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Volume 10 - Number 1 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Janay Smith Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker Darla Crown C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Don Dayton Daryl D. Drake Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Elaine Jones Matt Marcher Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Darryl Smith Judy Smith 3-D Photography Trackside Photo Inc. Art Director Larry E. Worsham Typography & Production Michelle's Typesetting Services January 1993 ...WILLS Offll0AD UC:IIIG &DOH S b • • R tn .. Uo...1-Jt'llnl,,,,,I_ D-:..nit u scnptton ates: ""'"'.,..~" ~-,i, $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign Subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. Wishes V er"j Best · ul to ful a success an . 1993 season in . Dusty Timcs January 1993 In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page SCORE Baja 1000 by Judy Smith ....................... 12 MTEG - Las Vegas Silver Bowl by Jean Calvin ..... ...... 22 Midwest Points Championship by Barb & Marilyn Schultz ............ . . ...... : .... 26 CRS Gorman Ridge Rally by John Elkin ................. 30 WRC Sanremo Rally of Italy by Martin Holmes ........... 34 VORRA Yerington 250 by Matt Archer ......... ........ 36 La Rana California 200 by Jean Calvin ................... 40 SCCA Press On Regardless PRO Rally ................... 45 SODA at Blackhawk Farms by Barb & Marilyn Schultz .... 46 Stadium Racing in Australia by Darryl Smith ............. 50 MTEG at Candlestick Park by Homer Eubanks ........... 52 DEPARTMENTS ' California Rally Series by John Elkin ..................... 4 Trail Notes ................................. ." .... . .... 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1?93 Pullout Competition.Ca.lendar .................. 32-33 Checkers Column by the Big W ahzoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 ON THE COVER -The cover celebrates the extrordinary achievements of those who finished the Baja 1000 and we feature the biggest and the smallest cars that won in La Paz. Paul and Dave Simon have been working and reworking their Class l /2 Ford and it all came together on the SCORE Baja 1000. They survived overheating iri the later stages, led overall in cars while it was still daylight, and led overall at the finish line, taking over an hour off the former fast time from Ensenada to La Paz. They lost absolute overall to just one motorcycle by under three minutes. The over 1000 mile race takes some brave men to tackle it in a small single seat Mini Mag, and defending 1000 champs Scott Steinberger and Rory Chenowth signed on three more drivers for the long haul, Larry Plank, Dane Cardone and Jim Terry. They had but one stop for repairs and came into La Paz back to back Baja 1000 winners and they finished in the middle of the pack overall too. Our congratulations to both teams and to all who made it all the way to La Paz. Color Photography by Trackside Photo Inc. ta S~7~ DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY INTHE COUNTRY!! D 1 year - $15.00 D ·2 years - $25.00 D 3 years - $35.00 Takeadvantage of your subscription bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up to.45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name ______________________ _ Address ____________________ _ City State ___________ Zip-----------Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882--0004 ( Canadian -1 year $20.00 U.S. • Overseas subscription rates on request) Page 3

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California Rally Series Report Rv John Eli<in Our 1992 California Rally Series has come to a close with the recent running of the Gorman Ridge Rally. Many kudos to Mike Blore and Harris Done who took a bad situation in lost stage mileage to rain damaged roads and still gave 29 rally teams a first class event. Rain has plagued many rallies this year and possibly with weather patterns returning to normal, next year will be more successful. After the Gorman event awards breakfast the Board of Governors sat down for a quick meeting to discuss some key issues. The most major of these issues was the election of a new Director for the BOG. Several candidates were considered including Chris G riffin, who will be leaving for a temporary job in Hawaii for several months, and therefore decided until mayhl' nl'xt )'ear. After soml' cliscussiun a vok was taken and we _are pleased to announce that the new Director will be Lynnette Allison for 1993. Lynnette is a dynamic choice; she has been director before and always could be counted on to get ' the job done. 1993 should be a great year. It was announced at Gorman that the annual awards banquet will be part of a rally weekend on January 16 and 17, 1993. On January 16 make plans to bring your car to Glen Helen Raceway for the Fenceline Rallysprints I & II. Then on Sunday morning from 9:00 a.m. to about noon we will present the year end awards at an awards breakfast at the Ontario Airport Marriot. Fenceline I & II will be double co-efficient one events·, running a minimum of six stages apiece, although if time permits extra stages will be added. The BOG also voted for new stickers for the CRS. By January we should all be displaying the · new CRS sticker which will include our logo utilizing the state of California and a sliding rally car. The sticker should measure about 4x6 and will be available in black and whitt: so you can pick which color will stand out hest AffENTION DESERT RACERS DUSTY TIMES has contingency money posted at an Score and HORA desert races. Check it out on contingency row - Two • different classes each event. against your paint job. Your first set of stickers will be gratis; after . that you pay for additional sets. As we put this year to bed and look forward to aflother year I would like to thank all the organizers who seriously disrupt their lives to give everyone a place to rally. Thank you Rob Cherry, Jeff Hendricks, Mike and Paula Gibeault, Ray Hocker, Sam Moore, John Elkin, Harris Done, Mike Blore, Dan Hook, Lon Peterson and all the workers that made each event happen. I would like to thank Paula Gibeault who shares this column with me and always seems to find something for me to do whether I have the time or not, Jean ( :alvin for giving us such a wonderful m:wspaper to call our official voice in Dusty Times and put up with our missed deadlines, Kerry Kirby for giving us a truly memorable annual picnic last August, all the new rally teams that emerged this year and the same old teams that are the backbone of the CRS, Ron Wood for givin·g so much of his time and himself to being our technical inspector, and finally to the five foot dynamo of the CRS Nancy Peterson who performs the thankless task of CRS treasurer and membership chairman. T here are scores of other people that do so much for each individual event, too many to mention. But to all those who help, Thank Yo u. See you next year. When Peter Piper Picked A Parker Pumper Helmet, Page 4 How Many Drivers Wanted The Helmet That Peter Piper Picked? Helmet includes Nomex Skirt • More Nose Room • Lighter • Seals Better Against Dust • 30% More Vision • Also Available - Full Line of Simpson Products • Bell Helmets • Glass Shields • Drinkers • Kool Pac's • Pumper Motors • 4'-8' Hoses • 1985 Snell Approved Helmets We Also Convert Helmets! January 1993 Trail Notes ••• SCORE INTERNATIONAL has released their six race championship desert series schedule, much the same as was the tentative schedule. While the transition and acquisition of the High Desert Racing Association still, at press time, has a few knotty problems, it is happening. At the SCORE Awards Banquet Sal Fish, Chief Executive Officer of SCORE, introduced Danny Cau, formerly president of HD RA, as the new president of SCORE. Paul Fish who has been active with SCORE for some three years is vice-president and secretary and Jim Conner will become race director. That last appointment leaves us wondering just what Danny Cau's function will be before, during and after the races. In case you didn't read last month's issue both the drawing date and race date for the Parker 400 are earlier than originally planned. Now the race will happen on January 22-24, 1993 and as last year will take place entirely in Arizona. The Nevada 400, nee Nissan, will happen March 12-14 out of Las Vegas, NV, followed by a pair of races in Baja California, The San Felipe 250 on April 16-18 and the Baja 500, June 4-6. The Gold Coast 300, unfortunately, has been switched to August 6-8 out of Jean, NV, a time of year when the climate is not favorable. Not only is the average ambient temperature around 120 degrees, it is also flash flood season, a real hazard on that course particularly. The finale is the Baja 1000 on Nov. 12-14. Feel like you are missing something? Right, the Nevada 500 is history; and the Fireworks 250 is on the schedule as a non-points race, and it has always been one of the most successful HORA races, so that move is hard to understand. Also the long rumored race at Lake Havasu City, has a tentative date, pending permits, of October 1-3, but that will also be a non-points race. For safety reasons the motorcycles will compete only in Mexico and at Parker, accord-ing to the press release. That's all the news about the 1993 SCORE Series available as we go to press in mid-December 1992. EGG ON FACE DEPARTMENT - In your December issue of Dusty Times you made a mistake in regards to the inaugural Baja 1000 in the "Trail Notes" section. Vic W ilson was not Ted Mangels co-driver in the 1967 Baja 1000, it was Bruce Meyers of Meyers Manx fame. Vic was the co-driver in 1970 when Drino Miller won the 1000. The Orange County register also made the same mistake when it did a feature article on Ted Mangels. Ted is a great guy who is certainly a pioneer in off road racing. Someone should ask him about his totally plywood frame/chassis race car. My name is Marty Martindale and Ted Mangels is my father's ex-business partner, and Vic Wilson is my dad's first cousin. (This editor knew that, but didn't catch it. The information used by both our associate and the Orange County Register came directly from the race program which was produced for the most part by Petersen Publishing Co.) · RICK MEARS IS MOVING ON -It was announced on December 10 that Rick Mears, a four time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and winner of more than 29 Indy car races, is retiring. Mears, who had ongoing surgery to repair the wrist broken in crashes before and during the Indy 500 last May, made the surprise announcement at the Roger Penske Team annual Christmas party in Reading, PA. Rick drove his last Indy car race with the Penske team on August 2, the Marlboro 500 at Michigan lnternatiof!_lll Speedway, and since then has been seen in the pits at the remaining races in civilian clothes. While he admitted it was a tough decision, it undoubtedly made his parents, siblings, and for sure his wife happy that they would see more of him this year than the test tracks. We may even see him at a few off road races, as he was in Mexico during the Baja 1000, where unfortunately his brother Roger broke early in the race. Rick is only 41 years of age, and it doesn't seem that long ago that he was racing buggies off road, often with his dad Bill as co-driver. Hope to see you soon Rick, maybe at the stadium races when your son Clint is competing. ALSO IN THE INDY CAR NEWS was the press conference called by one A.J. Foyt to announce his new team driver, Robby Gordon. Robby seemed thrilled but a little subdued as he told reporters that if you wanted to go Indy car racing, there was no better coach to have than Foyt and no better team to be associated with in your sophomore year and beyond. Robby will drive the entire CART PPG series, so it remains to be announced ifhe will have time to drive his fancy Ford truck in the occasional off road race. Congratulations to Robby for landing such a super ride, and now we still have good reason to watch those races on TV and see another top off road racer go on to greater glory and for sure earn a lot more money for driving a race car. TOYS FOR TOTS POKER RUN -The results are tremendous for the Toys For Tots Off Road Poker Run held November 7 & 8 at the Slash X cafe in Barstow, CA. The two day event drew just over 1000 entries, which is an increase over previous events. The organizers also raised in excess of $16,500.00 and that money will go a long way towards making a happy Christmas morning for many children. The Poker Runs were blessed with good weather, 60 to 70 degrees with some wind on Saturday but none on Sunday. The first place winner on Saturday took home a set of BFGoodrich tires, and prizes were presented for the ten best hands of the day plus a prize for the best low ball hand. Sunday was a repeat of Saturday with the first prize a Bannon Industries truck bed pop up tent. Once again the 100 percent volunteer crew that comes out to help stage a poker run of this size is the key to a successful event. The checkpoints were manned by La Rana Desert Racing with the help of Desert Race Support. In fact the La Rana folks did an excellent job of keeping the participants moving along the course. La Rana also did the entire course layout including all the marking and they did the course tear down on Sunday as well. Thanks go to all who helped from event coordinators Tom and Beverly Moessner. The next off road poker run here is slated for the first of April and the proceeds will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. We hope the see you there. CALIFORNIA SALES TAX -The California Sales Tax on Periodicals . and Snacks was voted out this last November, and became effective December 1, 1992. California subscribers will no longer be required to pay Sales Tax on these items. Therefore, California subscribers remit only $15.00 for one year, $25.00 for two years or $35.00 for a three year subscription, just like the other 49 states. For those of you who have already subscribed or renewed your subscription since December 1, 1992 and have included the Sales Tax, your subscription has been extended by one, two or three months accordingly. Remember, California Sales Tax IS NO LONGER REQUIRED!!! Send only the amount indicated on the Subscription Form on page 3. (more TRAIL NOTES on page 10) Dusty Times

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1991·93 Happenings ••• June 25-27, 1993 Spring Run 10 I Crandon, WI September 3-5, 1993 Brush Run 10 I Crandon, WI A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association "0. Box 34810 P110enix, AZ 85067 (h02) 252-1900 AMSA Jim Webb P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 ___ (.,_209)439-2114 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 47 Teenan St. Ferny Hills, Q. 4055, Australia 011 -18--07 -85 1--0444 ----AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class I() cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K78 IHI (5 I 4) 434-5792 BAD DOG'S OFF ROAD SHOWDOWN Barry Callawa\' (8 I 7) 645--0003 clays ( 817) 641-9985 nights Gt·ne Peugh (817) 781-8268-nights 33825 No. Main Ckburno:, TX Rt.LL·in.~ cit.: .fmmlt Sun.la,· of <'c1cl1 mond, h.:.~innin.~ in M,11-c/1 BADGERLAND VW CLUB, INC. Tary Friday 59 U Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, WI 54901 \414)688-5509 ( All .:wncs locatd in Chilton, WI ac the W in'nd>a,~o Counr:v Ex/io CentL'T) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. ·page 6 Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) January 16, 1993 1992 Awards Banql\et Rosarito Beach, BC, MX February 5-7, 1993 Gran Carrera de San Felipe 250 San Felipe, BC, MX March 26-28, 1993 BUMP Bob Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. West# 108 Quart: Hill, CA 93536 (805) 256-8520 Gran Carrera de San Luis Rio, 'olorado CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 Puerto Penasco Sonora, MX April 29-May 2, 1993 Mint 400 Shorr Course Stadium Championships May 14-16, 1993 Gran Carrera de T ecate 250 Tecate, BC, MX June 25-27, 1993 Gran Carrera de Mexicali Night Race Mexicali, BC, MX July 23-25, 1993 Gran Carrera de Ensenada Ensenada, BC, MX September 24-26, 1993 Gran Carrera de Campeones San Felipe, BC, MX December 10-12, 1993 Mint 400 Desert Challenge 400 Miles Las Vegas, NV BONNEVILLE OFFROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R. 3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 1993 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon, Wl54520 (715) 478-2222 (619) 375-8704 January 9, 1993 Fenceline Rallysprints I & II Glen Helen OHV Park San Bernardino, CA January 10, 1993 1992 Awards Breakfast Ontario Airport Mariott Hotel Ontario, CA CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING Terry Silbaugh 20515 Whitehaven Circle Bend, OR 97702 March 6, 1993 Millican 300 Bend, OR April 3, 1993 Bear Butte 200 Central Oregon October 16, 1993 Whiskey Springs 300 Central Oregon 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 ~RE I\Dllfrll IIRI 11;11 January 1993 CORVA l 60 l 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-36491(214) 641-2090 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association l) 385 Florence Ave, Apopka, FL 32701 ( 407 l 291-12 I 5 1( 305) 82 3-4487 January l 0, 1993 Naplt."s, FL February 14, 1993 Lah·land, FL March 27, 1993 Tallahassee_, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 , SUPERSTITION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES December 3 1, 1992 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA February 13, 1993 King of the Desert Lake Superstition, CA April 3, 1993 Bu:z Bomb 150 Plaster City East, CA August 7, 1993 Superstition 250 Lake Superstition, CA September 25; 1993 Plaster City Blast Plaster City East, CA October 30, 1993 Squeaky Springs Gran National Lake Superstition,.CA December 31, 1993 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA ATV, BIKE& DESERT SUPERLITE SCHEDULE January 1 7, 1993 Barking Spider of the Desert 1-8 & Dunaway Road, CA February 13, 1993 King of the Desert Lake Superstition, CA February 20, 1993 1992 Awards Banquet San Diego, CA . February 28, 1993 -Coyote Wash Bath Plaster City West, CA March 21, 1993 March Madness Plaster City West, Ca April 28, 19_93 Attack Kamikaze Desert Gran Prix & Team Race Lake Superstition, CA May 9, 1993 Sweethearts Kiss Lake Sµperstition, CA May 15-16, 1993 24 Hours of Le Fud Plaster Ci.ty West, CA June 13, 1993 Carlsbad Gran Prix & Team Race June 19, 1993 Mr. Patterson's Wild Ride Plaster City West, CA August 21, 1993 Otter Z Night Team Race Plaster City West, CA September 5, 1993 Desert Sprint Plaster City East, CA October 10, 1993 4th Annual Mudhen II Plaster City West, CA November 21, 1993 Notorious Dawg 3 Hour Team Race 1-8 & Dunaway Road, CA Dec 5, 1993 Rudolph's Revenge plus Team Race Lake Superstition, CA Be it our race team, sales team, or service team . . . at Fiesta Ford we're all driven by excellence. We race what we sell and sell what we race, so we know what it takes to keep your vehicle in top form. Not only will you get the best parts and service available anywhere, but Fiesta Ford will give racers special discounts on parts and major fleet pricing incentives on cars and trucks. Fiesta Ford . . . your off-road racing connection. ~ - . lN•ME 83-407 HWY 111, INO/O, CA 92201 (619) 347-1234 Dusty Times

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GLEN HELEN OHV PARK GRR October 22-24, 1993 October 1993 TBA April 23-25, 1993 P.O. Box 2339 Golden Rule Racing California 200 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Big Bear Adventure San Bernardino, CA 92406 P.O. Box40211 Ridgecrest, CA Las Vegas, NV Big Bear Lake, CA (714) 880-1733 Phoenix, AZ 85067 November 18-20, 1993 October 1993 TBA May 14-16, 1993 GORRA (602) 263-5329 High Desert 300 Candlestick Park Redwood Coast Jamboree Georgia Off Road HIGH PLAINS OFF Lucerne Valley, CA San Francisco, CA Fort Bragg to Eureka / Arcata, CA Racing Association ROAD RACING MICHIGAN OFF ROAD N°' ber 20, 1993 June 18-20, 1993 Rox I I 093 Station -A ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS Awards Banquet Ghost Town Adventure '93 Atlanta, GA 30310 Harvey Wald M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. TBA South Lake Tahoe, CA/ Stateline, NV (404) 253-1033 (605) 224-6678 days 15529 Jones Road CAMEL SUPERCROSS SERIES September 17-19, 1993 March 27, 1993 (605) 224-5534 evenings Grand Ledge, MI 48837 January 23, 1993 Kern River Jamboree Florida 400 IOK FOUR WHEELERS (517) 627-6200 Anaheim Stadium Kernville/ Lake Isabella, CA Tallahassee, FL P.O. Box 36 Anaheim, CA April 25, 1993 Cleves, Ohio 45002 MICHIGAN SPORT OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS BUGGY ASSOCIATION February 6, 1993 OF EL PASO Vienna, GA ( All ewnts staged at the cltJ, grounds Keneth Coleman Jach Murphy Stadium Joey Vasquez May 23, 1993 in Clews, Ohio) 742 E. Roosevelt Road San Diego, CA 13180 Round Dance Vienna, GA Ashley, Ml 48806 May 15, 1993 El Paso, TX 79936 June 27, 1993 INTER-SHOWS (517) 838-4483 (915) 855-97671(915) 855-9767 MOTORSPORTS LA Memorial Coliseum Vi,·nna, GA Los Angeles, CA PROMOTIONS, INC. MIDWEST OFF ROAD RACING ONTARIO OFF ROAD July 25, 1993 P.O. Box 2910 Tommy Bowling June 12, 1993 RACERS ASSOCIATION Vienna, GA Mission Viejo, CA 92690 19019 W . CR 128 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Jeff Sargent August 22, 1993 (714) 364-0515 Odessa, TX 79765 Las Vegas, NV 1480 Lakeridge Rd. N Vienna, GA (915) 561-5222 Ajax, Ontario, Canada September 26, 1993 KAMLQOPS BRONCO BUSTER "The Texas Challenge NATIONAL MUD RACING (416) 427-4782 Vknna, GA 4WDCLUB Off Road Points Series" ASSOCIATION PIKES PEAK October 24, 1993 Randy Chamberlin (All et'<.>nts at Notrees, TX) 11842 Jason Court P.O. Box 6962 835 Wawn Road Vienna, GA Kamloops, B.C. V2B-6N3 MICKEY THOMPSON'S Madera, CA 93638 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (209) 486-45901(209) 266-5558 (719) 685-4400 November 2 7, 1993 Don (604) 372-9501 days OFFROAD Thanksgiving 250 Randy (604) 579-9621 eves CHAMPIONSHIP December 26-27, 1'992 S.C.A.T. INC. Vic-nna. GA ( All e,•ents start 7 miles NW of Kamloo/>s) GRAND PRIX Salem VA Michael R. King ( All ,·1·,·nr< .rr Vicnn<1. GA) Mickey Thompson January 8-9, 1993 P.O. Box 277 LA RANA DESERT RACING Entertainment Group Cedar Rapids, IA Morrisonville, NY 12962 GREAT LAKES 22769 Chambray Dr. P.O. Box 25168 January 16-17, 1993 (518) 561 -3208/(518) 236-7897 FOUR WHEEL Anaheim, CA 92825 DRIVE ASSOCIATION Moreno Valley, CA 92387 Casper, WY SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Bob Moon (909) 924-2226 (714) 938-4100 April 25, 1993 Sports Car Club of America 915 So. Zeeb Road January 8-10, 1993 January 30, 1993 Johnson, VT P.O. Box 3278 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 New Years 200 Anaheim Stadium May 15-16, 1993 Englewood, CO 80112 (313) 665-03581(313) 996-9193 Barstow, CA Anaheim, CA Johnson, VT ( 303) 779-6622 GREAT PLAINS OFF-ROAD February 26-28, 1993 February 20, 1993 June 27, 1993 SCORE Presidential 250 Jack Murphy Stadium RACING ASSOCIATION Barstow, CA San Diego, CA Johnson, VT Score International Keith Koesters August 22, 1993 ~ 1125 Via Colinas, Suire 908 4605 N. 130th Circle April 30-May 2, 1993 March 20, 1993 W,·stlake Village. CA 91362 Omaha, NE 68164 Spangler 200 Kingdome Johnson, VT (818) 889-9216 ( 402) 496-0846 Ridgecrest, CA Seattle, WA September 12, 1993 January 22-24, 1993 ( All sltort ,·011rst races and hdd at June 18-20, 1993 May 1, 1993 Johnson, V'r Parker 400 WeslFair in Co11ncil Bl11ffs, Iowa) Lucerne Valley 250 Sun Devil Stadium October 3, 1993 Parker, AZ GREAT WESTERN Lucerne Valley, CA Tempe, AZ Johnson, VT March 11-14, 1993 POINTS SERIES, INC. July 24, 1993 May 22, 1993 Nev,1da 400 Bertram Productions, Inc. Womans Only Race L.A. Memorial Coliseum OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Las Vegas, NV 15073 Hwy 119, Rt. 4 Barstow, CA Los Angeles, CA Four Wheel Drive Excursions April 16-18, 1993 Golden, CO 80403 August 27-29, 1993 September 1993 TBA P.O. Box 1154 San Felipe 250 Colorado Off Road Championships Johnson Valley 200 Mile High Stadium Arcata, CA 95521 San Felipe, RC, MX (303) 936-5960 Lucerne Valley CA Denver, CO (707) 822-8508 ~ COAST 1-800-634-6755 1-800-331-5334 Las \egas, Nevada Page 8 January 1993 Dusty Times

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June 4-6, 1993 Baja SC\l EnSt.'na,la, BC, MX July 2-4, 1993 Fin·works 25() Barstow, CA August 6-8, 1993 Gold (\)ast ~()0 Las Vq.:as, NV October 1-3, 1993 Lake Havasu 30() Lake Havasu City, AZ (r,,1r,11i,v ) November 12-14, 1993 Baja JO()() Enst!nada, RC. MX SCORE SHOW Mickt!y Thompson Entertainment Group Tom Lt!wis P.O. Box 25148 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714) 938-4155 February 12-14, 1993 Visalia Convention Center Visalia, CA April 23-25, 1993 Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Elice Simonis Tucker 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 (714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 L,s Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 February 5-7, 1993 Mahoney's Silver Nugget Bottom Dollar North L,s Vegas, NV March 27-28, 1993 Twilight 200 Las Vegas, NV May 14-16, 1993 Calit!nte 250 Caliente, NV July 24-25, 1993 Midnight Sp,:cial Las Vegas, NV September 17-19, 1993 SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV December 3-5, 1993 Eldorado Valley 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA/(414) 257-0422 January 15-17, 1993 1992 Awards Banquet & Convention Pap,:r Valley Hotel Appleton, WI May 28-30, 1993 Memorial Day 100 Lake Geneva, WI June 11-13, 1993 Kiwanis Off Road Race Antigo, WI June 25-27, 1993 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI July 9-11, 1993 Road America Elkhart Lake, WI July 23-25, 1993 UP 100 Bark River MI August 6-8, 1993 Fox Riverfest DePere, WI August 20-22, 1993 Great Northern Challenge Lake Odessa, MI September 3-5, 1993 Brush Run 10 l Crandon, WI September 17-19, 1993 Midwest Points Championship Oshkosh, WI October 1-3, 1993 Blackhawk Farms, IL TEXAS OFF ROAD GRAND PRIX Short Course Racing - Texas Style Class 10, Sportsman, Challenger Mike Bernardo 1606 Lancelot Circle Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (214)855-2232 ( Ali L'H.'ltCs ac SCL'/>hl.'1will.!, TX Sp<!l.'dway) TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urbanowic:, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (Rac·L's ac C",0lonial Vallc:1 Resorts in PA) ·The Off-Roader's Choice· Page 10 • E-Z UP"" INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 secondsl NO missing parts NO center poles NO. ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics l.nstant Pit Shelter La Rana Contingency Sponsor HORR Contingency Sponsor E-Z UP Authorfzed Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ INC. 1044 N. Cole Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 2810 W . Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 93030 (805) 656-1122 VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95R38 (916) 925-1702 March 20-21, 1993 1993 Season Opener Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA March 27-28, 1993 Season Opt!ner Rain Date Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA April 24-25, 1993 The Spring Special Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA May 29-31, 1993 Yeringtonl VORRA 400 Yerington, NV June 18-20, 1993 Virginia City 200 Virginia City. NV July 31-August 1, 1993 Summer Si::ler Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA September 4-6, 1993 Yerington 25() Yerington, NV October 16-17, 1993 VORRAI All Pro Auto Parts Off Road Championship Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA (Tc,ttt1tiw) WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 19125 - 87 A Ave. Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 5X7, Canada (604) 576-6256 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602)971-3730 (All L'n.,us <1C Tlm1shL'rland, 117ch Aw. & Gbulall.' in Plwc,iix. AZ) FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP January 21-28, 1993 Monte C,rlo Rally Monte Carlo, Monaco February 11-14, 1993 Swedish Rally Karlstad, Sweden March 2-7, I 993 Portugal Rally Estoril, Portugal April8-13, 1993 Safari Rally Nairobi, Kenya May 1-5, 1993 Tour de Corse Ajaccio, Corsica May 29-June 3, 1993 Acropolis Rally Lagonissi, Greece June 18-23, 1993 Ivory Coast Rally Abidjan, Ivory Coast July 14-17, 1993 Rally Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina August 4-8, 1993 New Zealand Rally Auckland, New Zealand August 25-29, 1993 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 18-20, 1993 Rally Australia Perth, Australia October 10-14, 1993 Rally de Italia Sanremo, Italy November 1-4, 1993 Rally of Spain Catalunya, Spain November 21-25, 1993 RAC Rally Nottingham, England ATTENTION RACE & RALLY OROANIZERS Lisr ,our , omin)! L't'<.'ltts in DUSTY TIMES (rel.'! Sc,1<1 -wmr 1993 schdulc as mon ,ts 1ms,il,le for liscin.~ in rltis column. M<1il vour TtlL'l' or rnllv .<l-ltl.'du!e ro: DUSTY TIMES. w7~-, Mt1rill<1 Sc., Chammrch. CA <,>q11 -44o8. January 1993 mo~c ••• TRAIL NOTES . " CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES, which is the Southern Pacific Division of the SCCA Divisional Rally program that happens all over the country, has a new Director in Lynnette Allison. She has not been very active in recent months because of business pressures, but now she is back with time to devote to CRX. She started her report with congratulations to all who would receive trophies and awards at the annual banquet, yet to happen at this writing, on January 10, and commenting about the excellent teams and service crews we have in rallying, with good sportsmanship, great stories and wonderful team spirit! She also offered congratulations to all who don't have a trophy this year, but that earned championship points as competitors in a tough sport. Thanks go to Gary Luke, one on our ancient ones (read that as experienced), for all his help and support these past two years as CRS Rally Director. The 1993 annual Vehicle Inspection Date is Saturday, February 6 at VW Specialties which is the shop fo Rod Wood, SCCA Divisional Tech Inspector. Be at Rod's shop between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. It is at 17682 Gothard, #7 in Huntington Beach off the 405 freeway. Call him for directions at (714) 848-4336. All competing cars must meet the minimum SCCA safety regulations, and both the SCCA Rally-Solo rule book and the CRS rule book for 1993 should be available soon. Mark your calendar with the two CRS and SCCA National-Divisional events early in 1993, the Prescott Forest Rally on April 2-4 and the Rim of the . World on May 14-16. Tony Shumacher has been elected 1993 Stock Class Chairman, and thanks go to Sam Moore who recently vacated the position. You can reach Tony with questions at (714) 859-7216. The first monthly Rally Club meeting will be Thursday evening, February 25 'in the Diamond Bar Area starting with a 6:30 social time, then dinner, discussion and business. Call (909) 736-1442 for details. Bill Gutzmann continues to offer his garage facilities, including lift and hoist, to rallyists interested in doing some repair and maintenance on their rally cars or tow vehicles, and getting free advice on technical and safety items. He is open every Thursday evening from 7:00 to 9:00, except Rally Club night, at 8401 Unit D Loma Place in Upland. Call (909) 982-3173 for more info'. THE HORA AW ARDS BANQUET began that annual rite of winter for all race series. It was a little early this year and on Friday night on November 20, 1993, and at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, the off roaders haven in Las Vegas, After a lengthy cocktail hour hosted as always by hotel owner Michael Gaughan, an excellent turnout enjoyed the terrific meal we always get at a Gold Coast banquet, and good company. The table wine was courtesy of HDRA's insurance agents, Allied Specialty Insurance, and T uca Productions supplied the beautiful four color program, for sure an item to keep. While most were aware that this was probably the last such affair under the HORA banner, the mood of the crowd was definitely up. We'll hava a full report next month but briefly, Walker Evans was the overall points and Open Wheel champion, Larry Ragland won the Heavy Metal and Billy Bunch took the Mini Metal honors. Ford won both the Mini Metal and Heavy Metal points, and BFGoodrich won the Tire Manufacturers points in both Open Wheel and Truck class series. THE MICKEY THOMPSON ENTERTAINMENT GROUP chose Saturday night November 21 for their awards banquet in Costa Mesa, which saw a lot of folks hurriedly commuting on 1-15 from Vegas or if lucky, getting on a plane to LA. The money in the MTEG Series is paid out at each race to winners, but the top points drivers collected their trophies, and many got fat checks from tire and vehicle manufacturers. The banquet was preceded by a cocktail party with mind boggling hor d'oeuvres hosted by BFGoodrich. We'll have a full report on this affair in the February issue also, as it is our annual Salute to Champions issue. THE SCORE INTERNATIONAL 1992 Off Roadsman and Class Champions awards banquet came just six days later on December 4, near the Los Angeles Airport at the Hilton. While it was a no host cocktail hour, the dinner was uncommonly good for a commercial hotel, and there were a host of special awards, some with big checks attached. Dan Newsome of BFGoodrich, everybodies friend in the desert for sure, was voted Person of the Year and Goodrich also took home matching trophies for Contingency Company of the Year and Pit Support T earn of the Year, as they dominated the Off Roadsman awards. After introducing Danny Cau, Paul Fish and Jim Conner, Sal Fish did the marathon job of MC for all the awards. Sal also announced that the 1993 SCORE banquet would be held at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which brought a round of applause. Again, we'll have a full report next month. BEKKI BEATS THE BOYS -The SNORE Eldorado 250 produced a big first in desert racing, a young lady solo driver won the race overall. Bekki Freeman could hardly believe it herself, and the chilly December weather in the Eldorado Valley didn't dampen her spirits at all when she found out that she had won Class 1-2-1600 in her new car with very good lap times. Actually Mike Spina beat her in, but he, along with a few Unlimited Class drivers got 30 minute penalties for taking an unauthorized trail for a few miles. Mind you, this area is full of trails, and the one in question has been used for races many times, but it wasn't on the permit for this race, and a SNORE Official just happened to be alongside the road talcing down car numbers. When Bikki, whose father Ken has raced for years and brother Ken Jr. runs in Class 9, has been racing since she was 15, just a few years ago. When the results were posted and Bekki was first overall the Freeman clan, led by mom Marion really started celebrating. Troy Herbst won Unlimited class, Rocky Magee took Class 10, Bruce Fraley won 5-1600, Gene Griepentrog took the Class 9 money, the biggest class and Steve Ogle won even bigger money in the Mini Metal class with the $1,000.00 Yokohama bonus money as well as the class purse. We'll have the whole story and photos in the February issue. THE MINT 400 DESERT CHALLENGE was abruptly canceled a week or two before the December race date. The Baja Promotion race had its permits but the hang up was apparently paying for Metro Police at road crossings and other financial problems. With the recent winter storms in the area, it snowed at Jean and on other parts of the proposed course the week before the race, it is doubtful if there would have been a heavy entry anyhow. A December 12-15 date is just too close to Chrisnnas for most folks also. ATIENTION PIT CLUBS -Don't forget to send us your 1993 race director or contact name and phone number for the Pit T earn Register. Also send us news of how your club did in any race. Racing in the desert starts all . over again this month, with La Rana at Barstow followed in two weeks by the Parker 400, and the beat goes on. Happy New Year. DusyTimcs

