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I Volume 9 - Number 6 June 1992 , , In This Issue ••• CALJFORNIA RALLY SERIES FEATURES Page E.ditor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate E.ditor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Janay Smith Controller John Calvin_ Circulation 0 . Osborne Contributors John Ames Jim Baker Darla Crown C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Leonard Day Don Dayton Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Deb Freimuth Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Rod Koch Matt Marcher Jan Flick Mazzenga Michael R= 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 -ILLS OPnOAD IIACIIIII IIUOH lllrfd&riestf<lfBr,ad D,.,,,_GD Subscription Rates: --:, $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. 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 FRT Buzz Bomb 150 by Judy Smith ........................ 14 Whelchel Racing's newest car by Homer Eubanks . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MTEG Stadium Racing in Seattle's Kingdome . ........... . ... 20 Doo Wop Rallies by Dave Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SNORE Twilight 250 by Jean Calvin & Don Dayton ... : ...... 26 VORRA at Prairie City by Batt Marcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Central Oregon Racing debuts at Bend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 April Fools Grand Prix by Tony Tellier .................... . 38 FORDA Florida 400 by Wayne Simmons .................. , 40 Nessan Maxima Road Test by John Calvin . ....... . .' . ....... . 43 WRC Safari Rally by Martin Holmes ......... ...... . ....... 44 FRT Mudhen II by FUD ........................ .......... 46 IGM Castrol 300 in Australia by Darryl Smith ... ............. 48 The Texas Challenge Series by Tommy Bowling ....... . . . . . . . 51 SCCA Divisional Rally by Ron Bagby ..................... . 59 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Norm Crume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Trail Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 GRR Growlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Checkers Pit T earn Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 . Great Northern Challenge Report . ........... . ............. . 50 Good Stuff Directory .................................... 52 6-50 Club Report ............. . ................. ........ 57 GORRA Racing in Georgia ...............................• 57 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ON THE COVER-John Marking took his brand new Jimco to the Class 10 victory at the FRT Buzz Bomb 150. John has co-driven to victory many times, but this is his own car, and it is rare that a new vehicle, never raced, not only wins its class in the desert, but John went so fast he won the race overall by five minutes. Color Photography by C & C Race Photos. Rod Millen has a remarkable record in the first four MTEG Stadium races. He started out in January setting fast qualifying time, winning both heats and winning the main event, a very rare happening in this series ... He won the main again at Seattle and also won the main in Texas in his trusty Toyota. With Ivan Stewart winning the February San Diego main event Toyota has a four for four main event record so far. It ties a MTEG series record of four consecutive wins by a brand of truck, set in 1988 by Mazda·. Ironically Rod Millen was a member of that team that year. Color Photography by T rackside Photos Inc. f\l' -, DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $15.00 o ~ears - $25.00 0 _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 bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up iu 45 words. (Form on inside back page) I. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I· Name----------------------------"OK ET, get out of the wash and get that funny looking flying saucer out of there too! Otherwise I'm going to throw the world's longest spear at you." Actually HORA President Danny Cau is trying to help clear this flipped Class 8 truck out of the middle of the race track and get it back on its wheels. Danny is guiding a tow rope in this shot, after directing his helicopter to land so the course could be quickly cleared of this hazardous obstacle. The time was during the 1991 Gold Coast 300, and the photo is by John Couch, who lists himself as a professional spectator from Moreno Valley, CA. He · has an extra $10 now for spectating at the next race. 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. U you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, Sx7 or 8x10 will be considered. -Address ------------------------City State _________________ Zip ________ _ Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derrv Ave., Suite 0, Agoura, CA 91301 (Canadian - 1 year $20.00 U.S.• Overseas subscription rates quoted on request) ·1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Dusty nmcs June 1991 Page 3

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step in the right direction. 5oa P Box Now some of you are saying, ♦ ♦ ♦ By Norm Cmme this guy said no discrimination. -----------------------------'Well, I guess I did discriminate After reading my last issue of Class l / 2 car, and have a tough against the very rich a little, but I Dusty Times, it seemed like I timefindingthreegoodpitmento am trying to make it more couldn't turn a page without read-help out. That's reality. Then I competitive for EVERYONE, not ing something about the low read that factory sponsored racer just a few. Remember, this is grass number of entrants we are seeing X spends an average of 60 some roots racing. NO, this sport isn't at most of our desert races. The odd thousand dollars per race and for everyone, it takes money, lots basic consensus of the problem has umpteen crewmen paid and of it. So let's not pig out. Stay lean was due to the state of the econ-volunteer, many loaded support and mean so many can enjoy the omy. Short of being a rocket rigs (extra engines, trannies, rear sport. Without Joe average racer, scientist, I deduced that the root ends), air support etc. Doesn't where will desert racing head? of the problem was a lack of hurt to dream does it? Now that I Your first idea is riizht on target money. have awakened from my terrible Norm; let the high dollar trucks have As a beginning racer myself nightmare, it is time to address thl!ir own class. The others would he from Ontario, Oregon, I know some of the problems. hard to enforce, as chase rigs would too well the expenses of assem-First on the agenda (remember jmt not he gaily Jwinted, crew and on bling a race team and heading to no discrimination and don't slow course J>it folk would have J>lain the races. We all know that racing the progress of racing) "KEEP whicles, and look like sJ>ectators, isn't cheap and never will be. So, CARS CLASSIFIED WHERE and air s/>ace is governed in tlie USA one evening when my tranny was THEY BELONG!" I understand hy the FAA not the-organizers. getting a new ring and pinion at what "UNLIMITED" means, but Besides on t>oint to J>oint races the or-the tranny shop, and there was what ever happened to Class 8? ganizersoften rely on suJ>J>ort aircraft al:lsolutely nothing to watch on Why class SO to 60 thousand dol-to report trouble in sJ,ots out of radio TV, I decided to jot down a few lar 150-250 HP 4-6 cylinder bug- range. Your final idea is the hest yet, ideas that I thought could cut gies with 150-250 thousand do!-seal the engine, trans, rear end, etc. some of the cost of racing. lar 600-800 HP V-8 Pickups. at tech and if it breaks, you are out! The first thing that crossed my Let's get real! Thanks for a great Soapbox Norm. mind was to not discriminate and Second -who the hell can not slow the progress of racing-afford any sort of air support. tough criteria. To clear the air, I Banningallairsupportcouldonly want it known that I do not like help cut expenses, and in no way rules and regulations any more would it discriminate or slow the than the next guy, but as in any sport. well organized culture, there must Third, restrict the number of be a well conceived set of rules or support and chase rigs to a reason-there will be chaos. As with any able n'umber. rule there is always someone who Fourth -limit the number of doesn't agree, but I think that we crew members and how frequently can all agree that there can be you can have a pit, like only one some things done to curb the on course pit on a hundred mile expenses. I may not be right, but course and one at the start/finish at least I am trying. I know I'm not area. the only one that can pick up a Fifth -start and finish with the pen and voice my opinions. So far same major components, engine, I haven't heard any ideas yet, just transmission, rear end, etc. some promoters complaining of Finally, to summarize these low entries· and begging us to ideas, they were designed to cut come and race, without any ideas the fat out of desert racing of their own to lure us there. without causing starvation. I My dream in life would be to know that if even all of these ideas some day go to Baja and race, but were implemented this wouldn't then I woke up and smelled the bring back all of the lost racers, roses. 1 live in Oregon, own a . but I believe that it would be a . Volunteers are invited to climb on their "Soa/1 Box" and fill this sJ>ace with their thoughts about what is good and what is not so good ahout the state of the sport. Yam words, short of being libelous, will he printed. So, send along your Jm1ise or dam1uition on your Soat> Box topic to Dusty Times, 533 I Derry Ave. , Suite 0, Agoura, Ca 9t3or. JOIN HOWE ALUMINUM RACING RADIATOR 16.5 POUNDS SIZES AVAILABLE 16 X27 18X24 19 X28 19 X 31 CURRENTLY USED IN CLASS _2, _8, & NASCAR ~ I =~:=~Al. ~1:$ ~/f. til \~t\l~filti1w~11*;i~~t1:&*mr~~r FROM RACE TO PLAY QUALITY ACCESSORIES YOU DEMAND I STOP IN AND SEE US I AMSOIL, AUTOFAB, CIBIE, FILLER, FUEL SAFE, HELLA, KC, K&N, personalized service ! MASTERCRAFT, DOUG THORLEY AND MORE! Cid ·[II LAS VEGAS 702 ~:.>"t<-~--362 2089 FUE:LCELLS SAFETYEOUIP 3867 S. YALLc:Y VIEW • flBFRGLASS FENDERS OFF SPRING MTN. RD. OPEN MON-SAT Page 4 June 1992 .,,,.. Trail Notes ••• THE SCORE TECATE SAN FELIPE 250 was quite a good race in the friendly atmosphere of the Baja California·resort town 125 miles south of the border on the Sea of Cortez". Over 140 cars and close to 50 bikes started the nearly sprint race, but it turned out to be a race of attrition. The spring storms had taken a toll on what was once some sections of smooth and easy running, and nearly all competitors described the course as "really rough" all the way. The overall victory was taken by Bob Richey in his newest and lighter car; he ran a VW Type 4 engine this round instead of the usual Porsche, and it turned out to be the winning comb\narion beating all the exotic creations in Class 1 as well . Richey had no real trouble en route to the overall title, covering the course in four hours and 47 minutes. Larry Martin drove alone to victory in Class 1-2-1600 in his NRW. The Enduro Racing team repeated their Nissan 400 act with Dan Smith winning Class 3 in the Ford Bronco and David Ashley taking Class 4 in a Ford pickup. Hartmut and Wolfram Klawitter won Class 5, and Wayne, Alan and Darryl Cook won Class 5-1600. Curt LeDuc won Class 6 again in the Jeep Cherokee and Scott Douglas was the sole survivor in Class 7 and the winner in the Dodge Dakota. Bill Church and Jim Thomas got the Chevy in the Class 8 winner while Chuck Johnson· drove his older 2WD Ford Ranger to victory in Class 7S. Russ and Ray Miller won Challenger Class 9, and Baja veterans Steve Sourapas and Dave Richardson won Class 10 in a Chenowth. Martin Garibay took the Class 11 honors, one of two finisher.s. Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank won the Mini Mag class where five of six starters _finished. Watch for the in depth coverage by Judy Smith of this pleasant race in the next issue of Dusty Times. HIGH DESERT RACING has just announced sponsorship from Motorcraft and Ford Trucks for the Nevada 500, coming up soon, and for the October running of the Gold Coast 300. The sponsorship gives HORA a much needed boost, especially with the high logistical costs of putting on something like the 500 plus mile long Nevada 500 that wanders through the historic mining towns of central Neva,la. The Nevada 500 will start 15 classes for cars and trucks, and ,mother 23 classes for Pro and Sportsman motorcycle and 4-wheel ATV classes. After two races in the HORA USA Cup six event series Rick and Randy Wilson are the overall point.leaders with 66 and lead Class 10. Eight points back is Class 1-2- 1600 leader f\rian Parkhouse. Third in the overall point race, second in Class 10 is I.D. Ward with 54 points. Larry Ragland, who was the overall winner of the first two races in his Chevrolet, leads Class 8 and is fourth overall in points with 53. Other class leaders are Bob Richey 52, Class I; Dale White 41, Class 3; Rodney Hall 29, Class 4; Neal Grabowski 40, Class 5; David Shively 49. Class 5-1600; Curt LeDuc41, Class6; Racin Gardner 36, Class 7;_1effLewis 31, Class 7S17 4x4; Joel Stankavich 48, Class 9 ; Travis Howard 29, Class 11; Curtis Lamb 45, Stock Mini Trucks; Kennt·th Parr 40. Full Si:e Stock Trucks. THE CLOSING OF RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, left southern California, often called the cradle of speed and racing, without a major track facility to attract the big boys like NASCAR and CART. For a time there was talk of Frank Arciero attempting to build a major race track near Palm Springs, but now those plans have been shelved and the new plans call for the Arciero facilit\' to be built in-the Moreno Valley in the shadow of Riverside. On top of that there is news that a local developer David Ariss, in coordination with the Agajanian family who ran the now defunct Ascot Raceway in Los Angeles has proposed building a racing facility on the grounds of the former Kaiser Steel plant in Fontana·, just eight miles down the freeway from the site of the former Ontario Motor Speedway, now a business center. Both tracks are designed to attract CART. NASCAR. major drag racing, and top level sports car events. While SoCal desperately needs a top ranked race track. the Ontario-Riverside experience rroved that it couldn't support two of them just 60 miles ararr. The Kaiser rlant might be the easiest to build, since it is surrounded by heavy industry and open field~. no housing, and no race track could produce as much smog and ground contamination as that plant did in its heyday, so there would h,· no environmental concerns. RACING ATTENDANCE UP IN 1991 - While the economists claim there is a weak economy and of cours,· slumring car sales, race attendance is up in almost every branch of motorsport. The annual Goodyl'ar report on 1 race numbers for 1991 concerns only paid attl'ndance, and counted 12,496,094 spectators who attended 272 events. That's a 3.7 percent increase over 1990, and at the same time tell'vision exposure of racing continues to grow. All one need do is watch a NASCAR event on TV, see the packed grandstands every other weekend, and reali:e that there is no recession among auto racing fans·. NASCAR Winston Cur with a 29 race schedule in '91 led .the pack with 3,377,050 spectator5, ur 1.2 percent ovcr 1990. Second place went to CART Indy cars and the USAC Indy 500, which together drew 2,806,801 fans. The Indy 500 remains by far the largest sporting event crowd in the world with over 375,000 race clay fans at the brickyard. Over half a million people attend Indy during the month of May for qualifying and other pageantry. Third is NHRA with 1,547,900 spec ta.tors, an increase of I. I percent despite running one less event. NHRA combined with IHRA 's 307,734 makes drag racing a healthy entry too. In fourth is the World of Outlaws Sprint cars followed hi' the SCCA T ran5 Am, both over a million in attendance. Next is NASCAR Grand National, followed by IMSA GTP, IMSA GTOIGTU, ASA Stock cars and tenth is ARCA Stock Cars at 440,300. Of course that is only the fip of the iceberg, the top level of racing series. Now count the SCCA amateur evcnts, the small town circle tracks an,! drag strips and it gets minJ boggling. THE EAST MOJAVE WILOERNESS ACT, AGAIN. California Senators Alan Cranston and John Seymour met with over I 000 residents in Palm Desert early in April; they clashed over who holds true title as rrotector of California's vast desert region. While both senators spoke of compromise, the day long Senate subcommittee hearing was marked more hy bitterness an,I catcalls than concessions. The majority of the 250 speakers from around the state were against the Cranston bill that would close 7 .3 million acres of desert in the southeast corner of the state. It would ban off road vehicles, mining development and other potentially damaging activities on 4.1 million acres. It would turn the East Mojave into a national monument, tr:rnsfrrrin~ its oversight from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service. A similar measure sponsored hy Rer. Mel Levine of S:111ta Monic.1 passed the House four months ago, after fiw years. Rut its adoption in th,· Senate is uncertain. Seymour leads the oprosition and the R11,h Administration threatens n veto. This fight is not over yet! Dusty Times

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1991 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34810 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 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 0 l l-18-07-851-0444 June 7, 1992 Sea Lake Victoria July 19, 1992 Kempsey New South Wales September 20, 1992 Waikerie South Australia AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B l H l (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 BADGERLAND VW CLUB,INC. Terry Friday 5913 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414)688-5509 ( All etoc'lltS located in Chilean, WI m the W in'nd"-11:0 Ommy Ex/>0 G.'111L-r) 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 T ecate Tecate, BC, Mexico August 21-23, 1992 Gran Carrera de Ensenada Ensenada, BC, Mexico September 25-27, 1992 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, Mexico Page 6 Special Event July 23-26. 1992 The Mint 400 Invitational Las Vegas, NV January 15, 1993 Year End Awards BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. July 4, 1992 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV August 29, 1992 T wilite 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 Off Road & Mud Bog Races 1991 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon, WI54520 (71 S) 4 78-2222 June 20-21, 1992 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI September 5-6, 1992 True Value World's Championship Brush Run 101 Crandon, Wt BUMP Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. West #108 Quart. Hill, CA 93536 (805) 256-8520 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Gary Luke, Director 13675 Spring Valley Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 779-3589 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward . 149 No. Rawhrdc Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 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 . Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 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) 291-1215/(305) 823-4487 May 24, 1_292 Lakeland, FL June 14, 1992 Sharpes, FL July 12, 1992 Naples, FL August 9, 1992 Lakeland, FL September 6, 1992 Tallahassee, FL October 11, 1992 Sharpes, FL November 8, 1992 Lakeland, FL January 10, 1993 Naples, FL February 14, 1993 Lakeland, FL March 27, 1993 FORQA400 Crowder Pits Talahassee, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 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 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 Kamaki.e 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 et1t.'l1ts in the El C..'11tro, CA llTc.!ll) 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 . May 24, 1992 150 Miles (Day only) June 28, 1992 50 Miles July 26, 1992 100 Miles August 23, 1992 50 Miles in Heats June 1992 ~O~ct-.TRAIL _NOTES. MTEG AT TEXAS STADIUM -Rod Millen is the man to catch in MTEG truck racing this season as the transplanted Kiwi won his third main event of the season and the fourth in a row for Team Toyota at the Dallas event. Rob MacCachren won the first heat in a Ford, Walker Evans took the second heat in his Dodge, but Millen took the main. In UltraStock action Larry Noel won the heat in his Jeep, while Tim Lewis got his Porsche home the main event winner. Jerry Whelchel won his heat and the main event in his new Super 1600 car and Gary Gall won the second heat in a Chenowth. Jimmie Johnson won his heat and the Superlite main event in his Briggsbuilt, while Marty Hart won the other heat in his Trip le EEE. Donny Banks won the 4 Wheel ATV honors while Mike Craig took the UJtracross main on a Kawasaki. After four events in the stadium series Rod Millen leads the truck drivers points by 43 over Ivan Stewart. In UltraStock Tommy Croft leads Brian Collins by 48 and Mitch Mustard leads Frank Arciero Jr. by a slim 13 points. Jimmie Johnson is the leader in Superlites by 39 points over Terry Peterson. Gary Denton just leads Mark Ehrhardt by seven points in ATV action while Mike Craig leads Kyle Lewis in the UltraCross bikes by 26 points. Toyota has a big lead in Sport trucks as does Jeep in UltraStock. Honda in ATVs and Yamaha has a slim lead in UltraCross. In tire groups Yokohama leads the trucks, Goodrich the 1600s and Goodyear the UltraStocks. THE 1992 M.D.A. POKER RUN last April was termed the best ever 611 the Barstow BLM offic~. It was the biggest turnout ever for the event, a total of 913 entrants, who paid $15 each for a grand total of nearly $14,000 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Fund. The event.was organi.ed by off roadcrs Bill Dahly of Apple Valley, CA and Tom and Reverly Moessner of Las Vegas, NV. One of the principal sponsors of the Poker Run was La Rana Dt·sc·rt Racing out of Riverside, CA. Their memhcrs designed and marked the Barstow area 32 mile course, provided maps, manned all checkpoints and road crossings, and helped with technical inspection throughout the two day event. BLM coordinator Jack Waldron was vcr11 impressed with the Poker Run, and in particular with the effort from La Rana. "These folks were here days before the event," he said. "their radio communication system was an excellent one. They provided effective·contact hetween all nine checkpoints and road crossings and stayed in touch with Rescue 3. As a result of their hard work, everything went smoothly and we had no major problems." Rescue 3 of Barstow is a volunteer group and were on hand the entire weekend to provide emergency medical assistance. "Their mobile units were all over the place," Waldron :jaid . "We couldn't have had this kind of success without their professional help. There was only one shoulder injury and one scraped knee." The same group will do another edition of the Poker Run to henefit Toys for Tots before the Christmas holida11, so plan on taking part in that event. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE-The all new. and it really is a n~w rig, 1993 Jeep G.rand Cherokee is the auto industry's first sport utility vehicle equipped with a standard driver's side air bag and three point unibelts. The new and fancier than ever Cheokee was introduced in early spring of 1992 anJ in appearance you can distinguish it from its ancestors hy the more rounded body lines, especially to the rear, and it is a hit larger inside and out. It is an apparent entry in the battle for sales against the hot selling Ford Explorer. Developing the air bag for :m off road vehicle posed a real challenge, anJ Jeep engineers spent many months in the field collecting test data while driving over rough roads, rocks, logs, stacks of railroad ties, boulders, and through holes, water and other off road ha:ards at various speeds. All this in search of a trigger that would not deploy inadvertently while driving off road. The sensors were shown to the press at the TRW facility in Los Angeles where they were made last spring. We recall many years ago when a few of the Rill Stroppe off road racing Fords carried air bag sensors on the Baja I 000, to test whether they would trigger in tough terrain. but Ford never made much noise about the test or the results. Again we wonder why air bags arc only mounted in front of the driver in any type of vehicle made in the USA. What about the passenger or those in the back seat? Of all people the driver should be the last one for an air bag, because the moments he is.hlinded hy the bag could be the moments of the secondary impact and real damage could he done to the vehicle and its occupants. Seat heirs and shoulder harness arc still the hcst het. About the same time Chrysler showed off a truly slick looking mini van that used electric power, and some standard vehicles that had been converted to natural gas and other alternate fuels. While concept cars are neat, and the electric van would look great in auto shows, the fact is in most parts of this country alternate fuels are just not available to the general public. The natural gas and some other alternate fuels should work for taxi fleets and other large car fleets in urban areas where they have their own garages and refueling service. But, just imagine if everyone drove the electric van to work in just one big building in downtown Los Angelt·s, and plugged in the inch thick cord for recharge so they could get home after work: it would probably hlack out the building and maybe others in the nrea with the immense draw of electric power it takes to recharge. Nobody at the press conference could answer a question about how much power it takes to recharge or how much fossil fuel (how LA makes power half the time) would be burned to make the power to recharge. The electric car idea needs a little work, and mayhe some solar panels on the van to self generate electricity might make them a tad more practical. ROBBY GORDON, who hasn't had much luck with his·.l")ew Class I desert racing Ford truck, had a great bit of luck when making his Trans-Am dehut in a Ford Mustang. Robby won the opening race of the Sports Car Club of America's Tide Trans-Am Tour for sports sedans, held on the street course in Long Beach the day before the Toyota Grand Prix for Indy cars. Gordon led from the early laps of the 45 lap race, then Scott Sharp passed him in the backstretch in a Chevy Camaro on the 41st lap. looking to he the winner. But Sharp got into some oil and Gordon was ahle to slip hy him. even though Robby brushed the wall a tad on his way by. But th.it luck got him the Trans-Am victory to get a leg up on that series for 1992. THE SODA SERIES IN THE MIDWEST gets under way Memorial Day weekend at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with the Memorial Day 100 on a 1.25 mile course at Lake Geneva Raceway, located on Bloomfield Road one mile south of L,ke Geneva. Jack Flannery from Crandon, WI, many times a champion, will race his Chevy trucks in hoth Class 8 and Class 4 . Spencer Low, of Lake Havasu City, Ari:ona has cntcrt·d the Team Nissan 7F truck for the Class 8 competition. For complete details contact the Raceway at (414) 248-8566 or Jack Biddison at ( 708) 272-6167. The 19th annual Memorial Day 100 will be filmed by ESPN with a tentative air time of 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Saturday June 20th. Olr" Dusty Times

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September 27, 1992 June 14, 1992 August 14-16, 1992 P.O. Box 2910 Don (604) 372-9501 days 100 Miles Erie, CO Color Country Runoffs Mission Viejo, CA 92690 Randy (604) 579-9621 eves October 24, 1992 June 28, 1992 Brian Head, Utah (714) 364-0515 June 28, 1992 Rules Meeting Erie, CO Septe°'iber 18-20, 1992 June 7, 1992 Long Distance Race October 25, 1992 July 26, 1992 Willow Springs Raceway Salsa Custom Car Show July 12, 1992 50 Miles Erie, CO Rosamond, CA & Family Fiesta Short Course Race November 28, 1992 August 23, 1992 Orange County Fairgrounds September 27, 1992 Thanksgiving 250 Erie, CO October 3, 1992 Costa Mesa, CA Enduro Race December 5, 1992 September 13, 1992 Publicity Run July 10, 1992 October 11, 1992 Awards Banquet Erie, CO Gold Coast 300 Motorcycle Swap Meet Short Course Race Las Vegas, NV Fairplex L.A. County Fair (All eR'!ltS Cit ViL'111UI, GA) (All at I.M.I. Motors/1orts Comf,lex) Pomona, CA (combined with WORRA) September 27, 1992 October 9-11, 1992 July 31, 1992 ( all events start 7 miles Deadwood, SD Gold Coast 300 Motorcycle Swap Meet northwest of Kamloo/1s) GREAT LAKES Las Vegas, NV & Bike Show FOUR WHEEL Orange County Fairgrounds LA RANA DESERT RACING DRIVE ASSOCIATION GRR HIGH PLAINS OFF Costa Mesa, CA 22769 Chambray Dr. Bob Moon Golden Rule Racing ROAD RACING August 2, 1992 Moreno Valley, CA 92387 91 5 So. Zeeb Road P.O. Box 4021 l California Truck Jamboree (7 14) 924-2226 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Phoenix, AZ 85067 ASSOCIATION Orange County Fairgrounds (313) 665-03581(313) 996-9193 (602) 263-5329 Harvey Wald Costa Mesa, CA May 15-17, 1992 (605) 224-6678 days Spangler 150 October 3, 1992 (605) 224-5534 evenings August 23, 1992 Ridgecrest, CA TBA California Volkswagen Jamboree GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD June 28, 1992 June 19-21, 1992 November 7, 1992 Gumbo Buttes Baja Orange County Fairgrounds Lucerne Valley Jam 250 RACING ASSOCIATION Wickenburg, AZ Costa Mesa, CA Keith Koesters Pierre, SD Lucerne Valley, CA 4605 N. 130th Circle August 23, 1992 October 2, 1992 July 18-19, 1992 Omaha, NE 68164 HORA Oahe Short Course Motorcycle Swap Meet Glen Helen Desert Challenge # l ( 402) 496-0846 High Desert Racing Association Pierre, Sp Orange County Fairgrounds Glen Helen OHV Park Costa Mesa, CA San Bernardino, CA May 30, 1992 12997 Las Vegas Blvd., South September 2 7, 1992 October 3, 1992 August 28-30, 1992 June 13, 1992 Las Vegas, NV 89124 Deadwood Off Road Gran Prix VW / Porsche Off Road Swap Meet (702) 361-5404 Deadwood, SD Johnson Valley 150 June 27, 1992 October 1 7, 1992 Orange County Fairgrounds Lucerne Valley, CA August 1, 1992 HORA U.S.A. CUP Last Chance Baja Costa Mesa, CA September 12-13, 1992 August 29, 1992 May 15-17, 1992 Wall, SD December 4, 1992 Glen Helen Desert Challenge #2 (All short co11rst races and held at Nevada 500 Motorcycle Swap Meet Glen Helen OHV Park Pahrump, NV Orange County Fairgrounds San Bernardino, CA W<!slFair in C-01111<:i! Bluffs, Iowa) June 20, 1992 Costa Mesa, CA October 23-25, 1992 IOK FOUR WHEELERS December 5, 1992 . Publicity Run P.O. Box36 California 200 GREAT WESTERN Fireworks 250 Cleves, Ohio 45002 VW / Porsche Off Road Swap Meet Ridgecrest, CA POINTS SERIES, INC. Barstow, CA (All <!R'llts staged at Orange County Fairgrounds November 20-22, 1992 Bertram Productions, Inc. July 4-5, 1992 th<! dub grounds in Costa Mesa, CA High Desert 300 15073 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 Fireworks 250 Cbll!s, Ohio) Lucerne Valley, CA Golden, CO 80403 Barstow, CA KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER December 19, 1992 Colorado Off Road Championships August 1, 1992 4WDCLUB Awards Banquet (303) 936-5960 Publicity Run INTER-SHOWS Randy Chamberlin Marriott Hotel Mav 31, 1992 Color Country Runoffs MOTORSPORTS 835 Wawn Road Ontario, CA Erie, CO Brian Head, Utah PROMOTIONS, INC. Kamloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 f!'CBCJJfiC!JOtfl lIJGl/5(:11, Yt:iJfll LIGHT. et, 111eSil-BUII When: May 16 August 1 October 17 December 5 June 13 August 23 November 7 Racing Begins at 7 p.m. each night Where: Ventura Raceway at the PRESENTS July 11 September 26 November 21 0 Entry fee: $75 per buggy - includes insurance fee Superlites $25.00 Pit Passes: $10 per driver, crew or fan. Motocross: $25 Amateur; $30 Pro Must be at least 12 years of age to enter pit. Front Gate Admission: $8 Adult Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA $5 Seniors, Military Personnel and For more information call (805) 656-1122 or 648-RACE (raceday after 1 p.m.) Page 8 June 1992 Juniors (age 13-15) Under 12 years FREE Dusty nmes

