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1989 Volume 6 Number 2 Dusty Times Magazine

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Volume 6 - Number I -February 1989 $1.25 ISSN 8750-1731 Covering the world of competition in the dirt.

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• M • ~ 22nd ANNUAL NT JI APRIL 20-23, 1989 The Binion family is delighted to host the 22nd annual Mint 400. organ-ized by HORA We are commited to support this rich and colorful event in the spirit and great tradition that Binion's Horseshoe and the Mint 400 share. We have added an addi-tional $10,000 to the purse, and the overall winner will receive a 'Walt Lott Memorial" gold and diamond Superbowl styled ring, illustrated here. Make plans now to be part of the best action in off road racing. Good Luck, and welcome to the Binion Family. RING BY JOSTENS The 1989 route will be the rugged and challenging course north of Las Vegas near Nellis Air Force Base. used for the event for a decade. Old timers will want to savor the "rock pile" again. zip through the northern gravel washes. dart down the pole line roads. eat a little silt along the way and pit in the relative comfort of the pavement in the Las Vegas Speedrome, site of many a triumph. Newcomers to off road racing will learn just what fascinates the old timers about this historic course. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT HDRA 702-361-5404 OR HORSESHOE CASINO 1-600-722-6468

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Volume 6 -Number 2 February 1989 In This Issue ••• Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Associate Jan Flick Mazzenga Controller John Calvin Circulation Jerry Lawless Traffic John Howard Contributors Darla Crown C & C Race Photos Leonard Day Daryl D. Drake Winnie Essenberg Homer Eubanks Del:i Freimuth Tom Grimshaw Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Cam McRae David Ryskamp Judy Smith John Sprovkin -3-D Photography Trackside Photo Enterprises Ken Vanderhoof Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT Subscription ... Rates: THE OfflCIAL VOICE Of CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES PROFESSIONAL • AMERICAN ■ CANAOIAN Off-ROAD fA_ R~CING..,~ ~-:<-~ ~ ? $12.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Uni;olicited 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, USPS-305-690, ISSN 8750-1732, is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301,(818) 889-5600. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permis-sion froin the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Agoura, CA 91301. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. OF THE MONTH ••• I I I I I I I I FEATURES Page A Salute to the 1988 Desert Series Champions ......... 14 1988 Glen Helen Miller Finale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group Awards Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SNORE Showboat 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 HORA/SCORE Desert Series Awards Banquet ........ 30 PAC Millican Valley 300 ........................... 32 GORRA Thanksgiving 250 . ........................ 34 Oktoberfest in Bancroft, Ontario ..................... 36 USA Sand Drags at Glen Helen . . . . .................. 39 WCR Lombard RAC Rally ......................... 40 ADRA 1988 Championship Finale in Mexirn ..•....... 42 VORRA 1988 Awards Banquet ...................... 45 Mazda Coachman Stages SCCA Pro Rally . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 DEPARTMENTS Side Tracks by Judy Smith ........................... 7 So-Pac Division SCCA Rally Report by Lynnette Allison .................. ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Happenings ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 8 Trail Notes ........................................ 8 Yokohama 6-50 Club Report . .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . 9 IDRA Report by George Thompson .................. 12 Manufacturers Advisory Council Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Pit Team Reports .................................. 46 Good Stuff Directory . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Classified Ads . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 54 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ON THE COVER - The February issue leads off with a Salute to the 1988 HDRA/SCORE Desert Series Champions, and all three of the overall winners in the major categories are featured on our traditional triple photo cover. Nick Gross and Joe Valentine drove their single seat · LaPlante to the absolute overall points championship, winning three of the eight races in the Challenger Class. Young Robby Gordon grabbed the Heavy Metal Championship by a single point, also winning three races in his Class 8 Ford and scoring pairs of seconds and thirds. Paul Simon won the Mini Metal Championship in his Ford Ranger, and Simon also won three events in Class 7S, including the Baja 1000, which secured his title. Congratulations to the winners and the teams behind them. Color Photography by Jim Ober, Joel Miller and Matt Frick of T rackside Photo Enterprises. (\~ DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $12.00 □ i years -$iO.OO □ 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--------------------------A pair of pioneers in off road racing have a laugh together at the finish line of the SNORE Showboat 250 last December. Len Newman drove the entire race in his Class 2 Chenowth, to take the class honors but lost the overall victory by a mere 55 seconds. Gene Hirst, a many time winner of the Mint 400 and other desert races, congratulates his old pal Newman. Hirst pits for the Barbary Coast team now, having retired from racing after winning the Mint 400 with a kid named Rick Mears as co-driver. Photo by John Calvin. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. H you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or Bx 10 will be considered. Address ------------------,---------City State _________________ Zip---------Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 (Canadian - l year $15.00 U.S. • Overseas subscription r.iks quoted on request) I Dusty Times February 1989 Pa9c 3 ------------------------------------------------------------

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Side Tracks ••• By Judy Smirh - . ~ We remember other desert New Year's Eves, notably in the area around Barstow. There used to be a January race at Barstow, starting in '72 and continuing for several years. One of the nice street tires, our too-high cam, and small motor, it was no use. We got about halfway up, the path was already loose and rough, and Well, the holidays are over, and we're back to the workaday world, and everyone's hard at it trying to get the cars ready for the nrst race of the '89 season. For some folks the racing sea-son went out with the year, at the FRT New Year's Eve Dunaway Dash in the outskirts of Plaster City. We've long felt that being able to celebrate New Year's Eve in the desert is one of the perks of living in Southern California. There's just no place nicer to be. And when a friendly race promot-er throws in a race to keep ev-eryone busy during the day, it can only make the celebration more fun. Fud's race did just that. Starting at noon, and finishing before din-nertime, on a short desert course with easy access, so no one had to spe_nd m~!i _!i~ s~ck on course, and no one had to spend hours and hours looking for their lost car. The weather was clear and cool and the stars made a gor-geous canopy for the pit row cele-brants. Little groups of cozy folks gathered around their bonfires, toasting the new year with a vari-ety of toddies. Here and there an occasional dazzle of fireworks lit things up, and every now and then some diehard would charge past in a race car. If you grew bored with one party, you could easily stroll over to another, and if it all palled, it was simple to roll into the camper and go to bed. No one had to drive home on dangerous, drunk highways, and for one cheerful evening, no one had to be the designated driver. Everyone could toast the end of '88 and welcome in the shiny new '89 in safety and comfort. Nice! The Pre· Runner Look from Smittybilt We also manufacture a full line of bumpers, truck bars, and side bars made with 3" tubing, for most mini, mid and full size trucks. Selected products now avail-able in chrome. NEW 1989 catalog: $3.00 N~w for '89, Smittybilt offers everything you need for the exciting Pre--Runner look - Pre-Runner Bumpers, Truck Bars, and Bed Stiffeners. All with the rugged Smittybilt · qu.ality and fantastic fit you've come to expect. SMITTYBILT1Nc. 2112 N. Lee, Dept. DT, So. El Monte, CA 91733 (818) 442-1788 Page 4 aspects of the race was that the course was always marked by the New Year's holiday, and many folks would take that time to do their pre-run. Everyone would get ina few laps in the brilliant winter desert, and then they'd settle in, here and there on the course. There'd be a bunch near Len-wood, some over by the Slash X, and a group at each of the freeway exits. You could always find a hospitable assemblage of folks, if you hadn't brought your own. Kids and adults alike could enjoy the outdoor dinners, and the friendly camaraderie of the bon-fire would take over the evening._ Everyone had to make a real effort to stay awake until midnight, but once the story tellers got wound up, it would be harder to doze off. And when the witching hour finally arrived, there was no one to care if the party got a little noisy, and the kids could shoot off their fireworks, blow their whistles, and ring their bells with abandon. Speaking of parties reminds us that last month when we left off on our Baja 1000 pre-run, we were ensconced in Mike's bar, well fed, showered and with liba, tions in hand, but no room for the night. Not to worry. We had the pleasant company of Mike Leon himself, Gil Divine, Willy Valdez, and Bob and Robby Gordon. Race stories flew hot and heavy, along with ~ lot of conjecture about the new part of the course - the detour that had been bull-dozed to allow us to get to Carnalu without going through Mrs. Mel-ing's ranch. Just as we began to think about unrolling the sleeping bags in the office, Ramon announced that there'd been some no-shows, and we were all going to be able to sleep in comfort. The next morning, after a con-genial family style breakfast with about 40 bikers, we made our repairs to the transmission mount and then took off for the west coast of the peninsula. The Gor-dons had left extra early, and Divine and Valdez were about an hour ahead of us. Shortly before we got to the detour we came across a group of bikers clustered around a fellow rider who'd hit a hole too hard, taken a spill and broken his leg. They were waiting for their backup, a couple of guys in a pickup, who were slowly making their way toward them. Then, a bit further on, as we stopped at a gate, we met one more biker, com-ing back to rejoin the group, and he told us that there was a "terri-ble hill'', and that we'd never be able to get up it. We might as-well turn our VW around and go back to Mike's he said, because we'd never be able to make it. He'd watched a 4x4 go up, and they just barely got to the top, and he just knew our VW wouldn't be able to do it. He was right. When we got there, Willy and Gil and their friend were standing up at the top, contemplating the surrounding area and trying to figure out alternate routes. We swore a little, gritted our teeth, and_made one try. But, with our February 1989 the VW just bogged down. If Divine had had a tow strap about 25 yards long he might have been able to help us, but as it was we just backed down, parked at the bottom, and walked up. From the top we could see that there weren't going to be many alter-nate choices, and we began to hope that SCORE and Mrs. Mel-ing would come to some kind of friendly terms before the race. We had visions of a "Beatty Hill" type of occurrence all over again. And since that hill had affected mostly 5-1600s, and since that was what we were planning to race, it really worried us. Needless to say, we had to find an alternate route, or we weren't. going to go anywhere. The night before we'd had a quick look at a map that one of SCORE's course markers had drawn for Willy, which showed a way around the detour area. It was, of course, highly illegal. It was also our only option at this point, because we couldn't go back to Mike's since we already knew that our car wouldn't make it up the bad rocky hill. We were, quite liter-ally, between a rock and a hard spot. So, remembering the map, we did a little exploring, having been stymied at one gate by a long chain and a big lock, and found a way to a small ranch where the friendly_ rancher gave us instructions that confirmed our hazy idea of the directions. And, ultimately, we ended up on the back side of Mrs. Meling's other gate - the one with the bulldozer and the piles of dirt and rocks. We were dismayed to see that her fence, the one that paralleled the road and intersected the entrance-way fence, had been cut in two places, effectively giving access from her lands to the road and vice versa. We parked our car and walked to the nearby mine, where the owner, a friendly gen-tleman, who speaks good English, took pity on us once he clearly understood that we couldn't go back to Mike's or ahead on the course because of the limitations of our car. He then directed his employees to guard our car, which we left parked at the back side of the fence, and he loaded us into his pickup truck and took us to talk to Mrs. Meling. Now, we've been hearing about this lady for some time, and after a while a mental picture of a fierce, angry harridan had begun to form. She couldn't be further from that mental image. The lady is a lovely, hospitable person, who speaks perfect English, and who has been pushed to the point of exasperation by the though, tlessness and vandalism of some unl<nown creeps. She told us that the gentleman who was being so helpful, the mine owner, had actually been threatened with bodily harm by some bikers, because the gate had been closed and they wanted him to open it. She also told us about people who shouted and threatened and then drove their vehicles through the fence. And she told us other stor-ies. Then she apologized to us for any inconvenience, and told us it would be o.k. to drive through the VW sized holes in her ft;nce, over her field, and back out onto the road. So we did. And when we got to the point where the new detour came back out on the course, we waited for Divine and Valdez so we could ask them how the course was. We'd spent well over a half hour driving to Mrs. Meling's, talking to her, and getting back to our car, so we knew we had to be way behind Gil and Willy. But we weren't. There were some bikers there who told us they were still coming, but that it was a rough stretch of road and they'd be a while. When we'd waited an hour, and they still hadn't come through, we figured we probably knew all we needed to know about that new part of the course, and we went on to Camalu, the beach and Santo Tomas. The point to this lengthy recital is that, in Mexico, asin the U.S., we are in danger oflosing our race courses, and our access to the places we love, because of the bad behavior of the few. Mrs. Meling is convinced that it is the racers who are responsible for the dam-age to her fences and gates. I'm not so sure. Every weekend there is a large contingent of pleasure bikers who come from the U.S. to ride to Mike's, spend Saturday night, and then ride back. The weekend we were there he had at least 40 of them staying over-night. Many of them planned to go down to the beach on the road through Meling's. On other week-ends there would be many of them going up that hill, toward Mike's. Now, suppose a group of eight or 12 bikers, who'd planned their trip for weeks, and had made reservations at Mike's, and sent them their money, came along late in the day, looking forward to dinner, and we found that gate locked? What would their reac-tion be? They know nothing about the ongoing problem. They probably think of the road as a public thoroughfare, not realizing that it's private, and they would be irritated by the locked gate. One of them would have a pair of pliers in his tool kit, or side-cutters. And they'd be on their way up the hill to Mike's. And if Mrs. Meling saw them, in their riding regalia, and all of them with number plates on their bikes, whether they'd ever raced or not, she'd be certain that it was the "racers." I think we ought to 1;,ypass the area for a few races, to let tempers cool off, and give some diplo-matic folks a chance to work on the problem and see if it can be solved in some civilized way. Mrs. Meling is entitled to her privacy and to have her cattle securely fenced in. We can only hope that she will agree to let us use her road sometime again in the future. We were saddened to hear recently that A.G. Fulkerson, from Blythe, had died. A.G. will be remembered by old timers in the off-road fraternity as a big, gentle man, who, while not a racer himself, loved the sport. A.G. and his wife, Bobby, had a single seater, aptly named "Bobby's Butt Buster", which was often driven by Ed Venable and Kirk Kontilis. In fact, Ed won the Parker race one year, giving them a sweet victory in their own back-yard. A.G. is survived by Bobby, and his two children, Adam and Lisa. Our condolences to them. Dusty nrnc1

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DMSION PRO RALLY REPORT By Lynnette Allison, Steward There's no need for any of you to spend the time creating resolu-tions for the New Year. Here's a ready made list. Just cut it out and tape it on the refrigerator or your bathroom wall, the only two places where people are sure to be at least once a day. 1. Mandatory vehicle inspec-tions are scheduled to begin in 1989, as announced last summer. Differing from a tech-nical inspection, the emphasis is on vehicle sturdiness and the condition of component parts within a vehicle. For example: condition of struts and shocks and mounting points, suspension components, hood pins and fas-teners, firewall condition, wiring and insulation, seat mounting and condition, floorpan, roll cage condition and mounting points in vehicle, etc. Doors and windows functional, window net mounting, etc. For a sample inspection form send a self addressed stamped envelope to INSPECTION, 20001 Oakland Hills Drive, Corona, CA 91720. Evidence of this inspection must be in your vehicle's log book prior to entering any Pro Rally event, and must be updated annually. SCCA Pro Rally Licensed Technical Inspectors Don Lin-dfors, Jon Apogee and Greg Burrows will be conducting for two inspections. You will need a vehicle log book with the two required photographs inside, a copy of the vehicle's registration papers, a proof of insurance which identifies your vehicle, and your vehicle neat and tidy. The first inspection is Saturday, January 21 at Air Conditioning Systems, Inc., 550 So. Palm St., La Habra, CA. The time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Directions are; from 57 exit and go west on Lambert, turn right on· Palm. from 91 exit and go north on Harbor, right on Lambert, left on Palm. The second inspection is Sunday, February 5 at VW Spe-cialties, 18101 Redondo Circle, Unit U, Huntington Beach, CA The time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thanks to Rich Cervantes of Air Conditioning Systems and Ron Wood of VW Specialties for offering the facilities. 2. New driving suit rules are in effect. Anyone competing in a Co-efficient 2 or 3 Divisional or any National must wear a flame retardant driving suit, and underwear too. The 1988 edition of SCCA 's General Competition Rules list these accetable ma-terials: Nomex, Kynol, FPT, IWS (wool), Fiberglass, Durette, Fypro, PBI and Kevlar. Under-wear of Proban is approved. Shoes should be of leather uppers and/ or non-flammable material. Helmets must have an '80 Snell sticker or newer. 3. Window nets are required as of January 1989 according to the 1987 SCCA Pro Rally Rules. The 1988 Rulebook did not, by accident or whatever, include that item. It is highly recom-mended by your So-Pac Div-isional Steward that your vehicle be equipped with proper window nets if you prefer a window down during competition. Rules changes are coming. Your December 1988 edition of Sportscar contained vital infor-mation on pages 90, 91 and 93. Page 90 items are proposed changes awaiting approval by SCCA 's National Board of Directors. Their acceptance is More off-road· races are won. on Bi.lsteins than any other shock absorber, period. lllllltL'\ llliM:5) Page 6 BISIIIN •BORN TO PERFORM-Bil.STEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 11760 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121 619/453-7723 For additional technical information· and a complete catalog, send $2.50. February 1989 probable, but check your next issues for verification. Page 93 details National Pro Rally rule changes which are now in effect. Here is a brief outline. 1. A Co-efficient 3 Divisional can award National Pro Rally Championship points if the organizer requests and meets designated conditions concern-ing permissions, sanction fees, competitor fees, etc. 2. The Divisional Steward or appointed representative can change the event starting order for safety reasons. 3. An Overall Co-Driver Championship will be selected and recognized based on the best five finishes in the competition year throughout the USA. 4.The new Rocky Mountain Division and the Midwest Div-ision will combine their championship. 5. The procedure and stand-ards for selecting the Pro Rally of the Year has changed. 6. Length of divisional Pro Rallies: Co-efficient 1 rally up to 25 miles, previously 49 miles, Co-efficient 2 rally 40 to 75 miles, previously a minimum of 50 and no maximum, Co-efficient 3 rally 65 to 100 miles, previously minimum 75 and no maximum. 7. Control Procedures and Timing: Co-efficient 2 and 3 events will follow National timing and control procedures, previously only Co-efficient 3 events. 8. Eligible vehicles: Vehicles must be based on production vehicles such as those listed in NADA Official Used Car Guide. No fabric tops or sides, no "one-offs", etc. Group B cars now prohibited. 9. Group B vehicle owners who competed in 1988 must apply to the Pro Rally Board for adjustment. 10. Sanction Fees and Steward Fees approved for Mid-Div. 11. New Central Division Steward is Tom Nelson, replac-ing Mary Jo Czyzio. National Rule Changes may also affect Divisional com-petitors. 1. Claims procedures: A. An INQUIRY is an informal writ-ten complaint describing a situa-tion and requesting an action by the organizer. B. A PROTEST is an official written communica-tion directed to the event's pro-test committee. (directed at event regulations, rules, infrac-tion of rules, etc.) 2. Vehicles: Maximum adjusted displacement for 4WD cars is 2350cc, for 2WD cars is 4000cc. Multiply original dis-placement by: Rotary x 1.8; tur-bo/ supercharged x 1. 7; push rod X 0.8. 3. Rallytruck Class. Refer to the November 1988 Sportscar, pages 100-101. Vehicles of 1986 or newer, 2WD of 2600cc or less. Briefly, the vehicles shall conform to manufacturer's pro-duced and delivered specifica-tions except balancing of engine and components is allowed; rear window may be replaced with polycarbonate of minimum 0.125 for roll cage; fuel cell of maximum 15 gallons optional, with steel braided lines; two cir-cular hoops may be located near and around the driveshaft U-joint; original transmissions; suspension mounting p_oi_I1ts are stock, modifications limited; tailgates required, tonneau cov-ers prohibited; ballast bolted to floor only against forward wall, centered, etc. 4. Scoring changes include a one minute penalty to be assessed for lateness of one to ten minutes at an ATC (Arrival Time Control). Previously there was no penalty until the eleventh minute. 5. Tow hooks, painted red or yellow, with 1.0. of 1 ½ inches and capable of supporting vehi-cle weight securely mounted one each to front and rear of rally vehicles. Under Competitor responsi-bilities, there are a few items. 1988 saw almost forty new ralliests and many more involved as service crews attending our events. It becomes difficult to insure everyone understands procedures, rules and the tradi-tions within our sport. Competi-tors and anyone within the sport must assume responsibility for finding out answers to questions or for understanding procedures. Here are some suggestions: 1. Ask someone in authority, not the guy next to you. 2. At each event your Div-isional Steward holds a two hour Competitor Seminar. Let people know about them and have them attend. 3. Each year there are two National Licensing Schools. These day long schools teach everything you would want to know about rallying, and were afraid to ask because you'd be there all day. It is also REQUIRED for anyone who wants a National Competitor's License. 4. Take the time to read what is in Sportscar. There are articles and pictures, but there are also pages, edged in black, in "Fas-track News" which detail rule changes, vehicle modifications, etc,. which affect your sport. You have to look for them. 5. Copy the pages with rule changes and keep them with your rule book so you can refer to them during the year. 6. Know and understand con-trol procedures at events. It is not the organizers', the stewards' or control workers' responsibility to explain the rules during com-petition. You are adults compet-ing in an adult sport, and the responsibilities remain with you. See rules #1 and #2 before the event starts. A workers group begins. Trained workers are becoming a necessity within Pro Rallying. People who are knowledgeable in rules, regulations and event operating procedures can insure smoother running events for both the event organizing com, mittees and the competitors. Elaine Kohlenberger, Pro Rally Worker Chairman, and Lynnette Allison, So-Pac Steward, will be coo'rdinating worker meetings throughout the year. Instruction in blockage and timing control procedures, registration requirements and procedures, and score cards and-scoring procedures are planned. Workers will earn points for attending meetings and for event participation, leading to our first 1989 Worker of the Year Award. A special Pro Rally Worker T-shirt is on its way too. Watch for details! Dusty Tima·

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FIRST 1989 SNORE/YOKOHAMA SERIES RACE THE SNORE BOTTOM DOLLAR Entry Fee: - $200 Challenger Class - $120 Insurance -All Classes -$65 Registration & Tech Inspection -7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. race day Drivers' Meeting -9: 15 a.m. Race Start -10:00 a.m. Start Line, approximately one mile north of Apex undercrossing, five miles north of the Las Vegas Speedrome Awards Presentation - 10:00 a.m. Sunday, February 19 Jeep Posse Hall, Las Vegas, NV :>YvoKOHAMA IT PAYS TO RACE WITH SNORE $10,000 Currently in the Points Fund SNORE 250 Purse was over $16,000 in Cash SNORE LTD., P.O. Box 4394, Las Vegas, NV 89106 SNORE Hot Line - 702-452-4522

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1989 HAPPENINGS ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 BADGERLAND VW CLUB,INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414) 688-5509 (All eveAts located in Chilton, WI at the Fairgrounds Racing Facility) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O . Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Febrnary 10-12, 1989 Gran Carrera de San Felipe San Felipe, B.C., Mexico May 5-7, 1989 Gran Carrera de Tecate Tecate, B.C., Mexico July 14-16, 1989 Gran Carrer de Mexicali (night race) Mexicali, B.C., Mexico September 15-1 7, 1989 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, B.C., Mexico BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O . Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-2313 May 13-14, 1989 Wendover Express Wendover, USA June 24-25, 1989 Twilight 200 Delle, Utah August 5-6, 1989 Jackpot 250 Jackpot, NV September 16-17, 1989 Desert Cactus 200 Delle, Utah October 14-15, 1989 Bonneville Challenge W endover, USA 1988 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O . Box 101 Crandon, WI54520 (715) 478-2115 I (715) 478-2688 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Lynnette Allison 2001 Oakland Hills Drive Corona, CA 91720 (714) 736-1442 Febrnary 1, 1989 Pro Rally Club Meeting Pasadena, CA Febrnary 5, 1989 Vehicle Inspection Huntington Beach, CA March 4, 1989 National Licensing School Glendale, CA April 29-30, 1989 Rim of the World Rally Lancaster, CA Page 8 July 29, 1989 Glen Helen Rallysprint San Bernardino, CA September 8-10, 1989 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION P.O . Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 July 9, 1989 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Colorado Springs, CO CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 1 71 7 Marker Road Polk City, FL 33868 (813) 984-1923 (305) 823-4487 Febrnary 12, 1989 Lakeland, FL March 25, 1989 Florida400 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 February 18, 1989 The King El Centro, CA April 8, 1989 Buzz Bomb 150 El Centro, CA August 5, 1989 Superstition 250 VI El Centro, CA September 30, 1989 Plaster City Blast III El Centro, CA December 31, 1989 Dunaway Dash Ill El Centro, CA GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2937 San Bernardino, CA 92406 (714) 880-1733 Off Road Races February 5, 1989 May 21, 1989 August 20, 1989 September 24, 1989 November 19, 1989 United Sand Drag Association Sand Drags February 11-12, 1989 March 11-12, 1989 April 8, 1989* May 13, 1989* June 10, 1989* July 8, 1989* August 12, 1989* September 16, 1989* October 7-8, 1989 November 11-12, 1989 *( day & night race) GORRA Georgia O ff Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 927-6432 March 12, 1989 50 miles April 9, 1989 50 miles May 28, 1989 150 miles June 18, 1989 50 miles July 23, 1989 100 miles August 20, 1989 SO miles September 24, 1989 100 miles October 29, 1989 50 miles November 25, 1989 250 miles (all events take place at Vienna, GA) GREATLAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Bob Moon 915 So. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Ml 48103 (313) 665-0358/(313) 996-9193 GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Ron Kiel 12840 Dexter St. Thornton, CO 80241 (303) 452-4013 May 21, 1989 June 4, 1989 June 25, 1989 July 9, 1989 August 12, 1989 St. Francis, KS August 2 7, 1989 September 24, 1989 ( tenative schedule) (Most events take place at Mountain View Motorsports Park, Mead Exit, 1-25, north of Denver, CO) HORA High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 April 20-23, 1989 Binion's Mint 400 Las Vegas, NV June 30, July 1-2, 1989 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA August 11-13, 1989 Nevada 500 Las Vegas, NV October 13-15, 1989 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV December 2, 1989 O ffRoadsman Awards Banquet Orange County, CA HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Freeman 3503 Hall St. Rapid City, SD 57702 (605) 342-0331 April 1, 1989 Badlands Baja Wall, SD (continued on page rn) February 1989 ·1,ail Notes ••. THE SCORE PARKER 400 is shaping VP to be a blockbuster start to the 1989 desert series. There were 389 entries in the drawing for starting numbers on January 6. Less than a week later, at press time, the entry list is over 400, so the chances ofhaving standby entry at the always massive Parker 400 are very good this year. Once again the bikes will run their three laps all on the Arizona course, so the 15 car classes, augmented by the Chenowth Mini Mag group, will have the California route to themselves and enjoy an early morning start as well. If you don't have a place to stay yet at Parker, take your sleeping bag or camper, or make some friends fast! TO BE ONE CLASS OR TWO -In recent weeks there has been a lot of talk, rumor and gossip about combining Classes 1 and 2. It seems the merger mania has struck in off road racing, as the desert series this year has combined Classes 3 and 14, but did not reduce the number of car classes, only the probable 4x4 entry. They have added the Chenowth Mini Mag so-called IROC class, keeping the level at 16 among the four wheeled car type categories. At any rate, the combo of the Unlimited Open Wheel classes was heavily promoted by a few who might have gained more purse to win, or so they thought. We understand that Score International sent out a ballot on the subject, and the response was overwhelming in favor of having a separate Class 1 and Class 2. It hardly makes sense at this J>?int to have a single unlimited class, because Class 2 is one of the most healthy in the sport. In our opinion a combo class would not gain much entry, as only a few currently active Class 1 vehicles are state of the art, the other older cars that might not be competitive even in Class 10, the only other place they could race. So if gaining entry and therefore more purse was the aim, it probably wouldn't work, and many current Class 1 competitors would go elsewhere to race. Anyhow, the new rule book, supposed! y for 1989 and 1990, written in stone, should not be blatantly ignored before the first race of the 1989 season. Class 1 car owners should have some warning in order to sell their race cars before the world knows they are obsolete. NEW RACECO ULTRASTOCK - David Kreisler, owner of North American Raceco will be debuting his Porsche UltraStock at the Mickey Thompson Off Road Gran Prix at Anaheim Stadium on January 21, which is the first event of the ten race national stadium series. The state of the art Porsche 930 UltraStock will head a four car team consisting of two Super 1600 cars and a head turning Dodge Daytona UltraStock. The second driver to support the team is Los Angeles businessman Paul Nissley. Paul's quality experience in off road racing will be a great asset to the team. To complete the team, ex-motorcycle racer John Sprague will be contributing his 16 years of off road car and motorcycle experience. Transportation to all the 1989 events will include a 45 foot tractor-trailer painted in the team colors. The sire of this rig will allow ample space for sponsor recognition. The four major sponsors of the team are Raceco, Kelmark, Redwood and Van Kirk Racing. Additional support is being provided by Summers Brothers, Sports Racing Gas, JaMar, Keiser Automatic Transmissions, SAW Performance and Bilstein shocks. 1HE CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES held its annual Awards Banquet early in January and it was a great success. Things went very well with skits, guest speakers, awards, and good food for all. The dinner started early at the Pomona Valley Mining Company, so there was plenty of time for all of the above, plus a contest in which a number of rally drivers expounded on their worst roll over of the past season. The prize for the best story was a box of Captain Crunch. We will have a full report with pictures in the next issue. THE HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCITION has had some schedule changes received after our Happenings column in this issue was wrapped up. Now the first race is April 1, the Badlands Baja 100 at Wall, SD, followed on May 21 by the Capital City Stadium Baja in Pierre, SD. Next on June 18, it is Winner Stadium, at Winner, SD, followed on August 20 by the Gumbo Buttes, at Pierre, SD. September 23 is the day for the Off Road Grand Prix at Deadwood, SD, and the season finale on October 21 is the Last Chance Baja in Wall, SD. There have been a few rules changed for the HPORRA races since last season, and some vehicle classes have changed. For the complete information Tom Freeman, 3503 Hall St., Rapid City, SD 57702 or call (605) 342-0331. PIT TEAM CONTESTUPDA TE: The IDRA Pit Team competition date is set for April 20, the Thursday of the Binion's Nissan Mint 400 race week. Over the years the question of "Who's the Best" pit team has been settled by NASCAR, CART, IMSA and others by an organized pit competition. IDRA thinks it is time to settle this question in off road racing, so the event will happen next April 20. There will be two separate categories in the contest, one for open wheel classes and one for manufacturers classes. The awarding of prizes will be divided evenly between the winners in these two classes, and there will be a significant payback in each category based on participation from various sponsors. Entries will run two at a time and each team will be timed electronically. While it will appear that these teams are competing against each other, each team will be timed separately and will be competing against the clock. The overall winners in each category will engage in a final head to head competition to determine the overall winner. This winning team will receive a perpetual trophy, and bragging rights as the Best Pit Team of the Year. ESPN will cover this action on Fremont Street, and portions of the film will appear throughout the year as color during coverage of the desert points series events. Due to the amount of time we have to conduct the event, it will be necessary to limit the number of entries. So, pit folks, a quick response with your completed entry form is mandatory. Entry fees will be 100 dollars or less. The rules, and other details including entry forms will be mailed to all 'Drivers of Record' sometime in February, and no entries will be accepted until that time. For further details write IDRA, P.O . Box 1683, Ojai, CA 93023. HALL RACE PREP IN RENO-Rodney Hall's two sons, Chad and Josh, have been working with him and Donna throulihout the past season, planning everything from race logistics to the Ghost Town runs. Now Chad and Josh have opened a race shop in Reno, Nevada. They will be responsible for maintaining the Donahoe-Phillips-Renoe Dodge entry in Class 4, and they have hired mechanic Vance Robison. They told Rodney "they're going to climb his frame", and he thinks maybe he should have a talk with his sons. (more TRAIL NOTES on page 44) Dusty nmcs

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~"<@'YOKOHAMA 6-50 CWB FINAL ~ 1 POINTS STANDINGS actual number of starters in the class. The races scored are the eight desert series events and the SNORE 250. It starts all over again at the 1989 Parker 400 . With the more off road racing veterans inevitably joining each season, the 1989 points chase should be tight all the way. The desert racing season for 1988 is over, the winners have collected their prizes and so have the Yokohama 6-50 Club points winners in the nine race series. The presentations were made at the annual HORA/SCORE Awards Banquet early last December in Las Vegas. The man who came up with the 6-50 points series idea, Gregg Symonds was not on hand, so Jean Calvin and Yokohama's Bob Mount made the present-ations. When the points were calcu-lated after the Baja 1000, Corky McMillin emerged as the 1988 champion, earning his third gold medal. The oft times Class 2 winner won the 6-50 gold medal the first year of the series, in 1981, and also in 1985, plus he also has silver and bronze medals. His record is unequaled in this series. Nobody else has won the gold more than once. Close all year long, the 1987 gold medalist Andy De V ercelly took the silver medal in 1988, merely nine points behind McMillin, but Andy did repeat as the Class 5-1600 points champ-ion in 1988. Roy Taylor was only another 11 points back, earning the bronze medal. In addition to his third gold medal, Corky McMillin also received a com-plete pumper helmet system cour-tesy ofB.D.R. of Costa Mesa, CA. Over 160 drivers are now on the Yokohama 6-50 Club tally. Corky McMillin won his gold last year by placing second at the Gold Coast, Nevada 500 and Baja 1000. More points came from third at the Baja Internacional, fifth at the Great Mojave 250, sixth at the Fireworks 250 and Parker 400, and a dnf at the Mint 400. Of course only the best six scores are counted at year's end, soCorky's discards were the Mint and Fireworks. Heading for the silver, Andy DeVercelly won the Baja 1000, was third at the Gold Coast and Nevada 500, fourth at the Parker 400, fifth at the Baja Interna-cional, sixth at the Great Mojave, tenth at the Fireworks and cur-iously, also a dnf at the Mint 400. All year De Vercelly and Roy Tay-lor duked it out not only for 6-50 honors but for the Class 5-1600 championship as well. Roy Taylor won three times in the season, at the Gold Coast, the Great Mojave and the SNORE 250. But he had a fifth at the Nevada 500, seventh at the Fireworks, a pair of ninths at Parker and the Baja 1000 and a pair of dnfs, the Baja Interna-cional and again, the Mint 400. The Baja 1000 decided Roy's fate in both Class 5-1600 and 6-50 points. The Yokohama 6-50 Club members won their class at many events in 1988, proving that the age of 50 or more means little against experience in desert rac-ing. Rodney Hall won Class 4 at both Parker and the Nevada 500. Willis Hamilton won Class 2 at the Great Mojave and the Fire-works 250, the only two events he entered in 1988. Don Adams won Class 3 at the Fireworks and the Baja 1000, and Don McBride won overall at the SNORE 250. Jim-Dusty Times . By Jean Calvin mie Crowder won Class 2 at the tough Mint 400 and was second overall, and Mike Leon won the Challenger Class at the Baja 1000. The Gold medal winners over the years are Corky McMillin, Class 2, 1981, 1985 and 1988; Clark Gilles, Class 2, 1982; Bruce Jones, Class 5-1600, 1983; Danny Letner, Class 2, 1984; Stan Parnell, Class 5, 1986; Andy DeVercelly, Class 5-1600, 1987. The 6-50 points are scored by finish position in class against the The top fifteen in the 1988 . 6-50 Club points are as follows: Corky McMillin, Class 2, 305: Andy DeVercelly, Class 5-1600, 296; Roy Taylor, Class 5-1600, 285; Rodney Hall, Class 4, 249; Danny Letner, Class 2,219; Don Adams, Class 3, 184; Gregg Symonds, Class 7 4x4, 182; Don McBride, Class 2, 171; Jim Fish-back Sr., Class 1-2-1600, 157; Made in the USA Jean Calvin describes the Yokohama 6-50 points series as Gorky McMillin, left, displays his third gold medal since 1981, and Andy DeVercelly waits for his, silver medal. Willis Hamilton, Class 2, 140; - Snook, Class 1, 123;Jim Temple, Jimmie Crowder, Class 2, 134; Class 2, 122; Mike Leon, Chai-Jerry Bundy, Class 3, 133; Frank lenger, 107. . SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS 6 NEW STANDARD SUIT STYLES AVAILABLE Custom Trim also available \ STYLE A Solid color suit with contrasting 1" trim around sleeves. STYLED* Solid color suit with contrasting collar, eppulets, and a 6" band around chest. " Extra charge for these styles. NOMEX® SUIT COLORS AVAILABLE Red Orange White Yellow Black Blue Green Contrasting colors available for styles C, D, E, and F. Sarne as above. \ STYLE B Solid color suit with contrasting piping on collar, eppulets, belt and pockets. STYLE E* Two color suit with contrasting eppulets and collar. TRIM COLORS AVAILABLE FOR STYLES A and B Red Black Orange Blue Flourscent Orange Flourscent Green Gray Green Purple White Yellow Pink \ STYLEC* Solid color suit with 6" contrasting band around chest and arms. STYLE F* Solid color suit with contrasting 6" band around chest. ABOVE SUIT STYLES ARE AVAILABLE IN: Single Layer Suit } from Double Layer Quilted } $250 to Three Layer Quilted } $500 9 Standard Sizes or Custom Fit SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS • 22630 S. Normandie Ave. • Torrance, CA. 90502 Send$3.00forcatalog 213-320-7231 • FAX213-320-7179 February 1989 Pagc9