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1992 TECATE/SCORE BAJA 1000 Simon & Simon Take the Big One By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. It takes a good team, good pits, good drivers, and a tough car to win the Baja 1000 along with some good luck. Paul and Dave Simon had it all going for them last November in the Ford bodied Class 1 /2 special, minor problems and they finished over an hour faster than the winner did three years ago. Dave and Paul Simon surprised their competition with a near flawless run down the length of the Baja peninsula in their exotic Ford truck, to take the overall win in the Baja 1000, along with their Class 112 honors. Faster than all but one bike, (Danny Hamel and Garth Sweetland beat them by two minutes and 47 seconds), the Simons were pushed hard by Robby Gordon in another Ford truck, for most of the distance, and arrived at the finish line after just 16 hours 53 minutes and 2 seconds for the 1,032 miles. There was a lot of hullabaloo about this year's Baja 1000 which was billed as the "25th Annual", never mind that there was no race in '74, so this was actually only the 24th 1000. And, out of those 24 races, the event has gone to La Paz only 12 times, counting this year. But it made for good PR, and if SCORE liked it they can do it all over again next year, and again in about 2031, when at the rate of one every three years, they will finally have produced the 25th race to La Paz. The event headquartered in Ensenada, and the start was actually right in town, heading south on the pavement until it got to Maneadero, where it slid off the blacktop into a sandy riverbed. Once the drivers reached Uruapan they headed eastward, to San Felipe, and then they went directly south, event~ ually going through Bay of L.A., and then slightly westward to El Arco. Turning south again, the course hit some pavement into San Ignacio, then went west, to the Pacific shore, and on to Purisima, and up into the mountainous spine of Baja Sur, to been great fans of off road racing, the Comondus, and San Javier, and some of the little boys who then out to the Pacific beach asked for "steekers" (stickers) on again, following the curve of the . contingency day years ago have peninsula, and finally into La Paz. grown into racers themselves. It was a marked course, unlike the There were 26 en tries with early events, and racers had to Mexican addresses, nearly 15% of stay on the trail on their way to the total car and truck field. And the checkpoints as they headed· · there was a scattering of Mexican south. The time limit was 42 entries on bikes also. hours, and every class was • d h . The greatest bulk of the entries require to run t e entire distance. was still in the "buggy", or Th · f h l l l VW /Porsche based cars, with e magic o t e ong, one y road worked to attract a record 114 of the total car/truck entry number of entries, and with a coming from those classes, and total of 169 cars and trucks and only 60 falling into the "truck" 132 bikes and A TVs, there were a group. And none of the truck classes were as big as any of the full 307 eager racers waiting for buggy groups ( except for Class 11 the green flag on Thursday and Class Mini~Mag which had morning November 12th. The five and two entries respectively). number of cars and trucks had dropped a bit from the last long Their finish precentages are 1000 ('89). The big numbers almost the same, with 54% of the came in the bikes, with a total of buggies getting to La Paz, and 56% 132 bike and A TV entries, of the trucks. The trucks generally swelled by the large number of have more and better equipped pit and chase crews. Japanese vacation/ adventurers, who book a vacation that includes But before they could get to La a race~ready motorcycle and an Pa;;, they had a lot of ground to entry in the Baja 1000. These cover, and it all started with the folks, some of whom are fine unlimited cars, Class 1 / 2. If ever riders, give the race a real there was a favorite for a race it international feel, because at was Ivan Stewart and his Toyota. everypitarea,ateverygasstation, And Stewart had pre~run for at every checkpoint, there are big weeks, his car was prepped to the groups of people speaking neither max, and he and his team were out English nor Spanish, as they go to get the one win that has eluded about the business of chasing and them. But he had a lot of tough pitting their entries. Along with competition in his class, including the occasional European, from Robby Gordon in that Ford, the Switzerland, France and the Simons in theirs, Walker Evans in Netherlands,andanAustralianor his Dodge, Mark McMillin in a South African twang, the language Porsche powered Chenowth, Bob mix got fairly exotic. A happy Gordon in -a new Chenowth, circumstance that just serves to Malcolm Smith, Bud Feldkamp add to the special aura of this very and Jerry Penhall in their Raceco, special race. and Tim and Ed Herbst in another The Baja Mexicans have always Chen_owth. And those are just the Rob MacCachren, with Mike Schoffstall riding shotgun in the Ford, ran with the leaders all day, took the Class 8 lead by LA Bay and Rob not only won Class 8 by over an hour he placed second overall. tip of the iceberg. and endoed his Raceco, but got W hen Ivan got into his car at going again. Ensenada he had some kind of oil Gordon was first into Crucero, coolerproblem,butitdidn't seem but Simon was the second one severe, and his crews and all his there, and had the lead by about spares were spread out on the four minutes. Then there was a course by then, so he just headed gap, and the Herbsts and Arciero out, watching the dials and hoping came in at the same time, into the for the best. Roby Gordon, who'd same pit. The Herbsts were out drawn number 126 as his starting fast, in third, but Arciero settled position, decided he didn't want in for a half hour fix on his rear to eat all that dust, so he bought shocks. Meanwhile,Jason Baldwin the number 103 start position of was in and ·out, in fourth place, Gary Mecham. That meant that and Arciero finally got away in Mecham had to either start or fifth. Evans, who'd tried a patch finish the truc k , and they job on his power steering at San arranged for him to start it, travel Felipe, pulled into the bushes at about 100 yards down the road to Crucero for a real repair job, and where Robby waited, and then lost about 40 minutes, but, as his slide over into the passenger seat . . wife, Phyllis, said, "It's a long Then Gordon took off, prac~ race." tically guaranteed that he'd be Down at the Bay of L.A., 379 first on the road, since only two miles into the race, Gordon was cars had started in front of him, still first on the road, but second and both being buggies, would in fact, and he stopped there to not have the horsepower to stay in have his brakes bled. Simon front on the first stretch, which stopped also, to take on new was pavement. And he was soon I spares, and they went out in the in front. same order, heading for the badly Stewart ran close behind washed out road that eventually Gordon, and back a little further turned westward to El Arco. A in the pack both the Simon truck few miles past Bay of L.A. and Evans in his Dodge were Gordon was parked with a flat running well. Among the buggies, and no spare, so when Simon got the Herbst brothers, Tim and Ed, there, he stopped and gave him looked good in their Chenowth, one of his. and so did Frank Arciero Jr., in And at El Arco it was Simon in Bob Gordon's car. Jerry Penhall front, and Gordon came along ran well, and so did Ron Brant in about nine minutes later. The Tom Koch's Raceco, and Jason Herbsts were third, 40 minutes Baldwin in his Chenowth. later, and Arciero ran fourth By the time they got to San another 45 minutes back. In fifth Felipe, Stewart needed work on it was Malcolm Smith, who'd that oil cooler, and he spent some taken over for Penhall at El time there while his crew made Crucero. Simon and Gordon got repairs. Gordon was still first on to El Arco just about at sunset, the road at that time, but Dave but it was full dark for everyone Simon was close behind him on else at that point. elapsed time. After the quick run south, On the road to Puertecitos partly on the old, original road, Ivan'smotorletlooseinabigway, and partly on about 40 miles of and that was the end of the highway, they reached San Toyota's bid for the big win. Ignacio, a major pit and fuel stop, Gordon was still in front at and a driver change for many. Puertecitos, with the Simons, Then they headed out towards the then Corky McMillin, Jason dreaded Pacific side, where the Baldwin, Bob Richey in his unwary or careless could end up Raceco, Ed and Tim Herbst and in the ocean. This year the course Butch Arciero all in a tight group used a new roadbed and avoided behind him. Ray Croll hit one of the difficult and treacherous the culverts on the paved part of lagoons, but there was a point or the road just above Puertecitos two where the unobservant driver fil ~·-Steve Holladay and Billy Robertson got their Moulton into third in Class 112 by Purisima, and they finished second in class, 4''2 hours behind, but they were tenth overall at that. Walker Evans delights the local fans with a giant leap in his Bob Richey and Tom Baker had a good run to La Paz in the Dodge, but power steering woes plagued him all the way south Porsche powered Raceco, and they were fourth in Class 1 /2, and he was a close third in Class 1 /2. just 28 minutes behind the Dodge. Page 12 January 1993 Dusty Times

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Another second generation driver Brian Stewart, with Jeff Geyser riding in the Dodge, took second in Class 8 and finished a dandy third overall as well. Larry Ragland flew along the course, but collected one too many flats, lost time and the big Class 8 Chevy was third, sixth OJA with Ivan Scoppetone as riding mechanic. ~:;k and Randy Wil;on had'~ good race and pulled into second in Class 10 in their Raceco way down south and they carried on carefully to finish second. could slip off the road into a tidal flat or mud bog. Most avoided disaster, and at Purisima, with Paul at the whl·el now, the Simon truck had a 17 minute lead over Gordon, whl> was still second. Tlw Simons fdt strongly that having a fresh driver for the second half of the race was a real advantage. In third at that point it was Steve Holladay and Billy Robertson in their Moulton, about two and a half hours behind the lead duo. The Herbsts had come to a sudden stop after Ingacio when their transmission locked up. Evans was now fourth, and Stuart Chase was fifth in his Raceco, about 15 minutes behind him. It was a little after 11 p.m . for Evans and Chase, and they'd already been on the road over 14 hoµrs. At the highway crossing 798 miles into the race the Simons had 2 7 minutes on Gordon, and it was 9:45 in the evening. Rut tht'ir truck was running hot now, and they had to stop a couple of times to add water. But they didn't lose much time, and the Simon truck went on to its historic finish, knocking a full hour and l l minutes off the winning time for the last Ensenada to La Pa: race. And the winner that time, in 1989, had been none other than Robby Gordon, in his Clas~ 8 truck. Gordon didn't get to repeat history, and in fact, didn't get to La Paz this time, coming to a stop at mile 950, when the rear end went out of his truck. Holladay and Robertson finished second, four hours and 30 minutes later, and were followed in by Evans, just four minutes behind therri, in third. Richey and his co-driver, Tom Baker, were fourth and Stuart Chase finished fifth. <The Class 8 trucks started as the second group, and thl'Y charged off into the fray, most of them figuring they had a good chance at the overall win. That first long riverbed wash was rough · on them, taxing their two wheel drive vehicles, and spraying everything with water, but most of them made it through and on to the highlands. Larry Ragland in was fifth, an hour and 25 minutes -his Chevy, Rob MacCachren in later, and now it was getting close his Ford, Brian Stewart in the to dawn for him. Dodge, Scott McMillin in his· MacCachren later said that he Ford, Frank Vessels in Dave drove at 60'Jb, concentrating hard Shoppe's Ford, and Bill Church in on getting the Class 8 win, and not his GMC were all running in a going for the overall, and he close pack. Steve Kelley and Dave continued to run trouble free. Westhem, in their new GMC Stewart was still second at the stopped early on to replace their mile 798 highway crossing. Later, transmission. · At Puertecitos Ragland was first on the road. and had the lead, with McMillin running second. By then Vessels had been towed into San Felipl', his transmission gone. When they got to El Crucero it was still Ragland in the lead, and he was also about third overall. MacCachren was the second truck there, only two minutes in back of him, and Stewart was third, another six minutes back, followed by Church and then McMillin. McMillin had been in front of Church, but needed a 25 minute pit to replace drive pins in the rear end. They were in and out of Bay of L.A. quickly, except that Ragland had a shock break, and it tore up a tin:, and he'd run out of spares, because he'd gotten ahead of his chase crew. So he sat on the pavement before Bay of L.A. waiting for his crew to catch up with a tire. MacCachren, Stewart, McMillin and Church all went through Bay of L.A. before Ragland got there. Perry McNeil, very close to the finish, his truck developed a mysterious steering problem, but then it just as mysteriously healed itself, and he could steer normally again. At the finish it was MacCachren taking the win by an hour and 15 minutes, and finishing second overall. Stewart was second in Class 8 and third overall, followed in by Ragland, McMillin and his co-driver, Ron Stacy, and then W esthem and Kelley, who must have felt pretty bleak about their chances for a while, almost 10 hours behind the winner, in fifth place. MacCachren finished at about quarter to three in the a.m., while Kelley~and Westhem got to come into La Paz in the daylight, at a little after noon. Class 10 was next on the road, and about half the class blew themselves away very early in the day, while some of the others weren't having it easy. Steve Sourapas, in a Chenowth, lost a . teve ourapas played catch up early on the route after plug wire trouble, but he and Dave Richardson had no more problems with their trusty Class 10 Chenowth, winning by nearly two hours and taking eighth overall, the first buggy of any class to finish. plug wire on the first jump in the dirt, but he didn't want to stop right there to fix it, because there was a huge crowd of spectators, so he ran for miles on three cylinders. By the time he fixed it he was in back of the class and behind some Class 4 trucks, and on the narrow roads up out of Uruapan he learned that those trucks can't always make the tight turns, and, in fact, they may need two or three tries to get around them, while he sat and waited, because there was no place to pass in there. In the meantime his class went on. But Tom and Bob DeNault had a torsion bar go away in their Mirage, while Tom Schilling got his Jimco stuck in the soft sand before the mini summit. When they got to Crucero, however, Sourapas had recovered from his bad luck and was in front, with just one minute on Rick and Randy Wilson in their Raceco. In third it was Mike Jones and Jeff Hinkle, an Oregon team, in a Chenowth, and Steve Myers and Mike Sullivan ran fourth in their Raceco, followed, in five minutes by Schilling, and co-driver John Marking. It was still daylight as they went past Crucero, but well into the night by ~ in a Ford, got there in good time--------IURBDBLUE® Racing liasolines too, but broke a driveshaft right afterwards, and needed all night to get fixed and back on the road. At El Arco it was MacCachren, Stewart, Ragland, McMillin and Church, and they were spreading out some now. They hit El Arco between 8:45 and 10:45 at night. At Purisima MacCachren, who was having a flawless day, had a 38 minute lead on Stewart. Ragland was an hour and 18 minutes later, and continuing to have shock problems, and flats. In fourth it was now Kelley and Westhem, but they were about five and a half hours further back, after changing ~heir transmission a second time. Mc Millin, also having trouble, Turbo Blue Off Road Customers Win Big in 1992! 1992 HDRA Class Champions Walker Ev~ns - Class 1 and Overall Points Champion for Dodge Brian Parkhouse - Class 1/2-1600 Champ & 2nd Overall Mike Lesle - Class 3 Champion for Jeep Curt LeDuc - Class 6 Champion for Jeep . Scott Douglas - Class 7 Co-Champion for Dodge 1992 SCORE Class Champions Dale & Darren Ebberts - Class 1/2-1600 Champions Mike Lesle - Class 3 Champion for Jeep Brian Goodrich/Charlie Watters - Class 5/1600 Champions Scott Douglas - Class 7 Champion for Dodge Scott Steinburger - Mini-Mag Class Champion for P.C.I. Baja 1000 winners: Tommy Croft - MTEG Ultra Stock Points Champion for Mike Lesle Racing Class 7 - Scott Douglas, Class 1-1600 - Rod Muller, Mini-Mags - Scott Steinburger 250cc motorcycles• - Dave Ondas. Curt LeDuc - 7th overall in class 6 Jeep Cherokee. Gold Coast 300 winners: 1/2-1600 1st - Gary Sewell (5 straight wins), 2nd - Danny Porter/Mark Ruddis, 3rd - Brian Parkhouse "•;-X .,,,, Turbo Blue is refined by Marathon Refineries in Indianapolis. David Ashley is the fastest man in the desert in 4WD classes, and he led most of the 1032 miles from flag to flag in his Class 4 Ford, had down time and still won Class 4 by well over six hours and was fifth overall. Dusty Times In California dial Mocaby Racing (310) 928-2278 for pricing; delivery, or more information. Outside of California dial 800 45TURBO for the dealer nearest you. January 1993 Page 13

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Jon Snyder and Lance Magin, both paraplegics, took co-drivers along as they split the driving chores in the Dodge, and the pair finished second in Class 4 in a courageous effort. Dan Smith with Mike Bakholdin riding in the Bronco matched his Fairway Ford teammate Ashley by taking the victory in Class 3 by well over two hours and Dan finished ninth overall as well. ~the time they got to El Arco. Sourapas had got out at Crucero, and Dave Richardson took over the driving and he continued to lead, with about 35 minutes on the Wilsons at El Arco, in spite of a stop to remove a fuel filter with silicon in it. In third it was Myers and Sullivan now, and Jones and Hinkle dropped to fourth, 22 minutes later, followed by Schilling and Marking, who'd had to replace a caliper, 15 minutes further back. Rick Romans was running sixth, still further back in his Raceco, and the DeNaults were still running, although nearly five hours down after losing a second torsion bar. But no one else in Class l O had managed to get as far as Crucero. When they got down to Purisima Richardson had widened his lead hy a few minutes, and it was still the Wilsons in second, and now Schilling arid Marking had moved up to third, an hour and a half later. Myers and Sullivan were fourth, and Hinkle ~ ONtheEDGE Graphic Art and Design 3054 S. Valley View #6 Las Vegas, Nev. 89102 Order Your Rob MacCachren T-Shirts /with pockets "lfANNA RIDE SHOTGUN" White only XL,L,M. $15.00 Plus $3.00 S/H (702)876-6735 Need a Motorsports Designt (iive Vs A Calli Page 14 and Jones were now tifth, about three hours behind the leader. Romans was out, and the De Nault car was a distant sixth. Sourapas got back into his car to run from Constitucion to the finish and at mile 798 they had an hour and a halflead, so they were driving conservatively. The rest of the group continued to follow in the same order. And at the finish it was Sourapas and Richardson, the first buggy of any class to finish and eighth overall, as well as Class 10 winners. The Wilsons were second, almost two hours later, followed in by Schilling and Marking, then Jones and Hinkle, and in fifth, Tom and Bob DeNault. Myers and Sullivan lost a lot of time somewhere after Purisima, but finished sixth, "and last, a full 10 hours behind the leaders. Next to get the "go" sign were the Class 4 trucks, and Jerry McDonald, who had to finish to get the season· points champion-ship, skidded his Chevy up to the edge of a ditch that was already occupied by a Class 10 car. They were between the river and Uruapan, very early in the morning, and had to wait for traffic to clear before they could get the car out, and then tow Jerry back onto the track. He lost two hours in the process. And Jon Snyder, in a Dodge, slid into the same ditch temporarily, but got out sooner, with the help of a Mexican Class 8 entry. Snyder, who'd already run a long way on a flat, is a paraplegic, and drives his truck with hand controls. While ~II this activity was going on, Dave Ashley had his Ford moving at a smart clip, and was first to Puertecitos. Rod Hall, in another Dodge, was second, already having some of the small problems that plagued him all day. At Crucero it was Ashley, Hall, McDonald and Snyder. Hall was struggling with a power steering leak, stopping often for fluid. When they got to Bay of LA., Ashley's starter failed to work when he was ready to leave the pit, ,. John Swift did his usual number on the Class 6 field driving the Ford Explorer to a convincing victory with riding mechanic Dino Pugeda, and Swift wenl so fast he finished fourth overall in the 1000. Scott Douglas made his last ride in the Dodge Dakota a good one with Chris James riding along, He took the lead at El Arco, plagued with overheating, but led Class 7 all the way home and won by an hour. and when someone climbed into the race, Ashley had the lead under his truck to assess the by three hours, and it was Hall in problem they discovered that he second, and running with no had a hole in the rear end. The brakes after the brake pedal upshot was that Ashley stayed "unwelded". Magin was third, there for a lo'ng time, while they another two hours back, and first changed the rear end, and havng no problems. then waited for something with a At mile 798, which Ashley suitable starter to come along. reached at about one a.m. on Meanwhile, Hall was charging Friday,hehadahoutfivehourson down the road, and McDonald Magin, who was now second, was in hot pursuit, with Snyder, while Hall dropped to third, who was having trouble with another hour back. And Ashley wheel bearings loosening up, as continued his fine run, taking the well as a small leak in his win, and fifth place overall: differential which meant that he Snyder and Magin were second, had to add oil from time to time. an excellent finish for a privateer Snyder had a series of co-drivers team in an old truck with fairly . who had the use of their legs, who outdated suspension. Hall kept were charged with all the on things together well enough to course repairs, and could help maintain his record of finishing him exit the truck if the situation every Baja 1000 that's gone to La warranted. Paz, and he was third, just under At El Arco Ashley, who'd an hour later. In fourth it was come in with no power steering, Tom Collins and Peter McGill-led by just about two hours, with ivray, in a Ford, who'd rolled over McDonald second, and Hall early in the day, and ran late but third, and now struggling with a steadily after that. McDonald, leak in his transmission cooler. after a 10 hour repair job, finished Snyder was fourth, and stopped fifth, and got his points champ-to have the crack welded in the ionship. differential. ' Class 6 should have been a tight Ashley charged on, but three way event, but somehow, McDonald's car sputtered to a when Danny Ashcraft got to the stop a few miles south of El Arco, hill at mile 45 in his Ford, he was with a broken camshaft. While he slowed by another vehicle, and radioed for help, and the chase couldn't make it up. He ended up crew with the motor he'd brought parked sideways on the hill, along for spare parts, Hall, whom creating a long traffic jam, and not he'd passed earlier, and Snyder, improving his temper any. went by, now in second and third In the meantime, John Swift, in place. his Ford Explorer, and Curt Ashley's day was coming up LeDuc, ·in a Jeep, battled across roses now, and he kept hustling the width of the peninsula, and right along, while Hall lost a arrived at Puertecitos only 15 cylinder and had to start adding minutes apart. Ashcraft came oil. Snyder got to San lgnacio and along an hour and 20 minutes installed Lance Magin to do the later, having struggled up through second half of the race, and had to masses of the traffic that had take a little time to familiarize squeezed by him while he was so Magin with the. truck, because embarrassingly stuck on the hill. he'd never driven it. Magin is also At El Crucero Swift had built a paraplegic, and he hadn't raced his lead to about 25 minutes, and since '75, but he had pre-run this LeDuc was still second, while 1000. Meanwhile, McDonald and Ashcraft was still third, and still his crew were busy pulling things about an hour and a half behind apart so they could install the new ! Swift. At El Arco Swift had 40 camshaft. Jerry got a couple of minutes on LeDuc, and Ashcraft hourssleepwhilerepairswenton. was nearly two hours later, At Purisima, about 701 miles apparently having had a problem January 1993 of some sort. When' they got to Purisima, 701 miles along the way, Swift still led, and LeDuc was second, with Ashcraft the same distant third, and so it went, through the pits at mile 798, and to the finish. Swift took the win and fourth overall, with LeDuc an hour and 39 minutes behind him in second, and seventh overall. Ashcraft and his co-driver, Bill Holmes were third, another hour and a half further hack, but still a fine 19th overall. My, how those Class 6 'cars have changed! The Class 3 folks were led by Dan Smith, in a Ford bronco, and he had about 25 minutes at Puertecitos, where Mike Lesle was second in his Jeep Cherokee. At El Crucero Smith had 45 minutes on Lesle, and Dale White was third in his Blazer, with Hank Hellegers and Coen Terhorst, of Holland, in fourth, about seven hours later, in their Land Rover Discovery, The Land Rover drivers were having a wonderful time, and were reported p_ulling people out of holes, and helping them get back on their wheels here and there on the course, and were obviously out to enjoy the whole thing. At Bay of L.A. Smith had a starter problem, but he maintain-ed his lead, with Lesle still second, White third and the Land Rover . in fourth. Then, when they got to El Arco, Smith changed a driveline, and also replaced a rear brake assembly, but he held his lead, and at Purisima was just about 50 minutes in front of Lesle and his co-driver, Larry Noel. White, and his co-driver, Eric Russell, came along another 48 minutes later, and then, after eight hours, there was the Land Rover. At the highway crossing at mile 798, they went through in the same order, the lead three getting there in the small hours of the morning, while the Land Rover went by at high noon. And they all got to the finish with Smith taking the win and ninth overall. But White moved up to take second place, as Lesle and Noel lost about four hours in the last miles of the ra~e, and dropped to third. Hellegers and Terhorst were fourth, about seven hours later, and the last of the class to get to La Paz. In Class 7 the Dodge Dakota of Scott Douglas started out running hot, and Steve Spirkoff and John Clark Gable's Ford burnt an alternator wire early on, while Parnelli Jones pushed his Ford into the lead very quickly. He was out to get the overall win. At Puertecitos he had 24 minutes on Douglas, who was 14 minutes up on Spirkoff and Gable, who had to change an alternator there. Roger Mears had already been sidelined, his Nissan a victim to a blown transmission. When they got to El Crucero, about 315 miles into the race, PJ had himself in fourth overall, and was an hour and 12 minutes in front of Douglas, who was having to add coolant regularly. Spirkoff and Gable were another half hour or so down, in third. In fourth, but about eight hours behind, was Racin Gardner, in his Ford. PJ arrived at Bay of L.A. so close on Bill Church's bumper that he was described as "push-ing" him, which is not out of the realm of possibility. 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causing some tooth gnashing at the wheel of the little Ford. Then PJ went out into one of the most demanding parts of the course, hit an embankment, and rolled his truck. When they got to El Arco, it was Douglas, who'd taken off his grill in an attempt to improve air flow to his radiator, in the lead, and Spirkoff and Gable were second, 45 minutes later, having passed a patched together PJ, limping his way along. Douglas continued to add coolant, and to lead, with Spirkoff and Gable in second, and Jack Johnson, who'd taken over for PJ at San Ignacio, in third, after some repairs in the pit there. Douglas got the win, giving him a 100% record in the SCORE series, while Spirkoff and Gable were second, only an hour later. In third it was Parnelli Jones and Jack Johnson, not quite two hours later, and eight and a half hours behind them came Racin and Slick Gardner. Hartmut Klawitter got things off to a dubious start in Class 5 when he stopped for a red light on the pavement and Rich Minga and Brad Person .:ipped by him. Person led into Puertecitos, but Klawitter had re-passed Minga and ran second. Neil and Mike Grabowski were third, but had hit the edge of a washed out culvert, and had bent their front bumper to match its 90 degree contour. The impact had also jammed their transmission into third gear. Minga had been hung up in what amounted to a virtually perpetual traffic jam at mile 45. He was now fourth, and having some electrical problems. At El Crucero the Klawitter car had the lead, with just two minutes on Person, while Minga, and his co-driver, Don Robertson, ran third, about 45 minutes later. In fourth it was Juan Campos, and Arturo Lizarraga and Brian Lewis were another hour down, with front end problems and light troubles after tangling with a bigger car. The Grabowskis had pulled out. Klawitter developed a generator problem, and lost a coil-over spring that took out a brake line, so he lost ground and Person moved into the lead again by El Arco. He had an hour on Minga and Robertson, who were about a half hour in front of Klawitter. Lizarraga and Lewis were fourth, and Campos had dropped to fifth. Person got to Purisima just about 11 p.m., with an hour and 45 minutes on Minga and Robertson. Li.:arraga and Lewis ran third there, with the Klaw-itters, Wolfram at the wheel now, in fourth. Person, who later reported only one flat, and no problems beyond hitting "two washouts", continued to lead, and at mile 798, it was Minga and Robertson behind him, followed by Lizarraga and Lewis, and then Klawitter, who'd lost a shock. At the finish line it was Person with the win, and Minga and Robertson were second, followed in by the Klawitters, who moved up to third when Li.:arraga and Lewis lost their brakes. They managed to get to La Pa.: in fourth place. In Class 1-2-1600 most of the class got caught in the traffic jam at mile 45, and Dennis Hight blew the transmission in his Chenowth trying to get up the hill there. Then Jon and Brian Tanklage, in a Suspensions Unlimited car, lost a stub axle at the bottom of the mini summit, and Dale Ebberts lost a torsion bar before Puertecitos, in his Suspensions Unlimited car. But Jim Fishback Sr. and Sam Castro, in a Neth, made it to Puertecitos in first place, with a big crowd of racers not far behind them. By the time they got to El Crucero it was Rod Muller and Mike Halliday in a Chenowth, in the lead. They pulled into their pit for a driver change, and when the new driver went to leave, the car wouldn't start. His crew started trying to figure out what was wrong, but no one st::emed to know where to look for the problem, and pretty soon the drivt::r was heard to cry, "Get a mechanic'! Get someone who knows how to fix it!" And a couple of mechanics were found in pits nearby, and the consensus was ~ Congratulations to All the Winners of the . • ✓res Tom Schilling and John Marking took_ over third in Class 10 at Purisima and they hung onto third place all the way to the checkered flag in the Jimco. "SHOT IN THE DARK" ~ -~2.'.J:L'.~~,~-. Curt LeDuc stayed close to the leader in his Class 6 Jeep Cherokee taking second only about 20 minutes back and Curt also finished seventh overall. Dale White and Eric Russell ran a steady third for some time in Class 3, then late in the race they moved into second and finished second in the Chevy Blazer. ::H 'WSt with the Ford Ranger, but kept fixing and racing and they finished a strong second in Class 7. Dusty nmcs 1992 Contingency Award Program $UPPORTING OFF ROAD RACING AND ITS RACER$ IN A BIG WAY FOR 23 YEAR$ 1992 DRIVER'S POINTS FUND CHAMPIONS Walker Evans • Class 1 Mike Lesle • Class 3 Wayne Cook• Class 5-1600 Curt LeDuc • Class 6 Scott Douglas • Class 7 M.artin Garibay • Class 11 These combined SCORE and HDRA class points champions earned $2000.00 each for llghtlng their way to victory exclusively with KC HILITES. That's a total of $12,000 for·runnlng the wlhnlngest off road lights In the history of the sport/ 1992 "SHOT IN THE DARK" RACE WINNERS Southern Cal 250 Class 3 -Dale White Class 5 -George Seeley Jr. Class 6 -Curt Le Due Class 7 -Racln Gardner Class 8 -Larry Ragland Class 9 -Charles Ratliff Class 11 -Travis Howard Ba/a500 l'artcer400 Class 3 -Mike Lesle Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 1/2-1600 -Fred Wing Class 11 -Erny Martinez Nlssan400 Class 3 -Mike Lesle Class 6 -Curt LeDuc Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 8 -Brian Stewart Class 11 -Saul Zambrano Stock Full -Ken Parr San Felipe 250 Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 8 -Brian Stewart Class 11 -Martin Garibay Class 12-Yoshl Ogasawara Class 511600 - • Guillermo Quintero, Jr $10,600 PAID IN CONTINGENCY F()R 1992 Fireworks 250 Bold Coast SOO Ba/a 1000 Nevada500 Class 3 -Dale White Class 511600 -Steve Lawrence Class 6 -Evan Evans Class 7 -Scott Douglas Class 7S • Brendan Gaughn Class 8 -Larry Ragland Class 11 -Martin Garibay Stock Mini • Scott Sells Class 1 -Jason Baldwin Class 3 -Mike Lesle Class 7 -Racln Gardner Class 7S • Malcolm Vlnge Class 9 -Russ Miller Class 11 -Martin Garibay Class 1 -Bernie Thompson Class 3 -Dale White Class 5 -Neal Grabowski Class 5/1600-Dave Shively Class 7/4x4 -Darren York Class 10 -Brent Gustin Class 1 -Jim Baldwin Class 3 -Mike Lesle Class 8 -Larry Ragland Class 11 -Martin Garibay Stock Full -Ken Parr Class 3 -Mike Lesle Class 6 -Curt LeDuc Class 7S • Malcolm Vlnje Class 8 -Larry Ragland Class 10 -Tom Schilling Class 11 • Martin Garibay For more lnfonnstlon on KC's 1993 Contingency Program, contact: Jim Conner• P.O. 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.f Rich Minga soars over a cattle guard in the Class 5 he shared with Don Robertson, and they had no big problems to report and were second in class. Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis had their suspensions Unlimited car in the Class 1-2-1600 hunt all the way south and ended up taking second in class. . James and Timothy Harris slide by some spectators in their I 1-2-1600 two seat Chenowth, recovered from stalling in a wash, and finished third. Willie Valdez, Wayne Watters and Lou Peralta teamed in Gil Divine's Ford Ranger to lead Class 7S most of the distance, but they dropped to second late in the race. John and Jeff Holmes, Scot Jones and Ramsey El Wardani split the driving chores four ways in their 5-1600, and the plan worked as they took second place. Defending class champions Wayne, Alan and Darryl Cook led Class 5-1600 for half the race, but lost a trans out of Purisima and had to change it to continue, but they did and finished third. Brad Person drove alone in his Class 5 Bug, fell from first to second early on the route, got back in the lead having but one flat for trouble, and led from El Arco to win Class 5 and finish 12th overall. ~ that the battery was dead. ignition, and Dave Hendrickson Meanwhile, Fishback and Castro andLeeWuesthoffhadatornc.v. had come in and gone on their boot and a broken gas pedal on way, and so had Fred and Bruce their Raceco. Wing, in their Clean Machine. by At El Arco Fishback and the time Muller and Halliday had Castro continued to lead, with their car working again they were only eight minutes on Muller and third, three minutes behind the Halliday, who'd regained some of Wings. In fourth it was Jim their lost time. The Wings were Fishback, Jr. and George Fish-third,andPorterandRuddiswere back, in a Neth, and Pedro tied for fifth with Tarango and Tarango and Humberto Arechiga, Arechiga, while Marty Fiolka and in a Jimco, ran fifth. Ebberts had Ed Jacobs had come up to sixth scavenged a couple of stock place in their Raceco. torsion bars from a burnt up At Purisima Muller and wreck in Puertecitos, and had Halliday had retaken their lead, installed one of them, had it go and had 21 minutes on Fishback bad, then installed the second, and Castro, who'd dropped to and was limping along. And the second. Porter and Ruddis ran Tanklages had also made repairs. third, about 48 minutes later, Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis, with James and Tim Harris, in a in a Suspensions Unlimited car, Chenowth, up to fourth place, were stuck in the mud in making up time after getting Calamjue Wash, with wet stalledinthefirstwashearlyinthe ~:..._-J -= --=:" = ~ ' I========-- .!.. ---Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rod Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! But be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Page 16 Call For Courses and Dates Great Basin Consulting 2738 Chavez Dr. Reno, NV 89502 (702) 825-8830 Rod Muller and Mike Halliday led off and on in Class 1-2-1600, had some electrical troubles early with the Chenowth, but got that cured, took the lead for good at Purisima and won the class by a mere 14 minutes. morning. Tied for sixth place now Malcolm.Vinje ran fourth in their it was the Wings and Tarango and Toyota. Arechiga, and they were only Watters held his lead to El about two hours and 15 minutes Crucero, where he got out and put behind the lead car. It was a very Lou Peralta in for a while, and closeraceforsuchalongdistance. Brown/O'Brien and Johnson These cars had hit Purisima in the were still second, only 16 minutes dead of night, between 12: 15 back. Harris and Hanawa held a.m., and 2:30 a.m. third, and Hansen and Vinje were When they went through the still fourth. road crossing at mile 798, Muller Peralta kept the car in front and Halliday had 40 minutes on through Bay of L.A., where Harris Porter and Ruddis who were now and Hanawa had a long pit stop. second. In third it was Castro and And Ramon Castro, in a Ford, Fishback, with the Harris team who'd been having transmission fourth and Tarango and Arechiga cooler trouble, was towed in to in fifth place. his pit there. At El Arco it was still At the finish it was Muller and Peralta in front, and Brown, Halliday by just 18 minutes over O'Brien and Johnson in second Porter and Ruddis, who must place, now just eight minutes have been flying low ever since back, followed by Vinje and getting unstuck from the mud. In Hansen, and then Harris and third it was the Harris family, Hanaway, another 12 minutes followed in by Tarango and back. It was just about midnight Arechiga. Alberto Coppola and Ray Gastelum, who'd been slowed by a flat about eight miles into the race, brought their Chenowth to the finish line in fifth place, as Castro and Fishback. had some problem, lost a couple of hours and dropped to sixth. The Wings also had problems, and finished seventh. The Class 7Sl4x4 trucks were next, and the early leader was Wayne Watters, who zipped his Ford into Puertedtos about 20 minutes in· front of Terry Brown, Bill O'Brien and John Johnson in here for these folks. When they got to Purisima, Willie Valdez had taken over for Peralta, and he held the lead, with just three minutes on Brown, O'Brien and Johnson, and it was Johnson driving. Vinje and Hansen ran third still, an hour back, with Hanawa and Harris fourth. At the highway crossing at mile 798 Valdez had just two minutes on Johnson, and Vinje and Hansen continued to hold third, with Hanawa and Harris in fourth. And somehow, Johnson, O'Brien and Brown got past Valdez, Peralta and Watters, and took the win. By six minutes -after 1032 miles. What a race! Vinje and Hansen were third, . followed in by Harris and Hanawa, who is a champion off road racer from Japan. In the Mini-Mag class there were only two entries, and one of them, Yoshi Ogasawara, broke very early in the day. That left the five man team of Scott Stein-berger, Rory Chenowth, Larry Plank, Dane Cardone and Jim Terry to do it by themselves. They had no major troubles, but did break an A-arm, which had to be welded together, and had a couple of flats. The team got to La Paz in 28 and a half hours. In the 5-1600 class the majority of the field got caught in the mile 45 traffic jam, which seems to have been an all day affair. But when they got to El Crucero the Cook'n car of Wayne, Darryl and Alan~ their Ford. In third it was Glenn Zipping past some bushes the Ford Ranger of Terry Brown, Bill O'Brien and Harris and Ikuo Hanawa, in a super anchor man John Johnson, who slipped into the lead 200 miles out, and Jeep, and Mark Hansen and. this team of 7S-7 4x4 winners were most happy fellas. January 1993 Dusty Times

