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I Volume 8 - Number 8 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Janay Smith Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors John Ames Jim Baker Darla Crown C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Leonard Day Don Dayton Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Matt Marcher Jan Flick Mazzenga Michael Ross &bRule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Darrell Smith Daryl Smith Judy Smith 3-D Photography Trackside Photo Enterprises Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT .-nlLLII ClffllOAD UCIIII IIUOH August 1991 CALJFORNM RALLY SERIES PROFESSIONAL • AMERICAN • CANADIAN 0ff-i~D )l_ R~CING~: - --~/.~ ~ -~~. Subscription Rates: . . $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. 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OF THE MONTH ••• I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I In This Issue ••• FEA'IURES Page SCORE Baja 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SODA Memorial Day 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 FORDA at Sharpes, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 VORRA Yerington 400 ........ ........................... 26 Baja 500 Vignette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 MTEG Stadium Racing in Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Off Road Wars - Whiplash Wrap Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 CRS-SCCA Glen Helen Rallysprint . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 BORE Wendover Express ................................. 40 WCR Acropolis Rally . . . ................................. 42 SODA Racing in Antigo, WI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 SNORE Caliente 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Griffith City 450 - Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SCCA Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally .............. . ........ . 54 DIPARTMENIS Side Tracks by Judy Smith .................................. 4 Trail Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Competition Review fuard Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Georgia Racing Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Losers by Judy Smith .................................. 47 Pit Team Reports - Checkers -CORE ... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Yokohama 6-50 Club Point Standings ........................ 51 California Rally Series -SCCA Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Class 100 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 ON 'IHE COVER • Doug Fortin Jr. raced his Chenowth Magnum to the Class 10 victory in Baja and went so fast he finished eighth overall. He also won Class 10 at the Nissari 400 and was seventh overall, plus he just won the class again and finished in the top ten overall again at the Fireworks 250. Doug always drives the entire distance alone. We congratulate this young man for his dedication to racing that makes him a consistent winner. Rough Rider Rob MacCachren had a roll going last spring in the stadiums and short courses. Rob wop the MTEG truck main event in Seattle last April, and backed that with the main event victory in Texas Stadium last May in the Venable Ford Ranger. In between MacCachren went to Ionia, Michigan to Race at the Fairgrounds, and he won the SODA Heavy Metal Challenge in the Class 8 desert Ford truck. Color Photography by Dan Mainzer and T rackside Photos, Inc. "'~ ..P DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $15.00 D 'years - $25.00 □. 3 years -:- $35.00 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS -NEW SALES TAX!!!!!!!! "Maybe somebody will come by and tow us out", these desert greenhorns might be· thinking. With four races in a row coming up in southern Nevada, spectators and chase' crews just might pay heed to the fact that while pole line roads south of Las Vegas often look smooth and hard surfaced, they can toss you in a ditch like this in an instant. This shot was close in, just south of Jean, NV, and the T rackside Photo crew that took the picture did help deditch these guys. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or w~s 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. Add: $1.25 - 1 year, $2.00 - 2 years, $2.75 - 3 years Take advantage of your subscription bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up iu 45 words. 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Side Tracks ••• By Judy Smith Some time ago we talked to a lot of off road racers about what they did to keep themselves in shape for racing, and when we'd compiled all the notes and typed up the results we suddenly realized that we'd heard from a lot of truck drivers, but hadn't found out much about those who drive in the "buggy" classes. So, at the next race we tracked down a few buggy drivers, and asked a lot of nosy questions. The first person we cornered was 60 year old Frank Snook, who drives in Class 1/2, and Frank groaned and said he'd read the first column on the subject, and had hoped that nobody ever asked him how he stayed in shape. He said, "I don't do a damn thing." Frank is a principal in an elementary school, and he says that contrary to what most people. think, it's not a desk job. He figures he "puts in two or three miles a day" just performing his duties. And then he added that he does a lot around the house, and does some back-packing, and he watches what he eats. That means that he tries to stick to a low cholesterol diet, eating red meat only once or twice a week. He eats "healthy foods", and has control over his diet because he does all the cooking at home. Frank also . says that he drinks alcoholic . beverages only occasionally, and does not smoke. Fred Wing, who used to race three wheelers, but now has a 1-2-1600 car, is another who says that his job, as a training inspector at Honda, gives him a lot of exercise. He says he's on his feet, and running around, all day. But then he also rides a motorcycle aboutJ once a month, and he's begun to watch his diet too. Fred tries to cut down on red meat, eating. more chicken and fish, and, while he admits to eating junk food,· particularly soda and candy, he 1 says that's what he cuts out when! he needs to bring his weight back' into line. Fred's also a non-1 smoker. Another 1-2-1600 racer, Willie Melancon, water skies in the summer and snow skies in the winter, but says, "I really don't do a lot. I think it's more mental than anything else". As to diet, Willie, who's slender, says, he eats anything that "doesn't move." He's also a non-smoker, and he quits drinking entirely a week before a race, so he won't become dehydrated while racing. Willie also has a ritual spaghetti dinner the night before the race, partly to load up on carbo-hydrates, and partly because he loves spaghetti. He says he likes it with Prego sauce and some meat, but essentially eats it for the carbohydrates. Breakfast on race morning is then a roll and some orange juice, and he drinks a lot of water while racing. He says he takes a drink anytime he's on a smooth road, and he thinks it's really important to keep his fluid ~eve! up, so he drinks even if he's not feeling thirsty. Then we caught up with Roy Prince, who's a Class 9 racer, and he told us that as a L.A. City Fire Captain, he's required to stay in shape. So he does cardiovascular exercises at work ten days a month, for an hour and a half at a time. Roy also has a sideline job, in construction, which is even more exercise for him. · About diet, he says, "I watch it", by trying not to eat too much red meat . He doesn't drink alcohol "hardly at all", drinks no beer, and sticks to mostly low fat foods. He keeps a close eye on his weight, and cuts back when it goes up, and has a yearly physical. Roy pre-runs on a motorcycle for a bit more exercise. As far as immed-iately before the race, Roy's another who tries to eat carbo-hydrates the night before, and he also starts taking on a lot of liquids about two days before race day. He shuns alcohol and coffee before a race, because they are diuretic and can contribute to dehydration. He eats nothing on race day, claiming, "It comes back on me" because of the motion. • But he drinks a lot of water while racing, or he likes a drink called "Powerburst" in his water container. Another 1-2-1600 driver, Larry Martin, told us, "I don't stay in shape". He says he just works all the time, and is "pretty active" as a general superintendent for a developer. He did say that if he worked in an office he'd join a health spa. But Larry does watch what he eats, concentrating on fish and chicken, and staying away from red meat. He's another non-smoker, and he's a non-drinker also. Larry has no special pre-race diet, but he tries real hard "not to upset my system". He takes water in the car but admits that he doesn't drink a lot of it during the race. He says, " I know you're 'sposed to, but I'm too busy." Doug Fortin, Jr., a Class 10 racer, rides his mountain bike, CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL (619) 279-,2509 every week at least, and also works out with weights, concen-trating on his upper body. He makes a real effort to keep his weight down, since his car is .light weight, and he and his dad put a lot of effort and thought into keeping it that way. Doug's a non-smoker, and he doesn' t drink hard liquor, though once in a while he'll have a beer. He says his mom "pumps me with a lot of spaghetti" before a race, but as for breakfast on race day, he doesn't eat a lot, maybe just a bowl of cereal. Doug's trying to avoid needing a bathroom with his strategy. He says also, that while he drinks a lot of water the day before the race, he doesn't drink much on race day because he doesn't want to have to pee in his seat. On the subject of race day, he says that he's found that a triple layer driving suit is a big help for keeping cool. Surprisingly, he's found that the three layers of fabric absorb the sweat and help cool off his hard working body. Tom Schilling, another Class 10 racer, at first said he didn't do anything special, but t h e n admitted that he walks two-and-a-half or three miles every day. He also watches what he eats, sticking to a diet consisting mostly of veggies, salads, fish and chicken, and staying away from junk food. He's a non-smoker who takes a beer occasionally. As far as his race day diet, Tom· doesn't eat much the day before a race, and has no breakfast on race day, 'though he might have an apple or a banana. He drinks a lot of water or "Gator Ade" during the race however. Class 5 driver, Hartmut Klawitter, doesn't have a formal plan for staying in shape. He says he works 24 hours a day, in outside sales and service (not at a desk), and has no time for regular exercise. But he does try to ride horseback every weekend. He also does some hiking, citing as an example, the time he hiked in and out of the Grand Canyon in one day. He said that was several years ago. He also hiked up Mt. Whitney. He says that when it comes to racing, "You can push yourself. Sometimes you're exhausted for days after", but the way racing suspensions have improved he feels driving's not as hard on the body as it used to be. Hartmut, who trained as a boxer in Germany, is a non-smoker, and drinks very little alcohol. He has no special diet, eats mainly German food, meaning lots of potatoes and gravy, and vegetables, but he's not a big meat eater. The day before the race he avoids Mexican restaurants, if he's in Mexico, and he sticks to his everyday menu for breakfast on race day. He doesn't drink any water during the race, he says he disciplines himself not HELMET $195 · to, but he does have a drink if he has to get out of the car. COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OFF ROAD USE AT A REASONABLE PRICE BlJil,T AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN Page 4 COOL. COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY ARE GUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNELL SASS APPRO~D His everyday breakfast menu, to which his brother Wolfram also subscribes, is a tasty dish of cold oatmeal. In case you'd like to know how to prepare this gourmet stuff, according to· Wolfram it's easy. You simply put instant Quaker oatmeal into the bowl, add raisins, and pour on cold milk. Wolfram says he likes the old fashioned oatmeal prepared that way also, but only on the weekends, because it takes. a long time to chew. August 1991 Trail Notes ••• HORA FIREWORKS 250 RESULTS - Although the entry for the July 6 running of the annual Fireworks 250 out of Barstow, CA was the smallest in many years, the 162 starting entries put on some great racing and tight finishes in many of the classes over the 61 mile course. All classes except 11 were required to cover four laps in eleven hours to gain an official finish , while the Beetles ran three laps in the only HDRA/ SCORE Series event held in California this year. Class 1/2 and 1-2-1600. were the largest groups at 22 starters each, while not too many years ago, both Class 2 and Class 1-2-1600 easily topped, often doubled that number. Times change and the escalating costs of racing the series plus competition from other organizations conducting events in southern California apparently made the difference. Last year Walker Evans brought his big Class 8 Dodge home the overall winner, and this round Evans, competing in the same truck in Class 1/ 2 in 1991, scored the back to back victory, taking the class and the overall win, this year by a whopping 26 minutes. Frosting on the Walker Evans Dodge cake was the Class 8 victory scored by Brian Stewart winning the class by 31 minutes. He was fourth overall too. Doug Fortin Jr. is another driver on a real roll, taking his third win in the series in Class 10, and his Chenowth won by seven minutes. There was a new winner in Class 1-2-1600, Cameron Steele, who used to win a lot in his 5-1600. But this was his first victory in the buggy class, and he had a seven minute margin. The slim entries in Classes 3 and 4 produced few surprises. Curt LeDuc took Class 3 in the Jeep Cherokee and David Ashley won Class 4 in the Ford. Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron won Class 5 by nearly 14 minutes and were surprised and happy winners. It was tight in Class 5-1600 as Tom Neth took the top honors by less than three minutes from the Cook brothers. Mike Les le shook up the Ford camp by winning Class 6 in the Jeep Cherokee by 26 minutes. Roger Mears sped away from the Class 7 runners in his Nissan, and won b_y nearly two hours and took fifth overall. Privateer Billy Bunch won Class 7S handily in a Ford, while Rough Rider Paul Simon took Class 7 4x4 in his Ford. Pancho Bio and Sergio Gutierrez claimed top spot in Class 9 competition . by over 12 minutes. Travis Howard who lives nearby, won Class 11 by 42 minutes, a big margin. And young Larry Plank rounded out the winners, taking the Mini Mag title again, this time by over half an hour. Watch for Judy Smith's in depth coverage of the race in the September issue of Dusty Times. SUBARU PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP-A new event has been added to the SCCA PRO Rally circuit this year. Rumford, Maine will be the eighth and final stop for the Subaru Pro Rally Championship Series on December 6-7, 1991. Rumford will also host the year end awards banquet. The Maine Forest Rally will begin at 6:00 p.m. on the 6th and end at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday the 7th. There will be 115 competition stage miles through the Boise Cascade land properties. A coefficient 3 Divisional, scored as a separate event, will be held on Saturday. Snowy weather conditions could give the series finale a unique, challenging twist. . The year end awards will be given after the rally at the Madison Hotel in Rumford. The cocktail party and press briefing will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the banquet and the awards. THE FORD/BFGOODRICH ROUGH RIDERS took time out from their fast and furious racing season to assist the Pai-Pai Indian settlement in Santa Catarina, located 80 miles southeast of Ensenada along the Baja 500 off road race course in Baja California, Mexico. The town of Santa Catarina has long seen the off roaders pass by as numerous Baja events have run through the community since the first races happened over 20 years ago. When a request for assistance came from SCORE lntemational for the Pai-Pai Indians Baseball Team, the Rough Riders responded with donations to purchase baseball equipment and organized delivery to Santa Catarina. The entire Pai-Pai Indians Baseball Team was outfitted with bats, gloves, balls, hats and catcher's equipment with help from the Costa Mesa, CA Big 5 Sporting Goods store. Perry Sugihara and Kirk McClenahan, of Big 5, joined the Rough Riders in their contribution, offering the special prices on the charity purchase. The equipment was presented to Pai-Pai lndian chief Margarito Castro on June 7, and the team was delighted by the donation. Rough Riders' manager Frank DeAngelo was pleased to have the team involved in such a worthwhile cause. "It's a small gesture, but the Ford/ BFGoodrich Rough Riders are proud to be able to give back a little something to a town like Santa Catarina after all they have given to the off road racing community over the years." JERRY GARRETT, producer of Arrow Productions' coverage of the SCORE Presidente Baja 1000 off road race, has been awarded first prize in the 25th annual STP/ American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association journalism competition. It was the second year in a row the television· category's highest award in the prestigious competition went to Garrett for Baja 1000 related television production. Arrow Productions' coverage of the 1990 Baja 1000 included a satellite delivered video news release seen by nearly 100 million viewers worldwide, joint production of a one hour special on the Baja race, aired by ESPN, four in-car cameras using microwave uplink/ downlink technology and several videos for corporate and industrial use. The STP / AAR WBA competition included entries from all forms of motorsport. Past award winners in the television category have included telecasts from the Indy 500 and Daytona 500. "I'd like to see what we could do with the same budget those big guys have, Garrett noted. "Maybe we could feed the crew something besides tortillas!" All other winners in both print and electronic media covered other forms of motorsports and Jerry Garrett is the only winner covering off road racing. SPRING RUN 101 -The True Value Hardware Stores Spring Run 101 off road race in Crandon, Wisconsin is logged in the history books as one of the best. Competitors from across the USA and Canada were on hand competing for more than $30,000 in cash and contingency prizes before more than 25,000 spectators. California's Walker Evans and Crandon 'sown Jack Flannery diced side by side and nose to tail in the Heavy Metal Challenge until the last lap when Flannery lost his transmission and Evans' lost his engine. The win went to a surprised Geoff Dorr of Rockford, Illinois in his BFG Jeep Honcho. Dorr also won Class 14. Spencer Low of Lake Havasu, AZ was the only successful westerner, winning Class 7S in his Nissan, followed by Californian Paul Simon in a Ford. The big weekend winner was Pennsylvanian Art Schmitt, who drove his Armstrong shod Laser two seater to victory in Class 10 and Class 2, and then took first place in the Rear Engine Unlimited Challenge race. Another double winner was Wisconsin's Johnny Greaves who won Class 1 and the Rear engine Limited Challenge race. We'll have a full report on this big short course race in the next issue. But, meanwhile watch it on ESPN on August 13th, scheduled for 1:00 a.m. Eastern time, but be sure to check your local listings before you get out the tape machine. (more TRAIL NOTES on pa~e 8) Dusty Times

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May 9-10, 1992 September 28, 1991 August 20, 1991 1991 Happenings ••• Rock Around the Clock Forked Tongue 400 Kalamazoo, MI 24 Hour Enduro for October 26, 1991 August 22, 1991 Cars, Trucks, Buggies. Plaster City West, CA Haunted Hills Classic Ludington, MI August 1, 1992 August 31, 1991 A.D.R.A. 1991 BRUSH RUN Superstition 250 Oneekama, MI American Desert Racing Association POINTS SERIES Lake Superstition, CA HORA P.O. Box 34810 P.O. Box 101 High Desert Racing Association Phoenix, AZ 85067 Crandon, WI 54520 October 3, 1992 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South MICHIGAN SPORT (602) 274-0010 (715) 478-2115/ (715) 478-2688 Plaster City Blast Las Vegas, NV 89124 BUGGY ASSOCIATION August 31 - September 2, 1991 Plaster City East, CA (702) 361-5404 Keneth Coleman July 20, 1991 Brush Run 101 December 31, 1992 August 9-11, 1991 742 E. Roosevelt Road Short Course Race (buggies Crandon, WI Dunaway Dash Nevada 500 Ashley, MI 48806 The Cinders Plaster City West, CA Las Vegas, NV ( 517) 838-4483 Flagstaff, AZ August 31, 1991 (All events in the El Centro, CA area) Sefi.tember 6-8, 1991 (All events at BUMP Wi low Springs Raceway Mt. Pleasant Speedway) Snowflake Buggy Bash Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions , Rosamond, CA Aripine, AZ 42263 50th St. West #108 October 12, 1991 Quartz Hill, CA 93536 GLEN HELEN OHV PARK October 11-13, 1991 P.O. Box 2339 Gold Coast 300 MIDWEST OFF ROAD Carrera de Rocky Point 250 (805) 943-7358 San Bernardino, CA 92406 Las Vegas, NV BAJA SERIES Sonora, Mexico (714) 880-1733 December 7, 1991 Rick Vasquez December 7, 1991 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES November 16-17, 1991 Offroadsman Awards Banquet 1421 Lee Trevino D-1 Sonoyta to Rocky Point Gary Luke, Director Off Road Challenge Las Vegas,NV El Paso, TX 79936 Sonora, Mexico 13675 Spring Valley Road (915) 594-8266 Morgan Hill, CA 95037 All Desert Races ( 408) 779-3589 GORRA HIGH PLAINS OFF ARMSTRONG Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward Georgia Off Road ROAD RACING OFF ROAD JAMBOREES 149 No. Rawhide Racing Association ASSOCIATION MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING Four Wheel Drive Excunions Ridgecrest, CA 93555 Box 11093 Station -A Pat Roberts Tommy Bowling P.O. Box 1154 (619) 375-8704 Atlanta, GA 30310 878 Main St. 19019 W. CR 128 Arcata, CA 95221 September 14-15, 1991 (404) 253-1033 Deadwood, SD 57732 Odessa, TX 79765 (707) 822-8508 Prescott Forest Rally July 28, 1991 (605) 578-1654 (915) 561-5222 September 13-13, 1991 Prescott, AZ 100 mile August 17, 1991 "The Texas Challenge Ghost Town Adventure October 26-27, 1991 Vienna, GA Gumbo Buttes Baja Off Road Points Series" South Lake Tahoe, CA/ Stateline, NV Rally School August 25, 1991 Pierre, SD (All events at Notrees, TX) Gorman Rally 50 mile September 21, 1991 August 9-11, 1991 Hungry Valley, CA Vienna,GA Deadwood Off Road Grand Prix 2nd Annual Rock 'N' Roll 250 BADGERLAND VW November 17, 1991 September 22, 1991 Deadwood, SD September 14, 1991 CLUB,INC. Hollister Hills Rally 50 mile October 19, 1991 Terry Friday Hollister, CA ·V\enna,GA Last Chance Baja October 26, 1991 5913 Fond Du Lac Road October 26-27, 1991 Wall, SD November 1991 Oshkosh, WI 54901 Rules Meeting & 50 mile (All above dates for HPORRA Awards Banquet (414) 688-5509 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY Vienna, GA are tentative) (All events located in RACING ASSOCIATION November 20, 1991 Chilton, WI at the C.J. Richards 250 mile MICKEY THOMPSON'S Winnegago County Expo Center) P.O. Box 332 Vienna, GA IOK FOUR WHEELERS OFF ROAD Fair Haven, VT 05743 December 7, 1991 P.O. Box 36 CHAMPIONSHIP (802) 265-8618 Awards Banquet Cleves, Ohio 45002 GRAND PRIX BAJA PROMOTIONS, (All events staged at Mickey Thompson LTD.S.A. the club grounds in Entertainment Group Lou Peralta COLORADO HILL GREAT LAKES Cleves, Ohio) P.O. Box 25168 P.O. Box 8938 CLIMB ASSOCIATION Anaheim, CA 92825 Calabasas, CA 91302 P.O. Box 9735 FOUR WHEEL (714) 938-4100 (818) 340-5750 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 DRIVE ASSOCIATION September. 28, 1991 Bob Moon KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER Golden Crown of Baja 915 So. Zeeb Road 4WDCLUB Mile High Stadium Desert Series (cars) CORVA Ann Arbor, Ml 48103 Randy Chamberlin Denver, CO July 26-28, 1991 1601 10th St. (313) 665-0358/ (313) 996-9193 835 Wawn Road October 19, 1991 Gran Carrera de Ensenada Sacramento, CA 95814 Kamloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 Silver Bowl Ensenada, BC, Mexico (800) 237-5436 Se[tember 15, 1991 Las Vegas, NV September 20-22, 1991 GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD S ort Course Event November 2, 1991 RACING ASSOCIATION Kamloops, BC, Canada Gran Carrera de Campeones Keith Koesters Candlestick Park San Felipe, BC, Mexico FORDA 4605 N. 130th Circle Sefctember 29, 1991 San Francisco, CA SUDS SHORT COURSE SERIES Florida Off Roaders Omaha, NE 68164 Mi dle Distance Enduro Drivers' Association ( 402) 496-0846 Kamloops, BC, Canada ( all events at 9385 Florence Ave. NATIONAL MUD RACING Santa Veronica OHV Park Apopka, FL 32703 August 10, 1991 ASSOCIATION Tecate, BC, Mexico) (407) 291-1215/ (305) 823-4487 Castana, Iowa LA RANA DESERT RACING 11842 Jason Court Madera, CA 93638 October 19-20, 1991 August 11, 1991 September 8, 1991 22769 Chambray Dr. (209) 486-4590 or (209) 266-5558 Lakeland, FL Castana, Iowa Moreno Valley, CA 92387 September 1991 September 29, 1991 (714) 924-2226 August 18, 1991 NMRA Championship BONNEVILLE OFFROAD Talahassee, FL Castana, Iowa August 23-25, 1991 Johnson, VT RACING ENTHUSIASTS October 1991 (All events at Timber Ridge Ranch) Johnson Valley 300 August 25, 1991 Jim Baker Sharpes, FL • Johnson Valley, CA P.O. Box 1583 October 4-6, 1991 NMRA Championship Ogden, Utah 84402 (Some dates are tentative) South Lake Speedway California 200 Merrillville, IN (801) 627-B.O.R.E. GREAT WESTERN Ridgecrest, CA POINTS SERIES, INC. September 15, 1991 August 10, 1991 FUDPUCKER Bertram Productions, Inc.' November 22-24, 1991 NMRA Championship T wilite Race RACING TEAM 15073 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 High Desert 250 Johnson, VT Delle, Utah 250 Kennedy, #2 Golden, CO 80403 ( double points) October 6, 1991 Chula Vista, CA 92011 August 7, 1991 Lucerne Valley, CA September 28, 1991 (619) 427-5759 NMRA Championship Bonneville Challenge Adams County Fairgrounds November 27, 1991 Johnson, VT Wendover, USA August 3, 1991 Denver, CO Awards Banquet Superstition 250 Vlll September 7, 1991 Velvet Turtle Lake Superstition, CA Adams County Fairgrounds West Covina, CA ONTARIO OFF ROAD BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY September 28, 1991 Denver, CO RACERS ASSOCIATION Plaster City Blast 200 October 6, 1991 R.R. 4 R.R. 3 Plaster City East, CA MICHIGAN OFF ROAD Bancroft, Ontario, Canada K0L-lC0 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 Adams County Fairgrounds CHAMPIONSHIPS (613) 332-4363 (613)475-1102/ Fax(613)475-3250 December 31, 1991 Denver, CO M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. July 26-28, 1991 Dunaway Dash 150 (All GWPS dates are tentative) 15529 Jones Road Off Road Canada Jamboree Plaster City West, CA Grand Ledge, MI 48837 February 15, 1992 (517) 627-6200 OUTLAW MINI STOCK August 10, 1991 King of the Desert GRR July 28, 1991 RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box204 September 7-8, 1991 Lake Superstition, CA Golden Rule Racing Mason, Ml Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 October 5, 1991 April 4, 1992 P.O. Box 40211 August 1, 1991 (213) 375-4570/(213) 719-7036 Buzz Bomb 150 Phoenix, AZ 85067 Plaster City East, CA (602) 263-5329 Sandusky, MI .or Page 6 August 1991 Dusty nmes

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more TRAIL NOTES ••• JAMAR PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS has long been a staple on the off road scene, specializing in brake parts originally. We had a rather sad note in the mail a month ago reading as follows: "Please be advised that as of June 1-15, 1991, Jamar Performance Products, Inc., will close its manufacturing facilities. We at Jamar wish to express our sincere appreciation for the opportunity of working with you over the years. We are sorry to have to take this step. However, the current economic climate and rising insurance costs leaves us no alternative." Southwestern racers will surely miss the Jamar presence and their fine products on contingency row, but they made far more stuff than just items with off road applications. To Jamar President Richard Hall and his staff we can only say we will miss you, but we understand new owner Rod Gehnert plans to service all accounts as in the past. TOYOTA TRUE GRIT-Troy Herbst of Las Vegas, NV, has taken the lead in the Toyota True Grit standings at the halfway point in the eight race HD RA/SCORE desert racing season.True Grit, which measures success based on the accumulated average speed of the driver's six best races, pays off at the 1 end of the year with $10,000 in prize money split equally among the overall , winner, the heavy truck winner and the mini pickup champion. So far Herbst has a combined average speed of 49.84 mph in two of the four races. Ivan Stewart is second with a combined average speed of 48. 78 mph in two races. Third overall, Scott McMillin leads in the Heavy Metal division, and McMillin has averaged 47.65 mph, also in two races. The mini pickup leader is Jerry Whelchel, at 22nd overall, with an average speed of 41. 75 mph recorded in two races. In another Toyota sponsored competition, 21 of the circuit's 377 drivers in the first four races remain eligible for the year end Milestone Awards. These trophies are presented to those few racers who complete every racing mile of all eight events in the HDRA/SCORE desert series. DIESELS FOR DODGES -Chrysler Corporation and Cummins Engine Co. Inc. jointly announced an agreement whereby Dodge Rain pickup trucks will continue to be powered by the Cummins diesel engine through 1997. The agreement will assure Chrysler exclusive use of the Cummins "B Series" 6-cylinder engine in the various models of full size pickup trucks produced by Chrysler, including its new generation full size pickup due to debut in the 1994 model year. Dodge first offered the Cummins engine as a,n option in the 1989 Dodge Ram pickups and, since then, diesel sales have grown rapidly to now represent nearly half of the Ram pickups sold. Chrysler said its truck plans include expanded use of the diesel starting in the 1991 model year with availability in the extended "Club Cab" model of the standard pickup. These models are sought by a significant portion of pickup truck buyers seeking towing capability but needing extra passenger carrying ability. More importantly, Chrysler said it will use the diesel in its new generation pickup family --code named T300 -- scheduled for introduction in the 1994 model year. Chrysler builds full size pickups in Warren, Michigan and Mexico City, Mexico. Cummins is headquartered in Columbus, Indiana. HORA RACES ON TV -The High Desert Racing Association has signed a contract with DesertLink International of Provo, Utah to coordinate all television rights for the Las Vegas based racing organization. The agreement was initiated and executed by the presidents of both organizations, Danny Cau of HDRA and Jerry Garrett of DesertLink. Under terms of the agreement DesertLink will control television rights for all HDRA events through the calendar year 1992. The contract includes the rights to pre-event programming, taping _of actual events, post event satellite news feeds, post race specials, and public relations and advertising uses. Additionally DesertLink will be the official Television Consultant for HDRA. Apparently it all started with the recent Fireworks 250, with still to come this year the Nevada 500 in August and the Gold Coast 300 in October, both desert races. Of course HDRA also presents the HDRA Desert Championship short course race at Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, CA in September this year. In addition to these four races HDRA's flag ship event, the spring running of the Nissan 400 out of Las Vegas will be part of the 1992 race coverage done by DesertLink. FIESTABOWLANTIQUECARRALLYwillhappenonOctober 18, 19, 20, 1991 and it will be sanctioned and conducted by the Sports Car Club of America's National Office with the help of the Arizona Region of SCCA. The. rally will start in Yuma on the morning of October 18 and wind its way through I the deserts and mountains of Arizona, stopping in various communities for1 meal and overnight rest stops. The rally will finish at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, the home of the annual New Year's Day Fiesta Bowl collegiate football game. The rally will involve two classes for competition, antique pre-1940 automobiles and vintage 1940 to 1959 automobiles. Prize monies total $40,000 over the approximate 900 mile event, with prize payouts and host city monies awarded daily. If vintage car rallies are your fancy, -get full information in Arizona from the organizers at ( 602) 782-2271 or the SCCA in Denver at (303) 779-6622. LONDON -SYDNEY MARA THON 1993 SOLD OUT -What a situation, one that most off road rally and race promoters would love to have, especially 22 months before the event happens. The organizers received 191 paid up applications for the event, that has only 80 starting places, when the entry closed last June. Applications came from competitors from 21 countries, and include a titled Lady, two former Formula One Gran Prix drivers, a famous politician, a former England football player, a current Formula One team manager, a professional tree mover, an Army Brigadier and the owner of a current World Championship Sports Car team. Heavy Stuff! Among the confirmed entries are 31 of the original 98 starters in the 1968 event. Twenty-three years on, almost one third of the original competitors are back, including the men who finished first, second and third -Andrew Cowan, Paddy Hopkirk and Ian Vaughan. Both Cowan and Vaughan will drive their original cars. Entries have been received from India, New Zealand, Eire, USA, England, Australia, Japan, New Guinea, Norway, Argentina, New Calendonia, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Kenya and the USSR. Wonder what language the route instructions will be printed in, probably English. There should be a good market for bilingual co-drivers as the actual event gets closer on the calendar. RACES TO BE OR NOT-As September draws near, when the La Paz, Baja California race was postponed to, after it was originally advettised for last May 11, no dates have been set. Perhaps the hordes of people heading to that area for the solar eclipse in July have dulled the sponsors need to promote more tourism in the area. Also it is apparent that the "new Mint 400", scheduled for late November, will now be a short course event, and to date this office has received nothing from the Las Vegas people announced as backing the event. Stay tuned. Page 8 PAC OFF ROAD RACING P.O. Box 323 Seahurst, Washington 98062 (206) 242-1773 October 11-12, 1991 Brothers 400 Brothers, OR PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 SAREEA AL JAMEL 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 526 Indio, CA 92202 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 August 23-25, 1991 Ojibwe Rally Bemidji, MN October 4-6, 1991 Gold Rush Westcliffe, CO October 25-27, 1991 Press On Regardless Escanaba, MI November 8-10, 1991 Mazda Coachman Stages Olympia, WA December 6-7, 1991 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, Maine December 7, 1991 Pro Rally Awards Banquet Rumford, Maine SCORE Score International 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 November 7-10, 1991 Baja 1000 Ensenada, BC, Mexico December 7, 1991 Off Roadsman Awards Banquet Las Vegas, NV SCORE CANADA 390 Chemin Du Lac Lery, Quebec, J6N 1A3, Canada (514) 692-6171 SCORE SHOW Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group Ed Stotereau P.O. Box 25148 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714) 938-4155 May 1-3, 1992 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Jack Kolan (619) 292-4444 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 August 1991 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 (414) 271-3575/(414) 257-0422 August 30-September 1, 1991 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI (715) 478-2222 September 14-15, 1991 Midwest Points Championships Oskosh, WI Terry & Bev Friday (414) 688-5509 or 688-5511 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 August 11, 1991 September 8, 1991 October 13, 1991 (All events at Stephenville, Texas Speedway) TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urbanowicz, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 August 24-25, 1991 September 14-15, 1991 (Races at Colonial Valley Resorts in PA) VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 2810 W . Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 656-1122 August 3, 1991 Class 10 Buggies September 7, 1991 Class 10 Buggies October 5, 1991 Class 10 Buggies October 26, 1991 Class 10 Buggies November 23, 1991 Class 10 Buggies December 7, 1991 Class 10 Buggies VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 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, V3R 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 July 27, 1991 Hannagan Speedway Bellingham, WA August 3, 1991 Hannagan Speedway Bellingham, WA August 17, 1991 Hannagan Speedway Bellingham, WA August 31, 1991 Hannagan Speedway Bellingham, WA September 15, 1991 Kamloops, B.C. Canada WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 971-3730 · August 17, 1991 Night Race September 14, 1991 Night Race October 19, 1991 Night Race November 17, 1991 Day Race December 15, 1991 Day Race Series Finale (All events at Thrasherland, 1 r 7th Ave. & Glendale in Phoenix, AZ) FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP July 22-28, 1991 Argentina Rally Buenos Aires, Argentina August 20-26, 1991 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 19-22, 1991 Rally Australia Perth, Australia October 13-18, 1991 Rally de Italia Sanremo, Italy October 27-November 2, 1991 Ivory Coast Rally Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 10-14, 1991 Rally of Spain Catalunya, Spain November 24-29, 1991 Lombard RAC Nottingham, England ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! Send your 1991 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column. Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 533 r Derry Ave., Suite 0 , Agoura, CA 913oz. Dusty Times

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SCORE TECATE BAJA 500 Ivan Stewart All The Way By Judy Smith Photos: Track.side Photos Inc. lronman Ivan tewart once again demonstrated how he earned the name, winning top car honors by over 22 minutes in the potent Toyota, and he had enough energy to climb on top the truck to spray well wishers at the Ensenada finish ceremony. Photo: John Calvin Ivan Stewart took the overall often to describe it was "tech-road is intended to be used only win at the SCORE Tecate Baja nical". It took more than a big by the racers and is supposedly 500, the fourth event in the 1991 motor and a heavy foot to go fast going to be the only course used in HORA /SCORE desert series. on this track, and especially later that area. Stewart, who's scheduled to drive in the day, as the new part near the But laying it out and marking it only four of the series events this finish degraded. turned out to be harder than had year, now has a two-for-two When SCORE first released been expected. Work started a record, having won at the Nissan maps of the course there was a big month before the race. Some of it 400 in March, also. void at the top of the page, and a was initially marked on horseback, Ivan and his Toyota were first notice saying that a new road was some with 4x4s. From time to on the road most of the day, being cut, and pre-running would , time the tentative markings would finishing the 490 mile course in not be open in that area until JI lead to an impassable canyon, or 8:54:38:2, inplentyoftimeforan about 10 days before the race. dead end of some sort, and then early dinner. Although his time The area was north of the Ojos I the markers would have to was quick, it didn't mean that Negros road that leads to El Rayo, remove the markings, and start SCORE had laid out an easy trail. and extended from just west of El over. When it was finally laid out, T his was one of the most Rayo to near the first cattle-a bulldozer was sent to cut the demanding courses seen in some crossing. It's purpose is to bypass road. Eager racers, trying to pre-years, and the word heard most the ranchos in the area, and the run, found themselves catching up with the bulldozer, and the operator didn't build confidence when he was heard asking the way to Ojos Negros. Eventually, it was completed, but only a day or so before the race, and not everyone had time / to pre-run that part in· the busy · ! last few hours. Still, there was virtually no way to get lost. It was a narrow, twisting trail, cut through tall brush, and occasion-ally lending itself to handsome views of the surrounding country-side. There was a rocky stream bed, and a mud hole for variety, and the broken branches of the shrubs were tire getters for pre-runners. The rest of the course was all old stuff, put together in a new and despite losing third gear they came home second overall and second in way. Starting at Ojos Negros it _C_la_s_s_t_l_2· _____________________ -;-;:.-:..-:,~-;,:.-;:._...,tr.,..,aveled toward T res Hermanos, Starting second on the road Ivan Stewart had the lead by the second turn, and he stayed out front all the way around the tough route to again win overall in the seemingly invincible Toyota. Larry Ragland had big trouble in the mountains, but with help he recovered and sped on in the big Chevy, and he took the Class B lead on the beach and won the class finishing fourth overall. and then went eastward through the shrubbery towards the Alamo Road. When it got there traffic hopped onto the road, came out to Highway 3 and ran on it for about a quarter mile, to a turnoff -that headed to Santa Catarina. From there they turned right, to Nuevo Junction, then southward to Valle Trinidad, and down the road to Mike's Road, and up the hill to the ranch. After Mike's the course turned north, down the nasty little road into the river, and past Simpson's ranch, out of the mountains, and down onto the long straight road into Valle Trinidad. And that was one of the few long straight stretches in this race. At the big tanks the course turned left, heading westward, past the grapevines, and out to Highway 1 at Llano Colorado. Then the trail led out to the beach, and turned north to Erendira, moving up into the hills, and to Santo Tomas, where the cars went out on the pavement for a short distance, to Uruapan, where they skirted the little town, and headed back towards T res Hermanos. Once back in the hills they were on the same course they'd used in the morning, and the route ·was the same an the way to Catarina again. But this time they turned left, through the Piney Woods, and up to El Rayo, where they picked up the new section, which went to within a few miles of the finish in Ojos Negros. The motorcycles and A TVs staged and started in Ojos Negros, but the cars and trucks had a ceremonial start in Ensenada, and a re-start in Ojos. Everyone went · back to Ensenada for a ceremonial checkered flag, after the finish in Ojos Negros. There were 188 car and truck starters this year, down from last year's 220. The course was 79 miles longer this year, and it took Ivan an hour and 24 minutes longer to finish this year than it did last year, when he also won the class, in the same truck. This year the weather was very different also. Last year it stayed nice for the ,fast classes, but just about the time the l-2-1600s got midway through the day the skies opened up and a furious thunder-storm assaulted parts of the course, creating spectacular flash floods that disrupted the race. . This year it was sunny and warm Bob Gordon and Frank Arciero Jr. are a powerful desert team, and they took the Chevy powered Chenowth, without brakes, to third overall and in Class 1 /2. Jerry Penhall and Bud Feldkamp had some flats, laid the car on its side but they still finished the Raceco Porsche fourth in Class 1 /2, sixth overall. Scott McMillin lost some body panels after getting stuck in a tree, but the Ford ran well enough to place fifth o°'erall and second in Class 8. Page 10 August 1991 Dusy Times

