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Volume 6 Number 6 June 1989 1 15 ISSN 8750 1732 Covering the world of competition in the dirt

Class 7 4x4 Winner FORD RANGER STX Class 7 Winner FORD RANGER STX A field of 373 vehicles started the 22nd Annual Mint 400 But by the time it was all over 279 of them bit the dust And never finished Manny s Ford Ranger STX still remains Which is understandable when you consider what all of these vehicles were ond victory of the year And their second consecutive Mint 400 win up against Four laps of a 105 mile course that many of the drivers said was the toughest So far this year the Ford trucks have already won eight class victories undefeated in 1989 In Class 7 4x4 the Simon Brothers Ford Ranger STX took them to their sec course they had seen since 1982 And they were right Over 74 of the vehicles never finished the race But the race prepared Ford Rangers of Manny Esquerra and Paul Simon not only survived the South Nevada desert they won the race No other make of truck foreign or domestic even comes close And while other truck makers may like to talk about toughness at Ford we prefer to prove it So if you are looking for a tough truck see your Ford Dealer In Class 7 Manny Esquerra s Ford Ranger STX was the only truck to finish And with three consecutive victories Because as the results of the 22nd Annual Mint 400 helped to prove only the tough survive RACING IN IO THE FUTURE

June 1989 Volume 6 Number 6 THE OfflCIAL VOICE OF CALJFORNIA RALLY SERIES In This Issue N Mint 400 MTEG Stadium Racing New Orleans and Houston 26 SCCA Chattahoochee Pro Rally 30 WRC Marlboro Safari Rally 34 Editor Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Rirhard K Schwalm Editorial Associate Winnie Essenberg Controller John Calvin Circulation Jerry Lawless Traffic John Howard Contributors Darla Crown C C Race Photos Leonard Day Daryl D Drake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Tom Grimshaw Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Jan Flick Mazzenga 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 PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN CANADIAN Off ROAD R CING _ 1fh Subscription Rates 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 0 Agoura CA 91301 818 889 5600 Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher Second Class Postage paid at Agoura CA 91301 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Dusty Times 5331 Derry Ave Suite 0 Agoura CA 91301 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Four weeks notice is required for change of address Please furnish both old and new address and send to DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave Suite 0 Agoura CA 91301 CRS Indio Rally Stages 38 VORRA Season Opener at Prairie City 40 Badlands Baja 100 41 Muddy Racing in Georgia 43 Miller Hi Life Action at Glen Helen 44 FRT Buzz Bomb 150 48 Sand Drags at Glen Helen OHV Park 52 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Dave Fessenden 4 Trail Notes 4 Happenings 6 California Rally Series by Lon Peterson 10 Side Tracks by Judy Smith 12 WORRA Tenth Aniversary Report by Terry Pritchard 12 Divisional Rally Roundup 31 Pit Team Reports 46 SCCA So Pac Divisional Rally Report by Lynnette Allison 4 7 Tech Tips by Bill Savage 52 Manufacturers Advisory Council Report 52 Godspeed Steve Centurioni 53 Pony Express 53 The Losers by Judy Smith 54 IDRA Competition Review Board Report by George Thompson 55 Good Stuff Directory 56 Classified Ads 62 Index to Advertisers 63 Pit T earn Register 63 ON THE COVER There were so many deserving winners at the Mint it was difficult to pick a cover subject so we chose three Perhaps most deserving of all was Ivan Stewart who ran hard and fast all the way to first overall making Toyota and himself happy campers It was Ivan s first ever overall victory at the Mint 400 John Marking and Gary Cogbill charge out of a ditch in the Jimco on their way to winning the biggest class of all 1 2 1600 The defending class points champions bested 75 other starting cars in the class Rob MacCachren nabbed his first class victory at the Mint race after several tries driving the Jeep Comanche to the Class 7S win and the Las Vegas champion led every lap Color Photography by Matt Frick Jim Ober and Jay McNally of Trackside Photo Enterprises I I SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH I I I I I I f DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING I I I I I I OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY I I I I I I I D 1 year 12 00 D 2 years 20 00 3 years 30 00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus Free one time classified ad up to 45 words Form on inside back page Name Address We must have missed the course arrows and ribbons or there has been o e helacious storm come through here recently That just might be what the Chainey family is saying their pre run Bug halted by a giant canyon while pre running in Millican Valley Oregon While the concept is funny it does illustrate the fact that pre running really is important Photo by Len Day of PAC Off Ro id Racing City State _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Z i p Send check or money order to DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of simil ir funnies or woes orr this page each month Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration DUSTY TIMES will pay 10 for the picture used H you wish the photo returned enclose a stamped self addressed envelope Only black white prints Sx7 or 8xl0 will be considered DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave Suite 0 Agoura CA 91301 Canadian 1 year 15 00 U S Overseas subscription r ites 4uoted on request A _ Dusty Times June 1989 Page 3

SOAP BOX By Dave Fessenden CIASS 1 1 1600 I am writing you this article to express my concern over a safety aspect of our form of motor racing that has been bothering me for some time now In discussions with other racers and their family members all seem to agree that we have a ticking time bomb about to go off In light of all the environmental legislative and other related safety issues such as pre running swirling about our sport at the present time the time may be at hand to address this issue The issue is the fact that we have high speed buggies and trucks racing at high speeds through the pit areas of our race courses a few feet away from the other drivers pit workers family members walking spectators motorhomes and fuel containers full of high octan e race fuel It does not take an Einstein to figure out that this is a disaster looking for a place to happen Especially when one considers that every other form of motor racing that has gone on before us and experienced the growth in spectator turn out and car participation that off road racing is now experiencing has had to take drastic measures to protect its drivers pit workers and spectators from the hazards I just mentioned At the Great Mojave 250 in March we all saw several instances of Unlimited buggies and faster cars passing slower ones in the dust through the pit areas In every case it was just inches from the edges of the pits with people dangerously close by Should the driver lose control of his vehicle many people would be seriously injured or killed and much property destroyed In one case a popular and well known Class 7 4x4 driver drove his truck right through our pit unannounced to get into his pit It was obviously a very dangerous and stupid maneuver when you consider the DO Gru CFJ DCID 00 DESERT LOCK OUTER Red Anodize Constructed of all Aluminum 6061 T6 For light weight and optimum strength At last a quality bead lock designed for Off Road racing All parts are available separately In stock Ready 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generosity In each of the five do we allow this kind of thing to oups the winner got 1000 second 500 third 250 and fourth and fifth happen or even tolerate it for that 125 each It made quite a spectacle for the spectators Some who broke matter beyond doing another lap patched things up and went back to try the jump to At the recent Binion s Mint salvage some cash and some did Robby Gordon was the overall and Classes 4 7 8 winner at 69 feet II that 400 our pit was located on the outside approach to a right hand group Stan Gilbert was second at 50 feet followed by Roger Mears 48 Jack turn leading to the straight a way Johnson 45 and Frank Mancha 38 In the Class 1 2 5 and 10 group Ivan nailed first place money and second overall at 63 feet Mike Lund before the entrance to the Stewart followed with 58 feet then came Mark McMillin 52 Danny Letner 45 and Speedrome Dozens of trucks JimGreenway 44 In Classes 1 2 1600and5 1600 DougFortinJr wonat47 limited and unlimited buggies feet and Cameron Steele was second at 45 Both these teams were out of the came through the turn at race then went back to try the jump John Marking did 42 feet followed by extremely unsafe speeds They Allen Thompson 41 and Larry Martin 39 were sliding on three wheels In theClass3 14 6 9 and 11 grouptheChallengerofHalGraveswon with and or cutting the apex of the a 39 footer Pete Sohren was second 38 feet followed by Don Adams 34 turn kicking up dust from the Dennis Chizma 29 and Wes Banks 28 Billy Bunch won the Class 7S 7 4x4 pits etc All this was dangerously cash at 45 feet Spencer low jumped 44 feet followed by Paul Simon 43 Dave 33 and Rob MacCachren 32 The concept sure added some flavor to dose to spectators and pit Turner the main pit area and gave the spectators a good show plus it kept some of workers Need I get redundant them from roaming around the desert in the forbidden areas Let s hope it will What is the answer First one become a part of future Binion s Mint 400 events would assume if one admits that this is both a potentially THE ADRA WESTERN 250 near Phoenix AZ had a good turnout and dangerous and unacceptable some great racing Ed Beard won Class 10 and overall in his Toyota powered condition that SCORE and Chaparral Jim Travis Porsche Chaparral won Class 1 Gray Hendricks HDRA should change their rules triumphed in Class 2 and Nels Dutton won Class 1 2 1600 Richard Mann drove his Chevy to Class 8 honors and Craig Bell and Walt Laycock topped relative to the location of the pits the Class 4 field in their Jeep J 10 Pete Gannon won the Challenger Class and and conduct of racers and people Ron Fields won the Sportsman overall honors and Class 10 Watch for the full movement etc in the pits I report next month suggest that a study should be undertaken to evaluate what HORA SCORE POINTS STANDINGS We ran out of space in this other racing organizations have issue to print the point standings from the desert series but we can list the done to improve safety for all first five in each class here through the Mint 400 Class 1 William Church concerned in their pit areas during 69 Ivan Stewart 63 John Kelly 55 Dan Cornwell 54 James Barbeau 52 Class 2 Ed Herbst 112 Mike Lund 99 Matt McBride 95 Bob Gordon race conditions to ascertain what 90 Jim Greenway and Danny Letner 79 Class 1 2 1600 John Marking is applicable to our needs and 119 Tom DeNault 108 Scott Reams 95 Jim Sumners 77 Curt Farrar 76 conditions during off road races Class 3 14 Mike Horner 87 Don Adams 78 David Ashley 74 Wes I for one would gladly donate Banks 66 Carl Cook 57 Class 4 Jack Johnson 89 Rodney Hall 63 my time as part of this process of Buddy e l 60 Ste e Kelley _5 0 Larry Monroe 44 Class 5 Hartmut Klawitter 109 Marty Hart 78 Lisa Dickerson 53 Lyn information gathering as I feel that strongly about the potential Mocaby 51 Gary Bates 45 Class 5 1600 Ross Craft 95 Darryl Cook 94 for a serious even fatal accident Cameron Steele 80 Manfred Hove 64 George Tuttle 61 Class 6 Evan occurring within the pit areas at Evans 60 Mick Newton 51 Arne Gunnarsson 45 Larry Schwacofer 41 Class 7 Manny Esquerra 82 Roger Mears 59 Wayne Lee 42 Class 7S our races Think about it What Chuck Johnson 82 Rob MacCachren 66 Spencer Low 61 Scott Douglas other form of motorsports that and Willie Valdez 58 Class 7 4x4 Paul Simon 78 Darren York 62 Jack you have seen in person or on TV Ramsay 58 Wayne Demonja 49 John Swift 48 Class 8 Dave Shoppe 85 allows any spectators family Frank Vessels 76 Walker Evans and Michael Schuringa 60 Robin members non essential non race Tulleners 54 Class 9 Rich Richardson 119 Norm Lester 96 Billy Kem related vehicles or children of any 81 Nick Gross 77 Ray McClain 67 Class 10 Randy Wilson 80 Steve age in the pit areas during a race Centurioni and William Poe 63 Craig Watkins 62 Dennis Green and NONE The final absurdity what Steve Rebeil 59 Clasl 11 Ramon Castro 58 Jack Zandbergen 55 Saul form of racing do you know Zambrano 29 It is interesting that John Marking and Rich Richardson are tied for the where the course or track layout overall lead on points and Ed Herbst in third followed by Hartmut Klawitter goes right through the pits None and Tom DeNault all competing in classes that have limited to none that I am aware of manufacturer interest Jack Johnson is leading the Heavy Metal category and It may not set well with some Chuck Johnson and Manny Esquerra are tied in the Mini Metal contest It people when we consider the need should get very interesting after Baja the halfway point in the eight race desert for future change within our series sport But where the safety of spectators family members and ARMSTRONG TIRES has announced some changes in its program for the pit workers is concerned I don t SODA STORE short course midwestem series Formerly the company the series under its Formula Desert Dog brand name This year the believe we have a choice or much sponsored emphasis is on contingency prizes in the series and the Formula name for the time left to make it tires has been dropped The name now is Armstrong Desert Dog or Armstrong I pose one last question Does Mud Trac However Armstrong will pay posted contingency to competitors anyone associated with off road using the Formula versions of the tires as well as those on Armstrong during racing as a driver truly believe the 1989 season but for 1990 it will be required to use only the Armstrong that Steve Centurioni climbed versions of these tires to receive contingency The new Armstrong Rhino into his pre runner on the decals are required for the 1989 season however In the ten race series Wednesday morning and said to Armstrong will support each race with contingency of 350 for first place himself Gee I might be killed 250 for second and 150 for third provided at least four entries are in the class At the end of the season any Armstrong equipped racer who finishes doing this It is to his memory first through third in points in any class will receive a bonus 600 for first and with the hope that we can 300for second and 100 for third In addition all three places will win an prevent any further tragic embroidered Armstrong race team jacket accidents like the one that befell Steve that we must seek out and THE FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM and AMA District 38 are running a find every way possible to make 24 hour enduro as we go to press at Plaster City West for bike Odyssey and our sport the very safest and most A TV racers It will be an AMA recognized off road world record for the professional that we humanly can winners in each category Sponsored by Callen Campers and Clairemont even if it means changing a few old Equipment Rentals the inaugural Rock Around the Clock started at 7 00 a m on May 13 and ended 24 hours later on Sunday morning The purpose of habits the run on an approved ten mile course at Plaster City West CA is to break Trail Notes Volunteers are invited to climb on their Soap Box and fill this space with their thoughts about what is good and what is not so good about the state of the sport Your words short of being libelous will be printed So send along your praise or damnation on your Soap Box topic to Dusty Times 533 r Derry Ave Suite o Agoura CA 91301 June 1989 the 1986 ATV 4 Wheel 250cc National Record of 866 miles in 24 hours on the same course Also the plan is to establish 24 hour off road world endurance records in the following divisions Motorcycles Open 250 125 Vet Senior and Super Senior classes ATVs Open 200 and Vet 4 wheel classes Odysseys Open 360 2 seat and Women classes Only one machine is allowed per entry but they may use as many partners as necessary To establish a world record they must be under way for a minimum of20 hours and be running at the 24 hour mark Fud plans to put on a similar 24 hour world record attempt for off road buggies cars and trucks in 1990 We ll have coverage of this unqiue run in the next issue cmore TRAIL NOTES on page 6J Dusty Times

Ironman es he sasha1 asrock The competition was stiff 373 rugged vehicles started the Mint 400 After four trips through the rock garden 408 exhausting miles only 94 limped across the finish line The race climaxed when Yokohama captured Class 1 Ivan Ironman Stewart 10 Steve Reibel Larry Jobe 1 2 1600 John Marking Gary Cogbill and 9 Norm Lester Dave Ramocinski Overall winner lvan Ironman Stewart dominated the field But to prove he has a soft side honman stopped in his final lap to help start another driver s vehicle Quite a performance YYOKOHAMA Super Digger 1989 Yokohama lire Corporation P O Box 4550 601 S Acacia Ave Fullerton CA 92631

1989 HAPPENINGS A D R A CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES American Desert Racing Association P O Box 34810 Phoenix AZ 85067 602 252 1900 Lon Peterson 14550 Dos Palmas Victorville CA 92392 619 241 4707 July 29 1989 Glen Helen Rallysprint San Bernardino CA October 7 1989 Penasco 150 Rocky Point Sonora Mexico September 8 10 1989 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott AZ November 18 1989 Sonoyta to Rocky Point Hare n Hound Sonora Mexico CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION December 19 1989 Annual Awards Banquet Phoenix AZ C J Richards P O Box332 Fair Haven VT 05743 802 265 8618 BADGERLAND VW CLUB INC COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION June 18 1989 August 19 20 1989 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 July 14 16 1989 Gran Carrera de Mexicali night race Mexicali B C Mexico September 15 1 7 1989 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe B C Mexico P O Box 1583 Ogden Utah 84402 801 627 2313 June 24 25 1989 July 9 1989 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Colorado Springs CO CORVA 1601 10th St Sacramento CA 95814 800 237 5436 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers Association 171 7 Marker Road Polk City FL 33868 813 984 1923 305 823 4487 June 11 1989 Lakeland FL July 2 1989 September 3 1989 Crowder Pits Tallahassee FL October 8 1989 Lakeland FL Lakeland FL February 11 1990 Lakeland FL March 24 1990 Florida 400 Crowder Pits Tallahassee FL April 15 1990 Lakeland FL P O Box 101 Crandon WI54520 715 478 2115 I 715 478 2688 June 24 25 1989 Spring Run 101 Crandon WI September 1 3 1989 Brush Run 101 Crandon WI Page 6 GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station A Atlanta GA 30310 404 927 6432 June 18 1989 50 miles July 23 1989 100 miles August 20 1989 50 miles THE GRAN CARRERA DE TECATE sometimes known locally as the September 24 1989 100 miles October 29 1989 50 miles November 25 1989 250 miles all events take place at Vienna GA BobMoon 915 So Zeeb Road Ann Arbor MI 48103 313 665 0358 313 996 9193 January 14 1990 1988 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES this issue went to print New for 1989 is the series permanent location at Mountain View Motor Sport Park Mead CO This road racing and now off road racing facility is located just off Interstate 25 atexit 245 30 miles north of Denver The site of five of the eight GWPs events the facility offers all spectator amenities including bleachers concessions excellent viewing and plenty of parking The 1989 Colorado Off Road Championship Series is sponsored by BFGoodnch Team T I A Tire Centers Thrifty Nickel Want Ads Budweiser Nor Colo Distributing Collins Muffler Shops Micro Computer World Super 8 Motel of Longmont and Pepsi Cola Competition classes include 1 2 1600 1 2 5 3 4 8 14 10 and new this year is the addition of the Street Stock Class This will feature street legal 4x4 pickup trucks with safety modifications In addition there are three classes of quad racers and three classes for the Odyssey and Pilot vehicles supported by Honda Motor Co contingency There is one schedule cnange from what appears in the Happenings column this month The race on June 25 has moved from Mountain View to the Pueblo Motorsports Park Pueblo CO August 13 1989 August 5 6 1989 October 14 15 1989 Bonneville Challenge Wendover USA THE GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES season began on May 21 after GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION November 12 1989 Lakeland FL September 16 17 1989 Desert Cactus 200 Delle Utah that included among Mini Mag updates some new products information One product might be badly needed in desert racing but it is sad testimony to the demise of sportsmanlike driving The piece is called Truck Stop The release says If_yc_JU drive a Challenger and are tired of trucks climbing your rear end and w1pmg out your power train we have a new bolt on extension that mounts t the rea of your chassis Designed for Chenowth Challenger cars only this extension should stop those unsightly dents on your air cleaner Don t call us call Chenowth for more details UJ ited Sand Drag Association Sand Drags June 10 1989 July 8 1989 August 12 1989 September 16 1989 October 7 8 1989 November 11 12 1989 day night race i FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy 2 Chula Vista CA 92011 619 427 5759 August 5 1989 Superstition 250 VI El Centro CA September 30 1989 Plaster City Blast Ill El Centro CA 1989 season It s comprised of four of the longest running races in SODA s history The four events will be SODA STORE sanctioned but will run for their own points and year end purse of 10 X J minimum This money will be paid to the overall winners of each class at the SODA Awards Banquet in January The events will run under Midwest Rules SODA s points system will al so be used for figuring year end points Each of these races offer an enduro style track of at least 1 miles and a minimum race time of 40 minutes This Series has a very promising future with a lot to offer the off road racer The four events are Sugar Camp Off Road Challenge May 13 14 Sugar Camp WI Memorial 89 May 28 Dresser WI Hodag 50 August 5 6 Rhinelander WI and Colorama 100 September 30 October 1 Sugar Camp WI For all the details on this series call Scott at 715 272 1101 or 715 272 1489 CHENOWTH RACING PRODUCTS sent out a newsletter last month Crowder Pits Tallahassee FL Twilight 200 Delle Utah Jackpot 250 Jackpot NV Off Road Races August 20 1989 September 24 1989 November 19 1989 P O Box 9735 Colorado Springs CO 80932 Lakeland FL BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker December 31 1989 Dunaway Dash III El Centro CA P O Box 2937 San Bernardino CA 92406 714 880 1733 September 3 1989 High Country 150 Williams AZ TRAIL NOTES THE SODA STORE ENDURANCE RACE SERIES is a new series for the GLEN HELEN OHV PARK June 24 1989 Snowflake Buggy Bash 250 Aripine AZ Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh WI 54901 414 688 5509 morc GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES INC Ron Kiel 12840 Dexter St Thornton CO 80241 303 452 4013 LATE FLASH FROM SCORE Right at press time May 12 to be exact we June 4 1989 June 25 1989 July 16 1989 August 12 1989 St Francis KS August 2 7 1989 October 15 1989 Pueblo CO 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 June 30 July 1 2 1989 Fireworks 250 Barstow CA August 11 13 1989 Nevada 500 Las Vegas NV June 1989 Baja de Lou came off in grand style this year The event had to be moved last year because of severe fire danger But this year the racers got to enjoy the Baja high country before during and after the race Baja Promotions has a flock of classes for both Pro and Sportsman categories The big winner last May was the team of Craig Deardoff and Kevin Battey Their Chenowth not only won Pro 1 2 1600 but overall in the four wheel category In other Pro classes the winners were Class 1 2 Brent Miller Skip Brandt Chenowth 3 1617 4x4 Edward Everett Lance Martin Willie Valdez 1H Scout 4 1718 Perry McNeil Jesus Munos John Clark Ford 5 Enrique Ruiz Francisco Villa 5 1600 Robert Jones C David Bark 7S Fred Espinosa Ray Carrillo Datsun Challenger Daniel Mora Eric Fisher 10 Glenn Wolfe John Brooks Raceco In the Sportsman category Class 1 2 went to Danny McClain and Don Neukuekatz 1 2 1600 Cal and Sherry Cotner 3 6 7 4x4 Pio Hernandez Edward Everett Jr Edsel Ranger 417 18 Jose Castillo and Arturo Morett 5 Jorge and Alex Zapata 5 1600 Federico Montes and Carlos Taboada 7S Jon Nelson Ivan Scoppettone Datsun 10 Scott and Brad McGuire 11 Armando Rojas Juan de Dios Dominguez SS Mini 4x4 Richard Webster Nick Kozin SS Full 4x4 Tom Carter Dave Zermeno The overall Pro bike title went to Manuel Santana Vito Hale Victor Armada on a Honda CR The Overall bike Sportsman honors went to Fernando Cintora Rene Cortes on a Yamaha YZ The top Pro and overall ATV tide went to Bruce Carroll John Criscenti Karla Struckow on a Honda Four Trax while the Sports ATV winners were Martin Ravalcaba and Tony Gilbert While several classes only had one entry everybody had a good time and there were plenty of trophies to go around We ll have a full story on the race next month r learned that there will be major changes in the announced route for the Baja Internacional in June For weeks there have been articles in the San Diego and Baja papers about a group of ranchers trying to close the annou ced course that runs through or near their acreage There is no official wo oout what areas are affected but the newspapers mentioned Ojos Negros ror one and there is probably trouble in other places east along the highway The few that fail to close gates while pre running may have caused part of the problems but it also can be said that encroaching civilization is shutting down parts of Baja as it has in the USA At any rate SCORE kept the phones humming on May 12 trying to contact those who might have planned a pre run for the weekend but some folks we know had already left for Baja Meanwhile there were more than 270 entries in the drawing also on May 12 ROSE BOWL RESULTS The Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group moved their stadium racing show back into the Rose Bowl in Pasadena early in May and it was one of the best spectator evenings seen recently and the weather was really great The pits had enough room for all the big rigs as well The course was changed considerably from last year shorter and tighter but the series regulars adjusted just fine Al Arciero kept his head and the Chenowth off its head to win the hectic main event for Super 1600 cars Walker Evans got his Jeep out front in the truck main and he won the bash literally dragging Robby Gordon to the checkered flag Lloyd Castle who has won several heat races in UltraStock competition held on at the Rose Bowl to win his first main event in the Nissan Check the in depth report m the Rose Bowl action next month STEVE SALEEN kicked off the 1989 Sports Car Club of America Racetruck Challenge season with a dominating victory at Sears Point International Raceway Driving the General Tire Ford Ranger Saleen charged from sixth on the grid to take his third Racetruck challenge victory of his career He gained his first two victories at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course winning in both 1987 and 1988 Dusty Times

eeu it 1rn n o _ _etition First Place Rob MacCachren and his stock Comanche won Class 7S of the grueling Mint 400 with a time that beat every compact truck including the modified vehicles in Class 7 The rest of the Jeep Motorsports Racing Team finished close behind Which is outstanding when you consider that 75 of the entire field didn t finish at all Evan Evans captured his second win of the season by winning Class 6 of the Mint 400 with his Jeep Cherokee In describing his victory Evan had this to say The performance of the Cherokee was virtually flawless After veteran driver Don Adams won Class 3 of the Mint 400 in his Jeep Wrangler he remarked Victory here says a great deal about a driver s ability and his vehicle Winning three classes of the prestigious Mint 400 proves Jeep is as tough as the toughest race in the world Jeep is a registered trademark of Jeep Eagle Corporation Jeep Built To Conquer 8 Buckle up for safety

MICHIGAN SPORT BUGGY ASSOCIATION Keneth Coleman 742 E Roosevelt Road Ashley MI 48806 517 838 4483 October 13 15 1989 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas NV December 2 1989 Off Roadsman Awards Banquet Los Angeles CA HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Freeman 3503 Hall St Rapid City SD 57702 605 342 0331 Off Road Racing Spectacular June 18 1989 July 9 1989 August 20 1989 September 16 1980 All events at Mt Pleasant Speedway MIDWEST OFF ROAD BAJA SERIES Rick Vasquez 1421 Lee Trevino D 1 El Paso TX 79936 915 594 8266 June 18 1989 Winner Stadium Winner SD August 20 1989 Gumbo Buttes Pierre SD IOK FOUR WHEELERS P O Box36 Cleves Ohio 45002 All events staged at the club grouruls in Cleves Ohio July 15 1989 Bakersfield Speedway Oildale CA T B A Silver Bowl Las Vegas NV August 5 1989 Santa Maria Speedway Santa Maria CA September 3 1989 Ascot Park Gardena CA September 23 1989 Ventura Raceway Ventura CA November 4 1989 200 miles El Paso TX November 25 26 1989 IMS Raceway Pearsonsville CA PAC OFF ROAD RACING P O Box323 Seahurst Washington 98062 206 242 1773 OUTLAW MINI STOCK RACING ASSOCIATION P O Box204 Palos Verdes Estates CA 90274 213 375 4570 213 719 7036 MICKEY THOMPSON S OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group P O Box 25168 Anaheim CA 92825 714 938 4100 All events in Monroeton PA at the intersection of Routes 414 220 June 24 25 1989 August 5 6 1989 Cayuga Co Speedway Weedsport NY August 26 2 7 1989 September 23 24 1989 October 7 8 1989 SAREEA AL JAMEL 4WDCLUB P O Box526 Indio CA 92202 November 18 1989 Kings Speedway Hanford CA All events at Bingeman Park Kitchener Ontario Canada September 23 1989 150 miles Las Cruces NM POST Pennsylvania Off Road Short Track Shark Saxon RD 3 Box9 Towanda PA 18848 717 265 3076 August 20 1989 Tulare Fairgrounds Tulare CA ONTARIO OFF ROAD Ken Jackson Dick Gillap R R 2 Tiverton Ontario Canada NOG 2TO 519 368 7874 August 26 1989 200 miles Albuquerque NM ICE CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCE SERIES P O Box 14824 Minneapolis MN 55414 612 639 0801 612 890 8693 Mid September 1989 Mile High Stadium Denver CO June 23 24 SkyDome Toronto Ontario Canada June 17 1989 150 miles Las Cruces NM October 21 1989 Last Chance Baja Wall SD June 17 1989 Ventura Raceway Ventura CA ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF OFF ROAD RACERS Barry Wannamaker P O Box688 Bancroft Ontario KOL lCO Canada 613 332 3811 613 332 1610 May 27 1989 150 miles Albuquerque NM September 23 1989 Deadwood Off Road Grand Prix Deadwood SD July 22 1989 Los Angeles Coliseum Los Angeles CA June 17 18 1989 400 Kilometers Cache Creek BC Canada September9 10 1989 400 Kilometers Cache Creek BC Canada May 28 1989 Ascot Park Gardena CA October 20 21 1989 Millican Valley 300 Bend OR June 3 1989 Kings Speedway Hanford CA S C A T INC Michael R King P O Box277 Morrisonville NY 12962 518 561 3208 518 236 7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P O Box 3278 Englewood CO 80112 303 779 6622 June 2 4 1989 Susquehannock Trail Rally Wellsboro PA August 25 2 7 1989 Ojibwe Rally Minnesota October 27 29 1989 Press On Regardless Rally Houghton Ml r r BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING The 1989 Points Series The Twilite 200 B O R E SCHEDULE Presented by Bob s Off Road Haus May 13 1989 Wendover Express Wendover USA Lighted by KC Hilites Race Starts at 5 00 p m Saturday June 24 1989 June 24 1989 Twilite 200 Delle Utah Entry Fees Include Insurance Pro 250 00 Cash Payback and Points Pro Sports 175 00 Cash Payback and Points Sportsman 100 Prizes Trophies and Points August 5 1989 Jackpot250 Jackpot Nevada September 16 1989 Desert Cactus 200 Delle Utah October 14 1989 Bonneville Challenge Wendover USA yvoKOHAMA Page 8 HEY GALS We have a Powder Puff Run at Every Race For Entry and Race Information contact Bonneville Off Road Racing B O R E P O Box 1583 Ogden Utah 84402 801 627 2311 Felt Auto Supply TRW Dusty Times And Machine Shop June 1989 Temples Machine General Pest SLC Control Dusty Times

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November 17 19 1989 Coachman Stages Rally Olympia WA SCORE Score International 31125 Via Colinas Suite 908 Westlake Village CA 91362 818 889 9216 June 2 4 1989 Baja Internacional Ensenada BC Mexico SeptemberB 10 1989 Off Road World Championship Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix AZ November9 12 1989 Baja 1000 Ensenada La Paz BC Mexico December 2 1989 Off Roadsman Awards Banquet Airport Marriot Hotel Los Angeles 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 June 23 25 1989 Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim CA SILVERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS Roger Wells 225 W Foster Ave Henderson NV 89015 702 564 2677 All events but the finale held at Las Vegas International Raceway SILVER DUST RACING ASSOCIATION P O Box 7380 Las Vegas NV 89125 702 459 0317 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P O Box 4394 Las Vegas NV 89106 702 452 4522 May 27 28 1989 Twilight Race Las Vegas NV July 29 30 Midnight Special Las Vegas NV September 22 24 1989 SNORE250 Las Vegas NV October 28 29 1989 Yokohama 200 Las Vegas NV December 2 3 1989 Showboat 250 Las Vegas NV SHORT TRACK OFFROAD ENTERPRISES S T O R E Co Ordinator Tom Schwartzburg 2620 West Washington West Bend WI53095 414 334 3858 SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Prevost 1006 Cardinal Lane Green Bay WI 54303 414 434 9044 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 May 27 28 1989 VORRA400 Yerington NV June 24 25 1989 Spring Run 101 Crandon WI June 24 25 1989 Virginia City 200 Virginia City NV July 8 9 1989 Fox Riverfest Challenge DePere WI July 30 1989 Prairie City OHV Park short course Sacramento CA July 15 16 1989 Traverse 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 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Trackside Photo Inc September 2 3 1989 VORRA250 Yerington NV 1507 East Del Amo Blvd Carson California 90746 213 609 1772 June 1989 RALLY SERIES By Lon Peterson The first C R S rally in 1989 Indio Rally Stage I R S was a great success Thirty five new and experienced rally teams were exposed to the wild roads and heat of the Indio desert Roger Allison and Randy Hensley put on their eight stage event with very few problems It was a great start for the new season Congratulations to Jeff and Camille Griffin for their first Open and first overall victory Mike Blore and Gary Dunklau for first Stock GT and second overall and Ray Hocker and Bill Moore for first Stock and third overall Also congratulations to newcomer to California Karl Jardeval for a fine second in Open and fifth overall Everyone seemed to have a good time and enjoyed the poolside activities after the event Congratulations to all the finishers Rim of the World National Pro Rally San Andreas Stages will be happening by the time you read this The results and good stories will be in the next issue As mentioned in past articles mandatory vehicle inspection is required this season Competitors interested in having their vehicles inspected should contact Don Lindfors at 714 532 2057 for an appointment At I R S Don mentioned that not all the cars September 1 7 1989 Eagle Motorplex Ashcroft B C Canada FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 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 2 7 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 e11ents 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 A11e Suite 0 Agoura CA 91301 had current inspection tags on their fire extinguishers Granted this is a minor infraction but it is required Here s an idea a brand new Halon 1301 or 1211 extinguisher can be bought and shipped for around 2 7 from some of the race suppliers listed in the back of Sports Car Then no more worries about inspection tags The new 1989 C R S _rule books are out If you don t have one call Elaine Kohlenberger at 714 354 6313 There have been a few minor changes for this year so don t forget to read it once you get it The most important changes are in Stock class sections 2 and 5 There are some changes in membership requirements for out of staters and a change in the event weighting method to reflect the new shorter mileage requirements from SCCA The Sasquatch Stages the next scheduled event in June probably will not happen due to forestry problems We are still trying Due to this possible cancellation the scheduled Annual Picnic on the same weekend will be postponed and a new date and place will be chosen More info next month Mike Blore s Glen Helen Rallycross scheduled for July should have some exciting close racing as well as great spectating Always a popular event it gives drivers the chance to ride along as navigators and see what the competition s driving style is like and maybe pick up a few pointers Anyone interested in getting started in rally racing or who just wants to get involved as a worker or whatever feel free to contact me 619 241 4707 See you are the races Dusty Times