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Of the two Mini mags that started only defending class and Baja 1000 champ Scott Steinberger made it out of town. He got to La Paz a winner with co-drivers Rory Chenowth, Larry Plank, Dane Cardone and Jim Terry all taking a turn at the wheel. Class 5-1600 had some tight battles, most had troubles in the night and the one that didn't was driven by Jesus Luna, Bill Rodriguez and Javier Tiznado and the three man driving team won the class by an hour in La Paz. I@' Cook had the lead by a half over. Rodriguez had as passenger, hour. It was dark as these leaders Juan Tintos, who is the Secretary arrived, and all of this class of Tourism for Baja California showed up wet and muddy from Norte, and a serious off road struggling through Calamjue supporter. Guillermo Quintero Wash, which had been made and Francisco Orti: ran fourth, deeper and softer by all -the earlier and they'd already had a flat, and, tr;iffic. They were cold, too, John Holmes ran fifth, after· an because Ba-ja was surprising early morning scare when his oil everyone with really chilly fillercapbroke,·oilblewallover temperatures, which caught lots the exhaust, and he looked in his of folks unprepared. It was more mirror and saw billowing smoke. like Mojave desert weather than He'd also had a flat, and was Baja. In second here it was Brian overheating. And, like the rest of Goodrich, in his VW Jimco, and them, he'd been in the traffic jam. he got out and put Dale Snaith in At El Arco the Cooks had a for the next section. Jesus Luna, lead of 45 minutes, and it was who'd already had a flat, was third Snaith in second. Rodriguez, in his Baja Specialties VW, and he who'd had to stop to tighten up . got out and let Bill Rodriguez take his loose headers, ran third, about ROUGH RIDERS CLEAN UP AT BAJA 10001992 Limited Edition Rough Rider Apparel five color graphic design *T-shirts $17 (Wh, Ash, Lt. 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They came in to make repairs, which were complex and time consuming. Holmes, Holmes, Jones and Ramsay El Wardani were now third, and El Wardani, who'd been napping at San Ignacio when the car got there, was at the wheel. Mike Abbott and David Owens were fourth and the Lawrences ran fifth. Everything changed in the last section of the race, and at the checkered flag it was Rodriguez, Luna and Tiznado taking the win by a full hour over Holmes, Holmes, Jones and El Wardani. The Cook brothers were third, another hour down, and followed in by Steve Taylor, and then Abbott and Owens finished fifth. Goodrich and Snaith, after lengthy repairs, which included body work to reopen their rear window so they'd have access to their spare, and complete rewiring of their car, had put Don Hatz in for a while, and he'd narrowly escaped falling into a lagoon when he missed a turn. He drove into a mud bog instead, and with some help, got going safely, and handed the car over to Charlie Watters, who ran almost without incident to the finish, for a sixth place for the team. The Class 9 folks, almost the last to start, got to El Crucero after dark, and it was Rich Richardson, in George Erl's T -Mag, in the lead. He was wet and cold from plowing through the water in Calamjue Wash, but he got out to stand by the fire, while Doug Perrault went on. In second place it was Carroll Ditson and Greg Hawks in their Hawk, and Jimmie Walker and Jim Tubbs were third in their Chenowth. Devin Pratt and Wayne Ritayik ran fourth in a Jimco, and Ron and Bill Brady were fifth in their Chenowth. And there were nine more of the little cars running strong behind them. Wne they got to El Arco it was Ditson and Hawks in the lead, with just eight minutes on Perrault, who'd had to stop to fix his lights after hitting someone. Walker and Tubbs were third, about an hour later, and John Fisher, in Pancho Bio's car, was now fourth, about an hour and a half further back. In fifth it was Chuck Guy and Gary Cogbill, ina T-Mag. Bio's car had had a rough morning, when at mile 60, El Alamo, the transmission had given out. Bio, who'd been in a stock VW, chasing on his way to San Felipe where he was going to get in, went in to help. He took the transmission out of the stock VW and put it in the ra~e car. It took three hours to get the job done, and then Bio had to hitchhike to San Felipe to meet the car so he could take his turn. The stock VW was left behind. January 1993 At Purisma, which the leaders and Walker were still secoi;id. Bio, reached at 2: 15 a.m., it was Fishet anc'1 Gutierrez ran 'third, Richardson, Perrault and Erl, and ~ kndwirig they needed second to get now Erl was driving. He had the series points win. In fourth it almost two and a half hours on was Melero and Velez, and the Walker and Tubbs who were Bradys were still fifth. second, and Di.tson and Hawks Erl, Richardson and Perrault had fallen by the wayside. Bio, got the win, finishing just over Fisher and their third driver, three hours in front of second Sergio Gutierrez, now ran third, place. And that was Bio, Gutierrez and Alex Melero and Carlos Velez and Fisher, who'd. caught and were fourth in their Apache. The passed Walker and Tubbs just 80 Bradys were up to fifth again, and miles from the finish, dropping it was 7:30 in the morning when them to third place. The Bradys they got there. finished fourth, and Roy and Erl's car got to mile 798 at 5 Wade Prince, in a Chenowth, had a.m .. still in the lead, and Tubbs survived a rollover on the SCORE BAJA 1000 Results -November 11-14, 1992 # Pos. Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Class 1/2 - Unlimited Single & Two Seat -35 start -12 finish 120 1 Paul & Dave Simon Ford 112 2 Steve Holladay/Billy Robertson Moulton 142 3 Walker Evans/John Searle Dodge D-150 115 4 Bob Richey/Tom Baker/Lance Baron Raceco Porsche 135 5 Stuart Chase/Scott Urquhart Raceco/Porsche Class 1·2-1600 -1600cc Restricted Engine - 19 start -14 finish 1609 1 Rod Muller/Mike Halliday Chenowth 1617 2 Danny Porter/Mark Ruddis Susp. Unltd. 1605 3 James & nmothy Harris Chenowth 1621 4 Pedro Tarango/Humberto Arechiga Jimco 1602 5 Alberto Coppola/Ray Gastelum Chenowth Class 3 - Short WB 4X4 - 5 start - 4 finish 304 1 Dan Smith/Mike Bakhoidin Ford Bronco 301 2 Dale White/Eric Russell Chevrolet Blazer 300 3 Mike Lesie/Larry Noel Jeep Grand Cherokee 349 4 Hank Hellegers/Coen Terhorst Land Rover Discovery Class 4 -Long WB 4X4 - 8 start - 6 finish 400 1 David Ashley/John Castro Ford F150 401 2 Jon Snyder/Lance Magin DodgeW150 406 3 Rod HalVJim Fricker DodgeW250 407 4 Tom Collins/Peter McGiiiivray Ford 402 5 Jerry McDonald/Barry Beacham Chevrolet Class 5 -Unlimited Baja Bug • 11'Start - 6 finish 503 1 Brad Person/Tony Kujala Baja Bug 504 2 Rich Minga/Don Robertson Baja Bug 500 3 Hartmut & Wolfram Klawitter Baja Bug 505 4 Arturo Lizagarra/Julio Garcia Baja Bug 508 5 Juan Campos/Sam Velelizondo Baja Bug Class 5-1600-1600cc Baja Bug -18 start -13 finish 560 Jesus Luna/ Bili Rodriguezt Javier nznado Baja Bug 598 2 John&Jeff Holmes/Ramsay El Wardani/ Scott Jones Baja Bug 550 3 Wayne, Alan & Darryl Cook Baja Bug 562 4 Steve Taylor/Juan Degracia Baja Bug 553 5 Mike AbbotVOavi Owens Baja Bug Class 6 - Production Sedan - 6 start - 3 finish 600 1 John Swift/Dino Pugeda Ford Explorer 601 2 Curt LeDuc/Mark Searle Jeep Cherokee 602 3 Danny Ashcraft/Bili Holmes Ford Explorer Class 7 • Unlimited Mini-Midi Pickup - 6 start - 4 finish 701 1 Scott Douglas/Chris James Dodge Dakota 703 2 Steve Spirkoff/John Gable/Jim Elder Ford 704 3 Parneili Jones/Jack Johnson Ford Ranger 702 4 Racin & Slick Gardner Ford Ranger Class 75-7 4x4 -Stock Mini-Midi Pickup -14 start a 8 finish 757 Terry Brown/Bili O'Brien/John Ford Ranger Johnson 721 2 Willie ValdeZ/Wayne WatterS/Lou Ford Ranger Peralta 756 3 Malcolm Vinje/Mark Hansen Toyota 727 4 lkuo Hanawa/Gienn Harris Jeep 758 5 Ernesto Arambula/Berlio Prieto Dodge Class 8 - 2WD Standard Pickup - 13 start - 7 finish 808 1 Rob MacCachren/Mike Shoffstall Ford F-150 807 2 Brian StewarVJeff Geyser Dodge 800 3 Larry Ragland/Ivan Scoppettone Chevrolet 803 4 Scott McMillin/Ron Stacy Ford F-150 805 5 Steve Kelley/Dave Westhem G.c Class 9 - Restricted Buggy -17 start• 11 finish 908 George Erl/Rich RichardsontDoug Perrault T-Mag 909 2 Pancho Bio/Sergio Gutierrez/John Fisher Tubular Design 999 3 Jimmie Walker/Jim Tubbs Chenowth 997 4 Bill & Ron Brady Chenowth 907 5 Roy & Wade Prince/Josh Rider Chenowth Class 10 - Unlimlted 1650cc -15 start - 6 finish 1011 1 Steve Sourapas/Dave Richardson Chenowth 1096 2 Randy & Rick Wilson Raceco 1097 3 Tom Schilling/John Marking Jimco 1016 4 Mike Jones/Jeff Hinkle Chenowth 1017 5 Tom & Bob DeNault Mirage Class Ii - Stock VW Sedan - 5 start - 1 finish 1100 Martin Garibay VWBeetle Class Mini Mag - 2 start - 1 finish Time 16:53:02 21:23:55 21:27:05 21:55:11 22:21:51 23:13:08 23:27:31 23:50:30 25:03:26 25:16:04 21:11 :08 23:45:51 26:05:24 33:17:50 20:00:15 26:42:31 27:39:12 28:00:23 32:17:34 21:40:26 22:10:29 27:26:46 29:27:52 36:58:37 24:32:38 25:28:22 26:28:49 28:20:41 28:49:30 19:13:40 20:52:16 22:29:05 22:30:35 23:32:04 25:20:52 34:00:06 22:20:29 22:26:22 25:30:41 26:00:39 29:51 :12 17:48:41 19:03:00 20:47:00 27:08:00 27:24:14 24:36:24 27:47:47 28:35:03 32:20:32 32:31:33 20:54:40 22:49:59 23:22:45 24:00:55 28:49:38 31:29:45 1200 1 Scott Steinberger/Larry Plank/Dane Cardone/Rory Chenowth/Jim Terry Chenowth Mini-Mag Starters-cars 169 - Finishers-cars 96 - 56 % -nme Allowance -42 hours Starters - Bikes & ATVs - 132 - Finishers Bikes & A TVs -93 -70% 28:33:18 Race Distance -1032 miles - Fast nme Overall - Danny HameVGarth Sweetland/ Paul Ostbo - Kawasaki - 16:50:15. Fast time overall cars - Paul & Dave Simon - Class 1 Ford -16:53:02 0/A 10 11 13 16 23 25 28 33 35 9 27 42 79 5 46 52 54 73 12 14 50 63 86 31 37 45 55 58 4 7 19 20 26 36 80 15 18 38 41 65 2 3 6 48 49 32 53 57 75 76 8 22 24 29 59 71 56 Dusty Times

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. , Pancho Bio, Sergio Gutierrez and John Fisher had a tough morning having to change the trans eariy, but they got back in the race to finish second in Class 9. Jimmie Walker and Jim tubbs look clean and tidy here in their Class 9 Chenowth, this before the washes, and they went on to finish third in class. The Brady Bunch with d~ivers Bill and Ron Brady were in and out of fifth in Class 9 all the way, but they moved the Chenowth up to fourth at the finish. pavement before Puertecitos, and moved into fifth place. Class 11 had no surprises, as Martin Garibay led all the way, and he already had a lead of an hour at El Crucero. At that point it was Hector Sarabia Jr. and Luis Sarabia in second place, with Victor Rarajas and Luis Angeles in third, Garibay had already been stuck about five times, and he'd taken some time to play Good Samaritan, when he gave an injured Japanese biker a ride to a a pit, with his own passenger hanging on to the outside of his VW. The team of George Erl, Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault had only minor At El Arco his lead had grown delays, led handily by Purislma and carried on with no problems to win Class to an hour and 40 minutes, and it 9 by a huge margin of over three hours. was still the Sarabias in second, sleep before all the Class 11 cars hours and 29 minutes to get while the team of Eric Solorzano reach their locale. to La Pa:. and Hector Rodriguez had moved At mile 798, Garibay, who The 1992 Baja 1000 came to a up to third. When he got to drove all the way, still led, but close, and the celebrating started Purisima it was 6:35 in the timesareuncertainforanyothers. in La Pa:, where racers and their morning, and he had two hours And Garibay was the only one to support teams congratulated and 10 minutes on the Sarabias, cross the finish line, where he themselves for getting all the way and times for the other cars are reported that he'd been stuck to the end of what is certainly the uncertain, because the non about six times in all, and had a most difficult of off road races. official sources I am using for couple of flats, losing a total of I'd like to thank all the people these times tend to leave or go to· about 45 minutes. It took him 31 who helped me gather informa-RACING ENGINES 112~1600 * 10 * 5/1600 * 9 PARTS TO COMPLETE ENGINES *DYNO SERVICE * K E V I N D A V I s B r>-s1 R I ~if 1992 LA RANA 5/1600 "CHAMPION" 1st High Desert "300" Dusty Times A N L 0 G A N 0~ .,, ~,,, "'r>-s ~f;; January 1993 Class 11 had five starters, but the only finisher was Martin Ga;ibay who drove .all the way himself with v_arious riders, got stuck a half dozen times, had a couple of flats, but finished the 1000 In a stock Beatie. tion about this difficult event, And, after the race, my stringer in including the FAIR pits at El San Diego, Tom Minga, gathered Crucero, El Arco and La Purisima, up information about the racers and Dan Newsome, of BFGood-from that area. Since my vehicle rich, who shared the pit records did not live up to my expectations for Puertecitos and the highway in Baja, I was able to get only as crossing at mile 798. Bill Varnes, far south as El Crucero, which of Mirage, took notes for me at limited my access to information Bay of L.A., and our publisher, drastically. I'm really beholden to Jean Calvin, reported on events all these fine friends who helped in San Felipe and Bay of L.A. me out. Thanks. 1992 LA RANA 1/2-1600 "CHAMPION" 1st High Desert "300" 1st California "200" 1st · Spangler "200" \ ,, . Johnson Valley "150" ,, 1st 714-956-WIKS 9 4 5 7 Page 19

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MTEG DOES THE LAS VEGAS SILVER BOWL Rod Millen Nails the Truck Title For Himself & Toyota By Jean Calvin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. .. ;f It can't get '!'uch clos_er than this heading for the checkered flag, as Bob Gordon, who won the main, and Gary Gall, left, duked ,t out all night, but Gordon won the main in a near photo finish with Gall a tight second. Newly crowned Superlite 1992 champion, young Jimmie Johnson won the first heat for the little cars in his Briggsbuilt, and he also played it safe and took second in the main event. After a day spent in the desert on· a controlled pre-run of the HORA Gold Coast 300, the next weekend, the off roaders, fans and racers alike filled the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in Las Vegas for the penultimate event in the Mickey Thompson Off Road Champion-ship Gran Prix Series. After the usual practice and qualifying sessions most of the day, and the traditional autograph session for the fans, the on track action began on a narrow track full of 180 degree turns. First out of the chute was the first heat for Grand National trucks with a couple of new /4 -.,....•---,...,_,,_,,............ ----·· -----it Roger Mears survived three red flags whose stops ruined his lead, to stay out fro,nt in his Nissan in the first Sport Truck heat to win the race, keeping both Rod Millen and Ricky Johnson behind him. Throwing mud clods everywhere Ivan Stewart kept his Toyota moving to place second in the second truck Heat and third in the equally wild main event. Mercedes Gonzales had a wonderful night in Vegas, winning her first ever Superlite heat race leading off the line, avoiding trouble and she led all the way with a huge margin in victory. Allen Yaros had a good day in Superlite competition, driving his Briggsbuilt to third in his head, the first one, but dropped from contention in the main. Joe Price, who is a paraplegic and drives with hand controls, flew high in his heat the second one, and put the Triple E Superlite into a close third place. Larry Noel tried the bicycle act in his UltraStock Jeep, but the defending champion managet;;J only a second place in the heat and also second in the main. Tommy Croft always has his UltraStock Jeep Cherokee with the leaders, but after a third place in the heat race he faded from contention in the main. Page II In his best finish yet in MTEG racing Troy Herbst got through the debris in the air in his Chenowth to take the flag second in his heat, the first one. January-1993 -·------..... :,'9<;..il_,., .. Tim Herbst did very well also in his Chenowth, running close behind brother Troy in his heat, the first one, and Tim finished a fine third in the heat, and fifth In the main event. Dusty Times

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5 of 7. 1991 points champion Greg George had been challenging but got hit and spun, dropping back. Jimmie Johnson, who had already wrapped up the Superlite championship was challenging for the lead midway, and when Goodenough blew the single cylinder, Jimmie swept into the lead, chased to the flag by his Nature's Recipe teammate Greg George. Allen Yaros was third. Jerry Whelchel does a wheelie in his new automatic trans car that is· light weight too, and he whipped right into the win in the first heat, but he had traffic troubles in the main and was third. Second generation racers mix it up as Brian Stewart (#11) and Roger Mears Jr. bend a little fiberglass. Mears won truck Heat 2, but faded in the main, as did his father. Not a good night for Nissan. The second Superlite heat malk hi~tory. Mercedes Gon:ale: led off the line but a major pile up in the third turn involved all but two of the nine starters, leaving lady driver Mercedes Gonzales in the lead for the restart. Al~ of the original starters made the restart after much jockeying around. There were a couple more rollovers in the heat but no course blockage, and Clint Mears, Rick's son, was ff' entries, Super 1600 regular Jimmy Nichols in Ken Hogdon's Jeep and Quad racer Gary Denton in Gil Divine's Ford. The Dodges of Brian Stewart and Walker Evans were on the front row with young Stewart on the pole. Fast qualifier Rick Johnson was in the last row in the inverted start in his Chevy. Evans led off the line, but MacCachren's Ford was stalled while Roger Mears slid his Nissan into the lead. But Roger Jr., Nissan and Greg George, Ford, tangled on the last turn, so it was a yellow, then a complete restart. The restart led by Brian Stewart was immediately red flagged as MacCachren was towed off the track. Third start and Mears grabbed the lead on the first lap then Evans flipp,d in the whoop section for another red flag. It was beginning to look like a long night ahead if this action CO'ltinued through the classes. On the fourth restart Mears led Brian Stewart off the line with Rod Millen, Toyota in tight. The order settled down to Mears, Millen and Rick Johnson in third followed by Evans, Brian Stewart, Ivan Stewart and Jimmy Nichols, making a fine debut in the Jeep. Due to a short entry in the UltraStock class they had but one heat. T .J. Clark was on the pole in a VW Corrado putting to use some of the tricks he teaches students at the Bob Bondurant School in Phoenix. But home town Las Vegas boy Brian Collins was along side him in the front row in his tidy Porsche. This was the first time all year we have seen two real sedans on the front row! They ran close but Collins led the first lap and held Clark at bay. To the rear were the Jeeps of 1991 Champion Larry Noel and Tommy Croft. With just one lap to go Clark was lapping and pushingJoe Anchondo and broke down. Collins sailed comfortably to the victory despite smoking with a loose oil cap. Larry Noel was second followed by mate Tommy Croft, then came Jack Millerd, also in a Jeep. The Skat-Trak ATV first heat had 15 quads on the line. Doug Richner was on the pole, but Gary Denton, whohadjustjumpedout of his race truck, took the lead from the start. Denton led all the way on a Honda, but he had to fight off Doug Richner and Mark Ehrhardt every lap to gain the victory. In the second Quad heat Charles Shepherd was the early leader trailed by Roger Helsley. Greg Stuart moved up on lap 4 but couldn't get by Helsley for second. It was a tight race to the flag but Shepherd won on a JP, Dusty Times followed tightly by Donovan Holland, Helsley and Stuart. Ten bu:: bombs started the first _anyw Superlite heat with C J Mears, Goodenough came thru the pack Rogers youngest son at 15, in the to take the early lead and held it middle of the pack. Doug until his Briggsbuilt stalled on lap plastic, mild steel¥ moly, or stainless steel tubing up to 2" in diameter from 0-45° angles. Designed for bench top use with a l /2" drill or a drill press for $ 2 7 production work All Freight Charges Included Charge your ** credit card rder with any major ** or COD via UPS. CALL Dale Wilch Sales 913-788-3219 WARNING:Don't be fooled by a few P.O. B~x 120_3 l other knock offs. Buy the tool with Kansas City, KS 66112 your satisfaction guaranteed (DEALERS WANTED) January 1993 Page 23

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Defending Super 1600 champ Frank Arciero Jr. didn't have a good nighi. his best finish third in Heat 2, and here he is about to be run over by #21, Wes Banks, in the main event. The third Herbst brother Ed also had a good run in front of the home town crowd in Las Vegas taking a fine fourth in his second heat in his chenowth. Tim Lewis also drives an UltraStock Porsche and here uses typical cornering technique for this car to zip on to place third in the busy main event. Las Vegan Brian Collins dominated Ultrastock racing as he flew the sano Porsche to the heat race win and led from flag to flag in the main event and the Vegas crowd went wild. Bob Gordon finally had a little luck going in 1600 class as he grabbed the lead from the front row, held onto it to win the main event in his Chenowth, and is shown here lapping Troy Herbst. Bob also finished second in his heat. ~ running second. But Savinski. Mercedes led all the way, with a It was Aaron Hawley and Mitch straightaway lead at the Checkers, Mustard off the line in the first I I and she was so thrilled with her car Super 1600 heat, hut thl"y first stadium win that she could tangled on the first lap and Jerry hardly do the interview. Mean-Whelchel squirted through for while second running Clint Mears the lead, followed by Bill Goshen got a tap and flipped on the very and Troy Herbst. On lap 3 Hawley last turn, ending up fifth. Tim flipped, and rested upside down Baker was penalized down to last against the hydro barriers for place·for the Mears hit. Mercedes most of the heat, but was OK. Nature'sRecipeteammateRennie Whelchel had a firm lead on Awana ended up second followed Goshen who slowed midway and by Joe Price, and by John Troy Herbst moved into second. .,,, 0 R D RV Dust Masks Ott Road Dust Reducing Veil Helps Keep Out: •Sand •Dust •Pollen Durable and machine washable. Elastic straps adjust to a comfortable fit. One size fits all. No goggles needed! Comes in many pop-ular colors & designs! Page 14 PAT. PEND. $11.95 plus Distributors welcome. For more information call (602)747-7059. ~P~~ MANUFACTURERS & DISTRIBUTORS PO Box 57715 • Tucson, AZ 85732-7715 Nature's Recipe cars cleaned the Superlite main event, coming in 1,2,3,4. Defending champion Greg George led off the line, led all the way a,nd won by a huge margin over 1992 class champion Jimmie Johnson. Rick Johnson again outfoxed rival Rod Millen in the Chevy vs. Toyota battle, as Rick did some wild moves, but held the lead to win the main event, having been third in both truck heats. It was a very close finish. Not much changed for the rest of the heat. At the flag Jerry Whelchel had a half lap on the field in his Chabasco with an automatic trans. Troy Herbst was followed home by brother Tim in third, and Goshen ended up fourth. The second 1600 heat was a bit more calm. Points leader Marty Hart and defending champ Frank Arciero were in the field. Off the line it was Gary Gall followed by Bob Gordon and Jimmy Nichols. A fourth lap tangle took Hart out of the lead group and Arciero moved to fourth behind Jimmy Nichols. Nichols broke on the last lap and at the checkers it was Gary Gall with the win. Gordon hung onto second followed by Frank Arciero Jr. and the third Herbst brother, Ed. It might be a record for all three Herbst cars to finish the heat races. third but his Toyota teammate Rod Millen was sent to the penalty box on lap 5. Up front it was metal to metal between Mears Jr.,Johnson and Ivan Stewart, the rest of the field well behind. Mears extended his lead and Ivan caught and passed Ricky on lap 7 of 8. Roger Mears Jr. made it a Nissan night as his dad won the first heat and he won the second heat, all in the family. Ivan Stewart was second, Ricky Johnson third, and Mears Sr. was fourth. The next item was the Ultra-cross heats, and we can't keep track of these high fliers. We can tell you that Larry Brooks won heat 1 on a Yamaha followed by defending champion Mike Craig and Ryan Carlisle, both on Kawasakis, and Bryan Emig, the early leader on his Yamaha. · The second bike heat was just as crowded hut Sh~1an Kalo.~. Yamaha, managed to lead all the way despite a heavy challenge from Kyle Lewis, Yamaha and Ray Crumb, Kawasaki. Scott Myers was fourth. The UltraStocks began the main events and Las Vegan Brian Collins took the lead off the line despite Jeep teammates Larry Noel and Tommy Croft trying to make a sandwich of the Porsche. Collins, his engine still smoking, extended his lead while Noel and Croft battled for second. Tim Lewis ran fourth in another Porsche. Brian Collins got his hometown win, despite some debate over the size of his tires; they were OK. Larry Noel placed second for Jeep; Croft found an unfriendly hydro barrier and dnf'd. Tim Lewis was third in his Porsche; T.J. Clark zipped his VW into fourth. Three sedans in the top four - Maybe they should reconsider making this a truck class next year. There were 18 starters in the Skat-Trak ATV Main and Donovan Holland took the immediate lead with Charlie Shepherd in hot pursuit. Defending champion and current points leader Mark Ehrhardt was third. Shepherd made a move to pass on lap five, but Holland held him off. Meanwhile Ehrhardt was chal-lenging. Donovan Holland won by inches for Honda. Shepherd was second and Mark Ehrhardt was third, both on JPs. The Superlite Main event was a triumph for the Nature's Recipe team who controlled the race all the way. Greg George led from his Rob MacCachren got the fuel injection fixed and was on the pole for the second truck heat, with Ford teammate Greg George next to him. Of the ten starters Greg George was the early leader, but Roger Mears Jr. and Ricky Johnson were in hot pursuit. On the third lap Mears Jr. took the lead on a wide turn; with Johnson right in his wake. Ivan Stewart was Rod Millen gave it his all, but placed the Toyota second in truck heat 1 and in the main event, but gained enough points to claim the championship for drivers in the truck class. January 1993 Dusty Times

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T.J. Clark gets the VW Corado well in the air over the finish line jump on his way to a fine fourth in the UltraStock class main event. Rennie Awana was second in his Superlite heat and third in the main event, in which here he is mixing it up with teammate Jimmie Johnson (#4). Clint Mears did the best of the Mears gang in Vegas in his Triple EE Superlite, surviving the traffic hazards in the main event to finish a fine fifth. Mitch Mustard whipped his Chenowth into fourth in the 1600 Marty Hart always has his Chenowth up with the leaders but the In typical action in Sport Truck racing Greg George, Ford, just main event, and Mitch also announced he is retiring from the hazards of traffic are heavy in 1600 racing and Marty ended up misses getting taken out by Roger Mears Jr. who is climbing the series after this year's final. · sixth in the main event. hydro barrier. George was fifth in the main event. front row starting spot 'with his side. So the restart act began the boys acted more like race victory in his rookie year in protests about the Bridgestone Rennie Awana alongside. George again, and again Johnson pulled drivers than destruction derby trucks, making the Chevy people tires not being the required DOT 4'-·kly blasted to the front and away slightly after two laps when artists. In a dramatic finish smile too. Millen and Stewart rated and the aforementioned opened up a huge lead over his Jimmy Nichols rolled his Jeep, Johnsonwentwideinturn3,got weresidebysideacrossthefinish protest about the Collins teammate and newly crowned causing the second yellow a·1d upontwowheels,buttheformer line with Rod Millen getting Yokohamasbeingtoowide,butin champion Jimmie Johnson. restart and MacCachren was out. motorcycle champion gathered it second and Ivan Stewart was third a month's tirfle the results didn't Gonzales ran third until she got a The dash from the restart saw up as both Rod Millen and Ivan for Toyota. Roger Mears Sr. was change, so no doubt the protests front flat when Awana got past Johnson hold the lead with Millen Stewart tried to get by. Somehow fourth in his Nissan, and Greg were disallowed. Now only the her hl,t the Nature's Recipe team and Mears trailing, but Mears Jr. Johnson held on to his lead and George finished fifth in his Ford. Candlestick Park race was left in finished intact with Greg George got up on a barrier. But after that went on to his second main event After this race there were the 1992 series. winning the race, followed home by Jimmie Johnson, Rennie Awana, Mercedes Gon~ale:· :n fourth, and all four came to the podium. Clint Mears finished fifth in a Triple E. There were 16 on the line for the Super 1600 finale with Bob Gordon and Troy Herbst on the front row, with heat winners Jerry Whelchel and Gary Gall just behind them. Gordon grabbed the .. lead, and while Whelchel was moving up to take second he swapped paint and more with Troy Herbst ending up in the barrier. The yellow light flashed on lap 3 when Ed Herbst spun and stalled sideways, blocking the main straight. Marty Hart and Frank Arciero also had their own confroritation earlier and were now at the tail of the pack for the restart. Arciero retired on lap 5, while his buddy Bob Gordon continued to dominate the ran· trailed by Gary Gall. Midway in the 12 laps Gordon led, followed by Gall, Whelchel, Mustard and Tim Herbst, while Marty Coyne spent some time in the penalty box. Heading to the flag Gordon and Gall were side by side, but it was Bob Gordon who won the main event in his Chenowth over Gary Gall. Whelchel was a strong third followed by Mitch Mustard, Tim Herbst and Marty Hart. The grand finale is the trucks every time, and 11 of them made the grid. Rick Johnson shared the front row with Mears Sr., followed by the Stewart and Millen T oyotas in the second row. This promised to be a bang 'em up affair. 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Midwest Points Championship By Bar/i & Marilyn Sd111/r~ Class 11 is a most competitive and large class in SODA racing and at Oshkosh they took off in a pack in the two seat race and stayed together for several laps, before Rod Attig emerged the leader and won the race, again! The Midwest Points Champion-ship held September 19-20 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has tradition-ally been the last Points Race of the SODA Series. This year was no exception: this was it, the "determinator", the one that could and did finalize many Class Championships fr,, the drivers in the World Series Of Off Road Racing. While Friday morning before the Race Event dawned to clear skies and good weather, for one entire week this area had enough rain to bring Noah to the closest lumber store. We could swear that the animals were lining up two by two ready to board the boat! The track was wet, at best, but with a lot of hard work done by promoters Terry and Bev Friday and The Badgerland VW Club, it was ready to race. One of the "trademarks" of this track is the full view for spectators of table top jump. For the 1991 Season, the only driver to fully clear the entire table top was Sherri Parsons in Women's Heavy Metal. The gauntlet· had been thrown down, the challenge was on for 1992 -would the table top remain Sherri's? By Saturday morning the rigs had arrived and settled into place, the roar and whine of engines played the usual wake up call and SODA's best were ready to race! There are darn few tracks anywhere in this Nation that put on a better opening ceremony for a race day. The Badgerland VW Club promotes this race for all racers with the understanding that all profits are to be donated to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Ten assorted Off Road vehicles drove into the grandstand viewing area, each carrying one or two children, each vehicle flying the proud flag of our Country. Denise Eberhardt, a VW Club member and a SODA member, sang the National Anthem. If this didn't put life into perspective for you, nothing will. Members of the VW Club took their places on the track to serve as Track patrol and Class 9 lined up for the first green flag of the HE BUMP STOPS HER Introducing the MARVIN SHAW ENGINEERING BUMP STOP! Stop the up-travel on your suspension with this advanced bump stop system. These Bump Stops come complete with a mounting system, poly-eurethane end piece, and enough valving to get the job done. ECONOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 per pair. lncludinQ the mounting hardware and the GR8 bolts FOR ~RE INFORMATION O'l TI·IIS FINE PRODUCT. SEE YOUR CLOOEST OFF ROAD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. Page 16 MARVIN SHAW ENGINEERING 101 Broad\'./ay P.O. Box845 Yarnell, AZ 85362 Hi02-427-3551 day. Most of the race was a contest between Jeff Probst and Lee Wuesthoff with Probst holding down a very narrow lead until his machine developed internal troubles and he pulled off. After that, it was a W uesthoff run a way for the win. Meanwhile (and not back at the ranch), Mark Wilkins and Jeff St. Peter were putting on one heck of a show for position with both racers taking and losing position. At the final flag St. Peter put the move on Wilkins and came home with second, Wilkins placing third. "Mr. Tom" Schwartzburg took fourth and Keith Pooley took fifth. , Class 11 Double Seat took the next green flag. Rod Attig, Glen Mathews and Rich W oulf held what had become an almost standard battle for position. Attig came out on top with the win, Mathews placed second and Woulf third. John Huven drove to a dandy fourth place finish. Newsflash: at this point a percentage of, give or take, 99 percent had already cleared the dreaded table top! No matter the track, no matter the conditions, Herb Rosborough and young Chad Schleuter, with all of the other SODA Class 3 drivers, always put on a good show. The Midwest Points Championship was certainly no exception. Rosborough and Schleuter fought it out tooth and nail, corner after corner, lap after lap with veteran Rosborough keeping the door closed for the win. Schleuter's truck came out of the corners with the front wheels up, back wheels digging and in general, putting the pedal to the metal but had to settle for a very close second. Mike Savage had his machine back together and running a very strong third until he had to pull off. This left the door open for Joe Dunlap who held third place to the finish. With twelve entries Class 1-1600 took the track, each driver ready to take the table top and the tight comers. Jeff St. Peter held the lead for pne lap and then it was, you got fr, another run for to checkers by Jim Wiggins. St. Peter took a well driven second. An interesting battle for third January 1993 Class 13 had a big pile up off the line and a red flag. Here R.J. Flanagan tries to unhitch from Don Gregoire, whose co-driver has already jumped ship. developed as Mark Hameister had the position, then lost it to first Bill Brown and then Rob Kinner. As the race wound down to the final laps Hameister made a tremendous recovery and regained third place. Brown finished fourth, Jon Huss took fifth and Kinner finished in sixth. The Class 6 Championship was definitely riding on the line with this last point's race. "Crazy Man" Greg Bekavac and Al Fannin began the race within a spit of each other in the point standings. The flag dropped and Bekavac made the run from green to checkered to win the Champ-ionship by two points. Fannin drove a tight race to place second. Thornton "Ed" Schultz had third pla\ e anJ Jefinitdy clear.:d the tahle top when his machine said "enough already" putting him off the track. Bill Groboski had co-driver Joe Kentopp at the wheel of his "Classics" and we're here to tell ya', Kentopp not only cleared the table top but darn near took the table cloth home with him! With a grandstand full of cheerring spectators; Kentopp cleared this jump lap after lap and held on to third place in the bargain! Nice show, guys! Zowie, SODA President Terry Wolfe has beyond a doubt been "on a roll" this year! Wolfe and his Class 5-1600 Baja Bug hold the distinction of committing the inaugural Road America Chal-lenge roll over and pleased the crowd ar this race with a repeat roll one and a half laps into the Class 5-1600 race. While no one was injured, okay, maybe some pride, the roll put Wolfe out of the running. Definitely in the running was Bill Bowles who made a spectacular flag to flag r_un for first place. Mike Brue and Chuck Johnson ha ttled for second place, Brue having to yield position when he lost his steering with two laps to go.Johnson took second place. Jeff Karlman did an excellent job of racing to third place. Class 4 was next on the racing agenda with surprises for everyone. Jumpin' Jack Flannery took an early lead off the green flag but was quickly overtaken by Kevin Probst. Geoff Dorr wanted a piece of the action and he too went by Flannery. Bob Bemmels was waiting right on everyone's bumpers for what ever trick the off road gods had to offer. Just when all were certain that it was a Probst win the truck developed internal agony and pulled off. This left Dorr with the lead, Flannery in second and Bemmels thanking the gods for third. Actually Bemmels did one heck of a job driving to third position. So, the finish looked like this with Dorr in first, Flannery in second and Bemmels in third. Enter the Class 13 Road Warriors, with.a mega pile up off the green flag resulting in a red flag and a total restart. Once the Class got underway the second time R.J. Flanagan took a lead that Dan Vanden Heuvell grabbed after the first lap. Vanden Heuvell absolutely romped his truck around the track followed by Flanagan, John Schultz and Lowell DeGreef, in that order. Flanagan's truck went out with mechanical ills putting Schultz in second place. DeGreef hung right on Schultz' bumper and made the pass with two laps to go. Vanden Heuvell held first place, DeGreef took second and Schultz was less than a truck length away for third. Dusty Times