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Rob MacCachren ran out of luck in Baja and lost the Class 8 lead with many brake woes, but got back on course to place the Venable Ford third in Class 8. Greg Hibbs and Dave Richardson recovered from a flat, with no handy spare, and drove on in the Jimco to finish second in Class John Kelly and Don Weiser come from Arizona to race the Raceco in Class 10, always run strong and finished third, just 2½ minutes out of second spot. 10 at the checkered flag. all day, with gentle breezes, a~d not a hint of rain. The cars were flagged off one at a time, at 30 second intervals, and the start order was 1/2, 8, 10, 4, 5, 1-2-1600, 6, 3, 7, 7 4x4, 7S, 5/ 1600, Mini-Mag, 9, and 11. All classes had an 18 hour time limit, except Class 11, which had 14-and-a-ha lf hours to get to Santo· Tomas, where they would be done for the day. After finishing, all vehicles had an hour to get to the ceremonial finish in Ensenada, where another checkered flag, and crowds of Mexican fans, as well as; pit crews and supporters, could 1 welcome them and shake their' hands. In Class 1 / 2 there were any 1 number of potential winners, but so_me were undone very early in the day, as was Troy Herbst, in a Chenowth, who was reported to have rolled by mile nine. Bill Church's Chevy truck lost a lower balljoint before he'd gone 40 miles, and Jack Johnson's Jeep blew a head gasket about 60 miles out. Mark McMillin stretched a limiter strap on his new unique mid-engined, A-armed car, and then broke a Spicer. But Stewart, who'd got out front early in the day, just charged on, hardly daunted by one flat and a loose plug wire. Behind him Danny Letner, in a Porsche Raceco, handed his car to Ron Brant to drive the middle section, and they lost third gear, but kept moving. Jerry Penhall, after tearing up a front tire on a rock, gave his Raceco over to Bud Feldkamp, and John Thul took over from Albert McMullin, who was driving the beginning and the end, in their Toyota V-6 powered Chaparral. They tore off a c. v. boot, and also flattened a couple of front tires on rocks. Corky · McMillin and Brian Ewalt ran well in their Porsche Chenowth, but then broke an axle and lost 45 minutes, while Bob Gordon, in his Chevy powered Chenowth, · had no problems early in the day. Bob Richey, in a Porsche Raceco, had the incredibly bad luck to hit a big pit trailer that was parked on · the course at the El Alamo pits in the morning. The impact instantly broke his steering box and put him down 50 minutes. Steam came out from under Richey's helmet. Up at Mike's, Ivan discovered that he had "way, way too much front brake", and it was pushing in the corners. He said, he was "always terrified" he'd go off a cliff. But he kept to the middle of the road, and made it safely back, taking the win by 23 minutes. Letner and Brant, who'd run out of brakes at the last, missed a lot of turns in the new section, but; made it in for second place. And· in third it was Frank Arciero, Jr., who drove Gordon's car in, after a rear wheel had exploded and ruined the brakes. When he found how hard it was to handle, as he ran into a tree in the forest, he said to himself, "What a stupid move that was - getting into this car." But he figured he had to finish, or his buddy, Gordon, would tell him he was a wimp. So he did, bringing the car in third. Feldkamp, who laid Penhall's car on its side in the woods, found it very dusty, and managed to have three flats, but got home in fourth place, followed in by Thul and McMullin, who'd lost their brakes also. McMullin decidedly did not enjoy the new section of the course. Class 8 got the green flag next, and Rob MacCachren was off and running, in his Ford, out front, but with Larry Ragland and his Chevy pressing hard, along with Scott McMillin in a Ford, Brian Stewart in his Dodge, Randy Salmont in Dave Westhem's GMC and David Bryan in another Ford. But Bryan lost his steering box at mile 34, and was out for over an hour, while the rest of the field charged on. Still driving the older Dodge, Rodney Hall and Jim Fricker did keep it tidy as others broke in front of them, lost gears and brakes, but still took the victory in Class 4. · Dusty Times As they came down out of Mike's, MacCachren was still in front, and then it was Ragland, who misjudged his truck's position in relation to a boulder, and bumped himself to the left and part way off the cliff. Ragland thought it was the end of his race. He had effectively created the first of the day's traffic jams, and a pair of two seat buggy teams, whose numbers Ragland was too distracted to get, got on the front bumper of the truck and gradually worked it back onto the course, so he could go on and let the race start moving again. Ragland says his truck is so big that it's hard to see where the fenders are. He's considering adding a couple of those tall fender finders that truckers Dr' Doug Fortin Jr. is turning into a junior ironman, as he drove his Class 10 Chenowth every mile, cooling off here in the mountains, and he won the class again and took eighth overall as well. CUSTOM WHEELS Landing Gear for the 90's! August 1991 Ultra Wheel's President Jimmy Smith, and co-pilot Dennis Rogers made a perfect landing at this year's Parker 400. Of course, they were riding on the first and only domestic manufactured wheels to use steel inserts for a safe and secure attachment of wheel to vehicle. 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Dan Blain had fuel filter woes, his co-driver Lou Peralta laid the Mirage over, but the team kept moving forward to finish fourth in Class 10. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter had the early lead in Class 5, but an encounter with a ditch cost them lots of time and the brothers finished second in Class 5. Cameron Steele and Dave Hendrickson had brake trouble and Dave kept going off the road late in the game, but they finished second in Class 1-2-1600. gr-use, so he can tell where his front end is. MacCachren now had a good lead, but Stewart, Ragland and Westhem were lumped closely together as they hit the beach. McMillin was a bit off the pace after being stuck in a tree near Nuevo. Boggles the mind doesn't it? All that horsepower, stuck in a tree. His crew had to go in to pull him out. Down on the beach MacCach-ren had serious brake problems, and had to stop in his pit to replace a master cylinder. His competition went by, and now Ragland found himself in the lead. And he stayed there, having no further troubles, to take the win, and finish fourth overall. MacCachren replaced another master cylinder, but McMillin, whose rear fenders had dropped off leaving his truck loo.ring naked, had no mechanical troubles, and worked back up to second place. In third it was MacCachren, who'd passed Westhem near the end, when Dave had had a flat, and then found that his jack wouldn't work. He got the flat fixed quickly enough to salvage fourth for himself and Salmont. Next to take off were the Class 10 troops, and all but one of them made it the first 40 miles, where they were still bunched up, and practically in starting order. But Doug Fortin, Jr., in a Chenowth, had a minuscule lead of about 38 seconds, and a pack including Steve Myers and Mike Sullivan in a Raceco, Greg Hibbs and Dave Richardson in aJimco, John Kelly and Don Weiser in a Raceco, and John Marking and Tom Schilling in a'Jimco were not far back. Tom and Bob DeNault had already broken a tie rod bolt on their Mirage, and Jim Kirk and Jim Pierce, in their new Raceco, broke a tie rod on a boulder. Dan Blain was struggling with plugged fuel filters in his Mirage. Fortin held off a challenge by Hibbs and Richardson, and took a commanding lead of the class by the time he'd hit the beach. Schilling, who'd been close, broke an axle, and borrowed a replacement from the broken Class 5 car of Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron, and got back into the chase. Kelley and Weiser had a wheel fall off, and Blain fixed his fuel problem, and handed his car to Lou Peralta, who rolled it on the way to Santo Tomas, landing on his wheels. Kirk and Pierce were moving 1Uhf do,~~~ ~ NIR. 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EVENT Race Car Lettering • Racing Nurnbers • Custorn Decals • Silk Screening • Die Cutting • Signs • Magnetic Signs • Banners • Window Lettering 1 BOBS Redondo Circle • Huntington Beach, CA B2B4B 714/843-0444 • FAX 714/843-0143 Page 12 August 1991 Val Dodd and Greg Vaughan stayed close to the leader early on, kept the Baja Bug in good shape, took the lead and carried on with no mechanical troubles to win Class 5 by 14 minutes. . up rapidly, but Myers and Sullivan fell back; and Greg Till and Ted Smith, in Bob Gordon's · pre-runner, a Chenowth, had the bad luck to slip part way off a hill out of Mike's. DeNault's replace-ment for the tie rod end bolt also broke, and now Bob was having brake caliper troubles. Fortin had no problems, no flats, and ran easily to the win, and eighth overall. Behind him Richardson had a flat on Hibbs' car, and then had no spare, so he cooled it in, finishing about 45 minutes later, in second place. Kelly and Weiser were third, less than three minutes later, with Blain and Peralta in fourth, their roof line crumpled. Pierce and Kirk were fifth, and declared that they liked their new car. In Class 4, Steve Kelley had the early lead in his Chevrolet, while behind him, Rod Hall man-handled his old Dodge truck, which lacks a bit in the suspension department. Tim Pruett and Dave Ashley, both in Ford F-150s, collided with one another, early in the race, and then got stuck in a silt bed. Kelley got to outside of Trinidad and lost his transfer case, and it took a.bout an hour-, and-a-half to make the repairs . Meanwhile, Hall kept moving along, and Pruett parked before Simpson's Ranch, with a broken tie rod. Once Kelley was repaired it was catch-up time, but that was very difficult on this course, which featured miles and miles of narrow, twisting roads, with lots of dust. He was back amongst slower vehicles, and reduced to their speed, and it was a long time between places to pass. Just before he got to the beach Hall lost his low gear, and then, since he had to rely on his brakes more in order to slow down, he lost them also. But he wasn't having any other problems, and didn't have any flats. Hall and his perennial co-driver, Jim Fricker, took the win, with Kelley a half hour behind them in second place. Pruett, who lost four hours with the tie rod, was third, and Ashley finished also, about 17 minutes behind him. In Class 5, Hartmut Klawitter put his Jimco convertible into the lead, but Val Dodd was chasing hard in his sedan, and so were Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron in their 1 liter Jimco convertible. Carlos Vela, meanwhile, dis-covered that he'd lost his power steering, and ran that way for 50 Tom Burns really flew his new Mirage around the course, drove all the way and had no troubles at all, praises his new car, and the Las Vegas driver not only won Class 1-2-1600, he finished ninth overall. Dusty Times

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Jim Fishback Sr. and Sam Castro had scant problems in the Neth, and they motored right along, running rich.- to finish third in Class 1-2-1600. Mike McC/une and Joe Valentine each lost time to troubles, each made time back, and the team sailed home fourth in the competitive Class 1-2-1600. Danny Ashcraft finally got his new Ford Explorer desert ready, and he was close in Class 6 all the way, finishing second, just seven minutes back. miles. Bill Her'i"tquist, in another Jimco, was having no mechanical trouble, but his passenger, Jeff Anderson, was car sick, and throwing up in the car. Klawitter ran into a ditch in the dust as he tried to pass another vehicle, and had to have help getting unstuck. Then he dis-covered that he'd flattened a tire also. So Dodd, and his co-driver, Greg Vaughan, went into the lead. Vela, his steering repaired, moved up in the ranks a bit, while Hernquist came upon a traffic jam, and stopped suddenly, and slid off the edge of the cliff. Dickerson, who'd had some · trouble getting up the hill out of Mike's, finally lost her clutch for good down near the beach. Vaughan was making good time, with absolutely no troubles at all, while the Klawitters were discovering that it was very difficult to pass on this course, because of the dust. So Dodd and Vaughan took the win, with the Klawitters second, 14 minutes later, a!ld Vela, who drove the ~ MIKE ,, HELIARC WELDING ,, TUBING STRUCTURE ,, SHEET METAL ,, SUSPENSION entire distance, in third, an hour and a halflater. Hernquist, and his co-driver, Michael Lund, were fourth, another three hours later, presumably in bad need of a car wash. In Class 1-2-1600 recent bridegroom Tom Burns put his new Mirage into the lead, but it was very close, with Rodrigo Ampudia, in a Neth that'd been badly bent in a collision with a stalled race car, Jamie Wells and Chris Tool in their Chenowth, Gary Sewell and Dan Keller in their Lothringer, Craig Stewart in a Mirage, and Larry Martin and Bob Neth in an NRW, all right there. Burns moved up to the front of the pack, with Sewell and Keller running second, and now Cam Steele and Dave Hendrickson, in a Raceco, had moved up, along with Dennis and Tom Hight, in a Chenowth, and Craig Deardorf, who was having linkage trouble, in his Raceco. Ampudia was having a bad time aiming his car, while Willie Melancon was trying to catch up, after his- co-dri"ver-, Joe Flinn, had lost a lot of time with a broken tie rod on the Mirage. Martin and Neth were having fuel pump problems. Burns moved on trouble free, while Hendrickson, who got in at Santo Tomas, lost his rear brakes about 150 miles from the end. Sewell and Keller broke a rocker arm, and Tom Hight rolled over in the pine forest. And Neth had to hoof it into Catarina to get a new fuel pump. Even Burns, who ran a clean race, and took the win, "didn't like the end too much." Hend-rickson, who ran off the road in there "so many times I can't count 'em", liked it even less, though he brought Steele's car to the finish in second place. In third it was Jim Fishback, Sr. and Sam Castro, in a Neth, with no problems beyond the car running rich. Fourth went to Mike McClune and Joe Valentine, who'd both lost tjme, and made it up again, and then Sewell and Keller salvaged a fifth place. ------·-------------SMITH FABRICATION ,, COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE) ,, COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) ,,.IMSA ,, SCORE ,, HORA ,, MTEG ,, 9237 LOWER AZUSA ROAD, UNIT 0, TEMPLE CITY, CA 91780 ,, 818-309-9899 Dusty Tirncs August 1991 John Swift rears the Ford Explorer up on its hind wheels, but it didn't slow him down on his march to yet another victory for utility trucks in Class 6 action. Remember when Class 6 used to be made up of vehicles like the Camara, the El Camino, the '57 Chevy, and the Saab? This time there were two Ford Explorers, two Jeep Cherokees, two Blazers, a Jimmy, and the Saab. That's the Production Sedan class! The two Explorers, driven by John Swift and Danny Ashcraft, had a good race, passing and repassing one another, as the others struggled. Anhe first time through the El Alamo pit area, the lead belonged to Ashcraft, but he had only nine seconds on Swift, who ran second. In third at that time was Mike Lesle, in a Cherokee, and then Arne and Patrik (;II" DESIGN T.HOKE BUILDER OF DANNY LITNER CL.ASS 2 TRUCK Page 13

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Manny Esquerra did not have the best of days in the Ford Ranger, as he got stuck once, had a tranny fluid leak, but did finish second In Class 7. While Willie Valdez and Gil Divine stopped to help others in trouble on the route, they still drove the Ford Ranger into a strong second in Class 7S. Chuck Johnson and John Johnson ran close to the leaders all day in the Ford Ranger, but they finished third, by a couple minutes, in Class 7S. ~ Gunnarsson were fourth in their Saab. Straggling in with major down time were Don Adams in his Cherokee, and Evan Evans, in his Blazer, which was out for· its second race. ·-· -They climbed up into the mountains and back down again, and as they reached Highway 1, the lead belonged to Swift, but he had only four minutes on Ashcraft. Lesle was third again, and the Saab still fourth, but Adams had moved up to fifth place. Things changed again as they ers, it was Lesle in third, and no went through El Alamo the last one else made it all the way. · time, and now Swift had a one Class 3 was led all day by Dan .minute lead on Ashcraft. But then Smith, in a Ford Bronco, and ]ie made a stop at Catarina to having what he called, "a Heck of replace an alternator and Ashcraft a nice day". In the dust he slid into went to the fore, only to blow a a tree, and put a huge dent in his turn a little further down the driver's side door, but that didn't road, and watch Swift move back hurt the running of the truck any. to the lead, where he stayed until He had a slim lead on Curt LeDuc, the checkered flag. Ashcraft could in a Jeep Cherokee, at El ~lamo, see Swift, and stayed close, and Mike Lund was third in his hoping to pressure him into a Nissan Pathfinder, followed by mistake, but it didn't happen. Dale White, in his Chevy Blazer. Two hours after the two Explor, As they came to the Pacific side of the course, Smith's lead had grown to about 15 minutes, and it was White in second place, as LeDuc recovered from a rollover incurred when he tried to avoid · running into a stopped race car. Mike Lund was running about three hours late because of a bizarre accident that injured his ·passenger, Bryant Hibbs. The design of the Nissan is such that · the longitudinal torsion bars are · actually mounted inside the cab, one on the driver's side, and one ; on the passenger's side. The bolt holding the mount on the passenger side broke, and the bar whipped up and hit Hibbs in the leg. It missed his femoral artery only by millimeters, but it did destroy two tendons and . some Auto Meter quality instrumentation is built to withstand the demanding conditions of Off-Road racing. Ivan "lronman• Stewart puts his trust in Auto Meter instruments. "Off-road racing tests the extremes. My Auto Meter gauges have proven to be tough and dependable.· It was another Rough Rider victory in Class 3 as Dan Smith drove the Ford Bronco hard and fast, took out a tree en route, but he won the class by over an hour, and was 14th overall. -'fL HORA Contingency Sponsor ~£ '90 MTEG Champion '90 HORA, SCORE Champion -eter COMPETITION INSTRUMENTS TM Auto Meter Products, Inc. Dept DU-08 413 W. Elm St. Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 895-2398 For More Product Information and Nearest Availability Call: Jluta Meter INFONowsM 1-900-773-7300 (Have This# Handy: 14-85-20) $1.95 first minute, 75¢ each additional. INFONOWSM is a service mark of DCI® and is carried on AT&T phone lines ... for service questions, call DCl's INFONOW Consumer Lines Service at (515) 276-0442 Page 14 Jerry McDonald scored his third Class 7 4x4 victory this year, as he won at Parker and the Nissan 400, and again in Baja, plus his third at San Felipe puts Jerry and the Chevy S-10 in command of the class points. August 1991 nerves. Bryant was airlifted to the hospital in San Diego, and then underwent four hours of surgery to repair the damage, and clean out the contamination. He had to have a big skin graft, and is now ·confined to bed, and won't be allowed to put any weight on the leg for about three months, but the prognosis is good for complete recovery, following a long period of therapy. Meanwhile, the Bronco sailed on, trouble free, and Smith took the win, followed in an hour later by White, who'd been without· rear brakes since Erendira. Lund, understandably upset by the accident, put Roger Mears, Jr. into the Nissan to finish the race, and they were third, followed in by LeDuc, who'd replaced a transfer case and repaired his · brakes in the meantime. All of the Class 7 entries got through the El Alamo pits the first time, with Scott Douglas, in his Jeep, first on the road, but Roger Mears, in the Nissan, was hot on his heels, and ahead of him on elapsed time. Rightthere also, was Manny Esquerra, in his Ford, and then Racin Gardner and Wade Con~ ay, in another Ford, while Kim Mohr, still another Ford, had , already had some problem, and ; lost a half hour. Mears had a lead of about 14 minutes on Esquerra when they got to the beach side of the course, and he was having no troubles at all. Esquerra, on the other hand, had overshot a turn and got himself stuck, and was also having to add tranny fluid because of a leak. Mears, stopping for nothing but fuel, took the win, with a nice 12th place overall finish, and Esquerra came in second 23 minutes later. Douglas, who also had a clean day, and finished third, bemoaned his old truck, which is not really a full blown Class 7 vehicle, but is a Class 7S truck that's been reworked a bit. He's supposed to have a new truck coming soon. . Class 7 4x4 was led by Jerry McDonald and Jeff Lewis, in their Chevy S, 10, but at that point Darren York and his Ford Ranger were right behind them, and Paul and David Simon had their Ranger right in back of the York , truck. A little later Mike Randall came along, in his Jeep Com-. mander, but he had to spend about a half hour in his pit. McDonald and Lewis were having a good run, until, as they neared the beach, something went wrong with their rear brakes. So they stopped at Erendira to pinch them off, and then, of necessity, ran a little slower the rest of the day. However, York was having some trouble with a sticky gear in . his steering box, which caused I him to end up teetering on his side Dusty nmcs

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a couple of times, and put him I about a half hour down, in second place. The Simons had completely I lost their power steering, and stopped for repairs, and, they, too had been perched on their side for ' a while. McDonald and Lewis took the win, with York in second, and the · Simons third. Randall never did; make it around. · Class 7S has had some close. races lately, and this was another one. Jerry Whelchel put his Toyota in front, but behind him came Spencer Low in his new Nissan with a V6 motor, then Willie Valdez in his Ranger and J Spencer Low likes the extra power of the newly legal six cylinder engines, and Chuck Johnson and John Johnson he had a close race in his Nissan all the way at the Baja 500, but he won Class in their Ranger. Terry Brown and 7S by over nine minutes. Bill O'Brien, in yet. another _K_a_l_ic_k_i_. -F-if-th_p_l-ac_e_w_e_n_t_t_o_G_u_y _ _ a_n_d_R_o_r_y_C_h_e_n_o_w_t_h_w_e_r_e_fi_• r-st Ran~er, had lost the1~ po~er and Cogbill. through at El Alamo the first steering and become ~ired m a . Next to start were the Mini Mag· time, with Larry Plank, the ex-mud hole, . so t~ey _arnved l~te, cars, off road's IROC-type class, Quad racer, second on the road, and stayed m their pit a long time and the team of Scott Steinberger. in spite of his late start. ,Third making repairs. Low was first through the Llano Colorado pits, but the rest of the group was still running hard behind him, except that Valdez had lost a little time when he stopped to help York back on his wheels. He was also having some carburetor troubles. Up at El Alamo the second time it was still Low, who hadn't had to stop for anything at all. Valdez had moved up again and Johnson and Johnson were still close, tho u gh Whelchel h ad dis-appeared . Low took the win, followed in ten minutes by Valdez who'd uprighted the Ampudia car in the pine forest, and then Johnson and. Johnson, two-and-a-half minutes · later. Brown and O'Brien recovered from their bad morning to finish fourth, and Malcolm Vinje, who'd driven the entire dis t ance, a n d replaced two alternators, was fifth in h is Toyota. ln Class 5- 1600 the team of Wayne, Darryl and Alan Cook were first on the road, and in the lead, from early on. But there was plenty of to ugh competition behind them , including Steve Lawrence, Joe and Steve Grier, Jorge Gavaldon, Jeff and John Holmes, Chuck Guy and Tom Heyser, Mike Kalicki and Gary Haughley, Ron Keizer, Scott Herron and Randy Hymer and Mario and Oscar Ledezma. Bu t Lawr e nce hit a ditch somewhere past El Alamo, and broke a steering knuckle, while Alonso Acosta coped with a damaged front end and a bent rear cage. The Holmes brothers, and co-drivers, Ramsey El Wardani and Scot Jones, had a lot of rear flats, and Vince Alcouloumre and Mike Russell rolled and damaged their new surf-board. Keizer, Heimer and Herron broke a torsion bar, but had a spare, while Gary Cogbill and Guy, running near the top of the heap, lost a c. v. after Santo Tomas. The Griers rolled off the off camber turn out of Simpson's Ranch, along with. several other folks, and Haughley went off there too. The Cooks broke a shock, and had a wobbly rear wheel that turned out to be some lug nuts about to fall off, which was quickly cured in a regular pi.t stop. Nothing else slowed the Cooks, and they got to Ojos Negros and the checkered flag in front. The Ledezmas, who didn't like that last stretch, finished second, 25·, minutes later. In third it was· Keizer, Heimer and Herron, followed in by Hoagley and Dusty Times Cl i z: s e u =-: !II f5 I 0 .. Ill ::I iii i!I ~ .. Ill ~ a. ... z: CD ; .. 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Mario Ledezma Jr. and Oscar Ledezma moved up steadily during the race and they finished their 5-1600 Baja Bug in a strong second place in class. Ron Keizer, Randy Heimer and Scott Herron teamed up to race in Class 5-1600, and they ran strong early on, had some trouble and took third place. Mike Kalicki and Gary Hoagley flew off the road on the off camber turn near Simpson's Ranch, but they carried on to finish fourth in Class 5-1600. ltiooks like another dynasty forming in Mini Mag action for despite a late start due to clutch repair, Larry Plank and son Larry Plank moved up midway in the race and won the class again. ts"' through the checkered flag, with Plank finishing a little over an hour in front of Steinberger and Chenowth, and then the Bristings coming in only 45 minutes before shut off time. None of the others made it back. Class 9, the Challengers, went next, and when they got to El Alamo, 1-lector and Danny Ledezma had their Ledezma chassis first on the road, with a small lead. In a hurry behind them were Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault in their Jimco, then Russ and Ray Miller in a Chenowth, Alex and Jose Melero in an Apache, George Erl and Gary Colbert in a T-Mag, Pancho Bio and Sergio Gutierrez in a Tubular Specialties car, and Joel Stanka-vich and Mike Currier in a Raceco. Behind them Roy and Wade Prince made repairs to a damaged trailing arm on their Chenowth. Colbert and Erl were having brake troubles, and had to keep making adjustments, while the Ledezmas fell into a hole in the dust. They had the help of some kids on a horse to get out. The , Princes got their repairs done and 1 started moving up through the ranks. At the Llano Colorado pits it was Richardson and Perrault in front, having an uneventful race thus far, followed by Bio and Gutierrez, the Meleros, Ed McLean and Charlie Bignell in their Jimco, and the Princes, who'd done some serious catching up. At Uruapap the Richard-son/ Perrault car broke a balljoint, and while they made repairs, Bio and Gutierrez, who were having some trouble with second gea·r, moved into the lead. Erl and Colbert, not liking the dust, were in the hunt, and so were the Millers. Bio and Gutierrez held their lead, and took the win, followed in by Richardson and Perrault, nine minutes later. In third it was Erl and Colbert, then the Ledezmas, who'd come up from nearly last, were fourth, and the Millers finished fifth. In Class 11, the race was a bit shorter, ending at mile 249.4 at Santo Tomas. They had fourteen and a half hours to complete their run, which included some of the Is Your Head On Tight? If Not You're Losing Performance! 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Terry Brown/Bill O'Brien Ford Ranger Malcolm Vinje/Mark Hansen Toyota Class 7 4X4 -Stock Mini-Midi 4X4 - 4 start - 3 finish Jerry McDonald/Jeff Lewis Chevy S-10 Darren & Doug York Ford Ranger Paul & Dave Simon Ford Ranger Class 8 - 2WD Standard Pickup -11 start - 8 finish Larry Ragland/Ivan Scoppettone Chevrolet Scott McMillin/Ron Stacy Ford F-150 Rob MacCachren/Mike Schoffstall Ford F-150 David Westhem/Randy Salmon! GMC Sierra Robin Tulleners/Mark Cochran Ford F-100 Class 9 - Restricted Buggy • 23 start • 10 finish Pancho Bio/Sergio Qitierrez Tubular Design Rich Richardson/Doug Perrault Jimco George Erl/Gary Colbert T-Mag Hector & Danny Ledezma Ledezma Ray & Russ Miller Chenowth Class 10 • Unllmlted 1650cc - 19 start -11 finish Doug Fortin Jr. (solo) Chenowth Greg Hibbs/David Richardson Jimco John Kelly/Don Weiser Raceco Dan Blain/Lou Peralta Mirage Jim Pierce/Jim Kirk Raceco Class 11 -Stock VW Sedan - 9 start - 3 finish (shorter route) Martin Garibay/Erick del Peral VW Beetle Hector Sarabia Jr.& Sr JA.Sarabia VW Beetle James Pierce/Dan Gaynor VWBeetle Class Mini Mag - 5 start - 3 finish 1298 1 Larry A Plank/Larry W Plank 1297 2 Scott Steinberger/Rory Chenowth 1203 3 Frank & Steve Bristing Chenowth Mini Mag Chenowth Mini Mag Chenowth Mini Mag Time 8:54:38 9:17:33 9:22:10 9:39:42 9:43:48 9:58:59 10:17:35 10:28:56 10:31:19 10:41 :13 10:21 :11 11:43:13 14:28:18 14:45:23 10:48:03 11:20:53 16:49:30 17:06:53 10:24:52 10:38:40 12:11 :54 14:14:55 11:17:56 11:42:30 12:30:36 12:31 :11 12:34:17 10:15:41 10:22:34 12:30:01 0/A 1 2 3 6 7 9 15 23 25 30 16 54 88 92 32 45 103 106 20 27 63 84 43 53 66 67 69 14 17 66 10:02:32 10 10:25:41 21 11:06:58 39 16:38:46 101 10:38:49 29 10:48:19 33 10:50:36 36 14:20:57 84 14:28:08 86 10:51 :04 37 11:18:00 44 12:31 :44 68 9:23:12 4 9:31:14 5 10:06:29 11 10:24:12 19 11:51:05 56 11:21:32 46 11:30:03 49 12:00:52 57 12:39:22 71 13:44:49 79 9:46:19 8 10:28:38 22 10:31:03 24 10:38:42 28 11:27:31 48 6:48:12 8:56:11 13:42:36 13:36:10 77 14:41 :26 91 17:23:20 108 Starters, cars - 188 - Finishers, cars -111 - 59.0 % Race Distance 490 miles Fast Time Cars - Ivan Stewart , Toyota SR 5 - 8:54:38 - Time Allowance 18 hours Starters, Bikes - 67 - Finishers, Bikes - 52. 77.6% - Fast Time Bikes - Garth Sweetland/Paul Krause /Larry Roeseler/Greg Zitterkopf - Kawasaki - 8:34:36 Dusty Times

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:,,: ~ M ... -. --===~~ ~ Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault led Class 9 until breaking a ball joint late in the game, but they got the Jimco to the finish sec·ond in class. George Erl and Gary ,Colbert drive the original Challenger model, a T-Mag, and although they had trouble in the heavy dust, they were third in Class 9. Hector and Danny Ledezma dJove their family designed Class 9 racer to fourth "in Class 9, even though they fell in a big hole in the heavy dust. nastiest roads in Baja. Martin Garibay, who drove the entire distance in his '70 VW, had only "one small problem", which lost him a minute or two, and led all the way to the finish line, to take the win. Garibay also had the fun of being the very first car to cross the finish line (Stewart came in about a half hour later) in Ensenada, and received congrat-ulations from the enthusiastic spectators. In second place in the little VWs it was a family matter, with Hector Sarabia, Sr. , Hector Sarabia, Jr. , and a nephew, Armando Sarabia. The team had a tie rod problem, which they fixed, but then, near the end of the race, their motor started to poop out, and slowed them down. They were about two hours behind the leader. This team is a two generation Mexican off road team, and some old history, since Hector, Sr., started racing in 1969, in the NORRA 1000. Hector, Jr. has told us that he used Pancho Bio and Sergio Gutierrez moved up to second midway in the Class 9 race, had some trouble with second gear on the Challenger car, took the lead at Uruapan, and held it to the checkered flag. to be one of the little boys asking class to inake it in. for "steekers" on contingency The Competition Review day. Board didn't have too many Third place went to the team quirks to iron out on Sunday that calls themselves "Stressed" , morning, and in general, the race Jim Pierce and Dan Gaynor, who got good marks. The new part of had a long day, at 13 hours and 42 the course was not well liked by minutes, and were the last of the the car drivers, but when it's • Martin Garibay continues to rule the Class 11 competition, as he drove the entire distance in his Beetle,· had but one small problem, and sailed into another Class 11 win, this one by over two hours. . compared to the beautiful, fast, gently curving hard road that used to lead to the finish, it's to be expected that they'd be cranky. It does seem to have serious drawbacks as a possibility for use at the start of a race, because of its narrowness, trickiness and dust. But maybe someone will come up with a solution. SCORE now has a lull of sorts, while they get the November Mexican 1000 going, and also begin work on the difficult and red-tape-snarled Parker 400, for next January. tJr ower · It starts wittl Toyota Motorsports'Contingency Award Program. Ifs Toyota's way to showttleir commit-ment to off-road racing. And ttley're putting ttleir money where ttleir mouttl is. . Toyota-powered SCORE-HORA and MTEG finishers are TOYOTA eligible to win contingency money From Toyota Motorsports. All I J-1l classes of SCORE-HORA receive $2,000 forfirstanel $1,000 m <>tc:J1a:.:~-for second. The overall 4-wheel vehicle gets a $3,000 bo-~~ - - - -nus. The HORA or SCORE World Champions get $3,000 for first, $1,500 for second. First and second place in ttle MTEG Ultra-Stock and Super 1600 classes .:,, get $1,500 and $1,000 respectively.* ~ ~ Ifs cash ttlars ttlere for ttle taking. And FAT Performance can be your ace in ttle hole. We can get you much closer to ttlatfirstor second place win. Have FAT design ttle perfectToyota combination for you. More ttlan two years of dyno and racing develop-ment work on Toyota powerplants puts us way out in front of ttle pack. Whettler ifs an Unlimited 3.0 V6, 16-valve 1600cc Class 1 O (short course and desert), Classes 7, 7S or 7-4x4, we're ttle ones. PERFORMANCE One glance at our Toyota win results proves our point: Parker 400/Class 1 O Baja500 Willow Springs-HORA engine builder of the year 1st: Jim & Mike Zuponovich 2nd: Ray Croll, Tom Day San Felipe 250 l st: Ray Croll, Tom Day 2nd: Gary & Dick Weyrich MTEG San Diego/Super 1600 1 st: Greg George l st: Ray Croll, Tom_Day Fireworks 250 l st: Jim & Mike Zuponovich 1989 SCORE-HORA Milestone Award Winner Jim Greenway Class 1 1st: Jerry Welchel Stadium 10 l st: Greg George MTEG, Las Vegas 1st: Jerry Welchel MTe:G, San Francisco 1st: Jerry Whelchel Baja 1000 1st: Greg Hibbs/Mike Falkosky For your FAT Performance Catalog, send s5 to FAT Performance, Dept. DTT, 1558 N. Case, Orange, CA 92667 or coll (714) 637-2889 Dusty Times August 1991 • Subject to change. To be eligible, you must pre-register with Toyota Motor-sports. Call Greg Glander 213-618-5328. Page 17

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SODA SERIES -ROUND !Z The Lake Geneva Memorial Day 100 By Barb & Marilyn Schultz Photos: Rick Biddle As always Class 11 started the racing on Saturday, and they really got a mud bath. Chad Ramesh kept his two seater clean enough to see out of, and he won the race, with a husky lead at that. The Lake Geneva race course is highlighted by a few super good jumps on the back side, and here Scott Taylor soars his Class 8 Ford over one. The early leader in the race, Taylor did not fm1sh SODA's second Race Event of America's Premiere Short Course Off Road Race Series got underway on May 25 with track conditions that would've made a duck proud. Not that PSW Promoters assisted by Chuck Brand, Brand Construction, and Chuck's crew didn't do everything possible to make the track the best it could be. Nope, just call it rain, prior to race day. The Track Patrol was appropriately called "The Mud Turtles" and did an outstanding job of patrolling the track. Class 11 Double Seat took the track first with 18 entries. When this highly restricted class hit the first jump, they looked like a flock of loons coming in for a landing. All paint jobs were there after termed "brown". Core,· Friday held an early lead but was off the track just as quickly and leaving the gate open for Chad Ramesh and his Yokohama Tires to steadily pull a healthy lead. Curt Gerald, Glen Mathews, Dwayne Walkowski and Mark Steinhardt tangled for second and Page iO third position with Mathews place. Sorry, there's no sharing taking second and Walkowski first. Taylor went off the track placing third. about half way through the race Don't know how they do it, but after holding the lead. Johnson d I h and his BFG Tires grabbed the . . · . ·-Fay Statezny an A Fannin ave I d d . . . The Chevy Chevelles out of W,sconsm are very strong m Class 6, and Fay yet to disappoint a crowd in Class ea an mamtamed it to the Statezny once again led the pack of real sedans almost every lap and took 6! With 7 entries this Class hit a checkered flag. Wolfe drove to a -another victory home to Crandon. II dd k h second place finish and Doug Bils , . . sti mu Y trac wit Fannin survived the track for third place. Greaves came in for second by a BFC,. Tires finally knoc~ed t~e taking a one lap lead until Statezny Jeff Probst and his Class 10 shock length. Jeff.Jones and Rob doo~ down and took his first wm did his usual wave goodbye and machine put on a top-notch Rcnkas waged war for third with I~ fifteen years _at The Lake hello checkered flag routine. drivingexhibitionintheClass 10 Renkas initially taking the Geneva Memorial_ Day 100! Statezny runs on Armstrong race with Probst having to leave position. At impound Renkas' Rosborough was right on his Tires. The race action for third f d b f J A f the track after an early lead, come machine was disquali ie . Jones u n~ per or seco nu. . ~er place was terrific with Greg back and work his way back up to moved into third with some nice smv1vmgsome tough competition Bekavac not only surviving a fifty a third place finish. Lee Wuesthoff driving through the race. Hill _blew b~ue smoke ?nd pulled percent attrition rate but T lk b , I " Cl ff h b t h h fl I and his Yokohama Tires took the a a out a 'c ass act , ass o rig t e ore t e w 1te ag ap. maneuvering to a well driven lead and while Art Schmitt tried 13 looks better and better as Gerald Foster was right there to third· every trick he had, Wuesthoff almost the entire line-up was take third. Whoa,ChuckJohnsonstopped keptthedoorshutandtookhome wearing an easy to recognise Heavens to Betsy, Class 4 by before his 5-1600 race to first place. Schmitt whipped by body. And if it's power vou want, didn't let a sl!ghtly_ da'.11p crowd assure us that there would be NO the checkered flag for second. Class 13 has got power! Lowell go hon~e, vou Just d1dn t walk out dust. Mother Nature pulled some The grandstands were full l:i\ DeCreef, his "Shabooms" race on this kind of race action. strings and made a liar out of this time in spite of the "iffv" car and his Yokohama Tires Jumpin' Jack Flannery_ and his Chuck as Class 5-1600 took the looking_~e~ther. Fans had to he pulled an early lead despite Tom n,ew <;:hevy T~unde~, Ge~tleman green flag and kicked up both glad they came as John "Scooter" lensen 's best efforts. DeGreef Geoff Dorr, Gutsy Greg Gerl_ach, mud and dust. This class has Creavcs fought with Greg Smith held the lead to the checkered March Pelletier, Dave Hanw1ster grown and the growth has eachai1L1everylapforfirst.ltwas flag, Jensen taking second. Dan andthelrstgoesongave1tallthey broughtsomeseriou compennon a no-go 3., Smith kept the lead Vanden Heuvell ed!.(ed o·ut Bruce had for on your fret racing. as Chuck Johnson, Terry Wolfe frnm flag to flag. ~mith races on Shilts for third Flannery to<?k an ear~v lead with and Scott Tavlor all wanted first BFG Tires. Nice driving Greg! Hey. hey, it was show ·time as Dorr ready tor anv mistake w_hen __________________________ ,. Class 3 took the line with new both trucks left the playing field camping • Hunting Fishing • Off Road 360° of light! Separate switches for front, side & rear lights NEW low amp draw technology Roof or Roll Bar mount - a one-time investment -transfer to your next vehicle! No holes in roof · even on vehicles without gutters! Complete system including master control box with switches, built in fuses and wiring 3 models to choose from Full Color Catalog $2.00 TRAILBLAf ER 3201 S Harbor Blvd .. Santa Ana, CA 92704 Z (714) 751-9926 0 1 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED. August 1991 entrie» and lots of outstanding on the same lap! Dorr had a flat driving. Oh yeah, and it began to tire changed and was back out rain again. Despite deteriorating without missing a lap, Flannery track conditions, the race to ran into terminal trouble. During watch was Class 3. Herb Rosbor-this time. John Heidtman took ough, Mike Savage, Ron Hill, Bill over the l~ad. Dorr gave chase Schirm and Cerald Foster (to from the back of the pack and name a few), showed spectators a steam rolled to take the checkered RACE! Rosborough just kept on flag by a hubcap. Heidtman held shutting the door on first Savage, second place and Dave Hameister then Hill and then Schirm :ipped in for third. through the majority of the race. The rain came down even Hold on Nellie, Schirm on his harder as Class 9 rounded out Chuck Johnson drives a 7S truck in desert racing, but the man from Illinois drives a 5-1600 in the SODA Series, and he has a habit of winning the class which he did at Lake Geneva last May. Dusty Times