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Side Tracks tly now most ot us have read about the Cannonball Rally the original madcap race across the United States that pitted a bunch of automotive journalists race drivers and miscellaneous speed nuts against each other and the law enforcement troops of the various states they passed through on their way to the finish Several movies have been made about the race most featuring macho actors and bimbos in unzipped driving suits who employ various illegal dangerous and implausible methods to defeat their competitors The hero usually a Burt Reynolds type or Burt himself prevails after an hour or so of rollovers flying jumps exploding gas tanks and scattered fruit stands They re not much in the culture area but they re fun to watch on a dull Saturday afternoon Recently we heard about a new race sure to spawn its own string of movies and t v shows called the First Annual Monrovia to Punta final Gumball Rally The plagiarism is theirs Not strictly an off road event the rally was organized by an old off roader 6ob Rodine and some friends and employees The object of the run was to get from Monrovia to Punta Final which is just south of Bahia Gonzaga on the gulf side of Baja before any of the other 11 vehicles made it The drivers were a motley assortment most not experienced in off road driving but some including Mike Thomas Don Prim Dennis Sellers and Ed and Bob Rodine had had plenty of experience There was only one class of vehicle whatever the driver could buy for no more than 250 The rules were that once the cars had crossed the border into Mexico there would be no passing without banging Thomas and Prim who cod rove were shy of time and delegated the purchase of their vehicle to Bob He bought them_a four cylinder Maverick with a driver side door and window that wouldn t open They had a few hours to put it up on a rack look things over air up the tires tie down the battery and create a spare tire mount by punching a hole in the deck lid and fabricating a hold down Then the race was ready to start Rodine had found a Thunderbird powered by 429 cubic inches and was the favorite to win the race His brother Ed drove a big Dodge Power Ram or some such capable of really heavy banging Start time was something like two a m Thomas and Prim who claim that they wanted to avoid speeding tickets drove fairly sedately while on the California freeways but they were still suspicious enough looking to attract the attention of a lady Highway Patrolman who pulled them over because they had no rear license plate When Prim riding in _the passenger seat started to get out of the car to take their papers to q er she was obviously leery of him and ordered him back in the car But because of the non operative driver s window and door Mike couldn t talk to her so Prim had to brave her weapons and get out Page 12 and do all the e plaining The papers which Thomas said looked a bit shaky to him apparently satisfied the Patrolwoman and she let them go on their way Though why any Chippie would have overlooked the big number 6 painted on the roof and the unnatural spare tire mount is beyond understanding By the time they got to El Centro Rodine had a big lead in the Thunderbird but enough of the other entrants had started to have trouble that Thomas and Prim began to feel a little more competitive And when they reached Puertecitos and the end of the pavement their years of prowling around in Baja proved to be to their advantage Many of the other entrants with no off road experience at all didn t know enough to be wary of their oil pans or shock mounts and they began t o do major damage to their vehicles Prim and Thomas sailed on As they neared Punta Final where Rodine has a house they realized that they d seen a lot of fallen warriors by the side of the road and figured they were doing pretty well By now there wasn t a straight panel on the Maverick because of the no passing without banging rule and it was getting feeble Then as they got to within a few miles of the finish they could see a big black column of smoke up ahead and wondered if it meant bad news about one of the other racers As they got almost to Rodine s house they found him sitting up on a hill watching his race car burn to the ground It seems it was a self inflicted blaze administered to the Ford when it quit running Thomas and Prim came in third and since some of the other racers had ended up at Rodine s house without a viable vehicle they generously lent the Maverick to them so they could drive back to Monrovia At this writing they haven t been seen since Mike a born organizer is already rewriting the rules for next year He d like to see all drivers limited to six cylinders and would like to route the course through T ecate and the Laguna Hansen area to give them more off road driving He d also like it if they could use trucks so that they could just leave them behind for the Mexicans to have to do what they liked with them But it s questionable if they could buy driveable trucks for 250 In any event stay tuned it s a good bet we haven t heard the last of this one WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tenth Anniversary Report By Terry Pritchard This is our Tenth Anniversary year of continuous racing Boy has this past decade ever seen some changes Our organization has changed from a bunch of people who were principally recreation drivers who liked an occasional casual race meet to a Short Course Professional Sanctioning Body We started off promoting a few combined Sand Drag and After a decade of operation are Short Course events In a very few we happy I think so Are we satisyears it became quite clear we fied No not really Things could were not promoters Over several be better b1 1t then couldn t everyyears we worked with a number of thing There are a number of irons Professional promoters some in the fire We ve been concenwere honest and worked hard at trating on bringing in more earning a few dollars some were Sportsman racers we ve been not looking for more truck racers A few years back the Drag Rac and we ve been working with new ers started to dwindle In all fair track owners and groups interness to them our rules were ested in putting on races These geared to the highly modified latter groups seem to take quite a cars and a failing economy took while to get it together and are its toll They decided to break often very surprised at the away and run with a promoter amount of work required to put but no sanction This resulted in a an idea into action I don t know multitude of problems and com how many times I ve heard someplaints on both sides Sad to say one say Hell I thought all I d there are almost no Sand Drags need was a Cat for a couple of taking place in this area now and hours now you want walls Or none of a professional grade How much did you say insuThe Wheel to Wheel group rance was going to cost We stayed together through some introduced a new class last season lean times and worked to gain the a stock sedan class similar to the confidence of the major promo class a number of Eastern Associters It was amazing to see truck ations run It s designed to draw racers and the 1 2 1600 racers in first time racers with the hope pull together to support the sta they will move up in class dium series of Race Promotions We have survived the last ten Canada and the Mickey Thomp years with a core of racers an son group when they had no intact series and a knowledgeable chance of racing for them The crew We survived desite upward Class 10 cars got to race The rest spiraling insurance costs a volunof the Association either worked tary separation of the drag racers the floor or took on a Supervisory and various promoters who went capacity broke just plain quit and a few So after ten years where do we who left town with the money find ourselves We have a home not to mention various race facilitrack in Washington State and ties closing down We look fortwo other races in the interior of ward to the next decade with a the Province of British Columbia confidence we ve earned by trying It probably doesn t sound like that which was supposed to be much to those in the big highly impossible and succeeding populated States But we only We would like to thank all of have two and a half million people the people who raced with us in British Columbia about half of worked with us encouraged us them scattered along the Canadi and generally gave us a helping an U S border The area of the hand over these years province is in the order of four The Western Off Road Racing and a half times that of California Association opened its 1989 While our large geographic area Short Course Off Road Series on and relatively small population April 16 at Penticton Speedway makes for a nice life style it s a British Columbia This was the little tricky getting enough racers first short course off road event and spectators to an event ever held in the Okanagan It gave We suffer the same general the Valley residents their first problems as all race organizations look at stadium style racing not enough money not enough where the fans get to see all of the spectators not enough racers So action all of the time The man we do things to try to make it made section of the course work We combine events A typ blended well with the natural ical program at our home track terrain of the facility With this might involve flat track motorcy inaugural event minor problems cles a motocross race and an off did occur Dust was a factor with road event Another example the silty soil and a misundermight involve Mini Sprints on the standing on the construction of oval and off road around some of the jumps resulted in through and across the oval But some very rough landings The no matter what the spectators get track was all dirt with left and an event filled show for their right turns and just for good money Western Off Road Rac measure about ten jumps were ing is a small organization and built around the course quite closely knit We get a large We raced three classes of number of volunteers to staff our Buggies and a Sedan Class One events No one in this organiza lonely truck attended Keith Coe tion gets paid a wage as a matter of Kelowna came down and of fact there are a lot of expenses contested the Sportsman Class that are never claimed against the buggies Also running It is a real coup for this group to with the Sportsman racers was the be able to say that they can pro lone Pro 1600 buggy of Surrey vide up to forty qualified well driver Shawn Pritchard trained staff and know that many Rounding out the field of will drive three hundred miles and Sportsman racers was Penticton s pay all of their own overnight Jim Rogers Kelowna s Gord expenses and work all eighteen Felske and Surrey s Wayne hour days just for a T shirt and Maure hat Many have done this a dozen Felske and Maure traded wins times and it s rare that you hear a in the heat races with Rogers complaint Yes the club charges a breaking in the first heat He was sanctioning fee and general unable to make repairs and expenses but this all goes back to dropped out Keith Coe battled the Association and it is used for the rough track and deep silt in the races and the race expenses If the Toyota Land Cruiser and any of you don t think putting on made a good show of catching the a race is expensive ask your local fleet of buggies until breakage promoter If you don t believe stopped him Maure finished on him ask me I ve got some figures top for the day that would stagger you The Pro Unlimited buggies put June 1989 on a spectacular show These high powered cars with the innovative suspension systems also fell victim to the rough surface Langley s Chet McKinnon lost a rear suspension as did the Kelowna based car of Tony Weisstock Ed Van Goal battled carburetor problems all day after making the long haul from Langley The big battle in this class was the three way fight between Kamloops driver Calvin MacKenzie and Geby Wager from Kelowna and Ed Van Gaol They traded positions a number of times throughout the heat races The biggest thriller of the day occurred with the Off Road Sedans These cars are almost stock with only safety modifications allowed A fierce battle in the first heat between White Rock s Cale Bath in a Pinto and Kamloops racer Randy Chamberlin in a notchback Volkswagen had the crowd roaring In the second heat race the battle really warmed up with Bob Nyeste the Kam loops based desert racer entering the fray in a Pontiac and the Mazda of Tim Funk becoming a factor When the main events were called it was decided to combine the Pro Buggies and Sportsmen to fill out the field After a wild start that saw Ed Van Gaol and Pritchard tangle and Gord Felske lose a tire and Keith Coe suffer a stall at the entrance to the infield rockers Calvin MacKenzie fought his way past the heavy traffic into first place Shawn Pritchard managed to grab second place briefly until a flat tire and a balky shifter dropped him into third place behind the flying Geby Wager Wager whipped the Pinto powered buggy but could not catch MacKenzie Ed Van Goal s problems continued and he repeatedly had to pull off to fix his balky Unlimited car but he was third behind Wager and the winner MacKenzie When the crowd pleasing Off Road Sedans pulled up for their main event it was a dead heat until Randy Chamberlin tangled with Chet McKinnon resulting in a red flag after spending five minutes getting the Volkswagen back on its wheels and McKinnon s Valiant unhooked from the brow of the table top jump The restart saw Randy Chamberlin in the Volks break out first follqwed by Cale Bath Pinto and Bob Nyeste Nyeste hit the sliding Pinto and pushed him off in the first corner Chamberlin opened a lead of about 100 yards over Nyeste closely followed by McKinnon in the Valiant until he slid off the track on the back hilt On the fifth lap after much pushing and shoving Nyeste got a rough driving warning from starter Ron Weinstein Shortly after the warning Nyeste suffered a right front tire failure and fell back from Chamberlin Meanwhile McKinnon could not free the Valiant from the hill and Bath s Pinto was stalled in the infield Tim Funk was pushing the little Mazda for all it was worth then it suddenly quit just in front of the starter leaving Nyeste and Chamberlin to battle it out for top honors There was no way that Nyeste s Pontiac could catch the agile Volkswagen Sudderil y the Pontiac sputtering badly pulled off steaming and for the second time Chamberlin showed how it was done Dusty Times

IN MEMORY OF r STEVE CENTURIO N I BORN January 23 1949 Altadena CA DIED April 19 1989 Las Vegas NV FRIEND AND RACING PARTNER To COMPETITIVE TRAILER RACING Dan Araujo Dave Ramirez FRANK SMITH RACING Frank Smith Brian Smith GREENSCAPES RACING Steve Schober RICK JIMINEZ Chief Mechanic Kevin Smith

HDRA INION S MINT 400 Iron Man Ivan Stewart Conquers the Toughest Terrain in the Desert By Jean Calvin Photos Track side Photo Enterprises the herd lined up by themselves Happily there was no overnight impound this year Class 2 was first away 38 hard chargers leaving two at a time every 30 seconds Nine of them did not complete a lap including one of the favorites Brian Collins of Las Vegas Collins suffered a sticking carburetor right off the line and before he got very far the lost power resulted in the Chenowth sliding off the road and wrecking one corner Also among the missing were series regulars Frank Snook and Eric Arras running in Class 2 this season Our arly viewing point was at Check 7 about mile 73 on the course At 8 40 in the morning Bob Gordon was there first on the road in his Chenowth but right in his dust was Tom Bradley Jr They finished the lap in formation and Bradley set hot lap for the race at 2 17 29 for the first lap lead Gordon did a 2 19 28 to run second followed in four minutes by Corky McMillin Chenowth Tom and Steve Martin had their Raceco less than two more minutes back with Matt McBride Matt McBride and Steve Sourapas ran third most of the distance in the Raceco Porsche and moved in to finish second late on the last lap Steve Sourapas Raceco just seconds to the rear followed by Aaron and Stephen Hawley Chenowth Many more were close and holding in road position Defending Mint champion in Class 2 Jimmie Crowder was way back with ignition and other woes and he only covered one lap as did seven others in the class Bob Gordon was the first _one back to Check 7 now not only leading the whole pack on the road but leading Class 2 on time Bradley was through about 11 minutes later but did not finish the lap Closer to Gordon was the Class 1 Toyota of Ivan Stewart who was probably leading overall on time at this point Midway in the race Gordon handed over to co driver Frank Arciero Jr with a firm lead of nine minutes over the Martins Sourapas handed over to Matt McBride in third spot three more minutes back followed in three minutes by Jack Short Ron Cloud Raceco who had McMillin just a couple minutes behind Twenty one started the third lap in Class 2 but four more went missing including former overall Mint champion Jim Temple who had troubles all the way Jerry Penhall Dennis Miller who were lying eighth and seventh running Len Newman Ken Cox who had a mtai electrical failure Short Cloud had a 4 4 7 lap and retired after three rounds as the fields thinned in almost every class Arciero held the class lead handily starting the last la hold RACE FANS _ _ _ p _ _____ The masses of people and contingency booths on Fremont Street were just like the golden years of the race as was the four hour plus wait to get through tech inspection The 1989 edition of the classic Mint 400 desert race now sponsored by Binion s Horseshoe Club who bought the Del Webb Mint Hotel last June and incorporated it into their adjacent Horseshoe Club which now covers the entire block on Fremont Street in Las Vegas NV was a dandy affair The return to the rugged course out of the Speedrome in North Las Vegas brought out the biggest entry in years in fact the biggest entry since the course was last used in 1985 when 374 cars started the race And as is tradition this year around 25 percent of the 373 starting cars out of 391 entries finished their four laps on the 105 mile course labeled by veterans and newcomers alike as the roughest course on the desert with by far the biggest crop of rocks ever seen Another tradition one that many teams could have lived without was the more than four hour wait in the contingency row line in order to get to tech inspection here as always near the end of the several block long contingency row on Fremont Street in front of the Horseshoe Club and other downtown casinos Many racers waiting in line on a side street were shunted by police off to Cashman Field which certainly lengthened their wait while others slid past the police to get onto Fremont Street and shortened their wait considerably The basic problem was that it was a single line between contingency displays parked on both sides of the street Page 14 and a single group doing tech in the morning hours The population among contingency donors was huge they filled five full blocks on the street and they were busy from eight in the morning until eight at night on Friday of race week New this year was the Pit T earn Contest early on Thursday evening and this also was held on the street in front of the Horseshoe When full results are available we will have a story on this activity organized by the IDRA and Bob Utgard It drew a good crowd on the street and all seemed happy with this NASCAR type competition New to the Speedrome course was a specially built motocross style round laid out in front of the Speedrome grandstands inside the third mile paved oval The racers started each lap negotiating the tight turns and high jumps of this new addition to the course and finished the race after negotiating it for the fifth time A good crowd watched from the grandstands during the daylight hours and the motocross bit did its job of keeping many casual spectators out of the forbidden areas of the desert especially since there was no admission charge On this course was one stadium type jump with cash prizes for the car in each of the 15 classes that made the longest jump There was a bypass around the high jump in case the walking wounded didn t care to try for the extra cash The race started at 7 00 a m as Ivan Stewart turned in a flawless performance in the Class 1 Toyota and this race he had no serious down time and won overall by 24 minutes on the roughest course seen in many years Corky McMillin and Brian Ewalt were with the leaders all day and had some trouble but the Chenowth Porsche finished third in Class 2 Mike Lund and Buzz Combe hop past spectators in their Chenowth moving steadily forward in the ranks to finish the race fourth in Class 2 Aaron and Stephen Hawley only had one good lap in the Chenowth but they carried on to finish all four laps fifth in Class 2 and seventh 0 A Danny Letner and Ron Brant had trouble on the first and the last lap but the Raceco Porsche finished strong sixth in Class 2 June 1989 Dusty Times

Bob Gordon and Frank Arciero Jr survived a lats breaking electrical problem to win Class 2 by nine Steve Rebeil and Larry Job won Class 10 in the new Chenowth a keen victory for the home town minutes a hefty margin in this class and the Chenowth was second overall team in the desert north of Las Vegas hitting a truck in the heavy dust just a few miles from the finish They were ten miQutes ahead of Danny Letner Ron Brant who had Mojave winners Ed and Tim Herbst nine minutes behind them The Herbsts broke a torsion bar early on lap 1 and had lost an hour In all 13 finished in Class 2 and the last finisher was 7 hours behind the winner Twenty took the green in Class 1 but six succumbed on the first r lap lvanStewartdida2 21 33 on the first round taking the lead he would hold all the way to pay dirt Six minutes back Dan Cornwell Don Robertson Parker winMark McMillin got his first finish of the year in the new wide body Chenowth ners had their Raceco second 11 Porsche and Mark drove home second in Class 1 standings Paul Hamilton and Larry McCallum Greg Sanden After early brake trouble Jim Stiles Dave Richardson were up and running but their Raceco did not finish the last lap IvanStewartchargedon power slid the finishing oval went for the long jump and made atriumphant finish line appearance first in class in a brand new truck that had fading brakes a few flats in the rocks but no other problems Ivan won his first overall title in the Mint 400 event by a whopping 24 minutes and he was a happy man All on hand were happy for him finally breaking his jinx and bringing Toyota a long sought overall victory Mark McMillin held second saying C but only by 28 seconds over Bill Scott Flamson and Peter Swift moved steadily through the Class 10 ranks lap by lap and they put the Raceco home a fine second in Class 10 ing a 14 minute margin on the Martins who had McBride just ten seconds behind them Corky McMillin Brian Ewalt were fourth back another seven minutes and Mike Lund Buzz Combe held fifth 12 more minutes down The excitement was far from over in Class 2 On the last lap the leading Chenowth lost its fire after having passed Ivan Stewart on the road Stewart took time out to give Arciero a push before going on to victory overall After a quick fix to the voltage regulator Arciero continued to the finish and he and Bob Gordon won Class 2 handily by nine minutes and finished second overall with VW Type 4 power Almost in sight of the Speedrome Tom and Steve Martin lost their engine ending a fine drive Matt McBride and Steve Sourapas ended up second in Class 2 and third overall in their Raceco Porsche saying they had no trouble no flats just stopped for gas and Gordon just went faster McMillin Ewalt were 19 minutes back in third having problems from the second lap and they just squeaked it out by one second over Mike Lund Buzz Combe and that had to be a costly single second The Hawleys were fifth 44 mi utes back after Church who was going solo in his Raceco Porsche Just four minutes down John Kelly Don Weiser had their Raceco 11 minutes up on Mojave winner Troy Herbst who was just 41 seconds ahead of Kirk Kontilis There was a scrambling of standings on the second lap in Class 1 except for Ivan Stewart He not only kept his substantial lead but while running second on the road was now in the overall lead nearly six minutes up on Gordon Arciero Troy Herbst moved into second in Class 1 well behind on the road and nearly 22 minutes back on total time and John Kelly was a slim minute behind him in third After first lap trouble Mark McMillin had a good lap and moved up to fourth four more minutes back just 2 7 seconds up on Bill Church The Cornwell Robertson Raceco dropped to sixth with secondary suspension failure and then lost the _adjuster and only covered three laps Stewart going for the gold did class fast lap 2 17 48 on lap 3 Troy Herbst broke a spring plate and some front end welds broke When the fud cdl started to leak he packed it in Mark McMillin moved up to second and Kelly Weiser held third despite a long lap With a four hour lap Bill Church dropped to sixth behind This is the system run by most off road race TRl MIL BOBCAT winners CHROME DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES CALIF 90011 213 234 9014

Frank Vessels with Jon Nelson riding along in the Chevrolet took the Class 8 lead on the second Jack Johnson with Brent Foes riding in the Nissan grabbed an immediate lead in Class 4 never lap had only minor delays plus an oil leak and won the class by a big 25 minutes looked back lost a wheel on the last lap and still won by nearly two hours his major trouble was four flats in the rocks his Chenowth Porsche was an hour five minutes behind Stewart as Class 1 strung out considerably John Kelly Don Weiser were another 49 minutes down in the Raceco followed in 15 minutes by Bill Church who drove solo in the Raceco Porsche Paul Hamilton Ill was fifth just another 4 min i r TRI MIL utes back in the Chenowth and Larry McCall um Greg Sanden were the sixth and last class finisher their Raceco down another six minutes Third off the line were the 40 chargers in Class 10 a huge field for this class Alas nine failed on the first round including contenders like Mike Withers Jerry Whelchel and Mojave winners DEIST SUPERTRAPP Bill Poe and Fred Ronn ran strong with the leaders for two laps then cv joint woes dropped their O R E to fourth in Class 10 at the flag M F 9 6 SAT 10 3 GERMAN 0 0 0 z c IE Ted Smith and Ed Buffington had serious trouble on the last lap but with heavy attrition in Class 10 their Chenowth ended up finishing fifth 0 w z J a w Thing or Type 111 Rear Drums z Also Type l s New backing plates available t w CJ C s CJ m D m m t D C 0 u s 12 point 3 8 CV Bolts We ship UPS 2 or 2 1 4 1 10 each or Truck VISA 619 691 9171 MC Scott and Kent Pfeiffer Jack and Scott Irvine was first on the road at Check 7 but their Raceco was second on time on lap 1 a couple of minutes behind the leading Bunderson of Rob Myerly Alan Hensley Dennis Green Mike Julson were just over an other minute back in a Jimco followed in another minute by the O R E of Mike Zupanovich and Bill Sallenbach who were seen no more Michael and Brian Church were over a minute further down in fifth with Greg Hibbs Norm Schmidt just 12 seconds to the rear Class 10 had the closest contest going so far Midway Jack and Scott Irvine led the pack on time 28 minutes up on second running Mike Peterson Scott S k oc hen k o who didn t get much farther In third was two more minutes down was the Myerly Bunderson whose troubles proved to be terminal also Green ulson were six more minutes back and John Ellenburg was up to fifth here followed by the Bill Poe Fred Ronn O R E Only 13 completed three laps and the Irvines father and son lost half an hour but held the lead now only three minutes up on the Chenowth of Steve Rebeil with Larry Job now at the helm Green Julson were another seven minutes back followed in six minutes by John Ellenberg but neither car finished nor did the lrvines whose engine let go on the b bp Page 16 _ June 1989 Dave Shoppe had the Ford running strong here but finished third in Class 8 leaking oil like the Exxon Valdez at the finish line Steve Rebeil and Larry Job won Class 10 and finished eighth overall in the Chenowth and Larry dedicated the win to his late father Russ Job and Steve Centurioni who died earlier in the week in a pre run accident Last year Job Walker Evans with Dick Maxwell riding shotgun in the Dodge led the first lap in Class 8 Jost an hour on lap 3 and ended up in second place Buddy Renae drove the entire distance in his Dodge took over second place in Class 4 on lap 2 and Buddy drove on to finish second Dusty Times

When Nissa If visited Las Vegas on April 22 we won a Mint The Binion s Nissan Mint 400 that is Unquestionably the toughest off road challenge known to man or truck A course that required Jack Johnson s V6 Nissan Hardbody 4x4 to overcome the usual assortment of furds Chevys and Dodges all V8 s we might add Plus a decidedly unusual assortment of blinding sandstorms razor sharp boulders and quicksand like silt beds that made traction a moot point Yet for the second year in a row with the invaluable assistance of TMAC we emerged victorious And in a town where so many people lose that s the kind of winning streak Las Vegas legends are made of Built for the Human Race

_ Flying out of a ditch John Marking and Gary Cogbill drove a very consistent pace lap times varying by just four minutes and they won the gigantic Class 1 2 1600 in the Jimco Rodney Hall and Jim Fricker lost over three hours on the third lap to mechanical woes in the Dodge but they got going to finish third in Class 4 Ir co drove with Centurioni and said ht wished both men wereheretoseethevictory Coming from 18th to fifth in three laps Scott Flamson and Peter Swift got their Raceco home second well over an hour back but over an hour ahead of third placing Randy and Rick Wilson w wse Raceco lost its throttle linkage brakes broke a trailing arm and was rolled en route to the flag After losing three cv joints in about 20 miles on lap 3 Bill Poe and Fred Ronn finished fourth followed by Ted Smith Ed Buf _ Ill _ I Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter kept their winning streak alive taking top spot again in Class 5 despite leaking trans oil all day and it was their first victory at the Mim 400 Jim Dizney and Richard Goldbaum led the first lap in Class 1 2 1600 but slight woes dropped their Chenowth to third spot at the flag fington Chenowth Mike Church Evans had his new truck out front had troubles in the middle laps on lap 1 booming in with a quick but finished sixth followed by 2 26 33 on a course that is not Kurt Schindler Jeff Quinn And friendly to big trucks Exactly a the dubious honor of being the minute back came Frank Vessels l st overall four lap finisher went his Chevy also first on the road to Jeff Akins in a Bunderson and Dave Shoppe Ford was nine pushing the 18 hour time allo minutes in arrears here Stan Gilwance with a 17 44 24 time bert had his new Chevy in fourth Of the 19 starters in Class 8 a few more minutes down folfour vanished early and three lowed by Dave Westhem Randy more failed on the second lap Salmont in a new GMC and John including Steve McEachern Gable Curt LeDuc Ford whose Dodge was seen mired in a Midway Frank Vessels had his silt bed well over the axles How Chevy in the lead he would keep ever Dodge teammate Walker alltheway holdingaminuteedge on Walker Evans and now Shoppe was back 11 minutes followed by Gilbert then Gable Tom and Bob DeNault had a slow first lap but they moved the Chenowth right up the charts to snag a clean second place in Class 1 2 1600 W esthem hit a rock in the dust and did serious damage dropping well back and eventually covering just three laps and Gable was up to fifth just ahead of the Ford of Robin Tulleners and Dan Noyes who were seen no more In fact only 11 got this far and just seven covered three laps Vessels tangled with a slower car and broke a tie rod end and dropped time but Evans with Dodge boss Dick Maxwell riding along lost over an hour on lap 3 with overheating shock and ball joint problems so the order remained the same for the first five heading into the final lap Meanwhile Robby Gordon had moved his new Ford up to sixth Gordon had to stop midway on his first 5 hour lap to change the rear end and was moving fast now but a lap down to the leaders Robby scored the longest jump on the motocross contest but failed to finish the last lap scored in sixth place We Wish to Extend THANKSto all our sponsors and crew members who have supported us through thick and thin and made WINNING THE FABULOUS MINT 400 possible GORDON WOODS WELDING SUPPLY Eddie Miller our other brother Darryl Van Nuys 818 989 5021 Jim Sumners and Rob Tolleson each rolled the new Mirage but they kept up a good pace to finish fourth out of 76 starters in Class 1 2 1600 Larry Martin and Mark Miller had the Chenowth third on lap 1 but they had troubles later and eventually finished fifth in Class 1 2 1600 DJ TRANSAXLES John Verhagen 818 361 3033 ARMSTRONG TIRE CO Bob Bogdanoff CHECKERS Off Road Race Team GOIN PLACES TRAVEL 818 348 6299 EASON RACING CAMS John Erson 714 891 8600 THE COOK N CREW Eddie Miller Jim la Rocque Terry Babcock Jim Tribbey Scott Wood Jim Knight and Nadine it s about time you came out Sincerely Darryl Wayne Alan The Cook Brothers 805 947 4727 Page 18 Peter McGowan and Dennis Fry kept their Meco running well all day and consistent lap times brought them home sixth in Class 1 2 1600 June 1989 Tom and Tim Burns catch a little air for the spectators in their Raceco on their way to a good finish in Class 1 2 1600 seventh place Dusty Times

Despite a I hour and a half down time on lap 2 Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra never lost the le ad in Paul and Dave Simon had to change a transmission on the first lap in the Ford Ranger but their the Ford Ranger and they motored right into another Class 7 victory press on spirit paid off and the brothers won Class 7 4x4 by over an hour as did all finishers in Class 4 Buddy Renoe was a tired man but happy with second in Class 4 His Chad and Josh Hall prepared Dodge finished nearly three hours up on the Stroppe prepared Dodge of Rod Hall and Jim Fricker Steve Kelley soldiered on through a 5 hour last lap to finish fourth An incredible 76 starters lined up in Class 1 2 1600 which we think is an all time record entry topping the Class 9 bunch in 1975 by a couple of starters Sixteen failed on the first lap including id Morley _and Mike Williams ran third for two laps in their Meco lo t over an hour on lap 4 and dropped to eighth in Class 1 2 1600 at the finish Despite taking an extra hour on the last lap with oil leakage trouble Frank Vessels and car builder Jon Nelson won Class 8 in the Chevrolet and were 12th overall Running with only one front shock on one side Walker Evans was solid in second about 24 minutes back and satisfied to finish second after the troubles Shoppe had a serious oil leak but was just as solid in third spot 40 minutes behind Evans and Dave was the final finisher in Class 8 testimony to the roughness of the course Gilbert placed fourth among the three lappers followed by Gable Gordon and W esthem With the new starting order formula Class 4 was next away all 11 of them with two missing very early in the race It was no surprise to see Jack Johnson Brent Foes out front with a 2 30 42 first lap in the Nissan Johnson has won before on this course on a motorcycle and in a single seat race car and he won the event last year for Nissan Steve Kelley Ben Metcalf were second here 11 minutes down in the Chevy Despite a stop on course to fix a steering problem Rod Hall was third another 14 minutes back followed in seven Quad racer champs Marty Hart and Mike Hallett had plenty of trouble on the course but they carried on to finish a fine third in Class 5 minutes by Buddy Renoe in another Dodge John Dyck had his Jeep J 10 back another seven minutes in fifth spot Nobody else was close Midway Johnson had a 53 minute lead on Buddy Renoe Hall was back another 17 minutes and Kelley dropped to fourth now only seven minutes up on Dyck But the Jeep pitched its oil pump into the desert on the next lap so six completed three laps Starting the last lap Jack Johnson had almost two hours margin on Renoe Kelley was back over an hour in third followed in an hour by the Jeep of Larry Monroe Don Yosten and with a six hour lap with serious trouble Hall dropped to fifth ahead of Bill Dickton Mike Wheeler who along with Monroe failed to finish On the last lap Jack Johnson lost a wheel and rear hub and that cost about 45 minutes Jack said the dust was blowing straight down course at the race traffic and that was tough for veteran and novice alike Despite the delay Johnson finished the Nissan ninth overall winning Class 4 by almost two hours and it was his seventh Mint 400 victory Also driving the entire distance last year s winner Mike Spina First on the road at Check 7 was the team of Jim Fishback Jr and Bud Feldkamp butthe Chenowth soon came to grief eventually covering just two laps Third on the road and first on time with one tough lap done was the Chenowth of im Dizney and Richard Goldbaum doing a quick 2 39 59 Second on the lap was Duke Perrin Willie Melancon about three minutes down followed in two minutes by Larry Martin Mark Miller with Curtis and Louis IJr 3fl4 d o M d NIR STICl

