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Volume 9 - Number 11 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant · Janay Smith Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker Darla Crown C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Don Dayton Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Matt Marcher Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons· Darryl Smith Judy Smith 3-D Photography Trackside Photo Inc. Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typography & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT " November 1991 -XI.LIi 0Pn0AD IIACXIIII auoa,, Subscription Rates: lltrif&riescf~Racing* $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. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed stamped envelope. ' Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 an'd at additional mailing .office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is'required for change of addres~. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla .St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. OF THE MONTH ••• "I think I know now what the NASCAR guys mean when they say the car feels loose". The Class 6 ·sedan of Thorton "Ed" Schultz tossed its left rear wheel at the Brush Run 101 while running the best it has in several races. He got it off in the grass without incident, but was glum about losing the chance for a good finish. Photo by Dan Mainzer. • DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies"or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or 8x10 will be considered. Dusty Times November 1991 In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page La Rana Johnson Valley 150 by Carol Clark ........... 10 Snowflake Buggy Bash by Tony Tellier ... . ............ 16 VORRA Virginia City 200 by Matt Marcher . . . . . . . . . . . 18 WRC Rally of 1000 Lakes by Martin Holmes . . . . . . . . . . 22 Antelope Valley Fair Stadium Race by Sundance ....... 24 Brush Run 101 by Judy Smith ....................... 26 Nissan King Cab Road Test by John Calvin ............ 36 Ventura Raceway Stadium Racing by Sundance ........ 3] Milbrodale Mountain Classic by Darryl Smith .......... 38 CRS-SCCA TreeLine Pro Rally by John Elkin .......... 40 FRT Supersitiion 250 Bikes by Fud ................... 42 SCCA Ojibwe Forests National Pro Rally . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 FRT Otter Z Night Team Race by Fud ................ 47 DEPARTMENTS Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Trail Notes .......... • ............................. ·. 4 California Rally Series by John Elkin ................. 37 Goodies Galore ... · ................................ 43 Pit Team Register .................................. 46 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Checkers Column by the Big Wahzoo ............•.... 53 Bob McElvain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Index to Advertisers ............................... 55 ON TH:E COVER - It seemed like Wiggins weekend in Wisconsin as the driver from Dixon, Illinois was most successful with his.1600 Limited car at the True Value Brush Run 101, winning the 1-1600 bash, and placing second in 2-1600 action and he won the Rear Engine Limited Challenge race along with placing third in Class 7S. He was · running third in the Class 6 & 7 Challenge race on Sunday when a trans malfunction stopped him one lap from the checketed flag. Color Photography by Daniel Mainzer. It was a happy Robby Gordon that appeared at the SNORE 250 start line at the gravel 'pit between Sloan and Jean, Nevada. It was an even happier Robby Gordon who won the race overall in his Ford Class 1 truck, still under development, and he said it was the first time since he started with the truck this year that it finished clean, with no problems of note along the 250 mile rough course. Color Photography by Carrera Photography. S~7tU:UUf DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! D 1 year -$15.00 □ i years -$15.00 D 3 years -$35.00 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS - SALES TAX Add: $1.25 - 1 year, $2.00 - 2 years, $2.75 - 3 years Takeadvantage of your subscription bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. 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1991·93 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O . Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 December 5, 1992 Sonoyta to Rocky Point Sonora, Mexico AMSA Jim Webb P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 (209) 439-2114 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 4 7 T eenan St. Ferny Hills, Q . 4055, Australia 0l l-18-07-851-0444 AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B l HI (514) 434-5792 BADGERLAND VW CLUB, INC. Terry Friday 59 I 3 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI 54901 ( 414) 688-5509 ( All .:wnts locat.:d in C/tilton. WI Z1t t/1.: W in'n.:/,ago C'ormt~ Ex/>O C'..:nt,·r) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Dl·n·mbl·r 11-13, 1992 Mint 4l1l1 Las \\,gas, NV Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) January 16, 1993 Awards Banquet Rosarito R,:ach. BC, MX February 12-14, 1993 Gran ( ·arn:ra ,k San Fdi~ 250 S.in Feli~. RC, MX .\larch 26-28, 199 3 Gran Carrera de San Luis Rio .olorado Puerto Penasco Sonora, MX May 14-16, 1993 Gran Carrera de Tecate 250 Tecate, BC, MX June 25-27, 1993 Gran Carrera de Mexicali Night Race Mexicali, BC, MX July 23-25, 1993 Gran Carrera de Ensenada Ensenada, BC, MX September 24-26, 1993 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, MX BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box I 583 Oeden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R. 3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-I HO (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 4 75-3250 1991 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box IOI Crandon, WI54520 (715)478-2222 BUMP Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. West /1108 Quart: 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 October ·24, 1992 Gorman Ridge Rally Gorman, 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 . Rox 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 OFF R-OAD YARD SALE Call 619-956-1313 Refreshments wlll be served Large Inventory of OFF ROAD cars, parts, tools and equipment will be offered for sale on October 24, 1992. Site: 10940 Beaver Avenue, Phelan, CA This all belonged to BOB MCELVAIN, long time off road racer, car builder and fabricator. Bob passed away on September 12, 1992 leaving his wife, two children and many friends. Please come and look at these Items: VW Baja Pickup - newly built -no motor VW T-Bucket Roadster - chassis & body VW Manx-Type chassis & body w/llft kit, transaxle, off road wheels & tires HI.Jumper slng1e·-seat frame & body Motors, trannys & miscellaneous parts '88 Clasons Manchester 60 gal Shp upright compressor Systematics MIG 185 wire welder, cutting torch, tube bender, cut-off saw, Sewz-AII and miscellaneous tools. : : VICl"OR't'UI ' l'laNIFD. > : : SMIERWDIO Page 4 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 . (800) 237-5436 DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-36491(214) 641-2090 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 9385 Florence Ave. Apopka, FL 32703 (407)291-1215 (305)823-4487 November 8, 1992 Lakeland, FL January 10, 1993 Naples, FL February 14, 1993 Lakeland, FL -March 27, 1993 Talahassee, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 SUPERSTITION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES December 31, 1992 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA February 13, 1993 King 6f the Desert Lake Superstition, CA April 3, 1993 Ru:: Romh 150 Plaster City East, CA August 7, 1993 Superstition 250 L,h· Superstition, CA September 25, 1993 Plaster City Blast Plaster City East, CA October 30, 1993 Squeaky Springs Gran National Lake Superstition, CA December 31, 1993 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA ATV, BIKE & DESERT SUPERLITE SCHEDULE October 25, 1992 The Attack Kamaka:e Desert Gran Prix followed by a T earn Race November 22, 1992 The Notorious Dawg , Hour T earn Race December 6, 1992 Rudolph's Revenge Desert Gran Prix follmn-d by a Team Race January 1 7, 1993 Barking Spidcr of the Desert l-S & Dunaway Road, CA February 13, 1993 King of the Desert Laks· Su~rstition. CA February 20, i 993 I 992 Awards Banquet San Oil-go. CA February 28, 1993 Coyote Wash Rath Plasta City West, CA March 21, 1993 March Madness Plaster City West, Ca April 28, 1993 Attack Kamaka:c Desert Gran Prix & T earn Race L1h· Su~rstition, CA May 9, 1993 Sweethearts Kiss Lake Su~rstition, ( '.A May 15-16, 1993 2 4 Hours of L" Fud Plaster City Wt·,t, CA June 13, 1993 ( '.arlsbad Gran Prix & T cam Race June 19, 1993 Mr. Patterson's WilJ Ride Plaster City West, CA August 21, 1993 Otter: Night Team R:1ce Plaster City West, CA September 5, 1993 Desert Sprint Plaster City East, CA October 10, 1993 4th Annual Mudhen II Plaster City West, CA Trail Notes ••• OFF ROAD RACERS are wonderful, and mostly generous with their time and money. Your editor was on the receiving end of this generosity last September, and the presentation demonstrated beyond a doubt that off road folks are the best folks. As some readers may know, we went through a leg amputation operation three years ago, and since then we have had trouble getting a fake leg to fit, and then, since the insurance was canceled after the initial claims were paid, we haven't quite had the financing to get fitted for new equipment that would help us walk unaided. Hearing about this in early summer a couple of ladies in the SNORE Club in Las Vegas, Lynn Dick ton and Pam Slatter decided to take up a collection to earn enough money for a new leg for us. They said it was difficult keeping me in the dark about what they were doing, but they did, and they ranged all over the country with their requests for donations, and also had help from other people in acquiring funds. The stealth aspect of the project is fascinating. It all came together at the awards breakfast after the SNORE 250 last September. I was called to the podium and presented with a beautiful plaque thanking me for all my efforts on behalf of off road racing, and the plaque came with an envelope. It was a good thing I was back sitting down at the table when I opened the envelope and found a check for easily the amount needed to buy a new, well fitting fake leg. So many people were involved, with many donations coming in cash stuffed in an envelope with no note attached, that it would be difficult to track down and thank everyone involved for this marvelous gift. We do especially thank Lynn and Pam who were the engines that drove the train, and we are so grateful to all of you for your help in moving us forward into a new, but costly fake leg. Soon, we should be feeling better and walking like a normal person. THE MTEG RACE IN LAS VEGAS early in September was a barn burner in several classes. A NHRA meet across town at the Speedway, put two races on the same day in the gambling mecca, that seldom has major events in town. Still MTEG drew over 24,000 spectators on a balmy October evening to the Silver Bowl. The Sport Trucks spent the night getting over red flagitus, but Rick Johnson won the main event, almost two in a row, in the Chevy, followed by Rod Millen and Ivan Stewart, Toyotas, and Roger Mears, Nissan. Las Vegas driver Brian Collins sailed his UltraStock Porsche to a heat race and main event victory, followed in the main by defending points champ Larry Noel, Jeep, and Tim Lewis in another Porsche. Bob Gordon led the Super 1600 main from the flag, and fought off Gary Gall and Jerry Whelchel for the win. Greg George won the main in SuperLites in a Nature's Recipe sweep as he was followed to the checkers by teammates Jimmie Johnson, Rennie Awana, and Mercedes Gonzales, who had won her heat. Donavon Holland won the A TV main trailed by Charles Shepherd and Mark Ehrhardt. Kyle Lewis won the motorcycle main for Yamaha followed by the Kawasakis of Mike Craig and Scott Myers. With one race to go at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the points are settled in some areas and up for grabs in others. Drivers' points are scrambled as Rod Millen leads Toyota teammate Ivan Stewart by 74 points and has the truckers title well in hand. In Super 1600s Marty Hart leads Jerry Whelchel by six points, three ahead of Frank Arciero Jr. who has one point on Mitch Mustard. That sure will come down to who does best in San Francisco. In UltraStock Tommy Croft has a 28 point lead over fellow Jeeper Larry Noel and Tim Lewis is 70 more points down. Jimmie Johnson has won the SuperLite crown, I 05 points up on teammate Rennie Awana; Terry Peterson is a long third. Mike Craig leads the motorcycle hunch by 26 points over Kyle Lewis, who is 90 points ahead ofL'lrry Brooks. Mark Ehrhardt is 38 points up on Gary Denton in ATV class and Ore~ Stuart is back another 220 points. Toyota has won the Grand National Truck Manufacturers Cup again with over a 200 point lead.Jeep has a similar lead over Porsche in UltraStock Class, but the bikes are tight with Kawasaki leading Yamaha by just 15 points. Honda has an 85 point lead over JP in the ATV class.Yokohama, naturally, leads the Sport Truck Tire points, while Goodyear leads the UltraStock Class and Goodrich has a huge lead in Super 1600 class. MORE FROM LAS VEGAS -Roberta and Charlie Lavelle are literally pioneers in off road racing, growing along with the sport. Their aged but functional motorhome was always at the finish line in SCORE's desert races as Roberta is staging director and checks the finishers into post race tech. Since the beginning of MTEG both Lavdles, and often other family members, have worked the long days at MTEG races in staging, Roberta, and pit marshal, Charlie. Well a long trip toa recent MTEG race was too much for the old rig, and it caught fire l:ist summer and burned to the ground taking many memories and souvenirs with it. Again the off road folks chipped in and in Vegas before racing started they presented Charlie and Roberta with a brand new Four Winds Motorhome, completely stocked with water, food and gas, and it is far more grand than what it replaces. We'll have that story as well as the race story in the December issue. SODA NEWS:.... We got a brief report on the rull's changes in SODA racing for thl· I ~93 season, and there will be a few classes combined to shorten up the programs. Cla~s I and 2 will be comhined, as they are in th~ desert, and Class 9 and IO ( single and two seat 1650cc) are also being l·ombined. There was talk of eliminating Class 14 as well, but we have no official word on that. Our informant said that topics up for discussion at thl· January convention also include diminating some of the events to provide more time between races for competitors to rt•plenish their wallets an,I fix thl·ir race cars. The season is short in the northern reaches of the midwest, and a ten race schedule from Ma~, through September is a hit much even for a full time professional racer who do,:sn't have to work nine to five to put groceries on the table. Plans are also afoot to tdevise a minimum of six events in thl· series in 1993 with Marty Reid of ESPN fame doing the packaging of the 'programs. Finally, the Road America 1993 date has been moved off the 4th of July weekend, so west coast racers with a hunger for green trees in the background, Wisconsin's famous cheese and equally famous brats will not have a conflict in dates this round. Win, lose or draw the famous Road America track at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin is certainly worth a visit and the off road track will be vastly improwd over that of the inaugural event last summer. HOLY TOLEDO -Chrysler Corporation unveiled the 1993 Jeep W ranglt•r at ceremonies marking the start of production of the two door sport utility whicle at the company's Toledo Assembly Plant, where Jeep CJs were manufactured for many, many years. In late April production of Jeep W ranglcrs, a direct descendent of the CJs, ended at the company's Brampton, Ontario, Canada Assembly Plant where Wranglers have been huilt all along. In Juli· production commenced in Toledo for this one of a kind non-military version of the world famous Jeep. Dusty Times

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November 21, 1993 Notorious Dawg 3 Hour T earn Race 1-8 & Dunaway Road, CA , Dec 5, 1993 Rudolph's Revenge plus Team Race Lake Superstition, CA GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 2339 San Bernardino, CA 92406 (714) 880-1733 GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 253-1033 October 24, 1992 Rules Meeting October 25, 1992 SO Miles November 28, 1992 Thanksgiving 250 December 5, 1992 Awards Banquet I All c••·enc, ac Vienna, GA ) GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Roh Moon 9 15 So. Zeeh Road Ann Arhor, Ml 48103 ( 31 3) 665-0358 '(313) 996-9193 GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Keith Koesters 4605 N. I 30th Circle Omaha, NE 6H 164 ( 402 l 496-0846 I All ,horc cmmc races wul held at We,lFair in ( :o,mcil Rlu({s. /om,) GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Bertram Productions, Inc. 15071 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 Golden. CO 80403 Colorado Off Road Championships. ( 30}) 936-5960 GRR Golden Rul,· Racing P.O. Rox 40211 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 263-5329 November 7, 1992 Wich·nhurg, AZ HORA High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 HORA U.S.A. CUP November 20, 1992 Awards Banquet Gold Coast Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 1993 Schedule January 8-9, 1993 Southern Cal 250 Barstow, CA , March 11-14, 1993 HORA 400 Las Vegas, NV May 14-16, 1993 Nevada 500 Pahrurnp, NV July 2-3, 1993 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA August 13-15, 1993 Color Country Runoffs Southern Utah October 15-17, 1993 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Harvey Wald (605) 224-6678 days (605) 224-5534 evenings IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All c't'c'n!< .<caged ac clie c/11/, }!T011nds in Cle,•es. Ohio) INTER-SHOWS · MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 December 4, 1992 Motorcycle Swap Meet Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA December 5, 1992 VW Porsche Off Road Swap Meet Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WUCLUB Randy Chamberlin 835 Wawn Road Karnloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 Don (604) 372-9501 days Randy (604) 579-9621 eves ( All ewnts swrt 7 miles NW of Kamloo/is) LA RANA DESERT RACING 22769 Chambray Dr. Moreno Valley, CA 92387 (714)924-2226 · October 23-25, 1992. California 200 Ridgecrest, CA November 7-8, 1992 Toys for Tots Poker Run Barstow, CA November 20-22, 1992 High Desert 300 Lucerne Valley, CA December 19, 1992 Awards Banquet Marriott Hotel Ontario, CA MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 (517)627-6200 MICHIGAN SPORT BUGGY ASSOCIATION Keneth Coleman 742 E. Roosevelt Road Ashley, MI 48806 ( 5 1 7) 838-4483 MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING Tommy Bowling 19019 W. CR 128 Odessa, TX 79765 (915) 561-5222 "The Texas Challenge Off Road Points Series" ( All et'L'ltts at Noirc·es, TX) October 24, 1992 150 Miler Notrees, TX November 7, 1992 Awards MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFFROAD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group P.O. Box 25168 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714) 938-4100 October 24, 1992 Candlestick Park San Francisco, CA BECOM-E AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OFTHE ~~f. HE BEST NEVER REST TEAM Take. advantage of the discounts and savings at restaurants, retail stores, etc. Receive the Venable Racing Monthly Newsletter. Venable Racing T-shirt included with membership. Team member discounts on all Venable Racing Apparel - caps, catalog items, etc. ••••MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL•••• FREE GLIDER RIDES FOR ALL NEW MEMBERS RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1992 For complete Information call 714-654-0053 Page 6 Or Send $24.95 tor your membership to: VENABLE RACING P O DRAWER 640 SAN JACINTO, CA 92581-0640 November 19ft ino,e ... TRAIL NOTES SON OF THE SCORE SHOW....:.. SCORE Show manager Torn Lewis has announced a second Score Show in 1993, which will he held February 12-14 at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia, CA in combination with the California Association of 4WD Cluhs' Convention. The Visalia show will highlight many of the same attractions featured in the Anaheim exhibition, the original SCORE Show, which happens on April 23-25 in 1993 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Lewis also produces the Motorsports Expos that are held in conjunction with MTEG Stadium Off Road Racing events, and thesl' expos are free to the puhlic, allowing enthusiasts to view the many exhibits, enjoy radio controlled racing and many other exhibits. The SCORE Shows are produced hy MTEG. ROBBY GORDON got his first overall victory in his radical Class 1 Ford truck, where else but near the roots of off road racing in southern Nevada. See our cowr photo of this machine. Rohby brought the Ford to the SNORE 250 to do some real world testing prior to the Gold Coast race, essentially run over the same section of desert. He found a small but highly competitive Class 1 field, bl hyTomrny Bradley is his many time a winnerChenowth powered hy a Type4 VW. Tommy and Rohby had a near visual hattle all day, and Gordon made the pass on Bradley halfway through the last lap and won overall hy a couple of minutes, hoth men exclaiming how much fun it had all hecn at the finish line. And who should arrive third overall hut Roh MacCachren in his pre-run huggy with a two liter VW in it, and it still had the pr.,e-run ice chest strappe,I hehind the seat! Watch for the full report on this traditional September race next month. TRANS-DOMINICANA ADVENTURE RALLY -Ahout every second \'car someone comes, up with a super long endurance rally in some exotic location, usually around South America, and if they come off at all there arl' often prohll'ms for unknowing US competitors. The latest to cross our desk is corning up fast, Decernher 2-9, 1992 on the Caribhean Island of the Dominican Repuhlic. It will start from the town of Sosua. lf you .don't have a suitahle 4x4 the organi:ers will supply one for extra money, and this entry fee alone is $2,500 for a two person crew which includes hotel accommodations. This is a raid type rally modeled after the Trans Borneo, organi:L·d hy Michael Ruge. That is all we know,.if you want more info' call Michad Ruge at 1-(809) 571-3553 hetween 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.rn. eastern time. NEWS FROM GEORGIA -The RABRIT fish fry at the track during the September race weekL·nLl was all it was supposed to he. Rabbits'· fish is not to be missed, and he had the help of Bill Porter all afternoon. Thanks to them and the gals who help,:d. The racing on Sunday was hetter than it has heen in a whilL·. Eight cars total showed up, to run two heats and a feature. Classes were separated for the heats and comhined for the feature hut scored hy class. Bohhy Bramblett won hoth 1600 heats and James Hester won the feature. PrL'SL·ntl y James leads Bobhy hy four points for the'yL·ar. Steve Rule is back owr Ill() digits in class points and Rahhit Haire has 90 points. Mickey Smallwood has heL·n fixing up his car and it looked great. The Challengers had a ball. Bill Porter drove Rahhit's homber all afternoon. It was Bill's first full afternoon of racing since he broke his leg sewn years ago. Another familiar face behind the wheel was Larry Porter. Larry has been hdping out on a Challenger car owned by Rick and Darrin and they asked Larry to hdp out with the driving. It paid off, as he won: Banks Behling, racing for the first time this year was second. Banks has also been redoing his car an,! it also looked good. Bill Porter in the Bornher (full bodied sedan) was third. Rick Britenhach leads the Challenger points with 71, well ahead of Dusty Chitwood, second at 39, and Banks Behling, 32. The only rules change suhrnitted for the rules meeting on Octoher 24th was the following: Mah· the Florida 400 a GORR A points raCL'. One thing to take into consideration is they are not making our Thanksgiving 2 50 a points race for FORDA. THE SCORE BAJA 1000 had a great entry at the drawing of 291, and last week the total was 165 cars and 129 bike entries that have antied up the necessary coin of the realm. The run from Ensenada to La Paz has certainly attracted a lot of folks that are sometime racers.rather than points hunters, so the competition will be intense in many of the classes. No doubt the entry will top 300 by the time the green flag drops, about a month from this deadline. Speaking of coins, Bob Utgard Motorsports in cooperation with SCORE International announced in September that BUMP would manufacture a commemorative coin in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Baja 1000 race. The coin, which will be made of one ounce of .999 fine silver, will be given free of charge to every Driver of Record participating in the landmark event. Utgard plans to make the coins available to the public. There will be a booth on contingency row in Ensenada prior to the race and BUMP will retail the coins for $20.00 and they will be available through mail order. Check the ad in this issue for details. Lahor Day in thL· north woods around Crandon, Wisconsin is not always picnic weather, nor was it one day of the long weekend last Septemher. Californians Judy Smith, our ace reporter, Ivan Stewart, color commentator fo r ESPN atthis race, and Jim Alexander, from Ohio, the Goodyearrep, were all hundll'<I up against the chill wind, early in the morning. The trees were alrl'a,lr turning from grl'L'n to yellows and reds. They do have a short summl'r. Plww: Dt111 Mt1in~L'T Dusty Times

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November 21, 1992 Awards Banquet Red Lion Inn Costa Mesa, CA January 30, 1993 Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA February 20, 1993 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA March 20, 1993 Kingdome Seattle, WA May 1, 1993 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ May 22, 1993 L.A. Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA September 1993 TBA Mile High Stadium Denver, CO October 1993 TBA Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NV October 1993 TBA Candlestick Park San Francisco, CA November 20, 1993 Awards Ranqucr TRA NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION 11842 Jason Court Mader,;, CA 91618 ( 2()9 l 41'6-459() ( 209 l 266-5558 OFF ROAD JAMBOREES Four Whee·! Drive Excursions P.O . Rox l l 'i4 ArG1ta, CA 9'i52 I ( 707 l 822-8'i()H OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasque·: I 31 K() Round Pane,· El Paso, TX 799 36 (915 l 8'i5-9767 (91 'i l 855-9767 ONT ARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION leff Sa rge·nt 1480 Lah·ri,lge R,I. N Ajax, Ontario, t :anada (416) 427-4782 October 23, 1992 Skydome Motorsport '92 Toronto, Ontario PIKES PEAK P.O. Rox 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P 0. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518)561-3208 (518)236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Cluh of America P.O. Rox 3278 Englewood, CO 80 I 12 ( 303 l 779-6622 October 23-25, 1992 Press On Regar,lless Escanaha, Ml November 6-8, 1992 ( 'oachman Stages Olympia WA Dt.'cember 4-6, 1992 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, Maine SCORE Se·ore International 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 November 11-14, 1992 Raja 1000 Ensenada to La Pa: Raja, California, Mexico Dect.'mbt.'r 4, 1992 Awards Banquet L.A. Airport Hilton Los Ang,·les, CA 1993 Schedul'-' January 23, 1993 Pa rh·r 400 Parker, AZ April 17, 1993 San Felipe 250 San Felipe·, RC. MX June 5, 1993 Raja 500 Ense·nada, BC. MX November 12, 1993 Raja 1000 Ens,·nada, BC, MX SCORE SHOW Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group Tom Lewis P.O. 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TX S/i.:.:dmr~) TORA Truck Racing Association more TRAIL NOTES THE ANNUAL TOYS FOR TOTS POKER RUN out of Barstow is coming up on Novemher 7 and 8 and this is a fun event you can enter one day or hoth days. The run is approximately 30 miles and the hcst poker hands each ,lay win pri:es. There is also a raffle with lots of pri:es to he given away each day. Food and drinks are available at the start and finish line at the Slash X Cafe which is 12 miles south of Barstow, CA on Hwy 247 which is Barstow Road. For full information call the Slash X Cafeat(619)252-l 197 or Tom and Bev Moessner at (702) 897-7769. Free hats go to the first 250 entries each day, hats and sweat shirts are availahlc for purchase at the start/ finish line. This is a fun day in the desert co-sponsored hy the Bureau of Land Manageml'nt and La Rana Desnt Racing and it is a good causl', the Toys for Tots program for youngsters at Christmas time. Helmets are required for ATV and motorcycle entries, as arc mufflers or spark arresters for all vehicles. Gree·n stickl'rs are needl',I for unlicensed California resident's whicles. Ray Larney, Director 7 Prutcll Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 ( 607) 625-5676 UORRA Unitl'd Off Road Racing Association Dave Urhanowic:, Prl'sident 589 Amwl'll Road Neshanic, NJ 0885 3 (908) 169-6550 ( R,,,.<'< ,H ( ·o/onia/ V,dll'v R.:.sorr, in PA) VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 2810 W. Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 910"30 (805 l 656-1122 November 7, 1992 Class 10, 1-2- 160(), 5-1600 Motocross November 21, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-16()0, 5-1600 Motocross Decemb~·r 5, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross (ocher L·ctr dasse, 11•ckoml.' i{ elm·<· or murl' ,/wt,• u/>) · VORRA Valle\' Off Ro:1,I Racing Association 1833 Los Rohles Blvd . 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LA RANA DESERT RACING Tony Modica Wins The Johnson Valley ·1 so By Carol Clark Photos: Trackside Photo lnc. Tony Modica repeated his earlier summer win in Johnson Valley, taking the overall win by about a minute and a half after running out of gas in his Adzima on the last lap. He also won Class 10, of course. The Green light came on in the just went brain dead on the last and did a little spinning, slipping Johnson Valley for 111 cars, with lap; he did stop at some unknown and sliding and wound up with a 10 not starting for various pitsonhislastlapandborroweda flat tire, which he hastily got reasons, which made for a total coupleofgallonsofgasbecausehe changed and took off again. overall entry list of 121, pretty started sputtering and realized he When I asked him how he liked impressive for the time of year, was out of gas and lucky for him, racing at night, he said it was August, and the temperature these pits were around and willing kinda fun, but he likes daytime gauge hovering right around the to help out a racer in need. If it racing better. 100 degree mark. Our total wasn't for their help, he would Kevin Davis came in about a number of finishers was 72, never have made iton time to take minute and a half behind Tony to which is64.86% finishers, which the overall win, so he really claim second overall and first in wasalsoagoodnumber.Allinall, wanted to thank those unknown Class 1-2-1600. His overall time I'd say this race came off rather folksforhelpinghimtakethewin. was 3:48:53, so we could be well for the first night race put on Tony hit a very large rock on the looking at a 1-2-1600 taking the by this organization. first lap, just after checkpoint 4 overall next time or give Class 10 . The sand hill from hell must r not have been on this course, ~-because I heard absolutely no complaints this time, the major complaint I heard was almost everyone got lost at least once, but that was only for a very short time and they wound their way back to where most of the headlights were appearing and got back to the business of racing. The terrain was totally unfamiliar at night even though most have covered it before. At night things just don't look the same and the night plays tricks on the eyes. Tony Modica took the overall honors with a total time of 3:47:26, as well as the Class 10 win. He was so jazzed about taking the overall, that he finished the race on fumes. He either mis-judged his fuel consumption Of the three Mini Mags that started, all finished, but Scott Steinberger, who stopped to fix a broken shock, still ran off and left the others, as he won the class by about half an hour. The 1600s were pushing for the overall and Kevin Davis led the attack in his Lothringer. He came very close with a trouble free run to win Class 1-2-1600 and place a very close second overall. a real run for the money. The Class ls and 2s can't seem to get the bugs worked out, so the limited classes are truckin' right on in there and taking the gold. Kevin said he had a trouble free race, drove as hard as he could and was happy with his class win and 2nd overall positio~. He wanted to thank Wiks racing engines for a flawless motor and Lothringer for building a car that can take the punishment he is giving it and, of course, his buddies the Checkers for all their help. They kept him pointed in the right direction at all times. The third car in was another Gary Bates with wife Maxine riding in the Class 5 Bug, ran into something stout but carried on, then son BJ with Shirley Scott riding took the second shift and limped home with a broken torsion bar, first in Class 5 and tenth overall. Bruce Landfield used a pair of co-drivers, Brett Turley and Doug Gladvey while driving the Rust Racing 5-1600 to the class victory, and Bruce said he liked his first La Rana race and it was great. Jerry Leighton whipped his ten year old race car into second in Class 20, fifth overall. This was his first race with La Rana and he liked it all. Jerry Penhall ran second for a couple laps in the Class 10 Raceco, but Dave Black said he got a little lost on lap 3, but the team took third in class and sixth overall. Mike Harman does a real nose stand here which might be the reason for his second lap time loss, but he picked up the pace to finish fourth in Class 10 and seventh overall. Page 10 November 19ft Dusy Times

