasion warrants. Their big organization enables them to string pits all along most courses, giving excellent coverage to their racers. Always free with labor and time, the FAIR crews are admired by veteran racers for their willingness to helpwhoever needs it. This year they also volunteered time and people to help clear the race course' after the Barstow .race. In the Engine Builder category the runners up were Volker propel drivers like Mark -and Corky McMillin, Larry Ragland and Danny Letner to some very good finishes, and a bunch of wins. In fact, Mark McMillin was the single seat points chaJl!pion this year, running a Bruckmann engine. Evans, from Oceanside, _ builds really big truck motors, for people like John Clark Gable, Randy Salmont, Ron Clyborne and Jim Venable. The runners-up in the Mechanic of the Year category were Steve Spirkoff and Greg Lewin. Spirkoff w;is responsible. for race prep maintenance on John Gable's truck this year, as well as prepping and supporting the Charlotte and Coco Corral Ford, which Brian Stewart drove. Stewart did so well in his first year of racing that he was named the Rookie of the Year. Lewin has prepped the Rick and John Hagle car, in which they won Class 10 points, as well as the Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn car, which finished second in Class 10 points. Yokohama Tire and Uniden were the bridesmaids in the Entry Sponsor of the Year arena. Uniden, which sponsored Steve Lakin and Todd Fetters, the 5-1600 season champs, also helped the Challenge car of Rich Minga, which finished second in points, and the Davis sisters, who won the Class 23 championship. Yokohama worked with many racers, giving solid support to both the Hagle and Tetrick Class 10 cars, as well as Rick Johnson and Gary Watson, winners in the . Challenge Class, and Dave and Bryant Wood, the Class 9 champs. John Johnson and Max Razo were also Yokohama drivers, winning the Class 5 season points. In past years it's often been hard to find a real rookie in the crowd of unknowns brought to light by a couple of good finishes. Often they're actually old racers who've returned from a layoff, or long time racing folks who've suddenly found themselves in a good car, and, just as suddenly, other folks noticed them. This year there were several real, honest-to-goodness rookies. Unfortunately, two of them, Danny Ashcraft and Robby Gordon, had to be runners-up. Ashcraft, who drives in the Challenge Class, didn't even start his year until the Baja Internacional in June, ~d he finished second in his debut. He then went to Riverside, where he won his event, but was disqualified for having the wrong fan shroud. His luck was no better at the Frontier 500, where he broke on the first la_P., and in the 1000 he had himself as high as second place, but hare} times dropped him to a seventh place finish. At the Barstow race in December, Ashcraft fought a long hard race, to come "home second, out of a field of 36 entrants, for a record any_ racer would be proud of, not to mention a Rookie. Robby Gordon, at the tender age of 17, started his year in Parker, and ran second in Class 2, even ahead of his dad, Bob February 1987 THE SECOND ANNUAL BAJA ENDURANCE SAFARI Although the Score Interna-tional produced second annual Baja 1000 Endurance Safari happened early last November in conjunction with the Baja 1000, results were slow coming .out .. The logistics of the rally ending mid-course on the race contributed to the lag, plus the final computations had to be delayed until all the checkpoint logs could be gathered in one place. The fact that the race went from Ensenada to La Paz this year complicated the design of the Safari, but the rally did offer a challenging route that started in Ensenada and used parts of the race course and sections of the pavement· to take participants through some well known· spots before finishing in San Ignacio. The rally left Ensenada after all the race cars had departed, and the route went through Mike's Sky Ranch before turning west to Camalu on the Pacific Coast. The course took the rally teams through San Quintin and El Ro·sario, past Laguna Chapala, through El Arco and into San Ignacio. While the original plan was to have a rest break at this point, then continue the rally on the highway all the way to~ Paz, the tour actually ended m San Ignacio. Some hardy souls did find their way to La Paz and to t~e · wild affair known as the Baia 1000 awards presentation at the Gran Baja Hotel. This year i:he Safari rally attracted 23 entrants, and one car did not start. Even now results are sketchy, . failing to list co-drivers and type of vehicle. Seven cars finished the entire rally, four more got at least half way, quite a few failed early, including five Gordon, for much of the day. But a tough rock go~ the better of him late in the race and he finished tenth. He then had a good fourth place finish at Lucerne, a DNF ai: the Mint, and stayed home from the Baja Internacional because of the school prom. He was back at it again for Riverside, and earned a lucky 13th in the huge Stadium Class 10 Main Event. But the Frontier 500 was Robby's big race, as he teamed with Frank Arciero, Jr., and took the overall win. He stayed home from the Baja 1000, and went to the last race of the year, the Barstow 250, with only one· seat in his two-seater. He took sixth place in Class 1, driving the whole race by himself. Another enviable record. We predict that both of these Rookies . will find solid niches in the . off road record books in the coming years. And finally: the Person of the Year runners-up, Ivan Stewart and Bob "Weatherman" Steinberger. Stewart, always a shining example of good sportsmanship and amazing driving skills, is nominated annually for the award. He's such a big presence in the sport that he just can't be overlooked. This year he waged an incredible battle for the Class 1 points, driving his Toyota mini truck to the limits of its endurance, and who did not make the first · checkpoint. The event is a basic time-speed-distance rally, but the hazards of off road driving make exact computations difficult for the navigator. Also, following the herd of race cars could be toul?h, as some of the terrain gets badly used up by the passage of · the race. The results from Score show that Gary Callies, in'car number 4, was the big winner overall and in 2 M. His E.T. was 20:04.30 and he scored 28 points, Second overall and in class was Brent Miller in number 5, with an E.T. of 20:25.05 and 24 points. Third overall was Donald Simpson with a time of 24:28.41, 22 points, followed by Dan McKinney, at 22:11.20 and 19 points, and J. Morley Marston at 21 :08.30 and 17 points. All of these cars were in Class 2 M. Wi'nning Class 4-S and placing sixth overall was number 18, Ronald Brady with a time of 21:44.30 and 15 points. Second in class and seventh overall was Bob Ham with a time of 23:28.13 and 11 points. With seven points Dennis Smith got to Checkpoint 8. Bob Reamer and George Bullen both got to Check 7, but they only earned two points as did all the other starters. · Berwyn Jacqmin made · it0):o Check 5, Matt Towery got to Check 4, and Fred Espinosa went through Chec;:k 3. Recorded just through Check 2 were Ronald Kirchoff, Steve Kreiger, Andrew Malana and Gebrge Gajate. Listed only as starters are B. . lCraig Duke, Richard Genest, Chris Bloomer, George Adkins and Steve Legambi. coming to within a hairsbreadth of taking the points win. He led the Baja 1000 for the major part of its 1000 miles, only to become a DNF when his engine gave out. He finished second in the points standings. He's always a gentleman, happy . to talk to the fans and sign autographs, and even writes a monthly column in an off road magazine in which he answers questions of neophyte • off readers. Steinberger, on the other hand, is nearly invisible, but highly audible, in his capacity as the Goodyear Weatherman. Steinberger has s'et up a network of radio relays, with himself usually positioned atop· some isolated mountain, to relay radio messages from racers to pit crews and back again. He's been frozen, baked and nearly drowned while stationed on his mountain tops, but, like the mailmen of old, nothing stops him from getting the message through. Thanks to . his pioneering efforts, the character of off road racing has changed considerably in the last two years. Other relay teams have joined him, and now off readers enjoy good communica-tion during almost all races, and much less time is spent in searching for lost or broken cars. 