J it On home turf the Las Vegas team of Rob MacCachren and Mike Smigulec took good care of the Never worse than second the brothers Cook Darryl Wayne and Alan got their long squght Mint Jeep Comanche and led all four laps to the Class 7S victory and it was Rob s first Mint 400 win 400 victory leading lap 2 when it counted and they won by 45 big minutes Farrar 0 R E following in just 16 seconds Less than a minute back came the Ken Freemans father and son in a Bunderson and they had defending points champs John Marking and Gary Cogbill only 35 seconds behind them in their Jimco So it went for dozens of numbers down the line in the closest running class in the event As expected positions shuffled lap by lap At the end of two rounds 20 more were on the trailer Perrin Melancon led on time by two minutes over Dizney I Goldbaum Morley and Mike Roger Mears had three decent laps in the Class 7 Nissan put his son Roger Williams were back another five Jr in for the last lap didn t finish and still got second place minutes in the Meco followed in two minutes by David Marini Rodney Goodsell The Farrars were back another minute followed in another minute by the Mirage of Jim Sumners Rob T olleson that lost time on lap 1 with a roll over featured on ESPN coverage Just 25 seconds back came Marking and Cogbill and now the Meco of Peter McGowen Dennis Fry was up to eighth Some of the early leaders had big trouble but pressed on in the tough going Another dozen went missing on lap 3 including Marini Goodsell and some of the front runners dropped back in the herd With a lap to go Marking Cogbill had the lead by over two minutes on John Swift and Dino Pugeda ran second in Class 7 4x4 all the way despite a Dizney Goldbaum in a tight dice very long third lap the Ford Ranger finished in second place and the Williams M eco was cELEBR f O N SON THE scoREf Foremost Americas RA 2 d NQ UET series AVIAR e R 2 1989 oEC LOS ANGELES AIRPORT MARR OT I CA9045 LOS Ange es 5855 COC r Awa rd s o nne Champions w century Blvd kta ifS e ORE HORA points Honoring the SC and the tthe Year ce tegones Off Roadsrnan o Winners otthe TS s40 oo each Weekend Special HOTELS RlSOITS ONLY S69 OO PER NIGHT Reserve Your Room Now last round Both Tolleson and Sumners are former class and overall series champions It should be quite a team this year Just another minute down Larry Martin and Mark Miller came from 15th on lap 2 to finish fifth in the Chenowth and just 22 seconds later Peter McCowen Dennis Fry claimed sixth followed in te n m in u tes by the Raceco of T om and Tim Burns A fo ur hour last lap put Morley and Mike Williams down to eighth out of the 17 teams that finished in Class 1 2 1600 Class 5 fielded 18 quick Bugs but seven failed on lap 1 In fact Mel Vaughn broke his trans on the motocross course off the start After one lap Greg Diehl led the Bugs with a 2 44 15 time butthat was his only lap Gary Bates and Dave Baeskens were seven minutes back in second followed in four minutes by Mike Foster Dav id Throgmorton and in a nother 28 seconds b y the Porsche of LeRoy Van Kirk and Rick Rowland Next came David Alan Pick then favorites Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter The pace took its toll as Diehl Foster and Pick all retired on the next lap leaving eight in motion Out front now were Bates and Baeskens leading by 14 minutes over Van Kirk Rowland The Klawitter Bug was another 12 minutes astern followed in 35 minutes by Lisa Dickerson Scott Cameron who vanished on the next lap Lyn Mocaby ran fifth followed by Bob Utgard and Alexi Grigoriev and Marty Hart and Mike Hallett who had troubles both laps After three rounds Van Kirk Rowland led Bates Baeskens by 22 minute and now Klawitter was just another seven minutes back Mocaby was up to fourth followed by Utgard but neither car plus that of Bates finished the last lap and Dickerson was already out The Van Kirk Porsche lost half an hour and the ball game on FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT the last lap The Klawitter Bug had SCORE International been leaking trans oil all day with loose studs and used gallons but 818 889 9216 they made it to the finish line first NOUET T CKE BA Page iO merely a minute and change behind them Just nine more seconds back came Farrar in fourth but the car did not finish and Sumners IT olleson were six minutes further down and up to fifth followed by Perrin Melancon who had trouble and did not finish After a tough first lap Tom and Bob DeNault had their Chenowth a minute more down in seventh follo wed by M artin Miller In the deepening silt and filthy conditions John Mark ing and Gary Cogbill kept their J imco together to win the huge 1600 class and after all the close dicing they won by ten minutes They had few delays got high centered once and posted their 14th consecutive finish after having prerun a lap on Thursday in the race car Tom and Bob DeNault moved from seventh to second in the Chenowth with a quick 2 46 51 last lap Jim Dizney with Richard Goldbaum driving the last laps had air filter woes on the last lap and had to stop twice to clean the filters They were six minutes back in third followed in 18 minutes by Rob Tolleson in th e Sumne rs M i ra ge Aft e r Sumners rolled they had a couple of good laps but on the last round a tired Tolleson reported myriad troubles including having only third gear left plus reverse so he had to back up the silt hills on the June 1989 their first Mint 400 win and their fourth class win in a row LeRoy Van Kirk and Rick Rowland kept moving to take second 46 minutes later Quad racing champs Marty Hart and Mike Hallett got some of their problems solved and finished a long third but a fine effort since nobody else finished Seven started in Class 7 and it soon turned into a three horse Dusty Times

Jack liamsay and Mike Leste had troubles all day into night In the Jeep Comanche but Ramsay finished the race tNrd in Class 7 4x4 Spencer Low and Paul DeLang had their ups and downs in the Nissan but they carried on quickly to place third in Class 7S Ji Tom Lake and Richard Roberts moved their nose ess Bug imo third in Class 5 1600 on the second lap and the Arizona team finished third race with two gone on the first lap and t O more out on lap 2 Despite stopping at Check 7 for rear end oil Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra led the first lap by less than two minutes over Roger Mears Tony Alvarez Brian and Lynn Dolinar ran third all the way in their Ford On lap 2 Esquerra rea r ended a buggy and tore up his front end steering and the like but Mears also had big trouble r eported to have done an endo in a silt bed Midway Esquerra held a 23 minute lead on the Nissan and Dolinar was just another 13 minutes back Not much changed on lap 3 or on lap 4 as Esquerra had his fastest lap on round 3 and then nursed a broken shock home to win Class 7 in the Ford Ranger the only finisher Mears was second his three laps three hours faster than that of the Dolinars Only 11 started in Class 7 4x4 but all but one got around one time The Sherman Balch John Deetz Nissan led the pack by nine minute on the first round John Swift Ford was second followed in five minutes by Bud Sebelius Jeep who did not come around again Gregg Symonds Marty Reider lost the steering early and retired after an 8 hour lap In fourth here came Jerry McDonald Brian Stewart Chevy S 10 followed by Wayne Demonja Bob Seivert Mazda Paul and Dave Simon lost their trans at mile 33 but decided to replace it and try for a finish They lost about two hours but the effort paid off Midway Balch Deetz still led by two minutes over Swift Simon was up to third followed by Demonja then Jack Ramsay and McDonald all of whom had very long laps McDonald and Balch were gone on lap 3 and incredibly Paul and Dave Simon had the lead by 32 minutes over the Swift Ford Ramsay had his Jeep in third followed by Demonja then Darren York Ford but these latter two did not finish the final lap So the trans change paid off for the Simon brothers as they won Class 7 4x4 and made the Ford folks smile John Swift finished close to two hours later in second followed in another hour by Jack Dusty Times Chuck Johnson and John Johnson were slowed some with brake troubles but they kept racing in the Ford Ranger to finish second in Class 7S Darren Hardesty and Kreston Pons led Class 5 1600 after three laps but big trouble on the last lap dropped them to fifth at the finish line Ramsay in the Jeep Comanche and that s all that finished The Class 7S entry was slim for the class 16 starters and a most competitive race through the ranks The leaders ran in a pack through Check 7 but at the end of lap 1 Rob MacCachren with Mike Smigulec riding in the Jeep Comanche had about seven minutes in hand on the Nissan of Spencer Low Paul Delang Chuck Johnson John Johnson were about three minutes back followed in less than a minute by Chuck s former partner Scott Douglas in the battle of the Fords Mike and Pat Falkosky were next in their Toyota followed by Glenn Harris and Jeff Huber Mazda also close on time MacCachren barely slowed from his first fast lap of2 57 35 and increased his lead midway to 39 minutes over Johnson who had brake trouble Just five minutes back came the Falkosky Toyota followed in six minutes by Billy Bunch Kevin Conlin Ford Low had rolled in the lap but recovered to run fifth ahead of Malcolm Vinje Mark Hansen Toyota and Douglas ran seventh The front runners held formation on lap 3 with MacCachren s lead now 27 minutes over John Johnson suffering with the flu Spence Low was up to third another 21 minutes back followed in fl minutes by Douglas as others slowed with big problems Bunch held fifth followed by Willie Valdez Gil Divine on the first lap and only eight finished four laps Mojave winner Cameron Steele led the first lap with a quick 2 55 51 Darryl Wayne and Alan Cook were second 16 minutes back with George and Greg r r David Anckner and Henry Arras had some problems along the course but the team persevered and finished second in the big Class 5 1600 091 HEAVY DUTY DIFFE8ENTIAL Made from 4340 Chromoly All surfaces ground for high concentricity Precision machined for the tightest tolerances NEW FOR 89 TOP GUN SHOCKS BY DOETSCH TECH NEW FOR 89 Top quality Doetsch Tech Off Road shocks now available Ford MacCachren kept on Jeeping to win Class 7S in the Comanche and said it was his first Mint 400 victory out of several prior attempts His main trouble was overheating on the last two laps Johnson and Johnson picked up the pace on the last lap finally getting the brakes fixed and were 21 minutes back in second in the Ford Spencer Low had more trouble but took third in the Nissan 53 more minutes down but 4 7 minutes up on Scott Douglas Ford Valdez Divine zipped home fifth followed by Mike Lesle Jim Wright Jeep and Vinje Hansen The pack of 5 1600 Bugs numbered 33 at the start losing nine Tired of replacing complete 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 CV BOOT HOLDERS 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 114 441 1212 McKENZIE S 8 rs 2366 ORA NGETHORP E ANAHEIM C 92806 INVITED June 1989 Page 21

Norm Lester and Dave Ramocinski were one of three repeat Mint winners from last year They took Evan Evans proved his Mojave win was no fluke as he led Class 6 from green to checkered flag in the Class 9 lead in the Raceco on the third lap and won the title by a stou 37 minutes the Jeep Comanche the only sedan entry that covered the four laps required i Tuttle close two minutes down Tom Lake Richard Roberts ran fourth back a minute more and several more were tight on time Steele had a nine hour second lap and retired and the lead midway passed to the Cook brothers 13 minutes ahead of the young team of Darren Hardesty l Kreston Pons Lake Roberts were a skinny 13 seconds down in third and moving up to fourth were DavidAnckner Henry Arras followedcloselyherebytheTuttles and Robert Knight Greg Krogh moved up to sixth The Cook Bug tossed a fan belt onlap3 andthebeltwasnoprob lem but it took half an hour to get the car to restart They dropped to second six minutes behind Hardesty Pons while Lake and Roberts were down 36 minutes in third just ahead of Anckner Arras who were just ahead of Tutdes The chewed up course slowed the last lap pace for the limited Bugs but all the contendets made it around Minus the nose piece but very vocal upon arrival Darryl Wayne and Alan Cook arrived first at the finish waited out the time th e n whooped it up in victory Dave Anckner brought the Bug he shared driving with Henry Arras home second 45 minutes later Rich Richardson and Kevin Perrault ran second on laps 1 and 3 but last lap problems dropped their Jimco to third in Class 9 by just six minutes and happy to be finished Tom Lake and Richard Roberts held their third place only eight minutes down and they were 19 minutes up on George and Greg Tutde who lost a lot of time on the last dark lap Darren Hardesty and Kreston Pons lost even more time with an over five hour lap but they salvaged fifth place followed in just three minutes by Robert Knight and Greg Krogh Gary Lane Mike Fielding took seventh followed in by Brian Goodrich Dale Snaith running in the last hour on time The second largest class at the race was 9 formerly Challenger at 44 starters but attrition was Mike Currier and Dennis Stankavich came from tenth on lap 1 in the Sandhawk to finish well in Class 9 fifth out of 44 at the flag _ c c Mick Newton and Larry Tunnell had a good run in the Chevy Nova ran out of time on the last lap but still placed second in Class 6 heavy for the limited cars as only 11 finished Since SNORE runs several events a year using part of this course it wasn t too surprising to see 1988 SNORE overall points champion Bryan Pennington bring his Hi Jumper around in first place with fast lap for the class at 3 10 44 really hauling for a single shock swing axle car Mojave winners Rich Richardson and Kevin Perrault were second the Jimco doing a 3 14 06 followed in just two minutes by Pan Ray McClain and Mike Daghlian fly over the rocky David Quill and Kevin Sharp had the Chevy Special in desert in their Ghoster had delays here and there but second place in Class 3 14 starting the last lap but they cho Bio and Eric Hooley Just 40 more seconds back was the finished sixth in Class 9 competition fell to fourth at the finish Raceco of Norm Lester and Dave Ramocinski followed in 32 seconds by Roy and Wade Prince FAT Racing Parts and it was that tight for a dozen Centerline Wheels positions Bilstein Shocks Pennington slowed by 19 minutes on lap 2 but led midway over Sway A Way Lester and Ramocinski by two Perma Cool minutes Bio and Hooley were S S Headers We ve completed the most comprehensive catalog of racethird about 14 minutes behind proven parts ever From the people who have put more Off Weber Carbs and well ahead of Mike Currier IPF Lights Road drivers in the Winner s Circle Dennis Stankavich whose Sand JaMar Products hawk was leading the second than anyone else Whether it s a Wright Place pack Pennington vanished on lap simple Dzus button or an elabo Tri Mil Exhaust 3 and heading into the final rate race ready engine Call Gem Gears round Lester Ramocinski led write carrier pigeon anything Beard Seats Richardson and Perrault by a But do it now Or you ll be at the healthy 16 minutes Another 17 Simpson Safety back of the pack minutes back came Rick John Super Trapp son Dave Girdner Hi Jumper as Yokohama Tires the herd thinned and spread out FOR YOUR FAT PERFORMANCE CATALOG SEND S5 TO FAT PERFORtv1ANCE Petro Tech 2000 Here Kenny Rock and Eric MorDEPT OT 1558 NO CASE ST ORANGE CA 92667 OR CALL 714 637 2889 ris were up to fourth followed by weve written the book on Off Road PERFORMANCE Page 22 June 1989 ff Rick Johnson and Dave Girdner drove the older Hi Jumper quickly in contention midway in the race and they came in second in Class 9 Hal and Kevin Graves then Currier Stankavich Of the twentyone still in motion ten would drop out on the last lap in the rugged desert made more treacherous in the dusty darkness The defending overall champions Nick Gross and Joe Valentine were on the trailer now having hit a parked Class 4 on the first lap doing in the front end a ditch took out a tie rod and they lost a ball joint on lap 2 On lap 3 a shock tower broke in the rock garden so they packed it in at Ute Road The leaders had scant troubles all day just one broken tnrottle cable and they swept on to win Class 9 in the Raceco by 3 7 minutes Norm Lester and Dave Ramocinski were one of only three teams that were repeat winners from 1988 and they were thrilled with the victory Rick Johnson and Dave Girdner held the Hi Jumper together to take second spot merely six minutes up on Rich Richardson Kevin Perrault whose Jimco was just four minutes ahead of Kenny Rock Eric Morris The ranks spread out from there with Mike Currier Dennis Stankavich home fifth followe d by Ray McClain Mike Daglian then Art Eugenio Ben Abatti Jr The other four finishers were pushing the 18 hour time allowance when they Dusty Times

Don Adams and Larry Olsen bested the huge 29 car field in Class 3 14 in the Jeep Wrangler by an hour and a half with scant trouble on the trail and Adams took his sixth Mint 400 victory got the checkered flag Class 6 is now a mix of aging iron and a couple of new cars And it was a repeat of the Mojave result as Evan Evans and Phil Fareio led flag to flag in the 1989 Jeep Cherokee built by Evan s father Walker Evans Evan lost an air cleaner and had a cracked exhaust en route to victory He was the only finisher in Class 6 Mick Newton and Larry Tunnel ran second all the way in the 197 3 Chevy Nova finishing three laps before running out of time In third were Dale and Randy Jordan in the Chevy El Camino with two laps done A couple hours behind also with two laps done was the Saab 96 of Arne Gunnarsson and John Johnston and the others did one or no laps Class 3 I 14 was the biggest truck class with 29 starters and it was a tough course for the Class 3 bobtails against the modified 4x4s The Mojave winner Dave Ashley took off like a rocket in the Ford Bronco leading lap 1 with a 3 04 33 fast lap for the class Don Adams and Larry Olsen had the Jeep Wrangler back about ten minutes running second followed in another 14 minutes by Richard Bundy Joe Janis in a Jeep CJ 8 and their mates Emil and John Downey were fourth just six more minutes down Running fifth here was the British Columbian team of Jack Mamo Rob Babiuk Jeep followed by Carl Cook Jeep 23 got this far After two laps 18 were running and Adams Olsen had the lead by a good margin Ashley lost a front end and four hours Bundy Janis held second but Mike Horner Tony Kuljis had the GMC S 15 pickup in third and were gaining Cook was up to fourth ahead of Dave Quill and Marshall and Michael Mahr had their 62 Jeep in sixth Eight more disappeared on lap 3 including Bundy Downey and Cook With one lap to go Don Adams and Larry Olsen had a good lead over an hour ahead of Dave Quill Horner was ano ther six minutes back m third fo llowed in 29 minutes by Mahr who was over an hour ahead of Les Barnett and Henry Palomino Jeep who were three minutes up on Marno Babiuk But the latter two Jeeps were unable to cover the fourth lap for unknown reasons they had plenty of time At the flag Don Adams and Larry Olsen won handily in the Jeep the sixth Mint 400 victory for Adams The troubles were minor getting stuck in the silt on lap 2 and having electrical trouble on lap 3 Mike Horner and Dusty Times _ j f j r Defending Class 11 champion Ramon Castro with Jorge Sanchez co driving Jed both laps in the Beetle bash and won the Mint 400 without a straight fender on the VW Tony Kuljis finished an hour and the first lap on five cylinders 45 minutes back but happy with Marshall and Michael Mahr were second place after running part of only another three minutes back in third a tight finish for this class Dave Quill salvaged fourth after losing an hour m the last la in his Chevy Special Firth and last was David Ashley who came back from a lF FUEL SAFE THE 1 NAME IN RACING FUEL CELLS Approved by FIA NASCAR HORA IMSA NHRA SCCA SCORE DIRT ACT DRY 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 OBF300 Female receptacle OBM200 Male probe PROCELL RACING BLADDERS CIRCLE TRACK FUEL CELLS 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 Alum inum Containers Circle Track Fuel Cells come equipped with High Impact Polyethelene Cell Full Foam Baffling one 1 2 Pick up on e 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 Let us know what you want We can do it 800 433 6524 Outside Califorma DESCRIMINATOR VALVES The ultimate in fuel venting This valve offers fuel shut off when refueling and eliminates the need fo r a catch can Also offers positive shut off in case of a rollover OV100 1 in 0V175 1 3 4 in Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing Inc 5271 Business Drive Huntington Beach CA 92649 714 897 2858 June 1989 QUICK FILL DUMP CANS These dump cans are available with 1 1 4 2 1 4 or 2 1 2 in openings a must where quick refueli ng is required OC011 11 gallon OC006 6 gallon O0C004 4 gallon RECESSED FENDER FILLER KIT Kit contains 1 recessed fender filler 2 ft of filler hose 2 ti of aluminum tubin g and 4 hose clamps FK300 3 FK225 2 1 4 Page 13

Paul Hamilton Ill ran consistent lap times in the Chenowth and came from 11th on lap 1 to finish fifth in Class 1 Ed and Tim Herbst lost a torsion bar on the first lap but the Mojave winners came back strong in the Chenowth seventh in Class 2 Scott Webster and Coy Brigman drove their gaily painted ORBS quickly all day and the team ended up finishing tenth in Class 1 2 1 600 _ t 1 _ _ z i Dave Ashley los t hours with fron t en d failure but he carried on in the Ford Bronco to finish a good fifth n Class 3 14 Steve Kelley had only one trouble free lap in the Class 4 Chevy but he kep t moving after down time to finish fourth Gary Bates and Dave Baeskens led Class 5 midway in the fray then dropped to second on lap 3 and out of the race but fourth in class Robert Knight and Greg Krogh had troubles all the way but kept moving to finish four laps sixth in Class 5 1600 Dale and Randy Jordan started out fast in the Chevy El Camino but troubles put them out on lap 3 and they were thir

7 hour second lap to gain finishing points As always the three Class 11 starters were last away the only consolation being they faced just two laps of the torturous route for an official finish Incredibly all three finished in a race that had an overall 25 percent finish ratio Of course all three showed scars and dings from impatient drivers muscling their way past but they all came in in decent shape Defending points champ Ramon Castro with co driver Jorge Sanchez led the first lap by two hours over Jack and Tim Zandbergen Saul Zambrano and Jeff Strait were another 35 minutes down in their Cheap Thrills Racing T earn Beetle The order held through the second lap and we didn t get many stories from these tired teams Castro won the race by over 3 hours The Zandbergens held second remarking it was no course for a stock VW Zambrano and Strait had real trouble on the last lap but got the finish in 16 05 12 Our congratulations to all three teams HORA BINION S MINT 400 Results April 22 1989 Pos Driver Co Driver Vehicle Class I Unlimited Single Seat 20 start 6 finish Time 115 100 117 102 112 9 34 40 10 39 00 11 28 24 11 43 17 11 47 59 200 205 222 224 216 1600 1616 1617 1601 1636 345 344 317 349 318 400 402 406 405 403 500 501 507 546 595 563 553 572 599 602 601 719 704 721 727 726 728 729 799 765 760 767 808 814 816 815 924 991 999 993 997 1024 1012 1014 1029 1033 1 2 3 4 5 Ivan Stewart solo Toyota SR 5 Mark McMillin solo Chenowth Porsche John Kelly Don Weiser Raceco Bill Church solo Raceco Porsche Paul H Hamilton Ill Chenowth Class 2 Unllmhed Two Seat 38 start 13 finish 1 Bob Gordon Frank Arciero Jr Chenowth 2 Matt McBride Steve Sourapas Raceco Porsche 3 Corky McMillir JBrian Ewalt Chenowth Porsche 4 Mike Lund Buzz Combe Chenowth 5 Aaron Stephen Hawley Chenowth Class 1 2 1600 1600cc Restricted Engine 76 start 17 finish 1 John Marking Gary Cogbill Jimco 2 Tom Bob DeNault Chenowth 3 Jim Dizney Richard Goldbaum Chenowth 4 Jim Sumners Rob Tolleson Mirage 5 Larry Martin Mark Miller Chenowth Class 3114 Short WB 4X4 29 start 5 finish 1 Don Adams Larry Olsen Jeep Wrangler 2 Michael Horner Tony Kuljis GMC S I5 PU 3 Marshall Michael Mahr 62 Jeep 4 Dave Quill Kevin Sharp Chevy Special 5 David Ashley Ford Bronco Class 4 Long we 4X4 11 start 4 finish Jack Johnson Brent Foes Nissan 2 Buddy Renoe Bill Donahoe Dodge PU 3 Rod HalVJim Fricker Dodge PU 4 Steve Kelley Ben Metcalf Chevrolet PU 5 Larry Monroe Don Yosten Jeep J I0 3 laps Class 5 Unlimited Baja Bug 18 start 3 finish 1 Hartmut Wolfram Klawitter Baja Bug 2 LeRoy Van Kirk Rick Rowland Porsche 3 Marty HarVMike Hallett Baja Bug 4 Gary Bates Dave Baeskens Baja Bug 3 laps Class 5 1600 1600cc Baja Bug 33 start 8 finish 1 Darryl Wayne Allan Cook Baja Bug 2 David Anckner Henry Arras Baja Bug 3 Tom Lake Richard Roberts Baja Bug 4 George Greg Tuttle Baja Bug 5 Darren Hardesty Kreston Pons Baja Bug Class 6 Production Sedan 8 start 1 finish 1 Evan Evans Phil Fareio Jeep Cherokee 2 Mick Newton Larry Tunnell Chevy Nova 3 laps Class 7 Unlimited Mini Midi Pickup 7 start 1 finish 1 Manny Tudy Joe Esquerra Ford Ranger 2 Roger M lars Tony Alvarez Nissan 3 Laps Class 7S Stock Mini Midi Pickup 16 start 8 finish 1 Rob MacCachren Mike Smigulec Jeep Comanche 2 Chuck Johnson John Johnson Ford Ranger 3 Spencer Low Paul Delang Nissan 4 Scott DoJglas Ford Ranger 5 Willie Valdez Gil Divine Ford Ranger Class 7 4X4 Stock Mini Midi 4X4 11 start 3 finish 1 Paul David Simon Ford Ranger 2 John Swift Oino Pugeda Ford Ranger 3 Jack Ramsay Mike Lesle Jeep Comanche 4 Wayne Demonja Bob Seivert Mazda 3 laps Class 8 2WD Standard Pickup 19 start 3 finish 1 Frank Vessels Jon Nelson Chevrolet 2 Walker Evans Dick Maxwell Dodge 3 Dave Brent Shoppe Ford 4 Stan Gilbert Steve Andrews Chevrolet 3 laps Class 9 Restricted Buggy 44 start 11 finish 1 Norm Lester Dave Ramocinski Raceco 2 Rick Johnson Dave Girdner Hi Jumper 3 Rich Richardson Kevin Perrault Jimco 4 Kenny Rock Eric Morris 5 Mike Currier Dennis Stankavich Sandhawk Class 10 Unlimited 1650cc 40 start 8 finish Steve Rebeil Larry Job Chenowth 2 Scott Fla Tlson Peter Swift Raceco 3 Randy Rick Wilson Raceco 4 Bill Poe Fred Ronn O R E 5 Ted Smith Ed Buffington Chenowth Class II Stock VW Sedan 3 start 3 finish 2 laps 1100 1 Ramon Castro Jorge Sanchez VW Beetle 1102 2 Jack Tim Zandbergen VW Beetle 1199 3 Saul Zambrano Jeff Strait VW Beetle 9 58 37 10 07 26 10 26 50 10 26 51 11 10 34 11 15 31 11 25 30 11 31 11 11 49 38 11 50 37 14 23 12 16 08 35 16 11 24 16 36 15 17 27 21 By two in the morning it was all over except for the celebrating for the winners and the wound licking by the others Of course many were still retrieving bToken racers at daylight and later and others repaired to Fremont St in front of the Horseshoe to pick up the checks trophies and finishing medals for those who earned them The general feeling was that it had been a real Mint 400 on the familiar but nasty race course a real off road enduro not a sprint like the first two events in the 1989 series It was a safe race with no hospital calls just a lot of broken machines There were a couple of sour 0 A notes during the event One spectator truck got stuck on the railroad tracks causing an incident 1 6 with a train on Ute Road and 15 racers ignored the single trail 17 marked through the rock pile on 19 Indian land and carved several new ones Another spectator tried 2 the motocross course in his pri3 vate pickup but he was hauled 4 away by authorities Still there 5 was no real trouble If HORA can 7 continue to placate the railroad 11 folks and the Paiute Indians who 14 both control rights of way on this 16 traditional and popular course 20 we predict a huge well over 400 21 starting car entry at the Binion s Mint 400 in 1990 49 72 73 78 85 11 13 30 13 08 06 16 06 08 16 23 15 11 52 01 9 37 71 76 12 28 58 13 14 16 14 55 18 9 12 45 27 38 55 w Jack and Tim Zandbergen had their problems on course in the tough going for Class 11 cars but they finished second over three hours behind 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Kiele F Jolll 1011 1 A Tale of Two Cities New Orleans and Houston r f i Ti Photos Trackside Photo Enterprises Jimmy Nichols had his Raceco roaring in the mud as he won the New Orleans main event in Super 1600 also took second in the Trophy Dash and was third in his heat Robby Gordon did well in New Orleans winning the second truck heat and the main event in the Toyota but he fell to third in the Main in the Houston action Once a year the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group heads east to explore new markets for their stadium racing series In 1989 they ventured into new territory at the Louisiana Superdo me in New Orleans and returned to the Astrodome in Houston Texas The races were scheduled a week apart in April to ease the logistics for the teams making the long haul first to New Orleans and then heading west to Houston It was a good time of the year for the trip especially since there were no desert series events scheduled until the last week in April avoiding any conflict for the teams that compete in both the stadium and desert events Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate at the inaugural event in the Superdome T orrential rains hit the New Orleans area earlier in the week soaking the dirt and clay outside that would be used for the track Despite round the clock efforts by track crews and officials who added lime and sand to the muddy dirt in an effort to soak up the excess moisture the dirt did not dry properly inside the arena where there is no sunshine Practice was delayed for hours on Saturday April 8 but the mud remained a problem After the first few events on the program the mud was a serious problem with many race vehicles overheating so MTEG officials shortened the remaining truck and Super 1600 events by two laps Racing in New Orleans began with the Trophy Dash for the six fastest qualifiers in Super 1600 action Billy Beck was on the pole with Jimmy Nichols alongside followed by Brad Castle David Adams Frank Arciero Jr and Doug Ingles Before the green flag dropped Adams had a problem and was pushed aside Beck took the lead in the first turn and was followed closely by Nichols Arciero got in trouble on the first turn and ended up running last for the rest of the three lap dash Billy Beck had a four car length Page 26 checkered flag Eight trucks showed for the second heat as Dave Ashley s Ford had succumbed to engine problems caused from overheating in the first heat in the mud Roger Mears was on the pole with Robby Gordon next to him Gordon zipped into the lead off the line but the same slippery turn that saw so much earlier trouble caused a pile up on the first lap so the yellow was displayed before one lap was done Danny Thompson was a casualty now out with engine trouble On the restart Robby Gordon took the lead and led until lap 7 when Rob MacCachren who had been close made a wild pass for the lead and seemed headed for victory But en route to the checkered flag Gordon made his own wild pass and took the flag a few feet ahead of the Jeep Roger Mears was third followed by Glenn Harris and Ivan Stewart In Superlite competition Mary Sullivan was on the pole for the 16 car heat race But Ed Moore grabbed the lead off the line followed by Tim Baker Sullivan running third stalled in turn 6 on lap 3 After much tangling in the mud Tim Baker took the lead with three laps to go and won the heat There were 15 cars in the main event It took Tim Baker just four laps to grab the lead and he was never headed fending off a challenge from Frank Chavez who finished second Holgier Oksnevad was third followed by Ron Pierce who had been second until he spun out and Chuck lead starting the last lap and he row in the 12 car field Arciero won the Dash over Nichols Cas took the lead off the line but tle and Ingles before a lap was done a four car Nine Grand National Sport tangle in turn 6 brought out the Parker Trucks were on the grid for their yellow Arciero was followed by The quads were eleven strong first heat with the Toyota of Doug Ingles Al Arciero Brad for their first heat with Sean FinFrank Arciero Jr on the pole Castle and Billy Beck Under ley getting his Yamaha into an Walker Evans put a hole shot on green again the treacherous and early lead John Sarna was second the field and his Jeep had a good slippery turn 6 took a heavy toll in lead on the first lap followed by spins but Frank Arciero hung on Rob MacCachren in the second to win the heat followed by Doug Jeep Arciero dropped to third Ingles Billy Beck and Scott On lap 3 Ivan Stewart passed his Galloway A new cast of eleven cars made Toyota teammate to take over third place but midway in the up the field for the second Super eight lapper the Jeeps were still in 1600 heat Seattle winner Mitch front followed by Stewart Mustard was on the pole but it Danny Thompson Chevy was Bob Gordon who went flag to Arciero and Dave Ashley Ford flag for the victory Gordon was Robby Gordon got bogged down dogged all the way by Marty on course and stalled his Toyota Coyne who closed up tight at the and the field went past Roger finish The heat also featured Mears retired his Nissan after six more spins over the increasingly laps with overheating and a stuck slippery surface where in some throttle due to the mud and Ash spots the mud was dug out to the ley s Ford was leaking coolant By concrete making the transition the white flag lap the Jeeps had for tire grip very tricky business lapped tail runners Ashley and Lee Wuesthoff took third ahead Glenn Harris Mazda On the last of Jimmy Nichols who came back lap MacCachren briefly passed his from an early spin out to just nip Vince Tjelmeland zipped home the main event winner in New Orleans in the Jeep teammate but Walker Evans Danny Rice for fourth at the UltraStock Nissan Pulsar but fell to third a week later in the Astrodome led Rob across the finish line Stewart was third and Thompson took fourth place All agreed a good starting spot was vital in the conditions Only five started the UltraStock heat race as Dave Kreisler s Porsche was a non starter Lloyd Castle took the immediate lead in his Nissan with Jeff Elrod second in his VW Vince Tjelmeland s Nissan got stuck in turn 6 on the second lap and on the next round Elrod spun into Tjelmeland s stalled car and Chris Neil VW also crashed into the mess leaving Castle with a huge lead The yellow flag came out on lap 4 Tjelmeland recovered and followed Castle and Tim Lewis Porsche on the restart Nothing changed in the two laps left Lloyd Castle won the race followed by Tim Lewis Tjelmeland was third The first Super 1600 heat saw Doug Ingles on the pole with curWalker Evans had a super time on the wide open Houston track taking the Jeep to victory in the first truck heat and rent class points leader Frank Evans came back strong to win the main event in the Comanche Arciero Jr on the outside front June 1989 Dusty Times

