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. Volume 8 - Number 11 November 1991 In This Issue ••• CALJFORNIA RALLY SERIES FEATURES Page Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Janay Smith Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors John Ames Jim Baker Darla Crown C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Leonard Day Don Dayton Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Matt Marcher Jan Aick Mazzenga Michael Ross Bob Rule Ba{b & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Darrell Smith Daryl Smith Judy Smith 3-D Photography Trackside Photo Enterprises Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT __,,ILi.ii OffllQ.ID UCIIIG IIDOaT Subscription Rates: $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. 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Please furnish both old and new address, ~nd send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. _ OF THE MONTH ••• I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Brush Run 101 by Judy Smith ......................... 8 WRC Rally of 1000 Lakes by Martin Holmes . . . . . . . . . . 18 • La Rana Johnson Valley 300 by Carol Clark . . ......... 20 The Texas Challenge Rock N' Roll 250 ............... 25 HORA Desert Championships by Judy Smith ...... . . . . 26 VORRA Yerington 250 by Daryl Smith ............... 32 Australia's Bridgestone International by Darrell Smith ... 36 Toyota 4Runner by John Calvin ................. 39 Prescott Forest Rally by John Elkin ................... 40 SCCA Ojibwe & Paul Bunyan Rallies ................. 42 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box ...............•...................•...... 4 Trail Notes ......................................... 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pit Team Report ................................... 35 Good Stuff Directory .............................. 44 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Index to Advertisers ....................... ·. . . . . . . . 51 ON THE COVER-Leading into our lead story, the Brush Run 101 in Crandon, Wisconsin, we feature a pair of top competitors in the SODA Series. John Greaves hustles his 1600 past the infamous pond between the first two turns, and he won Class 1-1600, later won Class 2-1600 and on Sunday won the Limited Challenge race in this car. In between in another Taylor chassis he was fifth in Class 9, second in Class l and finished the weekend by winning the Unlimited Challenge using Toyota power. Greaves hails from DePere, which is near Green Bay, WI. Jeff Kincaid is a local racer from Crandon and he surprised the visiting western troops in Class 7, as he passed the Class 7 leaders late in the tace and won in his Ford Ranger. On Sunday he also bided his time, and again passed the leader on the last lap to win the Class 6 & 7 Challenge. Color Photography by baniel Maimer. I\~ .-., DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $15.00 □ ~ears -$e.oo D 3_years -$35.00 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS -NEW SALES TAX!!!!!!!! Add: $1.25- 1 year, $2.00- 2 years, $2.75 - 3 years Take advantage of your subscription bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up iu 45 words. (Form on inside back page) • Name ___________________________ _ One of the favorite pcoplt· in dcsat racing is Fud, the man who is President of AMA District 38 in motorcycle racing, and also manages to put on several keen events for the full range of desert cars each year. In between a dozen, maybe more, races a yearthat he organizes in the El Centro area, Fud also organizes pit teams for District 38 riders who compete in the long distance events in Baja California. This shot, taken in Baja, is typical of the man who is always in a hurry to help somebody. He does put on excellent events that draw racers on two or four wheels to his series, more and more each year. Talk about living and breathing racing, this man surely docs that. · DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or Bx 10 will_ be considered. · . I I I I I I I I ·I • Address --------------------------City.--------------------,------State _________________ Zip---------Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 (Canadian -. 1 year $20.00 U.S.• Overseas subscription rates quoted on request) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Dusty Times November 1991 Page 3

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Soapbox ••• I am wntmg this account because something very disturb-ing occurred during the weekend of the Second Annual HORA Desert Championships. It con-cerned the tech inspecton of limited class vehicles. As a desert racer I have only competed in limited class vehicles. I have always felt that technical inspec-tions of these vehicles is a given and is required for safety issues, and because those are the rules. If a person does not want to follow the rules then he or she should enter a class that does not have limitations. Up until this week-end at Willow Springs, I thought that the official technical in-spectors followed this logic and applied it to everyone. Before I proceed, I would like to state that I feel that tech inspec-tors have the hardest job to per-form at any given event. These people have to check cars to be sure they conform to not only the safety rules but also to the class rules. This is not easy to do because racers are always trying to "push the edge of the envelope" as Chuck Yeager would say. Tempers flair when it is discov-ered that the edge has been pushed too far. It is the tech in~pector's thankless job to iden-tify the discrepancies and enforce the rules. To my dismay I discovered that weekend in September that the two top finishers in the 5-1600 class heat race on Saturday had illegal cars and were NOT disqual-ified, even though it was the tech-nical inspectors who discovered the illegalities!!! (Both had illegal carburetors.) Rather than take it on themselves to disqualify the two, they asked the third place finisher what he wanted. Third place stated that the inspectors found the discrepancies and that it was their responsibility to dis-qua Ii fy the cars. Well, guess what?? As I already stated, they · were not disqualified! So two illegal cars were able to reap the benefits of winning and coming in second in a race. They received prize money, got first choice of starting positions in Sunday's main event, and media accolades for a job well done. What about the other FIFTEEN cars in that competition, drivers racing their hearts out to place well too? Every legal car out there was ripped off of its actual rightful finish position. What about the person who came in fifth, who, if the cars had been disqualified as they should have been, would have been awarded third place. He might have gotten some prize money, but more importantly he would have had third choice of starting position that could have made all the difference in the world in that mad rush to the first set of moguls. But, we'll never know if that competitor would have done better because he was shafted by the very people who are there to .protect him against competitors who don't· take the rules for the· class seriously. To make matters worse, in another limited class someone was disqualified for being under the class weight limit by 24 pounds, and not allowed, as they are in the desert races, to add some gas to this desert car, a normally successful car and one that weighed OK before the race. This makes it seem like either the application of the rules was hit and miss or that there was favoritism going on. It is the obligation and duty of the technical inspectors to -carefully inspect the cars for NEW FROM DESERT T'z safety before a race and technical issues after a race. It is a heavy responsibility, but they must enforce safety regulations and disqualify illegal vehicles. By doing this they are protecting the lives and tights of every competi-tor in the race. Although pre-race inspections are for safety only, if a tech inspector notices something illegal about a vehicle, he can require that the discrepancy be fixed before the vehicle can enter the competition. Because com-petitors are supposed to be legal at, all times, an inspector has the right, if he so chooses, to look at any aspect of any vehicle for adherence to the rules. If the vehicle is illegal, the inspector should either disqualify the competitor if a race was just completed or make sure the discrepancy is corrected before that vehicle enters competition. Also, the top finishers in a race are not the ones to decide who is to be teched or what is to be · teched, the inspectors are. This is not a democracy. The inspectors . are the· impartial third party making sure that all the people who competed actually had a · FAIR chance at being able to win according to the rules of the game. · After all, when we enter the race we are agreeing to play by the, rules, and the officials are there as referees. l thank Dusty Times for letting this typical racer air my concerns. Volunteers are invited to climb on their "Soap'Box" and fill this space with their thoughts about what is good and what is not so good about the state of the sport. Your words, short of being libelous, will be printed. So send along your praise or damnation on your Soap Box topic to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite o, Agoura, CA 91301. • 100°/r, COTTON BEEFY-T's WITH POCKET f Full color graphics on white. sizes Med. to XX) SEND ORDERS TO: DESERT T'z 27324 CAMINO CAPISTRANO :/ti 72-175 • SHIRTS. SI 5.00 EACH • PRICE INCLUDES UPS SHIPPING • PERSONAL CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS --NO COD'S CA RESIDENTS ADD 7 N¼, TAX Page 4 LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92677 • PLEASE INCLUDE NAME & ADDRESS • SHIRT SIZE • DESIGN ORDERED November 1991 Trail Notes SAVE THE DESERT ALERT -On October 2, 1991 the Los Angeles Times published the news that a federal House of Representatives sub-committee passed legislat,ion that would set aside four million acres in California's southeast corner as specially designated wilderness areas. The bill is similar to Alan Cranston's legislation introduced in the Senate that would create a 1.5 million acre East Mojave National Park and "protect the desert from off road vehicles, mining and other uses." The House bill sponsors are both California representatives, one from Sanger in northern California, the other from Santa Monica, neither of whose districts are within the proposed wilderness, so their vote getting campaigns would not suffer from the hardship they propose to wreak on the many desert communities that depend on tourism, mining, cattle ranchers, etc., and the U.S. Defense Department for an income base. For example, the east Mojave desert supports the Army's national tank training center at Fort Irwin near Barstow, by the way on land forbidden for use for the Barstow to Vegas race. Of course, a Sierra Club California Desert Committee spokesman said "We're ecstatic." However, it is expected that the bill in its current form would be vetoed by President Bush. However, the measure is expected to pass in the House where it has strong support from House Interior Committee Chairman George Miller, (D-Martinez ). But the Senate is another story as California Senators Alan Cranston and John Seymoyur disagree over how much of the desert needs protection from public use. The House bill would designate 77 wilderness areas covering 4.4 million acres. It provides 250,000 more acres for mining, utilities and off road vehicles use than was set aside in an earlier version. But, the legislation would also establish a 3.3 million acre Death Valley National Park, and provide 800,000 acres to create Joshua Tree National Park. Dropped from the bill were a pair of potentially troubling issues, the cost of the federal government acquiring desert land from willing sellers and the impact on military flight operations over areas of protected desert. But this group in the House apparently don't worry about cost (our taxes) or national defense. Rep. Jerry Lewis, from Redlands, who represents much of the affected desert area opposes the bill, saying the legislation is unacceptable. This man needs our support. In fact it is time, even past-time perhaps, for another letter writing campaign to both the California Senators and your representatives in the House. W e agree that Joshua trees need to be preserved, but if anyone is really interested, why have building permits been issued from Palmdale to Victorville for housing tracts that have removed at least half of the Joshuas that had stood there in their own patch of desert for 50 years that we know of? The crime is that many of these huge tracts of houses in many price ranges are unsold, so the destruction of the desert plants and loss of critter habitat was obviously politically motivated, and the builders have long since fled to fairer fields. Do write to your elected representatives before this legislation gains enough momentum to override a Presidential veto. It will cost a lot of government tax money and create a lot of economic hardship. SNORE LTD had a keen event for their 22nd Annual SNORE 250, held on similar trails used for the HORA Gold Coast 300, yet to happen as we go to press. Tommy Bradley won overall and in Open Class, pursued all the way by Jim Barbeau and Jack Short in second. Tom Burns was only two more minutes back, winning the biggest class, 1-2-1600, followed by Bryan Pennington, and the two 1600s were third and fourth overall. Burns also collected the rotating $500 bonus from SNORE for more cash. Melvin Tom was fifth overall, first in Class 10, close behind, and in overall standings he was followed by Gary Sewell/Dan Keller and Danny Anderson. Steve Eversmeyer and Jim Wischmeyer won Class 9, and Tim Crain was second. Steve Barlow was the only finisher in the five rig mini truck class, and along with class money Steve won the $1000 bonus from Joe Rossi Tires, not a bad take for the effort. Mike and Steve Taylor won Class 5-1600 over Mike Klinger. We'll have the full report on the race in the December issue. With one race left on the SNORE schedule, the Eldorado 250 (formerly the Showboat 250), the points battle is close. Tom Burns tops the points list but Tommy Bradley is second, and Tim Crain is only 30 points behind Bradley. The race date is December 7. so if you are coming to L'ls Vegas for the HORA/SNORE banquet that evening, bring your race car. Don't forget there is a one thousand dollar bonus from Joe Rossi Tires and Yokohama in mini truck class, plus the generous 60 percent payback for the win.ner. .. not to be sneezed at. The race starts early on Saturday, and should he over long before you need to get cleaned up for the banquet. Check the ad on page 2 in this issue for details. We'll see you there. THE HDRA/SCORE points series has truly tightened up with two races left to go at this writing. Doug Fortin Jr. has a huge lead in Class lOover John Kelly. But Fortin is also the overall points leader, holding just six points over Class 5-1600 racer Wayne Cook, who has already sewed up that class championship, and merely five points behind Cook is Class I-2-1600class leader Tom Burns. All three drivers will need to compete in both the Gold Coast and the Baja 100 if they seek the overall points title, which this year has replaced the Driver of the Year honor, a former Off Roadsman Award that was voted on by membership, press and contingency donors. Jim Smith has a 34 point lead owr Frank Snook in Class 1/2, while Dan Smith leads Class 3 by 23 points over Curt LeDuc. Rod Hall has a slim fou'r point lead in Class 4 over Steve Kelley, with Dave Ashley only two more points back. That class will come down to the wire. Hartmut Klawitter leads Lisa Dickerson by 39 points in Class 5, and John Swift leads Mike Lesle by 18 points in Class 6. Roger Mears has a good 15 points lead over Scott Douglas in Class 7, but Spencer Low has merely nine points in hand over Chuck Johnson in Class 7S; in fact the first five here are all close enough to grab the title. In Class 7 4x4 Jerry McDonald is only six points up on Paul Simon, and Larry Ragland leads Class 8 by 21 points over Brian Stewart. Rich Richardson has just 13 points in hand to defend his 1990 points title in Class 9 while Pancho Bio is second with Roy Price just one point behind him. Martin Garibay has a husky lead in Class 11, but Larry A Pank is only 22 points up on Scott Steinberger in Mini Mag points. LA RAN A CALIFORNIA 200. It was a switch to see a Class IO car take first overall at the Ridgecrest race, as Tom Koch and Rex Keeling drove Rex's Raceco to the victory by 11 minutes margin. Dave Ardolino got his Jimco in first in 1-2-1600 and second overall to boot as the unlimiteds had trouble; but Bob Richey did salvage a win, back nearly an hour. Dave Shively won Class 5-1600 while James Clements won Class 9, and Peter Swift took Class 5. Full report will be fn the next issue as we sort out the results from the many classes in La Rana Racing. The final double points race is Novemb.;r 28 near Lucerne Valley. i;r Dusty Times

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1991-1991 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 274-0010 December 7, 1991 Sonoyta to Rocky Point Sonora, Mexico AMSA Jim Webb P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 (209) 439-2114 BADGERLAND VW CLUB, INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI54901 (414) 688-5509 (All events located in Chilton, WI at the Winhegago County Expo Center) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O . Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 The Mint 400 Invitational November 22-24, 1991 Las Vegas, NV Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) February 7-9, 1992 Gran Carrera de San Felipe San Felipe, BC, Mexico March 27-29, 1991 Gran Carrera de Mexicali Mexicali, BC, Mexico May 15-17, 1992 Gran Carrera de Tecate Tecate, BC, Mexico July 24-26, 1992 Gran Carrera de Ensenada Ensenada, BC, Mexico September 18-20, 1992 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, Mexico Special Event November 19-22, 1992 The "Mint 400" Las Vegas, NV January 15, 1993 Year End Awards BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-8.O.R.E. BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R. 3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 1991 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon, WI54520 (715) 478-2115/ (715) 478-2688 BUMP Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. West #108 Quartz Hill, CA 93536 (805) 256-8520 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Gary Luke, Director 13675 Spring Valley Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 ( 408) 779-3589 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 UNDER THE BED TRIPLE SHOCK KIT Page 6 18" of wheel travel available, using 9" shocks. Fits almost any model pickup, Blazer, etc. Unlike stock shocks, these are on a very progressive ratio for better handling. Shock kit welds between frame rails and 2 shock brackets weld on the rear end housing. This kit allows wheel travel without the shocks sticking through the bed and ruining cargo area. Note: tail pipe must be relocated for Installation. FOR MORE INFO, WRITE OR CALL JOHN JOHNSON RACING PRODUCTS 619-443-5833 13525 LOS COCHES ROAD EAST EL CAJON, CA 92021 November 2, 1991 Gorman Ridge Rallies Gorman, CA Novembe~l 19 lj1!~s~ · t LD"'"l!;t r, CA CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 9385 Flor.:!nce Ave. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 291-1215/ (305) 823-4487 November 17, 1991 Lakeland, FL December, 1991 Naples, FL January, 1992 Naples, FL February, 1992 Naples, FL March, 1992 Tallahassee, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 December 31, 1991 Dunaway Dash 150 Plaster City West, CA February 15, 1992 King of the Desert Lake Superstition, CA April 4, 1992 Buzz Bomb 150 Plaster City East, CA May 9-10, 1992 Rock Around the Clock 24 Hour Enduro for Cars, Trucks, Buggies. Plaster City West, CA August 1, 1992 Superstition 250 Lake Superstition, CA October 3, 1992 Plaster City Blast Plaster City East, CA December 31, 1992 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA (All events in the El Centro, CA area) GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2339 San Bernardino, CA 92406 (714) 880-1733 November 16-17, 1991 Off Road Challenge GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 ( 404) 253-1033 October 26-2 7, 1 991 Rules Meeting & 50 mile Vienna, GA November 30 , 1991 Thanksgiving 250 Vienna, GA November 1991 December 7, 1991 Awards Banquet GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Bob Moon 915 So. Zeeb Road · Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 665-0358/ (313) 996-9193 GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Keith Koesters 4605 N. 130th Circle Omaha, NE 68164 ( 402) 496-0846 (All events at Timber Ridge Ranch) GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Bertram Productions, Inc. 15073 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 Golden, CO 80403 GRR Golden Rule Racing . P.O. Box 40211 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 263-5329 October 26, 1991 Haunted Hills Classic Wickenburg, AZ HORA High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 December 7, 1991 Offroadsman Awards Banquet Las Vegas,NV March 13-15, 1992 Nissan 400 Las Vegas, NV July 3-5, 1992 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA August 14-16, 1992 Nevada 400 Las Vegas, NV October 9-11, 1992 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Pat Roberts 878 Main St. Deadwood, SD 57732 ·(605) 578-1654 IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 . Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All events staged at the club grounds in Cleves, Ohio) KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB Randy Chamberlin 835 Wawn Road Kamloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 LA RANA DESERT RACING 22769 Chambray Dr. Moreno Valley, CA 92387 (714) 924-2226 November 22-24, 1991 High Desert 250 (Jouhlc points) Lucerne Valley, CA November 2 7, 1 991 Awards Banquet Velvet Turtle West Covina. CA January 3-5, 1992 New Years 200 Barstow, CA February 21-23, 1992 Presidential 250 Barstow, Ca May 15-17, 1992 Spangler 150 Ridgecrest, CA June 19-21, 1992 Lucerne Valley Jam 200 Lucerne Valley, CA August .l8-30, 1992 Johnson Valley 300 Lucerne Valley, CA October 23-25, 1992 California 200 Ridgecrest, CA November 27-29, 1992 High Desert 250 Lucerne Valley, CA December 12, 1992 Awards Banquet, Clarion Hotel Ontario, CA MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 MICHIGAN SPORT BUGGY ASSOCIATION Keneth Coleman 742 E. Roosevelt Road Ashley, MI 48806 ( 51 7) 838-4483 ( All events ac Mt. Pleasant Speedway) MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING Tommy Bowling 19019 W. CR 128 Odessa, TX 79765 (915) 561-5222 , "The Texas Challenge Off Road Points Series" (All events at Notrees, TX) October 26, 1991 November 1991 Awards Banquet MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group P.O. Box 25168 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714) 938-4100 November 2, 1991 Oakland Coliseum Oakland, CA January 18, 1992 Anaheim, Stadium Anaheim, CA February 22, 1992 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA March 21, 1992 Seattle Kingdome Seattle WA April 4, 1992 Texas Stadium Irving, TX May 2, 1992 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ July 18, 1992 Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA September TBA, 1992 Mile High Stadium Denver, CO October TBA, 1992 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NV Dusty Times

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November TBA, 1992 Oakland Stadium Oakland, CA MTEG CAMEL SUPERCROSS January 25, 1992 Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA February 8, 1992 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA April 25, 1992 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NV June 20, 1992 Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION 11842 Jason Court Madera, CA 93638 (209) 486-4590 or (209) 266-5558 OFF ROAD JAMBOREES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P.O. Box z 154 Arcata, CA 95521 ( 707) 822-8508 May 8-10, 1992 Redwood Coast Jamboree Fort Bragg to Eureka/ Arcata, CA May 22-24, 1992 Kern River Jamboree Lake lsabella/ Kernville, CA June 19-21, 1992 Ghost Town Adventure '92 South Lake Tahoe/ Stateline, CA OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Don Honeberg 13180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 · (915) 855-9767 /(915) 751-7057 ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION R.R.4 Bancroft, Ontario, Canada K0L-lCO (613) 332-4363 OUTLAW MINI STOCK RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 204 Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 (213) 375-4570/(213) 719-7036 PAC OFF ROAD RACING P.O . Box 323 Seahurst, Washington 98062 (206) 242-1773 PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 SAREEA AL JAMEL 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 526 Indio, CA 92202 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 October 25-27, 1991 Press On Regardless Escanaba, MI November 8-10, 1991 Mazda Coachman Stages Olympia, WA Dusty Times December 6-7, 1991 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, Maine December 7, 1991 Pro Rally Awards Banquet Rumford, Maine SCORE Score International 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 November 7-10, 1991 Baja 1000 Ensenada, BC, Mexico December 7, 1991 Off Roadsman Awards Banquet Las Vegas, NV January 24-26, 1992 Parker 400 Parker AZ April 24-26, 1992 San Felipe 250 San Felipe, BC, Mexico June 5-7, 1992 Baja 500 Ensenada, BC, Mexico November 12-15, 1992 Baja 1000 Ensenada, BC, Mexico SCORE CANADA 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada (514) 692-6171 SCORE SHOW Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group Ed Stotereau P.O. Box 25148 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714) 938-4155 May 1-3, 1992 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Jack Kolan (619) 292-4444 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 December 6-8, 1991 Eldorado Valley 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT TRACK OFF ROAD ENTERPRISES S.T.O.R.E. Co-Ordinator: Tom Schwartzburg 2620 West Washington West Bend, WI53095 ( 414) 334-3858 SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (4.14) 271-3575/(414) 257-0422 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 (All events at Stephenville, Texas Speedway) TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urbanowicz, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 ( Races at Colonial Valley Resorts in PA) VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 2810 W . Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 656-1122 October 26, 1991 Class 10 Buggies November 23, 1991 Class 10 Buggies December 7, 1991 Class 10 Buggies VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 November 23, 1991 1991 Awards Banquet El Dorado Hotel & Casino Reno, NV March 21-22, 1992 Prairie City Long Course Sacramento, CA Rain Date March 28-29, 1992 April 25-26, 1992 Hollister SVRA Spring Special Long Course Hollister, CA May 23-25, 1992 Yerington 400 Yerington, NV June 20-21, 1992 Virginia City Classic 200 Virginia City, NV July 26, 1992 Summer Sizzler Prairie City Short Course Sacramento, CA September 5-7, 1992 Yerington 250 Yerington, NV October 18, 1992 Season Championship Prairie City Short Course Sacramento, CA WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 -87A Ave. Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 971-3730 November 17, 1991 Day Race December 15, 1991 Day Race Series Finale (All events at Thrasher/and, 117th Ave. & Glendale in Phoenix, AZ) FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP October 27-November 2, 1991 Ivory Coast Rally Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 10-14, 1991 Rally of Spain Catalunya, Spain November 24-29, 1991 Lombard RAC Nottingham, England ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS List your comin.(( events in DUSTY TIMES free! SenJ your 1992 schedule as soon as possible for listin.(( in this column. Mail -vour race or ralh scheJule to: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry A,•e., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. November 1991 morc ••• TRAIL NOTES CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES NEWS -John Elkin reports that the final CRS event of the year in Northern California at Hollister Hills has been cancelled. Organizer Gary Luke said the local officials cannot get the roads in a race ready condition by the scheduled date. Luke did say that there is a new area being explored around a windmill form in the hills around San Jose, so maybe next year the event will happen. So the Gorman Ridge Rallies on November 2, co-organized by Mike Blore, Harris Done and Paul Barrows, will be it for 1991. Besides using the usual OHR V area roads the rally will feature some new stages near Rim's Libre Mountain, including a paved stage along the old Ridge Route. Our thanks to the efforts of Rob Cherry, Jeff Hendricks and Roger Hull, who with their wonderful volunteers gave the CRS a much needed coefficient 3 event in Prescott, AZ. See coverage in this issue. The Stock Class meeting last September drew eleven interested folks to outline rules governing the class. The general consensus of all attending was that current rules are working well, keeping all cars competitive at most events. Although the motion came up that cars older than 15 years, like Arrows, Datsun 510s and Opels, were facing parts shortages, namely in the carburetion area, no immediate action was taken. A committee of Sam Moore, Randy Hensley and Roger Allison will look into the pros and cons of allowing Weber or Holley street legal replacements. Their findings are expected to be made known by Rim next year, with the rule change, if any, effective in 1993. If you have any comments or input, contact one of these three gentlemen. At the Board of Governors meeting held after Prescott, some decisions were reached about the 1992 calendar of events. First, because the Big Bend Bash has obtained 60% National Points status, the BOG voted not to continue with it on the CRS calendar. However Roger Gibson, the organizer, said he will mail entry info' to the CRS for those wishing to run some great roads in Texas. Glen Helen should be taking place in late February with a double coefficient 1 format again. The BOG is looking for an organizer to fill the space between Glen Helen and Rim. Rim will be on its traditional date in May, Prescott will return the same in September, as should Gorman Ridge. If anyone has an event on the back burner, please call Mike or Paula Gibeault at (619) 375-8704. If · you live in Northern California and wish to have your points"transferred to the SoPac division for the 1992 season then call a Gibeault immediately to arrange this. Back to the Rim, 1992 will see two brand new stages, and the use of this area may open it up for other organizers to premier new events in this area on the south side of Highway 14, somewhere near Agua Dulce. The CRS annual Awards Banquet is planned for January 25, place to be announced. If you have an idea for the awards banquet, please call John Elkin at (818) 353-9427. Some of the ideas now are about having a picnic or barbecue format, like the CRS annual picnic. Congratulations to Lon Peterson and Jeff Hendricks, the two top points earners in the Southern Pacifrc Division. Both were invited to the Divisional Runoffs at the Gold Rush Rally in Colorado, and congratulations are in order for Jim Love and Rob Cherry, the two top navigators in the SCCA So Pac Division. LA TE FLASH as Wl' go to press! Lon Peterson and Jim Love won the Divisional Runoffs at the Gold Rush Rally over a field from all over the USA. Congratulations to the new National Divisional Champions who got the job done in the aged Plymouth Arrow in 19 degree temperatures, that had to be tough on the high desert dwellers. A full report on that rally will be in the December issue. MTEG AT DENVER-Roger Mears won his third straight main event victory at Mile High Stadium, and is now in contention for the Sport Truck Driver Championship, which previously had been a two way battle between Walker Evans and Ivan Stewart. With two races left on the schedule, Evans leads with 356 points, Stewart has 318 and Mears 295. And Dodge still leads the Manufacturers Cup points at 640, but Toyota has 629 and Nissan is back at 512. The truck action was highlighted by a spectacular vehicle fire in Greg George's Chevy in the first heat, but Greg escaped injury and returned from the hospital to race in the Superlite main event, where the strong man finished second and leads that points race. Frank Arciero Jr. won his second straight Super 1600 main a~d moved into second on points behind Marty Coyne, dropping defending champion Mitch Mustard to third. Tim Lewis won his first UltraStock main of the season in the tidy Porsche, but the points leader is Tommy Croft, 19 ahead of Larry Noel. The full story will be in the next issue. OFF ROADSMAN BALLOTS -If you neglected to send in your nomination ballot for the Off Roadsman Awards next December, there is one category in which we wish to do a little campaigning, Person of the Year. Often the recipient is the most visible driver of sponsor, but we have what we th ink is a good man to be Person of the Year for 1991 . How about voting for Mike Thomas, major domo at Chenowth. Mike with the help of other small companies in southern California produced a bunch of FAY Fast Attack Vehicles for the Navy Seals, the Marines and even the US Army. Under project development for some times the order came late for fast if not immediate delivery of a double digit amount of the vehicles for use in the Gulf War. Not only did Mike direct the around the clock work to get them finished and shipped, he and Don Prim of Unique Metal went to Saudi Arabia for many weeks to keep the FAVS tuned, repaired and ready for the next mission. End of Speech, but think about it this month when you vote the OffRoadsman ballot. RACE READY PRODUCTS of Chula Vista, CA sent us a nice note to express their gratitude for our assistance in helping to make the 1991 FRT Plaster City Blast Drawing for starting numbers a Huge Success. Gee it is nice to be thanked, even though we didn't do too much to help out. The note goes on to say that customers and fellow racers were very impressed with the turnout and they all appreciated the support from manufacturers in the off road industry. Thank You Race Ready Products. CAMEL TROPHY RETURNS TO SOUTH AMERICAN ROOTS -Camel Thophy 1992 will return to its traditional roots in South America, where the premier adventure event had its beginnings 12 years ago. Camel Trophy "Guyana 'Q.2" will pick up the trail in Brazil, where it left off in 1989, and make its way over little-used tracks into Guyana for the longest stretch of the 1,500 kilometre event. It is only the second time in the history of Camel Trophy that the route has crossed two countries. Teams from 18 countries are expected to take part in the 13th :mnual event, which is set to begin north of Manaus, Brazil, in late April at the beginning of the wet season. The planned route will take the convoy north across the equator to Boa Vista, crossing the border into Guyana near Lethem. It will continue northward across Guyana to the capital city of Georgetown, where the event will end in mid-May. Page 7

