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Volume 8 - Number !Z Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Associate Dominy Smith Editorial Assistant Janay Smith Controller John Calvin Circulation Winnie Essenberg Contributors Darla Crown C & C Race Photos Leonard Day Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Judi Gooch Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Ron Kiel Rod Koch Jan Flick Mazzenga Cam McRae Bob Rule David Ryskamp Barb & Marilyn Schultz Judy Smith 3-D Photography Trackside Photo Enterprises Ken Vanderhoof Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT February 1991 THE OfflCIAL VOICE Of CALJFORNIA RALLY SERIES PROFESSIONAL• AMERICAN• CANADIAN 0f f-R0AD .\l RACING~8: _,.-~--<~ ' ~· ~ ? Subscription Rates: $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not re!iponsible for such material. 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OF THE MONTH ••• In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page Salute to the 1990 Desert Series Champions . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Glen Helen Short Course Racing .......................... ·. 20 MTEG Championship Awards Banquet ..................... 22 Whiplash Off Road Wars -Battle #1 . . . ................... 24 Bosch Electronic Magic Off Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Waikerie Riverland 400 in Australia ....................... 28 GORRA Thanksgiving 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 HDRA/SCORE Off Roadsman Awards Banquet .......... . . . 32 Last Chance Baja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 East of Indio & Pacific Crest Trail Rallies ................... 38 ADRA Season Finale at Rocky Point ....................... 40 WRC Lombard RAC Rally ............................... 42 Sand Drags at Glen Helen ................................. 43 DEPARTMENTS Side Tracks by Judy Smith ................................. 4 Trail Notes ......................... .................. . . . 6 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pony Express ................................. .......... 37 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Tech Tips .............................................. 49 Pit Team Reports ........ ............ . . ....... .......... . 49 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ON THE COVER - The February issue is our annual salute to the desert racers in the SCORE/HDRA series and our cover features the three top guns, each winning not only their class points, but overall in their category. In the lower picture Ivan Stewart flies the Toyota over the desert near Parker, AZ en route to the first of six Class 1/2 wins and one of his four overall car victories. Ivan dominated on the desert in 1990. Above Rob MacCachren is heading toward one of his many wins in the Class 7S Jeep Comanche prepared by Walker Evans Racing. MacCachren took the class and Mini Metal championship back to back, in both 1989 and 1990. David Ashley dominated Class 3/14 in the strong Ford Bronco that has carried him to many victories and Ashley is another repeat winner from 1989, taking the Heavy Metal Championship in the Enduro Racing prepped 4x4. Color Photography by Trackside Photos Inc. I\~ _, DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING · OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$15.00 □ 2 years -$25.00 □ 3 years -$35.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus ••. "I think the problem is under the hood here somewhere, and that is why we stopped", might be what Mick Myers was saying at the Griffith race in Australia last season. Part . of Mick Myers trouble shooting problems might be that his wife/ navigator Lyn is standing on the problem, hiding it from him! They do have some good races, even in the mud, in the off road series down under. Photo by Darryl Smith. 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 8x 10 will be considered. Free one time classified ad up iu 45 words. 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Sidetracks ••• By Judy Smith As usual, we found ourselves in Baja with more miles than days, and now it was Friday, with a good two days of course marking left, while we had. only one day because we needed to get to the FR T race in Plaster City on Saturday. So we were glad that our leaders and fellow course markers, Steve Kassanyi and Paul Fish were ready to leave San Felipe early in the day. We'd been marking for four days and by now were practically veterans, with bug bites on both arms, and stickers permanently embedded in every finger. We had begun to be choosy about the bushes we tied the ribbons in, looking for non stickery types. Our plan for this day was to cover as much ground as we could, from San Felipe, through Mike's and Valle Trinidad. So we started out really early, not taking time for a restaurant breakfast, but deciding to stop at a shade tree a few miles down the road for a sweet roll, juice and coffee out of our own provisions. Very early, this part of the course goes through the San Felipe dump, which was almost enough to make us decide to forget breakfast, especially since the high tension power poles in the area were each crowned with a sinister looking flock of vultures. But we forged on out of their domain, and found a cheery stopping place for our alfresco meal. From there it was a long, lumpy trail to the neighborhood of Three Poles and then we turned the corner and headed up the sand wash to the point where we intersected the course at the double pit known as Borrego. We'd marked 510 miles by then. Once again, John and I had gotten ahead of Steve and Paul, while Sal Fish and Javier Tiznado, who'd done some preliminary marking for us the day before, were long gone, presumably in Valle Trinidad where they were going to find a way around that avoided the highway. John and I had a quick snack while we waited for the other two to catch up to us, and we pondered what the environmen-talists would think of all the off road trash lying around the otherwise lovely area. There were miscellaneous old signs, broken windows, ribbons, rags and a variety of metal detritus which should have been taken out when the pit crews left. No doubt there's more now that the 1000 has come and gone. From that point the course ran west and then onto the long pole line road that slants up to Matias Wash: That was fun and easy, and we hung ribbons on the towers (which have no stickers), and moved along at a good clip. The wash had been so devastated by the late summer rain storms that we didn't recognize it until after we'd crossed it, and even when we were pretty certain that's what it was, we went ahead on the pole line road, just to be sure. All that did was to put us into a tiny dead end valley with a sandy bottom. We were out of touch with Steve and Paul, because the radio batteries were dead, and they would have no idea where we were. John muttered to the car, "Don't fail me now.", as he gingerly backed us around and got us out of there, and it was with relief that we turned into the very soft wash about 20 minutes later. Soft as it was, at least we knew the other vehicle would be coming along sooner or later. For the tirst time in many years we traveled the Matias Wash all the way, through the fence, and up onto what had been a nice little road until the rains had washed much of it away. It was tight and narrow, with low hanging trees, and the VW chugged right through it, but we lost the antenna for my every day radio to one of the low hanging shrubs. When we · reached the highway we waited for Steve and Paul again, and then we crossed over, to mark the section that ran behind Matias. Sal and Javier hadn't pre When Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, Page 4 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! February 1991 marked this part, so we did a little wandering around to find our way past the small reservoir, and also did some digging to round the edges of a ditch enought to enable us to drive our vehicles across. Then, after we'd marked a mile or so, we discovered that all the trails led to one fence or another, none with gates. So, while Steve laboriously backed down, to preserve his correct mileage figures on his odometer, we removed our markings in case they were wrong. John and I then did some exploring, trying the high road and the low road, but neither was a way out of the area. Finally, we decided to go out to the highway and get to Mike's road the old familiar way, leaving the marking of that section to later. The road up to Mike's was, as ever, a plea·sant drive, except that our car had developed an odd noise, and John was driven to distraction trying to find out what it was. We stopped so many times so he could poke around under the back of the car that Steve and Paul took the lead, and got to Mike's before we did. Once we got there, about 3 p.m., John continued to look for the source of the noise, unwilling to take off on the steep, rocky hills after Mike's until he knew whether or not something major was going to break. He spent some time lying on his back under the VW and finally gave a relieved grunt; he'd found the problem. And it wan 'ta problem. It seems that the stock can that slides over the rear shock had broken, and the noise we heard was simply it bouncing on itself. Now we could go inside and have lunch. It was way past the regular time for one of Mike's famous family style lunches, but we had an in. Javier's wife, Chari was in charge of the kitchen for the weekend and Sal and Javier had told her we'd be coming. She produced the best burritos I've ever eaten anywhere, and along with salad, salsa, beans, coffee and beer, made up a gourmet Mexican lunch. We inhaled it. W e left Mike's fairly late, about 4 p.m., heading towards the nasty little road into Simpson's Ranch. It was getting to the point that the sun was in our eyes as we headed west, but we didn't have any trouble with the road, and for the most part the bushes were so close to the trail that I could just lean out and tie the ribbons and reflective stickers onto the branches without climbing in and out. I was glad to be able to do that, because by now the backs of my knees were a bit tender from the climbing in and out and sliding into the seat of the three previous days. Occasionally the reach would be a bit much, and then John would lean over and give me a boost. Real teamwork. We reached the wide road ·that leads into-Trinidad just at dusk, and about two miles out of town we caught up with a vehicle that looked at first like something out of the movie, "Road Warriors". It turned out to be a Mexican truck towing a big trailer loaded with bags of onions and about a dozen onion pickers. It was moving about five miles per hour. The driver took his share of the road right out of the middle, leaving no room for us to get by, and he was oblivious to our presence until the teenagers on the trailer tossed a few onions at him to wake him up. Then he obligingly moved over. I handed a bunch of stickers out the window of the VW as we went by, as thanks, and nearly lost my right arm, as they swooped down off the trailer to grab them. When we got almost to the end of the straight road, we noted that arrows that Sal and Javier had put up the day before had already been torn down. We could see a few of them lying on the ground, but most were just gone. These were fairly crucial turn arrows, because racers would be coming down this road at a fast pace, and we were annoyed to see the markings gone. John and I used some of our orange paint on the fence posts, figuring they couldn't remove that, and hoping that racers would be alerted by that if the arrows were gone again by race day.We knew that Steve and Paul would put up new arrows when they got there. Which they did, in about 40 minutes. While we waited for them it became a little chilly, and when I rummaged around in the back to find our jackets I discovered to my horror that our ice chest had sloshed water all over the contents of the back cargo area, including the jackets and the first few layers of clothes in my duffel bag. My jacket was damp only around the bottom, so I wore it anyway. John found a flannel shirt. We gathered up all our excess ribbons, stickers and paint and handed them over to Steve when they finally caught up with us, because we were going to have to part company. John and I had to be in Plaster City early the next morning for Fud's race, and we had a long drive. Not only that, we were dumb enough to go the long way around. Because we'd been more or less headed towards Ensenada on the· race course, we just went on in that direction. Not considering that it would have been much quicker to back track down to Highway 5 and go up through Mexicali to El Cento and on to the race. We learned a lot on this excursion, the main thing being that it's a hell of a lot of work to mark a course as long as the Baja 1000. We also discovered first hand how much effort goes into it before hand, and that it becomes a continuing thing, as markings disappear, or get changed, and need to be redone. We know they're having fun while they're doing it, but our hats are off to the course markers in Baja, for a good job well done for all these years. We also hereby volunteer to help mark a course whenever possible in the future. 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. Dusty Times

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Trail Notes ••• IV AN STEW ART was voted into yet another hono~ for his incredible 1990 season in off road racing. The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association, in its 21st year now, annually conducts a vote among its extensive nationwide membership for their All America Team. There are six categories, Open Wheel, Stock Car, Drag Racing, Road Racing, Short Track and At Large, and the two drivers in each category getting the most votes make up the AARWBA All America Team. Ivan won the At Large vote, and accepted his award at the early January AARWBA semi-formal Banquet in Burbank, CA. Ivan Stewart was resplendent in a tuxedo for the occasion, and made a nice speech, which he has gotten very good at in recent years. Stewart's 1990 mates on the All America Team, include drivers such as Al Unser Jr., Michael Andretti, Dale Earnhardt, Mark Martin, Joe Amato, John Force, Geoff Brabham, Tommy Kendall, Steve Kinser,JeffGordon, and Ivan shared the At U\rge vote with Paul Tracy. Off road racing is truly corning of age with the media, and we think that only Robby Gordon and Roger Mears from off road racing have made the team in years past. · FORD SUPER TEAM - It has been rumored for several months, but last January BFGoodrich and Ford made the formal announcement of the Super T earn for 1991 in desert racing. Properly called the Rough Riders, the team will be co-sponsored by the two companies, and all the Fords will be wearing Goodrich rubber. The team was selected based on positive, long term relationships, and each driver has raced for one or both of the co-sponsors in past seasons. A familiar face at desert pits, Frank DeAngelo, and his new company will be coordinating the entire program. Goodrich got into off road racing 16 years ago with their radial tires, and Ford has been in it since day one when Parnelli Jones was the star of the Ford effort. . The Rough Riders will be represented in Classes 3, 4, 6, 7, 7S, 7 4x4 and 8 in the desert, and in the MTEG Stadium Series truck class. Venable Racing will campaign the current Class 8 champion F150 in the desert and a Ranger in the stadium series. Cur.rent Class 7S and Mini Metal desert champion Rob MacCachren will drive both Venable trucks. Two time Class 3 and Heavy Metal Champion David Ashley will switch to Class 4 in a new Fl50, and his championship winning Bronco will be driven in Class 3 by motorcycle champion Dan Smith, both trucks being prepared by Dick Landfield's Enduro Racing. John Swift will move into Class 6 in a Ford Explorer in 1991. Current Class 7 champion Manny Esquerra will drive a Stroppe Racing Ranger in Class 7 while Class 7S will see Chuck Johnson's Ranger, now being prepped by Spirit Racing. Current Class 7 4x4 champions Paul and Dave Simon will continue to carry both BFG and Ford banners into battle searching for a fourth points title. In addition to the heavy sponsorship from BFG and Ford, Associate sponsors of the Rough Riders include PIAA 'Lights, American Racing Wheels, Leslie's Driveline, National Spring, PPG and Sign Pro of California, and all of the trucks will carry the same paint scheme, which might make it tough for pit crews to tell who is corning into the pit in the desert dust. GROWLINGS - GRR NEWS -Bill Cook and his Chevrolet powered Jirnco. . unlimited race car will be first off the line at the first event of the five race GRR "Desert Tour '91" series in Arizona, the "Buckeye Blast" on January 12. Computer scoring provided by the Terradata Corporation and sponsored by Woods Off Road Products will time and rank the racers, while GM engineers Carl Perez and Rudy Warren are overseeing the series' points championships. Donating course marking materials are Early Warner. Barricade Service and The Printing Company. GRR also wishes to thank all the individual volunteers that are making the series a reality. Contrary to an earlier press release, GRR has not adopted the SCORE/HORA rule book, but does hope to work with the major promoters in the future. Currently, questions relating to technical or safety areas should be addressed to Jack Woods, Technical Director, ORR, P.O. Box 40211, Phoenix, AZ 85067 or call at Woods Off Road Products, (602) 242-0077. THE KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTERS 4x4 CLUB has a five race series scheduled for 1991 in their short warm season in British Columbia. On May 12 the season opener is a middle distance enduro event with a three hour time limit. The winner will be the car that completes the most laps of a seven mile course. The event is open to Sportsman buggy, Pro buggy and Pro 4x4 classes with an 80 percent payback in class. On May 12 a short course, wheel to wheel event will add Pro Classes 10 and Unlimited to the other three, and racing is on a two-thirds mile track with a 100 percent payback in class. June 23 is the date for the Kam loops 400 km, a long distance event. The 400 km race uses a 30 km lap, and will feature Sportsman buggy and 4x4 classes as well as Pro buggy and. Pro 4x4 classes. This event will have an 80 percent payback in class, and SCORE rules will be used for tech. On September 15 there is another short course wheel to wheel even.t. All races are in the Lac Dubois area, five miles northwest ofKarnloops. The terrain is semi-arid desert and grassland. The city of Kamloops offers full tourist and camping facilities. For more information call Don, 372-9501 days, Randy, 579-9621 eves, Bob or Glenn 374-7175 days, and all numbers are in area code 604, or write P.O. Box 465, Kamloops, B.C., Canada V2C-5L2. THE 1991 CAMEL TROPHY four wheel drive adventure will be held in the East African states of Tanzania and Burundi, roughly following explorer David Livingstone's trail to the source of the Nile river. This marks only the second time in the 12 year history of Camel Trophy that the event has been held on the African continent. Two man teams from a record number of 17 countries, including the USA, will compete. The vehicular trek over existing, but little used tracks and roads will begin in Dar es Salaam on May 9 at the end of the rainy season, and will finish May 26 on the shores of Lake Tanganyika' in Bujumbura. The route will take the convoy of competitors, journalists and staff through two game reserves and a national park along the way. For further information don't call us, contact RJ Reynolds Public Relations, Reynolds Plaza Complex, Winston-Salem, NC 2 7102 or call Brenda H. Follmer, RJR PR. at (919) 741-3160. ,,,. JACK JOHNSON MOVES TO JEEP. Veteran off road champion Jack Johnson will make his debut as a Jeep factory team driver at the SCORE Parker 400. The all new Jeep is a highly modified Unlimited Class Cherokee, being built under the capable direction of Russ Wernimont and Team Owner Larry Maddox. Johnson is happy to be back in the Unlimited Class and starting up front in the desert races. Maddox stated that, along with Jeep, associate sponsors of the new overall contender are Craftsman, Shell Oil, Goodyear, Champion, American Racing Wheels and the Barbary Coast Hotel in Johnson's home town of Las Vegas, NV. Page 6 1991 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 ARMSTRONG OFF ROAD JAMBOREES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95221 (707) 822-8508 April 5-7, 1991 Kern River Jamboree Kernville/ Lake Isabella, CA May 10-12, 1991 Redwood Coast Jamboree · Fort Bragg to Eureka/ Arcata, CA June 14-16, 1991 Ghost Town Adventure South Lake Tahoe, CA/ Stateline, NV BADGERLAND VW CLUB,INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh,WI54901 ( 414) 688-5509 (All events located in Chilton, WI at the Fairgrounds Racing Facility) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) Feburary 8-10, 1991 Gran Carrera de San Felipe San Felipe, BC, Mexico March 15-17, 1991 Gran Carrera de Mexicali Mexicali, BC, Mexico May 17-19, 1991 Gran Carrera de Tecate (SC) T ecate, BC, Mexico July 26-28, 1991 Gran Carrere de Ensenada Ensenada, BC, Mexico September 20-22, 1991 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, Mexico SUDS SHORT COURSE SERIES ( all events at Santa Veronica OHV Park Tecate, BC, Mexico) March 9-10, 1991 May 25-26, 1991 July 13-14, 1991 October 19-20, 1991 BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-2313 BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R. 3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 (613)457-1102/Fax(613)475-3250 1991 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon, WI54520 (715) 478-2115/(715) 478-2688 June 22-23, 1991 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI February 1991 August 31 - September 2, 1991 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Mike Gibeault 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 February 15-17, 1991 Big Bend Bash :r erlinqua, Texas March 15-17, 1991 Prescott Rallysprint Prescott, AZ April 19-21, 1991 Rim of the World Lancaster, CA July 12-14, 1991 Prescott Hillclimb Prescott, AZ September 21-22, 1991 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 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 1717 Marker Road Polk City, FL 33868 (813) 984-1923 (305) 823-4487 February 10, 1991 March 23, 1991 ( all events at Lakeland Speedway) FUDPUCKER 'RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 February 16, 1991 King of the Desert 150 Lake Superstition, CA April 20, 1991 Buzz Bomb 150 Plaster City East, CA August3, 1991 Superstition 250 VIII Lake Superstition, CA September 28, 1991 Plaster City Blast 200 Plaster City East, CA December 31, 1991 Dunaway Dash 150 Plaster City West, CA (All events in the El _;entro, CA area) GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2339 San Bernardino, CA 92406 (714) 880-1733 February 2-3, 1991 Off Road Challenge April 20-21, 1991 Off Road Challenge June 15-16, 1991 Off Road Challenge November 16-17, 1991 Off Road Challenge GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A . Atlanta, GA 30310 ( 404) 253-1033 March 1 7, 1.291 50 mile Vienna, GA April 28, 1991 50 mile Vienna, GA May 26, 1991 150 Night Miles Vienna, GA June 23, 1991 50 mile Vienna, GA July 28, 1991 100 mile Vienna, GA August 25, 1991 50 mile Vienna, GA September 22, 1991 50 mile Vienna, GA October 26-27, 1991 Rules Meeting & 50 mile Vienna, GA November 20, 1991 250 mile Vienna, GA 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 K.C. Huggins 2233 N. 140th Avenue Omaha, NE 68164 ( 402) 496-9431 (All events at Timber Ridge Ranch) GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Ron Kiel 12840 Dexter St. Thornton, CO 80241 (303) 452-4013 May 19, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO June 15, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO July 14, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO August 7, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO September 7, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO October 6, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO (All GWPS dates are tentative) GRR Golden Rule Racing P.O. Box 4011 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 263-5329 Dusty Times --

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February 16, 1991 June 22, 1991 LA RANA DESERT RACING May 18, 1991 Gold Nugget 150 Pierre Baja 22769 Chambray Dr. "The Texas Challenge Texas Stadium Pierre, SD Moreno Valley, CA 92387 Off Road Points Series" Dallas, TX March 23, 1991 (All events at Notrees, TX) Saddle Sore 150 August 17, 1991 (714) 924-2226 July 20, 1991 February 23, 1991 September 28, 1991 Gumbo Buttes Baja February 22-24, 1991 Los Angeles Coliseum Forked Tongue 400 Pierre, SD Presidential 250 April 6, 1991 Los Angeles, CA Barstow, CA October 26, 1991 September 21, 1991 May 11, 1991 September 1991 Deadwood Off Road Grand Prix May 3-5, 1991 Mile High Stadium Haunted Hills Classic Deadwood, SD Spangler 150 June 8, 1991 Denver, CO HDRA October 19, 1991 Ridgecrest, CA September 1991 July 13, 1991 High Desert Racing Association Last Chance Baja June 21-23, 1991 Jack Rabbit 150 Night Race Silver Bowl 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Wall,SD Lucerne Valley 200 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV 89124 (All above dates for HPORRA Johnson Valley, CA August 9-11, 1991 (702) 361-5404 2nd Annual Rock 'N' Roll 250 October 1991 are tentative) Augµst 23-25, 1991 Candlestick Park March 1-3, 1991 Mini Baja 400 September 14, 1991 San Francisco, CA Nissan 400 IOK FOUR WHEELERS Johnson Valley, CA Las Vegas, NV P.O. Box36 October 26, 1991 CAMEL SUPERCROSS SERIES Cleves, Ohio 45002 October 4-6, 1991 February 9, 1991 July 5-7, 1991 (All events staged at California 200 November 1991 Fireworks 250 the club grounds in Ridgecrest, CA Awards Banquet Jack Murphy Stadium Barstow, CA Cleves, Ohio) San Diego, CA November 22-24, 1991 March 16, 1991 August 9-11, 1991 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER High Desert 250 Nevada 500 ( double points) MICKEY THOMPSON'S Sun Devil Stadium Las Vegas, NV 4WDCLUB Lucerne Valley, CA Phoenix, AZ Randy Chamberlin OFFROAD September 6-8, 1991 835 Wawn Road CHAMPIONSHIP May 4, 1991 Kamloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 GRAND PRIX Willow Springs Raceway MICHIGAN OFF ROAD Mickey Thompson Silver Bowl Rosamond, CA CHAMPIONSHIPS Entertainment Group Las Vegas, NV May 12, 1991 M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. P.O. Box 25168 October 11-13, 1991 Middle Distance Enduro 15519 Jones Road Anaheim, CA 92825 June 22, 1991 Gold Coast 300 Kamloops, BC, Canada Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 (714) 938-4100 Los Angeles Coliseum Las Vegas, NV May 26, 1991 (517) 627-5200 Los Angeles, CA Short Course Event February 23, 1991 HIGH PLAINS OFF Kamloops, BC, Canada MIDWEST OFF ROAD Jack Murphy Stadium ONTARIO OFF ROAD ROAD RACING BAJA SERIES San Diego, CA RACERS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION June 23, 1991 Rick Vasquez March 23, 1991 R.R.4 Pat Roberts Kamloops 400 km 1421 Lee Trevino D-1 Bancroft, Ontario, Canada K0L-lC0 878 Main St. Kamloops, BC, Canada El Paso, TX 79936 Rose Bowl (613) 332-4363 Deadwood, SD 57732 (915) 594-8266 Pasadena, CA (605) 578-1654 September 15, 1991 April 13, 1991 Short Course Event All Desert Races Sun Devil Stadium PAC OFF ROAD RACING April 6, 1991 Kamloops, B.C., Canada Phoenix, AZ P.O. Box 323 Badlands 100 Seahurst, Washington 98062 Wall, SD September 29, 1991 MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING Middle Distance Enduro Tommy Bowling April 27, 1991 (206) 242-1773 May 18, 1991 Kamloops, BC, Canada 9801 E. Highway 80 Kingdome Bowman, ND Odessa, TX 79765 Seattle, WA (915) 561-5222 !Jr F1RsT RAcE oF THE Budweiser /Bud Light 1991 sER1Es MIA CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1991 Dusty Times FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM • AMA DISTRICT 38 ~CB~ LOCATION: WEST OF EL CENTRO Sponsored by: Race Ready Products, The Wright Place & Schilling Corp. AT LAKE SUPERSTITION INFO: (619) 427-5759 February 1991 Page 7

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PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 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. 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Page 8 November 7-10, 1991 Baja 1000 Ensenada, BC, Mexico December 7, 1991 Off Roadsman Awards Banquet Las Angeles, CA (Dare anJ location of rhc Off RoaJ WoilJ Championships TBA) SCORE CANADA 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada (514) 692-6171 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Jack Kalan (619) 292-4444 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 February 9-10, 1991 Bottom Dollar Las Vegas, NV March 23-24, 1991 Twilite 200 Las Vegas, NV May 18-19, 1991 Caliente 250 Caliente, NV July 27-28, 1991 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 27-29, 1991 SNORE 250 Jean, NV December 6-8, 1991 Showboat 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT TRACK OFF ROAD ENTERPRISES S.T.O.R.E. Co-Ordinator: Tom Schwartzburg 2620 West Washington West Bend, WI 53095 ( 414) 334-3858 SUPERIOR OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue , Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (4f4) 271-3575/(414) 257-0422 May 25-26, 1991 Memorial Day 100 Lake Geneve, WI June 8-9, 1991 Antigo Kiwanis Race Antigo, WI June 22-23, 1991 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI July6-7, 1991 Fox Riverfest Challenge Depere, WI August 17-18, 1991 Great Northern Challenge Ionia, Ml August31-September2, 1991 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 14-15, 1991 Midwest Points Championships Oskosh, WI 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 TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association P.O. Box 211 Dunellen, NJ 08812 (201) 752-0299/(201) 359-2745 (All races at Trailways Speedway, Hanover, PA) VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 2810 W. Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 656-1122 VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 March 17, 1991 Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA April 21,1991 Hollister Hills SVRA Park Hollister, CA May 25-26, 1991 Yerington/VORRA 400 Yerington, NV June 22-23, 1991 Virginia City 200 Virginia City, NV July 28, 1991 Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA August 31-September 1, 1991 Yerington/VORRA 250 Yerington, NV October 20, 1991 Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 -87A Ave. Surrey, British Columbia, V3S 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 971-3730 February 2-3, 1991 March 2-3, 1991 April 6-7, 1991 May4-5, 1991 (All eq•ents at Canyon Raceway) FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS Lisr your comi111; eq•CJ1ts in DUSTY TIMES frec1 SenJ your 1991 scheJule as soon as /mssihle for listin1; in this column. Mail vom race or ralh schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 D~ry At•c., Suite 0, A1;oura, CA 91301. February 1991 morc ••• TRAIL NOTES THE MTEG SCORE SHOW -At press time came the announcement that the annual SCORE Show, the nation's biggest showcase for off road and recreational accessories, has been acquired by the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group, which will present the 14th renewal May 3, 4, 5 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The Show was originated by the late Mickey Thompson in 1976, and with the help of veteran producer Alex Xydias, Thompson built the Show into one of the industry's largest, most prestigious events then sold it in 1987 to Edgell Expositions. MTEG President Bill Marcel is enthusiastic about producing the show, and appointed Ed Stotereau as Show Manager, and Alex Xydias will also be involved as a consultant for the 1991 event. TI1e SCORE Show Manager's office is at 1743 South Douglas Road, Suite H, Anaheim, CA 92806. For additional info or to be sure you get exhibit space information call (714) 938-4155 or (714) 938-4158 for Fax information. THE SCORE BAJA SAFARI RESULTS. The rally that follows the famed Baja 1000 race over part of the course has some final results now. It looks like R.C. Laton, from Sunnyvale, CA won overall in a '71 Volvo wagon and took the 4 Wheel Drive Modified honors, followed in class by Todd LaPant, Clay Pederson and Dennis Forest. Daniel Barela, Alburquerque, NM, looks like second overall and the 4 Wheel Drive Stock winner. He was followed in class by Bill Eix, Robert Boudreau, Tanya Gray, Matt Mattox, J.G. Hilton, and Joe Navarrete. Don McDaniel was one of five tied on points for third overall and was the 2 Wheel Drive Stock class winner in a '69 VW, followed by S.K. Smith, and Jeff Bare. 1n 2 Wheel Drive Modified class, the top four all were tied on points for third overall, led by Norm Mullen, Ralph Keyes, Ronald Heinrich and Jose Corrales. Next in class came Leroy Lozano, Armando Guzman, Tim Hanna, Max Villalobos, Juan Ruiz, Gary Van Beenen, Rick Talbott and Brian Ryba. That is all we know about the Safari at this late date. THE 1990 SNORE AW ARDS BANQUET. Although we missed the SNORE banquet this year, with one a week last December, wedo have a report, thanks to Eric Dayton. Tom Burns, Class 1-2-1600, won the overall points championship at 3230 and he got a check for $4000 and all his 1991 race entry fees are free. Not a bad take for racing so close to home in Las Vegas. Bryan Pennington won the Challenger Class and second overall at 3200 points, and he gets one free 1991 race and a check for $2000. Since 1988 Pennington has won $12,000 and 14 free race entries in points championships alone. Barry Slatter. 5-1600, and Tim Crain Challenger, tied at 2980 points each for third, so the money was combined and each got $1500and a free 1991 race. Only 50points separated the top four points winners.Tommy Bradley was next, the Unlimited Class winner, earning $1000 and one free 1991 race, Monty Smith was next, second in Challengers, with a $800 check and a free 1991 race, and Rob MacCachren was second in Class 1-2-1600 points, earning a $600check and a free 1991 race, and Californian Mike Lesle won the 7 4x4 points, was eighth overall and earned $400 and a free 1991 entry. 5-1600 driver Joe Jackson was ninth overall earning a free entry to the 1991 Midnight Special and Class 10 points winner Melvin Tom rounded out the top ten and earned a free entry to the 1991 Bottom Dollar race.Turbo Lamke won the Class 7Spoints. SNORE's Special Awards are headed by the Jimmy Schaffer Memorial Award, very special to all SNORE members, and it was a happy Don Dayton who won the honor, and most know him as a tireless SNORE worker as well as photographer, editor and publisher of SNORE's Race Ruts publication. Congratulations Don. TI1e Sportsman of the Year was SNORE's secretary Pam Slatter, who was also awarded one of two Presidents awards by Pat Galliher, the other going to Bob Jensen. The 1990 Driver of the Year was Barry Slatter, and the Rookie of the Year was Melvin Tom. It starts all over again this month at the Bottom Dollar race near Las Vegas, and the SNORE Series has a new sponsor for 1991, Michael Gaughan's Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, the home away from home in Las Vegas for most out of state off road race folks. HORA NISSAN 400 STREET SCENE - Late in December the Las Vegas, NV, City Council voted unanimously to support a request from HDRA to block off several blocks of Fremont Street in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, the casino district, for the colorful pre-race technical inspection and contingency verification that was a big part of the former Mint 400 for many years. TI1e 1991 pre-race festivities will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 1. Fremont Street will be blocked off from Main Street to Las Vegas Blvd. for the more than 200 manufacturers that will be participating in the contingency row. HORA President Danny Cau was delighted with the City Council vote and the support of Mayor Ron Lurie. Cau said it had been a year long process, and that this vote was as much a victory for L'ls Vegas as it was for the sport of off road racing. Having the pre-race festivities in the world famous 'Glitter Gulch' brings additional credibility to the sport and the premier desert race in the USA. Frosting on the cake for competitors is approval of the use of the legendary course out of North Las Vegas, 100 miles four times around over familiar ground for veterans on B.L.M. managed land including the infamous 'Rock Garden', and a portion of the Moapa Band of Paiutes Indian Reservation is on the north part of the route. The race will be televised by ESPN who generally cover the street scene as well. Tiie Nissan 400 is the second event in the eight race 1991 HORA/SCORE Series. DODGE MOTORSPORTS announced some changes in their off road racing truck team for 1991 recently at a press conference. The biggest change is that the Walker Evans team will be campaigning Dodge Dakotas in the Mickey Thompson Stadium Race Series this year instead of the Comanche model Jeep with which they placed second in points in 1990. The new Dakotas, driven by Walker Evans and Glenn Harris will have made their debut at the Anaheim season opening race by the time you read this edition. Due to the desert rules changes by SCORE/HORA for 1991-92, Rodney Hall's championship winning Class 4 Dodge is no longer legal in the class, so a new rig is being built by Bill Stroppe, and it will debut later this season. Meanwhile Rodney repossessed his older Dodge from sons Chad and Josh for the season opening Parker 400 race. Walker Evans is building a Class 1 Dodge for the Unlimited Class this season on the desert, getting an up front starting spot, but it isn't quite done so he will race his Class 8 in Class lat Parker, just to keep the points straight. Brian Stewart will remain in the Class 8 Dodge in the desert. Scott Douglas will move to the Evans prepped 7S Jeep Comanche for 1991, and the rumor is that Don Adams will drive the killer Jeep Cherokee in Class 6 this season, finally forsaking the open CJ type rig, no longer modern enough on the desert to match the pickups in speed and handling. Truckers joining Walker Evans' Dodge in Class 1 competition are plentiful, and include Jack Johnson, Jeep; Frank Vessels, Nissan; Danny Lerner, Chevrolet, and of course, Ivan Stewart the reigning overall points champion in his Toyota. The first miles of any race will probably see some fiberglass flying this year. Dusty Times