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Corey Friday was the early leader in two seat Class 11 action, but he slid off the track in the mud, and fell back among the also rans in the race. Al Fannin runs a Chevel/e similar to Stateznys, and he led the first lap before getting passed, but stayed close all the way to second in Class 6. SODA 's President Terry Wolfe flies over a jump into the outback on the race track, and he drove his trusty Baja Bug to second in Class 5-1600 action. · Saturday's racing. Despite what· was becoming a downpour, all fifteen of the Class 9 drivers held their machines to• the track and gave it a go. John "Scooter" Greaves on Armstrong Tires placed first. James Struble drove to second place and Art Schmitt III thundered into third. The crowd quickly dispersed in the heavy rain and the first day of The L-lke Geneva Memorial Day 100 was over. When you turn on the Weather Channel early on a Sunday morning and some guy named "Noah" (no kidding!) puts on a special weather bulletin informing you that your area received three inches of rain overnight, you have two choices. You can head to the nearest lumber yard and start building your big boat O R you can grab your rain gear and head back to the Track! With rain gear in hand it was hack to the Track, not being much of a hand at boat building. PSW Promoters, again assisted by Chuck Brand and Crew, did some track alteration and by golly Class 11 Single Seat was ready to roll on time. The green flag dropped and Class l lS hit the first jump the same way we used to hit the old swimming hole - call it a cannon ball special. Undaunted, the entire Class came around for two entire laps before break downs began to occur. Glen Mathews flagged in first place, Alex McFayden in second and Keith Berard in third. Class 2 declined to race. The sun came out, it got hot and Class 2-1600 kicked up dust on the back straight! From start to finish it was a bumper to bumper to bumper race between Guy Crump, John Greaves and Jim Wiggins. Everybody switched positions like a fast game of• music:il chairs but the final flag found Wiggins in first, Greaves in second and Crump in third. Wiggins races on BFG Tires. Holy Heavy Meta 1, did Class 14 ' come roaring out of the green flag! Geoff Dorr and Herb Rosborough played bumper tag until Dorr simply blew the doors off everyone. BFG shod Dorr took the checkered flag in first. In the meantime, Rosborough had the likes of Brad Mihalko and Jerry Bundy right on his tail. Rosbor-ough hung on to second place followed by Mihalko in third. Classes 13 and 3 aren't the only classes to claim some serious growth, Class I hit the line sixteen entries strong! The track was dry, dusty and fast. The competition was awesome. It could take an entire page to describe all of the race action. Briefly put, the top contenders were John "Scooter" Greaves, Art S~hmitt III, Lee Wuesthoff, Todd Attig and Chad Ramesh. Greaves led the race with Schmitt on his bumper with lap times of close to one minute flat! Dusty Times Nuts, Greaves broke down giving So, ya' want racing thunder? Schmitt the lead who in turn had Class 8 gave the crowd racing Wuesthoff on his bumper! Attig thunder as they staged, took the set his sights on the lead and green and roared off the start. stayed close enough to Wuesthoff Scott Taylor and Pete Van De Hey ·to read the patches on his race put on the basic battle until suit. Ramesh gave chase to the Taylor had to pull off. Back in the three. At the final flag Schmitt pack there was heavy action crossed first, followed by between Pat Flanagan, Dennis Wuesthoff, followed by Attig.· Ferdon, Dennis Rowland, Dave Zonkers, gentlemen, nice_raci1;g! Hackers and "Farmer" ohn Konitzer. Konitzer held the big surprise as he came up through the ranks to give Van De Hey a run for the money. The checkered flag went to Pete Van De Hey on Yokohama Tires in first, The "Farmer" in second and Dennis Rowland in third. Snakes and little sinners, Class 7S lined up twelve entries strong and put on a sensational· battle GERMAN AUTO-between the little trucks. With fast paced action the contenders stayed in order flag to flag with Scott Taylor on BFG Tires in first, Tom Hackers in second and Jeff Kincaid in third. Sound boring? It wasn't, every competitor on the track was giving it his all with war waged between Dave Woulf, Jim Wiggins and Chris Stanley. This was a make no mistakes race 1J1r /YOUR OFF-ROAD HEADQUARTERS'' DIEST SEAT BELTS The greatest name in driver safety equipment 4-point Sand Rail Seat Belt . Race Belts 2"-5 point $69.95 $74.95 3"-5 point ...... from S99.95 TYPE 4-PORSCHE-STYLE FAN SHROUD Utilizes type 1 alternator custom alter-nator mount included . ... 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. - . Looking sedate here, Jeff Probst flat flew his water cooled engine Laser into the early Class 10 lead, but ended up third in the tight dice in class. Herb Rosborough had a good weekend in his Class 3 Blazer, placing second in Class 3, got another second in Class 14, and was second in the Heavy Metal Challenge. The 15 Class 9 drivers ran in the rain on Saturday, but most spectators stayed put, and it didn't bother Canadian Bill LeFeurve, whose Berrien placed well up front. ""-~ Although many Class 13 drivers now have full truck body panels on their rigs, Lowell DeGreef sticks with his original design on ShaBooms, and it works. He won again on Memorial Day. i.. nnd no mistakes were made! After all Class racing is ov.:r, with the exception of the Women's Classes, it's Challenge Time! The action packed Limited Buggy Challenge was run first with 18entries.Jim "Blue Streak" Wiggins came out of the chute with a vengeance and Bryan Frankenberg was right after him! Throw in Jeff St. Peter and Greg Smith and you have some heavy dueling. Wiggins took command of the race and ran flag to flag on BFG Tires for the win. Franken-berg repeatedly closed the door on St. Peter for second place. St. Peter fended off Smith for third. Back in the pack Dennis Merritt, Eric Brannstrom, Cary Bowles and Ed Tessmer put on a fantastic show of driving skill and fierce competition. The Unlimited Challenge, with eleven competitors, was a real shoot-out between some top notch drivers. Lee Wuesthoff, Bill LeFeuvre, Scott Schwalbe and Billy Beck kept the race fans on their feet for the entire twenty minute race. On the last lap, on the last set of moguls, LeFeuvre finally ma.de the pass on hard charging Wuesthoff for the win. Canadian LeFeuvre races on BFG Tires and took the win by a nose. Billy Beck kept Todd Attig at bay for third. The Heavy Metal Challenge came out sixteen entries strong and with a lot of familiar " faces" . Herb Rosborough, Greg Gerlach and "Gentleman" Geoff Dorr went darned near door handle to ·The Off-Roader's Choice· Page 22 • E-Z UP'"' INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 secondsl NO missing parts NO center poles NO. ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics Instant Pit Shetter La Rana Contingency Sponsor E-Z UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ INC. 1044 N. Cole Ave. Lo., Angeles, CA 90035 CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 Geoff Dorr may have lost some body panels in combat, but he drove his Jeep to first in Class 4 and first in Class 14, and capped the weekend by taking first overall in the Heavy Metal Championship grand finale. door handle with Rosborough holding the lead for half the race. Dorr slipped by Gerlach and took it on in for the win. Dorr took the checkered flag on BFG Tires, Rosborough fired up, went by Gerlach and placed second with Gerlach holding down third. Women's Class racing almost always follows the Challenge races and most spectators have learned to stick around to watch the ladies take the track. Women's Buggy Classes flagged first with seven entries in Women's Class 11 and four entries inland 2-1600 machines. Nita Woulf on BFG's kept the hammer down in Women's Class There was plenty of mud in the holes on course and Jim Wiggins found a husky mud bath, but he carried on in his 2-1600 racer to win top honors in the competitive class. 11 and stormed to a first place position. Karen Bedford came in second. Joan Silloway drove to , third. In the 1-2-1600 buggies, Paula St. Peter put her foot down and went flag to flag for the win on Yokohama Tires. Gail Brand, her first time ever behind the wheel of any buggy, placed a well driven second and Janet Bowles took home third place. Women's Heavy Metal finished the Race Event with some red hot action between Shnri Recla, Gail Brand ( yep, the same Gail Bra d ), Nnncy Vanden Heuvell and Cindy Stanley. Recla and Brand Pete VanDeHey survived an early close dice for the lead in the Class 8 contest, were definitely having a go at it then fought off challengers who moved in all during the race to win the class when Brand went down with a flat , and take a well deserved victory lap. tire after a tangle with Vandcn ============================ Heuvell. Recla nnd her Yokohama I Tires took the win, Vanden I-fr u v e 11 p I a c e d sec o n d a n d Stanley took third. The air was still and quiet, the grandstands were empty and the I qq I Lake Geneva Memorial Day 100 Off Road Rnce was over. Spectators went home with the knowk·dge that they had seen the best Off Road Racing SODA Style. Buggy racers and crews, Heavy Metal racers and crews hit the highways and byways after the Awards Ceremony saying "See you at Antigo"! As all good things must end, so did this Race Event and we'll see ya' trackside! August 1991 Class 7S was the last of the individual class races, and although the pack stayed tight most of the way, Scott Taylor led flag to flag to win in his Ford Ranger. Dusty Times

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• Forda Short Course Racing At Sharpes, Florida Text & Photos: Wayne Simmons In the close running Class 9 Challenger battle David Eggleston, here about to pass Scott Campbell, took the lead in the early laps, held it all the way to win the class, and it was Eggleston's first eve,r off road race, a keen way to get started. The Florida Off Road Drivers Association (FORDA) was at it again, this time in Sharpes, Flor-ida. In an attempt to introduce more people to the thrills and spills of off road racing, FORDA has set up three tracks around Florida. One is at Lakeland, the longest at Tallahassee and another varied course track is at Sharpes, with a rumor of a possible fourth track in the works. It is hard not to get caught up in the excitement once you have seen off road racing at its best, and the event at Sharpes late last spring was a dandy. The track had been worked on a week earlier and it was in great sha.pe. The rail classes were to run for an hour, on a shorter version of the longer track, while the Novice group would race two heats and a feature on a smaller, inside track. With a nice course, a bright sunny day and lots of rac-ers, it was time to get things underway. It all started with the first Novice heat. This was the first race for two of the drivers, Ross Quamo and Terri Willson, as they debuted their new cars. As the green flag dropped Dan Mor-row led the pack into the first turn. After some bumping and grinding, he was still in the lead followed closely by John Ford, Lynn Stedman and Steve Linder. 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Nichols had managed to out maneuver Linder going into the last lap. It was a flag to flag victory for Dan Morrow, with John Ford and Lynn Stedman following in sequence. In the second Novice heat Kevin Pope and Nick Nichols led the pack into the first tum. Pope was quickly replaced by Dan Morrow as the drivers maneu-vered for position. Stedman, who had started midway back, was try-ing to close on the leaders when he rolled in the first turn. Linder was too close to avoid Stedman's car, ramming it in the side as it rolled. When all the action stopped Stedman was upside down with Linder propped up looking at the sky. Both drivers were OK, as track crews helped put them back on their wheels. Meanwhile Tim Caruso and John Ford had moved up in all the confusion and were now challeng-ing the leaders. Nichols out powered Morrow in a turn to regain the lead. With one lap to go it was bumper to bumper to the finish line. Pope, who was not giv-ing up, had regained his lost posi-tion. But in the side by side and bumper to bumper dash for the finish, Nick Nichols retook the lead holding on for the checkered flag, with Kevin Pope and Tim Caruso a very close second and third. In the Novice Feature race Stedman and Morrow wasted no time in taking control of the lead as the drivers completed the first lap. Caruso dropped out in the second lap with a cracked distrib-utor. Ford was riding the bumper of Morrow as they came up on a slow running car. Stedman clipped the rear wheel, rolling him over for a second time and costing August 1991 Richard Dickens took over the Class 1 & 10 group lead after a few laps in the one hour race, and Dickens had no down time despite this wheelie and he won the class virtually unchallenged. him the lead. Morrow and Ford were quickly joined by Nichols as they pulled away from the rest of the pack. Pope had dropped off the pace with carburetor trouble. Willson had fallen to the wayside with a blown motor. The laps were running out fast, leaving Stedman little time in spite of moving back up into fourth, as they headed into the white flag lap. In the end it was Dan Morrow taking his second win of the day, which gave him the overall class win. John Ford was second in the Feature and third fort he day. Nick Nichols took third in the main event, and claimed second for the day. On the points the rest of the class included Lynn Stedman in fourth followed by Kevin Pope, Ross Quamo, Tim Caruso and Terri Willson. That brought an end to the novice racing for the day. Next up were the rails for their one hour race. In Classes 1 & 10 action Ed Chambers jumped into the lead as Chip Hansen and Den-nis Ard tangled at the starting line. Richard Dickens swung wide to miss the two drivers and was soon on Ed Chambers' bumper. Hansen had only made a few laps when he had to retire the buggy he was to share with Bob Bohres with a broken rocker arm stub. In the meantime Dickens had passed Chambers and was increasing his lead with each lap. Ard soon fell back and was also unable to finish the race. Chambers, who had been eating the leader's dust all race, broke the transmission with just ten minutes left to go, and as he entered the pits his fan belt went to shreds. Richard Dickens took his class unchallenged. The biggest Pro class was the 1600 group. After a shuffleboard start Steve Pounds led the pack as they completed the first lap. Sam Pace and Troy Dittmer were not far behind as everybody maneuv-~'"'i ered for position. Pounds had started to pull away from his fellow competitors, as Ray Short moved up to put pressure on Dittmer. The track soon began to take its toll, as the team of Fahlbush and Lamm lost oil pressure, putting them out for the day. Mike Notary had a short day when the points went out. Suddenly Pounds began to lose ground, as Pace quickly mqved up to overtake him. Within the next lap Pounds was in the pits, out of the race with engine trouble. Short had passed Dittmer and was breathing down the neck of Pace. As the two battled, Pace suddenly pulled into the pits with distributor trouble. It was quickly corrected and Pace got back on the track, now in third position. Short, who also holds the record for rolling his buggy at least once in each race, had managed to stay on all four wheels and was running one of his best races in a long time. Time had begun to run out as Pace closed on Dittmer, but as fate would have it, the last minutes ran out with no final position changes. Ray Short won the 1600 honors, his first victory, Troy Dittmer was second and Sam Pace third, followed by Gene Dittmer, Buddy Lancaster, and Jerry Allen. The Class 9 Challenger battle started with Kim Chambers and David Eggleston wheel to wheel as the pack headed into the first turn. But Chambers out maneuv-ered Eggleston for the lead, and held it for the next four laps. Eggleston was racing off road for the first time, in a rail that was just finished the day before the race. A flat tire h.ad put Chambers in the pits, giving the lead to Eggleston. He was back in the race quickly, only one lap down and had plenty of time to make it up. Eggleston now had the lead with no other driver in striking range. mte1 '~":;:-~ The Novice cars run two heats and a fea'ture and Dan Morrow, leading here in #62, won a heat and the feature in the class. #7, Ross Quarno enjoyed his first race with a sixth place for the day. Dusty Times

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E</ Chambers: right, out jumped Mike Notary here, and Notary retired early. Chambers had troubles but placed second in Class 1 & 10 competition. Shane Grimes, the only Class 5 at Sharpes, ran with Class 9, and The course at Sharpes is truly off road stuff, and here Richard despite some unscheduled pit stops Grimes drove the Bug to Fahlbusch, right, bounces past some of his 1600 rivals, but he second place in Class 9. failed to finish the race this time. It was a bad day for Chuck Blakeney after wasting his car in the first lap. Scott Campbell was having a bad day also, losing his brakes early in the race, and he was finally put out when an oil line broke. By now Shane Grimes had moved into second, but was having trouble keeping his car together. Grimes was the only Class 5 bug entry to run, and was Grimes' car began to fall apart, pitted when the rear cage came the checkered tlag tor the win in a Susan Pounds assisted by Debbie and he soon had to pit when the loose. Once again Chambers was great debut, laps ahead of Shane Allen and Nancy Short. Dick fan shroud came loose. Chambers second but was unable to hold on, Grimes who held on to finish Fahlbush is the head tech man was now in second place, but once going out with a broken tie rod. second. Kim Chambers was third assisted by Don Pace and Jerry again had to pit for a flat tire. Yes, you guessed it. Grimes was in Cla_ss 9. Allen. The head flagman is Tom Grimes was now back on the nowinsecondandtryingtokeep FORDA holds its general Williams, and Lisa Hinson and against the Class 9 As the race went on track and in second, as he and his car together to the finish line. ejection in March and Bob Bohres Kim Chambers share the Sec-Chambers changed positions He had run into a large hole that is back as President for another retary-Treasurer post. FORDA most of the race. Eggleston could had jarred the body so hard that season. The class vice presidents will be back at Sharpes on July 14, do no wrong as he increased his the pan bolts were torn out, are Bob Broome, 1 & 10, Marti I and at Lakeland on August 11, lead by several laps. Chambers leaving the body resting on the Neri, 1600, _David Eggleston, ! with the September event in pitted for another flat, giving cage work. It was over just a few Challenger, Wayne Simmons,·, Tallahassee and the October race second back to Grimes, who soon laps later as David Eggleston took Novice. The head score keeper is ! at Sharpes coming next fall. John Ford roars out of a hole in his Novice racer en route to second in the first heat and in the feature, and he was third on points for the day too. ~ •• ~, ::0 • ' • -~..... • • Attrition was heavy in all classes including the 1600s, but Buddy · Novice cars and drivers have trouble staying upright. In this shot Lancaster got through the enduro event to finish fifth in the 1600 Lynn Stedman rolls for the second time, but he still finished class standings. fourth out of eight in the class for the day. SUMMER'S HOTTEST RACING DESIGNS FROM DESERT T'z ~~~ I '<-_ ·. :,r ,,, ··- ~ ~ DESERT RfJCIN<i M O T O R SPORTS A) Bl DESERI RACING MOTOR SPORTS Cl DESERT R_fiCING MOTOR SPORTS DESERT RACING D) DESERI R_fjCING MOTOR~PORTS E) Fl M O T O R~ P O ll T S PUT THE BEST ON YOUR BACK TODAY! • 100% Cotton Beefy-T's w ith pocket (Full colo_r 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) Dusty Timcs • SHIRTS: SI 5.00 EACH • HATS: S12.00 EACH • PRICE INCLUDES U.P.S. SHIPPING • PERSONAL CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS -NO COD'S CA RESIDENTS ADD 6½% TAX August 1991 SEND ORDERS TO: DESERT T'z 27324 CAMINO CAPISTRANO #172-175 LAGUNA NIGUEL. CA 92677 • PLEASE INCLUDE NAME & ADDRESS • SHIRT SIZE • ·DESIGN ORDERED Page i5

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Jeff Stiles, with some relief driving by his brother Jim, finished second in Class 1 /2 and overall with VW Type 4 power, after starting fourth. Despite brake trouble on the final lap the McCune/Zimmerman team came in third in Class 1 /2 and overall, using the turning brakes to finish, and they ran an automatic transmission. Ken Ruff took a close second in Class 1-2-1600, a close knit 13 car group, and he secured his placing late in the race driving hard in his Raceco. VORRA YERINGTON 400 Team Verling Wins Again In The Nevada Desert By Darrell Smith Photos: John Ames/Matt Marcher Eric Verling scored another overall victory at the VORRA Yerington 400 in a virtually trouble free run for the four lap desert race, winning by a huge margin of 47 minutes over the second place car, using VW Type 1 power to get the job done and setting fast lap of the day along the way. Maybe they should rename the race the Verling 400. Why not change the name of the town to Verlington, Nevada? Sure, VORRA and the state of Nevada would be a hard sell, but after Team Verling's second victory in as many years at the VORRA PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT SERVICE Page 16 THE BEST IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 40 YEARS Yerington 400, it may not be such a bad idea. Team Verling breezed to victory in the first desert race of the young season, with an elapsed four lap time of 8: 18:48, taking the checkered flag nearly 47 minutes ahead of second place finisher Jeffery Stiles. Stiles crossed the finish line in 9:05:41. A consistently hard charging performance and 4QO miles of breakdown free racing led to Team Verling'striumph. Employ-ing a Volkswagen Type 1 powerplant, Team Verling bolted through the first of four 100 mile laps in a torrid 2:01:09, the fastest lap of the day, and never looked back; their slowest time was a none-too-shabby 2:07:36 in the final lap. A tired but happy Eric Verling was doused with champagne and congratulated by emotional crew members, fans and well wishers as he entered victory row. Verling credited the course, his car and problem free driving with his win and said staying focused the closer he got to the checkered flag was the key to winning at Yerington. "The course ran real fast", Verling said, "We had no problems at all. I acted like there . was another lap so I wouldn't get j tazy." Team Verling picked up a / $1,026 check from VORRA for August 1991 Roy Gust and Kip Whitnack drove their brand new Mirage to fourth overall and the Class 1-2-1600 victory, and they reported no mechanical trouble on the tough and long race course. its efforts. 'Fearn Verling did not turn in the only outstanding performance of the day, however. The Stiles, Jeff and Jim, had a very impressive day, posting times of 2: 11 :07 and 2:08:09 in their final two laps after a driver change. When asked about giving the reins to Jim Stiles, Jeff Stiles said, "Yerington is a good course, but I wasn't about to run laps three and four.'' That's easy to understand. The Yerington course is a challenging one, featuring deep silt beds, sandy whoops, and mountainous sections. Add temperatures in the high 80's and low 90's as well as gusty winds and it is easy to see why only 28 cars in the field of 68 finished the race. With a strong third place finish by the firm of McCune and Zimmerman, Class 2 drivers secured a 1-2-3 sweep overall. McCune/Zimmerman's day wasn't without its problems. The tandem car lost its brakes on the last hill on the final lap, forcing the team to finish the race with only the car's turning brakes. Team Verling's performance at Yerington also overshadowed some fine racing by Todd Denton. Denton, with three laps under 2: 10-his quickest was a 2:03:53 -was on a pace to perhaps catch Tean;i Verling when he blew a motor on lap four. Denton was still able to salvage a fourth place . finish despite .the mechanical setback. Denton wasn't the only VORRA veteran to have hard luck at Yerington. Sam Berri seemed to have one of those days where nothing went right. Berri, after laps of 2:35:20 and 2:49:48 kept him in contention, saw the roof cave in. He lost his rear suspension just as he was about to complete his second lap, had gone through a fuel pump and was experiencing problems with his spring plate. Berri retired during his third 100 mile lap. Robert Lemos' Porsche pow-ered car met a similar fate. Lemos lost his CV joint early in the first lap, and saw his first lap time balloon to a 3:49: 18. He then encountered power steering problems and a host of other mechanical troubles before he DNF'd after lap 2. Roy Gust, with co-driver Kip Chad and Josh Hall had their troubles early in the Class 4 Dodge they are sharing with dad Rodney, but they came back with no more problems to not only win the class but take fifth overall at the flag. Dusty Times

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Joe Gordon turned the final two laps in quick time and he took third in Class 1-2-1600, merely seven minutes out of second place honors and cash. Gordon Scott set a steady but swift pace in his well set up Class 4 Jeep, and he motored smoothly through four laps to finish second in the class. A many time Class 4 winner, Wes Banks had two quick laps, then big time trouble struck, but he finished all four rounds for third place in Class 4. Jack Bonesteel ran tight with Grover Anderson all day in the Class 9 race, but at the flag he was two minutes back in third place after three laps. Mike Bishop is a strong contender in Class 9 but had various troubles of serious nature, but finished third thereby holding the points lead. Randy LaPlante races across the empty desert near Weeks, NV, kept it all together, and finished second in Class 10 using a Toyota engine in the tail. Whitnack took their Mirage to a fourth place finish overall and a 1-2-1600 victory in their new car. Whitnack had nothing but praise for the car after the race. "The car ran perfect", Whitnack said. "It ran like a Cadillac. We just shut it down and rode it easy. I'd been riding this course for about five years and these were two of the easiest laps I'd ridden." Chad and Josh Hall came back to the friendly surroundings of northern Nevada hoping to put aside the memories of April's season opener at Hollister Hills. The Halls succeeded taking their big Dodge 4x4 to a fifth place finish overall with solid, nearly trouble free racing. The only problems happened 25 miles into the race when the Halls lost a pinion gear and were forced to replace a drive line. The problem was no problem for the team from Reno as their pit crew was right on the case, replacing the drive line and sending the Halls back on the road within minutes. The Halls took home first place honors in Class 4 along with their overall fifth lace finish nettin $855 in Grover Anderson grabbed the Class 9 victory in his good basic Challenger car, despite losing an oil cooler on the first lap, and his racer survived without it to cover all three required laps out front. Dale Smith flies across the dry lake on his way to a very good finish, sixth overall, and Smith won Class 10 with just under ten hours time despite losing second gear along the way. Dusty nmcs prize money. Gordon Scott took home $513 as he paced his Class 4 Jeep to a four lap time of 10:56:55, good for a se_cond place finish. Wes Banks, after two strong laps early, faded late with two three hour plus laps. Despite that, Banks still finished in the money, taking third place honors in Class 4. Class 9 and Sportsman drivers did not figure into the overall standings as they were, only required to run three 100 mile laps.fr' W. hen Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, How Many Drivers Wanted The Helmet That Peter Piper Picked? . . ~ /_.,0-,,:· ~ /~" Helmet includes Nomex Skirt • More Nose Room • Lighter • Seals Better Against Dust • 30% More Vision • Also Available - Full Line of Simpson Products • Bell Helmets • Glass Shields • Drinkers • Kool Pac's • Pumper Motors • 4'-8' Hoses • 1985. Snell Approved Helmets We Also Convert Helmets! We Ship UPS Fax (714) 923-3118 Parker Pumper Helmets 2318 S. Vineyard, Ste B Ontario, Calif. 91761• Phone (714) 923-7016 August 1991 [•JJsA '] Page 17

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Mike Turner had a good run going in Class 10, but only got in th1'ee laps in his Rabbit powered Cobra, but it was good for third place in the class. Troy Robinson had an uneventful run in his Baja Bug to a good second place finish in Sportsman Veteran Class. Troy is the race promoter's son. Floyd Haas, Jr. had to replace the clutch (torque converter) in his Mini Mag, and he still took a fine second place in the Sportsman Novice class. Dir' But that didn't stop Class 9, :it least. from providing some of the more exciting :ind interesting racing of the dav. ]:ick Bonesteel, Grover Ander-so;, and Mike Bishop, Class 9 winner at Hollister Hills in April, had been dueling throughout the day. Bishop got out of the gate quickly, finishing his first 100 miles in a strong 2:43:43; but Bonesteel and Anderson weren't far behind with opening laps of 2:52:29 and 3: 13 flat respectively. f-\nderson, running strong during that first lap, lost an oil cooler on that lap, but took a driver, got the call to return to the gamble and ran the rest of the race course. His car lost a hockey stick without 1t. Gusty winds and on the last lap. threatening skies kept temp-Bishop had no choice but to era tu res down and Anderson's finish the race in first gear. On the engine cool. way, the electronic ignition failed .. By the end of lap two, Bishop No problem. He replaced the had opened a lead of nearly 40 ignition and the distributor and minutes on Anderson and was back on the road. Then he Bonesteel and seemed poised to lost a fan belt at the final cruise to another VORRA checkpoint. Oh yeah. then the oil v ictorv. That's when thing<; pressure started to drop. You get started tailing apart - literally. for the idea Bishop's Blue Max racmg team. Bishop's engine desperately Bishop, already in the pits after needed fluid to keep the oil r~lmquishmg the last lap to a relief pressure up. He had already used the last of his oil to make it to the TIRE - WHEEL PACKAGES base of the big mountain nearest the start/finish line. Bishop only had a quart of water left to remedy the problem. Lucky for Bishop, however, after he added a half-quart of water to the engine, nature called. He ... Well, hey, we're all adults here - he urinated into the engine, solving his oil problems for the time being. 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Bishop said later that that was "a trick I'd learned from Richard Lilly at Super Boot." Bishop'. problems paved the way for Anderson and Bonesteel to make their mows. After taking a slim 20 second lead over Anderson after lap one, Bonesteel saw Anderson cut into that margin with a second lap of 3:02:23, opening the door for a near photo finish. Anderson finished his final lap in 3: 10:35; Bonesteel took the checkered flag less than five minutes Inter at 3:15:06. Because of the closeness in lap times and the staggered start, Anderson started I ½ minutes after Bone-steel, it took nearly 10 minutes to decide a winner. After the lap times were calculated, Grover Anderson got first place with a time of 9:25:58. Bonesteel just missed a victory with a 9:28:01.. ii0 4fiit Rob Smith snared first place in the Sportsman veteran class, even though his engine quit just a few feet from the checkered flag, but he inched it across with his own muscle. Dale Smith took home a healthy $855 check courtesy of VORRA after his win in Class 10. Smith crossed the finish line in just under 10 hours at 9:55:06. Paced by an opening lap of 2: 14:05, Smith never looked back, finishing 2½ hours ahead of second place finisher Randy LaPlante. Smith's four lap time was also good for an overall seventh place at Yerington. Though Smith's car lost its second gear, Smith said the race was "pretty trouble free." David Bright, Smith's co-driver. was in a more joking mood: "We've got to thank those guys for gomg so slow. We got lucky nnd got ahead early." With Roy Gust already in victory row with a win in the 1-2-1600's, Ken Ruff. Joe Gordon and the team of Willaman and Cononic fought it out for second and third. Though Gordon cut into Ruff's hold on second place throughout the race, his last two laps were faster than Ruff's but he still didn't have enough to catch the Ruff'n'it racing team posting a 10: 10: 16 to Ruff's 10:03:39. The Willaman/Canonic team crossed the line 10 minutes later than Gordon to take third place. Rob Smith snared first place in the Sportsman veteran class, but not without a little help. Smith, leading throughout the race and heading for the finish line with a slim but comfortable lend, suddenly encountered engine problems, leaving him without power literally feet from the start/ finish line. With Chad and Josh Hall barreling down the mountain toward the finish line, Smith had to get across the line or get physically ejected from the track by the oncoming Dodge. Because of the danger Smith posed by being stalled in the middle of the track, Ed Robinson, VORRA chief, was forced to make what was later called an "unofficial official decision" to let Smith push the car across the finish line and out of the way of the hard-charging Halls. The team of Tim 1' lack and Chris Fallin, 1n only their fourth race, rode to victory in the Sportsman novice class with a strong three lap time of 8:43: 18. A full hour ahead of their nearest competitor, Mack and Fallin were understandably happy with their outing. "We wanted this", Tim Mack said, "We drove hard and we had a plan." Floyd Haas, Jr., driving the only Mini Mag on the course, took second place in Sportsman novice with a three lap time of 9:48:05. Haas had heard his share of jokes about his choice of car, but he had the last laugh at Yerington, taking home $150 for his day at the race. "This car handled great. It still outhandles anything out there," Haas said. "The engine ran great. At the end (of the race), I could've had a sandwich." 103 Press Lane, Suite # 4 • Chula Vista, CA 92010 (619) 691-9171 • (619) 691-9174 • FAX (61 9) 691-0803 Tim Mack and Chris Fallin rode to victory in the Sportsman novice class with a fine three lap time winning the fourth event they ever competed in, having a trouble free outing. The drivers barely had time to savor their wins or make their way across the finish line before they had to set their sights on the upcoming Virginia C1ty 200, scheduled June 21-23 in Virginia 'City, Nevada. Dusty Times will be in Virginia City covering the action. Look for the story in a future issue. Page 18 AUgust 1991 Dusty nmes

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Competition Review Board Report By George R. Thompson Faithful to their commitment to support the Competition Review Board, SCORE officials were again on hand en masse to assist the Board members as the group gathered in the Hotel Villa Marina on Sunday morning. The Board administrator was Michelle Fry, Chapa la Dusters, and the Board members were Bob Bower, Class 7S; Wayne Cook, Class 5-1600; Lisa Dickerson, Class 5; Richard Jackson, Class 40; Steve Kelley, Class 4; Frank Vessels, Alternate; George R. Thompson, CRB Marshal; Sal Fish and Jim Conner of SCORE International and Reese King, SCORE Officials Association. Six cases and a Tech matter were waiting to occupy their collective attention at the 8:00 a.m. meeting. While it appeared to be a fairly simple case load, the Baja 500 protests turned out to be anything but simple. In addition to those already mentioned, other SCORE officials in attendance included Stephan Fish, Paul Fish and Walter Dethlefs, SCORE Tech rep Art Savedra and Don Basore, S.O.A. The first case involved an unusual complaint, lodged by Bob Ward the head ofB.A.R.R.A., the Official SCORE radio network, who is also the SCORE official assigned to the task of inspecting all competitor radios to verify the presence of the new Medical Channel. Apparently Bob was busy checking radios on Friday when he came across an angry Gregg Symonds who refused to let him check his radio for the presence of the Medical Channel. Allegedly, the 69 year old Symonds, Driver of Record on car #1011, unloaded a verbal salvo on the unsuspecting Bob Ward as he was approaching the vehicle in inspect the radio. THE Ward said that Symonds questioned his authority to check his radio, since he was not a SCORE employee. He also informed him that he had an FCC license to operate his radio and that the channel in question was, in fact, on the radio; but, he was not going to allow him (Ward), to check it, stating that if he didn't believe him that it was just "too bad". Symonds went on to accuse Ward of being the *&%# amateur who is responsible for screwing up radio communica-tions in Mexico (at the SCORE races). In considering the case against # 1011, the Board took note of Rules G-3 through G-7 which clarify the right of the promoter to mandate special rulings when they are released to the competi-tors in Official Bulletin form. According to the back page of the SCORE Race Bulletin, issued prior to the event, "It is mandatory for all race vehicles, using radios, to be equipped with frequency 152.420 in order to report a medical emergency to SCORE personnel. All radios will be inspected at pre-race tech in order to verify the existence of this frequency". In this case Rule GT-2 was also considered. "Each vehicle, regardless of class, must complete and satisfactorily pass the safety inspection of the Race Director or his designated represen ta ti ve". Had Symonds submitted to the inspection and not been equipped with the required frequency, the CRB would not have found any fault with him, since the spirit of this rule is to encourage voluntary compliance, for safety reasons. Some racers do not have radios in their vehicles, and to require use of this frequency would be to require the installation of expensive radios in all vehicles, and that would be opposed by many racers who can't afford such luxuries. Symonds' refusal to submit to the inspection, when he WRIGHT PLACE~. COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! The coil springs you are seeing on cars iri 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 adjustm~nts. Another great idea from the front end experts of off road racing. 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 (619) 561-4810 Page 30 had prior kn-ow ledge that still in session, Guillermo everyone would be required to do Quintero Jr. found his way to the so, his abusive treatment of the meeting and asked to be heard. In officialandhisfailuretoappearto the interests of justice it was discuss this behavior proved to be agreed to hear his side of the the basis for the Board's final story. He came in accompanied by decision to issue him a Letter of an interpreter who was supplied Reprimand. by the hotel. The CRB Marshal In a complaint brought by two summed up the situation he was different competitors, Entry facing, "Mr. Quintero, we have #599, Guillermo Quintero Jr. was three different complaints that accused of allegedly being off the your vehicle was seen off course: course on two different occasions. Two from other competitors and After considering a request from one report supplied by an official the drivers who brought this as told to him by still another protest to the CRB, the Competi-driver. Mr. Quintero: Were you tion Review Board has agreed off the course?". NOTtorevealthenamesofthe ''He wants to know who competitors who appeared to give brought these charges and on testimony in this case. what parts of the course." "We According to Driver #1, "We won't tell you who the witnesses were running down El Alamo were, but we can tell you the Road, about four miles south of locations", said the Marshal. the Highway and #599 came out After describing the El Alamo through the cactus. He didn't see Road incident, which Quintero usatallandjustaboutranoverus. denied, the Board asked him We were probably doing about about the Catarina incident and 70-75mph(downthefastsection he admitted that he went off the in that area), and it was a very, courseinthatareabecausehewas very dangerous situation. It was a lost in the dust of another car and flagrant violation, it wasn't just a there was an obstacle in the road. case of cutting the course by a Quintero also suggested that these block or running a parallel road. It charges were manufactured, "just was a hell of a big shortcut and it to make problems and take away was just luck that we didn't have a the place that we won". Both sides big crash". were carefully considered anq, A CRB member asked, "Were once again, the Board voted to you traveling on the El Alamo disqualify #599. road ... ?" "Yes,onthatreallyfast COMMENT -In my opinion, section and this guy entered the the Board was very cautious in course from the left. He came coming to this decision as they acrossthedesertandbypassedall have always been in cases that rough terrain by the rancho. involving time penalties or Recognizing his description disqualification. There was no someone else said, "I know where apparent reason to question the that is, it was right by the cattle credibility of the witnesses since area, I don't know how he got out their race efforts stood nothing to there, but it is possible that gain from the outcome, and someone could do that". Quintero himself verified that he After some further discussion was off course in the Catarina on this matter Driver #2 appeared area. The one 5-1600 driver on with his co-driver to discuss a the Board was excluded from the separate incident also involving vote to eliminate any question of the #599 entry. "After crossing I conflict of interest, and the Highway 3, going toward Santa identity of #599 was withheld Catarinadam,youhavetogoover until after the decision to a big sand hill, before Checkpoint disqualify was reached. Check-2. I was driving in that area going point times were examined to test along the course. I looked across the credibility of the testimony this farmer's open field and saw a offered and everyone on the red car coming in at 45 degrees to Board had been at the areas in me. I remember thinking that this question and was comfortable guy was way out there; so anyway, that they knew the short cuts we were speeding along and pretty which were outlined to the Board soon started coming together. in exact detail. In spite of the fact About 50 yards away he finally that Quintero was over 1 ½ hours saw me and locked up his brakes. late to the meeting, the Board It was #599. This was the most agreed to take his side of these flagrant case of short coursing I've events into consideration before ever seen in my life. I mean, this reaching a final decision. (grt) guy was coming in at 90 degrees to Senior SCORE Official Don me and he was coming in from Basore came forward to protest hundreds of yards out". three entries for going backwards The drivers were excused and on the course at the Llano the Board called for # 599, Colorado road crossing at anxious to hear his explanations Highway l. #2 and #555 were of these incidents. While waiting actually chase crews and each for him to appear, an Official team was penalized ½ hour for commented that this entry was this serious safety infraction. also brought to the attention of, Entry #668 was also found guilty SCORE Officials at the Ojos of going backwards on the course; Negros finish line, by yet another however, the specifics.of this case entrywhowasunabletoappearin are somewhat unusual and person. Matters were going from worthy of a closer examination. bad to worse for Mr. Quintero It seems that the Class 22 and when it turned out that he was motorcycle entry of Ward Landis not on hand to appear before the and Terry Glass came to grief Board, the case was decided somewhere in the vicinity of without his input. After much Valley de Trinidad when Landis discussion the unanimous vote of was injured in a crash. Medics the Board was to disqualify entry responded to the accident and got #599 for a violation of Rule GL-Landis back on his feet, where-15, failure to stay to the marked upon he proceeded to ride the course. bike the 30 some odd miles to the Normally this would have been Hwy 1 road crossing where his the final word on the matter. co-rider was waiting to take over. However, about 45 minutes after During this time co-rider Scott this decision while the Board was Glass, who was monitoring events August 1991 on FM band, decided to go in search of the injured Landis and began a lengthy tour backwards on course to find him. Apparently Glass found Landis moving gradually forward on the course and exchanged bikes, leaving Landis to finish riding out on the chase bike, while he took over the race entry. A dangerous activity at any time, the Board spent considerable time trying to determine whether the co-rider was proceeding backwards on course to lend aid to the injured teammate, who by now had received medical care and was up and running, or was he coming in to take over the race bike and keep the entry moving forward at a competitive speed. While this was an interesting study of the various motives involved, it became a moot point when it was decided that the co-rider, who was not injured, committed a major safety infraction when he choose to go backwards on the course. Entry #668 received a ½ hour time penalty for this infraction. In a complicated case involving several motorcycle teams, the third place Class 22 KTM entry of Danny Hamil came forward to protest the second place A TK entry of Donald Griewe for shortcoursing through the Uruapan wash, presenting as his witness the tirst place KTM co-rider, Paul Krause. As it turned out, Krause never actually saw the #669 bike in the wash, but became suspicious when, after leading the #669 entry all day, passed him working on his bike near the exit from this notorious shortcut. It took the Board members a while before they could grasp all of the complex relationships in this strange case, and as testimony from both sides went on, it became more and more difficult to bring the entire matter to some sort of resolution. As the case dragged on the testimony seemed to beg the CRB to accept the most obscure possible assumptions and, at some point, everything became hopelessly confusing and clouded with every sort of potential conflict. Finally, everyone agreed to dismiss the case due to a lack of hard evidence. For some reason, perhaps because Bill Savage, SCORE/ HORA Tech. Director was unavailable, a technical protest was brought to the CRB by #721, the Brown/O'Brien Class 7 S entry. They charged that Ernesto Arambula, #757, was illegal since his front shocks extend through the hood in violation of SCORE/ HORA rules for that class. Over the years, I have learned to peacefully coexist with the Tech. Director. It has not always been this way; we occasionally discuss such matters, but we have carefully defined our respective duties at the events and each of us concentrate on our own sphere of influence. So, when SCORE Officials asked for a ruling in this dearly technical matter, I pointed out to the Board that we could act in an advisory capacity only. In this spirit the Board agreed with Brown & O'Brien that the car was illegal after seeing a race time photo, recommended that Aram-bula be moved back to a last place finish and required to conform to the rules by the next race_ SCORE Officials made it so!! Dusty Times