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TRUE VALUE BRUSH RUN 101 Labor Day In Crandon, Wisconsin By Judy Smith Photos: Dan Mainzer Photography Dwayne Walkoswski was the first big winner at the 1991 Brush Run, driving his Sparta chassis in the lead almost from flag fall in the 30 car field of Class 11 cars. He also placed fourth in Sunday's single seat Class 11 race. The little town of Crandon, Wisconsin, closed out the summer season with the True Value Brush Run 101, a lively weekend of.short course racing that swells the population of Crandon from its normal 2,000 to about 45,000. The Labor Day weekend event draws racers from both coasts, Canada and as far south as Florida and Texas, as well as the local competitors from Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota. The event, part of the mid-west's SODA/STORE series, is a three day affair, with Friday for sign up and tech inspection, as well as a brief practice session and the running of the "Hot-Laps" competition. Each contestant gets a chance to show what he can do around the 1. 7 miles of track, and the fastest driver in each class takes home a fresh hundred dollar bill. This year the fast lap record belonged to John Greaves, who drove his 1650cc powered buggy to the quickest time of all, just a twitch quicker than Walker Evans, from Riverside, California, in his big Dodge pickup. Saturday and Sunday are for racing, and all events are 20 minutes long, plus a lap. Most of the class events are on Saturday, and then Sunday afternoon is given over to the Challenge Races, which are rough amalgamations of similar classes, going for broke in their last race of the weekend. The competition is generally fierce in all the races, and one reason is that the payback is worth a little extra effort.. Although the entry fees are minute, by west coast standards, anything from $25 to $100, depending on the class, there is a guaranteed purse at this event, thanks to all those thousands of spectators. So, while the racer has invested only a nominal amount (and there are no added insurance, land use, or points fund fees), he still stands to be royally paid back. Membership in SODA is required, at $25, but only if a driver races with them more than one time, so that's not a big item either. Payback into the purse is Page 8 100% and then the Wolfshead Sportsman's Club, which owns the race track and produces the race, guaranteed an additional $26,000 in purse money for this race. But, when attendance was so good this year the guarantee was raised to $40,000, which was added to all the entry fee cash, and then divvied up amongst the top finishers in each event. The racing schedule is always organized so that each driver can enter as many races as possible. With this in mind, most of the "buggy" class drivers build two seat cars, so they can then race them, without passengers, in the single seat classes also. Thus, a 1650cc two seat car can race in four events: Class 10, Class 9 (single seat 1650cc), Class 2 unlimited and Class 1 unlimited. A two seat 1600cc can be raced in six classes if the driver has a big motor to pop in for the unlimited events, or, if he feels lucky he can try it with his little motor. And in the trucks there's some doubling up also, since the Class 4, or four wheel drive production vehicles will often race in Class 14, which is for unlimited four wheel drive trucks. And, Class 3 trucks, the short wheelbase four by fours, join in sometimes also. With all this mixing and matching, the approximately 220 drivers expanded to an entry list of 492, not including the Good . Ole Boys, who brought another 185 entry level off road sedans for the last event of the weekend. It was a big crowd, and drew a lot of spectators. Friday was sunny and hot, and that's always good for the races, because if it's nice on Friday the fans pack up their families and head for the campgrounds at the racetrack. But the Wisconsin weather gods played dirty and it got cold overnight, down into the 40s, and the spectators pulled out their sweatshirts and jackets for Saturday morning's racing. In fact, for nearly all day Saturday, which was windy and cloudy, it never did get warm. But the racing was hot. The fans, who sit on the hillside which forms the side of the lopsided bowl of the racetrack, had no complaints. The first event was at 10 a.m., and featured 28 of the SODA/ STORE Class 11 cars, which are buggies using stock Volkswagen components. Cory Friday, in a Friday chassis, took the lead off the start, but spun out in the turn at the scoring tower and fell back to seventh, and Dwayne Walkow-ski, in a Sparta chassis, slid by and took the lead. The track was very wet and slippery, and not only were the drivers having trouble keeping their wheels headed for-ward, but they were also having Jeff Probst led the 13 car field in Class 10 to the checkered flag, his Probst Laser smoking most of the 12 laps, but it stayed together to bring him in first. He also won Class 9 and was third in _the Unlimited Challenge. November 1991 Keith Berard came from Minnesota to race his two seat Class 11 to second in the weekend's first race, and Keith drives a Friday chassis in competition. Greg Spear had a good run on the slippery, heavily watered track to a close third in the big Class 11 group, taking the honor home to Missouri. trouble seeing through the mud stuck to their faceplates. Tear offs got used up quickly in this event. Walkowski continued to lead, while Keith Berard, in a Friday chassis, pushed hard in an effort . to catch him. He had Gregory Spear, in a Parsons chassis, running close behind him. Meanwhile, Friday was trying to catch up, and so was Dan Baudoux, in a Mirage chassis, who'd been bumped in the start traffic jam, and ended up way back. Glen Mathews, Mark Stein-hardt, Fred Babinchak and Friday ran in a tight clump, vying for fourth place, and on the fifth lap, as Walkowski, Berard and Spear continued to lead, Friday moved up to fourth, while Baudoux had made it back to eighth. By now Gerry Cote had broken a tie rod, Mark Eserhart had a front flat, Chad Ramesh had something badly bent in the rear, and Pat Maloney was beginning to smoke. For another four laps it was Walkowski, Berard, Spear and Friday, and now Mathews was fifth and Baudoux was sixth. But on the next lap Baudoux moved up to fifth, and straight into fourth as Friday dropped out. Walkowski went on to take the win, and Berard, who'd recorded the fast lap for the event, at 1 :59:093, was second, with a shaky front end. In third it was Spear, who'd had a clean run, and then Baudoux was fourth and Mathews was fifth. They were all still on the lead lap, as were the next eight places. Baudoux had his work cut out for him this weekend, because he was racing in a Michigan based series also, at night, in his Class 9 and unlimited car. So he had to leave Crandon and head for Michigan as soon as he got out of his car. The next event was a mix of Classes 10 and 5-1600, with the limited Baja Bugs starting a few seconds after the buggies had gone through the first turn. Lee Wuesthoff, in a Probst Laser, had the early lead, with Jeff Probst, in another Probst Laser, hot on his tail. They were chased by Brian Bernloehr, and then Art Schmitt, both also in Lasers, and then Carlton Jackson, from Florida, in a Taylor chassis. Wuesthoff continued to lead, while Probst's car began to smoke, but it didn't slow him down any. They paraded around for nine laps in that order, wending their way through the 5-1600s, and damaged buggies, but no one seriously gaining on anyone else. Schmitt was finding his rear suspension too soft, so he had to cool it on the jumps, and ?('1 ,f>: -Art Schmitt also drives a Probst Laser, finishing second in Class 10 and third in Class 9, and with a big motor he won both Class 1 and Class 2 and was second in the Unlimited Challenge. Dusty Times

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Brian Bernloehr flew his Laser to third in Class 10, but mechanical trouble kept him out of the money in the other events he started at the Brush Run. Desert trucker Chuck Johnson campaigns a 5-1600 Bug in SODA, and he won the very tight battle for second in the class by just 3½ seconds at the flag. Bernloehr lost his turning brake second, Bernloehr was third, and about midway through the race. Jackson, whose throttle had hung And then, on the tenth lap, wide open, so he had to take his Wuesthoff coasted off to the side foot off the pedal way before he of the course, and got out to study got to the turns, was fourth. his broken c.v. joint, while the Meanwhile, the 5~1600s were others went on. led by Michael Brue, but he was Probst's car was still smoking, holding off a determined effort by but it was obviously nothing Scott Taylor, who had Chuck serious, and he took over the lead, Johnson on his bumper. Chuck with Schmitt, Bernloehr and was, in turn, being crowded by Jackson still running in order Ron Karlman and Terry Wolfe. behind him. Jeff recorded the fast Johnson moved into second lap for this group, at 1 :41 :032, place on the second lap, with and took the win, reporting that Taylor third, and Karlman's wind hiscarhadrunhot,buteverything offs came all unwound and worked "good". The corners wrapped around his cage, and were getting rough he said, with flew out the window like party lots of rocks in them. Schmitt was streamers, but didn't seem to Scott Taylor, who now races mainly in trucks, still does buggies and drives this 5-1600 as well. Scott ended up third in class in a real dog fight. Class 13 is unique to SODA and these truck chassis 'buggies' delight the crowd. Bruce Shilts took the early lead, dropped to second for a time, but came out the winner with his Chevy power after ten laps. Dusty Times · Mike Brue led the 11 5-1600s most of the race, and won by a very few seconds in a very tight run for the limited Bugs. His fiancee Wendi Schmalz drove the Bug to second place in the Women's Unlimited event. bother him, as he continued to the first turn, which is blind, work on getting by Taylor. This downhill, slightly off camber and was a hard race for the Bugs, and bordered by a muddy pond at the Tom Brockman's rear cage was end, is something to watch when dragging, while Scott Miller broke it's filled with these behemoths. a c.v. and pulled out, and Paul These "buggies" are exotic heavy Dallman's car sounder sicker and metal race cars built with no sicker, and quit on the third lap. attempt to look like a particular Brue ran an untroubled race, brand in general. Almost all are although his car felt squirrely on powered by big Chevy motors, the jumps, while Taylor nagged and they thunder just like the and nagged at Johnson, whose two trucks when they take off. year old motor had developed a There were 24 of them, and the miss, and finally, on the eighth Chevy powered car of Bruce lap, Taylor was back in second Shilts emerged as the early leader, .place, while Johnson dropped to with Tim Parsons second, John third, and Karlman held on to Schultz third, Lowell DeGreef fourth. fourth, in his ShaBooms, which As Brue continued to lead, boasts a Ford frame and a 454 Taylor held off Johnson until, on Chevy motor. Kelly Montgomery lap ten, a Class 10 car bumped was fifth. him out into the weeds, and On the second lap, while Shilts Johnson scooted past. There still led, Schultz had moved to wasn't enough time left, and second place, and DeGreef was up anyway, his motor was a little to third, followed by Tom Jensen, underpowered, and he had to in an all Chevy car. By the third settle for third. It was Brue, lap DeGreef was in the lead, but Johnson, Taylor and Karlman. he had a right rear flat. Shilts was Brue had the fast lap for this second, followed by Schultz, and group, at 1:52:601. Jensen, all in a tight pack. But The next race was for Class 13, DeGreefhad to go to his pit to get the front engined "buggies", and a new tire, and Shilts was back in Weak engine fasteners can cause compression loss, oil leaks, and bearing failures. RACEW ARE fasterners are made from 8740 Chromoly steel to Aerospace standards and at 190,000 PSI tensile strength, are 40% stronger than original VW. Don't wait for disaster to strike. Keep it together with RACEW ARE fasteners! Available for B0111 Air and Water-cooled VW 's. the lead. Jensen moved up to second place, and then on the fifth lap took over the lead, with Shilts now second and Schultz third, while Montgomery held fourth, and D an v'anden Heuvel was fifth, but not for long, as he developed a flat tire. Jensen now led for five laps, with ·Shilts second, and Robert Flanagan, in a 1930 Chevy, moved gradually up to third,. making a comeback after being bumped in the first turn. Jeff Camp, in a Ford frame/Chevy motor car, had also moved gradually up, and by lap 8 was fifth, behind Montgomery. They then had a back and forth battle, switching positions, and putting on one of the better races. On the white flag lap Jensen was black flagged when the officials noticed that the window net on the passenger side of his car was not attached. He was pulled briefly into the infield, where this was explained, and then he moved on, but Shilts had passed him during the discussion. Shilts took the win, and although Jensen actually finished second, he was declared disqualified because of the window net. So Flanagan got second place, with Camp in third and Montgomery fourth. DeGreef had the fastest lap for this t"vent, at 1:42:416. Next to perform were the single seat 1600s, all 28 of 'em, and the track had dried out enough that they made a cloud of dust as they slid into that first turn. When they came out of it John Greaves had his Taylor chassis in the lead, followed by Greg Smith, in another Taylor, and then Jim Wiggins in a Wiggins/ Berrien. In fourth it was Jeff Jones, in another Taylor, and in fifth it was Scott Taylor, in, you guessed it, a Taylor. Scott was driving for Brian(Jlr · ORDER LINE 1-800-468-1977 Info.{fech 313 946-4477 Send for FREE newsletter. 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This keen Class 13 is Robert Flanagan's '30 Chevrolet truck, more than slightly modified, and Flanagan took second in class and fourth in the Non-Production Challenge. John Greaves led the 28 Class 1-2-1600 racers out of the first turn, lost the lead for a few laps, but got it back driving his Taylor to "the win in both 1-2-1600 and 2-1600 classes and he won the Limited Challenge as well. r;r Frankenberg, who'd had recent back surgery. For three laps they ran in that order, while in back of them a pack consisting of Gary Bowles, . Michael Seefeldt, Mike Sorensen and Mark Hameister battled for seventh place. Jeff St. Peter, in a Taylor, was running sixth. On the fourth lap it was Greaves, Smith, Wiggins and then Taylor and Jones. Behind them St. Peter held firm, and Seefeldt had moved up to seventh, with Sorensen behind him. Greaves let himself drift a bit too wide in a turn on the next lap, and Smith took over the lead, but by the sixth lap Greaves was back in front, and Wiggins was close on Smith's bumper. Smith's brakes were locking up, but he was making the best of it. There was a lot of close pushing and shoving going on in the ranks behind them. Greaves kept a firm hold on his lead, while Wiggins tried and tried to get past Smith. Taylor held on to fourth and Jones and St. Peter followed along in order. They finished in that order: Greaves, Smith, Wiggins, Taylor, Jones and St. Peter. Wiggins had a knot on his forehead from a rock tossed by Smith's tires. Bowles had the fast lap, a very quick 1:41:955. he got a full lap in, while Curt Gerald's Fiero started to smoke, and Jack Schroeder pulled out in a cloud of steam. Statezny gradually built a big lead, with Bekavac steady in second and Polzin, thinking he must have a broken frame because of the way his front end felt, third. Kamm blew steam for a while, and then disappeared, and John Znidorka, in a Buick Skylark, moved into fourth place. Then on the seventh lap Bekavac also pulled out, en-veloped in steam, moving Polzin up to second place, and Znidorka to third. Gary ·Bradley, in a Pontiac Gran Prix, with tractor tires on the front, was then fourth. By then there were only four cars on the lead lap, and only five cars actually still moving, since Fannin had come out to play, although three laps down after his flat. Statezny ran steadily, unchallenged, to take his win, looking very battered from a hard hit taken right off the start. Polzin, getting his first Crandon finish ever, was second, Znidorka third, and Bradley was fourth. The fast lap, at 1 :52:499, belonged to Fannin. The next group was the very fast Class 9 cars, and 20 of them took off, making for a very tangled and bumpy start. Jeff Now the track maintenance ' crew came out and watered the track for the next group, the Class 6 production sedans. As they slid through the mud on the first lap the lead belonged to Fay Statezny, in his Chevelle, who lives on the grounds of the race track, and is the favorite here. His good friend, Allen Fannin, in another Chevelle, who usually gives close battle, was down to a crawl, with a right front flat tire. In second it was Greg Bekavac, then Jeff Polzin, in an El Camino, was third and Tim Kamm was fourth. tower turn, only to have Kincaid "' go back around him a few seconds later. They were still both close to Low, and on the white flag lap, with the crowd on its feet and yelling, Kincaid zoomed past Simon and Low on the sweeper hill, to take the lead. Simon got by Low also, to move up to second, but Spencer got past him again as they came through turn number one the last time. And then they passed and repassed once more, with Low getting to second place just in time for the checkered.flag. Kincaid got the win, and recorded This Class 13 is a Ford chassis with Chevrolet power, and Jeff Camp saw the fast lap of the event, at through his mud shield well enough to take third in this wild class. 1:43:620. Then came Low and Probst emerged in the lead, in a Laser, while Don Ponder, who comes up from St. Louis, had his Laser in second place, followed by Tom Schwartzburg, another Laser, and Bill LeFeuvre, from Canada, in a Berrien. Lee Wuesthoff, usually a front runner, was 17th, after missing a shift, and Billy Beck had parked his car before completing half a lap. Greaves, who'd recorded the fast time on Friday ;n this car, had gone wide to miss a crash at the start, got pushed sideways down the track into the ribbons, and ran 16th. Probst pulled out a long lead, with Ponder and LeFeuvre, who was now third, running hard behind him. Schwartzburg had dropped to fourth, while Art Schmitt, who'd been tapped in the start melee, moved up to fifth in his Laser, and then to fourth place on the next lap. They ran that way for five laps, Probst gradually lengthening his lead, in spite of the fact that his car was running hot. On the sixth lap Jeff St. Peter moved up into fifth place. Meanwhile, Wuesthoff and Greaves were gradually moving up, and Greaves wanted to get past Wuesthoff, putting on a good show in the attempt. Todd Attig moved his Terminator into fifth place on the seventh lap and St. Peter dropped back. Wuest-hoff and Greaves were now eighth and ninth. But on the ninth lap Wuesfhoff was gone, as another c.v. broke. It was still Probst, Ponder, LeFeuvre, Schmitt and Attig, but then Attig disappeared on the 11th lap. And on the last lap LeFeuvre's race ended when a belt came off and water blew out and got sucked into the motor causing it to stop. So at the finish it was Probst, Ponder, Schmitt, Schwartzburg and Greaves. Ponder, who runs a screen in his windshield area to protect himself from rocks, reported that this was his best Class 9 finish this year, and that it was a "perfect race." He also recorded the fast lap for thiJ event, at 1 :36:651. The next event to take the green flag was the Class 7 race, for the mini trucks. There were 18 entries, and they made it through that hazardous first turn in pretty good shape. Spencer Low had his Nissan out in front, with Scott Taylor, in a Ford, running second, followed by Paul Simon, in another Ford, and then Jeff Kincaid, in still another Ford. Chuck Johnson ran fifth in Greg Smith's Ford, trying to help sort out the not-quite-correct suspension. Low held his lead, but Taylor's truck started to smoke on the second lap and Kincaid had already got past Simon and moved to third. By the fourth lap it looked as if Taylor was closing up on Low, but then his truck seemed to slow and Kincaid began to close up on him. Low was looking good in front but Taylor dropped out with a broken transmission and Kincaid was now second, with Simon in third and Johnson fourth, and Jim Wiggins, in another Ford, trying to go around him. Now Simon was gaining on Kincaid, whose motor was starting to smoke faintly, but he, in turn, was closing up on Low. The audience loved it. Low held his lead, but Simon passed Kincaid in the scoring Simon and Johnson in fourth, then Wiggins. By three p.m., when it was time for the 2-1600s to go for it, the sky was blue and the sun shone brightly around fluffy clouds, but the temperature was still mild. There were 23 of the 1600s, and all of them made it through the first turn, on a dusty track. Generally, if ESPN was going to film an event, the track was watered thoroughly, to prevent dust, but, since ESPN has always had little interest in the limited cars, they usually run on a sticky, not slimy, track, with some dust. Jim Wiggins put his Berrien into the lead, with John Greaves, in his Taylor close behind him. Then it was Greg Smith in a Taylor, Jeff Jones in another Taylor, and Scott Taylor in Brian Frankenberg's Taylor. But Wiggins found that his rear suspension was too soft, and it was bottoming as he landed off the jumps. He was having to cool it a bit, and Greaves was soon moving in for the kill. Taylor came up a position, to fourth, and on the third lap Greaves passed Wiggins to take the lead. They ran like that for several laps, and then Taylor developed a front flat that slowed him a bit, and Jones went past him into fourth. Smith was having trouble with a sticky throttle starting on Fay Statezny had an easy run to victory in his Class 6 Chevy Chevelle after his main competition, Al Fannin faded early, and Fay led all the way on the newly muddied up race track. Statezny continued to lead; while the rest followed in order, and Mike _Rau pulled out before Greg Smith led the 1-1600 battle for a time, kept the leader honest all the way to second place and he took third in the hectic Limited Challenge. Jim Wiggins was a busy man at Crandon, placing third in 1-1600, second in 2-1600 and he put his Berrien home second in the Limited Challenge race. Page 10 November 1991 Dusy Times

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the seventh lap. On the ninth lap Taylor lost the tire altogether, and fell way back, and by now, with Greaves way out in front, it was Wiggins in second, Smith third, Jones fourth and Jeff St. Peter, who'd been roughed up some in the start, in fifth. They ran that way a couple more laps, and on the white flag lap Smith's motor was sounding unwell, and sure enough, he couldn't maintain the pace. Greaves got the win, saying he hadn't had to work too hard for it, and Wiggins, owning up to a slight handling problem because of the soft rear end, was second. But Jones had moved into third, while St. Peter was fourth. Smith salvaged a fifth place. The fast lap belonged to Greaves, at 1 :48:256. Class 9 had 21 starters, many from Class 10 ranks, and Don Ponder worked Jeff Polzin races a Chevy El Camino in Class 6, limited to American made his way through the pack to finish second in his Laser by a few seconds. cars, and he had a good run at Crandon, taking a fine second in class. The next event on Saturday's agenda was the Class 4 trucks, who took off, 12 strong, at 3:45. Out front from the flag was Jack Flannery, in his Chevy, Crandon 's native son, and a heavy favorite to win this event. But pushing him hard was Kevin Probst, in his exotic Chevy, followed by Dave Hameister, in another Chevy and then Greg Gerlach, in a Dodge. Joey Flannery, a cousin of Jack's was fifth in a Ford. Dennis Chencharic was parked on the first lap, as his trans went away, in a cloud of smoke. Flannery led into the second lap, but when he went down into the gravel pit he never came out again, to the dismay of the audience.· He'd lost the trans~ mission. Probst, who'd lost his front drive right after Flannery broke, went into the lead, with Hameister now second, Joey Flannery, his carburetor flooding, in third, Gerlack fourth, and Mark Pelletier, in a Chevy Sl0, a close fifth. Probst, with the only truck in the class that boasts a turning brake, built a big lead, while some others fared badly, as Jason Janusz who limped around for four laps, and could go no further, and Scott Smith, whose truck c,aught fire, and he unknowingly drove a half lap with big flames billowing in the bed, before some corner workers convinced him to stop, and they put it out. With the field thinned out, Probst didn't have a lot of traffic on his way to the win, and he got the message that he didn't need to knock himself out to stay in front, and slowed to a car saving pace. Meanwhile, Geoff Dorr, in a Jeep, who'd been sixth at the start, was working his way up. He was up to second on the fourth lap, and from about the eighth lap on pushed extra hard, even recording the fast lap for the class, at 1:37:092, but just couldn't quite catch Probst, who'd got such a good lead by then. So it was Probst, whose truck also spouted . flames at the finish line ( easily doused by the observant course workers), then Dorr, Joey Flannery in third, and Gerlach, who says he's still getting used to I his new Dodge. Probst was: delighted with his win, but even more excited by the fact that his wife, Vickie, had given birth to a baby girl the previous Monday. The Class 3 trucks ran the next · event, and 14 of them took to the track, most getting through the start just fine. Herb Rosborough, in a Chevy, had the lead, with Ron Hill, already smoking, in second place, and Jerry Bundy third in his Jeep. Bill Schirm, Jeep, was fourth, and Gerald Foster was fifth in a CJ7, and close behind' Schirm. Spencer Low came from Arizona to try and repeat his earlier triumph in Class 7, but the Nissan was down a little on power, and Low finished second. Californian Paul Simon brought his Ford Ranger to Crandon, had small nagging troubles and finished third in Class 7 but second in the Challenge event. Dusty Times On the second lap, with Rosborough still leading, nothing changed but fifth place, where Mike Savage replaced Foster, and on the fourth lap, he moved up another notch, and then found himself in third place, as Hill's truck gave up the effort. Rosbor~ ough now had a 16 second lead on second place Bundy, with Savage third, Schirm, being sprayed by a mist of water from a small hole in his radiator, was fourth, and Foster was close behind him, knowing that Schirm was throw~ ing a lot of mud on his radiator, and watching the temperature gauge. They ran that way for about four laps, and then, on the ninth lap, with Rosborough hav~ng a perfect (;a-Despite a pair of west coast racers in the 18 truck Class 7 field, home town Crandon racer Jeff Kincaid not only won Class 7 in his Ford, he won the 6 & 7 Challenge too, taking the lead in both races on the last lap. When Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, How Many Drivers Wanted The Helmet That Peter Piper Picked? Helmet includes Nomex Skirt • More Nose Room • Lighter • Seals Better Against Dust• 30% More Vision• Also Available - Full Line of Simpson Products • Bell Helmets • Glass Shields • Drinkers • Kool Pac's • Pumper Motors • 4'-8' Hoses • 1985 Snell Approved Helmets We Also Convert Helmets! We Ship UPS Fax (714) 923-3118 Parker Pumper Helmets 2318 S. Vineyard, Ste B Ontario, Calif. 91761• Phone (714) 923-7016 November 1991 l~l!. Page 11

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Jeff Jones, here followed closely by Scott Taylor, survived nicely to place his Taylor built chassis home third in 2-1600, while Taylor was fourth in the Limited Challenge race. 1:.-run, and far out in front, Schirm's temperature gauge suddenly read too hot and he decided to park. Foster's was also saying he could be in trouble, but he kept moving right along. Rosborough motored on smoothly to take the win, and Bundy, saying everything was "just great", finished second. Foster, his car really hot, finished third, but Savage, after recording the fast lap for the class during his nice run, at 1:46:727, had dropped out on the tenth lap. Class 2 fielded only nine cars, and the track had been watered into slippery goo for these folks. Art Schmitt put his Laser into the lead, with Scott Schwalbe, in a Taylor, running second, and Dave Vandermissen, Jr., in a Vander-m issen, in third place. 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There was to be no joy in Crandon that night. But Evans continued to fly, looking smooth and strong, with Taylor now running second. But a rock had poked a hole in a front brake line, and Scott was running out of brakes. Jimmie Crowder, in a Ford, ran third, Ferdon was back in fourth, and Dave Parsons was fifth in his Chevy. For most of this season, Flannery had been racing in Parsons'· truck while he .. tried to get his own finished. He'd rented the truck, and had made impovements to the suspension and motor, and now Dave had it back, better than when he'd rented it out. There were an even dozen Class 4 trucks and Crandon's favorite Jack Flannery led the first lap, broke, and Kevin Probst took the lead in his Chevrolet and Kevin was never headed en route to victory. Geoff Dorr and his Jeep /:loncho were stuck "in second place all weekend, as Dorr was second in Class 4, second in Class 14 and second in the Heavy Metal Challenge. Laser, Billy Beck, up from Texas, was last in his Mazda powered car, which wasn't running well. Schmitt held the lead, and Schwalbe held second, but Wuesthoff moved into third, and Vandermissen started to smoke some. His dad, Dave Vander-missen, Sr., in another Vander-· missen, had run out of tear offs early, and been unable to see, but was now running right behind. him in fifth. Jeff Probst, who'd gotten a bad start, had his Laser pushing hard, but was running dead last now. Schmitt was building a good lead, and Schwalbe continued to run second, but Wuesthoff coasted to a stop with another broken c.v. That put Vander-missen, Jr. back in third place, with Sr. in fourth and now Probst in fifth. In another lap Probst was third, and gaining on Schwalbe. But by the ninth lap he was parked on the hill, some part of the car having gone up in smoke. the pack was howling at his heels, and Flannery had his new Chevy on the Dodge's bumper. Dennis Ferdon ran third, Scott Taylor had his Ford fourth, and Pete Van DeHey was fifth in his Dodge. They ran a whole lap with Evans in front and Flannery right on his tail, and, while both were fast, it looked as if Evans had the edge on handling. But Flannery's truck is still new. On the second lap Jack landed hard off of one of the front straight jumps, and then quietly pulled out of the race, his front Evans never slowed, and kept building his lead, while Taylor chased in second place. Crowder broke an upper balljoint on the fifth lap, and Parsons moved into third, with Ferdon fourth and Van DeHey in fifth, and trying to get by him. Ferdon faded away on the fifth lap, and Van DeHey pulled out on the next lap with what he called "a phantom fuel problem". Now it was Evans, Taylor, Parsons and Dave Hockers, in a Ford was fourth. Evans had 26 seconds on Taylor. Walker was having nothing but fun, while the truck ran at 182 degrees, and the transmission read 140, just where he wanted them. He went on to take the win, followed in second by a brakeless Taylor, then Parsons, and no one else was on the lead lap. Evans had recorded the fast lap, at 1 :36:099. After a night of hurried repairs for some, and congenial partying for others (particularly those who partook of Crowder's tasty alligator ribs, cooked over the open fire in his pit), Sunday dawned warmer and clear. When the trucks went out for their brief practice session, Flannery's was briefer than most, as the other side of that A-frame broke. So he was towed off to the pits, where his crew made a feverish attempt to get him ready for the big So it was Schmitt, Schwalbe, • Vandermissen and Vandermissen, and no one else was on the same lap. Schmitt said he'd got a nice hole shot at the start, avoided any trouble, and ran clean, also recording the class fast lap, at 1 :41 :298. Schwalbe admitted to a couple of "screw ups", but got his second place, while Vandermis-sen, Jr. bemoaned the fact that he'd chosen the wrong tires for the slippery course. The Senior Vandermissen was fourth, and the last to be on the lead lap. Brian Bernlo~hr, who'd had a flat, was fifth, two laps down. Joey Flannery flew his Ford in fine style in Class 4 action, and he had no real troubles on his way to a solid third in class, a half minute back. The next event, the finale for Saturday, was for the Class 8 trucks. There was lots of pre race conjecture about who'd do what to whom, since this was Flannery's first outing with his new Chevy, and all of Crandon hoped to see him run wheel to wheel with Walker Evans and his Dodge. There were 1 7 trucks, and the start was breathtaking. Evans took the lead off the start grid, but November 1991 Herb Rosborough drives a very tidy Class 3 Blazer and Herb had a perfect run in the Chevy, leading from green to checkered flag and he also took fourth in Class 14 in the Chevrolet. Dusty Times