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Class 3 action saw Herb Rosborough leading here, fight nose to tail with Chad Schleuter, and they finished as pictured here with Herb winning the Class 3 honors and Chad arriving second. The 1-1600 start shows, from the left, Jeff St. Peter, Mark Greg Bekavac _and Al Fannin had their usual duel in Class 6, and Hameister, Cary Bowles charging away, ·but Jim Wiggins won at the finish Greg won the race and Al finished a very close and St. Peter ended up second just ahead of Hameister. second in a great show. The 2-1600s charge from the green flag, from the left Jeff St. Peter, Jon Huss, Cary Bowles, Mark Steinhart, but lurking just behind, Todd Attig won the race, Jim Wig.gins was second and St. Peter took third. Finishing in fourth place and on From the stands it looked like a the same lap with the top three replay of Saturday's racing with was Jed Flannery. With a field of contenders Rod Attig, Glen fifteen of these renegade trucks, Mathews and Rich W oulf holding the action all over the track was down the top three places. It was a exciting. great race for Rich W oulf as he Class 10 was to have rounded ~ad an early third position out the_ day's racing. However, there were not enough Class 10 vehicles who were race ready thus creating a Class scratch. ----------------------running behind both Attig and undergo repairs and return. Stay Mathews. L)ncc again the gods of tuned for further news. To the Otf Road had thdr say as Attig· start of the race, Jamey Flannery yielded the lead to W oulf and came off the line like a shot out of Mathews was passed by Attig. At a gun with Gentleman Geoff Dorr the final flag Woulf was first, right on his back bumper. Dorr, Attig second and Mathews third. in turn, had Herb Rosborough Going back more positions Mike right on his back bumper. Allen placed a well driven fourth. Rosborough was followed by the John Huven was fifth and Kevin Heidtman truck, Chad Schleuter Kempka took home sixth. Seems anll Roh Hcmnwls, sound kinda to us that if you miss either Class familiar? Flannery Wl·nt wide on 11 race, you've lost the opportun-the back corner giving Dorr the ity to see some of the best opening he needed to go in first "scrappin' for position" racing you're ever going to see. Short Course Off Road Racing could offer a valuable service to those owning swamp land. When Class 14 hit the track and made one, count 'em folks, ONE lap, thl· dust was thick . What's the service? (,ive a goo,! Off Road Series, lik,· SODA, a contract to race your swamp and we guarantee to dry up that rascal and make dust in two fun filled days! It initially looked like it just wasn't going to be a Heidtman/Loh£ weekend as their truck kept having to pull off the track, place and stay there for the win. Flannery successfully held off Rosborough until the Big 4x4 Chevy Thunder suffered a flat lett front tire that left the entire wheel assembly motionless. Hello Rosborough! Rosborough 's Class 3 truck now held a firm second place. Now, we stated that Jack Heidtman was on and off the track, but per.severance paid off as by mid-race there was no one else left running on the track. With this~ • CENTER LINE RACING WHEELS THE STRONGEST OFF-ROAD WHEEL MONEY CAN BUY! FAT Performance has in stock the largest inventory of 5-lug WJ CENTER LINE wheels in the country. Whether you need wheels with polished or satin finish, FAT has them in all popular styles. Need them in a hurry? FAT can Sunday's racing program began with the same heart warming ceremony honoring our Country, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and children in general_. Then racing began with a really good skirmish in Class 1. Amazing how ' four Class 1 entries can put on a fifteen minute show that was worth staying put for the entire fifteen minutes! Todd Attig and the amazing Art Schmitt Ill, along with contenders Lee Wuesthoff and Jeff St. Peter, kept the crowd on the edge of their seats lap after lap. Schmitt led three laps with a very determined Attig right on his bumper. Schmitt went a little too wide on a corner, picked up a track marking stake with banners attached allowing Attig to get by. Greaves try to tip over here. Low won the race, Greave Toyota and Scott Taylor was third in a Ford. ship the same day as ordered ... qnd with the best price in the industry. FAT can also supply your CENTER LINES with Champion bead locks. With a typical burst of speed Schmitt shook the colorful stake and was quickly on Attig's bumper. It was then a no mistake race and Attig made none. At many points all four competitors were within striking distance. Unfortunately Jeff St. Peter, who was riding right on Schmitt's tail, lost a little control of his buggy and climbed up on Schmitt's tail pipe giving Attig the security of a solid lead. Wuesthoff's machine had developed some serious internal problems and he had to pull off for the last quarter of the race. At the checkered flag, Attig came in first, Schmitt second, and St. Peter in a close third. Great hq..!inn_ing for a day'~ racing guys! Buying a set of CENTER LINES can be exceedingly easy with FAT Performance. We do all the legwork. Call for current pricing. Quantity discounts are also available. FAT IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR VW, PORSCHE AND TOYOTA OFF-ROAD ENGINES AND PARTS. FAT Racing Parts Bilstein Shocks Sway-A-Way Parma-Cool S&SHeaders WeberCorbs PERFORMAICE And they were back! Who's "they"? The incredible drivers of Tom Hockers had his Ford right with the leaders, held second place most of Class 11, Sing!e S':at this time. the race but dropped back in the late laps and finished fourth in Class 7. IPF Lights JaMar Products Wright Place Tri-Mil Exhaust Gem Gears Beard Seats Simpson Safety Super-Trapp Yokohama Tires Petro-Tech 2000 For your FAT Performance catalog, send $5 lo Dept. GW, 1558 No. cose St., Orange, CA 92667. 0r COIi (714) 637,2889. FAX (714) 637-7352 Dusty Times January 1993 Page 17

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' . Joe Kentopp drove Bill Groboski's Class 6 "Classic", and flew high over the famed table top in spectacular style and also finished a fine third in class. Class 4 ground shakers leave the line with eventual winner Geoff Dorr on the left with Kevin Probst just behind, Jack Flannery in the middle and Greg Gerlach on the right. Dorr also won Class 14 in his Ford. After the Class 13 restart R.J. Flanagan took the lead, here trying to pass John Schultz, who finished third while Lowell DeGreef won the race. Jed Flannery made a Class 13 out of one of dad Jack's old Fords and Jed has good style flying here and finished the race fourth in Class 13. Class 1 came up with a small field, but Art Schmitt, leading here, and Todd Attig put on a real show. Attig eventually beating Schmitt to the finish line. Usually a Class 11 contender, Dwayne Wafkowski threw a wheel in the race, and after a tough fight Rich Woillf won the single seat Sunday contest. ~ trick u( fatL' Hei,ltman took thir,I! Jon Huss, Class 2-1600 driver, sure was out to give the Class a run for it's money taking the lead off the start and holding off an impressive field for three laps. 'Twas not to be for Huss as Todd Attig made the go ahead pass and Huss had to pull off the track at mid-race. Jim Wiggins was lurking right behind Huss to take over second place. Jeff St. Peter, in third, had his hands full fending off Mark Steinhardt, Gerry Parent, and Cary Bowles. Cliff Holiday fell by the wayside when he lost a wheel, Paul Biancuzzo and David Correa also had their share of problems. At the checkered flag Attig had a solid seconds. first place, Wiggins had second A "Get off your fanny and on position nailed down and St. to your feet" race was next with Peter took third. Class 7S on the track. Zonkers, At this point in the Race Spencer Low certainly had his Program the Badgerland VW work cut out for him with Tom Club held it's annual Engine Hackers, John Greaves, Scott Blow-up Conte.st. One purchased Taylor and an all star cast of other a time slot done in minutes and Class 7S trucks all right on his seconds to see how long a tired bumper and knocking at his side VW engine would hold up before doors for the win. Low out lasted expiring. Again, while a prize was the pack for first place but did so donated to the winner, all monies knowing that the competition was went to Children's Hospital. there. Hackers held an early There have been years when many second place but lost it first to a Class 11 driver would have Greaves, then had to give third gladly traded his/her engine for place over to Taylor. Don't the one "blowing up"!! This assume that Jim Bradley wasn't in year's engine lasted a whopping there pitching, he was, to the five minutes and thirty eight pointofrollinghistruckoverand West.Coast Distributor still finishing the race! Jeff Kincaid was definitely on the track and doing his best for points and position. Low and Greaves ran so close that at one point Greaves Scott Taylor has the lock on Class 8 this season, and his Ford took the lead on the second lap, flew like a big bird over the table top and won the race going away. fOR HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE $695.00 GEARS . AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 .Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1962 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92806 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Pagcn took the lead, but Low made the "give it back" pass on a nasty rhythm section. The driving skills shown all over the track were absolutely tremendous. The final standings were Low in first, Greaves in second and Scott Taylor in third. Yes sir, race fans, we got one more round of the incredible fast paced buggies as Class 1 green flagged. And one more time race fans saw Art Schmitt III go flag to flag to another victory! There was some very good race action between Jeff Probst and Lee Wuesthoff for position. Wuesth-off had second with Probst right ing of the Spencer Low coloring contest that was held for all children who attended the Race Event. Spencer was in for some tough decision making as each entry was a "winner". A winner must always be declared and they were as follows: in the three year old division the winner was Stacey Ely; the 4, 5, and 6 year old group had a tie with both Shannon Dahlman and Mitch Dorr taking the honors; Melissa ~ . Rothe won her division and John Probst won his. Congratulations to all! It was time for some serious rockin' and rollin' with Class 8 ready to put some major noise on your ear drums and some awesome driving on the track. While Class 8 has diminished somewhat in size, the competitors remaining in this Class are truly beyond description. When you line up Scott Taylor, Jumpin Jack on his bumper in the early going. However, .Probst wound up in a nasty spin trying to get around Wuesthoff on lap one putting some catchup driving on Probst's shoulders. Probst took the shoulder burden well, caught up \ with and passed Wuesthoff to place second. By this point Wuesthoff's machine just plain sounded nasty but he still managed to pull out a third place finish. Mark Steinhardt made his debut in Scott Schwalbe's buggy with misfortune putting him out after two and half laps. As happened on Saturday a break in the racing action was taken, this time for the announc-~ he Class 11 ladies race is as competitive as the men's, and here Karen January 1993 Christensen, who was second, tries to fend off Anne Shuster, second then, but Anne was third at the flag. Dusty Times

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Spencer Low, left, gives a neck rub and some words of advice to Jeff Probst ran hard in the Class. 2 event in his Laser, spun out Johnny Greaves as the pair finished Class 7 in very close once in traffic, but then played catch up very well and finished in formation at the flag. -second place. Jack Flannery shows off a unique cornering technique in his Class 8 Chevy, but it worked for him as Jack ended up taking second place in a tough run. ___ .:__ ____________________ _ Flannery, Alligator Jimmie Sixteen year old Robin Schultz Withabsolutelynoluckatallthis Crowder, Dave Hackers, Pete finished her rookie year with a season, Gail was trying her Van De Hey, Dennis Ferdon, well driven second place. The real darndest to keep her truck on the Dave Parsons arid Pat Flanagan, surprise was Kelly Hammes in her track despite an unstable throttle you have an awesome field. Class 7S truck! This was Kelly's cable. Kathy Graboski and Annie Flannery jumped off the line in second race EVER and she did an Lenz rounded out the field. first but was overtaken in two laps admirable job of racing to third The big "determinator" was by Taylor who then went straight place. Where was Gail Brand? over. Class Championships were signed, sealed and delivered. Racers talked among themselves and summed up the season with the ever popular "wait 'til next year!". But WAIT, the 1992 SODA Series is not over yet! While the Blackhawk Farms Challenge is not a Points race this GERMAN AUTO 1·ear, it is a SUDA Sanctioned Race Ewnt. This track is brand new to thv SODA Series, so as we say "thank you" to Terry and Bev Friday and the Badgerland VW Club for an excellent Race Event we look forward to seeing ya; trackside at Blackhawk Farms! on to the checkered flag. Flannery . remained in striking distance the rest of the race but had to be happy with second place. The super action took place further back as battle after battle took place for points and position. First Crowder wanted Hackers' third place position and took it with a flying pass over the infamous table top jump. Needless to say, spectators went wild! Now Hackers is a "never say die" driver and while he had to relinquish third to Crowder he fended off a very aggressive Van De Hey for fourth pl:Ke. Van De Hey finishnl in fifth and Pat Flanagan took sixth. Both·Parsons and Ferdon fell prey to mechanical problems. /'YOUR OFF-ROAD HEADQUARTERS'' The Women's Buggy Classes were next with both Unlimited Buggies and Women's Class 11 taking the track at the same time running for separate points and purse. In the Unlimited Class Paula St. Peter took another flag to flag victory. An excellent battle took place between Brenda Tessmer and Wendi Schmalz with Tessmer just barely keeping the, door shut on Schmalz for second place. The Women's Class 11 race was loaded with action, veteran Joan Silloway finding herself on her roof on the third lap during an excellent show down with Teana Attig. Attig went ahead to take one more win. Karen Christensen came up through the ranks to pass Anne Schuster and took over second position when Shari Huven ,levdopc,l a flat right front tire. Say hey. it was our own Amy Haese who sorta' tip toed her way through the field for third place! We're just ·right proud of ya', Amy!! Remark of the weekend goes to Women's Unlimited Buggy driver Janice Attig. Janice had not been on the track for, oh let's say some time. In a post race interview Attig remarked, "Gee it sure seemed like I was going real fast!" Janice sure did give 'er hell and finished in last place.Janice, it was just great to see you back in the buggy! The Midwest Points Champion-ships chooses not to offer Challenge or Championship Racing, .so as is customary, the Women's Heavy Metal Class finished the Race Event. 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CRS/SCCA DIVISIONAL GORMAN RIDGE RALLY Carl Jardevall and Sam Moore Win in the Saab By John Elkin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Carl Jardevall took usual stock class driver Sam .Moore along to navigate the strong Saab, and they paired up well, moving forward in the night, winning on the paved stages and they won Open Class and the rally overall. The final event in the 1992 California Rally Series Champ-ionship took place on October 24 in Gorman, California, located 30 miles north of Los Angeles sitting high atop the Grapevine Summit. The event was the Gorman Ridge Rally, a Mike Blore and Harris Done Production now in its second year. Twenty-nine. rally teams came . out of the woodwork to tackle the proposed route of 12 stages. However Mother Nature has been playing havoc with many rallies all over the country this year and Gorman would be one of them. Yep, that four letter word again ... RAIN. Now normally rain would not bother many rallies across the country because roads in the mid west and east are built to stay . together in the wet. Rallies here in California are not so fortunate. Rain fell all Friday night and mostly Saturday mor~ing causing the North Boundary stage in the Gorman OHV Park to become a quagmire of mud and newly born rivers. This stage was to be run six times in all, and with its cancella-tion all eyes turned to the other daylight stage, Wheatfield / Power-line. Normally a 2.8 mile stage the rain had softened up ah already tough uphill climb so this stage was shortened to 1.31 miles in length and run four times instead of two. Luckily the night stages were not as adversely affected as only 2.18 miles of the first night time stage, Libre Gulch, would be made . into a transit, still leaving over ~L·Vt:n mik-s of thick, muddy, slip-pery -;tagL" to run. This would he run twice as planned, before moving to the final two stages of the night, Ridge Route a 12.5 mile paved stage. PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER,. CALIFORNIA DENNY'S ~ RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUNQ THE BEST IN THE DESER1' FOR OVER 40 YEARS Page 30 This rally would be the finaf event for the Stock GT class, as next year instead of a higher performance stock class the CRS will split Open Class into two and four wheel drive. Funny enough, with all the support to make the four wheel drive class, in reality only two showed, and as typical of the past few events only one GT car showed. Here in finishing order is the entire field rundown and their individual stories. In first overall Carl Jardevall took usual stock class driver Sam Moore as his navigator while Moore looked into terminal noises coming from his Arrow's engine. The two paired well running fourth after the daylight stages, seven seconds out of first. In the night the front wheel drive Saab took advantage of the slippery conditions and marched to the front after stage 6 . On the paved stages Carl finished first, then second leaving him a healthy margin . of 35 seconds for the victory, overall and in Open class. The independently sponsor~d Volvo 142 of brothers Jeff and Chris Griffin won the opening stage by one second, battled out the remaining three to go to the ,!inner hreak 111 a solid third place: Going into tht· ni ~ht Griffi n used exceptional times on the tarmac to cement himself into second overall and second in Open Class. Millens are becoming very commonplace in the motorsports world. Rod had dominated the Asia-Pacific Rally Series and this year won a bunch of races on the Mickey Thompson stadium circuit and won the drivers championship in a Toyota truck. Brother Steve knocks 'em dead in IMSA road racing. Now we have Rhys Millen, son of Rod, teaming with Trish Devreugd in a Mazda MX-6 serving notice to the CRS that another Millen is on his way up. Rhys won stage 2 and tied for the win on stage 4 leaving him less than one second out of the overall January 1993 Showing his championship style Jeff Hendricks with Noble Jones navigating the Prescott based Jeep Comanche, not only won the Stock Class by about eight minutes he drove right into fifth overall as well. Gary Luke and Farina O'Sullivan were the lone GT entrant for the last rally for the CRS class, but they ran well to 11th 0 /A as well as winning class points. lead at the dinner break. Still pair wound down the season with charging Millen and Devreugd a sixth in Open Class and seventh came over a crest on stage 6 to overall. find the stalled Arrow of Lon Lauchlin O'Sullivan returned Peterson. The thick mud did not to CRS with former professional make a superior stopping surface motocross rider Kim Blackseth, and Rhys made contact with the the new owner of the Datsun 610 Arrow. The damage was minor to taking on the navigator duties. the car but it cost the young team Lauchlin lost no time showing a chance at the overall and in open Kim his winning form as the pair class, some 22 seconds in arrears battled close to the lead until the of Griffin. fourth stage when the Wheatfield Tired of United and American yump collapsed the Datsun's Airlines?Trythenewestairborne front control arm. Lauchlin phenomenon, "Air Paula", Paula plowed the front end over a third Gibeault and Jay Mathes sprouted of a mile-, more off the rnad than wings in the Subaru RS four door on to finish thi: st:1g1: and used the on stage 2 taking the longest jump dinner break to repair the car. In award on the Wheatfield single the night stages they battled hard caution yump. The flight bent with eventual third place Tony sundry suspension parts but the and Liz Shumaker, who made Subaru and Paula and Jay are some late errors so Kim and tough and soldiered on with the Lauchlin took second place in handling "close" to normal. It Stock Class and eighth overall. must have been because Paula and Ricky Dela Cuesta and James Jay won the final stage b y three Recto had the Dodge Colt flying seconds. The vault on the through the mud and pavement. pavement lifted the team to The pair, just one of California fourth overall and in Open Class. Rallysports Club entries, laid JeffHendricksandNobleJones claim to seventh in Open Class, needed to win this rally to wrestle ninth 0 / A. away the Stock Class champion-Tony and Liz Shumaker are one ship from Harris Done. The · ofthefewhusbandandwifeteams Goodyear shod Jeep Comanche in the sport and they run their did just that winning wire to wire. Toyo Tires/Uni Filt!!r sponsored Jeff and Noble never relinquished Mitsubishi truck in Stock Class. the lead as other stock class cars They were battling and holding and trucks fell to mechanical and second after the night time mud driver errors. Smart driving and stages, and were confident of good preparation wins another Tony's driving ability on pave-championship. ment, being he is an accomplished Joao and Bill Brasil came to . road racer. However in road Gorman looking to finish the racing you do not ·need lights season on a high note. The Rotary usually. On stage 7 Tony caught engine powered Mazda GLC, hisarmonthelightswitchandthe usually a top runner, slipped and world went black. The truck slid its way to fifth in Open and instantly got stuck on a berm sixth overall. before they could stop: All 100 Bill Malik and Roine Anderson pounds of Liz got out and pushed continue to edge to the front in the Mitsu onto the road, the lights the Scott Irvine Volvo sponsored went on and they found the finish Volvo 240. The car seems to flag just feet away from the enjoy the Open Class trim as the incident. In spite of it all they Dusty Times

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Jeff and Chris Griffin won the first stage in the Volvo 142, stayed . close all the way on the varied terrain and finished second overall and second in Open Class. Youngsters Rhys Millen and Trish Devreugd had a great run in the Mazda MX-6 to third in Open Class and overall ... quite a feat for a pair of rookies in CRS. Looking a bit sedate here, Paula Gibeault, with Jay Mathes navigating, zipped the Subaru RS home fourth Open and overall, a good run for the Gibeault car. Joao and Bill Brasil rush across a high meadow stage in the Mazda GLC that they placed a fine fifth in the tough Open Class and a fine sixth overall. Lauchlin O'Sullivan and new navigator and new owner of the Tony and Liz Shumaker had the Mitsubishi pickup in contention Datsun 610 had a good day until front end trouble struck, but until a night-time goof with the lights cost time and they were claimed third in Stock Class, 10th O I A. l~,tr·, Luk,· :11i-l Farina O'Sullivan ",-r,· rlw I, 11w CiT l'ntrnnt. The turbo l )o,I).!,· Shdhy ran well until tltl" t"ir,t l"t,·v,l stage whL·n it lost p,m·L"r stv,-ring and the electrics allmw,I the Shdh\' to he ~·irh..-r at full thrnttle or just a hair ahove Uk. Thl" p,iir soldi..-rt'd on to 11th l) A.. Dan Hook was the defending Stock Class winner from 1991. This year he brought Pat Fealy to navigate the Toyota Celica. While the pair battled the lack of rear suspension bushings in the latter half of the event they were fourth in Stock Class and 12th overall. Lon Peterson and Bill Gutzman find themselves in an odd place, eighth Open. The B&D Auto-motive I F u n 4 U Plymouth Arrow led through stage 5, but on stage 6 _ the ignition coil failed. Peterson jumped out to look under the hood as Bill grabbed the reflective triangle and ran down the road to place it and warn other cars that there was a stalled car ahead. While still running with the triangle Gutzmann encounter-ed Rhys Millen coming full bore over a crest. Millen got full on the brakes through a mud hole covering Bill head to foot with mud. As mentioned Millen couldn't help hitting the Arrow, but Lon saw him coming and moved~away. Lon and Bill waved Millen to continue, hooked up their spare coil and moved on to finish, muddy and bent. Paul Furusho and Paul Skjerven brought their RX-3 out for a romp in the rain and mud and came out a satisfied ninth in Open Class. Edmundo Villegas and David Lanza brought out an Open Class Toyota Corolla and recorded some good stage times on their way to finishing tenth in Open Class but first of the seed six beginner rally teams. Robert T allini and Mike Marcy are quickly catching on to the rally game. In the Plymouth Sapporo they scrapped out a fifth in Stock Class. The car they have is a proven champion and looks as though the driver and navigator Dusty Times they finished second in Stock Class and eighth overall. _th_i_rd_in_S_t_o_c_k_c_la_s_s,_t_e_n_th_O_IA_: ___________ _ will not be fa, behind. Dennis Sheaan borrowed Harris Dane's Mazda RX-7 and navigator Larry Scott while his new machine is currently under construction. Dennis and Larry found the road conditions not as well suited to the RX-7 as hoped for, yet the pair finished sixth in Stock Class. Joe Vondracek and Dave Boyd made the tow from northern California to gather more experience in the Stock Class Dodge Charger. They came out seventh in class a heartbreaking three seconds behind Sheaan and Scott. Mat "Madman" Sweeney and John Elkin teamed in the propane powered Toyota pickup for the first time. Sweeliey'.s usual cohort in rallying, Lucinda Strub, was injured the weekend before in a freak motorcycle sidehack incident and had to sit this one out. Sweeney and Elkin were having a wonderful time on the roads until stage 6, when a broken throttle cable cost them five minutes in repairs. In the end it was 11th place for the nicknamed duo. · George Tavares and Jose Dutra debuted a Toyota MR 2 in Stock Class. This was George's first time driving a rally car and they finished a fine eighth in class. Irwin and Jenner Salgado brought their Toyota Corolla into ninth in Stock class and second in the beginner seed 6 competition. Bill Morton and Mike Welch held the attention of the entire CRS when they debuted a mint condition circa late 1960s Ford Escort. The car was beautiful, and it was fast. Morton won stage 3 by three seconds and was about third overall when a spin on stage 7 set the team back into 12th place in Open Class. Jimmy Fortaleza and Joe ~ascua motored their Open Class Toyota. to 13th in class after several small off course excursions delayed them. Jorge and Nelson Sousa seem to have no luck in the Mazda RX-7. This team tries so hard yet rally luck has not found them yet. They soldiered through myrad woes to finish 14th in Open Class. Francisco Chavez and Jose Soria event. However youthful exuber-until after the fifth stage. The pair were the final finishers after ance can be a dangerous thing. On completed the stage and then getting stuck. In true never say die stage 1 Steve and Chris flew the never made the start of stage 6. At fashion the duo finished in the Wheatfield yump with too much press time it is still a mystery as to Datsun 510. youthful exuberance, bending the their fate. Ron Wood and Kelly Walsh rear end housing on the D & T When all was said and done were running well in the VW Auto Wrecking Toyota Celica. everyone agreed the organiz.ers Specialties/ Screaming Squeegees Steve cruised the car going for the did a superb job of salvaging their Scirocco until a rear wheel finish until stage 6 when the event.Themudwasaroadsurface separated itself from the car Toyota became lightly stuck in seldom seen in the CRS and most leaving the pair stranded on stage the mud. Steve and Chris unstuck everyone handled it well. For the 5 in the mud. Rui Brasil and Frank the car in short order and took dangerous conditions it was a Nunes were doing well in the off, for just four turns before surprisingly high finishing rate, all Toyota Corolla twin cam until a rolling the Celica onto its roof. but four. driving error sent them over the Bill Poe and Mark Myers Sunday morning the trophies embankment on stage 7. brought out a Ford Super Cab were handed out to those who Steve Scott and Chris Smith pickup.Surprisinglythebigtruck earned them, and a hearty came into Gorman still flying high moved well for the off road breakfast was supplied to the from a third place in the previous r;cers, setting up good stage times masses. HOWE ALUMINUM RACING RADtATOR 16.5 POUNDS SIZES AVAILABLE 16 X27 18X24 19 X28 19 X 31 CURRENTLY USED IN CLASS 2, 8, & NASCAR January 1993 Page 31