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May 21, 1989 May 27, 1989 Mid-September 1989 May 28, 1989 April 14-16, 1989 Pierre, SD 150 miles Mile High Stadium VORRA400 Sunnser 400 Forest Rally Albuquerque, NM Denver, CO Yerington, NV Chillicothe, Ohio June 10, 1989 June 10, 1989 October 14, 1989 May 12, 1989 Winner, SD 150 miles October 30, 1989 Las Cruces, NM Silver Bowl Millican Valley 350 Norwester Rallv August 20, 1989 Las Vegas, NV Bend, OR Olympia, WA Pierre, SD August 26, 1989 200 mile May 14, 1989 September 16, 1989 Albuquerque, NM ONTARIO ASSOClA TION POST John's River Lodge Rally Deadwood, SD September 23, 1989 OF OFF ROAD RACERS Pennsylvania Off Road Olympia, WA 150 miles Barry Wannamaker Short Track June 2-4, 1989 October 21, 1989 Las Cruces, NM P.O. Box 688 Shark Saxon Last Chance Baja Susquehannock Trail Rally Wall, SD November 4, 1989 Bancroft, Ontario, KOL lCO, RD #3, Box 9 Wellsboro, PA 200 miles Canada Towanda, PA 18848 (T emative Schedule) El Paso, TX (613) 332-3811 / (613) 332-1610 (717) 265-3076 August 25-2 7, 1989 All events in Monroeton, PA at the Ojibwe Rally ICE CHAMPIONSHIP MICKEY THOMPSON'S Minnesota ENDURANCE SERIES OFF ROAD ONTARIO OFF ROAD intersection of Routes 414 & 220. P.O. Box 14824 CHAMPIONSHIP Ken Jackson - Dick Gillap October 27-29, 1989 _Minneapolis, MN 55414 GRAND PRIX R.R. #2 Press Or Regardless Rally (612) 639-0801 Mickey Thompson Tiverton. Ontario, SAREEA AL JAMEL Houghton, MI (612) 890-8693 Entertainment Group Canada OG2T 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 25168 (519) 368-7874 P.O. Box 526 November 17-19, 1989 IOK FOUR WHEELERS Anaheim, CA 92825 Indio, CA 92202 Coachman Stages Rally P.O. Box 36 (714) 938-4100 (All events at Bingeman Park, Olympia, WA Cleves, Ohio 45002 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) April 21-23, 1989 (All events staged at February 25, 1989 35th Annual Fast Camel SCORE the club grounds in Jack Murphy Stadium 4WDCrutse San Diego, CA OUTLAW MINI STOCK Indio, CA core International Clet•es, Ohio) RACING ASSOCIATION 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 March 18, 1989 P.O. Box 204 Westlake Village, CA 91362 MICHIGAN SPORT Kingdome Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 (818) 889-9216 BUGGY ASSOCIATION Seattle, WA (213) 375-4570 S.C.A.T. INC. John Elliott - (517) 835-9923 (213) 534-2747 Michael R. King January 27-29, 1989 Bob Ramlow - (616) 345-6407 April 8, 1989 P.O. Box 277 Parker 400 Super Dome Morrisonville, NY 12962 Parker, AZ MIDWEST OFF ROAD New Orleans, LA PAC OFF ROAD RACING (518) 561-3208/ (518) 236-7897 BAJA SERIES P.O. Box323 March 10-12, 1989 Rick Vasquez April 15, 1989 Seahurst, Washington 98062 Great Mojave 250 1421 Lee Trevino D-1 Astrodome (206) 242-1773 Lucerne Valley, CA El Paso, TX 79936 Houston, TX SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES (915) 594-8266 March 11, 1989 Sports Car Club of America June 2-4, 1989 March 4, 1989 May 6, 1989 Millican Valley 250 P.O. Box 3278 Baja Internacional 150 miles Rose Bowl Bend, OR Englewood, CO 80112 Ensenada, BC, Mexico El Paso, TX Pasadena, CA (303) 779-6622 April 22-23, 1989 November 9-12, 1989 April 1, 1989 July 22, 1989 Two Day Spring Spectacular March 3-5, 1989 Baja 1000 150 miles Los Angeles Coliseum Horn Rapids ORV Park Chattahoochee Forest Rally Ensenada/La Paz, BC, Mc:xicn Big Spring, TX Los Angeles, CA Richland, WA Atlanta, GA ~ CYCLE PARTS WEST, SPECTRO OIL & BRIDGESTONE TIRES Sponsored by: Race Ready Pro The Wright Plac Yokohama Budweiser . E3' Presents the 9th Annual 0} ~ Ul..Ju6 RACE INFO: (619) 427-5759 Page 10 ~ruary 1989 AMA S A .N .C T I O N E 0 SAT., FEB. 18, 1989 EL CENTRO, CALIF. I I , $1000 FOR FIRST OVERALL PRO ATV & BIKE BIKES START AT 7:00 A.M. • BUGGIES: NOON 30 MILE LOOP WITH SUPERCROSS INFIELD Dusty nma

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December 2, 1989 OffRoadsman Awards Banquet Orange County, CA SCORE CANADA 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada (514) 692-6171 SCORE SHOW Edgell Expositions P.O. Box 19531 Irvine, CA 92713 (714) 250-8060 SILVERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS Roger Wells 225 W. Foster Ave. Henderson, NV 89015 (702) 564-2677 (All events but the finale held at Las Vegas International Raceway.) SILVER DUST RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 7380 Las Vegas, NV 89125 (702) 459-0317 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 February 18-19, 1989 Bottom Dollar Las Vegas, NV May 27-28, 1989 Twilight Race Las Vegas, NV July 29-30 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 22-24,.1989 SNORE250 Las Vegas, NV October 28-29, 1989 Yokohama 200 Las Vegas, NV December 2-3, 1989 Showboat 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT TRACK OFF ROAD ENTERPRISES FORMULA DESERT DOG SERIES S.T.O.R.E. Co-Ordinator: Tom Schwartz burg 2620 West Washington West Bend, WI 53095 ( 414) 334-3858 SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Prevost 1006 Cardinal Lane Green Bay, WI 54303 (414) 434-9044 May 6-7, 1989 Rockford, IL May 13•14, 1989 Off Road Challenge Sugar Camp, WI May 27-28, 1989 Memorial Day 100 Lake Geneva, WI May 28, 1989 Memorial '89 Dresser, WI June 10-11, 1989 Kiwanis Off Road Race Antigo, WI June 24-25, 1989 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI July 8-9, 1989 Fox Riverfest Challenge DePere, WI July 15-16, 1989 Traverse City, MI July 22-23, 1989 U.P. Off Road 100 Bark River, Ml August 5-6, 1989 Hodag 50 Rhinelander, WI August 19-20, 1989 Short Course Sprints Chilton, WI September 1-3, 1989 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 16-17, 1989 Santa Fe Speedway Hinsdale, IL September 30-31, 1989 Colorama 100 Sugar Camp, WI VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 March 12, 1989 Prairie City OHV Park (long course) Sacramento, CA April 16, 1989 Prairie City OHV Park ( short course) Sacramento, CA May 27-28, 1989 VORRA400 Yerington, NV June 24-25, 1989 Virginia City 200 Virginia City, NV 1987 AND 1988 CLASS 3 CHAMPION - #300 Mike Schwellinger and Conejo Off Road Racing would like to congratulate our sponsors and crew for another championship season. SPECIAL THANKS TO General Tire Kreider's Welding Coast Machine (Drivelines) Smittybilt 4 Wheel Parts Wholesalers Sendel Alloy Wheels Rancho Suspension Explorer Lights lsky Cams Art Carr Mr. Sticker Allison Ignitions Sports Racing Fuel Cha~pion Batteries Page 11 A.R.P. THE CONEJO OFF ROAD CREW Gayle, Jon, Vic, Dave, Andy, Les, George, Lou, Miles, Mark, Jim, Eric, Gary, Marty, Kevin, Tris, Jeff, Joe, and the entire CORE Pit Team. CONEJO OFF ROAD 1304 B Newbury Road Newbury Park, CA 91320 February 1989 July 30, 1989 Prairie City OHV Park · ( short course) Sacramento, CA· September 2-3, 1989 VORRA250 Yerington, NV October 29, 1989 Prairie City OHV Park Champion Short Course Sacramento, CA WHEEL TO WHEEL,INC. P.O. Box 688, Dept. 4W0R Bancroft, Ontario, Canada KOL lC0 (613) 332-1766 (613) 332-4128 WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 - 87A Ave. Surrey, British Columbia, V3S 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP January 20-27, 1989 Monte Carlo Rally Monte Carlo, Monaco February 28-March 5, 1989 Port Wine Rally Estoril, Portugal March 25-30, 1989 Safari Rally Nairobi, Kenya Independent Desert Racers Association By George Thompson We have come to the end of the 1988 racing season and, even as I write, plans are under way for the start of the 1989 SCORE/HORA points series. During the 1988 season IDRA concentrated its efforts primarily in two areas: the administration of the Competi-tion Review Board and the estab-lishment of a professional, work-ing relationship between SCORE/ HORA and IDRA. In February 1988 IDRA authored and introduced a For-mat and Guidelines for the opera-tion of the CRB. We are very pleased with the level of racer par-ticipation on this board and feel that this system is rapidly becom-ing the best system in all of motorsport for dealing with pro-tests and infractions. · IDRA was founded in 1986 by the major independent pit sup-port teams. The members of our Executive Board are: George Thompson, Managing Director, Jon Kennedy, President, Chapala Dusters, Glenn Wolfe, President, Checkers Off Road, Mark Mil-leron, President, CORE, Jeff Randall, President, FAIR, Mal-coltfl Vinje, President, Los Cam-peones, Jon Lippitt, Race Direc-tor; Tight Ten, Mark McMillin, Chief Rep, open wheel classes, Frank Vessels, Chief Rep, manu-facturers classes. The last three meetings of the IDRA Executive Board have been attended by either the Presidents or Race Directors of SCORE and HORA. The fact that a group of this caliber meet regularly to dis-cuss the problems confronting our sport is clear evidence that a professional working relationship between IDRA and SCORE/ April 21-27, 1989 Tour de Corse Ajaccio, Corsica . May 27-June 1, 1989 Acropolis Rally Lagonissi, Greece July 13-16, 1989 New Zealand Rally Auckland, New Zealand August 2-6, 1989 Argentine Rally Buenos Aires, Argentina August 23-27, 1989 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 15-17, 1989 Rally Australia Perth, Australia October 8-14, 1989 Sanremo Rally Italia Sanremo, Italy October 24-28, 1989 Ivory Coast Rally Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast November 19-23, 1989 RAC Rally England ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! Send your 1989 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column. Mail your race or rally schedule co: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. HORA is in place· and will con-tinue. In 1989 we will continue our administration of the CRB. Additionally, members of IDRA will be meeting with course offi-cial.s to establish a closer working relationship between the CRB, the racers and the officials in the trenches. We have recently reached an agreement with Binion's Mint 400 officials to hold the First Annual IDRA Pit Competition at this race next April. We are very excited about this event, because it will provide all of us an oppor-tunity to say thanks to the guys who race after race make it happen -the pit crews. This event will also be covered by ESPN. There is no charge to competi-tors for IDRA membership. IDRA is funded, in part, by the independent pit support teams. However, our principal source of funding is generated through the sale of Sponsoring Memberships to sponsors, racing teams and businesses within the off road rac-ing community. Last year the cost of postage and stationary alone was over $ 1200. IDRA generated over 3000 pages of letters, documents and memos, and our staff traveled over 30,000 miles to attend meet-ings of the various organizations within the sport. Remember, the IDRA is a non-profit organization staffed entirely by volunteers. This year we have set a goal of $10,000 to cover our operating expenses. We cannot achieve this goal without your support. The cost of a Sponsoring Membership for the 1989 season is $75. We urge you to consider the advan-tages of joining in an association dedicated to the improvement of our sport. Please make your check payable to IDRA and mail to P.O. Box 1683, Ojai, CA 93023 . .. Good Luck in the New Year. Dusty Times

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NO DRAWING! : ... . . :'~--~-~ \ ' : May 5. 7, 1 888 D Clua 5-1600 • To become an "olflclll flnllhlr" you must • : EatlJ Opns: MARCH 21, 1m D Cius 7S complete thl race within thl ■lotted time. : /' : (Counr .-for ure-111uln: APRIL ll, 19191 0 Class Cllallen..,r • Award1 ceremony held AFTER the event. : : I"""'~!"!'"'!""!'--------.------.· • Flnlther pine and /or plaqun, : : GRAN C D Class 10 • Contingency prlzH 1v1lla'>le. : : D ARR ERA de MEXICALI • P~•-ryggjgp r.!f Pl ~g 'fc1 WEEKS before : : July 1 4-1 7, 1 888 D Cius I l t~ event. c? or wrteor courM map. : : (evening • 11 p.m. atart) D Cbeoowtb Mini•Maa • Course 1, marked with fluoreacent pink & : . OfftCIAL a.ACS IISADQUAllffU Botel Bl Cortes ('708) 177•1011/H t.~-~'¾~ .. . _.:'\;~ .,. . .. , . -.. , ... ·,~ .. ;: j/ :;...:· iii, ~ j -'-t, ~ .. -· .. /,. ,! - .---·--) --.. -~ . , • COURSE: Four lape of approximately 60 miles each lap. Except tor a couple ol eections (eome technleal~ tt should be con.idefed a pretty fut course. e ITART/flNISH: At the San Felipe OIi Road Raceway, 5 miles south of town, off the paved road. e PAE-RUNNING: Opena January 21, 1989 • CourM martwd with 11uo,-1 pink ribbon and arrowa. • TIME LIMIT: 10 Houri from your 11an time. Fin, pine, e ITART, WIC/ATVo. at flrwt light. approx. 8:30 a.m. FOUR•WHEEL • one hour later, approx. 7:30 a.m. • RACE DAV: Saturday, F.i>ruary 11. 1919 • REGISTRATION, CONTINGENCY• TECH: Friday 10. • AWARDS: Sunday, Feb, 12. Location to be announced • ENTRY: Pro • 1300, plue 150 for Ina. • Fffl w/60~ Peyback 8Pll • ,100, plua '601or in..•,_ -~\-_m'7f CL -~ii:..-~~ a·· ½:.-: ;-=::-·--·-I -.... ~,,~•-~ ·j -~-1_ ---... ------.:::.---: EallJ 0peu: IUNE 2t. i,a, O Stone Stock· Mial-4X4 (Sportsman Only!) ON•DIRT dlrectlonal arrow,. ,., : (Cou,-oot1 tor pre-runnlnw: JULY IS, 1989) • Current deNrt rule• apply for all clauea :J: : 0 Stone Stock FuU-Slze-4X4 (Sprtm. Only!) Hcept for STONE STOCK ClnHa and : : O RA A R O Open Moton:ycle (2,50cc & onrl Ctwnowth MINI-MAO Clue. Sep«Me rule• : : G 1N C, IRi IERA de _,. .... __ ,.__ available. : : September 1 5-1 7, 1 888 D Ud. Moton:ycle (200« & uacler, 30 & 38) • U.b/1/ty /nouronc• 1o tor third party end 1o Heon-: : (Cotinr .!':'.. '!':":.:i~;~r...::.~.i:: 2.l, 19891 D Open ATV (QullCbffrlkes) ~;!.~ ::• t::/;1-_,!,~ ~f~i:. d1~ ,:,roe,,! : , _: _______________ _, ,-u,ytolnclwN IINlnounllhouldNIIIW!Ce : : (NOTI: SwtJ N t119t bt /ncrwNd durlr19 the ,-.,. : : : •1 posilloa, by dua, will be uup<d oo , ( ote: There must be • minimum of three (3) • • llled/cal lnouronc• ,,.., ,,. e,a/lable ,1 race a11e : • lnt-<0•. llnl-xmd buis, by postmuti, NO DRAWING entries per claaa. OtherwlM, vehlclet may be to bt purchued d/,aet/y from the camer ,r, yet, • : l'OR STARTING POSITIONS! 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A s A L u T E To .The 1988 Desert Series Champions By Jean Calvin Photos: Tracksiae Photo Enterprises ICIIE INTERNATIONAi! Championship Off-Road Racing ra HIGH DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION . The 1988 desert racing season was the fourth for the combined HD RA/ SCORE series, and it was truly a coming of age in many ways for the series. Many events had increased entry, and the sea-son finale, the Baja 1000 broke its 1987 entry record with 329 start-ing vehicles. Once again the total of contingency prize money· soared, and several events did not have enm1gh space for all the donots who showed up with big rigs or just a van. Many compa-nies, who were new to the series last year, have already signed on for 1989. The 1988 schedule was similar to 1987, with six of the eight races crammed into the first six months of the year; beginning with the Parker 400 on January 30, run-ning through the Gold Coast 300 on March 5, the Great Mojave on April 2, the Mint 400 on April 30, the Baja Internacional on June 4 to the Fireworks 250 on July 2. The final two events were the Ne-vada 500, September 10, and the Baja 1000 on November 11-12. Unlike 1987, however, the desert entry did not suffer much because of the early crowded calendar. All the events were in the same locale as in 1987, except the final HDRA race. The Craig, Colorado race, an artistic but not financial triumph, was replaced by a revival Page 14 CLASS CHALLENGER & OVERALL-RESTRICTED BUGGY-NICK GROSS-Nick Gross and his partner Joe Valenti~e got a great start towards their championship by winning their huge class at the Parker 400. This California team started seven events in the eight race ser'.es, and before the season was over they won two more class victories, at the rough Fireworks ~50 and the tough a_nd dusty N_evada 5~~-They failed t~ start the Mint 400, but they scored a pair of points earning second places at the Great MoIave 250 and th_e BaIa_lnternac1onal. Dr1vin~ a LaP(an_t single seat chassis the team placed fourth in a comeback drive after mechanical trouble at the season ending Ba/a 1000. They were a disappointing eleventh at the Gold Coast, but only six races count and their best six were all top spots, never worse than fourth. of the-Frontier 500 point to point race, partially sponsored by the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino. While most of the events had individual sponsors, the substan-tial series points fund sponsor remains elusive. Both HORA and SCORE rely on manufacturers on the Advisory Council, who were instrumental in getting the com-bined series started in 1985, for year long logistical support. The new rule book appeared in print late in 1988, good for both 1989 and 1990, and it was in print early enough for people to get their new vehicles built to spec well before the dawn of 1989. The major change for the next two years is that Classes 3 and 14 have been combined into a new Class 3, and the popular Challenger Class will now be known as Class 9. As in the 1988 series, a driver may count his best six finishes of the eight races for his points total, but he still must enter and start three from each organizer in order to be eligible for a points champion-ship. And also new was the fact that the final two events of the season were no longer double points races, but did off er the bonus of five extra points for both a start and a finish. The SCORE Parker 400 opened the 1988 season, as always, and it was a massive affair from the huge entry in the draw-ing to an overflow crowd at the outdoor awards presentation on Sunday. Not only did the racers turn out in record numbers, so did everybody else. The Friday contingency row stretched more than two blocks, both sides of the street in downtown Parker on Friday. A record 72 donors were on hand to display their wares, a portent of things to come all year. The tidy sum of $250,000 was posted in contingency prizes for the race. In order to alleviate the crunch of cross river traffic on race day, the decision was made to have the bike classes race all of their three laps on the Arizona course. It made such good sense for both highway and race course traffic, you wonder why it hadn't been done before. A neat byproduct of this decision was that the Bureau of Land Management lifted the limit of 425 starters, a number that had been reached on entry weeks before race date. A whop-. ping 367 in the sixteen car classes took the green flag in California, and an impressive 186 started in Arizona in the motorcycle classes, a record 452 for this or most any other event. Frosting on the 1988 Parker cake was perfect weather, sunshine and 70 plus degrees throughout the weekend. February 1989 Bob Gordon and Tim Crabtree drove their Chenowth quickly and not only won Class 2 over a heavyweight field of 37 that included plenty of Porsche powered screamers, they won the race overall by almost three min-utes. Gordon and his son Rob had won overall at Parker in 1987 as well. They won Class 2 by more than four minutes over Ed and Tim Herbst. Tom Koch drove his Raceco solo to the Class 1 victory and second overall, while Jim Stiles andJ im Greenway were second in class, third overall with a 10 motor in the Class 1 Raceco, best-ing most of the 25 Class 1 starters. Gary Cogbill and John Marking topped the incredible 76 car field in Class 1-2-1600 in their Jimco, about nine minutes faster than Dominic Borra and john Basso, ORE. Among the big truck classes, Mike Schwellinger and Les Erick-son started the year by winning Class 3 in their Jeep, and Rodney Hall and Jim Fricker got the win in Class 4 in the big Dodge. Steve McEachern andJeffTeeman took the Class 8 win in their new Chevy, and Giti Gow land and Bill Ballaster won Class 14 in a wild Toyota. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawit-ter started their quest for a points title by winning Class 5. Local drivers Robert Whitted and Carl Haynes captured Class 5-1600, that was 28 strong at the start, Incredibly Arne Gunnarsson and John Johnston ~on Class 6 in the Saab 96, beating all the V-8s in class with four cylinders. Russell Johnson and Jon Schnablegger drove the fastest Beetle in Class 11. Class 7 went to Larry Ragland and Chevrolet, while Steve Luport and Dave Gully won Class 7S in a Ford. Dave Simon and John Johnson took Class 7 4x4 in a brand new Ranger. Mark Barnes drove alone to the Class 10 victory in his Raceco. Nick Gross and Joe Valentine started their march to the overall championship by winning the 50 car Challenger Class. Of the 367 car class starters, 186 saw the checkered flag in Arizona. Five weeks later the HORA Gold Coast 300 brought out a surprisingly strong entry of 235 starting cars, up considerably from 1987. The start moved further south from Las Vegas, from Sloan to Jean. Genial host Michael Gaughan threw open the doors of his Gold Coast Hotel & Casino, and hosted registration and souvenir sales in his banquet room, and the drivers meeting on Friday. n_ight, along _with blocking Dusty nmcs

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part of the parking lot for contin-gency row that was packed incred-ibly tight. Again, bright sunshine and shirt sleeve temperatures blessed the entire race weekend. New for this race were heavy re-strictions on pit areas, many usual spots closed, and even the town of Goodsprings was completely off limits to race support traffic. free first lap he opened a goodly cushion on the field and sailed home after four laps the big winner, in Class 2 and overall, driving the Porsche powered Chenowth. It was a tight fight all the way in Class 1, but in the end Mark McMillin won his first ever HDRA event, taking the lead for good on the last lap. Just two minutes behind came the team of Bud Feldkamp and Ron Gardner and Chenowth ruled in Class 1. Las Vegan Jack Ramsay drove alone in the new single seat Bund-erson to beat 41 others in Class 1-2-1600. ·i.r CLASS 7S & MINI METAL -STOCK MINI-MIDI PICKUP-PAUL SIMON - Paul Simon had to race for his titles right down to the wire last November in Mexico. Driving all the way in most of the events, he enlisted the help of his truck builder John Johnson at the Baja 1000, which they won. In most races, Ed Frisk rode shotgun in the Ford Ranger. Simon started the season finishing fifth at Parker, but a rules infraction dropped him to an official seventh. He came back strong with a pair of second places at the Gold Coast and Great Mojave events. Then he won both the Mint 400 and the Baja Internacional, but suffered a dnf at the Fireworks 250. Paul scored fourth spot at the Nevada 500, and got another victory and the two titles at the Baja 1000. The Gold Coast race, contested in heavy dust on a rougher than normal course, even for southern Nevada, was a local show up front. Class 2 started first and Brian Collins, the first starter, never looked back. With a dust CLASS 8 & HEAVY METAL-2 WD STANDARD PICKUP-ROBBY GORDON-Robby Gordon moved into truck driving in 1988, and the 19 year old was the sensation of the season, capping it off by being voted Driver of the Year. Gordon started out in Jim Venable's Ford with engine failure at Parker and a dnf. After that he was never less than third in Class 8. Robby won the class at the Mint 400, the Baja Internacional and the Fireworks 250, and he placed second at both the Gold Coast 300 and the rugged Nevada 500. Gordon scored third places at the Great Mojave 250 and the Baja 1000. A dedicated professior.al racer at a tender age, Robby Gordon also won the Super 1600 title in the Mickey Thompson stadium series. A talented young man, he will go far in his chosen profession. CLASS 1 -UNLIMITED SINGLE SEAT-MARK McMILLIN-Mark McMillin scored the hat trick by winning his third consecutive Class 1 championship in the desert series, an unmatched record. Mark drove ·alone all year in the Chenowth powered by a six cylinder Porsche engine. He won four races, three overall, but the season started with a rare dnf at Parker. He won for the first time at a HORA race at the Gold Coast, and also took the win and overall titles at the Mint 400, the Baja Internacional and the Baja 1000. He also scored a pair of second place finishes, at the Fireworks 250, and at the Nevada 500 taking the flag with broken rear suspension. He placed seventh after troubles at the Great Mojave 250. Mark won the Class 1 title by 50 points. Dusty Times February 1989 This is the system run by most off road race winners TRl•MIL BOBCAT· CHROME GO FOR DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 15

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CLASS 2 -UNLIMITED TWO SEAT -BOB GORDON - Bob Gordon had two different co-drivers in 1988, Tim Crabtree and Frank Arciero, Jr. Bob and Tim started the season right by winning overall at Parker in the Chenowth that had a variety of powerplants throughout the season. Gordon also won Class 2 at the Baja Internacional and the Baja 1000, and came in second at the Mojave 250 and the Fireworks 250. The winner of the True Grit award for the third consecutive year, Gordon was fifth at the Nevada 500, eighth at the Gold Coast and 17th at the Mint 400. Bob Gordon and his son Robby are the first father and son team to win their class championships in the same season. The SCORE Great Mojave 250 was just four weeks later, on Easter weekend at that, plus it was the Passover holiday and the start of daylight saving time. Despite such date conflicts the entry was remarkably strong with almost as many bikes as in 1987 and the car entry was down just by 24. New for the race in the dusty Lucerne Valley was the format of two courses, one for the bikes and one for the 16 car classes. Happily now, the cars could start early in the morning instead of having to wait for the bikes to clear all of their laps. The early start brought all of the winners in just after tingency donors turned out to find themselves elbow to elbow on a narrow side road, forcing most to park their rigs in the soft desert. It was Class 2 again first off the line at 7:00 a.m. Again, it was Class 2 in for the overall victory; this time it was the Porsche powered Raceco driven by Willis Hamilton and Marty Letner that took top honors. Just over a min, ute behind came Bob Gordon and Tim Crabtree, second in class and overall. Chet Huffman drove his-Toyota powered ORE to the win in Class 1. Willie Melancon drove his Mirage solo to beat 43 other Class 1,2,1600 racers, followed in by veteran Jim Sumners. The Heavy Metal results were different this race. Rookies Chris, tian Pike and John Lemieux got the aged Pike family Bronco home first in Class 3, in fact they were the only team to finish. Las Vegan Jack Johnson whipped the radical Nissan in for the win in Class 4. lt was a war of attrition in Class 8 but Dave Shoppe won it for Ford, but Robby Gordon, despite woes, took second. David Quill drove alone to victory in Class 14 in his wild Chevy Special. The Klawitter brothers won again in Class 5, and Roy and Mike Taylor took the 5,1600 honors. Wes and Greg Moser won Class 6 in their Ford Ran, chero, and Ramon Castro notched the Class 11 vi_~ory as he started his trip to the points title. Back on form, Manny and T udy Joe Esquerra won Class 7 in the Ford, and Spencer Low was back on form in the Nissan too, winning Class 7S. Class 7 4x4 went to the Chevy S, 10 of Jeff MacPherson. Michael Church drove alone to win Class 10 in a Raceco, and Rick Johnson was the fastest in the 31 car Challenger field in a Hi Jumper. Less than half, 108, fin, ished the race, and the high rate of attrition was blamed on both the heavy dust and the fact that so much of the course was restricted from either stationary pits or chase crews. Many who broke were stuck in the desert until the r~ce was ~:wer. West Coast Distributor fOII HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 OUR PRICE $695.00 Per Set 2 Ratio's Available Mc Kenzie Automotive 12945 Sherman Way #4 North Hollywood, CA 91605 702/873-1962 818/764-6438 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 16 ' noon, and the last vehicle was out of time at 5:00 p.m. The new schedule left plenty of time for most to attend the evening awards and still get home for Easter Sun, day. Despite it being Good Fri, day, an enormous amont of con, Mike Schwellinger and Les Erickson earned more points by winning Class 3 in the Jeep, and Jerry McDonald took Class 4 in Joe MacPherson's Chevy. Frank CLASS 1-2-1600-1600cc RESTRICTED ENGINE -GARY COGBILL - Gary Cogbill and his partner John Marking are another team that finished all eight series races in 1988. They got their only victory in the big class at the Parker 400, but dropped to eleventh at the Gold Coast. They were back on form at the Great Mojave placing third, and took fourth at the Mint 400, and followed that with fifth place at the Baja Internacional. Things went sour for the team at the Fireworks 250, as they finished 29th. They moved back into the class points lead with a ninth place finish at the tough Nevada 500, and finished the season with a hard earned fourth at the Baja 1000. CLASS 3 • SHORT WB 4X4 -MIKE SCHWELLINGER - One of only five repeat class champions from 1987, Mike Schwellinger and his partner and fellow driver Les Erickson had a great year, winning Class 3 in four events driving the Jeep CJ-7. They started all eight races, but unlike 1987 they failed to finish at both the Gold Coast and the Nevada 500. But they won at Parker, the Great Mojave, the Mint 400 and the Baja Internacional. Their other two finishes were second places at the Fireworks 250 and the Baja 1000, and that is quite a record for the team that just completed their third year of racing off road. The Conejo Off Road team will be going for a third Class 3 title in 1989. February 1989 Dusty Times