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Nicley 1'/JolllJJl'Oll'I • Rob MacCachren Scored For Ford At Texas Stadium Rob MacCachren had a super spring race record. He won the MTEG Seattle main event in the Ford, won the short coqrse race in Michigan in his Class 8 desert Ford, then went to Dallas and won the Truck Main event as well as the second heat. With five events in the first never seen anything like the antics four months of 1991, the Mickey of the stadium racers before. All Thompson Entertainment the regulars towed the long miles Group's stadium racing series to participate in the event, but started the second half of its ten spirits were a little dampened with race season at Texas Stadium in rain most of the week, and as luck Dallas last May. It was the first would have it, it r-ained during visit of the series to the arena, or qualifying about 2:00 p.rn. on in fact that part of Texas. The race day afternoon. inaugural event at Texas Stadium At that point four classes had drew a crowd of well over 20,000 qualified, but the Grand National spectators most of whom had Sport Trucks and Super 1600s ....... -----..... ---~-Jeff Elrod won everything he could at Texas Stadium, winning his heat race in came bac!< later to win the hard fought main event in th; VW Corrado. ~@. ! had not raced the clock: As a result, the trucks drew for starting position for their first heat, their second heat ran in reverse order of the opening race, and starting positions for the main event would pe decided on finishing positions in the two heats. No championship points would be awarded in Texas to the truck class. However, the Super 1600s were gridded according to current Glenn Harris started the racing off right winning the first truck heat race in his Dodge Dakota, but things went downhill from there for him, but at least it wasn't a points race. point standings with even numbers in one heat and odd numbers in the second heat. Points were awarded in this and all other classes, except the trucks. As usual the Sport Truck first ·. heat opened the program with an eight lap dash, and Walker Evans, the points leader, drew the pole position in his Dodge, with his teammate Glenn Harris alongside in the front row. Rob MacCach-ren, Ford, was positioned last on the grid for the start. Evans' lead lasted only until the second turn when Harris and the Chevrolet of Danny Thompson shot through the slot and took up the battle for the lead. Walker Evans dropped back further, obviously with problems. -On lap 3 Roger Mears pushed his Nissan ahead of Thompson and began challenging Harris for the lead. For the next four laps they ran nose to tail, but Mears could not get by. Thomp-son meanwhile fell back then out with a broken right rear wheel. Glenn Harris extended his lead on the white flag lap and won by a truck length over Roger Mears. Greg George, Chevrolet; was third ahead of Roger Mears Jr, Nissan, Ivan Stewart, Toyota and Rob MacCachren, Ford. There were six on the line in the first UltraStock six lap heat and it was the Jeep Cherokee of Lloyd Castle that jumped into a commanding lead, with points leader Tommy Croft running second in a similar Jeep. Brian Stewart flipped his Toyota 4-Runner on lap 3, causing a restart. , Castle again took off and opened up a comfortable lead, while the battle for second fell to Croft, and then defending points champion Larry Noel, VW, until Noel slid wide on lap 5. At the checkered flag Castle and Croft held first and second place for Jeep, and Brian Stewart had recovered from his early spill to place third in the Toyota. Larry Noel ended up fourth, followed by Jim Smith, Jeep and Don Kolt, Toyota. The second UltraStock six lap heat was up next with Tim Lewis on the pole in his Porsche with Jeff Elrod, the 1989 champion, alongside in his VW. To the surprise of many pit folk it was newcomer John Gersjes in a Nissan Pathfinder who led the first lap, but they might haw forgotten that John is a veteran stadium racer in a Super Lite. But, after one la Gers· es was Lloyd Castle catches a little wheelie in his UltraStock Jeep Cherokee, and he carried on to win the first UltraStock heat race, but like so many, he had troubles in the main event. Brian Stewart started out strong with a third in the first UltraStock heat, and the second generation racer put his Toyota home second in the main event. Chris Neil flew his Nissan Pathfinder to a fine second in the UltraStock heat 2, but he fell victim to traffic woes in the hectic feature race. Jerry Whelchel, here closely pursued by Frank Arciero, nailed second in the first 1600 heat race, and arrived a very close fourth in the feature. Page 31 August 1991 Dusty Times

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Danny Rice flew smooth and even over the moguls on his way to second in heat 2 of Super 1600 action, but traffic tangles hurt his main event chances. Marty Hart is doing well in his first year in 1600 race action, and the former A TV champion took fourth in his heat race and fifth in the feature. Body damage goes with truck racing, but Greg George kept his Chevrolet moving despite the missing parts, to third in the first sport truck heat. Mitch Mustard flew his Toyota powered Chenowth all night around the muddy course, and the man from olorado and the defending Super 1600 points champion not only won the first heat race, but also took the main event. Marty Coyne flew his Chenowth into victory in the second Super 1600 heat race, and was up front in the main event all the way. Marty eventually finished third gaining more points. displaced out front by Chris Neil, Nissan Pathfinder, Elrod was then• third, but leff moved into second on lap 3 ·and began closing on Neil. With three laps to go Neil was leading by only a ca.r length when Elrod suddenly made a bid to pass and the two collided. Still, on the final lap Elrod got past to lead. Neil charged back, but couldn't catch Elrod and settled for second. Brian Collins held third in a Porsche, followed by Tim Lewis, John Gersjes and Paul Nissley, Toyota. I think we hav~ the performance dialed in with both trucks," Thompson said. Rob MacCachren had a rough ride, giving the field a halflap head start after stalling on the line. He worked his way to fourth but lost the power steering and bent a torsion bar. Roger Mears said "The rear shocks went away toward the end. After that I just tried to hang on for second. Mears Jr. fought his truck most of the way because of lack of traction. The pair of 4 Wheel ATV heats were seven laps, and the first one held 14 quads. Mark Ehrhardt grabbed the early lead but he was immediately followed by the 1990 Rookie o f the Y.ear, Donovan Holland. Both are on Hondas. Holland caught Ehrhardt after five laps, then the pair were locked in battle for the lead, coming down for the white flag side by side. Holland went to the front, but Ehrhardt did not give up. They crossed the finish line with 17 year old Holland a length ahead of Ehrhardt, and Derek Hamilton was third on a Suzuki. Thirteen quads hit the dirt for the second ATV heat and defending points champion Charlie Shepherd was the early leader. Doug Eichner ran second but was closely pursued by Greg Stuart in third. Stuart took over second on lap 3 as Shepherd increased his lead. Shepherd had As they patched and puttered in the pits, the truckers had some comments. Rod Millen, Toyota, said "The track- is very tricky. It's so slippery it makes you pick out a line very carefully. The inside of the turns seems to be the driest. But if you get on the outside, forget it. You're in for a ride, just' letting the truck slide." W alker Evans broke a sway bar in his Dodge and Danny Thompson's Chevrolet had a flat on the third Tommy Croft made it a one-two finish for Jeep in the first UltraStock heat lap. "The Chevy is running good,. race, driving his Cherokee to a strong second, here trailed by Brian Stewart. Dusty Times August 1991 command of the race, but the for the victory, and Awan~ held tight battle went on between second to the flag, followed by Stuart and Eichner for runner up Sean Finley in a Triple EE. honors. At the flag it was The second SuperLite heat Shepherd, Stuart and Eichner in featured 15 year old Jimmie that order all aboard Hondas. Johnson, who started in the back. The SuperLites were up next But, Johnson was in third place for their pair of entertaining seven after two laps, trailing paraplegic lap heat races. Eight started in the Joe Price in second. Johnson took first heat and John Sarna jumped over second spot on lap 4 and into the lead and held it for two began pressuring Tim Baker for laps before flipping. This allowed the lead. Baker had a brake fire points leader Greg George to take with two laps to go and Johnson command, but he was pursued by then passed him for the lead and his teammate Rennie Awana, the the victory. Baker hung on for 1989 champion, both in Briggs-second place, with Mercedes hµjJ.t..c:cJTS. Greg George hung on . G~:mzal~sitr. DESERT LOCK OUTER Red Anodize Constructed of all Aluminum 6061 T6 · For light weight and optimum strength * At last,a quality bead lock designed for Off-Road racing * All parts are available separately *In stock - Ready for shipment For Todays' Sophisticated 15" UNLIMITED SPORT TRUCK BAJA BUG 13" . MIDGET 8"-10" MODIFIED MIDGET QUAD RACER ATV MINI STOCK MODIFIED MIDGET . . WE HA VE DEVELOPED THE TOUGHEST, MOST DURABLE BEAD LOCK FOR . YOU ! 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Roger Mears Jr. is coming on strong in the stadiums, and he drove his Nissan to fourth place in both heat 1 and heat 2 in the truck contests. Tim Lewis was the first to race a Porsche in UltraStock class, and in Texas Stadium he claimed fourth place in his heat and third in the main event. One of the Las Vegas racers in the stadium events, Brian Collins drove his tidy Porsche to third in his UltraStock heat and a fourth in the feature. John Gersjes runs a privateer Nissan Pathfinder in the MTEG Defending UltraStock points champion Larry Noel had woes all Just 15 years old Jimmie Johnson is a veteran racer, and he won his Superlite heat, and was a close second behind his teammate George in the main. Series, and he came back from early troubles to take fifth in the night, but he did get the VW Corrado home fourth in his heat UltraStock main event. race early in the game. r;r taking third, but she was front row. Coyne led off the line Roger Mears Jr. was now third, dropped to seventh by the rough and the first lap while Kevin followed by Danny Thompson driving committee. This put Smith passed Rice for second. andMearsSr.,butonthenextlap Terry Peterson in third. Rice came right back again Mears Sr. pulled off the course The pair of Super 1600 heat however, but then Smith's Mirage with mechanical trouble. With races were eight tappers, and off caught fire and the yellow flag MacCachren and Stewart well out the line in the ten car first round waved. The fire was put out in front, the focus was on the Frank Arciero Jr. and defending· quickly and Smith was back in battle for third between Mears Jr., points champion Mitch Mustard line for the restart. Coyne was still Thompson, and Walker Evans. immediately hooked into a two in front, and Marty Coyne hung Thompson got third on lap 6. On car duel for the lead. After two on all the way for the victory, the white flag lap Evans' bid to laps they were joined by current winning by two car lengths over catch Thompson and Mears failed points leader Jerry Whelchel. On Rice, who was closing fast. Jimmy when the Dodge rolled over on its the fourth lap Mustard took the Nichols and Bob Gordon were side. Rob MacCachren won the lead, but was still dogged by third and fourth. All drove heat for Ford, followed by Arciero and Whelchel. With Chenowth race cars. Stewart, Toyota, Thompson, . three laps to go Mustard opened a The second eight lap Sport Chevy, Mears Jr., Nissan, George, four car length lead and Arciero Truck Heat showed all nine Chevy and Rod Millen, Toyota. continued to hold Whelchel at entries on the grid. Rob MacCach-The Ultra Cross motorcycles bay. On the white flag lap ren, who started last in th first cameoutnexttortheir7lapraces, Whelchel blasted ahead of heat was on the pole with Greg andthefirstonehad 14starters.It Arciero, but now Mustard led by George alongside. MacCachren's took Larry Brooks two laps to six car lengths. Mitch Mustard Ford led the first lap with Ivan catch and pass Kyle Lewis' won the race over Jerry Whelchel, Stewart's Toyota second as the Yamaha for the lead. From there Frank Arciero and Marty Hart, all Dodge of Glenn Harris and the the Kawasaki rider went all the driving Chenowth cars. Toyota of Rod Millen tangled in way without a challenge. Tyson Another ten racers lined up for turn 4. Stewart failed to gain on Vohland was third on a Kawasaki the second 1600 heat, with Marty MacCachren who was running and Lewis was fourth. Coyne and Danny Rice in the away, as they complete~ four laps. Another 14 bikes started the ----------'--------,,_....;_ __ .;.._ _ _;__..;;... __ ...:..,_ second heat, and local rider Terry 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. Tinney, Kawasaki, led for most of the first lap, then gave way on the double jump at the start/ finish line when defending champion Mike Craig out jumped him to take command. Tinney is from Dallas. Once in front Craig's Kawasaki was never headed. Chad Pederson was second and Jim Holley third, both on Yamahas, while Tinney was fourth. The truckers made some remarks prior to the main events. Rob MacCachren said his Ford ran perfectly, but the corners were all ruts and berms but he NUT SAFTBLOK liked the way the Ford runs in the $ S rough. "We have the pole for the 9" safety wire plier $41.50 21-80 + hipping main event, so we'll try to repeat 1 lb .032 stainless safety wire $9.00 Call or write for our FREE CATALOG of fabricating tools RACERS TOOL & SUPPLY 4290 Bells Ferry Rd. * Suite 10634 *Kennesaw* GA* 30144 ra51 (404) 924-4543 IQ:2J 24 Hours a Dav i Days a Week cm= Page 34 our Seattle win." Ivan Stewart said "The decision by MTEG and the truck racers not to compete for points tonight was, I feel, the right choice. The track is not consistent to warrant running for points, and these types of conditions take too much away from the drivers' skills." The Main Events started with the eight lap UltraStock bash with a dozen starters. Chris Neil's Nissan Pathfinder was on the pole August 1991 with points leader Tommy Croft outside in a Jeep Cherokee. Croft led the first lap with Neil, then Jeff Elrod, VW, tucked in behind. Elrod moved to second _on lap 3. Heat winner Lloyd Castle was stalled on the course. Croft appeared to be pulling away midway in the race as Elrod appeared unable to close the gap. Trouble hit the leader on lap 6 and Croft rolled to a stop handing the lead to Jeff Elrod. Neil was now second but being hounded by Brian Stewart, Toyota 4-Runner. At the checkered flag Jeff Elrod took his 16th career win in the VW and it made him the all time series main event leader. Elrod, the 1989 class champion, had been tied for that honor with Greg George, who still had a chance for another tie with a win here in either the Super lite or GN Sport Truck main events. Brian Stewart finished second, Tim Lewis and Brian Collins were third and fourth in Porsches and John Cersjes was fifth in a Nissan. The eight lap ATV main event fie lded 18 starters. Donovan Holland got the hole shot from row 2 and jumped into the lead at the start. By the second lap Greg Stuart moved up to challenge but stalled in a turn, leaving second place open to Charlie Shepherd, who immediately began closing on Holland. The pair then put on a terrific struggle running side by side, but Holland still managed to hang on to the lead; Doug Eichner was third. With two laps to go the leaders crossed the start/ finish side hy side, but Holland again maintained his lead. Thl·n Mark Ehrhardt joined in the action and made it a three way fight. Half a lap from the finish it was nearly a dead heat. At the flag it was Donovan Holland by inches, with Mark Ehrhardt barely edging Charlie Shepherd for third place, and Doug Eichner was fourth. The SuperLite Main held 14 starters but eight laps caused heavy attrition. Teammates Greg George and Jimmie Johnson ran one/two and very close with third teammate Rennie Awana in third. They were trying to make it a sweep for the Nature's Recipe Pet Food Team. They had a close race, but they did make it a three · rar sweep in the team BriggsBuilts. George took the victory, his 16th career win, and that fact put him J back in a tie with Jeff Elrod for the most main event wins regardless of class. Young Jimmie Johnson was second and Rennie Awana was third, while Sean Finley took fourth followed by Joe Price. The Super 1600 main event start usually resembles a freeway sig alert, and with 18 starters it could happen in the 12 lap main event. Mitch Mustard was on the Young Donovan Holland got the hole shot on the A TV main event start, and fought off the challengers and won top honors for the night and he also won his heat race on the Honda. Dusty Times

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Frank Arciero Jr. does the bicycle act en route to third in the first Super 1600 heat and he also finished second in the wild main event action. Jimmy Nichols flew a big flag from his Chenowth, and he had a good run to third in his Super 1600 heat race, but dropped back in the feature. Bob Gordon has not had a good season to date in the stadium series, but he nailed a fourth in the second Super 1600 heat race in his Chenowth. Many time motorcycle champion Marty Tripes made a rare appearance in his 1600 in Texas, and Marty drove to fifth in the first heat for the class. Roger Mears started out strong with a second in the first truck heat, had trouble in the next one, but got a fine second in the Nissan in the truck main event. Ivan Stewart, unbeatable so far in the desert, hasn't done so well in the stadium series, but his Toyota was second in heat 2 and third in the main event. point with Jerry Whelchel just behind and with Marty Coyne on the outside of the front row. Mustard, Coyne and Whelchel went into the first turn three ahreast and completed the first lap the same way, with Mustard, the two time class points champion, just barely leading. As Mustard then pulled away Marty Coyne dropped behind, giving up second place to Frank (Butch) Arcino who passed Jerry Whelchel on lap 4. The yellow light came on during lap five when Troy Herbst flipped. He was rolled back over and restarted. On the restart it was Mustard, Arciero and Whelchel at the green flag. Marty Tripes entered the fray on lap 6 and began challenging Whelchel. Coyne also moved up, taking over third on lap 7. Tripes passed Whelchel on lap 8 for fourth place. It was a real dice, and Mitch Mustard won it wire to w.ire but just barely. Arciero made a late charge at the finish to take a close second, and Marty Coyne held third. Marty Tripes saw his efforts fail on the white flag lap when a wheel on his car broke and he limped off the track. Jerry Whelchel finished fourth followed by Marty Hart, doing very well in his first year driving a race car in the stadium series. The penultimate race was the UltraCross Main with 18 starters. On a Kawasaki Tyson Vohland took over the lead when the bikes sorted out on the second lap, and he was never headed for the victory. But it was not a win without a challenge from Mike Craig, Kawasaki, who finished second by only a few feet. Two time champion Jim Holley was a real factor in the fight until he fell on lap 8, but he got back up and kept going to finish fifth on his Yam-aha behind Larry Brooks, Kawa-saki, and Kyle Lewis, Yamaha. The grand finale, as always, was the Grand National Sport Truck main event, and, as usual it was a real fender banger. Rob MacCach-ren had his Ford on the pole with Ivan Stewart, outside on the front row in his Toyota. Roger Mears Jr., Nissan and Greg George, comprised the second row. MacCachren, fresh from a short course heavy metal win in Michigan, got the jump off the start, but Stewart took the lead at the end of the first lap. Then Rod Millen flipped his Toyota, bringing out the yellow flags and a restart. The order was Stewart, MacCachren, George, Mears Jr. and Mears Sr. Millen brought up the rear on the restart. And, on the restart Stewart regained his lead. Then, in spectacular fashion, George hit MacCachren causing the Ford to roll over but it landed Greg George is really dominating the SuperLite action lately in his quick BriggsBuilt, and in Texas he not only won his heat race he also won the main event in close company. · Dustvnmes on its wheels and Rob kept going in third position. George rolled to a stop on the next lap leaving second spot to MacCachren, who was followed by Mears Jr. Stewart had opened a six truck length lead at the halfway point, followed by MacCachren, Mears Jr., Mears Sr. and Harris. Roger Mears passed his son for third on lap 8 and MacCachren began closing on Stewart. The white flag flew and Stewart and MacCachren went into the final turn together with Stewart rolling onto his side. The yellow came out again, and MacCachren was in the lead while Mears Sr. was second on the restart. Rob MacCachren, trailing smoke from an overheated transmission in the Ford, took the victory, his second in a row having won round five at the Seattle Kingdone in April. Mears Sr. was second in the Nissan, followed by Harris, Dodge, and Stewart. But Harris was put back to last on the result sheet and Ivan Stewart got third place for Toyota, followed by Walker Evans, Dodge. Now the season truck class points remain the same with Walker Evans leading Ivan Stewart by 50, followed by Rod Millen, Roger Mears and Rob MacCachren. Tommy Croft leads the UltraStock by 44 points over Larry Noel, followed by Brian Stewart and Lloyd Castle. In 1600 points Jerry Whelchel leads Marty Coyne by one point. Mitch Mustard is two more back followed by Danny Rice and Frank Arciero Jr. Charles • Shepherd tops the 4 Wheel A TV count, Greg George leads the SuperLites and Mike Craig is on top of the motorcycle points. After a two month break the series resumes at the Los Angeles Coliseum on July 20, and that should be a real blast in all classes of racing. Tired 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. 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OFF ROAD WARS IN PHOENIX Whiplash Wrap-Up By Daryl Drake Photos: 3-D Photography/Kim Miller Photography Brad Campbell won the Pro Open event at the April race, and again in May and he took the top honors in the Series Championship that wrapped up at the June event, and he hopes for more entries in the class in the new series. Whiplash Motorsports wrap-Stuart blitzed the Baja Competi-Mory Lashier grabbed the Fun pe~ up its ambitious eight race tion, holding off Sam Carlise, Buggy victory this time. Zack series of "Off Road Wars" in Greg Nelson, Eric Nelson and McKinley earned second, with early June, so in the interest of Steve Tawzer. Todd Taylor third ahead of timeliness, we'regoingtowrapup A bigturnoutofracersand fans Michael Wright, John Chafey, coverage of the last three events for the May race saw the program Rustin Edens, Rich Damp, Curtis and try and catch our breath. stretch into the wee hours as Froelich, Jeff Wiegars and Dennie Dan Spencer finally brought his Dwi~ht Lundell took ho~e t~e Lee. . VW Rabbit-Spencer Products Stadium 1650 honors, with Bill ~ _Gre_g Nelson ?eat Mike_Stuart stadium 1650cc home for the win Barkdoll second, Steve Cheuvront this time out m the Bai a Bug in the April battle, edging out third, Bob_ Au~tin fourth and ba_ttle. ~randt_ Selanders was Emmett Warren Bob Austin and Walt Baranick fifth. third, Enc Bazmaw fourth and Bill Barkdoll, ~barging to first Brad -~amp~ell_ had some Dav~dWeiseradistantfifthinthe from third on the pentultimate c~mpetltlon ~h~s tl~e but left family Class_ 11 sedan after a lap. This was Spencer's first win Nick Vondouns m_h1s wake. second h~t flip. . in many years of trying. John Stuart agam showed he At the fmal battle, held m early B d C b ll ll l . h was the man to beat in Amateur June on a warm Saturday night at P O am~ e 'cl aonemt e OpenOffRoadracing,butnoone Phoenix'Thrasherland,Bob ro pen~ Roa Class, roared could do it, with Don Weiser Austin put his desert DirTrix out to an easy victory. second, Travis Sellars third, Vicki front and kept it there to take In the Amateur Open Off Road A llison fourth, Art Trautman both the event and series win in racing, John Stuart continued his fifth, Mike Hathcox sixth and the Stadium 1650s. Emmett winning ways leading Dwight Dwight Smith seventh. Warren was second for the night Smith, Rick Clark and Travis ~ · ·· · ,,_, ,,,c••··-'" -"·· -Sellars across the finish line. The big Fun Buggy class had another repeat winner in John Chafey, with Zack McKinley, John Lee, Pat Meenar, Gary Baldwin, Steve Kellogg, Todd Taylor and Mory Lashier also taking the checkered flag. Ex-MTEG truck racer Mike (I DE ~jJrg1Q]j OFF-ROAD RACING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES II-• ~ A ~v ~.' ·~ ~ . , . ~ .. -.;, ; -19r~-~phone--__, · (~S)JN13~1211 · Page 36 Bob Austin, who ran his desert Dirtrix racer in the Stadium 1650cc class, won his share of events and also won the spring series championship title. Dan Spencer, left, takes the outside line on his way to his first win in Stadium 1650 class, and here is followed by series champion Bob Austin. August 1991 John Stuart proved to be almost unbeatable in the Amateur Open class action winning two of the last three events and the class championship in the series._-. with Bill Barkdoll third and Tom honors in the Amateur Open Off Murray, this time at the wheel of Road Championship with his his desert 10 car, suffering a string of firsts. Dwight Smith broken kingpin to turn in a DNF took second and Rodney Shugg and complete an unfortunately was third. consistent set of non-finishes in Brad Campbell earned the Pro the Whiplash series. Open Off Road Championship In the final Amateur Open Off but hopes for some more Road clash, Rick Clark took the competition in the class for the honors with Travis Sellars second next series. and John Stuartthird, and a DNF. In the Stadium 1650 Champ-The last Fun Buggy race saw ionship, desert racer Bob Austin fifteen entries jam the grid, and a came out on top ahead of Bill new face in the winners' circle, Barkdoll, Emmett Warren and Steve Kellogg. Michael Wright Dan Spencer. was second, John Montgomery My hat's off to Jay and Jackie third, Todd Taylor fourth, and McKinley and the rest of the Zack McKinley fifth among nine Whiplash crew; they've provided finishers. , Arizona's racers and fans a great Mike Stuart and his Baja have off road short course venue. I proven an almost unbeatable especially liked the Fun Buggy combination since their arrival on class. It gives the low-dollar racers the scene and Greg Nelson had to a place to compete and often settle for second. Eric Bazinaw provides the wildest action. was third in his nearly stock The series' various sponsors 1650cc sedan. But Nelson did and supporters deserve a nod, earn the series' Open Baja too. Brandwood Cars, Sunland Championship, while Bazinaw Custom Buggies, Woods Off took home the 5-1600 Champ-Road Products, Chirco Auto-ionship. motive and Coors Light all In the Fun Buggy Champion-pitched in to make the series a ship, John Chafey came out on success. top with Zack McKinley second, The action will start all over Mory Lashier third, Todd Taylor again at Thrasherland on July 20. fourth and Michael Wright fifth For more details check out in the series most popular class. " Happenings" in the front of John Stuart ran away with the DUSTY TIMES. Greg Nelson won the series championship in the Open Baja category, and here he celebrates a victory at the finish line at the Thrasher/and facility. Mike Stuart came on strong in Baja Bug racing at the end of the series, winning two of the last three events in his apparently 5-1600 race car. DustyTimcs

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.., Former CRS champion Lon Peterson slides a corner with his usual verve and he was a close second in Open class, third overall in the Sun Up event. CRS Director Gary Luke drove his Dodge Shelby to second in ·GT class in both events, and was fourth overall the first round, and third overall at night. Rui Brasil scored a pair of thirds in GT class and his Toyota All-Trac was also fifth overall in the Sun Up and a fine fourth overall in the Sun Down. Jeff Hendricks had his Jeep pickup roaring through the tight turns and he took second In Stock class in both events, and finished well overall too. Dan Hook, a former off road racer, felt at home at Glen Helen in his Toyota Calica and he sailed into third in Stock class handily in both events. Victor Brasil was eighth in Open class in the first rally, but came to life in the evening and drove the Subaru into second in class and seventh overall in the Sun Down. CRS/SCCA DMSIONAL RALLY Sun Up/Sun Down Rallysprints at Glen Helen OHV Park By Rod Koch The second event on the SCCA Southern Pacific Divisional and California Rally Series calendar for 1991, was called the Sun Up/Sun Down Rallysprint. This was a double coefficient 1 event held on Saturday, June 8 at Glen Helen Raceway. Glen Helen lies at the foot of the Cajon Pass, il!§.t off Interstate 215,.North of San Bernardino. Rallysprint organizers Sam Moore and John Elkin decided to offer two events on the same day, beginning with the Sun Up Rallysprint, at 10:30 AM, following registration and tech inspection. A healthy field of 34 entrants Photos: Rod & Bonnie Koch took the green flag at one minute intervals. This allowed two or more cars on the course at the same time. Service crews and spectators using the Glen Helen Grandstands, had a fine view of the greater part of the fast, curving course containing more than enm,1gh tight turns. DON'T SETnE· FOR LESS THAN A HONDA. 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These clearly defined the course, but were the source of some minor body damage for several cars who "hung it out too far". The Sun Up event totalled six runs or stages, on the 1.25 mile course. Three were run clockwise, followed by a 45 minute service break, after which each car ran the course in the opposite direction. The first stage saw the cars running on a clean, graded and well watered course. The course deteriorated rapidly, especially on the sharp turns. By the end of the third stage, several corners were a foot deep in soft dirt. The advantage of all-wheel drive, the current state of the art in rally cars, was skillfully demonstrated by Tony Tavares in his Toyota Celka All-Trac. The power of the turbo-charged All-Trac also helped Tavares set fast time on Stage 1 of 1.91 minutes. Former So. Pac. Divisional champions, Gary Luke, Jeff Griffin, and Lon Peterson, had to settle for second, third, and fourth overall, in that order with times of 1.96, 1.97 and 1.99 minutes. On stage 2, Lon Peterson in his powerful 2-wheel drive Arrow, demonstrated the classic driving style that has made him the winningest driver in the CRS. Peterson turned a 1.93 min. time to win the stage. Tavares was · second with a 1.95 minute time, but won stage 3 with a consistent 1.92 minute run. Rui Brasil, out · for the first time in his new Toyota All-Trac, had second fastest time on stage 3 with a 1.93 minute run. With the Open and G.T. class competitors battling for first overall, the CRS Stock class was being carried away by Harris Done in his Mazda RX-7. On stages 5 and 6, Done turned times of 1.97 and 1.99 minutes, embarrassingly close to the front runners. Jeff Griffin in the Volvo 142 and Rui Brasil's All-Trac, tied for the stage 4 win at 1.91 minutes. Tavares at 1.92 min. and Peterson ; with a 1. 93, gave a good • indication of the battle for first overall. On stage 5, Tavares, i Peterson, Griffin and Rui Brasil, all tied for the stage win at 1.93 · min. Tavares then made all 4 wheels spin on stage 6, winning that stage in 1.91 minutes. Jeff Griffin was second on stage 6 with a 1.92 minute time followed by Gary Luke's Dodge Shelby at 1.95 minutes and Morton Bibow at 1.96 minutes in his turbo Saab. The other front runners fell off the pace on stage 6, leaving the overall and G. T. class win on Sun-Up to Tony Tavares. Jeff Griffin, consistently fast on Jeff Griffin had an almost perfect rally day as he drove the Volvo 142 to first in Open class in both events, and also placed second overall in both Sun Up and Sun Down Rallysprints. DustyTimcs

