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Volume 6 -Number 8 August 1989 In This Issue ••• Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor RicharJ K. Schwalm Editorial Associate Winnie Essenberg Editorial Assi.stant Jennifer Myers Controller John Calvin Circulation Jerry Lawless Traffic John HowarJ 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 Trackside Photo Enterprises Ken Vanderhoof Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michdle's Typesetting St:rvices SNAPSHOT Subscription Rates: THE OfflCIAL VOICE OF CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES · PROFESSIONAL • AMERICAN • CANADIAN Off-ROAD \l_ RACING 11th~ ' --~~~ . ~· AJt,,? $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 permis-sion from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Agoura, CA 91301. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite O, Agoura, CA 91301. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. OF THE MONTH ••• I I I I I I I I I FEATURES Page SCORE Baja Internacional ............................... . 12 Memorial Day 100 .............................. • , • • • • • • 24 WCR Acropolis Rally .................................... 32 VORRA Yerington 300 .............. , . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . .. 34 Sugar Camp Challenge Enduro ............................ 37 SCCA Rim Of The World Rally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 38 SCCA San Andreas Stages Rally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 BORE Wendover Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SNORE Per-Lux Twilight 200 ............................. 42 Gran Carrera de Tecate .............................. • • • • • 46 Las Cruces 150 .................................... • • • • • 50 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Mike Schwellinger/ Steve Kramer ................ 4 Trail Notes .............................................. 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Side Tracks by Judy Smith ................................ 36 California Rally Series by Lon Peterson ..................... 40 SCORE/HORA Desert Series Points ..................... : . 45 Pit T earn Register and Reports ............................. 48 The Losers by Judy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Classified Ads ............................ ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Index to Adverti~rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ON THE COVER -Robby Gordon continues to break records in off road racing. Last June the young truck driver flew his new Ford pickup to the Class 8 and overall victory in the SCORE Baja Internacional. It was the first time in the history of this Baja race that a pickup truck had won the event overall. I\~ DUSTY TIMES THE.FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! ·o 1 year-$1i.00 D I years - $10.00 D 3 years -$~.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name----------------------------Well, here we are out in the wilderness, enjoying the wonders of nature. That probably isn't what Richard Chimotti is saying to his co-driver Nick Kollar on the Rim of the World Rally. The Ford Courier rally truck has a habit of going over the edge and down the cliff into a ravine on western SCCA Pro Rally Divisional events. Photo by Hank Morris, of Lancaster, CA. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar ,;funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something .comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. H you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or 8xl0 will be considered. Address -----------------------City State _________________ Zip ________ _ Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 (Canadian - 1 year $15.00 U.S.• Overseas subscription r.itt:s quoted on request) I I I I I I I I -1 -I •• I I I I I I I I I.. -Dusty flmcs August 1989 Page 3

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Soap Box ••• By Mike Schwellinger/Steve Kramer CONEJO OFF ROAD RACING TEAM When is a rule enforced? With the merging of Class 3/14 for the '89 season, ALL vehicles were grandfathered "AS IS". However, the technical director had no idea of the configuration of each vehicle and no attempt was made to document how each was run during the 1988 season. The '89/'90 Off Road Racing Rules and Regulations states that the technical director "shall ascertain · by visual examination that vehicles entered in an event comply ·with the competition and supplementary regulations of the event". We realize that not every single entry in each race can be inspected but in a situation like ours, where two completely different classes are merged, it should have been done, especially in light of stricter rules for Class 3 in 1989. Some vehicles have been illegally changed between races and continue to run outside the rules. One of these vehicles is David Ashley's 1988 Bronco which was run in the '88 Baja 1000 with a suspension configuration that was and would , have been legal according to the '89 Class 3 rules. The Bronco ran as a grandfathered Class 14 car in the '89 Parker 400. At the Mojave 250 it showed up with a front suspension configuration different than the one run at Parker, constituting a change which would have to meet the '89 rules. This was noted by Class 3 members and when presented to Bill Savage; he stated he didn't have to know how it was set up for Baja because it was an unlimited class. If it was grandfathered "as is" he should have known how it was set up. This set the tone for the lack of responsibility by the HDRA/SCORE technical director in enforcing the new 3/14 rules. WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS There was a note of appreciation in the July issue of Dusty Times, thanking those who gave their editorial talents to ensure that your July copy went to press on time. In this issue we would particularly like to thank some others who gave their time to get the issu!'l to the Post Office on time to guarantee its delivery to you, the reader. . Thanks to the C.O.R.E. membership for their support and in particular to: Joe Phipps, Dick McCool, Greg Shapiro, Don Angel, Kevin McGillivray, Al Win-chester, Jon Snyder, Nancy Huskins, plus Scott McKenzie, Sandy Barisic, Jen-nifer Myers, and Jan Mazzenga. Your editor, Jean Calvin, would also like to thank many, many folks for their encouraging cards and letters while we were in the hospital, and later at home. We had so many flowers and plants arrive that the room looked like a florist's shop and we sincerely thank all of you for your efforts to cheer us up through the long days of our recovery. It sure is keen to know you have so many friends who care. THE WRIGHT PLACE~. COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! The coil springs you are seeing on cars in magazines and at the finish line, are products of The Wright Place. You can use them on Fox, Bilstein, or Rough Country's Ni~ro Charger. Springs are available in 1, 2, or 3 stages, and various lengths. Easy to install and adjust. Wrenches come with the kit for adjw~tments. Another great idea from the front end experts of off road . racing. 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 (619) 561-4810 Page 4 After extensive sheet metal damage in the Baja 500, Ashley's Bronco showed up at the Barstow Fireworks 250 with a body configuration that clearly did not meet the '89 rules. A protest was lodged by our entry, vehicle #300, in a two-page written protest, plus the required $500, submitted to HORA president Danny Cau and Bill Savage, the technical director. Savage stated after reading the protest that he would have to make a physical inspection of Ashley's entry. The unofficial results were then red-flagged and we were informed a ruling would be made before the official 8 a.m. results posting and that we could be present at the inspection. About two hours later we were informed that Danny Cau wanted to talk to us. He said Ashley's entry was not available for inspection; it was already on its way home. That in itself is a direct violation of the HDRA/ SCORE 89190 rule book, page 18, 041, which states: "in-spection of protested items will be required of any entrant who has an official protest lodged against his race vehicle. Failure to submit to _inspection will result in automatic disqualification". Why weren't the rules followed? Why wasn't Ashley told to bring his vehicle back or be disqualified? Why didn't Danny Cau, as president of HORA, insist that the rules be followed? Why , were we told that Savage couldn't · inspect the Bronco until July 11? Does our technical director not care about independents or was Pike's Peak too much of a conflict of interest? Why were we told that our protest didn't even have to be accepted? . We are given a set of rules to follow, we pay our membership and entry fees and then, when a protest concerning dollars and points towards a championship title arises, the rules are ignored. We feel we've been monetarily damaged. Will it take civil action and a court oflaw to make HORA enforce its own rules? This is no longer just club racing, this is a professional sport and it should · be run in a professional manner. This is not an isolated incident. How many of you other off road racers have run against illegal entries and people who consist-end y break the rules? How do you feel about how the rules are not being enforced? Do you want to see this lax trend continue or do you think the rules should be enforced as written? Do the rules apply to all of us or are some of us exempt? Do the rules only apply when it is convenient for the officials? Now is your chance to express your opinion. Maybe together we can make a difference in the sport of off-road racing. You can either continue to grumble about the unfairness and do nothing or you can stand up and be counted by writing to Danny Cau and Sal Fish and to the editors of the off road publica-tions and let them know how you feel. Volunteers are invited to climb on their "Soap Box" and fill this space with tf .eir 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, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite o, Agoura, CA 91301. August 1989 Trail Notes ••• THE HIGH DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION is under new management, but no major changes in the operation of the organization are planned. The sale had been in the rumor mill for several months, and somewhat expected after the death of founder Walt Lott one year ago. The new president Danny Cau vows to continue the work Lott set in motion. Cau (pronounced Coe), formerly the race operations director for HDRA, completed the purchase of the corporation on Wednesday, June 14 from Lott's widow, Edna, and Riverside, CA businessman Tom Spiel. Cau, who holds 50 percent of the stock, will serve as HDRA President. The other half of the corporation will be owned by the Gordon Potter Trust which is managed by the sons of the late Las Vegas businessman, Raymond and Leon. Ray Potter, who has helped· organize off road races since the inception of the sport and has worked with HDRA for several years, will serve as the treasurer, while Potter's wife, Pat, long time chief of timing and scoring, will be the secretary. The corporate vice president will be Sue Smuskiewicz, who served the Lotts for seven years as their executive assistant. Cau, who had been trained by Walt Lott in all areas of race management, said there will be no immediate changes in the organization except for some job descriptions. He said he will continue to work to improve the HDRA/ SCORE desert series and work towards finding a major sponsor for the series as well as individual events. Cau named veteran off roader Jerry Bender to the post of race director-chief steward. Edna Lott, who had served as HDRA president since her husband's death, said it was time for her to retire from the off road business and "turn the sport over to younger and more imaginative minds. It's time for young people to take the responsibility and go forward with HDRA," she said. "There comes a time when it gets to be tCX> much, when it is no fun anymore." Edna, we are sure going to miss you at the races, but enjoy your leisure time! THE MICHELIN PACIFIC FOREST RALLY coverage scheduled for Dusty Times failed to materialize, so, rather belatedly, we have a brief report. Rod Millen and Tony Sircombe won overall in the Mazda GTX, this round by a goodly margin of nine minutes over Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge, Subaru, both also competing in Group A. From the start of the first racing stage the Millen Mazda was in a class by itself. Throughout the 160 miles of competition, however, DiMarco and Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini, Dodge, exchanged second place nearly stage by stage. At the finish Shepherd was the Production GT Class winner and third overall. Tim O'Neil and Martin Headland continued their march to the championship in Production class, finished a remarkable fourth overall and winning the class handily in the VWGTI. The new Rallytruck class provided the best rally long class struggle. At the end, after almost four hours of competition driving, the three trucks finished only 49 seconds apart! Gary and Judy Gooch won the title in a Toyota followed home by Richard Campbell and John MacArthur, Toyota, and Roger Hull and Rob Cherrv, Jeep Comanche. The dry, sunny conditions made the roads harder on equipment than normal. Only ten vehicles were able to complete the rally. THE HDRA FIREWORKS 250 drew a strong entry to the torrid desert near Barstow, CA on the 4th of July weekend. We'll have a full report next month but here are some brief results. Bill and Brian Church won Class 1 followed by Troy Herbst, then Steve Brown and Jeff Hibbard. Bob Richey and Harold Nicks finally kept it all together to not only win Class 2 but take the overall title in the Raceco Porsche. Matt McBride and Steve Sourapas nailed second in Class 2 followed by Mike Lund and Buzz Combe. Kevin and Brian Smith won Class 1-2-1600 followed in by Tom and Bob DeNault, then Curtis and Lou Farrar. Dave Ashley won Class 3/14 over Don Adams and Mike Schwellinger. Steve Kelley got the Chevy home first in Class 4, besting Jack Johnson and John Dyck. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter scored · another Class 5 win over Mel Vaughan then George Seeley Jr. Daryl and Wayne Cook got the victory over Darren Hardesty then Rich Fersch in Class 5-1600. Evan Evans got another win in Class 6, by over an hour on Steve Russell, then Dale Jordan. Larry Ragland won Class 7, besting Wayne Lee and Roger Mears. Jack Schlaman won Class 7S followed by Rob MacCachren, then Spencer Low. Paul Simon won Class 7 4x4 over Sherman Balch, then Bud · Sebelius. Robby Gordon tCX>k Class 8 over Frank Vessels and Walker Evans. Nick Gross won Class 9, followed by Dave Girdner, then William Brady. Craig Watkins took Class 10 over Rob Myerly, then Scott Dinovitz. Ramon Castro won Class 11 over Andy Diaz. Charles Townsley won his Second Mini-Mag title over Dick McDonald. On a very somber note, a checkpoint worker Jim Cross, was killed on race day when he was struck by a race car at Checkpoint 2 early in the race. Cross, 55 of Hemet, CA, was pronounced dead on arrival at Victor Valley Hospital. The driver of the Class 1 car withdrew from the event immediately. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family and friends of Jim Cross. LATE FLASH -As we go to press we have just learned of a tragic accident that happened to Evan Evans on Thursday, July 14. Evan has won four races in a row in Class 6, and there was talk of his moving up to a faster class. But, Walker Evan's son may have already ended his off road career. He suffered a broken back while riding a dirt bike when he crashed into a ditch near his home in Riverside, and at this writing he is, sadly, paralyzed from the waist down and listed in critical condition. According to the newspaper report Evan is in Loma Linda Hospital for special treannent, and he would surely appreciate cards and notes from his friends and fans. HERBST LEADS TRUE GRIT - Troy Herbst, youngest of the three racing "Terrible Herbst" brothers from Las Vegas, NV, has taken the lead in the Toyota True grit standing on the SCORE-HDRA desert series. Troy has averaged 55.21 mph to lead on points after four races. Dan Cornwell is second at 52.77 mph. In the Heavy Metal Division Chris Minor is the halfway leader over Frank Vessels, 4 7 .76 mph i:o 46.41 mph. Roger Mears leads the Mini Metal pack with an average speed of 45.18, far ahead of Darren York at 39.63 pmh: A total of 127 drivers remain eligible for a share of the $10,000 year en1 pn_ze money. In a separate competition 15 drivers remain eligible for Toyota s Milestone awards. These are presented to the drivers who manage to complete every racing mile in all eight events. Dusty Times

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1989 HAPPENINGS ••• · ✓ A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O . Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 September 3, 1989 High Country 150 Williams, AZ October 7, 1989 Penasco 150 Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico November 18, 1989 Sonoyta to Rocky Point Hare 'n Hound Sonora, Mexico December 19, 1989 Annual Awards Banquet Phoenix, AZ BADGERLAND VW CLUB,INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh,WI54901 ( 414) 688-5509 August 19-20, 1989 (All events located in Chilton, WI at the Fairgrounds Racing Facility) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 September 15•17, 1989 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, B.C., Mexico BONNEVILLE OFfROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801)627-2313 August 5-6, 1989 Jackpot 250 Jackpot, NV September 16-1 7, 1989 Desert Cactus 200 Delle, Utah October 14-15, 1989 Bonneville Challenge Wendover, USA 1988 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon,WI54520 (715) 478-2115 I (715) 478-2688 September 1-3, 1989 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Lon Peterson 14550 Dos Palmas Victorville, CA 92392 (619) 241-4707 July 29, 1989 . Glen Helen Rallysprint San Bernardino, CA September 8-10, 1989 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 COWRAIX) HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 More off-road races ,,. are won on Bilsteins than any other shock absorber, period. Page 6 ..... . •BORN TO PERFORM'" BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 11760 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121 619/453-7723 For additional technical information and a complete catalog, send $2.50. August 1989 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 1 71 7 Marker Road Polk City, FL 33868 (813) 984-1923 (305) 823-4487 August 13, 1989 Lakeland, FL September 3, 1989 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL October 8, 1989 Lakeland, FL November 12, 1989 Lakeland, FL January 14, 1990 Lakeland, FL February 11, 1990 Lakeland, FL March 24, 1990 Florida 400 Crowder Pits Tallahassee, FL April 15, 1990 Lakeland, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 August 5, 1989 Superstition 250 VI El Centro, CA September 30, 1989 Plaster City Blast Ill El Centro, CA December 31, 1989 Dunaway Dash Ill El Centro, CA GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2937 San Bernardino, CA 92406 (714) 880-1733 Off Road Races August 20, 1989 September 24, 1989 November 19, 1989 United Sand Drag Association Sand Drags August 12, 1989* September 16, 1989* October 7-8, 1989 November 11·12, 1989 · *(day & night race) GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 (404)927-6432 August 20, 1989 50 miles September 24, 1989 100 miles October 29, 1989 SO miles November 25, 1989 250 miles (all events take place at Vienna, GA) GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Bob Moon 915 So. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 481::)3 (313) 665-0358/(313) 996-9193 GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Ron Kiel 12840 Dexter St. Thornton, CO 80241 (303) 452-4013 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) HDRA High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 August 11-13, 1989 Nevada 500 Las Vegas, NV 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 August 20, 1989 Gumbo Buttes Pierre, SD September 23, 1989 Deadwood Off Road Grand Prix Deadwood, SD October 21, 1989 Last Chance Baja Wall, SD ICE CHAMPIONSHIP ENDURANCE SERIES P.O. Box 14824 Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612) 639-0801 (612) 890-8693 IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All etJeT1ts staged at the club grounds in Cleves, Ohio) MICHIGAN SPORT BUGGY ASSOCIATION Keneth Coleman 742 E. Roosevelt Road Ashley, MI 48806 (517) 838-4483 August 20, 1989 September 16, 1980 (All events at Mt. Pleasant Speedway) lJti" Dusty Times

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.) MIDWEST OFF ROAD ONTARIO OFF ROAD November 25-26, 1989 S.C.A.T. INC. BAJA SERIES Ken Jackson - Dick Gillap IMS Raceway Michael R. King Rick Vasquez R.R.#2 Pearsonsville, CA P.O. Box 277 1421 Lee Trevino D-1 Tiverton, Ontario, Morrisonville, NY 12962 El Paso, TX 79936 Canada N0G 2T0 (518) 561-3208/ (518) 236-7897 (915) 594-8266 (519) 368-7874 PAC OFF ROAD RACING August 26, 1989 Augu~t 12-13, 1989 P.O. Box323 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES 200 miles Varney Speedway Seahurst, Washington 98062 Sports Car Club of America Albuquerque, NM Durham, Ontario, Canada (206) 242-1773 P.O. Box 3278 September 9-10, 1989 Englewood, CO 80112 September 23, 1989 September 9-10, 1989 (303) 779-6622 150 miles Brighton Speedway 400 Kilometers Las Cruces, NM Brighton, Ontario, Canada Cache Creek, BC, Canada August 25-27, 1989 November 4, 1989 October 13-14, 1989 October 20-21, 1989 Ojibwe Rally Millican Valley 400 Minnesota 200 miles Varney Speedway El Paso, TX Durham, Ontario, Canada Bend,OR October 27-29, 1989 Press On Regardless Rally Houghton, MI MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFF ROAD OUTLAW MINI STOCK POST November 17-19, 1989 CHAMPIONSHIP RACING ASSOCIATION Pennsylvania Off Road Coachman Stages Rally GRAND PRIX P.O . Box 204 Short Track Olympia, WA Mickey Thompson Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 Shark Saxon . Entertainment Group (213) 375-4570 RD#3, Box9 P.O. Box 25168 (213) 719-7036 Towanda, PA 18848 Anaheim, CA 92825 (717) 265-3076 SCORE (714) 938-4100 August 5, 1989 Score lnterna'tional Santa Maria Speedway All events in Monroeton, PA at the 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 September 16, 1989 Santa Maria, CA intersection of Routes 414 & 220. Westlake Village, CA 91362 Mile High Stadium (818) 889-9216 Denver, CO August 20, 1989 August 5-6, 1989 Tulare Fairgrounds Cayuga Co. Speedway September 8-10, 1989 September 30, 1989 Tulare, CA Weedsport, NY Off Road World Championship Silver Bowl Phoenix International Raceway Las Vegas, NV September 3, 1989 August 26-27, 1989 Phoenix, AZ Ascot Park September 23-24, 1989 Gardena, CA October 7-8, 1989, November9-12, 1989 ONTARIO ASSOCIATION Baja 1000 OF OFF ROAD RACERS September 23, 1989 Ensenada'.~ Paz, BC, Mexico Barry Wannamaker Ventura Raceway ( P.O. Box688 Ventura, CA SAREEA AL JAMEL December 2, 1989 Bancroft, Ontario, KOL lCO, 4WDCLUB Off Roadsman Awards Banquet Canada November 18, 1989 P.O . Box526 Airport Marriot Hotel (613) 332-3811/ (613) 332-1610 Kings Speedway Indio, CA 92202 Los Angeles, CA Hanford, CA Budweiser I Bud Light AMA ~ SANCTIONED Location: DISTRICT 38 Sponsored By: Race Ready Products, Yokohama, The Wright Place and Maxima Lubricants Start Times: ATV's, Bikes and 0dys, 6:00 am -Buggies, Cars and Trucks, 6:00 pm SCORE CANADA 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada (514)692-6171 SCORE SHOW Edgell Expositions P.O. Box 19531 Irvine, CA 92713 (714) 250-8060 SILVERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS Roger Weils 225 W . Foster Ave. Henderson, NV 89015 (702) 564-2677 ( All events but che 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 September 22-24, 1989 SNORE250 Las Vegas, NV Dr SATURDAY Ancient Dry Lakebed INFO: (619) 427-5759 AUGUST 5, 1989 Page 8 Au_9ust 1989 Dusty Times

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October 28-29, 1989 Yokohama 200 Las Vegas, NV December 2-3, 1989 Showboat 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT TRACK OFF ROAD ENTERPRISES S.T.O.R.E. Co-Ordinator: Tom Schwartzburg 2620 West Washington West Bend, WI 53095 ( 414) 334-3858 SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Prevost 1006 Cardinal Lane Green Bay, WI 54303 ( 414) 434-9044 August 5-6, 1989 Hodag 50 Rhinelander, WI August 19-20, 1989 Short Course Sprints Chilton, WI September 1-3, 1989 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 16-17, 1989 Santa Fe Speedway Hinsdale, IL September 30-31, 1989 Colorama 100 Sugar Camp, WI Any Driver Who Wins the Mint 400 Ten Times Knows Something About Ruggedness and Dependability That's Why Manny Esquerra Depends on KC HiliTES The Mint 400 is said to be the most rugged race in off-roading. Yet Manny Esquerra has placed first in his class more times than anyone else in the history of the race. He's one tough driver. And the lights he uses are just as tough. They're KC Daylighters. Built of steel and packed with at least 385,000 candlepower, Daylighters are truly dependable. They have a unique shock mounting system invented by KC HiliTES. And they're rigorously tested for brightness and protection against corrosion, vibration and environmental extremes. They're so dependable that KC backs them with a five year warranty on every part in the light-even the bulb. TEXAS OFF ROAD GRAND PRIX Short Course Racing - Texas Style Class 10, Sportsman, Challenger Mike Bernardo 1606 Lancelot Circle Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (214) 855-2232 July 29, 1989 Lawton Speedway Lawton, OK August 19, 1989 85 Speedway Ennis, TX September 3, 1989 85 Speedway Ennis, TX · AffENTION DESERT RACERS DUSlY TIMES has contingency money posted at all Score and HORA desert races and other selected events. Check it out on contingency row - Two different classes each event. UORRA United Off Road Racing Association P.O. Box211 Dunellen, NJ 0881:Z (201) 752-0299 (201) 359-2745 August 12-13, 1989 October 21-22, 1989 (All races at Trailways Speedway, Hanover, PA) VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 September 2-3, 1989 VORRA250 Yerington, NV October 29, 1989 Prairie City OHV Park Champion Short Course Sacramento, CA WHEEL TO WHEEL,INC. P.O. Box 688, Dept. 4W0R Bancroft, Ontario, Canada KOL ICO (613) 332-1766 (613) 332-4128 WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 -87 A Ave. Surrey, British Columbia, V3S 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 August 19, 1989 Ha:i.nigan Speedway Bellingham Wa September 1 7, 1989 Eagle Motorplex Ashcroft, B.C. Canada FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP August 2-6, 1989 Argentine Rally Buenos Aires, Argentina August 23-27, 1989 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 15-17, 1989 Rally Australia Perth, Australia October 8-14, 1989 Sanremo Rally Italia Sanremo, Italy October 24-28, 1989 Ivory Coast Rally Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast Maybe you're not out to win ten Mint 400's. But don't you want people to think you know something about lights? Get the most dependable. Get the original. Get the November 19-23, 1989 RAC Rally England ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS KC Daylighter. List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! Send your 1989 schedule as soon as possible for listing in rhis column. Mail your race or rally schedule ro: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 , Agoura, CA 91301. C~ckOut the DUSTY TIMES Special Club Sub Offer . Call (111) 119-5600 or write DUSTY TIMES KC Catalog $2.00 Avenida De Luces • Williams, Arizona 86046 USA • 602/63S-2607 ©1989 KC HILITES, INC. 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 9130 I Page 10 August 1989 Dusty Times

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SCORE PRESIDENTE BAJA INTERNACIONAL Robby Gordon Wins Overall in a Pickup Truck By Judy Smith Photos: T rackside Photo Enterprises " '.<-;: :#-~:t';::.f;;j ~ ~ , Robby Gordon again made off road history by driving his new Ford pickup to the overall victory, the first time a pickup truck has done the job at Score's Baja Internacional. Robby Gordon made off road history when he drove his new Ford pickup to its very first finish, and won the Baja Internacional overall, the first time that's ever been done with a pickup truck. SCORE's third race of the season was noteworthy for another reason also; that it was not the usual point-to-point event, moving from Ensenada to the east side of the Baja peninsula and back. This year the race began and ended in San Felipe, describing a big oval in the desert that ran northward to Highway 3, then turned south again, went across Diablo Dry Lake, ran southward past Morelia Junction, and then dropped into a wash, a nd turned eastward down Arroyo Huatomote. It hit the Puertecitos Highway at a point about 10 miles south of San Felipe, turned northward and met itself after 142 miles. All this came about because of and Conventions C~mmittee), and an association of Ensenada off roaders, to try to sort things out. Two weeks before the race, word came from SCORE that racers should not pre-run. They were to stay off the course. an association of Mexican Ejidos which felt that it had a grievance concerning the off road races. Wishing to make their point known, they declared that they !-would stop the Baja Internacional ¾, race unless certain monies were paid, up front. The money was to be used to pay for regrading roads allegedly damaged in the Baja 1000, and to repair any damage done in the upcoming Inter-nacional. SCORE entered into a series of meetings with representatives of the Ejidos, the Department of Tourism, COTIJ CO ( the Tourist Two or three days later the Frank Snook and Eric Arras kept the Raceco running fast all day and took a fine second place in the close running Class 2 ranks. Scott McMillin and Tom Wilson ran the ex-Shoppe Ford pickup in Class 2 and had a good run, finishing a strong third in class. word came that the course had been changed to the San Felipe area. There was an immediate rush for motel rooms and camp-sites as racers tried to reorganize their teams and itineraries. When the hotels and motels filled up, the San Felipe tourist office employees worked with the local residents to find other, less ordinary, lodgings for the race crowd, and by the following weekend, most people had been resettled. Because the bit of the course left to them was so short, SCORE . had to make the Internacional into a lap race in order to come anywhere near the total mileage that people would expect from the June event. That meant that for the sake of safety there could be no motorcycles or A TVs, so 76 of the entries had to be sacrificed. For the most part, the balance of the entrants took the news philosophically, and only nine of the pre-entered teams dropped out,'and of that number, it's not known how many withdrew for reasons connected with the change in venue. In San Felipe plenty of space was found for things like registration, contingency and tech inspection, and there was no pre-race impound, so things went smoothly. Even the weather man co-operated, and the temp-eratures were mellow for San Felipe in June, with a cooling breeze to keep the crowds comfortable on the long weekend. Well prepared for'the hot ;.,eather, Wally and Wayne Schwaia kept their Class 2 car running quickly and arrived fourth in class. Ed and Tim Herbst continued to pile up points, winning Class 2 in the Chenowth/Porsche despite using quarts of oil and being down on power most of the distance. Page 12 August 1989 Dusty Times