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CLASS 4 - LONG WB 4X4 - JACK JOHNSON -Jack Johnson had a fine season driving the wild Nissan in Class 4, and along the way he won the class four times. Jack started with a second in class at Parker, but came back strong to win at the Gold Coast, and the Mint 400, the Fireworks 250, an the Baja 1000, all venues where he has won before either on a bike or in a Class 1 car. Mechanical troubles dropped Jack Johnson to fifth at the Baja Internacional and sixth at the Nevada 500. He finished the Great Mojave in fourth spot, but course infractions dropped him out of the picture there. He won Class 4 by just six points. year end rewards. There were some "firsts" at the Mint 400 in 1988. It was the first time the race, or any major event really, had been stopped before the time allowance ran out because of weather. By mid-afternoon gale force winds were gusting in the 70 mph range, the start/ finish area had zero visibil-ity, the rescue helicopters had been grounded, and while the route east of the mountains had good weather, conditions over the 20 miles around Jean were so poor that authorities advised HORA to get all the racers off the course before dark, since there would be no way to find downed race cars after dark. The edict was issued around three in the after-noon, and broadcast through the pits. All cars were red · flagged starting at 5:30 p.m., regardless of how well they were running or how close it was to the cut off time. For some of the late starting classes, it effectively robbed them of the chance to start the fourth lap and earn finishing points. But, most agreed that the silt beds around Jean were dangerous enough in the high wind and dust driven fog in the daylight, and most felt the decision to stop the race was correct. Vessels won Class 8 in his Chevy, followed in a minute by Steve McEachern, with Robby Gordon, Ford, in third. All three trucks were bdlt by Jon Nelson, who rides with Vessels. The Class 14 honors went to Boone England and Jim Hummel in a tidy Chevy Blazer. Hartrnut and Wolfram Klawit-ter scored a hat trick, taking their third Class 5 victory in a row. Roy and Mike Taylor won Class 5-1600 again. Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling got back in the win-ning mode in the old Class 6 Chevy, and Sergio and Porfirio Gutierrez won over a surprisingly strong eight Beetle Class 11 field. Roger Mears got his first Class 7 victory of the season in the Nis-san, as did Willie Valdez in his Ford Ranger in Class 7S. Mike Lesle won Class 7 4x4 in his Jeep Comanche, as both the stocker mini truck classes showed strength in entry, 21 in 7S alone. Joey Adzima surprised the regu-lars by winning Class 10 by over eight minutes in his Homebuilt single. Tom Malloy won over 34 others in the tight running Chal-lenger Class. Most of the competi-tors liked the new course format, four Si mile laps instead of the awkward and more difficult logis-tically three lap course of yore. The HDRA Mint 400 was a mere four weeks later, and this year the race course also moved south from Sloan to Jean, Nevada. Sloan, apparently, now has too many warehousing operations to host a race through the middle of the development. The Mint entry was up a few cars from 1987, and the 20th running of the tradi-tional race covered four 90 odd mile rough laps, that again fea-tured a romp through a moto-cross course in the middle of the lap. It is great for grandstand spec-tators, but tough on the racing machinery. Once again contingency row was set up on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. While it stretched for over three blocks, the parking supervisors had made sure that it did by first, allowing tractor trailers, and second, park-ing them parallel to the curb. Plus, there were as many non-contin-Dusty Tlma gency donors on the street, hawk-ing food, jewelry and the like, as there were serious series regulars. The heavy charge for parking on contingency row has seen some regulars pass the opportunity at this race, so the space was filled by local street vendors, apparently. There were 331 starters on the line in Jean early on Saturday morning, and the weather was pleasant. However, at the drivers' meeting Walt Lott did say that high winds were in the forecast for the afternoon. Being the fourth race in the desert series, the Mint 400 is the pivot event for many. Those who do well here continue the points chase, and those who don't g~t a little _less serious about Another" first" at the Mint was far more pleasant. After many years of trying, Mark McMillin won the Mint 400 overall and in Class 1, taking the lead for good on the last lap in the Class 1 Chenowth-Porsche. Class 2 was a see saw battle all the way between half a dozen cars. At the flag it was Floridian Jimmie Crowder who drove the distance to win in his Raceco, i;r CLASS 5 · UNLIMITED BAJA BUG -HARTMUT KLAWITTER -Hartmut Klawitter and his brother and co-driver Wolfram had the most incredible season of any champions. They set out to win the class title, and only the smaller entry in Class 5 kept them from figuring in the overall standings. The Klawitters won six of the eight races and finished them all, never worse than third. With six races counting for the points it was a perfect score. The brothers won at Parker, the Gold Coast, the Great Mojave, the Baja Internacional, the Fireworks 250, and the Baja 1000. They were second at the Nevada 500 and third in the Mint 400. Their immaculate race car is always prepped and fine tuned for the terrain of the event. HORA/SCORE 1988 FINAL SERIES POINT STANDINGS (List includes all racers who qualified for the 3. Buddy Renoe 131 CLASS 8 (33 Racers) CLASS 22 (52 Racers) point titles under the rules of the HORA/SCORE 4. Jerry McDonald 127 1. Robby Gordon 200 1. Paul Krause 113 Desert Series. Total racers - 974. Total Quali-5. John Dyck 64 2. Frank Vessels 199 2. Dan Ashcraft 104 fiers -144.) CLASS 5 (36 Racers) 3. Steve McEachem 173 3. Dan Smith 70 1. Hartmut Klawitter 211 4. Steve Kelley 154 4. Ken Rieger 55 FOUR-WHEEL VEHICLES 2. Bob Utgard 170 5. Dave Shoppe 141 CLASS 30 (33 Racers) CLASS 1 (38 Racers) 3. George Seeley, Jr. 133 6. Walker Evans 134 1. Kenny Parry 96 1. Mark McMillin 215 4. Stan Parnell 78 7. Frank Mancha 90 2. Scott Anderson 83 2. Tom Koch 165 5. Lisa Dickerson 74 8. Ken Conard 77 3. David Callaway 59 3. Ken Frost 135 CLASS 511600 (81 Racers) CHALLENGER (101 Racers) 4. Jim Townsend 56 4. Bud Feldkamp 133 1. Andy L DeVercelly 197 1. Nick Gross 259 CLASS 38 (24 Racers) 5. John Kelly 130 2. Roy Taylor 185 2. Mike Ward 205 1. Mike Harper 78 6. Ron Brant 109 3. Darryl Cook 184 3. Pancho Bio 204 2. Neil Manninen 50 7. Ivan Stewart 99 4. Mike Jones 166 4. Rich Richardson 185 8. Bob Shepard 76 5. Steve Lawrence 131 5. Larry Martin 182 4-WHEEL ATVs CLASS 2 (71 Racers) CLASS 6 (13 Racers) 5. James Tucker 182 CLASS 23 (4 Racers) 1. Bob Gordon 240 1. Wes Moser 158 7. Ray McClain 154 1. Tom Sullivan 61 2. Corky McMillin 210 2. Larry Schwacofer 122 8. Don Rountree 135 2. Mike Lee 57 3. Mike Lund 179 3. Ame Gunnarsson 116 9. Dennis Stankavich 132 CLASS 24 (40 Racers) 4. Danny Letner 166 4. Dale Jordon 77 10. Tom Malloy 90 1. Glen ·Elliott 102 5. Bob Richey 157 CLASS 7 (12 Racers) CLASS 10 (69 Racers) 2. Fred Wing 101 6. Doug Aldridge 134 1. Larry Ragland 156 1. Michael Church 204 3. Rodney Engen 97 7. Steve Sourapas 127 2. Manny Esquerra 133 2. Steve Centurioni 166 4. Dale Wentworth 86 8. Steve Godfrey 96 3. Roger Mears 128 3. Dave Wood 156 5. Jeff Courts 66 CLASS 112-1600 (I 44 Racers) 4. Russ Jones 58 4. William Poe 150 6. Ted Olsen 64 1. Gary A Cogbill 220 CLASS 7S (42 Racers) 5. Jim Smith 119 7. Henry Hernandez 61 2. Kevin J Smith 206 1. Paul Simon 225 6. Dick Weyhrich 109 8. Guy Barlow 55 3. Dominic Borra 201 2. Willie Valdez 210 7. Mike Withers 73 9. William Weichert 29 4. Pete Mccowen 192 3. Spencer Low 201 CLASS 11 (21 Racers) 10. Doug Roll 27 5. Stuart Chase 154 4. Malcolm Vinje 182 1. Ramon Castro 137 CLASS 25 (13 Racers) 6. Jim Fishback.Sr. 152 5. Mike Falkosky 166 CLASS 14 (24 Racers) 1. Dean Sundahl 92 7. Brian Parkhouse 151 6. Scott Douglas 142 1. Boone England 147 2. Ray Schooley 62 8. Tom DeNault 142 7. Evan Evans 129 2. Giti Gowland 98 3. Dusty Burwell 58 9. Larry Smith 118 8. Eric Lane 120 3. Emil Downey 97 4. Brett King 55 10. Dan Araujo 113 9. Rob MacCachren 113 4. Charles Woodard 70 1 I. Morley Williams 89 10. Cam Thieriot 91 ODYSSEYS 12. Duke Perrin 83 11. Dave Turner 78 MOTORCYCLES CLASS 3 (28 Racers) CLASS 7/4X4 (25 Racers) CLASS 20 (13 Racers) CLASS 34 (7 Racers) 1. Mike Schwellinger 173 1. Mike Leste 197 1. John Braasch, Jr. 81 1. Scott Hewitt 81 2. Matt Pike 139 2. Dave Simon 169 2. Tim Clark 50 2. Juan Lencioni 55 3. Don Adams 129 3. John S Swift 163 5. Jeff Martinez 28 3. Bryan Saasta 52 4. Richard Bundy 111 4. Gregg Symonds 119 CLASS 21 (37 Racers) 4. Debbie Bunch 38 5. Rick Sieman 90 5. David Ashley 117 1. Ted Hunnicutt, Jr. 109 5. James Saasta 20 CLASS 4 (12 Racers) 6. Jeff MacPherson 110 2. Mark Vanscourt 80 6. Fred Newman 15 1. Jack Johnson 161 7. Jim Conner 109 3. Joey Lane 70 CLASS 44 (1 Racer) 2. Rod Hall 155 8. Wayne Demonja 95 4. Scott Morris 51 No qualifiers February 1989 Page 17

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CLASS 5-1600 -1600cc BAJA BUG -ANDY L. DeVERCELLY • Andy DeVercelly is a veteran off road racer, his wins going back to the 1960s in the Baja races. Last season he won the Class 5-1600 title with his son Andy R. DeVercelly co-driving, and the team set out to repeat their championship in 1988, and they won by just 12 points. Their only victory came when it was needed, at the Baja 1000. They were third at the Gold Coast and Nevada 500, fourth at the season ooener at Parker, and fifth in the Baja Internacional and sixth at Mojave. Troubles dropped them to tenth at the rugged Ff reworks 250, and their only dnf was at the Mint 400, one of many cars waved off the course before starting the last lap. hour and finishing twelve minutes faster than Bob Gordon and Tim Crabtree, who placed second overall along with winning Class 2. Class 1-2-1600 continued being the largest class in the race, with 32 starters, and Tom and Bob DeN a ult won the class by twelve minutes over Scott McMil-lin and Ron Stacy; both teams drove Chenowths. Class 5 and their backup Bug was only a few minutes behind in second. Ray Gastelum and Tom Minga got a long sought victory in Class 5-1600. Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling nursed the 1957 Chevy home the Class 6 winner. Ramon Castro won Class 11 on his home turf. [Ir' place second overall, and his was a happy crew. Las Vegan Mike Spina made a rare appear-ance on the major circuit and won the 7 4 car Class 1-2-1600 honors. Adding to their points lead, Mike Schwellinger and Les Erick-son managed to start their fourth lap just ahead of the cut off, and, as the only finisher, they won the 16 rig Class 3. Jack Johnson won Class 4 for Nissan. Surprising many, 19 year old Robby Gordon won Class 8 in Jim Venable's hay hauler Ford, and placed a quick third overall. None got to start the last lap in Class 14, but Emil and John Downey were the fastest for three laps in their Jeep Scrambler. Larry Ragland won Class 7 by an hour in the Chevy S-10, but Paul Simon andJohnJohnson just squeaked out the 7S win by four seconds over Willie Valdez, both driving Ford Rangers. Mike Lesle won Class 7 4x4 again in the Jeep. The team of Bob Utgard and Jeff Hibbard won Class 5 by a bunch, and Scot and Brock Jones won Class 5-1600 by 20 minutes. Wes and Greg Moser won Class 6, their Ranchero the only fin-isher. Jack and Tim Zandbergen were the fastest in Class 11, which had to cover just two laps. David Ramocinski and Norm Lester came out of the 44 car herd in Challenger Class to win in a Raceco. It was a tight fight in Class 10, but the Arizona team of Brad Person and Tony Kujala took top spot in a DirTrix. Of the 341 starters, only 100 cars covered all four laps. Baja beckoned to the racers early in June. The Score Presi-dente Baja Internacional drew 234 starting cars and 98 motorcy-cles. If it was another husky entry, the crowd of contingency donors along the main street in Ensenada was even more impressive. The course differed some from pre-vious races, and this year about 20 percent of the 4 79 miles was on paved roads. This race was another triumph for Mark McMillin, who drove alone to first in Class 1 and first overall, winning his class by an N SAHARA ~ X u.l > SIRIUS >-u.l ..J ..J < > SPRING MTN. :I: t--::J 0 CJ') ci > ..J co :j VDO - Chenowth - Simpson TriMil - K & N Filters - Bugpack Bilstein - Centerline - Cibie Hewland -Porsche Turbo CVs Beard's Seats- Parker Pumpe·r Yokohama Tires -Super Trapp Gem Gears -KYB Shocks Sway-A-Way Transaxle Parts Wright Place - Dura Blue Ultra Boot - Neal Products SEE PAT OR DAVE OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Monday-Friday - 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday - 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. NEV ADA PHONE ORDER HOUSE 3054 So. Valley View, Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 871-4911 • (702) 871-5604 Page 18 Mike Schwellinger and Les Erickson whipped into another Class 3 victory, this time by a mere 49 seconds over Matt and Gale Pike. It wasn't as close in Class 4 as Jerry McDonald won again in the Chevy. Proving his Mint victory was no fluke, Robby Gordon, with Russ Wernimont riding along in the Ford, not only won Class 8, but placed third overall again. Charlie Woodward and George Fishback were the ~ only finishers in Class 14, driving " a Ford Bronco. It was no surprise to see Hart-m ut and Wolfram Klawitter win Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra won Class 7 by over an hour in the Ford and were fifth overall. Paul Simon won again in Class 7S, this time placing tenth overall in his Ford. Making it an all Ford mini truck show, David Ashley anq Chris Robinson took the win in Class 7 4x4. Michael Church did the solo trip in his Raceco to the Class 10 victory and seventh overall. The Challenger Class was tight from flag to flag. Larry Martin and Mar-tin Schlosser won by just two minutes over Nick Gross and Joe Valentine. Just four weeks later the troops assembled for the Fireworks 250 CLASS 6 -PRODUCTION SEDAN • WES MOSER • The Moser Brothers, Wes and Greg, set out to win the Class 6 championship in 1988, the first season in which they entered all eight events. With more help from the family they won four races driving the Ford Ranchero, the wins coming at the Gold Coast, then the Mint 400, and they ended the season first at the Nevada 500 an the Baja 1000. They finished second at both Parker and the Fireworks 250, placed third at the Great Mojave, and were fifth at the Baja Internacional. In a class known for high attrition, the Moser Brothers finished all eight events. ...;_ ~~ ~ ~"' ) ¥;• '". k ..._= '4:. CLASS 7 -UNLIMITED MINI-MIDI TRUC/. - LARRY RAGLAND - Larry Ragland won his first championship in a truck class, driving the Chevrolet S-10 pickup. The title was no fluke, as the Arizona driver won the class three times, and placed well in the other events. Ragland scored class victories at the first race of the year, the Parker 400, and also won the Mint 400 and the Nevada 500, on terrain normally not too friendly to small trucks. Larry had three second places to go with the trio of wins, at the Gold Coast, the Fireworks and the Baja 1000. He also placed third at the Great Mojave and the Baja Internacional. Ragland is moving to Class 2 in 1989, in a race car that will look like a Chevy truck. February 1989 Dusty nma

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CLASS 7 4X4 • STOCK I/I/NI-MIDI 4X4 · MICHAEL LESLE · Mike Lesia won his second consecutive Class 7 4x4 championship driving a Jeep Comanche, with Jim Wright co-driving on the longer events. He won three events during the season, the Great Mojave, the Mint 400, and th<> finale, the Baja 1000. He entered all eight r.aces, and his only dnf was at the Gold Coast. All his other finishes were second place, where he finished at Parker, the Baja Internacional, the Fireworks 250 and the rugged Nevada 500. Lesle is now a three time SCORE/HORA champion, having won the Class 5-1600 title in 1985, the inaugural year of the series. style, and a lap was about 60 miles. -Chenowth. The fastest Class 3 rig was the Jeep W rangier of Don Adams and Larry Olsen, who covered three laps. Jack Johnson zoomed to another Class 4 victory in his Nis-san. Once again it was Robby Gordon in for the Class 8 win, this time the Ford was fifth overall O!) the rough and rocky course. David Quill covered three laps in his Chevy to win the Class 14 title. The Klawitter brothers con-tinued their winning ways at Bar-stow, this time finishing ten min-utes ahead of Bob Utgard. Youngsters Darren Hardesty and Kreston Pons beat all the veterans in Class 5-1600, their victory margin just one minute. Steve Russell took the three lap wm in Class 6 in his Camaro, and Ramon Castro again topped the Class 11 entry. Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra grabbed the Class 7 win for Ford, and David Simon andJohnJohn-son gave Ford another win, taking Class 7 4x4. Rob MacCachren became a trucker in 1988, and he and Mike Smigulec won Class 7S in a Jeep Comanche. There were 35 in Challenger Class and Nick Gross and Joe Valentine won a close one, by four minutes over Rick Johnson. Dave r;.,.. in Barstow, facing three figure temperatures and a whole new format for what has always been a twilight event. Now the schedule followed that of other HDRA events, with contingency row, reg-istration and tech on Friday, and the race starting early on Saturday morning. While many grumbled about having to leave their jobs to be there on Friday, 259 cars took the green flag. Still, it continued the slide in entry for this race, from 293 in 1986, and 279 in 1987. The six races in six months · does take its toll on the sixth in the line up. Happily the format returned to the popular four lap At Barstow the single seaters usually win overall, and 1988 was no exception. Jim Stiles drove his Toyota powered Raceco to the Class 1 and overall victory in grand style, besting Mark McMil-lin by 25 minutes in Class 1. W il-l is and Mark Hamilton drove their potent Porsche powered Raceco to second overall and the Class 2 victory, just two minutes faster than Bob Gordon and Frank Arciero, Jr., who were third overall. Just 18 years old, Doug Fortin Jr. drove alone to win the 52 car Class 1-2-1600 in his CLASS 10 - UNLIMITED 1650cc · MICHAEL CHURCH· Michael Church had a little driving help from his father Bill in the early part of the season, but he went solo in most of the races. His class victories came at the Gold Coast 300, and the Baja Internacional and the Baja 1000, which he drove alone for the first time. Church scored third place at the Fireworks 250 and fourth at the Nevada 500. He was ninth at Parker, and suffered two dnfs, at the Great Mojave and the Mint 400. Still, he won the Class 10 championship by 38 points, as this class has a variety of strong competitors, and few consistent race winners. Dusty Tlma Fcbnaary 1989 Page 19

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• • I Gross and Joe Valentine won Challenger Class by nearly two hours. Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson not only won Class 10 in their Raceco, they placed seventh overall on this very tough race course. cheered as Frank Vessels brought the Chevy in first in Class 8 and second overall, and Frank lost the points title by a single point to Robby Gordon, .who finished third in Class 8 with a sick engine. Boone England and Jim Hummel got their Blazer in for the Class 14 win with time to spare. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawit, ter won again in Class 5, having a wonderful season, and earning the championship early. But, Andy De Vercelly and his son earned the season title in Baja by winning Class 5,1600. Wes and Greg Moser also won the Class 6 rac~ and the championship in Mexico. Nobody finished in Class 11, but Ramon Castro did retain his championship for another year. CLASS 11 -STOCK VW SEDAN -RAMON CASTRO - Ramon Castro is one of a few Mexican competitors who travel north to compete in off road races, and Ramon started all eight events in 1988, failing to finish in the first, Parker, and the last, the Baja 1000. Castro is another champion who recorded four victories in his quest for the title, at the Gold Coast, the Baja Internacional, the Fireworks 250 and the Nevada 500. Ramon was third at the Mint 400 and fourth at the Great Mojave 250. Ramon uses a variety of co-drivers, but generally drives the distance himself. The 1988 Class 11 series championship is the third in a row for the young man from Ensenada. The 1988 desert series ended nine weeks later at the 21st anni, versary of the Baja 1000. The total entry was up by several start, ers from 1987, as many came out for this traditional Baja bash. There were more companies on contingency row than h;i.d been seen in June as the line stretched around the curves on the boule, vard. For sure Ensenada felt the impact of this race. The course was similar to 1987, but a good deal of the pavement running was eliminated. All praised the deci, sion to have the ceremonial start on the ocean front as always, but each car had an hour to go 25 miles to a restart, on the dirt road main street of Ojos Negros. Few have enjoyed dicing with normal traffic on Baja highways, and this move eliminated 25 miles of such action. The factory Class 7 trucks all had big troubles and Ernesto and Alfredo Arambula won in a Dodge D,50. The hard fought Class 7S championship went to Paul Simon a·nd John Johnson who won in Baja in the Ford. Mike Lesle and Jim Wright won Class 7 4x4 in the Jeep, and Mike had already garnered the year end title. I:.-Wood and Gary Sult rump. As expected, most felt the topped the 23 starters in Class 10. points battles were over at Bar, Only 134 finished the hot and stow, and this event was the only dusty Fireworks 250. The race one in the 1988 series with less was marred by the untimely death than 200 starting cars, as 186 of HORA President Walt Lott, took the green flag. Some were who was the victim of a massive just not ready for more Nevada heart attack while out on the silt or three digit temperatures on course during the race. Most of race day. Still HORA had the act the competitors were not aware of together, missing Walt Lott but Lott's death until after they fin, not letting it interfere with the ished their laps, the HORA folks race organization. not wanting to disturb the prog, As he did at the Gold Coast ressoftheeventwith the sad news. race-, Brian Collins, who ·was The racers now had two second off the line, was soon first months to lick their wounds and on the road, and he stayed there repair their cars after the super all the way north, survived a 15 rough Barstow race. And they minute stop at a road crossing needed time to prepare for the before the common north/ south rugged Nevada 500 that replaced route, and carried on to win over, the Craig, Colorado event on the all in the Class 2 Chenowth HORA calendar. The 446 mile powered by a six cylinder route in Nevada went from Pah, Porsche. Collins bested Corky rump north to T onopah, then McMillin arid Brian Ewalt, who south back to the finish in Pah, were second overall and in class in THE WRIGHT PLACE~. COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! The coil springs you are seeing on cars in magazines and at the finish line, are products of The Wright Place. You can use them on Fox, Bilstein, or Rough Country's Nitro Charger. Springs are available in 1, 2, or 3 stages, and various lengths. Easy to install and adjust. Wrenches come with the kit for adjustments. Another great idea from the front end experts of off road racing. 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 (619) 561-4810 P.19« IO another Chenowth/Porsche, by 14 minutes. Bill and Brian Church won Class 1 by an hour in their Raceco. And, Doug Fortin Jr. won again in Class 1,2,1600, the teenager driving the entire dis, tance alone, and most of the course was silty. Matt Pike and Steve Hummel won Class 3 by hours in a Dodge Ramcharger, and Rodney Hall and Jim Fricker kept the Dodge together to win Class 4. Frank Vessels and Jon Nelson herded their Chevy to the Class 8 victory and fourth overall. Don German came from northern California to solo his Chevy powered Jeep to the Class 14 victory, and he won by over an hour. . Gary Bates and Don McAfee won Class 5, undoubtedly the most thrilled winners in the event. Robert Knight and LeRoy Hansen came out to run Class 5,1600 after a long absence, and they won. The Moser brothers moved into the points lead with their Class 6 victory, an hour ahead of the rest of the sedans. Nobody finished in Class 11, but Ramon Castro got to T onopah the fastest. Larry Ragland zipped his Chevy into the Class 7 victory, while Mike and Pat Falkosky won Class 7S in a Toyota. David Simon and John Johnson took Class 7 4x4 honors for Ford by nearly an · hour. Despite some mishaps, Nick The weather was beautiful last November, no rab all through the weekend, and competitors came from all over the globe, including Russia, for this most international of all off road races. They faced the !:hallenge of the pine forest and the Pacific beaches on the west side of the peninsula, the mountain trails in the middle and the deep sand and rutted trails on the eastern side of Baja California. There were 223 starters in the 16 car classes and 98 of them fin, ished the 700 mile route. Mark McMillin, who nearly always does ~ell in Baja, won overall again, having a totally trouble free run in the Chenowth. His overall victory margin was 21 minutes, and well over an hour in Class 1. It was the first time that Mark had soloed the 1000 race, and this trip he obviously did not need a relief driver. Bob Gordon and Frank Arciero, Jr. won Class 2 by a good margin over Corky McMillin and Brian Ewalt, and these teams were third and fourth overall. Bill and Scott Reams won Class 1,2,1600 by nine minutes, placed eleventh overall and it was the first victory in 20 years of off road racing for Bill Reams. Baja chargers Don Adams and Larry Olsen won Class 3 by over an hour in the Jeep.Jack Johnson secured a points title by winning Class 4 in the Nissan. The crowd Mike Leon and Javier-Tiznado scored another win for Mexico, taking the Challenger Class by a good margin. Michael Church drove alone in his Raceco to win Class 10 by over an hour and he finished ninth overall. Yokohama was the winner in the tire wars again, this year with six class champions, Classes 1,2, 1600, 5,1600, 6, Challenger, 10, and 14. BFGoodrich had four winners in Classes 1, 2, 5, and 8. General Tire took three titles in Classes 3, 4 and 7. Taking a championship each were Arm, strong, Firestone and Goodyear in Clases 11, 7S and 7 4x4 respectively. Among the chassis brands, Ford won three championships, Classes 6, 7S and 8, as did VW, Classes 5, 5, 1600 and 11. Chen, owth won in both Class 1. and 2, and Chevrolet won Classes 7 and 14, while Jeep won Classes 3 and 7 4x4. Nissan won Class 4, Jimco won Class 1,2,1600, Racecowon Class 10 and LaPlant won Chal, lenger Class and the overall title. To salute each class champion properly, we are featuring pie, tu res of their cars in action, with a brief report 6n how they won their title in the fourth season of the combined desert points series. A full list of the final 1988 points standings is also included. CLASS 14 - UNLIMITED 4X4 -BOONE ENGLAND - Boone England and his co-driver Jim Hummel had a good year in their tame looking Chevrolet Blazer. They started seven events, missing the Baja Internacional, and they failed to finish the nasty Mint400 course. But, they also won Class 14 twice, at the Mojave 250 and the final series race, the Baja 1000. They placed second at both Parker and th~ Fireworks 250 and finished third at both the Gold Coast and the Nevada 500. Boone England is the last Class 14 champion for the records. The class has been absorbed by Class 3, at least for the next two years. February 1989 Dusty nma

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BOB GORDON 1988 HORA/SCORE CLASS 2 CHAMPION OVERALL WINNER, TOYOTA TRUE GRIT AWARD MARK McMILLIN HARTMUT KLAWITTER 1988 HORA/SCORE CLASS 1 CHAMPION 1988 HORA/SCORE CLASS 5 CHAMPION ROB GORDON -----------, 1988 HORA/SCORE CLASS 8 CHAMPION HORA/SCORE HEAVY METAL TITLIST BFGoodrich would like to thank every driver, vehicle owner and crewmember for making 1988 such a success! BFGoodrich T/A radial-equipped trucks, cars and buggies claimed a total of 33 class wins in HORA/SCORE Off-Road Series·competition this season - plus four overall race victories. And, for good measure, BFG drivers added a record 10 class wins at the SCORE Off-Road World Championship. Congratulations, thanks -and good luck in 1989! BFGOODRICH l/A®'s WE MAK~ }:QW%:R CAR PERFORM™ . .... -.. "'

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MILLER SERIES FINALE AT GLEN HELEN Robby Gordon Takes Win in Glen Helen By Elaine Jones Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises Robby Gordon dusted off his stadium Chenowth to race at Glen Helen, and placed second in the first heat, won the second heat and the main event and took home almost $1200 for the day. The November day was ordered that he went by his brother and set for racing with perfect weather his sights on Bentley. He got his and clear skies. It was also the chance to take over second on the finale of the Miller Off Road white flag lap and not one to argue Challenge Series and a lot of com- with lady luck he went on by and petitors were in the hunt for the was there at the checkered. winning bucks. A big THANK The Main event was again all YOU goes to Miller for their sup-Gordon with Kent avoiding port during the season. It's great another pile up in the same spo~ to to know there are companies will-capture second all the way leavmg ing to get involved in racing. third up for grabs. Phil Carter Jr. It was Robby Gordon Day in in the Borelli Automotive/ BFG/ Class 10, but Randy Rhinehart Trick/Dad sponsored Funcoheld appears to have won the war and third for three laps before prob-the point Championship in spite lems dropped him to fifth, and of a day that was all downhill for Eric Arras in his McDonalds/ him. In the first heat Rninehart Shock Tech car took over. Carter was wire to wire in his Web Cam/ really tried to come back and BFG/KYB Chenowth. Gordon worked his way through a few came from a back row start and by lapped cars but ran out of time the end of one lap the only vehicle and had to settle for fourth. ahead of him and the second spot The Stadium Trucks were on was Kent Castle and his Stephanie hand again and although short on Castle/ Raceco sponsored Raceco. quantity they more than made up On the white flag lap Gordon for it with quality. The only prob-took the day-glo painted car to the lem throughout the day was the second leaving Castle with the Mazda of Jeff Huber, backed by show honors. Mazda Motors/General Tire/ Heat II had Rhinehart no where Pennzoil/Champion/Fox Shocks/ to be found and Gordon showing Mogi Trans and KC Hilites, ran the troops the way it's done as he strong while David Ashley in the led from start to finish avoiding Turbowash/Bosch/Goodyear/ the jam up that occurred in the Motorcraft Ford had problems,. first turn after five cars tried to go finally taking it to the pits after where only two fit. Dan Bentley only one lap into the main. came out of the jam second with It was the same story in the Brad Castle in his North Ameri-Super Stock Division with Lloyd can Raceco/ Fat Performance car Castle in his David Smock Nissan third and brother Kent, fourth. having a super good time while Kent was content to sit and wait Vince Tjelmeland in his General and it was not until the third lap Tire Nissan was reaping fully of Murphy's law and retired to the pits after two laps. Since his per-formance was the most consistent during the year he should still have enough for the points win. There was a good turnout of 1-2-1600 and the battle came down to Andy Anderson and Steve Bishop who started the day at 334 and 319 points respec-tively. The first heat had third place in points standings Rick Boyer out on top in his JB Auto Body/ Independent Pipe Funco, followed by Anderson in the For-eign Unlimited VW with Rick Bucy in the Team Swolen/C&S Tranny in third. Bishop at this point had the Bishop Off Road Racing/JG Transmissions Bishop Special in sixth but he was on the move as was Anderson. By the time Bishop had taken over third Anderson had passed Boyer and had locked up the lead. It took Bishop two laps to get around Boyer but he got to the checkered to take the second. Bishop reversed the tables on Anderson in Heat II going wire to wire with Anderson right behind him. waiting for the mistake that never came. Boyer again rounded out the field with third. With both :Bishop and Ander-son working on a first and second in points, the main is what it all came down to. It was Bishop that had the quickest foot and he got the hole shot and never relin-quished it. Anderson tried every-Steve Bishop had a third and a win in the 1-2-1600heats, and he won the main event over ten other cars, but fell short of the championship, placing second on the season points. Andy Anderson won the first 1600 heat, got second in the next one and the main event, and he earned enough points to win the 1-2-1600 title on points for 1988. thing short of a bomb in an attempt to get around him but it was to no avail. At the end it was Bishop, Anderson and Rob Mathews who moved up a slot to put his Bill Silberman Construc-tion Puma into the third. Not knowing how the points work and the fact there were only 15 points separating the two we won't spec-ulate on the winner. The 5-1600 Class, the VW Bugs that actually have people ride along, are the true thrill seek-ers. In Heat I it was Kathy Fay and Joel Klein who broke on top in the JT Industries/ EMS Engineering Machine Service Bug followed by sister Stacy and Passenger Renee Tedesco sponsored by the same people. It almost looked like the Fay Sisters would have a lock on the top two places but unfortu-nately, Kathy didn't count on mechanical problems that would take her out on the third lap, and Stacy surely didn't count on David Anckner and passenger John Holmes in the McDon-alds/ Arras Inc./Shoei/Trick VW passing her to take over the lead with one lap to go. Stacy held on to the second but she had to hold off a hard charging R.E. Wright who was there for third. In the second heat it was again the team of Kathy and Joel that got off first and this time they made it to the last lap before Anckner was able to pass them. Stacy and Renee came up with the third. Kent Castle had a good day with a second and a third in the Class 10 heats, and second in the main; Kent· was fourth on points for the year. Eric Arras got good altitude in his Chenowth, coming on strong in the Class 10 feature to finish third in class on the day. Bob Mathews was on the move in the 1-2-1600 feature race, and he came through the pack to place third at the checkered flag. R.E. Wright was with the 5-1600 leaders every round, and got his flying Bug into third place for the day and in the main event. Page II F'cbrulry 1989 Dultyflma

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:::,,._,,..., ~.,.i;:._;:.-,=~;;.s; Stacy Fay led the 5-1600s in both heats and the main event, but Antonio Cortez led most of the second Challenger Class heat, mecnanical problems sidelined her twice, but she was second on but ended up second, and he also took second in the feature race the year end class points, third for the day. and for the day. Brian Maginnis led the first Challenger heat until the last lap, and placed third in the main and on the day's points last November. ---------------------1 he Main saw Anckner and dropped ·them to fourth. Mcln-There was a new leading man Holmes out first for a change tyres were more than happy with (men) in the second heat as John instead of playing catch up. They the first with Jeff Anders and Paul Palfreyman and Thom Lund on did get a scare when Stacy and Stimson playing the waiting game, their Pacific Motocross UCM led Rer.ee got by them on the first lap coming up with the second and from start to finish. The Mcln-b u t recovered quickly and the Hartes were third. tyres almostlocked up second but regained the lead one lap later and Whitney/Harns argued th«: poinr and won not only the argument but the plac,- spot. This time Whitney/ n ... rr," gave chase but didn't quite have enougi1 w .:arch them. The McIn-tyre!-dairneJ the r1::n.~. never gave it up. Kathy was still battling the bad luck syndrome and got only three laps into the main before she was sidelined again and could only root for her sister. What made it a bitter pill to swallow is that she was running third at the time. R.E. Wright took: over the spot and was there at the checkered. Mario Panagio-topoulos whose luck was about as good as Kathy's, should still have enough for the points champion-ship with his fourth place finish. The Challenger cars didn't have their points leader on hand, so it kind of threw the race wide open for this closely contested division. In the first heat it was Brian Maginnis in the Doug Davenport Racing car out strong until the white flag. Then he zigged when he should have zagged and Giti Gow-land, who had already moved to second in his Goodyear/ Jamar/ KC HiLites/ Miller Modified car, swept on by to take the lead and Bart Hamilton thought it was such a good idea that he went right along with him in his H&H Body Shop Funco. The second heat saw Antonio Cortez in his VW do an instant replay on the first heat and lead it to the whilte flag when Hamilton screamed by and took the win away. Gow land having some mechanical problems was a dis-tant third. Hamilton broke the white flag jinx in the Main as he went the distance and all Cortez and Maginnis could do was follow him home. Whether the win will give him enough points for the championship is too close to call. Jack Millerd, who was not there, had a pretty good lead. It's possi-ble that there could be a tie depending on how the points sys-tem works. It was an unusual day for the Sidecars to say the least. The one thing nobody did was dominate the event. In the first heat Don and John Harte wre out in front on the Bruz Brothers Racing machine. One lap later they were looking at everybody's dust from last and Scott Whitney, without his brother but with Ramsey Har-ris as his passenger, had taken over. That to was short lived when friendly rival Ken and Randy McIntyre went out front. Three laps, three leaders and it wasn't over yet. Whitney and Harris came fighting back, took over the lead and then had mechanical problems which Dusty nma Palfreyman/Lund liked that winning feeling so much they did it again the same way in the Main. FUEL SAFE Class 34. the Odyssey Class, had the llr THE #1 NAME IN RACING FUEL CELLS ORY BREAK VALVE Legal for NASCAR, USAC, IMSA, SCCA and SCORE. Mounts in variuos locations, this valve makes refueling safe and easy. It automatically closes when male probe is withdrawn to prevent any fuel spillage. 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Phil Carter, Jr. survived some minor woes with his Funco to charge back in the Class 10 main event, and he placed fourth for Tim Riordan noses over one of the spectacular jumps at Glen The stadium trucks are a hit with the Glen Helen fans, and Ja/f Helen on his waytofourthplacein the Class 1-2-1600mainevent. Huber flew his Mazda into first in Class 7 action last November. the day. - • ·"'·· ~ I'""' --· The Super Stock drivers are beginning to frequent Glen Helen races, and Lloyd Castle won the top honors in his Nissan at the season finale. While Dave Ashley must hold the altitude record at Glen Helen, his Ford has problems this time, covering only one lap in the main event. The Super Stock that Vince Tjelmeland drives is a Nissan, but this round it didn't want to run, but Vince won the season points anyhow. ~ top six in points ready to battle for the championship. It was a tight battle at that with a scant 10 points separating the top two. Ron Pierce, third in the standings, in the Klemm/Trick/ Bilstein car went out strong with John Gersjes, fourth in the stand-ings, in hot pursuit in his A&G Motorsports/H&R Fab car as was Chuck Parker, second in points, in his Chuck's Che-vy/Top Gun Racing Briggsbuilt car. Parker found the hole he was looking for on the first lap and went to second b the time the Pa,c 14 came around. Then he started dogging Pierce and got his chance on the final lap when Pierce's car went south with mechanical prob-lems. He sailed home in first with Gen,jes second and Don Archi-bald in his H&R Fab sponsored car coming from way off the pace picking up three positions to claim the show spot. It was almost a new cast of characters in the second heat and this time the top dog from the get-go was point leader Frank Chavez in his Cal Bumper/ Mels Leasin /Tri le E car. Pla in fol-low the leader were DonArchi-bald and Chuck Parker. In the Main Parker won the drag race to the first turn with Archibald and Chavez a close second and third. With Parker in front Chavez was like a man pos-sessed as he saw the champion-ship slipping away. His driving came to fruition when he took over the lead on the third lap and the championship was his. Parker held on to second until the last lap when he got tangled up with Archibald and Gersjes and Mike Lovelle in his Cal Bum r/Mel's · roved manufacturing gy aUo~;us to offer System I1 power s g assembly at an economical price. This complete lightweight system consists of all new components and includes a properly pressured steel pump, brackets, pulley, bell, valve, ram, fluid tank and necessary hardware for easy installation. Compare our . price and quality with other ~ __ manufacturers' systems. You --~ can rely on our System IJ to steer you right-Bob Gordon, Doug Fortin, Spencer "Low and the M"Millins do! Call or write today for additional information. Unique Metal Products 8745 Magnolia Santee, California 92071 619/449-9690 Fcbrulry 1919 Desert ace David Anckner zipped his 5-1600over the hills of Glen Helen to win both heats in come from behind charges, and led the main event from wire to wire. Leasing/Trip le E car got by. The top seven in Class 24 A 1V s were all on hand and then some and it all came down to Sean Finley and Andrew Buck as to who would be the top gun. In the first heat Finley, on his Klemm Research/JT /Trick/Maxima Suzuki, went wire to wire with Buck, on his CT / FMF/ Shoei/ NEO Honda, right on his tail in second and Donny Banks on his Bills Pipes/ Capitol Cycle Honda moving through the pack from fifth to be there at the end for the third. In the second heat it was Banks' turn to show the troops the way home as he left everyone in his wake. Shannon Smith was off second on her American Suzuki/ '\ PEP / MS Racing Suzuki and was giving a good account of herself when she crashed. Mark Ehrhardt on his Klemm/O'Neal/Torco/ Graydon Honda was more than happy to take over second and he held it to the white flag when Fin-ley rained on his parade and dropped him ·to third. It was the pride of Macon, Georgia, Banks that got the hole-shot ir '.he main and held class in the main event. Rick Rupert, on his HPH/ Bill's Pipes/ Las Vegas Suzuki, was second but Finley wanted the championship and got by on the second lap. He was stopped short by Banks but the second was enough to give him the title. Ruppert rounded out the field with the third. Bart Hamilton got a second in the first Challenger heat, won the second, and he led wire to wire to not only win the class for the day, but he won the points title as well. Dusty Times