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MICHIGAN OFF ROAD August 7-9, 1992 June 21, 1992 El Paso, TX 79936 June 5-7', 1992 CHAMPIONSHIPS Rock 'N Roll 250 Merrillville, IN (915) 751-70571(915) 855-9767 Susquehannock Trail M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. Notrees, TX June 21, 1992 Wellsboro, PA 15529 Jones Road September 12, 1992 Johnson, VT Date TBA Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Twilite 125 Night Race July 4, 1992 ONTARIO OFF ROAD Sunriser Rally (517) 627-6200 Notrees, TX Bascom, OH RACERS ASSOCIATION Chillicothe, OH October 24, 1992 July 10, 1992 Jeff Sargent August 28-30, 1992 July 25, 1992 150 Miler I 480 Lakeridge Rd. N Fowlerville, MI Notrees, TX Bloomsburg, PA Ajax, Ontario, Canada Ojibwe Rally July 26, 1992 November 7, 1992 July 18-19, 1992 (416) 427-4782 Bemidji, MN Caro, MI Awards Nipigon, Ontario, Canada June 13-14, 1992 October 2-4, 1992 August 2, 1992 July 19, 1992 Brighton Speedway Gold Rush Rally Ingham County Fair Johnson, VT Brighton, Ontario Westcliffe, CO Mason, Ml MICKEY THOMPSON'S July 25, 1992 July 23-25, 1992 October 23-25, 1992 August 6, 1992 OFF ROAD Barre, MA Off Road Canada Jamboree Press On Regardless Samilac County Fair CHAMPIONSHIP July 31 or August 7, 1992 Brighton Speedway Escanaba, Ml Sandusky, Ml GRAND PRIX Keene, NH Brighton, Ontario November 6-8, 1992 August 11, 1992 Mickey Thompson August 16, 1992 August 14-16, 1992 Coachman Stages Huron Community Fair Entertainment Group Johnson, VT Janetville, Ontario Olympia WA Bad Axe, MI P.O. Box 25168 August 23, 1992 August 22-23, 1992 December 4-6, 1992 August 14, 1992 Anaheim, CA 92825 Merrillville, IN Motor Monster Mania Maine Forest Rally Mt. Pleasant, MI (714) 938-4 JO0 CNE Rumford, Maine July 18, 1992 August 23, 1992 Toronto, Ontario August 25, 1992 Memorial Coliseum Nipigon, Ontario, Canada September 12-13, 1992 Kalamazoo Fairgrounds Los Angeles, CA September 13, 1992 Brighton Speedway SCORE Kalamazoo, Ml September TBA, 1992 Johnson, VT Brighton, Ontario Score International Mile High Stadium September 26, 1992 October 23, 1992 31125 Via Colinas, Suite 908 Denver, CO Orange, MA Skydome Motorsport '92 Westlake Village, CA 91362 MICHIGAN SPORT (818) 889-92 I 6 BUGGY ASSOCIATION October TBA, 1992 September 2 7, 1992 Toronto, Ontario June 5-7, 1992 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Barre, MA Keneth Coleman Las Vegas, NV Baja 500 742 E. Roosevelt Road October 4, 1992 Ashley, MI 48806 November TBA, 1992 NMRA Super Series PIKES PEAK Ensenada, BC, Mexico (517) 838-4483 Oakland Stadium Johnson, VT P.O. Box 6962 November 12-15, 1992 Oakland, CA Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Baja l000 (719) 685-4400 Ensenada, BC, Mexico MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING MTEG CAMEL SUPERCROSS OFF ROAD JAMBOREES Four Wheel Drive Excursions Tommy Bowling June 20, 1992 P.O. Box 1154 S.C.A.T. INC. 4209 So. CR 1300 Memorial Coliseum Arcata, CA 95521 SCORE SHOW Odessa, TX 79765 Los Angeles, CA (707) 822-8508 Michael R. King Mickey Thompson P.O. Box 277 Entertainment Group (915) 561-5222 June 19-21, 1992 Morrisonville, NY 12962 Tom Lewis NATIONAL MUD RACING Ghost Town Adventure '92 (518) 561-32081(518) 236-7897 P.O. Box 25148 "The Texas Challenge ASSOCIATION South Lake Tahoe/ Stateline, CA Anaheim, CA 92825 Off Road Points Series" 11842 Jason Court September 25-2 7, 1992 (714)938-4155 (All .:wncs at Nntr.:.:~. TX) Madera, CA 93638 Kern River Jamboree SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES June 13, 1992 (209) 486-4590/(209) 266-5558 Lake lsabella / Kernville, CA Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Jackrabbit I 50 Night Race May 16-17, 1992 Englewood, CO 8011 2 S.C.T.A. Notrces, TX NMRA Super Series (303) 779-6622 Southern California Johnson, VT OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS Timing Association July 11, 1992 OF EL PASO May 15-16, 1992 Jack Kolan 125 Miler Night Race June 20, 1992 Don Honeberg Rim of the World (619) 292-4444 Notrees, TX Goldendale, WA 13180 Round Dance L1ncaster, CA NORM WILSON Ii' SONS RRC I NG 1992 NI SSRN 400 CLASS uR SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS• BFGOODR I CH Tl RES TOYOTA MOTORSPORTS ULTRA CUSTOM WHEELS FORTIN TRANSMISSIONS OSCAR JACKSON RRC I NG ENGINES McKENZIES KUSTER OFF HORD SHOCKS M.M.F. RACING PRRRGON RCOUSTI CRL CO. Page 10 June 1992 Dusy Times

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SNORE May 23-24, 1992 September 19-20, 1992 589 Amwell Road Southern Nevada Off Lake Geneva Memorial Day 100 Midwest Points Championship Neshanic, NJ 08853 Road Enthusiasts Lake Geneva, WI Oshkosh, WI (908) 369-6550 P.O. Box 4394 June 6-7, 1992 ( Races ac Colonial Las Vegas, NV 89106 Miller High Life Off Road Race TEXAS OFF ROAD VallL;i Resorts in PA) (702) 452-4522 May 30-31, 1992 Antigo, WI GRAND PRIX Caliente/Pioche 250 June 20-21, 1992 Short Course Racing VENTURA RACEWAY Caliente, NV Spring Run 10 l - Texas Style Business Office Crandon, WI Class 10, Sportsman, Challenger 2810 W . Wooley Road July 25-26, 1992 July 4-5, 1992 Mike Bernardo Oxnard, CA 93030 Midnight Special Road America 1606 Lancelot Circle (805) 656-1122 Las Vegas, NV Elkhart Lake, WI Grand Prairie, TX 75050 May 16, 1992 September 18-20, 1992 July 18-19, 1992 (214) 855-2232 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 SNORE 250 UP Off Road 100 ( All ewnrs ac Motocro s Jean, NV Bark River, Ml Sce/ihctwillc, Texas S/>edu•ay) June 13, 1992 December 5-6, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Eldorado Valley 250 August 1-2, 1992 Motocross Fox Riverfest Challenge TORA Las Vegas, NV Depere, WI Truck Racing Association July 11, 1992 August 22-23, 1992 Ray Carney, Director Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 7 Prutell Drive Motocross SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD Great Northern Challenge Apalchin, NY 13732 August 1, 1992 DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Lake Odessa, MI ( 607) 625-5676 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Terry Wolfe Motocross 7839 W . North Avenue September 5-6, 1992 UORRA August 23, 1992 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 True Value World's Championship (414) 453-SODA/(414) 257-0422 Brush Run 101 United Off Road Racing Association Class 10, 1-2-1600 (Tent) Crandon, WI Dave Urban wic:, President Fair Motocross GERMAN AUTO /'YOUR OFF-ROAD HEADQUARTERS// " CNC CUTIING BRAKES __ ,_~.,.. C i":,:::: :.:::.:,, ..... ., ........ DIEST SEAT BELTS The greatest name in driver safety equipment 4-point Sand Rail Seat Belt .. Race Belts 2"-5 point S69.95 S74.95 3"-5 point .. from S99.95 TYPE 4-PORSCHE-STYLE FAN SHROUD Utilizes type 1 alternator custom alter-nator mount included . . . . S299.00 KENNEDY PRESSURE PLATES 200mm 1700Ib . . . . . . . . . . . S79.95 200mm reinforced maximum 2300. 2500. 2700. or 3000Ib . . . . . . . . . . . $99.96 "GERMAN AUTO" COM-PETITION PRESSURE PLATES 200mm 200Ib . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49.95 215mm Porsche 914 . . . . . . . . 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SWAYAWAY IRS spring plates $64.95 S/ A spring plates S77.95 4130 Spring plates ... from S159.95 H. 0 . torsion bars ....... from S134.95 Front V. W. Bug sway bars .. Rear V. W. Bug sway bars ... Front and rear V. W. sway bar kit $44.95 $64.S5 $199.95 TRIMIL BOBCAT SYSTEMS 1'k•Type1 raw .. 1 'k" Type 1 chrome 1%"Type 1 raw. 1 %" Type chrome 1%"Type 4 raw. 1 %· Type 4 chrome Baffle for Bobcat System ... S59.95 S89.95 S69.96 SS9.95 S149.95 $179.95 S8.95 TRICK REAR TRAILING ARMS 3" X 3• . . . . . pr. $395.00 Class 1-2 1600, 5 1600 ... pr. S395.00 FRONTTRAILING ARMS Link Pin 4130 Chromoly Stock length 1 v .. • Longer .....•..•. 2 ¼•Longer. 4" for coil covers .. pr. $485.00 pr. S525.00 pr. 5525.00 pr. S550.00 WEEKEND WARRIOR LONG TRAVEL BEAMS s• travel stock width beam . . . . $199.95 a• travel widened beam S219,95 1CJ" travel stock width beam 10• travel widened bea.m ... $224.95 S244.95 *Catalog $3. September 26, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross October l 7, 1992 Class 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600 Motocross November 7, 1992 Class 10, 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 (och..:r car dass.:s wdcomc if chr.:.: or more slwu• up) VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd . Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 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 WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 -87A Ave. Surrey, British Columhia, V3R 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602)971-3730 (All .:wncs ac Thmsh.:Tland, 1 17ch At•c. & Gl.:rnlal.: in Plw.:nix, AZJ FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP June 2-7, 1992 Acropolis Rally Lagonissi, Greece June 25-28, 1992 New Zealand Rally Auckland, New Zealand J~ly 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'Italia 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 yottT coming et"-'tlts in DUSTY TIMES [rec! Send yo11r 1992 scht!clttle as soon as />0ssi/,le f OT listing in this column. Mail 'IOIIT rncc oT rnllv scheJul.: ro: DUSTY TIMES, 5331 D~'TT"Y At•e., Suire 0, Ago11m, CA 91301 Dusty nmes

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FRT BUZZ BOMB 150 John Marking Bags The Overall Win By Judy Smith Photos: C & C Race Photos John Marking celebrated his first time out in a brand new Jimco by taking the Class 10 victory after a tight fight, and he went so fast that he also won the race overall by a five minute cushion on ET. Most folks with a new race car leader was Joel Whitted, in his him. McDonnell had put his find it difficult to get to the finish VW powered Jimco, also a brand brother, Tim, into the driver's line, but John Marking proved it new car, and he had a four second seat and he was another 24 doesn't.have to be that way, as he lead. It was a tie for third, between seconds later in third, but having drove his new Jimco Class 10 car Brian McDonnell, in his VW some kind of mysterious prob-to the overall win at the FRT Buzz Raceco, and Mike Julson, in a lem. In fourth it was Black's co-Bomb 150 early in April. VW Jimco. All these were single driver, Tim Scalzo, and now John-The Buzz Bomb, which ran just seat cars. In fourth it was Ronnie son ran fifth. off old Highway 8 ( now the Evan Ryerson, in one of the exceptions, On the fifth day Marking really Hewes Highway) in the Plaster a Rabbit powered two seat tan-pushed it and recorded the fast lap City OHV area, was a quickie, dem Raceco, eight seconds later. for the day, at 26:06 minutes, to starting at 12 noon, and all over In fifth it was John Marking, 32 take over the lead. He had just 13 by 5:30. There were six laps, each seconds later, in his VW powered seconds on Whitted. In third it 23.5 miles long, and the 64 cars single seatJimco. was Scalzo, about 27 minutes went off the line 15 seconds apart, On the second lap the lead fell later, as the McDonnells dropped in single file. Although it -had to Julson, who now had 22 out.Johnsonwasnowfourth,and rained just the Wednesday secondsonMcDonnell.Inthirdit WayneBrinkleyandButchChris-before, the sun had been hot was Whitted, two seconds late~, tensen, in a two seat Toyota enough to dry out all . but the and then along came Marking, a powered Raceco, were fifth, 53 washes which had run like rivers. minute and 15 seconds later. minutes off the lead pace. So there was some dust, but there Steve Johnson, in another single Marking, who had, it turned was also a stiff breeze, which seatVWpoweredJimco,wasnow out, borrowed his carburetor strengthened to just short of a gale fifth, and had already rolled over from the aforementioned Fortin as the race dwindled to an end. and torn off his roof. the day before the race, had no The Class 10 cars were first off At the end of the third lap the troubles all day, and, beyond not-the line for this event, and it was leader was again Whitted, and ing that the front end was a little interesting to note that out of 11 McDonnell was just 14 seconds stiff, was happy with the perfor-cars, there were two Rabbit behind him. Marking was now mance of the new car, which he'd motors and one.Toyota. The rest third, 52 seconds later, with John-built. He works at Jimco. Whit-were powered by VWs, which son fourth, and Dave Black, in a ted, who'd bent his front end somethinkcameaboutbecauseof VW powered Penhall, in fifth wh1le testing early on race day, Doug Fortin's success with the place. Julson was out after tossing saw his second place disappear combination of a VW motor in a a fan belt and suffering a partial when a tie rod broke on the last lightweight chassis, which he meltdown. lap. As his crew made repairs, drove to the overall SCORE/ Whittedstillhadtheleadatthe Black and Scal:o finished in HORA points championship last end of lap four, but now Marking, second place, 34 minutes back. In year. who'd started at the end of the third it was Johnson, three and a At the end of the first lap the pack, was only 19 seconds behind half minutes later, followed in by Only two of the five in Unlimited Class went the distance and Richard Binder moved into the lead on lap 2, turned class fast lap. and with his son riding in the ORBS he overcame clutch woes to win the class. Whitted, and then almost an hour after the winner, fifth place Brink-ley and Christensen. The Unlimited Class was the next group to start, and Larry McCallum had the first lap lead in his Crazyco chassis. Just 12 seconds behind him came Richard Binder, in an ORBS, fol-lowed by Vance Allen and Gary Hamlin, in their Baja Bug. On the second lap Binder recorded the class fast lap, at 26:46, and took over the lead, with Ken Thomson and Mike Shipley now second in their two seat Raceco, and Allen and Ham-lin third. McCallum was out. Binder recorded another good lap, but the Thomson/Shipley team disappeared, as did Allen and Hamlin, which moved Bob Reamer and Dale Shubert into second, 43 minutes behind Binder, in their two seat Chenowth. Binder, whose 11 year old son, Scott, was riding with him, was concentrating on getting a finish, something he's had trouble doing in the past here, where he had previously driven in Class 10. At the end of the fourth lap he had an hour lead, although he'd had a broken throttle spring. Something happened to Bind-er's clutch on the fifth lap, and he had only third gear for the rest of the race, but he held his Class lead, and took the win, finishing second overall also. Reamer and Shubert were second, an hour and 20 minutes later. In the l -2-l 600s, which was all single seaters this time, the lead went to Rob Nolin, in his ORC, at the end of the first lap. He had nine seconds on Scott Webster, who'd brought his old ORBS out to race this one. In third it was Todd Teuscher, in a Chenowth, 44 seconds back, and followed by James Woodruff, in a Mirage, another seven seconds later. Nolin held his lead through the second lap, and he had just eight seconds on Webster, who was 50 seconds in front of Teuscher. Woodruff was a minute and 15 seconds back in fourth. Nolin flattened a rear tire, and had to drive on it for half a lap when he was unable to borrow a spare from an outlying pit. Teuscher moved into the lead, with a minute and 43 seconds on Nolin, while Webster dropped out as the rear suspension on his old car gave out. In third now it was Mike Davis, in aJimco, whose new motor was loosening up, and Woodruff ran fourth, 10 seconds later. Teuscher continued to lead, but Davis moved up to second, followed by Nolin, who'd had to pit to get a new tire on that lap's time, 26 seconds later. In fourth it was Woodruff, another 44 seconds back. On the fifth lap Teuscher held his lead, but Nolin recorded the class fast lap, at 28:09, to move up to second place, a tantalizing long three minutes and 49 seconds behind him. He needed more than the one lap left to catch up. In third now it was Davis, a little over a minute later, followed by Woodruff, less than two minutes back. Also running, but a full lap down, was the team of Craig Ste-wart and Larry Cossio, in a Race-co/Jimco, who'd broken a shock on the first lap, and lost a bolt on the steering later in the day. Teuscher took the win, saying he'd had no trouble and made no stops, and he was just two min-utes and 33 seconds in front of Nolin, who took second. In third it was Davis, three minutes later, with Woodruff two minutes behind him in fourth. Cossio and Stewart finished fifth. Class 8 lost an entry about an hour before the start, when Steve Krieger· reported his Chevy had lost its rear end, and got his entry fee back. That left the heavy metal fun to Tony Alvarado in his Ford, Karl Counce in his Chevy, and Mark Newhan in a sparkling new GMC. ---------~ . As the Class 10 favorites faltered the VW powered Penhall of David Black and Tim Scalzo moved right up the charts steadily and they finished second in class. Steve Johnson started out by rolling his Jimco SS with VW power. but was back to fourth by the third lap, and finished third in Class 10, four minutes back. Bob Reamer and Dale Shubert had a steady run in their Unlimited Class two seat Chenowth, and they carried on to take a long second place class finish. Page 14 June 1992 Dusty Times

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Rob Nolin led the first two laps in Class 1-2-1600, had a disasterous flat tire, then came back to set class fast lap and finished a close second place and fourth overall. Mike Davis had a new engine in his Class 1-2-1600 Jimco, and when it broke in midway in the race, he finished third in this very tight running class. The Class 8 field was small this round, but Tony Alvarado ran hard to class fast lap on lap 1, stayed out front until he got stuck on the last lap and ended up second in class by three minutes. Todd Teuscher moved his Chenowth into the Class 1-2-1600 lead on the third lap and the defending points champion had no troubles all day and won the class by over two minutes, and was third overall. At the end of the first lap it was Alvarado, who'd recorded a 26:32, for the class fast lap, in the lead. Newhan ran second, but had a collapsed front end, later diag-nosed as a broken A-arm, and he went no further. Counce struggled in late, his motor missing, and barely pulling the truck along, almost nine minutes down. On the second lap it was still Alvarado, and, with Newhan gone, Counce was in second place and now running strong, but he doesn't have the sus ension that Alvarado enjoys. They ran first and second through five laps, Alvarado holding the lead, and Counce giving it his all. And then, at the end of the sixth lap, when Fud waved the checkered flag for a fire breather, it was Counce who got the win. Alvarado, who'd somehow become stuck in the soft sand, finished about two and a half minutes later, second. The Class 100 troops were next to start, and at the end of the first lap the lead belonged to Kevin Thom son and Mike McDaid, in Flying over the outback Karl Counce couldn't keep up the pace of the Class 8 leader, but got past on the last lap to bring the Chevrolet in first in Class 8 with a good finish for this team. Richard Green started out third in his Class 100 Frazco, and his co-driver GiTi Gow/and got in ear.ly to drive relief, and Gow/and had the lead by lap 4 and won the close contest in this fun class. Dusty Times a 2400cc two seat Chenowth. They had just 10 seconds on Eric Philpott and Chris Berry, in their Suspensions Unlimited Baja Bug, which sports a 2110cc power plant. · In third it was Richard Green, in his two seat 2180cc Frazco, followed by Dan Lewis in his single seater. Mike Douthitt ran fifth in a two seat Chenowth, with 2300ccs at his disposal. On the second lap Thompson and McDaid ticked off the fast lap for the class, at 30:34, and widened their lead to 1 7 seconds, with Philpott and Berry still in second. In third it was now Dou-thitt, and Green's co-driver. George "Giti" Gowland was driv-ing now, because Green had hurt his back. He was in fourth place, six seconds later. Lewis was fifth, five seconds behind him. Thompson and McDaid held consistent laps, fighting a close their lead through lap three, but duel with Lewis, passing and Philpott and Berry, and Douthitt repassing, but he held the lead to broke, changing the rest of the the finish, and th~ win, the first lineup drastically. In second now for Green's car. Lewis, n1ean-it was Gowland, three minutes while, had two rear flats at once and 25 seconds back, followed by on the last lap, and lost a half Lewis, 10 seconds off his bumper hour:, but still finished second, in third. Steve Anthony and Terry figuring he must have had the White, in an 1835cc powered two wrong person mount his tires. In seat Chenowth, ran a distant third it was Thompson and fourth, after losing about two laps McDaid, who had more trouble, worth of time with some mechan-reportedly with their motor, but ical ill on lap one. salvaged a third place, while Thompson and McDaid had a Anthony and White were fourth, problem that cost them a . half and the last team to finish all hour on the fourth lap, and Gow-together. land moved into the lead, with The big bunch of 5-1600s Lewis 43 seconds behind him, started next, and, at the end of the and Thompson and McDaid in first lap the lead belonged to Bob third, followed by Anthony and Snaith, who'd recorded the class White. fast lap at 32: 17. He had 55 Gowland continued to run seconds i;r 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 ei!UH2, l2H!c[l9112D E1n.~2II, B!i!'2,l~2mi;i, the late 1960's. 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Kevin Thompson and Mike McDaid led Class 100 in their Chenowth, got class fast lap, but had big trouble on lap 4 and recovered to finish third in class. Ed Orozco ran with the 5-1600 leader until.he did a triple rollover on the fourth lap, but landed on his wheels and did get his second place finish. Brian Coneen ran fourth in Class 5-1600 in the early laps. dropped a bit of time, then climbed back up the ranks, then lost his clutch and finished third, just 12 seconds back. r;r on Ed Oro:co, who was 31 seconds in front of Danny Ledezma, in third. In fourth, 56 seconds late-r, it was Brian Coneen, John Woodruff was fifth, four seconds behind him, with Doug Halvin in sixth, five seconds further back. Snaith had to have his air log taped back on at the end of the first lap, but he held his lead and at the end of two laps had a min-ute and two seconds on Orozco, who was just 31 seconds in front of Ledezma. Coneen was still fourth, with Woodruff fifth, 23 seconds later. On the third lap Snaith rolled, but there was a friendly pit nearby, and they had him on his wheels quickly. He held his lead, hecause the damage was mostly cosmetic. Oro:co and Ledezma were now tied for third, only 21 seconds behind him, and Wood-ruff was fourth, three minutes and 22 seconds later. In fifth it was Coneen, 1 7 seconds further back. Snaith put his brother, Dale, into the car for the last three laps, and he hung on to the lead, with Orozco now a bit over two min-utes back as he did a triple roll-over and landed on his wheels, creating damage to match that of the Snaith car. His pace slowed a bit. In third it was Halvin, with Coneen fourth and Rick St. John and Steve Mis:kiewic: in fifth place, as Hector Ledezma, who'd taken over for Danny, broke a rear shock mount and lost 50 minures with repairs. The dozen 5-1600 Bugs had a dandy battle all day, and Bob Snaith got the class fast lap on lap 1, rolled on lap 3 but held the lead. and brother Dale Snaith drove the last three laps and they won Class 5-1600. After five laps it was still the Ledezmas were fifth. Snaith brothers, with Orozco The Class 9 cars took the green hanging on to second, but now flag next, and this group was led almost eight minutes back. by Jack Hettinger and Steve Rey-. Coneen was up to third, only 26 nolds, in their one scat Funco, at seconds behind him, and St. John the end of lap one, by a margin of and Mis:kiewic: ran fourth, fol-28 seconds. It was Larry Kern in lowed by Elias and Jose "Little second place, in a Rayco single Joe" Ledezma, who'd lost time seater, followed by Hal and Kevin when the wires came off their coil Graves, in their one seatJimco, 21 ' and distributor. seconds further back. In fourth it The Snaiths ran another good was Robert Gillingham in a two lap to take the win, finishing 12 seat Chenowth/Rayco, six minutes in front of Orozco, who seconds later. And Rick Poole ran sweated the next few minutes 'til fifth, nine seconds behind him in he was sure he had his second his two seat Speedco. place. Coneen, whose clutch went On the second lap Hettinger out on the last lap, and as a result and Reynolds continued to lead, had lost his motor, was third, only with only six seconds on Kern. 12 seconds later. In fourth it was The Graves car was third, 42 St. John and Mis:kiewic: and the seconds later, and Dennis Daniels Trackside Photo, Inc. Racing photography since 1970 We cover all La Rana, SCORE/HDRA, 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 16 P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (213) 670-6896 June 1992 Larry Kern and Mike Pfankuch ran second in Class 9 in the early laps in the Rayco, got the lead in the third lap, then Kern handed over to Pfankuch who held the lead_to win the class by a full seven minutes. had moved into fourth, in a two ers.on his hands, ran fourth, with seatChenowth. In fifth now it was Mike Cohen, in a two seat Gillingham. Raceco, in fifth place. On the third lap Kern moved Kern handed the car over to into the lead, but he had only 32 Mike Pfankuch, all recovered seconds on Hettinger and Reyn-from his bump on the head in the olds, who dropped to second. The last race, and he held on to the Graveses gave it the gas and lead. Now they had over five min-recorded the fast lap for the class, utes, as Hettinger and Reynolds at 34:4 7, and were just 33 seconds lost a half hour, and then dropped hehind them in third place. Poole out. It was Ray Miller, taking over and his co-driver, Billy Kem, fell for Daniels, in second place, and way back when they had a flat and Dave Dietrich took over for Gil-had to drive nearly a full lap on it. lingham, and ran third. In fourth Daniels, whowaswea_ringbigblist-now it was the Graves team, FRT Buzz Bomb 150 Results -April 4 1992 Car#Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehide CliH 1-2-]§ilg · 1§11!11,C B11:udcl1:sl ·§Ilic!· 5 llol:ib 1600 1 Todd Teuscher Chenowth 1603 2 Rob Nolin m:; 1604 3 Mike Davis Jimco 1601 4 James Woodruff Mirage 1602 5 Craig StewarVLarry Cossio Raceco i:::1111 ]II· !.lollmllcd 1§511 CCI· ll Eilcl • 5 llol:ib 1099 1 John Marking Jimco 1008 2 David Black/Tim Scalzo Penhall 1001 3 Steve Johnson Jimco 1004 4 Joel Whitted Jimco 1002 5 Wayne Brinkley/Butch Christensen Raceco i:::1111 ]{2 !.lollmllml • 5 Ilic! • 2 llol:ib 109 1 Richard Binder ORBS 102 2 Bob Reamer/Dale Shubert Chenowth QIIH l! · Qb1ll110g11c · H 11113 · l! flol1b 900 1 Larry KerrvMike Pfankuch Rayco 902 2 Ray Miller/Dennis Daniels Chenowth 903 3 Dave Dietrich/Robert Gillingham Chenowth 912 4 Jorge Vargas.'Lalo Mayoral ORBS 907 5 ,Hal & Kevin Graves Jimco Qlllli IQ!! • ~b!!C! WQ Qo11 !!C ill!! Hill • !! lill!l • ~ flDllib 8 1 Richard Green/George 'Giti'-Gowland Frazco 4 2 Dan Lewis Sandhawk 7 3 Kevin ThompsorvMike McDaid Chenowth 3 4 Steve Anthony/Terry '.J\'hite Chenowth CliH 5:l§ilg · ]§gg CG Q1l1 Q1,1g ·l2 lillcl · (I llol:ib 550 1 Bob & Dale Snaith Baja Bug 554 2 Ed Orozco Baja Bug 599 3 Brian Coneen Baja Bug 561 4 Rick St. JohrvSteve Miszkiewicz Baja Bug 558 5 Elias & Jose Ledezma Baja Bug i:::1111 (I lllg Icw:ka · 3 Elcl · 2 tlol:ib 811 1 Karl Counce Chevrolet 808 2 Tony Alvarado Ford QlilH Z Lilli!! lC!,!!:kl · § 11113 · 2 llol1b 712 1 Richie Valencia/Roy Garcia Toyota 758 2 Nick Crouch/Rudy Ludeke Mazda •denotes overall winner • 64 starters • 37 finishers• 57 .8 finish ratio 23.5 mile course • generally fast • 6 laps for an official finish Weather: sunny and mild, very windy late in the day . nme 2:54:41 2:57:14 3:00:15 3;02:19 3:43:25 2:40:54" 3:14:50 3:18:26 3:23:37 3:39:16 2:46:05 4:05:43 3:37:48 3:44:48 3:59:50 3:59:52 4:02;22 3:19:11 4:07:25 4:45:48 5:23:40 3:20:04 3:32:11 3:32:23 3:35:47 4:05:51 3:28:44 3:31 :17 3:44:28 4:44:33 Dusty Times