Rob MacCachren did very well in the New Orleans mud bog putting the Jeep Comanche home second in both heats for Grand National Trucks but flipped on lap 3 giving second to Derek Hamilton Suzuki Finley won by seven lengths over Hamilton and Leonard Walley Honda was third Ten started the second heat Mark Ehrhardt Honda took the early lead but he flipped on the second lap giving top spot to Tim Waid Kawasaki But defending champion Donny Banks was moving through the pack on his Honda and he nabbed the leader on lap 5 It was Banks all the way to the flag but Marty Hart Honda chased him to the finish and Waid was third Twenty one bikes took the green flag for the 4 Wheel ATV main event Marty Hart had his Honda out front from the start to the last lap The he lost the dice with Sean Finley Yamaha in one of the closest races of the night Leonard Walley was third followed by Derek Hamilton and Sean Stubbs Honda The two wheel racers in Ultra Tim Lewis flew his UltraStock Porsche neatly in the wet and dry taking second in the New Orleans heat race and second in the Houston main event Billy Beck won the soggy New Orleans Trophy Dash in his 1600 Berrien and was second in the main but faded a week later in the Texas action Frank Arciero Jr flew to Houston just in time to race and nailed a second in his heat with no practice and he drove the Chenowth to the main event victory also Jeff Elrod kept his streak of wins in Texas alive when he won the main event in his UltraStock VW and Jeff also finished second in the heat cross action numbered 17 for the heat race Tallon Vohland Kawasaki charged through the pack and took the lead from Jimmy McGhee on lap 4 and held it to the finish Back in the pack the racing was exciting as defending class champion Jim Holley also came quickly to chase the leader Tyson Vohland On lap 4 Tallon went down and lost four positions It was now catch Tyson time but nobody did Tyson Vohland won just ahead of Holley Lowell Thompson finished third on a Suzuki just ahead of Tallon from far back in the pack to take second on a Yamaha Mike Pascarella was third on a Swuki ahead of Tyson V ohland Kawasaki Favorites Jim Holley and Tallon V oh land started at the rear of the 16 bike field in the Ultracross main event but both moved up Vohland Only four cars appeared forthe UltraStock Main event Vince Tjelmeland led wire to wire in the Nissan and the win keeps him in the class points lead Lloyd Castle in the second Nissan was second followed by Jeff i i i iic R i ALS O s i i j j jl _ Includes Tall Master Cyllnders with E Z FIii NC Caps 204SDT Raclnt lr u 2111 15 340S T Clutch Pedal w Slave Cylinder 124 115 al ll Blow Out Saie Sizes 15x3 15x5 15x6 5 Lug VW Pattern Your Choice 109 95 Ea Whlle Supplies Last 3102 1 h Bobcat Chrome 70 00 DIEST SALE All Diesi Racing Belts specially priced for racers call for IEST PRICE All Racers Receive 15 OFF Our Everyday Low Price Dusty Times June 1989 Page 17

_ Doug Ingles kept his Funco rolling in the Superdome mud and he was second in his 1600 heat and third in the hectic feature race action Lee Wuesthoff came from Wisconsin to try mud racing and put his Chenowth in third in the 1600 heat and sixth in the main at New Orleans Mitch Mustard started out strong in Texas winning the 1600 Trophy Dash and his heat race but the Chenowth faded back in the main event Lloyd Castle won the heat races in both New Orleans and Houston in the UltraStock Nissan and he also placed second in the Superdome main r Elrod and Tim Lewis the race Billy Beck was second T wency cars made it to che grid followed home by Doug Ingles for the Super 1600 main event and Bob Gordon and Marty Coyne was on the pole As always the grand finale was The front row got into trouble the Sport Truck feature with right off the start and the order eight washed trucks on the grid got scrambled Meanwhile Jimmy The front row held Roger Mears Nichols was picking his way and Robby Gordon and Gordon through the muddy traffic and got the jump at the green and when the three early leaders never looked back the win Ingles Arciero Jr and Beck got increasing his and Toyota s points jammed up Nichols took the lead leads in the championship series for good The traffic jam left Roger Mears got his Nissan close a Frank Arciero Jr stranded but couple of times but ended up the others were able to continue second at d he had to fight off a West Coast Distributor fOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS OUR PRICE ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY 695 00 Per Set 2 Ratio s Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE ValleyPerformance 3700 Mead Ave Las Vegas NV89102 702 873 1002 McKenziePerformance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim CA 92800 714 441 1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 28 late challenge from Glenn Harris who got his Mazda alongside Mears but couldn t make the pass Danny Thompson was fourth and Ivan Stewart took fifth One week later the troops assembled in Houston facing a super track and dry weather which made the racing more competitive and for sure more enjoyable than the Louisiana mud bog The Astrodome was the fifth event in the MTEG series and marked the half way point in the nine race series It also marked the introduction of a new points procedure for grid positions in both the heat races and the main event for the truck class the sys tern is far too involved to go into here The drivers really like the track constructed inside the Astrodome saying it was excep tionally fast with plenty of passing opportunities Some thought it wa s the fastest course on the entire circuit The Super 1600 Trophy Dash saw Al Arciero on the pole with Bob Gordon next to him But it was Mitch Mustard who broke on top and the Colorado driver went on to a wire to wire victory Bob Gordon was second Brad Castle a distant third followed by Danny Rice and Scott Galloway Al Arciero had a mechanical prob lem and trailed at the flag Eight started the first Sport Truck heat and Dave Ashley had his Ford on the pole while fast qualifier Robby Gordon started last in his Toyota Ashley led the first six laps before giving way to Walker Evans who went on to take the win in his Jeep Roger Mears was on form coming from the back of the pack to place his Nissan a close second Ashley ended up third ahead of the Toy otas of Ivan Stewart and Robby Gordon in the eight lap race Six UltraStock cars appeared for the six lap UltraStock heat race two Nissan Pulsars two Volkswagen Corrados and two Porsches The defending class June 1989

Danny Rice is a contender this season in his Chenowth and he came home third in the 1600 main event at the Houston Astrodome All seventeen were back for the 4 wheel ATV main a seven lap run and Mark Ehrhardt had his Honda on the pole It took Donny Banks one full lap to unseat Ehrhardt and Banks went on to win after putting down challenges from Sean Finley who was second and a fast closing Marty Hart Ehrhardt fmished fourth The Ultracross heat also held 17 bikes out for seven laps The fastest qualifier in this contest starts in the rear It took 1988 class champ Jim Holley just four laps to move his Yamaha through the entire field to take the lead which he never lost He had a tremendous challenge from Brian Manley who finished second on a Kawasaki Jamie Munson was third followed by Clint Jones also on a Honda Sixteen came back for the motorcycle main Heat winner Jim Holley started in the seventh row 14th and he was fourth after two laps Meanwhile Tyson Yohland jumped cp front on his Dusty Times wdl Glenn Harris is driving the lone Mazda in truck competition this year and he won the second heat in Texas but had no luck in the feature kawa saki and he was never headed going on to victory Holley moved up through the pack but was unable to catch Lowell Thompson who was second on a Suzuki Holley came in third ahead of Brian Manley The half dozen UltraStock cars had a seven lap main event with Tim Lewis and Vince Tjelmeland on the front row But Jeff Elrod kept his Astrodome record intact by winning his third straight class main event here Tjelmeland claimed second and Lewis was third David Kreisler flipped twice in the race once on lap 6 which brought out the yellow and again on the checkered flag lap He recovered and finished There were 20 starters for the dozen lap Super 1600 main event the largest starting field at the Astrodome Mitch Mustard the Trophy Dash winner started sixth next to Bob Gordon heat race winner A good deal of shufflingwentonintheearlylaps and by lap 10 FrankArcieroJr moved Brad Castle started out fast in his 1600 Raceco third in the Trophy Dash and second in his heat in Texas but had troubles in the main event Bob Gordon won a heat at both New Orleans s nd Houston but his main event record was a fourth at New Orleans in the fancily painted Chenowth aheadoftheleaderTommyCroft thetruckslineduptwoabreastfor Arciero who arrived late in the restart with Mears and Evans Houston and had no practice again on the front row The restart went on to victory and the points was delayed while Danny Thomplead Croft lost his chance to son s Chevy was removed from repass Arciero when he lost the the track but Ashley was able to front suspension in a tangle right restart after Frank took over the lead Mears broke on top at the green Mitch Mustard was a contender followed by Evans Harris and until he got hooked together with Gordon The yellow flag came out Brad Castle and dropped to lasi again as Ashley s Ford suddenly but Mitch came back to finish burst into flame Ashley quickly eighth Danny Rice was third fol hit the on board fire extinguisher lowed in by Billy Beck and Jimmy and the blaze was out immediately Nichols and Dave climbed out unhurt Roger Mears was on the pole Just before the fire on lap 4 for the 12 lap truck main event Evans had passed Mears for the with Walker Evans alongside To lead and Gordon moved to third the rear it was Ivan Stewart and ahead of Harris On the restart Glenn Harris Danny Thompson Evans jumped ahead but Gordon and David Ashley and Rob Mac charged through in the first turn CachrenandRobbyGordon The and there was much banging yellow came out on the first lap between Gordon and Evans when Ashley hit the outside Beforeanotherlapwascompleted hydro barrier and then Thomp Mears became a sandwich son crashed into the inside bar between Gordon and another rier Evans was in the lead fol truck with Robby coming out the lowed by Mears Harris and worse for wear with heavy body Gordon Under a new procedure damage June 1989 With Walker Evans firmly in command in his Jeep Mears and Harris locked into serious battle for second They diced lap after lap with Mears closing every lap Coming down for the checkered flag in the final turn Harris flipped his Mazda allowing Mears to take second in the Nissan Gordon with bodywork flapping was third followed by Stewart the only other truck still running It was the first main event win of the season for Evans and Jeep who last won at Denver last September Now the series goes back west for the May running of the stadium action at the famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena CA Current points standing after round five are Sport Trucks Robby Gordon 282 Ivan Stewart 199 Walker Evans 194 Super 1600 Frank Arciero Jr 219 Mitch Mustard 168 Brad Castle 155 UltraStock Vince Tjelmeland 200 JeffElrod 195 Lloyd Castle 146 Page 29

It was close all the way and Guy Light and Jim Brandt took second 0 A and in Production class in another VW GT just 33 seconds away from the victory Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge had the overall lead midway on the final stage but the Subaru fell to fourth on the stage and also finished second in Group A SCCA NATIONAL PRO RALLY Tim O Neil and Martin Headland Make History at the Mazda Chattahoochee Photos Track side Photo Enterprises Tim O Neil and Martin Headland on the starting ramp drove this VW GT into the history books the first Production class entry to win overall in the SCCA National Pro Rally Series fourteen year history The opening salvo in the SCCA National Pro Rally Series took place early in March with headquarters at Helen Georgia north of Atlanta Thirteen states were represented in the 30 car field of starters with competitors coming from as far away as California and Arizona This was the second year the rally rated National ranking and most of the 123 stage miles ran in the wooded trails around Helen a Bavarian style tourist town that welcomes the rally folks The back roads of Georgia are noted to be the most twisty and some of the roughest in the rally series in good conditions but it had rained for several days before the event making road DE UNZIO eroquip IC IV BUGPACKTM Y IOKOHAMA THE WRIGHT PLACE 805 683 1211 Page 30 conditions even more hazardous Favored to win was Mazda star Rod Millen the defending national champion and he did lead on time until a few miles from the finish in the Mazda 323 GTX Mazda also brought in veteran racer Elliott Forbes Robinson to drive a PGT class 323 GTX EFR had some rally experience several years ago as a celebrity driver on the Press On Regardless and here had a veteran codriver Jim Kloosterman Two stages happened on the Friday night and the excitement began on the starting ramp in Helen Entered in Open class this year Paul Choiniere drove the Audi Quattro off the edge of the ramp and the four wheel drive got him out of trouble but he was to have more woes On the restart Saturday morning Rod Millen and Tony Sircombe led by a minute over Paul Choiniere and Doug Nerber with the Production GT class Dodge Daytona Turbo of Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini in third There had been dry weather for the Friday night action However on Saturday rain and fog moved into the hilly country and made the roads treacherous Immediately after the restart Doug Shepherd skidded off the road down a 30 foot embankment on stage 3 and the Dodge June 1989 11111 Dan Holt and Dave White had a real battle all night long but in the end they brought the Mazda 323 home first in GT class and a fine fifth overall was out of the rally By the end of the stage Choiniere was also out having collected water in the Audi s engine in a creek crossing Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge despite exhaust problems on Friday were now second in the Subaru RX Turbo about six minutes behind Millen in the battle for Group A and overall honors The battle was closer in GT class Henry and Cindy Krolikowski were doing some fast times led the class for a time then hit a rock or something which tore out the front end on the Dodge GLH on stage 7 Close and challenging each other were Californians Dan Holt and Dave White and David Lapham and Keith Waltz both in Mazdas EFR by now had gotten rally oriented and was moving up to dice with the leading GT cars as well In recent years the Production class has supplied the tightest rally performances of all Despite the defending class champion Niall Leslie being absent it was still a battle between the VW GTI of Tim O Neil and Martin Headland and a similar VW of Guy Light and Jim Brandt By stage 2 Light was a minute up on O Neil then O Neil got past on time and O Neil gradually increased his margin as the rally went on The rest of the Production cars were well back but the leading duo were running third and fourth overall This event truly demonstrated that any competition is not over until it s over The stuff hit the fan on the tenth and final stage putting more than one team in the dnf column Millen had about ten minutes lead over DiMarco starting the final 16 mile stage and the conditions were awful as a torrential rain storm had turned the route into little more than a river of mud and gravel The Georgia clay was slicker than solid ice Close to midway in the stage Rod Millen saw his victory diasppear Flying through the slippery switchbacks Millen misread a muddy spot on a corner and went off two wheels hanging over the edge and the team could not regain the road DiMarco starting the stage second could scarcely believe his good fortune wheh he saw Millen stopped on the stage Chad saw his second Pro Rally win within reach but it was not to be Midway in the stage the Subaru s windshield wipers quit and Chad had to drive the remaining miles with his head out the window He dropped enough time to come in fourth overall and second in Group A Now O Neil Headland were in the overall lead and less than a minute up on rivals Light Brandt However it was Tim O Neil and Martin Headland that made history winning the Chattahoochee Rally overall in a Production class car It had never happened before in the 14 year history of the series although P cars have been well up in the overall standings in recent years Guy Light and Jim Brandt made it 1 2 overall in Production class and for VW finishing just 33 seconds behind the winners The VW s smoked the rest of Production class cars as third in class went to John DeSeyn and Andy Mayfield Toyota MR2 almost 15 minutes back in ninth overall Meanwhile Sandy Liversidge and Charles Bradley had inherited the Group A lead and they won the class and placed third overall in an older Saab 99 They were followed in just five seconds by the luckless DiMarco Hauge team The battle between Dan Holt Dave White and Dave Lapham Keith Waltz went right down to the wire the two Mazdas seconds apart all the way for GT honors Going into the penultimate stage Lapham had a four second lead then had mechanical trouble Starting the last stage Holt had more than 30 seconds lead Then Holt White stopped to give Millen a tow lost a minute and Millen was still stuck Holt put on an awesome drive and pulled out the class victory along with fifth overall by just 39 seconds over Lapham and Waltz Running well in GT action Elliott ForbesRobinson also got bitten on the final stage sliding off the road and Peter Farrell and Jeff Delahorne scored the victory in the new Rally truck class by just 19 seconds and the Mazda B2200 was also 12th overall Dusty Times

Dave Lapham and Keith Waltz stayed bumper close all night but their Mazda was second m GT class by Just 39 seconds at the finish line out of the rally Finishing third in class and tenth overall were Bill Buff and Sandy Gross in a Dodge Omni The Open dass victory went to Bruce Newey and Ken Cassidy eighth overall in a Mazda RX 3 The only other Open car finisher was the Mazda RX 7 of Thomas Bruce Newe y and Ken Cassidy brought their older Mazda RX 3 down the trails n good shape to take first in Open class and eighth overall and Clark 16th overall The Chattahoochee Rally was the first national outing for the new Rallytruck class It is an offshoot of the SCCA Racetruck road racing series which is highly successful with heavy manufacturer involvement and money The rally series hopes it will SCCA DMSIONAL RALLY ROUNDUP The Mediquick Cherokee Challenge By Dave Thomas Steve Torrence and Tom Keely took their Datsun 280Z to an eight minute victory in the Mediquick Cherokee Challenge Pro Rally held March 18 in Grove OK The 59 stage mile 250 overall mile event featured 15 stages some fast and smooth some through cow pastures strewn with rocks and manure We re talking varied terrain here Torrence and Keely both from Texas scored 88 36 and were foll owed by Tom Hanlon from Arkansas and Ralph Starr from New Mexico in another Datsun at 97 00 Randy Engstrom and Rod Bagby came from Colorado to place third in a Dodge Colt at 98 39 Of the 17 starters only seven remained at the finish The controversies began even before the first car began the first stage as some competitors were on WWV time and no official rally time had been announced Official rally time turned out to be about 30 seconds ahead of WWV resulting in some cars getting flying starts on the spectator stage across from Wal Mart Ray Hocker would have loved to see it Of course those guys didn t do really well on the stage having been started late The spectator stage took its toll as Roger Gibson and Bob Logue smoked the engine in the awesome 280Z Buddy Scott and Jackie Black Jr twisted off a half shaft on the Saab 900 not even completing stage l Tom French and Dave Fremder suffered core melt down on the Turbo Sonnett on stage 3 Then Doc Shrader and Richard Beach were rear ended in their Dodge on the transit between stages 6 and 7 by a local forcing them to skip stage 7 while the law was summoned At the meal halt David Thomas nd David Law led bv over a minute m their Mazda RX 7 fo llowed by Torre nce l Keelv and Rega n Smolkovtch anci Bill McDermott m a Plymouth Fire Arrow Mark Kirhv Jeff Palmer holed the Monza s oil pan and Smol k o v1ch McDermo tt ran o ut or spare n res Ji m Dale Karen Burrows and C lav to n T ong1Mac Atteberry both in Mazda RX 3s both went out with electrical failures Stage 12 proved to be a navigator s nighnnare as five of the nine Dusty Times teams remaining in the rally got lost on the same instruction John McGrigg Kathleen Nordine Plymouth Fire Arrow and Torrence Keely took the same route short cutting the stage by about a mile Paul Caouette and Steven Walker Datsun realized their error recovered then encountered Shrader Beach lost on the proper stage road and driving toward oncoming rally traffic Fun Thomas Law got lost recovered got lost again then got stuck perched on the edge of a cliff and got time barred That was after winning 11 of the 15 stages Claims were filed by Shrader Thomas and Caouette and all were thrown out even though two teams admitted to short cutting the course Shrader was also time barred I m told that the same confusion has occurred on the same instruction for three years running but there was no banner no cones no arrow no blockage Damn I love this sport Officially Caouette and Walker were fourth at 102 50 followed by McGrigg Nordine at 103 11 In sixth was the AMC of Nicholas Leone and David Whalen 103 27 and the final finisher was the Toyota of Bas Oskam and Earl Hammond at 116 16 SABATTUS WINTER CARNIVAL The Sabattus Winter Carnival Rally last February 18 was organized out of the Northeast Division by Chairma n Gary Webb A good entry of 24 starters tackled the ten stage 108 mile Coefficient 1 rally which held 2 7 5 stage miles Surprising y only two cars failed to finish The overall and Production GT victory went to Steve Potter NJ and Jeff Delahorne CT in a Mazda with a score of 40 90 It was a close win as A Liversage and C Bradley scored 40 93 in a Saab also winn ing Ope n cl ass Tim O Neil and Bob Lvle recorded 4 1 25 in a VW GTI en route to win ning Production class and taking third overall V Frontinan and R DaPonte were next second in Production in a Toyota at 42 90 followed by Rees Harris Richards VW second in Open at 43 24 Jersey Bajne and Erwin Meisel were sixth third in P class in a VW at encourage new folks and more support into the rally world There were JUSt three entries in Georgia in the new class and thev all finished Fighting all night for the lead were Peter Farrell and Jeff De lahome Mazda B2200 and Gary and Judy Gooch T oyota The Toyota team of C amp John DeSeyn and Andy Mayfield drove a rea l soorts car a Toyota MR 2 to third in the big Production class and ninth overall bell McArthur were 17th out of the 18 who finished the event The rules for Rallytrucking call out light duty utility trucks two wheel drive and four cyli nder engines with scant modifications allowed New Zealander Peter Farrell was the class winner and placed 12th overall frosting on the cake for the sponsor Mazda Only 19 seconds behind them were Gary and Judy Gooch in their new Toyota In the treacherous conditions on course rain fog and narrow mountain forest roads it is a tribute to the skill ot the truckers with only 2 wheel drive that they all finished stages for totai stage m1ieage oi was fifth at 41 35 but the VW 24 96 All the entries were in Scirocco of Dennis Gordon SteOpen class Regan Smolkovich wart MacMaul went out with and Bill McDermott took the Fire transmission troubles Arrow to victory scoring 37 16 Divisional rally o rganizers all Close was the C hevy Blazer of Ken over the country can obtain free Stewart and Ralph Starr at 37 28 coverage for their events just by ROCK CREEK RALLY The Saab 99 of Zdenek Stejskal sending information to Dusty The Colorado Region Coeffi and Francis Whelan was third at Times A short summary of the cient 1 Rock Creek event hap 38 06 followed by Evan Asby rally should accomp any th e pened on April 1 with six starters Robert Siedel Datsun 510 at results but we can Pnake do with and five finishers in the rally 39 39 The AMC Gremlin of just results as we have in the last sprint type run that had three David Whalen and Nick Leone two events above 44 17 followed by the PGT Mazda of C alifornians Mike Rothwiller and Tony Sircombe at 44 31 The next several posmons were a I within the minute in a close running event More off road races are won on Bilsteins than any other shock absorber period BORN TO PERFORM BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 11760 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j t _ L GOODYEAR DRIVERS TAKE CLASS WINS The Binion s Mint 400 is no picnic It s 400 miles of heat dust dirt rocks bush and whatever else Mother Nature feels like dishing out But in the end Goodyear was first across the finish line in two classes Rob MacCachren in his Jeep Comanche outpaced the competition for a first in class 7 S Evan Evans and his Jeep Cherokee beat the second place car in class 6 by nearly two hours What s more Goodyear was a proud sponsor of Team USA USSR And although they didn t win they did turn some very impressive laps So the next time you feel like playing in the sand try tough Wrangler Radials on for size Your local Goodyear dealer will help fit you with one that s right for you and your truck GOODEi EAII NOBODY FITS YOll LIKE GOODYEAR 7

THE 1989 MARLBORO SAFARI RALLY Lancia Wins Again in Africa T ext Photos Martin Holmes Mike Kirkland and Robin Nixon had the Nissan 200SX in the lead bn efly but despite problems the Keny an team finished second with plenty of marg in r JJ Miki Biasion and Tiziano Siv ero took the lead from teammate Jorge Recalde late m the rally and they scored a second consecutive Safari victory for themselves and the Lancia team winning by well over an hour Miki BiasioO scored his second successive Safari Rally win after an amazing demonstration of mechanical reliability over the roughest event in memory His Lancia teammate Jorge Recalde had led for much of the event except for a short time when Nissan s Mike Kirkland was in front But the Argentine retired with engine failure after hitting animals giving the World Champion the lead which he held to the end Including the controversial 1986 Sanremo Rally this was Lancia s 50th W orld Championship rally win a fitting way for their new team manager Claudio Lombardi to celebrate his recent appointment Both Lancia and Biasion have now won three events this year their rival Toyota gaining fourth place after mechanical problems on the final appearance of the Supra Turbo The Italian team claims a total of 60 points now in the World Series The Safari was a strange event the entry was virtually full of old model cars most of which are not destined to be used agam b y manufacturers teams on World Championship events Kirkland s consecutive second place ma Nissan 200SX on its last appearance and Stig Blomqvist s debut with VW brought third _place for the now pensioned front wheel drive Golf GTI 16v This promised to be one of the least inspiring Safari Rallies judging by the entry of 5 7 starters The only state of the art rally cars were the Lancias and by their standards the specification was most conservative Apart from the two new normally aspirated Daihatsu BIGGER IS BETTER Upgrade the C V s and torsion axles on your pre runner IRS Ba 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substitute for a Mazda Italia entry but when his co dnver opted out he made a fresh entry He was given number 65 but allowed to start as a Bpriority driver between cars 15 and 16 His co driver was local photographer Abdul Sidi Four days before the event the African driver Patrick Njiru lost his codriver and replaced him with the former co driver of Jayant Shah the airline pilot Aslam Khan David Anunda swapped his Toyota GT Four for a Toyota Sprinter IT rueno which to the surprise of many rivals had been accepted as a Group N car Then the organizers cheekily allowed the Subaru team to name their cars by their sponsors Thus Jim Heath erHayes drove a Serena which the local radio used to full effect for the sponsors benefit The weeks before the rally had been unusually quiet save for the continual complaints about the rough route The problem was that the early Easter had left little or no time for road repair Route checking took a long time and training cars took an unusual pounding There were fe w dramas although Manjit Chager had an unpleasant time when he was attacked by hyenas which succeeded in gemng between him and his still open d ri er s door atwant t mgh the reigning African rally cham pion had a 2500 km drive from Zam bia a five day run only to find his Belgian co driver Luc Verhuist was banned entry to Kenya Eventually he found a Ken van co d r iver but missed trammg The o r ga n ize r s hoped t o impose new limits on the movements of chase cars but the European teams prevailed and the old system whereby these cars could June 1989 drive any part of the route in the correct direction save special stages applied again The main talking point befo re the event was the weather If there is no more rain we will be alright explained route manager Mike Doughty if there is there will be big trouble The weekend befo re the rally saw spasmodic sto rms but reports of the severit y and effect were conflicting It was spitting rain at the start on Thursday in Nairobi and it seemed that predictions of a hard wet Safari were coming true The starting order was its usual curious self Per Eklund s Nissan heading three Lancias while proven dr ivers such as Erwin Weber were placed behind less experienced drivers The Superspecial wasn t cancelled as it was last year and it attracted large crowds who watched Recalde gain the lead as the cars leapt through the puddles left by the recent storms However before the stage was even reached Linda Morgan s Nissan March Turbo stopped with electrical fault former Zimbabwe champion Billy Rautenbach had engine and clutch trouble in the ex works Supra Turbo and Kenya s latest rallying magnate Ketan Somaia s works built VW Golf had overheating trouble all this before the first tough section the climb over the Chyulu mountains The section brought problems for works VW driver W eber who bent a suspension strut but kept his plac e To yota s local champion Ian Duncan lost over an hour with an electronic management fault in a works Toyota Heather Hayes Subaru had a broken fan Alex Fiorio running as a chase Lancia driver in Jolly Club colors without any preevent practice carried 120 kg of spare parts and dropped ten minutes with a puncture Linda Morgan had suspension trouble and that caused some body damage A t the end of the rough but short section through the T aita Hills Kirkland had inched ahead of Recalde and by the late afternoon rest halt was one minute in front The night section back to Nairo bi was longer and plagued with fog for many crews Eventually the two Martini Lancias got ahead of Eklund s Nissan o n the road which was then delayed at a service point with a strip ped wheel stud Then on the longer run through the T aita Hills Eklund went off the road and on his roof Eventually he was righted Out was Sarbi Rai a Kenyan Golf driver with accident damage and Rudolf Stahl s Audi after suspension problems Fiorio was continuing carefully using second hand cast off tires from the Martini cars and having flats as a result but Duncan was fighting back with a vengeance Fiorio was not the only cautious driver another was the Group N driver Gregoire de Mevius One of three Mazdas from the Italian team he was going further than any Group N car had done on the Safari before He had already heard that his two teammates were out with overheating trouble but he was aiming to finish and make history and admitted he was unconcerned with the decision to count Anunda s car as a rival When the scrutineers see his Toyota s modifications we won t have any trouble Daihatsu found their four car team gradually being eliminated the two four cylinder cars were out both with engine trouble and one had also had a gearbo x change And the GTXX had head gasket failure So the only Charade still running was Ashok Pattni s GT ti but this was unable to match the pace of the two liter rivals in class the Golf GTis Recalde was some four minutes ahead of Biasion now while Bjorn Waldegard was now in front of Kirkland who was d ela yed b y misting in the fog and a high speed Sloggi through the mud Stig 8 omqvist took his first Safari finish smce 1971 with Bj orn Cederberg co driving the VW Golf GT Dusty Times

tire failure Stig Blomqvist driving a front drive car for the first time since his old Saab days was 22 minutes behind Recalde but in front of Vic Preston Jr After years of ill fortune Preston had been given a Nissan on condition he served as a chase car driver Apart from Stohl nobody of significance was missing a surprise in the supposedly unprecedented rough conditions More good news was that it was still a dry event Drivers looked fresh and clean as they started the long northern leg on Friday morning Recalde was smiling and Biasion was content They had noticed like everyone else just how rough the rally had been simply because it was such a tiring event for the driver Nissan driver Preston was reproving his abilities though he had twice hurt his right wrist Eklund was more than an hour and a half behind after driving the return section through the Chyulu Hills with two broken shocks Weber was luckier and was ninth after rear strut came through the bod ywork De Mevius was lying 23rd out of 29 runners 30 minutes behind the Trueno Just to keep within the maximum lateness was enough l think we can do it he said the only problem is that you get so little sleep at the rest halts when you go slowly Weber fell anothe 30 minutes behind at the Friday start having his suspension completely repaired but then got going again with a vengeance his only dismay being the continued reliability of the cars ahead The rally first twisted and turned through the foothills of the Aberdare Hills between Nairobi and Nyeri lush fertile land where spectators were out in force It then headed for a loop to the north before returning for a night halt back at Nanyuki Route manager Mike Doughty was increasingly anxious The weather had so far been kinder than expected However If there is any rain in that region the whole loop will have to be canc ell ed Rain hung around Nanyuki but not further north and the section was on The battle of the rally was not for the lead but for third place between Kirkland and Waldegard W aldegard fell back with a broken shock while Blomqvist was lonely in fifth place until he stopped with a brolcen gearbox The VW helicopter the first time they had ever used one swung into action picking up a specialist mechanic en route leaving rally manager Andy Hansch alone for the night in the bush Such was the pace that despite losing exactly an hour Blomqvist only dropped one place falling behind Preston The real excitement came shortly before the arrival at the Nanyuki rest halt when both Martini Lancias stopped on the road section out of fuel Time for the Lancia helicopter to help As a result Biasion was first to service before the halt having all the suspension changed as a precaution and Recalde went directly to the control instead Lancia steam manager Lombardi took it all in stride with logic as well It was a mistake on our part We try to keep down the weight of fuel we carry to save stresses on the rear suspension that is weaker than Bjorn Waldegard 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rti 1W m ___ y B ritish drivers Lynda Morgan and Lynn Marote finished 12th in the Nissan March Turbo the first ladies team Safari finish Getting service here Gregoire de Mevius and Abdul Sidi got much further than any Group N car ever has the Mazda going out late in the rally _ Sebastia Tham and Barry Sessions finished 13th and last the only privateer finisher Their Range Rover looks right at home on this African trail tw i Satwant Singh and Dalbir Kandola cruise past a typical Kenyan crowd at a control but the VW Golf had problems later and was time barred Entered in Group N the Anunda Bitature Toyota Trueno was thought too modified for the class but the problem resolved when the car retired Ulr co give him a tow ious and ti red control workers Unfortunately the tow rope dismantled their equipment the broke and the end snapped on to moment the Mazda sped out of Khan s hand and wrenched the sight muscles Njiru was then sent by Waldegard got back ahead of Subaru s team manager Shekhar Kirkland when the Nissan broke a Mehta to check the routes ahead rear shock mount but the Toyota of the others itself was not immune High tire On Saturday only 22 cars res wear caused two flat rears at the tarted Still only one top driver same time while a front shock had retired yet the only private broke causmg the loss of ten mincompetitors left were two Group utes while the Toyota helicopter A Range Rovers It was another came to make repairs Duncan clear day for the fas test part of the was pressing on arriving ahead of route north of Maralal The time W aldegard on the road and up to schedule was 4H40m for the run seventh place Eklund ran out of to Kabarnet a distance of 54 7 fuel which had to be replenished km and all day the leaders lost by a mud crew Blomqvist and just 23 minutes No wonder the Preston both suffered from stone rally column spread out so much throwing incidents and needed On this day alone de Mevius new windscreens while Kirkland running last lost 3h47m Anx slowed 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the oppo had been driving in rear wheel of Kabarnet and as the last site direction It swooped low to drive all the way since Sunday stragglers arrived the clouds warn Recalde and in so doing afternoon but the ground had started to gather and rain was frightened some sheep Recalde been flat and was no problem hit the sheep and damaged the Then we came to hillier country close The rain fell for two hours or so radiator the loss of water causing and finally the gearbox broke We around Kabarnet early Saturday the engine to overheat and fail so were out of radio contact and had evening and the route to the mid close to victory Biasion was now to give up There was more drama The night halt at Kakamega was par nervous his lead over Waldegard ticularly slippery Duncan slid off now just under 40 minutes first report was that local people the road and hit a pole which fe11 secure enough ifhe took care with overheard Vic Preston say on his on the car and broke the wind his car on the last remaining rough radio that he had gearbox trouble screen he had to drive 60 krns sections on the Monday morning had stopped but couldn t get out Then the news arrived that of the car to investigate because with the rain coming straight into the cockpit But Eklund had the Waldegard had stopped with a there were hostile spectators at worst luck Still in the event in blown head gasket after breaking that point lions A chase car 13th place after endless misfor his radiator bracket He was was dispatched to evacuate the tunes he heard a noise in the stopped for nearly two and a half area and effect repairs Then transmission which turned into a hours having the gasket and tur Jayant Shah s Z00SX running long bang and the end of his gear bocharger replaced and reached 11th out of 13 survivors stopped box We eventually changed the Nairobi behind the Nissans of with a broken strut and the final unit to one from a chase car but Kirkland and Preston and the remaining Nissan of Kirkland were time barred Our trouble VW of fellow Swede Blomqvist stopped with a broken front ball was unexpected because we had The Nissan heritage of being joint Kirkland got going again practiced the whole route without there even if Eklund was missing now nearly one and a half hours when it mattered looked like iv behind the leader but held any troubles Recalde and co driver Jorge Del ing on Kirkland was in a mood second But when Preston resBuono still led by five minutes on for a fighting finish with the sup tarted he was down to fourth their first Safari All the rear port of Preston behind as the Ital behind Blomqvist then dropped wheel drive crews talked of near ians plotted strategy for the last to seventh with suspension troumisses in the mud Fiorio said it sections half of which would be ble behind Waldegard and Dunwas more slippery than snow De in darkness without the benefit of can as well So Blomqvist was third in line Mevius was still going and had aerial support The Italians marshalled their to finish the Safari for the first overcome a jammed fuel filter and his stand in co driver Abdul forces to ensure Biasion got to the time since 1971 Lancia were Sidi had to use a torch to read the finish Recalde was called out to looking at their 50th World route instructions Eklund was drive a training car ahead of the Championship win and Biasion not the only driver time barred at field to check the route was clear his eighth World rally win out of Kakamega the rally also lost the Fiorio was driving behind still in nine starts The crowds at the finAfrican champion Satwant Singh the event and overhead the helic ish were patiently waiting the and the similar VW of Manjit opter was flying as soon as day final leg had taken longer than Sandhu as well as the second of light arrived The day before Miki anticipated The crowds spent the three Range Rovers Earlier in had felt a slight vibration in the more than two hours in the midthe evening the Daihatsu of Pattni clutch but it was still felt best to day heat waiting for Biasion to continue as was The first big finally arrive had disappeared So only 15 crews remained not the least the 37th Marlboro Safari Rally Results Mazda of de Mevius while the only privately owned car still Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero 6 55 27 Lancia Delta Integrate I going was the Range Rover of Mike Kirkland Robin Nixon 8 16 11 Nissan 200 SX EAK g 1 7 39 Sebastian Tham VW Golf GT 16v Stig Blomqvist Bjorn Cederberg s 9 46 23 Toyota Supra Turbo S GB Bjorn Waldegard Fred Gallagher The Sunday run back to Nai9 57 28 Toyota Supra Turbo EAK Ian Duncan Ian Munro robi started with another bang 10 35 21 Nissan 200SX Vic Preston Jr JJohn Lyall EAK This time one of the Lancia heli10 38 45 Subaru RX Turbo Possum Bourne Rodger Freeth NZ copters had a tail rotor failure and 11 04 10 VW Golf GT 16v Erwin Weber Matthias Feltz D made a heavy landing near the Jim Heather Hayes Anton Levitan 11 08 07 Subaru RX Turbo EAK Nandi Hills control but fortu Alex Fiorio Giacomo Luchi 12 26 12 Lancia Delta lnlegrale I _natel y there were no serious injur25 56 18 Nissan March Turbo Lynda Morgan Lynn Maro1e ffi ies As the rally neared Nairobi Sebastian Tham Barney Sessions 26 38 10 Range Rover EAK there were two more dramas the 57 start 13 finish first involving Recalde The Ladies Winners June 1989 Dusty Times