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It was a Gala Banquet Evcni119 Honori119 the By Jean Calvin Dick Edwards accepted the Manufacturers Trophy for BFGoodrich, the tire champ on points, and later wondered how he was going to get the giant sized trophy home to Akron on an airplane. The day was last November 19, and the place was the swank New-porter Resort in Newport Beach, CA. 1988 was the first year that MTEG did not present their sea-son ending awards immediately _.___ __... ____ -after the final series event. Instead they put on a fancy evening one month later and racers and spon-sors alike responded to the idea, filling the banquet room. Ev-eryone was dressed in their Sun-• T Series Winnen Phows: Tracksiae Phow Enterprises day best, some in full formal dress, and many drivers were hard to recognize in tuxedos. Prior to dinner BFGoodrich hosted the cocktail hour which came complete with trays of good snacks that were so good they just might have spoiled, some folks appetite. Promptly at 7:30 p.m. the assembly moved into the din-ing room and sorted themselves into the proper tables to enjoy a fine meal while they continued bench racing. Soon it was time for the program to begin. Bob Russo opened the program with a few Italian jokes, then introduced Bill Marcel, President of MTEG. Marcel gave a brief review of the season, and also announced that ESPN would tel-evise the entire series· in 1989. Marcel then introduced Collene Thompson Campbell, Chairman of the Board of MTEG, who in turn introduced the entire Board of Directors. Master of Cere-monies Dave McClelland then took over the podium to start the actual awards. The first award was to the Mechanic of the Year, and Bill Marcel started bv presenting Nye Frank, Mazda crew chief, with his ring from 1987. Frank, in turn, presented the 1988 award to Don Tebbe, crew chief for the Arciero Racing Team. The prize money from the sup-portmg tire companies was hefty, a total of $104;000, with nearly half of that sum coming from BFGoodrich to their nine winners on tire· points. Dick Edwards of BFG made the presentations start-ing with truck drivers' points C!}a~pion Steve Millen whose check was over $8700. Edwards was the late Mickey Thompson went on to present checks to Ivan checking in on the activity. Stewart, Chris Neil, Robby Gor-The UltraCross Manufacturer don, Frank Arciero, Jr., Jerry of the Year honor went to Kawa-Whelchel, Mitch Mustard, Marty saki, while the A TV Manufactur-Coyne and Bob Gordon. The ers Trophy went ro Hondc1; Liue ro total was over $43,000 and that is riders like Donnie R::inks. The nifty race series support. UltraStock Manufacturers Cup Diane Bossert, representing was awarded to Volkswagen, am.i General Tire, then distributed :·esulted from point<; earned by nearly $30,000 to their drivers. Jeff Elrod, Chris Neil and Ken Rod Millen earned $5166, but Kazarian. Most everyone knows UltraStock driver Vince Tjelme-by now that Toyota won the land got the biggest check, $8500. Grand National Sport Truck Others on the General Tire list Manufacturers Cup for the sixth included Jeff Huber, Glenn Harris year in a row, and Les Unger was and Gary Krose. there to accept the giant cup on Jim Alexander, Goodyear's off behalf of Toyota. road field rep, had checks to dis- Steve Millen won the $5000 for tribute as well, totaling around the Peak Cool Move Cash Award $20,000. On the list were Walker by just 13 votes over his brother Evans, Al Arciero, Bill Silber-Rod Millen. There were special mann, Tim Lewis and Jimmy awards for all the track workers Nichols, who got the biggest and nice plaques were presented check, $7200. to all the committee heads that But it was Bridgestone who make the stadium races happen. presented the biggest check of the The final presentations were evening, a cool and even $13,000 special championship rings for. to Jeff Elrod who looked super in the winners in each of the six full black tie tuxedo garb. Roger classes in the stadium series. Jim Mears and Bill Bryan received the Holley won the Ultra Cross rest of the total Bridgestone purse honors, but typical of a bike rider, of over $25,000. In the MTEG he was busy racing in Nevada, so series, there is no points money his sister accepted his rewards. from the organizers, rather the The Stadium Super Lite (Odys-points fund comes from the sup- sey) championship went to Rus-porting manufacturers and goes sell East. The 4 Wheel ATV top only to the drivers who are using honors were earned by Donnie products such as tires from com- Banks who flew in from Macon, panies in the prize pool. GA for the banquet. Jeff Elrod In response to the generous accepted the championship ring support from the tire companies, in the UltraStock class, thanking MTEG conducts a points series his sponsors and family for their for them that involves the three support. Robby Gordon was the car classes, Grand National big winner in Super 1600 class, Trucks, UltraStock and Super the first of three championship 1600. The winner of this huge awards young Gordon earned in trophy was BFGoodrich, and as 1988. Ste:ve Millen, of course Dick Edwards was acceptin6 the accepted the championship award and thanking all the drivers honors in the Grand National who earned the necessary points, Sport Truck class. a slight, 3.2 earthquake rumbled The evening wound down at through the room. It scarce! y the conculsion of the awards pro-bothered the .local folks but gram. It had been a most civilized Edwards, who like many other affair, well organized and not too company reps, is here from the long. In fact people still had time midwest, did wonder what was for dancing and table hopping going on. Happily, there was just a before the place closed. It was a single jolt, and some said later it pleasant way to end a race season. 01-11, I After receiving his award for the 1987 season, Nye Frank, right, in turn presented a similar ring to Don T eebe, the 1988 Mechanic of the Year in the stadium series. MTEG President Bill Marcel, right, presented Toyota's Les Unger with his sixth consecutive Manufacturer's Cup for Toyota's high points again in Grand National Truck Class. Steve Millen collected a hefty check from BFGoodrich and the number one trophy as the Driver Points Champion for 1988 in Grand National Truck racing in his Toyota. Young Robby Gordon received his championship ring and the number one trophy as the points winner in Super 1600 class from Miss California, who assisted with the awards all evening. Dusty Times UE Tuxedo clad Jeff Elrod took home a huge check, and the number one trophy and ring for his points championship in the UltraStock category of the MTEG Series. · February 1989 -Prior to the formal banquet, attendees fueled up on generous libations and incredible snacks at the cocktail party hosted by BFGoodrich. Pagcl5

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THE SNORE SHOWBOAT ISO Troy Herbst Wins Overall by Seconds in Nevada By Jean Calvin Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises Troy Herbst won the incredibly tight racf! for the Unlimited Class honors and first overall by just 55 seconds after five tough laps. His Valley Performance Chenowth never missed a beat. In 1987 the Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts (SNORE) scheduled their season ending race on the first Saturday in December, the same date as the desert series awards banquet, also in Las Vegas, NV. The response from out of town racers coming to the awards ceremony was good, so in 1988 SNORE made the race a big time event. Th_e name changed to the Showboat 250, the race went from 200 to 250 miles and the Showboat Hotel & Casino backed the event with considerable support. Conse-quently the race turned into a three day event, similar to the SNORE 250 in September. Once again the race date was the same Saturday, December 3, as the HORA/ SCORE Awards Banquet. It all began late on the Friday afternoon with a Contingency Row set up in the Showboat Hotel parking lot followed by tech inspection. Registration hap-pened inside, an unaccustomed luxury for the SNORE workers who usually work in the open air desert early in the morning instead of in the evening with all the luxuries of a resort hotel on hand. When registration closed late in the evening, nearly 100 entries were on the list for the drawing for starting numbers. It was a bigger entry than the SNORE 250 had garnered, a little promo from a major hotel sure can make the difference. The route of the Showboat 250 drew many of the out of state entry, for the start/ finish line was in the Las Vegas Speedrome, long the site of the Mint 400, and announced as the locale for the 1989 Binion's Mint 400 start/ finish. The 50 mile course headed north and under 1-15 to a point well north of Highway 93 before turning west for a few miles and heading south to the finish line. Five laps were required for a fin-ish for Classes 1-2, 5, 10 and 1-2-1600. The others would cover four laps, the theory being that all would finish early enough in the afternoon to have time to clean up and go to the awards affair or just out for dinner on a Saturday evening. The drivers' meeting started at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, and Page 16 following that flower stands and paper decor was set up for - yes it was a wedding! Staunch SNORE racer and supporter Marty Pedi and Debbi Martinelli, from Kingman, Arizona, were get-ting married before the race. The SNORE ladies had supplied the decor, the wedding party was all dressed· in Nomex, but the girls did have wedding style head dress and bouquets. Meanwhile the Pedi 7S Toyota was being decked out with balloons, paper flowers and the traditional string of tin cans behind the truck. Amazingly, some of the balloons lasted more than a lap on course. It was a very nice wedding, and the bride and groom had to put the traditional champagne toasts on hold until after the race. There were 13 starters in the combined Class 1 and 2 group, · ten two seaters and three singles. Jim and Wendell Smith were first away promptly at 9:00 a.m., and the herd followed at thirty second intervals. SNORE officials remarked that they were glad the course was ten miles longer than usual, or they might have a prob-lem getting the unexpected heavy entry away before the first cars returned. Actually it was about 15 minutes after the final starter got the green flag when dust in the distance signaled the return of the open class cars. · Jim Barbeau was first around in his single seater with Tim and Ed Herbst about ten feet behind him in a two seat Chenowth. Len Newman had the Barbary Coast two seat Chenowth along next, and the pack thundered off with Rob MacCachren buried the 27 car Class 1-2-1600 field in his Chenowth, and obviously has lost none of his speed. This was Rob's first race since being sidelined with a broken wrist last September. Kent Lothringer ran hard, as always in Class 5-1600 action, and he won the seven car class by racing his Bug with consistent lap times, and he won by almost eight minutes. February 1989 _, ,,,. . ,., After a couple years effort the radical Class 10 Bunderson fulfilled its promise. Alan Hensley drove it 1;111 the way to the class victory and he placed fifth overall. only two missing in the class. merely a couple more minutes off Leading on time were the Herbst the pace. Tommy and Kelly Brad-brothers with fastlap of the day at ley had moved up to third, 59.17. Barbeau was next on time another six minutes down. with a 59.51 followed in just three On the fourth lap the Herbst seconds by Newman, while Troy two seater retired with a broken Herbst was running fourth at shifting fork in the middle of 1:01.58. nowhere. Barbeau was also miss-After two laps Tim and Ed ing, and just five started the lap. Herbst still led, now by over a With one lap to go Len Newman minute. Newman held second, 42 led the race by almost two min-seconds up on Troy Herbst and utes over Troy Herbst. The Brad-nobody else was closer than four leys were back just a couple more minutes to this hot running trio. minutes, well in contention. Three more cars in Open Class Newman's final lap was a bit were out on lap 2, including the slower than all the others, and two seater ofJack Short and Ron while he finished first physically, Cloud that collided with the 1600 it was Troy Herbst, right in his of Patrick Galliher on the dusty dust, who won the race overall dry lake. Short was uninjured, but and in Unlimited ranks, and also his car had no front end left. Gal-won nearly $1200. The margin of liher was knocked out and was victory after 250 miles was just 55 brought to the finish line to the seconds. It was a battle that both ambulance by the Collins/Herbst veteran Newman and youngster helicopter, transferred to the Herbst truly enjoyed, and both hospital and released with just were driving Barbary Coast spon-nasty bruises in time to make the sored cars. Herbst's overall win~ Sunday awards brunch. ning time was a swift 5: 18.42. On the middle lap Tim and Ed Tommy and Kelly Bradley and Herbst held their lead over Curt Johnson zipped their two brother Troy, who was driving seater home third in Unlimited the Valley Performance Che-ranks and overall, just 2.21 nowth that Rob MacCachren behind. Finishing fourth were· campaigned in the desert series in Greg Heinrich and Jim Pope in 1987, but the lead was less than their new two seater with a time of two•minutes. Len Newman, who 5:49.51, and Jim and Wendell drove the entire distance also, was Smith were the last finishers in the A trio of Class 5s showed up in Nevada, and Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron scored their first win in this class, outrunning and outlasting the other two in Class 5. - - . = :::,, ~·~*'-Len Newman, with Mike Growney riding in.the Chenowth, led overall going into the final lap, but got a little conservative and ended up second in Unlimited ranks and second overall. Dusty nma

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Tommy and Kelly Bradley worked their way through the pack of Unlimited cars to bring their two seater home a fine third, and third overall. Greg Heinrich and Jim Pope had a good day in their Class 2 racer, a little pit time on the middle lap, and finished fourth in the combo class. Steve Centurioni whipped his ORE into second in Class 10, despite a nasty encounter with a large rock that slowed his last two laps a bit. class with five laps done in 6:36.43. The nine Class 10 racers were second off the line, and they had a good race going for a few laps. Alan Hensley took the first lap lead in the radical looking Bun-derson, but only by 25 seconds over Mike and Morley Williams, who did not go another lap. Mike Petersen/ Paul Wulfenstein were third, less than three minutes back and Gary W eyhrich out of the northwest was fourth here, another half minute back closely followed by Steve Centurioni. Hensley increased his lead on the second lap to six minutes over Petersen/ W ulfenstein. Centuri-oni was up to third, followed in two minutes by Weyhrich, who vanished on the next lap as did Petersen/Wulfenstein. Already rolling out of the race was usual contender John Ellenburg, and Herman Salaz was out also. Four Class 10 cars covered the third lap, and the order was set. Alan Hensley, who drove alone, now had a 20 minute lead, and he gained time all the way through the five laps to win Class 10 by over 53 minutes and he placed fifth overall. The last two laps were slow for Steve Centurioni, but he held second to the flag. Covering just four laps, Don Chase and Bob Stockton nonethe-less earned the third place money. Hensley's prize was a check for $945. A hefty 2 7 cars took the green flag in Class 1-2-1600, more than had started the Baja 1000 in this class, and the competition was tight in the early going. Rob Mac-Cachren was making his first start in an off road race since breaking his wrist badly pre-running the SNORE 250 last September. And it was no surprise when Mac-Cachren was first around. But, his teammate Pat Dean was leading Rob on time by eight. seconds after one lap. Darren Wilson and Mark Whittington were third, about a minute back with the team of Gary Johnson, JD Ward, Terry Jeffers and Tim Lopeman a mere five seconds astern, fol-lowed in just 23 seconds by Jeff and Perry Coan and Pat Gal- _ lagher. Four more 1600s were in the next minute in the tight run-ning class. Rob MacCachren set the fast lap on the next round and the 1:03.54 put him in the class lead on time. Darren Wilson was nearly two minutes back in second with Dean just 18 seconds behind him. Getting the feel of a limited engine car, Robby Gor-don was next, just four seconds ahead of the Johnson/Ward car in the battle for fourth, another minute back. It was pit stop time on the mid-dle lap as most stopped for fuel Dusty Tlma four laps. and equipment checks. Mac-Cachren held his lead, now with over three minutes in hand. Wil-son/Whittington were second a couple of minutes ahead of Dean. Robby Gordon was tied to the second for fourth with Bekki and Ken Freeman, with Grant and Lee Garban in the next minute. The Johnson and Ward team had a major disaster, broke the steering and eventually completed just Rob MacCachren continued up front, whipping off class fast lap of the day, a 1 :03 .38, on lap 4. His lead had grown to almost ten minutes over Wilson/Whitting-ton, who had Pat Dean merely five seconds behind them. The Gar-bans were another seven minutes down in fourth, followed in four minutes by the Robby Gordon car with owner Johnny gr-ADY GERMAN! M-F 9-6 SAT. 10-3 ~--~--~ Racing oil coolers 11"-93.53 9"-79.50 5 3/ 4"-69.50 2 3/ 4"-51.50 Trick rubber mounts 1.95 Schroeder Bros. Steering Wheels Pulsar Motorsport Batteries Large 135. 00 Med. 115.00 We Ship UPS or Truck Thing or Type 111 Rear Drums Also Type l's New backing plates auailable W/ Reservoir 159.00 Emulsion 119. 00 IS~2R!S I CHENOWTH ____,,_.~,, .. ,.,.,,.,,.. -,-J~--IPI= -~yra<aiAMA (619) 691-9171 - ------------. -----------------S_}V~Y•A•WAY ~ racing conponents 300M Torsion Bars Chromoly Spring Plates · Front & Rear Adjusters II ~NC) Pedals All Styles 930 CV's 79.95 Type 11 or Jll 49.95 12 point 3/8 CV Bolts 2" or 2 1/4" 1.10 each VISA MASTERCARD 103 PRESS LANE NO.4, CHULA VISTA, CA. 92010 February 1989 Pagc17

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Don Chase and Bob Stockton were third in Class 10, despite not being able to finish the final lap due to unknown trouble on the course. .. Pat Dean gets faster each race, and he Jed the 1600s on the first lap, but then settled in to finish a fine second behind his teammate. Darreri Wilson and Mark Whittington ran second in Class 1-2-1600 for three laps, but dropped time and to third on the last two rounds. Grant and Larry Garban turned most consistent lap times in their 1600, and they flew all the way to finish five laps in fourth place. Making his debut in a limited engine car, Robby Gordon drove with Johnny Kaiser and the team finished fifth in Class 1-2-1600 despite engines woes. Billed as a Porrche 911, this creation of LeRoy Van Kirk and Rick Rowland was very fast for two laps, and ended up second in Class 5. George and Gregory Tuttle set fast lap, twice, in Class 5-1600, but big trouble on the 3rd lap dropped them to 2nd at the flag. Marty and Debra Pedi and Oscar Lopez got in four good laps in their Toyota, but they had to settle for second in class at the Showboat 250. With the leaders alf the way, Daryl Nustad and Curtis Crawford had a flat on the last lap and finished second in the tight Challenger contest. Dennis Rogers and John King led the class of assorted trucks from flag to flag in their Toyota, setting fast class lap on the first round of a quick 1:23.35 in the 7S rig. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. (619) 279-2509 HELMET COMPLETE SYSTEM $195 $320 A FRESH AIR m ;LMET ANO BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OFf" ROAD USE AT A REASONABI.E PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN Pagct8 COOL. COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR ANO ASSEMBl,Y AR£ GUAll~NTr;EO FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNELL SA85 APPROVED ~ Kaiser now at the wheel. Rob MacCachren continued on his winning drive, doing the five laps in 5:24.59 to win the class by 1 7 minutes and he was fourth overall in the race. While the injured wrist looked red and slightly swollen, Rob said it hadn't bothered him during the race, but it probably would be a little sore that evening. The winner's purse of$1780 probably eased the pain a bit too. Pat Dean put on a charge on the last lap and took second in class and sixth overall, earning a cool $925 for his effort. The teenager finished in 5:41.17, making Class 1-2-1600 a 1-2 finish for the Valley Perform-ance/Barbary Coast cars, just like it had been in the Unlimited Class, making sponsor Mike Gaughan very happy, as he headed back to the Gold Coast to arrange things for the evening's desert series banquet. Darren Wilson and M ark Whittington were third at 5:43.43, followed by Grant and Larry Garban at 5:46.25. Robby Gordon and Johnny Kaiser were fifth at 5:59.36, and Kaiser was lucky to finish, because there was a big hole in his engine head and plenty of oil on the outside of it. Nine of the starters finished five laps, and 20 had completed four laps. Most of the missing 11 were waved in before starting the fifth lap, as MacCachren had already finished. The only other class required to cover five laps was 5. It was the February 1989 tirst time in years ~NORE had a Class 5 car on the entry and there were three starters. LeRoy Van Kirk and Rick Rowland whipped off fast class lap on the first go in a wild looking machine with what was said to be a Porsche 911 body. The time was 1:01.21. Jim and Rick Madison were second in 1: 12.39, followed by Lisa Dicker-son and Scott Cameron, 1 :21.14. Van Kirk/Rowland increased their lead to 20 minutes over the Madisons on the second round, while Dickerson/ Cameron were another 20 minutes down. The Madisons vanished into the desert on the middle round while Van Kirk lost nearly an hour some-where. This put Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron into a 12 minute lead, and they continued to lead all the way to the check-ered flag. It was the first win for the team, and their lap times were most consistent. They won $525. Van Kirk and Rowland got in four laps with electrical trouble on the last two. The Challengers were up next, 25 strong looking at four laps for an official finish. But four never made a lap and eight more only covered one lap. James Lewis got fast lap for the class on the first round at 1: 15.19, but that was also his only lap. Tom Mattingly and James Clements were second at l: 19 .16, just over a minute ahead of Daryl Nustad/Curtis Crawford. Another minute back was John Bartolotti, but he was not seen again either, and a pack were back about four minutes. Midway SNORE's points champion Bryan Pennington Barstow's Tom Mattingly drove alf four laps in his Brut, coming up through the 25 car field of Chalfengers to take the lead on the last lap and take his first victory in this car. Dusty Tlma

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Cornwell drove the Lothringer Baja Bug in Challenger competition, and apparently had no problems en route to a fine third in class. Tim Crain and Dean Richner slowed on the second half, as did many of the Challenger Class, but their finishing time was good for fourth place. Because of the wedding decor on their truck, Marty and Debra Pedi were the last starters in the truck class, but far from last at the checkered flag. dr Barry Slatter and Andy Pompura just missed the money in Class 5-1600, but they covered all four laps in good time for fourth in the class. Dave Girdner drove alone in his Bartsow bred Challenger car, and his fifth place finish was good for some cash and a nice trophy. Craig Deardorff and Kevin Battey nose over a lump in their 2-1600, on the way to sixth in class, which earned some money and a trophy too. Duane Smith, Ray Dent and Kristine Von com-bined to finish sixth in Challenger Class, and they took the last class check and trophy home. moved into the lead by just over two minutes on Nustad who was just under two minutes ahead of Mattingly. Tim Crain/Dean Richner were another six minutes down in fourth, followed in four minutes by Tom Cornwell, who hadJohn Wells/MacMcDonalda minute behind, and they were the . last team under three hours mid-way in the fray. They all slowed on the third lap with pit stops, but Pennington held his lead by a couple minutes over Nustad/Crawford. Mat-tingly was less than three more minutes back, and the race was between these three teams head-ing into the final lap, as Wells was back another 11 minutes and nobody else was close. Pennington failed to finish and up front it was Tom Mattingly who came in first on the road and in class at 5:43.36. Tom had driven the entire distance and he . was a happy man, and his crew from Barstow were happy campers too. Mattingly won $634 as this class has a reduced entry fee. Daryl Nustad and Curtis Crawford lost a good 15 minutes to down time on the final lap and took second, almost 12 minutes back, but well ahead of third plac-ing Tom Cornwell whose time was 6:22.06. Back four minutes Tim Crain and Dean Richner were fourth another four minutes down but only 13 seconds ahead of Duane Smith, Ray Dent and Kristine Von. In all, eleven Chal-lengers finished four laps. As in most classes, the major complaint was the dust on the infamous dry lake. Only one Class 6 car started the race, and the Chevy Nova of Larry Tunnell, Mick Newton and Linda Pack had trouble on the first lap, but did two more good laps. They were then waved in for the class honors. Seven started in Class 5-1600 and they had a good race going for most of their four laps. George and Gregory Tuttle and John Dennis had a good, four minute lead after one lap over Greg Bur-gin/Shawn Lee/Greg Shapiro. Dusty Times Mike Klinger/Tom Steckbeck were over two more minutes down in third, and Kent Loth-ringer /Gene Griepentrog/Tom Mace were just 19 seconds behind them. This was a real horse race! The Tuttle Bug turned fast lap for the class on the second round, a swift 1:15.52 to increase the lead to 18 minutes over Loth-ringer. Burgin dropped half an hour and Vince Alcouloumre and Tim Wilson moved into third, about three minutes up on Kling-er /Steck beck, but neither of these two teams covered another lap. Tuttle came to grief on lap 3 with a 1:52 time, and Kent Lothringer, who drove all the way, moved into a two minute lead over Tuttle. Further back the Burgin team had about two min-utes in hand over Barry Slatter, as just these four started and fin-ished the fourth round . Not much changed except the times on the final dusty run. Kent Lothringer won the race by close to eight minutes over Tuttle, Tut-tle and Dennis. Lothringer also won $875. About half an hour back Burgin, Lee and Shapiro sal-vaged third by just four minutes over Barry Slatter/ Andy Pom-pura/J ason Johnson. The last batch of starters were the four mini trucks plus a Class 14 Ford Bronco, all grouped together for the purse. Dennis Rogers and John King led the group on the first lap in a Toyota. But Andy and Joe Stix were only five minutes back in a Toyota that definitely had seen Giti Gowland modifications. Another 16 min-utes down was the Nissan of Randy Jenkins, Mike Brinkley and James Back, with the new-lywed Pedis just two minutes behind them in their go-to-work Toyota. The Bronco was another 40 minutes back but moving. On lap 2 Rogers/King followed their class fast lap of 1:23.35 with a 1 :30.39 to take over the group lead midway by 49 minutes over Pedi/Pedi and Oscar Lopez. The silt took its toll on the other three, with Stix and Jenkins both an hour off pace on this round. They all covered the third lap and now Rogers/King led the Pedi truck by 38 minutes, as the leaders lost over half an hour. The Stix truck was third, followed by the Joe lri-berri and Tom Agosta Bronco, and the Jenkins Nissan, but the latter two did not finish the fourth lap. At the checkered flag it was the Toyota of Dennis Rogers and John King home first with 32 minutes margin in victory. Marty and Debra Pedi were solid in second, 30 minutes ahead of Andy and Joe Stix. The race and the varied course conditions were popular with the drivers, who all said they could have used more wind on the sunny but cool day. SNORE expects the next time they use this area for a race they will eliminate the dry lake from the route, as visibility was nil there most of the day. The awards brunch Sunday morning at the Showboat Hotel was well attended and the food was good and plentiful. As is normal with SNORE, the awards ceremony was brief but complete with both the trophies and the generous checks presented in short order. The outlanders were on their way home by noon, and the locals had the rest of the day off. The SNORE Series starts all over again on February 18 with the Bottom Dollar race, rumored to also run out of the Las Vegas Speedrome, which would give yet another peek at some of the upcoming Binion's Mint 400 course, not that far away, in April this year. ALLY'' AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE HIGH COST OF CONVERTING SEMI TRAILERS FOR TRANSPORTING RACE CARS. COMPLETE CONVERSIONS AS LOW AS $19,995.00 TIRE RACKS • WORK BENCHES CABINETS• LIGHTING• AWNINGS MULTIPLE CAR DESIGNS SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS TO COMPLETE CONVERSIONS HERN Mototsp 12323 WOODRUFF AVE.• DOWNEY, CA (714) 860-3822 February 1989 Pase 19

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The Fourth Annual HDRA/SCORE Desert Series Awards Banquet Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises .... , Joe Valentine, left, and Nick Gross were dressed in their Sunday best when they accepted the trophies and picture clock they won for not only winning the Challenger Class, but for being the absolute overall points champions. For the second year in a row ~he HDRA, opened the presentations car builders and co-drivers John annual awards banquet honormg with welcome to everyone Johnson and Ed Frisk, and this the season's pbints champions as speeches, and plaques were pre- team also earned a BFG watch. well as the Off Roadsman of the sented to the faithful workers Th Year was not only held in the same who make desert racing possible. e motorcycle champions, h ds d who compete only in the four year as t e awar were earne , Then there was a 20 minute video S but it was also held a_t the_ Gold program called The 1988 Season core events each year, were next C H 1 & C L to receive their rewards. Paul oast ote asmo m as in Review, and it was much better K h yegas, Nevada for th~second ye_ar than last year's show. More thank rause wast e overall and Class m a row. Once ~gam the ~emal you friends followed the video, 22 winner aboard a Kawasaki, and host for the affair was Michael including thanks to the IDRA for he thanked his sponsors. The Gaughan of the Gold Coast_ and introducing the Competition ATVhighpointsmanGlenElliott Barbary Coast, an_d once ag~m he Review Board concept. was not on hand. It was the Odys-hosted the cocktail party pnor_to The awards presentations sey champion Scott Hewitt who the banquet tha~ started ea~her began at the top with Nick Gross drew the biggest hand. All he said t?an the poste1 time and the hba-and Joe Valentine, the overall into the microphone was "I'll nons flowed like the water over points champions, and they were make it brief, thanks to everyone." nearby Ho~>Ver Dam. resplendent in full formal wear. In both the motorcycle and the At the 1mner hour the b_anquet Accepting the gig·antic trophy, car class points awards presenta-hall was filled to overflowmg and Gross thanked his sponsors La tions, only the class winner took officials were scouring the packed Plant Performance Yokohama mike in hand to say thanks, room to find an empty seat or two FAT Performance Dave Kreis le; although second place in each for those trying to get in. The transmissons PCi Race Radios class was also called to the room was overfilled in 1987, and and more. Jo; Valentine also won podium to receive trophy and in 1988 there wer~ at least _SO the "Bound for Glory" watch check. The one exception to this more folks who _arrive~ to en1oy presented by BFGoodrich to the was the always jovial Rodney Hall the excellent pnme nb of beef overall points winning crew who grabbed the mike to thank dinner and wine courtesy of Arm- chiefs. his sponsors. For the first time in strong Tires ~nd settle in ~or the Next to reap the rewards of years Hall was not the Class 4 long but enJoyable evening of winning was the Class 8 and champion, but finished second on awards. A fancy all color program Heavy Metal Champion 19 year points. was at eve~y chair as well, so folks o 1 d Robby Gordon. 1 Robby After the 16 car class champ-~ould e~s,_ly follow the pr<?ceed-thanked all his sponsors heartily, ions had received their rewards mgs. Mm, bottles of Presidente and his co-rider and crew chief for a successful season in racing, Brandy were diStributed to all Russ Wernimont who took home the program moved back to some with the desert, so one didn't lack the BFG Bound for Glory watch. special awards, with more plaques for refreshme~t. . The Mini Metal and Class 7S of appreciation to Mexican offi-Score ~res1d~nt Sal ~1sh and Champion Paul Simon thanked cials who help Score put on their Tom Spiel, Vice-President of all his product sponsors as well as events in Baja California. BillCiv-t'1 /;:II. ->, fi:L l Sal Fish, right, and Tom Spiel presented the Person of the Year, Walt Lott trophy to Edna Lott, and the late Walt Lott received a standing ovation with this announcement. ish from the Bureau of Land Man-agement, who was stationed in Las Vegas for years and worked closely with Walt Lott on the areas available for racing, took the podium. Civish is now in Washington as the Chief, BLM Branch of Recreation and Cultu-ral Resources. He presented a special award to Edna Lott, Presi-dent of HORA. There were a number of awards and checks from manufacturers to their racers, mainly in the truck classes. In 1988 some of the Off Roadsman of the Year awards, formerly voted upon, were changed to a points system, based on performance in the eight race series. In this category Chevrolet was the Heavy Metal Manufactur-ers Challenge Champion and Ford won the same honors in the Mini Metal ranks. The car classes Tire Challenge Champion was Yokohama, and General Tire won the same honor in the truck classes. The Toyota True Grit award is based on the fastest average speed obtained by a driver in his best six races in the desert series. Les Unger of Toyota Motorsports presented the top prize to Class 2 Champion Bob Gordon, for the third year in a row. That is some record. Frank Vessels who was second in Class 8 points by a single digit, won the True Grit cash in the Heavy Metal category while Mike Lesle took the honor in the Mini Metal category and also won top points in Class 7 4x4. A total of ten drivers earned the Toyota Milestone awards presented to those who finished every mile in all eight series races. Bob Mo1Jnt and Jean Calvin· presented the 1988 Yokohama 6-50 Club medals to the over 50 guys who did the best on this points series. It was perennial medal winner Corky McMillin who won the gold medal with top points of 305. Last year's gold medalist Andy De Vercelly earned the silver medal and Roy Taylor, who was not there, earned the bronze. Check the full report on this series elsewhere in this issue. The Checkers Pit Club has an annual achievement award in memory of Vic Van Ella. The perpetual trophy is awarded to someone who has done great ser-vice to the off road sport. This year the trophy was given to Michael Gaughan, who wasn't even there, but across town spec-tating the rodeo finals. A new award last year was a "nice guy" award, and this year it evolved to a . . ; --rl " f1 ,,,.,,,. · I Yokohama's Bob Mount thanked the assembly for the Contingency Company of the Year award, and he also thanked Dave and Carol Clark of A TE. ~:-/:.t. ~-. - . ·,; :~--~ Before the night was over Robby Gordon, shown with co-driver Russ Wernimont and Miss Toyota, had a lot of trophies; The Class 8 champion also won the Heavy Metal title, and was voted Driver of the Year by his peers. Paul Simon pulled both the Class 7S and Mini Metal title out of the Baja 1000, and he is here accepting a handsome check from Dan Stutt of Ford for his success in the Ranger. Page 30 February 1989 Dusty Tlma