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who'd lost about 15 minutes on oflaps. And in fifth it was Hal and that lap, and Jorge Vargas and Kevin Graves, about 25 minures Lalo Mayoral, in an ORBS, were off the lead pace. fifth. The little trucks, Class 7, were The lead three held their posi-last to start, aod the Ford of Scott tions through the fifth lap, and Young and Michael Smith never Vargas and Mayoral moved up to got around the first time. But fourth as the Graves car lost Richie Valencia and Roy Garcia another 10 minutes. And on lap did, and their Toyota was in first six it was more of the same. Kern place, with 51 seconds on Chris and Pfankuch, who had a clean . Taylor and Shawn Mussgrave in a race, except for a flat on the Ford. In third it was Nick Crouch fourth lap, took the win. They and Rudy Ludeke, in a Mazda, fol-were followed in about seven lowed by Todd Richards and minutes later by Miller and Ryan Wheeler, Chevy, in fourth. Daniels, who had their sons, Jim Valencia and Garcia continued Miller and Jesse Daniels, riding to lead, with Taylor and Muss-with them for their first race and grave seeond through the second enjoyed being part of the second lap. And Crouch and Ludeke, place finish. In third it was Diet-who'd lost second and fifth gears, rich and Gillingham who'd had no ran third, followed by the Chevy, problems, but thought something which was apparently also having was "loose up front." Fourth some problems each lap. place went to Vargas and On the third lap Valencia and Mayoral, who said they'd also had Garcia had built the lead to a half no problems, but that the dust hour, and it was Crouch and had got worse on the last couple Ludeke in second place, as Taylor and Mussgrave broke. Richards and Wheeler continued to hold third, 24 minutes later. They ran in · the same order through the fourth lap, and on lap five Valencia and Garcia recorded the class fast lap, at 34:32, to build their lead to 46 minutes. It was still Crouch and Ludeke in sec;ond as Richards and Wheeler were almost another full hour behind them. Valencia and Garcia had their worst problem when a big truck ran into them and broke their second spare tire mount, sending their spare bouncing off into the desert. But otherwise they emerged unscathed, and took the win, their second in a row. Crouch and Ludeke in second, were happy to finish with those missing gears, and were also mis-ing their rear shocks at the finish line, but liked their second place, nevertheless. Richards and Wheeler managed to get only five The little trucks were last to start, and Richie Valencia and Roy Garcia led lap 1 by under a minute in the Toyota, and at midpoint in the race they had class fast lap and a half hour lead, and won Class 7 handily. laps completed. startec! at 2 a.m. that day. Fud put his pre awards break-The next event on the FRT fast·off for a half hour on Sunday schedule is the 24 Hour Rock morning, until 9:30, in deference Around the Clock, in May, in the to Daylight Savings Time: which same part of the southern desert. You Can Win Midway in the race Dave Dietrich and Robert Gillingham put their Chenowth into third in Class 9, and they stayed in third in the 14 car class to the finish line. ',&.~ Nick Crouch and Rudy Ludeke lost some gears in the Mazda early in the game, but still ran second midway, and finished second, an even hour behind the Class 7 winner Mark Newhan raced his brand new GMC in Class 8, but a broken front A-arm put the new truck on the trailer after running second early on. Dusty Times 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 HORA raGe this year. It's that simple! All SCORE and HORA four wheel classes are eligible! There's more! If you run KC's exclusively all year and earn your class points championship, you'll win $2,000.00 from the year end Driver's Points Fund! All this just for running the winningest offroad lights around ... KC HiLiTES! Stop by contingency row at any SCORE or HORA race this season for complete details on ho·w to take advantage of this rewarding program or contact: Jim Conner• P.O. Box 1129 • Lake Havasu City,·Az 86405 • 1-602/453-8889 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 June 1992 ANO THE WINNERS ARE--------Parker 400 1992 Class 3 - Mike Leslie Class 7 - Scott Douglas Class 11 - Erny Martinez Nissan400 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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WHELCHEL RACING'S NEW CONCEPT CAR Whelchel Racing Introduces Technological Change to the 1600 Wars. By Homer Eubanks Jerry Whelchel has been doing very well in Super 1600 action in the new car built by Nye Frank designed to accommodate an automatic transmission and a number of other innovations. Whelchel Racing and car builder Nye Frank recently unveiled a new Super 1600 chassis at the San Diego Mickey Thompson Off-Road Gran Prix. Yet to be given a name or model identification, the car is said to be a lighter, slimmed down version of the Chenowths currently dominating the Super 1600 series. The car came to the track fresh off the assembler's floor with only a few test laps on it. Intention of the new design was to have a lighter car for agility and speed. And if setting fast time at San Diego is an indicator I'd say the mission was a success. However, during racing action new-car-itis struck and the battery cable came loose, at the starter, and shorted out what appeared to be a successful debut. But then the team came back to round three in Seattle and set fast time, won their heat, and the main event. And the fast time was 9110ths of a second faster than the second quickest 1600 car. At first glance, it looks to be just another Super 1600 car. But its brushed aluminum finish made a statement that it was different. Apparently a slimmed down version, yet, it still looks very much like a single seat buggy. Car designer and builder Nye Frank said the new car isn't that radical looking -just lighter. He compared the car to Jerry Whelchel's Chenowth they had been campaigning for several years. "That car weighed around 1800 lbs. compared to this one at 1560 lbs. Which is a typical weight of some 1600 cars, however, our car has the automatic transmission which adds 120 lbs. to the car (over a standard bus box buggy). And that's why we had to get some weight off the car." When asked how he produced this slimmed down vehicle the designer said it was just whittled down here and there, with smaller tubing used in some places. It has the same wheelbase as a typical 1600 car. The engine sits in the same position. And the driver sits in the same place in the chassis as a typical 1600 buggy. One thing that is different is that an inch has been added to the height of the roll cage to accommodate Jerry. When pressed about the whittling down statement the designer added the chassis itself is narrower, so all the cross tubes are a bit shorter. By being a little slimmer the weight came off. When asked what he thought of the new car Whelchel respond-ed, "The new car is awesome. Smaller, lighter, and has a lot of agility. Instead of watching, I can now drive up on the front runners and stick a wheel into the action. And Nye has lowered the Cfnter of gravity so the car can go around corners and come out quicker than the old car." For those not up to speed on Whelchel Racing and Nye Frank. This team, formerly under the -~~RACERX ----HOTLINE 1-900-988-0054 Ext. -889 * Latest off-road racing results * Trivia * Products $2.00 Per Minute • 24 Hours A Day Updated Weekly Page 18 Photos: Tracksidc Photo, Inc. Sage Council Racing ban her, ~ere serious threats to the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Champion-ship 1600 title for three years running. In the last 23 races they entered the team earned 16 quick times. Whelchel has many years of experience in desert events and has been competing in the Mickey Thompson series since 1982, "" where he has accumulated 1 1 Even with the added 120 pounds of the automatic trans, the car is lighter than main event trophies in the Super the Qld car; the car is also slimmer so inboard disc brakes are fitted to provide 1600 series. Nye Frank has built clearance between the wheel and brake caliper. Air shocks are used on this premium cars for more years than he likes to admit. He built many of the late Mickey Thompson's race cars and worked with Danny Thompson for several years. But you stadium warriors may know him best for his innovations with Team Mazda while working with· Glenn Harris from 1985 through I 989. During his tenure with Mazda the team brought home nine victories in 36 main event appearances. And were, until I 991 when Dodge won the championship, the biggest threat ever to the dominating T oyotas in Grand National racing. Whether racing desert or stadium events a team must go as fast as they can over the roughest terrain imaginable. After many years of wo.rking with air suspension Nye Frank feels confident he has made the right choice. Up front a common place torsion-arm front suspension is present that utili:cs two Fox Shoxs, typically mounted one on each side. No coil over spring is used as the torsion bars support the vehicle. This is a typical suspension design for a 1600 car which delivers about 11 inches of travel. A Wright rack does the steering chores, which is assisted hy a Unique pump. Rear suspension for the vehicle is a one of a kind air shock system. Nye Frank designed the system and employed Fox Shox to manufacture the shocks, then he went back inside and performed a little magic to make them work like they do. Air suspension is not a new concept, however, most people haven't had the hcst of luck with the system. And Nye Frank attributes his success to the reservoirs. Whelchel racing has used the air system for three years now, on four different cars, and through trial and error feel confident they have perfected a winning system. Rear suspension on this car delivers 15½ inches of travel. No torsion bars arc used in this IRS design. Double wishbone scmi-trai ling arms locate the rear wheels and one shock per wheel is all that is needed. Each shock has two remote reservoirs. As with a normal shock this unit is filled with oil. The main difference here is the reservoirs arc filled with air. Air supports the vehicle so no springs or torsion bars are needed. A typical 5-link rear suspension uses multiple shocks and typically uses torsion bars to hold the vehicle up. Inboard brakes arc incorpor-ated to eliminate the problem of having no wheel clearance June 1992 prototype machine as well. between the wheel and brake caliper. As Nye Frank pointed out, a rock just the right size can get wedged between the wheel and caliper. Or more likely, a wheel can get squared and hit the brake caliper causing the caliper to break off. So hy utilizing' the inboard brake design this eliminates a common problem. So common in fact, he said the team went through over 20 calipers in the last three seasons. The jury is still out on the inboard brakes. Nye Frank says that CV-grease heat is question-able. And the car hasn't had enough track time to prove their reliability. "Jerry uses the brakes, Hard! And they are doing a good joh of stopping the car. Only time will tell," added the designer. Another unique feature of this car is that it has an automatic transmission. With no shifting to do the driver has more time to concentrate on driving the car. Both Whelchel and Frank sav it adds weight to the car but '.the added performance gained is worth the weight.To get a reliable combination Nye Frank employed Mogi in Riverside, CA., to build the transmission. The converter is a creation of Rusty at The Converter Shop in Chino, CA. And the transaxlc is built by Fred Keiser in Westminster, CA. Whelchel says, "The transmission works great. With a torque converter slipping you get more tire bite, and less wheel spin, coming out of the corners. A manual hox will jump out of gear in the rough stuff and the automatic doesn't. And since no shifting is involved there arc no missed shifts." Initial cost of the automatic set up, said to he around$ I 1,000, is higher than a standard hus hox, hut overall yearly maintenance expenses of the manual box is said to he much higher. A typical hus hox set up requires having two fresh transmissions per race. Typically a top team practices and qualifies with one tranny and changes the transmission before racing gets underway. Not only arc transmission repairs said to he expensive hut ring and pinion replacements are a minimum of $450 per set. And teams can go through a do:en of these a year. According to Nye Frank both of these common problems are eliminated with the automatic. The transaxle allows them to use a heavier duty ring and pinion, like those he previously used with Mazda, and differential failure is non-existent. Installation of the automatic is not a bolt for bolt replacement. Current 1600 cars running with secondary torsion suspension will have to go to coil overs and eliminate the secondary. Another reluctance to changing to an automatic is many don't under-stand any may fear the torque converter. However, Nye Frank says that Rusty has perfected the converter now to where the converter is the least of their worry. During the subject of setting so many fast times Whelchel eagerly attributed fast times to the FAT built Toyota 4AG engine. This water-cooled 1645cc twin over-head cam engine with its 16 valves puts out I 75 hp and has become "the engine" for most 1600 cars competing in the MTEG Gran Prix series. But Whelchel seems to be able to get a little more from his than the competition. BF Goodrich tires arc used to get all the FAT power to the ground. Whelchel says, "The people at Goodrich desL'rve some of the credit for his success. They are hcf:iind a racer all the way and let you race your own race. They are always at the races and cager to groove tires the way we want and lend any tL'chnical assistance we need." When asked what such a car would cost. The answer was vague. "I enjoy designing and building prototype cars, and I'm not interested in hammering out numbers of cars at a competitive market price," stated N \'L' Frank. No price was set on a car. It's apparent his main concern· now is with Whelchel Racing, meaning he couldn't give a prospective buyer a cost, or a date when a car could he built. Jerry Whelchel has taken over the daily operations of the tt·am for 1992 in addition to p.:rform-ing the driving duties. Former team owner, Lloyd Sukut has stayed on as a partial Whelchel Racing sponsor, hut W hclchcl :1ddcd that he is able to offer a winning promotional package for anyone interested in promoting their business through a motor-sports team. Direct inquiries to Jerry Whelchel (714) 837-3448. Change occurs slow in the Super 1600 class. The hasic huggy design has been around a long time. The last technological change to evolve was the water-cooled engine replacing the air-cooled. Only time will tell, hut Whelchel Racing's lighter chassis and automatic transmission may he the beginning of a new technological era for the Super 1600's. Dusty Times

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1, '-"$: , w,,· 1 I " ~,r. Rod Millen started the year with a clean sweep in the stadium at Anaheim of everything in GN Jerry Whelchel showed off is new Super 1600 automatic trans car in real style. Whelchel won his Trucks. Rod continued on his winning ways in the Toyota, taking the main event at the Kingdome. heat race in the super light Nye Frank built racer and also took the main event victory. Flying high over the man made lumps Chris Neil drove his Nissan Pathfinder to second in his UltraStock heat race, and after a hectic main event later on he emerged the main event winner. Terry Peterson upset the super team racers ,n Superlite action. as he took a close second in his heat race, and boomed into the victory in the main event in his Briggsbuilt. , Toyota Wins Big At ~~~---...-The Seattle IOngdome The third round in the nine race Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix series this season took place at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington last March. After the first two events Rod Millen led the truck points in a Toyota, Tommy Croft, Jeep, led the UltraStock points and defending points champ Mitch Mustard had the lead in Super 1600 points. Mark Ehr-hardt had the points lead in A TV action as did Mike Craig in bikes. The closest points chase was in Superlites where teenager Jimmie Johnson led by five points over Marty Hart. Toyota had the manufacturers lead in trucks.Jeep the same in UltraStock. Honda led the A TV makes, and Yamaha led in bikes. Since last season the two truck classes qualify on Friday, sort of a media event and in Seattle Rod Millen was number one qualifier in Grand National trucks turning a 34.567 second lap in the Toy-ota, just beating Roger Mears' Nissan. Tommy Croft was fast qualifier in UltraStock class in his Jeep Cherokee. Saturday qualify-ing times for the other classes were not included in the press packet. Along with qualifying on Saturday there were practice ses-Page 20 sions, and the traditional auto-graph interlude for the early arri-vals at the race before the people were seated, and the serious rac-ing began. As usual the first heat race fea-tured the Sport Trucks with Walker Evans, Dodge on the pole with Danny Thompson, Chevy, alongside. There were eight laps facing the ten starters. Midway in the first lap Thompson took the lead from Evans and began pulling away with Roger Mears Jr., Nis-san, and Brian Stewart, Dodge, giving chase. On lap 2 Ivan Stew-art moved his Toyota into second and began challenging for the lead, and took over midway on the fourth lap, but before he fin-ished the lap as the new leader teammate Millen flipped, bring-ing on the yellow and a restart. Thompson led again for a half lap on the restart before Stewart got by and led lap 6 . From then on there was no challenge to Stewart as Thompson sliced a tire and fell back. At the flag Ivan Stewart took the heat, Rob MacCachren, Ford, was second from lap 6, fol-lowed by Mears Sr., Evans, Millen, Greg George, Ford, Brian Stewart, and Thompson limped into eighth. After_ the heat Ivan Stewart said that the track Photos: Tmcksidi! Photo Inc. was drying our and turning in Toyota's favor, Rob Mac-Cachren said the track was very slippery and extremely hard packed, even in the corners. It really made the tic-tac-toe jump section difficult. The first UltraStock heat held five starters for a six lap race, and from the flag it was Larry Noel and Tommy Croft taking the lead in Jeep Cherokees, with Jack Mil-lerd third in another Jeep fol-lowed by T .J. Clark, a Bondurant School driving instructor in a VW. On lap 3 both Millerd and Clark stalled, leaving the race to Croft, who passed Noel but didn't get away. In a near photo finish Croft won by a few feet over Noel, and Joe Anchondo, Nissan, was third. Five more UltraStocks appear-ed for the second six lap heat, with the Porsches of Tim Lewis and Brian Collins on the front row. Long time stadium race fans might remember that this class was original! y designed for sedans. Lewis bicycled and nearly rolled in the first turn giving Col-lins a clear lead. Chris Neil, Nis-san Pathfinder, took up the chase, but couldn't catch the quick Porsche 911. The closest race was for third place where Lewis June 1992 chased Don Kolt, Toyota 4-Runner and they excited the crowd with side by side racing for the last two laps. Brian Collins cruised to victory, Ne il took second, and Kolt held third over Lewis, while]im Smith retired his Ford Explorer. The first ATV seven lap heat held 16 quads, mostly Hondas, with Donovan Holland and Craig Teel on the front row. But it was Gary Denton who led the first lap, with Teel close behind, followed by Holland and Mark Ehrhardt. Denton went on to win, leaving the fight to Teel, Holland and Ehrhardt who battled for second. Late in the race Greg Stuart moved up to join the fight, but wound up fifth behind Denton, Teel, Holland and Ehrhardt. Roger Helsley was on the pole for the second ATV heat riding one of the few Su:ukis in a field of Hondas. Keith DiBrino took command on the first lap, but was chased immediately by Helsley and Doug Eichner, as Charlie Shepherd moved up to challenge too. The quartet battled wheel to wheel with Roger Helsley finally taking the victory, having estab-lished it two laps from the checkers. He was followed by DiBrino, Eichner, Shepherd and Niclas Granlund. The Superlite heats also ran seven laps. In the first round there were eight starters. It was a good battle for the lead, but in the end Tim Baker , in an immaculately prepared B&R Fabricatio n Superlite held off the challenge of Terry Peterson, Briggsbuilt, for the win. In third was Mercedes Gon:ales, driving a Briggsbuilt, and Mercedes is the only lady driver in the MTEG series. In fourth was Allen Yaros, a local driver from Bothell, Washington in a Briggshuilt, and teenager Casey Mears took fifth in his Tri-ple EEE. In the second Superlite heat it was no contest. Sixteen year old driver Jimmie Johnson virtually ran away and hid from the other seven in his Briggsbuilt. Johnson won by nearly a full lap owr Doug Goodenough, also in a Briggs-built. Rick Marshall, Triple EEE, was third with Rennie Awana, Briggsbuilt, finishing fourth ahead of Clint Mears, Triple EEE. Some of the usual front runner~ had trouble early, and the entr1· was less than usual in the races further south. The first eight lap Super 1600 heat had ten starters and pro-duced the most heated battle of the night thus far. Veterans and long time rivals Frank Arciero Jr. and Jerry Whelchel locked into a torrid duel during the first two laps with Mitch Mustard soon joining in. Then Whelchel got by for the lead on lap 3 and pulled out a comfortable advantage in his new car, leaving Arciero and Mus-tard to play bumper tag for the next five circuits. Finally, with a daring move on lap 7, Mustard got the nose of his Chenowth pointed skyward and passed Arciero and hung on to finish second behind long gone Jerry Dusty Times

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Mitch Mustard hops out of a corner in his Chenowth, and he earned a good second in his heat race, and was fourth in the wild Super 1600 main event. Bob Gordon always does a good job in the stadiums, and he took second in his 1600 heat race but luck deserted him later and he did not finish the main event. Kevin Smith charged into third in his Super 1600 heat race, but troubles in the feature put Kevin's Mirage out of the action in that race. Whelchel. Frank Arciero, Jr. was a close third, followed by Jimmy Nichols and Troy Herbst, all driv-ing Chenowths. The second Super 1600 heat, also had ten starters and Marty Hart, tuned to the track from his Superlite heat, was on the pole with Bob Gordon alongside. Kevin Smith, Mirage, was outside in row 2. Hart and Smith are mates on the Castrol GTX team. Hart lost little time moving to the front, and extended his lead. After one lap he was ahead of the herd by four car lengths, and at the halfway mark he had increased his lead to eight car lengths. But then Gordon and Smith, locked in a duel for second began closing in, cutting Hart's lead to three lengths, then to one length on lap 7. But then, going into a tight corner, Gordon and Smith banged together and almost came to a complete stop before getting disengaged and continui_ng. Now Marty Hart had a comfortable margin for the remaining distance and won handily in his Chen-owth. Bob Gordon finished second with Kevin Smith right on his bumper at the line. Eric Arras was fourth followed by Ed Herbst, both driving Chenowths as was Gordon. Ivan Stewart started the evening off right, leading off the line in heat 1 tor trucks, and after eight laps Ivan had the Toyota in the lead for the win. The second truck eight lap heat all waiting to restart as the hydro was another bash. Rick Johnson's barriers were put back in place Chevy was on the pole with from Johnson's incident. The Walker Evans alongside, and all spot must have been jinxed ten were back on the grid. Evans because on the restart Roger grabbed the lead, but before half a Mears Jr., Nissan, climbed the lap was completed, Johnson's same-section of barriers and truck climbed a barrier and was wound up the same as Johnson, high centered, bringing out the high centered. This brought out yellow and a restart. After being another yellow and restart. removed former motorcycle star This time Walker Evans went Johnson moved back into his orig-into the lead hotly pursued by inal pole position for the side by Johnson and Thompson in Che-side restart. The two Toyotas vies. On lap 3 going into a 180 were now in the next to last row, degree turn, Thompson hit Evans The Superlites are getting more popular every race. Tim Baker drove his B & R racer to a resounding victory in the first heat for the tiny cars. and caused the Dodge to roll, bringing out a third caution and restart. Thompson was penali:ed by the Rough Driving Committee however, for rolling Evans, and was placed last on the restart. Evans took off again, but on the fourth lap Millen moved his Toy-ota into contention and it became a Dodge /T.oyota duel. Rick John-son, in only his second race since retiring from motorcycle racing and joining .the Nelson and Nel-son team, was in third and looking good. Evans and Millen were often side by side, but the Dodge managed to cling to the lead. Meanwhile Johnson dropped back to fifth, as Stewart's Toyota and Mears Jr's Nissan went by. With one lap to go the Evans and Millen duel continued, but then, in a first turn tangle, Mears Sr. flipped his Nissan. But the leaders were ahead of this action and r,1ced to the combined Checker-ed/ Yellow. Walker Evans won with Rod Millen second followed by Ivan Stewart, Mears Jr_. and th\: Doing a one wheel balance act young Jimmie Johnson gathered it up just fine and the 16 year old won his heat race and was fourth in the main event in the Briggsbuilt Superlite. Dusty Times Fords of Rob MacCachren and Greg George. The course is reversed for the motorcycles, and 18 starters came out for Ultracross heat l, eight laps of action. Scott Steffy, from Washington was on the pole with Oregon rider Mike Bell alongside both riding Su:ukis. But defend-ing class. points champion Mike Craig, Kawasaki, shot through for the lead before half a lap was completed, and he pulled away quickly. By the time Kyle Lewis, June 1991 Tommy Croft has a good season going in his UltraStock Jeep Cherokee. and the points leader won his heat race. but dropped to fifth in the main event. Brian Collins had a good night in the sano Porsche, winning his UltraStock heat and then he flew high off the jumps to fourth spot in the main event. Yamaha, worked his way through went on to victory. Lewis got traffic to challenge, Craig had an second and Ray Crumb, Kawa-insurmountable advantage and saki was l.:r PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA DENNY'S ~~ RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERY.DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 40 YEARS Page 11

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Don Koll moved from a 1600 to the UltraStock Toyota. and does a wheelie here as he chases down the pack; he placed third in his heat race too. Defending points champ in Super 1600s Frank Arciero Jr. piled up more points in his Chenowth taking third in his heat and a good second in the feature. With a new sponsor in Castro/ G 7 X this season Marty Hart is coming on very strong, and he won his Super 1600 heat and was third in the feature in his Chenowth. ,_.. third, followed by Lowell Thomson, Yamaha and Mike Bell. In the second Ultracross heat Kawasaki's Ryan Huffman appeared to have the win in hand . until three laps from the finish when he lost the lead to a hard charging Larry Brooks, Yamaha, and then, on the next lap he lost second place to Gene Naumac, Kawasaki. Next, in a dramatic fin-ish Naumac moved into the lead and nipped Brooks right at the line for the victory. Huffman fin-ished third followed by Ryan Car-lisle and Scott Myers, both on Kawasakis. The Main Events began with the UltraStocks, with nine survi-vors on the grid and Chris Neil's Pathfinder on the pole. Neil jumped into an immediate lead in front of the announced attend-ance of 37,218. The Porsche of Brian Collins and the Jeep Chero-kee of Larry Noel trailed the leader. Afrer three laps Collins had moved up on Neil and actu-ally center-punched the Nissan :tt one point which probably didn't do the 911 much good. A lap later, trying to take second Noel collided with Collins as the pair came together in the first turn and both vehicles got upside down. Both were put back on their wheels by course workers and carried on. These guys are getting as wild as the "truckers! On the restart Neil again moved to the Walker Evans led most of the way and when in counted in his Dodge in the second truck heat, winning that one, and he was fourth in the first heat. ' .:>nt, but this.time it was Tommy Croft's Jeep Cherokee nipping at his bumper. Croft won the argu-ment on the white flag lap, taking the lead as they crossed the start/ finish line. Tommy Croft went on to win the main, with Neil taking second ahead of Jack Millerd, Cherokee, and Larry Noel and Brian Collins were fourth and fifth respectively. Proving that the race is not necessarily over when the checkered flag drops, Tommy Croft was penali:ed five positions by the Rough Driving Commit-tee, but the heinous crimes he did on the track were not explained. So Neil was given the win and the other three each moved up a The Skat T;ak ATV Main Event had 18 starters facing eight laps. Heat winner Keith OiBrino took the early lead and held it for four laps. Then Gary Denton shot past with defending class cham-pion Mark Ehrhardt also getting through. Gary Denton hung on to win for Honda, and Mark Ehrhardt was second on a JP, fol-lowed by the Hondas of Craig Teel and Donavon Holland and the JP of Niclas Granlund. The Superlites also faced an eightlap Main Event and 14 of the tiny cars we're on the grid, with Mercedes Gon~ales on the front row. However, Terry Peterson grabbed the lead on the first lap and he went wire to wire on his Briggsbuilt to take the victory. But it wasn't easy for Terry as he had a strong, race long challenge from Gon:ales who finished second. At one point Gon:ales was even with Peterson, but couldn't quite pass, but the action hnd the crowd on its feet. Third went to Mercedes' Nature's Recipe Pct Food teammate Ren-nie Awnna, fourth to Joe Price, a pnraplegic in his Triplt: EEE, and first heat winner Tim Bnker was fifth, as many stars faded in this race. Scheduled for 12 bps the Super 1600 Mnin Event displayed 18 starters for what would probahly he n busy race. Bob Gordon was on the pole with two time class ~hampion Mitch Mustard along-side. As expected Gordon took an immediate lead. Not as expected, pre-race favorite and defending class champion Frank Arciero Jr. got tangled up in the second turn, and he was seventh before he could get back into the fray. Then Gordon stalled on lap 2 and retired handing the lead to Mitch Mustard, hut now Jerry Whelchel was second and Marty Hart third. Tht; yellow came out when Jimmy Nichols stopped on course, hlocking the track and Mustard rolled giving the lead to Whel-chel. Arciero was fourth on the restart. Jerry Whelchel never lost his lead in his new model, auto-matic trans car, but the race was a hectit: one. Hart took second on lap 6 and Arciero moved to third on lap 7. Meanwhile, Mustard had moved all the way from last to fifth. On lap 8 Hart and his team-mate Kevin Smith tangled sligh ti y, allowing Arciero to shoot past into second where he fin-ished. Hart came back to take third while Mustard was able to salvage fourth with a brilliant drive from last place. Tim Herbst finished fifth ahead of Kevin Smith. The Ultracross Main Event had 20 starters looking at 10 laps, usually longer laps than those for the cars. It took Kawasaki rider Gene Naumec four laps to capture the lead from Lance Small's Yamaha. Once in front Naumec was never threatened. He won eas-Roger Mears Jr. is doing very well this year, and he drove the Nissan to fourth in the second truck heat and scored a fine second in the feature. Rob MacCachren digs out of a hole in his Ford, and Rob got his truck i.'lto second in the first heat, and a fine third in the wild main event action. Larry Noel earned his UltraStock #1 plate in a VW, but now he drives a Jeep. and took second in his heat and a good third in the hectic main event. Leading a pack here Jack Millerd has his Jeep Cherokee going well in '92 and he was fourth in the first UltraStock heat, and second in the feature. PagcH Joe Anchondo is Chris Neil's Nissan teammate in the stadium series and Joe got a fine third in the first UltraStock heat, but faded in the main. 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Making it a 2-3-4 finish for the Nature's Recipe Briggsbuilt S1,1perlite team, Rennie Awana hopped and drove his racer into a close third in the main event. Tim Herbst, foreground, dices with Bill Goshen and another car in Super 1600 competition, and Herbst went on to his best finish, fifth in the main. Jimmy Nichols has a new paint scheme for his Bo/ink sponsored car this year and Jimmy took fourth in the first Super 1600 heat race. Brian Stewart sets the Dodge Dakota up for a turn and he kept it together and finished fourth in the Grand National Truck main event, always wild. Roger Mears did not have the best of luck in Seattle, taking his Nissan to third in the first heat and into fifth in the body beating main event. Eric Arras is back in stadium racing this year, and placed fourth in his Super 1600 heat, but got behind in the yellow flag action in the feature. ily over Small while Ryan Carli-sle, Kawasaki, took third ahead of Kyle Lewis and Mike Craig, Kawasaki rounded out the top five. Last on the program is the GN Sport Truck Main, and it often takes a bit of time to run the 12 laps. The T oyotas of I van Stewart and Rod Millen had the front row with Rob MacCachren, Ford and Roger Mears Sr., Nissan in row 2. Stewart flipped in the first turn while Millen took the lead. There was a full ·restart. Stewart was back on the pole, minus hood, roof and door. Suddenly Stewart pulled off the course to the pits, and the restart began. Ivan was sent to the pits because he had no cab r_oof, required in the rules. He had it quickly fixed, but Catch 22 was that the rules do not permit a vehicle to return, once it has exited the track, so Stewart was a dnf. Back in the race Millen con-tinued to lead with MacCachren COAST 1-800-634-6755 1-800-331-5334 Dusty nmes second, Mears Jr. third, but his Nissan was smoking badly. After having rolled earlier, Mears Sr. had moved back to fifth, but then rolled again on lap 9. As the cars slowed MacCachren also pulled up with a fire which was put out as Rob moved into second for the restart. After climbing a barrier Walker Evans' Dodge was out. Rod Millen won in a dramatic fin-ish that saw MacCachren com-plete the race with a fire still burn-ing under the hood. Rob lost second place to Mears Jr. on the last lap and stopped safely after crossing the line in third place. The Dodge of Brian Stewart was fourth, followed by Mears Sr., Nissan and the Chevy of Danny Thompson, sixth and the last finisher. As the MTEG show heads for Texas, Rod Millen leads the truck points by a good margin over Ivan Stewart and Rob MacCachren. Mitch Mustard sti II leads the Super 1600 points, but Marty Hart is getting close and so is Jerry Whelchel and Frank Arciero Jr. Tommy Croft leads Brian Collins in UltraStock points and Chris Neil is third. In Super lites Terry Peterson has a slim, five point lead over Jimmie Johnson and Rennie Awana is third. Mark Ehrhardt leads the ATV points followed by Gary Denton and Donavon Hol-land and the bike points leader is still Mike Craig, followed by Kyle Lewis, Larry Brooks and Gene Naumec. Las ~g·as, Nevada June 1991 Page 13

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SCCA NORPAC DIVISIONAL RALLIES Doo Wop Mini Rallies #J and #4 was also n~aking another guest appearance, this time driving Dave Snyder's Lancia Scorpion "037 wannabe". The first stage proved fateful for hoth teams, however. The Lunds collected a puncture which cost them a minute and probahly the win overall. As it was they finished fifth. Carter and Snyder ran into prohlcms early in the first stage when the highly-strung Lan-cia threw a fan helt and hoiled all the wrytcr out of the engine. They fixed it up at service and ran the rest of the day for fun. Chris-tensen and Chelgrcn also retired when they went off at the specta-tor corner and then had a small l'nginc fire. Kirk Simons waiteLl until stage 2 to roll his Opd Manta. He hit a hank and flipped, flattening the whole right side of the car, much to the dismay of co-driver Mike Jones. B:,1 Dm•l' Clark The Northern Pacific Div-isional Rally folks have hegun to send reports on their events, and we wish more divisions would. What some called the rally week-end from Hell was actually hack to hack divisional events on March 14 and 15. OK it wasn't that had, hutcertninly a frw tl'ams were left reaffirming any supl·rsti-tions they may have had ahout running a rally on the weekend after Friday the 13th, what with three cars turning the dirty side up and a host of others suffering var-ious mechanical prohkms. Thl' weather in Elma, WA turned out ½nseasonahly Jry and sunny for Doo Wop Mini Rally /.13. In thl' Capitol Forest that means dusty and slick stages. That and freshly graded roads were prohahly con-trihuting factors to NorPac Oiv-isional points leader Greg and Lynn Lund landing their Pacific Race & Rally Ma:da 323 on its roof four miles into the first stage. Rick Beson and Don Gihson were the next to retire when a n:ar huh hroke on their Ma:da 323 at the end of ,t;ip,• 2. With hoth of Check Out the DUSTY TIMES Special aub Sub Offer C.11 (111) 119·5600 or write DUSTY TIMES 5331 Derry Ave., Suite 0 AgQUl'll, GA 9-136-L the 4WD cars out one would think that Grant Whiting and Ray Damitio must have had a rela-tively easy win in their Coachman Racing Dodge Colt, hut that was not the case. In fact, the top five cars were turning in stage times only seconds apart. Whiting felt the most pressure from Sam Bryan and Mark Sim-ons in the Pacific Ran: & Rally Saah 99 turho. Thq finishe,l second overall, 19 seconds he hind Whiting/Damitio, and that included a win on stage 2. Their car didn't escape unscathed however. On the sponsor run after the rally proper Sam drove over a rock and tore off a rear control arm, losing the spring in the process. He was ahlc to limp back to service, though, with parts dragging under the car. Third place was nailed down hy the B& W Imports sponsored Pacific Race & Rally Ma:da RX-7 of John Christensen and Rod Chelgren. Fourth overall went to Vern Johnson and Ben Rrndlcy in an aggressively driven Toyota Corolla followed in fifth place hy Tim and Penny Paterson's RX-7. Class 2 was won hy Gary Smith and Terry Simons in their vividly colored Ma:da RX-3 after class leaders John Sparks and Don Schroeder pu't their Toyotn off the road for 34 minutes on stage 2. Second r,lacc was claimc,l · hv • 4 - 100 .MILE LAPS the Ford Mustang team of Mike Halliday and Phil Roth followed closely by Gary Caffroy and Tom Dolan in an RX-3. The surprise of the event was the speed at which the Class 3 winning team of Steve Walker and Dave Lowe were driving. This team competed in three or four events a couple of years ago in a Datsun 5 I 0, but were giving their new Dodge Omni GLH Turbo its debut on this rally. They finished eighth overall and heat all the Class 2 cars to hoot. Second in Class 3, over two minutes down were Scott Fuller and Scan Wade who seem to he coming to grips with their VW Golf. Third went to Janice Damitio and Monty Horn who had to struggle a hit at the end when their Datsun 510 was left with only third gear. The Rally Lite class was once again won hy Gem· and M 'Liss McCullough who finished sev-l'nth overall. John Forcspring and Jan Halliday hrought their Toyota Starlet home second in class fol-lowed hy Scott Simons and Scott Parsons in their new Honda Civic. Of the 22 starting cars, 18 made it to the finish line. The Doo Wop 4 on Sunday promisl'd to he very interesting indeed. The Lund's had gotten a new windshield taped into their disfigured Mazda 323 and were n:ady to do hattlc. Alan Carter The rally win once again went to Grant Whiting and Ray Dami-tio, hutjustharcly. ltwassoclose in fact, that on stage 3 the top five cars were separated hy ORiy six seconds and Grant was fifth. Sam Rryan and Mark Simons again fin-ished second overall, this timt· hy only nine seconds. Sam won· the last stage and then, perhaps in a fit of excitement-, rolled his car just after crossing the finish line. The Sanh landed on its wheels, how-ever, and he was ahlc to rcgnin the road and drive down to the con-trol hl'fore the nl·xt car came along. Third over.ill was captured hy Tim and Penny Paterson, who also won a stage in thl'ir RX-7. Fourth overall went to the con-sistl'nt Vern Johnson and Ben RACE COURSE INSPECTION ENTRY FEES:~ • PRO $375 Bradley who nlso were fourth fas-test on every stnge. Class 2 went to Gary Caffroy and Tom Dolan who put in an outstanding drive to heat John Sparks and Don Schroeder hy six seconds and finish eighth overall. Third in Class 2 was taken hy Mike Halliday and Phil Roth in the Mustang just one second hehind Sparks. Now that's some close racing! Class 3 was once again domi-nated hy Steve Walker and Dave Lowe who were driving fast enough to make some of the Class 1 teams nervous. They finished a rcmarkahlc sixth overall which was all the more impressive con-sidering their Dodge Omni T urho is completely stock right down to the suspl'nsion. Scott Fuller and Janice Damitio again finished second and third in class. The Gene McCullough class, I ml'an thl' Rally Lite class was won yet again hy, \'OU guessed it, Gene .'v1cCullough. The fast and uphill nature of thl' stages, however, favored powerful cars and this was reflected in his 13th overall placing in the Datsun. The second round on Sunday saw a good 19 of the 22 starters cover the route. It sounds like thl· rally group in Washington have a good series going with good participation, mostly local. With four classes to t"hoosl' from it sounds like there is a place for every aspiring rallyist, and we must admit the Rally lite class sounds intriguing. Are these light weight cars or! It seems odd that there are no trucks rallying in the northwest, as that is certainly truck country. • MAY 20-23 $200/ENTRY INTO PURSE • RACE HEAD(luARTERS AT DINl'S LUCKY CLUB • CHALLENGER $275 $100/ENTRY INTO PURSE • SPORTSMAN $175 • YERINGTON, NEVADA $500 PURSE Dusty Timcs 75 MILES SOUTH EAST OF RENO ON HWY A95 VALLEY OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION AND PRE -REGISTRATION CONTACT VORRA 1833 LOS ROBLES BLVD. SACRAMENro, CA 95838 (916)925-1702 June 1992 Page 15