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Mark Ruddis drove the La Victoria car this round and was second in 1600s, by a mere 22 seconds, and his night eyes brought him in third overall too. 1600; being driven by Mark Ruddis, the driver of record is Danny Porter, however, he turned the La Victoria car over to Mark for this race, as he was not feeling real good and did not want to get sick in the car. Mark had a great race except for a few minor problems. On the first lap a coil wire came off, so he took a few minutes to get that fixed and then got a flat on the last part of the last lap and just drove the last five miles on the flat. He knew he would be either win, place or show, so he didn't want to stop ·. and risk losing his position. Billy McCool and Jerry Lawless had no troubles other than broken lights, and flew their 1-1600 smartly into third in class, and took fourth overall. Don Lampus, Jr. and Sr., head for a nose landing here, but it didn't slow their Jimco down as they carried on to fourth in Class 1-2-1600 and ninth 0/A. Billy McCool and Jerry Lawless took 4th overall and 3rd in Class 1-2-1600. These boys said they had a pretty good race also, they passed everyone but Mark Ruddis and suffered only a couple of broken lights, I guess they had more than two, because they could find their way around in the dark. They· wanted to thank Mirage, Tri-Mil and Sway-A-Way for all the great workman-ship and quality parts. Steve Krieger and Tim Clark came in first in Class 8 in the Chevy. They started Danny Richardson came home first in Class 9 in his handsome Mirage, and he out with a flat a lap, then lost a power steering belt, but said they loved night had a good race, no flats, stopped twice for gas, and was happy to win the first racing, and it is fun when you win. night race he ever ran. ~----:---:-----::;:::::;::::;;;:::;;;;=::::=:~==:::::::~:--:-::-=::::::;;;;;;;;;::::===-, l Jerry Leighton came in second in Class 10 and 5th overall, which made him feel pretty good for his come-back race in a 10 year old car. This was his first La Rana Race and h~ was real impressed. He was equally impressed with Poppa Lee Leighton's new air cooled engine. He also wanted to thank BFG, Culligan Water and Mid Town Plumbing for their help in his racing endeavors and, of course, last but not least, the best pit crew a guy could ask for, they-~ Larry Adams, with J.D. Hendley riding along, had to cover two laps in his Mike Duncan and Jim Brandt won Class 3 by hours in the Jeep CJ 8, and had Class 11, which he did, for an official finish. Since he was the only Beetle in their fun dicing with the Class 6 entries. Mike said he had no problems the the race he won the class. whole race, a nice way to win. i· ch ' BILSTEIN RACING APPLICATIONS CLASS 1 TO CLASS 11 OUR SHOCK PRICES ARE VERY COMPETITIVE CALL FOR PRICES & APPLICATION FUNNELS $11.95 11 GAL DUMP CAN WHITE $19.95 RED-YELLOW-ORANGE $20.95 HOT PINK $23.95 $39.95 2 FOR $70.00 ~ flATCHET WHE.ll ITil,V ---~--:a\-=--,-~ ~ --=--T COMBO MTCHETIAXLE STUl'I ~ \ --:--r-=--. -=-T WMJl.Al'IOtJND AXLE IT1tUS ®. ¥> HEADQUARTERSFORALLYOUR OFF-ROAD EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES OFF-ROAD USE ONLY Dusty Times ----------------------------10 FT. RALLYE500 76109 $28.95 $29.95 RALL YE 1000 RED-BLACK-BLUE 75701 $68.95 RALL YE 2000 77411 $81.95 10 FT. $38.95 iii -~115 RED-BLACK-BLUE: 21 IN. $9.95 AMBER AVOIDANCE LIGHT TWIN HORN $12.90 $53.95 RACK & PINION $309.00 • .... o0Ot)o0 COMBOS WITH BEARINGS $599.00 805-683-1211 . 800-622-3939 November 199! 5 PT HARNESS FIRE-STOP COTTON SUI DQ 1 $109.008a RED-BLACK-BLUE BOTH SFI APPROVED RED-WHITE-BLUE T •-SUPER SHIFTER $99.00 DUAL M/CYLINDER \.... $199~ $13;.~ _ .. ◄ M'CYLINDER & SLAVE [( DE tJJJJ:glO I] Page 11

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Jeff Renick and Dave Baeskens had a lot of various electrical problems on the way to a second place in Class 5, 40 minutes behind the leader in class. Tom and Jeff Bohla from earthquake plagued Yucca Valley, had another rude surprise; after placing second in Class 5-1600, they were DQ'd, for unknown reasons. Brian Logan and Keith Westerfield inherited second place in . Class 5-1600, had some minor problems with electrics but finished in good time. ~ make it all possible. The team of Jerry (Mr. Carrie) Penhall and Dave Black took 3rd place honors in Class 10. Dave says he got lost on the last lap, his greatest problem was holding off Leighton and then when he got lost, Leighton passed him. The boys said the race was fun and they wanted to thank all the limited cars for moving out of the way when they heard the horn. La Rana is earning the reputation for having the most polite racers·in all shotgun with Gary this time, even of the off road community. That though Gary thought he was is kind of a nice reputation in such piloting a scud missile and tried to a rough sport. plant his Class 5 car, face first in Next we have a real piece of the middle of the race course. I work, namely Gary Bates, who is guess they both heard little birds· just a half a bubble off due to too and heard bells for a few seconds many face plants off motorcycles after impact, but dazed as they in the course of his many years of were, they didn't even look back playing in the desert. We all to see what they hit. Gary just understand this and we love him anyway, right Max???. Maxine is so brave and loving that she rode grabbed a gear and took off after he was sure all his parts were still attached where they should be. Son BJ and friend Shirley Scott took the last 1 ½ laps and broke a torsion bar about 1 7 miles out and limped the car to the finish line for a first in Class 5 and 10th overall. 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Nancy LeDuc took the family Ford Ranger 4x4 out for an evening's drive with co-drivers Todd LeDuc and Christina Carlson, and she won Class 7 4x4 by over an hour over the competition who usually win. All alone in Class 7 again, at the finish line, Art and Mike Becker won the class handily over the other two starters by laps, as they continue their march to the checkered flag on points. · might be a good idea to put some of that reflective tape on the arrows, making them a little easier target; it's no fun to have to go hunting for arrows. BJ also says the guys driving the Stone Stocks got out of his way immediately when hea'ring the horn and he really appreciated it. Gary's friend, Dave Baeskins took the second place in Class 5 and they (Jeff Renick and him) really had to work for it, because they had kind of a total melt down and had to replace the starter, alternator and then the radio fell out. Other than that, it was a real fine evening of racing. This time we had some Mini-Mags racing La Rana, 3 to be exact and the first one to take the checkered flag was Scott Stein-berger who completed the course in 4:23:49. He broke a shock and had to spend about 20 minutes in pit area D to get it replaced, but nothing else happened of any consequence. He did say that it was very dusty and thinks perhaps starting the racers a little further apart, might help the visibility factor on the course. The post race tech area was a little too small to figure out who came in in what order so unfortunately by the time I found out that Frank Bristing took second in Mini Mags, he was headed back to the pits, he finished about 30 minutes after Scott, so his problems must have heen a little more extensive. Chris Garrett took 3rd in 7:14:59 which made for a 100% finish in the Mini Mags. Steve Krieger and Tim Clark came in first in Class 8 in 4:40:07. These boys had a flat on the first lap and second lap and then lost a power steering belt and the motor died somewhere on the second or third lap, but the motor had just flooded so given a ·few minutes, they fired her up and took off to race with some truck in their own class and they really had a ball and loved the night racing. Just a mere 9 minutes behind them was the team of Allen Repashey and Tom Young. They said the guys at pit A helped them big time and John Swift chased them all day and they just loved the fact that he, was there when they needed him. DRS changed one of two flats for them and then they went on and blew their shocks and lost their brakes on the last lap. Then they started losing horsepower and could only get up to 2500 RPM and try as they may they could not catch Steve and Tim. They said they were kind of stopping all day for this and that and decided to throw Bruce Tiffany in the passenger seat for the last lap. 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Mitch Griffin and Mark Steele had a few unscheduled stops during the night, but they carried qn and ended up third in Class .5-1600 out of 16 starters. Allen Repashey and Tom Young flew their Ford through the night with a real power chase crew headed by John Swift, had troubles but got second in Class 8. Joel Stankavich and Mike Currier gave it the old college try in Class 9, but they had to settle for second place, but were just three minutes out. got all the bugs out at about 5:00 a.m. just in time to get the truck teched in time for the race, but it was worth it. In Class 9, Danny Richardson came in first in 4:55:06, he had a real good day, had no flats, stopped twice for gas, said the motor was not running real good, but it never quit, so he didn't stop to fix it. He wanted to thank his family, friends, pit crews, especially Craig Lane and DRS for the great pits; this was his first night race and he loved it. Danny wanted to give special thanks to MD Tire in Sun, Valley for the great Yokohamas, that never failed him in any way. Second place in Class 9 went to the ever familiar face of Joel Stankavich who is going for the Class 9 championship in La Rana Desert Racing. He finished the race in 4:58:15, just 3 minutes after Danny. Third place in this ever popular class went to Bruce Mangold, just 3 minutes behind Joel. The confusion at the post race area was probably the reason I did not get to talk to these boys. In Class 5-1600 Bruce Land-field came in first in class and said he had a really nice day. He said he started picking off the competi-tion on the first lap and his pit crew kept him informed of his position and if there were any cars in his class approaching; he was basically driving on their instructions. The name of this team is Rust Racing and the car's name is Germ, I didn't ask why, he just volunteered the informa-tion arid also said that this was his first La Rana race and he thought it was great. He has been an off road racer for years now and really loves it. . Brian Logan and Kcirh Wester-field came in second place in Cbss 5-1600, which was kind of a surprise to them; they thought they got 3rd, but second got DQ'd, so that bumped them up to 2nd. They had thl' sam,· prohlt·m this race ;1" they did the· last one, that being that tlw ho,>d startt:d coming ofFand tiwy tno got l.ist for ah1" 1t 'i minutt:~. They had no flats, but ll'ere getting a little concerned ahout the alternator light that ca{l1e on during the last lap and were keeping their fingers crossed th.it the battery could handle things ti 1 hey got the checkered flag. Brian said he had never raced at night before and that it was very different, maybe once a year is OK. He wanted to thank Wiks Racing Engines for building a motor that never missed a beat and caught everything in sight on the straights and Lothringer for a good tough car. Mitch Griffin and Mark Steele came in what we thought was 4th and ended up being 3rd ··due-to Dusty Times another DQ. I did not get to finishers, so that is another big interview these boys but looks finishing rate, very commendable. like they may have had a couple of In Class 11 we had one starter, problems as their overall time was Larry Adams, who declined the 5: 15: 13. There was a total of 16 interview but he probably figured starters in the 5-1600 class and 12 there wasn't too much to say, He Designed for bencti top use with a l /211 drill came, he raced, he won and that's pretty much it. In Class 300, Mike Duncan and Jim Brandt finished the course in 5: 15:30 which put him at the head of the pack. Mike said he had a or a drill press for $ 2 7 production work perfect day and was dicing it out with Darren Skilton all day, which made it very exciting. He said his new Rancho Shocks were · put to the test and they came through ltE All Freight Charges Included Charge your ** credit card rder with any major CALL Dale Wilch Sales ** or COD via UPS. 913-788-3219 WARNING:Don't be fooled by a few P.O. B~x 12031 other knock offs. Buy the tool with Kansas City, KS 66112 your satisfaction guaranteed (DEALERS WANJED) November 1991 Page 13

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Bruce Mangold and Tim Gavett had their Class 9 Raceco going very well, and they finished just another three minutes behind, for third in Class 9. Doug Sunstedt and Carlos Kuttler had a long day into night journey in the Ford Bronco, but they got second place in Class 3 and nobody else finished. Darren Skilton with co-drivers Bonnie Tnompson and David Shrum finished second in Class 6, just over nine minutes behind Jeep teammate Heiden. Gcirdon Azevedo and David Eldridge and a couple others had some down time in the Toyota, but they plugged along to a finish, second in the Class 7S action. There were only three in Unlimited class, and Steve Fossett and Travis Howard managed just one lap, but it was good enough for the win in Class 2. Fernando Elias and Dave Edelstein were second in full size 4WD-stockers in their Ford Bronco, which looks like it could be restored to a show car. There were four starters in Class 7S, only two finished, and Dan Cannon, who had three co-drivers, drove his gaily painted Ford Ranger to victory just a few minutes shy of winning by an hour. I@' with shining colors and wanted to thank 4 Wheel Parts Wholesale and Bexel Lighting for the in car camera. Doug Sunstedt and Carlos Kuttler came in second place in Class 300 and must have had their share of prohlems, as it took them 7:31:18 to complete their appointed rounds. Out of the three entries in this class these two fellows were the only other official finishers. In Class 600 we had 4 starters and 3 finishers. The first of these was the familiar face of Eric Heiden and co-driver Brian Allred. They had a pretty good run until the last lap when they lost the alternator, so they shut off all things drawing power, like radios, un-needed lights and when the only lights they were running, went out they used a flashlight to find their way around the last part of the last lap. They just kind of took it easy and didn't take any unnecessary chances and it paid off. I think they had to push the Don-A-Vee Jeep back to the pit · area, but this was Brian's first time in a race vehicle, so he was still fired up and ready to help. Eric said he did a commendable job for his first race. The Don-A-Vee Jeeps seem to Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rod Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! But be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Call For Courses and Dates Great Basm Conlldtlng 2738 Chavez Dr. Reno, NV 89502 (702) 825-8830 ·page 14 be taking the crown in this class, because Darren Skilton was only 9 minutes behind Eric. Darren had a new co-rider this time. David Schrumm went over the suspension and-re-did some of it to make it work better and in doing so, got to ride the last lap to see if his efforts paid off. Darren said that they had blown the racing motor in testing, so put a stock Jt·ep motor in for this race and it started to go away on the last lap, hut hdd together enough to finish. After the sun went down he ran across a couple of vehicles that had white lights instead of the yellow caution lights in the back and that kind of blinded them until they got around the problem. High Desert resident, Barrie Thompson has been a part of the Don-A-Vee crew for quite awhile and is also part of the prep crew, looks like Clive Skilton has got a good bunch of guys working for him now. John De Vito came in 3rd place in Class 6, with his Chevy Blazer and finished in 6:38:42. I didn't gL't to talk to John, so hope nothing that he wanted to talk about got missed. · In Class 750 we had 2 staters and 2 finishers. First place goes to Nancv LeDuc of Cherry Valley, second place goes to Jay and Donnie King of Riverside. Nancy completed the race in 5: 15:24 and Jay and Donnie finished in 6:21:22. In Class 700 we had 2 starters and only one finisher, that was the team of Art and Mike Becker. This time however, Mike drove the whole race. The first lap was flawless. On the second lap, they had 2 flats and Jay King's crew changed them for the Beckers; they wanted to give a really big thank you to this congenial group of people, this is not the first time they have helped out other racers. We all appreciate their good sportsmanship. Mike says that this was his best race ever. They must have been moving right along, their total elapsed time was 5:10:22. In Class 725 there were 4 November 19ft starters and two finishers. I had headed for Apple Valley by the time these fellas finished, so unfortunately, all I can give you are statistics. First place went to Dan Cannon, who completed the race in 6:07 :07 and second place went to Gordon Azevedo who completed the race in 7:02:27. In Class 1500, there were 5 starters and 4 finishers, which is a prett)' good finishing ratio for these stock 4x4's, stock mini's, stock full size 2 WO and stock full size 2 WO. In the full size 4 WO, Mike and Ch'ris Coleman came in first out of 3 in their 1575 class. They said that when· they were testing, a few minutes before line up that they had blown a shock and didn't know it, so they started the race with only 1 shock in the rear. When they finally figured out that the ride was a little tougher than it should be, they pulled into a Checker pit at pit area B for a little remove and replace and then took off hoping that their duct taped radio antenna would stay on until they could get it more permanently repaired. On the second lap they had to stop for another shock rebuild and got that taken care of back at main pit. Mike Coleman took the first lap with first time rider Danny_Thomas and brother Chris fook lap number 2 with Rohert Gran: riding shotgun. That is when thq1 took off and passed all the competition and then got lost for a little while, back tracked, re-found the course and thought it might be a good idea to turn on the off road lights, only to find out they wouldn't work, so they had to run with just the headlights. They were real surprised that they came in first and wanted to thank BFG and National Spring for helping them get this win. Their overall time was 4: 17:40. In second place was Fernando Elias and· Dave Edelstein in a Ford, who finished their two laps in 4:35:44. And about an hour and twenty minutes later, John and Sheila Barajas came in for a total time of 5:52:50. I don't think any of these folks made it into the impound area, hecause I tried to nunt most of them down if I could. In stone stock 2WD Brady Helm, Dave Winner and Steve Helm won. Brady says it was a great race for them; they chased Glen Cohen, but kind of kept a steady even pace around the course, got nerfed by a 7 truck once, but it posed no problem. They had no breakdowns at all, so they were real happy about that. It Mike and Chris Coleman were first in the full size 4WD"stockers in the Chevy, with a door just waiting for a sponsor's name. They had a little shock trouble, got lost, but won by 18 minutes. Dusty Times

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Glen Cohen and Mike Williams had a good run in their Jeep in Class 2WD·stone stock, and they finished the two required laps close to the leader. William Quitmeyer and Fred Espinosa had a flat and also got lost once in their Toyota, and they were only back about 14 minutes in second in stone stock mini 4WD: Tony Benda placed second in the Odyssey class driving a Honda Pilot, and said it got dark too soon for him. He was less than six minutes back of the winner. took them 3:42:30 to get around the course. Second place went to Glen Cohen who finished just 7 minutes behind Brady and crew; he and co-rider Mike Williams were unavailahle or un 1 ,catahle for any kind of story. Third place went to Al Ortlepp and Dave Funston who took 6: 19:58 to do their two laps, so I'd say that they may have had a problem or two. In stone stock 4WD mini, Dan Auer and Perry Sauro took first. They had a flawless race with no stops, even for fuel. They lost a light, but did just fine without it. They said they got lots of air and had a ball. They wanted to thank Mo-Com-Co, their Motorola Dealer for the great equipment and help. William Quitmeyer and the little woman, Teri and co-driver Fred Espinosa, took second place. They had 1 flat at the end of the first lap which cost them about 8 minutes and they got lost once. So they figure these two items cost them the win, as they were only 15 minutes in back of Dan and Perry. They aren't too sure ahout this night racing business hecause they've never done it before, but they still had a good time as always. Dan Auer and Perry Sauro zipped around the course in the stone stock 4WD. mini truck class, and they had a perfect race with no stops, not even for gas, lost one light and their Toyota won the four truck class. A quartet came out to try night racing in Odyssey class, and Donald Kleinhenz must have finished with some daylight left, doing the required lap quickly in his tidy Selsted racer. The Odysseys had 4 entries and 3 finishers. The first one in was Donald Kleinhen: who is trying very hard to stick to his prediction at the beginning of the year and that was to win the class championship with his new "no goofing around racing". First off the "Duck" wanted to thank Mon E Maker, D & D Refrigeration and Charles Heckman Construc-tion, who are his sponsors and he wanted to thank La Rana for marking the course so well and for putting on the race. He said the course was really dirty, dusty and fast. He had a trouble free race and ran smooth as "silt". His pit crew is the greatest and they put 110'¾1 into this car and this race and he brought them home a winner, they were all proud, it was a good team effort. The "Ducks" lap time was 1:38:25. Tony Benda, who almo·st always has a smile on his face, did not disappoint me this time. He came in second place and was very grateful for it. He said it got dark a little too soon for him, hut he got used to it and thought it was a good fast course and had no troubles, ran a good clean race and had fun too. He wanted to thank all the competitors for moving· over when they heard his horn, they were all very courteous, in all classes. He wanted to say a special thanks to Jim Garcia for prepping the car and chasing him and heing his one man pit crew, he's the best. Total lap time 1 :44: 14. Third place was Ralph C:arnet:ki, who escaped the interview process, hut he was the only other Odyssey to finish in his allotted time. He may have had a couple of glitches here and there, because his time was 2:01 :03. This was yet another success story for the La Rana series and now we are off to Ridgecrest in October, set.· you there. In stone stock 2WD"class Brady and Steve Helm and Dave Win·ner were first home. They had no troubles with the Toyota, and won the five truck class by just over seven minutes. Dusty nmcs SIGNATURE SERIES RACE SERIES LIGHTS Run with Race Series lights - used on Rod Hall's Race Truck ... the "Winningest Baja Racer" • 130 watts of Power • Pearl Gray Finish • Dua/Beam • •Baja Proven Tough" • Hard Plastic Cover (included) Special Limited Time Offer! a;2 .. R9ou;:, "9 each 9" Rectangular $2999each 1 00w Driving Light $2499each Call Today: Information: (310) 527-5888 Orders: (800) 99 CEPEK E :"~i~l~~-Roader'sA?fr#-«· ·: [Z -[~I 340 g~ges -~t::EREK® iii] 1·.0·-1 [!!13 s.5 IAZ'/ 11000 K1Nasv1Ew AVENUE . ·.· . _. CARSON, CALIFORNIA 90746 FREE with light purchase. . ~ November 1991 Page 15

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Frank Turben ran his Heavy Metal Chevy in Pro Class 1, but his trans acted up and he ran without third gear, but kept rolling to finish second in Pro Class 1, by a slim five seconds. Jim and Craig Bell ran very fast on the straights, but bagged a Rueben Woods started out strong, second after three laps in the few flats on the Jeep Honcho in between the straights, and won single seater, then hit five trees, bent a tie rod, took out a CV Class 4 anyhow. boot, and the car was retired. -----------------,-------15TH Annual ADRA Snowflake Buggy Bash Text & Photos: Tony Tdlier The ADRA and White Line Racing combined last Labor Day weekend to produce the 15th Annual Snowflake Buggy Bash at Arapine, Arizona. The ADRA has been running a reduced car race schedule this season, and accordingly the turnout was light, but those that arrived did have a good time and a good race. Shannon Schulz opened the barn door ("Where did I stash that racing car, anyway?"), swept back the cobwebs ("CA-cough!), and dusted off his yellow Farmco single seater. ("Look at all this mud from the last race, back in February. I hope I remember how to drive it.) Schulz took the Class 10 and Overall wins at the fast and dusty Snowflake Buggy Bash, ("Just like I predicted, too!"). The Buckeye owner, driver, and farm supply owner kept up a consistently fast pace over the seven lap, twenty-seven mile lap race course and ended up with the lowest elapsed time of all the cars. This is including the high horsepower Heavy Metal Chevy of Frank Turben and the Type IV Unlimited Class buggy of Tom Murray who finished second overall. Murray was the lead off car, but the next car was a "no-show". Then the third starter, Stan Steele, was late to the line. He is too used to the Start Time being a pretty variable thing.White Line's Larr\' Bl•,tll ran a tight ship: "Seven thirty start means a seven thirty start!" The concept of an on time start may seem foreign to New Mexicans, but I think Stan eventually got the message. He is a quick study. In any event, Murray ·ended up with a three minute cushion between the next starter, Rueben Wood. And, with the dusty course, it spelled lots of clear sailing for Tom. Starting behind the super dust generator ofT urben's truck (It's a seven-fifty HP motor"), Shannon initi;,'ly had trouble gauging his pace and position. But his radio and pit crew were to prove inval.uable in keeping him aware of the status of his competition. The dry and dusty conditions proved to play a large role in the outcome, where the course would traverse extremely high speed grasslands and then dive into tightly packed stringy junipers, twisting around stumps and turning beneath the branches. Rueben Wood's single seater kept up a serious pace and closed to within a minute after three laps, which actually put him "up" by two on elapsed time, which is how the race is scored. But the juniper trees closed in and Rueben bent a tie rod. "I lost it and did a big one-eighty U-y. I must'a hit five trees. I was like a huge pinball." Unable to keep up the pace and still stay on course, with a severe case of toe-out, Wood fell back. "Then Tony tagged me, I lost a boot and melted that CV. The tree excursion must have done cusToM AUTOMOTIVE & ~m,G 1991 HORA SCORE CHAMPION . i§Jf~ ,p,,,:J, AWARD WINNING QUAIJ1Y PRODUCTS FROM -(602)778-2433 ASI# 359251 625 N. 3rd. Street #2 • Prescott, Arizona 86301 Page 16 that job. I was nothing if not consistent I blew the same corner four times", he laughed. The dust was a problem for Wood's attack. "I would reel Murray in but then I would have to back off. While I was wasting time behind him I decided to pit, then run fast and pass him when he had to pit." It was a sharp tactical move, except for the excursion through the junipers, of course. Shannon Schulz blew the dust off his Farmco single seater, drove a fast but consistent pace for seven laps, took advantage of others' mistakes and won overall in his Pro Class 10 car that has some time on it for sure. Tony Kujala was out for serious· blood in the Fireworks 250 Class 10 winning Dirtrix "Diehl" car. Ahead on the clock by at least three minutes heading into the final lap, Tony was beating cheeks. I think I heard him lift, once maybe, at the most. But then a lower front arm snapped. "I did hit that one side hard up at the Fireworks 250 outside of Barstow. It waited until today to go". See, metal does have a memory. Tony limped the car in fourth 0 / A, second in 10, with a nasty ding in the left rear tire to boot. The tube was peeking out but still holding air. Owner Brad Person said that the " ... car IS for sale." Alan Vesterdal decided to make a weekend of racing, and he won Sportsman Class 10 in the Buggy Bash on Saturday, then on Sunday rode Open Beginner on a 540 KTM motorcycle and finished in the top half of the field. remarked how fast he was "on the straights". But theirthree flat tires didn't help matters, even though "we could catch Frank Turben on Santa Fe's favorite son Stan Steele was off the pace due to a variety of circumstances. His big inch Type IV motor was delayed at builder Don Hatz' and Stan had re-tired his rig to take advantage the straight-a-ways." They won of the higher torque motor.~ Pro Class 4 & 8 . . . When the new engine was a no-Turben had trouble ':1akmg ~1s show, he slipped in a smaller VW Turbohydro take_ the shift to third Type 1 but he had sold all his and so he was senously ha':llpered lower profile tires, so had to run on the h~rsepower friendly the tall ones. Effectively over course. With no other problems geared for the high, 6500 foot other t~an havin~ to run in second altitude, he couldn't pull the top gear, his super tnck Chevy was to end necessary to run with the end up the second Class 1 and pack. But then he lost a front t~ird ?verall behjnd Murray by a wheel nut and bearing, tweaking a slim (ive seconds. rotor and ruining the left front With Tony out of the way, caliper. "I took an immediate hard left at speed and ran out through a ditch." The Fod Fab delivery race car tossed out the necessary parts, except for the nut, which had to be motorcycled in, and it was a leisurely run back to the trailer. Schul: poured it on. "I picked it up on the last lap, though I was getting fast.:r every lap. And I hadda "go" bad. If it had been a rough course it would have been all over." Sam Carlise took home the Sportsman Class 5 trophy. But Alan Vesterdal bree:ed to an easy overall Sportsman and Class 10 victory, then rode the following day's motorcycle race on his 540 KTM in Open Beginner Class. Wearing jeans, in these days of neon nylon yet, Al still finished in the top half of the 150 rider field. The two 401 Jeep Honchos of the Bell Boys, Craig and Jim, and Tom Buck/Rick 'Stretch' Sever-son were scheduled to be out in the street for an old fashioned shoot out. But those pesky juniper trees intervened and the Buck /Stretch rig tore out a spring perch and center bolt. With the rear drive shaft out and the rear axle come-a-longed back into position, they could only limp in. Bell was another matter. Everyone Tonr_ Kujala exhibits his typical "always off the ground" style of driving, and flew into the race lead and led until the final lap when a front arm broke and he limped in second in Class 10, fourth overall. November 199i Dusty Times