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Since there were no bikes or A 1V s the four wheeled vehicles had their start-time bumped forward to 5:30 a.m., when it was just barely daylight. Cars lined up on the main road, and funneled around the arches, to start on the highway right in front of them. A short trip through the dump took them out to the course. -The Class 2 cars were first in line again, and the Herbst boys, Tim and Ed·, in a Porsche Chenowth, took the early lead, with almost exactly a minute on Frank Snook in his Raceco. Also close were Matt McBride and Steve Sourapas, in their Porsche Raceco, then Mike Lund in his Ivan Stewart sailed over the .desert in his Toyota, and it ran with scant problems from flag fo flag for the Class 1 victory and a keen second overall. Dan Cornwell and Shawn Mcconnel had a great first half in the Class 1 Raceco, but suspension troubles dropped the team to third at the finish. Steve McEachern is having a great season in the Class 8 Dodge, and in Baja he survived trans trouble and ran in second spot all the way to the flag. Second generation driver Chris Minor, with Larry Minor co-driving, did a good job in the GMC, finishing a strong third in Class 8 action. Frank Vessels and Jon Nelson got the Chevy home fourth in Class 8, surviving a loss of power steering and exhaust header trouble en route. Dusty Times VW powered Chenowth, and Bob Gordon and Tim Crabtree, who had the Chevy motor in their Chenowth, ran fifth. Times slowed on the second lap, as they ran into slower traffic, a new thing in Baja, and as the course began to deteriorate. Snook handed his car over to Eric Arras, and now he took the lead, as the Herbsts started to slow down with a burnt piston. They still ran second, though they were having to add six quarts of oil ' every 60 miles. At this point, Scott McMillin had moved up to third place, but he was in his new pickup, Dave Shoppe's old Ford, and entered Class 2 because the truck was too trick for Class 8 now. McBride and Sourapas had dropped to fourth place, while the Bradley team, Tom Sr. and Tom Jr., had brought their Raceco to fifth spot. The Herbsts continued to add oil, but were way down on power, and had also lost their front shocks, and truly believed they'd never finish. But they did, since everyone else was having more trouble than they were. Snook and Arras, who'd burnt a spark plug, were so far down on power that Challenge cars were able to pass them, but they struggled in, to take second place, about 25 minutes later. McMillin lost his power steering, and he said the truck is, "Terrible to drive without it!", but managed to take third place. Wayne and Wally Schwaia, in an AM.I. chassis, were fourth, followed by the Bradleys in fifth spot. Perennial Baja winner Corky McMillin, had lost his ring and pinion on the second lap, while Gordon and Crabtree lost three c. v. joints and their power steering, and fell all the way back to 11th place. Class 1 came close to taking the overall win this time, from their second-in-line position, but it wasn't to be. Troy Herbst, brother of Tim and Ed in Class 2, took the lead, with the fast lap of the day for the race, a swift 2: 14:38.6. He was just under four minutes ahead oflvan Stewart, in his Toyota, who ran second. Shawn McConnel, in a Raceco, was third, another 14 minutes back, and then it was James Barbeau, in a Raceco. Herbst continued to run well, but Stewart was having some trouble. He lost his alternator, and had to turn off his cooling fans for the radiator and oil in order to keep his battery up, so he was running at less than top speed. Stewart had also chosen the wrong tires for this race, thinking it would be ~ road race, August 1989 Troy Herbst was the early leader in Class 1 in the Chenowth/Porsche, but an on course mishap dropped time and Troy to second in class at the flag. and as the course got rougher and rougher, he kept hitting rocks and getting flats. But he ran second at the end of lap two, and now Barbeau was third, as McConnel had some suspension problems, and ran into a tree, dropping to fourth. Herbst was flying along on his last lap, well on the way to the overall win, when a lapped vehicle pulled out from the side, directly This is the system run by most off road race. winners into him. It flattened Troy's left rear tire, and he had no spare. The other car rolled over twice, and then went on. When Ed and Tim came along a few minutes later, they saw troy's predicament and tossed him their spare. But it was too late to save the win. Ivan went on to take first place, getting his secon-:i wm rh1s yc.1r, an.:i Herbst came in a half hour latt'r, second. McConnei llr TRl•MIL BOBCAT• CHROME DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234•9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 13

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Dave· Shoppe suffered from a power loss in the desert, but he and Brent still got the Ford to the finish line fifth in Class 8. · Tim Pruett and Andrew Anderson had the last lap lead in Class 4, then broke the transfer case close to the finish, but placed second anyhow. ~ and his co-driver, Dan Cornwell, were third, and Bar beau, who'd knocked off the right front corner of his car, finished fourth. · Class 8 is still one of the quicker groups, arid they were next to take the green flag. Frank Vessels took the first lap lead in his Chevy, just three minutes and 11 seconds in front of Steve McEachern in his Dodge. Walker Evans, in the other Dodge, was 22 seconds behind Steve in third place, and then Robby Gordon, who'd had to make a fast move to avoid hitting a spectator car and hadr ended up high-centered in a tree,. was fourth. Robby had had to enlist the help of spectators to get unstuck. Gordon moved to the lead on lap two, as Vessels lost all his b~lts when the dry sump belt slipped off, and dropped to fourth place. McEachern, whose transmission was overheating, had to make a complete change of tranny fluid that lap, but held second place, and the Minors, Chris and Larry, Jr., were third. On the last lap Gordon, who hadn't quite been able to get past Ivan_while running, took the first on the road position when Ivan stopped for gas. Gordon made a snap decision not to fuel, and carried on. He lost second gear about 40 miles from the finish, but ran trouble free otherwise, and had the fun of being the first vehicle to finish, taking that historic first overall win in a pickup. The truck ran out of gas at the finish line. McEachern crossed the finish line only 12 minutes later, his truck belching smoke from the overcooked transmission, to take a fine second place and third overall. The Minors were third, followed by Vessels, who had lost his power steering and an exhaust· header, in fourth place. The M inors were 6th overall, and Vessels was 7th. Dave Shoppe who finished fifth in his Ford, saying the "motor is dead", was also in the top ten overall, at ninth, making five of the top ten overall fin ish posit ions the property of Class 8. Class 4 went off the line next, and Steve Kelley put h is Chevrolet into the lead, but was having some problem with a mal-functioning fan, and overheating. Less than a minute behind him THE LIGHTEST WHEELS IN OFF-ROAD RACING! Page 14 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED! MONOCOQUE RACING WHEELS 10658 Prospect Ave., Unit C Santee, CA 92071 (619) 448-2800 • FAX: (619) 448-2206 Looking tidy here, Jack Johnson and Brent Foes later rolled the swift Nissan, avoiding a spectator on course, but carried on through more trouble to win Class 4. Buddy Renoe and Bill Donahoe had troubles on the last lap, losing the radiator, spark plugs, and still drove the Dodge to third in Class 4. was Jack Johnson in the Nissan funny-truck, who had been slowed by losing one front and one rear caliper. Buddy Renae and Bill Donahoe were third in their Dodge, a minute later, and then it was Tim Pruett, in a Ford FlS0, two minutes later. Johnson rolled his Nissan on the way down to Diablo, when he had to move over to p_ass a spectator car on course, and he also flattened a tire, but still managed to take over the lead, as Kelley lost over two hours and fell to fourth place. Pruett moved up to second spot, and Donahoe and Renae lost a front driveline, and began to experience problems with the motor. throttle cable, and a spring shackle bolt, but those were such minor problems that they didn't slow him much. Mears took the win easily; with Arambula finishing second three hours later. In Class 10 the Pfeiffer. brothers, Kent and Scott, built a strong lead in their Chenowth, and had 26 minutes on second place Kirk Van Matre and Carl Olson in a Raceco, at the end of the first lap. Stephen Myers ran third, in a Toyota powered Chenowth. Other Class 10 hot shoes like Mike Church, Bill Poe, Mike Withers and the W ilson brothers all disappeared on the first lap. The Pfeiffers held their lead through lap two, but they had a scare-when they ran out of gas before their planned refueling stop in San Felipe. They spotted a spectator van on the road and got enough gas from him to get to their pit, but then they 'had to drain the pump gas out of their tank, and refuel with race gas before going on. Wi:h all that, they hung on to their lead. But now Myers was second, and Van Matre and Olson had fallen to third, after losing about an hour. The Pfeiffers, who shared the driving evenly, had a flat on the last lap, but still ticked off a pretty quick lap to make it to the finish line first. Myers, who soloed, and had only one flat all day, was second, an hour and a ialf behind them, and Van Matre and Olson were third. The 1-2-1600s were a good sized crowd, and all but two of them made it through the first lap. Scott Reams had the '.ead in his ORC, with a little over a minute on Doug Fortin, Jr. in his Chenowth. In third place were Pete McCowen and Dennis Fry, in a MECO, about six minutes later, and then Jim Fishback, Sr. ran fourth, in a Chenowth, 28 seconds behind them. Kevin and Brian Smith were fifth, in their Mirage, only 20 seconds in back of Fishback. As other teams ,witched drivers halfway through the second lap, Ream,, who'd planned to share driving chores with his dad, Bill, stayed put, obligated to drive> al! the wav, because his father had succumbed to tourista, which the iamily was blaming on- the fish tacos. But Reams held his lead, as Fortin held on to second, even after changing his spark plugs due to a fuel problem. The Smith brothers ran third, after changing a tie rod, On the last lap Johnson broke his transfer case, and lost his lead to Pruett. But then the bolts in the springs of Pruett's Ford broke, about 35 miles from the finish, and Johnson, after repairs, went on by to get the win. Pruett came in second, and R enae and Donahoe, who had a hard third lap, which included being·stuck, changing their spark plugs, and having the radiator fall out, came in for a nice third place. Kelley, who'd lost his transmission, was a distant fourth, and no one else finished. Class 7 lost three entries on the first lap, as Russ and Luke Jones lost an axle and had no spare, Wayne Lee disappeared from the records, and Billy Bunch lost his motor about five miles out. That left Rog ~r Mears , Man ri y Esquerra and Ernesto Arambula. And Mears took the lead, in his Nissan, about 15 minutes ahead of E squerra in t h e Ford. Arambula was about 15 minutes later in his Mitsubishi. But on lap two, as Mears continued to run with no problems, Esquerra lost his motor, and Arambula lost over an hour. It came together for Roger Mears in Baja, having only minor wo9s with the Nissan. Mears led all the way in Class 7 and won tfle class by over three hours. Mears was now well out in front and enjoying the best race he's had all year. He broke a August 1989 M -Ernesto Arambula and Ricardo Hussong had some down time with their Mitsubishi, but flew over the rough stuff to second place in Class 7. Dusty Times

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and McCowen and Fry fell to fourth, experiencing some trouble with fouled plugs. Now Jim Sumners and Rob Tolleson were fifth in Sumners' Mirage, and they were all still close enough that it was anyone's race. Reams struggled with a missing engine on the third lap, and even though he put in new plugs, he was down to two cylinders again, as he neared the finish. Still, it kept moving, and he took the win, but it was close. The Smith car, with Brian now driving, had nothing more serious than a blown pumper helmet motor to trouble it, and ran a quick lap, to finish second, only five minutes after Reams. Fortin's car, in the meantime, was still not running well, and he dropped back to third place, another four minutes later. McCowen and Fry finished fourth, and Sumners and Tolleson were fifth. Mojave winners Scott and Kent Pfeiffer had their Chenowth out front in Class 10 from flag to flag, despite a bad moment when they ran out of gas on the last lap. Stephen Myers, and Chris Bellows, had only one flat on the way to a fine second in Class 10 in the Toyota powered Chenowth Magnum. Class 5 was up next, and LeRoy Van Kirk, in his Porsche Bug, had six minutes on the next car by the time they got up to Matias. But then he had a big backfire out one carburetor, and burnt that side of the motor badly enough to be out of the race. The Klawitter team, of Hartmut and Wolfram and their co-driver, Matt Parsons, took over the lead in their new car, Hartmut driving the first lap, with less than a minute on Marty Hart and Mike Hallett. In third place it was Rich Minga and Bob Maynard in Minga's Porsche powered Bug, two minutes back, and then, in fourth, Greg Vaughan and Stan Parnell in one of the automatic transmission cars, half a minute back. In fifth place it was the Klawitter's old car, with Wolfram driving, another two minutes back. Hartmut continued to lead in the new car, but now Maynard moved into a close second place in Minga's car, but he lost his air Going solo this race Scott Reams had the ORC on form, had some engine· woes, finished on two cylinders but won the big Class 1-2-1600 honors by over five minutes. Doug Fortin, Jr. got his Chenowth home third in Class 1-2-1600, despite having some of the common race problems with a sour running engine. <~•!:':-:->. :&;:~¢;: Pete Mccowen and Dennis Fry had trou.bles with fouled plugs in the Meco, but they carried on well enough to finish a good fourth in 1-2-1600 ranks. Dusty Times cleaner when the tire mount broke off and cleaned it off. Hart and Hallett were third, about three minutes later, with Parsons, now in the Klawitter's old car, up to fourth. ·= -On the last lap, as Wolfram was feeling underpowered, the Porsche took over the lead, even though down on power and overheating after running with no air cleaner. Minga made it to the finish line for his first Class 5 win, only a minute and 12 seconds ahead of the Klawitters on elapsed time. Their second place extended their long string of finishes to 24, and their number two car, with Wolfram and Parsons, finished Kevin and Brian Smith had to change a tie rod on course, but they did the third, llli'-. swiftest in class last lap and finished a close second in Class 1-2-1600. ,::,,_ ___ _ . ,.. ,. . •••• ., .. . , ..... .. Trailers Our Quality Makes the Difference Models Available: Open Flatbed Trailer Enclosed Bumper Pull-Type Trailers From 16' to 28' Enclosed Gooseneck Trailers From 28' to 48' * Many Equipment Options Available Medium Duty Truck Conversions We Have the Ability and Experience Netessary to Build Any Trailer to Your Exact Specifications, Custom Designed for Your Individual Needs ... * Write or Call for a Free Brochure Join the Ranks or Our Satisfied Customers • Bob Gordon • R.C.R. Plumbing • Hamilton Materials • Herbst Oil Co. • Hagle Lumber Sherman Balch Competitive Trailers 8832 Ramona Street Bellflower, CA. 90706 (213) 634-2006 August 1989 Custom Designed Interiors Page 15

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Baja broke the Klawitter Class 5 win streak, but Hartmut and Wolfram led part of the way and finished the new car in second place. Wolfram Klawitter and Matt Parsons had a good run, despite breaking a coil over shock, and they came in third in Class 5 ' in the older car. Carlos Vela and Louie Me/era haul out of a ditch on their way to fourth in Class 5, just five minutes out of third place. IJllr" after fixing a broken coil, over spring, about 20 minutes later. The team of Carlos Vela and Louie Melera were fourth. Lisa · Dickerson and Scott Cameron, who'd broken some shocks, had fuel cell trouble, and also fuel problems, were fifth. The 7 4x4s went off the line next and the Simon brothers took the lead, in their Ford, with just six seconds on John Swift in his Ford. Darren York ran third in still another Ranger, while Sherman Balch and John Deetz were fourth in their Nissan. The Simons had some kind of major problem on the second lap that cost them about three,and,a, half ,hours, and Swift moved to the front, after making repairs to a rear leaf ,spring and front shocks which he'd broken all at once by hitting a big hole too hard. Balch and Deetz had also broken a spring, and they had a damaged transfer case, and were having to add oil. Bud Sebelius and Mark Johnson were now third in their Jeep Comanche, also having problems, and York never came around again. Swift lost an alternator on his last lap, but pulled off the win anyway, with a half hour on Balch Mike and Pat Fa/kosky started out fast, half a minute out of the lead, but lost time later on, and_their Toyota was fourth in Class 7S. CALL NOW!! TO ORDER THE TIRES WITH TEN CLASS WINS AT THE 1988 NEVADA 500. PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR YOKOHAMA TIRES, SPECIAL RACING TUBES AND MUL TISEAL TIRE SEALANT, THE MOST UNBEATABLE PACKAGE IN THE DESERT. We will UPS direct to you or mount them at contingency in Pahrump to send you on your WINNING way. a.le.f#tui:J >~~~ Page 16 ALL TERRAIN ENTERPRISES MOTOR SPORT PRODUCTS Competition Tires Complete Line of Tires Offroad & Motorcycle Products 22264 Ottawa Rd., Unit 1 • P.O. Box 2053 • Apple Valley, CA 92308 (619 240-3186 /so. CAL (800) 892-5263 August 1989 John Swift and Dino Pugeda had some leaf spring trouble early in the race, but came back fast in the Ford Ranger to win top honors in Class 7 4x4. and Deetz. The Simons team had transmission overheating, and the fastest third lap for the class, had alreadv made some adjust, at3:06:35, and moved back up to men ts, diverting air from his third place, while Sebelius and shocks to the transmission in an Johnson finished fourth, three effort to cure.the problem. But it minutes behind them. And, after wasn't enough, and he couldn't a long hard day that included two run in high gear. Spencer Low was broken transmissions, one for fourth in his Nissan, and had had each driver, Jerry McDonald and a failed seal on the rear end, Brian Stewart brought their causing it to lose fluid. Rob Chevy back in fifth place. MacCachren ran fifth, about five Class 7S, with 17 entries, was minutes ater, in his Jeep led on the first lap by Glenn Comanche, and he had already Harris and Jeff Huber, in a kicked out his windshield to Toyota, who had a half minute on increase the air flow to his Mike and Pat Falkosky, in transmission. another Toyota. In third, it ,was At some point, MacCachren Scott Douglas, in a Ford, but he passed Douglas, and Scott realized was havi~g trouble with his that he needed to remove his Rich Ming a and Bob· Maynard goTthe job done in Baja, winning Class 5 in the radical Porsche powered car. Despite losing the air cleaner, they squeaked out the victory. Jim Sumners and Rob Tolleson had a good run in the sleek irage, and the team of former champions finished a close fifth in Class 1-2-1600. Dusty Times

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Rob MacCachren was another trucker who had overheating trans trouble and spark plug woes, but he got the Jeep Comanche home second in Class 7S. Spencer Low and Paul DeLang drove the Nissan to third spot in Class 7S despite losing a seal, and the fluid, in the rear end along the way. Willie Valdez and Gil Divine had no major problems with their Ford Ranger, and they motored smartly into fifth place in Class 7S. Scott Douglas and Jeff Howe had an overheating trans all the way, but they nursed the Ford Ranger over the tough course to the victory in the 17 truck Class 7S. Flying h_igh past a pit area, Bud Sibelius and Mark Johnson kept the Jeep Comanche together to finish close in fourth in Class 7 4x4. Paul-and Dave Simon lost over three hours on lap 2, after leading Class 7 4x4, but they still drove the Ford Ranger to third in class. Sherman Balch and John Deetz had spring and transfer case woes but still drove the Nissan to a fine second place finish in Class 7 4x4. Dusty Times windshield also, and when he had kicked it out, his transmission temperat.ure went down, and he could run in high gear again. And he took over the lead, with about 12 minutes on MacCachren, who'd had a flat tire, and was also having some problems with his engine not running smoothly. Huber and Harris, the first lap leaders, had run out of fuel before reaching their gas pit, and lost about three-and-a-half-hours. Now the Falkoskys had dropped to third, and Low, who'd had to replace that leaky rear end, was fourth. Malcolm Vinje and Mark Hansen, with carburetor problems, were fifth in their Toyota. Douglas continued to run well now, and brought his truck back in first place, while MacCachren, slowed down by having to change spark plugs, was second, about 14 minutes later. Low had a fine last lap and moved back up to third place, as the Falkoskys finished fourth, and Willie Valdez and Gil Divine were fifth. Valdez had had engine problems all day, and had also broken both his driveshaft and yoke on the first lap. The new Chenowth Mini-Mags were on hand for this event, but only three had been completed in time for the race. and one of those was damaged beyond repair when an over enthusiastic "test driver" endoed it the night before the race. So only two of the new little Yamaha powered vehicles actually started. Charles Townsley led all day, having some not-very-serious problem with an exhaust that fell off, as well as some bent up suspension pieces after a collision with a rock. He did all three laps, in 13: 14:26. But Randy and Eric Pettit ran afoul of something more terminal and were able to complete only two laps. In the Class 9, or Challenge, ranks, the first lap lead belonged to Danny and Hector Ledezma, a father and son team who drive a Ledezma single seater. They had almost three minutes on Arturo Tiznado who was second, followed by Norm Lester and Dave Ramocinski, in a Raceco, third, a minute later. In fourth it was Rich Richardson and Devin Perrault, in a Jimco, and in fifth, another father and son team, Roy and Wade Prince, in a Chenowth. The Ledezmas held their lead, and Tiznado i;.,. · '3fl4 41), tfue ~ad~~ ~ MR. ST/Cl<ER? • COMPETITIVE PRICING • UNBEATABLE C3UALITY EXCELLENT SERVICE LOUIE UNSER IA(llvllv/1/S BOB .£tf~4. ••••••• RADIOS FOR RACING ~RoctNG , • \ CNryA.. ~ 9f 7<J,,d ~~!:-~ TOYOTA ii'~ Hal Gram RACING DEVELOPMENT R.L.H. ENTERPRISE unldenR':~?is 6/!f!~/J VAVESHOPPE (ff~~~ l!Jl!~I r) ~::rt LESLIE'S DRIVELINE SERVICE HDRA MASTERCRAFT THE WRIGHT PLACE, [HD:ORE] lll"DHHIOfflDAl)EIJNUSIASTS SHERMAN BALCH ~-~ ·~ RACI/VG )., 1~~~~r/ _, ~ CHENOWTH cENTERFoRcE Mike Lesle Racing OVER $5,000.00 CONTINGENCY POSTED AT EVERY SCORE/H.D.R.A. EVENT Race Car Lettering • Racing Numbers • Custom Decals • Silk Screening • Die Cutting • Signs • Magnetic Signs • Banners • Window Lettering 1 BOBB Redondo Circle • Huntington Beach, CA 9264B 714/843-0444 • FAX 714/843-0143 August 1989 Page 17

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Rich Richardson and Kevin Perrault ran close all day, and the points leaders finished their Jimco in a strong second in Class 9. Pancho Bio and Eric Hooley turned very consistent lap times in their Challenger car, and finished a very close third in the big class. Mint winners Norm Lester and Dave Ramocinski had their troubles on the rugged course, but they got the Raceco home fourth in Class 9. Ir was stea,dy in second place, still only three-and-a-half minutes back. But now Richard-son and Perrault, who had three flats, had moved up to third place, enjoying some close racing with Pancho Bio, who was now in fourth .. In fifth place now it was Ken and Gary Gressett, in a Chenowth, less than a minute behind Bio. The Princes were sixth, only 25 seconds later. t-:&1:: -.);)!t;k/ ., A~ The Ledezmas, who had only two flat front tires all day, and found that they really liked the course, sailed on in for their win, a half hour in front of second place Richardson and Perrault. Tiznado never finished his third lap, so Bio who'd had one flat, moved up to third. Lester and Ramocinski were fourth, and the Princes were The debut on·the Mini Mag class saw two starters and Charles Townsley had plenty of troubles, but did all three laps for the victory. • Danny and Hector Ledezma really liked the rough course and drove their own creation out front all the way to win the big Class 9 (Challenge) class by half an hour. back to fifth place at the finish. The 5-1600s started next, and lb The 5-1600s had a very tight race, but at the checkered flag it was David Anckner and Henry Arras in first, winning by a cool seven plus minutes. Mike Schwa/linger and Steve Kramer won the big Class 3/14 honors in the · high attrition class, and their Jeep CJ 7 ran up front with the leaders all day. they found this course, with all the sand rather difficult for their little engines. But the competition was keen, as always, and the day started with Cameron Steele, with Dusty Times publisher Jean Calvin riding in the passenger seat, in the lead by about six-and-a-half minutes. James Ashley and Robert Lofton were second, but never did another lap, and in third it was David Anckner. Craig Stewart was just two minutes behind him in fourth place, and he was followed by Tom Lake and Richard Roberts in fifth spot, a minute later. Mint winners Darryl and Wayne Cook were sixth, only a little over a minute further back. As the course got rougher and . , they began to have more traffic, the times became a bit slower, and they spread out a bit. Lake and Roberts, who split the driving chores evenly, moved to...,the front, with a lead of only 43 seconds on Anckner, but Joseph and Steve Grier, another father and son team, now moved their car, badly dented from a collision with a tree, into third place, 14 minutes later, and the Cooks were fourth. Steele, having fouled plug problems, had dropped to fifth place, and Josh and Jerry Kerr, still another father and son team, came up to sixth place, making a good recovery after rolling their car on the first lap. Evan Evans has taken control of Class 6 in his Jeep Cherokee, and in Baja he turned some very swift laps to score another victory, thi~time by nearly three hours. Henry Arras took over for Anckner -on the last lap, and hustled on in to the checkered flag, to get the win. Lake and Roberts, who'd lost all brakes, had to slow down to keep from hitting things. As it was, they got a rock and flattened a tire, allowing their lead to slip away. When they got to the finish line it took a whole gaggle of folks to grab the car and slow it to a halt. The Griers, who had each driven one-and-a-halflaps, finis}ied third, and the Kerrs, who did the same, were fourth, followed in by another father/ son team, as Mark Steele took over on the last lap for Cameron, and brought their car, still not running well even though they'd changed plugs, in for fifth place. , The 3114s took the green flag next, and when they got to the end of the first lap the leader was Dave Ashley in his Bronco, and some of his toughest competitors, Michael Horner had lost two trans-missions, Pete Sohren lost his motor, and Don Adams had .also disappeared. Mike Schwellinger had his Jeep CJ7 in second place, and Rick Sieman was third in another Bronco. followed by Charlie Woodard and Chuck Fretwell in still another Bronco . On the second lap, as Ashley lost almost two hours, Schwel-lin er's co-criver Steve Kramer, ..,.,,...,,.-~--~ Roy and Wade Prince had a good day in their Chenowth, good lap times, and the father and son team placed a strong fifth in Class 9. Tom Lake and Richard Roberts had the lead on the middle lap, but they ended up second at the flag in the close dicing in Class 5-1600. Joseph and Steve Grier stayed with the leaders in Class 5-1600 all the way, and they finished in good time, third in class. Page 18 August 1989 Dusty Times