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THE NISSAN HARDBODY 4X4 KING CAB Fancy and Functional,_ it is an All New .Des·isn 1 · . _ . Text & Photos: Jean Calvin About a year ago Nissan unveiled their all new line of slick pickup trucks, called the Hardbody. Among the many firsts in the all new design is the fact that this is the first Nissan Vehicle designed in the USA, where else but. in southern California. The new body design features a sloping engine hood with a long rake to the windshield, providing better visibility as well as more interior space and considerably better aerodynamics. ·well after the Hardbody bowed to the public, we borrowed a four cylinder version qf the .l<cir;i~j:.~51 · trµck complete with four -«heel drive. In past models the four cylinder engine was a bit underpowered for the combo of the King Cab and four wheel drive, causing a lot of gear shifting in hill country as well as off road. However, along with an all new body, and the optional three liter V--6 engine, Nissan did a complete overhaul on the 2.4 liter four cylinder base engine, adding fuel injection and a lot more low end torque. The model pictured here was loaded with luxury items, plush carpeting all the way back under the rear jump seats, a full sound system with door speakers, and all new seats. The tweed and vinyl bucket seats have myriad adjustment, taking advantage of the extra cab room so any size driver can fit well in the truck. A super air conditioning system is almost a necessity., and fitted as expected on this well dressed pickup. . · The dash features two big square dials for the speedometer with trip meter and a tachometer, complete with a digital clock. The only other instruments are the fuel and temperature gauges, and banks of warning lights fill the rest of the dash. The usual tiny glove box is augmented for cockpit storage by a molded in pocket on the driver's door and an open box behind the center mounted hand brake. Also in the center was the short 4 WD lever, that operated very smoothly with automatic hubs, and the taller shift for the five speed manual . transmission. While the gear shift throw is reasonably tight, if the ash tray is open, you make Dusty nmes contact with it shifting into third gear. A ·new feature on the Nissan, new to us at any rate, was the need_ to depress the clutch in order to start the engine; this is not a good feature in an off road going vehicle, because it is hard to restart 'On a steep hill if the engine dies. At any rate, there is one time interlock over ride available from a button on the dash. ' With the new body design, the rear side windows curve· up into the roof line, but happily they still push out to bring fresh air to rear seat passengers, who now have seat belts on each jump seat. Another ' item from ''earlier models we really like is the interior pull down light, mounted above the rear window, and when · pulled down it becomes a bed light, a very handy device. The· new Hard body had independent front I suspension with torsion bars, along with the old faithful leaf springs and solid axle in the rear. THe wheelbase on the King Cab is\116 inches, and the bed is large enough to carry most everything you could . need, including dirt hikes. A new feature on the b~d for the Hardbody is the tie down hooks. These push down flush to the bed top when not in use, and another push makes them pop up when needed. On the road the Hardbody is vastly improved in both performance and comfort. Along with a bigger cargo bed, di~'Hde quality is better anct far more quiet than in years gone by. The four cylinder has I some real muscle now, and it is peppy in traffic and on the open road. We found the engine comfortable in I . The highly styled dash is complete with speedo and tach, warning lights for all other functions except fuel and temperature gauges, and most light controls are on the steering wheel. · The four cylinder overhead cam engine is nearly buried under the maze of plumbing, but there is room_ to do a little driveway tuning, should the need arise. February 1987 Aerodynamics played a big part in the new design, even to dictating a smooth bed top and rounded corners for the rear lights and bumper. fifth gear in town at 35,40 mph, showing off its new power coupled to well thought out gear ratios. With over ten inches of ground clearance, the King Cab will go anywhere within reason off road, but for serious· off roading, more shocks and proper skid plates should be added. The stock fuel tank holds 15.9 U.S. gallons, r7:ortedly the l I • argest capacity o any compact truck. Fuel economy is far better than that of the more powerful V-6 engine. In general town and freeway drivin_g, the truck averaged 21.5 mph,droppedoff a bit off road, but im roved to The new bucket seats flank the 4 WO shift, left, and the five speed manual shift. The deep open box behind the hand brake is handy for on road storage. 23.6 mpg in highway driving. The Hardbody certainly was designed to American tastes, and it comes stock with the five speed manual transmission, and ·a four speed automatic transmission is optional. The model comes in · regular bed size, long bed and the King Cab style, with either two or four wheel drive. This latest Nissan pickup, whose ancestor the Datsun 1200 truck started the mini picktJp craze in ' the USA, is being built both inJapan · and at. the Nissan plant in Tennessee. It is definitely a truck to fit the life style of the mid 1980s. From the side the Hardbody shows off its sleek new body lines with an increased rake on the windshield and fancy rear windows that curve up.into the roof. · mu ~ R.L.H. 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1986 Awards ~nquet ·Caps A Successful Season For The Formula Desert Dog Series By Brenda Parker Photos: Mike Parker The 1986 season of the Formula Desert Dog Series officially ended with the awards banquet, which was held on December 13 at the Holiday Inn in Northbrook, Illinois. Once again the banquet was held in conjunction with the 4x4 Unlimited Club's Christmas party. A special guest of the evening was Jackie Bogdanoff, wife of Bob Bogdanoff from Armstrong Tire Company. Gil Parker presented Jackie with an orchid corsage and many thanks from S.T.O.R.E. for the many weekends that Bob has had to spend "on the road". Aft.er a buffet dinner, the awards presentation got under way, with Dick Knutson, one of the presidents of 4x4 Unlimited, presenting their annual service awards. This year they were given to Bruce Brannstrom, a past president of the club, and Kim Probst_, former editor of the club Jack Flannary made the trip from northern Wisconsin to pick up his prizes for winning Class 8 on the Formula Desert Dog 1986 race series. newsletter. _ _ -Dick Knutson then introduced Jeff Cummings ·of BFGoodrich, who presented the T earn T / A awards to the Formula Series drivers who hacl qualified for them. Getting the T earn T / A prizes were Scott Schwalbe, Dave Vandermissen, Sr. and Scott Taylor in Class 1. Scott Taylor won again in Class 1-2-1600, Geoff Dorr got the Class 4 prize and · Matt Foltz and Bruce McKinney won in Class 3. Taking home the T earn T / A honors in Class 8 were Jack Flannary, Dennis Ferdon and, John Channey. Illinois ace ·Kevin Probst got three checks from Gil Parker, for first in Class 1 points, second in Class 2-1600, an.d sixth in Class 9 points. Next Gil Parker, the· coordin-ator of S.T .O.