1989 Volume 6 Number 3 Dusty Times Magazine : simplebooklet.com

Volume 6 - Number 3 Editor-Publisher J.:an Calvin A,,sociate Editor RicharJ K. Schwalm Editorial Associate Jan Flick Mazzenga Controller John Calvin Circulation Jerry Lawlt·ss Traffic John Howard Contributors Darla Crown C & C Race Photos Leonard Day Daryl D. Drake Winnie. Essen berg Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Tom Grimshaw Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Cam McRae David Ryskamp Judy Smith John Sprovkin 3-D Photography T rackside Photo Enterprises Ken Vanderhoof Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT Subscription Rates: March 198, THI OfflCIAL VOICE Of CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES $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. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Classified Ads will be published as•received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, USPS-305-690, ISSN 8750-1732, is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 5331 Derry · Ave., Suite O, Agoura, CA 91301,(818) 889-5600. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permis-sion from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Agoura, CA 91301. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Dusty 'f.imes, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page SCORE Parker 400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ADRA New Year's Bash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 WRC Swedish Rally . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 FRT Dunaway Dash ................................ 28 MTEG Stadium Racing at Anaheim .................. 32 Paris-Dakar Rally Raid .................. : . . . . . . . . . . 36 Triple Crown of Baja Awards Banquet ................ 38 California Rally Series Banquet . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SODA Awards Banquet and Convention .............. 40 DEPARTMENTS Les Erickson Remembered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Side Tracks by Judy Smith ..•............••... , ...... 6 Tech Tips by Bill Savage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Trail Notes ........................................ 8 Pony Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Pit Team Reports .................................. 42 IDRA Report •.•• , , , •. , • , .•.•..•.• , • , , ••• , . , , •..• ·• 42 SCCA So-Pac Divisional Rally Report by Lynnette Allison .•.•..•..•....•.••..•...••.•.• 42 The Losers by Judy Smith .......•......•............ 43 Good Stuff Directory .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 California Rally Series Report by Lon Peterson ..••..••••• , • . . . . • . . • . . . . . . • . . • . • 49 Classified Ads • . • . . . . . . • . . • . • • . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . • • . 50 Index to Advertisers ..................... , ... , . , , • • 51 ON THE COVER -The desert season opened at Parker, Arizona in very cool weather. But, it was a warm night for Danny Lerner, a veteran of many forms of racing and a 6-50 Club gold medalist. Danny Letner drove his Porsche powered Raceco all three legs, with Henry Bergdahl pointing the way. Danny scored his first ever overall victory in the premier desert series by a slim margin, and he was a happy man at the finish line. Just as happy was Dave Shoppe, who had a good day in his Ford F-150. Shoppe had a long dry spell last season, and his truck gave him no trouble at Parker. Dave started the season with the coveted victory in Class 8. Color Photography by Jim Ober ofT rackside Photo Enterprises. OF THE MONTH ••• I\~ DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $12.00 □ 2·ycars - $20.00 □ 3 years - $30.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus ••• I I I I Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. I ''AND T'UE 1qs<('STOOLIE-OF-iHE-YE.AR' A\./ARD GOES TO •••• " DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" ·or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or 8x10 will be considered. · · (Form on inside back page) Name _________________________ _ Address -----------------------City State----------------Zip _______ _ Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 (Canadian - 1 year $15.00 U.S.• Overseas subscription r..1tes quoted on request) DustyTima March 1989 Page 3

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Remembering Les Erickson ... Ari Open Letter to Off Road Racers It was real hard to say good-bye to our good friend, Les Erickson. We met Les and Judy when they moved in across the street 15 years ago. Our families did things together, like camping and boating, and when we decided to try off road racing, it was quite natural that Les got involved too. He spent a lot of time with us, pre-running, rac-ing and working on the Jeep. He did all the painting and pin striping. On the morning of the 1986 Frontier 500, I told him I wanted to drive the first part. He said, "Thank God you didn't tell me that last night or I couldn't have slept!" We shared the driving in all the races after that, and he was good at it. He was a dependa-ble, helping, caring sort of guy. In happier times, Les, left, and Mike grinned while posing with the rewards for winning the 1988 Mint 400; in fact their Jeep was the only Class 3 finisher. :,art ?'.!he impr~ssive funeral ceremony was the en_trance arch into the cemetery, formed by two Ventura County Fire Dept. squirt trucks, Just one part of the procedures that included a fly by done by the department's helicopters. Page 4 March 1989 During the Gold Coast 300 in 1987, when the Moser guys flipped over, Les was the first one to stop. After checking that they weren't seriously hurt, (he was a fire captain in 'real life'), and after calling for the helicopter, he went on to overtake the two Class 3 cars that passed while he was stopped. Les was always positive and never down. Whenever we didn't finish and everyone else was depressed, he would always say, "Don't worry, we'll get them next time." He especially enjoyed the friendly rivalry with the other Class 3 teams and the friendships developed with so marry people. Les had started the Parker 400 race last of the 16 entries in Class 3/ 14. He was doing extremely well, passing all but five in our class by mile 22. He had told some of our crew at staging that he was going to turn the Jeep over to me in first place, and he sure had a great start. And then he slumped over the wheel after driving to the side of the course, and Les was gone from our world. Many people have asked if we, the Conejo Off Road T earn, are going to continue racing. The answer is "Yes". Les wouldn't have wanted us to quit. The Jeep might not be as "tidy" as Les kept it, but we'll be out there. Les was a great guy, a true friend and a real champion. We will all miss him a lot. - Mike and Gayle Schwellinger Most of you probably know that my husband, Les Erick-son, passed away at the Parker 400 last month. I understand there are all kinds of rumors about how he died, and I'd like to let you know what really occurred. There was no crash or fire, or accident. His co-rider Andy Mellinger told me what happened. Near mile 22 on the Califor-nia side of the race, Les pulled off the course because he felt light headed and like he might pass out. Previously he had complained· that his jaw felt numb. He suffered what is called a coronary thrombosis. In other words, a blood clot blocked an artery in his heart. The coroner has assured me that Les felt no pain. Two . nurses happened to be among nearby spectators, so he had medical attention in a very short time. He'd had a physical near the end of October and there was no sign of any heart problem. If he could have chosen a way or place to die, his choice would have been exactly what happened. I know that since he was doing so well in the race, he was probably sporting that grin of his until the very end. Les became involved in off road racing three years ago when our good friend, Mike Schwellinger, decided to take up the sport. Les really enjoyed every aspect of racing, but he especially enjoyed the cama-raderie and the 'kibitzing' back and forth, and being with peo-ple with the same interests. We have been overwhelmed by all the expressions of sym-pathy from the racing com-munity. Thanks for welcoming Les to the sport and for all the pleasure and good times you all gave him. With good mem-ories. - Judy Erickson There seems little to add to what the family has already said. We knew Les Erickson from off road racing, and he was always happy, truly friendly, and so proud of the way the Jeep looked and per-formed. He was proud of the back to back championships that he and Mike Schwellinger won in Class 3, and started the season with the thought of making it three in a row. But the cruel hand of fate has denied him that opportunity. Neither his wife or friends mentioned the high esteem that the entire Ventura County Fire Department, where he was a Captain, had for Les. He had just finished his first 20 years with the department in recent months, and he was only 43 years old. The fire fighters turned out by the hundreds to honor Les at the funeral, and we were assured by them that the huge presence and the incredible ceremony was not at all common. They all said that "Les was a very special guy." The procession from the church to the cemetery was most impressive. Not only was it led by off duty fire trucks, lights flashing through Thou-sand Oaks and Westlake Vil-lage, but along the route, other fire units were parked, the men outside with radios in their ears, saluting the procession; these were the teams on duty. While a goodly number of folks from the off road com-munity attended the cere-monies, it was the immense outpouring of Les's comrades from the fire department that really told us what a great and good man he was, and how much he will be missed by eve-ryone whose life he touched. While ours was a casual acquaintance, Les never failed to look us up in contingency row, where we chatted for a time on Friday at Parker. He always made sure we knew about the team's triumphs or troubles right after an event, and he was always smiling, win or lose. We know the shock and disbelief we felt when we heard the sad news, and we can't imagine the trauma felt by his close friends and family. Our sport is richer for his being in it, even for such a short time. We extend our sin-cere sympathy to his wife Judy, who ironically stayed home from Parker with a case of the flu, and the children, Connie, and Ty, and also to the dear friends with whom he worked and played. Hopefully the pain will ease in time and the pleas-ant memories will sustain you all. Jean Calvin Dusty Times

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such a big problem. Side Tracks ••• B-y Judy Smith The starts were not in Class order as they are now, and we went off the line as number 138, which meant that we were about the 77th car, since they used to save the first 60 numbers for the bikes. There were some familiar names on the entry list that year, and in the first vehicle off the line was Joe MacPherson, and his co-driver, 16 year old Jeffrey Mac-Pherson. Right behind us another 21 year old, Frank Vessels, was racing a Ford van. Emil Downey had come out from Connecticut for the race, and John Johnson was running, as was Doug Fortin, Sr., who was in a Jeep. James Garner was driving a VW Thing, and Mickey Thompson was in a Chevy pickup. Walker Evans was in a Ford pickup, and Rod Hall drove a Bronco. Parnelli Jones was in another Bronco, while Bud Feldkamp was teamed with Don Rountree in a buggy. Sherman Balch was in a Jeep in those days, Malcolm Smith was in a buggy, and so was Roger Mears, who was teamed with Gil George, owner of Funco. As we usually do when driving back from a race, John and I fell into our nostalgia mode and began comparing this year's Parker race with those from bygone times. We couldn't remember exactly when the races started, so I dug into my old dusty archives and finally figured out that the very first one happened in 1972. I didn't get to that one, for what-ever reason, but I remember that there were brief reports on the radio, KBIG, I think. So we could keep track of who was winning. The race was promoted by NORRA, the same folks who'd started the r~ces in Baja. It was called the "Dam 500", and it was a real 500 miler. The race con-sisted of two loops in California and two in Arizona in those days, and they were 125 mile loops. While I hadn't got to Parker in '72, I was there in '73. As a co-driver I had a young fellow, just 21 years old, named Rick Mears, who hadn't had too much desert experience, and who'd never driven my car (a single seat unlim-ited class Funco Hustler) at all. But he was a really nice guy, and he'd done a lot of driving at Ascot, with his big brother, and we figured he ought to be able to do really well on all those fast roads on the Arizona side. A weekend before the race we all went to Parker to pre-run, and Rick used my Baja Bug to go around the Arizona side, while I rode in the Mears family two-seater with Roger, around Cali-fornia. That was probably the worst pre-run of my life. First of all, I was fairly intimidated about being in a car with Roger Mears, and secondly, the car was ruddy uncomfortable, with terrible hard seats. And, just to top things off, I . got miserably car sick about a quarter of the way into the pre-run, which was embarrassing. Roger was solicitous and pulled the car off course so I could unbuckle and lean over the side to upchuck - at first. But then he became impatient with the whole thing, and got so he'd just slow down enough so I could loosen my belts, aim my head over the side, and barf as we rolled along. Being car sick was a big disap-pointment (although not a sur-prise) to me, because I really had planned to pay attention, and that's hard to do in that condi-tion. I had hoped to learn a lot about driving on that trip, espe-cially about going fast into turns. But as we wheeled around one turn with the right rear tire hang-ing off the cliff, I decided that maybe I didn't need to learn all that right now, anyway. What astounded me about Roger was his fierce competitive-ness. Here we were, just pre-running, and still, when he spot-ted dust up ahead of us he absolutely had to chase it down and pass whoever it was. It made for an exciting ride. The race itself started in Ari-zona in those days, from the open area in front of the Blue Water Marina. The course ran clockwise in a loop that contained much of what is still being raced these days, and then came back to town, and across the bridge, to Califor-nia for the restart. Most of us had to stop in one of the local gas sta-tions to refuel the race car before going out on the next loop. We had a certain amount of down time, and it was not legal to work on the car during that time, though everyone looked at them very closely, and figured out what was needed, so they could go to work as soon as the down time was over. The restart area was out in back of the gas station that's just across the highway from where you come off the bridge into Califor-nia. We went from there up onto the ridges, heading north and west, so that what was the second Highway 95 crossing this year, was the first in those days. And we went downhill on Thunder Alley. What fun! The course also crossed Highway 62, to run along below it, then crossed 95 down low, ran near the river for a while, and finished the loop on the grounds of the Big River Inn. Then the whole process was repeated. It was a killer race. Most teams split up the way we did, with one driver taking the Arizona side and one the Califor-nia side, and that meant that each driver got a rest break, and a chance to grab something to eat and drink while the other was out doing his bit. Only a few soloed. You could watch your car start and then get over to-California in plenty of time to meet it, or chase it, or whatever. Traffic never seemed to be the big problem that it is these days. Nor was the CHP GREGG AND RHONDA SMITH WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR ... Page 6 General Tire/Midwest Tire Justice Bros. Automotive Chemicals Gillund Enterprises Dune Buggy Supply Autopro of Hopkins Castrol Smith Imports Ross Wheel Service We waited nervously in the Tech fips By Bill SavaR"e, Chairman SCORE-HD RA Technical Commiccee Despite all the discussion at Parker about our technical inspection, technically we had no problem at all. Tech at the race was so routine as to be boring. There were some problems that occurred before the race at pre-tech, and mostly those were at my shop. We had to disqualify one truck at Parker, and that was on Thursday when we had to turn down Don McCormack's GMC. The other problems are as well known as Don's. And they were predictable. We put out an advisory bulletin to. expect a tough tech on such things as cab and motor locations and pickup points. We went to a lot of trouble to collect the stock speci-fications for all the trucks that run with us. There are still a few we don't know about, but you can expect to see us refer to the specs at the SCORE Great Mojave 250 at Lucerne Valley, if we haven't already done that at Parker. As the teams prepare them-selves for the Lucerne Valley race, here are a few reminders about items we will be giving a close look at, based on what we observed at Parker. ( 1) Two piece fire suits are not allowed. They all must be labeled "made from fire retardant material." (2) Pay close attention to the safety harness rules. Y-belts are not allowed. (3) Helmets must have the Snell Foundation label dated 1980, 1985 and 1988 inside the helmet. Almost all helmets today have a small decal on the back, even the $15 kind that you can buy at the department store. I have no idea how they get to carry that decal legally, but those aren't acceptable in SCORE/HORA racing. The legal Snell label is about 3/4 in. high and 2-in. long and is located inside the helmet. After post-race tech inspection at Parker there were a lot of rumors flying about 1-2-1600 cars having modified manifold March 1989 Sandmaster pit for news of my car. But when I heard how Rick had done, I was more nervous than ever. Remember, he'd never even driven my car before. He'd said he didn't need to because he'd have it pretty well figured out within five.miles. Well, I guess he did have it figured out, because at the end of the first Arizona loop he had the lead. Be'd made my car go faster than Parnelli Jones in that funny Bronco of his! I was stupefied. Now I had to get in the car and try not to disgrace myself. I got the car back to Rick all in one piece, and he then kept it all togetlf er for the second Arizona loop, while I tried to relax and catch a brief nap. We had some kind of electrical problem, and there was some question about whether I'd lose my lights, so the pit crew taped a flash light to the rear cage, so I'd have it ifl needed it. I never did, and it was a good thing, because it fell off some-where along the line. This was the race in which I learned to disobey my mother's teachings about toilet training. I had taken on a fair amount of liq-uid during my down time, and carburetor mountings. None of the winning cars we impounded had that problem, but we will be looking closely for that possible infraction at Lucerne Valley. This is to suggest that if there are any competitors out there who believe they might have that prob-lem, now is the time to clean it uo. In the case of fuel injection used in Class 7S, it must be stock as delivered to the auto dealer and must be used with a stock mani-fold and throttle body as deli-vered. It is not legal to modify the manifold in any way. If the truck is using a stock manifold throttle body, injection computers and nozzles themselves are open. We can't control the brains of an injection system without computers. We do con-trol the intake manifold. On the other hand, some of the injection systems can be remapped for off road running. Some can't be reprogrammed at all. In Class 7 4x4, rules covering_ injection systems are more open. What aren't open are the loca-tions of the suspension pivot points, cab and engine locations. Class 8 is subject to the same restrictions that got so much pub-licity at Parker, namely stock frame rail, motor and cab loca-tions. We are going to monitor this class very closely all season. Some of the numbers involved in measuring the trucks are hard to come by, especially the ones 23 and 24 years old. But we are get-ting more information all the time. Even if a truck passed inspection at Parker because we didn't have the information avail-able, that truck will be subject to close checking later in the season when we do get the specs. If there are any Class 7S, 7 4x4 or' 8 truck builders who have questions about their status, feel free to get in touch with me. We did take pretty good notes at Parker, and if there are any trucks that seem to us to be out of line with stock configuration when we get the right information, we will make it a point to contact builders. , There will be a change in tech-nical inspection procedures some time this year. We're not sure hadn't got rid of it. By the time I got to the bottom of Thunder Alley and headed out across all those little moguls in the bushes, I was hurting. It took a concen-trated effort, but I finally man-aged to empty my bladder, and the resultant warm flood was cozy for a minute or two, before it turned to ice cold in the February night. I didn't know how we were doing, but I could tell we were still running fairly well because my husband, who was meeting the car at every road crossing, was look-ing more and more excited. Finally, there was the Big River parking lot, and we were finished. I learned that Malcolm Smith had won, and Bud Feldkamp and Don Rountree ha:d been second, and we were third. Later, as we stood around the post race impound (me with my jacket tied around my waist to hid my wet seat) we chatted with Bill Stroppe, who had ridden with Parnelli. Bill and I talked about how fast Rick had been in my car, and what a fine, natural driver he was. It was then that Stroppe said, "It wouldn't surprise me if that young man won Indy some day." when, but it will be as soon as we can set it up. We will have a pre-race tech for the limited classes done by appointment at my shop or the racer's. There will be a nominal fee, but after the tech inspection we will permanently install a weld-on tag. It won't excuse the racer from race tech or post-race tech, but it should speed up the process quite a bit on race weekends. At first this inspection will apply to newly built vehicles, but eventually it will apply to all of them. It will affect Classes 1-2-1600, S-160Q, 7, 7S, 7 4x4, 8, 9, 11 and 3 ( not counting the grand-fathered vehicles that used to be in Class 14 ). At Lucerne Valley, so there will be no surprises, we will be doing a separate tech inspection for Classes 1-2-1600 and 9, similar to the way we operated the separate tech for trucks at Parker. We will be giving a closer pre-race look at shock towers, trailing arms and track widths. Also at Lucerne we will be looking closer at motorcycles and A TVs, and there will be a post-race engine check at Lucerne Valley. A special note of caution to owners and builders of cars in Classes 1-2-1600 and 5-1600: Check carefully against the rule book, if you are using aftermarket front ends, spindles or trailing arms in the front suspension. They are legal if they are in stock configuration, but they might not necessarily 1;,e stock. The way to check is to see that the backing plate-to-backing plate measurement is stock. Attention, quad racers: We have something new on your competition numbers that doesn't appear in the rule book. Because of problems caused at Parker that made it difficult to score, we are changing the requirements for numbering. From now on you will have to display 5-in. high numbers ver-tically. One set must be in front, one in the rear and one on each side. That means no more numbers on the fenders, where they are difficult and under cer-tain conditions impossible to see. Dusty Times

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1989 HAPPENINGS ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 March 18, 1989 Penasco Twilight 250 Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico April 29, 1989 Western 250 or San Luis to El Golfo (Location to be anounced) June 24, 1989 Snowflake Buggy Bash 250 Airipine, AZ September 3, 1989 High Country 150 Williams, AZ October 7, 1989 Penasco 150 Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico December 3, 1989 Rocky Point to Sonoyta Hare 'n Hound Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico January 1990 Annual Awards Banquet Phoenix, AZ BADGERLAND VW CLUB,INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414) 688-5509 (All events 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 May 5-7, 1989 Gran Carrera de Tecate Tecate, B.C., Mexico July 14-16, 1989 Gran Carrera de Mexicali (night race) Mexicali, B.C., Mexico September 15-17, 1989 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, B.C., Mexico BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTIIUSIASTS 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 Wendover, USA Page 8 1988 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon, WIS4520 (715) 478-2115 / (715) 478-2688 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Lynnette Allison 2001 Oakland Hills Drive Corona, CA 91720 (714) 736-1442 March 4, 1989 National Licensing School Glendale, CA April 15, 1989 East of Indio Rally Indio, CA May 19-21, 1989 National & Divisional Rim of the World Rally Lancaster, CA July 29, 1989 Glen Helen Rallysprint San Bernardino, CA September 8-10, 1989 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOClA TION 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 Rorida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 1717 Marker Road Polk City, FL 33868 (813) 984-1923 (305) 823-4487 April 1, 1989 Rorida 400 . Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL April 30, 1989 Convention & Race Lakeland, FL May 14, 1989 Lakeland, FL June 11, 1989 Lakeland, FL July 2, 1989 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL August 13, 1989 Lakeland, FL September 3, 1989 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL October 8, 1989 Lakeland, FL November 12, 1989 Lakeland, FL January 14, 1990 Lakeland, FL February 11, 1990 Lakeland, EL March 24, 1990 Florida 400 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL April 15, 1990 Lakeland, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 April 8, 1989 Buzz Bomb 150 El Centro, CA August 5, 1989 Superstition 250 VI El Centro, CA September 30, 1989 Plaster City Blast lil 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 March 26, 1989 May 21, 1989 August 20, 1989 September 24, 1989 November 19, 1989 United Sand Drag Association Sand Drags 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 Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 927-6432 March 12, 1989 SO miles April 9, 1989 50 miles May 28, 1989 150 miles June 18, 1989 50 miles July 23, 1989 100 miles August 20, 1989 50 miles September 24, 1989 100 miles October 29, 1989 50miles November 25, 1989 250 miles ( all events take place at Vienna, GA) GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Bob Moon 915 So. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 665-0358/ (313) 996-919., -----------· i..-March 1989 :Trail Notes ••• THE IDRA PIT CREW COMPETITION is going to be a dandy affair in Las Vegas on the Thursday before the Binion's Mint 400. lt will happen on Fremont Street at 7 :00 p.m. in front of the Horseshoe Hotel & Casino. The two divisions in the contest are for Open Wheel and Heavy and Mini Metal, and the purse will be divided evenly between the two categories. ESPN will be there filming spots for use on future broadcasts, and it should be a lot of fun. Along with the purse there is a Golden Horseshoe Award for the overall winner based on best elapsed time, skill in the contest and the best appearing crew. Getacopyoftherulesfrom Bob Utgard Racing, 4717 West Ave., L-2, Qµartz Hill, CA 93536 or call (805) 943-7385. THE GENERAL TIRE MOTORSPORTS 1989 Contingency program includes four off road series. In SCORE/ HDRA racing all car and truck classes are included in the eight races. Each class is posted for $2000 for first in class, $ 1000 for second and $500 for third, and the entry must be an official finisher. In the ADRA events, all car and truck classes will earn $200 for a first in class finish with a year end bonus of $500 and a General Tire racing jacket and hat for the class champions. In the SODNSTORE Series all car and truck classes, including ladies, will earn $300 for first place, $200 for second and $100 for third. A year end bonus of $500 and a General Tire racing jacket and hat will go to the class champions. At the POST races Classes 2/ A, B, C, D, E, and 4/ A, B, C, D, including ladies are in the plan for all short course events. Payments provide $100 for a first place finish and $50 for second in Saturday points, and $100 for a first place finish, $50 for second, and $150 for a heavy or mini metal finish will be paid for Sunday point races.To qualify for any of these contingency payoffs, vehicles must start and finish exclusively on Generals, have a minimum of three starters in each class, and sign General Tire's contingency verification form and waiver, indemnification and release form. IN VORRA'S AD in the February issue, the Challenger class was omitted by accident. This class is growing by leaps and jumps in Northern California and VORRA apologizes for the mistake. The desert series Challenger Class winner in 1988 was Mike Bishop, sponsored by Taylor Hardwood. Taylor Hardwood is also putting up a cash prize of$100 per race in Challenger Class at all the 1989 VORRA events. ROD MILLEN will be driving a Mazda 323 4WD in the entire Asia-Pacific FISA Rally Championship in 1989. The five events include rallies in the United States, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia and Malaysia. The expat-riate New Zealander and current U.S. Rally Champion, Millen will build and campaign the turbo Mazda out of his own shop in Huntington Beach, CA. Rod's co-driver throughout the series will be Tony Sircombe. Rod Millen Motorsport has successfully developed the 4WD Turbo Mazda for rallying and has achieved considerable success in 1988. Along with winning the U.S. driver's title, his efforts won the Overall Manufacturers Championship in the SCCA series, and Millen also finished first in Group A at the International Rally of Indonesia. · THE SMOKIN' WHEEl.S OFF ROAD RACE on the Pacific Island of Guam is going to be bigger and better than ever next June. Last month the Guam Racing Association announced the return of Winston Series racing to the Guam Raceway Park, and the six month season starts in February and will run though July 22, 1989. The highlight of the year will be the 12th annual Smokin' Wheels weekend of racing. The two day event, called Guam-Winston "Smokin' Wheels" '89 will feature an international field of both drivers and riders. On the weekend of June 15-18, off roaders from Nissan, Mazda and Toyota from the United States will clash with top drivers from -Japan and Guam, and riders from US teams for Honda, Yamaha and Kawa-saki will also participate. Glenn Harris is the defending champion at the event, having won overall in his Class 7S Mazda truck last June. DESERT ALERT - CRANSTON'S S-7 IS BACK! Making good his · threat to introduce the Desert Preservation legislation every year until it is passed, Califor~ia Democrat Senator Alan Cranston has introduced a revised edition of the S-7 bill that, after intense campaigns by off roaders, ranchers, miners, even the BLM, against it, died in Congress last year. Cranston said he is now prepared to make significant concessions to win the support of Republican California Senator Pete Wilson. The reports states that Cranston has agreed to remove about 82,000 acres from the original proposal, bowing to concerns that it would have jeopardized access to specific utility easements, pipe lines, mining claims and grazing and agricultural uses. Big deal! How about the 7 .5 million acres in the southern California desert that would be put into wilderness and parkland designations. Areas covered by the bill stretch from Inyo County south 240 miles to the Mexican border, the bulk of the East Mojave Desert. Most of the land is currently administered by the BLM and open to off road vehicles and other uses. It is time for another letter writing campaign for all those interested in keeping the desert open for all to enjoy, not just the back packers and horse back riders. CONSUMER ALERT - Despite the oft repeated claims of no new taxes from our new bunch in Washington, the U.S. Customs Service has decided to impose a stiff, 25 percent tariff on all imported small vans and sport/ utility vehicles. Formerly, this "chicken tax" has applied only to pickup trucks, not vehicles designed to carry passengers. The reclassification of vans and vehicles like the Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota 4 Runner, Isuzu Trooper, Mitsubishi Montero and similar imports, including Suzukis and their Chevrolet relatives, would raise the tariff from 2.5 percent to 25 percent. Announced by the Customs Service, on January 4, those hit by the new "tax" got higher officials in the Treasury Department to temporarily suspend the rule and said it will be reconsidered. However you feel about the threat of the imports to domestic vehicle sales, the mere fact that an agency like Customs can impose such a fee without anyone, including the U.S. Congress, voting upon the matter should be cause for alarm. This is a real "Big Brother is handling things for you" type of deal, hardly what seems right in a democratic society. Dusty Times

