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Volume 9 - Number 5 Editor-Publisher Jean~lvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Janay Smith C.ontroller John Calvin Circulation 0 . Osborne C.ontributors John Ames May 199i ~ Subscription Rates: . 1llrif Sn, cf <r,}ml.Racbv· $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page HDRA Nissan 400 by Judy Smith . ...... ................... 12 Texas Challenge• Round 1 by Tommy Bowling . ... ... . . . .... 20 WRC Rally of Sweden by Martin Holmes ................... 22 ORR Gold Nugget 150 by Daryl Drake . .................... 24 Fixing Up the Old Truck by Homer Eubanks .... ............ 26 Akan 5000 Rally . . . . ... ... . . . . . ......................... 27 MTEG Stadium Race at San Diego by Homer Eubanks . . . . . . . . 28 Nissan Pathfinder Road Test by John Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 FRT Mudhen II ...... .. ................................. 36 FORGA Ice Buster Nationals by Wayne Simmons ..... ... . . . . 38. WRC Rally of Portugal by Martin Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Gran Carrera de San Felipe ...... . . ....................... 43 DEPARTMENTS · Soap Box by Jean Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Trail Notes ......... ... • ................... ............... 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jim Baker Darla Crown C.ontributions: Checkers Pit Team Report ... .................... . . ....... 21 h C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Leonard Day Don Dayton Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Matt Marcher Jan Flick Mazzenga Michael Ross Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Darrell Smith Daryl Smith Judy Smith 3-D Photography T rackside Photo Enterprises Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typesetting & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services SNAPSHOT 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, USPS-305-690, ISSN 8750-1732, is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301, (818) 889-5600. 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 Agoura, CA 91301. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 , Agoura, CA 91301. OF THE MONTH ••• I I I I I I I I I I The Losers by Judy Smith .............. ... .. .. ...... . .... 35 California Rally Series Report by Paula Gibeault ....... . . .... 37 Competition Review Board Report by George Thompson ... . . . 42 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Classified Ads ... ..... ...................... ...... ...... 50 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ON THE COVER·- This month we feature a couple of class winners at the HDRA Nissan 400; and hoth of them won the class they are currently competing in for the first time on this most demanding of major off road race courses. Rick Wilson had a rela!ively trouhle free day, with only a broken wheel flat to slow his progress in the Class I 0 Raceco with the A-Arm front end. Rick drove the entire distance this time out and with Toyota power in the tail of the tidy racer he took the lead on the third lap and held it to not only win Class IO hut he finished a smart tenth overall as well. Scott Douglas took the Walker Evans Racing Dodge Dakota out for its debut in Class 7 and he also ran solo from flag to flag and he led all the way to hoot. Scott had a smooth run until the last lap when brake problems plagued him, a common problem at this race, but his margin was healthy and he took the Dodge to the first Class 7 victory for the Dakota winning by over five hours. Our hearty congratulations to both winners, and to all who. finished this rugged course made more rugged by recent heavy rains. Color Photography by T rackside Photos Inc. I\~ _, DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$15.00 □ ~ years -$25.00 □ 3 years -$35.00 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS -NEW SALES TAX!!!!!!!! Add: $1.25 • 1 year, $2.00 • 2 years, $2.75 • 3 years Take advantage of your subscription t;,onus .•. Free on~ time classified ad up iu 45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name----------------------------"Sure, make your fortune selling Parker Pumper Helmets! Sure, the world will beat a path to your door! Well, I'm not opening the doors until the coffee is ready and the world gets here! Maybe that is them coming now?" Actually Harold Nicks of Parker Pumper was waiting for the contingency line area to be determined before opening the doors and setting up his vast store of parts and pieces at the SNORE El Dorado 250 early on a cold, blustery morning hear Henderson, southeast of Las Vegas, NV last December. Photo by John Calvin. 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 btack & white prints, 5x7 or 8x10 will be considered. I I I I I I I I I I I . Address --------------------------City -------------------------State _________________ Zip ________ _ Send check or money ofder to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Denv Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 (Canadian - 1 ·year $20.00 U.S. • Overseas subscription rates quoted on request) Dusty Times May 1991 I I I I I I I I I

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Soap_; Box ••• A number of people have called to congratulate Dusty Times on printing its 100th issue last month. The first one was December 1983, and we apprec-iate the notice given to this achievement in the iffy world of specialty publications. As we start the next 100 issues we can't help but reflect on the ups and downs that Dusty Times and the entire sport of off road racing have endured over the over eight years we have been publishing. In fact maybe the sport has come full cir-cle, so we thought a little history was in order, especially for those readers who may not even have been born when desert racing began on a serious note back in 1968 and 1969. , Of course everyone knows that the fame of the 1969 Baja 1000, called the Mexican 1000 by the then organizer NORRA spread around the world, and a few Detroit factories, most notably Ford and American Motors jumped in with both feet; and var-ious branches of General Motors funded such exotics as the Vic Hickey Baja Boot, a rear engiried V-8 buggy sometimes driven by Steve McQueen, and a tube frame Oldsmobile built for James Garner to race the Baja. One thing. of interest, and an item that has been nagging at us since Larry Ragland won overall a year ago at San Felipe, and the press releases screamed that the bikes had never been beaten by a "car" before. Somehow we remember the team of Rodney Hall and Larry Minor in a Bill Stroppe built Ford that looked like a Bronco beating the bikes to La Paz by some ten min-utes or more on elapsed time. That was in 1969, we think. Meanwhile in Las Vegas another famous race was being hatched, the Mint 400. It began in 1968 with 98 starters. In the early days it ran in the middle of the week, when the town wasn't as crowded. The route started at Stardust Raceway, now covered with houses, and the bikes ran on a separate day. Gene Hirst and Al Hat: won this event overall in car classes in a glass bodied buggy. And Malcolm Smith also drove a Myers Manx type thing, going through many batteries to finish well up the ranks. The race went cross country on a single loop for the mileage eventually returning to the Stardust Raceway, and this race marked the off road racing debut of one Parnelli Jones who By Jean Calvin went on to become one of the most famous and successful off road racers. Well, the Mint doubled its entry in the next couple of years, and in 1969 moved to its home for many years at the Mint/Sa-hara Gun Club north of Las Vegas. For years each entry received a jacket, a T-shirt, jacket patches, a commemorative bottle of booze at registration, tickets to the awards banquet, and the race purse was guaranteed by the sponsoring Mint Hotel. This race reached its pinnacle in 1981 with 509 .starting cars on the same general course used this year for the Nissan 400, covered else-where in this issue. It was crowded out there. Of course the NORRA races, Dam 500, Baja 500, and Mexican 1000 attracted a healthy entry like the Mint 400 did, because there wasn't much else going on except a few club races in Baja and in the southwest. Then AR VRA put on a 4th of]uly race at Barstow, then one in January, and Walt Lott,' who had helped SNORE launch its series in Las Vegas in 1970, started his own series in the same general area and AMSA was run-ning at California City. As these race groups grew in number so did the competition for sponsors and contingency dollars. By the late 1970s, Micky Thompson, whose SCORE had taken over the former NORRA venues, and Walt Lott's HORA, were the obvious strong forces, but still split many -of the contingency programs with some brands going to SCORE and some with HORA and some splitting the dollars between the two and doling out some awards to the smaller groups. But, entry numbers still held up well in the famous events everywhere. Then seven years ago a group of tire and vehicle manufacturers approached SCORE and HORA with the idea that each would cut down to a four race a year sche: dule, would share a common set of rules and scoring technique, and form a block buster eight race desert series. Of course it made better ad fodder to be able to advertise a complete desert points championship. And by now the various truck classes had also grown in number to seven where once it was either 2WD or 4WD. So the two industry leaders com-bined their events into a single ser-ies and it worked well for seven CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. (619) 279-2509 HELMET $195 COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH Affi HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OFF ROAD USE AT A REASONABLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN Page 4 COOL, COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY ARE GUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNEil.. 00 APIIDVED years, although the entry numbers went steadily downhill. The basic reason we think was that the series entry fees were enormous, other groups came forward with closer races to the LA and San Diego areas where most of the drivers live and work. The newer groups also had lower entry fees and shorter races, so the whole cost of running one of those series was less per event, while often the payback in class was more than it would have been at SCORE/ HORA. Then last winter there was a most abrupt and unex-plained divorce, and SCORE and HORA are both back doing their own thing, mostly on the tried and true courses, but their entry numbers are still sinking as the closer to home race groups gain in entry numbers. Sadly the original manufacturers group has dropped in numbers also, so the big boys are getting less support money too. Well, where have all the racers gone with their cars. Many still run about five races a year, not necessarily in a series, but racing just when they feel like it and have some free time. What lies ahead for desert racing with the dark cloud of environmental concerns lying over the southwest deserts is anybody's guess. Tire companies in particular, and some vehicle manufacturers, are still in contin-gency row helping the home grown racers as well as the factory supported stars. But from our seat, trying to sell advertising, it is apparent that the biggest of tire and vehicle makers, save one who adorns the back cover, must think we are back to a regional sport, not worth shouting about, even though they spend a couple hundred thousand bucks on building a truck to race the desert. Of course the stagnant U.S. economy is part of the entry numbers problem; the money now goes for groceries. But it is sad to think that over 20 years of effort, mostly steady growth,'and fin;illy the aura of professionalism in off road racing might have gone for naught. We don't think so, because all we need for these ser-ies is a Winston or a Marlboro, or a Pepsi or a Coca Cola to fund a series which should be attractive to cigarette companies especially now that each SCORE and· HORA race is televised. Watch those race cars come out of the woodwork if there was a guaran-teed purse, so you didn't have to wait to see how many cars are in your class to see if you could break even if you won. We can hang onto our desert race courses, despite the federal regulations, and we can build the sport back to its former big numbers if we keep working at it. And years hence we can all sit around the campfire and celebrate the 200th issue of Dusty Times. Let's all hang in there, and the factory folk are more than wel-come to tag along as they can surely reap some extra rewards. Volunteers arc i11t•it..:d to dim/ion their "Soa/i Rox " and fill this s/iaL·c tl'itli their thoughts aliout tdwt is good and u·lwt is not so good a!JOut the stat<.' of the s/JOrt. Yom u·ords, short of li<.'ing lihdous, «·ill he -/>rint..:d. So, .S<.'nd along your />mis<.' or damnation on your Soa/> Box to/>ic to D11stvTim<.'S,''i33l Dl'TnAw.,Suit<.' 0, Agoura, c;;, -91301. · May 1992 Trail Notes ••• THE SNORE 'IWILIGHT 200 attracted a surprisingly good entry the last weekend in March to the El Dorado Valley course near Henderson, NV. This race usually does have a good entry, but even with the monsoon season extending all the way into the Las Vegas area with flash flooding, several out of town entries showed up, despite heavy rain on the Friday before the race. We can attest that it was only rain on 1-15, even in the mountains on the Friday. Tbe Twilight race is a one day affair on the Saturday, with a controlled pre-run early in the morning, registration and tech midday, and a race start at four in the afternoon. The rain was gone on race day, the course was damp with no dust, and the sun was out making for a fantastic day in the desert.Troy Herbst had a trouble free run to first in Class l /2 and overall, in the Porsche/Chenowth single seater. Californians Kevin McGillivray and Don Angel won Class 10 and nailed second overall by just seven seconds over Mike Spina, who continued on his winning ways taking the Class 1-2-1600 victory. Patrick Carter and Steven Waller won Class 5-1600 and Mike Dixon, another frequent winner, took the honors in Challenger Class while Steve Ogle and Jack Bassett won Class 7 and along with class money won the Yokohama $1 CXJO bonus check. We'll have a full report with dust free pictures next month. V ALVOLINE OIL has just announced their new "Hardcharger Award" for the High Desert Racing Association. It was announced at the Awards for the Nissan 400 and the press release says that a perpetual trophy and cold cash await the winner. To be eligible for the $5000 cash pri:e and $5000 in Valvoline products and a beautiful trophy, the driver must start and finish the Nevada 500, Fireworks 250, Color Country Runoffs and Gold Coast 300. Of course the driver must also run Valvoline motor oil, display Valvoline decals and sign the preregistration form available in contingency row or from HORA. Also the driver must have the most accumulated points for the four HORA events and all classes ofracers are eligible as Valvoline is the Official Motor Oil of HORA. VAL VOLINE OIL also has awards for desert racers in the SCORE Series. The Valvoline Ironman Award has been revived, dormant for many years, and new is the Valvoline Iron Team Award. Both will he presented at the end of the seas<?n at SCORE's annual awards banquet. The Valvoline Ironman Trophy was tirst awarded to Ivan "The Iron man" Stewart in 1976 in the SCORE Baja 1000. Yes, folks that is when and how he got the nickname. In 1992 the award will go to any solo overall 4-wheel vehicle winner of the T ecate SCORE Baja 500 in June or the T ecate SCORE Baja 1000 in November, and the trophy is accompanieli hy a$ 1000 check. In addition the new award will be given to the 4-wheel winner oVt:rall in either of the two Baja races, if he or she has a co-driver. The Valvoline lr0n Team Trophy will be accompanied hy a $2000 check. The awards are something to shoot for in Baja. It is keen to see Valvoline revive the lronman concept, and become more involved in desert racing, although they have been with us in desert racini.: since 1969. THE 15TH ANNUAL SCORE SHOW returns to the Anaheim Conven-tion Center, May 1-3, not that far away. Now produced by the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group, yes the same team that present the stadium races, the Show this year will be in Hall D, and is expected to draw a lari.:e group ofcxhihitors. The theme this year for the show is" AT ouch of Baja", and along with a Baja Cantina, strolling mariachis and other attractions, the show will have a most festive mood. The radio controlled cars will again race a miniature "Chunk of Baja" off road course, and usually they provide a very good show. New this year will be a Bikini Contest on Saturday night and nn Off Road Theater presenting continuous films and scheduled seminars. Should he fun1 NEW PR FIRM - Many of you may have been wondering why Ed Jacobs, long present at many off road races in the desert and the stadiums with the BFGoodrich team, hasn't been seen this year. Well, Eel decided that he wanted a change and also wanted to start his own Public Relations firm, and that is just what he did. Presently he is operating out of Akron, Ohio, but has lap top and will travel to where the job might be. You can contact Jacobs at the Wind River Group, and check the ad in the Good Stuff Directory if you have need of such professional services for your team, your company, or any form of automotive activity, and beyond that should the occasion arise. THE FINAL FLAG - Richard Venable, 25, of Venable Flying Service, and two friends, Don Cramer, 28, and Lance Falkner were killed late in March when the Venable Flying Service twin engine Beechcraft Travel-Air they were using on a recreational flight crashed near Devore, CA close to the Glen Helen OHV Park en route to home base in Hemet, CA. Pilot Richard Venable had filed a flight plan, and when the plane became overdue 16 Civil Air Patrol planes began a search for the missing aircraft, and sadly, the wreckage was · found not that for from Hemet Richard was the son of Jim Venable, owner of the Flying Service, a charter outfit, and other companies, and also team owner of the Rough Riders team Fords competing in the MTEG series and the Class 8 desert truck driven by Rob MacCachren. Our deepest sympathks go out to the Jim Venable family and close friends, and to the familit.-s of the other two young men, all of whom unfortunately had two days to hope for the best before the plane was found. RACETRUCK ORPHANS-By now everyone interested knows that there is no SCCA Race Truck Series in 1992. ltwascanceled, we were told, hecausea number of the sponsors pulled out for various reasons. It was a series aimed at manufacturer sponsorship of teams of their mini trucks that ran in conjunction with a weekend of more famous SCCA road racing events at various tracks around the country. Last season there was scant TV exposure, at least in the Los Angeles area, for the series, and also there was more than one problem with rules interpretation and enforcement during the season. So some of the manufacturers pulled the plug on their teams, and others decided that there were not enough left to make a good race series and bowed out. It seems odd in an era when small trucks are the great white hope for manufacturers, both domestic and imports, to make their CAFE numbers, that a stock type truck race series for the little ones didn't work out. But the good news is that SCCA still schedules the Rally Truck class in the National Pro Rally Series, but only a few contest the class on a regular basis. Maybe the manufacturers could put some of the race truck series budget into Rally Truck incentives and the class would grow accordingly. How about it, manufacturers? (more TRAIL NOTES on />a.~c _i:z) Dusty Times

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1991 Haa,a,enings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O . Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 274-0010 May 24, 1992 Prescott Mountain 100 Prescott, AZ July 18-19, 1992 Family Campout-Trail Ride Cinder Mountain Flagstaff, AZ September 5-6, _1992 Snowflake Buggy Bash Aripine,AZ 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 47 Teenan St. Ferny Hills, Q. 4055, Australia 011-18-07-851-0444 May 10, 1992 Griffith New South Wales June 7, 1992 Sea Lake Victoria July 19, 1992 Kempsey New South Wales September 20, 1992 Waikerie South Australia AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B lHl (514) 434-5792 May 30, 1992 Autodrome Rive Sud La Prairie, Quebec, Canada August 1, 1992 Autodrome Rive Sud La Prairie, Quebec, Canada August 29, 1992 Autodrome Rive Sud La Prairie, Quebec, Canada ( 414) 688-5509 (All events !o.;ated m C hilton, WI at the W in'ne/Jago County Ex/m Center) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD. S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) May 22-24, 1992 Gran Carrera de Tecate T ecate, BC, Mexico August21-23, 1992 Gran Carrera de Ensenada Ensenada, BC, Mexico September 25-27, 1992 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, Mexico Special Event July 23-26, 1992 The Mint 400 Invitational Las Vegas, NV January 15, 1993 ____ Y_e_a_r_EndA ___ w~a_rd_s ___ _ BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O . Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. May 16, 1992 Desert Cactus 250 Aragonite, Utah July 4, 1992 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV August 29, 1992 Twilite Special Delle, Utah October 31, 1992 Bonneville Challenge Wendover, USA -----BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 (613)475-1102/Fax(613)475-3250 June 13-14, 1992 Off Road & Mud Bog Races July 24-26, 1992 Off Road Canada Jamboree September 12-13, 1992 __Qff Road & M~sf Bog Races 1991 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. 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BOX 845 • 101 BROADWAY YARNELL, AZ 85362 (602) 42-r-3551 . . ' SHIPPED BY UPS DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 6 True Value World's Championship Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI BUMP ·Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. W est #lM Quartz Hill, CA 93536 (805) 256-8520 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Gary Luke, Director 13675 Spring Valley Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 779-3589 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 April 25, 1992 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ May 15-16, 1992 Rim of the World Lancaster, CA June 20, 1992 • .• Glen Helen Rallycross · San Bernardino, CA October 24, 1992 Gorman Ridge.Rally Gorman. CA CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 CORVA 160 l 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-36491(214) 641-2090 May 23-24, 1992 50 lap Enduro & Sand Drags Decatur, TX FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 9385 Florence Ave. Apopka, FL 32703 ( 407) 2~}1-1215 1(305) 823-4487 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 May 9-10, 1992 Rock Around the Clock 24 Hour Enduro for Cars, Trucks, Buggies. Plaster City West, CA August 1, 1992 Superstition 250 Lake Superstition, CA October 3, 1992 Plaster City Blast Plaster City East, CA December 31, 1992 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA ATV, BIKE& DESERT SUPERLITE SCHEDULE May 3, 1992 Sweethearts Kiss August 22, 1992 Night - Team Race September 13, 1992 Desert Sprint October 1 7, 1992 Bob Patterson's A TV E Ticket Ride (Evening/ night event) October 25, 1992 The Attack Kamakize Desert Gran Prix followed by a T earn Race November 22, 1992 The Notorious Dawg 3 Hour T earn Race December 6, 1992 Rudolph's Revenge Desert Gran Prix followed by a T earn Race ( All et't..'lltS in the El Gmtro, CA aret1) N.Jy 1992 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 April 26, 1992 SO Miles in Heats May 24, 1992 150 Miles (Day only) June 28, 1992 SO Miles July 26, 1992 100 Miles August 23, 1992 SO Miles in Heats September 2 7, 1992 100 Miles October 24, 1992 Rules Meeting October 25, 1992 SO Miles November 28, 1992 Thanksgiving 250 December 5, 1992 Awards Banquet (All ewnts at Vit..'l11u1, GA) GREAT LAKES FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ASSOCIATION Bob Moon 915 So. Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Ml 48103 (313) 665-0358/(313) 996-9193 GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Keith Koesters 4605 N. 130th Circle Omaha, NE 68164 ( 402) 496-0846 May 9, 1992 May 30, 1992 June 13, 1992 June 27, 1992 August 1, 1992 August 29, 1992 ( All short cotmt mces mu! hdd at Westfoir in Couru:il Bluffs, Iowa) GREAT WESTERN POINTS SERIES, INC. Bertram Productions, Inc. 15073 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 Golden, CO 80403 GRR Golden Rule Racing P.O. Box 40211 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 263-5329 May 9, 1992 Salome, A1 October 3, 1992 TBA November 7, 1992 Wickenburg, AZ HORA High Desert Racing Association 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 HORA U.S.A. CUP May 9-10, 1992 Publicity Run Nevada 500 Central Nevada May 15-17, 1992 Nevada 500 Pahrump, NV June 20, 1992 Publicity Run Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA July 4-5, 1992 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA August 1, 1992 Publicity Run Color Country Runoffs Brian Head, Utah · August 14-16, 1992 Color Country Runoffs Brian Head, Utah September 18-20, 1992 Willow Springs Raceway Rosamond, CA October 3, 1992 Publicity Run Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV October 9-11, 1992 Gold Coast 300 Las Vegas, NV HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Harvey Wald (605) 224-6678 days (605) 224-5534 evenings May 3, 1992 Bowman Off Road Challenge Bowman, ND June 28, 1992 Gumbo Buttes Baja Pierre, SD August 23, 1992 Oahe Short Course Pierre, SD September 2 7, 1992 Deadwood Off Road Gran Prix Deadwood, SD October 1 7, l 992 Last Chance Baja Wall,SD IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All ewnrs staged at the du!, grounds in -----=C=lct1es, .:::O-.:.:h~io:.1.>~----. INTER-SHOWS. MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 May 15, 1992 Motorcycle Swap Meet Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA May 17, 1992 VW Spring Jamboree Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA June 7, 1992 Salsa Custom Car Show & Family Fiesta Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA July 10, 1992 Motorcycle Swap Meet Fairplex L.A. County Fair Pomona, CA July 31, 1992 Motorcycle Swap Meet & Bike Show Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa; CA August 2, 1992 California Truck Jamboree Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA . August 23, 1992 California Volkswagen Jamboree Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA October 2, 1992 Motorcycle Swap Meet Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA October 3, 1992 VW / Porsche Off Road Swap Meet Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA 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 4WDCLUB Randy Chamberlin 835 Wawn Road Kamloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 Don (604) 372-9501 days Randy (604) 579-9621 eves May 10, 1992 Three Hour Enduro June 28, 1992 Long Distance Race Dusty Times

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,... July 12, 1992 July 25, 1992 October 24, 1992 June 21, 1992 Fowlerville, MI 150 Miler Merrillville, IN Short Course Race Notrees, TX September 2 7, 1992 July 26, 1992 November 7, 1992 June 21, 1992 Enduro Race Caro, Ml Awards Johnson, VT October 11, 1992 August 2, 1992 MICKEY THOMPSON'S July 4, 1992 Ingham County Fair Bascom, OH Short Course Race Mason, Ml OFF ROAD July 10, 1992 (combined with WORRA) August 6, 1992 CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX Bloomsburg, PA ( all events start 7 miles Samilac County Fair Mickey Thompson July 18-19, 1992 northwest of Kamloo/1s) Sandusky, Ml Entertainment Group Nipigon, Ontario, Canada LA RANA DESERT RACING August 11, 1992 P.O. Box 25168 July 19, 1992 22769 Chambray Dr. Huron Community Fair Anaheim, CA 92825 Johnson, VT Moreno Valley, CA 92387 Bad Axe, MI (714) 938-4100 (714) 924-2226 August 14, 1992 July 18, 1992 July 25, 1992 Mt. Pleasant, MI Memorial Coliseum Barre, MA May 15-17, 1992 August 25, 1992 Los Angeles, CA July 31 or August 7, 1992 Spangler 150 Keene, NH Ridgecrest, CA Kalama:oo Fairgrounds September TBA, 1992 June 19-21, 1992 Kalamazoo, MI Mile High Stadium August 16, 1992 Lucerne Valley Jam 250 MICHIGAN SPORT Denver, CO Johnson, VT Lucerne Valley, CA BUGGY ASSOCIATION October TBA, 1992 August 23, 1992 July 18-19, 1992 Keneth Coleman Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Merrillville, IN Glen Helen Desert Challenge # 1 742 E. Roosevelt Road Las Vegas, NV August 23, 1992 Glen Helen OHV Park Ashley, MI 48806 November TBA, 1992 Nipigon, Ontario, Canada San Bernardino, CA (517) 838-4483 Oakland Stadium September 13, 1992 August 28-30, 1992 MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING Oakland, CA Johnson, VT Johnson Valley 150 Tommy Bowling MTEG CAMEL SUPERCROSS September 26, 1992 Lucerne Valley, CA 19019 W. CR 128 April 25, 1992 Orange, MA September 12-13, 1992 Odessa, TX 79765 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl September 2 7, 1992 Glen Helen Desert Challenge #2 (915) 561-5222 Las Vegas, NV Barre, MA Glen Helen OHV Park "The Texas Challenge June 20, 1992 October 4, 1992 San Bernardino, CA Off Road Points Series" Memorial Coliseum NMRA Super Series October 23-25, 1992 (All events at N otrees, TX ) Los Angeles, CA Johnson, VT California 200 May 2, 1992 OFF ROAD JAMBOREES Ridgecrest, CA 150 Miler NATIONAL MUD RACING November 20-22, 1992 Notrees, TX ASSOCIATION Four Wheel Drive Excursions 11842 Jason Court P.O. Box 1154 High Desert 300 June 13, 1992 Madera, CA 93638 Arcata, CA 95521 Lucerne Valley, CA Jackrabbit 150 Night Race (209) 486-4590/(209) 266-5558 (707) 822-8508 December 19, 1992 Notrees, TX April 26, 1992 May 8-10, 1992 Awards Banquet July 11, 1992 Johnson, VT Redwood Coast Jamboree Marriott Hotel 125 Miler Night Race Ontario, CA Notrees, TX May 10, 1992 Fort Bragg to Eureka/ Arcata, CA Orange, MA June 19-21, 1992 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD August 7-9, 1992 May 16-17, 1992 Ghost Town Adventure '92 CHAMPIONSHIPS Rock 'N Roll 250 South Lake Tahoe/ Stateline, CA M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. Notrees, TX • NMRA Super Series 15529 Jones Road September 12, 1992 Johnson, VT September 18-20, 1992 Grand Ledge, MI 4883 7 Twilite 125 Night Race June 20, 1992 Kern River Jamboree (517) 627-6200 Notrees, TX Goldendale, WA Lake Isabella / Kernville, CA • 4 - 100 .MILE LAPS RACE COURSE INSPECTION ENTRY FEES::: • PRO $375 ~,_ OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Don Honeberg 13180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 751-70571(915) 855-9767 ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Jeff Sargent 1480 Lakeridge Rd. N Ajax, Ontario, Canada (416) 427-4782 May 2, 1992 Skydome Toronto, Ontario June 13-14, 1992 Brighton Speedway Brighton, Ontario July 23-25, 1992 Off Road Canada Jamboree Brighton Speedway Brighton, Ontario August 14-16, 1992 Janetville, Ontario August 22-23, 1992 Motor Monster Mania CNE. Toronto, Ontario September 12-13, 1992 Brighton Speedway Brighton, Ontario October 23, 1992 Skydome Motorsport '92 Toronto, Ontario PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America i;-,. • MAY 20-23 $200/ENTRY INTO PURSE Page 8 • RACE HEADQUARTERS AT DINl'S LUCKY CLUB • YERINGTON, NEVADA 75 MILES SOUTH EAST OF RENO ON HWY A95 • CHALLENGER $275 $100/ENTRY INTO PURSE • SPORTSMAN $175 $500 PURSE VALLEY OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION AND PRE -REGISTRATION CONTACT VORRA 1833 LOS ROBLES BLVD. SACRAMENTO, CA 95838 (916)925-1702 May 199i Dusty Times

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Ir P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 April 25, 1992 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ May 15-16, 1992 Rim of the World Lancaster, CA June 5-7, 1992 Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA Date TBA Sunriser Rally Chillicothe, OH August 28-30, 1992 Ojibwe Rally Bemidji, MN October 2-4, 1992 Gold Rush Rally Westcliffe, CO October 23-25, 1992 Press On Regardless Escanaba, MI November 6-8, 1992 Coachman Stages Olympia WA December 4-6, 1992 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, Maine SCORE Score International 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 April 24-26, 1992 San Felipe 250 San Felipe, BC, Mexico June 5-7, 1992 Baja 500 Ensenada, BC, Mexico November 12-15, 1992 Baja 1000 Ensenada, BC, Mexico SCORE SHOW Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group Tom Lewis P.O. Box 25148 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714) 938-4155 May 1-3, 1992 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Jack Kolan (619) 292-4444 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 May 30-31, 1992 Caliente/Pioche 250 Caliente, NV July 25-26, 1992 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 18-20, 1992 SNORE 250 Jean, NV December 5-6, 1992 Eldorado Valley 250 _____ L_a_s Vega_s..:..' _N_V ___ _ SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W . North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA/(414) 257-0422 May 23-24, 1992 Lake Geneva Memorial Day 100 Lake Geneva, WI June6-7, 1992 Miller High Life Off Road Race Antigo, WI June 20-21, 1992 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI July 4-5, 1992 Road America Elkhart Lake, WI July 18-19, 1992 UP Off Road 100 Bark River, MI August 1-2, 1992 Fox Riverfest Challenge Depere, WI August 15-16, 1992 Rancho Suspension COAST 1-800-634-6755 1-800-331-5334 Page 10 Great Northern Challenge Ionia, MI September 5-6, 1992 True Value World's Championship Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 19-20, 1992 Midwest Points Championship Oshkosh, WI TEXAS OFF ROAD GRAND PRIX Short Course Racing - Texas Style Class 10, Sportsman, Challenger Mike Bernardo 1606 Lancelot Circle Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (214) 855-2232 (All euents at Ste/>ht'lwille, Texas SJ>eedway) TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Camey, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Assodation Dave Urbanowicz, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 ( Races at Colonial Valley Resorts in PA) VENTURA RACEWAY Business Offict: 2810 W . Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 93030 (805) 656-1122 May 16, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross June 13, 1992 Class IO, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross July 11, 1992 Class IO, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross August 1, 1992 Class IO, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross ... August 23, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600 (Tent) Fair Motocross September 26, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross October 1 7, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross November 7, 1992 Class IO, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross November 21, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross · December 5, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross ( other L-ar dmses m.:kome if r/m:e or more slwu· 11/>) VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 April 25-26, 1992 Hollister Hills SVRA Spring Special Hollister, CA May 23-25, 1992 Yerington VORRA 400 Yerington, NV June 19-21, 1992 Virginia City Classic 200 Virginia City, NV July 26, 1992 Summer Sider Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA September 5-7, 1992 Yerington VORRA 250 Yerington, NV October 16-18, 1992 The Bend 300 Brothers, OR November 1992 TBA 1992 Championship Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA 19125 -87 A Ave. Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers · Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 971-3730 ( All ewnts ac Thrasher/and, , 17th Aw. & Glendale in Phoenix, AZ) FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP May 2-7, 1992 Tour de Corse Ajaccio, Corsica June 2-7, 1992 Acropolis Rally Lagonissi, Greece June 25-28, 1992 New Zealand Rally Auckland, New Zealand July 20-26, 1992 Argentina RAily Buenos Aires, Argentina August 25-31, 1992 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 18-22, 1992 Rally Australia Perth, Australia October 11-16, 1992 Rally d'ltalia Sanremo, Italy October 27-November 2, 1992 Ivory Coast Rally Abidjan, Ivory Coast November9-12, 1992 Rally of Spain Catalunya, Spain November 22-26, 1992 RAC Rally Harrogate, England ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS Lise yo11r L-oming i:wnts in DUSTY TIMES free! Send yo11r 1992 1dwl11!e as soon as /mssihle for listing in this L-ol11mn. Mail v011r race or rallv sd1ed11le to: DUSTY Tl MES, 533, D.i:rry Aw .. S11ite 0, Ago11ra, CA 9 1301 Las U!g·as, Nevada May 1992 Dusy Times