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The SNORE Twilight 100 Photos: Don Do:,iton Troy Herbst had the Chenowth first off the line. and he stayed first all the way to the checkered flag. winning the Unlimited class points and overall honors despite losing third gear. February and March were dark and stormy months in the southwest and Las Vegas did not escape the almost weekly deluge, rare for the desert areas. The Southern N·evada Off Road Enthusiasts lucked out on their end of March Twilight 200 race. It had rained every day for a week before the race, and then rained the week after in the Vegas Valley. but race day was beautiful. warm, sunny and even nice after dark. Traveling into Las Vegas on the Friday, we thanked SNORE for making this event a one day affair, all activity but the awards took place on Saturday, March 28, which as mentioned dawned clear and later sunny and warm. But the race site in the El Dorado Valley near Henderson showed evidence of the heavy rains, in fact, some claimed the infamous rocks had gotten softer with all the water soaking. In fact the course had been smoothed out almost too much, with some of the trails. at near freeway speeds, albeit a lumpy freeway, but there was plenty of rough stuff left on the 43 mile course to challenge all classec; of racers. This event the racer~ got a pre-run, at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. limited to 30 mph, and then they had plenty of time to tinker before registration and tech opened at noon. At the driver's meeting the time limit of seven hours was announced for all classes, with 112, 10, and 1-2-1600 required to cover five laps, while classes 5-1600, 9 and 7 would need only four rounds for an official finish. Race Steward Bill Shapley admonished all drivers to avoid tearing any ribbon off the one flagged desert turtle burrow, which would be monitored and offending cars would be disqualified. Also drivers were told that their taillights must be worki~g. and if they were observed without taillights, they would be pulled off course until they had them working. All were asked to pass with care as half the trails were relatively narrow. and the damp desert was more fragile than u su al. The upside, of t h e dampness was another dust free race in southern Nevada, almost unheard of until this past winter. Immediately after the 3:00 p.m. drivers meeting, the cars were staged with Class 1 .12 leading off followed by 10, 1-2-1600, 5-1600, 9 and 7, 45 in all. The single Class 4 Dodge truck was paired with the 5-1600s for purse, but not points. At 4:00 p.m. Troy Herbst was first away in his single seat Chenowth, but thirty seconds later Pat Dean and John Gaughan left in a two seat Chenowth, but breathing down their tailpipe was the big Class 8 Venable Ford truck of Rob MacCachren. Rob's team was there to do some real world testing with new suspension and drive train components. SNORE had put in a five mile carhuretion test track which was open in the early afternoon, and Rob had used it most of the time it was open, not only testing the new stuff but giving all his friends a ride in the awesome Venable Racing , Friendly Ford/Southwest Racing truck. But sitting in the right SL'at for the first race lap in the Ford was SNORE President Mike Halverson, a Class 10 racer, and he was properly awed by the ride, handling and speed. Only three started in Class I .'2 as most of the regulars were still licking their wounds inflicted at the Nissan 400 earlier in March. Troy Herbst hdd his lead on l ap I, M a cCachre n s topp ed before the finish line at his pit to put Steve O lliges in for a ride, and unluck y Dean /Gaughan lost a rocker arm in the Porsche somewhere on the first lap and retired. T his team also had poor karma with the Nissan 400 course. After two laps Troy held first on the road and on time, Rob MacCachren stopped again so the team could sel' how the new stuff was working, and then Rob set fast lap in the race at 40:4 7 on lap 1. It reminded us of Larry Ragland's firc;t ride in the Class 8 Nelson and Nelson Chevy truck on this very same L·ourse, at a SNORE race a year and a half ago. Larry was only supposed to do a couple of laps, but he wac; having so much fun on his first big truck ride, that he didn't quit until the Class 10 had a good field. but they followed Californians Kevin McGillivray and Don Angel most of the time. and they led the pack the distance. settinq class fast lap too. to win Class 10 by four minutes. -·-----gas was too low to make another the final lap: Meanwhile former round. regulars at SNO RE races from O n the next lap Troy Herbst southern California, Kevin lost third gear in the five speL'd , McGillivray and Don A ngel but MacCachren stopped on a startn l (irst and stayed out front hill, just past the start/ finish line, setting fast class lap at 45:5 1 on and hy now it was getting dark, the first lap. Second on time after hampering rescue efforts. It wac; a o n e round wt· rt· teenagers broken front spindk on the Ford, Brendan Gaughan and J .( :. DL·an and it took a lot of time to get the in a two seat Chenowth at 52 :S5. truck off course, on a trailer, and follown l in about three minutes headed home in ·second place. 611 Darren Wilson.iKeith Under-H erbst's last two lap times wood and seconds later by Rocky dropped a few minutes off his Magee/_James Warren. pace, but he got five laps in forthe After three laps it sorted out class and overall victory. The car with McGillivra y: Angel still first also smoked heavily on the last on time and on the road, about laps. Troy said-he had to stop seven minutes up on Wilson 1 twice to add oil, but felt the new Underwood, who had put some car blues would be curl'd by the time on Gaughan/Dean who next race. He averaged 55 miles stopped for a driver change, and per hour for the 210 miles in the Rocky Magee/James Warren Barharv Coast sponsored car. were close in fourth. Californians Class 10 had a good field of Brent and Greg Gustin and Greg eight, nearly all potential winners. Shapiro lost 50 minutes on the Only two failed to finish, but first lap but they were whipping others had plenty of troubles off 50 plt1s minute laps now and getting home. Brent Bell and Scott running fifth . Dennis Kordonowy, Bedford were off tht.· pace from who tows from Carson C it\', and tht.' start with over hour lap times, likes night racing, had a trans and they gave it up after three rroblem right off the line, and laps. Jim Eary/ Doug Barnett/ after a good hour and a half Steve Allen finished 4!/2 laps changing the trans, he carried on before their car, having lost the with a 52 and a 46 minute lap, but belly pan, expired at Check 2 on trouble struck again on the final Rob MacCachren did real world testing ,n the Venable Ford. set fast lap of the race. but the test ended with a broken spindle in the rocky terrain. - - -- -------.. Darren Wilson and Keith Underwood moved into second midway in the five lap race. and they got over the rocks to finish second in the Class 10 contest. Brendan Gaughan and J.C. Dean ran second for a time in the Class 10 Chenowth. had brake and tire woes. but the youngsters carried on to third in class. Bryan Pennington led the first 1600 lap with a very quick lap. but had to stop often after that tor various problems but still finished second in class. Page 26 June 1992 Dusty Times

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Bob and Rob Guevara ran good lap times until the last one when . Bekki and Ken Freeman Sr. had a bunch of riders in the 1-2· the exhaust broke. slowing them a bit, but they still came in a 1600, some good lap times even with the stops, and they Regan and Tory Gubler fly out of one of hundreds of nasty holes on the course and they got in four of the five laps with big troubles on lap 4 with the 1600. good third in Class 1-2-1600. finished a strong fourth in class. Class 1-2-1600 had a good field, but none caught Mike Spina who rolled on the first lap, set fast lap on the second go, rolled again on the last lap and won by 13 minutes in his new Mirage. Class 9 was the biggest bunch with 17 starters. but Mike Dixon got the lead with the [ast lif-p on lap 2, and he ran trouble free from flag to flag and won the big class and the $500 bonus. round and he finished sixth. Instant Inversion Syndrome. Mike Spina did the first roll bar test about 40 miles into the first lap, but· only lost a couple of minutes. Bryan Pennington led the first lap with a 48:36 followed , by Regan and Tory Gubler, then Spina and Bob and Rob Guevara, all in sight of each other. Meanwhile Dan Ischo didn' t cover a lap, and Paul iJ.nd Gordy Kline and Paul Roberts followed a good first lap with a slow one and were not seen again. Danny Anderson and Larry Job did two quick laps then succumbed to SIIS. After three rounds Spina, who did a 48:09 for fast lap in the class on lap 2, followed with a 49 and led the herd in his new Mirage. Pennington was about four minutes hack running second follo we d by the Freem a ns, Antill / Colan, and G uevaras, all in the same minute. It was well after 8:00 p.m. when Mike Spina flipped again within sight of the finish line in the same hole that caught Danny Anderson, but he landed on the wheels, and his only other trouble was a front flat he gathered passing a slower car, but it was quickly changed by the Guevara crew. Mike not only won Class 1-2-1600, but he finished third overall. Bryan Pennington came in second despite stopping every lap, first w_ith a front brake problem, then for CV service more than once, a fix for the lights and finally with a flat. Still he finished fifth overall, some 13 minutes behind Spina. Taking third in class were Bob and Rob Guevara although they did slow with a broken exhaust on the final lap. Placing fourth in class was the racing family Freeman with Bekki and her dad Ken Sr. doing the driving, and they had a host of riders in the two seater. They all really enjoy off road racing. George Antill and Kevin Colan started strong, but then George had a bolt shear in the steering which sent him on a high speed excursion through the boonies. They were fifth in Class 1-2-1600. Regan and Tory Gubler had a good first and third lap, trouble on the second, a major problem on the fourth and did not finish, maybe another SIIS victim. There was a fine turnout in Class 9 and of the 17 cars only one failed to complete a lap, and that Up front Kevin McGillivray and Don Angel turned a couple of 50 minute laps, then a 53 to win Class IO by over four minutes, a good margin for this class. Kevin nursed a flat tire for the final 15 miles and they still not only won the class bu·t took second overall by just seven seconds from the J 600 winner. Darren Wilson and Keith Underwood finished with a pair of 50 minute laps to take a solid second in class and place a sparkling fourth overall. Darren found an unsoftened rock on the first lap, ran five miles on a flat to a pit, then Keith U nderwood did the final two rounds for the fine fini sh . Brendan Gaughan / ] .C. Dean had a long mid race stop for fresh tires and to cure some brake trouble, but got back on pace to take thi rd in class. J.C. just turned 17 , Brendan is 16; thi young team has a bright future. Rocky Magee and James Warren had four good laps, a d isaster on the fifth one but they salvaged fourth in Class 10 , followed in by Brent an d Greg Gustin and Greg Shapiro who just missed getting a trophy. Class 1-2-1600 fielded nine chargers, and SNORE is calling them the "SUS" class for Sudden The 5-1600 field was a 'trio, but they all finished the course, with Patrick Carter and Steven Waller taking the class honors in a very tight race against the Class 4 truck. Dusty Times June 1992 was the.team of Gary Brewer and Mitchell Franta. Joel Davis · and Eric Hymes got in just one long lap, as did Giti Gowland and Barry Bates. Usually contenders Steve Eve r s m e ye r a nd Jim Wischmeyer lost the ring and pinion on lap 3 while running with the leaders. The Charles Davids, Jr. and Sr. had no luck at all getting in three long laps before parking. But out front on lap 1 was Mike Dixon, who got to .the track after the drivers meeting and just before the start. He took the lead on time after starting almost last. Dixon held the lead with class fast lap, 55:05, on the second go, ran trouble free, led all the way, and finished with a 55 and a 56 lap to win Class 9 and the $500 bonus along with the class purse. After lap 2 Kenny Freeman Jr. was running second then slowed with troubles to eventually finish fourth. 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Billy Holbrook ran solo. stopped once for gas, and had no problems other than some slow traffic, and he zipped past this hole into second in Class 9. Gene Griepentrog and Kent Lothringer ran fast until last lap woes, and they dropped to third in Class 9 only a couple of minutes out of second place. Kenny Freeman Jr. ran second for two laps in the Challenger contest. but he had troubles on the last two laps, and dropped back to fourth still close on time. ~:¢>· ' .:-,ii ; Tim Grain's car had a new team driving off the start. Ian Dent and Dave Morwood. and they did a good I0b with consistent laps and were fifth in Class 9. Forest Ellis and Ted Carlson came from Beatty to race, had a first lap disaster. but got running again and finished 12th in Class 9. last 0 /A. Jeff and Tom Bahia set fast lap in Class 5-1600 on the third round. had first lap trouble. but went on to finish second by a Combined with the 5-1600s for purse. the Class 4 Dodge of Bill Dickton Just made it. stopped right at the flag as the flat front tire sank into the soft sand, but Dickton won the purse. llr third, just two minutes back. Running most consistent laps, all under the hour, Billy Holbrook ran alone, stopped once for gas, got stuck behind some 5-1600s, but had no ~ Pit Protection from Sun and Showers Add your team or sponsor's name abcNe your car in an instant with a KD Kanopy. We 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 many 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. • CIC ~ ...,... KD Kanopy® ...... mechanical trouble and took second. Forest Ellis and Ted Carlson were 12th, the absolute last to finish all required laps, and again won the Dusty Times contingency prize. Scott Pearce and Bill Cockreil came in 11th with a very long second lap. Dennis and Dale Looney had their trouble, an hour's worth, on the first lap and they finished tenth in Class 9. Sixteen year old Jason Avery and co-drivers Bill Avery/Jeff Dunham/Victor Matado ran to a good ninth at the flag. · More youngsters, 19 and l 7, Damon very close 5 minutes. Class 7 drew only four trucks out searching for the $1000 Yokohama bonus. Steve Ogle and Jack Bassett set fast lap on the first round. ran steady all the way to the checkered flag and the big cash in the Toyota. and Willie Jefferies came from Big Kevin Streety and Paul Klick led Bear City, CA, and drove a good the quartet with a fast 59:54 race into eighth place. Jeff and followed by the Dickcon truck. Clayton Carr turned consistent But Streety fost half an hour on lap times to finish seventh, with lap 2, and the Bug of Patrick Dan Mustoe just two minutes Carter/Steven Waller had the ahead of them in sixth. Placing lead midway. Next then it was fifth were Ian Dent and Dave Dickton, a half minute ahead of Morwood in the Tim Crain/Dean Streety and Jeff and Tom Bohla Richner Challenger and they did a were coming back from a first lap fine job. down time. In fact, they turned The three 5-1600s and the class fast lap on the third round, Class 4 Dodge posed the question 59:25. Carter held about a two -would the V -8 4x4 power minute lead heading into the last outrun the Baja Bugs? Well, a Bug , lap, but the Dodge, that had six had the Bill and Lynn Dickton I drivers listed, turned up the wick, Dodge covered on the first lap as finished on a flat and won by about 2½ minutes over Patrick Carter/Steven Waller, the 5 -1600 winners. The Bohlas were next only another minute and a half back followed in less than a minute by Streecy and the Klicks. This group had a 100 percent finishing ratio. The Yokohama $ 1000 bonus money is slowly drawing mini trucks to SNORE events. Four started ·this race, but Barry Slatter's brand new truck didn't cover a lap with front end troubles. Steve Ogle and Jack Bassett set class fast lap on the first one with a 1:02:01 in a 4x4 Toyota. They dropped some time on the second lap, but held the class lead midway, got a 1:07 and a 1 :05 final lap to win handily, in face the only class finisher. In · second but retiring on the last lap only 12 miles from a finish with incurable carburetor trouble were , Lyle Fraley and Rick Sanders. Todd Olcott and Tim Thackerson got in two laps for third, and had to keep working on the truck so they could drive it home. The Eldorado course has been said to be coo tough for trucks, but at the Twilight a big truck and a mini truck both finished their four laps in the time allowance, and chat has not happened before. Maybe it was the monsoons that smoothed the course out or 5758 Lamar St. Arvada. CO 80002 1-800-432-4435 Jason Carter learned quickly to clean the mud off his dad's Class 5-1600 winner in the post race impound area. a keen example of family racing teams. Almost all the class winners ·were gathered up on a flat bed to do the bit of spraying champagne on well wishers. This way you only get wet once! Page n June 199! Dusty Times

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Lyle Fraley and Rick Sanders ran well for three laps, but the carburetor went south on the last lap and they were second, a DNF after a fine run. Todd Olcott and Tim Thackerson retired after two troubled laps in their Toyota, but could still lay claim to third place in the mini truck class. Bill Dickton shows it is possible to pass on a narrow, rocky trail without knocking the traffic aside or straying off the beaten path either. How about those rocks' maybe the trucks are better prepared this year. Sunday morning once again the participants were treated to one ot those fabulous buffets at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, a gift to SNORE and racers from the owner Michael Gaughan. The race awards presentations follow-ed breakfast, and the overall finish rate was 64.44 percent. Time to get the backhoe out and rough up those trails! SNORE has a generous 60 percent payback in class so winners and those who placed well took home a check. Danny Anderson takes off on the third lap in the 1600 he shared with Larry Job, but the flight wasn't successful as he rolled down course past some spectators, and finally came to rest on the lid. but he wasn't hurt. Dusty Times Of course, the big money winner was Steve Ogle with Class 7 money and the $1000 Yokohama bonus, but Mike Dixon won the largest class in the race, got $495 •,r . plus the SNORE $500 bonus and , took home a husky check too. It does pay to race with SNORE. Keep water and shovel handy. Next for the club is the Caliente 250, north of the gambling mecca, in the quiet mountains of Lincoln County, where trees become an unusual hazard for desert racers, and the townspeople welcome the racers with open arms. The race is on May 29-30 and the course is a dandy, plus it is nice to be welcomed in an old fashioned manner, and the folks don't seem to mind a little dust fall out in the P.S.Don't forgetto checkwith local fire officials for apermit. town. A Public Service of This Magazme & The Advertising Council 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 Shie.lds • Drinkers • Kool Pac's • Pumper Motors • 4'-8' Hoses • :1985 Snell Approved Helmets We Also Convert Helmets! We Ship UPS Fax (714) 923-3118 June 199! Parker Pumper Helmets 2318 S. Vineyard, Ste B Ontario, Calif. 91761• Phone (714) 923-7016 ·~1-l VISA . ··• 1 Page t9 •

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SPRING FIRST ANNUALC LLENGE The first annual Spring Challenge in Marianna Florida will be held on Memorial Day weekend, beginning Friday, May 22 through Sunday, May 25. This off road event is being sponsored by the Marianna International Raceway Park and sanctioned by OFF ROAD AMERICA (ORA). Marianna is located in northwest Florida between Dothan, Alabama, 25 miles to the north and Panama City, Florida, 53 miles to the south. The exact location of the event is 10 miles north of Cottondale, which is located at the intersection of US231 and Interstate 1 O. The guaranteed purse for the event totals $36,450.00, with all entry fees being split on a percentage basis based on the number of entries. On the next page is a breakdown of the purse by class description. In addition to the guarantee, the winner of each class will receive complimentary registration and room accom odations at the fall eyent tentatively scheduled for lat October of this year. A minimum of three cars are required to make a class. ~ If you are entering more than one race, please make copies of the entry form for each class you enter. ~ If you preregister, you will·start in the front row in accordance with our receipt of the completed entry fo and you will be eligible to receive the 10% discount for the race fees. In order to be considered preregistered, your entry form MUST BE P TMARKED BY MAY Each driver registered will receive a personal weekend pass and three additional passes for ORA rules will be used to govern this event; these rules are similar to other.off road saner rules will be available upon request. Protests must be filed within 30 minutes of the rac protests must be in writing and accompanied by $500.00 cash. Protests must be filed with the ORA Technical Director or the Race Director or Gate fees for this event are as follows: Friday PRERUN events-gate~ open at 8am Saturday or Sunday Three day weekend pass· Pit Pass good for all weekend Camping fee per unit Children under 12 $10.00 $15.00 $25.00 $10.00 $15.00 FREE TO: NEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, El PASO, PHOENIX, LOS ANGELES GULF OF Mf x1c '-....._:__2 EQB._~_QNIODA TIONS CALL INTERSTATE 10 EAST/WEST JACKSON COUNTY CliAMBER OF COMMERCE 904-482-8061 DOTHAN AREA VISITORS BUREAU 205-792-5138 BAY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 904:785-5206 Situated in the rolling hill country of ~orthwut Florida, Jackson County has all the ini,-edients to support the needs of industry !ocatinir here. The county is centrally located in the southeast market area and borders both A:abama a.nd Georgia. J ackson County's land area consists or 932 ;quare miles or 596,480 acres. It's present economy consists primarily of agricultural , , commercial and light industry. 3 4 500 Distances rrom the county ct'nter, ~lari-anna, to lari:er cities in the southeast are as follows: Atlanta . . ........ . ......... 246 miles Birmingham ................. 259 miles Jacksonville ................. 240 miles ~liami ..................... 554 miles Mobile ..................... 235 tni les Or!ando . ................... 309 mill's PanJma City . ................. 53 miles Pens.-icola ................... 130 miles Tallahassee ... . ............... 66 miles Tampa ........•............ 315 miles -

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RACING SCHEDULE SATURDAY MAY 23 SUNDAY MAY 24 7:00am - 12:00pm 7:30am 9:00am - 9:30am 0:00am -10:30am 0:45am -11 :15am . 1 :30am -12 :00pm 2:15pm - 12:45pm 1 :00pm - 1 :30pm 1 :45pm - 2:15pm 2:30pm - 3:00pm 3:15pm - 3:45pm 4:00pm - 4:30pm 4:45pm - 5:15pm 5:30pm - 6:00pm Registration & Inspection Mandatory Drivers meeting Prerun Class 11 Class 5-1600 Class 13 Class 1-1600 Class 6 Class 9 Class 7 Class 4 Class 3 Class 5 Class 8 7:30am - 12:00pm 7:30am 8:15am - 8:45am 9:00am - 9:30am 9:45am -10:00am 10:15am -10:30am 10:45am -11 :15am 11 :30am -11 :45am 12:00pm - 12:30pm 12:45pm-1:15pm 1 :30pm-2:00pm 2:15pm - 2:45pm 3:00pm - FINISH Registration & Inspection Mandatory Drivers Meeting Prerun Class 1 Class 14 Rear Engine Limited Challenge 2x4, 4x4 Non Production Challenge Rear E;1gine Unlimited Challenge 2x4, 4x4 Production Challenge Womens Rear Engine Limited Womens Rear Engine Unlimited Womens Front Engine What You Brung* GUARANTEED P.!J.fil.E;_EQB._FIRST PLACE WINNERS ~ 1 1-1600 3 4 5-1600 6 7 8 ' 9 11S 13 PAYBACK ~ $3000 14 $1500 $1750 REAR ENG LTD $1700 $2000 6&7 CHALLENGE $1850 $3250 NONPRODUCTION $1250 $ 800 REAR ENGINE UNL $2200 $1500 PRODUCTION $3000 $3000 WOMEN REAR LTD $ 250 $3500 WOMEN REAR UNL TD$ 250 $2500 WOMEN FRONT ENG $ 250 $1000 WHAT YOU BRUNG $ 500 $1400 * What you brung is the event for all vehicles not registered or participating in any other class. For those who might like to experience the thrill of off road racing. TOTAL GUARANTEED PURSE $36,450 + 100% OF ENTRY FEES ~ ~RIANNA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY PARK SPRING CHALLENGE ENTRY FORM LEASE PRINT IRTH. _______ _ ~ ~ PHONE/WORK. ____ HOME. __ _ V EMERGENCYCONTACT _____ _ NAME. __________ _ PHONE/WORK. ____ HOME ___ _ RELATIONSHIP _______ _ MAIL ENTRY FORM ALONG WITH RACE FEE CALCULATION FORM TO: MIRP INC SPRING CHALLENGE PO BOX 1672 TALLAHASSEE, FL 32302 FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 1-800-238-3114 904-222-6469 NO ENTRY WILL BE PROCESSED UNTIL THIS FORM IS COMPLETE! MARIANNA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY PARK INC & OFF ROAD RACING INC {SPRING CHALLENGE} RACE FEES CALCULATION FORM DIRECTIONS: 1. USE ONLY 1 FORM FOR EACH DRIVER 2. PLACE AN ''.X" IN THE BOX NEXT TO EACH CLASS YOU ENTER 3. LIST THE CAR NUMBER 4. MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF R~CES BY THE $15.00 REGISTRATION FEE 5. 10% DISCOUNT IF POSTMARKED BY MAY 15, 1992 6. ADD THE TOT AL FEES FOR EACH DAY 7. ADD THE TOTAL FEES FOR BOTH DAYS DRIVER NAME ______ CITY ____ STATE. __ _ SATURDAY RACES CLASS FEES CAR# ( ) 1-1600 $ 75 ( ) 3 $115 ( ) 4 $115 ( ) 5 $115 ( ) 5-1600 $115 ( ) 6 $115 ( ) 7 $115 ( ) 8 $115 ( ) 9 $115 ( ) 11S $ 60 ( ) 13 $ 75 REGISTRATION FEE $15.00 PER RACE $ __ 10% DISCOUNT IF $ __ APPLICABLE ( ) 1 SUNDAY RACES CLASS ( ) 14 ( ) REAR ENG LTD ( ) 2X4 4X4 NON PRODUCTION CHALLENGE ( ) REAR ENG UNLTD ( ) 6& 7 CHALLENGE ( ) 2X4 4X4 PRODUC-TION CHALLENGE ( ) WOMENS REAR ENG LIMITED FEES $115 $115 $ 65 $ 65 $ 75 $ 65 $ 85 $50 ( ) WOMENS REAR ENG $ 50 UNLIMITED ( ) WOMENS FRONT ENG $ 50 ( ) WHAT YOU BRUNG REGISTRATION FEE $15.00 PER RACE 10% DISCOUNT IF APPLICABLE $50 $ __ $ __ CAR# TOTAL SATURDAY FEES $ __ TOTAL SUNDAY FEES $ __ SATURDAY FEES $__ MAKE YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: SUNDAY FEES $__ MIRP INC SPRING CHALLENGE TOTAL RACING FEES $__ PO BOX 1672 TALLAHASSEE FL 32302 FOR MORE INFO CALL 1-800-238-3114 904-222-6469 r

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Sportsman Vet was the largest class of the meet. and Randy Miller combined a pair of close thirds in the motos to take second p"iace class points home. Everett Paul. who used to race top fuelers_ . now runs in Sports-man Vet. taking second.in heat 1, dropping to sixth in heat 2, but In her first big race Corina Mack was second in the first heat, and Vim Nickell was fourth ,n the car in his heat, and the pair were fourth in Sportsman Novice racing. was third in points. -----------------------TheVORRA Prairie City Season Opener By Matt Marcher Photos: John Ames Floyd Haas drives the only Mini Mag in the series. and has a good lock on the Sportsman Vet Class. He won the first moto and finished second in the next one to win the class points overall at the race. It has been a long wait, but the grooming and fast short course ever subdued Garland Dyke's 1992 VORRA season has finally layout. commentary and the vocal talents arrived. The Valley Off Road A record setting number of of Angie Wolf singing the Racing Association season opener seventy-two entries, with some of national anthem all made for the was greeted by temperatures in the enthusiastic racers arriving as start of a great day of racing. the mid 60s, and a mild breeze. early as 4:30 a.m. for tech and The Sportsman Novice cars These seemingly ideal racing contingency inspection, started were the first to line up for .the conditions were undercut by the the season off right. The first moto with eight cars, eye abusing overcast skies. expanding field included Ron immediately followed by Class 9 Mother Nature was kind enough, Stobaugh's new Class l Ford running with only three cars in the however, to provide heavy rains truck and Don German's Class 4 class. The pole position was the previous week and some of Chevy. It all showed the rapidly occupied by Ken Wirth. In a the greenest grass ever seen at the growing interest in the North surprising turn around h e Prairie City OHV Park. George Valley racing program. The east finished last, blowing the Hinton is deserving of thanks as Sacramento facility attracted transmission on the first lap while well for the excellent track· nearly 1000 spectators, and the Peter Marks, starting eighth and running on a well used stock trans, zoomed ahead to capture " first in the initial race. Corina Mack took second place, in her first regular season race, her only previous experience in competi-tion being the 1991 powder puff race. Gentlemen beware of this fi:.-mme fat:i'!.:1 Terry Shdton was 1 thir,l followed hy Mack / Mack, and Keith Ison. The McLean and Miller team drove the old Blue Max to the heat 1 win, were second in heat 2 and_ ended up second overall in the slim Class 9 ranks. Unlike every other class racing that day, Class 9 barely attracted enough cars to race. Due to the just a three car entry the class ran with the Sportsman Novice class, on separate flags. The team of McLean/ Miller, driving former class champion Mike Bishop's old car won· the first race, the on! y one to complete all eight laps. Jack Dusty Times June 1992 Peter Marks won the first. muddy. Sportsman Novice heat. took a good second in the next moto. and came from the back of the pack to get the /Ob done. Marks was the points winner 1n class on the day. Bonesteel took second doing seven laps after he rolled 11/4 times in the first turn, while Ed Moore dropped out .on the first lap. Sp6rtsman Vet turned out to be the largest class of the day with 14 entries. Floyd Haas, driving the only Mini Mag in the VORRA series started the season off right winning the first Vet moto after taking second in class in last year's tight competition. Former top fuel racer Paul Everett held his start position all the way to the finish line for second. Randy Miller came in a close third. Jeromy Gordon, after starting on the pole finished fourth, holding off the other ten drivers. Amazingly, with all the cars on this tight course only one, Troy Robinson, was unahle to finish the required eight laps. Class IO was the third race ot~ the day with seven cars in the field including long time VORRA racer Ace Bradford in his new car. Ace won the first heat after starting in fifth position. Dana VanNoort came in second while Mike Gust finished third in his Toyota powered Hi Jumper. Also finishing were Jeff Eachus in fourth followed hy Dave Jefferies. Class l -2-1600 had one of the largest gr-~,.,., Slteli ·The Off-Rooder's Choice· . ~ ~~ DIIGI" .. \. ~ • E-Z ur INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 seconds! NO missing parts NO center poles NO ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics Instant Pit Shelter Lo Rona Contingency Sponsor HORR Contingency Sponsor E-l UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS, INC. 1044 N. Cole Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 · Page 33