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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 Sc. 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-J 5, 1989 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV December 2, 1989 Off Roadsman 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 100 Wall, SD May 21, 1989 Capital City Stadium Baja Pierre, SD June 18, 1989 Winner Stadium Winner, SD August 20, 1989 Gumbo Buttes Pierre, SD September 23, 1989 Deadwood Off Road Grand Prix Deadwood, SD October 21, 1989 Last Chance Baja Wall, SD ICE CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCE SERIES P.O. Box 14824 Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612) 639-0801 (612) 890-8693 IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (All events staged at the club grounds in Cleves, Ohio) MICHIGAN SPORT BUGGY ASSOCIATION John Elliott -(S 17) 835-9923 Bob Ramlow - (616) 345-6407 MIDWEST OFF ROAD BAJA SERIES Rick Vasquez 1421 Lee Trevino D-1 El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 594-8266 March 4, 1989 150 miles El Paso, TX April 1, 1989 150 miles Big Spring, TX May 27, 1989 150 miles Albuquerque, NM June 10, 1989 ISO miles Las Cruces, NM August 26, 1989 200 miles Albuquerque, NM September 23, 1989 150 miles Las Cruces, NM November 4, 1989 200 miles El Paso, TX MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson E~tertainment Grou_p .. P.O. Box 25168 OUTLAW MINI STOCK Anaheim, CA 92825 RACING ASSOCIATION (714) 938-4100 P.O. Box 204 Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 March 18, 1989 (213) 375-4570 Kingdome (213) 719-7036 Seattle, WA April8,1989 April 8, 1989 Tulare Fairgrounds Super Dome Tulare, CA New Orleans, LA May 6-7, 1989 April 15, 1989 Bakersfield Speedway Astrodome Oildale, CA Houston, TX May 28, 1989 May 6, 1989 Ascot Park Rose Bowl Gardena, CA Pasadena, CA June 3, 1989 July 22, 1989 Kings Speedway Los Angeles Coliseum Hanford, CA Los Angeles, CA June 17, 1989 Mid-September 1989 Ventura Raceway Mile High Stadium Ventura, CA Denver, CO July 15, 1989 October 30, 1989 Bakersfield Speedway Silver Bowl Oildale, CA Las Vegas, NV August 5, 1989 ONTARIO ASSOCIATION Santa Maria Speedway Santa Maria, CA OF OFF ROAD RACERS Barry Wannamaker August 20, 1989 P.O. Box 688 Tulare Fairgrounds Bancroft, Ontario, KOL lCO, Tulare, CA Canada (613) 332-3811/(613) 332-1610 September 3, 1989 Ascot Park ONTARIO OFF ROAD Gardena, CA Ken Jackson - Dick Gillap September 23, 1989 R.R.#2 Tiverton, Ontario, Ventura Raceway Canada NOG 2T0 Ventura, CA (519) 368-7874 November 18, 1989 (All events at Bingeman Park, Kings Speedway Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) Hanford, CA lllr' _.,;.._ ~-... THE ··•.·.FAS-TEST.•·· LIGHTS··•OFF-ROAD . .. . . . . . . . . . . .' . . - . . • Off;,road, you've got to see Ja~tJn order to go fast, and l~F ~OTORSPORTS · perfo"i·mance lights give you the w,in~ mng edge . . . . see the difference ~ . . · • IPF MOTQRSPORTS performanc& lamps· feature a high-tech photometric design wUh special hardened glass lens· and.· precision. reflector . o.ptics .. ·And, all-I PF MOTOR-SPORTS tights are powered with high ,quality quart% halogen bulbs~ Only-·IPF MOTORSPORTS has these engineered features plus rugged . construction and mounting hardware that stand up ·to the · . toughest off"'.roading. Fin(l _q,µt:~wlly more. SCORl$, .. iod HORA·· 1e1~:f!:f ~·· .... . · ...... ·. . .. ' ;oo ~f rt :.\{~ IPF MOTORSPORTS ::t:=~\\: .:.::--~·.f) ill Sakai U.S.A. Corporation ; 500 Milik St. ·' Carteret, NJ 07008 Page 10 ........ ,, ·.;_~: _"'.!Pf 9093 tPF 9061 Du1tynma

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November 25-26, 1989 IMS Raceway Pearsonsville, CA All events in Monroeton, PA at the intersection of_ Routes 414 & 220. May 20-21, 1989 June24-25, 1989 PAC OFF ROAD RACING P.O. Box323 Seahurst, Washington 98062 (206) 242-1773 August 5-6, 1989 Cayuga Co. Speedway Weedsport, NY 0 C > 0 z 0 a. :E :::, w z :'.j cc w t-z w 0 >< 0 u. ► c:( ;: I c:( I ~ ;: U) u. a. c:( :E c:( :c 0 ~ 0 ► March 11, 1989 Millican Valley 250 Bend, OR April 22-23, 1989 Two Day Spring Spectacular Horn Rapids ORV Park Richland, WA May 28, 1989 VORRA400 Yerington, NV October 14, 1989 Millican Valley 350 Bend,OR POST August 26-27, 1989 September 23-24, 1989 October 7-8, 1989 SAREEA AL JAMEL 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 526 lndio, CA 92202 April 21-23, 1989 35th Annual Fast Camel 4WDCruise Indio, CA S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King Pennsylvania Off Road Short Track Shark Saxon RD #3, Box 9 P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 Towanda, PA 18848 (717) 265-3076 TRI-MIL DEIST. SUPERTRAPP GERMAN! Thing or Type 111 Rear Drums Also Type l's New backing plates available Pulsar Motorsport Batteries Large 135.00 Med. 115.00 930 CV's 79.95 Type 11 or :Ill 49.95 12 point 3/8 CV Bolts 2"·or 2 1/4" 1.10 each M-F 9-6 SAT 10-3 :c m r r )> .,, )> :a " m :a .,, C ~ .,, m :a m m )> :a C U) -~ .,, U) 0 z ~ )> U) -I m :a 0 :a )> .,, -I U) Ao U) " Ao z We ship UPS or Truck (619) 691-9171 VISA MC Page 11 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 March 3-5, 1989 Chattahoochee Forest Rally Atlanta, GA April 14-16, 1989 Sunriser 400 Forest Rally Chillicothe, Ohio May 12, 1989 Norwester Rally Olympia, WA May 14, 1989 John's River Lodge Rally Olympia, WA May 19-21, 1989 Rim of the World Rally Lancaster, CA June 2-4, 1989 Susquehannock Trail Rally Wellsboro, PA August 25,27, 1989 Ojibwe Rally Minnesota October 27-29, 1989 Press On Regardless Rally Houghton, MI November 17-19, 1989 Coachman Stages Rally Olympia, WA SCORE Score International 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 March 10-12, 1989 Great Mojave 250 Lucerne Valley, CA June 2-4, 1989 Baja Internacional Ensenada, BC, Mexico November 9-12, 1989 Baja 1000 Ensenada/La Paz, BC, Mexico December 2, 1989 Off Roadsman 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 e11e1its but the finale held at Las Vegas Intemational 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 May 27-28, 1989 Twilight Race Las Vegas, NV March 1919 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 i50 Las Vegas, NV SHORT TRACK OFF ROAD ENTERPRISES FORMULA DESERT DOG SERIES S.T.O.R.E. Co-Ordinator: Tom Schwartzburg 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 Troverse City, MI July 22,23, 1989 U.P. Off Road 100 Bark River, MI 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 16-1 7, 1989 Santa Fe Speedway Hinsdale, IL September 30-31, 1989 Colorama 100 Sugar Camp, WI UORRA United Off Road Racing Association P.O. Box 211 Dunellen, NJ 08812 (201) 752-0299 (201) 359-2745 July 22-23, 1989 August 12-13, 1989 October 21-22, 1989 (All races at Trailways Speedway, Hanover, PA) 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 July 30, 1989 Prairie City OHV Park ( short course) Sacramento, CA September 2-3, 1989 VORRA 250 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 IC0 (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 February 28-March 5, 1989 Port Wine Rally Estoril, Portugal March 25-30, 1989 Safari Rally Nairobi, Kenya 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 to: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. Dusty Tlma

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P~ny Express ••• a depressed and inverted mind of someone who should quit off road racing. SNORE has strived for years to maintain a positive and fair approach to pre-running. The B.L.M. controls the dates now of when and where we can race. If someone had knowledge of pre-running at an early date, it would be a rare exception. SNORE has strived relentlessly to attract California drivers to Ne-vada. We certainly WANT them and NEED them to promote our racing program. classes at the Showboat 250 in December, which caused some grum-bling among the regulars. But SNORE was apparently enriched by the experience. The December race had the largest entry for SNORE in several .:1ears, so whatever they are doing, it must be right with the major-ity of racers. We wish to express our sincere thanks to the Spirit Team. During the recent Parker 400, we bent an upper control arm shaft and wiped out the bushings twice on our Class 6 El Camino on the California loop. Then, approxi-mately ten miles before the Cali-fornia finish, the shaft broke, wip-ing out the header tube and the control arm. During the down time before the Arizona restart, the Spirit Team made us a new header tube, while we used their equipment to rebuild the control arm. Approximately one hour after our official restart time we were back racing, and ran two uneventful Arizona loops. We truly thank all persons and spon-sors involved with Spirit. Jordan Brothers Racing Harbor City, CA The Kahuna and Gilbert Osuna would like to publicly say Thank You to Andy L. and Andy R. DeVercelly, Crazy Rick Corne-lius, Bob Hynes and Pete Brown for helping build our new Coro-nado Racing Team Challenger Class car. The team finished 12th in the Challenger Class at the 1988 Dunaway Dash in Plaster City this past December 31, which isn't too bad for a race car that was built two weeks prior to the race and wasn't road tested. The only problems we had with the new car were the tie rod nuts coming loose (Sean Dog's fault). Also special thanks to our sponsors: Ivan Hecksher of Sign World, Roland Robledo of Roberto's Taco Shop, Bob Hynes of R.L.H. Communications, Dickson Painting, Yokohama Tires, Race Ready Products, Val-voline Oil and Coronado Racing Prep. Without your contribu-tions and help .we wouldn't have had the fun we had at Fud's great New Year's Eve Race. Kahuna Malabanan · Coronado, CA With your support, the Coro-nado Racing team has achieved another winning year. For the second year in a row we won the points championship for the 5-1600 class and placed second in Yokohama's 6-50 Club points. We participated in Coronado's Fourth of July parade, staging my 5-1600 racer and ten support veh-icles fully dressed with decals. Coronado hosted over 60,000 people from all over southern California that day. We feel the support and sponsorship we have obtained has really given us the . edge. With the use of the same fine products we are looking for-ward to a progressive and excep-tional 1989. Andy DeVercelly Coronado, CA The Coronado Racing T earn are some of our most faithful letter writ-ers, and we appreciate hearing from them too . . I would like to take this oppor-tunity to praise the 1988 SNORE/Yokohama Racing ser-ies out of Las Vegas. It was the most enjoyable season that I have done in 13 years of racing with SNORE. As an out of state racer, I have found that SNORE bends Dusty Tlma over backwards to insure a fair shake for out of town racers. The events are run very professonally and timely and the payoff is great. I have seen very little cheating done that was not dealt with in a fair manner. In short, I have never had a bad experience with SNORE or any of its people. I think Nevada people are great!!! Keep up the good work. William "Doc" Ingram Avondale, AZ In response to the article in · "Pony Express" from "A Con-cerned California Racer" about the SNORE 250 last year, the very essence of the letter suggests The points brought out simply do not exist regarding illegal motors and stopping at check-points. I personally have super-vised three of the checkpoints this year, and every car has stopped or was given proper warnings for infractions. If anyone was playing "roller ball", the driver affected could file a protest with the race steward, and if several cars were hit by the same driver, a pattern wo!.!!d certainly be evident. In summary, SNORE runs a fair and honest program. If anyone has a real, legitimate com-plaint, they would certainly be heard by officers and the Board of Directors. The opinions expressed herein are my own and not neces-sarily the opinion of SNORE. Tom Bradley Sr. Las Vegas, NV We certainly hope the affair at the SNORE 250 is finally over. Obviously it was a large tempest in a teapot, but very real to the folks involved. One result was a stricter post-race inspection of the winning cars in 1-2-1600 and Challenger DUSTY TIMES welcomes letters from all comers of off road acti11ity. The Pony Express column 1,11ill feature all the mail we can fie into the space. Please keep your words fairly brief. Because of space limitations, your pearls of prose may be edited, bur DUSTY TIMES will print your gripes as «•ell as your praises. Leners for publicarion. should· be ar rhe DUSTY TIMES office by rhe r 5th of rhe month in· order to appear in rhe nexr issu_e. FUEL SAFE 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. Flows at a rate of 2 gallons per second. . DBF300 -Female receptacle DBM200 · Male probe OESCRIMINATOR VALVES The ultimate in fuel venting. This valve offers fuel shut-off when refueling and eliminates the need for a catch can. Also offers positive shut-off in case of a rollover. OV100 · 1 in. OV175 • 1 3/4 in. Approved by: FIA, NASCAR, HORA, /MSA NHRA, SCCA, SCORE, DIRT, & ACT PRO CELL RACING BLADDERS Pro Cell Racing Bladders come equipped with Super Tough Rubber Bladder, Full Foam Baffling, 3/8" Pick-up and Vent Fittings (1/2' optional), Internal Fuel Strainers, 3" Standard Plate w/Rollover Valve and a 5 Year Warranty. Optional Accessories: 2 1 /4' or 3" Remote Plates w/Rollover Valves and Aluminum Containers. "Let us know what you want. We can do it!" CIRCLE TRACK FUEL CELLS Circle Track Fuel Cells come equipped with High Impact Polyethelene Cell, Full Foam Baffling, one 1/2" Pick-up, one 3/8" vent fitting, 3" Raised Filler Neck with large Bail Handle Cap and a 3 Year Warranty. Optional Accessories: 2 1/4" or 3" Remote Plate with rollover valves and Steel or Aluminum Containers. (800) 433-6524 (Outside California) Alrcratt Rubber Manufacturing, Inc. 5271 Business Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (714) 897-2858 March 1989 QUICK FILL DUMP CANS These dump cans are available with 11/4, 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 in. openings, a must where quick refueling is required. DC011 -11 gallon DC006 · 6 gallon DDC004 - 4 gallon RECESSED FENDER FILLER KIT Kit contains: (1) recessed fender filler; 2 ft. of filler hose; 2 ft. of aluminum tubing; and (4) hose clamps. FK300 -3" -FK225 · 2 1/4" Page 13

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1111 SCORE PARKER 400 · Danny Lctner Wins Overall at the Dcsat Saia Opener By Jean Ozlvin Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises Danny Letner drove all the way, Henry Bergdahl rode all the way, and the pair won overall in the Class 2 Raceco, Letner's first overall victory, and a long time coming. Danny is 61 years old! The desert racing season opened with the usual massive crowds of racers, their entourage, and hordes of spectators inundating the tiny Colorado River town of Parker, Arizona. As last year, the race was held on the final weekend of Janu-ary, and as the clan gathered on the Thursday, the overcast skies, cooler than usual temperatures, and occasional rain showers let eve-ryone know it was still January, even on the Colorado River. and it looked more like a typical Parker climate for the race. New cars and even more new and fancy paint jobs were every-where. The level of race prep cer-tainly is keeping pace with the rise in interest, and now nearly all the cars look professional and more than ready to tackle the rough and rugged desert. But, for the first time in several years the entry at Parker dropped instead of increasing from the previous event. Part of the rea-son was the wide spread flu epi-demic, with many pre-entries turn-ing into no shows. The car entry dropped by 43, the motorcycles classes dropped by ten, and the total entry drop from 1988 was 53 starters. With the combination of classes 3 and 14, the car classes were down to 15, as the long awa-ited Mini Mag class was not on hand. designated checkpoints but also at the control monitor points, usually road crossings. As last year the bike classes started early and ran all three of their laps in Arizona. This welcome move allows the car entry to start their race in California much earlier, and, with the two hour transit time to the Arizona restart, the bikes are fairly well clear of the Arizona route before the first cars make their restart. It gets all concerned out of the desert earlier in the night, as all classes have a 12 hour time allowance, and the race is over for most well before midnight. 110 mile jaunt through the rough desert. Danny Letner did the course in 1:59.01 in his Raceco/ Porsche to lead the race as it moved across the river. Brian Collins was close, only 19 seconds behind in his Chenowth/Porsche, and the Greenways were next at 2:00.48. Ed and Tim Herbst were in at 2:02.04 in another Chenowth/ Porsche, followed in 20 seconds by Mike Lund, the first non-six cylinder Porsche powered car, a Chenowth VW. Surprising a lot of folks, Larry Ragland had his Class 7 Chevy S-10 in a close sixth at 2:02.32, just six seconds up on Corky McMillin/Brian Ewalt in another Chenowth/Porsche. Missing on the first leg were con-tenders such as Jerry Finney out with trans trouble on Thunder Alley, Jack Short, Aaron Hawley, Jerry Penhall, also having trans trouble early, and Bob Richey. On the restart it was a heavy hit-ter group up front, but going miss-ing on this leg was Jimmie Crowder, who had been about tenth, and Jim and Mark Temple, disqualified for failing to stop at a CA control, just like last year. This time there was no doubt about it as George Thompson, head of the IDRA, was an eye witness. Brian Collins was first away in Arizona, with Danny Letner on his rear bumper. They ran the whole 90 miles like that, and heading into the final leg Collins had the edge on total time by merely a minute, 29 seconds. Greenway had shock troubles and dropped back, the Herbsts were another minute back in third, and McMillin zoomed into fourth, about two m6re min-utes down, over a minute ahead of Lund, whose VW Type 4 engine was no match for the four Porsches ahead of him on the rough but fast course. Having fixed a leaky trans on the down . time, Ragland held sixth, still only another minute back. As is common, things changed on the final lap. Although Brian Collins and Bruce Graves arrived first at the finish line, Danny Letner, with Henry Bergdahl rid-ing shotgun all the way, was still right on his bumper, and Letner not only won Class 2, but won the race overall, his first overall vic-tory in the premier desert series. Letner, at 61, is probably the old-est man to score such a triumph in off road racing, drove the entire distance and was elated to hear about the overall victory, and said The first race for the desert series in over two months drew a record breaking number of contingency donors. While last year the line on both sides of the main street stretched more than two blocks this year it covered three and went around the corner onto a side street. The interest in promoting sales through contingency pro-grams is growing at a remarkable pace. The contingency folks endured a cold morning with dark skies, but by noon the sun was out At the drivers' meeting the emphasis was on rules of the road, a mandatory stop not only at the The herd of 34 cars in Class 2 were first away in California, and Bill Coffey led the pack into the ditches and out across the desert. It wasn't long, however, before Jim and Lisa Greenway had their Toy-ota powered Raceco first on the road and they stayed out front all the way to the California checkered flag. However, theirs was not the fastest time for the approximately Ed and Tim Herbst ran hard after trouble in California, and climbed into second in Class 2 on the last leg, both driving the Chenowth/Porsche. Brian Collins, with Bruce Graves riding, led the second leg, but dropped to third in Class 2 behind his stablemates, the Herbsts, at the flag. Page 14 Mike Lund and Buzz Combe drove the first non six cylinder car overall, their Chenowth placing 4th in Class 2 and a fine 5th overall. March 1989 The new team of Matt McBride and Steve Sourapas did all right in their Raceco/ Porsche, taking a close fifth in Class 2 and sixth overall. Dusty Times

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Don Robertson glides past the Arizona rocks in the Raco he share with Dan Cornwell, enroute to the Class 1 victory by a bunch and a very close second overall. It all came together at Parker for Dave Shoppe, as he led Class 8 in the Ford all three legs, and said he had no real trouble while racing to the class victory. he had no troubles all day, but did lose fourth gear on the last lap. Ed and Tim Herbst, who alter-nated behind the wheel, beat out teammate Collins for second by a couple of minutes, and they were third overall. They said it was fun, but who remembers second place, alluding to the fact that they were second in Class 2 here last year also. Collins said he had a traffic problem with a 1600 at a control on the last lap, and the car rolled in front of him out of the check, so he stopped to give aid, and couldn't get the lost time back. Mike Lund, with Buzz Combe rid-in~ the distance, held a solid fourth, about four minutes behind Collins and nine minutes ahead of the new team of Matt McBride/Steve Sourapas, Porsche/ Raceco. Rounding out the top ten were Tom and Steve Martin, T evon Murachanian/T om Martin, Tim and Brian McDonnell, Willis and Mark Hamilton, and Frank Snook and Eric Arras, with a new Class 2 Raceco. Having a major tranny problem on course, Larry Ragland/John Herzberger sal-vaged 11th place points, and the hapless Greenways were 12th, with the front end riding on the ground. In all 17 finished in Class -1~ and the class dominated- the first ten spots overall. At 1 7, Class 1 had its strongest field in some time, but attrition started early for some of the favorites. Ivan Stewart's Toyota got little more than a mile from the start when it needed a new clutch, got moving only to have both rear end and gearbox trouble before the upper 95 crossing, and that was the end of that. Troy Herbst, driving a Chenowth/ Porsche, lost a wheel and the damage was not fixable, and Mark McMillin also vanished in California. Tom Koch, who won here last year, had the overall lead at 1:58.21 at the CA finish in his Raceco/ Porsche. Dan Cornwell, with power steering woes, was next at 2:00.56 in a Raceco/ Porsche he was sharing with Don Robertson, and Jim Stiles, Race-co/ T oyota was third another minute back, and about five min-utes up on Chuck Sugar/ Mike Patrick, Raceco. Here nobody else was close. Arizona was quite another story for Class 1, however. Stiles lost his motor right off the restart, and Koch blew the engine on the leg also, and only half the field made the first AZ lap. Up front ·,:.. "'~ ,\. . . ·~tf~i!:..\4,'7 Las Vegas charger Jim Barbeau drove alone in his Raceco, and came through the tough course to finish a fine second in the Class 1 contest. ~W~, Former A TV racer Mike Schuringa, and Jeff Bonnet, flew over the course in their Chevy, survived troubles, and finished a keen second in Class 8. Dusty Times then it-wa-s D~n Robertson in the Cornwell car, with a good half hour lead on second running Sugar/ Patrick, who were not seen again. Jim Barbeau was another six minutes back in his Raceco, followed in about six minutes by Kevin Derby, whose Chenowth also vanished on the last leg. Bill Church had his Raceco up to fifth, coming back from a bizarre delay in CA where he had wire wrapped around the hub and spent a half hour unwinding it. Robertson continued on his swift journey, and ran the last lap without brakes or fifth gear, but he and Cornwell still finished second overall, about a minute and a half behind Letner. About 50 minutes behind, Jim Barbeau claimed second in Class 1 in a solo drive, followed in just two min-utes by Bill Church, who also drove alone. Parker residents Max Harris and Berkley Rourke slid their Bunderson in fourth, another six minutes down, fol-lowed ina half hour by Jim Travis in a Porsche powered car main-tained by Ron League. Hours back Kirk Kontilis was sixth, and Doc Ingram/ Bill Kreitlow were seventh, the final Class 1 finisher. There were 1 7 starters in Class 8, and most of the drama here played a week or so prior to the race. The older Ford of points champion Robby Gordon was declared illegal because the cab had been moved three inches from stock. Car owner Jim Vena-ble scoured southern California for a suitable truck, and it had to be a Ford. The end result was that Gordon started in a 15 year old street legal Ford, resurrected from the garage it lived in since being rolled by the fellow who bought it some years back from Ron and Greg Kishiyama. Don McCor-mack, who closes his Parker Chevrolet agency on Saturday so the facility can be used as race headquarters, was disqualified from Class 8 for sundry illegal items on his truck. The Ford F-150 of John Randall was put in Class 2, but didn't finish in CA. Dave Westhen's new GMC was not finished, so he started in an old unit, Steve Kelley's original 1978 GMC. Class 8 shaped up, with one exception, to be the class for those who usually can't beat the highly sponsored cars. It was an impressive bunch of trucks at the start, but four failed to get very far. Walker Evans' new Dodge broke the yoke at the top of Thunder Alley, did a lot of · damage and he was towed out. The Dodge Evans built for Steve McEachern lost a drive shaft near the upper 95 crossing, but the crew got that fixed enough so he could finish, tenth. Stan Gilbert March 1989 was a CA dnf in a Chevy, and Frank Vessels lost the crank in his Chevy and retired near Rice. Meanwhile Dave Shoppe had his Ford out front on the first leg by three minutes over Robin T ul-leners/Dan Noyes in a Ford. Michael Schuringa/Jeff Bonnet were about 18 minutes back in the Chevy, followed by Parker's own Dan Beaver and Robbie Hoeft, Ford. Frank and Jim Mancha, Ford, were next, followed by Robby Gor:_don in his aged Ford. Off the restart Shoppe did a quick 1 :54 to increase his lead over Tulleners to 23 minutes. Schuringa held third, 12 more minutes down, nine minutes ahead of Beaver, who was fol-lowed in ten minutes by Robby Gordon, and Chris Minor was c!0se in sixth spot. Se"eral of the trucks had pit scops on race time before the last lap, and the stand-ings shuffled a tad. Gordon turned the old Ford over to co-driver r;r DESERT LOCK OUTER 3.000 WIDE OUTER FOR SUPER STRENGT 8-1.125 HOLES TO REDUCE DIRT BUILD-UP. 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Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson h~d a near pe~feit day, no troubles aT;II with the·T oyota powered Raceco, and the 1987 points champs won Class 1 O and placed 11th overall. --....... ,:$ ,,.---¼ci~ Scott and Bill Reams scored their second win in a row in Class 1-2-1600, the son and father team driving the O.R.C. into the lead in Arizona and they won the 65 car class by over a minute. Dennis Green and Mike Julson had their Jimco with the ,faders-in Class 10 all the way, and the team finished second, just eight minutes out. i;:r Russ Wernimont for the last lap and became a spectator. Dave Shoppe slowed a bit en route to his Class 8 victory, and said he had a good run with no real trouble anywhere, happy with his first win in about a year. Mike Schuringa, a former A TV racer, and Jeff Bonnet brought their Chevy in second, over 40 minutes back. They had the brakes fail and power steering trouble on the last lap, but made it home looking good. Tulleners/ Noyes suffered down time in the Page 16 dark and finished third, about 14 more minutes back, but they were 18 minutes up on the Minors' Chevy. Dan Beaver dropped 40 minutes to trouble and ended up fifth, followed by Richard Mann and Bill Howard, Chevy, the first drive by Howard in several years. More Phoenix folks, Frank Tur-ben/ George Henry were next in a Chevy, followed in by Gordon/ Wernimont, who had over an hour delay on the last lap. And, Dave Westhen and Randy Sal-mont got their antique in ninth in :.; Bill Church, going solo this time, came back from serious down time in California to move into third in Class 1 at the finish in his Raceco. Robin T ulleners and Dan Noyes ran second in Class 8 for two legs, but troubles on the last round dropped their Ford to third in Class 8. Class 8, as twelve finished the event. There were 31 Class 10 cars on the line, but attrition was heavy and started early. Among the con-tenders out in California were Scott and Kent Pfeiffer and Mike and Brian Church, the latter los-ing the ring & pinion on Thunder Alley. When the dust cleared at the California finish line, Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson led with a 2:12.04 in the Raceco/ Toyota. Just over a minute back came Jim and Mike Zupanovich, O.R.E., followed in two minutes by Ed and Levi Beard, with Jack and Scott Irvine, Raceco, less than a minute behind them. And just turing ~ t9 Qft'¢t Upower 31: • ,as$embly;. at an ;etonomic;al price. This complete lightweight system consiSts of all new components and includes a properly pressured steel pump, brackets, pulley, belt, 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 II to steer you right-Bob Gordon, Doug Fortin, Spencer Low and the McMillins do! Call or write today for additional information. Unique Metal Products 8745 Magnolia Santee, California 92071 619/449-9690 March 1989 21 more seconds down was the Gary and Dick Weyhrich Raceco, and by the way these four teams are all father and son combos. Less than another minute back came Dennis Green/ Mike Her-rick, and so it went all the way down the ranks in a very tight race in Class 10. Charging through Arizona, Watkins/ Aronson held their lead with a 1 :45 .30 leg on the first round. Jack and Scott Irvine were up to second, about eight minutes back, followed by Green/Julson in just eight seconds. The Beard Chaparral was just another min-ute back, followed in 35 seconds by the Zupanovich O.R.E. This was the tightest race going, but the last lap saw a lot of changes. Neither the Irvines or the Beards finished the race, Ed Beard caught a rock kicked up by a truck he was trying to pass, right in the face, and he went off to the hospital for stitches, while the car went out with rear torsion adjuster breakage. · It was therefore no surprise to see Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson finish first in Class 10 with their Raceco/Toyota, newly painted in team colors. They did have to work for the victory, and their eleventh overall triumph. Dennis Green and Mike Julson had their Jimco close, merely eight minutes back at the check-ered flag, and Mike McDonnell and Mike Herrick were just another seven minutes back, third · in their Raceco. Randy and Rick Wilson came out of the pack i~ Arizona to place their Raceco fourth, by just 38 seconds over Jim and Mike Zupanovich who lost 20 minutes on the last lap. The new team of Steve Centurioni and Bob Scott were sixth and close in their ORE, followed in by Greg Hibbs and Norm Schmidt, Jimco. Wendell Smith was just a minute ahead of the W eyhrichs, who had Steve Myers/Bret Var-cados well behind them. John Ellenburg, who lost a couple of hours in CA, drove his Raceco to 11th, the final Class 10 finisher. At 65 starters, there were more cars in Class 1-2-1600 than there are in many rac,es. The popularity of this class continues unabated, and they run in such tight packs that the dust scarcely settles between each group on course. At the end of the California loop the 1600s were still tightly bunched. Out front was the O.R.E. of Curt and Lou Farrar at 2:18.45. Bill Reams was next in an ORC at 2:21.04, followed by Dan Araujo/Dave Ramirez, Mirage, 2:22.38, Kevin and Brian Smith, Mirage, 2:23.24, Joe and Ryan Flinn, 2:23.43, and Steve Scho-ber/ Craig Hanlon, Mirage, 2:24.00. Also in the hunt after Califor-nia were 1988 points champions John Marking and Gary Cogbill, who started a few minutes late in the Jimco, having discovered a fl.at tire just prior to the start. Their time was 2:24.03, and they were close followed by J.D. Ward/ Gary Johnson, 2:24.58, Jim Diz-~ey, 2_:25.15, and Craig Fores~_. Tom and Bob De Nault moved steadily forward in Class 1-2-1600, and they had no problems on their way to second place in the tidy Chenowth. Dustyflma

