1993 Volume 10 Number 6 Dusty Times Magazine : simplebooklet.com

Volume 10 - Number 6 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 SNAPSHOT June 1993 Subscription Rates: llrldSriscfqJb!Raclng• $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign Subscription i:ates 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. OF THE MONTH ••• We have another nostalgia shot this month, this one from the days when many doctors went racing, and sometimes they stopped their own race to help an injured driver out on course. Two of the well known racing Docs combined in one car occasionally, and we don't exactly know wher~ this picture was taken, but our hats are off to people like Doc Bill Ingram, right who still races, and Doc D.L. Sauers, who is now retired from active desert racing. Here it looks like they just got new suits from a new sponsor - Skoal. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies"or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, Sx7 or 8xl0 will be considered. Dusty Times June 1993 :I I I In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page Muscular Dystrophy Poker Run by Carol Clark ............. . . 4 FRT Buz.: Bomb 150 by Judy Smith ... ...... ............. · .. 14 Bilstein Ice Busters Off Road Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MTEG Stadium Racing in Seattle . ...... .............. .... . 20 Whiplash Gila Monster 100 by Tony Tellier ........... ...... 26 SNORE Twilight 200 by Don Dayton & Jean Calvin ...... .... 28 WRC Rally of Portugal by Martin Holmes ............. ..... 32 FORDA Season Opener by Wayne Simmons ....... . . . . ... .. 34 Fenceline Rallysprint III by John Elkin ...................... 38 lsu.:u Rodeo Road Test by John Calvin ..................... 40 ADRA 19th Annual Vulture Mine .................. . ...... 41 Nelson and Nelson Teamwork by Homer Eubanks ........... ,42 Toyota Xtracab Road Test by John Calvin . . . . ....... . . ...... 44 Radio Report from Bob "Weatherman" Steinberger . . . . . . . . . . 45 Cologne Auto Show by Thomas Lieverscheidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 King of the Desert Bikes by Fud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . SO Preview of the 24 Hour Rock Around the Clock ............. 51 DEPARTMENTS Trail Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Competition Review Board Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapala Dusters Race Report by Helen Henesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 California Rally Series by Lynette Allison . .................. 36 Checkers Column by the Big Wah.:oo . . ....... . . ........... 37 Pony Express .............. . ............................ 48 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 FAIR Race Report by Dave Massingham .................... 57 Pit Team Register ................................... . .... 57 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Our cover boys are both privateer but fast racers. Kevin Basore won the 1-1600 class at the FRTBu.:.: Bomb 150 in early April. He drove his very tidy Jimco to the victory with a ten minute margin in class and he went so fast he placed third overall.Color Photography by C&C Photos. Late in March at the SNORE Twilight 200 Darren Wilson truly smoked the field in his Class 10 that he often shares with Keith Underwood. Darren won overall and in Class 10 by four and a half minutes, had three fast laps, slowed a bit in the final two dark ones and finally broke the jinx that plagued him last year. Photo by Trackside Photo Inc. Congratulations to both fast drivers. to -S~7~ DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! D 1 year - $15.00 D ·2 years - $25.00 □ 3years - $35.00 Takeadvantage of your subscription bonus ••• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. 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Muscular Dystrophy Poker Run By Carol Clark About five years ago I first attended one of these Poker Runs out of Barstow, CA and found out that this is the way for ordinary people to have fun in the desert in an organized manner and help out a worthy cause a_t the same time. There are two Poker Runs every year here, usually one in April to benefit Muscular Dystrophy and one in November for the well known Toys for Tots charity. Tom and Bev Moessner are the chief organizers and handle all the paperwork, prizes, Start-Finish set up, etc. They have been doing this as long as I have been coming to the events, I think before that they were handled by Mal and Connie Wessel, who are still there to lend a helping hand wherever they are needed. There are a lot of other people who donate their time and talents to this event, like La Rana Desert Racing, who set up the course, mark it and man the three outlying check points, Desert Race Support volunteers who run checks 1 and 5, and The Boy Scouts of America, who sell food and donate all proceeds to the charity. Budweiser donates a considerable sum of money at both events and a lot of other people donate also, people who really just like to get involved and help out a worthy cause. This past April weekend pro-duced more entries than ever before. On Saturday there were 835 entries and on Sunday, 366, for a total of 1201 for both days, which raised one heck of a lot of . money for MD. Everyone I talked to had a great time, however I did hear a lot of people in 2 wheel drive vehicles say that it was just a little too rough for the family wagon. It was perfect for motor-cycles, ATVs and race cars. The Barstow area is known for its rough terrain, so I guess you have to expect a certain amount of rough stuff, but it would be nice to have some 4th gear stuff too. I took my 4 wheel drive '78 Blazer around the course on Sunday and it took me and my family 3 hours, but we did make it without any breakdowns and after getting the Blazer double shocked, I'll do it again next time. Some of the other benefactors that I did not mention previously are BFGoodrich Tires, Honda Motorcycles, AXO and the Bureau of Land Management, without them there would be no fun in the desert. I do not have the list of winners of the various Poker hands, due to an emergency that came up in Bev Moessner's family. But I myself got a Straight in the great game of Poker and won 4th prize on Sunday, which got me a portable CD player, which was quickly confiscated by my 1 7 year old son Eric. A grand total of$18,005.00 was raised for Muscular Dys-trophy this time and Tom was just so pleased, he was almost speechless. We are looking forward to the November event and if you would like to participate in putting on the event or would like to donate a prize, as so many do, you can contact me and I will put the· wheels in motion. ( 619) 961-2867, (Carol Clark). These weekends are great for camping out too. Bring the kids and the toys and take advantage of our beautiful desert and if you choose to ·let Mom have the weekend off of cooking, you can eat at the nearly world famous Slash X Cafe, just a stone's throw away from the Start/Finish line. \ They also have some Motorcycle and A TV parts. 