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A s A L u T E To The 1990 Desert Series Champions By Jeo.n Calvin Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. 11:IIE INTERNATIONAi: Championship Off-Road Racing ra HIGH DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION The sixth year of the combined HD RA/SCORE Desert Racing Series enjoyed mixed success. The major change from previous years was the combination of Class 1 and Class 2 into one class of unlimited vehicles, and, rather than reducing the number of classes, the Mini Mags became a bona fide points earning class, so the cars classes remained at 15, some with very skimpy entry but heavy manufacturer interest. There was talk during the season of cutting out classes with an average of six entries, like 7, and this was the last season for the 14 rigs, but there were still 15 car classes. For the first time in many years HORA ventured into short course racing with a Riverside style extravaganza sponsored mainly by Jeep at Willow Springs Raceway in southern California. And, for the first time in several years, the entry numbers didn't increase at all at most events, as more competition in desert racing appeared in the form of a new group that put on races in southern California, siphoning off the casual "we race for fun" entry in many classes. Still it was a successful year for HORA and SCORE who have learned to live with restricted courses areas, the tortoise problem that does cost extra money in course marking, and other rising expenses. The series had eight good races in Arizona, Nevada, Mexico and California. Vehicle and tire manufacturers Page 10 CLASS 1/2 & OVERALL -UNLIMITED SINGLE & TWO SEAT-IVAN STEWART - Ivan Stewart had a dream year in off road racing driving both the desert Toyota and the Stadium Toyota to championships. Along the way Ivan started his climb to the overall points title by winning first overall car honors at the first race, the Parker 400. He followed that act by winning overall at the Nissan 400, the Nevada 500 and the Gold Coast 300. Stewart won his class at the Baja Internacional and the Fireworks 250, placed second in class at the San Felipe 250, and sixth at the Baja 1000. Ivan finished all eight desert races, working hard all year and also becoming the first driver ever to win overall in the desert series and in the MTEG Stadium Series in the same year. continued to pour more money into contingency funds and support for more teams in what has become the big league of off road racing. More and better television coverage enhanced the sport drawing in new sponsors, so overall the opening of the decade produced a successful year of racing. It all started the last weekend in January with the SCORE Parker 400, and land use hassles with authorities on the California side spelled the end of the unique two state race course. Instead, with a big assist from the Arizona BLM people, SCORE found a longer 114 mile course in Arizona and the bikes ran early, just two laps, while the cars started at 11 :00 a.m. and had to cover three laps. The early off road races at Parker had the start/finish area at the Blue Water Marina, and SCORE was able to stage the start there in 1990 while retaining the Shea road area for the finish of each lap, and the pits were redesigned to better separate race cars and spectators. The total entry, which had dropped some in 1989, dropped again in 1990 but the cars were strong on entry with 285 taking the green flag. First to start were the unlimited cars of the new Class 1/2, 50 strong on the line. Troy Herbst led the first lap and held the lead on the second in a Chen-owth/ Porsche. But Ivan Stewart was moving up fast, having started back in the pack. Herbst main-tained his.lead to within 50 feet of the finish line and victory, when a c.v. joint broke. Ivan Stewart, who heard an engine miss in the Toyota midway in the race, charged on and took the class and overall win, his first at Parker since 1977. Mark Hamilton also ran alone to second and second overall followed in by Jerry Penhall and Bud Feldkamp, both driving Raceco Porsches, and 1 7 in the new class finished the race. Second off the line were the 19 Class 8 trucks led by Frank Vessels whose Chevy was soon down with mechanical woes. Now Robby Gordon took the lead, but broke close to the end of the lap. Scott McMillin was the first lap leader in his Ford, and he led into the second lap before having trouble, then Dave Shoppe took over first place. Gordon got running again only to blow an engine. McMillin led again on the last lap, had more trouble, and Chris Minor slipped past and held on to win Class 8 in his GMC. Greg and Ron Kishiyama were second in their Ford, followed closely by Brian Stewart in the Dodge. Class 10 was next away and Bill Poe/Fred Ronn had the first lap lead. Ronn recorded the class fast lap on lap 2 to hold the lead in the ORE/Toyota. However, Poe unfortunately had a c.v. break on the last lap, fixed that and then had more trouble and retired. Running a close second Mike and Jim Zupanovich took over and February 1991 held first place to the checkered flag in the JMR. Ray Croll and Tom Day Sr. were a long second in their J imco followed by Ed and Levi Beard in a Toyota powered Chaparral. Of the 27 starters, eleven finished the race. Six rigs showed up to contest Class 4, and Rod Hall put his Dodge in the lead right away with class fast lap on the first go. After two rounds Hall had a 16 minute lead on Steve Kelley, Chevy. Hall had a flat but no other trouble and won Class 4 easily at ninth overall. Steve Kelley made up time to take second, followed by the Ford of Tim Pruett and Bill Holmes as all but one finished in Class 4. As usual Class 1-2-1600 fielded the largest entry, 55 starters, and they ran within seconds of each other up front. Mike Spina led the first lap by inches in his Bunderson, but after two rounds Mike and Morley Williams moved to the front with a three second lead on Gary Cogbill and John Marking. On the last lap Mike Williams got lost in the dark leading about 20 cars astray for a few minutes. But he got back on track for the Williams team to take the victory by over ten minutes in the MECO. Jim Sumners and Rob Tolleson got the Mirage home second, followed in two minutes by Gary Sewell and Gary Jones in a Lothringer. In all, 30 1600s made the finish line. Seven Class 7 trucks started ·and Larry Ragland took the lead in his Chevy. Ragland still led after two laps, but now only by a minute over Roger Mears, Nissan. Larry Ragland won this class by half an hour over home town d river Manny Esquerra, Ford, while Mears survived mechanical woes to be the third and last finisher in this class. Rich Minga took the early Class 5 lead in his Porsche Bug, but had trouble on lap 2. Marty Hart moved his traditional Bug into the lead then, and continued to have a smooth race, and the ATV champion won Class 5 by 25 minutes over Gene Norman and John Cooley. David Pick finished third, and only four of the 11 starters went the distance in this class. Spencer Low put his Class 7S Nissan in the early lead and never looked back, winning by 16 minutes over Rob MacCachren, Jeep Comanche who was well ahead of John and Chuck Johnson, Ford Ranger. In Class 7 4x4 Paul and Dave Simon continued their domination of the class in their Ford Ranger, had class fast lap on the first round, irn;:reased their margin in victory to 22 minutes at the finish line. Jerry McDonald got the Chevy S-10 in second, and Mike Lesle and Jack Ramsay were third in a Jeep Comanche. Of seven starters, five finished. 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Neth in the 30 car Class 5-1600 field. The Neths were gone on the next lap and Hardesty and Pons kept the lead, had no trouble, not even a flat and won the race in their new car. Kevin Davis and Tom Mace were a long second, well ahead of Robert Knight/ Greg Krogh as 15 Bugs finished. Richardson and Shane Reed, who had some course following woes. Only 13 finished in Class 9. In Class 3/14, Dave Ashley took off where he left off in 1989, set class fast lap on the first go, never looked back and won the class by over an hour in the Class 3 Ford Bronco. Don Adams and Larry Olsen ran second all the way in the Jeep Wrangler, and in third it was Madelene Lesle and Curt LeDuc in a borrowed Jeep less than two minutes back. Six of the nine starters saw the checkered flag. CLASS 3/14 & HEAVY METAL -SHORT WB 4x4 - DAVID ASHLEY - David Ashley is a repeat winner from 1989, having won the same class and the Heavy Metal title last year in the same Ford Bronco, and winning more races this year to win the title again by a bunch. Dave started right, winning at Parker with Mike Bakholdin riding along as usual. Dave went on to win the long Nissan 400, the Fireworks 250, Gold Coast 300 and the Baja 1000. He was second at the Nevada 500, but failed to finish two spring races in Baja. Ashley is moving to a Class 4 Ford for 1991. The 31 Class 9 Challengers were next away and at the end of lap 1 newcomers John Knudsen and Glen Elliott led in a MECO by three minutes over Dave Ramocinski and Norm Lester, Raceco. Knudsen and Elliott, former A TV racers, kept and increased their lead through lap 2 . Knudsen and Elliott apparently had no problems and won the big class by 24 minutes over Jack Millerd and R.C. Jones who had had troubles. In third was defending points champ Rich Class 6 held five starters and a pair of finishers. Scott Douglas led most of the way in the Jeep Cherokee although Danny Ashcraft led lap 1 in the Ford Bronco II. Douglas did class fast lap on the next round, had more trouble but Ir CLASS 7S & MINI METAL -STOCK MINI-MIDI PICKUP - ROB MacCA CHREN - Rob MacCachren is another repeat winner from 1989, having earned the same titles then in a similar Jeep Comanche. Like the other overall division champions Rob drives the entire distance of a race, and had a less than auspicious start on his title defense. While he did finish second in class at Parker. he followed that with a pair of dnfs in the Nissan 400 and the San Felipe 250. Then Rob got serious and won the Baja Internacional, Fireworks 250, Nevada 500 and Gold Coast 300. He clinched the title with a second in the final series race, the rough and tough 600 mile Baja 1000. MacCachren is also moving up in horsepower in 1991, and will be driving the Jim Venable Ford in Class 8 action. CLASS 1-2-1600 - 1600cc RESTRICTED ENGINE -TOM DENAULT- Tom and Bob DeNault shared the driving this year as well as last year, when they won the overall points title in the trusty Chenowth. Theirs is a family race team with the brothers, and family members involved from garage to pits. The defending champs managed a seventh in class at Parker, but won the rugged Nissan 400, and had a victory at the San Felipe 250. They were fourth at the Baja Internacional and won the tough Fireworks 250, and were second on the rugged Nevada 500. Keeping their winner's number plate for another year, they had already won the championship with a fourth at the Gold Coast, when tl1ey went to the Baja 1000, where they finished tenth in the very tight running class. Dusty Times February 1991 This is the system run by most off road race winners TRl•MIL BOBCAT• CHROME DUAL CAN BOBTAIL FOR BAJA BUGS 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 11

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CLASS 4 -LONG WB 4x4 -RODNEY HALL - Rodney Hall and his sidekick Jim Fricker have probably won more races than any current competitors, and they won their class championship in the Dodge this year with six class wins, a record hard to equal, as only two others won six in 1990 as well. Hall won the Parker 400, and the Nissan 400, and then took fourth at the San Felipe 250. The team came back to win the Baja Internacional and the Fireworks 250 before suffering a rare dnf at the Nevada 500. But they finished the year in style with class victories at both the Gold Coast 300 and the grueling Baja 1000. exciting, for both racers and contingency donors. The Class l /2 group was first off the line early in the morning with 44 starters. First away was Stuart Chase in his Raceco Porsche who recorded fast lap for the day for the lead with Frank Arciero in Bob Gordon's Chen-owth two minutes back, followed in two minutes by Troy Herbst, then Brian Collins. Midway Arciero led by 3½ minutes over Collins, Herbst was another two minutes back, and Ivan Stewart, Toyota, was close. Ivan Stewart took the lead on lap 3, and despite stops for tires and gas, he sailed on to his second overall victory of the year, the only driver in under ten hours time. Bob Gordon was second with Type 4 power and distributor trouble, Brian Collins was third, Jim Greenway/ Craig Watkins were next, after running out of gas in the Raceco/ T oyota, and Troy and Ed Herbst were fifth. ed away and Scott McMillin surprised the speedrome spectat-ors by being first around in his Ford with class fast lap, but he soon lost the trans. Frank Vessels took the second lap lead in his Chevy, now followed by Chris Minor, GMC. Vessels led lap 3 also by 47 minutes over Mel Vaughan/ Roger Rolfe, Ford, and Brian Stewart was third with power steering ills. Frank Vessels was happy with the class win and happier still with his second overall finish in the Chevy. He was an hour, 11 minutes up on Vaughan and Rolfe who were second by just 15 minutes over Brian Stewart, Dodge. r;.,. carried on to win by an hour, 45 minutes. Dale and Randy Jordan were second in Class 6 in the Chevy El Camino. Seven Mini Mags started the race, but only three finished. Rudy Townsley led lap 1 by less than two minutes over Buddy Harris from Oklahoma, and he continued to lead until he broke rear suspension parts on the last lap. Harris moved out front with a quick lap to win the class, and Dan and Don Weaver moved into second about 40 minutes later, while Townsley finished third. Naturally Class 11 was last to leave, facing just two laps for an official finish but only two of the five starters made it. Saul Zambrano, with John Howard doing the first lap, led Class 11 the way starting his march to the THE championship. Chris and Daniel Woodward were two hours back in second place. Just five weeks later the action moved to Las Vegas for the HORA Nissan 400, with the old course out of the Speedrome in North Las Vegas. Four 100 mile loops were required for most classes. Banned was pre-running except by plane or helicopter, and the entry was down by 66 from 1989. The stadium style short course was again installed within the speedrome prior to the finish line. The street scene for contingency row and tech downtown was missing, however, due to a strike against the downtown casinos, and the all day Friday ritual was in the Conven-tion Center parking lot, a lot more convenient, but not nearly as WRIGHT PLACEk COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! The coil springs you are seeing on cars in magazines and at the finish line, are products of The Wright Place. You can use them on Fox, Bilstein, or Rough Country's Nitro Charger. Springs are available in 1, 2, or 3 stages, and various lengths. Easy to install and adjust. Wrenches come with the kit for adjustments. Another great idea from the front end experts of off road racing. 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 (619) 561-4810 Page 12 The 14 Class 8 trucks thunder-$. Class 10 had 32 starters but only 12 finished. Mike and Jim Zupanovich started with class fast lap and the lead in their Toyota JMR, Scott Flamson/Richard Spangler were only 19 seconds back in a Raceco Rabbit, followed in 27 seconds by Mark Whitting-ton and several others separated by just seconds. Zupanovich still CLASS 5 -UNLIMITED BAJA BUG - MARTY HART -Marty Hart is a convert from A TV racing and his VW powered Baja Bug beat all the exotics in Class 5 in 1990. He had various co-drivers during the year, but Lance Br_yson rode the last part of the season. Hart served notice that he was out to win by taking the victory at Parker. following that with a win at the Nissan 400, and a third at the San Felipe 250. He failed to finish at the Baja Internacional, but came back to win the Fireworks 250. He suffered another dnf at the Nevada 500, but finished the season with a third at the Gold Coast 300 and third at the Baja 1000. A 5-16 cc G -RICH FER CH - Rich Fersch won the restricted Baja Bug championship by coming on strong on the later half of the season. In this highly competitive class, victory comes with skill and luck. Fersch began the vear with a rl•1f at Parker, then took sixth at the Nissan 400, and moved up to third at the San Felipe 250. He was back to sixth at the Baja Internacional, but came back to win the class at the Fireworks 250. He failed to finish the Nevada 500, but then won at the Gold Coast 300. He won the class title by three points at the Baja 1000, by taking third place by a narrow margin. February 1991 Dusty Times

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Olsen again ran second all the way in the Jeep W rangler, and the Jeep of M adelene Lesle and Curt LeDuc was third. Eight brave teams started the rough run in Mini Mags, and 15 year old Charlie Townsley set fast class lap on the first go, and held the lead midway when he handed over to dad Rudy, who had some problems but kept moving, and won the class, the only four lap finisher. W ith three laps done Frank and Steve Bristing were third and Scott Steinberger took fourth in this motorcycle engined buggy class. the lead of the 14 truck Class 8 field early as he had an afternoon IMSA race to run at Long Beach. Scott McMillin, Ford, was running strong in second midway with Chris Minor, Chevy, just astern. Young Gordon led in the home stretch and enjoyed the added spice of catching and passing his father's Class 2 racer. Then Robby broke both right side wheels, had two spares on board and won Class 8 anyway by six minutes over Scott McMillin/ Ron S tacy, Ford. Brian S tewart, Dodge, took a close third in class. CLASS 6 -PRODUCTION SEDAN -SCOTT DOUGLAS -Scott Douglas had a fantastic year in the Jeep Cherokee, winning four races and doing well in two others, a big points count. This season sport utility vehicles came to the front in Class 6, and Douglas was in front of them all most of the way. He started his points chase by winning at the Parker 400 and the Nissan 400, then had a dnf at San Felipe. But he got a third at the Baja Internacional and took the victory at both the Fireworks 250 and the Nevada 500. Scott failed to finish the silty Gold Coast 300, but he nailed a second in class at the Baja 1000, with more th~n enough points for the title . . Class 6, with six starters, was a runaway win for Scott Douglas in the Jeep Cherokee, and despite getting stuck in a hole on the last lap he won by three hours, 41 minutes. Class 11 started three Beetles, but the only finisher of the two required laps was Saul Zambrano and Jeff Strait. The series moved to Mexico in April as SCORE moved the Great Mojave 250 date to San Felipe, Baja California. The reasons given were the desert tortoise problem, Lucerne Valley being too small to handle the crowds, and the truly dangerous multiple lap courses for bikes and cars. Despite a date conflict with the MTEG Phoenix event, which affected a good half dozen competitors who managed to fly out Saturday afternoon, a good entry showed up. SCORE designed sort of a loop and a half course with good access for pit and chase crews, and started early in the morning so elsewhere bound racers could make their other dates. Class 10 fielded just 17 cars and only seven finished the fast but rough course. The lead bunch ran very tight in the same dust cloud, but midway at Borrego Ray Croll had hisJimco in the lead and half the field was out. Finishing first .was Roy Croll who drove solo and stopped only for fuel, taking tenth overall. Gary and Dick Weyhrich were second, their Raceco about 19 minutes down, followed in about 15 minutes by Todd Davis and Kevin Derby, Chenowth. led after two laps, others fell out in second, but their Raceco was _and Kirk Von Matre/Carl Olsen later disqualified, so Forest and were second followed by Cam Prosser were officially second, Thieriot and Greg Lewin. More over a half hour back and Larry went out on lap 3, and the leader Martin, who rolled and had lots of then was Thieriot/ Lewin who trouble, was a long third. then lost a motor putting Les Again just seven started in Fulkerson and Craig Marshall in Class 7, but it was a three horse the lead which they held to pay race, all that fi n ished. Roger dirt in a VW powered Raceco. Mears led Larry Ragland by a John Hays drove solo to take couple of minutes on lap 1, second about 23 minutes back Midway Mears increased his followed in closely by Melvin leading margin over Ragland and Tom. · Manny Esquerra was back and Class 5 first lap leaders -were running third after a long pit stop. both Porsche powered as Rich Roger Mears increased his lead Minga led LeRoy Van Kirk/Stan each lap and won the Class 7 race Parnell. Lyn Mocaby/Dave by 20 minutes in his Nissan. Bonner were third in a VW with Manny Esquerra moved his Ford an automatic trans. Marty Hart into second when Ragland had a took the midway lead with class two hour disaster, but eventually fast lap and Hart had a good day, finished third in the Chevy. no big troubles, and led all the Class 7--4x4 also had but seven way to the checkered flag. About starters and it was Paul and Dave 40 minutes back Gary Bates and Simon leading all the way, by over Dave Baeskins were second an hour midway in the Ford followed by Gene Norman/John Ranger. The Simons finished Cooley. 13th overall well over three hours Rodney Hall took the early ahead of second place Gregg Class 4 lead by five minutes over Symonds and Marty Reider, Steve Kelley, and they were still in Toyota. Jerry McDonald, Chevy formation halfway into the race was only a minute back, the third with Eric Heiden and Les Barnett and last class finisher. still running third, but they The 16 starters in Class 7S also retired on lap 3. Hall's Dodge saw but one leader all day, the continued to lead, but after three Ford Ranger of John and-Chuck laps Kelley's Chevy was just four Johnson. They led by 11 minutes minutes back. Hall, despite after lap 1, and had 15 minutes damagefromarear endhitonthe midway. Gabriel and Joseph final lap, clanked his way to the Naranjo were now second in their Class 4 victory winning by 12 Ford, followed by W illie Val-minutes. Kelley had a last lap flat, dez/Gil Divine Ford. It was but held second easily. John and Chuck Johnson's first victory at J.P. Dyck ran third well back back the "Mint" while John Johnson in their Jeep J-10. Four of the has had many in several classes . . eight starters in Class 4 finished. Valdez/Divine were over an hour In Class 1-2-1600 53 started back with last lap trouble, and the long trek and 21 finished. Malcolm Vinje and Mark Hansen Scott Webster and Rodney moved into a close third in their Woolf had their ORBS in the first Toyota, just another three lap lead by 20 seconds over Willie minutes behind. Melancon, Mirage, and a minute Class 5-1600 came up with a back came Mike and Morley hefty34Bugentryandsomeearly Williams' MECO plus a herd tight competition. Tim and Steve were within mere minutes. Lawrencehadclassfastlaponthe Midway Dave Mansker/Joel first go, four minutes up on Rich Stankovich in a JMR led by eight Fersch, who had just 40 seconds seconds over Craig Forest and so on David Purcell. Midway it went down the ranks. As the Lawrence led by less than a race wore on, at the end of three minute over Scot Jones and John laps points champs Tom and Bob Holmes, who had just over a DeNault were now leading by 23 minute on Ross Craft's car. The seconds over Tom and Tim father and son team of Steve and Burns, and John Prosser, in Tim Lawrence alternated driving Forest's car, was now third. The each lap and won the big class by a DeNaults had another flawless lap big 23 minutes. Wayne and Daryl and won the big class in the Cook and Ross Craft placed 1600cc Chenowth and finished second and Robert Knight and 10th overall. The Burns hung on Greg Krogh moved into third in Dusty Times lap 3 and stayed there to the checkered flag. Class 9 started 24 on the rugged course, and the lead changed often. Arturo and Armando Tiznado led the first lap despite rolling in the stadium section. Tom Malloy was just over a minute back, followed in a minute by . W ade and Roy Prince with others just seconds behind in a real horse race. Midway many Challenger cars were retired and Roy Prince led despite rolling in the freshly watered stadium course. The Tiznados were nearly two minutes back and Billy Kem and Pat Smith were now third, but destined to finish fourth. Tiznado faded and the Princes increased their lead considerably on lap 3 and carried on, until distributor trouble struck just short of victory and their Chenowth finished second, Bruce Mangold and Tim Gavett moved up to take their first ever victory in a Raceco. The Raceco of Dave Ramocin-s k i /Norm Lester was four minutes back in third. Class 3/14 fielded 14 rigs and four finished. Dave Ashley had his Ford Bronco out front from flag to flag despite a second half trouble with his eyes due to a lack of a windshield, winning by half an hour. Don Adams and Larry Thirty started in Class 1 / 2 but in a few miles Brian Collins had his Chenowth/Porsche first on the road and on time with Ivan Stewart, Toyota, eating his dust, and Ed and Tim Herbst were close. Since he was racing at Phoenix too, Collins enlisted fellow Las Vegan Jack Johnson to drive the second half of the course, and Brian was airborne when Jack crossed the finish line first in class and first overall in just over four hours time. Ivan Stewart was just 35 seconds behind, second in class and overall and over three minutes up on third placing Mark Hamilton and Clay Bintz, Raceco/ Porsche. Robby Gordon had the Ford in ' -,,..,..., .-, -~ ~ """,:,.. ·'"' , .• ~ ; ,♦ The Class 5s also lost half their ten Bug field and the early battle was between the Porsches of Rich Minga and LeRoy Van Kirk and Marty Hart's VW. They all had some problems, and half.way on course Minga was about six minutes ahead of Van Kirk and Hart who were nose to tail. Hart had more trouble and Rich and Steve Minga took the win over LeRoy and Dan Van Kirk by about ten minutes. Marty Hart salvaged third only about two minutes behind. It was still seven starters in Class 7, and an ailing Manny Esquerra had the early lead over Roger Mears. But midway Mears had a two minute lead over Esquerra, then Manny lost a cylinder but Roger lost the rear end on the dry lake. At the flag Manny Esquerra won in the Ford, by about 34 minutes over Roger Mears, whose Nissan took longer to repair. Ernesto and Aldolfo Arambula were a long third in a Mitsubishi. Four finished in 7, a better average than many classes. The 44 car field in Class 1-2-1600 was ready for this course and 28 of them finished. A good dozen ran in a close pack most of the distance lJlr' CLASS 7 -UNLIMITED MINI-MIDI TRUCK -MANNY ESQUERRA - The Class 7 championship battle was tight all season and down to the wire at the Baja 1000, which Esquerra won and with the win took the title. With his brother Tudy Joe Esquerra riding most of the miles in the Ford Ranger, Manny also won the San Felipe 250 and the Nevada 500. Manny started the season with a pair of second place finishes at Parker and the Nissan 400, and also placed second in the Baja Internacional. He failed to finish in the Fireworks 250 in California, and again was a dnf in the Nevada silt of the Gold Coast 300. February 1991 Page 13