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Ron Wood ended up tied for third in Open class and sixth overall in the Sun Up, but he got the VW Scirocco into fifth Open and 13th overall in Sun Down. Morton Bibow started out in fine shape in the Saab 99 Turbo, and he tied for third in Open and sixth overall in Sun Up but did not finish at night. The Datsun 510 lives on and Chad Dykes drove his to third in Open class, eighth 0/A in Sun Down, and was fifth Open and ninth overall in Sun Up. in for eighth overall and third in sprints at the fine Glen Helen race Open class, with several stage facility, combined with a large times in the high l.90's, showing ' turn out of rally competitors and that the old 510 can still be pleasant weather, made Sun competitive. A steady run in the Up/Sun Down a super event. modified Toyota pickup of Matt Glen Helen was once again, a great Sweeney, produced ninth overall way for competitors and specta-and fourth in Open. Sweeney was tors to view the speed and tied for ninth overall with excitement of the Pro Rally cars. Norberto Gomez running his With the possible exception of Starion Turbo. Gomez's finish the two competitors who rolled, was also good enough for fifth in all the rallyists were looking G.T. class. forward to the next Glen Helen The two back to back Rally- Rallysprint . • IS Tony Tavares had a perfect day in his Toyota All-Trac, as he drove to the overall victory in both Sun Up and Sun Down Ra/lysprints, and he took home all the GT class points as well in a great performance. ee . ' n all six stages, edged out Lon monthsearlier,alsofinishSunUp Peterson by less than one second in the fifth Open class position. ( .01 min.) for second overall and Rounding out the first and fastest the Open class victory. Fourth 10 cars, came the sleek, black Alfa went to Gary Luke as well as Romeo GT of Gary English, who second in G.T. class, in a very also took fourth in G.T. class. smooth and steady drive in the Only two cars DNF'd on Sun Up. Shelby. In fifth slot and third in First to go out was Roger Hull's G.T. class, came the other All- Red Jeep Comanche with elect-Trac, well driven by Rui Brasil in rical troubles, then Paula his first outing in the new Toyota. Gibeault's Subaru RX Turbo with Morton Bibow who has rallied transmission woes. extensively in Europe and the A one hour break preceeded Scandinavian countries, took the start of the Sun Down sixth overall and third Open Rallysprint. Sun Down started position in his first rally effort around 6:00 PM running the same with the CRS. However, the sixth six stages as Sun Up, but with the overall and third Open class spot last two stages run in the dark. turned out to be a tie, as CRS Competitors and service crews Tech. inspector, Ron Wood, in were seen busily putting on and his fast VW Scirocco equalled adjusting driving lights for the Bibow's overall 12.03 minutes night stages. time for the six stages. Lon Peterson won the first Harris Done put in a great drive stage with a very fast 1.88 minute in his RX-7, running away from time, but Tony Tavares was right the rest of the CRS Stock class behind with a 1.89 minute run. field, and winning the class and Jeff Griffin turned in a consist-eighth overall. ently quick 1.92 minute time for -'Ht-e-ninth overall-spot-saw-the-thi rd-fastts t . Peterson and venerable Datsun 510 of Chad Tavares kept up a blistering pace Dykes, fully recovered from the and tied at 1.88 minutes for the roll over at Rim of the World two sta e 2 win. Tavares then set fast · Harris Done did a super job of driving in his Mazda RX-7, as he won Stock class in both events, and was eighth overall in the Sun Up and aipped up to fifth overall in the Sun Down. DustyTimcs time of the day on stage 3, with a 1.85 minute run. Peterson slowed a little with a stage 3 time of 1.89 minutes, followed by Griffin at 1.90. At the end of stage 3 , Tavares was just .03 minutes ahead of Peterson. It looked as if the last three stages might be a real cliff-hanger, but it was not to be, as Peterson broke a front spindle on stage 4, ending his try for the overall win. Rui Brasil won stage 4 with a 1.91 minute run, followed by Briffin at 1.92 and Tavares at 1.94 minutes. . ' ""~ITT ... CENTER LINE RACINQ WHEELS THE STRONGEST OFF-ROAD WHEEL MONEY CAN BUY! Morton Bibow DNF'd after stage 3, when the Saab developed piston trouble. Stage 1 witnessed two roll overs. 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I<~ Steve Siddoway led a few laps in 1-2-1600, but carb linkage trouble cost him time, later on and he finished second in class and second overall. Bob and Kathy Christensen ran up front in Class 10 until repairing a rocker arm cost too much time, but they got fixed and finished a strong second. Just seconds off the pace all day Darnell Alexander picked up third in Class 1-2-1600 and fourth overall, just ten minutes away from the win. BONNMLLE OFF ROAD RACING REPORT Mike Baker Wins The Wendover Express Overall By Jim &ker Mike Baker flew his new, fine performing Bunderson over the lumps and he not only won Class 1-2-1600 by 7½ minutes, he came in first overall and also set fast lap of the day at 27:50 at Wendover. In a spring season wnen we haven't had a dry weekend yet, 1 Mother Nature has seen fit to give us two dry Saturdays to start and complete our races. The Wend-over Express on the first of June turned out to be a spectator event, with extremely close racing in several classes and continuous activity in the pits. The cars caT..e - - a After his dad Bob had troubles, Mike Flinn moved up in the Class 10 ranks, and he had no trouble at all in his new Raceco, and finished the Class 10 winner and took third overall too. Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rad Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! But be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Page 40 CALL FOR COURSES ANO OATES AHi MOTORSPORTS 340 WESTERN ROAD #1 RENO, NEVADA 89506 702/786-9922 past the pits in around 30 minute intervals from the last round, as the pro classes faced ten laps of the usual Nevada/Utah rough desert terrain. Class 10 started the show at 10 a.m. sharp with Andy Clawson leading off followed by Mike Hickey, Bob Flinn, Brett North, Mike Flinn and then Bob Christensen. Just 28:40 minutes later Bob Flinn showed how the "mature" racer can really run. Closest to him but a minute back was Bob Christensen and another half minute back was the second Flinn entry driven by son Mike. Consistency was the word, with laps within seconds time after time for Flinn, and he led the herd until the sixth lap when trouble befell him. This left the "race" to Bob and Kathy Christensen or to Mike Flinn, and the decision wasn't clear until the finish line. There Mike Flinn took the checkers at 5:07:36 over the Christensens at 5: 16:40. Repair of a rocker arm stud cost them the race. But, Mike ran ten laps with a slow lap of 31 :59 and a fast lap of 29:49, and that is about as even as possible; Mike Flinn finished third overall also. Bob Flinh got third in Class 10 with five laps done, and Mike Hickey's four laps were good for fifth, just ahead of fellow four lapper Andy Clawson. Brett North only covered a single, 40 minute lap. Class 1-2-1600 followed the 10 cars onto the course with Steve Siddoway leading off followed by Mike Baker, Todd Bingham and Darnal Alexan~er ,_ l!_nd they were August 1991 loaded for bear. Lap 1 brougKt burst and he was out, credited them in with Mike leading Steve with fifth in class. by nine seconds, and Dama! was The race was then between the another minute back and just Sorenson, Siddoway and Merriam ahead of Todd. The margin grew entries, with the Rick Holt car to 31 seconds on lap 2, but a having a problem in lap 4 that cost fogged face mask and helmet air them over 20 minutes. Again system not working gave the lead consistency was something else in to Steve Siddoway by over two this class and it paid off. The last minutes. This give and take threelapsshowjusthowclosethis continued on through lap 8. 5-1600 class is. Sorenson and Todd Bingham suffered a Siddoway ran identical times and broken rear drum on lap 6, but Merriam was only 45 seconds Darnal Alexander was there slower. The final times were Rod waiting. On lap 9 a carb linkage Sorenson in at 5:24:32, the problem dimmed Steve Siddo- winner. Jim Siddoway was only way's hopes with a four minute 47 seconds back at 5:25:19 and pit stop. The final times showed Barry Merriam was third at Mike Baker in at 4:51:03 for the 5:29:41. Rick Holt got in nine class win, first overall and a fast laps at 5: 18:58, giving the class lap of 27:50. Siddoway was the best finish percentage. second at 4:58:33, also good for The truck class also started five second overall. Darnal Alexander entries with Ken Bosgieter leading hung on for tbird in 5:08:32 and a off. Then came Russ Fullmer, fourth overall, giving the 1-1600 Tony Sorenson, Jeromy Wyman class a good starting position for and the Emley team. The the Jackpot 200. Todd Bingham's Bosgieter team suffered a blown five laps got him fourth in class. engine on the first lap recording The 5-1600 class fell off a bit no time at all. Tony Sorenson had with only five cars starting, very a fuel problem on lap 3 on his big uncharacteristic for them. The truck but his two laps were quick Rick Holt/Greg Wylie team led·, enough for third in class. Less off the line followed by Craig than two minutes slower, Jeromy Holt/Kyle Jeffery, then Jim also covered just two laps in Siddoway /Scott Kalipetsis, Barry fourth place in the truck class. Merriam/Dennis Dahlstrom and This left the Fullmer and Emley Rod Sorenson/Jim Magill. Craig teams to fight it out for the day. set the pace with the three fastest Russ Fullmer took the flag after laps of the day for the 5-1600 nine laps as the time limit caught class with 30:49, 30:56, 30:52. them, but they won the class. BUT, once ag~n their bubble Elbert and Scott Emley took . .. , • ,.,,__.--:-:V··:t ·'· - ~--. ·-·-'"·"W. ••---Rod orenson and Jim Magill were in the lead pack all the way in the close running Class 5-1600, and they emerged from the single dust cloud at the flag to win the class by a very slim 47 seconds. Bouncing over the desert the team of Russ Fullmer and Jeff Neagle had no serious problems with the Jeep CJ, and survived the fastest to cover nine laps and win the Heavy Metal class. Dusty Times

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Barry Merriam was with the leaders most of the distance in his Class 5-1600, and with Dennis Dahlstrom he finished third, only five minutes behind the winner. John Peake and Brian Brown had more fun than anyone in their Sportsman Mini truck and when the dust settled they were third Rick Holt and Greg Wylie had a good race going in Class 5-1600, but lost 20 minutes in down time on lap 4, and they ended up a lap down in fourth. in the entry level class. · second after spending a good bit of time with wrenches in their hands. The Jeep had a 6: 14: 17 time for seven laps and could not have finished all ten rounds within the time limit. Sportsman had five laps ahead of distance better than his first race them and they set off with the and did four laps for third place. Potter team setting a couple quick Scott Butcher came in second at early laps to lead after two 4:05:03 behind the Lynn Potter rounds. team who won with a 3:32:42 The Sportsman class started six entries and the venerable Vega of Dave Bosgieter led off followed by the new team of Ray and Joy Holman in their Jeep, then the Mike Jenkins buggy, the Peak Performance team of John Peake, Scott Butcher in his Baja and Lynn Potter's buggy. The After lap 3 we started losing time. These are our future Pro entries, with the Vega breaking a Racers and we applaud their big rock with its radiator and the progress. Jenkins buggy also meeting A special thanks to all our disaster. Jenkins was credited dedicated course workers who with sixth place and Bosgieter work all race day and those who with fifth. The first timer toil to set up and tear down the Holmans kept their Jeep running course. We couldn't race without to finish four laps for fourth i you. We also thank our friends at place. John Peake likes going the ) Yokohama who back us at every Georgia Off Road Racing Report By &b Rule Writing a report for a race with the pits without stopping after just a few cars is tough, even with about 45 minutes of racing, and good notes. The GORRA Mem-he did not go around the hay bale orial Day 150 ran on the Saturday specified so he was given a one lap of the holiday weekend, because it penalty, which might have cost was our first Day /Night race. It all him the race. After about an hour started at 6: 15 p.m. and ran for of racing Bobby Haire returned to four hours. It was a 150 miles the pits with serious engine with a four hour time limit and problems, and he was through for the winner, Mike Notary, ran 143 the day. Starting the second hour miles. But, it looked like the 150 Mike Notary had his 1600 in the miles would come first until it got overa 11 I ead with 3 7 Ia ps dark. Then the dust was so bad completed, and Dusty Chitwood the drivers could hardly see. They led "the Challenger class with 31 . said it was like driving in a thick laps covered in the first hour. fog. From the survey of the After about 30 more minutes drivers after the event, it just may Darrin Stephens stopped on be our last night race. course with dust problems and Your reporter took all the who distributor woes, but got going was in for the what fors and again. The leaders after two hours recorded it all by the time they were the same pair. Mike Notary, came in and where possible, nowwith75lapsinthebook,and stated what time they went back Dusty Chitwood had covered 69 into action. Dusty Chitwood challenging laps. pitted after a very few laps when The scheduled pit stops and the barrel nut on his Challenger more happened next, starting car carburetor came off. Mickey around 8: 13 p.m. Mickey Smallwood was leading the race Smallwood stopped for fuel, but after a few laps in his 1600 when James Hester had serious trouble he stopped to see why the with the rack on his steering generator light came on. A minute broken, and he was done for the or two later Bobby Haire stopped day with 69 laps covered. Jack with an oil leak and said the car Thompson stopped to take the didn'trunfromthestart.After30 light covers off, and Dusty minutes of hard work in the pits Chitwood stopped for gas, to take the Haire 1600 was parked, offthelightcovers,andchangeair completing just nine laps. filters, and his crew got him in and James Hester pitted 23 minutes out of the pits in just about two after the start when his 1600's minutes, a real NASCAR stop. battery cable shorted out, but James Mitchell lost only three went back racing after about 15 ·minutes when he stopped for gas minutespittime.JackThompson and to get the light covers stopped about the same time, as removed, and Mike Notary made his engine was cutting out, hut a two minute stop for fuel and to this turned out to be a loose cable remove the light covers. Darrin instead of a dust or distributor Stephens barely stopped, just to problem, so after a half hour take off the light covers, but he spent checking every other thing was back soon and made two out, the offending cable was more separate stops in quick found and attached and Thomp-succession to get the lights son went back to the fray in his adjusted. But after 49 laps 1600. Stephens retired from the race Darrin Stephens broke a c.v. because he just couldn't see. around 6:40 p.m., but he fixed it Meanwhile Sam·my Herrell made and was back running in 20 atwominutestopforgasandtake minutes. Sammy Herrell ran afoul off the light covers, and he was oftherulescominginandoutof. running well. But Mickey Dusty Times Smallwood came in with generator trouble and a dead battery, and Jack Thompson stopped to get his I igh ts adjusted, then stopped again for the same thing about 20 minutes later. But only five 1 minutes later Thompson ran out of brakes, turned the 1600 over, as t·he throttle idle went to high because the return spring had broken. After 20 minutes he was running again; finally at 9:35 Thompson stopped for good with a dead battery completing 77 laps for fifth in the 1600 class. At this point Dusty Chitwood was told he could quit racing, since he was the only Challenger still running and had won the class. Dusty said no "He was having too much fun", and went on racing. When the time ran out at 10: 15 Dusty had covered 133 laps in winning the Challenger class, and he was fourth overall in a very strong showing. Mickey Smallwood's electrical troubles landed him in fourth in 1600s with 86 lapscovered. Only four cars were running at the checkered flag, but it had been a small entry on the holiday weekend. Out front overall and in 1600 class was Mike Notary who covered a total of 143 laps with scant troubles en route, just his routine pit stop. Sammy Herrell salvaged second in class and overall a lap down, the result of the penalty, and he too had a trouble free run stopping only for fuel and to take the light covers off. That's what it took to go the distance as James Mitchell only made one stop for gas and light covers also, taking third overall and in 1600s with 139 laps done. Thanks go to Jeff Lucas for donating and installing the lights for the scoring stand, and the girls could see real good and scored the race with no problems. The cooks for this event were L1rry Porter and Rodney Carnes. It was all so good fellows, we've decided to let you do it again next race. Thanks to James and Joey Hester who donated the hunting vests for the . track workers to wear. A correction on the report last month is that it wasn't the Ray Whigham car at the race. The real fact is it's Bobby Bramblett's racer and it was Ronnie Whigham who drove the heat race. Sorry fellows . . ~ August 1991 race, plus the State Line and Silver Smith casinos who backed the Wendover Express event. We have requested all to race hard but respect those cars that "catch" you and let them go by. We got a couple of comments on this situation. One, "what a pleasure, your comments must have registered as everyone moved over, and didn't (need to) bump anyone". Another on the same subject was, "I did what you said and let the guy go by, then tried to follow him to see how he went so fast and I rolled". Points leaders after two events a, e Mike Baker 1090· Rod This is the system rim by.most oft road race winners Sorenson, 920; Bob Christensen, 900; Mike Flinn, 900; Elbert Emley, 860, and Rick Holt, 680, who have all competed in both the Desert Cactus and Wend over Express events. Lynn Potter leads the Sportsman Points Series with 730, followed by Mike Jenkins, 650; Scott Butcher, 450; Dave Bosgieter, 410, and John Peake, 300. 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THE 1991 ACROPOLIS RALLY Juha Kankkuneli Wins In Greece For Lancia x@ ~ ¼~::;., z~. Juha Kankkunen and Juha Piironen bided their tim;0at A~ropolis,_ rareiy scored fast time on a stage in the Lancia Delta lntegrale 16v, but won tha rally on the long final day stage, wmnmg by a full minute. . . Th · b h h · hares had flat tires-Kankkunen coincidentally doing better in the G e t0Srto1se eat the_ karesfin wasn't going too sl~wl; though Championship, were given reece trange to t in o a ' f' 1· bl \d · son a rally F · h II d · 1 dd for he became the first winner o re ia e o er version , , b~ntJ1~h:aK~nk:1k~rn:~\~~co~d this, traditionally the slowest big w~~re\7 rTehliabilityl_ wl oduldbtb_~ f · 11 · h Id to top the 80 cnttca . ere was 1tt e ou . 1 AcropolisRallywin,atersconng ra yint ewor ' . Id be a hard fought event. 1 f · kph mark wou on y two astest stage times, · There were 14 A-priority drivers proves that success o_n the Finally after weeks of aggrava-and no fewer than five Japanese roughest special _stages m the tion in which route details were teams with a strong entry, the first world demands a higher degree of delayed and changed several time this had happened. calm than attack. Th_ree hares gave times, entry details delayed, and Normally one woult:I not expect chas~ to t~e tortoise, the_ most poor weather, the sun came out much to happen on a day of a amazing being Kenneth Enksson the day before scrutineering and single stage, Etape 1, but various o n the debut appearance of the some of the charm of the driverswishedthemorningspent GalantVR-4Evolutio~, but road Acropolis came back. There was down at Anavissos hadn't pe_nalt!es meant that instead of an edginess in the air however. happened. Alex Fiorio swerved to winning by m':H_e than two Local drivers were discontented avoid a driver coming in from a minutes, he only finished seven~h. with the organizers, who incred-side road to the main road from The second hare was_Carlos S~inz ibly decided to run 22 stages in the start and damaged the rear of and the third was_D1d1er Aunol. one day, reduced to 21, but still his Cosworth. The Group N They, together with _Kankkunen more than had ever been held Cosworth driver Fernando had suffered half minute delays between dawn and dusk on a Capdevila had· his suspension fail earli~r in the rally, and eventual World C hampionship Rally in mid stage, and had to select consistency over the longests_tage before. In a country where reverse in order to finish, losing oftherallyonthelastda_Ydec1ded communications have always some four minutes. Hannu the event. The tortoise came been a weakness, that did not Mikkola had a flat rear tire, losing through without a puncture, the seem a good idea. The edginess some 20 seconds, while the continued into scrutineering, Nissans of Blomqvist and where crowds thronged the cars Llewellin were slow for no and cause_d ch?os, _and over wh!ch a ppa rent reason. The two the organizers helicopter gave JOY Toyotas of Sainz and Schwarz rides at dangerously low altitude __ were equal fi rst; one second 22R TOYOTA COMPLETE PERFORMANCE ENGINES Available in 140 to 180 HP Street Versions and 200+ HP Race Versions .,.._ Call: Send $5.00 for Catalog and Decal (714) 596-5494 ~ and deafened everyone who was working below. (Having just returned from the Baja 500 the above sounds all too familiar. ed.) Changes this year included use of stages in Peloponnese for the first time since 1985, odd since the y supposedly had been abandoned due to excess habita-tion. This was at the expense of stages closer to Athens, so for two nights the rally stayed up-country at Eratini. behind them was Didier Auriol in the FINA Lancia who commented, "Probably because I made a better tire choice. I prefer to drive with the softer FBs than the Hs that the other Lancia drivers prefer." Seven o'clock was a crazy time to restart the rally for Etape 2 when the first road section went round by Piraeus and the outskirts of Athens. As the traffic thickened, drivers had no means of telling if they were likely to be late arriving at the first stage of the day or not, and took no chances. Rally cars dashed through red lights, swerved round slower cars in their path even more spectac-u larly than Greek drivers normally do, but trouble came when Kenneth Eriksson went into the back of a truck and damaged the radiator and other parts. What was due to be a 20 m inute service area was only a handful of minutes; eventually he arrived 14 minutes late, a penalty of seven minutes. He was now very motivated, and mack fastest times on stage 2 through to 8, by which time he had pulled up from 81st to 14th place. As soon as the stages went towards Peloponnese Carlos Sainz was in trouble. The car was visibly understeering, which in turn did bad things to his front tires, and he was hard pressed to make competitive times. Running first car on the road and finding a bicycle and a car on a stage which was supposed to be closed didn't impress him either. While Kenneth was rushing off into the distance on stage times, Kank-kunen was the official rally leader, while Auriol gradually caught up and passed him with two stages to go that day. "The car felt too new to begin with, but after a few stages it started to fed just right." Lancia were about the only people with no big problems to report, though Miki Biasion still kept a long face saying his car yet wasn't right but we don't know what is the problem. Markku Alen was well put out when the engine started to cut out, a problem the Prodrive mechanics assumed was some form of hot fuel vaporizing Ford had a bad day. starting with their gravel road rookie Francois Delecour having ignition trouble. After getting that fixed the Frenchman soon got a flat tire. . Fiorio and Wilson both had front differential failures and ran stage 10 in two wheel drive. Wilson then had a road collision and damaged the body. Toyota had worries when Ericsson got caught in a traffic jam before stage 6, with Blomqvist. Watching it all was chief organizer Alexandre Dar-doufas and FISA Rallies Commis-sion President Guy Goutard and they personally told the drivers not to worry, the lateness penalties here were cancelled. But still Eriksson had his seven minutes, arising out of circum-stances the officials had not witnessed, hanging over him. Salonen was reckoning the car felt front end heavy, and had a front differential change, hoping to improve this for the next day. The two Nissan Pulsar/Sunnys were carrying on without too much drama, though Llewellin had two punctures in all. "Stratissino" led Group Nin a similar Nissan. Jorge Recalde disappeared on the first stage of the day with electrical failure, and this was some good luck for Eriksson gaining an extra two minutes clear air in front of him on these stages. Etape 3 was the big day, and it worked out very well, a day when Kenneth Eriksson further high-lighted the immense performance of the new Mitsubishi and when Carlos Sainz gradually pulled in his overnight 44 second deficit, despite a flat, and went into the lead. Of the 21 stages actually held, Eriksson made best time on 18 and hauled himself up from 13th to sixth place, even though he lost another two minutes' road penalties in service time. It was also a day when all the works Fords disappeared one by one. With little time for service and with the wildest and remorest countryside in European rallying to cross, every factor was aimed at reliability of car and efficiency of service backup. Suddenly Sainz was back on pace taking three seconds off Auriol on the first stage. Eriksson however hung back, taking penalties before the first stage, not helped by a wrong turning on the road section, while Auriol lost a vital ten seconds on the second stage when the time keeper, in Occelli's words "was sleeping. Well past our due time out, he suddenly said 'Go' ". Thanks to his efforts Kankkunen . now took over the lead without .,=l Send to: L.C. Engineering 2978 First Street, Unit G La Verne, CA 91750 Some products not legal for s_ale or use in Calijomia. The silly season having arrived, significance was sought fro m every detail on the entry list. Why only one.Mazda? Had number tw0 driver Puras been sacked? Why keep the remaining car for Hannu Mikkola for whom the Acropolis has always been unlucky and the one big event he has never won? Why did Ford give the one all new car· to Delecour on his first proper gravel r ally? And w h a t was happening in Lancia? Why should double W orld cham p io n Miki Biasion be given the so far unconvincing new electronic transmission system car whereas Auria\ and Kankkunen, who were Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya had the Toyota Celica GT-Four in the lead more than once, but the World Champion ended up second, but now has a hefty points lead for the 1991 driver's title. Maybe if rallies in the USA had posters like this the sport would be much more popular and better known as a viable sport. Page 42 August 1991 Dusty Times

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Kenneth Eriksson and Staffan Parmander showed off the impressive power of the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4 Evolution in its debut, but road penalties regated the team to seventh place. David Llewellin and Peter Diekmann fought back from engine trouble to get ninth place, finishing 30 minutes back in the Nissan Pulsar G T/-R. Markku Alen and llkka Kivimaki were giving the Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo a good run, until Alen rolled the car on the final day and did not finish. having scored any fastest times so far. The Fords of Wi Ison and then Fiorio inched into the top ten, the Italian going particularly well making joint fastest time on stage 14, and second times on 12 and 13. Third placed Carlos got to eight seconds behind Auriol when he had a puncture and lost a half minute, but passed Auriol on stage 24 when the Frenchman broke a driveshaft. It was taking Eriksson a long time, despite an almost unbroken series of best times, to make . headway, gaining only two places • ,di¥,ME\@t, x,,,.~ .,d in ten stages. Salonen was up to: Gregoire de Mevius and Herve Sauvage got the Mazda 323 4WD home 12th fifth after complaining of heavy• overall, second in Group N, and de Mevius now has a good lead in FIA Cup steering the day before, then on _p_o_in_ts_. _________________________ _ stage 24 his steering snapped and tront differential failure. Wilson he was out, incredibly the first had his second front differential team driver to abandon. This let fail but kept going, but on stage 25 Blomqvist's Nissan momentarily. a front driveshaft failed, leaving up to tenth, but then he had the hub for the moment located power steering failure for the next only by the brake disc before the eight stages. He and Llewellin suspension collapsed. On stage were struggling using worn tires 30, when lying sixth, Fiorio had when the service vans did not find the same, eventually he had the their rendezvous. But to Dunlap's whole strut assembly come away. delight Stig had no flats at all, · He got to the service point too late though Llewellin had another for repairs to be carried out. two, and also had his radiator fans Blomqvist got back into the top fail and the engine started to ten. overheat despite running the At the top of the rally Carlos heater full blast. got to 21 seconds behind the ever While Sainz was running consistent leader Kankkunen, mechanically trouble free, there who was still without a fastest were problems for the other stage time. Then the Finn Toyotas. Schwarz had a driveshaft punctured, lost a half minute and failonstagel5andthestrutcame the World Champion went off; he had to drive 6 km on three ahead. On the final stage of the wheels, but only lost a place. day Kankkunen was just back in Eriksson had the center differen-front of Auriol again. The man of tial fail on the road section that the moment was Eriksson. His co-was originally intended to be stage driver Parmander explained: "At 22, so instead of losing consider- Lamia this ,morning we turned up able stage time, he got to service the boost and it really flew. You losing just three minutes to cancertainlynoticethedifference repairs. Alen hit the rear betweenthisandtheoldGalant." differential on a rock, and it They were now sixth overall. started leaking oil. He lost 3.5 There were high winds in the minutes penalty at service having warm evening as the cars returned it changed. In fourth Biasion was to Erai:ini, helicopters had having mixed fortunes with his difficulty landing on the seashore experimental Lancia transmission. next to their service trucks, but at "It started today excellently, then least the longest day was now for a couple of stages the behind them all. electronics went haywire, but got Sainz restarted the last day first better again." car on the road, and once again he Ford had agonizing problems. found conditions on the stages Firstto go was Delecour, out with were against the interest of the 1991 ACROPOLIS RALLY - Results Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen SF Lancia Delta lntegrale A• Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya E Toyota Calica GT-Four A Miki Biasion/Tiziano Siviero I Lancia Delta lntegrale A Didier AurioVBernard Occelli F Lancia Delta lngetrale A Armin Schwarz/Arne Hertz D/S Toyota Calica GT-Four A Mikael Ericsson/Claes Billstam s Toyota Calica GT-Four A Kenneth Eriksson/Staffan Parmander s Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 A Hannu Mik~ola/Johnny Johansson SF/S Mazda 323 GTX A David Uew~Peter Diekmann GB/D Nissan Pulsar GTI-R A 'Jigger'/Costas Stefanis rn Lancia Delta lntegrale A 'Stratissino'/Tonia Pavli rn Nissan Pulsar GTI-R N• •Group winners -No Ladies' finishers 94 start - 37 finish Winner's average stage speed • 80.02 kph (record) Drivers Championship Point leaders - Kankkunen 58, Auriol 42, Biasion 39 Ericksson 24, Ericsson 21, Alen 20, Schwarz 18, Jonsson 15, etc. Manufacturers' point leaders - Toyota 94, Lancia 91, Ford 28, Subaru 20 etc. DustyTimes 7:20:05 7:21:06 7:23:35 7:24:47 7:25:40 7:30:00 7:36:05 7:36:54 7:50:45 8:15:48 8:33:26 front running car. Eriksson went well on the Monday from behind, Sainz on the Tuesday the same, now Carlos' big attack the night before was going to stand against him. Still in this topsy-turvy season it was going true to form again with the least favored team leading. The event could go either way, for Lancia with Kankkunen or Auriol, or for Sainz's Toyota, until stage 43, Tarzan. The longest stage, decided the eventual winner in Kankkunen's favor, the only top driver not to have a flat tire. Auria! was furious. "My ATS simply exploded!" Even though five more stages Alex Fiorio and Luigi Pirollo had plenty of help trying to replace the wheel that flew off the Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4, but they eventually had to retire. remained, victory was pointing of Gregoire de Mevius who towards the Finn, while Sainz thereby went into the lead of the showed the strain. Uncharacter-World Series. Argentine driver istically Markku Alen rolled his Carlos Menem Jr. upheld Ford's car and retired, Stig Blomqvist honor gaining third in Group N had his engine drop a valve just on his first event in a Ford, but after leaving Tarzan stage, and Minna Sillankorva retired with after the final stage the same thing turbo failure with only six stages happened to Llewellin, though he to run, in 13th place, nine more was able to get to the finish. Ladies' championship points just Eriksson was still driving hard. slipping through her fingers. For too hard on stage 45 where he those who want the championship pulled off a wheel after going off to continue as long as possible, the road, but even after this he the event was a promising sign was still the fastest man on the thatthe 199lseasonwillcontinue stages through the event. to be a Toyota versus Lancia "Stratissino" eased off to battle through to the end of the cement his Group N lead, in front year. 189 West Victoria• Long Beach, CA 90805 213/609-1602 Send $1.00 for Mini Catalog, $10.00 for The Racer's Plumbing Handbook. -Page 43 ..

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,. SODA SERIES - ROUND 4 Miller High Ufe Off Road Race At Antigo, WI Text & Photos: Deb Freimuth-Geier As always the Class 11 chargers started the racing day on Saturday and as usual there were several lead changes. Here Kevin Kempka, foreground, leads Glen Mathews as they ran third and fourth in (he early going. Lee Wuesthoff took the Class 10 lead off the line and led to the checkers, and he also drove the new two seat Laser to victory in the very close dice in Class 9 later in the weekend. When the Antigo Kiwanis put withinjustafewshortlaps,hetoo hang onto first. Rosborough-, their mind to putting on an off slid past Steinhardt for however was moving in for the road race, it doesn't take much to second. Bordoux, about midway kill as he flew over the grandstand encourage other local organiza-through the race lost his air jumps, perhaps thinking he could tions and businesses to jump on cleaner, which could have been a land in front of Schirm. By turn Herb Rosborough flew his Class 3 Chevy Blazer in fine style all weekend and he placed third in Class 14 action as well as a close second in Class 3. the band wagon with them, and real hazard in the dust that was one, the two were nearly side by · · -Wuesthoff. Schmitt did conquer the result was the Miller High Life plaguing the event. Bordoux hung side, with Schirm just a bumper the. second place spot, but Off Road Race, held June 8-9 at on however, and kept on the ahead, but as they came into the conquering the Concours Motors the Langlade County Fairgrounds winning track while Walkowski infield, it was front wheels in line, special of Wuesthoff's was going in Antigo, Wisconsin, a fabulous and Steinhardt battled it out to with Schirm again sneaking a little to be a tough chore, as Wuesthoff event not only for the racer, but see who could take home the nice . ahe:td off the landing. Hill, at the already had gained about a half\ap the spectator as well. second place trophy. When the same time was fighting his own lead. As the time ticked away, After filling themselves up at white flag came out, Steinhardt battle, not to better his position, Schmitt's engine ticked louder, the Youth Hockey's breakfast gave it all he had, but still came up but to keep it, with Mike Savage and louder, but the Pennsylvanian barn the racers and spectators short and had to settle for third finally winning out. Schirm was held onto second, with Larry manned their respective positions place. now starting to lengthen his lead Woods taking third. as the first green flag of the Even though their numb'ers to a somewhat more comfortable Lowell DeGreef in Shabooms weekend was seen by 22 single were only seven, those Class 3, margin. Rob Roberts was having a led the fifteen class entry into the seat Class 11 buggies, and it was short wheelbase 4x4s put on one tough day. After going into the first turn, but then snuffed the Dan Bordoux popping out of the heck of a show as they jumped pits for a quick cool-down, found motor after spinning his big Class chute first followed by Mark around the track, led by Bill out two laps later he had a flat 13, allowing Chuck Brand to Steinhardt, Kevin Kempka and Schirm, Ron Hill and Herb front tire. As the checkered flag easily take the first place spot, but Glen Mathews. It didn't take long Rosborough. On lap four, Hill came out, Schirm took the victory the race was a long way from over for Steinhardt to make his moves tried a couple of tricks as he slid in the hard fought race, with as Brand, Dan VanDen Heuvel, and slip into the lead. Bordoux around the infield turn on two Rosborough and Savage finishing Tom Jensen and DeGreef battled must have put his VW powered wheels, but Herb showed how a respective second and third in a for the lead. VanDen Heuvel and buggy on boost and snatched the racing was supposed to be done photo finish skirmish to the Jensen were the two to watch as first place position back, then stealing second place while checkers. they flew side by side over the sped off to put a little distance keeping all fours on the ground. Out of the eighteen entries in infield jumps, then went into turn between himself and Steinhardt. Schirmwentalittlesquirrellyover Class 1-1600, it looked to be a fourtogether,slippingandsliding Dwayne Walkowski by this time the second grandstand jump, but three man event starring Johnny around the bend. John Schultz was closing in on Steinhardt, and recovered well and managed to Greaves, Jim Wiggins and Greg came off the second grandstand Wl!l!l"""'------------------------1a111• ·1Smith, all dicing for the lead. Tim jump, less one wheel on the ·1 ~ # :i Christiansen was trying out his landing. The wheel kept going, , R.L.H. COMMUNICATIONS. :, acrobaticsasherolledintheback andfromthelooksofit,itshould stretch, landing on his wheels, like have beat him home. Shabooms RACE RADIO SYSTEMS a cat off a roof, and sped down the in the meantime had worked his 111111111 track. The lead battle continued way back up through the ranks e:1 337 W:. 35th ~IREET, Sl)JT_I;. "F''..._ until about the half-way mark and was putting a bit of pressure NATIONAL CITY, CA 92050 . when Greaves snapped the lead on Brand. The two had lapped --- . (619) 585-9995 \ from Wiggins and did all he could Dennis Rosa, but Rosa seemed to THE CHAMPIONS CHOICE TOM SCHILLING - 1990 OVERALL F.R.T SERIES TOM DeNAULT -1990 CLASS 1-2/1600 SCORE/HORA RITAYIK & PRATT-1990 24HR ·woRLD RECORD CLASS 9 F.R.T. PERRY McNEILL - 1990 CLASS 8 GRAN CARRERA H & R RACING -1990 CLASS 9 F.R.T. SERIES REG. PRICE •59900 RACERS SPECIAL Intercom HELMETS WIRED $175.00 HANDHELD RADIOS • 50 CHANNELS-$495 REVOLVING LIGHTS & ELECTRONIC SIRENS/HORNS to hang on. Smith, who had still think running with these two been hanging in, in third, might add a little challenge to suddenly pulled off the track, leaving the third place position to Jeff St. Peter. At the end of the 20 , minute event, it was Greaves, who is nicknamed "Scooter" living up to that name as he scooted across the finish line for the victory, followed by Jim Wiggins, Jeff St. ' Peter and Cary Bowles. Lee Wuesthoff seemed to have everything dialed in as he leaped into the lead in the Class 10 two seater event. Lee had some pretty tough competition to hold off, in the form of Je(f Probst, Larry Woods and Art Schmitt Ill who were right on his tail. But it was a short run race for Probst who their lives, and that it did. The three clanged in the first infield turn, with DeGreef taking the lead, and Brand taking a flat rear tire out of the deal. Brand drove back to the pits in defeat to change his tire, and check out the damage to the rear end of his truck. Brand did make it hack onto the track, but far too much time had passed, and DeGreef, had a relatively easy road to the finish line. Bruce Shilts took second with VanDen Heuvel finishing third. Jack Flannery shot out of the Class 4 line-up like a bolt of lightning in his new Chevy Thunder, followed by Dave Hameister in Mark Seidler's Class 4 and Bill Lof driving the Ford of Jack Heidtman and Greg Gerlach. The theory of the lightning coming before the thunder was certainly true in Flannery's case as he shot across the jumps like a lightning bolt, with only the roar of the thunder being the evidence that he had indeed been in the neighborhood. Gerlach pushed past Lof for third then up on two wheels as he slid past Hameister for second. Hameister took a short pit to confer with vehicle owner Seidler, and after getting the low-down, returned to racing. Gerlach was still doing tricks as he again went up on two wheels coming out of the back stretch. WE ACCEPT VISA & MASTERCHARGE hung it early, leaving Art Schmitt Official BFGoodrich Radio Relay and Woods now to battle for •---~------------•-------..;.-~. second and then try to de-throne I Almost on home ground Jack Flannery led from flag to flag in Class 4 ·and drove the same Chevy to the Class 14 victory also. Jack again won Class 8, this time driving the Parsons Chevrolet. Page 44 · August 1991 DustyTimes