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PRESIDENTE SCORE BAJA INTERNACIONAL Results -JUNE 3, 1989 # Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Class I - Unlimited Single Seat - 8 start - 6 finish 104 1 Ivan Stewart (solo) Toyota SR 5 107 2 Troy Herbst Chenowth/Porsche 103 3 Dan Cornwell/Shawn IAcConnell Raceco 109 4 James Barbeau (solo) Raceco 101 5 John Kelly Raceco Class 2 -Unlimited Two Seat -21 start -11 finish 214 1 Ed and Tim Herbst Chenowth 208 2 Frank Snook/Eric Arras Raceco 222 3 Scott McMiliin (solo) Ford Pickup 213 4 Wayne and Wally SchNaia A.M.1. 220 5 Tom Bradley, Jr. and Sr. Raceco Class 1-2-1600 -1600cc Restricted Engine • 36 start -28 finish 1611 1 Scott Reams (solo) ~ 1620 2 Kevin and Brian Smith Mirage 1601 3 Doug Fortin, Jr. Chenowth 1617 4 Pete McCowen/Dennis Fry J.f3:X> 1630 5 Jim Sumners/Rob Tolleson Mirage Class 3/14 • Short WB 4X4 • 11 start • 6 finish 300 1 Mike Schwellinger/St8118 Kramer Jeep CJ 7 306 2 Jerry Daugherty/Gary Logan Chevy Blazer 305 3 Charlie Woodard/Chuck Fretwell Ford Bronco 304 4 David Ash;ey/Danny Thomas Ford Bronco 301 5 Rick Sieman/Lee LaGorio Ford Bronco Class 4 • Long we 4X4 - 8 start - 4 finish 400 1 Jack Johnson/Brent Foes Nissan 449 2 Tim PruetVAndrew Anderson Ford F150 401 3 Buddy RenoeJBill Don3hoe Dodge PU 405 4 Steve Kelley/Ben Metcalf Chevrrolet Class 5 • Unlimited Baja Bug -14 start - 5 finish 503 Rich Minga/Bob Mayn:lfd Porsche 500 2 Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter Baja Bug 510 3 Wolfram Klawitter/Matt Parsons Baja Bug 512 4 Carlos Vela/Louie Meara Baja Bug 507 5 Lisa Dickerson/Scott Cameron Baja Bug Class 5-1600 • 1600cc Baja Bug - 27 start -12 finish 557 1 David Anckner/Henry Arras Baja Bug 552 2 Tom Lake/Richard Ro:>erts Baja Bug 569 3 Joseph and Steve Grier Baja Bug 595 4 Josh and Jerry Kerr Baja Bug 597 5 Cameron and Mark Sl!!ele Baja Bug Class 6 • Production Sedan - 7 start - 3 finish 604 1 Evan Evans/Phil Farei:> Jeep Cherokee 618 2 Ame Gunnarsson/JohiJohnston Saab 96 619 3 George WagenblasvDan Ashcraft Ford Bronco II Class 7 • Unlimited Mini-Midi Pickup -6 start - 2 finish 704 1 Roger Mears Nissan 717 2 Ernesto Arambula/RiC3rdo Hussong Mitwsubishi Class 7S • Stock Mini-Midi Pickup - 17 start -10 finish 734 1 Scott Douglas (solo) Ford Ranger 727 2 Rob MacCachren/Mike Smigulec Jeep Comanche 721 3 Spencer Low/Paul Delang Nissan 733 4 Mike and Pat Falkosky Toyota SR 5 722 5 Willie Valdez/Gil Divin3 Ford Ranger Class 7 4X4 •Stock Nini-Midi 4X4 -10 start· 6 finish 762 1 John SwifVDino Pugeda Ford Ranger 767 2 Sherman Balch/John Deetz Nissan 799 3 Paul and David Simon Ford Ranger 761 4 Bud Sebelius/Mark Jo,nson Jeep Comanche 763 5 Jerry McDonald/Brian Stewart Chevy S-10 Class 8 • 2WO Standard Pickup • 13 start • 8 finish 800 1 Robby Gordon (solo) Ford F-150 809 2 Steve NcEachem (solo) Dodge Ram 150 807 3 Chris Minor/Larry Minor Jr. G.c 803 4 Frank Vessels (solo) Chevrolet 804 5 Dave and Brant Shoppe Ford F-150 Class 9 • Restricted Buggy - 25 start -11 finish 916 1 Danny and Hector Ledezma Ledezma 999 2 Rich Richardson/Kevin Perrault Jimco 996 3 Pancho Bio (solo) 915 4 Norm Lewster/Oave Rarnocinski Rceco 909 5 Roy and Wade Prince Chenowth Class IO • Unlimited 1650cc - 9 start • 4 finish 1012 1 Kent and Scott Pfeiffer Chenowth 1007 2 Steve Myers (solo) Chenowth/Toyota 1013 3 Kirk Van Matre/Carl Oson Raceco 1001 4 Javier Cevallos/Antono Ouirez Chenowth Class Ii • Stock VW Sedan -7 start • 3 finish (2 laps) 1103 1 Jose Aguila/Armando Rojas VW Beede 1198 2 Andy Duaz/Scott Wagstaff Vw Beetle 1104 3 Enrique and Alberto Avalos VW Beede Starters - 219 Rnishers - 118 53.9% finish ratio Time 7:10.31 7:42:45 8:28.34 8:51.16 9:14.00 7:28.42 7:53.00 8:18.52 8:26.14 8:27:36 8:25.17 8:30.48 8:34.29 8:50.25 8:51.46 10:44.33 12:46.50 12:50.20 14:25.35 14:51.54 9:56.45 10:20.01 10:22.24 11:44.29 8:11.25 8:12.31 8:33.02 9:38.17 10:27.09 9:56:17 10:03.59 10:16.24 11 :08.06 11:35.13 10:02.55 12:59.15 14:26.47 9:00.24 12:02.08 9:00.08 9:13.48 9:26.41 9:33.13 10:02.40 10:22.53 10:51 .30 12:54.20 12:57.34 13:14.48 7:02.44 7:14.35 7:43.00 7:51.49 8:10.52 9:54.23 10:26.29 10:29.18 10:43.23 10:46.03 8:26.44 10:10.12 10:53.47 13:50.52 13:26.28 15:02.18 15:24.25 Race Distance - 426 miles Time Allowance -16 hours Fast Time Overall - Robby Gordon Class 8 Ford - 7:02.44 0/A 2 5 18 25 32 4 8 12 15 17 14 20 22 24 26 69 97 98 111 113 49 58 59 86 10 11 21 40 63 47 52 55 76 82 51 101 112 29 92 28 30 38 39 50 60 71 99 100 104 1 3 6 7 9 46 62 65 68 70 16 54 73 107 105 114 117 TREAD LIGHTLY! Dusty Times i;.,. and 20 minutes after the winners, for fourth place. Class 6 belonged to Evan Evans and his Jeep Cherokee all day. He was using a stock motor for this race, because his race motor wasn't finished on time, but he seemed to suffer no ill conse-quences from it. Arne and Patrick Gunnarsson were second in their Saab 96, about a half hour later, and George Wagenblast and Dan Ashcraft ran third in a Bronco, having some coil spring troubles. Larry Schwacofer was fourth in his '57 Chevy. Evans continued to lead, and at the end oflap two he had an hour and 35 minutes on Schwacofer who'd moved up to second place. The Gunnarssons were third, about 15 minutes later. But Schwacofer didn't manage to finish his third lap. Evans ran smoothly on, taking the win in just 10:02, and followed in second place by the Saab team, nearly three hours later. Wagenblast and Ashcraft were third, an hour and a half after them. The Class 11 troops were the last to start, and this being the Baja Internacional, they didn't get a shorter race, but had to run the full three laps. Andy Diaz and Scot Wagstaff had the early lead, followed by Jose Aquila and Armando Rojas, only 12 minutes back. Then it was Enrique and Alberto Avalos, in third, and Ramon Castro and Enrique Alfaro ran fourth, four minutes later. Diaz began to have electrical problems on the second lap, and Aguila and Rojas took over the lead as Andy changed his ignition, then his coil, then his ignition again, and then the fuel pump. He did hold on to second place, and the Afalos team was still third, followed by Castro. Aguila and Rojas lost an 9il cooler on their last lap, but fixed things up and made it back to the finish line for their win, while Diaz and Wagstaff lost a rear trailing arm and repaired it before finishing in second place. The Avalos team was third, and Castro never made it through his third lap. There was a high incidence of spark plug, carburetor and miscellaneous engine problems in this race, and that came about because of a problem with a part of the formula of the Sports race gas being used by many of the competitors. Sports, it seems blends their special race gas, and then has what is called a "lead package" added to it to raise the octane. The "lead package" isn't something that can be purchased just anywhere by just anyone, and Sports discovered that their refinery had just changed "lead package" suppliers. These packages are made up to satisfy the needs of the average service station, and are not blended with the racer in mind, so Sports, who use approximately 100 times the lead per gallon in the race gas than is currently injected into pump gas, called the supplier to find out what was in their particular package. They learned that there was manganese, which is really good stuff because it is a better octane improver, it conducts heat better, and it has better throttle response, and it's not a hazardous material. August 1989 Class 11 had to cover all three laps in Baja, and Jose Aguila and Armando Rojas did just that in good time to win the class by about an hour and a half. The supplier assured Sports that it would be just the ticket for their racing customers, so Sports filled up their tanker and brought a big batch to Baja. What the supplier failed to tell Sports was that they had eliminated the phosphorus, which has been used for years to prevent fouled plugs ( remember Shell's "TCP"?). And Sports never questioned whether it was a part of the formula. The racers soon discovered, the hard way, that it wasn't. The manganese left a rusty, red residue on the plugs, cars ran badly, and racers and pit crews couldn't figure out what was causing their difficulty. When Sports got the word, at about noon, that there was a problem with their gas, they went to the pit area to tell people to change their plugs and get fresh gas, and they tried to get the message out over the radio, but it was too late to help a lot of racers. Sports has since added phosphorus to their formula, and has begun an extensive testing program, working with, among others, MacPherson, Evans, Hatz, FAT, and Unser, to dyno test the new formula. They plan to have a supply of properly formulated race gas on hand for the Barstow race. As SCORE goes back to the negotiating tables to work things out with our Mexican hosts regarding the Baja 1000, HORA, with new owner, Danny Cau at the helm, presented the Fireworks 250, in Barstow, on July 1. Andy Diaz and Scott Wagstaff led the first lap in Class 11, but Pesky electrical problems dropped them to second at the finish line. Excllln4 Off Road BAJA 500 2, 4 JUN/O SAN FELIPE ALL CLASSES-ALL CARS 1:10 HRS. VHS, BETA. TAPES EACH $ 35.00EACH NAME __________________ _ ADDRESS _________________ _ CITY _________ STATE ___ ZIP ___ _ PLEASE SEND YOUR CHECK lfJ..~'tiier OR MONEY ORDER TO: y~p , · P.O. BOX 2655 CHULA VISTA CA. 92010 OR CALL 17066-84 11 92. TIJUANA, B.C. Page 11

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THE BFGOODRICH MEMORIAL DAY 100 Off Road Racing in Wisconsin Text & Photos: Judy Smith ,.JI *•--"~--Lee Wuesthoff and his Chenowth took the win in the fastest event of the weekend, the Unlimited Single Seat race on Sunday morning. _ The 1989 BFGoodrich Memorial Day 100 drew an enthusiastic field of 189 racers to the Lake Geneva Raceway, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, for the second race in the S.O.D.A./ S.T.O.R.E. Series. This race, in typical midwest style, is an abbreviated Riverside-type event and takes place on a track that's approximately a mile in length. The program calls for a brief amount of practice for everyone, and then a series of 20 minute races for each of their 15 classes. In some cases classes are combined for the sake of spectator interest, and the final races on the program are the "Championship" events, one each for Heavy Metal, Unlimited Buggies, and Limited Buggies. The schedule uses up only two days of the three day holiday weekend, and allows the racers and their crews to spend an extra day relaxing in the woodsy resort town, or to drive home in a leisurely fashion, enjoying the fresh springtime weather and scenery. Lake Geneva Raceway is situated on the outskirts of town, no more than 10 minutes from any of the local motels and fine restaurants, and enjoys all the standard comforts, as bleacher seats, snack stands, restroom facilities, and a camping area for the avid fan. On regular weekends the half-mile paved oval features stock car races, and a moto-cross track takes up space around the umpaved edges of the property. For the four wheeled off roaders, -the promoters designed a course that was planned to keep the action in front of the grandstands, and it wound around the outside of the oval, then beyond the end, through the center, and out into the fields alongside the dragstrip. rare animals in Wisconsin, where it rains with _great regularity and lawns stay green without the help of sprinklers, but a couple of makeshift vehicles were rounded up, and used to wet the track down before and between events. This meant that if they watered heavily just before an event it would be muddy, and if they didn't it would be dusty, very much the same as has occurred at Riverside for years. The race is sanctioned by S.O.D.A., which is a non-profit sanctioning body, and is actually a club, which functions by means of a board of directors. It has recently absorbed another group, Short Track Offroad Racing Enterprises (S.T.O.R.E.), and its rules, in an effort to reduce disparities between different racing groups.Under the auspices of this group, a trio of racers, who were all, coincidentally, members of S.O.D.A., took on the job of promoting this event. In fact, all of the S.O.D.A./S.T.O.R.E. series is handled in this fashion, so that, in theory, no one person or group bears the onus for every race in the season. The rules remain constant, but the promoting person or group changes from race to race. This time the promoters were Terry Wolfe, Terry Prevost and Tom Schwartzburg. The tire wars are as hot and heavy in the ~idwest as they are in the southwestern corner of the Quite a bit shorter than it has been in the past, the course was essentially a long oval, with some " natural holes and dips, and six man-made jumps, one of which was a double. All the turns went states, and besides the BFGood-rich sponsorship of the event, and their regular contingency program, they had thrown some extra money into the purse. There was also money to be had from Armstrong, Yokohama and General. Practice sessions started at eight a.m. each day, and small groups of cars, usually lumped together in similar types, were allowed just three laps at a time, to familiarize themselves with the course, and get the right tire and suspension set up. The first race was at 11 a.m., but before that the driver's meeting was held to acquaint the racers with the rules for the weekend. Rules are pretty standard, including the flags, but one special flag, the brown one, would mean that the driver's number plates were so muddy that the scorekeepers couldn't identify him, and he'd better do something about it. There was also to be no "course-cutting" to get into the pit area, so that if something broke just after a driver passed the pits he would have to complete the oval before pulling in for help, and, of course, although it would have been physically easy to do, no pit crew members would be allowed on track to help or bring parts out to a car. As they have for years, the four wheel drive group called the Joliet Mud Turtles did safety and clean-up duty on track, serving as in one direction, and the course was fairly narrow,maklng it a bit difficult to pass. Water trucks are Curt Gerald leads Jeff Jones through the turn at the east end of the track. Pair finished one/two in the Class 11 Single Seat race. They fought a similar duel in the Class 11 Two Seat event. Page 24 August 1989 i "'· "t"" ,.. -Pauline Vogel flies her two seat Class 11 buggy over the grandstand jump, as she heads for her Women 's Class 11 win. flagmen in the corners and for hazards, and using their four wheel drive vehicles to pull stalled racers off the track, or to set overturned cars back on their wheels. The first event was for two seat Class 1 ls, which are buggies that use all stock Type I Volkswagen parts, are allowed one shock per corner, have 1600cc motors, and no suspension modifications beyond some reinforcing. The only pure race element about these cars is the mandatory fuel cells. Glen Mathews, in a Chenowth, started off in front, chased by Curt Gerald in a homebuilt car, then Dave W oulf in another Chenowth, and Darren Van Dreel, whose car sounded a bit unwell. Woulf moved up into second place on the second lap, and then they ran in order for six laps, as the rest of the class sorted themselves out behind them. Van Dreel pulled out on the sixth lap, and Gerry Cote was also h:-.ving motor troubles, so serious that he couldn't fly over the double jump, and had to jounce through it painfully each time. On the seventh lap W oulf began to close on the lead pair, and on the eighth lap he passed them both and took over the lead, treating the spectators to some exciting side-by-side jumps with Mathews. They then ran in that order, Woulf, Mathews, and Gerald, to the finish of their 20 minutes, which amounted to 16 laps. But in the post race tech some problem was found with Mathews' car, and he was disqualified, leaving the finishing order at W oulf in first, then Gerald second, and Jeff Jones who drives another homebuilt car, was moved up to third place. After a brief break the Class 6 cars came out to play, and they made an impressive sight as they started six abreast on the paved oval, headed for the first long straight. When they came around again the Chevy of Fay Statezny was in front, hotly followed by Allen Fanin in another Chevy. Those two widened the gap between themselves and the rest of the field, and Bob Hartwig tried hard to catch them, but came to grief on the fifth lap when his right front wheel folded in underneath him as the A-arm collapsed. That pretty much left the two Chevies out in front by themselves, but then Statezny began to pull ahead, his car working beautifully, handling just a tad better than Fanin's. When their 14 laps were completed, Statezny was the winner, and Fanin was second behind him, and no one else was on the lead lap. The next event was for the 5-1600s, and seven of the limited Baja Bugs lined up for the start. As they flew the jumps in front of the grandstand the first lap, the lead was in the hands of Jeff Therriault, but Terry Wolfe was hard on his heels, and Chuck Johnson, known to California racers as a Class 7S Ford Ranger driver, ran third in Joe Eppers' not-quite-finished Bug. It had really poor brakes. Jim Pfeffer, running his backup motor, was fourth. Therriault, whose Bug was an ex-Class 5 car, a convertible, that had somehow been "grand-fathered" into this class, along with one or two others, looked as if it would just run away with the race. But Wolfe was pressing hard, and as they got into the east turn on the second lap, the two collided, and Therriault ended up the loser, the front end bent too badly to continue. Wolfe, who did a smart nose-stand in the collision, took over the lead, with Johnson, who had Eppers as a passenger, trying hard to catch him. A lap later it became apparent that Wolfe hadn't come out of the fracas unscathed, as his right front tire was rapidly going flat. Johnson moved by him to take the lead, and then, as it lost the last of Misty Woulfe, her number plate still bent from her 1-1600 race rollover, is shown here piloting her Mirage to victory in the Women 's Limited Class event. Dusty Times

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Jack Flannery came down from Crandon, Wisconsin, to add one more victory to a long line of Class 8 wins with his Ford truck. Tom Hockers leads the way with his Ford Ranger as Scott Taylor tries unsuccessfully, to get around.him. Hockers won, Taylor broke a lifter. its air, Ron Ka:lman also went by, to take over second place. They ran in that order for a while, with Pfeffer gradually gaining on Wolfe, as he did a splendid job with that flat tire. By the seventh kp it was Johnson, Karlman, Pfef~er and Wolfe, and they continue:l in that order to the checkered flag, all four completing LS laps in their allotted 20 minutes. Some of the he:ivy metal came out for the next event, with the combined forces of Classes 3 and 4. The 4s led che way, with Greg Gerlach in a Chevy, in front of Geoff Dorr in his Jeep pickup. Robert Flanagan chased hard in his Chevy. They ran close together for the first four laps, but then Dorr passed Gerlach, and took the lead, with Flanagan following suit as Gerlach limped along with a flat front tire. Dorr, as smooth as ever, then proceeded to put space between himself and everyone else, while FI an a g a n r'a n sec on cl , a n cl Gerlach, back out with a new tire, was third but a lap down. Flanagan disappeared on the 13th lap, and Dorr went on to complete 18 laps and take the win, with Gerlach in second place. Meanwhile, the Class 3s had a good race going at the same time, -· and the early lead was in the hands ofJan Dudiak, in a CJ7, with Herb Rosborough second in his Jeep. A little further back was Rick Rogers, another Jeep, and trying hard to get past him was Craig Gray in a Bronco. Dudiak and Rosborough continued their battle for several laps, as did Rogers and Gray. But then, on lap five, Rosborough took the lead as Dudiak fell back, some mechan-ical problem causing him to pull out about seven laps later. Now the order was Rosborough, Rogers, and Gray, and they carried on that way for another four laps, when Gray, his transmission going up in smoke, fell by the wayside. Rosborough went on to win, followed across the finish line by Rogers, and they were the only two to complete 18 laps.James Miller, was third, with 17 laps completed. The next event was for the Class 9 vehicles, which in the S.O.D.A. rule book is one or two seaters with 1650cc motors having four valves per cylinder. But at the races, it's generally any 1650cc vehicle, two or four valve, air or water cooled, one or two seat. This group _was led by Lee Wuesthoff, in his five year old Wisconsin-style water truck heads back for another load of water, as spectators begin to file into the bleachers to watch the day's fun. Chenowth, on the first lap, fan belt and pulled into the pits followed by Kevin Probst, in a and now, as Smith continued to Berrien Laser, and then Todd lead, Probst moved up to second, Attig in a Tay !or Eliminator. Sorensen was third and Gerry Scott Taylor ran fourth in his Parent was fourth in his Taylor chassis, and Tim Lemons Chenowth. But Probst pulled into was fifth. his pit on the next lap, having Probst took over the lead on been blackflagged due to the the second lap when Wuesthoff unfastened roof on his car. made an error in one of the turns, Smith was already lapping the and those two began to lengthen their lead on the rest of the pack. Attig, Taylor and Lemons followed, and the action was fast and furious, as they tried to get around each other. On the third lap Lemons fell back and Art Schmitt, in a Berrien, moved up to fifth place. Jimmie Crowder, from Florida, braked sharply when Don Ponder, in his Berrien, got together with Schmitt in front of him, and someone ran into Jimmie and crunched his motor putting him out. Ponder lasted only another four laps, when he lost his water hose and fried his motor. For another three laps the leaders ran in order, Taylor and Attig having a tremendous battle, and Schmitt gradually getting closer to them. On the seventh lap, as the leaders began to pass lapped traffic, Taylor got by Attig, and then Schmitt began working on his bumper, and on lap nine he made his pass. Now they ran in a clump, and they were catching up to W uesthoff, who was finding some of the corners pretty slippery. Taylor moved by him on the 12th lap, when he bobbled, and now the order was Probst, Taylor, Wuesthoff, Schmitt and Attig. Two laps later Wuesthoff lost another position when the car slid sideways and Schmitt took advantage. Attig also lost some ground, and Jim Struble, in a Funco, moved up to fifth place on the 13th lap. Then they ran the balance of the race in that order, threading their way through lapped traffic. Probst got the well deserved win, having been very quick and precise throughout. He was followed in by Taylor, Schmitt, Wuesthoff and Struble. Now a healthy field of2-1600s came out for their turn, and lined up for the start, six abreast, in three rows, plus one, for 19 starters. Somehow they all made it through the first turn on their We also manufacture a full line of bumpers, truck bars, and side bars made with 3" tubing, for most mini, mid and full size trucks. Selected products now avail-able in chrome. , wheels, and as they came around NEW 1989 catalog: $3.00 backmarkers, and he ran serenely on for many laps, continuing to widen his lead. Sorensen and Parent held second and third, and now. Jeff St. Peter, in a Taylor, moved up to fourth place. Probst came back out, but was a lap down, and finally, after being blackflagged for the same problem three times, gave up. Taylor tried to come back also, and went around for a couple of laps, sounding fairly unwell, and pulled out for good. By the ninth lap the whole field Was so mud covered that it was nearly impossible to tell who was who, except for Smith, who'd been in front on the wettest laps, and therefore, had a clean multi-colored hood. On the 13th lap, as he struggled to catch and pass Sorensen, St. Peter rolled his car and ·lost a couple of positions. Now it was Smith, Sorensen, Parent and Bryan Frankenberg, fourth, in another Taylor. But Frankenberg lost a couple of positions a few laps later i;r The Pre-Runner laok from Smittybilt New for '89, Smittybilt offers everything you need for the exciting Pre--Runner look - Pre-Runner Bumpers, Truck Bars, and Bed Stiffeners. All with the rugged Smittybilt quality and fantastic fit you've come to expect. past the grandstands, the lead was in the hands of Greg Smith, in a Tay !or chassis, with Scott Tay !or, also in a Taylor chassis, second, then Kevin Probst in his Berrien Laser. Dale Bergemoen was ··· ·· -.. ' .,,,,, ' fourth, and Mike Sorensen was SMJTTYBJLT1Nc. Class 6 winner, Fay Statezny, tiptoes his Chevy past the bleacher jump, fifth in still another Taylor car. displaying the light-footed characteristics of his car. On the third lap Taylor tossed a 2112 N. Lee, Dept. OT, So. El Monte, CA 91733 (818) 442-1788 Dusty Times August 1989 Page 15