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minutes over T ownsleys. Class 6 had a stout eight car entry but only two of them finished. Dale and Randy Jordan had the early lead in their Chevy El Camino, as Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling made an extra fuel stop. But the J ordans took a wrong turn and got stuck off course for a time and the old Schwacofer Chevy sedan won by nearly an hour over the Jordans. Scott Douglas lost his fuel cell but got to the finish line with five gallon gas jugs instead, but missed the cut off time in his Jeep. Merely four showed in Class 11 and two finished on a shorter route than the other classes race started 25 miles east with a restart at Ojos Negros. The actual finish was well south of Ensenada at Santo Tomas also, but the racers were required to check in at the ceremonial finish in Ensenada to get an official finish. The race was marred by a flash flood in midafternoon out of the San Pedro Matir mountains, which caught most of the limited classes in this area, and it greatly altered their finishing order, if they managed to get through at all and finish. But there was no rain or floods for Class 1/2, first off the line. CLASS 7 4x4 -STOCK MINI-MIDI PICKUP-PAUL SIMON-Paul Simon, with his brother Dave sharing the driving of the Ford Ranger, scored their third consecutive desert series points championship in 1990; quite a record in any class. The Simons also won six of the eight races, often by a huge margin in class. They won at Parker, the Nissan 400, San Felipe, the Fireworks 250, Gold Coast 300 and Baja 1000. The team placed second at the Baja Internacional, and had a rare dnf at the Nevada 500. Their secret to success is that both are good fast drivers and they keep the truck in tip top shape, ready to race. . covered. Saul Zambrano con-tinued on his winning ways with Howard Anderson co-driving the Beetle. The team had some troubles and battled all the way with Jack and Tim Zandbergen who were second only 18 minutes back. . After a six week breather the regulars were back in Mexico for the Baja Internacional, happily based in Ensenada once again. The 220 field in car classes was up just one from 1989, and now, after a parade from the ceremonial start on the waterfront, the actual · Ivan Stewart took the early lead chased by the Porsche race cars of Bill Church, Troy Herbst, Danny Letner and Corky McMil-lin. Stewart had a fairly uneventful day, led the class all the way in the Toyota and won by 25 minutes over Bill Church who also drove alone. Troy Herbst was back about 14 minutes in third as 12 of the 31 starters in class finished the 411 mile race. •lir-and midway it appeared that Tom DeNault had a couple minutes lead on Mike Spina and Willy Higman, but with no official interim timing it is difficult to follow such a close battle. DeNault and Spina ran a close race until three miles from the finish when Spina 's Bunderson shed a rear wheel and drum into the bushes. Tom and Bob DeNault took the win by five minutes over Willy and John Higman, and Jim Fishback Jr. and Mike Voyles were third, all three teams driving Chenowths. Fourth and fifth place were only a few minutes back also. There was a lot . of breakage among the eight Class 7 4x4s but five of them managed to get fixed enough to finish. Dave and Paul Simon appeared to lead all the way again in their Ford Ranger, winning by over eight minutes. With some down time Mike Les le and Jack Ramsay were second in the Jeep Comanche, while Darren and Doug York were a couple of hours behind finishing third in their Ford Ranger. Nine of the 15 starters in Class 7S finished, but they all chased John and Chuck Johnson all day, as the team led the pack from flag to flag in the Ford Ranger winning I by an hour and a half over Spencer Low in the Nissan. Doing well in his first year as a trucker, Ramon Castro was third in his Ford Ranger only seven minutes further back. Of the 20 in Class 5-1600, a dozen got to the finish line in less than nine hours, but some of the favorites broke early. Tom and Bob Neth had a very good day going and led most of the distance and squeaked out the victory. Wayne Cook and Ross Craft finished just 49 seconds in arrears for second place, about 19 minutes ahead of Rich Fersch as most Bugs had a tough time in the soft southern loop. Twenty also started in Class 9 and a dozen also finished in this class. It was a close race up front as Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault, Jimco, led by just six minutes over Armado and Arturo Tiznado, Jirnco at Matias, and Pat Smith/Billy Kern, who had been stuck for a time, were third. Richardson and Perrault won the Challenger honors by 21 minutes over the Tiznados, who finished without a fan belt, only two minutes ahead of Ray McClain and Mike Daghlian. The Mini Mags were hard hit on the tough run and only two of NI SAHARA VDO - Chenowth - Simpson . :s X ~ ... > ~ ~ .. SIRIUS SPRING MTN. ::i::: f-::i 0 en ci > ..J co > ..J T riMil - K & N Filters - Bugpack Bilstein - Centerline - Cibie H<:!wland -Porsche Turbo CVs Beard's Seats- Parker Pumper Yokohama Tires -Super Trapp Gem Gears -KYB Shocks Sway-A-Way Transaxle Parts Wright Place -Dura Blue Ultra Boot - Neal Products SEE PAT OR DAVE OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Monday-Friday - 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday - 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. NEV ADA PHONE ORDER HOUSE 3054 So. Valley View, Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 871-4911 • (702) 871-5604 Page 14 the six starters finished. Two that kept moving were Scott Stein-berger and Charlie and Rudy Townsley, but the T ownsleys had down time, and Steinberger had none to speak of and won by 12 Class 8 had some close racing early between the Fords of Robby Gordon and Scott McMillin, Brian Stewart, Dodge and Chris Minor, Chevy. But as the miles lengthened so did Gordon's class CLASS 8-2WD STANDARD PICKUP-ROBBY GORDON-Robby Gordon didn't have quite the triumphant season he has had in the past, but it came out with the Class 8 title for the young man on the move, splitting his time in 1990 between off road desert racing and pavement competition. Gordon started out with an uncharacteristic dnf at Parker, and got disqualified at the Nissan 400 for a course rule infraction. But he won the San Felipe race in Class 8 and repeated with victory at the Baja Internacional, where he won overall in the car division. ~obby scored second at the Fireworks 250, and was second again at the Nevada 500. Robby won the Gold Coast 300 ,n Class 8 and placed fourth at the Baja 1000, accumulating enough points in the Venable Ford to win the points title in his final full season of desert racing. CLASS 9 - RESTRICTED BUGGY -RICH RICHARDSON - Rich Richardson and long time co-driver Doug Perrault were repeat class champions from 1989 taking the Challenger honors once again in their tidy Jimco. The pair_were third at Parker, but failed to finish the Nissan 400. But they won at San Felipe and took fifth at the BaIa Internacional, and were seventh at the Fireworks 250 in the very close running class. They won the tough Nevada 500, and grabbed third at the Gold Coast 300. 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CLASS 10 -UNLIMITED 1650cc -JOHN HAYS -John Hays skipped the season opening Parker 400 but he had his Raceco ready for the rest of the season. He pulled a fine second in Class 10 at the Nissan 400, fourth at San Felipe, and ran third at the Baja Internacional. Hays scored another second at the Fireworks 250, then failed to finish the Nevada 500. But he got his first series win at the Gold Coast 300 and followed that with a second on the long distance Baja 1000. Hays drove alone in most races, showing great endurance and up front finishes during his first season as a serious oints contender in Class 10. second about 27 minutes down. Don Adams and Larry Olsen, in what must have been a cold ride in the open Jeep Wrangler, were third, another three minutes back. and last in Class 6, another hour back but with two hours left on the time allowance. Two of the six starters in Class 11 finished led by Saul Zambrano and Howard Anderson, Saul's fourth win of the season. Without any lights, Martin Garibray and Jose Aquila Marquez followed a 5-1600 in, finishing just 22 minutes down in a tough run for Class 11 Beetles. lead, and with a hundred miles to go he was tied on wrist watch time with Ivan Stewart, decided to go for the overall, and the talented young man in the Venable Ford did just that, winning overall over Stewart by over four minutes. Brian Stewart had some minor troubles but nailed second in Class 8 about 31 minutes later, followed in by Minor and McMillin. Eight of the 14 starters saw the checkered flag. Class 5 had nine starters, but only three finished, most of the regulars having terminal troubles. Carlos Vela and Adrian Merlero who hadn't pre-run, motored at a good pace to win the class honors. Two hours behind Bill Hernquist and Mike Lund were second having serious woes, and in another couple of hours Don Robertson made it all the way for third in Rich Minga's Porsche. There was a good group of possible winners among the 18 in Class 10, of which eight finished. But most of the favorites had serious breakage en route, and many were the first to encounter the floods. At the finish Ray Croll and Tom Day had survived the quickest to take another class win in the Jimco and finish eighth overall at that. Jeff Quinn and Kurt Pfeiffer were second a half hour back in tha almost brakeless Chenowth, and John Hays and Will Domshot got through the muck third, only four minutes further back in their Raceco. Class 7 4x4 had top contenders too in the ten rig field and half of them finished. Usual wire to wire leaders Paul and Dave Simon had breakage out of the Sky Ranch, but everyone else had trouble too. The winners were John Swift and Dino Pugeda, followed in 27 minutes by the Simons, who had Darren and Doug York a half hour behind them in a all Ford Ranger finish up front. Class 4 was down to five starters and three finishers. Rod Hall and constant co-driver Jim Fricker had low oil pressure and bad brakes, but they won anyhow in the Dodge. Down 1 ½ hours, Timmy Pruett and Bill Holmes got the Ford home second in class, followed in over five hours by S teve Kelley in the troub le plagued Chevrolet. A full field of 35 started in Class 1-2-1600 with 24 destined to finish despite the weather problems, and there were many Dusty Times potential winners in the crowd. They ran in a tight pack, with various leaders on wrist watch time, but some of the leaders had real troubles. But a bunch were still close with 95 miles to go. On official time Jim Sumners and Rob Tolleson won the bash in a Mirage by an hour over Willie Melancon and Mirage builder Bill Varnes. Back another four plus minutes Rodrigo and Rogerio Ampudia were third in a Chenowth. Of the half dozen Class 7 trucks, just the usual two finished. This race Roger Mears had a tad less down time and won the class for Nissan but only by a slim four minutes and change. Manny Esquerra was second in his Ford Ranger. The Mini Mags fielded just four cars, and only one finished. Again it was Rudy and Charlie Townsley taking the honors but they had to wait out the flood at M atias before continuing the race. There was more competition among the 14 in Class 7S as Dan Reynolds led early on in a Toyota, and several former winners were busy making repairs. But Rob MacCachren got the lead on the Gulf side with Jerry Whelchel in his wake and they both got through Matias before the flood, but caught the st orm lat er. MacCachre n kept his Jeep Comanche moving to win the class, and Whelchel/ Reynolds were 45 minutes later in second. John and Chuck Johnson had big troubles but took third nearly two hours further down in the Ford Ranger, as eight finished. Tom and Bob Neth took the early lead in ClassS-1600 but this 28 car field really got socked by the floods, and had various leaders along the route including Craig Stewart, who later vanished. At the finish line it was Steve Taylor a n d Wayn e Lacher, wearing skinny tires on all four wheels, who won the class by a mere 15 seconds over Jesus Luna and Bill Rodriquez. David Anckner /Gary Schnekenburger were four minutes back in third followed in just 32 seconds by the Neths. The dozen Class 3/14 rigs all caught the flood waters and a hail storm led b y the Nissan of Sherman Balch and John Deetz. Curt LeDuc and Madelene Lesle survived ball joint and other woes in their Jeep, _but they finished The eight in Class 6 also were delayed by the floods, and it was the old Saab 96 of Arne Gun-narsson that took the victory. They were over an hour ahead of the El Camino of Dale and Randy Jordan. Scott Douglas and Mark Searle, Jeep Cherokee, were third It was back to the hot desert at Barstow~ -.._ ~,c., ~ ~ /4 ..... ¾,}>~;;;-/ -.,.w,1-,.. ''--~~;;:;.~ CLASS 11 -STOCK VW SEDAN -SAUL ZAMBRANO - There was new interest in Class 11 in 1990 sparked by the remarkable performance of Saul Zambrano and various co-drivers. The young man in his 'Cheap Thrills ' Beetle won six straight races fair and square, starting at Parker, and he continued to win through the Nissan 400. San Felipe 250. Baja Internacional, Fireworks 250 and the Nevada 500 where he went fartffer than any other Class 11. Saul was second by mere seconds at the Gold Coast 300, and none of the Class 11 s came close to finishing at the Baja 1000. Since only the best six of the eight races count for points Zambrano had a perfect record of six straight victories in class. 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f, ... 't::7i: ... CLASS MINI MAG -CHARLES TOWNSLEY - Charles Townsley and his son Charlie repeated as class champions in . this motorcycle engined buggy class. winning four of the seven events in which they competed. They started out at Parker with a third place. then won the Nissan 400 and were second at San Felipe. Then they won three in a row, the Baja Internacional, Fireworks 250, and Nevada 500. Along with the rest of the class they failed to finish the Nevada 500 and did not enter the Baja 1000. Icing on the cake this year was teenager Charlie being voted the Off Roadsman Rookie of the Year, a well deserved title. i;r on July 7 for the HDRA Fireworks 250, another no pre-run event. That and other changes saw the entry down by 27 from the previous year, and it was now a four lap run over a 63 mile route. The start/ finish was down the road a ways at the Sidewinder Road exit offl-15, complete with lots of fencing and good pit areas only for those who got there midweek. This is silty, therefore dusty area. The tech and contin-gency action moved to the area that used to be the start/finish line, now covered with a giant outlet mall, at the Lenwood exit. Also the early starting classes had a 20 second interval between cars, but once the "heavies" were gone the interval shrank to 15 seconds, tough on a windless morning, as the twinite tradition of this race with a 4::00 p.m. start is apparently gone forever, and the early winners were in just after noon and could go home for dinner. Maybe that is progress! Thirty-four Class l / 2 machines started at 7 a.m. and 14 finished. Danny Letner led the first lap enjoying a dust free run, followed by Ivan Stewart, and Brian Collins. Letner led by seconds over Stewart midway, but Bob Gordon was now third. The big cars boomed on, and at the flag it was Ivan Stewart, Toyota, who finished first with a good day, but was second overall. Brian Collins/Pat Dean were 16 minutes back in second when Letner dropped another half minute and to third. A fine 15 started in Class 8 and eight would finish. Robby Gordon had the Ford in the first lap lead as expected, followed by the Dodges of Brian Stewart and Walker Evans. On lap 2 Evans surged into the lead holding nearly two minutes on teammate West Coast Distributor _FOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE $695.00 GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AV AI LAB LE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1962 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 Stewart, while Gordon was replacing tires, but was still third. Walker had a keen third lap in his Dodge, fast lap of the race, and he decided to go for the overall on the last lap. Walker Evans did win first overall in the Dodge by 48 seconds and he was a happy man. The next Class 8 home, twenty minutes later was Robby Gord-on's Ford, not under power but being pushed by Robby and his co-drivers in a most controversial finish, still talked about around campfires. Brian Stewart was third by just over a minute, having to elbow his way around the stalled Ford to cross the finish line. Privateers Ron and Greg Kishiyama were only a minute further back in fourth in a close finish for Class 8. Class 10 had a high attrition rate, only seven of the 21 starters finished. Jerry Leighton led the first lap, and Rob M yerly led the second one with fast lap for the class, but others were in close. On lap 3 Mike and Jim Zupanovich took over the lead a few minutes up on second running John Hays, and that was the ball game. The Zupanovich father and son team won Class 10 at eighth overall and John Hays was second, 4 ½ minutes down, both driving Racecos. Rick Lind and Frank Golden were third 19 minutes behind but a minute up on Dan Blain. The first lap leader in Class 5 was Steve Sourapas in Rich Minga's Porsche with a two second lead on Marty Hart. Hart led by under two minutes midway and LeRoy Van Kirk was now third. Hart kept increasing his lead, had no troubles, just one flat and won Class 5 by 33 minutes over LeRoy Van Kirk and Rick Rowland. Gary Bates and Dave Baeskens worked up to third as eight of the nine starters finished. In Class 4 the first lap leader was the Jeep J-10 of John Dyck, but favorite Rod Hall got his Dodge out front after two rounds and Timmy Pruett and Bill Holmes held third in their Ford. The first two held position through lap 3, but Steve Kelley had taken over third in his Chevy. That is the way they finished, as Pruett and Holmes were, a distant fourth, all that finished out of eight starters. The 44 Class 1-2-1600 field was next to start and as usual ran in a tight pack, with Mike Spina leading with fast class lap on the lap 1, but Tom DeNault, Brian Steele, Scott Reams and others were just seconds back. Midway DeNault took the lead followed closely by Gary Sewell, and Cameron Steele, as others had trouhle on the rough route. Bob De·nault relieved his brother, Sewell ran solo, and took the third lap lead and Larry Martin took over third place, but the gang was still tightly bunched on time. At the flag Tom and Bob Denault won by nine minutes in the Chenowth, Sewell brode a tie rod and dropped back and Curtis and Louis Farrar were second in their ORE followed in two minutes by Martin, who ran solo. Mike Spina and Keith Underwood were just another minute and change back followed in a couple of minutes by Jim Moulton and Fred Ronn as 32 1-2-1600s finished. In Class 7 4x4 the eight starters watched the rear of the Ford of Paul and Dave Simon who had an untroubled race, led all the way, set fast class lap, won by 33 minutes and finished tenth overall. The Chevy of Jerry McDonald held second place from lap 2 to the checkered flag, and finished 34 minutes ahead of third placing Mike Lesle in a Jeep. Up front in the early laps, Darren and Doug York were fourth, about 16 minutes further behind as five finished in the class. Class 7 belonged to Roger Mears as his Nissan led all the way to pay dirt, winning by over three hours. Wayne Lee and Marc Cartwright were second in a Chevy, and Russ Jones was third in a Ford the final finisher among the five starters in the class. Charlie Townsley led the nine starters in Mini Mags on lap 1 by four minutes over Kirk McDaniel and Mark Bowman/Doug Daw-son were close too. Midway Townsley had picked up a couple minutes on McDaniel and Dan and Don Weaver were a long third. Now Rudy Townsley took over from his son, broke a rear shock, and Rory Chenowth, now driving McDaniel's car led after three. It was a close fight on the last lap and the T ownsleys won by just 19 seconds over McDaniel/ Chenowth. The Weavers were four hours back, the third and final class finisher. Class 7S fielded 14 trucks and Spencer Low led the first lap in his Nissan by over a minute. Rob MacCachren was next in his Jeep with Willie Valdez, Ford, not far astern. MacCachren led midway as Low had torsion bar trouble, Valdez was second and Terry Brown/ Bill O'Brien, were close in their Ford. MacCachren had a half hour lead after three laps and the others shifted around with some down time. MacCachren won by 44 minutes. Willie Valdez/ Gil Divine were second, followed in less than two minutes by Brown/O'Brien, and ten trucks finished. In Class 5-1600 Craig Stewart set class fast lap and had a five minute lead on Darren Hard-esty/Kreston Pons, who had Doug West and Gary Cogbill on their bumper. Craig Stewart led by over nine minutes on Darren Hardesty midway, both second generation racers but on lap 3 Stewart broke a spring plate, and Hardesty/Pons disappeared. So Rich Persch and Pat Todd took over the lead followed closely by Steve Taylor/Wayne Lacher. Despite last lap problems Rich Persch drove to the victory, with less than two minutes margin on Taylor/Lacher and Tim and Steve Lawrence were third after running out of gas on the last lap. Ten of the 23 starters finished the tough race. Class 3/14 started nine rigs and Curt LeDuc led the first lap in the Jeep but Dave Ashley, Ford was less than two minutes behind. At the halfway point LeDuc led Ashley by 1 ½ minutes, some retired and Don Adams and Larry Olson moved their Jeep into third. 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Madelene Lesle's Jeep. LeDuc salvaged second place followed by the Adams Jeep Wrangler as four of the nine finished the four laps. Only 18 Class 9 entries showed up and on the first lap R .C . Jones drove Jack Millerd's car into the lead with class fast lap. Next came Steven Thompson/Kent Loth-ringer, then Shane Reed, and Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault, all just seconds apart. After two laps Jones still led Thompson, but Richardson was up to third, all just a few minutes apart. Millerd got into his car on lap 3 and held the lead. Paul Huffman took over for Reed, some leaders retired, and others moved up. Millerd and Jones carried on to victory, nine minutes up on second placing Reed and Huffman, and Billy Kem/Pat Smith moved into third. Only six of these restricted buggies finished four laps. Scott Douglas dominated the Class 6 race, taking the early lead in the Jeep and he never looked back, winning by nearly two hours. Danny Ashcraft hung on to finish second in the Ford Bronco II, Mike Horner and Steve Ball were third in a GMC truck and Arne Gunnarsson and Greg Moser were the fourth and final finisher out of eight starters, d rivin g the venerable Ford Ranchero. Class 1 lhad but three laps to run, and four of the six starters made it home. Howard Anderson in Saul Zambrano's Beetle led the first lap by over five minutes. Travis Howard/Mike Monahan were next, followed by Will Williams, and these guys were running close on time. Midway in the second lap Zambrano got in his car, had a little trouble, but so did everyone else. Zambrano and Anderson continued their winning streak , winning over Travis Howard by merely five minutes and change. Michael Duenas/Will Williams were a long third. After the short course race at Willow Springs in August HORA moved back into the dusty desert in September for the Nevada 500, which was headquartered in Pahrump this year. W ith no pre-running allowed on this point to point race, we know of three helicopters used for pre-running that crashed or crash landed, probably disturbing the turtles more than cars would. The silt beds out of town were eliminated from the first leg, and the cars paraded up the highway to a place called Johnnie for the timed start. Trying to avoid silt on the north end of the course, the route led through a small town, where radar checks were done on the leading race cars, and if they were supposedly running over 55 mph they would be disqualified. This weird rule had a serio us affect on the first two car classes off the line. The field was up by ten over 1989, and bikes were included this year, who were off the line at first light. Of the 30 starting in Class l / 2 some were parked early, and out front on the road were Porsche powered cars led by Troy Herbst, then Bob Richey, and Michael Church, and Ivan Stewart was in the hunt too. This quartet battled all the way, with Troy Herbst first on the road. But on the last silty miles into the Pahrump finish Ivan Stewart got past Herbst and his Toyota was the overall and class winner by about. 13 Dusty Times minutes. Bob Richey, who found out the next day that he had been disqualified by radar, was 12 minutes back in second only 11 seconds up on Troy Herbst, who was followed by brothers Ed and Tim Herbst. Class 1/2 had thirteen official finishers. Class 8 was next off the line, a dozen strong, and they all seemed to have early problems. Out front at Beatty was Walker Evans followed by his Dodge teammate Brian Stewart and these guys were flying, with Dave Shoppe, Ford in close too. Up course the Dodges continued to lead, setting a fast pace, but Walker had a little trouble and Stewart got the lead. At the finish line Brian Stewart won by just over a second from Walker Evans but their joy was short lived. They found out later that evening that both Dodges were disqualified for speeding throught the radar trap, even though they, and Richey had been shown a sign that said 66 mph. So the victory passed to third on time to Dave Shoppe, who had a good day in his Ford. After some down time Robby Gordon got his Ford home second, 36 minutes later. Scott McMillin got his Ford in third, also having a pretty good race. Only four of the 13 Class 10 cars saw the finish line, most succumbing to the silt. Early on, the road leaders were Ray Croll/Tom Day, Jeff Quinn/Kurt Pfeiffer and Rich Romans. But with no interim times this is a tough race to follow. Randy and Rick Wilson ran well until hit by a truck, and Bill Poe/John Hagle looked good too midway. Carl Olson and Kirk Van Matre moved steadily up the charts and won Class 10 in the Raceco by over an hour, their first victory in two years of racing. Rick Romans and Barry Cavanagh were second in their Raceco followed in over an hour by solo driving Todd Davis, Chenowth. Class 5 also had a rough time with five of 11 starters finishing. In the first legs the road leaders included Rich Minga, Marty Hart and the Klawitter brothers in their first 1990 race, along with Greg Vaughan. More faded on the northern loop and Val Dodd got into Greg Vaughan's Bug halfway and drove it to their first win of the year. Not having lost their touch, Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter were just 10 minutes back in second and Rich Minga and Buzz Combe took third. Only three of seven rigs finished in Class 4; among the missing was Rod Hall, Dodge, Roger Mears Jr., Nissan and Steve Kelley, Chevy. In motion at one third distance, others also vanished, with scant reports. Timmy Pruett, who handed the Ford to Bill Holmes midway, had an electrical fire, but no more serious problems and the team took their first victory, over two hours ahead of the new Ford of Mike Schwellinger who had lots of new car woes. Third went to Rod Hall's sons,Josh and Chad in an older Dodge, holding up the honor of the clan in this really tough race for any type of off road vehicle. Class 1-2-1600 had a good record as 13 of 18 finished. A good dozen looked like possible winners on the first legs, but the late start meant more darkness for this class and the times slowed. Midway Morley Williams handed the MECO over to son Mike, appare~ly r;r SCORE/HDRA America's Foremost Off-Road Racing Series 1990 FINAL SERIES POINT STANDINGS (List includes all racers who qualified 4. LeRoy VanKirk 98 4. Armando Tiznado 150 for the point titles under the rules of 5. Bill Hernquist 79 5. Ray McClain 129 the SCORE/HORA Desert Series. 6. Lyn Mocaby 60 5. Jack Millerd 129 Total racers - 763. Total Qualifiers -Class 5-1600 (68 Racers) 7. Ed McLean 123 136.) 1. Rich Fersch 210 Class 10 (53 Racers) 2. Steve Taylor 207 1. John Hays 206 FOUR-WHEEL VEHICLES 3. Wayne R Cook 193 2. Todd Davis 170 Class ½ (81 Racers) 4. Doug West 184 3. Rick Romans 169 1. Ivan Stewart 280 5. Steve Lawrence 163 4. Ray Croll 152 2. Jim Greenway 188 6. Joseph Grier 154 5. Jeff Quinn 151 3. Danny Letner 186 7. Guillermo Quintero, Jr. 150 6. Dan Blain 136 4. Troy Herbst 182 8. George Fishback, Jr. 124 7. Robert Land 93 5. Corky McMillin 179 9. David Anckner 99 Class 11 (21 Racers) 6. William Church 167 10. Vince Alcouloumre 94 1. Saul Zambrano 146 7. Tom Bradley,Sr. 165 Class 6 (13 Racers) 2. Gary Anderson 61 8. Mark Hamilton 157 1. Scott Douglas 169 Class Mini-Mag (11 Racers) 9. Jim Baldwin 145 2. Danny Ashcraft 152 1. Charles Townsley 151 10. Brian Collins 140 3. Dale Jordan 99 11. Mark McMillin 124 4. Larry Schwacofer 99 2. Scott Steinbe'rger 89 12. Bob Richey 122 5. Mike Horner 72 3. Mark L Bowman 64 13. Stuart Chase 110 Class 7 (13 Racers) MOTORCYCLES 13. Jim Smith 110 1. Manny Esquerra 159 Class 20 (6 Rac~rs) 15. Brian Church 107 2. Roger Mears 154 1. Roger Hurd 781 16. Ed Herbst 99 3. Russ Jones 60 2. John Braasch, Jr. 54 17. Jerry Penhall 93 4. Michael Noval 53 Class 21 (43 Racers) 18. Gary Mecham 85 Class 7S (25 Racers) 1. Joey Lane 97 18. Larry Ragland 85 1. Rob MacCachren 209 2. Anna Merritt 64 20. Frank Snook 57 2. John Johnson 198 Class 22 (51 Racers) Class 1/2-1600 (107 Racers) 3. Willie Valdez 160 1. Larry Roeseler 109 1. Tom DeNault 242 4. Terry Brown 137 2. Paul Krause 85 2. Danny Porter 183 5. Jerry Whelchel 135 3. Steven Platt 64 3. Mike Williams 180 6. David W Lillie 124 4. Dan Smith 61 4. Tom Schilling 170 7. Malcolm Vinje 123 5. Ross W Gregory 60 5. Willie Melancon 163 8. Spencer Low 120 Class 30 (35 Racers) 6. Larry Martin 153 9. Ramon Castro 98 1. Kenny Parry 115 7. Ralf Barwig 145 10. Darryl White 92 2. Bob VanDyke 60 8. Gary Sewell, Jr. 138 Class 7-4x4 (15 Racers) 3. David Callaway 56 9. Craig Deardorf 127 1. Paul Simon 176 4. Mike Sixberry 53 10. Jerry Higman 114 2. Jerry McDonald 140 5. Kevin Colan 46 11. Ron DeWolf 97 3. Darren York 131 6. Michael J Burke 43 12. Michael McClune 65 4. John Swift 97 Class 40 (17 Racers) 13. Greg Adler 49 5. Mike Lesle 86 1. Ron Gray 89 Class 3/14 (30 Racers) 6. Gregg Symonds 80 2. Dennis Grissom 63 1. David Ashley 196 Class 8 (27 Racers) 3. John Etchart 55 2. Don Adams 171 1. Robby Gordon 195 Class 50 (8 Racers) 3. Madelene Lesle 145 2. Brian Stewart 173 4. Dale R White 122 3. Scott McMillin 160 1. Al Guzman 59 5. Rick Sieman 114 4. Dave Shoppe 131 QUAD RUNNERS Class 4 (14 Racers) 4. David A. Westhem 131 Class 24 (24 Racers) 1. Rod Jlall 169 6. Frank Vessels 125 1. Michael Pace 74 2. Tim Pruett 125 7. David Bryan 115 2. Randy Engen 74 3. Mike Schwellinger 120 8. Mel Vaughan 108 3. Fred Wing 57 4. Steve Kelley 110 9. Walker Evans 90 4. Bruce Carroll 46 8 Class 5 (23 Racers) Class 9 (74 Racers) 5. Henry Hernandez 41 1. Marty Hart 162 1. Rich Richardson 196 Class 25 (4 Racers) 2. Rich Minga 135 2. Roy Prince 182 1. Dean Sundahl 53 3. Greg Vaughan 122 3. Billy Kem 163 2. Gregery Bringle 48 February 1991 Page 17

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~ . then leading, and Mike had an uneventful run to the finish line and to victory. Tom and Bob DeNault had a good day too and were second about 18 minutes later, followed in seven minutes by Danny Porter and Mike Ruddis, and the others who finished were well strung out on time. Only two of seven finished in Class 7 4x4 and all the favorites had plenty of down time. Having no problems Jerry McDonald and Jeff Lewis motored on in the Chevy S-10 to their second consecutive win at this race. Back about two hours, Darren and Doug Yark were the only other finishers in their Ford Ranger. Class 7 had only one of five finish this event. Roger Mears had his Nissan out front at Beatty, while Manny Esquerra was well back after an hour making repairs. But Roger lost the engine up north, and the others also failed. By then Manny and Tudy Joe Esquerra were the only survivors and won the class easily in the Forq Ranger. Class 7 S had a lot more competition, and at Beatty Willie Valdez and Rob MacCachren were nose to tail on the road. Rob MacCachren had a broken exhaust on the Jeep Comanche, but no other trouble, not even a flat. Rob won the class by 52 minutes. Willie Valdez got the Ford in second followed in an hour by John and Chuck Johnson, Ford. Jerry Whelchel and Dan Reynolds, Toyota, were a long fourth as six finished out of the 11 that started. Only three Mini Mags came to Pahrump and only one made it all the way. At T onapah the favorites were in the pits and Mark Bowman and Doug Dawson had the lead. Close to the finish line the leaders lost a rear wheel bearing and were a dnf, while the T ownsleys added another victory to their long string in this class. A lucky 11 started in Class 5-1600, and half would finish. They ran in a tight pack to Beatty where Robert Knight and Greg Krogh, who started first, led on the road. 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P.S. Calif. Res.Add 6% Sales Tax third. In Class 3/14 half of the.eight starters finished. In the first section Dave Ashley led Matt Pike, Dodge, and Don Adams was next in his Jeep. But troubles struck the leaders, and Don Adams, who had a plane to catch, put Larry Olsen in the Wrangler and wasn't there when Larry finished, the class winner. Ashley, who had trouble, was second almost an hour down, while Matt Pike/Pat Shea finished third. Despite a lower entry fee for this race, all but eight of the Class 9s stayed home or pitted. Three potential winners were out early in the day, and those that were left all had trouble in the silt. After nearly 13 hours on the road Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault won Class 9 in the J imco, only six minutes up on Billy Kem/Pat Smith, ORBS. Armando and Arturo Tiznado survived in third place in their Jimco, 35 minutes later, and five finished in Class 9. Scott Douglas led Larry Schwacofer in the early stages in Class 6 that had eight cars start, but only three would finish. Douglas broke a header on the Jeep, but never shut the engine off all day and took another win holding over two hours on second placing Danny Ashcraft and Dave Mason, Ford Bronco. Larry Schwacofer got the '57 Chevy in for third, only another 25 minutes down. Class 11 started at noon from Beatty to shorten their route, but ended up in heavy traffic from the hot dogs heading north. Only two started, and both had troubles, and, as predicted none finished. Saul Zambrano and Howard Anderson did cross the finish line · in Pahrump, but they were over the time allowance, while Keavin and Gary Anderson sanded their motor in the silt. This class had no trouble with the speed limit radar, in fact it only affected Classes 1 /Z and 8. Five weeks later it was back to Las Vegas for the HORA Gold Coast 300 that featured another tough official ruling before the race started. The Friday night driver's meeting was mandatory, and three drivers missed answer-ing the roll call, including Manny Esquerra, and were disqualified on the spot. But 201 cars took the green flag for a rough, dirty four lap 300 mile run out of Jean, Nevada early Saturday morning. In Class 1/2 Bob Richey was first away in the Raceco Porsche, and his dust free run produced fast lap for the day with Danny Letner about four minutes back. Richey had trouble but held the lead midway, but Ivan Stewart had the Toyota close in second now and the Tom Bradleys were close in a VW powered car. Tray Herbst, who also ran alone, led lap 3 with 13 seconds on Stewart, as Richey put co-driver Bernard Jourdain behind the wheel. On the last lap Herbst had an electrical failure and was out. Ivan Stewart made it a hat trick in Nevada for the year, winning the Gold Coast race overall and in class. Richey/Jourdain had a last lap flat and were second followed by Tom Koch in another two seat Raceco Porsche. Of 28 starters, 15 finished. A dozen Class 8 trucks blasted off and Dave Shoppe led Robby Gordon on lap 1 in a Ford show. But midway Chris Robinson led in the Chevy over Gordon and February 1991 Shoppe as most had trouble on the rugged route. After three rounds Gordon led as Shoppe blew a tire spectacularly on pit road but held second and Brian Stewart ran third in his Dodge. Robby Gordon survived an on course collision near the finish line to win Class 8 in the Ford at fourth overall, and Dave Shoppe was second about 26 minutes back, Stewart had a long lap and Frank Vessels moved his Chevy into third as seven Class 8 trucks saw the checkered flag. Class 10 was next away and Mark Whittington, Mirage, led lap 1 by just over a minute.Next it was Jeff Quinn/Kur.t Pfeiffer, Ray Croll and Tom Day and John Hays, all four cars within two minutes on time. Midway Whittington still led wth class fast lap, Hays was now second and Rick Romans ran third, both in Racecos. But Whittington faded on lap 3, John Hays took the lead and kept it to the checkered flag. Moving up on the last half Greg Hibbs and Mike Falkosky were second, nine minutes back in a Chenowth, followed home in six minutes by John Brooks, solo, and Rick Romans, Only eight of the 24 starters finished the race, as the pace, apparently, was too much for most of the cars. In Class 5 Rich Minga's Porsche led Bill Hernquist by one second on lap 1, and LeRoy Van Kirk then Marty Hart were a couple minutes back in a tight run for the eight starters. Hernquist led halfway by four minutes over Val Dodd/Gregg Vaughan, Hart was third and Minga was fourth. Next lap Hernquist was gone and Hart had the lead over Minga by a minute. But Hart broke trailing arms on the last lap and Rich Minga and Larry Storck won Class 5 in the Porsche. George Seeley Jr. was a long second and Hart salvaged third, as only three of the eight who stated managed to cover four laps. Class 4 was down to seven starters but four finished, a good ratio. Steve Kelley, Chevy, led Rod Hall's Dodge on lap 1, had a huge lead on Hall midway, who was replacing a major part, Mike Schwellinger had his Ford third, and John Dyck'sJeep was fourth. Kelley had steering troubles and Rod Hall took over the lead on the third lap and went on to win another Class 4 title. Despite problems Mike Schwellinger got second and Kelley was a long third followed by Tim Pruett, Ford. Class 1-2-1600 fielded 32 brave dust runners, Doug Fortin J.r. was the early leader 27 seconds up on Mike Spina, who had 35 seconds on John Marking in the close ruri.ning pack. Fortin held just over a minute lead midway over Tom and Bob DeNault, who set class fast lap, Marking was third followed by Tom Burns, Raceco. Burns, who won his class on the same terrain two weeks earlier, took the lead on lap 3 as Fortin lost brakes, DeNaults make a driver change as was Spina, to Keith Underwood, and Marking to Tom Schilling. Tom and Tim Burns won the class by almost two minutes over Doug Fortin, Chenowth. Mike and Morley Williams got their MECO in third, just 90 seconds ahead of the DeNaults Chenowth, and Spina/Underwood, Mirage, were another three minutes back in fifth, as 20 of the 32 starters finished the race. Darren and Doug York had their Ford in the early Class 7 4x4 lead after Paul and Dave Simon had trouble, but were second followed by Jerry McDonald, Chevy, and Mike Lesle,Jeep. Back on form, the Simons led halfway, Lesle had second followed by McDonald. The Simon Ford had no more big trouble and won the class by nearly 1 ½ hours. John Swift was second in another Ford 15 minutes up on Jerry McDon-ald, and the Yorks were back another hour. Four of the six starters finished. Only one of the six Class 7 starters finished four laps and it was Roger Mears whose Nissan had shock trouble all day. Wayne Lee got fast lap for the class in his GMC early, but from the second lap on Mears was alone in the class on the course. Class 7S did better with six of 13 starters finishing the course. Out front on lap 1 was Rob MacCachren whose Jeep gave him no trouble, not even a flat. Rob led all the way to victory. Terry Brown and Bill O'Brien held second through lap 2, then had a disaster.JohnJohnson and Chuck Johnson moved their Ford into c;econd, and they stayed there finishing 37 minutes down. Jerry Whelchel and Dan Reynolds ran third on the second half in their Toyota, finishing another 23 minutes down, followed home much later by Willie Valdez and Gil Divine, Ford. · The Mini Mags, with seven starters, had no finishers. Frank and Steve Bristing did three laps an hour, 14 minutes faster than Scott Steinberger, and thus were declared the class winner. Bud Harris was the early leader ahead of Charlie Townsley, but both had troubles. Of the 19 5-1600 starting Bugs, eight finished the tough run. Jack Ramsay, co-drove with Rich Fersch and set class fast l\}p on the first go, with Kreston Pons second followed by Doug West. Ramsay kept a hot pace and the lead midway. West held second now and Joseph and Steve Grier were third. Rich Fersch got in the leading Bug and kept the lead to win the big class. Relieving Pons, Darren Hardesty rolled off McCullough pass, did a lot of damage but still finished second, 38 minutes back but 13 minutes up on Doug West and Gary Cogbill, who were followed closely by Steve Taylor/Wayne Lacher. In Class 3 Dave Ashley led the first lap by four minutes over Curt LeDuc, Jeep, then Le Due got fast class lap on the next go to take the lead midway, with Don Adams/ Larry Olsen in third. All three had major down time on the third lap, but the rigs all got moving again. Dave Ashley lost his brakes on lap 4, and kept plugging along to win Class 3/14 in the Ford Bronco by half an hour over the Adams/Olsen Jeep Wrangler. Only these two of the 11 starters finished the four laps. Half of the eight starters in Class 6 finished and Scott Douglas got the first lap lead in his Jeep, but Danny Af?hcraft, Bronco, was only a minute back, with Steve Russell, Camara on his tailpipe. Steve and co-driver Brian Coats led midway over Ashcraft as the Jeep had engine trouble. On lap 3 Ashcraft had two minutes on Coats, and he and co-driver Dave Mason took their first win Dusty Times