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Challenge race at 1 p.m. The day's racing started off with Class 11 again, the single seaters this time, which simply means the two seaters with no passengers, in most cases. There were 31 entries, but they got through the start, with Dan Baudoux, in his Mirage, in the lead. He was followed by Keith Berard, in a Friday, then Chad Ramesh, in his homebuilt chassis, Mark Steinhardt in a Gilson, and Harold Smith in fifth place. By the time they were into their second lap, they were strung out all over the course, but Baudoux was still leading, and Berard and Ramesh followed. Nita Woulf spun in the mud, took a hit, and lost a tie rod end. Baudoux and Berard continued to lead, but now Cory Friday had brought his Friday up to third place, with Ramesh and Steinhardt still following. As Baudoux built his lead; Dwayne Walkowski, Saturday's winner, in his Sparta, moved into fifth, as Ramesh dropped back, and out. Berard looked as if he might have been closing on Baudoux, but then he developed a broken tie rod end, which made it hard to steer, and lost several positions. Then it was Baudoux, Friday, Steinhardt, Walkowski and Lonnie Andrews, in a Phazer. This group ran in that order, while all around them others dropped out. Dan Rothe broke something in front, Rodney Milligan lost his oil filter and didn't know it for a lap, and Tom Deschaine lost his right front wheel and tire, but kept on moving. Baudoux ran trouble free all the way, took his congratulations and then hurriedly headed off for Michigan, for his other race. He had scored the fast lap of this event, at 1:53:538. Friday, with his steering box going away for the last three laps, was happy with his second place, and Steinhardt was third, saying the track was in good condition. For a change ot pace, the Class 1 cars came out next, with 21 entries ready to go. The very fast V6 Chevy powered Laser of Jeff Probst was first through Turn 1, but he was chased by John Greaves, who runs a Toyota motor, then Art Schmitt, with a Nissan powered Laser, and Lee Wuesthoff in his Laser. Todd Attig had his Terminator in fifth place, but was out before the lap was over. Bill LeFeuvre moved his Berrien, which was powered by his single carbureted Class 9 (1650ccs) motor, up to fifth. They ran this way for four laps, and then there was no Probst, but he'd already scored the fast lap for the day at 1 :33: 146. Greaves now took over the lead, with Schmitt second, Wuesthoff, whose car was smoking, in third, LeFeuvre in fourth and Dave Vandermissen, Sr., in fifth. Behind them Dave Vandermissen , Jr. and Scott Schwalbe were having a good duel, as Schwalbe tried to improve his position. Greaves, Schmitt and Wuest-hoff, who'd put all new c.v.s on his car, continued to lead, then LeFeuvre ran fourth and Van-dermissen, Sr. dropped back six positions. James Struble in a Laser, moved up to fifth place. On the eighth lap Schmitt was beginning to close on Greaves, who was running into lapped Dusty Times Jerry Bundy races his Jeep CJ 8 mainly in the midwest, and he had no real problems getting the rig home second in Class 3, but had no luck on Sunday. traffic, and on the 11th lap front, with Greaves, who'd been Schmitt went by him, and now it running out of gas in the turns, in seemed that Greaves had some second place. Wuesthoff, delight-kind of problem. Wuesthoff was ed to get a finish, was third, on a third, LeFeuvre was still fourth, rear flat, and LeFeuvre and and Struble ran fifth. Struble finished out the first five. Another lap and they were Now it was time for the Class finished, and it was Schmitt in 14 race, and this time, out of the Gerald Foster flies into the uphill sweeper turn in his Jeep CJ-7 and he had a good run in Class 3, finishing a strong third in the close class. 15 entries, seven were Class 4s, Norm Thompson got his truck, a and two, Jerry Bundy's Jeep, and combination of Ford, Chevy and Herb Rosborough's Chevy were Jeep parts, into the loose stuff, Class 3s. But Bundy never got to slid sideways, rolled over, and show what he could do, because ended up hung on the chain link after one lap he was parked in fence that separates the race track front of the barn, watching. from the highway. 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way to the finish. So it was , Greaves; getting his third win for the weekend, followed by Wiggins, Smith, Taylor and St. Peter. Greaves had the fast lap in this event, at 1:47:546. Just at high noon it was time for the two wheel drive and four· wheel drive non-production Challenge race. That means a mix of Classes 13 and 14, totaling 20 entries. Out of the first turn scramble the first vehicle was Norm Thompson in his hybrid, and he was mighty careful to stay out of the loose stuff up on the hill this time. He had Bruce Shilts hot Scott Schwalbe zipped his two seat Taylor into second in Class 2 and he came back later on to drive to a close fourth in the Unlimited Challenge. Dave Vandermissen Jr. flew his homebuilt chassis into third in Class 2 and he on his bumper, and then Lowell finished with his dad, Dave Sr., right on his bumper in a similar car. DeGreef, in ShaBooms, and Jim ·"""· Scott Taylor had his Class 8 Ford running great, but he lost the brakes in the Class 8 race and still placed second, and he was also fifth in the Heavy Metal Challenge. Canyon in fourth, with Robert Flanagan, in the 30 Chevy, in fifth. Thompson continued to lead·, and Shilts held second, pushed. by DeGreef, but Danny Kochen-ash moved into fourth, and Flanagan was still fifth. There was a terrific battle between Shilts, DeGreef and Kochenash for a while, and DeGreef ended up in second place. Californian and Dodge star Walker Evans had a perfect pair of races, as he Chevy, finishing fourth, and the only other truck on the lead lap. SK chassis, and then Mark Hameister. Thompson had quite a long lead by now, but DeGreef was gaining a little at a time. Shilts pulled out with a bad steering box problem, and now Kochenash was third, and Flanagan moved up to fourth, followed by Torn Jensen, whose window net was firmly attached this time. won Class 8 by a minute in the desert truck, and Walker won the Sunday Heavy Metal feature also, this time by just ten seconds. The first of the Challenge races was next on the agenda, and this was for the rear engined limited cars. In effect it was almost all 1600s, with just a few brave Class 1 ls giving it a try. There were 28 entries, and the first turn was a massive traffic jam, with cars sliding every which way, and out of which Greg Smith emerged in the lead. A couple of cars, came out of it with flats, and two of the Class 1 ls were never seen again. John Greaves was right behind Smith, and Wiggins behind him, followed by Mark Beabout, in an But Greaves had the lead the second time around, and Smith was second, with Wiggins third, Scott Taylor fourth, and Beabout fifth. Wiggins' car was still soft in the suspension, and Greaves was finding that his was too, so he had to back out of it a bit for the i;r untangle him, and that meant a yellow flag just before the fast sweeper turn for all that time. Meanwhile, Jack Flannery put his Class 4 Chevy into the lead, with Dave Hameister second, Bill Lohf in a Ford, third, Geoff Dorr, Jeep, fourth, and Bob Bemmels, a Class 14 car, in fifth. Flannery held his lead, even with a slightly soft rear suspension, but Dorr moved to second on lap two, Hameister was third, and Mark Pelletier, in his Chevy, came up to fourth, on the third lap. They ran Car# Pos. Driver in that order for many laps, with Flannery gradually pulling out a big lead. He ticked off the fast lap for the race, at 1:36:200, during the time the yellow flag was waving on the sweeper. The lead trucks ran in order through the eighth lap, and then Hameister fell out. But Flannery managed to keep it all together this time, and he got his win, to the delight of the highly partisan audience. Dorr was second, and Lohf finished third, with Herb Rosborough, in that Class 3 Vehicle Time Laps 761 3 Brush Run 101 Results August 31 - September 1, 1991 Ford Paul Simon, Fallbrook, CA ClilH 11 • Sl!H.k VW C2m11120110I B11ggx • 2 lillill • 3l! !ili111 760 4 Chuck Johnson, Rockford, IL Ford 1162 1 Dwayne Walkowski, Medford, WI Sparta 21:53.43 10 CIH!i 2· l Iii!!! • l!im SHI l Iii!!! cc B11gg)'. • 23 !ili111 1177 2 Keith Berard, Minnetonka, MN Friday 22:01 :57 10 637 1 John Greaves, DePere, WI Taylor 1196 3 Gregory Spear, St. Peters, MO Parsons 22:23.66 10 686 2 Jim Wiggins, Dixon, IL Berrien 1127 4 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, Ml Mirage 22:41:51 10 714 3 Jeff Jones, Whitewater, WI Taylor 1102 5 Glen Mathews, Rhinelander, WI unknown 22:49:23 10 712 4 Jeff St. Peter, Port Washington, WI Taylor CIHli 112 • 2 Hill !.lolimilcd lli512 cc-13 lililcl 792 5 Greg Smith, Hopkins, MN Taylor 099 1 Jeff Probst, New Lenox, IL Laser 21:40:09 12 Clillili ! · !WD eC12d11cll120 lr'.llblcla • 12 lili111 902 2 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA Laser 21:49:37 12 499 1 Kevin Probst, New Lenox, IL Chevy 036 3 Brian Bernloehr, Bloomington, MN Laser 22:28:22 12 417 2 Geoff Dorr, Rockford, IL Jeep 939 4 Carlton Jackson, Tallahassee, FL Taylor 22:45.10 12 444 3 Joey Flannery, Elcho, WI Ford 070 5 Larry Woods, Clio, Ml Mirage 23:04.25 12 402 4 Greg Gerlach, Dakota, MN Dodge CIHli 5:llil!!! • lli1!12 cc B1i1 B11g-ll lili111 405 5 John Heidtman, Marquette, Ml Ford 589 1 Michael Brue, Pewaukee, WI Baja Bug 22:46:62 11 Clil&li 3 • Sb!2cl WB !WO ec12d11cll120 ~biclc-H lililcl 599 2 Chuck Johnson, Rockford, IL Baja Bug 22:50:33 11 360 1 Herb Rosborough, Rockford, IL Chevy 555 3 Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL Baja Bug 22:53.86 11 316 2 Jerry Bundy, Rockville, CT Jeep 556 4 Ronald Kartman, Ixonia, WI Baja Bug 23:15.54 11 314 3 Gerald Foster, Noble, IL Jeep 579 5 Terry Wolfe, Wauwatosa, WI Baja Bug 23:22.14 11 369 4 Milan Mazanac, Bancroft, Ont. Chevy Cl111 13 • EC!2ol l;;ogloa BL!ggx • 2111111 341 5 Al Drews, Ypsilanti, Ml unknown 1348 1 Bruce Shilts, Kenosha, WI Chevrolet 20:00.28 10 Clillili 2 • !.!ollmilad 2 IHI • 11! lililcl 1369 2 Robert Flanagan, Hartland, WI '30 Chevy 20:17.48 10 902 1 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh.PA Laser 1340 3 Jeff Camp, Crystal Falls, Ml Chevrolet 20:28.69 10 209 2 Scott Schwalbe, Rhinelander, WI Taylor 1371 4 Kelly Montgomery, Crandon, WI 20:30.63 10 206 3 Dave Vandermissen Jr., Bark River, Ml 1344 5 Dave Vorpahl, Oconto Falls, WI 20:32.18 10 205 4 Dave Vandermissen Sr., Wilson, Ml Cius l·llil!!! • Slagle Seal lli1212 cc BL!ggx-211 !ililcl Qla1s l! -·2w12 E!!II ~IH ei!ckUR • lZ lili!l1 637 1 John Greaves, DePere, WI Taylor 20:35.76 11 817 1 Walker Evans, Riverside, CA Dodge 792 2 Greg Smith, Hopkins, MN Taylor 20:40.93 11 830 2 Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL Ford 686 3 Jim Wiggins, Dixon, IL Berrien 20:43.70 11 812 3 Dave Parsons, Antigo, WI Chevy jumps. On the third lap Jeff St. Peter moved up to fifth pface, and then they ran that way into the seventh lap, when Wiggins began to close up on Smith, whose oil light was coming on. He got by him on the next lap, and then they ran that On the sixth lap Patrick Brown got sideways and rolled over in turn one, and landed upside down, so it took a while to get the truck moved out of the way. In the meantime, the officials waved a yellow flag. On the seventh lap DeGreef got by Thompson, just as they came to the yellow flag, apparently not noticing that it was in effect. He took over the lead, and stayed in front through the end of the race, with Thompson running second. But after the finish, the officials disallowed the 11 360 4 Herb Rosborough, Rockford, IL Chevy 21:40.15 12 11 Bi:ac l;;ogloa Limilad Cb1llcog11 • 211 lililclClll 637 1 John Greaves, DePere, WI Taylor 21 :18.70 11 21:21:62 11 686 2 Jim Wiggins, Dixon, IL Berrien 21:24.30 11 21 :32:25 11 792 3 Greg Smith, Hopkins, MN Taylor 21:31 .84 11 21:58:29 11 622 4 Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL Taylor 21 :36.11 11 22:08.25 11 712 5 Jeff St. Peter, Port Washington, WI Taylor 22:00.55 11 22:09.75 11 21! 10d !I! ti120-e1:2d11cll20 Cballcogc · 212 11111 1414 1 Nonn Thompson, Gladstone, NJ Chevy 21:03.28 11 21 :01.48 12 1350 2 Lowell DeGreef, Green Bay, WI Chevy 20:59.95. 11 21:08:56 12 1322 3 Tom Jensen, Marinette, WI Chevy 21:34.07 11 21:32.03 12 1369 4 Robert Flaanagan, Hartland, WI Chevy 21:52.08 11 22:06.99 12 1425 5 Michael Rauch, Palm PA Chevy 21:56.12 11 22:22.53 12 Bi:ac li:ogloa !.!olimilcd Cb1ll11ogc - 2! 11111 937 1 John Greaves, DePere, WI Taylor 20:15.04 12 20:49:23 11 902 2 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA Laser 20:45.73 12 21:02.72 11 099 3 Jeff Probst, New Lenox, IL Laser 20:53.20 12 21:24.65 11 209 4 Scott Schwalbe, Rhninelander, WI Taylor 21:14.28 12 21 :51.05 11 107 5 James Struble, Derry, PA Laser 21:27.70 12 22:34.16 11 21! ilDd !I! ec2dMClism Cbilllcoga • 2l! lililclCCli 817 1 Walker Evans, Riverside, CA Dodge 20:52.50 12 19:46.68 11 417 2 Geoff Dorr, Rockford, IL Jeep 21:02.88 12 20:24.05 11 406 3 Bill Loht, Marinette, WI Ford 21:56.08 12 20:41.05 11 837 4 Jimmie Crowder, Tallahassee, FL Ford 22:00.96 12 20:41.52 11 830 5 Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL Ford 22:08.65 12 Clillili Ii ilDd Z Cb1ll11ogc -15 lililcl 20:35.10 12 707 1 Jeff Kincaid, Crandon, WI Ford 21:12.91 11 21:2S.42 12 761 2 Paul Simon, Fallbrook, CA Ford 21 :15.91 11 22:10.51 12 760 3 Greg Smith, Hopkins, MN Ford 21:51.01 11 622 4 Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL Taylor 20:49.14 11 Qlas:i ll~:§12!.'5 Y.W. Q2!I!R2aea! li!l!!l!IX ~ID!IIC :ica! • 31 ital1 661 4 John Znidorrka, West Allis, WI Buick 21:14.43 10 714 5 Jeff Jones, Whitewater, WI Taylor 20:49.55 11 1127 1 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, Ml Mirage 20:42.19 10 Wom~a·1 B1:1r Engine !,!nllmitc!! -l! 1tat1 CIiiis Ii· Am11clc10 lilldilDli • 15 !ili111 1114 2 Cory Friday, Oshkosh, WI Friday 20:46.80 10 792 1 Rhonda Smith, Hopkins, MN Taylor 11:34.00 5 698 1 Fay Statezny, Crandon, WI Chevelle 21 :14.28 10 1131 3 Mark Steinhardt, Rhinelander, WI Gilson 20:48.06 10 589 2 Wendi Schmalz, Port Washington, WI Baja Bug 12:03.61 5 607 2 Jeff Polzin, Peshtigo, WI El Camino 21 :38.63 10 1161 4 Dwayne Walkowski, Medford, WI Sparta 20:50.41 10 903 3 Ruth Schwartzburg, West Bend, WI Laser 12:10.84 5 661 3 John Znidorka, West Allis, WI Buick 22:09.47 10 1191 5 Lonnie Andrews, North Star, MN Phazer 20:59.11 1 0 W.2mea':1 B!:IIC l;;agin,: Limit,:!! - 1 ~ 1tat1 673 4 Gary Bradley, Crandon, WI Pontiac 22:26.07 10 ~ !.!allml!a!I ~logic ~HI -21 !di!!:1 1114 1 Tracy Silloway, Ripon, WI Friday 12:40.66 5 QIHI l! • ~l[l!II!: ~ill Unlimited 16l!Q !.le· 211tar:t 902 1 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA Laser 20:14.38 12 1166 2 Nita Woulf, Kaukauna, WI unknown 13:13.10 5 099 1 Jeff Probst, New Lenox, IL Laser 20:38.67 12 937 2 John Greaves, DePere,WI Taylor 20:16.69 12 1154 3 Pat Hammond, Palm, Ml unknown 13:19.55 5 908 2 Don Ponder, St. Louis, M<O Laser 20:51 .71 12 909 3 Lee Wuesthoff, Mequon, WI Laser 20:36.08 12 1159 4 Joan Silloway, Ripon, WI unknown 13:24.65 5 902 3 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA Laser 21:03.30 12 923 4 Bill LeFeuvre, Limehouse, Ont. Berrien 21 :01.02 12 1152 5 Shari Cudahy, Hortonville, WI unknown 13:35.86 5 903 4 Tom Schwartzburg, West Bend WI Laser 21:17.38 12 107 5 James Struble, Derry, PA Laser 21 :03.79 12 Women'1 Fc2nt Engine Unlimlted -l! itart 937 5 John Greaves, DePere, WI Taylor 21:23.12 12 Qlaii 14-Modlfi~!! ~!14 Y.cbl!<l!: • ll! lli!!l 1350 1 Shari Recla, Green Bay, WI Chevy 10:37.34 5 Qlas1 Z - ! ~xlla!!cc Mia! Inii;k:i · ll! 1ta!l 435 1 Jack Flannery, Crandon, WI Chevy 20:21.26 12 812 2 Sherri Parsons, Antigo, WI Chevy 10.50.18 5 707 1 Jeff Kincaid, Crandon, WI Ford (no times 11 417 2 Geoff Dorr, Rockford, IL Jeep 20:49:56 12 1322 3 Cathy Jensen, Peshtigo, WI Chevy 11:14.44 5 720 2 Spencer Low, Lake Havasu, AZ Nissan aiven for 11 406 3 Bill Loht, Marquette, Ml Ford 21:20.18 12 •time penalty included this race) Page 14 November 1991 Dusty Times

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Cory Friday plows up a few rocks in his Class 11 Friday. Cory placed second in Class 11S and Tracy Silloway won the Women's Limited race in the same car. .~• Lee Wuesthoff had CV problems all weekend, but his Laser held together to take third in Class 1, even though his engine was smoking at the flag. pass, and gave the win to weekend, and once again record, Thompson, which made up nicely ing the quick lap for the race-;at for his ignominious start on the 1 :34:388. In second it was day, when he was hung up in the Schmitt, who had two wins for fence for five laps. DeGreef took the weekend, then Probst, also a second place, and Jensen, who two win racer. In fourth it was had no problems with his Chevy Schwalbe, and Struble finished this time, was third, Thompson fifth. Bill LeFeuvre had worked was the holder of the fast lap, at his way up from dead last to sixth 1:42:891. place, Dave Lofland was seventh The fast buggies came out arullkck managed to get to eighth again, this time for the Rear place, the last car on the lead lap. Engine Unlimited Challenge. Now it was time for the There were 24 entries, and Jeff combined Class 4 and Class 8 Probst took the early lead, his V6 Challenge, and Flannery's crew Chevy scooting right along in had whipped his Class 4 Chevy front of John Greaves and his back into shape. Taking advantage Toyota 22R motor in a Taylor of his four wheel drive on the chassis, Art Schmitt and the Nissan, Todd Attig, and Jim Struble, who runs a water,cooled Golf motor in his car. Lee Wuesthoff, usually a front runner, had some kind of transitory problem, and was dead last, a long way back. Probst and the others ran in order for several laps, and were working their way through lapped cars by the fifth time around. Dave Vandermissen, Jr. lost his ring and pinion, and his dad, Dave, Sr., ran on three cylinders for a while, and then lost his transmission also. Jeff St. Peter broke a timing gear, and Billy Beck, who gave up on the Mazda motor he'd been trying to use, and stuffed his Class 9 motor in so he'd get to race, was having a tough go of it, since he'd lost second gear. race either. He was out on the third lap, with another broken · input shaft, the fourth of the weekend. As he pondered ways to solve his problem, Evans moved into the lead, and now Dorr was second, Lohf was third, Taylor was fourth and Crowder was fifth. And Bill Schirm, in a Class 3 Jeep, ran sixth. John Greaves got his Toyota powered Taylor right on line leading Class 1 in the early going but he was second by two seconds at the flag. He came back strong to win the 24 car Unlimited Challenge by half a minute. By the sixth lap the lead cars were into lapped traffic, and Taylor developed a flat front tire. As he slid in for some very fast pit work the order changed to Evans, Dorr, Lohf, Crowder, and then Pete Van DeHey, and Taylor with his new tire. Evans had a lead of .12:42 seconds on Dorr. As they worked through the lappers it was Evans, Dorr, Lohf, 'Crowder and Taylor, who was pushing hard. And they continued to run in that order for many laps, with Evans keeping the pedal down, and Dorr charging so hard to try to get him that he got fast lap honors for the race, at 1 :35:967. Lohf was steady in third place, and Crowder, who's a rookie at truck racing, was also steady at fourth, and Taylor just couldn't quite get caught up. freshly watered course, Flannery passed Lohf to take over third was out in front right away, but spot, while Taylor came up to Walker Evans was right behind fifth, with Crowder in sixth now. him in the Dodge. Joey Flannery · Jerry Bundy's Jeep overheated, had his Ford in third place, and and parked for the duration. Bill Lohf ran fourth in another Mark Pelletier had a rock stuck in Class 4 Ford, followed by Kevin his throttle pedal, and that made Probst in his Class 4 Chevy. In the pedal stick just as he came up fact there wasn't another two on Frank Hood, and he collided wheel drive vehicle until Jimmie with Hood's door full bore, Crowder came along in his Ford, damaging his own front end, and in 12th place. While everyone putting himself out of the race. made it through the first turn, Alas, it was not lack Flannery's Evans took the win, calling it a , "picture i;.-they didn't all get past the second - · one, and Greg Gerlach was out early when he got his Dodge sideways, came to a stop and Herb Rosborough plowed into him, breaking the left side of his front end. Rosborough was able to go on. On the second lap Flannery continued to lead, and Evans continued to chase. It was still Joey Flannery and Lohf behind them, and in fifth place now, Geoff Dorr in his Jeep. 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Norm Thompson flew his modified Chevrolet into victory in the 2x4 & 4x4 Non-Production Challenge, his first top finish of the busy weekend. Kincaid slid by into the lead in the going again. sweeper turn, and held on for the Parsons tried hard to catch last little bit, to take the win. Recla, in fact she tried so hard at Simon was second, and Smith was one point that she set herself up third and the last car on the lead on two wheels, and bicycled lap. Simon had the fast lap record, through a corner, losing mm e at 1:4 7:806. John Znidorka, the time than she'd gained. Recla let: first of the sedans, completed 10 all the rest of the way, and on the laps in his Buick for fourth place. last lap Van denHeuvel rolled The next event v,1as the first of over in front of the "grandstand" the women's races, necessarily hill, bringing her race to an abrupt held late in the day, because most end. She got a big hand from the of the cars are in use until then. audience when she waved that she Tom Jensen drove his "form follows function' Chevy to a good third in the The first event was a combination was o.k. Recla got another win, Non-Production Challenge, peering through a small hole in the mud guards. of Limited and Unlimited Parsons was second, and Jensen r;r perfect day", and Dorr, place on the fourth lap. Buggies. Rhonda Smith, Greg's finished third. Fast lap belonged who said it was fun, finished Then Fannin, who was seriously wife, who'd been sidelined by to Recla, at 1:51:500. second. Lohf reported a good, overheating, stopped in his pit for pregnancy for most of the season, cleanrun,asdidCrowder.Taylor a look see, and when he did, nowhadafiveweekoldbaby,and was fifth, and the last truck on the flames erupted under the hood. was back at the wheel. She took lead lap. That made it two wins They were swiftly extinguished, the lead in the 1600cc group, and for Evans for the weekend. but he was done. Now it was wasn't ever really challenged. There was one more event on the schedule, and the crowd was eagerly waiting to see the Good Ole Boys, or GOBs, as they're affectionately called. These are passenger sedans with a few safety modifications, and only minor improvements allowed, which pay an entry fee of $25. to race for a few laps on the same course. There were 185 of them this time, and they ran in two heats. That's right! Two heats of 90 plus cars each. It all looked like great fun and mass confusion, and the audience stays 'til the last one quits moving. The 1991 Crandon Brush Run 101 became history, another successful and profitable event for the folks of Crandon to be proud of. One really nice aspect of the Wolfshead Sportsmans Club which promotes this race, is that they're a non profit organiza-tion, and so their extra money, whatever isn't paid out as part of the purse, gets distributed in various ways in the local community. Many local groups help with the race somehow, and earn money for their efforts, so that the whole area benefits a great deal from the race. But the racers benefit too, because they get top notch racing, good pay back, and a welcome that's second to none, whenever they visit Crandon. The next Challenge race was a Simon, Kincaid, Taylor and Smith's an experienced driver, combination of Class 6, pro-Kamm, with Greg Smith running and had pre run by riding with duction sedans, and Class 7, mini fifth in his Ford. Then Taylor Chuck Johnson and Art Schmitt, trucks. There was a total of 13 coasted to a stop in front of the so she knew all the good lines. vehicles, and not surprisingly, one barn when some wires melted Behind her, Paula St. Peter passed of the sedans, the Chevelle of Al through because they'd got too Wendi Schmalz, in the 5-1600 Fannin, was first off the line, near the header. Baja Bug, to run in second place making good use of all his Now Simon had 7.84 seconds most of the race, only to horsepower. His close competitor, on Kincaid, who was gradually disappear on the last lap. So it was Fay Statezny, wasn't running in closing, but was struggling with Smith, and Schmalz, followed by this race, because he'd hurt his no power steering. Smith was in Ruth Schwartzburg in third place. back in Saturday's class event. In third, Kamm fourth, and Jim Tracy Crump, who spun out in second place off the line it was Jeff Bradley, fifth. the gravel pit and lost some time, Kincaid, in his Ranger, followed Simon was suddenly appreci-had the fast lap for the group, at by Paul Simon, and then Scott ably slower on the jumps, and in 2:04:460. She was a lap down at New to truck racing Jimmie Crowder had trouble in Class 8 action, but got his Ford around to the flag fourth in the Heavy Metal Production Challenge. Taylor, both Fords. the turns there was smoke coming the finish. On the second lap Simon and from under the front of his hood. In the Class 11 cars, Tracy Kincaid dueled for the lead, and It turned out that a coil spring had Silloway drove Cory Friday's car, they flew the jumps neck and come loose at the top, and was and took the lead right away, neck. Kincaid had a little edge cocked so that it interfered with followed by Nita Woulf, and then going into the gravel pit, but the tire, and was rubbing a gouge Letty Wheeler, and Pat Ham-Simon came out in front. Fannin in it. He made a quick pit stop to mond. Silloway held her lead, moved into second, Kincaid see if his crew could remove the while Wheeler and Hammond dropped to third, and Taylor was spring, and when they said they moved up, and Woulfdropped to fourth, with Tim Kamm fifth in couldn't help, he left, but Kincaid fourth place. She repassed the his sedan. The order held for the was now right on his bumper. other two, and came back to next lap, and Taylor was working Once again they flew side by second, but could not catch hard to pass Kincaid, but didn't side through the three jumps on Silloway, who was racing for only get it done, and then Kincaid got the front straight, entertaining the her fourth time. Silloway got her things together, and sailed past spectators, who were standing first win, wh_ich brought tears to Fannin, to move up to second and yelling their approval. her eyes, with Woulfsecond, 1600racerGregSmithhasanewC/ass7Ford,andheraceditthroughsome Hammond third, and Joan teething troubles, then finished a good third in the 6 & 7 Challenge race. Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rod Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! But be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Page 16 CALL FOR COURSES AND DATES GREAT 8/\.'SIN CONSUL TING 2738 CHAVEZ 0:-=!IVE RENO, NEVADA89502 702-825-8830 \ Silloway in fourth place. Tracy had the fast lap, at 2:08:629. The second women's event was for front engined cars, meaning a combination of Class 8s and Class 13s. This group was led by Gail Brand, in her Ford Class 8 truck. She had Shari Recla, in the ShaBooms Class 13 "buggy", chasing her, and Sherri Parsons, in Dave's Class 8 Chevy, running third. They were followed by Nancy Van denHeuvel, in another Class 13 buggy, and Cathy Jensen, in Tom's Class 13 Chevy powered car. Brand led into her second lap, but then the truck overheated, stalled on the front straight, and wouldn't restart. Everyone went by, and Recla was in the lead in Shabooms. Brand never did get November 1991 Rhonda Smith returned to ladies racing with a tremendous victory overall in the Women's Unlimited event, driving the Taylor, and Rhonda's new baby was merely five weeks old on race day. Dusty Times

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NOVEMBER 21-24, 1991 ~ -~~ ~ ~ ~-~ , --r' ,-- I ' 11 r ====-~~-,1• I r \ <. '1 \ · ,-~ \, - · • --'-'--t, . ~ '1/ ,-) • • • - ~ - ":J;'-, ~( I 1\(1 IS Ill -jiJIJ~1011Jm1lri Combination Desert & Closed-Course Racing! Las Vegas Speedway International * Entries Open "OCT 10" -Deposit: $100 4W -$50 'lWIATV (no refunds) * Register: Thursday & Friday Downtown Las Vegas * Practice: (Registered racers only) -See schedule In backl * Contingency & Tech: Friday 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Downtown LV. * Entry four-wheel: $300.00 (Incl. MINT 400 jacket for pre-entry ONLYI) (Entry also Includes 4 "A" Admission & 2 Pit Passes) * Entry two-wheel & ATV : $100 for Pre-Entry 9NL Y (Includes 2 "A" Admission & 1 Pit Pass) * Payback: 70% of Purse * Additional Admission at 50% off for racers. * Insurance: $90 p~rated (Incl. medlcal) -(rebate overage to class purse) * Assigned RV Parking close to race course * Assigned Pits for all participants on paved Dragstrlp * Extra Pit Passes: $5.00 ea. wHh regular Admission. * Special discount for Sr. Cttlzens & Servicemen. Child 12 & under FREE * SPECIAL DOWNTOWN ROOM RESERVATIONS & RATES: Call Las Vegas 41111, Inc. (702) 382-1600, ext 3101 or (602) 29&-3n5 * Formal Awards: Sunday, November 24, 1991 ······················································································································· .............................. I OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM i ~ (A liability release form and accompanying Medical Insurance Certificate must be attached to this form at the time of registration) CLASSES: D Group 1: Desert 0-5 0-5-1600 0-11 D Group 6: Stadium □-1/1600 □-Super Odysseys i . O-S Stock I D Group 2: Desert □-1-2/1600 □-Mini-Mag 0-9 □-9s D Group 7: Stadium 0-10 D Group 3: Desert ATV □-Open 0-250 □-Vet □-Sr. D Group 8: Desert 0-7 □-7S D-7-4X4 D Group 4: Desert MC □-Open U-2511 ': 125 □-Vet □-Sr. LJ Group 9: Desert □-Open 1&2 □-10 D Group 5: Stadium □-7 O-SuperStock D Group 10: Desert 0-8 □-4 0-6 □-3 0-14 * ENTRY OPENS OCTOBER 10, 1991 • "LATE or POST" ENTRY ADD $50 AFTER NOVEMBER 15, 1991 111 * ENTRY: Groups 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 -$300 plus $90 Ins. $390 ENTRY: Groups 3 & 4 - $100 plus $90 Ins. - $190 (Payback 70% of entry. Incl. 4 "A" Admission & 2 Veh. Pit & Mint Jacket) (Payback 70 % of entry. Incl. 2 "A " Admission & 1 Veh. 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D FRIDAY, NOV. 22-CoatlnaellCf & Tecb at Downton, Fremont Street D SATURDAY, NOV. 23 -RACE DAY· AB Qualifyln& Heats D SUNDAY, NOV. 24 -RACE DAY · AD Maim & Awards GROUPS, CLASSES & ORDER OF START Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 -Desert Baja Bug Class 5, 5-1600, and 11 -Fonnula Desert Ud. Class 1/2· 1600, Mini Mag, and 9 -Formula Desert ATV Class Open, 250. Vet, and Senior -Formula Desert M/C Class Open, 250, 125, Vet, and Senior -Fonnula Stadium Truck Class 7 and Fonnula Stadium SuperStock -Fonnula Stadium Ltd. 1-2/1600 and Super Odysseys -Formula Stadium ltd. Class 10 -Formula ltd. Desert Truck Class 7, 7S, 7-4x4, and Stone Stock -Formula Open Desert Class 1/2 and ltd. Class 10 -Formula Open Desert Truck Class 8, 4, 6, 3, and 14 . THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - PRACTICE: Group 1 7:00,7:10 10:00-10:10 1:00-1:10 Group 2 7:15-7:25 10:15•10:25 1:15-1;25 Group 3 7:31'"7:40 10:30•10:40 1:30-1:40 Group 4 7:45-7:55 10:45-10:55 1:45-1:55 Group 5 8:00-8:10 11:00-11:10 2:00-2:10 Group 6 8:15-8:25 11:15-11:25 2:15-2:25 Gro1q1 7 8:30-8:40 11:30-11:40 2:30-2:40 Group 8 8:45-8:55 11:45-11:55 2:45-2:55 Group 9 9:00-9:10 12:00-12:10 3:00-3:10 Group 10 9:15-9:25 12:15-12:25 3:15-3:25 (Practice times subject to change) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 - PRACTICE Practice on Friday will consist of only two rounds, starting at 7:15 a.m. and finishing at 12:25 p.m., as indicated above. REGISTRATION, TECH & CONTINGENCY will start at noon on Fremont Street in Downtwon Las Vegas. Registration hotel to be announced. PIT CREW COMPETITION is tentatively scheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m. on Fremont Street. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 -QUALIFYING HEATS (TWO ROUNDS): Since there will be intermissions for course repair and maintenance, the times lis1ed herein for practice and Heat races are meant to be us-ed only as guidelines. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 8;00-8:15 8:20-8:35 8:40-8:55 9:00-9:15 9:30-9:40 9:45-9:55 10:00-10: iU 10:25-10:40 10:45-11;00 11:05-11:20 12:15-12:30 12:35-12:50 12:55-1:10 1:15-1:30 1;45-1:55" 2:00-2:10· l :i:>-2:25• 2:40-2:45 3:20-3;35 3:20-3:35 • All Stadium classes will run shorter Heats and Mains due to the limited amount of fuel they carry . SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 -PRACTICE & MAINS Following is the short practice schedule: Group 1 7:00-7:05 Group 2 7:1CH:15 Group 3 7:20-7:25 Group 4 7:30-7:35 Group 5 7:40-7:45 Group 6 7:50-7:56 iiroup 7 8:00-8:05 Group 8 a:10-1:15 Group 9 8;,G J.25 Group 10 a.30-S.3S The first Main Event will get underw'ly at ap-proximately 11 :00 am. Following is the tentative schedule. OPENING CEREMONIES 10:08 a.m. MAINS: Group 1 11:00-11:20 Gloup 2 11:30-11:50 Group 3 12:00-12:20 Group 4 12.311-12:50 GINP 5 1:20-1:30 Gloup 6 1:35-1:45 Gro1111 7 1:50-2:00 Group. Group g o,.., 10 2:30-2:58 3:-.3:20 3:30-3:50 r;,;r Formal Awards will be ~ Sun downtown l.as Vegas. Hotel to ,

