1991 Volume 8 Number 9 Dusty Times Magazine : simplebooklet.com

Volume 8 -Number 9 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. Otake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Matt Marcher Jan Flick Mazzenga Michael Ross Bob Rule 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 September 1991 CALJFORNIA RALLY SERIES rROFESSIONAL ■ AMERICAN ■ CANADIAN Off-ROAD \l RAC~N6 ""~ --,,ILLa OffllOAD DCHG aDOH _,.-·:~~ ~.., Subscription Rate's: . . $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is.not responsible for such material. 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Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 9130L I OF THE MONTH ••• '1 I In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page HORA Fireworks 250 .............................. 12 VORRA Virginia City 200 .......................... 22 Off Road Wars Battle 1 in Phoenix ................... 24 Jack Rabbit 150 in Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Max ......................................... 27 Spring Run 101 ................................... 28 Glen Helen Off Road Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 World Championship Rally of New Zealand ........... 40 La Rana Lucerne Valley Jam 200 ..................... 42 Australian Sea Lake Mallee Rally ..................... 46 SODA Fox Riverfest in Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Philip J. Krause ......................... 4 Trail Notes ................... .. ................. .. 4 CRB Report by George Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Happenings_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Pony Express ................................. _ .... 37 The Losers by Judy Smith ........................... 37 Pit Team Reports - Checkers & Chapala Dusters ....... 51 Good Stuff Directory .............................. 52 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Ad Index ......................................... 59 ON THE COVER-Walker Evans repeated his 1990 overall victory at the Fireworks 250, this year running the big Dodge pickup in Class 1/ 2. Evans ran virtually trouble free and led the race almost from flag to flag, leading all four laps overall and he won by a huge margin of 26 minutes, slowed only by one flat on his way to victory. Walker had more to smile about as teammate Brian Stewart arrived first in Class 8 and fourth overall, about half a minute away from second overall. Roger Mears was another repeat class winner on the rugged Fireworks 250 in the Nissan that looked just as tidy at th<! finish line as it does here. Roger won Class 7 ·by nearly two hours, and so swift was his pace across the desert that he finished fifth owrall, just two minutes out of fourth 0 / A. Mears sure enjoyed the l!Xtra powl!r from the six cylinder engine. Color Photography by Trackside Photos, Inc. /\~ ~ DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $15.00 o ~ears - $15.00 D . 3 _years ~ $35.00 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS -NEW SALES TAX!!!!!!!! The Fireworks 250, on fourth of July weekend is always a race that happens near Barstow, CA in threl! digit temp<!ratures, so this sign on the Barstow Holiday Inn just before race day was a surprise, to say the least, reading minus 175 degrees at 5:23 in the afternoon. Actually it was plus 113 degrel!s at the time. Our alert cohort John Calvin just had to take this picturl!! DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. H you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or 8x 10 will_ be considered. I I I I I I I I I • 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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SOAPBOX Spectating the 1991 H.D.R.A. Fireworks 1.50 By Philip]. Krause I realize that you don't publish "letters" from your readers in a regular column, however, outside of venting my outrage with C .O.R.V.A. regarding the treatment of spectators at the H.D.R.A. Fireworks 250, I'm turning to you for a sympathetic ear. And maybe in some way, these thoughts might be in line with those of your fantastic publication and find their way to other avid readers/ off roaders. Accompanied by nine other diehard off road race followers, I attended my 10th H .D .R.A. Fireworks 250 this past July. However, this particular race was to be very different than the previous nine I've attended. Not different in race action or excitement. Not different in the friendly people who spectate and work in the pits. It, in fact, turned out to be very different in the way that spectators were allowed to view the day's race event ... from start/finish or at Pit E near Slash X. That's it! Our group, the Barstow Beach Club fully intended to observe the race from mile· 10 near Stoddard Wells Road. Armed with a course map from the previous year's race, we arrived in Barstow Friday night. Three of our hearty group ran reconnaissance to find a quality camp site that would prevent us from inhaling dust during the entire race. Once a spot was located near mile 10 and camp was completely set up Saturday morning, we were greeted by a friendly Bureau of Land Management Ranger. The Ranger went on to relate to our group that the Stoddard Valley "Open" Area as designated by B.L.M. was "closed" for the day. Left a bit baffled by his apparent redundancy, we asked why. He handed us hastily made xerox copies with the "new rules" of race day reaffirming B.L.M. 's position. Moreover, he kindly warned us that should we fail to move, other enforcement rangers would be by prior to the race to cite us and impound our off road toys. With his words indelibly etched upon our minds, we packed up camp and headed to the "designated" spectator area at Pit E. After setting up our camp for the second time on Saturday, we braced ourselves for the first buggies and trucks to come storming past mile 48, our new outpost. They did come storming by ... dust storming ... and the dust reduced us to tears and goggles. Growing tired of unrelenting dusting and the severely dimin-ished visibility of the racers, we safely crossed the course to 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 Page 4 ~,~, SWi . ~ ~~ 011&1"t.\. c, ·The Off-Roader's Choice· • E-Z ur INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 seconds! NO missing parts NO center poles NO ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics Instant Pit Shelter La Rana Contingency Sponsor E-l UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ INC. 1044 N. Cole Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90035 CALL: 213 • .t62 • 1468 spectate from the "safer" side. T his tim e t h e B.L.M . and H.D.R.A. Officials were on us like flies on dung to move back to the "designated" side of the course. Aside from the "desig-nated" side of the course lacking visibility for spectators and drivers alike, it was also a very high speed portion of the course. Combined with the dust situation, the speed aspect made for a potentially unsafe spectating area. And there we were, thinking that the whole idea was to keep spectators in a safe area to watch the race. Go figure. This situation was beginning to sound as annoying as a badly scratchec record to us, and the dust made it taste worse. My point to this ongoing race day fiasco is simply this, spectating at open course desert events is being phased out. I imagine that it will go the way of dinosaurs and prerunning ... · extinction. What hurts even worse was the selective enforce-ment of the "new rules" that B.L.M. issued. For example, and without naming names, I person-ally witnessed the following: Motorcycles, A TC's, Quads and buggies being operated in the pit area, even though their use in this manner was prohib-ited by the B.L.M. on their "new rules" for race day xeroxes. Special people, who for some reason were allowed to stay on the undesignat~d side of the course throughout the entire day and night. Three near misses between race vehicles and other cars who were crossing the course at con tro lied locations. I don't fault the immature flag persons who allowed cars to cross, but the B.L.M. who had four Rangers sitting idly by sipping coffee and eating donuts. And since I brought it up, those four B.L.M. race cruisers who sat stationary for hours on end weren't enforcing any of the "new rules" which they had put into effect for the day, save to say that they put our group in it's place. I, along with our entire road club enjoy open course desert racing. We can greatly appreciate the cost of insurance and the apparent liabiliry of promoting and running an event of this size. But how can an open area, that I helped pay for with my green sticker registration fees, be closed selectively? In 10 years, we have not had one major injury in the desert and have helped more racers at our camp sites (pits with duct tape and bailing wire) than we all can remember. Not everyone who goes out to enjoy the event is irresponsible, drunk and stupid. We care and we'd like to help insure that this type of spectating will continue for the Barstow Beach Club and Lawn Lizard Society and everyone else. After all, the M.T.E.G. stadium series is fine, but let's remember its predecessor. V ol~nteers are invited to climb on their "Soap Box" and fill this space with their thoughts about what is good and what is not so good about the state of the sport. Your words, ·short of being libelous, will be printed. So send along your praise or damnation on your Soap Box topic to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry At1e., Sui_te o, Ag~r_'!, CA ~130!. September 1991 Trail Notes THE HDRA-BUMP sh,irt coursl' rncl' at Willow Springs on Sl'ptember 6-8 is a definite go, as thl' two promoters arl' going ahl'ad with thl' plans despite the lack of a major sponsor. Anyonl' out thl'rl' who might like to see their company name flash by the ESPN cameras should contact HORA fast about sponsorship. This will bl' anothl'r east ml'l'ts m:st shoot out in many classl's, and the action will be wdl worth braving th,· dl'sl'rt to watch. Chl'ck thl' ad on page 11 for full information. THE SNORE 250 racl' cdebratl'S its 22nd hirchday on Sl'ptl'mbl'r 28, and it will be another classic dl'Sl'rt l'vent from SNORE. Rl'gistration and tl'ch inspection will take placl' at the (-;old Strikl' Hnr,·1 :ind Casino in m,·tropolitan Jean. Nl'vada on Friclny. stnrting at fuur in th,· aft,·rnnon. Prl' l'ntri,·s :trl' encourng,·d as thl' drawing for starting numhl'rs will h,· hl'ld on Sl'ptl'mbl'r 14. a $100 deposit will gl't you a starring numhl'r. :111d , lt1l' prl' l'ntry will draw thl' lucky numbl'r and gl't a frl'l' ,·ntry. A goo,I ,k·:11 of thl' racl' rout,·. starring a fl'w miles north ofjl'an, will bl' the saml' as that of I IDRA 's l,old Coast 300 so you can get a good prl'-run for that by cornpl'ting in thl' SNORE 250. SNORE has a :;enerous payback, about 60 percl'nt. and thl' h:111dsoml' Mini Ml'tal C halll'ngl' bonus of $1.000 is again ,,ffl'rl'd hy Jol' R, ,ssi Tir,·s and Y11kohama t<> fast tinw in thecombinl'd 7, 7S. 7 4x4class, but thnotating$500SNORE bonus will go to a surprisl'd class winnl'r. Thl' compliml'ntary drivers' awards brunch will hl' hdd at thl' Gold Coast Hoed & Casino in Las V,·gas, as usual. Call thl' SNORE Hot Line for up to thl' minute info', (702) 452-4522. TOYOTA TRUE GRIT POINTS -Troy I krhst of Las V,·gas, NV holds a slim lead in thl' Toyota Trul' Grit contl'~t aft,-r five of thl' l'ight racl'S in thl' HORA-SCORE dl'Sl'rt racing Sl'ril's. Aft,·r th,· rir,works 250 1-fl'rhst has accumulatl'd an awragl' Spl'l'd of 47.76 mph in thrl'l' racl's. C losl'ly 11r,·ssing him is veteran Corky Mdvlillin, who has an avl'rag,· spl'l'd of 47.021 in thrl'l' races. Third overall, Larry Ragland kads thl' I-ll'avy M,·tal division, with an average speed of 44.06, completing all fivl' ran·s. Doug Fortin Jr. lic-s fourth overall at 43.98 mph, completing four ran·s. Thl' mini pickup division leadl'r is now Roger Ml'ars with a four race avl'ragl' spl'l'd of 39. 52. Thl' ,·xclusiw fic·ld of eligible drivers vying for the yl'ar end Mill'stonl' Awards was par,·d from 21 to 17 at Barstow. To bl' l'ligibll' for thl' Toyota Milestonl' award you must complete every racing mill' in all l'ight dl'sl'rt Sl'ril's l'Vl'nts. YOKOHAMA 6-50 CLUB -With nw of thl' ninl' 6-50 points raCl'S donl' for 1991. Frank Snook is hanging on in thl' kad with 164 points, with th,· Dodge boys Walkl'r Evans and Rod Hall til'd t~,r Sl'Cond at 162 points. Forml'r champion Corky McMillin is fourth with 136 points and anothl'r forml'r winner, Danny Lt:tner is tied at 120 with John Thul, closely followl'd by Jim Fishback Sr. at 115 points. The numhl'rs drop off fast from thl'rl'. but in thl' top 15, in order, are L'lrry Smith, William Church. L,·Roy Van Kirk, Dan Blain, Ed McLean, Tom Martin, Jim Sumnl'rs anJ Oak Shirll'y. A roupll' dozcn morc drivers have earned 6-50 points so far this yl'ar. Only thl' bcst six out of thc ninl' events count for a drivl'r·s yl'ar l'nd points position, and thl' four racl's still to come are the HORA Nl'vada 500. thc SNORE 2 SO, thl' HORA Gold Coast 300 and the SCORE Baja l000. Thl' gold, silver and hron:l' ml'dals will hl' presented to the top three overall at thl' SCORE-HORA awards ban4ul't on December 7 at thc Gold Coast Hotel & Casino in L'ls Vcgas. THE BUDWEISER 5TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA TRUCK JAMBOREE is coming soon on August 25 at th,· Orange ounty Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, CA. Some 500 entrics are cxp,:ctcd in this incrl'dibll' custom truck show. There arl' for too many activities to mcnrion thl'm all. hut thl'y include a rodeo, obsrack course skill challl'ngc, pit sropcompctitinn, seminars and even a number of off road racing truckl'rs will be giving drivin!-( tips. Admission is only$ IO for adults, $5 for juniors. and childrcn undl'r 6 coml' in free. Tickets are available in advancl' from Tick,·tmastcr and at the gatl' on show day. For 24 hour recordl'd event information mil (714) 364-1745. PARIS-MOSCOW-BEIJING - If you haw :1 frl',. month, this marathon raid just might be for you. On Sl'ptemher I. I()() I. 350 t,·ams rl'prl'Sl'nting ovl'r 26 countries will dl"part from Paris on a 27 day 4WD automotive adwnrur.:, taking them 16.000 kilometers across the Europl'an and Asian continl'nts to their ultimatc dl'st111ation - Beijing. This marathon raid, organi:l'd hy Rl'ne Merge and his MAPS organi:ation. and run unJl'r th,· aegis of thl' Fl'dl'ration Internationale du ~port Auromohill' (FISAJ prorniSl'S to h,· thl' race of thc century. The evcnt has the full back in~ of both thl' Autosport Fl'dl'ration of thc U .S.S.R. and the China Motor Sports Assm·1atio11. it promisl's ro hl' 4u1tl' an adventure. The computl'r manufacturl'r NEC is thl' primary corporatl' sponsor, and L'lnd Rover is thc official vehicle of thl' MAPS organization. For more information about this Raid. contact Paul Hutl'nko or Andy Wos in thc USA at Rallysport, Inc., at (20 I J 575-4144. GRR DESERT TOUR-The next GRR race is the "Forked Tongue 400" on September 28, near Globe, Arizona on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Four trips around a 60 mile course stretching from cactus to pines will be required of most classes, and the route holds high speed roads, sand . washes, rocky canyons, silt and mountains. Elevation changl's rangl' from 2,500 to 4,500 feet. There will be tech and registration on the Friday l'Vl'ning. The race starts at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Therl' is a ten hour time allowance for most classes, and lights are recommended for all. Going into this cwnr Tom Murray leads the series points overall. For detaill'd infornJation contact GRR, P.O. Box 40211, Phoenix, AZ 85067 or call (602) 263-5329. MTEG AT THE LA COLISEUM -Where Mickey Thompson produced the first car stadium race years back, the July meeting produced fewer entries than usual and the crowd also seemed down in numbers. as the economy sinks daily in southern California. But thc competition was as fierce as ever through all the classes, but the program was twice interrupted by infield entertainmt>nt. It made for a long evening, and the Sport Truck main event didn't start until midnight. It made one appreciate the Rose Bowl and the 10:00 p.m. curfew imposed by the city of Pasadena. We'll have the full blow by blow report next month on the l'vent, sponsored by Chevrolet, but meanwhile we can report that Ivan Stewart won his first main event title of the year in the new Toyota truck. followed in by Danny Thompson, Chevy; Walker Evans, Dodge, and Roger Mt:ars, Nissan. Frank Arciero, Jr. won the all Chenowth show in Supl'r 1600s, followed closely by Marty Coyne, Bob Gordon, Mitch Mustard and Marty Hart. Larry Noel beat all the UltraStock trucks to win the rriain event in the VW, followed by Tommy Croft, Jeep, then Tim Lewis and Brian Collins both in Porsches. Dusty Times

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Competition Review . Board Report By George R Thompson In search of a place to meet, the Competition Review Board for the HORA Fireworks 250 gathered. in the par king lot outside Rosita's restaurant at 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Apparently, the restaurant was not due to open until 8:00 and nobody had told the staff that we were meeting there. All eyes were fixed on the, usually resourceful, CRB Marshal who was frantically pounding on locked doors in an attempt to gain entry. Finally, a bewildered cleaning man opened the back door just enough for the Marshal and his band of merry men to stage a terrorist style assault on the hapless employee, taking possession of the bar area at the rear of the building. Once inside, coffee was demanded and the area was restructured to suit our needs. Needless to say, this quasi-military exercise woke us all up and we were in the mood for the first case when HORA Officials finally appeared. The Board Administrator was Frank Vessels. Members included J.D. Ward Class 10, Steve Martin Class 1/2, Tom Neth Class 5-1600, Stuart Chase Checkers Off Road, Spencer Low Class 7S, George R . Thompson CRB Marshal, Jerry Bender HORA Race Director and Danny Cau HORA President. Two scheduled members of the Board, Administrator Mark Milleron and Tom DeNault were unable to attend. Milleron had some last minute business come up and will be rescheduled for the Nevada 500 and DeNault was excused to return home suddenly to attend to an important family matter, with the understanding that his first born child would be dedicated to the members of the Fireworks 250 Competition Review Board! Before hearing any cases, Steve Martin came forward to make a statement and was promptly pressed into service as a member of the Board at the conclusion of his comment. A Comment about Bumper · Heights. Steve Martin asked to address the Board on· the subject of Bumper Heights. "About seven miles off the start, I got passed by Walker and had no problem at all, but when we got to Slash X a Class 8 truck popped us real good. I'm not really complaining about how he hit us, although he could have tapped us a little lighter, but the problem is the height of the bumpers on those trucks; he damn near went over the top of my cage." "For what it's worth, HORA is looking at a minimum/maximum bumper height specification, but it didn't get implemented in time for this race", commented the CRB Marshal. "I was on the Nevada 500 CRB last year and we had some problems with bumper heights then", commented J.D. Ward. "That's when it really came up; some of the trucks have them slanted in such a way that when they hit you they just crawl up over the top of your car." "They are too high, but I don't want to take up too much of your time: You guys have plenty to do here, but I think you should think about the bumper heights". "Danny, about the lights, I think they are great except at night; they are glaring and they need to be directed down or louvered, but in the daytime they were great." "Yeah, some of them were not true fog lenses. I noticed that a lot West Coast Distributor· fOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE . $695.if(f GEARS AVAILABtE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89100 700/873-1~ McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 6 of guys weren't running the correct lenses, but at the Nevada 500 we are going t.o put a maximum intensity on the light of 55 watts max and 25 watts minimum. Also we will be requiring the fog lenses." The Board debated the merits of the new rear safety light system for a while, but all agreed that the system seems to be a positive step in the direction of safety. HORA vs. #617 -Unsafe Driving. Evan Evans was protested · and disqualified by HORA Officials for multiple safety infractions. Evan was represented· at the meeting by Phil Fareio, his co-driver. Apparently running without brakes #617 allegedly ran through Checkpoints 3, 5 and 6, destroyed the road crossing signs at mile marker 58.8 and climbed up the back end of Mike Lesle's Jeep, although there was no official protest filed on this last incident. As it turned out Fareio was not in the car at the time of these violations, although he said the car had some brake problems and eventually stopped to make the necessary repairs. Unfortunately for this entry, by the time the repairs were made, #617 had left a series of major infractions in their wake, causing HORA Officials to disqualify them on the spot out of concern for the safety of their checkpoint workers. (#617 Chevy Blazer is operated by hand controls-ed.) In discussing this case Danny Cau said that, beginning with the Nevada 500, anyone running with faulty brakes will be required to stop at the checkpoint and make immediate repairs. HORA vs. # 105 - Backwards on Course. Brian Collins is no stranger to the Competition Review Board, on either side of the table, and at the Fireworks 250, Brian apparently broke a torsion bar, just past the checkpoint area near Slash X. Rather than coming around the rear of the pit area or waiting for his support team to come to him Collins turned around and proceeded backwards, right down the middle of the course at a high rate of speed and returned to his pit, a distance of about two miles according to HORA Official Danny Cau who witnessed the entire incident. Ironically, several members of the Board were present at last year's Nissan 400 Board, when Collins, then a member of the Board, had made a strong argument for the disqualification of Robby Gordon, for a similar offense, although Robby had only traveled about 100 yards. About this time the Board heard the protest of #562 who had been abusively nerfed by Collins, apparently before the other incident, somewhere around mile marker 45 in an area where the course was 40-50 feet wide, with plenty of room to pass. "My entire bumper was com-pletely caved in and there was just !l.O reason for it. I had just been passed by two other cars with no problem and the dust was blowing across the course so visibility was not a problem." The Board was anxious to focus their attention on these incidents and it was with considerable regret that we discovered Brian Collins had failed to appear to answer these serious charges. In a unanimous vote Brian Collins was September 1991 disqualified. HORA vs. #1617 -Checkpoint Violations. Failure to stop at Checkpoints 5 and 7 were the charges leveled at Craig Stewart and Marty Fiolka, drivers of # 1617, by HORA checkpoint Officials. On the surface this was a simple case. Since # 1617 had run two checkpoints, they had committed two safety infractions. A safety infraction is a major penalty and two such infractions are grounds for automatic disqualification. However, Stewart pleaded that he had no brakes and beyond that his throt-tle return spring had gone away and the throttle was sticking. While either one of these prob-lems would consitiute an unsafe vehicle, in combination the car was so hard to handle that even the young Stewart admitted that it was unsafe. Almost everyone who ever ran a checkpoint uses the "no brake" defense, and this is roughly equivalent to the "He needed Killing" defense now famous throughout Texas. On its own merits, which are few, this defense seldom works, but in some rare cases, a brilliant presentation might be effective. The Board and the Sanctioning Body are tiring of this excuse, however, and it may have outlived its usefulness as a believable excuse. Combined with the 'sticking throttle' defense, there was no chance that #1617 was going to find any sympathy in this Board. Many of the Board members have owned VW powered, limited cars and none could understand why Stewart didn't have a supply of throttle return springs on hand to repair the sticking throttle syndrome, given the known weakness of this particular component! Everyone on the Board felt that he should have pulled over to repair the problem, long before he was flagged for running through two checkpoints. Stewart was unanimously disqual-ified for committing two safety related infractions! BLM vs. #700 Support Vehicle - Excessive Speed. Speeding on Stoddard Wells Road was the complaint filed by a BLM Official against one of Manny Esquerra's Support Vehicles. According to the written complaint: "At approximately 5: 10 p.m. BLM Ranger Tom Rappanotti, while on patrol on Stoddard Wells Road, observed a chase vehicle, a Ford with the number 700 in the window, traveling at an excessive speed recorded at 55 mph. BLM Ranger talked to driver and asked if he had been informed of the 30 mph speed limit: Driver stated No!" Manny was on hand to discuss the matter, however, the BLM Ranger was not! The Board discussed the case with Manny, who knew nothing about the incident since he was racing at the time, and impressed on him the importance of informing his · crews of the last minute rulings announced at the Driver meetings. The Board was troubled by the fact that the BLM Rangers are given.the power of a race official and yet they seem to feel no obligation to appear at the CRB meeting to testify in these cases. Obviously, their absence makes it impossible for the Board to question them and often makes it impossible to make a fair determination in the case. In this case it was decided to send a letter to Esquerra advising the team of the importance of these special rulings. The CRB Marshal will also send a letter to all BLM offices advising them of the importance of the appearance at the Review Board of any protest-'ing officer. In a case filed by Officials at Checkpoint 5, the team of Smith and Kennedy# 1602 were charged with failure to stop at that check. In discussing the case with driver Larry Smith, he said, "On the second lap I realized that I hadn't stopped on the first lap. I was ; following a Class 7 truck and I was having trouble getting gears. I found a gear going uphill and followed the truck up and we went right over the top together. Honestly, I never saw the lights and I never saw the signs until I was already over the top." According to Danny Cau, who had discussed the matter with checkpoint officials on the scene, "they had some cars going through there two or three at a time, and the last car would blow enough dust to where they couldn't see the car that was stopped in front of the stop light." The checkpoint official, who had appeared before, had verified that #1602 had indeed come up on the tail of a truck and after some discussion, this case was dismissed and no action was taken. In another case brought by Doug Perrault, co-driver with Rich Richardson in entry #900, Hartmut Klawitter, #505, was charged with abusive nerfing. According to Doug, he was at the 15 mile marker, on his final lap, when suddenly and without warning he was blasted by Klawitter, who was way down and trying to make up time. While this incident resulted in some minor damage to the body work on the Class 9 car, the outcome of their race was unaffected by the crash. According to Klawitter they had been running in a group of cars for some time. It was dark, it was dusty, the road was filled with ruts and the Class 9 wouldn't move over to allow the unlimited car the opportunity to pass. Finally Hartmut seized the moment and moved up to tap the 9 car to let him know his intentions,. prior to making his pass. At the last moment the 9 car put on the brakes which caused the tap to become a collision. This is the kind of case which always confounds the Review Board. Here we have two veteran racers, both class champions with a clean racing history. There seems to be no direct evidence of negligence on the part of Klawitter; however, to bring Richardson/Perrault to file a complaint in this case there must have been a hell of a crash. The Board members felt that it was a racing incident, and we called both racers in and discussed the matter with them in an effort to resolve the incident. Whether or not this attempt at mediating the dispute was successful is difficult to say, but the competitors did leave the meeting shaking hands and possibly each had an understand-ing·of the other side of the story. The Fireworks 250 Competi-tion Review Board was adjourned at 9 :30 in the morning after meeting for 2½ hours. Dusty Timcs

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1991 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 274-0010 August 31, 1991 Snowflake Buggy Bash Aripine, Al October 12, 1991 Carrera de Rocky Point 250 Sonora, Mexico December 7, 1991 Sonoyta to Rocky Point Sonora, Mexico AMSA Jim Webb P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 (209) 439-2114 October 5, 1991 SuperCar Off Road Challenge Fresno Fairground Fresno, CA ARMSTRONG OFF ROAD JAMBOREES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95221 (707) 822-8508 September 13-13, 1991 Ghost Town Adventure South Lake Tahoe, CA/ Stateline, NV BADGERLAND VW CLUB, INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI54901 ( 414) 688-5509 ( All events located in Chilton, WI at the Win11egago County Expo Center) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) September 20-22, 1991 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, Mexico SUDS SHORT COURSE SERIES ( all events at Santa Veronica OHV Park Tecate, BC, Mexico) October 19-20, 1991 BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. September 28, 1991 Bonneville Challenge Wendover, USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R. 3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-lH0 (613)475-1102/Fax(613)475-3250 September 7-8, 1991 October 5, 1991 1991 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon, WI54520 (715) 478-2115/ (715) 478-2688 August 31 • September 2, 1991 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI NEW FROM DESERT T'z BUMP Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. West #108 Quartz Hill, CA 93536 (805) 256-8520 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Gary Luke, Director 13675 Spring Valley Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 ( 408) 779-3589 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 September 14-15, 1991 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ October 26-27, 1991 Rally School Gorman Rally Hungry Valley, CA November 17, 1991 Hollister Hills Rally Hollister, CA CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 9385 Florence Ave. Apopka, FL 32703 ( 407) 291-1215/ (305) 823-4487 September 1991 Talahassee, FL • lOO'fo COTTON BEEFY-T's WITH POCKET (Full color graphics on white. sizes Med. to XX) SEND ORDERS TO DESERT T'z 27324 CAMINO CAPISTRANO #172-175 • SHIRTS Si 5.00 EACH • PRICE INCLUDES UPS SHIPPING • PERSONAL CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS --NO COD'S CA RESIDENTS ADD 7 Nl'ri TAX Page 8 LAGUNA NIGUEL. CA 92677 • PLEASE INCLUDE NAME & ADDRESS • SHIRT SIZE • DESIGN ORDERED Septem_ber 19~1 October 1991 Sharpes, FL (Some dates are tentative) FUD PUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 September 28, 1991 Plaster City Blast 200 Plaster City East, CA December 31, 1991 Dunaway Dash 150 Plaster City West, CA February 15, 1992 King of the Desert Lake Superstition, CA April 4, 1992 Buzz Bomb 150 Plaster City East, CA May 9-10, 1992 Rock Around the Clock 24 Hour Enduro for Cars, Trucks, Buggies. Plaster City West, CA August 1, 1992 Superstition 250 Lake Superstition, CA October 3, 1992 Plaster City Blast Plaster City East, CA December 31, 1992 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA (All events in the El Centro, CA area) GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2339 San Bernardino, CA 92406 (714) 880-1733 · November 16-17, 1991 Off Road Challenge GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 ( 404) 253-1033 August 25, 1991 50mile Vienna, GA September 22, 1991 50 mile Vienna, GA October 26-27, 1991 Rules Meeting & 50 mile Vienna, GA November 20, 1991 250 mile Vienna, GA December 7, 1991 Awards Banquet GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Bob Moon · 915 So. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 665-0358/ (313) 996-9193 GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Keith Koesters 4605 N. 130th Circle Omaha, NE 68164 ( 402) 496-0846 -September 8, 1991 Castana, Iowa September 29, 1991 Castana, Iowa (All e~ts at Timber Ridge Ranch) GREAT WESTERN · POINTS SERIES, INC. Bertram Productions, Inc. 15073 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 Golden, CO 80403 September 7, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO October 6, 1991 Adams County Fairgrounds Denver, CO (All GWPS dates are tentative) GRR Golden Rule Racing P.O. Box 40211 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 263-5329 September 28, 1991 Forked Tongue 400 Globe, AZ October 26, 1991 Haunted Hills Classic Wickenburg, AZ HORA High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 September 6-8, 1991 Willow Springs Raceway Rosamond, CA October 11-13, 1991 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV December 7, 1991 Offroadsman Awards Banquet Las Vegas,NV HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Pat Roberts 878 Main St. Deadwood, SD 57732 (605) 578-1654 September 21, 1991 Deadwood Off Road Grand Prix Deadwood, SD October 19, 1991 Last.Chance Baja Wall, SD (All above dates for HPORRA are tentative) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (All events staged at the club grounds in Cleves, Ohio) KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB Randy Chamberlin 835 Wawn Road Kamloops, B.C. 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~MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 August 31, 1991 Oneekama, MI MICHIGAN SPORT BUGGY ASSOCIATION Keneth Coleman 742 E. Roosevelt Road Ashley, Ml 48806 (517) 838-4483 (All e11ents at Mc. Pleasant Speedway) MIDWEST OFF ROAD BAJA SERIES Rick Vasquez 1421 Lee Trevino D-1 El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 594-8266 All Desert Races MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING Tommy Bowling 19019 W. CR 128 Odessa, TX 79765 (915) 561-5222 "The Texas Challenge Off Road Points Series" (All e11ents at Notrees, TX) September 14, 1991 October 26, 1991 November 1991 Awards Banquet MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group P.O. Box 25168 Anaheim, CA 92825 14 938-4100 September 28, 1991 Mile High Stadium Denver, CO October 19, 1991 Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NV November 2, 1991 Candlestick Park San Francisco, CA NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION 11842 Jason Court Madera, CA 93638 (209) 486-4590 or (209) 266-5558 September 15, 1991 NMRA Championship Johnson, VT October 6, 1991 NMRA Championship Johnson, VT ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION R.R.4 Bancroft, Ontario, Canada K0L-lC0 (613) 332-4363 OUTLAW MINI STOCK RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 204 Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 (213) 375-4570/ (213) 719-7036 PAC OFF ROAD RACING P.O. Box 323 Seahurst, Washington 98062 (206) 242-1773 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. 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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 688-551 l 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 September 8, 1991 October 13, 1991 (All e11ents at Stephen11ille, Texas Speedu•ay) TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Camey, 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 September 14-15, 1991 ( Races at Colonial Valley Resorts in PA) VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 2810 W. 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Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 971-3730 September 14, 1991 Night Race October 19, 1991 Night Race November 17, 1991 Day Race December 15, 1991 Day Race Series Finale (All e11e11ts at Thrasherland, 117th A1-·e. & Glendale in Phoenix, AZ) FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP September 19-22, 1991 Rally Australia Perth, Australia October 13-18, l 991 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 e11ents 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, 5331 Derry A11e., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. JOIN Dusy Times