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Mike Evans, left, was a little surprised at the honor, as he accepts the Engine Builder of the Year trophy from Tom Spiel of the HORA. Master truck builder Jon Nelson was voted the Mechanic of the Year, and Jon was happy with the award, but could not quite muster a big smile. - Frank DeAngelo, left, gets congratulations from Tom Spiel, as his BFGoodrich crew won the vote for the Pit Support Team of the Year, and Frank thanked his entire team. It was a close vote for Original Buggy Chassis Manufacturer of the Year, but it was Mike Thomas of Chenowth who accepted the trophy from Tom Spiel. Les Unger, left, presented Bob Gordon with the Toyota True Grit award as Bob won the honor overall for the third year in a row, a real record. The Yokohama 6-50 medal winners, Gorky McMillin, left, and Andy De Vercel/y show off the new medals with Jean Calvin and Yokohama's Bob Mount. Sportsmanship trophy voted upon by contingency donors. It was a tie vote with trophies going to both Ron Zermanek and Henry Escalara. The final series of awards, for which the banquet is named, were the Off Roadsman trophies, uni-que in a design that has not changed since the first banquet in 1974. The OffRoadsman honors are voted upon by members of Score and HDRA plus Cantin-. gency donors, sponsors and the concerned press. These trophies, complete with a cactus on a rock, are truly treasured by both the individuals and the companies that win the vote of their ,peers. The HORA/ Score Contingency Company of the Year vote was between Sports Racing Fuel, Goodrich and Yokohama, and it was Bob Mount who accepted for Yokohama Tires, and thanked Dave and Carol Clark of A TE for their race support. · The Motorcycle Manufacturer of the Year finalists were Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha, and Honda was the winner. Chen-owth, Mirage and Raceco were the final three in the vote for Orig-inal Buggy Chassis Manufacturer of the Year, and Mike Thomas accepted the award for Chen-owth. The count for Mechanic of the Year between Jon Nelson, Rick Shope and Russ Wernimont was tight, but the nod went to Jon Nelson who produced most of the race winning Class 8 tr~cks in-1988. The Entry Sponsor of the Year honor came down to the Barbary Coast/Gold Coast, Goodrich and Yokohama. Our host for the affair Mike Gaughan won the honor for the second year in a row. There were some bona fide new drivers up for the Rookie of the Year title, and the vote was between Ev~ Evans, Doug For-tin, Jr. and Dave Simon. The title went to 18 year old Doug Fortin, Jr. who thanked his father for all his help, and all his sponsors, while a voice from the audience called out "don't forget your mother", but it wasn't his mother talking. The Driver of the Year title was a tough choice between Robby Gordon, Mike Lesle and Mark McMillin. But it was youth that prevailed as Gordon took another trophy back to his table. After thanking everyone, Robby, who was voted Rookie of the Year in 1987, remarked -that he hoped young Doug Fortin would follow in his footsteps in 1989. The vote for Pit Support T earn of the Year is always tight, and the final three were Checkers, Good-rich and Yokohama. Frank DeAngelo gratefully accepted the award on behalf of his entire BFG team. The Engine Builder of the Year is always a tough decision too, and the finalists were Mike Evans, FAT and Don Hatz. The --,~ * Ooug Fortin, Jr. won the Rookie of the Year honor, and the teenager was congratulated by Sal Fish, and thanked his family and crew for their support all year. DustyTima truck folks won this one as Mike Evans thanked everyone for the honor. · In the media awards category, the Off Road Photographer of the Year came down to C&C Photos, Centerline Photography and Trackside Photos. Our staunch supporter and contributor Jim Ober_ had to put down his camera to accept the award for all the gang at Trackside Photos. The final three in the Off Road Journalist of the Year were Jean Calvin, Jim Short and Judy Smith. We were gratified to be called to the podium for the honor, and feel it belongs to all who contribute to DUSTY TIMES. The most prestigious of all Off Roadsman Awards is the Person of the Year. In the past it has gone to drivers, support folks and manufacturers representatives as well as Walt Lott, in the early years when the Off Roadsman concept was unique to the Score year end awards. The three nom-inees were Walt Lott, Mark McMillin and Bob Mount. The vote was overwhelming for Wdt Lott, who died suddenly last July while the Fireworks 250 was in. progress. An emotional Edna Lott accepted the trophy on behalf of her late husband. It was just about midnight, time to table hop and congratulate the winners, bench race or visit the casino downstairs. It had been a good evening for all on hand, and the talk groups finally broke up and drifted away when the tables were cleared of all the precious hardware that the winners had earned over the season. Next year the annual awards banquet will return to the Los Angeles area, hosted by Score for two years before returning to Las Vegas in 1991. CHURCH ENGINEERING, INC .. Would Like to Thank the Following for a Successful Season: YOKOHAMA TIRES PRECISION PREPARATION INC. SPORTS RACING PRODUCTS BOSCH SWAY-A-WAY FORTIN TRANSAXLES With these products we successfully won the 1988 Class ro Season Points Championship in the SCORE/HDRA Desert Series. THE INDIVIDUAL CLASS VICTORIES.INCLUDE: First Place - Class 1 - Nevada 500 First Place - Class 10 - Gold Coast 300 First Place -Class 10 -Baja Internacional First Place -Class 10 -Baja 1000 Thanks again ... BILL CHURCH -MIKE CHURCH -BRIAN CHURCH February 1989 Page 31

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Californian Sam Beri placed second in the 1-2 combo class, but took · the Class 2 points f~r. the day, despite replacing a cv joint along the way. · Kenny Strong had the early lead in Class 10, but minor mechanical woes cost time and he finished second in class, but a swift third overall. Garen McCune and Larry Zimmerman had plenty of problems en route to second in Class 2, fourth in the combined class but they finished the ten laps. YOKOIWM/1RICK MIWCAN \lllLEY 300 Hodson Sweeps to the Overall Victory Roe111er Ginchcs Overall Season Tide Text & Photos: Leonard Day ,~fi-~ -· p; Gayle Hodson led off the line, then played the waiting game, retaking the lead on the last lap, and with his son driving relief, the Hodsons won the race overall and took the Class 1 /2 prize money. Two times a year this peaceful valley comes to life with the roar of the engines of the cars we all love. Off road racers from all over the northwest, northern California, northern Nevada and western Canada arrive to com-pete in the PAC Off Road Racing events. The turn out last October was a disappointing 38 entries, but the competition was at its best for the final race in the PAC series for 1988, and the final desert event for VORRA racers from the· south. Millican Valley is near Bend, Oregon, and the desert course is about 33 miles long. The biggest field was that of the Pro 4x4s, with 15 entries. The combined Class 1 and 2 fielded nine entries, and Class 1600 had only four starters. Classes 10 and the Sportsman buggies had five each. The course is a natural off road desert route, with just about everything imaginable packed into the 33 mile loop. Having to tour the loop ten times brings so many changes in the terrain, it is like driving a single 330 mile race, but it is handy having a major pit stop at your fingertip · when you need one. The land is B.L.M. managed and is dotted with a few ranches. le is a perfect setting some 21 miles from Bend. The non-existance of any rain for almost two years, which is not normal here, made the dust fac-tor a sure thing. The small number of cars and the wind made it almost bearable. The hard charging Pro Buggy Classes 1 and 2 left the line at ten in the morning with the ancient single seater driven by Gayle Hodson, also ancient, first off the line. Al Baker left next in hot pursuit and was able to catch and pass Hodson midway through the first lap. Kevin McNabb was nex~ to leave, followed by Phil weve written the book on Off Road. •FAT Racing Parts • Centerline Wheels • Bilstein Shocks •Sway-A-Way • Perma-Cool •S&S Headers •Weber Carbs •IPF Lights We've completed the most comprehensive catalog of race-proven parts ever. From the people who have put more Off Road drivers in the Winner's Circle than anyone else. Whether it's a simple Dzus button or an elabo-rate race-ready engine. Call, write, carrier pigeon, anything. But do it now. Or you'll be at the · '--• back of the pack. PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR FAT PERFORMANCE CATALOG. SEND S5 TO FAT PERFORMANCE. DEPT. DT. 1558 NO. CASE ST .. ORANGE. CA 92667. OR CALL(714) 637-2889 Page 31 · •JaMar Products • Wright Place • Tri-Mil Exhaust •Gem Gears • Beard Seats •Simpson Safety • Super-Trapp • Yokohama Tires • Petro-Tech 2000 February 1989 LaPlante in his single seater.John Winkes fired off the line next in his Mazda powered single, and Roger Caddell followed and passed him on the first lap and was on the move up in a hurry. Sam Berri, from Arnold, CA, left in a flash followed by Bob Rea in the ninth spot. Rea, from Wells, British Columbia, had serious engine problems right from the start. The crank bolts came loose, allowing the case to · spread and the crank to wallow, hammering the journal seats and allowing the engine to leak oil badly. After replacing a clutch, he went on to eventually destroy the motor. But, Rea's five laps wre good for third in Class 2, seventh in the combined class. Al Baker stayed in the lead, even with a bad power steering unit. On the fourth lap Baker thought he had fuel problems, but discovered the problem to be a major engine failure. His four laps put him fourth in Class 2, eighth in the combined class. At this point John Winkes, from Everett, WA, took over the lead until the white flag lap, when he lost the beanngs on the left rear axle. After fixing the bearings and pulling back on the track, it was discovered the cv Joint was also gone. Winkes did complete the ten laps, but enough time was spent in the pits to drop him to third in the combined class and second in Class 1. Kevin McNabb dropped out on the fifth lap, the Californian placing fifth in Class 2 and ninth in the combo scoring. Roger Caddell, who also lost a cv joint, dropped out on the seventh lap and . placed fourth in Class 1, sixth in the combination. Phil LaPante had some extremely long laps near the end, but he managed to go the ten lap dis-tance and finished fifth in the combined class and third in Class 1. Garen McCune, from Rose-ville, CA, had problems on the fifth and the ninth laps, but he got it all fixed to cover the ten laps second in Class 2 and fourth in the combo class. Sam Berri had to sto for a time to re lace a ama ____ .... ~ cv joint and a torn boot, but he got through the tenth lap to take second in the combined class and he won the Class 2 honors. Gayle Hodson stopped for fuel on the seventh lap and to stuff his young, 16 year old son behind the wheel. They combined for the best overall time of 6:40.26 to take first overall, first in the combined class and in Class 1. The fast lap of the day honors went to Al Baker who turned the 33 miles in 32.36. The five car field of Class 10 cars was next off the line. First to depart was Napa, CA driver Kenny Strong, followed by Dale Smith out of Carson City, NV. Next away was Robert Smith of Cameron Park, CA, followed by Scott Hall of Dayton, NV. Last off in the class was Steve Cocking from Snohomish, WA, racing in his first desert event in many years. At the end of the first lap Strong had the lead over Dale Smith by only nine seconds. Robert Smith broke the rear tor-sion housing on the second lap and that ended his day, in fifth place. Steve Cocking survived a long first lap after welding up a rear trailing arm. But, it broke again near the end of the second lap and they put the car on the trailer to minimize further dam-age, credited with fourth spot. . Scott Hall was hanging in third all the way, just seconds back, when the motor let go on the sev-enth lap, and he stayed in third. A broken ground strap held Kenny Strong just nine minutes back, but at the checkered flag he held second in Class 10 eight minutes behind Dale Smith. Dale Smith finished the day with an excellent second overall time of 6:41.10, the Class 10 winner. Kenny Strong placed third over-all with his time of 6:49.12. The four car field of Pro 1600 cars were next to do battle with Larry Versaw, from Fresno, CA, off first. Dana Van Noort, Clo-vis, CA, was away next followed by A.J. Kielian, Mattawa, WA, and Erick Hinderlie. Hinderlie broke a stub axle within si ht of Dana Van Noort came from California to race at Millican for the first time, and the VORRA champion had no problems and won the 1600 class and was fourth overall in the race. Dusty Tlma ..

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-.~ l, t >·· ~t; . f -Despite transmission troubles all day Don Roemer ended up fifth in the Pro 4x4 ranks, to win the PAC 1988 4x4 Class points championship. Stan Case had troubles midway, but his eight laps put him seventh Rich and Jeff Akridge had their 7S truck out for the first time, had a variety of new racer woes, but did cover more than six laps between stops. in the truck ranks, the first two wheel drive rig home in the class. the start line, and he had no spares, so was out for the day. Kielian had a string of bad luck all day,but he still covered seven laps for third in class. A.J. broke a spindle, then borrowed one from somebody's pre-runner, later welded a broken torsion housing, and finally a broken transaxle mount ended his day. Both Larry Versaw and Dana Van Noort were racing at Bend for the first time, and both indi-cated they liked the course. Ver-saw bent a wheel and finished the ten laps second by nearly an hour. Dana Van Noort reported no problems during the race and covered the required ten laps in the good time of 7: 17 .02. The Pro 4x4s were the next class off the line, and also the largest class. They put on proba-bly the best heavy iron duel on the west coast, and maybe many other parts of the country. Only a show down could prove this writer wrong. Greg Bird, from Nanimo, British Columbia, left first with Richard Akridge and son Jeff thirty seconds back in their newly acquired Mazda 7S truck. Bill Kennedy, from Reno, NV, left next, followed by Richard Hampton of Carson City, NV.John F. Smith was next off, and then came Jack Mamo followed by Bob Nyeste of Kam-loops, British Columbia. The eighth and ninth entries were those of Stan Case, in the only Class 8, and Phil Dean driv-ing a Bronco. Ed Burnap got ~~ away next with Don German next in line. Don Roemer, from Petaluma, CA, and Gordon Scott, from Portland, OR, got the next green flags, followed by Gary Holland ofSparwood, Brit-ish Columbia. The last start in class was requested by Tom Sca-hill driving his new Chevy; he towed from San Rafael, CA. Kennedy went down within the first seven miles with a rod through the side of his brand new motor. Bird was close to follow with broken rear shock towers on lap 2. Gary Holland managed two complete laps before his day was finished. Scahill finished four laps in the new truck before retiring. Ed Burnap finished only five laps in his Bronco. Rich Akridge and his son Jeff had a lot of fun sorting out their new Mazda, with ignition, battery and shock problems finally taking them out on the seventh lap. John F. Smith, Stan Case, Bob Nyeste and Richard Hampton each finished eight laps. Smith had some minor suspension problems, but placed ninth. Case had mechanical troubles mid-way, to take eighth. Nyeste had broken spring problems, and body parts that fell off, but he ended up seventh. Hampton had front end problems and wound up running in two wheel drive until the end, taking sixth place. Don Roemer had many trans-mission troubles with boil overs and stops to add fluid. Roemer was looking for a sixth place fin-Don Germ3n has the Millican course wired, and he won his third consecutive race here in the 4x4 class, stopping only for fuel and clean up for the Chevy powered Jeep. Diar.ne Hamilton, family and friends drove this racer to victory in the Sportsman buggy ranks, and for many of them it was their first off road race. Dusty Tlma ish, but his nine laps covered put him home in fifth place, good enough on points to give him the overall points title not only in the Pro 4x4 class, but he won the honor of overall points champ-ion in the PAC series for 1988. Jack Mamo hung in close to finish fourth in the race, ex-periencing transfer case prob-lems on the way. But the Langley, British Columbia driver covered all ten laps. The battle for second and third place was between old friends and neighbors with Gor-don Scott besting Phil Dean by about 39 minutes. Scott reported no problems except Don Ger-man and Phil reported none other than German and Scott. Speaking of Don German, the 4x4 winner in his Chevy powered Jeep, he now has three consecutive wins in this very competitive 4x4 class. It is quite an accomplishment. Congratula-tions are in order Don, we applaud you. German turned in the fastest lap for 4x4s, a 40.37, turned ten consistent lap times and stopped only for fuel and air cleaner maintenance. Don Ger-man turned the 330 miles in only 7:32.18, good for seventh overall in this race. The Sportsman Buggy Class consisted of five starters with Jerry Canonic, of Sparks, NV, taking off first. The two seater of Hank Williams left next, with Dianne Hamilton and brother Ki Chaney thirty seconds back. John Taylor, from Citrus Heights, CA was next with Fred Ankeny, of Portland, OR, filling in the last spot. Taylor, who had a long tow, covered only one very long lap with numerous mechan-ical troubles putting him out of the race early, in fifth place. Fred Ankeny's trusty little Baja Bug suffered steering problems that couldn't be overcome, but he managed three laps before pull-ing out in fourth spot. Jerry Canonic and crew had high hopes of winning their class, but a broken axle put them down for a bit, and they just couldn't catch up. They did finish ten laps, but took third place. Second place went to the Hank Williams entry, about 20 min-utes out of the victory. Dianne Hamilton showed her stuff with her swing axle two seater taking charge of her class before turning the car over to three other driv-ers. They all had the time of their lives in their first race, winning the class by a good margin. On PAC Series season points, Gayle Hodson won Class 1 honors by 36 points over John Winkes, who had just six points on Phil LaPlante. In Class 2/ 5 Bob Rea won the points by 44 over Sam Berri, who was just e~ght points ahead of Garen February 1989 McCune. The Class 10 title went to Dale Smith with eight points in hand over Kenny Strong who was eight points up on Scott Hall. A.J. Kielian won Pro 1600 honors by 50 points over Dana Van Noort who was eight ahead of Larry Versaw, who had just two points on Joe Chainey. Don Roemer was tops on overall points and took Pro 4x4 honors by just six points over Bob Nyeste. Gordon Scott was third, tied with Ed Burnap another ten points back. Back another 14 points was Phil Dean, followed in four points by Jack Mamo. Hank Williams won the Sportsman Buggy title by a huge margin, 78 points ahead of Fred Ankeny, who had Dianne Hamil-ton just 24 points behind him. The Sportsman 4x4 tide went to Paul Scott by two points over Greg Peters who was two points ahead of Kieth Coe. Congratulations to all the winners and to all the racers who supported PAC racing this sea-son. A big "Thank You" is in order for our sponsors, Yoko-hama Tires, Trick Racing Gaso-line and Central Four Wheel Drive. DESERT LOCK OUTER 10.000 HOLE FOR EASY ACCESS TO LUG BOLTS 3.000 WIDE OUTER FOR SUPER STRENGT 8 • 1.125 HOLES TO REDUCE DIRT BUILD-UP. Tire Located Off Inner Ring Red Anodize Co·nstructed of all Aluminum 6061 T6 For light weight and optimum strength * At last,a quality bead lock designed for Off-Road racing * All parts are available separately *In stock-Ready for shipment For Todays' Sophisticated 15" 13" 8"-10" UNLIMITED MIDGET MODIFIED MIDGET SPORT TRUCK MINI STOCK QUAD RACER BAJA BUG MODIFIED MIDGET ATV WE HA VE DEVELOPED THE TOUGHEST, MOST DURABLE BEAD LOCK FOR YOU ! 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. Jimmy Evans showed up for the Thanksgiving 250, his first race for 1988, but he wasn't out of shape, because he went on to win Class 10. Steve Langley started racing in July, won two of his first five events, and he won the six car Challenger Class again on Thanksgiving weekend. Michigan's Wayne Lemons endured numerous mechanical prob-lems to finish second in Class 10, and his brother Tim was third in the class. OFF ROAD RACING IN GEORGIA The Thanksgiving 150 By Bobe Rule Photos: Keith Williams, Lithia Automotive Sammy Herrell won overall, and stayed off the ground most of his six hour solo drive. He won five of seven races in 1988, and he is the 1600 points champion for the year. Was it a pertect race day? tively smooth. GORRA's race Could be! After two years of rain, site is now located on 44 acres mud and chilly weather for their owned by four of the members traditional season ending 250 and GORRA has a lifetime lease. mile race, GORRA pulled a Itlooksas if Vienna, Georgia, 150 trump ace out of the hat last miles south of Atlanta, will November. There was no water, become one of the most popular virtually no dust and 60/65 offroadracesitesintheSoutheast. degree weather and sunshine for As the cars lined up for the 10 five of the six hours. One could a.m. start, every driver and most not ask for a nicer race day. As a on-lookers thought the 250 miles charter member of GORRA, I do would come before the six hour not ever remember a better race time limit. For some reason the day. estimates were short by 2½ laps or The starting field for the 18/20 minutes. The winner ran Thanksgiving 250 was made up of 79 laps and the 250 miles would cars from Georgia, Florida, Ten- have been 83 laps. nessee, Canada, Pennsylvania and Two cars with Mint 400 drivers Michigan. The three mile track were in the race, including Class 2 looked fast, challen_ging and rela-win~er in Nevada_ an1 second overall Jimmie Crowder of Talla-hassee, FL. Jimmie's luck wasn't as good here as at the Mint, because he split a gas tank while leading just past the 80 mile mark. The other Mint car, belonging to five GORRA members, finished second in the 1600 class and overall with Bob Rule and Larry Porter sharing the driving chores. By luck of the draw the Lemons family, Tim and Wayne, made up two thirds of the front row. When the flag dropped on the three abreast field, Tim Lemons jumped into the lead and held on for the first four laps. Then Sammy Herrell, who was leading the GORRA points chase, took over from lap 5 t?rough 11. On All Welded Construction "NO PLASTIC" KOOLAUTO SPORTS KOOL AUTO SPORTS All Aluminum Rabbit Replacement Radiator Page 34 Division of KOOL RADIATOR FOR ALL YOUR COOLING NEEDS CUSTOM ALUMINUM & BRASS RACING RADIATORS CALL RON DAVIS (602) 278-9211 OR WRITE DEPT. OT 2905 W. BUCKEYE RD. PHOENIX, AZ 85009 February 1989 t'YK' ~ob Rule and Larry Porte:d,;;'; their 1600 two seater, left, to second overall and in class. Mike Isola, right, was third in November but won the 1988 Challenger points title. lap 12 Jimmie Crowder went into the lead and he held it until lap 2 7, when the split gas tank put his Class 10 car on the trailer for the day. At that point J.R. Taylor, FORDA's points leader in Flor-ida, took the lead for one lap. On lap 28 Sammy Herrell, in a 1600, took over the lead. He made only a quick fuel stop on his way to the overall victory. Sammy made it five wins in seven races in 1988! Not a bad showing for the second year GORRA driver. Her-rell was the only driver who drove all six hours of the race. He is one tough dude. Jack Haenlein came from Mich-igan to race. He showed up sport-ing a beautiful brand new enclosed trailer, but had the du-bious honor of being the first one with problems when a bad fuel pump gave him trouble as the green flag dropped. He did not finish his first lap until lap 8 and eventually placed eighth in Class. Bill Porter's Class 10, driven by Lindy Herrell, only finished one lap before breaking the crank-shaft. Both Bill and Lindy are part owners of the 1600 desert car mentioned earlier. The unluckiest family on this race day was the Hurst family. One of their cars covered five laps, the other ran 14 laps. Both went out with trans-mission trouble. Jimmy Evans 's Class 10 car had a good day. It was his first race start in over a year. With just a few pit stops to repair a muffler problem, gas and a driver change, he won Class 10. Oddly enough, he won his last race in 1987, when the club was still running at the tight, twisty track at Winder, Georgia. Wayne Lemons was second in Class 10, followed by Tim Lemons, Grant Dale and Jimmie Crowder. Not many of the eleven starters in Class 10 went even half the distance. In just the fifth race ever for him, Steve Langley drove his Challenger car to first in class, covering the same amount of laps as the Class 10 winner. Steve's co-driver was W ayne "3 s~ed''. Faulkner. Wayne ·is ·one of the premier transmission builders in the Southeast. Their pit stops were minimal, only a flat tire in the sixth hour caused an unsched-uled pit stop. This was Steve's second win in his just beginning racing career. Ray Whigham was second and Mike Isola third in the six car Challenger contest. If GORRA had a Goody's Headache Award, it could have been split three ways between Rick and Mickey Smallwood, 1600 class, Jim, Jash and Joshua Dunnaway, Challenger, and Wayne Lemons in Class 10. All could have used a case of the headache powder. The Dunnaway group, after pulling a motor and replacing a release bearing, fin-ished their first race in the car. They entered after a two year absence. The 1600 of the Small-woods had the greatest variety of problems. The two popular brothers still took the checkered flag. Wayne Lemons was the best finisher of the hard luck group, and also the highest finisher of the out of state car bunch. His second place finish in Class 10 brought broad smiles from all of the Mich-igan people. The lone Pennsylvan-ia driver, Edward Helfrick, driv-ing his Class 10 car for the first time,gotputoutoftheraceinthe fourth hour with a broken trailing arm. The Florida group was led by current FORDA points leader J.R. Taylor. Even though his car broke a spindle, had other front end problems, and battery trou-ble, the team still has one of the hottest cars on the track. Taylor and co-driver Sam Pace kept the spectators in the pit straight area on their feet a good part of the day. They finished fourth in the 12 car field in Class 1-2-1600. Of course the Class 1-2-1600 victory went to overall winner Sammy Herrell, followed to the flag by Bob Rule. Bobby Bram-blett was third, and the Small-woods were fifth in this class, fol-lowed in by Glenn Stephens and Ronnie Whigham. DustyTimcs

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Winner of three races this year, the Lithia Automotive Challenger Edward Helfrick came from Pennsylvania to drive his first race in The 1988 Class 10 points champions, Grant and Casey Dale came from Tennessee to race, and finished fourth in the race last November. car of J.D. Mitchell, Robin and Chris Willieam was fifth for the his new Class 10, but experienced numerous problems, and said day, but second in Challenger season points. he would be back. ---------------------The lone Tennessee car, driven hard working officers. We all our refreshment Lady, Kenny and by Grant and Casey Dale, know who they were! It would be Tracy Hinesley, Terry Bramblett, wrapped up the GORRA Class 10 nice if you all would tell them Cindy Herrell, Ralph (gate lady) points championship with a thanks and shake their hand. Womack, Cindy Sexton and strong fourth place finish. This is Thanks for super help go also to anyone this weak mind has for-only the second year of off road Sherry Thompson, Head Score- gotten. season, GORRA's first event at Vienna will be a 50 mile bash on March 12. Events follow monthly through November. Check the schedule under GORRA in the Happenings Column in this issue. For further information on GORRA racing, write GORRA, P.O. Box 11093, Station A, Atlanta, GA 30310 or phone PresidentJ.D. Mitchell; (404) 941-4501, 944-3051-WK,or Joy Porter, ( 404) 636-9896, 758-0731-WK. racing for the Dales, who scored keepe~, Betty Whigham, twice Looking ahead to 1989's racing 222 points. Jack Thompson was second on points in Class 10 with 202, followed by Lindy Herrell, 196, Jimmy Evans, 100, Wayne Lemons, 96 and Tim Lemons, 92. Sammy Herrell took the Class 1-2-1600 Champtionship with 304 points. Bob Rule was second at 288, followed by Bobby Bram-blett, 278, Mickey Smallwood, 262, Ronnie Whigham, 258 and James Hester, 238. As always, the 1600 contest was tight through the final race. Mike Isola won the Challenger points with 238. Chris Williams and the 911 Group were second with 232, followed by Clint Hurst, 228, and Steven Lang-ley, 212. The 1988 season is history, the champions have been crowned, and the banquet was a huge suc-cess. With the uncertainty of where we were going to race this year, our entry numbers were not as good as in year's past, and we thought the banquet might also be on the down side. Not so! One of the largest celebrant groups in banquet history crowded into the Ramada Inn at Six Flags Over Georgia. With the special week-end room rate, lots of GORRA people spent the night and partied late. As usual, GORRA provided two party rooms and free booze and beer for anyone who stayed around after the banquet was over. Katherine and Joy Porter did a great job on all the preparations. Special thanks are due to Harold Trader, who did all the printing in less than 24 hours. Also to Michael Foy, who did our sign with less than 36 hours notice. Linda Whigham did a great job getting the door prizes. She col-lected everything from theater tickets, Po Folks dinners and Oriental rugs to a set of 92 jugs and pistons, won by a 1600 driver. Rather than list every prize we get, we'll just thank those kind folks who gave all the neat things. Here they are: Lithia Automotive, Bolink R.C. Cars, Jack Hansen, Deal Automotive, Rabbit, Betty Whigham, Progressive Ceiling Fan (Cindy Sexton), the Small-woods and On Dirt. Two special awards were given out. One went to David Herrell, our tireless and most consistent flagman, and the other to Keith Williams, our ace photographer whose pictures help tell GOR-RA's story in DUSTY TIMES. They each got a nice wall plaque. This year, because of the monies that had to be spent on the new race facility, we did not give out the usual thank you awards to our Dusty Tlma ·~~ GQl~iV.~t;; KC HiLiTES... ,,,()«YV'r ---BUILT TO PERFORM cl.ASS 1 ·, Mark WITH DESIGNS ON WINNING CLASS 5/1600 - Andy DeVercelly It takes a magical blending of the right components to make a champion. It takes thousands of hours of unending planning and preparation. It takes dependable team-work of the highest caliber. It takes putting together the right equipment, built to perform when you need it the most. And, it takes an inner desire and determination to go for the glory; to keep driving through all conditions and obstacles to not only reach the finish, but reach the finish first. That's why we take great pride in the fact that these racers relied on the powerful brilliance of KC HiliTES to shine their way to 1988 SCORE/HORA CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS. CLASS 8 -Rob Gordon CLASS 11 -Ramon Castro Congratulations to all. CLASS 14. Boone England Since 1970 There Have Been More KC Equipped Off Road Race Winners Than All Of Our So-Called Competitors Combined. February 1989 Page 35 .,

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t 1988 Oktoberfest Off Road Challenge By Rob McRae Another one bites the dust. 1988 was the year Riverside was gobbled up by urban sprawl and now expansion has also closed Bingeman Park Raceway. Located in Kitchener, Ontario, at "Binge-man's" a family fun/ amusement area, this fabulous racing facility made use of natural terrain for some terrific leaps and brutal competition and enjoyed nine exciting years of wheel to wheel off road action. Although it had been the base facility of the Ontario Associa-tion of Off Road Racers and promoter Ken Jackson, Binge-man's largest event has been the Oktoberfest challenge. The BFGoodrich event has always had a Can-Am flavor, with plenty of long tow teams coming to race. A good many had come for the 1988 edition, including some like Scott Taylor of Belvidere, Illinois who made a last minute decision to make the trek because it was going to be the final race. A long time entrant at Oktoberfest, Taylor has led almost every race he as entered here and won most of them. Over 600,000 people flock to Kitchener-Waterloo each Octob-er for Oktoberfest, a German fes-tival held at harvest time. But promotion was light and the crowd was small at the off road event this year. The loyal gang that was th~re ~itnes~d some of the best off road racing ever. A full spread of events took place, including a wild fast obstacle, a mud bog, and sand drag events for local entrants and four by four clubs. The wheel to wheel racing had a strong entry and the track was in tip top shape, thanks to Ken Jackson's Ontario Off Road staff. On Saturday, "Enduro" racing started off the weekend. The crea-tion of promoter Ken Jackson and off roader Steve Lapointe this Good Old Boys competition is a great way to go racing at a small cost. Bone stock vehicles are treated to a roll cage and then are run into the ground. Although it started out as a smash-em-up derby, Enduro racing has devel-oped into a seriously competitive sport. Then, a pack of nineteen 1600cc restricted class cars entered the track for what was to be a fantastic race. Russ Wad-dington got the lead off the start, closely followed by Dean Fisher, and Kevin Norris. Scott Taylor had a slow start, the talented racer was way back in tenth position. On lap two Fisher got the lead, and Taylor exploded his way up to fifth. The Taylor charge was on! Soon he was in second place, flying by every car in his path. Now only Fisher remained as Photos: Gerry Donnelle suitable prey. On lap five, Taylor, a multi-class competitor was up in front, charging away in a car of his own design. Fisher followed, lead-ing Norris and Russ Waddington. Dave Hunter, Mark Williams and Richard Nadon were dicing it out between the leading pack. Two drivers, Joel Croft and Chuck Williams, Jr. were slowly advancing from the last of the positions, desperately trying to catch up to the action. Williams Jr. was already eighth on lap seven, with Croft, local hero and BFG T earn racer, following his lead. In front of them was a major battle for fourth between Nadon, Hunter, and Serge Lambert. These three racers were changing positions at the blink of an eye. Taylor was running well, estab-lishing a dominant lead on Fisher. Norris was holding third, fol-lowed by the jumble of racers mid-pack. Williams Jr. was into fifth position now, leaving Croft back in ninth. On lap twelve of fifteen Mark Williams was out with mechani-cal troubles. Chuck Williams Jr. passed Norris for third, having made tremendous gains from a start of sixteenth place. Russ Waddington was doing the oppo-site, he was now down to 12th. Croft was also making gains; he had passed Lambert, Hunter, and Nadon and was now in fifth. Scott Taylor dominated the Class 1-2-1600 action, sweeping to victory on both Saturday and Sunday, and here has time to wave at the photographer during his quick drive. Scott Taylor brought in his BFGoodrich/ Sway-A-Way spon-sored car in for the win. Dean Fisher took a relatively distant second, with Chuck Williams Jr. in third. In fourth, from Farming-ton Hills, Michigan, was Kevin Norris, leading Joel Croft and Richard Nadon. Only three unlimited single seaters roared on to the track for the Class 1 event. Scott Taylor had broken in practice and did not make the start. Bill Lefeuvre grabbed the lead, followed by Dave Lofland and Rod Heather-ington, a newcomer at Oktober-fest, driving an interesting, but underpowered buggy. Lefeuvre ran away with the race, howling up the long, bumpy back straight-away and taking huge leaps in his BFGoodrich T / A Team spon-sored Berrien. Long time Oktob-efest competitor Dave Lofland, from Palmyra, New Jersey, ran a good race. Dave came close a few times but couldn't catch up to "Cool Bill" Lefeuvre. As the next green flag fell and a big field of Class 10 cars leaped off the start/finish jump, Bill Lefeuvre lost his cool, suddenly shot out of the pack, dived off the track, and mashed his front end into the concrete barrier. He later claimed that he was tired ("brain fade") from the Class 1 heat. Steve Norris didn't notice, he was leading Joe Hoffman, from Tonawanda, New York, and Richard Dagenais, who was driv-ing like mad, almost spinning out at one point. Geoff Kenward was now in fourth, soon to be passed by Dave Lofland. Hoffman dropped out of the race, giving Lofland a chance to contend with Dagenais, who was engaged in a battle with Norris for the lead. Dennis Boisclair was going for fourth, trying to get by Raynaud Vaillancourt, succeeding only moments later. Dagenais drove to the inside and grabbed the lead in his sleek, futuristic machine on lap 11. Steve Norris dropped back into second, after holding his lead over Dagenais for most of -the race. Vaillancourt was onto fifth, followed by Pennsylvania's Eric Snyder. Kenward had dropped to the back of the pack from an original fourth and mechanical attrition caused sev-eral racers to park their rides. The Bingeman course was living up to its history as a rough car eating track. Dagenais, who had run away with the lead, finished the race in front of Norris, Lofland, Boisclair and Vaillancourt. Nine trucks started the Class 3 heat on Saturday, a ten lap affair for the "short truck" class. John O'Donnell caught the opening lead in his Shell sponsored Bronco, with Dennis Pikala, Simon Aube, Billy "The Kid" Sims and Randy Wirtanen all fol-lowing in a close pack. By the end of the lap Lou Sabo had moved up to fourth position, having passed Wirtanen. Sims lost his left rear wheel, and appeared to have retired for the day. O'Donnell, Pikala and Simon Aube' were all challenging each other, powering around on each other's bumpers. On lap 5, Pikala stole the lead, and began charging away from the rest of the entry! Aube', who had been racing with Pikala, now started hammering away at O'Donnell, twitching in and out of his mirrors. Sims was now back out with a replaced wheel, probably making a mental note about tightening his wheel nuts. Aube' finally passed O'Don-nell, sneaking by him on lap six. O'Donnell didn't let him get away · though. He kept on his tail and challenged to get the position back. On the last lap Aube' was out with truck problems and O'Donnell was there to collect second position. Pikala took the win, followed by O'Donnell, and Lou Sabo in third, rookie Ken Selkirk in fourth, and Wirtanen in fifth. The tight action produced one of the best ever Class 3 races at Oktoberfest! Oktoberfest's strong field of Class 4 warriors ended Saturday's racing in an off road mayhem Brian Case powers by the pit entrance in his Toyota on his way to the Class 7 victory, and he also took another series class championship. A dnf on Saturday could have spelled disaster for Mark Williams Dennis Pikala finished off his rookie season with a win in Class 3 on Saturday, but technical problems held him back the next day. Page 36 in his 1-1600 Mantis, but he placed second on Sunday and clinched the season's title. February 1989 Dusty Times