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VORRA VIRGINIA CITY CLASSIC 200 Team Verling Wins Overall • Again It was business as usual for Patrick, who started, and Eric Verling who took the Unlimited class lead o~ the first lap stretched it out lap by lap and won overall by a healthy 22 minutes. . ' Remember when you were a him into season points contention switchbacks, where if they blow a kid and invited your friends over behind Mike Povey, who came to turn they might find the car taking for a long game of tag, hide and VC with a new motor and a a short cut down the mountain. seek or just to play in your sand tweni:y point lead on Fisher. With other sections of this route box? One thing I recall quite The racers were facing the 200 · flanked by twenty to eighty foot clearly is that in almost every mile Virginia City course which sheer drops, this area can make game we played in my back yard I consists of ten twenty mile laps, for some intense passing situations won, because it was my back yard which can easily be described as a before the drivers have a chance and I wasn't about to let anyone tire reps •··orst nightmare, with to really relax and open up the beat me on my own turf. Now, some of tne most rocky, narrow throttle up the smooth, fast Six you could say the northern roads on the VORRA race series Mile Canyon Road to the Nevada town of Virginia City is schedule. The start finish area was start/ finish area and another lap. just a big sand box with mount-located, as in previous years, on D In all the racers will be on the ains, and some of Nevada's most Street where most teams set up course for an average of six and a picturesque scenery, and you their main pits. The course half hours, slightly slower than could say it's a four wheel drive quickly left town, just past the the five plus hour times of the paradise and you would be right. famous cemetary, Boot Hill, Yerington 250 which is the next But, if you are an off road racer where it dropped into a small desert race on the VORRA and you think you are going _to canyon and came past the not so schedule. beat this rugged 200 mile course, famous B A corner, which this After the morning parade of then obviously you forgot whose year was widened for safety race cars through Virginia City, back yard you were in. reasons. The next on course thecarsstartliningupfortheonly Eric and Patrick Verling, landmark is the dropaway at drag race style start in the otherwise known as T earn Verling visual 1, Sign Hill, a near vertical VORRA series at noon. Class have been virtually unbeatable in thirty foot drop, a sight that l / 2 Unlimited was the first the northern Nevada desert for usually attracts scores of onlook-starting class with eight entries, the last few years, and why ers. Next is a long uphill section, the same number that started the shouldn't they be, it's their back then a long fast run to check 1, Yerington 400. The pack included yard. Although they had engine followed hy a rough holt to check some long time VORRA drivers, failure and a dnf at the VORRA 2 on some of the areas roughest and they were ready to race. Yerington 400, they came to Jeep trails. At check 2, the last Current points leader Larry Virginia City ready to show the check before the long flight down Deaton was in the second set of Class l/2 drivers who is king of the steep narrow roads to check 3, cars off the line along with the this mountain. In contrast the drivers have the option of Class 2 of Joe Falloon and Mike Raymond Fisher, another area stopping to take advantage of the Bishop who have had a rough time local who has suffered numerous Pro Pit services before they take working the bugs out of their car. setbacks for various reasons, on potentially the most dangerous And one ofVORRA's desert only came to this race feeling that it was section of the course. drivers Jeff Stiles had become one his turn to drive to the Class 4 The first danger facing the of the race favorites after his class winners' circle. It would move drivers on this section is the long win at the Yerington 400. As the race started with two cars leaving / OR DRV Dust Masks Ott Road Dust Reducing Veil Helps Keep Out: •Sand •Dust •Pollen Elastic straps adjust to a comfortable fit. One size fits all. No goggles needed! Comes in many pop-ular colors & designs! Distributors welcome. Page 18 $11.95 plus shipping & handling. For more information call (602)747-7059. MANUFACTURERS & DISTRIBUTORS PO Box 57715 • Tucson, AZ 85732-7715 the line every 30 seconds it looked like this was going to be a very tight race. Then as expected, Team Verling, with Patrick Verling driving the first five laps, quickly pulled into the lead taking the first on the road position by check 3 on the first lap. After that the race turned into a very fast match of follow the leader with Verling running first. By lap 3 the lead hadn't changed but things were happen-ing back in the pack. Larry Deaton had suffered five flat tires between laps 2 and 3, putting him back in fifth. Stiles had moved into second followed by Sam Berri in third with the current second place points leaders Al Baker and Craig Redding only a asked about the car, Vic Verling November 1991 One time regulars on the HORA/SCORE circuit Cam Thieriot and Greg Lewi~ drove c_onsis~en_t lap times, had no reported troubles and won Class 10 in the O.R.E. m their first race with VORRA at Virginia City. said "It was perfect; therewa~n':a hou~ tranny change on lap 4, scratch on the car. It came mm puttmg him over the seven hour the same condition it left." Not all time limit for all cars. teams decided to change drivers, As the last lap rolled around th~rngh, Jeff Stiles decided to only three cars were left running dnve the whole race, something in class. Larry Deaton who was he later sa~d he wouldn't do again. running strong after br;ke failure In the first half of the race only on lap l, continued to finish the two cars _dropped out of Class race third in Class l /2, at l /2, Keith Robb and Keith 6:33:27, an hour, 35 minutes off Clugage, both before l~p 3. As for dust trail behind. On lap 4 Berri the second half, the first car out was forced to relinquish third to w~s thar_of_Joe Falloon and Mike Baker and Redding while he B1_shop with complete brake changed his transmission. This failure on lap 1, and later, on the also allowed Deaton to move to pole line hill, rolled due to the . fourth. b~ake problem. Then, with As lap 5, the midway point of Bishop at the wheel for the last the event rolled around most ?alf of the race. t~e engin~ blew team_s changed drivers in~luding Just past sta~t/fm1sh startmg lap Verlmg, with Eric taking over the 8_. Sam Bern also retired on his chores from Patrick who had eighth lap as a result of the three driven a flawless race. Later, when Jeff Stiles drove the whole race alone, which he said he would not do again, but he kept a strong pace for second Unlimited and second overall. Larry Deaton had five flats in less than an hour, but he pressed on in the Unlimited class action and took third place as well as fifth overall. Dale Smith survived early traffic problems, but lost his early lead in Class 10, then worked his way up the ladder as attrition took its toll and Smith got in all ten laps for second in class. Dusty Times

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his time last year. Jeff Stiles ran a near perfect race, with only one flat on the right rear. that was repaired at the Pro Pit and he was second at 6: 10:53. Eric Verling drove the Silver State Special to the checkered flag, first in class and first overall at 5:48:09, winning with a twenty minute lead and a car in beautiful condition. Stiles was second overall. Next away were the nine Class 10 cars. Dale Smith and Jeff O'Callaghan quickly pulled into the lead tie. Both drivers left the s/ fat the same time, and both cars came in at 36:59 with Cam Thieriot running second, a minute, 7 seconds behind, followed by Ace Bradford in third and Mike Gust in fourth. Rick Philastre didn't do a lap, and Gust was out after three laps, lap 3 being a very long one. By the end of lap 3 there were few changes. Ace Bradford moved into first with Thieriot not far behind. O'Callaghan fell back to third, having a flat on lap 2, then he stopped to help upright _Forest Creasy's 9 car that rolled in Six Mile Canyon. Although La Rana racer Don Bowler, in a collision , with the disabled vehicle, caused the 9 car to roll over again, neither Bowler or Creasy were injured and both drivers continued the race. Bowler even managed to move up to fourth at the expense of Dale Smith, who also managed to get himself stuck in the aforementioned incident, putting him down to fifth. As lap 5 arrived many stopped to change drivers, as did the majority of racers in all classes. Don Bowler stepped aside for Jon Miller, O'Callaghan turned his over to Ivan Vargas, Cam Thieriot gave his to Greg· Lewin who continued with their consistent race, running each lap with only a two minute variable. This pushed Thieriot/ Lewin into first place as Bradford retired on lap 7. Dale Smith found himself in second.as Vargas found himself two laps back and out of time, en din u in While our photographer missed a shot of Chris Cash winning Class 1-2-1600 he got the other contenders. Although C:ash and Thorton led from the git-go, Rigsby/Smith took second, fourth overall only five minutes back. Larry Zimmerman moved into third in Class 1-2-1600 midway in the race, but he finished fourth a half minute out of third and he was seventh overall. asked about VORRA drivers, "they are the ·most courteous drivers I ever raced with", Scott Schaupp and Dick Weichers lost time in a traffic jam, but made most of it back to finish third in Class 1-2-1600, 6th overall by just two minutes. Not a consistent finisher Raymond Fisher said he was ready for VG and he was, winning Class 4, the only finisher, as here he comes off course in town heading down the street to the checkered flag in the Jeep Honcho. something VORRA has always Class 10 at 6:49:52. Greg Lewin been proud of. Dale Smith drove Cam Thieriot's car across finished all ten laps for second in the line~ sixth place. Just ahead came Jeff Eachus and his VIP co-driver Becky Hall also covering eight laps. Eachus who had suffered flats every other lap, when asked about the race, said it was rough and rocky, but he liked it. Also forced out by the time limit in Class 10, Happich and Windle were fourth with nine laps done. The Bowler/Miller effort also ended one lap short, out of time after four flats, one each on laps 6, 7, 8 and 9. Although the team failed to complete all 10 laps they were quite happy with third place. This was their only top finish at VC in four years. Bowler said, when Show Your Colors Chaser dudes! $15! "An asset to anyone's wardrobe, the Chaser Dude Tee takes a lighthearted view of raclng's unsung heroes, the Chase Crew. "Unique multi-color graphic design on the front with creative "Top 10 Chaser Dude Excuses" on the back. "M, L, XL, XXL WE SHIP ·UPS! ~!~-·DIAM.' .;> ~, [_ lfAV-f~ ~(I TT>IV.IC l'DI'< 'fJ£U< , [1 f:,brt.D~7~A<~A~-~ (j. wtJ(ITDTP£, -4ACU7ZJ "1ltt'YA'"T,,,~/ [.1 wr,tfllYT~f'TlllU --!f'J '::J 'WIII/IIP Vt' A-r TJI~ WftW♦ 1"JT l \.~ $)u.EP SCQW TN£ MJfp/ 2. JIJv ff $-'JV' FM FIIH TAL•IJ _.,..,,.,.,,., WfTT-fl/lttT-~ ll>f'fU!CP PIT• IIIUt .... I ~ 70 ,,,., . ~4.,-;,(-11 VS ,v rML NI.KIIV ... ~ .... 7ll-,.~-'!!!"' Jim Cope had time to wave to the photographer in the early going driving the ex Wes Banks Jeep, and he got in eight laps, good for second in Class 4. Parker Pumper Helmet Company 2318 South Vineyard, Ste. B Mike Povey had a flat and ongoing shock troubles, but he got in eight laps in the 4x4, good enough to place third in Class 4 and earn some points. Dusty Times Ontario, CA 91761 · Phone: (714)923-7016 FAX: (714)923-3118 CA residents add 7.75% sales tax -·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-NAME _________________ _ ADDRESS _______________ _ Qty/Size I CITY/ST/ZIP ____________ _ PAYMENT: · ( do not send cash! ) Check VISA M/C A/Express Discover + Card# __________________ _ Exp ____ _ X $15 + $3 s&hl Signature -----------------November 1992 Page 19

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~ to get the checkered flag for the team, winners in their first VC race. They finished in 6:40:03, and were ninth overall. Class 1-2-1600 started third ~ith sixteen cars, the largest class of the day. This class is fast oecoming one of the most popular in the VORRA series promising hot action and tight racing here. Last year's champ Ken Ruff was not on hand due to conflicting events. The action soon became apparent as on the first lap, only 10 miles out, Sean Cook rolled, although the car was righted Cook had to settle for an hour plus lap time. Christopher Cash in the Bow Wow· car ran a clean 3 7: 19 on his first lap for the lead, followed in seven seconds by Rigsby/Smith. Dick Wiechers, running his first two laps at 38:28 and 38: 12 with tire failure on both laps, still held third place. Forsaking his Jeep, Don German shared this 4x4 pickup with Don Roemer, and had trouble on lap 7 and dropped from second to fourth in Class 4 at the On lap 3 the current points leader Dennis Dugan dropped out with tranny ti:ouble putting hiin way back on points. After lap 3 there was still a hot race on for first. Chris Cash was holding first followed by Kip Whitnack, only 2 9 seconds back in the Rigs-by/Smith car. Third was Dick flag. · Wiechers, driving the first half of the race for Scott Schaupp, with Larry Zimmerman close, just under two minutes behind him. Local racer Larry Folsom, hailing from Sparks, Nevada, was running fifth in his Bill Varnes prepped Mirage, while Shane Balch, driving his first desert race, was running fifth, and dad Sherman must have been proud. Most of the 1-2-1600 drivers opted for a driver change at.lap 5. DESERT LOCK OUTER 3.000 WIDE OUTER FOR SU.PER STRENGT 8 • 1.125 HOLES TO REDUCE DIRT BUILD-UP. 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Larry .Zimmerman moved into third, after Scott Schaupp, who replaced Wiechers, lost ten minutes in a traffic jam. Another battle was shaping up between Larry Folsom and Shane Balch, a minute apart, but a torn cv boot on Folsom's car forced a cv replacement and Balch held onto fifth place. At the end oflap 9 only six cars • remained with enough time left to try for the last lap before the seven hours was up and all six did finish. Smith was troubled by a burnt valve on lap 8, lost his brakes at check 2, allowing Chris Cash and Mike Thornton to move into first place again, where they finished, first in Class 1-2-1600 by five minutes and a remarkable third overall. Sid Smith took the checkered second, finishing fourth overall. Scott Schaupp and Dick Wiechers were third in class, sixth overall, followed by Larry Zimmerman, in fourth, sixth overall, Shane Balch, seventh overall, and Larry Folsom, sixth in class and eighth overall. A good show for the 1600s. · The entry in VORRA's 4x4 Class have slow I y been growing at the short course races, but seem to have peaked at the desert events with ten entries, the same as last year's race. But even the slow growth hasn't affected the internal changes in this class. In most classes the drivers are all great friends, but unfortunately there has been a few bitter rivalries started here over the years, resulting in more than a few bent fenders and twisted frames. But at VC the only b~ttle evident was for the class points. On the line sat Raymond Fisher, who over the last few years has had chronic drive train failure, but this time Fisher and his crew had what Ray described as the best prepped truck he has ever raced. To make a long story short Fisher launched off the s/ f line and never looked back, running like the wind and amazing spectators and fellow racers alike. Raymond pushed the Jeep Honcho to the class victorv. the only C:lass 4 finisher out of ten starters. With Fisher's untouchable pace, the race action was back in the pack with Don German running second followed by Mike Povey running a new engine and Big John Herman in fourth. Shad Balch ran fifth, then had a drive line fail which induced a trans leak on lap 2 and he withdrew from the November 1992 · ass a a s , t, and Glen Dick , too, went the farthest the fastest covering eight laps, the only finisher in t,~. Paul Taylor was going well in Class 9, had some problems and dropped out midway in lap 7, but he still placed second among the Challenger cars. ==== ~ ---""• - , . The Sportsman Veteran class fielded 13 assorted cars but young Chns German had them covered in his dad's old Jeep and took the lead midway and held it to victory in only his second ever desert race. "' :,,,_.<W-.~ Glen McAdon was slowed by flats and a broken tie rod on the Greasy machine, but he finished second in Sportsman Vet class, about 22 minutes behind. The Haas brothers, bravely running the only Mini Mag in VORRA, had some flats and carburetor trouble in the high altitude, but were third in Sportsman Vet class. Dusty Times

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race. This put the Jeep of Jim Cope and Chris McCullough up to fifth. As the race progressed more Class 4s dropped out. John Herman had a terrible fifth lap with a 2:51: 10 lap time putting him way over the time limit, but an eventual fifth. With the rest of the field falling by the wayside earlier in the race, there were only four trucks running after eight laps, and only one, Fisher, went any farther. He finished all ten laps. Jim Cope, who had his daughter, Jody, co-drive the last few laps with him ran a clean race and outlasted most to take second place, while Mike Povey lost a tire on lap 6 and also two shocks, which would explain why Mike thought the course was "rougher than hell". He was third and Don German ended up fourth. The Sportsman Veteran Class was up next for the 180 miles of racing that they faced. Even though the Sportsman and Challenger classes run only eight laps on this course, these low budget or just for fun drivers managed to run lap•times nearly or as fast as their pro counterparts. • Chris German, driving in only his second desert race ever, managed to pull off his very first VORRA desert win in noteworthy fashion, giving the pros fair warning of upcoming talent. Glen McAdon also ran times consistent with the pros, although two flats on lap 4 and a broken tie rod on lap 5-slowed his time, he still finished his eight laps in under six hours, second in the 13 car class. The Haas brothers, still running the only Mini Mag on the VORRA circuit, came in third after having a series of flat tires and carburetor trouble; they also pulled off fast lap time in class on lap 7; with under 38 minutes left before the seven hour deadline they decided to go for it and it paid off. Floyd Haas drove the car to the finish with only 18 seconds to spare running the lap in only 37 minutes and 23 seconds solid for a third place finish. The team of Livermore and Bradford were fourth with a dnf on the eighth lap. In fifth Brian Holloway also got in seven full laps before time ran out. Class 9 had only four starters, so there wasn't much tight racing. In fact, by lap 3 the eventual winner and only finisher, Glen Dickton, had opened up a 26 minute lead over the second place car of Paul Taylor who took second with a dnf on lap 7. Third was the team of Vic McLean and Robert Milner, with six laps done. Forest Creasy ended his day with a dnf on lap 5. The final class off the line was Sportsman Novice, and with 12 starters this looked to be a great race. But attrition took its toll and at the end of lap 3 only seven remained in motion. As the race went on more fell out, leaving only five to start the final lap and one of them didn't make it. At the finish line the eight lap winner by four minutes was Hooter Meyer driving in only his second desert race. Hooter and co-driver Tom Hatch drove a flawless race with out a single problem t'o win in 6:06: 11 averaging 45 minutes a lap. Peter Marks who took a great win at the Yerington 400 managed another good finish here, second in class which increased his class points lead to 19 points and put him second in the overall points, Dusty Times Sportsman Novice class is another where we missed a shot of the winner. Peter Marks covered the eight laps quickly for second, only four minutes out. Peter Cassidy ran with the leaders in Sportsman Novice until the eighth and last lap, where he dropped 30 minutes but still got the checkered flag in third place. which should make his main after taking the checkered for a sponsor Sugar Bowl ski resort third place finish. The final eight very happy. Pete Cassidy who lap finisher in fourth was Duane made the long trip from San Jose, Bartlett in what was probably the CA didn't go home disappointed oldest car in the race not to mention one of the funniest looking. Our VORRA correspondent apologizes for the delay in coverage of this June race, and he GERMAN AUTO expects to be more prompt with the rest of the season's events, both VORRA's short course and desert runs yet to be covered for Dusty Times. /YOUR OFF-ROAD HEADQUARTERS'' J\ CNC CUTTING BRAKES C, Upright or lay down styles available single or dual handles . S69.95 •• ~ , DIEST SEAT BELTS The greatest name in driver safety equipment 4-point Sand Rail Seat Belt FROM $74.95 Race Belts 2"-5 point 3"-5 point $79.95 . . from $99.95 TYPE 4-PORSCHE-STYLE FAN SHROUD Utilizes type 1 alternator custom alter-nator mount included . . . . . S299.00 KENNEDY PRESSURE PLATES 200mm 17001b $79.95 200mm reinforced maximum 2300, 2500, 2700, or 30001b ... 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42ND RALLY OF 1000 LAKES Didier Auriol and Lancia Win Again! Text & Photos: Martin Holmes -~ ¢'9t ~ 1£.)' . -Didier Auriol and Bernard Occelli are making it look easy this year. The team took their fifth '92 overall victory in the Lancia HF lntegrale and nailed down the manufacturer's title for Lancia. . Lancia gained their sixth successive World Manufacturers' Title after finishing 1-2 at the Rally of 1000 Lakes. After beating the reigning World Champion on his home ground, Frenchman Didier Auriol now leads the Drivers' series after his fifth outright win of the season. Markku Alen fought ha;d with his bad handling Toyota but could only finish third; mechan-ical problems thwarted the efforts of the Nissan team, the Fords used old heavyweight spare cars which were uncompetitive though reliable, while after deciding to enter at the last moment, Gregoire de Mevius regained the lead in the World Group N series. Sensation of the rally was the efforts of eighth placing Colin McRae, whose Subaru was involved in three serious accidents. Carlos Sainz stayed at home, having competed in more rallies (seven already) than his champ-ionship opponents, he took the break to prepare himself for Australia. There was little he could have done in Finland, except hope that Didier Auriol and Juha Kankkunen would have a bad result. Toyota's title hopes were slim, even a second place by Lancia would give the Italians another Title. Instead Toyota gave Markku Alen his chance to be team leader, even though three crashes earlier in the season had cast a question mark on the 41 year old's future career plans. Both Lancia and Toyota used this event to encourage ·their next generation drivers; the Japanese team giving their second works car to Marcus Gronholm and Lancia their third car to Philippe Bugalski. It was good to see five top teams enter an event where the title chances were virtually settled. Nissan appeared with the Pulsar/ Sunny having 80 more horse-power, and carrying less weight and special fuel. Two new Nissans were entered for Tommi Makinen and Stig Blomqvist. It was disappointing that Subaru decided not to run their semi-• automatic transmission systems Page 22 in cars for Ari Vatanen and Colin McRae. There were several pre-rally excitements before the event. On the Monday Lotus Formula 1 driver Mika Hakkinen was invited by Castro! to drive Nissan's test car, but he put it hard into a bank and virtually destroyed it. McRae went off the road heavily during official rally car testing, and the team worked round the clock to present a clean and straight car to the scrutineers the next evening. The Lancias got off to a bad start on Etape 1. Kankkunen had a rear driveshaft snap as he accelerated away from the start line of the mainly asphalt downtown section; the next car along was Auriol and he slid wide on the final corner of the section. Fastest were the two Toyota drivers Markku Alen and Marcus Gronholm. Stage 2 was the first "proper" stage and here Auriol equaled Alen 's time, while on the long stage 3 the two Lancia drivers were quicker than the rest. Alen felt his Toyota was understeering too much on stages 3 and 4 and had the rear camber altered; but this made it oversteer too much on stage 5 and he fell back behind the Italian cars. Whereas Gronholm was trying hard, Bugalski ( on his first rally with four wheel drive on gravel) was keeping discreetly back. The Nissan of Tommi Makinen had trouble on stage 2 when the car jammed in second, costing well over half a minute plus six minutes' lateness on the road, which gave another minute penalty. On stage 5 Gronholm's . enthusiasm cost him dearly. He went off the road and removed a wheel which cost a quarter hour and put him too far back to be worth continuing the next day. The rain came and went causing some drivers visibility problems when others had a clear run. Failing to start was Saku Vierimaa, whose Lancia was registered in Estonia. He sold the car after scrutineering! In Group N Mikael Sundstrom had engine trouble on stage 3, and Gregoire de Mevius lost a lot of time in the dark on stage 5 because his lights were badly set. Others had troubles and Jarmo K ytolehto gained the lead on stage 3 in a Mitsubishi. In front of them Biasion tried using the new soft Michelin tires whereas Francois Delecour had started off with these tires hand cut. Delecour proved his solution was better. So, at the end of the etape a Latin driver, Auriol, was once again in charge of the once Scandinavian exclusive 1000 Lakes, saying he had no problems, and really that seemed to be so. Gronholm did not restart on Etape 2, being 94th overnight. The Nissans made their big attack. After abandoning the electronic transmission system on his car Makinen was fastest on the first stage of the day, and fourth, after overshooting a junction, on the second. Seeing the team's mechanics wearing gas masks when they refueled the cars was chilling, but their new secret fuel and asymmetric Dunlops were doing the job. On stage 7 McRae overturned, losing a minute on the stage and more time in repairs. Sebastian Lindholm was going well in the rented works Ford, usually faster than the two official cars. Auriol contained the expected challenge from teammate Kankkunen over roads close to the Finn's home at Laukaa, which must have depressed the world champion. Auriol was not fully content. When asked by a radio commentator if he liked the stages, "No, not really." Too fast? Do you ever get into top gear? "Yes, all the time!" There was a remarkable battle for fifth place between Ford teammates Delecour-and Biasion. In five stages only a couple seconds ever separated them. And for the lead it was amazing. On the famous Myhinpaa stage, one second separated the top four drivers - in three different types of car! Ari Vatanen was trying very hard. He had a puncture on the day's first stage, losing about 20 seconds, then on one stage hit a telegraph pole with his door. Co-driver Bruno Berglund saw the November 19ft Looking like a fugitive from an MTEG race, Colin McRae and Derek Ringer crashed the Subaru Legacy three times big time during the rally but they staggered onward to finish eighth overall. phone wires vi bra-ting down the bad!". Inwardly Juha felt very road with the shock and wondered dispirited at the way the French--if the pole would fall down on the man would suddenly just take road, but it didn't. another three or four seconds, Things were too good to last. apparently at will. On the second Makinen came to a sudden stop stage of the day Lindholm was in with no drive going through the top gear approaching a tight bend, gearbox, then Delecour went off. he changed down and stalled the He tried to cut an S-bend too fine, engine. With no power or power hit a rock, spun round_without a steering he went off the road and front wheel. At the afternoon rest overturned, losing only a minute halt at Pieksamaki, Auriol had or so. Lasse Lampi was delayed by increased his lead from 12 to 17 a broken brake caliper on the first , seconds, but behind there was stage, felt he was catching Biasion more trouble. On the first for fifth place when the same afternoon stage Stig Blomqvist thing happened on the last stage. stopped with flames coming from But the big story of the day was under the hood. He could not Colin McRae, dubbed the British discover the problem and Vatanen by those who remember continued to the service point the details of the Finn's career. where they found foreign Colin had his third big crash of particles in the engine, so the the event, this time straight off second Nissan was withdrawn. taking a fourth gear bend in sixth, ~A .. uriol tried his hardest on the mistaking his co ... driver's instruc ... penultimate stage, right through tion. Prodrive mech.anics did Laukaa again, and made best time, miracles; he got to the next stage returning at the end of the day 23 with only seven minutes delay; he seconds in front of his rival. astonished the scrutineers by the Kankkunen had no real complaint. fact that the doors still opened "A few times we had the wrong and shut and the roll cage was not tires, but that was all." Kytolehto distorted. was still leading Group N. In Group N Sundstrom spent Sundstrom had passed Stig-Olov the day much happier on the drier Walfridsson, who had been off roads and eventually caught and the road, and was second, while passed Kytolehto, then he got de Mevius was up to fifth after stuck in fourth gear. He changed passing Puhakka. It seems a theinternalsofthegearboxandas mystery why Kankkunen had he set off again he found it was suddenly dropped another four stuck in first, with no time to do seconds to Auriol on the short anything about it. Walfridsson final stage of the night, but the retired with engine trouble, answer was simple, another Kivenne and Puhakka with broken rear driveshaft, the same gearbox failures and de Mevius one, snapping under initial found himself third in Group N. acceleration. Against the Finn's Ifhe could hold this on one more two transmission problems, the day he would get back into the Frenchman did one stage in heavy points lead. Alen felt that there rain with broken wipers and lost was nothing to be done but seven seconds. struggle on. "I really do not know Auriol continued on the new how the car feels. I just cannot tell day as he had left off the previous if I am at the limit or not"! It was one, and it was having an effect on to be the end of the line for the world champion. Outwardly Toyota'schampionshipaspira-he was being generous, "If a man tions. The next day Lancia were wins four world championship about to claim the World Title. rallies in a year he can't be that On Etape 4 McRae passed Results -1992 1000 Lakes Results Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli F Lancia HF lntegrale Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen SF Lancia HF lntegrale Markku Alen/llkka Kivimaki SF Toyota Celica Turbo Ari Vatanen/Bruno Berglund SF/S Subaru Legacy Turbo Miki BiasiontTiziano Siviero I Ford Sierra Cosworth Lasse Lampi/Penni Kuukkala SF Mitsubishi Galan! VR-4 Sebastian LindholnvTimo Hantunen SF Ford Sierra Cosworth Colin McRae/Derek Ringer CB Subaru Legacy Turbo Philippe Sugalski/Denis Giraudet F Lancia HF lntegrale Jarmo Kytolehto/Arto Kapanen SF Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Gregoire de Mevius/Willy Lux (13th) B Nissan Pulsar GTI-R Eija Jurvanen!Marjo Berglund(16th) SF Ford Sierra Cosworth • Group winners -'#Ladies Cup 128 start -61 finish Win_ner's average stage speed - 112.96 kph Makes points - t:ancia 137, Toyota 98, Ford 70, Subaru 35, Nissan 33 Drivers points· Auriol 100, Sainz 92, Kankkunen 77, Biasion 42, Alen, 40 A' 4:32:45 A 4:33:25 A 4:34:44 A 4:35:17 A 4:41:46 A 4:42:41 A 4:43:58 A 4:48:30 A 4:49:40 N• 4:57:14 N 5:03:19 A" 5:09:38 Group N - De Mevius 27, Menem 26, Kytolehto 23, Nishiyama 17, Capedevila 14 Dusty Times

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Sailing like a bird here, the Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD.of Markku Alen and 1/kka Kivimaki survived some trouble, went fast on the straights and came home third overall. Barns look the same everywhere apparently, and here Gregoire de Mevius and Wilfy Lux have the Nissan Pulsar G TI-R third in Group N, good enough to get the division's points lead back for . the Belgians. Exotic fuels, Nissan says, account for increased horsepower, but it is bone chilling to see the refuel man in a full gas mask. In 1993 FISA will supply and control fuel to the rally teams . Bugalski into eighth place on the first stage of the day. Kankkunen finally conceded defeat after stage 34, the longest section of the day, allowing Auriol to relax a fraction. In Group N de Mevius retained his third place, giving him a one point lead in the series. He was also told that his emptied the champagne bottle Argentina effort would mean he over the photographers. Kank-doesn 't have to go outside Europe kunen 's second place gave Lancia again, but currently he does not plenty of cause for celebration .. know whether he will be in Jarmo Kytolehto/ Arto Kapanen Australia. But the 1000 Lakes won Group N, tenth overall in the Rally did not finish when Didier Mitsubishi Galant. The local A uriol and Berna rd Occelli magazine Vauhdin Maailma had a radar gun which they used at office for rally news and was told strategic places. Compared with he was being genuinely missed theLancias,Alen'sToyotawasl2 this year. He asked if it'was the kph faster on a long straight but 7 police who missed him, but no, it kph slower round the bends. was everyone they replied. Martini Racing announced that Frenchmen winning, local World two cars would go to Australia, Champion off the pace. How the and Carlos Sainz phoned the press 1000 Lakes has changed! · .. ·-~~-~. 'f·' <f""''· •. ! ·---·~ Sebastian Lindholm and Timo Hantunen rented this works Ford Sierra and often went faster than the official works teams, and finished seventh overall. They start rally driving early in Finland, and this toddler, all decked out in Nissan colors, looks ready to jump in the cockpit and compete in the rally. Pavel Sioera and Petr Gross kept the Skoda Favorit 136 L going all the way and while the finished 17th overall, they won their displacement class. Dusty Times YouCanWin Even if You Don't Win .•. When You Run ~1ni✓re.s Announcing the KC HiLiTES "SHOT IN THE ~K" 1992 Contingency Award Program. KC will pay you $200.00 if your finishing position is first, last or somewhere in between, and your entry is picked in the KC SHOT IN THE DARK random drawing at the end of each SCORE and HORA race this year. It's that simple! All SCORE and HORA four wheel classes are eligible! There's more! If you run KC's exclusively all year and earn your class points championship, you'll win $2,000.00 from the year end Driver's Points Fund! All this just for running the winningest offroad lights around ... KC HiLiTES! Stop by contingency row at any SCORE or HORA race this season for complete details on how to take advantage of this rewarding program orcontact: Jim Conner• P.O. Box 1129 • Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405 • 1-602/453-8889 Southern Cal 250 Class 3 -Dale White Class 5 -George Seeley Jr. Class 6 -Curt Le Due Class 7 -Racin Gardner Class 8 -Larry Ragland Class 9 -Charles Ratliff Class 11 -Travis Howard AND THE WINNERS ARE Parlcer400 Nissan400 San Felipe 250 Class 3 -Mike Leslie Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 1/2-1600 -Fred Wing· Class 11 -Erny Martinez Class 3 -Mike Leslie Class 6 -Curt Le Due Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 8 -Brian Stewart C.lass 11 -Saul Zambrano Stock Full -Ken Parr Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 8 -Brian Stewart Class 11 -Martin Garibay Class 12 -Yoshi Ogasawara Class 5/1600 - . Baja500 Class 1 -Jason Baldwin Class 3 -Mike Leslie Class 7 -Racin Gardner Class 7S -Malcolm Vinge Class 9 -Russ Miller Class 11 -Martin Garibay November 1991 Guillermo Quintero, Jr Fireworks 250 Class 1 -Bernie Thompson Class 3 -Dale White Class 5 -Neal Grabowski Class 5/1600 -Dave Shively Class 7/4x4 -Darren York Class 10 -Brent Gustin Nevada500 Class 3 -Dale While Class 5/1600 -Steve Lawrence Class 6 -Evan Evans Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 7S -Brendan Gaughn Class 8 -Larry Ragland Class 11 -Martin Gari bay Stock Mini -Scott Sells Page 13