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Check VISA M/C A/Express Discover + Card# ________________ _ X $15 + $3 s&h Exp ____ _ Signature ________________ _ Page 4 June 1993 NEW SCCA NATIONAL PRO RALLY - As the Pro Rally class of motorsports continues to grow in the USA, the Subaru Pro Rally Championship has added another national event to its 1993 calendar. The . Bangor Pro Rally slated to run September 17-19, 1993 has been added to the schedule by tile Sports Car Club of America, and it will be organized by Diane Houseal, a 25 year veteran of the sport. The rally will be put on in conjunction with the Bangor, Maine, Chamber of Commerce and the New England and Blue Mountain Regions of the SCCA. It will also feature two divisional Pro Rallies along with the national event. This also fits right in with Pro Rally's goal to have drivers and cars experience all types of weather and terrain . "The woods near Bangor in September will be much different than the blizzard conditions experienced in December at the other rail y in Maine,'' said Ms Houseal, whose recent rally experience includes co-driving for Ogunquit, Maine's Carl Merrill, currently a top runner in the series. "With the Bangor Chamber of Commerce looking for new and exciting venues to bring exposure to the area, this new event is a win-win opportunity for both the series and the city," said Ms Houseal. SCCA research shows that more than 500 people bring almost one million dollars to a community during a Pro Rally weekend. The Subaru Pro Rally Championship is now a nine event series, sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and sponsored by Subaru of America. The other event scheduled for the state of Maine will take place December 3-5 in Rumford, the third annual Maine Forest Rally in conjunction with the Pro Rally year end awards presentation. CALENDAR CAPERS-We can't figure out what makes the weekend of May 15-16 so popular with off road event organizers, since it is no holiday, that we know of at any rate. SODA opens its season two weeks earlier this year with the Road America race on the date at Elkhart La!,ce, WI. S.N .O.R.E. ventures out of southern Nevada to Caliente for their annual Caliente 250, May 14-16, but the second weekend in May has been an annual date for SNORE. Next the only SCCA National Pro Rally in California, Rim of the World is parked on the same date out of Palmdale, also a three day event. And just south of the California border the Baja Promotions Gran Carrera de Tecate is on the same three days. Finally, the 24 Hours of Le Fud endurance race, this year for motorcycles and quads, is on May 15-16 near El Centro, and this year the results will be sent for entry in the Guiness Book of Records. The 24 hour enduro alternates each year, from bikes to cars, so May 14-15, 1994 will be the 24 hour enduro date for all car classes of desert racers who will try to beat the C-Program 1-1600 record, as that car has won twice in a row. Probably reporters for Dusty Times are the only ones affected by this five event weekend, ~ut folks, next year try to find out what you might be in conflict with, especially in the southwest, before applying for your permits. And do remember that both the SNORE and 24 Hour race dates are firm for 1994, and those permits are_ no doubt already in the BLM mill. THE FINAL FLAG-Larry Ballard was killed in an industrial accident in Kingman, Ari.:ona on April 12. Larry was just 26 years old. Larry started racing with Stacy Pike in a Class 7 Ford Ranger, running with SNORE and HORA in southern Nevada. With more ambition than money Larry and Stacy started racing in 1989, getting inspired when they lived in Tonopah, NV and the Nevada 500 passed through the outskirts of town. They started with a Mazda truck, but after three races they built the Ford Ranger and were more successful with that truck. They named their race team "Dusty, Dirty Racing". Larry also raced circle track in a Pinto Mini Stocker in Tonopah and Hawthorne, Nevada. Larry is survived by his parents Larry and Shirley Ballard of Rock Springs, Wyoming and three sisters. Dusty, Dirty Racing and all his family and friends will miss him. Cards can be sent to Larry and Shirley Ballard, P.O. Box 2732, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82902. THE MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS, a short course series that runs from June through August begins on June 19-20 with a race and a swap meet at Mason, Ml. Check the ad in this issue on page 11 for details; this special event was a recent addition to the 1993 season and will be held at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason. The popular nine race series runs at country fairs across the state of Michigan and is sponsored by Caffeine Free Mountain Dew. Again this year a championship points series will provide racers with an end of the year bonus in addition to the high feature payouts that this series is noted for. Racers do not pay additional fees to compete in feature races. Trucks, buggies, Pilots and quad ATVs will be eligible for this points series. The popular rapid registration system will be used again in 1993. An embossed plastic card with the racers name and other information greatly reduces the time spent at registration. If you would like a rapid registration card or a copy of the official rule book call ( 517)627-6200. ARROW PRODUCTIONS TV - Desert racing on national television scored its highest ratings ever in 1992, The Arrow Productions programs on both the SCORE and HORA desert races in 1992 had a viewership that approached 50 million. Arrow produced all six High Desert Racing Association events and all four SCORE International races in 1992, and two previously unproduced HORA races from 1991 for natonal television. Never before had every HORA and SCORE event during a single year been nationally televised. Arrow produced and broadcast eight original desert racing programs for ESPN in 1992 and also produced five desert races for Prime Network. "We promised when we signed our contracts in 1991 that we could get every race on national television," Arrow Productions President Jerry Garrett said. "I'm proud to say that we not only kept our promise, we made desert racing more understandable for the general public, and made the programs viable in the ratings for the first time." Ratings continued to increase all year long in 1992 with a single airing of the Baja 1000 hitting I. 7 and a repeat was estimated at more than 1.0, the original projection. The advertisers were also ecstatic. Their ad spots were worth three times what they paid for them, and also, for the first time ever, every desert racing telecast was a complete sell out from an advertising standpoint. By comparison, broadcasts from ESPN's multi million dollar National Hockey League series have been averaging 0.9. Garret laughed saying "What we could have done with that kind of money, since most of our shows were produced on less than a shoestring." He added that the 1992 records were not likely to be broken, because there are fewer desert races in the future because of the_ HORA-SCORE merger. And the new sanctioning body has indicated it will use a new production company starting in 1993. (Well, we see them out there at the , events, but can't find the shows in any TV Guide. Oh they are listed sometimes, but when you tune in it is a basketball game, the NFL draft or some other ball and stick game with no announcement of a reschedule for the race you wanted to see. ed.) ~ Dusty Times