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Indio Rally Stages By Rod Koch Photos T rackside Photo Enterprises Mike Blore and Gary Dunk au charged all the way in the Mazda 323 and finished a quick second overall and won the GT Class going away Camille Griffin took the overall lead on the second stage in the Volvo 142 and they held the lead through to Jeff and the finish and also won the Open class honors Since May of 1981 the annual Hensley were known to be the fas well prepared cars David PhilEast of Indio Pro Rally has been a test stages in U S Pro Rallies But hower and Mike Noval entered a hallmark of the exciting Califor now that the SCCA requires all very professionally prepped nia Rally Series of events How rally stages to average 70 mph or Open class Datsun 510 Anton ever for the 1989 version organ less Roger and Randy found ways Musev and Scott Sanford also had izer Roger Allison decided a name to slow down the average times a 510 that appeared well set up change to Indio Rally Stages with slight changes which were Bob Buder from San Diego a 1 R S would be most approp designed to keep the navigators friend of Ivan Stewart and an off road enthusiast brough out his riate as the rally was scheduled to on their toes run on April 15 the dreaded tax The desert oasis setting of the recently completed Porsche 911 6 day Date Tree Motor Inn in Indio cylinder pre runner with Don IRS would be the first event in served once again as rally head Huffman navigating The Porsche the 1989 California Rally Series quarters Registration and tech had a full off road front suspenas well as on the SCCA Southern inspection were held Friday even sion excellent ground clearance Pacific Divisional Pro Rally ing on April 14th Thirty six rally and looked very professional with calendar for 1989 In past years vehicles entered and included great potential CRS newcomers the eight stages selected by Roger were ten newcomers Several of Karl Jardeval and Sven Bergvall Allison and Rallymaster Randy the new teams showed up in very from Sweden had a nicely set up Saab 99 running in Open class Four pickups wert entered including Don Lindfors Ford Ranger an ex SCORE Class 7 machine Richard Chemotti had his Ford Courier ready in CRS Stock class and Dana Satari had installed a twin cam Toyota engine jn his Toyota 4x4 pickup Off roaders Matt Sweeney and Lucinda Strubbs looked equally ready for the desert with a propane powered Toyota truck Newcomers and veterans alike were all heartily welcomed at the poolside party later Friday evening which was hosted by the Indio Budweiser distributor Temperatures had hit lO0F in Indio that day and gags were going around among the competitors about the recently rescinded requirements of Nomex underwear The required single layer fireproof driving suits would be warm enough for the all day event Before the scheduled 10 00 a m start of the event the next morning Pro Rally maestro and many time National champion John Buffum arrived at the Date Tree Motor Inn in his new AllTrac Toyota Celica leading the One Lap of America cars Remember the Cannonball events One Lap coordinator Jerry Hines had arranged with Roger Allison to have all the One Lap cars run the 12 58 mile first stage right after the Pro Rally cars had started The One Lap cars would be running the stage as a Time Speed Distance TSD stage at much lower speeds Most of the One Lap cars did not have full roll cages and other safety equipment required of the Pro Rally cars nor the advantages of greater ground clearances skid plates and off road tires As it turned out eight of the One Lap cars got stuck in a sand wash on stage 1 but all managed to get free and continue their journey to the finish the next day at the Long Beach Grand Prix One of the One Lap vehicles the Lamborghini 400LM the world s most expensive off road production 4x4 a V 12 had no trouble at all onstagel Ofcoursebeingdriven by former World Champion r lly driver Sandro Munari didn t hurt its chances LonPetersonandJimLove the 1988 SCCA Southern Pacific Divisional champs blasted their fast Arrow through the first stage in 12 04 minutes for fastest time The first car to drop out was ironically the first to start The Dodge Charger of Gary Luke and Mark Williams was down halfway through the stage with mechanical woes A total of nine cars were listed as DNF on the first stage Mike Gibeault and Jim Jacobson corner hard in the tidy Datsun 510 on their way to second place in Stock class and a fine fifth overall Don Lindfors and Mark Mueller got fastest truck honors driving the Ford Ranger into third spot in Open class and a sparkling sixth overall Rod Koch and Todd Bane had a good day in the desert in the VW Fastback and they came in fourth in Open class and seventh overall Norbeto Gomez and Jorge Facio had the Toyota Corolla flying in the sand and they drove to third place in Stock class and eighth overall Enc Wilson and Christen Ostrander took fourth place in Stock class in the Plymouth Sapporo that looks a bit large for some of the rally roads Former off roaders Dan Hook and Glen Rogers kicked enough dust to place the Toyota Celica fifth in Stock class and tenth overall Page 38 June 1989 Dusty Times

Kep Smith and Jeff Burba charge through the desert in their Mazda 323 on their way to second place in CRS GT class and 13th overall including Richard Chemotti s Ford Courier that missed a sharp turn and unable to fly or jump the ravine landed down in the middle of it David Philhower in that beautiful Datsun 510 rolled on the stage but managed to drive out under the car s own power Stage 2 only 5 43 miles long was filled with great washes whoop de doos and even bigger rocks than stage 1 Peterson and Love lost all the coolant in their Arrow and retired for the day To ease their disappointment and in the fun spirit of the event Lon and Jim demonstrated to several leading teams that Nomex underwear was indeed not required Besides it was hot out there East of Indio With Peterson Love out the lead was taken by Jeff and Camille Griffin in their very quick Volvo 142 Following right behind on the road were Mike Gibeault and Jim Jacobson in their Datsun 510 and Dusty Times reporter Rod Koch with navigator Todd Bane in the venerable 67 VW Fastback Mike Blore and Gary Dunk lau in their potent Mazda 323 GTX 4x4 were fourth on the road but second overall on time behind the Griffin Volvo Blore Dunklau were also leading in the CRS GT class a lead they would hold onto throughout the event Rui and Victor Brasil pushed the Toyota through the sand in fine style and they went on to finish thrid in GT class and 14th overall The Ford Ranger of Don Lindfors and Mark Mueller was pushing hard behind the Blore Mazda But Ray Hocker driving the little Honda CRX with Bill Moore navigating was setting the pace for the CRS Stock class cars and starting on the road right behind Lindfors Ranger Blore and Dunklau won the 8 40 mile stage 3 by just four seconds over the Griffin Volvo Blore Dunklau repeated their efforts on stage 4 winning that 9 64 mile stage by ten seconds over the Volvo At the half way service break in Desert Center 50 miles East of Indio Griffin held a slim nine second overall lead over hard charging Blore The Stock class was still led by Roy Hocker Bill Moore in the very quick Honda Gibeault Jacobson in the 510 followed the Honda by 14 seconds but only one second behind the 510 came Lauchlin O Sullivan and Jon Oxford in their Stock class Datsun 610 After the half hour service break stage 5 was a repeat of stage 4 but not for Blore and Dunklau Jeff and Camille Griffin won the stage by 17 seconds over the Blore Mazda stretching out the Volvo s overall lead Stage 6 was stage 3 in reverse Jeff Griffin and Mike Blore tied for fastest time at 7 58 minutes Ray Hocker set fastest Ray Hocker and Bill Moore made quick work of the Production class their small but potent Honda CRX led most of the rally in class and finished third overall Newcomers Cart Jardevatt and Sven Bergvall surprised the regulars and drove the Saab 99 to second in Open class and a swift fourth overall Dusty Times Stock class time at 8 08 minutes with Mike Gibeault in at 8 16 for second best Stock time T awards the back of the pack two of the newcomers were coming on strong and presenting a challenge to the front runners The Saab of Carl Jardeval Sven Bergvall turned an 8 09 time and the Stock class Datsun 510 of Anton Musev Scott Sanford turned a fast 8 13 minutes Both cars had been consistently fast from the start Stage 7 stage 2 in reverse was taken by the Griffin s Volvo nine seconds ahead of Blore Dunklau The Gibeault Jacobson 510 had the best Stock class time on this stage followed by the O Sullivan and Oxford 610 and the Hocker Moore Honda in that order Mike Blore and Gary Dunklau dropped the hammer on the Mazda 323 on the last stage 8 which was stage 1 again They won the stage over the Griffin s Volvo by eight seconds Gibeault Jacobson took the fastest Stock class time on this last stage over the Hocker Honda by just two seconds Lauchlin O Sullivan and Jon Oxford lost their bid in Stock class with a flat tire on the last stage dropping them way off the pace When the final scores were added up Jeff Griffin and his wife Camille took the overall and Open class victory by just 27 seconds over Mike Blore and Gary Dunklau Blore Dunklau did capture first place in the GT class as well as the second overall spot in a fine drive In third overall and first in Stock class were Ra y Hocker and Bill Moore in the small but mighty Honda CRX Fourth overall and second in Open was a surprise taken by the Swedes Karl Jardeval and Sven Bergvall in their Saab 99 Fifth overall went to Mike Gibeault and Jim Jacobson in Mike s classic Datsun 510 which probably has more rallies on it than any other car in existence They also finished a strong second in Stock class The Ford Ranger of Don Lindfors and Mark Mueller took the sixth overall and third Open class position followed by Rod Koch and Todd Bane in the oldest registered rally car in the event the 67 VW Fastback was seventh overall and fourth in Open class Anton Musev and Scott Sanford had sixth fastes t time overall but a navigational error at the stare cost them 18 minutes in penalties and put them back in 17th place Pro rallies are more than just speed and driving skill Eighth overall and third in Stock went to the Toyota Corolla of Noberco Gomez and Jorge Facio The ninth spot was taken by Eric Wilson and Christen Ostrander June 1989 Richard Chemotti found his Ford Courier would not fly a ravine on the first stage and the usually strong competitor was out of action early in the fourth place Stock class Plymouth Sapporo Rounding out the top ten finishers tenth overall and fifth in Stock class was the 1980 Toyota Celica well driven by Dan Hook and Glen Rogers Of the 34 actual starters 19 finished the fast tough Indio desert rally for a 55 finishing rate Even the One Lap of America cars gained a good respect for the challenging Indio Rally Stages The challenge of Pro rallies will continue in southern California May 19 21 when CRS and SCCA host the legendary Rim of the W arid event held in the mountains 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Looking clean and tidy here David Harmon kept his Bronco running well and he finished second in Sportsman action only one lap down Wes Banks had overheating problems mid ra ce but he got back on the course just in time to complete all the laps and take second in 4x4s Don German slithered into the pond on lap 1 as here Bud Tickel flies past But German won the 4x4 honors and Tickel was third a lap down Mother Nature Won V O R R A s Season Opener Text Phot os Ken Vanderhoof Focus West Rob Smith dominated Class 10 leading all four laps and he had his car well prepared for the challenge of the Prairie City OHV Park mud Kevin Ohnstad puts the pass on a lapped Sportsman car and is about to pass Bob Lemos on his way to the Unlimited and overall muddy victory Although northern California experienced a drought of sorts for the 1988 1989 rainy season the Valley Off Road Racing Associa tion season opener held at Prairie City OHV Park wasn t d ry by any means The month of March 1989 came in like a 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interrunning the event At the drivers es ting 1988 VORRA overall meeting the racers were told to champion Don German got a little suit up take one parade lap on the out of shape and ended up blowfive mile course then a vote ing bubbles in a pond Bud Ticket would be taken upon their return and Wes Banks skated on by all Not a single Odyssey made it back but counting out Don German from the parade lap so it was who spent several minutes trying assumed that they voted not to to climb up the slippery bank run the event Once Don got o ut he sputtered When most of the racers made his way back to the pits where it back to the pits the vote had to Wes Banks and Bud Tickel were be taken twice because it was so both working on their overheatclose But the majority finally ing woes decided to Go For It Meanwhile Class l 2 was heatThe four lap first moto began ing up Sam Berri had dropped with two cars starting every ten out with engine problems Kevin seconds It was difficult to tell the Ohnstad had McNabb Russell in cars apart in the mud but front his sights and Bob Lemos was not line starters Kevin McNabb far behind Tone Jordan was also Mike Russell were the first to rolling but not with the front complete the firs t lap and led the trio combined Classes 1 and 2 Just a Mike Bishop was dominating turn behind them came Garen the Sportsman class At the finish McCune Larry Zimmerman he had double lapped all other with Sam Berri on their tail Then Sportsman competitors excep t it was Kevin Kroyer Bob Lemos Bronco mounted David Harmon and Kevin Ohnstad who finished one lap down Third In Class 10 mud expert Rob place in Sportsman action went to Smith had a nice lead over Rick 1988 Rookie of the Year Jack Philastre Other Class 10 cars Gardner and fourth went to Jeff were dropping like flies Classes 3 Gordon All the other Sportsman and 4 had a fine three way battle racers of the nine that started going between Wes Banks Don had to be plucked from the muck German and Bud Tickel Kevin Ohnstadt got by McNabb The Sportsman class was led Russell on the last lap to take for a short time by Rich Bryden the checkered flag first Bob then Mike Bishop took over the Lemos finished a strong third lead and stayed there Jeff Gordon with Tone Jordan coming home in he Id second spot with Jack fourth place in Class 1 2 Top Gardner Steven Jacobs and honors in Class 10 went to Rob David Harmon following Mother Smith who had a very muddy Nature had claimed ten victims by face and an ear to ear grin with his the end of the first lap first win in some time Rick PhilKevin McNabb Mike Russell astre kept the pressure on Rob continued leading through lap 2 Smith all moto long and took a McCune and Z i mme rma n fine second place V Mar Racing s dropped out with a destroyed rear Kenny Strong was third in class wheel Sam Berri took over and was the last Class 10 finisher second holding off an incredible Of the 13 starters in Open class run by Kevin Ohnstad Bob only three covered four laps and Lemos couldn t be counted out just one of the seven in Class 10 either went the distance Class 10 lost 60 percent of its continued on page 42 Dusty Times

Mike Cromwell kept his Toyota Corolla tidy and clean and he claimed second in the Class 7 sedan ranks on the tough and dusty course Monte Tibbits moved from Class 4 to Class 8 this season and he cruised to the class win driving his new black Ford step side truck In one piece here Brad Blow lost most of the truck body during the race but he drove the Chevrolet to second place in Class 8 Badlands Baja 100 Text Photos Da rla Crown i Andy Wald won the new Class 7 honors in his fancy black Pontiac and en route to victory Andy lapped all the other cars in his class O w Pat Roberts and Gary Todd won the Class 4 title in the Ford Bronco leading all the way with no strain and they won overall by a huge margin Yes it was April Fool s Day 1989 But when the green flag dropped to start the Badlands Baja 100 near Wall Outh Dakota no one was fooling around Twenty vehicles in five classes were lined up at the start for the 45 lap trip on the 2 2 mile course Many spectators lined the ridges of the Badlands to watch these dedicated racers compete in the grueling dusty 100 mile race The biggest obstacle for the day would be the dust and heating problems The date and location of the race were the first of many changes the High Plams Off Road Racing Association has made for 1989 The Badlands Baja 100 was moved from February near Interior SD to April at the Last Chance track near Wall SD Another change was in the classes of cars The classes now are Class 3 Stock 4WD Class 4 Unlimited 4WD Class 7 Enduro cars Class 8 Unlimited 2WD Class 9 Challenger Buggies Class 10 Unlimited Buggies There were no entries in Class 9 at this race It seemed that one of the crowds favorite changes was the addition of Class 7 the Stock 2WD Enduro cars These passenger cars must have stock components hard tops no headers single shocks and meet all safety rules and equipment requirements And Enduro cars they had to be to endure the trek of 45 laps through the bumps jumps mud dirt corners hills and broken truck body parts from Dusty Times other vehicles strewn across the ground Andy Waid was the victor in Class 7 driving his black Pontiac painted to resemble the BFGoodrich tractor trailer rig Near the end of the race I met Andy in the pits drinking a soda Andy said I lapped everyone in my class and I saw the Toyota Mike Cromwell s car stuck in the mud hole so I decided to come in for a Pepsi break I guess now the race is over I figured I had passed them so many times I must have won Andy had a few problems with his car including a plugged up hose and a plugged filter He said it wouldn t clean out He had to get out and fix it twice My car ran pretty well Andy said if it hadn t been for that plugged up hose I could have really whipped down the straight a way The fastest I could go was about 45 mph I think I hit 50 mph once On some of the straights I would cruise through them then just go real slow in the rough I was having fun but it was so dusty my eyes were watering I was at the point where I had to have my eyes washed out or I d really be hurting Andy said Mike Cromwell from Draper SD claimed second in Class 7 in his Toyota Corolla Casey Hoftiezer from Pierre SD was third in class The new and young team of Travis McDonnell and Jason Paulsen are following in father s footsteps with the entry of their Ford Pinto They managed the course pretty well until they hit the only soggy mud area and got stuck Co driver Jason Paulsen was out pushing but it was too much for him and they had to be pulled out Steve McDonnell Travis father is a familiar name in the sport of off road racing The Class 8 the unlimited two wheel drive water pumpers had many familiar names and faces but from other classes in the past Monte Tibbits from Pine Ridge SD cruised to victory in his new black Ford Stepside truck Monte has been a tough competitor in Class 4 in past years He and codriver David Amiotte from Pine Ridge had things working well as they crossed the finish line to take the checkered flag Brad Blow from Pierre SD was second in Class 8 When he finished the race he had nothing left of the box on his truck Pieces were scattered across the two mile course Butch Kitterman from Wall SD was third in Class 8 and is another familiar face coming over to Class 8 from Class 4 The father nf rr ALLY AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE HIGH COST OF CONVERTING SEMI TRAILERS FOR TRANSPORTING RACE CARS COMPLETE CONVERSIONS AS LOW AS 19 995 00 TIRE RACKS WORK BENCHES CABINETS LIGHTING AWNINGS MULTIPLE CAR DESIGNS SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS TO COMPLETE CONVERSIONS HERN 1 lototsp 12323 WOODRUFF AVE DOWNEY CA 714 860 3822 June 1989 Page 41

er Jim Kitterman a past point champion in Class 4 Butch Kitterman with co driver Rod Stratton had tough luck at the start of the race When the green flag dropped all twenty entries in all classes raced ahead to try and gain the lead position Butch Kitterman broke the drive shaft on the start It only took a few laps of work to get goihg again and he eventually finished third in Class 8 In Class 10 the unlimited buggies Harvey Wald took first place Harvey is the 1988 point champion in Class 10 and is from Pierre SC Second place went to Stan Schwellenbach also from Pierre Third spot went to Mark Jarvi with brother and co driver Mike Jarvi from Belle Fourche SD Class 3 is another new class this year for stock 4 WO rigs These trucks must have a complete body stock components safety glass only and meet all the safety and equipment rules Kenny Call from Thedford NE took home the first place trophy in this class Class 4 unlimited 4WD had the most entries Pat Roberts and co driver Gary Todd from Deadwood SD were the winners in Class 4 in their Deadwood Ford Bronco After the race I saw Gary in the pits and asked him how it The 1988 Class 10 champion Harvey Wald won the class at the season opening race as well getting a leg up on the 1989 points Thad Briggs came from Gordon NE to race his Class 4 Jeep and he hopped across the Ba dlands to second place in the biggest class at the race felt Gary said It wasn t that bad but I was read y for the checkered flag When the flagman Gary Logan gave the half way signal I couldn t believe it I thought it should have been over At the end of the first lap Roberts had developed a huge lead over second place runner Robbi Smith But he didn t slow down his four mit ute laps The team expected the tough competition to come from Robbi Smith of Arnold NE Gary said We figured we would go out and push the hell out of things for a while and kind of see where we were with everybody And then all of a Stan Schwellenbach comes from Pierre to race and he had a good day in the Badlands finishing second in Class 10 competition Butch Kitterman from Wall SD is another driver switching from Class 4 Butch and co driver Rod Stratton finished third in Class 8 shares the driving with brother Mike and the team from Belle Fourche SD finished the race third in Class 10 were to be lined up for moto 2 no one was there Over 50 percent of the cars were still being towed hour break between motos But at back in so the final score would this one hour mark when the cars come from the first moto results Vince from V Mat Racing was the only driver to verbally show enthusiasm for a second moto The mud at Prairie City is difficult to describe but very hard to Mike Bishop took the Sportsman class lead on the first lap and he seemed to enjoy the mud as he charged on to take the class wm Don German survived an off into the pond and came back to out fox the competition and score yet another Class 3 4 victory in his Jeep Rick Philastre splashed through just three laps m the mud buy it was good enough for second place in the high attrition in Class 10 Page 42 was really heating Thad Briggs from Gordon NE was second in Class 4 He has sat out for a couple of years and now is back running in th e money Al Wacker from Rapid City SD was third in Class 4 The next change for HPORRA coming up is an addition of three Stadium Baja races to be held this year The first is being held in Pierre SD on Ma y 21 and another in Winner SD on June 18 In September Deadwood SD will be hosting the third Stadium Baja These races are in addition to the regularly scheduled races in Pierre in August and in Wall in October Class 3 for bone stock 4WD is new to HPORRA this year and Kenny Call and his GMC pickup won taking the honors home to Thedford NE Al Wacker drove his Jeep into a good third in Class 4 which as usual was the biggest class at the Badlands Baja 100 VORRA Season Opener from paage 4 oJ Now for the rest of the story in Class 3 14 Don German quickly cured his wet motor trouble and was the first to go out for the last lap Wes Banks and Bud Tickel fired up a moment later with Wes Banks crossing the start finish line going out just before Kevin Ohnstad came in to take the checkered flag Therefore Bud Tickel never got a chance to catch Wes Banks Bud finished a disappointing third place one lap down Don German who had been written off as drowned earlier never gave up and took another fine victory Dana Van Noort was the sole Cl ss 1 2 1600 competitor He earned valuable points by finishng the race There was supposed to be a one sudd en we were wa y out in front They didn t take any chances on slowing down and flew around the course to take the c hecke red Ac cording to Pat Roberts things are working well for him and his Bronco these days But Pat said You can never go too fast Robbi Smith is a strong contender but his day was plaqued with heating problems in his rig About half way through the race Robbi and co driver Ray Pearman pulled into the pits done for the day We could have kept running if we could have kept water in it said Ray But the water was running out too fast and it Despite cover ng only two laps third in Class 10 Kenny Strong and his co driver were the only team that wanted to try for a second moto June 1989 forget Just ask anyone who raced the 1989 VORRA Prairie City season opening race Check Happenings for a complete 1989 VORRA schedule Dana Van Noort was in a class by himself literally The only entry in Class 1 2 1600 he completed three laps for the class victory and points Dusty Times

Both Grant and Casey Dale drove their new Rabbit powered Chenowth Magnum an they finished second in Class 10 two laps out of the win 1988 1600 points champ Sammy Herrell fought the hay bale and it won He retook the lead but electrical woes dropped him to third late in the race It Was a Wet and Muddy Run at the April Bash in Georgia Photos Keith Williams By Bob Rule after his accident in the 1988 Florida 400 just 13 months ago He was in his usual form in first place Could be an interesting points race this season for the 1600s Bobby Bramblett covered 38 laps for second in Class 1600 and Sammy Herell led most of the 1600 race after fixing the alternator on the second lap But his car quit with battery trouble with less than three laps to go Sammy was third in class with 37 laps completed Mickey Smallwood was Lindy Herrell pushed Bill Porter s Class 10 to the max had a big lead then oil line trouble put him out and he was credited with third place another driver with seeing trouble in the mud but he got in 34 laps for fourth in class followed in 1600 standings by Jeff Eubanks who only made ten laps with a couple of long pit stops with tire troubles Clint Hurst not only won the Challenger class he also covered 40 laps and was second overall This gave the Hurst family a 1 2 finish overall Nice going fellows Steve Langley covered 39 laps for third overall and second in Challenger ranks Tony Leftwich got in 38 laps in his Challenger for third in class followed by Mike Isola 33 laps Kerry Clark only raced 18 laps in fifth with brake trouble and idle return spring problems After winning the Challenger heat Robin Williams only managed 14 laps in the feature but the seventh Challenger Darrel Mckee only covered three laps Next up for the Georgia racers is the Memorial Day 150 with a noon start After three points counting races Clint Hurst leads overall and in Challenger class with 83 points but fellow Challenger driver Ronnie Whigham has 81 followed by Steve Langley 74 Mike Isola 72 and the Lithia Group and Kerry Clark are tied at 64 Travis Hurst leads the l ffipointswith4 l followed by Bobby Bramblett 36 Sammy Herrell 34 and Mickey Smallwood 32 Jack Thompson in on top in Class 10 with 39 points followed by Grant Dale 34 Lindy Herrell 32 and Casey Dale 30 Former GORRA President Jack Thompson waited several years for this CldSS 10 victory that he shared with Charles Lowery Jack is having a good season so far With our first two race days of the season being so nice and warm in fact dusty the last time it was probably our turn for You Know What RAIN There was lots of rain It rained all night Saturday and most of Sunday The track was slick as glass and very few cars ran a single lap without spinning out A good field of cars and spectators surprised everyone It had rained in the Atlanta area for almost a week and the weather included a killer tornado Since this event was a 50 mile race heat races were on the schedule as well Robin Williams of Lithia Automotive jump d out to a quick big lead and led flag to flag in the Challenger Class heat Sammy Herrell led the 1600 class for the first four laps then Travis Hurst slipped around him on the last lap for the win Lindy Herrell in Bill Porter s Class 10 started in third and charged up to lead the first lap and the rest of the heat to take the victory The feature was a typical mud bash What can you say about a mud race It was MESSY and with low temperature COLD also so cold everyone huddled around pit fires and hoped their respective cars did not have a problem and pit forcing them away from the fire The feature race started the Class 10s first followed by the 1600 cars and then the Challengers Lindy Herrell had his 10 car in the lead for the first ten laps He was moving away from the field when a broken oil line Dusty Times started his problems He got that fixed in the pits but broke again covering only 14 laps Facts and little side bits of info are almost nil so the report may be a little short Considering the weather our photographer Keith Williams sure got us some good shots He deserves a big thanks Hope he had a rain coat or umbrella for his camera gear As you would expect not many people had a trouble free race And the ones who d id went unnoticed In Class 10 Casey Dale only covered two laps before carburetor troubles sidelined his car and he was fourth in the class Lindy Herrell earned third Grant Dale brought a brand new Rabbit powered Magnum from Memphis Tennessee and he finished second with 29 laps completed The way his Rabbit engine ran he ll be eager to see the Rabbit powered Florida cars when they come to race Both Grant and Casey pushed the car hard and it looked good but they did have problems seeing where they were going Jack Thompson also had seeing problems and he stopped just before the half way mark and put relief driver Charles Lowrey behind the wheel The Thompson team won Class 10 with 31 laps covered and this is the second race this year Hard Luck Jack has finished Maybe the monkey is finally off his shoulder When the mud noise and 40 laps were over Travis Hurst was the overall and 1600 class winner This was the first race for Travis The mud was like soup in some spots but Mike Isola plowed through it to finish 33 laps good for fourth place in Challenger class action I The mud was not only deep but slippery as here Mickey Smallwood does a bicycle act en route to finishing 34 laps fourth in 1600 class 1989 FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS NOW AVAILABLE Update your current Ranger to 1989 aero styling design to retain stock appearance and allow 34 tall tires SCORE HORA legal bolts to stock panels or DZUS on Reinforced hood to stop distortion at speed Racers Price Available Dimple Die Sets now In stock 1 1 2 Heat Treated and Plated Midwest Division CALIFORNIA PRE F N 39067 Orchard St Cherry Valley CA 92223 Curt Leduc Owner Chuck Johnson Off Road Racing 8403 Vicki Road Rockford IL61108 714 845 8820 815 332 9681 June 1989 Page 43