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Short Course Racing Debut at the Antelope Valley Fair B:-i Sundance The 5-1600 Baja Bugs were crowd pleasers, and here Mario Panagiotopoulis · leads eventual class winner Jerry Whelchel. Mario finished second. September 7 was a beautiful up the racing and put more day for racing at the Antelope stragety into play. Valley Fair in Lancaster, CA. It A slight misunderstanding of was the inaugural off road race at the format in the Quad Class led this venue, and turned out to be to the two top finishers and the quite a hit with the spectators. A promoters agreeing to a tie for . good number of cars and quads first place. And Bill White and turned out to compete on a wide, Bill Varnes generously anted up well watered "U" shaped course an additional $ 100 each to the laid out over a large area that used winner's purse. Ron Collins and to be a mile horse track and Roger Helsley were declared co-stables. Jumps in the middle of the winners and Ron Horner took turns put inattentive d rivers on home the third place money in their respective roofs, and riders quad racing. on their heads. Bumps on the In the Mintlights Class Joe D. inside of the big sweeping turn Price earned the victory in his withasmoothoutsidelineevened Triple E with Roger Rupisill Photos: Willard L. Ritchie taking second. Desert racer Mary Sullivan outlasted the other competitors for third in what started out a few years ago as a class for O dysseys. Now they are well developed race cars. W e rt known s t adium and desert racer Jerry Whelchel drove a 5-1600 Baja Bug and won the class over Mario Panagiotopoulis, and Larry Dunn placed third. In the Super 1600 class Kevin Smith in his Mirage beat out Jimmy May and also fellow stadium racer Gary Gall. As usual the l-2-1600classhad the most entries and put on the best show as a full do:en cars lined up for some knock down, drag out action. Privateer Andy Anderson in his car# 15 , familiar to Glen Helen race watchers, drew the pole position for the first heat and was able to hold off hard charging Steve Bishop, .another former Glen Helen regular. Bishop repassed Bill Dell, in the Ger_man Auto sponsored car, on the white flag lap to take second, after losing the runner up spot to Dell due to a complete roll over. In the second and tie breaking heat, Andy Anderson had to fight his way through the entire field for a much deserved win. Steve Bishop was once again the bridesmaid and David Hendrick-son, ~ho came '.111 the way from Bill Dell, leading here, failed to hold off Steve Bishop in 1-2-1600 action Bishop finished second ahead of Dell, but Andy Anderson won the race honors. Florida to race, beat the German Ventura Raceway going strong Auto, Parker Pumper entry when and the entry growing each race, it counted for third place money. and Glen Helen trying to get Overall the first race at the something under way in 1993 for Antelope Valley Fairgrounds was car racing, the short course termed a success. Sure there were devotees in southern California a few growing pains, but that's to may soon have plenty of events in be expected with new organi:ers which to either compt·te· or and a new place to race. With spcctate. The stadium Class 10 bunch really mixed it up and here Gary Gall, who was third, leads a pack through some rough stuff. Kevin Smith won-the main event in this class. · SPECIAL THANKS 1 ST PLACE "SNORE 250" MINI METAL CHALLENGE THANKS TO A TO ALL OUR SPONSORS MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES ALCOA WHEELS ROUGH COUNTRY SUSPENSIONS H.E.R. SPEED SHOP LAS VEGAS, NV HOPPY'S TRANSMISSION LAS VEGAS, NV K-BAR-S LAS VEGAS, NV RA Y'S RADIATOR LAS VEGAS, NV GOLD COAST HOTEL THANKS TO S.N.O.R.E. AND THE Page 24 November 1992 PIT CREW WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE PEOPLE, AWIN WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE Bob Brough Joe Jackson Vince Bishop Jay Johnson Scott Slatter Dan Brough Lonnie Sproul Greg Tobey Monty Smith Dave Cormier Eric Shenberger FOR A SUPER RACE!!!!!! Dusty Times

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BRUSH RUN 101 They Came From Out Of State By Ji«ly Smith The Crandon, Wisconsin Brush Run 101 may have started as a way for the local boys to have fun with their off road toys some 20 plus years ago, but now it draws entries from all over the continent, and sometimes the local boys are hard pressed to stay in front. There were a total of 24 races during the two day Labor Day weekend event, and the winners hailed from Illinois in nine of them. Wisconsin racers had the next best showing, with six wins, while Pennsylvania claimed three. Arizona scored two wins, while Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan and California each took home one first place trophy. Wisconsin had been suffering through a cold summer, ( one native told us their summer lasted two days this year), and cool weather was predicted, with expectations of some rain. That could prove disastrous, because the fall event attracts a huge crowd of spectators if the weather is nice, and the racing would be tough on a muddy track. It did rain just enough to cause cancellation of the usual Friday "hot laps", which is a combined course reconnaissance and two lap dash for a $100 fast lap prize. It's not so much the prize money that gets them out there, but the chance to see who's fast on the track, and who can beat whom. For this event the promoters, the Wolfshead Sportsmans Club, had got their heavy equipment out there early and often, and had polished the track 'ti! it looked like a ballroom floor with jumps. Richard Woulf stayed a little bit clean on the muddy track, and moved ahead steadily to finish fourth in Class 11 two seat action in his Friday chassis. Lee Wuesthoff outlasted some of the other Lasers in Class 10, and moved up smartly as they expired to take the victory with Greg Smith riding along, sort of a pre-run for Greg. Page 26 Photos: Dan Mainzer They'd even bought a big vibrating roller that they used to compact the surface of the track, to reduce the chance of a rut· developing. It was smooth. But below the surface lurked an assortment of rocks varying from the size of eggs to the bulk of watermelons, and they were turned up by the tires, and tossed willy nilly at other cars, photo-graphers, and unwary course workers throughout the weekend. Friday's rain hadn't really soaked the track, so the water trucks were out early on Saturday morning, getting things ready for the day. Getting a truck full of water at this course is no problem at all, because they just back up to the pond on its outskirts and suck up a load whenever they need it. The water trucks are always ready Rod Attig lets his son ruf,) the exotic classes and he now sticks to Class 11 in his own chassis. Ron won the opening two seat race on Saturday, and came back on Sunday and won the single seat Class 11 honors. Some of the early chargers fell out of two seat Class 11 action, but Glen Mathews stayed on course, went fast and placed second in the huge field. to go, and they use the stuff chassis out in front, followed by liberally, preferring mud to dust. Keith Berard in a Friday, then As always, the Class 11 cars, Rod Attig in his own design, a the little buggies with the stock Terminator chassis, and Billy VW components, and limited Scott, then Chad Ramesh in a motors, were first to run. They homemade chassis. always get the over muddy track, Baudoux led through the and since they are often the second lap, followed by Berard biggest group to run, the slipping and Attig, while Greg Spear and sliding can be catastrophic if moved up to fourth and Ramesh someone gets sideways at the held fifth. On the next lap wrong time. (It seems as if, in a Baudoux fell out when a balljoint democracy where the majority broke and the wheel came off, rules, the Class 11 drivers should putting Berard into the lead, be able to make a strong argument followed, some.distance back, by infavorfosom·eotherclassgoing Attig, then Spear, and Glen first for a change.) There were 42 Mathews, in a Friday, who'd been cars in Saturday's first event, and slowed at first when his roll-offs they were all well behaved, and broke. He took his co-driver's, made it through the first crucial and had him hold the steering turns with few incidents. wheel while he put them on, and Dan Baudoux had his Mirage then he was ready to race. Richard W oulf, in another Friday chassis, was fifth now. By the fourth lap they were into some back markers, the traffic making it even trickier to get around in the slick mud. But the lead four held their positions, with Randy Eller, in another Terminator, moving up to fifth, as he got by W oulf. But on the sixth lap Berard got into some wet stuff, slid off the ttack and ended up high centered on a mound of dirt. There were no course workers to help, for some reason, and he had to get out and push himself off the mound, Greg Spear moved up to fourth early in Class 11 two seat racing, dropped _ losing a couple of laps in the back in the slime, but finished strong, back in fourth place at the flag. process. Attig took over the lead, With Nissan power Art Schmitt has the Crandon course wired in his Laser. He was second in Class 10, won Class 2, later won Class 1, and also won the Unlimited Challenge race. November 1992 and following him it was Eller, who'd made a big jump up, then Mathews, Woulf and Steve Thompson in his Whitehill Bandit chassis. Attig had quite a lead, but on the next lap Mathews • was in second, and Eller third, followed by Thompson and W oulf. On the eighth lap it was Attig and Mathews, with Thomp-son in third, then Eller and Spear back up to fifth, bumping Woulf to sixth. On the ninth lap Attig had a good lead, but Mathews, his co-driver egging him on with waving fists, was trying hard to get him. He couldn't catch up, and Rod Attig took the win, with Mathews Dusty Times

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second, and Thompson, who finished with no left rear wheel, in third. Woulf was fourth, and Spear was fifth, while Eller lost third gear and dropped to sixth. Attig, who doesn'dike having mud in his face, has installed a small plastic fan in the center of ' his steering wheel, aimed out, to deflect the flying goo. He pointed out to us, at the finish line, that while his passenger's face and helmet were covered with mud, his was relatively clean. It appears that his fan works just as it's supposed to. The second race of the day was the combination of Class 10 and Class 5-1600, and the 11 Class 1 Os took the green flag first, and charged through that first blind turn scattering rocks and mud, but all staying on their wheels. Billy Beck was in front in his Berrien, followed by Jeff Probst in a Berrien Laser, Lee W uesthoff in his Rabbit powered Laser, and Art Schmitt, who runs a Nissan motor in his Laser. As the clouds moved in, threatening rain, the leaders held their positions for about three laps, but then Beck's car started to smoke a bit. He was neck and neck with Probst going into the quarry, but Probst was in front when they came around the turn. Beck was an unhealthy sounding second, with Wuesthoff third, Schmitt fourth and Bryan Bernloehr, in another Laser, in fifth. Beck gradually drifted back through the pack, moving more and more slowly, while Probst held the lead, Wuesthoff was steady in second, Schmitt third and Bern!oehr \\las closing up on him. Then Beck's car gave off a big puff of oil smoke, and a wave of anti-freeze let go and ·flames spewed off the motor. W uesthoff, who was right behind him at the time, thought the flames were going to get into his cockpit. Beck came to a stop, but the rest of the field went on, Probst in front, Wuesthoff second, Schmitt third and now Poole in fourth as Desert truck racer Chuck Johnson had this slick 5-1600 out front from flag to flag, but he had a couple other Bugs right on his bumper most of the distance, but hung on to win. Jeff Kar/man, whose dad Ron is a former 5-1600 champion, placed a strong third in the close competition in Class 5-1600, a good run for the 19 year old driver. Bernloehr disappeared. By now a lot of fun also, and right from the Class 1 Os were weaving the start it was Chuck Johnson in through the 5-1600 cars, which the lead, with Bill Bowles in ran in a clump, and were nowhere near as nimble or quick as the buggies. Then something went wrong with Probst's car, and Wuesthoff sailed on past him into the lead, followed by Schmitt and Poole. They continued that way, widely separated, threading their way through the Baja Bugs, to the finish. Wuesthoff took the win, calling it a "dynamite" race, and Greg Smith, who rode with him, concurred. Schmitt was second, and Poole was third, and they'd all finished 12 laps. The Baja Bugs, meanwhile, had Bill Bowles stuck right on the leader's rear cage the entire race in Class 5-1600 but he couldn't make the pass and finished second in an exciting run. As he usually does, Herb Rosborough led Class 3 from Hag to flag in his very tidy Chevy, and later oh Herb did almost the same act while winning Class 14 over much the same competition. second, andJeffKarlman in third. They ran in that order for several laps, while behind them, there was a good tussle for fourth place. between Stuart Dahlin and Jim Rolefson. ~ A Winning Tradition Just 20 years old Chad Schlueter has his Class 3 Ford in great shape and he placed a strong second in both the Class 3 event and the Class 14 race. In Off-Road Racing Jerry Bundy flew his Class 3 Jeep CJ 8 in fine form the entire race and said he had a good time racing hard into third place on the fast race track. Dusty Times Bilstein gas pressure shock absorbers were first introduced to the American market in off-road racing in the late 1960's. Over the past 20 years, more off-road races have been won on Bilstein than any other shock absorbers. Today, with their proven record of performance, Bilsteins continue to be the choice of serious off-roaders who run to win. Celebrating 20 Years of Winning in Off-Road Racing. We thank all the teams and drivers for their loyal support over the years. It's been great! Now Available -Repair and Revalvlng Services. November 1992 Contact: Motorsports Department BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road, San Diego, CA 92121 • 619/453-7723 For additional technical information and a c:omplete catalog send $2.50 Page 17

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Jim Wiggins started his very successful weekend of win, place and show by winning the 1-1600 event, he went on to win the Ltd, Challenge and take second in Class 2-1600 action as well as doing well in other classes. Greg Smith has his Ross chassis in tight combat in 1-1600 action but was Todd Attig moved his Terminator into second in 1-1600 early and he finished · second, and went on to win the top spot later in Class 2-1600 with a very strong performance. · knocked back while fighting for second, and dropped to third in class, but he _ Jeff Jones flies his Taylor past the spectator bank in fine form, and Jeff held did place fifth in the Challenge race. things together in the busy 1-1600 race to finish fourth in class. I@" Terry Wolfe's car lagged behind, sounded wounded, and then disappeared for a while on lap six. But Johnson continued to lead, with Bowles right behind him a!! the way. Johnson broke a front shock, and found the car didn't make the turns as neatly as he'd have liked, but he managed to go wide and effectively block Bowles. They ran in the same order all the way to the win, Johnson getting the victory, with Bowles, who called it a "perfect" race, in second place. Karlman, 19 years old, and only in his second year of · racing, was third, complaining that his motor wasn't powerful enough. Those three had com-pleted 11 laps, while Dahlin and Rolefson, who were fourth and fifth, had got around only 10 times. As the clouds piled up on one another, and a cool wind blew, the Class 3 cars took the start flag, with Herb Rosborough out in front in his Chevy. He had 20 year old Chad Schlueter, in a Ford, behind him in second place, and Jerry Bundy, in third in his Jeep CJS. Al Drews, his Ford smoking ominously, ran fourth. Rosborough gradually built a goo~ lead, with Schlueter, a very Dan Baudoux, foreground, flies past Gordon Zima and an unknown car in his 1600. He was fifth 1-1600, third 2-1600, and second in the Ltd, Challenge. Gre,g Bekavac displaced the usual favorites in Class 6 driving his Camara in second for a good distance, and taking the lead late in the race as the competition faded and he took the win. Page n hard charger, trying to catch him, and the others running in order behind him. Gerald Foster got himself up to fifth place in his Jeep. And theparadewenton.Jim Barringer lost his right front wheel and roiied in turn two, but most of the rest kept moving along. Rosborough drove a smooth race, but Schlueter got a little loose now and then, and really caught the spectators' attention when he took a wild bump off the second jump, and bicycled out into the grass between the course and the barn. Luckily no one was parked out there for a change, and be settled his truck down, and reentered the course, no worse for the wear, and still in second place. Rosborough, who said his Chevy "ran from start to finish just like I hoped it would", took the win, followed in by Schlueter, who said his truck was a little soft in the front end, and admitted he hadn't liked that side trip out into the weeds. Bundy was third, delighted with his finish, and Drews, whose smoke was caused by the oil breather, reported that he'd lost his brakes on lap two, his power steering on lap seven, and had run on seven cylinders the whole race. But he was fourth, and still on the same lap as the winner. No one else made 11 laps. After that race they brought out all the heavy equipment, including the vibrating roller, to make the course really smooth for the 1-1600s. There were 29 cars and they managed to get through turn one without any major confrontations, with Greg Smith in the lead in his Ross chassis. Jim Wiggins was second in his Wiggins/ Berrien, Todd Attig had his Terminator in third, Bob ·Mathews, out from California again in his Raceco, was fourth and Jeff Jones had his Taylor in fifth place. Wiggins moved up to the front on the second lap, with Attig second and Smith in third, followed by Mathews. That group ran tightly packed, and had developed a long space between themselves and fifth place Jones, who was defending his position from attack by Mark Hameister in a Berrien. They ran in that order for several laps, with Wiggins gradually pulling out a nice lead. On the fifth lap Mathews passed Smith for third place, but Smith got him back, and their race was the most exciting to watch as they ran neck and neck through much of the course. But on the eighth lap they went into a turn together, each thinking he had the line. They touched, and flew off the course, Mathews rolling over in John Zindorka corners smoothly here in his Buick in Class 6 competition and he moved up through the ranks to finish a fine second in the class. November 1992 the process. He lost 17 positions by the time he got back on his wheels, and Smith had dropped back, leaving Wiggins and Attig way out in front. Attig was having trouble with his front brakes locking up now, and that made the corners a bit edgy. Smith was still third, hut way back, Jones ran fourth and Dan Baudoux was fifth in his Mirage. By now they were dealing with lapped traffic, and there were still 24 cars runni-ng, giving the spectators plenty to watch. Wiggins went on to take the win, saying his car worked "great", and the course was "awesome" but then that's usually how it feels to the winner. Attig was second, and Smith, feeling a bit testy ah.out his contretemps with Ma thews, was third. I unes reported no problems on his way to fourth place, and Baudoux came in fifth. Mathews finished tenth. By now it was almost one o'clock, and it was time for the Class 6 cars, who got to run on a real! y wet track. There were 14 of these cars, which are American stock two wheel drive production automobiles. When they came through that first turn the leader was Al Fannin, in his Chevelle, and he had Greg Bekavac in a Camaro, in second place, chased by Fay Statemy in his Chevelle, Bill Graboski, and Thornton Schultz in his T-Bird. A smell of burning rubber hung over the course. On the second lap as Fannin continued to lead, Larry Wood took an incredible hit in the back that completely destroyed the whole back end of his car. His wheelbase shrank by half, and he parked at the side of the course,· waiting to be towed off. Bekavac was still second, with Statemy third, and Groboski fourth. Fannin was dragging his skid plate, but it wasn't slowing him any. On the third lap Bekavac passed Fannin and took over the lead, as Statezny worked on Fannin's bumper. He got by, but on the next lap pulled off the track himself, overheated after losing a couple· of belts. So now it was Bekavac, Fannin, Groboski and Schultz. But then Schultz lost a wheel when the lugs pulled through, and he was sidelined. Now they were on their fifth lap and it was Bekavac, Fannin, Groboski, Jeff Pol:in, and John Znidorka, in his Ruick. Then Polzin disappeared, and Gary Bradley pulled out, his Pontiac on fire, and only six cars were left. Fannin then went out in a cloud of smoke, and then there were five. Bekavac, whose car has had its share of body contact, and wears the scars to prove it, continued to lead, and now it was Graboski in second, Znidorka third, and Randy Zimonick, in a Ford Torino _that was running hot, in fourth place. Chris Kentopp had his Oldsmobile fifth, but down a lap. Bekavac was holding the lead, but Groboski was catching up, until the eighth lap, when he disappeared also. So Bekavac went on to get the win, followed in by Znidorka, who finished in a cloud of smoke in second place. Zimonick was third, and the last to finish on the lead lap. Kentopp was fourth, but two laps down. Nobody else was moving by then. The Class 9 cars, single seat cars with 1650cc motors, ran next, 13 Dusty Times

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of them. And they got a good start, with Jeff Probst out in front, followed by Todd Attig, Dan Baudoux, Bill LeFeuvre in a Laser, and Jeff St. Peter in his Rabbit powered Laser. The lead stayed firmly in Probst's hands, but on the second lap St. Peter moved into fourth, and LeFeuvre fell to fifth. And on the third lap St. Peter was in third place, with Baudoux in fourth now. Attig stayed close behind Probst; and on the fourth lap he passed him in the quarry turn, to take the lead. So it was Attig, Probst, St. Peter, Baudoux, and Le Feuvre. And Lee Wuesthoff developed a front flat after tangling with LeFeuvre and Baudoux. Then Chad Ramesh drove over a corner and tore up a shock also. The lead three began to pull out from the pack, while Baudoux, LeFeuvre and Dave Lofland, in a Laser, began a three way duel for fourth place. Things went on the same way for another couple of laps, and then on lap eight LeFeuvre dropped out with a broken throttle cable. It was now Attig, Probst, St. Peter, Baudoux, and Lofland. They ran that way into the 11th lap, and then Lofland got by Baudoux when Dan got stuck behind a lapper, to take over fourth spot. The big surprise came when Attig didn't show up for the finish, having coasted to a stop up by" the start line, where his car refused to restart. Probst, who was losing his clutch, took the win, St. Peter, whose car used to belong to Probst, was second, reporting some trouble shifting, and Lofland was third. Baudoux finished fourth and Wuesthoff moved into fifth place, still on the flat. . The Class 7 race was next, and there were 20 trucks, with Spencer Low out in front in his Nissan. But he was beign pushed by Scott Taylor in his new '93 Ford, Jeff Kincaid in another Ford, John Greaves in his Toyota and Tom Hockers in still another Ford. Low kept the lead, but Kincaid moved up to second place, as Taylor fell to third on the next lap. And then Kincaid began to close up on Low. He was charging hard, but Low wasn't slacking off either. Then on the fourth lap Kincaid flartened a rear tire, and Taylor moved into second place. Hackers was fourth now, and Dave Woulf ran fifth, as Greaves took some time out to replace a plug wire. On the fifth lap it was Low, Taylor, Hackers, Woulf and Jim Wiggins in a Ford, and Low was feeling the pressure from Taylor. They ran that way for another Randy Zimonick ran a steady pace in his Ford Torino, and as others overheated he did too, but lasted longer and took third in Class 6 action. Usual Class 6 favorites are Al Fannin, leading here, and Fay Statezny, but this round they both retired with overheating and mechanical problems. Jeff Probst went like the wind when his Laser behaved and he took the Class 9 lead off the start, never looked back, and even a failing clutch didn't keep him from winning this class, and taking second in Class 2. Jeff St. Peter, in an ex-Probst Laser, had a good day taking second in Class 9 action, and came back to take third in Class 1 in the same car. three laps, but then as they got caught up in lapped traffic Taylor lost his chance to catch Low, and then he lost third and fourth gear on the ninth lap, and pulled out. Now it was Hackers in second, Woulf third and Wiggins, who'd lost his exhaust, fourth, and none of the others were still o n the lead lap. Kincaid was back with a new tire, but a lap down, and not running well either, having lost a valve. Low had a big enough lead that he could now afford to slow a bit, and take some of the strain off his truck. Hackers "puffed" his motor, and quietly faded away, moving Woulf up into second, and Wiggins, down on power because of his missing exhaust, was third. And that was how they finished, Low, Woulf and Wiggins, completing 11 laps, and Greaves had moved back up to fourth, but was down a lap. By now it was three o'clock, and the threat of rain seemed slight, though it was still cloudy. The two seat 1600s were next, mostly the same drivers who'd run the one seat 1600s, but this time with passengers along. There were 22 of them, and Todd Attig took off in front from the green flag. Right behind him were Greg Smith, Jim Wiggins (busy man, Wiggins, he hadn't even had time to take his helmet off between races), Cary Bowles, and Gerry Parent in a Friday chassis. Parent was out before they finished the next lap, but it was still Attig, Smith, Wiggins, and building a good lead, while Dan Baudoux up into fourth, with Wiggins got past Smith and now Bowles back to fifth. Attig was ran second.~ When Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, How Many Drivers Wanted The Helmet That Peter Piper Picked? 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Class 7 was a battle of attrition except for Spencer Low. He led from the onset, rebuffed a number of strong challengers, and his Nissan won Class 7 and also won the Class 6 & 7 Challenge race on Sunday_. It was beginning to look like Wiggins Week in Wisconsin, as Jim drove his Ford Ranger, missing an exhaust, into third in the hectic Class 7 action. Jack Flannery had a serious challenge from Kevin Probst, but he repassed that Chevy to regain the lead he had earlier in Class 4 action, and Jack won another 4x4 title as well as winning the Heavy Metal Challenge on Sunday. Geoff Dorr mounted a serious challenge in Class 4 but couldn't get past second place in his Ford, and he finished second in the big entry race. Joey Flannery flies over the rocky track in his Class 4 Ford, and he got into third place early in the game, and he stayed firmly in third at the flag. Page 30 was Rosborough trying to get past Gerlach. Gerlach, who was working hard just to keep moving forward through the lappers, didn't know Rosorough was there, but he had just enough more horsepower that Rosbor-ough was stymied for a while. Dave Woulf flies flat and level on the spectator bumps, and he stayed out of trouble and placed his Ford Ranger second in Class 7 out of 20 starters. They went on entertaining the spectators for another three laps, while Flannery built his lead, and Dorr, who'd lost his power steerir:ig, and Joey, who'd lost his front drive early in the race, ran steadily. But on the eleventh lap Rosborough finally sneaked by Gerlach, which woke him up, and then the exc i tem·en t was in watching Gerlach's fight to regain h,is fourth place. He got it done, but it wasn't easy. At the finish it was Flannery, Dorr, Flannery, Gerlach and Rosborough. John Greaves had his Toyota in contention until he made a pit stop with a loose plug wire, but he finished fourth in Class 7, a lap down as well. ~ Baudoux was close on from Connecticut, was t-honed, Smith, and Jeff St. Peter was tight and out of the race. Flannery had on Baudoux, and trying to pass his Chevy out front, with Kevin him. Probst in his Chevy, pushing hard By the fourth lap, as Attig in second, and Geoff Dorr, in a continued to lead, with Wiggins Ford, third. They ran that way second, Baudoux had moved up through the second lap also, while to third, and Smith was fourth there w;is a lot of crowding and with St. Peter trying to pass him. shoving going on behind them. The fifth lap looked the same, hut On the third lap Probst took on lap six, as he ran into lapped over the lead, but he had Flannery traffic, Attig had to slow a bit, right behind him, with Dorr still letting Wiggins close up a little. third, and then, after a longish On the seventh lap the only gap, Joey Flannery, Jack's cousin, difference was that St. Peter had in a Ford in fourth. In fifth it was finally passed Smith, to take Dave Hameister in a Chevy. They fourth place. Then they ran that ran that way through the fourth way for the next five laps, and at lap too, but on lap five Flannery the checkered flag it was Attig, caught up with Probst and got getting his first win in this class, hack around him. Dorr was still and reporting no problems. third, finding his suspension too Wiggins was second, also with no soft and his carburetor not right. problems, and Baudoux, who Joey Flannery was fourth, and wished he had a little more motor Greg Gerlach had his Dodge in finished third. Smith disappeared fifth place. on the last lap and St. Peter was On the sixth I a p it was fourth, while Cary Bowles Flannery, Dorr, Flannery, Probst finished fifth. and Gerlach, and on the seventh Now it was time for the Class 4 lap Probst was gone, with a event, which always gets the rapt broken ring and pinion. Now attention of the spectators, partly Flannery had a good lead, and hequse their hero,Jack Flannery, lapped traffic was making it hard who lives in Crandon, is a for Dorr to get close. Joey still ran favorite, and partly because of the third, with Gerlach fourth, and wonderful spectacle of all that Herh Rosborough, in his Class 3 horsepower sailing off those Chevy, right on his bumper, jumps. All 18 of them came trying to find a way around. As around the first turn cleanly, hut Flannery, Dorr and Flannery before they got into the next turn, threaded their way through the Tom Ferro, who'd trailered out lapped cars, the most fun to watch Greg Gerlach had a clean race in the busy Class 4 competition, and he sailed his Dodge along smartly into fourth in Class 4 and fifth in the Heavy Metal Challenge. November 1991 Then: was more horsepower waiting in the staging area, and now it was the Class 13 cars, the front engine " buggies", and there were 26 of these heavy duty chargers Dan VanDenHeuvel put his Fod into the lead right away, followed hy Bruce Shilts in his Ford ( 'hevy, Boh Flanagan in his '32 Chevy, John Schult: in his Ford· and Lowell DeGreef in his Chevy named "ShaBoorn". V nLJenHeuvel moved out, and Flanagan moved up to second, while Shilts, Schult.: and DeGreef battled for third. Then Flanagan's truck gave a gasp and died, rolling off to the side of the track, where he discovered that the rotor had broken. That put Shilts in second, Schult: third, DeGreef fourth and Jeff Cump fifth. They ran in that order through__the fourth lap., and then on lap five Shilts ran afoul of something and dropped back to sixth. It was VanDenHeuvel, Schult:, DeGreef, Cump, and Tom Jensen in his Chevy. And now DeGreef was working hard on Schult:'s rear bumper. They ran like that for a lap, and then on the seventh lap Jensen passed DeGreef, to move into third, and Shilts was back into fifth, as Curnr fell to sixth place. On the eighth lap they were into heavy lapped traffic, and Van-DenHeuvel had a healthy lead, with Schult: still second, and now Jensen who'd moved up to third, had Shilts, who was staging a comeback, close on him in fourth. In fifth now it was Cump, as DeGreeflost his transmission and was out. On the ninth lap the order stayed the same, hut on lap 10 Jensen moved into second place, putting Schult: third, with Shilts fourth and Cump still in fifth place. VanDenHeuvel stayed in front, but Jensen got so close to him it seemed he might just squeak hy. But VanDenHeuvel got his win, with Jensen practically glued to his bumper as they crossed the finish line, coasting, because he'd blown his transmis-sion in the last corner. Shilts slid by Schult: right near the end to take third, and Schult.:, who declared the course was "the best ever", finished fourth, with Cump in fifth place. The Class 2 cars came next, with Art Schmitt out in front, followed by Dave Vandermissen Jr., in his Daveco chassis, then Scott Schwalbe, in a Taylor, Jeff Probst, and Lee Wuesthoff. Billy Beck, who was having a had weekend, got as far as the quarry and went up in smoke. Schmitt, who was running his Dusty Times