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Class 13 racing is always close as demonstrated by Dan Vanden Heuvel in his truck bodied special, foreground, and Tom Jensen as they raced for position. Mark Steinhardt stayed close in both Class 11 events, taking third in the single seat event, and moved up to second in the two seat run on Sunday. Greg Gerlach switched to Dodge trucks this year, and rolled it and had a small fire in Class 4 racing, but he came back to take third in the Heavy Metal Challenge on Sunday. --------------Scott Taylor moved into contention midway in the Class 7 event, and his Ford picked off contenders lap by lap, some by attrition, and Taylor won the class handily at Antigo. This time, however, the truck revolted, with the engine choking, to restart a position down. Geoff Dorr in his new Jeep easily took over second while Gerlach tried to regain his position. Joey Flannery too, had thoughts of moving higher up the rung as he started waging his own battle with Gerlach. Greg and Joey went side by side over the infield jumps with Joey nosing out Gerlach, who, coming into the first infield turn dumped his Dodge on its side, with flames developing on the truck's underside. Members of the Badgerland Classic car club, who were handling the track patrol, raced to Gerlach, extinguishing the flames and removing Greg from the cockpit unscathed. By this time attrition had set in, and Joey Flannery, running second and Bill Lof were Jack's only remaining competition. Needless to say, neither had a heartbeat of a chance of being able to catch the Thunder, with the race finishing in just that order. Watching Class 7s race after the Class 4s is sort of like watching midgets after an Indy race, but the 12 entrants did their best to put on an exciting race with Tom Hockers, Jeff Kincaid, Jim Bradley and Dave Woulf all popping from the starting gate to see which would ultimately take the lead. Hockers took the first shift as being leader, but by lap 2 Jeff Kincaid decided it was his turn. Greg Smith, who's not used to running the back of the pack in the buggy classes decided he wasn't about to do that with his truck either and started pounding his way through the ranks, up to fourth, then on to third, but Jim Bradley, wasn't quite as cordial at allowing Smith to snitch third, and really gave Smith a run for his money. But suddenly, from nowhere, came Scott Taylor, who dashed past both to grab the third place position. While Kincaid was pulling away from the rest of the troops, Taylor snuck up on an ailing Hockers, who shortly after being passed, headed into the pits. That put Taylor in second place with Dave Woulf beating off Bradley for third. Then suddenly Kincaid pulled off leaving Taylor an open invitation for first place, Woulf, second, and Bradley, third, until Woulf's weakening suspension forced him to the pits, he did make it back out, as did Hockers, but in Woulf's case it was the white flag lap, and he had . lost too much time to regain any positions. So, as the checkers were presented, it was Taylor in the winner's circle, with Bradley, second and Hockers, third. As always, it was Fay Statezny to the lead in the Class 6 stocker event followed by Tim Kamm and Al Fannin, who quickly improved his position, moving up to the second place spot. Ed Schultz and Bob Hartwig took the third and fourth place spots, however, their positions were short lived when Schultz went out with mechanical problems and Hartwig had problems keeping his car running. Greg Bekavac came up to challenge Fannin, finally over-coming with only about five minutes of racing left, but Fannin wasn't ready to give up yet, and repassed in the back stretch, but as the white flag was presented, and only one lap left to make or break, Bekavac mustered up everything he had, repassed, and it was a drag race between Fannin and Bekavac, with Bekavac winning out for the second place spot behind Statezny. The big unlimited 4x4s lined up next for their run, with Jack Flannery again dominating the lead as he zipped off the starting line. Flannery was followed by Bill Lof, Rob Bemmbles, Herb Rosborough and Geoff Dorr, driving Bill Schirm's Jeep. Bemmbles came across the front jumps a tad too hard, standing his 4x4 on its nose. Someone up there was watching out for him, as the truck came back down on its wheels with Bemmbles doing a marvelous job controling the landing, finally parl<ing in the infield area without so much as a roll. It was a flag to flag win for Flannery as he took an easy win followed by Lof, Rosborough and Dorr. Eleven Class 9 single seat buggies pulled up to the starting line with Todd Attig nosing out Johnny Greaves, Lee Wuesthoff, Kevin Probst and the rest of the pack, but for Probst it was a short· run event as engine problems put,. him out early. Art Schmitt quickly moved up to fill his gap, • while back in the lead, it was Attig· desperately trying to hang on as Greaves challenged, slipping into • the lead on the first hairpin. Wuesthoff too, came up and it wasn't long before Attig was pushed down still another spot. ' Wuesthoff kept up the pace and nabbed Greaves' lead only a couple of laps later. Greaves struggled to regain the lead, but the clock ticked away and it was Wuesthoff taking the win, Greaves, second and Attig, third. The Class 8 event topped off • the class races for the day with , Jack Flannery again taking the pole, driving the Parson's Chevrolet truck, followed by Taylor, who quickly passed to first, Dave Hockers and Peter Vandehey. Taylor seemed to have everything under control until , about seven minutes into the race It was one more Fay Statezny day in Class 6 competition, as he took the lead from the green flag, the contenders came and went behind him, and the man from Crandon won again in the Chevy Chevelle. 1 when he was forced to pull his truck from the track. This put Dusty Times August 1991 Flannery back in the lead Peter, second and Greaves in momentarily until a pit stop third. dropped him back to third place. Seventeen Class 11 two seaters Frank Hood tried to do a repeat of took the next green flag with Gerlach's performance, and did a Mark Steinhardt snapping the mighty fine job as he dumped his starting line lead. He was followed truck on its side. The checkers closely by Dwayne Walkowski, were presented and it was Jack who had overtaken Steinhardt for Flannery, first, Dennis Ferdon, the lead as they passed the second and John Konitzer, third. grandstand. The two put on quite After a fun night of dancing to a show as they soared side by side the music of "Runabout" which over the jumps exchanging leads, was sponsored by the Town of with Walkowski finally winning Antigo Volunteer Fire Depart-out. Gary Plummer and Fred ment, the racers awoke Sunday Babinchak lost control in the mud morning, to, believe it or not, and collided in the infield. In the RAIN. The rain, which lasted meantime Dan Bordeau stole about an hour and a half, was away the lead with Walkowski almost like a blessing, as it hanging on for second and watered the track down as Mother Steinhardt an aggressive third, Nature's way of helping the then finally second, but is still a Kiwanis out on track watering. By long way from striking distance at the time the first race started Bordeau, and as the time slipped however, the sun was peeking out away from the race, Bordeau hung and it looked to be another onto first followed by Steinhardt, beautiful day. second, Walkowski, third and The Class 1 single seat un-Rich and Nita Woulf in fourth. limited buggies took on the Johnny Greaves again seemed slippery track first with Johnny to be the man of the power as the Greaves and Art Schmitt taking 2-1600 racers screamed from the the lead of the eight class field. starting line. Greaves was Greaves faltered in the first infield followed in shadow pattern by mud bog, with Todd Attig Jim Wiggins and Jeff Jones, with spraying his way past to take the Wiggins working his way past lead, but Attig lost power in turn Greaves on lap two to take the fourandSchmitttookhisturnat lead. Greg Smith, too, was the lead, with Kevin Probst and working his way up the ranks Lee Wuesthoff following. About temporarily stopping on the fifth midway through Probst passed place position. Jones took an his teammate and took the lead unfortunate spin in the back position, but it wasn't long when stretch, which dropped him right Probst too was forced from the down to last place. Greaves, track with his engine spewing a however, found his way back to combination of smoke and steam. the lead, with Wiggins once again This put Schmitt back in the lead, holding the second place spot followed by the only two followed by Jeff St. Peter and surviving participants, Jeff St. Greg ~ f - - - - -. _·BIGGER IS BETTER . Upgrade t_he_ C.V.s and torsion axles on your pre-r~nner, IRS BaJa Bug or limited horsepower off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission output bells to accept the larger C.V. joints. Convert Type I stub axles and output bells to accept Type II or Type IV or 930 C.V. joints. Convert Type II stub axles and output bells to accept 930 C.V. joints. 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I Bill Lof was close to the front in 4x4 action all weedend, as he placed third in Class 4 and moved up to second in Class 14 and the Heavy Metal Challenge as well. Jeff and Kevin Probst each drove their new Laser, but with no luck. Jeff led, then went out in Class 10 and Kevin did the same act in Sunday's Class 2 race. Joey Flannery usually runs up front, like his cousin Jack, but at Antigo his best finish in 4x4 competition was second place in the Class 4 contest. Art Schmitt displayed his winning form on Sunday, starting out with the Class 1 victory, followed that later with the Class 2 win and finished the day by winning the Unlimited Challenge in his Laser. ~ Smith. Mike Seefeldt, Jr. however, had regained his came up to do battle with Smith, bearings and had worked his way finally knocking him down to back up to fourth, then closed in fifth, but things looked like they on Bils, overtook him, then were going to get tougher as Bryan started the trek for Wolfe. Terry Frankenberg also came up to try proved to be a little more his luck with Smith, and he too competition; as the war waged, succeeded, knocking Greg down the two looked to bump doors as still another position. Greaves, they came into turn four, but it who had stretched to a comfort-was a lucky move for Smith, who able lead took the happy victory was able to squeeze into second lap with Wiggins finishing place. Brue had gained too much second, St. Peter, third, Seefeldt, of a lead on the rest of the pack to fourth, with only one vehicle out have to worry about the competi-of the 12 car field not finishing the tion as he cruised on to the race. checkered flag for the win. GregSmithlookedlikehisluck The Class 2 , double seat was going to improve as he unlimited buggies ran their race motored the Class 5-1600 of Joe next with Kevin Probst taking the Eppers into the lead followed by early lead, until something Scott Taylor in the Therriault seemed to _go haywire, and his Baja, Mike Brue and Terry Wolfe. buggy stalled. Art Schmitt III Taylor and Brue seemed to have quickly snapped up the lead quite a dog fight going, with followed by Scott Schwalbe and Taylor managing to squeak into Brian Bernloehr. Probst finally the second place seat, while did get his buggy refired, and flew Smith, struggling to maintain his around the track making an effort lead, took it too fast and hard into at catching up, but in only a few the first infield turn, forgetting laps, he was once again sitting off these awkward Bugs don't quite the race track, in a parked corner like the lighter buggies, position. The remainder of the and dumped the Baja on its side. race was in Art Schmitt's hands as Track workers rolled the Beetle he took a nice easy win, followed back on its wheels, but the lead by Schwalbe and Bernloehr. had already been snapped by After a brief break to groom the Taylor with Brue and Wolfe also track, 12 Limited buggies again sliding up a position. Shortly after took to the track for the first of though, Taylor's motor started the championship races, with this smoking, and Mike Brue had an one being sponsored by Bank One easy path into the top spot, with of Antigo. Johnny Greaves was Wolfe second and Doug Bils the first to hit the track as the moving up for third. Smith, green was thrown, followed by CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS THE NEW CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR DUSTY TIMES. THE NEW RATES ARE: $15.00 FOR 45 WORDS EACH INSERTION. IF YOU WISH TO USE A PHOTO ADD $5.00 ***JUST READ THE CLASSIFIED COUPON*** Page 46 Mark Hameister, Bryan Franken-berg, Jeff Jones and Jim Wiggins. Hameister tried a different view of the track as he rolled his buggy in a complete 360 in the back stretch. Having landed on his wheels, he was able to quickly get back into the race, but not in the same position. Frankenberg slid into second with Wiggins taking third, but was quickly passed by Jones to overtake third, but Jeff St. Peter then came up passing Wiggins and Jones to steal third. Jones did get his position back when St. Peter lost a rear wheel. Greaves hung on all the way, stretching his lead with each lap, as he drove his way to the . Championship. There was a roar in the pre-stage area that indicated what the next race on the schedule was to be. Thirteen Heavy Metal vehicles rumbled onto the track for their · championship race, sponsored by the Antigo Co-op Credit Union, and it was Jack Flannery once again in the lead, but hold the show, Flannery pulled off when he reached turn 1, with rumors of a broken brake line being the culprit. The battle for the lead began, with Bill Lof, Scott Taylor, Dave Hameister and Greg Gerlach all itching for the win, and it was Hameister taking the lead, followed by Lof, Joey Flannery, Taylor and Gerlach, but when Hameister pulled off the track, what a wild turn of events occurred. Lof and Joey Flannery were side by side, each one not wanting the other to sneak ahead, but ultimately it was Joey, trying to keep the Flannery winning ways, who snuck into the top slot. Taylor came up behind Lof and also improved his position as he knocked Lof down to third. Joey seemed to be pulling away from the pack until Taylor obviously kicked in the boost. Just before Taylor could catch and pass Joey, Joey pulled off the track, and Taylor had himself in quite an second. As the checkered flag waved, it was Schmitt in a flag to flag win, followed by Greaves, Attig and Schwalbe. Last, but not least were the ladies events with the buggies taking the first run. It was Paula St. Peter and Sandy Therriault running hot and heavy until turn 1 when Sandy faltered, opening the door for Nita Woulf to move into second, and Betty Wheeler was third. The next lap, Sandy repassed to second place, Nita this time falling down to the fourth place spot, but then it was Betty's turn to run in second, but only briefly as Nita soared past Sandy for third, and then onto second, with Sandy holding onto third. As the flag came out, it was St. Peter with a nice lead, followed by Nita Woulf, with Wendy Schmalz passing Sandy on turn four to finish third, with Sandy being slapped down one more position as 1177 came and passed just'be-fore the finish line to take fourth. There were five ladies that brought their male counterpart's Heavy Metal vehicles to the starting line for their chance to show their driving skills, and it was Shari Recla, Gail Brand, Shari Parsons and Nancy VandenHeuvel all heading for the first turn, with Brand going sideways after turn one, dropping down to fourth position. This i:urn was going to be Brand's folly, as lap after lap she had problems on the same hairpin, taking it up on two wheels as she clomped around the turn. Parsons too had trouble on this turn, and it lost her a position to VandenHeuvel who man-euvered into second place, but then Nancy had problems with the next infield turn, with Parsons seeing her chance to regain her position, and passed; but then VandenHeuvel climbed up the rear end of Parsons causing Parsons major rear end damage, plus flat tires on both vehicles. Brand saw her opportunity to slide into second. Parsons limped around another halflap before the rear end just gave up the ghost. VandenHeuvel however kept her momentum going, and held off Sue Farrell in her Class 7, who ended up just shy of stealing third place. Once again the last green had flown, and all that was left for the drivers was to collect their congratulations, trophies and winnings before heading on their long treks home. But, once again, it was a memorable event, in a town that never fails to roll out the red carpet to welcome the racers and fans to one of the Northwood's finest events, the Miller High Life Off Road Race. easy lead. Lof and Gerlach each I The Class 11 two seat action was fierce, and Saturday's winner Dan Bardoux moved up a position to take I did the job again with a passenger on Sunday. Here Bardoux leads Mark second and third respectively, as =S~te:.:..in~h~a::.r.:.d.:....tt:.:..h:.:..ro~u:..:g:'..:h.:....:..th....:e...:t_:-ig:_h_t_tu.:....r=n=s=. =============== the time ran out on the race. Security Bank of Antigo played host to the nine Unlimited buggies as they screamed off the start line, led by Art Schmitt, for their share of the gold.Todd Attig and Johnny Greaves were attempt-ing to out run each other, but neither seemed ready to let the other by, although Attig may have had an inch or two lead, until the two bumped, with Greaves going sideways, losing third place to Scott Schwalbe. But Greaves quickly recovered and swiftly scooted back to third place, then with a vengeance moved in on Attig. As Greaves came around the turn, he and Attig looked to have caught tires, throwing Attig into a spin and Greaves into August 1991 Mark Brue did a fine job subt:Jing in the Joe Eppers 5-1600 for Chuck Johnson who was racing in Baja, and Mike survived a dog fight with Scott Taylor to take the car to yet another victory in Class 5-1600. DustyTimcs

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The Losers ••• By Judy Smith Early in June we had the Baja 500 and a lot of people turned into Losers down south of the border. One of them, Morgan Maiocco, wasn't even racing, but then he wasn't a permanent Loser either. It seems Morgan and his group had gone down to the point where the course comes out of the Alamo Road and crosses over toward Catarina to set up his pit. He'd settled in on Friday afternoon, and a pair of kids, including Morgan's 14 year old son, Shawn, had hopped on their bikes to do some recreational riding. The camp site was at the side of the course, on the edge of a broad meadow, which gently sloped up towards the low shrubs. There were no big rocks, no cliffs, no giant trees. It was a great place for the kids to have some fun on their bikes. Around supper time, the youngest of the two returned to the pit. He was tired and hungry and had somehow become separated from his friend, Shawn, who was still out there on his bike. A bit later Morgan began to wonder just exactly where Shawn was, especially since he'd been given instructions to stay "in sight of the camp'', and Morgan suddenly realized he couldn't see him anywhere. By seven p.m. a full fledged search was underway, using whatever bikes and trucks were available, and it was getting on toward dark. The weather was warm and Morgan didn't worry about Shawn suffering from exposure, but he was concerned that he might have fallen off his bike and broken a bone, and could be in need of first aid or a hospital. Everyone who could helped in the search, and eventually, by about two a.m., they'd used up all their spare gas, and no one had seen any sign of Shawn. So they retired to their camps for some rest, but it was uneasy at best, and they were up early again in the morning. Radio contact was made with the Weatherman, and he was asked to call one of the teams with air support, to see if a plane or · helicopter could help witli the search: Cal Wells offered his P.P.I. 'copter, but it couldn't leave its field until the fog lifted and in the meantime, Morgan paced. Meanwhile, it grew closer to race time, and the area filled up with pit crews and spectators, all blissfully unaware of the tense story unwinding in Malocco's pit. About 8:30 a.m. a couple of the spectators unloaded their dirt bikes and took off across the field to do a little playing before the racers got there. One of them rode over a little mound, and then jammed on his brakes as he realized there was a big hole in front of him. He stopped just in time, and to his amazement, discovered that there was already a biker down at the bottom of the hole. Shawn, who was bruised, but not seriously injured, had not stopped in time, and had dropped . into the dry well. The hole was about 10 feet across and 20 feet deep, and he'd spent the night there. He'd been able to see the lights of the people searching for him, and he heard their voices, but although he yelled and yelled, they couldn't hear him. He finally managed to toss his helmet up out of the well, but they never got close enough to see it. He later reported that it wasn't cold down in there, but he'd been visited by some snakes, and in the dark, not knowing what kind they were, he'd killed them and tossed them out of the hole also. It turned out they were harmless garter snakes. The irony was that Shawn had been obeying his dad. He had stayed in sight of camp, but a small berm around the hole had made it impossible to see from anywhere but right on top of it. It was the berm that suckered Shawn in. It had looked like a nice little jump to him. His dad says he guesses Shawn has learned not to go flying off a hump until he finds out what's on the other side. Maiocco expressed his thanks to all those who helped him in his scary search, and especially to the Weatherman for his efforts, and Cal Wells for his offer of the use of his helicopter. Meanwhile, back at the race, Steve Sourapas got his Class 10 car to the first Highway 1 crossing, but his co-driver, Craig Watkins, had severe stomach cramps, and wasn't feeling up to driving, so he handed the car to Scott Reams, who wasn't signed on, but who reported to a SCORE official and got permission. Reams then got to Santo Tomas, and discovered that a rock had holed the oil filter. Conscious of the expensive new motor in the car, he tried to radio to the chase crew for help, but was somehow in a spot that made radio transmission impossible. He waited for a long time, then finally made a kind of patch with a hose clamp, got some oil from a ranch and got to a pit. But all his people were gone. So that was the end of their race, and he drove up the highway to Ensenada. Walker Evans lost his motor and Jack Johnson's Jeep blew a head gasket about 60 miles into the race. R.C. Jones, in Class 5-· 1600, broke a stub axle leaving Mike's, and the wheel fell off. He lost hours, and when the car was finally mobile again, he reported that they retired to the bar. If you must break permanently, near Mike's is a good place to do it. George Seeley's co-driver, Jeff Strait, lost a fan belt about nine miles into the race, and pulled to one side to replace it. Just as he was about to restart, a buggy slammed into the back of him, and bent his rear trailing arm badly. They limped to a pit, and the people there helped them to fix it enough so they could go on, but the car was really squirrely, and they now had a front tire on the rear, and got stuck. But eventually ATTENTION CALIFORNIA SUBSCRIBERS A new tax law enacted in California effective July 15, 1991 requires Dusty Times to collect sales tax on all subscription dollars received as of that date. Amounts are shown on the subscription form DustyTimcs they got to their pit at the Alamo Road crossing, and got a replace-ment rear tire. Then as they got to Check 2 they broke a front coil-over shock, and then they had a flat, but they kept. moving forward. They got up to Mike's, and down to Simpson's, but near there a wheel dropped off the edge of the 'road and the car slid back end first off the trail, then rolled back over front, then sideways, onto its wheels and into the trees. When the dust settled they discovered they were hung in a tree. Someone happened to wander up with a chain saw and cut away the branches to get them out and going again, and they made it down to the beach, and handed the car to George at mile 215. The last I heard was that George had no particular prob-lems, but ran out of time. Which doesn't surprise. Glenn Harris and Len Newman got all the way back up to Alamo the second time and lost a motor, · while Mark McMillin, after first breaking a Spicer axle on his new double-A arm car, had to pull out early in the day when the front end began to break up also. Joe Grier had a hard time coming down from Simpson's, when he slipped off the infamous off camber hill, and used up an hour and a half in getting back underway. Then he got down on the beach and lost his motor. Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron. had some problems coming out of Mike's, and then got down on the beach and broke an axle. But that proved lucky for Tom Schilling, who'd also broken one, as they run the same type and length axles in their cars. So Schilling borrowed Dickerson's good axle and went on to finish. David Bryan's truck lost a sector shaft in his power steering just 34 miles into the race, and had to wait for an hour and a half before someone could get to him with a new one. But he got it fixed and went on, and got just 16miles past Catarina when the oil pump froze. Mike Schwellinger ferried one out to him, but by that time Bryan had lost a lot of time, and uncertain whether the new oil pump would work properly on his nice, new motor, he decided it must be time to park. Sometime after the 500 we heard a story from Tim Baker, who races an UltraLite in the MTEG Stadium series. It seems that while he and his three friends were on their way home from the Dallas race, at night, on Highway 10 outside of Palm Springs, in his 1990' GMC two wheel drive dually, all four seated in the front, they broke a driveshaft. The driveshaft flopped around and punctured the newly filled up fuel tank, and the truck went up in flames. Tim, who was driving, slowed the truck, and he and his friend Mario, who _was sitting next to him, jumped out of the driver's side door, to safety. But the other two passengers, Jimmy Thompson and John Sarna, with flames erupting all around them in the cab, couldn't get the door open, because they were on a bridge, and the railing kept the door closed. Then the truck veered left for some reason, and allowed the door to open, and the two jumped out of the cab, clothes aflame. They found themselves trapped between the blazing truck and the bridge railing, and with no other choice, jumped off into the darkness. Luckily, it was a short drop to soft sand, and they were able to roll on the ground and extinguish the flames. But both were burned and needed time in the hospital. Sarna was not badly injured, but Thompson had been wearing shorts and suffered third degree burns on his arms and legs, and was sent to the San Bern-ardino Burn Center, where he was expected to stay for at least a month. As· terrible an accident as this was, it might have been much worse, because it was the habit of a couple of the men to ride in the back of the truck, in the camper shell. As it happened, they'd bought soft drinks at the gas station when they filled up, so they were all sitting up front for a change. Baker said that if anyone had been in the camper shell he'd have been completely engulfed in flames, with no way out. A -Winning Tradition In Off-Road Racing Bilstein gas pressure shock absorbe~ were firs\ introduced to the -----New Appllcatlons------, American market in off-road racing in Part No, DescrlpJloo Dimension• Ext,/CoH, Valving Reb,{Comp, the late 1960's. Over the past 20 AK1310 314-shaft 36_02 x 20_86 150150 years, more off-road races have been 1s.1s inch travel won on Bilstein than any other shock absorbers. AK 1320 3/4" shaft 13.5 inch travel Today, with .their proven record of 33.00 X 19.48 170/60 performance, Bilsteins continue to be AK 1330 3/4" shaft 27.00 X 16.88 255/100 the choice of serious off-roaders who 10. 11 inch travel coil over run to win. August 1991 Now Available - Repair and Revalvlng Services. Contact: Motorsports Department BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 8845 Rehoo Road, San Diego, CA 92121 • 619/453-7723 For additional technical information and a complete c;atalog send $2.50 Page 47

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SNORE CALIENTE 250 Tommy Bradley Continues His Winning Ways By Jean Calvin & Don Dayton Photos: Don Dayton Tommy Bradley cools his car and his speed through the nasty wash, took the Unlimited class lead by a slim margin on the second lap and Bradley won another SNORE race overall, having absolutely no trouble all day. The Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts are ranging farther afield from Las Vegas these days to find places to conduct their desert events. One locale that welcomes the racers is Caliente, Nevada, a railroad town and a former mining community about 150 miles north of Las Vegas in Lincoln County where there are no desert turtles to cause concern, and at night you can hear the coyotes and wolves singing their nocturnal songs. Instead of barren desert with nothing but mesquite for vegetation, the area is complete with trees, primarily cottonwoods and varieties of pines, babbling brooks, the whole spectrum of a mountain type environment. from the timing bus. SNORE did time out was deducted from their the registration at the Knotty running time. You had to be there Pine, scoring, tech inspection, to appreciate the charm and promotion and post race tech friendly atmosphere in Caliente. inspection. It made one hell of a There were 45 cars lined up combination. There was a Friday under a bright sun with some dark night barbecue at very low cost clouds to the east, which happily for all in the same bar/restaurant went elsewhere. A date conflict that hosted the registration. with a MTEG stadium race kept The start/ finish line was in the regular runners.like Troy, Ed and middle of town, next to the Tim Herbst, Brian Collins and railroad tracks, and yes gang, Rob MacCachren in Dallas, TX there "the railroad runs through instead of Caliente, so the the middle of town." Off the start Unlimited class entry was down the cars crossed the main track to four cars. The cars went off one going to Salt Lake City, made a a minute, which was nice in the couple of hard turns into a wash early on course dust, and Pat and sailed off into the wilderness Dean, with Mike Thompson on about a 45 mile loop. The end riding in the two seater, was first ofthelapbroughtthecarsintothe away, followed by Jim Bar-main street spectators' view on beau/ Jack Short, Jim Bunty, and topofagianthill behind the town. , Tommy Bradley with Curtis Then they swooped through a few Johnson riding shotgun. Heading for the finish line at the end of the block, Pat Dean follows the flag person's instruction, and he was second overall and in Unlimited class, about 12 minutes back. but gained 20 seconds on Dean who made another fuel stop on lap 3, and gained nearly two minutes on lap 4 where Tommy set fast lap of the day at 1 :00:21. Dean lost third gear on the last round, finished on a flat rear tire but covered all five laps for second overall and second in class. But it was a familiar story as Tommy Bradley won the class and overall, this time in an unfamiliar looking car, and he reported absolutely no trouble, and just one stop for gas en route, plus he was held for about four minutes at the end of a lap while a freight train went by. Tommy Bradley won by over 12 minutes from Pat Dean, and both said they had a lot of fun, passing each other many, many times. Class 10 seems to be the "problems" class and Danny Anderson and L,rry Job led the six starters off the line in a 1600 car with the restrictor plate removed. The fastest first lap went to Dan Bradley /Sam Dunnam at l :06:59, but Ander-son/Job were in with 1:07:29 about four minutes up on third running Melvin Tom who had only nine seconds on Brendan Gaughan/ J.C. Dean. Bradley had a three minute lead over Anderson after two laps, Gaughan/Dean were third a couple minutes up on the Tom fami I y racer, and the two cars were literally tied on time after three laps. Meanwhile Rockey Magee had a 25 minute pit stop on lap 3, covl'red the fourth lap, hut then vanished in fourth place. Meanwhile up front Dan Bradley and Sam Dunnam had a good 12 minute lead over Anderson/Job on the midway lap. Bradley/Dunnam looked a good bet after four laps with an 11 minute lead over the Toms, in second now about seven minutes ahead of Job. The youngsters, Brendan Gaughan and J.C. Dean were another casualty, as they lost all the gears in their fifth place two seater. On the final lap the Dan Bradley machine failed to finish, as the shifter broke off cleanly in the outback, but they did get third · place and class fast lap, a l :05: 17 on lap 2. Melvin, Donald and Michael Tom and Vernon Lee finished all five for second in Class 10. Danny Anderson, in only his second race, and Larry Job, who finished, fought a balk Not only is it a welcome change to feel like invited guests in a small town hosting a desert race, it was downright unbelievable the extent of cooperation from the county, BLM, and the Union Pac.ific Railroad. Much of the credit for the success of the race belongs to former SNORE President Bert Vaughan and his SIL VER DUST RACING crew who conducted events in Lincoln County for several years. Bert and his people handled the course lay out, permits, course marking and negotiations with the town of Caliente. His workers took care of the checkpoints, the start/ finish flagging and course clean up, and race headquarters was at the Shamrock Club across the street city blocks, closed off for the Pat Dean led Tommy Bradley event, to the start/ finish across by a slim 23 seconds after one lap the street from a grocery store and as the two white cars whipped the inevitable bar complete with down the big hill in the same dust slot machines. The warnings cloud. Dean stopped for fuel on voiced in the driver's meeting lap 2 of five, and Bradley picked included one that told both pit up about a 3.5 minute lead. crews and spectators not to park Bunty, only half a minute back on in front of the stores on course, lap 1, lost five minutes on each of and the main pits were about a the next two and only covered mile away in the first wash, which three after blowing the trans and luckily was dry l:hat weekend in sliding off the big hill, good for May. It was also made clear that third place. Barbeau was in the the Union Pacific would have hunt on the first round, but took several through trains coming an extra 20 minutes on the next along during the day, and the lap with various woes and he timing bus was right next to the retired, in fourth. , . ., JH == crossing. Cars would be stopped Up front Bradley drowned his ·Jim aunty had a great first lap, slowed a tad on the next two, then lost the until the train passed, and the engine in the first water crossing, ....,;;;;tr;;;;a;;ns;;';;;;b;;u;;t;;hiecis~tiilli g~o;;;t;;c;;;;r;;;e~d;;;it;;;f;;;;o;;;r;;th_ir_d-;;p:_l_a_c-:e;;;in;:;;;U;::n::;l1.;;·m_i;;;te~d~C;;:la;;;s;;;s;;;;. ;.;;;;;.;;;ii=~iii" 'P t&.. •~i\;~; . ' Melvin Tom had most of his family signed on as co-dnvers, and it brought him luck as he ran third, then second and finished a good second in Class 10. · Page 48 _____ ,,¾llA\.& Dan Bradley and Sam Dunnam led the Class 10 war from the green, until the shifter broke off on the last lap, but they salvaged a third place finish. August 1991 ~ Ro~key Magee and. Kelly Marshall ran a good steady pace except for lap 3, but had a good fourth round in Class 10, but failed to finish lap 5. Dusty Times

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Too young to drive on the street, Brendan Gaughan and J.C. Dean go fast in Class 10 and were with the leaders until the transmission broke on lap 4. Trying to keep Burns in sight all day, Bryan Pennington lost two of his four gears en route, but he stayed out of trouble for second in Class 1-2-1600. Bekki Freeman and her Dad Ken Freeman Sr. had a good trouble free run for a change, and Bekki, who finished, was tickled to be third in Class 1-2-1600 and sixth overall. clutch all day, but turned consistent lap times to not only win Class 10 in 5:50:37, but they finished fifth overall behind two unlimiteds and two fast l-2-1600s. The 1-2-1600 class was another familiar story-Tom Burns. He led wire to wire in his new Mirage, ran five very consistent laps, less than 1.5 minutes variation, took class fast lap on lap 3 at 1 :05 :22, and his worst lap was faster than the best lap of anyone else in the class. Some think he should be given a handicap after he ended up third overall at 5:29:01, less than four minutes behind Pat Dean. The start for this class was stopped twice for passing freight trains. The battle was for second place with Brent Bell just seconds ahead of Darren Wilson and Bryan Pennington, with both Ken Freeman Jr. and Ken Freeman Sr. ( in Bekki's car) also in the same minute, as was Herman Salaz/Ron Cloud. It was just·one dust cloud at the end of the first lap. On lap 2 Ken Freeman Jr. rolled his car and the power steering failure that resulted parked him for the day. In 14th and last with one lap only at l: 11 :25 was Rob Guevara, and Tim Burns had two over two hour laps for 12th in just under the same time that his brother did five Danny Anderson, wiJh Larry Job doing the anchor job, won Class 10 in only his second desert race. The team ran third for half the race, then moved up fast, even with a bad clutch, to the victory. laps in to win the race. In 11th was last two laps. Brent Bell lost over the Jack Herdt T earn with two an hour on lap 4, and retired, and good laps but nothing more, as the team of Kevin Davis, Chris attrition hit the 1600s. Howard and Keith Westerfield Tom Burns sailed on during the vanished on the last lap also, with middle lap followed in about plenty of time left on the seven seven minutes by Darren Wilson, hour time allowance. Also failing and in 25 seconds by Brent Bell on the fifth lap were Billy who had Bryan Pennington 20 Bryan/Jerry Pickering/Les seconds behind him. Bekki and Carter/Don Fisher whose time Ken Freeman were about a minute was just a minute faster than that back here, followed in a couple of Davis, good for eighth place. minutes by Herman Salaz/Ron Two minutes quicker yet was Cloud, and the race was on for the Herman Salaz/Ron Cloud for four laps, and these cars could have been victims of the wave in method of finishing in SNORE events, as the Salaz time was 45 seconds slower than that of the class winner. Class 5-1600 had a close race for the first half. Despite a slow roll, Duane Eldred led the class each lap, set class fast lap on the second one, and finished the four required a half hour ahead of the field. Tom Burns collected yet another win in Class 1-2-1600 and he tops the points standings with three of six SNORE Series races done. About 11 minutes b~hind Burns, Bryan Pennington claimed a hard won second place, driving with second and fourth gear only and having started the last lap on Wilson's bumper. He confessed to hitting a tree to avoid a stalled car on course. A popular third place finisher was Bekki Freeman, who sat in her car for a few minutes to savor her best fini-sh in some time, sixth overall, · Tom Burns has a string of wins too long to count, and he sailed off into the Caliente wilds in his new Mirage setting Class 1-2-1600 fast lap, and he not only won the class again, he finished third overall. and she ran trouble free all day. In fourth were John and Michael Gaughan Jr. and Bruce Fraley. If the names sound familiar there were three of the "host with the most" Mike Gaughan's sons competing in the race. John said he flipped the car on lap 3, had a flat, finished with no second gear, and had trouble every lap, but the car was fourth, and the last five lap finisher among the 14 starter~. Darren Wilson's four quick laps got him fifth, and Paul and Charles Kline were sixth in 1600 action. The competitive 5-1600 race started out with a spectacular at the end of the first lap. Pat Galliher tried to pass a Class 5 car at the very peak of "White Knuckle Hill", the mountain visible from main street, and everyone saw his flying effort on the narrow trail. Halfway through the pass the car fell off on one side of the trail, and one of several people sitting in their back yard watching the race said the Baja Bug, brand new by the way, did a nice assortment of over and over sideways flips plus endos, and he figured it rolled seven to ten times. The spectator said if a big rock hadn't stopped the car it would have ended up right between his barbecue and the clothes line. The crew wasn't hurt at all, a tribute to the Bunderson built cage, but Pat's wallet took s -one hell of a hit, and it took a group effort to get the remains on the trailer. Duane Eldred may start a new style in Class 5-1600. Despite a roll on the first lap, he led from start to finish and ended up with a 32 minute cushion over second place, and he drove a swing axle car! Eldred, who was racing in his first off road event, also set class fast time on the second lap at 1: 14:56, a quick time, because the course were termed rough and tough by most of the drivers. That is more than just beginner's luck folks. Steve Meierdiercks and Steve Knathe stayed very close for two of the four laps required of the class, then lost about ten minutes on lap 3 with a gas stop, then had traffic woes but no problems and finished second. Often a class winner Barry Slatter, with Monty Smith and Dennis Thorn on the kam, had trouhll's all the way, newr got a quick lap, hut salvaged a third place finish, just four minutes out of second place. Kevin Streety got in just one lap of the Caliente course for fourth. i.. John and Michael Gaughan Jr. flipped their 1-2-1600 early, but despite a few woes, the brothers carried on to a strong fourth place finish in class. Former class champion Brent Bell ran second in Class 1-2-1600 in the early going, but lost an hour on the fourth lap and it was time to retire. Steve Meierdiercks and Steve Knathe clean their tires in the wash as they ran consistent laps in Class 5-1600 to gain a finish and second in class. · Dusty Times August 1991 Page 49

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Barry Slatter and Monty Smith Coolexxed it through the water crossings, but they had nagging woes all the way, and they ended up close, but third in Class 5-1600. Bill Dickton really hit the water crossings hard on the first lap and he really drowned the Dodge and did other damage. But with help he and Danny Gau got back on the, road and finished second. Stacey Pike keeps trying to get a finish in his older mini truck, had a good first lap time, but a long second round and was seen no more. The remains of Pat Galliher's brand new 5-1600 after his rolling stone act down the mountain. Driver and rider were unhurt, and it speaks well for the integrity of the Bunderson built cage. Even with $1000 honus for first place there weren't enough in .. :;i)e Mini Metal to make a class so a Class 4, a Class 5 and a C lass 7 ran together . Charlie David and Art Garza suffered a roll over on the· first lap, and there was a lot of that even though pre-running was allowed on this course a full week prior to the race. David and company recovered nicely, as their first three laps were just over a minute apart on time, despite recurring brake trouble. On the fourth and last lap they did a 1 :22 :54 their fastest lap to win the combo class. Bill Dick ton, Danny C1u and John McCormick got off to a had start in the big Dodge drowning out in the water crossings, then a distrihutor cap and rotor broke. Bill had to wait for an emergency delivery of a replacement by pony express, actually by his hrother Glenn who was racing in Cbss 9. Bill said Glenn didn't ..:vcn stop, just threw the parts for the stricken Dodge out the window and kept right on going. After that the Dickton Dodge did three good laps, finished the four required about 35 minutes behind th..: winner. Stacey Pike and friends ran two laps in their Class 7 Ford for third place honors in the combo group. It was a good day for most of the dozen Class 9 racers, with seven entries finishing the required four laps. Out after one lap were the cars of Mitchell Franta, Mike Kline, and Richard Sibelrud, all with well over two hour lap times. And, recording a pair oflong laps were Scott Pearce and Chris Harris, who were awarded ninth, while John W ells did good times for two laps before succumbing to the course in eighth. Meanwhile, up front Mike and Jim Dixon were running away ·with the Class 9 race, leading the first lap, and setting class fast lap on lap 2 at 1: 14:38. Midway they led Tim Crain/Dean Richner by almost six minutes. Gene Greip-entrog and Kent Lothringer were in third, another seven minutes down followed in 11 minutes by Dale Looney and the other three trailed by a considerable amount of time. Dixon kept up a fast pace with a 1: 18 on lap 3 to lengthen his lead to over eight minutes on Crain who had a long stop to change drivers to Dean Richner. The Greipentrog car spent 27 minutes changing front wheel bearings on this lap and Dale Looney moved passed them into third, but not for long. Lothringer four rounds in seventh place with 18 minutes and change left on the seven hour time allowance. Charlie David and Art Gazza ended up running their Class 5 with the trucks, rolled on the first lap, but carried on through four laps to win the class over the truck entries. The first water crossing on the course was a spectators delight, if you wanted to hike in to the area. Nearly every driver took a chance on blasting through the creek without slowing down. Most of them only tried it once. Not so Bekki and Ken Freeman and Kenny Freeman Jr., both in 1-2-1600 cars. They came prepared for the wet, with full foul weather gear over their driving suits. They splashed water over a full five acres every time they came through! If there was a "Wet and Wild" trophy for the race, it would have to go to the Freeman family. Remember racers, the Yoko-hama/Joe Rossi Tire Mini-Metal Challenge money will roll over to the next race, so the winner of the Mini Metal class at the Midnight Special on July 27 will take home an extra $2000. Bring on the little trucks!! The SNORE Bonus Cash will add $500 to the check of the winner in Class 5-1600 at the Midnight Special. With all the extra bonus money the Nelson Hills, near Boulder City, will be alive with race cars racing through the ni ht. said it didn't take nearly as long to replace the wheel bearing as it had to find somebody who had a spare they could borrow. Mike and Jim Dixon did their slowest lap, a l :20:32 on the last round, but their lead was secure and Dixon took h o m e the SNORE $500 bonus mo ney. At the awards when he got.his check and trophy, a happy Mike Dixon said, " Hey, this is more money than I got for winning the Nissan 400." It does pay more to race with SNORE! Tim Crain did look a littleoutofplacewith no victory champagne to spray around. However, Larry Job and Bryan Pennington took care of that action, spraying each other and bystanders lavishly in the impound area. Tim said he had no real troubles and he turned his . fastest lap, 1: 16:32, on the last lap, tinishingjust four minutes behind the winner. Gene Greipentrog and Kent Lothringer were back about 33 minutes, but solid in third in Class 9. G lenn Dickton, with sister-in-law Lynn riding along did a great job to. finish fourth, another ten minutes back, in his first ever off road race, especially since he ran a parts delivery service on the side. Dale Looney and company did a fine job of keeping the car together and brought it home in fifth, merely a single minute farther back, after four tough laps. Roger Bright said that in spite of getting stuck in a tree and getting damn near drowned in a water crossing, he had a great time, and brought his car to the flag, the sixth place finisher. C harles F. David, he's the older and smarter of the two Charles Davids, was the last car on the lead lap, completing his Mike and Jim Dixon ran away with the Class 9 race, leading lap 1, setting class fast lap on the second to get a good cushion midway, kept up the pace to win the class and the $500 SNORE bonus money too. Tim Crain and Dean Richner often win Class 9, but each lap was a tad off the leader's pace and they finished second, back about five minutes. Gene Greipentrog and Kent Lothringer had to stop for a wheel bearing change, but the Californians carried on to a good third in Class 9 action. Rodger Bright was sixth in Class 9 but his paint scheme just might have brought him some business when the competitors are back in Las Vegas. Page 50 August 1991 Dusty Times