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r;.,.. as St. Peter moved back towards the front of the pack. And at the finish it was Smith and Sorensen, the only two to do 18 laps, with Parent and St. Peter third and fourth, with 17 laps each completed. Frankenberg, trying hard to catch up, rolled on his last lap. · The Class 14 monsters were next to go, and it was impressively noisy with 14 of them lined up for the start and revving their motors. They got through the first turn, but when they went into the second turn on the east end of the course, someone slammed into Geoff Dorr and flattened both tires on the right side of his Jeep, putting him out of the race. He never did figure out who'd hit Slipping up into position in staging for the Unlimited Championship race, is Bill LeFeuvre, in the number 123 Berrien, eventual winner of the fiercely fought high-dollar event. Herb Rosborough took the Class 3 win in his tidy looking Jeep Commando. him. -Mark Seidler emerged as the leader, but he had Ken Kincaid charging hard behind him in his recently metamorphosed Ford, which was now a Chevy. Greg Gerlach ran third in his Chevy, and Marc Pelletier, with a right rear flat, was fourth in a Chevy. On the third lap there was a big change and Gerlach took over the lead with Kincaid second, Pelletier now third and Seidler back to fourth place. But that wasn't a very stable arrangement, and by the next lap Pelletier had moved up to second, with Brad Mihalko, in a handbuilt Chevy powered vehicle, in third, and pushing hard. Kincaid, who found he had the wrong gearing and the wrong tires for this course, was now fourth, and then broke an axle and dropped out. On the sixth lap there was a big change as Pelletier dropped from second to ten as he had his flat repaired, and Mihalko took over second place, with Tom Ferro, in a Chevy, now third. The lead cars were lapping slower vehicles now, and getting through the traffic was tricky. They ran in this order for three laps, and then, on lap 10, Gerlach drove into his pit, and stayed just long enough to lose the lead. Now Mihalko, whose car is said to have a Chevelle suspension, and who was in the lead, was having a fierce battle with Pelletier, as he tried to unlap himself. Gerlach was second, Ferro third, and Herb Rosbor-ough, in his Jeep, ran fourth at this point. On the 13th lap Gerlach dropped way back to fifth place, and Ferro moved up to second with Milan Mazanec in third place for a lap. He then dropped back as Pelletier, who'd been fairly flying around the track, passed him and got himself back into third place. From that point on the positions didn't change until they got the checkered flag, except that one or two more mortally wounded cars dropped out. Mihalko had finally lapped everyone, and was the only driver to complete 19 laps, as Ferro and Pelletier finished second and third with 18 laps to their credit. Gerlach was fourth. The final race of the day brought out the Class 8 trucks, and there were just eight of the heavy-weights. It should have been a battle royal, but it turned into a parade. Right from the start Jack Flannery put his Ford into the lead, and he was followed by Dave Hockers, in another Ford, and then Dennis Ferdon, in a Dodge, and Pete Van De Hey, in another Dodge. On the fourth lap Chuck Brand, who'd been running seventh, dropped out, and on the · tenth lap Don Gregoire' s transmission began to smoke. But no one caught anyone else, no one passed anyone, and no one made any big mistakes. They just followed in order, looking very fast and sounding wonderful, for 16 laps. By the 11th lap the lead trucks were catching the backmarkers, and they did do some passing as they lapped them, but it was all very courteous. At the end it was Flannery, Hockers, Ferdon and Van• De Hey, first through fourth, still in the same order they'd started in. The trucks had no sooner stopped than the racetrack personnel were out cleaning the paved oval, so the track would be ready for the stock cars. The evening was now dedicated to repairing damage done this day, so the cars would be ready for whatever Sundy event they were entered in. Some pit crews labored, some went to one of the choice neighboring restaurants for a nice dinner, and some walked back into the stands to watch the stock cars, who put on an entertaining show. Sunday morning dawned cool and windy, but gradually warmed as the drivers turned out for A real favorite with the fans was #1369, Bob Flanagan 's 1936 Chevy, shown here readying for the Class 13 event. Flanagan finished third. Page 26 practice. Flannery, who'd been dissatisfied with the performance of his truck on Saturday, made some changes and went out to test during practice. He changed one thing too many, it seems, and ended up on his lid, crumpling his pretty new roof-line. Jack, who hadn't been planning to enter the Heavy Metal Championship, because he didn't want to bang up the new body work, decided that since it was already banged up, he'd enter. Sunday's racing started out with Class 11 cars also, this time the single seaters, and there were just nine of them. Curt Gerald put his homebuilt car into the lead right away, with Mark Steinhardt close behind him, and then Dave Woulf, in his Chenowth, and Glen Mathews, in another Chenowth, in fourth. Quite a few of the cars were two-seaters left over from Saturday, and running with no passenger. Gerald gradually built a big lead, but Steinhardt dropped back, as Woulf moved into second place. In the meantime, Jeff Jones, in his homebuilt car, was working very hard to get around Mathews, and finally, on the fourth lap, moved into fourth place, from where he started working on Steinhardt. As Gerald continued to lead, smoothly, Jones and Mathews became the race, as they worked to progress. On the sixth lap Jones was third, having cau ght S teinhardt, and Mathews followed him two laps later. Then, they took off in search of W oulf. On the eleventh lap Jones was right on his rear bumper, and he went on by a short distance later, to take second place. But Mathews couldn' t get close enough to W oulf, and the positions held at Gerald, Jones, W oulf and Mathews. Back in the pack, Darrin Parsons lost a spindle as he came off the big jump, but he wavere-d on three-legged. Jones kept getting closer to Gerald, but hadn't quite caught him when the white flag came out. Gerald, feeling pressed, bobbled on the last turn, and stuffed his car into the tire barrier, letting Jones get his nose up by his rear wheels. It made an exciting finish for the fans, but Gerald regained his cool, and took the win, with Jones a close second. W oulf finished third, and Mathews was fourth. Classes 1 and 2 were next, and while there wasn't a huge entry, they made up in enthusiasm what they lacked in numbers. Most of these entries were actually Class 9 cars, but these· folks say the Rabbits are as quick as anything else on their courses, so they run with the unlimiteds. There was also one mini-truck, driven by Pete Punderson, which had been found illegal for Class 7S. Lee Wuesthoff had his Chenowth out in front from the beginning, and behind him was Art Schmitt, in the Berrien, and Todd Attig, in his Taylor, who was being challenged by Kevin Probst, in his Berrien, for third place. Probst got by on about the third lap, and then began to work on Schmitt. Meanwhile, Scott Taylor's car started to smoke, and then Schmitt flattened his left front tire. On the sixth lap Probst fell back to fifth, and the order was now Wuesthoff, Schmitt, Bill LeFeuvre, in an open class Berrien, Attig, and Probst. Taylor had taken his smoking car into his pit. W uesthoff was building a good lead, and now LeFeuvre was slowly gaining on Schmitt and his flat tire. Attig was fourth, and Probst was right on his tail pipe, but just couldn't quite get around him. They were putting on a tremendous show. On lap 11, LeFeuvre passed Schmitt, to take over second spot, and Probst was still trying to pass Attig. W uesthoff continued to Scott Taylor won both the single seat 1600s and the Limited Championship race in his Taylor chassis two seater, seen here in the two seat 1600 event, in which he broke. Jwgust 1989 lead, and LeFeuvre had a long way to go to catch him. By now there were several lapped cars, and a couple that had been lapped twice, keeping things interesting by giving the lead cars traffic to work through. They continued in the same order for the next 10 laps, all the time with Probst trying to get around Attig, and entertaining the spectators. He seemed to have a broken exhaust, and was probably down a bit on power, to add to his frustration. Schmitt's car started to smoke, and lost power 1n the last few minutes of the race, and he lost two positions. W uesthoff, never in danger of losing his lead, carried on to the checkered flag, followed across the line by LeFeuvre, and then, in a devil-may-care final thrust, Probst passed Attig on the last hill, within 50 feet of the finish, to take third place. The four lead cars had completed 23 laps in their 20 minute race. As the predicted clouds started to move in, Class 7S came to the start line, only five trucks, and the Ranger of Mark Holmes had a smoking transmission right from the beginning. He lasted only two laps. The rest were led by Tom Hackers, in a Ranger, who had Scott Taylor, in another Ranger, trying hard to nose around him. Todd Attig, in still another Ranger, was third, and Mark T oburen ran fourth in his Toyota. They ran in that order for several laps, Taylor losing some ground when he spun out in the west turn, and the Toyota apparently having some mechan-ical problem cha'\: slowed him down. Attig was also not running too well, though he seemed to be keeping up. Hackers held firm in first place, and on lap seven Taylor broke a rocker arm and was way down on power. On lap 12 Attig went by him to take over second place, and then they stretched out and went 'round and 'round for the balance of the race, Hackers too far out front to be caught by Attig, and Taylor and Toburen not running well enough to catch anyone. At the end it was Hackers, Attig, Taylor and Toburen, but Taylor was docked one position for a yellow flag infraction, which gave T oburen third place. The single seat 1600s ran next, and this was a big group, with 22 cars starting all :i"t once. It looked like sure disaster as they went into the first turn, but they all managed to come out of it still moving forward. 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Brad Mihalko lapped the field in winning the Class 14 race in his highly modified Chevy. Kevin Probst has his Berrien f/ying•high on his way to victory in the Class 9 (unlimited 1650cc one or two seat) event. one for the Unlimited Buggies, one for the Limited Buggies and one for the Heavy Metal classes. Anyone who's raced in one of the other races can enter one of these events, providing his or her car will still rim. This year the two Buggy races were the recipients of some added money, put up by Armstrong tire, in the amount of $1000 for first place, $300 for second, and $200 for third, regardless of the brand of tires on the vehicle. Goodrich had also sweetened the pot with a full set of tires up for grabs for a winner in the Unlimited Championship, and the Heavy Metal Champion-ship, on BFGs. The first of the special races was the Unlimited Championship, and only eight cars were still healthy enough to show up. Jeff Probst i;.,.. Taylor, in a Taylor, right with him. Dave Hameister ran third in a Berrien, Steve Krieman was fourth in a Funco, and Jim Wiggins had his Taylor in fifth place. By the fourth lap ~hey were already running into lapped traffic, and while Probst got past one car safely, Taylor got stuck for a while and lost some ground, letting Hameister catch up to him. Meanwhile Eric Brannstrom flattened a tire, and Misty Wolfe rolled her Mirage into the cornfield. Probst held the lead, but Hameister was having tO fight to keep Taylor from moving back up to second place. Wiggins was fourth now, and Krieman was fifth. On the seventh lap Taylor goofed in the east end of the course, and fell back, and Wiggins car was smoking a bit. Probst was still leading, as Taylor caught back up to Hameister and began trying to get around him again. As all this was going on there was a continuous flow of lapped traffic to contend with, making it great fun to watch. As they got the crossed flags to indicate halfway through the race, Taylor finally passed Hameister, and charged off after Probst, who was way out in front. On the 12th lap, as he neared the pits, Probst's motor literally went up in smoke, and he coasted to a-standstill. That left Taylor in the lead, Hameister second, Wiggins third, Krieman fourth and Larry Manske, in a Berrien, in fifth place now. They motored on for a couple more laps, and then Wiggins suffered a broken tie rod on his right front corner, but he hung in there gamely. Taylor, Hameister, Manske and Krieman took the first four positions, and were the only cars to complete 19 laps. The Class 13 cars were next, with only four entries. This class is for two sheel drive, front engine vehicles built on a mar.ufactured frame. Lowell De Grief had the lead on the first lap, while Bob Flanagan, in a '36 Chevy pickup ( modified a bunch to be sure) chased him in second place. Tom Jansen ran third, and John Schultz, who'd sat spinning his wheels at the start, was playing catchup. He picked up one position, then lost his motor, and was finished. De Grief kept his lead, but Jansen was slowly working his way up, as Flanagan lost ground, then lost his motor in a big cloud of smoke. That turned the race into a two-car event, and on lap 11, as they got the halfway signal, Jansen finally passed De Grief. For another four laps they Dusty Times roared around, and then, on his 14th lap, De Grief rolled over, landing upside down at the edge of the cornfield, and finishing his race. Jansen went on sedately to take the win, with 17 laps completed. De Grief, who was not hurt in the rollover, was second. The last few races of the weekend are always like icing on the cake. They're called the Championship events, ~nd tl}~rt;_'~_ FUEL SAFE THE #1 NAME IN RACING FUEL CELLS ORY BREAK VALVE Legal for NASCAR, USAC, IMSA, SCCA and SCORE. 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Shari Recla drove this Class 13 two wheel drive front engined car to victory in the Women's Heavy Metal race. Greg Smith, winner in Class 1-1600, uses up his front suspension as he lands his Taylor chassis on its toes. Winner in the front engine two wheel drive category (Class 13) was Tom Jansen in this Pontiac powered creation. b Dave Woulf, Class 11 single seat winner, takes liberties with his stock Volkswagen front end components as he lands his Chenowth off the big jump. Geoff Dorr, Class 4 winner in his Jeep Honcho, displays an uncharacteristic untidiness as he moves down the back stretch. Chuck Johnson grins at the camera after taking the win in Class 5-1600, in his first trip out with the car. ,;.,. started out in front, in his Berrien, with Todd Attig, Taylor chassis, second, Scott Taylor, also. Taylor chassis, third, and Lee W uesthoff in fourth place in his Chenowth. As Probst moved out Taylor was once again trying to pass Attig, but his motor was missing a little. Bill LeFeuvre ran fourth now in his Berrien. On the fifth lap Taylor made a brief trip into his pit, which moved LeFeuvre into third place, ~nd Taylor came back out in seventh. Probst was lengthening his lead, and there was now lapped traffic to contend with as Attig tried vainly to catch him. LeFeuvre was moving up on Attig. On the sixth lap there was a diversion when Jim Struble hit a bump just wrong and threw his Funco into a double endo, tearing off one of the rear wheels when he landed. He was off the course, and while there was a yellow flag for a while, it wasn't a hazard to the balance of the cars. Struble was taken to the hospital for observation. In the meantime Taylor's car began to smoke, and he retired into his pit, and then Probst's car started to slow on the 11th lap, and he, too, became a statistic when it got hot and quit. Now, just past the halfway point in the race, Attig took over the lead, but LeFeuvre was determined to catch him. There was also a really good race going on for third place, as Chuck Johnson, driving a Johnson, tried to get around Wuesthoff. Johnson had lost his Rabbit motor in practice, and was running an air--cooled VW motor here. LeFeuvre crept closer and closer to Attig, and Johnson got by W uesthoff. But then, on about lap 15, LeFeuvre momentarily stalled on the back stretch, and lost all he'd gained. And Wuesthoff was knocking on Johnson's bumper again. From this point on the racing was the best of the weekend. As LeFeuvre chased Attig and Wuesthoff worked on Johnson it was a pure pleasure to watch the PageU skilled driving being displayed. On the 19th lap LeFeuvre took the lead, but Attig was back around him in seconds, and then on the next lap they passed and repassed again. And, not to be outdone, Wuesthoff got himself by Johnson, to take over third place. They continued their duel on the white flag lap, passing and repassing, and as they came to the checkered flag, LeFeuv're had the lead, Attig was second, Wuesthoff third and Johnson fourth, a really fine show. The Limited Championship ran next, and there were 24 of these folks out to finish the weekend in grand style. Mike Sorensen started off in the lead, his Taylor chased by Jim Wiggins, in another Taylor, his broken spindle from earlier in the day hastily repaired with stock parts. In third it was Dave Hameister in a Berrien, and then Scott Taylor was fourth, followed by Bryan Frankenberg, in another Taylor chassis. On the second lap Taylor had moved up to second, and on the third lap he passed Sorensen to take the lead. Sorensen was second, Hameister was third, Wiggins was fourth and Frankenberg ran fifth. On lap four, as they began to reel in the backmarkers, Wiggins broke that stock spindle, but he kept right on driving. It was now Taylor, Sorensen, Hameister, Frankenberg, and Peter Karempelis, in a Funco, as Wiggins faded into the pack. Hameister took over second place on the fifth lap, and then they ran in that order for a couple of laps, until Mike Brue passed Karem, pelis and took fifth place. The lead four held their positions 'til the end of the race, having to pick their way carefully through a crowd of slower, or wounded cars, as they lapped them. Brue fell out, and Karempelis moved back to fifth place for a while, but then Johnny Greaves, also in a Funco passed him on the 14th lap and claimed fifth place. That's how it was at the finish, with Taylor getting the win, followed by Hameister, Sorensen, Frankenberg and Greaves, all having completed 18 laps. The Heavy Metal Champion, ship came next, with 16 vehicles thundering to the start line. The start was delayed for a few minutes when, after officials had had everyone shut off their engines, Brad Mihalko found that his Chevy wouldn't restart. Someone needed to round up a pair of jumper cables to get him going again. When they were finally all rolling, they headed into the first turn in a cloud .of dust, where someone bumped Greg Gerlach's Chevy and rolled him over, and he was out of the race. Chuck Brand also rolled over, and he was out too. Ken Kincaid, with new tires and different gearing in his Chevy, took the lead, but he had Jack Flannery and his Ford hot on his tail. Geoff Dorr, in his Jeep, was running third, and Mark Seidler was fourth. Flannery passed Kincaid on the fourth lap, to take the lead, and Dorr got by him a lap later. Tom Ferro moved into fourth. Flannery, his slightly crumpled truck looking very quick, began to pull out a long lead, _and they were into lapped traffic by the sixth lap. Kincaid had a broken steering damper by then, and had a big dent in the right side of his truck. Flannery and Dorr carried on, and by the 14th lap, had lapped everyone else on the course. It was becoming complicated to keep track of who was in what position. Mihalko, who'd had a bad start apparently, worked very hard, and entertained the spectators mightily, by moving up through traffic, but he broke a driveshaft and dropped out on the 16th lap. Flannery stayed out of trouble, but Dorr lost his driver's side door somehow, and Kincaid's whole front end was beginning to come apart, although both of them kept moving, as did Ferro. At the finish it was Flannery · and Dorr, the only two to complete 21 laps, and Kincaid and Ferro were both awarded third place, when the timing and scoring folks ran into a snag. It was a horrendous race to score, but it had been fun to watch. As always, after all the Championship races, these folks have their women's events, and these are for ladies who want to drive a car that's been entered in one of the other events. Often there aren't many cars left that can still run, and that was the case this time. Pauline Vogel took the honors in the Class 11 event, after Paula Parsons pulled · out with mechanical problems, and Chris Gerald, who'd been center, punched by Vogel during a pass, rolled over and came to a stop. In the Limited Buggy race, which ran with the Class lls, Misty Wolff had the advantage of having run her class race and the Limited Championship, so she was mighty familiar with the course. She took a commanding lead early, and won, as Joanne Karempelis finished second. In the Women's Heavy Metal event, Shari Recla did an outstanding job in her Class 13 vehicle, taking the win handily as Sue Gregoire finished second in her Class 8 truck, and Gail Brand was out with terminal mechanical ills. The weekend of racing came to an end at about 5:30 on Sunday, and it hadn't rained, not even a little bit. There was a brief wait, and a chance to have a hot dog and something to drink while the scorekeepers figured out the last few races, and the checks were written. 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l 36th Acropolis Rally 1989 Text & Photos: Martin Holmes ~ · Miki Biasion and Tiziano Siviero powerslide their eight valve Delta lntegrale Lancia, sporting Michelin's new puncture proof tires, through the rough roads to a commanding overall victory. Almost unmoved by the magnitude of the operation, Miki Biasion won the Acropolis Rally after a faultless drive over the roughest special stages in the world championship, and using the new generation puncture proof tires from Michelin. The Lancias defeated everyone as they pleased, biding their time for Kenneth Ericksson to lead in the opening stages. Corsica winner Didier Auriol overtook the Swede and only lost the lead when his car hit a rock on the third day. T earn orders followed allowing Biasion to win his fourth world rally of the season without pressure. Bodywork problems defeated the Toyota team, none of which finished despite the works cars overcoming their old troubles with engines and differentials. A challenge from Ari Vatanen's Mitsubishi failed when the turbocharger broke, although guest teammate Jimmy Mcrae finished fourth, the best non-Lancia. This was the event which would shape the future for many teams. For Lancia it was the moment when they would discover how urgent was the development of their soon to be homologated 16-valve Intergrale. For Toyota with newly developed Pirelli anti-puncture tires, it was the best ever chance to get even with the Lancias. Mitsubishi now had the chance to see whether the British team had got themselves together and were ready to handle the multi-driver entries. And for Mazda whether five months of development after the Swedish could make the little 323 4WD fast and tough enough. They weren't the only teams in , the news. Nissan finally appeared with their little March Super Turbo, the stop-gap car aimed at giving the national teams a 1600cc class winner at a fraction of the cost of the Group A cars. It would be a chance to stay in the sport until their own four-wheel drive turbo machine is ready. Everyone was mystified at the sudden withdrawal of Mazda just · a few days before the start of the event. They had brought their special fuel, had done their testing, and even had a helicopter in their colors ready to fly. Why Page 31 had almost a half years work suddenly, and so close to the event, been abandoned? If problems with the engine and transmission bad been the real reason to withdraw, why had the decision been left so late? Even if their chief engineer had recently left the team, surely the possibility of withdrawal would have been evident earlier? It was the same old scene - strange situations and unanswered questions. The old order changed in other respects; there were just five Scandinavian drivers entered and only three in competitive cars. "Why did Lancia leave Markku Alen out of their team?" asked fellow Finn Ari Vatanen, forgetful of the changing trends. And how much does previous experience really count these days? Neither Lancia's number two driver, Didier Auriol, nor Toyota's third driver, Carlos Sainz, had been here before. There was, however, as much determination to take part in Europe's toughest rally as ever. The Argentine Jorge Recalde, Lancia's sometimes works driver, had to buy his factory team replica car in order to be in the event. And the Greek champion, 'Jigger' imagined his hopes of taking part had gone when he broke his leg playing soccer. Unknown to him as he hobbled around on crutches, his mechanics discovered that Lancia ' had systems allowing lntergrales to be used with a disconnected clutch, so he was able to take part after all. This year the route was quite substantially changed, missing the lonely mountain roads up to Karpenissi, and back, and instead using many new stages between Athens and Thives. And speaking of 'Thives' the black market in stolen rally cars once again found new supplies, this time the training VW of Austrian Raimund Baumschlager became available for illegal Drachmae. Sunday was a superspecial day. The rally made its traditional start below the ancient monument which gives its name in Athens, went to Anavissos forty kilometers to the south for the four kilometer test on waste land, and retired to Lagonissi to enjoy the sunshine the rest of the day. Even if the section meant nothing in competition terms ( no reseeding afterwards) it was politically significant when four drivers, at the wheel of three different types of cars, made joint best time. They included Vatanen 's Mitsubishi which hasn't led a world rally since the mid seventies. Only one driver had problems and that was Per Eklund in the March Super Turbo. "The driveshaft pulled out and we drove around gently in one-wheel drive. It was only a matter of adjustment and shouldn't happen again," said the Swede. Eklund lost over a minute with his problem, and at the end of the day he was in last place overall. The battle of the tires soon came to the front. Recalde was the most competitive Michelin user to be refused access to A TS insert tires, and he had the first of three punctures on the opening stage on mounts, Rudi Stohl and Ernst Rohringer placed sixth in their Audi 90 Quattro. August 1989 Monday. He stopped and changed the tire, hearing afterwards with dismay that Auriol arrived at the end of the stage with a hole in the side of his ATS filled tire and that he had made fastest time. Gahan, another not-ATS driver, also punctured a tire but tried to drive on, broke a wheel which destroyed the steering, and was out of the event. This was one of the two roughest stages on the event, and was to be used again the next day. Apostolou's VW, second fastest two-wheel drive car the day before, lost a wheel, while Hungarian Attila Ferjancz, on his first world rally, although it was his sixth event in his Camel Intergrale, went home in disgust. Eriksson took the lead on stage two and was driving in a model of consistency, making fastest or second fastest times on the first seven stages of the rally, consolidating his advantage to stage nine. The rally then reached the Prodromos area where long and demanding stages were run in the lunchtime heat. Auria! made his attack and took twenty seconds off the next fastest car. Then on the next stage came the first major retirement, Patrick Snyers. His Toyota's engine began to overheat and on the next stage it failed altogether, presumably with a failed gasket. And immediately came news that Eriksson's second place Celica was stopped and on fire. It seems the car landed heavily on some rocks in the road breaking the clutch mechanism and allowing hydraulic oil to leak out onto the hot exhaust. In no time at all Toyota's assault was halved. Vatanen had profited and rised to third place behind the Lancias, and on the final stage of the day he overtook Biasion for second, but Kankkunen fell back with a broken driveshaft to seventh. It was the end to a tough day, and the next was to include many of the same stages again but now damaged after the passage of around eighty car~. Mitsubishi was second not only in Group A but also in Group N with Inoue driving sensibly in the difficult conditions, but behind de Mevius's Mazda. Vatanen had only made one fastest time of the day but it excited the Michelin technicians as much as Auriol's earlier success with a buckled rim exposing the beading of the tire and yet the mousse had worked. "One of the reasons the A TS is working better than ever," a Michelin man explained, "is that we have raised the pressure at which the mousse will expand." If the Michelin men were happy with their work on Monday evening, they were thrilled on Tuesday. Auriol again made fastest time on the rough opening stage, but this time with TWO front punctures. Jimmy McRae, who was fifth overnight, fell to seventh when his Mitsubishi's front suspension broke and the mechanics had trouble re-fitting the driveshaft which cost him three and one-half minutes at the next time control. The semi-official Mistubishi driver Kenjio Shinozuka had the left rear suspension fail and went for emergency service to the Ralliart mechanics when the right hand side started to bend, but other than these incidents little happened till the rally again reached the Prodromos. Vatanen was still going well, again having got in front of Biasion for second place, when the turbocharger failed. Unlike most competive turbo engines, the sealed Mitsubishi units have no emergency oil cut-off switch, and in trying to reach the end of · the stage he lost four liters of oil and was forced to retire at the end of stage 22. Then a few minutes later McRae radioed to his mechanics waiting in ltea that he too had lost turbo pressure, but not his oil. When the car was checked at the end of the stage they found that the new single exhaust pipe was completely flattened. He lost only two I"\'.''"' •n After Mitsubishi s star r, atanen blew his tur'b'"o""', .... te""'a""'mmatesJimmy McRae and Rob Arthur motored their four wheel steering Ga/ant VR-4 into a world rally record fourth place. The best two wheel drive finish, despite driveshaft woes, was Per Eklund and Bjorn Cederberg's tenth position in their Nissan March Super Turbo. Dusty Times

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Mk Placing second in Group N, fourteenth overall, and the last Toyota in the running was the Greek team of Gallo and Vassiliadis. After having their training car stolen, Austrians Baumschlager -and Zeltner put their VW Golf G Tl 16v up in the field until the gearbox failed. Giagnissis and Varvouzanis drive their Toyota Corolla GT through a Greek village that seemed unaware of the world rally route to an eighteenth place finish. minutes stage time and kept his position. On stage 23 Auriol hit a rock and finished the stage with the wheel tucked under the car, losing about a minute and a half and allowing Biasion to rise from third to first in the space of two stages. The cars were showing their scars. The Lancia mechanics stared in amazement when the carbon fiber sumpguard of Biasion's car was split; the Toyota's showed ripples on their roofs (lightweight panels or extra stresses from the heavyweight puncture resistant Pirellis?); McRae's Mitsubishi had a splitter fitted to the front to direct more air into the engine. The lamps on the front of the Super Turbos were swivelled around to admit more air through the front of the car, and then a spectator arrived with a curious souvenir, part of Kankkunen's· propshaft which had snapped in two on the rough first stage of the ·day. The last few stages of Tuesday saw a 'Grand Attack' by Sainz. He nibbled away at the two Lancias ahead of him until he was thirty-four seconds behind Auriol and thirty-six behind Biasion at the end of stage 28, but then he hit a . . rock with the front suspension and broke a driveshaft. De Mevius was eight minutes ahead oflnoue in Group N, and the only all-lady crew of Martini and Gibellini was ninth dispite three punctures. De Mevius hit a bank within sight of the end of stage 27 and finished on three wheels, while gradually climbing back up was the German champion Armin Schwarz after a disasterous time the day before. He had lost his brakes at the rear: then a strut broke which let the wheel jam under the arch. He removed the wheel, and then had the front brakes fail and was lucky to survive although losing almost thirty minutes in all. On Tuesday night he was thirteenth, less than a · minute behind 'Jigger' who was still the best placed Greek driver. His main rival 'Stratissino' had retired earlier in the day after overturning, which meant Eklund was fifteenth and the best two-wheel drive car. Less lucky was the Austrian Baumschlager who had stopped with gearbox problems. On arrival at Kamena, Vourla Sainz was three minutes behind and it was safe for Lancia 's competition chief Lombardi to give the stay put orders: Biasion was fifteen seconds in front, therefore the coin fell his side up. Lancia's interest was now to get a 1-2-3 finish with Fiorio just two seconds in front of fifth place Kankkunen. Although the top placings_ Surviving the Ja:t stages to win Group N and eleventh overall was Kiyoshi Inoue and Satosni Hayashi in the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4. Leading most o' the early stages rock damage and a fire retired the Toyota Celica GT-Four of Kenneth Eriksson and Staffan Parmander. Dusty Times appeared secured to the best of Lancia's abilities, there was still to be a race to the finish between the two remaining T pyotas and the Lancia of Fiorio. Seven Toyota mechanics were being flown from service point to service point in a Bell 205 that thumped its way through the skies. As it landed the mechanics spilled out running crouched down looking like American marines-in Vietnam with guns replaced by spanners. Kankkunen was in the mood for a fight and made fastest time on the first four stages. He pulled from two seconds up to thirty seconds in front of Fiorio, but then the Toyota attack went wrong. First it was Sainz, and then Knakkunen. In both cases the front suspension collapsed, on the left for the Spaniard and on the rigbt for the Back at their hotel the inquest Finn. The only person now into Toyota's debacle was soon_ preventing a Lancia "1-2-3-4 was under way. Engineer Karl-Heinz McRae some eight minutes ahead Goldstein accepted responsibility of Recalde. saying that he had underestimated So Fiorio reached the top three, · the strains of the new wider tires, but behind him there were still and the heavier puncture proof many changes. In only three Pirellis, but was this the whole stages, four of the top teams were story? Cars built by this company out and just one stage after the have regularly won Ivory Coast demise of the T oyotas both de and Safari rallies and didn't fall to Mevius and de Martini went bits. Their transmission troubles missing. Inoue was now the seem now to be behind them and Group N leader and inside the top the engines in the works cars are ten, although his Mitsubishi was faultless. Their Pirelli tires have badly damaged at the front, while only suffered one deflation all Shinozuka had struggled for four event, but the cars seem to be stages stuck in second gear. The unequal to the power of th.: highest placed Toyota was now Lancias and Mitsubishis and tl the Greek driver Gallo whose GT-depressing thing is that Lancia has Four was lying second in Group already announced their N. replacement model. .091 HEAVY DUTY DIFFERENTIAL Tired of replacing com-plete CV's? We now have the 930 CV Center Stars available as a separate item. 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~--..,··, .. ,.,, espite the thrill of having a Class 4 No one could touch Joe Gordon, or his paint job, as Northern California's Ken Walters brought his tidy little truck blistered his way to a Class 1-2-1600 win with eight minutes to the checkered flag in front of the big guys for a Class 4 up on the second place buggy. victory. _;__ ___ _;___---=-..:...:..__ ____ ---.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.... :'Bob Lemos Wins the Yerington 400 Despite some minor ignition troubles, Bob Temos dro.ve his-;;;;;le Raceco home to finish first overall~nd first in Class 2. Team Verling dominated the VORRA desert series in 1988 by winning every race. So 1989 is a new year with many teams making RS ~~--~ $ R)<J\.-·IF YOU WANT TO LEARN TO GET THE MAXIMUM OFF-ROAD PERFOR-MANCE OUT OF YOUR OFF-ROAD VEHICLE AND BUILD MORE CON-FIDENCE IN YOUR OFF-ROAD DRIVING TECHNIQUES, THE ROD HALL OFF-ROAD DRIVING SCHOOL IS FOR YOU, INTRODUCTORY OFFER Two DAY COURSE ONLY $300,00, INCLUDES: CLASSROOM/OFF-ROAD RACING TECHNIQUES AND ON TRACK PERFORMANCE OFF-ROAD DRIVING, USE OF ROD HALL'S MODIFIED DODGE 4X4S AT NO CHARGE, CLASSES START AUG 26, FOR MORE INFO, CALL OR WRITE TODAY, BFGOODRICH Do~ge P.O BOX 10266 (702) 76,~9922 RENO. NV 8951 CHl266 Page 34 subs.tantial changes over the winter. Bob Lemos made the right changes because he drove a flawless 400 miles in winning this year's tough Yerington 400. The course design was basically the same as last year's event in the Anaconda copper mine area except this year a few of Mason Valley's racing enthusiasts dragged the entire course making it a very fast track in many areas. On raceday morning the flags on the VORRA trailer began to wave and by noon they were flapping in a sixty mph blow that made for a very 'dusty time' for all. On course the crosswind wasn't too bad, the headwind made it hard to see during a pass, but very often a tailwind would put the driver in his own dust cloud which caused several metal to metal contacts. The race was hard fought from the nine o'clock start when the Class 1 racers left first with Steve Bradford and Team Verling's first time driver Troy Holt setting a blistering pace. Troy set the fastest lap of the day with a 2:04:38 and Steve with a very close 2:04:58. Classes 2 & 5 were the strongest pro classes of the .day with Michael Thorton from Idaho leading Class 2 and third overall at the end of the first 105 mile lap. Right behind was Bob Lemos from California with his sputtering Raceco, next came Larry Zimmerman and Garen McCune, Al Baker and Craig Redding, and then Tone Jordan and Craig Linebaugh. Last year's Class 2 cha.mpion Sam Berri suffered a serious setback in the 'snake pit' just off the start when his transmission broke. After borrowing another tranny he eventually finished sixth in class. Near the halfway point things began to change drastically. Race leader Troy Holt had a rear flat, but it had to be changed twice. So Steve Bradford flew by to take the lead until he had a flat and later ran out of gas. Kevin McNabb and Mike Russell suffered many flats while Al Baker and Craig Redding overshot a dusty turn fighting to the lead and spent several hours getting their car back on course again. Then Michael Thorton briefly held the top spot until his engine scrambled itself for good. Next Bob Lemos made a twenty minute pit stop for some distributor adjustments and was off to the last lap. Meanwhile the field was slimming down as August 1989 WM The father and son team of Ace and Steve Bradford emerged Class 1 winners after fixing fla ts, running out of gas, and dueling to the wire for second overall. Zimmerman and McCune Verling.KevinMcNabbandMike dropped out with transmission Russell finished second in Class 2 woes. by twenty-seven minutes. They The last lap was a five way race didn't have a second gear for the to the flag. Lemos turned in a last fifty miles as Tone Jordon brilliant 2:08:09 to take the lead finished in third place only thirty-from Steve and Ace Bradford who nine seconds behind. were hampered by another flat Class 10 also had a very strong tire. Team Verling's Eric Verling fieldforthisfirstdesertraceof the turned in a 2:08:14 but ha-1 too season. Nearly ever y car much makeup time after digging completed the first lap, but in the out of an earlier mishap. Ace end only two would finish the Bradford brought in their Rose event. Automotive car home just five David Jefferies set the fastest minutes behind Lemos to win Class 10 lap with 2: 16:56. His Class 1 honors. toughest competition in the early Third overall and second in going was David and Bruce Class 1 was Team Verling with Taylor,RobSmith,KennyStrong Troy Holt, Mike Becker, and Eric and V-Mar, and Steve BoBlitt. Finishing second in Class 1 was Reno's Eric Verling, Mike Becker, and Troy Holt who held an early overall lead until they became stuck for nearly twenty minutes. New VORRA points leaders Kevin McNabb and Mike Russell overcame a poor starting position, two flats, and loss of second gear to claim second spot in Class 2. · Dusty Times