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HDRA 1991 FIREWORKS 1.50 Nighttime Racing Again, And Walker Wins By Judy Smith Photos: Tracl<siJe Photos Inc. Walker Evans scored back to back wins at the Fireworks 250 in the same Dodge truck. Walker led overall all the way in Class 1 /2 and overall had a trouble free race except for one flat on the Barstow course. Walker Evans, who's had to struggle a bit this season, won the HDRA Fireworks 250 overall, to give himself back to back wins at this mid summer desert event. Evans led all the way in his Dodge truck, taking the win in just five hours nine minutes and 47 seconds, 16 minutes faster than last year's time, and this year he ran much of it in the dark, because the 1991 Fireworks was a night race. Concerned about the smaller race entries this year, Danny Cau, president of the HDRA, decided to make racing "easier" for the racer, so he set it up as a one day event. The registration, conting-ency and tech inspection all took place on the Barstow College grounds, from 7 a.m. until 1 :30 p.m. on Saturday. There were two drivers' meetings, one at 10:00 a.m. and another at 12:30 p.m., so that busy racers could plan to go at the most convenient time. There was no impound, and no parade out to the start, which was at the Sidewinder exit off of the 1-15. And the race started at 4 p.m. with an 11 hour ti.me limit. It was, technically, one day, but it was an almighty long day, And it was certainly possible for the racer to schedule his arrival in Barstow for sometime on Satur-day morning, and still get everything done. If a driver could take Friday off there was driver registration before the event. during the evening, and there was The unlimited cars, Class 1/ 2, also testing in the limited test area, were the first to get the green flag, between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. That and, while Evans found himself in test area was open again on front, and running trouble-free, it Saturday morning, from 8 a.m. to wasn't going to be an easy race. He 1 p.m. There was, of course, no had Eric Arras, who'd lost his pre-running for this event, and power steering 30 miles into the even course reconnaissance from race, in a Raceco, only a ·minute an airplane is verboten now. and 19 seconds behind him, and When the maps were handed . Tim and Ed Herbst, in a Porsche out the drivers discovered that it Chenowth, were less than a was a 61.04 mile loop, mostly on minute behind him. In fourth old, well used trails, which place it was another Las Vegas touched at the Hodge Road Exit based Valley Performance car, area, then near the Wildwash with Brian Collins and Pat Dean Exit, crossed Stoddard Wells teamed in a Porsche Chenowth. Road, went up into the hills, . And fifth was Aaron Hawley, in zipped past the Slash X, crossed another Porsche Chenowth, and Stoddard Wells Road again, and also from Las Vegas, who'd went up to a point directly east of already had a flat front tire. the Lenwood Exit, from where it Evans also had one flat, when turned south and headed back to he hit a yucca tree, but he the Sidewinder Exit. Access for continued to lead, now with the pit crews was fairly easy, what Collins and Dean only 33 seconds with all the freeway exit pit areas, behind him, as Arras tired, and and there was also good access by headed for the pits, hopir;ig for a means of several dirt roads, which fix on his steering. Matt McBride, had a strictly enforced speed limit in Steve Holladay's Moulton, of 30 mph. recovered from a first lap exhaust The HDRA required a new, problem, was now third, about 45 rear facing amber colored light on seconds later. In fourth it was the each car for this race, hoping they Herbsts, while Mike Williams would help to prevent collisions had his Mazda powered Meco in in the dust. The lights were to be fifth place, only two minutes and on at all times, and there'd been a 23 seconds behind Evans. lot of grumbling and some Evanswashavinganearperfect scrambling while everyone tried day, especially enjoying the to find amber lights and get them performance of his motor, which installed in the last few days he'd decided to build in his own Brian Stewart took the early lead in Class 8, slowed a tad with a broken header, carried on sounding terrible but Stewart won the class in the big Dodge and also finished a fine fourth overall. Doug Fortin Jr. got his hat trick series Class 10 victory, having won the Nissan 400 and Baja 500 too, and he stopped only once at Barstow for gas and to install lights, and he was seventh overall as well. shop for this race, and his lead out of gas and lost an hour. Troy amounted to 11 minutes at the Herbst was third, 11 seconds endofthethirdlap,whichwasthe behind Smith, while Hawley fast lap for the race at 1:15:24.4; finished fourth, and Jason while second place was in the Baldwin, who soloed this event, hands of Morley Williams, brought his Porsche Chenowth Mike's father, who'd taken over home in fifth place, after welding the driving. Third place now was his shifter back on early in the Troy Herbst, another Valley evening. Performance team car, a Porsche Class 8 was once again second Chenowth, just under a minute off the line, and Brian Stewart, in back. And in fourth it was Jim the other big truck from the Smith, in his Valley Performance Walker Evans stable, the Dodge Porsche Chenowth, who was D-150, was in the lead early, but having some carburetion prob-only by a scant few seconds. Larry \ems on the rough parts of the Ragland had his Chevy looking course. Hawley, who'd ripped off fast, and only 17 seconds behind the front half of his floor pan, was him, while Michael Schuringa, in now back up to fifth place. Both a Ford, was third, about three and Ed and Tim Herbst and the a half minutes back. In fourth it Collins/Dean team broke on this was Robin Tulleners, in a Ford, lap. and Randy Salmont and Dave Evans cruised to the finish line Westhem ran fifth in their GMC. to take the checkered flag, Stewart broke a header, and his reporting no problems at all. He truck sounded so terrible that the was the first driver to comment spectators were wondering if he'd on the yellow lights at the finish, be able to finish. But it didn't slow and he said that they helped him him down, and, in fact, his second estimate his "high speed closing lap was the fast one for the class, distance" better, and that at night at 1: 16:31.1. And it was a good they were exceptional. Jim Smith, . thing he was moving so quickly, who had no serious problems, but because Ragland had recorded a would have liked better lights, lap that was only 4/ lOths of a finished second, 26 minutes later. second slower, and was still just Williams, who'd been second, ran 17 seconds behind him in second place. Westhem and Salmont were now third, 24 minutes later, and Schuringa was fourth, but was then never to come around again. In fifth it was Dave Bryan, in his Ford. Parker winner Jim Smith moved up late in the race in his Chenowth! Porsche and to his surprise ended up second in Class 1 /2 and a fine second overall. Troy Herbst had his trouble on the last lap in the single seat Chenowth/Porsche, and he finished thJrd in Class 1 /2 and overall just 11 seconds behind Smith. On the third lap Stewart slowed by about 10 minutes, knowing that Ragland was in trouble with a broken tie rod, and then a broken ring and pinion, which Sent him to the pit for a replacement. He finished the lap in second place, but 24 minutes down, and only six minutes in front of Westhem and Salmont, who were still third. In fourth it was Brant Shoppe, making a nice recovery after a dramatic rollover on the first lap, Page 12 September 1991 Dusty Times

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Dave Westhem and Randy Salmont moved steadily through the traffic in the GMC Sierra, got stuck in a ravine for a time but were second in Class 8. Barstow's own J.D. Ward got the Class 10 fast lap, led two laps then broke the exhaust and had a flat, but he salvaged second place and ninth overall. Rick Romans was another solo Class 10 racer in his Raceco, and he had some gear troubles, but moved into third late in the race and finished third. Lisa Dickerson and Scott Cameron had serious electrical trouble on lap 1, got that fixed, moved up fast and despite a nose stand on the last lap they not only finished but were surprised Class 5 winners. in his father's last year's Ford. And Bryan was fifth, a minute later. Stewart held his moderate tempo through the fourth lap, wanting to ensure his finish, and not needing to maintain that early breakneck pace. He took the flag for the win, and fourth overall, and caJne out of his truck a bit deaf, thanks to the broken header, but "stoked!". He had1 liked the amber lights also, declaring that they were "awe-some". Westhem and Salmont. were second, a half hour later, 1 followed in by Ragland, and then Shoppe, badly crumpled, and Bryan in fifth place. The third group to start the race was the biggest one for this event, Class 10, with 27 cars. At the end of the first lap the lead belonged to Barstow resident,J.D. Ward, in his Benton, and he had a skinny 10 seconds on Jerry Leighton, in a Raceco. ln third place it was Steve Reibel and Larry Job, while Doug Fortin, Jr., in his Chenowth, ran fourth, 13 seconds behind them. Roger Mears recor ed his second w n in a row on the Barstow course, having won Class 7 in 1990 also, and the Nissan never missed a beat, he had one fla t and also finished fifth overall. Cameron Steele ran a good pace in his lass 1-2-160 Raceco, took the lead on the third lap, had some link pin troubles, but scored his firs t victory in this tight running class since moving from 5-1600s. Dusty Times • Mike Zupanovich ran fifth in his JMR SS 43 seconds later. Ward recorded the class fast lap, 1:20:49.7 on lap two, and built his lead to two minutes and 17 seconds, with Leighton still second. Fortin had moved up to third,,30 seconds later, while Tom Schilling had his Jimco in fourth, followed by Steve Sourapas, in another Jimco, in . fifth. On the third lap Ward broke his exhaust and lost some power, but his biggest problem was having to run about 15 miles on a flat, which cost him about 10 minutes all told. Fortin, who had one flat, moved into the lead, with Leighton still second, a minute and 13 seconds later. But then Leighton wasn't able to complete his fourth lap. Ward was third at the end of the third lap, and Zupanovich, who'd had a -flat on lap two, was now fourth, while Rick Romans, who was soloing this race, ran fifth, babying his car a bit, since he'd broken his first gear. Fortin, who gets good informa-tion about who's running close behind him from his pits, was being told that they were right there, and he was feeling that he was pushing his lightweight car harder than he liked to. But he kept the pressure on, and made it to the checkered flag first. Ward was second, only six minutes and 57 seconds later, having lost an alternator belt on the last lap, too. Romans moved up to third place, while Zupanovich, who'd had another flat, on the last lap, was fourth. John Marking, who drove the fourth lap in Schilling's car, came across the line. fifth, only 29 minutes and 29 seconds out ot first place. This was the tightest Class 10 race since Parker, in January. The unlimited Baja Bugs went off the line next, and it was Lyn Mocaby and Dave Bonner who took the first lap lead, with the fast lap for the class, at 1:27:01.3 while nearly everyone else had some kind of problem. In second place it was Neal Grabowski, his brand new Jimco car behaving well, and then Doug Dawson and · Mark Bowman, in a '65 convert-ible, ran third. Fourth place belonged to George Seeley, Jr., and Lisa Dickerson was fifth, after losing her electrical system, and needing 45 minutes to rewire everything direct. On the second lap the lead had switched to Grabowski, who was still~ • COMPETITIVE PRICING • UNBEATABLE Q.UALITY EXCELLENT SERVICE LOUIE UNSER !JC/JG llv/J!S BOB M~ .§l{A{. • 71 ••• RADIOS FOfl RACING IONAL ~ ROCING • • \ L:,nyA.~ 9'f ~ r:r.rv;) TOYOTA ii~ 1ug11 \.hA1.\) RACING DEVEI.OPMENT R.L.H: ENTERPRISE unldenR~~Tts SHERMAN BALCH !Arre--/ RACING '\, t..:.~-· __ ... CENTERFORCE LESLIE•S DRIVEUNE SERVICE MASTERCRAFT THE WRIGHT PLACE; [HD:0RE] Ml,N0ESUTOffR0A0flTIWSloUTS CHENOWTH Mike Lesle Racing OVER $5,000.00 CONTINGENCY POSTED AT EVERY SCORE/H.D.R.A. EVENT Race Car Lettering • Racing Nurnbers • Custorn Decals • Silk Screening • Die Cutting • Signs • Magnetic Signs • Banners • Window Lettering 1B0B5 Redondo Circle • Huntington Beach, CA 92B4B 714/843-0444 • FAX 714/843-0143 September 1991 Page 13

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fourth. As Mears continued to have a problem free day, excepting one flat, his lead grew, and Esquerra's truck expired. Douglas was now second, and 17 minutes back, . while Waters was third and Racin : Gardner and Wade Conway, in a 'Ford Ranger, were fourth. Curt LeDuc had no troubles with his Jeep Comanche, took the Class 3 lead on the third lap, and took the win by 23 minutes, finished eighth overall and did his victory dance at the finish line. Mike Leste took the lead in Class 6 early in the race, had some serious challenges, but he stayed out front all the way to the checkered flag in the quick Jeep Cherokee. Mears lost some lights on the last lap, and he also flattened a tire. But he came close to real trouble about a mile from the finish when he lost his power steering. But he made it in, for an exceptionally fine fifth place overall finish along with his Class 7 win. Douglas, who lost his transmission on the last lap, and had to have a transplant, was second, almost two hours later. Russ Jones, who had developed a hole in his radiator, was having to add water as he hobbled along with no shocks and faded brakes to his third place finish. And Waters, and his co-driver, Jose Alvarado, finished fourth. i;rrunning untroubled, but had slowed by about 20 minutes. Mocaby and Bonner finished their lap on a flat, and in second place, and spent a long time in their pit, while LeRoy VanKirk and Rick Rowland were third now, making up some time after a long first lap. Dickerson was up to fourth, and now she'd lost her Pumper helmet motor, and her starter, and had had some flats, and Seeley ran fifth, after losing a half hour or so. On the third lap Mike Grabow-ski took over for his brother, and he held the lead, while Dickerson's co-driver, Scott Cameron, moved to second, about 18 minutes behind him. In third it was VanKirk and Rowland, a half' hour later, and Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter, who'd been down almost exactly a lap, had· caught back up some, and ran fourth. Seeley was still fifth, with an even longer lap this time. The'Grabowski's new car failed them on the last lap, and they lost both their clutch and power steering, and managed to get stuck · in a box canyon. While they tried to get going again, Cameron, who' cl· stood the car on its nose and tweaked the front end into an expensive pretzel, went into the lead, unknowing, and was struggling with no power steering. He got to the finish line thinking he was _about fifth, and wondering who had won. The Grabowskis got moving again in time to save second place, and finished only 14 minutes behind Dickerson and Cameron. The Klawitters were third, another 23 minutes back, and Seeley finished fourth over an hour later, followed in by Mocaby and Bonner, nearly another hour down. No other Class 5 cars finished. In Class 7 it was Roger Mears' day all the way. He and his Nissan had a lead of almost eight minutes over Manny Esquerra and his Ford at the end of lap one, with Scott Douglas, in the ex-7S Jeep Comanche, about two minutes further back. In fourth it was Russ Jones, in his Ford Ranger. A Winning Tradition In Off-Road Racing Bilstein gas pressure shock New Applications absorbers were first introduced to the Dimensions Valving American market in off-road racing in !!!cl H2, '2!i!!!2CIR112D £;1n.~2II, B12lz,l~2mR, the late 1960's. Over the past 20 AK1310 3/4"shaft 36.02 X 20.86 150/50 years, more off-road races have been 15. 15 inch travel won on Bilstein than any other shock AK 1320 3/4" shaft 33.00 X 19.48 170/60 absorbers. Today, with their proven record of 13.5 inch travel 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. Now Avallable -Repair and Revalving Services. Page 14 Contact: Motorsports Department BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road, San Diego, CA 92121 • 619/453-7723 For additional technical information and a complete catalog send $2.50 September 1991 Mears' first lap had been the fast one for this class, at 1: 1 7 :38.8, not far from the unlimited cars and Class 8 times, but his second lap, which found him having to pass slower classes, was about five minutes slower, although he continued to lead. Esquerra closed up a bit in second place, and Douglas was now nine minutes further back. Wayne Waters, who was driving a Ford Ranger that had been a Willie Valdez Class 7S truck, was now In Class 1-2-1600, the first lap leader was Mike McClune, in his Friend-Co, with just one second on Willie Melancon.in his Mirage. Running third, Gary Sewell and Dan Keller, in their Lothringer, were 15 seconds further back, and followed in fourth place by Scott Dave Ashley had a near perfect day in his Ford F-150. Although he flattened a couple of tires, he led Class 4 from flag to flag and had no problems, winning by a stout 43 minutes. ·~ ~ « ~,;~ Paul and Dave Simon survived a test run roll over plus an electrical fire race morning to make the start line in the Ford Ranger, and despite having to change an alternator en route, they won Class 7 4x4 going away. Bill Bunch and John Kearney broke up the factory domination of truck classes by taking the lead in Class 7S on lap 2, and anchor man Kearney came in the winner, by a 19 minute margin. Dusty Times

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Mike Zupanovich was right within sight of the leaders until he snagged a flat tire or two, but he took fourth in Class 10 and 13th overall anyhow. Neal and Mike Grabowski lead the middle two laps in Class 5 in Scott Douglas, still driving the ex 7S 4 cylinder Jeep Comanche the brand new Jimco Bug, but they got stuck after clutch and in Class 7, had to have a trans repaired on the last lap and still power steering failure on the last lap and finished second. _w_a_s_s_e_c_on_d_in_cl_a_s_s. _______________ _ Webster, in an ORBS, seven seconds later. Terry Jeffers and Gordon Fiske, in a Bruton, were fifth, 54 seconds behind him. But they never made it around again. McClune really stormed around on the second lap, recording the class fast lap, at 1:23:56.5, and increased his lead to 57 seconds, and now it was Webster i11 second place. He had 2 1 seconds on Sewell and Keller, wh o were s t ill third, while Melancon had fallen to fourth, 59 seconds further back. In fifth it was Larry Martin, in his NR W SS, almost four minutes later. On the third lap Cameron Steele, in a Raceco, who'd been steadily moving up, now went into the lead as McClune dropped to second place, 21 seconds behind him. Also driving at a steady pace was Brian Parkhouse, in a Mirage, who'd had a flat, and had lost some of his lights, and was now in third place, 48 seconds later. Webster's co-driver, Coy Brigman, was now fourth, and worried about a noisy c.v., while Martin held fifth place, his race uneventful except for two flats. Melancon had endoed, and dropped way back. Steele, who'd had to tighten his link pins a couple of times, maintained his pace, and took the win, just seven minutes and three seconds in front of Parkhouse, who moved to second when McClune broke on the last lap. Webster and Brigman, c.v. still in one piece, finished third, and Martin came up to fourth. Then it was Robby Gordon, who, with no pavement to race on this weekend, teamed up with his friend, Mark Manley, in a Chenowth, and in spite of a wounded motor, brought the car back in fifth place. Mike Lund had his Nissan Pathfinder in front of the Class 3 troops at the end of the first loop, with Dan Smith, in a Ford Bronco, about four minutes behind him, and Curt LeDuc, in a Jeep Cherokee, only two and a half minutes later. Dale White and Gene Perry were fourth in their Blazer. Lund continued to lead, cheered on by Bryant Hibbs, whose leg had been seriously injured while he rode shotgun at the Baja 500. Hibbs was comfort-ably ensconced in the Nissan pit, clipboard, stopwatch and radio at hand, and was deeply involved in talking the race car around the course. LeDuc moved into second place on the second lap, under a minute behind Lund, and Smith was third, about four minutes later, while White held fourth. Lund led well into the third lap, but then he had a flat tire, and he and his passenger, Brent Foes, not familiar with the routine, and not having had any flats for a while, Dusty Times took an overlong time to change Lund, and White was then 40 overall. Smith showed up 23 to the spare, and both LeDuc and minutes back, in fourth place. minutes later, concerned that Smith went by. LeDuc's time on LeDuc kept his foot stuffed in Lund might get in soon enough to this lap was the fastest for the the throttle, having no problems get the second place. But it didn't class, at 1 :21 :57. 7, and he had 11 that made him get out of the car, happen. Lund finished, saying he minutes on Smith at the end of the and took it to the checkered flag was "out of breath from trying to lap.Smithwasnineminutesupon for the win , and eighth place catchSm,ith",butbehindhimby a minute and 12 seconds. White and Perry were fourth, an hour later. ; :a: • • • 12 I .., f5 :E I .., • • II.I ::I ii ii i .. 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Brian Parkhouse stayed in the top five all the way in his Class 1-2-1600 Mirage, and moved to second on the last lap and finished second at the flag. FRT racers Scott Webster and Coy Brigman were right at home in the Barstow heat, and they ran tight up front in the ORBS and finished a close third in Class 1-2-1600. Dan Smith ran a solid pace in the Enduro Racing Ford Bronco, ran third in the early going, moved to second on lap 3, and finished second in Class 3. gr-had almost seven minutes on Mike Les le in his Jeep Cherokee, who ran second, three minutes up on John Swift, in his Explorer. Swift was beset by a minor, but irritating, leak in his • power steering, which was spraying fluid into the cab and onto his face shield. Leo Brown and Bob Ball had their Jimmy in fourth place. Don Adams and Larry Olsen, in a Jeep, had an electrical short that they couldn't find, and, thus, couldn't fix, and Danny Ashcraft, in a Ford Explorer, got one not very fast lap it was Evans, two hours later, but in, and was sidelined also. he was later disqualified by the Evans had some serious brake HORA on the grounds that he'd problems and dropped back, committed two unsafe driving while Lesle, having no troubles, infractions, by driving through moved into the lead, with Swift several Checkpoints with no second, stopping in his pit every brakes. Two safety infractions is lap, and Ball and Brown in third. grounds for automatic disquali-_j'L HORA Contingency Sponsor They ran in that position for fication. That moved Brown and the rest of the evening. Lesle, who Ball up to third place, and none of didn't even have a flat, took the the others finished. win, by three minutes, with Swift, Class 4 became a three car race also having no flats, in second when Timmy Pruett's Ford broke place. Swift had, however, lost all on the first lap. That left Dave his belts a couple of times. In third Ashley, in his Ford, Rod Hall in I 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.· ~£ '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 his Dodge, and Steve Kelley in his Chevrolet. Ashley took the early lead, and while he flattened a couple of tires on the rocks, he had no mech-anical troubles, and stayed in the lead all day. His quick time, the fast lap for the class, came on lap four, at 1:27 :58.8, and he crossed the finish line 43 minutes in front of Rod and Chad Hall. The Halls are still driving their old truck, as the new one is slowly being built, and the old truck is not quite up to par, and gave them some steering problems, but still managed a second place. Kelley, meanwhile, lost time on his first and third laps, but ran well in between, and finished a distant third, two and a half hours later. Class 7 4x4 started out as a 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. .i Larry Plank had a couple of early flats. but took the Mini Mag lead on the second lap, apparently had no more trouble, and sailed on to win by 43 minutes, and it was his fourth win in a row in the class. three car race, and only two of was the end of their problems. them managed to finish. Dave and . The car ran fine, and except for Paul Simon had their Ford Ranger changing an alternator at the end out to the test track on Friday of the first lap, they had no evening, and rolled it, breaking mechanical problems at all. And both the steering and the they led all day, starting with the suspension. Their crew worked fast lap for the class on lap one, at long hours to get it back together, 1:25:42.1. Jerry McDonald and and, although it looked crumpled, Jeff Lewis, in their Chevrolet, it was running just fine by were only six minutes behind Saturday afternoon. But then, themattheendofthefirstlap,but about two hours before the race, then began a series of problems, they had an electrical fire, and had which included flattening a tire on to clean up after that, and make a rock, and having their secondary even more repairs. They must suspei:1sion pull ap~rt, as well as have had their fingers crossed as changmg a leaf sprmg. They ran they took the green flag but that -second all evening, and finished ' about 58 minutes behind the Simons, for second place. Darren and Doug York, in a Ford, started the afternoon by going about three hours down, and, while their remaining laps weren't that long, none of them were trouble free. They managed to complete only three laps, major transmission troubles doing them in. Class 7S enjoyed a better entry, with nine trucks, and the first lap leader, with fast lap for this group, was Terry Brown, in his Ranger, at 1:33:23.1. He had only 12 seconds on Billy Bunch in another Ranger, who was about seven minutes up on Spencer Low in his Nissan. In fourth it ·was Malcolm Vinje in a Toyota, and Gabriel and Joseph Naranjo ran fifth in their Ranger. Chuck Johnson, who drives another Ranger, and is usually near the front of the pack, had rolled over early in the lap, and Willie Valdez lost over two hours with troubles in his Ford, while Jerry Whelchel and Dan Reynolds, Toyota, couldn't even get the first lap done. INFONOWS" 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 Pancho Bio and Sergio Gutierrez drove the Tubular Design Challenger Buggy up the charts to third in Class 9 on lap 3, but others misfortune was their good fortune, and they won Class 9 by twelve minutes margin. Bunch took over the lead on lap two, with just under four minutes on Brown. In third now it was Vinje's co-driver, Mark Hansen, who got in the truck early, so Malcolm and his wife, Michie, could head for San Diego and Malcolm's high school reunion. Low was fourth, and had broken an idler arm, and was having electrical troubles. And the Naranjos ran fifth. 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r.\;~t:.. -\; ~ John Swift had a good run in the Ford Explorer, but without the usual result. He lost belts a couple of times and finished second in Class 6. Malcolm Vinje, and Mark Hansen who drove the last three laps, took one of their best Class 7S finishes as Mark brought the Toyota in second in class. Defending Mini Mag points champion Charlie Townsley and co-driver Jim Harris lost a clutch and had a flat on lap 2, and ended up second in class. Midway through the race, John Kearney got out of the passenger , seat, and took over the driving in Bunch's truck, and held on to the lead, in spite of some slight difficulty shifting. He had about 23 minutes on Hansen, who now ran second, while Brown's co-driver, Bill O'Brien, was third, after a broken shock and a broken steering box. Meanwhile, Low, who usually has a co-driver, Paul DeLang, was alone this time, because DeLang was recovering from open-heart surgery. That meant that as the truck needed several new batteries, and a new alternator, Low didn't have his accustomed other set of helping hands, and he pooped out. John Ray took over the driving for him, and held fourth place, and the Naranjos were fifth. Bunch and Kearney took the win, finishing about 19 minutes in' front of the Hansen and Vinje truck, which came in second. In third it was Brown and O'Brien, six minutes later, and Low and Ray were fourth, followed in by the Naranjos. The Chenowth Mini-Mags were the next group to start, and Charlie Townsley put himself into the lead with the class fast lap, at 1:35:27.3, which gave him just a bit less than three minutes on second place Scott Steinberger. In third it was Frank and Steve Bristing, followed by Craig Southerland and Steve Lusk, and then Chris Garrett and Randy Long ran fifth . Townsley's luck didn't hold, and he had a flat, and broke his clutch, and Larry Plank, who'd had two flats already, moved into the lead on the second lap. He now had five minutes on Stein-berger, and Townsley ran third, 40 minutes later. Garrett and Long were fourth, and the Bristings, who'd rolled, were fixing a balljoint and A-Ami that had separated from the spindle. · Plank held his lead through lap three, and Townsley and his co-driver, Jim Harris, had moved back up to second, but a full hour down. Steinberger was now third, l0minutes later, and the Bristings were fourth, 12 minutes later, with Southerland and Lusk in fifth, as Garrett and Long broke. Plank made it four wins in a row, finishing 43 minutes in front of Townsley ancl Harris, who were second. Steinberger was third 15 minutes later, and none of the others could get four laps ·done. In Class 5-1600, Tom Neth, with the quick time for this class, at 1:39:06.2, to.ok the lead, and was just over two minutes in front of Mike Kalicki and Gary Haugley in second place. In third it was Joe Grier, and two seconds behind him was Alan Cook, with his brother, Darryl, riding along. In . Dusty Times fifth place it was Allen Bowen and when the pin came out of the latch Rick Pew. on his seat belt, and he lost a few Neth, who was driving all the minutes fixing it, and also way this time, was disconcerted dropped to second, as Kalicki and Haughley took over the lead with just under a minute on him. In third now it was Cook, 26 seconds later, and Grier was PICK YOUR PART W~ld'1 large,! Sell S!Nite Auto Wrackera l~Tl:l2•§ti0W§ MOTOll?Sr:>Oll?T Vll?OMOTIO!'lllil§ l!'lllilC:. Box 2910, Mission Viejo, CA 92690 Office: Mon -Fri, 9:00 am -5:00 pm, 714/364-0515 24-HOUR HOTLINE 714iJ64-1745 fourth, followed by Bowen and Pew in fifth. But they did not · make it through their third lap. lllr ~ BOSCH BOSCH fll·ffiartinez ~ RANCIIO ~ UGHlS PLATINUM Ald{)&Jdlt"''failfi ~ . ~ UJ~ September 1991 Page 17

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Scott Steinberger su_rvived the course hazards quite well this round, ran close to the leaders most of the way, but finished fourth in Mini Mags. The Cook brothers, Wayne, Alan and Darry( led lap 3 in 5-1600 action, but a pit error saw them run out of gas on lap 4, so they finished second by a few minutes. Joseph and Steve Grier hovered around third spot in Class 5-1600 all the distance, had a couple of flats on the way to finishing a good third in class. · dumbstruck to find himself coasting to a stop, and out of gas. And Neth, with only one light, HDRA FIREWORKS 250 JULY, 6, 1991 - RESULTS Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Class 1/2- Unlimited Single & Two Seat -22 start -11 finish 1. Walker Evans Dodge D 150 2 Jim Smith/Dennis Rogers Chenowth/Porsche 3 Troy Herbst (solo) Chenowth/Porsche 4 Aaron Hawley Chenowth/Porsche 5 Jason & Jim Baldwin Chenowth/Porsche Time 5:09:47 5:35:59 5:36:10 5:39:21 5:48:40 went by again, and all the way to # Pos. the checkered flag, where he 111 declared he was getting too old for 112 driving all the way. The Cooks 106 were second, just under three 107 minutes later. In third it was the 119 Griers who'd had only two flats Class 1~2-1600 - 1600cc Restricted Engine -22 start - 13 finish Travis Howard had his dad Earle riding along, and they got lost on home ground, but recovered from that and suspension woes to take the lead on lap 3 and Travis held it to the checkered flag in Class 11. On the third lap Wayne Cook oumre and Mike Molina had their took over the driving, and he colorful Bug with the surfboard moved into the lead, with about mounted on the roof in fifth nine minutes on Neth, as Neth's place. all day, and Alcouloumre and Molina, with no problems, were fourth. The Gaspers finished fifth, four minutes later. The Class 9 cars were led on lap one by Tony Cassetta, who recorded the fast lap of the class, at 1:40:23.7, in his mid-engined Sandwinder. He had three minutes on Rich Richardson in his Jimco, who was about five minutes up on third place Dale and Darren Ebberts in their Jimco. In .fourth it was Pancho Bio, in a Tubular Designs car, while Roy Prince and Josh Rider ran fifth in their Chenowth Baja Concepts car. Richardson took over the lead 1699 1 1612 2 1604 3 1606 4 1620 5 Cameron Steele (solo) Raceco SS Brian Parkhouse/Dave Massingham Mirage Scott Webster/Coy Brigman ORBS SS Larry Martin · NRW SS Robby Gordon/Mark Manley Chenowth Class 3 - Short WB 4X4 - 5 start - 4 finish 302 301 304 349 1 Curt LeDuc/Russell Winkler Jeep Cherokee 2 Dan Smith/Mike Bakholdin Ford Bronco 3 Mike Lund/Brent Foes Nissan Pathfinder 4 Dale White/Gene Perry Chevrolet Blazer Class 4 - Long WB 4X4 - 4 start - 3 finish 402 1 400 2 404 3 David Ashley/Dan Smith Ford F-150 Rodney HalVJim Fricker/Chad Hall Dodge W-150 Steve Kelley/Ben Metcalf Chevrolet K-1500 506 503 505 547 549 Class 5 • Unlimited Baja Bug - 8 start - 5 finish 1 Lisa Dickerson/Scott Cameron Baja Bug 2 Neal & Mike Grabowski Baja Bug 3 Hartmut & Wolfram Klawitter Baja Bug 4 George Seeley, Jr /Ty Godde Baja Bug 5 Kyn Mocaby/Dave Bonner Baja Bug Class 5-1600 -1600cc Baja Bug -14 start - 7 finish seat belt latch came apart a couple Cc:iok went into the fourth lap more times, and he was also in the lead, with Neth, wishing he beginning to regret deciding to had power steering, and with his drive the whole thing. He Pumper helmet motor gone, not seriously considered quitting, not far behind in second place. Then liking to have ~hat lap belt come Cook had the third flat tire of the undone every now and then. day, and Neth got past him before Steve Grier was now third; and he got it fixed. Still, Wayne Dave and Bill Gasper had moved charged hard and caught back up to fourth, while Vince Alcoul-and retook the lead, and then was. on lap two, with Bio in second 558 1 place, eight minutes back. In third 555 2 562 3 it was George Erl and Gary 598 4 Tom Neth/Craig Richards Baja Bug Wayne, Alan & Darryl Cook Baja Bug Joseph & Steve Grier Baja Bug Colbert, in a T-Mag, followed by 557 5 Cassetta, who then didn't·finish his third lap. Fifth place was held by the Ebberts brothers. Vince Alcouloumre/Mike Molina Baja Bug David & Bill Gasper Baja Bug UNDER THE BED TRIPLE SHOCK KIT 18" of wheel travel available, using 9" shocks. Fits almost any model pickup, Blazer etc .. . 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Bunch/John Kearney Ford Ranger Malcolm Vinje/Mark Hansen Toyota Terry Brown/Bill O'Brien Ford Ranger Spencer Low/John Ray Nissan Gabriel & Joseph Naranjo Ford Ranger Class 7 4X4 -Stock Mini-Midi 4X4 - 3 start - 2 finish Paul & Dave Simon Ford Ranger Jerry McDonald/Jeff Lewis Chevy S-1 O Darren & Doug York Ford Ranger (3 laps) Class 8 • 2WD Standard Pickup• 9 start - 6 finish 803 1 Brian Stewart Dodge D-150 805 2 David Westhem/Randy Salmon! GMC Sierra 801 3 Larry Ragland/Ivan Scoppettone Chevrolet 808 4 Brant Shoppe/Ed Autenrieth Ford F-150 807 5 David Bryan/Bill Loper Ford F-150 Class 9 • Restricted Buggy -14 start - 9 finish ' 908 1 Pancho Bio/Sergio Guttierrez Tubular Design 999 2 Joel Lee Stankavfch/Mike Currier Raceco 900 3 Rich Richardson/Doug Perrault Jimco 995 4 George Erl/Gary Colbert T-Mag 911 5 Robert MacDonald/Brian George 1009 1099 2 1025 3 Class 10 - Unlimited 1650cc -27 start -12 finish Doug Fortin Jr. (solo) Chenowth SS J.D. Ward/Gary Johnson Benton Rick Romans Raceco 1007 4 Mike & Jim Zupanovich JMR SS 1018 5 Tom Schilling/John Marking Jimco Class II -Stock VW Sedan - 5 start - 4 finish • 1198 1 Travis & Earle Howard VW Beetle 1102 2 Martin Garibay/Ulises Acevedo VW Beetle 1106 3 Alfonso Lacarra/Jose Pimental VW Beetle 1199 4 James Pierce/Dan Gaynor VW Beetle Class Chenowth Mini Mag - 7 start - 3 finish 1298 1 Larry R. & Larry W, Plank Mini Mag 1200 2 Charlie Townsley/Jim Harris Mini Mag 1299 3 Scott Steinberger (solo) Mini Mag 1203 4 Frank & Steve Bristing Mini Mag (3 laps) Starters -162 - Finishers - 95 Finish Ratio - 58.6 % 5:53:49 6:00:52 6:02:43 6:13:55 6:18:41 5:45:48 6:08:28 6:09:40 7:20:02 6:01:36 6:44:21 9:13:46 7:06:49 7:20:25 7:43:16 9:09:02 9:59:23 7:14:52 7:17:43 7:51:10 8:02:18 8:06:18 6:37:42 7:03:19 10:14:12 5:38:36 7:26:20 8:01:49 8:15:57 8:46:36 7:09:51 7:28:38 7:34:12 7:57:06 8:57:54 6:25:28 7:32:08 9:20:55 5:36:34 6:07:48 6:42:04 7:54:30 8:31:19 7:47:32 7:59:53 8:14:50 8:28:55 8:28:55 5:39:36 5:46:33 5:49:43 5:56;26 6:09:05 7:24:00 8:06:32 8:10:10 10:38:16 7:27:21 8:10:25 8:25:35 6:42:16 13525 LOS COCHES ROAD EAST 619-443-5833 Race Distance - 4 61 mile laps.(Class 11-3 laps• ) Time Allowance -11 hours Fast Time Overall - Walker Evans - Class V2 Dodge PU - 5:26:06 0/A 1 2 3 6 10 12 15 18 25 27 8 20 23 44 16 34 78 37 45 53 77 84 40 42 57 62 64 32 36 86 _5 46 61 67 74 38 48 50 59 75 29 49 4 19 33 58 72 54 60 66 69 69 7 9 11 13 21 47 65 68 Page 18 September 1991 Dusty Times