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Dave Jefferies ended up fifth in the first Class 10 moto, but got moving quickly in heal· 2 to finish second. and he was third on Dana Van Noori followed the· trend to white cars this year. placed second in Class 10 moto 1 but dropped to fifth in the next one and was fourth overall. Dennis Dugan. a rookie last year, nailed down second ,n the first 1-2-1600 moto, dropped to fourth in moto 2, but he ended up second for the day on points. class points too. Al Baker and Craig Redding started seventh and finished third in moto 1, then took second in moto 2 and second in Class 2 overall on the day. Mike Bishop and Joe Fa/loon in Mike's car that they drove to fourth in moto 1 and then took third in moto 2 to finish the day third in Class 2 points. Jeff and Wes Elrod didn ·1 have their usual good day. but were second in the first Class 2 heat, sixth in the second, and salvaged fourth in Class 2 points. i;r, fields ever for t-he restricted class cars with 13 starters. Tim Riordan set a blistering pace for the first heat. After starting in ninth place he passed the eight lead cars by the midway point, and went on to victory. Dennis Dugan, last year's ard charging rookie, placed . second. Clayton Scudder came in third, and Sean Cook, running a "stock gearbox" placed fourth. All but one of the starters finished the eight laps. Odysseys were next with ten entries, up three from the 1991 verage. With the raised entries came some of the best racing seen in the class at this course. This round the Odysseys had to pick up the pace due to the reduction from eight laps to six. Miles Berghold, starting the race on the pole, was unable to hold his position and dropped to tenth, only completing five laps. Meanwhile Michael Dawes who started ninth passed the entire field to finish first. Mike Vanderburg started in second and finished in second spot, followed by Scott Stewart in third. DE UNZIO RACING PRODUCTS OFF-ROAD RACING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES ~-for free catalog phone (805) 683-1211 Page 34 Ace Bradford kept his mount clean and tidy as he charged around the Prairie City course. Ace won both Class 10 motos in his new car. a real beauty. and was naturally first in the class points for the cash. Class 4 came next with another surprise, seven entries, quite a gratifying turnout after last season's disappointing numbers at the last race. This year there were some noticeable changes; first the absence of Chad and Josh Hall from the field due to Chad's conflicting race schedule in SCORE and HORA and Josh's involvement in the Rod Hall Race School. Second is Don German handing down the old warhorse Jeep to his son Chris for driving in the Sportsman Vet class. Don, driving his new, virtually untested Chevy Stepside left the field wide open only completing three laps, the only first heat dnf. This allowed John Herman in the Jeep Honcho to finish first, minus first gear. Curt Wengeler came in second in the Archer Brothers sponsored rig. Shad Balch, another second generation driver was third. The final heat race of the first moto was for Class 2 Unlimited cars. Larry Deaton, fresh off his second place finish in the La Rana Presidential 250 desert race went one up with a first place finish in the nine car field where four didn't cover eight laps. Jeff and Wes Elrod came in second. The team of Baker and Redding · Tim Riordan flew past most of the Class 1-2- 1600 field. from a back of the pack start. to win the first moto. and he backed that with a second moto victory for the first place points and cash. finished a fast third while former Class 9 champion Mike Bishop driving his new-old car was fourth. Keith Robb finished fifth just ahead of last year's class champion Sam Berri, driving with an injured hand he wounded running the Nissan 400. The exotic Prism Design Ford of Ron Stobaugh, suffering from severe body roll due to its soft desert suspension, was unable to keep up with the other proven cars covering seven laps in seventh. Well back came the Whitnach & Rigsby team. Chuck and John Taylor were last in their Porsche, unable to finish the first lap. With the start of the second motos the weather turned sour bringing some ominous clouds and chilly winds, but this was no indication of things to come. Again the first group were the Sportsman Novice cars and Class 9 running at the same time. The team of Mack and Mack came up with the first place finish and were second on the day's points in Sportsman Novice Class. Peter Marks stalled his car on the grid in third not first gear, pretty dumb he said later. But the Forest Service fire fighter from Grass Valley was able to catch the pack and even pa'>s all but one car to Larry Deaton, fresh from a successfui desert race. zipped his Class.2 into first Michael Dawes dominated the fast growing Odyssey class that fielded ten· place in the first moto, survived the perils and won the second moto also, and starters. He drove his Honda Pilot to victory 1n both motos, and of course took had a perfect score and the points for the day. _th_e_o_v_e_r_a_ll_c_la_s_s_p_o_,_·n_ts_fo_r_th_e_ m_e_e_t. ______________ _ June 1992 Dusty Times

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Michael Vanderburg started second and finished second in the first Odyssey heat. was fifth in the next one. and finished third on points in class. Curt Wengeler and Craig Lemon finished second ,n the first Class 4 moto. dropped to third in the second round. and were third on points for the day. John Herman won the first Class 4 moto in the Jeep Honcho had some gearbox trouble and dropped to sixth in heat 2. and was fourth in Class 4. only completed four laps in the first moto due to a broken torsion bar, showed off some of the driving skills that made him the 1991 class champion and moved into second on the last lap to challenge Riordan in a photo finish, ending his day eighth in class. The team of Jon Havlick and Tyler Mort ran a strong race and finished the heat in third place, fourth in class points. Dennis Dugan came in fourth, finishing second overall in class while Shane Balch came in for his second fifth place finish of the day to end up third on points. Nine cars finished . . Mike Povey finished the first Class 4 heat fourth in his long nosed 4x4. then grabbed the lead in the final moto in the fate laps. and he held on to win on the track and on points for Class 4. The Odyssey class ran next, only running six laps, even though it was the third largest class of the day. Michael Dawes, whose Fox Shox were on at least half the cars at the track this day, started on the pole and ran the whole race with no problems, except the constant pressure from Scott Stewart. Dawes finished the race first in class and third overall. Scott Stewart came in second for the heat and second for the day. Ben Wald started to show his championship form and came in third in a Honda 350. His Pilot blew up in practice Saturday. John Hampton ran a consistent day, fourth in both the first and • second heats to finish the day fourth in class, while Mike Vanderburg crossed the line fifth, finishing the day in third. finish second, first on the day. Terry Shelton, aka Terrible Terry, ran a consistent race starting in third and finishing in third and was third on points. Vim Nickell took over the driving from Corina Mack for the second moto and came in fourth, finishing the car fourth on points for the day. Class 9 had troubles with only one car finishing the required eight laps. Gerald Croft took over the task of driving from Jack Bonesteel for the second heat, and he ended up the only finisher and walked away with first for the moto and first on the day for the team. The McLean and Miller team came in second only finishing five laps, for second in the class points, and Ed Moore apparently didn't start. The Sportsman Vet race started off right with all 14 cars lined up on the start grid, then in the second lap things got a little crazy when the Mazda truck of Dave Turner flipped on the second turn, bringing out the yellow flags and a few unhappy drivers, including Brian Holloway who, after working his way from last at the start to third was directed into a ditch by a safety official, but he was able to work his way to a seventh place finish, eighth in class for the day. Chris German, who placed sixth· in the first heat, lost all forward gears coming off the main jump, started to negotiate the t ck in reverse and backed his Jeep into a ditch. He was rock throwing distance from Turner's Mazda. Steve Bradford, who was 12th in the first race was first across the finish line, and ended the day fifth in class. Floyd Haas again showing the power of the Mini Mag finished the race in second, taking the honor ot being first in class and first overall with 89 points. Randy Miller finished third, ending the day second in class, while the Creasy Racing car crossed the line in fourth place and took fourth in class for the day. Dusty Times In Class 10 action Ace Bradford ag~in showed what he's made of shooting off the line and never looking back to take the heat win and finish first in the class points. Dave Jefferies who finished fifth in the first heat due to carb mixture problems, battled Mike Gust for second. Jefferies finally made his way to second with only half a lap to go, finishing the day in third. Mike Gust was third in the moto, and this was the first time Mike and co-driver Ken Pogue have taken the checkered flag under full power; they were second in class points. Jeff Eachus put his car on its side right in front of the stands but was uprighted quick enough to finish the race in fourth, the last eight lap finisher in Class 10. Class 1-2-1600 put every car back in the second moto line up. The closely matched cars were again expected to' put on quite a show. Tim Riordan started near the back of the pack and took off like a bat out of hell! By the end of the start grid he had launched into second position, hy the second lap he was in first and didn't let off until the checkered flag. Riordan not only won his class points but finished second overall for the day on points. Ken Ruff, who With increased entries in Class 4 we expected some good racing and that is what we got. Don German took the lead right off the start, only to suffer rear drive train problems and he withdrew from the race on lap 2, thus leaving the field open to 18 year veteran Mike Povey, who ended up crossing the finish line in first and winning the class and points for the firsttime in his long career. Shad Balch in the International ran a fast race holding Povey off until the final few laps and he was a close second, taking second in points. Curt Wengeler and co-In this IH Scout looks familiar it should be to desert folks. New dnver Shad Balch moved from seventh to third in the first moto. finished a close second after leaaing the next heat. and took second in Class 4. --------- ------- -June 199i driver Craig Lemon were third, driving a Jeep into third in the moto and third on the day. The final moto finisher was Trather Bosman. Larry Deaton started the season off right in his bid for the Class 2 championship, with the first heat win, the second heat victory and he ended the day with 74 points and the class lead. The team of Al Baker and Craig Redding finished the moto a close second to end their day second in class. Mike e Bishop and Joe Falloon ran the reworked racer to third place in the moto and third for the day while Sam Berri ran the Tom Martin Logging type 4 Cobra to fourth, the last eight lap finisher and he was fifth on points in the class. The end of a great day of racing had finally come. 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CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION A New Season For Northwest Racers Photos: Rich Carlson/Jod Nod/ Shdly Warren The area around Bend is laced with tall trees. the ground however is pure desert. Canadian Keith Trainor clears a checkpoint, and he ran well for live laps. but the race was s_e_v_e_n_la_p_s_. ________________ _ The first attempt at promoting IRS for a tax exempt numher and a desert race hy the newly formed open a hank account. OK; now 'AA'. Central Oregon Desert Racing have an association of seven Bend . Association took place on March arl'a racers, three locations in the 21, 1992 near Rend, OR. Thrc.:e nearby desert that the B.L.M. will J;l d area racers, Genelle Standi- allow us to race on, now what? f;)rd, Perry Warren, Terry Sil-Many'racers had been contacting haugh, and their families, got LeonardDay,ourrecentlyretired together in January and decided promoter, and he gave them they could not let racing die in the Terry's phone number. Racers northwest. So-they formed an from throughout the northwest association that could he run hy hegan calling to find out if there interested racers. In Fehruary the were going to he any races, to name was registered with the State offer their encouragement and to of Oregon Corporation Comm is- assist us. sion as a non-profit corporation. Soon we had a respectable mail-Next on the list was to contact the ing list, a date was set, RLM issued West Coast Distributor fO" HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS a permit, entries mailed, insur-ance obtained and do:ens of other details ;ittended to that we discovered had to he done. The support from racers was excellent. Several whose cars were not ready called and offered to help us with the many jobs that had to he done. On Friday, March 20, there were 2 I cars in the pits ready for the Saturday race. Pre-running was limited to Friday only and the speed limit was posted at 25 mph. Race d;iy started very cool hut gradually warmed to a respectable degree for the 10 a.m. start over the new 30.5 mile course. The rQute started on a fast road and within a mile racers soon learned there were also rocks. Once past the rock pile it was on the gas again over another fast section for ahout a mile where it entered the juniper forest. The entire 30.5 miles went like that, and many drivers stated it w;is a real challenge for the drivers and not just a high horsepower drive. The Pro cars started first, nnd first to get the green flag from starter S.K. Smith for this inaugural race was Mike Jones from Portland in his sanitary Class 5-1600. The second car was ,, Todd Francis heads out of the sagebrush. and even though he started over four minutes late he moved steadily up the Pro Buggy ranks finishing with fast lap of the day and took third overall Pro and the Pro Buggy victory. Despite a small field the Pro Trucks had a good race. but in the end it was a familiar sight as the bright orange Jeep CJ of Gordon Scott took the lead late in the race and ran to a trouble free victory. came apart though atter coming the lead. off the steep power lin'e road Roa ma / Kruse were also looking ahout two miles before check 2. good until an encounter with a Sheriff's Rescue personnel were slower car in the dust damaged the w;itching as Todd's car rolled and front end. After some excellent came to rest on its side. The pit work, they were as good as rescue team did just that quickly, new. Gellatly was still running and Todd was soon hack on his strong until lap 4. After a lengthy wheelsandoffagainwithminimal pit stop, he attempted to damage to the car. Meanwhile continue, but had to park for the HuffmanhadovertakenJonesfor day midway through lap 5, OUR PRICE $695.00 not in place when his start time Dodging through the big trees John Huffman came from Renton, WA to race. arrived so he was placed at the and though he is new to the sport he brought the buggy home second,,.., rear of the class while the clock Pro class. ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1962 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED -Page 36 was running. Next away was new racer John Huffman from Renton, WA in the ex-Winkus Mn:da powered single se;iter. Fourth off the line was the team of Greg Boama and Lloyd Kruse in a Funco two seater from Van-couver, WA. Fifth away was Tim Gellatly of Everett, WA in his very fast 1-1600 car. Todd Francis drove the last Pro buggy off the line, the Vancouver racer ' now four minutes down, being placed at the hack of the pack. Early reports from out on the course showed Jones running smooth in clean air with Huffman in hot pursuit. Boama and Gellatly were also running strong, keeping pace with Jones, Francis was flying trying to make up his four minute deficit. Todd's race June 199! .:::::::::==:::-:=:===========-==========-::::;----====:;;====;;::=-:-:; Greg Boama and Lloyd Druse wait to start in the wide open start/finish area and despite a little traffic trouble they finished the Funco third in Pro Buggy ranks. Dusty Times

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Mike Jones brought his 5-1600 from Portland, but had no class. so he ran with the Pro Buggies and drove the sano Baja Bug to fourth in the class. Diana Prine is very competitive in Pro Truck racing in the northwest, and only a late lap flat tire kept her from winning, her CJ taking second place. The Hi Jumper of Chris and his dad Perry Warren speeds down a fun looking trail on the way to a fine second in Sportsman Buggy class in the Hi Jumper. Gene/le Standiford had a most eventful race, a couple of flats slowed her overall time, but she finished a good third in the Sportsman Buggy class. Local racer La Von Cox had a good run in his Ford Ranger. had no apparent trouble. and not only finished the race but placed second Sportsman Truck. Sam Smith gets instructions from his dad/starter S. K. Smith, but his new Dodge met a big rock and a juniper tree, putting him out on the first lap. becoming the only DNF in class. After a few laps no one doubted Francis was still in contention after watching his drive to the front. At the finish it was Todd Francis first in the Pro buggy class with an overall time of 5:33: 17. He set the two fastest laps of the day, a 40:51 and a 41:14 on his last two laps, which proved to be crucial for Todd as Huffman pulled in a close second, having only one stop for minor repairs. Third went to the Boama/ Kruse team with Mike Jones fourth in his still sano 5-1600. Todd was also third overall. The next starting class was the Pro trucks leaving one minute after the last buggy. It was hard to miss the neon red Class 8 Ford of Scott Livernash from Spanaway, WA. Scott's crew worked overtime right up to the start replacing some bent engine parts from an accidental over rev on Friday. Scott was very quick and ran that way most of the race. Second away was long time racer and a crowd favorite to do well, Diana Prine from Spanaway, WA in her blue Jeep CJ. True to expectations Diana had an almost flawless race, suffering only one flat tire early in the 210 mile race and she finished a solid second. Third and last away was Gordon Scott in his bright orange Jeep CJ from Tigard, OR. Gordon kept the pressure on Livernash and Prine, and while Diana changed her tire Gordon slipped by into second. A couple laps later the differential began coming apart in the big Ford and Livernash stopped to check it out. When he attempted to restart, he discov-ered the starter had bailed out somewhere on the course, ending his day on lap 5 of the seven lap race. We look forward to the next race for Livernash, as his truck had the fastest and most consistent laps in the class, second only to the overall winner. Scott in the meantime kept his foot stuck to the firewall and pulled away for a trouble free win. Gordon's time of 5:27: 12 was good enough for second overall, missing the top spot by a mere one second. The fast growing Sportsman Buggy class took off next, and these are mainly older, short wheelbase cars. More and more racers are dusting off their old cars and the final results show most of the cars are sti II competitive. Leading off was Canadian Keith Trainor from Kamloops, BC in a very sanitary two seater he had recently purchased. But, after a good showing in the early laps his day ended on lap 5 . Second to start was the Class 5 of Dave Brown, Gresham, OR, a many time winner. Dave may not have set fast lap of the day, but he put together seven consistent laps for Dave Brown has been winning races in his Class 5 Bug for some time, and he did it again at this event. by running consistent laps. and he was first in Sportsman Buggy and first overall, beating Scott by one second. DustyTimcs first in class and first overall by one second over Gordon Scott. Dave's average lap times were 46:44. Next to take the green flag was the two seat Corote of Rick and Ron Silhaugh from Bend. 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APRIL FOOL'S GRAND PRIX Short Course Racing At Gila Bend, Al Text & Photos: T any Tel lier Stan Steele took the first moto, played it cool on the second. and his Fod/Fab finished second then, but took the ,;: era/I points for the day and Stan took the cash back to New Mexico. The Whiplash Motorsports April Fool's Grand Prix foofed almost everyone. After all of the Valley's heavy spring rains, the course was guaranteed to be muddy and dust free. Not So! The dry desert air had dried out the four mile course faster than expected. That did not hinder Farmington, New Mexico's Stan Steele who, in addition to having a well prepared and maintained car, plus plenty of experience, used his competitor's bad luck to his good advantage. He took the Unlimited --------------------------Pro Class win all the way back to the Indian nation. During the first 40 minute race Steele's hard charging comp'etitor Ross Whitmoyer had to pull over as his co-driver's five-point har-ness had come loose. Right seater Todd Wick may be known as a "good sport" but this was too much of a good thing. "Hey! Hold it! My belts!" Ross quickly lost several spots to Steele's Foddrill VW two seater, who only had to finish second in the final "moto" to accumulate the points neces-sary to get the overall win. Which was a good thing as Ross' engine man and second moto driver, Mike Perez, really put the super loud Infinity Engineered RX-7 rotary powered buggy through its paces, leaving Steele in the dust. Literally. But, Steele knew what he had to do, and saw no reason to run blindly through the choking tal-cum (irreconcilable water truck problems terminated track water-ing just before the final car race). He tried to keep tight to Pere: for The best race all day was in Pro Class 9 between Team Struttmann. with Tom driving here, and Ron Dalke. who is passing on the right. and just his rear cage is visible in this shot. Dalke won the battle at Gila Bend. almost twenty -minutes, looking for some safe way around. But when they started to lap the back markers, and visibility dropped to less than zero, he wisely let Pere: go. Perez, an engineer at the Mesa GM Proving Ground, also pre-pares the rotary in Albuquer-quean Robert Gayton 's successful racer. His attitude is that you just can't set one of those things up like a "normal" cam-timed engine. He has a good handle on the idiosyncrasies of the port-timed screamer which are not unlike a two stroke MX bike. The best race of the event was between the closely matched Challengers of perennial foes Ron Dalke and Team Struttmann. (Note: I've had Struttmann's Family Tree in error for a while, it is actually a cactus.) Don is the owner/ engineer and father of the three sons, Tom who drives, Mike who rides, and Joe who rides a Yamaha. They still like him though. Steve Long ran third in class behind the two up fr6nt throughout the day. The Don-Tom-Mike car had been the class of the Class 9s for several years, but this time T uc-son Ron had his TUF built car right. The two ran with Strutt-man's nose up Dalke's tail for three-quarters of an hour, never further than three car lengths apart. Ron got the jump at the flag and, while he did make some bobbles in a couple of the hairpins and Struttmann could get a wheel on him, Tom could not get by. "I was taking it easy in the corners and Tom would catch up." Dalke has really worked out the tuning details, getting his power level up there to run hard with the Strutt-mann clan. The Don Struttmann engineered car could not reel him in on the half mile long back straight, like it used to. These extremely competitive drivers are just begging for more cars to race with. Usual 9 racer Larry Dimmet has been side-lined while recuper-ating from a recent life threaten-ing head-on collision. On the street, wouldn't you know. His shattered right knee is now tend-ing to its knitting. The Sportsman 10 was a tight battle with the newly rebuilt TUF two seater of Steve Vesterdal eventually dusting a trio of Phoenix area buggies.Tucson fab-ricator Donny Weiser rode shot-gun, just in case there was a Cus-tomer Complaint. There wasn't. Travis Sellers was an easy second, while Dick Newell and Billy Tsak-iris went at it tooth and nail. Billy was a little down on the ponies and tried to make up the differ-ence with some super radical driv-ing. Buggies like to understeer, then snap Dr" Ross Whitmoyer had a short delay on the first moto with Todd Wick's harness. but Mike Perez, driving here. won the second moto and the team took second in Pro Class 1 /2 . Alan Vesterdal won the Sportsman Unlimited Class in a car he just purchas9d, and he had scant competition along the way to winning this event in class. Steve Vesterdal had TUF fabricator Donny Weiser riding shot-gun in his newly TUF-ized two seater and Steve won Sportsman Class 10 honors in a tight fight. . ,. ~ --". Billy Tsakiris always looks out of control. but he kept things together and went on to finish fourth in the close Sportsman Class 10 contest. Page 38 Tony Pierce, with Nick O'Dimus riding along, broke a stub axle on the last lap, but still survived to win the Pro Class 1-2-1600 title over Nelson. June 1992 Greg Nelson slides a wide corner on the four mile desert style course in his Class 5 car, and he had no competition in his class at this event. DustyTimcs

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CENTRAL OREGON ~ a jack and wrench from the check folks, got rid of the flopping wheel, then went flying up the canyon until an oil line exploded ending their day and another engine. The fourth car ;iway was the 20 plus year old two seater formerly owned by Pork Brothers Racing and many others. New owners Genelle and Brad Standiford from Bend were in their first ever race as car owners. Genelle was all over the pits on Friday and Saturday, making sure everyone was registered, signed in and all the other duties expected of the club secretary. She stated that it would not distract her from concentrating on the race. When the order was given to warm up the cars, Genelle and Brad belted in. We could hear Brad yelling all over the area, GO, GO, GO. It seems Genelle had discovered a new way to warm up her car, by driving it into the still very hot campfire, on Brad's side. When she got the green flag in her "hot" car she never looked back. She let hubby Brad out after ,two laps complaining about insufficient bladder capacity, picked up a new rider and was off. Then after lap 5, while in second place, she pitted with a low -tire. Genelle drove the remainder solo holding second place until the last lap when another tire problem came up. With another fast tire change Genelle was able to keep up a steady pace and finished a very good third, losing second to Perry and Chris Warren on the last lap. Fifth car out was the two seat Raceco recently purchased by Dave and Terri VanDeren from . Everett, WA. Dave had tc_> locate a GRR Growlings A belated congratulations to overall winner Stanley Steele at the Gold Nugget race, and congrats to all the class winners at Wickenburg. Challenger Ron Dalke was upheld as the class winner, after a review of a protest lodged against GRR by Keith Randel. Daryl Drake told Randel he could start late after Randel had tow vehicle woes, which Randel thought meant he'd get a late start. Confused, ambiguous. The Board ruled that time starts with the assigned position, but gave Randel a discount to the next event. In other action Tom Higgins was penalized 30 minutes after being assessed two 15 minute penalties for "failing to control his vehicle" at Checkpoints 3 and 4, where he took out signs, ribbon and made Lee Finke move REAL fast. This is the minimum penalty, APRIL FOOLS ~ into an oversteer condi-tion, particularly on hard packed desert junk covered with loose stuff. This was Tsakiris' show all day, continuously losing ground to Newell's little Chenowth, but throwing dirt everywhere. Another Vesterdal, brother Alan, won the Sportsman Unlim-ited Class in a car recently pur-chased from Sahuarita's Gary Waddle. Gary was racing a 250 Yamaha and it was only his "second time on a bike. I used to race a buggy, but it became a 'financial' problem." Alan Ves-terdal bought the buggy and won. Tony Pierce's flame-jobbed DustyTimcs driver at the last minute, because out on lap 6 however, and Ed had while pre-running on Friday on a to park it midway around the final bike, Dave did a triple endo with a lap, end111g his run for a trophy. half twist and was injured. Dave's Fourth away was the Class 7 car looked very good in the early Ford Ranger of Bend's LaVon stages, but some lengthv down Cox. La Von and co-driver Garry time for mechanical problems put [ohnson kept the truck running in them out on lap 5, g1v111g them a contennon all day anJ started the fifth place finish. Sixth anJ last in last lap in third place. They passed class away was the single seat Hi the broken Morris Jeep and were Jumper driven by 19 year old ahlc to keep things together to Chris Warren of.Bend Chris finish second. Fifth to· start was drove a steady race keep111g the Sam Smith from Boring, OR in l-600inthirdforthreelapswhL"n his impeccable new Class 8 thefrontendbegantocomepart. Dodge. Sam was running a A lengthy stop on course tor blistering pace until attempting to repairs and a quick stop at the pits pass another truck two miles from gave him some down time, hut he completing his first lap. A hig was still within sight of the second · rock with Dodge written all over place Standifords. Dad Perry it jumped in front of him. While Warren got into the car and drove the rig became airborne heading the last four laps, passing Genelle for a large juniper tree all Sam at the start of the last lap and could do was hang on for the placing a fine second. flight and hard landing. When the The last group of starters was dust and parts settled, Sam and also the largest at seven rigs, the co-driver exited the twisted metal ever growing Sportsman Truck only to fim;l the entire right front class. The first out was the Bend corner gone. lt was sad to see their based Toyota 7S of Brett Fra:ier. day end on a trailer ride to the This is a new truck in only its pits, but the good news was that second race. Brett and his crew neither person was injured, and ran one fast lap, then began having we haven't seen the last of the new car woes, They retired on lap Smith Racing Team. 5, promising to return a stronger Starting sixth was Joe Kellogg in team at the next event. Second his Class 7 Mitsubishi from away was the Chevy Bla:L"r of Yakima, WA. Joe is always a forn· James McCurdy from Pendleton, to be reckoned with in the Jeserr Oregon. James and his truck are and this day was no exception.Jo,· new to desert racing and wound was quick all day posting not 0111 y up parking it afterlap4. The main the fastest times in his class, hut problem appeared to he tire eating keeping his lap times consistent rocks jumping in their wa\' all day. and trouble free. Joe handily won long. Third to start, also from the class and took sixth overall. Pendleton, was the pink Jeep CJ The last truck away was new driven by Ed Morris. Morris· driver Mark Cave in another drove a great race and found Chevy Bla:er from Pendleton. himself starting the last lap in Mark had some good lap times second place. Old lady luck got but was slowed hy the same so cruise the checkpoints. Smooth is fast. Overall, despite th'e typically tough terrain at the Vulture Mine area we had our best finishing ratio to date at a GRR event. Thanks to Checkpoint crews are in Order: Jim Urton, Tommy and Kyle Baiz, Greg Nelson and KNH Racing, · lllene Wood and Sandy; Timing Captain Marilyn Graham and Crew; Scoring Chief Roger Mann and Teradata Computers; Technical Inspect-or/Flagman/Starter Jim Wibel: Course Director Bill Graham; Radio wizard Paul Sigmundson and Off Road Communications; Pit Liaison Judy Sigmundson; Technical Director Jack Woods; Daryl and Carol Knupp and everybody else that pitched in so we could have another great race! Where was that next race?? When we learned that the Saddle Mountain-T onopah course was out due to tortoise restrictions, we weren't too worried since we thought we had five alternate Wilky/Chenowth broke a stub axle on the last lap, after having fun dueling with Vesterdal's 10 car. He was passed by his rear wheel as he ignominiously dropped hard to the ground. His fresh Bruce White built engine ran flawlessly, but Tony is gettng tired of saying "That's racing." Fortunately his Team Nelson competition had headed for the trailer earlier with tranny woes, so Tony still got the Pro 1-2-1600 win and the cash. R.K. Smith was running an old Jean Calvin Funco in Sportsman 1-2-1600 and let it get away from him on the last turn of the last lap. Smitty must have been relaxing, sites. But, various problems developed with all five, so we had to cancel our April event. Sorry about that, but with all the rain this spring, many ranchers are using ranges that had been unused for grazing for a decade_or more. And, GRR is not going to compete on a course where a bovine-buggy bash is a like! y occurrence. We kept thinking that a course was going to work, and held off putting out our usual results/flyer mailing until recently since we are, shall we say, extremely cost conscious. OK, cheap then! But the next race for MAY 9 in GILA BEND is definitely ON! There will be more miles, less sand wash and the same pits. The average high tem·perature for that date in Gila Bend is a cool 92. The race is called the Bender 180. Daryl Knupp will be course director at the Bender 180, and if it turns out to bea real hot day, we might start the race early. While there is no pre-running allowed losing touch, just before the checkered. He dug a front wheel in and flipped, rolled and bounced a bunch. "Roll this thing back over. I'm gonna finish this %$/:/@ race!" he growled. It started immediately and, pump-ing mosquito-fogging amounts of oil out of the stinger, he drove to the finish, beating the flagman who had sprinted over to help back to the line. The editor's ex-SS l? W ell they just don't build 'em like that anymore. Damage was limited to a squee:ed KC, some minor top sheet metal bend-ing and a gonked stop light. And be advised, Smitty's ego wasn't even bruised. June 199! Sportsman Trucks were the biggest class. but had high attrition. Joe Kellogg turned the fastest times all day in the Mitsubishi. and the veteran from Washington won the class easily and also placed absolute sixth overall. trouhlesome tire eating rocks encountered hy teammate McCurdy. Between them they destroyed eight tires and wheels. Cave finisheLl lap 6 on a flat and declared he was done as there were no more tires available. Mark's time was good enough to edge him into the third spot by exactly five minutes over the stranded pink Jeep of Morris. At the evening's awards presentation, winning drivers received trophies for three rlaces, cash payout for the Pro , la:-ses and pri:es donated hy Bend area merchants. Special than~s to racers Tony Allen and Dennis Smith from the Oregon coast, who drove all the way here without their race cars to Jo the tech inspection and to act as pit hoss. More thanks to S.K. Smith for standing in the dust all day dodging sliding cars to act as flagman and to his wife, to Jenny and Randy Silbaugh for doing the on the 45 mile long lap, there is a Pre-Fun from dawn to 9:00 a.m. for street legal vehicles, and the cost is a $15 charity donation. It will be our last event for Spring '92, so we hope it's a big one. Watch for important information coming soon about GRR 's proposed new event. "Misty computer scoring, to former NASCAR great Bill Amick for thl· fine trophies, to Bend merchants Thompson's Import Specialties, Cascade NAPA Auto Parts and Traughber Oil Company for the pri:e donations, to Phren 's Machine Shop, our local Trick distrihutor and to BFGoodrich for their support. Last hut certainly riot least a heartfelt thanks to all of the car owners, drivers, crew members and families who gave us their support an,! the encouragement to makL" this race a huge success and to want to continue. The next CODRA race is July 4 at Christmas Valley and the Octoher 17 Rend 300 also will he a VORRA points race. Yes, off road racing is alive and well in the Northwest. In addition to support-ing VORRA races C:ODRA memhers will he supporting the Bronco Busters races in Kam-loops, B.C:. Mountain Madness" slated for Labor Day 1992. Woods Crop Dusting Service of Arizona and Texas will sponsor our 1992 season trophies for the Champ-ions of GRR Deserr Tour '92. GRR thanks the company very much for their support of the GRR Desert Tour series. NEW ULTRA WHEELS FOR BUGGIES 15X3 15X7 17X8 "IN STOCK !" $75.00 $80.00 $80.00 Come see us during upcoming Las Vegas races Compare Our Prices On; 930 c.v .'s Cibie Lights SAW Products OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK MON - FRI 8am to 6pm SAT 9am to 5 pm Simpson Tri-Mil Call Now - Mention This Ad 3054 S VALLEY VIEW LAS VEGAS NV 89102 Wright Place -::,...'lJ ~ -~'?J ~ # -~°" -~~ 0~ 702-871-4911 702-871-5604 Page 39