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41 st 1000 LAKES RALLY Juha Kankkuncn Wins One For Lancia Flying past spectators in the Lancia, the Juhas, Kankkunen and Piironen got their long sought victory on their home event in Finland, and it took a lot of skill, a reliable car and a little luck to get the job done. Juha Kankkunen finally won his home event in Finland after eleven years. This year it was the fastest event in the history of European rallying. The man who had gained the most impressive success in faraway countries, gained two World titles and became a folk hero in countless countries, proved himself in front of his own people, and in the bargain pushed Lancia to the front of the Championship charts as well. A remarkable crash delayed Carl9s Sainz and gave Kankkunen Kankkunen and teammate Didier Auriol the chance to cruise to victory. Disappointment at the performance of the Mitsubishi also helped their cause, but the way the Lancias gave no trouble was an inspiration to them all. It was a rally with something for everyone. Six different brands made fastest times, Nissan was just one second per kilometer slower than the leaders. Ford proved their front differential troubles had eased, and Kank-k u nen' s Jyvaskylan neighbor Tommi Makinen finished his Mazda sixth on his first proper professional drive. Sainz showed more of the mental caliber for which he is becoming well known, by refusing to be put off by the theft of last year's pacenotes which had taken him three years to perfect. Only Subaru went home disappointed. Alen shot into a traditional early rally lead, but gradually the Legacy wilted under the strain and the engine failed. Few of the top drivers retired which makes the ninth place for Blomqvist in the newly ·The Off-Roader's Choice· Page 18 • E-Z UP"' INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 seconds! NO missing parts NO center poles NO ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics Instant Pit Shelter La Rana Contingency Sponsor E-Z UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ INC. 1044 N. Cole Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90035 CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 developed light weight Nissan all the more creditable. The 1000 Lakes had a full field including non-committed teams in the World Championship. Toyota was back from Argentina with a psychological champion-ship advantage, but were the old fashioned cars that they and Lancia still used competitive, against the new generation Mitsubishi. Nissan's manager Charles Reynolds remarked, "The rules requiring standard training cars meant there was more emphasis on pre-ra I I y testing." Their driver Stig Blomqvist, had the benefit of many previous 1000 Lakes events, but teammate David Llewellin soon started to discover the intricacies of the event. Some of the team managers arrived late including Peter Ashcroft of Ford; their decision to run Ari Vatanen in a works car rather than contract drivers Delecour, Wilson or Fiorio was a controversial surprise which only a devastating subsequent performance by Vatanen could justify. On Etape 1 hopes for Subaru looked bad when Markku Alen clattered his way to the finish of the first stage with a broken wheel and the tire missing altogether. It had happened only three corners from the end, and it only cost him five seconds. But from then on this was going to be Subaru's day, Alen winning five of the six remaining stages and taking the lead on stage 4. The effort by Prodrive to concentrate on the engine management development was paying o~f. Toyota started off with a vengeance. On the downtown mixed surface stage which opened the rally, Carlos Sainz, · Armin Schwarz and Mats Jonsson all made best time, but they fell back from then onwards. Carlos said it was probably the looseness of the surfaces, which he as first competition car on the road had vividly noticed. He was doing his best with newly rewritten notes, and being only one second behind Alen at day's end made him and Luis Moya "very happy in the circumstances." Ari Vatanen said November 1991 Wotld Champion Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya led a good portion of the rally in the Toyota, but a last day crash dropped the team to a close fifth O!A. Tommi Makinen, with Seppa Harjanne navigating, made his debut in Group A on home ground in Finland and finished the Mazda 323 G TX in a fine sixth place. it was taking time to get used to the seven speed gearbox. At one time he slid wide and hit a wooden stand for putting milk churns on by the side of the road, a coincidence for the driver sponsored by Finland's milk sales promoters. In the five speed Ford Sebastian Lindholm was impres-sively fifth. Juha Kankkunen had no· trouble, but his teammate Didier Auria\ spun out, stalled and lost 20 seconds. Hotly fancied, team Mitsubishi were not going so well. Staffon Parmander explained that Kenneth Eriksson wasn't with it, a minute behind. Timo Salonen had no trouble, but Lasse Lampi was already out with central differential trouble in the third car. Blomqvist had the Nissan in ninth, saying it needed more power. Mazdas were behind, Hannu Mikkola driving 4 km without power steering, and newcomer Makinen saying he was getting used to the gear box. Mitsubishi held the top four spots in Group N the first day. On Etape 2 Markku Alen soon lost the lead and was passed first by Sainz and then Kankkunen. Co-driver Ilkka Kivimaki said with despair, "This has happened before; we have a good first night, then lose the lead driving the sandy stages east of Jyvaskyla as first car on the road. They also had engine management turn down the boost when the temps got too hot. Team proprietor David Richards was unperturbed, saying "tomorrow when Markku is third car on the road, the tracks will be wider and firmer, which will suit car and driver better." So the focus was now on the Spaniard and his struggle to throw off the challenge of Kankkunen. On each stage only the odd second separated them. On stage 16 Sainz had a big fright when the car jumped badly and landed, in top gear at 180 kph, on its nose. Apart from Sainz's nerves, the worst damage was to cooling fans. Auriol was catching up and was soon in fourth, happy with his car and not so afraid of the rally, but it was hard work. It was Vatanen's downfall which let Auria\ through. Struggling with the cumbersome seven speed gearbox, Ari let The Milk Car clip a rock on the inside of a fast curve and it Results -1991 1000 Lakes Results Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen SF Lancia Delta lntegrale A' 4:36:52 Didier AurioVBernard Occelli F Lancia Delta lntegrale A 4:37:48 nmo SalonenNoino Silander SF Mitsubishi Galan! VR-4 A 4:38:59 Kenneth Eriksson/Staffan Parmander s Mitsubishi Galan! VR-4 A 4:39:15 Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya E Toyota Calica GT-Four A 4:39:47 Tommi Makinen/Seppo Harjanne SF Mazda 323 GTX A 4:40:55 Mats Jonsson/Lars Backman s Toyota Calica GT-Four A 4:41:37 Ari Vatanen/Bruno Berglund SF-S Ford Sierra Cosworth A 4:41:52 Stig Blomqvisl/Benny Melander s Nissan Pulsar GTI-R A 4:44:16 Armin Schwarz/Arne Hertz DIS Toyota Calica GT-Four A 4:45:04 David Llewellin/Peter Diekmann GB/D Nissaan Pulsar GTI-R A 4:50:13 Jouko Puhakka/Keiijo Karola (15th) SF Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 N' 5:00:38 M. Sillankorva/M. Marangona (23rd) SF/I Lancia Delta lntegrale A# 5:12:10 • Group winners - #Ladies Cup 148 start - 89 finish Winner's average stage speed - 113.61 kph Makes points • Lancia 128, Toyota 124, Ford 32; Mitsubishi & Mazda 28 Drivers points - Sainz 123, Kankkunen 103, Auriol 81, Biasion 54, Eriksson 34 Group N - De Mevius 36, Walfridsson 23, Spiliotis and others 13. Dusty Times

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Catching a lot of air on a jump here Finns Timo Salonen and Voitto Silander kept the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4 Evolution together to take third overall. This is the.view most saw of former champion Ari Vatanen, as with Bruno Bergland navigating, Ari put the Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 home eighth O/A. Stig Blomqvist and Benny Melander had a few new car woes with the light weight Nissan Pulsar G TI-R on its debut, but they finished well, ninth O/A. Markku Alen and 1/kka Kivimaki were the first leaders in the The Toyota Celica GT-Four of Carlos Sainz, did a nose stand on Waiting to start a stage Juha Kankkunen and Juha Piironen Subaru Legacy 4WD T, dropped back a bit, but ran in contention stage 34, but bit by bit over the last day, most of this damage almost smile for the camera, but they sure did smile after they for 35 of the 42 stages but retired then with engine failure. was repaired and the car finished fifth, in the points. won the rally outright. -----------------------went into a series of crazy sixth in computer map 3 and losing spotandthatiswherehefinished, like Mikkola -had earlier, but he TimoSalonen/VoittoSilander gear spins down the track, the power all the time," he said. about three minutes behind the finished sixth. Minna Sillankorva and Kenneth Eriksson/Staffon marks of which amazed drivers While Carlos was once again winner. continued in her Lancia, but Parmander, Galan ts. Sainz was who passed by later. On the next maintaining the honor of Toyota, The Sainz accident the night could only reach 23rd, still the about 32 seconds back. Jouko stageArispunagainandthistime the other Toyotas were less beforetookawaytheexcitement Ladieswinnerbutthreeplacesout Puhakka/KeiijoKarolawon damaged the suspension, so he successful. WorksdriverSchwarz for Etape 4. For Carlos it was of the FISA points. Mikael Group N for Mitsubishi. Ari dropped to ninth behind privateer lost lm50s time penalty changing good luck and the help of many Sundstrom reached the rally Vatanen/Bruno Berglund got the Ford driver Sebastian Lindholm. the power steering, while Jonsson people that enabled him to finish for the first time in ten Ford home eighth behind Mats The Mitsubishi drivers felt the lost time with a faulty front continue at all. The Toyota had a years. Jonsson/Lars Backman, Toyota carsweresetupwrong,aresultof differential. Toyota Finland bent chassis, and lacked front Ofcoursethehappiestmanwas while Stig Blomqvist/Benny pre-rally testing too hurriedly. drivers were little better off. sheet metal, which gradually was Kankkunen. "This was the Melander finished the Nissan Nissan realized that the Pul-. Marcus Gronholm first hit a rock replaced during the final service number one victory of my career. ninth. The results show that sar/Sunny engine was well down and broke his sump, then stops. Markku Alen started It gave me an even better feeling LancianowleadstheConstructors on power, and made some overturned but continued, while wondering if his problems were than my first win in Kenya. But Champsionship, but Toyota, by modifications. Antero Laine had to change his electronic or mechanical. He Carlos has to have more bad luck virtue of having more wins, Mazda started the day badly gearbox after second gear failed. discovered the truth on the if I am to catch him in the actually retain the advantage in when Mikkola rolled on the first The Mitsubishi camp was now second stage when a connecting Championship." His co-driver the series, and Carlos Sainz leads stageduetosteeringproblems. He happier. Salonen had a front rod broke. Tommi Makinen had Juha Piironen was also happy. the driver's points by 20 over carried on having more steering differential change which worked some trouble. Twice ignition Lancia's Didier Auriol/Bernard Kankkunen, so it is a must win trouble and broken central better. Eriksson found his badly problems struck his Mazda and Occelli were a minute back in situation for both drivers on the differential woes for two stages. handling car went well on hard once he lost a power steering belt, second, followed in a minute by next round in Perth, Australia. Private Camel team driver fastroads,thoughinGroupNthe Sundstrom had more turbo VR-4 armada was being whittled problems. But Makinen brought down. Both leaders were out · good news, now in eighth overall while both Walfridsson and and he made the joint best time on Ordynski had gearbox troubles. stage 18. Minna Sillankorva was By the end of the day the Group N struggling to get nearer the top 20 leader was 28 year old Jouko places, necessary for her World Puhakka driving the 1000 Lakes Title points challenge. She had Rally award winning Galant, for moved up to 28th on the second . which he was nominated "Fin-day and. the rally was still young. land's most promising young In Group N just 27 seconds driver on his first 1000 Lakes covered the first three, a closer Rally." race than in Group A. Early leader · Makinen continued to grab Kumpumaki hit a rock and lost headlines for Mazda, having no time, now Mokkonen was ahead, trouble and up to sixth. Mikkola with Mitsubishis still in the top had clutch trouble on a couple of four. stages, then on stage 30 the engine It wasn't to be Ford's day on seized and he was out. Sundstrom Etape 3. On the second stage was down on power and flipped Lindholm retired with steering on stage 30. Minna Sillankorva failure, and the car went straight, lost position with a flip and but into a ditch. At the end of the dropped to 25th. The real drama first stage Vatanen spun around came on the final stage of the day. afterclippingabankandstruggled Sainz led Kankkunen by 22 through the next stage, the longest seconds when he came over a flat in the rally, with power steering out crest to find at his speed the woes. Ari decided to have a go undulations launched his car into after repairs, and Ford's Ashcroft the air and that the whole road concurred and smiled. Sainz had been resurfaced with loose withstood the pressure from chippings. He was somehow able Kankkunen, who was unable to to crawl to the end of the stage, do anything about it. "The only but held up Kankkunen, though time we beat him is when Carlos is the Finn took over the lead and unhappy with his tires." his co-driver Piironen said they Alen's hopes were badly didn'tknowaboutthestones,and dashed. On the first stage his co-no spectators waved them down driver had the wrong set of pace either. Auriol's co-driver Occelli notes, on the second he stopped said it was very dangerous. Sainz to change a flat tire ( spectators did get going, arrived at Jyvaskyla lifting the car for him), then as it five minutes late, incurring a 50 got warmer the engine manage-second penalty on top of the three ment downgraded itself and the minutes lost on the stage. He power tailed off. 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LA RANA JOHNSON VALLEY 300 Bob Richey Wins Overall In The August Heat By Carol Clark - Race Notes by Jean Calvin Photos: Trackside Photos Inc. ~ 3 Bob Richey, with Tom Baker riding in the Porsche powered Raceco, got back in the winner's circle big time in the Johnson Valley; despite a flat and_ some brake woes Bob won overall by a so_li_d_2~3_m_in_u_t_es_. ________ _ for soµthern California off road racers. This year the event was shortened by about 25 miles per lap to see if it would ease the pain a little of driving in 100 plus degree weather. Some. racers said it is just the wrong time of the year to run such a long race during the heat of the day. But other racers said it was no different than any other race, they are all rough. Watch for the 1992 schedule as there may be some switching done next year in the best interest of all concerned. ;,: 7.< Keith Jackson climb; out of a deep hole on the rough, used cours~ and he had one problem after another all day, but salvaged second in Class 2 in his Raceco. The very first vehicle off the line was the Class 1 truck of Billy Bunch, piloted by Curt LeDuc; it looked good coming by pit B, but it somersaulted at MM40, allegedly caused by a 1-2-1600 that probably hadn't gotten the green flag yet. Poor guy was being accused of rolling a vehicle that was four classes in front of him; logistically the very idea is ridiculous. The Bunch GMC was down and out on the first lap as was the Class 1 Chevy of Lance West. Grant and Greg George made a lap in their Ford, but it was a long one and they were not seen The Johnson Valley 300, formerly known as the Mini Baja 400,"saw a total of 138 entries, of DE UNZIO RACING PRODUCTS OFF-ROAD RACING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES for free· catalog phone (805) 683-1211 Page 20 which 120 started late in August in the high desert heat near Victorville, CA. There were 56 official finishers, and oddly enough the same race last year had 43 starters and 36 finishers. The entry shot up by 150 percent, graphically illustrating the popularity of close to home racing ""-r Ron and Bill Brady had a super day on the course in the Chenowth, and Ron took the Class 9 lead midway in the fray, and was overjoyed to end up winning the 20 car highly competitive Challenger class. November 1991 t was a "Raceco day up front as Bob Miller not only finished second on the road, he was second overall, and in the process he also won Class 10, having a totally trouble free race. .... Rushing over a road crossing Larry Martin and his co-driver had only a couple of flats for trouble on the NRW and won Class 1-2-1600 by ten minutes, but more impressive, the team also finished third overall: Rich Fersch and Darryl Gibson have a good time desert racing, stopped only for gas and a driver change midway in the race, and won Class 5-1600 by a healthy 22 minutes. again. Jack Johnson got through two of the four laps very fast, 2:50:27, in _the radical Class 1 , .. ,,, .,; _,,, ___ ....... , .... [ .. ' ,,fl# Jeep, before developmental problems put him on the trailer. So Johnson was the Class 1 Doug and Bob Wager survived a pair of flats and some brake trouble in the fancy Baja Bug, but despite the rugged course they finished and won Class 5 by close to two hours. Dusty Times

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•ceoP Tony Modica came through the silt very well in his Adzima, and placed second in Class 10, 12 minutes back and was a keen fourth overall. Dan Fisk and co-driver Paul Bradley dropped from second to third in Class 10, with a last lap flat, but the Mirage still came in seventh overall. Ted Smith flies over a familiar road crossing on course in his Chenowth, and Ted and his co-drivers had troubles but still got fourth in Class 10. :i _}l: '.::: :i.i,;_ - '½ °:'i Plowing through the rocky roads in his Raceco, David Atwood, with co-driver Hal Hibbard had troubles en route to a fifth place finish in Class 10. Rob Myerly and Randy Jones had a good run in the unique Hensley race car, lost one shock and sailed on to second in Class 1-2-1600 and fifth overall. Doug Castillo and Chris Heryford had a nearly trouble free race in the Mirage, and it must have been fun taking third in Class 1-2-1600 and sixth overall. winner, a lap up apparently, as none of the class finished the race officially. Class 2 was another four car class, and again attrition struck early as Mike Stickle was gone on the first lap in his Raceco. Scott Flamson whipped his Raceco through two laps in good time, but was seen no more. Meanwhile, up front the battle started between the Racecos of Bob Richey, defending class champion, and Keith Jackson. Richey and co-driver Tom Baker said the course got rougher as the race progressed, which is common in the area, and they had a flat on lap 2 and lost the rear brakes. However, nothing kept them from returning to the overall victory and the Class 2 victory in 6: 10:45, although both the Class 10 and 1-2-1600 leaders were pushing hard in overall ick Mancha and Michael Flowers were fastest in the s'ii:n Class 6 :'cmks, as they covered all four laps in the Ford Bronco, built for a pre-runner, and they took the Class 6 victory by two hours. ,. ... ,1..,. . .., . ..... ,._ Mike Mitchell did some fancy antics in his Toyota, but the Class 7 4x4 stayed together nicely and Mitchell and Jon Lee won the class, the only four lap min, truck finisher in the race. Dusty Times standings. Bob and Tom said the course was extremely silty and it was hard to see as they lapped the to be back in the number one spot slower cars, They were real happy again, and (jit-TOYOTA• VOLKSWAGEN• PORSCHE• JEEP ers. No matter what type of offroad engine or class you run, look to FAT to get you the most out of your efforts. You run FAT and you sub-stantially increase your odds of winning. And we've chalked up quite an impressive list of evidence to support that claim. We've compiled thousands of successful offroad racing miles and the leaders to prove it! FAT PERFORMANCE THE 1990 SCORE HORA ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR. Ota PERl'ORMAllCE Toyo'T'A Toyota Motorspor1s will be continuing their mc:i1::~ offroad contingiency program in 1992! To find out how you can cash In on FA rs offroad experience, or for your FAT Performance Catalog, send '5 to FAT Performance, Dept. DTT, 1558 N. Cose, Orange, CA 92667 or call (714) 637-2889 ovember 1991 CHECKOUTTHE 1991 FATLEADERS ... Mickey Thompson Entenalnment Group (MTEG) • Marty Coyne: 1600cc 16 valve TOYOTA 1st place MTEG Rosebuwl 1991 Super 1600 Points Leader • Jerry Welchel: 1600cc 16 valve TOYOTA 1st place MTEG San Diego • Tommy Croll: 2500cc JEEP 4 cyl. 1st Ultrastock MTEG Anaheim Ultrastock Points Leader # 1 Qualifier 6 out of 7 races JEEP-FAT Powered Ullrastocks hold the MTEG Manufacturers point lead. SCORE/HORA • Comeron steele: 1-1600 VW air-cooled 1st place 1-1600Fireworks 250 • Curt le Due: 4.7 liter6 cyl.JEEP 1st place Class 3 Fireworks 250 1st place Class 3 Nevada 500 • Hartmut Klawiffer: 2900 cc Type IVW/ 1st place Class 5 Parker 400 1st place Class 5 Nissan 400 1st place Class 5 Nevada 500 1991 Class 5 SCORE/HDRA Points Leader • GregVaughn: 2700ccTypelVVW 1st place Class 5 SCORE Baja 500 • Mike Lesle: 4. 7 lite 6 cyl. JEEP 1st place Class 6 Fireworks 250 1st place Class 6 Nevada 500 • Jerry Welchel: 22R 2500cc TOYOTA 1st place Class 7S SCORE SanFelipe 250 • Ray Croll: 1607cc TOYOTA 16 valve 1st place Class 10 Parker 400 • Tom Schilling: 16O7ccTOYOTA 16valve 1st place Class 10 SCORE San Felipe 250 Fudpucker Desert Serles • Tim& MikeMcDonold: 1650cc VW air-cooled Four time FUD Overall winner 1991 Class 10 FUD Points Leader • Dwayne Whitney: 2400cc Type IV VW Three time Class 100 FUD winner 1991 Class 100 FUD Points Leader La Rana Desan Serles • Keith Jackson (Costex): 3.O literType IVVW 1st place Class 1-2 La Rana Ridgecrest 150 1st place Class 1-2 La Rana Lucerne Valley 200 1991 La Rana Class 1-2 Points Leader • Joe Trimino: 2300cc 1/W air-cooled Three time 1st place La Rana Class 5 1991 La Rana Class 5 Points Leader Glen Helen & Shon Course • Bob Matthews: 1-1600 VW air-cooled 1st place 1-1600GlenHelen 1st in points Glen Helen & Tecate Stadium 1-1600 Points Series Page 21

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Jim Joyce and David Ramocinski climbed over the rugged terrain handily in the Raceco, and they drove through the silt_ to fourth in Class 1-2-1600, eighth overall. Danny Porter and Larry Rosevear got their four laps done easily, and zipped through the rocky trail to fifth in Class 1-2-1600 and ninth Q!A. Dave Mansker and Dennis Crowley·whipped through the high' country and the silt in the JMR to a line sixth in Class 1-2-1600 and tenth overall. IJlr' it has been a while. Richey had the same comment this year that he made last year, "wrong time of the year to have such a long race." He nailed the overall title by 23 minutes. Keith Jackson, with co-drivers Gordon Zabrecky and Bill Jackson, dtd not have a good day. His troubles started on the first lap when he lost a cylinder, later got lost and had a flat for a total of an hour, 45 minutes down time. After taking the checkered flag, This is the system run by most off road race winners second in Class 2, but an uncommon 13th overall, Keith and Gordon also said they didn't like the heavy silt, but they finished in 7:42:34. Bob Miller drove his Class 10 Raceco into second overall, and he was the second one to complete four laps. His time of 6:33:57 was solid for second overall, and he won Class 10 by 12 minutes. He was happy at the finish line, said he loved the course that has a lot of rough TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME JEEP STRAIGHT 6 Page 22 "NEW SUMMER SPECIAL CHROME" 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED stuff, fast stuff, and just stuff. He ,.,.--~,,_..,..,,, ---w stopped only for gas, water and ice, and had no mechanical troubles at all. It was a great day of racing for Miller, who hails from Costa Mesa. Tony Modica, a very familiar face nowadays, took second in Class 10 and fourth overall. He zipped the Adzima into post race inspection quickly and his four lap time was 6:45:53. Dan Fisk was number 3 across the finish line in Class 10 and he . placed seventh overall in 7:07:25. Dan thought he had second place in his Mirage, until a flat tire on the last lap dropped him to third, but you could protest the greasewood bush that gave you the flat. Ted Smith was fourth in Class 10 at 8: 14:05 in his Chenowth, and David Atwood finished fifth in his Raceco at 9:09:31. Must be some sad stories there. Going fast were both Mike Zupanovich and John Cabe but they retired on the last lap. Travis Howard and Mike Monohan, got stuck in the silt, got back on track, lost all the shocks on the VW, had air cleaner trouble, and still won top spot in Class 11 in a press on regardless drive. the herd of27 Class 1-i-1600s were led home by the third car over the finish line, Larry Martin's 1-2-1600. Larry Martin did not emerge from the driver's seat, it looked more like Scott Reams. Larry drove the first two laps, and this other person took the last two. The car had two flats, \..,."!,;_, Curtis Lamb, Jason Lamb and Matt Beyl combined to win the all Toyota five truck Stone Stock Mini Truck class, starting out by losing the truck's keys and later they had to stop for gas. $,Sc~,;.;,._ ~'-$!.~ James Hall, John Lemieux and James E. Hall had the winning combination in their Ford despite some on cou se troubles, but they got the victory in Stone Stock full size trucks by about 11 minutes. November 1991 no mechanical troubles, but the driver said there was a lot of first gear stuff; he thought the course was great and well marked. The class winning NR W was a dandy third overall at 6:42:32. Rob Myerly brought his Hensley mobile in for fifth overall and second in Class 1-2-1600. Rob drove the first two laps and co-driver ~andy Jones took the last two. The only trouble was one blown shock, but they said it was ·a rough and silty ride. The alleged Bunch Cruncher Doug Castillo was third in Class 1-2-1600, sixth overall, his Mirage driven in by Chris Heryford. They had a nearly trouble free race, the shifter was a little stiff but that was it for problems all day. They said the course was fast and they enjoyed it very much. A total of 14 cars finished in Class 1-2-1600 most of them within two minutes of each other. Jim Joyce was fourth, eighth overall, with Danny Porter a minute behind him, ninth overall, followed in two minutes by Dave Mansker /Dennis Crowley, tenth overall and in 30 seconds by Willie Melancon 11th overall, Steve McMullin, 12th overall, Brad Inch, 14th overall, Glen Wheeler, 15th overall, Patrick Jones, 16th overall and Bob Stockton, 17th overall. The 1-2-1600s really did a number on the big engine cars in the overall standings. The 5-1600s also went faster than many bigger and less limited cars. Rich Persch and Darryl Gibson shared the driving chores, had a trouble free race and stopped only for gas and a driver change. They said there was just as much silt here as there was on the old Mint 400 course, but thanks to the well marked course they stayed right on track. They not only won the class but finished a Dusty Times

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___ ,,~ . "' David Shively and Eric Flood finished just four minutes behind Sporting a wild paint job Bruce Landfield and Brett Turley, broke a throttle cable in sight of the finish, but still took second in 5-1600s. Landfield taking a strong third place in the tidy Class 5-1600 Baja Bug. Scratching for traction, Greg Burgin and Charlie Lamar got up this hill and several more to take home fourth place in their 5-1600 Baja Bug. smart 18th overall. Bruce Land field and Brett Turley took the flag 22 minutes behind Rich for second in class, 20th overall. They broke a throttle cable coming to the finish line and earlier had lost a trailing arm bushing; that put them down for about a half hour. Brett Turley said they had a long, hard, dirty, fun race. Dave Shively took a solid third in class coming in about five minutes behind the Landfield VW. Dave and co-driver Eric Flood finished on a rear flat but had no other trouble. Of the 13 starters in Class 5-1600 six finished, none close to the .top three. Greg Burgin was fourth, 36 minutes behind third but only a couple minutes ahead of Walter Sleppy, who had 40 minutes on Marc DeShane. All but two of the other seven made at least a lap. Ron Brady took his very first win ever in Class 9, and boy was he pleased. Ron took the lead midway in the race, said he blew Check 2 but a little bird came on the radio and told him he could rectify a DQif he turned around and went back and stopped at the checkpoint, which he did. The only other thing he had to stop for was a refill on the water bottle in the Chenowth. The victory at 8:29:55 was a long time coming and Ron and Bill Brady may still be celebrating. The second Class 9 to the checkered flag was Dave Girdner's Fuoco driven by veteran young driver Rick Johnson. There were problems with the steering box welds breaking, but it was finally welded good enough to take second place at 9: 11:43, and that was their only down time. Third in Class 9 was Sandy Parker's Chenowth with a very hot, tired and dirty Tom Moessner (of Poker Run Fame) coming out from behind the wheel. They thought they ran out of gas on the second lap, but found out finally that it was a bad fuel pump. Tom said they probably had a good hour down time with that little fiasco, then the steering wheel fell off, the bolts came out, and it took time in the CORE pits to find enough bolts to keep the wheel in place for the duration of the race. They had a rough day and finished in 9:19:03. Eleven Class 9s finished four lapsfocluding Gene Bantilan, Gary Noble, Dan Richardson, Michael Rix, Dee Jay Owens, Mike Colgan, Dennis Peterson, and Tim Jaynes. Four more got in three full laps on the tough route. There were five starters in Class 5, and two of them finished. The Wager brothers, Doug and Bob, brought their Tortoise racer in for first place in 9:09:41. They Dusty Times said they had only two flats and didn't finish with much in the brake department. They thought it was a tough course, but plan to be back for the Ridgecrest race. Second and the last finisher in Class 5 was Peter Swift in 10:51 :20. Lyn Mocaby got in two good laps before vanishing; the other two didn't make a lap. Neither Mike Duncan, Class 3, or Mike Barnett, Class 4, finished. Class 6 went to Rick Mancha in Pop Frank's pre-runner Bronco . . Rick and co-driver Mike Flowers were running behind Brian Coats most of the day. But Brian's Camara developed big trouble, and Rick won by hours at 9:30:52. Coats got in four laps in 11:37:53. The third car in Class 6, the Cherokee of Eric Heiden, covered just one lap. Of the three starters in Class 7, none covered a lap. The lone 7S did not start. Mike Mitchell won the three MAKE US AN OFFER WE CAN'T REFUSE! Class 3. CJ7 Race Car. 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Wafter Sleppy and Randy Jones had a good run despite the deep ruts, and they drove the Class 5-1600 Baja Bug all the way to fifth in class. " Garry Nobbe and Steve Taylor had some rough going and down time with the Jimco, but they pushed on to finish the race, fifth in Challenger Class. Bill Waltman and Craig White were second in Stone Stock Mini Truck Class, their Toyota losing the top spot by a skinny four minutes total time. . ;-:·: :~ ~ ..... " -··~ ;::. J-. , - : ~~-.. . ..... .. Rick Johnson drove Dave Girdner's Funco quickly, overcame Sandy Parker and Tom Moessner had a year's worth of trouble recurring steering problems and finished a good second in the at this race but they got the Chenowth home third in Class 9, Challenger action. sharing the driving job. Peter Swift and Jerry Penhall must have had some serious troubles, taking almost 11 hours to do their four laps, but they finished, second in Class 5. Gordon DiCarlo and Jeff Yocum got their full size Ford pickup home a close second in the popular Stone Stock full size truck class, also doing two laps. ----------------... -,,..- ------... -... -,,.-.,.-------_ . .j4& Brian Coats and Neville Sharpe had the Chevy Camara out in front in Class 6 most of the day, but late breaking major troubles dropped them to second. Bob Ryan and James Graham and Dan Gonzalez drove their Chevrolet pickup to third in the six truck Stone Stock full size truck class in good time. ----------------------------result was a sever~d brake cable, so they had to go slow to avoid possible problems. They were hot, tired and wanted a good shower plus an ice cold drink. Scott Sells had to settle for a close third at 6:07:09, and Brady Helm and Sho Ota also finished two laps, while Daniel Groff got in only one round. West Coast Distributor fOfl HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE $695~00 GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1962 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page !4 i:.r along the course banging the cover on the side of the car to free up all the packed in silt. They put it back on, then put the pedal _to the metal. They said it was a very rough ride with no shocks, but they are young and can still take that kind of abuse. -Second place in Class 11 went to Steve Wellington and Mark Bell with a two lap time of 5:44:38 in a close race. They had no troubles at all, no complaints, and only stopped to change drivers. They said they just had fun. Larry Adams and Jeff Black were third, doing their two laps in 6:04: 17, only 20 minutes out of second place. All six starters in Desert Stock Mini class drove Toyotas. Curtis and Jason Lamb won, doing two laps in 5:56:26. The day started badly as Curtis lost the keys to the race truck. Then after they got going on course one hood latch came off, so they had to stop and take the hood off. Next they got a flat and had to stop at a CORE pit for help changing it. Then on the second lap they had to stop at a FAIR pit for gas. They didn't know it at the time, but that was the end. of their troubles aside from getting lost in the silt, but everybody did that. Second in class went to Bill Waltman and Craig White, at 6:00:41 who said they got hit by a 1-2-1600 car while they were behind a slow moving Class 4 vehicle. The end November 1991 In the Full Size Stone Stock class James Hall and John Lemieux won a close one doing two laps in their Ford at 6:43:46. Close behind at 6:54:35 Gordon Di Carlo and Jeff Yocum were second in another Ford. Not that far back at 7:11:38, Bob Ryan and James Graham in a Chevy got third while Michael Yarman got in just one lap and neither Ramon Maramba or Brian Owens covered the first lap. In the Odyssey class Art Gibbs of Bonehead Racing took first place and Mary Sullivan of Barstow was second in the one lap race.' There were only two finishers out of the six who started in the tiny cars. Next for La Rana racers is the Ridgecrest, CA event in far different terrain and hopefully cooler October weather. ·. './.., -J. . " ~~~-. ~ ,,. .,.. • ... '"~ .; .. ,, :\ JV• L ~ .. · ~-x ,:o.;· .I .:,:,<>ti,". .),.,f. ,;. '-»' =:, .... "' ~ s;.;,~ Mike Colgan and co-driver give thumbs up to the photographer as they wait for the pit crew to fix the missing left front corner. It must have worked as the team finished all four laps, ninth in the 20 car Class 9 action. Dusty Times