Gary Krose caught a lot of air off the b ig leap and he sai led on in the main event to a well earned second place in Class 10 and big points Doug Davenport had finished the day with wooley main event a good day in Class 10 action and he a fine third spot in the rather wild and Dan Bentley Takes Opening Round of Miller Off Road Series By Elaine Jones Photos Track side Photo Ent Dan Ben tley started the Glen Helen season with second in the first Class 10 heat and he came back later to win the main event and the cash in a really wild finish The threat of rain and a night Raceco car but even at this stage full of the liquid sunshine did not of the game Mr Bentley was makcancel the Miller Off Road series ing his presence felt as he dogged opener for the second time A big him all the way until a lapped car pat o n the back has to go to Don got between them on the white Brown Brian Church and the flag lap The third went to Gary Glen Helen crew who did an out Kroese pronounced Cruise who standing job in preparing the made a super charge late in the track in spite of Mother Nature s race and came from fifth on the fickleness The fact that it was white flag to round out the field Easter d id keep a lot of the drivers Jim Mullmall M E Construction at home but they missed some and 5 Bros Tires keep his Raceco excellent racing and some valua car running ble points Dan Bentley was not in the top Heat 2 had Doug Davenport in six in the 88 standings but after his Bridgestone KC Hi l i his performance Sunday he is the tes VHT I K N Air filters Pennew 89 points leader In the first nzoil Chenowth out on top but it heat it was a wire to wire romp for was short lived as Castle came Kent Castle in his General Tire charging from off the pace to take _Stephanie Castle sponsored the lead by the second lap Mark CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE SAN DIEGO CA 92117 l EL 619 279 2509 HELMET 195 COMPLET E SYSTEM 320 A FRESH AIR HEU 1F T A li D 8 LOWERAS SE mLY DESIGNED FOR OFF ROAD USE ATA RF A BLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL RED1ETS LICHT WEICHT REDUCES NECK STRAIN COOL COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LJNfo tt BLOWER MOTOR AND AS E 19LY ARE GUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNELL SA85 APPROVED Pag 44 Broneau in the Goodyear Kel Mark Giese Air Shocks Boneco locked into the second and waited for the mistake that never came Gary Gall in the Mancha Realtors Rad Man Rev Power Chenowth came away with the third and things were set for the Main Gall had ended last season in second in the standings with Castle fourth and brother Brad sixth No one was quite prepared for how wild and wooley the Main was going to be but it didn t take too long for things to happen The first time through on the approach to Animal Leap Eric Arras and his Chenowth got bumped off the track and instead of returning where he had gone off he made a sharp left missing Animal Leap entirely and picking up several positions putting him in third the first time round Castle wa s in front with Bentley second Three laps in Castle was out and could only watch as everyone went on by Now it was up to Bentley to hold off Arras and it was a battle royal coming down to the final turn where Arras tried to get under him and win the drag race to the flag Bentley stayed calm which is more than the fi nish flagger and scorers did as Arras ended up plowing into the finish jump giving those m the proximity a reverse rooster tail of d irt and some mud Because of the course cut it was the decision of the officials to d rop Arras two positions so fo r all his troub le he ended up June 1989 Kent Castle ran away with the first and second heat races in his Raceco but his effort only lasted three laps in the Class 10 main even t with the fourth Gary Kroese and Doug Davenport picked up the second and third spots Steve Bishop who was second to Andy Anderson in the 1 21600 points took advantage of Anderson s absence and had a wonderful day for himself In the fi rst heat he was out third in the Bishop Off Road f G Trans Works VW but had no trouble in the five lap heat race picking off fi rst from Bob Mathews in his Bill S ilbermann Construct ion VW Tim Riordan with his Bug Performance Wright Way M achine F A X Mirage held off Randy Bishop and Chris Bowen fo r the third In the second heat with an inverted line up Bishop had a much easier time as he was in fro nt all the way and it was a case of follow the leader as Bowen in his Foreign Unltd Auto Accessories car and Dave Bucy in his Del A m o D r a p eries C S T ra n s Team Swollen Hi Jumper went two three all the way When the flag fell for the Main Bishop was out in front but followed very closely by Bowen and Riordan So closely in fact that Riordan actually took over the lead on the third lap This shook Bishop up a tad and he came roaring back reclaiming the top spot on the next lap and never giving it up again Riordan and Bowen settled down after that and were content with the place and show spots Bishop had a good leg up on the points lead and Bowen and Riordan are some new blood in the top six so it will be interesting to see how they progress with the season It was a great day for Stacy Fay and partner Renee Tedesco in the Engine Machine Service of L A VW Bug She has been campaigning for many years and has really come into her own and is a respected driver in the 5 1600 Class The guy who beat her out of the class win in 88 was also on hand so the battle was full on the first heat It was Mario Panagiotopoulos in the Tony the Greek VW Repair that grabbed the win away from Stacy two laps from the finish Sister Kathy had led at the start with partner Joel Klein in the J T Ind Engine Machine Service Bug but Mario and partner Robby Rothon had different ideas about the sisters and stole all their thunder Stacy got the second and Kathy rounded out the field with third In the second heat Stacy did get out on top and held on to the white flag lap when R E and Walt Wright in the Rq_ck Rol l Racing Dave Payne s Towing Wright Way Fabrications Briggsbuilt VW again snatched it away from her This time she did have the satisfaction of being ahead of Mario and with the Main up ahead she had a slight edge She was ready and no one was going to steal her thunder as she led it all the way with sister Kathy right behind her until their favorite Greek decided that a Fay sweep was not to his liking and took over second R E Wright also decided to get in on the action and he moved into third but it was a case of not enough time to do more than that and he settled for the third Giti Gowland in the Jamar Good year Redline Oil Moore Racing VW has laid claim to the Challenger Class and if Sunday was any indication of how the season is going to go this gentleman is going to be hard to beat He never let another car in front of him all day long He led every lap through the heats and main and led them by a big margin Brian Maginnis in his American Rentals VW played switch places with Bart Hamilton in his H H Auto Body Delaney Hamilton Racing car But in the Main it was Norbert Staud t who was the only one who had a cod river in Dan Discenza and who had had problems all day long that grabbed the third place from Maginnis Rory Holladay who always has one of the fastest Cross Cars on the track also has some of the worst luck in that he b reaks a lot Steve Bishop noses off the big J mp but he whipped to the firs t and second 1 2 1600 hea t wins and he went on to finish first In the main as well Dusty Times

Wearing a little extra mud Tim Riordan got third in the first 1 2 1600 heat and ran strong in the main to a good second place finish Kat y Fa y got herS 1600 in the lead for a time in the heats ran in second most of the way in the main but she ended up fou th at the flag He finished sixth in the standings last ear but he is the curr ent king of the mountain with his season opening performance In the first heat Don Archibald in the H R Fabrications Leckich Basco car went out fast with Johnny Custom in his California Car Colors in second and Jim Cook in the Bill s Pipes Cook Construction Daelo Gas Briggsbuilt third Holladay was in fifth at this point but he was definitely on the move as he picked off Chuck Parker and Cook by the second lap Custom by the third and Archibald by the fourth to come up with the win The second heat inverted start gave Holladay all the advantage Dave Bucy really did a nose stand off the big leap but his 1 21600 was not damaged and he got some points with a third in the second heat Bart Hamilton ran either second or third all day in Challenger class and he drove to a fine second place in the feature race needed to run away from the field Tim Baker in his H R Fabrications Klemm Research car tried to keep him in sight but he had his hands full holding off a hard charging Parker in his Klemm Research Chucks Chevron Top Gun Racing Honda They finis ed in that order By virtue of his two wins Holladay had the pole for the Main and he was off and running strong as everyone else tried to keep up Cook and Parker locked into the second and third spots and the close finish was for fourth between Mary Sullivan in the H R Fabrications Bieffe Blendzall Boyesen Reeds car and Ed Moore in the Buena Park Honda Pro Design BY Performance car with the nod going to Mary All the hot shots were on hand for the Class 24 Quads including defending points champion Sean Finley second place Andrew Buck third Mark Ehrhardt and fourth and fifth respectively Derek Hamilton and Chris Couto There were also some other well known faces that wanted to get in on the action In the first heat it was well respected Gary Denton on the Wayne Hinson Honda that got the hole shot and the win Second was sewed up Mario Panagiotopoulos grabbed the win in the first 5 1600 heat but he had to settle for second place in the hard fought main event Brian Maginnis was iri and out of second place in both Challenger heats but he fell back to fourth position before the main event was over early by Finley on the Yamaha Honda third Motors Klemm JP Noleen OhAll the big boys had been heard lins JT Yamaha Third went to from and it came down to the Hamilton after he took his Main who was going to be top dog Klemm US Suzuki AXO PEP I of the day Ehrhardt held school Dico Graydon Suzuki past in the Main and no one could get a Andrew Buck on his FMF CT wheel under him for all seven O Neal USA Graydon Shoei laps In fact no one did much sponsored Honda on the first lap passing at all as Denton the new The second heat with the kid on the series block picked up inverted start belonged to Hamil the second and Hamilton ton as he went wire to wire with rounded out the field with the Chris Couto on his Scorcher third They all ran hard close and Racing CT ITP Gear FMF fast but with this group mistakes Honda a solid second and Mark do not happen very often so once Ehrhardt on his O Neal USA they claim a spot they only go up Klemm Graydo PEP co t or break OFF ROAD RACING TRADING CARDS Racers In Edition I Ivan Stewart Glenn Harris Frank Arciero Jr Rod Hall Don Adams Rory Holladay tg j C Stacy Fay was close in both 5 1600 heats and she got her main event title at the season opener despite having plenty of competition Larry Ragland Nick Gross Dr John Etchart Mark McMillin and more Cards are 2 x 3 and have a color photo of vehicle in action with mug shot and statistics on the back Start your collection now and have them autographed at the races Edition I has 42 racers from Score HORA Glen Helen ADRA SNORE MTEG etc included We pay contingency at all Score HORA races Cards can be purchased in random packs of ten cards at 3 00 each plus 25 shipping and handling Send remittance to Off Road Action Trading Cards P 0 Box 700 Winchester CA 90396 0700 714 926 2169 714 652 9684 Giti Gow and dominated the Challenger class action driving his Viper to victory in both heats and the main event and he made it look easy Dusty Times June 1989 Page 45

l YOKOHAMA SUPPORT TEAM By Dennis Rogers In a small town just e st of Hesperia about this time of year there is heard a loud roar that awakens both man and beast This town known as Lucerne Valley becomes host to the Great Mojave 250 where the roar of engines can be heard for miles around And where those engines roar Yokohama Support is there to help all in need This year s race started in a more remote area than usual but attracted large crowds just the same The weather was exceptionally nice with a light breeze and temperatures in the upper 80s just right for ciff road racing This year s race had quite a few fast laps with the Class 8 truck of Frank Vessels taking second overall It s amazing how fast a 4500 pound truck can go Congratulations to all the winners and better luck to the drivers behind first place As usual Yokohama had three pits the first being a quarter mile off the start finish The reason for this was that the course was so condensed and due to the amount of restricted areas pit locations were limited This pit because of its location did very little and due to lack of hind sight a Yokohama Support Pit will not be at a main pit area in the future except at the Mint 400 That pit was manned by about to bemarried Crew Chief Phil who will be missed at the Mint 400 Next up course was our second pit just after checkpoint 2 and this pit was staffed by Crew Chief Keith and his fun seeking souls This was the busiest of all three pits changing tires welding and making miscellaneous repairs This pit also frequently saw a Class 7S driven by the Yokohama Pit Manager who seemed to be hitting the same rock every lap Thanks guys it s nice to know there are people out there on your side The third and final pit was at checkpoint 5 by Granite Road Crew Chief Earl and crew had a quiet day with only a few minor repairs They spent the day watching cars fly through the air because at their location there were quite a few whoop de doos Now it is time for me once again to jump on the soap box During the year we spend thousands and thousands of Yokohama dollars on pit signs and arrows and you guys for some unknown reason seem to home in on these signs and run them over These are not targets and you don t receive points for wasting one So in the future please try to curb your passion for sign killing for these signs only help you locate your lifeline Yokohama Support I m only kidding about the thousands of dollars they actually only cost about 35 bucks but I hate making them Now I want to thank all the little people Gary Larry Chip Frank Donnie Jay Bonnie Thomas Sophie Joanne Debi Kevin Brian Nickie Richard Ricky Shane Chuck Kris Gary Larry Bob Paul Kevin Rick Johnny Joel Charlie Dale David Bob and the rest of the Vest crew Thanks guys Thanks Page 46 to the co sponsors German Auto Perma Cool Lothringer Electronics Valvoline and Custom and Commercial Wheel who supplies all those red wheels for the pits The 1989 Mint 400 lived up to its billing of the roughest toughest and the richest race and for Yokohama Support we helped the losers through the roughest and the toughest As for the richest Toyota combined with Yokohama Tires won overall Congratulations Ivan Stewart for your overall win in the new truck with Yokohama Tires And to all the others a job well done and congratulations This year s Mint saw an average finish rate of less than 25 percent and judging from the damage seen on cars coming through the main pit I m surprised at the number of cars that did finish For the first time this year all Yokohama Support Pits were extremely busy The first Yokohama Pit was located at Pit A this pit had Crew Chief Earl in charge and at times they had as many as four cars in the pit at once During the day they welded on quite a few cars and serviced a few more Late in the evening Roger Mears stopped in to use the welder th us making a full day for Earl and the crew Our second pit was after the famed Rock Garden and of course Crew Chief Jay and crew gave out a number of tires They repaired everything from Class 1 to Challenger but most notable was their repair of a 5 1600 whose rear brake drum was badly damaged Last was Pit C run by Crew Chief Keith They also gave out a number of tires so many tires that by 1 00 p m they had run out of front tires Their biggest ordeal was trying to convince a Class 1 driver who really wanted to call it quits that they could repair the car and get him running again And after an hour and a half of talking and working he was off and running Last or first which ever direction you are coming from was the Yokohama Main Pit which I had the pleasure of crewing while not the most welcome the ATE crew and myself worked rather well together and we also serviced a number of vehicles All in all the Yokohama Support team serviced over 45 vehicles making in my opinion our Support T earn the busiest at the Mint 400 It takes more than just talk to run pits and Yokohama has quite a few good and talented people who ask for little and give a whole lot To these individuals I say thank you and if no one else says it I will say it You are appreciated and again thanks to Earl Dale Charlie Bob Anna Jay Bonnie Larry Chip Frank Dick Tracey Gary Bob Keith Kris Dan Sylvia Dale Rick Rick Tony Jay Mark Darwin Thomas Gary and of course yours truly me Thanks to all the co sponsors of Yokohama Support Custom and Commercial Wheel German Auto Lothringer Electronics and Valvoline The Baja 500 is next on the agenda and as usual Yokohama Support will be there in full force The first pit will be at Camalu right next to the ocean the next one will be somewhere near San Matias Pass and for the final pit the location is on the corner just driver Froggy decided he had seen before you head north to San enough after they hit the truck and got out at the next available Felipe See you in Mexico For more information on pit pit I heard a lot of reports of rear support locations or for collisions in the blinding dust on volunteering contact Dennis at the course Now it is time to prepare for the 714 592 2271 up coming Baja Internacional BAJA EXPRESS RACING TEAM By Glenn P Wheeler HE M RS OFF ROAD RACING TEAM The week in the Las Vegas desert started off bad and stayed The Straight Poop From that way for the majority of the The Big Wahzoo members on our team First off to learn of the tragic death of a MINT RACE The real Mint is friend and competitor Steve back This race has always been Centurioni while pre running left known as the Roughest Race in us in a state of shock To lose such off road racing and this year s a great talent and competitor in Mint 400 certainly lived up to its that manner leaves us all deeply name 23 Checkers started and saddened The entire family of seven finished and the Club Baja Express pass on their sincere grabbed a win in Class 5 1600 to and deepest sympathy to his wife break our recent lapse of victories children and team members He at major races The brothers Cook were indeed Cook n right will be greatly missed by many Unfortunately the week didn t along all day The Cook s get much better even on Mint including all the Darryl s won th_e 400 race day Four of our five class by over 45 minutes and once entries had problems on the first again solidly established or second lap Rick and Randy themselves as the top 5 1600 car Wilson didn t have exactly an in the Club And on behalf of easy afternoon in finishing third Checkers everywhere I ll say in Class 10 Randy started and Thayks guys we needed that Sumner s comeback is rolling lost the brakes and a couple of bolts off the exhaust on lap 1 right along as Jim picked up a After the alert and well trained pit fourth place against the 80 crew of Norm Wilson Sons entries in the 1 2 1600 Class Racing made the necessary Both Jim and his new co driver repairs the car was back on rolled the car and had shock course and making up for some problems but pressed on for a lost time Rick continued to move solid finish Saul and Jeff Strait had some up on the pack when he became stuck in a silt bed Co driver Rick good news and some bad The Spears got out and helped to push good was that they finished the the car out They sustained race and got a third place The bad damage to the transmission while news was they did the last lap with getting out of the silt bed but they no shock on one rear wheel and moved up on third place who there was only three cars in Class broke with apparent electrical 11 Stuart Chase soloed the race problems just two miles from the finish The Wilsons finished third and had a fairly trouble free drive in class and gained enough points except for one little problem the to leap up to the Class 10 overall drain plug fell out of his newly points lead Congratulations to rebuilt motor at about the the Wilsons and thanks for giving midway point of the race Stuart was down for a number of hours us something to cheer about In Class 1 2 1600 action Ralf before he could get it fixed and on Barwig had problems on lap 1 the road again He finished up 12th in Class 2 right after the 20 mile marker Greenway Koch and Stiles all Getting off the course in the dust had two things in common during he hit a ditch and rolled his car the race trouble and persistence Spectators helped to get him upright and he continued to pit B As the sun set all three were way for repairs Later on in the first lap down on time but still running he retired with rear torsion fast when they were moving Late that night Greenway was just problems Ronny Wilson and Joe Sparkman had a good first lap in finishing for an 11th in Class 2 Class 5 1600 coming around to Stiles was finally broken for good and on the trailer headed for the main pit in good shape A town But Koch s race was far driver change on lap 2 saw Lee and Anita Patten take over and from over Tom broke in an inaccessible area but he DID have run well to the 70 mile marker where two new rear control arms radio contact with his crew Koch broke and they were out of the Chase What followed had to be heard to be appreciated Picture race this if you can It s 2 00 AM and Running up front in Class 9 Wayne Collins diced with our hero Tom is broken down in a eventual winner Dave Ramocinski canyon somewhere in east Jesus for most of the way around the Hurrying to his rescue is Koch first lap until a broken ball joint Chase comprised entirely of slowed him down Later on lap 1 Cretans from out of the hills he got stuck in a sand bed around around Ridgecrest As the search goes on and on frustration rises mile 70 and being in a single seater it was no picnic to dig the Our hero Tom can only flail his car out while being stuck in arms around in the moonlight and second gear Currently sixth in scream into his helmet mike Meanwhile Koch Chase plods the points standings he parked on occasionally firing off some the car after one lap Mike Foster in Class 5 had a bottle rockets and radioing look up now Tom You can almost hard day returning to off road hear Tom grinding his teeth over action Mike was running fast the radio as more instructions are through a silty section when he given And the search goes on rear ended a Class 8 truck that was stuck in the middle Mike s co This sfory does have a happy June 1989 ending as Tom and the crew all get out of the desert in one piece in plenty of time to make the tire meeting Hey Tom ya gonna at least carry a flashlight with ya next time Utgard had a solid hold on second place in Class 5 only to lose an alternator about 30 miles from the finish and DNF but still picked up the sixth place honors Brian Steele fought CV problems all day but ended up 11th in Class 1 2 1600 Walter Prince also had problems all day and finished 13th in Class 2 Three Checkers were in line for some kind of hard luck award Master Bates was either first or second most of the race in Class 5 but lost a trans on the fourth lap and DNF ed to a fourth place Willie Melancon had the lead in 1 2 1600 at the half way point only to see everything go down hill from there His co driver hit a hole and broke a rib then with a third driver on board the car lost a trans on the fourth lap BJ Bates trying for a Mint 400 finish kept all the pits open way past midnight only to break a trans just short of the fini sh line and the drivers spent the night in the desert Hey guys that s racin The rest of our entries DNF ed as follows T evon and the Martins front suspension Keeling crash Nels electrical Craft and Anderson trans Symonds and Reider steering Pick Gaughn and Newman Kreisler Rhinehart and Selski all went out with unknown problems The Mint main pit area had lots of room for a change and it was located RIGHT ON THE RACE COURSE which was a nice change from last race Let s hope Dr Checker took note Most of the outlying pits reported lots of work but suprisingly few flat tires to change Weird The post race Wednesday night meeting was typical loud long and entertaining for everyone but Nels It seems that after being named Sergeant at Arms for the meeting Nels promplty fell asleep in his chair dreaming about dash plaques no doubt On a sad note the Checkers recently lost one of our more dedicated members J R died last month after a long battle with cancer J R whose real name was Rolf Neiderstadt was the kind of guy that once you met him you never forgot him To say J R was simply a good Checker is really an understatement He was so proud to be a part of the Club that he once had Checkers tattooed on the head of his Johnson now that is REALLY dedicated So long J R you were indeed a True Checker and will be missed Results from Baja De Lou 2 in next month s column right along with the latest poop on the upcoming Baja 500 My Missing Checker of the Month this month is Dick Bower Dick was at the Mint running a pit and causing trouble for any helicopters he spotted in his area but he hasn t been to a meeting in a long time Outspoken Checkers like Bowers always seem to make the Wednesday night meetings more interesting so come on down and see us some time For any non Checkers that would like to raise yourself up out of that faceless crowd and join the Dusty Times

best the Checkers are always looking for a few good men We meet every Wednesday night at 8 00 p m at the Van Nuys Dugout near the intersection of Oxnard and Hazeltine For more info call our Prez Butch Dunn at 818 709 6800 He s a nice guy and will give you all the information you II need about the Club and if you stay on the phone long enough he ll probably sell you some little item from Taiwan or somewhere And finally there is a rumor being whispered around that Commander Ferd is going to take the pit at Mike s in the 500 Way to go Ferd That s the Checker spirit G0DJ CJ0U J The Binion s Mint 400 was a sad time for CORE members as the news of the death of Steve Centurioni spread throughout the racers gathered in Las Vegas Steve was killed in a pre run accident on the Wednesday before the event and it was the second such sudden death at a race site this year for the CORE Club However the members turned out in force to support their racing teams and 17 CORE supported cars started the race CORE s star team in Class 1 is that of John Kelly and Don Weiser They come from Tucson to race and have done very well this year And they did a super job at the Mint wheeling the Raceco to third in the 20 car Class 1 15th overall despite troubles on lap 3 Our lone starter in Class 2 was the Arizona team of Jerry Finney and Dan Foddrill but their Chaparral only covered one lap Four CORE cars started in Class 1 2 1600 and Steve Schober and Dennis Orcutt did the best of the bunch doing all four laps in the Mirage for 12th in the 76 buggy field Steve and Matthew Ferrato got in two laps in their Mirage good for 33rd position before having engine trouble J D Ward and Gary Johnson also got in two laps before calling it a day Dan Araujo drove his Mirage to the spot early on the race course where the Centurioni accident happened and then withdrew as a gesture of respect Mike Schwellinger and Steve Kramer came back from a first lap disaster only to lose the front spring on the last lap and the whole front end just a few miles from the finish line in the Class 3 Jeep Shaun Lee and Greg Shapiro didn t cover a lap in their 5 1600 downed with engine problems Our pair in Class 9 had mixed results Mike Currier and Dennis Stankavich did very well in their Sandhawk running a good pace all four laps to finish in the money fifth in the 44 car starting field Roy and Wade Prince had big troubles on the second lap but came back to cover lap 3 in the Chenowth before r etiring with a broken valve spring and other damage CORE had seven cars in Class 10 and more mixed results Doing the best of all were Bill Poe and Fred Ronn whose ORE was right with the leaders until it Dusty Times developed an appetite for cv joints three in one lap They did finish fourth in the 40 car field New member Glenn Lirhus covered two laps before retiring Mike Zupanovich and Bill Sallenbach were fourth in their ORE after one lap but It was their only lap and the new Chenowth of Cameron Thieriot and Greg Lewin was right behind them on the chart also with one lap done Dave Ramer iz drove Steve Centurioni s ORE for one lap and by prior arrangement he was then given the checkered flag Scott Dinovitz and Jim Zupanovich got in one lap in their Class 10 And Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson never got dirty losing the trans about a minute off the start in the motocross course CORE had merely three finishers but two in the money an even lower finish ratio than the entire race average of 25 percent But the on course pit coverage was excellent and many complained they didn t have enough to do Next for CORE is the SNORE Twilight Race late in May and then the SCORE Baja Internacional At the May meeting the club voted to sponsor the SNORE Midnight Special as a memorial to Steve Centurioni In just a few minutes the needed funds to buy the sponsorship were donated from the members on hand a very nice gesture to a competitor who will be missed by everyone in the club We all extend our deepest sympathy to Steve s wife and children and his large family and circle of friends The accident was truly a real tragedy F A I R By Pete Dutton Race Manager Once again F A I R was out in force for the Mint 400 with the van rolling into town on Thursday I think it s time for a new motor in the van it was the longest drive up the Baker grade Thursday afternoon was busy helping l D R A put on the pit competition right in front of the Binion s Horseshoe Hotel Volunteers from F A l R and other pit teams were really busy trying to stage judge and time the almost 30 entries We had RCR Plumbing and the Martin Brothers entered both Class 2 cars but both had problems and ran up too much time Let s get em next year Thursday night we stayed at the Union Plaza and attended a great party thrown by Tom and Steve Martin on the top floor of the hotel Did you guys really have the whole 21st floor Quick thanks to Garfield for letting Big Mike and myself crash in his room after the bash Friday of course brought contingency on Fremont and what a sight it was The cars and trucks looked good and boy what scenery to ogle and drool over I think Mike shot at least two rolls of film on the girls and got quite a few signed posters also Race day Saturday started early and with getting the main pit set up aod ready for the race Big thanks to Dave Massingham Charlie Nieto and Mike Gallagher for all the help in the main pit plus the many others I can t recall We had some good finishers this SOUTHERN PACIFIC DMSION PRO RALLY REPORT By Lynnette Allison Steward The Sasquatch Trails Rally has been cancelled The organizers of the new event Sasquatch Trails scheduled for June 24 25 received notice from the Ranger that their application had been denied by the higher powers It seems the rally event was not considered an appropriate recreational use of the National Forest lands There were also complaints on record from local people concerning the operation of rallies in the past and so with all this together the request was denied What happens next The Neophyte Club members will continue to work towards smoothing the way for an event in the future We hope to contact local people work with the Rangers in the area and build some positive feelings and response As a comment please realize how important the behavior of any rail y competitor your general attitude during an event and your actions in public can be during a rally It only takes one incident by one team or even by one person to be listed on a record which lasts many many years All rally organrace our best being the McBride Sourapas Class 2 car with a second in class and third overall Matt said it was almost trouble free with no flats all day on his Yokohamas Aaron Hawley got fifth in Class 2 and the Schindler Class 10 team overcame a roll over to get seventh in class Better not forget our infamous Danny Letner fixing an axle and two flats to get sixth in Class 2 A lot of cars had trouble with the course causing a heck of a lot of DNFs Martin Brothers broke their trans only 12 miles from the finish while running third The Temples had some driver problems requiring medical help Crowder went out with ignition problems and RCR finished eighth but having suspension problems causing a slow Challenger like ride Our Class 10s had three DNFs Irvine was really gassin it but a cracked motor finally got him Coans went out with motor trouble and Dick W eyhrich with a ring and pinion problem In the 1 2 1600s Pauley rolled really hard the car is really a mess Our president Jeff Randall drove Champion s car but stub problems had him out Parkhouse also was out with stub trouble Kerry Vasquez with front end problems trailered early and Rickman Steel broke a motor to finish their day Our two Class 5 cars had trouble Dickerson out after getting stuck then getting hit from behind to crack the motor in half Norman had motor trouble to DNF him early Our only 51600 cracked a rear torsion sorry Darryl Gowland broke his 9 car but no info as to what happened If you would like to come and help F A l R at the races please come to our meetings at the Fullerton Holiday Inn the first and third Wednesdays at 8 00 p m It s always a fun time with lots of good war stories June 1989 izers have had to answer to the public uproar and the dislike of private citizens when rally cars have sped through neighborhoods been driven at high speeds through communities or been driven carelessly in service areas The repercussions of your actions make or break the efforts of the event s entire organizational team Our Pro Rally Club meetings will be Wednesday June 7 and Wednesday July 12 at the 301 Cafe 301 W Santa Fe Placentia Follow 5 7 exit Orangethorpe and go east left on Melrose to the corner of Melrose and Santa Fe Dinner is at 6 30 p m the meeting begins at 7 30 through you are welcome to eat when you get there Thanks to co driver Kelly Walsh who arranged for the club meeting rooms She says the Mexican food is great and the price is right Come along bring a friend and enjoy the wonderful company of great ralliests with the latest rally news and an over abundance of rally stories The Pro Rally Picnic will be June 24 Get your picnic stuff and swim suits and head out to the Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area in the San Bernardino area Saturday morning June 24 Our annual Pro Rally Picnic and Frolic begins once again This is a great time for teams and their families Anyone with a sense of humor and able to play volleyball run the sack races and willing to enter the water balloon contest can join us It s great fun and a real highlight of the summer The picnic is a pot luck affair so drivers bring a main dish co drivers bring a salad type dish with enough for your group and to share with others Workers or service crew members bring dessert You ll need your own meat to barbecue your favorite drinks munchies and table service If you re one of the early birds be sure you have enough food to get your family through t the late afternoon Be ready for the Rally N sUJ 5 SAHARA i X 0 SIRIUS UJ J J i 1 SPRING MTN Cf ci J co J Picnic Barbeque Dinner at 4 00 p m The gates open at 6 00 a m and Rangers warn us the park 1s usually full by 9 00 a m with cars backed up the road waiting to get in Entry fee is 4 00 per vehicle with a maximum of ten people Those who come along later in the afternoon may have to park on the road and walk down to the picnic area Important We will assemble in the Cleghorn Picnic Area It s the very first left tum past the Ranger pay station It s hard to see the sign Don t go into the Marina area Drive in and look around for ralliests If you re the first one there grab a couple of tables for the rest of us Follow your own route to Interstate 15 and the Cajon Pass Take RT 138 to Silverwood and follow signs for twelve winding miles Exit 138 at Silverwood Pay your fee The Cleghorn Picnic Area can be seen from the road just before you exit 138 but it s a long walk down Add two more rally events to your calendar Hollister Hills Rallies July 22 23 at the Hollister Hills vehicle park near Gilroy and Watsonville Gary Luke and Judy Gooch are planning two CoefHcient 1 rallies on the same week end The events offer new roads and new competition with teams from northern California The events operate through the NorPac division but can be applied toward your So Pac championship Travel time is about five hours north on Interstate 5 from Los Angeles Watch for more information AffENTION PIT TEAMS Send in your tales of triumph and troubles to DUSTY TIMES soon after a race and it will be featured on these pages Send to DUSTY TIMES 5511 Derry Ave Suite 0 Agoura CA 91301 VDO Chenowth Simpson T riMil K N Filters Bugpack Bilstein Centerline Cibie Hewland Porsche Turbo CVs Beard s Seats Parker Pumpe r Yokohama Tires Super Trapp Gem Gears KYB Shocks Sway A Way Transaxle Parts Wright Place Dura Blue Ultra Boot Neal Products SEE PAT OR DAVE OPEN 6 DA VS A WEEK Monday Friday 8 00 a m 6 00 p m Saturday 9 00 a m 5 00 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FRT BUDWEISER BUD LIGHT BUii BOMB 150 Tim McDonnell Wins Overall By Judy Smith Photos C C Race Photos Trackside Photo Enterprises Class 1 2 1600 was first away and Kevin Basore and Bob Hummel had a slim lead in their Jimco but they gradually pulled away and won the class by more than 13 minutes good clip but couldn t catch him did his job well maintaining the Basore had intended to do only lead and preserving the win in three laps and to let co driver spite of his queasy stomach SchilBob Hummel finish the race but ling finished second only 13 Hummel had been ill with the flu minutes behind them The two for days and on race morning still teams voted to forego the usually felt poorly and was having recur required post race tech in favor rent nosebleeds besides So of quickly getting to someplace Basore hung in there for five laps cool and out of the wind when he finally decided it was That wind had come up during Hummel s turn It took a while to the start and had drifted around convince Bob he should get in the in one direction and then another car but when he finally did he until about one o clock when it Tim McDonnell drove the Badenochs Raceco Porsche hard all the way taking the lead on the first lap but not by much He led all the way in a solo drive and won Unlimited Class and overall by just 53 seconds The FRT Budweiser Bud Light Buzz Bomb 150 the second race in the FRT Superstition Series brought the racers to Plaster City East a flat spot in the low desert just off Highway 8 about 15 miles west of El Centro What should have been a pleasantly warm spring desert weekend came at the end of a record breaking heat wave that sent temperatures soaring to the 100s in Los Angeles and San Diego and heated up the low desert proportionately lt was hot It felt like August instead of April and it was as dusty as August But the hot weather didn t change a thing Fud raced his bikes and ATVs in the morning as usual and they had a good breeze to clear the course of dust But late in the morning the breeze died down and as the last of the car and truck folks went through the tech line it grew blisteringly hot and still The car and truck race was due to start at noon and the drivers meeting started at 11 30 with Fud giving a concise description of the course a quick run down on the rules and an exp la nation of the danger markers The drivers meeting ended at about 11 36 one of the shortest we ve ever attended and the drivers headed for staging Once again the FRT folks had everyone stage themselves but they had previously set up stakes with numbered pie plates so that each driver could find his position with a minimum of trouble Staging was accomplished efficiently and everyone seemed to be in the right place at the right time Fud handles the green flag for his races himself and has a headset that connects him to his timers who give him the countdown for each car to keep things accurate He also manages to shake hands with each driver and passenger during the 15 second interval between starts The course for this race was a short 25 miles and there were to be six laps for each class Prerunners had described the first eight or ten miles of the course as really fast but said that the last bunch of mud hills at about mile 20 made up for all the fast stuff There would be four on course checks and one at the start finish All checks are rolling checks but the driver has the responsibility to see that the checkpoint personnel can read his number Penalty for missing a check would be to have one lap deducted Fud is not allowed to use ribhons to mark his courses so he uses staked arrows about one every tenth of a mile He also has a standardized danger warning systern which uses down arrows One down arrow indicates a ter Bill Hammack and Tim Sines stayed close to the front runners in Class 10 and they drove the Jimco through all six laps to third place Page 48 rain change Two down arrows indicate an abnormal terrain change and three down arrows the most he ever uses indicate a severe terrain change After every two or three arrow marker there is a blank orange card on a stake as close to the danger spot as possible to show the driver exactly where the trouble is Fud s drivers describe his courses as very well marked The FR T starting order is determined by previous finishi ng statistics and at this event the 12 1600 class was first off the line Tom Schilling maintained a good pace in his Jimco and in only his second off When they completed their fi rst road race Schilling drove alone to a good second in Class 1 2 1600 lap it was Kevin Basore in the lead in his Jimco with Tom Schilling in another Jimco in second place In third place it was Ken Snyder and John King in a two seater being run as a single seater and then Phil Green in a single seat Chenowth was fourth But disaster lurked out on the course apparently and every one of the 1600s disappeared on the next lap except for Basore and Schilling Those two continued to race hot and heavy but Basore who s been at the game for a while managed to stay in front building his lead gradually He was having a trouble free run except for one quick stop to put a replacement c v boot over one that had torn Schilling who was racing only for Larry McCallum and Greg Sanden debuted their new Class 1 Raceco at the his second time kept moving at a Buzz Bomb and they drove it fast to finish a close second in Unlimited ranks Mario Ledezma and his dad Mario Sr took the 5 1600 lead on lap 2 but lost it with a broken spring on the last lap and they finished second June 1989 Josh and Jerry Kerr ran close in second from the third lap had some handling problems all day and rolled back to third on the last lap Dusty Times