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,,, ~ 'iii! :+, - ~ -~ " Class 1 on Saturday was BFG star Bill Lefeuvre's only chance to shine. Dave Lofland did a lot of "bridesmaiding", never too far behind. Simon Aube, leading here, and John O'Donnell had a great dice both days. O'Donnell took home two second places, but Aube failed to finish. Dennis Chencharik, leading here, and Jan Dudiak had a great weekend." Jan won on Sunday, took third on Saturday, and Dennis took second place both days in Class 4. extravaganza. Paul Nelson led off the start, but soon was passed by Greg Toneguzzo. Chasing through the smoke was Ontario's Rick Tichbourne, along with Al Drews and Joe Dunlop, both of Michigan. Trucks were all over the race course, scrambling over the rough terrain. Toneguzzo was out of the confusion and had a strong grip on the race. Nelson was losing ground, and was soon out. On the second lap Pete Hattin, of Ban, croft, Ontario, had moved into third, tailing Drews and leading Dunlop. Jim Haines followed, with Jan Dudiak behind. Haines moved into second after Drews lost a wheel. Dunlop was out one tour later, due to mechanical problems. Not content with fourth, Dudiak was all over Hat, tin for third place, hanging on his very exhaust. Dudiak made a strong back straight charge and got by him. after several laps of driving. Behind him were Dennis Chencharik and Basil Foster, both P.O.S.T. drivers. Continuing his charge, Dudiak was now after Haines. Hattin was slowing, but still holding on to fifth. It was coming to the end of the race when Chencharik floored his Jeep Scrambler and passed Haines to collect second place. Dudiak followed, putting the mechanically troubled Haines in fourth place. Greg T oneguzzo fin, ished fifteen bone racking laps as he crossed the finish line in first position. Chencharik took second place, after a strong show, ing. In third was Jan Dudiak lead, ing Haines in fourth and Hattin in fifth. Troy, Pennsylvania's Basil Foster took sixth, with Canadian BFG Team driver Barry Wan, namaker a disappointing seventh. New York's Roy Ca~ney collected eighth, and Lou Sabo ninth. Another Canadian BFG Team driver, Milan Mazanec, · rounded out the top ten finishing drivers. Good Racing! Late morning on Sunday, the off road entrants charged into another day of racing. As the last strains of the Canadian and Amer, ican national anthems rang out seventh, in eighth and ninth were over the facility, the announcer, Kevin Norris (put back on his Cam McRae, proclaimed "Let's wheels by the marshals) and Go Racing!" The same thing he Richard Nadon, battling each has said every year since 1979. other for the eighth spot. Another potent group of 1, As the race was in its last stages 1600 class racers started off the Chuck Williams Jr. was contin, second day with seventeen laps to uing his charge chasing Mark Wil, decide their feature race. Mark Iiams. At the end, however, Scott Williams was quickly into the Taylor took another win, with an lead at the start, a win today enormous lead on second place would give him the Ontario sea, Mark Williams. Chuck Williams son points win. Following were Jr. remained in third, and in Denis Boisclair and Saturday's fourth, Russ Wood, Andre winner Scott Taylor. Russ Wood, Desouza in fifth and Dean Fisher a veteran back after along break in sixth, one lap behind Desouza. from competition, and running in Richard Nadon took seventh, a borrowed car, was in fourth, having stayed in front of Norris with the rest of the entry sorting it and Lisa Volk followed the top out behind them. finishers of a fabulous 1, 1600 off On lap four Denis Boisclair had road race. some temporary car trouble, and The next race was between the dropped back into fifth, having Class Seven trucks with the Chal, been passed by Taylor and Wood. lenger Buggies running a separate Chuck Williams Jr. was making a race at the same time. The event charge, and now was in sixth, hav, was interesting, running together ing diced through the pack. both the newest and oldest vehi, On lap five Norris rolled com, des in the sport. The Class 7 ing out of a rut which put Taylor trucks are all brand new, shining into second place and onto Mark knights of technology. On the Williams' tail. Because of Bois, other hand are the Challengers, clair and Norris dropping out of some of the oldest vehicles in the leading pack, Chuck Williams Canadian off road history, dusty Jr. was really making gains. Now dune buggy ghosts of the early in fourth, only Wood blocked his seventies. The trucks wrestle the way to Taylor and Mark Wil, circuit, leaping the jumps and liams. Behind him were George mushing the landings. The cars Volk and Andre Desouza in fifth waddle around, bouncing off and sixth. Wood probably didn't every bump. But they both have even see Williams Jr. as he went some good racing! pastto collect third positon on lap · Off the start jump first was six. Gary Hammond, leading Marty Usual contender and repeat ser, Jones, John Makson and Brian ies champion, BFG Team member Case. By the second lap Brian Joel Croft, from Guelph, Ontario Case had taken the lead, scram, was out with engine problems, bling around the other trucks in making another series win an his Toyota. Hammond followed unlikely prospect. The incredible in his well built racer, chased by Scott Taylor was again leading the Jones and Makson. Back in the race, having pas~ed Williams after pack Peter Punderson from Con, many laps of furious battle. Back necticut was out with truck in the pack, as Volk started to problems. fade, Desouza grabbed the oppor, Four Challengers followed the tunity and passed him to take mad pack of trucks, quietly pick, fifth. Taylor was now lapping ing their way around the battle, cars, making yet another of his field. Bob Joseph had the lead, but famous charges around Bingeman he dropped out of contention on Park Raceway. lap three, and was quickly passed Dean Fisher was holding on to by Steve Mosher, who was only one lap behind the trucks. Follow, ing were Clyde Gibson and Vatche Shahinian. Meanwhile Jones was out with truck problems on lap four, Punderson was running again and had managed to ~ang on to fourth, with Dave Boldt bringing up the rear. Quebec's top off road racer Richard Dagenais. here being chased by Dave Lofland, drove his own creation to victory in Sunday's Class 10 Main. All of a sudden John Makson came off the main jump squirrely, landed sideways, locked his brakes, hit some barriers and endoed, almost landing in the mud bog! The truck was a disas, ter, a whole year's worth of work destroyed. This harkened back to the early days when driver Bob Joseph did a similar end over end Dusty nma February 1989 flip off the same jump at Oktob, erfest. Running in last position at the time, (because of an earlier roll) Makson was obviously try, ing desperately to catch up to the leaders. John was taken away on a stretcher. But, thankfully, suffer, ing hardly any injury at all, prob, ably due to his strong roll cage. Hopefully we will see him back out next year • . race was left in the finishing order. Brian Case took the win, followed by Gary Hammond, Peter Pund, erson in third, and Dave Boldt in fourth. With the ambulance away, the race car was red flagged, and the Positions hadn't changed iQ the Challenger race, with Steve ,Mosher taking the victory flag, leading Clyde Gibson in second, who was chased by Vatche Shahin, ian, of Scarborough, Ontario in third. Bob Joseph, running a car very similar r;.-OFF ROAD RACING CONGRATULATES ITS 1988 SEASON WINNERS DESERT SERIES Class 1 -Verling Racing Team Class 2 -Russell/McNabb Class 1-2-1600 -Dana Van Noort Class 10 -Scott Hall . · Class 4x4 -Don German Sportsman -Hank Williams SHO-RT COURSE SERIES Class 1 -Don Miguel Class 2 -Sam Berri Class 1-2-1600 -Dana Van Noort Class 10 -Wes Elrod Class 4x4 -Don German Sportsman -Randy Miller OVERALL POINTS WINNERS First Place -Don German -Class 4x4 Second Place -Dana Van Noort -Class 1-2-1600 Third Place·-Sam Berri -Class 2 Fourth Place -McCune /Zimmerman -Class 2 Sportsman -Jack Gardner · COME RACE WITH OUR CHAMPIOA1S IN 1989 VORRA OFF ROAD RACING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA 1833 LOS ROBLES BLVD. 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The high and the low of Class 4! Greg Toneguzzo·s low rider Bronco won on Saturday holding off Jan Dudiak's tree top Jeep CJ 7. The 1600 races produced some epic battles. Here Scott Taylor, right, just flies the jump ahead of Dave Lofland, and these drivers towed from Illinois and New Jersey respectively to race. The 'Good 01 Boys' concept is catching on in Canada. The • boneyarc stockers have become a great off road entry level class in recent events. r;.,.. to that which he flipped in the past, had not foished the race. Both these classes show potential, as new race truck masterpieces are created, and drivers wishing to get into the sport dust off the champ-ions of old. They find them in barns, do some engine work and go racing. Engine work had been the order of Saturday evening for Scott Taylor. A local racer had offered him a used, stock, crank and bearings for his fried Rabbit engine. Taylor did a classic racers' "Why not?" and rebuilt the tired race motor. So, four cars came to the line for the seven lap Class 1 Feature race. Heat winners Bill Lefeuvre took the lead off the start, fol-lowed by Dave Lofland, Scott Taylor, and Rod Heatherington. The borrowed, used engine parts were working and Taylor wa·s soon on Lofland's tail. Soon he was past and making a lunge for Lefeuvre, .who was establishing a long lead. But Lofland came back, closing the door on Taylor. Midway through the race, Heatherington spun off an oddball bumP. and headed for the spectator area'. He stopped short of the barrrier, but the dirt sprayed fans had a story to tell. Taylor edged past Lofland again on lap five, gaining a chance to challenge Lefeuvre who was now light years away. Possibly pushing too hard, Lefeuvre was suddenly out with engine prob-lems and Taylor grabbed the lead. Taylor held off Lofland for the remaining laps, screaming by Lefeuvre who was limping around in quest of series points. Excellent racing, but Class 1, once the fast-est and one of the largest classes in East Coast off road car racing, is now becoming secondary to Class 10, which is less expensive, but still highly competitive. The seventeen lap Class 10 fea-ture on Sunday was a fantastic display of how the semi-unlimited buggies have become the major force in off road racing on the Eastern racing scene. After a great start with fourteen cars, Norman Vaillancourt held the lead, with Joe Hoffman following closely, ahead of Paul Robertson. After an incredibly tight first lap, the mixed up pack began sorting itself out. Richard Dagenais had zipped by Robertson to take third lead-ing Dave Lofland who, after a ter-rible start, had just captured a total of ten positions in two laps. On lap 3, Bill Lefeuvre, who had hit the barrier the day before, was out again with mechanical failure. Scott Taylor, still wheel-ing his "used parts" special, had passed D:we Lofland for fourth. Back in the pack Steve Norris was leading Denis Boisclair. Four laps into th(; race, Scott Taylor was making yet another charge and was into second. Two tours later Norman Vaillancourt had parked it and Taylor was in the lead, followed by the ever present Dagenais. Dave Lofland was in it, challenging Dagenais from third with Norris on his tail. On lap eight Boisclair passed Hoffman, giving him fifth posi-BIGGER IS _BETTER Upgrade ifle C. V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner, IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepower off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission output bells to accept the larger C.V. joints. C~nvert Type I stub axles and output bells to accept Type II or Type IV or 930 C. V. JOIOtS. Convert Type II stub axles and output bells to accept 930 C. V. joints. All axles and bells for Type II or Type IV ·c.V.s are threaded 3/8-24. . All axles and bells for Type II can be threaded 3/ 8-24 or stock 8 mm threads. pitch thrl!ads. 10 mm - 1. 5 is slightly larger and is the size the Porsche factory uses on their cars. · FIT YOUR OFF ROADER WITH UPGRADED AXLES AND BELLS Only $49.95 per flange on your supplied parts. MARVIN SHAW PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 29300 3RD • LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92330 (714) 674-7365 SHIPPED BY UPS DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 38 tion and a chance to knock on Norris' door. But Norris was gone, out on the next lap. For the next couple of laps, cars were everywhere! Crashing, rac-ing, flying all over the track! Richard Dagenais was on the ragged edge trying to catch Scott Taylor, and it was working. Tay-lor started slowing down! The miracle engine was running out of steam. Then on lap 14 Taylor went wide and Dagenais was there to catch him making the mistake. Dagenais was gone in his sleek "Richard Buggy" racer, powering around in a triumphant lead. Lofla~d also got by Taylor and was into second. Luckily for Tay-lor the race was soon over. Ham-pered, as it turned out, by only a broken spark plug wire, he held onto thrid place. Richard Dagenais from Laval, Quebec, took the win, followed by New Jersey's Dave Lofland in second, Taylor in third, Quebecer Denis Boisclair in fourth, Tona-wanda N.Y.'s Joe Hoffman in fifth, and Gerry Grimm in sixth. Class 3 has always been inter-esting at Oktoberfest, with entries from many different places, driv-ers with interestmg styles, and most of all, some pretty neat machinery in a class with fairly restrictive rules. Entry was again good in this race, people had towed from Northern and South-ern Ontario, with a surprisingly large group of Pennsylvanians as well. We always have known how rough the track is getting when the 3s come out, their combination of short wheelbase, moderately de-veloped suspension and high power makes a wild combination. P.O.S.T.'s Billy "The Kid" Sims grabbed a lead at the start of the Class 3 feature race, followed by Rand Wirtanen, Dennis Pikala, the Bronco of Lou Sabo, and a charging mass of modified stock 4x4's. On the first lap, John O'Don-nell took both Ken Selkirk and Lou Sabo, moving into fourth position. The early pace toolc its toll. Sabo had some truck i,1ob-lems, but got them fixed and soon recovered. Pikala lost 4WD, and the suspension was hitting the stops on almost every truck out there. As the sun began creeping over towards the west, the harsh Bingeman Park track was begin-ning to show its true colors. Young Sims and his CJ didn't seem to notice, and they were working on a commanding lead. Wirtanen and Pikala were holding on, watching Sims fly past on another part of the track. O'Don-nell was making a charge, passing Selkirk ( who had slipped past him again) and challenging Pikala. Pikala had technical problems and February 1989 was out for half a minute, letting Bancroft, Ontario's O'Donnell go into second position and most of the field go past. There was no challenge for the lead by O'Donnell, however, Sims had wrapped up the rac~ by three quarters of a lap. O'Donnell carried on for second position, leading Selkirk in third, Sabo in fourth, and Peterborough, Ontar-io's Randy Wirtanen in fifth. By now the characteristic Sun-day ruts at Bingeman had formed, and it was gomg to be interesting to see if the hi-tech suspension in Class Seven could take the abuse. The Class 7 / Challenger entry had ten laps to decide their feature race. In Class 7 there was danger in the first turn, as Brampton Off Road Center's Gary Hammond lost a wheel, scattering marshalls as it bounced past. Marty Jones was out with truck problems mid-lap, as Peter Punderson grabbed the lead, closely challehged by Brian Case. In Challenger action, the limited entry was led by Steve Mosher, with Bob Joseph and Vatche Shahinian following in an uncontested race. In the howling truck event, Brian Case had taken first place from Leduc Off Road's Punder-son, and was now establishing a lead in his agile former I van Stewart Toyota racer. Dave Boldt was now chasing Punderson in third position, leaving only two trucks in the scramble after Case. Brian Case took the win on lap 10, followed by Bob Joseph. Twenty heavy metal Class 4 trucks came out for the very last regular class race at Bingeman Park. There was a vain hope expressed that the heart stopping roar of these giants· might scare the urban sprawl away. Joe Dunlop of Michigan took the lead as they thundered 9ver the start hill. Following were Paul Plunkett, Paul Nelson, Jan Gohn) Dudiak and Greg Toneguzzo. They rushed down into the gully, churned through the corner and leaped back up the hill in a bang-ing, smoking and charging mass. Somewhere in the whirling mix up, T oneguzzo, driving his re-incarnated Dwight Cook "Cookie Monster" squashed Bronco, took Dudiak and gained fourth posi-tion. Nelson was out on lap frv.e, and one lap later charging Jan Dudiak had passed Plunkett and Dunlop for the lead. Plunkett spun out several laps later and was out for the race on lap 10. So the race now was led by Dudiak, with Dunlop in second, Chencharik in third, Jim Haines from Allentown, Pennsylvania in fourth, and Peter Hattin, from Bancroft, Ontario, in fifth position. The race roared on, chewing up the Ontario clay, and deepening the enormous ruts in the corners. Trucks racing at Oktoberfest requires a good suspension just to survive. Joe Dunlop's understate-ment described it well; "It's a little rougher and faster than we're used to." · On lap 10 Chencharik was up to second place, and a struggle erupted between Dunlop, Haines and Hattin. Dudiak was gaining space on Chencharik now, mak-ing a great race after a mediocre start. Haines got by Dunlop, who was rapidly fading from his early lead, trying to hold onto fourth. The race finished pretty well in that order. Dudiak taking a strong win, Chencharik in second, Haines in third, Dunlop in fourth, Basil Foster having passed Hattin for fifth, Hattin taking sixth, and Bob St. Louis in seventh. Round-ing out the top ten finishers were Ric Tichbourne in eighth, Barry "Bear" Wannamaker in ninth and Ray Carney in tenth. A fantastic heavy metal truck race, it was one final roar at the very end of the East Coast season. The last wheel to wheel event at Bingeman was, somehow poetic. The end of hundreds of starts and finishes, the final event was the backward running Enduro cars! Quite· a challenge - trying to drive the big production cars backwards over the rough track. As the enduro cars were towed away to be crushed into an indis-tinguishable mass, and the last of Class 4 trucks had been loaded onto their trailers, an eerie quiet came over the land. Nine years of friends, foes and super star off road racers were saying goodbye. This rutted hillside had been the site of heartbreak, triumphs, power and the maturing process of "dune buggy" racing. Several generations of racing technology have matured here, each with its own champion drivers and organ-izing bodies. Future racers will look to the elders, and ask, "Tell me about Bingeman." Off road racing in Ontario will be moving out to the country, away from the land grab. It had been a good Oktoberfest race, with a strong entry and excellent racing in all of the classes. As the October sun set with a brilliance of color, it would be a long tow for the America , and Quebec drivers. The snow of winter was soon to come, cover-ing the track and hiding it from the bulldozers of spring. Racers would be busy in their garages, creating fantastic new vehicles or rebuilding for the new season. Thanks to Uniroyal/ Goodrich for your continued support. And, goodbye Bingeman, thanks for the excellent action on your chal-lenging soil. Dusty nma

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USA Sand Drags at Glen Helen By Elaine Jones It was the final race of the year and for a lot of competitors it came down to that final pass. There was an added bonus as they had what they called an end of the year run off. They collected extra money throughout the year in entry fees, raffles and the like and put together a nice pot. The con-testants that were eligible were winners in their own brackets and were handicapped by dial in times as they went off for the big dough. In the Sport Division it was a match up between Bill McChes-ney and David Cox for the pot of gold. It was Cox, from Moreno Valley, who gives new meaning to the word speed shift when he fans the clutch lever that got him to the end of the lane first with a time of 5.084 for 60.08 mph. David's 500cc Suzuki Quad is named "Rapid". McChesney, of Bur-bank, had runner up honors in his 350 Chevy Jeep. His sponsors are Chesney Construction/ Richard's 4x4 Clinic/ Burbank Auto and Burbank Speed. There were two Pro Divisions designated as Big Pro and Little Pro. The winners of each met to run for the $1,000.00 purse money. In Big Pro it was a match between Sparky Perry and D.L. King with the nod going to Perry with a 3.788 for 64.74 mph. Sparky is a mechanic from Hun-tington Beach and his 2386 VW is called "Fast Forward" which is what he did. Walter's Buggys/ Short Fuse Racing and Universal Machine are his sponsors. D.L. King, from Apple Valley in his Rimco Machine Shop/Deano 's VW Parts 149 VW Dragster, was runner up. It was a family affair in Little Pro as Marla Kay and Jim Gustaf-son squared off and it was not ladies first as Jim took the win with a time of 4.503 for 69.23 mph. Jim calls Norco home and his 2016 VW Buggy "Mean Green Machine # l" is sponsored by Advanced Water Condition-ing like Marla's who drives "Mean Green Machine #4" that's a blue 2180 VW Buggy. Marla, an appraisal trainee, calls Santa Ana home. The final Big buck Run of the day had Sparky Perry and Jim Gustafson squared off with the officials tripping the light so that the spectators could get an idea of what the handicap would be. The excitement must have been too much for Gustafson because he really put his foot in it and broke out of his bracket giving the win to Perry with a time of 3.628 for 75.63 mph. The Pro 1 - 3, where D.L. King won his way to the Big Buck Runoff with a 3.390 for 92.40 mph, saw Bill Hale a contractor from Canyon Lake take runner up honors in "Hale Storm" a 350 Chevy rail. Hale Construction/ Dunemasters and Paul Cylinda Heads are his sponsors. Pro IV, with a dial in of 3.60, was the domain of Sparky Perry with a 3. 729 for 69.33 mph. Jim George of Hesperia in the "Sand Assassin", a VW, was runner up. His sponsors are Jim's Shell and A-Action Automotive. Pro V had ten competitors and a dial in time of 3.90. It came down to two and when the rooster tails had settled at the end of the lane it was Joe Linsmeier, an oper-The Manufacturers Advisory Council The Manufacturers Advisory Council to the desert series met in Las Vegas, Nevada the day before the HORA/SCORE annual awards banquet. A new method of starting races was announced, and it will be initiated with the upcoming SCORE Parker 400. The starting position for each class during the 1989 season will be based on the previous year's event outcome. Starting with the 1989 SCORE Parker 400, class times from the 1988 Parker 400 will be calculated. These class times will be determined by the average of the fastest driver's times or laps. The fastest class will leave the starting line first. In the past a formula that involved the top few positions in each class from the prior three or four races was used to determine class start-ing position. Sal Fish, speaking for SCORE and Edna Lott of the High Deert Racing Association, added that HORA/SCORE reserves the right to overrule this formula if a potentially dangerous starting order should occur. For the 1989/ 1990 racing sea-sons, Classes 3 and 14 have been combined to form one class, Class 3. All of the vehicles that ran either class in 1988 will be eligible to compete "as is" through the end of the 1990 race season. However, any Class 3 or 14 vehi-cle that did not race in 1988, can be eligible to run if the owner app-Dusty nmes lies in writing to the Technical Committee for a judgement as to whether the vehicle will be "Grandfathered" through the 1989 season. Whether or not Classes 1 and 2 will combine in 1989 will be decided by HORA/SCORE offi-cials and Mark McMillin, the buggy class representative. ESPN will cover six of the eight series off road events in 1989. Marty Reid, of ESPN, also urged manufacturers representatives present to participate in two new off road show segments called "Quick Facts", which will cover technological advances, and also to present drivers for "Personal-ity Profiles," two minute seg-ments which will feature off road-ers at home. Score International President Sal Fish told the council that because participation in the manufacturer point champion-ships was so spirited, the champ-ionships will be contested again in 1989. The manufacturer point cham-pionships are Heavy Metal (heavyweight pickup tricks), Mini Metal {stock, mini or mid-size two or four wheel drive pickup trucks), truck and car tire manufacturers. The 1988 winners were Ford, Mini Metal Challenge; Chevrolet, Heavy Metal Chal-lenge; Yokohama Tire, car class tires, and General Tire, truck class tires. ating engineer from San Bernar-dino, in a 402 altered Chevy named "Sand Dragun" with the winning time of 4.005. Carol Brown Construction and Glen Helen OHV Park are his spon-sors. Dwight King of Hesperia, a yard manager for a wholesale lumber company, was runner up in a 149 modified Bug. King Rac-ing T earn and Hesperia Wholesale Lumber do his sponsoring. It was the age old man, woman match up in Pro VI. The dial in time was 4.20 and the combatants were Bill Lefever of Irvine in "Whooo Yaa" a 427 Chevy Buggy sponsored by the Dune-masters and Doo Dah racing and Melody Kohn, a teacher from Pomona, in "The Educator" a 2176 VW Dragster. Dyno Shop and Specialty Fastners sponsor her. Thetimewas4.232 for66.03 mph and the winner was Lefever to shut the women out for the second time. Pro VII was the stepping stone for Jim Gustafson as he beat out twelve others who had dialed in to the 4.50 time, to qualify for the Big Runoff. Runner up was Larry Brown a Riverside Contractor in a 289 Ford Jeep called "Mr. Excitement. The time was 4.557 for 62.02 mph. 4 .80 was the dial in time for Pro VIII and it was a small field that dropped into the Bracket but it was Mike Bolton, a welder from Chino, in a 327 Chevy Jeep that was quickest down the lane with a 4.901 for 56.35 mph. O&R 4-Wheel Drive/ O'Neals Chevron and H& W Welding are his spon-sors. Ray Farley, also a welder who hails from Chino, was runner up with a mid engine 32 7 Chevy rail. He is sponsored by Jim's Cus-tom Mufflers and Danny O's Tire Service. Ray Torres, an iron worker from Hacienda Heights, in a 1835 VW was the quickest in Pro IX with a 5.102for51.42 mph. Fibre Tech and his wife are his spon-sors. Ken Besette, a plumber from Riverside in "Mean Green Machine #3" a 1914 VW Bug, was runner up. D&D Plumbing is his sponsor. Dial in time was 5.10. John Burton made the trip from Santa Barbara again and it was worth it. His "The Hard Wav" went down the lane the quickest in Pro X. His time was 5 .563 for 42.83 mph. The dial in time was 5.40. "The Hard Way" is a funny Jeep, 4 cylinder 183 Murcruiser Chevy. His sponsor is Low Buck Racing Team. Curt Baumgarten of Mentone Beach on "After Midnight", a 250R Honda, had runner up honors. Late Bye Rac-ing Fabrication, which Curt owns, and Mentone Auto Parts are his sponsors and "After Midnight" is for sale. Pro XI with a 5. 70 dial in time was the domain of Bob Spear from Irvine aboard his Trinity Racing 500cc Suzuki with a time of 5.929 for 44.40 mph. Terry Jefferies of Victorville in a 200cc Pinto Buggy was runner up. Poor-house Racing/ King Bearing and Howards Muffler are his sponsors. Marla Kay Gustafson earned her way into the Big Buck Runoff in Pro XII with a dial in time of 6.00. Bill Schroeder a truck driver from Fontana on a 350cc Banshee was runner up. His sponsor is SES Enterprises. The time was 6.301 for 39.52 mph. The Pee Wees had two young ladies in the run off for the gold and the strict 10.00 dial in time. Susie George, a 10 year old stu-dent from Flinn Springs on a 200SX Honda named "Quick Chick", was the winner with a time of 10.107 for 22. 76 mph. West-Cal Die/Tony's Tractor Work and Scribbs ATV are her sponsors. Trisha Schroeder, an 11 year old student from Fontana, also on a 200SX, had the brides-maid honors. SES Enterprises is her sponsor. The Junior Division, with a dial in time of 7 .00, had 14 year old Stephen Kircher to the lights first with a 7.300 for 33.21 mph. Ste, phen, from Buena Park, rides a Hon-Zuki Quad sponsored by Chino Valley Building Materials and Selvy's A TV Performance. Chris Calva was right behind him on his 250cc Honda. Chris is sponsored by Dave's Chevron and Calva Construction. It was Bill McChesney's run in Sport I that put him into the money run off. His 4.275 for 75.63 mph was good enough to top Todd Groves from Glendora in "Groves & Co.", a 396 Chevy Buggy sponsored by Virgil Groves who is also the owner. Sport II was the stepping stone David Cox used to make the dol-lar run off with a time of 5.221 for 58.40 mph. Bill Lee of Wright-wood, a Parts and Service Man-ager, was the also ran in hs 22 7 5cc VW sponsored by General Fork-lift. Terry Jefferies, a Branch Man-ager from Victorville, worked his way through 13 competitors to win Sport III in his 2000cc Pinto Buggy in a time of 6.054 for 52.08 mph. Poorhouse Racing/King Bearing and Howards Muffler are his sponsors. Mike Mata a printer from Covina was runner up. Life's A Banshee Racing of Co-vina and Carlsbad and Frank Hernandez Pools sponsor the 350cc Quad. Bruno Kueng, pronounced King, a mechanic from Rialto was a first timer by his number but you can bet he will probably be back after his win in Sport IV. "Slow Motion" his 1680cc VW Bug was anything but with a time of 6.387 for 48.56 mph. Runner up was Bill Schroeder, a truck driver from Fontana, on a 350cc Ban-shee sponsored by SES Enter-prises. The awards Banquet for this group will be as wild as their rac-ing as they are using a '50's theme and there was a whole lot of plan-ning going on about the outfits during the racing. USA has a flair of doing everything with style. NEW LOCATION NEW LOCATION NEW LOCATION • ••••••••••••••••••••• cJJIB 1T RANSWERKS VW SPECIALIST DESERT, SHORT COURSE, SAND & STREET * Parts Crack Checking Available * * Pick-Up and Delivery in Most Cases * Joe Giffin 1509 N. Kraemer, Unit "O" Anaheim, CA 92806 714-632-1240 •••••••••••••••••••••• February 1989 Page 39

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'\ 1NE 1988 LOMBARD RAC RALLY Markku Alen Beats the English Winter in a Lancia Text & Photos: Martin Holmes $ _, Markku Alen and 1/kka Kivimaki were up and down the charts several times, but their Lancia led when it counted, at the finish line. It was a sweet victory for Alen, his first in many tries on the Lombard RAC. Finally, Markku Alen is the cidendy the last time the town of in the Lake District and then World's undisputed King of Harrogate hosted the rally; this Ki elder. On Wednesday the Rallying! His eventual victory at time the event was back there route went to Scotland and Dur, the Lombard RAC Rally last again. Four wheel drive cars were ham, while there were two loops November was his 19th World ideal for the conditions, and it of the Yorkshire stages on the Rally win, putting him clear of took all of Stig Blomqvist's final day. The stages on the first fellow Finn Hannu Mikkola, who immense experience to bring his day were available for pre,rally had been leading this event until rear drive Sierra Cosworth to inspection, but not the forests six stages before the end. The sixth place. which formed the essence of the Lombard RAC was action pack, Old timer drivers were in their event. ed all the way. More top drivers element. "It helps to have expe, Fifteen A,priority drivers took part than on any event for rienced these conditions before," started the event, more than any sixyearsandallthetopfinishers, explained Bjorn Waldegard. other rally since the RAC in including the two leaders and "The problem was not really 1982. There were official entries many others as well, went off the knowing the weather conditions from nine teams with officially road in the treacherous condi, for the following stages, so as to supported dealer entries from tions. Three different makes held choose the right kind of tires. three more, and at a time when the lead, a four wheel steering car You had to spend all the time the two premier World tides had made fastest times on a World guessing what to fit. That was already been won. There was, for Rally for the first time, Scandin, why experience mattered so the first time in memory, an Aus, avian drivers took revenge over much." Teams sent spies to the tralian involvement; Wynns the recent successes by their Latin regions of each stage to report on Safari winner Ross "never had colleagues, and after a cliff hang, conditions, but they were not snow on my hat before" Dunker, ing finish the 23 year old Belgian, allowed actually into the stages. ton took part in a Cosworth, and Pascal Gahan, gained the World And, as the rally progressed, businessman Rex Muldoon Group N title. Michelin were not only better on bought an ex,works lntegrale for This was Alen's 15th attempt icy conditions, but also proved Pentti Airikkala to drive. at the event. So often he has led, more puncture resistant. Twice The only title waiting to be but never when it mattered. during the event Waldegard had won was in Group N. Argentine After wins on the Swedish and to stop during stages and change driver Jorge Recalde came to Bri, the 1000 Lakes, Lancia looked to flat tires; itwasacreditto Toyota tain with a seven point Champ, him to help withstand the chal, and also to Blomqvist's Ford, · ionship deficit, and the fear that lenge of the Japanese teams. With that these Pirelli fitted cars were many good local drivers would the arrival of the official Mitsubi, as competitive as they were. deny him the chance of a high shi World Championship team, Once again the Lombard RAC score. There were other fears the Japanese cars were more reverted to a five day format. The around; drivers like Blomqvist plentiful than ever. Eight of the stages were little changed, only and Grundel felt that recent first twelve cars to start were Jap, the sequence in which the var, indifferent performances would anese, and Lancia was the only ious regions were visited. Public, have a material effect on their European team with a realistic ity stages were held again on the future career prospects. chance of success, particularly in Sunday, this time in a line from The first leg was a typical RAC the wintry conditions. The last Harrogate to Telford before the opening day. Juha Kankkunen time there had been a snowy rally passed through Wales on found the Toyota and its Pirellis event was the 1971 RAC, coin, the Monday. Tuesday was spent worked well in these slippery Bjorn Waldegard and Fred Gallagher changed tires ,;,ore than once mid-stage, but they fought back to finish third overall in the Toyota GT-Four. conditions, but there was very 16 valve Astra/ Kadett cars, but little snow. Kenneth Eriksson's already there were difficulties; Toyota, however, came to an DaveMetcalfewassoonoutwith early stop when the cam belt engine trouble. "In these condi, came off and the engine failed. tions," Malcolm said, "the extra Jimmy McRae, in the unlucky power doesn't give any British Celica GT,Four, stopped advantage!" on a road section with a broken ' The cars went to Wales with . crankshaft. The sensation was Kankkunen in the lead, but on the big Audi 200 Quattro of the first stage he lost this to Alen. Armin Schwarz. One of the rea, He had a puncture on a rear tire sons the factory abandoned rally, and slipped to fourth place. Alen ing was that the new '88 small was in a league of his own, mak, intercooler rules made this car ing fastest time on nearly every uncompetitive. Here we had the stage of the day, his Michelins 25 year old double German much better able to handle the champion fighting for fifth place icy patches, although Waldegard on his first World Champion, was lying second until Kank, ship event. The change from kunen caught him up. Then practice to secret stages for the Kankkunen had even more spec, rest of the rally would doubtless tacular trouble. He found his show how good Schwarz really Toyota was on fire! Oil was leak, was. ing from the transmission system Ari Vatanen was in trouble in and he drove many of the stages the Mitsubishi; the power steer, in Clocaenog forest with smoke ing had failed and the crew could pouring from the engine com, not change this for two more partment and the floor getting days. Already there was a good hotter and hotter. This dropped battle in Group Nanda surprise; him to sixth place, and also the only British driver able to severely damaged the transmis, challenge the visitors was Gwyn, sion, but there was enough time daf Evans, who for just two for a full repair on the long road stages got ahead of Ercolani's section back to Harrogate. Lancia. Gahan and Recalde were Wilson overturned moment, close behind. Malcolm Wilson arily and let Blomqvist lead the was ahead in the other battle, that unofficial 2WD category, while forthetwowheeldrivecars. This many Cosworths had retired was the first World rally for the through accidents. Russell It was his first ever World Championship rally, but Armin Schwarz, with Arne Hertz navigating the Audi Quattro, drove right into fifth overall. Stig Blomqvist and Benny Melander were the fastest of the rear drive brigade, taking sixth overall in the Ford Sierra RS Cos worth. Group N competition was full of drama, and the winner, at elev-enth overall, was the Mazda 323 4WD of Gregoire de Mevius and Luc Manset. Hannu Mikkola and Christian Geistdorfer led more than once in the Mazda 323 4 WD, but crashed out of the rally just a few stages from the finish. Page 40 February 1989 Dusty Times