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in the Ford Bronco II, nearly an hour up on Russell and Coats. Well back on time but taking third came Larry Schwacofer and Sid Spradling in the '57 Chevy sedan. Only 16 started in Class 9 and only five finished. Shane Reed led the first lap over Rich Richardson, who had several cars in sight behind him. Richardson set class fast lap next round, and led midway by under two minutes on Reed and Roy and Wade Prince were close in a Chenowth. Reed's co-driver Paul Huffman took the lead on lap 3 as Richardson's co-driver Doug Perrault lost a torsion bar on the J imco, and Prince was now second. On the last lap the LaPlant of Shane Reed and Paul Huffman broke a spindle, took the wheel and tire off and three wheeled to victory, with Roy and Wade Prince just five minutes back in second. An hour later Richardson and Perrault salvaged third. Class 11 had to cover just three laps for a finish, but it was tough and none made it. Doing the best for two laps were Travis Howard and Brian Kelley, declared the winner, while Saul Zambrano and Howard Anderson were just 43 seconds behind them after two rounds. While some points titles had already been decided, the SCORE Baja 1000 would decide several of the class championships. A good entry of 188 cars took the ceremonial start in Ensenada and made the restart at Ojos Negros facing 666 miles from coast to coast to be covered in 25 hours after a near record entry of 122 bikes left the restart at first light. A giant turnout of contingency donors lined the streets of Ensenada for the Thursday ritual ending in tech inspection and a holiday mood was in the air. With no interim times published we have only wrist watch timing at Borrego to enhance the class race stories. A healthy entry of24 unlimited cars started first, and half of them finished. Larry Ragland had the lead on time at the desert stop in Borrego in the Chevy S-10, but went no farther due to engine woes. Bob Gordon was close in his VW powered Chenowth two seater, and left first enjoying first on the road position all the way home, finishing first in class and first overall car with his daughter Robyn riding the last section with him. Troy Herbst and Jim Smith had a close duel going with Corky McMillin and Brian Ewalt, both in Chenowth/ Porsches. McMillin and company ended up second overall, 52 minutes behind Gordon followed in 20 minutes by Herbst and Smith, followed in 16 minutes by Bob Richey/ Bern-ard Jourdain in the Race-co/Porsche. Class 8 had 13 starters, and just five finishers, and they were the first class to experience a traffic jam on the Summit. Missing all that was Brian Stewart whose Dodge had a transmission change just minutes after the start. Scott McMillin and Ron Stacy had over an hour lead at Borrego in the Ford, but later lost the trans, and Robby Gordon's Ford was recovering from a roll over. Gordon handed over to his co-drivers -and flew off to a race at Del Mar, and Brian Stewart surprised himself by having no more trouble and came into Dusty Times Ensenada the Class 8 winner, sixth overall. Chris Robin-son/Steve Borden over came overheating to take second ten minutes later~ Scott McMil-lin/Ron Stacy were a long third followed in hours later by Robby Gordon's Ford. Class 5 had a nine Bug field and five finished. Rich Minga and Bill Hernquist ran in front early in the race, but later vanished. It was the Bug of Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter that arrived first, at Borrego with over an hour in hand to make repairs. The Klawitters had no serious problems, and it was like old times when they finished first in class and seventh overall, over an hour ahead of second placing Greg Vaughan/ Val Dodd. Marty Hart/Lance Bryson patched things up to finish third, two hours later as this class really strung out. Some of the dozen in Class 10 got into the Summit traffic jam, but seven made the finish line. Robert Land and James Bunty had a six minute lead at Borrego over Greg Hibbs/Mike Falkosky, and · John Hays, one of several that got lost later, looked good too. Despite getting stuck Mike Falkosky drove Greg Hibbs' J imco into the victory, an even two hours ahead of John Hays, who drove alone in his Raceco. Bill Poe and John Hagle were another hour back in third, in the ORE. In Class 4 Steve Kelley and Roger Mears Jr. were out early but five of the seven rigs finished. Despite an engine going soft, Rod Hall and Jim Fricker nursed the Dodge to another class win and were tenth overall. Mike Schwel-linger and Bill Holmes were a long second in their Ford, and Bill Sadataki/Chris Jensen soldiered on to finish third four hours further back. The 24 Class 1-2-1600 cars got bunched up at the Summit jam, and it was Tom and Bob DeNault who got to Borrego first, but eight cars were behind them in the dust, separated by just a couple of minutes, but half of these later came tci grief. Doing the very best were Rogerio and Rodrigo Ampudia who won the class in their Neth, and it was their first Baja 1000 race. Jim Fishback Sr. and Sam Castro were second about 18 minutes back in a Chenowth, only 11 minutes ahead of Jim Fishback Jr. and Tom Neth, who had a half hour on Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis, one of the early leaders, as a dozen 1600s finished, Two of the five Class 7 rigs finished and it was a two horse race between Manny Esquerra, Ford and Roger Mears, Nissan for the win and the series champion-ship. Both had problems but Esquerra won the race by ten minutes and took the series championship. Four of the 12 Class 7 4x4 rigs finished, and the early leaders were also the finishers. The tight fight up front saw Paul and Dave Simon win the class by about 12 minutes over Darren and Doug York, both in Ford Rangers. Gregg Symonds and Marty Reider were third in a Toyota, followed by Jerry McDonald and Jeff Lewis, Chevy S-10. / Class 7S did better with nine of 13 starters finishing. Spencer Low led for a time, but lost his engine. Johnny and Chuck Johnson had the lead at Borrego in their Ford Ranger, almost tied with the Toyota of Jerry Whelchel/Dan Reynolds. This pair had a close race, others got mended, and closed the gap some. At the checkers the Johnson and Johnson Ford was the winner, 14th overall, but Rob MacCach-ren with a new trans in the Jeep was second, half an hour later, and took the class championship. After big troubles the Whel-chel/ Reynolds Toyota was third, three hours ahead of Terry Brown/ Bill O'Brien, Ford. In the swan song for Class 3 /14, 11 started and eight finished. It was another Dave Ashley day as he drove the Ford Bronco without problems not only to the class win and fourth overall, but took the Heavy Metal series title. Ashley got around the Summit jam somehow and won the class by nearly four hours over Don Adams and Larry Olson in the open Jeep Wrangler. Matt Pike and Jim Hummel were 12 minutes back, third in a Plymouth, and nobody else was within two hours. Class 5-1600 ran in a tight pack except the Cook brothers in a new car. They took the early lead and probably led the entire distance. They won the class, despite a few mishaps, by over an hour while · Steve Taylor and Wayne Lacher scored second only two minutes ahead of Rich Fersch and Don J:Iatz. George Fishback Jr./Clif-ford Whetstone were 13 minutes back in fourth. Only two started in Mini Mag class and neither finished, and neither did any of the eight Class 1 ls, and we don't know if any of them made it to Borrego except John Howard's Beetle. Of the 19 in Class 9 , seven saw the finish line. Roy and Wade Prince were first to Borrego 41 minutes up on Pancho Bio and the Gutierrez brothers. George Erl and Gary Colbert were in the hunt there as were Rich Richard-son/Doug Perrault, who later lost a trans and replaced it, dropping well back. At the finish Pancho Bio, Sergio and Porfirio Gutierrez won by about five minutes in the Tubular Design chassis, with the Prince Chenowth right behind them in a close finish. Three hours back Ray and Russ Miller were third only six minutes up on George Erl and Gary Colbert in theT-Mag. It was a tough race for the ten Class 6 cars and just three finished. In the lead at Borrego, Scott Douglas, Jeep was just 11 minutes ahead of the Ford Bronco II of Danny Ashcraft and Dave Mason. The only other car running there was the Steve Russell and Brian Coats Camara. Danny Ashcraft won the race by an hour, 39 minutes over Scott Douglas, and Russell/Coats were third, a couple hours behind. That's the way the 1990 desert series ended at the Baja 1000. Coming Next Month ••• FRT Dunaway Dash MTEG at Anaheim Stadium SNORE Showboat 250 La Rana New Year's 200 G.R.R. Buckeye Blast Off Road Wars - Battle 2 Paris-Dakar -First Report ••• Plus All the RqularFeatures • COMPETITIVE PRICING • UNSEA TABLE taUALITY EXCELLENT SERVICE LOUIE UNSER li(/I0/10/KFS BOB R_~~ TOYOTA .. ~ RACING OEVEl.OPMENT 61!!!5-9 . .i!,.t{4. ... .. RADIOS ,Otl RACING R.L.H.-ENTERPRISE unlclenR'.!t,fts DAVE SHOPPE ~~~aay SHERMAN BALCH .!Ar.-c---t RACING ),., t..:.~-·· --· · CENTERFORCE LESLIE'S DRIVEUNE SERVICE HDRA MASTERCRAFT THE WRIGHT PLACE, [HD:0RE] lltCHDESUTOfFIOADUHWSIASTS CHENOWTH Mike Lesle Racing OVER $s,aaa.aa CONTINGENCY POSTED AT EVERY SCORE/H.D.R.A. EVENT Race Car Lettering • Racing Nurnbers • Custorn Decals • Silk Screening • Die Cutting • Signs • Magnetic Signs • Banners • Window Lettering 1B0B5 Redondo Circle • Huntington Beach, CA 92B4B 714/843-0444 • FAX 714/843-0143 February 1991 Page 19

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' I : . Arras Wins The Battle• Gersjes or Gall Win The Close War At Season Finale Of Miller Off Road By Elaine Jones Photos: Carrera Photography Eric Arras had a perfect racing day in his Class 10 Chenowth, taking the first heat lead midway, then leading the second heat and the main event from flag to.flag in a dominating performance. If you wanted a perfect day with Coast Racing/TR Racing/Varner perfect racing and you were at Racing Chenowth rounded out Gleri Helen last November you the field with third. got your wish. It was like the gods In heat 2 it was Arras from start conspired to do everything right to finish with Dan Bentley in the and the spectators reaped the Yokohama/Calta Metal Supply/ benefits. Trick/Toyota Chenowth who It was Eric Arras day in Class Jocked into second but it started 10 as the young man from smoking on the fourth lap and Riverside in the McDonalds/ could get no further than the fifth Shock Tech Magnum served which would have been all right if notice to the rest of the field in the heat wasn't six laps long. Gall heat 1 that he was going to be the moved up to take the second with man to beat. Off the line it was Beck in for the third. Gary Gall in the Rev Power /Man-cha Racing/Radiator Man/Gary's The Main had Arras·on the pole Automotive Magnum Chenowth with Beck on the outside and Gall that got to the first turn in the lead in the second row behind Arras with Art Gersjes in the Advanced with Aaron Hawley from North Engine Mgmt/Champs Comp Las Vegas in the Classic Plumbing Engine Magnum Chenowth in Raceco car on the outside of the second. Unfortunately for second row. As he had done in the Gersjes he encountered problems second heat Arras jumped out on with one lap down and was top and started to build a big lead. sidelined after the first lap. This Beck was out second with Gall in left the door open for Billy Beck third. Gersjes was back in the fifth who came all the way from San position at this time but it wasn't Antonio Texas to play on the over yet. By the second lap Glen Helen course. The Vp Gersjes had picked up one spot Racing Fuels/Rev Power/ Bug-E-and was holding. On the fifth lap Warehouse Berrien car was in Beck started to have problems second and before he knew it had with his car and two laps later was the lead when Gall fell by the out of it. Gall was now in second wayside with attrition problems. with G_ersjes third. In the meantime Arras had moved The fickle finger of fate stepped himself into striking position and in one lap later and Gall was gone on the fourth lap took over the with a broken right rear wheel. lead and never looked back. Beck NowGersjesjust had to finish and held on for the second and Cory that he did claiming the second Witherill in the WSA lnc./Pacific with Aaron Hawley picking up CACTUS RA'C/NG RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 SOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. (619} 279.2509 HELMET COMPLETE SYSTEM $195 $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OF>' ROAD USE AT A REASONABLE PRICE BlnLT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN. COOL, COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSF.~IBLY ARE GUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR. SNELL SASS APPROVED Page 20 the third. Points are awarded only on the main and a whole lot of figuring was going on at pay off as to who actually had the title. Unofficially they thought Gersjes might have it by a scant three points but all are going to wait for the· actual tabulation before celebrating. Rick Boyer from Bakersfield had a very relaxing day in the 1-2-1600 Class as he already had the Championship tied up. All he did in the first heat Was go out and show the crowd why. It was wire to wire for the Independent Pipe and Tubing sponsored Funco car. In second was Bob Mathews in the OAP/Jack and Mike Raceco car. Bob was sitting fourth in the points at the start -of the day. Rounding out the field was Steve Bishop who was in second in points but not that far ahead of brother Randy. Steve was driving the JG Transwerks/Bishop Off Road Race Team VW. Things got cooking for Steve in the second heat when he went wire to wire for the win with Mathews again picking up the second spot honors and brother Randy in the So. Horizon Construction/Bishop Racing VW almost taking the second at the finish it was that close. For the Main it was Steve Bishop with Bob Mathews on the outside and Rick Boyer and Randy Bishop in the same spots on the second row. Steve drove like a man with something to prove as he went the distance in the front with Boyer right behind him looking for the mistake that never came. Randy Bishop was in the third spot watching his brother and Boyer pull away from the rest of the field and then on the sixth lap he had his own problems and was out. This left the third within the range ofJesse Rodriquez in the BC Racing/ Arm-strong Tires car and he was more than happy to fill the gap and pick up the show money. His VW died one turn from the finish and he pushed the car to the finish line with no outside help and the officials gave him the position when he go.t the front wheels over the top. The crowd loved it. -Kyle Jarikiewicz and Mark February· 1991 Rick Boyer soars off one of the spectacular jumps at Glen Helen, and the 1990 points champion fed heat 1 from flag to flag, and finished a strong second in the 1-2-1600 main event. Kyle Jankiewicz and Mark Berlanga ran second in both 5-1600 heats but stepped up the pace to win the main event, and they also won the points championship in class for the season. Berlanga took the Championship in the 5-1600 Class. The Class with the VW Bugs has become a very popular one at Glen Helen and it is also a good chance for spectators to see them in action on a closed course. In the first heat it was Paul Molina and Paul Baker who took the win with apparent ease. Jankiewicz and Berlanga in the Arras lndust-ries/ T ony the Greek VW were second· with Troy Johnson and Bill Gielish in the Norton/ Anth-ony/ Alboeton VW in third. This was the first time for this team on the Glen Helen course and it was passenger Bill Gielish's first time period as he is an asphalt oval racer. Needless to say he had some trepidation about Animal Leap and even more so when he found out the driver had never been off it either. He made it very plain that Troy had better get a crash course in it from someone who knew. Evidently he did. In the second heat it was Dave and Jeremy Littlefield in the Small Car Connection/ A Door Comp-any /Goodyear VW Baja Bug that led the way with Kathy Fay and Joel Klien in the Armstrong/ Pir-elli Tires/ Engine Machine Service VW Bug in second at least for the first two laps. Jankiewicz and Berlanga took over the second spot on the third lap and Kathy and Joel lost one more spot one lap later when Johnson and Gielish got by and picked up the show spot. · Jankiewicz and Berlanga were not to be denied in the Main and actually no one could get close enough to seriously challenge them. The battle for position was behind them and it suited them just fine. Off the line Molina and Baker had the edge but Fay and Klein wanted a piece of the action and on the fourth lap they got their chance and moved into second. It was short lived as Randy Jones and Byron Ziegler thought it was time for them to make their move and they took the Victor Ziegler VW right into second and there they would stay til the finish. Molina and Baker also got by Fay and Klein to come up with the third. The Challenger Class is out with the tabulators as this one may be too close to call. In the first heat it was Jack Millerd in the West Engine/ Armstrong/RC Jones Transaxle West car that took home all the marbles. Following him was Kevin Davis in the CLS Landscape Lothringer and Dana Dague in the Flamson Racing/BDR Concerned Aud-io/ Penhall Fabrication Junk Yard Aaron Haw-fey came from Las Vegas, NV to try the Glen Helen course, and he flew high enough in his Raceco to pick up third place in Class 10. 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_________________ ..,_,\• ~ :.,-. Steve Bishop kept his racer out front from start to finish in the Class 1-2-1600 main event and he also led all the way in the second heat race. Randy Bishop heads for a nose down landing in his 1-2-1600 race car, and he stayed with the leaders all day and took third in class for the day. Paul Molina and Paul Baker won the first 5-1600 heat with ease, but they had later woes and ended up after leading, taking third in the main event. f , ~ •. M Rdndy Jones and Byron Ziegler made their move late in the 5-1600 main event, climbing up into second place and they finished well in second. Kevin Davis zips past a grandstand crow m ,s Challenger. and he drove the Lothringer chassis to second in a heat and second in the main event. Dana Dague calls his Challenger the Junk Yard Dog car, but he drove it to a second and a third in the heat races, but had problems in the main. Dog car. Davis and Millerd were one, two in the standings. The second heat was almost a replay of the first except Dague was second with Davis third. Millerd liked running in front so much he decided to make it three for three and again went wire to wire as he had done all day. This time Davis locked in early and really didn't have anything to worry about as Dague was having mechanical problems. There were twelve Super Lites on hand and it read like the who's who of small car racing. The battle was close for the championship but unofficially we think that Gilbert Valdez just might have pulled it off. In the first heat it was Don Archibald in the H&R Fabrica-tion/ Basco/Loctite/Perm-atex/Goodyear/VP Gas car that went the distance. He was standing fourth in points. Following Dan was Valdez in the Valdez Concrete Briggsbuilt car. He went in holding the second. Rounding out the field was Joe Price in the J.D. Price Co./CT Products/Rice Honda/Goodyear Triple E car. Joe was fifth in the standings. Rory Holladay in the HRD/Yokohama/Briggsbuilt/ Shoei/VP Fuel/Mikuni/K&N Briggsbuilt didn't even get a Iap down but can console himself in that he won the Championship for the Mickey Thompson series and we congratulate him. In the second heat Sean Finley got out. on top in the Lovelle Racing T eam/ EEE/Goodyear car but it was short lived as Valdez let him know just how hungry he was and took over by J:he second lap. Finley's problems were not over yet as he made a major mistake that cost him dearly dropping him to sixth in the space of a lap. John Gersjes moved into second in the J.G. Motorsports/H&R Fabrica-tion/ AG Tractor Works/B.F. Goodrich Honda but he too fell by the wayside leaving the door open for Rick Marshall from Las Vegas in the Bills Pipe/Cal Bumper /Desert Honda/ Good-year/Triple E car. He nailed the second with Doug Goodenough in the Briggsbuilt third. Good-enough was sixth in the standings. It was so close at the finish of the Main that the finish flag official made the call since he was standing on the line. By a bumper it went to Goodenough with Valdez second. Archibald had had the lead off the line but was only able to handle the pressure from Valdez for three laps. The mistake · that dropped Archibald from first to ninth also helped Goodenough as he was able to move from the third to the first still keeping Valdez in the second spot. Sean Finley hoping another turn around would benefit him didn't get his wish and settled for third. Derek Hamilton was another one who knew he had his division . Despite occasion mechanical problems, Art Gersjes kept his Chenowth flying straight and true to place second in the hectic Class 10 action. Dusty Times championship sewed up but he still came out to give ·the fans a show-and the other competitors a lesson in how to ride the Glen Helen course. In the first· heat it was Greg Stuart that went the distance on the Skat Trak MMF bike. Michael Means on the PEP/JP Racing/Unocal 76/ MMF /Denvers Plating/Suzuki Country Suzuki was a solid second while Hamilton worked his way up to third on the AXO/Bel Ray/Scott/Shoei/ Graydon/PEP /Tsubaki bike. Right behind him was Erik Cobb on the BY Performance/Skat Trak/K&N /Sports Gas/Gatorz bike. Eric is second in points. Rounding out the field was Jesse Jobe on the Pro Design/ PEP/ AXO/Maxima/Orange County Honda/Graydon/Honda. In the second heat it was again Stuart who went wire to wire but this time Hamilton moved to PUT YOUR FUEL IN A SAFE PLACE. The Challenger heats were nearly the same in action as Jack Millerd won them both in his West car, and he went wire to wire-in the main event as well with no trouble at all. second and youngster Cobb was least almost everyone as Cobb right behind him in third. was right there and if these two In the Main as he has so many times before, Hamilton let it all hang out and went for it leaving the rest of the field behind. At meet again next year, it is going to get very interesting. Stuart did come up with the third to bring the Miller Series to an end. This is a Fuel Safe Rac-ing Cell after a rear end collision. The Fuel Safe Bladder survived with wentontoWINthe race. Fuel Safe Cells are ap-proved by all major rac-ing associations. And for a good reason. Fuel Safe Racing Cells. A safe place to put your fuel for over 15 years. 00 5271 Business Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (714) 897-2858 (800) 433'6524 · 'tlnlyminorscracthesand No Leaks! And the car February 1991 Manufactured by Aircraft Rubber, Inc. Page 11 I i . I . l

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The Mickey Thompson Entertainment 10 Group Crowns its Champions By Jean Calvin Photos: Track.side Photos Inc. ~::.:,''" , ... ' Bill Marcel, MTEG President, beams as Miss Califo;nia p,;;;""e111,.n ... ts,..1v""'a"'"n"'"s""te"'"wart with one of his many year end trophies this one as the Grand National Sport Truck class champion on points, driving the Toyota. ' When the frost is on the · On November 17 last year the there are no awards ceremonies pumpkin the various associations stadium racers gathered at the after an MTEG event, that usually in the west think about their year Newport Beach Marriott Hotel -ends late at night. · end awards gatherings for points near Los Angeles, and the party After dinner MTEG Public winners. These affairs stretch started early as BFGoodrich, as Relations Director Bob Russo fromNovemberthroughJanuary, usual, hosted the cocktail hour opened the program, thanking and one could really get partied with a sumptuous array of hot and BFGoodrich for the cocktail out trying to attend themalL As in cold food to sample that went far party, with special thanks'toGary recent years, the first big awards beyond the usual munchies at Foster for the video display banquetwasputonbytheMickey most cocktail parties. In fact showing each points winner in ThompsonEntertainmentGroup. many, including your reporter, action and to Glen Scott who is And it is a truly formal affair with filled up on these goodies long the Equipment and Transporta-a good percentage of the attendees before dinner was served. The tion Coordinator all year, and dressed in evening clothes for the Pacific Ballroom at the Hotel was helped set up the banquet room. ladies and tuxedos for the packed with scarcely an empty Russo told a few jokes, which is gentlemen. Everyone looks so seat and scant space to walk now a tradition at this yearly elegant and so far different from between the tables. It is the one affair, and then introduced their normal race day appearance, time in the ten race series when MTEG President Bill Marcel who you have to look twice to be sure the stadium racers and their crews announced a 12 percent increase to whom you are talking. can all get together socially, as in attendance in 1990, and he DON'T SETnE FOR LESS THAN A HONDA. "The same Innovative engin-eering that goes Into Honda automobiles and motorcycles goes Into every piece of Honda Power Equipment. *Convenient, easy-to-use controls. *Full line of construction products available at your local Honda Power Equipment dealer. *Bring 111 this ad tor addltlonal savings. @ Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES. CA 90063 (213) 264-3936 (213) 264-5858 Page 22 mum performar>co and safety, we recommend you read the oYmers manual before operating y~ur Honda Power Equipment. Connection of generators to house power requires transfer device to avoid possible injury to power company personnel. Consult a qualified electrician. c 1988 American Honda Motor co. Inc. February 1991 The Manufacturers Challenge Cup is most coveted by truck makers, and Les Unger gratefully accepts the 1990 Cup on behalf of Toyota, the only manufacturer to win the trophy in its eight year history. thanked all the many series 4-Wheel ATV Manufacturers sponsors. He, in turn, introduced Trophy, remarking that a Honda Collene Thompson Campbell, had won all but one event in the Chairman of the Board, who series. thanked all the MTEG family for Moving into the automotive their efforts with special thanks to classes, the UltraStock Manu-Bob Russo andJim Ober for their facturers Cup went to Volks-contributions. wagen, and, between Larry Noel The Master of Ceremonies was and Jeff Elrod, VW won nine of Marty Reid, familiar to motor- ten events in 1990. VW's Mike sport viewers on ESPN, and he Keptain thanked both drivers for thanked all in the sport for their earning the trophy for Yolks-fine cooperation, and introduced wagen. The biggest roar from the the trophy girl, Maria Ostapiej, audience came when Les Unger of the 1990 Miss California. Next Toyota was called to the podium the special awards were presented to accept the Manufacturers by the 1989 winner to the 1990 Challenge Cup. It was the eighth winner. Cal Wells presented the time Toyota has won this award Mechanic of the Year award to the offered for success in Grand current winner Bobby Griggs, National Sport Truck racing. In who keeps Larry Noel's Super fact no other company besides 1600 and UltraStock running at Toyota has ever won the award. all the events. Appreciation Les Unger thanked Cal Wells and awards were presented to Toyota dtivers Ivan Stewart and BFGoodrich, Bridgestone, Gen-Jeff Huber for the success. eral Tire, Goodyear and Yoko-The 1990 Rookie of the Year hama for their involvement in the was the next announcement and it series. In the past the tire was 17 year old Donovan contingency money had been Holland, who won the 4-Wheel presented in lump sums for the A TV main event at Anaheim and season at the banquet, but, in an placed fifth in the final points effort to streamline the affair, standings. The young man from these monies had been distributed Fresno thanked all for their help, at each individual event. especially mom and dad. Jerry The 1990 Overall Tire Manu-Stansbury then announced a facturer Award went to BFGood- Special Award for Vince Tjelme-rich and Bill Marcel presented the land who had been a big supporter giant size trophy to BFG's Dan and provided lots of input in Newsome. Kawasaki won the adding the Sports Utility vehicles UltraCross Manufacturers Cup, to the UltraStock Class, which which was accepted by Mark certainly has promoted growth in Johnson, who remarked that entry in the class. Appreciation Team Green had won the trophy awardswenttokeystaffmembers, for four years now. Gary Maddow and this year they were MTEG of Honda was happy to accept the wrist watches and h d -., Ill T , an some The Tire Manufacturer of the Year honor is earned by accumulating race points, and Dan Newsome accepts the trophy from Bill Marcel on behalf of Uniroyal/Goodrich, who won overall points. Mike Keptain of Volkswagen of America thanked drivers Larry Noel and Jeff Elrod for earning the points to give VW the UltraStock Manufacturers Cup. Dusty Times

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, Marty Reid of ESPN fame was Master of Ceremonies and introduced Maria Ostapiej, Miss California, who helped greatly in the trophy sorting and presenting the awards. Charles Shepherd had a super competitive season in 4-wheel A TV stadium racing, and he holds the championship trophy Rory Holladay had a fight right down to the last race for his 1990 SuperLite championship, but he pulled if off to take the 1990 honors and trophy. watches they were. The Mickey & Trudy Thompson Golden Heart Award went to Ivan Stewart for his tireless efforts helping to promote the sport. finally it was time to present the 1990 Class Champions with their championship rings and trophies. First to the podium was Mike Craig, who rode a Kawasaki to the UltraCross title. Rory Holladay, with two main event wins was the champion of the Superlites driving a Briggsbuilt. Charles Shepherd won six main events in 1990 in 4-Wheel A TV action aboard a Honda, and certainly had a big points lead. Mitch Mustard, who is based in Colorado, was a repeat champion, driving his Chenowth to the Super 1600 title for the second year in a row, and Mitch thanked all his sponsors for making it possible. Larry Noel, the first driver to win in two classes ( 1600 and UltraStock) on the same night, was also the UltraStock class champion fighting Jeff Elrod . I• 1 , ., presented by Miss California. Collene Campbell presented the giant UltraStock trophy to Larry Noel, whose chief mechanic won Mechanic of the Year honors for his fine job keeping Noel's UltraStock and Super 1600 cars running well. all the way through the final event Manufacturers Cup. Along the for the honor. The final class way Ivan competed in the champion to be honored, of SCOR E/HORA Series in an-course, was Ivan Stewart who not other, but different Toyota truck, only won the driver's title in truck winning overall a few times and competition, but was a big factor winning the overall championship in bringing Toyota their eigh_th in the eight race desert series. DESERJ_R(fCING M O T O R A) SPORTS ✓~ B) DESERI RACING M O T O R S PORTS DESELrr__RflCING M ·O T O R , S P O R T S '\ DESERI RACING D) MOTO.PORTS E) Mitch Mustard, who brought the whole clan from Colorado for the evening, smiles as he accepts his second consecutive Super 1600 Championship trophy, and Mitch drove his Chenowth to both titles. The trophy table was empty, chance for all to get dressed up in the band began to play and their Sunday best and have time dancing commenced for those so to ·carry on civilized conversations inclined, but most folks swarmed about the past season and to the bar or just table hopped to expectations for the 1991 series. do a little bench racing. It was It was a fitting opening salvo in the quite a gala affair, a welcome 1990 awards banquet schedule. C) DESERI R_flCING M·OTOR SPOR T S F) M O T O R. P O R T S SHOW YOUR SUPPORT/ GET YOUR OFFROADER DRESSED .RIGHT WITH DESERT T'z 1991 T-SHIRT DESIGNS DESElll'Tz ORDER FORM: OlY smi: 'lii:17J;/f.AP --.nR ....,, ~ TC>JAI • • 100% Cotton Beefy-T's with pocket (Full color graphics on white.-sizes Med .. Lg. & X-Lg) • Classic coyote embroidered poplin hats (Red. blue, black & silver-gray) ORDER NOW FOR FAST SHIPPING. (Team designs available upon request) DustyTlnla February 1991 SHIRTS: S15.00 EACH HATS: S12.00 EACH • PRICE NCLUOES UPS. SHIPPING • PfASONAL CHECKS OR MONEY OflOERS -I\IOCOD'S CA RESIDENTS ADO 6'1•% TAX ...:_. Sl.8TOTAL SALES TAX TOTAL NAME---------------~--------------CITY _____ STATE ___ lYP ___ _ SEND OIIOERS TO: DESERT rz 27324 CAMINO CAIIISTIWIIO #172-175. lJIGUIIA NIGUEL CA 9'26n Pagcl3

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Greene Keen at Off-Road Wars Opener By Daryl Drake Photos: 3-D Photography Wayne Greene leads the pack through the first turn on his way to the Open Off Road victory in Battle #1. Greene, third in both heat races stayed out front in the feature driving Don Kolt's Chenowth Magnum. Short course racing and cooler temperatures swept into Arizona in early November as Wayne Greene took top honors in Whiplash Motorsports' Battle #1 of the seven race series of "Off Road Wars," co-sponsored by C h irco Off Road, Sunland C ustom Buggies and Woods Wheel Works. Greene, a desert racer and a mechanic for Tucson short courser Don Kolt, took the wheel of Kolt's Magnum after Kolt failed to show in time to suit up for the Pro Open Off Road race. Seems he was delayed in his return from Candlestick Park "I'd like to thank Alice for making the sandwiches, " laughed Greene, "and Don Kolt for not showing up in time so I got to drive his car! I'd also like to thank D.R.T. for the car prep assistance. First time I ever drove a car like that. Those things are wild!" Held at Phoenix's Canyo n Raceway, "Off Road Wars" is the brain child of Jay and Jackie McKinley and patterned after the Mickey Thompson series. The track is built on a 3/ 8 mile clay oval. From a starting area o utside Turn Four, a straightaway leads past the grandstand and over two fly away jumps. Then it funnels down into a sharp turn onto the infield and a set of moguls leading over to Turn Two where a sweeping left hander turns the racer back towards the stands and another jump. Next a right turn, a sharp pop up jump and it's onto the back straight and Turn Three. Here and through Turn Four, "speed bumps," gradually flattening out towards the high line, complete the circuit. Additional jumps and whoopdedoos in the infield offer further challenges to motorcycles and ATVs. Nine full size classes, Stadium 1650, Open Off Road , Chal-lenger, Amateur Buggy, Open Baja, Mini and Heavy Metal trucks, as well as American and foreign made "Road Warriors" are offered along with Ultralight, The Wait Is Over!!! A TV and motorcycle classes. At the opener, cars competed in four classes, and one "Road Warrior" Ford Torino turned out. Practice opened early Sunday, then two eight lap heats and a 12 lap final were held. The Amateur Buggies, nine strong, put on quite a show as they bumped and bounced around the track. Between taking stills and operating a video camera, we're not quite sure of what all we saw but we do know that former stock car racer John Chafey flipped in practice, won the first heat, rolled and DNF'd the second and then came back to win the main ahead of Ricky Lee Smith, Todd Taylor, Matt Biancani, Zack McKinley, Lam-bert Marsman and Scott McKay. All were last seen headed towards their chiropractors after some real hard landings. "Just real lucky!" exclamed Chafey. " Rolled twice out there today. Real fun -and I'd like to thank my wife and dad." Now there is a GENUINE 8740 chromoly cylinder head stud kit for the Type 1 engine. No more settling for a second rate head stud kit that leads to blown heads & burnt pistons. The new RACEWARE Aerospace Quality head stud kit is available for all dual-port style Type 1 and water-cooled VW engines. These kits include 190,000 PSI tensile strength studs, thick hardened, ground, chromoly washers, & Aircraft style 12 point nuts with a special ·•· •.. ,. ,s'.~···•v, •.••• ·. ·Cf'", anti-friction coating. RACEWARE studs are THE choice for stock or full bore racing engines, including Turbo applica-~ John Stuart takes the checkered flag for the Sportsman Open Off Road main event victory, doing well in the heats and taking the feature lead late in the race to take the win. Eric Bazinaw and Richard Anderson battled it out in the Baja Bugs, with the latter taking the first heat and the former the latter (I've always wanted to write that!). But a broken transmission put Anderson on the sidelines and Bazinaw picked up a "bye" in the main. ''Great fun!"smiled Bazinaw. "We plan to run the whole series thanks to my sponsor The Mine Shaft Restaur-ant up in Cave Creek, Arizona." Dan Shepard drove a bright red and blue Torino to the Road Warrior win as the only entrant, behind the Bajas. The big Ford sounded great, but landed with a thud! "Very tough, definitely," said Shepard. "I'd like to thank Richard Hitchcock for letting me drive his car. I was Pure Stock champ at Manzanita last year and this was my first time at a track like this, but I'll be back!"Yes, the Baja was faster than the Torino. Seven racers battled in a "Sportsman" Open Off Road class. John Nault took their first heat handily, with Bill Krug second, John Stuart third and Rod Shugg fourth. Heat two saw Nault out front again, this time wire-to-wire. Hugh Morrison came from behind to take second, Jim Nelson was third, Stuart fourth, Shugg fifth and Krug sixth. It was Nault, Morrison, Stuart in the main until lap eight when N ault hit the wall, Morriso n moved out front but then spun and Stuart held him in second to the finish. Shugg was third, Krug fourth and Nelson fifth. "I'd like t o tha n k Sunland C u s t o m Buggies, my U ncle J.C.!" said Stuart. "This went great! W e just got the car running yesterday and we tuned on it all day today. Had fun!" Eight tried their luck in the "money" class, Pro Open Off Road. Tom Murray, trying out his new hi-po F.A.T. Type 4 motor, dominated heat one, with Bob Austin second, Wayne Greene third and Dan Spencer fourth. In Heat #2, Brad Campbell held off Dwight Lundell for the win, with Greene third and Spencer fourth. Murray, charging hard from the back of the pack made his way to third before being sidelined with a broken transmission. In the main, Greene stayed clean, moving out front in Kolt's short courser, while Lundell took his stadium car thr o u gh a spectacular grandstand endo. Austin surprised himself by bringing his desert 10 DirTrix in second, Lundell reclaimed third, Spencer was fourth and Emmett Warren fifth. John Imbriale, sans Challenger and back on a Yamaha, swept the motorcycle field while R obert Olander took the ATV trophy home. In all, 32 cars had turned out for the opener and the small but enthusiastic crowd was satisfied by the show. A short awards ceremony right after the racing saw some nice trophies handed out and the purse paid. Whiplash hopes to be a sort of minor league stop for MTEG by providing low cost racing on a wider, easier· course. Future battles of the Off Road Wars are on the schedule for December 2, January 6 , February 3, March 3 , April 6 and May 5 . We'll bring you the story in Dusty Times. tions. Don't take a chance on imitations ... 0 Eric Bazinaw was second in heat 1 and won the next heat, then went on to be the winner, the only survivor in Open Baja Bug class in the main event. The "Road Warrior" class is apparently for older American stock cars, and Doug Shepard drove the only entry at the first Off Road Wars event in Phoenix . ••• INSIST ON GENUINE 8740 CHROMOL Y RACEWARE FASTENERS! RTE-1003 RTE-1004 RTE-1001 RTE-1002 RTE-2001 RTE-4001 10mm Type 1 Head Stud Kit 8 mm Type 1 Head Stud Kit 16V Golf/Scirocco Head Stud Kit 8V RabbiVGolf/Scirocco Head Stud Kit RabbiVGolf/Scirocco Main Bearing Cap Stud Kit 1.8L GTI/Golf 220,000 PSI Rod Bolt Set 24 Hour Order Line $169.95 159.95 119.95 119.95 109.95 99.95 Daily UPS Shipping 1 -800-359-9000 Dealer Inquiries Invited C.O.D. MC VISA Race-Tech Engineering 11320 Brydan Dr. #222, Taylor, Ml 48180 RACERS: Inquire about our '91 contingency program. Page 24 John Chafey flipped in practice, then won the first heat for Amateur Buggies, rolled to a dnf in the second heat, but came back strong to win the nine car main event. February 1991 John Nault dominated the Sportsman Open Off Road class, winning both heats handily, led half of the main event then a miscalculation put him into the wall and out of the race. Dusty Times