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THE TEXAS CHALLENGE Jim Maness Wins The Rock N' Roll ISO The second annual Rock N' Roll 250 last August lived up to its billing as the 'rocks' consumed numerous tires and wheels during the race on Saturday and the 'rolls' were consumed at the awards Sunday morning along with a lot of coffee. For the first time this season a Pro car won for the second time, and also for the first time a Sportsman entry was the official first overall car to finish. Everyone had run the course on Friday which was 12.5 miles in length for this race, and were ready for the 9:00 a.m. start Saturday morning. The number 1 draw was Cecil Robertson in his Pro 2 entry sponsored by CHR Machine of Odessa. Roberston had won in July and had a fresh engine for this race. As usual he was one of the favorites. Next off the line was Jim Maness in the Pro 2 entry sponsored by Maness Enterprises of Kermit, TX and Sprint Chassis Works of Odessa. This entry had broken a transmission last month while leading the race. Next up was Lee Neel of San Antonio driving a Funco in Pro 1. This was Neel's and co-driver Mike Broadway's first race at this course. James Martin in his Funco, sponsored by Permian Supply of Odessa was off the line next. Martin has led the points series for the Pro cars all year and has finished at or near the top every race running in Pro 2. Brett Autrey, a newcomer to the off road series was up next in his Pro 1 Sprint Chassis two seater. This car was definitely one to watch out for as he was running lap times that were within seconds of the fastest run during practice. The Sportsman entry of Frank Schneider followed Autrey off the line, and he was the one to beat among the Sportsman entries. Schneider's Sprint Sport has finished the last three races without any major problems. Schneider says his secret is "drive conservatively and let the other guys break." The last car off the line was the Sportsman 2 entry of John Mapp, a Sprint Chassis car sponsored by Mainka's Auto Repair of Andrews, Texas. For this race the Pro 1 class would be running 20 laps and Pro 2 would do 19. Sportsman 2 was listed at 18 laps and Sportsman 6/ 7 at 17 laps. The computer had said the fast lap would be 17. 70 and the total -time required to finish the race would be 5 .9 hours. Just how smart is this computer that Midwest Racing employs? Well, the fast time for the race was set on the first lap by Jim Maness and his time was 17 .90! Now most folks would say that is pretty smart! Cecil Robertson was in second after one lap with a time of 19.14, followed by Martin, Autrey and Neel. The Sportsman class saw Mapp gain about 2 7 seconds on Schneider as Mapp ran a 21.01 first lap. Maybe Schneider's "secret" is something for Mapp to consider as Mapp came back to the pits shortly with a broken side plate. Seems like it hasn't been that long ago it was Schneider who couldn't finish a race. Meanwhile back in the Pro ranks Maness continued to set a fast pace with a second lap time of 18.18 with Martin improving to 19.16 and Robertson falling off a bit to 19.88. Lee Neel was still learning the track as his second lap was recorded at 27.25, while Autrey ran a 22.67. Schneider's Sportsman car improved to a 20.92. At the end of four laps it was Maness still in the lead, now ahead of Martin by seven minutes. Another seven minutes back was Brett Autrey who had moved into third place. Robertson had developed alternator prob-lems and was being towed back to the pits for repairs~ but to no avail as they were finished for the day. The San Antonio entry had developed front end problems and Mike Broadway, who was now driving in relief of Neel, was 40 minutes back of first place. After two more laps Maness had increased his lead to 20 minutes over the now second place car of Brett Autrey. Martin's Funco had developed a bad miss in the engine and the pit crew was trying desperately to locate the problem. His fifth lap was a very long 77 minutes. Neel's car continued to have problems and was averaging about one lap an hour. At the end of lap 9 Maness brought his Sprint Roadrunner into the pits for a driver change and gas. He had completed the first nine laps in 2:50.17 and had a 16 minute lead over the second place car of Autrey in his two seater open entry. Autrey was gaining ground though as he ran a very quick 18.20 on lap 9. Martin was in third place, 53.62 behind Autrey and seemed to have his problems behind him as he ran his quickest lap on lap 10 at 18.43. Maness had told co-driver Tommy Bowling that the car was starting to starve for gas on the top end, but felt like it was not a major problem. However the lap times slowed by more than a minute and then disaster struck Bowling on lap 12 as a very big rock flattened a rear tire. Between the fuel problem and the flat it took a little over one hour to complete the lap. This allowed Autrey to go a lap up on Bowling, and he was within about ten minutes of taking over first place, having to run one more lap than Maness/Bowling. Martin had closed the gap to 23 minutes behind first and was in third place. Meanwhile the Sportsman entry of Schneider was in the pits for a driver change and had a real good chance of being the first overall finisher. Bowling had another long lap on 13 as the pit crew failed to solve the fuel problem. After pitting again, a stopped up fuel filter was found to be the culprit, and just in time as Martin had closed to within 13 minutes. Autrey had major problems on his 13th lap and recorded the long lap of the race at 99. 71. Bowling lowered his lap times to the mid 18s and the race was now for second place as both Martin and Autrey were having numerous problems with Martin second and Autrey about nine minutes behind. Bob Bowling was now in the driver' s seat of Schneider's Sportsman car and ran the quickest lap for his team with a 20.52 final lap and a total time for the day of 6:51.55. For the first time this year a Sportsman entry (ContinueJ 011 Page 40) Congratulations Johnny Greaves #-f World Cha111pionship BRUSH RUN 101 TOYOTA POWER! #1 UNLIMITED CLASS #2CLASS 1 ANDA NEW TRACK RECORD First Time With L.C. Engineering 22R Stage 5 Pro Engine. ENGINES FOR: • Unlimited • Class 1 • Class 10 • 7S • 74 X 4 • Class 15 • SCCA Pro Rally Send s5oo For A Complete Catalog To: LC Engineering 2978 First St., Unit G, La Verne, CA 91750-5672 Dusty Tlma No¥cmbcr 1M1 Fully Computerized Dyno Engine Testing Engine Shipping Worldwide CONTINGENCY PROGRAM See The Race On ESPN October 23, 1991 Call Today For More Information 7WC[A!J&&ltJO/A!IW ERFORMANCE TOYOTA (714) 596-5494 •

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HDRA SECOND ANNUAL DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP Willow Springs International Raceway By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photos Inc. ' .... ;-_ ,ii! ... Jack Flannery had his ·1uck turn good on Sunday and he got his Wisconsin bui7t Chevrolet into the lead in the Heavy Metal action and won the title, something he has tried for in the west for several years. . . nc rras omma e es or course n 1m1te ass. ,splaying his high flying style used at Glen Helen. Arras won on both Saturday and Sunday, when he scored the overall in a bunch of combined classes. The second annual HORA Desert Championships, at Willow Springs International Raceway, on the first weekend in September, produced some good racing, but darned few spectators to watch it. With no big event sponsor, there'd been no budget for advertising to speak of, and scant crowds on race weekend were the result. Only a fraction of the numbers that came last year, then estimated at 7 to 10,000, drove out to the raceway this year. The schedule, like last year's, called for registration, technical inspection and contingency on Friday, along with a couple oflaps of late afternoon practice. But, while last year's contingency row was adjacent to the race track, this year it was two towns and 35 minutes away, in an Auto Mall in Palmdale. The Saturday and Sunday schedule called for early morning practice for everyone, then a short break for course repair, and racing to start at 1 p.m. Page 26 Saturday's events were labeled "heats", and the payback was 40% of the total, and the choice of position on Sunday's starting grid. The Sunday winners got the :: ,&:_w; ;;,.~ other 60%, and the trophies. With 95 cars and 15 motor-cycles and ATVs, the entry wa, down from last year's inaugural event, which drew no bikes or Doug Dawson led Class 5 from flag to flag on Saturday, but he rolled on Sunday, recovered from that mishap only to have his engine quit on the last lap. November 1991 . .&%.~, -.....,.-~ N;. • "" Bill Hernquist flew past the pit area flat and level, but he tipped over on Saturday, did some hasty repairs and on Sunday he led Class 5 from flag to flag as the competition faded. Desert champion Tom Burns had his troubles on Saturday, but was second across the line, he practiced starting later, and came out on Sunday to win Class 1-2-1600 in the Mirage with a desert motor. ATVs at all, but about 129 cars combination of Class 5 and Class and trucks. The biggest attendance 1-2-1600, and Doug Dawson led came in the limited classes, with all the way in the Baja Bugs, while the 5-1600s fielding the most Bill Hernquist tried mightily to cars, at 14. The trucks were catch him. But Hernquist got into notable for their absence. a turn too hot, just as he caught The course was very close to up, and tipped himself over on his last year's in design, but consider-lid. Dawson then went on to take ably rougher, and a bit shorter. the win, untroubled by any close There were more moguls, and competition, while George several tricky double jumps, as Seeley, who'd gotten off to a slow well as the usual flying jumps. start, finished second. Therewereuphillsanddownhills, In the 1-2-1600s, Mike San-and lots of mud, because they did doval had his MECO in front, have enough water and enough while Craig Stewart was close for water trucks to keep it wet. Dust a while, and then Tom Burns, never became a problem. The who's been doing so well in the starts were all "land rush" type, at desert series this year, moved to the east end of the track, and then second and stayed there. Sandoval the finish was up at the top of led all the way, while Burns, then the hill, at the northwest corner, Craig Deardorf, and Stewart which is where the timers were. followed in order. But on the last So the first lap was actually only lap Stewart bobbled, and Rick about two thirds of a lap, and then Boyer slid by to take fourth place. they ran three full laps, on On Sunday the officials Saturday, for a three and a halflap decided to stagger the starts, and heat, and on Sunday they ran five they added a parade lap for each and a half lap events. event, so the racers could see what Saturday's first race was for a condition the course was in. The ... ""'.,r.'..f /I ~--;-J:.4 George Seeley took his desert Bug short course racing, and George had a good weekend, taking second in Class 5 on both Saturday and Sunday. Dusty Times

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Mike Sandoval swept to first in Class 1-2-1600 in the MEGO on Saturday, leading all the way, but he dropped back to third in the Sunday event. Craig Deardorf had a close dice for second, but finished third on Saturday in Class 1-2-1600, and he came back strong to take second in Sunday action. Craig Bernal kept his Class 9 running well all weekend, and he drove to third place on Saturday and finished the weekend with second spot on Sunday. ..,..J.t V -Jack Millerd repeated his triumphs of 1990 at Willow Springs, driving away from the pack in Class 9 en route to victory on both Saturday and Sunday, taking home all the class money. Baja Bugs got off the line first, and this time Hernquist took the lead, with Dawson close in second, and Seeley third. Dawson got over-eager this time, and rolled the car, dropping back to last. Hernquist took the win easily, Seeley was second, and Will Williams finished third. Dawson lost his motor on the last lap. In the 1-2-1600s there was a tangle in the first turn, involving Danny Porter and Rick Boyer, and a few drivers, expecting a red light, dawdled a little, and then, when the lights stayed green, never could quite catch up to the rest of them. Meanwhile, Tom Burns, who'd gone out into the desert and practiced starts, got a good one, and took the lead, chased by Sandoval and Deardorf, who were having a good duel. Deardorf moved into second on ;;:;:;,t? ·-..r :... :;, ",_,,. ,.;a~ The Class 11 Beetles had one of the better races on Saturday, with five cars running, and while Travis Howard was second then, he came back to win Class 11 in the Sunday race. "'!# ·• ¥ / rt Class 5-1600 was the only class large enough to have the track to itself, and the Baja Bugs put on some close racing action, but Dave Hendrickson won on both Saturday and Sunday in what was a new car. · Dusty Times lap three, but couldn't catch Burns, who'd switched to his desert motor for this race, and liked it better. He got the win, followed by Deardorf and Sandoval. Event number two was a combination of Classes 9, 11, Stock Mini Sportsman, and Stock Full Sportsman. The two trucks, a mini and a full sized, are representative of classes that run in the La Rana series, and they said there would have been more entrants, but the HORA required fuel cells, and La Rana won't be requiring them until next season, so most of the class hasn't installed them yet. Bill Waltman ran his Mini the full three and a half\aps, and Michael Yarman got all the way around in his full size truck. In Class 9 Jack Millerd repeated · his last year's effort, and got out in front and just stayed there. There . was some good racing behind '. him, and John Holmes ended up second, with Craig Bernal snaggling third place, as Nate Ellis missed a shift and dropped back to fourth. The Class 11 ranks included Tom Haliburda, in his ten year old car. He put it right into the lead, where he stayed to the end. Travis Howard took second place, while John Howard, Michael Duenas and Chris Woodward all lost their transmissions. On Sunday, the Stock Mini Sportsman truck of Bill Waltman, managed only four and a half\aps, while Yarman could do only three and a half. But in Class 9 there was some good racing, as Ellis took the early lead, with Millerd behind him, and Holmes was in third and Bernal fourth. It was close and fierce. Holmes had the lead on lap two, when Ellis broke, and then Millerd took over on the third lap. He stayed there all the way, as Holmes dropped to third, victim of a sagging rear suspen-sion, and Bernal moved up to finish second. In Class 11, Haliburda broke in the first turn, and Michael Duenas took the lead, with Travis Howard second and Chris Wodward, who'd replaced his trans overnight, and found that the replacement had no first gear, third. They ran like that until the third lap, when Duenas suddenly stopped, and Howard went into the Ir 1fl4 @ z¼e4e ~ ad ~ MR. ST/Cl<ER.? • COMPETITIVE PRICING • UNSEA TABLE QUALITY EXCELLENT SERVICE LOUIE UNSER liC/l(,fl(,/lfS BOB R._~ ~ TOYOTA ii™ RACING DEVEL0PMEHT R.L.H.-ENTERPRISE unldenR'.:t,f&s LESLIE•S DRIVEUNE SERVICE ;l,:1/4'@ .... l!!!!'!@I MASTERCRAFT VAVESHOPPE ~~~ -q/ 1r L~e~~-, [ND:0RE] IISI IESEIT Dff IOU UTHVSIISTS HDRA WRIGHT PLACE, SHER:J."c~Ni::L~ 1~~t~~~1 -~~ . , I CHENOWTH CENTERFORCE Mike Lesle Racing OVER ss.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 BOBS Redondo Circle • Huntington Beach, CA 9284B 714/843-0444 • FAX 714/843-0143 November 1991 Page i7 -

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I t Tom Haliburda brought out his aged Class 11, and surprised the others by winning on Saturday, but he broke down early in the Sunday competition. With the desert landscape behind him Chris Woodward made up for his lack of a finish on Saturday to finish second on Sunday in the Class 11 contest. Bill Wartman drove his Toyota Stone Stock Mini truck to the trophy on both Saturday and Sunday, and he was the only entrant in this desert class. Michael Yarman was the lone entrant in Full Size Stone Stock pickups, but he covered most of the laps on both Saturday and Sunday in his Chevrolet. Carlos Zuniga flew the man made lumps at Willow Springs to second in 5-1600 racing on Sunday after finishing fourth in the Saturday heat race. Jesse Rodriguez got his new paint job a little tattered in Class 5-1600 competition, but Jesse survived to finish third in the close Sunday race. i;r lead. Woodward followed aiong into second place, and by the time Duenas got going again, he was·third. Travis, who said his throttle pedal stuck on, used the brake a lot, and got the win, with Woodward and Duenas following in second and third. The third race of the day had only one class on the track, the 5-1600s. This group had to have a restart, and they lost Kathy Fay in the interval. On the second start Jerry Whelchel got out in front, but Dave Hendrickson was working hard on his bumper. They traded positions a couple of times, while Carlos Zuniga and Walt Mathews settled the matter of who would be third. At the end of the heat it was Hendrickson, Whelchel, Matthews and Zuniga. Desert Champ, Wayne Cook, in his new short course car, ran afoul of a sticky throttle, and rolled over in the hairpin turn. Sunday's race also had a restart, because someone had jumped the light, and on the second try, it was Hendrickson, whose car was new for this weekend, out in front. Jesse Rodriguez ran second, with Mike Williams drove Glen Elliott's Class 10 car to a fine third in the Saturday heat race, and Mike came back strong on Sunday to lead from lap 2 onward and he won the race handily. Zuniga third and Matthews fourth. Once again Zuniga and Matthews were the good race. As Hendrickson pulled way out in front, and Rodriguez followed, Zuniga ran third, and suddenly Matthews' motor sounded unwell. And an instant later it was on fire. He stopped and the flames were extinguished, but he didn't go any further. It got exciting as Stacy Fay stuffed her car into a berm. Joe Giffin rolled over, and Greg Sullivan did a straight-up nose stand while trying to pass the Cook car. Hendrickson got the win, saying his motor wouldn't have made another lap . . Zuniga passed Rodriguez on the last lap to take second place, and Jesse finished third. In the motorcycle classes, which came next, the Class 21 winner was Johnny Campbell on both days, and Travis Howard took Saturday's Class 22 event, while Jeff Kelly won on Sunday in that class. In Class 24, the small ATVs, the winner was Alan Levinson both days, and the big A TV honors went to Ike Bruck-mann on Saturday, and Cameron Coatney on Sunday. The fifth race was a mixture of Class 10 and the Chenowth Mini Mags. Mike Sandoval was back again in Class 10, and he was out in front, with Tom DeNault trying hard to catch him. In Jerry Whelchel, left, Jed part of the Saturday 5-1600 race, but he ended up second, and here he flies past Greg Sullivan who was further back in the pack of limited Baja Bugs. behind him it was Mike Williams, in Glen Elliott's car, moving quickly up to third. DeNault got himself into the lead, but Sandoval repassed him, and then stayed in front to take the win. DeNault was second, and Williams third. In the Mini Mags, the lead belonged to Lonnie Peralta, with Kirk McDaniel running second. Then Rory Chenowth, in Scott Steinberger's car, moved up to second place, but he broke a belt on the last lap, and dropped out. Peralta took the win and McDaniel was second. On Sunday the Class 10 cars started first, and even though Willie Melancon rolled over in the first turn, the officials went ahead and flagged off the Mini Mags, who had to drive around Melancon. Mike Williams had the early lead, but then Sandoval went by him, and then Williams repassed Sandoval and took over the lead on lap two. On the third lap it was still Williams, and then Sandoval got up in front, and tipped himself over on his side at the east end of the course. In the meantime, Jeff Quinn, who'd readjusted his fuel pressure since Saturday, ran a close third, and now he was second, but Dan Fisk was right on his bumper. Williams was now firmly in front, and he went on to take the win, while Fisk passed Quinn, and then Quinn tried hard to get him back. He didn't get it done, and Fisk got second place, while Quinn was third, a good finish in his first short course event. Rory Chenowth flew the Mini Mag, designed by his father Lynn, to a fine Mike Wilfiams ran this car in the desert Class 1 /2 category and he was first in victory on Sunday, having led the class until a belt broke on Saturday, driving class both days, and placed second overall in the events that held four The Mini Mags meanwhile, were being led by Chenowth, with McDaniel on his tail, and Peralta in third. Peralta lost his transmis-sion on the fourth lap, and Steve Bristing was third then, but he broke later in the lap. Ultimately, Chenowth got the win, with McDaniel second, and Charlie Townsley in third place. Scott Steinberger's Mini Mag. different classes on the course. The sixth race had a confusing -Pagcll . 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Dan Fisk stayed close to the Class 10 leader on Sunday, but just couldn't get the extra power and he finished in second place in desert Class 10. Mike Sandoval Jr. kept his flying MEGO on the ground long enough to take the Desert Class 10 win on Saturday, but he rolled out of Sunday's race. Tom DeNault tried short course racing in his desert Class 10 Mirage, and he did very well on Saturday, finished a strong second, after leading a bit. WlllOfl-t. . Jeff Quinn made his debut in short course racing at Wi/fow Springs and he drove his desert Class 10 racer to a close third in the Sunday contest. Lonnie Peralta flew his Mini Mag to a fine win in the Saturday competition, but he lost the transmission on Sunday after a good start in the race. Desert regular in Mini Mag class Kirk McDaniel did a good job on the short course, taking second in class on both Saturday and Sunday, in the car. ~"' There was a good turnout in short course Class 1-2- 1600, but none could catch Rick Boyer as he charged to victory in the class on both Saturday and Sunday. group of cars, including Short Course 1600cc cars, Short Course 1650cc cars, one of the Class 1/2 ( unlimited desert cars), and two Short Course Unlimited cars. But they looked enough alike that the spectators probably thought it was all one class. In the Short Course unlimited cars, Mario Panagiotopoulos broke a tie rod on the second lap, leaving Eric Arras to run by himself, trying to stay in front pf the whole pack, which he did. Mike Williams, in the desert unlimited car, ran second to Arras all the way, and finished there too. Of the Short Course 1650cc cars, it was Gary Gall, who managed to stay close behind Arras and Williams all the way, and was never challenged for his win. Mark Broneau, out of a couple of years retirement, finished second. The biJgest group was the short course 1600 cars, and Rick Boyer and Bob Mathews had a good battle for a while, which ended up with Boyer in front, and Mathews second. Greg George ran third. When they came back on -. ·"" ,.,, , f<--w:~i~~' .. ~ , It was a slim field in short course Class 10 often known as Super 1600. and Gary Gall led the way with no troubles at all. and he won the class on Saturday and Sunday. Dusty Times Sunday, Mario P. didn't make it through the first turn, so Arras got to fight for the "overall" win, and he first had to reel in Gary Gall, who'd gotten a great start. They put on an exciting show, running side by side through the moguls, but Eric took over the lead on the fourth lap, and then stretched it out, looking very fast, to get that "overall" win again. Gall ran in front of the 1650cc short course cars all the way, and Broneau was second again, though Lr CUSTOM WHEELS _ Landing Gear for the 90's! November 1991 Ultra Wheel's President Jimmy Smith, and co-pilot Dennis Rogers made a perfect landing at this year's Parker 400. Of course, they were riding on the first and only domestic manufactured wheels to use steel inserts for a safe and secure.attachment of · wheel to vehicle. Ultra Wheel. . . dedicated to producing the finest wheel products available at a competitive price . CUSTOM WHEELS 1 2350 Edison Way, Garden Grove. CA. 92641 Page 19

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The Mini Mags had a good group at Wilfow Springs and defending desert points champion Charlie Townsley nailed third in class in,the heat and the main event. Randy Jones whipped his short course 1-2-1600 high over the jumps on his way to a fine second on Sunday after falling out of action on Saturday. Greg George, a veteran stadium racer, ran in short course Class 1-2-1600, but he was outgunned on the track and finished third both days. Mark Broneau brought his older short course Class 10 car out of retirement for the Willow Springs race and he finished second in both day's action. Spencer Low was all alone in the Old Mini Class, but he zipped Mike Lund flew the Nissan Pathfinder to finish all the laps on the four cylinder Nissan around to take the winning honors in Saturday and Sunday, even though his was the only Class 3 the unusual class. _ve_h_i_c_le_i_n_t_h_e_c_o_n_te_s_t. _______________ _ effect. They got to start first, and this meant that once again Roger Mears and his Nissan were out in front, with Manny Esquerra giving chase in his Ranger. Mears Five classes of mini trucks plus one stadium sedan ran together, and Roger Mears won overall both days, in the Nissan, closely followed by the Ford Ranger of Manny Esquerra. [;r-looking quicker on Sunday. Mike Williams had a little company in the Unlimited class, but he still led all the way, while Jim McKenzie ran a troubled four laps and then pulled out. In the short course 1600 group, Greg George started out in the lead, wearing smaller tires today, and was chased by Rick Boyer and Randy Jones, who'd been a casualty on Saturday. George led until the last lap, when he got sideways in a double jump, and rolled over. That left Boyer in front, with Jones second, and George recovered in time to save third place. Saturday's seventh event was a combination of mini trucks, which included Classes 7, 7S, 7 4x4, Old Mini (three years or older Class 7Ss ), Short Course Silhouette Sedans, and Short Course Mini Trucks. The first start was red flagged, and as they headed back to the start line again, Willie Valdez pulled his 7S truck into the pits with an exploded elute~. ThaL •~ft Paul Simon and his Ranger alone in that class. In Class 7, the Nissan of Roger Mears took --~RACERX ~:--~~-~-HOTLINE 1-900-535-9292 Ext. 889 * Latest off-road racing results * Trivia * Products $2.00 Per Minute • 24 Hours A Day Updated Weeldy Page 30 Jerry McDonald won Class 7 4x4 both days in the Chevy S-10, but here, off the start Dave Simon had his Ford Ranger close enough to challenge, but he dropped back later in the crowded field. the lead right off the line, but Manny Esquerra was close on his bumper all the way in his Ranger. The two set a blistering pace, but at the end of the three and a half laps Mears was still in front to get the win. In 7 4x4, Dave Simon got the lead with his Ford, but when he got down to the west end of the track he erred somehow, and rolled over, and the next truck along, which just happened to be his brother, slammed into him. It finished Dave off for that event, and didn't do Paul's bodywork any favors either. Dave's competi-tion, Jerry McDonald, had his own problems, as he trundled his Chevy into his "hot pit", to change a flat front tire on the third lap. By the time he got around the course again the new one was also flat, but he managed to get to the finish line, to get his win in Class 7 4x4. Meanwhile, in Class 7S, Spencer Low had his Nissan in front, with Simon a distant second after his crunch with his brother. Low took the win by a long way. whole group had taken off, him in the midst of the trucks, and his steering wheel had come off in his hands. But he had things under control for the heat, and finished as the third car on the track, getting his win, and having a lot of fun. In the Short Course Mini Trucks, Ken Hodgdon had led Martie Moore off the start, and then continued to run well as Moore was sidelined on lap two. Hodgdon took the win. On Sunday, the mini trucks were combined on the track with the big trucks, to give a fuller took the win again, but Esquerra, who has far less short course experience, gave him a hard battle all the way, and was still right there at the finish. In Class 7 4x4, Jerry McDonald had his Chevy in the lead, while Dave Simon, whose truck hadn't wanted to start before the green light, struggled to keep it running. He lost a full lap fiddling with it, and McDonald went on to take the main event win. In Class 7S, Paul Simon led Willie Valdez and his Ford, which couldn't get through the last lap, all the way to take the win. Spencer Low, who was variously reported as driving his Nissan in either 7S or Old Mini, was either second in 7S, or the winner, and sole contestant, in Old Mini. Jimmie Smith managed to get in only one lap in his Silhouette Sedan on Sunday, and Ken Hodgdon, in the short course Mini Trucks, was again the winner, as Martie Moore managed only two laps. Saturday's final event, as usual, was for the· big truck classes, and that brought a total of eight entries to the start line. The first start attempt was red-flagged, and Frank Vessels and his new Nissan Running third on the track, behind the Class 7s, was Jimmie Smith, in a Silhouette short course "sedan". He'd had a moment of pure terror on ~aturday morning, when, given the green to start practice, the Paul Simon. here followed by brother Dave. took the Class 7S honors both days. but that was after he and Dave collided. as they had a few years back at Riverside. November 1991 Dusty Times

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Evan Evans won Class 6, the only starter, but he finished third overall on Saturday in the Chevy, but lost the rear end in the Sunday contest. Johnny Campbell was the class of the motorcycle events, and he topped the smaller than usual field on both Saturday and The Quad racers shared the track with the motorcycles. but it didn't bother Cameron Courtney who rode his Yamaha to victory in Sunday's A TV race. didn't make it back to the restart, because of a fuel pickup problem. Jack Flannery, who'd come out from Wisconsin for this race, was also missing, because his new transmission had got lost in shipment, and got to him too late to get put into the Chevy. On the restart, Walker Evans and his Dodge, running in Class 1/ 2 Heavy Metal, were out in front. His only class competition was Curt LeDuc, in Billy Bunch's truck, who ran a ways back, then fell out on lap two with the rear suspension disconnected because of heim joint failure. Walker never wavered, and stayed in front of the pack, a third of a lap· in front of the next truck by the end of the heat. In Class 4, Steve Kelley had his Chevy in front, followed by Dave Ashley in his Ford, and then Greg George, filling in for Timmy Lee Pruett, in Pruett's Ford, because Tim had hurt his neck. But George broke on the second lap, and left the struggle to the other two. Kelley took the win, as Ashley got into traffic, and couldn't catch him. In lonely splendor, both Mike Lund, in the Class 3 Nissan, and Evan Evans in his Classs 6 Chevy took their respective wins, Evans finishing third overall. On Sunday, the big trucks ' started a full minute behind the minis, and it wasn't 20 seconds later that LeDuc was back at his pit, needing a rear tire. He roared back into the fray near the end of the pack, a lap down. But in the meantime, Walker Evans had charged to the fore, rapidly gobbling up the distance between himself and the first of the mini trucks. he ran nine and ten seconds a lap faster than Mears, and by lap four had generated the greatest excitement of the day as spectators looked forward to watching him try to pass Esquerra and Mears. But then his big truck made a sharp turn and stuffed itself into a berm. A lower i-.. Sunday in fine style. · Jim Smith, left took the win in his Jeep stadium sedan both days, but here is out jumped by Manny Esquerra's Ford, second overall both days. Walker Evans was on a roll Saturday, driving the desert Dodge to first overall in the Heavy Metal action, but Walker broke down while leading on Sunday. balljoint had pulled apart, a mishap that had never before happened to him. And he was finished. Vessels had lasted only two laps, so LeDuc, who carried on to the checkered flag, got the win. · Meanwhile, Jack Flannery, who'd got the new transmission installed, entertained the specta-tors as he moved his Chevy through traffic. He was running alone in something called Class 4 Short Course, but was first of the ~-..... ,· . big trucks on the road after Walker's demise, and stayed in front of them all the way, to take the "overall" win, even with no front drive, which had blown right off the start. _ Steve Kelley chased Dave Ashley hard, through traffic, for the best race of the bunch, caught him on the fifth lap, and passed him on the last lap to take the win. Greg George broke in Pruett's truck on the first lap after he got , pushed into a berm on the start. Mike Lund, though running with no class competition for his Nissan, pushed hard and stayed at the front of the pack for a good finish. Evan Evans looked great for a while, but lost a rear end on lap five. So the second annual HORA Willow Springs Desert Champ-ionships went into the record books, and the big question now is whether or not it will be followed by a third annual. Generally, the racers who came enjoyed themselves. But a better spot on the calendar might help. This year's date was too soon after the big Crandon, Wisconsin Brush Run to allow most of the Steve Kelley flew the desert Chevrolet, a heavy vehicle to Class 4 honors on both Saturday and Sunday and he did have a couple of strong Class 4 trucks to pass on the rough course. midwesterners to come, and they're the folks with the cars for it. It's also mighty hot in Willow Dusty Times November 1991 Ken Hodgon looked like the stadium racer he is, but he beat the competition in stadium mini truck action on both Saturday and Sunday, despite the lack of rear body work. ,;~"-'. ... .. :., . ,,.,..,~ ~~t.t Curt LeDuc had suspension trouble on Saturday in the Chevy, but he came back fixed on Sunday to win the Open Production class in the Heavy Metal Challenge by a goodly distance. Springs in early September, and tough for the spectators, who this year, had boat races at Lake Castaic competing for their discretionary dollar. The boats apparently won. PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA DENNY'S \..~'Y RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERYDAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 40 YEARS Page 31