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Barstow boys Joel Stankavich and Mike Currier had a good run in their Raceco, a few flats on course, but they ran hard and were second in Class 9. Rich Richardson had the Class 9 lead midway, but later contact with a rock broke the rocker, and co-driver Doug Perrault arrived third in class. Martin Garibay and co-driver Ulises Acevedo led the first two of three laps in Class 11, but lost time in the dark with electrical woes and came home second. Richardson, who had no problems, handed the car over to Doug Perrault, and he lost the clutch when the rod that goes into the master cylinder fell off. Still, he maintained his lead, and had 12 minutes on Erl and Colbert who were now second, and Colbert was driving. In third it was Sergio Gutierrez, Bio's co-driver, less than three minutes later. Joel Stankavich and Mike Currier, in a Raceco, who'd already had a couple of flats, ran fourth, followed by the Ebberts brothers, in fifth. On his fourth lap Perrault connected with a rock that bent things badly enough to break a rocker, and while he was patching things up, he lost a couple of positions. And, simultaneously, Colbert was stopped with a broken torsion bar, so Gutierrez was able to get past them both, taking the lead, and the win, for himself and Bio. It was the team's first HORA victory. Stankavich and Currier, with one more flat, were second, 12 minutes later, followed in by Richardson and Perrault, and then Erl and Colbert, who were tied for fourth place with Robert MacDonald and Brian George. Class 11, which was required to run only three laps, was led by Mexican racer, Martin Garibay, who recorded the class fast lap at 2:09:00.1, to put himself seven minutes ahead. Alfonzo Lacarra and Jose Pimental, another Mexican team, ran second, followed by Travis and Earle Howard, who'd been lost. Michael Duenas and B.J. Bates ran fourth, followed by Jim Pierce and Dan Gaynor, the Stressed Racing team, in fifth. Garibay continued to lead through the second lap, with Lacarra and Pimental holding on to second. The Howards, who'd broken a rear suspension snubber, and also had a flat, were still third, but only 23 minutes behind the leader. Pierce and Gaynor moved up to fourth, but two hours down, as Duenas and Bates disappeared from the scene. On the third lap Garibay had an alternator problem he couldn't cure, and he dropped back, as Howard hit his stride, ran his best lap, and took the win. Garibay and his co-driver, Ulises Acevedo, finished second, about 40 minutes later, with Lacarra and Pimental third four minutes behind them. Pierce and Gaynor, who didn't have one clean lap, still managed a fourth place, a couple of hours late, and the last car to finish the race, just 22 minutes shy of the cut-off time. The consensus seemed to be that the amber lights were a good idea, but some refinement was needed. Some of them proved to be bright enough to annoy Dusty Times following cars at night, and some were aimed too high. But once they get them worked out, most drivers seemed to think they'll be helpful in preventing rear-end collisions. There were only a few items for the Competition Review Board to mull over, and none of them involved unnecessary bumping. The HORA officials announced at the awards presentation that they'd decided that from now on it would be necessary for any racer who'd lost his brakes to repair them before going through the next checkpoint. Failure to do so would result in disqualification. Danny Cau explained that they had had too many close calls, with the safety of the checkpoint workers seriously compromised as racers charged through the checkpoint hollering, "No GERMAN AUTO brakes! No brakes!" 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Larry Deaton came from Fresno to capture second in Class 1 /2, sliding past the rocks with ease in his newly purchased Penhall built race machine. The hills around Virginia City have some great race trails, and Sam Berri had a good run to third in Class 1 /2 and fourth overall in the Cobra. Tom Scahill and his crew put up a furious dice with the Hall brothers in Class 4 action, the best race of the day, but their Chevy finished second. VORRA OFF ROAD RACING The Virginia City 100 By Darrell Smith Photos: John Ames/Matt Marcher Patrick and Eric Verling won again in the Nevada desert, this time near home at Virginia City. They rolled once, did no real damage, and won overall by a good 13 minutes on the short but tough course. · Patrick and Eric Verling, Verling has quickly emerged as known to VORRA race fans as the team to beat on VORRA's Team Verling, ran away with the desert racing slate. The Verlings first place overall honors in the do not race VORRA's short Virginia City 200 last June 22, course events, preferring the with a ten lap elapsed time of longer desert courses of northern 4:55:54, out lasting the field of 73 Nevada, closer to their home base drivers. So, what else is new! in Reno, NV. With, convincing victories at The question that begs to be the Yermgt?n _4~0 la~t May and asked now is: "Can Team Verling now a_t _V1rg1n1a ~1ty, Team . pick up the hat trick, and sweep ~ · · _. ,11 th<ee demt rnc,s in the series?" Rest assured there will be I DE rJuNz1Q.))'" least 70 othe< dtivm who. will . RACING PAOOUcTS try to answer that question with a resounding "No" at VORRA's final desert event, the Yering-ton/VORRA 250, August 31 OFF-ROAD RACING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES for tree·catatog phone (805), 683-1211 Page 22 i through September 1. The Verling's Volkswagen Type 1 powered car and the 72 'other cars that filled out the slate had to take on the high altitude and brutally rock y terrain of Virginia City, which is just up the hill fro m Nevada's capitol in Carson City. A historic Gold Rush era mining town, perched at an e levation of 6 ,200 feet, Virginia City boasts not only more bars in a few main street blocks than any other town, but perhaps the most challenging course VORRA has to offer. Just ask the drivers of the 4 7 cars that did not finish. Then talk to Sam Berri's co-driver Heidi Burckart, who said "This course is rough. It's pretty miserable." The race route starts off innocently enough with a straight quarter mile stretch of blacktop that runs past the old Virginia and Truckee railroad station. The track then heads out of Virginia City on winding dirt roads before hitting the rocky hills that make this course so tough. What goes up must come down, and the Virginia City course is no exception. As the drivers make their way down the back side of the course they encounter a steep down hill section laced with switchbacks before assaulting the Six Mile Canyon, a wide, fast section of the route with a slight up hill grade that leads back to the start/finish area in town. The drivers complete the 20 mile loop ten times to make up the 200 miles. Sportsmen and Class 9 cars complete just eight laps. As in Yerington the Class 2 cars hit the course first with Sam Berri and John Smith ( yes, that's his real name), holding down the pole slots. But it was Team Verling who bolted from eighth position to take the lead after one lap. VORRA officials later said that Team Verling picked up one position every two minutes on the first lap. The Verlings also had the best lap of the day with a searing 28: 10. The Team Verling car even rolled later in the race, but that was no problem for the Yerington 400 champions as they righted themselves almost immediately, losing little time. September 1991 Chad and Josh Hall had a good day in dad's much raced Dodge 4x4, a strong enough rig to carry them to victory in the 4x4 class and the second generation racers were third overall. A determined Larry Deaton in good; we just didn't go hard a newly acquired Penhall built car enough.'' Tho ugh with Berri's was anxio us to avenge May's fourth place finish, Class 2 didn't defeat at Yerington, and he was get the o verall s weep they heatedly pursuing Team Verling accomplished at Yeringto n, they throughout the afternoon . were able to capture three of the Deaton was within two minutes of first four slots. the hard charging Verling car in ' Only one C lass 10 driver the early going, but saw that gap survived all ten laps o n the stretch to nearly 15 minutes by treacherous 20 mile course, but lap 7. Deaton eventually had to Dale Smith did it in fine fashion settle for second place overall with a ten lap time of 5:41:21. with a strong showing at 5:08: 14. Smith secured an overall eighth Chad and Josh Hall, of nearby place finish on the day as well as Reno, put in a typically fine his second consecutive Class 10 performance, taking third overall victory. The win at Virginia City by a minute over the rejuvenated was especially sweet for Smith, Sam Berri. They were also fighting who had not enjoyed much off a furious challenge by Tom success there in the past. He had Scahill 's Chevrolet to capture finished the race twice in the last first place honors in 4x4 Class. six years, and finally got his first Rod Hall, proud father and win at this course. Though Smith second place finisher at the said his only problems on the day HORA Nissan 400 last March, were flat tires suffered on the was happy with his sons' rocky track, he conceded that performance in the Dodge 4x4 "It's a tough course to do well pickup at Virginia City. "I think on." Between the rocky terrain they are looking for my job," the and the number of broken cars on senior Hall said with a smile. the track, Smith said the course "They are training well and they looked like a battlefield. The win ran a good race." at Virginia City also bolstered The Hall brothers have been Smith's Class 10 points lead. quite successful in the first half of Jeff Eachus completed only the season, taking first place in nine laps, but that was still good Class 4 at the season opener at enough for second place in Class Hollister Hills in April, just weeks 10 competition. VORRA stalwart after their father took second in Rick Philastre was only able to Las Vegas. Chad and Josh complete seven laps before followed that with top five overall mechanical problems forced him finishes at Yerington and Virginia to retire. Except for two relatively City. slow laps, 44:07 and 51 :55 on You would think after the laps 4 and 5, Philastre's times d ifficulties Sam Berri faced at were in the 30s all day and he Yeringto n , he would be quite seemed poised to mak e things pleased with his performance at interesting down the stretch. Virginia C ity. Not only did he Philastre took third for his efforts have the type of outing a driver in Class 10. needs to get into the top five The Class 1-2-1600 entry put overall, strong, consistent with fourteen cars on the track. It was few mechanical or mental errors, O lsen Racing who took the class but he also came this close to victory and an overall fifth place taking third place overall honors with a 5:26:46. Ask drivers what from the Halls. But, ever the wins races in the desert, and they competitor, Berri wasn't happy will likely tell you the secret is with his fourth place overall finish hard, consistent driving with few or his time, a n impressive breakdowns . Olsen Racin g 5:20:43. " I thought we'd do followed pretty close to that better ," Berri said. "I'm dis-script in a strong performance appo_inted. W e wl!n~ along p_retty that saw them finish the 20 mile Dusty Times

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Dale Smith, who also won at Yerington, was the only survivor in Class 10, not only taking the class win. but also eighth overall in his VW powered car that coll1c1cted a few flats in the rocks. Jeff Eachus was in good shape as he headed down the mountain in this shot, but his Toyota powered Raceco was second in The Olsen Racing Funco, driven by Canadian Roger Caddel, did strong and consistent lap times. no trouble, and not only won Class 1-2-1600, but finished a quick fifth overall in the race. Class 10, covering just 9 laps. Charging downhill here the Jack Bonesteel car, driven by M,ike Bishop was in the Class 9 lead fight until a wrist injury on Mike Livermore and crew did a nice job in the Sportsman Novice class, and they got the job done winning their eight lapper race handily. Gerald Croft. had no down time all day, except for gas and a lap 4, then co-driver Gordon Tarbell did a great job bringing the quick check, won Class 9 and took over the class points lead. car in second. --------------------,--,----,,---laps in times no slower than rate to take its toll on other Ghia or big name endorsements. 34:52. The team of Willa-drivers." Thisisabandofdo-it-yourselfer~ man/Canonic had a very good Meanwhile, the war raged on in an organization that prides day also, taking second in 1-2- for the VORRA Class 9 points itself on that quality. Ghia 1600 as well as seventh overall title. Mike Bishop vs. Jack Monster's slow and steady, let's with a ten lap time of 5:40:24. Bonesteel every month at a track have some fun approach to racing ThefirmofHavlickandMortjustj near you. Bishop, a three time may not always land them in nipped the team of Arden and • Class 9 overall champion, was victory row, but sometimes Perry Dennington for third place able to hold onto a slim lead over they'll come out of the brush and honors, taking home a 5:50:21, Bonesteel with a third place finish surprise you. Jon Creasy, driver three minutes ahead of the at Yerington in May even though of the Ghia Monster put it pretty Denningtonsattheflag. Bonesteeltooksecondatthe400. plainly, "We may be the While the Halls took first again But Jack Bonesteel won over Deadhead car, referring to the in Class 4, they didn't have an BishopattheVC200,andhemay logooftheGratefulDeadpainted easy time of it by any stretch, have wrested away the points lead on the roof of the car, but wt thanks to the aggressive driving of from Blue Max Racing for the didn't die." Tom Scahill 'steam in their Chevy time being. Does the Bonesteel The Creasy and sons car piloted truck. The Halls and Team Scahill team wantthe 1991 overall points by Glen McAroncameouton top were running first and second all championship? Just ask Gerald in the Sportsman Veteran Class day. You needed a magnifying Croft, who drove the Bonesteel with an eight lap elapsed time of . glass to compare their times, and car. "Every January 1 it's my 4:29:50. McAron, fourth in the the Chevy even had a 30 second mission to get Bishop." overall points standings for his lead on lap 6. The battle of Dodge Bishop was running strong all class was very happy with the vs. Chevy was proving to be the day, with lap times averaging in boost this win will give him as well most exciting of the day. The the low 40s and was giving the as the way his car performed at . Halls regained the lead with Bonesteel car all it could handle Virginia City. "The car ran lightning quick times of 30:56 when a wrist injury forced him to perfect all day long", McAron and 30:28 on laps 8 and 9, but give· way to co-driver Gordon said. "It ran like a top." Though . Scahill just wouldn't go away, Tarbell after lap 4. As he was McAron is fourth in class points, . remaining just minutes behind. driving down the big mountain on the Virginia City race was his first The Chevrolet was poised to : the back side of the course, complete run in more than a year. make its move when it blew two Bishop twisted the wrist, knocking The battle for second place was tires on the final lap, forcing them him out of the race for the day. a virtual photo finish with Mike to make a costly pit stop, thus Out of injury came opportunity Gertsen's car coming in just eight opening the door for another Hall for Tarbell, Bishop's co-driver the seconds ahead of Dick d' Amato's triumph. pastthreeseasons. He finished the VW Bug. T.J. Gregory, Gertsen•~ The Scahill team, who hail final four laps for second place. co-driver, seemed to be relievec from the San Francisco Bay area Even Croft was impressed with that she survived the course at all, city of San Rafael, saw their first Tarbell's outing. "I thought it was never mind the second place VORRA action of the year at Bishop so I wanted to get him honors. "The course is real nasty Virginia City after racing in good." Croft, who took the and real physical. It took Oregon during the first half of the Bonesteel car to victory row with everything we had and the car ran · year. If their performance at this a 5:31: 17, was obviously elated excellent." Sean Cook, who had a year's 200 is any indication, {[earn with his day and with his position disappointing outing at Yerington, Scahill will be one to watch the as Class 9 points leader. "We had did a lot toward building his remainderoftheVORRAseason. no problems and it was a confidence with a strong fourth Don German, battling a severe wonderful day." Croft also down place at Virginia City, crossing the head cold and a disastrous firstlap played the difficulty of the course, finish line in 5:31:54. in which he crossed the start/ fin- saying it is short enough that you Only two of the 18 cars entered ish in 1:15:31 falling quickly to can remember it. The points lead in Sportsman Novice completed last place in 4x4 class, fought back battle will now shift to Sacra-the required eight laps or 160 with a gutsy effort. Driving hard. mento July 28 for the VORRA miles. Mike Livermore crossed and making up for lost time, Summer Sizzler short course race. the finish line first with an elapsed German kept his remaining laps Sacramento is Bishop's home turf time of 4:44:50. The Nickell and well under 40 minutes and came and he'll be anxious to take back Mack team came across the line in out with an impressive third place the lead in front of a hometown 5: 16:58. Bart Hadel took third showing. Faced with a broken crowd. place on the day. Tim Mack and steering box and the loss of his The Ghia Monster team, who Chris Fallin, who won the Jeep's 4WD capabilities, the placed at Hollister Hills, butdnf'd Sportsman Novice class at never-say-die German wasn't too at Yerington, got back on track Yerington in May, saw a burnt worried. "You can't quit. You've with a third place finish in Class 9 valve and subsequent engine fire got to run consistent laps and at Virginia City. You won't see putaquickendtotheirfrustrating you'vegottowaitfortheattrition. flashy p~int jobs on their 1957 • day. 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"It went great tonight. The car worked great, no problems!" said Stuart. " I had to work pretty hard in the second heat after I got tangled up in the first turn. Then I ran the car real hard and ended up with second. The main seemed pretty easy after that. I w.ant to thank Joe Bedore and Sunland Custom Buggies, Bob, Mark, Lynn, Theresa, and Kim from Weld-Tech Fabrication." Thrasherland 's race course begins in front of the main grandstands. Down the front straight and around turns one and two brings the racers onto a rough and muddy back stretch. Turn three of the oval turned into a tight 180 degrees left and into the infield. An off camber right then leads to the approach of a big flyaway jump, and upon landing, racers can choose one of two lanes. The left lane makes a big sweeper and heads over a pop-up jump and a tight 180 degrees back onto the front stretch, while the right lane begins with an extremely tight 180 degrees onto a rough straight and a sweeping 180 degrees back onto the front stretch. The action started on the first lap of practice with a wild collision between Pro Tom Murray and Limited Buggy pilot Todd Taylor, whose car flipped as a result. Luckily, pride and pocketbooks bore the brunt of the bruises, but Murray was on the trailer with his left front suspension sheared off while Taylor and crew worked fever-ishly and in vain to repair their September 1991 ·'':". -~ ·--._~,~~:'!<, ':'.· ~-..::$.:..=~ John Stuart dominated the Amateur Open Off Road class, winning one heat, and taking second in another heat, then came back to lead the action flag to flag in the main event. stricken entry. The first round of heats saw the Odysseys and Pilots hit the track. Jeff Taylor put his nearly stock Ody out front, with Tony Osuch second in his highly modified Ody and David Griffith third in his Pilot. Lap two saw Osuch and Griffith charging past Taylor, with Griffith in the lead by the next lap as Osuch had a rear tire losing pressure. Osuch was able to hold onto second until the fourth lap, when he headed for the pits with the tire ready to flop off the rim. Griffith went on to win handily. Next up were the Baja Bugs, with John Chafey taking the hole shot over Greg Nelson and Roy McCrea. Chafey, first time out in his new Baja having moved up from the Limited Buggies, won easily with Nelson second and McCrea a DNF. A combined Pro/ Am A TV heat came next with Jesse Lopez taking the Pros and Henry Gano the Amateur win. Only two racers were entered in the Pro Stadium 1650 class. A couple of racers joked they still hadn't fixed their cars from the last series, and Bill Barkdoll told us he'd sold his car and didn't have a new one yet. Zack McKinley was at the wheel of the Spencer Products Special ("But with his own transmission!" noted car owner Dan Spencer), while Steve Cheuvront put his desert Chenowth on the grid. This was McKinley's first bout in the Pro ranks, having campaigned a "Fun Buggy" in the last series. And he was determined to lead, grabbing the holeshot. But Cheuvront passed him on lap two and held off McKinley high and low for the rest of the six lap heat. The "Fun Buggies" have been rechristened Limited Buggies and now the class has a $1,000 claimer rule for engines. Eleven entries were split into two groups for their heats, and in the first, John Montgomery shot into a big lead while Rodney Hayes and Tony Osuch battled for second. Ron Dalke was fourth throughout and Terry Wibel, son of GRR chief technical inspector and VW wiring wiz Jim Wibel, ran a respectable fifth in his first turn at the wheel of a race car. Dennie Lee was unable to complete a lap. Heat 1B of the Limited Buggies saw Michael Wright take the lead only to break on lap two, with John Lee then holding off Greg Williams and Matt Dunn 'ti! the final lap, when Williams squeezed by for the win. Teddy Mink then beat out twelve competitors to take the Open Motorcycle heat. Eight .racers were signed up for the Amateur Open Off Road battle and were split into two groups. Travis Sellars shot into the lead in heat lA with some high flying antics as he took the "jump" lane in the infield that most racers had avoided. Rustin Edens was second, Curt Froelich third and Pat Meenan fourth. Froelich got on his side and block-ed the course, so a restart was in order after he was righted. Sellars fell to the rear on the restart and Edens grabbed a big lead. Meenan soon flipped in turn one and landed on his roof, Froelich went out with engine troubles as did Sellars and Edens ran the last two laps alone. Heat lB belonged to John Stuart, who led flag to flag while Vicki Allison got around Chris Suljic for second and Roger Mann was a "DNS", having left the track with Tom Murray before racing began. In the second round of heats, Griffith and Taylor put on a good show in the Ody/Pilot class, but the Pilot of Griffith took the win easily. John Chafey led his second heat again but only for three laps as Nelson came back from a bad start to catch and pass McCrea. Then on lap four, Cha fey spun out with a broken tie rod and McCrea broke a spindle, so Nelson cruised on alone to the checkered. In the second Pro/ Am heat, late-comer Dustin Richards dominated the Pro ranks while Bart Hendershott led the Am-ateurs throughout. This time out, Cheuvront led the Stadium 1650's flag to flag while McKinley used up his transmission trying to catch him, and barely had enough gears left to get on the trailer. Dalke took the lead early in the second set of Limited Buggy heats with Montgomery second, Lee third, Wibel fourth and Osuch fifth. But Montgomery took over the lead for the duration on lap three. Hayes dominated the final Limited Buggy heat with Dunn second while Williams and Wright tangled, putting Wright out again. Alan Violette grabbed the holeshot in the second motorcycle heat but Mink was soon around him for the win. In the final Amateur Open Off Road heat, six cars vied for the win. But Meenan, Sellars and Stuart tangled in the first 180 degrees, and Allison took the high line to pass her competition and take the lead. Suljic was now second, Edens third, with a gap Dusty Times

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Rod Hayes drove his B.B.R. T. rail type special to the main event victory in the Limited Buggy battles, and he also won one of three class heat races. John Chafey gets his giant trophy for victory in the Baja Bug main event in his new race car, having just moved up from the Limited Buggy class. Zack McKinley was flying high in Stadium 1650 competition until his tranny cried "uncle!" after the torrid action in the second heat for this class. Greg Williams earned a heat win in the Limite_d Buggy class, but a stall on the starting line put him down a lap and out of contention in the main event. Bugworld's Rustin Eden won one of the Amateur Open Off Road class·heats, but he faded later and did not figure well in the main event results. Terry Wibel took a turn at the wheel of this Woods Challenger and took a respectable fifth in his first race in the Limited Buggy class competition. back to Meenan, Sellars and Stuart. Meenan moved up to second, and Stuart had worked his way up to fourth. Meenan then broke and Stuart got around Suljic for second, trying to catch and pass Allison. But she defended her position well and took the checkered with Sellars third, Edens fourth and Suljic fifth, having spent some time high-centered on a haybale. Before the main events, members of the Society for Creative Anachronisms put on a display of medieval fighting in the infield. They appeared to take almost as much of a beating as the typical off road co-driv.er and wife, my main sponsors". receives. The Limited Buggies were next, Taylor caught Griffith napping with nine cars taking the green flag atthe start of the Ody / Pilot main for eight laps. Williams stalled on and built up a big but short lived the line creating a traffic jam lead. Griffith soon chased him behind him and Hayes had led the down and passed Taylor by the chase around again before end of the first lap, to lead all six Williams got rolling. Montgomery laps in his Apache Honda was second, Dunn third, Wright Westbacked Pilot. fourth and Lee fifth. Hayes was Nelson got out front first in the not to be challenged as Montgom-eight lap Baja main, with Chafey ery's motor was off key, but he second and McCrea third. But on managed to hold second. Dunn lap four, Chafey started charging finished third, Dalke fourth, and snuck by Nelson for the lead Osuch fifth and Wibel sixth. and the win. "Things went great Down a lap were Wright, Lee and today!" said Chafey. "The Baja Williams. Hayes was pumped sure handles a lot better than the with his win. "Good race!" he rail did. I'd like to thank my mom, exclaimed. "Flawless, thanks to Parker Auto Parts and BBRT, the Beer Belly Racing Team!" The A TV main came next and it was Richards with the Pro win while Gano took the Amateurs in a quick parade. Bobby Belluzzi ran away with the motorcycle final while heat winner Mink worked his way up to finish second and Violette took third. With McKinley on the trailer, Cheuvront picked up a bye win in the Stadium 1650cc main for his Fod Fab/ Arizona Transaxle/ Show 'n' Tell Video/ SuperSeats by Beard/Trick Fuel/Fox/Off Road Communications sponsored Chenowth. BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING & YOKOHAMA BRING YOU THE BONNEVILLE CHALLENGE 200 And so the evening's racing closed out with the Amateur Open Off Road main. As mentioned earlier, Stuart domin-ated, leading flag to flag with Allison second. Suljic was third for the first half, but slowed, and Sellars took over the position to the checkered. All in all, a great night of racing, and Whiplash thanks its sponsors -Brandwood Cars, Sunland Custom Buggies, Woods Off · Road Products and Coors. I The second event in the series, I slated for August 17th, shbuld be history as you read this. And we'll try and bring you all the highlights in a future Dusty Times. ADDITIONAL PURSE PUT UP BY OUR ·CO-SPONSORS SEPTEMBER 28, 1991 WENDOVER, USA OUR LAST RACE OF THE 1991 SEASON POINTS SERIES SILVERSMITH HOTEL & CASINO STATELINE HOTEL & CASINO RACE SITE IS EAST TO EXIT 4, THEN A MILE NW TO STATE GRAVEL PIT ***POWDER PUFF FOLLOWS MAIN EVENT*** "OVER THE HILL" DERBY FOLLOWS POWDER PUFF REGISTRATION & TECH FRIDAY 5pm TO 9pm SATURDAY 7:30 am TO 9am SATURDAY DRIVERS MEETING 9am RACE STARTS AT 10am FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT JIM BAKER AT BORE 801-627-BORE Dusty nmes September 1991 Page ts

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TEXAS CHALLENGE OFF ROAD SERIES Jack Rabbit 1,50 Text & Photos: Tommy Bowling 00 OOl Tom tarr just barely made it to the race from New Mexico, but he did start his first ever off road race. and he carried on in his Hi Jumper to not only win Class 6 but he won the Sportsman category overall. 12:51 followed by Walker at Schneider. Starr was leading 12:86. The Sportsman Class saw Schneider by 5:22 at this time. Schneider's Sprint Sport car Schneider had twisted his wrist come in with the fastest first lap at during practice and was obviously 13:64 followed by newcomer slowed by the injury. Both drivers Starr at 13:81. Mapp and his were maintaining good laps and it homebuilt finished the lap at was still anyone's race at this 16:38. All the drivers got through point. the first three laps without any Back in the Pro Class it was a problems to make for a really three car race after 14 laps. tight race. Maness was leading Robertson by Myron Mills figured the handicap just right, moved to Pro 3 class this race, had no trouble at all with his 1600 racer, .and carried on to the checkered flag for the overall victory on time/laps completed. John Mapp was unable to 17:65 and was up 16:46 on Mills complete the fourth lap and was on time, but still needed to lap the first entry out of the race. him plus make up a minute to win Walker came into the pits shortly the race. At this time Mills had after that completing his fourth five laps to go and Man,ess still had lap with a rear flat tire on his car; about seven minutes to make up, after losing about -11 minutes he and he was picking up the pace was on his way again and three with the course now in total laps later he made his fastest lap of darkness. The Jack Rabbit 150 night race marked the halfway point in the Texas Challenge Off Road points series organized by Midwest Racing, Inc. It was the most exciting race so far this year as the competition continues to get better and closer each race. Two first time off road drivers also entered this race, and one came away a winner. There was also a good possibility that this race would produce the first two time Pro winner of 1991. The start time for this night race was at 7:00 p.m. and the computer had calculated that it would require three hours and 20 minutes for the overall winner to complete the 150 mile race. The course at Notrees, about 25 miles west of Odessa, was eight miles in length and the Pro 1 cars would have to make 19 laps, Pro 2 would do 18 laps and Pro 3 would have to cover 17 laps. The Sportsman entries would do 14 laps. It is all designed to bring all the winners to the checkered flag at about the same time. First off the line was Cecil Robertson competing in Pro 1 with Scottie Dearmond co-driving. They lefgt at precisely the appointed time of seven p.m. and the race was underway. Next off was Clifford Walker driving a Chenowth Magnum in Pro 2. This was the first desert event for Walker since 1987 and he was hoping to make a good showing. 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The Funco entry of James Martin was up next and Martin had installed a Rabbit motor in the Funco sincethe last race and felt very confident of the capabilities of the car and new engine after pre-running. Martin had also moved down to Pro 2 with the switch. Myron Mills started next in his 1600, running in Pro 3 .. Mills had won the Sportsman Class last month and decided to move to the Pro Class for this race. The #728 entry of Frank Schneider was off the line next in Sportsman 7. Schneider made the comment earlier in the day that he would finish all 14 laps, and the car had looked very strong during the afternoon practice. John Mapp, driving #32, started behind Schneider and was driving in his first ever off road race. He was entered in Sportsman 6 and would also have to make 14 laps. Another newcomer, Tom Starr had entered his Hi Jumper in Sportsman 6, and he too was competing in his first off road race. The first lap was a good one for all the drivers, and Maness set fast lap for the race at 11:22. Martin was second on time at 11:95, followed closely by Robertson at 12:02. Myron Mills was in at the night with a time of 12:03. However, on the very next lap a Martin's Funco pitted on the fifth lead developed in the oil cooler lap for a driver change as Mike forcing Maness to pit. The pit Swinney climbed into the car. crew were frantically trying to Swinney had not driven since adapt a cooler off of another 1987 and he had teamed with buggy while Mills was merrily Martin that year. After six laps sailing along with Dearmond also Maness was leading Robertson by making up time in the motorcycle #: 11 and Martin by 6:04 on time. car. The pit stop for Maness took Mills was trailing Maness by 8:01 almost an hour. When the car on time and Walker was another returned to the track, with 20:58 back. This put Maness Tommy Bowling driving, it was in ahead on time but Mills in the third place, and Myron Mills was 1600 was actually leading, having on his final lap to the checkered to run two laps less than Maness, flag in _the 1600. Dearmond was and Martin was running second completing his 17th lap in having to make one less lap. Robertson's car and needed just a Robertson pitted on the couple more to claim second seventh lap for a driver change place. and also to install his light bar. At the finish it way Myron The team lost about 6½ minutes Mills and the 1600 Pro 3 car that before Scottie Dearmond was claimed the overall victory in back on course again. Two laps 3:43:22. Scottie Dearmond, co-later Walker's car was out of the driving the Cecil Robertson race with Maness still leading on entry, finished second in 4:08:08. time. Maness had lapped all other The Maness and Bowling car entries to move into second place completed two more laps before behind Mills after ten laps. Mills retiring the car as another oil leak was driving a very consistent race developed and they finished third and Maness would have to lap overall. James Martin was fourth him one more time, as Mills in Pro Class and Clifford Walker needed only seven more laps to was fifth. For the fourth time in as finish. Martin had a stub axle many raced a different driver had come loose on the Funco just won the Pro Class. By winning before he completed his 12th lap this race Myron Mills also and he was finished for the night. remains undefeated in this series, Meanwhile in the Sportsman winning for the second time in a Class it was a two car race between row, having won the Sportsman newcomer Tom Starr and Frank Class last time. Frank Schneider drove his first complete race despite a bad wrist, and he finished all the laps for the first time and was second in Sportsman class. 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Cecil Robertson and Scottie Dearmond drove the motorcycle engined car fast. and with no serious trouble they were second overall and first 1n Class 1. Jim Maness set fast lap of the race. but a leaking.oil cooler cost time and he and Tommy Bowling finished third overall and second in Pro 1. James Martin had a chance to be the first double Pro winner. with a Rabbit. engine in the Funco. but a loose stub axle spoiled his race. and he was awarded fourth in Pro class. The Sportsman Class finished as it had been running since the second lap, with Tom Starr in his Hi Jumper completing the 14 laps and winning the race in a total time of 4:00:52. Finishing second and making all 14 laps was Frank Schneider in his Sprint Sport with a total time of 4:09:08. John Mapp was credited with third. 0 n c e again a 11 the racers ev_e_n-t,-a-nd-we will have reports on enjoyed a great day and night of both of them coming in a future racing in the "Texas Challenge" issue. This series runs well into Off road points series. This event November so check the Happen-was followed by on on July 13, ings column for exact dates. and in August it was the second The Texas Challenge has a keen annual Rock 'N Roll 250. An handicap system for the various overall cash prize was posted for grades in both Sportsman and Pro the overall Pro and Sportsman classes, and so for it seems to be winners for the August 9-11 working very well. In fact last July The Max Provides Multi-Purpose Hand Tools Within A Compact Package Bv / fomn E1th,01b Off roadL'rs, morL' th:m any othL'r group of individuals Sl'l'l\l t O f i 11 L1 t h L' 111 SL' I V l' S i I\ s () I\ 1l' prL'carious situations. 1 he ">hL·er nature nf off roading 111L\llls th:it you will get your vL·hick stl1, k. In fact, getting a vehicle swck t.1kvs . , ,, l very little effort. Rut nne is usually ama:ed at thL' ingL·1rnity required to remOVL' thL· ,·L·hick from a given situation. 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TRUE VALUE STORES SPRING RUN 101 Celebrating Summer In Crandon, Wisconsin By Judy Smith Photos: John O'Shea/Deb Freimuth J;'' == The single seat - O class ,s always fut , an a 27 here head through the second turn over the built in lumps in ' formation, with Greg Smith, center and John Greaves leading the herd; neither did well in this event. The small town of Crandon, The three day Spring Run 101 situated on a defunct farm of280 Wisconsin celebrated the summer has the same format as the fall acres, is surrounded by grassy solstice, the longest day of the Brush Run, with Friday for sign hills and green trees. The 1. 7 mile year,bygettingreadyforsomeof up and tech and racing on track,alldirt,windspastacouple the hottest racing in off road. Saturday and Sunday. There is a of small ponds, around an old The weather had been summer-brief "pre run'' on each race quarry, and back into the trees for warm for a couple of weeks, but a morning, when cars of similar a bit, before returning to the long cold rainstorm suddenly dropped classes are allowed out on the straight and the infamous temperatures to downright chilly, course together for about 20 downhill right hand Turn One while the rain made a mud bog out minutes to get a feel for things, that the locals say they never lift of the course, eliminating the but other than that, and the traditionalFridaypracticeand Friday hot laps which didn't "hot lap" competition. But it happen this year, there's no long didn't dim the spirits of the destructive practice session. The competitors any, as they put the races are each approximately 20 finishing touches on their cars, minutes long, and the cars cover checked out their competitors, from 10 to 12 laps, depending on and snuggled up to their thespeedoftheclass. campfires. The race course, which is Chad Ramesh got the early lead in two seat Class 11 action that opened the program, and he increased it to where he was lapping back markers on his way to winning the 10 tapper. for. There were entries from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Canada, Arizona and California, as well as Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, and many of them were returnees, who'd had so much fun on a previous trip, that they just had to come back and try it again. All were anxiously watching the weather reports for Saturday, hoping that the surprise storm would blow over and be gone, because it could put a severe crimp in things if there was a downpour. Saturday dawned overcast and cool, but the forecasters were saying there'd be no rain, and the weather was • expected to warm up. And warm up it did, right along with the racing. The producers of this exciting show, under the direction of Cliff Flannery and Jim Conway, of Crandon, plan a tight schedule, and ·stick to it, so there's very little quiet time once the show has begun. The first race at 11 a.m. Saturday, was for the two seat Class 11 cars, with 23 entries. These are buggies based on stock VW components, with a pas-senger riding along. Competition is close, but this time Chad Ramesh, who runs smaller rear tires than any of the others, pulled out into the lead right away, in his Homebuilt chassis, while Mark Steinhardt in a Gilson, and Glen Mathews in a Friday chassis, ran behind him. Damaged cars, like Mike Allen's, with a broken spring plate, began to fall by the wayside, but Ramesh held his lead. Mathews moved into second place, with Keith Berard, in a Friday, moving up to third place, as Steinhardt dropped .back to fourth. A lap later Ramesh continued to increase his lead, and Steinhardt regained third place. Meanwhile, Richard Woulff, in an adapted Chenowth chassis, was moving up through traffic, after a middle of the pack Glen Mathews started out third, moved to second midway and finished a close second in his Friday chassis in the two seat Class 11 competition. Art Schmitt does a lot of winning in the SODA Series, and he started the weekend by winning Class 10 in the Laser, later won Class_ 2 on Saturday and finished the meet by winning the Unlimited Challenge race . .. imiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;..-.,;;;= ==-=~~-;;.;;;;;a;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;...;; Richard Woulf started in the middle of the 2 seat Class 11 23 car pack, but he was up to sixth midway, kept going to take third in his Chenowth. Page 28 Brian Bernloehr ran third most of the 12 lap Class 10 race, but late in the game he inherited second and finished there in his Berrien Laser. September 1991 · Scott Taylor, left. followed by Mike Brue mix it up in 5-1600 action, and Taylor moved into second later, and finished second by 18 seconds. Dusty Times