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Andrea Aghini Wins The Sanremo Rallye D'ltalia iW.z-• . ~ Francois Delecour and Daniel Grataloup ran well all rally long, finished the best of the Ford Sierra Cosworth team in third overall, just 1.42 minutes behind. :~:~~: ~~~~~ ~t:f;a~~u;z:v~:;;~~~~ s~a°::r~!h:~~f~~~::~~~e~~a;ti:~~:~~ :'o~t=~zi;;e;i~~~i~;~:~o;;_ncia 's total, i ffi"~rw Wdcome a new winner! thattheonlynewmodelthisyear you before I ever get to win this " • 4 w {S,,"" Andrea Aghini became the 51st wastheFiatS00!Therouteagain rally", a hint that he quite rr r-"'"'•: .e>. Q rally man to win a World lacked the lustre of the sweeping expected Auriol to get his ,f l! ~:J Championship Rally, on Lancia's roads on top of the Tuscany hills Sanremo hat trick of wins. The M.· ICHELIN !L.rlloii.,,, i._ I ~ftth~:~r~r:~~dth!!r ra~~:~00~ :;~t~cr:1h:~;t;s~h;ii:~or~~ ~~~;i~~e~'.~~~~~~~~~~i:i~~h; .. ~,. -..... • •• .•• .--.~ .· • .. · ... ·.··•··t e11 ---IC\\\:\.~tl. -'. WithSauroFarnocciaco-driving, ant gravel stages in Tusc·any and open secret accord between .' ~ ~ the man from Tuscany drove the Um11brdia arekheldThon wooded Auriol and Toyota. Would ~ · _ ··./+ event of his life, containing three hi si e trac s. ere was no Auriol still recdve the bless of the ----~ : ~ . ~~~ times World Champion Juha excitement about the 1992 team if it would give Toyota the · 0.f --, ·--Kankkunen, who sought to pull championship because Lancia had chance of running the World Both trying for the victory, before the final stages Juha Kankkunen, left, and back Aghini's asphalt advantage already won the manufacturer's Champion next year? Would Andrea Aghini posed for the press as proper Lancia teammates should. on the gravel sections, but the cup two rallies ago, and the Auriol, less ti_:ian 20 points up on past La Spezia, and then four in 'The final night was therefore stages were not the scene of his driver's title chase was led by Kankkunen, suddenly find his the_ hills of Tuscany, finishing shaping up to be either the most greatestanxiety.Thatcameonthe Lancia drivers Auriol and program cut short, or would his with a short superspecial in the exciting battle onrecord(Aghini final night when there was a real Kankkunen. car break down unexpectedly? grounds of the II Ciocca hillside being the favorite, because in total chance the Martini Racing team This was a European's event. Stranger things have happened in leisure complex. Piero Liatti got there were 53% of stages on bosses would ask him to yield his The top 18 cars across the start Italy in the past! The Jolly Club off to a bad start when he had asphalt) or another major in-team victory to Kankkunen. Eventually line were European. Toyota Chief dismissed this sort of thing, electronic problems on stage 2, political crisis. Didn't the team the threat subsided. A dazed but stayed home principally because and certainly Auriol looked while Aghini picked up some wanttomakesurethatthefaithful delighted 28 year old man from of the "ten only" rule, but with ahsolutely calm hefore the event. wooden debris on the road which driver Kankk unen gets the Livorno found his dream had their limited commercial oppor-The saga of the Ladies' broke the oil cooler. "I had cut a drivers'title.WilltheyaskAghini come true. It was going to take a tunities in Italy, there was no championship continued. Eija corner too closely and hit a tree to save himself for a future little while to understand it all. incentive for any of the Japanese Jurvanen was lent a Ford recce car lying on the side of the road." occasion. But that, of course is With Martini Racing and Ford teams to compete here. Drivers in Group N specification to cross FISA officials had set up a secret getting ahead of ourselves. the only major teams present, this were unsure of the appeal of the the start ramp, but mechanics had weight check contrpl at the end of It was wet when the cars left was a low-key Sanremo. For an event.ReigningWorldChampion to convert the car into Group A the stage, but when the Lancia Arezzo for a great gravel battle. event which has traditionally Kankkunen who has never won safety equipment specification in arrived with oil pouring from the There were eight stages that day, boasted the debut of many here said "I don'tlike the double-order to comply. 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CA 90806 ..ai. 1"'(~ 310/427-2375 ~ "'.,,_-..,,. Fax: 310 426-5294 ~ ",~_., DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME _..., Page 34 ionship points leader Didier but withdrew in order to dropped behind Kankkunen on Auriol said "The opening asphalt concentrate more on Belgian Gianfranco Cunico was having the first stage when he had his stagesareverytricky.Itissensible Championship events plus Ivory trouble with brake pads on his second shock absorber problem, not to go too hard. I will be quite Coast. So the only top inter-Ford, while the Group N Ford of and progressively the Finn began happy ifl am within 40 seconds of national Group N driver entered Bin Sulayem retired with trans-whittling away the lead of the h 1 d T d · ,,, mission trouble. The real fun of t e ea ers on ues ay morning. . was Bin Sulayem. Italian. There was an intriguing Miki Biasion said "I am happy On Etape 1 Didier Auriol's first the firSt day was juSt starting, situation when Jolly Club issued a because this is my home event, stage retirement was a shock in however. There was no servicing press release blaming their wheel but I cannot say it is my favorite many ways. A Lancia losing permitted between stage 6 (l6 suppliers for Auriol's accident, rally. The only driver who really wheels, not to mention the front km) and stage 7 (22 km), so after apparently because an old wheel seemed motivated was Biasion's right wheel on a stage lined with crewsassesseditwasadrydayand had wrongly been fitted to the Ford teammate Francois Dele-hideous sharp drops, was a bad headed up to stage 6 on slick tires front of the car. Cesar Baroni cour, deeply engaged in contract thing. But more than that it was the inevitable happened. It only began his baptism on gravel negotiations for next season, and the sudden reversal of champion-started to rain as stage 7 unhappily with a dri>Jeshaft he really needed to do well here. ship form. With nine of the ten progressed, but after the firSt half failure on the first stage, while on It was an unusually dry events to count, Didier's second dozen cars had passed a huge gap the second Biasion started having morning for the start of what retirement of the year (compared in times built up. Kankkunen shock absorber troubles with the some call the Rally of the Rain, with one for Carlos Sainz and th0ught he was playing safe by Ford which happened twice in the that always has storm damage to none,sofar,for]uhaKankkunen) opting for intermediates on the morning and again in the the trails in the mountains. Auriol was likely to decide the outcome short stage 8, but as soon as he afternoon. On stage 12 Cunico's said he did not feel a lot of of the series, notwithstanding the started the stage the heavens hopes of gaining the Italian practice was necessarily helpful, Frenchman's record six wins so opened up with a vengeance. championship took a dive when 'becauseofrecentelectricalstorms far this year. It was certainly a On Etape 2 Kankkunen had a histurbochargerfailed,andhopes and road damage with rocks on blessing for Aghini who went into _point to prove and set off to evaporated completely on stage the suddenly wet and muddy aleadwhichheheldfortherestof reclaimlostground.Attheendof 15 and 16 when he had further patches on the roads. Mohammed the day. Bias ion dropped back on the day he had won seven of the brake troubles. Delecour had a Bin Sulayem looked at the small stage 2 with brake troubles caused eight stages "I spun twice because wheel bearing failure on stage 14 number of people spectating at by a wheel brake cooling fan I had the wrong tires on the other and Baroni had trouble with his thestartsayingithadnofeelingof coming off. Later he made two one", he explained, and there suspension. Meanwhile Alex a World Championship event. bad tire choices, which let wereinterestingcalculationstobe Fiorio gradually worked his way Asked about the effect this rally Delecour pull satisfyingly in front done. Kankkunen found himself up to fifth, the best non-team would have on the World Drivers of him. 0.4 seconds per kilometer faster Lancia driver. Championship, Kankkunen There were three stages in the than Aghini on the gravel, but The second and third placed looked a certain journalist in the hills behind Sanremo, followed Aghini had been 0.5 s/km faster Group N drivers retired during eye and said "l will be as old as bythetraditionalmotorwaydrive than Kankkunen on the asphalt. the day. Marco Gatti, Ford, went January 1993 Dusty Times

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~~ ·> :3 •• ... Bruno Thiry and Stephane Prevot drove this Opel Calibra 16v into ninth overall and their displacement class victory, a good finish for the Belgian team. Peugeot now rallies only in the small displacement classes, and Angelo Medeghini and Paolo Cecchini won their class in this Peugeot 309 G Tl. Even the Czech cars rally in Europe and Vladimir Berger and Miroslav Fanta drove this Skoda Favorit 136 L to 22nd overall and first in their class. oft on a jump, damaged the car and later was sidelined with clutch failure. Alex Fassina, Mazda, nudged off at a hairpin; there were no spectators around and he had to abandon his undamaged car. Martini Racing's guest driver, comedian Giorgio Faletti was still going strong. "Just a test for next year. Don't know about Kank-kunen, but I am going to be eight seconds a kilometer faster and a permanent member of the team!" Co-driver Giuseppe Cerri mopp-ed his brow and said, "It's amazing. You never normally have a laugh in a rally car. It's all too serious. This guy is really enjoying himself." And he was doing remarkably well. On Etape 3 the Fords were first and second.on the first two stages of the day. Kankkunen was struggling and on the last three gravel stages of the rally, and before the return to the asphalt roads behind Sanremo, only pulled out another 10 seconds from his Italian teammate. Fiorio was delayed by fuel pump problems and Liatri had a flat tire. Thiry pulled handsomely ahead his roof, but without harm and of Fiora in the "Formula 2" was now in the top 20 0 / A. category, but then two stages later The conditions were dry, but the Clio driver was out with a slippery where leaves had fallen broken driveshaft. Thiry was now on the road, but Delecour went over ten minutes ahead of the next off the road on stage 23 hitting a F2 car, the Group N Peugeot 309 spectator who luckily suffered no of Angelo Medeghini. worse than bruises. The rally was The first stage back oh asphalt stopped for a while (and the told some tales. Biasion beat interruption rules applied) to let Delecour by just three seconds, medical help arrive. This let Aghini beat Kankkunen by an Biasion up to 16 seconds behind impressive nine. It seemed there the Frenchman, but Delecour lost would be no stopping the young his chance to keep the pressure on Italian, and so long as the Fords the Lancias. The 25 minute 'kept up the pressure it would be running delay had the effect of difficult for Lancia· to give any causing spectator disruption at orders. Aghini took the lead back the 10 km penultimate stage, and again on stage 21, and was 19 its cancellation left Aghini with seconds ahead after stage 22, and only the final 10 km stage, plus then 35. Cunico had brake the political ramifications of his problems and finally retired after lead, standing between him and stage 21 with a broken front strut victory. just after his championship rival After the finish the Jolly Deila had gone off the road. Liatti Club /Lancia press conference finished stage 25 with no lights. explained their decision. Lancia Spectators continued to watch and Martini felt even with later cars passing, and gradually Kankkunen finishing second the object of their attention, there was in effect only a small Faletti was moving closer to the chance (all three drivers retiring front. The comedian had been on in Spain plus Sainz winning RAC Lon Peterson & Bill Gutzman want to thank the following people whose donations of time, money and parts made it possible for us to go to the Divisional Runoffs, November 14 -15, 1992 in Hartsville, South Carolina. Matt & Lucinda Sweeney {Sweeney Effects) Tony Chavez (Condor Enterprises) Dave White (Marina Vista Dental) Smith Ironworks Alyce Verkleir Everet Hendricks Jeff Griffin -~,t.? • "''.M-. '-.. ;~ outright) for the Toyota driver to be World Champion again. This meant either J uha or Didier, despite Juha competing in one fewer rallies than his rivals this year, would win the E>rivers Championship. So, when the cars arrived at the pre-finish holding control at Poggia, there would be no orders. If Aghini finished ti\e final stage without problem, he would be a·llowed to win, which he did. So, in a country where the most amazing normally happens, the fastest driver on the event was allowed to win, and there was a lot of relief felt by all. Aghini was asked at the 2 a.m. press conference if he would have waited for Kankkunen, and he said he had no reason why not; they were driving in the same team. Kankkunen, graciously, said "I did not want him to stop." Aghini looked tired and his eyes stared into the distance. I haven't taken it all in, yet", he murmured. Kankkunen, second, was followed in by Delecour, Biasion and Alex Fiorio. In the drivers' title chase Auriol has 120 points, Kankkun-en 107, and Sainz 104. 1992 Sanremo Rally Results Andrea Aghini/Sauro Farnocchia I Lancia HF lntegrale' Juha Kankkunen/Juha Piironen SF Lancia HF lntegrale Francois Delecour/Daniel Grataloup . F Ford Sierra Cosworth Miki Biasion/Tiziano Siviero I Ford Sierra Cosworth Alex FiorioNittorio Brambilla I Lancia HF lntegrale Gilberto Pianezzola/Loris Roggia I Lancia HF lntegrale Piero Liani/Luciano Tedeschini I Lancia HF lntegrale Cesar Baroni/Phillippe David F Lancia HF lntegrale Bruno Thiry/Stephane Prevot B Opel Calibra 16v Giovanni Manfrinato/Condona I Ford Sierra Cosworth' 101 starters -41 finishers 'Group A & N winners No Ladies Finishers Winner's average stage speed - 84.67kph. Drivers Championship Points - Auriol 120, Kankkunen 107, Sainz 104 Constructors Championship Points - Lancia 177, Toyota 112, Ford 84 5:52:11 5:52:51 5:53:53 5:54:06 6:00:58 6:08:20 6:13:28 6:15:50 6:37:39 6:42:18 Mike & Paula Gibeault Steve Scott Lauchlln O'Sullivan We were running second overall when our rear end gears broke Jim & Sheryl Love John R_ossello Terry Stonecipher Sam Moore Bud & Irene Stonecipher Mike Blore Jeff Hendricks Dan Hook Ron Wood John Elkin De La Cuesta & California Rallysports Club Rui Brasil and the Portugese gang from San Jose Dusty Times Dusty Times in the 11th stage of the 12 stage rally. The rallying and the terrain were very different from what we are used to here in California/ Arizona. They don't use any course marking arrows and, after our odo-meter quit it became quite difficult. We had a great time in spite of the hardships and we could not have gone the 5300 miles without your support. We really appreciate your support, each and everyone of you. 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VORRA Yerington 150 By Matt Marcher Photos: John Ames Eric and Patrick Verling own the Yerington course and they did the big overall and Unlimited win again in the single seater finishing over half an hour sooner than any other competitor. Team Verling wins overall - suggested. again, sound familiar? Well it Verlings weren't however the should, because they did it again. only ones to put on a great race. Eric and Patrick Verling drove The VORRA Association manag-their single seat Class 1 car to first ed to lay out probably the best overall, first in class, and captured course of the season with every fast lap of the day with a time of turn, dip, hole, and danger well 1:04:14. Although the team marked. Although the course didn't have an unchallenged run, itself was virtually unchanged due to some hard charges by Jim from previous years, there were a Stiles who, for a time, on lap 3 few changes due to washouts and held the lead, but that was short other natural alterations but the lived and Verling came in for the VORRA crew managed to find win, giving them an incredible almost every dangerous point on record of nine wins out of the last the course. However, one area 12 Yerington 250s. Maybe they was missed by VORRA, that of a should change the town's name to ' series of small rolling jumps Verlington, Nevada as last year's between check points 3 and 4 correspondent, Darryl Smith which-1-2-1600 Driver Sean MADE BETTER IN THE U.S.A. !!! 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Contingency was again run by Becky Hall who has done a remarkable job running the program on her own. On contingency row there were, as usual, few changes with Jack Sypolt running the Pro Pit program and Jeff and Diane Cummings and their B.F.G. Team TA support. The only newcomer to the team was John Host of Desert T'z Motorsports Designs. Host, who is also an authorized rep for Rancho Suspensions set up a combined booth for his radical T-shirts and displayed Rancho's line of race products. Although Rancho is still not an official VORRA Contingency sponsor, VORRA and the racers do appreciate any and all support offered by the performance race industry or any other industry official or not; hint, hint. Our very own Dusty Times also had a racer support booth at the event. Saturday's events came to a close with the race car parade through town, where what looked like the ·whole town turned out to watch the two lap parade. Sunday, race day, rolled around with a clear cool morning which was fine for me since I was suiting-up for my first race ride, as co-driver for Class 4 driver and current points leader Mike Povey, although I only ran one lap, so I could get back to S/ F to write this story, I'm hooked. Thanks Mike. J nuary 1993 Class l / 2 Unlimited ran first with 12 entries, although the number of entries was the same, several of last year's racers were absent including last year's overall winner Todd Denton. But there were several first time Yerington drivers including Norm Crume from Ontario, Oregon and a crowd favorite, Reno resident Rod Hall and his long time co-driver Jim Fricker. As the race got underway the field quickly dropped by two cars as the #115 of Chuck and John Taylor and the # 110 of Al Baker . and Craig Redding both dropped from the race before even completing the first five miles of the course. Ron Stobaugh who arrived only a few hours before the start paid the consequences of not prerunning when he came too hot into a turn on the first lap and put his Cepek, Prism Designs Ford on its side in the middle of the course. Stobaugh ·did manage to get uprighted after a 35 minute wait and then drove on to the finish running consistent 1 :30:00 laps to end up with a fifth place finish, the first finish for the new truck. But back to the race. At the end of the second lap Team Verling was in the lead but only by a slim 31 seconds over Jim Stiles. Jeff Stiles in _the # 117 car was currently running in third place, 12 and a half minutes be}:iind Jim. While Norm Crume was running fm,rth, at the front of the pack a lead change soon took place as Verling stopped at the main pits for refueling and Jim Stiles took the lead. The number one position was short lived for Stiles who underestimated his fuel level and soon ran out of gas mid-course, allowing Verling to regain the lead. As the race progressed Verling kept up the hard charge and widened the gap between them and second place, Norm Crume, who had passedJeffStiles on lap 4 and drove by Jim Stiles who finally, after a 43 minute wait, got refueled and rejoined the race hoping to catch Jeff Stiles, who only had an eight minute lead. At this point in the race Team Verling with Eric Verling at the wheel took the checkered flag finishing the race in 5:33:12. Eric Norm Crume came from Oregon to race the Nevada desert and he finished second overall and second in the 12 car hard running Unlimited class Larry Deaton and George Henley took third in Unlimited class and overall despite stopping three times on the route to change a flat tire. They must have been good at it to finish so well. Although his brother crashed out of the race, Jeff Stiles brought his two seater home fourth overall and fourth in the Unlimited contest. Dusty Times

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Bill Lott won the 1600 honors here last year, was one of many delayed on "the hill", but he gathered it up to finish a close third in the big class. The team of Wilfaman and Canonic (they must have first names) zipped into fourth in 1600 class midway and they finished fourth in Class 1-2-1600. Another team that must h·ave first names also, Rigsby and Smith had their trouble on the second lap, recovered nicely to place fifth in the 1600 race. after a string of minor mechanical The next class to run was Class problems. Enter one sportsman 10 with 10 entries. At the end of again reduced, this time leaving only three cars running. Dennis Kordonoway, who had his lead reduced to 4 minutes by Bright, ran into some trouble when a broken heim joint forced him to stop. Lucky for him, Bright pulled up and parked his car right behind Kordonoway with a blown tranny. Bright helped Dennis to get back on the road just ahead of O'Callaghan. Kordonoway took the checkered flag in first place, nine minutes ahead of O'Callag-han, both covering all 5 laps, Dennis finished with an elapsed time of 7:31:49. Novice Jeep. The #90 Jeep of John the first lap Dennis Kordonoway, Durrett was at this time moving at who had started back in ninth, a reduced speed due to the dust. had moved into first place. Here's where it gets sticky. Even Current class points leader Ace with the mandatory rear collision Bradford was in second, followed lightsStileshittheJeepinthedust by Jeff O'Callaghan in third. with enough force to collapse the Randy LaPlante at this point was Jeep's frame and dislocate the co-in fourth. By lap three this course driver, Ken Wirth's, jaw. Stiles, had taken its toll on the cars with whoafterregainingconsciousnes,s only five cars left running. drove to the next pit and. Kordonoway was running a great proceeded to ask "Which way to race and holding onto his lead. Barstow?" Stiles was quickly pavid Bright, driving Dale escorted to the hospital with a Smith's old car had moved into severe concussion. Wirth relocat-second just 2:59 ahead of Jeff ed his jaw and was ok. Thank O'Callaghan. One hour and a half God! Now back to the Race. behindO'Callaghaninfourthwas Despite a long last lap, Dennis Kordonoway fixed the broken heim joint, and Stobaugh finished fifth and Rod Rick Philastre and back in fifth carried on in the ten car Class 10 battle to not only finish, but he won the class Hall, who is still working the bugs Ace Bradford suffered through a in the single seater by less than four minutes. out of his Dodge, finished sixth. 3:29:59 lap. "Ouch". By the last was promptly the recipient of 10 on the second lap. Jeff Stiles, "WHEW" lap of the race the field had been In 1-2-1600, again the largest pro class, the points race was a close one with current leader Larry Folsom holding only a 16 point lead over the Abreu Racing Car while llli:' gallons of ice water, dumped on whose only problem of the day, him by the rest of the team. Eric was a flat in lap 2, which ended up said, "This was a fast race, I as his fastest lap, finished in thought it would be slower". Eric fourth place. ended up waiting thirty-two This however, race fans, is minutes before the second place unfortunately where VORRA · finisher, Norm Crume crossed nearly suffered a tragedy. Jim the line. Stiles, who by this time had made Larry Deaton and celebrity co-up time and was running strong at driver George Henley, finished 75-80 m.p.h. along the straight the race in third place only 7 between checks 3 and 4 got into seconds behind Crume. Deaton's the heavy dust behind Rod Hall, race was marred by three flat tires who by now, was running strong· Scott Schaupp and Dick Wiechers had a good run in their Class 1-2-1600 single seater, and then ran very consistent lap times for the. five rounds and won the class by nearly nine minutes. Jeff O'Callaghan had a long fourth lap, but it didn't keep him from finishing the race a fine second in Class 10, where only two of the ten finished five laps. Dusty Times A Winning Traditi~on In Off-Road Racing Bilstein gas pressure shock absorbers were first introduced to the American market in off-road racing in the late 1960's. Over the past 20 years, more off-road races have been won on Bilstein than any other shock absorbers. Today, with their proven record of performance, Bilsteins continue to be the choice of serious off-roaders who run to win. elebrating 20 Years of Winning in Off-Road Racing. we· thank all the teams and drivers for their loyal support over the years. It's been great! Now Available -Repair and Revalvlng Services. January 1993 Contact: Motorsports Department BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 8845 Rehex> Road, San Diego, CA 92121 • 619/453-7723 . For additional technical infonnation and a complete catalog send $2.50 Page 37 ,.

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Don German is having a good time with his new Chevy pickup, after years in CJs, and he finished second in Class 4, merely eight minutes out of the win. John Herman started out strong in his Jeep Honcho, and he had no apparent problems along the trail and placed third in Class 4 at the checkered flag. I The Haas Brothers keep trying to build interest in the Mini Mags, and they placed theirs a keen second in the Pro Sportsman Vet class, close on time. one great race, 'til the last lap took its toll. Ken Ruff turned 1600 class fast lap times on the first three, then Roy Gust took over the Raceco and brought it home second in the tough class. Tom Scahill had a fine day in his always tidy Chevrolet pickup, moving from last to fourth on the first lap, and as the competition faded Scahill and company got the lead and won the Class 4 race. C lass 4 , which has suffered from poor entries at the Yerington Races with only 4 entries at last year's 250 had a large contingent of heavy metal on hand for this race, with eleven entries ready to run in the combined 314 class, which is higher than the combined 3 and 4 entries at the Fireworks 250, which made the VORRA crew and racers quite happy. For the first lap of this race I was slightly occupied in the passenger seat of #303 but here's the breakdown. At the end of this lap Raymond Fisher, who started on the pole, was in first, just ten seconds ahead of Don German in the #416 Chevy. Josh and Becky Hall were running third but were gaining quickly on the top two positions. ~ the Yuba City based around the first car back to S/ F Humbug Racing Team of Rigsby was Scott Schaupp, who had and Smith sat in third, only one started in fourth. Ken Ruff, point behind Abreu. The field of running a fast first lap was in 13 cars did have some notable second while Bill Lott had moved teams including last year's 250 into third. Arden Dennington was race class winner Bill Lott and in fourth after starting back in Oroville, California resident Ken tenth. By the middle of the second Ruff who was last year's class lap the lead had changed with champ. Also in the field was the Ruff moving into first and 1675 car of Scott Schaupp and Schaupp dropping back to Dick Wiechers who are on their second. At the end of the third lap way to an outstanding desert Ruff still held the lead with season, winning the Yerington Schaupp in second and Arden 400 and finishing third at Virginia Dennington in third. The # 1622 City. As the race got under way car of Willaman and Canonic and the end of the first lap rolled managed to move into fourth just ahead of Bill Lott. For the start of the fourth lap Ken Ruff, who had turned the class fast lap times on the first three laps and had the class fast lap of the day on lap two with a time of 1:13:52 turned over the driving chores to Roy Gust. Scott Schaupp also did a driver change, turning over the wheel to Dick Wiechers. After the quick driver change and a hot race around most of the course the two class leaders both ran into a traffic jam, along with every other car on the course. The jam, which at times had as many as 20 cars stopped on KUSTER 0 FF ROAD RACING -SHOC·KS • 3" DIAMETER, 8-'' TO 18" STROKE • 2" DIAMETER, 6" TO 14" STROKE • AIR JACKS • BALL JOINTS KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 2900 E. 29th STREET P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 90806 TELEPHONE (310) 595-0661 FAX (310)426-7897 Page 38 January 1993 the hills after check 4, did cause some lead changes. At this point is where Wiechers gained the lead while Gust sat on the hill trying to restart the car. Gust however got the car restarted and began as Ruff later called it "The hunt for Red October", namely Wiechers. At the end of the fifth and final lap and the checkered flag, the win went to Schaupp and Wiechers, making this their second class win of the season. Ken Ruff and Roy Gust finished second, eleven minutes behind Schaupp. Gust, when asked how he liked driving a two seat car for a change said, "It was great, I finally had somebody to sing to." Third place went to Bill Lott after Arden Dennington dropped out on the last lap. Dennington was the only 1-2-1600 driver that didn't finish the race. The team of Willaman and Canonic took the checkers in fourth followed by Rigsby and Smith in fifth. Larry Folsom finished in sixth but still managed to retain his class points lead with a 13 point margin. Seventh went to Dennis Dugan who was followed in by ( in order) Larry Zimmerman, Bill Webb, Havlick and Mort, Abreu Racing, Sean Cook and last place went to Arden Dennington who put on The Hall's, in fact, took class fast lap for the day, running a quick 1:lb:36. Tom Scahill, driving the 4WPW Chevy, managed to move up from eleventh to fourth place on the first lap.Jim Cope in the404 Jeep ran a strong first lap and moved into fifth. At the end of the second lap the rough course had taken its toll on the heavy trucks, leaving only seven of the original eleven running. Among those dropping out were Oregon racer Joe Kellogg, who managed to have VORRA include his Class 7 truck in the class, and Josh and Becky Hall who dropped out with transmission failure. At the end of the third lap there was a major lead change with Tom Scahill making a move into first place just minutes ahead of Don German. Big John Herman in the #489 Che/ Levco Jeep Honcho sudden-ly found himself in third. By midway through the fifth lap the race had narrowed down to a three truck event. At the flag the winner was Tom Scahill running a flawless race without trouble. Second place went to Don German just eight minutes behind Scahill. John Herman finished in Winning the Sportsman Vet ciass in the Creasy Racing Hi Jumper, a name out of the past, Is a habit with Glen McAdon, and once again he won the class, by 11 minutes, in the four lap competition. • DustyTimcs

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Dale Smith runs his 5-1600 Baja Bug in Sportsman Vet class, since there is no VORRA Bug class, and he finished third in class at the Yerington race. Tim Mack stayed with the leaders, except for an extra hour spent on lap 3, and he drove the two seater smartly into second place Doug Fredrickson also had major trouble on the third lap, but he came back well, here flying up the first wash, and was third in Sportsman Novice Class. in Sportsman Novice class. third. This was the first time Herman has ever finished in the money. Unfortunately my ride, Povey, suffered a steering box failure and decided not to finish the race due to insufficient time. Oh well, that's racing. There were eleven entries in the Sportsman Veteran class ready to test their cars and bodies on the 200 miles of desert that faced them. The veteran cars which were the first set of cars to run the reduced laps ended their first lap with the Haas Brothers in the F&S drywall Mini Mag moving into the lead. In second place was Glen McAdoo driving the Creasy Racing Hi Jumper while Dale Smith, driving the Baja Bug 'til his new Class 10 car is finished, had moved up from last into third place just ahead of Chris German. Rich Bryden in the #61 car was currently running in fourth. As the racers completed their second lap all the cars were still running but the Creasy team had moved into first place, finishing their second lap 10 minutes 11 seconds ahead_ of Haas. Dale Smith, still holding onto third, was running strong and beginning to widen the gap on fourth place Bryden. On the other side, #20 Mike Gertsen, running his first Yerington race, on a motor that hadn't been changed in 11 races, was closing the gap, making a run after Bryden. At the end of the third lap the gap between the front runners and the pack widened as many cars got hung up in the bottleneck after check 4. At the front of the leaders was McAdon with a strong 17 minute lead over the Mini Mag of Haas. McAdon also pulled off class fast lap on the third. Dale Smith was still in third but Gertson had manag!!d to move into fourth. In fifth place was the one and only Troy Robinson. Although the race went for another lap, it could have stopped here. After lap three there were no position changes anywhere in the class, so the winners are Glen McAdon in first, followed by Haas, Smith, Gertson and Robinson. Class 9; well this is another great turnout. Come on folks, this is an easy class to start racing in and we need more than three entries. I mean it, this isn't funny. This is hardly worth it. But on an up note, you've got to hand it to these racers coming out here to race this course, so this Buds for you. Now for the race. At the end of lap one the team of McLean and Milner in the Chenowth were in first with Paul Taylor in second, followed by the Ghia Monster 2 of Forest Creasy. At the end of the second lap McLean & Milner were still in front with Creasy moving into second and Taylor dropping to third. At the end of lap three it was McLean and Milner followed nobody. At the end of the fourth and final lap it was McLean and Milner still followed by nobody. McLean and Milner won the race as the only finisher with Creasy in second and Taylor in third. Well, here we are, the last class of the race, Sportsman Novice. Although the Sportsman classes are considered low man on the totem pole in most associations, that's not true in VORRA; mainly due to the fact that this is VORRA's largest class with entries at this race at 19. As the first lap ended Pete Cassidy was in the lead with Tim Mack in second followed by Jerry Wald in a Mini Mag. Fourth place was Ron Ernst. At the end of the second lap there was only one major change; Jerry Wald ran into some trouble and dropped way back, moving Ernst from fourth to third and pulling Doug Fredrickson into fourth by the end of the third lap. There were however, a few changes in the order. Pete Cassidy was still in the lead with a 35 minute lead over second place Peter Marks. Tim Mack dropped back to third while Fredrickson held onto fourth. Pete Cassidy led from the first lap in the Sportsman Novice herd, 19 in the class, the largest at the race, and Pete kept a smooth and even pace for the four laps and won the class. Dusty Times At the end oflap four, the final lap, the lead and the class win was all in the hands of Pete Cassidy who had driven the last three laps with a broken front trailing arm. This was Cassidy's first Yerington win. Second place, one hour and nineteen minutes back, went to Tim Mack whose wife Corina demolished her car on the first lap. Third place went to Doug Fredrickson while fourth place went to Hooter Meyer. Fifth place went to Richard Harjo and last but not least, Jerry Wald took the checkered flag in sixth. Well, that's the end of what is turning out to be VORRA's premier desert race. But the season isn't over yet, there is still VORRA's newest desert race, The Bend 300, aka The Great Northwest Off Road Challenge. The race, which will be held in Brothers, Oregon on a new course Class 9 has _shrunk to near nothing up north, with only three starters h(Jre, and despite troubles on the last two laps,. McLean/Milner were the only one that finished and won the class in their Chenowth. should be an exiciting race. What's more is the VORRA All Pro Auto Parts Championship Race to be held at Prairie City SVRA park in Sacramento two weeks later. See you next time. Show Your Colors Chaser dudes! $15! "'An asset to anyone's wardrobe, the Chaser Dude Tee takes a llghthea,ted view of rsclng's unsung" heroes, the Chase Crew. 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LA RANA CALIFORNIA 200 -~;""'""":Bf!''"'"" ;;,.: Kevin McGillivray and Don Angel . Win Overall at Ridgecrest By Jean Calvin . Photos: Trackside Photos Inc. Gary and BJ Bates and Shirley Scott pointing the way, put the Class 5 Bug home early, first in class and seventh overall and had a good time while they were racing as well. Kevin McGillivray and Don Angel drove a well planned race, had no real woes along the course, and they brought the Chenowth in first overall and in Class 10, just a minute ahead of the herd. The La Rana October event out of Ridgecrest is perhaps the most charismatic off road race in California. For starters it is close to the Los Angeles and High Desert racer pool and always has a good entry. For contingency donors that ritual happens Friday afternoon into evening in the luxury of the paved and very well lighted parking lot of the Kerr McGee Community Center right on motel and fast food row in Ridgecrest, and the parking is so ample that racers can unload right there, register in rooms inside the center, and get through tech before departing for the main pits some 20 odd miles outside of town offTrona Road. It is a keen place for all this activity. well marked course, running counter clockwise over the OHV dedicated land. The Desert Stock trucks and Class 11 did two laps, This is the view all but one other car in the race saw of Kevin Davis in his Lothringer, and though he did have some troubles on course Kevin, here chasing Eric Heiden, finished ;;,st in Class 1-2-1600 and second overall, just a minute and eight seconds out. and the Odysseys had but one tailpipe, but Scott was an early lap to cover. There was a short starter and Kevin the last one in test route open on Friday to check class to start and they finished out carburetion and so forth, but 2:40 apart. McGillivray and Angel no pre,running was allowed. The -reported three hammered wheels time allowance was eight hours and a torn shock mount in the for all classes. Along with main rocks, and after winning had 2000 pits at start/ finish, there were race miles on their trans. Kevin four on course pit areas, and said it was a tough race and a chasers were warned that violation tough course, and the engine was of the 25 mph speed limit on pumping a little oil. Bob Scott ran solo in his Bunderson, ran most of the third lap without an air cleaner but fortunately borrowed one then from Rob McDonald's 9 car, ran out of gas on the last lap, Late last October 83 cars started the race on a crisp but bright Saturday morning, but the threat of rain did hang in the clouds moving rapidly overhead. .. Most classes were required to do four laps of a 50 mile rugged, but Hal Hibbard and Brian and Dave Atwood had a good run in the Raceco taking a keen third in the close running Class 10 bunch, and were also eighth overall. cA·crus RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 5153 BOWDEN AVE. SAN DIEGO, CA. 92117. TEL. (619) 279-2509 HELMET $195 COMPLETE SYSTEM $320 A FRESH AIR HELMET AND BLOWER ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR OFF ROAD USE AT A REASONABLE PRICE BUILT AND BACKED BY BELL HELMETS LIGHT WEIGHT-REDUCES NECK STRAIN COOL. COMFORTABLE TERRY CLOTH LINER BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY ARE GUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR SNE1l.90 . -· Page 40 access roads or any cross country travel would disqualify the entry. Five checkpoints on the course kept the competitors on the straight and narrow too. Just after nine in the morning · Billy Bunch, with co,drivers Eric Arras and John Holmes was first away in the GMC Class 2 pickup and then came Morley Williams in the corn popper sounding rotary powered two seater. That was it for Class 1 /2, both covering only two laps, Williams then an hour behind Bunch, who was first around on the first lap. Williams was ahead on time with an under the hour lap, but had a · borrowed some from a Class 6 pit. He thanked Prodrive Dyno Shop for the strong Rabbit engine that took him to second in Class ~o hour secon~ lap stuck in a~-Bruce Landfield set fast lap in Cla~s 5-1600 on the first round in his '86 Baja dt tch. Bunch s truck h~d a Bug, and he drove all the way, with riders Brett Turley and Doug Gladney, to rock/ditch caused wheel failure win Class 5-1600 in the Rust Racing entry. that did more damage, so he retired, the winner.-Class 10 started next with nine cars and Tony Modica was first around with Don Angel right on his bumper and leading on time. Bob Scott was a minute back followed by Hal Hibbard in half a minute, so this class was going to be a dandy race. After a pair of 1 :03 laps Modica broke a hub on . lap 3 and was out. The lead went to Bob Scott while Angel stopped for a driver change to Kevin McGillivray midway. All the others were running, in. fact all finished but one; some well off the pace. McGillivray whipped off a 1:01 and a 1 :02 to complete the race, . and his Chenowth won overall, : still with Bob Scott near his January 1993 Bob Scott went solo in his Bunderson and finished a close second in Class 10 and third overall, just about two and a half minutes out of the overall win. Dusty Times