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HDRA NISSAN 400 Larry Ragland Is Still At It By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photos, Inc. Larry Ragland whipped his apparently bullet proof Chevy into the overall victory, but he had to fight off the challenge of Rob MacCachren, as the pair swapped the Class 8 a_nd overall lead several times a lap. Larry Ragland got his second overall win of 1992, and his third in a row, aceing out Ivan Stewart, who'd won overall at the Nissan 400 the previous three years. Ragland 's Chevrolet truck brought him to the finish line in seven hours, 40 minutes and 19 .6 seconds, just four minutes and 43 seconds in front of Stewart's Toyota. The tough North Las egas course, which ran in the opposite direction, or counter clockwise this year, consisted of 97 .11 miles, which had been nicely dampened by some heavy rain-storms just days before the event. Since no pre running was allowed, not even air reconnaissance, the HORA had held a one day public-ity event about two weeks before the' race, so many racers had a general idea of the condition of the course, and the direction it ran. The rains changed the charac-ter of some areas, deepening washouts, and making square edges, but racers with desert know how ran sedate first laps, getting a good pre run in, before getting heavy in the throttle foot. The entry continues its down-ward turn, and only 161 cars actually took the green flag, down from 91 's 195. The big class was down the highway, to the pits. But the unlimited Class l/2, which, itwasn'tpossibletowalkfromthe with 34 starters, contained only pits to the start/ finish, so it had a five single seat cars. And one of rather isolated feeling, in that it those was Stewart's Toyota. wasn't possible to see what was Where have they all gone? happening in the pits if you were Contingency and tech inspec-at the finish line, or vice/versa. tion were on Fremont Street, and The first group off the line, it was festive and crowded, but starting 45 seconds apart, was the not quite the elbow to elbow mass unlimited cars, and there was a of four or five years ago. The pack of lead foots (lead feet?) weather was fine, with some right at the front, led off by Stuart threat of rain for race day, but the Chase in his Raceco, then Troy storm never materialized. Herbst in his Chenowth, then This year's start/finish was not Stewart, Robby Gordon in his in the Speedrome, but out on the Ford truck, Brian Collins in highway, just north of the big pit anotherChenowth and Ron Brant row that had been utilized for the in his Raceco. first time last year. The top of a Herbst was the first one back knoll was just big enough for stag-around, but Gary Hymes, in his ing and starting, with plenty of Porsche Raceco, who'd started space for all the scoring and tim-20th, actually had the lead. ing trailers, press parking and Walker Evans had his new tube trailer, VIP encampment and· frame Dodge truck in second small grandstand, and postrace place, a minute and 22 seconds tech impound. There was a later, and Herbst was third, 50 spooky, gnarly downhill immedi-seconds behind him. In fourth it ately off the start line, which led was Mark Temple in his double A to a narrow, lumpy section of arm Raceco, with the automatic course overlooked by a broad pla-transmission, and Brant, was teau that had been designated as a fifth. Stewart, who'd holed a "Spectator Area". Viewing was brake line, was sixth, 43 seconds good from either the start/ finish later, after 10 minutes down time knoll, or the spectator area, and it for repairs. Robby Gordon had was only a short jaunt by car, got 31 miles into the race and hit Ivan Stewart had his down time very early, played catchup all day, set fast lap time of the day in the Toyota, won Class 1 /2, but missed the overall he really wanted, but was second overall. an embankment which caused a balljoint and spindle to collapse, sending him into a multiple barrel roll and ending his day. Chase got to the rock garden and tore up a front trailing arm, ending his race early also. Things went a little better for Stewart on the second lap, though near the end of this loop he couldn't get fifth gear, and made a three minute and 50 second pit stop to try to get a fix. But he'd been quick enough to put himself into first place, with Temple second, nine minutes and 36 seconds behind him. In third it was Jason Baldwin, in a Porsche Chenowth, a minute and seven seconds later, while Steve Holla-day ran fourth, in his Moulton, another minute back, and fol-lowed by Doug Fortin,Jr., who'd lost his brakes on the first lap, in his 2230cc VW powered Che-nowth, 44 seconds later. Evans had water pump trouble, and some power steering difficulty also, late in lap two, while Brant had to fix a flat and bleed his brakes. Hymes had got his car just four miles into lap two and lost the transmission, while Herbst broke a steering shaft and was making repairs. On the third lap Stewart was feeling the pressure from the Class 8 leaders. Ragland and Rob MacCachren, and po'ured it on, bettering his previous lap time by two minutes and 33 seconds, in spite of a rear flat. He held his lead and now had 19 minutes on Baldwin, who'd moved up to second as Temple's transmission separated from the underdrive. Brant, with no rear brakes now, was third, a minute and 45 seconds later, and Fortin was fourth, three minutes later, fol-lowed bv Tom Baker and Bob Richey, in their Porsche Raceco, who were having trouble with fad-ing brakes. Ivan and his crew badly wanted to take the overall victory for the fourth time in a row, and Stewart really pushed the Toyota through the last lap, to record the fast lap of the day, at 1:50:15.8, but, while it was enough for a resound-ing victory in his. class, it just couldn't make up for that 10 minute down time on the first lap, and he didn't get his overall. Baldwin finished second, a half hour later, reporting no brakes for the last 10 miles or so, and Fortin was third, three and a half minutes behind him, also with no brakes. In fourth it was Richey and Baker, six minutes later, and Tommy Bradley, Jr., in a VW powered Raceco, was fifth. Temple and his co-driver, Doug Fraser, had a good last lap, second only to Stewart's, and got the best finish ever for that car, coming in sixth. Evans, whose power steer-ing troubles had been insoluble, managed a 12th place. Class 8 was second to start, also going off the line every 45 seconds, and at the end of the first lap it was MacCachren and his Ford, still in front, though Ragland was just seconds behind him, and in the lead on elapsed time, by a minute and 11 seconds. In third it was Brian Stewart, who's in Walker's last year's Dodge with some suspension modifications this year. In fourth it was David Bryan, in a Ford, and Michael Schuringa ran fifth in his Ford. Steve Kelley had a broken balljoint in Dave West hem's GMC, and Frank Vessels, who'd started in Dave Shoppe's new Ford, finished only hours before green flag time, had broken a front balljoint, and rolled over, at about the same place Gordon had come to grief. Jason Baldwin had his Chenowth/Porsche right with the leaders all the way and he finished second in Class 1 /2, fourth overall with no brakes at the finish. Brian Parkhouse drove three of the four laps, while Wilfie Melancon did the first round in the Mirage, and Brian celebrated his 33rd birthday by taking his first tctory in Class 1-2-1600 in a trouble free run. MacCahren and Ragland con-tinued to run dose together, and switched positions from time to time, but at the end oflap two the lead was still Ragland's, by two minutes and two seconds, and they'd both improved on their first lap times. Stewart ran third, but was having some troubles with some new shocks and was about eight minutes back, fol-lowed by Bryan, and then Schur-inga. Ragland lost a cylinder late in the second lap, but there was nothing to do about it, so his crew just ignored it. They later said, "We still had one more than the Toyota". 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,r Doug Fortin Jr. had some brake trouble also with his Chenowth VW, but he ran solo into a close third in Class 1 /2 and a fine fifth overall finish. Brad Inch teamed with Kenny Freeman Jr. , survived first lap battery trouble to blast the Acme Rocket into second in Class 1-2-1600, 20th overall. Despite troubles on the last iap Scott Webster and Randy Anderson zipped the ORBS home in fine shape, third in Class 1-2-1600 on the rough course. 1 :51 :46.5, to put-himself into the lead, while Ragland flattened a tire and fell to second, a minute and 30 seconds back. Stewart was still third, but an hour behind now, with Bryan fourth, and as Schuringa lost his rear end, Dave Westhem moved into fifth, four hours down after lengthy repairs. Ragland's truck ran steadily, and he moved back into the lead as MacCachren lost a steering ram, and stopped for repairs. Ragland was 20 minutes in front at the finish line, and described the duel with MacCachren by say-ing, "It was like cat and mouse with Robby and us! He's a real sport!" MacCachren took his second cheerfully, pleased at the good showing after a less than stel-lar season in '91. In third it was Stewart, followed by Bryan and then Westhem in fifth. Starting with Class 10, which was the third group to take the green flag, they left the line only 30 seconds apart, which meant a little more dust for these racers. At the end of lap one the lead belonged to Steve Sourapas in his VW powered Chenowth, and he had two and a half minutes on Jim and Mike Zupanovich in their Toyota JMR. In third it was Don Angel, in a VW Chenowth, 10 seconds later, followed by Steve Myers and Mike Sullivan in their Toyota Raceco, in fourth, and then Rick Wilson in fifth, in his Toyota Raceco, with the A-arm front end. Sourapas broke a spindle in the rock garden, and the Zupano-viches moved into the lead, now with nine and a half minutes on Wilson who ran second. In third it was still Angel, a minute and eight seconds later, followed by Jim Greenway, in John Hays' VW Raceco, who'd had trouble with a rocker shaft stud on lap one. J.D. Ward, who'd been run over by an out of control unlimited car which had flattened a rear tire on the first lap, was now fifth in his Bruton. Wilson, who was having a trouble free day, moved into the lead on the third lap, followed by Angel's co-driver, Kevin McGil-livray, just under two minutes behind him. Bob DeNault, in a VW Mirage, had taken over for his brother, Tom, who'd had brake caliper problems on lap one, and they were now third. The DeNaults had as a passenger, Alberto Coppola, owner of the Finisterra Hotel in La Paz, in Baja California. Coppola, a 1-2-1600 racer in Baja, was trying out an HORA race for the first time, because he's planning to start rac-ing them also. In fourth it was Bob Miller, in a VW Raceco, and Gary and Dick W evhrich had their Dusty Times Toyota Raceco ·in fifth place. The Zupanovich team had disap-peared, and so had Myers and Sullivan. Wilson, who drove all four laps, had only one flat, the result of a broken wheel, and pulled off a speedy last lap to ensure his first win. He was almost 12 minutes ahead of the DeNaults, who said they were under horsepowered, and finished second. In third it was Miller and his co-driver, Pete Swift who took lap four, and drove the last 20 miles with no lights, and finished on a flat rear tire. At the finish impound he asked his crew, "Is there some-thing wrong back there?" The W eyhrich team was fourth and Greenway and Hays finished fifth. Class 5 was next to go, and at the end of their first-lap the lead belonged to Lisa Dickerson, who was sporting a new set of wild gra-phics on her Jimco. She had just three seconds on LeRoy Van Kirk's Porsche shaped car, in second, while Brad Person ran third. In fourth it was Neal Gra-bowski, who's finally fixed his power steering, and Michael Jak-obson was fifth. On the second lap Van Kirk moved into the lead, and he now had two minutes and 30 seconds on Dickerson, who was second. Person held third, four minutes and 15 seconds later, while Bruce Hoover moved his car up to third, recovering from three flats on lap one. Grabowski had put his brother, Mike, in for lap two, and they were fifth. Rick Rowland took over for Van Kirk and went out on his third lap running very badly, and not up to' speed. Dickerson's co-driver, Scott Cameron was close behind him, and as Rowland faded, he took over the lead, with about five minutes on Person's co-driver, Tony Kujala. In third now it was the Grabowskis, who had major brake problems, and were about 20 minutes back, and running on three cylinders. Hoover's co-driver, Pete Alesi, was still fourth, and Jakobson, who'd lost many hours waiting for a new manifold, was a distant fifth place, and no one else was Dan Smith had to do a bit of electrical trouble shooting in the rock garden, but got it handled and carried on, regained the lead in Class 3. and had no more down time and won the class in the Ford Bronco. David Ashley had a good run going, but had a fire on board on the last lap, right in a checkpoint, so those folks put out the fire and Dave went on to win Class 4. giving the Enduro Fords the win in Classes 4 and 3 in the same race, not a common thing for a two car team. May 1992 running. Cameron was pushing hard, because he knew Kujala was close behind him, and then, on a fast pole line road, something caused him to roll over and over. He was knocked cold, and his co-driver was also stunned. They were not certain how the accident hap-pened. The car was so badly dam-aged they were out of the race; and Scott was sent to the hospital for observation. He was reported released the next morning, sore and stiff, but with no serious injuries. Kujala, who'd been toss-ing fan belts, and was now over-heating and low on power, came in to take the win, the first in Class 5 for this team. They had 48 min-utes on the Grabowskis, who limped in second. In third it was Alesi and Hoover, who'd discover-ed that they had the wrong size tubes in their tires, which caused all the i-,. 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Dale White flew easily in his new Blazer on its debut run, and despite a little spring problem, Dale came in an easy second in the Class 3 contest. Jerry McDonald had early steering and brake trouble, then went well until trans trouble struck in sight of the finish line, but he made it home in the time allowance to take second in Class 4 in Neal and Mike Grabowski have a clean and tidy Class 5 here, but the Bug got a little tattered but limped into second in class at the finish line. the Chevy. r Brad Person and Tony Kujala scored their first Class 5 win at this race, having won Class 10 here in the past, and they had overheating woes, lack of power and loss of fan belts, but survived for the victory. Ir early flats. And four hours Douglas continued a smooth and 16 minutes later Jakobson run, while Johnson broke a pulley and his co-driver, Ron Jurkovac bolt, and then tossed a fan belt a finished fourth. None of the oth-couple of times, but held on to ers made it. second, as Gardner lost about an The Class 7 trucks went off the hour also. On the third lap Doug-line next, and this was Scott Doug- las lost an oil ·cooler, and a trans-las' day all the way. He's now driv- mission cooler, but made speedy ing the Dodge Dakota that repairs, as Johnson overheated Walker Evans tried to campaign a and lost his motor. Gardner was few years ago with scant luck, and now second, but having prob-it's obviously better suited to this !ems, and about three hours class. They'd had only about one down. hour test time on the truck before Douglas fought brake problems race day, so Douglas was getting on his fourth lap, but still man-to test drive under race condi-aged to take the win, with tions. He had 12 minutes on Gardner, who had his dad, Slick, Chuck Johnson in his Ranger at as co-driver, finishing a distant the end of the first lap, and Racin second place. 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Cowles Street Long Beach, CA 90813 • Sand car transaxles • Race VW gears • Transaxle parts • Expert advice (310) 435-2966 Page 14 It was a tight battle all the way in Class 5-1600 but the Cook brothers took the lead on the second lap, and held onto it through driver changes as Wayne, Darryl and Alan won the class, the defending champions at that. Ford into the lead on the first lap, transmission, to get him to the with just three minutes on Jerry checkered flag. He finished McDonald in his Chevy who was second, three hours and 45 min-second. In third it was Rick Sie- utes behind Ashley. The Pikes fin-man and Lee Lagorio, in a Ford, ishes third, another three hours 58 minutes later, :md Greg Adler later, and then no one else came ran fourth in Mike Schwellinger's in. Ford, already having distributor problems. Rod Hall was fifth in his Dodge. On the second lap Ashley maintained a very steady pace, and held the lead, while McDon-ald broke a steering knuckle, which took out a brake line. He was down over two hours with repairs, and still held second place, with Hall moving up to third, almost an hour later. Gale and Matt Pike were now fourth, another hour back. Class 6 wasn't a race for very long. Evan Evans hit a bank and tore off his Blazer's trailing arm on lap one, and Danny Ashcraft fouled a plug on his Explorer, and then broke the crank. That left only John Swift in his Explorer, to race with Curt LeDuc in his Jeep Cherokee. Swift had the first lap lead, with about seven and a half minutes on LeDuc at the end of the lap, but then he lost his motor and left Curt out there all alone. He ran four good laps, to take the win, and finished 13th overall. In Class 3 Dan Smith put his Bronco into the lead on the first lap, and he had nearly 24 minutes on Dale White who was debuting his new Blazer, and taking it easy because he had the springs set up wrong. Dick Sasser and Genaro Curiel, in a Scout, ran third, an hour later, followed by Mike Lesle, in his Jeep Cherokee, who'd lost his transmission in the rock garden and had used up about three and a half hours get-ting a new one installed. Smith had electrical troubles in Ashley continued his smooth run, losing some body panels, but nothing major, and holding on to the lead. McDonald stayed in second, now running well, and the Pikes moved into1:hird, but three hours back, as everyone else fell by the wayside. . As he pulled into the sixth check on the last lap, Ashley was told by the checkpoint tea_m that By the midway point Curt LeDuc found himself alone in Class 6, the others all broken, but he turned some fast laps in the Jeep Cherokee anyhow, and won the class by laps and finished 13th overall. the back of his truck was on fire. As Dave tried to get out of his belts, they applied fire extin-guishers and put the flames out. It seems a torn live wire had ignited the fuel overflow, and it had been a potentially disastrous fire. Ash-ley later credited the checkpoint team with saving his win, and maybe even his life. The efficient crew at Check Six were Lynn Anderson, Dave Roy, Allen Packet and Mike and Tracy Kline. Ashley was the only Class 4 driver at the finish line for a long time, because as McDonald went through the pits for the last time, he broke the input shaft of his transmission. He sat in view of the finish line, but unable to get there, and his crew had to put in a new May 1991 Scott Douglas had a super race in the brand new, fresh out of the box Dodge Dakota, having paid his Class 7 dues last season. He had a few troubles, but flew into victory, winning Class 7 by over five hours. Dusty Times

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John and Jeff Holmes and Ramsey El Wardani broke a tie rod on the last lap but the team still got to the finish line in time to claim second in Class 5-1600. Dave Shively and Rich Fersch had some minor troubles, but kept rolling along over the rough stuff to a good third in the close running Class 5-1600. Racin Gardner and his dad Slick Gardner had a long day in their Ford Ranger but they kept fixing and kept moving to take second place in Class 7. the rock garden on the second lap, and while he looked for the prob-lem, White moved into the lead. Smith finally found the culprit, a broken wire on the distributor, and came around in second, fol-lowed by Lesle, as Sasser and Curiel lost a couple of hours with repairs. On the third lap Smith moved back into the lead, as White found himself correcting some minor new truck problems, and Lesle recorded a good lap but couldn't catch up, and was stuck fast in third place. Sasser and Curiel were out. Smith, whose day had been dust free until the last lap, took the win, with White finishing second about 45 minutes later. Lesle made a game effort, but was still two hours and 35 minutes down at the checkered flag, as he came in third, and last. The 1-2-1600 cars were next, and in this group, out of 16 start-ers, only four were two seaters. At the end of lap one the lead belonged to Gary Sewell, in his Lothringer single seater, and he had two minutes and 23 seconds on Willie Melancon, in Brian by Scott Webster in an OR~S Parkhouse's Mirage single seater. single seater. Barry and Bryan Melancon, who'd been at the Cavanagh,inaMECOoneseater, hospital on Friday while his wife ran fifth. · had a baby, was tired, and Parkhouse took over for couldn'twaittogetoutof the car. Melancon, and moved into the In third it was Danny Porter and lead, with three minutes and 17 Mark Rudd is in their Suspensions seconds on Webster, who moved Unlimited single seater, followed up to second. In third it was Por-Jeff Lewis put his Chevy S-10 4x4 in the Class 7S/7 4x4 lead on the second lap, stopped for fresh rear springs but held the lead and went on to take the victory in this mixed vehicle class. ter and Ruddis, and Sewell dropped to fourth, as a series of problems began to plague him, including broken c .v.s, and a spark plug wire that fell out. In fifth now it was the team of Andy Stix and George Fishback, Jr., in Stix's Lothringer single seater. Parkhouse was having no prob-~ lems, and stopped only for gas, and at the end of lap three had a lead of a minute and 25 seconds, and now it was Randy Anderson, who took over for Webster, in second, with his oil horn stuck full on. In third now it was Kenny Freeman, in Brad Inch's Acme Rocket r;r Rob MacCach1en led Class 8 and overall from time to time in the Ford, but he lost the epic battle with Larry Ragland with last lap steering and brake troubles, taking second in Class 8 and third overall. The oil engineered for your truck's engine Dusty Timcs Shell TRUCK GUARD™ Light Truck Motor Oil is the oil made especially for pickups, 4-wheel drives, mini-vans, and recreational vehicles. Its special formula-tion and exclusive additives help keep high-revving, hotter-running truck engines clean and cool. TRUCK GUARD's API SG / CE rating exceeds all engine requirements. For the kind of protection your truck deserves, choose TRUCK GUARD. ~ OIL COMPANY, INC. 4870 E. Cartier Ave. @> Orange Line Oil Company 404 E. Commercial St. Las Vegas, Nevada 89115 (702) 643-9200 May 1991 Shell Pomona, California 91767 (714) 623-0533 Page 15

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Ron Lister and Mike Kalicki had a good run in their Ford Ranger 4x4 in Class 7S/7 4x4, and moved up from fifth to finish second in class at the flag. Billy Bunch enlisted a new co-driver, one of note -Manny Esquerra, and the pair drove the Ford to third in the combo 7S class, and were the first 2WD to finish. Brian Stewart has a new to him Dodge this year, had a little trouble with shocks, but kept it together for third in Class 8 and 18th overall as well. Ii . 4'9 fl Ron Brady, brother Bill, and Rob Chai/man had led the first lap, then lost a fan belt and the lead, held onto second, and emerged from the last lap troubles to win Class 9 by 15 minutes in their Chenowth. i;r single seater, making up three hours and 13 minutes later. time after replacing a dead battery The first two seater to finish was at the end of lap one. Sewell 's co-the Chenowth ofKeavin and Gary driver, Kevin Davis was fourth, Anderson, who were sixth, eight and Porter and Ruddis ran fifth. minutes later. They were also the Parkhouse ran clean to tht! end, last in the class to make it back. to take his first win, a fitting way In the combined mini trucks, to celebrate his 33rd birthday. Class 7Sl4x4, the first lap lead Inch got back in the driver's seat, belonged to Billy Bunch, in his recovered from having knocked two wheel drive Ford, who had himself out on the first lap, and four minutes on Jeff Lewis in his brought his car in for second four wheel drive Chevy. In third it place, broken oil cooler and all. was Willie Valdez in a two wheel Anderson and Webster, who lost drive Ranger, followed by Ron a linkpin on the last lap, finished Lister, in a four wheel drive Ford, third, a half hour later, followed and then Darren York, in another in by Sewell and Davis, who lost a four wheel drive Ford. fuel pump, another half hour or On the second lap Lewis spied so later. In fifth place it was Porter the ESPN helicopter hovering and Ruddis, who'd had two above him as he followed Bunch, uncharacteristically long laps, and he decided he'd rather be seen PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 40 YEARS Page 16 Rick Wilson had one of those magic trouble free days in his Raceco, moving from fifth to second midway, and he took over the lead on lap 3, and stayed out front to win Class 10 by 12 minutes and place tenth overall. in front on camera, so he took to take the win by 48 minutes. In over the lead. He had about five third it was Bunch and Esquerra, minutes, and it was Valdez in and then St. James and Jones fin-second place. Bunch ran about 12 ished fourth, followed in by minutes later in third, and York, Gaughan and Dean. The four who'd changed brake pads and a wheel drives had first and second, powersteeringpulley,wasfourth, followed by three two wheel eight minutes later. Lister's co-drives. driver, Mike Kalicki, ran fifth In the 5-1600s, the firstlap lead now, and had lost his front drive. belonged to Tim Lawrence, who Lewis continued to lead, even had 38 seconds on Alan Cook, in with a 13 minute pit stop to his Cook'n family car. In third it change both broken rear springs, was John Holmes, 17 seconds and now Kalicki was second, later, followed by Ryan Harbot-about 20 minutes behind him. tle, three minutes later, and then Bunch's car, with Manny Esquerra the team of Steve MiskiewiG and at the wheel now, was third, but Richard St. John, 15 seconds had lost an hour with an on course behind them. rear spring fix. And in fourth On the second lap the Cook place it was the novice team of car, with Wayne at the wheel Lyn St. James and Paige Jones, in now, moved to the front, six and a the two wheel drive Ford that half minutes in front of Holmes' Chuck Johnson drove to the brother, Jeff, who was now driv-points series championship last ing. In third it was Steve Law-year. IMSA racer St. James was rence, and he was followed by driving in only her second off Rich Fersch, in Dave Shively's road event, and for Jones it was car, in fourth place. Chris Klick the first, but his dad, the illus-and Gary Brennan, the team from trious P.J., has certainly seen to it Idaho, ran fifth. that he learned how to drive in the Darryl Cook drove the third dirt. Another novice team, Bren- lap, and he continued to lead, and clan Gaughan and J.C. Dean, now Ramsey El Wardani was at .. the wheel of the Holmes car, and he was second, four and a half minutes back. In third it was Fersch, followed by Klick and Brennan in fourth, and then Allen Bowen and Rick Pew in fifth place. Wayne got back into the car for the last lap, and their perfect day continued all the way to the finish line. They were 24 minutes in front of Holmes, Holmes and El Wardani, who'd broken a tie rod end on the last lap, but figured they'd lost most of their time with their driver's changes, because they were short one helmet. In third it was Shively and Fersch, who'd replaced a c.v. boot, while Steve and Tim Lawrence, who'd broken a stub axle, managed to finish fourth. Joe and Steve Grier who changed a rack and pinion on their second lap and welded their cage together on lap three, were fifth. Class 9 was the next group to start, and they were led by Ron Brady, in a Chenowth, at the end of their first lap. He had 55 seconds on Billy Kem, in his ORBS, who was second. In third it was Rich Richardson, in his Jimco, a minute and 18 seconds later, followed by Tim Hanna in fourth, and then Helen Henesey, in a Raceco, fifth. Richardson lost second gear, but still moved into the lead at the end of lap two, while Brady's co-driver, Rob Challmen, who lost a fan belt, and had his radio fall out, dropped to second place, a min-ute and one second later. Kem and his co-driver, Pat Smith were now third, less than a minute back, and Dave Girdner ran fourth, fol-lowed by Henesey. Richardson put his co-driver, Doug Perrault into the driver's seat, and he held on to the lead, now 18 minutes in front of Bill Brady, who'd taken over for Chal-lmen. In third it was Henesey's husband, Patrick, who'd rolled drove the two-wheel drive Jeep Comanche that Scott Douglas campaigned a few years back. The 16 year olds, who've been racing in Class 10 in SNORE races, were driving the truck in a race for the first time, and were now fifth, after a broken spindle and some brake problems. Gaughan is the son of Michael Gaughan, owner of the Gold Coast Hotel which is the site of so many race functions, and hosted the post race "Survi-vor's Brunch" for the Nissan 400, and Dean is the son of Butch Dean, who is the leader of last year's highly successful Las Vegas based Valley Performance team, which took first, second and third in the series in Class l / 2. Lewis had no more problems, and ran smoothly for the last lap, Martin Garibay with co-driver Vince Acevedo found a little mud on course, but Martin had no real troubles on the rough course, and sped his Beetle to another well deserved Class 11 victory. May 1992 Dusty Times