-R.E., the sanctioning body of the Formula Desert Dog Series, was introduced by Dick Knutson. Gil presented checks totaling in excess of $10,000 to the winners in all classes. One of the rules this year in the series was; that to-be eligible for any prize money, a driver had to have participated in at least five series races. The $10,CX)() was paid to all drivers who had _their five races in for the year. Both Kevin Probst and Scott Schwalbe were money winners in Class 1, and a host of drivers -received checks in Class 1-1600; Jeff Probst, Chuck Williams, Lee Wuesthoff, Gale Brockie, Scott; Taylor, Todd Attig, David Walling, J. Kazmerik/J. Fink and Tim Rutzen. It was nearly as busy ' in Class 2-1600, with a lot of the same drivers collecting more checks. They were Chuck Williams, Kevin Probst, Scott Taylor, Steve Tsarpalas, Jim Dooley, Dave Vandermissen,Jr., Todd Wallace and Dick Knutson. In Class 3 Matt Foltz and Jan Dudiak were first and second on points, and in Class 4 it was Geoff Dorr and Greg Gerlach. Jack Flannary collected the ~sh COLLECTOR'S SPECIAL A Full Set -12 Issues -of the First Volume of DUSTY TIMES unmarked by mailing labels Early birds will receive the bonus of the Preview issue -Sept. 1983. NOW AVAILABLE-A Full Set• 12 Issues -Volume 2 & 3 GET YOUR FULL SET WHILE THE SUPPLY LASTS Send just $10.50 for one set or $20.00 for 2 sets or $30.00 for all 3 sets, check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite O • Agoura, CA 91301 SHIPPED PRE-PAID VIA U.P.S. Page 38 in Class 8, and J. Heidtman and T. Bell did the same in Class 14. Ron Karlman got his check in Class 5~ 1600, as did Jim Pfeffer, Jeff Therriault and Terry Wolfe. Class 9 was another big one with Jeff Probst taking the top money, followed by Lee Wuesthoff, Mike Parker, Scott Taylor, Tom Schwartzburg, Kevin Probst, Mike Paulson and Art Schmitt. Bob Bogdanoff then presented checks ·and tires to the drivers with the rpost points at season's , end in the Armstrong sponsored contingency program. The drivers· are Jeff Probst, Kevin Probst, Chuck Williams, Ron Karlman and Jim Pfeffer. Becaust;. of the participation of both Armstrong Tire and Mazda, the official truck of the Formula Desert Dog_ Series, there was in excess of $10,000 paid to the · drivers this year. Next year this total should be close to $15,000 due to the efforts of many people who are working hard for the betterment of this series. After the formal awards were made, the dancing began with a disc jockey providing the music. During the course of the evening door prizes were presented to many guests, donated by the following businesses: Lake Geneva Raceway, Concours Motors, Probst Racing, Taylor OffRoad, Wreplndustries,R.K. Electronics, Berrien Buggy, Schwartzberg Motors, Brockie . Hardware, Custom Cruise. As is usual at this holiday event, Santa (Steve Tsarpalas) and Mrs. Claus (Chris Dooley) made an appearance with gifts for everyone and a good time was had by all. February 1987 , :tf; S. T.o.R:E. Coordinator Gil Parker presents dual checks for Jeff Probst who not only competed in both Class 9 and Class 1-1600, but won high points in both classes. · ' Jim Pfeffer, who was second in Class 5-1600, also won the Armstrong r.ire prizes, and here he gets congratulations from Bob Bogd,inoff. Scott Taylor ran in three classes last year, and earned three checks from Gil Parker, third in 2-1600, fourth in Class 9 and fifth.in 1-1600. ,Wisconsin driver Lee Wuesthoff drove in two classes and finished the season with second place on Class 9 points and third in Class 1-1600. Dusty nmes

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TECH TIPS By Bill Savage HORA-SCORE Technical Director BeginninS' with this issue, Bill · Savage u1ill discuss rule changes, interpretations and current discussions about technical questions affecting competititie fortunes in the sport of off road racing. If )OU have questions you'd like answered, submit them to us in u'Titing, and uie uiill foruurd them on to Bill. The manufacturers advisory committee, which represents many if•not all the viewpoints of competitors, held its first meeting of the year right after the banquet in Anaheim. We had a full agenda of subjects to go over and accomplished a lot. The news has been released, but for the benefit of you car builders and racers here is the bottom line on what was decided at that meeting. CLASS 1-2-1600: There has been a problem in locating stock trailing arms for suspensions, and many builders have wanted to use aftermarket trailing arms. I'd like you to write - please don't call - and tell me if you want to change the rules to allow trailing arms made by after-market manufacturers. If a majority responds, then we'll try to get a rule revision written. The best estimate I can make is that if you Write immediately and we make that decision by Parker we might be able to have a rule change in time for the Baja Internacional. CLASS 3: There was a pretty thorough discussion on the new cutoff wheelbase· maximum of 103.5 inches, but it was resolved in favor of fairness with. the stipulation that, in the interest of keeping these vehicles as close to stock appearance as possible:, a "plus-0r-rninus 6 inches" clause would Jake care of those who wish to lengthen their wheelbase for a,.smoother ride or shorten them t~ conform to the 103.5-inch standard and race in Class 3. Some competitors are upset-that downsizing is permitted, but that was done in the interest of fairness - if it's right to lengthen . the wheelbase, why wouldn't it be fair to shorten it? The new cutoff itself is shorter than last year's 106-inch rule, and that would seem to be fairer to the owners of very short wheelbase vehicles. · Incidentally, if you have read the rulebook, it still lists 106 inches as the cutoff. The new cutoff is 103.5 inches. So if you refer to page 37 in the rulebook, make that change. CLASS 4: The same change applies tcr"fhe'--minimum wheelbase for Class 4, 103.5 inches rather than 106. You 'II find that misprint on page 39. CLA$S 5-1600: My advice is to keep an eye on those rear fenders a1;1d read the rule, which says that rear fender wells can't be modified. from 1/2-inch below the fender mount holes. I That means you can't cut, bend, slice, dice, fold or mutilate 'em. Also, 5-1600 cars have the same problems with trailing arm parts as l-2-1600s do, plus builders of 5-1600s are having trouble finding spindles. It's already allowed to modify spindles, but they have to show the stock insignia. Afterrriarket spindles are available with the insignia. This isn't an advertising endorsement, but we know of their availability at Proformance in Anaheim, and if any of you know of any other sources, we'll be glad to list them in a future column. CLASS 7: We've had a communications breakdown with one of the builders in this class, making it necessary to exempt Manny Esquerra 's Ranger from CRSS for the Parker 400 only. We circulated the request to all the other competitors'. and they all signed off for the first race of the year. CR55 changes the word.ing on the secondary suspension rule, but there was apparently a mixup between Ford and the builder that caused the change to go unnoticed.· So when you see Manny's truck - it's legal at Parker but will have to be changed before the next race. CLASSES 7S AND 7 4x4: The new maximum wheelbase of 125 inches apparently is no problem to anyone, although Toyota and Ford at 124.8 and 123.8 inches come very close to the limit. You will find the wrong wheelbase listed for these classes on pages 56 and 60. Make the maximum read 125 inches, not 122 inches. CLASS 7 4x4: We are allowing any transmission or transfer case on the race truck that is sold by the manufacturer of that truck, under the condition that the part has to fit. No adapters may be used to make an outsized transmission or transfer case fit. CLASS 8: Walker Evans won't show off his Dakota until Lucerne Valley, but already it has stirred up the manufacturers. We arrived at sort of a truce to see just how quick the Dakota will be in the hands of Walker Evans, with · all his abilities. Dodge wanted permission to run the Dakota with a VS engine in this class, which is dominated by VB engine-powered trucks. So permission was granted but with reservations. Walker will have some weight restrictions, and everybody will watch to see how he performs. If the Dakota looks like it can . dominate the class, it may be in for some mor~ restrictions yet this season - pqssibly weight; ·carburetion or engine displace-ment, none of which have yet· . been .proposed. The first time there will be a meeting any more discussion can come up will be the Monday after the Mint 400, AffENTION DESERT RACERS ' DUSTY TIMES has contingency money posted at all Score and HDRA' desert races, Check it out on contingency row - Two different classes each event. Dusty nmes I when the advisory committee will meet again, although we welcome any input based on anything more substantial than rival envy. If you have a point to make, please put it in 1writing . . CLASS 10: Four-valve engines promise to be a continuing discussion through •\he 1987 season, as we try to come up with a formula to equate 4-valves with 2-valve-per-cylinder ertgines that are now legal. The idea'iis to let in the 4-valves on some sort of handicap basis for 1988. Some work has already been done. We ran a test car at Riverside, Jerry Whel<thel's car, but Jerry was injured sb we used Jack Johnson as drivbr to get feedback through · lap !times. At the top end the car ran well, but at the bottom end, which is so important at Riversidel it wasn't competitive in Class l ! although it could be in Class! 