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four cylinder Nissan pickup motor, continued to lead, as Probst,· with an 1800cc Rabbit, started to move up; now in third was Vandermissen, who uses a 2180cc Type I air cooled motor. Schwalbe was fourth and Wuest-hoff ran fifth, frying to move up-. On the fifth lap Probst got by Vandermissen, but Vandermissen got him back, and they switched again on the sixtb lap. So now it was Schmitt, Probst, Vandermis-sen, Wuesthoff, and Schwalbe. Schwalbe was running with a handicap, since he'd taken a rock in his glasses, and one of the lenses had a spiderweb of cracks. Schmitt kept improving his lead, Probst held second, but on lap 8 W~esthoff moved up to third, Vandermissen was fourth, and Schwalbe, with a rock stuck in his throttle pedal, was fifth. Dave Vandermissen, Sr. was running sixth in. another Daveco. From that point on they were so spread out that it wasn't much of a race, more of a parade, and no positions changed except at the very end, when Wuesthoff's car bobbled, and Vandermissen got by. So it was Schmitt, Probst, Vandermissen, Wuesthoff and Schwalbe at the checkered flag. The last race of the day, one of the favorites, the Class 8 event, didn't start until almost 6 p.m., but the fans were still all there, and paying close attention. As they rounded the all important first corner, Walker Evans had his Dodge in front, with Scott Taylor second in his Ford, Jack Flannery third in the Chevy, Dennis Ferdon fourth in a Dodge, and Jimmie Crowder, who'd changed his front suspension and put a steering quickener in his Ford, in fifth. On the second lap the first three held their positions, and Crowder moved up to fourth, with Ferdon fifth now. And on lap three Taylor, who was adjusting to having no brakes, went past the pits on a rear flat, running on the liner. Then, when he landed after the second jump, that flat pitched him to the right, and he landed hard on the front tire, and it blew, so he headed for the pits on two flat tires. Evans still led, Flannery was second, Crowder third, Ferdon fourth, · but smoking, and Dave Parsons was fifth in his Chevy. On the fourth lap Flannery pulled out and parked down in the quarry, and now it was Evans, Crowder, Parsons, Ferdon and Pete VanDehey, in a Dodge. They held those positions for a lap, and then VanDehey moved up to fourth, with Ferdon fifth, and they went on that way for several more laps, with Ferdon still smoking. On the tenth lap Parsons was gone when the bolts on his lower balljoint pulled through the frame. He said that had never happened before. They had stretched out so no one was likely to do any passing, Evans enjoying his new bigger than ever 530 c.i. 830 horsepower motor. Crowder lost his power steering, and VanDehey was having a good run. Ferdon was losing tranny fluid, which was why the truck smoked, and he lost a position on the last lap, when Dave Hackers got past him in his Ford. So at the finish it was Evans, Crowder, VanDehey, Hackers and Ferdon, and Taylor, who'd come ba<:k out with new tires, but still no brakes, finished sixth, one Dusty Times Dan VanDenHeuvel drove his well built Ford to the Class 13 victory, but only · by a car length or two, and he also won the Non-Production Challenge Race on Sunday over the same competition. lap down, having put on a great show as he tried to unlap himself. The long day was finally over, and the happy spectators filed out as pit crews went to work to get ready for Sunday. The weather-man promised rain on Sunday afternoon, but for Saturday evening things stayed pleasant. And it was time to indulge in a novel sport, perhaps unique to Crandon, which was later described to us. It's called "mud diving", and it involves some slightly drunk, overly macho types, who compete to see who can slide the furthest through a mud puddle with the least clothes on. Ouch! The rain had stopped by morning, but the track was sodden. The schedule was put back an hour, and then put back TomJensen does a little flying in his Chevy for the spectators, and he finished a strong second in both Class 13 and the Non Production Challenge. course. I was the first to tour the around a coup!~ more times, entire course that morning, and except that they decided it was the mud was very deep and very time for course reconnaissance slippery,-hut that Polaris didn't and sent the cars out to run have a bit of trouble with it, and it around and I had to retreat. took me all the way around very As they had on Saturday, the easily. I discovered that the course Class 11 cars started the show on was smooth all over, but it does Sunday also. But -it was much have some nice turns and even a muddier, even to standing hill hidden in the back, in the puddles in some places, with an trees, where I hadn't been before. especially nasty one where the It's easy to understand why the cars landed off the first jump. drivers arc so enthusiastic about This time there were 41 single the track; I would have gone seat cars,~ Saturday evening in the pits includes some interesting things, including ''brats" in beer and onions, and "dirt" desert, two i~pr.ohahle sounding, but delectable tasting, culinary treats. another hour, while the organizers·----------------------------. And then, late, when all the sober citi:ens of the pits were sleeping, it started to rain. And it continued to rain•for hours. Puddles formed in the pit area, and some tent campers found themselves swamped, but a little rearranging solved the problems. hoped the sun would shine and the wind would blow and the track would dry out. 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Walker Evans, with a huge motor in his Dodge, won the drag race off the line but several others were close in the early laps. Evans took the Class 8 victory, but had to settle for second in the Heavy Metal Challenge. Pete VanDeHey moved his Dodge into contention midway in the Class 8 race, moved up a couple more slots at the flag and finished third in class. Lonnie Andrews, following here, slithered through the mud in good shape and he ended up finishing third in the rotten conditions for Class 11 S. ~ and Rod Attig took the fcad from the start, with Dan Baudoux second, Mark Oberg third, Chad Ramesh fourth and-Lonnie Andrews in a Phaser chassis, in fifth place. Everyone BAKER BUY IT, USE IT. BELIEVE Ill CV JOINTS 934.5 128MM DIRECT FROM GERMANY DON'T GET CAUGHT $165- WITH IMITATIONS!!!!! NMB .. WHVTRUSTREBUILDS! 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The cars had a different look for this race, because many of them had prudently used tape and card-board to reduce the si:e of their window openings. Many; includ-ing Attig, had blocked off the passenger side all together, and some had ·reduced their wind-shield area to mere slits, a couple of inches wide. They had the right idea, but there was so much mud flying around that nothing was foolproof. There were a lot of stragglers in the wet, and by the fourth lap the leaders were having to cope with lapped cars, and still it was Attig, Baudoux, Andrews, Oberg and Glen Mathews, as Ramesh lost a couple of positions in the late laps. The drivers began to ooze out of their cars, looking like late night movie monsters from the mud bogs. Except for Attig, who had his fan and his .taped up window, and had been in front all the way, they were nasty looking. Mus tac hes were sodden with mud, dripping at the corners. Goggles and shields were covered, and many haJ taken off their eye protection, and driven bare eyed, so they now looked at the world through a sea of mud. It hurt to look into their eyes. Their suits were soaked and the insides of the cars were inches deep in the glop. But the course was now nicely broken in, and ready for the next race. Many thanks to Duke, one of the heavy equipment operators, who helped me keep track of the muddy cars by reading numbers for me. And the next group was the Class l single seaters, with 16 starters, and Todd Attig in front in his Terminator. Art Schmitt, still using his Nissan motor, ran second, Jeff St. Peter, with a 1650cc Rabbit motor, was third, Dave Vandermissen , Jr. was fourth and Bryan Bernloehr, with another Rabbit motor, ran fifth. They ran that way for three laps, and then Attig's car started to sound a little rough, and Bernloehr's started to smoke. On the fifth lap Schmitt took a better line at one point, and took over the h:ad , with Attig in second, St. Peter third, Vandermissen fourth and Bernloehr fifth. On the sixth lap, as Schmitt continued to lead, Attig's car, which_is powered by a three liter Alfa Romeo motor, appeared to be steaming, but he ran firmly in second place. Things went on in the same order for another two laps, and then Bernloehr's car started to smoke a lot, but he held Mark Oberg hops along in his Class 11 in a shot taken on Saturday, and on Sunday he survived the muck and mire to place fourth in Class 11 S. November 1991 his position regardless. And for another two laps they simply stretched out the spaces between cars, running Schmitt, Attig, Sr. Peter, Vandermissen and Bern-loehr. And that's how they finished . Bernloehr confirmed that his motor was " done in". Class 14 came next, with 13 trucks, of which only four were actually modified four wheel d r ive vehicles. The rest were either Class 4 or Class 3 trucks with drivers who like to get in as much racing as po ssible. And Geoff Dorr, in his Class 4 Ford was in front, followed by Tom Ferro , Bo b Bemmels, J ack Heidtman, and Herb Rosborough. Chad Schlueter, in his Class 3 Bronco, got hit in the sweeper turn, spun around, and ended up_ dead last. Jerry Bundy, who'd been sixth, was involved in the incident and out before the first lap was completed. On the second lap it was Dorr, Ferro, Heidtman, Rosborough and Gerald Foster, as Bemmels dropped out. Schlueter had moved up three positions. On the next lap the order was the same, and Schlueter had moved up two more positions. Then on lap four as Dorr held his lead, Rosborough was suddenly second, Ferro was gone, Heidtman was third but his transmission was gone, and Foster was fourth with Schlueter in fifth place. . But as he rounded the turn at the timing tower, Dorr's right front wheel came off, took a couple of bounces and splashed into the pond, to the delight of the spectators. Dorr shrugged philosophically, and drove to the pits, while Rosborough took over the lead. He had Foster second behind him, then Schlueter, and Michael Rauch in the only Class 14 car still running, and Linda Lou Sch lamb was fifth now, in her Ford. On the sixth lap Schlueter moved into second place, but Rosborough was so far in front of him that he wasn't going to be able to get to him before ·the race was over. And they ran that way for one more lap, and then Foster lost a wheel, and was out. There was· hardly anyone left for the last several laps, and it was Rosbor-ough, Schlueter, Rauch -and Schlamb, with Danny Koshenash, down several laps, coming back out into the fray in his Class 14 car. At the checkered flag it was Rosborough, Schlueter, with his left rear tire going flat, Rauch, who said he couldn't see because of mud on his face shield, and Schlamb, all completing 10 laps. The Limited ChaHenge race was next and this brought out 29 entries, mostly the 1600s, with one 5-1600 and one Class 11 car. Dan Baudoux was in front with Jim Wiggins, Cary Bowles, Jon Huss and Walt Carlson running behind him. When Baudoux got out in the mud, Wiggins took over the lead on the second lap, with Baudoux second, Huss third, Bowles fourth and Jeff St. Peter in fifth. They were still running in a close pack, and positions were changing all the time. On the fourth lap the first three were the same, but Bob Mathews had moved up to fourth, with Bowles in fifth now, and on the fourth lap it was Wiggins, Baudoux, Mathews, Huss and Bowles, with Greg Smith right on Bowles bumper. Wiggins started to pull out a Dusty Times

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good lead, and Mathews was trying to pass Baudoux on the next lap, with Huss still fourth, and Smith now in fifth. The course was really drying out now, and little puffs of dust appeared here and there. Mathews had to ease up on his efforts . to pass Baudoux because he was busy tightening up the bolts that held his steering wheel to the shaft. They had to be re-tightened over and over again for the rest of the race. On the eighth lap Wiggins developed a front flat, but it didn't slow him too much and he held his lead, chased by Baudoux, Mathews, Huss and Smith. And they ran in that order for another. couple of laps, to the checkered flag. Wiggins got the win, followed by Baudoux and Mathews, and then Huss, who bought his car from John Greaves at the beginning of the year. He said John had been teaching him about driving, and this was his best finish since he'd bought the car. Smith finished fifth. The Non production Challenge race came next, a collection of Class 13 and 14 cars, out to amaze and entertain the world. There were 20 of them, and that makes a reaff\' hig crowd coming through the first turn. and they all made it except Joe Zilisch, who spun out. Then a cloud of smoke from down in the quarry signified the demise of still another. But Dan VanDenHeuvel was out in front, with Jed Flannery, Jack's oldest son, second, Dave Vorpahl third, Walt Neborsky fourth and Tom Jensen fifth. VanDenHeuvel and Flannery were two abreast coming around turn one the next lap, hut VanDenHeuvel prevailed, and held his lead. Lowell DeGreefhad moved up to fifth, as Vorpahl dropped back. They ran in the same order for another lap, but on lap four Neborsky, whose Class 14 car had been smoking, dropped out, moving Jensen up to third, DeGreef to fourth and Michael Rauch to fifth . Chuck Bran,l had jammed things up a hit by flooding his carbs in the scoring turn, and having to be towed out of the way. The order stayed the same for another few laps, and it looked as if DeGreef was going to catch Jensen, but then ShaBoom started to steam. Meanwhile Scott Thomas was out in a cloud of smoke over by the barn, and John Schultz ended up parked also, as did Jim Murphy. Traffic was definitely thinning out. Things really changed then, and on the eighth lap it was VanDenHeuvel, Jensen, DeGreef, Flannery and Rauch. Flannery was causing some excitement because every time he landed from the jumps big flames appeared under his truck. It didn't seem to bother him, and the course workers decided it was safe, so they didn't flag him in. They kept on charging, in the same order, and one by one the back markers fell by the wayside, so traffic thinned dramatically. It bacame a repeat of the Class 13 race, with Jensen sneaking up on VanDenHeuvel, but he didn't get past him this time either. At the finish it was VanDenHeuvel, whose truck was on fire down hclow when he stopped atter the finish, and knsen, then Flannery, whose truck, hy the way, is an old Ford of his dad's, with a Chevy motor in it. Rauch finished fourth Dusty Times Todd Attig had the problems cured with his Alfa Romeo engine for the Class 1 race, and while he couldn't catch Schmitt he was a solid second in class. Michael Rauch does a little nose ~tand in his Jeep on his way to a good finish in Class 14, completing all the laps for third in class. .;ind Jeff Cump was fifth. DeGreef race, with 17 entries in the rear didn't get there, hecause he rolled engine unlimited Challenge. The over on the last lap, while coming big surprise was that Ed Helfrick, , out of the woods. in a 1930cc Rabbit powered The quick buggies were next to Chenowth, ~ Jon Huss, in the ex-John Greaves Taylor, is getting with the action in his first year racing, and he finished fourth in the Limited Challenge race. November 1991 We don't know who this is, but several Class 11 S drivers looked like this when they finished the first race on Sunday. This is dedication. This is the system run by most off road race winners TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME JEEP STRAIGHT 6 "NEW SUMMER SPECIAL CHROME" 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 33

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Kevin Probst had his Chevy dialed in for the Heavy Metal Challenge, but after leading the race, a shedded tire dropped him to third at the flag. . Ed Helfrick, another Pennsylvania charger, led the Unlimited Challenge for a few laps, but fellow PA racer passed him late in the race and Ed finished second. The Class 6 and 7 Challenge race had heavy attrition, and Fay Statezny moved t.is Chevelle steadily forward to finish second, the last finisher. ~ took the lead, chased and Jeff St. Peter in fifth. by Jeff Probst with his V6 Chevy Probst moved into the lead on mntor installed in his Rerril'n, the second lap, but Helfrick hung tlwn To,i,l Attig with th\.' Alphn on to second, with Baudoux third motor, and Dan Baudoux with his and Attig fourth, and St. Peter "tired" 1650cc Rabbit in his car; fifth. Richie Ault lost his left rear Complete computerized Engine Dyna testing facility. 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Chad Ramesh ran fifth with a Rabbit motor most of the Unlimited Challenge race, but through attrition, and driving he finished fourth in the race. wheel, and Lee Wuesthoff's motor gave out. On the third lap Probst's motor sounded rough, but he'd built a good lead, with Helfrick still second, Baudoux third', St. Peter fourth and now Art Schmitt in fifth place. On the next lap, as Probst's lead grew, St. Peter worked on Baudoux, and Justin Parry's car started to smoke, and then disappeared. On the fifth lap Attig dropped out, his motor gone, and on lap six the lead belonged to Helfrick as Probst broke his transmission and was out. He runs a VW bus trans with the big Chevy motor, and blamed its demise on the excellent traction on the course for their event. Schmitt had quietly moved up to second place, with Baudoux third, Dave Lofland, in a Rabbit powered Berrien, fourth and Chad Ramesh, also Rabbit powered fifth how. It was a new race. Schmitt passed Helfrick on the next lap to take over the lead, but the rest of them stayed in order, and they ran that way to the finish line. So Schmitt took his third win, followed in by Helfrick, also from Pennsylvania, then Baudoux, Ramesh, who really liked the course, and Lofland was in fifth. They had all completed 12 laps in their 20 minute event. What is generally considered the main event of the weekend was next, and 29 trucks took off for the 2x4 and 4x4 Production Challenge race ( Classes 4 and 8 ). It was nearly 4 p.m. Jack Flannery was out in front, with Kevin Probst second, and Walker Evans, who's been heard to say many times that the start is crucial at Crandon, was third off the line. Dave Hameister was • fourth and Joey Flannery ran fifth. Jamey Flannery, driving the two wheel drive Chevy, had to pit for a fresh tire, and so did Geoff Dorr. was downright dusty in a few areas. On the fifth lap Hameister disappeared, and so did Crowder,. which put Joey Flannery in fourth and Taylor in fifth. Probst was closing on Flannery on the sixth lap, but there were five lapped cars between Evans and the two leaders. Then came Joey Flannery, some more lappers, and Taylor. But on the seventh lap Joey broke, so now it was Flannery, Probst, Evans, Taylor and Greg Gerlach, with lots of lapped traffic between the leaders: Flannery continued to lead, but Probst was definitely closing, and so was Evans, even with the lappers, while Taylor and Gerlach continued to run strong also. On the ninth lap a fierce wheel to wheel battle commenced between Flannery and Probst, and as they came past the scoring tower they were side by side, and Flannery actually slid off the embankment, and dropped to second, behind some lapped traffic. He lost his brakes also. The audience was on its feet, and Probst was in the lead. Jack got himsdf hack up to S\.'cond place with Evnns third, Taylor fourth and Gerlach fifth, still, and then Probst hit the bank and flattened a rear tire, but he was a man possessed, and wasn't going to give any ground. Even the worn out course workers and press were electrified by the battle, watching the lapped traffic scatter as Flannery passed Probst to regain the lead, and Probst tore after him, bits of tire and smoking brake calipers flying through the air in his wake. Evans maintained a more sedate third place, with Taylor and Gerlach still coming along in fourth and fifth. As they went into the white flag lap Flannery had put four lapped cars between himself and Probst who was now driving on shreds of tire, with no brakes. Evans still ran third, Taylor had a right rear flat, and Gerlach was still fifth. Flannery got the win, Evans passed Probst to take second, and Probst was third, Taylor fourth and Gerlach fifth. Whew! The Class 6. and 7 Challenge came next, and Jeff Kincaid had his truck in front, while Al Fannin's Chevelle slowed and came to a stop down in the quarry when he lost his driveshaft. Spencer Low was second, John Greaves was third in his Toyota, Fay Statezny ran fourth in his Chevelle and Dave W oulf was fifth. Kincaid's truck had already started to smoke, and sure enough, the next time he went off the second jump he was out of the race, with a broken rocker arm. That left Low in the lead, with Greaves second, Statezny third, Jim Wiggins fourth and Woulf fifth, but he had a broken shift fork, and had only first and second gear. BiJly Beck was already parked off to one side, his truck, an ex-Simon and Simon Ford, having quit for unknown reasons. Now Low and Greaves were having a good race, side by side through.turn one, and Greaves moved into the lead. Low was second, Statezny third, Wiggins fourth, and Dave VandenElzen ran fifth. Traffic was really getting thin as more trucks bit the dust. Greaves led through the fourth lap, but then Low caught him in turn one and retook first place. They ran another couple of laps that way, though now Greaves motor sounded a bit rough. Statezny was still third, with Wiggins fourth. But on the seventh lap, as they came through the first turn, Low leading, Greaves got a bit heavy footed, slid sideways and rolled over. landing on his lid in the watery, weedy ditch. He was o.k., and promptly got out to wave at the crowd, but his race was at an end. Low and Statezny and Wiggins went on, threading their way through the lapped cars, which amounted to everyone else. They ran first, second and third through the tenth lap, and while Low and Statezny made it through lap 11, Wiggins stripped the splines on his torque convertor and didn't get there. So at the finish it was Low and Statezny in first and second, with nobody else On the second lap it was Flannery, Probst, Hameister, Evans and Joey Flannery, but on lap three Evans was back up to third place. Jimmie Crowder ran sixth, and Scott Taylor was trying to get past him. By now the course A year off for maternity purposes did not dim Rhonda Smith's driving skills, and she took the lead in the Ladies 1600 race off the line, drove smoothly and never looked back en route to overall victory. November 1992 Dusty Times

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on the same lap. Now it was time for the Women's events, which are run on the same track, but instead of racing for 20 minutes the women get a stingy 10 minutes. And their cars tend to be a bit worn and frazzled sometimes, since they've been through the wars with their various husbands, brothers and boyfriends. The first event was for the rear engined cars, and there were seven entries. Leading in the 1-2-1600 group was Rhonda Smith, who'd let maternity interfere with her racing, and hadn't been on the track in a year, but had obviously not forgotten anything. She had Shananne Buttles chasing her at first, but Buttles rolled, and lost two laps getting going again.Tracy Crump then ran second, with Brenda Tessner third. Sherri Parsons drives hard in the Class 8 Chevy, made a couple of daring Tracy Crump took over second spot midway in the Ladies 1600 event and she· passes and then held the lead to victory in the hard fought Ladies Heavy Metal motored along smoothly into a distant but solid second place. event, one of the better races of the day. Smith built a long lead, with Crump staying firm in second, but Tessner was out down in the quarry, and Sherry Hearley moved up to third. But Hearley lost a plug wire, and moved to last, while Debi Gellenbeck came up to third place. Smith went on smoothly to take the win, t'inishin~ five laps in her ten minute racl', with Crump and Gellenhn·k hehrnd hn. Gail Brand led the early laps in Ladies Heavy Metal in her Ford, but Sherri Parsons dogged her rear bumper, and Brand eventually finished second. The Women's front engine it. The crowd roared its approval. race, with just six cars, proved to Parsons took the win, with Brand be one of the better races of the right behind her in second and weekend. Gail Brand started out Recla in third place. Valerie in front in her Class 13 Ford, James, in Pete VanDeHey's chased by Sherri Parsons in her Dodge, was fourth. Class 8 Chevy truck, and Shari The weekend was capped off Recla in the Class 13 ShaBoom. with the big destruction derby Brand led for two laps, her third type race of the Good Ole Boys gear siipping, and then on lap ( the GOBs ), which puts about 80 three Parsons took over the lead, American built passenger sedans when Brand got sideways in the on the track at one time, and bumps on the pit straight. But miraculously comes up with a Brand stayed close behind her and winner who survives the required Recla was never far back. The number of minutes. They run two course was very dusty now, and in heats like that, and the audience the turns it was hard for Brand to loves it, but the Dusty Times sec. Nevertheless, she did her personnel merely watch and take Pat Hammond zips past the woods in her Class 11 entry in the Ladies race, ran second for a time, but settled for third place at the finish line. no notes. Art Schmitt had been the big winner for the weekend, with three victories, while Rod Attig, Herb Rosborough, Jim Wiggins, Spencer Low, Dan VanDenHeuvel and Jack Flannery were all two time victors. The W olfshead Sportsmens Club had another successful Brush Run 101 to record, with big entries, and huge crowds both days. There were 452 entries, not counting the GOBs, which seems to indicate that the racers enjoy Crandon as much as the spectators do. Of course, it must be remembered that many of those entries are repeats. For example, Dan Baudoux gets counted seven times, because he raced in Class 11 (one and two seat), Class 1-1600, 2 -1600, Class 9, the Limited Challenge and the Unlimited Challenge. And then his car ran in the Women's race, with him in the passenger seat, sc he counts for one more entry. And most of the racers ran more than one event, so the count of racl.!rs is probably considerably lower than that of the entries. Nonetheless, it was a big showing for these poor economic times, and a gr eat show for the Wisconsin spectators. In the Class 11 s, which ran at the same time, the lead belonged to Teena Attig on lap one, with Kim Blasdell second, in Dan Baudoux's car, then Pat Ham-mond third and Karen Christen-sen, in a Funco chassis, fourth. Rlasdell, who rode with Raudoux every time he raced in a two seat class, moved into the lead on the second lap, with Attig second, Hammond third and Christensen fourth. They ran that way for two laps, and then Attig broke, and the order was Blasdell, Hammond and Christensen, with Joan Silloway moving up to fourth. On the last lap , as Blasdell continued to lead, Christensen moved up to second, bumping Hammond to third. And they finished in that order, Blasdell, Christensen, and Hammond, with Silloway in fourth. darndest to get back around Parsons. They were side by side through turn one on the last lap, banging on each other, and Brand got way high, but managed to save HOWE ALUMINUM RACING RADIATOR Shari Recla drove the hastily refurbished Shabooms Class 13 in Ladies Heavy Metal action, and the oft time winner finished third this round. LATE FLASH FROM VEGAS-Results from the HDRA Gold Coast 300 are hot off the printer as we go to press. Brian Collins won overall in his Porsche powered single seat Chenowth with automatic transmission. He bested Class 8 winner and fellow Las Vegan Rob MacCachren by just three seconds. Gary Sewell won Class 1-2-1600, his fourth win in a row since July in his new Lothringer. Dan Smith won Class 3 in a Bronco and Jerry McDonald took Class 4 in the Chevy. Lisa Dickerson won Class 5 by half an hour and Dave Shively was tops in Class 5-1600. John Swift ran away with Class 6 as did Chuck Johnson with Class 7. Ron Lister took Class 7S/ 7 4X4 and Gene Griepentrog won Class 9. Class 10 went to J .D Ward in a Brut and Class 11 once again went to Martin Garibay. Three Mini Mags had a good run and Chris Garrett won. In the Stone Stock classes Danny Clay won the mini truck honors in a Toyota and Gordon Di Carlo was tops in the full size rigs. The big interest, along with the race itself, was the battle for the HORA Overall championship with at least three in line for the title starting the Gold Coast 300. It was a high attrition race with lots of flat tires, and some time consuming on course repairs. Even though he stopped 14 times with a pesky overheating problem in the Class I Dodge, W alker Evans pressed on to finish the distance eighth in Class I, the largest class in the event, and earned enough points for the overall championship. W atch for the full story on the race and the points champs in the December issue of Dusty Times. Dusty Times 16.5 POUNDS SIZES AVAILABLE 16 X27 18 X 24 19 X28 19 X 31 CURRENTLY USED IN CLASS 2, 8, & NASCAR November 1991 Page 35