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over in the rock garden, but landed on his wheels, and Smith and Kem ran fourth, followed by Warren Messick and Joel Stanka-vich, in a Raceco, who'd broken their steering wheel, and driven for a while with three vise grips holding things together. They'd eventually installed a new wheel, and were up to speed again. -~-...... \ ~ I \ Things bunched up on the last lap, and Perrault led most of the way around, but then broke an up per balljoint in the Rock Garden. While he made repairs the Brady/ Brady/Challmen team took over the lead and went on to take the win. Kem and Smith and their third driver, Rick Poole, meanwhile, also broke a balljoint, and, while the HORA officials told them it was o.k. to drive in to repair it, a metro policeman in the area told them it was not allowed, and they'd had to hike in to make the repairs. Henesey, meanwhile, got the word that Perrault was Brady and Steve Helm and Mike Hart did a great job in Stock Mini Trucks, leading by over an hour after one lap, and had a little down time later but won the class in a Toyota, in fact, the whole class drove Toyotas. In the Stock Full Size truck class Ken Parr and George Line had a good run in their Chevy, happy to finish and also take their first win in the class, newly come to HORA this year. broken and Stankavich and Mes-the fower, and this time he had no sickwerealapdown,soheslowed spare, and Richardson had to a bit, to save his car. Perrault, ferry parts in to him. He made a who'd fixed his upper balljoint, quick fix, and pushed hard, sur-had gone five miles and broken prising Henesey by passing him just before the finish line. And, in the Heneseys were fourth, 41 the meantime Messick and Stan-seconds behind them. Kem, kavich had finished in second Smith and Poole, disgruntled place. Perrault and Richardson about their run in with the law, were third, 46 seconds later, and finished fifth, 18 minutes later.llr Joel Stankavich and Warren Messick came out of the pack midway after fixing a broken steering wheel on the Raceco, picked up their pace and finished second in Class 9. Defending points champions Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault led Class 9 from the second lap in the Jimco, then broke two ball joints on the last lap and ended up third in c /ass, by less than a minute. Tom and Bob DeNault had early brake problems with the Mirage, but charged back through the field to take a solid second in the competitive Class 10 ranks. Bob Miller had the Raceco fourth in class midway, and co-driver Peter Swift gained a spot, finished with no lights at all in the dark, on a flat, but the team got third in Class 10. Dusty Times You Can Win Even if You Don't Win ••• When You Run 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 HDRA race this year. It's that simple! All SCORE and HDRA 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 off road lights around ... KCHiLiTESI Stop by contingency row at any SCORE or HDRA race this season for complete details on how to take advantage of this rewarding program or contact: Jim Conner• P.O. Box 1129 • Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405 • 1-602/453-8889 --------ANO THE WINNERS ARE--------Southern Cal 2501992 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 May 1992 Parker4001992 Class 3 -Mike Leslie Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 11 -Erny Martinez Nissan 400 Class 3 -Mike Leslie Class 6 -Curt Le Due Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 8 -Brian Stewart Class 11 -Saul Zambrano Stock Full -Ken Parr Page 17

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Saul Zambrano got his Class 11 out of the back 40 to run this course and he and Howard Anderson had some trouble but finished the course in second spot. Curtis and Jason Lamb ran third on the first lap in Stock Mini Trucks but picked up the pace on the next round to finish second in their Toyota. James Hall and Bob Beyer, in a Ford Bronco that is too tidy to get dirty racing, took a good second, about 20 minutes back, in Stock Full Size trucks. Class 11 was required to run only two laps at the Nissan, and Martin Garibay had a lead of just 5 7 seconds over Travis Howard at the end of the first lap, while Howard Anderson busied himself with replacing a broken spindle. Garibay had no troubles, although he described the course as" real rough -not easy'', and ran another quick lap to take the win. Howard disappeared' on the second lap, but Saul Zambrano took over for Anderson, and brought their car in for second place. In Class Stock Full, the team of · Ken Parr and George Line had their Chevy in the lead all the way, and took their first win in spite of doing part of the trip with no rear shocks, no front bump stops, and a cracked rear end. In second, all the way, itwasJamesHalland Bob Beyer, in a Bronco, who were just 21 minutes in back of them at the checkered flag. None of the others managed to get back. In the Stock Mini class, the lead belonged to Brady Helm in his Toyota at the end of the first lap, and he had an hour and 20 min-utes on second place Bill Walt-man and Craig White, in another Toyota. In third it was Chris and Jason Lamb, in still another Toy-ota, while Danny Clay and Gary Whipple, who'd got the absolute last start of the morning, and about 13 minutes late at that, ran fourth, and, yes, they were in a Toyota. Helm's first co-driver, Mike Hart, got out to let Brady's brother, Steve ride a lap. Steve, who is blind, obviously had a great time, and when the team took the win, in spite of a broken idler arm, he grinned from ear to ear. The Lambs finished second, over an hour later, followed in by Waltman and White, and then Clay and Whipple in fourth, with absolutely no shocks on their truck at all. During· the course of the day the Flight For Life helicopter had made several runs, ferrying injured folks to the hospital, but when the dust settled it turned out that there had been no serious injuries. The HORA had decided to play it safe, and fly a few folks in to be looked at, rather than jostle them around in an ambu-lance. According to Danny Cau, HORA president, the most serious injury was the badly lacer-ated hand of Sam Berri, who'd rolled over on the first lap and caught his hand in the steering wheel. The morning after the race there were only a few items for discussion by the Competition Review Board, and no finish posi-· tions were changed by their Dusty Times decisions. Cau had positioned a team with a radar gun about 31 miles into the course, on a straight stretch between Checks three and four. They timed everyone going through there, and reported that Larry Ragland had the fastest HORA NISSAN 400 - Results MARCH 11-15 1992 • Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Class 1/2 • Unlimited Single & Two Seat - 34 start - 14 finish 103 1 Ivan Stewart (solo) Toyota · 124 2 Jason Baldwin/Regie Dunlap Chenowth/Porsche 128 3 Doug Fortin Jr. (solo) Chenowth/VW 138 4 Bob Richey/Tom Baker Raceco/Porsche 121 5 Tommy Bradley/Jeff Dunnum RacecoNW 1612 1 1605 2 1607 3 1609 4 1611 5 302 1 301 2 300 3 Class l-2-l600 - l600cc Restricted Engine• 16 start• 6 finish Brian Parkhouse/Willie Melancon Mirage Brad Inch/Kenny Freeman Jr. Acme Rocket Scott Webster/Randy Anderson OFl3S Gary Sewell/Kevin Davis Lothringer Danny Porter/Mark Ruddis Suspension Undd. Class 3 - Short WB 4X4 - s start - 3 finish Dan Smith/Dave Ashley Dale White/Don Adams Mike Lesle/Curt LeDuc Ford Bronco Chevy Blazer Jeep Cherokee Class 4 • Long WB 4x4 • 6 start - 3 finish 400 1 Dave Ashley/Dan Smith Ford F-150 Chevrolet K-1500 403 2 Jerry McDonald/BarryBeacham 448 3 Gale & Matt Pike Class 5 • Unlimited Baja Bug • 8 start • 4 finish 505 1 Tony Kujala/Brad Person Baja Bug 504 2 Neal & Mike Grabowski Baja Bug 549 3 Pete Alesi Jr /Bruce Hoover Baja Bug 501 4 Michael Jakobson/Ron Jurkovac Baja Bug Class 5-1600 • 1600cc Baja Bug • 12 start • 9 finish 550 1 Wayne, Darryl & Alan Cook Baja Bug 555 2 John & Jeff Holmes/Ramsay EIWardini Baja Bug 599 3 David Shively/Rich Fersch Baja Bug 560 4 Steve & Tim Lawrence Baja Bug 557 5 Joseph & Steve Grier Baja Bug Class 6 • Production Sedan • 4 start • 1 finish 649 Curt LeDuc/Mike Lesle Jeep Cherokee Class 7 • Unlimited Mini-Midi Pickup• 5 start. 2 finish 701 1 Scott Douglas Dodge Dakota 702 2 Racin & Slick Gardner Ford Ranger Class 7S • Stock Mini-Midi Pickup • 11 start • 6 finish 725 1 Jeff LewisJJohn Chapman Chevy S-10 4x4 722 2 Ron Lister/Mike Kalicki Ford Ranger 4x4 748 3 W.D. Bunch/Manny Esquerra Ford Ranger 749 4 Lyn St. JameSIPaige Jones Ford Ranger 727 5 Brendan Gaughan/J.C. Dean Jeep Comanche Class 8 • 2WD Standard Pickup • 1 O start • 6 finish 800 1 Larry Ragland/Ivan Scoppettone Chevrolet PU 801 2 Rob MacCachrentMike Schoffstall Ford F 1-50 808 3 Brian Stewart Dodge 807 4 David Bryan/Debbie Keefe Ford F-150 804 5 Steve Kelley/David Westhem Cl,,C Class 9 • Restricted Buggy • 13 start • 7 finish 995 1 Ron & Bill Brady/Rob Challmen Chenowth 996 2 Joel Stankavich/Warren Messick Raceco 900 3 Rich Richardson/Doug Perrault Jimco 998 4 Helen & Patrick Henesey Raceco 904 5 Billy Kem/Pat Smith/Rick Poole OF13S Class 10 • Unlimited 1650cc • 22 start .• 11 finish 1098 1 Rick & Randy Wilson Raceco/Toyota 1011 2 Tom & Bob DeNault MirageNW 1004 3 Bob Miller/Pete Swift RacecoNW 1009 4 Gary & Dick Weyhrich Raceco 1007 5 John HaysJJim Greenway Raceco Class II • Stock VW Sedan - 3 start • 2 finish (2 laps) 1100 Martin GaribayNince Acevedo VW Beetle 1199 Saul ZambranOIHoward Anderson VW Beede Class Stock Mini Truck • 8 start • 6 finish (2 laps) 753 1 Brady & Steve Helm/Mike Hart Toyota 751 2 Curtis & Jason L_amb Toyota 754 3 Bill Waltman/Craig White . Toyota 799 4 Danny Clay/Gary Whipple Toyota 797 5 Michael Martin/John Williams Toyota Class Stock Full Size PU • 4 start • 2 finish (2 laps) 899 1 Ken & Cheryl Parr/George Line Chevrolet PU 852 2 James Hall/Bob Beyer Ford Bronco Time 7:45:02 8:15:45 8:19:24 8:25:29 8:40:44 9:16:40 9:43:35 10:11:16 10:49:32 14:02:00 10:20:54 11:06:04 13:40:26 8:35:44 12:18:21 15:15:26 9:32:02 10:20:03 10:52:09 15:08:20 10:16:12 10:40:40 10:52:20 12:05:53 12:19:17 9:16:23 9:48:07 15:10:48 9:57:52 10:45:31 11:17:04 11:56:14 13:37:02 7:40:19 8:00:06 9:33:41 9:49:11 12:12:49 11:13:34 11:28:35 11:29:21 11:30:02 11:48:47 9:07:53 9:19:44 9:42:20 9:47:36 9:51:03 6:22:43 8:08:18 7:24:55 8:37:52 9:13:08 9:13:51 9:25:58 8:13:05 8:34:58 161 Starters· 82 Finishers• Finish ratio -50.9% - Time Allowance -16 hours Race Distance • 388.44 miles - Four laps, 97 .11 mile course Fastest Lap Time Overall • Ivan Stewart, Class 1 Toyota - 1 :50:15 - Lap 4 May 1992 0/A 2 4 5 6 8 14 20 28 36 64 31 41 63 7 54 69 17 30 38 66 29 33 39 51 55 13 22 67 27 34 43 50 62 1 3 18 23 52 42 44 45 46 48 10 16 19 21 24 time, at 77 mph, while Walker Evans was second fastest, at 68 mph. MacCachren and Ivan Stew-art were both timed at 64 mph, and the quickest of the "buggy" type cars through there was Steve Holladay, at 59 mph. Evan Evans, in his Class 6 Blazer was the eighth fastest car, at 58 mph, and Doug Fortin,Jr., in his 2230cc VW ex-Class 10 car, ran 57 mph through the area. The quickest four-wheel-drive vehicle was Dave Ashle at 55, and LeRo Van-·This is the system run by most off road race winners Kirk was the first Class 5 car, at 53 mph. The fastest Class 10 car was eventual winner, Rick Wilson, at 50 mph. Scoop Vessels, who rolled his truck just a mile or two down the road, ran the area at a sedate 49 mph, and Robby Gor-don was clocked at a nice, legal 55. The HDRA is now gearing up for their Nevada 500, on May 15-17, and even before that, the pub-licity run, scheduled for May 9th and 10th. 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Clifford Walker ran near the front all day with consistent lap times and a late pit stop for motor mounts dropped his car to third overall at the finish line. James Martin had the early lead in the pro category over the really rough terrain, but problems dropped him back and out of the race, but still fourth in Pro 2. Frank Schneider, the one to beat in Sportsman last year, started out in fine form in 1992, but a broken spindle late in the race dropped him to second in Sportsman action. THE TEXAS CHALLENGE POINTS SERIES Tom·my Bowling Wins The Season Opener Tommy Bowling started last in the Pro Division in his Sprint Roadrunner, but moved to second after one lap, tied the leaders on time after sil< laps and took the lead on lap 16, and won the race overall. The 1992 Midwest Off Road Racing Association started the season early in February, and a good crowd of spectators came out to Notrees to enjoy a day at the races. The new pit and specta-tor area was a definite crowd pleaser as no less than four mites of the race course could be seen by all. The weather was typical West Texas as the temperature was in the middle 70s and a light Pit Protection from Sun and Showers Add your team or sponsor's name above your car in an instant with a KO Kanopy. \Xie can print most logos and names. Call for cost. Original steel or new aluminum Kanopy frame sets up in seconds. Our tough, waterproof polyester cloth top is available in maf"o/ colors. Each Kanopy comes with a heavy vinyl carry bag. Factory Direct Prices 10' x 10' Start at S439. 10' x 20' Start at $779. breeze moved the dust off the course for the race drivers. Cecil Robertson drew the #1 start in his revamped Class 2 entry. The mid-engined single seater, in which Robertson fin-ished third in the 1991 points standings with motorcycle power, now sports a 1650cc VW and was the talk of the crowd as it is a real eye catcher. Next to start was Clif-ford Walker in his Chenowth, also entered in Class 2. Off season changes for this car included a new paint scheme. Walker fin-ished fourth overall in the final points standings for 1991 after a late start, and will certainly be a contender for the 1992 title. James Martin was next off the line in his Funco. Martin rebuilt the front of his race car in the off season, and has )llade known his intentions to win the points race in 1992, after finishing second to Jim Maness last year. Tommy Bowling was the final Pro car off the line in his Sprint Roadrunner. This same car was driven to the overall points title last year by Jim Maness. Rumor has it that the team of Bowling and Maness will both be making a run at the 1992 points championship. Frank Schneider, the 1992 MORA President, started first in the Sportsman category in his -I I Class 7 Sprint Spon. Schneid« VISA was the one to beat in 1991 and iar ........... Jl!!!!I! should be in 1992. John Mapp's .......-......_ Class 2 followed up next. Mapp ...111111111111 KD Kanopy®......._ 5758 Lamar St. Arvada. CO 80002 1-800-432-4435 Page to • indicated after this race that he was just about ready to move up to the Pro ranks. All the cars came back to the starting line in order after the first Photos: Bob Bowling lap, with only 15 seconds from first to last for the Pro class, and just two seconds separating the Sportsman class. Martin was in the lead on total time by five seconds over Bowling with Robertson and Walker another ten seconds back, both recording 9:02 laps. Schneider led Mapp after the first lap, recording a time of 11:04 to 11 :06. Martin ran his quickest lap of the day on lap 2 with a time of 8:'28, and he increased his lead over Bowling to 20 seconds. Robertson was 15 seconds further back in third and led Walker by 15 seconds. Schneider was leading Mapp by 22 seconds in Sportsman. All the cars stayed in the same order through the fourth lap and then on the fifth lap Martin lost second gear and dropped to fourth. Bowling was trailing Martin by 10 seconds after the fourth, and moved into first place. Cecil Robertson was still leading Walker, but only by 18 seconds. Schneider was leading the Sportsman by 12 minutes with Mapp having a long, 22 minute lap stopping for repairs on lap 3. Walker and Robertson fin-ished lap 6 tied on time with Bowling leading by 33 seconds. Then, as so often happens in off road racing, Bowling.pitted when his car lost its power steering and recorded his longest lap of the race, a 14.50 on lap 8 . Martin was out in his Funco, and Walker took over first place with a scant 12 second lead over Robertson. Walker recorded his fastest lap of the race at 8:28 on lap 6 and was consistently turning lap times in the8:30 to8:35 range, and in fact, ran nine consecutive laps during the race with a variance of no more than seven seconds. Robert-son's fast lap was 8:35 on lap 9 and was trailing in second by just 23 seconds after 12 laps. Repairs had been made to Bowling's car and he was record-ing the fastest times of the race so far, trying to overtake the lead cars. He turned a 8:21 on lap 12, Walker's Chenowth flattened a front tire on lap 13, slowed to a 9: 12 lap and was leading Robert-son by only one second. Bowling trailed in third by 3:23. Schneider was completing his 11th lap in Sportsman with Mapp almost two laps behind. Robertson pitted on lap 14 for a driver change and fuel; with Scotty Dearmond now driving, the entry remained in second a little more than a minute May 1991 John Mapp ran second in Sportsman, and had a long pit stop, but got back in the game to nab the overall Sportsman honors with 14 laps completed. behind Walker and Bowling was Dearmond was unable to shift now only 75 seconds back in gears. His pit crew quickly put the third. car in second gear and he took off At about the same time with Walker trying to make up Schneider's car lost a spindle the deficit between them. He did while leading and the was out of indeed make up some time, but the race on his 12th lap. At the not quite enough as Clifford end of 15 laps the Pro cars were Walker finished third, just four less than a minute apart from first seconds behind second placing to third, with Walker maintaining Scotty Dearmond and Cecil a 44 second lead over Dearmond Robertson.Tommy Bowling's car and just 57 seconds over Bowling. continued on to first by a margin As the Pro cars started lap 16 of five minutes and 30 seconds Bowling had the lead cars in his over second. James Martin fin-sights and turned in the fast lap of ished fourth in Pro ranks. John the race at 7:59, passed both cars, Mapp completed 14 laps to cap-and took over first place after 16 ture first in Sportsman with Frank laps. Schneider finishing second in the Walker, knowing the closeness category. of the race, elected to continue on The first event of the 1992 with a flat front tire, which slowed season was a great race for the his lap times by about 50 seconds drivers and spectators alike. The but he managed to stay in second new pit area is a definite hit and by 31 seconds over Dearmond. the drivers had nothing but good Mapp was running first in things to say about the new Sportsman having made up the course. Races will be coming laps necessary to catch Schneider. along here once a month through He ran his fast lap of the race on the season. The first one ran lap.12 at 9:26. smoothly, but there was a minor Lap 19 saw some real seesaw problem with people going into racing as Dearmond took over restricted areas. If people persist second place from Walker by 33 in going to these spots they will be seconds. Bowling's car lost third asked to leave, as we must operate gear and slowed to an 8:26 lap, a safe race, comply with the insur-but increased the lead to just a tick ance requirements, and protect over four minutes. The final lap of the structures on the property. the race was just as exciting as the We must take care of this area or rest of the race as the Robertson we will be looking for another car had to make a pit stop because place to race. See you there next of loose motor mounts, and month! Cecil Robertson and Scotty Dearmond survived ·a variety of mechanical troubles and got their racer into second overall at the checkered flag. . Dusty Times

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·~ · -6fr-fl0AB RAGfNG TEAM- . "The Straight Poop From The Big W ahzoo" LA RANA PRESIDENTIAL 250 -The weather was great at this race and the recent rains made for some great dust free racing. Out of the six Checker cars signed up to race this 4 lapper, Gary Bates definitely had the best day of them all. Not only did Gary and his son once again conveniently win Class 5, but Poppa Bates escaped the embarrassment of having BJ out drive him for the second straight time. Gary was definitely the big dog at this· race and was having no part of the rumor that BJ had to run with an engine that acted like it was only running on three for his two laps. Hey Gary, you aren't pullin' off one of the kid's plug wires at the driver change are ya? This is The Bates' second Class 5 win in a row, a great start in their run at the La Rana Series. Koch and Keeling also carried the Club colors into the winners circle with another great run in Rex's Class 10 car. Congratulations Guys, Great Racin'! Our other Club finishers were, a Second Place by our Club Secre-tary Mike I;-larman in his Class 10 car, and a Third Place in Class 1-2-1600 by Gary Lane. Mike Duenas had his share of problems and finished 13th in the Challeng-er Class. Good Show .Checkers! Sadly, this race did -claim one Checker injury, although not race related. It seems Bu tow borrowed ' one of Steve Brown's dirt bikes, out at the Hodge Road Checker pit, and charged up to the top of what will from now on be known as "Bluto Hill". After a long look around, Russ attempted his des-cent as his Checker Buds watched. All went well until just before he got to the bottom, where he lost it and endoed into a bush. Not unexpectedly, this earned him an appropriate reaction from his fellow Checkers in the pit, as they quickly turned their Checker T-shirts inside-out in recognition of his performance. But on a serious note, later that afternoon at the hospital, he was diagnosed, among other things, as ·having cracked a bone in his leg with some possible damage to his knee. But reportedly the thing that caused hi.rn the most embar-rassment, and had the doctors and nurses scratching their heads over the proper treatment, was what could loosely be described as a 'sand enema with a greasewood plug'. Hey Russ, we all wish you a speedy recovery and I'm sure this incident will never be brought up again, you can trust me on this! Speaking of the La Rana Races, Eddie Castro the La Rana Promo-ter, a'ppeared before the Club on· March 4th for a question and answer session. In the free wheel-ing discussion that followed, Mr. Castro addressed every issue that was brought up in a very up front manner, which left the vast major-ity of the members in attendance with a very favorable impression. Recently the new administra-tion sent out the Club's second newsletter and it received good reviews from the membership. The Checkers who took advan-tage of the opportunity to place ads in this newsletter reportedly had such great results that Symonds is rumqred to be think-ing about putting ·Warren up for sale in our next issue? If you haven't been to a Wed-nesday night meeting lately you're missing the fun of the new "Dick-head of the Week" award. Hib-bard has put together a Checker hat with a large plastic dildo which is not only awarded to the weekly recipient, but a Polaroid photo is taken of the presentation and it is added to a gallery of past_ Dickheads that is posted at every weekly meeting. So far T.O., Pick and Symonds have been so honored. Speaking of Special Awards, The Wahzoo recently received a nasty letter from the R.L.H. radio guy, which in so many · words, accused thi:: 01' Wahzoo of being an illiterate one-eyed liar, while demanding a retraction of some-thing I wrote in my March column. After first checking with a couple of our most often divmced members for some qual-ity Checker legal advice, 1 decided to skip their letter bomb sugges-tions and simply write him back. NISSAN 400 RACE -With a good turnout of 12 cars, the Checkers definitely made our presence known at this traditional· major race. The Cook's had a great race going with a couple of other 5-1600 cars before stretch-ing it .out on the 4th lap for another impressive win in their Valvoline Bug. Congratulations Guys, one more great race to add to your record. Kevin Davis, a new prospective member, had his bu y the first 1-2-1600 car on the road with engine went south. After some the fastest first lap in his class. early down time by Goode, Then, after some minor prob-Utgard· got into Seeley's 5 car at lems, came home with a fine the halfway point, only to dis-fourth place finish. Zambrano, cover that the car's throttle sticks Anderson and Dennis fought and the brakes suck! T his would trouble all day long but salvaged a not have been THAT bad except second iri Saul's Class 11 car. Jim that both problems appeared at Greenway co-drove a non-once at the first big "Gotcha" and member's Class 10 car to a~solid Bob endoed off into the desert for fifth place finish. Steve Kelley, a DNF. Hey guys, what can 1 say? who is back racing as an active That's the Mint! Checker this year, rolled his Class One Club member deserves a 8 entry on the first lap. Hey Steve, special mention, even though he welcome back! Then, as would be drove a non-Checker car, that did expected of a past Checker Presi-not run with the Club. Seems dent, gathered it up and came Melancon served as a dutiful back strong for a fifth in the "hand patter" the day before the Thunder Truck class. Holladay race as his wife gave birth to a new and Robertson had a good run in Iii' Willie. Then with mom and ~teve's open qir as they picked up baby doing fine, he jumped in a a seventh in class and an impres-friend's car and headed for Vegas, sive 11th overall. Last but not figuring he'd catch up on his sleep least, Seeley soloed the 4 laps in later. Once at the race, he drove his first ride in an unlimited car. the first lap in a 1-2-1600 car, After he suffered some lengthy then caught a plane for home. first lap down time, George came Later, he received a call at home back with some good laps for a from the other driver informing 14th place finish. Good Racin' him they had won The Mint! Guys! Besides newsletters, guest Our non-finishers also had speakers and Dickheads Awards, some interesting stories. With his ·our new Pre: has also reportedly 101 number, Chase was the first lined up a Checker discount with car on the course and was looking F & L Racing Fuel similar to the good until the front suspension deal the Club use to have with came apart iii the Rock Pile and he Trick. If interested, I think ya parked it. Gary Hymes had the gotta call Hibbard to get on honor of turning in the fastest another one of his 'lists'. first lap in the big unlimited class And finally, I think that most but went no further. Koch a11d would agree_ that our weekly Martin had their ups and downs Wednesday night meetings have this race until it all ended on the shown an improvement lately in third lap with serious front sus-both the interest and involvement pension failure. Anyone near a of our members. Ya oughta stop radio knew that Symonds visited by and say hello if ya haven't been most of the Checker pits, some in a while. Who knows, ya might more than once, on his one and just get to wear a brand new hat on! Y lap before his Class 10 , and get your picture took? B ■ 0 ■ R ■. E ■ PRESENTS THE DESERT CACTUS 250MIL~S MRY 16 ' 1992 REGISTRATION & TECH FRIDAY, MAY 15 LOCATED 2 MILES SE OF EXIT56 OFF 1-80 WEST OF SLC FOLLOW THE ARROWS 5-9 PM SPECIAL BONUS -FREEENTRVFOR JACKPOT 200 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS P.O. BOX 1583 OGDEN, UT 8402 801-627-2673 Dusty Timcs • 1..,, ARAGONITE, UTAH TO CLASS 10 WINNER COtvPLll'vENTS OF: BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ONE OF THE BEST COURSES ON THE B.O.R.E. CIRCUIT ,! ' · '·*RACING LIKE YOU REMEMBER* May 19" RACE STARTS SATURDAY,MAY16 10AM NEW FOR B.O.R.E. IN '92 REAR FACING AMBER SAFETY LIGHT -MANDATORY '92 SCHEDULE -MAY 16 - DESERT CACTUS 250 JUL V 4 - JACKPOT 200 AUGUST 29 - TWILITE 200 OCTOBER 31 - BONNEVILLE CHALLENGE Page 11

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: ,• T • ~ "'"' • y ~ :,t -----;- I ~ ,, ~~ ,~,-l:~ <£ -' ~~it ·-, .. JI . ~ ,.~ --,,;,,~ _jJ.~'F ~ I \'~ , Stig Blomqvist and Benny Melander hit an early apex in the new Nissan Pulsar GTI-R on their way to a strong third overall. Note how well trained the spectators are, restained by merely a strand of ribbon. It looks like Bjorn Johansson and Anders Olsson are aiming their Mazda 323 G T-X at the photographer, but they carried on to finish seventh overall. After an off course excusion Lasse Lampi and Pentti Kuukkala get spectator help to get the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4 E back running to eighth overall. WRC SWEDISH RALLY Mats Jonsson Wins His Home Rally In A Toyota Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Mats Jonsson and Lars Backman led from the first day in their Toyota Celica GT-Four against all comers to not only win their home rally, but they scored their first world championship victory as well by a narrow margin. Finally he's done it. The Karlstad driver Mats Jonsson, with Lars Backman navigating, avenged his defeat last year in spectacular style, becoming the 4 ~ st Scandinavian to win th is event consecutively. He led from the first day and withstood a remarkable challenge by British driver Colin McRae whose even-tual second place was the best World Rally result achieved by Page ii ·The Off-Roader's Choice· • E-Z UP"" INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 secondsl NO missing parts NO center poles NO ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics Instant Pit Shelter· La Rono Contingency Sponsor HORR Contingency Sponsor E-l UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ INC. 1044 N. Cole Ave. Los~.CA90035 CALL: 213 • 462.• 1468 Subaru, and the best foreign World Rally result by a British driver in 15 years. After team-mate Ari Vatanen crashed on the first stage, Subaru's hopes were pinned on the British champion; he did not let them down. But the day was Jonsson 's·, the shy Toyota driver often overlooked by Toy-ota T earn Europe, drove his old style GT-Four faultlessly over the four day event. After the debacle of the can-celed rally in 1990, the running of the 41st Swedish Rally was a bit mar"ginal," and needed more weather to make it happen. As the training period began the weather got colder, and arrangements were made to put water on stages which currently were clear of ice. Then happily, a week before the start it began to snow. Still the weekend before the event the temperatures had risen again and the ice had broken up. The stages were in danger of being destroyed and a halt was put to practice on the final two days. It was wet, then sunny in Karlstad, but Thursday, the day of the start it was very wet in the headquarters town, which meant snow in the hills. Once again the Swedish, a driver points only event, attracted a dismal entry. With Lancia and the works T oyotas absent, there were two Subarus and a single Nissan.Two Mitsubishis and two Mazdas withdrew a few days before _the rally, that was said to have been the final appearance of the GT-X model before the GT-R! testing was to start. Even if many drivers were not there to appreciate it, there were . many good ideas about the rally. May 199i It was held this year over four wheel drive car, the Peugeot of days, not three, mainly to increase Harry Joki, limped in on three the proportion of the event held wheels; he said the car stuck in in the daylight. Using FISA's flex-neutral coming into a corner. Fin-ibility over their normal 30 km nish Group N Lancia driver stage length rule, there was a 42 Mikael Sundstrom had turbo km stage "in the far north on Sat-troubles then lost front drive, and urday, where the snow was most made the overnight pare ferme likely to be deep and crisp. The with the gearbox held on by just rally still used almost all private one bolt. roads, which are slower than pub-Etape 2 was a bad day for Fin-lie roads, but it was again expected land. On the second stage Lind-to be one of the fastest in the holm lost time when a front drive-World series. shaft broke, and the damage to the With four early numbers transmission led to a broken absent, the start had a lonel'y feel. gearbox and his retirement one Stig Blomqvist was surprisingly stage later. Suddenly we saw an given start number 6, ahead of A-amazing attack by Finnish Junior seeded drivers McRae, Salonen Team driver Marcus Gronholm. and Mikkola. There were some Nephew of former Finnish champ-welcome faces: at 39 was Ake ion Ulf, he set about the day's Andersson, one of the legendary stages with a vengeance. The day Saab drivers of the '60s and now before he said he made many an accomplished historic rally errors. From 13th after stage 7 he driver, and at 59 was a on,, time was eighth after stage 8, seventh Formula 1 driver, Torsten Palm, after stage 9 and retired on stage who in fact had come second on 12. "I had just got some new tires the event in 1967 as a co-driver. and was really pushing hard, but I On Etape 1 Ari Vatanen's acci-misjudged going into a sharp dent 500 meters before the end of bend." He hit the bank, skated 30 the first stage was classic stuff. "I meters down the road on his roof, am completely devastated", he but still continued. Later in the said afterwards, "I have let the . stage his suspension collapsed and whole team down." The Finn had the 23 year old was out. Alen was cut a corner and found some unhappy, saying his engine was rocks in a ditch. This catapulted still bad, which was confirmed by the car upside down three times the team chief. Nissan was and forced him to retire. Co-involved in a political style prob-driver Bruno Berglund hastened !em on brands of tires. But, off to help the. radio commenta-though Dunlop stickers had to tors for the rest of the event, stay on the car, Michelins were answering questions saying he finally fitted and Blomqvist didn't know exactly how many scored an.impressive fastest time times Vatanen had upended him. on stage 11. "32 or 33, I'm not sure, I've lost As the rally worked its way east count!" towards Falun the weather deteri-At the end of stage 1 three cars orated and snow began to fall. On were tied for the lead, Markku stage 13 McRae took 18 seconds AlenandJonssoninToyotasand off the leader, Jonsson, on stage Blomqvist's Nissan. It was the 14, another 11. The 52 second first special stage World Rally led lead had been reduced in two by Nissan for seven years! But on stages to 23, and the secret, local stage 2 the real conditions were folks said, was the proper tires for met for the first time; with melt-soft snow. However, Michelin's ing sn6w and thawing ice it was man said both drivers had been very slippery indeed. Alen had a advised to groove the tires misfire which dropped him a half because of the snow. Subaru had minute, Blomqvist lost a half been doing it all day, but Jonsson minute to a flat tire, Per Eklund was nervous, saying he hadn't lost time when a turbocharger driven on tires cut like it was sug-came adrift, and it recurred on the gested. While victory was still next stage along with power steer-wide open, one thing was inevita-ing problems. ble, another Japanese car victory. The stages ·were fast as well as The best European car, also the slippery, and with better condi-best two wheel drive, was Per tions further back the times of the Svan's Opel in 15th place. Group N cars were amazing. StartingEtape3 Mats explained Group N Mitsubishi driver Soren why he allowed Colin to close on Nilsson was fourth fastest on him the previous night. "It was stage 2 while at # 17 there was a because I did not know very much surprise intruder; Sebastian about these Michelin tires. On Lindholm put his Ford in the lead, our national championship rallies and held on in second place till the we are forbidden to use them, and end of the day, but he did have have to use local tires instead." troubles with the turbocharger Alen still felt the lack of engine getting back to Karlstad. Alen power. For the first time it was a soon noticed that running first on really nice day for the rally, snow the road was a disadvantage, right across the tracks, a lot of whichsimplyunderlinedjusthow blue sky, snow piled high on the well second running Jonsson was tree branches and a lot of fast going. On stage 4 the leading two stages . Dusty Times