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Jim VanDen Elzen also stayed close to the leaders in his 1-1600 Berrien, moved up midway, and he eventually finished the wild event in second spot. Allen Fannin ran from flag to flag in Class 6 almost on the winner's tail pipe in a nearly identical Chevelle, but Allen was second, four seconds back. Thorton Schultz bucks the Chevy trend in Class 6 and races a Mercury, and though he ran the late laps on seven cylinders, Schultz finished third. ---------,;~ Desert trucker Chuck Johnson has fun running 5-1600 in SODA and he led the class from flag to flag with fellow desert trucker Paul Simon riding along for a pre-run prior to the Class 7 race. start. On the fifth lap Ramesh started to lap the back markers, and Mathews held second, with Steinhardt still third. Woulff was up to sixth place. On the sixth lap it was Ramesh, Mathews, Steinhardt and Woulff, with long spaces between them. They held these positions for another three laps, but on lap nine Woulffhad moved up a spot, and now it was Ramesh, Mathews, Woulff and Steinhardt. And at the finish it was Ramesh, who said he thought the track was in perfect shape, and not muddy. He did his ten laps in 21 :46 minutes. Mathews, in second, agreed about the condition of the track, while third place Woulff said he'd just "kept 'er in third gear most of the way anq just let 'er slide!" Steinhardt reported that his right rear brake had been locking up, and slowed him down. They had all completed 10 laps. The second race was a com-bination of Class 10 and Class 5-Bryan Frankenberg followed the hot dogs in Class 1-1600 for over half the race, followed down fourth. and as they fell out or crashed in front of him, he led from lap 8 to the victory in his Taylor. It was a familiar story in Class 6. that had a field of 1 , all se ans, as ay Statezny took the early lead in his fast Chevy Chevelle, and Fay again led the class wire to wire to the win. Dusty Times 1600, with the buggies getting about a half lap head start, so they weren't· going into that first turn all together. In Class 10 the first lap leader was Lee Wuesthoff, in his Probst Laser, followed by Art Schmitt, in his Probst Laser, and then Jeff Probst, in another Laser. They ran that way for four laps, with Wuesthoff gradually stretch-ing his lead, and then, on the fifth lap he pulled into the infield, as his motor quit running. He picked up a rock and hammered at it, and it restarted, but in the meantime, Probst, who'd made a "smart move", to quote Schmitt, and gone around Art, moved into the lead, and Schmitt was still second. Wuesthoff didn't get any distance before his car quit again, leaving the other two to have all the fun. Probst now led for many laps, as Schmitt ran close behind him, and Brian Bernloehr, in a Laser that was overheating because he'd taken a hit and his pulleys were bent, followed in third place. Probst's car began to smoke a little on the 10th lap, and then he parked it off to one side, and it turned out that he'd lost a freeze plug and all the water out of his Rabbit motor. And in addition, Jeff had taken a rock in the side of his faceplate, which had hit with such force that his glasses had been broken and pushed into his · cheekbone, the sharp edge cutting his face open. Schmitt moved up into the lead, with Bernloehr second, and Larry Woods, in a Mirage, in third place. And that was the way they finished two laps later. Schmitt had complet~d 12 laps_in 21:53 minutes, and Bernloehr and Woods were the only other drivers still on the lead lap. Meanwhile, the 5-1600s were going at it, with Chuck Johnson in the lead, followed by Terry Wolfe, and Mike Brue, Johnson, who had Class 7 truck driver, Paul Simon, from California, as a passenger, held the lead, but Brue moved up into second place, as Wolfe faded, and Scott Taylor moved up a position, into fourth. Wolfe, his motor missing, continued to drop back, and Taylor was third a lap later. Meanwhile, Ron Karlman lost a couple of laps changing plugs. By the sixth lap, as Johnson stretched out his lead, Taylor moved into second place, and now Bill Bowles ran third. Johnson was i;r CUSTOM WHEELS Landing Gear for the 90's! September 1991 Ultra Wheel's President Jimmy Smith, and co-pilot Dennis Rogers made a perfect landing at this year's Parker 400. Of course. they were riding on the first and only domestic manufactured wheels to use steel inserts for a safe and secure attachment of wheel to vehicle. Ultra Wheel. . . dedicated to producing the finest wheel products available at a competitive price. CUSTOM WHEELS 1 2350 Edison Way, Garden Grove, CA. 92641 Page 29

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Canadian Bill LeFeuvre always brings his Berrien to Crandon races, and he smoked a little in the Class 9 race, but took second place at the flag. Don Ponder brought his Laser from St. Louis to race Class 9. and he took third in the class and on Sunday he drove '.o second place in Class 1. Californian Paul Simon also brought his four cylinder Ford Ranger and the Crandon novice did fine. took over second on lap 9 and finished second. Todd Attig had his Terminator roaring in Class 9 action, missed the first turn melee on lap 1 and drove on, eventually lapping some of the field and Todd won by 19 seconds total time. Scott Taylor had his Ford Ranger in third most of the Class 7 race, then took over second spot only to have a flat tire drop him to third place. He came back Sunday to finish second in the Class 6 & 7 Challenge race. ·t;r having no problems, and there wasn't time enough left to catch him, so he took the win, and Simon, who'd never raced on this track before, had got a good pre-run. They ran their 11 laps in 22:35 minutes. Taylor, who'd got a bad start when his motor acted up, was second, and Bowles, a lap down, was third. Up next were the Class 13 front engine "buggies". These folks use big motors, no VW stuff here, and they thrilled the crowd as they came around that first turn, 16 of them, all fire breathers. Lowell DeGreef, in his big red "Sha Booms'', took the early lead with Tom Jensen, Bruce Schiltz and John Schultz running hard behind him. DeGreef moved right on out, building a good lead, and the others followed in order, while Robert Flanagan, in his 1931 Chevy, was moving up through --CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. 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By the sixth lap they were into lapped traffic, but they held their relative positions for another couple of laps, except that Jones got around Seefeldt. Then, as they came into Turn One on about the eighth lap, Smith and Wiggins were very close, too close. They bumped, and both cars rolled over, and out of the race. Frankenberg inherited the lead, with VandenElzen second, Jones third and Seefeldt fourth. traffic. The pace started to take its toll on these cars early, and some were sending up plumes of smoke by the second lap. Others parked in clouds of steam. But DeGreef continued to build his lead through the fifth lap, with Schiltz running second now, Jensen third and Flanagan fourth. But then the old Chevy was gone on the next lap when a rock flipped a belt off, and Dennis Rosa moved into fourth place. DeGreef was being pushed hard by Schiltz as the end of the race neared, and Rosa had moved into third place by lap seven. More cars pulled off in either smoke or steam, as DeGreef, Schiltz and Rosa kept up a torrid pace. On the eighth lap Schiltz developed a left rear flat, and Rosa went by him on the next lap. John Schultz, whose car had been smoking a lot for several laps, was now in fourth, and it was a toss up whether he'd get to the checkered flag or not. Halfway through the last lap DeGreef was stopped by a broken transmission, and Rosa crossed the finish line first for the win, completing 10 laps in 20:23 . minutes. Jensen got by Schultz on the last lap, to take second place, and Schultz, who said his car was beginning to run hot because of mud on the radiator, finished third. Schiltz, who'd put on a really good show, made the most dramatic finish also, what with the flat, and the left side of his frame broken in two, with part of it dragging on the ground. Said Schiltz, "I knew something was funny". Once it had lost its momentum the car wouldn't move under its own power again. The next race, starting at 12: 10, was the single seat 1600s, with 26 of them trying to get throu~h that first turn. And they all made it, more or less intact. Greg Smith in a Taylor, took the lead, followed by John Greaves in another Taylor, and then Jim Wiggins, Bryan Frankenberg, a "For Sale" sign on his Taylor chassis, and Jim September 1991 • VandenElzen in a Berrien. On the second lap Greaves took over the lead, with Smith second, then Wiggins, Franken-berg, Paul Biancuzzo, and Mike Seefeldt in a Laser. Greaves, Smith and Wiggins took off, building a slightly wider lead between themselves and the rest of the group, as Frankenberg held fourth, but now VandenElzen ran fifth and Seefeldt was sixth. The lead trio held their positions, followed by another trio of That order held to the finish line, and Frankenberg took the win, followed in by VandenElzen, getting his best finish ever, then Jones with a too soft suspension, and Seefeldt in fourth place. Carlton Jackson, from Florida, had floundered around with The infighting in 1600 racing is fierce, and here Mark Hameister got too close to the bank and came down on Jeff St. Peter, while Jeff Jones. right. missed it all as did Carlton Jackson, left. Michael Seefeldt ran tight with the 2-1600 leaders in his Laser, fought hard all the way for second place, which turned into the class victory. Dusty Times

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Fords are favorites with Wisconsin racers. and Jim Bradley drove his Ranger to fourth in Class 7 Saturday, and third in the Sunday Challenge event. Jeff St. Peter was in. the leading group in Class 2-1600 all the way and despite a broken nerf bar, nailed second in class in his Taylor chassis. Mike Sorenson flew his Taylor high over the jump out of the quarry, and he drove hard to capture fourth place in the close Class 2-1600 battle. water in his gas, but managed to get his Taylor chassis to the finish line fifth. Frankenberg had completed his 10 laps in 20:25, and there were 10 cars altogether still on the lead lap. The Class 6 race was next, and these cars are all American built passenger sedans with big motors. The favorite at this event is Fay Statezny, who drives a Chevelle, and who just happens to live in a house that's on the grounds of the race course. Statezny, who helps his good friend Allen Fannin with his Chevelle, took the lead right away, with Fannin running second, the pair sounding exactly alike, even to shifting at the same point on the course. Greg Bekavac ran third, followed by Thornton Schultz in fourth place. They ran in that order for several laps, gradually widening the distance between the lead group and the rest of the pack. Meanwhile, Gary Gottschalk pulled out, Tim Kamm developed some severe clanking noises, and John Znidorka's car began to smoke. By lap five, the order was Statezny, Fannin and Schultz, with Bob Hartwig, in another Chevelle, and trailing a long string of course marker flags, in fourth. They ran that way for several more laps, and the field thinned as the flying rocks. cars gave up the ghost. Znidorka On the second lap it was still went out in an all enveloping Attig, LeFeuvre, and W uesthoff, cloud of steam, and by then there but Ponder had moved to fourth, were only four cars on the lead with John Greaves now in fifth. lap, and Fannin was pushing hard But on the next lap Greaves · to get Statezny. disappeared, and Ramesh was At the finish line it was back in fifth spot. Theycontinued Statezny, Fannin, Schultz, who'd to run in this configuration for been running on seven cylinders, several more laps, but the cars and then Hartwig. Statezny, began to weary of the pace. who'd completed his 10 laps in LeFeuvre's car started to smoke 20:21 minutes, said he'd enjoyed first, then on the seventh lap the race, because Fannin had kept Wuesthoff's motor was missing, the pressure on all the way. and Ponder was backfiring. The single seat 1650cc cars, or Jimmie Crowder, fighting water in Class 9 in this neighborhood, ran his fuel, collected a bunch of next, with 14 cars. Two of them, greenery, when the car stalled and Jeff St. Peter in his Taylor, and Ed he slid into a ditch. Righter, from New York, tangled On the eighth lap it was Attig, in turn one, and St. Peter had to · LeFeuvre and Ponder as Wuest-be towed off the track. But the hoff pulled off and parked at the rest made it through the turn, edge of the sweeper turn, and with Righter, bent, now struggling Ramesh moved to fourth, with · at the back of the pack, and Art Schmitt now fifth. The next unbeknownst to him, his air lap, as they began to lap some of cleaner had been knocked off in the lame and halt, it was Attig, the melee. LeFeuvre, Ponder, and Ramesh, Todd Attig, in his new Termin-as Schmitt disappeared. Ponder, · ator chassis, took the lead, notknowingwhatwaswrongwith followed by Bill LeFeuvre, in a his car, backed out of the throttle Berrien, then Lee Wuesthoff, a bit to be sure he'd finish. Chad Ramesh in a modified They continued in the same Taylor, and Don Ponder in a order, except that in the last turn Laser, with a big mesh screen in of the 11th lap, Ramesh stalled, his windshield area, to fend off and had no battery for a restart, Kevin Probst finally got the long sought victory in Class 4 in the family Chevrolet, winning the 11 truck class by well over a minute and making brother Jeff and dad Steve smile broadly. and James Strueble, in a Laser, got past him. The las t la p was uneventful, except that Ramesh regained his spot. So Attig got his first win with his new car, finishing 12 laps in 20:48 minutes. LeFeuvre was second, commenting that he just couldn't catch Todd. In third, Ponder still didn't know what was wrong with his motor, but he declared that the wire screen had kept the rocks out of his cockpit. In fourth Ramesh noted that his roll-offs had broken on the first lap, and he'd had a hard time seeing for a while. And at the back of the pack, Ed Righter looked at his air ' cleanerless carburetor and wished that someone had thought to flag him in and tell him about it. The Class 7 race was started at 2: 10 in the afternoon, as the sun shone more warmly through the clouds. There were 16 trucks, and they made a clean start, with Jim Wiggins, in a Ford, in the early lead. Desert racer, Spencer Low, had his Nissan in second place, with Scott Taylor and his Ford third. Jack Heidtman drove his Ford to second in Class 4 and second in Class 14, then his buddy Bill Loht, also from Michigan, took fourth in the Heavy Metal Challenge in the same durable truck. DustyTimes O n the second lap the order was the same, but now there was a terrific battle for fourth place between Jim Bradley, T o m Heckers and Paul Simon, all in Ford Rangers. On the third lap it was settled, and Simon, who'd taken a hit at the start and had to come up from way back, had moved into fourth, with Bradley fifth and Heckers in sixth. The lead pack ran close, and on the fourth lap .Low took over first September 1991 place, with Wiggins second and Taylor third, still all close, and Simon still trying to catch up, and now Hackers had moved to fifth. Low pulled out a bit of a lead, and Taylor, whose roll-offs had broken, worked on Wiggins for several laps, and Simon dem-onstrated his skills, as he tried valiantly to catch up, struggling with his old truck's underpower-ed 4 cylinder motor. Another desert racer, Chuck Johnson, in Greg Smith's truck, had fixed a lost plug wire, and made some-what of a recovery, only to get This is the system run by most off road race winners mud on the radiator, and then overheat. On the seventh lap Wiggins disappeared, sidelined b y a broken motor, and now it was Low, Taylor, Simon and Heckers. They ran that way for another lap, and then, on the ninth lap Taylor hit a rock and flattened his left front tire. 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Dave Hameister made a real tail dragger out of his Chevy 4x4, but early he had placed third in Class 4, this damage happening in Class 14 racing. Gerald Foster moved his Jeep CJ into second in Class 3 on Saturday despite overheating, then finished second in the Class 3 Challenge on Sunday. Defending points champion in Class 3 Bill Schirm. leading here in his Jeep CJB, gave way to the following Blazer. and finished third in Class 3. Herb Rosborough is having a great season rn his Chevy Blazer, which Herb drove to victory in Class 3, after a battle with Bill Schirm, then took a good third in Class 14 the next day. IJlr" to tourth as Hackers also flattened a tire, a rear. As the trucks gathered at the finish line it was noted that six of them had flats. Low, who'd had no troubles at all, completed 10 laps in a time of 20:03, to get his win, and there were seven trucks on the lead lap with him at the finish. The next group to race were the two seat 1600s, and as the crowd of 19 buggies slid through the first turn, two of them ended up parked in the ditch. As the course workers pulled them out, the rest went on. Bryan Frankenberg took the lead, with Gerry Parent running second, Jeff Jones in third in his Taylor, and Michael Seefeldt fourth. As they came around on the second lap Parent's hood was folded back up in front of the cockpit, and his passenger, a petite lady, was vainly trying to t.- . kick it away, but her legs were too short, and the hood was still firmly attached at the top left corner. They finally had to stop and remove it, and dropped back many positions. Now it was Frankenberg and Seefeldt, then Mike Sorenson, in a Taylor, Jeff St. Peter, and Guy Crump in a Taylor. On the next lap the leaders held their positions, but Carlton Jackson had taken over fifth spot, only to drop back, and then find himself defending seventh from a determined Cary Bowles, in a Taylor. 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BOX 845 • 101 BROADWAY YARNELL, AZ 85362 (602) 427-:-3551 :$HIPPED BY Ul"S DEALER INQUIRIES INVJT-ED , Page 32 Just a bit after four o'clock the Class 3 trucks got their chance, and there were 11 of these fellows also. Bill Schirm, in a Jeep, took the lead right off the line, with Herb Rosborough, in a Blazer, running second, and Jerry Bundy third in his Jeep. Rosborough was working hard to get around Schirm, and he got it accomp-lished on the third lap, as Bundy continued to run third. The first sweeper off the start always produces action. as here Jim Struble and Jeff St. Peter get sideways Just behind eventual Class 2 winner Art Schmitt. center, who is flanked by Brian Bernloehr, far left, and others. Then, as Rosborough built a good lead, Gerald Foster moved up to second place, followed by Ron Hill in third, as Schirm fell back to fourth and Bundy disappeared. Rosborough 's lead continued to grow, and in back of him Hill got around Foster, when Foster noticed that his truck was getting hot and backed off the throttle a bit, and moved to second place. But it didn't last long, and he went up in smoke on the next lap, putting Foster back in second place, and Schirm third, with Al Drews now in fourth place. Bundy was back on the track, running well, but down a lap after a stop. and working on each other constantly. That lasted until the eighth lap, when Frankenberg quietly parked his car on the sweeper turn, victim of a little bit of fuzz in his distributor. Now the order was Seefeldt, Sorenson, St. Peter and Jones. There was a lot of passing and repassing going on in the pack, and on the last lap Sorenson went too wide, got into a soft berm, and lost two positions. At the finish it was Seefeldt, getting his first win, then St. Peter, with his nerf bar broken on the left side, Jones in third, and Sorenson fourth. Seefeldt had run · 10 laps in 21 minutes flat, and at the finish there were still seven cars on the lead lap. It was getting on towards late afternoon, but just in rnse anyone had got a bit blase about the action, the next start was a sure fire waker upper. It was time for the 11 Class 4 trucks to take off. And as they came roaring around that first turn, Greg Gerlach, in the middle of the pack, broke a steering knuckle, and his Dodge made a sudden turn to the left, stood on its nose, and went over and over, ending up parked on its side. Gerlach was bruised, but otherwise unhurt, but his truck was out for the day. In the meantime Dave Ham-eister had put his Chevy into the lead, with Kevin Probst, in his low slung Chevy, in second place, followed by Jack Flannery, Crandon's own, in still another Chevy. But Flannery had a flat. On the second lap Probst had taken over the lead with Hameister second and now Geoff Dorr, in a Jeep, was third and Marc Pelletier, in a Chevy, ran fourth. Flannery was last, as he returned from his quick tire change, did one more lap and then retired with a broken transmission and a loose front end. Probst meanwhile, was building a good lead, followed by Ham-eister and· Dorr, and then Pelletier, and they ran in this September 1991 order for several laps, until Dorr,· who rarely has mechanical problems, lost a power steering belt and pulled out. Now it was Probst, Hameister and Pelletier, with John Heidtman, in a Ford, running fourth. Prob-st continued to lead, as watchers wondered if his truck, which had had a tough time in 1990, its debut year, would be able to go the distance. Pelletier had moved up to second on the fifth lap, but had started to smoke. Hameister was third, and· Heidtman held fourth. Then Hameister disappeared for a lap. By the seventh lap only Probst, Pelletier, who was smoking fairly heavily, and Heidtman were on the lead lap. And then Pelletier dropped out. Probst went on to not only get the truck's second finish, but its first win, glad the race wasn't any longer, because the transmission wasn't shifting anymore. Probst had completed 12 laps in 21:19 minutes. Heidtman, who'd got a bad start behind Gerlach's endo, finished second, and Hameister, who'd pulled into his pit with a broken driveshaft, was third, a lap down. Linda Lou Schlamb, in a Chevy, was fourth, the first time out in her truck. Rosborough drove a steady pace, continued to build his lead, and took the win, finishing 11 laps in 21:34 minutes. Foster was second, and Schirm, who'd been hearing metal banging on metal, discovered that it was a broken mainspring. He was third. The show moved right along, giving spectators only a few moments between races to go to the refreshment stands, and next it was time for the Class 2 cars, and there were 11 of them also. They made a clean start, and got through that first turn all right, the rocks· rattling and clanging against the floorpans and body parts of the cars. Art Schmitt was in the lead, with Kevin Probst, taking over for Jeff, whose glasses were broken, and eye swollen from the earlier rock, in second place. Dave Vandermissen, Jr. ran third in his Vandermissen Special, and Scott Schwalbe was fourth. Bill Beck was on the Class 8 was the final Saturday race with 14 trucks, and favorites Walker Evans and Jack Flannery faded late in the game. Scott Taylor moved his Ford from · third to victory circle despite missing rear brakes. Dusty Times

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.Kevin Probst took second spot in Class 2 right from the green flag in his Laser, and borrowed the engine from winner Schmitt, to place second by a mere 8 seconds. Pete Van de Hey races a Class 8 Dodge, and got his first finish on this track in years, finished second by just 43 seconds in total time. Taking his first ride in a race truck, Florida's Jimmie Crowder was delighted with his third in Class 8, driving an ex-Jack Flannery Ford. track this time, in his new Berrien, with a Mazda rotary motor. He'd arrived late, from Texas, and hadn't had any practice, and didn't quite look like his old self out there. Schmitt held his lead, with Probst second, but Vandermissen dropped way back and Schwalbe moved to third, with Lee Wuesthoff in fourth place after getting a bad start and a face full of dirt. They ran that way for a lap, and then Schwalbe's motor quit, spitting broken pieces onto the ground, and dripping oil. So then it was Schmitt, Probst, Wuesthoff and Dave Vandermissen, Sr., while Vandermissen,Jr. started to smoke a bit, and then fell out for a lap, to fix a stuck throttle. Beck's car was smoking also now, and he, too, pulled out. His exhaust plugged up and blew up the muffler, and when it popped it made back pressure and stopped the water pump. The muffler also moved up against the distributor and melted the wiring, stopping the car right now. Billy had the distinction of having the most interesting reason for breaking down for the weekend. Meanwhile Schmitt went on trouble free, with Probst gaining on him a bit, until Ari: caught a glimpse of him as he rounded a turn, and decided he'd better move along at a quicker pace. · They charged like that to the finish, Art running at 7000 rpms, and "out of gearbox", but staying ahead. He completed 12 laps in 20:45 minutes, and Kevin was right behind him. Actually, it was sort of a first and second for Schmitt, because Probst had borrowed his motor for this race. Vandermissen, Jr. was third, followed in by Brian Bernloehr in his Laser, and then Wuesthoff, who'd had to change a rear flat tire. Crandon is a truck town. They love the pickups, and, late as it was, almost 5:30, no one had gone home. They all stand up to watch the start and the first turn, and it was exciting, with 14 trucks going into the rocks and dust in a tight pack. And they all made it, with Walker Evans in front in his Dodge, and Jack Flannery second in his Chevy. That's right, Flannery, who's driven Fords forever, has switched to Chevrolet for this year. Scott Taylor ran third in his Ford, and Pete Van de Hey was fourth in his Dodge. John Schwittay started to smoke and pulled out before completing the first lap. Class 11S started Sunday's program, as usual, and Mark Steinhardt drove his Gilson chassis to a close victory, by just four seconds, and Mark had also placed fourth in the Saturday race. -====================== The gravel pit pond catches at least one racer each meet, and fortunately this Class 11 driver, who is not on any entry or other list, landed near the edge, away from the deep water. Dusty Times Evans, Flannery and Taylor Hey was second, and Jimmie continued to lead, with Evans Crowder, Florida's Class 2 buggy stretching the distance between racer, was third in his newly himself and Flannery. They ran purchased ex-Flannery Ford. like that through three laps, and They ran like that to the end, with then Walker's truck started to Taylor taking the win in 11 laps smoke, and practically instantly, and 20:01 minutes. Van de Hey, he pulled out, his motor gone. He who hadn't finished a Crandon later described "little giblets of · race in several years, said his aluminum everywhere". Flannery · motor had been going away in the · took over the lead, with Taylor latter stages of the race, and was second and Van de Hey third. delighted with his seco[).d place. Two laps later Flannery's truck And Crowder could hardly keep threw a fan belt, which fell down his feet on the ground, declaring and threw the dry sump belt off, that driving the truck was "a high and he lost oil pressure, so he shut -instant high!" This was his first itoffrightaway.Jackdoesn'town ·time racing at Crandon, and his this truck, he's borrowed it from first chance to drive the truck. Dave Parsons, in order to keep Said he, "I've always wanted earning Class 8 points while his ·somep'n that I could mash on and new Chevy is being completed. just spin the tires!" Frank Hood, Now Taylor, who had no rear in a Ford, also completed 11 laps brakes, was in the lead, Van de for a fourth place. That was all the action for Saturday, and now, as the audience filed out, the pit crews got to work putting things back together for Sunday's racing. At these races as it used to be in Riverside, everyone enters as many events as possible, so as to get in as much racing as possible in their short season. Thus, the buggy drivers generally all have two seaters, so they can drive all the one seat events with no passenger, and then turn around and come back with a passsenger as a two seater. And they also often run a Class 10 motor, and race in Class 1 and Class 2 with it, saving on time consuming motor changes. Truck drivers also move from the production classes to the non production classes in order to get an extra i;r When Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, How Many Drivers Wanted The Helmet That Peter Piper Picked? 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-. Minnesota racer Keith Berard has a Class 11 Friday chassis. and he ran right on the 11 S leaders bumper nearly all the way and finished second. Curt Gerald was well in the hunt ,n Class 11 S action, and he get his Gilson to within 19 seconds of victory, but finishad ,n third Lee Wuesthoff had little luck this year at the Spring Run, but his new Laser finished third 1n Class 1. with electrical and brake problems. place. iiiiiiiiiiiiii,iiiiiiiiiiiiii,;;;;;;;:;;,;;;;:::;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;::::;;:;..,;::::;:=:;;::::;;::;:;;;;;..=;;;::.._,-,: Class 14 still lives in Wisconsin, and a lot of Class 4 folk run it too, as did Geoff Dorr, who won the class in his Jeep J-10, and in the afternoon Dorr also beat the entire field in the Heavy Metal Challenge. gr-race in, and then all of them try to keep their cars running long enough to make it to the "Challenge" races at the end of the weekend, which lump similar classe into one fiercely fought event. That's the main attraction of Sunday's program. But the morning, which was warm and sunny, started with the single seat·Class 11 cars, 23 strong. This time the lead was in the hands of Mark Steinhardt in his Gilson, followed by Chad Ramesh, then Mark Everhardt, and Curt Gerald in a Gilson. On tne second lap Gerald had moved up to third, but the two leaders held their positions, although Ramesh 's motor began to sound a little odd. On the fourth lap it was Steinhardt, Gerald, Keith Berard, in a Friday, then Fred Babinchek, in another Friday, and Ramesh, smoking, and then pulling out. Glen Mathews was driving with a Whether you're on a chase crew; a broken link. On about the sixth lap, with Steinhardt staying well out in front, Berard moved into second place, and Gerald dropped to third, followed by Babinchek and then Mike Allen, in fifth. Steinhardt continued to lead, but Berard began to close up, as Gerald and Babinchek held their positions and Kevin Kempka moved his Friday into fifth place. Allen's car had begun to smoke. On the ninth lap Berard was close on Steinhardt, but was smoking now also, although that turned out to be from a relatively harmless oil leak. He was more concerned about a loose balljoint. The leaders maintained their positions, while others spun out, or dove into the water, or struggled with two flats at a time. Finally Steinhardt, who was driving a trouble free race, woke up to the threat of Berard, and put his foot in it again. He took the win, finishing 10 laps in 21:14 CALL FOR COURSES AND DATES racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rad Hall off-road driving school can help you GREAT BA.51N CONSUL TING 2738 CHAVEZ DRIVE RENO, NEVADA89502 702-825-8830 be your best! But be ready .. the road isn't smooth! Page 34 minutes. Berard came across the finish line right behind him in second place, and Gerald, also with 10 laps, was third, saying his only problem had been that the car didn't go fast enough. In fourth it was Kempka, and Babinchek was fifth, and there were five others still on the lead lap. The second race of the morning was for the Class 1 cars, and 18 entries showed up, starting on a very wet track, but they all got through the first turn. Kevin Probst, with a V6 Chevy motor in his buggy, took the lead, followed by John Greaves, and then Lee Wuesthoff, Don Ponder, and Art Sch~itt. Billy Beck was back, but he pulled off before the second lap was over, and then came back on course again, n~ar the back of the pack. On the second lap it looked the same except that Schmitt had moved up to fourth place, and Jeff St. Peter had dropped to nearly last, covered with mud. On the fourth lap it was Probst, Greaves, Wuesthoff, Schmitt, and then Todd Attig, in his Terminator, as Mark Lewis' car started to smoke, and Billy Beck was out again. On the fifth lap the order was the same, but then on the sixth lap it was Greaves in front, and Probst second, followed by Wuesthoff, Schmitt and Attig. Chad Ramesh was now parked on the sweeper turn, and then Attig's car started to smoke, as did Brian Bernloehr's. Greaves had gone by Probst when Kevin pulled over for a second, with transmission trouble, but then Greaves had holed a piston, and ran on three cylinders for the rest of the race. He was using an 1800cc motor, and he was hoping he'd finish. September 1991 Probst wasn 't having mo tor trouble, but his 4200cc V6 was mated to a VW bus transmission, and it wasn't happy. He lasted another couple oflaps, and it gave u p the ghost . Schmitt also disappeared on this lap. Greaves kept his car running, and held the lead as Ponder moved into second with his 1650cc motor, and Wuesthoff, with bad brakes and another electrical problem, was third with his two liter VW motor. They made it to the finish line in that order, Greaves completing 12 laps in 20:44 minutes. Ponder was second, Wuesthoff third, James Struble was fourth and Bernloehr finished fifth , all on the lead lap. Also running in this event was Jim Travis, a desert r acer from Tucson, who'd decided to see what Crandon was all about, and get some fishing in at the same time. He'd brought his Raceco Class 1 car, with a Porsche motor, and had a flat on the first lap. The next race was for Class 14, which is for highly modified four wheel drive racers, but had a sprinkling of straight Class 4 and Class 3 entries, for a total of nine trucks. As they came out of the first turn it was John Heidtman and his Chevy in the lead, followed by Goeff Dorr in a Jeep, and then David Hameister in his Chevy. Heidtman continued to· lead, but Hameister moved into second, with Dorr third, and they ran that way for several laps, with Hameister really pushing Heidt-man. On the fourth lap Norm Thompson flattened a rear tire, and pitted for a fix. Hameister got past Heidtman on the outside of Turn One to take the lead, with Dorr still running third, and Herb Rosbor-ough and his Chevy Blazer in fourth place. Jerry Bundy parked his Jeep at the base of the sweeper turn when his computer quit, and then Hameister disappeared, leaving Heidtman in the lead. But Dorr was right on his bumper, and went by him on the "W""". inside of Turn O ne a lap later, to take the lead . The two then had a good battle, coming through the sweeper out of the woods side by side for severa~ laps, b u t Heidtman could not get around Dorr. Bundy got going again, by . switching back to conventional ignition, but was a lap down. Dorr's transmission was running hot, and Heidtman worried about his second gear, but they both made it to the checkered flag, Dorr took the win, completing 11 laps in 20: 13, followed across the line by Heidtman, with Rosbor-ough in third, also completing 11 laps, and then Bundy in fourth, with 10. At 11 a.m. they were ready for the first of the Challenge races, which was the Rear E n gine Limited Challenge, for one and two seat 1600 cars. There were 21 of them, and 'they made a clean start of it, led by John Greaves, Jim VanDenElzen, Gordon Zima and Jim Wiggins. This was the order for a couple of laps, as things thinned out a little, and then Wiggins began to work very hard at getting by Zima. He passed him and VanDenElzen on the next lap, to move into second place, and now Jeff St. Peter was third, and Bryan Frankenberg h ad moved to fourth. Meanwhile, Greaves had built himself a long lead, and Wiggins gave chase, but had his work cut out for him. By lap seven they were beginning to pass the really slow cars, and now Greaves had what amounted to an insur-mountable lead. In fact, the lead four were so widely separated that there was very little chance of a pass, unless one of them broke something or made a terrible error. But that didn't happen, although Wiggins was driving with a bent front end, a souvenir from Saturday's rollover, and his motor had a bit of a flutter. Greaves went on to take the win, using a transmission borrowed from Greg Smith, and, having no problems at all, he John Greaves had his Taylor humming in Class 1 competition, took the lead on the sixth lap in the 18 car field, and despite losing a piston he took the Class 1 win on three cylinders by half a minute. Dusty Times