110. The engine used was provided by Toyota. To .come up with a formula, we are looking at engine displacement and the induction system right now. \ There is a reference to this development on page !30 of the rulebook, ancl - wouldn't you know - there is a -typo in it: CR22 is amended onj page 68, not page 66, which it ~efers to. CHALLENGER: ire rule-book calls for stock wheel offset, which we are interpreting .to allow some variation. , We will accept any wheel off~t that falls in stock measurement between the way the wheel sits ~n straight or reversed. The ruleqook says 5xl5-in. rim. Five inches· is the maximum - the wheel may be narrower. Fifteen inches is the absolute diameter. "'.::, Electric fuel pumps will ·be allowed if they are used as backup to pump through the · stock fuel pump in event of a failure. A stock fuel pump must be the primary system. Full size aluminum pulleys are now considered legal. This became an issue at Parker last year in a protest. The rulebook says that no power pulleys are allowed, that all pulleys must be the same size and con~iguration as-the stock pulley. It makes no mention, however, of ilie type of material, and aluminum is just as . acceptable as steel. · Address your questions or topics for discussion \ to Tech Tips, c/ o Deke llfoulgate Enterprises, 1815 Via El Prado, Suite 307, P.O. Box 7bOO-J71, Redondo Beach , CA '90277. . I February 1987 SCORE/HORA, DESERT SERIES MANUFAOURERS' REPORT. Early season rule chaoses that will ~!low the Dodge Dakota to compete in the full size pickup class of major off road racing were confirmed recently by the High Desert Racing Association and Score International. This, and a hacydful of other rulings, were lmade by the manufacturers' advisory board of the series, meeting January 4 at the Anaheim Hilton. Chrysler Corppration had sought a ruling that 'fould permit the truck to be powe1red by a V ,8 engine in, HDR!A/SCORE races. Permis-sion I was granted with some technical restrictions, and the board went on record that further restrictions might be impo~d as the season pro-gressed. · The ruling applies at this point only to the factory backed Dakota that will be campaigned by Glass 8, full size pickup, champion and 1986 Man of the Year Walker Evans, of Riverside, California. This report came from chairman Frank DeAngelo, who said he knew of no other Dako~a being prepared for this year's campaign. In another ruling affecting Class 8, Frank Vessels of Bonsall, California, was permitted to continue competing in his experimental Chevrolet pickup · in Class 8 through 1987. Other rulings from the meeting include the following. Classes with fewer than . an average of six entries per race will be eliminated after the 1987 season.· This is expected to reduce the current number of 31 different racing classes. In Class 3, for short wheelbase four, .wheel drive vehicles, competitors will be allowed to increase or deci:ease wheelbase lengili by six inches from stock configuration, so long as 103.5 inches is the maximum length. · Use of transmissions and transfer cases in Class 7 4x4, 4x4 mini pickups, was clarified. Any may be used that is sold by the manufacturer of the competi-tor's truck. No adapters may be used to fit outsized transmissions or transfer cases to the vehicle. In a sepdrate action, Ford's request to us~ a 2850cc V-6 engine in Class 7 4x4 in the season opening Score I Parker 400, January 30-February 1, due to component shortages with the legal engine, was turned down. The car numbering system begun in 1986, entitling the class champion to a special number denoting his status, was expanded to entitle him to the earliest starting position in his class, if desired. A study was proposed to determine a formula for permitting 4-valve engines in Class 10 (1650cc) using any production engine for the 1988 season. Manufacturers in the open wheel classes, 1, 2, 1-2-1600, Challenge and 10, will be actively recruited to join the advisory board. A meeting for that group was tentatively set for the HORA Gold Coast 250 weekend in Las Vegas, March 6-9. Director of Technical Inspec-tion Bill Savage reported that he is scheduling inspections of the restricted classes, 7S, 7 4x4, and Challenge for example, on weekends leading to races. This plan should help reduce inspection bottlenecks on race weekends. The manufacturers' advisory board members' assessments for 1987 include $1000.00 each to be paid to the competitors' points fund, it was reported. (Horray ! ed.) The next board meeting was scheduled for May 11, following the HORA Mint 400 in Las Vegas. The advisory board was formed in May 1984 by racing representatives from a dozen major manufacturers to influ-ence the rules making processes of what was· then ·two competing organizations, High Desert Racing Association and Score International. Working with · Walt-Lott of HORA and Sal Fish of SCORE, the board' JJiayed a key role in the merging of HORA and SCORE into a single desert racing series with a uniform set of rules and procedures and a single points championship for drivers. Most of the advisory board work deals with highly technical rules and the interpretations that can cause conflict and dissen-sion. The board is chaired by Frank DeAngelo of BFGoodrich Tire Division, whose efforts at unifying diverse elements in the sport were recognized when he was named HORA/SCORE Man of the Year for 1985. Page 39

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TO ALL MEMBERS: For the 1986 racing season we are proposing a merger between the Los Campeones and Tight Ten racing teams for a number of reasons. Tight Ten has been experiencing a dwindling number of racers that pit with their team and Los Campeones has been lacking experienced pit personnel. The combination of the two teams would result in a more balanced team with the right amount of racers and pit crews. It would also serve to minimize one of the recurring problems each of our teams must face every year - who is going to run the team. Finding effective officers to run the team is difficult too. Having one set of officers instead of two would solve another problem both teams share. The proposed merger will take time to complete; therefore we have agreed to co-pit the 1987 Parker 400 race and as many additional races as required while the details are being worked out. Our next meeting will be on January 20 at 7:00f.m. at Crest Beverage. We wil be electing new officers and planning the upcoming race. The Parker 400 will have seven pits. SCORE has asked us to provide some help race weekends as we did last year. R~ease contact me if.you can pit or help SCORE as a spotter or "'(ith some other task. I Malcolm Vinje I President -~: RACING TEAM . ' The Checkers Banquet was a dandy affair last January 9, and this hard working pit club puts on one of the best season end parties of all we have attended. The fellows _in the dub do look different in fancy clothes, and they bring their ladies to this soiree every y~ . . A full house attended last month, feasting on a good buffet dinner before settling in for the traditional round of awards. Outgoing President Max Norris welcomed some members of the Checkers MC to the party, and offered the club's thanks to Yokohama and. a host of other people for their help to the Checkers in 1986. Appreciation plaques were presented to Jim Moses of the B.L.M. Barstow office,for his great aid in staging the races, and to Bob Renz, for his efforts aimed at defeating the attempt by Senator Alan Cranston to pass a massive land closure bill in Congress. · More awards went to George Jirka, the club's Pit Coordinator of the Year, Steve Burak, the Treasurer, Nels Lundgren, the Secretary, and Steve Kassanyi, the outgoing Vice President. Page 40 Kassanyi then presented Max Norris with· half a gavel. The new officers for 1987 were introduced. They are Jeff Hibbard, President, Tom Martin, Vice President, Steve Burak, Treasurer, Jim Gregory, Secretary, and Bob Fisher, Sgt. at Arms. Outstanding Service Awards were given to Lou Peralta and Shirley Scott. Throughout the evening, a host of door prizes were presented by drawing dinner ticket stubs out of a hat, and there were some very nice door priies. The Checker's Pit Man of the Year honor was shared by Tony and Mario Vanillo. Pit Captain of the Year went to both BigJohn Files and Vance Scott. The Rookie Worker of the Year was Mark