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Per Johansson navigated Harry Joki through this trackless snow covered trail in the Peugeot 309 G Tl. and they won their displacement class at 15th overall. Tired Subaru co-driver Derek Ringer gets a warm rest halt welcome at Smedjebacken. while our correspondent Martin Per Svan and Johan Olsson drove the Opel Corsa GS/ through the snow to 11th overall and they were the best European car and the best two wheel drive car on the rally. Holmes and an unknpwn marshal smile for the camera. The group of four stages from Falun stretching west to the ski resort at Branas saw winning aver-age speeds from 100 to 123 kph. Many drivers complained. Lampi said his Mitsubishi was bouncing off the rev limiter in top all the time, Eklund said that downhill he couldn't hope to match the speed of Blomqvist's Nissan, and the computer on Johansson's little Mazda confirmed the driver had been doing 195 kph. Colin was intrigued. "l actually reckon with these studs we can go faster on snow and ice than we could, without them, on gravel in mid-summer!" McRae made his big attack on the lo ng stage 19, 4 2 kms. "Jonsson bear us by six seconds, but we had lost a fat of power. We discovered that we Colin McRae and Derek Ringer nearly became the first non-Scandinavians to win the Swedish. placing the,r Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo second by just 39 seconds. Experience won in Group N as Soren Nilsson and Per-Ove Persson claimed first in the category and ninth overall ,n the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR!4 in the snow. as the Swedes triumphed on home. ground · had been knocking snow dust into the air cleaners which caused the problem." From then on Jonsson gradually started to pull further away, and by the end of the day his lead had increased from 24 to 42 seconds, but McRae was still heading towards ·success. Despite the speeds there were no big accidents, although Lampi went off the road for eight min-utes, but continued. "We had just changed shock absorbers, and suddenly found the car had jumped clean off the road," but that was about all. There were worse hassles on the roads where the rally traffic moving across country met heavy ski holiday traffic going north-south. Ken-neth Backlund retired his second placed Group N Mitsubishi on the second stage of the day, with gearbox failure, and Harry Joki was having more problems with his Peugeot 309. The young Finn Kytilehto fell from 11th to 13th when hisGroupN Mitsubishi had a flat and now Nissans were 2-3 in this category. Could Colin do anything about Mats on Etape 4? It seemed unlikely as Prodrive Subaru boss David Richards said the young Scotsman was driving to orders to finish, so it was remarkable he was in such a position. The possibility of a fight to the finish was put out of his mind when McRae had a flat on stage 28 and lost over a quarter-minute. But all the time strange things were happening in Group N . The second and third running Nissans both went off the road and retired, then the Mitsu-bishi which would have inherited third place, Anders Radstrom, also retired, off the road. So now Roger Ericsson's Subaru was behind the Mitsubishi of the old-timer Nilsson, after four gear box changes. "They are getting better, the last time 1t took only 25 min-utes!", and then the Finn Jarmo Kytolehto. Another absentee was former . Swedish Rally winner Ake Andersson who retired on the penultimate stage with gearbox failure. There was a moment of fun on stage 29 when Stig Blomq-vist made a fantastic time on the Bjalverud stage he has tradition-ally enjoyed as ' his own', but it made no difference. The number 4 connection had played its part in another World Championship Rally; no starting number has been anything like as successful as this number in Sweden. M ats Johnson started number 4 in the Toyota and finished number 1. Colin McRae and Derek Ringer finished the rally 39 seconds behind Jonsson in the Subaru. McRae vowed he would return, "Next year, and I hope to give Mats a real fight!" Fight or no fight, certainly this year's event had been a fright for the estab-lished community, as Colin had come as near as anyone from out-side Scandinavia to winning this, the most exclusive rally in the World Championship. Stig 1992 Swedish Rally Results Mats Jonsson/Lars Backman Colin McRae/Derek Ringer Stig Blomqvist/Benny Melander Markku Alen/llkka Kivimaki Leif Asterhag/Christina Thomer. Per Eklund/Johnny Johansson Bjorn Johansson/Anders Olsson Lasse Lampi/Penni Kuukkala Soren Nilsson/Per-Ove Persson Jarmo Kytilehto/Kari Jokinen EijaJurvanen/Marjo Berglund (17th) S Toyota Celica GT-Four 03 Subaru legacy 4WD T S Nissan Pulsar GTI-R SF s s s SF s SF SF Toyota Celica GT-Four Toyota Celica GT-Four Subaru Legacy 4WD T Mazda 323 GTX Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Mitsubishi Galan! VR-4 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Ford Sierra Cosworth 94 starters• 46 finishers - • Group Winners - # Ladies winners Winner's average stage speed - 105.47 kph Dusty Timcs A• 5:24:37 A 5:25:16 A 5:26:09 A 5:26:25 A 5:30:53 A 5:35:12 A 5:38:58 A 5:41:51 N" 5:43:22 N 5:49:29 A# 6:09:57 Blomqvist and Benny Melander were third, their Nissan less than a minute back, followed in 16 seconds by Markku Alen and son were ninth overall and won Ilkka Kivimaki in the Toyota. Group N by six minutes in the Soren Nilsson and Per-Ove Pers-- Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. A Winning Tradition In Off-Road Racing Bilstein gas pressure shock New Applications absorbers were first introduced to the Dimensions Valving American market in off-road racing in e!!ti t:12, l2!MS.tle112D i;lU,l~2II, B~!2/~2mR, the late 1960's. Over the past 20 AK1310 3/4'shaft 36.02 X 20.86 150/50 years, more off-road races have been 15.15 inch travel won on Bilstein than any other shock AK 1320 3/4" shaft 33.00 X 19.48 170/60 absorbers. 13.5 inch travel Today, with their proven record of performance, Bilsteins continue to be AK 1330 3/4" shaft 27.00 X 16.88 255/100 the choice of serious off-readers who 10.11 inch' travel coil over run to win. Now Available - Repair and Revalvlng Services. May 1991 Contact: Motorsports Department BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road, San Diego, CA 92121 • 619/453-7723 For additional technical information and a complete catalog send $2.50 Page 13

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GRR DESERT TOUR '9i: Round #i Stanley Steele Storms Gold Nugget ·1,so Photos hy MotorsJJOrts PhotograJ)hy/Lorne Trezise/Carol Knup/) · Stanley S_teele _nabbed his second consecutive Class 1 and the overall title in his Fod Fab VW powered Chaparral, once again taking the top hono·rs home to New Mexico, making it well worth the trip. New Mexico's Stanley Steele held off a strong challenge from Paul Nolte to best a strong field of competitors and earn his second consecutive Class 1 win and· the Overall at GRR's second annual "Gold Nugget 150" in mid-February. Steele's S & S Engine and Machine/Fod Fab VW-Chaparral covered the 152 mile distance in 3:53:42 to finish with an eight-plus minute margin on second place finisher Bill Cook. "Good course, good day, no dust!" said Steele. "But it was get-ting rough towards the end. Our clutch started going away -stink-ing really bad -so I just tried to drive consistent and not make any mistakes since I had a pretty good lead. Thanks a lot to my pit crew and Danny Foddrill." Once again ORR had returned to the Vulture Mine area south of Wickenburg, Arizona, to take on the demanding trails and washes. Course Director Bill Graham marked a 19-mile loop running opposite to October's longer "Haunted Hills Classic" and util-izing some more high speed pow-erline. Entry was down a few entries after a threatening weather forecast scared some away. They came to the race, but only to spec-tate. Greeted by sunny skies, a damp, dust-free course and lots of ribbing from the troops, those OffROA011i uc CJ--NEW ULTRA WHEELS 15X3 15X7 17X8 FOR BUGGIES · "IN STOCK !" $75.00 $80.00 $80.00 . r...\J\~GS ~\.. 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Lap two saw McMullen pull eight seconds ahead of Higgins and Calvelage go out with clutch, shifter and trail-ing arm troubles. The leaders were having a good race and at the midway point, McMullen was still eight seconds ahead of Higgins. But then Hig-gins had a flat and McMullen enjoyed a six minute margin on the next circuit. Tsakaris finished his first lap a few minutes before McMullen started his seventh with an eight minute lead. But then · disaster in the form of a broken cv and a damaged axle struck McMullen, and Higgins regained the lead as McMullen put his spare axle on in the field. Tsarkaris ran a fair lap to salvage third before bad bearings put him on the trailer. So Higgins cooled his pace on his final lap to bring the Arizona T ransaxle Exchange/Yokohama/ Woods Off Road Products Toyota-Chaparral in at second overall with a time of 3:58:50. Two 15 minute penalties for hit-ting checkpoint signs on lap seven dropped him to fifth overall. "Albert did good", said Higgins. "He had us covered pretty close. But our car worked flawlessly except for the one flat. I'd like to thank Bill Capatch and my wife, Becky." McMullen managed to finish, but at 12th overall with a May 1992 Tom Higgins led the parade in his Class 10 Toyota Chaparral on lap 1. and stayed close to the big guns, had a tight fight 1Jntil late in the race, but won Class 10 despite some penalties. time of 5:49:14. Stanley Steele was first around in Class 1 afterfirstoffTomMur-ray suffered a flat. Paul Nolte was second, 38 seconds behind with Robert Wood third, Jack Bailey fourth and Bill Cook fifth with co-driver Doug McDermid at the wheel. Murray was sixth, Scott Stinson and Ryan May were sev-enth, Tony Harbeck and Jimmy Wood were eighth in their first "buggy" race and Ross Whit-moyer and Mike Perez were not on the board. Lap two was Nolte's as he . moved into the lead with a 14 second margin on Steele. Wood retained third and the computer now showed Whitmoyer / Perez in fourth, two minutes ahead of Murray. Nolte set hot lap of the day with a 27:22. Steele moved out front again as Nolte had a long pit stop and fell 2:18 back. Mur-ray was now third after a tangle with Wood, who'd suffered an oil pump failure and was out. McDermid was now fourth and Bailey had his Class 8 Chevy in fifth. Nolte fell to fourth on lap five with an overheating problem as Steele continued to increase his lead. Whitmoyer/Perez were reported down with a broken kingpin, and Stinson/May slipped into fifth. McDermid took over second on lap six, but almost ten minutes down to Steele. Murray was now third, and Nolte hung on to fourth. But Nolte's torque converter separ-ated from his engine as he began his final lap and he was done. Stinson/ May then took over fourth, running their small backup motor, and held on to fin-ish there. Behind Steele were McDermid, 8:24 back, and Mur-ray, just 19 seconds out of second. The Hustin Brothers, Jeff and Gerry, were all alone in Class 5 as was 5-1600's Milt Moore, so the little sedan chased the big convert-ible all day and both entries fin-ished. The Hustins were eighth overalr with a time of 5: 10:35 in the Hustin Bros. Racing/Colucci Fabrication Rabbit-Baja. "The first half went great", said Jeff. "But we were having to double-clutch by the end. We'd like to thank Best Auto in Tucson and our pit crew, Mike Doherty and Rick Mounier." Moore scored an 11th overall at his first ORR finish with a timeof5:36:27 in his Milt Moore Construction .Baja sedan. "The race was great, the course was great, beautiful day, lots of sunshine and we had a great time!" said an exuberant Moore. "My thanks go out to . ORR for putting this one on for us." Port Campbell was first off the line in 1-2-1600, and first to the finish line after he took the jetting .loop instead of the race route. Tom Hansen took advantage to lead lap one by 25 seconds. Both were quicker on their second loop and Campbell now held the lead by 1:47. Electrical problems ended Hansen's run on lap four and Campbell went on to finish at sev-enth overall with a time of 5:06:48 in the TUF Off Road VW-Newton. "I had a new co-driver, Doug Calger, but I want my wife back in there," laughed Campbell. "Doug let me take the . jetting loop. Otherwise, a good day and a challenging course." Keith Randel was slated to be first off in Class 9, but was nowhere to be seen as the race began. Seems his Ford truck had ate another computer, and then he'd got caught in a rare Wicken-burg traffic jam. So he started with a 35:29 disadvantage. Steve Long was first, 1 :40 ahead of Ron Dalke. ORR scored Randel as if he'd started on time, with the start Port Campbell took an extra few miles on the jetting loop, on the first lap, but he carried on having no troubles worth mentioning and won Class 1-2-1600 - easily. in fact he was the only finisher. Dusty Times

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Paul Nolte ran second, just seconds behind the overall winner, led for a time but lost the torque converter on the final lap in the Pontiac/Woods. Albert McMullen diced hard, within seconds of the lead, but a broken axle and cv dropped him to second in Class 10, seventh overall in the Rabbit/Funco. Running alone in Class 5 Jeff and Gerry Hustin nonetheless turned some quick lap times in the Rabbit powered Baja Bug and they finished eighth overall. Milt Moore ran alone in Class 5-1600 in his tidy Baja Bug, and scored his first GRR finish, covering all eight laps on the rugged run and he took 11th overall too. Keith Randel got a late start in Class 9, but looked to be leading the class near the end, but corrected time dropped him to second in class in the Chaparral/Woods. Jack Bailey was the only Class 8 in the entry, so he ran in Class 1 in the big Chevy and surprised some folks by finishing a strong fifth in the truck. differential to be added later. Long went out on lap two, and after two laps Randel was running quicker, with a six minute margin. With three laps in, the margin had increased to 11 :25. "Campbell gave me a couple of day. As soon as we figure out how good love taps on the last lap," we do it, we'll make the patented said Dalke. "We all had a lot of ORR sunset available to other rac-Tour .'92 is the inaugural "Joshua Tree 150" to replace the "Saddle Sol!r 150" which ran into permit problems when tortoises were sighted near the route. The "Joshua Tree 150" will be held in the beautiful high desert south of Wickieup on April 4th and we'll have all the details in an upcoming issue of Dusty Times. fun." ing organizations. Finally, all alone in Class 3 was Next up on the ORR Desert Dalke, learning that Randel was · out there, turned up the wick for the remainder and ran faster laps but could only cut Randel's apparent lead to 7:12. But when his start time was corrected, Ran-del found himself in second, 28: 1 7 in arrears. Dalke, with a time of 5:05:44, brought the TUF Off Road/ Chirco Automotive VW-TUF in for the class win at sixth overall. the Ford Bronco of Sonny Fava-sole, back racing again after taking a breather the last couple of sea-sons. Numerous problems kept the Desert Fox 4x4/Rudy's Tow-ing entry from finishing, but Fav-asole had some good times and picked up the class points for this event. And, another ORR race went into the history books as we con-tinue to bat 100% with our spec-tacular sunsets to close each race Ron Dalke ran steady laps, got quicker as the day wore on, and brought his TUF VW racer home for the Class 9 victory by nearly half an hour and he was sixth overall as well. When Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, How Many Drivers Wanted The Helmet That Peter Piper Picked? Helmet includes Nomex Skirt • More Nose Room • Lighter • Seals Better Against Dust• 30% More Vision • Also Available - Full Line of Simpson Products • Bell Helmets • Glass Shields • Drinkers • Kool Pac's • Pumper Motors • 4'-8' Hoses • 1985 Snell Approved Helmets We Also Convert Helmets! We Ship UPS Fax (714) 923-3118 Dr. Bill Cook had a good run in his Jimco that has a 3800cc Chevy engine, and as others fell out Cook moved up to finish the eight laps, second 0 /A. Dusty Times May 1991 Parker Pumper Helmets 2318 S. Vineyard, Ste B Ontario, Calif. 91761• Phone (714) 923-7016 • Page 25

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A Sheffield steel roller clutch and planetary gear set are the backbone of the Under/overdrive. Fixing Up ~ Old-Truck By Homer Eubanks Gear Vendors auxiliary transmission for Power and economy. One of the many multi-purpose vehicle duties is to haul, or .tow, excess weight. Often it is towing our off road toys into the back country. Total up the weight of camping gear, fuel, cooking uten-sils, grub, and all of the little guy's Ninja Turtles and the gross vehi-cle weight rating (GVWR) is quickly put to its limit. To enhance the towing ability of our underpowered workhorse, Gear Vendors' Under/ overdrive auxil-iary transmission was employed. The Under/ overdrive auxiliary transmission has been helping the RVer haul up to 30,000 lbs. for 11 years. By using the overdrive as a gear-splitter the unit delivers economy and power to the tow vehicle. It's versatility has also been noticed by racers wanting the engine savings of overdrive plus the added gearing offered through gear-splitting. Tow vehi-cles get better power and econ-omy while using the auxiliary, and installed in the race vehicle racers enjoy a broader range of gearing. Basically, the auxiliary can double existing transmission's gear ratios. With a three speed automatic the unit delivers a gear ratio between first, and between second, for power; and then an overdrive ratio to slow the engine down. Or overdrive can be used for 28% faster top end speed. Our Muncie 465 manual transmission now has seven forward gears. Some of you tricky mother truckers will relate this as a two-speed rear end. The operation is similar. For the old work truck, the -~ ~ = - -I=====-=--· ----Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WO enthusiast, the Rod Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! But be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Page 26 auxiliary was obviously needed because the 4.10 differential had the engine taxed at road speed. The comfortable speed for this vehicle, with 30 inch tall General Grabbers, was around 62 mph, resulting in an engine speed of 2840 rpm. And ~hen loaded, or towing any weight, the 41 % gap between fourth and third gear was a performance robbing menace. The 292 cu. in. six puts out 170 hp ( 4000 rpm) and 275 ft lbs ( 1700 rpm) of torque, resulting in an optimistic gross combined veh-icle weight GCVW rating of 12,000 pounds. Even so, with moderate weight, hill climbs were more than annoying. The engine would lug down on the climb and by the time third gear was availa-ble the road speed had dropped to 40 mph. Once in third the engine overreved before any road speed was gained. So the gear-splitting feature of the auxiliary was, let's say, attractive. As I said earlier, our old truck needed both the overdrive and gear-splitting. Having a first gear final drive ratio(FDR) of26.86: 1 means it will move almost any load. But first gear's top speed is about 10 mph. Shifting to second reduces the FDR to 14.68; 1 which is a 45% change in gearing and a loss of almost half the engine rpm. However, in most situations it is still enough power to keep the engine in its power band. Now the step between second and third is52%, so this is where the auxiliary comes in handy with a load. Splitting second delivers an 11 .45: 1 FDR so the engine drops half the rpm between shifts. Preventing the engine from dropping out of its power band means a smoother transition of power, resulting in quicker acceleration. Call For Courses and Dates Great Basin Consulting 2738 Chavez Dr. Reno, NV 89502 (702) 825-8830 Third gears FDR is 6.97: 1 equating a gap of 41 % between third and the 4 .10 of fourth gear. You can have a load moving down the highway but this gap kills any attempt at towing weight up grades. By the time the engine slows down enough to accept third gear the road speed is down between 40-45 mph. Once down on its knees it was all that could be done to keep the vehicle at this speed. By gear-splitting the shift down to third-over can be attained comfortably at 55 mph. So by shifting down earlier and keeping the engine in it's power band, the vehicle's speed and momentum are kept. And as the terrain changes the unit can be shifted up or down a half gear at a time to prevent lugging or over revving, making the hill climb much more bearable. This third-over gear is also use-ful for daily driving. By splitting between third and fourth, when slowed by traffic, the vehicle doesn't fall out of its power and lurch; as it previously did in fourth. And this split allows quicker acceleration when merg-ing on to highways as well. Enter-ing a highway from a red light, up to65 mph, without gear-splitting, took an average of 25 seconds. Getting on the same stretch of road using third-over decreased the time to 18.35. Not a blistering land speed record difference, but when merging into rush hour traf-fic any advantage is helpful. Overdrive is a plus all in itself. The .78: 1 ratio delivers a FDR of 3 .20: 1. By slowing the engine down, the wear and tear savings on the engine is notable. Shifting into overdrive reduced the 2840 rpm to 2222 -rpm resulting in a savings of 618 rpm. With the engine quieted down however, I noticed that my foot got heavier and the old truck was regularly exceeding 70 mph. Although, increasing road speed to 70 mph still meant an engine savings of 330 rpm. Engine wear savings while in overdrive is one aspect of econ-omy. So with the engine slowed down the issue of miles per gallon came to light. Gear Vendors make no claims to mpg, but when pressed a ball park average of20% was quoted. Normal everyday driving which consists of a 30 mile one way trek to work was resulting in 15 mpg. Freshly tuned at best was 15 l/2. Now with overdrive, regular 17 mph results May 1992 Final Drive Ratio (FDR) chart Muncie 465 4-speed manual Gear 1st 2nd 2nd-over 3rd 3rd-over 4th OD FDR 26.86 14.68 11.45 6.97 5.44 4.10 3.20 The auxiliary transmission gives the Chevy manual forward gears. transmission seven were achieved. That is an approx-imate 12% increase, even though road speed had been increased on average eight miles an hour. If I could ever drive around 60 mph I would assume a 20% increase would be attainable. Towing performance increased dramatically with the Gear Vendors unit so a performance test was also performed to test the vehicle's unloaded performance. The test was performed at 3,500 feet elevation on predominately flat terrain in direct drive, then reran using the auxiliary as a g~ar-splitter. There were no smoking tires on take off, just aggressive throttle to achieve quick accelera-tion. A test run of 0-60 mph was used to simulate basic stop and go performance. Next 40-60 mph tests were used to simulate pass-ing performance. For all tests low (granny) gear was not used. Each test segment evolved four runs with the best three runs averaged to eliminate human error. Our first direct drive run pro-duced shift points at 20 mph (shifting to third) and at 45 mph shifting into fourth. The best of the three test runs produced a 1 7 .62 second run for the 0-60 mph test. But averaging the three runs together resulted in a hum-bling 19.19 average. Next the auxiliary was used. Since pulling power was not the issue second-over was not used. And third-over was activated at 45 mph, which was the original shift point for third. Third-over carried us right up to 60 mph. Our best0-60 mph run clocked in at a blistering 14.30 seconds.' A difference of 3 .32 se'tonds quicker as the speed shift from third to third-over kept the engine in its power band. Averaged times using the auxil-iary resulted in an average time of 14 .59 seconds for our 0-60 test. So the average difference between direct drive and gear-splitting resulted in 4 .6 seconds quicker acceleration. That equates to an increase of 23% for the elapsed time. Similar results backed up our tests when we ran the 40-60 mph passing tests. Simulating a passing situation in direct drive resulted in shifting down to third at 40 mph and then having to shift back into fourth at45 mph. The quick-est time recorded for this segment was a time of 11.04 seconds. Averaging the tests together resulted in a passing time of 12.9 seconds. A long time to be facing opposing traffic I thought. Testing the passing perform-ance by splitting into third-over resulted a best time of 8.18 seconds. Shifting into third-over at 40 mph was able to carry us through to60 mph. Average pass-ing speed now quickened to 8.90 seconds. Decreasing the passing time by four seconds meant on average the vehicle stayed in the opposing traffic lane 24% less time. Not only was time gained but less shifting added to the com-fort of passing. A Sheffield steel roller clutch · and planetary gear set are the backbone of the Under/over-drive. This type of mechanical lockup roller clutch (sprague) is incorporated in automatic trans-missions to handle the torque spikes created in take offs and change of direction from reverse to drive. The unit is said to be rated at 4500 ft/ lb of torque so full throttle shifts are available. It is completely self contained, with its own pump and sump. Hydrau-lic pressure from the unit's cam actuated pump moves a cone_ clutch forward to release the planetary carrier during the shift. The roller clutch releases and the planetary gears drive the output shaft, called an annulus. The gear ratio is .78 to 1 (22% ). Shifting the unit is accomp-lished via an electronic solenoid. A push-pull switch is mounted on the shift lever (automatic trans-missions have a dimmer-type switch mounted on the floor). Once the switch is activated the solenoid diverts hydraulic pres-sure to create the shift. On the manual transmissions a half clutch depression is recom-mended to transfer the power. However, after using the auxiliary for a while simply lifting off the throttle momentarily delivers a smooth upshift. But downshifts require some clutch action. Gear Vendors offers an auxil-iary transmission for most GM, Dodge, and Ford applications, including the small case C4 and PowerGlide transmissions. Units fit most pickups, motorhomes and four wheel drives. Four wheel drive units bolt to the back of the transfer case offering availability while in two wheel drive only. Units are also available for today's factory overdrive trans-missions found in GM and Ford applications. Pricing for Gear Vendors Under/ overdrive is $1,995 for most applications. Installation and drive shaft modifications require another $400. If your veh-icle needs more towing power and greater economy while running solo, this auxiliary is the best method available today for achieving both power and econ-omy. Contact Gear Vendors, Inc.; 1035 Pioneer Way, El Cajon, CA 92020 (800) 999-9555. Dusty Times