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1993 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34087 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 252-1900 May 29, 1993 16th Annual Snow/lake Buggy Bnsh Cool Country Snow/lake, AZ June 26-27, 1993 Annual Forest Service Conservation Project July 31, 1993 Cinder Mountain 100 Flagstaff, AZ October 9, 1993 Young Classic Cherry Creek, AZ October 30, 1993 BLM Conservation Project December 4, 1993 17th Annual Sonoyta to Rocky Point Sonora, Mexico AMSA Jim Wehh P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 (209)439-2114 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 47 Teenan St. F,·rny Hills, Q. 4055, Australia 011-18-07-851-0444 May 30, 1993 Griffith New South Wales July 25, 1993 Kempsey New South Wales September 12, 1993 Mount Gamhier South Australia November 7, 1993 Pucknpunyal Victoria AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lamhert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quehec, Canada K7B I HI (514) 434-5792 BAD DOG'S OFF ROAD SHOWDOWN Callaway Fun Inc. 33825 No. Main Clehurne, TX 76031 Barry Don Callaway (817) 645-0003.· (817) 641-9985 Gene Peugh ( 81 7) 783-8268 nights R<1cin.~ thl' 4th S,mda:, o.f L'ach month March chm Octobl'r BADGERLAND VW CLUB, INC. Terry Friday 59 I 3 Fond Du Lac Road Oshkosh, W154901 (414)688-5509 ( All L't'c~us locatl'd in C hilton. WI ' at rhc• W in'nd,ago Cmmrv Ex/>o Cc~ttc7) BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calahasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Desert Series (cars) 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 Page 6 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. Mav 8, 1993 Wendover Express Wendover USA July 3, 1993 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV August 21, 1993 Bonneville Challenge Wendover, USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R. 3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-I HO (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 1993 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box IOI Crandon, WI54520 (715) 4 78-2222 June 25-27, 1993 Spring Run IOI Crandon, WI September 3-5, 1993 Brush Run IOI Crandon, WI BUMP Boh Utgard Motorsports Promotions 42263 50th St. West #108 Quart: Hill, CA 93536 ( 805) 256-8520 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Lynnette Allison, CRS Director 2001 Oakland Hills Drive Corona, CA 91720 (909) 736-1442 Mike Gihcault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhidu Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 May 14-16, 1993 Rim of the World (2,3) Palmdale, CA June 26, 1993 Temecula Rally Sprint Temecula, CA (tentative) July 30-August 1, 1993 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ September 18-19, 1993 T recline( 3) Palmdale, CA October 23-24, 1993 Gorman Ridge (3) Gorman, CA December 4-5, 1993 East of Indio (3) Indio, CA CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING T crry Silha ugh 20515 Whitehaven Circle Bend, OR 97702 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 Barb Vahsholt:, President (719)531-3642 W /(719)687-9827 H P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 May 8-9, 1993 T emplc Canyon Hill Climb Canon City, CO June 5-6, 1993 Continental Divide Auto Hill Climb Salida, CO June 29-July 4, 1993 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Colorado Springs, CO July 31-August 1, 1993 T entativc Race Date Location TBA September 4-5, 1993 Lands End Auto Hill Climb Grand Junction, CO September 25-26, 1993 Buffalo Peaks Auto Hill Climp Buena Vista, CO COLORADO OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Bertram Productions Inc. 15073 Hwy 119 Route #4 Golden, CO 80403 (303) 936-5960 May 29, 1993 Island Grove Park Greeley, CO June 13, 1993 1-76 Speedway Ft. Morgan, CO July 11, 1993 1-76 Speedway Ft. Morgan, CO August 8, 1993 1-76 Speedway Ft. Morgan, CO August 29, 1993 1-76 Speedway Ft. Morgan, CO September 12, 1993 1-76 Speedway Ft. Morgan, CO October 2, 1993 Island Grove Park Greeley, CO CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-3649/(214) 641-2090 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 2750 Co:umel Drive #1116 Melbourne, FL 32935 (407) 254-5167 May 16, 1993 Naples, FL June 13, 1993 Lakeland, FL July 11, 1993 Sharpes, FL August 8, 1993 Lakeland, FL September 5, 1993 Tallahassee, FL October 10, 1993 Sharpes, FL November 14, 1993 Lakeland, FL January 9, 1994 Lakeland, FL February 13, 1994 Naples, FL March 26, 1994 Florida 400 Talahassee, FL FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kcnneqy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 SUPERSTITION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 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 L'lkc Superstition, CA December 31, 1993 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA ATV, BIKE & DESERT SUPERLITE SCHEDULE May 9, 1993 Sweethearts Kiss Lake Superstition, CA May 15-16, 1993 24 Hours of Le Fud Plaster City West, CA June 13, 1993 Carlsbad Gran Prix & T cam 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 Mudhcn II Plaster City West, CA ~ June 1993 1110,c ... TRAIL NOTES JOHN BUFFUM WINS THE WILD WEST RALLY would not have qeen an unusual news item a few years ago, but John retired from most active rally driving, spent time as the SCCA Rally Steward and now manages the Audi team for his stepson Paul Choiniere. Well, Paul's wife was on the verge of giving birth to their first baby, so Paul got off the airplane for Seattle, and Buffum jumped into the empty seat. No, she didn't have the baby that weekend, but Buffum, with Jeff Becker in the right seat of the Audi S-2, had a good fight on his hands with former adversary, also retired from US rnllying, Rod Millen. Millen brought a Hyundai Elantra he had built for a customer to try some real world testing and was as surprised as Buffum to find them facing off again. Word is it was a good battle in the Washington woods until mechanical ills sidelined Millen anii J.B. swept on to victory in Open Class and overall by 3½ minutes over Carl Merrill and Jon Wickens, whose new Ford Escort Cosworth is prepared by Buffum 's shop in Vermont. Of interest to California Rally Series folks is that our former divisional champion Lon Peterson, in his first ever factory ride, did very well. Lon, with Bill Gut.:mann navigating drove the Mitsubishi Eclipse to the Production GT victory aAd fourth overall. Peter Cunningham and Joe Andreini won Production Class in an Acura lntegra, while Guy Light and Dave White won the big five truck entry Rally Truck honors in a GMC Sonoma pickup. We'll have a full report, pictures, the works on the Wild West Rally next month. THE SCORE SAN FELIPE 250 had beautiful weather, a dandy one loop race course, no date conflict and a dismal turnout of competitors. The culprit, of course, was SCORE's decision to make this