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Scott Campbell and Fred Henning, a first time racer. had scant troubles, losing a header pipe late in the race, but they were third in Challengers. There was some close racing back in the trees, as here Steve Harrell, wh_o was sixth in Challenger class, tries to vault past the 1600 of Jeff Lucas, who has pulled way over to let Harrell pass. Dick Falhbusch catches a little air in the 1600 he shared with Jerry Allen and they stopped mainly for gas and driver changes en route to third in 1600 class. THE FLORIDA 400 Mike Hester Wins The Enduro Overall Text & Photos: Wayne Simmons Mike Hester hops over the natural hazards in the Crowder pits. close to a desert course. Mike ran with the leaders all day, took over the lead late in the race and drove a record breaking 83 laps, won Class 1 & 10, and won overall. The thrill of competition spread, as word was sent far and wide to anyone brave enough to accept the challenge. Adventure, glory and defeat awaited those who dared to venture forth. I twas time again late in March for the classic of off road racing, the Florida 400. The best endurance racing in the southeast happens only once a year at Tallahassee, Florida. "The Beast of the East", as the track at the Crowder Pits is called, had come out of hiberna-tion to face the onslaught of racers. Like knights in armor, veteran and rookie drivers alike were prepared to face "The Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rod Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! {Jut be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Page 40 Beast". Strapped inside a steel cage, riding a multitude of horses, all face the same challenge, six hours of non-stop racing. Some will survive, others will fall in defeat. Once again Jimmie Crowder and crew were to be commended on the track preparation, another fine job as usual. "The Beast" goes by many faces, a long high speed straight, fast sweeping turns, constantly changing surface conditions, tight snaking "S" turns, and the dreaded double jumps over the ditches. Some-times the object is not to win, but just survive. Call For Courses and Dates Great Basil Consultilg 2738 Chavez Dr. Reno, NV 89502 (702) .825-8830 In spite of hard times it is the dedication of sponsors that help make events like this possible. Many thanks go to Hot Line Automotive, Hesco Welding, Discount Automotive Parts, Discount Tire, No Fear Gear, and Gately Volkswagen, whose help made sure every driver received something. And, of course, thanks to Crowder Trucking for the track. Due to the rough economic times only three states outside Florida were represented, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky. Time was when the snowbirds came to Tallahassee in March for the sunshine and the race. Thirty-five warriors of steel were staged and ready to do battle with "The Beast of the East" last March. Although it is a mixed start by the luck of the draw, drivers are lined up two abreast and released one row at a time 'll few seconds apart. What follows is a report by class of the race that runs for hours and the winners are those that cover the most laps of the long short course in the time allowance. CHALLENGER: Stephen Pounds had the front row as the race started. Steve Rule wasted no time closing on Pounds in the first few laps. As the rest of the pack was released, the driver's skills June 1991 acing through the southern pines Jackie G rmer drove so o n 400, and the second generation driver was fourth in Class 1 & 10. were put to a true test. Battling down the problem, getting him each other and keeping out of the back in the race only a few laps way of faster buggies was a down. challenge for anyone. Scott This was Steve Harrell's first Campbell and Robbie Durrance time to race "The Beast" and he started side by side with Campbell was taking the first few laps slow pulling ahead after the first lap. Ed until he learned the track. By lap 4 Russell slowed and pulled to the he had gotten his confidence up, side of the long straightaway with then rolled his buggy. It went all electrical trouble before complet-the way over, back onto its ing the first lap. David Green had wheels. He was OK and quickly trouble as his buggy stopped just sped away. Pounds lost the lead after the start. His pit crew traced and ended his day after a few laps David Nickell pitted to fix front end pieces, but got back on the pace and he ended up third, about 20 laps back. but still in the money in Class 1 & 10 combined. A lucky eleven started in Class 9 and most of them ran a good distance. Kim Chambers, with Stephan Pounds driving some relief laps after his car broke, drove to her best finish at this enduro. second in Challenger class. DustyTimcs

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Mike Notary flies over a good section of the long short course on natural terrain, and Notary finished just six laps down, good for fourth in 1600 action. Launching out of one of the many pits at Crowder's place, Jeff Lucas got in 64 laps, good for seventh in 1600 class, before pitting with terminal woes. Steve Pounds started strong, then blew his engine, took the one from his son's broken Challenger and finished 60 laps, eighth in 1600 class. There was close dicing everywhere as here the Challenger of Steve Rule is about to be overtaken by the 1600 of Mark Bicker. Bicker drove alone to the 1600 victory and he was second overall too. when the ring and pinion went another when the stud bolt broke out. Rule now had the lead and off in the drum of Lair's car, was trying hard to put some making him a spectator for the distance on the other Challengers. rest of the day. David Eggleston As the race progressed, James had also rolled his machine and Lair's motor acted up, costing had to pit !O fix a flat. He soon him laps. After a pit stop he was found himself racing without soon racing again. Kim Chambers brakes and was still midway in the had quickly moved up and was pack. only a few positions back from At this point Peterson had the leaders when she had to pit moved into the lead only pitting with a flat tire. Bryan Peterson for gas so far. Chambers was had started last, but he was down by only a few laps as they consistent and now moving up. changed drivers again. Harrell had Durrance had passed Campbell, stopped for another driver change only to lose his position and and wound up changing the some, when a spindle broke, motor, after one lap. Scott sendinghiminforrepairs.Russell Campbell had also changed had managed to restart his car and drivers with Fred Henning and passed the score keepers for the this was his first time racing. Not first time. It didn't last though as only was he not used to the car, he his rail quit again, this time for was so tall his head kept hitting good. Harrell had pitted for a the cage. Trying to get used to the driver change with David Wil-car and how it handled he was Iiams. This was Williams first losing ground with each lap. By time in a buggy. He took his time the time he figured it out it was to learn the track and was soon time to change drivers again. racing with the best of them. In the closing hour of the race Rule suddenly realized the tire most of the Challengers had that was passing him was his own. ended their day early. Harrell was ltwastoolateasthetirebounced back in the driver's seat and off one side of the track and the battling with the Chambers buggy driver spun off the other. He when he rolled in a turn. managed to get the buggy back to Chambers sped away as help ran the pits and his Georgia team went to upright Harrell. Durrance was to work. "The Beast" had claimed out with a cracked torsion bar. As .· . I . . ' ... ,~.,, Marty Neri, in the car he co-drove with Jay McKeage, leaps into the passing mode here as he approaches the Class 10 car of Bob Bohres. Neri finished sixth among the 1600s, Bohres was fifth Unlimited. DustyTimes the flagman started to count down the closing minutes of the event, the ring and pinion went out on Eggleston's car stopping him from finishing the race. Campbell had 1ost a header pipe but had moved back up to fourth, one lap back of Rule. Harrell was just ten minutes away from finishing his first 400 when the spring plate broke, gouging a hole in the tire, chalking another one up for "The Beast". Bryan Peterson rolled over the finish line for the Challenger win covering 78 laps. Kim Chambers took second five laps back, and Steve Rule arrived in third. A dozen laps down Scott Campbell was next, followed by Green/ Whitehead, Harvard/Eggleston, and Harrell/Williams, as the other four were credited with 20 laps or less. CLASS 1600: As the flagman signaled the start, Steve Pounds took the lead off the line with James Hester on his bumper. Pounds was still holding on as they completed the first of many laps. Buddy Lancaster still had a few other class cars between him and the leaders, with Dick Fahlbusch slowly closing in. The day was already off to a bad start for Tom Toia. Not only had he pulled up from the southern tip of the state, his racer had stopped in the middle of nowhere before completing a lap. Jay McKeage, co-driver for Marti Neri, wasted no time being the first driver to roll his car. He wound up upside down on an incline and had to kick the hood off to crawl out. In a few minutes help arrived, putting him back on his wheels. Fahlbusch gave in to the pressure of Mike Notary and Bob Rule as the two passed him by in pursuit of the leaders. "The Beast" was sparing no one as Zoomie Hinson's rail started to fall apart. First a flat tire forced him to pit unexpectedly, then the motor blew putting him in the pits once again. Jeff Lucas had started last and had moved up signifi-. candy, when the stub axle broke. Lucas had finished last in the 1991 400 and was determined not to do it again, as his pit crew swung into action to repair the damage. Ray Short had moved up from towards the rear to midway in the pack. He was now ready to challenge Rule for his position. Mark Bickers was running strong and had established himself in the top six at this point. Once again the track took its toll as Hinson's car sputtered with a set of bad points. He came to a stop and wound up killing the battery trying to restart. Mike Hester had gained control of the lead and was setting lap times most drivers were having trouble staying with, but he was still unable to shake Pounds. June 199i Fahlbusch had slowly been falling back, although the buggy ran good, driver fatigue had set in early, and Fahlbusch had to pit for a driver change. Jerry Allen took over, but before he could race they had to remove the hood so Allen could see out. Troy and Gene Dittmer were having a bad day, with two flats already, then the brakes went out. With what seemed like more down time than race time the Dittmers were again on their way. Sam Pace was doing an outstanding job of driving but had not been able to catch the leader. The Hinson group called it a day when the second motor was vented by a rod, cutting short their thoughts of glory. Hester lost his shot at victory as he now fell victim to "The Beast". He coasted to a stop with a broken transmission. 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Zoomie Hinson started out with a flat, got going again only to blow the engine, and he was placed 13th in 1600s, the largest class at the event. Steve Rule ran very well all day, finished third in Challengers on laps completed, but he was one of those caught in the post race rules protests. Most of the course has deep ruts from the excavating that goes on, the reason for the pits to exit, but it is wide enough in most areas to pass with no problems. r;r and Rule increased. Short and Bickers had moved into striking range and were maneuv-ering for a better advantage. Bob Rule suddenly lost the rear motor mounts and any chance to finish the day. Darryl Stedman had taken over for Pace, who had no trouble with the car until· Stedman took over. In just three laps Darryl rolled and spent the rest of the day losing fan belts and a motor mount. Bickers started to have shifter trouble, taking a few . minu_tes in the pits to fix, then This is the system run by most off road race winners back on the track his brakes another flat and a jammed failed. steering brake, they dropped Almostfive hours into the race, farther down in position. After the track was taking its toll on the leaving the pits Troy broke two machines. Pounds had blown his shocks and the brake failed again. motor and was now working On the way back to the pits the desperately to change with his water jug came loose and fell out son's Challenger motor. The two of the car. Once in the pits, with had stopped in the same area of all the stuff that had been lost he the track, but still had to run to lost his temper too. the pits for all the tools and stuff. Short had controlled the lead Notary dropped out of the for the last hour as the-drivers running with u-joint and steering thinned out. Bickers was back in trou~le. The Dittmers'. day h_ad and just three laps back, as the steadily gone down hill. With drivers saw the final countdown. TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME Pounds had gotten restarted and was trying to finish the race. Lancaster had dropped out with a bad transmission. In the end it was Ray Short with a winning record of 83 laps, the most yet in the 400. Mark Bickers did 80 laps for second, in spite of troubles Stedman and Pace were next at 77 laps, followed by Fahlbusch/ Allen, 75; Mike Notary, 74; Lancaster /Dotson, 7 3; and McKeage/Neri; 71 in a close finish for the 1600s who started 15 cars. CLASS 1 & 10: As the time got closer to start the race Jimmie Crowder's team discovered that they had no oil cooler on the car. This sent the mechanic back to the garage to retrieve the part. He made it back and had the car on the line in time to start the race. With a flag wave the nine car field left the starting line. Ed Chambers battled into the lead as the first lap was counted off. Jackie Griner, JEEP STRAIGHT 6 the young son of]ack Griner, was racing his first 400 driving by himself today. While the pack maneuvered for position Jackie Griner, Mike Hester, and Bob Bohres trailed Chambers. In a surprise move Gary Thistlewood came up from fifth to second in one lap. By the next lap Jimmie Crowder had closed the gap on the leader and was now in third. Griner and Hester had only been moved back, but were far from out of the running. Bob Broom became a statistic early when he trashed his motor in just two laps. Page 42 "NEW SUMMER SPECIAL CHROME" 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Thistlewood was not letting up on the pressure and soon had taken the lead. It was a battle for the next hour as Chambers tried to regain the lead. But again the track took its toll, putting Chambers out of competition with a broken transmission. The pace only got faster as Crowder and Hester tried to catch Thistlewood. Bill Gaylord was not destined to finish as his transmission failed also. Griner had to pit for some quick front end work and was soon in the heat of the action again. Bohres had to call it a day when a link pin broke after he hit a large rut in the track. David Nickell had pitted to fix a shock and king pin, but had fallen June 1992 Leading Zoomie Hinson here Ray Short also covered 83 laps, the record, but his victory was disallowed in the post race protest action, for unknown reasons at press time. off the pace and was several laps back. It was a blistering pace Thistlewood had set, and it cost him when he broke an axle. By now the race was between Crowder and Hester. Griner made another pit stop for a transmission and was able to re-enter the last part of the race. As time started to run out only a few cars were left in Class 1 & 10. Hester had taken control of the lead and was putting some distance between himself and the pack. With just minutes left Hester slipped into ·the same record breaking lap as the 1600 driver. At the checkered flag Hester took the win with 83 laps. Host Jimmie Crowder was second and Gary Thistlewood next tied at 53 laps with David Nickell and Jackie Griner covering 51 laps to end yet another historic Florida 400. After the race there were some questions asked concerning a car and two drivers that resulted in three protests and the eventual disqualification of said driver and the car, one in each class. Coming Next Month ••• SCORE San Felipe 250 HORA Nevada 500 MTEG Stadium Racing in Texas LA RAN A Spangler 150 WRC Tour de Corse VORRA at Hollister Hills FRT Rock Around the Clock FORDA at Lakeland, Florida SCCA Prescott Forest Pro Rally ... Plus all the regular features DustyTimes

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The Maxima will also traverse. dirt roads with ease if the occasion calls for it. Plus the dusty outside does not detract from its elegant looks at all. The trunk is a small cave. Long weekends or extended vacations are a breeze with all the luggage stowed safely away, and there is room for plenty of it. Comfort is the work for the Maxima. The front bucket seats are every bit as comfortable as they look. Arm ·rests, cup holders and a center console add to your comfort and convenience. The 1991 Nissan Maxima The Nissan Maxima is really elegant, truly luxury style transportation. It is also powerful, having a V6, three liter engine with 160 horsepower under the hood and a four speed automatic transmission. It's not often that we get to test a real live car, not a truck, not an off the road type vehicle, but a REAL CAR! This bron:e beauty, actually the paint was called autumn brown pearl. came from Nissan, the latest Maxima to he specific. It was quite a change to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle and not worry about where to take it off roading. We decided that this beauty should only see macadam or concrete and we put a few miles on it, under all sorts of conditions, and were we im-pressed. Yes! The V-6 three liter engine under the hood provides 160 HP, lots of real power for any type of road condition. It was compli-mented b y the four speed automatic transmission with overdrive and lockup torque converter. It makes a real healthy package. Disc brakes all around with ABS, of course, and a nice little bit of power boost make the Maxima a sure footed traveler. This vehicle was equipped with Toyo All Season radials, PZOS / 65R 15 92H, which rode smoothly on most surfaces and worked quite well on wet and dry roads, just like the ads say. The nine spoke alloy wheels are pleasant to look at and certainly enhance the overall beauty of the car. The limited use mini spare tire and jacking tools are easily accessible in the trunk. This particular Nissan Maxima was equipped with just about Dusty Times every option known to man; where to start -comfort. The seat, ah, the bucket seats were made for your comfort; they do everything but talk. Normal forward and back movement, reclining backs, a seat lifter which actually adjusts the height of the seat, a lumbar support for soft or firm, and a couple of knobs that adjust the angle of the seat for your perfect position. Head restraints are also adjustable, up and down, forward . and back to fit any si:e body. The rear seat is of the bench variety, very comfortable with a center pull down arm rest. More comfort, at least peace of mind. The steering wheel adjusts up or down, and on the center section of this padded wheel are the controls for the cruise control with the master on I off switch on the dashboard. The car was also equipped with electric mirrors with a heater thrown in for good measure. It sure clears up the morning mist in a hurry! The automatic heater/ air conditioner is a must for super comfort. Just set the temperature desired, push the "Automatic" switch, select the fan speed and the rest is done for you. You can override the automatic functions and do it all manually, but why? As long as it's there why not use it? Next we go to sound, the audio system that is another luxury touch. The AM.tFM radio with cassette player, a Bose Audio System, also has the capability to blow you out of the car with ease. You can select for memory six stations each on the AM and FM hands, and of course, you can adjust tone, speaker sound balance, front to hack speaker ratio, bass, treble, etc. A power antenna on the right rear fender extends with radio operation and retreats into its housing when the radio is turned off. There is almost no outside noise intrusion with the windows up, so you can listen to all your favorites with no distractions. The analog gauges mounted in the dash are easy to read, easy to see, and fall nicely in the line of sight. The sp eedometer is centrally located, the tachometer to its right and the e ngine temperature and fuel gauges are to the left of the speedo meter. There is a single o d o m e te r and a resettable trip meter. To the left and right of the gauges are all the various and ~undry warning lights ranging from seat helts not hooked, door open, overdrive light, oil pressure, low fuel, low washer fluid, etc. There is a light for almost everything. Also there are chimes to remind you that you left the lights on, a key left in ignition chime, and there is also a seat belt warning chime as well as the indicator light. There is also a Digital Touch Entry System with keypads located on both front doors, outside under the handles. The key will override thl.· digital system, or, if 1·ou forget your June 199! The instrument panel and the ancillary controls are·all neat and tidy in the spacious cockpit. Everything is within easy reach and easy to see on the fly. comhi,nation, you can still resort the dash with easil\i used setting to the simplicity of a key. button, for a change, two map Located just to the left of the rl.·ading lights forward center, and drivers seat on the floor is the a regulation interior light which remote fuel filk·r door opener, slowly fades to off wht:·n the -while the remote trunk opener is driver's door is closed. The located in the driver's arm rest, Maxima has an 18½ gallon fuel welloutofthewayofnormal use. tank and our driving practices Located between the two front gave a little owr 281/ · mpg, so you bucket seats is a small console, the have a cruising range of well over emergency brake and the auto-5()0 miles, a goodly range for matic transmission gear selector anyone. lever. Just forward of the gear As I stated before, we don't selector lever is the Automatic often test cars, but we do enjoy Transmission Mode Switch. them and like to see all the new Three different driving modes are and different gadgets availahle available, auto, comfort and today. We like all the goodies that power.Eachmodeisdesignedto are differen·t, fun and also maximi:e driving pl.·rformance functional. The Nissan Maxima is under different driving condi-a magnificent automobile, tions. A few more amenities are handsome, economical anLI morL· the electric sun roof, nice and than comfortable. If a four cloor · solid and with an interior sliding &:dan is in your future, we highly cover, a digital clock mounted on recommend the Maxima. 'p ,BIG.GER IS BETTER Upgrade the C.V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner, IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepower off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission output bells to accept the larger C.V. joints. 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MARTINI SAFARI RALLY Toyota Wins Aga_in, With Carlos Sainz And The New Celica Text & Photos: Martin Holmes $~..-;;;:-:~ .~ ' i" . Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya survived the unusual perils of Kenyo to bring the new Toyota Celica in for its first WRC victory. Sainz led the rally for the entire second half as well. Finally the new style Celica has come good. Despite turbocharger wastegate problems which plagued the team, Carlos Sainz, with Luis Moya navigating, held off the pursuing Lancias of Jorge ~ Recalde and Juha Kankkunen for six days, the latter inheriting second place when team orders forced his test driver teammate to drop back. It was Toyota's fifth Safari win and a breakthrough in their fortunes in the World Constructors' Title series, in which Lancia had won every event since Argentina last year. Kankkunen 's three extra points from Recalde dropping a place now has put him equal with Sainz, 19 points ahead of the nearest challenger, Markku Alen, though Lancia remain six points ahead of Toyota in the makes' series. The rally was similar to last year, with a route designed to be "competitor friend! y 11, though this year it was all to be decided to the nearest minute with no sections timed to the second. But the 40th edition of the event that began as the Coronation East African Safari in 1953, had mutated into being wholly contained in Kenya for many years, and in 1992 the familiar red and white Marlboro banners seemed missing. Marlboro was the title sponsor of the event for many, many years. This yt'ar tht" title sponsor for the event was Martini, but the familiar leaping Cheetah still adorns the rally logo. There had been no serious rainfall in the country for ovt'r a year, which meant that the bad ruts caused by trucks Wt're absent, and the ground was baked hard, and dusty. The conditions mt"ant that the privilege of running first on the road was more important than ever, and it became even more critical when it was decidt"d to extend the midday.halts on the first two days, meaning more of the rally would be held at night. However, there was somt' relief when several of the roads were graded by local authorities before the event, although a lot of Page 44 unusually rough roads still remained. There were three car reams from both Toyota and Lancia, a single Mitsubishi from the Japanese run team for Kenjiro Shino=uka, a team of Group N Subarus and four Daihatsu Charades in Group A entered by the local importers, two GTXX three cylinder one liter turbo cars for Guy Jack and Marco Brighetti and two normally aspirated four cylinder 1.3 liter 16 valve cars for Ashok Pattni and Raju Limbani. Along with Juha Kankkunen and Jorge Recalde, Bjorn Waldegard, a many time winner here, was on the Lancia team, while Carlos Sain: was joined by Mikael Ericsson and Markku Alen in·new Celicas, while GT-Fours were entered for Zimbabwe driver Billy Rautenbach, and Jonathan Toroitich and Sarbi Rai. Both tht' Toyota development team and the Martini Lancia test team were pleased with the test results in on site practice. With increasing political agitation in Kenya and tht' emergence of activist groups opposed to President Arap Moi there was great security attention at the start when it was announced that he would flag away the cars. The President shook hands with a few top drivers, with Ian Duncan (the top ranking Kenyan) and with Patrick Njiru (the top ranking African, but he left the podium before Jonathan Torio-tich, his son, took the start. Even FISA Rallies Commission Presi-dent Guy Goutard, who is never shy about being seen with important people, was strangely anxious to be watching the rally in the presence of someone who was assumed to be a terrorists' target! At Mtito Andei Jorge Recaldt' was one minute ahead of the Toyotas of Markku Alen and Carlos Sain:, with the old GT-Four of Ian Duncan equal on two minutes' penalty with Bjorn Waldegard. Waldegard fitted a knob on his stet'ring wheel to save painfully twisting the bone in his left wrist, broken in a testing accident, but he had to stop and change a flat tire en route. Mikael Ericsson also had to- change a wheel while Alen had a moment to savor, "We jumpea for an incredible way, always with the front of the car upwards, so I had no idea where we.would land!" Rudi Stohl tried his best not to block the faster cars in his Audi 90 Quattro, although the Lancia and Toyota teams had aircraft lying ahead, which wt're able to warn the Austrian wht'n another car wanted to pass. Shino;:uka, however, was stuck behind Stohl for 25 km; "We were the first car in the rally not to haVt' a plane working for us". The two Subarus of Per Eklund and Patrick Njiru were running close together, the latter frustrated at driving in the dust of his teammate. But when the Swede was delayed with a loose steering pump pipe, Njiru got ahead on the road. Shino=uka found himself on the same minute at a control as Duncan, and afterwards complained that the Kenyan officials let Duncan, a Kenyan, go through first! Juha Kankkunen stayed first car on the road, happy to have clear conditions, but suffering endlessly from untrained marsh-als. His only mechanical problem was a high spet'd 180 kph rear wheel flat wht'n the tread lifted off. Ericsson hit a rock and then crashed on a difficult left hander; they had somt' surprises when they cli'mhed out of the upside down car. Co-driver Nicky Grist explained; "The first spectator to arrive was a lady with no clothes on. She took one look at us and rushed into hush. Then emerged a man with only a towel round his waist! Eventually someone got some nearby villagers to help us." The T oyotas were running with their snorkels still fitted, on the driest Safari in memory, which suggested that the purpose of the snorkel was some extraction device for ~nder bonnet :iir. FISA tech chief Gabriele Cadringher June 1992 Kenyans Patrick Njiru and Ian Munro cruise here, but got through the rough country too in the Subaru Legacy 4wo· Turbo to place eighth overall in the rally and win the Group N honors as well. took one look and pronounced the system clever, and legal. He also allowed Ericsson permission to change the windscreen in pare ferme penalty free, but imposed a fine of about ten pounds for a missing mud flap. Recalde lost his slender lead in the dust, and Sainz said the conditionli were danger-ous; "There were times when you just could not see where you were going!" . It was hot and humid when the 1 cars left Mombasa on the second leg. Carlos was first away, and after the previous night's complaints the cars ran now at three minute intervals. On the first competitive section Kank-kunen had a couple more flats as the track was too fast to allow the use of ATS inserts. Waldegard did not suffer, but knew the problem; "The roads had many small sharp stones, and it is only a matter of luck if you get a puncture or not." Sain= increased his lead to three minutes, but then it fell to one. "The wastegate failed after three kms and gradually we lost boost. Then going up to Mtito Andei again we were driving fast on the big road, especting to drop another two minutes when a tire burst and we lost another four.'' This gave f Recalde a three minute advantage. Sarbi Rai arrived with some bent panels on his ex-works Toyota, "Avoiding a cow, we hit a tree." The 114 km section from Makindu to Nunguni was the longest and roughest section of the event so far and was a disaster for Lancia. All three cars broke their rear shock absorbers at least once and had to stop near their helicopters to have replacements fitted. Then Waldegard had to refuel at an emergency service point and the car caught fire. "It happened too quickly to know what happened. I think some wind blew fuel over the car and suddenly there was a fire. The 20 liter can was dropped and spilled more fuel on the ground, and shortly the whole area around the car was alight. My co-driver Fred Gallagher could not get out his side, so I had to pull him out my side, like pulling a cor~ out of a bottle of champagne!" At the end of all this Sain= got back into an eight minute lead. Despite losing five minutes when his propshaft bearing failed, (just as a TIE van was passing), lucky Ian Duncan was up to third. Alen fell back to fifth when he had turbocharger failure. Shino:uka had lost fifth gear ,~ b. ; Carlos Sainz, left. and Juha Kankkunen seem to be enjoying the fact that at rally's end they were tied on Drivers points in the championship. Check the "Finn Power" patch on Juha's driving suit. Results -1992 Martini Safari Rally Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya E Toyota Celica Turbo A• 2:35:00 Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen SF Lancia HF lntegrale A 3:27:00 Jorge Recalde/Martin Christie RA Lancia HF lntegrale A 3:34:00 Mikael Ericsson/Nicky Grist $.IGB Toyota Celica Turbo A 4:13:00 Markku Alen/llkka Kivimaki SF Toyota Celica Turbo A 5:40:00 Ian Duncan/David Williamson EAi< Toyota Celica GT-Four A 6:38:00 Sarbi Rai/Supee Sein EAi< Toyota Celica GT-Four A 8:29:00 Patrick Njiru/lan Munro EAi< Subaru Legacy Turbo N' 8:54:00 Per Eklund/Johnny Johansson s Subaru Legacy Turbo N 9:41 :00 Kenjiro Shinozuka/John Meadows J/GB Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 A 10:30:00 Rudi Stohl/Peter Diekmann (13th) D Audi 90 Quattro A 12:25:00 • Group winners - No Ladies Cup starters 47 start -21 finish Winner's average speed over route - 93.46 kph WRC Makes Championship points - Lancia 57, Toyota 51. Ford 29, Mitsubishi 20 WRC Drivers Championship points - Sainz & Kankkunen 47, Alen 28, Jonasson & Auriol 20, Biasion 18, Colin McRae 15, Time Salonen 14. Dusty Times