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THE ALCAN 5000 WINTER RALLY Ken Knight and Greg Lester Win·Overa11 ·in a Subaru 1990 winter event. Tom has competed in most of the eight Akans to date, with a win in 1985 with John Buffum in 'an Audi 5000CS Quattro. Grimshaw also navigated Buffum to a few One Lap of America victories and sev-eral SCCA Pro Rally champion-ships in Audis. Tom unretires for the Akans yearly, and we wish he would also unretire as our expert rally reporter, but he says that is too much like work. After ten days and close to 6,000 miles, Ken Knight and Greg Lester won overall and in Class I with 3_1 penalty points. Strong in second came Gene Henderson, a long time rallyman from Michi-gan, and Tom Grimshaw in the BMW with 48 points. Brian Davitt and Adrian Crane came from Algoma, Wisconsin to drive an Eagle Talon TSI into third overall and in Class I with 65 points. In fourth overall came everybody's favorite automotive columnist Satch Carlson, from Anchorage, A~ in a Mazda 323 GTX, with Russ Kraushaar and Bob Hui sharing the· ride. They scored 72 points. Next best placed of the Subaru team was the Legacy of Dave Harkcom and Mike Lingenfelter, Lafayette, Indiana and they were fifth overall and in Class I with 94 points. Former off road racer turned rallyist Ron Clyborne, with How-ard Gray navigating finished close to home base in Seattle, WA. They were sixth overall in their Audi 5000 Quattro, first in Class III anc;l collected 330 points. Bet they had a good time anyhow. Seventh overall were Californians Richard Homan, Steve Beddor and Susie Fouse from Newport Beach in an Isuzu Rodeo. They must have taken to the cold weather because they won Class II with 489 points. • Subaru's third entry, from Brook-lyn, MI, was the SVX that won last summer, with Gail Truess and Cynthia Claes going for the ladies prize. They finished eighth overall with a good score, 785 points despite missing a stage due to a case of food poisoning. After all a popular shirt in Anchorage pro-The Akan 5000 Road Rally is tough enough in the summertime, but when rallymaster Jerry Hines added a similar rally run in the dark of winter to his program, the ha;:ards increase two fold. Along with sub zero weather, snow and ice in most locales along the route from Bellevue, WA north through British Columbia, Alaska and the Canadian Northwest terri-tories, the 5000 mile, ten day route also features darkness, day and night in midwinter. To add to the excitement of the basically time-speed-distance rail y, the emphasis on driving skill was increased this year with the occasional autocross at race tracks in towns along the route, generally near the over-night stops. GERMAN AUTO claims "Alaska -Where Men are Men and Women win the Idi-• tarod". The last finisher, with 3324 points was the Audi 4000 Quattro of Ed Botwick and Mark Wojtkiewic: of Oxford, CT. The only DNF we know of was the Jeep Chefokee of off road racers Rich and Jeff Akridge from Kirk-land, WA. At least they were not too far from home. JOIN The route itself sounds like something straight out of Jack London. starting from Bellevue on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the first over-night is in Quesnel, British Columbia. From there the next day dinner break is in Fort St. John, B.C., then on to lunch at Whitehorse, Yukon, and an overnight stop at Destruction Bay, Yukon. By the fourth day the rally arrives in Anchorage; Alaska for the overnight stop and they have a free day following to repair things and/or sight see, along with a party in the evening. On Sunday the rally resumes with Monday lunch at Eagle Plains, Yukon, and an overnight stop at lnuvik, N.W.T., followed on Tuesday with an overnight stay in Dawson City, Yukon. On the Wednesday, lunch is at White-horse, Yukon with the overnight stay at Watson Lake, Yukon, and on Thursday it is on to the finish line at Prince Rupert, B.C. On Friday cars and teams are on board the B.C. Ferry traveling the Inside Passage to Port Hardy, and on the ship the awards reception takes place. lsn 't that a fascinating itinerary? 1YOUR OFF-ROAD HEADQUARTERS11 To date we have only sketchy information on the event, mostly supplied by Subaru who won their third straight victory, the second successive Akan victory for Ken Knight, from LaFayette, Indiana, and co-driver Greg Les-ter, driving a newly introduced 1992 Subaru Legacy Touring Wagon LE. The vehicle is so new, it was one of the first two cars built early this year. Quite a test ot a prototype, 5,705 miles of rugged winter driving. Knight and Lester clinched their victory on the last day of the event, taking only three penalty points while the second place team took 12 points to fall further behind. 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Ivan Stewart took advantage of a late main event yellow flag and zipped his Toyota into the lead Traffic ·dropped Frank Arciero Jr. to second in his Supe"r 1600 heat race. but he got the Chenowth and held it to the checkered flag; it was the first home town win for Stewart since the series began cranked up for the main event, outlasted his rivals and went on to defend his title with the main racing in San Diego. event victory. -----'----------------------------February in San Diego is an off roader's dream. Mickey Thomp-son Entertainment Group brings both the Off Road Championship Gran Prix and SuperCross events to town. Not only does the two events spark competitive interest but serves as homecoming for many of stadium racing's top par-. ticipants. To add to this home-town gathering, this Gran Prix event is where former Supercross Champion Rick Johnson made his four wheeled off road debut. A total of 14 area riders and drivers competed in the Gran Prix. Historically few of the local drivers had won at this event. But this Feb 22 brought about change as four of the six main events were won by area contestants. And all this in front of the largest crowd (43,374) to ever attend the event. Most notable of the winners was Ivan Stewart in the Grand February is Stadium Racing Month in San Diego National Sport Truck division. Stewart had been second three different times here at San Diego but the win eluded him until Sat-urday-night. Had it not been for a yellow causing a restart, and a dar-ing pass, Stewart appeared doomed to second again. Excite-ment abounded also in the Ultra-Cross event as the lead changed several times throughout the main (between San Diegans Mike Craig and Larry Brooks). After two of a nine race series Toyota's Rod Millen le~ds team-mate Ivan Stewart in the drivers series points 119 to 97. Rob MacCachren has his Ford dialed in this year and is in third place with81 points. Roger Mears has a new truck this year and is cur-rently a close fourth with 80. Last year's champion W alker Evans is in fifth with 74. Toyota has totaled a 77 point advantage over Photos: Trackside Photos, Inc. Nissan in the Manufacture.rs Cup Challenge (226 to 149). Dodge trails in third with 141. Ford is fourth with 126, then Chevrolet with 89. Tommy Croft currently has first place in the UltraStock war. Brian Collins is second. Mitch Mustard has earned 81 points to control the Super-1600 division with a close battle for second between Frank Arciero, Jr. (62) and Marty Hart (60). Mark Ehrhardt accumulated 99 points to lead the Skat Trak ATV's. Donavon Holland is in second with 64 points. In the SuperLite class last year's Rookie of the Year Jimmie Johnson is leading with 87 points. Marty Hart is a close second with 82 points. The 250cc Pro Motorcycle class is being con-trolled by Mike Craig with Larry Brooks and Kyle Lewis trailing. T h e p_receding Supercross event was held two weeks earlier than the Grand Prix. Local riders didn't fair so well at that event. San Diego's Michael Craig was the local favorite but finished ninth in this event totally dominated by Damon Bradshaw. Mike Kied-rowski grabbed the hole shot in the feature but saw Bradshaw fly by on the fourth lap, of the 20 lap event. Once out front Bradshaw put a third of a track ct;.stance between himself and eventual second place finisher Mike Kied-rowski. Jean-Michel Bayle, the current Supercross champion fin-ished third. Jeremy McGrath brought home top honors in the 125cc event. The Gran Prix track filled the stadium floor producing one of the more demanding, and fastest courses of the stadium series. Before the race Super 1600 fast qualifier Jerry Whelchel said, "What's good about this track is they have two lanes right off the start. Everybody seems to like the first option but my fastest time was in the second lane." The start-ing line was close to the two option lane so the inside starting grid could easily cut back inside while the outside drivers had either option. This design seemed to work good in preventing first corner piles up that plagued the season opener in Anaheim. Both lanes of the option offered rough and staggered terrain to test the driver and the machines agility. The two lane option intersection as usual offered a chance to pass. Once the action came together a short rough section jostled things up before a sharp left hander brought the action back across the field. At the end of the straight was a left hand power sweeper that saw some passing during the event. The final left hand turn was sharper than the previous sweeper and required braking before com-ing back down the front stretch. As usual the Grand National Sport Trucks got the action started. And the first heat had plenty of action. On the start Brian Stewart used his pole posi-tion to put the Dodge Dakota in the lead. Third fastest qualifier Rob MacCachren settled into second place. Roger Mears had some of the rhythm section and got his Nissan sideways, causing a restart. On the restart it was the Dodge of Brian Stewart on the pole with Greg G eorge on the outside. Danny Thompson and Walker Evans were the closest competi-tors. Brian Stewart had little trouble holding onto first and Thompson settled into the second Tommy Croft had a real perfect evening in his home town race, his Jeep gave him no trouble at all Marty Hart did double duty running in 1600 class as well as Superlites, and he drove his Triple EEE as he won his heat race handily in UltraStock competition, and fought off the challengers to win the tiny racer to his heat race win and here, followed by Jimmie Johnson, Marty also won the Superlite main event also. main event in fast company. ---------'-----'--------------------------Page n . May 1991 Dusty Times

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... ,., *-"' .. , .. , ... •'):,#-~, -· ~ ~"'-Roger Mears got his Nissan dialed in fo r the San Diego race and Gary Gall put a new paint scheme on his Chenowth and it must finished third in the second truck heat and second in the wild have helped as he drove to second in the second Super 1600 Brian Collins has the best looking UltraStock for sure, and he drove the Porsche 911 to a third in hear 1 and came back strong to second spot in the main. main event action. heat and also to second in the main. "L.: ' Chris Neil really has his UltraStock Nissan dialed in this season and he was a strong second in the first heat but came to grief, as did many in the main. Teenager Jimmie Johnson nailed down second in his heat and the main event Superlite action, and here is followed by veteran Marty Hart. Rod Millen had an off night in his Toyota truck, and did recover enough to place third in the main event, which his Toyota teammate won. spot with MacCachren coming off the third row to grab third. Greg George had fourth until apparent mechanical troubles slowed him down. The battle for second raged between Thompson, MacCachren and Ivan Stewart. Stewart took the inside line and moved into second on the third lap, but Thompson and MacCachren both came around to push him back into fifth. Then Ivan Stewart got sideways on the switchback and ended up on the barriers causing a restart. It appeared MacCachren took over the lead with Thomp-son second but MacCachren was attributed as the cause of Stewart ending up on the barrier so he was placed to the back of the pack. Once restarted Brian Stewart led with Danny Thompson second and Rod Millen third. But on the following lap Brian Stewart took the inside lane and Rod Millen the outside. And when they came together at the intersec-tion Millen appeared to take over. Bu t hack in the pack Martie Moore got upside down causing yet another restart. Again Brian Stewart took the inside of the two lane option and Millen took the outside and came alongside for the lead at the inter-se_ction. Millen wasn't able to get by but kept constant pressure on the young Stewart throughout the lap. Back in the pack Ivan Stewart was on the move. The elder Stew-art and Danny Thompson fought for third. On the following lap Ivan Stewart took third. As they came around the back sweeper Millen, on the inside, leaned on Brian Stewart and took over. Once the young Stewart was off the momentum his dad took over the second spot. And Mac-Cachren pulled the Ford around for third. Brian Stewart trailed with Danny Thompson, Walker Evans, and Roger Mears in hot pursuit. O n the last lap Ivan Stewart took the lead from his teammate, Millen. Then on the final turn of the event Millen came inside of Stewart and smacked the Toyota hard enough to roll Stewart over. Millen was able to cross over in Dusty Times first place. Followed by Mac- Mears crossed over fourth and, Cachren, Thompson, and Roger Brian Stewart was fifth. Ivan Stew-Mears, Jr. Walker Evans came art was able to get going but charging into the final corner and crossed over next to last ahead of rolled the Dodge at the same Greg George. However, the RDC corner where Ivan Stewart had. also moved Walker Evans back The Rough Driving Committee two places, dropping him to 11th (RDC) thought Millen's last turn due to his .encounter with Greg action was offensive and disal- George. lowed his victory. As a result UltraStock heat one went Millen was also moved to last uncontested with Larry Noel, place and positioned in last place, Jeep, jumping out front and never of the second heat and, main looking back. Christopher Neil event starting grids. Add to that, . got up on two wheels on the out-probation and no points for the side lane, but was able to regain first heat! his composure and pull up to bat-This put Rod MacCachren in tie Noel. Jimmy Smith was third first. An astonishing feat consid-until lap three and fell back to ering he had been moved to the fifth. Christopher Neil couldn't back of the pack just a few laps find an open door around Noel earlier. Danny T hompson got and had to settle for second. second place honors and third Third went to Brian Collins and went to Roger Mears Jr. Roger Jim Smith, although i;r Rob MacCachren had the best of times so far in the Ford as he won both of the truck heats, and he was leading the main event when with two laps to go he ' got booted over the barriers and out of the race. Mitch Mustard, followed by a pair of wheel standing Chenowths, kept his race car together in the early going and won the first 1600 heat. 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Walker Evans, still developing the Dodge Dakotas, got second in truck heat 2, but troubles dropped him back to fourth in another hectic main event. Flying flat and level Bill Goshen had a good run in his 1600 Chenowth, as he took third in his heat race and a close third in the main event too. Kevin Smith races about the only Mirage in the series, aRd he usually does well. In San Diego he got the Mirage in third in his Super 1600 heat race. -•,,,,.....v_,_, ____ ,_,.,__ -·---A> ----- -.... ..-.."a ...... .:;;..._-.;;,,. __ ;;;;:. __ ......:;_ Heading into their second season, the Herbst team did OK and finished. Ed Herbst drove his Chenowth to a fourth in his heat and fourth in the main. Tim Herbst urges his Chenowth over the lumps on his way to fourth place in the first Super 1600 heat race, but Tim faded back in the feature race. Jack Millerd flew his Jeep high above the fence line as he drove it to second in UltraStock heat 2 and a fine third in the wild main event action. Former open wheel driver Don Kalt is developing his Toyota in There was heavy traffic in ihe 1600 main event but Troy Herbst UltraStock competition, and Don placed third in the second heat (#19), here followed by Eric Arras, threaded his way through to Rennie Awana, one of the powerhouse Natures Recipe Superlite team drivers, flew his Briggsbuilt to a fine third in his heat race and third in the main. for utility vehicles. place fifth behind his brother Ed. gr, rolled, finished fourth. The second hL'at UltraStock heat race went to _let·r a~ well. Heat one winner, Larry Noel's teammate, Tommy Croft, put the pedal down on the Jeep and went a!Lthe wav to the checkered. 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Third went to Doug Eichner and Cha-rles Shepherd was fourth. Fifth went to Niclas Granlund. In the first heat of Superlites Marty Hart had little trouble dominating the ten car field. Hart took off and put his Triple E in front and let Joe Price fight it out with Rennie Awana for second place. Awana ended up third. In only his ·second race the 15 year old son of Roger Mears, Casey Mears, .brought his Triple E across fourth. Fifth went to Rick Marshall. ln Heat 2 for SuperLites Greg George worked his way up through the pack, slipping· into third place in lap 2, then into second on the next lap and finally taking over first place in lap 5 . His Nature's Recipe teammates Jim-mie Johnson and Bradley Wil-mert finished second and third respectively as George won handily. The outcome of heat one for Super 1600's looked good for BF Goodrich. T he tire manufacturer Marty Hart hopped out of his winning Superlite to drive his #7 Chenowth in the Super 1600 competition. and Marty came through ahead of his teammate to win the second heat. May 1991 had nine of the 12 entries riding on Goodrich rubber. Baja Bob Gordon sat inside on the pole with Frank Arciero, Jr. alongside. Mitch Mustard and fast qualifier Jerry Whelchel sat outside in his new car. Bill Goshen and Aaron Hawley made up row three. When the action got underway Gordon took the inside line and when they intersected after the option it was still Gordon in the lead and Arciero settled into second with Mustard, Whelchel, and Goshen trailing. Gordon still had the lead on the third lap but Mustard had taken second and Whelchel moved into third. Mustard was pressuring Gordon on the fourth lap hut Gordon held fast to the inside lane. Whelchel moved into the battle and closed in on the two front leaders. Just as a good three way battle erupted Whelchel appeared to suffer new car blues and dropped back to fourth with sparks flying from the new Nye Frank special. After the race it was reported the battery cable had come off at the starter and was grounding against the frame. On the last lap Gordon stalled at the same turn where Whelchel sat. This gave the race to Mitch Mustard., Frank Arciero came home second and third went to Bill Goshen. Tim Herbst was fourth and fifth went to Greg Foster. Eleven cars came out for the second Super 1600 heat . B.F. Goodrich were represented here too but a strong assortment of Yokohama and Bridgestone tires Dusty Times

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Team Mechanic Bradley Wilmer/ subbed for the absent Mercedes Gonzales and he did a fine job, taking third in the Superlite heat 2 and fourth in the main event. Running in just his second stadium race, 15 year old Casey Mears looked good in Superlite action, placing a good fourth in his heat race in the Tripple EEE. The second generation racers in action as here Brian Stewart, son of Ivan, and Roger Mears Jr. engage in a bit of a dice in their trucks. iiiiiiil~M~a~rt~ie~M~o~o~re~a~n~di'°"RRl<ic=ik~J o~h~n~so~n~-r~a~c:;:e~w~a~s~a warded to the most laps show for two laps were: Dustin Good, Nate Rapier, Davey Free-man, Tyson Talkington, Lindsey Tilton, Bryan Mathews, Jennifer Lindenberg, Jay Dee Santiago, Aaron Niles, Jason Jeffery, Ryan Millen, Nick Alvare: and Jillian Bennett. The 1991 UltraStock points champion Larry Noel switched from VW to J_eep this season, but made the transition easily, here on his way past Chris Neil to win the first heat and place fourth in the main event. were present in this heat. Gary engaged in a strong battle. Body Gall sat on the inside front row parts were bent at every corner anJ alongside was Jimmy Nichols.. and just the intense pressure of Row two had Kevin Smith and the battle meant something, or Marty Hart. someone, had to give. After a Gary Gall held onto the lead off couple of heated laps Mears the start while Hart moved into muscled his way around Evans at second. Nichols had the third the start line and then when spot with Kevin Smith breathing George went wide at the first down his neck. On the following option Mears jumped in the lead. lap Gall went wide, closing off Just then newcomer Rick Johnson Hart, and Nichols"pulled his car got his ill handling Chevrolet up up to contest the lead. Gall was on his side in the inside option able to regain the position but causing a yellow. Greg George Nichols had taken second place. headed back to the pits. Hart sat in third. The field was sent back to the The race was stopped when last lap order with Evans in the Marty Coyne got on his side. lead. Roger Mears was second and Once racing got going again Rob MacCachren, Brian Stewart, Nichols tried to take the lead on Steve Millen, Danny Thompson, , the first corner restart and he and Roger Mears Jr., Ivan Stewart, Gall tangled. But Gall held on and Nichols found himself in third until near the end of the lap when he high sided and ended up last. On the next leap Hart found 'the outside option quicker and took the lead from Gall. Then Gall had trouhle with his Castro! GTX teammate Kevin Smith but was ahle to hold him off. Ed Herbst came home fourth and W cs Banks finished fifth. were single file for the restart. On led Ryan Carlisle wouldn't have the restart, Evans shot off like a finished second. But Kyle Lewis bullet and grabbed a two truck rode his Yamaha up on Carlisle lead by the switch back. Rob and stuffed him fust after the half MacCachren grabbed hold of way mark. Third went to Lowell Evans' coat tail and Roger Mears Thomson and Lance Smail was was third. Rod Millen man-fourth. Russ Wageman finished aged fourth ahead of Danny fifth. Thompson. The Pee Wee Mini 50cc riders Just before the last turn Mac- again strutted their stuff at San Cachren came inside Evans and Diego. A total of 14 riders ranging grabbed the lead when headed from four to seven years of age into the last lap. Roger Mears put on a highly emotional exhibi-pre ss u red Evans then both tionrace.Thoseputtingonagood Toyotas. Rob MacCachren won the first heat by default, but won this heat with shear horsepower and han-dling. Walker Evans came across for second place points and Roger Mears was a close third. Ivan Ste-wart worked through his earlier troubles (spun out midway) to capture fourth. Fifth went to Rod Millen. The first Pro 250cc motorcy~le event belonged to Mike Craig. Riding in front of his hometown crowd, Craig mounted his Kawa-saki and shot off. But Craig had another local rider, Larry Brooks in hot pursuit. However, when the checkered flag came out the race belonged to Craig. Brooks was second and third went to Gene Naumec. Fourth was Shawn Wynne and Tommy Clowers fin-ished fifth out of 18 riders. Main evt,nt action began with the UltraStocks. Jack Millerd had his Jeep up front with an unob-structed view of the track. Along-side was the Nissan Pathfinder of Christopher Neil. Local resident Tommy i;r • Heat two of the Pro 250cc Motorcycles had 17 riders. If the CENTER -LINE --RACING WHEELS THE STRONGEST OFF-ROAD WHEEL MONEY CAN BUY! FAT Performance has in stock the largest inventory of 5-lug VW CENTER LINE wheels in the country. Whether you need wheels with polished or satin finish, FAT has them in all popular styles. Need them in a hurry? FAT can ship the same day as ordered ... and with the best price in the industry. FAT can also supply your CENTER LINES with Champion bead locks. Sport trucks came out next for · their second heat race. A total of twelve trucks lined up. Up front were two of the newest drivers to the class, Greg George in his Ford and alongside was Brian Stewart. Defending champ Walker Evans sat inside row two and Roger Mears Jr. had his Nissan outside. Ivan Stewart and Danny Thomp-son made up the nex row. Defending Superlite Points champ Greg George started well. winning his heat in the BriggsBuilt, and he also competes in a truck. a busy man at these races. Buying a set of CENTER LINES can be exceedingly easy with FAT Performance. Greg George opted for the inside option and Brian Stewart took the outside lane on the start, but when they came back to the switchback it was Evans in second. Then on the following lap Greg George still had the lead with Evans second and Roger Mears had moved into third ahead of Brian Stewart. A lot of passing occurred on the third lap but the front four remained the same when they entered the fourth lap. Walker Evans had closed in on George and Roger Mears was pressuring Evans. The front three were DustyTimes Roger Mears Jr. picked up third in the first truck heat for Nissan, and here is followed by Rick Johnson, the motocross star making his debut in stadium truck racing in a Chevy. May 1991 We do all the legwork. Call for current pricing. Quantity discounts are also available. FAT IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR WI, PORSCHE AND TOYOTA OFF-ROAD ENGINES AND PARTS. FAT Racing Ports Bilstein Shocks Sway-A-Woy Perrno-Cool. 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·!Jr Croft sat inside of row two with defending champ Larry Noel outside. Row three had Brian Collins inside and Don Kolt outside. Jim Smith, Tim Lewis and Joe Anchondo rounded out the field. Once the green flag came out Tommy Croft grabbed the second spot by the switchback. Jack Mil-lerd had held the lead and third place was Neil, then Noel, Col-lins, and Smith. On the following lap Crofr came off the s/f jump and got crossed up but held the Cherokee in line. Tommy Croft was making most of the moves. On the third lap he went to the outside and tried to grab the lead but couldn't get it. Then' at the switchback he moved past for the lead. Christopher Neil held third until the following lap and fell out of the action. Once out front Croft quickly pulled a couple of lengths lead, and left the battle for second between Millerd and Collins. Then on the next lap Brian Collins grabbed the second spot at the left hand turn going into the first option. As the white flag came out c;:roft held a five car lead over Col-· !ins. The only close battle was in third place where Millerd was holding off Noel. At the check-ered it was Tommy Croft first, Brian Collins second and third went to Jack Millerd. Fourth was Larry Noel and fifth was Tim Lewis. In the Skat Trak ATV main event Doug Eichner -jumped out the early leader. with Derek Hamilton in hot pursuit. Defend-ing champ Mark Ehrhardt settled into third, but only for two laps then found a way around Hamil-ton. Then on the seventh -lap Ehrhardt also movecl'past Eichner and held on for the win. Doug Eichner was able to keep seconq place but Hamilton fell to fourth as Craig Teel came across, third. Fifth went to Donavon Holland. SuperLite racing brought out 18 cars for the main event.Jimmie Johnson wanted to win in front of his hometown crowd and appear-ed to have a good chance from his pole starting position. Joe Price shared the front row with John-son. The second row had Rennie Awana and Marty Hart. Jimmie Johnson had little trouble taking the lead but found a hard charging Marty Hart on his tail. Driving in his first race was third place Brad-DE UNZIO RACING PROOUCTS OFF-ROAD RACING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES ~t;' for free catalog phone (805) 683-1211 Page 31 ley Wilmert. Wilmert is a Walker Evans, inside with Rod mechanic for the Nature's Recipe Millen outside. Roger Mears, Jr., team and when Mercedes Gon-had his Nissan inside of four and :ales couldn't make the event he Brian Stewart was outside. Greg filled ·in. George had his Ford inside row · A hard fought battle had Hart fiveandWillieValdezsatoutside. pulling alongside Johnson and The last row consisted of the new exchanging the lead momentarily. proud father Rick Johnson and But Hart was able to get by at the outside was Martie Moore. left corner of the first option. Once .tbe green flag flew Mac-Rennie Awana moved past Wil-Cachren had Ivan Stewart all over mert and held his third spot hop-his tail and Mears had to settle for ing the front runners would tan-third pl.ace·. Walker Evans gle. When the action had ended it grabbed fourth. Rob MacCachren was Marty Hart winning before came around for the third lap with his hometown crowd. Jimmie two truck lengths between him-Johnson had to settle for second self and Ivan Stewart. But before and third went to Rennie Awana. the lap ended Stewart had closed In his first race ever Bradley Wil-up to scratching distance. mert came across fourth ( wonder Lap four and Stewart moved if Mercedes can turn a wrench). inside and traded some fender Fifth was Joe Price. paint with the Ford but Mac-Gary Gall sat on the pole of the Cachren held ground. Mac-Super 1600 with Frank Arciero, Cachren again saw Stewart move Jr. alongside. When the action inside of turn one and two but started Gall grabbed the lead with again held hin1 off. During this lap Arciero in second. Marty Hart MacCachren got up on two took the third spot and Mitch wheels in the rough and Stewart Mustard trailed in fourth. On the was able to close up and challenge next lap Arcier:_o pulled in the lead but still MacCachren held on. In with Gall, Mustard, and Hart fol-turn two Stewart nosed the Toy lowing. Bill Goshen was a close up under the Ford but Mac-fifth. And Goshen had the comp-Cachren was able to foresee the any of Ed Herbst, Don Kolt and action and braked enough to pre-Troy Herbst. vent losing his position. By midway Gordon had pulled During the fifth lap the line up a five car lead oyer Mustard and had MacCachren in the lead with third place Gall was behind Must-Stewart in hot pursuit. Third was ard a good safe distance. But the Roger Mears and he was making fourth, fifth and sixth place cars life uneasy for second place Stew-were within striking distance of art. Walker Evans was next with Gall. Arciero then found Mustard Rod Millen challenging. The lead-on his tail on the next lap as ers were coming up on traffic but lapped traffic held Arciero up. the lapped traffic didn't seem to Thisputnewvigorinthebattleas bother MacCachren, as he Mustard tried the outside option threaded the needle one after but found Tim Herbst stalled in another, and Stewart wanting a the rhythm section; which win before his home town crowd dropped him way back out of the also managed to drive around the contention. With three cars traffic. stalled and an overturned car on Just as things looked promising the track a yellow came out to for MacCachren, Roger Mears Jr. clear the mess. lost his steering and rolled at the Traffic had just saved Arciero sl f line with just two laps to go. and then on the following lap, The Nissan lay on its side with traffic caused the restart and gave flames shooting from the engine Mitch Mustard another chance. compartment·so a yellow flag Mustard got a little out of shape in came out. Once the fire was out, the rough stuff and Arciero held the Nissan was r.ighted and Roger on to see the white flag first. With Mears, Jr. tried to get back in the one lap to go Mustard found the action but found he had to be added energy to close in on the towed off. leader. He closed in after the two The restart had MacCachren up lane option but during the battle front with Ivan Stewart second. down the back straight he lost Roger M½ars, Sr. sat in third place power and had to pull off. Frank and Walker Evans was fourth Arciero went over the finish line ahead of the Toyota of Rod uncontested. Bill Goshen had Millen, Danny Thompson, then moved through traffic to capture Rick Johnson, Brian Stewart, second and Gary Gall crossed Willie Valde: and Martie Mbore. over third. Fourth place was Ivan Stewart chose the outside earned by Ed Herbst and his option on the restart and when brother Troy crossed over in they came out of the two lane fifth. option he had the advantage over In the Pro 250cc Motorcycle MacCachren. The close quarters event Larry Brooks and Mike action forced MacCachren over Craig put on a hellva good show the barrier and headed into traf-for the hometown' fans that had fie. MacCachren couldn't get come to see them duel. The two turned around until eighth place. later said they were battling over Once Stewart was out front Mears bragging rights and when it came quickly closed in, but only had down to the finish Larry Brooks one lap to go. Then Stewart did more than brag. However, bicycled for a moment but was MikeCraigdeservesa lot of credit able to hold. But Mears had in pushing Brooks to the limits. closed up, but he ran out of time. Bothoftheridersarefromnearby Ivan Stewart won his first El Cajon and wanted to give the hometown main event. Some fans their money's worth. Third wondered if the RDC would rule place went to Tommy Clowers against his incident with Mac-and Kyle Lewis was fourth ahead Cachren but the video proved it a of Gene Naumec. clean pass so Stewart was able to The truck main had Rob Mac-enjoy•his hometown victory. Cachren on the pole and Roger Roger Mears finished second in Mears sat in his Nissan on the out-his new Nissan. Third went to side. Row two was made up of· Rod Millen and Walker Evans Ivan Stewart inside and Danny fini-sn •cl fourth. Rob MacCacbr:en , Thompson was outside. The third was able to pass a few trucks for row was the current champion, fifth place. May19H '810rc ••• TRAIL NOTES. THE CAMEL TROPHY ADVENTURE starts soon, on April 28 and runs for nearly three weeks through 1000 miles of jungle trails an_d back roads in South America. For months a series of eliminations have been held to select the team from each country to drive a four wheel drive Land Rover Discovery T di in this event, and 16 nations are on tap in the entry. Last month two teams from each country participated in the final eliminations held at Jambville, France outside of Paris. They lived in a tent city, and were divided into two groups, and were on call 24 hours a day to perform near impossible tasks from driving to mechanical work, and even building bridges. The two representatives for the USA came out to be Danny Amon, 39, of Milton-Freewater, OR an_d Jim West, 31, of Glendale, AZ. They had to survive a non-stop 24 hour test, and won on their ability to relate to and work with entrants froh1 other nations, along with their driving skills, stamina and outdoorsmanship. We wish them the best oftuck on getting through the grueling trip and hope that they win the trophy. Tlrcre is no cash reward in this particular contest, the 13th Camel Trophy Adventure. MTEG SEATTLE -This season the MTEG stadium races seem to fall 180 degrees out of our production schedule. We do have the results from the race . in March at the Kingdome in Seattle, WA, and of course we will have a complete report on the event with lots of pictures in the next issue_. It was Toyota time again in -the Sport Truck action as Ivan Stewart won the first heat and Rod Millen won the main event. In between Walker Evans won the second truck heat race for Dodge. Jerry Whelchel did a similar act in his new car in Super 1600 racing, as he won his heat race and the main event with Toyota power in the new, one off car with automatic transmission. !v'!arty Hart won the second heat in a Chenowth. Tommy Croft, Jeep, won the hrst UltraStock heat and Brian Collins won the second heat in his Porsche. Chris Neil came out of the pack to win the UltraStock main event in his Nissan Pathfinder. The Superlitc races went to Tim Baker, heat I and Jimmie Johnson, heat 2 while Terry Peterson won the main in his Briggsbuilt. In quads Gary Denton won his heat and the main on a Honda, and Roger Helsley, Su:uki, won the other heat. On bikes Mike Craig, won his heat, Gene Naumcc won his heat and the main event, both riding Kawasakis. THE TASMAN 1000 is coming up October 3-4. 1992 in central New Zealand and the entry includes bikes, ATVs and all manner of trucks, sedans and buggies. The event Director Vince Beckett was touring the Nissan 400 contingency row with tour guide Rich Minga, who along with native Kiwi Rod Millen intend to participate in the event, and Vince was impressed at the vast display of parts by so·me folks in contingency row and also by the media coverage given to the event. The race will be I 000 kilometers and is presently set up in a two loop format, each loop done a few times and they arc mainly forest roads. Unique is the idea tha each class will have a mass start, helps with the scoring, and there are chcckpoirts on course and pit areas where service is done on race time. We'll bring you more on this dandy sounding event as it becomes available. 300 MPH KENNY - W c don't normally do much with drag racing stars, but we do enjoy watching the big cars race on TV. Record setting goes on daily it seems, but for several years drag racers have been trying to crack the 300 mph barrier, which seems impossible in a quarter mile from a standing start. But Kenny Bernstein of Dallas went to the NHRA meet last month in Gainesville, Florida and he drove his Budweiser King top fuel car to the record, 30 I .70 mph during qualifying for the Gatornationals. He later backed that run with a 299 and change to establish the record. Bernstein is a triple threat motorsports man as he is not only one of the best in top fuel drag racing himself, but he also owns and operates a Winston Cup NASCAR team and a CART-Indy car team. Kenny, when you retire try off road racing. It is relaxing and all ages do some winning in the desert and the stadiums.Tell the guys at Budweiser we could use some of their gold in this sport too. THE MEARS GANG IS GROWING -While the more famous of the Mears Gang boys got their start in off road racing, it wasn't really a media hype affair. Rick and Roger started out bringing their rails from Bakersfield to compete at Ascot when the buggies ran a modified version of the TT track. The boys were teenagers then, and we had a chance to chat with the most famous of them all, four time Indy winner Rick Mears, in a quiet moment before the third generation made their debut in off road racing at the MTEG Anaheim event. Unfortunately the ones that started this dynasty, Bill and Skip Mears were busy else~here when the picture was taken, hut the younger Mears grew up with competition as Bill had raced the bull pens in the midwcst in his youth. Roger eventually stuck with off road truck racing while keeping a hand in central valley stock car events, and Rick went to Indy, landing a berth in the Penske team and the rest is history. In the picture from the left are Roger, then his oldest son Roger.Jr., who now races stadium with him, and his youngest son Casey. Next it is Clint Mears, Rick's oldest son, and of course, out of uniform and spectating at Anaheim on the far right, is Rick Mears. 19 year old Clint looks a lot like his father did at that age, and seems to have grown up to he the tallest Mears. Casey who is just 15 years old is currently the smallest in the group, but a good race driver too. Casey and Clint made their debut in Super Lites at Anaheim and did all right, and they are really coming on now with a few more races worth of experience. Besides all that the whole Mears Gang are really super people and a very nice family. Dustynmcs