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J.11· The Bosch Motronic Engine Management System Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is also referred to as the "Black Box" a common term for the computer brain. The ECU contains a circuit board which includes control relays and connectors. The "black box" is secured with vibration damping mounts to a suitable location found us1,1ally in the cockpit of the vehicle. .i A function switch is mounted in front of the gauge cluster in the Nissan truck and acts as a manual override for injection mixtures. It has 12 settings (two for rev limiter functions and the others for fuel mixture setting) and is used primarily for testing. Bosch Brings Electronic Techn1ology To Off Raod Racing By Ken Schwoerer A smiling Roger Mears is shown in his Nissan race truck next to the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) or "black box" brain of the Bosch Motronic Engine Management System. Off road racing has come a long way over the years from the days ofloosely organized club activities to well staged, multi-media events attracting thousands of spectators and international exposure that we see today. As the sport has grown, so too has the level of participation by the vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers elevating the sophistica-tion of the vehicles competing. As with all racing series, the standard · of competition is continuing to escalate. The quest for a performance edge is a never ending activity with every team campaigning in either the SCORE/HDRA desert events or the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Grand Prix stadium series. Teams are always seeking a performance edge that will elevate them to the top of their class. The competition is fierce in all the events and it's the preparation, where all the subtle little tweaks and endless hours of planning come into play that produce victories. Factory teams from nearly all truck manufacturers are locked in a technological battle of superiority. The teams from Nissan and Toyota are classic examples of the increased factory involvement and their search for the winning edge. It is in this framework of performance that Robert Bosch has brough t a new level of electronics to off road racing. With their proven record of success in racing dating back to 1904, Bosch continues to be an industry leader in electronics with Dusty Times their Motronic Engine Manage-ment System. Designed to monitor all engine functions, the Bosch Motronic System, also designated MP 1.2, is the center of the electronics found in both Precision Preparation, Inc., Toyota trucks driven by Ivan "Ironman" Stewart in desert events and the Nissan truck of Roger Mears Racing in the Thompson stadium series. Years of research and develop-ment have gone into this ultra-sophisticated system. Bosch has been supplying Motronic systems to numerous road racing teams over the years starting with the dominating TAG/Porsche Formula One entry and more recently the Porsche Indy car from its inception. Bosch Motronic is an electron-ically controlled engine manage-m en t system monitoring all ignition and fuel injection functions for continuous op-timum performance. The heart of the Bosch Motronic System (MP 1.2) is the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) or "black box" brain. The ECU is wired to the engine to monitor and control it's numerous functions. Through programmed micro processors, the MP 1.2 reacts to intake air temperature, water and oil temperatures and RPM throttle angles among other functions. Bosch was asked by the Toyota Racing Division (TRD) t o develop an MP 1.2 for the PPI Toyota off road racing truck powered by a V6 engine. TRD established their desired per-formance priorities and Bosch prepared the micro processor chips accordingly. Their engine dynamometer work was performed with the Bosch VS20, a portable diagnostic analyzer with fuel injection override capabilities to further fine tune the micro processors. After this work on the dyno, it was time to install the system into the truck for field testing. Even though this is a highly sophisticated state-of-the-art electronic system, it took only two days of work from dyno to finished unit installed and tested in the vehicle. The implementa-tion of this Bosch electronics have produced an incredible difference in the Toyota. "By adding the Bosch Motronic System, we have brought a new level of reliability to the Precision Preparation, Inc. desert truck driven by Ivan Stewart," said Drino Miller, senior vice president of Toyota Racing Development (TRD). Miller added, "This Bosch system is easy to install, easy to program and we have had absolutely no service problems at all." According to the Toyota T earn, these electronics have solved all the problems they incurred with the carburetion setup used previously. The new Bosch Motronic delivers much improved fuel economy, better throttle response, no flooding and being a sealed system , it is much easier to keep dust free. It even has an altitude compensatio n feature which is a big help in the mountains, particularly in Mexico. February 1991 "The Bosch Motronic Engine had no problems at all with this Management System is without a Bosch Motronic System. We doubt the single biggest positive haven't touched it since it was change in our Nissan off road first installed in the truck." truck program in the past two Burton has teamed with Roger years," notes an enthusiastic Mears for the past seven years. Roger Mears, veteran off road As you might imagine, this racer and owner of the factory technology doesn't come cheap. Nissan team. Now with the Both teams want to expand their consistency of the engine's use of the Bosch Motronic in the performance with the Bosch 1991 season. With its inherent system, Mears adds, "we can advantages over the other systems concentrate on fine tuning the available, Bosch Motronic will chassis and suspension.' continue to have an even broader Mears Racing Crew Chief acceptance in off road racing in Charlie Burton added, "We have the future . " • IS eeiri . ' _In ... CENTER LINE ________________ ..,. __ _ RACING WHEELS THE STRONGEST OFF-ROAD WHEEL MONEY CAN BUY! FAT Performance has in stock the largest inventory of 5-lug VW CENTER LINE wheels in the country. Whether you need wheels with polished or satin finish, FAT has them in all popular styles. Need them in a hurry? FAT can ship the same day as ordered ... and with the best price in the industry. FAT can also supply your CENTER LINES with Champion bead locks. 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ROUND .5 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Waikerie Riverland 400 Text & Photos:. Darryl Smith Peter Glover clocked the fastest prologue time, won the Top Gun short track dash, by one second, and took the lead in the River/and 400 late in the race to win Class 1 and overall by almost three minutes in his Hornet. Once a year, for the past ten years, the tiny town of Waikerie forgets about orange picking and plays host to Australia's best off .. road racers. The vast, open plains of the Riverland area in South Australia was this year's venue for the final round of the Australian Off Road Championship. Numerous class titles had yet to ~ . -Daren Wells led the enduro with Ian McPhee navigating the Rivmasta until brake failure near the end of the run dropped him to second in Class 1 and third overall, but Wells and McPhee won the 1990 Australian Off Road Championship on points. YOU CAN'T FINISH THE RACE IF YOUR NUTS FALL OFF You can prevent this with the Nut SAFTBLOK Available from Racer's Tool & Supply. Easily drills safety wire holes in nuts and bolts. Heat treated nickel plated steel for long life. 9" safety wire plier $41.50 1 lb .032 stainless safety wire $9.00 NUT SAFTBLOK $21.80 + Shjpping Call or write for our FREE CATALOG of fabricating tools RACERS TOOL & SUPPLY 4290 Bells Ferry Rd. * Suite 10634 * Kennesaw* GA* 30144 IE~"! (404) s24-4543 111!!111 ,,..__7 24 Hours a Dav i Days a Week llrll.J Page a be finalized, so many drivers were out to put in their best perfor-mance and beat their fellow com-petitors for the yearly champion-ship. The reddish, desert dust was at its worst and the water truck had tried in vain all day Friday to get some moisture below the sur-face on the prologue track. The Porsche-powered Bridgestone car of Peter Glover clocked in the fast-est prologue time, over Brett Osbourne, and then Daren Wells. The overall Australian Champ-ionship was to be fought out between Wells and Glover. Fastest single seater was Renault V6-powered Bob Strawbridge. Stuart Lord led Class 2 as Neville Boyes blew a motor and sat out for the rest of the weekend. Bob Mowbray was the quickest qualifying Class 3, while Mike Keenan led the Bajas. Steve Knott headed the 2WD's in his Karman Ghia, and Neville Day the restricted buggy Class 6. Les Siviour's GQ Patrol was the quickest Class 7, while Hank Porter led the modified 4x4's in his Patrol chassis, Chev V6, Turbo 400, Rodeo appearing rig. Prologue casualties included Keith Owers blowing a turbo hose, Barry Johnson a flat tire, Dave Stuchbery with an off motor, and Brad Milburn completely destroying a Renault V6 motor. As at Kempsey earlier this year, the top ten got another run off over a short, spectacular track. The eventual winner of the Gateway Meats, Waikerie Top Guns, was Peter Glover, just one second over Daren Wells. Class 2 and Cosworth powered, Richard and Debbie Bennett, were third even though they had a spin. Bob Strawbridge was fourth over fellow South Australian, Brett Osbourne. The remaining top ten read: Stuart Lord, Cliff Alderton, Scott Michie, and Mark Burrows. Andy Brown would start tenth after failing to finish with a suspect turbo problem. Many drivers were concerned February 1991 ""'' Mark Burrows and Mick Shannon took first in Class 2 and were second overall in the Trekka despite a few breakages on the dusty course in the Mazda powered car. X'' ·<I:: -'1,<, ~-It was a career best 7or Peter Standerwick, despite a roll over in the Rivmasta as he and Rob Langley were third in Class 1, fourth overall. ..... -Si Heaslip was the only unlimited single seat survivor in his Scorpion, but he stayed on the gas all the way to also finish a fine fifth overall. Bruce and Glenn Watman surprised many pit folk by driving the Class 3 1200cc two seater not only to the class win, but to a close sixth overall. The Holden Rodeo of Mark and Glenn Manns was on top of the 2WD pickup and sedan class, also taking eighth overall while winning the 20 vehicle class. Dusty Times

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about the dust as they lined up on the Sunday morning. The field left in quite a rush - in pairs at twenty second intervals! It was Daren Wells that shot off quickest to make the most of a dust free drive and try to out run Glover. This he did with fastest laos on one and two. A hard charging Class 2, Mazda powered, Mark Burrows clocked up fastest lap three times as drivers pitted for a one hour break. Wells led overall. However, Glover faulted on lap three, allowing the Bennetts to slip into second. Already a few Class 1 favorites had reti»ed: Billy Croft with steering failure, Dave Stuchbery's rear suspension had collapsed, and Keith Owers broke a rear swing arm, but not before a huge leap over the sand hill jump. The track was already becoming very rough as seen by the broken engine mounts in Barry Johnson's car. The Class 3 battle saw Goodyear's Bruce Watman just in front of Yokohama's Mick Myers, while in the Bajas, Mike Keenan led at the lunch break. The Class 5 title was to be decided at W aikerie, and the two contenders were very close: Steve Knott's Karman Ghia pitted with a very slight edge over the Mark Manns Rodeo. Wayne Gibson's hi-tech Holden was running strong until a ball joint breakage. Bill Eames took over third in the immaculate Valiant. Shaun Goss had a comfortable lead in Class 6. In the production 4x4, Class 7, Les Siviour was driving to finish in order to win the class title yet agayi.. But he had dropped to third behind Reg Owen's GQ Patrol (straight from the Safari), and Grahame Baxter's early Patrol. The Class 8 Rodeo of Hank Parker blitzed the first lap, almost three minutes clear, but then came disaster in the form of a broken steering knuckle. This left Peter Hadlow's turbo Triton to ;ain control and lead at halfway over Robert Knott's Pathfinder, then Fred Parker's VS Land Rover. The expected single seater battle between South Australians Bob Strawbridge and Si Heaslip, didn't eventuate when Straw-bridge stopped on the opening lap with engine trouble. The leading drivers had barely cooled down, when they lined up for the final three lap sprint to the finish. Daren W ells and Ian McPhee headed off into the dust hoping for a repeat of their 1987 effort of winning the Riverland event. But soon after a problem had occurred; the total loss of brakes. A stop at the end of lap five saw Wells continue with front brakes only. Add to this the fact that Glover was setting fastest times and it was getting close up front. Disaster struck the Bennetts in the form of a blown CV joint. This left Burrows as the sole Class 2 capable of taking out the event. Second place getter at Kempsey, Andy Brown, was out of luck at Waikerie; a blown motor side-lined him. The Goodyear Class 2 assault took a dive on lap five when Les Brown stopped with a broken tie-rod, then teammate Stuart Lord's motor stopped. Unable to find the problem, he gave away his tires to a flat stricken T any Dorne. Later they found a slipped distributor cap but could not continue on three wheels! Mick Myers retired from the Class 3 battle with broken Dusty Times ,1;,_,w; Steve Knott and John Sheehan were minus some body parts when they crossed the finish line in the Ghia sedan, but they took second in the 2WD Class 5. gearbox mounts. Bob Mowbray was now charging up afte r changing a tie-rod end. It was the first time he had ever taken a spare with him! The Baja competition was very tight between Clem Harris and Ron Schmidt. McDougall had slipped to a distant third with a flat tire. Several Class Ss had retired: Jeff Barnes had broken a spring in the Scout, and both the very quick Sea Lake Valiants were out - Eames with broken engine mounts and Clohesy with a ball joint breakage. Steve Knott had Shaun Goss and Hayden Thom. drove their Scorpion to victory in Restricted Challenger Buggy class, winning by a slim margin of a min'ute, seven seconds. lost the class lead when he stopped to fit a fan belt, and the car would not restart. Manns now led Class 5 in the V6 Rodeo. Les Siviour, meanwhile, had decided to pull out all the stops and make a charge for the Class 7 lead. His navigator, Peter lseppi, was fighting smoke inhalation from burning carpet due to a cracked exhaust. Reg Owen had dropped from the lead when his shocks began to seize. Disaster hit the Zarfati Pajero when a rear hub cap came off and the axle slid out. 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.. ;a.. Ian and Gary Jackson, whose older Holden EH sedan now has V-8 power, had trouble in the prologue, but finished the enduro third in Class 5. Eric Schmidt and Kathy Walker had a good run in the Mitsubishi Triton, and finished a close third in Class 7 for 4x4 Production trucks. Chris Peart and John Hancock, kept their Suzuki Sierra gomg the entire distance and finished the course fifth in 4x4 Production Class 7. Peter and Glen Had/ow won Class 8, 4x4 Modified, leading at the midway break and when ,t counted at the checkerd driving the Mitsubishi turbo Triton. 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Villa, CA 920JO (6JfJ 69J~fJ7J . • (6Jf) ffJ-fJ74 • FAX (6Jf) 6'J~ r;..-Pathfinder withdrew soon after with a gearbox problem. The Parker Land Rover slipped into second, while third looked like being a battle between the Bloem Niva, Wells' Land Cruiser, and Smith's Rodeo. Smith, however, would drop off the pace due to broken front shock towers. Even though Heaslip was the sole single seater running, he still pushed hard in search of a high outright placing. Wells' brake dilemma had allowed Glover to pass him, and for the fourth time this year, Peter Glover and Tony Getson took the chequered flag, in a time of 3 hrs. 52 mins. 25 secs. Then came their Bridgestone teammates, Mark Burrows and Mick Shannon that took first in Class 2 in addition to their second outright in a time of 3.55.18. A broken shock mount and cracks in the frame, showed just how hard Burrows had driven. Four minutes behind in third came Wells and "Foo" McPhee, which gave them enough points to be the new 1990 Australian Off Road Champions. Home in fourth was a career best for Peter Standerwick, despite a roll over in the Class 1. The quiet achiever of the year, Si Heaslip, powered into fifth outright, and is credited with being the first Australian Class 9 champion. Behind Burrows in the Class 2 placings, came the Goodyear shod Tony Doorne, then the Ziems brothers, Andrew and Alex. Goodyear came through in Class 3 with Bruce Watman taking honors as well as an amazing sixth outright in the little 1200cc car. Rex Neville was second over Bob Mowbray; however, Mowbray would take out the class title for the year. Clem Harris had remained the fastest Baja and took class honors. Ron Schmidt followed, ahead of Steve McDougall. The 2WD crown was decided when Mark and Glenn Manns crossed the line first as well as a great eighth overall. Steve Knott followed minus a front guard, then one for the nostalgia fans, Ian Jackson in an EH Holden '64 sedan. Powered by a VS it was a good reward for the crew after blowing a cliff on the start in the prologue. Louie Binios h ad already secured a Class 6 crown for the year, so it didn't matter that he retired at Waikerie. Class 6 winner this time was Shaun Goss. Minor place getters were Neville Day, then Lyndon Wilson. • .., John Bloem and Rob Gibbs drove the full bodied Lada Niva Hawk to third in Class 8, the 4x4 modified group, having a clean run to the finish line. all Class 7 starters completed the distance. Peter and Glen Hadlow had pushed hard and easily won Class 8 and retained their class champions title. The Hadlows amazingly clocked the fastest speed (heavy metal) on the radar: 180 km/ hr. Fred Parker brought the Land Rover home in second, over the ex-Safari Niva Hawk of John Bloem. So that saw the running of the tenth Waikerie Riverland 400, and possibly the last on that property due to a Soil Conserva-tion program involving flooding the area. Judging by the fact only 3 7% of the field finished, I'm sure many drivers would gladly race on a new track. But the hospitality was great and the event well organized, and it capped off a fine Australian Championship ~nd congratulations to the victors, Yokohama's Daren Wells and Ian McPhee. '' Walkerle Rlverland 400 - Australia Results - September 23, 1990 # Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle 186 102 107 131 187 201 217 214 277 224 301 381 325 333 377 402 401 403 580 503 525 547 510 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 Class I - Unllmited Two Seat• 31 start - 6 finish Peter Glover/Tony Getson Hornet Daren Wells/Ian McPhee Rivmasta Peter Standerwick/Rob Langley Rivmasta Robert Lamb/Peter Stevenson Rivmasta Steve Lunn/Ray Atkins Hornet Class 2 -I600cc Two Seat - 33 start -10 finish Mark Burrows/Mick Shannon· Trekka Tony Doorne/John Rowe Rivmasta Andrew Ziems/Alex Ziems Rivmasta Terry Poole/Anthony Vianello Buggy Doug Adams/Paul Adams Buggy Class 3 -1200cc Two Seat -17 start - 7 finish Bruce Walman/Glenn Walman BRB Mk II Rex Neville/Scott Modistach Bob Mowbray/Robert Moore Graham Tickner/David Dearman Greg Nicoll/Alan Nicoll Class 4 - Baja Bug - 6 start - 3 finish Scorpion Hunter Southern Cross Cobra Clem Harris/Bob Goudie Baja Bug Ron SchmidVPat Fletcher Baja Bug Stephen McDougall/Mark Wilson Baja Bug Class 5 - 2WD Sedarw a, Pickups - 20 start - 6 finish Mark Manns/GlennManns Holden Rodeo 2 Stephen KnotVJohn Sheehan Karmann Ghia 3 Ian Jackson/Gary Jackson Holden EH Sedan 4 Richard Murray/Chris Conner Holden Pickup 5 Geoff Emmins/Syd Gibson Datsun P510 Clan 8 - RNtricted Two Seat Challenger- 4 start • 3 finish 605 1 603 2 653 3 Shaun Goss/Hayden Thom Scorpion Neville Day/Paul Kemnedy Southern Cross Lyndon Wilson/Vin Eustace Southern Cross 701 731 720 712 715 Clan 7 - Production 4x4 - 7 start • 7 finish 1 Les Siviour/Peter lseppi Nissan Patrol 2 Grahame Baxter/David Coulton Nissan Patrol 3 Eric Schmidil(athy Walker M itsubishi Triton 4 Reg 0wenlOoug Ryan Nissan Patrol 5 Chris Peart/John Hancock Suzuki Sierra ClaN I • Modified 4x4 - 10 start • 5 finish Time 0/A 3:52:25 1 3:59:18 3 4:12:06 4 4:17:55 7 4:40:08 19 3:55:18 2 4:30:53 15 4:36:20 17 4:36:22 18 4:43:29 23 4:16:24 6 4:26:54 9 4:27:15 11 4:41 :26 21 4:48:24 27 4:52:25 29 4:56:23 31 5:34:29 41 4:22:37 8 4:29:51 14 4:57:28 32 5:18:30 37 5:23:25 38 4:40:51 20 4:41 :58 22 6:04:48 48 4:27:04 10 4:27:46 12 4:35:12 16 4:45:18 24 5:24:41 39 Les: Siviour's charge had paid 801 off as he finished the Class 7 814 winner, compfete with broken 820 headlights from numerous 850 passing . ·maneuvers. Only forty 818 seconds behind .came Grahame .· 924 Pe• HadlowlGlln Hadlow Mtsubishi Triton 2 Fred Parker IT 19¥111' Nelson Land Rover 3 John BloemlRon Gibbl Lada Nva Hawk 4 Royce Welll/Anlhony Clarie l..adCn,iser Trayback 5 Ken Smith/Tom On:her Holden Rodeo CIIN I - Unllfflfted Singler Selll - 2 etart • 1 finish ~~~p Scorpion 4:27:52 13 4:47:14 26 4:54:51 30 4:59:47 33 5:07:27 34 4:13:57 5 Baxter's Hankook MQ Patrol. Eric Schmid in ;i Triton finished third, ahead of Owen. Incidentally f'cbrully 1991 Startn, l30 - Flnilhetl, 41-37% -'-» Distance 390 km -242 niles FalNt lap -Danln Weis, •102 -38:15 DustyTIIMI

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G.O.R.R.A. Thanksgiving ·1so as Steve Langley started in Challengers, then Wayne Faulk-ner, then Dusty Chitwood, all • kept sailing along for 74 laps. They won the class and were just two laps behind the overall winner.Jack Haenlein had his best run ever in Georgia, even though he fried a motor. He finished fourth in Class 1/10 covering 55 duties to the various teams if we can't get more people to volun-teer. Several who did speak up worked their tails off all day. Bobby Sheppherd spent the entire six hours at the back of the track and Tate Thackston and Andy Metcalf worked the front part all day. Steve Hancock served as the 4 wheel tow truck up front and was all over helping out drivers with problems. Thanks fellows for a yeoman effort. By Bob Rule Cqngratulations to James Hester, Class 1-2-1600 and Robin Williams, Challenger, our 1990 points Champions. As the ninth and last race of the year is over, the 1990 points are final. James earned a total of354 points and Robin garnered 345 points, and it can't get much closer than that. And they both worked hard all year to earn their titles. Our Thanksgiving 250 event didn't pull as many cars as last year, but the enthusiasm for the race was probably greater. There were lots of driver changes, but a few guys toughed it out for the entire six hours. Ray Short, the overall winner in a 1600 car, went the entire six hours alone. I'll bet he slept well Saturday night. As usual with most long races, facts aren't easy to get. Terry Bramblet helped out with pit notes, and we called Buddy Lancaster in Florida, and he helped us out with the details on the Florida cars. Our thanks· to Buddy for his efforts. First we'll report on·the "who broke what" scene, as best we can find out. Here it is, in no particular order. Marty Neri didn't have too good a day as the rough track yanked the steering wheel out of his hand and broke his wrist. This happened around the four hour mark. Also, a bent tie rod and rack and pinion problems were reported. Marty covered 36 laps for 14th in Class 1-2-1600 and was back at the track before the. race· was over, and he was in good spirits. Sam Pace lost all the shocks on the right rear and then broke two c. v .s trying to run without the shocks; Sam covered 62 laps for sixth in 1-2-1600 action. Gene Dittmer drove the first three hours, then turned the car over to Sharon Lancaster, who drove the last three. Sharon had more problems than Gene, breaking a c.v., and then later tearing off shocks on the right side. But the team nailed third in Class 1/10 with 58 laps covered. In Class 1-2-1600 Buddy Lancaster drove the first three hours, then Tipp Dodson took over, hit a tree back in the dusty woods and broke a c.v. joint, but got running again. They completed 68 laps, good for fourth in class. Stephen Pounds broke the front end completely off and lifted the car up off the ground. Whatever he hit to do the damage seemed to leave him dazed. His 62 laps was good for seventh in Class 1-2-1600.JeffGolding, last year's winner, had a problem with bearings in the rear arm. Mike Hester took over for Jeff, then blue smoke came from the motor. Our Florida reporter says that's typical of a Mike Hester motor. They always puff a little smoke, but keep going, and the team completed 50 laps for 12th in Class 1-2-1600. In Class 10 Bob Bohres started, Chip Hansen took over, then Bob finished their 68 laps. They were second in Class 1/10 on the same lap as the winner. Jeff Lucas and James Mitchell had fuel pump problems twice, but they managed 60 laps, good for eighth in Class 1-2-1600. Rick and Mickey Smallwood had a day that started off bad with a flat on the line on their 1600 car. Then later the lugs pulled through the wheel forcing another stop, and finally trans-mission problems put them out after 21 laps, 15th in class. Jack Thompson had a short day in his 1600; the rear trailing arm broke after 18 laps, and he was listed 16th in class. Lindy Herrell first broke a c.v. joint on his 1600, fixed the c. v. and re-entered the race. Then the transmission lost all but first gear, all this in 15 laps, good for 17th in class. Lindy ended up driving the last hour in Rule's 1600. Greg Ward had electrical troubles and broke an axle, and did 38 laps for sixth in Class 1/10. Dwayne Hinson and David Pugh broke a swing axle early in the race, their· 12 laps putting them last in f600 WHY AREN'T YOU??? A DUSTY TIMES DEALER!!! SELL TO YOUR CUSTOMERS PRESENT TO YOUR PREFERRED CUSTOMERS U.P.S. EVERY MONTH TO YOUR DOOR YOU PAY NO SHIPPING CHARGES GET ALL THE RACE AND RALLY NEWS FROM THE TOP OFF ROAD JOURNALISTS Contact DUSTY TIMES · · 5331 Derry Avenue, Suite o Agoura, CA 91301 (818) 889-5600 Dusty Times action with the dubious honor of being the first in the class to retire from the race. Darrin Stephens and Rick Breitenback broke a c.v. joint, then Darrin turned over, but they finished 39 laps for third.in Challenger class. Bob Rule had electrical problems on the 4th or 5th lap, and an hour or so of down time to fix the problem, then Larry Porter drove over three hours, and Lindy Herrell did the anchor job and finished, the team doing 55 laps for tenth in Class 1-2-1600. Clint Hurst drove for Steve Rule in the Challenger contest, and Clint turned in a great drive, going 4½ or so hours, hit a tree, bent a tie rod as well as the steering shaft. Bobby Bramblet drove the last hour and the car finished 61 laps, second in class. Jimmy Nichols wore out two riders, hit a tree, had minor clutch problems, but carried on to finish third in Class 1-2-1600 and third overall with 72 laps completed. Bob Broome had problems with the right rear wheel bearings on his car, also rolled it, but finished 40 laps for fifth in Class 1/10. David Nickell, our lone Kentucky entry, broke a crank and went just 32 laps, good for seventh in Class 1/10. Mike Notary had a two lap lead on the field, hit something hard breaking the link pins on the right front, and he ended up second in 1-2-1600s, and second overall, just two laps behind the leader. Donald Gattes had hydraulic clutch problems and turned over and did 36 laps for 13th in 1600 action. Fred Babinchak Jr. either had a shifter or a gear problem or both, got in 27 laps for eighth in Class 1 / 10. It was a good run with no problems other than a flat tire laps. ·· Tim Lemons had problems with the lower control arm but got in 55 laps for 11th in 1600s and Wayne Lemons finished four more laps than brother Tim and was ninth in 1600 class. Darrel McKee had the shortest day of all, as a stripped rear hub sidelined his Challenger car after only four laps. He was absolute last overall. Ed Chambers and Lisa "Zoomie" Hinson co-drove to a first in Class 1/10 finish, doing 68 laps, the fastest in class. GORRA's 1600 Points Champ-ion James Hester, and brother ·Joey had a fine ride going. Just after taking the lead around the four hour mark they broke a stub axle but repaired it and finished fifth in 1600s with 64 laps done. Ray Snort as mentioned before won the 1600 class and absolute overall honors, two laps ahead of the herd at 76 rounds completed. The race track was extremely dusty as usual. The long dry spells this year left the track dustier than ever. For the first time in my memory, we did not have a single mud race this season. The pits and front part of the race track looked great, thanks to the efforts of brothers Joey and James Hester, who spent many long hours on the Bush Hog. Thanks a bunch fellows. We appreciate all of the out of towners who came and brought friends with them. While not as many states were rep-resented this year, all were enthusiastic. We were disappointed at the lack of volunteers to flag. Next year we may have to assign flag Our cooks did their usual good job handling the concession stand, as Rodney Carnes, Cindy -Herrell and Jackie Thompson kept everyone full of Bar-B-Que, Chili and Hot Dogs, food that Katherine Porter rounded up and got to the track. Good work by all. The scorekeeping was out-standing. Joy Porter, Katherine Porter, Nancy Short and Sherry Thompson were perfect in their execution with Cheri Prall calling for them. They had the final results out before most of the teams were packed up. GORRA has a new award, Driver of the Year and the 1990 honoree is Robin Williams, with the most points accumulated by 1-2-3 place finishes. The banquet wound up the 1990 season. Behind Robin W ii Iiams in Challenger points Steve Langley was second at 310, followed by Mitchell/Williams, 304; Dusty Chitwood, 282; Steve Rule, 276 and Breitenbach/Stephens, 250. After James Hester in Class 1-2-1600 points it was Mitchell/ Lucas, 318; Bob Rule, 299; Lindy Herrell, 288; Jack Thompson:.l'. 278; Mike Notary, 269; Mickey/ Rick Smallwood, 254 and Sammy Herrell, 251. If you are snowbound, come race with us as the season starts on March 17 with a 50 mike run at our home track in Vienna, GA. See the calendar section for the full schedule, one race a month until December 1991. 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... -THE HDRA/SCORE DESERT SERIES AWARDS CEREMONY The1990 Off Roadsman Awards Gala By Jean Calvin Photos: Trackside Photos, Inc. ...... ....k:=:~IN f-ffl~I EHtCLE oF rue: HORA Ivan Stewart, won many trophies during the evening, here accepts the first overall points biggie from Miss Toyota. Ivan also won overall in True Grit standings, Class 1 /2 points, and the Off Roadsman Driver of the Year honor . ... j . >! i ' Michael Gaughan got a standing ovation when he was named Person of the Year and nobody deserved the honor more. Mike was our cocktail party host for the evening, and his generous race team sponsorship also earned him the vote for Entry Sponsor of the Year. Las Vegan Rob MacCachren won the Mini Metal Championship and Class 7S points for the second straight year, but Rob is moving up to a Class 8 ride in 1991, so the title is open this season. The year end banquet honoring Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in the 1990 desert series points Las Vegas, Nevada last December champions and unveiling the Off 1, and the place has such a Roadsman of the Year people and welcome style ambiance, not companie~~ved back to the common to commerical hotels, · Dressed in formal clothes for the occasion, Michael Pace accepts his trophy as overall A TV champion from Miss Toyota, and Pace won the points while competing in Class 24. Page 32 that the banquet room was sold out once again with a few standees at the back of the room. It is a time when the points champions usually reserve a complete table and entertain their entire crew and family at the semi-formal gathering of the desert folks, this evening all scrubbed and shiny faced for the occasion. Of course a few, like this writer, had been out in the desert during the day attending or driving in the SNORE Showboat 250 race south of town, because some folks just can't pass up a day in the dese!"t before surrendering to the dress code of a more urban society. The affair started around 6:30 with a nifty cocktail party in the hotel hosted by Michael Gaughan, owner of the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino and heavy sponsor of February 1991 r~~~r~;~-•)FF it..,l/\l VL HICl E OF Dave Ashley was a repeat winner from 1989, winning both Class 3 and the Heavy Metal Championship again in 1990. Dave smiles for the photos as Sa/ Fish shuffles his notes. lllCtf OF tftr HORA The moto'rcycles had five races in which they could compete in 1990, and the overall points winner among the MI C classes was Kenny Parry who rode to win in Class 30. · several multiple car race teams. . There had been a Manufacturers Advisory Board meeting at the Gold Coast on the Friday, so a great many heavy hitter manu-facturer reps stayed on in Las Vegas to enjoy the party on Saturday evening. After the cocktail party the troops moved into the banquet room and enjoyed a fabulous dinner of real beef with all the trimmings and · there were a couple of bottles of wine on every table as well.Truly it was an exceptional dinner for such a large group who absolutely filled the big room. Each plate was· set with the fancy four color program too. After dinner Presidents Danny Cau and Sal Fish took to the podium, and each thanked their sponsors heartily for their help in keeping desert racing alive and well in these days of rising costs. The two men alternated introduc-ing points winners, and the format this year started with the top gu·ns. Ivan Stewart got a:n enormous trophy as the overall points champion driving a Class l / 2 Toyota in the eight race. series. Ivan, like most every other trophy winner thanked his pit and chase crews, sponsors, and family. It would take this whole issue to list all the people that each winner thanked; we can't handle that, but there was a lot of applause for many groups during the evening. Next up was Rob MacCachren, taking the big trophy for his second consecutive Mini Metal Championship driving a 7S Jeep Comanche. Rob was followed by Dave Ashley, who took the Heavy Metal trophy, also for the second consecutive year driving a Class 3 Ford Bronco. Oddly enough both Rob and Dave are changing classes for the 1991 season. The overall points champion on two wheels was Kenny Parry, who rode a Kawasaki to the title in the over 30 years of age class. In the 4 Wheel A TV group Michael Pace rode in Class 24 and was the overall winner in that category, we think aboard a Honda. Now the first, second, and third place folks on four wheels were called to receive their trophies and checks. Toyota powered Jim Greenway took second in Class l /2, and Porsche powered Danny Letner was third, both driving open wheel Racecos. Ivan Stewart, Toyota, of course won the class. In Class 1-2-1600 Tom and Bob DeNault, last year's overall winners, won the class honors again in the Chenowth they sold in the contingency line for the 1990 Baja 1000. They are building a new car. Danny Porter took second 1600 honors followed by Mike Williams, and the final points were as close in this class as the times usually are at a race, these two separated by merely three points. Dave Ashley, was the Class 3 winner, natch, and second place went to Don Adams who made the great speech of the night,· saying simply "I could thank many including my cat and dog, but I '11 just say thanks to all," and he walked offthe podium·to thunderous applause. Curt LeDuc accepted the third place prize for Madelene Lesle, and both ·second and third place drivers competed in Jeeps. Class4 winner, Rod Hall, made a fairly long speech, thanking Dodge, Dan Newsome ofBFG, who gave Hall a $5,000 check, and Nevada US Senator Richard Bryan, who was at a front table. Hall announced he is now involved with the federal "Tread Lightly" program. Second in points was Tim Pruett and Mike Schwellinger was third, both driving Class 4 Dusty Times