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The Lancia of Juha Kankkunen and Juha Piironen kicks up some dust in the dry country, but the spectators don't seem to mind; the team finished second. Kenjiro Shinozuka and John Meadows had to change both the transmission and the engine, but finished tenth overall in the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4. Toyota brought plenty of extra turbochargers, and here rally officials are sealing them at the pre-event scrutineering of spares as well as the cars. a .~ ,, ~ The Daihatsu Charade team always does well on Safari. Marco Brighetti and Abdul Sidi cross a stream en route to first in displacement class and 12th O/A. Rudi Stohl and Peter Diekman.n avoided the rocks enough to finish the Audi 90 Quattro first normally aspirated car and the Austrians were 13th overall. Bjorn Waldegard and Fred Gallagher escaped just seconds before a flash fire destroyed their Lancia at an emergency service point where they stopped for fuel and it spilled. and changed his gearbox and dropped ten minutes but worse was to come. The car could not be restarted at a service point and it was discovered the cylinder head gasket had failed. This was changed with the loss of an hour {seventh to 12th) and then just coming to Nairobi the same thing happened again. This time it seemed obvious that the problem was the head itself, and this was changed before the night halt, and he fell to 24th. Lancia 's tales of shock absorb-ers continued on the third leg. Recalde broke two, losing a couple of minutes, Kankkunen another two plus two flats, but the drama of the day was when Njiru hit a spectator's car and lost 21 minutes, dropping him just behind the similar car of Eklund. Both Sain: and Ericsson lost time with failed quick release brake pipes, and Alen had a slipping clutch. Shino:uka found his engine now working fine and began the long haul hack towards the leaders again, "I passed 12 cars in the dust!" The fourth leg started at 0300 and the three hours of night time faced by the drivers were to he memorable for the dust. Njiru found his intercooler was leaking and fell back. Only Sain: was able to drive in clear conditions; despite a three minute gap the next car behind him, Recalde, had to stop five or six times to be able to see anything at all. Alen went quickly down one straight and then found a wall of dust in front of him. He braked heavily and had his own dust come shooting past and it made the visibility three times worse. He also found he was off the road and had no idea in which direction to go to find the road. So co-driver Ilkka Kivimaki was told to hold his torch out the window while the driver went in ever increasing circles until finally the road was found. Shino:uka twice went off the road without realizing it. Once he only knew when young spectators hanged on Dusty Times his roof and he found he had took his torch and got out ot the driven into the bush. car to try and find the actual road Kankkunen was lucky because so they knew in which direction Ian Duncan was delayed before they should continue, hut to no the first competitive section, avail. So the two Juha's waited for letting the Finn have six minutes another vehicle to pass so they of clear driving in front of him. could find the road which they Duncan had a suspension failure had exited! while still in Nairobi itself. He Alen was slowed hy brake later confessed he had driven over trouble, while-Duncan had power a speed bump too fast! Ericsson steeringfaih.ireand hrake trouble. lost time with a faulty fuel pump · Shino:uka had electrical trouble, and Shino:uka had his in-car and Eklund not only had three spare wheel catch fire because of a flats but also had his car stop, damaged exhaust. without warning a~d suddenly After the breakfast halt near restart again. Daihatsus were Molo visibility was easier. working well. Pattni came Recalde had a driveshaft fail, but through from Eldoret with no only lost one minute. Kankkunen problems; but Brighetti and Jack had his seventh puncture of the were both troubled by water on rally so far, on top of six broken the road. Brighetti 'scar seemed to shocks, while Duncan lost eight stop in every little puddle, Jack's minutes when a routine suspen-stopped once for ten minutes. sion change went wrong. Alen had Carlos was determined to hold a wheel bearing fail and had to his advantage, hut the turbo-wait for a helicopter service crew charger failed. His service crew to repair it. Ericsson had a flat, were given 12 minutes to change and also lost the use of his wipers the turbo, two rear shock as the first drop of rain seen all ahsorhers and a driveshaft. The rally fell. Njiru arrived, leading engine. was restarted after eight, Group N in the Subaru, and after 11 they were away again. "If found to his dismay that his we win this rail\,, it would he due intercooler was leaking again. to them, not us. " Recalde drove Njiru's arrival at Eldoret had 100 km with only front wheel been greeted with such a com-drive, but then a front drive shaft motion that many suspected failed and the Lancia ground to a political unrest had come too halt. The van and the helicopter . close for comfort, even if the arrived simultaneously and soon sections in the delicate areas the they were off again. Alen, day before were held without however, had to drive 100 km problem. Then heavy rain started with a failed wastegate before his falling and the crowds went home helicopter could rescue him. And in an instant! The days of dust Ericsson went through three were largely behind hut even so sections with his turbo presi,ure Sain: pulled further aheaJ. By the grad ua 11 y disappearing. The time he arrived at th~ morning weather was changing all over. halt at Baringo Lake he had The roads through Tuesday increased his lead to 21 minutes. afternoon were mostly damp, hut Kankkunen rolled his Lancia, and there were some· heavy local arrived at Baringo with the roof showers. Stohl had to wait several lowered, hut with hardly any lost minutes before he could even see time. "It was a flat right into a where to drive. Shino:uka had an sharp right, hut just at this place engine that was giving very little there was some dust and we never power. "We tried to out drag a saw the first bend. We hit a rock, Group N Subaru from ·a control bounced on the roof and landed and were left well behind", ar:J he on the wheels!" But he didn't had a lot of trouble trying to get know where. The world champion past Eklund. "That man is no June 1991 sportsman". When they got to Aherdare Park they had strong words, as did Rautenhach with Shino:uka about the way Shino-:uka's chase cars baulked him. Recalde incurred a penalty of 12 minutes to let championship challenger Kankkunen gain three extra points, while Alen was lucky to hold his sixth place when he crashed on the last day. Carlos Sain: cruised through to victory, but not without a last panic when a hroken gearbox had to he changed after the last competitive sectiqn. He was the only Toyota driver not to break his winqscreen on this event, and I was very happy to get to the finish with the car intact. However, the slippery shape of the new style Cclica turned out to be slippery to stand on as well. It was bad enough when Carlos and Luis both stood on the bonnet for the photographers, but then, as tradition demands, the team manager, Ove Andersson, joined them. Then it happened. They all slipped over and fell down, and the bottle of the sponsor's sparkling wine Asti Spumante, crashed on to the car, and smashed the screen which the Spaniard had kept intact for so long. THE. WRIGHT DROP SPINDLE 3" MORE GROUND CLEARANCE ~ ~~ PLACE~. CV JOINTS RACK & PINION STEERING UNITS 1. REGULAR 2.-SAND BUGGY 3. MINI 94_20 FLINN SPRINGS LANE, El CAJON, CA 92021 TEL: (619) 561-4810 FAX: (619) 561-7960 Page 45

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Tom Moen led the eventual overall winner for many miles on his KTM, but he finished second overall and was the first Vet home for the class win. Pat Flanagan flies gracefully on his Kawasaki on his way to a fine finish and the victory in the Senior class that was dominated by Kawasaki. Jimmy Means Jr. led off and on in the 125 Buzz Bomb class, and he took the lead on the last two laps for good, and won the class on a Yamaha. FRT -DISTRICT 38 DESERT RACE 5 . Joey Lane Wins The Smitty's Cycle Center Mudhen II Photos: C & C Rael! Photos Joey Lane took the lead for good on the last lap after a pit stop and he not only won the 250 class on a Kawasaki, he squeaked out the overall victory by a slim 25 seconds. The place was Plaster City West at the B.L.M . staging area near El Centro, CA. The day was March 22, one of a few thnt month where raging storms didn't plague off road racers. The event was the Smitty's Cycle Center Mudhen II, a District 38 event, the fifth in the seventeen race series for 1992. And the competi-tion was as brilliant as the welcome sunshine in the desert. Joey Lnne and "Motom" Tom Moen hooked up in a hattlt· that their grandkids will come to · dread, they will have heard it so many times. Two lnternationnl off road champions went hnndle bar to handle har for 100 grueling miles at around 55 mph. When the checkered flag waveq it waved first for the young lion Joey Lane. Papa (Joey) lane was eagerly seeking a repeat return to the Smitty's Cycle Center M udhen II winner's circle. The overnll victory in 1991 had propelled Joey to the 250cc motorcycle championship. in three series, FRT Supersitition, SCORE International nnd District 38 FRT, home of international off road champions. However, KTM factory rider Tom Moen, a two time FR T Open champion and a two time Vet Cbss Number 1, was not about to give an inch on the ruffest, tuffest desert course these racers will see all year. Moen and Lane hanged handle bars for four laps. First dne would have the lead and then the other. Moen CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. (619) 27~2509 HELMET $195 COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR on· ROAD USE AT A REASONABLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN Page 46 COOL, COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BWWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY ARE GUARANTF.ED FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNFlL 00 APIR)VfD was •first to Check 1 and home first on lap 1. Joey Lane leaped back into the lead on lap 2 only to· see Tom Moen regain it on the third lap. At the start of the fourth. and last lap Joey lane was in seco'nd over a 11, threw off his fanny pack, and said "if I break I lose, this is for all the marbles, no help from the fanny pack required now." Tom Moen was out ot the pits first. However, by Check 1 the final lap belonged to Joey Lane who won his second consecutive Mudhen II overall riding a 250 Kawasaki. Lane was also first 250 expert. Tom Moen finished first vet, first KTM, 25 seconds behind, a solid second overall in the motorcycle division. Troy Pearce, a former FR T D-38 number 1 champion, astride a NYC25, finished 43 seconds after Lane, third overall and second in 250cc class. Third 250 home was Craig Smith aboard a Kawasaki. The Open Class looked like it had a shot for the overall until Troy Phelps found a stray rag in his chain, which brought his ride to an abrupt end, NOW! This lightning bolt out of a rainy looking_ sky, we no longer have clear blue skies in this desert, lit up Dewey Belew's mind. 'l am leading the Open Class points standings, my nearest competitor is broke and second place is playing for the Padres. I think I will pad my lead and not try for the overall today'. Good move, as Belew won the Open Class on a June 1991 Greg Bringle, the 24 Hour Open A TV World Champion, won the Open class on his Yamaha Banshee, and then took the 350cc machine to the overall A TV victory, despite complaining that the course was rough. Kawasaki. Bill Davis was second was third among 125s on a on a Honda followed by Dennis Honda. Green, Knwasaki. Tom Moen with his fantastic The 125 Bu:: Bomh Class second overall finish sent a swarmed into a fren:y. Jimmy frightening message to all Vet MennsJr., Yamahn, led the turtle, racers. Moen wants to he numher Brent Coleman, Kawasaki, hy two I and overall at a few races. Dan heartheats at the close of lap I. Worle\', SCORE Parker 400 Vet Next time through Coleman had n Class winner, and who finished half a heartheat on Means. The second Vet here today on a Means mnchine ofJimmy won the Kawasaki, has other ideas. Phil last two laps while a hlistered Means on a Honda finished third turtle was n very happy second, Vet. first I 25 Amateur. Rohhie Pippin The Senior Class was dominat-Steve Fenton's Green Machine is a Desert Superlite out of Tripple EEE and Steve usually wins this popular class, and again Fenton led the little cars from flag to flag in the 'Green Apple'. Andy Wehe is fairly new to desert racing, but as the picture shows. he is learning quickly. He drove the first place Honda Pilot and was second overall in Desert Superlites. Dusty limes

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The first Super Senior was Mike Harper, and he also took third overall on his Kawasaki, here heading into the finish line for his early arrival. It wasn't all dry on the FRT course as David Newland here guides his 250cc Honda through the course hazards on his way to victory in the 250 A TV class. The Superlite Class 77 was a tight contest for a couple of laps, but John Shultz got his tidy Triple EEE into the lead and into victory in the class. ed hy Kawasaki and "Flat P" Pat Flanagan. Terry Devore was devoured, then emerged second Senior on a Su:uki. Mike Harper took third and Super Senior honors on a Kawasaki. Greg Bringle, the 24 Hour Open ATV World Champion, wailed all day Saturday about how rough the course was and how his Yamaha Banshee had no chance. Then he won hy a landslide. "The Straight Poop From The Big W ahzoo" GARY BA TES -Hey you can relax Gary, I'm not gonna write anything this month about BJ being faster than you in your own car. FINAL 1000 UPDATE -As I mentioned in last month's column, I received a letter from Bob Hynes of the RLH Relay that accused the W ahzoo of being an illiterate one-eyed liar over my coverage of his alleged attempted radio take over of the Mt. Diablo Observatory during the last Baja 1000 Race. Iffor no other reason but my credibility, the Wahzoo couldn't just let this Yahoo's accusations slide. After some written inquiries to the players, the Wahzoo got info back from all the main characters, plus some other strange sources. When all this feedback was reviewed, the following became clear. Bob Hynes was guilty as hell of trying to pull a fast one down . there that kinda got away from him! Because it would take over three months worth of columns to cover the complete stories of all the parties involved, let me simply explain itlike this ... Whatever Hynes' plan was, it was thwarted by a flaw so obvious that even a novice Baja traveler should have recognized it. That being: "A local Federale Army Captain will ALWAYS out rank a Mexican -Astronomer, no matter how big his telescope is!" And basically that is all it took for SCORE to put an end to Hynes' sneak attack. I think that's one of the things I like best about Baja, common sense regularly overrides govern-ment paperwork. . In Hynes' letter to the Wah zoo he claimed to have proof of his innocence, but when challenged to put up or shut up, Mr. Hynes decided to prematurely end our pen pal relationship. Good choice Bob, I just knew you couldn't be as foolish as that letter of yours indicated. Although,' to be fair, I think ya oughta change your radio call sign to "The Saboteur". The Wahzoo would like to take this time to acknowledge and give Dusty Times. However, the battle for first 250 that never endl.·d and he won the ATV was a real wingdinger. Mike 250 class on a Honda, and second "W i Id man" Patterson demon- overall. A roasted Team Weenie strated to Dave "Whimp" Pattersonfinishedadepressed Newland why you need rear second in class, third overall on number plates to see who you are his Honda. James Sullivan beat all chasing. For three laps the rear the other novices to capture first number of Patterson was just a ATV 250 Novice with John few yards away. The honehead Gregory first Open ATV Novice. magic struck and Mike Patterson's Martin Mc Neer won the ATV grip came off at the start of the last Vet Class while Russ Woods won lap. Newland nosed into a lead the ATV 200 clas~. We can't an' Atta Boy' to Sal, BARRA, and the Weatherman for being concerned enough with the big picture to put aside their differences and finally start working together to provide the racers and their crews with a quality FM communications system down at Score's Baja Races. The radio communications at all of the major races can now accurately be described as "excellent" and the Wah zoo salutes all the various promoters for their efforts. . SPEAKING OF NON-CHECK-ERS -With the exception of promoters, I would like to once again make something absolutely clear. "If you are not a Checker, you've got no damn business reading this column!". Get it? NO, then read it again! All Checkers are taught from birth to be able to take a joke or a snide comment from one of their own. Because of this, any good natured critidsm and tongue-in-cheek comments appearing here will normally be tolerated accordingly. A Checker can call another Checker a horse's ass and get away with it, where a non-Checker would probably get punched in the nose for it. This is kinda a Checker thing that I wouldn't expect an outsider to understand, much less appreciate. Simply put: If this column bothers you, then don't read it STUPID, cause it ain't for you anyway. LOU'S MEXICALI RACE -The best story from this race came from one particular Checker trio that ventured south of the border to support the Longs in their Checker effort at this race. Sadly Al and Alex DNFed with a blown engine, but this particular Pit Captain and his crew carried on and on, and then on into town and into trouble. It seems that Mike Banks was acting as the designated driver of Sugar's truck in Mexicali, while both Chuck and Thumper were instructing him on the best route to the border. Not surprisingly, he eventually went the wrong way down a one-way street and attracted a local cop. Now picture this scene if you can. One of Mexicali's finest is glaring through the driver's window and quizzing a shy and quiet Mr. Banks in Spanish about his actions. Mike is staring straight ahead and saying nothing. This is in stark contest to our two other members, who immediately start to loudly explain to the cop why Mike was not at fault. And then, just as quickly, become irritated when the cop insists on continuing to play that "no speak English" game. Usually, this impasse is quickly broken when somebody other than the cop pulls out his wallet. But unfortun-ately for Mike, Thumper kinda has a thinR about that, and when the cop's intentions becomes clear, Thumper becomes indig-nant. "I ain't payin' no God Damn bribe! y OU can just take us all to jail, you crooked SOB!" And so on, and so on. All the while, Banks continues to look silently straight ahead, and despite a faint glimmer of hope when Sugar threatens to kill Thumper if he doesn't shut up, Mike realizes that he's definitely going to jail. Meanwhile, one can only imagine what this cop is thinking about this strange group of Checkers that he's stopped. Here is Mike Banks, our token Afro-American Checker, chauf-fering two obvious red-neck, beer drinking type white dudes in a big shiny new dually. And the white haired gringo, who is wearing a Mr. T starter kit big enough to buy his police car many times over, is trying to shut the other gringo up, who is loudly insisting that they all go to jail over a $20 "fine"? Luckily, as illustrated earlier in this column, good sense again prevailed. The policeman obvious-1 y realized that these guys were no doubt going to be more trouble than they're worth, and he wisely decided to let Mike go with only a warning. Such is occasionally the life of a 'Checker Designated Driver'. Hey Mike, during that deal did ya ever have any second thoughts about joining up with this bunch? DANNY <;::AU -On April 8th the HORA Promoter .once again appeared before rhe membership as a guest speaker, and in keeping with his last visit, he was warmly received, answered all questions asked and was complimented often on how he runs his races. What's the deal here? Are these promoters rea II y getting that good, or are the Checkers simply getting soft on 'em? After adding Mr. Cau's recep-June 1992 leave the ATV class without mentioning that Cycle Parts West 200cc ATV rider Hugo Appel is the new Mudduck! Quack, Quack, Quack! The Desert S~1perlites were once again dominated by Steve Fenton in his Triple EEE Green Apple:· It was a wire to wire victory. Pilot driver Andy Wehe is learning desert racing very quickly. Today he drove his Pilot to Sl.'Cond overall. In Class 77 John Shult: and Marl Theil tossed ·around thl.· lead for a couple of laps with Shult: coming out on top, third overall. Bryan Saasa should have won the .160 dass, however, he was too husy flir·ing with April Larson and Karen Douthitt instead of watching where he was going, and Russ Turner sneaked in through the hack ,loor to win the Class. tion, to a similar response for la parties, there is no such thing as a Rana's Promoter earlier, along Checker who is 'not qualified'. with the expectantly friendly Although details are few at this reception for Sal as a guest in time, the basic plan is shaping up May, the Wahzoo must address like this. Duringthedaytherewill the possibility that these promot-be various motorized events, ers have pretty much gotten their featuring feats of Checker driving act together of late. Surprised to skill. The format apparently will hear that from me? W di hey, to depend on who brings what to be fair the gate has to swing both play with. Then sometime around ways. sunset, all those that have not SUMMER PAR TY -On been taken to the hospital will Saturday July 18th, the Checkers commence to pig-out on some will hold a special meeting of the unfortunate animal barbecued to faithful in the Cougar Buttes perfection. located northeast of Lucerne. The After the feast, all of the Club's stated intent at this generators that the members can gathering is to burn some meat scrape together will be started up and party down! Our Prez is to power the amplifiers and lights calling it "The Mother Of All for a special musical jam by both Parties" and big plans are Led Zeppelin & Elvis ... or a currently reported underway by suitahle Checker equivalent. 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... AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP ,I Mark Burrows Wins The Season Opener Text & Photos: Darryl Smith Tire companies really support open wheelers in Australia, and Mark Burrows rewarded his sponsor, Bridgestone, with the overall victory at Inglewood, also winning Class 1 Unlimited with Ross Wafler riding in the Trekka. The 1992 Australian Off Road Championship is under way, The first of five rounds was held at the tiriy town of Inglewood, situated in the south of the state of Queensland. The opening event late last March was the !GM (Isuzu General Motors) ·castrol 300. The track is traditionally very dusty, and this year was no exception. Add to this many rough, rocky outcrops and the race was looking like a real survival· test. · Of the 94 entries, 91 cars fronted up for the 200 mile race, to be run over three laps. The Saturday Prologue/ qualifying lap of five miles would be very important as the fastest car would start first. On such a dusty circuit this would be a big advantage. It was to be Daren Wells· in the turbo Nissan Class 1 buggy that clocked fastest time. Only one second behind the Yokohama car was the Bridgestone entry of Mark Burrows. Burrows had moved up from the 1600 Class 2 to Open Class this year by fitting a turbo Mazda engine. Next quickest was '91 Australian champion Les Brown, Class 2, followed by Charlie Albins, Bill Sharpe and Bruce Watman who has moved up to Class 2 from the 1200 Class 3. Rounding out the fastest ten were Terry Rose, Neville Boyes, Richard Besmett and Doug McMillan. The fastest single seater, Class 9, was Howard Ford with a turbo Mazda. Quickest in the 1200 group was Bryan Basham, while the Baja Bug, Class 4 pace was set by Kevin Hufschmid's turbo machine. The 2WD pickups and sedans fall into Class 5 and this class is totally dominated by Mark Manns in the Holden-Rodeo truck with a Chev V8. Despite a flat tire and loss of rear brakes, Manns still led the class. The restricted Challenger buggies are in Class 6 and it was Lyndon Wilson who was quick-est. The Class 7 restricted 4x4s were headed by Paul Zacka in a Holden Rodeo, which runs a 2600 fuel injected motor. In the . modified 4x4 Class 8 yet another IGM Holden Rodeo led the class; Page 48 the Ken Smith truck has the turbo 2600 intercooled motor. There were a few suffering problems during the prologue. These included Stuart Lord with computer failure, then his Goodyear teammate Barry Johnson broke a rear torsion bar. Bob Stansfield's Nissan truck was another Class 1 failure, with his turbo motor blowing. Also, two of the top 4x4s had to be seeded into the order: Peter Hadlow's Mitsubishi pickup broke a front CV, while Fabio Zarfati's Mitsubishi Pajero broke a torsion bar housing. There was a lot of repair work happening on Saturday night. Sunday morning the pits were abuzz as cars and crews hustled for the eight o'clock start. There was ~ "fj<•>:~~ still no wind blowing, so Daren Wells would be the best bet. The prediction held true, as Wells clocked fastest lap 1 time. Only four seconds behind though, came Mark Burrows. Brown and Albins were equal third quickest. Both Bill Sharpe and Roly Dixon had flat tires, while young Clint Cooper went out very early, after only 150 yards to be precise! He turned into the first sweeper and the rear wheel snapped off, rolling the car several times. The next fastest were two 1600 cars, Terry Rose and Bill Buchanan, ahead of Neil Morri-son, now part of the Hankook Tire team. Then came Howard Ford, first of the single seaters. In the Class 3 tussle it was Geoff Beckett with Suzuki p_ower Kevin and Wayne Hufschmid had some woes with their tidy Baja Bug, but the brothers recovered nicely and went on to the Class 4 victory, winning by over an hour and a half. · Les Siviour and Peter lseppi seem to win Production 4x4 Class 7 every time they race, and they did it again at Inglewood in the Nissan Patrol, also winning by an hour on elapsed time. June 19" Terry and Maureen Rose won the 1600 two seat class by just 2½ minutes in their Hunter Rivmasta and they went so quickly in the heavy dust they also came in third overall. leading, over Stewart Latter, then Russell Hartnett. The Baja class saw Kevin Hufschmid leading Nev Taylor, while Fordham had fuel problems that couldn't be fixed. As expected, Mark Manns had a considerable lead in Class 5. The Vesty FlO0 had part of its restructured rear end break which sidelined that entry. Bernard's Datsun 510 and Lees' Porsche were the only other cars or trucks still in the hunt in Class 5. The Challengers had a high failure rate on that opening lap, but Wilson still led. Les Siviour . had taken over Class 7 in the brand new, fuel injected Nissan Patrol wagon. Zacka withdrew with suspension problems while Whitbread blew a head gasket in the Mitsubishi pickup. Ken Smith led the modified 4x4s in his Rodeo over Hadlow's Triton, Zarfati's Pajero, Massey's Chero-kee and Waters' Landcruiser V8. Ian Cotton blew the Renault V6 motor in his Mitsubishi truck, while Grahame Baxter, who now runs a Chev V8 in his Hankook Nissan Patrol, broke a steering arm and the vehicle went into the trees. Behind Howard Ford in Class 9 came Trevor Growden, ,,...., .,. """"I ~~~i.. -~~ ~ This one wheel act of Geoff Beckett and D. Camilleri didn't slow their two seat 1200cc charger, and they motored on to win the tight running class. Landing hard on the nose didn't damage the Holden Rodeo of Mark Manns and Allen Cartledge as they dominated Class 5. 2WD pickups and sedans, and they drove on to win by a full hour. Ken and Larueen Smith bested the eight truck modified 4x4 field in their Holden Rodeo, also placing 12th overall, but they won the class by only eight minutes. · DustyTimes