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.. The heart of a lion. The Nissan Pathfinder is powered by a V6 3 liter 153hp engine, smooth, quiet and powerful. Handsome, rugged, with an air of authority, the 4 door A full size spare, swing-a-way mount and a pop up glass upper Pathfinder is equally at home on or off the road. rear section make access a breeze. 1992 NISSAN PATHFINDER - 4 DOOR Off Road Luxury in a Handsome Package Ti!xt & Photos: John Ct1lt•in Even a bit of mud thrown up on the Pathfinder does not in any way detract from its looks. Black and gray doesn't sound from the Nissan folks just before for this either but our trusty Path-like a great color combination, the start of the Monsoon season finder weathered it all and only but when it's on the 1992 Nissan here in southern California. We added to our devotion of this par-4 door Pathfinder it is terrific! We don't get a lot of rain here in ticular model. have tested many Pathfinders in sunny southern Cal, but for the The Pathfinder was equipped thepastandtheyneverdisappoint past few weeks we have been with the SE-V6 Sport/Power us; always quiet, powerful and inundated and, as I sit here and Package, top of the line, with all comfortable, what more could write this it is raining terribly the goodies you could ever hope one ask? hard. Flooding was everywhere, for. It had a five speed manual We picked up this Pathfinder our storm drain system isn't made transmission, a V6 3 liter, 153 horsepower engine with 180 foot pounds of torque, fuel injected of course, and so smooth, you were hard pressed to know if it was running at idle. Ultra Rides Again! This time with 2 new ways to fly. CUSTOM WHEELS 12350 Edison Way Garden Gro e. CA 92641 • 1714) 897-8077 Page 34 The tires were General Grab-hl'rs, All Purposl' 31 x 10 .5 R 15 and, coupled with thosl' beautiful and husky alloy wheels, you know the road or off road trails arc yours. The spare tire is full si:c and is mounted out hack with a swing-away' mount. Oise brakes all around arc part of the SE-V6 package and the anti lock braking system is on all models. The 5 speed transmission is smooth as silk, quiet and positive and the 4 wheel drive is engagl'd just as easily. The instruments fall easily to the eye, easy to read, day or night. There is a tachometer left central, speedometer with two odometers right central, fuel and tcmpera-rurc gauges and a digital clock Type 11/15 x 3.5, 15 x 7 mounted in the speedometer. The AM / FM stereo is mounted May 199i As usual, everything in the right place. All controls and instruments are easy to read and perfectly functional. center console, of course, with you get there with ease. Due to the four speakers great clarity and rains the desert wasn't dusty or more than enough power to be silty, more like the consistency of heard in the next block. Creature wet beach sand. With the power com forts abound; power win-available, good tires, etc., we were dows and door locks located on able to go anywhere we wanted to the drivers arm rest, tilt steering . go with ease. We ran along some column, remote fuel filler door power line roads and across some release, remote rear window open desert and just sailed along release, locking glove box and a witheaseinsolidcomfort. Whata neat center console with cup nice feeling! holders built in. Fuel economy is reasonable, Heat, fresh air and air condi-good in fact for l'Veryday use. We tioning controls are mounted broke 17 mpg around town with-above the ash tray and lighter, out even trying and ran about mid-console and are push button 19.5 mpg on the open road at operated with an indicator light to fairly high speeds. Coupled to a show operation and, best of all, 21.1 gallon fuel tank you have a automatic temperature corrtrol. cruising range of over 400 miles Set a temperature and let your and that's l'nough for anyone. Pathfinder do the rest. God, we're Rear seating is a split bench, getting spoiled! also in lovely leather, that are as lntl'rmittant wipers are on the comfortable as they look. There is right hand steering column stalk, .c ample room behind the seats for rear wipers arc controlled by a normal amounts of packages or switch on the dash, cruise control luggage, but you can also fold the is located on the ll'ft hand stalk, rear seats forward and down and initially actuated by a switch on increase your capacity to over 80 the dash also. The rear window cubic feet. Rear scats fold up or defrost switch is also on the dash down effortlessly, the entire and is timed so you can't do any operation only takes a few harm hack there, like forgetting to seconds. Deep pile carpeting is rum it off. Also, mounted on the installed and heavy duty floor ccntcrconsolearcswitchcsforthc mats are up front. The rear fog lights and the two way adjus-mounted sparl' tire swings away table shock absorbers; on and off and there is a locking device. to road versions and they really keep the tire rack at a 90 dl'grc1 work. The SE-V6 package also angle if required. The rl'ar door is includes full length side step rails hinged at the top and lifts up to with anti-slip installed, power open. The upper part of the rear mirrors, fender flares, flip up door is a hinged window which removable sunroof, and not can he opened with the rear tire included in the package but avail-carrier secured in its normal able as an option, real leather oosition. seats, l'xpensive but worth it. Thi: Nissan Pathfinder is a great Speed and comfort on the vehicle, even better when highway is excellent, visibility is enhanced with the SE-V6 pack-grcat and there is a good feeling of age. We charged around the command when you are at the highways and the desert and wheel. Power steering and power enjoyed every minute of it. With brakes enhance an already great nine inches of ground clearance, package and a limited slip differ-three skid plates and a stout heart, ential completes the performance your Pathfinder is king of the package. desert. Rocky trails arc no prob-Off road, and we did go off 1cm either. With trailer towing road doesn't change the picture capability of 3500 pounds it cer-too much. You put the Pathfinder tainly is the all around vehicle. into 4 wheel drive and go! You But, don't take my word for it, try steer where you want to go and it for yourselfl DustyTirnes

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The Losers ••• By Judy Smith The Nissan 400 may have been turned into a mere shadow of its former self by the current eco-nomic conditions, but it was still typically tough, and turned plenty of entries into Losers. Fifty per-cent of them, actually. Quite a few of them were in the Class 1 / 2 ranks, including Brian Collins, who got two laps finished in his Porsche Chenowth, and then lost his ring and pinion, and his teammate, Troy Herbst, in another Porsche Chenowth, who ran third on the first lap, but then broke a steering shaft on lap two. It took an hour and a half to get that fixed, and he went out on his third lap, only to break a 14" shock, and he had no spare. In the same class, Tom Martin and Tom Koch were paired in another Porsche Chenowth, and they got two laps completed also, when the hoop that held the front shocks apparently suffered ter-minal metal fatigue, and came off. And Ron Brant, in a Porsche Raceco, ran fifth on lap one, then had a flat, and had some air in his brakes, so he bled them, and lost a position. Then he had a good third lap, even though he'd lost his rear brakes, and moved up to third place. And then, on his last lap, he'd gone about a mile when he broke a king pin. End of Ron's race. Still others in the class were Danny Letner, whose Chevy truck had fuel injection problems, and the crew couldn't find a way to solve them, causing him to park before completing a lap, and Tim and Ed Herbst, the winners at the Parker race, broke a stub axle on lap one, while Tom Bradley, Sr. lost his transmission on the first lap. Steve McEachern got one lap finished in the Larry Maddox Jeep, but then the crew discovered that the front seal in the transmis-sion was leaking. They decided to· change the tranny, and worked on it for two hours before discover-ing that the bolt pattern in the torque convertor didn't match. Last word was that they were going to tear it apart again, but we note that McEachern never did get a second lap done. John Gaughan and Pat Dean finished one lap alright, but then John, with Dave Gaskill riding along, got the two seat Chenowth into the area where both Rob Gordon and Frank Vessels had rolled on lap one. They hit the far side of a whoop-de-do so hard that the front end folded up, and we were told by many who saw it that the left front tire was nearly up to the windshield area. It was definitely the most talked about car at the race. Luckily, both John and Dave escaped with nothing more than bruises. The Simon brothers, Dave and Paul, had their new Ford truck running at the Nissan, and they finished the first lap in 12th place, after stopping in the pit to change a track bar. But four miles into the second lap a rear trailing arm folded up. In Class 1-2-1600 Jon and Brian T anklage ran sixth for two laps, close to the leaders, but then lost their alternator and battery on laµ three. Mike Schwellinger, in Class 4, was scheduled to drive laps three and four, while his co-driyer, Greg Adler, took laps one and two. They had distributor problems on the first lap, and then lost their motor on the second lap, so Mike never got to drive at all. In Class 5 Ty Godde drove George Seeley's car, which was equipped with Bob Utgard's ·transmission and motor, since George had decided to go Class 1 / 2 racing, and used his trans and motor for the single seater. Godde did two laps in the Class 5 car and then Utgard got in to finish. He drove to mile 70, and.hit a ravine, endoed the car, and landed on his motor. And that was all for that team. In Class 10 Mike and] im Zupan-ovich ran second, and then first, but on their third lap, at mile 88, they broke the drive flange out of the side of their transmission. Ray Croll started his day on a grim note when, about three miles into the first lap, his co-driver's back hurt, and he had to let him out. But Ray went on in good shape, except Coming Next Month ... Stadium Racing at Seattle's Kingdome S.N .O.R.E. Twilight 200 FRT Buzz Bomb 150 WRC East African Safari Rally V~O.R.R.A. at Prairie City OHV Park ADRA Gila Bend 250 F.O.R.D.A.'s Florida 400 · B.O.R.E. Wendover Express 209 GRR Joshua Tree 150 ... Plus all the regular features Dusty Times that his transmission gave up on the third lap. And Greg Symonds, running in Class 10 this year, had the throttle come off at the car-buretor, just two miles into the race. He got that fixed, but devel-oped a leaky head gasket, and changed that in the pit, and tried to get a second lap in, but the motor had given up. In Class 5-1600, the team of Rick Johnson and Barrie Thomp-son, with Rick at the wheel for the first lap, got just four miles into the race and got locked in second gear. They drove to their first pit ( they were running with the BFG folks), which was at mile 22, and the crew tried to jar it loose. Nobody could get it to work, so they decided to change the trans; mission. This being a 5-1600, that meant taking out the seats, the fuel cell and the motor, in order to get to the trans. By some quirk of luck, they had cai;ually decided to bring along an extra transmission when they left for the race. So they installed it and went on, an hour and a half later. But then at mile 67 the motor started to ping, so they checked the timing and jetting, and decided they had fixed the prob-lem, and drove on. It still didn't run right, so they worked on it some more at the main pit, at the end of their first lap, and kept going. Now they were on their second lap, but the motor was running so badly that they pulled into their pit, the same one where they'd changed the transmission, to see what was wrong. They found what Rick described as a "burnt head", so they took the motor apart and replaced the head. At the same time someone noticed that one of their spring plates had loose bolts, and they'd become so worn they needed replacing. But there were no bolts of the right size in that pit, so they cobbled together a temporary fix, and went on to the next pit, where Ron Brant and Chuck Sudberry ran out of luck late in the race, and had to three wheel it to the pits. Notice how the left front corner drags despite the weight of the co-driver on the rear. Must be a function of the modern rear suspension. Photo: Tracks/de Photos Inc. there were bolts they could use. They got around to mile 55 or so, At that point Barrie got in to took a bump on a fast road, flew a drive, with his mom, Maureen, long way and landed in front of riding along. They got into the the BFG Spirit crew, and their third lap, and it was now dark. At rear torsion adjuster finger broke. about 9 p.m. at mile 14, their rear Then they were ready to quit, but hub assembly disintegrated and Jeremy Spirkoff, the Crew Chief the hub and wheel and tire came at that pit, decided that he could off the car and rolled out into the make the repairs, and they did desert somewhere and they have a spare finger. But they had couldn't find it. (They found it only a half hour before the next the next ri10rning, about 300 check was scheduled to close. yards off the course.) Barrie So now they took out the seats radioed to this crew for help and and the fuel cell again, but when they borrowed a replacement hub they got to the adjuster they dis-from Rick Pew ( who runs in the covered that the broken piece had same class) and took it out to the jammed into the cavity at an car. By now the BFG pits were angle,andwouldn'tjustcomeout highly entertained by their per-as it should have. So Spirkoff sistence, and, while they were climbed into the car and welded a laughing, they were pitching in to nut onto the piece, so they could help whenever they could. When pull it but. His trick worked, but Rick and the crew got the hub by the time they got the car back assembly out to Barrie and his together they were seven minutes mother they were enjoying a bon-late getting to the checkpoint. So fire. For some reason Maureen their long day was finished. They declined to get back in the car, got credit for two laps, each over after the repair, so Rick climbed five hours long. And what's more, in to ride the rest of the way. By they got a ticket on the way home, now it was about 10 o'clock, and because the tag on their trailer's they made sure their BFG pits license plate had expired. Rick understood that they intended to said it was a "Weekend from keep going, so they'd stay open. Hell." URBO BLU Racing Gasolines 115 Octane. R-elined. Brian Parkhouse runs Turbo Blue's win streak in class 1/2-1600 to eight with his Nissan 400 Victory!!! l/2-1600s running Turbo Blue have won their class the last eight SCORE, HDRA, and La Rana events. Turbo Blue salutes all the teams and drivers that have put together 'The Streak". All these teams employed top notch driving, preperation, teamwork, and the good sense to put the best gasoline available in their limited displacement motors. • Turbo Blue _is a high quality gasoline produced by Marathon Refineries in Indianapolis. Refinery produced gasolines provide the consistancy that high performance racing engines need. And Marathon's quality conlrol and laboratory facilities give Turbo Blue a big edge over hand blended fuels. Give your expen-sive race motor the best. Run Turbo Blue and join the winners! "The Streak" October '91-Gold Coast 300 -Gary Sewell Jr. November '91 -Baja 1000 -Jim Fishback Jr. -7th overall!! November '91 - La Rana High Desert 250 -Gary Sewell Jr. January '92 -La Rana New Year's 200 -Jim Joyce January '92 - HDRA So Cal 250 -Danny Porter January '92 - SCORE Parker 400 - Dale Ebberts February '92 -La Rana Presidential 250 - Dick Trimble March '92 - HDRA Nissan 400 -Brian Parkhouse 1991 SCORE/HDRA Class Champions: Curt LeDuc- Mike Lesle Racing -Class 6. Scott Stein burger - PCI Racing-Mini-Mag 1992 Winners: Curt LeDuc-Class 3 Parker 400 & Nissan 400, Scott Douglas-Class 7 Parker.400 & Nissan 400, Brian Goodrich- 5-1600 Parker 400, Scott Steinburger-Mini-Mag Parker 400. Ray Gastelum-San Felipe Gran Carrera 1st overall &1/Z-1600. ·, 'IJ'i.)1'( Mocaby Racing. West Coast Distributors (310) 928-2278. Ask for Lyn, Gordon or Mike . Outside California Dial 1-800 4STURBO for the dealer near you!!! May 1991 Page 35

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Joey Lane, shown here on his Kawasaki, and Troy Pearce won the 250 class and late in the race they diced their way into a neat second overall. Ed Foland, the old warhorse, teamed with young lion Jason Corfman to win the 125 class, as here Foland flies in fine style on the small bore Honda. Leading the seniors home were Terry Devore, shown here on a Suzuki, and Tom Nolan on a Honda, enjoying the dust free run around Plaster City East. THE FRY/DISTRICT 38 TEAM 200 DESERT RACE Tom Moen and Scot Harden Are Tops On a KTM Photos: C & C Race Photos First overall and first vet MC team where KTM mounted Tom Moen and Scot Harden. Moen is shown here and the pair led the race overall most of the distance in the Cycle Parts West Team 200 Desert Race. HOWE ALUMINUM RACING RADIATOfl 16.5 POUNDS SIZES, AVAILABLE 16X27 18 X 24 19 X 28 19 X 31 CURRENTLY USED IN CLASS 2, 8, & NASCAR Page 36 May 1992 On March 8, 1992 at the Plas-ter City East B.L.M. Open Recreation Area, 15 miles west of El Centro or 90 miles east of San Diego, CA, the aerial water truck assault began Sunday morning around 4:00 a.m. W hen the job was completed two hours later a bright sun dawned over clear blue skies, and there were perfect rac-ing conditions for the Cycle Parts West sponsored Team 200 desert race. It was stop four on the seventeen event District 38 series for motorcycles, A TVs and Superlites. At 9:00 a.m. the Expert/ Ama-teur bikes thundered oft' the start line, all except Earl Roberts. Instead of a first kick start he had a 20 second delayed start. Scot Harden led at the half way point of the first lap, Troy Phelps was second and, surprisingly Earl Roberts was third. Bill P.dsit was fourth and Ed Foland was fifth, the first 125. Most teams elected to change partners each lap. Scot Harden had the lead at the end of the first lap and gave the hike to Tom Moen. They were the leader in vet class too. Troy Phelps was first Open hike, second overall fol-lowed by Earl Roberts, second vet with Bi II Adsit next, second Open. Fifth overall was the first 125 with Ed Foland astride the saddle and sixth was the first 250 ridden by Joey Lane. Dan Woriey replaced Earl Roberts and promptly jumped into the lead over a shocked Tom Moen. Dewey Belew who had teamed with Bill Adsit captured third, first Open hike with Troy Pearce, Joey Lane's partner, now fourth. The Craig Smith/Jeff Dickerson 250 team were in fifth. On the third lap Earl Roberts' Honda died, dropping him and his partner Dan Worley out of contention for the overall victory and the vet class win. This was the advantage that Scot Harden and Tom Moen were looking for as they rode their big KTMs to first overall, first Vet Expert, and first KTM. On the fifth lap the 250 race team of Joey Lane and Troy Pearce slipped around the first Open team of Dewey Belew and Bill Adsit, now running second overall. These teams raced to the finish line. Joey Lane could heat Dewey Belew and Bill Adsit, Troy Pearce. Lane and Belew rode the last lap with the spoils going to Joey Lane and Troy Pearce, first 250, second overall aboard a Kawasaki and a Yamaha. Third overall went to Dewey Belew and Bill Adsit riding a Kawasaki and a Greg Brindle flies the Yamaha Banshee past a lone spectator, and Greg with team member Dave Campbell took the overall A TV lead late in the game and held on to it to the checkered flag. Bill Adsit teamed with Dewey Belew fought a see saw battle, but won first Open Bike honors. Adsit here does a nice flyby on his KTM, and they were third overall. DustyTimes

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Mike Douthitt urges the Honda Fourtrax on to greater performance and Mike plus Mike Patterson took second overall, first 250 in the serious A TV action. The Triple EEE Superlite of Russ Turner sports a sleek looking body style and it flew right into the 360 class win at the Team 200 Desert Race. · Aerodynamics certainly influenced the body shape of this Triple EEE Desert Superlite, and Mark Thiel drove it to second overall, first in Class 77. KTM and they were first in Open class. The 125 team of Ed Foland, the old warhorse and the young lion Jason Corfman came through with the 125 win on Hondas. The Seniors were led by Tom Nolan and Terry Devore on Hondas, while the first Super Senior team was Mike Harper and Dick Bird, Kawasaki and Honda. fhe first Senior Vintage honors went to Rick Wessels, Husky and the First Vintage rider was Tracey Raybon, Honda. Jim Helmquist rode the first Class 3 bike. In the ATV class Honda mounted Steve Mamer and Ben Schlimme had the early lead over The desert Superlites are a breed apart usually, but the winner this round was the fairly stock looking Honda Pilo t of Andy Wehe and Shawn Pagett who outlasted the competition. CRS/SCCA Divisional Rally News B~ Paula Gi/J~attlt Mother Nature has sure been having fun shooting down the Glen Helen events! Organizer John Elkin is about ready to commit hari-kari, but fortunately co-organizer Sam Moore talked him into re-scheduling again. The NEW date will be Saturday, June 20. Three storms in a row-again -aren't too likely in the summer ( or should I have said that?) The Prescott Forest Rally April 25 promises great roads, a pleas-ant schedule, and some new touches in conjunction with becoming a "60% National." There should be some great comp-etition, too, including Rod Millen and his speedy Jamaican friend Peter Moodie, who will be run-ning Rod's '91 Asia-Pacific car. Organi:ers Rob Cherry and Jeff Hendricks never took a break after last year's event and have been working hard to make this the best Prescott ever - thanks, guys! Just a reminder: SA-85 or SA-90 Snell decals are required now for helmets -don't get a nasty surprise at tech! Also, a reminder: National Seed FIA and I drivers are not eligible for Divisional points, nor are National Seed 2 drivers who have already run two Nationals in this calender year. This issue was clarified at the SCCA convention last month. Just three weeks after Prescott, Rim of the World will reassemble the same top field for another shot at CRS, National, and Div-Dusty Times isional points. Friday's Coeffi-cient 2 will feature four brand-new roads. They are all dirt and similar in character to the regular Rim roads - in other words, no new suspension set-up needed. Saturday's stages are in the same area as last year, with the dinner break and Budweiser Daylight Dash at Lake Hughes. The big news is the move to Palmdale, with new headquarters at the Ramada. The enthusiasm and support from the Palmdale City and Chamber of Commerce have been very gratifying! The Auto Safety Show on Saturday morning at the new Antelope Val-ley Auto Center should be fun, with a tire changing contest spon-sored by Michelin, and demos by the fire department and the CHP. Have a sticking door on your rally vehicle? How about the Jaws of Life to help you open it? Back to business: more terrific support from the great guys in the Angeles National Forest has resulted in the development of a Master Permit for '92 for three separate weekends of rallying this year! Besides the Gorman Ridge Rally in October, the new organi:-ing "team" of Sam Moore, Lon Peterson, and Dan Hook will be putting on a Coefficient 2 or 3 in September. Look for more details soon. A final note! Ron Wood and Kelly Walsh are leading the team which will be organi:ing another hands-on rally school late this sumn-rer. They need more folks helping, so please give them a call if you would like to get involved: Home ( 714) 779-6640, shop (714) 848-4336. Mike Patterson and Mike Dou-thitt, 250 Honda. Greg Bringle and Dave Campbell were a dose third aboard a Yamaha. Disaster hit Ben Schlimme on the second lap when the steering stem broke off his ATV in his hands. He was very lucky not to have crashed. Then to make matters worse, when Steve Mamer was finishing his next lap he broke a tie rod. That left the door to victory wide open. In stepped Greg Bringle and Dave Campbell. Their Yamaha Banshee proved to be decisive, as they pulled away to capture the ATV honors, first overall and first Open. Mike Patterson and Mike Douthitt now had to hold off the hard charging team of Greg Gibbs and Dave "Whimp" New-land. But Patterson/Douthitt won the ATV 250 Expert class by only seconds over Gibbs and Newland. Mamer and Schlimme slipped and slid to fourth overall, third 250 Expert. Fifth overall and first in ATV 250 Amateur were Eric Dunlavey and Wade Clancy. In the Desert Superlite Division attrition was the name of the game. Defending class champion Steve Fenton in the Triple EEE Green Apple was out in front as usual. Stu Pearce was a close second in his Daryl Smith Sand Tires Yellow Banana. The first Pilot was driven by Andy Wehe in third. Stu Pearce rested the second lap as his mechanic worked feverishly to get him hack in the race. Three laps later Steve Fenton 's ride came to an end leav-ing the Pilot Team of Andy Wehe and Shawn Pagett to capture the overall Desert Superlite victory. The Open Class went to Russ Turner, anJ Mark Thiel won Class 77 and was second overall aboard a Triple EEE. After the regular race there was a Mini Bike race for the future Number I riders. The overall winner was Aaron Tuck, Kawa-saki , first 80, while Robbie Bell won the Pee W cc class on a Yamaha. FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM in conjunction with Entry Fee: $30 Saasta Chevron Services ~ of El Centro Proudly Presents SUNDAY MAY 3, 1992 LOCATION: LAKE SUPERSTITION START TIME: 9:00 Mandatory , Riders Meeting 8:30 5 times around a 13.8 mile loop Desert Racing for Bikes ¥ 4-Wheeled ATVs ¥ Desert Superlites EVERYONE IS WELCOME - ALL CLASSES INVITED AMA District 38 Points Event Practice Saturday v Race Sunday BLM Approved v Los Exploradores Rescue Last Desert Race Before the Hot Summer Break/ AN F.R.T. PROMOTION ¥ WATCH FOR THE TEAM NO-SHIRT SWEETHEARTS ¥ FRT/.4MA District 38 and the El Centro Department of the Bureau of IA11d Management working together so e1•eryone may enjoy our public lands May 1992 Page 37

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-lcebusters Off Road Nationals at Lakeland, Florida Text & Photos by Wayne Simmons In the Class 1 /2 and 10 combo class Carleton Jackson leads Bob Broom on a smooth stretch and Jackson won the second heat and was second in the main. Caruso was way out front. The real race was between Ford and Olsen for third. Side by side most of the last lap it was Olsen with the upper had as they rounded the last turn for the finish line. Olsen took a hard fought third, Pope second and Caruso a flag to flag win. In the feature, Stedman and Linder changed paint with each other as they battled into the first The 1600 action was tight as here Florida's Carleton Jackson leads Wisconsin 's Johnny Greaves over a jump. Greaves turn. Ross Quarnoccio had had a won a heat but Jackson won the feature, but Greaves came back to win the Class 1 /10 honors and the Showdown race. bad day also, after busting a rim in Once again, as the pulse of the novice drivers. They also raced on a light watering for dust control, it an earlier race, was just not able to north slows in the cold grip of the dirt and asphalt, small hills was time to race. keep the car running fast enough winter, all eyes turned south. The filled in the place of jumps, but For the Novice First Heat, four-and quickly dropped to the rear. itch to race off road was strong as the tight turns and fast straights teen cars rolled onto the track for As Stedman and Linder increased drivers from Michigan, New Jer-made this a real drivers track. the parade lap. As the pack circled their lead a real battle was shaping sey, Wisconsin and Georgia The event was well sponsored the track some fell out of position up between Nick Nichols, Tim headed south for the first ICE- by companies like Bilstein, FAT causing everybody to go around Caruso, and Wayne Simmons. BUSTERS OFF ROAD NA-Performance, Centerline, K & N one more time. The flagman liked Dan Morrow who is usually a TIONALS. Parker Pumper Helmet Co., what he saw this time and gave tough competitor had carburetor Lakeland, Florida was the des- Fisher Buggies, Sundance Buggy them the green. Wayne Simmons trouble most of the day and was tination of anyone wanting to see World, Clearwater Used VW and Larry Olsen dashed into the lagging towards the back. Ford ' •off road racing at its best. LAKE-Parts, AutoCraft Motors ports, first turn. It was an easy sweep off and Olsen were side by side again LAND INTERSTATE SPEED-and many others. the asphalt into the dirt, but a as they closed on Nichols, WAY was once again the host for Forty seven cars had filed into sharp turn at the end tangled up Caruso, and Simmons.Terri Wil-the off road gathering. The the pits, supplying some of the several drivers. Lynn Stedman son added to her bad day, after speedway has been host to a largest class of racers the fans had had passed Olsen, and was cha!-being forced into a retention number of off road events in the seen in a while. The drivers meet- lenging Simmons down the front pond, she found herself now past. This time the entire track ing was called to go over some of straight. Melissa Diehl who was stuck on a large pile of dirt. was open to the racers, giving the the rules for the day. Most excit- driving her first race, had the Keven Pope had a throttle cable fans the best thrills and spills of ing was the rolling start, most of hood fly up causing the loss of break at the pedal. Instead of this style of racing. Many hours of the off road starts are from a dead several positions. Tim Caruso had dropping out, he put a loop in the work went into track preparation, stop. Very few of the drivers had been moving up and was in strik-end of the cable, hooked it over a as two separate tracks were laid done a rolling start. All classes ing range of the leaders when he toe and continued on. In the final out. One track for the rails, with would run two heats and a fea- rolled, dropping him to the rear of laps, Stedman and Linder were both dirt and asphalt surfaces, fast ture, with a showdown race for the pack. Simmons had held off too far out front to worry about· straights, jumps, and hair pin the top class finishers in the rails the attack of Stedman, as Olsen the others. Nichols tangled with a turnsthatproducedtheirshareof toroundouttheday. With some moved back up to challenge the lapped car, giving Caruso and flips. The second track was for the last minute work on the track and leaders. Steve Linder was not far Simmons a chance to pass. behind as Stedman gave in to the Nichols re-entered the race in pressure of Olsen. As the leaders between Ford and Olsen. Sim-started to lap slower cars Linder mons, who had been on Caruso's took advantage of a tight portion bumper most all race passed him of track to pass Stedman. With in the last turn headed to the fin-the wave of the checkered flag ish line. Just as Simmons passed Simmons took the win, with Caruso, his transmission broke, Olsen a close second, and Linder ending his day fifty yards from the third just a bumper in front of finish line. Caruso easily passed Stedman. · Simmons to take the flag for TOYOTA RACE ENGINES Complete computerized Engine Dyne testing facility. The finest & fastest Toyota race engines available for class 1. 7-S. 74x4. 15 and SCCA Pro Rally. Complete computerdyno tested Engines are available. as well as In kit form Send today for our new 38 page catalog which includes Complete Engines with Dyno Charts. Ported Heads. Corrosion Proof Headers. Cams. Stainless Steel Valves. Blowers. Mikuni Garb. Kits. Clutch K11s. Ignition Systems. Flywheels and more. Call today or send S5.00 for complete catalog. Sh1pp1ng world wide. Contingency program offered Call: {714) 596-5494 /L~J,..l~=;:~;::"":~e====:e=~..,-Send to: LC. Engineering In the second heat, with the third. Linder came in second, start inverted Tim Caruso was with Stedman first. able to lead the pack into the first In the Challenger first heat, turn. As everybody battled for Kim Chambers took the lead early position Wayne Simmons was with Steve Harrell close behind. . able to move up from the rear to Harrell, who had been having a midway in the field. John Ford and Larry Olsen had moved up to put pressure on Caruso. Keven Pope took advantage of a bottle neck to pass Ford and Olsen. Michael Pelletreau fell to the side bad season looked like he had got-ten the bugs worked out for this race. Alex Mcfadyen was running a strong third until a left rear flat forced him to the rear, and just as quickly, out of the race. Steve Harvard was moving up fast on the leaders as the race hit the midway point. Sean Wilson who also had a bad season, most nota-bly for his rolling over every race, was looking good as he slowly moved up through the pack. But as luck would have it, a strap broke on the front end causing the car to roll in the next turn, ending Wilson's day early. Harrell could not hold off the attack of Harvard as he passed, and closed on Chambers. Robbie Durrance rapidly closed the gap on Harrell as the two battled for position the rest of the race. Chambers and Harvard were side by side, but Chambers gallant effort was not enough to hold off Harvard as he passed and headed for the check-ered flag. The big battle was now between Harrell and Durrance. With one lap to go, it was wheel to wheel. Harrell got the advantage on a turn to pull ahead of his adversary, and held on to take third. Chambers was second and Harvard first. In the second heat, Don Crews made up for a bad first race by taking the lead in the first lap and quickly out distanced the entire field. Scott Campbell and Steve Harrell fought for second posi-tion as the rest of the pack spread out. Campbell soon dropped to the wayside with a flat. Durrance closed in fast but rolled, ending up in the rear. Mcfadyen quickly moved up to put pressure on Har-rell but he too rolled. Harvard and Chambers now challenged Harrell as the laps started to run out. Once again it was a real nail biter for seconc;I as Harrell and Harv-ard dashect for the flag side by side. Alas, Harvard could only take third, with Harrell inching in for second, Crews took an unchal-lenged win . The feature race was a bad start 2978 First Street. Unit G La Verne. CA 91750 Some products not legal on pollution controlled vehicles. , with a busted cam shaft. Stedman had his share of bad luck, rolled his car just as he was gaining on the leaders. Diehl called it a day when the steering box broke. The Hernandez brothers, Russell and Chico were also new to the sport. They paid their dues by caving in the front bumper and hood, when they rear ended another car. The other car sped away, leaving Her-nandez to be clipped by a passing car, which flattened a tire. As the flagman held out the white flag, It got crowded in the Showdown race as here Jimmie Crowder, Darryl Stedman and Marti Neri got tangled up after a rollover, but the race was restarted soon, and only the machines were damaged. Page 38 May199i DustyTimcs