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Fords. Top honors in Class 5 were earned by Marty Hart, a former A TV champion, while one time overall champion Rich Minga was second in his Porsche Bug. Greg Vaughan earned third place but was not there. As usual all the 5-1600 racers were on hand, and cheered the class champion Rich Fersch who won by three points over Steve Taylor. Last year's class champs the Cook brothers, Wayne, Alan and Darryl, were third just another 14 points back. ,{· t; .••• Scott Douglas held his lead in Class 6 points to win the title for Jeep, but after two end of season wins in a row, Danny Ashcraft was only 17 points back in second place driving the Ford Bronco II. Third place Dale Jordan was not in the room. Class 7 turned out to be another close points race with Manny Esquerra pulling out the championship by winning the Baja 1000 in a Ford Ranger. Only five points back was Roger Mears, Nissan, who was nearly 100 points ahead of third placing Russ Jones, who was there to thank all his helpers. Dan Newsome of BFGoodrich poses with the Off Roadsman Company of the Scott Barton accepts the trophy for Yokohama who won the car division in the Tire of the Year Manufacturer's Challenge, now figured on points rather than the former method of a membership vote. Year trophy, and Goodrich also won the truck division in the points count for the Tire of the Year Manufacturer. Class 7S went right down to the wire in Baja, but even though Johnny and Chuck Johnson won the race there in their Ford Ranger, Rob MacCachren was second t~king the 7S and Mini Metal titles for Jeep. Johnson and Johnson were second, 11 points back and Willie Valdez, who wasn't there to give one of his entertaining speeches, was a · t::H•fl\NUY .. I,_,,_ strong third on points in another Ford Ranger. In Class 7 4x4, Paul and Dave Simon led the herd most of the season in their Ford Ranger, and Ford gave them a check for $500 for their efforts as they won the class by a mile, their third championship in a row. Dan Newsome ofBFG got the big hand as he gave the Simons a check for $10,000, the biggest single money prize of the evening! Jerry McDonald got the Chevy S-10 in for second in points and Darren York was just nine more points out, third in his Ford Ranger. While he didn't have the dream season he had in 1989, Robby Gordon still pulled out the Class 8 championship for Ford as he leaves a full time desert schedule next season for some high dollar pavement racing series. Brian Stewart Dodge, who led Class 8 Tom and Bob DeNault, the 1989 overall points winners, repeated in 1990 as the top points folks in the highly competitive Class 1-2-1600 competition. ttrich PRE~IDENTE TIRES Bnl\NOY Rodney Hall won the Class 4 points and here smiles as BFG's Dan Newsome presents him with a handsome check for his championship on BFG tires. -·-TRI 'CK Ot I II ,,._...., .NATIONAL Marty Hart fought a see saw battle ~II season for Class 5 points, but he did win out over the other contenders and gets his big trophy from Miss HORA. Dusty Times points until the unique rulings at the Nevada 500, was second, 22 points back, and new trucker, Scott McMillin, took third in points in a completely refurbished Ford, ahead of the guy that sold him the older truck. One of the largest classes, the Challenger points were tight also. Last year's champions Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault won the class by 14 points in a Jimco. Rich was humorous as he shuffled through his notes at the podium, but he had left his glasses behind at the table, so Doug finally had to read the thank yous. Roy and Wade Prince were a strong second in Class 9 points in their Chenowth, and Billy Kem had his ORBS third another 19 points down. John Hays worked hard all year, always drove alone, ----::.i::::l::\\=(;;:;F=H=f =I =\I=/ l::=;H;=<:=h;=';'(7,"l!~ -.w..,.•r""'---~----'-C f JIU l\\lJ< \ \ l!O\ \1 t:l J J . -~/ // ~ ~.hf ... -'\ F,, ~-,.,,, , ,.. . ... • SC ~ 4 •• ,, ' '\ I c t• •: • -~~ ~ ----\. 1 11111111111:t . • ; I Dan Stutz was happy to accept two trophies from Miss HORA for Ford Motorsports as they won top spot on the points count in both the Mini Metal and the Heavy Metal Manufacturer's Challenge. won some races and zipped ir..to drove a Chenowth to second on the points title in Class 10 driving points, just a single point ahead of a Raceco he maintains himself. He Rick Romans in his Raceco. 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... Class 5-1600 points went to the wire in Baja and Rich Fersch took the championship for the year, but he won by only three points in a tight race. Cal Wells, of Precision Preparation that does all the Toyota trucks, was voted Mechanic of the Year by his peers, as all three finalists were truck folks. Jean Calvin mentioned the team effort behind her that resulted in her winning the Off Roadsman Journalist of the Year trophy again this year. Scott Douglas led the Class 6 points chase all season, but still had to work for his championship, taking the title by merely 17 points. In Class 11 Saul Zambrano, the points of second place Gary with Howard Anderson co-Anderson.AmongtheMiniMags driving most of the events, won young Charlie Townsley replaced the title with more than double his father this year as the class ---,..., -.a Jl,.,.,J; NOY All the motorcycle class points winners were called to the stage at the same time, at least those that were on hand, and only a few of the half dozen class winners chose to make a speech. PIKE'S-SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA DENNY'S \_~y5J RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SHELL ~ SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 40 YEARS Page34 Manny Esquerra picked up a five point lead at the Baja 1000 and that was his winning margin as he took the Class 7 championship by winning the race. champion, and Scott Steinberger, the teams and Ford's four Class Weatherman Jr. at some events, champions in Classes 3, 7, 7 4x4 was second. and 8. It was time for the motorcycle Chevrolet was second in Heavy points champions to appear, and Metal points· followed by Jeep DannyCauannouncedthatbikes then Dodge. In Mini Metal would again be scheduled for the Challenge points, Nissan was Nevada 500 in August 1991. All second followed by Jeep, then the class winners on bikes were Chevrolet. In the Tire Manufact-called to the podium at the same urers Challenge, Yokohama won time. Roger Hurd won Class 20 the car class division followed by over John Braasch Jr., and Joey Armstrong, BFGoodrich and Lane took Class 21 over Anna General. BFGoodrich won the Merritt. Larry Roeseler won Class truck Tire Challenge, followed by 22 by a bunch over Paul Krause, Goodyear, Firestone, Armstrong then Steven Platt was third on and General. ·points. Larry referred the crowd At this point both Sal Fish and to the results list in the program Danny Cau presented plaques of saying that it was in error stating appreciation to their key workers, that Bob Gordon had won the committee heads and other outstanding and devoted helpers. And Sal Fish presented plaques of appreciation to his Mexican guests, who thanked Fish for bringing racing to Mexico. Toyota's Les Unger then presented the Toyota True Grit awards, earned by having the fastest average speed for your best six races in three cagtegories, Overall, Heavy Metal, and Mini Metal. It was no surprise to see Ivan Stewart collect yet another big trophy for the overall, and a third of the $10,000 prize fund posted by Toyota. Ivan Stewart's son Brian won the Heavy Metal cash, and Rob MacCachren took home the Mini Metal check. It was All in the Family as Brian and Rob were teammates on the Walker Evans team. Toyota's Milestone awards, for completing every mile of all eight series races went to a select few. Again Ivan Stewart took a trophy home, as did Tom DeNault, Danny Porter and Tom Schilling in Class 1-2-1600;JohnJohnson, Class 7S; Todd Davis, Class 10; Don Adams, Class 3; Timmy Pruett, Class 4 and Doug West, Class 5-1600. Next on the program were the annual Yokohama 6-50 Club awards, a points series that involves only the Driver of Record in car classes and that Baja 1000 overall, when in fact Larry, with co-riders Danny LaPorte and Ted Hunnicutt, had won overall on a Kawasaki, and were over an hour faster than Gordon on total time. He said it is hard to get sponsorship when even the organizers' own publica-tions ignore the bikers overall victories. He made an excellent point without taking away from the achievement of those who win overall in car classes. Kenny Parry won Class 30, Ron Gray won Class 40, and Al Guzman won Class SO. Michael Pace topped the quads in Class 24 tied on points with Randy Engen, and Dean Sundahl won Class 25 by only five points. Bill and Diane Thompson of Carrera Photography were the happy winners of the Off Roadsman Photographer of the Year trophy, a first for them. While Sal Fish and Danny Cau stayed at their posts all evening, ~ .·· many in the ranks slid out the door to obtain more liquid refreshment and maybe drop a few coins in the slots, but the program carried on regardless. Now it was time to present the Manufacturers Awards, whicl:i are earned on points now rather than the former method of voting for them as Off Roadsman trophies. At any rate Ford was the big winner in Vehicle Manufacturers, taking first by a bunch in both the Heavy Metal Challenge and Mini Metal Challenge, and Dan Stutz accepted for Ford, thanking all February 1991 Les Unger of Toyota, far left, presented the Toyota True Grit awards and checks to, from the left, Ivan Stewart, overail, Brian Stewart, Heavy Metal, Miss Toyota and Sal Fish watch, and far right Rob MacCachren won Mini Metal True Grit. · Dusty Times

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Paul and Dave Simon have won their class championships for three consecutive years, and they led the Class 7 4x4 contest most of the year and won by a bunch of points. In his last full season of desert racing Robby Gordon, backed by the Jim Venable team, pulled off another championship year taking the Class 8 honors on points. Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault won the Class 9 Challenger Championship by just 14 points, and the same team won the championship in 1989 in the same race car. ~ \ John Hays drives most races alone, won a few this year, but was always up front with the leaders at the finish. He won the Class 10 points title by a big 36 points. Saul Zambrnno did the incredible in Class 11, winning six straight races in the series, when just finishing that often is often a record. Saul was a happy points winner. Rudy Townsley and son Charlie won a lot of races in the Mini Mag Class, four in 1990, and they won the points championship by a huge 62 points. driver must be 50 or more years old. The best six out of nine races count for points. The 1990 Gold Medal winner was Rodney Hall, the first time, since the series started in 1981, a trucker has won the first place pure gold medallion. Earning the solid silver second place medal for the second consecutive year was Don Adams, as the truckers are getting a little gray. Don graciously presented the medal to his co-driver Larry Olsen, who generally drives the final dar k miles in the Jeep. Former winner of the gold Corky McMillin got the bronze medal this year by virtue of his second in Class 1/2 finish in the Baja 1000. Scott Barton of Yokohama presented the medals. Both the Vic Van Ella rotating sportsmanship award and the Walt Lott trophy for exceptional sportsmanship on the course went to the same man, Joh~ @! Becker, the driver who stopped and KTM and Mark Johnson during the Baja 1000 to aid a accepted for Kawasaki stating that downed Japanese motorcycle Team Green won all six classes at rider, and Becker stayed with the the Baja 1000 and all six points man for several hours. championships. The Original While it was getting late, most Buggy Chassis Manufacturer of folks waited to see the results of the Year honor was between the Off Roadsman of the Year Chenowth, Mirage and Raceco. balloting. Eligible voters include Chenowi:h was the big winner. all SCORE and HORA members FAT Performance won Engine and contingency donors and some. Builder of the Year over Mike press. The finalists for Driver of Evans · and Don Hatz and Cal the Year were familiar, Rob Wells III took Overall Mechanic MacCachren, Brian Stewart and of the Year honors over Rick Ivan Stewart. Again it was no Shope and Russ Wernimont. Bill surprise to hear I van called to the Thompson accepted the Off Road podium to collect yet another Photographer of the Year trophy trophy. The Contingency Comp-for Carrera Photography, who any of the Year came down to a won over Centerline and Track-tire company battle with finalists side. Jean Calvin took the Off General, Pirelli Armstrong, and Uniroyal Goodrich. BFG's Dan Newsome graciously accepted for Goodrich. The Motorcycle Manufacturer of the Year honor was between Honda, Kawasaki RoadJourna.istof the Year honor over Judy Smith and Jim Short. The Entry Sponsor of the Year trophy went to the host for the evening, Michael Gaughan of the Barbary Coast/Gold Coast Las Vegas Casino combine. Other finalists were Pirelli Armstrong and Sage Council. Sage Council won the Pit Support T earn of the Year trophy over the Checkers and Goodrich. Charlie Townsley won Rookie of the Year honors over Scott Steinberger and Dale White, and all were real rookies. Finally it was time for the Person of the Year award, the most prestigious in the group. It was a joyful Michael Gaughan who accepted the honor, and he got the vote over Bob Steinberger and Ivan Stewart. Gaughan, who has raced off road for 20 years, joked as he said that he was proud to have beaten Ivan Stewart for the first time ever. Gaughan got a standing ovation from the crowd. The party was over around midnight, the room emptied quickly and folks wandered downstairs to gamble or have a quiet drink, and some just went to their rooms since it was after midnight. The program had been streamlined some this year, and the whole affair went off nicely, without any apparent glitches. It was a very nice affair with good food, good company, and a whole lot of awards were presented. T i:r:ed of paying $50,000 to $60,000 for a "Dune Buggy?" Prism Design & Development now offers a better & more marketable way to go racing! -1991 Full Size Tube Chassis "Funny Trucks." • Simplified Maintenance - No more Expensive Tranny Bills. No more Greasy C.V. Joints. A NEW CONCEPT IN OFF-ROAD RACING • Precision - All our trucks are jig-built to ensure that they will be identical -what this means is that replacement parts are readily available & we can supply you with an exact copy that will install on your truck with no modifications. R"od Hall became the first trucker to win the Yokoha';a 6-50 Club gold medal, and while Rod talks, silver medalist Don Adams watches as does Scott Barton of Yokohama. Young Charlie Townsley, a teenager, won the Rookie of the Year honors, well deserved as he also won the points championship in Mini Mag class. 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Last Chance Baja in the Badlands Text & Photos: Darla Crown Brian Bernloehr stayed with the leaders in Class 10 all day, and in the main event he finished second, after towing from Minneapolis, MN. K. C. Huggins, from Omaha, won the first Class 10 heat race, and he flew his race car over the tundra to win the main event and top honors for the day and he was third on points for the year. Take a cloudy, windy day, a 1. 7 from Minneapolis, MN, broke a mile Badlands rugged course, 21 tie rod end and bent a rim, leaving off road racing vehicles, a couple him to worry about his chances of of hundred spectators and a holdingupduringthemainevent. Saturday in October, and what do Right away in the heat race, you get? The Last Chance Baja Harvey Wald, from Pierre, SD, race in Wall, South Dakota!!! As was trying to catch KC Huggins, the name implies, October 20th, from Omaha, NE. Chris Strauch, 1990 was the Last Chance for from Colorado Springs, CO, was drivers in the High Plains Off running a tough third. Steve Road Racing Association to Coiner had a mechanical problem accumulate those all important in the heat race and headed to the points to win the titles in each of pit area to see if he could get it the four classes and to claim the going for the main event. tide of the 1990 point champion. After KC Huggins won the first · And, the battle was close in points heat race, the second heat race saw going into the race last October. St. Francis, KS, racer Kenny Steve Comer, Harvey Wald Bracelin jump out to the early and KC Huggins were in the lead. But, young Justin Parry, contentionforthefirstplacegold from Sioux City, IA, was for the year in the Class 10 buggy challenging for the lead. Barry group. During hot laps before the · Kline, from Minneapolis, got by race started, Brian Bernloehr, Bracelin after he broke a tie rod Wes Jobgen was close to home, and the Rapid City, SD driver placed second in the Class 8 main event and took fourth in the year end points count. Jim Olson tows from Edgewater, CO, but it was a worthwhile trip as he won the heat race and carried on in his modified rig to win the main event. Class 14 is alive and well as Class 4 in South Dakota. Page 36 on his Buggy. Kline went on to finish first in the heat race with Justin Parry second. Ken Brace/in completed the out of state sweep in Class 10, close in the heat races, and the St. Francis, KS racer finished second in the main event. · When the dust settled after the main event it was KC Huggins with the victory. Brian Bernloehr was second and Ken Bracelin took third. In Class 10 for the day Barry Kline was fourth followed by Chris Strauch, Keith Kc,esters, Harvey Wald, Justin Parry, Steve Comer and Steve Duley. For the 1990 point standings in the Class 10 buggies, Steve Comer was the winner with Harvey Wald only two points out in second. KC Huggins was third. In Class 8 the points race was even closer going into the Last Chance race. There were two heat races in this two wheel drive division. Byron Crown, Boyd Kitterman, Wes Jobgen, Monte onte Tibbitts, from Pine Ridge, SD, won the second Class 8 heat race and went on to take the victory in the main event. Tibbitts also won the 1990 Class 8 point title by just 13 points. Modified trucks.can race in Class 8 and 4 in HYPORRA, and Boyd Kitterman drove his winged rig to the second Class 8 heat race victory and he was third in the main and second on points. · Thad Briggs comes from Gordon, Nebraska to run the series, and he was second all day in Class 4, and he won the class point championship. February 1991 Tibbitts, and Andy Wald were all anxiously ready to get going. Pat Carroll, from Pierre, SD, was a little too anxious, as he was the first victim of a roll over. During hot laps, Pat flipped end over end on the front straight-a-way. He and his son and co-driver were not injured but the vehicle was demolished! In the first heat race it was Byron Crown, Boyd Kitterman, Wes Jobgen and Brad Blow shaking the earth. Then, on the last lap it looked like Byron Crown might take the win. But, he had severe visibility problems, when the hood on the Chevy powered Ford truck came loose and flew up. Needless to say he didn't see the huge Badland Butte looming in the near distance and overturned. They ~ere done for the day! Boyd Kitterman went on to win the heat race. In the second heat race for Class 8 it was just as disappointing for Andy Wald, Pierre, SD. He and Monte Tibbitts were ready to put on a show, when on the first big jump Andy's bright red '57 Chevy twisted both axles and both rear tires came off. He too was done for the day. Monte Tibbitts went on to win the heat race. And M onte, fro m Pine Ridge, SD, went on to win the main event and the point title in Class 8 for 1990. Dusty Times

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Wes Jobgen was looking good in the heat race and the main event. He finished a strong second place at the Last Chance Baja and has been consistent all year long in Class 8. He will definitely be one to keep an eye on for the 1991 " season. Boyd Ketterman finished third in the October race, and he was second in the 1990 points behind Monte Tibbitts. Third was Byron Crown and Wes Jobgen beat Andy Wald by one point for the fourth place standing. Curt Willuweit was fourth in the race, followed by Brad Blow, Byron Crown and Andy Wald. In Class 4 for four wheel drive, the main event was a repeat of the heat race with Thad Briggs "following" Jim O Ison all day. Pat Roberts was running third in the heat race, but it was too much for the Bronco and he blew the engine in the main event. Kevin Neu-hauser hung in there and was third Pat Roberts drives a standard looking Bronco, and the Deadwood, SD driver finished fourth for the day in Class 4 and second in season points. for the day after Jim Olson, and Phil Swaney broke the transfer Thad Briggs. Pat Roberts is listed case in the heat race. The 1990 as fourth followed by Jay point standings in Class 4 show Anderstrom and Al Wacker. But Thad Briggs the winner followed Jay Anderstrom, from Colorado, by Pat Roberts and Gary Todd, dropped out and Al Wacker and than Al Wacker and Phil Swaney, Pony Express ••• equal to that of at least half of Group A. Therefore, the obvious injustice is in the fact that the difference between Professional and Sportsman should be in ability and not in the invested money, sponsorship or size of vehicle. Your Safety Steering Committee consisted exclusively of high dollar teams and sponsors from large manufacturers. Can you honestly say this was not just a bit one sided? Our right to an equal professional status can be stripped away by this proposal and our beloved sport will be bought by the highest bidder. On behalf of Sand Toys, Inc., V.W. Only Dismantlers and myself, I would like to thank you for your support throughout the 1990 season. With your support we finished points Champion in the La Rana race series and third in points in Class 11 in the SCORE/HD RA series. We are looking forward to having a very successful 1991. Our aim is to be class champions in both SCORE/ HORA and the La Rana Racing series. Thank you very much. Travis Howard Hesperia, CA I would like to personally thank you for the great write ups that have been published in Dusty Times on my new adventrues in Stadium Racing. Being a new-comer this past year to the MTEG circuit has been a tough one to say the least. Having Dusty Times write the outstanding features they do on my successes is very gratifying. Many thanks again for the exceptional coverage. Kevin Smith El Monte, CA I wanted to thank you for the great picture and write up about me in your issue featuring the Plaster City Blast. It was the first tinie a picture of my car has made it into a publication such as yours and it was a great thrill. We are having a fantastic year this season and your support is greatly appreciated. I am going to be the Class 100 rep in 1991 and plan on doing a lot of promoting for the class. I would like to know if I could do some promoting of the class in your publication. Maybe you or someone on your staff would like to take a lap or two with me next season and write about the experience. I am also enclosing a subscription for my dad. Thanks again and I hope to see you soon at a race, so stop by our pit next time. Dan Lewis Murrieta, Ca We do appreciate you folks taking the time to write us such flattering letters. We try to cover all aspects of off road racing and not limit the words to those who have become famous and heavily sponsored. Dan you are welcome to send us a column anytime promoting Class r oo in the FRT Series, and we like the idea of having a place to race older, shorter cars ( particularly since we have one Dusty Times here that we would like to sell.)( ed.) This letter is intended for Mick Newton and Larry Tunnel. Gentlemen, as the Snortin Nortin Nova approached the pit D area, crossing at Bessermer Mine Road at the High Desert 250 race, I was a road guard for La Rana there and jumped out and flagged your car to almost a complete stop. The reason for this was that right before I stopped you a Class 9 car had just flipped over. At the same time a whole bunch of people ran onto the course to aid the Class 9 car. What I am getting at is that I didn't slow your car down for nothing. All at the same time, it seemed everything happened at once. Hopefully, in your eyes, you were aware of what was going on, because this happened very fast, and the slowdown was necessary. Mike Dunn Rancho Cucamonga, CA Regarding the proposal dis-cussed late last year at a SCORE/HD RA Manufacturers meeting to split the desert series classes into a Pro-Am type of schedule. I think it is a real slap in the face to the classes that will be racing in the sportsman class, like our Class 5. I quit racing for trophies way back when I quit racing desert on a motorcycle. Our money is just as good as the high dollar truck guys; we pay our dues too, and to think of putting us in a sportsman race really stinks. As far as I'm concerned the classes you put in Group AA are probably more professional than Group A. For years the classes in Group AA have had more entries than Group A. So if you care at all about total entries, you won't split the classes. What the proposal says is to keep the high dollar sponsored glory classes and to hell with the rest. Gary Bates Hesperia, CA This letter is a copy of that sent to HORA and SCORE. To split classes into such a biased division as stated in the November 2, Safety Steering Committee minutes is unjust. Clearly, the sponsorship and invested money of Group AA is of a different scale than that of Group A. However, the racing skill, speed and competitiveness of Group AA are B.J. and Maxine Bates, Class 9 Hesperia, CA The proposal under discussion here was never made available to the press, but apparently some folks had a good spy system. We have been told by both SCORE and HORA Presidents that they are not at all in f avor'of the two tier system proposed. The whole exercise is aimed at reducing the incidents of faster cars and trucks running into and over some slower class vehicles, a particular problem on multiple lap courses, but neither SCORE or HORA people feel the solution proposed has any merit in the current February 1991 Chris Strauch is another racer from Colorado Springs, and he finished fourth in Class 10 action at Wall and on 1990 points too. third. welder and assistance for the Many drivers and co-drivers many repairs needed during the extended their thanks and race and throughout the whole appreciation to Briggs and year. And that's the way it was in Randall Racing and Harold 1990 for the High Plains Racing Johnson for the use of their Association. structure of desert racing. ( ed) I am an older desert racer who has been around long enough to see the changes that have taken place over the years and I have a few valid points to make. The Barstow to Vegas race cancellation resulted in a proposed trail ride. In my opinion a trail ride is much worse, not only for the environ-ment, but for public safety, including the people involved in the trail ride. I rode in two of them, and in my opinion it is dangerous, damaging and also pointless. I have spent a good deal of recreational time in the past 27 years in many ways involved in off road, 4 wheel Jeep, 2 seat buggy and motorcycles. It is true that the Barstow to Vegas race could not be held in the middle of 1-15, without groups there protesting. In the 1988 B to V race the so called earth group set up barricades that could have resulted in injury or death to riders, including me. In the case of the desert tortoise, from evidence I have read, this is not a reason to not have a controlled, safe race. I am of the strong opinion that it is a fabricated excuse made by many. If these freedoms are taken away it won't be long before we won't even be allowed to backpack on public lands without getting a permit from groups like the Sierra Club. After reading this, think of the recreation you personally like, put yourself in the place of people who like to use the desert, and think of what it would be like to constantly have your sport change and get more confined by some club or group. Don Wallen Lake Elsinore, CA Gee Don you do have some good points, but no reference to the sources of your stated facts. Thanks for sending your opinions to us. (ed) -. . DUSTY TIMES welcomes letters from all comers of off road actit;ity. The Pony Express column will feature all the mail we can fit into the space. Please keep your words fairly brief. Because of space limitations, your pearls of prose may be edited, but DUSTY TIMES «•ill print your gripes as «•ell as your praises. Ler rers for publication should be at the DUSTY TIMES office by the 15th of the mmirh in order to appear in the next i.s~µe. Page 37

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East of Indio 9 Pacific Crest Trails By Rod Koch Putting on a major Pro Rally is an awesome task for any organizer. After all the land use permits are acquired, and all local agencies notified and approval received, and all SCCA requirements met, then the real work starts. The Stages must be marked, arrowed and bannered, route notes printed, reliable and experienced volunteer course workers found, a ham radio network has to be set up, EMT's properly stationed, and so on. Photos: Trackside Photos Inc. For the ninth annual running of the East oflndio SCCA divisional Pro Rally, organizers Roger Allison and Randy Hensley decided to hold not one, but two major divisional rallies over the December 7th through 9th weekend, with the second rally to be called, Pacific Crest Trails. Each to be a California Rally Series 1990 triple points event, as well as each being a co-efficient 3 SCCA divisional rally counting towards SCCA's 1991 season. George Deland and Rob Cherry had consistent fast times in the Mitsubishi Starion, and they won East of Indio outright and in Open Class, but that night they fell to sixth in Open ranks on the Pacific Crest Trails. The Date Tree Inn at Indio, the traditional headquarters and start of all the East of Indio rallies, again opened its picturesque grounds for the rallyists. With registration and tech inspection completed on Friday evening for all 28 teams, East of Indio 9, began at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. The four fast desert stages, on Metropolitan Water District roads, ended 50 miles east at Desert Center where the teams would service and re-fuel before running three of the stages again, but in reverse order. No service crews were allowed to touch the cars except at the Desert Center pit and service area. The same service crew rule held for the night event, Pacific Crest Trails. These were to be true endurance rallies. Stage 1, 12 plus miles long, saw two time SCCA Southern Pacific Divisional champs Lon Peterson and Jim Love, fall off the fast pace when they lost over two minutes due to a loosened coil wire.To the surprise of everyone, the CRS Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan won the first Indio stage in their Stock Class Datsun 610, and finished third overall, winning the class, but they rolled out of contention on the night rally. \J\ N' R.L.H. COMMUNICATIONS 1111111111 ~ RACE RADIO SYSTEMS 337 W. 35th STREET, SUITE "F" NATIONAL CITY, CA 92050 (619) 585-9995 THE CHAMPIONS CHOICE TOM & BOB DeNAUL T RICK VASQUEZ PERRY McNEIL REG. PRICE 1599"' RACERS SPECIAL 1989 OVERALL H.D.R.A/SCORE 1989 OVERALL MIDWEST RACING 1989 OVERALL GRAN CARRERA Intercom HELMETS WIRED $175.00 HANDHELD RADIOS 10 CHANNELS $450.00 REVOLVING LIGHTS AND ELECTRONIC SIRENS/HORNS Official BFGoodrich Radio Relay Page 38 Stock class Datsun 610 of Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan won the rocky but fast stage with a 12.58 minute time. Tony and Carlos Tavares in their new Toyota Celica turbo All-Trac, running in GT class, turned a 13 min. 9 second time for second fastest. Rim of the World organizers, Mike and Paula Gibeault set third best time on Stage 1 in their new Open class car, a Subaru RX turbo with 4-wheel drive. Fourth fastest time was a double surprise. 1990 SCCA National Truck class champion, Roger Hull with Ken Eklund navigating, turned a 13: 12 min. time in their Jeep four cylinder Comanche to tie the CRS Stock class Arrow of Sam Moore and John Elkin. Two cars DNF'd on that first stage. Dusty Times reporter Rod Koch and navigator Todd Bane in the VW Fastback had fuel filter problems and the all female team of Karen Burrows and Janet Bucci in their Mazda RX-7 succumbed to brake failure. The next three stages, reputed to be the fastest stages in U.S. Pro Rallying, saw Lon Peterson and Jim Love, with their coil wire firmly in place, win all three stages. The brother and sister team of the O'Sullivans took second fastest time on Stage 2. CRS Stock class points leaders Harris Done and Lisa Sheer, saw their bid for the title dissolve on Stage 3 when their RX-7's trans failed. On Stage 3, the GT class Dodge Shelby of Gary Luke and Mark Williams pulled a strong third fast time behind the Starion Turbo of George Daland and navigator, Rob Cherry. By the end of Stage 4 and the service break at Desert Center, Daland and Cherry had moved into the overall lead. The question was, could· Peterson and Love, with the fastest car and team in the event make up the minutes lost on the first stage in the remaining three stages? They had, in the last three stages, made up over a minute of that lost time, but one minute and 19 seconds still separated them from Daland and Cherry. The Tavares, O'Sullivans, and Gibeaults were also all a minute plus ahead of Peterson. There was no question that it would be one hell of a race for time on those three stages back to Indio. With Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan firmly pulling away February 1991 Lon Peterson, with Jim Love navigating the fast Arrow, finished a very close second on East of Indio, winning ·a/I but one stage, but they came back in the night to win the Pacific Crest Trails, despite a navigator change. National competitor Roger Hull, with Ken Eklund navigating the Jeep Comanche, took an amazing second overall in the Pacific Crest run, first in Stock Class, and were second in stock and fourth overall on East of Indio. the lead in Stock class, a battle for second in Stock was being waged not far behind. Anton M usev and Brian Paul in Anton's venerable Datsun 510, were putting in an incredibly fast drive in trying to take the Hull/Eklund Jeep. Two other Stock class drivers, pushed a bit too hard. Dan Hook and Glen Rogers rolled their Dodge Colt on Stage 4, and Rui Brasil and Paula Alves rolled and endoed their beautiful Toyota Corolla GTS on Stage 5. Fortun-ately, no one was hurt. Peterson and Love put in a superb drive in the highly modified Arrow, winning out-right, the last stages 5, 6 , and 7. In a valiant effort, they made up over a minute and closed to within 11 seconds of the overall winning time ofDaland and Cherry. It was still good enough to overtake the rest of the field for second overall and in Open class. Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan put their Datsun 610 in for an incredible third overall and first in Stock class. Fourth overall, and in a great drive in a Stock class truck, came Roger Hull and Ken Eklund. Those who want more power out of their four cylinder Jeeps should talk to these guys. In fifth overall and first in GT class was the Dodge Shelby turbo of Gary Luke and Mark Williams. The second fastest GT car and sixth overall went to one of the three 4-wheel drive vehicles competing, the Toyota Celica All-Trac of Tony and Carlos Tavares. For a 20 year old Stock class car to finish seventh overall in this field, and third in Stock class, requires a first class team. Such feats have become the norm this past year for Anton Musev and Brian Paul in Anton's Datsun 510. Eighth overall and third in Open went to the Gibeaults in their first outing in the 4-wheel drive Subaru RX turbo. This experienced team had set stage times which, overall, would have beaten Peterson and Love for second overall, but either Mike or Paula Gibeault errored on checking into a control and received a three minute penalty. Sometimes speed and driver skill just isn't enough. Twenty teams finished East of Indio 9. Back in Indio, at the Date Tree Inn, the Indio Fire Depart-ment put on a super Bar-B-Que for the contestants and course workers. Preparations were then made for the night event, Pacific Crest Trails. At 7:00 PM, Saturday December 8th, the cars and service crews left Indio for the 64 mile transit over to Palomar mountain. For the Service crews it was an additional 10 mile transit past Palomar to the Glider Airport near Warner Hot -Gary Luke and Mark Williams did some fast stage times in the Dodge Shelby on their way to fifth overall and the GT Class win in East of Indio, but they lost the engine late in the Pacific Crest event. Dusty Times