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Tom Koch and Rex Keeling had a fresh paint job on the Raceco, but also had engine problems, but they finished fourth in Class 10 despite the troubles. Peter Swift, sporting a curious windshield design, rain was expected, drove his Class 5 Baja Bug built by Jerry Penhall to a fine second in the class. Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis finished just over five minutes behind Davis for a close second in Class 1-2-1600 and the Suspensions Unlimited car was fourth overall. Don Lampus Sr. and Jr. kept the Jimco rolling all four laps, kept things tidy and fought the hard fight to finish third in Class 1-2-1600, fifth O/A. Don Chase and Bob Stockton had sundry troubles on course, Cornering hard in the soft stuff, Brian Logan drove ·all the way and Bob stopped to help a flipped racer, and they took fourth in also, had no troubles at all on course and whipped home second Class 1-2-1600 and sixth overall. in Class 5-1600. 10 and third overall. Hal Hibbard, Brian and Dave Atwood had good times in the Raceco, but for the third lap, but they finished a strong third in Class 10. After Ridgecrest resident Tom Koch confessed to· getting lost on the first lap, three flats and trying to fix a weak motor all day, he and Rex Keeling were fourth in 10, followed by Don Bowler, Tim Scalzo and Paul LaPorte, who spent an extra hour after a no e dive on lap 2 trying to straighten the front end on the Hi Jumper. There were but three starters in Class. 5, and the Bates Bug led from flag to flag. Gary and Maxine, BJ and rider Shirley Scott had no troubles other than BJ having to fix a bad coil. They won by 23 minutes, seventh overall and at the finish impound they displayed a left front drum that was split all the way around and that wouldn't have gone much farther. Gary and Shirley were lost into a box canyon early on, and led others down that garden path,· but it only cost five minutes. Pete Swift was solid in second in Class Joel Stankavich has raced his Class 9 Raceco in two different series and won them both in 1992, and here he sails through the Ridgecrest bushes en route to yet another Class 9 victory. Steve Krieger and Tim Clark were all the way winners in Class 8, their Chevrolet doing all four laps with good times, and they outlasted the other three trucks to be the only class finisher too. Dusty Times 5 with good times just barely off the pace, and he thanked Jerry Penhall, who built the Bug and fixes it, for a strong car. Jeff Renick gave the class a 100 percent finish ratio taking third another 40 minutes down. back on his wheels, a great act of Don Lampus, Sr. and Jr., Don sportsmanship. Billy nearly tore Chase and Stockton, and Dan his thumb off but is recovering Araujo and David Ramocinski., nicely, a relief driver was soon on These three cars created their own the way and the car went on. Later traffic problems and added up to McCool wanted to thank the very close totals each lap. There were eleven starters in Class 1-2-1600 and Kevin Davis led the first lap with a 1 :05 and continued to run Class 10 times .or better all the way to victory in his Lothringer, finishing second overall. The first lap took out Billy McCool who did a nasty roll and class competitor Bob Stockton stopped to help him get Doctor who patched him up at At the finish Kevin Davis came Ridgecrest, but we lost his name in without air cleaner which fell somewhere in the rain. After one_ off on the last lap, had no other lap Davis, Don Lampus and Tony trouble and was pleased with Vaccavello all passed the finish second overall, thanking Adam line in the same minute, but Davis Wik for a great engine and the was well ahead of them and had Checkers Pit T earn for support. In Danny Porter/Mark Ruddis after second in class and fourth overall him on ET in second place. The came Danny Porter and Mark pack charged on with the tight Ruddis in the La Victoria car. fight for third going on between Mark ~ WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SOME OF OUR FRIENDS FOR AN OUTSTANDING 1992 RACING SEASON. WAYNE. DARREL & ALAN COOK: HORA 5-1600 CLASS POINTS CHAMPS 2ND OVERALL POINTS JOEL STANKAVICH. WARREN MESSICK & MIKl:CURRIER: HORA CLASS 9 POINTS CHAMPS LA RANA CLASS 9 POINTS CHAMPS LA RANA OVERALL POINTS CHAMPS GARY JOHNSON & J.D. WARD: 1sT-CLASS 10 HORA SOUTHERN CALIF 250 1 ST - CLASS 10 HORA GOLD COAST 300 1 ST - CLASS 10 LA RANA HIGH DESERT 300 BRADY RACING: 1 ST - CLASS 9 HORA NISSAN 400 RICK JOHNSON <BARSTOW}: 1 ST - CLASS 9 HORA FIREWORKS 250 DAN RICHARDSON: 1ST - CLASS 9 LA RANA JOHNSON VALLEY 150 2ND - CLASS 9 LA RANA CALIF 200 RICK PEW & ALLEN BOWEN: 1 ST - CLASS 5-1600 LA RANA SPANGLER 150 GARY & BJ BATES: LA RANA CLASS 5 POI.NTS CHAMPS JEFFRIES RACING: 2ND - CLASS 9 LA RANA LUCERNE VALLEY JAM 250 DENNIS PETERSON: 2ND • CLASS 9 LA RANA HIGH DESERT 300 January 1993 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL! Page 41 -

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◄ Mitch Griffin and co-drivers Stacy Shaffer and Mark Steele were doing fine until a last lap flat cost time, but they recovered to take third in 5-1600. Cornering hard here over the railroad tracks, A lex Long, The Ridgecrest course has a variety of terrain, and here Dan followed by the 9 car of Art Velasco, lost the hood but still took Richardson and Randy Westbrook survived various troubles to fourth in Class 5-1600. :...p_la_ce_a_c_lo_se_se_c_o_nd_in_c_la_s_s_9_. _________ _ Mike and Tom Barnett were the lone entry in Class 4, but they did good lap t~mes and covered all four required laps for the trophy in the Jeep Honcho. ~ . started and Danny finished, quick fix. They were less than five and in between their only trouble minutes out of the win. The Don was a broken rear torsion housing Lam pus team got their J imco which was jury rigged to finish. home third, fifth overall, about There is no long pit stop on their seven minutes further down. Don lap times so it must have been a Chase and Bob Stockton were Kevin Davis Billy Bunch had his GMC in Class 1 /2, primed to win overall, but on the third lap had severe damage from a wheel failure in a big ditch with co-driver Eric Arras at the helm, so he retired the class winner. fourth in a Chenowth, sixth . hole that caught a number of overall, and the good Samaritan drivers! stop didn't cost them much time. Dan Araujo and David Ramo-They also had throttle trouble and cinski got their Mirage home fifth Stockton hurt his wrist while in Class 1-2-1600 and ninth stuffing the car in a hole, the same overall. Their lap times varied by less than a minute all four laps, so they couldn't of had trouble. Sixth and tenth overall was Wes, Brady and Scott Wisdom another five plus minutes back, followed in five minutes by Tony Vacca-vello in his new-Mirage, his only slow lap being the first, but it was his first time at Ridgecrest. Ten of the 11 starters finished in this class. An even dozen started in Class 5-1600 and while Bruce Landfield got fast lap on the first go, it was only by 26 seconds. Bruce, whose Bug was built in '86 by Kent Lothringer who he thanked, had a flat or two and drove solo to the class victory with riders Brett Turley and I)oug Gladney. Rust Racing is his entrant and the car is called Berm, because it has a strange paint job. Officials · directed him the wrong way at the finish line, but he made it to impound in ample time. Brian Logan drove solo also with Keith Westerfield riding in another Lothringer built Bug to second '92 LA RANA 1/2-1600 CLASS CHAMPION h High Desert "300" 3rd Overall h California "200" 2nd Overall I would like to express my personal thanks to the many people that made it a winning year! Wik Racing Engines 714-956-WIKS Lothringer Engineering 818-915-2212 W/R Racing Trans 818-914-8147 Tucker Tire 818-332-1142 Checkers Pit Support ht Spangler "200" 2nd Overall ~ Johnson Valley "150" 2nd Overall Special thanks to my family and friends for all the hard work and dedication! Page 41 January 1993 Dusty Times

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Mike Hampton drove solo In his refurbished Funco, had a flat he · had to change himself, but he carried on to a fine fourth in the Class 9 contest. Jeff Cepielik and Dennis Dean carry a nice ad for Lothringer chassis on their .Class 9, and they reported no big troubles en route to fifth in Class. split torsion housing, and yet another who rolled before the first pit, but was fixed and moving again. A few of the early quick cars had vanished off the charts midway in the four laps, and several had found a water hole that made their car number impossible to read. What ever happened to the top number plate rule? Three failed to make it halfway, and by then it looked like Michael Rix was leading; he didn't cover another lap. Close behind him were both Joel Stankavich and Dan Richardson, while others had trouble and more dropped out. Only seven Class 9 cars finished. And it was no surprise to find Joel Stankavich and Mike Currier in the Raceco home first in Class 9. There were three in Class 3, but none got more than two laps covered on the clock. Mike Duncan in his Jeep CJ 8 was the quickest and the class winner. Joel has made a max effort this year in Class 9, and he had no problems, no flats, nothing all day on his way to his second first place at Ridgecrest. In second were Dan "' ·, , . ' ... / t,. • ·\-"< o I . . ' t~"'""''" 6 ' , ffiOP.e! ,I The competition faded early in Class 6, and Eric Heiden drove alone in the Jeep Cherokee and covered all four laps in good time to win Class 6 honors. place. Brian reported no troubles at all, except they ran into a Toyota at the finish line. They were only 19 seconds behind Landfield in a great desert battle, Mitch Griffin was a tad off the pace in third spot, about half an hour behind the two leaders with co-drivers Stacy Shaffer and Mark Steele. Mitch reported a late flat, so he had to use a smaller rear tire coming in and he thought it hurt the engine. O ther class finishers who were close were Alex Long, then Chris Newman, and back a bit were Rob Snyder, John Hulsebosch, who lost an hour on lap 2 but was the last class finisher. starters but only seven survived. the rough course. On the first lap a half dozen wete within a minute of each other, passing our vantage point in the DRS main pit in a single cloud of dust. The radio was busy reporting one car out with a broken cam, another with a Richardson and Randy West-brook in a Mirage, less than two minutes back suffering from fouling plugs and loading up, plus Friday night the clutch master cylinder blew. Randy got lost in the by now infamous box canyon, but they thanked their families and M.D. Tire of Sun Valley for their support. Bill and Mark Hibler were third, a half hour back in Class 9 in their Jimco, and they had a flat, trouble with the rack & pinion steering, broke the left rear shock but split the driving chores. The third place marked the first time they had ever·been required to go to post race tech, and they called it the "winner's circle". Mike Hampton was fourth, another five minutes back in his Funco, and he went solo, had a flat he changed himself, and said he swapped paint with Richardson.Just another three minutes back in fifth came Jeff Cepielik and Dennis Dean in a Lothringer. Art There were four in Class 8 , but three didn't make a lap. Out front from flag to flag was Steve Krieger and Tim Clark, their Chevy doing four laps all in the 'teens, and they· were 12th overall. Steve said the truck ran good all day, he stopped once to replace a hose clamp and said his crew did a super job. He had a different rider every lap and thanks his sponsor, Tranny Mike's in Banning. Class _9 was the largest at 18 Brady and Steve Helm and Ron Renegar got home first In Class 1500, the real stockers, they had no real problems save some electrical woes and won the class by just two and a half minutes. DustyTimcs January 1993 Velasco was sixth and Joel Mohr was the seventh finisher, both still close on time. Mike and Tom Barnett, Jeep, were the only starter in Class 4, but they got in all four laps in respectable time. There were three ·in Class 3 and none did more than two laps. Mike Duncan,Jimmy Brandt and Mario Tavares got their Jeep half way round the fastest and won Class 3. Ray MacMillan/ Mike Ismail were next in an IH Scout, just six minutes back, followed in 11 minutes by the Gordon Swenson Jeep. Only two appeared in Class · 6 andJohn De Vito got in just one long lap in his Chevy. Out front all day was the Don-A-Vee Jeep Cherokee of Eric Heiden with Randy Miller riding. Eric, as usual, got in all four laps and won the class in the Don-A-Vee sponsored rig. He said he had an uneventful day, a water leak from the second lap on, and thanked all the team for the help. 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J ,!!IIIW~, / -,: r ,,, ·-. Once again Art and Mike Becker were alone in Class 7, and they drove just three laps in about seven hours, but were the winner again in Class 7. Art Ortlepp and Dave Ferston had a pack of trouble on the last lap and did finish second in Class 1500 with Dave working the throttle linkage by hand in order to get to the finish line. ~ Gorden Azevedo and friends took the horors in Class 7S in their Toyota, here being pursued by the Koch/Keeling Class 10, but there was plenty of passing room on this trail. Richard Robbins kept his Toyota rolling right along for all four laps and he and Alberto Tejera had time to spare while winning Class 7 4x4. The tidy Toyota of Dan Auer and Tom Degan had no apparent Wilfiam Quitmyer and Fred Espinoza finished just 25 secr;,nds troubles, none that they reported, and they drove their two laps out of second place in their Class 1520 Toyota, but they seemed into second in Class 1520. -happy to finish third. ---------------------,---,-didn't make a lap, the Ford did one lap, and the two lap winner was the Jeep of Brian Owens and Mike Hoskins. they did two nearly identical laps in quick time, and won the class by a full lap. Usual placers Fernando Elias and David Edelstein only managed one lap. The Class 44 entry numbered three, but two didn't make the one and only lap. Mary Sullivan was out early and so was Don Kleinhenz. But Tony Benda got the whole lap covered in his Honda Pilot, liked the course, had one flat changed by Mike and Christie and just started racing last year; his lap was quick, 1:32. Katsuhisa Yamanaka and Shuzo ltakura broke shocks, exhaust pipe and still Of the three in Full Size stockers, Class 1570, only the Jeep Honcho of Brian were the fastest of the three in Class 1520, their Toyota covering the two Owens and Mike Hoskins covered the two laps, winning with quick Right around 4:00 p.m. the heavens opened up, and we lost some of our notes .to the downpour. We apologize to those whose war stories we couldn't read when they dried. Everyone scurried for shelter and the race was effectively over, as visibility dropped to near zero. required laps in good time and they won by just three minutes. time at that. Page 44 .RACESHOCK COMPANY :;:;:;f:1:,i::':flillf.BtB1.li:f1iijgc~Jil/J:(!:/i PHOENIX, ARIZONA 602-486-4845 Rough Country NITROCHARGER RACING SHOCKS GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR THE OFF-ROADERJ QUALITY AND I.OW PRICE ST .Alrl'JNG AT $25.00 · so,,.,,. OR 65tnm O.D. MONOTUBE BODY · 8" THROUGH 13.S' TRAVEL · ·UREl'HANEBUSHINGSOR HEIM MOUNTING ENDS · REMOTE RESERVOIRS A.V A.ILABLE ---------------------------~ hours, but they were the class winner. In Class 7S there were two trucks, both finished four laps, and the fastest was the Toyota of Gordon Azevedo and friends. Frankie Muscia also finished all four laps in his Ford, about half an hour behind the class winner. Class 7 4x4 also had two trucks, both Toyotas. Richard Robbins and Alberto Tejera got in all four laps with time to spare, but Bill Waltman had a very long first lap, did two rounds and retired. Among the stockers Brady and Steve Helm and Ron Renegar got home first in Class 1550 in a 2WD Toyota, planning to take their time and finish and they were second by just two minutes after the first of two laps required. They had no real trouble, some electrical gremlins on the last lap, but won the class by 2½ minutes. Art Ortlepp was second in· a Toyota, had all his troubles on the last lap, losing the accelera'tor linkage, and rider Dave Ferston -hand worked the throttle down the route. Then a motor mount broke on the last corner but they coasted into second place. It was Art's best ever finish. Bob and John Beyer came in third out of four in the class, an hour back. In the 4 WO mini stockers, the three trucks were all T oyotas. the winners were Katsuhisa Yamanaka , January 1993 and Shuzo ltakura. They broke a couple shocks and a brake pipe, but won by three minutes in the two lap race. In second it was Dan Auer and Tom Degen with no apparent big troubles~ Finishing third was William Quitmeyer and Fred Espinoza only 25 seconds further behind, and that's a heartbreaker. They had a flat and broke the anti sway bar for trouble, but nothing more. There were three in the full size stockers also, but the Chevy The awards went off with dispatch Sunday morning at the Kerr McGee Community Center and La Rana announced Michelle Fry as their new Race Director. La Rana starts the New Year with an early January date, 8, 9, 10 at Barstow. Then this fun starts all over again. Only Tony Benda of the three that started in Class 44 finished the one lap, and his was not without troubles, but he won the class in his Honda Pilot. ustyTimes

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SCCA PRESS ON REGARDLESS PRO RALLY Corley and Smith Win Overall in a Mitsubishi Through the muddy night Dick Corle_v and Lance Smith kept the Mitsubishi Eclipse running to score their first ever overall PRO Rally victory, winning the tough POR by a keen 1 :09 on time. ---------------It was a "might-have-been" for Paul Choiniere and Doug Nerber, taking a ten minute penalty late in the rally, but they fought back in the Audi Quattro to take second overall and in Open Class. Barry and Sandra Latreille survived the considerable road hazards in their Ford Escort to finish eight overall and third in Production class, a fine finish for this team. The Press on Regardless Rally was one of the first performance rallies in the USA and is still going strong, now held on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in.late October. Round 7 of the 1992 Subaru PRO Rally Championship was sponsored by Citgo Quick Food Mart this past year and truly lived up to the POR tradition of being America's Oldest, Meanest, Toughest Pro Rally. Supported by the Baraga County Tourist and Recreation Association in L'Anse, Ml, the rally started in L'Anse in 1992, and rally headquarters were in Baraga. The 45 running of the POR was scheduled for 28 stages with 230 stage miles and a total of 600 miles, and it was organized by the Detroit Region of the SCCA. All the class and overall points contenders were in the 35 car entry save one, Peter Cunningham who was racing at Sebring that weekend. However to gain manufacturers points for Acura, Cunningham loaned his car to veteran Steve Nowicki who was competing with Cunningham's co-driver Joe Andreini in hopes of blocking W.G. Giles from winning the Production title. Giles is driving his older VW GTI Dusty Times after he destroyed his new Nissan Sentra at the last event. Paul Choiniere drew # 1 spot on the road, but is without regular co-driver Jeff Becker, so Doug Nerber will co-drive the Audi Quattro. After the start, the spectator stage produced some troubles for top teams. The stage was only 2.6 miles long, but the Open Class Mitsubishi of Carl Merrill/Jon Wickens retired with a wiring harness fire soon after. Although 34 of the 35 starters finished stage 3, some workers had trouble with four separate service vehicles reported either broken or off the course. The weather forecast called for a cloudy but dry and q1ild evening in the low 40s. Although there was no snow on course, the melting of the prior week's nine inches left the forests wet and slippery. Through stage 5 Paul Choinere led, with Tim O'Neil, Mitsubishi more than a minute back but only a second ahead of locals Stuart Sarasin and Craig Sobczak in a Mazda 323, these two Production GT cars. Dick Corley/Lance Smith were nearly two minutes back 15 seconds ahead of Vincente Frontinan and Francisco Photos: Lorne Trezise Arruda, Toyota. It was tight down through tenth place at this point. The Nowicki/ And reini Acura lntegra was reported too far off course on stage 4 to continue and the Wilson and Wilson Mitsubi-shi was off in deep ·mud on stage 5 and could not get out. Rick Davis, BMW broke throttle linkage on stage 5 and Mike Sourlis hit a large water area too fast, taking water into the engine, and subsequently he blew the engine at the beginning of stage 6 . Running second overall the Tim O'Neil/Tom Burgess Mitsubishi did not survive stage 6 and was towed out. The Mark Alderson Toyota pickup and the To~ Van Damme VW Rabbit were report-ed off course also, Alderson retiring with electrical trouble. Chad DiMarco's Subaru Legacy, which had earlier fuel and turbo problems was reported out' of the rally on stage 13 with a broken transmission. Henry and Cindy Krolikowski retired with a blown turbo, and earlier the Dodge Shadow had taken on a lot of water and had electrical problems. A lot of deer were reported on the stages and the transit roads. The Suzuki Swift of Ari Montonen and Brian Maxwell hit a deer on stage 10 and could not continue. And Ivan and Olga Orisek broke on stage 13 and called for a tow. After ten stages Paul Choin-iere /Doug Nerber had a six minute lead on the field, followed by Dick Corley / Lance Smith and Group A leaders Vinny Frontin-an /Frank Arruda, Steve Ging-ras/Bill Westrick were fourth overall and first in Production GT, with W.G. Giles/ Bob Pierce fifth and first in Production. Gary and Judi Gooch were leading the truck class, their Toyota the only truck still running. To help make up time the officials decided the rally would transit through stages 18 and 19 and resume with stage 20. Meanwhile the Frontinan Toyota hit a tree on stage 16 and went out of the rally. Two teams who had constant trouble were time barred, the Dodge Shelby of Donald Taylor/Norean Dow and the VW Rabbit of Tom and Chuck Van Damme. So 21 cars finished stage 16. The first leg of the rally ended after stage 20 with Paul Choiniere holding an eight minute lead over Dick Corley. Doug Shepherd's new Eagle Talon was now third, 11 minutes behind Choiniere. However Choiniere, who went to bed with a great lead was shown on the restart list as third on time just behind Shepherd and two minutes behind the new leaders, the Mitsubishi Eclipse of Dick Corley and Lance Smith. Choin-iere received ten minutes in penalty points for requesting· an incorrect time from Master Time 'control at the Ojibwa Resort earlier in the morning, In fourth and leading GT class was Gingras, Giles led Production class and the Gooches still led the truck class and were eighth overall. January 1993 Only 20 cars restarted on Saturday noon in Baraga and Choiniere would be first on the road despite the severe penalty. The organize r determined that while he was now third overall, he was still the fastest car on the road, and anyone who was in front of him would find Paul up his back in a hurry, even with the prescribed one minute start intervals. The weather was partly cloudy with highs in the low 50s; it would be an unusual POR without rain and snow to plague the teams, but it seemed the attrition rate would be high anyhow. At the end of stage 22 the gap was closing between Corley I Smith in first place and Shep-herd/ Gladysz in second. The Shepherd Eagle Talon was now only one minute behind Corley's Eclipse, picking up 20 seconds in two stages. After stage 22 the Paul Choiniere/Doug Nerber Audi Quattro came into service with "bent suspension, dented wheels, misaligned tires, and things in general disarray. The car must have hit something hard." The Libra Racing crew worked hard repairing the Audi as best they could, and it remained in the rally, losing an additional two minutes to the leaders, but still in third place 0 / A. Fourth was Gringas, first P-GT, then came the Open cars of Villemure and Jolles followed by the Production cars of Giles, leading and Kaumeheiwa and the Gooches Toyota leading the Truck class. On stage 23, only 30 miles from the end of the rally, the dream of winning a PRO rally on the car's maiden voyage ended for veteran rallyists Doug Shepherd and Pete Gladysz. The Eagle Talon blew its motor in the middle of the stage when Shepherd was only 50 seconds behind Corley. Because the famous "Mandan Road'' stages were deemed "impassable" by the rallymaster, stages 24 and 25 were cancelled. Stage 24 was OK but it led directly to 25 and there was no easy way for cars to turn around without running 25. For many of the competitors whose cars were already battered from the long rally, the loss of this very rough stage was a welcome decision. When Mandan was last used several years ago, 11 cars dropped out on the stage. Choiniere, now three minutes behind Corley, limped into service with a broken strut which had slowed down his pursuit of Corley. The Libra racing crew replaced the strut, fixed other suspension damage, and sent him on his way. For the last three stages, the 19 remaining competitors made sure that nothing would happen to tarnish their fine efforts to get this far. With Shepherd out of the rally and Choiniere more than three minutes behind, Corley and Smith massaged their Mitsubishi Eclipse to its first ever overall PRO rally win, winning the 45th running of the POR by 1:09. Choiniere/Nerber.got second, with Steve Gingras and Bill Westrick in their Maxzda 323 GTX third overall and first in Production GT, followed by the Dodge Omni of Rene and Michael Villemure and the Volvo 142 of JanJollesand Steve Finney. W .G. Giles and Bob Pierce were sixth overall and first in Production in their VW GTI, followed closely by A .K . Kaumeheiwa/Doug Henry, VW GTI, second in Production. Third in Production, eighth overall were Barry and Sandra Latreille in a Ford Escort, followed in three seconds by the Toyota Truck class winner of Gary and Judi Gooch. Tenth overall was the Open class Dodge Conquest of Tim Maskus and Doug Trott, and all 19 finished the rally. The points leaders, with two events to go, are overall: Paul Choiniere, 116.0, Dick Corley, 46.6, Roger Hull, 28, Bruno Krebich and Tim O'Neil tied at 2 7 each. Choiniere has a lock on the Open Class and overall tide, but the fight for second is between Dick Corley, Bruno Kreibich, BJ Beral and Carl Merrill. Production GT Class is tight led by Steve Gingras 47, Tim O'Neil 40, Henry Joy 39, and Steve Nowicki 35. W.G. Giles leads Production Class at 67, n ext is Peter Cunningham 55, Barry Latreille 32 and Dick Casey 29. In Group A Vincente Frontinan has 55 points, Chad Di March, 52. Rallytruck class is also close as Rober Hull leads with 84, Gary Gooch has 78.2, Greg Healey 4 2 .2 and Jeff Hendricks 31. Next is the Coachman Stages Rally in Olympia, WA then the finale, the Maine Forest Rally in Rumford, Maine, where the season awards will also be presented. CUSTOM AUTOMOTIVE & ~=G 1991 HORA SCORE CHAMPION - --~l ·· .. :Pi .. ~ -AWARD WINNING QUALI1Y PRODUCTS FROM ASI# 359251 625 N. 3rd. Street #2 • Prescott, Arizona 86301 Page 45

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.., Blackhawk Farms Off Road Challenge By Barb & M(lrilyn Schultz Photos: Gregg Witte Cory Friday, left, and Dan Baudoux came off the line nose to tail in the 2 seat Class 11 race, ran that way from flag to flag for first and second place and young Cory also won the 11 SS race on Sunday. 1992 has been a year of incredible growth and expansion of the Short Course Off Road Drivers Association (SODA). The World Series Of Off Road Racing has explored new grounds including quite literally the grounds of Blackhawk Farms. Blackhawk Farms is not new to the racing concept for it hosts a variety of auto racing events. This is, however, the first year that Blackhawk Farms has hosted an off road event. Trust us, the facility will never be the same!! When Promoters Dennis Haegner and Marv English tell us that they will build a suitable track, provide for a good Tech area, provide for the differing needs of off road racers and fans, they aren't fooling around. 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Engineering 2978 First Street, Unit G La Verne, C~ 91750 Some products not legal on pollution controlled vehicles. vehicles to pass ·on, corners are tight but can accommodate the big stuff and jumps were built to put air under the wheels without destroying the machinery. A silty, sandy soil base is hard to deal with but with the large amounts of clay that were hauled in and the plans for the 1993 Racing Season, the track should settle into another premiere SODA track. Racing began the morning of October 10, 1992 with more than a hint of Fall in the air. Truth told, it was cold, misty and could've been downright nasty BUT, the quality of racing kept everyone in place! Class 11 Double Seat had the honor of taking the inaugural first race. This all stock class quickly gave spectators and other drivers a good idea of what to expect with good clean action track wide. Surprise! Cory Friday · must have been bound and determined to be the first winner of the first race at Blackhawk Farms. That young man came off the start in first place and despite some serious bids from Dan Baudoux went flag to flag for the victory. Baudoux, in turn, held down second place despite challenges from Rod Attig, Glen Mathews and Rich W oulf. Attig had to pull off the track with mechanical blues giving the open door first to W oulf. W oulfheld it for a lap and then Mathews made the big pass to take home third place. W oulf finished fourth. John Wiggins took the track in a Class 11, not Jim, but brother John. ls this a view of things to come? Track Announcers Terry Friday and Ronn Krueger gave Class 6 the next slot. "Crazy Man" Greg Bekavac went one more time from start to finish in January 1993 President of SODA Terry Wolfe does some serious racing in Class 5-1600 also, and at Blackhawk Farms he finished a close second to winner Mike Brue. first place. It was a neat sight to see Bekavac, John 'Znidorka and Thornton "Ed" Schultz come over the crowd p leasing third front jump together but not so neat to see Znidorka put another dent in Schultz' machine as they came over! The mishap cost Znidorka a driver door but as his roll cage provided the correct protection, Znidorka took it on in for second place. Schultz had to pull off a few laps later with mechanical woes. Photographer and Racer Gregg Witte introduc~ ed his new Ford Mustang to race fans and while Gregg still has some suspension work to do, he made it quite clear that next year will find him a fierce contender. Witte finished in third. This time around the Class 5~ 1600 honors all went to Mike Brue as he took the green flag in first, never looked back and took the checkered flag in first. Terry Wolfe made a serious threat at Brue's first place but drove instead to a well deserved second place. Bill Bowles held down a consistent third place. Greg Smith was piloting the Baja Bug usually driven by Chuck Johnson and had a heck of a time getting the machine off the line. Once started Smith drove hell bent for leather in a game of catch up. While he didn't actually catch up, Smith did an excellent job of getting around the track to finish behind fourth place Tom Brockman. Whew, just ask Jeff Probst what kind of year he had!! The Class 10 race got him again as Probst came around lap one in first, was in second on lap two and by lap three was off the track. Brian Bernloehr and Lee Wues~ thoff came around lap one in a dead door to door tie followed by Keith Pooley. Now Probst got his buggy back on the track but the damage was done. Wuesthoff went home with the win, Bernloehr took second and Pooley took third. Class 3 was next on the one and a half mile track and, as usual, didn't let anyone down as far as good racing action goes. The amazing Herb Rosborough and the incredible Chad Schleuter played old West shoot out for position. Schleuter led the first Class 10 always puts on some exciting racing, and this was no exception. Brian Bernloehr fought his way Into second place at the checkered flag. R.J. Flanagan, left, flew off the Class 13 start In the lead, and while he had some serious challenges, he held the lead In his keen looking truck all the way to the victory. Dusty Times

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half of the race, the two came o~er the crowd pleasing front jump door handle to door handle and then Rosborough took the lead. Rosborough took home the win and Schleuter took home second place with distinction! Gerald Foster drove a consistent third place. The proper stage needs to be set for the Class 13 Road Warriors Race. Your two trusty reporters are in place in the grand stands doing our best to get the racing action for you. The same two also have a stake in Classes 6, 11, 13, Women's Class 11 and Women's Heavy Metal. As the trusty Road Warriors took the line, one reporter asked the other, "What idiot is riding with your husband in this race?" The other answered that she didn't know. After the day's racing both were to find out that the mysterious rider was none other than the· questioning reporter's husband. We've quit asking dumb questions. To the action - what a complete bummer for Dan Vanden Heuvell! The guy brings his equipment from Appleton, W isconsin, takes the line, revs 'er up and blows a ring and pinion. He never got off the line. However, R.J. Flanagan was off the line in first and although challenged at every opportunity by John Schultz, Flanagan kept position and took the checkered flag in first. Schultz took a very well driven second. Back in the field Tim Albers drove a consistent third and newcomer Tom Drews maintain-ed fourth until two thirds of the way through the race. At that point Brian Hanson shot through for what looked to be fourth place. Not so, Drews got it all together and came back on the checkered flag lap for fourth. Nice race! Class 9 had an excellent showing with a lot of top notch contenders, of course, all SODA drivers are top contenders! This was a race of trick or treat for darn near everyone except Todd Attig. Attig had it .all together and ran flag to flag for a decisive win. The real tricks arid treats were left to Jeff Probst, Jeff St. Peter, Lee Wuesthoff and Don Ponder. Lap three found these guys all tangled A serious contender in Class 13, Dan Vanden Heuve/1 barely got off the line in Illinois when the ring & pinion let go iri his tidy modified truck. . It is always hectic in the early laps of the 1600 events, but Mark Steinhardt went wide and survived this to finish fifth in the 1-1600 battle on Sunday. up with Wuesthoff left dead in that track action was hot!!! Class the water. Probstcameoutofthe 2-1600 didn't let anyone down mess with a second place position, either as they took the green flag Jeff St. Peter, sporting a broken with an end of the season classic front shock held onto third and battle between Todd Attig, Jim Ponder had fourth. At the finish Wiggins, Dan Baudoux and Jeff Probst and St. Peter held a St. Peter. Dave Correa had a die moment of drama as itlooked like hard group of fans who cheered St. Peter might just take second him on despite his inability to get place. It was not in the bag of off the line for several laps.-Dave, treats and the final flag had Probst that's dedication! This was quite a in second, St. Peter in third. It was race with Jim Wiggins taking his nice to number 937 back on the lovely mother along for the ride! track having been newly purchas-· Attig and Wiggins were nose to ed by Randy Eller. In fact, Class 9 , tail going for first place with it has been a most entertaining Wiggins getting the lead for one yearwatchingy'allgrowasaClass lap. However, the day's victory and race with real off road fever! was all Attig's. The Wiggins duo By now fans were sitting in a took a tidy second place. Dan fine mist accompanied by a biting Baudoux and Jeff St. Peter did a wind and it's a damn good thing lot of door handle to door handle 'r RATCHET WHEn ITJIAP BILSTEIN 10 FT. $29.95 RED-BLACK-BLUE , RACING APPLICATIONS 2" COMltO MTCHETtAXl.E ST1UIN Class 1-1600 gets into some serious dicing as does 2-1600 shown here, as Jeff Sakovitz, foreground, and Jon Huss run down the straight side by side. At the Class 4 start Kevin Probst, left, dives into Geoff Dorr's door while Jamey Flannery stays far to the right and finished the Chevy in second place. racing, close enough to read each angle you get on suspension with other's sponsor's names. Baudoux that tactic. took third place with St. Peter The in ground camera was right on his tail for fourth. Hats checked and Class 4 took off with off to Jon Huss, Mark Steinhardt, it's usual thunder and roar. Some Gerry Parent, Randy Eller and "don't miss this one" competition others we may have missed for has developed in this class with putting on an excellent show! Jack and Jamey Flannery, Geoff One of the most creditable Dorr, Kevin Probst, Greg Gerlach things we noticed at Blackhawk and Class 3 drivers Herb Farms was the quick and efficient Rosborqugh and Chad Schleuter grooming of the track coupled providing a super field. Chad with the speed that Sprint Car Schleuter managed to make the driver and Race. Director Gib time to race these late in the Wiser had in lining up the next season races and still keep up with Class and getting the show on the his college studies. Chad and his road! We also were impressed by crew hauled his equipment from the NBC television station that Howell, Michigan to Blackhawk buried a camera in the ground to race to a nasty rut and become right below the third front iump. high centered. Bummer!!! 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They call Terry Friday "the Old Man of Class 11 ", but he isn't that old and he did drive his single seater to a solid sixth place in Sunday's action. Brent Hanson, left, is getting passed by Jeff Probst, who led three laps in Class 2 in his Laser until troubles struck putting Don Ponder drives to the SODA races from St. Louis, and runs Unlimited cars. At Blackhawk Farms he kept a good pace and finished the Class 1 race in third. him in the pits. -Geoff Dorr is having a great year in his 4x4 Ford pickup, and at this race he not only won Class 4 on Saturday, he came back on Sunday to take top honors in Class 14, which he often does. l@i" as the green flag dropped! Y oungJamey "Baby Thunder" Flannery came off the front jumps in first and held it for four laps when wily veterans Geoff Dorr and Kevin Probst both got around him. Dorr was headed home for the big win with challenger Probst ready to climb his tail gate when, oh no, disaster!! The Probst truck broke down giving Dorr a free run to the victory! "Baby Thunder" did an impressive job of gaining ground on Dorr but had to be happy with second place. With the Probst truck down Todd Flannery moved into third place followed by Herb Rosborough, who has an uncanny talent of out lasting if not out driving the competition. Yep, Todd Flannery also broke down giving Romping Rosborough a nice diird place. We're looking forward to 1993 's season to see what all of these characters have up their racing sleeves! Class 4 concluded the day's racing program and, of course, the mist/rain cleared up. It was definite campfire weather, though, and the evening's entertainment provided by the Promoters helped to keep all THE WRIGHT DROP SPINDLE 3" MORE GROUND CLEARANCE ~ ~~ PLACEk CV JOINTS RACK & PINION STEERING UNITS 1. REGULAR 2. SAND BUGGY 3. MINI 9420 FLINN Sf;'RINGS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 TEL: (619) 561-4810 FAX: (619) 561-7960 Page48 this point there were a to~al of three buggies left. Second place went to Lee W uesthoff and Rod Attig got to take home third. You've got to call it Attrition City as Class 7 S took the green flag with a healthy amount of entries and wound up with exactly four trucks still running at the finish. John Greaves had an impressive lead for a short time, had to pull off the track and handed the lead over to Scott Taylor who kept it to the win. Jeff Kincaid moved into second place, lost his rear suspension and finally had to pull off in a cloud of smoke. Tom Hackers was right there to grace second place and held it to the Art Schmitt takes yet another checkered flag, this one in Class 2, but he had finish. Jim Wiggins rolled his trouble, unusual for him, in the Class 1 race and failed to finish. truck over on lap three and waited warm and "fired up"! Road in the dark ages and just for a few laps for track patrol to Racers and Off Road Racers alike recently sold it• to Keith get his truck upright and moving were treated to a dance graced by Pooley with the understanding again. Wiggins finished in fourth Gloria Walsh, this area's Miss that Attig got to race it at place, four laps down. Dave Budweiser. How extremely nice Blackhawk Farms. Class 2 flagged Woulf came off the line with of the older fella' present to offer next and by golly, there was Rod some kinda' speed, immediately his glasses to the younger set so Attig! Once again the gods of off pulled into the pits, and then they could get a better view! Nice, road frowned on Jeff Probst and came back on the track to a devil's Ed, real nice! his machine as they held a three drive to third place. Class 7S Sunday's weather was much more congenial to all and it's certainly worth noting that from the location of Blackhawk Farm's Off Road track one could see a section of the Road Rally Track. Even better -Road Rally fans were drawn to the off road tracks with comments like, "I haven't ever seen anything this good" and the usual remarks of the first time spectator to an off road event. Class 11 Single Seat took the first green flag and what a weekend for Cory Friday!!! Friday did an excellent job in the Double Seat race taking home first place and proceeded to turn around in the Single Seat Race and did the same thing! Dan Baudoux held an early two lap lead and then young Friday made the pass and was long gone! By the end of lap four Baudoux was off the track giving Pat Allen a clear shot at second place. John Huven did an excellent job of driving up through the ranks for third place. John Wiggins must have stayed up all night taking a crasn course in Class 11 driving as he placed a very nice fourth place. Where, you ask, were Glen Mathews and Rich Woulf? Mathews had a most unfortunate roll over on lap three and even though he kept on truckin' the damage was done. W oulf just never got the breaks he needed but did finish in fifth place. The "Old Man of Class 11" (Terry Friday) drove his Single Sea_t to a nice sixth place. Keep in mind that "Old Man Friday" was also doing the announcing honors with Ronn Krueger! Gotcha' Friday!! Here's the deal, Rod Attig built a Class 10/2 Buggy back January 1993 lap lead in the Class 2 race and played to a packed grandstand. then had to leave the track. Art Not a fan left as Class 8 took the Schmitt Ill said "Thank you very track aided by a couple of much" and moved right into first sporting Road Warriors in their a_nd stayed there to the end. At Class 13 machines. On the line Kevin Probst drives a fancy special built Chevy Class 4 and he ran second in the class until the truck broke down, quite late in the race. Class 11 single seat started the Sunday action, and John Wig.gins and Rich Woulf got into trouble early here, but Wiggins finished fourth, Woulf, fifth. Dusty Times