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. Chuck Taylor won the Class 9 honors by hanging cool waiting for the early race chargers to burn out and a last minute lucky break just before the finish line. Clicking off one solid lap after another was the handsome Chevy pickup of Don Roemer and Andy Carpenter who finished a fine second in Class 4. i Charging for three laps and leading for awhile was Don German, but a leaking headgasket put him out on the last lap. Nevada's Rich Bryden, driving in his second season, won the Sportsman Class after a lap by lap battle with many contenders. Flying hts Ba1a bug high over the desert to nab a close second spot in the Sportsman Class is Reno's Jim Willaman. Leading the Sportsman points chase is Jack Gardner and Jim Cope in their front engined buggy. They set the fastest lap, but a broken torsion bar ended their race. The Taylors of Reno didn't skip a beat as they passed Jefferies near the mid,point of the race. Jefferies lost about an hour and a half fixing a broken tie rod and dealing with a rear flat. This was a . great win for the Taylors because it was the first race for Bruce. Every desert racer had their problems of some sort such as Chris O'berg and Ace Bradford's started early on with various electrical failures. They had nearly two hours of down time before they got a healthy spark. Later they lost first gear, but still managed to finish a 11:59:47 to squeak under the twelve hour time limit set by Ed Robinson (Mr. Vorra) and claim second in class. The Class 1,2,1600 race was tight from start to finish. An untimely flat tire could mean CLASSES FOR: Open Wheel Racers Trucks - 5-1600s A TVs - Odysseys costly time, position, points, and money. Bill Rigsby and Kip Whitnack set the pace off the start with Joe Gordon eating lots of their dust until the mid,point when the roles reversed. Meanwhile, Roy Gust kept them both in sight waiting for the desert to take its toll on the pace setters. On lap three Gust's patience paid off because Whitnack and Rigsby stayed in the pits for over _ thirty minutes. That fact allowed Tom Seahill passed over half of Gust's 2:21:00 lap stand secure the Class 4 field from last place in for a second in class. Nobody was class starting position and set the going to catch Joe Gordon as his , fastestlap in class at 2: 16:37. Up last lap was clocked at 2:19:18, frontitwasDonGermanwhohad good enough to win his class by the physical lead by two minutes. eight minutes. Kip Whitnack and Next was Ken Walters, a new face Bill Rigsby came in fifty minutes on the VORRA circuit in a late for third and Christopher Nissan. D~n Roemer was holding . Cash drove to a fourth place down an uncontested third finish and was the last 1,2,1600 position. car to complete all four laps. As the race Ir 93.5 -~------AIVlr CHIEF AUTO PARTS Inc. OFF ROAD CHALLENGE San Bernardino, CA FREE OVERNIGHT PARKING For information contact BRIAN CHURCH (714) 880-1733 P .0. Box 2339 San Bernardino, CA 92406 SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1989 The Third Race In The Five Race Series The Finest in Short Course Racing 100% Cash Payback ENTRY FEES: Trucks, Open Wheelers - $200.00 ATVs - $75.00 Odysseys - $100.00 5-1600s - $100.00 Open Grandstand Seating - Come and See All the Action! ADMISSION: $10.00 -Adults $ 5.00 -Children Children under five FREE DESERT RACERS! COME OUT AND TRY OUR SUPER TRACK! WIDE ENOUGH TO RACE DESERT CARS! Dusty Times August 1989 Page 35

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.+ Side Tracks ••• Bi' Judy Smith. Recently, a journalist in another off road publication was quite short with a long list of racers who had not traipsed off to the press room after a race to tell the press person how their race day had gone. Now, being a journalist, I sympathize with the fellow, because it's darned difficult to write a story about a race when all you know about the contestants is that they started, and then they finished. We writers often have to guess who shared the driving, what kind of car it is, and why it did.n't get to the finish line first. And, oboy!, do we hear about it when we guess wrong! So I agree, we do need your input, in the worst way. But, being a racer, I sympathize with your plight. Here you've just finished a race, and if you did well, your crew, co-driver and family want to celebrate for a while. They want to stand around and reminisce about how hard they all worked, and you want to tell them how well you drove and how fast the c~r went. Besid~s that, you're aching to have something to drink, be it water, milk, beer, soda-pop or whatever's your favorite, and you want to wash the mud off your teeth, and get the grit out of your eyes. Your fire suit is sweaty and itchy, and it seems to have adhered to your butt, and you'd really like to get out of it, shake the sand out of your t-shirt and shorts, sit on something that isn't moving and bask in your friends' approval. If you've got a big team, you may have pit people with broken vehicles who need to be rescued, or another racer who needs a tow back to the main pit, and you'd like to get it done before it gets any later. Your own car may need to be babysat in post-race tech, and if you're the only one who knows how, you're elected. And with all this going on, it's hard to care a lot whether the press people know what happened during your race or not. But there is a way. And it's really fairly simple. 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Res.Add 6% Sales Tax Press Liaison, be sure he or she knows all the particulars, like the car number, the type of chassis, or brand of truck, who drove what laps, and what happened during the day. All the press folks need is a general rundown, "He had a flat on lap one, lost a c.v. on lap two, passed the leader on the third lap, and wants to thank his sponsor, Sam's Pool Hall, for their support." If your press person wants to be more specific, great. If all he or she knows is who the drivers were, it's helpful. If you had an absolutely uneventful day, and finished third, go tell them. And remember, the press office at any race is open a long, long time after the early finishers start coming in. You can generally go have dinner and come back and find the press room open and happy to hear from you. It doesn't have to be done right after you've finished. Keep in mind that they're usually there and taking notes until after the Competition Review Board had met and made its decisions. There's really no excuse for not getting the · information to the press room - just be a little creative about how you do it, and you'll find it's no problem, and you '11 have your name spelled right, and your co-driver correctly identified in the next batch of stories. On another track altogether, I'd like to congratulate Sal Fish, the president of SCORE, on the success of his negotiations in Baja, which culminated in the signing of an agreement to hold the 1989 SCORE Baja 1000 race from Ensenada to La Paz. After all the worrisome rumors that began to circulate in May, concerning whether or not there'd even be a Baja 1000, it's nice to know that we haven't made our room reservations in vain this time. Sal has done a splendid job in working to unite a diversified group of involved parties, and his hard work is surely appreciated by all Baja racers and Baja race fans. In still another vein, I wonder if it isn't past time to do something about creating some uniformity among our flag men. There were some complaints after the Fireworks, some fairly serious, and some only mild, about trying to interpret the very individual styles of flag waving displayed by the various flagmen. Some, to indicate that you should stop will simply hold the flag parallel to the ground and point at you, and then, when all is clear, or the checkpoint is through with you, they lift the flag, give it a iittle wave in the direction of the course, and send you on your way. That's all very clear and explicit, and it would be hard to misunderstand the signals. Unfortunately, there are other flagmen who do other things. Some hold the flag high, obviously thinking it's easier to see, and wave it at head or shoulder height, meanwhile signalling with their other hand. But it's hard to look for hand signals when the flag is waving. And, very often, a driver is conditioned by years of race starts to move when the flag moves ( as he does when the green flag either drops or lifts to signify a start). It's hard enough to take in all the information you need in order to make correct driving decisions in an off road race, and it gets even harder when you're at a road crossing or a check point because you're getting information from many sources, along with the distractions of pit crews, photographers, other racers, non-race traffic and spectators. If we could just ensure uniformity in the signals given by flagmen, we could simplify things a great deal, not to mention how much safer it would be for drivers and flagmen alike. · ~}""-. ¥ ~ ..... ~ .. , ... ,.., ,., -·4.... ~ ..... ~ ... .... ,. "' A ......... ... ' • -· ~,,,., .. ~, ,..• ..,.. ._t., ~-:-,-,."~ ~ ~~~ , ...,_ ;;: .., "' ....,. X"" .. ":~~-,~ . .: -~ ~---~-~:1r:r1 .............. -~,,.. '~~ - -;.....,-..... ¥ ~----• ;'"_~"'':;< ... &;::-:t ,!. .. .. .. « ..... ~ ...... -.t ... .. \,.,,;..-....... ,.., , .... ~.;.~~ .. . Finishing less than a minute behind for a third place in Class 2 was Tone Jordan and Craig Linebaugh in their winged buggy. After a slow start and turning successive faster lap times that earned Chris Oberg a second place in Class 10. ·(;IF" progressed Tom Scahill slowed and dropped out leaving German with the lead at the halfway point and Ken Walters was wanting to forget about his previous flats. Roemer was turning out consistent 2:34:00 laps to hold down third. But in the beginning of the fourth lap, as he made his scheduled pit stop, his son Chris spotted water squirting out from the Jeep's head. Don had to shut it down and become a spectator for the rest of the race. Ken Walters then cranked out a swift 2: 16:59 to secure the class win. Roemer finished all four laps to take a strong second and German's three laps were good enough for third. Tom Scahill's three laps gave him a fourth in class. Last year Class 9 had no finishers, but this year 75% finished their allotted three laps. Mike Bishop was the first car to leave the line and he began pulling away from his competitors immediately. By the completion of lap one Mike had a full fifteen-minute lead. Jack Bonesteel and Chuck Taylor fought back and forth in the early stages, but near the mid-point of the race both Bishop and Bonesteel fell off the pace. That left Taylor to post three almost identical lap times to take the lucky win at 9:28:29. Just as Taylor was bouncing his way through the 'snake pit' for the last time only a hundred yards August 1989 Roy Gust from Sacramento logged four tight laps that put him into second place at the halfway mark and he held it all the way to the 1-2-1600 finish. from the finish line he stripped a strong was Jack Gardner and Jim rear axle spline. The surrounding Cope in their V-8 powered buggy. spec ta tors and crew swarmed Next was Bob Henderson in a Baja around him and gave him a push Bug, followed by Jon Creasy in a up the hill where he coasted down VW Karman Ghia. to the finish line. The order stayed pretty much Bonesteel finished second in the same to the finish with Bryden class nearly two hours later, with taking the win by les~ than five Bishop coming in a close third minutes over Willaman. Gardner after a two and a half hour down broke a torsion bar on the last lap time. but still came home with a third The VORRA Sportsman Class place finish. in notoriously competitive and All in all, less than one third of this race was no exception. A half the starting field finished this dozen teams were still going year's Yerington 400 proving strong at the halfway point. This once again that the northern close bunch was being fed by Nevada desert is a brutal place to second season racer Rich Bryden race. All who made it to the of Nevada in his VW powered checkered flag were indeed Cobra.Insecondpositionmostof prepared and deserve a great the way was Jim Willaman from feeling of accomplishment. Reno in his convertible VW Baja VORRA racing returns to this Bug. Running third and going Mason Valley oasis in September. Dusty Times

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Sugar Camp Off Road Challenge Text & Photos: Deb Freimuth Terry Severson was on the pole for the Class 10 and 11 enduro, and he pulled a good lead which he held all the way to the checkered flag. Something new premiered in the Wisconsin northwoods on May 13-14, as the Sugar Camp Off Roaders sponsored their annual Sugar Camp Off Road Challenge, the first race in the SODA Endurance Race Series. The Endurance Series, consisting of four races on the SODA circuit, hosts drivers from throughout the midwest who enjoy racing long courses, at least 1 ½ miles in length, and for a minimum of 40 minutes per event. Three of the four races are required, to be eligible for the $10,000 plus points series purse. The Class 6 American Stockers and the Class 13 fronc engine buggies took the green for the first endurance race of the year and started the action off with a bang as one Class 13 was pushed sideways down the trac;k in a cloud of dust. It was Dave Vorpahl who snuck out in front for the early lead and mustered up a substantial lead ahead of Pat Barney in second. The rest of the class found difficulty in getting through some of the back areas along with a couple Class 6s. It was Bob Hartwig in his Class 6 that dominated that class, running third overall for most of the event, and finally finishing first in class and second overall. Class 10 and 11 two seat were next on the agenda and it was T ery Severson in the pole position off the start in the Class 10 portion with Michigan boys Todd Wallace running in second and Dave Vandermissen, Sr. in a strong third. But suddenly it was Scott Schwalbe, who seemed to come up from nowhere and worked his way past Vander-missen, and then dethroned Wallace the next lap for second. Severson had pulled a good lead and stormed to the checkered flag for first with Schwalbe and Wallace coming in for second and third respectively. The two seat Class 11 action saw Glen Mathews in a flag to flag win. The second and third place spots saw a little action as Dave W oulf held the second place spot for two laps, but by the third lap dropped all the way down to fourth as Mark Steinhardt captured second and held on with Gerry Cote finishing third. It was smooth sailing for Greg Smith in the 2-1600 class. Scott Taylor ran hard to dethrone Smith, but the Minnesota boy ~;f::_:,:., ~-The green machines from Michigan dominated Class 2, and at the flag it was Dave Vandermissen Sr. in front followed by his son, Dave Jr. seemed to have all the gears synched just right. A steady third place went to Bill Bowles, who also held his position from flag to flag. Two 5-1600s also bumped up to join in the fun, but it was only a two lap race for Jeff Therriault leaving an easy class win for Roger Wolfe, who also finished fifth overall. The next event pitted the Class 7S and 8 pickups. Jack Flannery went on to blow the doors off the rest of the pack, while Scott Taylor, in his 7S grabbed a strong second and hung on to it until the end. Roger Lindsay came across the green in third place, but was only able to hang on for one lap when Dennis Ferdon came up to steal away third. Brian Farrell suffered an expensive weekend as his tranny blew on the second lap. As the checkered was displayed, it was Flan~ery running 5:45 minute laps on the five mile long course, for his first place finish. Three classes of buggies, including the 11 single seaters, 1-1600 and 2s lined up to take the last green of the day. Mark Steinhardt snapped up the 11 single seat lead with Greg Arft and Glen Mathews taking the other two spots. It was a real battle for second and third with Mathews trying hard to steal second, but was unsuccessful in his attempt and the positions finished as they had started. Scott Taylor, racing his third consecutive race of the day, snapped up an early lead, knowing by this time the easy way around the track. Greg Smith was running a strong second until the third lap when he became high centered on a downed tree and lost two laps. Jim Wiggins slid into second, but ran a short event also when mechanical problems took him out of the race. By this time, Smith was back in the running and managed to peg enough laps to regain second place, with Bryan Frankenberg coming across to finish third, both two laps down from the winner, Taylor. It was a good run for the green machines from Bark River, Michigan as father and son, Dave Vandermissen Sr. and Jr. commanded the two two spots in the two seat modified event. Scott Schwalbe looked to have a solid third until a broken steering box knocked him out of the race. Todd Wallace joined his Bark River buddies as the three grabbed the top slots in Class 2. It was an all around race weekend for the offroader, with endurance 'races, ATV races, a four wheel drive show and shine and mud drags and bogs. The Sugar Camp Off Roaders had something to offer everyone and RJN was the key word for the weekend. Glen Mathews, leading here on a dusty stretch, led flag to flag to take the Class 11 victory in the two seat division. Greg Smith does a nose dive on his way to the 2-1600 win, and he was followed all the way, as pictured here, by Scott Taylor. Jack Flannery grabbed the early lead in the 2WD truck action, and he built a huge lead in the Ford to win this enduro overall. · Scott Taylor had a busy Neekend, and he drove his Ford Ranger to second overall in the truck run, and took the points for Class 7S. Dusty Times · ' .,.-4 The first event featured the Wisconsin bred Class 13 cars, and Dave Vorpahl took the early lead and kept it to the checkered flag. August 1989 Scott Taylor was back in action in the 1-1600 dash, and he won the race long dice with Jim Wiggens and the overall race honors as well. Page 37

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11RE'IURN OF THE RIM" The Rim of the World National Pro Rally By Rob Koch Photos: Track.side Phol·J Enterprises Rod Millen did a great job on the twisty Rim roads and he and Tony Sircombe swept to yet another SCCA Pro Rally victory overall in the Mazda 323. The Rim of the-World returned as a National Pro Rally, May 19-21. It had been a national rally way back in 1976-77, and has run as an SCCA Southern Pacific Divisional and California Rally Series event from 1984-88. John Buffum won the first Rim in '76. He has always considered the Rim, run in the mountains of the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles, to have the "tightest and twistist rally stages in the U.S." Buffum in his new job as SCCA's National Pro Rally Steward, came out to the Lancaster, California event to help out Rim organizers, Mike and Paula Gibeault and Jim Jacobson, and to insure the success of the return of a National Pro Rally to southern California. Rod Millen with navigator Tony Sircombe in their Mazda 323. GTX, continued their winning streak, winning all 12 stages and taking the overall and Group A victory. Their 4 wheel drive turbocharged Mazda ate up the treacherous, narrow mountain roads with apparent ease, which caused 18 of the other 52 entrants to DNF. Former Southern Pacific Divisional champions, Bill Holmes and Lon Peterson, both in Open class machines, battled each other throughout the day and night on the 12 stages, and nipped at Millen's heels. Bill Holmes and navigator Bryan Maxwell in Holmes' new full sized Ford pickup emerged the Open class victor just one minute and 16 seconds ahead of Lon Peterson, and only four minutes behind Rod Millen for second overall. At the awards presenta-BIGGER IS BETTER Upgrade the C. V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner. IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepower off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission output bells to accept the larger C. 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Recovering from a roll the week before at the Michelin Pacific Forest Rally, former Sports Car Photog, Jeff Zwart with Cal Coatsworth navigating, captured the fourth overall spot as well as the Production GT win in their Mazda 323 GTX. Production GT pqints leaders Dan Holt and Dave White found the Rim a bit difficult and DNF'd in their Mazda 323 GTX on Stage 4, but not before setting second fastest time on Stage 3 behind Millen. Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini pushed the Dodge Daytona hard through the difficult stages, carefully avoiding all the exposures and vistas, to take a solid second in Production GT and the seventh overall slot. Newcomers to SCCA and U.S. Pro Rallying, Carl Jardevall and Sven Bergvall, blasted their Saab 99 to a fine fifth overall and third in Open class. Carl]ardevall was a former Class 1 rally driver in Sweden up to 1984. Although he has been out of the sport for a few years, he obviously hasn't forgotten how to drive fast. In sixth overall spot and the fastest Production car once again, was Tim O'Neil and Martin Headland in the VW GTI. These two are having a very successful year thus far on the National circuit beginning with an overall win in Georgia earlier in the year and building up a nice lead in class points over VW team-mate Guy Light. Guy Light and Jimmy Brandt kept their VW GTI together at Rim for the third placing Production car behind Bruce Davis and Mike Neff who (Omtinual on page 40) AUgust 1989 Bill Holmes and Brian Maxwell surprised a lot of the series regulars by herding the big Ford pickup around the tight trails to first in Open class and second overall. Divisional champs Lon Peterson and Jim Love did a great job in the aging Arrow, taking second in Open class by just a minute, and third overall in the Rim while winning the San Andreas Stages. Jeffrey Zwart and Cal Coatsworth zipped home in their Mazda 323 a close fourth overall, first in GT in the Rim and a class winner in the Divisional. .... Tim O'Neil and Martin Headland continued on their winning ways in the Pro Rally Production class, and their VW GT/ also finished a fine 12th overall. Dusty Times

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SAN ANDRIAS STAGES SCCA Southern Pacific Divisional Pro Rally By Rob Koch The San Andreas Stages, an SCCA Southern Pacific Divi-sional Pro Rally and California Rally Series event, was held concurrent with the Rim of the World National event May 19-21 . The Divisional rally ran the first nine stages, while the National teams continued on for an additional three stages. Several teams that entered in the National also chose to enter the Divisional for additional prizes and points. Thirty-seven teams ent~red and all passed registration and tech inspection on Friday, May 19th at the Antelope Valley Nissan dealership in Lancaster, CA. National and Divisiona l entrants remained on display until 11: 15 a.m. Saturday when all the teams left the start line to transit out to the Willow Springs International Raceway for the 1.1 mile Budweiser Spectator Stage. This dirt stage was laid inside the paved racetrack. A s:zeable crowd turned out to watch the fastest rally cars in the U.S.A. take on the dirt stage. All rally cars then headed southwest into the mountains of the Angeles National Forest to battle it out on tight, twisty forestry roads for fastest overall times. Lon Peterson, 1988 CRS and SCCA Southern Pacific Divi-sional champ, had broken a front spring on his Arra\\: on Friday at Willow Springs giving rides to members of the Press. He doubted he could even start the event the next day, but his crew managed to come up with the right part and Lon md navigator Jim Love blasted on thru all nine stages to take the overall Divisional and Open class win. They also took third overall in the National event by placing third fastest on five stages and second fastest right behind Rod Millen on Stage 6. Second overall and first in CRS GT class was Jeff Zwart and Cal Coatsworth in their flourescent red trimmed Mazda 323 GTX. This team also took second fastest times on three stages behind the 1988 SCCA champion, Rod Millen. Ted Kendall and ':"ony Deno in Kendall's big, yellcw Ford pre-runner pickup drove the nine stages in an impressive style with lots of horsepower and a roostertail of dust and rocks pouring out from the truck's big rear tires. They took a well earned third overall and second in Open class. The fourth fastest Divisional car and third in Open was another Mazda 323 GTX driven by Shannon Smith with former SCCA Divisional Steward, Ty Holmquist navigating. In her first rally season Shannon has shown a driving skill to be envied by other beginners as well as quite a few veterans to the sport. Gary Luke and Mark Williams in their Dodge Shelby GLH more than made up for taking the "Bomb Out" award at the recent Indio Rally Stages when they were first to DNF. This time they took fifth overall and second in the CRS GT class. The sixth fastest Divisional car was driven by CRS regulars this past year, Eric Wilson and Chris Ostrander in their Sapporo. They also captured first in CRS Stock class for their first class win and best finish thus far in a Divisional event. The brother and sister team of Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan, driving the Datsun 610 that had carried Roger Hull to a CRS Stock class championship in 1987 led the Stock class for the first five stages and even took the tenth quickest time on Stage 2 among both National and Divisional competitors. On Stage 7, the 610's fuel pump started to fail. Lauchlin and Farina were the slowest car to finish the last stage, Stage 9, but still they finished and picked up the $250.00 prize for the best finishing Nissan. David Thomas brought out his Open class Mazda RX7 and with John Elkin navigating, they captured the seventh overall slot and fourth in class. Former CRS champ, Ken Smith, drove his new Mazda 323 GTX to the event and then back home after he and navigator Jeff Burba finished a solid third in the GT class and eighth overall. Smit.h commented that he had to finish as the Mazda is his only transportation. The twisty, narrow mountain roads with all the waterbar jumps didn't seem to faze Norberto Gomez and Jorge Facio as they had a clean run in their Toyota Gary Luke and Mark Williams were fifth overall and thi Photos: T rackside Photo Enterprises Corolla finishing in the ninth overall spot and second in Stock class. Rounding out the top ten, was the husband and wife team ofJeff and Camille Griffin in their very fast Volvo 142. Stage 2 saw the Griffins run third overall behind National drivers Rod Millen and Bill Holmes. However on Stage 7, a night stage, Jeff spun the Volvo out and lost nine minutes getting it unstuck. They pressed on into the night taking the fifth Open class position and after the Divisional 9th stage finish, they ran three more stages to finish in the top ten in the National. Twenty-two teams officially finished the San Andreas Stages. Most of the DNF's went out on the rugged and long 12.6 mile Stage 4 with mechanical woes. Due to a problem with control clocks on that stage it was thrown out, but all teams had to run it again as Stage 6. How twisty and rough was it? Well, Rod Millen had fastest time of 24 .83 minutes, that's only a 30 mph average! Keith Mertz and Jack Hempsted rolled their big Ford pickup on its side on the stage, but managed somehow to put the truck back on its wheels and finish the rally. Richard Chemotti and Nick Kollar were not as lucky in their Ford Courier Pickup. Chemotti lost it on Stage 4 and slid over the edge, coming to a rest 50 feet or so below in the bushes. He did keep the wheels down and didn't roll, but it took trucks with winches to pull the Courier out the next day. Dusty Times reporter Rod Koch and navigator Todd Bane suffered "Brain Fade" in the VW Fastback after Stage 2. They added their transit time wrong, and checked into the arrival control at Stage 3-14 minutes early! They had a good run, but the 14 minute penalty threw the team back for a 19th overall finish. It takes more than just Eric Wilson and Chris Ostrander drove their Plymouth 1, CRS regulars Norberto ·Gomez and Jorge Facio do well Sapporo to first in CRS Stock Class and sixth overall in with the tiny Toyota Corolla, taking second in CRS the San Andreas Stages Rally. Stock class in the divisional rally. Dusty Times AUgust 1989 it-~ »;. =-~~,, '>" Ted Randall and Tony Deno had a good ride in the Ford pickup, and they drove to third overall and second in Open Class in the San Andreas Stages. speed to do well in this sport. Over $3,000.00 in prizes plus contingency were handed out to the top finishers overall and in class during the awards presentation at the Desert Inn in Lancaster the day after the rally. The Divisional and CRS teams were impressive and some of their times on the stages were certainly of National Pro Rally recognition, as several of the regular National TRI-MIL competitors discovered. Combined with the National rally, the San Andreas Stages was one of the best Divisional events that the CRS has hosted. Mike and Paula Gibeault with Jim Jacobson, and National Rally Steward John Buffum, with all of their vof unteers, are all to be congratulated for putting on such a well organized and coordinated performance rally. DEIST SUPERTRAPP 0 C > GERMAN! :I: m r-r-)> (.) z (.) CL :E ::) w z ..J a: w 1-z w (.) 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Doug Shepherd and Joe Andreini drove hard in the Dodge Daytona, and the veteran team finished well in the Rim, seventh overall, second in GT. Guy Light and Jimmy Brandt put up a good fight, but they had to settle again for second in SCCA Pro Production class in the VW G Tl. Roger Hull and Rob Cherry came from Arizona to place the new Jeep Comanche a strong second in the SCCA Rally-truck series. Rim of the World Pro Rally (from Page 38) took second in Production and ninth overall in their Dodge Omni. Another newcomer to the National scene, Shannon Smith with Ty Holmquist navigating, drove a superb rally in her Mazda 323 GTX to the eighth overall and second Group A position. Shannon also suffered a roll over the week before at the Michelin Pacific Forest Rally, but her car appeared fully recovered for the Rim. Rounding out the top 10 overall and fourth in Open was the Volvo 142 driven by husband and wife, Jeff and Camille Griffin. The Griffins recently captured the overall win at the Indio Rally Stages. Had they not lost nine minutes getting stuck on Stage 7 after spinning across the road, their finish would have been even more impressive. The growing Rally-truck class was won by another Southern Pacific Divisional and CRS regular, David Burgess with navigator Craig Morris. Burgess had purchased his new Isuzu pickup just two weeks before the Rim and was still putting together bits and pieces the night before the start. Craig Morris was visiting from Connecticut and he and Burgess hadn't met until the night before the rally. Roger Hull, former California Rally Series Stock class champion, brought his Prescott, Arizona neighbor Rob Cherry along to navigate. Their Jeep pickup had a clean run with no problems and they finished less than a minute behind Burgess for second place in the Rally-truck class. The third placing Rally-truck was the Toyota driven by Gary and Judi Gooch which finished just over two minutes behind Hull's Jeep. Richard Campbell and navigator John McArthur had been leading the Rally-truck class in points earlier in the season. They had some problems at the Rim, but still took fourth in the class. Notable DNF's were Chad DiMarco and Eric Hauge in their usually very fast Subaru Group A car. Chad threw in the towel at the main service break at Lake Hughes after the Subaru developed serious motor problems on the long and rough Stage 4. Ray Hocker, the original organizer of the Rim in 1976, and navigator Bill Moore pushed their Honda CRX hard against the Production class VW GTI's but succumbed to an overheated motor and blown head gasket on the fourth stage. Stage 4, 12 .6 miles long, was the tightest and twistiest of the Rim's stages and accounted for more DNF's than most of the other stages combined. Rod Millen using his Michelin tires to the max, took 24.83 minutes to run Stage 4. That is only about 30 mph average and he had fastest time! This stage had to be run twice as Stage 4 and Stage 6. Registration, tech inspection and Pare Expose took place at Antelope Valley Nissan in Lancaster, CA on Friday, May 19th. Local T.V. stations as well as ESPN showed up to cover the Rim for local and national T.V. fans. Willow Springs Interna-tional Raceway, a 17½ mile transit from the Pare Expose start on Saturday morning, saw each team run the 1.1 mile Budweiser Spectator Stage laid out inside the racetrack in the dirt. A sizeable crowd showed up at the raceway 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 Rt( o#Ol'Sr 12323 WOODRUFF AVE.• DOWNEY, CA (714) 860-3822 Page 40 August 1989 to watch the action. Following the successful and extremely well organized National Pro Rally thanks to the efforts of Mike and Paula Gibeault and Jim Jacobson, the rally organizers, plus the dedicated assistance of John Buffum, the California Rally Series members, and the cooperation of the cities of Lancaster and Lake Hughes. Many volunteer workers and radio personnel also helped to insure a safe and trouble-free event. "National Pro Rallying ... welcome back to southern California!" rally cars from Willow Springs into the mountain stages the ESPN helicopter caught the rally cars coming down the mountain curves on Stage 2 and the competitors found it exciting to see the helicopter only a few yards away, following and filming. The awards breakfast the morning after the event was held at the Desert Inn in Lancaster where competitors were happy to learn that the prize fund plus contingencies, came near to ten thousand dollars. The return of the Rim Of The World off as a ver First year ralliest Shannon Smith, with Ty Holmquist navigating, took fourth overall in the Divisional and second in GT in the Rim in a Mazda. CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES By Lon Peterson On Saturday morning June 24th at about 7:00 a.m. I pulled into the Silverwood Lake, Cleghorn Parking Day Use Area. The skies were clear to the north with clouds coming over the hills to the south. A slight breeze of about 40 m.p.h. was lightly blowing across the lake as I stepped out of my car and watched my latest Dusty Times blow out the window. I was alone, the picnic hadn't started yet - so I went fishing. As expected the weather scared some of the light weights away but the brave, and warmly dressed ralliests showed up. Approximately 35 people came to the annual CRS Picnic. The games started and the jackets and long pants became shorts and tee shirts, but returned to long pants later that afternoon as the breeze stayed. A great day was capped off with a 4:00 p.m. feast. Everyone had something tasty to share and the bench racing got underway. We went fast for a while but the competition slowly disappeared as the sun creeped down the hill and darkness slowly stepped in. Thanks to those who showed up - it takes a special dedication to make all or most of the rallies and then make it to the social events also, Thanks Again. It was fun. Back to business. The same weekend as the picnic the Annual SCORE show at the Anaheim Convention Center was held. John Elkin put in an outstanding effort in acquiring a booth for us in CRS. We were represented by Mike Blore's 323 Mazda 4x4 and Tony Schumakers Capri. Thank you very much guys. Hope we can get involved with more automotive shows in the future. Special thanks to John Elkin for a great idea and follow through. The next event, although a non-CRS event, is in Holister Hills, Ca. The two coefficient One Rally Sprint type events will be held both on Saturday July 22nd. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. Good idea. The popular Glenn Helen Rally Cross, July 29th, organized by Mike Blore is the next scheduled CRS event. Fun for all is guaranteed as drivers and navigators have the unique chance to navigate for or drive the competition around the course. With the close competi-tion, lap times should be interesting. I appreciate all the calls I have received in the past couple of months regarding rallying. If you are interested in getting involved in rallying as a competitor or as an organizer assistant or a worker please feel free to call me. See you at the next rally. Dusty Times