Casius, the Driver of the Year was Gregg Symonds, while the Rookie Driver of the Year title went to Brian Steele. The Pit Person of the Year was presented to Mike Wannamaker, and the biggie, Checker of the Year for 1986 was Big John Files. Next Steve Kassanyi came to the podium: to present the 11th Annual Dr. Checker awards, and these dandies are all designed by Dr. Checker w_ith his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. The unique Dr. Checker plaques went to Checkers MC transplant Marty Reider, Russ Biswell, and, the result of a coin toss, to the Culver City Crew and Rick Mitchell. Non-members on the plaque list were Paul Idhe, Charlie Engelhart, and Don Shapen. Honoring a special request from the Sierra Club, Dr. Checker gave Gregg Symonds an award for helping to count cows in Baja. Other Dr. Checker plaques went to Lou Peralta, Sammy Bird, Paul Wheeler, Sal Fish, Tony Selski and Max Norris. The awards were over, the door prizes distributed, and i:he Thumper McDowell band struck up the dance music. The Checker Banquet features an open bar, so the bench racers retired to the· bar while the more athletic attendees danced. The party lasted well past mldnight, and everyone had the usual and expected good time. SCCA Southern Pacific Divisional News By Lynnette Allison It looks like northern California's Barbary Coast National Pro Rally, February 14-15, is an event for national competitors only. Originally it was listed as a dual event. Organizer Sans Thompson faced organizational difficulties early on, and he opted to de.lete the divisional entrants this year. Never held as a divisional, the Barbary Coast Rally should prove to be an interesting event. If you do not already have a national SCCA competitor's license, new applicants must apply through the SCCA ' National office prior to the event. Call Rally/ Solo at (303) 779-6622 for information. New applicants must be SCCA members, and have completed a Divisional Pro Rally Licensing School, plus completed two divisional events of co-efficient 2 or 3. New rally drivers who completed the Gorman School, and any two co-efficient 2 events will be eligible for a nati9nal license. · There have been several confusing and conflicting ideas concerning eligibility for divisional points, national seed groups, and who is allowed in competition. Quoting from various pages in the 1986 divisional rule . book: In. Co-efficient 1 and 2 events, FIA listed drivers are excluded from competition as drivers; but may particifate as co-drivers. Nationa Seed 1, 2, 3, etc. may compete, but only Seed 3 and below can accumulate points. In Co-efficient 3 events, FIA drivers and National Seed 1, 2, 3, etc. may compete, but only Seed 3 and below accumulate points. Any driver · rated . National Seed 3 or lower at the beginning of the calendar year (October 15) is eligible to compete for the Divisional Championship that. year. Top · finishers_ in Co-efficient 3 events accumulate points toward a national seed ranking. If you do not have a tech inspection log book for your rally vehicle, expect to get one by the 1988 season. So-Pac is virtually the only division that does not require-a log book for each vehicle. The books are issued through the various regions after vehicles are subjected to a detailed safety inspection. When I have the details, I will let you know. But, don't panic. It won't be for a while. ORGANIZERS NEEDED! In response to competitor requests, . two· additional rally crosses were added to the calendar. Now organizers are need1ed to guarantee they become alreality. Call me at (714) 736-14jl-2. - CORE had 17 cars on the pit list for the HORA Budweiser 250 at Barstow the first weekend in December. Of the six who started in Class 1-2-1600, Jack Ramsay did the best, despite. a disasterous first lap. Jack ended up 12th in class, and he had already earned the overall Score/ HORA points champion-ship for 1986, and didn't need any more points. Our congratu-lations to Jack, and al~ to Rick Hagle who won th!,!' Class 10 ·points ,championship. Not · far behind in 1-2-1600 action at Barstow, John and Richard Lind took 16th in class with a consistent run in their O.R.E. Bill Canon also finished, 21st in class, not bad when you consider 39 cars started ·in the 1600 group. Not doing so well were Dominic Basso, out on the first fap, and also having first lap trouble was J.D. Ward. Getting in one good lap before the torsion housing collapsed was the team of Mark May, Ray Kehoe, Bill Poe and Jeff Stevenson. CORE had seven tough chargers in Class 10, one quarter of the 28 car field! And, our boys took home the bulk of the money! Rick and John Hagle did February 1987 PIT TEAM "REG.iSTIR ,;.,. .. ~''., G111H£ BOYS l<l=ADY,. MA\./! --n-tfRE 's A KLVNKER A_-C~M1N-f I . . • I?,.•··--··· We welcome all Support Team news. articles. Typed ancl daub e spaced copy is acceptable. Deadline is _the 10th of t~e ~onth. CHAPALA DUSTERS LOS CAMPEONES Jon Kennedy, President · 3117 Klllarney Costa Mesa, CA ~2626 (714) 641-0155 Meeting - 2nd Wednesday Verdugo's Mexican Restaurant Costa Mesa, CA Radio-FM-151.775 CHECKERS Jeff Hibbard, President 13237 Sierra Hwy . . Canyon Country, CA 91350 (805) 252-4034 ,CORE Karen Clark, Race Director · 17045 Roscoe Blvd., #11 Northrldge, CA 91325 (818) 345-3833 f:.A.I.R. SUPPORT TEAM P.O. Box 542 Stanton, CA 90680 Wayne Morris, President (714) 996-7929 Sandy Davis, ·secretary (714) 772-3877 Meetings 1st & 3rd Weds. Holiday Inn Harbor & 91 Freeway !ladl~-FM-15.0.860 the very best, winning Class 10 in a race long dogfight, and placing fourth overall. Only a tiny eight seconds behind the Hagle Raceco, Steve Tetrick and Fred Ronn gave it all they had, but ended up second in the race and fifth overall, and second on 1986 points. Bill Sallenbach and Mike Bird had their Raceco in shape for this race, and they came in a strong fourth in Class 10. Daryl Mead and Butch Darling got the job done in their refurbished Hi Jumper, and finished seventh in Class 10. Mike and Jim Zupanovich were going well until the last lap, but they did manage to finish tenth, with a badly deranged front end. Not doing well at all, Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson were out on the first lap, as"' was Steve Casagrande. . CORE had two of the six starters in Class 9, but neither managed to finish the race. Chuck Inman and Herb Smith got in. one good lap for third in class. But, the Jean Calvin/Judy Smith 1200 engine gave up on the first lap. Neither of our two · Challenge cars finished either. Dan Oliver and Ray Smith-were going well for two laps in the 36 car field, but they ·vanished on the third and final round. Jeff Nolke and Paul Petraitis got in one good lap of the rugged route before retiring. CORE elected officers for 1987 at the December meeting. Mark Milleron is the - new President of <;ORE and Don Malcolm Vinje, President 2450 Vineyard Ave., Suite 102 Escondido, CA 92025-1330 (619) 292-0485 (home) (619) 743-1214 (work) Radio-FM-152.960 MAG7 Jerry McMurry, President Bruce Cranmore, Race Director 11244 Horizon HIiis Drive El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 440-3737 (home) (619) 225-6886 (work) .TERRA · Jan Sunderland, President 2542 Kemper Avenue. La Crescenta, CA 91214 (818) 248-9039 Meetings 2nd Weds. each Month -Jan Sunderland's house TIGt.fr 10. -., 153 Lindell Avenue El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 283-6535 (day) '(619} 447~79_55) (night) Gerie Robeson, -~r~!dent . (619) ~ _&_-87_22 Angel is the Vic~ President. Kelly Clampit is the new Secretary, Rich Stout takes over the job of. Treasurer, and Karen Clark is the only returning member of the Board of Directors, taking on another year of the Race Director's job .. The new driver reps for 1987 are· Dick McCool and Steve Casagrande. CORE got a late start planning their holiday party, so it happened on January 10 at the Knollwood Country Club in Granada Hills. Close to 60 people turned out, a good showing since so f!lany members live far from Los Angeles, and some were at the Mickey Thompson race in Anaheim. It was a good party, ev~ryone had fun, and the food was good. For the first time in· memory there was a tie vote on all three year end CORE awards, and duplicate plaques were-awarded in all three categories. CORE's Members of the Year for 1986 are Jim Burke and Karen Clark. Splitting the Pit Member of the Year honor are .Mark M,illeron, the new President, and the team of Dan Hook and Dan Oliver. CORE's hot running Class ·10 · chargers shared the Driver of the Year Award, with piaques going to Rick and John Hagle and Fred Ronn. The new desert racing season is here, with Parker just days away. CORE has more than · a dozen cars to pit at Parker, so the cl~b · expects a great start on the new year of competition. Dusty nmcs