event one of the two races that would not count for year end points. Even the entry of motorcycles and quads was down from previous years. Late in 1992 the manufacturers who provide the cash to keep SCORE operating said they would only support six races in 1993, so San Felipe and the new event at Lake Havasu, AZ, which prohahly won't happen anyhow, were the chosen ones to go pointless. Well the contingency money was as good as ever, hut few came to claim it with just 5 I cars and 31 bikes and quads taking the green flag. The overall car winner was . Scott Douglas in his Class 7 Her:og Ford Ranger. Nancy and Curt LeDuc won Class 8 in a Ford F-1 SO and Mark Newhan and Frank Art:er won Class I in a GMC truck. Class 1-2-1600 went to Paul Huffman and Ron Klarenhach in a Chenowth, Conrad Dia: and Luis Barragan won Class 5 and Danny and Hector Lede:ma won ClassS-1600.JeffLewisand Boh King won Class 7S in a Chevy S-10 while Class 9 went to Bruce Mangold and Tim Gavett in a Raceco. Dave Bufe and Jerry Higman took Class 10, which had a good entry of eleven starters and Class 11 went to Ruhen and Leonardo Fernande:. Then: were no Class 6 entries, and the lone Stock mini entry of Larry Carpenter and Randy Bass failed to complete the loop in the Toyota. We'll have the full story and photos from San Felipe next month, and mayhe some clue ahout the lack of entry. THE 3 POINTED ST AR IS COMING TO THE USA. This country is getting very attractive as a manufacturing location. Mercedes-Ben: A.G. said early in April that it will build a $300 million plant in the USA to produce a new sport utility vehicle, no doubt some version of the G-Wagen. A site for the new factory has not yet been chosen, hut Mercedes plans to start production of the $25,000 to $30,000 vehicles by 1997, the first time Mercedes will produce passenger vehicles in the United States. High lahor costs in Germany and a weak U.S. dollar make it difficult for German manufacturers to export vehicles to the USA that Americans can afford to buy. Mercedes is looking at many locations, hut speculation centers on North and South Carolina hecause Mercedes corporate parent, Damiler-Ben: A.G. has three truck plants in North Carolina, and BMW is huilding a $300 million factory near Spartanburg, S.C. The southeast is less unioni:ed and has lower costs than other U.S. areas, and the Carolinas have heen particularly · successful at luring German and other foreign companies to huild in their states. Two-thirds of the initial 60,000 vehicle production number are slated for export, with 5,000 of the 20,000 vehicles to be sold in the USA expected to go to California. THE MICKEY THOMPSON ENTERTAINMENT GROUP has started to produce amateur races at Glen Helen OHV Park near San Bernardino, CA, sort of an introduction to short course and stadium racing with the long term idea of building experience for future stadium competitors. Again check the ad on page 25 for the nitty, gritty dernils. At any rate the first edition at Glen Helen happened late in April with a turnout that surprised MTEG officials. The car entry wasn't huge, a few in several classes, hut the Mini Mags made ita designated event and seven of the tiny but potent racers were there running both the closed course, or regular short course track, plus a MTEG assemhled stadium course complete with hydro harriers but without severe jumps. The quads were out in force with a Pro and a beginner division, and plenty of vehicles to fill the grid for two heats on the longer course and the stadium course. In fact most everybody ran hath courses and there were surprisingly few breakdowns. It was perfect weather, everyhody was having a good time, and even the MTEG officials, from the President on down seemed to he enjoying the program. Many of the regular stadium track workers were on hand, and a couple remarked that they had a great time and all the people were so nice. We'll have a story complete with photos in the next issue. · THE NEW CAMARO is nearly as fast as it looks. We don't often get invited to press functions for anything but trucks, but on a beautiful April day , we went on a ride and drive to demonstrate the 1993 Chevy Camaro which looks fast while sitting in the parking lot. The Z-28 is the model with all the trick stuff, including one model with a 275 hp LTi Corvette engine. These were handed over to a couple of do:en press types to drive up and down the main roads and the byways in the Angeles National Forest. The drill is you follow rally instructions, run l O to 15 miles, pull off and move back one car, so everybody gets to drive each model from the basic price leader to the fully equipped top of the line. They even brought along a Ford Probe and a Mustang for comparison. We can tell you the Z-28 handles great, has good power and looks even better than it does in its pictures. No wonder it is the Indy pace car, and it sure was fun to drive something hesides a truck, much as we love our 4x4s. THE LA RANA SPANGLER 200 the first of May drew over 100 entries of which 99 took the green flag. It was a close battle between Craig Watkins and John Marking in a Class 2 Raceco and Randy Wilson in a Class 10 Raceco/Toyota for overall honors but Wilson won by seconds. Full report with pictures next month. Dusty Times

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November 21, 1993 Notorious Dawg 3 Hour T cam Race 1-8 & Dunaway Road, CA Decembe.r 5, 1993 Rudolph's Revenge plus Team Race lnkc Superstition, CA GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 ( 714) 880-1733 June 27, 1993 MTEG Off Road Races August 22, I 993 MTEG Off Road Races ('ouHl''i (or ~rlldium and c.il''il'Tl ,:,trs ( :,ill MTEG (or ,·om/>ktl' in(ormation GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association Box 11093 Station -A Atlanta, GA 30310 (404) 253-1033 May 23, 1993 Vienna, GA June 27, 1993 Vienna, GA July 25, 1993 Vienna, GA August 22, 1993 Vienna, GA September 26, 1993 Vienna, GA October 24, 1993 Vienna, GA November 27, 1993 Thanksgiving 250 Vienna, GA (All ,·••l'll[S(I[ Vil'nnct. GA i GREAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA Mike Johnson, President 13621 Pierce St. Omaha, NE 68 I 44-1 I 22 ( 402) 333-0517 Eve. May 22, 1993 June 5, 1993 June 19, 1993 July 10, 1993 August 7, 1993 August 21, 1993 (,ill racl.'s ,H Wl'.<t(air F<1ir Gro1md<. Council fl/11[(1. lot1·,1 on ,1 •,Vi mill' co1m,· .<imilar to thl' MTEG trnck<. and nm 1md,·r cum re)!1tu1rions from SODA) GRR Golden Ruic Racing P.O. Box 40211 Phoenix, AZ 85067 (602) 263-5329 HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Harvey Wald (605) 224-6678 days (605) 224-5534 evenings IOK FOUR W HEELERS P.O . Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( A ll l't'l'nr.< .<!<1,~l'd , I! thl' c/11/, .