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Mats Jonsson and Lars Backman display a little Swedish style cornering technique en route to ninth overall in the Opel Kadett GS/. Kalle Grundel and Johnny Johansson drove hard in the Peugeot 309 GT/, and theirs was the only French car in the top ranks, tenth overall. Markku Alen, in his Lancia office, is the most successful WCR driver, now with the most wins ever at 19, and finally an RAC title as well. Brookes went into a tree, Robert Droogmans had his fourth crash of the season, and Dunkerton slid off one day later. There were many flats in the normally smooth Welsh sections, mostly due to drivers sliding wide on the ice. For Kankkunen there was now the prospect of an unhappy time ahead, with little or no chance of battling with his rivals again. There was a strange feeling to this event, almost anything seemed possible. As half distance neared, the two official Mazdas were still going strongly, but every region brought its special difficulties. The Lake District saw more punctures, then as the rally went north towards Scot-land came the snow. Vatanen was now running with the steering working well, but then he had clutch trouble but was still going full speed. On the penultimate stage the night before he had created history, the first fastest time on a World rally by a four wheel steering car. Timo Salonen was not so happy, complaining of handling trouble when Mazda teammate Mikkola passed him into third place. There was a foot of snow in parts of the Kershope stage and Waldegard fell back to fifth place, going off the road. Kielder was where Kankkunen made his remarkable recovery; in four stages he rose from fourth to joint leader. Alen was suffering gearbox trouble at the worst pos-sible moment, and he escaped from Kielder in third place. Mal-colm Wilson retired with front suspension failure, Salonen went off the road and dropped to sixth, but Mikael Sundstrom, who had to sacrifice the services of his faithful do-driver Juha Repo to Salonen, had finally started to go well after many engine management system troubles with the Mazda earlier on. In Group N Ercolani fell back after suffering suspension trou-ble, Gahan fell back with two punctures and let his fellow Bel-gian Gregoire de Mevius lead with Recalde second. Gahan was fourth, safely in line for the title. As the rally went into Scotland Dusty Tlma on Wednesday morning, Markku Alen had his gearbox repaired and Hannu Mikkola found himself running first car on the road. "It was really terri-ble opening the route in the snow," he explained. For a while it was Mazda's day, leading Group N and leading the rally overall, but things did not last. Mikkola only kept his lead for three stages before Alen took over, but the strange thing was why he kept running ahead of the field. Other drivers took extra service time, using the spe-cial RAC Rally rules allowing 20 minutes delay without penalty, but Mikkola kept on running first. Ari Vatanen disappeared because of engine trouble, but not before making a second fas-test time, and Kanlckunen found he still could not match the times of the Michelin crews. Walde-gard had to stop to change a flat tire for the second time and fell back to fifth. On stage 36, three stages after gaining the lead, Alen then went off! A deceptive right hander in Elibank saw the Lancia topple off the edge of the road and spectators were summoned to recover the car. Then Salonen did the same thing at the same place. So Mikkola was back in front again but suffering, and still, mysteriously, running first on the road. By stage 39 Kankkunen, run-ning further back, had overtaken Mikkola for the lead, and on the start of the final day he led Hannu by 66 seconds. Alen was another 2 minutes, 17 seconds further back in front of Salonen and Waldegard. Recalde's championship hopes rose when Gahan went off the road for 20 minutes; this put the Belgian out of the points frame altogether. If Recalde kept his third place and Gahan did not add to his score, there would be an absolute tie for the Group N championship. Kankkunen had the vision of the GT-Four's first World Championship win. This was the fourth consecutive time he had led a World rally in this car, only for something to go wrong later. And the same thing was to happen ahead! On the third stage of the day he slid wide within sight of the finish and hit a tree. This smashed the oil cQOler, and unfortunately it was too steep to push the car to the finish of the stage. He radioed for mechanics to come to repair the car; 23 minutes later he was away, down in tenth place. Shortly afterwards the engine failed altogether. himself up to eighth in Group N, enough for the title, and then rose to seventh when the British importers' other GT-Four retired. This was enough to be Champion by two points if the once again in front, three min-utes ahead of Salonen, and the Lancia legend, with ten World wins out of the eleven entered by the team this year, continuing as ever. Alen is now a one time RAC winner, a long way to go before he overtakes Mikkola's four wins or co-driver Arne Hertz's five. It was Hertz who was partnering Schwarz, the first young driver to finish, fifth over-all in the Audi. How useful was Hertz? "He was everything. He told me where all the bad corners on the secret stages were. It was he who stopped me making mis-takes, that is why we got the result we did!" Argentine stayed third, which he did. 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1988 DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RNALE Travis Tromps 'em at Sonoyta to Rocky Point Internacional By Daryl Drake Photos: 3-D Photography & Curt Hummel Jim Travis overcame one flat to sail to the overall and Pro Class 1 victories in his Porsche powered single seat Selsted, the car's first race since a major fire last May at the Western 250. Tucson, Arizona's Jim Travis finished the season in fine style with an almost flawless race to take top honors at the American Desert Racing Association's 13th Annual "Sonoyta to Rocky Point Hare 'n' Hound Internacional." Held early December in Sonora, Mexico, this year's event was sponsored by Town and Country Honda/BMW with assistance from the Sonoran Department of Tourism. In the car's first race since the nasty fire at the "W es tern 250" in May, Travis suffered but one flat to finish with a time of2:49:40 to average 45.25 mph in the Travis-Helwig/People's Car Shop/Gen-eral Tire/Desert Rat Off Road Center's Prosche powered single. "Excellent race! " said Travis. "But the credit goes to Ron League. It's easy to be a winner when the car is prepared by him. He completely rebuilt the car after the fire and did it all right. The tight sections ( of the course) gave me a couple problems but once it opened up, I could really fly. It's great to be back in the winner's circle. It's been a long time, and I have to thank Ron League and my sponsors.'' Over 300 entries, including 77 cars and trucks, turned out for the finale to A.D.R.A. International's 17th year of racing. This year all the racers ran the same route, with the top loop run in reverse to years past. This meant the cars and trucks would have to master • -~~ :w. "Next year he can pick me up at Check 3, ,; laughed Gail Allison after riding the rough distance to the Sportsman overall and Class 1 O titles with husband Jim at the wheel of their Hi Jumper. Enrique Ruiz and Gillermo Leon tested their ORBS Baja Bug's capabilities. The pair won Beginner overall and unlimited honors at 20th overall. the goat trail and siltbeds between Checks 2 and 3 and made for a distance of 128 miles. The weather was surprisingly warm this year and T-shirts and shorts prevailed instead of rain-coats and jackets, giving the start area in Sonoyta a much more cas-ual air. But the racing would be serious, with the majority of the points champsionships still up for grabs and over $40,000 in prizes and contingencies. A mass start was slated for 1 p.m. with the three divisions leav-ing in this order: Pro 1, 2, 10, 8, 4, 1-2-1600, and Challenger; Sportsman 10, 2, 1, 1600 Ltd., 1-2-1600, 5, 5-1600, 8 and Cha_!:_ lenger; and the Beginners luck-of-the-draw after that. No drag race starts this year though, as each entry headed out on a narrow trail one minute apart. A seven hour limit applied to all three divisions. Dan Foddrill brought out the big Chaparral to try and back up its Pro 1 win at Penasco and held the lead on the road until past Check 5 when a rear wheel and tire came adrift. Robert Gayton had the apparent lead on time at Check 3, but John Kelly and Jim Travis were right there as well. Past Check 3 is where the course opens up and the Porsches started coming into their own. Travis would take the edge as Dan Foddrill held the lead on the road most of the way in the big Class 1 Chaparral, then rear wheel/brake woes slowed him at the 115 m ile mark, dropping him to fourth in class, 17th overall. Ed Beard led the way all day in Pro Class 10 with a trouble free run in the Toyota Chaparral, taking the win and finishing second overall . Ron, Brian and John Brown earned their second consecutive Pro Class 2 vic tory with a fine fourth overall finish in their Chaparral. Rich Severson and Tony Pierce had their CJ-7 roaring, had only one flat on their way to a big win in Pro Class 4 and the season title. Page 41 . ,,,,. + ·- · ·,, •. ,.,,;ct· - , '' ~Jt h .. f,,iftfl ·x Nels Tomlinson, with his wife Sharlene co-driving for the first time, kept the big old Ford on top of the silt to win Pro Class 8 honors. February 1989 :t'fc":.:,, John Imbriale finally had it go his way at this race and he not only took the Pro Challenger win, he finished a quick 13th overall. Dusty Tlma

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Don Weiser and Jeff Wester fought carburetor problems in the T.U.F. two seat Pro 1-2-1600 al/day, but they hung on to take the victory. John Raitter had no troubles at all, and he had a smooth drive to Ed Falkner had his best race of the entire ADRA series, as he was ,another Sportsmn Challenger Class victory. the winner in the Sportsman 1600 Ltd. battle. -----••• q """'-'"...&~"-"•l~i'¾,>.-""" _, = In the hunt for the Sportsman overall, Gill Feldman still took Class 1 after a drive chain failed on the engine just three miles from the finish. Rob McCabe invited wife Nancy to ride in his Ford, then flipped a couple of times, had more troubles, but still won the overall and Pro points championship_ for 1988. Alan League was charging early on in Sportsman Class 2, but later fell to third in class behind Keith Alger and Doug Boe/man. Foddrill worked frantically to get going again. Kelly had pumper problems and his contacts didn't like the dust at all, but he brought his Chapparal in at third O / A for second in Pro 1. Gayton's small motored VW ran flat out to take third in class, five minutes back, while Foddrill finally finished fourth, at 17th 0 I A, last in among six entries but with the 1988 class championship. In Pro 2, nine entries started, six vying for the class champion-ship. Jerry and Jim Everett were hot off the start, and in the overall lead by Check 2, but gone before Check 3. Ron Brown and Gary Anderson were then fighting it out for the lead until a Saguaro cactus darted out in front of An-derson and tried to end his race. Brown then moved out front for the duration to take the Pro 2 win at fourth overall in the C.S. Construction/Blue Circle of Ari-zona/Yokohama Chaparral with a time of2:56: 17 and a 43.57 mph average. "Lots of fun!" said Brown. "Good race, passed the Everetts before Check 3, then stayed out front thanks to Brian, John, the rest of my family and crew, and all our sponsors." Cactus also slowed Carl Perez and Ross Whitmoyer in their new Mazda Chaparral when they took a trip through the Cholla. "We didn't have the steering stops right and the oµtside wheel would lock up in some tight turns and we wound up with a car full of Cholla and found we had no comb!" related Perez after the team fin-ished third behind Anderson. Paul Nolte's race ended at Check 5 when the ring and pinion let go, while Gray Hendricks fin-ished fourth after tire troubles and ignition woes. Last in class to finish was Bill Cook at fifth, but with enough points to take the class championship. Cook dedi-cated his finish to his usual co-driver Jim Cunningham, who suf-fered a broken neck due to a traffic accident Friday in Phoenix. Only two made it to the finale in Class 4. Rich Severson and Tony Pierce led throughout to Dusty Tlma take the win and the class champ- good luck! We might make a team ionship over Benny Hinds and next year. Thanks to BFG - I've David Erickson. only had one flat in the past three "We had one flat as we came years and I really appreciate that. into Check 5, our crew pulled off a NASCAR-style pit stop, and everything went great!'' exclaimed an elated Severson. 'l want to thank Tony for co-driving all sea-son, all our sponsors and all our friends here' cause I just own the CJ - I don't own a tow vehicle, or a trailer or anything, and without everyone here it just wouldn't be possible, and it's just as much their win as it is mine. This is a dream come true!" Also thanks to Fly-N-Hi." Tom-linson added that he'd mounted a shovel in the bed after spending six hours digging here in.'85. "But I've never needed a shovel since!" Just shy of an hour later, McCabe's bashed and battered Ford~ The Republic Off Road/BF-G o o d rich /'.f ea m T I Al Tom Buck Auto Repair/Sun Off Road/ Falcon's Roost/Flamingo Racing CJ-7 covered the distance in 3:58: 11 to average 32.24 mph. In ,:it second, 40 minutes back, were Hinds/Erickson in the Ran-dall Racing Cherokee. "We blew both front tires before Check 1, then tried to play catch up, but we'd have had to run real strong to catch Rich!" said Hinds. Frank Turben was heading for the class win, championship and overall Pro championship as he led the way into Check 2 in Pro Class 8. Rob MacCabe, second in points and second to start, had flipped and Nels Tomlinson was far back in second. But a broken steering box in the siltbeds left T urberrbelly deep in the soft stuff and Tomlinson had the old Ford in the lead by Check 3. McCabe got his truck right-side up again and set off, with a tranny that leaked nearly as fast as it· could be filled. Picking up the pace, Tomlinson made no mis-takes and made it to Puerto Penasco just at sunset to finish at 18th overall with a time of 4:04:29 to average 31.41 mph in the BFGoodrich/DirTrix/Fly-N-Hi 429-powered '66 Ford. "Pretty tough out· there, espe-cially up top!" laughed Tomlin-son. "The truck got real squirrelly in the siltbeds but it never stopped and we kept on a-goin' ! "My wife Sharlene rode with me this time. First time, so this is .091 HEAVY DUTY DIFFERENTIAL Made from 4340 Chro-moly. All surfaces ground for high concentricity. Pre• cision machined for the tightest tolerances. NEW FOR '89 ! CV BOOT HOLDERS February 1989 Machined from extra strong alloy steel. Designed.lo provide for · maximum axle angulation. Larger ball clearance. Available for T-2, T-4 and 930 Cl/s. Tired of replacing com-plete CV's? We now have the 930 CV Center Stars available as a separate item. 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r;r rolled across the finish line. If Turben couldn't finish, McCabe would win both the Overall and Pro Points Championship. "About six miles out we were going 80 to 90," explained McCabe. "The brakes wouldn't slow us enough and we got side-ways in a turn and bounced off a big Saguaro, spun around, hit a hole and just started flipping, end-ing up in a Challa patch. We got it right-side up, filled it with oil, and took off -thank God we fin-ished!" Wife and co-driver Nancy McCabe added that they'd later had two flats and were just about ready to put beer or pop in the tranny as the finish line came into view. Turben fin"ally got going, but ran out of time and only made it to Check 6 officially, 22 points short of beating McCabe for the year. Except for a gas stop, Pro Class l0's Ed Beard might have had the overall win. As it was, he finished second overall, first in class, for the class championship in the Beard's SuperSeats/Stroller Engineering/Yokohama Tires/ Trick Fuel Toyota-Chaparral with a time of2:5 l :4 2 and a 44. 7 3 mph average. "Fun race, no flats, no problems, but a little dusty!" laughed Beard. The traffic and silt were bad between 2 and 3 but the . car ran super. The Dunc Brown Toyota is making a lot of power and now we're getting anxious to go to Parker! And as always, our Y okohamas never faltered." Greg Oswskey was second, eight minutes back after a good chase with Beard, and Jay Lips-comb was third, 11 minutes later. Last in class were Gary Under-down and Tom Foley after a lot of work. Their rear torsion housing had broken just before the race but they begged and borrowed enough parts to make the repair as their start time slid into the oast. But they persevered and earned second in the points series. Jim Borel had the lead in Pro 1-2-1600·until Nels Dutton took over the wheel and disapeared past Check 6. Don Weiser and Jeff Wester had carb troubles early and thought they were out of it but kept going for a finish and ended up winning Pro 1-2-1600 at 14th 0/ A with a time of 3:26:42 to average 37.14 mph in the T.U.F. OffRoad/Willy's/Yokoha-ma/Fox Shox/Gannon Grading/ Safari Landscape T .U .F. built two seater. ""I've got to thank my wife for putting up with all this!" laughed Weiser. "We took it easy and ended up winning," beamed co-driver Wester. Nine cars lined up for the Pro Challenger bout. John Imbriale held the lead on the road throughout but the Lee T earn may have been ahead on time in a cou-ple of sections early. No matter though as Imbriale turned up the wick and took the win at 13th 0/ A with a time of 3:24:36 to average 37.54 mph in the Bandit Racing DirTrix. "The car worked beautifully!" exclaimed Imbriale. "This one's for my new baby girl!,, John and Jack Lee finished five minutes back in what John called their best race of the season with Larry Dimmett and David Ander-son holding onto the class cham-pionship at third, 20 minutes Page 44 back. James Bernard was fourth, Rick Madrid fifth. Topping the Sportsman divi-sion were Class 1 O's Jim and Gail Allison in the Trick Fuel/Yoko-hama/ Allison Automotive Hi· Jumper at 12th overall with a time of 3:23:03 and a 3 7 .82 mph aver-age. "Things went real well but we lost our spare off the roof," said the soft spoken Jim. "And those trucks were kinda tough to pass." "Next time he can pick me up at Check 3. I do not like that section from 2 to 3," chided Gail. "The car worked as smooth as it can but I'm not sure that's enough!" Hoping for the overall and cer-tainly in the hunt for most of the distance was Sportsman l's Gil Feldman. "It was great until three miles from the finish when I blew a drive chain, I really wanted this one bad," lamented Feldman, who still won his class at 28th 0 / A in the Kawasaki Ninja 1000 powered Desert Mfg. car. "I want to thank Ken Saunders, Eastside Cycle, Terry Harden and my wife Shari," he added. · Seven tried their luck in Sportsman 2. Only three finished, in what was a close contest most of the distance. Keith Alger, Doug Boelman and Alan Travis traded the lead as they battled each other and various woes but ended up in that order again at the finish. Alger's Pat Hughes Perform-ance backed Sandhawk turned in a time of 3:34:29 to finish 16th 0/ A and average 35.81 mph. "This was a real rough one," said Alger. "We ran 25 miles into Check 7 on a rear flat and were only running on three cylinders at the end. We're glad to be here!" Boelman was just four minutes back for second after ignition trouble and running out of gas, while League was another half . hour in arrears. Jeff Hustin was all alone by Check 2 in Sportsman 5 and played it safe to finish at 32nd 0 / A with a time of 4: 18: 18 and a 29.73 mph average in the Thor-oughbred Volkswagen/Priority 1/Lizzzard Chassis/Colucci Fab-rication sedan. And by Check 3, Ron Gardner was alone in Sportsman 5-1600 so he cruised on to finish at 41 st 0/ A with a time of 5: 16:33 and a 24.26 mph average. Jack Baily, lone entry in Sportsman 8, has started right behind Pro 8 but went out with unknown troubles at just the five mile mark. Better luck next year, Jack! Overall Sportsman Allison ate up his competition in Class 10 with a 90 minute margin on Al McMullen, second. John Thul was another 10 minutes back for third, and the rest of the class was spread out across the desert. Bob Burns, lone entry this time in Sportsman 1-2-1600, was the last official finisher at 46th 0/ A with a time of 6: 18:03 in the Cases by Bob/Dubs and Things Burns FX-1. He averaged 20.31 mph but was happy to finish in the car's first race. Even the Sportsman Chal-lengers beat that, though not by much. John Raitter led through-out to win at 24th 0/ A with a 32.64 mph average and a time of 3:55: 16 in the Kustom Koach-works Paint backed Chaparr;il. "An excellent, but real dusty, race," said Raitter. "The car ran well; this is my third consecutive win. I'm ready to move to the Pro Division. I need some more spon-sors and I'm real negotiable!" Daryl Knupp was second, just shy of a half-hour back after 60 miles on a flat, but well ahead of Larry Weiser, in third. Five 1600 Ltd. entrants yielded three finishers and a close race. Eddie Faulkner took the win at 18th 0 / A with a time of 3:38:04 and a 35.22 mph average in the Edwin Enterprises/Yokohama Hi Jumper. "Miserable -just the way I like it!" laughed Faulkner. "Great! Absolutely perfect, for the first time this season. Good course, but rougher than a cob for a lot of miles. Troy and I were duking it out 'til he got a flat. I've gotta say this Parker Pumper is the best thing that ever happened to this car!" Mike Hathcox was second, 17 minutes back but just two min-utes ahead of Troy Churchman, third. Finally, in the Beginner ranks, the last car to enter the race was the first to finish. Enrique Ruiz and Gillermo Leon just barely made it to the starting line in time to race their new T ecate Beer /Off Road Buggy Supply O.R.B.S. Baja. Richard Binder, O.R.B.S. owner, bet them they couldn't beat Omar Adam's 1835cc O.R.B.S. single with their 1776cc convert, and the gauntlet was thrown. Adams meanwhile was already flying towards Rocky Point. Call it beginner's luck, but Ruiz and Leon gave it all they were worth and took the overall and Unlimited Beginner wins at 20th O / A with a time of 3:38:47, a 35.10 mph average, and a seven minute margin on Adams, second. I'm not bilingual, so I can't relate Ruiz and Leon's comments, but they were excited and happy. Adams, earning the Beginner Unlimited championship, had this to say: "Those boys deserved it. I thought I was going to run out of gas the last 20 miles 'cause I never could find my pit crew until the finish. Fantastic race, and I had a blast thanks to Off Road Buggy Supply." Bill Krug Jr. was third in a 1600cc Bunderson, well ahead of Scot Chambers, fourth. Three of the four Beginner 1600 Ltd. entries earned a finish. Travis Sell-ers took the win handily at 21st 0/ A with a time of 3:42:35 and a 34.50 mph aver-age in the Ace Auto Repair Woods Vulcan. "Dusty, but a lot of fun!" said Sellers. "I· almost flipped, put the car on its nose a few times, and ran over a lot of trees, I think!" John Miles was second over an hour behind but 22 minutes ahead of Rick Pyle and Tim McKenzie, third. So out of the 77 entries, 46 made it to the checkered flag for a, 59.74 percent finishing ratio. This marked the most exciting series points championship since I've been· covering A.D.R.A. International, who thanks the spbnsors, contingency donors, race volunteers, landowners, medical teams, fans, and, of course, racers for making it possible. Even bigger plans are underway for 1989 -with TV coverage in the works to complement the good print from DUSTY TIMES. We'll tell you more with the awards banquet report. February 1989 more ••• TRAIL NOTES · ROBBY GORDON has added another honor to his incredible collection for the 1988 racing season. Gordon became the youngest ever, at ag~ 19, to be voted onto the AH-America First Team sponsored by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association. Gordon, the fastest rising star in off road racing, made the team on the strength of series championships in both SCORE/ HDRA desert racing and the Mickey Thompson stadium events, plus he won two classes at the SCORE Off Road World Champion-ship at Riverside. On the first team with Robby Gordon are such well known champions as Bill Elliott and Rusty Wallace from stock car racing, Geoff Brabham and Scott Pruett frotn road racing, Bob Glidden and Kenny Bernstein from drag racing, and Steve Kinser and Rich Vogler from short track racing. Robby Gordon was selected in the 'At Large' cagetory, and shares the honor with Tom Kendall, the Camel GTU champion in the IMSA series. Congratulations again to Robby Gordon. The awards were presented last January 7 in the Spruce Goose Pavilion in Long Beach, CA. During the evening, a reported bomb threat, phoned to the police, saw the place evacuated and the attendees moved to the nearby Queen Mary until the place was searched, but nothing was found, so the party moved back across the parking lot. THE GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES out of Denver, CO seems to have found a home nearby for the short course races. Although nothing is yet on paper, they have reached agreement in principal for using Mountain View Motor Sport Park, near Denver, as the major venue for the coming season, and the only sticky issue is how the club can clean the paved track after the off road races, but they are close to getting that solved. The off road course would be built on the infield of the 1.2 mile paved circuit, and would be a semi-permanent track for the off roaders. The club is also planning to schedule Challenger and stock truck classes for 1989, providing they get enough feedback from the members on rules and are able to recruit potential racers for these classes. · LATE FLASH FROM PLASTER CITY - The New Year's eve FRT Dunaway Dash drew a husky car entry of 77 starters. Details are sketchy at this time, but we do know that Craig Dillon won the race overall driving his Class 10 car, and that teenager Billy McCool, and co-driver Jerry La"".less, arrived second overall in a 1-1600 car that hasn't been out for a year. Billy's dad Dick McCool and Lawless built and maintain the Mirage. We will have a full report by Judy Smith in the March issue . AMERICAN THUNDER is the name of the new off road racing truck team for the 1989 HDRA/ SCORE Desert Series. The sponsorship will come from a unique combination of three major corporations who are establishing a complete marketing group to promote the American Thunder concept. The trucks will be the Chevrolet driven by Frank Vessels in Class 8 and a Chevrolet S-10 designed for Class 2 competition for Larry Ragland. The three companies in the alliance are Chevrolet, Mobil 1 Oil and BFGoodrich. Vessels expects to have his all new Jon Nelson built truck at the Parker 400, the season opening race. But Larry Ragland will enter last year's Class 7 Chevy S-10 in Class 2, and his new unlimited truck will make its debut at the Great Mojave 250 in March. • The idea behind the combined sponsorship is not only to provide enough money for the two high dollar trucks, but it also provides the opportunity for Chevrolet, Mobil Oil and BFGoodrich to test, improve and promote their products in one of the harshest environments there is - off road racing. Chevrolet spokesman Jack McKenna said Chevrolet started in off road racing at the grass roots level four years ago, and worked through the ranks, and realized that success would come best by putting it all together, --:ombining marketing strategy with the engineering plans to create a win/win situation. The result is that Chevrolet joined forces with Mobil Oil and BFGoodrich to create this powerful new off road truck racing team, whose goal is to win races, while serving as a marketing vehicle for the three allied sponsors. The alliance is planning on winning events overall with the Class 2 truck, and, of course, Frank Vessels has been second overall more than once in the Class 8 truck. Look for the fancy newly painted trucks at Parker, and a lot of corporate folks hovering around them. PARIS-DAKAR REPORT-The annual Paris-Dakar Marathon event is still in progress as we go to press with this issue. However, the latest from the wire services indicates that Jacky Ickx is leading overall through Libya, and his Peugeot teammate Ari Vatanen is winning desert stages and closing in fast on the leader. Peugeot has already won the event twice, in 1986 and 1987. In a fluke last year Ari Vatanen was disqualified while heading for an absolute victory, but his Peugeot teammate Juha Kankkunen won the rally, saying at that time it was really Vatanen's event. There were a number of changes to the Paris-Dakar format for 1988. Forced by civil war away from traditional territory in Algeria, the eleventh edition was routed through Tunisia and Libya. Colonel Ghaddafe personally gave orders to welcome the event into Libya, and waived the lengthy formalities common before visitors can enter the country. Also, there was to be only one competitive section in Tunisia, scene of a very popular Marathon event in 1988. Another change was to the pre-event Prologue, normally held well prior to the start in France. This year the Prologue was en route to the trans-Mediterranean boat, in Barcelona, Spain. While the Paris-Dakar had the usual one day break, again at Agadez in Niger after the Tenere Desert, the event was shorter this year, just 18 days instead of the normal 22 days. And finally, instead of starting on New Year's Day, the rally started on Christmas Day 1988. This time the route was 10,831 kilometers of which 4,768 were special sections. We'll have a full report next month. YOKOHAMA CONTINGENCY FOR 1988 - Voted the HORA/ SCORE Contingency Company of the Year for 1988, Yokohama Tire Corp. is expanding its off road racing program to include Team Toyota for the 1989 season, but they are not leaving all the grass roots racers behind in the dust. Included for 1989 in the program is the SODA/STORE series in the midwest. Along with the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group stadium series and the HORA/SCORE desert series, Yokohama will continue its contingency program for SNORE, ADRA, VORRA, PAC, Gran·Carrera and the FRT Superstition Series. Awards vary in these series as well as in the SODA/STORE series, and are generally posted in cash and merchandise for all four wheel classes. Dusty Tlma

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The 1988 VORRA Awards Banquet ensued. Pushing T earn Verling all year were Phil and Randy LaPlante, from Oregon. The LaPlante gang are another prime example of neat off road racers this writer has seen; many parts from their pits have been loaned to needy competitors. the Sportsman title this year. He thanked Don German for welding his frame back together and Phil LaPlante for an engine loan. One good turn deserves another. Hank later drove several hundred miles down from Oregon to loan his car to Garry Johnson for the final VORRA short course race. Second in Sportsman points was Mike Turner who logged two desert class wins. Third was Jim Willaman in his trick convertible Baja. Fourth went to Rich Bryden who thanked the Pros for not running over him in his rookie year. Text & Photos: Ken Vanderhoof Team Verling won every desert event ·;n 1988, and Eric The Sportsman of the Year honor went to Jack Gardner, Verling thanked the whole crew, here flanked by his who drove both desert and short course in the class Dana Van Noort dominated the desert Class 1-2-1600. He fin-ished every lap of every race in 1988 in both desert and short course events. Roy Gust claimed second in Class 1-2-1600 by plac-ing second in every desert race. Third went to Larry Versaw, who said all he wanted to do was finish a desert race. He did very well with a little help from Kevin Kroyer. Kevin McNabb and Mike Rus-sell captured the tough desert Class 2 points title. Second in class was Garen McCune/Larry Zimmerman, who were plagued with many transmission troubles. Third went to Sam Berri who fin-ished the season just two points ahead of his Arnold, CA neigh-bors Al Baker and Craig Redding. The desert Challenger class points chase was really tight last season. Only four points sepa-rated first and second place in the end. Mike Bishop took the title with the team of Stone/ Anderson finishing a close second. parents on the right and Troy Hold and Patrick Verling. wheeling a V-8 powered racer. 'JFF Chris Oberg delivered a rousing roast of VORRA folks, a highlight of the awards banquet, and his best target of all was VORRA President Ed Robinson, on the left bracing himself. The VORRA year end banquet was held on dry land this past year, at the Heritage Inn in Rose-ville, CA. About 250 guests enjoyed a~ evening highlighted by a Chris Oberg roast to VORRA that had people laughing so hard they were falling off their chairs. Some of the chosen few were a little red faced too. Ed and Jenny Robinson, VORRA's leaders, took their entire worker crew on a well deserved three day ocean cruise just prior to the banquet. The VORRA workers are truly pro-fessionals. Every award recipient had nice things to say about them, and the cruise was a dandy reward for them. Instead of the usual wall plaques for trophies, VORRA opted to go with framed and mat-ted photographs for the season awards. Possibly more important to the racers was the $4500 in cash to be awarded to the top drivers in the final 1988 points standings. Many people were thanked throughout the evening, including sponsors, family and crew members. Others shown appreci-ation included Bill Placincia of Yerington, NV, who spent a lot of time dragging the desert 'courses so that VORRA would remain welcome in the northern Nevada desert. The short course awards were first to be presented. The 1-2-1600 short course champion for 1988 was Dana Van Noort. Dana placed third or better in every VORRA race last year, including both short course and desert events. Tim Riordan had some incredibly tight races with Dana throughout the season, and he might have won the title, but his race car wasn't finished in time for the season opener. Third in class for the year was Larry Versaw in mJy his rookie year at that. VORRA didn't attract many Class 1 entries in 1988, but one Dusty Tlma racer that made every race and won most of them was Don Miguel. Don made it to every VORRA event during the year except the awards banquet to receive his money. Wes Elrod not only won the 1988 Class 10 tide, and also won four straight overalls on the short courses, but he also won all the 'Dash for Cash' motos except the one his brother Jeff captured. Don Kennedy finished a very strong second in Class 10 points. He claimed runner up position several times and finished the 1988 season with a victory. The VORRA Sportsman class is always competitive and excit-ing. Just to survive the first turn bottlenecks is a feat in itself. Randy Miller not only survived but managed to take a couple of overall wins in back to back moto victories. Garry Johnson got it together about mid-season and leap frogged up the points stand-ings to second overall on the year. Desert ace Scott Hall claimed third overall despite missing half of the short course events. Mike Bishop used a vehicle worth about half of some that he raced against, and did very well, placing fourth in points out of almost forty Sportsmen. David Jefferies came in fifth on the year, just a couple of ~ints behind Bishop. Max Halliday destroyed his converti-ble Baja in the last race, but earned enough points to take sixth place Sportsman honors. The Class 3/4 short course champion was again Don Ger-man. Don is consistently fast and always willing to help his fellow competitors. One could tell by the applause that he is very popular. The competition was stiff in Class 2 this year. Sam Berri logged three consecutive wins to secure the class title. It wasn't easy for Sam, as he came from behind on points to edge out Tone Jordan and third placing Garen McCune/ , Larry Zimmerman, who missed the last event because of damage sustained at a desert race in Oregon the week prior to the final event. Kevin Kroyer received fourth in the standings. Kevin had been racing up front all year, but a couple of mishaps kept him out of the running for number one. 1988 was the inaugural year of the VORRA Odyssey Class. Four drivers were in the points race all year long, and they were so close that any of these four could have taken the title at the season finale. Ed Moore came out on top, and Scott Young wound up second. John Ross Moore claimed third for the year and Dave Tieken received the fourth place money and trophy. Several more good racers showed up towards the end of the season, making the Odys-sey motos exciting. The next segment of the presen-tation was dedicated to the desert racers. Every VORRA desert event in 1988 was won by the same team, Pat and Eric Verling. Pat and Eric thanked the VORRA crew, as did everyone. Next they thanked their crew and chief mechanic Troy Holt. When they thanked their parents for the rac-ing environment in which they were raised and the help in the racing effort, a standing ovation Scott Hall took the Class 10 title. He had many thanks for his Carson Valley, NV neighbor Jim Duncan, and of course for the VORRA crew. Dale Smith kept it together long enough to place a strong second in Class 10. His season was highlighted by a class win in the Yerington 400. Kenny Strong placed third in his first year with VORRA. Ken said he wouldn't have been in the top ten ifit wasn't for his friend "Vince". Fourth in Class 10 points was 1987 class champ Chris Oberg. Chris found a ditch early in the Yerington 250, and was catching up on points all year. The desert four wheel drive went to Don German, who had the title bagged before the last race. Second was Richard Hamp-ton in his Dodge truck. Third in class was 1987 champions Kent Bullock and Bill Kennedy, also driving a Dodge. The desert Sportsman Class is always competitive and the points battle came down to the wire in 1988. Hank Williams captured Every season VORRA has a combined desert and short course overall Champion. The winner for the sixth year in a row was the ace 4x4 Jeep pilot from Petaluma, CA, Don German. It was a popu-lar win, because the second stand-ing ovation of the night erupted. Second overall on points was the very dedicated Dana Van Noort, who logged a lot of miles in his 1-1600 racer. Third on points was short course Class 2 champ Sam Berri. Fourth came Garen McCune and Larry Zimmerman who vowed to cure their trans troubles before the 1989 season begins. The Sportsman of the Year was Jack Gardner who finished sev-en th in the Sportsman short course standings and drove very well in the desert in his V -8 powered racer. The highlight of the awards banquet was a fifteen minute roast by Chris Oberg. He had a bag of tricks for each member of the VORRA crew, including one especially attention getting gag for President Ed Robinson. As Ed balanced a coin on his nose, Chris poured a full glass of ice water down Ed's pants. Seeing that, alone. was worth the price of admission for the night. 1989 FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS NOW AVAILABLE! Update your current Ranger to 1989 aero styling, design to retain stock appearance and allow 34" tall tires. SCORE/HORA legal, bolts to stock panels or DZUS on. Reinforced hood to stop distortion at speed. Racers Price Available. CALIFORNIA PRE-FUN 39067 Orchard St. Cherry Valley, CA 92223 Curt Leduc, Owner February 1989 (714) 845-4402 Used by: Manny Esquera Douglas & Johnson Swift/Leduc Page 45