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GORRA SEASON FINALE The First Annual Thanksgiving 150 . . J Text & Photos: Darlene! Thackston The Georgia Off Road Racing Association held their final race of the 1986 season on Thanks-giving weekend at Cordele, Georgia. The race was dubbed the Thanksgiving 250, or six hours, whichever came first. The track was two and a half miles in length for this, the longest GORRA race ever. The layout was very nice, but the weather was not the best for off road racing. It had been raining off and on for two weeks. Of course it also rained on race day, and it rained and rained! Prior to the race Glenn Edwards, Gary Thistlewood,' Travis and Clint Hurst, James Hester and Jack Thompson brought in some heavy equips ment and did a lot of real hard and good work on the track. The course would have been a great, fast, challenging run if it were not for the rain. But the course was muddy on race day, and the cars took a long time to get around each lap. Because of this the six hour time lirpf t came first, which was expect'e-d with the bad we~~her, long before. the 250 miles came up. There was only a total of 65 laps completed in six hours. The scoring was done in 20 lap segments to, prov'ide quicker total times at the end of the race. After 65 faps it was Chad Peterson\ tf'i2-~~600"8river~\vho was flagged in first, not only the class winner but first overall for the day. Larry Porter drove Bob Rule's car to.a fine second overall and in Class 1-2-1600, covering 60 laps in the tough conditions. Joe Cunningham nailed-third in 1600 class and fifth overall with 57 laps completed. Mark Bickers covered 50 laps for fourth in class, and Ed Chambers got in 36 laps taking fifth in Class -1-2-1600. Tate Thackston sailed through the mud in fine style, finished fourth in Class 10 despite a lot of problems with a wet ignition system. Travis Hurst was the 1-2-1600 class points winner in 1986, and at this event he finished sixth in the class with some drive train problems. was out after just 19 laps. Charles Rogers lost second gear and ·only went 17 laps, while Donald Lemons blew his engine after 16 la~s. J.R. Taylor got in 13 laps, Mickey Smallwood did 10 rounds, and Jack Hanson was 15th with nine laps to his credit. The D Class honors went to Clint Hurst, who finished strong with 58 laps completed, good for third overall with 1200 ccs. Ray Whigham was a lap down for second in class, after breaking a breather, fouling a plug and running out of gas. John Cory did 53 laps for third in class, and Alan . Brumley was fourth, covering 42 laps. Ronnie Whigham was next, out after 35 laps, and Gene Windham got in seven laps before he was hit-hard and broke the front end. · · Eleven cars started ih Class 10 and Bobby Bramblett did the best of the bunch, cdvering 57 laps for the class win Jnd fourth oyerall. Bill Gaylord sthed in the game doing 53 laps in\ six hours for second in class. Bruce Mitchum covered 49 laps, and lost the clutch slaver cylinder. Tate Thackston managed 32 laps before the wet engine refused to restart. Steve Norris was next in Class 10, also covering 32 laps. Tim Lemons also \ had wet weather trouble and got in 29 la_ps before the wet etjgine quit. Ln~dy Herre_ ll did 24 laps before losmg the engine, arid Jimmie Crowder went 21 laps before his Visiting from Florida, Jimmie Crowder was going very well in Class 10, but after121 laps, he was in the pits with mechanical trouble. Bruce Mirchum had no troubles in the mud until a clutch problem p1-1t him out on lap 50, but he still nailed down third place in Class 10. It was not a good day for the guys from Florida. J.R. Taylor started out strong in the 1600 class action but he only got in 13 laps. · After dinner the annual high points trophies were presented to the winners. On points Clint Hurst won D Class with 428, but Ray Whigham was close with 424 and Ronnie Whigham had 410 · points. Mike Isola was next with 374, and Coy Scott was fifth with · 208 points. The Class 1-2-1600 point~ winner was Travis Hurst at 420, followed by Dennis Aiken, 406, Tony Leftwich, 404, Bob Rule. 402, and Mickey Small~ood, 368 points. In Class 10 Bill Gaylord · was the big winner with 442 · points, the highest total of the year. Bobby Bramblett was second at 384, followed by Jack Thompson, also with 384, Travis Hurst, 328, and Bruce Mitchum with 284 points. The banquet wrapped up the 1986 season, but GORRA already has its 1987 schedule done. The first race will be March 15 at Cordele, Georgia. Most of the entries in Class 1-2-1600 had some problems in the mud. Travis Hurst got sixth in class,· doing 32 laps before losing the clutch and having the engine lock up. Glfnn Stephens made it through 30 laps before retiring because of the wet conditions for seventh, and Tony Leftwich also covered 30 laps. Dennis Aiken managed 29 laps before the spider gear broke in the transaxle, and Bob Bohres 33 laps of the course. John Y ~ung managed 21 laps, while Mike Isola got in 16 rounds before breaking all his shocks. Ninth and last in D Class was John Plummer, who did just day was over. Jack Thompson covered 17 laps and then his engine just quit running. Larry Elliott got in just ten aps when his engine went south, and Mike Moore had a shorter race -than · _, that, just two laps. The excellent entry included three cars from Florida, three from ·Michigan and two from Canada, and the race payback was the largest ever in the history of GORRA racing. The purse · totaled nearly $31500:0ff. Presently the membership is well up also, with . 95 lpa__id up members. Usually a strong runner in Class 10, Larry Elliott covered just ten laps in the .rain and mud before his engine gave up for the day. . Dusty nmes On December 5, 1986 GORRA held their eigllth annual awards banquet. Nbrly 60 couples attended the I· affair in Atlanta. It was a beautiful banquet, with the room done in Christmas decor. The ~enu was great with several !different meats, . salads, and vegetables . February 19817 I I THANKS FOR .THE 1986 SEASON I PO.R .711¥ TRAIYSAXLE,S ' Fifst in Class Points Winners in the Score-HORA Desert Series Class 1 -Mark McMillin/Ralph Paxton Class 2 -Bob Gordon/Tim Cr-abtree Class 5 -Max Razo/John Johnson 3006 Colina Verde Lane Jaful, Callfomla 92035 (619) 465-3782 Page 41

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Subscribe to ROD HALL IS GETTING MORE FAMOUS each year, and now Dodge is marketing a Rqd Hall Signature Truck. Dodge plans to build 1500 of the · special units named for the off road racing champion, and they should be in your local Dodge showroom now. The Rod Hall Signature Truck is trimmed to look like Rod's pre-runner, and the package includes the Auto-Fab off road suspension package. A bed mounted light bar, front brush g~ard and so forth will be on the truck, along with.an authenti<;:ating pla~e, numbered and signed by,Hall and mounted on the_dash. The driying lights are Rod Hall's own brand, via Dick Cepek, and the entire special project for the Power_Ran;i 150 trucks has been developed by Rod Hall and Direct Connection, Chrysler Motors' performance parts aftermarket distribution arrµ . . THE SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES ·gets under way this month with the Barbary Coast Rally ciut of San Francisco, CA. Dodge Division of Chrysler Corp. is sponsoring the rally with the Muscular Dystrophy Association being the direct beneficiary· of this event. Tl)e return of Pro rallying to northern 'California will give some off road racers a chance to see what this unique form· of racing is all about. The event runs from February 11 through the 15th beginning in San Francisco, with several spedal stages in the immediate city . area. From San Fiancisco, the rally will proceed to Sears Point International Raceway for sever:\), stages, then on to the Napa Valley Wine Country and in to the Mendocino Nati_?*al .. Forest. The overnight stop is in the Lakeport/ DUSTY TIMES Dusty nmcs . Clear Lake area, ahd fhefinish will be back in San Fraricisco. For more details · , on the rally, contact S'a.ri~'. Thorilpson; 'Sanvic Associates, 7737 Fai~ Oaks Blvd., Suite 470, Carmicpael, CA 95608 or call (916) 722-0217. February ·19~7 . See Form Page_~ .