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Charlie A/bins, with Rodja McClelland riding in the Trekka, scored for BFGoodrich, taking second in Unlimited Two Seat and second overall as well. Peter Prendergast and Cliff Cal/cut fly high in the Class 2, 1600 two seater and they flew their Southern Cross right into second in class and sixth 0 /A. Russell and Judy Hartnett did a great job in their 1200cc Cobra, but they were second in class. missing the victory by a mere seven and a half minutes. Renault V6, then Neville Marsh-all, Mazda Rotary. The Goodyear Class 2 of Bruce Watman was one that did not see lap 2 as a wild two wheeling incident pinched a tire, then a CV broke, then the starter motor went, so the Watmans decided it was easier to watch! Into lap 2 and Bridgestone's Neville Boyes was battling a steering wheel that was breaking up, but then a clutch failure __stQpped him for .. gomLiherewere no problems for his teammate Mark Burrows as he not only was quickest on the second lap, but took over the lead. Daren Wells had slipped to second while Albins was sitting comfortably in third. The remainder of the top ten at two thirds distance read Brown, Rose, Morrison, Grow-den, Hayden Bentley, Doug McMillan and Peter Prendergast. Sadly Howard Ford retired with gearbox problems, which was the same reason for Richard Bennett's Class 2 stopping. The order in the other classes remained the same except back in Class 8 where Zarfati 's Pajero jumped out of the deep wheel tracks in the thick forest area and tore the tront wheel and suspension off on a tree. The track was now deteriorating into what many said was the worst they had seen, especially the deep silt beds, many of which had rocks and stumps hiding under-neath. Burrows came past the halfway mark ( which returned by the pits), flat out, but then so did Wells and Albins. However, just nine miles short of the finish Wells had an axle break. Les Brown lost time with a flat tire, while another Class 2, Steve Hilton, broke a diff just five miles from the finish while running fifth in the class. But there was no such bad luck for Mark Burrows as he flashed across the line for a great overall win with Ross Waller riding shotgun in the Unlimited two seat T rekka. Burrows, a 31 year o_ld diesel mechanic was overall Australian Champior;i. in 1988 but this was his first outright victory. Some 4½ minutes later came Charlie Albins with Rodja McClelland riding in the T rekka for second in class and overall. Next to finish was the Class 2, 1600cc two seat Hunter Rivmasta of husband and wife team Terry and Maureen Rose who use Mazda power. They were ten minutes further back but a fine IGM Castrol 300 - Australia Results - March 29, 1992 # Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Time 0/A Class I • Unlimited Two Seat• 24 start • 11 finish 121 Mark Burrows/Ross Waller Trekka 3:34:58 120 2 Charlie Albins/Rodja McClelland Trekka 3:39:13 2 155 3 Doug McMillan/Lindsay Everleigh Hunter Rivmasta 3:50:30 4 104 4 Hayden Bentley/Owen Lloyd-Wright Buggy 3:50:53 5 124 5 Neil Morrison/Geoff Heather Hunter Rivmasta 3:51:14 7 Class 2 • 1600cc Two Seat -18 start• 9 finish 204 Terry & Maureen Rose Hunter Rivmasta 3:48:34 3 205 2 Peter Prendergast/Cliff Calicut Southern Cross 3:51:05 6 220 3 Les Brown/Leigh Jones Verco 3:51:45 9 282 4 Robert & Jason Graham Hornet 3:52:57 10 269 5 Dick & Paul Allport Buggy 4:09:05 14 Class 3 • 1200cc Two Seat -15 start. 8 finish 315 Geoff Becketl/D. Camilleri Buggy 4:10:30 15 370 2 Russell & Judy Hattnett Cobra 4:18:01 18 303 3 Mark & Daryl Warren Southern Cross 4:19:14 19 302 4 Kevin Lee/Scott Foster Hornet 4:24:31 22 306 5 Bryan & Michelle Basham Hunter Rivmasta 4:53:11 32 Class 4 - Baja Bug • 3 start • 2 finish 412 Kevin & Wayne Hulschmid Baja Bug 4:53:04 31 402 2 Nev Taylor/Bob Oxley Baja Bug 6:37:20 45 Class 5 • 2WD Sedans & Pickups - 7 start • 2 finish 501 1 Mark Manns/Allen Cartledge Holden Rodeo 4:07:14 13 599 2 Greg Bernard/Chris Shaw Datsun P510 5:09:00 36 653 1 Class 6 • Restricted Two Seat Challenger- 5 start • 2 finish Lyndon Wilson/Vincent Eustace ·· Southern Cross 4:53:57 33 609 2 Keith Whisker/Stuart Young Hunter Rivmasta 5:55:18 43 Class 7 • Production 4x4 • 5 start - 2 finish 702 1 Les Siviour/Peter lseppi Nissan Patrol 4:29:28 24 747 2 Darren & Alan Solomon Holden Rodeo 5:28:49 38 Class 8 • Modified 4x4 -8 start • 4 finish 802 1 Ken & Laureen Smith Holden Rodeo 4:04:15 12 801 2 Peter & Glen Hadlow Mitsubishi Triton 4:12:18 16 860 3 Barry & John Massey Jeep Cherokee 5:06:42 35 828 4 Dale & Greg Waters Toyota Landcruiser 5:31:48 40 Class 9 • Unlimited Singler Seat • 9 start - 5 finish 911 1 Trevor Growden Southern Cross 3:51 :21 8 933 2 Sabine Brand Manxco 4:37:12 27 909 3 Mick Myers Manxco 4:42:19 29 914 4 Neville Marshall Buggy 4:45:19 30 904 5 Mark Bush Hunter 5:53:58 42 Starters • 94 • Finishers - 45 - 48% - Race Distance 330 km • 205 miles Fastest Prologue & Fastest lap - #125 Daren Wells/Ian McPhee • 1 :11 :06 First All Girl Crew - #933 Sabine Brand DustyTimcs Often winners Peter and Glen Had/ow settled for second in Class 8, their modified Mitsubishi Triton bringing them in sixteenth overall as well. Nick Myers, the original Australian reporter for Dusty Times. concentrates on racing now, and he flew his Manxco through the dust to third in Class 9. third overall. The Class l placing behind Burrows and Albins were McMil-lan, Bentley and Morrison. As mentioned Rose took out Class 2, followed by Prendergast, Brown, Graham and Allport. The Class 3 1200cc field was led all day by Geoff Beckett/D. Camilleri, who took a well overdue win. Then came another husband and wife team, Russell and Judy Hartnett with Datsun power. Warren, Lee and Basham followed. The two remaining Bajas had troubles. The Hufschmid brothers got a hit in the rear and Taylor had a faulty coil. Still Kevin and Wayne Hufschmid took the Class 4 win by a lot of time over Nev Taylor and Bob Oxley. As expected Mark Manns, with Allen Cartledge riding, ran away with the Class 5 race despite losing first gear, his Holden Rodeo finishing an hour ahead of Greg Bernard's Datsun P510 with Chris Shaw riding. Only two finished in Class 6 also. The Challenger of Lyndon Wilson, with Vincent Eustace riding in the Southern Cross, beat out the Hunter Rivmasta of Keith Whisker and Stuart Young by nearly an hour. In Class 7 4x4 Les Siviour had to change a fan belt, but still brought the Nissan Patrol home an hour clear of the Darren and Alan Solomon Holden Rodeo pickup. Ken and Laureen Smith had a dream run at the front of Class 8 and won the class, and their Holden Rodeo was the first Tin Top home in 12th overall. Peter and Glen Hadlow's turbo Triton blew a front cliff which kept it off the pace, but still second in class. Then came the Barry and John Massey, Jeep Cherokee, ahead of the Waters' Landcruiser. The single seat entry numbers were up on normal and it was the converted two seat Southern Cross frame of Trevor Growden that took the win and eighth overall. 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John Mapp was running well, leading in Sportsman Class, but he broke an axle, and fixed that and still covered enough laps for second in class. Cecil Robertson had a good run going in Pro Class 2, but broke the rack & pinion, on the single seater, and was credited with fourth in the Pro race. James Martin was fifth overall in Pro ranks, fixing a cv along the way and then later on he broke an axle. but pressed on to take fourth in Class 2. The Texas Challenge Series Report By Tommy Boufo1g Clif honors. David, the anchor man turned fast lap of the day at 11.56 as well. Race #2 is behind us and here it is, almost time for the May race. My, how time flies when you're having fun! And believe me MidwestOffroad Racing Associa-tion members are having fun this year. The racing is very competi-tive, the course is great and the view is fabulous! It all makes for a great day in the desert. The March race saw Clifford Walker and David Maness come from behind twice to take the checkered flag in the Pro ranks. It was a very exciting race all day long, and towards the end David Maness was on the course competing against his Dad, Jim Maness for the very first time. And David showed Dad the way around by turning the fast lap of the race at 11 :56 trying to catch him. Unfortunately Jim Maness had problems late in the race and was unable to continue or the finish could have really been a barn burner! Myron Mills was his usual consistent self and finished second in the Pro ranks. Last month's winner, Tommy Bowling, with Jim Maness co-driving, finished third after numerous small problems. Cecil Robertson had a real shot at the victory, only to have his rack and pinion break. James Martin lost a cv, repaired it and was making up ground in Pro 2 until he and Clifford Walker got tangled up and he broke an axle. Clifford Walker won overall and Pro 2, Second in Pro and first in Class 3 came Myron Mills, followed by the Pro 2 cars of Tommy Bowling, Cecil Robertson and James Martin. In the Sportsman Class Frank Schneider pulled out the victory in spite of having to run in second gear most of the day. John Mapp Last time out Tommy Bowling won, but this round he and co-driver Jim Maness had many small problems and had to settle for third in Pro, second in Class 2. Dusty Times Photos: Boh Bowling was running well until he broke an axle, but recovered to take second. In the Amateur class Ritchie and Mike Parker tried their hand at being amateurs, on! y to break while pre-running. Other than a mild West Texas bree:e ( 40 mph) the day was enjoyable and the course actually had some muddy spots. They lasted about as long as it took the first car to go around the track during practice. Several new cars that are being built around the area were not quite ready, but they should be out for the May race. Interest is growing rapidly about Notrees racing as more and more folks discover some of the best off road racing in the USA right here in West Texas. Midwest Offroad Racing would like to thank the following for their help and generous support at the March race. BFGoodrich T I A Tires, Midwest Equipment of Odessa, Permian Distributing Co. of Odessa and Coors Beer, Permian Supply of Odessa, Premium Beverage Co. of Midland and Miller Beer, CHR Machine of Odessa, Standard Sales Co. of Odessa and Bud-weiser, John Mapp and Bu::ard Studios and friends, and Bob Bowling. One thing for sure, they have a variety of brew sponsors. The May race, history by the time this is in the mail, has an interesting format. Two separate 50 mile races will run, with a starting position drawing before each race and both run a maximum of two hours on a five June 1992 In the Sportsman Class Frank Schneider grabbed another v:c:ury, but not without trouble. 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KUSTER OFF-ROAD RACING SHOCKS • EXTERNAL DAMPENING ADJUSTMENT • 3" DIAMETER, a• TO 18" STROKE : \ 'COMPLETELY REBUILDABLE • COMPUTER SUSPENSION DESIGN ASSISTANCE KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 2900 E. 29TH STREET P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 909-06 TELEPHONE 213-695--0661 FAX 213--426-7897 • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WEWING • ROLL CAGES Eng/neeflng FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION TO YOUR SPECIFICATION 825 N. GLENDORA AVE. COVINA, CA 91723 (818) 915-2212 KENT LOTHRINGER Assembly • Machine Work• Parts Engine Dyno Facility 10722 Kenney Street, Suite D Santee, CA 92071 (619) 596-0886 Fax (619) 562-9079 !iIN{(}//1/:## "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 2366 E. Orangethorpe Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tel. (714) 441-1212. Fax(714)444-1622 MIKE MENDEOLA 10722 Kenney St. C-O Santee, CA 92071 (619) 562-9010_ Fax (619) 562-9079 Brackets & Components for Chassis Fabrication Pro-Clamps • Battery Boxes • Radio Mounts Pedal & Shifter Mounts • Skid Plates Aluminum Floor Boards • Scoops & Shrouds Shearing -Punching • Forming Sawing -Tool Grinding· TIG & MIG Welding STEVE WRIGHT 399 E. Harrison Unit D Corona, CA 91720 (714) 351-2515 (714) 272-4272 42425 5th St. E. Unit C Lancaster, CA 93535 Bill Varnes 805-940-5513 Fax 805-940-5514 -~ 42425 5th St. E. Unit D Lancaster, CA 93535 ■ J.M.R Chassis • Turn Key Cars Racing Product, Pete Alamar 805-940-5515 Fax 805-940-5514 ■ Fox shocks parts & service ■RaceCarPrep (805) 298-1212 26524 Golden Valley Road. #405. Saugus, CA 91350 MOVING? Don't miss an· issue of DUSTY TIMES Send Your Old and New Address to 5331 Derry Ave., Suite O Agoura, CA 91301 Allow six weeks for processing. YOUR COMPLETE IGNITION SOURCE Ignitions • Distributors • Rev Limiters Coils • Hell-Core Wires • Accessories AUTOTRONIC CONTROLS CORPORATION 1490 Henry Brennan Dr., El Paso, Tx 79936 (915) 857-5200 CUSTOM FADRICA TION AND ALUMINUM WORK Malcolm Miller By Appointment Only (619) 445-9770 Telephone: (714) 535-4437 .(714) 5~5-4438 David Kreisler 920 East Arlee Place Anaheim, CA 9280S AU10S ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CARS TRUCKS NATIONAL SPRING COMPANY, INC. 10229 Prospect Aue. Santee, Califomin 92071 A COMPLETE AUlOMOTIVE SPRING SERVICE Leaf Springs Custortl Made & Repaired Shocks 1k Coil Springs Sold & Installed Blocks and U-Bolts made to order Off-Road Suspension Urethane Bushings Beeline Alignment and Wheel Balancing MGIOR HOMES (619) 449-ARCH 4 X 4's OFF ROAD CHASSIS ENGINEERING 6891 SAN DIEGO OR.. BUENA PARK. CA 90620 Off Road Suspension Preparation 2 & 4 WO VANS & PICKUPS & MINI TRUCKS PRE·RuN TRuc><s • CusroM SPRINGS A•LE WORK • CUSTOM SUSPENSION NO BLOCKS USEO • WELOING & FABRICATION ; . Bill Montague (714) 761-9460 Established 1974 PLEASE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT OFF ROAD DYNAMICS (714) 592-2271 LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA FRAMES• RACE PREP CUSTOM MACHINING AND FABRICATION Dennis Rogers By Appointment Only PIENCIE 01=1= IIOAO Specializing in the Prep and Building of Off Road Racing Equipment CUSTOM FABRICATION OF ◄ Chassis ◄ Roll Cages ◄ Suspension KEVIN PENCE (217) 692-2837 ◄ Welding ◄ Aluminum Work ◄ Lt. Weight Trailers 206 Power Blue Mound, IL 62513 -~~ ~~~GU&l1-l1 Fabrication ,/' Coil Over Suspens'rn i . -./ FoxShoxPartsAnd.::9rvice .../· Race Car Wiring . ...J Race Car Prep. 1660 Babcock Bldg. B .../ Tum Key Race Cars Costa Mesa. Ca 92627 . (714f 650-3035 Larry Winter 714-537-8286 .A Totally New Concept in Battery Design Race Shop Supplies 11532 Stephanie Garden Grove, CA. 92640 • % tlte Size & Welgltt of its Eq11ivahnt • Vibration Resistant • Spill Proof

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,.HE WINNSll5 CHOICE WEB·CAM PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS are used by the sports winning drivers and engine builders. Just ask the top professionals before buying your next cam. · Our dedication to performance and quality keeps you on top. Call WEB-CAM for your winning cam for street , strip and off-road or send $3 for the complete catalog. WWEB-CA/111 PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS (714) 369-5144 EDWIN C. JACOBS PRESIDENT 900 STATE MILL ROAD AKRON, OHIO 44319 (2161644-7774 SPECIALIZING IN ~~ 'OFF ROAD HIGH-PERFORMANCE VW-PORSCHE, FABRICATION & · ~0 OFF ROAD PREP. • • ~ W,:uu1~ ~r--, .... ,~,..,.,.,,, Engine & Machine (619) 741-6173 420 VENTURE ST. ESCONDIDO, CA 92025 Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Nms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, AZ. 8501 7 Jack Woods (6021 242-0077 Intelligence on a new level. ADAM WIK 535 E. Central Park Anaheim, CA 92802 (714) 956-WIKS • Computerized Dyno • Flow Bench Facility Introducing the new SMART LEVEL~ A digital inclinometer with up to 0.1° repeatable accuracy. I! will zero to any angle and can be re-calibrated. Ideal for chassis building, body fabrication, fixture work or anywhere precise angular measurement is a must (such as wheel camber/caster settings, wing angles, etc.). Camber adjusting fixture • available separately for $59.95. =$:WATKINS· COMPLETE MOOU...E RETAIL ,.,,,r,,EI 780 Second Ava. Redwood City. CA 94063 Ph. (415)367-0808 625 N. 3rd Street, # 2 Wholesale Only Prescott, Arizona 86301 (602) 778-2433 FAX (415) 367-0866 ,~so Club Report past SO years of age. driver of record. And it became a In 1990 there was an upset of wearisome task to tabulate the sorts when a truck driver won the current scores after each event 6-50 gold medal for the first time. with paper and pencil and a card It was none other than Rodney file. The final b low was the Hall, who had a tough battle all SC~RE/~ORA split for points year long with fellow 4x4 driver series which took away the base Don Adams, who took the silver, for the 6-50 points,.and no award and Corky McMillin won the sponsor had come into view in bron:e medal. these tight money times. The gold By Jean Calvin The 6-50 Club concept began life in 1981, an idea put forth by Gregg Symonds, a former biker turned car racer. He felt the mature driver in off road cars ought to have something to strive for exclusive to their age group, something akin to the age classes ·in motorcycle desert racing. Gregg got the ball rolling, and recruited us to do the score keeping. At that time this award was a single gold medal, a gold Mexican SO peso coin for the over SO years of age driver of record who accumulated th'e most points, regardless of class, in the five SCORE International events. The winner of the gold coin in 1981 was Corky McMillin, who did well in Baja races in particular in his Class 2 Chenowth. Corky would win twice more, in 1985 and in 1988. Starting in 1982 the Olympic concept of gold, silver and bronze medals was adopted and BFGood-rich sponsored the awards for several years. The medals depicted an off road car in action, and both individual lapel pins and jacket patches were made for all who qualified for the 5-50 Club. Soon the Mint 400 was added to the eligible points races, and in 1982 Clark Gillies, another Class 2 driver, won the gold. Breaking the Class 2 hold on the honor, Bruce Jones drove hisS-1600 into the gold medal victory in 1983. But, it was back to Class 2 in 1984 when Danny Letner drove in every eligible event and won the gold medal honors driving a Raceco. The series evolved and by the time SCORE and HORA joined forces to conduct a common points series, we now had the 6-50 Club series consisting of the DustyTimes four points counting races from both SCORE and HORA and the SNORE 250. Now the best six of the nine events counted for the driver's year end score, so one need not run all nine events either. Yokohama Tires had taken over the sponsorship of the awards, and, as mentioned Corky McMillin won in 1985. The following year Stan Parnell made a serious effort chasing the gold medal and Stan was irtdeed the 1986 gold medalist driving a Class 5 car to the championship. It was another Baja Bug year in 1987 as Andy DeVercelly set out to capture the title and did just that in his 5-1600 Baja Bug. In 1988 Corky McMillin took his third gold of the series, and in 1989 Danny Lerner won the gold. Danny and Corky are the only two drivers to score repeat gold medal victories, two for Letner and three for McMillin. In this era there were close to 180 drivers on the 6-50 Club roster, mute evidence that some of the pioneer off road racers were getting well It was back to buggies out front medal score is seven for Class 2, in 1991 as Frank Snook, Class two for Class 5-1600 and one l / 2 Raceco, won the gold in a each for Classes 4 and 5. tight battle with a pair of truckers. If this sounds like a farewell Snook won by a mere five pqints scene, it is for our connection over Walker Evans and his Class with the 6-50 Club. If someone 8 Dodge, who in turn had some would like to take it over, we 26 points on Rodney Hall, would he happy to provide what Dodge, while Danny Lerner was a records we have to them. But, close fourth. perhaps it is an idea whose time It has been a lot of fun over the has passed. With so many· differ-! 1 b ent desert race series going now in aSC e even years ta ulating the 6- the southwest it would be difficult 50 points series, something fust for a driver's performance with to choose points events anyhow. nothing contingent. to earn the We thank the sponsors for their assistance over the years, and award, juSC be over 50 years of age those folks that helped us put the and the Driver of Record in any or scores together race by race, a all of the nine points counting most tedious task. And the 6-50 races. It has been a time Clubwasfunwhileitlasted. consuming job at the events, chasing down an entry list that provides ages, which the results do not. We did a lot of detective work in hopes that we didn't leave anybody out who was an eligible Georgia Report By Bob Rule Dennis Aiken Wins theGORRA Season Opener Frank Snook sails over familiar terrain in the two seat Raceco on his way to placing ninth in Class 1 /2 in the 1991 Baja 1000, earning him just enough points to win the 6-50 Club gold medal for the 1991' racing season. The Georgia Off Road Racing · Association had a disappointing low entry for the season opening . race last March at the club track near Vienna, GA. Only seven cars showed up on March 15th to run the first race of the 1992 season. Where have all the buggies gone over the winter? Maybe it had something to do with the Ides of March, or the monsoon season that swept across the southern states for weeks before spring came along in April. There were four starters in the 1600 clas_s, and Dennis Aiken June 1992 • Tum Key Racing Engines took off and led this race from flag to flag. Jame,s Hester finished second and the team of Bobby Bramblett and Bob Rule were third. Mickey Smallwood claimed fourth even though he was not running at the finish, a broken trailing arm put him in the pits permanently. Dusty Chitwood passed Steve Rule about four laps into the Challenger race, and Dusty never looked back en route to victory. Rick Breitenbach claimed second in Challenger class despite stop-ping three times for oil, seven laps down. Steve Rule was third two laps further back as his transmis-sion broke with just a few laps to go to the checkered flag. . GORRA would like to give special thanks to their faithful flagmen, Clint Hurst, Banks Behling and Rick Smallwood. Several Georgia racers headed to Tallahassee, Florida the end of March for the classic Florida/ FORD A 400 held at the Crowder pits. They had a blast of a time, without outstanding success, and they highly recommend the race to those who haven't tried this long short course event. Of the four cars participating from GORRA, three 1600s and a Chal-lenger, only t_wo finished. Jeff Lucas and James Mitchell took the checkered flag, but had a little trouble with the 1600 at the start. James Hester and Bob Rule's car both tell out about the 4½ hour mark in the enduro. Hester had transmission problems, and Rule's car broke all the motor mounts. Steve Rule led the Challenger cars for the first three hours, until a rear wheel £di off. But, thanks to quick pit work he was still run-ning third in class when he turned the driving over to Banks Behling, who drove the car to a third place finish. The car was a O.Q because of a slight rule infraction. All in all it was a fun weekend! Page 57

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: 1981 Trailmobile 45' air-ride electronics trailer. Air ride, aluminum wheels, cabinets & racks. Immaculate condition. Set up for off road racing. $25,000.00 oho. Call (714) 654-3683. FOR SALE: Pre-runner, 351ci , 500hp, 4 wheel discs, Winters, B&M trans, 5500 original miles, 18 shocks, Beard seats, dual ignition, Centerlines, Halpa Trip-Master, Locker, full cage, 32 gallon cell. Never raced. Pop-up lights, new Michelins. $60,000.00 invested. Sacrifice, $11,995.00 OBO. Truck in Los Angeles. Call (212) 633-1660. FOR SALE: Class 1 or 2-1600 Laser frame. The best of every-thing. Bead locks on all 4, many spare parts, trans, block, etc. Trailer included. $6,500.00 oho. Call (715) 478-2221 Mon-Fri. 8am-5pm ask for Mike. FOR SALE: Raceco Porsche, 1989 SCORE/HORA points champ. FAT 3.2 liter, Mendeola 00300. Only 4 races in last 2 years, overall winner last race. Meticulously maintained with only the best parts. Recent ground up rebuild wlupdates. Huge inventory of quality spares. $35K Todd (702) 825-1863 mornings, or leave message. FOR SALE: Buy a' ~inner, 1990 Class 5 11600 class champion, third overall in SNORE points series. Ready tq 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: 1-2 / 1600 Raceco. Raceco trans, 930 c.v. 's, dual feed, Parker Pumper, custom !'Mi' • FOR SALE: Watkins Aronson FOR SALE: '79Fordpre-runner. Dubblecartrailer,Holdstwocars New 351c, C6 and 3rd member. up t~ 126" wb and up to a 12" Street legal, BFG Mud, Auto wider beam. 250 cubic feet of Meter, Auto Fab, Mastercraft, enclosed and loc'kable storage American Racing, 12 Rancho space. Spare tire, 100 gal fuel tank 7000 take-a parts. $11,000.00 with electric delivery pump, full oho. Call Mike in San Diego lighting, 2500# winch wl remote (619) 454-4784. control. 4 wheel mechanical brakes, electric tongue jack. Call Craig at (415).367-0808. Stored in El Toro, CA. FOR SALE: Class 9 T-Mag, La Plant. Overall SCORE champion, top condition, fresh engine & trans. Lots of spares. $6,900.00. Call (714) 498-6470. FOR SALE: 1988 International Model 160036'van. 7.3 literdies-el, 5 plus 2 trans. Professionally built, tons of storage, cabinets, benches, locker, fire rack, winch, Honda 6.Skw, compressor, full int/ ext power and lights, 36'xl5' 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: 20 acres of pine trees· above Tehachapi. Near 6,000' level. 2 pads cut on property, both with magnificent view of entire Antelope valley. 4 season climate. Miles from paved road & FOR SALE: Super 1600 short civilization. Inside locked gates. course Raceco. Always a front Easy access on good graded road. runner at MTEG series. Trailing Call Don (805) 268-1644. arm car, FAT: Rabbit, Hewland · bus. Race reacty. $17,000.00 or FOR SALE: New 1-1600 Chen-trade? Call (619) 252-8485. owth. Wright rack, Neal pedals. '· WANTED: PARTS/ CMASSIS body panels, custom Bilstein rear FOR SALE: 5-1600, 4th in 1989 shocks, Fox shocks in front, Tay-SCORE & HORA points. Best of !or made seats. Spare parts availa-everything, Wright, SAW, Beard ble. Never raced. 4 hours testing. 930c.v. 's, eta! to convert 111600 car from Type IV rear suspension. Need trans flanges, axles, stub axles trailing arms and 10" Fox's OR looking for Chenowth Magnum frame wl body panels and 930 rear suspension & fuel cell. Call (602) 893-9361. seats. Fresh engine, raced twke CallRayorKen(818)303-8741. FOR SALE: 1990 Mirage Class since'89.Needcashtofinishnew $1600000 b 10,FATToyota4AF, llO"wb, FOR SALE: 16'custombuilt ' · 0 0· F C ·1 O W · h f enclosed trailer for Class 9 car. race truck. $6,500.00 obo. Call ox 01 -vers, ng t rant Kim at Mohr Racing. (805) 968-FOR SALE: 1985 built Berrien end, combos, artns & rack. Six overhead bins, workbench 3732 or FAX (805) 968-9316. 2001 1-2-1600. Beard seats, Neal Summers front & rear discs, w/ rollaway drawers, vise, sink pedals, UMP power steering,. Sway-A-Way, Woods arms, 930 w/ 15 gallon tank, 110 volt 1Qlt.SAL£! 198-7 Dod~ \1~- Centerlines, Probst motor, new c.v.'s, Centerlines, Mastercraft, inside/ outside lighting, stereo, Colt-+wd 5'-~ tranfly'~ Nf>isy, Wright combos, 4 c.v.'s, steering power steering, new 12' trailer. Custom 3db antenna wlmast; fou~:gear but:runs ~;:~Make· brake, race ready. $7,000.00 oho. $14,950.00 OBO or trade. Call raises in seconds. Red with yellow offer - you .haul._Call J<>hil at Call Bob (717) 644-0020 or (415) 594-0766 or (415) 365-stripe. $3,000.00. (818) 794-Dusty T1mes (818),889-5600. _ , (717) 648-2409 in Pennsylvania. 7789. Ask for Mark. 9714 after 5:30pm. :,----- - -..:..-·-:-:.-=.-..---------------------____ .,. _ _________ ------..,: I Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I ; DUSTY TIMES. : I Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of I' I black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. I I · NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe If I I you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. · I I I ================================================== : I 11 I _____________ _c_ _________ ~_ • I I I -------------------------I . I I --------------------------1 , : ---------------------------I Enclosed is$ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. -1 -I I : Name -------------------------------Mail to: I I Address __________________ Phone______ DUSTY TIMES 11 I 5331 Derry Ave., Suite O · I ·• City ------------------State . Zip_______ Agoura, CA 91301 . , Page 58 June 1991 FOR SALE: R:1ceco 2 seater, Class 112. 3.0 Porsche, new by California Motorsports, Bevin Weston rebuilt Hewland, coil-over front suspension, aluminum body by Mel Swain, Summers, Fuel Safe 30 gal cell, pumper, fire 5ystem. Fast & dependable. Spares. 25k oho. Call (602) 669-268 l. ALE: Raceco 2 seater, Class 1-2. 2.8 Type IV by FAT, Raceco bus trans, Fox front coil-over, Summers, 24 gal Fuel Safe, full aluminum body by Nye Frank. Great race, pre-run or show car. Low time, all the trick ·equipment. 15k obo. Call (602) 669-2681 . FOR SALE: Very competitive 5-1600. 11 ½" rear travel, 9½" front travel, rack & pinion steering, Fox shocks, combo's, Chro-mo front end, Wright arms, Beard seats, chro-mo cage, turbo style axles, DJ 486 trans, Thing drums, SuperBoot, FM radio, lots of spares. $6,900.00 Ross Craft (619) 558-6935. FOR SALE: Class 10 Chenowth Magnum. New air-cooled VW, new trans. Curnutt shocks, air suspension, freshly painted & prepped & ready to go! $16,000.b0 oho. Call Paul at (714) 545-0110 day/ nite. FOR SALE: ARAI-BDR helmet (large), Simpson race suit (large), Simpson gloves {large) and boots (si.:e 11 ). All used one ~ea son. Excel !en t condition, ;J00.00 for everything. Call ( 619) 696-8368 days or ( 619) 271-54 33 nites. WANTED: l JeepCJ5, preferably with Buick V6 and 4 speed. But, I am very open for any CJ5. Call or write Adam Gourley, P.O. Box 1123, Santa Barbara, CA 93102 or(805)962-0375 or(805)969-9139. FOR SALE: 1980 Raceco, C ass 1-2 or 10. Toyota 2TC motor, Summers hubs and brakes front and rear. 24" travel. CNC pedals, SAW, Saginaw steering, Beard Seats, Fuel Safe cell, JG Trans, Palmer front arms and spindles. "Too much to list." $14,000.00 firm. Call Ronat(310)559-4526 or Randy at (805) 274-2688. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 1963 VW Baja Bug, 2110 motor, Scat crank, Dual Webers, Fields trans, Centerlines, Beard seats, Bilsteins, everything new. Xlnt condition. Over $12,000.00 invested. $3,500.00 obo. (310) 457-0881. -=---FOR SALE: Class 5-1600. 4th place class champion 1991 La Rana series. Bumper to bumper roll cage, skid plates, fuel cell, air cleaner, front & rear adjustable suspension, wiring harness, dash & switches, rolling car. Does not include motor, trans, shocks, seats, belts & steering. $1,500.00 obo. Call Marc or Rick DeShane (714)831-8676. FOR SALE: 2 seat Class 10 ORE. Toyota 4AG motor, Fields tranny, Woods arms, Summers hubs, Fox, SAW, UMP, Center-lines. Competitive race winner is professionally prepped and ready to race. $18,000.00. Call (818) 706-2314 anytime or (818) 889-2822. FOR SALE: 20' tandem axle trailer wlsurge brakes. 2 tire racks and an 4x8' box to carry all pit boxes, spares and dump cans. Trailer also holds three fuel drums. $4,000.00 obo. Call (818) 706-2314 anytime. FOR SALE: 2 seat prerunner wl2240cc Type I motor. Fields tranny, Fox, SAW, UMP, pumpers. $5,000.00. Call (818) 706-2314 anytime. FOR SALE: 1985 Ford F-700, 24' box, belly boxes, SOCAR electric panels, awning, outside lighting, chrome wheels, loading ramp in back. Set up for racing, benches & lockers. 371 gas motor. $9,500.00 Pager (714) 422-7003 Mobil (714) 745-5226. FOR SALE: Brand new "FAT" style Class 10Toyota4HF. This is a complete motor ready to drop in. $4,500.00 obo. Call Paul at (714) 545-0110 daysl nites. FOR SALE: Type IV killer, 230hp 2600cc Type I. Just rebuilt, new pistons, valves & springs and new case. This motor is ready to go stomp some Type IV's. $5,000.00 obo. Call Paul at (714) 545-0110 days/ nites. Dusty Times : ass or F-150. Best of everything. Proven winner, tons of spare parts and chase boxes, radios, some sponsors. Preppe<;l, ready to win. Winner Nevada 500, Nissan 400 2nd in Class 4 . $55,000.00. Pager (714) 422-7003, mobile (714) 745-5226. FOR SALE: Ford Ranger, Class 7. 1990-91 FRT class champion. Full floater Summers Brothers rear end. Ready to race. $18,500.00. Will consider partial trade. Days (619) 344-4324, nites (619) 344-6703. .,.,.,...--,,---,-----FOR SALE: Street legal, Station One chassis, 1641, dual 36 Dellortos, braided lines, Beard seats, 5 point harnesses, Neal pedals, Centerlines, 5" wider beam with aluminum rods & Ford ends. IRS rear boxed arms. All professionally built. Going into business, MUST SELL!!!" $3,500.00 Call (602) 776-7357 .. FOR SALE: Class 10 short course, two seat, chrome moly chassis, 5 link rear suspension, new Rabbit, fresh bus trans, Fox shocks, many parts including spa re engine. Race ready, $4,000.00. Call Ken for details. (815) 946-2087. WANTED: 930 c.v.'s and all parts to convert 1-1600 car rear suspension. Need trans flanges, c.v. 's, axles, stub axles, and trailing arms. Also, need 10" Fox's w lreservoirs. ALSO CONSIDERING chassis change to Chenowth Magnum with or withour rear suspension and fuel cell. Got one??? Call (602) 893-9361. FOR SALE: Toyota MTEG Grand National Sport Truck. THE PUEBLO ACROPOLIS RALLY Ken Stewart Wins in Colorado . By Ron BaRhy, SCCA Rocl<y Mmmwin Dii•isimwl Rally Srl·mml Ken Stewart of Grove OK with Saturday and finished about I :30 Doc Shrader of West Memphis a.m. Sunday morning under per-:AR navigating, drove their feet weather conditions in early Cooper Tire S-10 Chevy Bla:er to spring. a two second win in the Acropolis Ken Stewart said after the rall y Divisional Rally at Pueblo, CO finish, "We had some problems held on April 4-5, 1992. The taking a few wrong turns, as di,I 1992 Pueblo Pro Rally was held at many teams. And for a time Jur-the Pueblo Motor Sports Track, ing the middle of the event, w,· and consisted of about fifteen had fuel delivery problems which percent of the course running on . we finally got worked out. Our the asphalt sports car track. The biggest problem was one mile balance of the rally route was from the end of the last stage conducted on the very rough when our steering idler arm hroke roads and trails used by moto-and we had to slow down q•1itL' a cross racers and off road vehicles. bit. Fortunately we were nble to The 65 mile Divisional Pro make it to the last main time c,m-Rally event started at 6:30 p.m. trol and still hold on to the lead." Former factory racer built for Ivan "lronman" Stewart by Precision Prep. (Cal Wells) The absolute best of everything! Plus, many spares. Six time class champion. Turnkey winner. Asking$18,000.00. Serious inquiries contact Brian at (416) 478--8459. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Barbary Coast · Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . . . 23 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . 15 Brush Run 101-Spring Run 101 . . 24 · Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . 46 Castex Inc., E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . 27 DeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . . 34 FAT Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Fox Fabrique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 FRT Superstition 250 . . . . . . . . . 5 Gennan Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . 40 HORA Fireworks 250 & Brian Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hi Tech Off Road ... : . . . . . . . . 4 Hot Line · Racer X . . . . . . . . . . . 18 KC HiLites .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 17 K.D. Kanopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 La Rana Lucerne Valley Jam 250 11 La Rana Glen Helen Short Course 19 LC. Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Marianna International Raceway Park . . . . . . . . 30,31, 32 Memorial Day 100 . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . 39 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PCI Race Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . 21 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . 41 Racers Tool & Supply · . . . . . . . . . 51 SCORE Baja 500 ... ·. . . Back Cover Marvin Shaw Engineering . . . . . . . 43 SNORE Caliente/Pioche 250 . . . . 9 Texas Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Trackside Photos Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 16 Transform Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Valley Performance · Hewland . . . 36 Ventura Raceway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 VORRA Yerington 400 ... •. . . . . . 25 Wesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Rick & Randy Wilson . . . . . . . . . . 10 Wright Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Off Road's Winningest Radios OVER 1,_809ON THE ~ACE COURSE! Comlink V • The Ultimate Racing Intercom ROAD MASTER 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.I June 1992 "A LEGEND" Only$539 Page 59 •

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