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f-~~YOKOHAMA ~SUPPORT TEAM By Dennis Rogers Congratulations to all the winners and finishers of the 1988 Baja 1000. This year's Baja 1000 was like most other Mexican races, rough in spots and mostly just plain fast. But, like the rest, endurance plays the biggest part of the Baja 1000. And because of this endurance, pit support plays even a greater part than in the other races during the season. This article is to pay tribute to the support teams and chase crews. The Yokohama Support Team about who this article is written is not the only team on the course, while I am partial to Yokohama I know there are many others who perform the same job as we. At this race I was asked to drive a Challenger car; during my section I managed to miss the course and drove into a ditch landing the car on its side. If not for a remote pit run by Gary Lopez and crew for the Chenowth XT, I would have remained there throughout the night. It is crews like this that make even the worst mistakes bearable. Thanks guys, if it had not been for your help we would not have finished the Baja 1000. I pay tribute not only to Gary and crew but to all support teams. As for the Yokohama Support T earn we operated three remote · pits, the first being Nuevo Junc-tion. Jay King and crew helped a number of racers and after most had gone through began to help the Safari drivers. Jay then moved to San Matias and continued to help late into the night, one of his more notable repairs was Nick Gross who had a hearty thanks for Jay and crew. Second on the course was San Rafael run by Earl Vest and crew. While minor repairs were the order of the day, re-fueling was their main task. Relaxation and enjoyment of the countryside was the remainder of time at San Rafael. The third and final pit was at Camalu where Phil McCulley and crew watched the waves roll in and waited for a nut driving a Challenger car. At about 3:00 a.m. their lone Challenger came through and an assortment of other stragglers, whom they helped with equal enthusiasm. Thanks guys. Thanks to all that make the Yokohama Support T earn possi-ble, Perma Cool, Lothringer Elec-tronics, Valvoline, German_Auto and Off Road Dynamics. Thanks to all the volunteers, Jay, Bonnie, Gary, Dan, Earl, Dave, Charlie, Dale, Bob, Phil, Steve, Scott, Crash, Tom and Joel. For the 1989 HDRA/SCORE season Support will again man three remote pits. Volunteers are always needed if you wish to be a part of off road racing and help like Gary Lopez and his crew of Chenowth XT, join us. For more information contact Dennis Rog-ers at (714) 592-2271. I wish you all the best of holi-days, Merry Christmas and have a safe New Year. See you at Parker. The Parker 400 Pits will be at Lower Thunder Ally on the Cali-fornia side, and Swansea and Hour Glass on the Arizona side. Good luck, and if you need help, pull in. ~ OFF-ROAD RACING TEAM 'The Straight Poop from the Big Waluoo' The Parker Race is upon us with a new set of Club officers to lead us into the '89 season. Results of Parker, the Club elec-tions and details about the Awards Banquet will be in our next months' column. RUMORS OF '89 CHANGES: Symonds is redoing and updating his Toyota truck for the new sea-son. Both Willie Melancon and Pete the Greek picked up rides in 1-2-1600 cars. Howard Anderson has a new Class 5 ride. Frenchie will be trying out his new Mirage single seater in the first part of the year. Wolfe bought Greenway's Class 10 car and will be givin' it hell shortly. Sumners' new 120 ... long 1-2-1600 car should be ready by Parker. Chase will run his new Class 2 car all year. Steve Brown sold his 5 car and is switch-ing to Class 1 as soon as he fin-ishes up the new one he bought. Utgard will race his Class 3 trucks • this year. There is a rumor that Walter Prince is switching to a Class 11 car that is currently being finished over at Vanegas' race shop. The Checkers were once again beat out of the '88 'Support Team of the Year' award at the Score/ HORA Banquet. This time it was by one of the big tire companies. The Wahzoo would like to yell 'fix' but that wouldn't be right since they probably out spent the Checkers 10 to 1 in their support. Now, if their big tractqr t~~jlers, WHERE DO YOU RIDE YOUR TOY? Your favorite riding area may soon be closed if the Wilderness Bill is passed! INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF OFF ROADING ... BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. r:-::JOIN CORVA [1-800-237-5436] CORVA The California Off Road Vehicle Association Inc., is a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the land use rights for off road enthusiasts, and companies in California and the rest of the country. To Join: $20.00. Call Toll Free 800-237-5436 to charge on Visa and Mastercard or request a membership application. CALIFORNIA OFF-ROAD VEHICLE ASSOC. INC. 1601 10th Street, Sacramento CA 95814 Page 46 1!'91!"'-• fancy uniforms and paid crews weren't considered in the voting we would blow' em out every year. Yes, there really is a Gary Leu-pold. After a long period of inac-tivity, Gary has recently started showing up at the weekly meet-ings again. But while Leupold's been away a lot of the newer members know him only as an unanswered name on the Wednes-day night roll call, as indicated by this conversation I overheard at the table next to me: -"Hey, who is this guy Leu-pold anyway?" -"I dunno but I think he was the Treasurer before Burack." -"Nah, I think he used to race a Bug, Class 11 or maybe a 5-1600?." -"Ya I think you're right, I think he was a co-driver for some guy named Tabor." How soon things are forgotten, right Gary? I mean everybody I know still remembers your Checkered 5-1600 car! CHECKER QUIZ -What screw up do Uncle Max, Hibbard and Wolfe have in common? Answer later. Round Brown crossed me up. A while back he bought a boat and said "the Baja Bug is for sale, not gonna race it again." The Wahzoo predicted in this column that "Steve would definitely be at Parker." Well so much for my opinion, Steve sold his 5 car and will not race Parker. But I think Brown surprised even himself when he bought a new single seater and now a new slimmer and trimmer Brown intends to show Koch and Sugar how to do it in Class 1. The Wahzoo is always looking for ideas on what should be covered in this, YOUR column. If you think I should include the latest news on the desert tortoise or the hot night spots in Pahrump or whatever! Let me know through Wolfe. This is your column, contribute to it or accept it as is! Quiz Answer: The .last three Presidents each failed to have a Checker Summer Party. Let's hope the new Prez can get this tra-dition going before it dies forever. Even Sea Park was better than nothing. Follow up item on Chuck Sug-ar's new catheter set up. After cut-ting the discharge tube a little too short at the Baja 1000 and filling up his shoe, he has decided to route the tube into the windshield washer bottle. Chuck figures to get his money's worth coming and going. Wash his dinner down on Friday and wash his windshield on Saturday. Hey Patrick, be REAL careful not to press the washer button if you get in the car with the windshield knocked out! In next month's column we'll reveal in detail Sugar's plan on handling a more serious bodily function. Seems Chuck has been working on a system with Beard Seats and the Hoover Vacuum Company, which when perfected and used with his catheter set up, will allow Sugar to stay buckled up in his race car for days at a time. My 'Missing Checker of the Month' this month is John Slagor. Where ya been John? We've missed your smilin' face and goofy questions at the weekly meetings. It's rumored that a few of the chosen ones met last month for a Steering Committee Meetin in February 1989 Ojai and put a lot of members on the inactive list for a lack of points. Things like that will make for some interesting Wednesday night meetings until things get sorted out. CHECKER GOOD GUYS -Doug Brown volunteered to han-dle the Checker garage AGAIN this year. Will this be a semi-permanent position Doug?, and will Warren be YOUR assistant this year? Big John and Clarence Carter sent out information sheets to all the drivers asking for spare parts for their pit boxes and requesting basic info on members race cars. They got a good response and should be able to do an even better job if you have to stop. True Checkers all!! The next major race will be the Mojave 250 at Lucerne and after his performance at Parker I would like to nominate Lou as the new P.T.C. (that's Permanent Tire Coordinator). What'a ya say Lou? Membership dues are due in January, so break out with that $35 or you'll probably get a nasty letter. ' Well that's all the straight poop for this month but keep in mind that there is another column next month and you can't hide the truth from the Wahzoo, I have spies everywhere! There are two kinds of people, Checkers and those other guys. If you're one of those other guys and would like to be a Checker, stop by the Van Nuys Dugout on any Wednesday night and intro-duce yourself. That's the first step! We are always looking for a few good men. G00J[] CJ0UC30 By Jean Calvin CORE had a busy fall season starting with the SNORE Yoko Loco race on Halloween weekend near Boulder City, Nevada. We had four cars running and CORE was the only pit club there, staff-ing two pits. Our hero was Mark Barnes, who not only won Class 10 by 19 minutes, but he tied with Brian Collins' Class 2 Chenowth for third overall. Good work Mark! Also in Class 10 Kevin McGillivray, Don Angel, Joe Phipps and Greg Shapiro got in two of the four laps before retir-ing with engine trouble. David and James Plum finished all four laps for sixth in the 14 car Class 1-2-1600, and James Clements and Michael Brown took second among the 17 starters in Chal-lenger Class, the biggest one at this race. It was on to the Baja 1000 for CORE with a lash up with the Checkers Pit T earn in order to cover the long course. Both groups therefore had complete course coverage, which worked quite well. CORE had five cars running in the Baja 1000, and all but one finished. The dnf was the Baja Bug of Norm Francis and Dave Clark. Mike Schwellinger did the best of the rest, taking a strong second in Class 3 and win-ning the class championship for the second year in a row. Con-gra tu la tions to Mike and the entire Conejo team. Steve Centurioni ran strong up front, lost an oil line near Borrego _and 1 ½ hours; then Larry Job got back into third at Santo Tomas, and the pair finished fourth in Class 10, and Steve took second on the seriesJ'oints for 1988. Bill Poe and Fre Ronn led Class 10 briefly, lost a fuel pump, but stayed with the leaders. Then they had front end trouble and fin-ished fifth in class, and fourth in season points. Dominic Borra said he had no big problems, except for hitting a tree on the fir.st half and having a couple of flats. Then he lost the battery and dropped time and to seventh in Class 1-2-1600. But Borra scored a fine third in the big class in the series points. The first of December saw the CORE pit folks back in Las Vegas for the SNORE Showboat 250 out of the Speedrome. Six CORE teams and a good size group of pitters were on hand. Steve Cen-turioni and Larry Job did very well despite some shock trouble, and they took second in Class 10. The team of Gary Johnson, JD Ward, Terry Jeffers and Tim Lopeman had steering woes, were down about an hour, but got in four of five laps for 14th in the 2 7 car Class 1-2-1600. David and James Plum were doing fine for two laps, then lost the trans in their 1600: Greg Burgin, Shawn Lee and Greg Shapiro covered all their required laps to finish third in Class 5-1600, despite a roll over and dust in the intake type prob-lems. Duane Smith, Ray Dent and Kristine Von had a good run in their Challenger car. But they had serious shock problems and still finished sixth in the 25 car class. ; The star of the CORE show was ! Tom Mattingly, who drove solo and went out and won the Chal-lenger Class by a dandy 12 min-utes after four laps. Congratula-tions to Tom! CORE had four pits, including Main on the 50 odd mile Showboat course pro-viding excellent coverage. The officers for 1989 were elected at the De·cember meeting and there are few holdovers on the Board of Directors. Jon Snyder was elected President and Greg Shapiro is the Vice-President. Chris Bon is the new Secretary and Rich Stout returns as Treasurer. Karen Clark takes on another year as Race Director · · and Al Winchester is the Sergeant at Arms. The two new driver reps are Steve Centurioni and Dominic Borra, while Robby Robison is Entertainment Director. There was a good crowd at CORE's Christmas Party where the new officers were installed. CORE also honored its special members. Greg Shapiro won the award for the highest points by a worker, and he manages to get some race driving done too. Mark Milleron was given a special award for his two years of valiant service as CORE's President. Steve Centurioni was voted the Driver of the Year by the mem-bership, and the vote for Pit Member of the Year was a tie between Alan Winchester and Keith Dill. The club voted Karen Clark the 1988 Member of the Year. Congratulations to all the award winners. 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Richard Kelsey and Tony Sircombe followed Millen from flag to flag and their similar Mazda was a strong second in Group A and overall. Chad DiMarco and Eric Hauge had some mechanical trouble with the Subaru Turbo RX, but they carried on to third in Group A and fourth overall. Californians Dan Holt and Dave White had a good run in their Mazda 323 GTX, placing fifth overall and second in Production GT Class. MAZDA COACHMAN STAGES SCCA PRO RALLY Rod Millen Wins the Championship in Washington Photos: Track.side Photo Enterprises Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini zipped the Dodge Daytona into third overall, the Production GT winners on the rally, and also in the Pro Rally National Championship. It all came together for Rod Millen and Harry Ward in Washington as they drove the Mazda 323 G TX to a resounding overall victory, taking the driver and co-driver season titles and winning the Manufacturers Championship for Mazda. start and he was driving a Toyota Starlet borrowed from Ray Dami-tio. But Yein soon put the bor-rowed racer over the edge on a tight stage road. Meanwhile Grant Whiting, with the same Ray Damitio navigating the Mazda, was leading the divisional troops when a broken spindle put an end to their challenge for the run off title. This left the team of Tim O'Neil and Martin Headland in the divisional lead. In other action, Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini were running a tight fourth overall early in the game in their Dodge Daytona, and leading the Production GT Class. O'Neil was leading the national competitors in Production Class comfortably, with Guy Light and Jim Brandt astern in their VW, followed by Niall Leslie and Brian Maxwell, Toyota, content to drive cautiously and be sure of finishing and grabbing the makes title for Toyota. Leslie had nailed down the class driving champion-ship at a previous event. (continued on page 53) The SCCA Pro Rally Series ended its 1988 season in November with three rallies in one weekend out of Olympia, Washington. Not only was the National Pro Rally Champion-ship on the line here, but so was the title of overall Divisional champion. ln recent years SCCA has collected the Divisional champions from all its regions at the last event of the year for a Divisional run off to determine the National Divisional Champion. . This year the run off was to be held at the Barbary Coast event out of San Francisco, but that rally was abruptly canceled. Almost as abruptly, the Mazda Coachman Stages appeared to become the final National event of 1988 and the venue for the di-visional run off. Most of the roads and trails used for the Washing-ton event were familiar as the route of the Olympus Rally, can-celed this year by FISA from the World Championship Rally Calendar. The rally route consisted of two loops in the Capitol Forest, both included in the National event and, for divisional entries, each loop was a separate rally. The bat-tle for the National Champion-ship was between Paul Choiniere, Audi Quattro, who was leading by a few points coming into the rally, and Rod Millen, Mazda 323, who has played bridesmaid to Audi driver John Buffum more times than he would like to recall. Millen, who competed in Class 7S in the Baja 1000 the day before DustyTima the rally, brought so~e help along in the form of fellow Kiwi Richard Kelsey in another Mazda 323. The Divisional favorites were Tim O'Neil, Northeast, in a VW Golf and Grant Whiting, North-ern Pacific, in an older Mazda RX-2, with Southern Pacific's Lon Peterson an outside bet in his Plymouth Arrow. However, Peterson faded early with mechanical trouble. The Mazda Coachman Stages started early on Sunday, Novem-ber 13, with the early morning mist gone by the end of the first transit section. Rod Millen took off on the first stage taking the lead with teammate Richard Kel-sey running second. Paul Choin-iere and Scott Weinheimer were content in third place, as they needed only to finish sixth or bet-ter to claim the driver's title for Paul. An early disaster in the form of a broken half shaft on the Ford pickup put Open Class contend-ers Bill Holmes and Jim Rogers out on the first stage. As the morning progressed Choiniere came to grief. He slid off the road, could have recovered easily, but this was a forest rally and the Audi crunched into the trees and could not regain the road under its own power. It was the end of Paul's first bid for the championship and the end of Audi's long unbroken string of Manufacturers titles. Other casualties included David Yein, whose own Mazda had gearbox problems before the Off Roads Winningest Radios OVER848 ON THE COURSE Comlink V The Ultimate Racing Intercom ROAD MASTER "A LEGEND" • Helmets wired -$100. (CF) February 1989 New! RF Pre Amp $95 30% to 50% more range! 2888 Gundry Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90806 We',e next door ~la U.P.S.I (213) 427-8177 Page 47

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Guy Lfght and Jim Brandt tried hard in their VW G Tl, but had to settle for second in Production Class, just 27 seconds away from the win. Niall Leslie and Brian Maxwell cru)sed to third in Production Class in their Toyota; the Canadians had already won the points title in their class. Mark and Casey Qvale had the best possible rally in their Dodge GLH. They won both of the Divisional events overall and in Open Class, still viable in Divisional competition. · SCCA Pro Rally (from page 47) Midway in the rally Rod Millen was secure, with Choiniere out of the picture and his teammate Kel-sey just behind him. Shepherd was an easy third, and there was little excitement or position changes in the second half of the event. Still, Doug Shepherd, who had already secured his class title, went for the gold and got right on top of Richard Kelsey in the later stages, but lacked 32 seconds of passing him on time at the finish. So Rod Millen and Harr.y Ward not only won the rally overall by about 12 minutes, they won the overall championships in driver and co-driver categories for the year and gave Mazda the Cham-pionship for Manufacturers. Richard Kelsey and Tony Sir-combe brought their matching Mazda home a solid second over-all and in Group A in the rally. Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini whipped the Dodge Daytona into a close third overall, the Produc-tion GT Class winners and the season clasJ; champions as wal? Dodge in the POT ranks. Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge were fourth overall, third in Group A, less than five minutes back with a sick engine in their Subaru. Dan Holt and David White placed fifth overall and second in POT in yet another Mazda 323 GTX while Steve and Greg Lund were third in POT in another Mazda, well back in elev-enth overall. Tim O'Neil and Martin Head-land zipped home sixth overall to win the Production Class honors in the VW GTI, a mere 27 seconds ahead of Guy Light and Jim Brandt in a similar VW. Secure in the class championship, Niall Leslie and Brian Maxwell cruised in third in Production Class, a couple of minutes back in the Toyota, placing eighth overall. The Mazda RX-7 of Gene McCul-lough and Duane Bender won the Open Class honors and finished-ninth overall. In the Divisional contests, Mark and Casey Qvale won the first round in a Dodge by a minute over Tim Paterson and Evie Case i_n a Mazda. The Qvales won the second round as well. But this time second spot by a minute went to Shannon Smith and Ty Holmquist, who had been sixth in the first round in the Mazda 323 GTX. Although Holmquist is a veteran navigator, it was the first rally drive for Shannon Smith, and she did get some tips from Rod Millen before the event. Nice way to start a rally driving career. Tim O'Neil won the Divisional Run Off, taking that title home to the Northeast Division, where he was the season champion as well. The other SCCA Divisional champions for 1988 are Lon Peterson, Southern Pacific, Grant Whiting, Northern Pacific, Mark Pullen, Southeast, Mike Purzycki, Central, Dave Thomas, South-west, and Ken Stewart, Midwest. Back on the National Pro Rally Series points standings overall, Paul Choiniere was second on the drivers' list, followed by Chad DiMarco, Doug Shepherd, Bill Holmes and Niall Leslie. Erick Hauge was second in co-driver points followed by Joe Andreini, Jim Rogers, Brian Maxwell and Martin Headland. Tim O'Neil and Martin Headland not only won Production Class in a borrowed VW G Tl, they placed sixth overall, and won the National Divisional Champion-ship as well. While the SCCA has no official Open Class for the first time this past season, the Open Champion-ship was promoted by Stage Times, an informative Pro Rally monthly newsletter. The team of Bill Holmes and Jim Rogers took the top points in their Ford F-150 pickup, and Bruno Kreibich and Clark Bond were second, driving a Group B Audi Quattro. The calendar for 1989 has yet to be set for the Pro Rally Series by the SCCA. But, the news is there will be a Sport Truck Class in the new season, limited to the standard modifications and five liter engines. Congratulations to all the winners who drove a lot of miles just to get to the action on the SCCA Pro Rally Series in 1988. _ GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 8745 MAGNOLIA, SANTEE, CALIFORNIA 92071 619/449-9690 Power Steering - Brackets Aluminum Fabrication - Tabs Louie Unser LOUIE UNSER Racing Engines 1100 E. Ash Ave. Suite C Fullerton, Ca. 92631 (714) 879-8440 !f"k' PAINT 1WDC04TINGS'II.GRAP/IKS* MGOB i •~ TOhW MAJN!lNANCf•Sf~/l'IAC'lt-/,JfflR/Nt;.l-~#fft MY~"ForRcklJp~ ·619• 0 Dusty Times 'J'HS WINNSRS CHOICS WEB-CAM PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS are used by the sports winning drivers and engine builders. 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Classified ••• -=-=~ FOR SALE: 1-1600 Chenowth Magnum built by Neth Racing Works, Dyna tested Kelron Ent. engine, Henry's cliff., Hewland gears, UMP power steering, wind-shield. CLASS RULES MAXI-MIZED. Will sell less engine or ·trans, includes all spares and extras. Call Will Higman week- · days at (714) 848--8222. FOR SALE: Team Yoko ama : Cameo 7S Toyota. One year old, over $50,000 invested. Comes • complete with spare trans, steer- · ing bo~, suspension, 10 spare tires · with wheels. Call Greg at (818) 998--4436 days. FOR SALE: Rally stuff. 165x13"' Bridgestone "soft" $60/ ea. Pana-sport (Toyota, Datsun, Colt) $75/ea. Peltor $175. Terra $300. Extra lights $5--40/ ea. Stabilizers $20/ 4 pcs. Close out sale. Call Topi at (818) 765-5542, eves. FOR SALE: Rally cars, '82 Starlet $5,000. '83 Corolla $4,000. '77 Volvo $5,000. '84 Corolla GTS $10,000. '86 Corolla GTS $20,000. Many GrA Corolla spares. Worldwide shipping. Also '71 ambulance service truck $2,500. New HD trailer $2,200. Call Topi at (818) 765-5542 e,•enings. FOR SALE: Single seat Chal-lenger race car, Sway-A-Way, Beard seat, BFG tires, spoke wheels, Bilsteins, Fox w/bypass, pro built trans. Runs and handles ~reat. Good first car. Cheap at $3,500. Call (714) 980-7776. FOR SALE: Chenowth Chal-lenger, 1 or 2 seat. Fuel cell, water cooled Fox, Leighton engine. Proven competitive car, ready for Parker. Spares and parts also. Priced to sell at$7 ,500. Call Larry Martin at (714) 6544454. FOR SALE: Class 5, Wright long T arms & beam, SI B disc F&R, Wood's rear arms, SI B headers, Fox shocks, 2/ Saco, Hewland trans, UMP steering, 2/2574 ARPM engs., 29 gal. Fuel Safe tank, Bosch lights, drysump. Lots of spare stuff. 26 ft. trailer, with or without eng. and trans. Call Ed days (303) 321-7375 or nights (303) 234-9819 in Denver, CO. .FOR SALE: OFF ROAD RAC-ING TRADING CARDS. All classes included. Score, HORA, Mickey Thompson, Glen Helen, etc. Drivers include Ivan Stewart, Rod Hall, Frank Arciero Jr., Rory Holladay, etc. Get a set and have it autographed at the races. 1 pack of 10 cards is $3. Get 3 packs for $10. Send check or money order to Off Road Action Trading Cards, P.O. Box 700, Winches-ter, CA 92396-700. FOR SALE:' 28 ft. FIREBALL Front kitchen travel trailer, micro-wave, air, awning, double door refrig, TV antenna, double bed in private bedroom, AM-FM stereo cassette, sleeps six, the UL TI-MA TE in trailers, used only four times, BRAND NEW!, sadly sac-rifice for $1500 and TOP of $276/mo., I paid $19,500 in March 1988. Call (714) 894-1658. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Chenowth Magnum 1988, race ready. Best of everything, Hatz motor, Neth front end, power steering, Fox shocks, Mastercraft, very light. Raced 5 times. Includes all spares, $14,950. Call Mark Carter at (714 )981-9666 days, (714 )592-8845 nights. ==== FOR SALE: 78 Chevy pre-runner. Balanced 350 c.i. - 4 bolts-standard bore, micro pol-ished and chamferred crank std-std 041 heads, 1.96 intake, ported and slight polish Teflon seals, Schneider springs, clearance for 1.6 rockers 7 /16 screw in studs (Norris) stainless steel 1.5 roller rockers, Crane push rods, rods shot peened and rebuilt Peter Jackson comp gear drive, Schneid-er 286° cam and lifters, Windage tray, baffled high capacity oil pan, Millings oil pump and chromoly drive, Tri Y headers, aluminum high rise w /Holley 4 barrel, comp fuel pump and K&N filters. Danny Sawyer built 350 Turbo w/ shift kit and heavy duty con-vertor, cooler pan, B&M Quick Silver shifter, Hopper rear end, 4 .11 Posi and Speedway En-gineering 'studs and lugs. Ken-wood AM/FM w/ auto rev. and clock "GREAT SOUND", Mas-tercraft seats and console, full roll cage, teflon body mounts, Mirage bumpers front and rear w/hitch, P .P .I. set up shocks front and rear, 6 shocks front w/ down straps, 4 shocks rear w/ down straps, front end completely rebuilt w/ early solid bushing arms. WORKS FANTASTIC. Everything is cad plated. Also heavy duty springs and donuts and much more. Ask-ing only $8,500 (over $18,000 invested). Call Dan at (805) 269-1728 or (805) 274-9093 days. FOR SALE: 1988 Score/ HDRA Desert Series Class 10 season points winner. Hew land FGA 5 speed trans, 1650cc VW engine ( very reliable), Curnutt shocks, power steering, windshield. 1986 Raceco frame, best of everything. Car is two years old and has won more Score/HORA Class 10 races than any other vehicle. $33,500, only serious need inquire. Call Mike Church at (714) 660-3 791 or Bill Church at ("l 14) 660-8600. FOR SALE: Class 10 Raceco sin-gle seater, very light! If it ain't chromed, it's power coated. All the right parts and pieces. Call for details. Ask for Dennis at (714) 661-7880 biz or (714) 498-7135 home. FOR SALE: Class 1 or 10 ORE Funco, 117" WB, 18H rear wheel travel, lY front wheel travel, rear discs, Wright front end, Summers rear hubs, Fox shocks, fuel cell, Mastercraft seat, Simpson belts, Parker Pumper, 13 rear tires and wheels, 6 front tires and wheels, plus many spare parts. This chas-sis is race prepped. Less engine $9,500. Call (303) 232-7852. FOR SALE: Raceco Class 10 single seat, Hewland 5 speed, 112 HP Goshen engine. Completely gone through. Best of everything -must see. Call (619) 695-9441 or 530-1999. Ask for Bob. ,-------------.-------------...----------~---------~......-~. Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $10 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5 .00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. · NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose.$5 .00. ;All classified ads must be paid in advance. ! 1· I I I I , I I I I I I I I I Enclosed is $ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. · I I Name I I Address ----------------------Phone ______ _ • City _________________ _ State _____ Zip ______ _ Page 54 February 1989 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 I I I •· I ' FOR SALE: Funco SS2, brand new, never raced, never even painted. Test driven only. 2274, drysump, Autocraft engine, race· trans, Summers axles, inboard disc brakes, Sway-A-:Way, Neal, Mastercraft, Simpson, UMP front, Centerline, etc. Sacrifice $9,900. Call (213) 566-4126 days or (714) 861-5816 eves. ! ~ FOR SALE: 1988 brand new 4 seat prerunner, 118" WB, powdercoated blue, aluminum body white, Bus tranny geared right, 1776cc torquer, roof rack, carries spare front and rear, Beard seats, fuel cell, Bilsteins and Foxes, Wright rack and pinion, new Y okohamas, all profession-ally built. $9,000. Call Keith at (602) 840-7419 in Phoenix. FOR SALE: 1985 Chevy.Crew-cab dually Silverado, 454 ci, automatic, cruise, air, chrome wheels, AM-FM cassette stereo, tan cloth interior, white exterior, power steering/ brakes, 50,500 miles, flawless condition, 10,000 lb. receiver, very sano truck, limo tinted windows. $13,500 OBO-motorhome already delivered. Call (714) 894-1658: .FOR SALE: 1987 Chenowth two seat Challenger. Moly, raced four times. Low miles, Field's trans, Bilsteins, · etc. Excellent, call for details. $6500. Chris (805) 522-. 1135. NEED PARTNER: To share expense of completing car with 1988 Bunderson 2-1600 frame, or will sell as is. Front and rear arms, suspension· is set up, Fox shocks with remotes, body and aluminum, Mastercraft seats, C.N .C. pedals, power steering unit, everything is brand new. $6,500 OBO. Call Andy at (805) 735-2402. FOR SALE: 2 Beard race seats, blue, excellent condition. $75. each. Call (714) 754-6790ask for Dave. FOR SALE: 1986 22 ft. car trailer, 2 axle, 16'x84" diamond plate bed w/tire rack, tool box and chrome wheels, $2500. Also 1982 27 ft. 2 car trailer. Over-under w/7'8"x7' enclosed box w/built in shelves and tire stor-age, $3500. Call (213) 595-5545 ask for J.C. or John. FOR SALE: Baja bug prerunner. Professionally built, 102" WB, chassis built by Valley Perform-ance, Wright front end, bus trans, Hewland gears, Turbo CVs, Bil-steins, Beard seats, one piece front end, 2180cc engine, $6500. Also Sand Toys 2 seat sand car. Brand new 1600cc, IRS trans, sharp car, $4500. Call Greg Heinrich, home (702) 731-6708 or work (702) 641-1400. Dusty Tlma

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. - race car, has everything ready to race, many spare parts. New 16' tan-dem axle trailer, $4500 OBO. Call Kevin (619) 746-0524. FOR SALE: Class 5 race car, SCORE, HDRA approved. Long travel rear, W right front suspen-sion, Lee power steering, Flame-out, KCs, Fuel Safe, Fox shocks, Filler belts and nets, Centerlines, Beard seat, Parker Pumper, Jamar, chromoly spring plates, Woods rear arms, Henry's stubs, Dura-Blue bars, adjuster, Super Boot axles, $5500 OBO. With motor and trans $8500. Call (805) 269-1494. FOR SALE: Two cars, Class 2 or 10 two seater, strong 1650cc with dual Webers, lots of spare parts and tires, also carrying rack, Funco design built by Dave Van-dermissen. Retiring from racing, need to sell, $6500. Call (906) 466-2265. FOR SALE: Class 5, chromoly, fresh 2383, 2 seat Beards, Leighton trans, Hewland, 32 gal. cell, Wright front, combos, coil over Fox, Sway-A-Way, power steering, Pumper, Summers Bros. discs, 930 CVs, NealJ.J., Center-lines, best of everything on this beautiful race car. $13,900 OBO. Call Jerry at (602) 581-8520 or Bill (602) 897-2057. FOR SALE: 5-1600. January 1989 Hot VWs magazine, 3rd overall 1987, Mirage front and rear suspension, Combos, Fox shocks, Beard, Parker, Dura Blue stubs, prepped for Parker 400, new paint, new parts, Centerlines, very competitive. Call Gary at (209) 224-9188. FOR SALE: Class 2 or 10 Funco, 115H WB, 2600 Type 4, 091 Hewland gears, Summers Bros., l.JMP, Fox coilover front secon-daries, 25 gal. cell, disc brakes, Wright, very quick car. Also 1641 Class 10 motor and tranny w/Gem gears. 2 car trailer w / 8x6x5 storage compartment, Baja Bug prerunner, 3 FM radios. All wheels and spares. Turn key race set up all or part. Call (503) 998-8151. Dusty Tlma FOR SALE: 1-1600 short course or convert to Challenger. West engine, Foltz trans, Sway-A-Way torsions, axles, bushings, Fox shocks, Mastercraft, Neal, Parker Pumper, 4 sets of tires and Cen-terlines. New spares of every-thing. Competitive car race ready $5000. Will sell spares sepa-rately. Call Neil at (714) 586-3196. = ==-==-~~~~ - -FO R SALE: '76 Chevy pre-runner, chase truck, 350 c.i.d. Unser motor, turbo trans, Dana rear end, dual 20 gal. fuel tanks, AM-FM-CB radio, AC, . PS, PB, PW, Mastercraft seats, Rough Country springs, shocks, donuts, new General tires and American wheels. $6500. Call Neil at (714) 586-3196. FOR SALE: Bronco prerunner, 302, TCI C-4 & convertor, widened Dana 60 rear, 44 front, leaf spring front, Rough Country B-Marks, urethane mounted cage, Beard's buckets, S-W autometer instruments, 'glass cab & front, BFGs, Jackmans, much more, negotiable, trades considered. Call (303) 945-5227 days or ( 303) 963-0863 evenings. 'f FOR SALE: Funco Class 1, ready to race. Fresh 2240 with Scat crank. New trans with all Hew-land. Curnutt front end, Flame Out, Pumper, Ja-mar, UMP sheet metal and PS., Sway-A-Way, Fuel Safe, etc. Includes trailer and spares. $9500 or trade for motor-home or dualie. Call Roger at (818) 445-7705 evenings. --=-----FOR SALE: 2 seat Challenger car. Baja Concepts chassis, aluminum body, Mastercraft, adj us table CNC pedals, Wright rack, SAW, Bilstein, Parker Pumper, ITS trans, VDO gauges, currently 2nd in SCORE/HDRA points. Many top finishes. Race ready, $9500. Call Pancho Bio at (619) 262-1626 or (619) 461-9887. FOR SALE: Class 2 or 10 Giese built chassis. Parts included are: Palmer spindles, Wright 4" longer trailing arms, Summers brakes, Saco rack and pinion, 12" wider beam, Neal pedals, Beard seats, Simpson belts, A-arm type rear suspension, Super Boot stub axles and more. Car is set up with Giese air shock suspension. $16,000 invested, must sell/best offer. Call Fred at Headflow Perform-ance, (714) 631-3826. T AXMAN SAYS MUST SELL: Before April 15, Bunderson 120" WB, fresh Hewland trans and Type 1 2180 roller, power steer-ing, new combos, Sway-A-Way, Parker Pumper, all top of the line equip. includes trailer, all equip., including fire suits. Everything goes. $10,000 or $8,500 less motor OBO. Call Steve at (702) 645-7996. A.D.R.A.1988SPORTSMAN CLASS 5 CHAMPS: Gratefully acknowledge our sponsors - Thor-ough bred Volkswagen, Priority One/Lizzard Chassis and Colucci Fabrication. We hope you will stay with us in '89 as we try to expand our racing efforts out of state. Hustin Bros. Racing, T uc-son, Arizona. FOR SALE: Class 5/ 1600 full cage, Beard seat mounts, fuel cell mount. Need trans, motor, fuel cell, seats. Has beefed front end, stock IRS arms, 1 piece, 6 Sand-blasters mounted on Centerlines, trick wiring, never been raced. Firm $2000 as is. Call (619) 243-5358. FOR SALE: 1600cc Lee Leighton motor complete. Also Mike Leighton Bus gear box. Both bought brand new and never installed in race car. DESPER-A TE, must sell because of finan-cial problems. $3000 invested;· $2000 takes both. Call Pat collect at (702) 457-9346 any time 7 days/ week. ETERNAL THANKS! To the Probsts for allowing me to be a part of their '88 campaign. I look forward to '89. Race-Team Man. COMING NEXT MONTH ... SCORE PARKER 400 PARIS-DAKAR - FIRST REPORT FRTDUNAWAYDASH WCR SWEDISH RALLY SODA AW ARDS BANQUET ADRA NEW YEAR'S BASH . .. plus all the regular features WANTED: 22 to 28 ft. enclosed trailer. Strong enough for a Class 3 Jeep. Call Wes Banks at (209) 545-1171 or 545-4555. FOR SALE: STOCKTECH SHOCKS (REBUILT), 2 rear 65mm Challenger and 4 shocks for ball joint front end. Total package $500. Call Ellis Cohen at (714) 381-4509. 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THE .STH ANNUAL SCORE GREAT MOJAVE 250 OFF ROAD RACE - MARCH 10-12, 1989 • ST ART ON THE STREETS OF LUCERNE! • FANTASTIC NEW RACE COURSE! • SEPARATE RACE COURSES! Motorcycles and 4-Wheel ATV's will race on one 4-Wheel vehicles will race on another. • DEPOSITS FOR STARTING POSITIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED ($100) • DRAWING FOR STARTING POSITIONS - FEBRUARY 17, 1989 • COURSE RECONNAISSANCE BEGINS MARCH 3, 1989 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: • FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Registration, Tech and Contingency Inspection - Town of Lucerne • SATUROAY,MARC~11 Motorcycles & 4-Wheel ATV's - Start 6 a.m . 4 Wheel Vehicles - Start 1/2 hour after last ATV • SATURDAY EVENING -AWARDS/FESTIVITIES Seaman's Sundowner Ranch - Lucerne Valley 2ND EVENT OF THE HORA/SCORE POINTS SERIES For Information, Call SCORE International (818) 889-9216