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-., Mike ·McDonnell and Mike Herrick plowed though the soft and sometimes damp desert to a neat third in Class 10 in the tough Raceco. Randy and Rick Wilson moved up through the pack in Arizona, to Jim and Mike Zupanovich had good luck at Parker, for a change, and they fixed their troubles quickly enough to put the O.R.E. into fifth in Class 10. 2:25.21, but none of these three entries covered the first Arizona leg. A few of the other leaders had mechanical troubles but carried on later. With two loops of the three done, the Reams took over the lead, with Scott replacing his dad at the helm and turning fast time on the Arizona route of 1:53.27. With a 1:53.47 lap, Doug Fortin Jr. moved his Chenowth, now gaily painted in bright orange, ikd:. :J.;; ..;, ,{}\~;:;:,, """==·· .-i. ' place their Raceco fourth in Class 10 at the checkered flag. into second, about five minutes back. Fortin had gearbox trouble in California, and started the leg in 12th. Farrar dropped a little time and to third, another minute back, and Jim Fishback,Jr. zipped his Chenowth from 11th to fourth trailing by just another 13 seconds. Back just 31 more seconds came Araujo/Ramirez, and the Smiths trailed them by a minute, but had a two and a half · hour disaster on the final lap and finally finished 38th. Another 28 seconds down came Tom and Bob Denault, Chenowth, trailed by over a minute by Marking and Cogbill. It was tight through half the field! Scott Reams drove a quick but not blistering final loop in Ari-zona and he and his father Bill won the biggest class at the season opening race. Last year they won the season finale in 1600 class as well at the Baia 1000. Tom and Bob Denault also reported no troubles at all on course and they claimed second place, a minute 12 seconds back. John Marking and Gary Cogbill moved into third with a quick final lap of 1:58.25, one minute nine seconds further back. Curt and Lou Farrar nailed fourth, 55 more seconds down, followed in just ten seconds by young Doug Fortin Jr., who said he got lost for a bit on the last loop. The next batch of 1600s, sixth · through tenth, were nearly as close. Scott McMillin/Tom Wil-son wer~ in sixth in the Chenowth at6:28.43, just three seconds fast-er than Dan Araujo/Dave Ramirez. Next, about two min-utes back came Jim Fishback Jr., followed in 50 seconds by former champion Jim Sumners in a brand new Mirage. Clark West and Michael McCrory were a couple more~ Defending points champs John Marking and Gary Cogbill got a late start in the Jimco, but they came back strong to finish third in Class 1-2-1600. . Curt and Lou Farrar haa a slim lead iJi California in their O.R.E., but the pair dropped to fourth in Class 1-2-1600 at the Arizona finish line. Doug Fortin Jr. had a few problems on course, enough to drop his newly painted Chenowth to fifth in Class 1-2-1600 at the Ari'zona finish. ~ TT~uYlVOO~ gg 'SIMPSON,, RACE PRODUCTS HDRA and SCORE RACERS Simpson Race Products is proud to announce their involvement in the 1989 Contingency Program. They are posting a Double Contingency·for 1st place: $50 for Suits (logo must be on the left sleeve), $50 for Belts and Harness(must have logo's attached). FACTORY RACE CENTERS: GoodLuck, 16053 Victory Blvet. #4 Van Nuys, Ca. 91406 (818) 780-4444 SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS 1130 N. Kraemer Blvd. #C Anaheim, Ca. 92801 (714) 630-8861 Dusty Times Sacramento Area 11336-IA Sunco Drive Rancho Cordova, Ca. 957 42 FACTORY & SHOWROOM 22630 S. Normandie Ave. Torrance, Ca. 90502 (213) 320-7231 Send $3.00 for complete catalog. March 1989 Page 17

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• >X. ~-;W,:«.: ~m;:;-;ifl\.*~---ScottMcMillin, with Tom Wilson co-driving, tookaclosesixthinthe 1-2-1600, and this round Scott was the only Mc Millin driver to finish. Dan Araujo and Dave Ramirez had a slight delay with a ltght problem, and it dropped their Mirage to seventh place in Class 1-2-1600. Jim Fishback Jr. had a keen solo drive in his Chenowth, and he came in eighth in the very tight running pack in Class 1-2-1600. i;.-minutes down in tenth in Bruso. The Bonners jumped up to their O .R.E., and it was tight third, now 28 minutes out nearly all the way down the ranks second, with Bates/McAfeejusta of the 39 cars that finished in minute 44 seconds off their pace. Class 1-2-1600. Sanden/McCallum dropped A hefty 18 started in Class 5, about 20 minutes to trouble and but five of them did not clear the to fifth, while Gene and Sharon California finish. We heard that Norman ran sixth, followed by the Porsche bodied creation of Lisa Dickerson/Scott Cameron, LeRoy Van Kirk, a new car, then David Pick and these three caught fire on Thunder Alley, and finished in those positions. Mel Vaughan was disqualified for The two leaders kept up the not stopping at the upper 95 road torrid pace with Hart picking up a crossing. Some of the other minute on the Klawitters on the potential winners had serious final leg. But, it wasn't enough. down time, some a couple of Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter hours worth, in the tough going started the season right with vie-on the first loop. tory in Class 5. Marty Hart/ . ~P'~(:(.\\;'.J).J::t: -~ -~-, _-· j The 1988 class champions, Sharon Bruso were close, four Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter, minutes, 16 seconds back, and started out strong enough to lead these two teams were the class of the first 110 miles in the Jimco the field. Greg Sanden and Larry builtracer.But,onlytwominutes McCallum climbed back into back was Marty Hart, of ATV third with a quick final lap, some fame no doubt, in a simlar Jimco 45 minutes out of second. machine. Back another five min-Another seven minutes down, utes came Greg Sanden/Larry Gary Bates/Don McAfee zipped McCallum, while David and Jody home fourth, about 13 minutes Bonner were down anuther 13 faster than David and Jody minutes but just a minute ahead Bonner. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter started the defense of their Class 5 title in convincing fashion. The brothers led every leg, and finished with a four minute margin in their victory. had serious shock woes, finished in CA but did not restart. of Gary Bates/Don McAfee. The field of ten in Class 4 was Out front in California, as expected, was Jack Johnson with Brent Foes riding in the Nissan racer. Steve Kelley and Ben Met-calf, in a similarly modified Chevy, were in the hunt then, only a minute, ten seconds behind. Hustling hard in his heavy older Dodge, Rod Hall, with Jim Fricker along as always, was third about 12 more minutes back, fol-lowed by fellow Dodge drivers Buddy Renoe/ Bill Donahoe, and nobody else was in the same hour. Those with troubles dropped small for a Parker entry, and Tim more time after the restart, but Pruett only got to Thunder Alley the Klawitters, with a 1:53.07 · before rolling his Ford dramatic-first loop were firmly in com- ally. Arizona entries didn't fare mand. Heading into the final leg, well.Jim Bell/Walt Laycock took the lead was up to over five miri-6½ hours to cover the first leg and utes on Marty Hart/Sharon retired, and John Dyck/ Al Baker After one 90 mile run in Ariz-Page 18 PARKER PUMPER HELMET CO. 714-894-8332 . . 1985 SNELL APPROVED HELMETS * STANDARD VOYAGER W/90° HOSE FITTING * DELUXE VOYAGER W/MOLDED AIR INLET Each helmet has shield and skirt included. 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Rod Hall and Jim Fricker boomed in second with the big V-8 powered Dodge, about 36 minutes back. Hall said he had never driven so hard for an entire race, and felt lucky that the Dodge held up to such unusual abuse. Larry Monroe/Don Yosten got the Jeep in third, hours back but just 45 minutes faster than Steve Kelley's Chevy. Bullock and Kennedy hung on to fifth spot, followed in by Dan and Grant Randall, Jeep, and Renae/ Dona-hoe, who lost three hours on the last leg to unknown problems. Class 7 had a big entry of eight, one a reluctant visitor from 7S, Spencer Low. His Nissan was one of several 7S trucks required to change spindle location or cab location to conform to the new interpretation of the rules this season. Low had no time to change his new truck, so started in Class 7, but soon broke first one, then the other front brake caliper, and retired in California. This class was really a big yawn all the way. After the first loop Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra had an 18 minute lead in the Ford Ranger, and they never looked back. Second here was the Chevy S-10 of Wayne Lee and Marc Cart-wright, with over four minutes in hand on Larry and Padi Noel, Ford. Don Rountree/ Billy Bunch were another two minutes back in a Chevy, followed by Russ Jones/ Willy Aguirre, but neither of these two completed a lap in Arizona. Heading into the final loop the Esquerras led Lee/Cartwright by half an hour, but Noel was only three seconds further down, but sadly did not finish the last leg. After surviving hub and ignition troubles, Roger Mears was fourth in his Nissan, with a 1:47.14 lap. Despite some brake woes, Manny Esquerra sailed home the winner, holding a 29 minute edge on Roger Mears/Tony Alvarez, as Mears did another quick round to gain some points. Wayne Lee/ Marc Cartwright took third, another half hour back, but four · hours ahead of Hector Ramirez/ Henry Escalera, whose-Toyota took all but seven minutes of the time allowance to finish, last overall. A keen herd of 27 5-1600 Bugs started out bravely in California, and all but four covered the rough run. Missing were usual contend-ers David Anckner/ Henry Arras, and having very long legs were other contenders Darrell Smith/ Don Kelly and Darren Hardesty/ Kreston Pons. After 110 rugged miles it was R.C. Jones and Paul Maxey out front at 2:45;16. Only five minutes down Tom and Bobby Neth were next, followed in just 22 seconds by Cameron and Grant Steele. And less than another minute down were Tom Lake/Richard Roberts, about half a minute ahead of Ross Craft/ Alan Cook, and so it went through the ranks. But neither R.C. Jones or Tom Lake were seen again. The Neths lost some time on leg two and did not finish leg 3. It was a new cast of characters after one round in Arizona. Last-year's winners Robert Whitted/ Carl Haynes, from nearby Braw-ley, led by two minutes over Cameron and Grant Steele. Craft/ Cook were four more minutes back in third trailed in six minutes by Darryl and Wayne Cook, and yes, all three Cooks are brothers. About 13 more minutes back Manfred Hove and Mike Molina held sixth by less than a Dusty Tima

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Starting the new sason in fine style, Jack Johnson, with Brent Foes co-driving, led all the way in his Home town heros at Parker, Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra did the job on the smali Class 7 field, leading Nissan and won Class 4 by over 26 minutes_an_d_p_l_ac_e_d_te_n_th_o_v_er_a_ll. ______ ~~--early in California, and they won the class by nearly half an hour in the Ford. minute. It would be a tight race to field was strung out already. worked around the clock to second, followed in over seven John has won in a mini truck at the checkered flag. Jerry McDonald went out with install carburetors, legal even with minutes by Scott Douglas/Ted Parker! Scott Douglas and Ted Robert Whitted and Carl engine problems after the restart the air cleaners in the cab, hardly a Kendall, and Billy Bunch had his Kendall made it 1-2 for Ford, and Haynes made it a hat trick at andJohnSwiftalsovanished,giv-stock location. Tech people Fordasimilardistanceback,and a surprised Malcolm Vinje Parkerbywinningtheirthirdcon-ingtheSimonssomecushion.The sometimes do not have logic on nobody else was within half an greeted third placing Mark secutive 5-1600 title. They get brothers held their lead after the their side. And Mike Lesle, mov-hour. Bunch didn't go much Hansen. The Toyota wasabout43 faster each year too; their time loop, now increasing it to 46 min- ing to this class with a new Jeep, farther. minutes behind Douglas, but just was 7:42 in 1987, 7:26 in 1988, utes over Darren York/Steve blew the motor on Thursday, but After one round in Arizona, five minutes up on the Schlaman and this year it was 7:19.17. Slow- Schlachter, Ford, who were less could not buy or borrow pistons Schlaman/Robinson snagged the Jeep, that broke a Panhard rod on ing some on the last loop Ross than a minute up on Wayne to fit, and he became a spectator. lead by over two minutes from the last loop. Robinson drove the Craft and Alan Cook held on in Demonja/Bob Seivert, Mazda. However 14 did leave the start John Johnson, who had 13 min- entiredistance.J.C. Urias and son second, about 19 minutes back. There were no position changes in Class 7S, but two failed to utes on Scott Douglas. Malcolm came in fifth in a Ford, followed Darryl and Wayne Cook were on the final loop. It was a repeat return, and trouble started early Vinje/Mark Hansen had the by the Datsun of Mike and Pat just six more minutes down in win for the Simon Ford at Parker, for some like Willie Valdez who Toyota up to fourth, and Dave Falkosky, and Terry Lottes/ Nick third. Moving up on the last leg, and this year the brothers won by had nearly five hours on the loop Turner herded his Mazda into Crouch, Mazda . . Lee Patten and Ron Wilson slid 25 minutes. York/Schlachter and was out. The new Johnson fifth, but failed on the last lap. Class 9, aka Challenger, had a into fourth, half a minute faster held second, finishing 21 minutes and Johnson team, Chuck and John Johnson, who confessed dandy field of 43 cars, but the than Mario Panagiotopaulos/ Bill up on the Demonja Mazda. Bob John that is, made a great debut, as to one flat tire, slowed a bit on the California rough took out eleven Swenson, who were only two Sebelius/Mark Johnson were Chuck had the Ford in the lead at final round, but still came in first, of them, and seven more had minutes up on George and Gregg down another 12 minutes in the California finish. The Jeep of as he and Chuck Johnson won7S troubles and didn't go much Tuttle, and the Steeles sank to fourth but hours ahead of fifth Jack Schlaman Sr./Chris Robin-by two minutes in the Ford farther. At the end of the first seventh. In all a keen 14 finished and last placing Eric Heiden/ Phil son was over two minutes back in Ranger. It is the third ye~r in a row loop i;r in the class. Campbell, Ford. Eleven came out in Class 7 4x4, The saga of Class 7S sounds but less than half finished. In his more like a soap opera than a race debut as a trucker Jack Ramsay, report. This class also had new former overall series champion, rules interpretations, similar to 8 was going well in his Jeep and 7 4x4. Declared illegal before Comanche, but lost the engine in the race was the same Toyota about 50 miles. Gregg Symonds raced by Mike Falkosky in 1989, continued to have· troubles with which passed cab location scrut-his Toyota, as did Sherman inyafterwinningtheNevadaS00. Balch/ John Deetz with their Nis- Mike had no time to rebuild, so he san, and they retired early in Ariz- borrowed Evan Evans' old Dat-ona with both engine and trans sun and cruised around the course troubles. at a careful pace to finish sixth. 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.:,; ... ~ --. = +. ·-~ :-❖~:.:M' w, :: For the third year in a row Robert Whitted and Carl Haynes paced the race just right, took the Class 5-1600 lead in Arizona and scored the hat trick of class wins at Parker. Paul and David Simon started the new year just right, they led Class 7 4x4 from flag to flag in the newly painted Ford Ranger, and they won by a hefty 24 minutes total time. Roger Mears and Tony Alvarez came back fro,;; early w: with a hub to ,;:..hip their · Ross Craft and Alan.Cook nose over a lump;;; Callfornia, and they ran up front Nissan over the desert and into second place in Class 7. all the way and finished a good second in Class 5-1600. r;.,.. defending points and Parker Several of the leaders had big son/ Bennett, who did not finish.- and 14 brought out 16 starters, champions Nick Gross and Joe troubles early in Arizona and At the checkered flag it was but four did not cover California. Valentine had merely a two dropped well back. Starting the Nick Gross and Joe Valentine The defending points champions, second lead on Rich Richardson/ last leg, Gross/Valentine held home first, winning the big class Mike Schwellinger/ Les Erickson Kevin Perrault in a Jimco. Tom theirleadintheLaPlant,nowover and getting a head start in the had the early lead, but Erickson, Mattingly was third, about three 12 minutes up on Richardson and points race. Their total time was who was driving first, suffered a minutes back, but five minutes up Perrault. Going solo, Tom Mat, six minutes slower than in 1988, fatal heart seizure near Rice, cast, on Jack Millerd/Lance Mears. tingly was six more minutes back, but a flat just three miles from pay ing a sad note on the whole event. Another four minutes down came still third in his Brut, and seven dirt slowed the last lap by a Details are elsewhere in this issue. local boys Don and Jim French in minutes ahead of fourth running bunch. Rich Richardson and Rick Siem.an and Wes Holmes a T ,Mag, followed in just 34 French. Mike Currier and Joel Kevin Perrault also slowed on the had their Ford Bronco in the lead seconds by Kent Lothringer/John Stankavich moved their Sand, last leg, but they were second in as they loaded up to trailer to Bartolotti who had just 15 hawkfromllthtofifth,butthey class,about18minutesbackand Arizona.BenEmerson/Allison seconds on Ray McClain/Mike failed to finish the last lap, as did threatened by hard charging Rick Krueger were back about nine Daughlian, who in turn were just a several other contenders. Here Johnson, who was third, only 3½ minutes in their Jeep CJ 7, with minute ahead of Tom Watson/ Rick Johnson had climbed into minutes later. VicEvansandJohn theChevyBlazerofJerryDaugher, Jeff Bennett. A half dozen more sixth in his Hi Jumper, followed Imbriale were only another five ty/Gary Logan another 11 min, were close enou h to ounce. b Bill Ken/Pat Smith and , minutes down in their Dirtrix, utes down but only a minute up THANKS To Our Sponsors YOKOHAMA TIRES BILSTEIN SHOCKS DON HA TZ ENGINES MENDENOLA TRANSAXLES /PF LIGHTS RLH COMMUN/CATIONS SPORTS RACING GAS CACTUS RACING PRODUCTS To Our Class 1-2-1600 Competitors: Congratulations to all of you for an exciting, competitive and sportsmanlike race, IT'S A GREAT CLASS! To Our Friends: You're a great group for hanging in there, with us all these years and the best pit crew! Sincerely, ' ■ with Billy Ken/Pat Smith a mere on Wes Banks/Nick Martinez in 40 seconds behind them, and they the new Banks CJ 7. Mike Hor, were only one slim second ahead ner/Brett Wade trailed by of Don and Jim French as a solid another minute and-change in the stream of Challengers crossed the GMC S, 15, and the tight race up finish line, almost nose to tail. In front was due in part to big trou, all 17 finished the race, nearly all bles for some of the favorites, like in good time. Don Adams, who didn't go much The combination of Classes 3 farther. arren ork and Steve Schlachter had a good day in their Ford Ranger, mushing over the rough stuff to finish strong, second in Class 7 4x4. ,. Jerry Daugherty charged into the lead with a 2:20 lap in Arizona in the Class 14. Ben Emerson kept him honest, lurking just four minutes back, but nobody else was close. Banks was 27 minutes back, followed in eight minutes by Horner, who had seven min, utes on Cook, and Matt Pike moved his Dodge up just a couple more minutes. behind, as Sieman dropped to seventh. Jerry Daugherty and Gary Logan dropped some time on the final dash in the dark, but they won the new combo class handily, by 26 minutes in the winged Chevy. Mike Horner and Brett Wade hung on in second, finish, ing about five minutes ahead of Wes Banks and Rick Martinez. Carl Cook was back about 20 minutes in his '72 Jeep, hours ahead of the Emerson Jeep, who was the last class finisher with an over five hour last leg. Of the seven starters in Class 6, four were some mutation of a Chevrolet. Evan Evans had the only new and only current model vehicle, a 1989 Jeep Cherokee prepared by his dad's Walker Evans Racing. Young Evans led the pack, reports say, until a few miles before the California finish, when either electrical problems in the trick engine management sys, tern or engine failure, maybe both, put the new Jeep on the trailer. Steve Russell's newly painted Camara also failed to fin, ish the first leg. Up front at the California fin, ish it was Parker racers Mick Newton and Larry Tunnell in the Chevy Nova, but, their lead was slim. Just eight seconds back was the venerable Saab 96 of Arne Gunnarsson and John Johnston. His new car not finished, Larry Schwacofer had the '57 Chevy back another six minutes, and S ley Herzog/ George Wagen, b ast had their new Ford Bronco II down 15 more minutes, followed by Dale and Randy Jordan, who had an hour's delay somewhere on the loop in their Chevy El Camino. The Gunnarsson Saab posted the fastest first Arizona leg time, BILL AND SCOTT REAMS "RPG" RACE TEAM reg anden and Larry McCallum ~i-an strong, had troubles early in Arizona, but came back to finish a fine third in the Class 5 competition. Darryl and Wayne Cook had a good run to third in Class 5-1600, coming in just six minutes behind brother Alan and Ross Craft In a team finish. Pase IC> March 1989 Dusty Times

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Ar,7· -~''« ,. ~ .... ~.,·~.-.':, .. · .... ~-[r·:·~.•-·;;;, X i A:~ ",~ ,.< ..,.,;_ c. 'lo\.¾-,;_ ·-~ ~,. v4 ~ ~i• ~~?'.~-. ' ', ~~ "' Nick -Gro; s andJoe Valentine got a head start on defending their overall points championship, they led the 43 car Class 9 herd all three legs, and won by 18 minutes in the LaPlant. 1987 champion, Chuck Johnson, an:J John Johnson formed the winning team in Class 7S, with a new paint job on the Ford Ranger and the class victory by a skinny two minutes. struck by Newton's Nova and allowance, in fact all but the win-severely damaged, as Newton had ning Nova were running in the followed the dust into the same twelfth hour at the finish line. trap. Newton towed Gunnarsson Last away, as always were the to the nearest pit, and then went six Class 11 racers, required to do on to win Class 6 by nearly two one each California and Arizona hours. Mick Newton and Larry lap for an official finish, and four of them got it handled. Two went Tunnell reported no big troubles, missing in California, and one was After round the clock work to meet new rules interpretations, Malcolm Vinje and Mark Hansen were rewarded with third place in Class 7S in the Toyota. They call it Homemade, but it went fast enough for Billy Ken and Pat Smith to claim a very close fifth place finish in Class 9. except the time lost helping the the ladies team of Jerrylyn Saab to a pit. Amazingly, Arne Gardner/ Irene Neidiek, reported Gunnarsson and his son Arne co have rolled their Beetle on placed second in class in the bat-Thunder Alley. Defending points tered Saab, finishing about 11 champion Ramon Castro was out minutes ahead of Stanley Herzog front by less than ten minutes at and George Wagenblast, who the California finish. Jack and were followed in just two minutes Tim Zand bergen were tight in by Dale and Randy Jordan. Larry second, and only seven minutes Schwacofer made it home with up on Saul Zambrano/ J,df Strait ten minutes to spare on the time in a close ,;Jr-, , ;:\.,:~: )-:_· :_" l Scott Douglas and Ted Kendall moved their Ford up to second in Arizona, and the team stayed there to make it a one-two finish for the Rangers. · i":45 .16 to take over the lead by over an hour ahead of both Jordan about five minutes from Newton. and Schwacofer. The Herzog Bronco moved into Gunnarsson was first on the third, over an hour back but also road on the last leg, when he Rich Richardson and Kevin Perrauft ran a very close second until the last leg, but still claimed second place ,n Class 9 dnving the Jimco. Mike Horner and Brett Wade haa a fine race in the GMC S-15, and they took second in Class 3/14, also driving a former Class 14 machine. Dusty Times missed the course and drove into a box canyon. While attempting to turn around, _!}le Saab w~~ Made from 4340 Chro-moly. All surfaces ground for high concentric1ty. Pre-cision machined for the tightest tolerances. NEW FOR '89 ! CV BOOT HOLDERS March 1989 Machined from extra strong alloy steel. Designed to provide for maximum axle angulation. Larger ball clearance. Available for T-2, T-4 and 930 CVs. Tired of replacing com-plete CV's? We now have the 930 CV Center Stars available as a separate item. These new units are made from heat treated aircraft quality 300M Alloy steel and feature case hardened ball grooves. NEW FOR '89 ! TOP GUN SHOCKS BY DOETSCH TECH Top quality Doetsch Tech Off-Road shocks now available. Page 11