Making winning a family affair Mike McDonnell took the Class 10 lead on the fourth lap in his Raceco and he drove solo to the class win and placed third overall shifted to the southeast heated up about 15 degrees and blew hot and dusty Then jusc about the time the lead cars were finishing about 3 p m the wind shifted again and started blowing from the west even harder than before It was reminiscent of the 88 Mint with spectators wearing goggles or hiding in their motor homes and trucks The second group off the line had been the unlimited class which is made up of one and two seaters Tim McDonnell driving a Porsche powered front A arm Raceco had the lead at the end of lap one with about a minute and 12 seconds on Jimmy Smith who was in another Porsche powered Raceco and had Marty Letner who preps the car riding in the passenger seat In third place it was Larry McCallum in his brand new VW powered Raceco single seater just a minute later Wayne Schwaia in a Chenowth two seater ran fourth McDonnell continued to lead on the second la but it was still close and he had only a minute and 25 seconds on McCallum The Schwaias were now third in spite of a broken front shock and Smith who d had a flat and some other problems was now fourth about 20 minutes off the pace McDonnell and McCallum continued their duel through lap three when they were separated by just 30 seconds and Schwaia followed in third place In fourth now as Smith had more problems was Ryan Thomas 16 year old son of Mike Thomas who owns Chenowth Racing Ryan who s ridden in the passenger seat in Bob Gordon s two seater with Tim Crabtree a couple of times was driving a race for the first time His car a Chenowth what else was a bit underpowered with a 1700cc motor and fairly outdated suspension but he was moving right along McDonnell continued to hang on to the lead having stopped for fuel and a drink of water at the end of the third lap while McCallum handed his car over to his Ken and Duane Basore had a good run and stayed close in Class 5 1600 and were just 44 seconds out of the lead starting the last lap then took the victory at the flag by just over two minutes Bill Hernquist and Mike Lund entered the only Class 5 at the race but they ran hard all six laps anyway and finished a keen fifth overall five s conds ahead on elapsed time But at this point McDonnell who d finished second by five seconds the last time he d raced here decided that it wasn t going to happen again So figuring that it was the last lap and there was nothing to lose he really stuffed his foot in it And he left Sanden in his dust McDonnell finished a minute and 11 seconds before Sanden did which meant he took the win by 56 seconds He also recorded the fast lap for the day at 26 minutes and 34 seconds on that last lap and got the overall win to boot Sanden wasn t far behind ticking off a 27 minute 34 second lap but it wasn t enough to catch up It had been a great race and the two lead cars i r co driver Greg Sanden Sanden who hadn t had a chance to prerun was 4 7 seconds behind McDonnell at the end of the fourth lap The Schwaia car was still third and now Wally Wayne s dad was doing the driving And Thomas had blown out all his oil and had cooked his motor Now Smith was back in fourth place finishing the lap on a flat rear tire about six minutes behind Schwaia But he never came around again McCallum had started right behind McDonnell and at the end of the fifth lap Sanden had his car just 10 seconds behind him Morley and Mike Williams ran a close second in the Class 10 Meco lost a which put Sanden and McCallum cylinder some time on the late laps but held on to finish second SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS RACE GLOVES NOW AVAILABLE IN BLACK RED BLUE ORANGE WHITE The Number One gloves in Auto Racing come from Simpson Features knitted Nomex Calfskin Palm Leather over knuckle area Velco closure around wrist Available in 3 Layer and 2 Layer S M L and XL SEND 2 00 FOR SIMPSON CATALOG SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS Wayne and Wally Schwaia plowed through the dust in their two seat Chenowth all the way and finished well back but third in Unlimited Class Dusty Times SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS 22630 Normandie Avenue Torrance CA 90502 213 320 7231 FAX 213 320 7279 June 1989 Page 49

Driving his first race Michael Boehm had his Lothringer in contention all the way survived a protest and placed second in Class 9 action Dave Blakely and Russell Winkler moved up each lap in the Class 9 contest and the team from Blythe finished a close third at the flag Vincent Paniagua and Sean and Paul Malabanan drove their new Challenger car well all day and they finished fifth when all the dust settled Dave Collier had the Class 100 lead on lap 3 continued to lead through lap 5 but ended up second in class when the checkered flag flew Lloyd Riggins and Jim Stuart Stevenson drove an ex Gow and Toyota in Little Truck Class ran second all the way and finally finished second Clarence Hoskins and Danny Smail ran tight in third in their Ford Ranger but problems kept them from finishing the last lap they were third Hector and Danny Ledezma came back from a start line roll over to move to fourth in Class 9 on lap 4 stayed there until the last lap turned a quick time to win by nearly three minutes had been very entertaining to watch The Schwaias finished third and none of the others got to the finish line Class 10 was the third class to start and at the end of the first lap Craig Dillon had the lead with the fast lap for the class at 31 minutes and 50 seconds in his O RC Morley and Mike Williams ad their MECO behind him only a minute and seven seconds back in second place followed by Mike McDonnell Tim s dad in a Raceco 23 seconds later Bill Hammack and Tim Sines were fourth in their Jimco after fixing a flat At the end of the second lap Dillon was still leading but his clutch was slipping The Williams car held second less than two minutes back and then it was McDonnell and Hammack Sines And that s how it was at the end of lap three also except that while Di llon s clutch wasn t slipping anymore it was smelling And he couldn t finish his fourth lap So now McDonnell took over the lead as the Williams began to have some problem that left them with only three cylinders and they lost about four minutes Hammack and Sines who d had to replace a coil ran third McDonnell ran two more con r Page 50 sistent laps telling himself that he was getting too old for this stuff and came home the winner to make it a good day for the McDonnell family The Williams team who lost about 20 minutes on lap five regained some speed but still ran on three cylinders to finish second while Hammack and Sines were third None of the others made six laps Class 5 failed to show up in quantity for this race but Bill Hernquist and Mike Lund decided to enter their car anyway They ran around by themselves for six lap8 but you d never know it because they d apparently decided to see how they could do overall And they did just fine finishing fifth in the overall standings after an amazingly consistent showing The 5 1600s started next and the team of Jeff Beasley and Gary Seagroves with the class fast lap at39 20 ran fi rst at the end oflap one But the two Ledezmas Mario Jr and Sr were second a little over a minute back and charging hard In third it was Duane Basore and his passenger Marilyn Zinn who works with Duane s brother Kevin was riding for the first time ever and having a wonderful time Josh Kerr ran fourth A frustrated Ruben Gutierrez was stuck in Coyote Wash and watched them all go by before he got unstuck with the help of his pit On the second lap Seagrove and Beasley disappeared and the Ledezmas took over the lead Mario Jr was driving the first half of the race The Basore car was now second about five minutes back and Kerr ran third while Gutierrez moved back up to fourth spot On the third lap with the Ledezmas still leading Kerr who was fighting terrible bump steer this race moved up to second place as the Basores fell to third only two minutes and a few seconds behind him Gutierrez was driving steadily faster than everyone except the Ledezmas and catching up slowly but still fourth The positions remained the same through the fourth lap but the Ledezma car with Mario Sr now driving was only two minutes and one second in front of Kerr The Gutierrez team continued to catch up and now it was Roberto driving The fifth lap was more of the same though Josh Kerr who was getting tired what with the bump steer and the heat had fallen back to three minutes and eight seconds behind the lead car The Basores with Ken now at the wheel were only 44 seconds behind him and Roberto came along two minutes and 19 seconds later Josh thinking his dad Jerry would be in better shape than he was stopped to let him get in to finish While they were buckling Jerry in the other two cars went by Jerry anxious to catch back up charged out onto the course and promptly rolled the Bug The Ledezma luck didn t hold either and they broke a front spring on the last lap so the Basore car unscathed this race sailed on by and got the win making it a good day for the Basore family The Ledezmas were second only two and a half min June 1989 utes behind them and the Gutierrez team finished third The crumpled Kerr Bug came across the line about 12 minutes later in fourth place When the checkpoint reports were all tallied it was discovered that the Gutierrez car had somehow missed checks two three and four on the last lap and they were penalized one lap for the infraction That bumped the Kerr team up to third place and gave the Gutierrezes fourth There was a big gang of Class 9 cars and at the end of the first lap Larry Wyatt had his Chaparral in front with the fast lap for the class a flat 38 minutes But Jack Hettinger ran second behind him in his old Funco only 42 seconds back Jeff Bennett was third less than a minute back in his Chenowth but he parked the car with a broken trans at the end of the lap Then it was Michael Boehm in a Lothringer driving in a race for the first time And in fifth came Earl Roeseler and David Callaway in Roeseler s T Mag all within three and a half minutes of each other Wyatt slowed by a minute or two and Hettinger took over the lead maintaining a very steady pace Wyatt was second Boehm moved up to third and now John Jones and Bob McLaughlin were fourth in their Baja Specialties car followed by Lee and Mark Culver in their Baja Bug Class 9 car Hettinger ran another quick lap to maintain his lead as Wyatt held second about four minutes back Now Jones and McLaughlin were third and Boehm dropped back to fourth 53 seconds later Callaway and Roeseler moved back into fifth spot And it was impossible to guess who was going to win because it was still very close Hettinger put his co driver Steve Reynolds in for the final half of the race but he didn t even get half a lap before the transmission began making broken ring gear noises and he pulled out That put Wyatt squarely in the lead with Boehm about 11 minutes back in second place as everyone who d made a driver change lost a few minutes Jones and McLaughlin were six seconds further back in third place and now the other Ledezmas Hector and Danny moved their Ledezma chassis up into fourth place This was a real accomplishment because about a quarter mile into the first lap Danny who was at the wheel had done an eye catching endo He explained it later by saying he d spotted a girl he knew and been distracted He lost eight Jeff and Wayne Schwaia got stuck on the first lap but they kept the Chenowth moving the rest of the day running fast to make up time and won Class 100 honors by just nine minutes Dusty Times

J A Ashley and Robert Lofton fly their Bug out of a silt hole in good form but they only covered one lap in Class 5 1600 action Larry and Madelein Kern and Robert Gillingham dusted their Class 9 Chenowth here but they finished six laps taking sixth in class Vic Pizzino ano DeWayne Whitney had a seven minute lead in Class 100 for the first two laps but had trouble on the third and then retired John Jones and Bob McLaughlin led Class 9 on lap 5 in the Baja Specialities car but they broke on the last lap credited with 12th spot minutes or so and ran the rest of the race with badly bent rear wheels George Gowland and Kenny Verkuilen in a Viper were now fifth behind Hector Jones and McLaughlin took over the lead on lap five as Wyatt lost 15 minutes Boehm held second place Wyatt was now third and the Ledezma car with its crunched top was fourth followed by Dave Blakely and Russell Winkler Then everything shifted on the last lap as Jones and McLaughlin broke Wyatt lost about 50 minutes and Ledezma ticked off another quick lap to take over the lead and get the win Boehm held steady behind him to finish second as Blakely and Winkler moved up to third and Gowland and Verkuilen were fourth The three man team of Vincent Paniagua a rookie and Sean and Paul Malabanan finished fifth The Culvers finished sixth their first finish ever and Larry Kern and Robert Gillingham came in seventh in their Chenowth But things weren t stable A protest was filed against Boehm s Lothringer which has a front shock tower support that is incorporated into the chassis But sticking to the letter of the law the SCORE HORA rule book the piece of tubing that ii goes from shock tower to shock tower is all one piece That fact plus the fact that the car had finished third in the recent SCORE Great Mojave 250 and had not been declared illegal caused Fud s competition committee to disallow the protest So Boehm s fine second place finish stood Then it was discovered that somehow or another the Culver team had repeatedly gone around one of the checks They were clc se enough to be seen by the checkpoint crew but weren t on the right road So the officials penalized them five minutes which dropped them to eighth and moved Kern and Gillingham up to sixth place Class 100 was next to go and they were led off by Vic Pizzino and Dewayne Whitney who had seven minutes on second place Dave Collier in his winged single seater Dale Arney and Gene Szufnorowski ran third in a Sandhawk They ran that way for the next lap also but then Pizzino and Whitney broke and Collier took over the lead and Arney and S zufnorowski moved up to second followed by Jeff Schwaia in a Chenowth who d been stuck on lap one and had broken his reverse gear trying to get unstuck Collier continued to lead but Arney and Szufnorowski lost an 00 b Perry McNeil said he was testing his Class 8 Ford in preparation for the Mint 400 but despite drive shaft trouble he led all six laps to win the three truck class Dusty Times Larry Wyatt set fast lap for Class 9 on the first round in his Chaparral then dropped to second and with troubles ended up finishing tenth Usually strong contenders in Class 10 Glenn Stone and Andy Blue got in five laps before vanishing into the desert on the last round hour and then never came around again as Schwaia moved into second place Jeff s brother Wayne who had finished his stint in the family unlimited car was now driving in this one The Schwaias who d been running the quickest laps trying to make up for their down time finally took over the lead at the end of the fifth lap and had just a little over two minutes on Collier Jeff got back into the two seater to run the last lap and thought he was in big trouble when second gear went away but he brought it to the finish line a winner fol Jon and Jim Hurley took the early lead in Little Truck Class in the newly lowed in about nine minutes later rebuilt Ford Ranger and the rebuild must mave been a good one they won by by Collier in second place No one an hour and twenty minutes else made six laps Riggins and Stuart Stevenson had gone into hibernation in their In Fud s Class 8 group only They ran in that order through the motor homes and campers to three trucks showed up this time fifth lap but since both the Hos escape the wind and blowing dust Perry McNeil put his Ford which kins Smail truck and the Toyota Even Fud who by now was thohe was testing in preparation had had problems the Hurleys roughly dusted after standing on for entering it in the Mint out in had over an hour lead at that time the track waving flags since noon front by seven minutes at the end They went on calling the race looked a little limp and was heard of the first lap Craig Corda and just a cruise to get the win Rig to say that the dust was killing his Walt Bririnon were second in gins and Stuart Stevenson whose eyes But by nine o clock the next their Ford McNeil charged truck sounded as if the ring and morning when Fud and his hardahead occasionally losing a drive pinion were about to collapse finworking cohorts Vickie and Bob shaft and still fighting the fuel ished second an hour and 20 Larson served the traditional line problems he d had the last minutes later and Hoskins and Bloody Mary Brunch everyone time he raced but holding his Smail couldn t manage to get was in fine spirits again lead He had only 15 minutes on through their sixth lap The FRT folks take a break Corda and Brinnon at the end of By the time the last die hard ow for a few months and then the fourth lap but that was as far vehicle the Toyota had made its bring racing back to the desert in as they went McNeil went on to way around for the sixth lap most August for the Superstition night complete all six laps for his win of the spectato s racers and crews race on the fifth But he was plenty concerned about how he would fix that driveshaft problem before the Coming Next Month Mint The little trucks were the last ADRA Western 250 group to start and Jon and Jim MTEG Stadium Racing at the Rose Bowl Hurley who had completely torn down and rebuilt their Ranger Gran Carrera de Tecate since the last race took the early Florida 400 lead with a fast 42 43 the quickest lap for the class Lloyd Riggins W CR Tour de Corse Rally a nd Jim Stuart Stevenson in Gowland s old Toyota ran SODA STORE Memorial Day 100 second about five minutes later SCCA Sunriser Forest Pro Rally and Jose and Alex Melero were third On the second lap as the V orra Prairie City Racing Hurleys continued to lead ClarSNORE Per Lux Twilight Race ence Hoskins and Danny Smail moved their Ford up into third Plus all the regular features only a little over a minute behind June 1989 Page 51

Chaparteguy Takes Win at USA Sand Drags By Elaine Jones It was John Chaparteguy and Sudden Impact that collected the gold at the second round of USA Sand Drags at Glen Helen in March In spite of the nippy weather there was a good turnout of drivers and spectators Chaparteguy was matched with Jeff Mamer from Brawley in his 150 Sidewinder VW Mamer is sponsored by Sandbland Engineering and B I Engineer ing Chaparteguy s A F Dragster with the 171 VW Turbo is sponsored by All State Truck Electric Ma mer actually turned the faster time of 2 941 for a speed of 1 15 83 but in doing so he fouled and Chaparteguy with a 3 086 and 108 30 mph was declared the winner of Pro 1 3 Pro IV was not loaded with entries as only four dialed in to the time of3 60 Only three made it to the line with the final match up between Mike Gibson of Hesperia in Lite N Lethal a 2387 VW Buggy with a motor by D L King and Jim George in a VW named Sand Assassin sponsored by Jim s Shell and A Action Automotive The quick trip down the lane gave the nod to Jim with a time of 3 769 and a speed of 65 35 mph Pro V pitted man against woman with Carerie Chapman an R N from Buena Park in Short Fuse III a 2 liter built VW sponsored by Power Plus Racing Rimco GSA Supply Black Oxide Ind Manton Engineering Performance Technology Don Thrappe Specialities with Crew Chief Phil Caberllo overseeing the car and Joe Linsrrteier an operating engineer from San Bernardino in Sand Drag un a 402 altered Chevy Carol Brown Construe By BiU Saoog c Jle hn cal This month s discussion will be short and sweet There is nothing to report from the buggy motorcycle or ATV classes and cor the first time I can remember nothing from the mini pickup classes But while a lot of technical problems have been worked out in recent weeks in the highly visible factory supported mini pickup classes we are now beginning to turn our attention to Class 6 for passenger cars There is a growing concern among the competitors about the structure of the class Apparently some of the racers dozed off while others have been reading the rule book carefully This class has had a fairly open rule book for several years but little attention was paid to it So now comes the awakening and the Rip Van Winkles are beginning to ask questions about where the class is going and whether or not the rules need attention for the 1991 92 seasons Recently I ve heard rumors that there would be a Class 6 meeting at my shop That would be just Page 52 don Glen Helen OHV Park and Joe s Equipment Rentals do his sponsoring It was close but when the dust had settled it was Linsmeier with a 3 995 for 7 5 18 mph that had the win Pro VI with a dial in of 4 20 took nine down to two and when all was said and done it was settled on a foul Bill McChesney a General Contractor from Burbank in his McChesney Construction 302 Jeep was a little too quick and came away with the loss which made Rocky Hensley from Chino in Bits N Pieces Too a 402 Chevy Jeep a very happy camper as his time of 4 294 for 75 18 mph was enough for the win O R 4 Wheel O Neal Service Center Chino Radiator H W Welding and Western Exterminators are his sponsors Pro VII with a dial in of 4 50 was another small class but what it lacked in quantity it made up for in quality It came down to Jim Gustafson of Norco in Mean Green Machine 1 a 2016 VW Buggy sponsored by Advanced Water Conditioning and Rick Van Ginkel of Ontario in Gang Green 2 a 3 2 7 Jeep sponsored by Drake Fence of Riverside The nod went to Gustafson with a time of 4 792 for 49 42 mph Pro Vlll with a dial in of 4 80 attracted a larger crowd with eleven hardy souls on deck to see who would emer ge top dog It was two newcomers that made it to the final go round At least they were new to the winners circle at Glen Helen John Keller from Mira Loma in a 396 Chevy Toyota named Sand Fever who claims Rouida Bros Trans Dick Cepek R D Performance and JK s Auto Commilfll fine with me but I would appreciate knowing when the class competitors would like to have such a meeting I would be more than glad to attend and be helpful Some of the old timers may remember that Erik Carlsson and his wife Pat Moss Carlsson led the NORRA Baja 1000 overall in a SAAB rally car back in 1969 The idea of Class 6 cars being competitive with the front runners isn t too far fetched if you have that in mind Builders truck owners and drivers in Class 8 for full size pickup trucks are in the process of forming their own internal policing committee They say they are trying to prevent problems before they come up and we applaud that goal It s difficult to be everywhere at once on race weekends Pre race technical inspection is the only place I get to see these trucks and a helping hand from a committee like this could be very useful not only in rules enforcement but also in communicating with everyone in the class As soon as Cosmetics as his sponsors went up against Dave Newman in a 193 Model A aptly named A Team The Model A made it to the light first with a time of 4 997 for 66 32 mph Dad has bought a 32 Ford pickup and will be racing with them Pro IX with a dial in of 5 10 had a familiar face taking all the marbles Ken Besette a plumber from Riverside is starting to be a regular in the winner s circle and Sunday was no exception as he took Mean Green Machine 3 down the lane the quickest with a 5 168 for a time of 47 14 mph Mean Green Machine 3 is a 1914 VW Bug sponsored by D D Plumbing Runner up honors went to Quintin Arnold a maintenance mechanic from La Verne in a 1641 VW Pro X with a dial in of 5 40 pitted a motorcycle against a Suzuki Quad and most people were sure the win would go to the Quad because of more traction to the ground What they didn t count on was the driving skill of Mike Utterback a tire store manager from San Bernardino and an over anxious Gary Meserve a truck driver from Fontana The win went to Utterback with a 6 498 for a speed of 35 47 mph The Honda Motorcycle is a 500cc single sponsored by Leader Auto Parts Gary s 500cc Suzuki Quad is sponsored by Fontana 4 Wheeler Pro XI was about as easy a win as anyone can get The dial in only had one driver so all he had to do was go down the lane without a foul Mike Mata did just that on his 350cc Quad sponsored by Life s a Banshee Racing of Covina Carlsbad and Frank Hernandez this group gets organized I will be happy to serve in an advisory capacity Tick tock The grandfather clock is ticking As everyone knows Class 14 for modified 4 wheel drives was rolled into Class 3 class for short wheelbase production sports utility vehicles this season and next By the time the SCORE HDRA rule book is out for the 1991 and 1992 seasons the modified 4 by 4s will be history _ There s an oversight in current rules that will be corrected by the end of this season As of 1990 no pickup trucks will be allowed in this class Mini pickups and pickups were not intended for this class but we weren t specific enough in the wording of the current rule book I reckon If anyone is currently building a pickup to run in this class please be advised that it can only run through the end of the 1989 season If no more are built that will effect only one truck at this time Typical vehicles eligible for competition in Class 3 are the Jeep CJ 7 Scrambler and Cherokee models Chevrolet Blazer Ford Bronco Isuzu Trooper Mitsubishi Montero and others a June 1989 Pools Dial in was 5 70 and Mata turned a 6 548 for a time of 3 7 1 7 mph David Den Hartog continued his winning ways from last season by topping all comers in Pro XII David a truck driver from Chino had the best time of the day in the 6 00 dial in group when he outran Bob Baker a real estate developer from Burbank and his 289 Ford Jeep Den Hartog was aboard a 350cc Yamaha Quad sponsored by The Curling Iron of Upland and Greg Den Hartog Sons Trucking The time was6 263 for 35 79 mph This year USA is using a new format and limiting their Sport Divisions to three So far it has worked very well helping to pick up the pace of the show Sport I had a dial in time of 4 99 and faster and the 21 car field had some real talent But when it came right down to the final two it was Bill Hale a contractor from Canyon Lake in a 350 Chevy Rail called Hale Storm sponsored by Hale Construction Dunemasters and Paul Cylinda Heads and Dean Kuhn in Kinda Bright a 2442 J J VW sponsored by Kuhn Communications The time was a quick 4 429 for 73 05 mph and it went to Kuhn Quinton Arnold collected his second second of the day in Sport II when he went up against Mike Warren of Moreno Valley and The Jeep a 454 Chevy Jeep sponsored by O R 4 Whe el Drive Dave s Chevron and Carol Brown Construction The winning time was 5 623 with the speed a quick 41 95 mph Jeff Latch a purchasing manager from Fullerton had his Honda 250cc 4 Trax dialed in perfectly for Sport III The dial in was 6 27 and the Pro Design We B Jammin Racing quad went a 6 402 for 31 96 mph Rob Blank a Fry Steel Supervisor had the runner up honors in his 1835 VW Buggy sponsored by Fry _Steel Maintenance crew The Pee Wees are the entry level racers and always a joy to watch as they have such enthusiasm for the sport They have a strict dial in time of 10 00 and if they go any quicker than that they are disqualified A first time racer showed the old veterans how it was done when 8 year old Edward Neal Jr captured the top spot aboard his 80cc Yamaha Quad sponsored by Ed Neal Trucking His time was 10 494 Daniel King an 11 year old student from Hesperia had the bridesmaid honors in her Yamaha 225 Dragster This young lady has quite an organization behind her as she is sponsored by King Racing Team Hesperia Wholesale Lumber Jerry Butterfield Insurance Her dad is the crew chief and she comes with some good credentials She placed second in Pee Wee for 88 and best looking Pee Wee car for 88 Kevin Stevenson a student from Claremont took advantage of Rudy Kurtz Ill s break out to capture the win in the Junior Division The dial in is 7 00 and when Kurtz went 6 917 it was a little too quick Kurtz was aboard a 250 Honda and is sponsored by Mom and Dad Kevin was in a 350cc Honda Odyssey sponsored by FDS Mfg Co Inc and U Save Trailers of Pomona His time was 7 278 for a speed of 30 1_2 mph Manufacturers Advisory Council Report The first meeting of the SCORE HDRA Manufacturers Advisory Council in 1989 took place at the Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas on April20 just before the Binion s Mint 400 race How much factory involvement in off road racing is too much This was the unexpected question that greeted participants in the meeting SCORE International presi dent Sal Fish posed the question backed by the assent of High Desert Racing Association president Edna Lott Fish asked major truck and tire makers who comprise the committee or council to examine their company policies with an eye toward helping the still largely enthusiast dominated sport Meanwhile Bill Savage chairman of the SCORE HDRA Technical Committee asked manufacturers to comment on the direction of technical rules especially for mini pickup and production four wheel drive classes Savage set a May 15 deadline for receipt of proposals for the 1991 92 rule book Both appeals dealt with the cost and competitiveness of racing for participants in the factory dominated classes while Savage said I do have a request from Mazda to raise the engine limit to 4 liters Fish reciting the experience of a motorcycle company warned of a repeat if manufacturers take too much control of racing in a particular class This company Fish said started off giving prizes to the little guy and a discount on parts Somebody decided to form a full factory race team and they showed up with riders tractor trailers air support their own radio network and blew the doors off everybody Manage ment got so involved in racing it forgot about the customer I hope we don t see a repeat in other classes The Council also heard an appeal for support from Cliff Blake who heads the U S Forest Service s environmental ed uca tion programs including Tread Lightly which deals with off road recreational vehicle use Blake said his mandate is to make Tread Lightly as well known as Smokey the Bear Tread Lightly urges compliance with posted rules on the USFS s 191 million acres in 156 national forests particularly on 350 000 roads about 60 percent of which are open to the public Marty Reid producer of SCORE HDRA telecasts for ESPN informed the assembly his broadcast format will henceforth include overall progress reports as well as class breakdowns arid his pre race driver interview schedule has been moved up two hours to 8 00 a m the day before the start Sal Fish reported that venues other than Phoenix International Raceway are now being consid ered for the Off Road World Championship event on the weekend of September 7 10 due to a date conflict at PIR Fish also complimented the Independent Desert Racing Association which represents drivers for its professional attitude and policy of co operation with the _sanctioning bodies Dusty Times