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VORRA YERINGTON 150 Todd Denton Takes Top Honors on Labor Day Photos: Matt Marcher/John Ames ~ -Todd Denton turned the fast lap of the day on his first round and led all the way, churning through the Yerington dust in his Porsche powered two seater to win overall and take Class 2 by nearly an hour. Team Verling is not invincible · in the desert. Just ask Todd Denton. Denton 's five lap elapsed time of 5:57:47 earned him overall first place honors at the VORRA Yerington 250 on September 1 in Nevada. Paced by an opening lap of 1:03:49, the fastest lap of the d~y in any class, Denton not only defeated the Verlings, who finished seventh overall and second in Class 2 by 47 minutes, but also broke Team Verling's strangle hold on VORRA's desert races this season. Denton, who finished fourth in Class 2 at the Yerington 400 in ~Ac.~ : .. • May, had to work to get his first desert win in this, the last desert race of the season. Leading after two laps, Denton faded to third on lap 3 after a driver change and pit stop for new shocks. He fell behind the team of Garen McCune and Larry Zimmerman and Utah's Class 10 racer Mel Tom . Dent on s a i cl he was "driving like a madman" in his Porsche powered race car to regain the lead. That all out approach paid off as he recaptured the lead on lap 4 with a torrid 1:06:17. But, even as he was chasing, then later holding off Tom and McCune/Zimmerman, one word was going through Denton's mind: Verling. "I was looking for Pat Verling," Denton said. "And I was thinking, 'Pat's coming, Pat's coming!" Little did Denton know, however, that Team Verling could do nothing but sit in their pit and wait as their pit crew worked feverishly to install a fresh transmission to replace the one blown on lap 3. One of the keys to the Verlings past desert victories this season was their ability to avoid mechanical breakdowns. Now they could only wait. But they did not have to wait long. The Verling SNORE racer Mel Tom found the terrain just as rough in central Nevada, but he sped away from the Class 10s, got close to the overall and won Class 10 by a ton and finished quickly to take second overall. crew, headed by Troy Holt, The times of the two drivers were replaced the motor and transmis-so close together that VORRA sion in just 49 minutes. If you officials must have thought they could only get service like that at were seeing double. Five seconds your neighborhood garage. Pat separated Lott and Scudder on lap Verling, for one, was glad he 1, 38 seconds on lap 2, 24seconds didn't have to wait for Mr. on lap 3, 12secondsonlap4,and Goodwrench en route to the 31 seconds on the fifth and final second place finish in the 12 car lap. It was that margin that finally Class 2 action. "The pit crew is put Lott over the top and into the reason we're here. They did an third overall as well as the class excellent job." • win. Lott nipped Scudder by 22 Mel Tom made the trip to seconds, 6:33:08 to 6:33:30. Yerington all the way from St. Scudder was second in class and George, Utah, and was able to fourth overall. ~ drive back with an overall second Their photo finish at Yerington place finish. Tom raced in Class mirrors the relationship both 10, turned in consistently quick racers have. Friends on and off the laps all day and even held first course, Bill Lott and Clayton place on lap 3. Tom didn't know Scudder share the same pit, work he led though, until after the race. on each other's cars and generally "I didn't know I was in first", cheer for each other. "We had Tom said ... "I was just running fun," Lott said, "We finished hard and trying to catch the right together." They led the 13 leader." Mel Tom's five lap time car field from flag to flag. of 6: 11: 19 was also good enough Chad and Josh Hall ran their to get him the victory in the seven five laps in 6:36:44 to take fifth car Class 10 field, his first win of place honors and yet another first the season. place in Class 4. their old Dodge The race for third overall was a is also sporting a new look these dogfight from the green flag on as days. Rod Hall drove the truck at Bill Lott and Clayton Scudder the recent Nevada 500, rear ended mixed it up in the 1-2-1600 class . . another truck, then later rolled the Dodge, causing considerable damage to the front end. The Hall crew replaced all of the front fiberglass as well as the roof panel and the steering box in time for this 250. "Everything was either rebuilt or replaced," said Jim Jennings, crewman for the Halls, before the race. Chad Hall said he and Josh had no problems with the truck on its first run since the ill fated Nevada 500, other than a slight problem with the steering. "We put in a lot of new stuff," Chad said, "so we just poked around on the first two laps." The Hall Dodge was the only five lap finisher in the four rig Class 4 action. Chad and Josh Hall refurbished the old Dodge from its Nevada 500 mishap and the trusty 4x4 brought them yet another victory in Class 4, in fact, they were the only five lap finisher in the class. It was a real dogfight in Class 1-2-1600 between two close friends. Bill Lott was the eventual winner, by a mere 22 seconds over Clayton Scudder and he took third overall by the same margin. Only four out of 12 in Class 2 survived to cover the 250 mile course at Yerington. Frank Gillespie tried to keep pace with Team Verling had rare mechanical trouble. but the pit crew Frank Gillespie lost sight of the leaders with a slow lap on the changed engine and trans in 49 minutes to put Pat home a solid fourth but he recovered from that to take the checkered flag second in Class 2 action. third in Class 2. Page 32 November 1991 Randy LaPlante used Toyota power in his Chaparral to churn through the famous silt beds on his way to a finish and a long second in Class 10. Dusty Times

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,. ., ~: -Dave Jeffries drove the Spitler car to third in Class 10, a lap Tom Scahill and his crew had a good race going in their Class 4 Clayton Scudder lost the duel of the Reno based 1600 drivers by down, but had plenty of trouble, got stuck and got spectator until the third lap, and they went no further, but placed second mere seconds, and he was, of course, second in Class 1-2-1600 help to get to the finish line, _in_t_h_e_c_la_s_s,__________________ _an_d_fo_u_rt_h_o_v_e_ra_ll_, ______________ _ Denton and Verling in the early ever, Dugan surprised the crowd CV boot hanging and without a Another tight race is shaping up going. His slowest lap through and the other racers with his all right front shock." In fifth was for the 1-2-1600 points title. three was a still respectable out aggressive style. Thecarseems Chris Cash followed by Joe Only ten points separate the top 1:21:57, but the front runners to approve of Dugan's driving Gordon, and Smith/ Rigsby, all three spots. Smith/Rigsby lead faster horses and a slow fourth lap too. "The faster you go, the better official finishers, and all the other the class with 276, while Ken Ruff for Gillespie gave him third place it works," Dugan said. "The car is 1600s of the 13 starters covered a holds a slim three point lead over in Class 2, and he crossed the awesome. We made it with the minimum of two laps. the team of Canonic/Willaman, finish line in 7:38:20 , The -Chuck and John Taylor Hard-woods team finished fourth, a shade under eight hours at 269 to 266. It wasn't a good day for Class 4 drivers. Tom Scahill, Chevy, got in two-laps, both under 1:30, then retired in second place. Mike Povey finished one lap in the old Ford for i;r -7:57:58. At the Yerington 400 suspen-sion problems put Sam Berri out of the race. At the 250 it was a CV boot and a rear hub c1ssembly that knocked him out of the running. Berri had run nearly identical laps of 1:08:53 and 1:08:41 before trouble struck on lap 3. After that ill fated 4½ hour third lap, Berri turned a quick 1: 10:43 before bowing out in fifth spot with four laps done. Even with the DNF here Berri still holds a command-ing lead in the Class 2 overall points with only two races remaining. Berri has 262 points to Verlings 208. Berri wasn't the only one who found hard luck in Nevada, as he was one of 43 that did not finish. Garen McCune and Larry Zimmerman saw their share of frustration also. They were right there among the leaders, briefly holding the overall lead on lap 3, then mechanical problems put an end to an otherwise fine day on lap 4. Covering just one lap were Craig Watkins, John Smith, and Keith Robb, while the other three recorded no time on the first lap. Larry Deaton, favored to take this year's 250 in his recently purchased Penhall car, saw any hopes of victory dashed on the first lap. Deaton was involved in a spectacular wreck that witnesses say he was lucky to walk away from. In Class 10 Randy LaPlante couldn't catch the quick Mel Tom coming in at 7:42:49, but was the only other driver in the class to complete all five 50 mile laps, ensuring him of second place. Paul Spitler, Ace Bradford and Rick Philastre each got in four laps, Dale Smith covered three, and Chris Oberg had no time recorded. Class 10 points leader Dale Smith still holds a comfort-ab le lead over Bradford and Philastre, but the race between them is anything but comfortable. Bradford leads Philastre by two points, with two races remaining in the series. The l-2-1600s had more cars finish, seven, than any other class. After the 1-2 finishes by Lott and Scudder, it was Ken Ruff, who was not that far behind, 11 minutes, at 6:44:38, taking third place. The story of the 1-2-1600 battle was fourth place and .seventh overall finisher Dennis Dugan. Driving in his first race Dusty Times Contingency to New Heights. unequaled support of off-road racing is no secret. 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Ken Ruff finished just 11 minutes back in Class 1-2-1600, solid in third place. the top 1600 finisher from California, hailing from Oroville. Dennis Dugan scored an incredible fourth place in Class 1-2-1600, driving in his first off road race ever. which means this man is one to watch in future desert event. Steve Reyling tied with Tarbell for fast Class 9 lap, ran a great race and despite some problems he finished second, and was only eight minutes back. -Jack Bonesteel finished the four required laps in Class 9 and placed third at Yerington. but he figures he is truly out of the Plowing a little northern Nevada silt, Troy Robinson was second The team of Nickell and Mack took second place in the Sports-man Novice 18 car class. one of only three teams in class that points race now. -in Sportsman Veteran class, and might have words with father Ed about this part of the race course. finished the four laps. · i,..-third. Veteran Oon German rounded out the small field as mechanical problems claimed his Jeep on lap 1. In Class 9 it was the same old story as Mike Bishop's Blue Ma?C racing team won again in the five car field. The Challenger Class ran only four laps, as did the Sportsman Classes. Bishop's four lap time was 6:30:08, and he sounded as if he couldn't have been happier with his perfor-mance or more relieved. Though he is poised to clinch his fourth consecutive Class 9 title, Bishop had been plagued by mechanical setbacks this season, but not at the 250. "Finally, none of the little things," Bishop said, referring to In Class 9 Mike Bishop and starting driver Gordon Tarbell had their first those setbacks. "Talk about a trouble free race of the year, and they covered the four required laps, earning drea"m race." Co-driver Gordon more points toward retaining his #1 plate. Tarbell drove the first three laps Reyling picked up his on lap 3. behind Bishop at 6:38:01. for Blue Max and had a pretty Rey ling ran a great race in his own Jack Bonesteel took third with straight forward approach to right. As well as sharing best lap an elapsed time of 7:09:36 but driving the course. "We went like honors, he kept his lap times well saw his slim title hopes grow a bit hell."That he did as Blue Max and under two hours even after being slimmer. Down by 15 points, second place finisher Steve stuck in a silt bed for 20 minutes with only the two short course Reyling shared best lap in class on lap 1, and rolling trying to events left, Bonesteel was less with a pair of 1:32:35s. Tarbell catch Bishop on lap 3. He crossed than optimistic about his team's got his fast lap on the first, while the finish line only eight minutes chances. "Bishop is faster on the .---------------------------• short courses and has a newer car. CUSTOM RACING AND CREW APPAREL EMBROIDERED SPORTSWEAR MONOGRAMMING - LETTERING CUSTOM DESIGNS -LOGOS ON JACKETS, CAPS, DRIVING SUITS • -OLD-NEW-YOURS-OURS-SPRUCE UP THAT RATTY OLD DRIVING SUiT - LOOK SHARP ! TERRI NICKS 714-923-7016 Page 34 We have to depend on dependa-bility." The Ghia Monster got in three laps for fourth. Paul Taylor recorded no time on lap 1. Floyd Haas, Jr. depended on the strength of his Mini Mag to get him an impressive victory in Sportsman Novice. Powered by what is essentially a snowmobile engine, Haas' Mini Mag still wasn't taken too seriously, even after his impressive second place finish at the Yerington 400. Nobody's laughing now as Haas' elapsed time was the best in the entire Sportsman field. That included Sportsman Veteran winner Jeff O'Callaghan. Haas' 5:40:45 bested O'Callaghan's time by 13 minutes. In victory row Haas was already thinking ahead to the Willow Springs race, saying he would win that event also, but he didn't. With the Yerington win, Haas also has a shot at winning the overall points title in Sportsman Novice, and now has a slim six point lead over November 1991 F~ -~ Looking like an ad for Dusty Times, Jeff O'Cal/aghan won the Sportsman Veteran class. was second overall Sportsman and virtually wrapped up the class points title for the 1991 season. Mike Livermore. The team of Nickell/Mack took second in class at 6:35:50 and Larry McClure finished four laps in 8:32:25. Most of the otner novice teams of the 18 starters did two laps and four got in three rounds on the tough course. With his win in Sportsman Veteran Class, Jeff O'Callaghan has pretty much wrapped up the Veteran title, but the real fight is for second place. Troy Robinson finished second in the race at 6:20:34, and is now tied with Creas and Sons as both have 225 points. Joe Kellog in a Mitsubishi mini truck was third at Yerington with a 6:55:28, followed in by Randy Miller and Creasy & Sons, all four lap finishers. Of the nine starters, all covered at least one lap. With the SejlSOn winding down and standings still very much up in the air, expect to see some exciting racing at the last two races in Sacramento. Dusty Times reporters will be there, and coverage will be along in future issues as well as the final points tall for VORRA. Floyd Haas Jr. drove his Mini Mag around all the Sportsman. and he not only won his class. Sportsman Novice. he beat the veterans too. and had a four lap time 1hat many would envy. 5:40:45. Dusty Times

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"The Straight Poop From The Big W ahzoo" SUMMER PAR TY -A typical group of Checker regulars and 'seldom seens' showed up to help Gregg and Dee celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at Gregg's scenic picnic grounds. Symonds put on an affair that even the DWP would have been proud of, great food and drink, a band, an unknown comic, and a lot of nice people to party with. The Club continued again this year with the running of the popular 'Checkers Engine Lotto'. Jeff Strait won big bucks with a guess of 3 minutes and 16 seconds, while a number of Gegg's non-Checker guests looked on in complete bewilder-ment, as the VW engine died a fiery death. Speaking of bewilderment, John Boyer was even there, a true Checker character if there ever was one, along with a number of other old timers, including a rare appearance by Jim Sumners. All in all, it was a very nice affair, although a little tame by Checker standards. This was probably a result of respect for Gregg, considering the large number of non-Checker guests, and the fact that the party ended before dark. Obviously a smart move by Symonds, who's been around long enough to know that Checkers change a bit when the sun goes down. BAJA-DE-LOU-ENSENADA - Peralta had his usual 600+ entries and everything looked just great until the rains came, and stayed. But with a typical Checker attitude of, "Weather? What weather? We don't care 'bout no stinkin' weather!", Lou and his crew pressed on. The clouds sent down torrents of rain that sent numerous flash floods racing across the desert and turned San Felipe's way modern racing stadium into 'Lake Lou'. Cancel? Hell No! Peralta simply shortened his course as large parts of it were cut off. Thumper sloshed to a third in Class 10, and Mai-occo/Robertson grabbed a second in Class 100. Sadly 'the Hawk' broke, but if ya stop in at Lonnie's the next time you're in S.F. I'm sure you can get all the grim details. Maiocco, one of the most visible prospective members in quite a while, graciously gave his new bride a chance to go swimming while they were down in San Felipe for the race. It seems that on the way out of town Morgan misjudged the depth of a 'small puddle' and got stuck. As they sat in their van, with the water outside almost up to the bottom of the windows and rapidly filling up the inside, Morgan pointed to his bum leg and convinced his new wife that SHE must go for help. Reluct-antly, she finally entered the muddy water and eventually made it to dry land. Fortunately, as Checker luck would have it, she found Ta Ta growing to a bar stool in the first cantina she looked in and the rescue process quickly got underway. Finally, after getting towed out, dried out & wrung out, the newlyweds finally got out of town and headed DustyTimcs home. It would appear that Morgan is irideed training his new bride properly, right from the git! As a reminder, I would like to once again go over a few things. This Checker Column-is written for Checkers only and only Checkers will be mentioned by name, with the possible exception of promoters, special guests or others that need to be named for the sake of the report. The column's intent is to inform and amuse our members, generally with tongue-in-cheek humor, with tales about various members, Club activity and the issues of the day that affect us as Checkers. Good natured criticism (that means something that you wouldn't let most people say about you) will be dispensed strictly according to a member's actions, or rumors thereof, with little regard for his status or size of ego, or even the size of the member himself for that matter. Of course, if by chance an overly sensitive member has been able to slip through our stringent membership process, I suggest he write directly to the Wahzoo describing his sensitivities in detail and I'll act accordingly. Trust me on this! Also, if you feel that you have been seriously wronged by something written in this column, or would like to comment on the tone or direction of this column, I encourage you to let me know. This is your column and all suggestions or criticism from my fellow Checkers will be seriously considered. A direct link to the Big Wahzoo has now been established through the IDRA's Director, and fellow Checker, George Thompson. Direct your comments to: The Wahzoo, Box 1683, Ojai, CA 93024. Once again, the reason that the identity of the Wahzoo is kept secret is so that the personality of the Checker that writes this stuff does not influence the meaning of what you read. To illustrate the importance of this point, consider for a moment how you would view this monthly column if you knew that it was written by Peralta? OK, now stop. Now consider how much differently you would interpret the same column if you knew that it was written by Kassanyi. How about Thompson? Hibbard? Uncle Max? Dunn? Clarence? etc. etc. You must admit that you would read it differently. The importance of this is critical to the success of the column. The Wahzoo would like to take a moment to recognize the efforts of those few Checkers that do know who the Wahzoo is. Not only do they regularly feed me info' for this column, but also have remarkably, and' above all expectations, actually kept our secret! This network of spies, led by the Iii' Wahzoo', provides a wealth of information that no one member could possibly acquire alone. Interestingly enough, most of them don't know the identity of all the others. The Wahzoo proudly salutes their integrity. Finally, and most important of all, this column is NOT the official voice of the Checkers. Rather, it is simply a report to my fellow members about what's been going on! And the Wahzoo would appreciate it if the Club whiners would keep that in mind when they read it. If your race_ heroics or sad story was left out of a race report, sorry 'bout that, but ya gotta speak up and tell somebody other than your wife if ya want to see it reported here. OK with that out of the way, lets get into some of the ugliness that has been part of a number of recent meetings. It seems that the Club Officers have come under serious attack from a number of our more vocal members regard-ing the way the Club is currently being run. After this controversy got going, Peralta added fuel to the fire by sending out a four page letter to most of the members clearly stating his blunt and controversial views on the issue. Lou's letter also revealed that another member, who is right in the thick of this, might also be playing a little politics here. Seems Hibbard has made it clear that he is running for President to straighten things out. This will surely cause some members to question whether or not that cure would be worse than the problem. On the other hand, Clarence had indicated there are no problems and that he is going to try for a three-peat next year and continue on course. Yes guys, it's election time again! YEAR BOOK UPDATE -Uncle Max is currently working on a new Checkers year book that will be celebrating 20 years of excellence in desert racing. If you haven't gotten one of his info sheets give him a call and make sure he has all the straight poop regarding your personal life, sexual fantasies and racing heroics! WILLOW SPRINGS RACE -Utgard 's second Annual HORA Desert Championships had much better weather this year, a few less spectators than last time, but still some great racing. Seeley grabbed a second in Class 5, Lonnie won the Mini Mag heat on Saturday and finished ahead of his dad on Sunday. The Cook's rolled it on Saturday and broke on Sunday. Willie put a Class 10 motor in his 1-2-1600car and was not a factor, as Mike Duenas had the Class 11 race sewed up but · broke a distributor cap on the last lap. Peralta hosted the 'Checker party and pig out' at trackside, and those that stayed late were front row center for an old time Checkers' spectacular Evil Knievel act. Long after the fireworks had cooled down, Al Abel decided that his Harley needed a walk. After firing it up, he found his way out onto the main paved road course and charged off into the night. Witnesses' said that you could hear that chopper really pop as he grew more confident going through the S turns on the backstretch, unseen in the darkness. As Able laid that big iron over in the final turn before the front straightaway, he was oqviously unaware of the ton of dirt ahead, that had been laid across the paved track for the water trucks. Surely it would be hard for the normal person to imagine what a 'puckering' experience it must have been for Al, leaning down on the tank for more speed, to suddenly realize that that brown thing looming ahead is actually a dirt mound clear across the track. Suddenly, our hero is flying through the moonlit night with that growling Harley right on his ass. No accurate measurement was possible because of the spur of the moment nature of this attempt, but if there is a category for 'Jumping for Distance on a Chopper' I know Al's gotta be right up there. Utgard, who is excited about his event becoming a HORA points ra!=e next year, reportedly was so impressed that he is even considering building the whole fireworks show next year completely around Abel. Rumor has it that the finale will consist of Al doing a flaming red, white and blue jump on his Harley into the lake, while a heavy metal band plays "Born Free". Hey Al,· stop down and see us some Wednesday night, that is of course, when you're up and movin' around again. Get well Brother! 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ROUND FOUR. AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Les Brown· Snatches The Tough Bridgestone International Text & Photos: Darryl Smith It was a tight battle up front among the 1600 two seaters, going for top honors, and at the finish it was the Hornet of Les Brown and Leigh Jones who got the overall victory and class honors by a mere 45 seconds. They say it compares to the Billy Croft, could not front due to replacing a gearbox overnight, Baja 1000, in that it doesn't a gearbox breakage and begun then had more bad luck as an axle matter_what you ~fo all year, if you repairs for the race. let go on the start line. He would can wm the Bridgestone Inter-There were four Class ls and start some 30 mins. later in dead national, well, you've made it in four Class 2s ( 1600cc buggies) to last. Barry Johnson was an early Australian off road racing. This fight out the title. After more retirement as on that opening lap was the 11th year of running what heats, the final came down to last he lost steering on the Class l. isAustralia'slongest,richest,and year's winner, Daren Wells Johnson then had a great toughest off road race. This year (Yokohama Class 1 ), and Bill spectator point, as he watched was no exception, with only 36 Buchanan's Class 2. The Kings of Len Barron, then Mick Grun-crews completing the nine Kempsey title, which incidentally baum, then Geoff Beckett all roll tortuous laps. There were 158 was won by Bob Gordon in '89, their buggies on the same corner!! cars starting the event which is this year went to Wells after Dick Johnson who is better ~ased in the green hills and tree-winning the short, two lap sprint. known for his success racing ridden valleys, near Kempsey on Then the Top Tin Top shoot-out asphalt circuit sedans, was having the New South Wales mid-coast. saw a variety of Bajas, 2WDs, a go at off roading driving Jan Neill Morrison and Geoff Heather drove a consistent pace and had a trouble free run in the Hunter to victory in Class 1, and they were 11th overall in the Datsun powered race car. withdrew with a broken ball joint, which was disappointing after such a late night fixing the prologue damage. The Bridgestone International is the only Australian race which does not have breaks during the race. The non-stop format also means pit stops have to be fast and precise. Many teams planned to have only one stop. Around the half-way mark, Craig Martin had the Rabbit-turbo, Bridgestone car out to a 7 minute lead, over Andy Brown's Nissan-turbo ARB buggy. Les Brown (no relation), was next in his Nissan 1600cc, Goodyear machine. Third to ninth were all in fact 1600cc cars, with Tuisk, Buchanan, Lord, Terry Rose, Mark Burrows, and Boyes. Then came Hayden Bentley driving in his first National event, in his Class 1. Si Heaslip was carrying the single seat flag high in eleventh place. The 1200cc, Class 3 battle was in Bob Mowbray's favor, although Bruce Watman was very much in touch. The Baja battle was very close with Craig Baker, Steve McDougall, and Tony Thornton all within the same minute after five hours!! As expected Mark Manns was running away with the Class 5, 2WD race and running 21st overall in the Rodeo pickup. Peter Briggs in a wild Holden pickup was next but some two laps behind. Andrew Maggs was leading the Challenger buggies. In the Class 7 4x4s, Les Siviour had only 7 seconds lead over Grahame Baxter after four laps; both were in Nissan Patrols. Peter Hadlow had command of Class 8, actually running 14th overall in the Mitsubishi pickup. Ken Smith's immaculate Isuzu, Rodeo pickup was still in there if Hadlow faltered. Unfortunately, Bob Stansfield was now a spectator. Bob runs a Class 1 Nissan pickup, which is actually an ex-U.S. stadium truck. The turbo six cylinder called it quits for them. Daren Wells, however was still in there after having to change a tie-rod, then pit again to straighten that tie-rod: the trees trying to take him out also!! Many other Class ls had worse luck: Doug McMillan had another gear-box failure, Dave Stuchbery lost a front wheel with hub failure, Peter Glover snapped a front end, and Trevor Crisp's radiator fell loose. Class 2-speedster, David Leach retired with a drive flange breaking, then The Saturday time trials have stock 4x4s, and modified 4x4s Hedley's 2WD F150. But very much more significance in this fighting out the heats. The final early the VS motor stopped race as there are extra run-offs came down to two Class 8, Johnson's progress. It was called the Kings of Kempsey (for modified 4x4s; the big V8 Brc,nco disappointing to see only 3 single buggies) and the Top Ten Tin of Ian Hedley lined up against the seater, Class 9s start. But sadly Tops. Competition was fierce in TurboMitsubishipickupoflocal, after one lap only Si Heaslip the prologue. One such crew that Peter Had low. The grunt of the remained; Howard Ford dropped tried too hard was Keith Owers' Bronco was too much and a gear, while Wayne Cambie was Yokohama, Class 1, which for the second year in a row, Ian the first of many to hit a tree. executed a nasty series of rolls off Hedley won the Tin Top final. Drivers had to complete four the main arena drop-off. The car Hadlow later found a broken CV long laps then five shorter laps, was destroyed and the crew sent and clutch problems, meaning a and it was apparent Craig Martin to hospital. Later Fabio Zarfati, late night for them. wanted to add '91 to his Kempsey leaped his Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 As usual cars were fired up wins in '82, 83' and '86. He t? th~ highest jump ever seen, while it was still dark on Sunday scorched around the first lap in 59 right m front of the huge crpwd. morning. Just as the sun rose, the minutes, and was the only driver When all ~ars had completed the first group of four left on the first to crack the hour for the long lap. prologue, 1t was multi-Australian lap journey along the narrow Behind Martin in the early order Champion, Craig Martin way out tracks through the trees, in and came: first round winner, Les in fr?nt. But _then ?e declined to out of numerous creeks, then Brown; third round winner, Andy run m the Kmgs, instead saving finishing with a flat-out run down Brown; Dave Stuchbery (Class 1 ); the Class 1 car for the race on the a closed-to-public dirt road. Bill Bill Buchanan; Cliff Alderton Sunday. Another Class 1 qualifier, Croft who had worked hard (Class l); and then the Class 2s of S d The Class 3 1200cc race again went to Bob and Jeanette Mowbray in the tua~t L?r , N~ville Boyes, ~nd 1200cc Datsun powered Rivmasta. They won by over half an hour and placed Rudi Tuisk. This was a stunning 15th overall proving horsepower isn't everything. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AYE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. 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Then the Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 of Bridgestone's Fabio Zarfati November 1991 The Class 4 Baja Bugs had a very close battle over the long miles, but Stephen McDougall and Marl Wilson won the class and placed 26th overall by the slim margin of 44 seconds. Dusty Times

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Just 18 years old Rudi Tuisk drove his first race ever here at Kempsey last season, and this year he and Michael Harris nabbed second in class and overall with a great drive in the Rivmasta. Terry and Maureen Rose scored their career best in the Mazda powered Hunter, third overall and third in Class 2 in a relatively trouble free run over the many on course hazards. Fabio Zarfati pulled off Australia's biggest ever jump in the prologue in the Mitsubishi Pajero, but he went out of the race with a broken ball joint. Ian Hedley won the Tin Top Shoot Out in his strong Ford Bronco, but in the race he destroyed the whole left side of the rig against a tree. Ken Smith, Tom Orcher and Steve Renn combined to bring the Isuzu Rodeo across the finish line second in Class 8 and 21st overall in the 4x4. Peter Briggs and Shane Fuller had a good day in the Holden pickup surviving the rough course to finish a long second in the 2WD Class 5. Warr-en Irons' Baja hit a tree hard tearing off the whole front corner, but then a bigger hit was Ian Hedley who destroyed the entire left side of the Shell, Ford Bronco on another tree. Both the Whisker family Challengers went the front, as Craig Martin broke a out with motor failures, which· stub axle, then almost straight was also the cause of Dave away Andy Brown broke a MacDonald's Class 7, Daihatsu complete rear shock mount. That Feroza withdrawing. got rid of first and second; the Into the sixth lap and drama at Class 2 cars were now well and truly in command. Incredibly it was Rudi T uisk who now led the field. What a feat if he could win overall after winning the Rookie award last year!! Les Brown, however, was only 13 seconds in IIIUI - -Mark and Glenn Manns had a great day in the Class 5 Isuzu Rodeo, winning the class by well over an hour, and they put the 2WD truck home a most remarkable eighth overall on the tough course. Les Siviour and Peter lseppi made a spectacular debut in the all new Nissan Patrol, as they won Class 7 by less than nine minutes and placed the Production 4x4 a super ninth overall. arrears going into the last lap. Terry Rose had mond up to third, but had Mark Burrows close behind in a Bridgestone car. Neville Boyes had withdrawn after being hit in the now blinding dust. Then Daren Wells retired; the tie rod finally giving in out the back. The Watman's fast Class 3 was also a late withdrawal with engine woes. All attention then focused on the finish line as Brown, then Tuisk crossed the line very close; it was up to the timekeepers to announce the winner. The end result saw Les Brown and Leigh Jones snatch the victory for Goodyear by beating Ruisk by ¾ minute. Incidentally a Bridgestone car has not won the Bridgestone International since 1986. Brown's only problem in the nine laps was overheating, but that mysterious! y cleared itself. Even second overall was a stunning drive for the young Rudi Tuisk, who most certainly · will become a leading driver in the . future. Third llr.. ■■I ■■I ■■I •. -I