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-=::~¾r~, ,~ ·"'< .,,' ,, ..,,._ ¥v -A no frills, no fancies instrument panel with everything you need in the climate control area is the trademark of the Nissan pickup line. A nice low profile hood and swept back windshield enhance the looks of the Nissan pickup as well as decreasing the drag factor. Jump seats fold out of the rear panels. They are actually comfortable, plenty of headroom for an adult and you have your own radio speaker too! 1993 NISSAN KING CAB 4WD Hi-Yo Silver, Away! Text & Photos: John Calt•in »; -~'-, ~ '~~ The handsome~Nis;~n ~4WD Kin~ Cab~ capable of giving ;ou a comfortable ride on the ;treet or freeway·~; well ;s out in the tack country where we spent a few happy hours. We don't road test too many pickup trucks as usually the test coincides with a race that we are going to, and with all the papers we usually take to a race and a display table and some chairs and our Castex E-Z Up pop up tent, there is no way that you can leave all that stuff unattended in some parking lot where it's bound to be ripped off within a matter of minutes. However, there is a solution to this problem, God and Nissan created the King Cab and from there on in the rest is history. The 1993 Nissan 4 Wheel Drive King Cab Pickup truck we received for test was ,---------------------~----BIGGER IS BETTER Upgrade the C.V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner, IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepower off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission output bells to accept the larger C.V. joints. Convert Type I stub axles and output bells to accept Type 11 or Type IV or 930 C.V. joints. Convert Type 11 stub axles and output bells to accept 930 C.V. joints. All axles and bells for Type II or Type IV C.V.s can be threaded ¾-24 or stock 8mm. All axles and Bells for 930 C.V .scan be threaded ¾-24 or stock 10mm threads. FIT YOUR OFF ROADER WITH UPGRADED AXLES AND BELLS Only $49.95 per fla_n_ge on your supplied parts. MARVIN SHAW ENG. P.O. BOX 845 • 101 BROADWAY YARNELL, AZ 853~2 (602) 427-~551 ~HIPPED BY UPS DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Pagc36 silver/ gray in color with a dark gray interior, and, as the pictures show it is a good looking vehicle. We had nice big Firestone tires all around, mounted on brutal looking alloy wheels. The 3lxl0.50 RlS LT Mud & Snow A TX Radials rode quite ~ell on the pavement and were fairly quiet. Off the road we had good grip in most cases but there were a few spots where I wasn't sure whether we were down on power a bit or whether the tires were not grabbing as well as we wanted them to. It really matters not as we were able to go anywhere we wanted to, although on a couple of occasions we had to back up and make another run at a particular hill. Under the hood was the powerful and torque producing three liter V-6, a good solid reliable engine; plenty of pep on the road and good low end when you need it. Fuel mileage is in the 1 7 to 18 mpg range with just normal driving. If you featherfoot it a bit on the open road you can break twenty without trying hard. The five speed transmission was smooth and quiet and four wheel drive was engaged or disengaged with no effort at all. Pickup trucks used to be just pickup trucks, but now they come loaded with all sorts of goodies, goodies we have come to expect over the years qnd we are miffed when they are not on the vehicle. Anyway, the '93 Nissan King Cab has plenty o~goodies and we used · November 1991 -It's crowded"but it all works! The three liter V6 packs enough power on and off the road to get you anywhere you want to go. and enjoyed them all. Electric windows and door locks are a must these days and we had both for our convenience. Both controls are mounted on the drivers door, out of harms way but easy to get to. We enjoyed a tilt steering wheel, really a must for your comfort, and electric mirrors left and right ,,,Jc (not essential but nice). The left stalk on the steering column controlled the turn signals, the headlights and another fancy option, cruise control. The right side stalk controlled only the wipers. The rear side windows swivel open and the rear window is on the usual slider with a locking catch. We were also embellished with a sun roof to further heighten your fresh air enjoyment. The instrument panel is all business, easy to read, easy to understand and strictly functional. Left of center is an 8000 RPM tach, right of center is a 100 mile per hour speedo with two, count 'em folks, two resettable odometers. One feature your faithful writer really appreciates. Nestled between the two majors are the fuel gauge above the temperature g:iuge. All the rest of the instrumentation was handled by warning lamps with all the usual bells and whistles for seat belts not fastened, etc. Located just below the instrument panel were the electric mirror controls, the dimmer switch for the instrument panel, the h~zard light switch and the interlock-switch. In the center of the dashboard are the heater/air conditioner controls, the :ish tray and lighter and below that is the AMI FM sound system with cassette and four speaker audio. Just below that is a sm:ill catchall compart-ment. Further to the right is a good sized glove/ parcel box. The bucket seats are good looking and very comfortable. The backs are adjustable and a lumbar support lever helps make you even more comfy. Between the buckets is a small center console and the ever popular emergency brnke. Tucked away in the sidewall hehind the driver :ind passenger seat are two pull down seats. W c utiii:ed one of them for a short period of time one day :ind they were surprisingly comfort-able. Tht·y are perfect for youngsters and not too bad for full si:cd people, although I'm sure you wouldn't w:int to take :i long trip h:ick there. The jack, tool kit, etc. is located in the rear floor, :ilmost flush with the c:irpeting :ind well out of the way with easy :iccess. We did some extensive testing in the desert south of L:is Vegas with the Nissan 4WD King Cab and were able to go most anywhere we wanted to. There was one short, super steep hill that gave us a little trouhle hut we took a run at it and were ahk to get up and over. On the long pole line type trails we encountered a lot of side to side motion which ~ot rather violent at times, even at reduced speeds. I think some different valving or different shocks would dampen th:it down in a hurry. The cargo bed is almost six foot three inches long and just under five feet wide. There :ire four pop-up cargo tic downs recessed into the top of the bed wall which come in h:indy and disappear from sight v1hen not in use. The King Cab comes with a 21.1 g:illon fuel tank which gives you a cruising range of 350 miles or more so your fuel stops are few and far between. Our overall rating of the Nissan King Cab 4WD pickup was good. It was comfortable, quiet, handled well on the road and off the road, and with a few exceptions was most tractable. The transmission was smooth and quiet, the limited slip helped a lot in the dirt, the autom:itic front hubs make four wheeling a pleasure and there wa& ample room in the back of the cab for valuables, adults or kids. Try one on yourself. Dusty Times

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Stadium Racing at Ventura Raceway By Sundance! 1992 SCORE Off-Roadsman Awards Banquet December 4, 1992 Los Angeles Airport Hilton & Towers 5711 W. Century Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90045 (310) 410-4000 ------------•-----------------------------------------Mail to: SCORE International, 31125 Via Colinas - Suite #908 Westlake Village, California 91362 For Best Seating, Make Reservations Today! Seating is Limited! Payment must accompan_y this order form to guarantee reservations. Seating is based on date of receipt of payment, not order! . NAME: _________________ _ ADDRESS: ______________ _ CITY: ____________ STATE: ___ _ ZIP: _____ TELE#: __________ _ * [ ] Please reserve ____ places at $40.00 each [ ] Please reserve ____ tables at $400.00 each (One table seats' 10 people) * Please check method of payment: [ ] Check, [ ] Money Order [ ] Visa [ ] Mastercard Card #: _______________ Exp. Date: __ _ Cardholder's Name: -----------------Dusty Times Ken Searle flies over a stadium style jump in his 1-2-1600 racer. He won the nine car class at the July meeting at Ventura Fairgrounds' Raceway. California Rally Series Report By John Elkin It is very early Sunday after-noon, September 20, and most of us have all arrived home from the TreeLine Rally in Palmdale, California. Many of us are licking our wounds and looking forward to bette-r luck on the Gorman Ridge roads in October. And perhaps a very precious few of us are savoring victory and an incredible feeling of accomplish-ment. I personally am feeling both, see the article on the rally elsewhere in this fine publication. Dan Hook, Lon Peterson and Sam Moore pulled off a quality rally in a very short amount of time. Of course they did not do this alone; an army of well trained workers aided them in their efforts. Everyone, competitors included, should feel proud to have aided in presenting a professional sporting event that everyone enjoyed thorough I y. Many of the workers that came out were inactive rallyists that most of us have not seen in years. Gary Potts and Clint Heuring were just a few that hopefully will be back with us more often. It was also nice to see the newer faces that could not race come out to work also, Terry Stonecipher, Carl Jardevall and Marcus Clark were just a few of those that appeared to work this event. After the awards presentation was over at the Ramada Inn of Palmdale, the BOG sat down for a meeting that lasted about two hours (possibly the quickest meeting in CRS history) and covered about ten differe.nt issues. Among the issues discussed was the passing of the new class structure. After Gorman Ridge on October 24, -the Stock GT Class will cease to exist and open Class will be split into two wheel and four wheel drive classes. The BOG discussed displace-ment limits on the Open Class as in the Subaru Championship: Series, but a question of being able to police such a new rule sees the CRS Open Class still uninhibited by displacement limits. In other decisions look for new style CRS decals to appear, probably in time for the first November 1992 ., The threat of rain could not Dale G0odenough, with Larry keep the off road racers from Dunn coming up one spot short in showing up at Ventura Raceway the show after two first place at the Venture County Fair-finishes •in the preliminaries,. grounds on last July 11. With a Kevin Smith won Class 10 in his Class 9 car, three Class 5-1600 Mirage, with Gary Gall coming in Baja Bl!gs, five Class 10 cars,. nine second and Bill Goshen was third. 1-2-1600 cars and 13 Super The Feature event had nine _ Odysseys the fields were full on starters in a no holds barred brawl · this tight but challenging track. for all the marbles in the 1-2-1600 Tim Baker took the Main Event class. Ken Seale, starting on the in the Super Odyssey Cbss from front' row outside, hdt:I off the the second row outside after other competitors for the win. finishing fourth and fifth in the Ci,nl Asterino earned a well two motos. All the top finishers in deserved second and Steve Yost this class are also regulars on the fought -off Marshall Ziegart for MTEG stadium circuit. Jimmie third. · Johnson held on to second after Check the Happenings column dropping back from the pole and for the next event for off roaders . teenager C.J. Mears was third. at Ventura Raceway. It makes a Dana Dague had nobody to race fun day of race watching, and it is forhis.title,beingtheonlyClass9 close in for residents of the in the field. Winning the Main northern LA valleys, San Fer-Event in the small but competitive nando, Simi and Conejo and not Baja Bug class were Stacy Fay and far from Malibu either. Don't Forget the 25th Running of the SCORE Baja 1000 Ensenada to La Paz November 11-14 1992 event of 1993. A new BOG and Rim will be another National Director should be announced at in Washington, making for four Gorman also, along with a new nationals, counting Gold Rush in centralized equipment manager Colorado, west of the Mississippi named Dan Hook who will be in 1993. Ladies and Gentlemen taking care of CRS property and start your engines! seeingtoitthatallorgani:ersget The annual Stock Class what.they need for their events. meeting to discuss and implement Events!? Did someone say new rules for 1993 will be on events? We discussed those too. November 14, 1992 at Sam Tentatively plan for a double co-Moore's house. Cal1Samat(714) efficient one Glen Helen Rally-982-7889 for directions. In the sprint(soontohaveasnappynew past this meeting has heen only name) probably on January 16, moderately represented. If you followed by the annual year end run in Stock Class, if you want to awards on Sunday the 17th at ·a change an existing rule or add a brunch in the Pomona area. April new one, this is your ONLY 3 will highlight the Prescott Forest chance to do something about it~ Rally as a full National! Six weeks Sam has a big house and can later ·on May 16 will be Rim. hand le a crowd. I've been TreeLine Rally will return on informed that Sam is looking to September 18th with Gorman in pass the Stock Class Chairman's late October again. Rumors flew crown to a new person, Interested! hither and yon about events being Come on down. Refreshments planned in Warner Springs, · will be provided. 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NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ·Morrison Ma·sters The Milbrodale Mountain · Text & Photos: Darryl Smith Doug Adams, with Ruth Smith riding came through the ranks on the long last lap and put the Hunter home second overall and first in the 1600cc Class 2. The state of New South Wales, prologue determined the starting. Neill Morrison, with Vaughn Pettet in the Hunter, was the Master of the Milbrodale Mountain, running well in the short loops and taking fast time on the long lap and winning the race overall by a couple of minutes. Australia, boasts many top order, regardless of class, and drivers and their long course heading the list was Howard championships are held over just Ford's single seater with turbo the one weekend of racing. The Mazda power. Only two seconds event is called the Milbrodale back was Bill Buchanan's 1600 Mountain Classic and it is one of. Class 2 car, then Barry Johnson's the best events on the Australian Class 1, and Matthew Martin's calendar. There is plenty of action Class 9 single seater. These cars as the cars compete in three races would form the front row of the on a short circuit, then one race first heat. Fastest 1200 Class 3 over a longer course that goes up was Geoff Beckett, while Warren through the mountains. Irons set the Baja pace.Jan Hedley As always thou h, a short put her FlS0 at the front of the Jason Graham and Adam Robertson had a remarkable run, putting the 1200cc Hornet home third overall, about three minutes out of the win and they won C_lass 3 by a skinny eight seconds at that. West Coast Distributor fOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE $695.00 GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 .Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1962 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page38 Geoff Beckett and Aaron Spinks won the Prologue in 1200cc Class 3, stayed close on the enduro runs, and placed a close second in class and fourth 0 /A. Milbrodale Mountain Classic - Austf'.alla Results -1992 # Pos.' Driver/Co-Driver . Vehicle Time Class I• Unlimited Two Seat -18 start -6 finish 124 1 Neill MorrisonNaughan Pettet Hunter 1:54:49 165 2 Cliff & Dennis Alderton Trekka 1:59:48 117 3 Andrew Meade/Luke Pell Rivmasta 2:01:19 1313 4 Maurie Fuller/Darren Whalen Corvette 2:05:53 149 5 Len & Warren Barron Cobra 2:11:14 Class 2 - 1600cc Two Seat - 18 start - 9 finish 224 1 Doug Adams/Ruth Smith Hunter 1:56:36 264 2 Steven Jones/Lyndal Nelson Buggy 1:58:20 269 3 Dick & David Allport Buggy 2:00:59 280 4 Neil & Sandra Duck Buggy 2:01:17 260 5 John & Scott Borthwick John Special 2:02:08 Class 3 - 1200cc Two Seat - 19 start - 13 finish 316 1 Jason Graham/Adam Robertson Hornet 1 :57:32 315 2 Geoff Beckett/Aaron Spinks Buggy 1:57:40 310 3 Richard Wilton/David Pawsey Manxco 1:59:43 304 4 Michael & Les Boaden Hunter 2:00:39 308 5 Mark Whisker/Steven Scheinecker Rivmasta 2:02:56 Class 4 - Baja Bug - 3 start - 2 finish 417 1 Warren Irons/Lisa King Baja Bug 2:15:17 488 2 Keith & Matthew Fordham Baja Bug 2:50:12 Class 5 -2WD Sedans & Pickups -10 start - 4 finish 504 1 Jan Hedley/Gee VanVleit Ford F150 2:01:57 503 2 Graham Smith/Cathy Marzol Mitsubishi Galan! 2:09:20 553 3 Alan & Marlene Latimore .Volvo 2:18:10 570 4 Michael Muldoon/David Booth Datsun 1200 2:38:56 Class 6 • Restricted Challenger Buggy - 5 start - 2 finish 692 1 Greg Yarnold/Matthew Latimore Buggy 2:19:08 636 2 Peter Trotter/Brian Thompson Buggy 2:19:58 Class 7 - ·Production 4x4 - 2 start - 1 finish 703 1 Eric Whitbread/Scott Fischer Mitsubishi l200 2:32:35 Class 8 - Modified 4x4 - 5 start - 2 finish 804 1 Ian Hedley/Darryl Smith Ford Bronco 2:01:26 805 2 Grahame Baxter/Peter Avery Nissan Patrol 2:17:01 Class 9 -Unlimited Single Seat - 5 start - 1 finish 945 Terry Ward Buggy 2:35:20 Starters 88 - Finishers 40 - 45%- Race Distance 14 laps - 100 miles - 163 km. Fastest Prologue - Howard Ford - Fastest Long Lap - Neill Morrison - Fastest Short Lap - Barry Johnson -Best All Girl Crew - Jan HedleytCec Van Vleit November 1992 0/A 7 11 20 24 2 5 9 to 14 3 4 6 8 15 28 40 13 22 31 39 32 33 36 12 30 37 2WD . Class 5 field, while her husband Ian led the modified Class 8 in a Bronco. Barry Johnson was the quickest off that front row and the dust free run helped him clock fastest time for Race 1. David Mendham pushed his turbo Rotary buggy up into second over another Class 1, Cliff Alderton with Mitsubishi power. Ford was the fourth fastest and heading Class 9. Robert Graham was leading Class 2 in seventh, but was getting a hurry-up from his son, Jason, in eighth and leading Class 3. Ian Hedley was impressive moving up ten places to run away with Class 8. Matthew Martin was the first retirement after a roll over resulted in a jammed gearbox. Buchanan lost his front running position with fuel pump prob-lems. Keith lost a wheel on his brand new turho Baja and lost time, while John Muldoon rolled his Class 7, 4x4 limited Land-cruiser. That completed Satur-day's racing. The next race on the Sunday saw the field regrouped in finishing order of the previous race. Unfortunately for Buchanan this meant starting 60th. David Mendham won the start of the first heat, but was penali~ed for alleged jumping, giving Barry Johnson the leading Race 2 time. But the surprise was in second place, none other than Buchanan driving his heart out. Ford was next quickest over fellow Class 9 driver, Chad Conner in a new car with Alfa Romeo power. Class l mounted Neill Morrison was staying in touch with fifth quickest Race 2 time. Alderton dropped back with clutch problems, while Mark Bush blew the motor in his Class 9, but soon had his spare fitted. Jan Hedley had a flat tire allowing Robert Pagan's Rotary Mazda pickup to get fastest Class 5 time. Irons still led the Class 4 field in his distinctive pink Baja. Race 3 had the same start order as Race 2, but somehow Buchanan went one better and clocked fastest time, which was amazing considering he was running amongst slower cars. Johnson was slowed with a flat tire, while Dusty Times

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Cliff and Dennis Alderton use Mitsubishi power in the Class 1 Trekka, and had a good day in the woods and mountains taking second in class, seventh 0 /A. Warren Irons with Lisa King, had a great race in the Class 4 Baja, winning the prologue and used Toyota power to dominate the small class all weekend. Looking a lot like a rally car, the Mitsubishi Ga/ant of Graham Smith and Cathy Marzol had no apparent trouble and was second in Class 5, 22nd 0/A. Mendham had CV failure. Ford had a steering seizure and slammed a tree. Ross Mason's Class 8 Pathfinder rolled, and he 'cl only owned it a week! Behind Buchanan came Alderton and Morrison, then the Class 2 of Doug Adams. Young Jason Graham still led 3 and beat his father home this time. Both the Hedleys still set the pace in their respective classes and Tim Yeadon was the fastest single seater that race. There·was then a lengthy break as crews prepared for the grueling long laps into the hills, while timekeepers regrouped the field again in total time order for the start. The front row, i.e. the top four to this point, were Barry Johnson, Neill Morrison, Doug Adams, and Robert Graham. Row 2 comprised Steven Jones, Jason Graham, Chad Conner and Geoff Beckett. When the Christ-mas tree lights hit green it was Morrison getting the quickest start to lead the pack. Johnson tucked into second, with Graham holding down third. Buchanan's charge for the lead came to an end with a broken tie rod, while Jeff Bryant's awesome Corvette broke an accelerator cable. Into lap 2 and it was still Morrison, Johnson, Graham, Adams and Conner. Mark Bush's race was over with lack of brakes in the single seater. Then the same problem dropped Conner from " the lead group. Then yet another Class 9 retired, Yeadon with broken engine mounts. Robert Graham's run in the top three came to an end with a clutch cylinder problem. The lead group was falling apart when Johnson too pulled up, his problems were traced to a blown cliff. This lifted some pressure off Morrison, who after five long laps took the checker some 1-1 12 minutes clear of Doug Adams. Geoff Beckett came across the line third, just ahead of Jason Graham, then Jones. Incredibly in ninth place for the long, Race 4 was Jan Hedley, a mere single second ahead of husband Ian Hedley! So, when all four race times were totaled up it was the Hankook tires, Class 1 of Neill Morrison taking the overall win. Second place and first Class 2 was Doug Adams, while third was Jason Graham, edging out Geoff Beckett for the Class 3 trophy by eight seconds. Steven Jones brought his Class 2 home fifth, over the Class 3 of Richard Wilton. In the class placings; Cliff Alderton took second in Class 1 · behind Morrison, with Andrew Meade's turbo VW buggy third. In Class 2 behind Adams and Jones came Dick Allport, ninth overall. Warren Irons' Baja with Toyota twin cam power, dominat-ed Class 4 all weekend and scored Dusty Times ff!. Jan Hedley and Gee Van Vliet got the job done in Class 5 for 2WO-pickups and sedans, flying the Ford F-150 into 13th overall on their way to the class win by a husky seven minute margin. Jan also won the prologue in class. Ian Hedley with Dusty Times reporter Darryl Smith riding in the Ford Bronco, won the Modified 4x4 Class 8, and Ian took 12th overall just 31 seconds faster than his wife Jan to take Tin Top honors. the class win. K·eith Fordham thefulldistancepickingupfourth drove the only other Baja to place. ChallengerClass6 belonged complete all the laps. to Peter Trotter all weekend, that The Class 5 2WD award went was until 50 yards from the finish to Jan Hedley with a top drive into when he ran out of gas! As he 13th overall. Graham Smith's refueled, Greg Yarnold drove by little Mitsubishi came second to win, a disappointed Trotter over the Hemi powered Volvo of picked up second. Eric Whit-Alan Latimore. Michael Mui-bread'sMitsubishipickupwasthe doon's tiny Datsun 1200 got in only 4x4 Clas_s 7 _to do all laps and actually finished with only top finished, that of Terry Ward right gear intact. Ian Hedley's Class 8 off the pace in 37th overall. Bronco had a trouble free race and Less than half of the 88 starters stormed into 12th overall beating actually completed the full quota Jan by 31 seconds for the first Tin of laps. But, one thing was for Top home honor. Grahame certain, everyone enjoyed them-Baxter's VS Nissan Patrol blew a selves and the Hunter Valley Off front cliff, but still got in for Road Racing Association once sec,ond place. The attrition rate in again put on a very successful Class 9 was high. In fact, only one Milbrodale Mountain Classic. ~ -l:!J~uap· ©5filEE® ~ -!S1-M-PS_O_N! 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CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Harris Done Makes History at the TreeLine By John Elkin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. The Prescott Jeeps are tough, and Jeff Hendricks and Noble Jones diced back and forth for the overall lead but their Comanche ended up second overall and second in Stock Class, retaining the points lead tool Harris Done and Larry Scott are only the third stock class team to nab an overall win, and they had a rally long fight for the honor but got the job done in the Mazda RX 7, winning overall and in Stock Class. Bill Malik ar,d Raine Anderson had a clean day in the Volvo 240 and placed second in Open Class by only three minutes, and they took fourth overall. Round six of the 1992 Calif-ornia Rally Series returned teams to Palmdale, CA for the Treeline Rally, a coefficient 3 SCCA Divisional Pro Rally organized by Dan Hook, Lon Peterson and Sam Moore. Twenty rally teams converged on the Ramada Inn of Palmdale on September 18-20. The event covered roads used in the Rim of the World Rally between Acton and the Little Roc;:k Dam area. 75 stage miles were split among eight stages. Race day saw warm temperatures near 90 degrees at the 12:45 p.rn. PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA DENNY'S ~] RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERY DAY VEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 40 YEARS Page40 start as cars left to do battle with the challenging roads. ~-·'-' Tires were the concern sur-rounding the first four stages before a dinner break. Stage 1 was all dirt while stages 2 and 3 were 90% paved. Worn rally tires or aggressively grooved street tires were the call of many teams, but Ron Wood and Kelly Wafsh, had overheating problems in the high country with the VW Scirocco, but they kept it moving fast enough to finish first in Open Class and third overall. with the fourth stage before Class car. Following are the corn-service dirt again. Nobody could petitor's stories in overall finish-find a happy medium. The ingorder. remaining four stages in the even-Harris Done and Larry Scott ing were all dirt. became only the third Stock Class The organizers planned the team in CRS history to. nab an route with a service break after overall win, driving the Inde-every two stages, utilizing two ser-pendent Mazda-Honda Ca re vice areas, the first at Placerita Mazda RX-7. It was nip and tuck Canyon Park and the second and all day with Jeff Hendricks as the third at Mill Creek Summit, with· two swapped the lead in class and a stage start only one quarter mile finally overall several times. away. It gave team service crews a Going into the final stage Hen-chance to watch some action also dricks had Done by 14 seconds. between the two final service With 9,789 miles left to race stops. Other beneficial thinking Done and Scott decided to go for by the new organizers included as it, and that they did winning the short a transit as possible mileage stage by 30 seconds and winning wise, but extra time given, which the rally by 16 seconds. At the helps eliminate speeding on trans-awards breakfast Harris made it a its by over anxious teams or one , point to thank everybody he ever that have to change a tire. John knew in rallying that led to this Fletcher of Fletcher Fire Systems pinnacle in his career to date. provided a delicious hamburger Driving the Willow Creek dinner at the fully catered dinner Tire/Goodyea.r Wrangler Jeep break. Reflective tape on course Comanche, Jeff Hendricks and markings for the night stages was Noble Jones had the truck flying great too. over the rough and waterbar Competition was fierce among strewn roads. Although the duo the mighty twenty. The class from Prescott, Arizona came up breakdown was 11 Open Class, short in their bid for the overall eight Stock Class and one GT and class win, they enjoyed ,. ;,:,,:.;, ~.aAZ. ,t" -5.: :..'~J)/ -i ,.-There has to be a vintage Datsun 510 on any CRS rally, and this well restored beauty was driven by Tony Chavez and Jose Soria in tidy fashion to score fourth in Stock Class and sixth overall. November 1991 second place overall and in Stock Class and still hold the points lead for the year end championship. · Ron Wood and Kelly Walsh, driving the VW Specialties Scirocco overcame a one minute delay on stage 2, overheating on stages 3 and 4 that saw the engine water temperature climb to 300 degrees and a hard enough hit into a bank to put a minor crack in the windshield to take third overall and first place in Open Class. This was the first class victory for Wood and Walsh. Driving the Scott Irvine Volvo of Valencia entry Bill Malik and Raine Anderson have got the Volvo 240 sorted oat nicely in Open Class trim. Reporting a clean day the pair recorded fourth overall and second place in class trailing the VW by over three minutes. Steve Scott and Chris Smith are quickly becoming hard chargers driving the OT Auto Wreck-ing/Kramms Beer Toyota Celica. In this only their fourth rally they garnered fifth overall and third in Stock Class. The run was not picture perfect; Steve reported several small "driving errors" (read crashed) on his way to his best finish to date. Francisco Chavez and Jose Soria are also new to our sport, but making their presence known driving the Condor Racing Datsun 510. Driving hard and keeping out of trouble netted the team a fourth in Stock Class and sixth overall. The team also made a stop on stage to help right a rolled car ( that of David White and yours truly). At the awards the next day, for their help the team was presented a case of their favorite beer. It pays to be a good samaritan. Mike Marcy and RobertTallini drive a privateer Plymouth Sapporo and are yet another example of a new team showing Dusty Times