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The Challenger action had some fierce infighting as here Steve Harrell, right, and Robbie Durrance fly together. Both finished well in the heats. In the 1-2-1600 races Buddy Lancaster leads Dick Fahlbusch over some back stretch lumps, but despite a good race neither driver finished in the money. Sean Wilson races his Baja Bug in the Challenger class, and this round he kept it on its wheels, but was sidelined later on with mechanical trouble. for Chambers when she sheared a link pin in half, putting her out early. Harvard had established his position in the lead with Crews and Harrell in hot pursuit. As the battle intensified Harvard's transmission let go ending his shot at a victory. Crews now had the lead with Harrell pushing him in each turn. Campbell had edged up on Harrell to make it a three way battle. Harrell, feeling the pressure, cut a turn too tight and rolled. He was quickly righted but had trouble restarting the motor. By the time he was racing again he had lost too much ground to make up. Mcfadyen was trying desperately to close the gap on the leaders but ran out of time, and had to settle for third. Campbell finished second and Crews in first. For the 1600's first heat, the cars got the green the first time round sending everybody dashing into the first turn. Out of the madness and mayhem, Ray Short emerged the leader, with Marti Neri and Troy Dittmer close behind. John Greaves who is the defending champ of 1-1600 and Class·9 in SODA (Short-Course Off-Road Drivers Association) wasted no time in systematically picking off his competitors. James Hester spent a lap stuck on a tire, losing a lot of ground. Dick Fahl-busch was just not fast enough as he started to drop to the rear. Gene and Billy Windham, a father and son team were back for the first time this season. Billy was injured in a head on crash with a concrete pole in a race early last season. Welcome back guys. They had tangled with another car in the first turn and were sitting on the side lines checking out the damage. By the midway point, Short, who had been outdistand-ing the others was now loosing ground to Greaves. Dittmer had fallen back a few places as Carlton Jackson moved up to challenge Neri. It was a battle to the wire as Greaves powered past Short to take the lead and the victory, leav-ing Short in second place. Neri's struggle ended as Jackson passed on the last lap ending up in third. In the second heat James Hester and Mark Bickers led the pack into the first turn. Hester was unable to hold the lead as Bickers out maneuvered him. Buddy Lan-caster and Sam Pace were now in a pile of scrap metal, ending his day position to challenge Hester, as in only three laps. Jackson was the rest of the field spread out. now the leader but was feeling Bad luck again followed the pressure from Hester and Greaves Windhams as they pulled to the as they battled for position. Fred side of the track out for the day. Babinchek, one of the long haul The action was heating up as John drivers lost a c. v. making him a Greaves quickly started to pass spectator for a while. Ed his opponents. His day ended Chamberswasmovingupfastand early when he broke the front wasinstrikingrangeoftheleaders suspension, sending him to the with two laps to go. David side lines. By now Hester had LeFland lost a fly wheel, sending , fallen into fourth with Pace charg-him to the pits early. Bob Bohres ing into second. With only a had battled his way up to chal-handfull of laps to go Bickers was lenge Chambers. Jimmie Crowder feeling the unrelenting pressure of was having a bad race as the lead-Pace. Time was running out as ers started to lap him. Jackie Ray Short moved up to put Griner, the young son of Jack intense pressure on Lancaster. As· Griner, was behind the wheel the flagman waved the white flag today and was holding his own as Pace passed Bickers. Short also the race wound down. Jackson passed Lancaster but was unable was under the relentless pressure to challenge the leaders. Pace took of Greaves, who had plagued the the win with Bickers hot on his leadersmostoftherace. With one tail for second, and Short coming lap left Greaves ~aneuvered past in third. Jackson headed for the checkered At the start of the feature face, flag. Bohres and Chambers had Carlton Jackson jumped into the see-sawed positions most• of the lead with John Greaves close race and were now side by side behind. Greaves was unable to headed into the last set of turns. stay up front as his front end was Chambers had the solid line pull-giving him trouble again. Marty ing ahead of Bohres to take third Pounds tried to close the gap but a at the finish. Jackson had to settle broken torsion bar put him back for second, unable to repass in the pack. Marti Neri and Sam Greaves, the winner . . Pacehadsee-sawedpositionsfora In the second heat Jackson few laps and were now closing on wasted no time in taking the lead Jackson. With racers strung out and quickly started to out dis-all over the track, Ray Short tance the rest of the pack. Badin-picked off fellow competitors as chek, who ·was trailing Jackson, he moved up to pressure the front was unable to maintain the blister-runners. Mark Bickers was soon ing pace and soon fell back. Tom on Short's back bumper as the Surale and Jimmie Crowder battle continued. Noone was able moved up, but Crowder's motor to out maneuver the other for was still acting up and he also several laps, as time quickly began dropped to the rear. A five way to run out. With two laps to go battle midway back, had the fans' Pace ran into trouble losing a attention. The action intensified couple of positions. Although as Greaves, Broom, Chambers, Short was able to close the gap on Bohres and Griner tried to out Neri, he was unable to take him maneuver each other. Three driv-before the checkered fell. Short ers soon emerged, Greaves, settled for third, Ner1 second and Broom, and Chambers. Without Jackson unchallenged for first. hesitation they rapidly closed on Combined Class 1 & 10 had Surale. By now Jackson was dos-Darryl Stedman speeding into the ing on the slower drivers with no lead with Carlton Jackson on his threat from a competitor. With bumper. As the rest of the pack undaunting pressure ·Greaves beat and banged through the first sped past Surale, leaving him to turn Mike Hester and John fend off the attack of Broom and Greaves emerged to pursue the Chambers. Surale was no match leaders. Stedman had started to for the two drivers as they battled put some distance on his fellow past to close on Greaves. Time challengers when he suddenly was running out as Broom and-pulled to the side. When the Chambers went wheel to wheel. smoke cleared, his motor was a Chambers cut hard to the inside Alex McFadyen ran with the Challenger leaders in the feature, despite this mishap earlier, but he did lose time with the roll over and ended up third. Fred Babinchek looks to be going very well here, but he must have come to grief later in Class 1 and 1 O competition because he didn't figure in the money. DustyTimes May 199i of a turn to pass Broom, but it was short lived when Broom passed him back on the next lap and took the flag for third. Greaves second and Jackson unchallenged for first. During the feature Chambers and Jackson quickly worked their way up from the rear taking con-trol of the lead in one lap. Broom closed in, but was unable to hold on. It was soon a ra~e for the lead as the rest of the pack spread out around the track. lt was bumper to bumper and wheel to wheel as the two fought leaving all others behind. Greaves worked his way out of the pack and started closing the gap on the leaders. Chambers had the lead when suddenly he got side ways in-the turn approaching the front straight; hitting a large tractor tire. Space shuttle is what came to mind as his car launched straight up, twisted to the side, coming to a cold hard stop ::s the cage dug into the dirt. Chambers was o.k. but the front of the buggy was wasted. Jackson now had the lead with a large margin of space· between him and Greaves. With several laps still to go, Greaves never gave up his relentless pur-suit of Jackson. It began to pay off as he closed on the leader. Greaves was on Jackson's bumper with only a few laps left. Then Jackson made the mistake of going a little wide in a turn, giving Greaves the chance to slide under him. Afrer that it was all over as the new leader out distanced Jack-son, taking the checkered flag for first. Jackson a disappointing second and Surale a distant third. The Showdown was the most intense racing yet, big money for short laps. All classes race at the same time, released at different intervals as to finish at the same time. For added incentive, each class was sponsored; Bilstein the Class 1 & 10, FAT Performance the 1600s, and AutoCraft Motorsports the Challenger class, plus the overall pot. After one false start the real rac-ing got under way. Steve Harrell and Don Crews battled into the first turn for the Challengers. Darryl Stedman and Martie Neri were only seconds behind in the 1600s. Jackson was leading Class 1 until he rolled coming off a jump. Stedman and Neri were too close to stop. Stedman missed but went sideways in front of Neri. Neri broad sided Stedman, all were o .k. but too far back to chal-lenge anyone. Crews had passed--Harrell, looking like the two Chal-lenger cars might win. But Greaves came up from nowhere to pass the two in the last lap tak-ing the overall win. There was no doubt everybody had seen the best in off road rac-ing. Remember, when winter takes it's chilled grip on you, head south to the land of sunshine and hot off road racing. See you at the next ICEBUSTERS. THE WRIGHT DROP SPINDLE 3" MORE GROUND CLEARANCE ·PLACEk CV JOINTS RACK & PINION STEERING UNITS 1. REGULAR 2. SAND.BUGGY 3. MINI 9420 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 TEL: (619) 561-4810 FAX: (619) 561-7960 Page 39

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1992 PORT WINE RALLY OF PORTUGAL Juha Kankkunen Won His First· Portuguese ·Rally TL'Xt & Photos: Martin Holmes ,..,<¢!~" .. , .... '"'·--.. ,,,... * A ~~~~,..;;:. Juha Kankkunen and Juha Piironen took the new Lancia HF lntegrale to its first victory on gravel roads. They led most of the later sections. often by a good margin and won by over a minute. Juha Kankkunen, with Juha now two major mixed surfaced Piironen, won the Rally of Portu-stages, the otherwise asphalt gal for the first time in• his career Frei ta stage hado km of gravel out and put Lancia and himself firmly of 24, with a similar asphalt dis-in the lead of the world rally ranee out of 21 km on the pre-championships. The HF Integrale viously all gravel Ponte de Lima was competing on gravel roads for stage, and there were other mixed the first time and won both surface stages. This did not please Group A and Group N categories. the teams who felt the mixed sur-Jt was a depressing event for Toy-face capable of creating a danger-ota, the new Celicas still lacking ous tire situation. And the new all the power of their rivals and the asphalt, all downhill Piodao stage team's morale was dented when had huge drops where a car could Carlos Sain: had turbocharger tumble downhill for 300 meters. problems which led to an accident This was the first rally in which for his teammate Armin Schwar:. drivers had to use Group N speci-Still Sainz and Toyota are respec-fication cars for training, on tively second in the champion-gravel roads. Didier said, "Of ships. There was an intriguing course you cannot drive these cars situation within Ford as their so hard as we could the mulettos Sierra was proving more competi-· ( training cars) which is perhaps tiveongravel,andMikiBiasion's just as well." One thing was experience and influence has put a becoming evident; a lot of feed-new spirit in the team. back about running Group N cars Although it seemed to be a sim- was obviously about to become ilar rally to before, there were available to teams wanting to help privateers run these cars for themselves. Among other new things FISA finally arrived with the manda-tory taps to be put into the fuel lines, as close to the engine as pos-sible, which enabled the scruti-neers to take representative fuel samples. Outside the rally scene there had been some major road building with the whole Estoril/ Cascais area now intertwined by motorways. As a last, minute change of plan, the Autodrome once again became the center for many activities. The Etape 1 of the rally offi-cially started on Tuesday with the now customary Superspecial. Since the wash-out last year, the surface of the course had been rebuilt, and it was in excellent condition. Markku Alen made best time, leading to the com-mentator saying that like Port Wine, some drivers get better Trackside Photo, Inc. Racing photography since 1970 We cover all La Rana, SCORE/HORA, and Calif. Rally Series events. Call us for: An on-the-course view of our race photographers in action Calendars• Press Kits• Photo Business Cards• Autograph sheets Page 40 P .0. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (213) 670-6896 May 1992 with age. Tommi Makinen had an unexplained flat tire and dropped ten seconds or so. This was a splendid afternoon's activity for holiday crowds marred only by chaotic traffic jam scenes as spec-tators tried to leave. At 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday the cars set ott for the longest leg of the event, 13 stages all on asphalt, a total of 210 km, which would only end the next morning at 0100. Asphalt in Portugal has a meaning not recognizable else-where, a combination of smooth tarmac, bumpy pave, broken 'potholes and stones littered all over the road, usually after the leading drivers have cut the corners. It was a shock when Auriol reached the end of the third stage having made best time with a broken engine. Mechanics took off the Lancia's competition numbers without further ado, leaving the Martin"i Racing Team -feeling very crestfallen. There were nine stages before the late afternoon rest halt at Arganil, fol- . lowed by four more stages before the rally reached the overnight halt at Povoa de Varzim. The sen-sation of the day was the speed of the Fords with Francois Delecour · making five best times against sin-gle scratch times of Kankkunen and Auriol in Lancias, and a sen-sational two best times by Andrea Aghini in the third official Lancia Martini car. Aghini's starting number, 16, behind a series of Group N cars with drivers with superior seed-ing, was an example of the increas-ing inconsistencies of the FISA Rallies Commission. Anyway, the writing was on the wall. The Ital-ian gave himself three stages to play himself in, then off he went. In one stage Aghini jumped from eighth to fourth, and he later made top three placings on all the others in the drive to Arganil, including fast time on stages 9 and IO. "I'm on Cloud 9" was all he could say to the spectators who waited for the unknown Italian to arrive. Earlier there had been many hairy stories to tell. Many drivers inquired ofDelecour, asking why they saw his bumper lying off the road. "I went off", he admitted', neglecting to say he had been three meters off and another two and there might have been a bad accident. Still Francois was the leader and his teammate Biasion, until passed by Aghini, was second. For once the Italian was grinning from ear to ear, really enjoying himself. Any problems, Miki? Earlier they had changed a cylinder head on his Ford. Kank-kunen wasn't so happy, saying the Lancia didn't seem to work as well on big 17 inch tires. "What's more, I think a season or two learning to drive on asphalt wouldn't do me any harm." Toyota were very depressed, saying they just couldn't keep up. Schwarz had spun off backwards and punctured. Alen said he couldn't get the corners right, and Sainz had his gear lever feel funny, so it was changed, but he added • gloomily, "And the car is undriv-able". In even greater trouble was the Nissan team. Makinen had a flat and left the road, which caused him to retire, and enforce some caution into his teammate Fra~cois Chatriot. "Then, with-out warning, we had two tront wheel flats at the same time, for no apparent reason." But Mitsu-bishi were happy, though Timo Salonen had dropped time with a flat and an off the road excursion. Kenneth Eriksson expressed the happiness felt when their team could keep up with the Toyotas, though the Lancias and Fords were well ahead of the whole field. In Group Nearly leader Carlos Menem had two flats and fell back, leaving Fernando Capdevila to take over giving Ford the lead in both categories. Further down the field there was sadness when the leading Citroen Trophy car had steering failure and went straight on at a bend and killed a spec ta tor. FISA officials were happy on a different score; this was the first time they used the fuel sample taps, and after the first few trial runs, they got to take a sample in 75 secopds, well within the three minutes dead time given to competitors at the start of each stage. The conditions for the four remaining stages, held at night, were remarkably clear without any of the usual fog and snow encountered in the region. Aghini just held his second place in front ofBiasion, while behind the Toy-otas the M itsubishis fell back sig-nificantly for reasons they did not understand. Alen also fell back with electrical trouble, not unlike that which he had in Sweden, which could only be traced to low voltage. In Group N Menem rose to second place behind Capdevila, while Gregoire de Mevius was third after suffering a loose turbo pipe on two occasions. Driving the Mazda used by the Belgian last year was Alex Fassina, who had two flats, which damaged the gearbox and lost considerable time. Mohammed Bin Sulayem had the wheel studs on the front left wheel break and he had to drive five kms on three wheels, and also lost more time at service. Etape 2 was the shortest day of the event, beginning with the two-at-a-time stage at the Lousada autocross circuit. Delecour's co-driver Daniel Grataloup explained they wanted to hurry through the stage as not only did they have to change the suspension for the coming gravel stage, but also the Ford's gearbox was getting very stiff and needed replacing as well. Delecour and Aghini started off together, Aghini finishing in fine style and the Ford on the back of the organizer's breakdown truck. The engine sump had cracked due to a variety of probable reasons so Delecour was out of the rally. Aghini inherited the lead on his first ever visit to Portugal with only a. handful of world cham-pionship rallies behind him, but he was cautious. By the time he found out how hard he could drive the Lancia in the rough, Kankkunen had overtaken him, but he was still happy. Biasion was not smiling, having bad brakes on the first three stages, then a broken steering rack for two stages. It was a miracle that he was still third when the rally returned after seven stages to Povoa. The best Mitsubishi driver Kenneth Eriksson felt the car was better on the gravel, but had shock trouble on the long final stage of the day. Salonen suffered for three stages because the sus-pension setting was off. Toyota were still not out of the wars. Schwarz had transmission trouble banging the rear of his car at a Dusty Times

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,J Kicking up dust here Miki Biasion and Tiziano Siviero ran trouble free to second overall in the Sierra Cosworth 4x4, and it was Ford's best WCR result for four years. Close to home ground didn't help Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya. Their new Toyota suffered a variety of troubles, but they kept going to finish third. Executing a real Scandinavian type jump, Timo Sa/onen and Voitto Silander kept the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4 E together to place well, fifth overall. · Going for altitute in the new Nissan Pulsar G TI-R Francois Chatriot and Michel Perin had tire woes, but survived it all to take sixth in the rally. Andrea Aghini led four stages and one Etape in the rally in the Lancia HF but a stout banking proved tougher than the car and this rising star was out of the rally on the last day. Jose Miguel and Luis Lisboa cruise a high mountain road where a missed turn could send the car a long way down the ravine. Their Ford was second Portuguese entry and tenth overall. hairpin turn, Saih: had a spin and Alen had a broken shock absorber on the last stage. In real-ity the Toyotas were much more competitive on the gravel. But Kankkunen was the man of the day, his only problem being a lit-tle understeering early on, cor-rected by tire changes. In Group N Capdevila nudged the bank on the downhill asphalt stretch, while Bin Sulayem had a horrend-ous day, front differential failure causing more time control penal-ties, and he had also been off the road when blinded by the dust of slower cars he was catching. Juha Kankkunen walked away with the day again on Etape 3. He only had two problems; firstly on stage 26 he swerved off the road to avoid a spectator. Co-driver Juha Piironen said "This year's rally has been such an improve-ment in safety matters that this was quite exceptional." Then a stone broke a rear brake pipe late on stage 27. He had started the day with a 44 second lead and came to. Viseu 78 seconds in front. There was a hard fight all day for second place. Biasion and Sain: got ahead of Aghini after four stages and they fought each other hard. On three of the nine stages they clocked exactly the same time and with one stage to go the Italian was one second up and Sain: fell back with the temperature.gauge climbing. Both Carlos and Markku chose tires that were too soft while teammate Schwar: had the harder com-pound, which worked better. Anyway Biasion ended the day 19 seconds in front of the Spaniard and would restart the final day in second place. Biasion had some of his old smile back and told friends the Ford was getting better all the time. Alen was delayed by a broken driveshaft and fell behind both Mitsubishis, while Chatriot had a spin and also broke a shock. Joaquim Santos in· the 4WD Cel-ica GT-Four got ahead of Jose Miguel in a rear drive Sierra, for the honor of leading Portuguese driver. In Group N Capdevila lost his lead to ~lenem when the ge~rbox failed and he incurred a minute road penalty, tnen another which dropped him behind de Mevius. Dusty Times The early hours of the Etape 4, had a lot of trouble, a flat he had the last day, were quite the most to stop and change, then clutch dran1atic of them all. The first trouble and only reached the rest three stages over Arganil would halt at Tomar by being towed a run in the dark, and dust would be long way on the normal roads. On a problem. Running first on the the final stages before Tomar road Kankkunen had no lingering Sain: had the turbocharger fail, dust to contend with, but still and he crawled through, creating a there was fog and smoke from cloud of dust which the fast countless fires of the all night approaching teammate Sch war: campers in these hills. Still the was closing up to. Just one mis-Finn had no trouble reeling off the judgment by the German in :ero remaining stages but behind him visibility and the Toyota slid off there was pandemonium. On the the road, undamaged, into first stage both Aghini and Eriks- retirement. This launched a row son were lost. The Italian hit the within Toyota. Sain: had actually front of the car, pulled off a stopped on the stage, then restart-wheel, reversed up to the intersec- ed and had spoken by radio to his tion and gave up there with oil crew; why wasn't he warned to pouring out of the cooler. Then wait a little longer to let Schwar: on the final run down to Alqueve pass unhindered. Sain: himself, the Swede misjudged a right-left although he apologized to bend and went off the road and Schwar:, said he "could not down a steep drop. "We have no understand the problem." It was idea how many times we over-so .1ear the end of the stage, and turned, but we went 50 meters because his teammate crashed, down the hill. Staffon and I waited why did people blame him? a half minute in the car before we AtTomar, with only two stages dared move, but the car had left to go, Kankkunen had a good stopped with another couple lead ahead of a still trouble free hundred meters left to go to the Miki Biasion, while Sain: was nine bottom of the ravine." The :ero seconds in front ofTimo Salonen car coming through before the but over five minutes off the pace. second run through the stages Salonen then had a hub break picked them up and arranged for a causing the wheel to fly off and policeman to guard the wreckage, lost a minute and any hope of although the souvenir hunters got catching Carlos Sain:. This also a lot of items. Poor Aghini had to let Markku Alen in the other sit in his car for four hours while Toyota come fourth. At least Sal-the rally passed the second time. onen finished fifth, only the Daylight came and on the second time he had reached the second stage before the rest halt end of this event. de Mevius rolled his Nissan ("the Carlos Menem was on the first time in my life") and took a brink of a big break through, fully lot of time putting it back upright conscious of the way he had again, in which time the brake · thrown success away during the fluid had leaked away. Capdevila Cataluna Rally last year. This time 1992 RALLY OF PORTUGAL Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen Miki Biasion/Tiziano Siviero Car1os SainZ/Luis Moya Markku Alen/llkka Kivimaki Timo SalonenNoitto Silander Francois Chatriot/Michel Perin Jose-Marie Bardolet/Josep Autet Joaquin Santos/Carlos Magalhaes Car1os MenemNictor Zucchini Jose MigueVLuis Lisboa Gregoire de Mevius/Willy Lux (12th) F. Capdevila/A. Rodriguez (15th) SF I E SF SF F E p RA p B E Lancia HF lntegrale Ford Sierra Cosworth Toyota Celica Turbo Toyota Celica Turbo Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Nissan Pulsar GTI-R Ford Sierra Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four Lancia HF lntegrale Ford Sierra Cosworth Nissan Pulsar GTI-R Ford Sierra Cosworth •Group winners -No Ladies' finishers - 100 start - 30 finish Winner's average stage speed - 90.03 kph Manufacturer points - Lancia 40, Toyota 31, Ford 29, Mitsubishi, 18 A• 6:24:37 A 6:26:10 A 6:29:36 A 6:30:09 A 6:31 :16 A 6:45:41 A 6:53:55 A 7:01:20 N• 7:02:47 A 7:13:08 N 7:16:25 N 7:26:31 Driver points- Kankkunen 32, Sainz 27, Auriot, Jonsson and Alen 20, Biasion 18 May 1992 . . -,,,c-·-Hill climbing through the rocks in the Lancia HF lntegrale, Carlos Menem and Victor Zucchini had to fight hard for their victory in Group N but did win and they also were ninth overall. he had no problem winning Group N. 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Competition Review Board Report By George Thompson The Nissan 400 Competition Review Board gathered in the executive meeting room at the Gold Coast Hotel at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday. There were two cases.to be heard from the race, a number which has taken a sharp decline at recent events. Part of the reason is the lower entry which we are experiencing, due to the reces-sion, but I also think that the rac-ers are driving with greater care and that both HORA and SCORE are laying out the cou~ses with safety in mind. And no one is par-ticularly anxious to appear before the CRB and my life is becoming much easier. Now, if we just didn't have to meet so early ... David Jamison, FAIR, was Board Administrator, and members were Jimmy Smith Class l /2, Danny Porter Class 1-2-1600, Dale White Class 3, Curt LeDuc Class 6, Lisa Dickerson Class 5, Jerry Leighton, Class 10, Frank Vessels, Alternate, George Thompson, CRB Marshal. In a case of unsafe driving HORA officials disqualified #1006 Rick Romans when he allegedly accessed his pit to repair a flat by driving through a specta-tor area, about 400 yards beyond the start/finish line. He had some trouble getting up the hill and sent several spectators scurrying while he blazed a new trail to the top. A few minutes later, the flat was fixed and he was stopped coming back down the hill and informed of his disqualification for leaving the course in a restricted area, pit-ting in a no pitting zone and unsafe driving! In discussing this case later with Rick Romans, I was informed that he was in total dis-agreement with the HORA deci-sion and asked why he was not given the opportunity to speak to the Board. I told him I did not know and referred him to HORA for an answer! ( It seems the non-paying spectators take />recedent over the racers who f>ay heavily for the pritiilege of using the roads. ed.) The first case was abusive nerf-ing, the most thankless and frus-trating type of case. Rick Roland, co-driver for LeRoy Van Kirk protested the way he was treated by Scott Cameron, co-driver in the Lisa Dickerson Class 5 . According to Roland, "We came past the Valley of Fire area, went through the rough stuff out there and when we came out something was wrong and the motor was act-ing up. I was trying to cool it and just get to the next pit; so when we got into the California Wash, I knew I was under powered and was really trying to watch out. We were sta'ying to the side of the course, I wasn't competitive any more. It was like a half to 3 / 4 power, then all of the sudden I got the living hell knocked out of me. AffENTION DESERT RACERS DUSTY TIMES has contingency money posted at all Score and HDRA desert races. Check it out on contingency row - Two different classes each event. I looked to the right and thought 'Damn, why did somebody hit me, they've got all kinds of room to pass here.' So I pulled further to the left to make more room and in a few seconds I got the same kind of hit again. Finally he pulled on around and I saw that it was #503. He took off and we went about 200 yards but the car wouldn't go any further. You know, if we were competing and I was racing with the guy, I'd be making him prove that he could pass me, and if the guy hit me, I wouldn't have a problem with that, but I was ready to get out of anyone's way who came along." In summarizing his argument Roland observed, "My back is really sore. We got the absolute living hell knocked out of us, and when I pulled over to let him pass, he did it again. That's abusive nerfing!" Scott Cameron, co-driver of the Dickerson car, came forward to give his version. He was slug-gish and obviously in pain from the injuries he had sustained in a rollover late in the race. "We were corning up at about -mile marker 26, and I started smelling burning oil. At mile marker 28 I caught sight of him, and as we came close behind him I started honking and flashing the lights to pass. He obviously didn't see me, so I nudged him once and backed off. He went a good 500--600 yards without pulling over or making any attempt to even get half way off the course so I could pass. I nudged him again and got the same reaction except this time we went about a half mile, so I came up behind him and pushed him, not abusively, but I made him feel it. After another 600 yards he finally pulled over and I passed him. That was the last we saw of him. LeDuc asked, "He claimed that there was adequate room to pass. Was there?" "No, it was in a rocky section where there were bushes and rock ledges on both sides." Scott was excused and the Board discussed the case. Bill Sav-age and George Thompson had both witnessed the Van Kirk car get hit by·another Class 5 car in the Checkpoint A area prior to the incident, and the Board won-dered why Roland had not menti-oned that incident. Also, every-one felt that there was adequate room for passing in that wash which cast a bit of a shadow on Scott's comments. There was a great deal of discussion about what constitutes "abusive nerf-ing" and exactly what the respon-sibilities were on each driver in a passing situation. Jimmy Smith was very clear about his view that it was the responsibility of the slower car to get out of the way as soon as possible; most of the Board seemed to share this view to some extent. Also under con-sideration was the fact that both vehicles were knocked out of the race as a direct result of nerfing incidents, although Van Kirk's also had a major engine problem, and Dickerson's went on to lead the race before being knocked out a few miles from pay dirt. Jerry Bender, HORA Race Director stated HDRA's position on abusive nerfing, saying "We've got to be careful of the prevailing attitude that it is solely the responsibility of the slower car to get out of the way. One day someone is going to get ta/>ped or nudged and get a broken neck or end up dead, and then people will ask why HORA hadn't done any-thing about this situation. It ts the position of HORA that excessive nerfing be treated with a disquali-fication. Excessive nerfing has got to stop!" DESERT T'z MOTORSPORTS DESIGNS congratulates lARRY RAGIAND and the entire After speculation as to why Roland hadn't brought up the earl-ier incident the CRB Marshal sug-gested that he might not have been driving at the time. LeRoy Van Kirk was called to discuss the mat-ter and said he had indeed been hit NELSON &. NH.SON RACING TfAM on their OVERALL WIN AT lHE NISSAN 400. We also thank Nelson &. Nelson Racing for outfitting their entire crew with Desert T'z Racewear ~,:, ""-.....-'!!~_,.,_," ~ / ~ ,,,. • by another Class 5 car which had lost his brakes, and he had no problem with the contact under the circumstances. Sometime after the incident, Van Kirk recalled the conversation he had with Lisa. "I walked over and said 'Hey Lisa, you need to talk to ·your co-driver about this. I'd talk to mine if something like this happened. Then she got real arro-gant and I started walking off and said that if something isn't done, then we will get you next time cause I'm not putting up with this." Even at 7:30 in the morning it was easy to recognize this threat, and hope it doesn't come to pass. Scott Cameron, was put on pro-bation for a one year period and issued a letter of reprimand for rough driving. One of the more upsetting cases I have heard in recent times ·involved the Class 5 entry of Lisa Dickerson, already the focus of much attention at the Competi-tion Review Board. In fact, Lisa was scheduled to be on the Board and was excused during the pro-test against her entry. After her case was attended to Lisa returned only to learn that the Board had launched an inquiry into the details of the rollover that put her and Scott on the trailer just a few miles from the finish line. Appar-ently Scott Cameron who was driving the last two laps, was locked in a serious race with another Class 5 car when disaster struck. Just after checkpoint E, as Cameron slowed down for a ditch, he felt an abrupt crash from the rear and was propelled into the ditch at such a high rate of speed that the vehicle went into a violent rollover, knocking Cameron unconscious and des-troying the Baja Bug. Unfortu-nately, Cameron was driving without the aid of a rear view mir-ror, ripped off earlier, and had no idea who hit him or if he was hit at all. Jerry Bender was very con-cerned that Lisa and Scott had failed to lodge some kind of pro-test after the incident and said that this sort of failure to report on the part of many racers was at the very core of the problem. Lisa pointed out that they had no idea who to protest since Scott was not able to identify his assailant. Beyond that, Lisa pointed out that, as one of the few female competitors in the sport, she did not want to run the risk of being thought of as a "whiner". Lisa and Scott are working people who are ill equipped to face the kind of dam-age sustained at the Nissan 400. Scott had a dislocated shoulder and a concussion and the Baja Bug was almost totally demolished, requiring about $25,000 to repair. Frankly, it was a testimon-ial to the skill of the car builder that he was not killed. Hit and run cases are very serious matters at any CRB meet-ing. There were questions regard-ing this case which could only be answered by initiating an in-depth investigation of the incident. At the request of HORA Officials and the Board the case is currently under investigation by the CRB Marshal. The findings of that investigation will be reviewed hy the Board which will remain in session pending the outcome of this inquiry. X --~--= ~~ St &CG -~~-~-=--~ HOTLINE --~ ,-<:~-~ ~---~-~ If your t~ds a new winning look at a cost you can live with, contact John Host at Desert T'z for design and pricing information. Page 41 Dealer inquires are encouraged. DESERT T'z MOTORSPORTS DESIGNS 27324 Camino Capistrano #172-75 Laguna Niguel, CA 926 77 Phone (714) 582-0930 (JAX) 582-6277 May 1991 1-900-988-0054 Ext. 889 * Latest off-road racing results * Trivia * Products $2.00 Per Minute • 24 Hours A Day Updated Weekly Dusty Times