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Jim Wiggins. who had traffic woes on Saturday, drove his slightly bent Taylor in the Limited Challenge race, and finished a fine second. Robert Flanagan drives this 31 Chevy bodied Class 13 fast. with a 454 under the hood, and he zipped into second in the Non-Production Challenge. Jeff St. Peter ran with the leaders in the Unlimited Challenge battle in his Taylor, and he finished second. merely 21 seconds off a winning pace. completed 11 laps in 21 :40. minutes. Wiggins was happy to be second with his bent car, and St. Peter who felt a "little low on power" was third. Frankenberg said he'd got a bad start and had to play catchup, while John Buschon, who finished fifth, said he got a "real good start", and was pleased with his best finish ever. Next came the Non-Production 2x4 and 4x4 Challenge, which was almost all Class 13 cars, with one Class 14, Norm Thompson, mixed in. And Thompson took the early lead, with Lowell DeGreef and his Sha Booms in second place. They ran that way for three laps, with Thompson seeming to smoke a bit, and then John Greaves had troubles in both 1600 heats, but he cured them overnight DeGreef passed him, and then he and he drove the Taylor to victory in the 21 car Limited Challenge race, having went into his pit to try to cure an borrowed a transmission from Greg Smith. overheating problem. DeGreef his Mazda were out on the second he was tired, Vandermissen, Jr., then led for severarlaps, and by lap, and Lee Wuesthoff was whose-Pumper helmet had quit, lap seven he'd built a long lead, having more mysterious electrical and Jim Travis, who had decided and now Robert Flanagan, in the troubles. that his desert car wasn't quite '31 Chevy, ran second behind OnthenextlapAttigcontinued right for this course. Dave him. The Chevy is made of to lead and Schmitt moved back Vandermissen, Sr. was fifth, original parts, frame and body, up to second, with Vandermissen handicapped because there was so and Flanagan says he always has third, then St. Peter and Ponder. much dirt packed under his his eye out for replacement parts. But Ponder disappeared on the throttle pedal that he could get DeGreef, Flanagan and Grant following lap. SonowitwasAttig, only three-quarters throttle. Bradley, in a Chevy, who ran Schmitt, Vandermissen, St. Peter Schmitt had completed 12 laps in third, just held things together, and Jim Travis. They ran that way 21:23 minutes, and there were six and ran around until the finish. for another lap, and then a little cars who finished on the lead lap. DeGreef completed 10 laps in smoke began to hover over Attig's The main event of the day, the 20:01 minutes for his win, while motor. 2x4and4x4ProductionChallenge Flanagan and Bradley were the By the sixth lap there was more came next, and along with it ran only others still on the lead lap. smoke, but they were all holding the Class 3 Challenge, starting a Flanagan said the Chevy didn't their positions, and on the half lap later, with only three even heat up much, and Bradley seventh lap it was even heavier entries. That meant a total of 18 noted that it was the first time in a smoke, and on the eighth lap it big cars on the track. while that he'd finished. was heavier yet. And on the ninth Jack Flannery had his Class 4 The next Challenge event was lap it was no surprise that he was I Chevy out in front, with Kevin for the Rear Engine Unlimited gone, into his pit, and then Probst right behind him, also in a cars, and that included all those parked. Schmitt took over the Class 4 Chevy, and then Walker who'd been racing in Classes 9, lead, and now Vandermissen was Evans in his Class 8 Dodge, 10, 1 and 2, for a total of 15 second, St. Peter was third, Travis followed by Bill Lohf in a Class 4 entries. Todd Attig put his was fourth and Dave Vander- Ford. Saturday's Class 8 winner, Terminator out front right away, missen, Sr. was fifth. Ponder was · Scott Taylor, was back in 12th with Art Schmitt, Dave Vander- also gone. position. As they made the tight missen, Jr., Jeff St. Peter and Don St. Peter moved up to second turn at the scoring tower, Evans Ponder behind him. Attig place on the 10th lap, but tried to pass Flannery and spun continued to hold the lead, but everyone else held their spots, and out, dropping back to about 10th Vandermissen moved up to then Vandermissen, Jr. regained place. Now the stage was set for a second as Schmitt fell to third, second, only to lose it again on the really great race! with St. Peter and Ponder last lap. So at the finish it was Flannery held the lead, with following in order. Billy Beck and Schmitt, then St. Peter, who said Probst second, Lohf third, Geoff ------Dorr fourth, and Greg Gerlach, · Lowell DeGreef drives a Class 13 original, and wins more often than not, despite the rig's primitive looks. DeGreef won the Challenge race for 2x4 and 4x4 Non-Production rigs in his 2WD racer. DustyTimes his Dodge looking wrinkled after Saturday's endo, in fifth place. Evans was eighth, and Taylor 10th. On the third lap Flannery continued to lead, and now Probst's truck was smoking some, Lohf was third, Dorr fourth, Joey Flannery was fifth, and Evans was just getting past him. Taylor was eighth. Gerlach had dropped back a bit, and Herb Rosborough, driving his Class 3 truck in the 4 and 8 race, had a rear flat. Flannery still led, but just after Turn One Evans got past Dorr, and that put him in second place, since they'd both passed Lohf, who was now fourth. Joey Flannery was fifth and Taylor was , sixth. Probst had broken a steering coupler, and had caught September 1991 fire in his pit, and was retired. By lap five Flannery had about two-thirds of a lap on Evans, and Dorr ran third with Lohf fourth, Joey Flannery fifth and Taylor . sixth. Then it seemed that Evans was gaining on Flannery, but there wasn't going to be time enough to catch him unless a disaster happened. Dorr was third still and Lohf was fourth, with Taylor about to go by him. Joey Flannery had pitted with a flat. On the seventh lap Jack Flannery continued to lead, with Evans pushing hard, trying to get around the lapped trucks to get at him. Dorr ran smoothly in third place, with Taylor fourth and Lohf, his rear brakes smoking, in fifth. On the eighth lap the order stayed the same, except that Lohf moved back up and Tayloi slipped a notch as his motor began to fail. Lap nine saw the same lead order, but Taylor and Lohf had switched again. On the 10th lap the interval between Flannery and Evans was 20:24 seconds, and then it was Dorr, Taylor, Lohf, and Bill LeFeuvre in (;Ir! 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Dave Vandermissen Jr. , in a home built car, took third place in the Unlimited Challenge race. and his dad placed fifth in the same event. Arizona desert racer Jim Travis brought his long desert style Raceco to Crandon, said the car was too big for the tralk, but finished fourth in the Challenge race anyhow. Bill LeFeuvre drove Linda Lou Schlamb's Ford to a good third in the Heavy Metal Challenge, making it a good weekend for the Canada contingent. r;..-Linda Lou Schlamb's Ford, in sixth. On the 11th lap Evans pulled out in a cloud of steam, with another failed motor. And while the crowd was still digesting that, the racers rounded another turn, and Flannery was gone too, his transmission having given up. So Dorr took over the lead, with Taylor second, and LeFeuvre in third as Lohf faded another position. At the check-ered flag it was Dorr, completing 12 laps in 21:42, and followed in by Taylor, then LeFeuvre, and Lohf. In the simultaneous Class 3 race,Jerry Bundy, from Connecti-cut, and Gerald Foster, from Illinois, had an exciting race going, as they watched out for Class 4s and 8s, and dueled each other too. Bundy led all the way, his car finally running well for a whole race, and took the win, completing 11 laps in 21 :38 minutes. Foster was never far behind, and also completed 11 laps for second place. The Challenge for Classes 6 and 7 came next, and this odd mix of American built sedans and mini trucks provided some good entertainment. Fay Statezny put his Chevelle into the lead, but he had JeffKincaid, in a Ranger, right on his bumper, and he was being third now, and Dave Woulff, in a followed closely by Paul Simon, Ford, a graduate of Class 11 in another Ranger. In fourth it racing, was fourth, having was Scott Taylor, still another stopped to change a flat. Ranger, and he had Allen Fannin They ran in that order the rest pushing him with his Chevelle. of the way, no one expecting Statezny continued to lead, but Taylor to make it, and on the last, Simon moved up to second, with lap, when flames billowed up Kincaid, Taylor and Fannin under his moto r , his chances following in a line. They ran that seemed slim to none. But Taylor way for a lap, with Simon pushing was blissfully unaware of the fire Statezny and Taylor working on and kept on, while finish line Kincaid. And then Simon officials got a couple of fire dropped to last, having had to pit extinguishers ready. Kincaid took to clean mud off his radiator. the win, but Taylor got a lot of Now it was Statezny, Kincaid, attention for a while, until they Taylor and Fannin, but on the were sure the fire was out. It next lap, Kincaid got by Statezny turned out to have been power on the first jump, and took over steering fluid on something hot. the lead. Taylor, in third, was He got his second place, and beginning to sound a bit ragged, Bradley took third, while Woulff and had lost his power steering. was fourth. The truck drivers On the seventh lap Fannin agreed that the course had grown disappeared, and just moments rough, and that gave them the later the unthinkable happened, advantage over the normally and Statezny pulled out also. faster sedans. Statezny had hit a dropped The next event was the driveshaft and flattened a tire, and Women's Rear Engine race, with Fannin broke a top balljoint. It both Class 11 cars and 1600 cars was Statezny's first DNF in about on the course. There were 14 of 16 races. Kincaid's motor didn't them altogether, and their race sound too great by now, but he was just 10 minutes long. Paula held his lead, and Taylor's St.Peter,who'dbeenapassenger sounded much worse, running on during the day while her husband, three cylinders, in second place. 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Woulff's time was 12:50 minutes for her five laps. It was now about 3: 15, and out came the Women's Front Engine race, with seven cars competing. Shari Reckla, in the Class 13 Sha Boom car, took the early lead, but Sherri Parsons, in the Chevy Class 8 truck that Flannery had driven on Saturday, was a close second. Parsons had some trouble landing· off the jump before the timing booth, and the truck kept wanting to head off into the pond, but she managed to keep it under control. Gail Brand, in a Class 13 truck, but with a stock motor because the race motor blew on Saturday, tried hard to catch and pass Parsons, but couldn't get it done. Rekla took the win, completing· her five laps in 10:49 minutes. Parsons was second, and Brand came in third. The spectators were all still firmly settled in their lawn chairs, and waiting for the final event of the day, the Good Ole' Boys, which puts approximately 90 slightly modified passenge r sedans out on the course for a sort of off road destruction derby. It's fun to watch, but impossible to make heads or tails out of who is leading whom. So we didn't try. The Spring Run 101 was over, and the seated spectators folded up their lawn chairs and filed out, while the racers packed up for their long drives home. But they'd all be back for the Labor Day Brush Run, because Crandon is a favorite with everyone, especially the spectators. We'd like to thank the friendly folks at R.L. Ryerson, who supplied the press with some very handy Polaris ATVs to use for the weekend. We had a sweetheart of a vehicle with a little pickup bed (it was a dump truck, too) to lug our belongings around in, and found it a pleasure to ride, and comfortable for spectator seating also. Thank you, thank you. The Class 6 & 7 Challenge event ended up an all Ford Ranger show even though some of the favorites had trouble, as did the sedans. With a sick sounding motor Jeff Kincaid took the lead about lap 6. and he won the race. Although they ran with a delayed start in the Heavy Metal Challenge, Class 3 had their own Challenge race and purse. Jerry Bundy drives his Jeep CJ 8 to the victory, winning by over a full minute in the sparse field. DustyTimes

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Pony Express ••• This is an open letter to all competitors in the La Rana Series. It was very heart warming to have so many of you stop by the R.L.H. Communications van last May and again in June to welcome me back to the La Rana contingency row. It was not my idea to miss any races, but lung cancer forced me to change my schedule. The surgery was a 100 percent success, and I will be helping racers for several years to come. I had not met many of you that stopped by you only knew me by the voice ol the B.F.G. Relay. I would like tc thank each and every one of you for your kind words of welcome. I did not realize that I had so many friends out in raceland. Also, I wish to thank all of you for the excellent reports on my son, Kenny, as to how he operated the relay in my absence. It is reassuring to know that ifl cannot attend one of the events that my son will cover for me. If he gets any better, you may want him all the time. Again, many thanks to all of you for your kind words. Bob Hynes National City, CA It was good to see you back and recovering so well &b. Having been down in a hospital for many months in recent years, we know how much the cards and flowers and phone ~a(ls The Losers ••• By Judy Smith We talked about the Losers moved on down the course to a from the Baja 500 a month or so chorus of impolite suggestions ago, and at the time, albeit and obscene gestures from the reluctantly, left Bob Richey out of angry observers who'd seen the the narration, because, even incident. though he'd had some incredibly Richey was sidelined for the bad luck, he had gone on to finish, better part of an hour while his and was, therefore, technically, crew made repairs, and then he not a Loser. took off, mixed in with 1600s, But then we talked to Bob at the and Class 4s and 6s. He passed a Fireworks race, and got a bit more lot of cars, and made his way up to information about his day at the Mike's road, and got caught in a Baja 500, and decided he really jam-up. but he got past that, only had been a Loser, even though he to be stopped by a big boulder on finally got his car back to the ·course. Bob tried to go Ensenada. around, but his car started to slide His day began to fall apart as he off the edge. So he got out to see sat in staging in Ojos Negros, what he could do, and discovered waiting for his turn at the green that now there was a big jam-up flag. He got an unexpected radio behind him. Another team helped message from the crew person him to get past the boulder, and who was to drive the truck with then, when he tried to help them Bob's gas out to his first gas stop. in return, they told him to go on. This gentleman was also in Ojos So he did, but a short way down Negros, but out at the highway, the road he got caught in the jam-and he told Bob that he'd been up behind Lisa Dickerson, who requested to go to jail. It seems was having trouble with her that the police in that area had starter. Agroupofwaitingdrivers spotted a hunting knife on the seat finally pushed her and got her of the truck, and decided that started, so she could pull over out these desperados must go of the way. immediately to jail. By this time Bob was really Bob, quite naturally, panicked, hustling along, trying to make up and suggested that his truck driver for lost time, and when he got to a should simply sacrifice the owner little narrow "bridge", where the of the knife (the other pit crew road crossed a gully, his wheel person), and send him off to went off the edge, and over he Ensenada with the gendarmes. went. It did no damage to the car. But that wouldn't do. The police but he was stuck there for three wanted the whole assemblage. Or and a half hours. It took Bob 14 else. And finally, it was the "or hours and 40 minutes to get to else", in the form of a $50 "fine", Ensenada, and he was 18th in payable right there in Ojos Class 1/2and90thoverall,buthe Negros, that saved the day. Bob was a finisher. would have fuel at his first stop. A month later, atthe Fireworks Still a bit unnerved he took off at 250, a very different type of the wave of the green flag. event, there were 162 starters, Then, when he came into the and 67 of them were non-Alamo pit area, right on the rear finishers, or Losers. But, since it bumper of Tom Koch, and in his , was a night race, a lot of them dust. Tom slowed a bit and pulled · faded into the darkness before we to the right, and Bob, thinking he could get their stories. was either about to pit, or was Donnie Angel, who started the being polite, gassed his car to go race in Kevin McGillivray's brand past Tom, and ran right into a big new Chenowth Class 10 car, was enclosed pit trailer that was very possibl9 the first to go out parked on the course. Koch had when he hit a hole and endoed the been moving over to avoid hitting car about two miles into the race. it, but Richey hadn't been able to The front end was destroyed, see it in the dust. according to reports, and there The impact broke his steering was gloom in the McGillivray pit box, and jammed up his left front that night. wheel, so he couldn't move at all. Darren York fought a trans-Sympathetic pit crews man-mission problem for three laps in handled his car off the course, and his Class 7 4x4 truck, and finally he radioed for his chase crew to gave up, while Don Adams, in a , come in to help, as complete Class 6 Jeep, ran into a mysterious strangers, upset by the accident, electrical short on the first lap, began working on his car, even and couldn't find it to fix it. They. before his own people could get ·were ultimately resigned to calling there. The pit trailer, meanwhile, it qui~s, and trailered the car, DustyTimes helped keep the spirits up and the will to fight the medical problems going for us, and it surely shows the one big family aspect of off road racing. (ed.) Thanks for the "first out of the money" money for Class 5-1600 at the HORA Nissan 400. We were real happy with a finish after four tries at that race, but the check makes it even better. Thanks again! Chris Klick Ketchum, Idaho You're welcome Chris. Our contingency program is spread over several western series, and is always for first out of the money. We think the winner gets enough contingency prizes, so we always reward the guy that just misses the money spots. consoling themselves with the thought that it was ready for the Nevada 500, once they fixed the short. Bob Richey, his luck going from bad to worse, blew an oil line fitting, and pumped all the oil out of his motor on the second lap. Rob MacCachren also was out early, his Class 8 Ford losing its motor early in the first lap. Tom Burns, who's been having a great year in the 1-2-1600 class in the SCORE/HORA series as well as the SNORE series, learned just before the start of the race that a dear friend had been The starter waves his flag for us to start our engine. I go through the check list ritual, then give my brother the thumbs up and another off road season is about to start. Last year was our rookie season and my brother Ken Ruff drove to a second place overall in 1-2-1600. So we are pumped at VORRA's opener at Hollister Hills. We made great headway for a few laps, then had shifting trouble, the clutch is jammed and we stop and see nothing visible. This heat is over for us. I catch a ride on a quad to the pits. The car comes to the pit and the crew jumps in for a real thrash. The crew looks like locusts in a wheat field, over and under the car taking off pieces and checking everything. Finally the problems were found -rubber in the line hospitalized with a heart attack. He wasn't giving the driving his full attention, and hit something that sent him end over end. But it didn't put him out of the race. He managed to get two laps done, and then when he had other problems, decided to call it a day. Frank Vessels had to be the most disappointed racer at the Fireworks because his exotic new Nissan Class 1 truck was there, all together and looking beautiful. The only thing was, it wouldn't start. As I said, it was a bit difficult to get the stories at the Fireworks from a master cylinder part. Finally, as they call the next moto~ the car is back together and we take off. The car worked fine, we had a good time, my brother drove a great race, and my heart was warmed by the performance of our crew and race friends who had gotten us on our way again in that great thrash. Thank you all so very much. Kerby Ruff Oroville, CA What you just described Kerby is what makes off road racing such a great and enjoyable sport, especially at the regional or club level where everyone helps each other, loans parts to someone who may drive faster, and while it is serious racing, the whole family can enjoy the weekend at the track or in the desert. and it's a shame that we don't know more about what happened to the rest of the non-finishers. Remember, we're always some-where near the finish line at these races, and if you can't find us then, look for us at the awards presentations on the fol lowing day. And if you still can't find us to tell us why you didn't get to the checkered flag, give me a call during the day at (818) 988-5510. I'm always interested to hear what happened to you. We'll be back next month with Losers stories from the Nevada 500. .,.. ,.. •••• .,._ Trailers Our Quality Makes the Difference Models Available: Open Flatbed Trailer Enclosed Bumper Pull-Type Trailers From 16' to 28' Enclosed Gooseneck Trailers From 28' to 48' Join the Ranks or Our Satisfied Customers * Many Equipment Options Available • Bob Gordon Medium Duty Truck Conversions We Have the Ability and Experience Necessarv to Build Any Trailer to Your Exact Specifications, Custom Designed for Your Individual Needs ... • Write or Call for a Free Brochure • R.C.R. Plumbing • Hamilton Materials • Herbst Oil Co. 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Kevin Smith Tops Class 10 Field at Glen Helen Miller Offroad Photos: Carerra Photography Kevin~Smith took a break from stadium racing, and soared over the tough but fun Glen Helen course in fine style, and Kevin won both 1650 heat races in the Mirage and came back to win the main event as well. It was a real nice way to spend Father's Day and quite a few competitors turned out for the second Glen Helen round of the Miller Off Road Challenge last June. Kevin Smith, from El Monte in a Mirage sponsored by Castro! Inc./Topper Ent./Goodyear/Cal Bumper /EZ Up Internation-al/Mirage Chassis/Competitive Trailer and Smith Racing had the· perfect day as he went three for three winning both heats and the Main to pick up 682 points in the Challenge series. In the first heat he went wire to wire letting Rory Chenowth of El Cajon in a Chenowth Fab/ Bilstein Mini Mag and Tommy Bradley of Las Vegas in a Bradco 1650 Rabbit sponsor-ed by Alenco Windows/ Yoko-hama tires follow him home. In the second heat Aaron Hawley of North Las Vegas in a Classic Plumbing 1650 Toyota Chenowth jumped out to the lead but it was very short lived as Smith took over by the second lap and was gone. Gary Gall, from Fontana in the 1650 Chenowth Rabbit sponsored by Gary's : Automotive/Rev Power /Mancha Realtors and Radiator Man, had moved into second and was able to hold Hawley at bay until the white flag when Hawley found the hole he was looking for and picked up the place points. In the Main it was again Hawley with the good start with Smith in second and Gall third and again Smith and Gall got by for the one, two spots by lap two. This time Hawley didn't take it down to the wire as he played chase for one lap before finding the opening that gave him second. From there on out he held off all comers for the second and the 663 points he earned along the way with Gall rounding out the field with third and 648 points. Some old faces and some new were on hand for the 1-2-1600 Class. In the first heat it was Rick Boyer from Bakersfield in the Independent Pipe/ Asbury Trans-portation Fuoco that led from start to finis_h. Following him PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA ·DENNY'S RESTAURANT SERVICE EVERY DAY OPEN 24 HOURS YEAR ROUND Page 38 THE BEST IN THE DESERi-t FOR OVER 40 YEARS home all the way was Dan Mathews of Buena Park in the 1600 Psycho Raceco sponsored by Raceco/Family and Mike the Mechanic. Third place Andy Anderson from Lompoc in the 1600 Homemade West Eng-ine/ Anderson Racing car had to get by Kirk McDaniel of El Cajon in the Chenowth Yamaha/ All Temp Control/ Pacific Offroad car before he could call third his. He did this on the second lap and held off the rest of the field for four laps. In the second heat it was Jeff Watson of Barstow in the Jeff's Pocket/Mike Leighton D&D Mirage that broke on top with Bob Mathews of Buena Park in the Mathews Racing/Fat Per-formance/Double D 1600 Raceco a close second and Dan Mathews third. Bob and Dan decided to make it a family affair as they both profited from a major mistake on Watson's part and they moved into first and second respectively and were still running in that order at the checkered. Andy Anderson looking for those points came from fifth to capture the third. In the Main it was a battle between Dan Mathews and Bob Mathews and forget brotherly love. Off the line with the holeshot was Dan with Bob right on his bumper. Bob dogged his brother for three laps before he was able to get by. What he also did was give Anderson time to set up so when Bob made his pass Anderson went with him and he was the meat in a Mathews sandwich. No one gave an inch and they finished in that order with Bob picking up 690 points, Anderson 680 points and Dan 676. This class could be real tight at the end. Kirk McDaniel, the only Mini-Mag earned 546 points for his day's work. There was the usual good turnout of 5-1600 cars but a lot of the old names have been replaced with some new. In the first heat the team of Greg Sullivan and Tim Daleo in the Sullivan Machine Products/ Alan Wire/Industrial Pipe and Steel/ Justice Bros. VW went wire to wire. Stacy Fay and September 1991 Bob Mathews executes an uphill wheelie on his way to winning the second 1-2-1600 heat, and he went on to win a close one in the main event. driving the Raceco hard all day. Walt Matthews got his Bug home second in heat 1 for 5-1600s, was second again in the next heat, but won the main event with a wire to wire romp. Renee Tedesco in the Arm-strong/Pirelli Tires/Engine Machine Service VW were out second but were passed on the second lap by Walt Mathews and Eric Barton in the A Door Comp/Small Car Connec-tion/Goodyear/ Larry Hayes Fab VW and the positions were locked to the checkered. It was almost a new cast of players in the second heat, at least at the start when Joe Giffin and Sheky McDonald in the Pro Mill/ Raceco Offroad/Fulkerson Marshall Racing/Mike Foster /Penhall Fab/JG Transwerks/Rick McDonald Racing Engines VW got the holeshot with Troy Johnson and Dave Hamrick, Race Prep Air Cooled Connection VW, second and Clyde Salverda and Roxanne Smith in the Air Cooled Connection/Hamrick Race Prep VW third. By the second lap Stacy Fay and Renee Tedesco had moved into second with Salverda/ Smith taking over the lead and Giffin and McDonald zigging when they should have zagged, dropping to fourth. Coming through traffic with a hard charge was Mathews/ Barton and by the fourth lap they had worked their way to second and Sullivan and Daleo also came from off the pace to settle into third. Neither team could dislodge Salverda/Smith who claimed the win position. Mathews and Barton had the pole for the main and that was all they needed to run away with it and it was a wire to wire romp. Sullivan/Daleo and Johnson/ Hamrick were second and third all the way for a very cut and dried event. Mathews/Barton earned 682 points for the win with Sullivan/Daleo collecting 674 points and Johnson/Hamrick 656 points. Dennis Whitaker from Victor-ville in the Fuoco was the only Challenger and he picked up 640 points. There were twelve Superlites on hand to vie for the points and the bucks in Class 34. In the first heat Sean Finley in the LRT lnc./Cal Bumper/K&N/ U .P. Team Tack/ Penzoil/Fox Shox/ Mercury Tube/Glen Carl-son/ Amerkan Rental/Triple E Enterprises/Klemm Superlite jumped out to the lead but didn't count on Greg George in the Nature's Recipe/BFG/Bills Pipes/Briggsbuilt/HRD / Power-b Io c / V .P . /Shoei/Maxima Honda. George came from fifth place to take the lead on the third lap and take it home. Finley held on to the second and Chris Bennett in the B& V /Skat Trak/K&N Honda held on for the third. The second heat was a run away ✓-e took a good second in heat 2 and a close second in the main in the Chenowth. Dusty Times