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The first round of the combined Ciass 3/14 action went to the Class 14 Chevy Blazer of Jerry Daugherty and Gary Logan, who had some trouble but won the 16 rig class. Parker racers Mick Newton and Larry T~'nnell led in California, dropped some time, but came back on the last lap to win Class 6 by hours in their handsome Chevy Nova. Arne Gunnarsson, son Arne, and John Johnston led Class 6 after two loops, but a bad crash in a box canyon dropped their Saab to second at the flag. Lee Patten and Ron Wilson had a great final Arizona lap, and they zipped home fourth in Class 5-1600 by just half a minute on time. From northern California, Wes Banks and Rick Martinez drove the new Banks CJ7 to a very tight third place in combined Class 3/14. 1989 SCORE PARKER 400 RESULTS January 28, 1989 POS.CAR # DRIVER(S) VEHICLE TIME CLASS 1 -UNLIMITED SINGLE SEAT -17 START - 7 FINISH 1. 112 Dan Cornwell/Don Robertson Racu 5: 19.19 2. 102 James Barbeau (solo) "d<.c"u 6:09.34 3. 116 William Church (solo) Race co 6: 11.43 4. 104 Max Harris/Berkley Rour~e Bunderson 6:31.18 5. 109 Jim Travis (solo) League il:58.11 CLASS 2 -UNLIMITED TWO SEAT -34 START -17 flNISH 0/A POS. 2 15 16 35 50 1. 221 Danny Letner/Henry Bergdahl Raceco 5:17.50 1 2. 231 Ed & Tim ~erbst Chenowth 5:21.16 3 3. 208 Brian Collins/Bruce Graves Chenowth 5:23.40 4 4. 217 Mike Lund/Buzz Combe Chenowth 5:27.42 5 5. 239 Matt McBride/Steve Sourapas Raceco 5:36.54 6 CLASS 1-2-1600 -1600CC RESTRICTED ENGINE -65 START-39 FINISH 1. 1655 Scott & Bill Reams O.R.Cc 6:19.51 20 2. 1632 Tom & Bob DeNault Chenowth 6:21.03 22 3. 1600 John Marking/Gary Cogbill Jimco 6:22.12 25 4. 1633 Curt & Lou Farrar O.R.E. 6:23.07 27 5. 1645 Doug Fortin Jr. (solo) Chenowth 6:23.17 28 CLASS 3/14-SHORT WB 4X4-16 START-5 FINISH 1. 308 Jerry Daugherty/Gary Logan Chevy Blazer 8:49.05 115 2. 348 Mike Horner /Brett Wade GMC S-15 PU 9:15.52 118 3. 307 Wes Banks/Rick Martinez Jeep CJ 7 9:20.44 120 4. 305 Carl Cook '72 Jeep 9:40.59 127 5. 312 Ben Emerson/ Allison Krueger Jeep CJ 7 11:17.15 149 CLASS 4-LONG WB 4X4-10 START-7 FINISH 1. 400 Jack Johnson/Brent foes Nissan 5:52.15 · 10 2. 410 Rod Hall/ Jim Fricker Dodge PU 6:29.07 33 3. 406 Larry Monroe /Donald Yosten Jeep J-10 9:11.27 116 4. 402 Steve Kelley /Ben Metcalf Chevrolet 9:56.28 132 5. 409 Kent Bullock/Bill Kennedy Dodge PU 10:19.30 137 CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL (619) 279-2509 HELMET $195 COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR on· ROAD USE AT A RF.ASONABLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS . LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN Pagcn COOL, COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY ARE GUAIUNTF.ED FOR ONE FULi. YEAR SNELL SA85 APPROVED 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. CLASS 5 -UNLIMITED BAJA BUG -18 START-8 FINISH gr Beetle battle. Glenn 500 Hartmut & Wolfram Klawitter Baja Bug 8:14.02 17 · Bornhoff/ Dave Eddington were 511 Marty Hart/Sharon Bruso Baja Bug 6:18.18 19 back over an hour. 505 Greg Sanden/Larry McCallum Baja Bug 7:03.59 53 The picture changed in the 548 Gary Bates/Don McAfee Baja Bug 7:11.04 58 Arizona rocks. Castro broke an 509 David & Jody Bonner Baja Bug 7:24.06 67 axle and he and Jorge Sanchez had CLASS 5-1600 -16DDCC BAJA BUG -27 START-14 FINISH serious down time. Jack Zandberg-555 Robert Whitted/Carl Haynes Baja Bug 7:19.17 65 en, whose only trouble was a 556 Ross Craft/ Alan Cook Baja Bug 7:38.27 77 567 Darryl & Wayne Cook Baja Bug 7:44.58·. 82 broken throttle cable early in the 598 Lee Patten/Ron Wilson Baja Bug 8:01.29 89 race, and his nephew Tim Zand-593 Mario Panagiotopaulos/Bill Swenson Baja Bug 8:02.03 91 bergen won the Class 11 honors. CLASS 6 -PRODUCTION SEDAN - 7 START - 5 FINISH Ramon Castro/) orge Sanchez sal-619 Mick Newton/Larry Tunnell Chevy Nova 9:21.01 121 vaged second place about 28 min-618 Arne Gunnarsson/ John Johnston Saab 96 11:05.39 146 utes down. New Class 11 racers 617 Stanley Herzog/George Wagenblast ford Bronco II 11:16.31 148 Saul Zambrano and Jeff Strait 602 Dale & Randy Jordan Chevy El Camino 11:18.05 150 were third another 16 minutes 616 Larry Schwacofer /Sid Spradling '57 Chevy 11:50.18 157 back, nearly an hour ahead of the· CLASS 7 -UNLIMITED MINI-MIDI PICKUP - 8 START - 4 FINISH Bornhoff /Eddington Beetle. 719 Manny & T udy Joe Esquerra ford Ranger 6:45.26 41 Including the four Class 11 702 Roger Mears/Tony Alvarez Nissan 7:14.52 62 704 Wayne Lee/Marc Cartwright Chevy S-10 7:44.52 81 cars, 162 of the 324 starting cars 705 Hactor Ramirez/Henry Escalera Toyota 11:53.04 158 finished within 12 hours for an 705 Larry & Padi Noel ford Ranger 4:51.41 (2 legs) even 50 percent finish rate. There CLASS 7S -STOCK MINI-MIDI PICKUP -14 START-7 FINISH were some calls at the hospital 725 Chuck Johnson/ John Johnson ford Ranger 7:10.08 57 from both car and motorcycle 759 Scott Douglas/Ted Kendall ford Ranger 7:12.06 59 entries, but the only serious injur-757 Malcolm Vinge/Mark Hansen Toyota 7:55.50 85 ies we heard of were to Conne 727 Jack Schlaman, Sr./Chris Robinson Jeep Comanche 8:00.01 88 Sharp. At the California finish, 734 J.C. Urias/ J.C. Urias Jr. ford Ranger 10:22,11 138 CLASS 7 4X4 -STOCK MINI-MIDI 4X4 -11 START - 5 FINISH the report goes, she was filming 799 Paul & Dave Simon ford Ranger 7:33.53 74 for Stuart Chase's Class 2 team, 765 Darren York/Steve Schlachter ford Ranger 7:58.15 86 and as·the car stopped for its stub 761 Wayne Demonja/Bob Seivert Mazda 8:19.13 102 she jumped on the nerf bar to ride 798 Bud Sebelius/Mark Johnson Jeep Comanche 8:31.32 109 to the pits, but fell off and was run 767 Eric Heiden/Phil Campbell ford Ranger 11:22.32 155 over by the rear wheels. After CLASS 8 - 2 WD STANDARD PICKUP -17 START-12 FINISH emergency treatment in Parker, 817 Dave Shoppe/Larry Maddox ford f 150 6:18.18 18 Miss Sharp was air lifted to Phoe-808 Michael Schuringa/ Jeff Bonnet Chevrolet 7:01.13 51 nix where, at last report she was in 820 Robin Tulleners/Dan Noyes ford 7:15.01 63 813 Chris & Larry Minor, Jr. Chevrolet 7:33.27 73 . intensiye care with possible head, 806 Dan Beaver /Randy Hoeft ford 7:41.21 79 neck and abdomen injuries. The CLASS 9 -RESTRICTED BUGGY -43 START-17 FINISH most incredible factor to this 90D Nick Gross/ Joe Valentine La Plant 7:46.04 83 bizarre accident is that spectators 912 Rich Richardson/Kevin Perrault Jimco 8:04.50 93 at the California finish, having 991 Rick Johnson (solo) Hi Jumper 8:08.18 94 witnessed the accident, cc;>ntinued 911 Vic Evans/ John Imbriale DirTrix 8:13.33 96 to jump on nerf bars of finishing 921 Billy Ken/Pat Smith Homemade 8:14.13 97 cars for a ride to the pits. CLASS 10 -UNLIMITED 1650CC -31 START -11 FINISH The awards presentation took 1019 Craig Watkins/Greg Aronson · Raceco 5:52.29 11 place Sunday morning at Saguaro 1030 Dennis Green/Mike Julson Jimco 6:01.05 13 Chevrolet in beautiful warm and 1025 Mike McDonnell/Mike Herrick Raceco 6:08.23 14 1016 Raney & Rick Wilson Raceco 6:22.03 24 sunny weather, where racers 1020 Jim & Mike Zupanovich O.R.E. 6:22.42 26 checked results and breakfasted CLASS 11 -STOCK VW SEDAN - 6 START - 4 FINISH (2 legs) on delicious Navajo Tacos being 1102 Jack & Tim Zandbergen VW Beetle 8:00.12 made on the spot by local Indian 1100 Ramon Castro/ Jorge Sanchez VW Beetle 8:28.49 ladies. The penalties assessed at 1199 Saul Zambrano/ Jeff Strait VW Beetle 8:44.56 Parker are outlined in the IDRA 1104 Glenn Bomhoff /Dave Eddington VW Beetle 9:41.03 report elsewhere in this issue. Starters · Cars -324 -Finishers • 162 -Percent of Finishers -50% Finally the off road invasion force Race Distance -302 miles -Time Allowance -12 hours drifted out of Parker, with seven Fast Time Overall -Danny Letner -Class 2 Raceco - 5:17.50 weeks in which to fix their racers Starters -MC Classes • 75 -Finishers -57 -Percent of Finishers -76% before the SCORE Mojave 250 in Race Distance -288 Miles -Time Allowance -12 hours Fast Time Overall -Larry Roeseler/Danny LaPorte -Class 22 Kawasaki - 4:53.03 March. March 1989 Dusty Tlma

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AMERICAN DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION '89 Nolte Nails 'em at New Year's GP By Daryl Drake Photos: 3-D Photography Paul Nolte put on a strong run to finish second in the fir~t moto, win the second one, and he won the Pro Unlimited overall honors driving the DirTrix DT-2. The American Desert Racing Association (ADRA Interna-tional) got a head start on the new year with a two day motorcycle/ A TV I off road car event, the Fifth Annual "New Year's Grand Prix." Originally scheduled for Fire-bird Raceway (where yours truly covered the inaugural back in '84 ), the race was moved in mid-December to Canyon Raceway, just north of Phoenix, due to insurance costs at Firebird. Canyon has undergone quite a change since I'd last visited. New grandstands, concessions and rest rooms graced the facility, and the road in no longer requires 12 inches of travel. Temperatures were in the mid-60's. ADRA prez Phil Auernheimer and crew had done a great job lay-ing out a 6.5 mile loop for the bikes and ATVs, and a 3.5 mile loop for the cars. But there was one thing missing: people. A lack of promotion, free rodeo and the Fiesta Bowl that weekend accounted for many no shows in the stands; the two day format, . lack of series points and low pay-back kept the car entry down. Too bad - because we saw racing that had the fans standing and the pit wall fence almost standing room only! The races were originally sched-uled over two days, but all the cars ended up racing on Saturday, New Year's Eve. Pro and Sports-man drivers raced two 30 minute motos while the Beginners fought a one hour long battle. Eighteen entries made up the grid. The course started outside Canyon's clay oval, where the racers took off in waves, racing towards a jump into the bowl. Landing on turn three, they raced around turn four and into the infield for a set of doubles. Jump-ing out of and in the oval once more, the course offered a pop-up jump before the finish line on the front straight. From there, the course headed into rocky desert and then onto a 100 mile-an-hour dirt road. Finally, four trips up and down the old sand drag strips, · with a hairpin at each end, 1989 FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS NOW AVAILABLE! d 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 (714) 845-4402 39067 Orchard St. Cherry Valley, CA 92223 Curt Leduc, Owner Page 14 Used by: Manny Esquera Douglas & Johnson Swift/Leduc March 1989 ,#')!ii: ~ David Anderson rolled the Dimmett T-Mag in the first moto, but finished, and he won the second heat and earned the Pro Challenger victory. brought the route full circle. Gary Anderson and Paul Nolte, both in DirTrix DT-2 unlimited desert cars, squared off to do bat-tle. Anderson looked to have the edge on power and in weight. For four laps, the pair fought hard, with Anderson leading on the straights and Nolte catching him in the turns. How long, track announcer Jim Cunningham asked, could the desert cars stand up to the short course abuse? Not very, Nolte answered as he drove into the pits with a broken tie rod. Then An-derson had tranny trouble and was forced to limp around. And-erson was on his final circuit when Nolte rejoined the course and got the white flag. Nolte must have seen red, because he put on a driving per-formance on that lap that got eve-rybody cheering. Anderson had a half lap advantage, but Nolte reeled him in and finished second right on his bumper. Another 50 feet would have netted Nolte the win! In the second Pro Unlimited moto, Anderson's tranny said "no more!" and Nolte cruised to the win, doubling jumps just for grins. "It was a lot of fun," said Nolte, "and for awhile, a real neck and neck battle with Anderson. I'd like to thank Judy and Michelle, our main sponsors. Pat Hughes, Doug Boelman and Dan Eichorst also deserved a nod of the cap." Nolte's DT-2 ran a total of 13 laps in 1:08:08 to take the Pro Unlimited win. Pro Challenger racing also offered up a close race with three singles, a T-Mag and a pair of DirTrix cars. David Anderson, John Imbriale and Vic Evans were all close off the start and out of the oval. Imbriale and Anderson traded the lead back and forth 'til just before the end of lap three, when Imbriale broke his left front spindle and pitted. Evans took over second and then the lead as Anderson put his steed on its roof. Evans went on to catch and pass the unlimited An-derson (no relation) as well for the first moto's overall! Anderson was second, a lap down after the flip and a flat, with Imbriale third, laps down but running at the flag. The second moto saw Ander-son blow the start and Imbriale in the lead 'til the latter's brake line broke and he fell to third behind Evans. Motocross scoring gave Anderson the win over Evans with the second heat win -but Evans actually ran his 12 laps 1: 12 faster. "Except for rolling, I did what l had to do," said Anderson. "It was a real blast, I really enjoyed it! I just wish we'd had 10 Chal-lengers!" The Dimmett/ Anderson Nelco Co./Dimmett Co./Black's Dy-namic Engines/OREO Off Road/ Offroad Communicatons/Tuc-son Oil Products T-Mag ran a total of 12 laps in 1 :09:02 for the Pro Challenger win. Evans gave his brother Frank thanks for all his help and was glad to finish a race on four wheels. Just two cars tried the Sports-man Unlimited ranks, Ron Fields' Class 10 car and a Class 2 machine driven by Tom Sharp. Sharp grabbed the holeshot and led most of the first lap only to go wide in a hairpin and let Fields get alongside. The race was on, and surprisingly, Fields' little motor took the lead. Sharp tried to regain first back in the infield but spun out 180 degrees, and in the ensuing rush to get turned around, exploded reverse and soon had to retire. Fields went on uncontested to take the first moto overall. Sharp returned for the second but could not complete a lap, and Fields sailed on to win the Sportsman Overall and Unlimited trophies. "Good tussle with the Sharps 'til they broke," laughed Fields. "I really enjoyed it, thanks to my wife, Bonnie, Doug, Brett, Mike, Ron Fields pitted his Class 10 Funco against the unlimited cars, and he not only grabbed the Sportsman Unlimited trophy, but he won the overall Sportsman honors. Dusty Tlma

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,._ ~,.;. Tony Hooper pushed hard to finish second overall Sportsman, and he won the 1600 Ltd. class as well in his Chenowth. Alan League and John Lee sp it the driving chores, a moto each, in the Lee two seater, and they teamed up for the Sportsman Challenger win. Eric Brazinaw took second overall and won the 1600 Ltd. Beginner class in his homebuilt Baja Bug that looks close to being street legal. Pete Gannon's Bug looked good among the Sportsman Challengers, until a spindle broke in the first moto, but he came back to win the second moto. Sonny and all the crew!" Fields' Funco ran 12 laps in 53:56 which gave him the best overall average for the day! T any Hooper ran two strong seconds behind Fields to earn the Sportsman 1600 Limited win after Mike Hathcox turned in a DNF in the first moto and trailed by 29 seconds in the second. "l had a great time!" said Hooper, "Good race with Hathcox. Too bad he had motor troubles. Thanks to all my sponsors." Hooper's Borderland Co./GM Wood-working/GE Express/Town & Country Liquor Chenowth looked as slick after it garnered the Sportsman 1600 Ltd. trophy . as it had before the green flag. Three Challengers, two two seaters and a T.U.F. Baja, tried in Sportsman Challenger. Alan League piloted John Lee's car to the win in the first with.Larry Weiser a distant second and Pete Gannon's Baja a DNF with a broken spindle. Frantic action in the pits saw the T.U.F. owned spindle loaned to Imbriale come back off the DirTrix and onto the Baja in time for the second moto. With a DNF in the first, Gannon had no choice but to go for it, and beat Lee by a comfortable margin with Weiser third. But League and Lee took the day's Sportsman Challenger Overall by virtue of their two fin-ishes. "Pretty fun," said Lee. "My first short course - an exper-ience! Al League drove a super first moto for the win and it was his first time in the car. Me, I'm just glad to be here. Thanks to T.U.F., Priority One, my wife Mary Ann and son Mickey." Six Beginner entrants, one Unlimited and five 1600 Ltds. finished out the day with a gruel-ing hour long race. Conrad Mon-roe clicked off 13 laps in Nolte's DirTrix to claim the Overall and Unlimited Beginner honors after putting the car on its roof in prac-tice. Eric Bazinaw was less than a minute and a half behind for tht! 1600 Ltd. win in his homebuilt Baja. Mike Kirk was a close second and might have won but for a slight error. "Went right where I should've gone left!" explained the son of Pro 10 pilot Jim Kirk. "Had a fun time catching up though." The younger Kirk had followed the motorcycle/ A TV course on lap one. The flagman had jumped out of his way. That meant two and a half miles extra of rocky desert trail and a trip around a motocross circuit! Chris Weiser, wife of Pro Don Weiser, was third and John Nault was fourth. Deborah Lundell was back, but blew her tranny on the second lap. The hard luck award had to go Dusty Times to Tucson's John Nault, who push start, then broke after only started practice with his alumi- getting in a few laps. Better luck num V-8 short courser, then lost next time, John! oil pressure, then installed a stock But poor Brad Campbell ended VW 1600cc single-port, then up the sad sack. He thought Sun-found he had no starter, then day there would be another set of found somebody to give him a races and made the tow from T uc-son, only to find a bunch of motorcycle racers. ADRA offered to reimburse Campbell for gas and expenses, but he said no, and instead enjoyed watching the ex-Class 8, ex-Class 7S and now back-on-bikes Gary Dircks take the Expert Overall on a Kawasaki KX250. First up in the desert points race, "Champ Series '89," is the 12th Annual "Penasco Tw;i, · 250," March 18. i.-" ico. See "~· -C . ..-i;~--~~'#J(§~~ O{]fl[10TIU~ KC HILITES... ~~ BUILT TO PERFORM -••ark McMi\\in CLASS 1 -rn 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. KC HILITES, INC. • WILLIAMS, ARIZONA 86046 • 602/635-2607 <f 1988 KC HILITES, INC. March 1989 Pagci!

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The 1989 International Swedish Rally Text & Photos: Martin Holmes lngvar and PerCarlsso-n led from the second day in the 323 4WD, and won by over a minute, scoring Mazda's second World Championship Ratty win, and the first in four years for Swedish drivers. Mazda gained their second World Championship victory in Sweden, when their team's reserve driver lngvar Carlsson inherited the lead when Toyota's Kenneth Eriksson fell back and Carlsson's teammate Timo Sal, onen went off the road. It was a very low key event, oversha, dowed by the events in Africa on the Paris,Dakar, held unsatisfac, torily on the first weekend of the new year. Without the regular top teams, who held themselves back for the opening Manufacturers' World qualifier in Monte Carlo, this was to be the first occasion that Swedish drivers had won a World Rally in 15 months and four years since thev had last won THE their home event. Four wheel drive cars took the top eight places. The poor quality of the snow coupled with the high ice content played havoc with the team's studded tires and highlighted inherent handling inadequacies. The privately run Lancias of Per Eklund and Mikael Ericsson suf, fere endlessly, while the better balanced Mazdas fared ~uch bet, ter. Only a moment of inattention by Salonen denied Mazda a 1,2 victory. After a boycott by top non,Scandinavian drivers, the fight for the best 'foreigner' was between the British drivers; Colin McRae, driving Stig Blomqvist's 1988 Sierra XR ~4, ~ho finished WRIGHT PLACE~. COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! 15th, and Malcolm Wilson, driv, ing the front wheel drive 16 valve Vauxhall Astra GTE, finished 13th. Mazda swept into a 1,2 lead as evening fell on the first day of the opening round of the 1989 World Championship season. Counting only for the Driver's series and coming on the first weekend of the year, the prob, lems seemed to mount all the time, yet were always met by stronger and stronger determina, tion by the organizers not to give in. The date for the rally was all wrong, the cream of the competi, tion was taken away by the status demotion and the weather condi, tions were quite disappointing. Despite early cold weather, the organizers felt it safer to cancel the traditional special stages on the rivers and lakes, where the ice might not be thick enough. Later there was so little snow that the stages ran on packed ice, which had become rutted during the training period when so many vehicles were fitted with studded tires, rather than the ideal of hard packed snow. With the demotion of status for the event, the, pro, rooters were happy to have attracted the Mazda and GM teams at all. The first stage was held on mil, itary ground immediately north of Karlstad as a television Super, special, where Eklund was quick, est in his private Lancia. Then it moved to the normal section to the north on the public roads and woodlands of Varmland. Eriks, son went ahead in his Toyota, the fifth consecutive time a WCR in Europe was headed by a four wheel drive Toyota. Salonen lost Per Eklund/Dave Whittock won the first TV stage in the Lancia Delta Integrate, but the team ended up second overall at the finish line. could. This cost him some 20 seconds, plus the lead, on the sub, sequent stage. Then on the next stage he had a front flat tire which cost three minutes because the jack broke and he had to find spectators to lift the car up. To add to his woes, the power steer, ing belt came off on stages 11 and 13 as well. Once again the Celica had flattered only to deceive. Salonen was now leading, but not enjoying the insecurity created by the weather. The icy ruts made for unpleasant driving, the absence of snow banks meant that any misjudgment would cost lost time, and other drivers were unhappy with the conditions as well. Malcolm Wilson twice went off the road, the second time the car skidded upside down a long way down the track. The stage was everything a front wheel drive car would not like. Slow, twisty corners for the first part, places which would pull all the studs out of the tires, then fast sweeping corners later on, where you would like all the grip you could find. Stig Blomqvist had the car of his selection in Sweden, a big powerful Audi 200 Quattro, but was nowhere in the hunt. "I sup, pose it is just too big and heavy," suggested co,driver Benny Melander. The opening stages saw the usual spate of retirements among the fast but frail competi, tors. Finnish enthusiasts lost Tomi Palmqvist, who went flying off the road on stage 4, despite having Seppa Harjanne as co, driver. Mikael Sundstrom, twice leader here in successive years, again retired, this time with dif, ferential trouble and others were having problems. However, for once, Mazda was looking good. Swedish journalists asked Mazda team leader Warmbold what it all meant. "It means we have a very good car when it is slippery, but we just don't have enough power for the other events," he replied. In Group N Lancia reigned, however. Soren Nilsson was a remarkable five minutes ahead of the Mazda of unknown driver Thomas Orwen. And, to create confusion, third in Group N was someone called Mikael Eriksson. Th~ sensaton of the day was a pri, vateer British driver with another famous name, McRae. Jimmy's up and -coming son Colin was tenth in a Sierra XR 4x4, five minutes ahead of the luckless Wilson and only 79 seconds behind Stig Blomqvist while driv, ing Stig's cast off Ford. The second day started off gently. The man with the mission was Kenneth Eriksson. In four stages he rose five places, and on . stage 1 7 he was sixth, but few other things were going on. Nils, son's grasp on Group N got stronger when Orwen had gear, box trouble. Salonen was in a class of his own, but was worried. "I twisted my wrist when the steer, ing kicked back, and I hope it won't happen again." Warmbold hoped so as well; a 1,2 victory in Europe on the weekend the Japa, nese Emperor died would be no bad thing. On stage 20 Eriksson got ahead of the steady Lindholm into fifth, and now had Ericsson in his sights. The part time official Lan, cia driver was still unhappy with his car, and Eklund was still a tan, talizing 44 seconds ahead. Then came th~ extraordinary news that Salonen was off the road on stage 24. Eklund opined the Finn would have his work cut out to lift the car back by himself, but 30 minutes later he did and came screaming to the finish control. Officials reported he was crying for a cigarette, but all of them were non,smokers! This was the second consecu, tive World rally on which a Finn had tossed a Mazda off the road and out of the lead, so it was inter, esting to see Salonen's reaction when he finally made it back to Karlstad that evening. The ex, Champion was indecently jovial! Yes, he had cried for a cigarette as he had lost his in the snow. He had been going so carefully he just The coil springs you are seeing on cars in magazines and at the finish li,ne, 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, a,,d various lengths. Easy to install and adjust. Wrenches come with the kit for adjw~tments. a half minute when his Mazda ~ broke a drive shaft, caused by a r faulty weld. It dropped him down Another great idea from the front end experts of off road racing. 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 (619) 561-4810 Page 16 to 14th, and put his teammate Carlsson in second place. By stage 4 Salonen had passed Carlsson into second and set about chal, lenging the leader .. On stage 9 Eriksson had a wheel l:>earing fail on a road sec, tion, and he had to stop at a farm to borrow tools to tighten the offending hub as much as he March 1989 Showing neat cornering technique on the ice, enneth Eriksson/Staffan Parmender placed a close third overall in the Toyota Celica 2000 G T-4. Dustyflma

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Stig Blomqvist and Benny Melander borrowed an Audi 200 Quattro for the Swedish Rally, but won only one stage and finished in fifth place. The Finnish team of Tomi Palmqvist/Seppo Harjanne, stuffed their Audi Coupe Quattro into the trees on the icy tracks of stage 4. Soren Nilsson and Per-Ove Persson won the Group N honors handily, and they also drove the Lancia Delta lntegrale to a good wasn't concentrating, and the. front of the car had jumped out of the ruts. Carlsson was once more the man on whom the Mazda team would rely, saying the stages the next day would suit the cars bet-ter. Eklund, however, was ada-mant he would go better on the final day in his home area. Blomqvist was really unhappy. Now the powerful Audi had no power, and, despite losing two minutes road time with a gearbox change, McRae was only three minutes behind him. The starting order for the final leg seemed to lack the magic one normally expects on a World event. All the top ten, save Lind-holm in fifth place, were Swedes and the Finn had a strangely Swedish sounding name! McRae was holding down 12th, and Wil-son was now 15th. The weather had got warmer over night, and gone was any semblance of mid-winter crispness in the air. Now it was foggy and grey, with the hint of snow to come, possibly. Erics-son continued his unhappy way; he slid into a snow bank for 20 seconds and found his stud prob-lems getting worse on the pre-d om i nan tl y longer stages. The· more he worried the faster Eriks-son was closing in on him. McRae continued to have gearbox trouble. At last Blomqvist began to go properly. On stage 32 the one time master of the event scored his first fastest time on the rally. Some little battles started up. Eriksson got up to third, Blom-qvist took first Asterhag, then Lindholm to reach fifth, while McRae incurred more time penal-ties and fell to 13th, and Salonen was down with the back markers and catching up places one by one. 14th overall. · Doing the best of the two wheel drive contingent, Bjorn Johansson and Anders Olsson placed the Opel Kadett GSi 16 valve in ninth overall. Second generation British driver Colin McRae, with Derek Ringer, ran as high as tenth before gearbox trouble with the Ford dropped him to 15th. lngvar and Per Carlsson won in the Mazda 323 4WD, followed in by · Per Eklund/Dave Whittock, Lancia Delta lntegrale, and third was the T ovota Celica GT-Four of Kenneth Eriksson. Mikael Erics-son got his Lancia in fourth, fol-lowed closely by Stig Blomqvist, Audi. Soren Nilsson won Group bility back ~ithout further ado. N for Lancia and was 14th overall. FISA Rallies Commission Presi-Of the 133 starters, 75 finished dent Guy Goutard predicted the the route. Swedish rallying Swedish Rally would get back its regained its respectability with Manufacturers' status in 1990, another name on the winning list, and that another-organization and everyone hoped the winter would have to give up their full classic would also get its respecta- points status next year. Budweiser I Bud Light AMA SANCTIONED FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM • AMA DISTRICT 38 0 0 0 0 Sponsored By: The Wright Place, Race Ready Products, Yokohama INFO: (619) 427-5759 SATURDAY APRIL 8, 1989 Dusty Times March 1989 Page fl