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It all came together here for Tom Hackers in the Class 7S event. While many retired Tom kept on trucking and he finished the Ford Ranger in second place. Dave Woulf's 7S truck sports an interesting roof decor, but it doesn't seem to slow him down as Dave came in third in the wild action in Class 7S. Jeff Kincaid ran second in Class 7S for many laps, but the race was too tong and suspension troubles plus this plume of smoke put him out of the race. were Scott Taylor, Dave Hackers, R .J. Flanagan, Dan Vanden Heuvell and Chuck Brand. From the wave of the green flag to the double checkered flag wave the 1992 inevitable occurred -Scott Taylor made another n.m to victory. Dave Hackers had an excellent run going when his right front tire decided to go flat. Hackers pitted for a new tire, came back on the track, and promptly rolled 'er over -more bad luck from the off road gods. Chuck Brand has had troubles with his Class 8 all season and this race just added another set of mechanical blues. We're looking forward to Chuck (and Gail) getting it all dialed in so we can see what that truck can really do! With the Class 8s down or way out in front, the Class 13s moved in. R.J. Flanagan held Vanden Heuvell off until the race had three laps to go. Vanden Heuvell put his foot in it, made the pass and placed second with Flanagan taking home third. Jim Wiggins came back in the Class 1-1600 race without mom and darned if he didn't make another fantastic race of it! He had a crowded early lead with Dan Baudoux, John Huss and Todd Attig right on his tail. Due to a bumper rubbing contest between· Attig and Baudoux, Wiggins was able to put a stretch on his lead and go comfortably in for the checkered flag. The same bumper to bumper deal cost Attig some big time position, gave Jeff St. Peter the opening he needed and stuck Huss on a bank. Huss made it off the bank but Attig's situation was terminal. On the next lap Mark Steinhardt put his buggy on it's roof, righted it and kept on haulin' the freight. With five laps to the finish all stayed in position as follows: Wiggins, St. Peter, Baudoux, Huss and Steinhardt. · The Class 1 race was exception-al! Lee W uesthoffhad it all dialed in and so did Art Schmitt III, and these dudes were up against a pretty awesome field. Throw in Don Ponder, Jeff St. Peter, Jim Struble, Dan Baudoux, Brian Bernloehr and Todd Attig and you 're talking competition. Wuesthoff took the lead first with Schmitt breathing down his neck. Uh huh, and then there was the pass by Schmitt and he held the lead. Schmitt went six laps and lost the entire front suspension putting him out of the who!e show! Wuesthoff had the lead back with Jeff St. Peter reading the back of his helmet. Now, let's go back to lap one; Baudoux and Attig tangled almost immediately putting Attig up on a berm. When he finally got off the darn thing he put every effort into a comeback that was a real treat to watch. Don Dusty Times Ponder took advantage of · that third. Women's Class 11 had a deal and moved into third. At the good turn out with attrition finish line and the final flag it was taking a toll on the class. Oh yeah, get up off your duff and watch a side kick Marilyn Schultz got photo finish between Wuesthoff behind the wheel of Terry and St. Peter. The win went to Friday'sSingleSeatandwasdoing Wuesthoff with St. Peter second. just dandy when she got stuck up Ponder had third and Baudoux on a berm with a flat tire. Ya' done took fourth. me proud, Marilyn!!! Kim Class 14 took the green flag Blasdell had a very nice race with a sheet metal symphony and finishing a full lap ahead of the the field down to four trucks by field for first place. And then we lap four. The Probst truck went thought it was Teana Attig in a off right away followed by Jamey well driven second, but no, it was Flannery bowing out with a the brand new Mrs. Teana broken right front axle and minus Rhodes! Congratulations to a front wheel. Next out was Teana and husband "Dusty". Rompin' Rosborough with a flat With her cast off at long last, Nita left tire, although Rosborough Woulf got to climb back in her did return to finish the race. Chad machine and raced to third place. Schleuter developed quick troub-· Well, there we are, at the last les and he was gone. So, who is · race of the last Race Event for winning this race??? Who else but SODA drivers in 1992 -Women's Gentleman Geoff Dorr with a Heavy Metal! Gail Brand got in clean run from flag to flag! Bob the Class 8 and took it home for Bemmels survived well and placed the win. Jeannie Mullani, oops! second with Dennis Chencharick Jeannie Brown brought home a in third. second place. Congratulations to Blackhawk Farms also did not Pat and Jeannie Brown, newly-offer Championship or Challenge weds! Robin Schultz finished her racing so the racing program rookie year with a third place proceeded to the Women's Buggy finish. She extends a special note Classes. Paula St. Peter continued to Terry Friday, "Hey Terry, I herwinningwaysintheUnlimited passed the Thornton "Ed" field with Wendi Schmalz placing Schultz School of Driving, did second and Ruth Schwartzburg in you?" Scott Taylor, foreground, jumped out of his Class 7S winning Ranger into the big Ford and he did his usual Class 8 act of this year, taking the lead early and stretching it out to win the class. The final race of the weekend was the Ladies Heavy Metal and Gail Brand did a fine job in the big Class 8 and won the ladies Heavy Metal contest. January 1993 You know, you always think you're ready for the end of the racing season, but somehow it just doesn't work that way. You know you'll spend the long and nasty Wisconsin winter missing a lot of really great people. From Barb -let me take this opportunity to thank with deep appreciation all of you who made another great summer of off road racing possible for me. An extra special thanks go to my husband, my daughters and my sister-in-law Marilyn. SODA drivers, you This is the system run by most off road race winners always do an outstanding job of standing together, you're a breed of your own! Thanks also go to a very great lady for her support and encouragement, Jean Calvin, thank you. So, we can't end thjs one with "see ya' trackside" for 1992, BUT we can say see ya' at the 1992 SODA Awards Banquet! We'll be looking for each of you at the Paper Valley Resort, Appleton, Wisconsin the week-end of January 15, 16 and 17 1993. ' TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME JEEP STRAIGHT 6 "NEW SUMMER SPECIAL CHROME" 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 49

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"STADIUM RACING IN AUSTRALIA IWS Off Road Gran Prix in Sydney Text & Photos: Darryl Smith Les Brown was the big winner in the Unlimited Buggy Class winning his heat race in both Rounds 2 and 3 and he polished off the evening with the main event victory escaping the infighting by being out front. Although Australia has a lead. Wells was fighting his way truck.Inheatl hedidjustthatas terrific desert racing program, the up the field, then Mendham, who he led home Chris Watman's Baja world of Stadium racing hasn't was doing likewise, had a tangle and Steve Knott's V6 Karmann really yet got going. But that will and rolled, staying inverted. But Ghia. The other heat saw the Bajas certainly change with the success-there was no trouble for Brown of Warren Irons and Graham ful 2WS Stadium Off Road Gran who took the win for Goodyear. Dowsett come in ahead of the Prix in Sydney last October. The Alderton's Mitsubishi powered surprise success in Greg Bernard's venue was the Parramatta car finished second with a hard DarsunP510.Round2wasagain Speedway and saw about 9,500 finishing Wells in third. all Stansfield, this time over the people attend, which was a very The 1600classsawsomereally Maurie Fuller Corvette and good attendance as this was the fast cars. In round 1 Bruce Watman's Baja. Knott fi~is~ed first time Stadium Off Road Watmanledallthewayinhisheat down the order after spmnmg· Racing had been held in Sydney. over Frank D'Ambros and Jason twice on the watered dow~ track. The vehicles were divided into Graham doing a top job in his In the other ~eat Dowsett s V~ -our groups; Unlimited Buggy, 1200 car. The other race saw powered ~aJa beat the Irons 1600 Buggy, Unlimited 2WD, Richard Bennett and Mark Bush Toyota twm cam model and Jeff and Unlimited 4x4. With entry battle all the distance; in the end it Bryant's Corvette. . numbers so high there were two was y okohama 's Bennett over the Round 3, and Stansfield was heats per round of each group Hunter Rivmasta single seater of pu~hed agai?-st the barrier, then, except for the 4x4s. Bush. Mark Medrano took third. while catchmg up, landed on a In the Unlimited Buggy Group The Goodyear car of Watman stationary and bro~en Watman. Daren Wells' Yokohama turbo looke<;l good as it ran away in Fuller took the ~m over Steve carwasall-the-waywinnerofheat round 2, once again over McDo~gall a~d Michael Newto_n, 1 overColinJobe,andLesBrown, D'Ambros and Graham third in both m BaJas. Dowsett still who had put in a 2000cc motor heat 2. Round 3 was a carbon looked good as he won the other instead of his usual 1600. Heat 2 copy again with Watman miles in heat ~ver Bryant and Bernard. saw David Mendham's turbo front andthenBennettjustinasa The Fmal saw Knott as a non-Rotary scorch around the track in winn~r. starter due to a blown cliff, but it fine style to head home Cliff was the Stansfield truck that ran Alderton and Mark Manns' Everyone wanted to see away to take the win over BFGoodrichChenowthMagnum. Watman take on Bennett and Dowsett's Baja. In third was the In round 2 Les Brown was a Bush in the Final, but it was not to repaired Watman Baja, thanks to winner over Wells and Mark beasWatmanhadhurthismotor· somefrontarmsfromhisbrother Burrows' turbo Bridgetone car in in the laSt heat. As expected Bruce's buggy. heat 1. David Mendham won yet Bennett ancl Bush were the pace The 4x4s saw only seven another over Alderton and setters. Behind it got exciting as entries, hence just the one heat in Manns in heat 2. Brown was liking Adams spun in front of tbe pack. each round. In round 1 it was the the extra power and ran away with Bush was trying everything he turbo Mitsubishi Pajero of Fabio is heat in round 3. Once again he could, but couldn't get paSt the Zarfati taking the win over Fred led home W ells and Jobe. CosworthpoweredcarofBennett Parker's VS Land Rover and Alderton got up in the other with who took the checker in finestYle. Robert Knott's V6 Nissan Mendham second and Chad Bush was certainly not disgraced pickup. Pete~ Hadlow's Mitsubi-Conner's single seater third. in second place, while in third shi failed to finish due to an In the eight lap Final for the place was Frank D'Ambros. electrical loss while Mattuissi's twelve top cars there was an early The Unlimited 2WD Class was International broke in the front pile up involving favorites obviously going to be dominated end. Round 2 produced the same Mendham, Wells and Burrows. by Bob Stansfield, who drives a finishing order while Grahame ThisallowedBrowntoextendhis US-imported Nissan stadium Baxter's VS Nissan Patrol Richard Bennett won his heat in the first and third round in the 1600 class, and fought off the competition in the main events to take home the big prize, first in the main event. Bob Stansfield flew his US built Nissan to wins in his two heats and he had troubles in the third heat but recovered nicely to fly to victory in the main event as some of the competition faded, in Unlimited 2WO-class. Daren Wells led his first Unlimited Buggy heat wire to wire, was second in the next two heats and fought through the field to third in the main event. struggled on with a broken front firstly a combined buggy Final, differential. In Round 3 it got a bit which Les Brown won over the aggressive with Zarfati and Parker 1600 of Richard Bennett and the swapping paint. Again Zarfati turbo of Daren Wells. Then there won though, over Parker and was a combined Tin Top event Knott. In the Final there was which was being led by Dowsett's plenty of pushing. Knott and Baja until he had trouble getting Hadlow spun off the main jump by the inverted Fuller and allowed together and Zarfati had more Stansfield to get by and take th~ scars to show. Baxter then broke a win. Dowsett was second with rear axle putting him out. In the Parker's 4x4 third. Overall end it was Parker who muscled his though, the 2WS Stadium Gran way to take the win. Hadlow got Prix achieved its goal and now in second just ahead of Zarfati. Stadium Off Road events look To finish off the ni ht there was certain to expand in Australia. Graham Dowsett runs his Baja Bug in Unlimited 2WD; won all of his heats, but ended up second in the main event to the fancy Nissan that seemed to outpower the field. Fabio Zarfati, foreground, won all three of the 4x4 heats and fell to third in the main and is shown here in the Mitsubishi Pajero passing the Corvette of Maurie Fuller in the final event of the night. David Mendham drove his Turbo Rotary buggy fast to win a couple of heats, take second in another, but in the feature race he rolled and was left inverted until the eight laps ran out. Pagc50 January 1993 Dusty Timcs

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~ The Straight Poop From the Big Wahzoo CALIFOh.NIA 200 -This four lap La Rana Ridgecrest race saw five Checker cars start and four finish. When it was all over the Club had two wins and two 4ths in class, plus a second overall. As a brand new full Checker member Kevin Davis wasted no time before starting to act like one. After agreeing to mark off an area early for Checker Main at all the La Rana races this year, he returned to this particular pit area in the evening· prior to the race and found it partially occupied by non-Checkers. Being an apparent graduate of the Master Bates School of Diplomacy, Davis steadfastly confronted these stubborn intruders, finally informing them that if they weren't moved out by morning "he'd rip their faces off!" Obviously Sprinklerman is a quick study, having learned one of our Club's most basic rules early: "Don't ever attempt to rip anyone's face off until the rest of the crew arrives". Common sense of course prevailed, and the security of Checker Main was re-established. Typically, our hero's ego was quickly returned to within normal Checker limits just prior to the start of the race. Picture our boy if you will, all buckled up and ready to race, as he charges out of the main pit headed for gold and glory. But sadly, his impressive departure was somewhat marred when he caught his antenna tip in an awning and riped the whole thing off as he left. Smooth move Kevin! Luckily his radio wasn't as important as it was last race, as he grabbed another impressive second overall to go with his second Class 1-2-1600 win in a row. This victory solidly moved Kevin into the class points lead with one race to go. Congratula-tions to Kevin Davis, 1st in Class 1-2-1600. The Club's other winners were none other than the Bates! Gary and BJ pretty much had a repeat of their last race, with the exception of that low-rider part at the last finish. This big win also reportedly gives the Bates' a lock on the Class 5 La Rana Points Championship. Hey Gary, that's pretty damn good for an ol' man! Congratula-tions Guys. As Checkers, the Club expected no less! Koch and Keeling had their problems in Rex's Class 10 car but held on for a 4th in class, still maintaining a slim lead in the class points chase. Alex Long and Dennis M_cGeorge raced the Long's 5-1600 car to the Club's other 4th place finish after experiencing their own set of minor problems. Prospective Tom Jeremiah had a good run going in his Challenger car but blew a motor on the last lap. Good racin' guys! The post-race tire meeting also doubled as an official Checker gathering, with all the beer provided by an appreciative female. This Class 5 racer wanted to thank the CJub for some irnofficial help that she had received at various Checker pits during the year. Sadly, although Dusty Times the sentiment was appreciated, there was a sudden cloudburst just a little past beer-thirty and everybody had to run for cover. The dirt road into the pit area quickly became a river and confusion reigned. As the party abruptly broke up, it was reported that all the remaining beer went into Pick's ice chests for safe keeping? Smooth move Dave, and thanks Lisa! BAJA 1000 -Not only is the run to La Paz the Indy 500 of off road racing, it also produces more interesting stories than any other single auto race anywhere. Actually there are two separate runs down the peninsula. First is the actual race and the other is the migratory-like movement of chase crews charging south from pit to pit to meet their cars. But first, before the race got going, there was a Checker gathering that deserves a quick mention. Thumper's Traditional Che.:ker Pre-Race Toast was held at the Bahia in Ensenada the day before the race. A good crowd of both car and bike Checkers took a break from the Tech & Conting-ency f es ti vi ties to raise a glass or two in support of a number of Checker-like values. Drivers, pitters, wives and girlfriends all pausing for a social moment before heading off into various remote parts of Baja to support this year's Checker effort. Unbelievable racing stories from past races and equally good rumors about this year's course were everywhere, and of course a good time was had by all! The Checkers fielded 11 entries, one bike and 10 cars, and we had five finishers. Holladay and Robertson produced the Club's best finish with a 2nd in Class l/2. Our heroes.visited all nine Checker pits in route to La Paz, where Steve drove his two seater across the finish line for a fine 10th overall finish. Peralta, who was reportedly subject to a 'driving test' before the race, drove a Class 7S truck from El Crucero to San Ignacio and, like a good Checker, turned the truck over to the next driver still in first place. Problems developed later, but the team held on for a good 2nd Place finish. The Cooks held a good lead in their 5-1600 Baja through La Purisma only to lose a tranny in the final stretch. After replacing it, our boys were forced to accept a 3rd in class. Stuart Chase, who drove most of the race, had enough minor problems late in the race to put him back into 5th Place in Class l/2, but still the 16th overall car. Kelley reportedly had some problems with his Class 8 truck near San Felipe and also had to settle for a 5th in class. Larkin, our seemingly perennial prospective member, was the first Checker entry off the line and the last to finish. He reportedly visited all the Checker pits, mooching gas, beer and food all along the way down. He even took a nap at one pit and reportedly tried to hustle somebody's girlfriend at another. At the post race meeting, Larkin mooned the members present to show off some impressive purple ass bruises a Checker gets after soloing an old 650 Triumph all the way to La Paz. Hey Larkin, the W ahzoo was indeed impressed. If ya just had'a paid off your pit fee I would have dropped a white ball for ya Pard! Congratulations to all our Checker finishers. Good Racin' Guys! The following Checkers DNF'd for the following reasons: Richard Young's non Checker co-driver started the race and promptly rolled Mumbles' open buggy just after the pavement ended. When the car finally got to Richard, he charged the desert, eventually endoing it. Continuing on, Mumbles ran the car off a steep embankment where it stayed for many hours. Koch also pulled out _around La Purisma after suffering terminal damage to the front end in the open car he was driving. Prince lost an oil cooler early and went out with an overheated engine. Frenchie broke a camshaft just before El Crucero, where Welch was waiting to take over. And propective member Greg Hawks seized a motor in his Challenger car. Hey guys that's racin'! Meanwhile back on the high-way, and I use the term loosely, Checker chase crews were repeatedly charging on down to the next pit, then sitting there for anywhere from a few minutes to hours. The nine Checker pits that the chase crews were running for, were each manned by at least a Checker Pit Captain. Interestingly enough, that's all the San Ignacio pit officially consisted of ... just one pit captain! A dedicated Vance Scott hauled all the fuel, tires and equipment his Checker buds needed down to checker Pit #6 all by himself. But being a wise old Checker Pit Captain, he was not without help for long. Instead of setting up his pit in town like everyone else, Vance set up out on the main highway before. the turn off into town. Not only did this prevent any problem with the locals, but Vance also had a steady stream of chase crew visitors who stuck around and helped as long as they could. On the other hand Gary Lane had lots of company. After recruiting his unsuspecting neighbor as his only rew member, Gary headed down to some place called Zarogoza, about 800 miles south. Shortly after setting up his pit next to a brightly lit up Tecate Beer tent, Lane realized his mistake. As soon as the first car slid in for service, Gary and his wide eyed neighbor were quickly surrounded by a thousand curious Mexicans that stayed to drink and watch the Checkers. in action throughout the night! Big John Files, the current Granddaddy of Checker Pit Captains, once again demon-strated the wisdom of experience. John promptly organized the two other major support teams pitting in the La Purisma area into one big combined pit, and made sure they set up about a mile up the road from that town's Tecate Beer tent. Once ·established, this super pit was responsible for servicing about 45 cars, and Big John reportedly ran it with an iron fist directly from his customary Checker throne, right next to the ice chest. Atta Boy John! Keith Dennis and Reverend Roy found that the paved road into El Arco was NOT! Dave Pick surprised most by actually showing up at his Bay of LA pit BEFORE the first Bike. Saul and his girlfriend surely now have a few new wrinkles in their relationship after serving as the entire crew at the furthermost January 1993 Checker Pit south. And I could go on and on, but sadly I have a limited amount of space here and I'm already gonna be pushing my luck this month. The post-race activities in La Paz were vintage Checkers. The Club has always had a special relationship with the Gran Baja Hotel over the years. The first year it was used as race head-quarters, the Lost Gonzo Air Force stormed this impressive structure and raised a Checker flag on its highest flag pole. After the Mexican flag was finally restored to its proper location, hotel security was confronted with a barrage of toilet paper rolls from the upper floors onto the Awards Ceremony below. This year was no different, as one Checker member smuggled in 1000 rolls of toilet paper, which streamed down on all those below the 11th floor whenever the Checkers were mentioned during this year's Awards Festivities. Although the Checkers unchar-acteristically failed to pick up a class win at this event, everybody at this race definitely knew we were there. NEW MEMBERS - A recent meeting saw four prospective members put to 'The Marble Vote' for full Checker member-ship, and the W ahzoo would like to wek"me three of them to the Brotherhood. PETER ROSEN-STEIN -This new Club token was repeatedly the butt of some ot the funniest and crudest ham and circumcision jokes imaginable during his 6 month prospective-ship, but he absorbed the abuse like a true prospective Checker. I'm sure Peter now realizes that the Checkers are not anti-semitic, it's just that most of the guys hate Class 11 drivers. Welcome aboard Rosie! GREG HAWKS -This Jesus look-a-like rivals Banks as the "quietest Checker", but he was a· hot shot winning trail bike rider as a bike Checker and come from a famous Hollywood background. Welcome to the Club Greg! ROBERT HARMAN -This new Checker was voted in despite a goofy Mohawk haircut and the display of a Checker-like attitude long before he was entitled to one. Welcome aboard lit' brother! AND FINALLY a little giggle to wind up this lengthy column. 11eportedly Tokyo Rosy escaped an organized 'mooning' at one of the early Checker pits when she experienced an unexpected delay at the starting line. Apparently she paid her entry fee with a maxed-out credit card and SCORE Officials came out with a pair of scissors and cut her arm band off just before she was about to start. 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MTEG AT CANDLESTICK PARK Ivan Stewart Wins the Finale It was Ivan tewart nigh in an Francisco as he won he first truck eat in his oyota, got second in the next heat and despite mixing it up with Greg George here Ivan won the main event, leading it from flag to flag. 'The San Francisco event held at UltraStock division and Jeep ran Although Toyota dominated Candlestick Park in San Francisco away with their class Manufact, this year's Grand National racing on October 24 marked the end of urer's Cup. In a down to the wire Rick Johnson served notice that yet another year of the Mickey decision, Jerry Whelchel drove he and his Nelson and Nelson Thompson Off Road Champion, into the championship circle in Chevrolet will be a serious threat ship Gran Prix series. Rod Millen the Super 1600 division. With for 1992. Johnson drove the became the new number one plate four main event wins for the year Chevrolet to two astonishing holder in the Grand National (includingCandlestick)Jimmie main event wins for the year. He SportTruckclassbeforetheevent Johnson earned the number one won one of the heat races at even started and Team Toyota plate in his SuperLite division. Candlestick but engine woes put regained the Manufacturer's Cup RepeatchampionsMarkEhrhardt him in a battle for third in the after its brief stay at Dodge. and Mike Craig won in their mainevent.Johnsonstatedbefore Tommy Croft drove his Jeep to a respective Skat,Trak ATV and the race that· Chevrolet was championship victory in the Ultra Cross divisions. influenced enough with his rookie year that he will return in 1993 with a second truck, the driver of which is still undecided. As we si:ated in an earlier issue the new Nye Frank Super 1600 car built for Jerry Whelchel appeared to be very impressive right out of the crate. Whelchel started the year in an old Chenowth and finished poorly in the first event, then new car woes meant a disappointing second event. But once he got the bugs out of the new car he then either won or finished in the top three.in every event thereafter. If this car sounds like the winning ticket you. can forget about having one made. Whelchel said that Nye Frank has Roger Mears Jr. corners hard here in his Nissan, and he drove to second in the no in,tention of putting the car first truck heat but rolled out of contention in the hectic main event. into production. ---------------------------· · In theSuperLite class the young Jimmie Johnson won four of the eight race series events. Johnson's otner second place finishes in all but the Seattle event had earned him the championship before the Candlestick event: But Johnson didn't let his early victory slow him down, he came to Candlestick and won the main event too. Rumor has it that Johnson, not related to Rick, is one of the drivers being considered for the second Chevrolet next year. FLY with the Supercars in '93! Introducing the most rad/cal car calendar of 1993 ... Group B Rally Supercarsl Lancia, Peugeot, Ford, Audi, MG Metro, Porsche ... .IANUARY 1993 the most exciting rally cars the world has ever seen captured by the best international motorsport photographers. Each calendar measures a lull 24' x 18', is printed on acid-free, museum quality gloss stock, and is shipped RALLYSPORT flat in special heavy-duty cartons. This unique collector's . Item is available for only $29.95 (plus $5.00 S&H). 18 Madison Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004 Please order earty before supplies run out 1-eoo-n~-01.>1 • ,,..,., 201-575-2508 Page Si The Candlestick race track was tight and fast. As the track was built around the football playing field it appeared there were few places to pass, but throughout the event the drivers demonstrated their ability to pull around in some of the most unusual places. To acquaint you with the action, January 1993 The 1991 UltraStock points champ Larry Noel was close this year, taking his Jeep to second in the heat race, but gained no points in the main event. the start/ finish line ~as set on turn. At first base a left hand turn about the 40 yard line of greeted the racers into a rhythm Candlestick Park's football field. section. At the end of the rhythm A fast left hand sweeper trans, section, just past second base, a ported the action around what right hand switchback turned the would be home base of the action back across right field. baseball field. Just before first Two uneven jumps shook things base, a small jump broke up the up before a left hand switchback. Brian Collins didn't repeat his UltraStock triumph at Las Vegas, and while he drove as hard, the best he could finish on this track was third in the heat. The Superlites are most competitive, and off the first heat start it was young CJ Mears off the line, with defending champ Greg George, left, and 1992 champion Jimmie Johnson, far right, just astern. Dusty Times

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The action was now against the stadium wall where the track continued around the outfield headed back to end the lap. During this long left sweeper a couple of jumps were intended to keep their speed in check but this area saw some serious horse-power. Just before the last left heading to the start/ finish line the track funneled into a very tight, single lane left turn, but the faster drivers managed to power drift through it with a lot of style. And as usual, a jump was included at the finish line. Racing got underway with the first Grand National heat race. Rod Millen had set fast time with his new arch rival Rick Johnson second fastest. With the inverted start the fast guys were placed , back in the pack and Jimmy Nichols sat on the pole. Once green, Roger Mears Jr. slipped inside before the rhythm section and got the Nissan hooked up, but the pack caught up with him in the switchback and Brian Stewart upended Mears Jr. causing a restart. CJ Mears was the delighted winner in the first Superlite heat in his Triple E, and the 15 year old also took third in the main, watched proudly by dad Roger Sr. and Uncle Rick. On the restart Walker Evans was spun around. This held him and Rick Johnson up for a moment, allowing the pack to get away from them. Mears Jr. had the lead with fourth fastest qualifier Ivan Stewart on his tail. Roger Mears Sr. was third and Rod Millen held fourth. On the third lap Stewart took the lead by slipping inside of Mears Jr. just before entering the fourth lap. Once out front Stewart was able to create some breathing room and Mears Jr. had some Greg George came close to defending his 1991 Superlite title, as he won the second heat and finished second in the main event behind his teammate. Greg also drove the Venable Ford all year in Sport Truck action. also. But a heated battle was place on the left hand switchback raging for third with Mears Sr., but Millen found his way around Millen and Rob MacCachren. before the race was over. Ivan MacCachren and Millen were able Stewart pulled into the winners to provide the show when Mears circle with plenty of breathing Sr. spun and tagged the Hydro room between himself and Roger barrier. MacCachren took third Mears Jr• Third place Rod Millen The Superlites are becoming very popular with the audiences, and they cheer for them all. Terry Peterson, hitting the bumps here, was second in heat 2. 'I To say the 1600 championship came down to the wire is proved by this shot of Jerry Whelchel, right, and defending champ Frank Arciero Jr. clearing the last lap main event jumps together. Whelchel won and Arciero took second. Dusty Times had Rob MacCachren close by and Walker Evans crossed over fifth. UltraStock heat one had 11 cars. However, teammates Tommy Croft and Larry Noel were mainly worried about each other as only a few points separated them for the champion-ship. On the start Noel pushed his Jeep up front but Chris Neil and he collided in the switchback. Noel ended up on his roof with the Pathfinder on top of it. Both were righted and able to restart. On the restart Tim Lewis jumped out with a comfortable · lead as a traffic jam happened behind him. Larry Noel found himself behind Brian Collins, and Tommy Croft was behind Noel. Before the race ended Noel managed to take the second spot and Croft had to settle for fourth. The second place finish added fuel to the points fire as Noel gained four points on the leader Croft. A total of 18 riders came out for the first Skat T rak A TV heat. Once the green came out Charles Shepherd drove to the checkered flag. Shepherd had to earn his victory though as Greg Stuart pulled alongside on a couple of occasions. However, the 1990 points champ, Charles Shepherd, managed the win with Stuart second. Third place was Donavon Holland and Gary Denton crossed over fourth. Denton came into the event trailing Mark Ehrhardt for the season. Fifth went to Roger Helsley. Fifteen riders came out for the six lap Skat Trak ATV second heat. Mark Ehrhardt showed his championship style by taking command of the heat early, however Doug Eichner made him earn the win by pressuring for the lead throughout the event. Local January 1993 John Sarna, #12, tries to climb up the back of Rick Marshall's Triple E, but Rick survived to place third in Superlite heat 1 and fifth in the main event. rider Niclas Granlund crossed and pulled out the early leader. over third. Fourth was Chris Behind him was the newly Berger and fifth was Jason Sutter. crowned class champ Jimmie Thisyearmarkedanewerafor Johnson. Having grown up the Mears Gang as CJ Mears and around serious racers the young cousin Clint Mears entered the Mears was not intimidated and Superlite wars. In the first heat held off Johnson for three laps. race CJ Mears used his pole Johnson's lead was short lived as starting position to his advantage he made a .~ . Race Ready Products Is a full service warehouse supplylng the Off Road Industry with racing equipment from over one hundred manufacturers. Our goal Is slmple: helplng you bulld winning race cars by offering quallty parts, quick service and competitive prices. 103 Press Lane, No. 4, Chula Vista, Callfornla 91910 (619) 691-9171 UPS Shipping Daily (619) 691-9174 Visa/Mastercard FAX (619) 691-0803 Mon. -Fri. 9-6/Sat. 10-3 Dealer Inquiries Invited · CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR. 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~ , I 11/~ ------- . . .!... ---u. •:-••-~ -----•-Jimmy Smith got his Ford Explorer doing all the right things at Candlestick and he flew the truck to second place in the UltraStock main event. Chris Neil has been doing well all year in his Nissan Pathfinder UltraStock and he kept it together and out of trouble to place third in the main event. Jack Millerd runs a privateer Jeep Cherokee in UltraStock class, · and has a good record, and this trip he came in fourth in the class main event. • · alongside Nichols was the independent Ford of Gary Denton. Roger Mears Sr. and Rob M;icCachren made up the second row. And when the green came out it was Roger Mears that led the. pack through the switch backs. Another charger was Rick Johnson who had moved from a next to last starting position into fourth place. But Johnson found Nichols sideways in the left switch back and Johnson had nowhere to go. Johnson smacked the Ford, spinning it around and then Johnson's Chevrolet came to rest on top of the barrier. This caused a restart and Walker Evans was sent to the back of the pack for causing Nichols to get sideways. Bob Gordon ran hard in his 1600 Chenowth, but finished fourth in the first heat and didn't figure at the flag in the main event traffic hazards. Jimmy Nichols does a keen wheelie in his Chenowth on his way to third in his heat race, and Nichols drove to a fine third in the busy main event. On the restart Mears held his lead with Johnson tucking up in second and MacCachren in a badly beat up Ford was in third. But before things could get heated up Nichols rolled the Ford again in the right switch back, causing another yellow. ~ rare mistake and spun moved inside Peterson on the out, giving the lead and eventual outfield sweeper for the lead. win to Mears. Jimmie Johnson Peterson managed second while was able to regain control of the third place went to Erik Cobb. Briggsbuilt Natures Recipe Keith Ehlers maneuvered around machine and finished second. Rennie Awana before the Third went to Rick Marshal and checkered. fourth was Johnson's teammate As stated earlier Candlestick Mercedes Gonzales. Stacy Fay Park was fast and the speed rounded out the top five. carried on even with the usually Round two of the Super Lites slow Pee Wee exhibition. Many had nine cars competing. At first of the young riders ranging from it appeared that Greg George was four to eight years were air borne headed for an easy win but he got over the jumps and sh9wed a rear wheel hung on the confidence around the fast hydro-barrier and Terry Peterson corners. Those competing were moved into the lead. However Robert Harold, Mathew Clark, George was not through and was Matt Smith, Jillian Bennett, Ryan able to regain control of second Millen, Daniel Taft and Davey place and by the third lap George Freeman. The closest points battle for the season was between the top four Super 1600 drivers. Marty Hart came to Candlestick with 228 points. Jerry Whelchel had earned 222 and Frank Arciero Jr. held 219. Mitch Mustard was also within striking distance with 218 points. Whelchel was able to close up on Hart with the four points earned setting fast time but Hart had the second fastest. Even so, all four were still in contention and all knew they had three events to finish before anyone wore the crown. Heat one had 10 cars entered. At the green Frank Arciero took the early lead. Jerry Whelchel was second and had to study Arciero Trackside Photo, Inc. Racing photography since 1970 We cover all La Rana, SCORE/HORA, and Calif. Rally Series events. When you need action photos, call us! Call us for: Calendars• Press Kits• Photo Business Cards• _Autograph sheets Page 54 P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (310) 670-6896 January 1993 for a couple of laps before finding a way around. Once around, Whelchel was then able to pull a ten car lead. Whelchel was able to hold on for the win and pull 15 points ahead of Hart, who was racing in the next heat. Frank Arciero managed second and his 1 7 points meant that he too was still a serious threat. Jimmy Nichols brought his Chenowth across third and fourth went to Bob Gordon, with Eric Aras trailing. The second Super 1600 heat followed with nine cars entered in an eight lap race. Marty Hart and Mitch Mustard sat alongside one another in the second row. Gary Gall sat on the pole, and when the green came out Gall couldn't care less that a points battle raged behind him. Gall was able to win the event but towards the end Mustard pulled up to make him earn the win. Marty Hart finished second and earned 1 7 points but still found himself trailing Whelchel going into the main event. The second Grand National heat race turned out to be a wild event. Jimmy Nichols was positioned on the pole again and With racing action restarted Mears quickly pulled out with Johnson taking the brunt of traffic crawling all over him in the first switchback. Rod Millen got sideways but was able to get going. A four car battle for fourth place had developed but everything appeared to be sorted out. Then, while leading the event, Roger Mears took the finish line jump wrong, landed on his nose and did a violent flip. The Nissan caught fire but was put out quickly. Mears however had his bell rung pretty good and it took a few minutes before the medics could get him out of the upside down Nissan. Mears was okay but did not return for the main event. With Roger Mears out this gave · the lead to Rick Johnson. On the restart Johnson took off and was able to hold a five truck length lead over Ivan Stewart. Third place went to Rob MacCachren and Rod Millen was fourth. Walker Evans managed fifth. In the UltraCross first heat race Gary Gall sta;ted out by winning a close one in his heat race over a tough field, and he finished the night with a fine fourth in the main event, as the two eventual leaders dropped him back in the race for the points. Dusty Times