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.,.. ~~~ The 1-2-1600 results had a familiar look as Rick Boyer went wire to wire out front in the first heat. but he faded some in the busy main event. Dan Mathews chased his brother Bob all day in 1-2-1600 action, but Dan's Raceco ended up second in both heats, and was a close third in the main. Greg Sullivan catches a little air in the Baja Bug he drove to the first heat win, then dropped to third in heat 2 and got into second in the main. Clyde Salverda won the second 5-1600 heat in a tight dice at the flag, but his luck went away in the main event, dropping to sixth place. Jimmy Johnson ran away with the second Superlite heat, followed in by his teammate Rennie Awana, as the Briggsbuilt ran without fault this heat. Rennie Awana is no stranger to Superlite racing at Glen Helen, and he got second in heat 2, and worked up from mid pack to third in the main event. ===================== The Nature's Recipe team cleaned house at Glen Helen. Greg George led from lap 3 in the first heat for the win. and Greg got a holeshot in the main event and never looked back as he won again. tor Jimmie Johnson in the Nature's Recipe/BFG/Bills/ HRD / Power bloc /V. P. /Shoei I Maxima/Briggsbuilt Honda. Teammate Rennie Awana with the same sponsors made up for his no start in the first heat to lock into second and Joe Price, also a no start in the first heat came from seventh to pick up the third. CT Racing/ Rice Honda/Goodyear and J.D. Price Co. help with the Triple E Honda. The Main Event was showtime for Greg George and the Nature's Recipe Honda. Not only did he get the holeshot he also outran teammates Jimmie Johnson and Rennie Awana. The only one who really had to work hard was Awana who came from sixth and passed Price, Tim Baker and Sean Finley on his way to third. For first George picked up 695 points, one point less than second place Johnson with 696. A~ana came up with 668 for his effort. One of the larger fields of A TV's was on hand with some veteran stars set to battle for the top spot. In the first heat Greg Stuart on the Skat T rak/ MMF / JP Racing/Maxima/K&N Honda looked like the sure winner. Unfortunately he didn't count on Derek Hamilton aboard the Varner Racing/Race Tech/ AXO/MMF /Performance Con-crete Cutting/Hixon Backhoe Service Suzuki. Derek a very wiley competitor dogged Stuart 'til the white flag and then took charge. Michael Means on the Rubber Ducky Racing/PEP/MMF/ SCR/Denver Plating/JP Racing Suzuki rounded out the field with third. In the second heat Chris Couto aboard the Scorcher Racing/ AXO Sport/Shoei/FMF /Works Scott/Graphics to Go/CT Racing MMF Honda got out first Gary Gall went from Glen Helen to stadium racing, but came back to his roots in June to take third in heat 2, third in the main, and third on the day's points. Dusty Times followed by Hamilton and Gary Denton on the LRD/DG/Shoei Honda. Hamilton and Denton diced for three laps and then both decided Couto had led long enough and Denton moved into the lead followed by Hamilton. Couto's woes weren't over yet as Stuart was looking for a good starting position for the Main and got him on the white flag lap and went on to garner the third. The strategy worked as Stuart had the pole and that was all he needed to win the race to the first turn. He was followed by Denton and Hamilton and therein was the race. Denton had been having problems since practice but he looked like he had everythig working. Hamilton is always like a sleeping volcano just waiting to erupt. He did about the fourth lap and caught Denton snoozing. Denton woke up in a hurry and started looking for a way around Hamilton. He almost ran out of time as he didn't find the hole he was looking for until the white flag lap and then he was able to hold Hamilton at bay to the checkered. Stuart picked up 692 points for the win, Denton 669 for second and Hamilton 680. The Side Cars had another day of exhibition and again wowed the spectators with their antics. This time they all seemed to have mastered animal leap. In the first heat Ken McIntyre and Les Ketcham paired up on a Yamaha and went wire to wire for the win. Don Harte and Pat Holmes on the Burns TT /Burz Bros. Racing Yamaha Wasp were second on the first lap but got passed by Jeff Anders and Paul Stinson on a Honda during the second lap and couldn't come back and settled for third. It was almost like they didn't get it right the first time as they finished in the same order in the second heat. This time Harte and Holmes did lead for one lap before McIntyre and Ketcham reclaimed ii. It was get even time in the Main. McIntyre and Ketcham were out in front and it looked like they would be three for three. Anders and Stinson hadn't made the trip from Saugus and Oxnard to finish second and they proved it by getting the pass on the white flag lap and bringing it home. Rounding out the field with third was Harte and Holmes. DON'T SETnE FOR LESS THAN A HONDA. ~he same Innovative engin-eering that goes Into Honda automobiles and motorcy(?les goes Into every piece of Honda Power Equipment. *Convenient, easy-to-use · controls. *Full line of construction products available at your local Honda Power Equipment dealer. JUST RRRIUED I II 11 *Bring In this ad for additional savings. September 1991 DIESEL GENERATOR 12KW 3 CYLINDER -uourn COOLED RUA I LRBLE NOW 11111 Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. (213) 264-3936 LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 (213) 264-5858 For optimum performaJ"lco and safety, we recommend you read the owners manual before operating your Honda Power Equipment. Connection of generators to house power requires transfer device to avoid possible injury to power company personnel. 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The 11 st Rothmans Rally of New Zealand Text & Photos: Marrin Holmes Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya repeated their 1990 victory in New Zealand, tied for the lea a ter the irst day, an soon took over to score another win by well over a minute. having no real troubles with the Toyota Celica GT-Four. Finally a rally went the way everyone expected, after a half season in which the favorites did not achieve their expected victory. World Champion Carlos Sainz scored his second consecu-tive New Zealand win, with an ease that frustrated the pursuing Lancia drivers, and using Pirelli assymetric pattern tires through-out. Toyota won both Groups A and N, while the gravelly and slippery tracks of New Zealand provided the most convincing demonstration of the capability of turbocharged four wheel drive cars, as only seven of the 31 finishers had two wheel drive. The top three drivers in World Championship points entered the far away Rothmans Rally of New Zealand, with official cars from Lancia, Toyota, Subaru and Mazda and semi-official entries also from Mitsubishi. The event was even further flung this year, visiting Gisborne for the first time since 1983. This allowed the use of some delightful stages in that region, compensated by reduction in the number of the less popular forestry stages. Once again the event stood for the quality of the closed public road stages, all except for the various publicity stages on gravel surfaces of unusual quality. These are covered by little stones that are swept aside by the passage of rally cars, and create a dangerous hazard for any driver who strays from the racing lines through the corners. An unexpected development was that Tommi Makinen left the Ford behind and ran the same Mitsubishi Galant YR 4 which he drove last year. He said that problems with the Ford Group N gearboxes was the reason. The challenge of logistics in moving from Europe to the furthest part of the Antipodes was highlighted by a shipping strike that delayed the arrival of the two official Subarus. Even more dramatic was '\}. N' R.L.H. COMMUNICATIONS 1111111111 ~ RACE RADIO SYSTEMS 337 W. 35t_h ~1R!;ET, SUJT_E "F" NATIONAL CITY, CA 92050 - (619) 585-9995 THE CHAMPIONS CHOICE TOM SCHILLING - 1990 OVERALL F.R.T SERIES TOM DeNAUL T - 1990 CLASS 1-2/1600 SCORE/HORA RITAYIK & PRATT-1990 24HR WORLD RECORD CLASS 9 F.R.T. PERRY McNEILL - 1990 CLASS 8 GRAN CARRERA H & R RACING -1990 CLASS 9 F.R.T. SERIES REG. PRICE s5ggoo RACERS SPECIAL Intercom WE ACCEPT VISA & MASTERCHARGE HELMETS WIRED $175.00 HANDHELD RADIOS 50 CHANNELS-$495 REVOLVING LIGHTS & ELECTRONIC SIRENS/HORNS Official BFGoodrich Radio Relay Page 40 the engine failure on a Chinese boat bringing the cars of seven Japanese privateers. Every day came reports of how the shipping line was doing its best, but hopes of the cars reaching the start on time were progressively worsened when a tug pulling the boat also packed up. Obviously the cars would only arrive long after the end of scrutineering. Eventually it became possible they might just reach the start on time, so officials arranged for the scrutineers to check the cars for safety if they arrived before the starting control closed, then deal with the detailed technical inspection later on. The arrival of the cars attracted almost as much attention as other competitors tackling the nearby special stage. It was an amazing sight as scrutineers rushed round the vehicles, plastering them with official stickers, then letting them go to the start ramp. 61 cars started, and only 17 were 2WD, . one of them being a Group B HondaCRX. The first stage was in the same exhibition ground where the start was held, although the cars were sent on a warm-up run round the local streets before they were fired up in anger. Didier Auriol, Juha Kankkunen and Markku Alen all tied for the lead, with Carlos Sainz next best, two seconds behind. Fifteenth fastest was Toshaiki Endo, the quickest of the Ja.panese who only just arrived in time. 14 of the slowest 16 cars were 2WD. Rain swept across· the car parks at the Auckland Airport Trav-elodge as the rally prepared for Etape 1, the first full day of action. But as the first cars crossed the Bombay Hills heading for the first stage at Maramarua Forest, suddenly there was, momentarily, some sunshine. Carlos started his attack, taking two seconds off Kankkunen and equaling the lead, but Auriol spun and dropped some 20 seconds. Ray Wilson retired the Mazda with engine failure. The official Group N Daihatsu of Australian Bob Nicoli retired with oil loss on stage 3. The rally headed westwards September 1991 Ross Meekings and Steve March scored the first WCD Group N victory for the Toyota Celica GT-Four, not only winning Group N but taking ninth overall and it was a fierce fight for the Group N title. from Hamilton into very unpleas-ant weather. Helicopters landing to refuel were ordered to stay on the ground as the rain got heavier and the winds fiercer. Stage 5 was the first long stage of the event and here the troubles really began. 'Possum' Bourne in the second works Subaru lost five minutes driving with no windscreen wipers, Auriol had a rear brake pipe shear, another half minute loss, and Carlsson ran out of fuel, losing over a half hour due to a human error at service. Markku Alen was also unhappy, losing 45 seconds to Sainz after a bad tire choice. Neil Allport stopped to change a flat tire, losing three minutes on stage 6 and Bourne retired with engine failure. At the late afternoon halt at the Kiwi conservation city of Otorohanga, Sainz led by 20 seconds with Auriol a further minute behind, just six seconds ahead of Alen. The rally then headed into the gloomy evening, but by now Auriol was beginning to pull back lost time, until he lost another half minute when the windscreen wipers failed. Sainz's main trouble was waiting for co-driver Luis Moya to educate the timekeepers in their work; "But remember, the weather was terrible, so I don't blame them altogether, and they were much better afi:er-wards." Alen had misfiring trouble when the intercooler water pump stopped. Tommi Makinen had overheating trouble of another sort: "The exhaust broke, the clutch fluid boiled, the alternator failed, the electrics got burned; we spent a half hour getting the car working, but luckily this was on a long road section." Rod Millen was not so lucky, because he had an injector break on the Mazda 323 and spray fuel under the hood and onto the brakes and he lost time at service having the fire put out. A very unhappy looking Italian was Alex Fassina, whose Toyota Group N car ran out of gas. After the mechanics refueled it, the car ran fine. Ross Dunkerton had been enjoying a battle with him for the honor of best Antipodean driver, but the Australian lost time on the final stage which he had practiced in a car with bad , lights. Lancia's new team manager Pianta was fascinated. "The Toyota and the Lancias are now so equal, that each stage is being decided on the correct choice of tires. Sainz uses Pirelli and the Lancias are on Michelin." On Etape 2 the decision to allow Carlsson to restart in seventh rather than 48th position . came as a surprise to everyone, even though it was generally conceded that nobody would be materially affected by the decision. As it turned out, his recovery up the field would show it was highly likely the Mazda driver would gain a top ten· position, and deprive another driver of such a reward, because of the decision. The day started badly for Rod Millen. On the first and second stages of the morning, then also on an afternoon stage, his Mazda broke its turbo. Special bearings were blamed. The weather, however, had cheered everyone up. Soon after dawn the aircraft, grounded all night came over the 2000 foot high Mamaku Ranges in formation and bright sunlight soon shone on the region of the Bay of Plenty. A long hard struggle between the top three drivers got under way. Didier Auriol pushed hard and gradually closed the gap between him and second driver Juha Kankkunen, but the Spaniard controlled the situation well, and the only trouble on the Toyota was tire choice. Juha Kankkunen was trying as hard as he could and it showed. "Once we spun, but the road was so narrow I had to reverse down the rally route before there was somewhere to turn. Then three stages before the end of the day we went into a ditch." All this meant that Sainz more than doubled his lead in the day, and though Auriol had closed up, he then had a front differential failure on the last stage and fell back almost as far behind Kankkunen as he was that morning. Alen was philosophical. "Those three drivers are going too hard for me, even though, (as spectators testified), I am using all the road there is." He had trouble in the Motu stages, the slowest public road stage in the World Championship. "l think it must be the engine management system which goes well on medium speed roads but means the car cannot keep up momentum on the slower corners." Subaru chief R yuichiro Kuze said "Actually I think it was because the boat arrived two weeks too late and we had no chance to tune the car for Avgas, so we are using pump fuel. We are also still experimenting with induction shape designs around the restrictor." Behind the European aces, Dunkerton had pulled clear of the Asian Pacific challengers, though he was unhappy with the handling of his VR-4. "We have spun six times so far", he confided, when , he returned to Rotorua. The Finn Tommi Makinen retired with head gasket failure, leaving Group N open to the more local crews. Dusty Times

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• >"<L ·Ak Joha Kankkunen and Juha Piironen tried very hard to stay with the Toyota, but they ended up second overall in the Lancia Delta lntegrale 16v. Markku Alen and 1/kka Kivimaki had a frustrating run in the Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo, but at the finish they came in a fine fourth a couple minutes more behind. Neil Allport and Jim Robb did well in the Mazda 323 GTX. the best placed of all the AntiPodean drivers. placing fifth overall and fifth in Group A. Brian Stokes and Jeff Judd were a high placed New Zealand team taking seventh overall and in Group A in their Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4. Brian Young and Russell Western of New Zealand drove the Group N Nissan March Superturbo into the victory in Class P 2, and were 24th overall. New Zealanders Possum Bourne and Roger Freeth were doing well in the Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo until engine failure put them out after Stage 5. Ordynski was about to inherit the lead when he had a puncture and the jack broke. So now Ross Meekings' Toyota was ahead, a car which normally seldom features in Group N competition. Ordynski then lost a fan belt, which blew the head gasket, and he was out. Neil Allport was the best placed New Zealand er, his Mazda having brake trouble and also shortage of the right tires. "I went into a bank because the tires were bald, and lost a little time when the suspension was dam-aged." Brian Stokes was driving even more boldly. "We went off the road and down an embank-ment. We had to cut the car free of the wire fencing and drive down through a paddock before being able to regain the track." Reigning champion David Ayling went off the road and his co-driver broke his foot, while at the end of the day Carlsson was up to 15th place, some eight minutes, 20 seconds behind tenth place. Class leaders were Sainz's Toyota, Meeking's Toyota, Dave Strong's Daihatsu, photographer Brian Young's Nissan March Superturbo and Dexter Dunlap's little Group B Honda CRX, all Japanese cars. And only ten 2WD cars were left, nine in the bottom 13 placings. With the longest day now behind them Etape 3's 11 stages were an anticlimax. For Lancia the two forest stages at Tokoroa formed the final crunch, to see if there was any chance of holding on to Carlos' Toyota, but this · wasn't to be. "I just could not keep up. Maybe we had the wrong tires, but I knew I was going too hard when we spun on the second stage in that forest," Juha said · afterward. The day started with a: publicity stage around the streets of the sulphur laden thermal town of Rotorua when Kankkunen marginally pulled time back. But after the two Tokaroa stages Carlos had more than doubled his overnight lead. For the first time on the event he seemed to be fully in control. "I was still driving quite fast, but I knew that I could never catch Carlos just by driving effort," Kankkunen added. Didier Auriol in the FINA Lancia was happy in one sense. "It's fantastic, the first time all rally the car has been perfect" but sorrowful that, like Juha, he felt powerless to challenge for the lead. Behind them Alen was · impatient to see just how fast he could go. Two second best times were his reward for running with minimum fuel and no spare wheel. "The rest is down to lack of power," he said. Just when the rally looked like a procession, Ross· Dunkerton had a major accident with his fifth placed Ralliart Australia Evolu-tion VR-4. "I hit a rock on the inside of the bend, which threw me to the outside, where the car was thrown round by a tree stump. We finished up some 100 meters from the bend, facing the wrong way, eventually on the wheels again. Spectators said that Sainz and Alen both hit the rock and nearly went off the road. It shows the difference between the Europeans and me that they got away with it and we didn't." This was on the penultimate stage of the d~y,_ the long Maramarua 1991 Rally of New Zealand Results Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya E Toyota Calica GT-Four Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen SF Lancia Delta lntegrale Didier AurioVBernard Occelli F Lancia Delta lntegrale Markku Alen/llkka Kivimaki SF Subaru legacy 4WD T Neil AllporVJim Robb NZ Mazda 323 GTX Rod Millen/Tony Sircombe NZ Mazda 323 GTX Brian StokeS/Jeff Judd NZ Ford Sierra Cosworth lngvar Carlsson/Per Carlsson s Mazda 323 GTX Ross MeekingS/Steve March NZ Toyota Celica GT-Four Brian Watkin/Stuart Roberts NZ Subaru legacy 4WD T *Group winners -No ladies' starters -61 start-31 finish Winner's average stage speed - 90.66 kph Driver points- Sainz 95, Kankkunen 73, Auriol 52, Biasion 39, Alen 30 Dusty Times A* 6:57:18 A 6:58:33 A 6:59:36 A 7:03:02 A 7:28:19 A 7:30:51 A 7:31:40 A 7:42:38 N* 7:46:43 N 7:47:17 stage, before the final test in the asphalt streets of Manakau City. In the tussle for best New Zealander honors, Stokes made a mess of things. "I spun on the second bend, and then stopped 200 meters too early, not realizing just where the finish line actually was!" This meant that Neil Allport was now the best local driver, by nine seconds. The other main story of the day was that lngvar Carlsson finally got on the leader board in the Mazda, finishing the day in ninth place. Meekings' Toyota still led Group N ahead of Brian Watkin's Subaru. At the start of the day third Group N driver had been the Japanese Fujimoto, but he crashed his Pulsar and retired. Sainz arrived back at Aukland with that look of self assurance which is most noticeable when he is under severe pressure, like here where two Lancia drivers were waiting and hoping the Spaniard would make a tiny mistake and let them past. It was almost all over on Etape 4. Carlos and the Lancias were cruising, though spectators new to rallying at downtown Auckland watched the "City of Sails" special stage with amazement. Overnight rain had softened the conditions once more and several drivers spun between the harbor ft:TTENTION GRAN front buildings. Brian Stokes, in the process of chasing Allport, hit a bank and punctured, while Greg Taylor crashed his Mazda and had to retire. Greg Adamson reached the finish after a fraught rally, having lost considerable time stuck off the road, only to be excluded for various pre-rally reconnaissance offenses, and heavily fined. Ingvar made two best times and Markku Alen rounded off the event in the way he had begun it, by scoring another stage win. Sainz did his now familiar pirouettes in the car park, Meekings won Group N and New Zealand quietened itself down for another 12 months. 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LA RANA DESERT RACING Lucerne Valley Jam 100 By Carol Clark Photos: Trackside Photos Inc. Keith Jackson scored another overall and Class 1 /2 victory in his Castex Raceco at the dusty Lucerne Valley Jam 200. beating the 145 other starters handily, taking the overall title by a good seven minutes total time. La Rana Desert Racing is the little series that could, and it sure is drawing a large entry. Every race just keeps getting bigger and better. Last June there were a total of 155 entries, and 146 starters, with 77 finishers, which is just a little bit over 50 percent and that is a pretty good finish ratio for the rugged Johnson Valley area race trails in southern California. In doing the post race interviews after the Lucerne Valley Jam 200, I did not hear the same thing from all the racers, and that was 'how rough the course was'. This time I heard that there was a lot of silt, but also some fast stuff, according to finishing drivers. A repeat performance from Ridgecrest for the overall victory was turned in by Keith Jackson in his Class 2 Raceco. He and co-driver Gordon Zabrecky had only one flat, and they said it was rough in some spots, and also very, very dusty. They finished the last ten miles of the race on a rear flat. They knew they were in the lead and just decided to take their chances at finishing first, rather than stop to change the flat and possibly get passed in the interim. Their overall winning time for the four laps was 4:49:12. The second vehicle to take the checkered flag was the Billy Bunch Class 8 GMC truck, driven by Curt LeDuc, just seven minutes out but their time was good enough for second overall. When the truck came in, followed by some irate 1-2-1600 cars, I chose not to get too close. Tempers were flying and, being rather short in stature, I figured some of these big guys would just use me for traction to get to the Bunch team and not even know that they had run over me. However, that Class 8 truck scooted around the course in 4:56: 10, and I think LeDuc drove the entire race by himself. Third across the line was Danny Porter in the La Victoria Foods car, co-driven by Larry Rosevear. He says he passed everybody on the first lap, then had a flat and five cars passed him while he was changing said flat. He jumped back in the car, hastily belted up and took off to once again pass these same five and had no further problems. Danny not only won Class 1-2-1600, he was third overall at 5:03:08. Tony Modica was in next, in less than two minutes, scorin fourth Danny Porter and co-driver Larry Rosevear suffered just one flat tire in the early going, had no more troubles worth mentioning, and Porter came in first in Class 1-2-1600 and third overall. • ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;===; Brian Coats and Neville Sha;'he won the combined Class 3. 4 and 6 by miies in the Chevy Camaro. Their winning margin was a hefty hour and a half and some change. overall and first in Class 10 at 5:04:58 in his Adzima. He got lost on the first lap and had one rear flat, then on lap 2 he had one front flat, and on the last lap, two more rear flats. The spring came off the throttle, so he just ran it that way to the flag. Fifth across the line and fifth overall at 5:05:41 was the Meco car driven by Mike and Morley Williams. They took second in Class 2, got fast lap of the day and ran the last ten mil son a rear flat, for a total of three flats. They did say it was a rough and extremely dusty course. Home sixth overall and third in Class 2 were Nils Castillo and eff Music in a Raceco at 5:12:30. Rob Myerly and Randy Jones took second in Class 1-2-1600 and were seventh overall at 5: 12:54. Rob also ran the last ten miles on a rear flat on the Hensley, but he said it was a good fast course. He was not in a real talkative mood, due to being in quite a bit of pain from some abusive nerfing on the course. Brad Inch, of beautiful downtown Burbank,broughthis 1-2-1600in for third place in class and ninth overall at 5: 13:48 in a tight run for position in the 2 7 car class. The only trouble our man Brad had was a lost fan belt, and it cost him second place. Brad is always fast, but often has trouble finishing; he was happy saying he was beaten by a faster driver and car at Lucerne. Doug Castillo and Chris Heryford got their Mirage in fourth in Class 1-2-1600 and tenth overall. Doug said he has never been hit so hard in a race as he was in this event. The ramming knocked him off the course and into a large pile of rocks that gave him two flats. That kind of takes the fun out of the sport when you have to take that kind of abuse. Mike and Morley Williams kept their Meco on track, finishing on a flat tire but they were second in Class 1 /2 and placed fifth overall as well. Nils Castillo and Jeff Music took third in Class 1 /2 in the Raceco by a skinny 25 seconds, running the plain jane two seater home sixth overall. An interesting story goes with the Bob Richey Class 2 Race-co/Porsche that finished fifth in Class 2 and eighth overall in 5:12:55. How he finished in the Rob Myerly digs out of the rock canyon on his way to second in Class 1-2-1600 in the Hensley, and Rob and Randy Jones were seventh overall also. Page 4i -· .,....... ..:,~::: Brad Inch got a long sought good finish in his single seater. and he not only placed third in Class 1-2-1600, but he was also a fine ninth overall. September 1991 Chuck Dodson blew second gear, had trouble with spectator traffic, but finished first on the road in Class 5, but was second on time eventually. DustyTimcs

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Greg Burgin carries a mascot on the nose of his Class 5-1600 Bug. and it brought him luck as he finished second in the 18 car field of 5-1600s. Defending points champion in Class 9, James Clements suffered his first flip in many years of racing, but he recovered quickly and was second in Class 9. Sandy Parker had to settle for third place in his Class 9 Chenowth, just one slim minute out of second spot in the competitive Class 9 action. front half of the pack I'll never · know. Tom Baker, co-driver, told me that they lost a tire on the first lap. On the second lap the battery ' came loose, so co-rider Darren Ebberts held the battery in his lap for three laps. They even stopped and borrowed a battery from a spectator on the course. Darren said the guy was a total stranger, but was more than willing to yank the battery out of his truck and loan it to the stranded racer. Some people are really super. This poor guy was stranded until they came back with his battery, but he patiently waited and sure enough the crew found him to give him the battery so he could go home. There really are some ood Gary Bates and co-drivers Dave Baeskens and Shirley Scott won Class 5 by Rich Fersch and Harry Dunn had a few woes early in the game, got the over a minute, but had to fight for the victory after the race with the official · suspension adjusted, and carried on with no more mechanical troubles to win 1 timers, but they did win. Class 5-1600 by a huge margin of 23 minutes. Kim Mohr and family used most of the time allowance to get the Ford home covering four laps but. they were the only truck that finished in Class 7 so they took the victory. High attrition took out all but one in Class 7 4x4 action, and the only truck covering four laps in this class was the Toyota of Jay King and his family, and they took the trophy and check. Curt LeDuc drove the Billy Bunch truck most of the distance in the Class 8 contest and the GMC flat flew over the soft desert to not only win the class by two hours but place second overall to boot. Dusty Times Samaritans left out there, and us 1600actionat6:27:05,buthetoo critically injured in this motor-off road types thank all of you escaped the small journalist trying cycle vs. Bronco and Trailer who help us along the way. ever so hard to let those guys crash, that he was not expected to InClass5outlittlebuddyGary know that I'm there. Scott live. He had broken most of the "hit first ask questions later" Mendenhall was third in the bones in his body, and most Bates, from Hesperia, and co-limited Baja Bug action with a attending. doctors wanted to drivers Dave Baeskens and timeof6:43:05andMikeMolina amputatehisleg.Onelonedoctor. Shirley Scott, took first in class by was ten minutes behind him, and Morgan's friends convinced about a minute and a half, fourthinclassfollowedsometime theothersthelegcouldbesaved finishing in 5:29:31. Sometime later by Walter Sleppy. and so it was, after many surgeries during the race, lap unknown, the Ihad to do a double take when I and many months in and out of oil light came on. When he finally saw # 100 cross the finish line. It hospitals. And he still has a stopped at his pit, he found that really was Morgan Maiocco definite limp and more surgeries his valve cover gasket had sucked climbing out of the driver's seat to look forward to but he can still in, so a new one was installed and winning Class 100at6:21:43. win off road races and also ride a along with three quarts of oil. He This guy is a walking, talking motorcycle. Morgan did have a took off only to find a few miles miracle. Details of his accident in first lap flat and lost second gear, down the road that he had a flat, 1988 are involved, but he was so _and was~ so he slipped into a FAIR pit and borrowed a spare. He thinks the motor is ready for boot hill, cuz he ran too long with the oil light on. Chuck Dodson took a close second place in Class 5 and 18th 9verall at 5:30:56. He says he lost his hood and blew second gear in the third lap. He had no flats, but was really scared a couple of times with spectators on the course. One time it was a kid on a bike, and the other was a gray Honda sedan. If I live to be a hundred, I'll never, never understand why these people come out to the races and risk their lives, as well as the lives of the racers, just to prove something to themselves, what I don't know. Peter Swift of Costa Mesa took third in Class 5 at 5:50:26. He disappeared before I could get any info' from him, but he ran a good clean race and had only minor problems. Rich Fersch, the 1990 HORA/SCORE 5-1600 points champion, topped the 18 5-1600s by over 23 minutes with a time of 6:03:34. Rich, a devoted clesert racer and majordomo of Downey Race Haus, has decided that the La Rana series is A-OK. He and Harry Dunn said it was a good race, but they had to adjust the front suspension on the first lap. Rich lost a face shield from his helmet, stopped to replace it, had good pit support from FAIR and is ready to go out and do it again. Greg Burgin took second in 5-September 1991 THE WRIGHT PLACE~. COIL SPRING YOUR FRONT END! The coil springs you are seeing on cars in magazines and at the finish line, are products of The Wright Place. You can use them on· Fox, Bilstein, or Rough Country's 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 adju~tments. 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.:s:,:, « Les Fulkerson and Craig Marshall had two flats on the first lap on their Class 10 Raceco, but they had no more troubles and were second in Class 10. Stephen Wellington and Mark Bell had a good run in :heir Beetle, and they hustled into second in Class 11, about ten and a half minutes behind. Dan Groff had to borrow his wife"s Toyota in order to race, having totaled his racer last spring. and Dan finished a very close second in Stone Stock. r;.,. losing fourth gear in the Mirage as he finished. He is quite a guy. In the combined Class 3, 4 and 6, there were five starters, and only two finished. Brian Coats took the Class 6 points and the combined class purse in the Camara he shares with Neville Sharpe at 7: 10:40. Brian Fink got his Jeep around four times for the Class 4 points and second in the combined class at 8:45:02. Of the three star~ers in Class 7 only Kim Mohr finished at 9:22:52 in a Ford. Class 7 4x4 started three and only Jay King got in the four laps in a Toyota at 7:59:28. Alberto Tejera got in three laps within the time limit. Glass 9 had 27 starters.and ten finishers. First across the line was Danny Hunter in 6:09:43. He had a flat on the second lap but no mechanical troubles at all. He says he had a good time and wants to thank his pit team again for taking· such good care of him. His last minute rider was 15 year old Pikey Morris; it was his first time in the car and Pikey said it was thumbs up all the way. Veteran Jim Clements took second place in Challenger Class at 6: 15:43 and had the ride of his life this time. He started dead last and took the lead for the first three laps and then it happened. He blew out his rear shocks, hit a big old whoop and flipped the car completely over and landed back on his wheels. His fan belt came off, but did not break. He pulled over just long enough to put the belt back on again and put the pedal to the metal while his bell was still ringing from the roll over. In all the years he's been racing, that's the first time he's ever rolled and he really isn't too interested in doing it again. He finished just six minutes out of the win at that! Sandy Parker came in third in Class 9, just a single minute behind Clements. All Sandy had to say was that it really isn't necessary to nerf as hard as he was hit at this race. It's really uncalled for and really takes the fun out of racing when your neck hurts real bad and you are mad at 'the guy that hit you. Bruce Mangold was fourth at 6:22:41 followed by Dave Girdner in with a 6:36:55. Returning to Class 10 action, Les Fulkerson and Craig Marshall finished second out of 16 starters at 5:23:07, while just six 10s . finished. Les and Craig had two flats on the Raceco on the first lap. On one of them they had to drive eight miles before they could get the tire changed. They think they probably lost 12 or 15 minutes because of this mishap. Alan Hensley was a close third, just 11 seconds back in his Bunderson. Alan had only minor Page 44 troubles, calling it a relatively finish line to the barn (pit). trouble free race. David Atwood In stone stock 1500 there were was well back in fourth. eight starters and seven finishers, Old Faithful Travis Howard which is an extremely high took Class 11 honors again average. Of course, the class only among the four starters and two covers two laps in the same time finishers. His father Earle was his allowance as the others have to do co-driver here, and it was the first four laps of the close-to-used-up time Dad had ever been in the race course. First place went to '. right seat. Travis got stuck in Scott Sells who was hotly pursued some sand dunes but still caught by his good buddy Dan Groff, and passed Steve Wellington. He both in Toyotas. Groff was says he lost his rear shocks, so it driving his wife's truck since he was an even rougher race than totaled out his truck while testing usual. He said he was hit real hard a few months ago. She donated also, and that was not appreciated her truck to the cause so Dan either. Just ten minutes behind could race again. Scott said he just Stephen Wellington took second had fun but thought he would get in Class 11, but"went from ,the DQdforblowingthestart/ finish. {. ,:~~~ .. •;•:;. . Danny Hunter, with co-drivers Mike and Steve Hunter, kept up a swift pace all the way, and their only problem was one flat tire and they won the 27 car Class 9 purse by a full six minutes. ~!/* ll:1 . @th tr Defending points champion in Class 11 Travis Howard won again, by ten minutes, and this time with his dad Earle, who won a SCORE race in the same area, riding along and helping deditch the car when it got stuck. =~= Morgan Maiocco ran a FRT style Class 100 at Lucerne, and he drove the Mirage to get the win, finishing all four laps in good time at that. September 1991 The gods must have been on his Edward Czech, Jr. at 7:41:54. side. He finished over three It was a good contest in the one minutes ahead of Groff at lap Class 44 race with six starters 4:06: 17. Sho Ota was third in the and four finishers. Michael Daws class followed by Curtis Lamb won the dash in a Honda Pilot at then came Bill Quitmyer, and all 1 :44: 17, closely followed by Art were also driving Toyotas. This is Gibbs' Honda at 1:51:08. Chris fast becoming a one marque class. Reyno Ids c locked 2:05:01 In Stone Stock Big Engine class fol lowed by Mary Su 11 ivan, some did their two laps a lot faster 4:24:55. and three of the five starters TheLaRanaracerswillbeback finished. Gordon DiCarlo won in the same area, which hosted the . the class by over an hour and a Fireworks 250 in July, on August half in his Ford, clocking 3:59:54 23-25 for the Johnson Valley for the two required laps. James 300. There will be a race in Hall and Don Connors were California or Nevada every second in a~other Ford at weekend from the end of July 5:37:35, followed in by the Ford through October, so this is the Bronco of Fernando Elias and busy, bus season. Tony Modica had four flats on his Adzima, then had throttle spring failure, and he had gotton lost on the first lap, but he kept moving fast enough to win Class 10 by 18 minutes and place fourth overall. -~"fo~~ _./' :~.?tt~. Scott Sells is having a good year in Stone Stock Mini Truck class, and in the rocks and dust he won a tight one in his Toyota, taking the victory by only three minutes and change. ti Michael Daws came from northern California to race his Honda Pilot, and he scored a narrow victory in class winning by less than seven minutes on this tough course. Dusty Times