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'%e Straight Poop From The Big Wahwo" can now appreciate how the Sugar uses. At the next race, as canary must have felt when he Poppa Bates suits up in his strayed up into the ceiling fan. camper, he takes this gismo out of Symonds told him very clearly its box for the first time, and like and in some colorful language any normal Checker, he glances at that, whatever freqs were in his the instructions and then quickly radio was none of his business and throws them in the trash. I mean, BAJA 500 , With 256 entries, 12 Checkers started and 10 finished with the Cooks grabbing another 1st place in Class 5, 1600. Not only are the brothers from Palmdale currently the hottest team in the Club, but right now they are the hottest team in off road racing as they reportedly have now picked up the OVER, ALL HORA/SCORE points lead at this, the halfway point in the eight race series. Congratulations again to Darryl, Alan and Wayne, Checkers All! that he could take that threat this can't be too complicated, about not letting him start the especially for a tough fender race and stick it where the sun slapping, berm banging Checker don't shine! This confrontation ra4:e car driver . . . right? ended with the official stomping Well, Gary hooks up the velcro off without the 'required' radio and slaps on some duct tape for check. good measure and then SITS In addition, his threat about no DOWN to finish the job of taping start also proved to be bogus as the little rubber tube down his leg. Gregg started the race with no Now picture this if you can, with problems, but it was far from everything securely taped in place over. It seems the official, who is Bates moves his feet and legs to also the head of BARRA, filed an see how everything feels and official's protest against Gregg smiles about how comfortable it for, get this, abusive language to is. Then our hero STANDS UP, an official. Well, the old man and the rubber tube stretches skipped the CRB meeting in tight and almost rips off his protest and was promptly issued 'johnson'! I'm sure that the old an official Letter of Reprimand by saying, "Hey, cut me some slack" the Board. This resulted in one now has an entirely new meaning very unhappy camper. So for Gary. All of our other Checker cars had problems, as four of our eight other finishers rolled it en route. Frenchie and Peralta brought Blain's new Class 10 car back to the finish line in fourth place even though Lou reportedly rolled it over three times. In Class 1,2, 1600 Silvas picked up a ninth, with Melancon placing tenth after front end problems. We had four Class 1/2 finishers, but all of them had trouble. The Chase and Hymes entries both finished out of the money, as did Koch and Greenway who both rolled their cars in the process, with Jim's being the most severe. Seeley's Class 5 car made it to the finish line with only five minutes to spare in the time limit, after Jeff Strait put a number of 'flat spots' on the roof of George's Baja. A lot of examples of typical Checker persistence. Good racing guys! Our two non,finishers were Symonds, who blew a head gasket and Sugar and Wolfe, who finally succumbed after a number of problems. O1HER RACE NOTES: There. was not a lot of Japanese motorcycle entries in this race. SCORE's new medical emergency assistance changes were still in effect and appreciated, even though bugs are still being worked out. Sugar found the only blind liquor store operator in the San Diego area on the way to the race. The guy must have been blirid 'cause he insisted on proof of age before he'd sell 'young' Chuck a sixer. Kassanyi was reportedly seen dancing the Tango with one of Utgard's buddies at one of Ensenada's downstairs bars. Steve is obviously having more fun at the Mexico races now that he's not working them anymore. Thumper, T.O., Sugar, Casillas and Uncle Max thoroughly tested out the 'new Bahia' bar, and found that they could get just as stupid in the new one as the old. unhappy that Gregg announced I'll see ya all at the Checkers' his own one man SCORE boycott · Summer Party on August 31st at andhasreportedlyevenstartedan Symonds' Ranch to celebrate extensive letter writing campaign Gregg's 70th birthday, a guar, that will include everybody from anteed memorable affair. Don't the bartender at the Bahia, clear miss it 'cause Symonds is gonna' up to the President of Mexico. only have one of these, and he's Once again proving the truth in reportedly doing it up right. that old Checker saying, "Never · piss off old people '":'ith money". CORE NOTES Although some might question his response, all the members : By lA.rry Trimble · present at the post,race meeting agreed with Gregg that to threaten With the halfway point in the the racers with loss of any kind of desert racing season already here communication in his race car, and gone, CORE moves into the just because it doesn't have some second half with two drivers particular frequency is not only leading their respective class b l bl b d • h points chases. un e ieva e, ut own ng t In the SCORE/HORA Series unsafe. To resolve this and also the Roy Prince, the racing fireman, continuing problem that the holds a slim, three point margin people at BARRA are obviously over Rich Richardson in the still refusing to effectively work Challenger Class 9 points through with the Weatherman Relay, the the SCORE Baja 500. Roy and Club officially invited the head company finished second in guy at BARRA (Symonds' points last year, and I have a buddy), and Sal Fish along with feeling that is just not going to do the Weatherman to a meeting on this year. the same Wednesday night to try Over in the La Rana Desert to straighten out this B.S. Both Sal Racing Series, James Clements and the Weatherman accepted has put together some impressive but BARRA said NOWAY! I say finishes thus far, also running in BARRA because, not only did the Challenger Class 9. He carries a head guy refuse to come down, 24 point cushion through the but so did his associates. Strange? Lucerne Valley Jam 200 race. Last Was this a fear of appearing year's class champion, Clements before the Club, or simply a fear has posted one win, two seconds of trying to justify their position? and a third place in four starts in A meeting report next month. 1991. An 'ATTABOY'hastogoout J.D. Ward and Gary Johnson to Saul Zambrano for his scored a win in Class 10 at the La Checker,like performance at the Rana Spangler 150 in Ridgecrest. Baja 500 pre,race Wednesday The pair also placed a fine fifth night meeting. It seems Secretary overall. In the Class 1,2,1600 Saul not only found himself as action Jerry Lawless and Billy acting President but also presiding McCool teamed up for a fifth over an irate crowd that was place finish while Mike McCurdy demanding answers to problems brought it home in eighth spot that Saul had no part in creating. after some tire problems. Class 9 Our Club Secretary could have at Ridgecrest was sort of a hidden behind that "hey, I just· different story. While James call the roll", excuse but instead, Clements took third at the flag, he did his best to defend the Tom Mattingly, Tim and Chris actions of the missing Club Jaynes and Bob and Jason Kleber Officers and took serious abuse in all had terminal problems and the process. On second thought, ended up at Baker Pit for the day. this should not really be too A big thanks to Mark (Mad Dog) surprising since surely anyone Minasian for towing everybody that continues to race a Class 11 into the main pits. car would obviously already have May also brought wedding bells a VERY high tolerance for for Greg and Nancy Shapiro as 'serious abuse'. well as for Joe Phipps and his new use Roy's front end for a stepping stone, and, as a result, Roy had some pretty serious damage. The La Rana Lucerne Valley Jam 200 was next on tap and with it came a perfect weekend to go racing. James Clements rolled his car and lost a fan belt, but hung in there for second in Class 9. Mike McCurdy got all of his problems out of the way early. After breaking a rear drum, losing an air filter, repairing an oil leak and getting some welding done, all on the first lap, Mike finished, although he was pretty far down. Gary Johnson and J.D. Ward got in three laps after early ignition troubles, but failed to make it around to the finish. Terry Jeffers, last year's 1,2, 1600 winner of this event, also DNF'd after frying his motor on lap l. The real story of the day, however, was Chuck Ratliff. It seems Chuck rolled his car hard not too far from a checkpoint. He hit hard enough that when he got going again his senses were still rattling around inside of his helmet and he blew through the check, unknowingly. They notified him at start/finish of his resulting DQand he had to put it on the trailer. "I guess I must have been kind of dazed or something. I I've been racing for 18 years and : I've never done that before." Look at the bright side, Chuck. If · this would have been a SNORE race, Shapley would have let you keep going around and then let you know at the finish. Hi, Bill. CORE holds its meetings on the first Tuesday of the month in the San Fernando Valley. We also have meetings in Barstow and are currently looking into the possibility of an Orange County meeting place. Any comments, complaints, membership in, quiries, or just plain 'ole' information about CORE can be sent to our new P.O. Box 1278, Arleta, CA 91334. Best of luck racers, for a good second half! Yokohama 6-50 aub The Yokohama 6,50 Club points standings are approaching the pivotal fifth race in the series, the HORA Fireworks 250, as we go to press. We will have a detailed report after that event in the next issue of Dusty Times. Through the first four events in the SCORE/HORA desert series, the standings haven't changed much with the ·results of the SCORE Baja 500 in the points count. Although Frank Snook failed to finish in Mexico he still leads the points with 140, but Corky McMillin finished seventh in Class 1/2 and is a tight second with 136. Getting even closer is Rodney Hall who won Class 4 in Baja and he had 133 points heading into the Barstow event. Also driving in Class 1/2 Danny Letner, second in Baja, is fourth with 115 points and John Thul, fifth in Mexico is next with 108. Jim Fishback Sr., with a fine third in Class 1,2,1600 has 101 points followed by Walker Evans, another dnf in Baja, at 93. It drops off from the(e. Bill Church has 68 points followed by new entry Dan Blain, 4-S, f..:eRoy Van Kirk, 43, Ed McClean, and Larry Smith, each with 42, and Tom Martin 39, with Jim Sumners trailing at 36 anq. new entry Dale Shirley at 34. There are 33 on the 6,50 list to date, and if you are the Driver of Record, 50 years old or older, do list your age on the entry forms and let us know if you have been missing out. There is nothing to join, and the year end awards, presented at the SCORE/HORA. banquet, are real gold, silver ana bronze Olympic style medallions. A member's best six out of nine events in 1991 count for 6,50 points at the end of the season. Yet to come after the Fireworks 250 is the SNORE 250, HDRA's Nevada 500 and Gold Coast 300, and the SCORE Baja 1000. So it is not too late to get on board the ,6,50 cl_µb series. West Coast Distributor· fOII HEWLAND . OFF ROAD GEARS ALL .OUR PRICE $695.00 GEARS ... AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 891rrl 7rrl/873-1002 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 9'l800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED All an all, a good time was reportedly had by all, with the possible exception of Symonds. Gregg had a little problem with the SCORE Official that runs SCORE's radio network as this official was going around Tech and checking everyone's FM radios to see that they had SCORE's new medical channel installed. Those that didn't were told that they either had to put it in or remove the radio from the race car before they would be allowed to start the race. Gregg must have gotten word about this threat before the official got to his car because when he did he ran straight into one irate 70 year old Checker. This foolish fella surely And finally I'll leave ya with a bride Kelly. Hey, has anyone seen story about Gary Bates. It seems or heard from any of the Gary not only liked the idea of newlyweds lately. Hmmm ... convenience, but also got a kick At the SCORE Baja 500 Roy out of the tdeaofoeingabletopee Prince, along with son Wade and on the shoe of the Checker Josh Rider, placed sixth in Class 9 nearest to him, that he bought one despite some lengthy down time. ~ of those catheter set,ups like ltseemsthataClass lOcartriedto ---------------------------· DustyTimcs AUgust 1991 Page 51

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ROUND 2 - AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Charlie Albins Wins The Goodyear Griffith City 450 Les Brown and Leigh Jones won 1.600 honors in the Hornet and were second overall, and with this win Brown leads the points table for the season outright championship. baum had moved up to fifth. the break was, incredibly, Doug McMillan, who only had three cylinders in his turbo Mazda functioning. Then came the first Class 1 cars with Dave Stuchbery leading Cliff Alderton. Ron Milton's was the first single seater and was running ninth overall. Charlie A/bins got his best birthday present in winning overall and Class 1 with Rodja McClelland in the Trekka. It was his first overall win in 16 years of racing in a National event, and he won by over six minutes. Others were not so lucky though. In the 4x4s, the Class 8 Nissan Pathfinder twin cam of Robert Knott copped a flat tire after only one mile, then a steering arm snapped. Also in Class 8 Fred Parker withdrew with transfer case failure in the V8 Land Rover, while Trevor Cunning blew a motor in the Mitsubishi pickup. Some of the fancied front runners had also disappeared before the compulsory pit break after three long laps: Keith Owers with fuel injection problems; Andy Brown Mark Manns had the Rodeo truck at its limit along the long straights; he had moved up to tenth at the· break. The Class 1 cars of Bill Croft and Glenn Owen, just led the first Class 3 of Bob Mowbray. In the remaining classes; Nev Taylor led the Bajas, Louie Binios the Challengers, and Les Siviour was not only leading the production 4x4s on time, but he had passed Baxter and Owen on the road as well. Peter Had low, turbo Mitsubishi, picked up the Class 8 lead after Zarfati ran out of fuel on lap 3. Hadlow was closely pursued by Ken Smith's Holden Rodeo and Hank Parker, still in touch despite seized shocks. It has become customary in Australia for one of the major tire company backed team buggies to win a race outright. In fact, the last time a privately run car won was back in 1987. However, Charlie -· Al bins and Rodja McClelland came through to take out the second round of the Australian Off Road Championship in their mainly self funded Class 1 buggy. The Goodyear Griffith City 450 was naturally enough held at the town of Griffith, in the state of New South Wales. The event ran later last year and was plagued with rainy weather, causing a lot of vehicles to bog. This year's event was the complete opposite I with some of the worst dust in living memory. With little or no breeze, the conditions became quite scary with stories told of property fences being knocked down, as well as trees and the occasional slower car. In all 115 cars fronted up for the prologue/time trials on the Saturday. The cars went off in random order, but when it was all over it was the multi-Australian Champion Craig Martin who had the pole position. His drive was even more incredible because Martin dropped a valve midway through the prologue circuit. Right behind Martin came his Bridgestone teammate, Peter Glover with Porsche power. Then came reigning overall champion Daren Wells, who runs a Nissan turbo. · Incidentally the top six positions were all Class 1 unlimited two seaters. Neville Boyes led the Class 2 1600cc two seater field over Les Brown; then came David Leach, who like Martin had done most of the prologue track on three cylinders after a spark plug blew apart. Easily leading the Class 3 two seat 1200cc brigade was Bob Mow-bray. His main opponent Bruce Watman failed with a broken CV joint. Meanwhile in the Baja class Nev Taylor would start some 23 places ahead of his closest opposition, Craig Baker. Class 5, which covers 2WD of all forms, was even more phenomenal with Ma_rk Manns putting his Chevy V8 powered Holden/ Isuzu Rodeo on 12th place overall, with the next 2WD, the F-100 of Norm Vesty on 73rd! The Class 6 Challenger buggies were led by the all girl crew of Michele Martin and Sharyn Daniel, with reigning class champ Louie Binios close behind. Class 7, the production 4x4s was expected to be led by Griffith local Les Siviour. However a boulder stopped that, causing a blown tire and a bent steering rod on the Nissan Patrol. Siviour, like all others failing to prologue however, would be seeded into the starting order, this time behind the Reg Owen and Grahame Baxter Patrols that were first and second in Class 7. The unlimited 4x4 Class 8 saw Fabio had clutch failure; Neill Morrison Zarfati in a Turbo Mitsubishi had collapsed front suspension; Pajero set the pace with Hank Bill Buchanan slammed into a Parker's Rodeo, with Chevy V6 Challenger in the dust; Barry and automatic, close behind .• Johnson had blown his motor; Finally, in the single seater Class Richard Bennett broke a drive 9, it was round one class winner flange ; and David Leach blew his Ron Milton who came in quickest 1600cc motor. and was 16th outright. So, all was The field came in for a one hour set for three long and four short break, having completed the three dusty laps on the Sunday. long laps, with the four shorter Craig Martin was unable to get ones remaining. Peter Glover w~s or even make a replacement valve troubled with a split fuel injector overnight, ·and sadly didn't start, pipe, dropping him to fourth at leaving Peter Glover to be first the break. It was the Yokohama away. The dust cloud that rose Team car of Daren Wells that was and hovered above the 47 mile easily leading by some two long loop looked quite eerie and minutes over Charlie Albins, who spelled disaster for some trying to really had his turbo Mitsubishi set a fast pace in the blinding buggy dialed in. Third outr~ght at conditions. Tony Schafer was first to go out when he tore a rear wheel back on his Class 1 after clipping a tree. Then Barry Johnson broke a CV very early, but soon fixed that and soon had his Chevy V6 buggy coming back up the field. After the opening lap it was Glover leading overall over fellow Class 1 drivers Wells, Doug McMillan and Dave Stuchbery. In Class 2 it was apparent that Neville Boyes, Les Brown and Stuart Lord would be battling it out. One of the favorites, Mark Burrows had left the Class 2 fight,. stricken with a flat tire, while charging up the field was the truly immaculate The restart for the sprint to the , finish began with Wells pushing : hard when the dust cleared to stretch his lead, but as he came · into view to complete· that lap a wisp of smoke meant disaster. Indeed it was just as one of his Cosworth pistons let go. Mean-while McMillan had made up time Toyota powered Mick Grunbaum. Neville Boyes and Dale Roper finished mere minutes behind the Class 2 Starting 12th in Class 2, Grun-winner, and their Hunter was third overall, just behind Les Brown in class. , Stuart Lord and Steve Toth drive a Southern Cross buggy, and they came in a strong third in Class 2, 1600cc two seaters, and were ninth overall as well. Bob and Jeanette Mowbray topped the Class 3 1200cc two seat group, as they often do in the Rivmasta, and this team finished 12th overall also. 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Class 5, for 2WD Sedans and pickups, was a Mark and Glen Manns show most of the day and they won the class by well over an hour in the Holden Isuzu Rodeo and placed a fast fifth overall. Si Heaslip was the lone survivor in Class 9, Unlimited Single Seat, but he kept a fast pace and put the Scorpion home in eighth overall at the flag. Griffith City locals Les Siviour and Peter lseppi did not disappoint their fans winning Production 4x4 class and 13th overall in the swift Nissan Patrol. Peter and Glen Had/ow brought the Mitsubishi Triton in just two minutes behind Siviour, but they wqn Modified 4x4 class and were 15th overall. Greg Bernard and Sue Shaw finished third in Class 5, proving once again that the Datsun P510 was a car that worked anywhere in the world. Royce Wells and Tony Clarke slide the Toyota Land Cruiser through the trees en route a fine finish, fifth in Modified 4x4 class. · on Albins to now slide into the number one spot, but alas, he too had a bout of bad luck as a turbo blew. That left Charlie Albins to get the lead, but he had two very quick 1600cc cars on his tail, namely Les Brown and Neville Boyes. Also Bill Croft was doing his usual trick and suddenly appearing in the top group late in the race in his Hankook Tires Class 1. Ron Milton was also in this group in his single seater, but eventually became a spectator in his native land after a clutch cylinder seized. Bob Mowbray was still in command of Class 3 despite losing 3rd and 4th gears. Bruce Watman was one of many to get caught up in a fence which unfortunately cut a brake line. This slowed him leading up to the break, but it was now fixed; he was easily the quickest Class 3 on the track as he tried to make up time. Nev Taylor still had his Peugeot powered Baja leading the class despite no shocks on the driver's side front. With Wells, McMillan and Milton out, Mark Manns was moving higher in the overall ranks. It has been rare for a 2WD truck to finish high up, although Steve Kelley proved it can be done when he came out here with a Chevy Truck a couple of years ago and finished eighth. The Vesty F-100 spent some two hours bogged in the deep sand and later caught fire. That left Graham Smith's Mitsubishi and Greg Bernard's PS 10 to fight out second in Class S. Les Siviour was very impressive in his production Nissan Patrol. Not only did he lead Class 7, but had pushed into the top 15, as well as also leading all the modified 4x4s. Hank Parker called it a day after he decided it was too rough with seized shocks, while Royce Wells suffered two flat tires when he hit a huge rock in a VB Land Cruiser truck. Back to the leading group, as Peter Glover eventually stopped due to a combination of the split fuel pipe and that he was personally suffering from a virus. Dave Stuchbery was in fourth overall when an axle broke just three miles from the finish. But, there was no such bad luck for Charlie Albins as he received probably his best ever Birthday present; his first overall win in a National race in 16 years of competition! Naturally he and Rodia McClelland picked first in Class 1 also. As with most of the race, Albins had Les Brown and Neville Boyes right behind him at the finish to fill in the top three. Brown's Goodyear car won the first round, and now a second puts him on top of the points table for outright yearly champ-ion. Boyes was left as the sole Bill Croft and John Fawbert brought the,r buggy home fourth overall and a good secorJd ,n Class 1 Unlimited two seat class, about 16 minutes behind DustyTimes Bridgestone buggy and was second in Class 2 behind Brown. Bill Croft came in fourth overall and second in Class 1 and now leads the class points. Mark Manns had the Chevy VB pushing· all day and the 2WD Holden/ Isuzu Rodeo pickup came home fifth overall in truly a great drive. Next overall and in Class 1 came Cliff Alderton, then Glenn Owen. The single seater field had such a high attrition rate that Si Heaslip was the sole remaining one, but he was still quick and finished eighth overall. Stuart Lord lost some time with a fused computer wire, but made it up to finish third in Class 2 and ninth outright. Rounding out the top ten overall was the Class 1 of Steve Lunn. Despite trouble with second gear, Bob Mowbray kept pushing his 1200c buggy to win Class 3 and get in 12th overall. A brakeless Kevin Lee came in second in Class 3 ahead of Stewart Latter. Bruce Watman withdrew on the last lap with a broken stub axle. The race finished just in time for Nev Taylor's Baja. He easily won the class but finished with the front end looking very sad, with broken shocks, cut brake lines and a shattered disc. The minor Baja placings were very close; only one minute covered Craig Baker, Steve McDougall and Tony Thornton. In the Class 5 battle Mark Manns finished almost 1 ½ hours ahead of Graham Smith's Mitsubishi sedan, who in turn was one hour ahead of Greg Bernard's Datsun PS 10. The Challenger buggy race saw reigning class champion Louie Binios get the win over Keith Whisker, then came Michele Martin, just making the top ten overall. Les S1viour and Peter Iseppi had a trouble free run in their GQ Patrol, won Class 7 and took 13th overall. It was close for second with Grahame Baxter's older MQ Patrol beating Reg Owen's GQ Patrol. It was a good day for Owen, not only getting third in Class 7, but one of his sons got fourth m Class L and another fourth m Class 2. Peter Had low carries his son Glen m the same car, and they took the Class August 1991 8 victory in the Mitsubishi pickup and 15th overall. Ken Smith's Isuzu/General Motors backed Holden Rodeo pickup is looking very impressive. On only its second run it was second in Class 8. Fabio Zarfati had all sorts of problems from flat tires to a broken axle, but eventually got the Pajero home third, just ahead of the incredible seven year old, Toyota twin cam powered Diahatsu of Tim O'Sullivan. In all only 62 crews managed to get through 7 laps of the choking dust that was the Goodyear Griffith City 450. After two rounds the Australian Champ-ionship looks like being an unusual series with none of the favorites recording finishes yet. But that could very well change before the five rounds are complete. Goodyear Griffith City 450 - Australia Results - May 5, 1991 • Poa. Drlver/Co-OrlY1tf' Vehicle Clan I • Unllmlted Two Seat • 27 start -11 finish 120 1 Charlie Albins/Rodja McClelland Trekka 1110 2 Bill CrolVJohn Fawbert Buggy 165 3 Cliff Alderton/Dennis Alderton Trekka 1111 4 Glenn OWen/Russell Caims Trekka 187 5 Steve Lunn/Daryl Bradford Hornet Clan 2 • l600cc Two Seat - 33 start -15 finish 201 1 Les Brown/Leigh Jones Hornet 203 2 Neville Boyes/Dale Roper Hunter 208 3 Stuart lord/Steve Toth Southern Cross 210 4 Chris OWen/Mathew OWen Funa> 205 5 Rudi Tuisk/Clara Tuisk Rivmasta Clan 3 • 1200cc Two Seat • 14 start• 11 finish 301 1 Bob & Jeanette Mowbray Rivmasta 358 2 Kevin lee/Andy Baker Hornet 354 3 Stewart latter/David Worboys Rivmasta 316 4 Jason Graham/Iba Hornet 303 5 Alan NicolVGreg Nicoll Cobra Clan 4 • Baja Bug• 9 start - 7 finish 404 1 Neville Taylor/Bob Oxley Baja Bug 429 2 Craig Baker/Robyn Baker Baja Bug 403 3 Stephen McOougaJVGraerne Soper Baja Bug 444 4 Tony Thorrrmton/Cliff Calcutt Baja Bug 417 S Warren Irons/Corey Vaessen Baja Bug Clan 5 • 2WD Sedans & Pickups• 6 start - 3 finish 501 1 Mark Manns/ Glen Manns Holden/Isuzu Rodeo 572 2 Graham Smith/Cathy Marzol Mitsubishi Galant 599 3 Greg Bernard/Sue Shaw Datsun P510 Clan 6 • Restricted Challenger Buggy - 5 start - 3 finish 601 1 Louie Binios/ Kathryn Binios Rhino 609 2 Keith Whisker/David Whisker BAB 698 3 Michelle Martin/Sharyn Daniel Rivmasta Class 7 • Production 4x4 - 5 start • 5 finish 701 1 Les Siviour/Peter lseppi Nissan Patrol 731 2 Grahame Baxter/David Coulton Nissan Patrol 712 3 Reg OWentDoug Ryan Nissan Patrol 707 4 Eric Whitbread/Steve Blair Mitsubishi Truck 743 5 David McDonald/Kate Knight Diahatsu Feroza Class 8 • Modified 4x4 - 12 start - 6 finish 801 Peter Hadlow/Glen Hadlow Mitsubishi Triton 803 2 Ken Smith/Tom Orcher Holden/Isuzu Rodeo 802 3 Fabio Zarfati/Sandro Beddoni Mitsubishi Pajero 869 4 Tim O'Sullivan/Rob Wilson Diahatsu 850 5 Royce Wells/Tony Clarke Toyota Land Cruiser Class 9 - Unllmlted Singler Seat - 4 start - 1 finish 901 Si Heaslip Scorpion Time 0/A 4:32:27 4:48:51 4 4:52:26 6 4:53:08 7 5:01:34 10 4:38:35 2 4:39:48 3 4:59:11 9 . 5:03:35 11 5:19:32 20 5:05:33 12 5:06:54 14 5:25:26 22 5:28:28 24 5:35:07 26 5:35:41 27 5:39:56 31 5:40:43 32 5:40:52 33 6:16:23 51 4:50:52 5 6:17:45 52 7:13:51 62 6:00:37 44 6:07:18 47 6:12:55 50 5:05:34 13 5:10:47 18 5:12:45 19 5:28:15 23 6:09:04 48 5:07:26 15 5:10:17 17 5:51:19 38 5:55:23 42 6:00:23 43 4:53:52 8 Starters 115 - Finishers (7 laps) 62 - 54% -Race Distance 279 miles -450 km. 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SCCA SUSQUEHANNOCK TRAIL PRO RALLY Chad DiMarco Takes Second Straight Overall Victory Photos: Tim McBride Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge survived the initial water crossing in Wellsboro, and carried on to dominate the rally in the Subaru Legacy, taking their second consecutive overall victory by a big four minutes. For the second time in four and less humid. The stages were lead. Noel Lawler agreed that dust weeks the Subaru Legacy driven all ofr the paveme~t and the lack would be a big factor, but felt the by Chad DiMarco and navigated of ra~~ for the prior week made . rally would go to whoever had the by Erick Hauge dominated the cond1t1ons very dusty. . most guts in the tight spots. He Subaru Pro Rally Championship All the current pomts con-. planned to be careful in the first field in the woods of North tenders for each class after two stage, a water crossing in a close in Central Pennsylvania. The events were on hand, including park which is a spectators' California based team scored a Irishman Noel Lawler and delight. Bruno Kreibich felt that four minute win over the Mazda Charles Bradley in the Mitsubishi being first car on the road for 323 GTX of Finnish drivers Saku Galant VR-4, leading overall and stage 5, the first night stage, was Vierimaa and Taj Hakinen to GT class with 24 points. Open such an advantage in the dust, that sweep the 15th annual Susque- class leader Bruno Krei?ich an~ everyone would go all out from hannock Trail Pro Rally early last Jeff Becker had the tr Audi the start. Last year the top five June. Quattro in the ranks, as did Chad cars crashed before the rally was With headquarters in Wells-DiMarco and Erick Hauge, whose an hour old, because the pressure boro, PA, the rally is the third Suba~u Legacy was _tied for the to do well early was so heavy. event this season in the SCCA Pro lead m Group A with Shannon Guy Light was hoping for a Rally national series. It has long Millen,_who was n?t in the entry. third straight RallyTruck victory, been a favorite on the Pro rally Guy_ Light and Jimmy Brai:idt, and hoped a brisk wind would circuitwithexcellentorganization leadmg the RallyTruck class m a help the dust problem. The a town that goes all out t~ G~C Sonoma pic~up and W .':J. RallyTruck class has been· welcome and entertain the Giles and Rich Smith, leaders m running so tight this year that competitors, and some of the Prod~ction class, VW GTI, were seconds have decided his wins. most challenging forest stages also m Wellsboro. On hand _too Tim O'Neil said the fatigue factor anywhere in the country. The w?s last year's ove~all pomts would be significant with the heat event is a several time winner of wmner and defendmg overall and the long miles, and being in the SCCA Rally of the Year c~ampio~ here Paul C~oiniere in good physical condition was award, and a testimony to its his. Au~, Quat~ro. with Sc'?tt essential. He felt this U.S. event popularity is the size of the entry Wemhe1mer nav1gatmg, and Tim was the most like many of the this year, a total of 66 starters, and O'Neil and Martin Headland in European rallies he has competed with no divisional section this the VW 4WD supercharged in, and had high hopes for his time all were competing for Rallye Golf, plus a host of other turbocharged VW to take the national honors. contenders. victory. Gary Gooch, whose The rally, which contained 15 Some pre-rally statei:nents f~om Toyota pickup missed the class stages covering 135.96 stage c~ntenders~eremostmterestmg. victory by nine seconds at miles, winds through Pennsyl-~,Marco said "Strategy J?lays an Williamsport said that mental vania's Canyon Country. The important part for this rally concentration is essential and total number of rally miles, because it is so Ion~." He plan_ned getting the adrenaline flowing inciuding transit sections, was _ to ~ush hard early 1~ ~he daylt~ht right from the start was important, 289.68 miles. The weather was to try and be seeded hrst for tne especially since this was a 12 hour hotandhumid,inthe90degree nightst~gestoavoidthedust,and rally, so mental and physical area most of the week, but rally then ~nve tosave_the car and take fatigue would be a factor. day it got cooler, in the low 80s. the wm later on, if he had a good Emulating his stepfather and Wellsboro, PA actually welcomes the rally each year, and provides space on the village green as it were for the pare expose before the event, so that spectators can see the rally cars up close. Saku Vierimaa and Taj Hakinen came from Finland to drive their Mazda 323 G TX to the GT Production class victory and they finished second overall too on the 15th Annual Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally. many time Pro rally winner John had with a long wheel base car. All··· Buffum, Paul Choiniere made a three trucks, also with long good start, got through the water wheelbases, had trouble negotiat-crossing in fine style to lead after ing the tight hairpins, especially the first stage. Tim O'Neil hit an on stage 2, where they all reported embankment on the stage and a 360 degree spin or two. broke the rear differential in half, Other early incidents in the which was fixed, but at night he daylight incuded a small car fire found the center differential also when Wojtek Grabowski crashed was broken, and he didn't have a his Toyota Celica 150 feet before replacement so he retired. It the end of stage 1, but he and wasn't long before Paul Choiniere co-driver Yurek Dabrowski began having electrical problems, emerged from the car unhurt. but he carried on. Chad Di Marco, Minutes later Barry Latreille lost who lost a turbocharger testing control of his Ford Escort right before the rally, turned his boost before the water crossing and way down in order to save the flipped end over end, landing on engine, but was frustrated by the top of the abandoned Grabowski loss of extra power. Noel Lawler car, but again no one was hurt. reported the dust made it hard for James Fyn crashed his VW GTI him to anticipate where the deep in the woods on the first course was going and com-stage and had to abandon his pounded the problem he already vehicle. David Bruce retired on that stage with mechanical problems in the Dodge Omni, and Phil Rivera was out of the event on stage 2 with engine trouble. Bruno Kreibich and Jeff Becker came out of New York to lay claim to first place in Open class in the Audi Quattro, and third overall. Here they sail through the famous first stage water crossing. Guy Light and Jimmy Brandt made it three for three in the GMC Sonoma as they came through to win the RallyTruck class handily after their closest competition failed to finish. The reseed happened after the first three stages, and DiMarco was going to restart at 7:30 p.m. first on the road in the Subaru Legacy. He was followed by Saku Vierimaa, Noel Lawler,JanJolles, Tom Ottey, Frank Sprong!, Bruno Kreibich, Tim O'Neil and Paul Choiniere. The daylight portion of the rally had started at 2:00 p.m. at Stony Creek, and then was due back at Wellsboro for the dinner break around 5:30. While there were some missing from the ranks, a goodly amount Page 54 August 1991 DustyTirnes

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Defending National champion and winner here last year, Paul Choiniere had rally long electrical problems after he and Scott Weinheimer led the first stage. They finished fifth overall and second Open in the Audi. of the starters left Wellsboro for the night stages. Our information source dried up for the night stages, but there was close competition in several groups, not just classes but among the seed groups. The approximate finish time was scheduled for 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning, so our correspondent is certainly excused. At any rate, as stated, Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge led the pack out of the woods back to Wellsboro. OiMarco led· the 15 stage event from stage three, and the team, who also \\'.On Califomia Rally Series SCCASO-PAC Divisional News By Paula Gibeault Divisional Steward There's a lot of good news for rallyists this month! First, although the Mile-Hi Rallysprints in Prescott, originally scheduled for July 13, had to be postponed, organizer Jeff Hendricks has every intention of putting on a fun pair of coefficient 1 single points events. The Yavapai Motorsports Association, which is preparing a motorsports area at the new county fairgrounds in Prescott, is strictly a volunteer organization. So, Jeff can't rush them to finish preparing the base for the road, although he does pitch in and help! The location sounds like a future Glen Helen, worth waiting for, and it even has a hilltop spectator location. Jeff and company (Ev Hendricks, Rob Cherry, Roger Hull) are hoping the road will be done by the Prescott Forest Rally on Sept-ember 14. They may be able to put on one of the Rallysprints-during the daytime before that event. The Prescott Forest Rally, a coefficient 3 triple points event, is one of the most popular rallies in the CRS, mixing fast twisty roads with Arizona's beautiful s~enery. This year organizer Rob Cherry says we will be treated to the best of the forest's roads. "We threw out the rough stages and kept the ones that are the most fun and the fastest," Rob says. He also mentions that transit speeds must be kept low to keep the local ranchers happy, so two radar detectors will again be used. Headquarters will be the Pres-cottonian Motor Hotel. This event is the very last rally in the 1991 So-Pac Divisional schedule. The top two Southern Pacific Division drivers will receive an invitation to the Divisional Runoffs October 4-6 at the Gold Rush Rally in Colorado. Gary Luke is working hard to put the Hollister Hills Rally on the calendar on Sunday, Novem-DustyTirnes Noel Lawler and Charles Bradley got their long wheelbase Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4 around the turns in fine style and were fourth overall by a slim 12 seconds and second in GT class. Uroup A,usecr their daytime lead to ward off any challengers. "By leading after three stages, we gained the important first starting position for the rest of the event, so we had a clear shot at each stage without the disadvantage of going through other people's Just" said OiMarco at the finish. The team from Finland, Saku Vierimaa and Taj Hakinen, won the GT Production class with a second overall finish, while the veteran Audi Quattro team of Bruno Kreibich and Jeff Becker took third overall and won the ber 17, 1991. The event will be very tight, with four stages, lots of Hans Gustavsson and Goran Larsson swing the Suzuki Swift around one of the few wide turns on the trails, and they placed second in Group A and a fine seventh overall. Open class. Noel Lawler and Charles Bradley, Mitsubishi Galant were fourth overall, second GT, and Paul Choiniere, still with electrical woes, salvaged fifth overall, second Open in the Audi. From Sweden Hans Gustavsson and Goran Larsson were seventh overall second in Group A in a Suzuki Swift, that is similar to a Geo Metro. Cal Landau and Eric Marcus won Production Class, eighth overall in a VW GTI, five minutes ahead of second Production placers Bob Elliott and_ 1erry Epp Class 100 Report elevation changes and lots of By Dan Lewis instructions (co-drivers re-quired). Preliminary plans will be I'm sure by now most of you for a coefficient 2, Northern know what Class 100 is all about. Pacific Division/ double points It is the place to race that old California Rally Series event. battlecruiserinyourgarage.Itisa Why the Sunday date? Because class designed by FR T for the Gary is working with a very active Superstition Series for you to race TSO group called "The Rally your older open wheel car or Baja Club" who will be manning the Bug that may not be competitive controls for his event. They are in some of the other classes. There putting on a dirt autocross on are only a few guidelines tl-iat most Saturday, November 16, at the older race cars fit into with little if same ORV Park, with the idea of any modification. mingling TSO and PRO rallyists Briefly the class guidelines and autocrossers. Gary is hoping a include: l. A beam and trailing few of us will give rides to these arm front end configuration with folks and lure them into the most any length arm and any width exciting motorsport (ours!). beam. 2. The conventional There may be another event, at trailing arm and single torsion bar Gorman, on the 1991 CRS rear end configuratioi;t with any calendar if things go as planned. length torsion bar and any width Read your DUSTY TIMES for trailing arms. No secondaries. 3. updates! A maximum of a 105 inch Bob Elliott waves happily at the restart and he and Terry Epp put the VW Golf G Tl home second in the close running, tightly governed Production class. in another VW LiTI. Guy {ig"i1t and Jimmy Brandt, from Midland, Michigan, won their third straight title in RallyTruck class in the GMC Sonoma and 11th overall after having their usual tight dice with Gary and Judi· Gooch. But the Gooch Toyota rolled just past the end of stage 12, and it was the first time in eight years of rallying that the California husband and wife team had not finished a rally due to a crash. Greg Healey and John Macleod finished second in RallyTrucks in a Dodge Ram D-50, 20th overall. wheelbase as measured by our elastic tape measure. 4. The engine size is limited to 2200cc for a single seater and 2400cc for a two seat car. 5. You have to have fun racing this class. It is off road racing like it used to be. Remember the days before all the major sponsorship and big bucks. A lot of fun has been lost among all the hoopla. In Class 100 you find that fun again and still do it on a paycheck. Congratulations to our most recent winners of the Buzz Bomb 150. Dwayne Whitney and his rider Jay Smith. It was a well deserved victory. Dwayne and Jay are great sports, always willing to lend a hand. We couldn't be happier for them. Many think that pre-running is over in the USA. But, pre-running the FRT races is highly encouraged. The courses are marked two weeks in advance of a Greg Healy and John MacLeod had a good rally in their older Dodge Ram D-50, apparently had no serious trouble en route to second in the Rallytruck class and 20th overall. -The poi;r standings going into the summer respite for the Subaru Pro Rally championship show Chad OiMarco as the overall leader with 40 points, followed by Noel Lawler, 34 and Bruno Kreibich, 30. They also lead Group A, GT and Open classes respectively. Naturally Guy Light leads the RallyTruck class, while W.G. Giles, fourth here in class, leads the Production brigade. The next Subaru Pro Rally Championship event is on August 23-25 at Bemidji, Minnesota, the Ojibwe Rally. race, and· all five races each year . are held in the same basic area in the Imperial Valley desert, near El Centro, CA, actually closer to Plaster City. I encourage you to come on down and check us out. Our well marked courses, unlimited pre-running, great people and the highest in safety standards will make your off road racing fun again, while providing you with all the great competition you need. The next two events in the FR T Superstition Series are the Superstition 250 on August 3, with a starting time of 6:00 p.m. It is followed by the Plaster City Blast on September 28, and that start time is 12:00 noon. Hope to see you in the Dez. Please call or write for more information to Dan Lewis, Class 100 rep., 24115 Five Tribes Trail, Murrieta, CA 92362 -(714} 677-2109. Do you have a rally car to sell, or · ~:.;;;.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;;iiiiiiiiiii;;;;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil are you looking to buy one? Call Gary English, CRS Rally Manager, (714) 721-8787, to add your name to his list. This list will be · published with CRS mailings. The market is hopping lately! There is lots of good news from Denver, SCCA/HQ Subaru is very happy with their sponsorship of the National series and may get involved someday at the Divi-sional level. Ron Schneider, Marketing Director for Rally/ Solo, has prepared a nice packet of information for organizers to use to explain PRO Rally to land owners, including the Forest Service and BLM. Great support! A final piece of information: I spoke to Cliff Blake, Executive Director the Tread-Lightly program, to find out how rallyists can support this group. He said, just join! It's only $20 a year for individuals, and the more that responsible "motorized users" of public lands band together to make our wishes known, the more clout we will have with the governmental bodies in charge of balancing public use of our forests and deserts. So send your check to Tread Lightly, Inc. The address is 298 24th St., Suite 325-C, Ogden Utah 84401. This is definitely -~ ~~rthv cause! Need action photos? Call us ! Trackside Photo, Inc.-Racin Trackside Photo, Inc. Photos for Public Relations, Promotions, Ads Commercial & Product Photography ._ August 1991 P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, Callfornla 90009 (213) 670-6897 Page 55