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FRT BUDWEISER DUNAWAY DASH Plaster City Race Won by Craig Dillon By Judy Smith Photos: c&C Race Photos/Trackside Photo Enterprises C~ig Dillon drove alone in his ORC, and he took over the Class 10 lead after three of the seven laps and went on to not only win the class honors, but scored his first overall victory. The Borrego desert, just west of Plaster City was the site of the last race of the year for the Fudpucker Racing Team. Held on New Year's Eve day, the double-header race attracted thousands of Imperial Valley folks as spectators, and a two mile long pit row stretched across the desert. The FRT, which is basically "Fud" himself, splits the bikes and A TVs into a separate group, so they have their own well attended race early in the day, on the same course that the cars and trucks use later. This time Fud started them at 7 a.m., and, as they raced, his registration and tech teams, who must rarely get to see a bike or A TV in action, labored to register and do the tech · inspecting for the cars and trucks. The bikes finished their race at · roughly 11 a.m., and then they were able to sit back and relax, and watch the bigger vehicles at play. The course for this race was 21 miles long, in an hourglass shape, and it was rough. There was a lot of sand, and it was very dusty, since the December rain storms had not got to that part of the desert. Fudpucker had a brief driver's meeting for the cars at 11:30, and explained the rules for the day. Racers would be started one every 15 seconds, and the race would end at dark. Fud said that at 5: 15 p.m., no more cars would be sent out on the course, ensuring a rela-tively short day for his checkpoint people (who'd been there for the bikers also). After reminding his racers about the no passing rule in effect from 500 feet before each check, all of which were "rolling" checks, Fud went on to advise them to take the "Wimp Route" after check two. The consensus had il' that the "Macho Route", which involved a nasty hill, could cause a driver to become perma-nently stuck. Once he'd give this sage advice the drivers went immediately to staging, where Fud and his assis-tants had marked the line up SUMMERS BROS. BULLET-PROOF DRIVETRAINS ! Page n SEND $2.00 FOR YOUR DIRT RACER'S CATALOG! 530 South Mountain Ave. Ontario, CA 91762 (714) 986-2041 • FAX: (714) 984-7908 order by setting up stakes, with pie plates stapled to them, each with the number of a car. There was a pie plate for each entrant, making a line that stretched a half mile into the desert. Staging was accomplished with ease, and it needed only one race official to double check that everyone started in order. Fud's classes are basically the same as SCORE/HDRA, but he occasionally combines a couple if entry is low in one. He has no Class 1 or 2, only an "Unlimited" class, and his trucks run as "Big Trucks" and "Little Trucks", with no separation according to two wheel drive or four wheel drive. They try to match expected capabilities of the vehicles in every case. Fud also has a catch-all class, called "Class 100", which is for shorter wheelbase, ( 100n long) older cars, one or two seat-ers, but with unlimited suspen-sion and engine size. It's a good class for an old car that's been stashed away somewhere for a while. It's not the same as the Challenger class, which runs with Fud under basically SCORE/ HDRA rules. The 1-2-1600 cars are also SCORE/HDRA legal, with one exception; they don't use their restrictor plates in Fud's races. At this event only one Unlim-ited car, a two seater driven by Jeff and Cecil Wright, entered, so the Baja Bugs were combined with it, into the Unlimited Class. Larry McCallum, who was driving Greg Sanden's Bug, which has an 1835cc motor in it, had the lead by the end oflap one. But Bill Hernquist, who was racing his pre-runner, with 1776ccs, was close behind, only four seconds later. Then came Gary Bates and Don McAfee, who had to trans-plant a tired out stock transmis-sion into their car the night March 1989 The Class 5 Bugs Nere combined with the unlim ted open wheel cars, and Greg Sanden and Larry Mccallum took the top honors in the class by a full eight minutes. before, and were driving very gin-gerly because third gear sounded strange. The Wrights, whose sin-gle seat race car ~adn't been ready for this race, ran fourth, their pre-runner not up to flat out racing. McCall um picked up the pace a bit on the next lap, which was the first one for the class, at 32 min-utes and four seconds, and built his lead to a little·over two min-' utes. And at the end of lap three, he had three minutes and 41 seconds, as the other folks fol-lowed along in order. . But then Hemquist and his co-driver, Mike Lund, lost about 10 minutes when their air cleaner plugged up and they fell to third, moving Bates and McAfee to second. Sanden's car continued to run well, but on the last lap he ran out of gas, and lost about 12 minutes. He got to the finish line in time to preserve his class win, however, and Bates and McAf ee came in second, having had to hold their stock trans in third gear all the way. The Wrights were third, and preserved their Unlimited Class season points championship. In the Big Truck class, which was all Fords this time, the first lap lead was in Roger Rolfe's hands by a long way, as he ticked off a 38 minute six second fast lap for the class. Craig Corda and Walt Brinnon were second, fol-lowed by Herman Meister and Danny Smail. They ran in that order for three laps, when Rolfe, whose co-driver was Matt McBride, had a six minute lead on Corda and Brinnon. But the fourth lap did in Corda and Brinnon, who lost a tranny seal, and that brought Smail and Meister up to second. Rolfe and McBride were having heim joint problems, and lost some time making repairs, but Smail and Meister found themselves in worse trouble on the fifth lap when they broke their motor mounts. Their radio was also broken, but they sent a message to their main pit asking for a chain, and their crew dispatched some-one to take it to them. Their luck being all bad, he got lost, and with no radio to guide them, the res-cuer never found the rescuees. They finally borrowed some motorcycle tie downs and came part way in very slowly, til they found the fellow with the chain. They tied things together more firmly and came in to the start/-finish, but were out qf time. Rolfe and McBride, in the meanwhile, had finished their sixth lap, and had lost their drive-shaft and became permanently Glen Stone and Andy Blue drove the mpst decorated car in the event, and they also drove the Raceco to a clean second in Class 10. Despite running a stock trans in their Baja Bug, Gary Bates and Don McAfee soldiered on to finish strong, second in Unlimited Class. Dusty Times

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Hernan Meister and Danny Smail did well untillap 5, when the Ford Craig De Cristo and Don Cox ran second all the way in the Hi Rick Paquette also drove alone in his Chenowth, and he moved up had oreakage, but despite coming in overtime, they still took second , Jumper and finished second in Class 100, designed for older desert lap by lap to claim third in Class 1-2-1600 after seven busy rounds. in Big Truck Class. . race cars. stuck on· their seventh lap. But fr didn't matter, as they had already secured the win. In Class 100 the lead was in the hands of Ted Welch, driving only his second race, in Todd T eusch-er's Chenowth single seater, an old Wedge. Craig DeCristo and Don Cox, in a Hi Jumper two seater, were second, followed by Mike Hart and Dave Fessenden II, in a Funco two seater. Welch warmed up on lap two, and recorded the fast lap for the class, a nifty 37 minutes and 49 seconds, as his lead grew to over four minutes. DeCristo and Cox were still second, followed four minutes later by Hart and Fes-senden. But it was Hart and Fes-senden's last lap. And at the end of lap three as first and second place held steady, Donna and David Hintgen moved into third in their Sandhawk. Now the three ran in that order to the finish, with Teuscher and Welch who ran trouble free, tak-ing the win by a bit over 16 min-utes. Cox and DeCristo were second. The Hingtens, with a couple of long laps, ran out of time, and finished third with only six laps under their seat belts. The Little Trucks got off to an enthusiastic start with Clarence and Jeff Hoskins in the lead in their Ranger, with the class fast lap of 44 minutes and 43 seconds. John and Jim Hurley, in another Ranger, ran second, and Robbie Watkins and Russel Gall were third in a Luv. The Hoskins ceam led for another lap, with the Hur-leys second, but now Al DeLa-Rosa and John Pekarek had moved to third in their Nissan, as Watkins and Gall were down for two hours with mechanical troubles. It was the Hoskins' turn next, and they lost almost two hours, falling to fifth place as the Hurleys moved permanently into the lead. DeLaRosa and Pekarek were second and now Andy Stix and Kent Lothringer were third in their Toyota. Most of the other Little Trucks faded away as the Hurley lead grew. They had 24 minues by the end of lap four, and DeLaRosa and Pekarek had only eight min-utes on Stix and Lothringer. Robert Hayley and Roy Keizer, in a Bronco, ran fourth at this time, but w.ere an hour off the pace. The Hurleys motored on smoothly to the win, the only Lit-tle Truck to complete seven laps, while DeLaRosa and Peka-rek were second, and Stix and Lothringer were third, both with only six laps completed. In Class 10 Mike Williams blitzed past all the 1-2-1600s who had started in front of him to be the first car on the road at the end . * Driving his first race, 18 year old Billy McCool had veteran Jerry Lawless for anchor man, and the pair drove the Mirage to a keen victory in Class 1-2-1600 and second overall. of lap one, with the absolute fast lap of the day at 26 minutes and 54 seconds. Craig Dillon was second in his ORC, about four minutes back, while Glen Stone and Andy Blue were third in their Raceco. Williams kept his MECO chas-sis, which he'd built himself, mov-ing right along, so that he had a bit over eight minutes lead by the end of the second lap. Dillon held second, and Blue and Stone main-tained third place. But on lap three Williams lost the limiter straps on his front end, and that caused terminal damage which put him out of the race. Dillon took over the lead and Dan Lewis and Chris Shaffer moved their Sandhawk into second place as Blue and Stone lost about six minutes. On the fifth lap Dillon had a 10 minute lead over Shaffer and Lewis, as Blue and Stone held third about 12 minutes later, hav- . ing again lost some time with a problem. Dillon was now having ' some clutch trouble, and stopped at his pit to try to fix it, but there was nothing they could do. Dillon kept running hard, tak-ing the "Wimp Route" every time, and maintaining an incredi-bly steady pace. His lap times var-ied from a quick 31: 16 on lap six ! to a "slow" 32:45 on lap three, a difference of only one minute and , 29 seconds. Dillon finished his seventh lap 34 minutes in front of Stone and Blue who were second, as Lewis and Shaffer fell to third after los-ing an hour on the last lap. So Dillon got not only his first class win, but the overall victory also. In Class 1-2-1600, which had been the first class to start. Kevin Basore had his two seater Jimco in front with the fast lap for the class of 31 minutes and 23 seconds. But he didn't have it easy, and David Marini and Rod Goodsell ' were only 23 seconds behind him , in their two seat Chenowth. In third it was Bill McCool, driving his first race, in a Mirage, and 15 seconds behind him came Randy Anderson in a Goodco single seater. Gary Sewell and Vito Chiechi were fifth in their two seat Chenowth. Marini and Goodsell took over the lead on the second lap, with 48 seconds on Basore who was now second. McCool, whose car had been built as a tandem two seat, but has been converted to a single seater, stayed close in third ~ place. Anderson was still fourth, and now Rick Paquette had moved his two seat Chenowth into fifth as Sewell and Chiechi broke. Randy Anderson drove solo in his Goodco to a well earned second, QY 'ive minutes, in Class 1-2-1600, and also placed third overall in the race. Dusty Tima .They were still in the same circler after three laps, but on lap four Basore's motor overheated and gave up when he lost a fan ' March 1989 ----------------------belt. So McCool moved to second place, Anderson and Paquette went to third and fourth and Phil Green brought his single seat Chenowth to fifth spot. Through the fifth lap the posi-tions were the same, but when Marini and Goodsell went through the start/ finish area their car was making noises as if it had a broken valve spring or rocker arm. McCool, whose father, Dick, had been nervous about fuel consumption on the sandy course, came in second, right This is the system run by most off road race winners behind them, and went into his pit to take on gas, and to let his co-driver, Jerry Lawless, climb in. Anderson went by as they switched, but McCool and Law-less had him on elapsed time because of their rear start. Marini and Goodsell fell by the wayside on that sixrh lap, and Lawless regained tht point posi-tion and had just over five min-utes lead at the end of the lap. Anderson was second, Paquette third, Green fourth and Glenn Qoss ~ TRl•MIL BOBCAT• CHROME DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234•9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 19

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Al De La Rosa and John Pekerak came back from a slow start to move to third in Little Trucks, and finished second in the tidy Nissan. Andy Stix and Kent Lothringer were up to third on lap 3, and they finished third in Little Trucks in the Toyota, a few minutes back. Sisters Stacy and Kathy Fay got their entry fee for a Christmas gift, and they made good, driving to a keen second place in Class 5-1600. -~ ' --------~ Ken and Duane Basore ran tight with the leaders in Class 5-1600; moved into third midway in the race and stayed there to the checkered flag. Driving only in his second race in a Bug he built himself, Craig Stewart ran the last dark lap without lights and still finished fourth 5-1600. In the top five all the way, Jeff Bennett and Tom Watson moved up the scale to finish second in Challenger Class, just five minutes behind. Roger Rolfe and Matt McBride took the Big Truck lead with fast class lap on the first round, and they never looked back, despite troubles, and got in six laps for the win. r;r was now fifth in his two seat i .!Jitivc II. McCool, whose entry fee had been his 18th birthday present, waited nervously at the finish line for Lawless to reappear. Time passed, he was late, and things looked bad. Fud's spotter had reported him through a point about a mile before the finish, but he'd obviously had troubles since then. Finally, not able to stand and wait, his crew got ready to go look for him, and then he appeared, about five minutes overdue, but still in the lead. It turned out that his throttle cable had broken, and he'd had to do the home stretch workiiig the throttle cable by hand. So McCool and Lawless got the win, and were second overall besides. Anderson was second, just over four minutes later, and Paquette was third. Green and Goss came in fourth and fifth. There was quite a gaggle of 5-1600 cars, and Cameron Steele took the early lead with fast lap . for the class, a swift 36 minutes and 53 seconds. About two min-utes later it was a tie between Brian Goodrich and Steve Law-rence for third place, then Fred Grabowski and John Neibert ran fourth, followed by Craig Stewart Todd Teuscher and Ted Welch continued on their winning way in Class 100, scoring yet another victory of the beautifully restored Chenowth Wedge. in fifth and Ruben and Robert seconds back in second place, as Gutierrez in sixth place. Lawrence ran third only 36 Steele, who'd started the race seconds behind him. Stewart was with a loose head, held on to his steady in fourth, the Ledezmas lead as Lawrence moved snugly were fifth and Stacy Fay was now into second place. Goodrich was sixth. finished, with a broken transmis- But things were very different sion, and Neibert and Grabowski at the end oflap four, when Ora-moved up to third. Stewart, who . bowski and Neibert showed up was driving only his second race, first and the Ledezmas were tied was now fourth, and the Gutierrez -with Steele, who came in on a tow team was fifth. The Ledezma fam- rope, for third place. Steele never ily, Mario and Mario Jr. were now did another lap. Stewart was still sixth. fourth, Fay was fifth, and Ken and Steele still led at the end of lap Duane Basore were sixth. Law-three, but Grabowski and Neibert rence lost an hour and 45 minutes had closed the gap some, and were when he rolled over six times near only three minutes and 41 the end of the lap and had to replace a stub axle, brake drum and tire. weve written the book on Off Road. • FAT Racing Parts •Centerline Wheels • Bilstein Shocks •Sway-A-Way • Perma-Cool Grabowski_ and Neibert, who 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 •S&S Headers • Weber Carbs •IPF Lights •JaMar Products • Wright Place •Tri-Mil Exhaust •Gem Gears • Beard Seats •Simpson Safety • Super-Trapp • Yokohama Tires entertained the spectators and pit denizens with a horn that sounded like a battle in space, ran a smooth pace and held the lead through lap five. The Ledezmas were second now, and Kathy Fay, who'd taken over for her sister, was third. The Basores were fourth, Stewart, who'd had moisture in his dis-tributor and lost time curing it, was now fifth, and Josh and Jerry Kerr were sixth. Grabowski and Neibert held the lead, but the Fays, whose entry fee for the race had been a Christmas present, moved into second as the Ledezmas lost their rear suspension. The Basores were third, then it was Stewart,. the Ledezmas, and Danny and Charles Smith. As they went by their pit for the last time, Neibert and Grabowski pulled in to have their lost exhaust replaced, feeling they had a pretty good cushion. And they were right. Their lead held, and they .went on to win, , crossing the finish line sounding like World War III, and still 36 minutes in front of second place. That was the Fays, followed in four minutes by the Basores in third place. Stewart, who'd mis-judged the length of the race, and hadn't put any lights on his car, had made his way around the last lap in the dark, very carefully. He crossed the finish line on the Basore's lights, in fourth place. The Kerrs were fifth and the Smiths were sixth. FOR YOJR FAT PERFORtvlANCE CATALOG. SEND S5 TO FAT PERFORMANCE. DEPT. DT. 1558 NO. CASE ST .. ORANGE. CA 92667. OR CALL(714)637-2889 • Petro-Tech 2000 The Little Trucks, with 11 starters, had a dandy bash, but in the end only the Ford Ranger of John and Jim Hurley got around a/17 laps, and they were the winners. 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... Jack Hettinger and Steve Reynolds flew their Funco over the soft stuff, and they kept right on flying to finish third in the Challenger . action. Hal and Kevin Graves had a good day in their Jimco, stayed with the top group and finished a fine fourth in the busy Challenger class. Just i6 years old, B.J. Bates, with Rick Pew co-driving, ran out of gas on the last lap, but still finished fifth in the Challenger bunch . Phil Green drove his Chenowth solo in Class 1-2-1600, and he ran with the top five all day, and finished a fine fourth in the class. Josh and Jerry Kerr ran a good pace all day in their handsome 5-1600, moved up the charts each lap and finished fifth in the big class. Long time racer Glen Goss, has a great time in his two seat Fugitive in Class 1-2-1600, kept it together to finish fifth in the class. The Challengers were the big-gest group and the early lead was in the hands of Rich Richardson and Mike McClune in a Chen-owth. Larry Wyatt and Jim Tucker were second, two minutes plus behind them in a Chaparral, with Hector and Danny Ledezma in third. Jeff Bennett and Torn. Watson ran fourth in a Chen-owth, followed by B.J. Bates in his · H.O.R.E. Jack Millerd was sixth in a Funco. Richardson and McClune looked as if nothing could stop them as they continued to lead, but Wyatt and Tucker weren't letting up either, as they ran second. Millerd put on a burst of speed and came up third, and now Jack Hettinger and Steve Rey-nolds moved to fourth in their Funco. Bates, just sixteen years old, ran fifth and Hal and Kevin Graves were sixth in their Jimco Richardson and McClune sailed on in the lead with Wyatt and Tucker still in hot pursuit in second. Then it was Millerd, Het-tinger and Reynolds, the Graves team, and Bennett and Watson. The two lead cars continued their duel through the fourth lap, and Richardson and McClune still had only two minutes and 46 seconds on Wyatt and Tucker. Millerd was third another four minutes back, Bennett and Wat-son were back up to fourth, the Graves were fifth and Hettinger and !leynolds were sixth, only 15 John Neibert and Fred Grabowski ran with the leaders early in the 5-1600 18 Bug battle, took over the lead on the fourth lap and held it to win the second biggest class at the race. minutes off the lead pace. But the lead pair both had troubles on the fifth lap, and Mil-lerd, who was running steadily, took over the lead. Wyatt and Tucker, who'd lost 11 minutes, and first gear, were still second. · Hettinger and Reynolds were third, Bennett and Watson fourth, the .Graves team fifth, and now Richardson and McClune, having lost a half hour when their right front corner came off, were sixth. Millerd continued to lead, and now Wyatt and Tucker were clos-ing up on him, even after a Auick rollover. Bennett and Watson moved to third. Hettinger and Reynolds were fourth, the Graves were fifth and Bates was sixth. But Millerd never went out on his sev-enth lap, his transmission having quit, and Wyatt and Tucker finally took over the lead. And they stayed there to the finish, taking the win with just five minutes on Bennett and Wat-son, who'd moved up to second. Hettinger and Reynolds were third, the Graves were fourth, and Bates, who'd run out of gas on his last lap, was fifth. Wyatt and Tucker had one more hurdle to overcome before they got their win, since they'd finished without their passenger, and questions arose about the legality of the situation. The pas-senger, it seems, had bumped her head really hard, and feeling woozy, had decided to abdicate. The team was able to prove, by means of a scale, that the car was still over the minimum required weight, and their win was secure. Fudpucker, who personally started every car in the race, had then also spent most of the day at the start/finish check waving and grinning as each car went by. Then he flourished the checkered flag for the finishers, and presented the finisher's mugs to almost eve- . ryone who made it to the end. His endless enthusiasm is contagious, and racers and crews find them-selves Fud-watching, and grinning right along with him. The motorcycle classes get an all daylight run, and Dean Sundahl rode his Yamaha over the lumps to first overall Pro in the A TV action. Everyone was in off the course · in time for a civilized dinner hour, and then the New Year's Eve cele-Dusty Times March 1989 Larry Wyatt and Jim Tucker ran second early in the Challenger bash, but put the Chaparral into the lead on the last lap to beat 24 other cars in good time, 4:55.21. brations could begin. The brisk air made the campfires and motorhomes cozy, and many a toddy was hoisted to toast the new year. doughnuts, rolls, coffee and juice. There were also Bloody Marys, mixed and served by Fud himself. 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1,11,: lll&IIEIM STADIUM W llllftpening Round. of MTEG Championship ---Dominated by Toyota's Newest Driver By Homer Eubanks Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises It was Robby Gordon night at Anaheim, and the youngster drove his Toyota to victory in both Grand National Sport Truck heats and the main event, a feat done only once before, by Steve Millen in a Toyota. Anaheim Stadium hosted the first round of Mickey Thompson's Off-Road Cha~pionship Gran Prix series with nearly 65,000 in attendance. Many changes have occurred for the 1989 season. A new track design was wider and featured fewer switch backs for quicker lap speeds and room for passing. Head-ing the driver changes was Robby Gordon. Gordon earned a ride with T earn Toyota this year after - winning the Super 1600 cham-pionship last year at age 19. Gor-don was also honored this year by-being named to the AAR WBA Auto Racing All America team for 1989. Gordon replaced Steve Millen, last year's sport truck champion, who left the series to compete in the IMSA GTO series. Also entering the sport truck wars this year was Rob Mac-Cachren. MacCachren made his debut last year at the Coliseum but is a regular Jeep team member for 1 1989. Another returning driver was · David Ashley who entered with a Ford. Missing from the sport truck battles were Team Mazda. The company pulled its stadium sup-port this year because of MTEG rule changes. This left Glenn Harris as the only Mazda mounted entry - wearing General Tire colors. T earn Mazda's three truck entry will be truly missed as they were Toyota's most formidable compe-tition for the last several years. The two teams routinely exchanged b I o ~ f o r- b 1 o w ~ th ro u g h -out the series to keep the action high. Paul Nissley and David Kreisler of North American Raceco have teamed up in the Super 1600 and UltraStock classes with a four car effort. Former Superlite driver Bill Goshen will drive a Super 1600 this year and Chet Huffman is returning after a three year absence. Doug Ingles of Quail Valley entered the buggy wars with a Toy-ota powered Super 1600. Roger Mears Jr. has also slipped on his driver's suit in this class. Bob Gordon sat on the pole of the Super 1600 Trophy dash. However when the green flag flew Brad Castle caught Gordon snooz-ing and took the lead. Gordon slipped into second place and Frank Arciero Jr., tucked in behind Gordon. Gordon held onto second for three laps but suffered mechan: ical woes allowing Arciero to slip by for second. Once the door was . open Mitch Mustard also slipped by. At the ~heckered it was Brad Castle first and Frank Arciero second, followed by Mustard and Kent Castle. During qualifing for the Grand National Sport Trucks Robby Gordon managed to set second quickest time and Danny Thomp-son was fastest. When they lined up for heat one Dan Esslinger sat on the pole with Ivan Stewart next to him. Esslinger took the early lead with Stewart's Toyota in tow. Robby Gordon sat behind his mentor and after two laps Stewart found a hole around Esslinger. Gordon foresaw Stewart's move and passed Esslin-ger also. With the taste of victory flowing, Gordon set his sights on Sporting a new paint job, Bob Gordon was up front in the Chenowth, taking third in his 1600 heat race and third also in the crowded feature race. Ivan Stewart ran second fiddle to his new Toyota teammate at Anaheim, but the 'lronman' scored second place points in the truck main event. Chris Neil had his VW bodied UltraStock flying high in January, and he placed second in both the heat race and the high attrition main event. teammate Stewart. On the follow-ing lap Gordon slipped inside Stew-art for the lead. Once in the clear Gordon showed why he was picked for T earn Toyota, as he pulled away and left Stewart for the win. Appearing in his first race for Toy-ota the young Gordon let the Grand National Sport Truck driv-ers know he was prepared to race. Second went to teammate Ivan Stewart and Danny Thompson managed third. Fourth went to Glenn Harris and Frank Arciero, Jr. was fifth. Roger Mears suffered power steering problems in the Nissan entry and did not start. A total of eight Stadium Super-lites entered the first heat. Frank Chavez jumped out front but had Triple E teammate Ron Pierce take over after one lap. However, on the last lap Chavez caught Pierce up on two wheels and took over for the win. Pierce regained his composure to maintain second and third went to a hard charging Chuck Parker. Joe Price brought his Triple E around for fourth and fifth went to John Gersjes. In the second Superlite heat it was all Briggsbuilt drivers. Rennie Awana took his number'3 car out front and didn't look back. Second went to John Hasshaw and third was captured by Terry Peterson after taking advantage of Don Mitch Mustard started out strong in his Chenowth. placing th,rd in the 1600 Trophy Dash, second in his heat, but had troubles in the main event. Frank Arciero Jr. battled mainly with his brother Al on his way to his heat race w,n and victory ,n the Super 1600 main event, and he also was second in the Trophy Dash. Brad Castle started the season by winning the 1600 Trophy Dash, took a fine third in his heat race and finished second in the hectic main event. Page 31 March 1989 Dusty Times

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•.•.··'•""•:,::.:c Vince Tjelmel~-~d. here leading Chris Neil, had troubles with the Nissan in the UltraStock heat, but came back fighting to win the main event before a huge crowd at Anaheim. Eric Arras brought his Chenowth out for the Super 1600 action, and won his hea race oy mcnes, our !?__a_me !O Sf!_rious grief ,n the wi~d ma!n event co~!!!ition. Glenn Harris (#5) was leading the second truck heat when he nose dived off a high jump, as Danny Thompson approached to pass. Harris did a real head stand in the Mazda, collided with Thompson, smashing the front of the Chevy, and later traffic a/so banged into the Mazda, while the Chevy got back and running in the race. Al Arciero had his Chenowth flying, leading both his heat and main, but he ended up second in the heat and fourth after a flip in the feature. Archibald's lost front wheel prob-to hold on in the rough section to lem. Archibald did however take the lead. Back in the pack, remain in the race for fourth place. while arguing over last place with Fifth went to the lone female driver David Kreisler, Tim Lewis' aero-Mary Sullivan. dynamic Porsche flew up on the Donnie aanks won the 4-wheel fence. The race was stopped and a ATV first heat at the last corner. tow truck and skiploader were Banks tried all six laps to find an opening around Kenneth Delk, but was unsuccessful until the two exited the final sweeper. Banks took the win by a nose and Delk had to play the bridesmaid. Third went to John Scott and fourth was Mark Ehrhardt. Fifth place of the 21 starters was Don Turk. In the second 4-wheel A TV heat Marty Hart took advantage of a turn two pile up and stole the lead. Once out front Hart used the open space to put some serious real estate between him and a three-some arguing over second. Sean Stubbs, Charles Shepherd and Joel Bontoux fought for second place until Stubbs clipped a parked A TV and blew a tire. Shepherd took over second and Bontoux finished third. Fourth went to Sean Finley and fifth was Chris Couto. needed to extract him. On the restart the front three regrouped and exchanged paint in the rough section. Castle pulled off with troubles and Joey Moore chal-lenged Elrod for the lead and ended up on his top. Vince Tjelmeland made a move on the last lap and ended up on his top just after the short rough sec-tion. Elrod bicycled a bit during the conflict but held on for the win. Christopher Neil finished second and third went to David Kreisler. Vince Tjelmeland got going to fin-ish fourth. In the first 250cc Pro Motorcy-cle Ultra Cross Chris Young put his Swuki out front from the word go and held on for the win.Young was dogged by Brian Manley all through the race. Manley finished second ahead of Michael Jones and fourth went to Jeff Hicks. Danny Stephenson was fifth. "" .,¾_;;:,.,.;... ,,.:;:;· When the UltraStocks came out only seven of the nine cars entered lined up. Lloyd Castle sat on the pole, with Jeff Elrod sharing the front row. On the start Castle took the lead and he and Elrod were scrapping like two junk yard dogs around the sweeper but Castle held on. On the next lap Elrod managed After a collision in the UltraStock heat, Tim Lewis hung his Porsche on the barriers and i_! took both tow trucks and a skio loader to remove the car in a risky operation. Dusty Times March 1989 In the second UltraCross heat Jim "Hollywood" Holley jumped out front and showed his confi-dence as he waved to the crowd while flying over the first double jump. It took three laps before Danny Storebeck, who had hounded Holley from the gate, found a path around Holley. Storebeck went on to win and Hol-ley finished a very close second. Third went to Tallon Vohland and Donny Schmidt crossed over ahe.ad of Tyson Vohland. As a writer 1t is easy to say that E~ic Arras went wir_e to .\Y_ire_ to win the first Super 1600 heat. How-ever, Arras could probably talk for hours about how Mitch Mustard was all over him like daylight. Mus-tard shadowed Arras throughout the race and had his best shot when a yellow caused by Kent Castle caused a restart .. The third place finisher was Bob Gordon and Phil Carter, Jr. led Billy Beck across the line. In the second Super 1600 heat a car was spun around by traffic in turn one causing a restart. When the race was restarted Al Arciero gral:,~thel:lt" West Coast Distributor fOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE OUR PRICE $695.00 Per Set 2 Ratio's Available Valley Performance McKenzie Performance Products 3700 Mead Ave. 12945 Sherman Way #5 Las Vegas, NV 89102 North Hollywood, CA 91605 702/873-1962 818/764-6438 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 33