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Alejandro Pabloff Jr. and Miguel Pabloff had a relatively trouble free run to first in Pro Class 5-1600, and an apparent fourth overall in car classes. Al and Alex Long and Thumper McDowell teamed up to take second place honors in Pro Class 5-1600, and they were very close behind the class winner. Jack Gates and Tom LeClair flew their Baja Bug over the damp sandy lumps nicely, and they survived it all to finish fourth in the Pro Class 5-1600 ranks, Gran Carrera De San Felipe Photos: PL'ralta DL'sign Perry McNeil drove his Class 8 Ford to the 4/7/8 victory handily, and he went so fast with scant down time that he placed second overall in cars, only a few ticks of the clock behind. Rafael Echegollen and Ray Gastelum had the best of times in the Jimco 1-2-1600 flying over the rough ground, and they had no real trouble en route not only to the class win but to first overall among car classes. The 1992 racing season in Baja California began last February with the first of Baja Promotions events in the Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series. San Felipe was the base of operations last Febru-ary as it had been in 1987 when the first of the Baja Promotions r:aces for cars and motorcycles raced out into the desert beyond the resort city. This year the win-ter rains had prepared the course very well, and the route was 68.7 miles long, with four rounds required for an official finish. It was a hit more than the advertised 250 miles, hut nohody seemed to mind the extra distance, and the route did hold some new sections, always a delight for long time Baja drivers. Of course there was no dust, hut the ground was damp in many areas and the ditches got higger each lap making the course a new challenge each time around. As was expected the motorcy-cles swept the overall positions, with the team of Tim Morton, Tim Funk and Tom Wemherly taking the top honors ahoard an Open Pro Class Kawasaki. How-ever, the Class l / 2 Honda powered Chenowth of Bob Land and Ken llman could have been an overall winner too, but the car only lasted two laps, the two fast-est laps among the four wheel entries, and Land's first two lap time beat the eventual Team Kawasaki overall winners' first two lap time by 12 seconds. How-ever, a broken oil line blew the engine and put the Chenowth on the trailer midway in the game. With Land retired, the light-Dusty Times weight and fastJimco single seater of Rafael Echegollen and Ray Gastelum came to the front. This team not only held the Pro 1-2-1600 lead after two laps, but took the overall four wheel lead at the same time. They had no visible troubles and won the four wheel honors overall with 1600 mighty cubic centimeters of engine power. At the finish line an obviously elated Gastelum com-mented that the course was first class, fast and rough. After a couple more bikes flew under the checkered flag Perry Brent Miller and Steve Wright had a great run in the Chenowth, except for lap 3, but they placed third overall in cars and won Class 1 /2 in the Chenowth. McNeil arrived in his Ford wasnotwithouttravailthough,as pickup, winning the combo Class engine overheating plagued the 41718 in the Class 8 rig. His trip /,muinud "" '"'-~" 49) Off Road's Winningest Radios OVER 1 i§09ON THE RACE COURSE! Comlink V ·: I A~ • •~✓-"' • I { The Ultimate Racing Intercom ROADMASTER • Helmets wired $125. (CF) • NEWI RF Pre Amp $95 30% to 50% more range! 2888 Gundry Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90806 We're next door via U.P.S.! May 1992 "A LEGEND" Only$539 Page 43 -

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CENTRAL PARK :::, Prescott, Arizona 86301 (602) 778-2433 ANAHEIM, CA 92602 (714) 772-6300 It looks like they are racing through somebody's back yard but Edward Everett Jr. and Jorge Sierra kept their Dodge D-50 Carlos Carra/ and Luis Guevara got down the alleyway and went together on the tough race and they took the top spot in Guillermo Rea and Luis Jaime are one of the few teams still racing sedans, but they got the Nissan Sentra around carefully to win Pro Class 3/6. on to be the top Challenger car at the race. combined Pro Class 7S and 7 4x4. SAN FELIPE had it with him, and D; one of the a left rear shock. The next finish-rfmm ,.,~<"4.<I drivers had not picked up his ingcar was the Pro5-1600 winner truck all day, even though he fol- wrist band although he was pre-i:lriven- by Alejandro Pabloff Jr. lowed the old "egg theory" and registered on the entry. Any one and Miguel Pabloff, and they were put an egg in the radiator, but it of the above would be cause for closely followed by the second 5-was well cooked at the finish line disqualification, and no doubt it 1600, Al and Alex Long, who had when Perry finished second over-was all due to not understanding Carlos Martine: and Eduardo all in cars. how things are done in off road Leal right behind them in another Arriving third overall in cars on racing west of the Pecos. 5-1600. time was the team of Alejandro Third overall in cars and first in Conrad Dia: Sr. and Jr. won Garcia and Martin Duarte who Class l / 2 went to Brent Miller Pro Class 5, followed in by Ger-towed all the way from Juare: in and Steve Wright. They were ardo and Roberto Gon:ales win-Sonora. However, their Chen-tenth overall. Miller said later, "I ning Sportsman Class 5 . Jack owth was eventually disqualified think we would have had the Gates and Tom Leclair led a flock because A; they did not stop at the overall if we only raced laps 1, 2 of Baja Bugs into the finish line, finish line, B; they slid into the and 4, hut lap 3 was a disaster." and they were trailed in by Beny scoring van knocking computers That's when the steering wheel Canela and Fred Espinosa in a off the tables, C; the driver was came off in Miller's hand and he Class 8 Ford. not wearing a helmet although he also had two flats and sheared off Miguel Flores and Enrique ~ ' . ~ "l,,,· •• , &' t Guerrero beat Leroy and Ste-phanie Lo:ano for the Sportsman 5-1600 honors. Edward Everett Jr. and Sr. got their Dodge D50 in for the Pro 7Sl7 4x4 win, and then it was more Baja Bugs, plus the Nissan Sentra of Guillermo Rea, winner in Pro 316. Ramon Contreras won Sportsman 9, and John Valade: and Duke Perrin, who usually do well in this series, were among the dnfs this round in Class 1-2-1600. There were 79 entries in the race, not a bad number these days, and it looks like a good half of them made the four laps. Of course a lot of the entry is in the motorcycle classes, but a lot of Baja Bugs were there too. More and more the bulk of the entry comes from Baja California, so few of the drivers have a languagl'. barrier should they break down in th,; hinterlands. One of the hen things about this race is the great ti:ails around the San Felipe area, and the weather is normally nice and warm, the shrimp is always top notch and plentiful, and going to a race in San Felipe is akin to going on vacation and incidentally taking the race car along for some Saturday exercise. The next event in this series happened the end of March out of Mexicali, and we'll have a report on that when it becomes available. Felizardo Munoz and Laura Contreras found some mud in their Beetle, but they went far enough in good time to take the trophy in Sportsman Class 11. John Valdez and Duke Perrin often win the Pro 1-2-1600 class, but not at this race, as their buggy failed to finish the entire course mileage. Hopping over the whoops in fine form Pepe and Jose Luis Rendon took care of the Funco and ended up taking the third place in Pro Class 1-2-1600. DustyTirncs May 1991 Page 49

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: 20 acres of pine ti;ees above Tehachapi. Near 6 ,000' level. 2 pads cut on property, both with magnificent· view of entire Antelope valley. 4 season climate. Miles from paved road & civilization. Inside locked gates. Easy access on good graded road. Call Don (805) 268-1644. .... -~ FOR SALE: Buy a winner, 1990 Class 5 11600 class champion, third overall in SNORE points series. Ready to race!!! Coolex shock coolers, Wright, Sway-A-Way, Centerlines, Mastetcraft seats, fresh engine, 431 chromoly cage, best of everything. $6,500. For more info. call Barry (702) 658-1436. FOR SALE: Class 10 desert car -Valley Performance built, Type I motor, bus trans w/Hewland gears, 116N wb, coil-over suspension, 3H stub axles, magnesium hubs, Curnutt shocks, all the good stuff. This single seater is very light, like new. Medical reasons force sale. Ready to race!!! $ 11,500.00 Call (702) 876-5444 days, (702) 870-2119 eves. Mike Halverson. FOR SALE: 5 11600. Fresh 1600, tranny, Yokohamas, Wright steering, Wright spindles, Fox, Beard, fuel cell. 5 races, 5 first place finishes. Time to upgrade. 1991 points champion, great car, sell or trade for Challenger or 1-2 11600. Make an offer I can't refuse. (602) 763-7378. FOR SALE: 1 or 2 seat Class 10 ORE with Toyota 4AG motor, Field's tranny, torque limiters, Tilton clutch & starter, ods arms with Summers hubs f & r Wright rack, UMP p/s, beadlocked Centerlines, Fox, SAW, Super-boot, CNC, and plenty of spares. Second in points 1989 SCORE/ HDRA. $22,000.00 oho. 20' tandem axle trailer w/surge brakes, 2 tire racks and an 8'x4' box that can carry all pit boxes, spares & dump cans. Trailer can also hold 3 fuel drums. $4,000.00 oho. 2 seat prerunner with 2240cc Type I motor, Field's tranny, Wright rack and combos, Fox, SAW, UMP p/s, Center-lines, great for Baja. $7,500.00 oho or $30,000.00 for all three with spare tires and wheels or trade. Call (818) 706-23,14 anytime. FOR SALE: 1967 Baja Bug, full cage, 5 point belts, gauges, 20 gal tank, one piece front end, Armstrong tires, Dave Folts trans, stock 1600 motor, new shocks, spare tires, shocks & miscellan-eous parts. Great play car or low budget racer. 1990 Safari & 1991 Baja Promotions/Tecate race finisher. Call (213) 977-2976 days, (310) 927-3046 home. FOR SALE: $14,000.00 w l o engine. McDonalds two scat unlimited Raceco. Must sell! Call Eric (714) 784-3681 . FOR SALE: '78 Chevy 2WD Clas& 8 legal, street legal 383 stroker, Turbo 400, Dana 411 posi, 4 wheel discs, Beard scats, 34 gal fuel cell, 12 Doetsch Tech take-aparts . . Built in 1990. Used twice as chase truck. Excellent condition. Must sell. $12,500.00 obo. Call (714) 971:7798. FOR SALE: '73 VW Thing, built by T-MAG, roll cage, dual reservoir shocks in rear, single reservoir front shocks, T-MAG lift kit, front & rear skid plates, Beard seats, matching stock rear scat, spare gas tank, 2180 engine, new trim shop top, side windows. $6,500.00. Call (8 18) 963-3890 evenings. FOR SALE: 4 2 foot 3 axle Chaparral fifth wheel trailer . Includes 6 new additional tires, torsion spring rear door, 12V / l l0V wiring, air lines, interior car ramps, loading ramp extensions. $8,000.00 obo. Call Doug at (714) 350-1705. ~;,---:,;;; FOR SALE: Class l -i°600, Fox Shocks, Pumper, Wright rack & spindles, 22 gal fuel cell, Bus trans, CNC pedals, powder coated panels, short course and desert tires included. The hcst of everything, turn-key race prepped car. $8,500.00. (702) 355-7440 or (702) 747-6431 . FOR SALE: 5-1600, new fenders & paint. Wright spindles, tic-rods and box; Rancho, Bilstein, Simpson, Superseats, 22 gal cell, dual air cleaners, Centerlines, pumper K.C.'s, Sway-A-Way axles, fresh type IV c.v.'s. Could he good mid-west racer. Some extras. Call Ed in PA (717)672-3028. . . - - - - " """'1 FOR SALE: 1987 Dodge Vistai Colt 4wd 5 speed tranny. Noisy), fourth gear but runs okay. Makei offer -you haul. . Call John at; Dusty Times (818) 889-5600. . ; . ~ . i FOR SALE: 1977 DodgcCaravan, motor home conversion, stove, FOR SALE: 1963 K~rman G hia hcd, Rirch cahincts, tool hox, FORSALE:l/1600MECO .Bcst D rag Car , featured in V W swamp cooler, tows 22' trailer. o f everything. 30 gal cell. FOR SALE: 5-1600 Baja.Champ-Trends . . National event winner, Has hig windows. 25,000 miles Everything goes complete. Race ionshipcar, ready torace.Builthy Neal pedals. $4,500.00 w l o on new engine. Smooth race car ready.$ 10,500.00or, lessengine the professionals - Andy Dever- engine, $3,500.00 w l o trans. hauler. Asking$9,S00.00. Offer & trans. $7,500 .00. Call Mike celly. Call Andy Sr. (61 9 ) 589-Offer (702) 355-7440 or (702 ) or trade. Call (702) 355-7440 or (714) 536-2775 . 8469. 747-6431. (702) 747-6431. ·r----·----------iliiiii........-.... ------....------------------~-------...,.liil----,~ ·• Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I I I I DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. Enclosed is $ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I I I' I I FOR SALE: Chcnowth Magnum Class 10 Stadium. Fresh Rahhit, Fox'es, Mcndeola trans, Wright rack, spindles & a"rms. Best of everything. $14,900.00. Lall ( 402) 496-9431 . FOR SALE: 68 Baja 1600, Rahbit engine, dual 40mm Mikunis, cam, Euro-race distrihutor, header, 2 fud tanks wl pumps, IRS, skid plate, Class 11 cage, full roofrack, Dicst, Harm·ss', cut & turned KYB's Koni's, 7 .00xl5 tir,·s, Day lighters. V cry dcpcndahle, liccnsl',l. $2 ,6(1(' 0() oho. l '.all Bob (619) 726 l1<iN: . FOR SALE: Class 9 T -MAG chassis, single scat ( could he two St'atl'r), new W.R. motor, Jeff Fields trans, Parker Pumper, SAKO steering, J-MAR pedals, all stainless steel hraided lines, Ohcrg filter, K&N filters, extra tires and wheels, Fox & T-MAG shocks. $4,500.00 takes cvery-t hi n g. Call (818) 963-3890 evenings. FOR SALE: Late model NAS-CAR Sportsman, 6th in points at Cajon in 1991 . All the good stuff. Wide 5, Woodward rack & pinion pwr steering, new int & Buick Regal body. Lots of spares. 2 motors, 2 trans ( Doug Nash 2 plus 2), lots more. Will trade for Class 10 or open 5 of equal value. Call evenings (619) 344-1925 ·iftcr 6 . Ask for Tim. -FOR SALE: Class 9 T-MAG. Always a front run n er an d finisher. Winner at Glen Helen. Third in points and tenth overall at SNORE 1989. Fourth in points La Rana, 1990 season. 9th overall at Spangler 150. Prepped, ready to go. Some spares. Can be seen on inside cover of December 199 1 Dusty Times. $6,200.00 with trailer and spares. Call Bob (619) 247-1757 after 6pm or Jason at (619) 247-0458. FOR SALE OR TRADE: 2 seater, 126" wb, 2700cc Typ,· IV. 091 4 speed trans with Hl·wland. Both huih & maintained bv FAT · Performnncc. CNC pedals·, Fox, Taylor Made seats, Summers, Foddril spindles, 930 c.v. 's, Wright rack and pinion with power assist. All very clean! Will separate. Make Offer. Call KTM (916) 652-0850 or (916) 652-0057. .I I I •• I Name----------------------------------Address _____ .:__ _______________ _ _ Phone--------·Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 Agoura, CA 91301 FOR SALE: DICO 20' trailt'r, expanded steel, double axle, new I tires, tire rack, storage box, dea-l ric hrakcs, :incked & painted. I White spoke rims. Call Jerry -(714) 650-3035. .I City-------------------State _____ Zip ______ _ •· Page 50 May19H DustyTimcs

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FOR SALE: Raceco 112-1600, race ready. Best of everything. Call Dan · Mathews (714) 523-0558 home or (714) 535-4437 work. $8,500.00 obo. FOR SALE: Class 5 Prerunner. Could very easily be converted. Tons of the good stuff, 5 point seat harness, Beard seats, Center-line racing rims, stainless steel oil lines, external reservoirs, highly modified front end and much more. $4,400.00. Call Dave (818) 885-1806 or Art (818) 888-7498. FOR SALE: 1988 International Model 160036'van. 7.3 literdies-el, 5 plus 2 trans. Professionally built, tons of storage, cabinets, benches, locker, tire rack, winch, Honda 6.Skw, compressor, full int/ ext power and lights, 36'xl 5' canopy system, tow package, cus-tom cab, Imron, much more. Only 13k miles. 80k invested; 45k oho. Call Todd (702) 825-1863, leave message. FOR SALE: 10" wider Wright front beam, Palmer 2" arms, Wright combos, 4 Bilsteins, brake drums included $700.00. Call (602) 497-97.89 Also, 3 liter Chevy V6 new production engine, $600.00. Toyota 2TG engine, turn-key package. 250 miles on engine $1100.00. Call (602) 671-0451 . FOR SALE: Super 1600 short course Raceco. Always a front runner at MTEG series. Trailing arm car, FAT Rabbit, Hewland bus. Race ready. $17,000.00 or trade? Call (619) 252-8485. FOR SALE: Class 10 Berrien. Power steering, fuel cell, 4 wheel Summers disc brakes, Hewland trans, gears, Taylor seat, Toyota engine, Neal hydraulics, comes with lots of parts. Ready to race. Call (514) 962-0578 or (514) 621-5441. Must sell!!! $14,500.00. FOR SALE: Class 9 single seat. Very clean. A must see car. Fox, Sway-A-Way, Parker Pumper, Wright, Neal, Yokohama, new close ratio 3rd & 4th, by DJ Transaxle, turning brake, radio, very roomy car. Some spare parts, arms, spindles, drums & more. $6,000.00 firm. Call Rodger (619) 246-4554. FOR SALE: Class 10 or 1 single seat 89 Coyote chassis. 6x6 remote torsion, 120" wh, 1649cc. FOR SALE: 5 11600 JIM CO Wright-B~ard-disc brakes, fire • f . . system, BFG, Centerline, Coyote chassis ront beam & rear trailing t · s·n,pson belts W . h k & b power s eering, 1 , , arms, :•g t rac com .os, CNC, 930 c.v.'s. Fresh tranny. 1 SAW spnngplates& 300 torsion . race 1991. A steal at$9,500.00 in bars, Summers Bros. axles, M_ast-Fernley NV. Call Frank. (702) ercraft seats & nets, Centerlines 575-1805 or (702) 575-5125. w IY okohamas, fresh Mendeola trans, fresh Majors motor, on-board fire bottle, 3 Yeasu radios, KC lights, Parker Pumper, Fox shocks. Very competitive car. $9,500.00 race ready. Must sell, call Jim Beeson (619) 448-3230. FOR SALE: 1985 built Berrien 2001 1-2-1600. Beard seats, Neal pedals, UMP power steering, Centerlines, Probst motor, new Wright combos, 4 c.v.'s, steering brake, race ready. $7,000.00 oho. Call Boh ( 7 l 7) 644-0020 or (717) 648-2409 in Pennsylvania. FOR SALE: 1980 Toyota Corolla 2 door coupe. Kirk Racing Pro-ducts cage, 2-TG engine com-pletely rebuilt hy Toystore (0 miles), Corolla GTS rear end, 4 wheel discs, Tokico shocks/ struts. Project need complt:tion (time that I don't have). Many other parts. $1,600.00 BRO John (617) 331-6174 6-l0pm EDT weekdays, 8-10 weekends (Mass). Dusty Times FOR SALE: 5-1600, 4th in 1989 SCORE & HORA points. Best of everything, Wright, SAW, Beard seats. Fresh engine, raced twice since '89. Need cash to finish new race truck. $6,500.00 oho. Call Kim at Mohr Racing. (805) 968-3732 or FAX (805) 968-9316. FOR SALE: V 4 Chevy desert race engine. Donovan aluminum block. Dyno time only. Hilborn fuel injection, all gear driven, complete engine plumhed, dry sumped, ready to install and race. For more info regarding this engine, contact Sierra Auto Sport (702) 322-6266. FOR SALE: Class 2 '91 Coyote chassis . 6x6 remote torsion, 120"wb, Summers discs, Fox shocks, CNC, Wright, Beard, Simpson belts, fire system, Coyote power steering, 930's, BFG, A.T.S. Air-SAW, Palmers, all the best stuff. Super competi-tive. A real bargain at$12,500.00. In Fernley, NV call Frank at(702) 575-1805 or (702) 575-5125. FOR SALE: Funco SS II, l 02" wb. Very reliable. Well built & maintained! Fields trans, IRS, wide beam, fuel cell, Wright rack & spindles, Bilsteins, Beards, flame-Out, pumper, Neal, VDO, Henry's, Centerlines, K&N, Rapid Cool, Filler, K.C.'s, plus spare parts. Registered trailer included! $4,500.00 WITHOUT MOTOR! Call (818) 341-5352 or (818) 997-1257. FOR SALE: '79 Ford pre-runner. New 351 c, C6 and 3rd member. Street legal, BFG Mud, Auto Meter, Auto Fah, Mastercraft, American Racing, 12 Rancho 7000 take-aparts. $11,000.00 oho or partial trade for hydraulic tuhe hender or an 8' x 20' car trailer. Call Mike in San Diego (619) 454-4784. FOR SALE: l 982 Bla:er 2WD. 350 motor, 350 trans. 4: 11 rear end, new BFG tires, Prime wheels, Rancho suspension 2 per wheel plus air hags controlled from inside cah. $5,000.00 oho. Must sell! Call (310) 328-0394. FOR SALE: Class 511600, 2 races. Fox shocks, Wright, Center-lines, Beard, Diest, BDR, 2 bus boxes, Sway-A-Way, 20' enclosed trailer w/work bench ( 1984 ). 1986 Chevy dually 454, '73 4x4 International chase truck. Steal at $25,000.00 for all or will separ-ate. Call (714) 820-6519. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Chenowth. Best ofeverything. Must sell! Call Mark at (714) 635-5196 days, (714) 491 -1215 nites. FOR RENT: 2 seat Raceco Class 10. Looking for son'leone to split driving in exchange for paying expenses. Car is fully prepped. You just drive. For more info call between 8am & 5 pm, Mon-Sat (714) 774-1161 . Ask for Hal. May 1992 FOR SALE: 1981 GMC pre runner, 355ci motor, turbo 350 trans, A IC, heater, Taylor seats, Simpson belts, new carpet, alum dash, Pioneer stereo, BFG tires, Centerline wheels, Doetsch-Tech shocks, TORQ Fab suspension, 32 gal aluminum fuel tank. $10,000.00. Call (619) 344-0748. FOR SALE: 1-2/1600 Raceco. Raceco trans, 930 c.v.'s, dual feed, Parker Pumper, custom hod1, panels, custom Bilstein rear shocks, Fox shocks in front, Tay-lor made seats. Spare parts availa-ble. Never raced. 4 hours testing. Call Ray or Ken (818) 303-874 I . $16,000.00 oho. FOR SALE: ARAI-BDR helmet (large), Simpson race suit (large), Simpson gloves (large) and boots ( si:e 11 ). All used one season. Excellent condition, $300.00 for everything. Call (619) 696-8368 days or (619) 271-5433 nites. FOR SALE: Don Hat: 5-1600 engine. 1990 SCORE/HORA -1991 La Rana Champion. $2,995.00. Larry May built 2.9 liter Type IV engine. SCAT 84mm crank, SCAT rods, l 05mm barrels, Steel Nose cam, I 95hp, dry sump. Comes with extra 80mm crank & Carrillo rods $6,000.00. Call Rich Fersch (310) 862-1671. FOR SALE: Class 10 desert car, JIMCO, Hewland trans, CNC, FAT 4AG Toyota, Centerlines, Yokohama, Wright front end, Parker Pumper, Mastercraft, fire system, Summers Brothers, fresh motor & trans. First, 1990 Baja 1000, second 1991 Baja 500,first overall 1991 Dunaway Dash. $20,000.00 Call Greg Hibbs (619) 464-5548. FOR SALE: Class 10 single seat ORE. New engine, trans, wheels and tires, Wright front combos, Saco PIS, Summers hubs front & rear, Wilwood & Carr disc brakes, Mirage axles, arms & 930 c.v.'s. 12 Fox shocks, pumper, Fuel Safe & more. Super condi-tion. Must see! Sacrifice $7,000.00 (818) 447-6661. FOR SALE: Class 10 - parting out. Mendeola bus trans, Major Performance motor, UMP power steering, CNC pedals (complete), Fuel cell, Chenowth 3x3, Will-wood disc brakes, 4 ea 15x3 Centerlines wl tires, 4 ea l5x7 Centerlines w ltires. All parts used I race. Must sell! Call after 5pm PDT. Rob (619) 562-4675. KIWI ACTION DOWN UNDER: Hunting, shooting, fishing, camping, jet boating, balooning, skiing, heli-skiing, heli-hunting, deep sea big game fishing. All this and clean green scenery shared by 28 million sheep and only 3 million people. Guided action tours or restful vacations to New Zealand. Contact; Action Down Under Box 56206, Auckland, NZ or Baja Concepts (619) 583-6529. JOB WANTED: Manufacturers Rep w/ extensive automotive & media contacts seeks challenging position Prefer San Diego area but will relocate for proper position. Call (619) 473-9540. FOR SALE: 2180 w/Nitros Fogger Kit. Oval port heads w l44mm intake & 35mm exhaust. Dual 44 Deloretos ( most! y Bugpack) $2,500.00. 3 play buggies w I trailers, complete, ready to roll. $2,500 00 each. Call Jim (216) 339-4674. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Barbary Coast -Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . 25 Bonneville Off Road Racing Enthusiasts . . . . . . . . . 21 Brush Run 10 I -Spring Run 101 . . 33 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . 4 Castex Inc., E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . 29 OeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . . 32 Desert Tz . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 42 FAT Perfonnance . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 FRT Rock Around The Clock . . . . . 5 FRT Sweetheart's Kiss . . . . . . . . . 37 Gennan Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . 26 HORA Nevada 500 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hi Tech Off Road . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Hot Line -Racer X . . . . . . . . . . . 42 KC HiLites .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 17 K.0. Kanopy . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 20 LC. Engineering . • . . . . . • . . . . . 38 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . 24 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . • . • . . . . 25 PCI Race Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . 16 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . 13 Racers Tool & Supply . . . . . . . . . 41 SCORE Tecate Baja 500 . . . . . . . 9 Marvin Shaw Engineering . . . . . . . 6 Shell Truck Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 S.N.O.R.E. Caliente/Pioche 250 . . 11 Toyota Motorsports . . . . . Back Cover Toyota Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Trackside Photos Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 40 TransForm Company . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Turbo Blue Racing Gasolines . . . . 35 Ultra Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Valley Performance -Hewland . . . 30 V.O.R.R.A. Yerington 400 . . . . . . . 8 Wright Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Page 51

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