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Mike Flinn brought his new Chenowth in to win his first ever race, this time in Sportsman Class, but expect him to move up soon. Guy Young and Craig Holt led the 5-1600 contest from flag to flag in their brand new car. Not bad for the first time out! The team of Rod Sorenson and Jim Magill, from Twin Falls, kept the pressure on all the way and were second in Class 5-1600. Craig Clark came from Ketchum, Idaho to race, and he led the Pro/Sports class to his first win of the 1989 season. Don Roemer came from California to race his Class 4 rig, led the Unlimited Class for a time, but had to settle for second at the flag. The V-8 Chevy Vega of Dave Bosgieter won the altitude award, but then succumbed to broken spider gears and was out of the new Pro/Sports class. BONNMLLE on ROAD RACING Wendover Express By Jim &ker Photos: Clyde Mueller Mike Baker overcame clutch trouble and took the lead on the last lap to win the Unlimited Class title and he also won overall in just over five hours. Bonneville Off Road Racing is off and running for the '89 season with a bang. The season opening 200 mile WENDOVER EX-PRESS gave everyone a workout, pointed out some mechanical bugs, and gave the spectators . plenty of excitement. After rain on Thursday, showers on Friday, Saturday turned out beautifully. Very little dust made for some excellent running and close competition in all classes. Our Sportsman class has been a fun class, which provides the "almost" racers a place to run and their drivers a place to learn. Saturday brought at least four first timers out to run the 100 miles. After the four laps Mike Flinn of Salt Lake City was first in his Chenowth. The Wright family play car appeared second, a few minutes back. Curtis and co-pilot, Devin, made a quick trip to the Truck Stop, borrowed some side nets and few other necessary items to get the "true" play car into the race and then proceeded. Dusty Times to have a ball the rest of the day. The "new in '89" Pro/Sport class drew six entries including a V-8 Vega, Toyota 2x4, a pair of Baj as and two buggies. We sent this class out for six laps and while the field was close later on, Craig Clark set out to hide in his Baja for the first two laps. The race warmed when the buggy of Les Wolfe of Clearfield, Utah and the Toyota of Elbert and Scott Emley of Salt Lake City picked up the pace. Craig had the fast lap in the class with a 39:42 on his second pass. The Wolfe buggy suc-cumbed to a broken CV leaving the Emley Toyota to finish second. Craig's win extends his winning streak from 1988. As usual the 5-1600 class continues to be the popular class and some new cars appeared for this 200 miles. Guy Young of Salt Lake City put his brand new red Bug out front immediately, finishing lap one 1:37 minutes ahead of Bob & Kathy Christen-sen of Clinton, Utah, Frank Young, then Greg Wylie/Max Green all of Salt Lake City followed closely by Rod Sorenson/Jim Magill of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Chris Klick of Ketchum, Idaho. The second lap was a repeat with Guy out front and the rest getting closer. Frank Young (no relation to Guy) lost his brakes and showed check point one how to avoid cars, people and rocks and then did a show-stopping rollover right in front of them. Lap three had Guy setting the fast lap for this class at 3 7 :52 minutes to maintain a good lead for the rest of the race. The finish had Guy in with a 5:12:18 good for the class win and second overall. Second went to last year's class winners Rod Sorenson and Jim Magill with a 5:21:26 and third to the husband/ wife team of Bob and Kathy Christensen with a 5:30:50. Greg Wylie and Max Green finished fourth. Once again we combined all the cars from 1-1600 and up into an !]nlimited Class. 1988 Season August 1989 Points Champion, Steve Siddoway of Salt Lake City led off in brother Jim's Class 10. Steve's 1-1600, still bruised from the Mint, had to stay in the shop. Second off the line was a good looking and sounding Class 4 Chevy piloted by Don Roemer of Petaluma, California. Mike Baker of Ogden started third in his 1-1600 Bunderson. Lap one had Don Roemer in first with a quick 37:45 minutes, Steve second 53 seconds back. Mike was suffering clutch problems, but made it into his pits for repairs. Steve fell victim to a broken transmission leaving Don out in front in the clean air and running well. After falling nearly 15 minutes back due to clutch repairs, Mike took off like he had something to prove. The race was now between the 4x4 Chevy and the 1-1600 Bunderson and Don was keeping the pressure on with steady laps, but Mike turned fast lap of the day on his third at 34:59 minutes. 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THE SNORE PER·WX 1WILIGHT 100 Jim Bunty Went Wire to Wire for the Overall Victory By Jean Calt1in Photos: Trackside Photo Enterprises/Don Dayton Jim Bunty did the number on the field in his Class 1 car, doing fast lap of the day, 53:49, on the first lap, and Bunty led all the way in a trouble free race to win the Twilight overall. An enormous amount of people go to Las Vegas to celebrate the Memorial Day long weekend, and they all seemed to be on 1-15 Friday night. A small number of this horde ignored the well known recreation in town and spent the Saturday in the foothills between Henderson and Boulder City competing in the Per-Lux Twilight 200, the second race in the SNORE/ Yokohama Page 42 1989 desert series. The entry in SNORE events has been growing in recent months, as some desert racers forsake the big dollar entry fees of the major series for one day multiple lap races that offer the same thrills for less time away from gainful employment, and often have a better payback in large classes. While SNORE enjoyed a husky entry at its first race this year, the Bottom Dollar, some thought a few came to have a look at the trails around the Las Vegas Speedrome, an early look at roads used for the Binion's Mint 400, where pre-running was severely restricted last April. But, when registration closed last May for the Twilight Race, a husky 76 starters were raring to go hard around the rough and rocky 40 mile course located just past the d manufacturing chnology allows us to offer our New System II power steering assembly at an economical price. This complete lightweight system consists of all new components and includes a properly pressured steel pump, brackets, pulley, belt, valve, ram, fluid tank and necessary hardware for easy installation. Compare our price and quality with other manufacturers' systems. You can rely on our System II to steer you right-Bob Gordon, Doug Fortin, Spencer Low and the McMillins do! Call or write today for additional information. Unique Metal Products 8745 Magnolia Santee, California 92071 619/449-9690 August 1989 Aaron and Steve Hawley had some troubles midway in the race, but they hung in there to place third in the combined Classes 1 and 2. Las Vegas Motocross course off Highway 95. SNORE allows pre-running only on race day for its evening events, so racers were out early to beat the heat. The registration and tech inspection opened at the start/finish area at noon, and there were a number of contingency donors on hand to encourage the teams to use their products. The main pit area stretched well up the hill on both sides of the start/ finish line, and a steady stream of cars went through inspection all afternoon. Unfortunately the famous Vegas winds came up in the afternoon, blowing hard and dusting everything for a time as well as forcing folks to strike down their tents lest they blow away. But, as always, when the sun went down the wind went away. The drivers' meeting was held at 5:00 p.m. with the usual admonitions from race officials to stay on the marked course, mind the manners, and so forth. SNORE does not hesitate to disqualify any driver observed off course, or charging through checkpoints, and few attempt any such action these days in SNORE events. Because of the night running, tail lights and brake lights had to keep working or the car without such lights would be pulled off course at the next check and held until the rear lights were working again. There was a six hour time limit for all classes. Classes 1/2, 10, 5, and 1-2-1600 had to complete five laps of the route. Classes 5-1600, 7 and Challenger needed four laps for an official finish. Apparently either the race course was too long or the time allowance too short, because there were no official finishers in three classes, and only a dozen finishers in all the other classes combined. The competitors lined themselves up in orderly fashion for the 6:00 p.m. start. They would leave one every thirty seconds, traversing the entire pit row before a hard left turn and soon another left took them to an uphill pole line road heading into the mountains. Here the cars were still visible to the pit folks for a couple of miles. After many hills, lots of dust, and plenty of rocks, the course came out of the hills into a ribbon built chicane before the finish line stop. It was incredible that all the ribbons lasted through the race, well past the last official finisher, then one late arriving car took out half the row of ribbons. The eight cars in combined Class 1 / 2 were first away with the two seater of Ron Bauer drawing the first starting position, followed by Bottom Dollar overall winner Tommy Bradley, also in Class 2, but Bradley didn't finish one lap. Starting fifth, Jim Bunty whipped off fast lap of the day in his single seater, 53:49 to lead the pack on time and take the lead on the road as well. But Aaron and Stephen Hawley had their two seater through with a 56:32, with the single seat Raceco of Ron Brant very close, 56:45, and Brant was second on the road also running in relatively clean air. All the rest of the group drove Class 2 cars, and fastest of the bunch, fourth on time was Patrick Galliher/ Gary Waller, 1:01:48. Jack Short and Grant Garban did a 1 :09: 18 for their only lap, and Ron Bauer brought up the rear, 15 minutes later. With another quick lap Bunty led Hawley by close to four minutes, and Brant was another three minutes back, but pitted and was not seen again. After two laps Don McBride ran fourth, four minutes up on Galliher, and Bauer was well back now, but moving steadily. The middle lap w;is all in the dark and the pace slowed, but Bunty held his lead, now six minutes ahead of Hawley, while Matt McBride gained time, and was another ten minutes John Ellenburg triumphed again in Class 10, and he held a slim, down to six seconds at one time, lead all the distance in his Raceco. Dusty Times

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The California team of Kevin McGillivray, Don Angel, Joe Phipps and Greg Shapiro had a good day and finished a fine third in Class 10. After a race long battle for the lead Will, Frank and Ron Williams and M. Jones got the Class 5 victory by just seven minutes. behind, 16 minutes up on the Galliher car. All five covered four laps and the order remained the same except that Hawley had problems, lost nearly 20 minutes and dropped to third, and McBride moved up to second. Jim Bunty sailed on with a nearly trouble free race, the second generation Las Vegas driver reporting only a single flat and trouble with his lights on his way to first in class and overall with a total time of 5:14:42 for the five laps. Matt McBride hung on to second easily, only 3 minutes 22 seconds behind, and he remarked he was getting tired of being the bridesmaid, having placed second at the Bottom Dollar as well. The Hawley team got fixed up well enough to finish all five laps, about 24 minutes in arrears but solid in third place. Both Galliher, in fourth, and Bauer ran out of time and had four laps each to their credit. The eight Class 10 cars were next off the line, but two never came back. Out front on the first round was John Ellenburg with an hour flat time. The big team of Kevin McGillivray, Don Angel, Joe Phipps, and Greg Shapiro were in with a 1:02:08 followed Larry, Jeff and Dick Trimble, teamed up to sweep the 19 car field in Class 1-2-1600, and they won the class bv..a wild margin, 18 minutes. . -Bekki Freeman, Kenny Freeman and Kevin Gavette did well in the race, the team having just a little trouble placing fourth in Class 1-2-1600. Dusty Times Rob MacCachren set fast lap for Class 10, 55:59, in his new car, but problems late in the race dropped him to fourth, with four laps done. Neal and Michael Grabowski had troubles on the third lap, but they survived it all to take second place honors in Class 5. by Mike Petersen and Scott Skochenko at 1 :03:51. Rob MacCachren, in the new Valley Performance car, was next on time as darkness fell over the course. After two rounds Eltenburg held a slim six second lead over Petersen and McGilli vra y, dropped behind MacCachren, who turned the class fast lap of 55:59, and the Babcock car vanished into the night. On the middle lap Ellenburg made a pit stop, McGillivray's car had trouble on course, and Petersen had a ten minute lead. The pace slowed in the dark, and after four rounds Petersen's lead was just 48 seconds over Ellenburg. John Ellenburg turned a swift 1:04:27, and finished first in Class 10 and second overall despite a loud clatter due to missing headers on the right side. Mike Petersen and Scott Skochenko claimed second just five minutes later, followed in nine minutes by the McGillivray team. MacCachren placed fourth, with only four laps done and troubles on the last lap. The four Class 5 cars, a record class entry for SNORE, had a good dice going early with Neal and Michael Grabo\\'ski leading Andy and Joe Stix got in just two laps in the time allowance, but it was good enough to make their Toyota the winner in Class 7. August 1989 the first round with a 1:10:11 time. Stan Flores didn't complete a lap, while Greg Foster and Joe Brain did a 2:20 time and were not seen again. In second here were Will, Frank and Ron Williams and M. Jones, with 1:20 lap. After two rounds Grabowski held the lead by nine minutes over Williams in a good dice. Both cars had trouble on the third lap and neither completed four rounds. The Williams team won Class 5 with seven minutes in hand over the Grabowski group. The 1-2-1600 class was a big one with 19 starters, but four contenders went missing on the first lap. Brad Inch did fast lap for the class on the first round, a quick 1:02:02, but that was his only lap as he retired with front suspension woes. Larry, Jeff and Dick gr-SIMPSON. RACE PRODUCTS champions aualitY DRIVING • SUITS --I \ MADE IN USA GET READY FOR'89 DRESS TOWIN ~....-1 l ~ ' AVAILABLE IN 6 NEW STANDARD SUIT STYLES Your choice of Single Layer Suit, Double Layer Quilted and Three Layer Quilted. Nomex® Suit Colors Available: Red, Black, Orange, Blue, White, Green, Yellow. Trim Color.s Available: Red, Black, Orange, Blue, Grey, Green, Purple, White, Yellow,· Pink, Flourscent Orange, Flourscent Green. Contrasting colors available most styles. New Off-The-Rack _._, CREW SHIRTS . tt' in matching colors -, Designed to pompliment the greatest racing teams -color coordinated in our popular standard styles or made to your /. custom requirements. Off-The-Rack Pants too. MADE IN THE USA. Call us today. CATALOG $3.00 SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS 22630 S. Normandie Ave. Torrance, Ca. 90502 (213) 320-7231 • FAX 213-320-7179 Page 43 .,.

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Paul Ferg~son and company that won the class honors. Just about eight minutes down was the Turbo Lamke team, followed some time later by Steve Meierdiercks/ Steve Barret/ Mike · Boehm/ Bill Bouret. The Fersch team fell to fourth, losing an hour on lap 3, and Paul Klick/ Paul Adcock /Kevin Streety /Marc Denault were fourth. Marty Pedi and Monty Smith turned two nearly identical lap times in their Toyota to finish the Twilight race second in Class 7. Bryan Pennington once again led the field, 25 cars, in Challenger class, from wire to wire, and he also set fast lap for the class on lap one. Four started in Class 7, one went out early, another after one lap, but a pair made two laps in the time allowance. Andy and Joe Stix did a 1:45:02 first lap to take the lead over Marty Pedi and Monty Smith. Stix slowed on the second round, and at the checkered flag it was the Toyota of Andy, Stix home first in a squeaker, just over a minute faster than Marty Pedi. Kalb were very close at 1:16:29. And Tom Mattingly / David Plum were close at 1: 18:30 with Mark Myers/ Bob Henderson in tight at 1: 19:25. Only four succumbed to the rocks on the first of four laps. Most of the entry kept going at a good pace most of the way. Tom Mattingly and David Plum teamed up to run a strong race am:I they finished all four laps and close third in the Challenger Class. Pennington held his lead on the second round, but now Girdner was back about seven minutes with Chizma another four minutes down, and these three cars had pulled away from the herd. By the third lap the field was down to 14 and the lap times were getting longer. Still some were coming back from early mishaps and the running order was scrambled, except that Penning, ton had increased his lead to over 12 minutes on Girdner. ~ Trimble were a mere 52 seconds back, followed in two minutes by Brent Bell and Brett Ritter, and in another two minutes it was Tom Burns, Tommy Walker and Tim Burns, with Darren Wilson another minute back. The T rimbles held their lead on round two by a slim two minutes over Darren Wilson, and the herd closed in tighter behind them. The leading positions changed through the.laps, as the 1600s ran in tight packs. But through it all the Trimble team stayed in the lead by a minute or so. Larry, Jeff and Dick Trimble kept up their swift pace to win a good size purse and the 1600 class in an exhausting race. Tom and Tim Burns and Tommy Walker nailed second, 18 minutes back, and they were the last four lap finisher in the class. Darren Wilson was third followed by Bekki and Kenny Freeman and Kevin Gavette, who had Mike Snodgrass, Lincoln Taylor and Ross Shurtliff and the team of Michael Halverson, Blaine Rawson and Rodney Stewart almost tied on time to the rear. All these cars completed four laps. Class 9, nee Challenge, has really become popular with SNORE racers, and a husky 25 took the green flag at the Twilight race. As expected Bryan Pennington got the class fast lap on the first go, a really quick 1: 14:36, but Dennis Chizma/Rob Despite being ill this day, Bryan Pennington turned in a 1:19:53 final lap to win Class 9 handily and increase his overall points lead in the lucrative SNORE/ Yokohama series. Dave Girdner kept his car together also, and finished second 22 minutes behind, followed in 11 minutes by Tom Mattingly and David Plum. Mark Myers and Bob Henderson were just six more minutes down in fourth, and all the rest of the field got in just three laps before the time ran out. Class 5,1600 had a healthy entry of nine Bugs, and they had a rough time on the rugged course. The team of Turbo Lamke, Mik_e 1989 FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS NOW AVAILABLE! Update your current Ranger to 1989 aero styling, design to retain stock appear--ance 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-½" - 1" -1½" -2" CALIFORNIA PRE-FUN 39067 Orchard St. Cherry Valley, GA 92223 Curt Leduc, Owner (714) 845-8820 Page 44 Heat Treated and Plated. Midwest Division Chuck Johnson Off Road Racing 8403 Vicki Road Rockford, IL61108 (815) 332-9681 August 1989 Lesle and Tom Cornwell had fast class lap of 1: 12 :31, with Lesle up, to lead after one of four scheduled laps. Rich Fersch, Daryl Gibson, Harry Dunn and Steve Patterson did a 1: 14:2 7, and nobody else was close. The second lap took a toll with some contenders on the trailer. The Lamke team stayed out front with a big lead over Fersch/ Gibson who were now about three minutes up on the Tagg Team of Reid and Paul Ferguson, Jerry Smith and Jeff Rabbias. None of the 5,1600s went more than three laps in the time ~llowance, and it was Reid and The race was over at a decent hour, very early in the morning, and Sunday morning the traditional SNORE Brunch took place at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. It was a great feast and the checks and trophies were presented in good time. Don McBride was the winner of the Class 2 Roger Roderick Memorial Trophy. The party broke up before noon, and everyone was looking forward to the KC HiLites Midnight Special, coming up soon the end o(July. The Tagg Team of Reid Ferguson. Paul Ferguson, Jerry Smith and Jeff Rabbias were most happy winners. They took the Class 5-1600 title in a very close contest. Turbo Lamke, Mike Leste and Tom Cornwell nailed~lass fast lap, had th~ lead for . a while, but fell to second in Class 5-1600 at the flag. Rich Fersch, Daryl Gibson, and company had big troubles on the third lap, but they earned the fourth place points in Class 5-1600. Dusty Times

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Gran Carrera De Tecate $ ·•··~ Photos: Lonnie Peralta .. ... Deardoff/Battey took the overal win, as we/' as · the Pro 1/2-1600 class honors . Jerry Rice/Larry Martin finished second in Pro 1,'2/1600. Brent Miller/Skip Brandt took first place honors in Pro 1 & 2. Carlos Taboda outdrove the five Bug field to win Sportsman Class 5,1600. victory went to Daniel Mora in a fine drive. The Pro Class 10 win went to John Brooks and Glenn Wolfe, despite a last lap encounter with 1 tree. Scott and Brad McGuire r.abbed their first ever class victory in Sportsman Class 10. The Baja Promotions group got their race out of Tecate, Baja California, off the ground this year, and from all reports it was a huge success. Running through the pines and high country in Baja was quite a change from the usual routes around San Felipe and the racers loved it . .Our scheduled reporter didn't make the race, so we must present just a picture story at this rater late date.· In Pro Class 1 & 2 the team of "Brent Miller and Skip Brandt took a wire to wire win after posting a time of 6:07:07 in their Chenowth and placed 14th overall with a comfortable margin of 32 minutes. Second in class was the new Chenowth of Steve Brown and Jeff Hibbard. In Sportsman Class 1 & 2 the winners were Danny McCalin and Don Neukuckatz. With just one entry, Cal Cotner went the distance to earn the winner's plaque in Sportsman Class 1,2,1600. The Pro Class 31617 4x4 victory went to Ed Everett Jr., Lance Martin and Willie Valdez in the old International Scout. In the Sportsman side of the class the victory went to Pio Herandez, Ed Everett and Jose Escamilla in the Edsel. Perry McNeil and company won the Pro Class 41718 title, and in the Sportsman ranks; the honors went to Jose Castillo. It was another solo entry in Pro Class 5, but Enrique Ruioz and Francisco Villa went the distance. Leading Sportsman Class 5 to the flag was Jorge N SAHARA VDO -Chenowth - Simpson ~; X >' ~ I ,.,J ,.,J < > SIRIUS SPRING MTN. :i:: I-;:) 0 Cf) ,0 ,> ,.,J ICQ 1:j T riMil - K & N Filters - Bugpack Bilstein - Centerline - Cibie Hewland -Porsche Turbo CVs Beard's Seats- Parker Pumper Yokohama Tires -Super Trapp Gem Gears -KYB Shocks Sway-A-Way Transaxle Parts Wright Place - Dura Blue Ultra Boot - Neal Products SEE PAT OR DAVE OPEN 6"DAYS A WEEK Monday-Friday - 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday - 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. NEV ADA PHONE ORDER HOUSE 3054 So. Valley View, Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 871-4911 • (702) 871-5604 Page 46 Zapata, well ahead of the Bug of Bruce Hoover and Pete Alesi. Robert C. Jones led the Pro 5, 1600 group easily all the way. He finished 15th overall, fifth overall four wheel vehicle, which is quite a feat for a limited 5, 1600 car. Federico Montes and There was one lone starter in Pro Class 7 S, and the non finishing Fred Espinoza and Ray Carrillo took the honors. The Sportsman 7S title went to ace car builder Jon Nelson in an old Nissan. The Pro Challenger · The Sportsman Class 11 racers had only two laps to cover, and ~= ~ ·~ :<1:::0:: ~ Steve Brown and Jeff Hibbard finished 32 minutes behind the leader to take second in Pro 1 & 2. McC/ain/Neukuckatz led Sportsman 1 & 2 home for the win with a 26 minute margin. August 1989 Dusty Times