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: The Coke Team is selling: Two fresh FAT motqrs, 2900 cc/ 198 hp fuel injection; 2600 cc/150 hp; best of everything. One 30', 3 axle ProTrac trailer, one 35' 5th wheel trailer with Doolie, one small open trailer. A complete Raceco with all the tricks, an almost complete Raceco pre-runner, lots of spares. Sell together or individually. Will FOR SALE: Chenowth 1000, 1-1600. Chromoly, 108" WB, Wright front end, spindles, links and rack. Neal pedals, Beard seats, 18 gal. fuel cell. T-Mag rear arms, adjusters, front and rear. Type 3 rear brakes, Type 4 cvs and Sway-A-Way axles. Has transmission. Less engine and shocks, $3000. Call John (213) 425-5904 or Dennis (213) 431-FOR SALE: 1987 Chevy Fleetside Pre-runner. Best of everything. Built by Fly 'N Hi of Phoenix. Everything new; street legal and California srnog legal. Fuel injected 350. Full cage, Taylor seats, Art Carr turbo 400 trans. All white. $24,500 or make' offer. Will be at all desert races until sold. Never used for pre-tunning. Call (818) 882-2886 or (415) 851-7477. FOR SALE: Class 5 convertible, with Wright, Hewland gears, power steering, best of every-thing, trailer. 2nd in the 1985 Baja 1000. Strong 2180 -$9,900.00. Serious inquiries only. (619) 462-1380. · FOR SALE: Class 10 Raceco, fresh engine and Hewland Bus trans. Race prepped and ready to go. 10" shock front end, power steering, disc brakes, quality parts throughout. Price includes tandem axle trailer and spares. $14,000. Call (714) 891-3059 eves. and weekends. _ FOR SALE: Off Road Champ-ionship Gran Prix 1986 points champion. Monte Crawford's .'winning Chenowth Magnum. Disc brakes, power steering, turbo cvs, etc. Best of everything, with both Chenowth and VW Golf bodies. Class 1-10 or Ultra-S tock. Sacrifice, $10,000.00 complete, $7000 less motor and trans. Call San Marcos Tire Mart, (619) 744~7481. FOR SALE: UltraStock or Class 1, Mazda rotary powered. Too many extras to mention. $7000. Consider partial trade. Call Rich at (714) 599-6722 or (619) 243-5375. , FO R SALE: Class1 10 Funco, fresh engine & transi Power steer-ing, FAT carburetirin, Flame-out system, Wright, Bilstein, Master-craft, new belts & nets, Fuel Safe, Dura Blue axles, 55 gallons of Trick Fuel. $5000 firm or $4000 minus engine. Call Mike at (714) 772-3877. FOR SALE: Class 10 Berrien 2001. Just finished and never raced. Lack of time forces sale. Wright, Neal, Sway-A-Way, Bilstein, Centerlines, AMS, BFG, etc. Price includes trailer, spares, tools, fixtures, etc. $6000. This is an incredible deal. John Davis - (312) 991-6051. FOR SALE: Class 8 race truck. 400 engine, '67 Ford chassis, fuel cell, Chrisman rear end, full disc brakes, . B&M trans., Tom Lee pumps, torsion bar assist front & rear. Many extras - Bridgestone, Flame-out, $48,000 invested. Quit racing. Any reasonable offer. Call (818) 887-4580 or 884-6605. . FOR SALE: 1966 Baja Bug, street legal. Rebuilt swing axle, 1358cc, ball joint front, KYBs, Edwards, Streakers, Beard seats, alum. panels, new •wiring, one piece front. $2000. Call Jeff at (714) 777-8800 (days) or (714) 840-3965 (evenings). WANTED: Sponsor or partner for new Class 2 · car with the best of everything, professionally built · by Station 1. Very competitive. Experienced racer for 10 years needs expenses paid ( entry fee, gas, upkeep). Pictures and info' available. Call Steve at ( 602) 278-7324, days, or (602) 978-5140, eves. FOR SALE: Class 1 or lb Probst Berrien Laser set up for Rabbit motor. All the best, CNC pedals, Summers Bros., Bilstein, Weld, Wright Place, UMP. Class winner 1986 Formula Tire points series and Brush Run points series. Complete, less engine and trans; $10,500. Call Probst Off Road Racing (815) 485-7223 days or 485-4691 eves. Chicago time. . listen to best offers. Call Mike (714) 760-1606. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Bi;mderson, 121" wheelbase, Jeff Field tr~ns, Master Craft . seat, power steering, combos, 10¼" front travel, 14" rear travel. $12,000. Call (702) 870-4948 after 5:00 p._m. Pacific time, ask for Mike. WANTED: Mickey Thompson's Off Road Championship Gran Prix racing is looking for -a full time maintenance man and truck driver to be in charge of transportation and the set up of safety walls, plus the mainten-ance of all safety · equipment. Must be able to travel! Resumes preferred or call Mickey (818) 359-5117, 53 Woodlyn Lane, Bradbury, CA 91010. FOR SALE: -Class 10, two seat Taylor chromoly chassis. Fresh 1650 cc engine and Type II trans, 4 wheel disc brakes, Centerline wheels, Formula tires, Wright rack with power steering, Fox Shocks, 930 cvs, Neal pedals, Sway-A-Way, Parker P\,\mper, wide long travel suspension. Trailer included for $7000 OR BEST OFFER. Will -Separate. Phone (906) 466-2680 in Michigan. FOR SALE: Chenowth two seater, 100" WB, 091 Bus trans, . 1835 cc VW engine, Beard seats, 20 gal. aluminum tank, Wright rack, tall shock towers, Type 4 cvs, beefed up trailing arms, excellent pre-runner, $3000. Call John (213) 425-5904 or Dennis (213) 431-3233. 3233. . '.FOR SALE: Class 5 convertible. '2600 cc FAT motor,. power steering," Hewland gears, rear double torsion bars, Parker Pumper, 930 turbo cvs, Summers Bros. axles, the best of everything. Raced once, Barstow 250, placed 9th. $35,000 invested, $14,500 or best offer. Race ready. (714) 737-1430. FOR SALE: Class 10 single seater, the best of everything. Four wheel disc brakes, Curnutt shocks, Wright, Trick arms, power steering, Centerlines. Complete car ready to race, only $8000. (702) 873-1962. FOR SALE: 1986 Mirage 1-1600. 1985 1-1600 class champion and 1985 Score/ HDRAoverall champion. Best of everything, all spares and trailer included. Prepped and ready to .win. Accepting offers. Call Rob Tolleson, evenings, at(805)947-9859. I FOR SALE: F.A.T. Type 4 engine, well maintained by Carn Thieriot and used to win the , 1986 Mint 400 in Class 2. 2700 cc, best of everything, complete with extra set of newly rebuilt race heads. $5200 not rebuilt, $6400 completely rebuilt. (818) 882-2886. FOR SALE: 1985 Frontier 500 Winner. Class 7 4x4 Toyota, ready to race. A proven performer, $9000. For informa-tion call (805) 327-9624, ask for Randy or Fred. FOR SALE:Jeep CJ 7,360 V-8, Edelbrock manifold, cam, headers. 12 qt. oil,• dual filters, coolers. T400, T20, 22 gal. cell. Comp seats, belts, dual shocks, Walker \Evans cage. New T / A Mud Terrains, dual batteries/ switch. SW gauges, 85 and 86 midwest .Pro rally champ. Dana 44 front/rear. $4500. · (918) 786-2961. · FOR SALE: '70 Ford pre-runner or Pro Rally truck. New motor . and trans. 14 · Bilsteins, Taylor seats, BFGs, front discs, tube bumpers, Hella lights, full cage cab to rear, box I beams, rear axle tfoss, aluminum _gas tank, and more. $15,000 or best offer. Call Ed at (619) 448-1179. FOR SALE: THE WHOLE SHOOTIN' MATCH. Ford Class 8, pro built pre-run truck, frame up. Legal Score cage, with stereo, regular isgas 400 inch: engine. Class _ 10 Raceco single seater. Hatz engine, Mendeola/ Hewland trans, turbo cvs, Dura Blue torsion bars, all powder painted or chrome. Removable windshield and wing. Both · vehicles match. First class in every detail. Steal both for under $40,000 or trade for real estate. Let's . talk. Call Dennis days, (714) 661~7880 or eves. (714) 661-7897. FOR SALE: Class 7S Toyota race truck. Call for full informa-tion, only $8000. (818) 348-7938. ·------~---~r-------~:: ____ .... _____ ...., _________ . _____________________ ~---..... , · . • Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in - . \ . 