~rounds in ('.l,·ws. O hio) INTER-SHOWS . MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 ( 7 I 4) 364-05 I 5 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O . Box 465 Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C-5L2 Boh (604) 374-7175 days Randy(604)579-9621 eves Keith ( 604) 828-1795 anytime July 11, 1993 Short Course Mudhog Motorsport Facility Kamloops, BC Canada' September 19, 1993 Kamloops 400 km Kamloops, BC Canada October 3, 1993 'Lacduhois ATV Area Kamloops, BC Canada October 16, 1993 2, 3 mile Short Course Lilood Motorsport Park Kamloops, BC Canada ( All l't•,·ms srarr 7 mill's NW of Kamloo/>s) LA RANA DESERT RACING 22769 Chamhray Dr. Moreno Valley, CA 92387 (909) 924-2226 June 18-20, 1993 Lucerne Valley 250 Lucerne Valley, CA July 24, 1993 Womans Only Race Barstow, CA August 27-29, 1993 Johnson Valley 200 Lucerne Valley CA October 22-24, 1993 California 200 Ridgcucst, CA November 18-20, 1993 High Desert 300 Lucerne Valley, CA MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 June 19-20, 1993 Off Road Nationals & Swap Meet Mason, MI June 25, 1993 Yale Summer Festival Yale, MI July 24, 1993 Fowlerville, MI July 25, 1993 Caro, Ml July 29, 1993 Holland, Ml August 1, 1993 Mason, Ml August 5, 1993 Sandusky, MI August IO, 1993 Mt. Pleasant, MI August 24, 1993 Kalama:oo, MI MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFFROAD STADIUM SERIES Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group P.O. Box 25168 Anaheim, CA 92825 (71 4) 938-4100 May 8, 1993 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA June 26, 1993 Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah September 1993 TBA Mile High Stadium Denver, CO October 1993 TBA Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las V cgas, NV October 1993 TBA Candlestick Park San Francisco, CA November 20, 1993 Awards Banquet TBA CAMEL SUPERCROSS SERIES May 15, 1993 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA June 12, 1993 Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las Vegas, NV MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION David Cronin, President. MAORA 2590 Mullanphy Florissant, MO 63031 (618) 765-2199 May 8, 1993 L.T.O .R. race season starts June 5, 1993 One day race program July 3-4, 1993 Heat Races 1st day Ohstaclc & enduro race 2nd day August 7, 1993 One day race program September 11, 1993 One day race program October 9, 1993 One day race program All l't',~trs at 0/«m· Valll'v Cam/>.~ro1md 1-806-0SZ Ota -J.,l6(Z09) suodsJOIOW 4se1d1L1M :11eo OJUI JO,:.1 S13fl:J 3:Jt/1:1 BIIXJ13M 3N0111W 'S(MI) 'S3ll9 Yo.I JJINd :l:MMlld ~ IIINld \'1 :IHI. Ill 3N.lil >SJ IBJll:ISillld Vl9J SIJIVMt :130Ml9 r.ll#lmlJIIOf -JSW --SMIJIIOS-nntJIIOf tlN/Od J.>IOOtl J.OrN:l H.191. AVVtl 'AVONOS WdL NmS.ll!OdS S3111"l 08 1:130N311VHO Y Ol:ld S311ri S l l 'SllOnl:I.L Y S3100n8 Wdc'! 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IL ( Additimwl rwcli dates ma:,, he addd i NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION 11842 Jason Court Madera, CA 93638 (209) 486-4590, (209) 266-5558 May 15-16, 1993 Johnson, VT June 27, 1993 Johnson, VT August 22, 1993 Johnson, VT September 12, 1993 Johnson, VT October 3, 1993 Johnson, VT OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four W heel Drive Excursions P.O.Box1154 Arcata, CA 95521 (707 ) 822-8508 May 14-16, 1993 Redwood Coast Jamhorec Fort Bragg to Eureka-Arcata, CA June 18-20, 1993 Ghost Town Adventure '93 South Lake Tahoe, CA-Stateline, NV September 17-19, 1993 Kern River Jamhorce Kcrnville,'Lake Isahella, CA OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasque: I 3180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-9767, (915) 855-9767 ONT ARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Jeff Sargent 1480 Lakcridge Rd. N Ajax, Ontario, Canada (416) 427-4782 PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 809 H (719)685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. 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P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Cluh of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 May 14-16, 1993 Rim of the World Palmdale, CA June 4-6, 1993 Susquehannock Trail* Wellshoro, PA July JO-August l, 1993 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ August 27-29, 1993 Ojihwe Forests Pro Rally* Bimidji, MN October 1-3, 1993 Gold Rush Divisional Westclifk CO October 22-24, 1993 Press On Regardless* Houghton, Ml December 3-5, 1993 Maine Forest Rally* Rumford, ME *P<1rc o( cl,'° Norr/1 AmL'ri,,m R<11/~ ( 'h,1111J,ions/1i/> SCORE Scon.: International 31125 Via Colinas, Suite908 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 889-9216 June4-6, 1993 Raja 5()() Ensenada, RC, MX July 2-4, 1993 Fireworks 25() Barstow, CA August 6-8, 1993 Gold Coast 3()() Las Vegas, NV October 1-3, 1993 Laki: Havasu 3()() Lake Havasu City, AZ ( CL'IIC<IC it •l'i November 12-14, 1993 Raja JO()() Ensenada, RC. MX Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group Tom Lewis P.O. Box25148 Anaheim, CA 92825 (714)938-4155 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association El ice Simonis T uchr 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 (714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 ( 702) 452-4522 ·May 14-16, 1993 Caliente 250 Caliente, NV July 24-25, 1993 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 17-19, 1993 SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV December 3-5, 1993 Eldorado Valley 25() Las Vegas, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 532 I 3 (414) 453-SODA (414) 257-0422 May 14-16, 1993 Road America Off Road Race Elkhart Lake. WI May 28-30, 1993 Memorial Day I ()0 Lake Geneva, WI June 11-13, 1993 Kiwanis Off Road Race Antigo, WI June 25-27, 1993 Spring Run IOI Crandon, WI July 9-11, 1993 Fox Riverfest Challeng<' Luxemhurg, WI July 23-25, 1993 UP Off Road 100 COAST 1-800-634-6755 ·1-800-331-5334 Page 10 Bark River, MI August 20-22, 1993 Great Northern Challenge Lake Odessa, MI September 3-5, 1993 True Value World Championships Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 17-19, 1993 Wisconsin Off Road Festival Oshkosh, WI October 1-3, 1993 Blackhawk Farms South Beloit, IL SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker· (915) 337-3437 June 12, 1993 Twilite 15() August 6-8, 1993 4th Annual Rock N' Roll 250 September 11, 1993 Nightmare 150 October 16, 1993 Swords 15() All r,1<·,·, hdd <IC NoCTL'L'S . TX :l_'i mi/L's ""L"<C o( OdL'<S<I, rx TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 ( 607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urhanowic:, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (R.teL'S ac Colonial Val/c~ Rcsom in PA i VENTURA RACEWAY Business Office 28 I() W. Wooley Road Oxnard, CA 93030 (805) 656-1122 VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Rohles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 May 29-31, 1993 Yerington/VORRA 400 Yerington, NV June 18-20, 1993 Virginia City 200 Virginia City, NV July 30-3 l, August l, I 993 Fallon 250 at Night Fallon, NV September 4-6, 1993 Yerington/VORRA 250 Yerington, NV October 16-17, 1993 VORRA, All Pro Auto Parts Off Road Championship Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Ron (Rocky) Weinstein, President Rox 246 • 106 -1656 Martin Dr. White Rock, B.C. V4A 6E7 ( 604) 582-3338 WORRA, P.O. Rox 3241 Sumas, WA 98295 May 8, 1993 Hannegan Short Course Bellingham, WA May 22, 1993 Hannegan Short Course Bellingham, WA June 12, 1993 Hannegan Short Course Bellingham, WA June 19, 1993 Hannegan Short Course Bellingham, WA July 11, 