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Grr' 1llf BOY.S ~A"DY, MA\✓! -1'HE:~E's A KLVNKER A-COMINI CHAPALA DUST.ERS Jon Kennedy, President 3117 Klllarney Costa Mesa, ·cA 92626 (714) 641-0155 CHECKERS Butch Dunn, President 19944 Chase St. Canoga Park, CA 91306 (818) 709~800 C.O.R.E. Jon Snyder, President 180 Whitworth Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 498-9880 F.A.I.R. Jeff RandaU, President 321 Copa de Oro Brea, CA 92621 (714) 9964936 DESERT RACE SUPPORT Carol Clark, President 22264 Ottawa, Unit 1 Apple Valley, CA 92308 (619) 240-3186 (619) 240-3122 I.D.R.A. George Thompson, Director P.O. Box 1683 Ojai, CA 93023 (805) 646-2903 LOS CAMPERONES Rick Frisby, President P.O. Box421 Escondido, CA 92025 (619) 747-3368 MAG7 Bruce Cranmore, Race Director 11244 Horizon HIiis Drive El caJon, CA 92020 (619) 440-3737 TIGHT TEN John Lippitt, Race Director 153 Lindell Ave. El cajon, CA 92020 (619) 448-5500 (619) 447.7955 To list 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 artldes. Typed and double spaced copy is acceptable. Copy deadlines vary slightly, usually by the tenth of the month to make the next issue. •-.i-._._~~~~-~~~~ I something new in their fuel and it : ~ *, company must have trie d ~HE~-RS ; definitely did not work out. ~ =-==== __ _ l Reports came back about a red . · ■ 1 coating that developed on the .,, _OFF-ROAD RACING TEAM I spark plugs, unlimited cars being , · passed on the dry lake by l / 2 'THE STRAIGHT POOP 1600 cars and complaints of the FROM THE BIG W AHZOO' stuff running like PEMEX. There Well gang, the Baja 500 went off as planned in San Felipe. Three times around a shortened course with 11 Checker cars starting the race. The controversy about the race promoter's problems quickly switched on race day, to a controversy about a bad batch of racing fuel. Seems more than half of the Checkers used the same brand of race gas from one of the regular suppliers at the race. Well that particular were indeed some sour Checkers that came back from this race and very few were bench racing about how well they did. The following results were the best info I could get at press time. In 1 / 2 1600, Willie 'the m9uth' Melancon picked up an eighth place finish. Butow/York and Sumners - unknown. In Class 2, Greenway was ninth, Chase lost an engine. Prince and Kriesler -unknown. The Cook's 5 /1600 car was 10th, while Craft/ Ander~ CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL (619) 279-2509 HELMET $195 COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OFF ROAD USE AT A REASONABLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN Page 48 COOL, COMFORTABLE TERRY CWI'H LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY ARE CUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNELL SA85 APPROVED son lost a motor; as did Seeley in his 5 car. Symonds was 10th in his truck. That certain something about the Baja 500 race was missing this year and the race was just not the same because of it. Let's hope the parties involved can get this traditional June race back on the right track next year. The Dunn/Peralta Garment Company has produced yet another large selection of Checker wearing apparel for the Club. Aside from a few T ~shirts that were sold to Melancon with 'Checkers' written sideways and a major shrinkage problem, the quality is surprisingly good, considering where they were made. There is a rumor that the Barstow race was held during the heat of the day instead of the old 4:00 PM starting time so that the powers to be could monitor the race more closely. The BLM Rangers, Sheriff's Dept., Turtle Watchers and Sierra Clubbers all find it a lot easier to keep track of us in the daylight. A Secret Steering Committee Meeting was reportedly held recently to decide how the Club could raise some money. The regular meeting that followed was typical with ideas on how to raise money ranging from the simple, the complicated and also the ridiculous. Let's hope that any money raised will come from the Checkers as a whole, and not from any one group. With Score in trouble in Mexico and HDRA selling out to its Race Director, the sports major races may soon see some changes as both of the major promoters struggle with their own problems. Meanwhile our own Lou 'Kadafi' has been keeping a rather low profile as far as his rival's problems are concerned, but you gotta believe that a 'Grand Carrera de La Paz' has crossed his mind. Because of the number of promoters that are always willing to fight over promoting these races the Wahzoo has got to believe that there must be a lot of money to be made in this form of exploitation. Maybe it is time to dust off that old idea of the Club promoting its own race? How about the 'Butch Dunn Checker 300' with the start/ finish in front of Butch's beach house, below San Felipe? That oughta be a real money maker for the Club? Right? Well I told ya that we would be hearing about Peralta's toilet seat award again didn't I? Well Butch and Lou are now presenting a sort of weekly version of this award. A 'Certificate of Upgrade' is now being awarded to the 'Checker Ass of the Week' at our weekly meetings. So far the following · Brother Checkers have been so recognized -Hibbard, Files, Sugar and Walter Prince, with the list growing weekly. just be the type of guy we're interested in. The Checkers are always looking for a few good men that would just possibly make good Checkers. If you think you might be Checker material, talk to a Checker about what's required. · BARSTOW RACE - In what would have to be considered· GREAT weather for a July 4th Barstow race, 16 Checkers started and six finished this year's Fireworks 250. The Club picked up a first in Class 5 / 1600 as Alan Cook and his other brother Darryl had a great race that included a door handle to door handle shoot out with the second place car for most of the last lap. The Cook's finally ended up winning their class by about three minutes for their second win of the year. Brown and Hibbard had a goocfrace in Steve's Class 1 car. They had some tire troubles early but still held on for a third place finish. George Seeley got back on track by putting his Class 5 bug in the money with a solid third place. Good race guys! In Class 2, Chase had minor problems and finished eighth, Koch had CV problems and was 10th, Greenway was 11th. Kriesler broke. The rest of our entries went out as follows. Stiles was attacked from 'above' by a 'diving' mini truck which caused some engine problems. Sugar had trans problems early in his Class 1 car. Master Bates had a rod come up thru the top of the motor in his Class 5 car. Pick, who is now parking all his stuff a lot farther away from the center of the main pit area, went out with 'Pick like' problems, as did Melancon in his 1/2~1600 ride. Sumners' car suffered from either a tremendous hit from below or a skid plate that is way too thin? This happened while Jim was in the thick of the l/2~1600 battle. Symonds had a number of problems in his truck and the front suspension finally broke to stop it for good shortly after Marty Reider took over the driving. Craft and Anderson lost a motor for the second race in a row in Ross' 5 /1600 car. Lonnie Peralta's Mini Mag impressed a lot of people out on the course for a couple of laps until engine problems put it out. BJ's Challenger car lost its rear suspension and retired early. This was a typical July 4th Barstow race and, as usual, the Checkers were there and did well! Well that's all for this month, results from the Baja de Lou #3 in Mexicali next month plus any post race Barstow stories. Until then, this is the 'Big Wahzoo' saying "catch me if ya can! but if ya do, try not to throw any big rocks when ya pass." See ya in ~\t_h~~-----_ By Pete Dutton, Race fytanager guys had to figure out their own pit strategies. A small work party took place so everyone from each race could take the equipment they might need. OFF TO BAJA!!! Wayne, Garfield, Charlie and I took the San Matias pit, pulling in Friday afternoon. Wayne stayed there while the rest of us went into San Felipe for a look around. Contingency seemed small, but the excitement was still there, along with some very nice looking cars and trucks. Rod Hall's new truck was simply beautiful! Saturday morning was bright but windy - good racin' weather! Radio communication was good to our main in San Felipe, which came in handy with three of our five cars out early in the race. Letner dusted his trans at 3 poles, RCR spit their motor, and Gowland also blew their motor. With only two cars left running, all the pits settled down for a long relaxing day. Cold drinks, beautiful Baja scenery and race cars - life can be a real drag sometimes! Dickerson's Class 5 and Randall Lumber's 10 car kept rolling along with no major problems, Lisa getting a fifth, Randall Lumber grabbing third. Lisa and Scott said something about the 3 moons on San Matias, but it was still light,out -must have been the dust or something. Harold wanted to say thanks to Kirk for having all the cold frostiesatthemain, their 1013 car just kept going and going all day so the pit could really relax. Our San Matias pit didn't see any action until we got a call from 1611, Bill and Scott Reams, wanting a spark plug change real bad.We got everything ready and were anxiously awaiting their arrival. They shot in real quick, with Scott driving, and I'm happy to say we blew the plugs in and added some oil in less than three minutes. They went off in a roar to a First Place finish! Hope we can help in the future guys! The week before Baja we had some of our gang up to Vegas to battle the rocks and silt of the Nevada Desert. This was SNORE's Twilight 200 that started in the evening and charged into the night. I wasn't there, so I'll relay the best I can from the racers I talked to. Great weather, no rocks or silt (ha~ha) and a great turn-out with 77 cars helped make this a real fun race. Now for the details! It looks like our best finish was darn good, with the McBrides snatching second overall in their Class 2 car! Jeff and Perry Coan smoked yet another motor approximately five miles off the start, must have been disappointing after similar problems at the Mint. We had two 5-1600 cars there, Rich Firsch having front-end prob~ lems, which slowed him to a fourth place finish, and Conroy '--------=· .. Going against my own 'only ' write about Checkers' rule, I would like to, on behalf of the Club, wish Jean Calvin a speedy recovery. She puts out the only truly independent publication in the sport of Off Road Racing today, and that's in spite of being ' getting seventh in their car. Our lone 1-1600 car of Bill Dells finally finished 12th, with co-driver Dennis Innmann proudly getting $50 for driving slow lap in Class. a CORE member. Speaking of non~heckers, if you're a male, have a dedicated interest in Off Road Racing, a thick skin, a sense of humor and a full can of B.S. repellant, you may August 1989 Most of us at F.A.I.R. had just enough time to clean up and regroup before the next two races came up. Some of the racers decided to try the SNORE Twilight 200, while others braved the drive to San Felipe for the Baja 500, which was really up in the air until the last moment. Neither race had enough racers from F.A.I.R. to roll the van, so the Darryl Nustedt ran his wild looking Challenger, and after spraining his wrist while driving over a hugh rock, put his co~ driver Brian Jones in the seat, to finish 10th. 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about wraps up the race except we have to mention the pro-pits that were put on. The main must have looked wild, with all the lights on and the cones which were also lit up. The far pit was handled by the Downey Race-Haus gang, and from what we heard, Harry's kid did a real bang-up professional job! Hope we can count on you guys again. We're always looking for more people to share the fun with us, so come on out and join us at the races at any F.A.I.R. pit! Our meetings are held at the Fullerton Holiday Inn on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, so come out and have a fun time -we always do! RACE REPORT Newsletters are usually full of facts and lots of race stuff however, due to the loss or our roving pit reporters we have very little information on the race. So -this will not be a newsletter - lets call it a race report and we will give you what we have. There was a small turn-out of cars for the GORRA Points Race. Due to the dry and dusty weather that day, we were unable to run our long three mile track. It was the same as when we ran the Thanksgiving 250. There were not enough Class 10s, so they spotted the class 1600s almost a full lap and ran with them. Unlike the last time when the Class 1600s finished first through second, this time the Class 10s cleaned house. Lindy Herrell in Porter's #071 ran a fl;iwless ra~e, and {inished :,vell ahead of the field. Jack Thompson in #045, after brief stops to repair a front end problem and broken cable, came in second. They received the money but no points. Travis Hurst was the first across the line for the Class 1600s and got first place points. Bob Rule in #671 got second, Mickey Smallwood third, and Sammy Herrell fourth. (Remember -these are for points, not how they finished). In the Challenger class, Steve Langley, #923, had an awesome day. He ran the 150-miler, finishing just one lap behind Lindy. In fact - he ran so well, he was protested. But after all the smoke had cleared, his car was pronounced legal. Mike Isola was second, Ronnie Whigham third (with relief help from Tony Leftwich), first-timer Tom Connally fourth (relief help from J.D. Mitchell), Clint Hurst fifth, and Chris Williams in sixth. Nice turn-out for the Challenger cars. For those of you who were present, you know what a mess the tear down was. It got to looking like a Chinese fire drill. Dusty Times Two meetings have already been held to prevent another such occurance. If you were one of the people who got upset - forget everythingthathappened,and start fresh. There is a proposed set of rule clarifications concerning the Challenger class ( for those of you in the Challenger class). Anyone wishing a copy just call Joy. Please call your V.P. and let him have your comments. Those we do not hear from, we will assume agree 100% with the proposal.You can only have a say so if you have a car, or are building a car, for the Challenger class. Lots of"Thank You's" to those who helped in the race. First, our gas lady, Margie from Trackst*r. She drove all the way up from Lake City to provide racing gas to us. Then she called Joy afterward to see who won. Nice touch Margie - Thanks. Betty Whigham handled our refreshment stand and did a great job. Leslie Williams acted as our "gate lady" this race and got help from Sherry Faulkner (just kidding about the gate lady handle Leslie). Bill Porter and Jack Thompson gave up their Saturday a week before the race, to come down and prep the race track. The Hurst group provided the landscaping. The Herrell group of Villa Rica looked like they were trying to build a house. Two rooms, screened-in porch and carpeted wall-to-wall. All this for a few hours of shade. Here is a short note of who broke what: Clint Hurst in #975 had a transmission problem and ran just seven laps. Chris Williams, #911, hit a tree and both Isola and Herrell ran into him. Sammy Herrell in #688 destroyed his front end and only Isola's #900 was able to continue. Ronnie Whigham/Tony Leftwich broke a shock tower. Bob Rule in #671 had brain fade, missed a turn and got hung up with Tom Connally's #918 Challenger car. Both lost six laps. Travis Hurst/ James Hester lost a tire. Well so much this time. Guess we had a few more facts than we thought. Remember - everyone has one throw-out for points at the end of the year, and things can change drastically. Competition Review Board Report By George R. Thompson IDRA Managing Director The Competition Review Boa rd for the 1989 Baj a Internacional· was held at the Hotel Las Misiones, under the Grand Palapa, on the edge of the historic Sea of Cortez. The members of the CRB were: Malcolm Vinje, Board Admin-istrator, Russ Jones, Truck Class Rep., Rich Richardson, Open Wheel Class Rep., Frank Vessels, Alternate Rep., George Thomp-son, CRB Marshal, Steve Kas-sanyi, SCORE Race Director. Tom Koch of Checkers Off-Road was scheduled to attend as Pit Support Rep., however, due to last minute difficulties with his car he was unable to make the trip to Mexico. He has been rescheduled for the Fireworks race. There were only three complaints heard by the board at this race which indicates that, on the whole, things went smoothly for most racers. In my capacity as CRB Marshal, I was on hand at the Start/ Finish throughout the race to be certain that all protested entries were properly posted in accordance with the format of the CRB. I was delighted to see that this detail was given a high priority by Timing and Scoring Chief, Danny Cau who clearly marked all protested entries well in advance of the required 7:00 a.m. ' deadline. The first complaint before the board was brought by a Check Point Official who alleged that a chase vehicle belonging to entry #809 was seen running backwards on the race course in the area of CP # 1. in violation of rule G4 7. While the CRB has complete authority to invoke rule G4S, (" At all times the entrant assumes responsibility for the actions of his pit crew."). problems developed when the officia! 's description of #809's chase vehicle dkl not c0rres1 ,;,d w1~h any of the highly visible chase vehicles servicing his race car. After some discussion with both the official and #809, it was unanimously decided that too much confusion existed in the official's report to justify any action in this case. The Class 8 board member did not vote in this case, since it involved a member of his own class. The second protest was also brought by a Check Point Official against entry #558 for a violation of rule G 1 lC (Pitting in a restricted area). According to the Official, #558's chase crew set up a pit within the control zone at CP # 1 and service on the race vehicle was well underway before they could be informed of the illegal encroachment. Apparently the crew was not aware of Rule G 11 C and were polite and cooperative once they were informed by the officials moving out as quickly as they came. The unanimous opinion of the Review Board was that ignorance of the rules is not a valid defense and #558 was issued a letter of reprimand. The final complaint was brought by Entry #902 against #201 for abusive nerfing. The written complaint alleged that #902 was rammed by #201 with no horn and no warning while he was attempting to move over to allow #201 to pass. The driver of #201 came forth and stated, "That area has got a lot of rocks, a lot of dips and real soft sand. You let off the gas and you stop ... and you are stuck! I was coming up behind him, with both hands on the wheel and starting to pass when he just stopped and Boy: Boom, I was there, so yes: I did hit him and yes: I didn't hit the horn. I'm sorry but I was only 100 ft. behind him and I could have very easily gotten around him without using the horn if he hadn't stopped." In light of #201 's comments there was much speculation about what actually happened behind the wheel of #902. Unfortunately, the· driver of this entry was not present at the Review Board to clarify the incident and his co-driver could only join with us in our speculation, since he was not in August 1989 the car at the time. Charges of abusive nerfing (Rule Gl 7 ), are a serious matter and at the very least, require the testimony of the driver bringing those charges if a fair ruling is to be made. Without this input it was unanimously agreed to dismiss these charges. The Class 9 member of the board did not vote on this matter since it involved a member of his class. The 1989 Baja Internacional Competition Review Board was adjourned at 8:50 a.m. after meeting for 50 minutes. 8003[] CJ0U80 The CORE Pit Team has been very busy these past few weeks of early summer, manning complete pit service to mi!mbers in three events in a few weeks time. It all began with the SNORE Twilight 200 out of Las Vegar. where the club had seven cars in the race and full pit coverage. Our teams did quite well at the Twilight. The team of Kevin McGillivray, Don Angel, Joe Phipps and Greg Shapiro finished third in Class 10 despite a last lap mishap, and they were seventh overall in the 77 car field. Tom Moessner and Laurence Lewis took eighth in Class 1-2-1600, and right behind them, ninth, came Port and Newt Campbell. Robert and Jason Kleber barely got off the line before fuel feed problems cost them a bunch of time, and they ended up 12th in Challenger class. Tom Mattingly and David Plum got all their laps done for third in Class 9, and Mark Myers and Bob Henderson were fourth just a few minutes back. Then it was on to the Baja Internacional, where we had five cars running. Mike Schwellinger and Steve Kramer returned to the winner's circle in Class 3 /14, congrats to them. John Kelly finished a keen fifth in Class 1, and Roy and Wade Prince were a fine fifth in Class 9. Dan Araujo and Dave Ramirez finished 25th in Class 1-2-1600. Bill Poe was our only non-finisher, getting only six miles from the start before breaking down for good. CORE had a herd of cars at the Fireworks 250 with mixed results. We have only very sketchy reports from that race at this time. We do know that Craig Watkins and Greg Aronson won Class 10. Congratulations to them. Scott Dinovitz and Jim Zupanovich were third in Class 10 and Mike Zupanovich and Bill Sallenbach were seventh. Glenn Lirhus was 12th in Class 10, with a motor that kept loading up. Bill Poe again had serious trouble this time getting only eight miles before the ring and pinion let go. Dominic Bora and Dennis Orcutt were sixth in Class 1-2-1600 and Steve Schober was seventh after a rollover. Dan Araujo/Dave Ramirez finished 16th. Ward/Johnson broke the front end, Jeffers lost a motor, and John Lind just broke. Jim Clements lost the trans as did Prince, and Tom Mattingly lost the front end,. However Mike Currier/Joel Stankavich took fourth in Class 9 and Mark Myers was 13th. On form for sure, Mike Schwellinger and Steve Kramer took third in Class 3/ 14 at the Fireworks 250. AffENTION ALL 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 5531 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 ~eroquip l~I ~ BUGPACK ... THE WRIGHT PLACE (805) 683-1211 Page 49

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MIDWIST OFF ROAD BA.IA SERIES The Las Cruces 150 Photos: Clint Miller 1''·., ... ,o/· 'c+ • ~-( w ,>',; Mike Johnson inherited the lead just a few miles from the finish, and he held it together to win Pro Class 1-2-10, and the race overall. The Las Cruces 150 took place in El Paso, Texas due to problems with the B.L.M. and insurance hassles. The next race for the Midwest Baja points series will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 26-27. The next Las Cruces race will be at the Fairgrounds. Another race is over, and we are all tired and grateful that the next race in our series isn't until August in Albuquerque. The temperatures soared to 107 F for the entire weekend, taking its toll on equipment, drivers and pit crews. Saturday was the day for the cars to run, and everybody was ready and wanting to race. We had two beginner cars this time. Rusty Reed finally came out on top, beating his son Ray. Our Class 1 Sportsman racer Tom Goudy from Alamogordo, finally got his first place finish, even with his left front tire somewhere out on the race course. The Class 1-2-1600 winner was Myron Mills sponsored by Southwest Auto Salvage, of Houston, Texas, and he was only 53 seconds behind Tom Goudy. Tony Vasquez, sponsored by Total Tan, finished second with a broken and a slightly in need of repair front end. From Yuma, Arizona, Omar Adams, sponsored by Off Road Buggy Supply, Bromley Tractor Parts, FNF Cont., was out due to a blown wheel cylinder. Joey Vasquez had a meltdown, putting him out on the first lap. Gilbert Salcido, sponsored by Manny's Auto Clinic and Retro Import Trades, had a fire which destroyed over half the car. Gilbert told us he has never moved as fast in all his life as he did getting out of his car. Gilbert, we are just glad you didn't get -hurt. The Pro cars did real good, with Rick Vasquez in the 2-1600 car sponsored by MSD Ignition and Total Tan of El Paso, holding the lead until the last lap. Then he lost his right rear tire on the back half of the race course with just nine miles to go. That was enough to let Mike Johnson past. Johnson, in the VW Works sponsored car went on to take the overall victory. Joe Gray, from Temple Texas, sponsored by Gray International, took first place in his 1600 class with strong lap times. Last, but surely not least, Jim Huff, from Las Cruces, sponsored by Matt's 4WD. Valvoline and BFGood-rich, won first place in the 4x4 class again. Anybody know anyone around here who would like to have his first place? We all know Jim would love the competition. Need action photos? Call us for proofs! Trackside Photo, Inc.-Racing photography since 1970 Trackside Photo, Inc. Photos for Public Relations, Promotions, Ads Commercial & Product Photography Page 50 1507 East Del Amo Blvd. Carson, California 90746 (213) 609-1772 August 1989 -----'="""" __ ,,............,,~""'' __ ...._ Joe Gray came from Tyler, Texas to place third overall and he won the Pro 1600 class by a goodly margin. New mexico ;;cers Roy and Rusty Reed compete in different ears in the Beginner Class. This round dad Rusty finally came out on top. ~.::);::,1i0tktr:= Bryon Mills won the Sportsman 1600 honors, and took over the points lead. He is trying to repeat his class points championship of 1988. Tom Goudy flew his Chevy V-6 powered race car to first in the Sportsman division, after losing a front wheel 23 miles from the finish line. Jim Huff needs some competition in the 4x4 ranks, and the driver from Las Cruces, NM once again won first place in the class. Dusty Times

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The Losers By Tudy Smith very fragile these days, had been towed back in to the pits by 10 a.m., without making it around even once. And Mike Withers, in the same class, lost his motor on the first lap. In fact, Class 10 lost nine out of27 cars on that first lap - a third of its entry. Martin and Rick Leigh, in the same class, finished their second lap with a broken rear suspension, and went no further. Bill Poe and Fred Ronn, in Class 10, lost their ring gear on the second lap, and Mike Church, another of the fragile Class 10s, lost his transmission 30 miles into the first lap. Craig Dillon got in two good laps in his Class 10 car, but then, with co-driver Bob Leighton at the wheel, they lost a rear shock mount. They spent a half-hour making repairs and Leighton took off again, but it tore off one more time, so they decided to park it. the air-cleaner off the carburetor, and the manifold had come loose from the head. After a while his motor started to seize, and he had to park, rather than lose the motor. The Fireworks 250, always tough, got a little help from Mother Nature this year, as cooling breezes not only kept the temperature down and helped the drivers stay comfortable, but they also kept the course clear of dust for most of its length, making it much easier to pass than might have been. As a result, the ratio of finishers to starters was quite high, with a full 49% of the 255 starters making it to the finish line and the checkered flag. The layout of the course helped a bit also, and, as always, it was simple to get from one part of the course to another when it was necessary to come to the aid of a disabled racer. Barstow is one of the few races located conveniently close to a freeway, giving the chase trucks easy access to several pit _areas, providing they're willing to take their chances with the local authorities. Some Losers always get their start before the race, and this time Tom Lake and Rich Roberts fall into that group. They took their 5-1600 car out for a ride Friday after contingency and tech, and somehow rolled it over three times. The roof was badly crumpled, and the cage was bent, among other things. They did a lot of repair work, and made it to the start line, but they never did manage to finish that first lap.My bet is that they missed something in their hurried repair work, and it gave out and stopped them. Another one who had pre-race troubles was B.J. Bates, who'd spun a stock torsion center in his Challenge car some time before the race. So he had a new chromalloy center installed. When he got to Barstow, the day before the race, he went out on the course to check things out a bit, and the new torsion center came unglued. So B.J. found someone to help and they cleaned things up and rewelded the torsion center, right there in their pit. But he didn't get through the first lap either, before the rewelded torsion center came loose again, and B.J. became a spectator, along with his mom, Maxine, who rides with him. B.J.'s dad, Gary, who drives in Class 5, wasn't any luckier. He threw a rod on lap one, and that put him into spectator mode also. Ivan Stewart also joined the ranks of the Losers early in the day, when his oil sump pump quit on him at about mile five, and put an end to his motor and his race. Chuck Sugar, in a Class 1 car, was also out on lap one when he lost a torque limiter. Scott and Kent Pfeiffer, who run in Class 10, which seems to be Doug Fortin, in class 1-2/1600, tossed a fan belt, and his idiot light didn't work. Unaware that anything was wrong, Doug kept driving, until it finally quit in a puff of smoke. Rod Hall, out in his new truck for the second time, was hauling down a wash when suddenly the truck turned right in a spray of dirt and dust. He managed to keep it on all fours, brought it to a halt, and discovered to his dismay that a bracket that holds the steering assembly together had broken. It was, to quote his co-driver, Jim Fricker, "a pretty important bracket", and was apparently unrepairable. So Hall went no further. In Class 5, Marty Hart and Mike Hallett were on their trailer with a broken spindle or carrier on lap one, and, while Greg Vaughn managed to complete two laps, his co-driver, Stan Parnell, found himself without a ride again, when the ring gear went away early into lap three. Gary Cogbill and John Marking had their new single seat 1-2/1600 car out for its first ride, but had serious clutch problems, and lasted only two laps. Scott Jim Stiles, in Class 1, had a flat early on lap one and had a hard time taking it off to change it. But then he was on his way again, and catching back up, when he came upon Jack Johnson in his Class 4 car and Dan Cornwell in his Class 1. Stiles saw his chance to pass them both when Johnson veered to the left, leaving a space between the two race cars. So Jim took it. Later he said that, knowing how well Johnson knows the course he would have been smarter to just follow him. It seems that Jack was going around a hole. Jim got by the two cars all right, but then he nose-dived into the hole, and was stuck. But only for an instant, because someone hit him from behind, giving him just the impetus he needed to get unstuck. Congratulating himself on his good luck, Jim went on, not knowing that the hit had knocked Lonnie Peralta got his new Mini Mag into the race this time, but he had a serious problem with the jetting and couldn't make it up the hills. He lost so much time that he was able to finish only two laps. And in 1-2/ 1600, John Prosser ran well all day, just to lose his transmission on the last lap. Cameron Steele had the beginning of a good day, but on lap two his oil filter fell off. Now, ordinarily that's a fixable problem, but this time the filter had hit something hard as it fell, and it had a big hole in it. In Class 7, Russ Jones had "Little Joe" from Goodyear riding with him, and wanted to show him a good time. They had a really close race with Wayne Lee for a while, but then had to stop when their rear window shattered when Russ' seat back hit it, and tape a tarp over it. They had tried to run with no back window, but all the dust funnelled directly into the cab and they couldn't see. Then, a little later in the day Russ bent a beam, and didn't realize that because of the bend, the top of one of his front shocks was being hammered into the frame. Eventually, the eyelet at the top of the shock snapped off, and of (continued on page 59) Budweiser I Bud Light AMA ~ SANCTIONED FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM • AMA DISTRICT 38 p p DOD Sponsored By: Race Ready Products, Yokohama, The Wright Place, Cycle Parts West and Maxima Lubricants Location: Plaster City East Dusty Times Start Times: ATV's, Bikes and Odys, 7:00 am -Buggies, Cars and Trucks, Noon INFO: (619) 427-5759 August 1989 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1989 Page 51