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Graeme Horn and Ian Jones drove this Mitsubishi Ga/ant to third place in Class 5, and they were the first sedan to finish, missing second by just one minute. Barrie Cheers and Richard Ryan favor the older style Jeep for modified 4x4 racing, but their eight laps were good for fourth in class. John Bloem and Gary Kincaid got in all nine laps in the Lada Niva 4x4 and they earned third in Class 8, the last finisher in that class. ~ - place was a career best for husband and wife: Terry and Maureen Rose in yet another Class 2, this one had Mazda power. To say Class 2 buggies dominated would be an under-statement; they filled the top seven places. Fourth outright was Mark Burrows, then followed Bill Buchanan, Stuart Lord, and local, Paul Osborne. One had to look back to eleventh overall to see the first Class 1. That belonged to Neill Morrison and Geoff Heather, who drove a constant and trouble-free race in the Datsun powered Hunter buggy. Class 1 minor placings went to: Cliff Alderton; Hayden Bently, who finished without any brakes; then Bill Croft. Croft had clawed his way through from dead-last to 18th overall, and now seems unbeatable in the Class 1 ,championship. The Class 3 race, once again went to Bob and Jeanette Mowbray in the Datsun 1200cc, Rivmasta. They also finished 15th overall. Behind them in Class 3 came Allan Hunt, Stewart Latter, Michael Boaden, and Ted Potter. Peter and Glenn Had/ow again won top spot in modified 4x4 Class B in the Mitsubishi Triton adding to their long string of victories, and they drive this truck to and from the races all over Australia. The Class 4, Baja clash was tight all day. Tony Thornton had gone with a blown motor, which left Craig Baker and Steve McDougall to fight it out. At the checker it was McDougall's win by 44 seconds!! Despite a broken shock tower, then a faulty clutch cylinder, Nev Taylor soldiered on to get third. Mark Manns overcame his bad luck of last round, and really had the Chev VB honking as he picked up the 2WD victory and finished a great eighth overall. It was close for second with Peter Briggs' Holden edging out Graeme Horn's Mitsubishi sedan by just under a minute. Graham Smith brought his earlier Mitsubishi into fourth, while Greg Bernard filled fifth in his Datsun PS 10. The Challenger win went to Louie Binios yet THE WRIGHT DROP SPINDLE 3" MORE GROUND CLEARANCE ~ ~~ PLACEk CV JOINTS RACK & PINION STEERING UNITS 1. REGULAR 2. SAND BUGGY 3. MINI 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL Ci\JON, CA 92021 TEL: (619) 561-4810 FAX: (619) 561-7960 Page 38 again, and behind him came Andrew Maggs, then Peter Trotter. In the limited 4x4 Class 7, Les Siviour was debuting an all new Nissan Patrol, and what a debut:" first in class and 9th overall, even beating the modified 4x4s. Next in as per usual was Grahame Baxter's earlier model Patrol. Third was a fine return to racing for Paul Zacka. Debuting an Isuzu Rodeo pickup, Zacka was actually Australian Champion in '82 and hasn't raced for many years. Despite losing 4WD and various shocks, Zacka held out the Mick Howard Mitsubishi pickup. The local father and son team; Peter and Glen Hadlow, once again picked up the Class 8 trophy in the turbo Mitsubishi Triton. Their record is phenomenal: in 34 starts, they have 33 class finishes. They also drive the Y okahama truck to and from all the races all over Australia!! Despite losing third gear, the Isuzu General Motors backed Rodeo of Ken Smith clung onto second. In third was a remarkable drive for John Bloem in the Nissan-powered Lada Niva. John drove the car up from Melbourne, ran all day without a pit stop, then drove it back to Melbourne. Barrie Cheers in a Jeep took fourth in Class 8, ahead of Les Marshall's turbo Suzuki which had trouble with gearbox mounts. The sole single seater, Si Heaslip continued to once again be the only finisher and finished 17th overall and will now carry 901 again for next year. So they were some of the lucky 22% that were finishers in what definitel y is Australia's toughest off road race; the Bridgestone International. Altho ugh it was round four of the 5-race Aust-ralian Championship, this win puts Les Brown in an unbeatable position to become overall '91 Champion. Many class title winners, however, will be decided at the fifth round in South Australia next month ... November 1991 Bridgestone International - Australia Resutts - July 21, 1991 # Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Time 0/A Class I - Unlimited Two Seat -41 start - 7 finish 124 1 165 2 104 3 Neill Morrison/Geoff Heather Hunter Cliff & Dennis Alderton Trekka Hayden Bentley/C>Nen Wright Buggy 1110 4 162 5 Bill Croft/John Fawbert Buggy Eric Syrjanen/Anderson Baker Scorpion Class 2 • 1600cc Two Seat • 34 start • 17 finish 201 1 205 2 259 3 202 4 216 5 Les Brown/Leigh Jones Hornet Rudi Tuisk/Michael Harris Rivmasta Terry & Maureen Rose Hunter Mark Burrows/Ross Waller Trekka Bill Buchanan/Andrew Meade Hunter 301 350 354 348 332 Class 3 • 1200cc Two Seat -21 start • 7 finish 1 Bob & Jeanene Mowbray Rivmasta 2 Allan HunvRoger Garment Hunter 3 Stewart latter/David Warboys Rivmasta 4 Michael & Les Boaden Hunter 5 Ted & David Potter Buggy Class 4 -Baja Bug -11 start - 3 finish 403 1 429 2 404 3 Steve McDougalVMarl Wilson Baja Bug Craig Baker/Robyn Baker Baja Bug Nev Taylor/Bob Oxley Baja Bug 501 531 516 572 599 Clan 5 • 2WD Sedans & Pickups • 17 start - 7 finish 1 Mark Manns/ Glen Manns Isuzu Rodeo 2 Peter Briggs/Shane Fuller Holden pickup 3 Graeme Horn/Ian Jones Mitsubishi Galan! 4 Graham Smith/Cathy Marzol Mitsubishi Galan! 5 Greg Bernard/Sue Shaw Datsun P51 O Clan 6 • Rntrlcted Challenger Buggy - 7 start • 3 finish 601 1 669 2 636 3 Louie Binios/ Kathryn Binios Rhino Andrew Maggs/Antionente Wilson Cobra Peter Trotter/Brian Thompson Buggy 701 731 713 777 707 801 803 820 823 810 901 Clan 7 • Production 4x4 -11 start - 7 finish 1 Les Siviour/Peter lseppi Nissan Patrol 2 Grahame Baxter/David Coulton Nissan Patrol 3 Paul & Brad Zacka/Wayne Bell Isuzu Rodeo 4 Mick Howard/Clyde Branch Mitsubishi 5 Eric Whitbread/Steve Blair Mitsubishi Class 8 • Modified 4x4 -13 start - 7 finish 1 Peter Hadlow/Glen Hadlow Mitsubishi Triton 2 Ken Smith/Tom Orcher/Steve Renn Isuzu Rodeo 3 John Bloem/Gary Kincaid Lada Niva 4 Barrie Cheers/Richard Ryan Jeep 5 Les & Neville Marshall/Dave Watson Suzuki Class 9 • Unlimited Single Seat • 3 start -1 finish Si Heaslip . Scorpion 8:08:05 8:09:43 8:10:02 8:30:28 9:27:25 7:28:44 7:29:35 7:38:00 7:42:41 7:45:32 8:12:58 8:48:01 9:02:17 9:23:32 Slaps 8:49:25 8:50:09 Slaps 7:52:16 9:15:32 9:16:29 9:31 :15 71aps Slaps 71aps 71aps 8:01:28 8:10:00 8:42:54 9:06:21 Slaps 8:02:29 8:39:18 9:04:50 Slaps 71aps 8:15:53 Starters 158 - Finishers (9 laps) 35 -22°/4 King of Kempsey -#101 Daren Wells Top Tin Top· #804 Ian Hedley Race Distance (9 laps) 295 miles -474 km. Fastest Prologue - #176 Craig Martin - Fastest Long Lap - Craig Martin 59:24 Fastest Short lap- #205 Rudi_Tuisk 36:31 -Rookie Award -#162 Eric Syrjanen Make DUSTY TIMES a Stocking Stuffer for Christmas ORDER GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR YOUR FAVORITE OFF ROADERS NOW. DELIGHT YOUR PIT CREW - FAMILY HELPFUL NEIGHBORS -EVERYONE. 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There is a whole lot of room for carg·o in the 4Runner as the rear seats fold down also to increase cargo capacity. The Toyota V6 engine, coupled with the sleek lines of the 4Runner make it easy on the eyes and easy on the gas bill too! Even with a heavy load in the cargo bay, the 4Runner maintains a close to level attitude: thanks to its firm springs and shocks. Toyota IWD Runner Text & Photos: John Calvin Equally at ease either in the wood, desert or on the street, the 4Runner is functional as well as handsome. Let's see now, a 2 wheel drive 4Runner? That's right, there is a big market for the 2 wheel drive 4Runner, bigger than one might suspect. The 4Runner we picked _ up from Toyota was red, real red and it was a fun vehicle to drive. This particular vehicle was of the automatic persuasion with the nice little button on the gear selector lever that puts you into overdrive, a lovely option that allows your engine to loaf along almost at idle while you careen down the road. There is no indication when the overdrive is engaged, only a light on the facia to let you know the overdrive is NOT engaged. This 1991 4Runner was attached to the ground with Bridgestone Desert Duelers, P225/75R15 mounted on a six spoke deep dish wheel. As usual, we were equipped with a full size spare, however, this one was' mounted beneath the frame and can be lowered easily to the ground and also reinstalled easily. The front end geometry is protected by a formidable looking skid plate which would ward off most obstacles and would help put your mind at ease while traveling off the paved surfaces. As usual, the 4Runner came equipped with most everything available and as usual, we utilized all of them. The 4Runner came with front disc brakes, drum rears, with anti-lock feature and they did stop the vehicle with ease. The parking brake is of the pull variety, mounted under the dash, easy to grab and use. For the real amenities of life we Dusty Times were equipped with power steering, automatic windows and automatic door locks, all con-trolled from the driver's arm rest and the driver's window also has the feature of the automatic operation, which lowers the window completely by depressing the button fully. Also mounted on the driver's arm rest are the controls for the outside mirrors. The electric moon roof is a most welcome option as I personally like to look up and see the sky (night or day) and, tiring of this I close the sun shade. Cruise control is another option, all controls thereof being situated on the center portion of the steering wheel, most convenient. I use the cruise control frequently while beating my way back and forth to Vegas and this particular model operates very smoothly. An 'indicator ·light notifies you that the cruise control is engaged. The steering wheel tilts to 8 different positions, assuring one to meet your needs. The radio is a fully ~quipped sound system, AM/FM Stereo with tape player and six program buttons along with all the various controls for bass and treble, front and rear, left and right, etc. along with the "ACS" button which allows you to select the proper frequency response for various types of music and/ or voice, all graphically displa yed in the station monitor window. Directly above the radio is a nice pull out cup holder which I used constantly. The only problem , it block s the air conditioning vent and it sure does cool off a hot drink in a moment. The console between the front bucket seats acts as a right arm rest for the driver and consists of an upper and lower compartment for major or minor storage. Just in front of the storage compartments there is a window lock button, the rear window up/ down rocker switch and the ECT button which, in its normal position is set for "normal" driving but when activated allows for much more power for adverse driving conditions. Seats in front are super comfortable buckets with all the back and forth, up and down. motions you could possibly desire and I stress again, they are comfortable. The rear seat is the bench type which is also very comfortable and the rear seat bottoms and backs fold down to give you a rather large cargo area. The rear window tailgate opera-tion is smooth to operate and the gate closes with a resounding thud. The rear window is also equipped with a washer/wiper and an electrical defrost. The lights are stalk controlled on the turn signal lever and the wipers are located on the right side stalk. Instrumentation is easy to read and functional. The tachometer sits beside the speedometer with resettable odometer, and there are real live gauges for fuel, water temp, oil pressure and battery conditio n . C entrally mounted heat and air controls are easy to read and the various degrees of heat or cold are more than adequate. November 1991 '! ! i !L .. fit ' -;.,.,;,,_,_...~ With typical Toyota efficiency, everything is laid out for the driver, all within · easy reach and nothing hidden from the eye. There are two map or reading the power you co uld ask for to lights mounted in the forward meet any situation. The 17 gallon portion of the roof, on either side fuel capacity allows you plenty of of the normal passenger door roving miles as we averaged 22 open interior light. There is also mpg on the road and over 18 in an accommodation light in the town. To be honest, you could rear, just above the rear window. probably do quite a bit better with These lights can also be turned off a little lighter foot but we nevet manually so when you are sitting tried. around with everything open you We enjoyed the 2 WO 4 are not draining your battery. Runner. We did a bit of easy off There is also an ignition switch roading in Nevada and had no light mounted in the steering problems. The 4Runner is super column which activates whenever comfortable on the road, even for · you open the driver's door and the long stretches and was really does light up the ignition pleasant to drive. It responds well switch area. to the throttle and has great . _The 3 liter V-6 performs stopping power. We liked it a lot, smoothly and efficiently, with all you will too! BLOW - OUT SUMMER SPECIAL CENTERLINE WHEEL PACKAGE 2 EA 15X6 REARS (OFFSET OR STD) 2 EA 15_X3 FRONTS (BUBBLE OR STD) 2 EA YOKOHAMA SUPERDIGGER 11133-10.50 2 EA YOKOHAMA 700-15 2 EA FRONT TUBES 2 EA REAR TUBES $ 799.95 We'll match any Centerline advertised price Come see us during upcoming Las Vegas races OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK ALSO; Compare Our Prices On; 930 c.v.'s Cibie Lights SAW Products MON - FRI 8am to 6pm SAT 9am to 5 pm Simpson Tri-Mil Wright Place ":::..0 -~~ ~ Call Now - Mention This Ad 3054 S VALLEY VIEW LAS VEGAS NV 89102 ~ -~~ -~~" C:)~ 702-871-4911 702-871-5604 Page 39

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Prescott Forest Rally IV Photos: Lorne Trezise ,.. :d: .. ~ ,J;-w< Lon Peterson and Jim Love had a close battle and trailed the early leader, but after 221 rally miles they not only won the Open Class they took first overall driving the not-to-new Plymouth Arrow. It has been three years since the California Rally Series has had the privilege of traveling to the mountainous region of central Arizona, to the beautiful town of Prescott, to run the Prescott Forest Rally IV. One of Prescott's original rallyists, Rob Cherry and two of his disciples Roger Hull and Jeff Hendricks teamed together to offer a 221 mile event, featuring 66 stage miles. The· stages used were the best of the best from the previous three events held in '85, '86 and '88. Three stages were used, each run twice, and each one unique in it's own way. Stage one and three was Matthew's Mountain, meas-uring 16.38 miles. The first 8.50 miles was twisty, narrow and fairly rough. 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BOX 845 • 101 BROADWAY YARNELL, AZ 85362 (602) 427-3551 ·SHIPPED BY UPS DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 40 and snaked downhill on a rolling type of terrain making teams feel as if they were riding a roller-coaster at over 100 mph! Stage two and five, Witty Tom, stretched 5 .83 miles over smoother roads, quickly sweeping in and around Government Canyon. This stage was high-lighted by a triple caution narrow bridge crossing. Thankfully all teams had· been warned prior to the event at the driver's meeting and all teams n ~gotiat ed it without incident. "'Stages four and six were named Wildcat, 11.05 miles of wide, fast and sweeping roads. Many teams claimed this their favorite stage. The stage in turn, ho wever, claimed several rally teams. 16 teams entered the co-efficient three event, although only 15 actually started the event. The open class Datsun 510 of Chad Dykes and Pat Hansen encountered electrical woes during the odometer calibration run. Many people tried to help the likeable team but the problem with the car was quite elusive. Big news among the starters was the return to rallying by Mike Whitman, one of the most gifted and feared drivers the CRS has known. Anyone who was con-nected with rallying in the early 80's knows what I mean. For the off road racing crowd reading this; at the same time Jim Sumners was winning Class 2 -1600 everyti_me you turned around Mike was doing the same to the CRS Stock Class. And now he was back, in an open class Datsun 510. All pre and post event happen-ings were at rally headquarters, The Prescottian Hotel. Saturday morning, September 14th, saw teams busy with registration and scrutineering. At 5:30 p.m. the rally started on time with Jeff and Chris Griffin starting the 29 mile transit to stage one. The remaining cars followed at two minute intervals. The open class started eight cars into stage one. First on the road, the sibling team of Jeff and Chris Griffin wasted no time in not only taking the early lead but setting a new fast time for the first stage with a blistering 1 7 minutes and 28 seconds in the TRS/USA November 1991 Tony Tavares and Carlos Tavares picked up time in the Toyota on the smoother stages, took over the lead on stage 5, and the Tavares team won Production GT Class, their third win of the season. Volvo. 30 seconds in arrears was through stages two and three with the B&D Auto motive/Pettis the brothers Griffin building a 45 Performance Plymouth Arrow of second lead over Peterson and Lon Peterson and Jim Love. These Love. Whitman, who with prior two teams broke away from the arrangement with the organizer, crowd as Mike Whitman trailed used two navigators during the _by a minute and fifteen seconds. rally, was holding third and The VW Specialties Scirocco enjoying rallying again three of Ron Wood and Kelly Walsh minutes back. suffered a flat and lost four Going into stage four the minutes in th~ stage and were left Griffins had momentum, as a to rethink their strategy to get to matter of fact toward the end of the front. The Colorado based the stage they had a bit too much team of Paul Caouette and Max momentum going into a long Tyler had their rally come to a sweeping left hand turn. Chris most violent and premature end relates the story; "The car kept toward the end of the stage when sliding to the outside berm of the they got out of shape cresting a corner slowly lifting us onto two cattleguard on the downhill wheels. We thought we may save section, rolling multiple times off it but the car rolled onto my door the road. Both Paul and Max were and we slid there for a while, but OK, except for the customary then it continued to roll onto the bruised ego. However, as the roof, and we slid on it for a while night wore on they would have until it finally stopped." The company in the prestigious Rollover Club was growing its Rollover Club. Prescott Chapter. The o en class battle moved Peterson and • Love continued ~ '0l Mike Whitman used up two navigators upon his return to rallying after a long absence, but he hadn't lost his skills, taking second overall and second in Open Class in the Datsun 510. Rock N' Roll 250 (From Page 25) was the first overall car to finish. Coming in second overall, about seven minutes later was the Sprint Chassis Works car, first among the Pro entry. This was Jim Maness' second win this year and makes him the first double winner in Pro for 1991. Second in the Pro cars wasn't decided for more than an hour as both Martin and Autrey struggled to finish. Martin had used up all his spares and had to borrow tires to finish, plus the front end was about to fall off the car. Autrey had broken a transmission strap which made shifting really difficult and had severely bent a rear trailing arm. Neel had managed only nine laps in 7: 19.53 and finally threw iri the towel. At the finish James Martin, with Mike Swinney co-driving, beat Brett Autrey by 12 minutes to take second place in Pro and third overall in a total time of 7:51.90. Brett Autrey was the ironman of the event having stayed in the car for 8:03.04 with no relief and fi nished fourth overall. Lee Neel was awarded fourth in Pro and Cecil Robert-son, fifth. John Mapp was second in Sportsman ranks. The awards were presented on Sunday morning at the host Holiday Inn Parkway and the coffee and donuts were appreci-ated by all. Johnny Oldham thanked everyone for their participation and had news about the next race. It was a night race, and prior to the event was a fun buggy race on a short course for the sand buggy owners who might have the urge to try off road racing. Also it was announced that class reps have been created. Pro Class reps are James Martin (915) 366-1000 and Cecil Robertson (915) 362-3128. Sportsma n reps are Frank Schneider (915) 580-6511 and John Mapp (915) 366-7358. James Martin leads the Pro points by 12 over Cecil Robertson, and Jim Maness is four more behind. Dusty Times

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Peter Lahm and Bob Smith were running their first rally in a Darsun 510, of course, and they had a lot of fun, won Seed 6 and were fourth in Open Class. Sam Moore and John Elkin had the Plymouth Arrow up with the leaders, then rolled it on stage 2, but carried on with help a(ld took fourth in Stock Class. Don Peterson and Nobel Jones carried plenty of lights to take them to fifth place in the Open Class on the popular Prescott Rally. into the final stages for a trouble free run to capture both the open class and overall victory, "l didn't want to see the rally end that way, if Jeff and Chris hadn't rolled it would have been a great run to the end", said Peterson after the rally. Mike Whitman was happy with a second place finish after not being in a rally car in about four years, he made his return in fine style and should figure into some great battles in the future. Ron Wood and Kelly Walsh regrouped at the halfway point and held onto third place. Newcomers Peter Lahm and Bob Smith reported a lot of fun running their first rally, not only finishing fourth in open class but winning seed six in the process. B. J. and Stuart Beal ran up front in the Production GT Class in the early stages, but their Mazda 323 G TX had late troubles and they dropped to second in class. Paula Gibeault enlisted Ev Hendriks to navigate her Datsun 510, and they had the early lead, later had electrical trouble, lost the lights, but got fixed and took second in Stock Class. The GT Class held three starters. Tony and Carlos Tavares pitted their Toyota Celica All Trac against B.J. and Stuart Beal driving a Mazda 323 GTX. Gary English and Mike Blore teamed again in Gary's Alfa GTV sponsored by Alpha Ricambi. The Beal's ran up front in the early going, over the rougher stages where the Tavares Toyota had to slow on stages one and three. Tavares did challenge in the smoother stages but the lead Beal had built was tough to beat. Stage five saw the Beal 323 on the side of the road; out with unknown ills. Tony and Carlos motored to the finish enjoying their third GT win this year. English and Blore were out on the fourth stage with an overhe:i,ting Alfa spewing steam near a hairpin turn. Some teams claim the Alfa as a marker helped them slow for turn better. The CRS Stock Class had four vehicles show up to challenge the Prescott roads, Paula Gibeault borrowed Jeff Hendricks father, Ev, to navigate in the Gibeault family 510. Harris Done and Larry Scott brought out the Independent Mazda/Honda Care RX~ 7. Sam Moore and John Elkin wheeled out the B&D Automo~ tive/Uni Filter Plymouth Arrow, and Joe Durso, a local Prescott resident, had Nathan Gerlich navigating his second event in the Datsun pickup truck. Paula and Ev jumped into the Ron Wood and Kelly Wafsh had a flat on the first stage, but recovered to finish the rally third in Open Class in their Volkswagen Scirocco. Joe Durso and Nathan Gerlich turned good times in the Datsun pickup, and the Prescott team finished the route third in CRS Stock Class. Dusty Times early lead ahead of Harris and held the communication together · Rally at the top of the grapevine in Larry by some 17 seconds, and had a big hand in the rally Southern California, probably enjoying the rough roads in the starting and finishing exactly on · already completed at press time. independent· rear suspension time, without them there would Rob Cherry, Roger Hull and Datsun. Durso and Gerlich edged be no rally. 7th Avenue Auto Jeff Hendricks worked hard to Moore and Elkin in the first stage Parts sponsored the rally, without put on one of the finest events in but all that. would not matter their help, and that of KICKS the California Rally Series. For later. · 106.3 FM, there would be no theireffortseachisnowamember Going into stage two the · rally. And a special thank you to of the Board of Governors:-Datsun and the Mazda closed the all the wonderful people who helping form the direction the gap to a scant six seconds while worked the controls, registration CRS will take to grow and Durso moved into a solid third as and tech inspection, without prosper in the future. In the end the Rollover Club inducted a new these special people there would · h d h' h · member, Sam Moore ... oh and I d f l b every competitor a ig praise guess I was in the car too. Only e inite y e no rally! for the quality of the rally. Even .15 of a mile into the stage the The California Rally Series the three members of the Arrow's tranny synchro took the 1991 Championship still has one Rollover Club who are now vacation leaving our heroes in event left on hte calendar. Most of searching for sundry new body neutral, with lots of momentum the individual class champion~ panels for a Datsun 510, and not enough road to stop the ships have already been decided, Plymouth Arrow and Volvo 142. car. Caroming off the outside but that will not deter the masses Anybody out there with a bank the Arrow slowly rolled 1 ,--fr_o_m_a_tt_e_n_d_in_g;;........th_e_G_o_r_m_a_n_R_id...:g:..e __ w_r_e_c_k_in..:g::...y.:..a_r_d_? ______ ____ onto its roof. Open class competitor Anton Musev and Gary Dunklau had a fuel pump, fail at this spot and got quite a·, show. Anton and Gary helped us get the Arrow on its wheels, the car started and away the team went, battered but not out. Paula and Ev won the third I stage now just 30 seconds ahead of, Harris, who was looking forward I to the closing stages where he ' knew his car had the advantage. Stage four saw an electrical woe ·1 strike the Datsun's lighting, leaving Paula and Ev in the near j dark except for one light. Harris · and Larry climbed out just two or three seconds in the lead after , stage four and heading into the service area where a light repair 1 was made for the Datsun. Stages five and six saw the Mazda increase the lead and take the win over Paula and Ev by nearly one minute. Joe and I Nathan kept the Datsun on the road, and turned some very I respectable stage times enroute to I a third place finish. Moore and I? We soldiered on to the service I area, fixed what we could and CAGLE Fuel Controls Small & Big Carburetors End Load-up· Problems More Top-end Power . No carburetor can do this. The Fuel Control lowers fuel pressure when an engine is not making power. As pressure is lowered the needle-valve closes sooner, and the fuel bowl level (ie the float) is lowered. The air/fuel mixture is adjusted from over-rich back to normal. It's automatic, the feedback signal is the change in engine vacuum. Fast adjustment, fast response Ease up on the throttle, and the carburetor is adjusted. 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SUBARU PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Bruno Kreibich Dominates The Ojibwe Pro Rally Photos: Rick Corwine Bruno Kreibich has won many rallies before, but this was his first SCCA PRO Rally overall victory in the Audi Quattro with Jeff Becker navigating the team. They had a flawless run, no troubles at all and won by over a minute. ' International rally veteran Bruno Kreibich and co-driver Jeff Becker drove to a convincing overall victory in round four of the. SCCA Subaru Pro Rally Championship Series. Kreibich finished with a one minute, 26 second lead over second place finisher and 1990 Series Champ-ion Paul Choiniere. Both compete in Audi Quattros. Kreibich and Becker were runners up in last year's champ-ionship and had finished consist-ently in the top five during the first three rallies in both the Open lass and Overall. Although Bruno has won many SCCA Divisional and some International events, primarily in Canada, this was his first SCCA National Pro Rally victory. "The car, the crew, the driver and co-driver teamed together for one of those rare rac'e weekends where everything we trieq worked," said Kriebich , who has now moved to within two points of the 1991 Overall series leader Chad DiMarco, who drives the Group A Subaru Legacy. Paul Choiniere and co-driver Scott Weinheimer in their Audi Quattro dominated the series last year, but have not won an event this year. Yet due to their consistent high finishes in the first half of the series they are in third had registered in Noel Lawler's place overall. Chad DiMarco, the Mitsubishi Galant VR4, since no winner of the Tiadaghton and parts were available to fix the STPR Pro Rallies, rounded out drive train on Tim's usual mount, the top three finishers in a VW Rallye supercharged Golf. Minnesota. DiMarco and co-Co-driver Martin Headland driver Erick Hauge were a minute, hoped to improve on their 1990 37 seconds behind Choiniere. finish, which was very good as The Ojibwe Rally ran initially they won Group A and took third as a TSD performance event, overall. Another 'new' Mitsubishi became a Divisional rally in 1985 driver was Carl Merrill in a Libra and grew into a National SCCA Racing prepared '90 Eclipse. The Pro Rally in 1986, then head-300 hp car is Merrill's first ride in quartered in Grand Rapids, Open Class rallying. He pre-Minnesota. John Buffum and viously piloted a Mazda 323 GTX Tom Grimshaw won the rally, inProductionGT.Hisfirstouting and also in 1987, in the formid-on the Mt. Washington Hill able Audi Quattro, and in 1986 Climb, saw him put the car the event was voted the "Pro promptly into a ditch. "Really, it Rally of the Year". After Buffum was a good thing," said Carl, retired from rally competition "because you're always afraid to and became the national steward, dent a new car. Every new car his step-son Paul Choiniere with should come with a hammer!" Scott Weinheimer won this event Mark Molnar has a new 16 in 1988 in an Audi, Rod Millen valve engine to replace the old 8 and Tony Sircombe took top valve in his VW GolfGTI, which honors in a Mazda in 1989 and should provide him with approx-last year Doug Shepherd and Peter imately 50 more horsepower. Gladyz won overall in a Dodge Mark is running second in Shadow. This year the rally Production Class points to W .B. moved its headquarters from Giles, also here in this class in his Grand Rapids to Bemidji, VW Golf. Veteran rallyman Minnesota, both towns well north Do·ug Shepherd and co-driver of Minneapolis. Keen rally roads Peter Gladyz are making their exist in the nearby forests. season debut at Ojibwe in the When registration closed on Dod_ge Shelby Charger, because Friday, August 23, Tim O'Neil the new Eagle Talon isn't ready ~ Al R.L.H. COMMUNICATIONS yet. The Talon should debut at the Gold Rush Rally on October 3 in Colorado. The Subaru factory team of Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge -have a newly updated Legacy with new drive train and suspension parts, hoping to continue their early success this season. Last year at the Ojiwbe the team had a big disappointment when a tree stump put the then new Legacy out of action. llllffl e:t RACE RADIO SYSTEMS 337 W. 35th STREET, SUITE "F" NATIONAL CITY, CA 92050 (619) 585-9995 THE CHAMPIONS CHOICE TOM SCHILLING - 1990 OVERALL F.R.T SERIES TOM DeNAUL T - 1990 CLASS 1-2/1600 SCORE/HORA RITAYIK ~ PRATT-1990 24HR WORLD RECORD CLASS 9 F.R.T. PERRY McNEILL - 1990 CLASS 8 GRAN CARRERA H & R RACING - 1990 CLASS 9 F.R.T. SERIES REG. PRICE s5ggoo RACERS SPECIAL Intercom WE ACCEPT VISA & MASTERCHARGE HELMETS WIRED $H5.00 HANDHELO RADIOS 50 CHANNELS-$495 REVOLVING LIGHTS & ELECTRONIC SIRENS/HORNS Offic!al BFGoodrich Radio Relay Page 4i The 30 car rally started under cleat blue skies Friday by Lake Bemidji and traveled east along the shores of several more of Minnesota's ten thousand lakes. The cloudless and windless night proved to be a serious problem for all competitors save for Bruno Kreibich and Jeff Becker, who were first on the road in the Audi Quattro. The dust from the cars hung in the air far longer than the one minute interval allowed between stage starts. In the interest of competitor safety, two minute starting intervals were instituted after Special Stage 4 at Bowstring River, and from there the competitors had their first November 1991 Chad Di Marco and Erick Hauge got the reworked Subaru Legacy home first in Group A, and third overall, no doubt retaining their overall points lead in the series with two rallies remaining in 1991. service break at Squaw Lake. At the service stop Chad DiMarco remarked that "Bruno starting first is a Christmas present from the rest of us." Bruce Weinman, Rally Chairman added that ten minute intervals probably wouldn't help. Here attrition had started to take its toll. The Mitsubishi Galant of Tim O'Neil and Martin Headland had a clogged oil filter, resulting in more troubles, which the crew tried to fix during the 35 minute break, but the team were already ten minutes behind. Also falling well back was the Pontiac Fiero of Tim Bendle and Art MacKenzie, reported "off" near the end of stage 3. After four stages they all followed Kreibich/ Becker, who had over two minutes on DiMarco/Hauge. Choiniere was next, followed by Doug Shepherd, then in fifth came Tom Ottey/ Pam McGarvey, their Mazda the first Production GT car. In sixth Merrill/Wickens were followed by the GMC pickup of Guy Light and Jimmy Brandt. Next came Hadjiminas/Theodoropoul fol-lowed in five seconds by the Toyota pickup of Gary and Judi Gooch. About 11 :00 p.m. the rally headed out to the final four stages of the Friday night section. One of the most interesting vehicles at the rally was the U .S. Army Hum-Vee that did duty in the Persian Gulf War. Ambulance Services at this event were provided by a reserve army medical unit, whose participation in the rally counts for one weekend of duty. Many of the reservists here this weekend are recently back from Saudi Arabia. After a day of sleep in Bemidji, the survivors headed out for the Saturday night four stages. They were joined by 13 more competi-tors in the Paul Bunyan's Ride Divisional Rally. On the second stage the Leslie Suddard/Karen Landau Dodge Omni went off the road and into a swamp 2.2 miles into the stage near the Anchor Hill Lookout. Leslie said she just ran out of road, trying to make a late apex. The girls were uninjured and they got the car out after a lot of effort and headed home. Other casualties reported at the Park Rapids service break included the Krolikowski Dodge Shadow reported out . after the first stage with oil problems while Tim Bendle and Art MacKenzie returned to Bemidji following stage 2, under power in the Fiero. The Mazda 323 of Barry Beal and Jim Gill fell off the road after a mile long straight on stage 2 and subsequently was running several minutes behind the field that made it to Park Rapids around 7 p.m. The Kriebich/Becker team, still leading by over two minutes after the first three Saturday stages, replaced all four tires at the break. Chad DiMarco was now in second, with Paul Choiniere just 11 seconds behind him, and both these teams made fuel mixture adjustments at service, because · the dropping barometric pressure and their maximum performance settings left both cars running a little rich. In fourth overall now was Doug Shepherd and Guy Light still led Gary Gooch in the truck action. Tim O'Neil was seen changing spark plugs and adjusting the turbo on the Mitsubishi Galant. At the Walker Service Break Kreibich still held a two minute lead over Paul Choiniere, and Doug Shepherd said he is working harder than his competitors because his Dodge is two wheel drive. Overheating also forced Doug to turn on his heater, and it was a warm night. Meanwhile back on stage 6 the Mitsubishi being 'tested' by Tim O'Neil and Jon Wickens caught fire 2½ miles from the finish in the Paul Bunyan State Forest. Both men were uninjured, while workers, spectators, and following divisional competitors helped put the fire out before it spread into the forest. The car was totaled. As mentioned when the 131.6 stage miles split into 18 stages, and the rally cars had covered 2 7 5 miles, Bruno Kreibich and Jeff Though slim in numbers the competition is tight in Rally Truck Class, and Guy Light and Jimmy Brandt won again in the well prepped GMC S-15 and they finished a fine tenth overall as well. DustyTimes