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9th 'PARIS-DAKAR PROLOGUE Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Six time Le Mans winner Jacky Jckx and Christian Tarin in their Lada Niva 280 bhp had probl_ems with the oil pump but made the finish in Barcelona. . ♦ Fi n n is h r a 11 y driver Ari Classlfil/l!li>d Vatanen made a spectacular ~ ♦ ♦ ♦ return to active competition· at the Paris-Dakar Rally Prologue held at Cergy-Pontoi~e, outside Paris, on December Jlst, 1986 -by completing thel course on three wheels! Suspension failure caused the right fron,t wheel to push itself upwards through the wing, but his four-Jheel drive Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 "Grand Raid" only lost ten. minutes through this calamity. Fastest of the .498 competitors was Scot-land's Andrew Cowan at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Pajero, in front of Kenya's Shelchar Mehta (Peugeot) and Jean de Silva (Mitsubishi). The first-time entry of official Peugeot cars at Paris-Dakar marks the end of their World Rally Championship1 activities, forced on them through the pre-mature rally ban on Supercars. Vatanen, however, proved that his 17 month, ,lay-off through injury had not daunted his de-termination. The Prdilogue was held to give Europeans a chance to see the cars on -what is now France's biggest sporting event. It also determines th~ starting order for the first !high-speed section in Africa,I ·between Pony Express •• , 1-'!"------------------.---FOR SALE: Class 2-1600 Ra<;eco with FAT motor, power steering, combo links, 930 cvs, Raceco trans, 112" wheelbase, 1-3!'" rear tra.vel, took second at the Fireworks, fourth at River-side. $10,000 or $8000 less motor and trans. Call (619) 252-3475. . . F.ORSALE:Pi1ssJ O .R.E. Race ready, less than 600 miles on car. New Jeff Field 091 trans with Hewland, Dukes carrier, fresh 2688 cc T-4 engine with trick h~ads. FM radio, Fox shocks·, Sway-A-Way, Wright combos, Carr disc brakes. With trailer, spares; gas fills, and much more -must sell. (818) 891-2916. I would like to thank yo_u for the complimentary copy of DUSTY TIMES that I ·receive each month. I am completing the first year as the Off Road Vehicle officer for the City of Richland, in Washington state. As an ORV officer I have been exposed to· something new and exciting, off road racing. DUSTY TIMES has given me the needed knowledge that is required to communicate with people who have been involved with off road racing for many years. DUSTY TIMES presents an international picture of off road racing in simple terms for novices and with a family style. I enjoy reading the articles printed each month that are INDEX TO ADVERTISERS-Allied Aftermarket . . . . . . . . 7 Bilstein Corp. of America . . 27 Candy Canes . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Car Custom . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . 29 Dodge ................. 9 FBI fuel Systems . . . . . . . . 19 filler Products, Inc. . . . . . . 18 Fortin Transaxles .....•.. 41 Glen Helen ORV Park .. ; .. 23 Goleta Speed . . . . . . . . . . . 34 High Desert Racing Association . . . . Back Cover Jamar Performance Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 KC Hilites .............. 20 M & M Enterprises . . . . . . . 14 Mazda Motors of America . . 2 McKenzie Automotive . . . . . 12 Dusty Times Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . 28 PCI Race Radios . . . . . . . . 35 Gale Pike ............... 8 Ramsay Racing . . . . . . . . . . JO Marvin Shaw Performance Products ............ 33 SNORE, Ltd. . . .. . .. . . . . . 17 Sports Racing Products . . . . 5. Summers B.r~thers . . . . . . . 32 Team Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Trackside Photo Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Tri Mil Industries . . . . . . . . 11 Uniden Race Radios . . . . . . 37 Uni Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Valley Performance -Hewland ............. 22 Wright Place . . . . . . . . .. . 16 Yokohama Tire Corp. . . 24-25 .. . I submitted by your _contributors from around the nation. This past'June I was fortunate to attend my first Baja 500 with a new found friend, Leonard Day of Pro CanAm Racing. Also, I had a chance to meet the McMillin family, who took time out of a busy schedule to answer my questions and show me different aspects of racing. I gu~ss I am -hooked .now, and I've already made plans for the 1987 Baja 500. . I, indeed, hope · you can publish this letter, because I would like to publicly thank DUSTY TIMES and dne of your contributors, Leonard1 Day. The off road racing communitv is I·. February 19~7 Ari Vatanen and Bernard Giroux in a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Grand Raid completed the course on three whfJels only 11 minutes out of the lead. Oua:rgla and El Go lea (in Their closest challengers will be Algeria), scheduled for Sunday, Mitsubishi, whose Pajeros have January 4th. been modified after radiator and Despite inexperience and mis-haps, Peugeot remain favorites for the 13,000 km route, of which 8,300 km are held on high-speed sections. Their modified rally cars are the most powerful cars on the event (with 360 bhp) and the fastest (up to 230 kph). lucky to have someone like Leonard involved in the sport. He is committed to the sport by promoting local races, and devotes a lot of his personal time and money to the effort. I hope he has received his own personal satisfaction for a job well done. Again, thanks to DUSTY TIMES for the complimentary subscription, and I hope it will continue. Jerome L. Delvin II . ORY Officer Richland Police Department City of Richland, Washington We blush at your compliments Officer Delvin, and rest assured you will continue to receive DUSTY TIMES. We think Len Day is fortunate to have such an enthusiastic person iil charl{e of the facility out of which he runs some of his desert races, and we too think he does a great job. gearbox troubles last year, Toyota who run a new model (LJ673) which has a turbo-charged Supra six-cylinder engine and Rover, whose Range and Land versions are the most numerous entries on the event. Outsiders are Lada; whose team of 280 bhp Nivas, are headed by six times Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx. lckx was delayed on the -drive from Paris to Barcelona with oil pump problems, but continued. Celebrity competit_ors this ·year are headed by Grand Prix driver Patrick Tambay, on his Paris-Dakar.debut. "People say I · have spent the last year in the desert of Grand Prix racing; this will tell me what a desert is really like ... " Cars are not the only competing vehicles, for one-third of the contestants ride motorcycles and some 60 are trucks. The trucks not only compete in their own right, but also enter because of the rule that all spare parts for competitors must be carried over the route. The most powerful truck is Jan de Rooy's Oaf, with two engines which total 990 bhp. The event finishes in Senegal on January 22nd. . Page 47 Q

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