Pony Express We at Lothringer Racing want to thank the Fudpucker Racing T earn for sticking to their guns on the protest against car 908 Mike Boehm his first race at your April 8th BUZZ BOMB 150 nice A vote was taken and we were declared legal You stood behind your dec ision even though it wasn t a popular thing to do and for this we commend you We feel you run a first class straight forward organization One suggestion we would like to make is that you need to have some crowd control in your impound area We suggest that you limit the number of people in impound to two people per car This would cut down on your tech time and also keep people out of the area that have no business being there Again we would like to thank you for your sense of fairness in a heated situation Mike Boehm driver Car 908 Kent Lothringer Owner Lothringer Engineering Covina CA Enclosed is my subscription for another year of your eagerly anticipated monthly installment of my favorite automotive publication As I have recently engaged in the time consuming act of owning and operating my late father s construction company the only racing I ve been able to do is in my day dreams almost constantly Thus I do await your Dusty Times so very eagerly each month my link to my many friends I do not get to see as often as I would like to anymore Thank you for the past year s enjoyment Butch O Neal West Covina CA Thank you Butch for your kind words about Dusty Times ed The Coronado Racing Team would like to welcome the team s two newest race cars and members They are Gilbert Osuna and Vincent Paniagua who have teamed up with Kahuna and Sean Dog Malabanan in the Challenger class car Also Tom Schilling Big John Tiedermann and Buzz Hattersly in the Class 1 2 1600 car At Fud s Buzz Bomb 150 race this past April 8 in Plaster City both cars finished strong in their classes with the 1 2 1600 capturing second in class and fifth overall and the Challenger placing fifth out of 21 cars Also a special thanks to Andy L DeVercelly and Peter Brown for helping prep the cars and working the pits and radios A special note to the Ledezma Racing Team and Danny Ledezma You have the honor of winning the famous Rubber Number Plate for your fantastic front flip at the start of the Buzz Bomb race All Coronado Racing Team members scored it a 10 with the exception of Andy L DeVercelly who scored it a low 9 0 compared to his 1988 Baja 500 controlled roll Kahuna Malabanan Coronado CA I would like to subscribe to your mag paper I went to a PAC race this summer and saw one of your great papers Awesome You guys go in so deep a count down of all running vehicles at every Dusty Times GODSPEED STEVE CENTURIONI and unable to get out People were on the scene immediately some tried to right the car but the fire was so intense they had to give up the effort Steve Centurioni had been off road racing for several years He started by co driving in Dave Ramirez Baja Bug later brought a 1 2 1600 car and drove it himself with various co drivers More recently he moved to Class 10 with a state of the art ORE and he did very well in the single seater again with various co drivers In 1988 Steve finished second in Class 10 points in the SCORE HORA series and he was leading the Class 10 points race this year at the time of his death Steve loved off road racing and it was true recreation as well as fierce competition for him He was part of a racing team that included Steve Schober Frank Smith Racing and Dave Ramirez and he was also a very hard working member of the CORE Pit Club A very successful businessman he made his home in Pasadena CA and came from a large and prominent family Steve was only 40 in the prime of life from all aspects Mere words cannot ease the pain for Steve s family his wife Agnes and sons Steven and Michael We do express our most sincere sympathy to all his family and many friends who will miss him sorely Truly we have all lost a fine man a real sportsman and a credit to our sport check It makes you feel you are The off road racing community equipped two seat car Reports of really there I enjoy all types of was shocked and saddened by the the accident are varied but the car racing but I like watching short news of the tragic and sudden crashed into a ditch early on the course best My dad and I are death of Steve Centurioni Fatal course rolled more than once and building a Jeep for mud bogging accidents are rare in this sport apparently caught fire while in the It s a 46 CJ A with a 68 Camaro and fatal pre run accidents are air then landed on the driver s 350 CJ 5 axles rear mounted rad almost non existent But the Lord side Steve s passenger Peter and a Score legal cage After four reached out for Steve Centurioni Kujundzick was able to escape years the Hillbilly Express will on the Wednesday before the from the car without serious run in its premiere event in late Binion s Mint 400 while he was injury but Steve was either April hopefully pre running the course in a well _knocked out or pinned in the car When I get out of school I w i nt to build competition vehi cles whether it be NHRA NASCAR Indy or off road Ultimately I would like to own a shop like Cal Wells or Garman Fab but I would like to go into an area whether it be engine suspension or the whole vehicle One of my problems is that I live in a little town with no mechanics course at the school so I take it by correspondence If it helps I m 17 and take Chemistry Algebra Socials English Metal lathewelding etc wood marketing and art Any suggestions in reaching my goal would be helpful Wes Kibble Barriere British Columbia It certainly sounds like you re on the right track to reach your goals Wes One way to learn even more is to apprentice out to a race team in the field you choose when you get out of school It gives a lot of hands on training that can be as valuable as any formal schooling in building race cars ed for the entry fees I am looking publishing this letter rather to financial help to rebuild his car after The following is an edited version forward to your response and illustrate one driver s solution to the a stout hit and wish him luck No of a letter sent to Manny Esquerra will be glad to discuss the frustration anger and financial loss other form of racing condones the Class 7 winner at the Binion s situation felt when one is hit with no warning deliberate ramming laughed off by Mint 400 Mike Colgan and knocked out of a race The many off roaders as that s racing As I am sure you know by now Fire House Racing Team situation described see IDRA The fear is that soon more than just I have lodged a formal complaint Silverado Canyon CA Report this issue is getting more machinery will be destroyed and the against your vehicle with the The publishers intention is not to common in all sizes of events and we sport will have another black mark IDRA Competition Review cast shadows on the Esquerra team by admire Mike Colgan for asking for with the insurance companies ed Board over what I viewed as intentional and malicious ramming of my vehicle 906 during the Mint 400 race I intend to explain my position and concerns to you directly so there will be no confusion or misinterpretation First I do not view you or your team as being particularly violent or reckless I feel this specific incident symptomatic of the overall disregard displayed by the Comlink V factory teams for the independent racer s right to compete I think we all know that our type of racing has its inherent dangers breakdowns and mechanical failures due to terrain and driver error and we accept these as part of the sport Had these sort of problems put us out of the race we would have accepted the fact The Ultimate Racing It is hard to accept the fact that Intercom A LEGEND due to your zeal to win your class we were eliminated from the same Helmets wired 100 CF chance in ours Where you ran over the top of our car was in a straight rocky wash with minimal if any dust in excellent weather and without a warning horn or tap The damage was such that we could not continue at least 2500 wo1 th if we do the work ourselves Twenty three people who financed their trip lodging 2888 Gundry Avenue entry fees and time off work were Signal Hill CA 90806 denied the ability to do their best 213 at the Mint by your carelessness I We l9 next door feel that due to the circumstances via U P S I your program should at a minimum take care of repairing my vehicle and reimbursing me Off Roads Winningest Radios OVER 9200N THE COURSE ROADMASTER New RF Pre Amp 95 30 to 50 more range 427 8177 June 1989

if that finished their race or if it was something else but they never did lap three By Judy Smith Larry Noel got one lap in and lost time someone thought to parked with a broken driveline Dan Cornwell and Don check the fuel and you guessed it There was no gas in the Robertson lost a secondary generator It took Jimmie three suspension arm on lap one and and a half hours to do that first replaced it Then the other one lap and when he passed through broke on lap two So they ran lap the Speedrome checkpoint his car three fairly gingerly with no quit He came into his pit on a tow secondaries And on lap four rope and by the time the experts about 20 miles out they broke a diagnosed corrosion in the torsion adjuster finger Dan who distributor Jimmie was well into was driving at the time went back a pina colada and resigned to to the pits where he knew there was a spare But there was no one watching the rest of the race Norm Francis lost a rear to help him and the prospect of torsion bar about eight miles into doing a major repair job all by lap one so he came back into the himself and then getting back in to Speedrome and got things fixed drive the lap was just too much He wen back out to finish his lap for him Rick Scalzo in the Ford got almost all the way around and was in sight of the Speedrome powered Class 2 car lost his when he ripped the whole corner automatic transmission on lap off He figured that in the rush of one But he has a persnickety the repair job something had computer on his motor that probably not been properly doesn t like dust and he would have had trouble with that all day fastened Javier and Enrique Tapia came if his tranny hadn t failed It seems all the way up from Mexico City to that whenever the computer race their first Mint got the doesn t like the conditions it s number one start position in their working under it reduces power Class 2 car and lost their motor So then Rick has to stop turn it off and reprogram the computer on lap one And Rich Minga who races Just a small glitch Bill and Scott Reams got their one of the Porsche Baja Bugs also lost his motor on lap one Rich 1 2 1600 car into lap two and heard a funny noise and felt the their rear adjuster finger broke In car slow and thought he had a the same class Jim Fishback and rock jammed in a caliper But the Bud Feldkamp got two laps done but had knocked the skid plate motor had given up Herb Reno had his truck out off knocked a hole in the for its first race and had Bill transmission and done sundry Holmes driving the first lap Bill other damage Also in that class got to within three miles of the Craig Forest got to the middle of Speedrome when he was hit from the rock garden and broke the behind and stuffed into a hole He part of his rack and pinion that also had lost ignition and the the tie rods hook on to In Class 10 Jim Zupanovich and suspension had gone away Gregg Symonds broke a Scott Dinovitz threw a rod on lap steering shaft on his 7 4x4 truck two and also in Class 10 Steve He was near Check 1 and it was Barlow and John Hagle were five hours before his crew had sidelined when their stub axle rounded up all the necessary parts unscrewed in the rock garden and got to him All told he did Greg Lewin and Cam Thieriot only one lap and it took eight finished their new 16 valve Toyota Class 10 car on hours and 3 7 minutes Gary and Dick W eyhrich did Wednesday night tested it on only one lap in their Class 10 car Thursday and almost finished and then lost a transmission their second lap before they lost while Larry and Terry Rickman their transmission Mike Schwellinger and Steve lost the motor on their 1 2 1600 Kramer broke a tie rod on their car on the second lap Brian Collins was having some first lap and used up two and a kind of carburetor trouble and half hours making repairs Then the motor wasn t responding they ran well until nine miles properly every time he needed from the finish and very close to power He got to a point where he their 18 hour limit they broke a needed a little juice stepped on front spring and simultaneously the throttle and nothing lost all the oil in their quadra trac In Class 4 John Dyck ran fifth happened The car slid over an embankment and down the side for two laps and then his oil tearing off a corner in the process pump fell off leaving a big hole in It was later discovered that his his motor Ross Craft and Howard carburetor float had developed a Anderson had a tough day Ross pinhole leak and had sunk John Gable and Curt LeDuc got broke a front brake line on lap just past the rock garden on their one and spent a lot of time getting fourth lap and blew their it fixed He had a radio but the transmission They even had a fire microphone had come unplugged for a while but got that put out unknown to him and he couldn t and radioed for their spare send messages Howard all suited transmission When the crew got up and ready to go got more and there they realized they d more nervous and finally left the forgotten the torque convertor main pit to go look for him Then so they hustled back to the Ross appeared tired hot dirty Speedrome When they got back and ready to get out and to the truck the second time they Howard was gone The crew realized they had the wrong stuffed him protesting back into the car and he took off torque convertor Meanwhile Howard learned what Jerry Penhall and Dennis Miller completed two laps but went had happened and drove out to straight to their pit to start Check 1 to meet him and get in welding on the rear torsion the car The middle laps were then housing which had torn loose fairly uneventful but on lap four from the chassis We don t know second gear went away and all the t he Losers It was back to basics or down and dirty as the racers returned to North Las Vegas for the Mint this year With 373 starters and only 94 finishers the Mint created 2 79 Losers for a 25 finish rate Or to look at it another way that s a 75 non finisher rate Three out of four didn t make it As always some folks put them selves in the Loser s column even before the race Like Jim Barbeau who fell off the back of his pre run truck a week before the race Not only did Jim l 5reak his arm he also hit himself in the lip with an axle that he was holding So he became a spectator And Steve Casagrande who broke his car before the Great Mojave race didn t do any better for the Mint Three days before the race he threw his knee out when he rolled over in bed and figured he d ended his race Then he made a quick visit to his chiro praetor and things were looking up again Then he sent co driver Dennis Orcutt out to test on Thursday and an axle broke So it was no Mint for Steve either Don Rountree was also out before the race when he blew a valve in his truck on Thursday He thought they might get it fixed but when the harmonic balancer went away on Friday night they were out for sure Greg Aronson and Craig Watkins didn t do much better They got their Class 10 car to the start line and took the green flag and then their transmission broke Greg Vaughan and Stan Parnell got their Class 5 car all the way to the infield short course in the Speedrome where in front of thousands of spectators their car started to make an ominous clanking noise and the ring gear gave up Parnell who was listed as co driver on a couple of other cars didn t feel too left out at that point But when car umber 511 Mel Vaughan and Dan Reynolds had to pit to replace broken shocks before it got out of the Speedrome and then broke an axle and then had a terminal electrical failure he was down to only one possible ride That was the team s 5 1600 car driven by _Doug Ingles which had six flat tires in 20 miles and then broke off the left front control arm Parnell was well and truly out of therace by then Frank Snook tickled the spectators by being the first driver to try the big jump in the short course section There was a 1000 prize for the longest jump and it looked as if Snook was sizing up the ramp for future laps Unfortunately he got 20 miles into the race and rolled his car causing terminal damage and putting him out of the race Jimmie Crowder last year s Class 2 winner had his power steering pump fall off on the first lap and he couldn t find a bolt to make the repairs with He went from pit to pit and finally had rounded up everything he needed Then the folks who were helping him tried to fire up their generator so they could weld They pulled the rope and pulled and pulled and it wouldn t fire Finally after many many tries and a lot of Page 54 June 1989 others were making noise so another car hit him knocking him down and scaring him plenty He Howard decided to park it Jerry McDonald s day was long has no idea what or vho it was he and frustrating He had two flats never saw it in the heavy dust Nels Lundgren s 5 1600 had a and replaced a driveshaft on lap one and was fourth in class But loose battery unknown to him It on lap two a front control arm and caused the car to stop cold on the a c v broke It took a lot of time first lap but then performed well to remove weld and replace the for the next two and a half laps arm and now he was running in when it came all the way loose two wheel drive only As he and an electrical fire burned worked his way through a wash a through the wires vehicle in a bigger faster class hit Robby Gordon apparently him and broke an axle Then he decided he d wow the fans and was stuck in the wash with only win the prize for the longest jump one wheel drive and had to wait in the short course section so he for his crew to come and fix it For tried it right 0ff the start and lap three his co driver Brian jumped 61 feet Then he broke Stewart got in but the control the rear end of the truck on lap arm broke again and that was the one and lost a lot of time since he was in an area where the crew end of their race B J Bates and Rick Pew ran couldn t get to him readily He eighth in Class 9 on their first lap continued to run well after that but then on lap two as Rick jumping 69 feet the next time and moved over to let Danny Letner then 72 feet But he broke an I pass they touched tires or he hit a beam in half on the last lap and rock he s not certain and the never got around to the finish He next thing he knew he d rolled off won the long jump contest overall the embankment and destroyed however Doug Fortin put his 1 2 1600 all the lights Later the same lap he spun a drum and happened to be car on its lid on the first lap and near George Gowland who not had to run a mile to find some only gave him a drum but helped people to help get it righted again put it on Their third lap was fairly But some damage had been done clean but they didn t start their and on lap two he broke a shock fourth lap until 10 30 p m B J s _ ripped up the front end and oent a dad Gary warned Rick and his tie rod He finished the lap but passenger Joel Moore that they way way down on time and might spend the nig t out there needed much repair so the team and someone in the pit gave them decided to park it Then Doug had a book of matches and off they a brainstorm and decided to went determined to finish the finish the lap his pit was before Mint And the transmission quit the finish line check and give the There wasn t enough wood to jump a try on his way So he put make a good fire and they had to his helmet back on put some mis sleep in the car and they were matched shocks on the car there until 5 30 the next morning buckled back in and went for it It B J s dad Gary and co driver wasn t an elegant jump but it Dave Baeskens had led Class 5 was the longest for the class and until a throttle cable broke on lap he won the 1000 And then he 3 Gary couldn t get the bolt off parked the car for good Nick Gross and Joe Valentine the pedal and then he couldn t get his arm under the seat and he lost hadn t run a Mint race for the last a lot of time He completed that two years because Nick found it lap then went out on lap four too rough the one time he tried it and began hearing a lot of noise as This year as they try to defend the body started falling off But their points championship they after the rock garden he realized felt they should run At mile 87 that one of the noises was more on lap one Nick ran into the back repetitious and he d lost his ring of truck 449 which was stopped on the course Nick s knee hit the and pinion Dave Kreisler to quote him dash and bent it and the whole made a major blunder and front end was pushed in Joe went reinstalled an axle that had been out to rescue him and they had to damaged at the Great Mojave replace the master cylinder among He d polished it out where it had other things Nick took off again been badly scraped but it broke hit a hole bent the tie rod and on lap 2 He had a spare made spindle and both had to be repairs and completed two laps changed Competitors Mike On lap three Bruce Caroline an Spina and Keith Underwood off road racing champion from helped them Then the first lap South Africa got in to drive and finally done Joe got in He got to mile 87 and broke a he hit the same hole that took Steve Centurioni s life Bruce balljoint which had been broke two front shocks and damaged in the first hit More bruised himself pretty badly As lengthy repairs ensued and the he limped around Dave went out lap was finally completed When to look for him so when Bruce Joe started the third lap it was got back to the pit and wanted aleady dark and when he got to out they had to cast around for a the rock garden the top blew off driver and found Ron Brant another front shock tower Joe who d already done his stint in said To tell the truth I was Danny Letner s c ar Ron got relieved It meant he didn t have halfway around the lap and the to drive that last lap John Wilson managed to c v on the spare axle broke Dave figured it probably hadn t had complete only two laps in his new enough lubricant There was Class 1 car and was out when he another spare in the car but Ron broke a limiter and then a link couldn t find it and he hiked out pin and had no spare So he packed everything up and headed to a pit Lisa Dickerson and Scott home on Sunday afternoon John Cameron ran into a freight train drove an 87 Ford 4x4 one ton of stuck cars on the third lap and truck with all his spares unused before they could do anything fue l and tools in a Snap On someone else ran into them and rollaway tool chest in the back ruined their motor Scott got out His trailer with his pre runner to see what he could do and was hooked on the back of it His 1 Dusty Times

parents came behind him with the race car in an enclosed trailer John stopped at Baker and filled both fuel tanks on the truck and then took off up the hill driving into a fierce headwind Just a short way up the road John saw flames appearing from under his hood He started to pull over and slow down and suddenly the flames were between the truck bed and cab His passenger jumped out when the truck had slowed to about30 mph butJohn hung on til it was down to about 10 mph then jammed it into park and jumped out of the by then flame filled cab Seconds later the truck went up with a big whump John whose hair was singed and his bruised friend tried to unhook the trailer but couldn t get close enough because of the heat The spare gas went and then the pre runner also caught fire Luckily they weren t seriously hurt but John had to stand and watch all of it burn to a crisp Eric Linker and Paul Michael drove their first race at the Mint last year This year s Mint was Independent Desert RacersBy George Association Thompson The Mint 400 Competition Review Board met at 8 00 a m Sunday April 23 1989 at Binion s Horseshoe Club In attendance at that meeting were Frank Vessels Board Administrator IDRA Exec Board Andy DeVercelly Open Wheel Class Rep 5 1600 David Quill Manufacturers Class Rep 3 1 14 Tom DeNault Pit Support Rep Chapala Dusters George Thompson CRB Marshal IDRA David 0 White HORA Race Director Danny Cau HORA Operations Director Jean Calvin Invited Guest Dusty Times Late last year I developed the habit of going to the HORA Operations Truck to check the unofficial results in order to verify that protested entries had been properly flagged in accordance with the format of the CRB one hour before the meeting Imagine my surprise when I noticed that NO entries were flagged after the Mint race After some investigation I learned that HORA officials were unable to get away from the Speedrome until after 6 30 a m Sunday when short handed and over tired they rushed to meet the 7 00 a m posting deadline They didn t make it I spoke with Danny Cau HORA Operations Director for some time about the importance of flagging the protested entries at least one hour prior to the meeting of the Review Board and was assured that in the future he will assign this responsibility to an HORA Official whose primary function it will be to flag the protested entries and post this information in a predetermined location I will announce this location prior to each race in the Driver Packet Last year Driver Reps and IDRA after several isolated incidents agreed not to penalize anyone under these circumstances beyond the possible issuing of a Letter of Reprimand Unfortunately this was the first time that NONE of the protested entries were flagged IDRA will see to it that it will be the last time This Rule is more than an important detail It forms the very cornerstone of a Fair Review Board by allowing the protested entry the opportunity to be heard in his own defense We will all be working with SCORE HORA to prevent this from occurring again As a result of this oversight however the ability of the CRB to act effectively at the Mint meeting was severely limited Dusty Times The board did hear some important cases The first case involved a complaint by entry 990 represented with eloquence by the wife of one of the drivers This team had a complaint against HORA because with only a lap to go to their finish HORA officials refused to allow them to go out on the last lap With only 2 hours 50 minutes left on their clock it seemed unlikely to race officials that they would finish within the required time and humanely told them to turn it off The statistics seem to bear out the wisdom of their decision Fast lap for this entry had been 3 16 class fastlap 3 10 so it seemed unlikely that they were going to come out on top of these numbers by the more than ten minutes necessary to accomplish their goal It was unanimously agreed that HORA acted correctly Interestingly enough 990 had other problems as they were protested for abusive nerfing by 932 a problem we are hearing more and more about lately There was little to be done here because the protesting entry was not present nor were the actual drivers of 990 This case had to be dismissed Entry 906 brought a complaint against 719 for abusive ramming at mile marker 49 near Ute Road in the California Wash According to 906 He came up behind me and with no warning no horn no tap caved in the rear cage the exhaust lost the fan belt and bent the intake up We ended up frying a motor We asked if this was an area that was real tight and blind and were told that it was a low dust graveled washed through area So what you re saying is you think that he had enough time to see you before he got that close to you 906 believed there was Was there room for you to move over had you known There wasn t a whole lot they said The owner of 906 had some closing comments This happened to me also at Parker and I just kinda let it go We were hit real hard on Thunder Alley with no warning and there was no call for it I enjoy racing and I pay the same fees as everyone else and realizing the car is slow we watch the mirrors and try to stay out of the way y OU know this race is over but we need to get the point across that continuing to add steel to the car doesn t seem to be what we need to do We need to drive like sportsmen and to realize that everybody s out here to race We their second race and they had already lost their new pre run motor on Friday when the air cleaner came off But their 1 21600 race car got through the first couple of laps alright and they began to think they d get a finish Paul drove the lastlap and as they began to expect him the rest of the crew gathered at the finish line But he didn t come And then some cars that had been behind them came in and they started to ask all the drivers if they d seen Paul And some had but he was reported to be moving slowly don t have any big sponsors I can t continue to race ifl have to continue to pay this kind of money to repair the car If you look at this article producing a magazine ad it s called Truck Stop It says If you drive a Challenger and are tired of trucks climbing your rear end and wiping out your power train we have a new bolt on extension It doesn t make sense to me why I should have to protect against something that is intentional If it s incidental an accident I can live with that but this obviously was not He hit me far too hard in far too clear an area There was other dialogue but this commentary taken from the CRB Transcript is the essence of a complaint we hear time and again For everyone that gets to the board there are ten we never hear because the racers don t always come forward for whatever reason There seems to be a trend developing where it is funny to some racers to pound the helloutoftheselimitedcarsfor the thrill of the impact We are not playing bumper cars here In the opinion of IDRA and the Driver Reps these incidents of abusive nerfing are getting dangerously out of hand and we are not going to put up with this total lack of regard for another team s race effort At this event because 719 was not properly flagged he escaped what might have been a substantial penalty and or disqualification for this act On the other hand had he known about this complaint there might have been extenuating circumstances which he could have presented in his defense we don t know The CRB Marshal was asked to write a letter to 719 demanding an explanation If we donotreceiveasatisfactoryreply this letter will be entered in the files as a Letter of Reprimand and will be referred to should his name come before the board in the future Another hot topic came up about this time Short Coursing 303 brought charges of short coursing against 318 and 307 According to the drivers of 303 318 was observed off course near mile market 23 just before the Rock Garden and they later witnessed 307 off the marked course near the hill at mile 94 About 307 they said We were locked in a race with 307 and they couldn t seem to catch us Then they disappeared and we wereonourwayupthehilleating dust from a Class 11 When we got to the top there was 307 way out in front It was obvious that he had found a short cut around the hill In spite of the fact that this was damaging testimony aganst both June 1989 Meanwhile out on the course tunnel shoving the excised front Paul was moving slower and piece along And he got a little slower as the chassis came to help from a truck that was pieces around him The old car anxious to get through the tunnel had started breaking just in front and ended up ungracefully shoved of the driver s compartment and into the rocks on the other side things went from bad to worse Back at the finish line some but he still thought he could time later someone told Eric finish When he reached the Apex they d seen his car in two pieces overpass tunnel and had only a by the side of the road For a while couple of miles to go the front they thought they d try to get a end separated from the rest the finish with the back half of the nose dropped down the tires car but they figured they d run hopped up and hit the cage and out of time and scratched the the steering shaft bent and pulled idea We commiserated with clear out of the box All of a them on their horrible weekend sudden Paul had a two piece race and Eric said Oh we had the car It was still running well so he best time of our lives It was decided to drive it out of the fantastic They ll be back 307 and 318 we were again kinda behind the plateau from the reminded of the fact that these checkpoint and landed Three protested entries were not flagged guys got out and ran over to the andthereforenoseriouspenalties course waited for a little while could be assessed It was agreed then they ran across the course that we would send these entries a 212 came down the race course Letter of Reprimand and give and stopped Two guys walked to them an opportunity to answer the back of the car one guy stuck the protest his head in the front of the car I m Entry 592 was seen off course not sure what they did They byentry 550afewmilesoffthe stayed there for probably 45 start He will also receive a letter seconds to a minute backed away from the board It was later from the car the car left and the discovered that 592 was guys ran back over to the chopper returning to where he had left the and got in and left You know we course for a pit stop ed pit with the Checkers and we ve Considerable discussion got cars running against them and centered around a reported we don t have a chopper and violation of rule G 20a Pre well the Checkers think it s illegal running This complaint was and an unfair advantage presented to the board in the form As with the other protests this of a written protest filed by the is a serious matter which has driver of entry 1000 On become so controversial that last Thursday at 4 00 p m my month there was a combined vehicle was run off the race tourse meeting of the Driver Reps which during pre runninR by the race condemned the use of helicopters truck of entry 713 He was by competitors under any running the wrong direction on circumstances At this meeting the course at race speeds and BOTH IDRA and SCORE failed to slow down or pull over HORA Tech Director Bill Savage but instead forced me to drive off agreed that use of helicopters by the course Entry 1000 also racing teams should be outlawed cited three additional witnesses ID RA w i 11 be pursuing a verifying the incident I talked to modification of the rules the race team at the pit and the concerning Rule G 35 UNowner of 713 told me that he FORTUNATELY this entry was was driving the vehicle when I was not flagged and could only be run off the road and clearly issued a Letter of Reprimand indicated to me that he had as Course Cutting Abusive much right to be driving as Nerfing Illegal Air Support and anyone because the start area in Irresponsible Pre Running this case 3 miles from the start practices are serious problems line was a vehicle test area which threaten the entire sport of Forget the fact that this was an desert racing If we continue to area where the BLM had allow these sort of infractions to restricted the speed to 30 mph go unpunished then we are Everyone knows that you witnessing the end of off road NEVER run backwards on a race desert racing as we know it This course I have to wonder what time we were unable to do our job incredible reserves of stupidity effectively Systems have already this racer called on to try and been put in place to assure that all justify pre running against the protested entries will be properly flow ofrace traffic It was decided flagged in the future Ultimately that his argument was totally the success of the racer operated invalid and this racer would Competition Review Board receive a serious letter of depends on the willingness of the reprimand since no other racers to come forward and report punitive action could be taken legitimate violations of the rules because this case was not properly Only when we achieve a harmony flagged The mood of the board between the Promoter the CRB was ugly on this one folks Had and the competitor will we be able our hands not been tied by a legal to act decisively to bring these technicality it is unlikely that sort of problems under control It 713 would have raced in the is time that we serve notice to the desert for a while Cheaters and Road Warriors that The last protest saw two the responsible members of the members of Checker Pit 4 sportarenotgoingtotoleratethis coming forward to lodge a behavior any longer Next time complaint against entry 212 for you knowingly leave the marked a violation of G 35 Illegal Air course or maliciously ram Support Let s hear the Checkers another competitor consider that tell the story you have been warned Race a WewereatCheckerPit4 just clean race or stay home before Check 7 and there s a The Competition Review plateau out there on the left side Board was adjourned at 10 15 of the wash We walked up the a m after meeting for 2 hours and plateau and a chopper came in 15 minutes Page 55

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term employment at a predetermined wage need apply Resumes and references required Send to Roger Mears Racing 416 Fairview Rd Bakersfield CA 93307 805 831 8610 I FOR SALE 1982 Isuzu 4WD Mastercraft seats Sway A Way 8 shocks Centerlines Goodyear 51 000 mi air cond good prerun truck 3200 00 Jim Sumners 213 690 7309 Dusty Times

FOR SALE 1967 Class 5 Baja SCORE legal Professionally built fresh 1835 Roller cam Zenith Balanced Blueprinted Fuel Safe 5 PT Simpson harness Total seats S A W Bus tranny Centerlines Johnny Johnson adapter would make excellent Pre runner or Race Turn key Call Ed Mabe 213 434 3892 4000 00 GARAGE SALE All Off Road V W parts must go Would be pre runner Baja set up with Bus IRS and can run Toyota or VW power Fiber glass low side Dune Buggy extra pan and a ton of used parts some worth gold some so so One buyer one price 1500 00 takes all Ask for Ron eve after 6 30 p m 818 9620305 FOR SALE 1975 International Travelall 392d VS new rear springs and shocks brakes tires Class 3 hitch and wiring for trailer used daily Excellent service truck 1000 00 O B O Single axle buggy I car trailer 400 00 197 3 Toyota Corolla rally car fully prepared 3000 00 Call 213 466 4969 FOR SALE Class 5 convertible Mendeola Wright Mastercraft UMP steering Superboots Parker Allan 4 wheel Summers discs 8 Centerlines many Yokohama and Tectiras Durablue 12 Bilsteins Aeroquip Neal much more including extra convertible body Sacrifice 5000 00 Dual carb 2260cc motor also available Call Tom Arnold at 503 344 2251 FOR SALE Class 111966 VW Race ready Ran Baja 1000 Safari and Mojave 250 Moving up to newer vehicle Must sell Perfect starter car Street legal 3500 00 jnvested w sell for 1800 00 O B O If not sold prior to the Baja 500 Race it will be at the race at this address CIBOLA 20 Max Trumpower 213 4552160 FOR SALE 76 Jeep Jl0 fresh 401 Turbo 400 trans SCORE legal cage Mastercraft seats aluminum interior Centerlines Fuel cell excellent pre runner daily driver 8500 00 75 Ford Bronco Class 3 351 Art Carr trans Rancho suspension 40 gal cell many spares Raced twice in FOR SALE or TRADE 1 1600 88 4th place Mint 400 5th place Funco Race ready best of Fireworks 250 Race ready everything plus 20ft enclosed 6000 00 Call 714 731 1570 Pro Tractrailer sink refriger FOR SALE 5 1600 never ator storage sleeps 4 plus 3 FM finished 72 Bug w pink slip radios and all spares Let s deal Excellent condition used as preSports car Motorhome Cash runner Wright rack Combos Call 707 447 2453 Chrome Maly FT arms power _ ___ _ r iii ii i steering Sway A Way torsions l FT rear Fox shocks rear adjuster Mirage spring plates Super Boot axles cages Beard seats Centerline wheels no motor or trans 5800 00 Call Brian at 213 928 0421 days or 213 493 5113 eves FOR SALE For them BIG RIG needs SLEEPER very clean Has air conditioning and heater 600 00 O B O Color is a deep Carmine burgundy red Call Winnie at Dusty Times or 818 360 0106 after 3 p m cHAPALA DUSTERS Jon Kennedy President 3117 Klllarney Costa Mesa CA 92626 714 641 0155 FOR SALE 1 1600 ORC Hatz motor Curnutt shocks UMP Dura Blue Trick arms combos JaMar Mastercraft some spares with or without motor and trans Call Art at 619 324 1861 or 619 365 7188 FOR SALE Serious pre runner built for that purpose 120H WB 10 over front rear Fox Air Shox Super Boot 930 cvs fresh bus tranny Wright rack 300 mm bars roomy cage 1650cc motor Car well maintained Come and ride 619 253 7935 6500 00 SEEKING NEW CAREER Work on race team or in race fabrication shop Experience in high school shop classes college welding drafting machine shop classes and welding metal fabrication installing and building off road vehicles and Jeeps Willing to relocate and send resume Call Vince at 209 869 4440 FOR SALE Good used VW parts 73 Class 11 car Sand Toys complete dune buggies frames VW s complete at VW Only Dismantlers Hesperia CA 619 244 1199 1 0 R A George Thompson Director P O Box 1683 Ojai CA 93023 805 646 2903 CHECKERS Butch Dunn President 19944 Chase St Canoga Park CA 91306 LOS CAMPERONES Rick Frisby President P O Box 421 Escondido CA 92025 619 747 3366 818 709 6800 C O R E Jon Snyder President 180 Whitworth Thousand Oaks CA 91360 MAG7 Bruce Cranmore Race Director 11244 Horizon HIiis Drive El Cajon CA 92020 619 440 3737 805 498 9880 F A I R Jeff Randall President 321 Copa de Oro Brea CA 92621 TIGHT TEN John Lippitt Race Director 153 Lindell Ave El Cajon CA 92020 619 448 5500 619 447 7955 714 996 4936 H D O R E Carol Clark Presi nL 22264 Ottawa Unit 1 Apple Valley CA 92308 619 240 3186 619 240 3122 To 11st your pit club contact here send the information to Dusty Times The service Is free to all pit groups We welcome all Support Team news articles Typed and double spaced copy is acceptable Copy deadlines vary slightly usually by the tenth of the month to make the next issue TREAD LIGHTLY FOR SALE Built to Class 5 unlimited specs Street legal prerunner lOY WB Hati motor WANTED FABRICATOR with Mendeola trans Mark Stahl a comprehensive knowledge of all trailing arms 3x3 Wright rack forms of welding tubular front arms Bilsteins fabrication sheet metal DUSTY TIMES has contingency money posted at all Mastercraft Sw4y A Way fabrication and layout work Score and HDRA desert races and other selected 6500 00 O B O Many spare Precision Preparation Inc events Check it out on contingency row Two parts Chuck 714 530 9883 FOR SALE 1 2 1600 Hart requires the skills of hard working FOR SALE Baja Bug pre runner chassis Don Hatz motor Neth individuals who understand and different classes each event Excellent condition Built by front rear suspension UMP find personal satisfaction working Valley Performance Full chassis power steering Fox shocks Race in motorsports This position Bilsteins Wright front end Bus ready 12 000 00 Call Joe Flinn pays top dollar with quality benefits for qualified and skilled trans Hew land gears Turbo CV s at 714 676 8084 individuals who understand the Armstrong Tire Co Back Cover McKenzie Performance Products 21 power steering 2180cc 24 gal commitment racing requires Bilstein Corp of America 31 Mr Sticker 19 tank Beard seats First class Only qualified and skilled B O R E 8 6000 00 Call Greg Heinrich at Nevada Off Road Buggy 47 persons need apply Send resumes 702 641 1400 work or 702 Boulevard GMC 11 Nissan Motor Corp USA 17 to Precision Preparation Inc 731 6708 home Brush Run 101 37 Off Road Action Trading Cards 45 15041 Goldenwest Circle RACE MECHANICS WANTED Westminster CA 92683 Attn cactus Racing 44 PCI Race Radios 53 FOR 89 SEASON Precision California Pre Fun 43 Race Ready Products 16 Cal Wells 714 894 7 341 Preparation Inc has job openings Car Custom 27 SCORE International 20 for experienced professional race FOR SALE 1986 GMC Crew Steve Centurioni Memorial 13 Marvin Shaw mechanics These people need to FOR SALE 5 1600 raced only Cab Dually Fully loaded Champion Bead Lock Co 4 Performance Products 34 be skilled reliable and under twice Best of everything Wright w camper shell custom paint Competitive Trailers 25 Simpson Race Products 49 stand the commitment racing Rack spindles arms Neth rear new Yokohama s all around requires Only qualified people arms SAW Chromoly spring Extra 50 gal gas tank Cook Brothers Racing 18 Smittybilt Inc 39 who are able to commit for an plates Chromoly front beam 15 495 00 619 240 3186 DeNunzio Racing Products 30 Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group 9 entire season at a predetermined rear torsion adjusters Car has 10 1963 VW Baja Bug cage race FAT Performance 22 wage with benefits need apply front travel 11 rear travel 18 seats Bilsteins 1835cc engine Ford Motorsports 2 Trackside Photo Enterprises 10 Resumesandreferencesrequired front rear Bilsteins Quick custom paint new Yokies all Fuel Safe 23 Tri Mil Industries 15 Send to Bob Sprow c o release steering Super trick 22 around 619 240 3186 Goodyear Tire Rubber Co 32 33 Unique Metal Products 40 Precision Preparation Inc gal cell Eleven mounted 2500 00 1972 Chev Monte Herndon Motorsports 41 Valley Performance Hewland 28 15041 Goldenwest Circle Centerlines Thing rear drums Carlo 72 000 miles great IPF Motorsports 29 Wright Place 36 Westminster CA 92683 orcall 11 000 00 O B O 818 893 condition PIS P 1B AIC Jeep 7 Yokohama Tire Corp 5 for information 714 894 7341 3138 2 695 00 619 240 3186 KC Hilites 35 Dusty 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