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Michael O'Sullivan and J. Rodriguez drove the older Mazda RX3 to fourth over all and second Open at night and also were fourth in Open on East of Indio. Mike and Paula Gibeault had a good run in their.new Subaru RX taking third in Open at Indio, and in the mountains, finishing fifth overall at night. Chris Weleff and Denise Clark drove the Toyota Celica to sixth overall and second Stock on Pacific Trails, and were fourth in Stock on East of Indio. Tony and Carlos Tavares were sixth 0 /A and second in GT class in the day run, but rolled the tidy Toyota All-Trac on Stage 2 of Pacific Crest Trails. Anton Musev and Brian Paul drove the 20 year old Stock Class Datsun 510 to third in Stock Class and seventh overall on the East of Indio 9 Rally. ' Jeff and Ev Hendricks finished both rallies in the Jeep' pickup, taking seventh in Stock class at Indio, and third in class at night as well as finishing seventh overall on Pacific Crest Trails. Springs. At the base of the mountain below the famous observatory, cars lined up for the start of the first stage. However, a two hour delay regarding EMT placement, caused drivers and navigators to shiver in the night cold, waiting to begin the 12 mile climb up the rocky, narrow and tightly curved forestry road. How rough was this stage? Well, with a few more rocks, this stage might just equal the climb out of Mike's Sky Ranch in Baja. Dusty Times reporter Rod Koch and Todd Bane came sliding around a blind acute right turn, to encounter a 11 n tall, round rock which had rolled right into the middle of the road. A swerve to the right, meant crashing into the embankment. Serving to the left, would have plunged the car immediately over the edge into the dark abyss below. In off road racing fashion, the rock was taken dead on. With the VW's lO½n of clearance the rock could only scratch the pan and skid. plate, with no damage done. How the cars behind us got by is still a mystery. That same rock may have been the one that took out Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan on that same stage. After hitting a rock, the O 'Sullivan's Datsun 610 high centered on a berm. The berm then gave way, and they rolled seven times to finally stop on an outcropping below. No in-juries occurred, except to the car. Lon Peterson and Jim Love won the stage in 20.01 minutes. One minute, 10 seconds ahead of behind the Jeep came Michael the second fastest car, the Subaru· O'Sullivan (Lauchlin and Farina's RX turbo, of Victor and Guif- father) and navigator J. Rodriguez lermeBrasil.Thefirststageended in a Mazda RX-3. Behind on the top of the mountain. Stage O'Sullivan's Mazda, Mike and 2 began 200' from the end of Paula Gibeault were setting a fast Stage l. pace in the Subaru 4x4. The second stage took the Stages 4 and 5 were a repeat of 1 rallyists back down the mountain and 2, with Peterson and Rosello over possibly the world's greatest winning both stages. Motor roller-coaster ride. Except roller- problems stopped Gary Luke and coasters don't include acute right Mark Williams and the Dodge and left turns, over water bars, Shelby on Stage 4. Anton Musev and rapidly decreasing radius and Brian Paul were unable to turns, plus 1000' drop offs. Fully start Stage 4, as the severe . two-thirdsoftheteam'snavigators pounding had damaged their got car sick by the end of this Datsun's battery. The last stage, stage. Tony and Carlos Tavares Stage 6 was Indian Flats run in lost control of the Toyota All-reverse. Peterson and Rosello Trac less than a mile from the won that stage as well. Their finish of Stage 2, and rolled, overall winning time at Pacific coming to rest on the outside of a Crest Trails was 117 minutes, 20 sharp curve. seconds, placing them almost six Despite winning Stage 2, Lon minutes ahead of the second Peterson's navigator Jim Love, overall winner, the team of Roger became so ill that he could not Hull and Ken Eklund. Hull and continue. At the 15 minute 'Eklund had a great drive in the service break following Stage 2, Jeep Comanche by also winning the CRS Stock class. Victor and Guillerme Brasil, in their fast Subaru, won the GT class and third overall. They tied Mike O'Sullivan andJ. Rodriguez, each with an overall time of 12 7 minutes, 13 seconds. O'Sullivan and Rodriguez also had the second best Open class time. The fifth overall and third Open class position was claimed by Mike and Paula Gibeault in their Subaru. Second in Stock class as well as sixth overall was taken by Chris W eleff and Denise Clark in W eleff's well pre_pared Toyota Celica. In the seventh overall spot and third in Stock was another Jeep Comanche four cylinder, driven by Jeff and Ev Hendricks. The eighth overall and fourth in Stock places were taken by the Arrow of Sam Moore and John Elkin. D.T. reporter Rod Koch and navigator Todd Bane placed the VW fastback in ninth overall position and fourth in Open class after stopping on the . infamous. Stage 4 to pull Moore and Elkin off a high centered berm. Rounding out the top 10 finishers, was another VW, the Scirocco of Ron Wood and Kelly Walsh who also placed fifth in Open class. At the awards presentation the following day, a protest was made by two competitors, challenging Lon Peterson's victory on Pacific Crest Trails. The point of issue being that no driver or navigate.-change could take place, during the course of an event. SCCA National rules allow such a change if approved by the series chief steward. Two days later, after confirming with SCCA rep.,John Buffum, organizer Roger Allison disallowed the protest and confirmed Peterson's overall victory. Thirteen cars managed to finish, and it was the opinion of all contestants that this was a day and night of performance rallying that was most certainly a test of endurance. the team's chief mechanic, John Rosello, also a licensed and qualified competitor, took over for Jim Love. Stage 3, known as Indian Flats, was a fast 11 ½ mile stage consisting of partially paved and dirt sections, over a winding valley road. Peterson and Rosello won this stage in 16.45 minutes, just ahead of Brasil and Brasil who took second in 16.53 mins. Moving up very quickly on the first three stages was the Jeep Comanche of Hull and Eklund. Battling for third overall right 1989 FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS NOW AVAILABLE! Update your current Ranger to 1989 aero styling: ·design to retain stock appear-ance and allow 34" tall tires. SCORE/HORA legal, bolts to stock panels or DZUS' on. Reinforced hood to stop distortion at speed. Racers Price Available. Dimple Die Sets now In stock - ½" -1" - 1 ½" - 2" CALIFORNIA PRE-FUN 39067 Ore.hard St. Heat Treated and Plated. MidwE. : Division Chuck Johnson Off Road Racing 8403 Vicki Road . -Victor and Guillerme Brasil won the GT Class at third overall in the Subaru RX on the Pacific Crest Trails, but earlier they finished third in GT ranks on East of Indio and ninth overall. Cherry Valley, CA 92223 Curt Leduc, Owner (714) 845-8820 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 332-9681 Dusty Times February 1991 Page 39

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Ed Beard was looking good for the Pro Class 10 title, and hunting the overall and took second overall and first in class despite a sick motor in the Toyota powered Chaparral. Frank Turben's old Chevy went out a winner in its swan song performance, as Frank won Pro Class 8 by a bunch and also won the ADRA points title. Team Struttman took the lead in the final leg in the tight Pro Challenger contest, won by a minute 30 seconds and also took the class points win. ADRA INTERNATIONAL CHAMP SERIES: ROUND #J Jerry Finney First at the_ Fourteenth ••sonoyta to Rocky Point'' By Daryl Drake 0:::~ i,l& -~r;;..::·t2.tt-2: Jerry Finney was first off the line in his Chaparral, had one flat to slow him down but won Pro Class 1 and overall by 24 minutes leading most of the distance in Mexico. Jerry Finney put his first off starting position to good use when he led nearly wire to wire to earn the Overall honors at the American Desert Racing Associa-tion's Fourteenth Annual "Son-oyta to Rocky Point Hare 'n' Hound." "We had to run on a flat for about 30 miles", said Finney. "And that slowed us down a bit.'.' The Finney/ Foddrill team's Foddrill Fabricatio n /Fly-N-Hi/Off Road Communications/ Trick Fuel/Mickey Thompson Performance Tires Chaparral covered the 125 mile blast throu~h the Mexican desert in just 2:25: 10. That's right around a 55 mph average! Also in the hunt for the overall were Ed Beard and Gary Anderson. The race begins in Sonoyta, Sonora, a sleepy border town just DE UNZIO south of Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona. The first ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..!RA~c~1N~G:_;P~R!!:o~ou~c;!T!s~!!!!!!!~~45 miles is a beautiful, but OFF-ROAD RACING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES ~ technical loop around a mountain range with checkpoint #2 being the main pit/start area again. The final 60 miles is "fast as you can" sandy roads, winding down to Puerto Penasco, or Rocky Point, a fishing/ tourist village on the Sea of Cortez. Pro Class 1 was first off, followed by Pro Classes 10, 8, Challenger and 4 ... then Sportsman 10, 1, Challenger and Novices. Off the line in Class 1 after Finney were Bill Cook, Ron Brown, Gary Anderson, Tom Murray and Nick Vondouris. At check #1 Finney was about two minutes ahead on the road with Cook just ahead of Anderson and Murray a couple more minutes behind. Vondouris was six minutes back and Brown came by another seven minutes later. At check 2, Anderson was for free catalog phone second, but Finney wa_s now (805) 683-1211 about three minutes ahead. Cook ~ -------------__,was in third 37 seconds later, and Murray held fourth, another three minutes back. Vondouris and Brown were another 12 and Page 40 Photos by Curt Hummel 13 minutes behind, respectively. Finney and Anderson were close at check #2, putting the latter in the lead on time. And at a rolling check at about the 60 mile mark, Anderson was out front on the road. Finney had suffered a flat and fell to second. Finney was out front on the road again at check #4 ahead of Anderson, Cook was third and the rest had disappeared. Still looking real good on the clock at check #5, Anderson lost his motor and the race before check #6. Somehow his oil filler cap had come adrift and the hot motor pumped all the oil out. At check #7, the finish, Finney was in for the win 24 minutes ahead of Cook. But Cook only needed a second to win the series points championship for Class 1, with 366 points. The Finney/ Fod-drill team was second at 301 points, Gary Anderson third (270), Tom Murray fourth (259), and Jim Travis fifth ( 110). In Class 10, Ed Beard was heading for another overall, leading Jim Pierce, Steve Cheuv-ront and Walt Baranick through check #3. Cheuvront moved into second before check #5, but was still nine minutes behind Beard. Beard's motor went sour on the last leg, and Ed nursed his car to the finish line. At second overall with a time of 2 :28:53, the SuperSeats by Beard/KC HiLites/Trick Fuel/ Yokohama Tires Toyota-Chap-arral earned the Beard/Brown team the class points champion-ship with 324 points. Cheuvront was second in points, at 300, and in the race, six minutes later. Pierce was third, another two minutes back, and third in points (235), Al McMullen was fourth (230), and Oswskey/Woods fifth (116). Class 8 fielded two entries, both Chevies. At check #1, Frank Turben was 25 minutes in the lead ahead of Mike Doherty. And at the finish, Turben was 10th overall with the class win at 3:04:29 in the Windshields of America/Off Road Communica-tions/Purolator /Rancho/Super-Sea ts by Beard/Super Wrench/ Valvoline/ Armstrong/ Art Carr/ Champion Spark Plugs/ Earl and Henry's/ Holley / Isky /K&N /KC HiLites-backed pickup. Doherty was an hour and a half behind, but finishing with second place. In the Class 8 points battle, February 1991 Turben came out on top with 4 22 points, the Harbeck/Wood team was second with 120 and Doherty was third with 95. Pro Challengers saw a tight race most of the way with John Lee just leading Ron Dalke and Team Struttmann at checks 1 through 3, then Dalke fell back and out by check #4. On the final leg of the route the Struttmanns caught and passed Lee to take the win and 13th overall at 3:08:51 · in their Mom/Dad/Joe-backed Chen-owth. Lee was second, 1 :39 later. For the series, T earn Strutt-mann was first with 418 points, Ron Dalke was second (366), Shirley/ Lee third (315 ), Donovan Morrow fourth (195), and Pete Gannon fifth (62). Class 4 saw Craig Bell beat Jack Rose by nearly an hour to earn the Overall Points Championship and the class honors ( 464 points) with an 11th overall finish at 3 :04:58 in the Bell Cement Tools/ Bell Concrete/ Arm-strong/KC HiLites/ T otal Design Engineering Jeep Honcho. Rose was second in points as well at 429. In the Sportsman division, James Taggert led Reuben Wood, Jfm Allison, Rudy Warren and Team Cornell at check #1. By check #3 Wood had moved into the lead and was two minutes ahead of Taggert. Warren was now third, the Cornells fourth and Allison had disappeared. Wood's lead increased to three minutes by check #5 but started shrinking on the final run as Taggert all but reeled him in and passed to finish first on the road. But Woods had won on the clock, by 44 seconds, finishing at 2 :59: 15 in the SuperSeats by Beard/VW / Hay Harvest Beard's. Warren was third, seven minutes later. Despite his DNF at this race, Jim Allison won the points battle at 134, with Wood second at 118, Taggert third ( 105 ), Steve Melton fourth (74) and Vicki Allison fifth (70). Sportsman Class 1 saw T earn Marciano cement the class championship with 260 points after T earn Jacobs fell out beyond check #2. The Marcianos brought the Marciano Custom Graphics' Woods Vulcan in at 16th overall with a time of 3:29: 13. Four "Turtles" turned out for Sportsman 5-1600 and Mike Woods squeezed through check #1 ahead of Darren Gardner. Ron Gardner, in third, was one minute back with Ed Biga another five in arrears. At check #3, Woods held a 15 minute margin on Biga, Ron Gardner was third ten minutes back and Darren Gardner was parked. Gardner took over second by check #4, but was 23 minutes behind Woods. At the checkered, Woods earned the win at 17th overall with a time of 3:32:29 in the Wade's/Fox's/Discount Tire/ Valvoline/DRT sedan. Gardner was second, 18 !llinutes later but an hour and a half ahead of Biga, third. In the points race, Ron Gardner came out on top at 134, Woods was second (84), Biga third (30), and Darren Gardner fourth ( 14 ). In ADRA's new Sportsman Dinosaur class, Michael Harris was all alone and came in at 19th overall in an older Chenowth with a time of 3:52:32. At this one race each year, Novices and Sportsmen go the same distance as the Pro division, giving all a chance to compete head to head. In Novice Unlimited, David W heeler held the lead at check #1, with Gary Doyle second, Theresa McQuown third, Jeff Strickling fourth, and Rich Anderson fifth. Wheeler held the lead until check #4, where Doyle moved out front, for the duration. Finishing with a time of 2 :54:58, Doyle earned sixth overall behind Bill Cook for the Badenochs/Budweiser /Carson Oil/B&B Bent/ Fireq-1 Motor-Ruben Wood grabbed the Sportsman overall victory as well as the Class 10 win, and he had to work for it, winning by merely 44 seconds. Dusty Times

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-" .,. Craig Bell brought the big Jeep Honcho in for the Class 4 victory, by nearly an hour, and Bell won the overall points championship as well. Team Marciano won the Sportsman Class 1 honors again, and they had already secured the points title before this race, driving Sportsman Class 5-1600 had some close competition through the checks, but Mike Woods held off all challengers to win the class by 18 minutes. their Vulcan. • :so. ~, Gary Doyle placed sixth overall as he drove his · Badenoch chassis car to the Novice Unlimited victory and he also won the series points title. R.K. Smith and Fred Wilson dominated the Novice Limited racing in the Beard's chassis, winning by nearly an hour and finishing 21st overall. Mike Harris was all alone in ADRA 's new Sportsman Dinosaur class, but he drove the older Chenowth well and finished well at 19th overall. sports Badenoch. Strickling was second, five minutes back, McQuown third 2 7 minutes behind, Wheeler fourth, an hour and 20 minutes later and Anderson was fifth, 12 minutes after that. So Doyle picked up the series points win at 60, with Strickling second at 52, McQuown third ( 4 7 ), Brett Billett fourth ( 32 ), and Don Yuen fifth (30). R.K. Smith and Fred Wilson dominated Novice Limited racing, finishing at 21st overall for the win at 4:28: 16 in the SuperSeats by Beard/Beaver Exterminating/General Tire Beard's. Richarcl Pyle and Tim McKenzie were second and the last official finishers at 5: 17 :28. So Smith/Wilson picked up the series with 120 points to Pyle/McKenzie's 64. Steve and Jim Vesterdal were the lone finishers in the 80-mile "Fun Buggy" race. No more playing "octane roulette." These mysterious numbers are only as good as the results they earn for you. Whether you race 50 laps, 1000 miles or 24 hours, UNOCAL 76 leaded and unleaded racing gasolines are proven winners, designed to maximize horsepower under high RPM conditions. Try it! WINNER: CLASS 4 ROD HALL Winning Gas: Unocal 76 Racing Gas WINNER: CLASS 7 ROGER MEARS Winning Gas: Unocal 76 Racing Gas WINNER: CLASS 5 RICH MINGA Winning Gas: Unocal 76 Racing Gas WINNER: CLASS 6 DANNY ASHCRAFT Winning Gas: Unocal 76 Racing Gas C.O. THOMPSON PETROLEUM 605 N. ANAHEIM BLVD., ORANGE, CA 92668; (714) 634-4214 Dusty Times February 1991 Other class championships already decided included Pro 1-2-1600: Borel/Dutton first with 290 points, Don Weiser second (230), Bill Krug Sr. third (212) and Tony Pierce fourth ( 70 ). Sportsman 7S: Joel Schildkraut 115, Sportsman 1-2-1600: Challenger: Chris Harris ( 13 7 ). Mills/Miller (55 ), and Sportsman ADRA President Phil Auern-heimer expressed his thanks to all the people, especially the volunteer race force, for making the 1990 series possible. Then it was time to pick up the pieces and start planning for 1991. GAS AVAILABILITY: BAKERSFIELD Roger Mears Tire Company - (805) 833-6179 BRAWLEY Seabolt Oil Company - (619) 344-3761 MONTCLAIR George Follmer Racing, Inc. -(714) 625-4881 NEWPORT BEACH Beacon Bay Enterprises - (714) 833-0660 ORANGE C.O. Thompson Petroleum, Inc. - (714) 634--4214 PARKER,AZ Parker Oil Company - (602) 669-2617 PASADENA Lee's Unocal -(818) 441-3392 PASADENA Western Air - (818) 405-9701 POMONA R&W Petroleum -(714) 629-2559 RIVERSIDE Campbell Oil Company-(714) 686-1676 SAN DIEGO Apollo Oil Company -(619) 280-6884 STOCKTON Valley Performance Center-(209) 943-7637 TAFT Brown & Reich Petroleum - (805) 765-5457 VICTORVILLE Victorville Oil Company - (619) 24,:5-419~ VUMA,AZ Seller Petroleum - (602) 783-8876 Page41 .....

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LOMBARD RAC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RALLY Carlos Sainz and Toyota Win in England Text & Photos: Martin Holmes World Champion Carlos Sainz and Luis oya scored a classic win on the RAC, taking the lead on the /~st day, bringing themselves and Toyota a first win on the British Classic, and they scored the first win in a long time by a non-Scandinavian driver. "Last year it was my biggest disappointment when I lost the lead of the RAC on the final morning; this year I have made up for it." World Champion Carlos Sainz scored a classic win, inheriting the lead on the final morning from Juha Kankkunen who crashed on ice, and who had in turn gained the lead after Sainz had a flat the night before. So, after entering almost every year since the early '70s Toyota finally gained an RAC victory on an vent which was close all the way and was proliferated by accidents which wrecked cars but happily did not injure the crews or spectators. The event shocked the once dominant Finns, none of whom reached the finish, and in which the Group N field was decimated. This Championship was won by non-starting Alain Oreille after rivals Gustavo T relies and Tommi Makinen retired. The Group N . RAC category was won by official Ford driver Gwyndaf Evans and second was the Daihatsu Charade GT ti of Terry Kaby. The rally saw a major break from tradition which was the use of pre-rally route inspection by crews and pace notes during the rally. Before the route had always been a secret. This had little effect on overall speeds, but there were a remarkably high number of drivers, eleven, who scored fastest stage times. Whether or not the move led to the unusually high proportion of non-finishers is hard to judge. While the Rally was run at record speeds, this was probably more a factor of improved car performance than the change of format and it was only slightly faster than before. And the rally was more compact than before, missing Wales for the first time in 30 years. There were fewer but longer special stages, and this year the rally returned to Harrogate, where the organizers hope regularly to be based in the future. There were other emotions at the rally as many drivers were on the move in a contractual sense. Ari Vatanen and Pentti Airikkala both sensed that world champion-ship rallying would be missing their presence next season. Timo Salonen was about to foresake Mazda for a bigger program in a Pagc4i faster car at Mitsubishi. Soon came rumors that Mikkola's co-driver Arne Hertz had been co-opted to Toyota to accompany Armin Schwarz next year, replacing Klaus Wicha. Ford brought their newly signed driver Francois Delecour to watch the RAC, coming straight from taking third in his final event for Peugeot in France. Alex Fiorio came to the Ford team for a surprise pre-contract first drive after Lancia told him there would be no car for him in Britain. Still three of the titles, driver, Sainz, constructor, Lancia and Ladies, Louise Aitken-Walker had been resolved. Only the Group N race was going all the way to the line. The day of the publicity stages passed with few incidents. Markku Alen made his grand attack and pushed his Subaru into the lead. Kankkunen watched his fellow Finn with a mixture of amusement and despair. Vatanen, in fact, made best time on the opening stage, trying to kill the rumor of his retirement from world class rallying. Carlos Sainz got off to an uncertain start, overshooting a corner on the first stage, while Kankkunen snatched the lead after the second. Markku drove hard in the swirling mists at the Scunthorpe stage where former British champion Jimmy McRae crashed and where Ford's new recruit Alex Fiorio broke a driveshaft. Vatanen lost his claim to fame with a flat on the fourth stage, while Sainz did the same on stage 5. Markku led through to the end of the day in which there was a mixture of forture. Six different makes were in the top seven places and. the first normally aspirated and two wheel drive car was 30th. With Finns in the top three places there were Scandinavian smiles around, but it was clearly not going to be for long. The second day was when the action would begin, the day when pace notes in the forest would be allowed for the first time. The rally also entered a darker less acceptable phase, the 5 o'clock start, which characterized the other three days of the event. On the second day Kankkunen immediately regained the lead as the cars reached the Yorkshire forests. Finland lost a driver when Hannu Mikkola retired with head gasket failure. rhen on stage 13 the Nordic land also lost Markku Alen, who first had a turbo failure, then on the next stage the engine failed altogether. Ari Vatanen had a second flat and took a disastrous three minutes changing the wheel in the rain. There were two laps of the Yorkshire stages and many things were happening.Tommi Makinen lost his gearbox and he was out of Group N, while Gustavo Trelles was keeping his eye on the mirror for the Toyota ofLlewellin which was catching up fast. He failed to notice two little bumps in the road which threw his Lancia uncontrollably towards the trees. Suddenly the Group N Champ-ionship was decided and Renault and driver Alain Oreille gained the title for the second consecutive year. More things were happening in Dalby. Kankkunen broke a brake pipe almost at the start of the longest stage of the event and lost a minute dropping the leader down to sixth, and second man Airikkala lost over 30 seconds when his windscreen wipers were damaged by overhanging trees. So Kenneth Eriksson found himself leading in the Mitsubishi, while teammate Vatanen was down to 20th place. Sainz was second 17 seconds behind, and he gradually pulled back the gap. After four stages the difference was ten, but then Erikksson chose the wrong tires for the second run through Dalby. The first lap had seen heavy rain with deep mud in the corners, but the second run was dry and conditions were clearer. Suddenly Sainz was ahead. On the final stage of the first loop Ford lost . Airikkala in an accident; he said the front end collapsed and the car spun and then went end over end. Only Kankkunen and Salonen were left to represent the Scandinavian challenge. By day's end Vatanen was up to 12th. Lancia drivers showed consistency. On his first visit to Britain• Miki Biasion was sixth and another newcomer Auriol was eighth. Schwarz confessed he wasn't on the pace because the car felt unstable, a disappointment after he was preferred by the team to Mikael Ericsson for this event. The most encouraging performance was February 1991 ,. -~~ Gwyndaf Evans and Howard Davis won the high attrition plagued Group N division in the Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4, and despite some troubles they finished 11th overall. that of Timo Salonen, only 22 seconds behind the leader with the Mazda a long way off the power of those in front. The stages were drying out and there was a rumor that the sun might be out on the third day. On Section 3, with five different makes now in the top five places, the forests of Kidder were in for some excitement, most of which happened on stage 24, four miles after the start Salonen found the bend with his name on it. The Mazda rolled heavily off the road and some spectators were slightly hurt by flying debris. For an instant · Malcolm Wilson was up to fourth, but then he went off the road and broke the suspension, but continued on three wheels until engine failure put him out. Eriksson then had a flat 8 km from the end, even though this was only on a rear he dropped over 40 seconds and fell to third. On the next stage the flamboyant performance of Derek Warwick came to an end when he was running 13th. He hit a bridge and wrecked the front of the Subaru. There were only nine stages this day, but they covered almost 120 miles. The Lancia forces were massing, and now lay 2-5-6. Kankkunen had climbed back to 15 seconds behind Carlos while Eriksson, in third, was now 92 seconds behind. On the first of these stages Carlos nudged off the road and punctured, Kankkunen arrived at the emergency service area at Comb with a broken shock mount, and Vatanen went missing altogether, with a broken propshaft and steering. It was a sad way for him to end his days at Mitsubishi, but his exit was overshadowed by the continued progress of Eriksson. Llewellin was still battling on, struggling with a car that didn't go well with Toyota's big profile tires. Beating both of them was Mats Jonsson whose Toyota succumbed to pressure from Biasion who was progressively speeding up. At the evening halt Kankkunen had regained the lead, Lancias were now 1-3-6, and Colin McRae was seventh in a Ford. The sole remaining Ford works driver, Alex Fiorio, was tenth. Sainz began the final day 24 seconds behind J uha. On the first stage he regained five of them, on the second another nine, and with just 11 seconds between them the pressure was completely onJuha, now running first car on the road. Two corners into the third stage the Lancia did a somersault and landed beside the track, Kank-kunen was dazed and unable to take in everything that happened. It was an S bend that was sheet ice in the early morning. Carlos was next along and was slowed down. The Lombard RAC had oner again played its last moment card. Sainz slowed down and suddenly the fastest driver on the stages was McRae. After the Cosworth 4x4 of Graham Middleton retired with broken suspension on day 2 Louise Aitken-Walker and Christina Thorner finished 17th overall in the Opel Kadett GSi, securing the ladies Cup title for Louise, who had to be 20th or better to gain the needed points. Results -1990 Lombard RAC Rally Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya Kenneth Eriksson/Staffan Parmander Miki Biasonmziano Siviero Mats Jonsson/Anders Olsson Didier AurioVBernard Occelli Colin McRae/Derek Ringer Armin Schwarz/Klaus Wicha David llewellin/Phil Short Alex Fiorio/luigi Pirollo Robert DroogmanstRonny Joosten Gwyndaf Evans/1-ioward Davies LouiseAitken-Walker/C.Thorner(l7th) E Toyota Celica GT-Four S Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 I Lancia Delta lntegrale S Toyota Celica GT-Four F Lancia Delta lntegrale CB Ford Sierra Cosworth D Toyota Celica GT-Four CB Toyota Calica GT-Four I Ford Sierra Cosworth B Lancia Delta lntegrale CB Ford Sierra Cosworth CB Opel Kaden GSi " 176 start• 94 finish - • Group winners - •• Ladies winner Winner's average stage speed -61.05 mph (record) A• 5:43:16 A 5:44:58 A 5:47:22 A 5:49:40 A 5:51:02 A 5:53:17 A 5:54:56 A 5:56:43 A 5:59:22 A 6:05:31 N• 6:11:40 A 6:41:43 Dusty Times