1993 Interior Short Course Kamloops, BC Canada July 31, 1993 Hannegan Short Course Bellingham, WA August 14, 1993 Hannegan Short Course Bellingham, WA August 28, 1993 Hanm~gan Short Course Bellingham, WA September 19, 1993 Interior Long Course Kamloops, BC Canada October 3, 1993 Interior Enduro Kamloops, BC Canada October 16, 1993 Lillooet Short Course Season Finale - Lights Mandatory Lillooet, BC Canada WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 971-3730 ( All L't'L'nt., <IC T/mishcrl,md. 117c/1 Al'L'. & Gl<11</<1IL' in P/wL'nix, AZi FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP May 1-5, 1993 Tour de Corse Ajaccio, Corsica May 29-June 3, 1993 Acropolis Rally Lagonissi, Green· June 18-23, 1993 Ivory Coast Rally Ahidjan, Ivory Coast July 14-17, 1993 Rally Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina August 4-8, 1993 N,·w Zealand Rally Auckland, New Zealand August 25-29, 1993 1000 Lakes Rally Jyvaskyla, Finland September 18-20, 1993 Rallv 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 & RAJ.LY ORGANIZERS Lise ~our <·oming cwnc., in DUSTY TIMES {rL'L'! S<·nd vour l<J<Jl sd1d111L" as won as /wssi/,IL' for.liscing i,; chis <·o/1mm. Mail vour T<l<"L' or r<1//v scl1L"d11l<' co: DUSTY TIMES. w7, ·, M,1rill<1 Sc.. Cliac.mmcl,. CA 91311-440H. -. Las \egas, Nevada June 1993 Dusy Times

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Compc!ition Review Board Report By Reese Kin!{ The Competition R eview Board for the SCORE/Ultra Custom Wheel Nevada 400 met in the imp ressive e xecutive meeting room of the Gold Coast Hotel. Upon our arrival Sunday morning, we were escorted by a uniformed security guard into the room. He called our attention to the fresh coffee that had been prepared for us, and then asked if I had any instructions for him. I hope he didn't think I was ignoring him or being a snob, but I was totally overwhelmed by the discovery that one entire wall of the room was a beautiful salt water aquarium. It is hard to imagine a finer place for our task. Thank you Michael. The Nevada 400 CRB members were Pete Dutton, Board Admin-istrator, Ivan Stewart, Class 1,Jon Snyder, Class 4, Bob Richey, Class 1, Chuck Johnson, Class 7Sl7 4x4, Rich Richardson, Class 9, Danny Cau, SCORE President, Jim Conner, Race Direct9r, Reese King CRB Marshal. and he followed me off track and With one of the best boards hit me again. This time he locked eve r assemble d in the best his right front wheel with my left possible meeting place ever over rear and pushed me farther off the years, I was almost disap- course. W e finally got free using pointed that there were only two swerving maneuvers." (Where is notices to appear posted outside the BLM when you need chem £IS a . in the valet area. Finding out that ! «•itness?? ed.) one entrant was involved in two The members of the CRB felt separate cases did little to that four hits in such a tight area excite me. was abusive and unnecessary. In It was two strikes and you're. the absence of any input from out for Class 1-2-1600 racer Entry#l34,theBoardupheldthe James Harris Sr., #1607. He protest in a unanimous vote. (I reported more than two strikes as will return to this later.) he b rought two protests of Next up, James Harris Jr., now abusive nerfingtothe Board. I will driving with Alexander as present the cases in chronological co-driver, related to the Board order to eliminate confusion, that at about mile marker 90 he although they were heard in observed a red truck approaching reverse order because one entry from the rear. He held up his hand failed to appear. Mr. Harris, with to acknowledge the truck's co-drivers Bob Alexander and son presence, and was then hit. In his James ,r., stated to the Board, own words "I didn't think it was "We were in a ravine (near mile that hard but he went up over the . marker 52) with no way to get off cage." The Harris vehicle had now the course.My co-driver James Jr. suffered enough damage that held up his hand. We were hit upon reaching the next check-hard two times by #134 Jim point, the engine died and they McKenzie. The first chance to try called it a day. to let them by, I hit the brakes and Having little doubt that the moved as far as I could. He hit us Harris' car was severely damaged, again, pushing us into the bank the Board concentrated their and back on the track. When we questions on the identification of cleared the ravine I moved over the "Red Truck." The protest was DESERT LOCK OUTER filed against entry #106, Steve Kelley, but both drivers admitted that they did not get the number at the time of the incident. Their description of the car, a red Jeep with flared fenders, could match at least two other entries. Realizing this, they examined the passing times at checkpoint #8 and found that # 106 had entered the check just ahead of them. This information was verified by SCORE Race Director Jim Conner. Red Anodize Constructed of all Aluminum 6061 T6 For light weight and optimum strength • At last,a quality bead lock designed for Off-Road racing • All parts are available separately *In stock - Ready for shipment . 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When these actions failed to produce the desired effect, he administered a " light tap." Board members q uestioned Steve at length regarding the incident, and it became apparent to all that they were one and the same. With this decided, the issue of whether any malice or irresponsibility existed could be addressed. It was the decision of this board that the damage to the Harris' vehicle resulted from an accident. Steve Kelley's actions, as described to the CRB by both parties, must be viewed as common and standard in the current atmosphere of our sport. The case against # 106 was dismissed. As long as nerfing is tolerated by the promoter and his cust-omers, these incidents will continue. Still looking for Car 134 , and continuing with the Jim McKemie entry, SCORE Officials from checkpoint 8 filed a protest of failure to stop. As in the previous matter, without a representative from Jim's team to present their view, the case was decided using the information at hand. Both Jon Snyder and Ivan Stewart re-marked on the high visibility of SCORE's checkpoints this season, and all the members June 1993 agreed that there is no excuse for this type of violation. With two serious violations and a failure to appear to his credit, board members began to discuss disqualification of # 134, then learned it did not finish the race. This type of situation continues to be a problem for the C R B. How do we deal with competitors who do not finish? Monetary fines have met with Ii ttle success in the past . Additionally, the fairness of this type of action is questionable. In one case it may be the teams' entire one race budget, and in another, less than what they pay for a team meal! Jim McKenzie was issued a letter of reprimand for abusive nerfing, failure to stop at checkpoint #8, and failure to appear at the CRB. It seems some people feel there are too many SCORE personnel on the CRB. Clearly we need to discuss how this process works. After the drawing for starting numbers I use a copy of that entry list