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Walker Evans had some woes with his Jeep Comanche, ending up fifth in the second truck heat, and moved to third in the main event. ! David Kreisler showed off his new Porsche UltraStock, that had some new car trouble but was third in the heat and fourth in the main event. Phil Carter Jr. stayed with the front runners in Super 1600 action, his Funco finishing fourth in heat 1 and 6_th among 32 in the main event. [If" . lead with Wes Elrod in hot pursuit. Behind them was total chaos as 16 cars took turns running over each other. Elrod lost second place as traffic spun him around in turn one. Frank Arciero, Jr. picked his way through the pile up and went after Al. Albert Arciero ran into lapped traffic and slowed a bit and brother Frank got within striking distance. On the fourth lap Albert seemed to experience shifting problems in a corner and Frank took over. Albert fell into fourth place but was able to ,work through the leaders for second, and even survived a roll over in the final turn. Third place went to Brad Castle and fourth was Scott Galloway ahead of W es Elrod. although he outpulled the crowd into turn one he locked up the brakes a bit early and chose to be pushed around the corner. The strat worked and Harris held After the incident with Harris, Danny Thompson held the lead for nearly two laps, and incredibly finished second with the hood up over the windshield all the way. Jeff Huber took over the Harris Mazda for the main event, and without a bit of practice Jeff drove to fourth place in the truck main event. onto the lead. clipped the Mazda. This was great Ivan Stewart got anxious inside for Thompson because he inher-the sweeper and ended up on his ited first place. Harris, even though nose and caused a rolling restart. he was back on the ground, was Harris retained the lead with Danny getting clipped by everyone passing Thompson second. Third was by. Thompson's front fender sec-Robby Gordon then Frank tion had been damaged in the Har-Arciero, Jr. On the next lap ris incident and his hood came Thompson challenged Harris in the loose and was up against the wind-rough but Harris held the pedal shield blocking his view. He held down to keep his lead. on to the lead for a lap and a half The salt shaker ride must have but Robby Gordon managed to scrambled Harris' brain. As he slip inside the blinded Thompson. rounded the next corner his prepa- Robby Gordon went on to make ration for the jump was incorrect, it a double win for his first night as a resulting in his Mazda taking a nose Grand National driver. Danny dive off the jump. The Mazda's Thompson won the hearts of the front bumper dug into the earth fans and also captured second place and there was Harris, standing for his blind effort. Frank Arciero, straight up in the air, apparently Jr. finished third and Dave Ashley impaled there forever. But then was credited for fourth. Walker Thompson, who had his momen- Evans was fifth. tum going, could not avoid him and In the Stadium Superlite main event it was Chuck Parker that jumped out front. Terry Petersen stuck close behind and after two laps put the move on Parker. Peter-son managed to put some breathing room between him and a large group of Superlites fighting over second place. When the smoke cleared it was Terry Peterson winning and second place was taken by John Hasshaw. Third went to Rennie Awana and fourth was Rory Holladay. John Gersjes finished fifth. A total of 24 riders lined. up to battle in the 4-wheel A TV main. At the green it was John Scott who had 23 other riders behind him going into turn one. Scott held off a race long challenge by Kenneth Delk for the win and Delk settled for second. Third was Mark Ehrnhardt and fourth was Charles Shepherd. Fifth went to Joel Bontoux. In the UltraStock main Vince Tjelmeland pulled out front early and managed a comfortable lead over the Porsche of David Kreisler. Third place was Chris Neil. Kreisler, wh ile running in second, flipped the Porsche causing a single file restart. On the restart Tjelmeland found Neil right on his tail and serious about racing. Behind them was Lloyd Castle and Jeff Elrod being real physical over third place. Once the fiberglass settled it was Vince Tjelmeland winning the main and Chris Neil took second. The third place battle was won by Tim Lewis and David Kreisler managed fourth. Jeff Elrod was fifth. In the Super 1600 main event it was apparent that the Arciero brothers were serious about racing. Albert took the lead with Frank chasing. Third place was grabbed by Wes Elrod with Brad Castle trailing. Before things got good and started Greg George ended up on the railing causing a restart. Albert Arciero was able to keep brother Frank at bay on the restart and traffic moved along without many hassles. After two laps Al fumbled for a gear and Frank took advantage. Then about three laps later the two gi!!,gh_! u . with traffic In the second Grand National heat Glenn Harris sat on the pole with Danny Thompson sharing the front row. The second row held the Toyotas driven by Ivan Stewart and Robby Gordon. Walker Evans and Dave Ashley made up the third row, with Rob MacCachren and Dan Esslinger positioned behind them. Billy Beck hauls his Berrien from Texas to stadium race, and he was fifth in his heat, and survived to place fifth in the main event. Wes Elrod gave stadium racing a try in his Super 1600 Mirage, and he placed fifth in his heat, but had problems in the feature race. One of the most common mis-takes of turn one leaders is to power into the corner and sling their vehicle sideways setting up for the turn. The problem with this is that a carefully placed front bumper against the leaders rear fender will spin them around. Glenn Harris apparently has learned from this mistake and Page 34 Sporting a new paint scheme on the Ford, Dave Ashley took a strong fourth in the second truck heat, but retired from the main event action. March 1989 Playing the anchor man for Toyota, Frank Arciero Jr. followed himself on in the main events, and still managed a third place in the heat. Dusty Times

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The high flying bikes are real crowd pleasers. Here Terry Fowler, Honda, leads Donny Schmit, Kawasaki, over the straight-a-way jump. The quad racers run so tight it is hard to follow their events, but the crowd loves the action, and they always provide a couple of spills. The Super Lites, the Odyssey racers, put on one of the be.st shows in _stadium racing, and it is always a tight finish for these tiny cars. and Albert managed to put the slip on his brother to regain the lead. On the last lap Frank managed to get by Al for the last time, and go on for the win. The problem for Al was that he left the door open and ended up in fourth place at the checkered. Second place went to Brad Castle and third was Bob Gordon. Billy Beck followed Al across for fifth. The UltraCross main was entirely between Jeff Emig and Tyson Vohland. The two battled nine of the 10 laps with Emig in control. Around the seventh lap Emig appeared to be losing his con-centration and making small mis-takes. Vohland appeared to be moving in for the kill on the last lap when he looped out on the s/f jump. Emig went on for an easy win and Vohland, after leaving his motorcycle in mid-air, took a few minutes before getting up off the track. Third place went to Brian Manley and fourth was Tallon Vohland. Fifth was Denny Stephenson. Dusty Times It wasn't a good night for Rob MacCachren, who had troubles in the heats, but he did place the Jeep Comanche fifth in the truck main event. In the Grand National main line up it was the Jeep of Rob Mac-Cachren and the Ford of David Ashley on the front row. Frank Arciero and Danny Thompson were ahead of Robby Gordon and Ivan Stewart. Dan Esslinger and Jeff Huber shared the last row. Jeff Huber took over for Glenn Harris who was reported hurt in the heat race mishap. Includes "Tall" Mast Cylinders with "E·Z FIi Cap #204SDT Racine Br1k1 $219.15 #340S-T Clutch Pedal wlSlave Cylinder $124.95 !Zlll All Racers Receive 15% OFF Our Everyday Low Price! Rob MacCachren took the early lead after Thompson apparently lost power in the rough section. Ashley ended up the leader going into the second lap and Mac-Cachren held onto second until Ivan Stewart moved around half way through lap two. Ashley was enjoying a 5 car lead with Stewart closing in fast and young hot shOP. Robby Gordon closed in too. Blow-Out Saie Sizes 15x3½, 15x5¾, 15x6 (5 Lug VW Pattern) Your Choice -$109.95 Ea While Supplies Last! DIEST SALE! ALL PHONE ORDERS CALL (818) 969-7967 .. Another Colorado racer, Scott Galloway soared in his Chenowth to fourth spot in his heat race, but got bogged in traffic in the main event. On the fourth lap things really lead on the following lap. With started happening. Stewart closed only four trucks running and two in on Ashley and in the rough stuff laps to go all Gordon had to do was elbowed his way around. Gordon drive conservatively but he quickly took second away from Ashley stretched his lead over Stewart. going into the last turn and Ashley At the end of the event Robby ended up on his top. Gordon had won making it a clean All is fair in love and racing so sweep for the evening. Ivan Stewart Robby Gordon quickly forgot that finished a distant second and Stewart was his teammate and Walker Evans finished third. Jeff muscled his way around for the Huber was fourth. #3102 1 ½ Bobcat -Chrome $70.00 ········=•:•.·.·.·.·.·.. :-:-:-March 1989 Page 35

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PARIS TO TUNIS TO DAKAR· 1989 A Coin Toss Decided the Winner-of the· Famous Marathon Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Ari Vatanen and Bruno Berglund were the designated winners by Peugeot, despite tossing the 405 on its lid twice and getting Jost. Ari Vatanen was denied the win last year due to a quirk in the rules. A ten franc piece decided the outcome of the 1989 Paris-Dakar marathon, much to the fury of FISA chief Jean-Marie Balestre. When Peugeot's armada failed to be halted by the rigors of the desert, the vagaries of the organiz-ers, or comments by Balestre that their activities were debasing, there remained only one ques-tion. Which of the Peugeots would be allowed to win? Would it be team leader Ari Vatanen, who had suffered a puncture, a broken plug cap, a wrong route delay and two accidents which landed him on his roof, or the guest driver Jacky lckx, who minded his manners and had calmly held the lead from the start? The coin toss decided in Vatanen's favor, so Ickx relin-quished his lead just short of the final selective control, when he allowed the Finn to catch him up in full view of the spectators. FISA promised this would be the last of the classic Paris-Dakar runs. Next year the event is sup-posed to ban turbocharged proto-types and already the civilization of the event had begun. This year the route was five days shorter, proven rally control, safety and organization rules were imple-mented, and the event was less controversial and thankfully safer than before. With only the Peugeot team and a single Mercedes able t_o resist the Japanese raiders, headed by Mitsubishi, there were many disappointments among other European teams. The only other serious challenge came from the French Halt 'Up Range Rover team, denied the degree of sup-port from the parent company they had hoped for; which went well in the early stages only to fail ,later on. The Japanese teams all won something. Mitsubishi took the Improved category ( after being led almost half the way by the Nis-san of Jacques Laffite), Nissan won the production category with the Terrano model and Toyota ···Pase 36 ok the two diesel production classes. Only Japanese teams came prepared for the new rule changes which require a form of recogni-tion by homologation. This year these rules only applied to the standard Production category which was completely boycotted by the European constructors. If the event itself went relatively quietly, the pre-event dramas were as plentiful as ever. They began even before the last year's marathon had finished, the PISA demanding (and finally getting) control over the event. Nearer the event came the Algeria civil war; without a stable regime the event could not obtain guarantees for safe passage. The alternatives were worse; passage through war torn south Morocco, or through the revolutionary (and fiercely anti-American) Libyan commun-ity. The chance for Colonel Gha-daffi to make political prestige out of Algeria's misfortune was for him sent by Allah, even though the desert tracks in Libya were poor in a sporting sense. Without Ghaddafi's cooperation, how-ever, the eleventh Paris-Dakar could never have been held. Peugeot made it known this would be their last Paris-Dakar before turning to their long rumored sports car program. Their cars showed little change from before; new smaller turbo-chargers required by PISA as an interim power redµcing measure denied them some 80 bhp. There were two 405 Turbo 16s, of the type in which Vatanen had led last year's event until the car was kidnapped in Bamako, and two 205 Turbo 16 Grand Raids, as those which had won the event for the past two years. Last year's winner Juha Kankkunen was away, so his place in a 205 was taken by French rallycross cham-pion Guy Frequelin. The other 405 was driven by a long time Peugeot rival Jacky Ickx (who recanted on old promises he wouldn't be seen dead in the team - they were the ruination of a nice sport), and in a fast support 205 version was Philippe Wam-bergue. Their most obvious opposition came from Mitsubi-shi. They had revamped the fast and aerodynamic but unreliable Pajeros and came in force; six works cars plus a surprise, a funny car called the PX33, externally the same as the world's first four wheel drive production car, into which had been fitted up to date Pajero mechanical parts. Beyond them, the entry thinned. Competitive in design but short on support were the Range Rovers. Low on previous form were Toyota who ventured Claude and Bernard Marreau won the Improved Category in the six cylinder Mitsubishi Pajero, and they also arrived 17th overall in the Marathon. March 1989 · " .tt#'u Patrick Tambay and Dominique Lemoyne had turbo problems, but came in third overall in the Mitsubishi, almost four hours behind the two Peugeots. this last time back into the proto-type category. Old in concept were the Spanish Nissan Patrols, while curious were the dozens of specials built just for this event. Few of them would cover even one day Africa. For the third time Ted Toleman built a special Metro 6R4 and in Switzerland someone built a Pajero as a look alike Ferrari F40. One of the con-cessions made by TSO this year was a reduction of total number of competitors allowed to start. The prologue in Barcelona was a spectacular occasion held uncharacteristically in sunny weather. The purpose was simply to define the starting order in Tunisia, but nonetheless there was venom in the driving. Ari Vatanen took just 200 meters before putting his Peugeot on its roof at "A tricky corner, but we only lost 20 seconds and a door." Once in Africa the Mitsubishis soon showed up a tire weakness. There was also rain in the desert, short and heavy showers falling on the stages. Soon the event passed into Libya, the forbidden territory! Ari Vatanen had a puncture early in the first Libyan section and this caused him trou-ble, because a filming helicopter flew so low that its down force damaged the bodywork of his car. On the last day in Libya there was alarm when a passage control was in the process of being moved just when the top drivers arrived. It was a control for security ( to check the safe passage of competi-tors, not one to ensure cars had taken a detour), yet several com-petitors including Frequelin, Wambergue, Cowan and da Silva were given three hour penalties. They protested but it was not upheld; towards tlle end of the event an appeal was heard but rejected. Mitsubishi began to suffer mechanical troubles as well; both Lartigue and Shinozuka had turbo pipe fractures, then, on the first day into Niger, Frequelin had his suspension break putting. him down to 21st place overall. On the second day in Niger both Pierre Lartigl1e and Andy Cowan stopped with engine fail-ure, thought to be due to receiving sub-standard fuel at Dirkou. Then, on the final day before the rest halt in Agadez, three of the remaining Mitsubishis, excluding T~mb~y who was running unleaded fuel, were badly delayed by dirty fuel. In the meantime Range Rover was also suffering. First Henri Pescarolo had an engine rocker shaft fail, and the next day Patrick Zaniroli broke a steering ball joint. He was able to return to the control point at Termit and found the British T oleman mechanics still waiting Guy Frequelin and "Fenouil" finished fourth in t e eugeot 205 Grand Raid, even after being delayed with broken suspension. 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Peugeot President Jacques Ca/vet, left, discusses team strategy with ace drivers Ari Vatanen, center, and Jacky lckx, who led most of the rally. Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Jean-Pierre O/igo drove the Mitsubishi PX33, a funny car with a body built to resemble the world's first 4WD production car. Gerard Sar7azin and Gerard Trouble were in command of the best diesel honors midway, but later crashed into private traffic in the Toyota. Patrick Zaniroli and Jean-Marc Andrie were doing very well in their Range Rover but were forced out of the event with steering failure. Patrick Gluck started the trek in the buggy class, and his car looks a lot like the O.R.E. that Gregg Symonds sold to Hubert Auriol last year. Claude Amoux drove a two seat buggy that looks trim enough to run in the UltraStock class in stadium racing, or Class 6. there. He took another ball joint, and the same thing broke again. At the halfway point three Peu-geots and four Mitsubishis were in the top ten. Sarrazin's Toyota was the best diesel, Marreau's Mitsubishi was the best 'class 2' car, improved production models (after Laffite's Nissan, which had held a huge lead, suffered first engine trouble, then an accident), Dessoude's Nissan led the pro-duction class. Despite all his ear-lier troubles Frequelin was now seventh. Vatanen had meanwhile fallen further behind the leader Ickx. On the section into Agadez Ari drove 150 km with an untraced electrical fault, discovered to be a broken plug cap, and was now 23 minutes in arrears. With the excitement of the early sections behind them, and after a full day for repairs and rest in Agadez, competitors faced the long inex-orable grind westwards through to Mali, Guinea and finally Sene-gal, missing out the sandy regions of Mauritania this time. On the first day the Belgian driver Guy Colsoul went missing, his Mitsubishi had broken its engine, while official Mitsubishi driver Jean Da Silva lost an hour with more fuel trouble. The sec-tion also started badly for Patrick Tambay who arrived 17 minutes late at the start. The next day ( to Niger's capital Niamey) Vatanen had sudden and acute leg pains which caused numbness in his foot, only eased when the Mitsu-bishi doctor gave him treatment. There were tensions in the rally camp between the organizers and the chief of Dakair, the company charged with all the aerial move-ments during the event. Dakair accused TSO of indifference and delays in rescuing competitors stranded in the desert. TSO chief Gilbert Sabine immediately accused Dakair of trying to desta-bilize the TSO organization. There were accidents as well. Mitsubishi's fast support driver Fontenay ( who had earlier been faster than some of the team driv-ers!) rolled but continued, while the remaining lady driver Char-lotte Verney overturned her Nis-san in dust and retired. On the Dusty Times next day, the road from Niamey to Gao, there were more acci-dents, including a second one for Vatanen. On seeing another shat-tered windscreen and dented roof, Peugeot's chief Jean Todt decided this was enough. It was time to make a decision who should win and so take the steam out of the race for the lead. The ten franc coin was flipped into the air - Vatanen would win the race. The action slowed down. On the way to Timbuctoo many crews had trouble finding a pas-sage control, and on the next day Shinozuka broke a second turbo-charger. From Bamako to Labe there was a ford where Servia, in the last remaining high placed Range Rover, was stuck; Tambay tried to get him going and broke a turbo in doing so. Sarrazin's Toy-ota, for a long time the leading diesel powered car, crashed in the dust of a medical car, and all the while Ari got closer to Ickx. On the road to Bamako Vatanen took the lead, but then three days later he made an error by leaving a town on the wrong road and lost it again. lckx took the right road and found himself unwittingly' 20 seconds in front with one day left to run. Would he break ranks? It was a day of two short stages, and having by the rules to start each section two minutes ahead, he dutifully stopped short of the line on each section, to allow Vatanen to catch him up and thereby win. It was a bizarre end. At the finish Vatanen/Ber-glund won over lckx/Tarin by about four minutes, both driving the Peugeot 405T16 model. Tambay /Lemoyne were almost four hours back in the Mitsubishi Pajero followed in nearly two hours by the Frequelin/Fenouil Peugeot and a trio of Pajeros. The Nissan Terrano of Dessoude/Le-ran was 11th overall and won Production honors.Marreau and Marreau won the Improved cate-gory, 17th overall, in a Mitsubishi Pajero, Cotel, in a Buggy, was the best two wheel drive, 19th over-all, and the Nissan Patrol of Juvanteny /Termens finished 27th overall and won best diesel honors. Of the 241 cars that started, 105 finished. Vatanen's average speed over the selectives was 87 .9 kph. Peugeot won't be back to this event, and the top teams don't 1990 Paris-Dakar. For i:hem a look like using prototypes in the production based formula is what future, even though next year's they want and the rules are going rules are still not defined. But, the their way at the start of the next Japanese can't wait to start the decade. 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Triple· Crown of Baja Crowns their Champions ,,> Todd and Bob Fetters, and Glen Thompson earned the top four wheel honors, amassing 307 points on their way to winning Sportsman Class 10 as well. Baja Promotions held their first annual awards banquet recently in Tijuana, Mexico. The 300 plus in attendance were entertained in style in what must be Tijuana's finest - the Hotel Fiesta Ameri-cana. Baja Promotions president, Lou Peralta, was very appreciative of everyone that helped make his 1988 Triple Crown of Baja and Gran Prixs de Baja series such a success. The awards presentation lasted until midnight and was then followed by a dance. Peralta said he held the event in Mexico because many of the rac-ers were from the San Diego/El Cajon area as well as the northern part of Baja. And he also wanted to give something back to the country where the entire series is held. Most anyone familiar with Tijuana would have reservatons about attending a formal banquet in Tijuana. What sort of estab-lishment could host such a grand affair? To most everyone's sur-prise downtown Tijuana is home of the Hotel Fiesta Americana, a five star rated 422-suite hotel. The first class luxury hotel made an ideal setting for the event. Contrasting the rugged off road sections of Baja that the rac-ers are accustomed to, this hotel features lush interior decor of fine woods and marbles with a distinct international flair. The ballroom comfortably handled the 300 plus guests and the service was strictly first class. Baja Promotions has set itself a hard act to follow for upcoming award banquets. Baja Promotions awarded points to all participants res~lting in recognition for co-drivers as well as drivers. More than 800 individuals took part in this first full year of Baja Promotions racing. Baja Promotions first overall series winners had a bit of contro-versary. Early reports of winners listed Matias Arjona, Vito and Oscar Hale sharing top honors. However after all records had been researched the name of Ser-gio Vega was also added to share the #1 honors. The riders earned 333 points while riding in the Sportsman Open M/C division. The top four wheeler of the year earned 307 points for second overall with Todd and Bob Fet-ters, and Glen Thompson driving in the Class 10 Sportsman class. John Grimes trailed close behind for third overall and top Pro driver with 306 poi.nts earned while driving a Pro Class 1-2-1600 car. Ken Walters teamed up with Bryant Hibbs to earn 294 points for fourth overall driving a Nissan in the Pro Class 4, 7, 8, 14 division. Sportsman Open A TV riders Angel Garcia and Jorge Fuentes rode hard enough throughout the year to earn 284 points and fifth overall. Sixth place was earned by motorcyclists Tim Clark and Boyd Jantzi. Bruce Hoover and Tony Sanchez Jr. rode their way into seventh overall in the Pro Open A TV class. Eighth went to Pro 5-1600 driver Guillermo Quintero. Don Simpson drove his Class 5 Bug to ninth overall by earning 267 points. Earning 266 points for the year earned Lance Martin tenth overall honors while ...,,; . .l Jim and Lisa Greenway came from Los Angeles to the banquet to ----Text & Photos: Homer R. Eubanks driving in the Pro 3, 6, 7-4x4 class. Overall points were earned by co-drivers throughout the season and it was Francisco Ortiz that to,)k home top honors with 2 71 points. Mary Canela rode with her husband in each event to win second overall while riding in the Pro 4, 7, 8, 14 class. Ed Everett, Sr. of the Edsel Racing Team fol-lowed Canela for third place overall. Jim and Lisa Greenway drove their Pro 1-2 car for first in class. First Pro 1-2-1600 car awards went to John Grimes and Marco Lopez. Lance Martin shared driv-ing duties with Ed Everett, Sr. to capture top honors in the Pro 3, 6, 7-4x4 division. Ken Walters could not be at the awards ceremony to accept his first place trophy in Pro 4, 7, 8, 14 class and sent teammate Bryant Hibbs to accept the award. Mary Canela was awarded top co-pilot in class. Glenn Wade won top Class 5 driver and co-pilot went to Todd Teyscher. Pro 5-1600 honors went to Guillermo Quin-tero with co-pilot honors belong-ing to Francisco Ortiz. The top Pro 7S team was Fred Espinoza and Ivan Clark. Pro Challenger driver of the year was Ruben Garcia and co-pilot honors went to Marco A. Garcia. Pro Class 10 driver Jim Sherman was crowned champion for his efforts. In the Sportsman entries it was Robert and Ruben Wood taking top honors in Class 1-2, the co-pilot awards went to David Lan-ford and Donal Yuen. Sportsman 1-2-1600 driving honors went to Raul Sanchez Diaz and Ceasar Dorantez and Victor Rodriguez. Marcus Muller was named tops in the 3, 6, 7-4x4 division and co-pilot honors were given to Jen-nifer Glanis and Dan Muller. Diego Beltran was named champion of the Sportsman 4, 7, 8, 14 class and co-pilot honors went to Javer Castaneda. Don Simpson won Class 5 honors and John Kirsch took the co-pilot award. The 5-1600 honors went home with driver Eric Muller and Guillermo Muller, co-driver awards were shared by Pepe Imayel and Paco Manuel. The Sportsman Challenger driving 0 J John Grimes was only one point out of the overall four wheel award, and Grimes won the title in the Pro Class 1-2-1600 in the Baja series. Lance Martin brought the whole team up to accept his award as Champion Pro 3, 6, 7 4x4 driver, and Ed Everett, center, was named top co-pilot. awards went to Silvio Tamariz and co-pilot honors were shared by Mario Gonzales and Novio Orazco. In Class 10 Todd and Bob Fetters along with Glen Thomp-son took home the Champions of class award while Chris Banta was named co-pilot. Hector Sarabia was named top driver of Class 11 and co-pilot awards went to Pablo Zepeda. The appreciative Peralta took the time to thank all of the com-panies involved in his series. Trick Racing Fuel was honored as the Champion Company of the Year. A total of 26 other awards were given to companies involved in the series. Yokohama Tire Corp. was voted-Champion Tire Company, Champion Wheel went to Center-line. The series top spark plug was NGK. Pennzoil topped the engine oil companies and HPS won the transmission honors. Maxima was voted Champion MIC oil company. The top engine builder award went to Don Hatz. Dave Kreisler built the top transmissions and Mastercraft was named top seat company. Raceco received Champion Buggy Manufacturer and Nissan was voted Champion Truck. Honda motorcycles were champions and Diest Safety Equipment was given the award for the personal safety wear. The vehicle safety equipment honors went to Filler Products. The Champion Shock Company for four wheelers was Bilstein and for the motorcycles the honor went to Scotts. Trick was the Cham-pion Racing Fuel Co., KC HiLites got top billing for its.racing lights and P.C.l. was the Champion Radio Co. The Wright Place received top honors as Champion High Performance Co. Parker Pumper had the best air-filtering system. In the pit support team division it was Baja Pits receiving top honors in the four wheel class and the Too Much Fun Club took the M/C honors. Too Much Fun Club received double honors as the Champion Off Road Club of 1988. Inland Empire and Scotts Performance received an award as Champion Main Sponsor of the Year. Baja Promotion's next sched-uled event will be held February 10-12 in San Felipe, Mexico. k accept the honors in the combined Class 1 and 2 category in the The absolute top overall co-pilot trophy went to Francisco Ortiz series. who competes in the Pro Class 5-1600 ranks. Mary Canela was the second overall co-pilot, and also won the Champion co-pilot trophy in Pro Class 4, 7, 8 and 14. Page 38 March 1989 Dusty Times