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943 Vernon Way El Cajon, CA 920?0 1 619-449-2991 · FAX 619-449-7103 CHENOWTH .iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifif UCING PRODVCTS, IN_C. Check the Record; The Winners Choice; #1 in Racing and Recreational Chassis and Accessories. 943 Vernon Way El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 449-7100 OCNCJ. Manufacturers of · . ,· Brake and Clutch Pedal Assy _ ~ Master Cylinders Slave Cylinders CNC,.lnc. 1221 West Morena Blvd .. San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 275-1663 Cutting and Staging Brakes Hydraulic Throttles Throttle Pedals and all of our accessories. Send $3.00 for Catalog FLOATER REAR ENDS• FRONT HUBS• AXLES BALL JOINTS• TORSION BARS• KNOCK OFF HUBS (805) 239-2663 Sandy Cone 2055 Hanging Tree Lane • Templeton, CA 93465 Ml"AGE a CHALLENGER CHASSIS ,✓• \NUFACTURE. RACE a PLAY CHASSIS CWROMOLY T"AILING ARMS AND F"ONT BEAM WAREHOU.$2 OlfffUltVTOR p B.UGPACK • WELD RACING WHEELS Fox SHO(j;Q • Wlt:OWOOQ DISC 9'14KES • RABBIT ADAPTERS DA'N:soFF PARTS ANl>-ACCl!SSO~ DAN BAUDOUX (517) 642-2333 2385 PRUESS HEMLOCK, MIC.HIGAN 48626 DESERT y·z OFFROAD T-SHIRT DESIGNS 27324 Camino Capistrano Unit 172-175 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (714) 582-0930 FAX (714) 582-6277 TRUCK (714) 349-1168 iDE/'aCiN.r-lN LINE/ 'HI-TECH HAND ~ETTERING_& PINSTRIPINCf TIM lll\ltTEI~ (714) 255-8113 ~ ,J ?DE/~N., VINYL LETTERING & GRAPHIC~. .655 No. Berry Street, Suite E, Brea, CA 92621 RACER MARKETING • PRESS RELEASES BOOKKEEPING • CONSULTING • TAXES ALAN STEIN [714] 628-1922 [714] 627-5376 FAX 12490 CENTRAL SUITE230B CHINO, CA 91710 JOHN VERHAGEN'$ IDJTI ...... .,. ...... ES PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS 10623 Bu\CKFOOT ROAD 619-240-3930 APPLE VALLEY ,CA 92308 LESLIE~ DRIVELllVE, Inc. (714) 877-6491 ~ PARTS AND SERVICE FOR AUTO, TRUCX. Il\l)USTRlAL, C/V A.'ffl FRONT WH!EL DR.IVE t.lNJTS c-) lMANUFAClURING . BALANCING • ~STOWIN~;:i- ~ 1750 South Lilac Avenue Bloomington, Ca. 92324 Fax {71•) 877-6203 Ca. Wrl.lS 1-7-4238 U.S. Wall$ 1-aaJ-52S-0396 24 Hr. Emergency Call Out for Parts &: Service Buy & Sell Used Aluminum Racing Wheels Aluminum Wheel Straightening Specialist EDDCO Aluminum Wheel Straightening Metal Polishing We Buy Damaged Racing Wheels Any Condition 14582 .GOLOENWEST UNIT F WESTMINSTER,_.CA 92683 Bob Cassetta ED OROZCO 9435 Wheadand Ct Santee, CA 92071 Shop· 258-2575 Pager • 492-7343 FABRICATIONS JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ (PEPE) (714) 895-6020 Don Rountree S. Arrowhead Ave. 825-0583 o . ~SAN BERNARDINO, CA 888-270:l :, 92408 ,--===---::------------,-----'------=----:::::;---iiiiiiii;;.,_~--,,--+:------.... ----!!!!1P1-;=-1!~----------1 == -7a1s - ---~ ...... ~~ - - . - - · - -~ ~ ---'RACING PRODUCTS CUSTOM RACING RADIATORS All Aluminum Rabbit Replatement Radiators Send for a free catalog 2905 West Buckeye Road Phoenix, AZ 85009 (602) 269-9194 (800) 842-5166 DE UNZIO HERMAN DeNUNZIO (805) 683-.1211 P.O. Box 6057 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 ·----~:...-~"--TRICK SHOCK Single, Double, • Quad Application . Take-Aparts & Remote Reserv.oir Kits. , 1072(Pros~~~ ~v1. "B.'', Sl!r.h, .CA 92071 • (119) 512-8773. DOWNEY 8100 Firestone Blvd. Downey, Calif. 90241 (213) 862-1671 OFF ROAD FABRICATION • DESIQN RACE PREP •. FOX SHOCK REBUILDINQ V.W. REPLACEMENT PARTS • ACCESSORIES FREE-STANDING, RUGGED STEEL & NYLON SHELTERS THAT SET-UP IN SECONDS! VARIOUS SIZES & COLORS AUlHORIZB) DEALER CASTEX RENT~.LS. 213-462-1468 MANDREL TUBE BENDING · · WELDING - FLAME CUTTING-CUSTOM OR PROOUCTIO'J FABRICATION BUMPERS -FACTORY DIRECT FABCOM TERRY FAIR 619-561-2292 9362 BOND AVENUE EL CAJON CA 92021 FAX 619-561-S162

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KENNEDY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS 38830 17th Street East Palmdale, CA 93550 (805) 272-1147 Send $2.00 for our catalog "The experts in Engine Adapters to Transaxles" · · Rotary. Toyota. Rabbit. V-6's. Porsche and more to vw. Porsche (901 & 915) and Hewland. MANUFACTURERS OF THE FAMOUS KENNEDY CLUTCHES KUSTER OFF-ROAD RACING SHOCKS • EXTERNAL DAMPENING ADJUSTMENT • 3" DIAMETER, a• TO 18" STROKE :~ .' COMPLETELY REBUILDABLE • COMPUTER SUSPENSION DESIGN ASSISTANCE KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 2900 E. 29TH STREET P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 90806 TELEPHONE 21U-I FAX 21:M:z&.7897 LONG ENTERPRISES VW TRANSAXLE PARTS RECUT SLIDERS RICK LONG 24 75 Morse Road Sebastopol, California U.S.A 95472 (707) 829-1169 Telex 287316 Hom • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION TO YOUR SPECIFICATION 825 N. GLENDORA AVE. COVINA, CA 91723 (818) 915-2212 KENT LOTHRINGER l ' J_ 1--'i/-<...>F-'irv1Arv-.. ~E I ~I-I• ~L •t 1, - i ~ "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 2366 E. Orangethorpe Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tel. (714) 441-1212 Fax (714) 444-1622 MIKE MENDEOLA 10722 Kenney St. C-D Santee, CA 92071 (619) 562-9010 Fax (619) 562-9079 Brackets & Components for Chassis Fabrication Pro-Clamps • Battery Boxes • Radio Mounts Pedal & Shifter Mounts• Skid Plates Aluminum Floor Boards• Scoops & Shrouds Shearing -Punching -Forming Sawing -Tool Grinding -TIG & MIG Welding STEVE WRIGHT 399 E. Harrison Unit D Corona, CA 91720 JACKMcNUTT (714) 351-2515 (714) 272-0121 . DENNY McNUTT ¥\\~\ ~ PERFDRMANCE .ANJ S:P~T1'Q Import Parts & Service Import Machine Shop Import High Performance Parts. Service & Machinery 42425 5th St. E. Unit C Lancaster, CA 93535 (419) 476-3300 1100 Custer Rd. At Laskey TOLEDO. OHIO 43612 Wholesale 419-476-3711 Bill Varnes 805-940-5513 Fax 805-940-5514 a · · -J r 42425 5th St. E. Unit D · Lancaster, CA 93535 Racing Producfg Pete Alamar 805-940-5515 Fax 805-940-5514 Jim Moulton Radng ■ Off road racing chassis ■ Fabrication and repair ■ Fox shock parts and service ■ · Race Car Prep 26846 Oak Ave., Unit G Canyor:i Country. Calif. 91351 (805) 298-1212 YOUR COMPLETE IGNITION SOURCE Ignitions • Distributors • Rev Limiters Coils• Hell-Core Wire•• Acce .. oriea AUTOTRONIC CONTROLS CORPORATION 1490 Henry Brennan Dr., El Paso, Tx 79936 (915) 857-520Q_ CUSTOM FADRICATION AND ALUMINUM WORK Malcolm Miller By Appointment Only (619) 445-9770 AUTOS ANTJQUE & CLASSIC CARS TRUCKS NATIONAL SPRING COMPANY, INC. 10229 Prospect Aue. Santee, Callfomin 92071 A COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SPRING SERVICE Le.at Springs Custortl Macie & Repaired Shocks & Coil Springs Sold & Installed Blocks and U-Bolts m,de to order Off-Road Suspension Urethane Bushings Beeline Alignment and Wheel Balancing MaIOR HOMF.S (619) 449-ARCH 4 X 4's OFF ROAD CHASSIS ENGINEERING 6891 SAN DIEGO DR .. BUENA PARK. CA 90620 Off Road Suspension Preparation 2 & 4 WO VANS & P ICKUPS & MINI TRUCKS PRE·RuN TRUCKS • CusToM SPRINGS AXLE WORK • CUSTOM SUSPENSION NO BLOCKS USED • WELDING & FABRICATION Bill Montague (714) 761-9460 Established 1974 PLEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OFF ROAD DYNAMICS (714) 592-2271 LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA FRAMES• RACE PREP CUSTOM MACHINING ANO FABRICATION Dennis Rogers By Appointment Only PROFESSIONAL ■ AMERICAN • CANADIAN c . Off-ROAD \l_ A R~CING':31h~ ~-·:?.~ ~ ? P. 0. BOX 323eSEAHURST, WA 98062 (2061 242-1773 ~~ _lP[SrnU{]A\[1'(b Fabrication ,fi Coil Over Suspem · -i I ,J FoxShoxPartsAnd . 31Vice ..J· Race Car Wiring 1660 Babcock Bldg. B --: ..J Race Car Prep. Costa Mesa. Co 92.627 ,J Tum_ Key Race Cars . (714) 650-3035 Assembly • Machine Work • Parts .Engine Oyno Facility 10722 Kenney Street, Suite D Santee, CA 92071 (619) 596-0886 Fax (619) 562-9079 ,

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... Ch-assis & Suspension • Des{gn & Fabrication . Ken Sypolt 916-344-7443 5816 Roseville Road #14 Sacramento, CA 9584? PROBST Off Road Racing Inc. OFF ROAD DESIGN and FABRICATION BERRIEN LASER RACE FRAMES 1121 EAST ILLINOIS HWY NEW LENOX ILLINOIS 60451 18151 485-RACE (7223) Larry Winter 714-537-8286 A Totally New Concept in Battery Design Race Shop S11pplie11 11532 Stephanie Garden Grove, CA 92640 sMAN~ ' 41!::~~, -z,. z m ::n * % the Size&. Weight of its Equivalent * Vibration Resistant • Spill Proof Telephone: (714) 535~37 (714) 5J5-4438 David Kreisler 920 East Arlee Place Anaheirn,CA 92805 A·F·F·O·R·D·A·B·L·E IACEIS IACHININI SEIVICES Custom Machined and Fabricated Parts Call for appointment 724 N. Lake □ Burbank, CA 91502 SCITT IIIIICK (818) 143-4184 I RUSS's V.W. Recycling 756 Alpha St., Irwindale, CA 91706 (818) 303-4366 Specializing in V. W. B.ugs, Buses, Ghias and 914 ·s ~,.,!J;.,,t,~ _ __, •OUTLINES •NUMBERS • CUSTOM LOGO'S · DROP SHADOWS • SPONSORS LOGO'S • WINDOW BANNERS • CUSTOM LETTERING 714 539-5162 SMITH FABRICATIONS • Heliarc Welding , , . • IMSA • Tubing Structure , . • SCORE • Sheet Metal ' • HORA • Suspension . '- • MTEG Mike Smith (818) 309-9899 9237 Lower Azusa Rd; Unit 0 Temple City, CA 91780 YOUR SOURCE FOR BUSINESS FURNITURE Furniture For: Office Computer Support Vehicles We Sell: Workstations Desks, Chairs Shelving Industrial Garage Laboratory Metal Cabinets Storage & filing Benches, stools Design, Installation, Relocation Services New, Used, Rentals, and Repairs 5880 BLACKWELDER ST., CULVER CITY, CA (213) 202-4250 I Anaheim, CA ............................ (714) 528-4492 Bakersfield, CA .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . (800) 462-9499 Brawley, CA ............................. (619) 344-2550 Chino, CA ............................... (714) 628-7596 El Centro, CA ............................ (619) 352-6961 Fullerton, CA ............................ (714) 635-5553 Lancaster, CA . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 462-9499 Las Vegas, NV . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . (702) 643-9200 Paramount, CA .......................... (213) 531-0192 Phoenix, AZ . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . (602) 278-2693 Santa Barbara, CA .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . (800) 462-9499 San Diego, CA ........................... (619) 691-9171 Riverside, CA ............................ (714) 877-0226 Ventura. CA . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . .. . . . . 1800) 462-9499 FOR DEL,VERIES LA/ORANGE CUUN l Y CALL (800) 462-9499 All OTHER INQUIRIES CONTACT SPORTS RACING P.O. BOX 7835, LAGUNA NIGUEL, 92677 (714) 363-1236 :n~LJC>· CfI/IlJ::] WORKS ODESSA. TEXAS " A Wl!\SISG TRADITIOS SISCE 1''5 .. OfFROAO FABRICATION -RAC[ PREP • MAJVl!.POWl!.lf.. VW RACE ENGINES • TIUNSAXLD •~'TD-· ~ IMCTY •CIC.,..,_ >Ml•~ -..n • ....:,o•WAWD. --~ -I-S00-6,5-6616 : v,u. (213} 583-240,., mlif }}!i!PsERVICE, INC. ~ ~ETAL PROCESSING 5921 W;Jmmgton·Avenue Los Ange/es. Ca/dorn,a 90001 SA/'IOBLAST GLASS BEAD FLOURESCENT INSPECTION MAGNETIC PARTICAL Mark Srryith . Larry Smith Show PRIDE In Your Ride! Don't Settle for Chrome, Insist on the Best... T·O·T·A·l·L·Y »J\l~LL\.~ STAINLESS STEEL FASTENERS Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Screws, Clamps, and More U.S. AND METRIC • NO MINIMUM ORDER ORDER NOW-120 Page Cat. - $2.00 (Refundable) TOTALLY STAINLESS RD#1, Box 1219 1 •800•767-4781 Brodbecks, PA 17329 FORD RANGER FIBERGLASS BODY PANELS & HOODS BILL STROPPE MOTORSPORTS, INC. 2330 Cherry Industrial Circle Long Beach, California 90805 (213) 634-2730 Jaime Martinez ALUMINUM (213) 928-9838 MET AL SPINNING JOHN SUNDRY METAL CRAFTS CO ·• ALUMINUM '-• STEEL • BRASS • COPPER • STAINLESS $HORT RIJH & PRODUCTION . . 6729 Suva St., Unit C Bell Gardens, CA 90201

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·-classified ••• FOR SALE: 1986 Broughan 28' . pull trailer. Like new, 2 single FO~ SALE: Mirage, C_lass 2, beds, 2 Queen beds, 40 gal fuel 125 wb, Chromoly chassis, Saw-tank, 2 50 gal water tanks, toilet, yer 2388cc 190hp Toyota motor, shower oven range micro : Mendeola Hewland DG-300, refridge: sink, ~tereo, generator'. Cornutt rear arms & hubs, ~one awning, A/ C, heater, TV antenna, axl~s, sec. arms & torsions, custom paint. $14,000.00. Call Wr_1ght rack, arms, combos, Fox Richard (714) 997-1848. · Coilovers, UMP p/ s, Modine FOR SALE: Class 1 O.R.E. ' w/3.5 liter Porsche motor and Hewland DG-300. The motor is fuel injected, twin plug-twin ingition Porsche racing motor (approx. 600 miles on motor). The gearbox was prepared by Doug Fortin and has first class parts throughout. UMP PIS, Wright rack, Palmer arms, Summers hubs front and rear, vented rotor rear brakes by Cone, · with Corvette calipers, Tilton Pedals, Patterson sump tank, Fox shocks, mil-spec sealed swit<;__he.s, . the list ·goes on... Car 'complete, ready to race with spare shocks, · tires & wheels, dump qin.s .. misc motor parts, etc. MAKE OFFER, you could be Unlimited class racing for less than you think! NO TRADES: Call Markat(805f 541-2012. ' · OR SALE: '79 Ford prerunner. New 351C and C6 trans, Art Carr, Mastercraft, BFG Mud, Auto Fab, Auto Meter, 12 Rancho take apart, 13" travel, American Racing, much more. $11,000.00. Will take car trailer, for full size truck in part trade. · Call Mike in Las Vegas (702) 792-3665. FOR SALE: Neth 1-1600. This . car is state of the art, no corners cut! Everything goes, including 20' enclosed trailer and all spares. The list is long. Call Joe for details. (714) 676-8084 day or evening. FOR SALE: 1986 Class 2, Bar-rien frame, Bilsteins, secondary suspension, Summers Bros hubs· & torsion, Parker Pumper, bus trans with Hewland gears, Jamar pedals, 2300 Type I motor, 2 sets of Centerlines with tires. Race ready! $10,500.00 Call Richard at (714) 997-1848. FOR SALE: Class 10, 2 seat Hi-FOR SALE: As seen in u y Jumper, 11 r wb, bus trans, 'Dune Buggies & Hot VW'f Wright rack, arms, combos, P / S, JIMCO, Class 2, 117" wb, 12" Parker Pumpers, Mastercraft wide coil-over beam, Wright seats, Simpson Safety, Center-arms and rack & pinion, Foddrill FOR SALE: Fuoco, Super l600 lines, Edwards tires, etc. Less spindles, Summers disc brakes, or Class 10. Basic car with the engine, $6,500.00. For further UMP power steering, Fox coil- usual goo d s tuff, McKenzie info. call Steve Casagrande Rae-over shocks, Beard seats, 30 gal. motor, gear box, shop trannie. ing. (805) 949-6017 work, (805) buel cell, Flame Out, JG trans Goodfirstcar,raceready.Ihadto 272-1305 home. I l. · FAT 2 71· grow up and can't afford it any ---::--::---,,---------w torque imiters, · iter FOR SALE: Race or prerunner. Type 4, dual carbs, 930 Turbo more. $6,500.00. (Zl3) 592' 1984 Ford, 1991 fiberglass 351 c.v.'s, Super Boot axles, secondary 5796. W .C.6. Ford 9"rear, 5 new BFG's torsion. Very sano, won overall at FOR SALE: Race package, two on new Ultra Wheels, Winters La Rana New Years 200. 1/1600 race cars. 1 1990 TRC shifter, ·Mastercraft, full cage, $22,000.00. lCallJerry at Penhall 1/1600 minimum weight car, needs assembly. $10,000.00 rod, Beard seats, Deist Safety, Auto Meter, Tilton starter, Cen-terlines & much more. $25,000.00. For further info. call Steve Casagrande Racing. (805) 949-6017 work, (805) 272-1305 home. FOR SALE: Class 5, built by Mir-age Chassis. Wright front end, Wright rack, combo spindles, Wright arms, power steering, Fox Shox, 16" travel, Woods rear arms, 930 c.v.'s, Sway-A-Way bars & axles, Super Boot, Jeff Fields bus IRS trans, front & rear suspension 12" wider, 20" rear travel, 2070cc Type I motor, 30 gal fuel cell, dual batteries, Beard seats, Simpson harness' and new paint since picture. Built as Mir-age shop pre-runner, but would make great race car. Chromoly chassis. Very nice car with all the good parts. Sacrifice $9,500.00. Call Mirage (805) 940-5515. Fab (714) 650-3035. Hae motor, fully equipt, all the invested. Asking $8,000.00 all or RALLY CARS and parts: Corolla best parts. Ready to race. 11986 part flex. Jamey (619) 355-2011. FOR SALE: Class 2, 114" with GTS $6,500 - $8,500. Engine, ORC 1/1600 not complete. FOR SALE: Hewland 5 speed, fresh 2180. Wrightfrontsuspen-body, suspension, trans, rear end Consistent money winner. Lots of excellent condition $6,300.00. sion, Trick and Superboot rear. and Euro G'rA spares IN ·spares in pit boxes. Trans.,motor, Don Hatz 3 liter Type I, best of Mastercraft seats, ATL cell, Cen-STOCK. Also; wheels and tires, ·tires & wheels, rack, p.s., F & R everything. Ready to race terline, Yokohama and Jamar. new and used. Will ship any-arms, and much m.ore! $5,500.00. 38' Living Car Ready to race. $5,500.00 includ-where. Call Topi (818) 765-5542 .All or part. No reasonable offer Hauling 5th wheel trailer. Like ing spares, or trade for travel 6-10 p.m. PST. FAX (818) 764-1r~tn) 3.65.,71(88619) 324-1861 or new $18,500.00. Call (714) 781-trailer. Call Dave (916) 621-1051. "-0-"::', - • 9287. 0022. :r--- - ----------_,,.. ______ -----...;, _________ - - ----c;;;a=-:;;--;;::: ... ~_,::::::-:..,===-==- =_-=-=i~;:;;;_.,;;;.-;;;;•;;;;.::;;_;;;;::;.,=-:I Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I ; DUSTY TIMES. : I Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5 .00 for use of I I black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. I I NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If 1: I you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must he PAID IN ADVANCE. I I --------------------------I· I ------------------------l I I I --------------'-------------I I ____________ _c_ _________ _..:_____ I I I I --------------------------I I ---------------------------I : Enclosed is$ _____ (Send check or money order, no casn). Please run ad _______ times. : I Name -------------------------------~-Mail to: I I I '. I Address ____________________ Phone_______ DUSTY TIMES I 'I 5331DerryAve.,SuiteO ·I City __________________ State _____ Zip_______ . Agoura, CA 91301 Page 62 AUgust 1991 FOR SALE OR TRADE: 2 seater, 126" wb, 2700ccType IV, 091 4 speed trans with Hewland. Both built & maintained by FAT Performance. CNC pedals, Fox, Taylor Made seats, Summers, Foddril spindles, 930 c.v.'s, Wright rack and pinion with power assist. Lots of spares, including wheels & tires. All very clean! Will separate. Looking for clean street legal 4WD truck or $11.000.00. Call KTM (916) 652-0850 or (916) 652-0057. FOR SALE: 1989 Raceco, Class 10, 2 seat, FAT Rabbit, Mendeola trans, Summers hubs & drive train, Fox coil-over shocks. All the best equipment, too many items to list. Less than 1500 race miles. Very dependable. Prepped and race ready with spares. Make offer. Richard (602) 783-6265. OR SALE: ORE Class 10; top finisher, always very competitive. FAT engine, FeffFields trans, Fox shocks, disc brakes front & rear, Summers Bros., Sway-A-Way, UMP power steering, removable spare tire rack & windshield, Best of everything, race ready. $12,500.00. Also, enclosed tandem Pro-Trac 18'. Inside electric brakes. $3,250.00. John M-F 8-4:30 (213) 834-1133. After 6 p.m. & weekends (213) 831-5841. FOR SALE: Class 5 1990 SCORE/HDRA champ. New trailing arms & spindles, linkpins, fresh trans, fresh motor. Have all receipts. Best of everything. Great car to get into off road racing. $14,000.00. Call Marty at (619) 448-0088 or (619) 440-2281. FOR SALE: Class 10 race trans. 4.57 ring & pinion; 3.55 1st, 1.35 2nd, 1.65 3rd, 1.37 4th FTC gears. AMS race cliff (091) Chromoly. All parts, including case are new! $2,800.00. Call David (714) 441-1212. · FOR SALE: Suspension parts. Rear lx4 Woods arms, new Dura Blue 930 stub axles & flanges, new 930 spline, 23" Sway-A-Way axles, new c.v. boots & flanges, Bilstein shocks. Wright 12" wide beam, Wright arms, tie-rods & ends, Bilstein shocks. First $1,250.00 takes all. (714) 956-8891. FOR SALE: Complete racing company -SCORE/HDRA 7 4x4, SCORE/HDRA 7S, both Jeep Commanches, 2 complete 5-1600, 1 new Class 5, some sponsors included. Too many items to list. $150,000.00. Terms. Call (714) 279-9250. DustyTimes

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FOR SALE: Very competitive 5-1600 with strong track record in desert and short course. Fox shocks, Beard seats, chro-mo front end, R & P steering, Wright combos & arms. Rebuilt & ready to race. Some spares included. $7,500.00 Call Ross Craft at (805) 945-5026. FOR SALE: 24' Commander motor home, 413 Dodge, self-contained, custom hauling set-up, radial tires, awning, generator, air conditioning. Been part of a race team since new with excellent ser-vice & maintenance. Ready for tow or support. $7,500.00. Call (619) 256-1056 days, or (619) 242-5144 nites. Ask for Myron. FOR SALE: 1981 GMC pre-runner, 2WD, 350 CID, A-1 turbo 350 transmission, A/C, heater, Taylor seats, Simpson belts, new carpet, custom aluminum dash, Pioneer stereo, BFG tires, Centerline wheels, Doetsch Tech shocks, Torq-Fab front suspension, 32 gal alum-inum fuel tank. $12,000.00. Call (619) 344-0748. FOR SALE: Triple "E" Stadium Superlite, less motor. New Roberto gearbox, fuel cell, Works shocks, new paint, 13" wheels w /bead locks, extra wheels and tires, 2 spare clutches, tie rods, spindles, c.v.'s, belts & more. Good starter car. $4,500.00. Call John (213) 327-8323 days, (714)842-7238nites. FOR SALE: '89 Super 1600 short course Chenowth Magnum. One full season with Mickey Thomp-son series and only two races on fresh car. Best of everything. Incredibly clean! $20,500.00. Call Scott at (303) 237-5722. FOR SALE: 5-1600, fresh engine, Wright, Dura-Blue, Centerlines, Yokos, Fox, Sway-A-Way, Simpson fuel cell, fresh paint, spares, jacks, tires, race ready. Call (602) 763-7880. FOR SALE: Pre-runner, 2 seat Bunderson, Fox shocks, 1600 dual port, bus trans, Baja Blower, good dependable car Baja race. Freshly prepped. $5,000.00 oho. Call Steve (818) 445-5109 days or (818) 445-6310 nites. DustyTimcs FOR SALE: '81 Courier, Class 7 or prerunner. 70% complete. BFG tires, American Racing rims, Rancho shocks, Fuel Safe bladder, Mastercraft seats, Hooker header, Weber carb, 5 speed, Detroit Locker, Richmond gears, lots more. $4,000.00 oho. Call Russ; eves. Denver, CO ( 303) 985-9896. FOR SALE: 1981 Trailmobile 45' air-ride electronics trailer. Air ride, aluminum wheels, cabinets & racks. Immaculate condition. Set up for off road racing. $27,500.00 oho. Call (714) 654-3683. FOR SALE: Ford Ranger, race ready, Class 7 . FRT class champion 1990. $25,000.00 oho. Call (619) 344-4324 days, (619) 344-6703 nites. CYCLE NEWS: America's weekly motorcycle newspaper. Read about the world of motor-cycles -every single week! National & World Champion-ships, calendar of events, motorcycle tests, interviews, classifieds & much more. Free sample copy! Send $1.00 (post-age) to: Cycle News Freebie, 2201 Cherry St., Long Beach, CA 90806. FOR SALE: EXCELLENT PRE-RUNNER OR SERIOUS FAM-ILY FUN!! Custom 4 seat buggie with all of the good pieces. Parallagram front plus 4", Wright plus 2" arms, Wright spindles & rack. Rear plus 2"'x4"' arms, front & rear adjusters. SAW, Buss, 930 c.v.'s, Neal, Beard, Filler, UMP. Fresh 1835cc w/ dual Delorotos, Fox, 22 gal cell, glass bodied. Quick & very reliable. $7,500.00 oho, includes excellent tandem trailer. Call (805) 524-0609. FOR SALE: Class 10, 117" wb, /single seat Jimco. New Hewland geared trans, fresh professionally 1built Toyota 2TG DOHC engine, 'Wright coil-over front end, Summers Bros disc. brakes, secondary torsions, Turbo c.v.'s, 'power steering. Much more. See to appreciate. With spare, race ready engine, $11,000.00 Call Jim at (619) 445-8244 (busi-!ness), (619) 445-4805 (home). FOR SALE: Chevy Blazer, '81. All new running gear, stroker motor, PIS, P /B, AC, stereo, suspension by Suspension Unlimited, triple shocks in front, double in rear. Excellent condi-tion. Never Pre-run. $9,000.00 obo (818) 359-0042. FOR SALE: 5-1600, race ready, Beard seats, Bilsteins, SACO rack, DJ trans, Willie's motor, Dura Blue stubs, Centerlines, Armstrong tires. Professionally built & prepped. $5,500.00 obo. MUST SELL! (619) 256-2941 days, (619) 256-0855 nights. Ask for Joel. FOR SALE: SCCA Pro Rally Stock Class -1974 Mercury Capri, fresh 2000cc modified engine, 4 speed trans, locked rear end. Full cage, seats, 5 point belts, gauges, Terratrip computer. Excellent body & paint. 5th place "Rim of the W arid", 4th at "Glen Helen". $2,800.00 (714) 859-4605. FOR SALE: 1990 DEZFAB 5-1600. Complete chromoly cage; FRT 24 hour world champ. 12"' Fox shocks all around. Flame-Out fire system, Parker Pumper, Wright combos, etc. Top of the line race car, ready to win. $8,000.00 complete or $6,500.00 no motor. Call J.A. Ashley (619) 352-4336. FOR SALE: Raceco Class 10, coil-over, Hewlands, secondary power steering, VW aircooled motor, Wright rack, Woods rear arms, extra wheels & tires: six new, 118" wb, combos, Beard seat, pumper. Only three races a year since new. $12,000.00 or trade for pickup truck ( 619) 252-8485. • FOR SALE: 1990 Suspensions Unlimited 1-1600. Best of everything. 42 gal cell. Complete, less engine & trans. Second in class 1990 SCORE/HORA Series. $7,500.00 Gary Porter (714) 974-7284, , FOR SALE: 1986 F250 XL 4x4. , 460, auto, A/C, PIS, P /B, 56k miles, lots of extras. $10,800.00 Car trailer, 20' tandem axle, electric brakes, tire rack. $1,675.00 (408) 241-9363. . FOR SALE: Class 1/2 or 10 Raceco. Summers hubs front & rear, Saginaw power steering, Palmer arms & spindles, Sway-A-. Way, CNC pedals, Beard Super-seats, JG Bus trans, Toyota 1650cc, BFG's. Nothing left spared on this car. Ready to race. $20,000.00obo. (213)559-4526 or (805) 274-2688. FOR SALE: Short Course 1/2-~ 1600, raced 3 years. One overall championship, 2 1st place class championships, 1 2nd place class championship. Best of every-thing. Complete Wright front end, Henry's drive & stub axles, 930cv's, power steering, Bilsteins, Beard. $8,500.00. '86 Suzuki Quad Sport, like new. $1,200.00 Call Steve Bishop (714) 734-2382. 'THANKS: A note from John Chafey, the "Off Road Wars" '91 Fun Buggy Champion Driver. Mom, Dad & Renae, thank you · for your support. It's great! ,Attention: I'm looking for sponsors for my new car! (602) 386-6549 John. FOR SALE: 1991 GMCJimmy 4 door. 108"'wb, 4.3 liter NASCAR V-6, Hydramatic Motorsports trans, ·summers Bros ~ear, Bilsteins w/reservoirs, Bosch lights, Ultra wheels, Fuel Safe, ' Mastercraft, National springs, Simpson Safety equipment, Wilwood brakes. Major com-ponents rebuilt or replaced after each race. Seen in 4WD Action, 4 Wheel & Off Road, Sport Truck, ESPN, TNN. Buyers only please, no bench racers. $28,000.00 or MBZ. Steve (714) 458-0677 or (714) 631-4301. FOR SALE: 1969 Volkswagen Baja Bug pre-runner or Class 5. Dual shocks, front disc,JeffFields · CV trans, fuel cell, Flame-Out, full cage, re-built engine, Centerlines, all the good stuff. With trailer. Call for details. $3,000.00 takes all. Jim (805) 270-0528 or Craig (805) 943-7266. · INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Auto Meter Products klc. . . . . • • . . . • • . • . • . 14 llilstein Corp. of America .. .. . . .. .. . . . . . . 47 Brush IU1 101 ....................... 37 WANTED -TRADE FOR MONEY!!! Chenowth, Beard Super Seats, SAW, Fox shocks, Parker Pumper, Neal, Fuel Safe, new bus trans, fresh 2180, 10"' Wright front complete, 3x3 rear FOR SALE: Mirage 1-1600. Very arms, Centerlines, disc brakes, competitive car; needs competi-· TAC'n gauges, Pop Off steering, tive driver. Dyna Shop motor & BFG's, aircraft fighter harness, trans, Fox shocks w/reservoirs, steering brakes, spare stuff. Wright p/ s, pumper, spare tires $7,000.00 Will deliver??? (818) & parts. Always a finisher. 333-8272. 'Freshly prepped. $10,800.00. -----------1Call Steve at (818) 445-5109 Cactus Racing Products . .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . 4 Castex Inc. -E-Z-Up . . . .. • .. . . .. .. . . .. .. 22 Cllampion Beadlod< Co. . .. .. . • .. . . . . . . . . 33 Oassified Ad Rates .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . 46 Oel'mzio Racing Products . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . 36 Desert rz ........... ................ 25 Earl's Performance Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 FAT Performance -Centerline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 FAT Performance -Toyota . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . 17 FRT Superstition 250 VIII . . . . . • . . . • • . • . . • 31 German Auto . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 G.RR Forted Tongue Desert Race . . . . . . . . • . . 7 Rod Hall Driving School . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 40 HORA Nevada 500 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • 9 HORA Willow Springs Cllampionships . . . . . . . . 23 Kawaguchi Honda .. . .. • .. . .. • .. . .. .. .. 38 LaRana Johnson Valley 300 .. . . .. . . . . . . . . 29 LC. Engineering . . . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. . • . . . . 42 M:Keruie Performance Products . . . . . . • . . . . 15 days or (818) 445-6310 nites. Nevada Off Road Buggy .......... ·. . . . . • . 24 I ' FOR SALE: Class 9 single seat Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . 26 Prism Design & Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Race Ready Products .. . .. .. .. .. . • .. .. .. 28 Race Tech Engineering . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . 16 Racers Tool & Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 R.LH. Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Marvin Shaw Engineering .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. 45 Smith Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . SNORE 250 & Midnight Special . . . . .. . . . . . .. 2 Chenowth. Rebuilt engine, water-cooled Fox shocks, Jeff Fields trans, all the good parts. Lots of of spares. 8 extra tires & rims, extra front end. Finished Mint & Nevada 500 in '88, '89, '90. Reliable and good looking machine. $5,500.00 Call Jim (805) 270-0528 or Craig (805) 943-7266. August 1991 FOR SALE: Front pre-run bumper; powder coated black with aluminum end caps. $160.00 Call (213) 949-9494 (work) Brian. WANTED: Stock ball joint and link pin spindles cores. Small or large quantities. Call Steve at Station 1. (602) 272-9333. Mr. Stidcer . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Toyota Motorsport . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . Bade Cover Toyota Motorsport ..................... 19 Trackside Photo klc. . • . . • . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . 55 Trail Blazer . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 T ri•Mil Industries . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. • . . .. . 41 Utra Vlotieel .. . .. .. . .. .. . • .. .. .. .. .. . 11 Valley Pelformance • Hevvland . . . • . • . . . . . • • 51 VORRA Yerington 250 .. .. .. • .. . • . .. .. .. . 5 'Might Place • .. • .. .. .. . .. . • .. .. .. .. .. 30 Page 63

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