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\'\\\\\ ~ PERFDRMANCE ANJ r;;.c~m Import Parts & Service 1111)01t Machine Shop Import High Performance Parts, Service & Machine,y (419) 476-3300 1100 Custer Rd. At Laskey TOLEDO, OHIO 43612 · Wholesale 419-476-3711 5\S C t-1 ~ S Custom Built to Your Needs by V~ENTERPRISES Bill Varnes Mike Brown 37925 Sixth St. East, Unit 107 Palrndalp. CA 93550 SQS/272-3843 Jim Moulton Racing A ,M..._VNAY7*76 ..... 4A ♦A,~----PRODUC1S ■ Off road racing chassis ■ Fabrication and repair ■ Fox shock parts and service ■ Race Car Prep 26846 Oak Ave., Unit G Canyon Country, Calif. 91351 (805) 298-1212 YOUR COMPLETE IGNITION SOURCE Ignitions • Distributors • Rev Limiters Coils • HeH-Core Wires • Accessories AUTOTRONIC CONTROLS CORPORATION 1490 Henry Brennan Dr., El Paso, Tx 79936 (915) 857-5200 AUTOS ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CARS TRUCKS NATIONAL SPRING COMPANY, INC. 10229 Prospect Ave. Santee, Californin 92071 A COMPLETE AUlOMOTIVE srRING SERVICE Leaf Spri!'gs Custortt Macie &" Repaired Shocks & Coil Springs Sold & Installed Blocks and U-Bolts rrn,de to order Off-Road Suspension Urethane Bushings INSTANT SERVICE 1-800-331-NEAL OUTSIDE CALIF. High Performance Pedals & Hydraulics, Including ... • NEAL Cu111ng Brakes•• • Clutch Pedal Assemblies • Master Cylinders Complete Catalog. $3.00. NEAL PRODUCTS, INC. 7171 Ronson Road • Hydrauhc Clutches and Throttles San Diego, CA 92111 ... plus much more. (619) 565-9336 P.O. BOX700 PETTIT WINCH EST ·100 OFF ROAD CHASSIS ENGINEERING 6891 SAN DIEGO DR .. BUENA PARK. CA 90620 Off Road Suspension Preparation 2 & 4 WO VANS & PICKUPS & MINI TRUCKS PRE·RuN TRUCKS • CuSTOM SPRINGS AXLE WORK • CUSTOM SUSPENSION No 8LO'CKS USED • WELDING & FABRICATION . Bill Montague (714) 761-9460 Established 1974 PLEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OFF ROAD INNOVATIONS BOLT·ON PRE·RUNNER ACCESSORIES' LIGHT HOOPS BED KICl(ERS TIRE MOUNTS CUSTOM FABRICATION (6191 S88-2S68 1160 PIONEER WAY, SUITE C, EL CAJON, CA 92020 SCORE/HDRA Desert Series & Riverside Races Beeline Alignment and Wheel Balancing MOIOR HOMES (619) 449-ARCH 4 X 4's . P.O. Box 2286 Corona, CA 91718 1986 Through 1989 All Classes - All Cars 1 Hr. VHS Video Tapes $29.95 each Please Write for Information or Call (714) 734-9875 Dusty Times August 1989 PROFESSIONAL ■ AMERICAN ■ CANADIAN Cl Off-ROAD \{_ A R~CING -&-'-~ --~ ;;--~Jp ~ ~·· --~ ~-':, P. 0. BOX 323eSEAHURST, WA 98062 dJQ (p(3~l}{]~[b[b 1660 Babcock Bldg. B Costa Mesa. ca 92627 ( 714) 650-3035 Fabrication ..J Coil Over Suspension ..J FoxShoxPartsAndService ..J Race Car Wiring ..J Race Car Prep. ✓ Turn Key Race Cars FAMILY RESTAURANT Over 40,Years -The best in the Desert Coffee Sho;> -Steak House -Watering Hole Saloor, 24 Hour Service Station-BAKER. CALIFORNIA PROBST Off Road Racing Inc. OFF ROAD DESIGN and FABRICATION BERRIEN_ LASER RACE FRAMES 1121 EAST ILLINOIS HWY NEW LENOX. ILLINOIS 60451 18151 4135·RACE i72231 FUNCTIONf\L AFTER-MARKET PRODUCTS Dean Galloway (818) 769-0921 Larry Winter 714-537-8286 Plli~R · A Totally New Concept in Battery Design Rae, Sltop S11ppliu 11 $32 Stepltani, Garden Grove, CA 92640 • ~ tit, Size & Weight of its Equivalent • Vibration Ruistant • Soill Proof Page 55

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ISO F 1~ Telephone: (714) 535-4437 (714) 5~5-4438 David Kreisler 920 East Arie~ Place Anaheim,CA 92805 Anaheim Hills Family Dental Center (714) 998-2553 Di\VID Qi\MOCIN6Kl. D.D.6. 438 N. Lakeview Ave. Anaheim Hills, Ca. 92807 RACING LUBRICANTS DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE SERVICE AUTO PARTS Palm Desert 44-800 San Pablo Yucca Valley 56313 29 Palms Hwy (619)346-0694 (619)365-0813 (619)323-1879 (619)329-1446 (619)347-3379 (619)328-2183 (818)764-6438 (714)883-8891 (714)750-2802 (213)390-9086 (213)370-5552 (714 )558-9393 (714)635-1431 Palm Springs 67-390 Ramon Rd. Desert Hot Spr 13-175 Palm Dr. Indio 81-096-A Hwy. 111 Cathedral City 68-887 Hwy. 111 McKenzie's N. Hollywood Moore Racing San Bernardino OffRoad Supermart Westminster Dirty Parts Culver City Racecrafters Lawndale Tustin Honda Tustin Bryce's Auto Anaheim RED LINE SYNTHETIC OIL CO. 3450 Pacheco Blvd, Martinez, CA 94553 TEL (800) 624-7958 RUSS's V.W. Recycling 756 Alpha St., Irwindale, CA 91706 (818) 303-4366 Specializing in V, W. Bugs, Buses, Ghias and 914 ·s (213) 583-2404 . fmiil ~fjjpSERVICE, INC. &i2Yj ~ETAL PROCESSING S9ZI W;Jminglon Avenue Los Ange/es. Cailforn1ct90001 Mark Smith Page 56 GLASS AEAD FLOURESCENT INSPECTION MAGNETIC PARTICAL Larry Smith I (818) 988-5510 7840 BURNET AVE. • VAN NUYS, CALIF. 91405 . MARVIN SHAW ENTERPRISES Manufacturer & Suppiier of Arizona Air Ride Shocks Air Cooled Tool Co. Tools Buggy Beautiful Dress-Up Parts for your Sand Buggy DESIGN ■ ENGINEERING ■ SALES 3242 Sabin Brown Road P.O. Box20646 602-684-5056 Wickenburg, AZ 85358 ;9n fecli HIGH PERFORMANCE LETTERING Custom Race Lettering & Numbers Sandblast • Banners • Vinyl Lettering • Plexiglass 207 Nashville# C Huntington Beach, CA 92648 714/ 960-7461 NEW LOCATION IN ORANGE COUNTY 'SIMPSON 1.. RACE PRODUCTS j 1130 N. Kraemer Blvd., ·c· Anaheim, California 92806 (714) 630-8861 rSIMPSOll I RACE PRODUCTS ...4 SEND $3.00 FOR NEW FULL COLOR CATALOG Sacramento Area (916) 638-1103 • FAX (916) 638-6842 11336-A Sunco Drive • Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 August 1989 NEW LOCATION IN THE VALL~Y rSIMPSOll 1.. RACE PRODUCTS j 16053 Victory Blvd. #4 Van Nuys, CA91406 (818) 780-4444 FAX(818) 780-4567 SMALL CAR ENTERPRISES · Corky 1001 Arlee Place / Anaheim, California 92805 714/635-3735 stock to high performance • tune-ups · brakes &. suspension • remanufactured engines &. transmissions fuel injection • welding &. chassis fab. heli arc mig &. tlg aluminum &. steel WELDING • FABRICATION ROLL CAGES • TUBE BENDING SHOCK & SUSPENSION SETUPS FLAME CUT GUSSET KITS GAS TANKS AIR CLEANERS SHEET METAL WORK BEAD BLASTING CUSTOM MACHINING RACE PREP & REPAIR RACE CAR • PRE RUNNER FABRICATION SPORT'. ENGINEERING · »»: 14 757 Lull Street Van Nuys, CA 91405 TEL: 818-994-7475 FAX: 818-994-4069 -------------_.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;_..._ -------------------=--_.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-~ ---------~--------RA.CINGPRODUCTS-~ 115 O_CTANE RACING GASOLINE Anaheim, CA ............................ (714) 528-4492 Bakersfield, CA ......................... : (805) 948-6044 Bullhead City, AZ. ......•..........•....... (602) 758-5480 Chino, CA ............................... (714) 628-7596 Concord, CA .........................•.. . (415) 676-4300 Fullerton, CA ............................ (714) 635-5553 Hayward, CA ................... ......... (415) 783-6500 Lancaster, CA ............................ (805) 948-6044 Las Vegas, NV ........................... (702) 643-9200 Long Beach, CA .......................... (213) 432-3946 Oakland, CA ............................. (415) 261-6900 Phoenix, AZ. ...•.•. ••.•...•..•.•.•.•...•. (602) 279-5000 Pleasant Hill, CA ... • ...................... (415) 798-2201 Riverside, CA ............................ (714) 877--0226 Salinas, CA .............................. (408) 422-9808 Santa Barbara, CA . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . (805) Bm-9366 Van Jose, CA ................ ............ (408) 294-4513 Van Nuys, CA . ........................... (818) 7a5--0902 Ventura, CA . . •_:_-___• ............. _ .......... (805) 659-5609 · P.O. Box 610, 333 West Broadway, Suite 202 (-213) 630--699_6 Long Beach, California 90801-0610 _ "'Race 11. 'P 11. i.. c e.-1." 4,U~ ,z,ae,t"''f "IN NO'RT/ll'RN CALIFORNIA" l-Z (J'f CANO'PilS (916) 373-1557 Dusty Times

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RICHARD LILLY LAURA STOUFFER Manufacturers of Quality Drive Train Components SUPER BOOT PRODUCTS (714) 630-8283 Anaheim, CA 1988 BUDWEISER/FAT SUPERSTITION SERIES CHAMPIONS CRAIG DILLON -CLASS 10 RANDY ANDERSON -CLASS 1, 2-1600 CECIL WRIGHT -UNLIMITED CLASS JACK HETTINGER -CHALLENGER HERMAN MEISTER -CLASS 8 JON HURLEY -CLASS 7 GREG SANDEN -CLASS 5 TODD TEUSCHER -CLASS 100 CHUCK McCORMICK -CLASS 6 ------. KEN BASORE -CLASS 5-1600 JAGG1TEAA4 Off Road Equipment Downey/Conners/Baker/Cal Gold Suspension Doetsch Tech/Bilstein Shocks Open 7 Days 670 W. 17th UNIT G-5, COSTA MESA, CA 92627 (714) 631-8244 (714) 861-2606 1118 S. DIAMOND BAR BLVD., DIAMOND BAR, CA 91765 .Trackside . Photo,. ·tnc. · Commercial Photography Peter L. Hatch (~13) 609-1772 : 1507 E. Del Amo Blvd. • Carson, CA 90746 HACE TT(ANS BY JEFF REIJJ'S TitfiNSfiXLE ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD 998-2739 Dusty Times 9833 Deering UnitH Chatsworth, CA 91311 (yMP) UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 8745 MAGNOLIA, SANTEE, CALIFORNIA 92071 619/449-9690 Power Steering - Brackets Aluminum Fabrication - Tabs M Louie Unser LOUIE UNSER Racing Engines 1100 E. Ash Ave. Suite C Fullerton, Ca. 92631 (714) 879-8440 . ' ·,, RUBBER BUMPER I I I I $15.00 per ft *Cut to Length YIP RUBBER COMPANY, INC. · 945 South East Street Anaheim, California 92805 (714) 774-7635 (213) 628-7869 (800) 722-4VIP (outside Calif.) FAX (714) 774-9084 V W ON LY liA1ru1ttt!e1u :17011 DARWIN ROAD, HESPERIA, CA WI· RABBIT -SUS· AUDI PARTS NEW & USED REBUILT ENGINES & TRANSMISSIONS DUNE BUGGY CHASSIS & PARTS (619) 71t' PA/Kr 1WPCl147i'NGS«GR~a;* kJGOtJ * •RJJCI ro~ MAINIJ"!WWCJ'wfx~/IYM:'lf"/,f!flR/Ht;.!c "c1lff-$'ht MY@m""ForRcklJp~ 09~9- o August 1989 . .WEB-CAM 11815 Massachusetts Ave. II PE_RFORMANCECAMSHAFTs Riverside, CA 92503 (714) 369-5144 "Not /epal ~, sale ,n CA on pollut/Ofl c~ntrolled 11eh1cles Engine & Machine VW • PORSCHE • OFF ROAD 947 RANCHEROS DRIVE. SAN MARCOS. CA 92069 (619) 741-6173 DISC BRAKE SYSTEMS DISC BRAKE CALIPERS 570° RACING BRAKE FLUID DISC BRAKE PADS FRONT VW DISC BRAKE KITS BRAKE PEDALS REAR VW DISC BRAKE KITS CLUTCH PEDALS PROPORTIONING VALVE COMPOSITE MAS.i"ER CYLINDERS POWER STEERING 461 Calle San Pablo• Camarillo• CA• 93010 805 • 388 • 1188 . JIM J~@:t,,_~c JAPANESE RACING ENGINrs DEVELOPMENT & DYNO FACILITY PARTS AND TUNING 537 West Main Street JIM WOLF El Cajon. CA 92020 (619) 442-0630 WOODS WHEEL WORKS Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Arms • Spindles ~~alfsts •Custom~ (6021 ~2-0077 2733 W. Missouri · Phoenix, Al. 85017 YOKOHAM ~ Wants Be a Volunteer in a Yokohama Support Pit. Get Involved ! Dennis Rogers 714 592-2271 ·page 57 I i •I I I

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: Jeep race truck. Low mileage, torsion secondary front suspension, Art Carr trans., full float rear, 35 spline spool, WH, wood disc, Master Craft seats and ' nets. Many spare parts available. Would make great pre,runner! Needs a new home, storage is too expensive. Call (714) 247-0980, leave message! Will entertain any off er for cash! FOR SALE: 5,1600. Has all the best stuff. Wright, Saw, Beard, Parker, Dura,Blue, Super Boot, Fox, KC, Centerline, Saco, UMP, Tri,Mil, Mesa, Filler, etc., etc .... Car is High Dollar, Top quality built and ready to go win! $10,000.00. Call (6l9) 481-0923. FOR SALE: Fresh 1600cc Leighton motor complete. Dyna tuned. Also Bus gear box. Neither have been in race car. Must sell, pregnant! $2200.00 FIRM, takes both. Will sell separate. Call (702) 457,5128. WANTED: Fabricator with a comprehensive knowledge of all forms of welding, tubular fabrication, sheet metal fabrication and layout work. Precision Preparation, Inc., requires the skills of hard working individJals who understand and find personal satisfaction working in motorsports. This position pays top dollar with quality benefits for qualified and skilled individuals who understand the commitment racing requires. Only qualified and skilled persons need apply. Send FOR SALE: Class 1 or 10 short course Chenowth Magnum, low ·" cage, Race ready with new F.A.T. 1600 air cool engine, Hewland trans, has power steering, lots of ~ extras. Bead lock wheels, tires, shocks, etc. Car looks and handles great. (Once driven by Roger Mears)! It is a winner! $12,000.00. Call John, days at (303) 377,8811 or nights at ( 303) 979,2881. 1, resume to: Precision Prepara, tion, Inc., 15041 Goldenwest Circle, Westminster, Calif., 92683, Attn: Chuck Wade, (714) 894, 7341. 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. FOR SALE: Score 1,2,1600 Motor. New everything. Pat Hughs Bus tranny, FT beam with Wright spindle link combo tires, Centerlines, trailer, with tool box and tire rack. Misc. spares. Must sell quickly! Call (602) 488,3399 evenings, leave message. BEST OFFER FOR ALL!! EMERGENCY SALE: Class 8 Ford and all parts & equipment! $80,000.00 plus first $15,000.00 takes it all. ( 429 SCJNC collector.) Spare engine, trans, radiator, tires, rims, car carrier, shocks, lights, lots of new parts still in boxes, 2 yrs. old! Call Dave at (702) 438, 0452. FOR SALE: Mid Engine Class 9 car. All the good parts! Jamar, Wright Place, Beard Seat, Simpson belts, Lee Leighton Motor, Fuel Safe cells, Jeff Huber Trans: Car is very competitive. Currently leads both Glen Helen and Superstition point series. All spares included. $8000.00. Call (619) 324,3119. THANKS you guys for the finish and win at the Snore Twilight race! Daniel, Timmy, FOR SALE: 40 FT. race trailer. Excellent condition. Awning, 7,000 Kohler genera tor, complete bathroom, living quarters, interior and exterior lights, air conditioning, TOO much to list all. $22,000.00 Call (619) 530,1900 or (619) 695,9441. FOR SALE: 5,1600 90% com, plete. Wright rack & combos, Sway,A,Way, Beard seats, Phoenix fuel cell, Parker Pumper, Centerline, BFG's, Bilsteins shocks, fresh Leighton motor & Bus Box. Best offer. Call (702) 457,5128. FOR SALE: Chenowth Class 10, 118"' W .B. Desert Magnum suspension, Bilstein shocks w/reservoirs, U.M.P. power steering, EDCO disc brakes, 23 gal. fuel cell, Wright rack & combos, I.T.S. Bus box w/Hewland gears, Fat 1650cc motor, Weld wheel bead type rims. Turn key race ready! $14,000.00. For more informa, tion, contact Peter Alesi at (619) 588,4879. FOR SALE: Bilstein shock sale!! B46,350 and B46,351 12"' = $115.00 each. B46,360 and B46,361 10 ... = $94.95 each. B46,349 and B46,359 8... = $89.95 each. B46,1085 FT. Challenger = $74.95 each. Get them quick, while supplies last!! All new. Call Station 1, ( 602) 272,9333. 'F°oR SALE: 1,2,1600 Hart chassis, Don Hatz motor, Neth front & rear suspension, UMP power steering, Fox shocks. Race ready! $12,000.00. Call Joe Flinn at (714) 676,8084. Jeff, Gary, Al, Paul (just _....,;.._ _ ,..._ married), The Tagg Team gang, FOR SALE: Street legal, newly FOR SALE: Race ready 1988 FOR SALE: '68 Ford Bronco. 3" Duane at S.I.R. (great motor), re,built 1961 Baja Bug! 1776 Bunderson single seat challenger! Rancho lift,. full cage, brand new and all our happy girls! They all engine, with Mild cam and Best of everything! Fox, Sway, 289 motor, headers, carb, put our 5,1600 racer together Del'Orto 36 carb, 2100 miles A,Way, Tri,Mill, Filler, Fuel manifold, runs strong! 3 speed on in 10 days, WHEW!! Thanks on engine. Complete roll cage, safe, Jamar, Wright, Armstrong, floor. Excellent condition. Snore and all the contingency Fuel cell, 4 Fox shocks in rear, Transform. Won race Showboat $4500.00. Call (818) 883,5058 · donors for all the fun under the 2 in front. $5000.00. My loss is 250, fast lap. This baby is trick! home, or (818) 345,5854 work, stars!! #551, The Reid Ferguson your gain!! Call (714) 926, $7000.00 O.B.O. Call (805) GREG. Family! 2917. 543,2451. Will sell, less motor. r---------------------------------------------------iioiiifaiiii, Sell or swap. your extra parts and pieces in I DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $10 for 45 words each month; not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5 .00. All classified ads must be paid in advance. I I I I I I, I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I Enclosed is $ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I Name Address ----------------------Phone ______ _ City ------------,.-------State _____ Zip ______ _ Page 58 August 1989 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 I I I I I I FOR SALE: 2 seat race car. 107 WB, 12... over front beam, Wright rack, power steering, Fox shocks all around, Dura Blue stubs, Sway,A,Way bars & axles, Beard seats, Neal pedals, new Simpson belts, 22 gal. cell, Centerlines & Y okohamas. Less engine and trans. $4500.00. Call Mike at (916) 645,1169. FOR SALE: 1,1600 Funco. Very competitive! Best of everything. Summers Bros., Wright, Sway,A,Way, 930's adjusters, front and rear, Parker Pumper, (8) remote reservoir, Doetsch tech shocks, Neal/ airhart pedals & throttle with braided stainless lines, Centerlines with Yokohama tires. $6000.00, (less engine & trans.). Call (707) 447,2453, Northern Calif. car. FOR SALE: 1972 Ford F,350 Dooley race car hauler. 460 engine, automatic, winch, trailer hitch. $4000.00 O.B.O. Call (805) 274,0627 after 6 p.m. FOR SALE: FARRAR BROS. 2,1600, 87 O.R.E., Ultra strong running, dependable too!! Lot of secrets for winning! $14,000.00, turn key. Call Curt or Lou, eves. at (805) 524, 5249 . Dusty Times

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WANTED: Fabricators or Proto-T ypers with well rounded knowledge of all forms of sheetmetal fabrication, layout, tubular fabrication, welding, milling and turning machines a plus. Only hard working quality individuals who can work on a team, need apply. Five day work week, stable employment, benefits and very competitive salary. Call Lois, at Rancho Suspension, (213) 630-0700, or send resume to P.O. Box 5429, Long Beach, Calif. 90805. WANTED: ENGINEERS/ CHASSIS FABRICATORS, able t,o work on a team creating off-road suspension proto-typer and production items. Know-ledge of metal, tube, layout, welding and forming techniques required. Prior experience of off-road racing team a definite plus! Able to utilize computer CAD and stress analysis programs in construction of above. Five day work week, stable employment, benefits, and competitive salary. This may be what you've been looking for! Call Lois at Rancho Suspension, (213) 630-0700, or send resume to P.O. Box 5429, Long Beach, Calif., 90805. ---FOR SALE: Rolling off-road frame. Mild steel, 16 car or pre-runner. 115"WB, Yokohamas, Centerlines, Chromoly front beam and rear spring plates. New king and link pins, front and rear arms reinforced. $2400.00 invested, sell for $1600.00. Call (619) 240-2320, or (619) 948-4515. THE LOSERS from page 5I course, his coil-over spring went flying. They spent some time working with it, and even tried welding the top of the shock back on, but it broke again. On a sad note, an HORA flagman, Jim Cross, 58, of Hemet, California, was killed when he was struck by a race car as he worked at Checkpoint 2. Cross was pronounced dead on arrival at Victor Valley Hospital, in Victorville. The driver of the car was Mark McMillin, who withdrew from the race immediately, as did his father, Corky, in Class 2. Our deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of Mr. Cross. Next month we'll be back with Losers from Fud 's race at Borrego. FOR SALE: Pre runner. 120W.B., Brut frame. Big and roomy. Fresh Bus tranny, Hewlands turbo, C.U.S., Super boots and axles, Fox air shocks, Wright rack, 300m bars, Chromolly spring plates, Beard seats, 1650 motor (have larger motor if preferred). $5500.00! Come out and ride!! Call (619) 253-7935. FOR SALE OR TRADE: '86 Bunderson, 125"WB, class 1 or 10. Hewland geared Bus trans, UMP power steering, new combos, Parker Pumper, Sway-A-W a y torsion, all top equipment. Everything goes, including tandem trailer, quick ' fills, etc., Will trade for street legal Baja and cash, or $6500.00 less motor, $8000 .00 with motor. Call Steve at (702) 645-7996, FOR SALE: Palmers built Chaµirrel, class 10 single seat. Toyota 2TC motor, Bus tranny, Beard seat, Wright rack and combo spindles, UMP power steering, 112n wheel base, lOH wider front beam, 2" longer front arms, Sommers front disc brakes, Wheel wood disc brakes on r::ar with 3x3 rear arms, bullet proof Summers stub axles and axles, Sway-A-Way front springs, rear torsion bars are 30mm, Parker Pumper, Fuel safe cell, Cromoly tyrods, dual batteries, Flame out system, Fox shocks all around, coil over front, ready to race! $12,000.00. Call Mark or Margaret at ( 602) 683-6472 or (602) 683-2133. FOR SALE: 1973 Rally prepared Toyota Corolla! All the right bits, 100% finishing record, no damage. $3000.00 O.B.O. Also single axle buggy car trailer, $400.00. Take both $320C.00. Call (213) 660-1341. Dusty Times FOR SALE: ORE class 10. Excellent condition and very good finishing record. 120 H.P., 1650cc EMS motor, Field's tranny, Fox shocks, UMP power steering, Sway-A-Way, Summers Bros., etc. Built with the best of everything. $15,000.00 O.B.O. complete, and race prepped by Jim Moulton. Call Jim at (213) 591-5665 days. FOR SALE: Jack Ramsay's 1-2-1600. Don Hatz motor, Jeff Fields trans., Fox shocks. Best of everything! Race ready! $15,000.00 O.B.O. Call (702) 363-2299. TREAD INDEX TO ADVERTISERS All Terrain Enterprises . ................. 16 KG Hi lites ............................. 10 Armstrong Tire Co. . .................... 11 McKenzie Performance Products ........ 33 Baja Video . . . . . ........................ 21 Miller Hilife . . . ......................... 35 Bilstein Corp. of America ................ 6 Monocoque Wheels .................... 14 Brush Run 101 ......................... 29 Mr. Sticker ............................. 17 Cactus Racing ......................... 48 Nevada Off Road Buggy ................ 46 California Pre-Fun ...................... 44 Nissan Motor Corp. USA .... ............. 9 Champion Bead Lock Co ................ 36 PCI Race Radios ....................... 47 Competitive Trailers ............ . ....... 15 Race Ready Products ...... ............. 39 DeNunzio Racing Products ..... ........ 49 Marvin Shaw Performance Products ..... 38 FAT Performance ...................... 28 Simpson Race Products ................ 43 Ford Motorsports ....................... . 5 Smittybilt, Inc. . ........................ 25 Fudpucker Racing Team .............. 8, 51 SNORE ................ . ................ 7 Fuel Safe ... ..... ...................... 27 Toyota Motor Sales. USA ...... Back Cover General Tire Motorsports ............... 20 Trackside Photo Enterprises ............ 50 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co .......... 30-31 Tri-Mil Industries ....................... 13 '° Rod Hall Enterprises .................... 34 Unique Metal Products ................. 42 HORA ................................. 23 Valley Performance - Hewland .......... 41 Herndon Motorsports ................... 40 Wright Place ............................ 4 IPF Motorsports ........................ 19 Yokohama fire Corp ..................... 2 Coming Next Month ... FOR SALE: 5-1600 '72 Bug w/ pink slip and license plate. Used as pre-runner. Wright rack and pinion, power steering, combos, Sway-A-Way torsions front and rear, Fox shocks w/reservoirs, front and rear adjuster, Super Boot axles and cages, Bus trans close ratio 3rd and 4th, Beard seats, Centerline wheels. $6000.00, O.B.O. Call (213) 928-0421 days, or (213) 493-5113 eves., ask for Brian. FOR SALE: '79 Ford pre-runner. Built tough, made to last! Chromolly cage, Eurethane bushings, strong 429, built tranny, 9" full floater, 35 spline spool, 4 wheel disc, four link rear suspension, custom aluminum work, 2 spares, 18 shocks, A/ C, AM/ FM cassette. Must sell, ready to deal. $16,500.00. Call Kenny Lee, San Diego, (619) 466-5160. August 1989 HORA Fireworks 250 • Pike's Peak Hill Climb MTEG at the L.A. Coliseum• Spring Run 101 WCR Rally of New Zealand ADRA Snowflake Buggy Bash ... plus all the regular features WHY AREN'T YOU??? A DUSTY TIMES DEALER!!! SELL TO YOUR CUSTOMERS PRESENT TO YOUR PREFERRED CUSTOMERS U.P .S. EVERY MONTH TO YOUR DOOR YOU PAY NO SHIPPING CHARGES GET ALL THE RACE AND RALLY NEWS FROM THE TOP OFF ROAD JOURNALISTS Contact DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Avenue, Suite o ~goura, ~ 913Q_1 (818) 889-5600 Page 59

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