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The California Rally Series Awards Banquet By Paula Gibeault Photos: T rackside Photo Enterprises •::. Among thet/;;,any honors, Lon Peterson, right, and im Love were presented with the SCCA Southern Pacific Di~ision Champion Driver and Co-Driver perpetual plaque for the second year in a row. When Lon Peterson, carefree champion rally driver, agreed to take on the position of Director of the California Rally Series last July, everyone assured him that he w~uld find the job rewarding, enioyable, and actually pretty easy. All he had to do was submit ~ _m_Q_~thly column to DUSTY TIMES (piece of cake, we'll all take turns writing it for you) and, well, do a bit of work at the end of the year on the Banquet ( we'll all help!). Lon, who does not enjoy public speaking as a hobby, was far more concerned about the few minutes at each event when he would have to get up and make directorial pronouncements. A few more assurances, a few more lies, and the hapless fellow was signed up. The first events at Hungry Valley went well, and Lon survived his turn at speaking in front of the crowd. Then came the first DUSTY TIMES article. After much struggling and stalling, Lon managed to extract a pretty good column from his unwilling brain and mail it off, and did talk Mike Blore into writing his second column for him. This wasn't so bad! At the next Board of Governors meeting, the rally organizers gently reminded him that it was time to start making arrangements for the year end awards banquet. There were just a few, straight-forward jobs. He needed to find a nice restaurant, centrally located, which would put up with a large group of odd rally types ... who were drinking to boot. He had to mail invitations to this group (150), and keep track of reserva-tions. He had to procure some twenty-five award plaques, preferably the kind with a large full-color photo (someone MUST have nice action shots -in color -of all the top teams ... ). And Oh, we forgot! You need to set up the entertainment. You know, a.J~w skits or s~mething. Bill Gutzmann describes the new 1989 model driving suit, designed and presented by the Committee for Racing Apparel Procurement (C.R.A.P.) Dusty Tlma One of the rally organizers commented, "After putting on this bash, Lon, you'll be ready to put on a full blown rally!" Everyone nodded knowingly and smiled sympathetically at the lamb being led to slaughter. Well, three months later, on January 7, the Banquet came off. To make a long story short, it was a roaring success and Lon survived. Barely! Like the rally organizers who cheerfully coerced him into joining their ranks, he has a new wrinkle or gray hair for every day leading up to his '_'event." He has a haggard, glazed look quite unlike his cheery expression when all he had to worry about was winning the championship and easy stuff like keeping the Arrow in one piece going 130 mph down a hill at Indio. He deserves a lot of thanks from us all, for the Banquet was certainly one of the most enjoyable yet held. The location was marvelous, at the Pomona Valley Mining Company Restaurant, perched high on a hill above the 1-10 (good central location!). It was a rare smog-free evening, and the view was great. About seventy-five ralliests, dressed in unusual garb like sports suits and dresses, gathered to catch up on news and admire pictures of themselves in rally action brm,1ght bv Jay of Trackside Photo. (For those who wish to order more prints, call them at (213) 609-1789.) The buffet style feast was soon brought out, featuring many delicious salads and fancy el).trees. Then came the big moment for Lon: time to start the evening's entertainment. Accepting the first place award at so many rallies murt have given him the practice he needed to do a fine job as M.C.! Lon started by dedicating the evening to Michelle Steinmetz, a well loved young lady who will be missed by ralliests as well as her fellow motorcycle racers. The first speaker of the evening was Chad DiMarco, who has come a long way from his first C.R .S. events (remember the immaculate bright red Colt and March 1989 · ·,::::-. Chad DiMarco, who came out of C.R.S. events to be a National winner, was the first speaker, giving tips on how to get ahead in the rally game. · ambitious young driver at La Jornada Trabajosa?) Several years later, he is doing things like winning National rallies outright and finishing third in the National Championship. Of course, all of us C.R.S. folks pat ourselves on the back for producing such talented drivers. Chad filled us in about his plans for the 1989 season: he will lead a two car team for Suburu with David Yein as the second driver. He offered some advice on getting sponsorship: expect to pay most of the bills for the first year or two, even when you get a sponsor. Persevere, and you will earn more support ( as Chad has done). He gave us a wealth of information about companies who might sponsor teams. Interested ralliests would be well advised to talk to Chad more! He finished by encouraging everyone, especially women who drive, to make the effort to seek out sponsorship. It was an interesting speech and gave us a lot to think about. The next item on Lon's agenda was one of the legendary C.R.S. Banquet skits. Jim Jacobson, my husband Mike Gibeault, and I had put together "A Rally Team's First Year," demonstrating all the mishaps and misconceptions that new teams fall prey to. Honest to gosh, every situation we depicted REALLY HAPPENED - from the driver throwing the keys out the window like a time bomb when he rolled the car to the co-driver popping sizzling hot lug nuts in his mouth so he wouldn't lose them in the mud. We had a heck of a good time writing it, and it got plenty of knowing laughter. The skit was followed by the ~eroquip election of John Elkin to the post of Competitor Liaison to the Board of Governors (C.R .S. organizers). Call him at (714) 596-0960 to give your input to the B.O.G. Then came the infamous "Captain Crunch" (cereal) Awards, given to the team who describes most humorously their crash ( or crashes!) in the past year's rallies. A star-studded though unwilling line-up of competitors was gathered on the stage: Lucinda Strubb, Jeff and Camille Griffin, Bill Gutzmann and Lon Peterson, Gary English and Mike Blore, and of course, Ian Miller ... who is in danger of having this award named after him! Lauchlin O'Sullivan, not present at the banquet, was represented by his dad Michael, who valiantly came up "to defend . his son's honor"! The stories began with Ian Miller, who gave a surprisingly subdued account of his rollover then finished by admitting he didn't want to win this award AGAIN ( this attitude probably explains Lauchlin's absence, too). All the accounts were fun to hear but Gary English really outdid himself with a hilarious description of his rollover at Indio. Commiserations and congratulations were well deserved when the group's applause showed him the winner. Lynnette Allison next pre-sented Lon Peterson and Jim Love with the perpetual plaque for SCCA Southern Pacific Division Champion Driver and Co-Driver (second year running!) and John Elkin and Marcus Clark pre-sented to Jeff and Camille Griffin ( continued on page 4 I) ~_: DO:lllil BUGPACK~ }))P' 'rOKOHAMA THE WRIGHT PLACE (805) 683-1211 Page 39 ...

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s.o .D.A. AWARDS BANQUET HONORS FOR THE 1988 WINNERS -GOOD NEWS FOR ALL FOR 1989 By Jean Calvin Photos: Deb Freimuth • Some of the top drivers in the 1988 series are, in back from the left, Jeff Jones, Class 11 and 11 S, Chris Gerald, Women's Class 11, Dave Hockers, Class 8, Shari Recla, Women 's Heavy Metal, Tom Hockers, Class 7S, and in front, Jack Heidtman, Class 14, Todd Attig, Class 9, and Greg Gerlach, Class 4. The Superior Off Road Drivers Association, better known as SODA, save their annual awards hoopla until mid,January, after the hectic holiday season, which gives everyone concerned more time to both digest the happen, ings of the previous year and plan ahead for the coming racing sea, son. Unlike most groups, the SODA gathering is a complete convention with a full weekend of activity, including the annual general membership meeting, where the new officers are elected and the racing schedule is set for the season that begins in May. The festivities started lastJanu, ary on the Friday evening at the • convention headquarters, the Radisson Inn in Green Bay, Wis, consin, handily located just across the freeway from the airport. A major sponsor of some of the events, General Tire hosted the Hospitality Night, with fancy hors d'oeuvres, free beer and soft drinks,' some race videos and a full cadre of General Tire folks on hand to chat with, and many chat, ted about tire sponsorship for 1989. It was pleasant and relax, ing, a keen way to start a convention. It was business all day Satur, day, with committee meetings taking up the morning hours. The Page 40 Inn had plenty of meeting rooms to accommodate such groups as the Tech Committee and the Constitution and By,Laws Com, mittee. There was a promoters meeting, and in the SODA series, a group of independent promot, ers are responsible for the races in their areas, and must apply each year for a place on the calendar and the SODA sanction that draws the series regulars to their events. Other meetings included a SODA Policy Workshop, a Reg, istration Workshop, and new this year, a Newsletter Workshop. The Tech Committee meeting was the longest and loudest, with heavy discussion about proposed rules changes affecting primarily the truck classes. After that there was the Executive Board meeting, then a break for lunch, a gigantic buffet spread put on by the hotel for SODA. After lunch there was a light turnout for the General Member, ship Meeting, since most topics of interest had been covered earlier in the day and the elections were being conducted in the foyer by secret ballot. President Terry '. L.......... The BFGoodrich Team TIA group, from the left, are Jack Cummings, BFG, Bill Schirm, Class 3, Dave Vandermissen Jr., Class 2, Dave Vandermissen Sr., Class 1, Sam DeAngelo, BFG, John Znidorka, Class 6, Jeff Cummings, BFG, Scott Taylor, Class 2-1600 and Class 7S. March 1989 Wolfe opened the meeting, and called on Don Poppie and Walt Schwalbe of the newly formed Midwest Off Road Rules Associa, tion to explain what they were doing and why it was being done. Briefly, the concept is to produce uniform rules for all midwestern race promoters and associations, using the SCORE/HORA rules as the basis, but expanding to include local classes, such as 13, and other procedures unique to the type of short course racing conducted in the midwest. Although the big news had been announced weeks ear lier, the rules people iterated the combina, tion of the SODA and STORE series for 1989, and went on to say there were still more than a dozen events outside the series. They felt that with a uniform set of rules, racers could cross over from local events to major races without having problems with their individual class rules. After some discussion the MORRA rules concept was adopted by the members on hand. Next on the agenda was the schedule for 1989 for the com, bined SODA/STORE series. Ear, lier in the day, the four major tire company contingency donors had held their own meeting, and reps from Armstrong, General, Good, rich and Yokohama were not in favor of trying to support a 14 race series, a series that runs from May to early October. The logis, tics were just too much. The tire folks told organizers they would support ten races in the series with contingency prizes and other considerations; still four of the events were initially left in the ser, ies, but later dropped from the supported championship series but will still run under SODA sanction and count for points. The four events downgraded were two at Sugar Camp, one at Rhine, lander and one at Dresser. Usually an all afternoon affair, the General Membership meeting was over early, due to the major, ity of the issues having been hammered out in committee. The break gave everyone a chance to get tidy before the early, 5:30 p.m. dinner prior to the awards presentations for 1988 champ, ions. Meanwhile the Tire Man Triathlon, a contest of athletic events between tire company rep teams, was going on. The events included a workout on a rowing machine in the hotel gym, other such efforts and a beer drinking timed contest. After a huge buffet repast, and they do like good food in Wis, consin, Mike Seefeldt announced the results of the elections. Terry Wolfe returns as President in 1989, as does both the Secretary Karen Wolfe and the Treasurer (and DUSTY TIMES contribut, or) Deb Freimuth. New to the SODA board was Tom Schwartz, burg, last year the Director of the STORE series. Tom's election as Vice President graphically shows the enthusiasm that is going into the production of the combined SODA/STORE series in 1989. Your editor was the guest speaker, and rambled on for a short time before SODA got to the reason all had traveled to Green Bay -the awards. It started on a light note with the Tire Man Triathlon Awards, handsome Olympic style medals on bunting ribbon. BFGoodrich was the winner, followed by Arm, strong, General and Yokohama. The Brush Run 101 two race series awards were presented by Larry Statezny of Crandon. Each of these series winners received a most handsome ring, along the lines of a class ring with a big stone as a centerpiece. If a driver should win the series again next year, a diamond will be added alongside the center stone. It is a great idea for a series award. The Brush Run winners were: Class 1, Art Schmitt, Class 2, Dave Vandermissen Sr., Class 3, Bill Schirm, Class 4, 8, 13, and Heavy Metal World Champion, The General Tire gang, back from th~ left, are-Kevin-Naum;;,~, Pauline Vogel, Jeff Jones, Chris Gerald, Todd Attig, Dave Hockers, Olga Vernon, Greg Gerlach, Tom Hockers, Kirk Kaelber, Shari Recla, Eldon Baher, Lee Ellis, and in front, Bill Loht, Jack Heidtman and Jim Kelly. Dusty Tlma

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ship, Jack Flannery, Class 5-1600, Terry Wolfe, Class 6, Fay Sta-tezn y, Class 7, Scott Ta v lor, Class 9, Lee W uesthoff, Classes 1-1600, 10, and Limited World Champ-ionship, Jeff Probst, Class 2-1600, Greg Smith, Class 11, Jeff Jones, Class 1 lS, Mark Stein-hardt, Class 14, Ken Kincaid, and Unlimited World Champion-ship, Todd Attig. Bob Bogdanoff of Armstrong Tires presented the awards for those on Formula tires in 1988, checks and nice jackets. Kevin Neumann presented the General Tires awards, checks among the rewards, and he also presented the General Tire Hard Charger award to Curt Gerald for his perform-ance at the Brush Run where he lost a front wheel while leading, and held the lead for a whole lap in Class 11 on three wheels, and eventually finished fourth in the big class. Next Jeff Cummings and company presented the BFGood-::J I i;,:::;J .. ~,~i,rt .'fi\}~ '~~ ·;A :'.:,'1 ,:,, Ji ~:,;/~~ ... ~~;·1, .-:~~~-·-1lJ rich trophies, awards of all nature Space does not permit the com-and the Team T / A awards for the plete listing beyond the class SODA Series. winners here, but the complete Next the hard workers who put list has been published in the on the banquet, as well as working _ December 1988 issue of the at the races all summer, were SODA Newsletter. thanked by Mike Seefeldt, and the The 1988 SODA Class_Champ-points fund donors, who supplied ions are: Class 1, Dave Vander-$14,500 in 1988 for the points missen Sr,: Cla,;s 1-1600, Scott winners, were heartily thanked. Taylor; Class 2, Dave Vander-Special plaques of appreciation missen, Jr.; Class 2-1600, Scott were given to Deb Freimuth, the Taylor; Class 3, Bill Schirm; Class tireless Newsletter editor, and 4, Gr.:g Ct rlach; Class 5-1600, Terry and Karen Prevost, who did Terry Wolfe; Class 6, John Zni-the majority of the work on the dorka; Class 7S, Tom Hackers; banquet. Terry Friday was the Class 8, Dave Hackers; Class 9, recipient of the Sportsman of the Todd Attig; Class 10, Todd Wal-Year trophy, and a Special Recog- lace; Class 11, Jeff Jones; Class nition award was given to Jeff llS, Jeff Jones; Class 13, Tom Cummings of BFG. Jensen; Class 14, Jack Heidtman; Next was a drawing, on the Women's Heavy Metal, Shari dinner ticket stubs, for a brand Recla; Women's Limited Buggy, new two seat Chenowth chassis, Kathy Van Gheem; Women's and Bryan Frankenberg was the Class 11, Chris Gerald. lucky winner. He competes in When the last l'rophy was on Class 1-1600. Finally it was time the table, the band moved in, for the SODA Series awards. sponsored by BFGoodrich, and Bob Bogdanoff, left, of Armstrong Tires congratulates the series top driver on Formula Tires, Terry Wolfe, who is also President of SODA for a second year. the serious partying began. The bar was open and open late, and the SODA folks partied and bench raced into the wee hours. It had been a terrific mid-winter weekend gathering of the off road racers, who have no place to race in the winter months. All expressed optimism that the join- · ing of SODA and STORE into one points series would help push the midwestern races into the top echelon of national off road racing. • }iftMie,."I. Terry Friday was named the Sportsman of the Year for his constant help to other competitors at the races, and it was a popular award, Area BFGoodrich rep Jeff Cummings was given an award for outstanding service to SODA, and Jeff has been transferred to the far west for 1989. Sam DeAngelo, the BFGoodrich Team TI A manager, took an easy win in the Tire Man Triathalon book balance contest, having just the right haircut. k . Jeff Probst took the victory in the beer drinking competition, and here was timed by event organizer Terry Prevost. Paula Gibeault, left and Jim Jacobson did a ni;ty skit on "A Rally Team 's" first year, and all the mishaps they depicted really happened somewhere. Roger Hull displays the nifty series trophies, a double plaque with a picture of the rally car. Roger won the Stock Class Jeff and Camille Griffin won the first annual Independent Rally News Team of the Year Award for their success driving a Volvo. (RS fr(}fll page 39 the first annual INDEPENDENT RALLY NEWS Team of the Year Award. Lon by now was begin-ning to look like he was enjoying himself. He raffled off a number of nifty items contributed by Uni-Filter, Inc., DUSTY TIMES, Alli-son's Imported Car Parts, and High Desert Imported Car Parts. The next speaker was none other than Jean Calvin of DUSTY TIMES. Jean had been asked to share some of the highlights of pro rallying in its early days, and some anecdotes from the many events she has competed in. Many ralliests, who have only competed during the "sprint-race 80's," are unaware of how ambitious and lengthy the early rallies were, when "srage format" and rally-crosses were unheard of and all were endurance events. The recol-lections were fun to hear of, and I'll bet some of us "old-timers" would enjoy trying to use a Curta once again. Bill Gutzmann and Sheryl Love, heads of the Committee for Racing Apparel Procurement (C.R.A.P.) now introduced their Dusty Times championship in 1988. • new 1989 · model driving suit for C.R.S. events. Bill, looking like a professor, used a giant diagram to explain such features as.the Clear Lexan see-through helmet with 360 visibility and electric wiper and defroster. The driver's ver-sion included blinders to improve concentration and a flashing rotating light on top to keep the driver from being run over if separated from car or navigator. The "Committee' had done a hilarious design job and everyone even got a copy of the sketch to take home. The last part of the evening's entertainment was absolutely amazing. Lucinda Strubb and Matt Sweeney, new ralliests this year, are in the special effects bus-iness. They are hired by various studios on a film-by-film basis to produce such effects as houses collapsing, fires, and people being shot. Racing must seem pretty tame to these two, who hr.ought a fascinating assortment of the tools of their trade to share. We were treated to Matt smashing a window (plastic and balsa) over his head, some fake smoke/fog from a machine, Lucinda decorat-ing her mouth with artificial blood, Matt shooting the podium with fake bullets, even a flaming stick thrown at the audience. Matt kept up a droll patter about their various mishaps all the while; Lucinda undid some of Lon's newly-found composure by strapping him into the elaborate harness used to lift Pee Wee Her-man off the ground in his latest movie. The presentation was really quite unusual and a lot of fun! At last Lon got up for his final duty: presenting the really hand-some photo award plaques to the top 1988 finishers in each class. Everything went smoothly and the winners were very pleased with the plaques. Lon wrapped things up nicely at the end and his baptism by fire was over. It was the sign of a good party that no one wanted to leave! Although we suspect he spent the. next week in the usual post-event catatonic state suffered by organizers, Lon did look like he had a good time. Congratulations to the award winners and (especially) to our new Director for a job that was truly well done. March 1989 BIGGER IS BETTER Upgrade the 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 axle~ and transmission output bells to accept the larger C. V. joints. Convert Type I stub axles and output bells to accept Type II or Type IV or 930 C. V. joints. . 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 threads. 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 pllr flange on your supplied parts. MARVIN SHAW PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS P.O. BOX 20646 • WICKENBURG, AZ 85358 (602) 684-5056 SHIPPED BY UPS DEALER INQUIRIES INVIT-ED Page 41

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--.... ..... ' Southern Pacific Divisional News By _Lynette Allison The Rim of the World gears up as a National! The weekend of May 20 brings Southern Califor-nia's first SCCA National PRO Rally event in almost a decade. Rim of the World, according to John Buffum, SCCA's National PRO Rally Steward, follows Washington's John's River Lodge PRO Rally, on May 13. The addi-tion of Rim to the National calendar aligns with the "Rally Week" concept created by rally -organizers in Washington. John Buffum states that Rim will oper-ate as a National/Divisional com-bined event. Competitors may enter either section, the National having · higher entry fees, more stage miles, and requiring a National PRO Rally License. The Rim Di-visional will operate as a Co-efficient 3. Vehicles, whether entered in the National or Di-visional, must be street licensed and insured and meet all safety standards. A valid PRO Rally log book is mandatory and must be acquired prior to the event week-end. For information ~11 Lynnette Allison, SCCA South-ern Pacific Divisional Steward at (714) 736-1442 or write to 2001 Oakland Hills Drive, Corona, CA 91720. Attend the National Licensing school on March 4. With the Rim now a National, many of you may be interested in updating your licenses. Completion of a National Licensing School is mandatory for those not having a valid license for the previous two years. The licensing school is Saturday, March 4 with registra-tion and continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and classes until 6:00 p.m. at the Glendale Corporate Center, 425 E. Colorado Blvd., Glendale, CA. Cost is $90 for two or $50 each if postmarked by February 24; $60 thereafter. SCCA membership is not required for the school. Send name, address, phone number· and check to Lynnette Allison at the address above. The Pro Rally Club meeting is March 1 in Pasadena. Our March Club meeting, open to all, will start with dinner at 6:30 and the meeting at 7 :30 at the Peppermill Restaurant on Walnut in Pasa-dena. Exit the 210 freeway at Lake, go south, then right on Walnut. The April and May meet-ings will be in the Newport Beach area. The worker training .sessions begin on March 19. On Sunday March 19, from 12:00 to 3:00 our So-Pac Workers' Club program begins at the Allisons in Corona. Earn points toward the SCCA specialty certificati_on, our So-Pac Worker of the Year Award, and see how to get a PRO Rally Worker T-shirt, and only workers are eligibk for this one. It is open to anyone over 18, ralliests included. The. address is 2001 Oakland Hills, Corona. Take the 91 freeway, exit Maple/Sixth, turn towards town; right on Paseo Grande; right on Brae Burn; left on Oakland Hills. With Indio and a National coming up, it should be a great year for us all. See you at. the meeting. The Indio Rally is set for April 15. Organizers Randy Hensley and Roger Allison return an Indio . Page 41 event to our So-Pac Divisional calendar. This year's event will run as a Co-efficient 2, one day rally on Saturday, April 15. A still unsettled debate among commit~ tee members is for a name change, a seemingly appropriate Indio Rally Stages vs the original East of Indio. The entry fee is still a guess because of unknown insurance rate increases; it may be $175-$185. Call me if your entry form has not arrived bv March 25. Independent Desert Racers Association By George Thompson ~989 Parke:-'4oO Competi-tion Review Board met Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 a.m. at Saguaro Chevrolet. The minutes contain some interesting items. Attending the meeting were: Mark Milleron, Board Administrator (CORE); Stan Parnell, Class 5 Driver Rep; Rod HaU, Class 4 Driver Rep; Ed Pauley, Pit Support Rep (FAIR); George Thompson, CRB Mar-shal (IDRA); Steve Kassanyi, SCORE Race Director; David 0. White, HDRA Race Director. Larry Roeseler, who was sched-uled to participate as Motorcycle Rep, had to fly to Sacramento at the last minute and was unable to attend. The meeting started with Bill Savage, SCORE-HORA Tech Director reporting that four entries failed to pass pre-race tech inspection. They were Robby Gordon, Class 8, Mike Falkosky, Class 7S, Spencer Low, Class 7S, and Don McCormack, Class 8, all cited under rule CR-4 7 for illegal cab location. Entry #230, Tim McDonnell, lodged a protest against Tom Koch (#113) for abusive nerfing. McDonnell stated that Koch nailed him so hard that it spun his vehicle around, bent the rear cage and destroyed his exhaust system. It was unanimously decided to send Koch a Letter of Reprimand with the suggestion that he replace McDonnell's exhaust system. Entry #115, Kirk Kontilis, received a Letter of Reprimand for running illegally on the side of Shea Road. Entry #409, Kent Bul-lock, received a Letter of Repri-mand for unsafe driving after crossing the finish line. Entry #467, Scott Engel, received a Let-ter of Reprimand after an Official complained about dangerously jagged edges on his stub can. · Motorcycle entry #620, Kenny Parry, received a Letter of Repri-mand for violation of rule G-33: passing in a checkpoint area. Normally this would also include a time penalty. However, due to the lack of official input in this case, no additional penalty could be assessed. Entry #1631, John Prosser, received a Letter of Reprimand and a 15 minute time penalty for passing #723, Dave Turner, within 50 feet of check-point 3 in Arizona. Unlike the ear-lier case, this violation was well documented and was also wit-nessed by Steve Kassanyi. Entry #934, Richard Bruem-mer, was issued a Letter of Reprimand for abusive nerfing of entry #916, William Skanes, on the California side. At Control Monitor "C" #934 also failed to stop for the checkpoint and was disqualified. Clearly a bad day at Black Rock for this racer. Entry #501, Mel Vaughan, was disquaiified for blasting through the upper 95 checkpoint. Entry #233, Jim Temple, was disquali-fied for failing to come to a com-plete stop at the same checkpoint, endangering the safety of CP Offi-cials who tried, in vain, to put a stub in his can. CRB Marshal George Thompson was monitor-ing this area and witnessed both these violations. Ironically, Jim Temple was penalized for a similar infraction at the lower 95 road crossing last year, and it cost him .the overall win. Old habits die hard! During the course of the CRB proceedings it was noted that many of these infractions were made by relatively inexperienced drivers. Once again IDRA pointed out the need to establish a Competition f'rivers Licensing program, and it was agreed that this and the elimination of stub cans would be discussed at the next meeting of the IDRA Execu-tive Board and SCORE/HDRA. The 1989 Parker 400 CRB was adjourned after meeting for two hours. ~ OFF-ROAD RACING TEAM The Straight Poop From The 'Big Waluoo' . CLUB ELECTIONS were held at our annual meeting last month and our 1989 officers are, President - Butch Dunn, V.P. -Lou Peralta, Secretary - Clarence Carter, Treasurer - Steve Burack. Sergeant at Arms was not on the ballot so I assume the position of rotating Sergeant at Arms will continue to be filled by one of the members present at the weekly meetings. Three by-law changes were approved, two were changes in time limits on the inactive lists and the other one requires every member to earn at least one pit-ting point a year to remain active. This issue spurred some lively debate at the preceding meetings and although it passed, the vote was pretty close.-CHECKER AWARDS BAN-QUET was held in traditional Check.er fashion, outstanding achievement and participation were recognized along with the Dr. Checker awards and a special award from Peralta. The food was unusually good and Thumper and the band were in fine form. Before the awards Glenn Wolfe discov-ered he had left his presentation notes at home and realized he was just going to have to 'wing it'. But Glenn soon found that this was going to be a snap compared to the regular unruly Wednesday night meetings. A well mannered crowd often occurs when you dress up a bunch of Checkers and sit them next to their wives or girl friends. Even the Cretans from Ridgecrest were on their best behavior. There was a good turn out with a lot of old familiar faces in the crowd and it appeared that a good time was had by all. After plaques were given out to the outgoing Officers, the Club honored our best of 1988. The two Pit Person of the Year awards went to Kieth Dennis and Ray Bennett. The two Pit Captain of the Year awards went to Mario Vanillo and Vance Scott. Our · Checker Rookie of the Year was Jim Loggins. Jeff Hibbard may be March 1989 even a little harder to put up with in '89 after being named Driver of the Year and Clarence Carter earned the Club's highest honor by being named Checker Man of the Year. Congratulations guys, you earned it! The Club presented Special Appreciation awards to the fol-lowing people: George Thomp-son for his work with IDRA; Doug Brown for taking care of the Checker garage; George Jirka for doing the Club's race maps; Dee Symonds for her radio work as 'Checker Main'; and Butch Dunn for filling in as V .P. The W ahzoo adds his thanks! A couple of new awards were added this year with Jim Greenway getting the Hard Luck of the Year award, and Gregg Symonds getting the Per-severance of the Year award for his ongoing battle with his 7 4x4 truck. My previous comment about Steve Kassanyi possibly disap-pearing into a Checker sunset was greatly exaggerated. Dr. Checker outdid himself this year with his annual Dr. Checker Awards. A number of people got awards for a variety of reasons. Some of them not clear to everyone present, but very clear to the recipient. An unsuccessful attempt was even made to identify the Wahzoo by trying to present me with a Dr. Checker award. Nice try Steve but I think I'll remain as only the Wahzoo for a while longer. But as soon as my identity does become generally known I'm going to turn the writing of this column over to a reil acid-tongued pro. Speaking of Peralta, the last award of the evening was a special annual award conceived and pre-sented by our new Vice President. The Wahzoo was truely im-pressed since my occasional .rer-bal jabs in this column are strictly minor league compared to Lou's Special Awards presentation. Peralta presented a checkered toilet seat to the 'Checker Ass of the Year'. Not only did Lou be-stow this coveted title to an ex Club Officer, but also named some other members who were under serious consideration for the award. One of these was over-heard wondering if Lou could present the award to himself next year? Or will Lou use the threat of this award to keep the W ednes-day nite heckler off his back? In any event I'm certain that we have not heard the end of this award until next year. With the awards presented, the music and dancing began. Peralta even played the drums with the band for a while, giving us a little taste of Libyan rock and roll. The Club's next major race is the Mojave 250 on the 11th of March in Lucerene. Both Donnie Martin and Scott Urquhart were recently voted into the Club as full members. Welcome guys and don't let that toilet seat award scare ya; get involved you're Checkers now! The Checkers hit the Parker 400 with close to 30 entries and although we did much better than the 1000, • the Club once again failed to pick up a win in any class. Our best finish was Ross Craft in his 5-1600 car with a solid second place. The Cook's followed Ross in class with a third place and Saul Zambrano and Jeff Strait also earned a third place in their first race in Saul's new Class 11 car. Good race guys! The rest of the Club finished as follows: Class 1 - Koch and Stiles both lost motors while in or close to the lead. Sugar/Patrick lost a tranny while in second and only 35 miles from the finish. Class 2 -Hard luck continued for Jim Greenway as he went from first car on the course late in the race to a 12th place after his front sus-pension went completely away. The Peralta/Peralta/Sandoval entry went about five miles and lost a trans but being good Checkers they split up and worked at both the Main and Graham Wells pits for the remainder of the race. Tevon with dual Martins, Tom and Donnie, had just enough down time to drop them to seventh place. Chase/Hibbard also had front suspension problems and ended up 14th. Kreisler's two entries fin-ished 15th and 17th. Class 1-2-1600 -With between 60 and 70 entries in this class, Jim Sumners, Brian Steele and Slagor/Bowers earned a 9th, 11th and 15th respectively. Russ Butow, in a tight battle for 30th place, scat-tered everybody in the Main pit with an excellent Mike McAtee pit entry impersonation. With the possible exception of a W ednes-day night fine, no harm was done and Butow/York continued on and held their 30th position. Class 5 - Master Bates put his 5 car in the money with a fine fourth place finish. David Allen Pick, after an early roll over, came back to get an eighth place finish. Seeley made an attempt to empty all the pit boxes of oil on the Ari-zona side but his motor gave up before the finish line. Challenger -B.J. Bates put his car into the top 10 with a tenth place finish, good show Minor Bates! The Scott's, Steele and Urquhart, finished 16th. Class 7 4x4 -Symonds con-tinued to persevere as the new motor in his truck took a dump early. The outcome of the Melan-con, Blain, Hussongs and Sullivan entries was unknown at my press deadline, sorry guys. PIT NOTES -At the tire pick up meeting there were reports of very few tires being changed so it would appear that Lou's tire plan passed its first test. The main pit had a very disgruntled Pit Captain who vowed to fine or deduct points from some drivers for the action of their 'nipple head' chase crews. Bouse's Pit Captain Randy Lacore and his crew may have scored a Checker first. An air-plane made an emergency landing near his pit, fixed his problem, but found he had flattened a tire and asked the Checkers to help. The guys stuffed the tire with rags, put it back together and on the plane and away the guy went! On a sour note, the Chapala Dusters were using a high powered amp on the California side that would bleed over onto our Checker channel 2 and disrupted our radio communication. Let's hope this can be straightened out before some of our more volatile members get mad enough to start tearing down antennas. More Parker stuff and results from Baja de Lou I in next month's column. This month's Missing Checker of the Month is Tony Vanilla. Where ya been Tony? Being held captive over at Church Racing? And finally, The Wahzoo would like to add an atta' boy for a job well done by our '88 Club Officers -Good job guys! Dusty Tima