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Swedes Kenneth Eriksson and Staffan Parmander led for a time in their Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4, but finished second overall and in Group A by over a minute total time. Miki Biasion and Tiziano Siviero did the best of the Lancia team in their first attempt in the British forests, finishing about four minutes down on time to the winner. Despite a damaging encounter with the forest Markku Alen and 1/kka Kivimaki twice led the road hazards, young Colin McRae and Derek rally in the Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo, but Ringer kept the Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 retired from the fray eventually with engine moving and were sixth overall. troubles. and his German colleague Stefan Schlesack had also retired, GwyndafEvans crawled along; he was now 30 minutes in the lead of Group N. The second placed Honda Civic of Robbie Head retired with broken rear suspen-sion and the Daihatsu Charade GTti of Terry Kaby took his place, just ahead of the Lancia of privateer Steve Smith. Louise Aitken-Walker had gradually crawled into the top 20 which gave her Ladies' Cup points. WhenJuha Kankkunen left the scene not a single Finn remained in the event, and, for the first time since 1976, a non-Scandinavian -----------------had won the rally. How times Siviero were third a couple more change! Carlos Sainz and Luis minutes down in a works Lancia Moya, from Spain, won the RAC Delta Integrale, Swedes Mats Rally by a minute, 42 seconds in Jonsson/ Anders Olsson were a the Toyota Celica GT-Four. couple more minutes back in a Swedes Kenneth Eriksson and Toyota Celica GT-Four, followed Staffan Parmander took second in in two minutes by Frenchmen the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, and Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli in Italians Miki Biasion and Tiziano a Lancia Delta lntegrale. The first Brit, sixth, was 22 year old Colin McRae, with Derek Ringer in a Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4, followed by the Toyota of Germans Armin Schwarz and Klaus Wicha. It was quite a United Nations scene at the finish line with various languages flying around the impound. By Elaine Jones Parker, Top Eliminator at USA Sand Drags Suzuki Quad turned a 4.824 for 52.87 mph. Greg Cunningham a police officer from Glendora in "All Her Income" a 401 AMC Jeep had the bridesmaid honors with a time of 4.913 for 65.54 mph. His wife and Bell helmets helps with his effort. 5. 70 the dial in for ·Pro 11 and again it was the reaction time that told the story. Brent Larson an Auto Repair Mechanic from Santa Ana took "Mean Green #6" his 1835 VW down the lane in 5.715 for 47.09 mph. His sponsor is Brents Auto Repair. Russ Cornish an operating engineer from 1000 Palms in "Against Her Will" a 2000cc Pinto Buggy sponsored by Backyard Buddies Racing was faster down the lane with a time of 5.865 for 52.29 mph but lost it on his reaction time. It was the 6th Anniversary of USA Sand Drag Association and they did it up in grand style at Glen Helen OHV Park, which has become their somewhat official home. The Pee Wees got things started last September as it came down to Steven Morris, an 11 year old from Upland on his Mom sponsored Suzuki Quad and Keith Stevenson, a 10 year old student from Clairmont on his F.D.S. Mfg. Co. Suzuki Quad. The nod went to Steven when Keith overstaged and the red light came on. The Juniors had Kevin Steven-son, the 15 year old brother of Keith in a 350 Honda Odyssey sponsored by F.D.S. Mfg. Co. and U-Save Trailers of Pomona and Mike Lucey, a student from Joshua Tree also in a 350 Honda sponsored by Mom and Dad and Half Moon Racing in the final run off. This time there was a double break out but by degree, Mike's was the least of the worst and he got the win. Twenty-five vehicles dialed in to Sport 1 and when all the red lights and break outs had taken their toll it came down to Mike Bolton, a welder from Ontario in "Ford Tuff Ill" a 289 Ford Jeep sponsored by O&R 4-Wheel Drive/H& W Welding/Chino Radiator /OM Cleaning/Natural Light Racing/Moron Bros. Racing T earn and last but not least Orangatan Racing Team. The big monkey that hangs on to the roll bar as he goes down the lane must account for the final sponsor. The other half of the final was Dave Newman, a cabinet maker from San Dimas in a 193 Model A with a 350 engine aptly named the "A Team". At the light it was Bolton with a time of 4.651 and a speed of 67 .66 mph. Newman a tick behind turned a 4.934 and a time of 67. 77 mph but lost on reaction time. There was a big crowd in Sport 2 as 29 competitors dialed in in that time zone. It came down to L.A. Wyman an Investigator from La Puente on "Lucky' Linda", a 480cc Honda and Rex Irmer a truck driver from Upland and his 2180 rear engine VW sponsored by Charlie Woodard Racing. The nod went to Wyman Dusty Times with a time of 5.429 for 56.281 mph. lrmer a blink slower turned a 5.554for 57. 72 and again it was the reaction time that made the difference. The crowd wasn't quite as large in Sport 3 but the racing was still very intense with a lot of fouls and breakouts. Troy Tackett who lists his occupation as oil field maintenence turned the quickest and the winning time aboard a 250cc Honda sponsored by Pro Design Performance Products/ We-B-Jamin Racing and Golden State Enterprises. Looking to repeat as Sport 3 Champ he went down the lane in 6.139 for 49.166 mph while runner up Mike Emery a 15½ year old student from Orange also aboard a 250R Honda sponsored by Dunemaster and Martin Blade Rental turned a quick 5.931 for 50.81 mph. In actuality both competitors went too fast for their bracket but the win went to Tackett who was the least in arrears. The Top Eliminators are the real go fast boys and the spectators are always along the fence to see these guys and their exotic equipment. Just to be in the field a competitor must go no slower than 3.59 which is a very quick trip for the length of a football field. Jeff Mamer from Brawley in "The Sidewinder" a 1800cc Sidewinder VW spon-sored by Snadbland Engineer-ing/B&I Engine/CWC Hyd./ Keber Dist. Inc. and Brawley Warehouse Inc. did not walk away with the top honors but turned a 3.453 for 81.44 which was exactly his dial in. The top honors did go to Steve Parker a mechanic from Riverside in "The Animal" a 2575cc VW. His sponsors are the Dyna Shop and Specialty Fastener and he claims to be the world's fastest and quickest VW Buggy. His time for the trip down the lane was 3.200 for 99.44 mph. Only 6 vehicles could come up with a 3.60 dial in for Pro 4 and the final winner was decided before the vehicles ever left the line. Quintin Arnold Jr. a UPS Supervisor found out that "Hard to Handle" his 2275 VW was just that as he pulled a red light and his time of 3.956 for 64.46 mph was all for nothing. He is sponsored by Pure Pleasure Racing and Mel Swain Metal. John Becker, the Fire Dept. Captain, from Victor-ville was more than happy to collect the gold in "Wildfire" his 2334 VW sponsored by Poor-house Racing/CHR Craft and Howards Muffler Service. His time was 4.045 for 50.50 mph. Pro 5 had almost twice as many dial in at 3.90 and again red lights and break outs took their toll. It was a clean win for John Keller a mechanic from Mira Loma in "Sand Fever" a 396 Chevy Toyota sponsored by Rouida Bros. Trans/Dick Cepek/R&D Performance and JK's Auto Cosmetics. He went to the light in 3.912 for 76.27 mph. Rick Hensley.a welder from Chino in "Bits-N-Pieces Too" a 402 Chevy Jeep sponsored by O&R 4-Wheel/O'Neal Service/Chino Radiator/H& W Welding and Western Exterminators, turned a 4.011 for 80.00 mph and lost it on reaction time. Again it was harder to get a handle on Pro 6 and only eight competitors felt they could meet the 4.20 dial in. When all was said and done it was Rick Thomas from Hesperia who took "After Fourplay" a 427 Chevy Jeep sponsored by O&R 4-Wheel Drive/H& W Welding and Fourplay Racing to the winner's circle in a time of 4.239 for 74.38 mph. Nelson Lengle got too excited when it came down to the final and the Santee Ironworker took the "Over Belt Gang" his Specialty Off Road Fabrications 2276 VW down the lane too fast and broke out. Pro 7 was another bracket which was decided by reaction time and it was Jim Gustafson of Norco in "Mean Green Machine #1" his 2016 VW Buggy spon-sored by Advanced Water Conditioning that turned the winning time of 4.524 for 63.96 mph. Mike Bolton looking for his second win of the day was a tick behind in "Ford Tuff Ill'' and although he went faster with a time of 4.593 for 69.07 mph he lost it on reaction time. Pro 8 should be renamed the David Cox Class as this is the third time he has collected all the marbles. The dial in is 4.50 and Cox and the "Rattler" his 500cc February 1991 Jerry Talley following in Cox's footsteps has put his name on Pro 9 as he too repeated his win from the previous month in this 5.10 dial in bracket. Talley was driving "Talley Ho Racing" a 400 small block sponsored by Webber Transmissions and Campbell Oil. The time was 5.130 for 60.68 mph. Dennis Brooks a locksmith from Monrovia in "Moon burn" a 2276 VW Sandrail sponsored by A&R Safe and Lock of El Monte was inches behind with a time of 5.260 for 58.63 mph. Pro 10 with a dial in of 5.40 was the preserve of Gary Meserve as he whittled the field down and took top honors on his 500cc Suzuki Quad sponsored by Fon-tana 4-Wheeler. His winning time was 5.495 for 46.34 mph. Rick Barrier a truck driver from Pedley in his Walter's Buggies sponsored 1914 VW Buggy named "Sand-tastic" was quicker but still got the second with his time of 5.450 for 55/21 mph. The difference was a .502 reaction time for Meserve versus Barrier's .793. Only 5 could make the time of In Pro 12 with a dial in of 6.00 it was the only woman winner of the day as Marla Kay Gustafson in "Mean Green Machine #4 That's Blue" an appraiser from Santa Ana got to the light in 5.930 for a speed of 52.29 mph. The 2180 VW Buggy is sponsored by Advanced Water Conditioning. David Den Hartog a truck driver from Chino aboard a 350cc Yamaha Quad sponsored by the Curling Iron and Greg Den_ Hartog and Sons Trucking was even faster with a time of 5. 904 so both actually broke out of their bracket but Marla did it the least and the win was hers. 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-~ , _ OFF-RG-A·G _R~G TEAM-..:..: . , "The Straight Poop from The Big Wahzoo" With our Club starting it's 18th year, as part of a Checker tradition that is now in its fourth decade, we start 1991 remember-ing that last year, with the increased number of races that were run, the Checkers supported more Club races than ever before, along with the following memor-able milestones that are listed in no particular order: Howard Anderson, delirious after his first race victory, kissed Sal Fish at an awards ceremony; Dave Mansker was the first racer ever to be fined by the Competition Review Board; Marty Reider was caught red handed 'cherry picking' a Class 10 SPORTSMAN trophy at one of Lou's races; Hibbard and Utgard, with help from a lot of us, put on the First Annual Willow Springs Race and the Club restarted the Checkers Summer Party tradition. The 'El Jefe' in charge of the IDRA is still our own George Thompson; Peralta further enlarged his race schedule and also started a successful petition drive that got the Weatherman Relay back up on Mt. Diablo; Greg Symonds has quietly become the oldest thing that you run into out on the course, with the exception of the rocks; The Wahzoo added a 'litte Wahzoo' to the Checker journalism staff: Vanegas finally lost interest in Lou's horse races; Zambrano won a record six SCORE/HORA points races in a row; Sumners finally returned to the Class 1,2, 1600 winner's circle at the Baja 500; Brooks was overall in two of Lou's races and he and his Checker crew won the second Annual -Pit Crew Competition in record time; George Seeley won a race in 1990 .along with the following Checker Members -Howard Anderson, Dennis Crawly, The Cooks, John Howard, Mike Harman, The Longs, Mansker, Mosley, Louie Silvas and Jeff Strait (sorry if I missed anybody). On the down side, the Club lost· three fellow Checkers, Russ Biswell, Ron Graham and Buddy Ferrell in 1990. They will be missed. The Parker Race, as usual represents another new racing season and an opportunity for another great Checker year of off road racing action. Let's all enjoy a safe and successful 1991 and don't do anything stupid or you 'I I be reading all about it right here in detail. The Club's Annual Steering Committee Meeting was held recently to review the members yearly points totals and to decide who gets what at the Awards Banquet. There were reportedly a number of members dropped back onto the inactive list for a lack of points, including a couple of our regular drivers that didn't have that one required pitting point. The following are most of the members that reportedly sat in on this year end meeting to represent the rest of us: Clarence, Howard Anderson, Burack, Max, Hibbard, Keith Dennis, Zambrano and Doug Brown. This meeting could hardly be called secret since it was held on a Wednesday night Dusty Times after a regular meeting with members like Peralta and Sy-monds stopping by to give their two cents worth. The final year end points totals in the SCORE/HORA series saw the following members up near the top: Class 1/2 -Greenway 2nd, Chase 14th. Class 1-2-1600 - Melancon 5th, Sumners 20th. Class 5 - Seeley 4th. Class 5-1600 -Cooks 3rd. Class 7 -4x4 -Symonds 6th. Class 10 - Frenchie 6th and last but not least, a runaway first place in Class 11 for Saul Zambrano. Good Racin' Guys! As usual, the Checkers were once again a runner up for the 'Pit Team of the Year' awards, with it going this year to a buggy team based in Orange County. At the year end award presentation at Rancho Santa Veronica for Lou's races, Brooks was first in Class 10 and the Longs picked up a 2nd in Class 5-1600. Good year Guys! CHECKER SOAPBOX -This letter is not from a Checker, but since it's the only one I've got so far, I'll make an exception this time. Dear W ahzoo: I realize this column is for "CHECKERS ONLY" but on the slight chance there might be other wives wondering if that old Wednesday night verse "Bye, I'm going to the Checker meeting" is for real or if he's really sitting in some sleazy topless bar throwing our grocery money at some flea-brained, no class bimbo". So here's a question for you Wahzoo, why don't you guys over there at your secret, no women allowed Checker meetings publish a roll call list in this column for those of us that aren't allowed into those secret squirrel meetings of yours? Signed: A Concerned Checker Ms. Dear Concerned Even though you didn't use your real name, I'm pretty sure I know who you are since your husband speaks of you often, especially after his second or third beer. .. No, no, I'm just kidding ya! He always speaks very highly of you and I'm shocked that you would ever doubt a member of an organization that requires every member to swear, that as a Checker, he will "never cheat, steal or fib to his wife." Trust me on this! Signed: The Wahzoo For a number of years Peralta's heritage has been in question. For a long time it was generally agreed that he was some kind of a Libyan. But there have been a number of other rumors that have been going around for a while, one of them being that Lou is an 'Iraqui', and may even be a distant cousin of Saddam Hussein's tailor. Recently the real truth probably came out at a meeting, when he tried to pass some Peruvian money while paying off his regular Wednesday night fine. Hey Lou, why don't you just show us your Green Card and clear up this confusion .. The Wahzoo understands that Luport is planning on taking his truck over to Japan sometime in February with some other mini trucks for some kind of an oriental stadium race. Besides expenses, Steve will reportedly receive some cash and also a full set of Kinsu Knives in the deal. Good luck to ya Steve but a word of warning -don't let those guys over there talk ya into giving that Sumo Wrest ling a try. I mean, not that you wouldn't do OK if ya did, but God help ya if the Club· ever got a hold of a photo of you in one of those little diaper uniforms that they wear. ONCE A CHECKER, AL-WAYS A CHECKER DEPT. If anybody ever thought that Dr. Checker may have lost a little of his sense of humor, a quick check of the November Score News will · squash any thought of that. The following joke that was printed in . Kassanyi's column, reportedly caused Sal to suddenly change his mind about handing out the latest issue of the Score News at the recent SCORE/HORA Awards Banquet. QUESTION -qWhat is the difference between Saddam Hussein's wife and a catfish?" ANSWER -"One has whiskers and stinks and the other one is a fish." Normally an obvious display of this kind of sensitivity would surely be enough to start off a flood of other 'fish' jokes at the next few races. I'm sure Sal hopes not! PARKER RACE -This first major race of the year is once again a three lap race over the Arizona loop with the major change being a switch in the direction of travel from all the previous years. This should make for an exciting first lap since over 300 cars will be funneled onto that narrow rocky goat trail that normally comes at the end of the loop, after the racers have had a chance to spread out a little. The BLM announcement that they will be cracking down on unlicensed radio operators at this race has caused some concern. After re-checking our paper-work the Club confirmed that the Checkers are indeed licensed to operate on our own Checker Channel #2, so our members should have no problem with this 'Stink'n Crack Down'. It does seem a little strange though, that right after the mudslinging that took place because of the communications screw-ups at the recent Baja race, that there would NOW be a crack down on unlicensed VHF-FM units after all these years. Something is fishy here, and I don't mean· Saddam Hussein's wife! A report on race action and 'Radio Bandits'. next month, along with a complete report on the Club's election results and all the action at our Annual Awards Banquet. And finally, the Wahzoo would like to invite any old Checkers that have strayed in different directions over the past years, along with those of you out there that may have thought about becoming a Checker, to start the new year off right by stopping by and saying hello on a Wednesday night in the near future. We meet at the Dugout at 8 PM almost every week, located at 14032 Oxnard St., in Van Nuys. By Rich Persch FAIR teamed up with the Chapala Dusters for the toughee of the year, the Baja 1000. Thanks Michelle and Harold for sharing pits with us again this year! FAIR had five pits on the course. Nuevo Junction, kilometer 24 on Highway Two, La Puerta, February 1991 the double pit at Borrego, and San Felipe. The Dusters doubled up with us on these pits plus they had another at Trinidad. Six FAIR entries took the green flag at the Baja 1000 with two of them having a chance at their class points championships. John Hays soloed to second place in Class 10 and this finish earned him the Class 10 points championship for the year! Congratulations John and crew! Rich Fersch with Harry Dunne navigating had a shot a the 5-1600 points championship. Engine wizard Don Hatz with Jeff Randall in as co-rider drove the second halfin Rich's 5-1600. The team ended up with a third place finish edging Steve Taylor by just three points for the year end class championship. Bob Richey in his RCR Plumbing sponsored Porsche/ Raceco recorded a fine fourth place finish in Class 1/2, a nice fourth overall. Bob had a dry sump oiling problem that magically fixed itself at Mexicali but it cost him over an hour in down time. Danny Letner lost a motor in his Porsche/Raceco at or around mile 246. Danny's big gun funny truck is slated to debut at Parker. Rob Duarte lost his 1-2-1600 motor at mile 246 also. Gary Gressett and Mike Queyrel teamed up in Gary's Class 9 car. They broke their last brake drum at the zoo road ending a real good run. The race was a lot rougher than it had initially appeared on paper. A special thanks is also owed to the weather gods as a hard rainstorm would have made a mud bog out of large areas of the course. FAIR would like to thank SCORE for putting on the show and the Mexican people for hosting it! Fair meets the first and third Wednesday of every month at the Holiday Inn, corner of Harbor Blvd., and the 91 Freeway in Fullerton. Meetings start at 8:00 and guests are welcomed. The second meeting in December was cancelled due to its close proximity to Christmas. See you at the meeting. TECH TIPS By Bill Savage, Chairman HORA/SCORE Series Technical Committee Now that the 1991-92 rule book is printed and distributed, I'm getting calls from racers and builders wanting to know why certain changes were made that were not discussed by the class reps. The answer is that in some cases the changes weren't meant to be made at all. They are probably typographical errors. If there are any rule differences you notice when studying the book, we would appreciate it if you would call them to our attention so we can either explain the changes or relieve your anxieties by reporting some more typos in the new book in this column. The first gremlin called to our attention appears on page 50 underCR41 relating to Class 1-2-1600 minimum weights. The rule for this class did not change from the 1989-90 book. Minimum weights are still 1,500 lb. ( not 1,550 as printed) for single seat cars and 1350 for two seat vehicles. Class 9 builders are confronted with a couple of contradictions to what had been discussed in the dialogue leading up to the new rule book. The first is CRIS on page 109, dealing with brake systems. The new rule allows Types 1, 2, 3 , 4 and 181 specifically, and that is what we will enforce in technical inspec-tion. Reference to master cylinders will change to include dual master cylinders. In tech, we will accept Neal and CNC aftermarket brake pedal assem-blies so long as the two master cylinders are bui It on one assembly. Also in Class 9 rules, CR25 on page 111 dealing with transmis-sions is misleading. Competitors in this class can now run close ratio 3rd and 4th gears ( not closed ratio), whereas those gears were previously restricted to how they appeared in the showroom models. Ring & pinion ratios are as they were in the last rule book, 8.33 and 8.35 only. First and second gears are restricted to the stock ratios. Class 10 rules on induction systems were slightly garbled despite a lot of discussion about carburetors vs. fuel injection. Anyone who runs in this class knows that the stock production engines of several makes come with fuel injection, while the wording makes no mention of anything but carburetors. Well, this is to proclaim that fuel injection in now permitted under limited circumstances. The system must have a stock intake manifold and a stock throttle body as delivered by the factory. The technical committee would have no objection to aftermarket fuel injection systems being legalized, but there would have to be a demand from the competitors for this inclusion. If there is a demand, we would proceed carefully, because we wouldn't want to put any existing cars at a disadvantage. There would have to be some restrictions included in any change. Ready for a little humor? Some of the callers we heard from about CR22 on page 26 were puzzled, some were a little upset but most were amused. It states: " ... (no monza/ flip or twist lock type) ... " fuel filler caps will be allowed. So, facetiously, I suggested that the fuel tank be soldered shut and the race car parked. That would conform to the rule as it's printed, but you would have a heck of a time filling it up with gas. The way it's supposed to read is that no Monza or flip top caps will be allowed. The conventional twist type cap is, of course, as legal as it has always been. Class 11 had its own particular gremlin on page 119 with CR21 relating to fuel tanks. The rule definitely reads that fuel cells are required with all fuel tanks. It was meant to allow stock fuel tanks in their stock location be exempt from fuel cells but to require those cells wherever the tank, stock or not, is placed in a non-stock location. So, if you move or remove the tank that was part of the car when it was originally sold, you must use a fuel cell. For those competitors who do move the tank and build a fuel filler in the rear quarter panel, there is an exemption from the rule dealing with fuel filler lines, vents and caps, CR22, on the same page. They will be allowed to cut a hole in the rear quarter panel for the fuel filler. Otherwise, they'd have to solder the sucker shut and park the car. Page 49

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: Brand new Type 181 VW "Thing" brake drums imported from Germany. Special price each $80.00, pair $160.00, plus shipping. Resalers call for wholesale price. Call (805) 968-3732 or FAX (805) 968-9316. Visa & Mastercard accepted. ........ FOR SALE: 1990 Stadium Chenowth Magnum replica. Car is 100% new. Completed 9/90. All the best parts. Car comes with complete spare chassis, Hewland box, 2 sets new Y okohamas on Centerlines, Champion Bead-locks, many other spares. $45,000 interested, $20,000 with trade. Call Pat at (714) 685-9369. FOR SALE: Chenowth 2 seater, pre-runner or sand dunes.Woods arms, triple shock rear, Wright steering rack & aluminum tie rods, Beard seats, bus trans, 4.86 R&P. Special ratios 1st -4th. Centerlines, Caldwell caps, paddle tires for the dunes. Much more; w/tandem axle trailer, electric brakes, tire rack, tool boxes; all diamond plate. $5,500.00. (818) 349-1363. FOR SALE: 5-1600 -Raced twice, Wright spindles, SACO rack, Bilsteins, 20 gal fuel cell, D.J. Trans, SAW, Dura-Blu, Diest belts, Centerlines, Arm-strong tires, Willie's motor, Beard seats, professionally built and prepared. $8500.00. Call Joel (619) 256-2941 days, (619) 256-0855 nites. FOR SALE: Class 5 Baja convert-ible. Curnutt suspension, coil over shocks, torque limiters, outboard c.v. joints, 091 trans, Hew land gears, Fat Type IV, includes 14 spare tires, dump cans, misc. parts and trailer. $18,000.00. Call (602) 669-5249. FOR SALE: Chalfeng7:r Chen-owth, single seat, fast motor, Fox, " ,co rack, Beard, Fuel Safe, Sway-A-W ay, Summer Bros., 300m· torsion bars, Parker Pumper, all steel braided lines, Y okohamas. Trailer w/tire rack & part boxes. Spare tires & parts. Best of everything. $4,500.00 oho. Must sell. Call Kris (714) 596-2954. FOR SALE: 1989 Chevrolet race truck. Driven by Stan Gilbert 1989 season $45,000.00. Call (714) 679-5587. FOR SALE: Fast, dependable 5-1600. Only raced at Superstition Series races in 1989. Car was third overall most of season. Car is prepped and ready to race. Move to east coast forces sale. First $6,000.00 firm takes this competitive car. Call Dan at ( 412)1 588-0619. WANTED: 2/1600 SCORE legal race car. Must be competi-tive, complete or unfinished. Will pick up anywhere. Price limit of $7500.00. Call Bruce at (206) 332-8358 or (213) 518-7873. FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum Mickey Thompson 1600. New VW water cooled, 155 HP engine, newest Rice/Hewland· trans., UMP power steering, Summers Bros. axles, Simpson 5 pt. belts, Neal hydraulics, Mark Williams brakes, 8 Fox shocks, on board Flame-Out system, new clutch, stainless lines throughout, new wiring & brake lines, completely rebuilt this year. All parts chrome/gold anodized. Won 1990 GWPS Champion-ship. Ready to race! $19,000.00/ offer. Call Tom Dunn (303) 762-7555 or (303) 843-9625. Spare trans. & parts. ;.;.:_ "41fM.-.l»" =~<".-;. -:;,; FOR SALE: Class 1-2 or awesome prerunner. Chenowth chromoly 2 seater, Wright rack & pinion, Mas~ercraft seats, Simpson belts, fresh bus box, 930 c.v.'s, fuel cell. Completely race prepped. $7500.00 Will sell with no motor $6000.00. Call Sheldon (213) 869-0221. FOR SALE: Class 2 Chenowth Magnum. Best of everything, type 4, late bus tranny, Hew land gears, Bilstein coil-overs, 930 cv's, power steering, SAW combo spindles, spares, ready to race. $21,000.00. Mike Lund, days (714) 590-4910, ext. 873, eves. (714) 279-9370. FOR SALE: Class 11 $1500.00. This proven winner is very competitive. With a few minor repairs this car is race ready. Mark (805) 967-4048. FOR SALE: 2-1600, 1988 O.R.E. SCORE/H.D.R.A. legal Fox Shox's, D.J. 091 all Hewland Trans., FARRAR Bros., Engine, centerlines, Wright arms and Combo's, radio w/intercom, very dependable and competitive. Last four races entered, no worse than fourth place, spares and trailer and parts. $11,500.00. Call Lou (805) 525-0948. FOR SALE: Briggsbuilt Stadium Superlite, Klem research motor, Roberto gearbox, rack & pinion steering. 4th place finisher for the 1990 Mickey Thompson series. Completeturnkeycar$12,500.00. Will sell less motor $11,000.00. (206)481-7997 days, (206)481-2206 eves. and weekends. FOR SALE: Class 9 two seater, needs to be finished. New engine, transaxle, fuel cell, body, front end and steering. Mastercraft seat, Bilstein shocks, Flame out system and Sway-A-Way. $2,000.00. Mike (209) 738-1423. ' Want to buy the #1 Class 10 car? It's FOR SALE. Mitch Mustard championship Chenowth Mag-num. Best of everything. All trick , stuff goes with car. Bob Goshens best engine, VW Rabbit. Be a winner with this car. $28,000.00 Call Mitch days at (303) 423-FOR SALE: Two seat Class 10 Berrien 2001. Wright rack, l¼" arms, 2" combos, 5" longer rear arms, Sway-A-Way bars, 10" wider beam w/Fox remotes, Bilsteins and Fox air secondary, Summers brakes & drive train, 930 cv's, Supercages, 8 gal. fuel cell, aluminum radiator, Oberg, Beard, Simpson, lots of spares. Less engine & trans., never rolled. Trailer available. Call Ed in PA, day (717) 339-2930, eves. (717) 672-3028. 8204. FOR SALE: Prerunner, Play, older class 5, 105" wheel base, -10" wider front & rear, Wright rack, Centedines, Beard seats, Yokohama tires, K & N, muffler, KC Daylighters, current CA license, 930 c.v.'s, AMS axles, 10" shocks, Porsche spindles, Simpson belts, rebuilt, 2180 engine & trans., new fuel cell. Office (714) 674-8729. Home (714) 244-2452. FOR SALE: Cl;ss 10 -Raceco. Winner of six SCORE, HORA races. Always a front runner. Coil-over, power, secondary, all the good stuff. $12,000.00 or trade for street truck or car. Also, 125" pre runner, has potential. $4,000.00 or trade. Call Mark at (619) 252-8485. FOR SALE: MirageZ-1600, 115" wb, Fox, Wright, SAW, 930 c.v., Superboot, Beard seats, Arm-strong, Centerline, Thing drums, p.s., complete prep job, new bumper, brakes, rear torsion bars, fresh engine, low race miles. Very reliable. $8,400.00 Call John (702) 456-4117. r----------~---------------------------------~ Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I FOR SALE: The big deal of the day is in Phoenix! 1-1600 Raceco. All the good stuff, many spares. Good car. Cheap! New tandem trailer included. $8.000.00 (602) 893-9361 come get it, be tough, iron-man it! Wright, Foxes, Centerlines, Fuel Safe, Neal, Beard, Parker Pumper, SAW, p/s. DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $10 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5 .00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRil7IONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if 1rou act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All classifi¢d 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 Enclosed is $ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I I .. I I I I Name Address ______________________ Phone ______ _ City _________________ _ State _____ Zip-----~-Page SO February 1991 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES. -5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 I I I I • FOR SALE: 5-1600, 2nd place 1990 points, Neth beam,Saginaw steering, Wright arms, combos, reservoired Bilsteins, West engine, Raceco trans., Beard seats, 22 gal. cell, Pumper. Very quick and reliable car, spare axles, spring plates, torsion bars, etc. Buyer takes all, including bolt box. Must sell. Call Steve (714) 492-1606 days, Wayne or Steve (714) 496-6615 eves. Dusty Times

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stadium. Very fast, Fox, Rev power, Mendeola, turbo 924 axles and cv, tubular trailing arms, fresh motor and trans., race ready. $6500.00. Call Brian at (213) 866-1746 days. FOR SALE: 1989 Chenowth Magnum Class 10 stadium. Best of everything; Rev power, Mendeola, Simpson, Super boot cv's and axles, Fox, Centerline. Very competitive. $25,000 .00. Call Brian at (213) 866-1746 days. FOR SALE: 20 ft. dual axle enclosed trailer. Lights, cabinets, workbench, in-floor storage, 80 gal. water tanks with pump. $4,000.00 obo. Call Art at ( 412) 687-5093. FOR SALE: 5-1600, Fox shocks, Beard seats, Sway-A-Way, Fuel Safe, Dura Blue axles, bus trans, type II cvs, Centerlines, Wright rack & spindles, CA license plate. $6,000.00, may sell less engine. Call Roy (619) 244-0930. ~•~ FOR SAL : Class 2 or 10, Race ready, 116" wb Toyot 2 TG/ new Hughes091 tranny, Beard,Jamar, Bilstein, DKR 6x3 arms, K&N, Palmer 4" plus combos, Wright rack, arms, hubs & discs, Centerline, Yokohama, Simpson, Phoenix fuel. $10,000.00 com-plete. $6,500.00 less engine & trans. Must sell, obo. (602) 671-0451. POSITION AVAILABLE: LC. Engineering Performance Toyota is currently seeking professional engine builder/ machinist. Must have experience "in all aspects of machine shop environment, previous employment as machin-ist a definite plus, able to work under minimal supervision from verbal and written instructions. Accuracy, punctuality and cleanliness an absolute must. Trainees need not apply. Full time days. Send resume to: LC. Engineering, 2978 First St., Unit G, La Verne, CA 91750. ------FOR SALE: 1948 Fiat fiberglass racing body. $700.00 1 piece tilt fiberglass front ends w/ gravel pan & cowl section attached, 2 full size Chevy pickups, 1 S-10 pickup, $400.00 each. Call Kelly (606) 376-3973. Dusty Times ·1l't,,.-.;~ i FOR SALE: Class II Mirage, 125" wb, Chromoly chassis, Sawyer 2388cc, 190 hp Toyota engine, Mendeola Hewland DG-300, Curnutt rear arms & hubs, Cone axles, Wright rack, arms, combos, Fox coil-overs, UMP p/ s, Modine rad, Beard seats, Deist Safety, Auto-Meter, Centerlines. Much more! $28,000.00. Will consider offers minus motor & trans. Steve (805) 949-6017/(805) 272-1986 Berrien race FOR SALE: ORE Class 10 top 5 car, Sway-A-Way suspension, finisher. Always very competitive. Bilsteins, Neal pedals, Wright Fat engine, Jeff Fields trans-front end, two Class 1-2/1600 ,..-mission, Fox shocks, disc brakes engines, one air-cooled stadium front & rear, Summers Bros., motor (1650), two sets panels, Sway-A-Way, UMP power aluminum rims and wheels plus steering. Removable spare tire spares, proven winner. rack & windshield. Best of $10,000.00 Canadian or best everything. Race ready. offer. Trailer also available, $13,500.00. Call John, Mon-Fri. $2,500.00 Canadian. Call Joel 8:00 am -4:30 pm at (213) 834-Croft eves. (519) 836-1434, or 1133. After 6:00 & weekends days (519) 886-5090 ext. 202. (213) 831-5841. FOR SALE: Mazda RX-3. Pro Rally ready. Street ported 13-B, Positraction, lights, Comptron odometer, many spares. 18 wheels, 6 competition struts, tow bar, 13 finishes in 1990, Fourth C.R.S. open Class. 1974 Puegeot station wagon, Class III hitch, 7 tire roof rack, new suspension. Both for $5,000.00. Michael (415) 587-3735. FOR SALE: Triple E Stadium Superlite brand new Bills Pipes motor, Roberto box, Rack & Pinion steering, fuel cell, Simpson Safety, 13" Beadlocks, lots of spare parts. $9,500.00 turnkey or $8,000.00 less motor. Call John_, days at (213) 827-8323, nites (213) 842-7238. FOR SALE: Pay for racing while racing! This sharp 1984 Raceco Challenger has 17 finishes and $21,500.00 in winnings. A two time Mint 400 winner and Nevada 500 winner, this car is proven and has everything you need to start winning. $8,100.00. Call for all the details. Dave (714) 998-2553 days or Norm (714) 632-7710, ext. 103 days -(714) 996-0637 nites. ... TOYOTA PARTS: Norwalk Toyota supports off road enthusiasts. Mention this ad and receive a 20% discount on all factory parts. We ship UPS. Call Curt Lamb (213) 929-1487, (714) 632-9808, (818) 443-2000 M-F, 7:30-5:30. Norwalk Toyota, 11404 E. Imperial, Norwalk, CA 90650. FOR SALE: Chenowth 1000 Class 10 single seater. 1989-1990 G.P.O.R.R.A. high point champ-ion. 1 ½ longer front arms, 3x3 rear, Foxes, power steering, Neal, Centerlines, 930's, Durablue, very competitive, will sell with or without motor & transmission. ( 402) 496-9431. FOR SALE: '88 Mirage i-i600, Folts trans, Superboot axles, cages & boots, Dura-Blue stub axles, Fox Shox, Wright rack, arms & combos, Beard seats, light bar, no engine. $9,000.00. Brian (213) 928-0421 week days, eves. {213) 493-5113. ~\f;,;✓,\,:(-:,.-.-··~'" FOR SALE: Pre-runner, 2 seat US" wb, 6" wider front and rear end, Wright spindles, Sway-A-Way, Fox, Parker Pumper, Centerlines, 1600cc dual port, bus trans. Extra complete short block, 2 bus. trans, tires & Centerlines, many parts. Less seats & belts. $3,000.00. Call eves. (408) 866-0330. FOR SALE: Class 10 or super pre:,runner. 2 seat Hi-Jumper, 117 wb, bus trans, Wright rack, arms, combos, p/ s, pumpers, Mastercraft seats, Simpson Safety, Centerlines, Edwards tires - less engine $7,500.00 obo. For further info on the Mirage or the Hi-Jumper call Steve (805) 949-6017 or (805) 272-1305. FOR SALE: Hi Jumper, two seater, 1649 VW engine, Bilstein shocks,Jamar hydraulics, Wright steering, Beard seats, Simpson belts & nets. Great pre-runner or fun car. $2,650.00. Call Shawn days (714) 848-8222, nite 841-6228. FOR SALE: 1990 Hansen 24' pu 11 trailer, brand new, never used. Extra heavy frame, 102" wide, 78" tall, oversize bench, aux. battery, roof vent, rein-forcement for walk on roof, fuel bottle holders, acc. racks, 36" side door, Bridgestone tires w/ Appli-ance wheels, lower insulation, and more! $8,500.00. Also, 38' Hansen Gooseneck type, fully loaded. Generator, air, diamond, plate floor, 102"' x 84"', too much to list. Original cost 35K sell 25K 1 year old. Call Pat (408) 637-6850. WANTED: Partner living in San Diego area to help race 1991 FRT Series. I have a Class 2 or 100 Chenowth and Class 5 prerunner. Need help with maintenance, transportation, all costs to and from the track and driving. Some experience helpful. Serious inquiries only. Call Mark (619) 274-0117. FOR SALE: Class 9 Chenowth 2 seater, 1989 chromoly. Only 3 races on car, Beard seats, Wright rack, Fox shocks oil cooled, Baja Blower, Sway-A-Way, fuel cell, spare Fox shocks, 1 set Armstrong tires & wheels, 4 sets Yokohama tires & wheels, rear wing, KC lites, CNC turning brake. Call Dennis days Mon. thru Fri. (805) 584-0215, $6,500.00. February 1991 FOR SALE: 1988 GMC Subur-ban 4WD. Absolutely loaded with every extra known to man. 46,003 tender loving miles. $16,500.00 Must sell!!! Three of the quints have flown the nest, I'm left with twins. They don't want to pit cars, only chase them. I now have more safety nets and hubcaps than I can handle. Please help! Call Carol (619) 240-3122. FOR SALE: '87 Raceco 2-1600, suspension by Mirage, car is prepped and ready for Parker, recently repainted, Hatz motor, Foltz trans, P/ S, Wright rack, arms & combos, Beard seats, Fox shocks, Dura-Blue torsions, Superboot cages and boots, light bar, nerf bars, Parker Pumper, only raced 7 times, very competi-tive car, $12,500.00. Brian wk days (213) 928-0421, eves. (i13) 493-5113. FOR SALE: Class 7 EX Roge~ Mears off road truck. Winner of many major off road races and winner of Class 7 in the recent "New Years 200" at Barstow. $50,000.00 or nearest offer. Spares and trailer included. Call Draper Motorsport (714) 366-0668. FOR SALE: 2 Simpson 7 3/ 4 race helmets, wired for PC! radio system. Plumbed for Parker Pumper air system or compatible · style. Helmet skirts included. $200.00 each. Call Jason (805) 772-4670. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 15 Cactus Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 California Pre-Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 39 Champion Beadlock Co. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . 18 Corona 400 km Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 26-27 DeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . • . . . . . . . 40 Desert rz ......... ............... 23 Earl's Perfonnance Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 FAT Perfonnance -Centerline . . . . . . . . . . . 25 FRT King of the Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 7 Fuel Safe . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 21 Gennan Auto • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 29 HORA Nissan 400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 2 Hi Tech Off Road ..........•........ 31 Kawaguchi Honda Equipment . . . . . . . • • . . 22 I.a Rana Desert Racing . . • • • . . . . . . • . . . . • 9 LC. Engineering . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . • • . . . . 8 McKenzie Perfonnance Products • • • . . . . . . 33 Nevada Off Road Buggy • • . . . . . . • • . . . • • 14 Parl<er Pumper . • • . . . . . • • . • • . • • . • . . • • 4 Pike's Family Restaurant . . • • . . . . . • . • . . 34 Prism Design • . . . . • • . • . . . • • • . . . . • • • 35 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . • . . . . • • . . . 30 Race Tech Engineering • . . . . . • • • . . . . • . . 24 Racers Tool & Supply • . • • . . . . . • • • . . • . 28 RLH. Communications . • • • • . . . . . • . • . . . 38 Marvin Shaw Engineering . . . • • . . . . . • . . . 43 SNORE Bottom Dollar • . . . . . • . . • . . . • • • • 5 SNORE Twilite 200 . • . . . . . • . • . . . . • • • . . 5 IVr. Sticker • . • . • . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . • . 19 Toyota Motor Sports . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover Tri-Mil ndustries • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • 11 ljiion 76 Racing Gas . . . . • . . . . . • • . . . . . 41 Valley Perfonnance -Hev.iand . . . . . • . . . . 16 • W-ight Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FOR SALE: 1-1600 Neth/Chen-owth. Fresh motor & tranny. Neth front end, combos, arms ( front & r.ear ). Fox shocks, UMP power steering, PC! radio, removable windshield. Best parts throughout. Light! Very competi-tive in the right hands. $12,500.00 obo. Call (213) 4 73-6600, 9-6. FOR SALE: 1989 24' Trailboss trailer. Rear & side doors, spare" tire, Electric brakes, insulated and paneled, interior lights, 38 gal. fuel tank ( with electric pump & hose), fold-down bunk beds, rear exterior casters, steps, dual rear door springs, carpeted interior, tie-downs for cars or bikes, cupboards/closets, AM/FM Cassette, heavy duty rear door/ramp, propane tank, heater available. Call Ted at (702) 368-0288, $9,500.00. FOR SALE: 1979 Ford CL 9000; 5' of utility bed, 108" wdt, 12' flat bed, steel side gates, rear barn doors with hoist, Jake brake; A /C, 11/24.5 rubber, alum front, steel rear, Detroit, 9 speed with Honda generator, welder and compressor. 1976 Dorsey 40' step van, 36"' side door, 10' ramp, front 15' full plush living quarters. New 825/15 tires, fresh license. $49,500.00. Call Leroy White (805) 822-54 78. FOR SALE: Toyota 1988 4x4 Landcruiser, right hand drive, enclosed steel lock-up canopy, roof rack, & tow hitch. Only 18,000 miles. $20,000.00 or nearest offer. Call Draper Motorsports (714) 366-0688. FOR SALE: Baja bug prerunner, 1776cc motor, Zenith carb., full roll cage, Beard seats, fuel cell, Centerlines, 8 Bilsteins, Wright front end, plus dual 48 IDFs', W ebers & accessories. Having first baby! Must sell. $3,000.00 oho or trade for 4 seater sand rail. Call (916) 577-9214. Page 51 .

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