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ROUND THREE AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Sea Lake Mallee Rally Report and Photos by Darryl Smith Stuart Lord and Steve Toth were within seconds of the overall victory in the Southern Cross. but had to settle for second overall and the Class 2 win. Manns pickup, which broke part a flat tire. The problem was his of the rear end after the Bog Jump. spare and wheel brace were lost in That left the GM Holden pickup that early rollover! They managed of Wayne Gibson to lead Class 5, to make it back, but lost a lot of butsoonafter,hetooretiredwith time. Barry Johnson's Chev V6 a blown motor. buggy was to withdraw that lap Andy Brown and Ulli Tuisk surprised the circuit regulars. stayed near the front all day, and finished first in Class 1 and overall, taking the overall title by a mere 22 seconds total time, driving the Rivmasta. Glover, meanwhile was show-with clutch problems. Meanwhile ing no effects of the rollover, and the Bridgestone Class 2 assault actually pulled away from the . took a dive with both Mark Bur-field. Dave Stuchbery continued rows and then Neville Boyes retir-to be plagued with bad luck and ing; Burrows with computer pulledoutwithdiffproblems. His problems on the Mazda motor, Goodyear teammate, and round 1 and Boyes broke a king pin and winner, Les Brown retired his lost the wheel assembly. Even Class 2 car with broken rear sus-more unlucky was the Class 8 pension; while Yokohama's Keith Land rover of Coleman that broke Owers suffered electrical prob-an axle while the car was at speed lems. The leading Baja of Dowsett through a sweeper. The resulting also withdrew, having dropped a roll over destroyed the car and piston in his VW motor, while put the crew in hospital, although the quick Class 8 Mitsubishi they were later released. Round 2 Pajero turbo of Fabio Zarfati winner, Charlie Albins lost a lot stopped with gearbox failure. of time when a front wheel inner Another surprise win in Australia. The Sea Lake Mallee Rally, is Australia's longest running off road event. 1991 saw the race held for the 17th time on June 9 and the field included many who had raced around the lake many times without success. One such driver was Andy Brown, who had been at Sea Lake 10 times trying to crack it and indeed any National event. Well, the strange phenomenon of '91 that has struck down the leading Team drivers hit again and it was Brown, the 33 year old Director of the ARB group that took control and recorded his first National win in this the third round of the Australian Off Road Champ-ionship. The circuit at the tiny town of Sea Lake, in the state of Victoria, circles around the salty Lake Tyrrell and is usually fast across the flat, open plains. This year it was exceptionally quick as rain preceeding the event had packed the track down firmly. Luckily the rain wasn't present as the 144 car field began their time trials on the Saturday. It was obvious the Open Class 1 buggies would set the pace and it was the Porsche powered car of Peter Glover that took the pole. The field would be started on the Sunday in pairs, so alongside Glover on the front row would be his Bridgestone team-mate, Craig Martin with turbo Rabbit power. The second row was Yokohama's Daren Wells, and ARB's Andy Brown; both had turbo Nissan motors. Row 3, and it was Goodyear's Dave Stuchbery (turbo Toyota) and the first Class 2, 1600cc car, that of Richard Bennett with Ford Cosworth power. In row 4 w~uld . ~-·::%' Richard Bennett and Nick Cowie run a 1600 Ford Cosworth engine in their Class 2 Southern Cross. and they were second in class and third overall. Richard Murray and Chris Conner took the win in Class 5, 2WD pickups and sedans, flying their Holden pickup to a winning margin of 13 minutes. Page 46 by Renault V6 powered Brett Osborne, and Neville Boyes, Class 2 with a Nissan motor. Further down in position 23 was the first single seater, that of Howard Ford. The quickest Class 3, 1200cc buggy was Peter_ Richards in 31st, while leading the Baja Class 4 was Graeme Dowsett way down in 80th. As expected Mark Manns streeted his Class 5 opposition in his Isuzu General Motors, Holden Rodeo pickup. Manns qualified 27th despite being the first cat out and having to take off the slippery top coat of dirt. The Challenger buggy Class 6, is still relatively new, but it appears Neville Day has his car sorted out as he topped the class. The limited 4x4 Class 7 was led by . Reg Owen's Nissan Patrol, while heading the modified 4x4 Class 8, was. Doug Coleman's VB Landrover. It was a cold Sunday morning as \ cars lined up for the four, 60 mile laps around the lake. The winter wind was blowing across the lake making it very cold, but this brought smiles to the turbo driv-ers. The dampness in the track also meant there should be no dust. The green flag dropped and it was Craig Martin that got off the line quickest and headed down and back around the airstrip, and approached the famous Bog Jump where a huge crowd had gathered. But all attention turned back to Glover, who had rolled but landed back on his wheels and continued. It wasn't long before he passed a stationary Martin who had an oil pump fail. Another very early retirement was the At completion of lap 1, the shattered, but they found a times revealed Peter Glover stricken Dick Allport, and bar-indeed was leading. Next was rowed his wheel. The turbo Daren Wells, then Andy Brown, Honda buggy of Howard John-followed by the Class 2 of Stuart stone just failed to make the half Lord, who started 16th with Toy-way mark when a rear arm ota power. Then came the Class 1 snapped. of Glen Owen, which has a Dug-The field were required to stop gan motor. In Class 3, Bob Mow-for a one hour break after two bray had started further back after laps. It was reigning Australian spinning in prologue, but was Champion, Daren Wells, that was now right on the pace leading the first in, and on times was indeed class by two minutes. Nev Taylor leading the event. The field had assumed his usual place at the streamed in and crews swarmed head of the Baja field. While in over the cars to fix any problems . the 2WD class, Richard Murray's Andy Brown was lying in second, GM Holden pickup led over while Stuart Lord sat in third, Bernie Clohesy ' s Chrysler although his car was barely visible pickup. Neville Day seemed too as the Goodyear crew surrounded quick for a Challenger and led by it to fix a front arm about to drop some eight minutes after just the out. No sooner was that fixed and one lap. In Class 7, the Nissan the Goodyear camp had to attend Patrols usually dominate, and to Bruce· Watman's Class 3 they were, being 1,2,3. Grahame J requiring a new head gasket. Baxter led Les Siviour, then Reg , Richard Bennett who was still Owen. Peter Hadlow was the only with the leaders, had to weld a Class 8 to get under the one hour broken front shock tower back time in his Mitsubishi Triton I together. There was not much pickup. Hank· Parker was close action in the single seater camp as behind in his Rodeo V6, then the entire field was now retired; Si came Ken Smith also in a Rodeo Heaslip broke a rear torsion bar;, pickup. then Howard Ford was the last to Drivers continued immediately , go out with CV failure. into lap 2 and it was here disaster Class 3 definitely belonged to struck Peter Glover in the form of Bob Mowbray, even more with the retirement of Peter Richards ~:~uwt#/4&,a~~ 5)9,,...,1?, ---~ -~~ ;!!--' -41J'•I with clutch failure. Nev Taylor was still in command of the Baj as, likewise Richard Murray had con-trol of the 2WD class, although Wayne Casey put in a good time in his Datsun 1808. Neville Day was now 15 minutes ahead in his Challenger buggy. Class 7 was very close with Grahame Baxter having the edge over Les Siviour by only 15 seconds. Another closely fought battle was in Class 8, and saw Hank Parker leading at the break over Hadlow, although fastest lap 2 time went to Trevor Cunning's Mitsubishi pickup, obviously starting a charge. Neville Day and Paul Kennedy went so fas t in their Challenger Southern Cross. winning Class 6. that the tech crew took a close post race look at it. but it met all the rules. September 1991 So, Daren Wells started off on his final, two laps, confident he Dusty Times

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Bernie Clohesy and Kim Stacey buck the trend and race a Valiant Pickup in Class 5, and they did well in this race. taking second in the mixed class. Racing hard against the pickups in Class 5 is this Holden Torana, a General Motors sedan, and Geoff and James Barbary drove it to a close third in class. David Leach and Duane Stanyer scored seventh overall in the Hornet, and they also drove the two seater to fourth in the close running Class 2 ranks. Gary Davis and Paul Mountjoy stayed closed to the 1200 leader all the way, but the Hornet ended up second in Class 3 by four minutes and was 14th overall. Class 7 competition was very tight for the Production 4x4s. Reg Owen and Roger Brown took a close third in the Nissan Patrol, just five minutes behind the winner. David and Kate McDonald ran a good race in the Diahatsu Feroza, taking fifth in the hotly contested Production 4x4 competition in the smaller rig. had shaken off his bad luck that has seen him yet to record a finish. But it was not to be, as halfway through the lap a CV let go taking the axle out as well. Andy Brown passed the stationary Wells and thought the race was . his, not realizing Stuart Lord was catching him. Although not as quick, Bill Croft was still in the leading bunch, but now had lost power steering fluid. A similar problem hit Les Siviour's Patrol, when it lost its power steering pump alto-gether! His main rival though, Grahame Baxter, had lost second gear, so the battle was still on. There was more drama as Peter Glover retired with a burst oil line, then even more of the leading pack disappeared: Doug McMil-lan breaking an axle, and Glen Owen dropping a piston. The Watman Class 3 soon called it a day with a misfiring and oily motor. Out of nowhere in Class 3 he had now conquered the Lake came Gary Davis who began set-and recorded his first ever ting fastest times. The Hadlows National win, with his brother-in-Class 8 Mitsubishi had front CV law Ulli T uisk riding alongside. trouble and was down to 2WD · Coming home fourth outright, but they were still quick, although and second in Class 1 was also a Cunning's Mitsubishi was incred-personal best for Trevor Crisp; a ibly quicker. busted shock the only damage on Back to the front, and Andy his Datsun powered machine. Brown crossed the finish line Fifth overall was the Class 2 of looking much relieved but then Tony Doorne, just edging out the shocked as Stuart Lord finished Bill Croft, Hankook Tires Class 1. very close behind. All attention Class 2 cars followed as David turned to the time keepers and it Leach, Bill Buchanan, Robert was announced Brown was indeed Graham and Paul 'Styles com-the winner. Lord's Class 2 car was pleted the top ten. only 22 seconds behind! Another Eleventh overall came Bob and the brutish Rodeo of Hank Parker ran third. Ken Smith struggled into fourth with his Rodeo limited to 4th gear only. Next in was the crowd pleasing Nissan Pathfinder of Robert Knott. He picked up the "best jump" trophy for his efforts. Only a minute covered 5th, 6th & 7th in Class 8, these being Knott, John Bloem's Lada Niva, and Royce Wells' Landcruiser truck. So that sums up the third round of the Australian Off Road Championship. And what a crazy year its become; none of the top favorites have recorded a finish yet, and all three winners so far . have never won before. Also the Sea Lake Mallee· Rally is usually kind to cars, but this year only 53% finished, which makes one wonder on the outcome of the next round. The Bridgestone International is usually the rough-est and toughest of them all. Sea Lake Mallee Rally - Australia Resuhs - June 9, 1991 charging 2, that of Richard Ben- Jeanette Mowbray, winning Class # Pos. nett, came in third overall. Ben- 3 in a great drive. Bob actually nett clocked fastest lap of the race broke some ribs prior to the event 198 on lap 3. The 1600cc Class 2 cars and also finished with the entire 192 2 certainly performed well, taking cab full of Malle salt-bush. Gary 1110 3 seven out of the top 10 places. But Davis' late charge put him second· 120 4 Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Class I • Unlimited Two Seat • 29 start • 8 finish Time 0/A it was Andy Brown's day, after inClass3,justaheadofKevinLee four previous DNF's at Sea Lake, who suffered intermittent brake 113 5 208 1 284 2 217 3 207 4 216 5 301 1 388 2 358 3 345 4 344 5 404 1 453 2 407 3 471 4 547 1 534 2 556 3 Andy BrowrvlJlli Tuisk Rivmasta Trevor & Anthony Crisp Rivmasta Bill CrolV..bhn Fawbert Buggy Charlie Aibins/Rodja McClelland Trekka Chris BosuatPeter Cooper Rivmasta Class 2 • 1600cc Two Seat • 36 start • 22 finish Stuart Lord/Steve Toth Southern Cross Richard BennetVMick Cowie Southern Cross Tony Doorne/John Rowe Rivmasta David Leach/Duane Stanyer Hornet Bill Buchanan/Andrew Meade Hunter Class 3 • 1200cc Two Seat• 23 start• 13 finish Bob & Jeanette Mowbray Hunter Gary Davis/Paul Mountjoy Hornet Kevin Lee/Scott Foster Hornet Brendan Payne/David Munn Buggy Russell & Jamie Robinson Rivmasta Class 4 • Baja Bug • 7 start • 4 finish Nev Taylor/Bob Oxley Baja Bug Mike & Raymie Keenan Baja Bug Corey & Neville Aldridge Baja Bug Ken Rowston/Troy Gard Baja Bug Class 5 • 2WD Sedans & Pickups• 20 start. 9 finish Richard Murray/Chris Conner Holden Pickup Bernie Clohesy/Kim Stacey Valiant Pickup Geoff & James Barbary Holden Torana 3:27:50 3:39:46 4 3:42:37 6 4:04:50 22 4:21 :27 42 3:28:12 2 3:33:54 3 3:41:36 5 3:42:49 7 3:43:27 8 3:53:15 11 3:57:00 14 3:58:33 16 3:59:45 18 4:00:52 19 4:10:25 29 4:14:24 33 5:23:49 69 5:28:24 73 4:18:57 38 4:31:46 48 4:38:50 50 Slugging through the Ma/lee mud, Les Siviour and Peter lseppi went on to their usual victory in .Production 4x4, Class 7, driving the Nissan Patrol. problems. Nev Taylor's Peugeot powered Baja took its second class victory in a row beating home Mike Keenan, then Corey Aldridge. Taylor came in 29th overall. The GM Holden pickup of Richard Murray had basically led Class 5 all day, so deserved the victory. He came in 38th outright. Second in Class 5 was the Chrysler Valiant pickup of Bernie Clohesy; then came the GM Holden Torana sedan of Geoff Barbary. Neville Day's speed in the Challenger buggy saw the tech crew check it over after his win and the car was passed OK. Day beat Louie Binios by some 20 minutes, then came the all girl crew of Michele Martin and Sharyn Daniel. 569 4 542 5 Max & Jason Hunt Holden Pickup 4:43:00 54 Ron & Brendan Forssman Ford Escort 5:08:58 66 Class 6 • Restricted Two Seat Challenger. 8 start. 5 finish Trevor Cunning and John Niemeyer really flew the Mitsubishi pickup over he soggy stuff on their way to the Class 8 win, despite a lack of sponsors. Dusty Times The see-sawing Class 7 4x4 bat-tle saw reigning class champ Les Siviour get the victory in the end in his Nissan Patrol backed by Bridgestone, and got home 23rd overall. Grahame Baxter got second in his Hankook Patrol, while Reg Owen hung on for third in another Patrol, although it was obvious he had clipped a tree on the rear corner. As has become normal, the limited 4x4 Class 7 scored a 100% finishing rate. The unsponsored Mitsubishi pickup of Trevor Cunning certainly took a lot of people by surprise when it easily won the modified 4x4 Class 8 . The Yokohama pickup of Peter Had low slotted into second, while September 1991 602 1 Neville Day/Paul Kennedy Southern Cross 4:10:00 601 2 Louie & Kate Binios Buggy 4:30:50 698 3 Michele Martin/Sharyn Daniel Rivmasta 4:40:32 608 4 Robert & Peter Cudmore Buggy 4:41:54 621 5 Christian Hargreaves/Anthony Radclife Rivmasta 5:05:29 Class 7 • Production 4x4 • 7 start -7 finish 701 1 Les Siviour/Peter lseppi Nissan Patrol 4:05:26 731 2 Grahame Baxter/Ross Mason Nissan Patrol 4:08:05 712 3 Reg Owen/Roger Brown Nissan Patrol 4:10:37 707 4 743 5 Eric Whitbread/Steve Blair Mitsubishi Pickup David & Kate McDonald Diahatsu Feroza 4:30:19 4:32:31 Class 8 • Modified 4x4 • 11 start • 8 finish 838 Trevor Cunning/..bhn Niemeyer Mitsubishi Pickup 3:56:50 801 2 Peter & Glen Hadlow Mitsubishi Triton 3:59:28 898 3 Hank Parker/Ron Gibbs Holden Rodeo 4:03:31 803 4 Ken Smith/Tom Orcher Holden Rodeo 4:12:51 816 5 Robert Knott/Wally Ski lier Nissan Pathfinder 4:18:47 Class 9 • Unlimited Single Seat. 3 start • O finish Starters, 144 - Finishers, (4 laps) 76 -53% -Race Distance 250 miles -400 km. 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SODA FOX RIVERFEST CHALLENGE Racing In DePere What??? No Rain? John Greaves started his weekend with the victory in Class 1-1600, 21 cars strong, and later on he led flag to flag in the equally competitive Class 2-1600 competition, and Greaves had more to come too. Absolutely and positively unbelievable, words to describe SODA racer's thoughts on finding two race days in a row at DePere, Wisconsin's Fox River-fest Challenge without a drop of rain! America's Premiere Short Course Off Road Race Series has targeted the annual Fox Riverfest Challenge as the race " ... where it ALWAYS rains." While there was no rain, there was plenty of sunshine and a boat· load of sensational racing! Promoters Lee Ellis and Dick Shinnick provided racers and spectators with a tough, action packed track. Excellent Track Patrol was provided by The High Riders. Saturday, July 6, was opening day for The Fox Riverfest Challenge. The American Flag was presented by Honorary Member Jed Gilson riding in his favorite driver's Race Truck. · Scott Taylor and Jed, you make all of us proud. Class 11 Double Seat was lined up three wide and took the first green flag of the Race Event. Everyone learned two things very quickly, the track was dusty, real dusty and the front jumps needed driver watching. Richard W oulf, Chad Ramesh, Fred Babinchak and Mark Eberhardt put on the early race action with Ramesh edging W oulf out for the win. Ramesh races on Yokohama tires. Eberhardt ran into mechanical trouble leaving Woulf with second and Babinchak with third. John Lazore, Doug Hanson and Dwayne Walkowski put on a fantastic race for seventh, eighth and ninth with Walkowski's co-driver getting out and giving the old engine some extra help with a push across the finish line! Whoopee! Class 1-1600 took the next green flag with twenty-. one entries lined up three wide! ' The attrition rate was low and ' with a good number of drivers on the 9/ lOs of a mile track, John Greaves turned average times of one minute, one second. The competition was not too bad either with Jim Wiggins, Jeff Jones, and Bryan Frankenburg all right o n Greaves' tail pipe. Wiggins gave it his all but at the final flag it was Greaves and Armstrong tires in first, Wiggins second and Jones in a well driven third. Art Schmitt III not only went flag to flag on his Armstrong Tires for the win but for five laps was the only Class 10 on the track. Bryan Bernloehr placed second and Lee Wuesthoff placed third. Need action photos? Call us ! Trackside Photo, Inc.-Racin Trackside Photo, Inc. Photos for Public Relations, Promotions, Ads Commercial & Product Photography Page 48 P .0. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (213) 670-6897 September 1991 Art Schmitt had a good weekend, winning Class 10 and Class 2 in his Laser, taking second in Classes 9 and tl)e Unlimited Challenge, dropping to fourth in Class 10 after an.infield excursion. Call it Jump Falling or Ball Joint Blues, but Class 6 had nothing but problems. There were nine starting vehicles and two cars left running on the track after the fifteen minute heat race. Class 6 All Star Fay Statezny went off with a broken ball joint, paving the way for Allen Fannin and his Armstrong Tires to roll across the finish line in first. Rookie Greg Bekavac pulled out a well driven second. Despite the. broken ball joint, Statezny finished in third. ·1he rest of the field, you ask? They were out with flat tires, fractured front ends and the like. , The track was laid out using 1200 pound hay bales to protect corners, mark the track and provide curb lines. Class 5-1600 certainly did not resemble a bunch of hay balers but did look like a fast paced, hard driven race! Scott Taylor on BFG tires raced green flag to checkered flag but not without some pretty heavy competition! Terry Wolfe, Mike Brue and Jim Allen were a 11 on the track just givin' 'er! This Class lined up four wide and suffered a heavy attrition rate. HEY FROGGIE, good to see ya' back! Like big spiders they came to the line. Class 9 took off in a cloud of dust, sort of Hi Ho, Silver And Away, in front of a packed grandstand. One more time John Greaves and his Armstrong tires went start to finish pulling an eighteen second lead on the rest of the field. Will somebody radar that guy on a good long straight? There was some outstanding racing going on wherever you looked on the track. Art Schmitt, Todd Attig, Don Ponder, Jeff St. Peter and Tom Schwartzburg were all running very close. St. Peter went out with a complete wheel assembly gone astray and a broken ball joint took out Chad Ramesh before he could make a lap. Schmitt took second and Attig placed third. Rob Roberts gave Class 3 spectators their money's worth with a nasty roll over on lap two bringing out one of the few red flags seen in Off Road Racing. Glad to report that while the machine may have s uffer ed damage, Rob did not. The field Having a great season in Class 5-1600. Scott Taylor drove the Baja Bug to the big win, with a close battle in the heavy competition in this class. ~ Changing cars, John Greaves again went wire to wire out front to win the Class 9 race, and he was up against some heavy competition. He later won Class 1 in the same car. Dusty Times

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,< ,___. ~:wnir--.»-·;·v ·; During the opening ceremony on 4th of July weekend, young Jed Gilson presented the American flag during the parade lap in Scott Taylor's Class 8. After a real free for all Jeff Kincaid got the lead in the Class 7S bash and he managed to hold it to the checkered flag for the hard won victory. Terry Wolfe takes time from SODA duties to race his 5-1600, and he does very well, placing second in the heavy infighting at the De Pere race. raced in a very tight formation with Bill Schirm taking the early lead and then having to stay laid back with tranny troubles. The red flag put Joe Dunlap out for a while with restart trouble but he came back to race with a vengeance. Dunlap finished with a flat left front tire and a radiator that watered the entire track. The whole bag of potatoes was taken home by BFG shod Herb Ros-borough. Mike Savage finished in second and Schirm took third. By now the weather had definitely warmed up, a classic Deodorant Day. Class 7S green flagged to one of the best races all season. To add more pizzazz, out of eleven entries, only three trucks finished WITHOUT at least one flat tire -would make a great movie, call it Tire Terror! Jim Wiggins took an early lead, gave it up to Tom Hackers who in turn lost it to Armstrong tired Jeff Kincaid. Jim Bradley snuck up through the class for a get on your feet second place. Tom Hackers placed third. Dave Woulf, Dave VanDenElzen and Al Walen-towski fought hard for position. Jack Flannery had his Class 4 Chevy primed and ready for the short track, and he led all the way despite close challenges to win Class 4 honors. Flannery took the same truck to the victory in the Heavy Metal Challenge. Even though there were a lot of wounded warriors out of commis-sion, Class 4 still had plenty of racing action. Jumpin' Jack Flannery on Armstrong Tires took his C_hevy Thunder from the get go to the all done flag but not without some competition. Kevin Probst had the new Class 4 all hooked up and lookin' good, taking home a well driven second. Joey Flannery ran a consistent third. Geoff Dorr and Jack Heidtman played bumper tag until Heidtman ran into mech-anica I dilemmas. -Dorr came across the finish in fourth. AGAIN it was John "Scooter" Greaves and Armstrong Tires going green to checkered in the Class 2-1600 race! Jim Wiggins was once again right on Greaves' '"'N Mark Steinhardt drove the entire distance in the Class 11 single seat lead, and as he took the checkered for the win, Chad Ramesh was right behind him. ~~~~ ----· Joey Flannery had to fight off Geoff Dorr in the Class 14 race, and as Joey took the checkered flag, Geoff was half a truck length behind him. Dusty Times • tail pipe but had to be happy with second. Bryan Frankenburg, having a very good year, kept pace lap after lap for third. Jeff St. Peter, Guy Crump and Mike Sorenson put on a good show for points and position. Class 8 was, by and large, a Class A Disaster. Eight trucks took the green flag and by lap three there were exactly three trucks left running. By lap nine, two trucks were still on the track. Whoa, what happened? Scott Taylor put on a show of excellent driving on BFG tires for the checkered flag. He was followed by an equally skilled Jack Flannery who flagged for second. The rest of the field went something like this: On the first front jump Dennis Ferdon got loose, Pat Flanagan spun out and rolled off the same jump. While this action was taking place John Schwittay lost control off the infamous front jump trying to avoid the Flanagan roll and smacked a utility pole. Brian Donlevy also tried to avoid the mess and found himself nosed into a guard rail. Not fun. "Farmer" John Konitzer sus-tained some early damage that took him out. Dennis Ferdon received third place. Class 1 provided fans with some Class One Style racing to end Saturday's Off Road Racing day. Art Schmitt took an early lead with Jeff Probst on his tail. Bad News Boys, Probst went off with an engine fire and Schmitt caught the edge of one of those nasty hay bales, spun out, took a really nasty blow to his head and did some incredible driving to catch up. Who was he catching up to? Who else but the incredible John Greaves who took another first place with his Armstrong tires. Schmitt ran a 59 second lap time, an average of sixty miles per hour -jumps, turns and all to catch up. Outstanding, Art. Jeff St. Peter came up through traffic very well and then was off in the infield. Enter Todd Attig and his Terminator who kept the door September 1991 There was high attrition in the Class 8 contest, but Scott Taylor got through the problems without trouble to win the class in his tidy Ford. shut for second place on Don Ponder and Art Schmitt. Ponder took a well earned third. One of the "perks" of racing the Fox Riverfest Challenge is the other entertainment in conjunc-tion with the Fox Riverfest. Racers enjoyed the wide variety of musical entertainment, the Arts and Crafts Fair and the food and beverage stands. The weather was delightful, the company among off road racers is always good and the entertainment terrific. Holy Cow, sports fans, day two of the Fox Riverfest Challenge opened to excellent weather, NO RAIN, and superb racing. Class 13 was the first race of the day. Class 13 drivers requested that the track NOT be watered. The green flag dropped and the track took on the appearance of Oklahoma in a sand storm. Chuck Brand took an early lead only to smoke an engine leaving Lowell DeGreef on Yokohama Tires the win. Despite poor visibility, most drivers main-tained positions. Tom Jensen placed second. Dan Vanden Huevell had third place with Robert Flanagan right on his bumper until the checkered flag lap when Flanagan slipped by for the third place position. Once again it was Art Schmitt, Armstrong Tires and the check-ered flag as Class 2 took the track. Lee Wuesthoff came in second. Schmitt took a commanding lead early with Wuesthoff having to play catch up running about the same lap times as Schmitt. Scott Schwalbe drove a steady race to third place. Hey, the entire membership of Class 11 Single Seat finally remembered the unwritten rule that there is no passing the Class Representative! And they did it among ·!Jlr 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. 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Class 13 opened the Sunday race program, and Lowell DeGreef once again moved through the ranks in his ShaBooms special to win the unique class. Chuck Brand, in a more conventional bodied Class 13 race car, took the early lead in this dusty first of the day race. but blew an engine midway. Todd Attig won the Unlimited Challenge race, after taking a third in Class 9 and second in Class 1 in the Terminator, a car of his own desigro. HP numerous bumps, spm, outs, hook,ups, thrills and chills! Okay, Mark Steinhardt drove an excellent race from start to finish in first place. Mark is the Class Rep. Chad Ramesh gave Stein, hardt good reason to drive that hard as Ramesh could read the numbers on Steinhardt's race suit he was so close, Ramesh placed second. Glen Mathews, Calvin Bailey, Curt Gerald and Cory Friday all wanted third place and all drove with no holds barred for position. Mathews came around with two laps to go minus his entire right front wheel. While he stayed on the track and in the race, third place went to Curt Gerald. Nice driving Class l lS! Class 14 took the track and proved that it doesn't necessarily follow that there must be a lot of entries to have a good race. With five entries, Class 14 had the crowd on its feet. Out of the green flag Kevin Probst had the Probst machine hooked up and gone! Unfortunately Kevin had to pull off with mechanical trouble. Step in Geoff Dorr and Joey Flannery · who went door handle to door handle the entire race. Flannery kept the door closed by a pinch for first with Dorr taking the finish line jump one half a truck length behind for second. Herb Rosborough finished third and Bill Lohf took fourth. Great racing action! With Class racing over, the first Challenge Race was lined up and ready to go. The Limited Buggy Challenge was green flagged with fifteen entries. Jim "Blue Streak" Wiggins and John Greaves traded After placing second in both 1-1600 and 2-1600 events, Jim Wiggins, here interviewed by Green Bay media, got his victory in the Limited Buggy Challenge. the lead back and forth three jumps, bumps and spins included. times, running three tenths of a Holy Heavy Metal! The Heavy second apart. Wiggins took the Metal Challenge was a sight to see win, Greaves had a case of the and vibrations to be felt as eleven blue smoke blues and had to pull entries green flagged and roared off the track. Jeff St. Peter across the grandstand jump! checkered in second, Jim Van, Jumpin' Jack and his Chevy DenElzen in third. VanDenElzen Thunder went flag to flag for the fought off some great driving by win with Jack Heidtman the only Mark Hameister, Ed Tessmer and other entry to finish on the same Rob Renkas. lap for second. Scott Taylor, Dave The Unlimited Buggy Challenge ·• Parsons and Dennis Ferdon put flagged next with a merry mess of on a super show for third place. buggies following the green flag. Taylor had to pull off the track Out of the tangle came Todd Attig and Ferdon came across for third. and his Terminator in first with Robert Flanagan did an excellent Scott Schwalbe and Art Schmitt job of holding down fourth right on his tail. Attig went ahead position. for the win with Schmitt in a stand Promoters Lee Ellis and Dick up second. Lee Wuesthoff took Shinnick offerea a new concept to the wheel by the horns and went Short Course Racing with a Mini, by Schwalbe for third. Average Metal Challenge starring drivers speed times in this race also ran from Class 5,1600 and Class 7S. right around 60 miles per hour , Tom Hockers in Class 7S took the Tom Hockers whipped into third in Class 7S, but came back Sunday to win outright in the Challenge race for Classes 7S and 5-1600, driving his Ford. top honors with 5, 1600 driver Mike Brue putting the pedal down for second. Jeff Karlman may have pushed a little too hard as he rolled over on an infield corner. Hats off to Jeff as he and the track patrol righted the machine and Jeff took off for three more laps before he had to pull off. Bill Bowles in 5, 1600 and Al Walentowski in 7S jockeyed for third place with Walentowski taking the points and position. Two Classes of Women's Buggy competition flagged next. In a combination of Class 5, 1600, Class 9 and Class 2, 1600 buggies, Ruth Schwartzberg came around in first then lost most of her gears giving the lead and the win to Tracy Crump. Paula St. Peter came in second and Ruth had to be happy with third. Wendy Schmalz, still getting the feel of the machine, placed fourth. Women's Class 11 flagged with the less restricted buggies. Spectators watched Nita Woulf come around lap after lap in first place until the checkered flag lap. It looked as though she had just disappeared, kind of like the Bermuda Triangle of DePere. Letty Wheeler took the win. Jean Silloway placed second and Shari Cudahy came in third. As is custom, Women's Heavy Metal closed the day's racing. Shari Recla went flag to flag for first, Sherrie Parsons placed second and Nancy Vanden Heuvel took third. With the Fox Riverfest Chai, lenge over for the 1991 Racing Season, racers prepare to head for The U.P. Off Road 100 held in Bark River, Michigan. See ya' trackside! Off Road's Winningest Radios Page 50 OVER 1,621ON THE RACE COURSE! Comlink V • • • • The Ultimate Racing Intercom Helmets wired $100. 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The Straight Poop From The Big Wahzoo LA RANA RACE -Seven Checker entries joined about 150 others in La Rana's biggest turnout yet, at this 200 mile race near Lucerne. Poppa Bates carried the Club colors into the winner's circle in his Class 5 car, but only after a strange 'go around' with the promoter (more later). In a great come back victory, after some first lap down time; Gary's Baja came across the finish line the second car on the road but close enough to pull out a 60 second win on time. Bates, First Place, Class 5. Congratulations Gary! Chase brought his pre-runner out to race Class 1/2 with his engine man behind the wheel. After some early down time Stuart's car came back in third place. Brown and Hibbard also had first lap woes in Steve's open car, but they also recovered enough to grab a fifth place. Good Show Checkers! Gene Dillion had his Class 10 car, with his son driving, running fourth overall at the halfway point only to have a run-in with an open car and come up on the short end. The tangle saw the open car come down on Dillion's front end and destroy one of his shock towers. Silvas lost a tranny on the third lap in his 1-2-1600 car and Pick went out in the first lap with a host of typical 'Pick-like' problems. Maiocco and Robin-son, in an attempt to get the new Class 100 started at the La Rana races, were the only 105" wheelbase Class 100 car entered. They finished all four laps and were declared the winner. Atta' Boy Guys! Now back to the almost unbelievable story surrounding Bates' victory. It seems Gary's co-driver brought their car into the finish line close enough to still be in the dust of the leading Class 5 car, but since our boy had a minute and a half on him because of a rear start the victory was theirs ... Right? Well, maybe not. At the finish line Gary was given a printed stub that had his finishing time and his unofficial finishing position as second place. When Bates questioned the officials at the finish line he was told that the starting time difference would be figured in the official results. When Gary later checked the official results, he found that mysteriously one minute and 37 seconds had been added to his time and he was now officially in second place. After pressing the promoter about this, our hero was dumbfounded when told that the promoter was reluctant to move the first place car back to second since this guy has been a regular La Rana customer from the beginning and that if he did, this good customer might just get irritated enough to stop running with him! The promoter finally agreed to recheck the times after Bates calmly informed him that "you don't even know the meaning of the word 'IRRITATED', until you've seen me after I've been cheated out of a win". The final result of this was that Gary was Dusty Times declared the winner and the second place driver, true to the promoter's fear, vowed never to race La Rana again. Let's hope this misunderstanding won't have any effect on Eddie Castro's willing-ness to accept an invitation to attend a Checker meeting in the near future. SCORE/WEA THERM AN MEETING-On June 26, Sal Fish with his Race Coordinator Jim Connor, along with the Weather-man addressed the Club, primarily regarding emergency race com-munications. In short, the Club felt that BARRA was not properly monitoring the new SCORE emergency channel and that they were still not cooperating with the Weatherman Relay when he reported emergencies to them. SCORE said they were not aware of these problems but agreed to cooperate with a committee to resolve any problems that do remain. In response to a complaint about 'SCORE's Adjustable Rule Book', Sal once again stated that he was not aware of any problems but promised to get SCORE's Chief Tech Inspector to attend a Checker meeting in the near future to try to straighten out any communication problems be-tween SCORE and those in any particular class regarding pro-posed rule changes. On the surface SCORE's attitude on resolving these problems appears very admirable, and the Wahzoo indeed hopes they are, but actions will speak louder than words. A strange twist appeared on the controversial SCORE threat to force racers to remove radios that don't have SCORE's medical channel. At this meeting SCORE again stated flatly that their new radio rule will be strictly enforced, but shortly afterwards put the word out to our Club President, IDRA and others that, off the record, "nobody will be forced to remove their radios". You must admire this attempt by SCORE to wrestle back control of its race communications, especially since its success depends entirely on BARRA's ability to provide a reliable link with all those hundreds of FM radios out along the race course. Because this is something the Weatherman Relay does so well, and the fact that the racers have come to rely on this high level of radio communication, let's hope SCORE's changes are an improve-ment and not just more of that same old uncooperative attitude from BARRA. At a meeting awhile back, the membership in attendance felt that the Checkers' Column should also appear in Peralta's On-Dirt magazine, but after talking to the folks at Dusty Times about this, I found that there's a problem. The Dusty Times, like most publications, has an editorial policy of only printing original stories and articles, and would not be interested in re-printing some-thing that appears in another publication. Considering Dusty Times circulation and it's following by Checker members, and also potential new members, the Wahzoo is gonna' continue to 'dance with the one who brung us', until told different by the membership. Speaking of Peralta, over the years Lou has been called a lot of things, but after the recent Baja 500 he picked up a couple of new nicknames. Recently hi.s EX-partner circulated a letter around the membership describing Peralta as not only "The Terminator", but also calling him the "Zorro of Pilots!" Come on, a Peruvian Zorro? At the recent Fireworks Race an ugly incident took place at one of the outlying Checker pits. The primary players were Wayne Cook, his chase crew, Thumper, Peralta, Morgan Maiocco as the Pit Captain and other assorted Checkers. After the various parties went their different ways and all the yelling stopped, it seems everybody was mad at everybody. In most other organizations these kind of hard feelings might linger on for months, but not in the Checkers. Almost all those involved showed up at the post race Wednesday night meeting early to discuss their problems. After the meeting was called to order each stood up, not so much to tell their side, but more to talk about how to eliminate these kinds of problems in the future. Each accepted part of the blame and apologies were offered and accepted all around. Then, as usual, the members in attendance proceeded to flog the issue to death. The end result of this negative incident was that it ',1/as turned into a Club positive. All those involved left once again as brother Checkers, all those not involved were shown how easy things can get out of hand in the heat of the battle, and as Checkers, we once again demon-strated that we are much more than just a bunch of desert racers. Fireworks results next month. If your address on the Club roster is correct you probably received two invitations recently. Congratulations go out to Morgan Maiocco who got married in Phelan on the 17th of August with an appropriate party following. And Symonds is including all the Checkers in his 50th wedding anniversary picnic on August 31st at Sunset Farms in Sylmar. Some special Checker recognition surely has to go out to anyone that has put up with 50 straight years with Gregg, Atta' Girl Dee! Party reports on both these affairs next month. CHAPALA DUSTERS By Mischelle Fry, President a solo run winning in his 1-1600. Our only casualty of the day was a blown tranny for the Elliot/ Knudsen Class 10 car. All in all we had an excellent day. From the recent feed back from the club, it looks like the La Rana series is going to be a definite part of the Dusters race calendar. BAJA 500 -As for the Baja 500, our finishing ratio wasn't as good as we would have liked. Although the weather conditions were far more favorable than last year's flash flood, it didn't seem to help too much. With ten cars signed up with the Dusters, we once again teamed with F.A.l.R. as we usually do for the Mexico races. With pits in Uruapan, El Rayo, Trinidad and Erendira, we set up for the duration. Our first car off the line was the entry of Mike and Morley Williams. We had hoped that they would take their Mazda to victory, only to find out that the engine seized 75 miles into the race. Mike was opened up on the highway ready to overtake the car in front of him when he felt the engine let loose. He coasted down the highway to the next pit area and parked it. Our two Class 10 entries of]eff Quinn and Mark Fry were equally as disappointing. Jeff's car on Friday was out being tested while he ran the McKenzie Products booth in contingency row, when his co-driver tangled with another car, suffering enough damage to not even allow him to start on Saturday. Mark Fry and his co-rider Bryan Rogers took off the line strong and promising only to reach the 12 mile marker, breaking a rocker arm and throwing a rod. With four entries in Class 1-2-1600, Jon and Brian Tanklage debuted their new La Victoria car. After experiencing minor difficult-ies all day, giving them a considerable amount of down time, the Tanklage's finally finished 14th. Jim Joyce and Andy Poff started off very strong, coming through Uruapan flaw-lessly, only to later roll the car. After a quick recovery they continued, later developing steering problems and more down time. Jim and Andy ended with a 16th place finish. The 1600 of Dennis and Tom Hight had an equally trying ride. Dennis, running very hard keeping a steady pace, brought the car to Tom who unfortunately got crossed up, rolling the car. After recovering, Tom took the car to the finish ending with a respect-able sixth place. Coincidentally Tom also rolled the pre-runner the week before, and he seems to LA RANA RACE -After attending almost every off road racing event over the past six years I would have to say that the Lucerne Valley Jam on June 22 had to be one of the best. La Rana truly has their act together. Their contingency fund has grown tremendously in the past year, making racing with them even more desirable. From the stop light system at the start to the Weatherman and Bob Hynes both handling radio communica-tions, the race was a class act. This race they almost reached their 150 entry maximum by having over 145 cars start. be taking a great deal of ribbing from his teammates. He has now been dubbed Tommy 'the Tumbler' Hight. Our final 1-2-1600 entry Porter/Ruddis also had a long, long day. Mark Rud dis started the race in the single seat La Victoria car doing very well. To his surprise Mark took a corner at Mike's a little too hot, sending him over a cliff. Mark and car were both fine, only suffering As a club we ran five cars and ended up having a great deal to celebrate. We had finishes from the Bufe/Higman Class 1-2-1600 team: and the Firehouse Racing Class 9. Morley and Mike Williams had an incredible race with their Class 2 Mazda taking a second place. Danny Porter made September 1991 a great deal of lost time. After much car trouble and flats Mark got sick from the heat, causing him to have to get out of the car. His father John Ruddis suited up and brought the car to Danny Porter in the Uruapan pit. After a quick change he was on his way, finishing the race with a 15th place. The Class 5 entry of Lyn Mocaby and Dave Bonner had a rough day also with several problems giving them a DNF. Our three Class 9 entries included Pat and Helen Hennesy who had trouble up at Mike's. After losing their tranny they trailored the car and were a DNF. George Erl had a better day. With little flaws he had a strong run to take third place. Our final Class 9 entry of Mike Shatynski and Mike Nangano had a pretty good day with only a few glitches finishing eighth. As for our pit support, it was excellent. I know in Uruapan we were set up in the center of the town next to the store and the townspeople were more than hospitable. We packed up our gear after the last of the Duster and F.A.I.R. cars were through and took it home. MEMBERSHIP -The Chapala Dusters is one of off road racing's oldest pit support clubs, taking its name from Laguna Chapala dry lake used in the NORRA Baja races. We are in our 21st year and have backed many well known racers and points champions through the years. Our club membership is open to anyone, MALE OR FEMALE, who have the desire and dedication to be good racers and/or workers. We meet on the second Wednesday of every month. Our membership fees are $25.00 per year and $40.00 per car per race with one pit person to assist in the pits. We are a family oriented organization supporting off road racing at its best. Respected by SCORE, HORA and LA RANA, the Dusters are proud of their reputation for promoting racing excellence. For further informa-tion please call (714) 97 4-4911 days or (714) 777-4266evenings. AffENTION PIT TEAMS Send in your tales of triumph and troubles to DUSTY TIMES .,, 22 TOYOTA COMPLETE PERFORMANCE ENGINES Available in 140 to 180 HP Street Versions and 200+ HP Race Versions .,__ Send $5.00 for Catalog Call: and Decal (714) 596-5494 Send to: LC. Engineering 2978 First Street, Unit G La Verne, CA 91750 Some products not legal 10< ~le or use in Calttomia. Page 51 -