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The Ladies are getting into Superlite racing in a big way. Stacy Fay, in her first MTEG race drove Doug Goodenough's Briggs-built to fourth in the main. Mercedes Gonzales drove her Briggsbuilt to fourth in her heat race, but traffic troubles dropped her to eighth in the 16 car main event. Mitch Mustard started his farewell appearance in MTEG 1600 action with a second place in his heat race, and he drove the Chenowth to third in the main. early leader Ryan Carlisle went over the handle bars of the Kawasaki and Scott Myers took over the lead. But points leader Mike Craig came charging through the pack to take over the lead on the second lap. Larry Brooks followed Craig's lead and moved into the second spot. Time ran out on Brooks' attempt and he had to settle for second. Scott Myers managed third and fourth went to Ryan Carlisle. Chris Ridgeway was fifth in this class of 11 riders. Another 11 riders came out for the second Ultra Cross event. This time Shaun Wooten put his Suzuki out front early. Back in the pack Kyle Lewis had some trouble while running third and dropped the Yamaha. This mishap was to Team Kawasaki's points ad~ vantage as Ray Crumb was able to move into the second spot. Crumb wasn't content with the second spot and stole the lead on the final corner of the race. Shaun Wooten finished second and third went to Lance Small (Yamaha). Fourth was another Yamaha of Lowell Thomson, and fifth was Shaun Kalos. Tommy Croft placed his Jeep fourth in the UltraStock heat race, gaining a good starting spot for the main event, which he won, and in so doing Tommy Marty Coyne started out strong in the Super 1600 competition, taking a good also won the 1992 points championship. fourth in his heat race, but he faded in the wild traffic of the main event. When the U ltraStock main event lined up it was points leader Tommy Croft and teammate Larry Noel that were sharing the front row. On the start the two Jeeps ran away from third place Jim Smith. Smith had Tim Lewis in hot pursuit. Brian Collins came charging through and hit Kent Castle, rolling him over about midway. Then Castle and Jeff Elrod tangled to the point that the Rough Driving Committee decided to drop Castle to last position. Meanwhile Croft was Already the points champion in Superlites, Jimmie Johnson took second in the first heat, then came back to win the main event over his teammate and defending champion Greg George, just astern. Jerry Whelchel pulled out the Super 1600 class"championship at Candlestick as he won his heat race handily and won a close one in the main event to score for the new car with automatic transmission. Dusty Times running along with only a loose crossed up in a corner on the last third and fourth went to Jack hood as his biggest threat to the lap and Jim Smith was able to Millerd. Tim Lewis managed championship. Larry Noel got finishsecond.ChrisNeilmanaged fifth. (conrinudonpai:e6d Is your pit crew running in circles looking for you in the desert? or vice-versa? The solution: Global Positioning Sy~tem • Magellan GPS-- U.S. made, dustproof, and waterproof. • Rugged- made to Military Specs. Will survive a rollover or endo. •dependable-same model used by the U.S. Military in Desert Storm • determines your position (as close as 10 meters) on the globe by monitoring up to 11 satellites at a time. • will determine your direction of travel, mph and time of arrival while on the move! • Versatile--can be transferred from vehicle to vehicle (or boat) or hand carried. •Upgradable for future system and satellite improvements. • While pre-running, you can instantly note danger spots, landmarks and pit areas for future reference. • Tested by us for over a year to navigate to our desert and Baja photo spots. • Buy from us-- we know how to use what we sell, and we can teach you too! Call Jim Ober at (310) 670-6896 to discuss systems and prices. Trackside Photo, P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• : Note: Although easy to use, any GPS System, like any 'new' technology tool, cannot be just : • picked up and used correctly right out of the box. That's where we come in .... with our experi- • : ence with GPS in the desert, we can train you and your crew, at your shop, and/or at a race site, : • how to use the Magellan GPS efficiently and painlessly. Other dealers can sell them to you, • • but they are either boat or aircraft usage-oriented. They don't know off-road racing from spotted • • • • • owls, or even how a GPS can help you wm races. WE DO! • : I recently went to Russia on an off-road tour of 50 vehicles, and my Magellan got us across : • 200 miles of uncharted Kazakstan desert with no problem. On the month-long trip, the owners • • of other GPS systems asked me to set-up and show them how to use their systems--which I • : gladly did--but I can tell you that the Magellan is the easiest to use! : •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• January 1993 Pagc55

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·£. Marty Hart has had a good year in the Super 1600 powe7ed by' Toyota, and he survived the wild action in the main event to finish strong in sixth place. Rob MacCachren was dogged with mechanical ills in his Ford early in the night but, he recovered to finish third in heat 2 and fourth in the main. Defending points champion Walker Evans has not had the best of times in his Dodge this year, but he kept it together to finish a tight fifth in the main event. MTEG at Candlestick Park (front /,age 55) A total of 18 starters came out for the seven lap Skat Trak ATV main event. Win lose or draw, Mark Ehrhardt had already earned the points championship so when Niclas Granlund took off the early leader, Ehrhardt wasn't too worried. Granlund was able to hold the lead for three laps before Greg Stuart came up to worry Granlund. Stuart was able to pour the throttle to the Honda and take the lead from Granlund. Once out front it was as if the fat lady had sang; Greg Stuart won the main but Mark Ehrhardt won the repeat number one plate. Second for the night went to early leader Niclas Granlund and Donovan Holland, Doug Eichner and Charles Shepherd trailed. The SuperLite main event was seven laps and had 16 cars entered. On the pole were heat winners CJ Mears and Greg George. On the start George grabbed the lead and his teammate Jimmie Johnson sandwiched the young Mears between the two. It took Johnson a couple of laps before settling in behind teammate George. The two then quickly distanced themselves from Mears. This follow the leader strategy went on until Johnson found an opening on the next to last lap. This win gave Jimmie Johnson his fourth win of the season and the championship. Greg George managed second but was vying for his 20th career victory ( in three different classes). CJ Mears had a good night with his third place finish. Fourth was Stacy Fay and Rick Marshall was fifth. Coming into the Super 1600 main event the stage was set for what could be a dramatic ending to the year long war. Only a handfull of points separated the front two drivers and any one of four could conceivably win the championship. Things appeared good for Jerry Whelchel, but as with any 1600 event anything could happen. He came into the main as points leader, but still had three other drivers that could possibly take it. And two of the three cars were lined up behind him. Whelchel sat on the pole next to Gary Gall, but had his closest points rival Frank Arciero sitting inside the second row, and Mitch Mustard was outside of Arciero. Marty Hart had the points advantage coming into the event but was lined up back in the pack. It must have been the "buts or what if" that spurred Whelchel off the line and eventually ruined the dramatic showdown. Once racing got underway he pulled a couple of car lengths on Arciero, who had moved Gall into the third spot. And once out front it Dusty Times Rod Millen, Toyota, digs out of a turn to pass Roger Mears Jr. Millen took third in the first truck heat, and then came back to place a very close second in the main event, having already won the class driver's title. A rising star in Sport Truck competition with two wins in his rookie year, Rick . Johnson won the second heat over formidable drivers and he also took third in the main event in the Chevy. was a matter of negotiating lapped Shaun Kalos had no problems traffic before Whelchel won the with his Yamaha and rode the event and the championship. track for a victory. Kalos was Frank Arciero Jr. came across followed by Tony Amaradio and second and third went to Mitch Larry Brooks. Mike Craig Mustard. Gary Gall was in fourth finished fourth in tqe main but place and Jimmy Nichols was earned enough points for the fifth, and Marty Hart was sixth. championship. However, Craig In the UltraCross main event had stated earlier that he was there were 20 starters but the real racing in Europe next year and points battle was between Kyle could not race the 1993 MTEG Lewis and Mike Craig. Lewis put a series. serious threat together early on by When the final Grand National taking the lead. However he had Sport Truck main event came out trouble holding onto the Yamaha it was T earn Toyota sharing the over ·one of the jumps and ended front row. Ivan Stewart sat inside up with the Yamaha riding him to of Rod Millen. Rick Johnson was the ground. Lewis was able to inside of row two and Rob remount but found himself in MacCachren was outside. Roger 10th place. Mears and Brian Stewart didn't make the starting line. Once the green flag came out the front four driver's right feet must have grown a couple of sizes. All the power available was powering the front four around like a locomotive. Ivan Stewart had his Toyota out front, Rod Millen trailed with Rick Johnson and Rob MacCachren, all four within a sneeze of each other. The pace continued this way for four laps. Then Johnson appeared to be falling off the pace. Apparently the new engine installed between races lacked the ·power of the previous power plant. But MacCachren wasn't slacking off any and this kept both of Johnson's hands full. Meanwhile Millen was also closing in on his teammate. But then Roger Mears Jr. rolled and a yellow came out to slow down the action. On the restart the savvy Stewart jumped out early and left the battle between his teammate Millen and Johnson. Rob Mac, Cachren now had Walker Evans pressuring him as well. Ivan. Stewart had nothing but clear track ahead of him and the checkered flag. The Candlestick event was Stewart's second win of the season. Rod Millen had already sewn up the yhampionship and was able to hold onto second. 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Classified .•. PARKER 400 - JANUARY 30, 1993: Why rent? Buy Parker ·river house; 2 bedroom,.2 bath, dock on river, boat storage, electric gate, only a two iron shot to the golf. course. $146,500.00. Easy terms. Talk to me! (213) 254-1531 or (602) 667-2322. FOR. SALE: Short course Class FOR SALE: 1987 Dodge Vista 10 Funco. Ground up rebuild. All Colt 4-wd 5 speed tranny. Noisy new 1650 VW, Fox, Wright, fourth gear but runs okay. Make U p 930 D Bl offer - you haul. Call John at M ' c.v.'s, ura-ue, DustyTimes(818)882-0004. Sway-A-Way, Wilwood, new u r a the n e pa i n t . M u s t. see ! ! Prepped and ready to go! $7,500.00 obo. Call Tim (805) 499-3686 day, (805) 492-3037 nite . . WIN NOW!! 1991 overall points champion sells his special secrets. A proven winner! Ht:wland DG300, Major motor, Class 1 or 10. The best of everything! Pan~ & spares included. $18,500.W. Serious inquiries only. Rich Minga (619) 583-6529 or FAX (619) 583-1851. . . '. J -~ ..._.-;, OR SAL : ass 2 unlimited. Fresh chassis-up rebuild, 3.5 liter all aluminum VS, Wright, Super Boot, Taylor Made, Neal, KEP, new rubber, Simpson, Strong trans, custom trader, $9,200.00 or trade for competitive 112-1600. Call Bob (408) 265-5027, FAX (408) 265-6092. FOR SALE: Class 10 "Tandem"; Rabbit motor (fresh), Raceco tranny, combo links, pumper, steering, fuel cell, JAMAR, many extras and spares. Must sell or trade for 4 wheel drive vehicle. Owner crazy, make offer. Call (805) 251-5970 or (805) 251-7222. Ask for Russ. Great starter car or pre-runner. FOR SALE: Fresh 2180cc motor; lots of power, all the good stuff, dry sump parts complete. Ready FOR SALE 1990 Cl 9 to install. $1,900.00 or trade for? : ass Call (805) 251-5970 or (805) Challenger. Fr~sh engine & DJ 251-7222, leave message. Must trans. Fox, Wnght, UMP, Sway- sell, owner went crazy. A-Way, Parker Pumper, K&N, & spares included. Consistent FOR S~LE: Brand new, ne:,7er top 5 finisher. Prepped & ready been dnven Class. 11 race car. to race! $6,000.00 obo. Call Tim I IRS, ready to go racmg. Must sell, (805 )499-3686 days, (805) 492-best of everything. Call (805) 3037 nites. 251-5970 or ( 805) 251-7222. FOR SALE OR TRADE: 1_1600 Ask for Russ or leave message. Raceco, 116nwb. Fox w/ reser-FOR SALE: Class 2 or 10 voir, Parker Pumper, Flameout, Chenowth Magnum with Type 4. Wright box, arms & combo's, Mastercraft, Bilsteins, coil-overs, fresh bus trans w/ Hewland, new Wright, Sway-A-Way, SACO, motor, power steering, spare tires Hew land bus,. power steering. & parts. $8,500.00 or possible Will sell with or without engine. trade or part trade for Cladd 9 car. $13,900.00 Mike (714) 279-( 6 I 9) 244-0888. 9370. ------------·1 FOR SALE: Class 5 car convert-" I ible. Complete car minus engine & trans. Complete Wright front end, 11 n over, coil-over Fox, ABS discs, 10 Fox Shocks, Beard seats, Dura-Blue, SACO rack, Parker ' double pump, power steering, Trick 3x3 arms, new 4130 torsion ,__ .-,, . housing· & center adjuster. All FOR SALE: 5-1600, new motor, parts straight & good, body Mendeola trans, bypass Bilsteins panels clean, oil cooler, ATL cell, w / big reservoir, Fuel Safe, Flame- : Centerlines. Lots of$$$ invested. Out, Taylor lumbar seats, new •i'Must sell! $3,000.00 oho. Car in beam, new Saginaw steering box, so. Cal. Will not ship. No B.S. Big Bump Stop front end, Wright calls please. ( 408) 375-2242 8-9 combos, new drums, well pm only. Ask for Dan. Will not prepped FR T front runner. part out. Must take all. Also; trans $8,500.00. Minus motor & trans 091 tall gears, never used $5,500.00. Best bug for the buck. $1,000.00. (619) 442-9757 'B .;...R...;.AN--D-N-EW_:_F_A_T_1_6_50-a-ir FOR SALE: 7S Chevrolet, 9 races old. SODA legal, 2.SGM S.D., 400 trans, 9"S.C.P. floater, alum hubs & calipers, Henry's, Stranger, Fox, Beard, BFG;s, glass · front end, National springs, spares: all goes. Must sell by l/l/93. $13,000.00 Call Mark ( 414) 757-6261 days, ( 414) 779-6492 nites. FOR SALE: 1-1600, Wright' rack, Fox shocks, Beard seat, fresh trans with Hewland. Motor fresh. 930 c.v.'s, Sway-A-Way, Dura-Blue stubs, UMP pwr strng, Centerlines, Yokohamas. $6,500.00 (714) 949-4580. cooled Class 10 motor. All the best, incl. UMP pump. Only 150 miles. Will trade for Toyota Class 10 motor or $5,000.00. Call Dave Black (714) 541-9983 or (714) 363-1734. FOR SALE: 1987 KW Motor-home & trailer complete. Many extras. Call Mitch at (303) 423-8204 days, (303 )421-5553 nites. FOR SALE: Class 1 l '69VW. Fox shocks, DJ Trans, Sway-A-Way, Trans Foarm C.V.'s, Fuel Safe cell, plus all spares.Must sell. $3,500.00 obo. Call Mike at (818) 564-8977. FOR SALE: 1990 H&R Mirage Superlite, MTEG legal, Fox shocks, FL 350 motor, Fuel cell, Beadlocks, Triple E gearbox, Type IV c.v.'s, 13" tires, lots of extra parts. Very competitive. Call John at JMS Motorsports. (714 )842-7238 nites, (310)327-8323 days. =,--==-=...,...,,,=-=----, FOR SALE: Class 1 short course FOR SALE: Mitch Mustard 1991 Chenowth Magnum. Spare Toyota engine, 3 trans, many spare parts. Best of all parts also. (303) 423-8204. race car. Built by Unique Metal Products 4130 chrome moly tubing, 2.7 liter 914 Porsche engine. Dual Weber 481DF carburetors. 5 speed DG300 Hewland Transaxle. $7,500.00 (408) 722-1226. -FOR SALE: Chenowth Mini Mag, excellent condition only ran 4 short course races. Must sell!! $10,000.00 oho Call Mike (818) %1-8086. r----·---------------.......--------------..----..... -----------._.,..-.............. _wwwww., I Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I 11 . DUSTY TIMES. 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DUSTY TIMES I I Address --,---------------------Phone-------20751 Marilla Street I I Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 ··I I City ------------------State____ Zip _______ _ Page 61 January 1993 FOR SALE: RACECO Class 2 (new) completed 9/ 92. 30 miles testing only. California Motor-sport 2.6 Type IV, Hewland, Ashcraft, UMP, Summers, Super-Boot, Wilwood, Wright, PCI, Bilstein, Fox, FuelSafe. All the best parts, too much to list. Must sell fast. $13,500.00 oho. Trade for late model NASCAR Sportsman, or????? Call Pat (714) 685-9369. FOR SALE: Probst Laser 2 seat coil car. Multiple class winner. Meticulously maintained. Best of everything. Less engine & trans. $11,500.0Q Toyota 4AGE engine, 1650cc. Built by Bob Goshen. $8,500.00 invested. $6,000.00 obo. Toyota 3 liter V6 engine. Best of everything. $13,500.00 value. $7,500.00 obo Call Art Schmitt ( 412) 687-5093. FOR SALE: 2-1600 JIMCO, Best of everything. Wright arms & combos, Fox shocks, JG trans, 930 c.v.'s, power steering, Fuel Safe. Proven winner. Car has been prepped from the ground up. Race Ready! Trailer and lots of extras included. MUST SELL NOW!! $14,500.00 Dave (714) ,999-2456 days, (714) 970-9591 home. FOR SALE: Pre-run two seat Hi-Jumper, 2180cc VW, bus trans, Chrome-Maly front end, Porsche axles & c.v. joints. 20 gal fuel cell, Fox gas shocks. One axle car trailer. Call (805) 646-4574 or (805) 524-0431. FOR SALE: 1992 Suspension Unlimited 2/ 1600, only raced 3 times. Fresh motor & trans, prepped and ready to race. All of the best equipment used to build this car.Just like new. $16,000.00 oho. Call L.J. Kennedy at (714). 771-7324 or (714) 969-1066. FOR SALE: 2 seat unlimited. Chromolly chassis, FAT Type IV, bus trans w/ Hewlands, radio & intercom, Fox, Summers,· Fodrill, Lee, Wright, All new, must sell! $10,000.00 w/spares (916) 652-0850. FOR SALE: Class 8 Dodge truck. Start th~ 1993 season with the factory big boys. Raced one time in 1992 Baja 1000. Ready to race. Clean and reliable. Built with all· the best band name parts. All spare parts included. Best offer (702) 438-7683. WANTED: 5-1600 Baja. Must be 1992 SCORE legal, top quality fabrication only. "Tall Mans Version", race ready. Mon-Fri 8~5. Lorenzo at (800) 247-3202. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: All or part, Class 2 113" wb Hi Jumper. 215 Alum Buick V8, bus box w/ Hewland, Woods, 4x3 rears 2½"' fronts w/ coil-overs, Wright rack and combos, UMP power steering, S.A.W., Ron Davis aluminum radiator, Ultra Seat, JAMAR, V ox coil-overs, Simpson belts. $5,500.00 (916) 273-9113. FOR SALE: Class 9 single seat FOR SALE: Class 9 Challenger. Hi-Jumper, desert or short course. "SCORE" legal mid-engine. 1991 short course champion, Fox, Ready to race! Just add gas. Best of Sway-A-Way, Taylor Made seat, everything, including Wright, steering brake, Transaxle Engin-Sway-A-Way, PCI, Fuel Safe, eering, Flame-Out. Great first car, Bilstein, Hella, Beard, K&N, Race race ready. Trailer w/tire rack & Air, Pyrotect. With fresh lots of spares. Please call Jim blueprinted engine & trans. (818) 353-8889. · $8,000.00 oho. Call De Nunzio >~ · Class 1 & 2, single seat. 3 .5 Por-sche, · Fortin gear box. Complete, race ready $35,000.00 oho Call (602) 582-2499. FOR SALE: ~980 Jeep Honcho R:cko'bPr6t2ssi805)683-1211 race truck. Built by Walker Evans O ( ) 9 9· FOR SALE: 1991 Nissan factory race truck. Ex SCCA sporttruck, perfect for rallying. 41-30 chromoly cage, 5 point harnesses, 3 valve motor, 2 stage torsion bars, composite springs, 2 pas-a-traction rear ends, many spares. $8,500.00 Call ( 602) 855-6660 or FAX (602) 855-8819. FOR SALE: Nissan MTEG stadium truck. Electromotive built, Trevor Harris design, driven by Roger Mears & Spencer Low. Complete with spares $25,000.00 firm. Phone (602) 855-6660 or FAX (602) 855-8819. -Jw::,""· ~~~· . 'ts...:.:-.. ·.·,;te,.,, FOR SALE: 1976 Ford HORA/ SCORE legal Class 8. New paint, new 351 W , National Spring suspension, Summers Bros axles, tons of spare parts. $15,000.00 oho Call Ben Emerson (702) 878-8010. FOR SALE: Chenowth 102" rolling chassis. Was FR T Class 100. Has U.M.P., Mastercraft, Neal, Fuel Safe, Wright. $2,400 oho. Short course wheels & tires. Weld wheels, straight w/ bead-locks. 10"' rear, 6" front. 6 tires, $600.00 oho. Rev Power Rabbit, fresh & totally com·plete $2,900.00 Call Ken at (619) 475-6326. ENGINE BUILDERS: Walker Evans Racing Team needs two people to enlarge engine depart-ment. Must be self motivated, dedicated with experience & meticulous work habits. Short term travel. Good pay & working conditions. Benefits & long term career opportunities w / team established in 197 7. Send resume to: P.O. Box 2469, Riverside, CA 92516. Racing in 1980. Street legal. Great pre-runner or street truck. Best of everything. Runs on regular gas. $10,000.00 oho. Call (602) 253-5289. FOR SALE: Class 9 two seat. 22 gal fuel cell, Beard, Neal, nice car. $3,000.00 Call Steve (619) 367-1939. ~----:,"",'.":-~----"""~•--,(-,-.-.----~--~--=./_=_= __ = FOR SALE: Class 11 S Mirage 6 piece body, new front end, shocks, rack, 8 races on motor 3rd's & 4th's. (Self proclaimed best looking 11 car) Moving up a class. $2,950.00. Call (219) 892-6364. FOR SALE: 1992 Ford, Class 8 has all goodies. Kuster shocks all around. Motor 351 SVO with dry sump. Art Carr parts. Top runner in 92 Tough. Driven by Dave Hackers or Hocker Off Road Race Team. 2nd in points for 1992. Best offer. Contact ( 414) 336-4297. Call for more details. . -FOR SALE: Everything goes!! 1-1600 race car, fresh motor, trailer, spare tires, 2 transaxles (1 short track, 1 long track) too many spare motor & susoension parts to list. Top 5 finisher FORDA. $3,500.00 oho. Let's talk! Call Dick ( 407) 396-2270. I will call you back. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Neth/Chen-owth. Fresh motor & tranny. Neth front end, combos, arms ( front & rear). Fox shocks, UMP power steering, PCI radio. Removable windshield, best parts throughout. Very competitive in the right hands. Prepped & race ready. Great deal at $7,000.00 oho. Call (310) 473-6600 9-6. FOR SALE: Class 7S Ford Ranger. 2 motors, 3 trans, other extras. Motors are fresh, all the best. Race ready. $10,500.00 Must sell soon! Call David ( 414) 865-7792. Also, Wells Cargo 24' enclosed trailer $4,000.00. THANKS: Hal & Kevin of SORT Racing -Thank you for letting me be a part of your winning team n '92. Looking forward to '93. Tim, Chase 2. Dusty Times FOR SALE: 1990 Class 1 Moulton 2 seater, best of everything. 2nd place Class 1 1992 Baja 1000. Newest unlimit-ed buggy in the desert. Make offer. Call Steve Holladay (818) 704-4311. FOR SALE: Toyota 22R 7-S motor LC Engineering stage 5, 200 hp. Brand new, has the best of everything. Have all receipts. $5,500.00 oho or trade. Also, have Downey two wheel drive suspension components, tubular A-Arm, double shock kit, torsion bars & leafs. Make offer or trade. Call (805) 250-0949. FOR SALE: Mickey Thompson Ultra Stock short course Nissan Pathfinder. Best of everything, very competitive car. Less engine $8,500.00 or best offer. Joe (619) 323-9722. FOR SALE: Nissan 240 RS rally car. FJ 24 motor, 5 speed direct drive, Lexan & fiberglass, one of two in teh R .S . Very fast. $13,500.00 firm. Call (602) 855-6660 or FAX (602) 855-8819. .,. .. ' FOR SALE: Buy a winner, 1990 Class 5 11600 class champion, third overall in SNORE points series. Ready to race!!! Coolex shock coolers, Wright, Sway-A-Way, Centerlines, Maste-tcraft seats, fresh engine, 431 chromoly cage, best of everything. $6,500. For more info. call Barry (702) 658-1436. FOR SALE: 2 seat Class 1 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. January 1993 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 ht>st parts. Recent grol!n_d up rt>huild wlupdates. Hugt' inventory of quality spares. $32K Todd (702) 825-1863 mornings,. or leave message. FOR SALE: '77 RX3 Mazda open classrallycar.12ptcage,200+hp, 3 link suspension, fuel cell, adjustable front & rear suspen-sion, much more. $2,800.00 FOR SALE: '73 4WD¾ ton Suburban, full Rancho suspen-sion, 55 gal gas tanks. Fully outfitted, great chase & pre-run. Great condition C.B., new engine $4,500.00 Call (310) 691-1176. ATTENTION STEVE: Would the Steve with the 1990 2 seat JIMCO Class 9 car please call back. I would like to get more info on your car for a possible trade. ' (619) 246-4554. ATTENTION: SELLERS/ OWNERS. Driver & co-driver FOR SALE: 1988 International want to rent competitive car/ Model 160036'van. 7.3 literdies- 1truck for 1993 La Rana desert el, 5 plus 2 trans. Professionally series. Will rent for entire year or built, tons of storage, cabinets, single race. Compensation based benches, locker, tire rack, winch, upon vehicle and terms. Call John Honda 6.Skw, compressor, full at (619) 451-1415. int/ext power and lights, 36'xl5' WANTED M h · IF b · k : ec ante a ncator canopy system, tow pac age, cus- f ff d h · L k H tom cab, Imron, much more. ~r O roa s op m a e a_vasu 0 l 13k ·1 80k · • t d· C1ty,AZ.Mustbeveryexpenenc-n y mt es. mves e , d . VW .1 d d b . 42K obo. Call Todd (702) 825-e m • rat san ~n~ ugg!es. 1863 l Send resume to: Fmtsh Lme , eave message. Performance, 1751 W . Acoma FOR SALE: RACE CARS Bl.,LakeHavasuCity,AZ86403. GALORE! ( 1) 1989 Class 8 Ford w/Bilsteins, Summers, 35 lcid, 42 gal. cell & all spare parts $19,900.00. (2) 1990 Class 8 or pre-run Chevy, 406 cid, small block super clean $16,000.00. ( 3) 1989 Class 7 Ranger w / ex-tended cab, Rev Power 2.8, Summers, 4130 & heliarc, best of everything & a few spares $16,000.00. (4) 1988 Class 7S, 2.4 Nap Zee motor, very nice truck, lots of secrets, Tons of Parts. $18,000.00. (5) 1990 Class 7 Chevy S-10, 2.8 Falkner, dry sump, Fox shocks, ¼elip, new rear, tons of spare parts $22,000.00 or $13,000.00 no motor. ( 6) MTEG Class 10 Magnum $25,000.00. (7) Two short course Funco 's, 1 at $6,000.00, 1 at $9,000.00. (8) 1/2-1600 Chenowth "Neth" $15,000.00. (9) 1/2-1600 Chenowth, very clean $13,500.00 ( 10) Class 1 Fod car, awesome $35,000.00. (11) Class 8 or wild Vessels pre-runner $50,000.00. ( 12) Chevy Blazer 2wd, nice & wild $25,000.00. (13) 4 seater Hi-Jumper $12,000.00. (14) 2-1600 $9,500.00. ( 15) 1600 $7,000.00. (16) 1600 $15,000.00. (17) Class 5, apart & unfinished $10,000.00. (18) Class 5 Fortin Hewland& TypeIV$18,000.00. (19) Class 5 unlimited winner, Fox coil-over, 2400cc motor, ,Raceco box, Ed Frisk chassis, outboard c.v.'s & much more $15,000.00. Trailers & radios also available. Professional consulting for 14 years. Rich ·Minga, Off Road Broker. (619) 583-6529 or FAX (619) 583-1851. WANTED: Class 4 Chevrolet pickup, less engine & trans, rolling chassis or even minus rears. Looking for frame, suspension & body. Please send photos & details to: Lee Lucas RD#2 Box 721, Shamokin, PA 17872 or (717) 648-3902. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Baker Precision Products . . . . . . . . . 34 Barbary Coast -Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . • . . . . . 37 BUMP ........... . ........•. . 17 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . • . . 40 Castex Inc., E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . . . 43 Class 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Classy Products . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Kevin Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DeNunzio Racing Products . . . . . . . . 47 DJ Transazles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 FAT Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fiesta Ford . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 FAT Dunaway Dash . . . . . . . . . . • . . 2 German Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Global Positioning Systems . . . . . . • 55 Rod Hall Driving School . . . • . . . . . . 16 Hi Tech Off Road . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . 31 KC Hi Lites .•.•.............•.. 15 Kuster Performance Products . • . . . . 38 La Rana Presidential 250 . • • . . . . . . 11 "'l-LC. Engineering . • • . . . . . . . • . . • • . 46 Nevada Off Road Buggy • . . . . . . . . • 25 No Fear Gear • . . . . . . . • . . . Back Cover On the Edge . . . . . • . . • • . . . . . . . . 14 Parker Pumper • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Parker Pumper . . . . . • . • . • . . . . . . • 39 PCI Race Radios . . • . . . • . • . . . . . . 61 Lon Peterson . • • . . . . . . . . . • • . • . • 35 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . • • • 30 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . • . . • 53 Race Shocks . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 44 Rally Sport . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Reid Pro .....•..•............ 36 SCORE Show • • . • • . . . . . . . . . • . . . 21 Marvin Shaw Engineering ........ . 51 Marvin Shaw Shocks . . . • . . . . . . . . 26 SNORE Bottom Dollar . . . . . . • . . . . . 5 Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . . . . . . • . . . 7 Toyota Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Trackside Photo Inc. . . • . . • . . . . . . . 54 Tri-Mil Industries . . • . • . . • . . . . . . . 49 Turbo Blue • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Valley Performance · Hewland . . . . . 28 Whiskey Row Screen Printing • . . . . . 45 \Niks Racing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Wilch Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Wright Place . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 48 Page 63 ..

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