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.,,,w; Steve Scott and Chris Smith did great in only their fourth rally, Michael Marcy and Robert Tallini are another new team driving driving the Toyota Celica through the hills to third in Stock a proven car, and they took the Plymouth Sapporo to fifth in Class, fifth overall. Stock Class and seventh 0/A. -----------------------Irwin Salgado and Jenneer Salgado got a slow start in their Toyota Corolla, but they picked up the pace later on and finished sixth Stock, ninth 0 /A. Ricky Dela Cuesta and James Recto had a well turned out Dodge (Mitsubishi) Colt which they drove to a fine fourth in Open Class and took tenth overall. improvement quickly. Smart driving on difficult roads netted them a fifth in Stock Class and seventh overall. The car is a proven winner under a previous owner, and with showings like these it shouldn't be long before major success finds these two newcomers. Privateers Jimmy Fortaleza and Joseph Pascua drove their Toyota Starlet around most of the carnage surrounding Open Class to survive and smartly finish third in class and eighth overall. Again, this is a new team showing signs of great things to come. the lead when the car encountered demonstrated by these two. a really big rock, spinning them Some days you can't win. Jorge into the hillside and rolling the and Nelson Sousa are regular 323 onto its roof. The pair waited campaigners in the CRS with their with the tow strap out hoping Ma.:da RX-7 in Open Class. On someone would stop to pull the the first stage the pair got hung up car back onto its wheels. on a berm. They were towed off Francisco Chavez played the good the berm and in the hurry to guy and stopped to help. The rebuckle in the car they accident-Ma.:da refired once the oil drained ally set off the car's fire out of the head and the pair extinguisher. After the dry motored on with a broken rear chemical settled, the pair tried suspension to a finish, first in GT again and went on to finish the Class and a lucky 13th overall. stage. Stages 2 and 3 were Traffic could get tight on the fire road stages, but Jimmy Fortaleza and Joseph Pascua drove their Toyota Starlet to third Open Class, eighth 0 /A. Jeff and Chris Griffin had the Volvo out front for the first two stages, then had big trouble, but carried on to finish fifth in Open Class, 11th 0 /A. , ~r~. Irwin Salgado and Jenner Salgado started slowly in their Toyota Corolla, and then climbed through the pack late in the rally to finish sixth in Stock Class and ninth overall. Driving a vintage Datsun 510 uneventful, and they posted very Mike Gibeault had the distinct good times, but on stage 4 the pleasure of introducing yet Ma.:daquitrunningandtheytook another Peterson to the world of 25 minutes to effect repairs. By Pro rail y, Jennifer, middle stage 7 Jorge and Nelson were just daughter of Lon Peterson filled in trying to finish, but hit a rock wall as a last minute navigator. Mike tore the front suspension up and reports the second generation flattened two tires. Their day was Peterson performed admirably done. David White and John Elkin had mixed results in the Mazda G TX, winning the GT Class, a done deal as the only class entry, but en route to the finish line White rolled the tidy Mazda over a rock, but they finished. Ricky Dela Cuesta and J. Recto drove a beautifully prepared Dodge Colt. Ricky is a new driver to our CRS series and he is learning the ropes well. He pressed on to fourth in Open Class and tenth overall. Jeff and Chris Griffin posted fast time on stage 1 by 12 seconds in the TRS sponsored Volvo. But stage 2 saw the brothers hit a rock causing a brake caliper to lock and the Volvo slid partly off the road hanging up the car by the undercarriage. This blocked Wood's VW for the minute mentioned earlier. Griffin got clear of the road as quickly as possible to allow traffic to pass, made repairs, but lost 26 minutes in the meantime. The duo spent the remainder of the rally coming up through the pack to fifth place in Open Class and 11th 0 / A. Driving the second Condor Racing Datsun 510 Al Chavez and Arturo Cardenas spent extra time on stage 3 due to unknown ills. But they chased up through the pack to take sixth in Open Class and 12th 0 / A. David White and John Elkin were the lone entrants in GT Class driving the Red Line Oil Mazda 323 GTX. With nothing to lose Dave tried for the overall win. Running second overall going into stage 5, no sooner had he passed the ailing leader and taken Dusty Times even when losing the odometer. Driving the B& T Auto Subaru While running third in Stock DeltaS4 Victor Brasil and George Class, keeping within striking Tavar~·s led overall going into distance of the leaders, the Datsun stage 5 when the engine expired shed a wheel on stage 7. Mike and and second gear failed. The pair Jennifer lost 50 minutes in repairs were spotted high above the road but pressed on to the finish, enjoying the rally as it passed seventh in stock class, 14th them by. overall and the final official Driving a hybrid Mazda GLC finishers. Joao and Guillerme Brasil were T any and Carlos Tavares drove leading several stages until motor a hybrid Toyota FX-16 with four troubles brought them to a halt wheel drive and a Celica engine. about midway through the event. Tony encountered overheating All in all everyone had very woes very early, ending the day good things to say about this first for the two after stage 2. time rally and first time organizers. Jeff Bruett and Deb Pearson The rally ended about half an drove the PIAA Lights Dodge hour late, which is very good Charger, fighting for position these days. The high attrition rate early with Steve Scott while and errors suffered by many were trading third and fourth place. In attributed to the long stretch the heat of battle the Charger between events. Everyone had a broke a motor mount causing the bit much adrenaline built up. engine and transmission to move As long as these roads stay in about rather freely. Shifting did good shape even after various not come easy, and finally the rainstorms and earthquakes, problem manifested itself to a Palmdale could become the new major problem on stage 6 and the rail ying mecca for southern pair were done. California. The town welcomes us Tony Dela Cuesta and E. andissupportive,theRamadainn Villegas drove the Explorer Lights makes for one of the finest rally Toyota Corolla, but Tony and his headquarters we've had in a while navigator suffered a rollover very and there is no shortage of usable early in the event, about a quarter roads. Next the CRS will gather in mile off the start. Tony did Gorman, California for the eventually get onto the road again Gorman Ridge Rally on October and drove the remainder of the 24th, and this will be the fipal rally for fun and experience. A points paying event in the 1992 great press on regardless spirit was California Rally Series. November 1991 d>.'~ Slieli . 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FRY SUPERSTITION 250 REVISITED The Bikes, ATVs and Desert Lites Got The Adion Started ByFtul. It was nearly a side by side race for first overall bike all the way but at the finish Craig Smith and Dewey Belew won the race overall and in Open class by under a minute from the Means team. The Budweiser Family of Beers presented Race 3 of the five event Superstition Championship Series, and we covered the car 2ction last month. But the bikes, A TVs and DesertLites had just as neat a race last August and they are scrambling for year end championships also. Near Lake Superstition the feel for speed roared to life a few minutes before the sun got up. It was 6:00 a.m . and the desert was alive with A TVs, bikes and DesertLites. The 1992 Superstition 250 was under way, eight times around a 25.8 mile track that could only be described as breathtakingly fast. Only a dash of mudhills slowed the speed for a heartbeat, thus the stage was set for some fantastic finishes. In the Motorcycle Division, which started first, Phil Means' machine ignited on first kick and shifted into warp speed immed-iately. Dewey Belew blasted off on the same wave length. Over the desert they flew. Means was an eyelash in front at check 1, without stopping to wipe they fled down the outhouse freeway, darted around the pucker bushes and arrived at check 2 with positions unchanged. Together they thundered into the mudhills, stormed the silt monsters and swept through home check separated by less than a wheel length. Phil Means had led the first lap. Time to change partners, Jimmy Means for Phil Means, and Craig Smith for Dewey Belew. Jimmy Means was in front, then Craig Smith, then Means. Then finally in the mudhills Smith gained enough ground to lead into home check. OOphs! Belew's seat had broken and the repairs were quite complete. Craig Smith would have to bang bars for the second consecutive lap. The third lap turned out to be the deciding one. Craig Smith and Dewey Belew would lead the Means brothers to the checkered flag, but not by much. At the end of over two hundred miles the winning margin was under a minute! Belew and Smith finished first Open Class while the Means brothers captured the vet title. The only difference between the race for the 250 crown and the overall was the top speed of the bikes. John and Rick Flores played the part of the hare, and Sal Garcia and Neal Goldsmith, the hound. On some laps the hare would gain a couple of hops, and on others the hound a few strides. Then on lap 7 the hare had a heart attack, the engine died, and the hounds of Sal Garcia and Neal Goldsmith panted into the winner's circle. The Buzz Bombs in 125 class made a beeline for check 1 with a turtle leading the lion, Brent Coleman vs. Jason Corfman. Robert Prayther had already seized his team's first bike. On lap 2 the old warhorse Ed Foland replaced Jason Corfman and in the stretch run roared past the ripper, Robbie Pippin, the turtle's partner. Soon the turtle, Brent Coleman had broken his shell from too many ground hugs, making it two, Corfman and Foland against one, Pippin, with the results as expected. Corf-man/ Foland won, Pippin/ Cole-man were second and Prayth-er /Sievers seized two bikes leaving them where the s·un doesn't shine. The Senior class victory went to Mike Harper and John Bilkey. Photos: C & C Photos Not that unusual considering they have approximately a thousand years experience between them. Two Open Expert teams tangled for the title of Overall Sportsman. Dennis "Doc" Green and Chuck Bucey took on the perennial Sportsman winners Israel Estrada and Ron Wilson. It looked like the same old scenario at the end of the first lap as Estrada led Bucey. However, Dennis Green put the first chink in the armor when he finished in front of Wilson on lap 2. From then on the Green/ Bucey team slowly but surely pulled away to earn the title of First Sportsman. The Sportsman 125 Class title was won by Tim "Sandbagger" Belew and Von Medeariz. It could have been another close race between them and the Justin Hollmann/ Bob Bell team, how-ever, after one lap Bell could not escape from the_ clutches of the porcelain throne. Thus the outcome was soon a forgone con cl us ion. Belew I Medea riz finished third Sportsman, first Novice. Second Novice, fourth Sportsman belonged to the team of Aaron Colvin/ Bill T schumper-lin. The Sportsman Vet Class was also a Novice victory. It went to Craig Rens and Jeff Hart. Joe Dobose and Mark Schmittoc broke the Novice strangle hold on the Sportsma·n classes as they won the Senior Sportsman Class in the Amateur Division. In the ATV Division the cream of the crop of the international A TV champions showed up to do battle. The Engen brothers, Dean Sundahl and Mike Douthitt, Steve Mamer and Ben Schlimme, Greg Bringle and Doug and Mike Roll, Greg Row and Jimbo Zinn, and Todd Hunter with Greg Price and Mitch Canepa. The Prerace scuttlebutt was about how this was a Banshee course and that the 250s were racing for whatever was left over. However, before the outcome of a race is decided it's best to run it first. Banshee's made up three of the top five positions at the close of the first lap. Greg Bringle, Banshee, followed by Greg Row, 250, then Rod Engen, Banshee, Steve Mamer, 250 and Dean Sundahl, Banshee. Then the meltdowns started. First to go was the Engen Brothers. However, Bringle/ Roll/ Roll still led with Row/ Zinn second and Sundahl/ Douthitt moving around Mamer/ Schlimme because of Schlimme's Greg Row and Jimbo Zinn led the A TV Division from mid-distance, and as others had mechanical woes, they did not and won A TV Division overall and the 250 class as well. mechanical problems. In the next lap Bringle/Roll/Roll melted down, and Greg/Row/Jimbo Zinn zipped into the lead. The positions were now set in concrete. Row and Zinn on a 250 defeated Bringle/Roll/Roll, second, and Sundahl/Douthitt, third, both teams on Banshees, with Mamer /Schlimme sneaking in fourth on a 250. In the Sportsman A TV Division it was the Boneheads vs. "Wheel" Barrow and Richard McMillen. There were two Bonehead teams: " King" Newland/Greg Gibbs and Eric Dunlavey/Jim "Cigar" Monisegur. Newland/Gibbs led from the git go with Barrow/ McMillin pushing on the rope as hard as they could, but only gaining slightly. Meanwhile Dunlavey/Monisegur lay in third just waiting for a mistake. It came on the last lap. Trying to gain a few precious seconds needed to take over first ATV Sportsman, the Barrow/ McMillin team opted not to stop for fuel. They ran out and with that ran out their hopes for first. "King" Newland/ Gregg Gibbs won, Eric Dunlavey/ "Cigar" Monisegur swept into second and Barrow/McMillin dropped to third. Nathan Goodsell and Sam Hilfiker won the ATV 250 Novice Class with John Greg-ory I Art Roach winning the Open A TV Novice Class. The Open A TV Amateur Class win went to Martin McNeer and Russ Wood. The ATV Vet Class victory went to Cathy Cleberg and Tom Sullivan and the A TV 200 Class title went to Robert Svatora and David Deleon. The DesertLite Division race was no different from the rest of the divisions. The overall winner would come from behind. Paul "Sky" King dashed into the lead much to the surprise of Steve Fenton who is accustomed to being first. Fenton was followed closely by Eddie Morris and then Stu Peace. At a road crossing on the second lap King Sky'd it and landed after seeing many views of sky-ground-sky-ground-ground. Steve Fenton in his Green Apple assumed his normal position, first and finished first overall and Open DesertLite. Meanwhile Stu Peace was setting a pattern, go fast, break, go fast, break, until finally he went fast enough long enough to finish second overall. Mark Theil won the battle of Class 77 over John "Peanuts" Shult: with a third overall. Art Gibbs of I won another trophy fame, decisioned the team of Albie Poston/ Travis Wagner to win the Pilot Division. The father and son team of Bryan and James Saasta won the 360 class because James did not see any photo-graphers and did not have to stop to see if he got his picture taken. Steve Fenton was all alone and on his way to winning the Desert SuperLite class, as usual, here, but this round he had some serious competition in the early laps, but he came thru to win. Jimmy Means and brother Phil led off and on vying for the overall title, but they had to settle for second overall and first place, of course in Vet class. Ed Foland made the stretch run in the 125 class, and with Jason Corfman the starting rider, the pair won the class handily, well up in the overall. John Bi/key and Mike Harper fly over the soft trail on the way to a keen, almost easy victory in the Senior class. Pagc4t November 1991 Dusty Times

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OJIBWE FORESTS SCCA PRO RALLY Paul Choiniere Wins His Sixth In Northern Minnesota Photos: Rick Corwine/Lorne Trezise Surviving steady rain and several downpours over the two day rally, Paul Choiniere and co-driver Jeff Becker swept the 40 car field to win the Ojibwe Forests Rally by more than eight minutes overall in the Audi Quattro. It rained off and on around Bemidji, Minnesota the last week of August prior to the SCCA Ojibwe Forests Pro Rally, Round 5 of the Subaru Pro Rally Championship. The two day, 540 mile rally has 220 stage miles and is the· longest event in the series. The organizers describe their rally _....,_·as an endurance event, but not necessarily a car breaker. There were six stages, 44 stage miles, on Friday night and the remaining 17 stages, 1 72 stage miles, ran over 14 hours on Saturday into Sunday morning. The route took competitors through parts of the Chippewa National Forest and the White.Earth, Paul Bunyan and Two Inlets State Forests. The Paul Bunyan Divisional Rally ran in conjunction with the Ojibwe national championship event. This rally had no dust prob-lems; the weather was more cloudy and damp with low temperatures, and there was steady rain part of the time and several downpours during the long rally. A total of 42 cars took the start at 7:30 p.m., but more than half of them were destined to fail before reaching the finish line. After three stages the Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker Audi Quattro led overall by several seconds over Frank and Dan Sprong!, Quattro and Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge, the FLY with the Supercars in '93! Introducing Iha most radical car calendar of 1993 ... Group B Rally Supercars/ Lancia, Peugeot, Ford, Audi, MG Metro, Porsche ... latter team leading Group A in their new Subaru Legacy. Carl Merrill and Jon Wickens were fourth followed by Bruno Kreibich/Doug Shepherd, both cars in Open class and all five under a minute blanket. Tim O'Neil's Mitsubishi Galant led the GT class, and W .G. Giles/ Bob Pierce had their new Nissan Sentra SE-R in the Production class lead, not far off the pace. As expected, Roger Hull and Rob Cherry led the truck group in their Jeep Comanche. The Subaru Pride in Profes-sionalism award for national rallyists goes to the best prepared car as judged by the local tech inspector, the Subaru motor-sports manager and the series manager. The cash award at Oj ibwe went to a new entry in the series, a former Shellzone Race Truck, the Toyota crew of Mark Alderson and Bill Boggs. There were some in trouble on the early stages. Jon Pizzagalli and John Elkin rolled their VW Rabbit off the road on stage 3 and ended up trapped in the car lying against a tree. A following team stopped and helped them get back on the road and they continued in the rally. Chad DiMarco had a turbo shaft break on the Subaru on stage 5, but the Sube Sports crew replaced the turbo before the restart Saturday. Dick Corley crashed his Mitsubishi Eclipse but JANLWIY 1'193 the most exciting rally cars the world has ever seen captured by the best international motorsport photographers. Each calendar measures a full· 24" x 18", is printed on acid-free, museum quality gloss stock, and is shipped RALLYSPORT flat In special heavy-duty cartons. This unique collector's . . ttem is available for only $29.95 (plus $5.00 S&H). 18 Madison Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004 Please order early before supplies run out 1-eoo-ns-0H1 • :!"as : 201-575-2508 Pagc44 planned to continue on Saturday after·repairs, saying the first night was "qualifying". The DNFsafter. the first night included Jon Kemp/Gail McGuire, Audi Quattro with a blown intercooler on stage 2, Gary and Judi Gooch with a broken water pump on the Toyota pickup on stage 4 , and Ed Maklenburg/Bill Siess, off the road on stage 5 in the Olds . Omega. After the Friday stages the Audi Quattro of Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker led overall followed in 22 seconds by the Quattro of Frank and Dan Sprong!. In Production GT, Steve Nowicki and Mark Greenisen, Mazda 323 GTX were up to fourth overall and were leading Tim O'Neil by more than one minute. W .G. Giles had a 45 minute lead over Peter Cunningham in Production and with the Gooch 's out Roger Hull's lead over Greg Healey, Dodge Ram So,· was more than three minutes in the Rally truck class. Carl Merrill and Jon Wickens were planning to not hold back and try to win the rally. It rained all night, and the Ojibwe appeared to be a mudflap race, taking place all day in the rain. Northeastern. U .S. and Canadian drivers liked it, as they fancy themselves good "mud-ders." Reports from the first service area on Saturday afternoon reveal that the scattered showers felt at the restart in the morning had turned into heavy rain in the White Earth State Forest, creating muddy and slippery conditions for all. There were plenty of damage reports. Chad DiMarco put the Subaru up in the air on stage 3 "as far as I've ever seen a rally car fly", according to safety steward Rusty Campbell; the suspension broke when the car landed. DiMarco said he was going over 100 mph when the road took a sudden dip and the Legacy went flying, coming down about 30 yards later on its front wheels. The tires were pushed b ack into the front fenders and damaged the front suspension, already wounded by a large rock hit earlier. Running third with very competitive times, Tim O'Neil and Tom Burgess won the Production GT Class in quick time and placed third overall in their best drive, in fact their first finish in the new Mitsubishi Ga/ant. Bruno Kreibich and Doug Shepherd kept their Audi Quattro in good shape and finished a fine second overall and second in the Open Class competition. Carl Merrill high centered the Mitsubishi somewhere in the woods and is out of the rally. Both Production class leading contenders are also out of the rally, The W .G . Giles Nissan Sentra slid -off the road on stage 3 and was unable to continue, stuck right on a corner making the road impassable to following cars. Jim and James Wilson gave the Sentra a tug with a tow rope, getting them out of the impact zone. Then later on that stage the Wilsons slid off the road and wedged the Mitsu-bishi between a couple of stumps. They could not free the car and were forced to drop out. On stage· 2 the Peter Cunningham/Joe Andieini Acura lntegra met a similar fate, leaving the Produc-tion class battle to the VW GTI of Bob Elliott/Terry Epp and the Ford Escort of Barry and Sandy Latreille. Choiniere/Becker stretched their lead over the Sprongls after the first four Saturday stages to over a minute and a half. Kreibich/Shepherd ran third in the all Audi show, while the Tim O'Neil/Tom Burgess Mitsubishi Eclipse was fourth overall and leading Production GT. However, the Sprong! Audi slammed into a tree on stage 5. Both drivers reported to be OK, but the car was out of the rally with the engine pushed back four inches into the driver's compartment. The Paul Bunyan's Ride Divisional rally started from the Shooting Star Casin'o in Mahno-men, Minnesota. Carl Merrill and Jon Wickens, who fell out of the National Friday night, re-entered as Divisional only entrants in the repaired Mitsubishi and after four stages were leading the event. Second came Henry and Cindy Krolikowski, Dodge, followed by the Mitsubishi of Corley/Smith and the Acura lntegra of Cunning-ham/ Andreini in an exact tie on time. AftL·r stage 8 the total times including Friday stages, 14 in all, showed, unofficially, that Choiniere had over six minutes lead on Kreibich, who had O'Neil just a couple minutes behind him. In another two minutes came Nowicki, then the Krolikowskis in another two minutes. Seven minutes later Elliott/Epp were leading Production class with the Latreilles ten minutes behind. Hull and Cherry had a six minute lead over Healey/MacLeod in the truck class, and Alderson and Boggs trailed by another eight minutes. Out of the rally is the Mark Larson/Gary Starr Dodge Charg-er, that had a fine run in the team's first national rally by placing fifth Steve Nowicki and Mark Greenisen stayed close in the Production GT Class contest and finished fourth overall and second in class in the Mazda 323 G TX. Dusty Times

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Peter Cunningham and Joe Andreini were forced out of the National Rally on the first night, but entered the Divisional in the Acura lntegra and came in a close third-overall there. CRS regular Matt Sweeny and Michigan's Jimmy Brandt combined to bring the propane powered Toyota pickup in sixth overall in the Divisional Rally. The Subaru Pride and Professional award winners were, left to right, Janet Boggs, crew, Bill Boggs, co-driver, Mark Alderson, driver and Justin Connell, crew. · Open on Friday, but on Saturday Larson slid off the course on stage 2. Also out was the Jeff Hend-rick /Noble Jones Jeep Comanche, in the points hunt for the Rally Truck class title, with a failed fuel system on stage 1 on Saturday. Divisional competitors Mark Lietha and Dean Rushford went off on the first leg of the divisional, stage 5, breaking an A arm and ball joint on the Nissan Sentra. Mike Hurst/Gary Hab-erny broke a ste.ering knuckle on the Nissan 200 SX on stage 6. Cars were scattered all over the muddy forest roads. After stage 14 ( or three stages from the end), only half of the cars were running and conditions continued to deteriorate. John Buffum, series manager, and Beryl Ann Rurton, rally organizer, decided to cancel the remaining stages, as the times were strung out enough that no one could gain any significant positions in the last portion. Last year the final stage had to be canceled because of storm damage, so maybe this is becoming the hallmark of Ojibwe. Even with a shorter run, the national rally had just 14 finishers out of 30 starters, while the divisional rally, covering Saturday's stages 5-14 had 16 starters and 12 finishers. Henry and Cindy Krolikowski drove the Dodge Shadow into fifth overall, third Roger Hull and Rob Cherry finished a great seventh overall in the Jeep in Open Class in the National rally, and they also were second in the divisional Comanche pickup and they won the Rally Truck class where they lead in Paul Bunyan's Ride event. championship points. Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker are well on the way to the 1992 championship scoring a convinc-ing Ojibwe victory, their Audi Quattro 11 minutes ahead of the second Open and second overall uattro of Bruno Kreibich and Dick Corley and Lance Smith won the Divisional Rally by 14 seconds in their Mitsubishi, and they also finished fourth in Open Class and eighth overall in the National Rally. Doug Shepherd. Tim O'Neil and Tom Burgess kept the Mitsubishi Galant together this time out and not only won Production GT class but they took third overall. Close behind in GT class and overall came Steve Nowicki and Joe Andreini, Mazda 323 GTX, Trackside Photo, Inc. Racing photography since 1970 We cover all La Rana, SCORE/HORA, and Calif. Rally Series events. When you need action photos, call us! Call us for: Calendars• Press Kits• Photo Business Cards• Autograph sheets Dusty Times P .0 .. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (310) 670-6896 November 1991 -------------------Barry and Sandra Latreille brought their Ford Escort in ninth overall in the National Rally and they won the Production Class by over 20 minutes, a most unusually large time margin. about three minutes back, and just a minute ahead of Henry and Cindy Krolikowski in the Dodge Shadow, Steve Gingras and Bill Wes trick were sixth in another Mazda, followed by the Arizona Jeep of Roger Hull and Rob Cherry just ahead of the Open class Mitsubishi of Dick Corley and Lance Smith. Barry and Sandra Latreille were ninth overall in winning Production class in a Ford Escort, after the leading-ll]f' HE BUMP STOPS HERE Introducing the MARVIN SHAW ENGINEERING BUMP STOP! Stop the up-travel on your suspension with this advanced bump stop system. These Bump Stops oome oomplete with a mounting system, poly-eurethane end piece, and enough valving to get the job done. ECONOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 per pair. Including the mounting hardware and the GAS bolts FOR M:>AE INFORMATION ON 11-ilS FINE PRODUCT, SEE YOUR CLDSEST OFF ROAD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. MARVIN SHAW ENGINEERING 101 Broadl.vay P.O. Box845 Yarnell, AZ. 85362 1~...t27-3551 Page 45

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Vincente Frontinin and Francisco Arrudba won Group A in the National event, and arrived 13th overall, after some troubles, in the Toyota Celica GTS. In contention for the year end points championship in GT class Jim and James Wilson fell victim to the slippery roads on the storm plagued Ojibwe Rally. Chad DiMarco and Erick Hauge continue to have teething troubles with the new Subaru Legacy, and again they failed to finish a National Rally. ~ VW of Elliott/Epp lost a trans one stage from the end. Greg Healey and John MacLeod got the Dodge Ram in second truck and a Group A in their Toyota Celica fine tenth overall. Vinnie GTS, finishing 13th overall. Frontinan and Frank Arruda won Dick Corley and Lance Smith D,avid Thomas and David Law were fifth in the Divisional Rally, the highest placed of all the Divisional only contestants in the rally and are in contention for their division points title. came back from losing 20 minutes with an accident on Friday to finish the National 11th overall, fourth ·in Open class, and they won the Divisional in the Mitsubishi by less than 14 seconds over the Dodge Shadow of Henry and Cindy Krolikowski. Peter Cunningham/Joe Andreini were third in the Acura Integra in Paul Bunyan's Ride, followed by Steve Gingras and Bill Westrick. Divisional points contenders David Thomas and David Law were fifth in a Mazda, followed by Californian Matt Sweeney with Jimmy Brandt navigating the propane powered Toyota pickup . to sixth place. 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Eventually, when the names of the team contacts were not updated for many months, years in some cases, we discontinued the' service, since ninety percent of our information was out of date, and the people often were no longer involved in off road racing in the desert. But with a host of new people racing in the desert not only in the HORA or SCORE races, but in the La Rana series, the SNORE series, the Supersti-tion series, Baja Promotions in Mexico and VORRA desert events it is time to start over. Some of these teams are second generation racers, and rely on friends to help out with the pit work, perhaps not aware that pit teams exist and their service is far less costly than paying rac·e weekend expenses for your own remote pit crews and chase vehicles. some of them have an "anything goes" attitude while chasing and have caused more than one accident on course it) desert events. The biggest team right now is BFGoodrich with extensive service at the major races with pits all over the race course, but they only pit those on their perform-ance team program, others when they are not busy. At any rate, printed here are the most current listings of pit clubs that we have, courtesy of the La Rana Express. There are more, like Baja Pits, and others and we would like to· add you all to this list. Remember it doesn't cost anything but the stamp to mail us your information, and we would also like to have pit team reports from all after the races. That is also a free service to pit teams and it can get you some new members. CHAPALA DUSTERS Evan Harbottle P.O. Box 1722 Temecula, CA 92593 (714)676-8625 (714)531-4983 CHECKERS Jeff Hibbard- President 13237 Sierra Hwy. Saugus, CA 91350 (805)252-4016 The original pit team was FAIR, the First Association of Independent Racers, an d they forme d some 20 years ago primarily to combine forces in order to pit the long distance races in Baja as well as Parker and the Mint 400, The sport of desert racing grew and so did the concept of pit teams, formed primarily in various geographical areas for convenience of getting to the CORE meetings, and they haul gas, tires Larry Trimble- Race Director and spare parts to the remote 4444 Sierra Hwy. sections of a given race course for Acton, CA 93510 their members who pay a fee for (805)269-5302 the service. In olden days there were few factory supported teams, primarily Bill Stroppe's formidable Ford team, and Goodyear offered not only pit service, but sponsored the Weatherman radio network in Baja as well. However with more vehicle manufacturers and tire companies getting into the game of desert racing the super chase team concept developed for the sponsored entries, and these vehicles can often be found running down the race course to get to their downed entry. We would like to see the concept of chase crews for major entries go away' they raise dust on course the paying customers don't need, and why don't they have station-ary pits like the privateers. And DESERT RACE SUPPORT DRS Craig Lane-President P.O. Box 1822 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619)247-5108 DAYS (619)247-0120 EVES FAIR Dave Massingham 16269 Placid Whittier, CA 90604 (213)943-1816 (714)879-7697 LOS CAMPEONES .Andy Felix 1069 S. Santa Fe Vista, CA 92083 (619)726-0130 Dusty Times

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FRY OTTER Z NIGHT TEAM RACE Craig Smith/Steve Mamer, First Overall, Win The Bikes Andy "Any'' Wehe/John Keefer Win The Desert Lites By Fud Craig Smith hustles across the sandy track en route to first overall and first 250, taking the lead on lap 4 and he and Mamer lapped all but one team too. It was very warm in the The ATVs were led by Steve Imperial Valley on August 22, so Mamer followed closely by Greg Round 10 of the FRT District 38 Row, Rod Engen, Brian Fuller 17 race series ran at night out of and Doug Roll. It was the bike's Plaster City East, CA. This race is turn next and Larry Roeseler led definitely unique. The bikes must Craig Smith by about three team with either an A TV or a seconds, Tim Funk, third, Dan DesertLite. No other teams are Worley, fourth, and Jason allowed. The race starts at 7:00 Corfman (Doug Roll) fifth. On p.m., with the partners changing the third lap Greg Row's ATV every lap. The ATVs start on the broke, so end of the race for Row front row, the DesertLites in the and Roeseler. From then on it was second row, with their bike a battle to see who would finish partners anxiously waiting at second behind Craig Smith and home check ready for the next Steve Mamer. They were so lap. dominant on this 8 .6 mile course The motorcycle teams were that after 15 laps they had lapped awesome! Larry Roeseler/Greg all but second place, at night! Row, Greg Bringle/Robbie For the next several laps three Pippin, Troy Phelps/Mike teams butted heads for second Douthitt, Dan Worley/Rodney place. Funk/ Fuller trying to hold Engen, Craig Smith/Steve off Worley/ Engen, and Phelps/ Mamer, Earl Roberts/Mike Douthitt. At the halfway point Yano, Tim Funk/ Brian Fuller and Phelp s / Douthitt had fi na 11 y those were just the teams edged into second with Funk/ contending for the overall. Fu~le~ third, Worley/ E~gen had Photos: C & C Rael! Photos faded just enough to allow Earl Roberts/Mike Yano to start nipping on their heels. At the finish only the Phelps/Douthitt ( Open Bike) team remained on the same lap as Smith/Mamer (250), Funk/ Filler, Open, held on to third and Roberts/ Yano, Vet class, reached out and yanked Worley/Engen, Vet also, into fifth. In the 125 class Brent Coleman (bike)/Jim Sullivan (ATV) locked lights with Justin Hollman (bike)/"Wheel" Barrow (ATV). Around and around they went changing positions every few laps. When the white flag flew signaling the last lap Sullivan led Barrow by only seconds. Who would win, we all wondered? When Sullivan slashed through the ugly brown ground in the lead, the 125 victory was assured for the Coleman/Sullivan team. Holl-man/Barrow finished a dusty second. The Senior /Super Senior class was won by Mike Harper (bike) and Russ Wood (ATV). The bikes determined the class, and I wonder how Russ Wood, who is light years from 50, will explain how he trophied in the Super Senior Class. In the DesertLite Division the teams here were just as powerful as the bikes. Steve Fenton (DL)/James Henderson (bike). Andy "Any" Wehe (DL)/John Keefer (bike), Bryan Saasta (DL)/Pat Flanigan (bike), John Shultz (DL)/Dewey Belew (Bike), and ArtGibb(DL)/Terry Devore (bike). The only differ-ence between this race and the bikes was it took Andy Wehe and :,.;. 0::f'''""~ :I:) Steve Mamer started on the A TV on most familiar trails, and he and Craig Smith not only won the 250cc bike class, they won the race overall. Troy Phelps teamed with Mike 'Madman' Douthitt on an A TV, and the team was the only one on the same lap as the winner, taking second overall. John Keefer a little longer to climb out of gas. Oophs! Wehe/ Keefer to the top. However, when they and Shultz/ Belew were not about arrived they ran away from the to take any prisoners. Then, in the field. heat of battle, John Shultz broke Steve Fenton led the first lap his toy car. The run for the roses but Keefer put his team in front belonged to Andy Wehe and John on the second lap, only a Keefer, first overall DesertLite heartheat in front of Dewey and first Open Class. Meanwhile, Belew. James Henderson's the birthday boy, Bryan Saasta (Fenton 's partner) seeing eye dog and Pat Flanigan were moving up. has night blindness, thus dropping They dashed around Fenton/ them out of sight. If that wasn't Henderson floundering for fuel, enough, later on when Fenton was flew by the Pilot team of Art making a run at the leaders he ran Gihhs/ T erry Devore and touched down second overall, first 360 Desert Lite. Fenton /Henderson hobbled in third with Gibbs/ Devore winning the Pilot class. The winner of the mini bike race at 5:30 was Brett Sloppy, Ryan Coleman won the PeeWee Class. Andy Wehe took first overall in the Desert SuperLite Division, with John Keifer, not shown; they led from the second lap and won the Open class also. A TV racer Mike Yano teamed with Earl Roberts, not shown, and the pair raced to first place in the Vet Motorcycle class and placed fourth overall too. Commentary: The night T earn race may be the most fun you will ever have in the desert at night. We have seen the lighting systems advance from flashlights on helmets and fenders to the leading edge of technology. Some of the light displays not only da:.::de your imagination, they light up the night like the midday sun. Next year is the tenth anniversary of this event. Grab a buddy and come out and join us for the thrill of a night time! Mike Douthitt herds his A TV down the trail to first Open bike Pat Flanagan teamed with Bryan Shasta and they moved up lap honors with Troy Phelps, second overall. Mike also drives in the by lap in the later part of the race and ended up second overall FRT races for cars. DeserLite Division. Dustvnma November 19ft Bryan Saasta used his two lights to drive, on his birthday, into first in 360 DesertLites with Pat Flanagan, and a nifty second overall in Division. Page47 --