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The Losers By Judy Smith Parker, the first race of the sea-son, is always tough. For one thing, so many folks have new, untested vehicles that breakage tends to be exotic and difficult to repair. This year another factor was added: the flu, which kept a large number of teams from get-ting to Parker at all. Many folks called the SCORE offices in the days before the race, to pull out, explaining that the flu had done 'em in. Jacques Roquancourt was even sicker, having come down with pneumonia, which forced him to stay home. As always, some entrants had problems before the race, as Wayne Morgan, who blew the transmission in his Class 2 car while testing on Friday. And Mike Lesle blew the motor in his Jeep Comanche, also while testing. Don McCormack got as far as tech, and was "disqualified" before the race, because the cab of his truck was said to be three inches too far back. Some got into the race, but didn't last long; one example being the Schindler brothers, Keith and Kurt, who got five miles into the race in their Class 10 car, and snapped something in their transmission. Ivan Stewart's prob:ems started early also; about one mile into the race, when he lost his clutch, and had to spend an hour replacing it. Then, before · he got to Thunder Alley he had some gear box problems which were fixed, and then, to quote his pit crew, "he ripped the rear end loose." When he passed the second Highway 95 crossing the Toyota was making ominous "clunk, clunk" noises, and Ivan was just idling down the trail. He never finished the California side. Two drivers who rarely appear in the ranks of Losers, are Walker Evans and Steve McEachern. Both were driving new Class 8 Dodge trucks. Walker broke the yoke on his up at the top of Thunder Alley, and then Mc-Eachern, who'd been close behind him, broke the same thing before he got to the second Highway 95 crossing. Back to the drawing boards. Jerry Finney and Dan Foddrill are reported to have lost their transmission at the top of Thunder Alley, and Jack Ramsay, driving a Class 7 4x4 Jeep, got 30 miles into the race and spun a bearing on the crank. Spencer Low, whose new truck was declared illegal for Class 7S, decided to run it in Class 7 for this race. At the top of the California loop he broke the left front brake caliper, and after some time, got it repaired and went on. But he got only another mile down the road when the caliper on the right broke. And then the rear suspen-sion went away, and Low never got to finish the California loop. Troy Herbst, in a six cylinder Porsche powered single seater, had a rear wheel come off, and by the time the car had ground to a halt so many things were torn up that he was effectively out of the race. Jerry Penhall, driving a Porsche motor for the first time, and having a ball, got to the bot-tom of Thunder Alley and the transmission went. He had all his gears, but the car wouldn't move. Dusty Tlma Frank Vessels' truck wouldn't go either, he.got to Rice and broke a crank. Mark McMillin very uncharacteristically lost his motor in California. Bob Gordon got a short way into the California loop, and broke a c.v. joint. Bob and his co-driver, not the most exper-ienced VW mechanics around, changed to a spare and went on. Then the spare broke, and they had to do it again. They were two hours down when they finished California. They went out on their first Arizona loop, but then, when the car developed transmis-. sion troubles too, they decided it was time to park it. Ed Beard ran a good race in Class 10, but then, on his last · Arizona loop one of his torsion adjuster fingers gave up. As if that wasn't enough trouble, Ed didn't have a spare. Then he had to trun-dle off to the doctor to have four stitches taken inside his upper lip, the result of getting a mouthful of rock flung at him by Jack Irvine's• rear tires. In Class 7 4x4,Jerry McDonald lost a motor, while Greg Symonds almost did. Symonds, who'd had some strange troubles with his power steering early on the Cali-fornia side, thought he had fixed things, but then, when he reached for his shifter, and it was about three inches away from w~ere it should be, he realized that the motor mounts were broken, and the motor was shifting around. He said it was "sitting on the torsion bars." Brian Church was driving the family Class 10 car, still in Cali-fornia, and first the ring gear came off, and then the flywheel came off the motor. That was the end of Brian's race. Perhaps the most spectacular misfortune of the day occurred when LeRoy VanKirk's manifold broke. That caused the carburetor to fall down onto the six cylinder Porsche motor, and then it caught fire. By the time VanKirk was aware of the fire, it was already inside the drivers' compartment of the Porsche Baja Bug, so all he could do was stop and get out. The car burned completely. Porsche motor, Hew land trans-mission and all. Happily, no one was injured. Bill Poe got to about mile 32 on the California side, and hit a pole really hard. That broke a rear hub and the whole wheel and all its appurtenances came off the car. Jim Dizney lost his transmission e arly on the California side, and Morley Williams started out with ignition troubles, then blew one rear shock, then blew another rear shock, and then the c.v. and the axle gave way. Lynn Mocaby plugged his motor into Larry Bit-con's automatic transmission Baja Bug for this race, because his own car hadn't recovered from the 1000 yet. By the time he got to the end of the California loop, one of his carburetors was somehow plugged up, so the car was running on only two cylinders. They tried to fix it on the down time, but for some reason or other they never could get the car to run again, so they parked it. Steve Barlow had carburetor troubles too. He got about 30 miles into the race, and couldn't get the car to run over three grand. No amount of fussing with it -.vould make it better either, so that was the end of his race, too. Ron Wonsley and Jeff Quinn got about 75 miles into the race in their pretty new 1600 car, and it stopped. Jeff assumed that it was a broken cam gear. Graff Moore was driving George Gowland's Challenge car, and he got to about mile 35 when the motor quit. It seems an oil line had come off, and the idiot light was in a place where Graff couldn't see it. Don Rountree, running in Class 7, had a sick truck all through the California side. The fuel pump wasn't work-ing right, and while he had a spare, it was also no good. So Don limped to the end of California, and on the down time, the crew installed another fuel pump. The truck ran fine then, for about 10 miles, until the motor on the newly installed fuel pump burned up. Larry Martin, who's done so well in the Challenge class in the past, has a new 1600 car for this season. He never got through California, however, because his front adjusters broke: Tom Koch and Jim Stiles were both doing very well in their Class 1 cars, finishing the California side first and third in class. But both motors went away on the first Arizona loop. Corky McMil-lin got into the second Arizona loop and lost a transmission. In Class 7, Russ Jones finished California with a broken leaf spring, but that was fairly minor, and was easily fixed on the down time. Then things looked good in Arizona, until he turned up out of Osborne Wash. He tore the right front wheel right off the I-beam. Things were complicated by the fact that a buggy had been follow-ing him closely, and ended up The rained out February short course race at Glen Helen OHV Park will be held on March 26, 1989. parked under the truck. So, as the buggy driver put his car in reverse, Russ put the truck in low and gassed it, and, said Russ, "I spit him out the back." But Russ was stuck there until almost 8 p.m., when his crew could finally get in and weld him up temporarily so he could drive the truck out. He says that now they're going to skip a couple of races and get the new truck built. Rich Minga, who drives the first of the Porsche Baja Bugs, had a terrible time keeping the car running while he was in staging. It kept stalling, and a helpful Jack Johnson, in line behind him, kept push-starting him, to get him going again. Finally, Rich figured out that he had condensation in the distributor, and when he got it all cleaned up, the car ran fine. But by that time the Baja Bugs had all started, and he had to wait to start at the back of the Class 4 trucks. But the light footed Porsche ran past them fairly easily, and he was catching up with his own class as he ran up Thunder Alley. And then he lost his power steering, and he lost power. Both trouble lights were on. And he parked. When Rich got out to see what had happened, he discovered that the bolt that held the pulley on had fallen out. Luckily, the pulley itself had just kind of shifted, and was still there, caught in the belts. Rich knew he had a serious prob-lem, because it's a very srecial bolt, and try as he might, he couldn't think of any bolt any-where else on the car that could be used as a substitute. So Rich sent in a stuck stub, which was very graciously taken by the team of Robert Whitted and Carl Haynes, who stopped as if they had all the time in the world, even though they were on their way to winning the 5-1600 class. While Rich waited for rescue, and contemplated his situation, his co-driver decided to walk back down the course, to look for the bolt. Rich figured it was a waste of time, but there was nothing else to do, even though the idea of finding a bolt that was an inch long and 1/2"' in diameter didn't seem too feasible. Still, when his co-driver came charging back about a half hour later, wav-ing his arms and dancing around, Rich allowed .himself to hope. And, by golly! he had found it, lying right in the middle of Thunder Alley, undisturbed by all the race traffic running over it. So they reinstalled the pulley, but not the power steering, and went on their way, stopping at every pit to make sure it was still tight, and finally got to the end of the California side. On the down time they fixed things up, and even reinstalled the power steer-ing. Bob Maynard got in to drive the Arizona side, and when he got to Bouse, the bolt fell out again, and this time, the pulley fell off, and rolled away. Not only did they not find the bolt again, they couldn't find the expensive pulley either. 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CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES By Lon Peterson there is some great news! On May 20th the California Rally Series will host the first southern California National Pro Rally iQ many years. Rim of the World organizers Mike and Paula Gibeault will be heading the organization of this combined National/Divisional event. They-will be using the Lancaster area roads for a very exciting rally con-sisting of 100 stage miles for the National with the Divisional being 75 stage miles. The C.R.S. organizers are par-ticipating in a variety of roles. Rob Cherry will be the editor for the program, Ray Hocker will be in charge of press and public rela-tions, Mike Blore will be helping with various pre-event arrange-ments, Roger Allison will be mak-ing a video to train workers, and ~onard Je!_lsen will be making a video on safety consideratio~s. C.R.S. members, let's pool our talent and help put on the best National rally ever! The most help needed will be for workers, com-munications, and press and public relations. Worker~ will consist of regis-tration, start, finish, main time control, traffic control, scoring and sweep crews. Interested peo-ple should contact Jim Jacobson, (805) 943-4784. Ham radio operators provide the communi-cation net required for the event. This year's needs will be a bit greater than last year, because we would like to have an operator for each of the filming crews as well as all of the stewardsYlnterested operators should contact Dan Sherwood (WA6PZK), (805) 948-1865. Press and public relations will be a very large job this year and will need lots of assistance. Jobs include getting the press inter-ested, preparing and mailing press releases and other pre-event materials, gathering photos and bios, painting banners, distribut-ing posters as well as some detail work on the start ramp. On the weekend of the rally there will be lots of banners to be placed as well as other details to be taken care of. Those interested should contact Ray Hocker, (619) 375-1028. Just because you are assisting with the event doesn't mean that you can't compete. There are lots of pre-event jobs that can be done without interfering with your rac-ing. Based on the volunteers so far, this will be a fantastic rally. Let's make this a yearly event and bring the big boys out and show them our stuff. Roger Allison is presenting "East oflndio" Rally on April 15. Any rally team not quite familiar with the National timing system will get the chance on this event to sharpen their timing talents. Roger had originally scheduled the rally in the November /Decem-ber time frame of last year, but had scheduling conflicts with the Barbary Coast Rally. However, Roger is a persistent guy, and as a resul~ we will get to enjoy the desert roads this spring. Roger, and Randy Hensley, are saving the mountain roads for Camino a las Estrellas later this year. Competitors should make note that mandatory vehicle inspec-tions have begun. Also, if you are using single or double layer driv-ing suits, you must also have fire retardant long underwear ( unless you have a 3 layer suit). Should be interesting during the summer months. Rallying in California is cer-tainly alive and well, but unfortu-nately K&K Insurance has been eying Pro Rally, and coming to some negative conclusions. The problem is convincing insurers that we do not have the type of spectator exposure that has caused accidents in Europe. The shadow of the possibility oflosing rally insurance could certainly slow the growth of our sport. While speaking with John Buffum on January 5, he basically said we will have to wait as long as April to find out what will happen. K&K's policy comes up for re-newal at the end of March. According to John, there is a pos-sibility that rallying could have a separate or additional policy which could raise entry fees from $30 to $50 per entry, per event. There just is no more information on the insurance problem availa-ble as yet. So that you all know, the Cali-fornia Rally Series officers for 1989 are: Director, Lon Peterson; Secretary, Mike Gibeault; Trea-surer /Membership Chairman, Elaine Kohlenberger; Results, Debbie English; SCCA Steward, Lynnette Allison; Press Liaison, Rod Koch; Competitor Liaison, John Elkin; Stock Class Chair-man, Dan Hook; Stock GT Class Chairman.Mike Blore. The new 1989 C.R.S. Rules and Regulations booklet will be out soon! Hope you are getting lots of rest and lots of work done on your cars while you have the time. COMING NEXT MONTH .... 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Classified ••• 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. ...,;; .. ~ FOR SALE: 1-1600 Chenowth Magnum built by Neth Racing Works, Dyno tested Kelron Ent. engine, Henry's cliff., Hewland gears, UMP power steering, wind-shield. CLASS RULES MAXI-MIZED. W ill sell less engine or trans, includes all spares and extras. Call Will Higman week-days at (714) 848-8222. FOR SALE: Team Yokohama Cameo 7S Toyota. One year old, over $50,000 invested. Comes complete with spare trans, steer-ing box, 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 FOR SALE: 1988 Score/ HDRA Desert Series Class 10 season points winner. Hewland FGA 5 speed trans, 1650cc VW !!ngine ( 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)660-3791 or Bill Church at (714) 660-8600. 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: Class 5-1600 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, HORA approved. Long travel rear, Wright 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. TAXMAN 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, 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-ter lines. New spares of every-thing. Competitive car race ready $5000. Will sell spares sepa-rately. Call Neil at (714) 586-3196. FOR 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: Class 10 Raceco sin- Parker Pumper, all top of the line FOR SALE7'Funco Cla~s 1, ready gle seater, very light! If it ain't equip. includes trailer, all equip., to race. Fresh 2240 with Scat chromed, it's power coated. All including fire suits. Everything crank. New trans with all Hew-the right parts and pieces. Call for goes. $10,000 or $8,500 less land. Curnutt front end, Flame details. Ask for Dennis at (714) motor OBO. Call Steve at (702) Out, Pumper, Ja-mar, UMP sheet 661-7880 biz or (714) 498-7135 645-7996. metalandPS.,Sway-A-Way,Fuel home. FOR SALE:-Race ready Z-l600 Safe, etc. Includes trailer and FOR SALE: Baja bug prerunner. package. 114"' Raceco, strong spares. $9500or trade for motor-Professionally built, 102"' WB, dynoed motor, Kreisler trans home or dualie. Call Roger at chassis built by Valley Perform- w/ Hewlands, Wright rack and (818) 445-7705 evenings. ance,Wrig_htfrontend,bustrans, combos, dual Curnutts all FOR SALE~ Class 5/ 1600 full FOR SALE: Two cars, Class 2 or Hewland gears, Turbo CVs, Bil- around, 930 CVs, Centerlines, cage, Beard seat mounts, fuel cell 10 two seater, strong 1650cc with steins, Beard seats, one piece front Edwards, radios, tools, spare mount. Need trans, motor, fuel dual Webers, lots of spare parts end, 2180cc engine, $6500. Also tires, wheels, parts and motor. cell, seats. Has beefed front end, and tires, also carrying rack, SandToys2seatsandcar.Brand T railer included . $10,500. stockIRSarms,lpiece,6Sand-Funco design built by Dave Van- new 1600cc, IRS trans, sharp car, Worth much more if sold sepa- blasters mounted on Centerlines, dermissen. Retiring from racing, $4500. c:all Greg Heinrich, home rately. Call Pat at (714) 644-4460 trick wiring, never been raced. need to sell, $6500. Call (906) (702) 731-6708 or work (702) days or John at (714) 494-5548, Firm $2000 as is. Call (619) 243-466-2265. 641-1400. eves. 5358. -------~=----.--------------------------.. -------------------------... ... ~ · Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I I I I I I I I I 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. I I I Ii I I I I I I I I Enclosed is $ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I I I I I I Name Address ___ _ _ _ ________________ Phone---'--------City------------,--------State _____ Zip _____ _ _ Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 •· Page 50 March 1989 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. 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. FOR SALE: (8) Motoioia VHF radios. 25 watts, includes base station, perfect for race team or small business. $1950. Call Roger at (818) 445-7705. FOR SALE: Class 5 convertible body and Jimco chassis, body with fiberglass front end. Weight is 50 lbs. Frame full tube with pan below frame. Cage needs repair. Full aluminum ·work by Jacks of Santee. Car is complete at pres-ent. Other parts possibly availa-ble. Call (916) 454-5128. FOR SALE·: 1988 Bunderson Challenger, Yokohama, Fox Shox, Mastercraft with lumbar, Saco rack, Filler belt, Strong, only raced three times, turn key with trailer and spares. $6,500. Will pay entry to first Snore race. Call (702) 384-9823 or 731-5650. FOR SALE: Mark McMillin's Class 1 Chenowth Magnum frame. Includes frame, body pan-els, fuel cell, bumpers, and Wright 8"' front beam. Race Proven! Call Brian or Donald at (619) 479-0474, M-F, 7-4, $1,500. FOR SALE: PRE-RUNNER - 2 seat Hi Jumper chassis, 1835 dual port, reliable and cheap, $3,000. Stuart Chase, days (818) 841-5080, nights, (818) 845-4714. Dustynma

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1rur ' ,.t.., -.,ii, -FOR SALE: 1-1600 Funco, best of everything. Leighton design, Summers Bros., UMP, Sway-A-Way, Air-heart, Wright Place spindle to spindle, etc.! Would like to sell complete or minus engine and trans. Race ready. Call (707) 447-2453. FOR SALE: Big roomy pre-runner. Brut, 120H WB, 10 over front and rear Fox Shox (air), 1650cc, bus trans (fresh), Beards, Deist, Centerlines, fresh suspen-sion, new bushings, etc., Sway-A-Way bars and plates, Wright box, Yokohamas, extra Shox and parts. Potential race car. $6,500. OBO. Call (619) 253-7935. FOR SALE: Used tandem axle trailer with tire rack. Will hold Dodge Omni sized car. Hydraulic brakes, new tires,. $1,500 OBO. Call Larry at (313) 360-1512 in Michigan. -''-"-'----"""""-'· ~=-FOR SALE: '79 Ford, Esslinger 2 .3 dual Mikunis, Rancho shocks and springs. Radiator, batteries, 23 gal. alum. fuel tank, spare tire, and high lift in bed. New wheels and tires, break away rear fenders, spare parts. 6 months old. Never rolled. $8,000. Call Tracy at (602) 753-1128. FOR SALE: Dune buggy with 1835cc motor. Has high lift cam, extra heavy rocker arms with swivels, 4 Puc Feramic clutch, 1800* pressure plate and dual Weber 44s. Transaxle has been reworked with racing cliff. installed and many other extras. $5,600. Must sell. Live in Texas but will deliver. (915) 573-3420. FOR SALE: Class 2 Mirage tan-dem, fresh Toyota engine, UMP power steering, Wright, Sway-A-Way, Dura Blue, Centerline, Beards, D&D body & wind-shield, Parker Pumper, Fox shocks. $7,500. OBO. Call (619) 240-5594. FOR SALE: Class 2-1600 Hi Jumper, Wright, Centerlines, Sway-A-Way, Bilsteins, Beards, excellent pre-runner or first race car. $3,500 OBO. Call (619) 240-5594. Dusty Times FOR SALE: VW sand'Tail buggy. 1835 mid engine . . Dual Weber 44s, match ported manifolds, KN filters. 10½ fly wheel, 1800 lb. clutch, 9.0 compression, dual valve springs, Regrino cam, 280 equivalent transmission, 4.12 ring and pinion. Super Diff. MUST SELL $5,800. OBO. Street tires, wheels, paddle tires go too. Call Don Synder in Texas at (915) 573,0237. Will deliver. I FOR SALE: Jerry Whelchel's Class 10 Magnum, Rev power motor. Best of everything. Many spare parts, tires, shocks, steering rack, etc. Everything you need to go racing. Race ready car. Call Bryce at(714 )635-1431 or (714) 999,0574. FOR SALE: 1988 SCORE/ HORA Class 14 points champion Chevy Blazer. Winner of 1988 Baja 1000 and Mojave 250. Mega Class 3 car. Very fast and reliable, professionally built, best of every-thing, many extra parts, tandem trailer. $20,000 OBO. Contact Boone days (714) 497-1736 or eves (714) 4964985. FOR SALE: Class 5, pre-runner, new 9H wider beam, Wright arms, bus trans, 1835, turbos, Bilstein, 22 gal. cell, new paint, Calif. licensed. Must sell. :t,6,000 OBO. Call Dennis Miller ( 714) 646-5232. FOR ,SALE: Class 2 Racec;, Eagle. Business conditions dictate that I must sell. Absolute state of the art in design, fabrication, and equipment. 135" WB, 420 HP, 291 CID 90° Fischer alum. block Chevrolet V-0, Powerglide trans, Winters quick change rear end, J?lus many spare parts. Over :t,80 ,000 in vested. Asking $34,000 OBO. Will consider clean street car or truck for trade-in. Only raced 3 times. Excellent condition. Must see to appreciate. If you are serious about unlimited off road racing, this is the car for you. Call Dick Young, days (213) 426-1912, eves, (213) 498-7812. FOR SALE: 1-2-1600 - 1987 Raceco. Best of everything, proven reliability. Finished fifth in 1988 points standings. $15,000. Call Stuart Chase, (818) 841-5080 days, (818)845-FOR SALE: 1-2-1600 PRE-RUNNER. Last raced 1987 Mint, 1600cc, dual port. Fast, reliable and quiet. $9,000. Call Stuart Chase, (818) 841-5080 days, (818) 8454714, nights. FOR SALE: Class 8 aluminum head, 351 SVO, Art Carr trans, Summers Bros. rear, Chrisman Center section, Cone knock off, torsion bar secondary suspen-sion, extra tires, wheels, drive-lines, engine parts, ex Ivan Stew-art, Brian Stewart race truck. $28,500. OBO. Call (714) 242-5784. FOR SALE: 2270cc Leighton Type 1 race motor. Best of every-thing and strong. New roller crank, new case, new alt., new Tri Mil. Feramic racing clutch, light-ened flywheel. Race it or lug it in pre-runner. Also 2180cc roller crank, pistons, lightened fly-wheel, excellent cond. Let's deal. Call Sandy at (702) 363-2245. FOR SALE: 313x7 alum. wheels, 5 lug VW with 900x13 Sand Blast-ers. $50 ea. Call (818) 965-1087. FOR SALE: 1970 Baja pre-runner. Hi Jumper front end, full roll cage, 22 gal. fuel cell, bus IRS trans, Centerline rims, new rear tires, 1600 dual port w/dual Webers, Beard seats, Diest lap and shoulder quick release belts, 4 KC Daylighters, alternator kit, needs paint. $5,500 OBO. Call (818) 285-9531. Lacey McKinney of Los Cam-peones Race Support T earn, Vista Annex, departed to the pit team in the sky, after many years of pit-ting at Rice, CA. Till we meet again, from Budda-One and Budda-Two. FOR SALE: Berrien 100" single seater, P.S., Wright rack & pinion and beam, Beard seat, seat shifter, fuel cell, new tires, twin air log, axles & cvs, less engine and trans. Winner Class 10, and 2nd 0 / A at Freedom, OK 200 mile Memorial Day Race '88. $2,200. Call Mark, (817) 780-2573, eves. FOR SALE: Class 5-1600 pre-runner. SCORE/HDRA ap-proved. Wright spindles, Saco rack & pinion, rev. shocks, Fuel Safe, Beard seats, Henry's stubs, BMS trans, Type 4 cvs and more. Call (818) 331-5085 any time. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . . 37 Binion's Mint 400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Boulevard GMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cactus Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 22 California Pre-Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Car Custom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . . . 15 DeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . . . 39 FAT Performance . . . . . • • . . . . . . . 30 F.O.R.D.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Ford Motorsports . . . • . . • . • . • . . . . 7 FRT Buzz Bomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fuel Safe • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 HORA Binion's Mint 400 . . Back Cover IPF Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 KC Hilites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 McKenzie Performance Products .. 21 Mr. Sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 19 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . . 31 Parker Pumper . . . . • . . . • . • . . . . . 18 PCI Race Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Reams Race Team •............ 20 Marvin Shaw Performance Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Simpson Race Products . . . . . . . . . 17 Smith Racing Team .............. 6 Summers Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Mickey Thompson - 4714 nights. MUST SELL NOW! 2 seat Chal-lenger, Fox, Filler, Mastercraft, Yokohamas, D.J. trans, fuel cell, aluminum body, 3rd at 1988 SNORE 250. Four races on car. Race ready with all spares included. $7,000 OBO. Call Scott at (805) 252-2957 or Brian at (805) 947,0851. Entertainment Group . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Trackside Photo Enterprises • • • . . . 51 Tri-Mil Industries . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Unique Metal Products . . . . . . . . . . 16 Valley Performance -Hewland . . . . 33 Wright Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . FOR SALE OR TRADE: 1987 Baja 500 Challege Class winner. Mid-engine Sandwinder single seat. Race ready with fresh motor less exhaust. Enough spare parts for six front ends, spare shocks, 12 spare drums, 20 tires and wheels. Sway-A-Way, Parker Pumper, the best of everything. Call Don Rountree at (714) 825-0583. FOR SALE: FL-350 Odyssey, 1988 VORRA class champion. Hillside Honda engine, K&N fil, ter, Precision Boring clutch, side crank support, aluminum tie rods, Filler window nets, 5 point Filler harness, bead lock rims, aluminum gas tank. Sell or trade in part for Challenger. Call Ed at (209) 832-1650. FOR SALE: 1979 Ford, Class 8, SCORE legal. 351 eng., fresh C-6/ converter, 4: 11 Detroit locker, 14 shocks, new springs, cell, har-nesses, 5/ 8 studs, 4 spares, can be street legal. Great pre-runner, $9,500 complete. Call Matt at (805) 399-0552 after 5:00 p.m. Need action photos? Call us for proofs! Trackside Photo, Inc.-Racing photography since 1970 _._ Trackside Photo, Inc. Photos for Public Relations, Promotions, Ads Commercial & Product Photography March 1989 1507 East Del Amo Blvd. Carson, California 90746 (213) 609-1772 Page 51 .1>

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