to select a representative from each of the following, Heavy Metal Class, Mini Metal Class, Unlimited Open Wheel, Limited Open Wheel, Pit Support Team, Motorcycle/ ATV. At the races that do not include 'bikes', I use an unlimited closed wheel entry. These are the ONLY people who vote, make decisions, and apply penalties. The SCORE personnel who attend the CRB meetings are present only to deliver protests and testify in cases where they were witnesses. Understandably, they also wish to monitor our actions, as we have a direct impact on their business. Neither SCORE personnel or myself have a vote. And when a conflict of interest exists between a board member apd a protested racer (i.e. same class, same team) that member does not vote. When the meeting is called to order the cases are presented to the Board, and those where all involved parties are present are heard first. The written version is read aloud, and the protester and his witnesses then present their case. Board members are free to question the witnesses and then they are excused. Next, the protested entry and witnesses are heard and questioned. U po n completion, they too are excused from the room, and the board discusses the facts presented. The decision to uphold or dismiss the protest is by majority vote. When the protest is upheld, the board then decides which category of violation is applicable to the infraction as follows: A Letter of Reprimand is given whenever the following criteria are met; No intent to gain an unfair advantage. No time saved. No dangerous driving is involved. A Letter of Reprimand carries no time or position penalty, however the involved competitor can only receive one letter in any 12 month period. After one letter has been filed during this period, the minimum acceptable penalty shall be a Minor Infraction! A Minor Infraction is a minimum 5% ( total elapsed time) penalty and is given when the following criteria are met; No intent to gain unfair advantage, No time saved, No clear intent to drive dangerously. Although unsafe driving, regard-less of intent, may not always be at issue, this is a common penalty for minor abusive nerfing and minor checkpoint violations. A Major Infraction is serious and carries a minimum of a loss of one or more position(s); Possible intent to gain an unfair advantage, There may or may not be time saved, Possible ( or Probable) disregard for safety. In the event that there is evidence of time saved the board may elect to penalize time saved plus one or more positions. Course devia-tions and obvious safety viola-tions will usually be considered Major Infractions. Disqualifica-tion is Automatic and levied when any of the following criteria are met; Clear intent to gain an unfair advantage. Complete disregard for the safety of others, Complete disregard for mandates imposed on the sanctioning body by government agencies, Any combination of two major infractions. There are a number of reasons to impose this penalty. It is up to the board to determine when disqualification is the appropriate penalty. FINES! The problem of how to deal with entries who have committed infractions and fail to finish continues to be a difficult one. Many of these entries will not be effected by penali:ing starting points since the majority do not compete in the points series. One solution is to fine the more serious violators. These entries would not be allowed to compete in another event until such fine is satisfied. The minimum amount shall be no less than $ 100 per offense up to a maximum assessment of $500 per offense. All proceeds from these fines will be contributed to the Roger Roderick Memorial Foundation which is admin-istered jointly by HORA and the Roderick estate. Failure to appear continues to be a problem for the CRB. In the majority of cases it is the protested entry that fails to appear, and the Board then decides the matter based on the information at hand. If the Protester fails to appear, the case will normally be dismissed. Exceptions will be made when time and/ or distance is involved, however a proxy should appear for the protester. W hen approp-riate the Board will issue a Letter of Reprimand for failure to appear. May we suggest that you always check the official results board one hour prior to the meeting to see if your entry has been flagged. Even if you only made it one mile! Also keep in mind you may be flagged for an offense allegedly committed by a member of your crew. If you absolutely can not make it, inform SCORE Officials or the CRB Marshal. When deciding to protest another competitor, do not assume that because they are already flagged it is for the same offense you witnessed. Find out what you are being protested for and bring all possible witnesses. Do not come alone and blame it on your co-driver or crew! Present your case in a calm and reasonable manner. You will be allowed sufficient time to do so but if you become abusive, argumen ta ti ve or repetitive you will be asked to terminate your presentation. Accept any penalties in a sportsman like manner. Above all, beware of persons such as George Thompson who will offer to represent you for a "Nominal Fee". Dusty Times

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FRT BUZZ BOMB 150 Wbitted's The Winner Photos: ( :&( : R,1cc· Photos Brady Stiles lost his lone competition early in the race, but he was after the overall in his Class 8 Ford, and he came close while taking the Class 8 cash; just ten minutes, 15 seconds back in second overall. Joel Whitted had six quick laps in his Jimco recording fast lap of the ,day at 26:15 for 26.5 miles, and he won overall by ten minutes, took Class 10 easily and babied a slipping clutch to the checkered flag. Jod Whim:d put togl"thl·r six leading light of the FRT, who had Raceco, only nine seconds slmvcr good laps to take the overall win laid it out. He planned it as a after passing four or five of his at the FRT Bu:: Bomh JS(), l"arly quickie, sort of a hreather classmates. Rick Johnson ran in April. Whitted's Class J() hetween two more diffindt third in his Jimco, another eight Jimco recorded the fast lap for thl' events. A half hour hl'forl· thl' seconds hack, and thl'n it was Vic The Unlimited cars were second away and Mike Hart ran second in his Hi d:iy on lap one, at 26: J 5, for thl· st:irt, Fud predictl·d that the Wild, in :inother Jimco, a minute Jumper, then inherited the lead; despite a couple of flats he held a solid lead 26.5 miles, and hl· kl'pt it in front overall winner would finish in and 47 seconds latl'r, already _in_c_l_a_ss_a_ll_th_e_w_a_y_t_o_th-e_fi_n_is_h_l_in_e_. ______________ _ for the rest of the day. two hours .and 45 minutes. Ht' running with no power steering. _ Whitted was driving a VL"ry The race started at noon, after was close. · · .. , Whitted still had his lead at thl' steady pace, and spectators could the early morning motorcyde and Whitted, who was the first to end of lap two, hut Johnson was set their clo<:ks hy when thl· ATV event, on a track that had get the green flag, took advantage hot and heavy after him, only turquoise car appeared on thl· dried out from the splendid of the dust free lap to average 