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110 second Ave. -Clty,CAll4oe3 PH 800-383.oeo& FAX415-36Ht06 THIS WJ RSe WEB-CAM PERFOR AMSHAFTS ar sports winning drivers builders. Just professionals before b next cam. Our dedication to pe and qual1t you on iop. Call WEB- ur · for street . strip and $3 for the comp! catalog. John Weddle Chris Weddle Weddle Engineering Performance Transaxle Products Gear Sets, Super-Diffs, Bearing Retainer Plates Complete Racing Transmissions P.O. I3ox 15466•Long Beach, CA 90815 (310) 598-2731, WIND R I V E R G R O U P ADAM WIK 535 E. Central Par1( Anaheim, CA 92802 (714) 956-WIKS • Computerized Oyno • Flow Bench Facility • Tum Key Racing Engines Engines WWEB-CA/111 PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS (714) 369-5144_, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C. JACOBS PRESIDENT 900 STATE MILL ROAD AKRON, OHIO 44319 (2161644-7774 Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Nms • Spindles suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, AZ. 85017 Jack Woods (602) 242-0077 The Straight Poop from the Big Wahz:oo JOHNSON VALLEY 150 -Four Checker cars entered this three lap La Rana night race, that started a little before 6 p.m. in Lucerne. A large contingent of Club pitters and partyers were kept involve~ as the Club produced two 'scary' wins. Gary Bates, with a good lead in hand, turned his 5 car over to' the fast guy' at the halfway point. BJ then charged the' ol man's Baja up to about 5th overall before the ass-end suddenly collapsed on one side. With any hope of an overall gone, Jr. Bates now switched to keeping Pop's low-rider gingerly cruising along over the last part of his final lap, spending a large part of the big lead he and Gary had built up in the process. After the finish BJ claimed that his dad had damaged the torsion housing before he got in, but later Gary was overheard threatening the kid with a strip of fluffy dingle balls on the roll bar if he ever did that again! Congratu-lations once again go out to the Bates'. First place in Class 5! The Club's other winner was prospective member Kevin Davis in his 'Checkered' 1-1600 car. Apparently neither Kevin nor his new car suffered any ill effects from his high speed Fireworks crash, as he reportedly held the lead in the big 1-2-1600 Class at the halfway point. As the race wound down, Davis saw a souring motor allow the second place car to· move up dangerously close. The outlying pits radioed our prospective hero that he was only about 30 seconds ahead and urged him to ·get his ass moving. This was good advice since the car on his tail had 30 seconds on him by way of starting time. It got even more exciting as these two limited buggies charged up close to an open car that was running in the overall spot. As they raced up to the finish line, nobody was roo.tin' harder for Kevin to pull this one out than Crowley. Seems our Checker garage co-Captain was out cruising on his motorcycle, when he came upon a broken 1-2-1600 car. Being a Checker and all around good guy, Dennis quickly Dusty Times fixed it's electrical problem and got this non-Checker car going. Only later, when he·returned to the Main Pit for the finish and heard about Davis' ongoing last lap battle, did he realize that the car he had fixed earlier in the race was now threatening to snatch the win from "Sprinklerman". Finally Crowley was able to breathe a big sigh of relief when Davis pulled out all the stops and grabbed a first in class by 10 seconds, along with the second overall. Congratulations Kevin, ya did good! Mike and Robert Harman's car experienced some problems but placed fifth in Class 10, while Koch and Keeling went out with engine trouble on the first lap. At the post-race tire meeting, Maiocco brought out the last of the Summer Party kegs and the Prez showed up with some 'Club Beer' to wrap up another successful Checker event. GUEST SPEAKERS -At a recent meeting both Moses and one-eyed Jack from the BLM showed up to address the Club and answer our questions. The ensuing discussion was at times both encouraging and discourag-ing, but always very informative. It was clear from the start that Jim Moses and Jack Waldgren, who are both old desert bike racers themselves, do understand and sympathize with the desert racer's problems, even though they work for an organization that most of us still view with a very suspicious eye. Thanks for the visit guys, you're welcome anytime! NEW MEMBERS -The first two men to get voted into the Club since the black ball vote was put into effect are about as different as black and white, with the exception of course that they are now both Brother Checkers. Introducing age before beauty, meet Frank Ayola (pronounced A-Hole-a), an old retired dude from Simi Valley. This dedicated pitter not only earned about 20 points during his prospectiveship, but he also survived the rumor that he was really the President of the 'Lost Angels'. For the record, I think Ayola officially became the first man to bear the dreaded marble box. Welcome to the Club Frank! Kevin Davis dido 't have anywhere near 20 points, but what he did accomplish as a prospective member was a pair of class wins and second overalls in his 1-1600 car. A high dollar landscaper from Chino, this new Checker runs for the flag right from the green, and is pretty good at it. How about a nickname for our new Checker charger! I kinda' like "Sprinklerman "!Hey, it's only a suggestion, but probably better than "The Manure Dude". Welcome aboard Kevin! NOVEMBER ELECTIONS -Interestingly enough, as a male-only organization, all Checkers will face a choice between male and female candidates for both California's US Senate seats this year. Strictly from their positions on pending desert legislation, the Big Wahzoo sees a clear choice in both of these races. The facts are that Herschensohn and Seymour are for 'controlled use', and the girls, Feinstein and Bouncer are for 'desert closure'. The Wahzoo makes no recommendations in these campaig~s except to suggest that you should vote for both good sense and gender! BAJA 1000 -The Club had a special Wednesday night meeting on September 30th that was mandatory for all members racing the La Paz race this November. I understand that if you didn't attend and pay for your racing fuel order, you'-re history as far as Club support for this race is concerned. In off road racing, as in most other things, i:here are basically only two kinds of people circulating around. First there's us Checkers, and then there's you other guys. Well fret not inferior dudes, excellence may indeed be within your reach. Wouldn't you more often than not like to be the driver in the rear view mirror, rather than the guy who's lookin at it! Wouldn't it be more fun to pit a race when ya know that one of your teammates will more than likely pull out a win at the end! Well, a few of you non-Checkers may be in luck. Although our club membership is limited to 100 members, I understand that currently there are about 8 slots open. Checkers Off-Road is sort of a brother organization to the Checkers MC, but both Clubs operate separately in their respective racing efforts. There are two things that separare the Checkers from all the other off road teams. First, we're a brotherhood that only pits our fellow Checker members. Sec-ondly, the Checkers are univers-fronrinucd on page n) Novcmbcr1992 Bob Mcilvain Ry Judy Smith As I get further along in years, I'm more and more aware of just how immeasurably precious to me are my friends. And I'm losing them. ·Bob McElvain, who told his family that when he went he wanted it to he while he was "in a buggy, or fishing, and quick." got his wish early in Septemher when he was felled hy a massive heart attack while fishing with his son. Bob, who started racing hikes when he was about 15, on a Triumph Cub, raced Scrambles events, then moved up to a Honda and half mile, flat track, and short track racing, and even some road racing for Kawasaki. For many years he helonged to the Jack-rabbit MC in Orange County, and he was the Parts and Service Manager at Norm Best Honda for about 10 years. He switched to off road racing in '74 when his doctor told him he'd better not break any more bones. McElvain was an enthusiastic racer, a fabricator, a motor builder, and perennial fan of off road. Bob and his wife, Shann, were early members of the FAIR pit support team and for many years gave freely of their time and energy for the group. Bob was the sort who always had two or three projects going, and he'd just completed his most ambitious, and surely the most satisfying, when he built a big new house for his family in the high desert community of Baldy Mesa, near Hesperia: The famill' had been moved into the house for less than a week at the time of his death. Bob enjoyed a wide circle of 'friends, and seemed to make more as easily as falling off a hike. Recently a mutual friend, remembering how he'd met Boh, told me that he'd had to leave a long ago race site to drive his son·, injured in a crash in the fomil\' race car, to a local hospital. When he got hack to the pit area, in the wee hours of the morning, he found that McElvain, heretoforl' a stranger to him, knowing ffi\' friend was in for a long night, ha,l taken it upon himself to go out on the course, drag in the damaged c::ir, and get it all loaded on th,· trailer. And he'd made another frierid in the doing. Roh, who alwa\'S gave gener-ously of his time, hospitality and en~rgy, was a loving father to his 14 year old son, Somer, and six year old daughter, M::iloree. He also le;ives, in addition to his wife, Shann, his mother Georgia, an~1 many, many friends. He would have been 50 on October 29th. As the old Crecdence Clear-water song says, "You hetter learn it fast, and you hetter learn it young, 'cause someday never comes!" Bob knew that. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL (619) 2711-2509 HELMET $195 COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OFP ROAD USE AT A R~ASONARLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BEIL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN COOL. COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSF.~IBLY ARE GUARANTtCF.D FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNFlL90 APl'R>VfD -Pagc53

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Classified ••• '""" ... ;,, .... ...-..•; - ., .. ;,p;;;;r····"···:-FOR SALE: You've seen this one flying high at every race this year, younger brother to Robby Gordons Hay Hauler. Built from the ground up by Nelson and Nelson. This Ford Tough truck is a proven performer, consistent top six finisher. Here is your opportunity to get into racing in a very competitive truck for the low price of $17,500.00. Call for details NOW!!! (714) 240--6151. FOR SALE: 1-2-1 Raceco, Wright rack, Combos and arms, Fox shocks, UMP.power steering, Beard seats, Mirage rear arms, strong tranny, radio with intercom. Very competitive car. Race ready, less engine. $7,500.00 firm. 2 axle trailer available $1,000.00. Call Greg (310) 379-0831. FOR SALE: Class 10 1989 single seat all coil-over Fox shocks. Best of everything. Incredible handling car and very light. Air cooled FAT motor, J&G trans. Just prepped, race ready. 4 starts at FR Traces in 1991 & 4 first overall. 1991 Class 10 points champion. $20,000.00 CallMikeat(310)694-3827 days or (310) 694-1328 nites. FOR SALE: Current SCORE 112-1600 points leader. 1990 Suspensions Unlimited chromoly chassis, Fox shocks w/reservoirs, newly rebuilt FAT Performance engine, newly rebuilt trans, Sway-A-W ay T-Bar$ and axles, 930 c.v.'s, Beard Super Seat, new Simpson belts, new front arms, Wright rack, Baja Blower, PCI intercom, Fuel Safe cell, Center-line w /Y okohamas. Spares: Tires, Wright rack & spindles, leafs, etc. 1992 season - Parker 400 1st, Baja 500 3rd, Fireworks 250 3rd. $15,000.00 obo. Dale/Darren ~?14) 244-3942 leave message. FOR SALE: Class 10 1992 Fireworks 250 winner! FAT air-cooled 1650, just rebuilt. Hewland 5 speed, Wright 10n beam with 4n longer arms, Wood 6H rear arms, Sway-A-Way, Summer disc brakes and axles, UMP power steering. Only $13,500.00. Call (602) 272-2659 days, (602)841-1288 nites. FOR SALE: Raceco Class 1, three time overall winner. Curnutts front and rear, Toyota 3SG motor by Sawyer. Very fast. Modine radiator, Electromotive ignition big. bus box Hewland, Fuel Safe, Wright super combos, Summers disc brakes, Curnutt rear hubs & disc brakes, fresh powder coat, JAMAR, CNC, new Beard seats, belts current date. Fodrill front aims, UMP power steering, Auto Meter, lots of spares. USA trailer w/tire rack & box. 120" wb, UMP windshield, all the best. $13,500.00 Steve Brown (805) 269-1494. .. .-~ FOR SALE: Short course Class 10 Funco. Ground up rebuild. All new 1650 VW, Fox, Wright, UMP, 930 c.v.'s, Dura-Blue, Sway-A-Way, Wilwood, new urathene paint. Must see!! Prepped and ready to go! $8,500.00 obo. Call Tim (805) 499-3686 day, (805) 492-3037 nite. i4M4Tu~mtk~:;ci,ri;%d1fat~t.:-x, ... ~-------··· FOR SALE: 1-1600 race car. Low miles and well maintained, 115"wb, Fox reservoir shocks, 300M torsion bars, fresh motor & trans, Wright, Neal Sway-A-Way, Beard, Diest, pwrl strng, 22 · gal Fuel Safe cell, Super Boot, Centerlines, some spares. $8,000.00. Call (702) 329-2039 days, (702) 359-8021 nites. FOR SALE: 5-1600 chassis & body with: tall front beam w/ rack mount, complete rear suspension, position sensitive Foxes, cell, FORSALE: 5-1600, Centerlines, Beard seats, belts, F & R bumpers 22 gal cell, Beard seats, Wright & aluminum skids, 1 piece front rack, fire system, roll cage, bus end, KC lights, nets. I'm keeping trans, Porsche half shafts, extra 8 FOR SALE: MTEG Super 1600 · the pink Centerlines. $1,750.00 wheels and tires, 2 new dump cans must sell NOW!!!!! Raceco, FAT Chris Klick (208) ~26-3220 days, & trailer. $5,000.00 takes all! FOR SALE: Dune Buggy, excel-Rabbit, Hew land bus with (208) 788-4359 mtes. '¾< -% FOR SALE: Class 10 HORA Fireworks 250 winner! FAT air-cooled 1650, just re-built.Wright 10" beam with 4" longer arms. Sway-A-Way, Summers disc brakes and axles, UMP power steering, Woods rear 6" arms and more. Only $13,500.00. Call (602) 272-2659 days, (602 )841-1288 nites. FOR SALE: Type IV motor 2200cc, could he a 2500cc with piston change. Very strong, for race or play. Must see. Call for details (310)328-0394 $1,500.00 or trade for parts. FOR SALE: 1700cc Type I. Berg -pistons & rods, Engle 110 camshaft, 69 counter-weight crankshaft, single 44 IDF Weber carb, big valve heads 40x35. · Ready to run $750.00. Call Jeff (714) 391-4568. FOR SALE: Two ( 2) bus transmissions, with 4.86 ring & . pinion in both. Only run a couple of times. Both were just gone through, perfect for stadium or short course racing. $5,000.00 for both. Call (805) 482-0103 ask for Jimmy May. FOR SALE: 1978 FlOO race truck. 460 motor, C--6 trans, 100 ga Smitty Bilt cage, 12 Rough Country shocks, K&N air filter, recently rolled, needs work. 33" tires, full posi rear end, fast. Must sell $2,500.00 obo. Will trade towards other race cars, Class 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10. Call (714) 886-5603 leave message. (619) 451-1415. lent condition. 2 seat Berrien aluminum cliff. Beard, Sway-A-WANTED: Full si:e pre-runnt"r FOR SALE: Class 10 Raceco tubular frame, modified AS2 l W ay, All top of the line. Sacrifice or race 2 wheel drive Bla:er. Call single seat, air cooled, coil-over VW engine, 1835cc partially at $l0,000.00 obo! Call (619) Alex at (310) 472-0957. 252-8485. front and rear. Secondary blueprinted, counterweight ------------FOR SALE: Type IV 2600cc. 20 FOR SALE: 1978 Chevy Class 8 suspension in rear. 1990 FRT crankshaft, roller rocker, duel FOR SALE: 1989 Berrien Buggy miles test time only (new). Built legal pre-runner. 383 stroker, points champion. Prepped and DeLlorto40mmcarbs,wasstreet 1-1600 frame. Set up for bus by Cal_ifornia Motor.Sport, 44 Turbo400,Dana4.ll,posi,34 ready to race. $10,000.00. 24' legal. Includes drive-on trailer and tranny. Brand new front end & Webers, Carrillo rods, Porsche gallon fuel cell, 4 wheel discs, 12 enclosed Competitive trailer, new spare set of Desert Dogs on trailing arms also available . . 11 blade fan, shroud, all the hest Doetsch Tech take-a-part. Too generator, lights$8,500.00. Call custom wheels. Great for sand. $350.00 for frame or will parts. Must sell FAST!!! much to list. Must see to Mike (310) 694-3827 days, Asking $5,000.00 or best offer. consider trades. Eugene, OR $4,300.00. Call Pat (714) 685- appreciate. Truck has less than (310) 694-1328 nites. Call Rich ( 415) 587-8260. (503) 689-4720. 9369. 1000 miles. $11,000.00 oho. Call :r-----------• lllliii----------·--------------------------~ (714) 971-7798 ask for Ed. I . Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I FOR SALE: '69 Ford pre-runner, I · 35.l Windsor, roller cam, Venolia I DUSTY TIMES. I pistons, Victor Jr. intake and I more. C6 trans hy Valley I bC1lasksifiedd Ad~ertising rate is only $15 for 45 wo:ds each month, not including nam~, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of I' Transmission, Detroit Locker, , I ac an white photo, or a very sharp color prmt. 1· link suspension, 12 shocks, sway I I NEW AND RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS T bars front & back, Automoter, I . h . 0 DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If I ATL cell, American Maus, RFG's you w1s to use a photo m your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. "' I I & more! $8,500.00 oho. Jeff I (309) 674-2865. I • l I ~ I ---------------'-------------f I ~-----'-------------------~------I I I I --------------~----~-'------I I ---------------------------I I Enclosed is$ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad times. I I ----I I Name -----------------------------I I ~~ Address Phone DUSTY TIMES I •I --------'-----------------------20751 Marilla Street I .! City __________________ State _____ Zip_______ Chatsworth, CA9131 l-4408 t Pagc54 November 1992 WIN NOW!! 1991 overall points champion sells his special secrets. A proven winner! Hewland DG300, Major motor, Class l or IO. The hest of everything! Parts & spares included. $18,500.00. Serious inquiries only. Rich Minga (619) 583--6529 or FAX (619) 583-1851. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE OR TRADE: 111600 Raceco, 116" wb, Fox w ires, Parker Pumper, Flame Out, Wright arms, spindles & steering box, fresh bus trans w/Hewland, fresh motor, power steering, spare tires & parts. $8,500.00 or possible trade or part trade for class 9 car. (619) 244--0888. FOR SALE~ 1990" c 'lass 9 Challenger. Fresh engine & DJ trans. Fox, Wright, UMP, Sway-A-Way, Parker Pumper, K&N, trailer & spares included. Consistent top 5 finisher. Prepped & ready to race! $7,500.00 obo. Call Tim (805) 499-3686 days, (805) 492-3037 nites. FOR SALE: Toyota rally cars: Corolla GTS $7,500.00, MR2 Supercharged $7,500.00 (free parts car), Starlet 4K $5,000.00, Starlet 16V $15,000.00. Many spares for Starlet & Corolla. Also 6" x 14" wheels $50.00 each. Call (818) 765-5542. FOR SALE: Berrien Laser, Class l or 10. 2 seater, coil-over Bil-steins, Rev-Power, 2 fresh Mend-eola transmission, Wright com-bos, UMP, Flame-Out, Fuel Safe, Summers front & rear, liquid filled gauges & much more. Proven winner with tons of spares. First $ I ,800.00. Call (512) 679-7489. FOR SALE: 511600, 112-1600 transmission by IFS. Hewland gears, 4.86 cliff. Just rebuilt by Mrndeola trans. $1,500.00 obo. Call Tom at (619) 448-5392 or (619) 441-8936. FOR SALE: l 976 p7;;-runner~ new4601429 heads, !sky, TRW, etc, new C6, Auto Meter, Beard seats, 40 gal fuel cell, fiberglass & steel hood, 8 Rancho 7000's, new tags, smog, many extras. Every-thing goes - have receipts. Needs finishing, out of work, much more. $5,200.00 oho. Call (714) 858-2807. FOR SALE: Pre-run two seat Hi-Jumper, 2180cc VW, bus trans, Chrome-Moly front end, Porsche axles & c.v. joints. 20 gal fuel cell, Fox gas shocks. One axle car trailer. Call (805) 644-7570 or (805) 524--0431. FOR SALE: Raceco SS, Class 10, 1990 Class 10 points champion. FAT air-cooled I 26hp, 091 bus FTC gears, Summers floater rear end, secondary, coil over front end, new: spindles, arms, UMP, Bilstein, SAW, PCI radio equipment, extra parts, tandem trailer. $14,500.00. Call (310) 640-6119 after 3pm. Dusty Times FOR SALE: RACE VEHICLE TRANSPORTER; great starter rig! Ford tractor dbl sleeper with 40' stepdeck trailer. Lined with benches & storage, l SO gals water, wired l l0v lights, etc. Excellent condition. $30,000.00 obo. Call days (714) 633-5988 or nites (714) 859--0839. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Berrien, less engine and trans. Wright spindles and rack, Neal pedals, Bilsteins, SAW, 8 gal A TL, Centerlines, Taylor axles, 930 c.v.'s. Great short course car. SODA legal. $2,500.00 Elkhart, IN. (219) 262--0263 ask for Al. PARKER 400 -JANUARY 30, 1993: Why rent? Buy Parker river house; 2 bedroom, 2 bath, dock on river, boat storage, electric gate, only a two iron shot to the golf course. $146,500.00. Easy terms. Talk to me! (213) 254-1531 or (602) 667-2322. FOR SALE: Complete fiberglass front clip for 87-91 Ford pickup. Includes fenders, hood, grille, headlights, turn signals and lower skirt. All new parts. $450.00. Also 88-92 Chevy fiberglass bedsides, MacPherson style stepside for a short bed. $300.00 (619) 948-3573. FOR SALE: 1987 Jeep Cherokee motor, ! I.I TRW's, 275 cu in, fuel injection, roller rockers, Jackson gear drive, Borla headers, Clay Smith cam, strong runner. Much more $2,000.00. Call (619) 267-5135. FOR SALE: FAT Performance built 1607cc Toyota AF 16 valVt' engine. Carrillo rods, trans adaptt.·r, clutch/ pressure plate, alternator, complete excellent condition. $5,000.00 oho. Tom (619) 448-5392, (619) 441-8936. FOR SALE: 1984 314 ton Chevy Suburban 2WD. Air, tilt, vinyl seats. Good trailer puller or work truck. 350, auto 84,000 miles. Good body. Good radials. Engine good but weak. First $3,900.00 takes it. Call Dave at (715) 627-6311 days. RACE THE BAJA 1000: Adven-ture Guaranteed! Complete race ready package with Class 8 Ford, unique F350 service vehicle with trailer. Spares, parts, tools, equipment, modifications, etc., etc. All vehicles rebuilt and fresh! Prep/crew services available. Sacrifice at $55,000.00. Call Ron at (206) 771-1303. TRANS-DOMINICAN ADVEN-TURE RALLY: 2 - 9 December, 1992. In the Dominican Republic, Camel Trophy -Trans Borneo type event. Vehicle suppliers! For info contact Mike Ruge. (809) 571-3553 Serious inquiries only! FOR SALE: 1964 Baja Conv. 10" Wright front end, 3x3 arms, Full cage, Bt·ards, Fuel Safe, bus trans, 1776cc. $5,000.00 firm John (619) 323-8424. ATTENTION BUGGIES & BIKES: We need you on our mailing list for future off rnad stadium style events in beautiful Lake Havasu City by the Colorado River. Write to Havasu Racing Assn., P.O. Box 791, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405--0791 or call for info ( 602) 855-RACE. Clean Out Your Garage Sell Your Bits and Pieces RIGHT HERE Classified Ads are only $15 .00 each month for 45 words or less. Add $5 .00 for each photo. FOR SALE: Probst-Laser 2 seat short course car. Double A-Arm cantilever front suspension. Coil-over front & rear. SODA Class 9 points winner in '92. Best of every-thing. Set up for Rabbit or Chevy V-6. Available less engine & trans. Also, aluminum block 90 degree Chevy V6. Top notch parts, 300 plus hp at 6000 rpm. Both priced to sell. Call Jeff at (815) 485-7223 days or (815) 485-4691 eves. FOR SALE: '85 Ford F350. 460 VS, C6 trans, two speed over-drive. welder, generator, air compressor, oxyl acel, front & rear winch, awning, 30 gal. water tank, l 00 gal. fuel, 4 Mastercraft seats, stereo system. Everything new; too many options to list. Call Ron (206) 771-1303. Checkers ({ram page 53) ally acknowledged as being the best at what we do ... Desert Racin '! Becoming a Checker is not easy, besides a six month period of tl'stin~ as a prospective member, there is that dreaded Wack ball vote for full member-ship. But if you do make it, as a Checker, you can count on never being alone in the desert again! The Club meets every Wed-nesday night in the San Fernando Valley and you can get any info you might need about the possibili_ty of becoming a Checker member from either our Prez Jeff Hibbard at (805) 252-4016, or our Vice-Prez Butch Dunn at (818) 709-6800. A couple of tips here, Hibbard's bark is a little worse than his bite, and Butch will probably try to sell you a little something from Taiwan when you call. And finally, regarding Richard Young's big secret, the latest rumor has it that 'Mumbles' is actually considering having a sex change, then divorcing his wife so he can start dating Sugar? Hey Richard, ya better watch your ass on this, I think there's something in the Club By-Laws against that kind of thing! INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Baker Precision Products . • • . . . • . • • 32 Barbary Coast -Gold Coast Hotels . . • . 8 Bilstein Corp. of America . • • • • . . . . • 27 BUMP ..•.......•.••.....••• 7 Cactus Racing Products • . • . . . . . . . • 53 Castex Inc., E-Z-Up • • . • • . . . . . . . • • 41 Dick Cepek, Inc. . . • . . . . • . . . . • • • • 15 Champion Bead Lock Co. . • . . • . . • • . 20 Classy Products . • • . . • . • . . . • . . • • 18 De Nunzio Racing Products • . . . . . • • . 11 FAT Perfonnance . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • 31 FRT Dunaway Dash • • . • . . . . . . . . • . 2 FRT Notorious Dawg • . • . . . . . . . . • • 43 GORRA Thanksgiving 250 . • . . • . . • • 25 Gennan Auto . • • . • . . • . . . . . . . . • • 21 Rod Hall Driving School . . . • . . . . . . • 14 HORA . . • • . . . • . • . . . . • • . . . • • • • 9 Hi Tech Off Road . • . • • • • . • . . . . • • 35 KC HiLites • . • . . . . . • . . . . • . . • . • . 23 La Rana High Desert 300 . • . . . • . . • . 5 LC. Engineering • . • . • • . . . • . . • . • . 34 Mint 400 .•.....•..•.•....•... 17 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . • . . • • . . . . 39 PCI Race Radios • . • . . • . . . . . . . . • . 55 Parl<er Pumper Chaser Dude . . . • • • • • 19 Parl<er Pumper Helmet System • . . . • • • 29 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . • . . . 40 Race Ready Products . . • . . . • . . . . . . 12 Rally Sport . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . • . . . • 44 Marvin Shaw Engineering . . • . . . . . . . 45 Marvin Shaw Shocks • . . . . . . . . • • . • 36 Dave Shoppe Racing • . . • • . . . . • • • • 46 Slatter Racing . . • • . • . • . . . . . . • • . . 24 SNORE Short Course Race . . • Back Cover Trackside Photo Inc. . . . . . . • . . . . • . 45 Tri-Mil Industries . . • . . • . . . . . . • . . . 33 Valley Perfonnance -Hewtand • . . • • . 38 Venable Racing . • • . • . • . . . • . . . . . . 6 VVhiskey Row Screen Printing . . . . . . . 16 'Mich Sales . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • • 13 Wright Place . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . 37 Yard Sale . . . • . . . • . • . . . . • . . . . • . 4 Off Road's Winningest Radios OVER 1,944 ON THE RACE COURSE! Comlink V • The Ultimate Racing Intercom Helmets wired $125. (CF) ROAD MASTER • NEW! RF Pre Amp $95 30% to 50% more range! 2888 Gundry Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90806 We're next door via U.P.S.! November 1992 "A LEGEND" Only$539 PagcSS ..

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