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Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey had a great run in the Mazda 323, and they moved up steadily to finish fifth overall while winning the Production GT class. Cal Landau and Eric Marcus combined to bring the VW Golf in sixth overall in a close battle for fifth place honors, and they also won first place in Production Class. Close all the way Californians Gary and Judi Gooch drove the Toyota into second in Rally Truck Class and they came in 15th overall in the rally. Chris Czyzio and Dale Jones run their Plymouth from home base in Michigan, and they competed in both events, finishing fifth in Open Class in the National and fourth overall in Paul Bunyan's Ride. Becker won over Paul Choiniere and Scott Weinheimer in an Audi Quattro shoot out. Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge nailed third overall and the Group A title for. Subaru, while Doug Shepherd was fourth overall, third in Open Class in the Dodge. Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey won Produc-tion GT at fifth overall. Cal Landau and Eric Marcus were less than a minute behind them to snag the Production class honors in a VW, followed in 49 seconds by W.G. Giles and Bob Pierce, their VW still leading the class on points. Second and third in GT class and eighth and ninth overall went to the Mazda of Michael Grieb and Robert Martin and the Toyota of Dick Corley and Lance Smith. In tenth overall Guy Light and Jimmy Brandt won the Truck Class in a GMC about 4½ minutes ahead of rivals Gary and Judi Gooch, Toyota. In all, 21 of the 30 starters finished the rally, and PAUL BUNYAN SCCA DMSIONAL PRO RALLY Paul Bunyan Competitors Not Babes In The Wood · the last one in was the Mazda of Barry Beal and James Bill that had early troubles but kept moving down the trail to the checkered fla . ~' Giles and Bob Pierce compete in Production Class where they took a close second in the Objiwe, and they also ran the Divisional Rally which they won outright in the VW Golf. Perhaps the SO foot high statue of Paul Bunyan and the 30 foot long likeness of his blue ox Babe were omens that the Divisional Pro Rally on the Saturday of the Ojibwe event at Bemidji, Min-nesota could pass for a tall tale. Dubbed the 'Paul Bunyan's Ride', the event got off to a bizarre beginning even before the first car left the starting line when international rally star Tim O'Neil decided to run the divisional class in order to get more seat time in his new Mitsubishi. Well, it really wasn't his Mitsubishi, but for this event Tim had been asked to drive the Galant VR-4 which had cata-pulted Noel Lawler into first place in Production GT class. Why wasn't Noel driving the car, seeing that he had a chance to grab the lead for national points? All we can say is that Noel seemed to be unavailable for this rally, and seems to be unavailable for the rest of the season. --------------_-_-_-_-_-_::_-_::_-_::_-_-_::_::_-_-_::_::_-_-_-_-_-_::_-_-_-_-_-~ So Tim entered the Mitsubishi l ~""' MFNr or owN~~.=~ .. ;.;;;.,::~·~.~~~;~~.EN r 11No cmcuLATION in the National Rally on F~iday ,,,.--;:;;:-;,-.-.. -.. -.·----· -----·-·v-.. -, -,.,-,.,-,,.-.. -M-.-"-~,-... -.. -.,-,.,-.... ---<night, but a clogged oil filter I/ ...... '..'."~' .. ·.' .. """ :J~~J.~J;(,;tJ"o)_1~~ ~:~:.: .. :,_,,;.-~~ct~~~~ ~n~t~~~;e~~~e~{l !i~d ri,nlhl) 12 $l5.00 1 • d • M • I•, .•• , .......... , .. , ......... ,, ........ a.,r .. , ........ , . .-,.;;:.; ,.,. , ....... , ...... ,,_..,..,._,,.,,, .• ;:..;;; ... , _______ ongt1me co-river art In j "• 111 o,·•1Ty A•.'rnoc· • Sui I r o. l\qo"r., • ,.,, q 1 lO I Headland out of the event. 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Also on hand were veteran GTI rallyists Frank Cunningham and Charles Bradley, and the all woman Dodge Omni team of Leslie Suddard and Karen Landau .. The O'Neil and Wickens combo smoked the competition for the first five stages, but all was not well. The car was running very hot, which led Wickens to believe that, based on the experience the day before with Carl Merrill, that he was to blame. Finally on stage 6 O'Neil decided that he might damage the engine if he kept running, so he pulled off the road November 1991 about a mile from the end of the stage. He and Jon got out of the car, and the next thing they knew, the front end was on fire. Tim's theory was a coolant hose had broken spitting glycol onto a very hot turbocharger. The water evaporated and the glycol ignited. No less than six of the divisional competitors stopped to donate their fire bottles to the effort, along with workers from both the end of the stage and the nearby spectator viewing area. A call was put out to bring anything wet to cool the smoldering wreck and this effort probably saved any forest damage. Workers poured water from their coolers onto the car and then waded into a nearby swamp to get more water. The car is a total write off, a crispy critter from the firewall forward. But with Noel Lawler personna-non-grata, however, no one's really sure whose car it was. Also bowing out of the rally in a similar 'Paul and the Babe' big way was the Suddard/Landau team, who ended the run on the very first stage when driver Leslie smacked a tree totaling the car's front end, but preventing the women from sinking into a nearby swamp. The Krolikowskis were com-petitive early, but mechanical problems forced them out of the running. This left a battle between Photos: Ric_k Corwine ·cunningham/Bradley, Giles/ Pierce and Frontinan/ Arruda. The Irish GTI team of Frank Cunningham and Charles Bradley, another DNF from the national event the night before, was minutes ahead with only minutes to go when Frank ran off the road into a gully and could not finish. So much for luck and nationality. That maneuver dropped Giles and Pierce into the lead, a fact that the GTI team was unaware of until after the event as they were busy competing for national position as well. The Vinnie Frontinan/Frank Arruda Celica was second by a little more than two minutes, with a Dodge Charger driven by Mark Larson and Gary Starr finishing third. -Of the 20 that started in divisional ranks, 12 finished. Chris Czyzio and Dale Jones were fourth in a Plymouth followed by Chuck and Tom VanDamme in a VW. 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HONDA Power Equipment OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. PROFESSIONAL RACERS DISCOUNT ON ALL GENERATORS ART KAWAGUCHI 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 FAX-',>HONE - (213) 264-3936 (213) 264-5858 KENNEDY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS 38830 17th Street East Palmdale, CA 93550 (805) 272-1147 Send $2. 00 for our catalog "The experts in Engine Adapters to Transaxles" Rotary, Toyota, Rabbit, V-6's, Porsche and more to VW, Porsche (901 & 915) and Hewland. MANUFACTURERS OF THE FAMOUS KENNEDY CLUTCHES KUSTER OFF-ROAD RACING SHOCKS • EXTERNAL DAMPENING ADJUSTMENT • 3" DIAMETER, 8" TO 18" STROKE • COMPLETELY REBUILDABLE • COMPUTER SUSPENSION DESIGN ASSISTANCE KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 2900 E. 29lli STREET P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 90906 TELEPHONE 213-595--0661 FAX 21:i--.26-7897 • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION TO YOUR SPECIFICATION 825 N. GLENDORA AVE. COVINA, CA 91723 (818) 915-2212 KENT LOTHRINGER /iNfl!M'Jm ~EF?FL:>F7IVIA,VC:-E # •F?• -,.L.._L IC. .. 1 -' "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 2366 E. Orangethorpe Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tel. (714) 441-1212 Fax (714) 444-1622 MIKE MENDEOLA 10722 Kenney St. C-D Santee. CA 92071 (619) 562-9010 Fax (619) 562-9079 Brackets & Components for Chassis Fabrication Pro-Clamps • Battery Boxes • Radio Mounts Pedal & Shifter Mounts • Skid Plates Aluminum Floor Boards • Scoops & Shrouds Shearing - Punching - Forming Sawing - Tool Grinding - TIG & MIG Welding • STEVE WRIGHT 399 E. Harrison Unit D Corona, CA 91720 (714) 351-2515 (714) 272-0121 JACK McNUTT Import Parts & Service Import Machine Shop Import High Performance Parts. Service & Machinery 42425 5th St. E. Unit C Lancaster, CA 93535 DENNY McNUTT (419) 476-3300 1100 Custer Rd. At Laskey TOLEDO. OHIO 43612 Wholesale 419-476-3711 Bill Varnes 805-940-5513 Fax 805-940-5514 -~ 42425 5th St. E. Unit D Lancaster, CA 93535 • J.M.R. Crumis • Turn Key Cars Racing Producti Pete Alamar 805-940-5515 Fax 805-940-5514 ■ Fox sbocb parts &. service •~CarPrep (805) 298-1212 . 26S24 Golden Valley Road. #40S. Saugus, CA 91350 YOUR COMPLETE IGNITION SOURCE Ignitions • Distributor• • Rev Limiters Coils • Heli-Core Wires • Accessories AUTOTRONIC CONTROLS CORPORATION 1490 Henry Brennan Or., El Paso, Tx 79936 (915) 857-5200 CUSTOM FADRICATION AND ALUMINUM WORK Malcol By Appo;otment Only I (619) 445-9770 AUTOS ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CARS TRUCKS NATIONAL SPRING COMPANY, INC. 10229 Prospect Ave. Santee, Californin 92071 A COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SPRING SERVICE Leaf Springs Custom Made & Repaired Shocks & Coil Springs Sold & Installed Block~ and U-Bolts made to order Off-Road Suspension Urethane Bushings Beeline Alignment and Wheel Balancing MaIOR HOMES (619) 449-ARCH 4 X 4's OFF ROAD CHASSIS ENGINEERING 6891 SAN DIEGO DR. BUENA PARK. CA 90620 Off Road Suspension Preparation 2 8c 4 WO VANS 8c P1CKUPS 8c MINI TRUCKS PRE·RuN TRUCKS • CuSTOM SPRINGS AXLE WORK • CUSTOM SUSPENSION NO BLOCKS USED • WELDING 8c FABRICATION Bill Montague (714) 761-9460 Established 1974 PLEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OFF ROAD DYNAMICS (714) 592-2271 LA VERNE. CALIFORNIA FRAMES• RACE PREP CUSTOM MACHINING ANO FABRICATION Dennis Rogers By Appointment Only PROFESSIONAL ■ AMERICAN ■ CANADIAN o Off-ROAD \t_ A R~CING-.t: ~--c~~ ¢. ~':, P. 0. BOX 323eSEAHURST, WA 98062 (206) 242-1773 PSNCS 0/F/F ROAD Specializing In the Prep and Building of Off Road Racing Equipment CUSTOM FABRICATION OF ◄ Chassis ◄ Welding ◄ Roll Cages ◄ Aluminum Work ◄ Suspension ◄ Lt. Weight Trailers KEVIN PENCE (217) 692-2837 206 Power Blue Mound, IL 62513 J~ ~[3~0{]~(1(1. "1660 Babcock Bldg. B Costa Mesa, Ca 92627 (714) 650-3035 Fabrication ,/ Coil Over Suspen~ ·--, ✓ FoxShoxPartsAnd 3rvice ✓ Race Car Wiring ✓ Race Car Prep. ✓ Tum Key Race Cars

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~ RACING ENGINES Assembly• Machine Work • Parts Engine Dyna Facility 10722 Kenney Street, Suite D Santee, CA 92071 (619) 596-0886 Fax (619) 562-9079 PIAA Professional Halogen Lamp Systems Chosen by: • Dave Ashley, Rob MacCachren, Simon & Simon, Manny Esquerra, John Swi~ Chuck Johnson, Dan Smith, Larry Maddox, and Brant Shoppe. SH6e-Spt1rw (714) 847-4363 Call For Free Catalog Chassis & Suspension • TJes{gn & Fabrication Ken Sypolt 5816 Roseville Road #14 916-344-7443 Sacramento, CA 9584? PROBST Off Road Racing Inc. OFF ROAD DESIGN and FABRICATION BERRIEN LASER RACE FRAMES 1121 EAST ILLINOIS HWY NEW LENOX ILLINOIS 60451 18151 485 ·RACE 7223 Larry Winter 714-537-8286 A Totally New Concept in Battery Design Race Shop Supplies 11532 Stephanie Garden Grove, CA 92640 A·F·F·O·R· RACERS IACHIIIIIIG SERVICES Custom Machined and Fabricated Parts Call for appointment 724 N. Lake□ Burbank, CA 91502 * ½ the Size & Weight of its Equivalent * Vibration Resistant * Spill Proof Telephone : (714) 535-4437 (714) 5~5-4438 David Kreisler 920 East Arlee Place Anaheim, CA 92805 D·A·B·L·E SCOTT DIRIICK (818) 843-4084 ❖ , RACING .. LUBRICANTS , ... DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE SERVICE AUTO PARTS Palm Desert · 44·800 San Pablo (619)346·0694 Yucca Valley 56313 29 Palms Hy. · (619)365-0813 Palm Springs · 67-390 Ramon Rd. (619)323-1879 OesertHot Spr. 13-175 Palm Dr. (619)329-1446 Indio • 45650 Fargo St. ' (619)347~3379 Cathedral City, 68-887 Hwy. 111 . (619)328-2183 1 ()00 Palms ;;' · 72120 Manufacturing· (619)~43-0088 • McKenzie's·· .··· Anaheim '.°:(714)441-1212 Moore Racing San Bernardino ·•· (714)883-8891; OffRoad Supermart ,Westminster , (714)750-2802y . Dirty Parts Culver City ' 'J213)390-9086' Racecrafters . Lawndale · ' (213)370-5552 Tustin l;londa' · TusJin ... . (714)558'-9393 Bryce's Auto Anaheim.· '(714)635-1431 ,, .... .;.;, .. ·,-.·.•· MOVING? Don't miss an issue of DUSTY TIMES Send Your Old and New Address to 5331 Derry Ave., Suite O Agoura, CA 91301. Allow six weeks for processing. RUSS's V.W. Recycling 756 Alpha St., Irwindale, CA 91706 · (818) 303-4366 Specializing in V. W. B_ugs, Buses, Ghias and 914 ·s _s,,;tJ_Ze.s!!, _,wz..__ •OUTLINES ·NUMBERS • CUSTOM LOGO'S · DROP SHADOWS • SPONSORS LOGO'S • WINDOW BANNERS · CUSTOM LETTERING 714 539-5162 SMITH FABRICATIONS • Heliarc Welding ,., ' • IMSA • Tubing Structure , . - • SCORE • Sheet Metal ' • HORA • Suspension . - • MTEG Mike Smith (818} 309-9899 9237 Lower Azusa Rd, Unit 0 Temple City, CA 91780 Anaheim, CA ........ ......... ..... . ..... (714) 528-4492 Bakersfield, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 462-9499 Brawley, CA ............................. (619) 344-2550 Chino, CA ............................... (714) 628-7596 El Centro, CA ............................ (619) 352-6~61 Fullerton, CA ............................ (714) 635-5553 Lancaster, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 462-9499 Las Vegas, NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (702) 643-9200 Paramount, CA .......................... (213) 531-0192 Phoenix, AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (602) 278-2693 Santa Barbara, CA ....................... (800) 462-9499 Sari Diego, CA ........................... (619) 691-9171 Riverside, CA ............................ (714) 877-0226 Ventura, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 462-9499 FOR DELIVERIES LA/ORANGE COUN7Y CALL (800) 462-9499 ALL OTHER INQUIRIES CONTACT SPORTS RACING P.O. BOX 7835, LAGUNA NIGUEL. 92677 (714) 363-1236 SPRI1!!£/J~ OfJI}.J:;J WORKS OD£SSA. T£XAS OFFROAD FABRICATION -RAC£. PRE.P • MAIVI!POWI!R.. VW RAC!: !:NCIN!.S • TIUNSAXL!S • DIST1UM, "TD roll • . "'-LVI SAl't'TY • CNC • PWL :IAl't • KAM> KATS• WWCO • WAWD • ..._ .. 1-800-695-6616 (213)583-240 .. {mfJ ~f?JPsERVICE, INC. ~ ~ETAL PROCESSING S921 W;Jmington·Avenue Los Ange/cs. Ca/lforn,a 90001 SANl>BLAS. Mark Smith GLASS BEAD FLOURESCENT INSPECTION MAGNETIC PARTICAL Larry Smith FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS BODY PANELS & HOODS BILL STROPPE MOTORSPORTS, INC. 2330 Cherry Industrial Circle Long Beach, California 90805 (213) 634-2730 Jaime Martinez

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,. Classified ••. -------------. ~ FOR SALE OR RENT: Chenowth Magnum Mickey Thompson 1600. VW Rabbit water cooler, the newest Mendeola trans., Neal hydraulics, UMP power steering. Very competitive car. Was top five finisher. Desperate - Must Sell. (619) 588-0487, (619) 579-6207. FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum, short course & stadium. Up-graded 3rd stage Bilsteins. Many · spares ( without motor Qr trans.). Priced to sell, call for details. ( 414) 228-1400 days, ( 414) 242-3422 nites, Lee or Bill. FOR SALE: 1990 Mirage Class 10, FAT Toyota 4AF, ll0" wb, Fox Coil-Overs, Wright front end, combos, arms & rack. Summers front & rear discs, Sway-A-Way, Woods arms, 930 c. v. 's, Centerlines, Mastercraft, power steering, new 12' trailer. $16,950.00 or trade for Midget. Call (415) 594-0766 or (415) 365-7789. Ask for Mark. FOR SALE: Corrado-Ultrastock, built by Mirage chassis. Winner of 12 MTEG main events. New Fex Rabbit, 2050cc, Okrassa, Cnrillo, JG Web, Angle port head, fresh JC, trans with Henrys, Wright rack with power, Woods 2 degree combos, Fox Jamar, Flame-Out, with Corrado body molds. $22,000.00 obo. { 408) 926-0522. FOR SALE: 1987 Dodge Vista Colt 4wd 5 speed tranny. Noisy fourth gear but runs okay. Make offer -you haul. Call John at Dusty Times (818) 889-5600. FOR SALE: Class 1 O.R.E. w/3.5 liter Porsche motor and Hewland DG-300. The motor is fuel injected, twin plug-twin ingition Porsche racing motor (approx. 600 miles on motor). The gearbox was prepared by Doug Fortin and has first class parts throughout. UMP PI S, Wright rack, Palmer arms, Summers hubs front and rear, vented rotor rear brakes by Cone, with Corvette calipers, Tilton Pedals, Patterson sump tank, Fox shocks, mil-spec sealed switche~, the list goes on ... Car complete, ready to race with spare shocks, tires & whc,els, dump cans •. misc motor parts, etc. MAKE OFFER, you could be Unlimited class racing for less than you think! NO TRADES. Call Mark at (805) 541-2012. FOR SALE: Dodge 150, Bilsteins, Beard seats, Simpson, Auto Meter, MIT tires, Edelbrock, Accel, Crane, Headman, Fram, Art Carr, Moog, Richmond gears. Direct Connection 35 gal cell, Coleman, Rapid Cool, Ultra Wheels, fresh paint, 727 Torque Flite. Best offer. Ready to race the Baja 1000. Bob Leighton (714) 783-0931. FOR SALE: 1978 Ford PK. Piny or Prerunner 460 motor, C-6 Trans-Tripleshocks-lO0gal fuel tank, full roll cage, lots more, for more info call Ron (619) 868-6943. $3,500.00 obo. FOR SALE: 1988 Chenowth Magnum I ,, 1600. Race prepped Don Hatz motor, JG trans, both with no milL·s. New blue Olympic powder paint. ·Nt.'w UMP air clennt.'r, Fox shocks, new Dura . Blue stuh axles, new 930 Turbo c.v. 's, Neth front end, new tie rod ends. Wright rack, Fuel Safe cell, SCORE/HORA approved fire wall. Mnstercraft seat, new Simpson helts ('91 ), with new sternum hucklt.> . Centerlines, Yokohnmns, Edwards recaps front & rear. Many spare parts. Back injury, not related to racing forces snle. $ I 5,000.00. Call Topper (714) 963-5200 (no answer - lenve message). FOR SALE: ChL·nowth Mini Mng. Mnny extrn pnns. Spare tires nnd rims, motor. dutches, springs nnd shocks. Priced to sell fast. Fully prepped nnd race ready. $ I 2,000.00 or rnnke a serious offer. Cnll (714) 465-6350 or ( 714) 283-0770. Ask for Craig. FOR SALE: 1981 Trailmobile 45' air-ride electronics trailer. Air ride, aluminum wheels, cabinets & racks. Immaculate condition. Set up for off road racing. $27,500.00 obo. Call (714) 654-3683. FOR SALE: 1-1600 fresh en).!in,: & trans, combos, Fox sho.ks front & renr, CNC pe,L1ls . powder coated red pnnels. 11 o" wb, Wright rnck & pinion. Centerlines. 1977 Dodge Cnrn: van, motorhome style inside hed. stove, fridge, new 360 en).!ine. tires. Complete pnckage, rurn key, race ready $22,000.00. Will sell separate. (702) 355-7440 nr (702) 747-6431. FOR SALE: Neth 1-1600. This car is state of the art, no corners cut! Everything goes, including 20' enclosed trailer and all spares. The list is long. Call Joe for details. (714) 676-8084 day or evening. FOR SALE: 32' Oico trailer with triple axles, rear door ramp, electric jack, interior lights. Sway package, brakes, carries two buggies, $7,500.00 obo. Call (714) 532-3415. ,-------------... ·-------------..----~------------------~ Sell OT swap your extra parts and pieces in I DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $15 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 I I Enclosed is $ ____ _ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I I Name __________________________________ _ Address _______________________ Phone _______ _ I City __________________ _ State _____ Zip ______ _ Page 50 November 1991 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 I I I I .. FOR SALE: l-2-16b0 race ready 1988 Taylor chassis. 96" wb, best of everything. Unique power steering, Combos, Wright arms, Fox shocks, two motors, two gear hoxes, PLUS J.R. racing trailer, tandem axles, brakes on all 4 wheels, storage box & tire rack. Spare parts. Getting out of racing. $14,950.00 Call (414) 725-8067. FOR SALE: 20 acres of pine trees above Tehachapi. Near 6,000' level. 2 pads cut on property, both with magnificent view of entire Antelope valley. 4 season climate. Miles from paved road & civilization, Inside locked gates. Easy access on good graded road. Call Don (805) 268-1644. FOR SALE: 1972 VW con-vertible beetle, fully restored. Engine, clutch, transaxle, brakes, suspension, tires, paint, top, interior, all rubber. Zero miles since restoration. With warranty; must see to appreciate. $12,000.00 obo. Call Bernie (505) 255-0212, ~ LE: 67 Baja racer or prerunner -perfect safari car! New Dave Folts trans, shocks, gauges, 20 gal tank. Fresh front suspension, fiberglass front-end, Diest belts, full roll cage, Armstrong/ tires, fresh 1600, ran two Baja -promotion races in Class 9sportsman, 1990Safari finisher. $2,800.00. (213) 927-3046 or (213) 977-2976. FOR SALE: Class 10,..,,.Bun erson single seat -FAT Rabbit, J-G bus trans, Fox Coilover, outboard 930's w/Summers disc, Beard Seat, power steering, Pumper, Wright rack, arms & spindles, powder coated panels, Center-lines, Yokohamas. Very light and fast, competitive car. Just completely rebuilt by Penhall Fab. $13,500.00 trades consid-ered. Call Don at Penhall Fab (714) 650-3035 or eves. (714) 532-2057. FOR SALE: 1978 Chevy Class 8 legal pre-runner 2 w.d., 383 stroker, 400 trans, Beard Seats, four wheel disc, fuel cell, 12" Doetsch Tech, take apart shocks. Used as chase truck, immaculate condition, street legal, must sell or possible trade & cash . $13,500.00 OBO. Call Ed (714). 971-7798. FOR SALE: DG300 Inboard c.v.'s, assembled by Doug Fortin, ready to race. Summers built front hubs with rotors and calipers. Trans $7,200.00, hubs $650.00. Call Stuart (818) 841-2316. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: Funco SS I, com-pletely refurbished and ready to race. Legal 1-2/1600 engine, close ratio gears, IRS, brand new Fox shocks, brand new Yoko-hamas on Centerlines, Porsche steering box, all the right stuff. A perfect Class 100 car. Call -Jean (818) 889-5600 days. No reasonable offer refused. FOR SALE: Marty Coyne's stadium short course Chenowth Magnum. Always a top 5 finisher in Mickey Thompson Series. Car completely fresh, including new motor and trans. Best of everyth-ing and lots of spares. $25,000.00 offer or trade??! Also, 38' Chaparral enclosed race trailer. Call (619) 698-372_7. ___ _ FOR SALE' 115" single or two seat Foci Fab, Bilsteins, Wright FOR SALE: Class 5 conv. 10" Wright coil-over front, 1 x 6 rear arms on widened torsion housing, disc brakes, Bus w/Hewland, trans w/Superdiff, and 930's, Berg Type I. Spares, ready to race or pre run with Arizona tags good 'til 7 /92. $6,500.00. Call (602) 274-6607. FOR SALE: 65 conv. Baja Bug, extended pan, IRS rear, link pin front-very low miles, street legal. 5 point seat belts, window nets, tow bar, new light weight top, complete side windows. 2335cc engine, big valve heads, 4:86 ring & pinion. $5,500.00 complete or $3,000.00 without engine & trans. Money talks, BS walks! (805) 943-6997. FOR SALE: TOY OT A PAR TS, 4AG pistons, cams, dual springs, IS-Buckets, ls-Retainers, bronze guides, head tools, rods, metal clutch disc, Corolla & Starlet suspension, CR trans, LSD, rear end gears, wheels & tires, headers, body parts, even complete rally cars. (818) 765-5542 6-lOpm. Box, power steering, Palmer arms FOR SALE: 1984 Mazda B-2000 and spindles, front end, Neal 7S. $6,250.00 obo!!! Very strong brakes, bus trans Hewland gears, well built truck. All the best parts. light bar, 1650cc 10 motor. A "ton" of spares (extra engines, Ready to race, $8,000.00 or best-whee ls, ti res, etc.) Includes 2 Trailer-18' tandem axle, electric VHF radios, way too much to list. brakes, Pinto receiver included, Call or write for flyer. Baby on the tirerack,two35"x46"sideboxes way, must sacrifice. Call Tony mounted on trailer, tool box (805) 944-6384. holddown. All metal trailer $2,300.00 o r best. Take all $10,000.00 or best. (602) 942-8280 John or Matt. AVAILABLE: Rooms for the Baja 1000. We have 23 available for race weekend. Remodeled, $46.00 and non remodeled " $16.00 per night. Stay 6 nights FOR SALE: Chenowth 2 seater, and get the 7th free (including excellent pre-runner or Class 100. pre-runs). Fore more infor Fax Titled & licensed. 1914cc Type I. Isaac 011-52-667-82207. Bus trans., Yokohamas, Center-FOR SALE: 1987 VORRA Class 2 champion, Chenowth, Summers rear hubs, discs, Fox shocks, Palmer arms, CNC pedals, Bitcon auto tranny, Unique power steering, spares, 2 PAC FM radios, 20' Pro-Am enclosed trailer. No motor. Must sell $12,000.00 takes all. Call (916) 791-4940. DustyTimes lines, Wright steering & combos, 930c.v.'s, Fox, Beard, Fuel Safe, Neal, very clean car. Built for reliability. Must see!! Will Deliver, complete or less engine and trans $8,000.00. Call George (303). 973-8005. SIMPLICITY GUARANTEED: Hassle-Free off road racing with complete race ready package! Class 8 Ford, unique F350service vehicle with trailer. Spares, parts, tools, equipment, modifications, etc, etc. All vehicles rebuilt & fresh! Prep/Crew services available. Discounted/ 75K. Call Brian (619) 487-7093 or Ron (206) 782-8768 .. FOR SALE: 5-1600 top car. Professionally built, all the good stuff. Fox, Beard, Wright, Centerline, Sway-A-Way, etc. Very fast, race ready. Fresh engine. Very clean & sano. Moving, must sell. Ask for Larry (714) 731-4774. FOR SALE: Funco Class 10 short course car. Everything like new. Engine just gone through. Perfect condition, many extras. Call Jim May (805) 985-9885 days, (805) 482-0103 nites. $7,000.00 obo. M S S !!!!!! ATTENTION K-MART SHOP-PERS!!! Blue Light Special -1990 Chenowth Magnum Super 1600. Toyota powered, prepped and· ready to race. MTEG legal. $22,500.00. Call Dan Bentley at (714) 521-2711. FOR SALE: Class 5 convertible, Valley Performance 2280 engine, fresh Valley Performance bus trans with Hewland gears, Bilsteins, disc brakes, secondary torsion set-up, fuel cell, Beard seats, extended aluminum fenders, head lights, tail lights, directional signals, windshield wipers, Parker Pumpers, digital speedometer. Call Bob days (702) 362-6991 nites (702) 361-1736. FOR SALE: Raceco Porsche, 1989 SCORE/HORA Class 2 champion. FAT 3.2 liter, Men-deola DG300, only 4 races in last two years. Overall winner, last race, recent ground-up rebuild w I updates. Huge inventory of quality spares. Meticulously maintained with only the best parts. Must sell! Call Todd (702) 825-1863 mornings or leave message. FOR SALE: Class 7 -1990 Mitsubishi Dodge D-50. 1 ½ .120 chromolv chassis w/stock frame. All heliarced. Keith Black 2.8 motor, dual 50mm Mikuni's, 14 new Bilsteins, Henry's ball joints, Summers Bros. 9" Ford chromoly rear end, auto trans. Ex W alker stadium truck. Doors & fenders & bed sides. 35" Yokos w/ Pro-gressive wheels. SCORE/HORA legal. Spares included. Motor costs $15,000.00 but give everything for $15,000.00. Less than 200 miles. Call Pete (602) 843-5953. November 1991 FOR SALE: Rally tires & wheels; new Bridgestone soft, $50.00 each, used $25.00. New 6xl4 wheels $50-75 each. Used 6x13 Panasport (Toyota & Datsun) $60.00 each. Many new & used Corolla parts. Topi: (818) 765-5542 6-lOpm. FOR SALE: Mint condition ultra trick single seat Challenger, powder coated, 2 new complete motors, 2 new trannies tricked out, Beard Ultra, Simpson, Neal, SACO, water cooled Bilsteins, fuel cell w/gauge, VDO, K&N, plenty of wheels-& tires, radio, pumper, complete front end spares, electric drinking system, very roomy. Call.Keith after 5pm (303) 232-9848 or days (303) 432-8999. FOR SALE: 1988 thru 1991 full size Chevy or GMC truck cab standard. Excel lent condition. Complete set of McPherson style fiberglass, hood, front fenders, stepside bedsides, black 454 Chevy grille. Get started on your pre-runner or race truck. Call (619) 948-3573. FOR SALE: Late model Hi-J umper. Fuel cell, c;enterlines, Flame Out, Neal pedals, full body, Bilsteins, KC lights, Sway-A-Way, Mastercraft seat, Simp-son belts, Parker Pumper. 1600 motor, many spare parts. Raced once. Great Class 9 or prerunner. $3500.00 obo. Call (213) 670-4435. FOR SALE: Class 5 unlimited convertible. Last three· races; two . wins and a DNF. Good strong finisher. Bilstein w/coil-overs, UMP, Centerline, Beard, Wright, Woods, Perma Cool, 930's, Pauter Machine 2180, Sway-A-W a y, Parker Pumper, 091 w/Hewland gears, CNC. Many extra parts. $7,000.00. Call Neal (213) 294-1674. FOR SALE: Class 2-1600 FUNCO, l 15"wb, IRS bus trans by David Kreisler, combo link Wright, Sway-A-Way, Bilstein, Dura Blue, 930 cv's, Yokohamas, Centerlines, FAT, heads & cam engine parts. Freshly prepped car Super Seats. Call Jerry (714) 591-3282, $4,650.00 obo. SCORE/ HORA legal. WANTED: Used 20' enclosed trailer. Call Jack at (608) 981-2368. Coming Next Month •.. WANTED: PARTS, PARTS, PARTS. Newly formed 5-1600 race team needs race stuff: Radios, gas containers, Center-1 ines, BFG's, Bilsteins, Parker Pumper, SCORE motors, or any other miscellaneous race parts that are taking up room in your garage. Call Brad ( 408) 245-7845 Tues. thru Sat. days. WANTED: Lightweight wheels for offroad car 15" x 10" wide VW. Also, close ratio Type II transmission & trailing arms, c.v.'s, shocks, etc. To upgrade older suspension. Call collect (604) 763-0610. FOR SALE: Fresh turn key 1/2-1600 or 5-1600 motor built by Major Performance. Complete with carb, S & S header, ready to go. $2,500.00. also, fresh Mendeola trans for 1/2-1600 or 5-1600. $2,000.00. Both for $4,000.00. Call (619) 241-8171. FOR SALE: 1972 trick pre run Baja Bug. All fresh, Centerline, Yokohamas, Trick trans, trick 1776 motor, custorr. paint & graphics, full cage, trick suspen-sion, Beard seats, fuel cell, street legal, custom interior, clean, eye catching, optional trailer. MUST SEE, MUST SELL, MAKE OFFER!l Asking $5,200.obo. Call (714) 780-6483. INDEX TO ADVERHSERS Barbary Coast-Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . 35 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . 36 Cagle Fuel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Castex Inc. - E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . . 15 Deist Safety . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 DeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . . 20 Desert TZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Don-A-Vee Jeep/Eagle . . . . . . . . . 23 Embroidery In Motion . . . . . . . . . . 34 FAT Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 FRT Dunaway Dash . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 German Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . 16 Hot Line -Racer X . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 John Johnson Racing Products· . . . . 6 Kawaguchi Honda Equipment . . . . 19 La Rana Desert Racing . . . Back Cover LC. Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Mint 400 Invitational . . . . . . . . . . 17 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . 39 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . . 31 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . 12 Race Tech Engineering . . . . . . . . . . 9 Racers Tool & Supply . . . . . . . . . . 43 R.L.H. Communications . ........ 42 Marvin Shaw Engineering . . . . . . . 40 · Smart Racing· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SNORE Eldorado 250 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mr. Sticker . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ultra Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Valley Performance -Hewland . . . 24 Wright Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 HDRA Gold Coast 300 22nd Annual SNORE 250 FRT Plaster City Blast MTEG Stadium Racing in Denver la Rana California 200 SODA Midwest Points Championships WRC Rally of Australia SCCA Gold Rush PRO Rally ... Plus all the regular features Page 51

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