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Cha~sis & Suspension • Desi_gn & Fabrication Ken Sypolt 5816 Roseville Road #14 916-344-7443 Sacramento, CA 9584? PROBST Off Road Racing Inc. OFF ROAD DESIGN and FABRICATION BERRIEN LASER RACE FRAMES· 1121 EAST ILLINOIS HWY NEW LENOX ILLINOIS 6 0 4 5 1 181 5 > 485-RAC E 172231 Larry Winter 714-537-8286 A Totally New Concept in Battery Design Race Shop Supplie:s 11532 Stephanie Garden Grove, C.4 92640 A·F·F·O·R· ACEIIS MACHINING SERVICES Custom Machined and Fabricated Parts Call for appointment 724 N. Lake□ Burbank, CA 91502 • ½ the Size 4,; Weight of its Equivalent • Vibration Resistant * Spill Proof . Telephone: (714) S3S-4437 (714) S~S-4438 David Kreisler 920 East Arlee Place Anaheim,CA 9280S D·A·B·L·E SCITT 111111:K (818) 843-4184, RED LINE SYNTHETIC OIL CO. j 3450 Pacheco Blvd, Martinez, CA 94553 T_!L (800)_624-7958 _ .~ RUSS's V.W. Recycling 756 Alpha St., Irwindale, CA 91706 (818) 303-4366 Specializing in V. W. B_ugs, Buses, Ghias ctnd 914 ·s r( '--:t:-_..:, _ _ .. _ StU 'Ji . ~«99'1 ~ • 1533 Truman Street . San Fe'rnando. Ca. 91340 · Ph~ne: (818) 361-1215 ~ ~,~r~ ____ ____, ·OUTLINES ·NUMBERS • CUSTOM LOGO'S • DROP SHADOWS · SPONSORS LOGO'S • WINDOW BANNERS • CUSTOM LETTERING ~ ~ ~ ~ @am ~ ~ ~ 714 539-5162 SMITH FABRICATIONS • Heliarc Welding .,.. • IMSA • Tubing Structure , . - . • SCORE • Sheet Metal '. • HORA • Suspension . '" • MTEG (818) 309-9899 Mike Smith 9237 Lower Azusa Rd; Unit 0 Temple City, CA 91780 YOUR SOURCE FOR BUSINESS FURNITURE Furniture For: Office Computer Support Vehicles Industrial Garage Laboratory Anaheim, CA ....•...•................... (714) 528-4492 . Bakersfield, CA . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 462-9499 BraV'ley, 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 j 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 .___, ..... : .....•.. _ ... _ ..... : .... _ l8Q_O) 462-9499 FOR DELIVERIES LA/ORANGE COUNTY CALL (800) 462-9499 ALL OTHER INQUIRIES CONTACT SPORTS RACING · P.O. BOX 7835, LAGUNA. NIGUEL, 92677 (714) 363-1236 ODESSA. T£XAS .. A WISSISG TRADITI01' SISCE l 9H .. OHROAO FABRICATION -RAC[ PUP -MAHl!.POWl!R. -VW RAC! !NCINES • TJUNSAXL!S • Oln1lllll, ,u - . Pl.LO IN'rT'Y • CIC •ND.WI,•~ IUTI • WINCO • WAWD • 111& IUII 1-100-695-6616 (213) 583-240:. ~{!}}fj}f ERV/CE, INC. ~ ~ETAL PROCESSING 59Z 1 Wilm mg ton A , enue Los Ange/es. Ca/ilorn,a 9000 I SANOBUIS, GLASS READ FLOURESCENT INSPECTION MAGNETIC PART ICAL Mark Smith Larry Smith Show PRIDE In Your Ride! Don't Settle for Chrome, Insist on the Best... T · O · T ·A·L·L· Y »AII\ILL\.~ STAINLESS STEEL FASTENERS Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Screws, Clamps, and More U.S. AND METRIC • NO MINIMUM ORDER ORDER NOW- 120 Page Ca_t. -$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 --------We Sell: Workstations Desks, Chairs Shelving Metal Cabinets Storage & filing Benches, stools Design, Installation, Relocation Services New, Used, Rentals, and Repairs 5880 BLACKWELDER ST., CULVER CITY, CA (213) 202-4250 ALUMINUM (213) 928-9838 MET AL SPINNING JOHN SUND.RY METAL CRAFTS CO A _ ~ : i~~~~NUM - \ • COPPER ... e • STAINLESS, SHORT RUH & PR.0DUC,TION 6729 Suva St., Unit C Bell Gardens, CA 90201

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RICHARD LILLY LAURA STOUFFER Manufacturers of Quality Drive Train Components SUPER BOOT PRODUCTS (714) 630-8283 Anaheim, CA SUSPENSIONS UNLIMITED * Welding * Fabncalion * Flame Cutting * Front Ends * Custom Chassis * Race Prep * Custom LI-Weight Trailers Mlg'r of Blue Flame Products (714) 996-6260 1345 Dynamics, Unit D • Anaheim, CA 92806 SINCE 1933, C. A. TAYLOR (CHUCK) 240 N. OAK ST.-G-ORANGE, CA 92667 (714) 997-1778 LUBRICATION FORMQI.ATED FOR SEVERE SERVICE IAGG1TEAA4 Off Road Products and Preparation Downey• Doetsch Tech• Bi/stein• Smittybi/1 • KC Lites Baker Products• Cal Gold Products• Conner Products• Super Trapp Suspension• Engine• Drive line• Fiberglass• Clutches Tires• Wheels• Safety Equip/• PreRunner Lifts• Installation 670 W. 17th, Unit G-5 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (714) 631-8244 • Motorsports Marketing • • Public Aelotions • !(ACE mANS BY JEFF FIELD'S TRfiNSfiXLE ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD 998-2739 9833 Deering UnitH Chatsworth, CA '91311 @?l lransworks ~ RACING TRANSMISSIONS P. 0. Box716 Descanso, CA 92016 (619) 445-0637 FAX(619)445-1395 [UJIP] UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 8745 MAGNOLIA. SANTEE. CALIFORNIA 92071 619/449-9690 ------OUR DEALERS------L.A. AREA McKenz1es 1714) 441 - 1212 Anan~1~ CA 640 W. 17th Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (714) 646-2994 St Peter~ Off Roac (414) 285-3218 Cylinder Heads 2 Working Days Turnaround Complete Engine Rebuilding 5-7 Working Days Custom Boring • Align Honing Standard: 3 Angle Valve Jobs Custom: High Performance Valve Jobs 30 Years of Custom & High Performance Machining in Orange County VW ON LY lt.Anta,lttleJLA 17011 DARWIN ROAD, HESPERIA, CA NEW & USED VW PARTS RACER DISCOUNTS Sponsor 1990 Class II Champion• LA RANA Sponsor 1990 Class II Champion - HORA (619) 244-1199 ==~=t'..e..PAINT 11NDCt1477NGS.tG.RAIW.,C;* k(/IIOG * . •~ TO AAC; MAIN!elt/ANCI• ~IYM:*J,f/fJ'RJNI).* '(W-#.b1 MYMB"ForFick11pt¥1 °619• o E ~ &dri &engin service LIGHT -. o~d Ph.(415)3 FHE WINNERS CHOICE WEB-CAM PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS are used by the sports winning drivers and engine builders. Just ask the top professionals before buying your next cam. Our dedication to performance and quality keeps you on top. Call WEB-CAM for your winning cam for street . strip and off-road or send $3 for the complete catalog. .WEB-CAM ;1815 Mauachuaetts Av P1:RFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS Riverside, CA 92503 (714) 369-5144, • NOf legal tor sale m CA on pollution ~trOlled vehicles Engine & Machine wt:-=· TNAMC' 8-~IOATIN() Turn Key Race Cars SPECIALIZING IN OFF ROAD HIGH-PERFORMANCE VW-PORSCHE, FABRICATION & OFF ROAD PREP. (619) 741-6173 420 VENTURE ST. ESCONDIDO, CA 92025 Off Road Chassis & Accessories RR 2 Box 399 Hart Ml. 49420 (616) 873-5330 DISC BRAKE SYSTEMS DISC BRAKE CALIPERS 570° RACING BRAKE FLUID DISC BRAKE PADS FRONT VW DISC BRAKE KITS BRAKE PEDALS REAR VW DISC BRAKE KITS CLUTCH PEDALS PROPORTIONING VALVE COMPOSITE MASTER CYLINDERS POWER STEERING 461 Calle San Pablo• Camarillo• CA• 93010 805 • 388 • 1188 Pat No. 4,261,591 P.O. BOX 9622 MIDu\ND, TX 79708-2622 (915) 699-6576 Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing lvms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix. AL. 8501 7 Jack Woods (6021 242-0077

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: EXCELLENT PRE-RUNNER OR SERIOUS FAM-ILY FUN!! Custom 4 seat buggie with all of the good pieces. Parallagram front plus 4n, Wright plus in arms, Wright spindles & rack. Rear plus znx4n arms, front & rear adjusters. SAW, Buss, 930 c.v.'s, Neal, Beard, Filler, UMP. Fresh 1835cc w/ dual Delorotos, FOR SALE: 20 acres of pine trees above Tehachapi. Near 6,000' level. 2 pads cut on property, both with magnificent view of entire Antelope valley. 4 season climate. Miles from paved road & civilization. Inside locked gates. Easy access on good graded road. jCall Don (805) 268-1644. FOR SALE: Race ·package, two 1/1600 race cars. 1 1990 TRC 1/1600 minimum weight car, Hatz motor, fully equipt, all the best parts. Ready to race. 1 1986 ORC 1/1600 not complete. Consistent money winner. Lots of spares in pit boxes. Trans., motor, tires & wheels, rack, p.s., F & R arms, and much m.ore! .All or part. No reasonable offer refused. (619) 324-1861 or (619) 365-7188. . FOR SALE: Hewland 5 speed, excellent condition $6,300.00. Don Hatz 3 liter Type I, best of everything. Ready to race $5,500.00. 38' Living Car Hauling 5th whee.l trailer. Like new $18,500.00. Call (714) 781-9287. 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 roas, spindles, c. V . 's, belts & more. Good starter car. $4,500.00. Call John (213) 327-8323 days, (714) 842-7238 nites. 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. 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. 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. Fox, 22 gal cell, • glass bodied. Quick & very reliable. $7,500.00 oho, includes excellent tandem trailer. Call (805) 524-0609. FORSALE:Mirage 1-1600. Very competitive car; needs competi-tive driver. Dyno Shop motor & trans, Fox shocks w/ reservoirs, Wright p/ s, pumper, spare tires & i:,arts. Always a finisher. Freshly prepped. $10,800.00. Call Steve at (818) 445-5109 days or (818) 445-6310 nites . 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, . FOR SALE: Class 1/2 or 10 gauges, Terratrip computer. Raceco. S~mmers hubs fron~ & Excellent body & paint. 5th place rear, Sag maw power steer mg, "Rim of the World", 4th at Palmerarms&spindles,Sway-A-"Glen Helen". $2,800.00 (714) Way, CNC pedals, Beard Super-859-4605. seats, JG Bus trans, Toyota 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 oho. MUST SELL! (619) 256-2941 days, ( 619) 256-0855 nights. Ask for Joel. 1650cc, BFG's. Nothing left spared on this car. Ready to race. $20,000.00obo. (213) 559-4526 or (805) 274-2688. FOR SALE: RACECO 2 seat unlimited car, 135n WB, brand new 2800cc FAT type 4 200 plus HP, Hewland trans., all top grade equipment. Spare tire sets, parts. Make offer. (714) 898-7557. F<?R SALE: Raceco Class 10, FOR SALE: 1987 Dodge Vista ~~-~~ FOR SALE: 1989 MECO 1-1600. Hatz Motor, best of everything. Winner 1990·Parker 400. $9,000.00 Ask for Morley (714) 771-2050 days, (714) 998-3553 nites. FOR SALE: 1990 Mirage Class 10, FAT Toyota 4AF, 1 lOH wb, Fox Coil-Overs, Wright front end, combos, arms & rack. Summers front & rear discs, Sway-A-Way, Woods arms, 930 c. v. 's, Centerlines, Mastercraft, power steering, new 12' trailer. $16,950.00 or trade for Midget. Call (415) 594-0766 or (415) 365-7789. Ask for Mark. cod-over, Hew lands, secondary Colt 4wd 5 speed tranny. Noisy FOR SALE: 1 of 2 custom built FOR SALE: '89Super 1600short power steering, VW aircooled fourth gear but runs okay. Make sandrails, car show winner Hot course Chenowth Magnum. One h k W d y w b d h d motor, Wrig t rac , oo_ s rea_ r I offer _ you haul. Call John at . . . 's,. est engineere an full season with Mickey Thomp- h I & b l h J f 2 0 son series and only two races on WANTED _ TRADE FOR armS, ext'; w ee s tires: six Dusty Times (818)'889-5600. ut t Hig. umper rame. · h f h • new, 118 wb, combos, Beard FOR SALE· Ch h !vi' . · 91 lS engtne w/Weber carbs, fres car. Best o everyt ing. MONEY!!! Chenowth, Beard seat, pumper. Only three races a . - · . enowt mi Type I swing axle, Mini Wright Incredibly clean! $20,500.00. Super Seats, SAW, Fox shocks, . $l2 000 00OBO Mag, raced 4 times. Completdy Rack & pinion aluminum front C ll S (303) 237 5722 k l IS r yearsmcenew. , • · b ·1 j · J · I ' a cott at - . Par er Pumper, Nea , Fue are, Must Sell ortradefor pickup truck re. u1 t anl pnmteu stncl' ast rnce, end, Shaws nitrogen shocks, CB FOR SALE: Chevy Blazer, '81. new bus trans, fresh 2180, 10n (619) 252-8485. with lots of ~pare parts an~ Die~ discs, Neal pedals & much more. All new running gear, stroker Wright front complete, 3x3 rear '-----'-----------enclosed trailer smooth skm, 18 This is a one of a kind, must see, motor, P/S, P/B, AC, stereo, arms, Centerlines, disc brakes, FORSALE:JeanCalvin'soriginal tanddem anxhle3s4~nbd 3 PC! race car. $$$$ invested. Sell suspension by Suspension TAC'n gauges, Pop Off steering, Baja pre runner. 1967 variety. ra ios wit ase antenna. $7,000.00. Call Pat (408) 497-Unlimited, triple shocks in front, BFG's, aircraft fighter harness, Extra large fuel tank, Bilsteins, $30,000.00 invested. Complete 7392 days. double in rear. Excellent condi-steering brakes, spare stuff. good seats, new tires. 1600 engine race package $18,500.00. Located _F_O_R---'S_A_L_E_: _M_o_t_o_r_h_o_m_e_& ti.on. Never Pre-run. $9,000.00 $7,000.00 Will deliver??? (818) breathed on by Jerry Lawless. in Okla. will deliwr, call Bud 11 8)889 5600 636 06 5 enclosed trailer. 24' Commander obo(818)359-0042. 333-8272. Makeoffer.Ca (81 - - , Harris ~(405) -4. Class A, 440 Dodge self-r ____ ... _.. _____ ......... _-_________________ _. ___ _.. ... _________ ililf-..a........,. d 6 1 'P I' containe , 5,000 mi cs. 18 ro-1 Sell OT swap your extra parts and pieces in I Trac trailer with built in lights, STY TIMES I bench, tire rack. Great for race DU • I tow and support or ATC's and Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including name, ·address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. Enclosed is $ ____ _ (Send check or money order, no cash). Pleas.e run ad _______ times. Name--------------------------------Address -----------,-------------Phone ______ _ City __________________ State _____ Zip ______ _ Page 58 September 1991 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 I. camping. lvlotorhome $8,500.00, trailer $2,900.00. Package I $10,900.00. Call David at ( 619) I 240.4119. I I l FOR SALE: 1-211600 race ready 1988 Toyota chassis. 96" wb, best of everything. Unique power steering, Combos, Wright arms, Fox shocks, two motors, two gear boxes, PLUS J.R. racing trailer, tandem axles, brakes on nil 4 wheels, storage box & tire rack. Spare parts. Getting out.of racing. $14,950.00 Call ( 414) 725-8067. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 1980 Cj7 V8 Torqueflite. Custom interior. Trick motor. Not smog legal. Too many mods to list. Great off-road er. We will deliver $6,995.00. Trades welcome. Call 1-800-366-5337 or see at Don-A-VeeJeep, 17308 Bellflower Blvd., Bellflower. CA 91 Fwy Bellflower exit. FOR SALE: Raceco, MTEG Super 1600, Rabbit motor by FAT, DJ's bus trans with Hewlands & aluminum super diff. SAW, Wright, Centerline. Always a front runner. Driven by Brad Castle. $20,000.00 or trade for motorhome or crew cab dually pickup. Call Mark at ( 619) 252-8485. FOR SALE: Hi-Jumper, 2 seater. Great pre-runner or Class 100. 2300cc Type I, combo link, Flame-Out, Hewland box, Center-Ii n es with BFG's. 103" wb $5,500.00obo. Call Danny (213) 864-6405 eves, (714) 689-3522 days. FOR SALE: Class 10 Raceco. 1990 third place points, one point from second. VW air cooled, 5 speed Hew land trans, Fox shocks, spare engine and many span;' parts. Race ready for all SCORE/HORA events. $16,500.00 obo. Call Rick or Steve at (714) 866-4270 or (714) 866-3957. FOR SALE: Desert land, several 5 acre parcels in Lucerne Valley and Johnson Valley near the Johnson Valley OHV recreation ar.:a. Some with power and phone. From $13,000 to $25,000 with terms available. Have your own property near your playground. Call Crossroads Realty. 1-800-743-0825. FOR SALE: Esslinger Aluminum Head for Ford 2300, complete, used very little. $900.00. (414) 865-7792. Dusty Times \ ' . '\ ' ~ # ' > "<, ½.' ~-~~ .. .... -#" '' FOR SALE: 1978 Ford PK, Play or Prerunner 460 motor, C-6 Trans-Tripleshocks-lOOgal fuel tank, full roll cage, lots more, for more info call Ron ( 619) 868-6943. $3,500.00 obo. FOR SALE: 1-1600 fresh enginL' & trans, combos. Fox shocks front & rear, C NC pedals. powder coated red panels, I 16" wb, Wright rack & pinion, Centerlines. 1977 Dodge Cara-van, motorhome style inside bed, stove, fridge, new 360 engine, tires. Complete package, turn key, race ready $22,000.00. Will sell separate. (702) 355-7440 or (702) 747-6431. FOR SALE: 1988 Toyota 7S Extra Cab. Nevada 500 winner, always a top runner. Built by FOR SALE: 1988 Chenowth ' Nelson & Nelson·, Mike Evans Magnum 1/ 1600. Race prepped engine. Truck is fast, reliable, Don Hatz motor, JG trans, both forgiving, good handling & easy with no miles. New blue Olympic to maintain. All the best parts & powder paint. New UMP air spares. Seen on ESPN. V6 & cleaner, Fox shocks, new Dura enclosed trailer available. Blue stub axles, new 930 Turbo $18,000.00 Mike (619) 485-c.v .'s, Neth front end, new tie rod 9410. ends. Wright rack, Fuel Safe cell, ,;;;;wc------.=::-:===7"7:-:::==:-::::-:c:-::--SCORE/HDRA approved fire· wall. Mastercraft seat, new f Simpson belts ('91), with new I sternum buckle. Centerlines, Yokohamas, Edwards recaps front & rear. Many spare parts. Back injury, not related to racing forces sale. $15,000.00. Call Topper (714) 963-5200 (no answer - leave message). FOR SALE: Ford Ranger - former SCORE/HORA & SNORE 7S champion. All the best stuff; Esslinger motor, Summers Bros, Bilstein, Beard, American Racing, Autometer, K & N Generals, Simpson. Fiberglass fenders & hood, power steering. Beautiful pro built & maintained. Fast, lightweight and very competitive. Lots of spare parts, tires & wheels. Over $35,000.00 invest-ed. Yours for $17,500.00 obo. Call Don (714) 532-2057 or at Penhall Fab (714) 650-3035. FOR SALE: '81 ·chevy Blazer 2WD pre-runner. New 383 motor. All new running gear. P/ S, P /B, air, stereo, FM 2 way radio. Hi Tech suspension, excellent condition. $10,200.00 Call Doug (818) 359-0042. FOR SALE: Class 10, 1650 FAT type one motor. Has not been raced on since rebuilt, all the good parts, $2,500.00. Call after 6:00 p.m. daily. Ask for Pete at (619) 588-4879. FOR SALE: 1972 Trick Prerun Baja Bug -ALL FRESH, Center-1 i ne Yokohama's Trick Trans, Trick 1776 Motor, CUSTOM PAINT & GRAPHICS, Full cage, Trick suspension, Beard Seats, Fuel Cell, l inch Aluminum Tierods w/ Ford tierod ends, New brakes, STREET LEGAL, EYE CATCHING! $6,500.00. Op-tional trailer, call Garry (714) 780-6483. FOR SALE: Raceco Class 1 single seat. 1988 SCORE/HORA champion. Type I FAT 1650 ( 120 HP), Hcwland FG tranny w/ Hen-ry 's aluminum Super Oiff. Cornutt torque limiters & suspension. Car is race ready. Includes MANY spares & trailer. First $12,000.00 takes it! (714) 730-4147 Jim or Chris. FOR SALE: 1/1600 mild steel chassis, fiber glass body, Bilstcin shocks, fresh dual port motor, bus transmission, 5 gal fuel CL·ll. Completely redone, never raced. Two spare motors & many other parts. Great beginner car. Asking $2,800.00Call (414) 526-3893. September 1991 I FOR SALi:.: Class 5 Conv, Ill" Wright coil-ov.:r front, 4" long,-r arms, Wright spindles I x 6 rL·ar arms, disk brak.:s, bus/ Hewland Trans with Superdiff and 930',-,, Berg Type I, spar.: tires ancl wheels, ready to race or pre run with AZ tags good ti! 7 /92. $9,500.00 obo. Call (602) 274-6607. I Baja Adventures invites yo~ to their exciting worry-free Bike Baja Tour to the High Sierra (Ensen-ada-Mike's Sky Ranch-Ensenada) Sept. 6-8, 350 miles. Guided by three experienced bilingual Baja riders from Ensenada. Limited entries. For more information call: (619) 421-3663 or write to P.O. Box 786, Chula Vista, CA 91910. FOR SALE: Excellent starter car, 5 unlimited, 2 80 Pro Built, bus trans, 930's, SAW, Dura Blue, Wright, Bilstein, coil over SL'C<rndary on rL·ar, Fuel Safr, Mastcrcraft, ,·upcrboot, Pumper. This car has hL'n excelk-nt finish rt·cord. Must sell soon, $6,500,' call (702 J 482-4298. ------FOR SALF: NL'W 1/2-1600 enginl', turn key. The best money can buy. Built by Major. All chrome including power steering, brackL'tS, S & S exhaust. High H.P. - first $3,600 takes. Also haVl' n.:ar nL'w 5 H.P. 60 gal 220 air compressor -only $400.00 -Air Lift $250.00. Call after 6:00 p.m. (619) 464-5030. FUR ~ALE: Bundcrson I ... 1600. Ccn tcrli ncs, Sway-A-Way, Beard, Fox shocks, ParkL·r l'urnpL'r, Wright rack & spindll's. Nnv motor by Jerry Lawless. Needs to be put together. $4,500.00 w /trai !er. A !so, Fibertcch 2 scat play car huilt trans, close ratio gears, I 600 cc engin.:, Sway-A-Way, Center-lines, Bilstcins & KYB, turning brakes. $3,200.00 Jim (805) 265-7338. FOR SALE: Class 5 Unlimited convL'rtihk. Last three races; two wins and a DNF. Good strong finisher. Bilstein w/coil-ovcrs, UMP, CentL·rlinc, Beard, Wright, Woods, Pcrrna Cool, 930's, Pautcr Machine 2180, Sway-A-* Way, Parker Pumper, 041 w/ Hcwland gears, CNC. Many extra parts. $7,000.00 Call Neal (213) .294-l674days. FOR SALE: Tractor Trailer. Ford CL 9000, Catapiller 380 HP, 13 Speed, Recent out of chassis rebuild.Trailer has clean interior, benches and storage. Wired for 110 including lights, 150 gal water tank and pump. 50 ft. antenna. $35,000.00 lot or would sell separately. Ph. Clive @ Vecpro (714) 633-5988. Chcnowth Mini Mag. !vi any extra parts. Spare tires and rims, motor, clutches, springs and shocks. Priced to sell fast. Fully prepped and race ready. $12,000.00 or make a serious offer. Call (714) 465-6350 or ( 714) 283-0770. Ask for Craig. FOR SALE: I 989Chev. Crewcab 4 x 4 dually A/ C, PIS, P/W, -P/DL, cruise, AM /FM/Cass, running boards, mud flaps, camper shell. $24,000.00 obo or trade. Call (818) 831-5020. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS AMSA Fresno Fair . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 9 Auto Meter Products Inc. . . . . . . • • • . . . . . 16 Bilstem Corp. of Amenca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Bonneville Off Road Racing . . . . . • . . . . . . 25 Brush Run 101 ...............•...... 7 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 30 Castex Inc. E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 4 Cllampion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 23 Competitive Trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Deist Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 27 DeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Desert fZ ............... .......... 5 Desert rz .. ....................... 8 FAT -Centerline . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • . . . 24 FRT Plaster City Blast 200 . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 5 German Auto . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . 19 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 HORA Willow Springs Diampionships . . . . . 11 Don Herndon Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 lntershows Truck Jamboree . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 John Johnson Racing Products . . . . . . . . . . 18 Kawaguchi Honda Equipment . . . . • • . . . . . 39 LC. Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 23 La Rana Caluornia 200 ......... : . . . . . . 2 Mc Kenzie Performance Products . . . . . . . . . 15 Mirage Racing Diassis .. .. . . . . . . . • . . . . 21 Nevada Ott Road Buggy . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 26 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 33 PCI Race Radios .............. ·. . • . . . 50 Pike"s Family Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 38 Prism Design & Development . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Race Tech Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ID Racers Tool & Supply . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . 49 R.LH. Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Marvin Shaw Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SNORE 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover Mr. Sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Trackside Photos Inc. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 31 Ultra \,I/heel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Valley Performance • Hewfand . . . . . • . . . . . 6 VORRA Yerington 250 . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 21 Wright Place . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • • . . 43 COMING NEXT MONTH ••• HORA Nevada 500 • SNORE Midnight Special MTEG at the LA Coliseum • Pikes Peak Hill Climb FR T Superstition 250 VIII • WRC Rally of Argentina Ventura Raceway Short Course• VORRA at Prairie City Supercross at the LA Coliseum ... plus all the regular features Page 59

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