6() seven seconds hack. Ryerson had hori:on. He was still leading at thl· winter rains, so there was dust. miles per hour through those a problem, and lost almost a half end of lap three, and, while ButtherewasalsoastiffhrlT:L·to washes,fedingthehothreathof hour,whileWildmovedinto Johnson was close, his car clear it away, and the courSl' was several very quick drivers not for third, and now Steve Wolcott, in sounded odd, and he'd droppnl mostly washes, with "nothing real heh ind him. And in second place the· Pontiac powered Jimco, ran back a little over a minute. Wild technical", to quote Fud, thL" it was Ron Ryerson, in his. fourth·------=.,... was still third, and Wolcott hd,I Off the line the single seat 1600s ran very close, but Kevin Basore did a 29:05 second lap_ to increase his lead, had no reported trouble and won the class by over ten minutes and placed third overall in the Jimco. If., Jim Abatti had his Raceco in second in Class 2-1600 from the start, stayed close, and on the fourth lap got the top spot when the leader had trouble, and held on to win the class by just 22 seconds. fourth, about I() minutes down. Whitted's clutch was starting to slip hy the end of thl' fourth lap, hut he hadn't slownl much, ma~·he ahout 4() seconds a lap. But Wild's co-driver, Rill HL"rn-quist, still with no pmwr skering, had moved into thl· Sl·cond spot, and Tim Allen, who'd endoed an,! rolled his Jimco on the first lap, had moved back up to third now, after replacing a hadly damaged wheel. Wolcott was still fourth. Johnson's rnr, with Brian Simo, who'd never raced off road, at the wheel, was fifth, after replacing a broken hattery cahle, source of the problem on the previous lap. Whitted ha hied his clutch, and drove another evenly paced lap, to hold onto his lead, whilL" Allen moved into second place, with Wolcott's hrother, John, third, and Simo fourth, as Hernquist h,,d a major electrical failure, and disnwl'rnl that thl' spare part was in th,· rru, k ar thL" npposirc-L"n,I ot' thl· cllur-;" H,· lost a lap. Whirrnl's clutch was slipping hadly now. hut hl' kept th,· ,·ar moving at a goo,! clir,, an,! tnllk the win, finishing with a time of two hours and 43 minutes. Fud Tim Allen tipped his Jimco over on the first lap, got fixed up and raced onward to finish a clean second in Class 10, about 17 minutes behind. Steve and John Wolcott have a Pontiac engine in the tail of their Bob Reamer and Dale Shubert kept up the pace until lap 5, when Jimco, a small one for sure, as they ran well all day and finished trouble cost them time, but the team brought ·the Chenowth in third in Class 10. second in Unlimited Class. Page 14 June 1993 Dusty nmcs

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Jorge Garcia started the race with a bad clutch, but he still led, set fast lap, and had a big lead in Unlimiteds when he broke a stub axle, but he did salvage third in the Bunderson. Local racer Scott Webster kept his ORBS flying in single seat 1600 action, ran second for a time, dropped back a bit, but finished a strong second in class. The single seat 1600s stayed close all day and Todd Acosta and Phil Green kept their Chenowth in the hunt finishing third, eight minutes behind second. Todd Teuscher set 2-1600 class fast lap, led from the green flag until hitting course blockage on lap 4, but he recovered to finish a close second in his tidy Chenowth. Dave Hendrickson had an unscheduled stop to fix the exhaust Kyle Whitted decided two days earlier to run the family pipe, but otherwise the 2-1600 Raceco ran fine in third and pre-runner in Class 100, ran second most of the way despite finished third in the new class. blisters from no power steering and he finished second in class. had just ahout hit it on the nose. Allen finishe,I second, 17 minutes latn, with' the Wolcotts in third, an,1 lohnson and Simo in fourth plac~--Thl' Unlimited cars wt·n· nl'xt, and om·t· again,Jorge Garcia ma,le an inauspkious start, his crew pushing his mid-engim·d Runder-son off the line, hecause he'd apparl·ntly still not rl•paired his clutch, which didn't work at the last ran·. Rut at the end of the lap· Garcia had thl· lead, hy a lot. Mih-Hart, in a Hi_lumper, ran second, a littk owr I 3 minutes hack. And Roh R<·aml·r was third in his Ch.·m~wth, just a minutl' and 41 St.·con,ls later. On thl' second lap Garcia recordl'd the class fast lap, at 28: 3H, an,! now he had a lead of 19 minutes. Hart was still Sl~Cond, and Rl'amer was third, and none of the others were running. Garcia hroke a stuh axle (>n the third lap, and that left Hart in front of Rl·amer hy ahout ]() minutes. Hart haJ soml' small prohlt-ms, including two flats an,! a hrokl'n coil wire, hut his crl·W pat•·he,I him up quickly each timl', and h<· held on to his lead. He took thl' win, finishing nearly 4() minutes up on Reamer, who\! had a prohk-m on the fifth lap that cost him an l'Xtra I 2 minutes or so. H.· finishl·,1 second, and that's all therl· Wl'rl· at the checkered flag. Thl· hig trucks were next, and thl're Wl'rl' just two, including Tony Alvarado's Ford driven hy RraJy Stiles, and Jody Mason in his nl'W Ford, not completed until· ahout 5 a.m. on race morning. Stiles, a fierce competitor, has heen looking for an overall win, and can run with the hest of them on a good Jay. But this wasn't going to he a good day. His motor was running on only seven cylinders. Rut it was even· a tougher day for Mnson, who rolled his pretty new truck into crumpled sheet metal. He was towed hack to his pit, where some repairs were made, and he went out to try it ngain, eventually finishing his first lap with a time. Dusty nma of threl' hours amf 37 minutes. ha,! disappeared on the first lap, while Hl'ndrickson, who was with hroh·n shocks. He'd apparently had enough th-en, never to he seen again. soloing this time, held on to third. Ahatti was running very steady or may ht· the truck had, and thl'y Rasorl' ran another good lap, An,! Plunkett stayed put in fourth times, and he led through lap five, retired. an,! huilt his lead to seven plaCl'. On the third lap Teuscher now with a minute an,! 19 Aftl·r some time in thl· pit minutes, ~till followed hy rl·cor,k·d the class fast lap, at seconds on Teusch<·r. And thi.:n Stiles' crl'W discovered a had plug Wt·hsta, Acosta and Woodruff. 29:46, and hy now he had a lead came Hendrickson and Si Iva. wirt·t·nd, and after locating a new AnJ on the fourth lap he stayed oftwominutesanJ42 seconds. It Also running ste,;Jily was tht· one, got it installed. On the third right there, -hut Acosta moved was still Ahatti, who was hreaking team of Ri 11 Pa re an,! Gl'orgt· lap he had his hest time, a quick into second, now a little over eight in a nt·w motor, in second place. De Wolf, in still anothl'r Ract·co. 26:56 (only 41 seconds slower minutes hack, while Webster Hrndricbon was still third, and in fifth. than Whitted), hut the truck dropped to third, only eight Plunkett held on to fourth. Ahatti didn't make any mis-m·wr die! run to his satisfaction, seconds hehind him. Woodruff's On th•· fourth lap Teuscher takes, and hrought himst·lf hack and hl· was on sewn cylinders co-driver, Randy Anderson, was charged into some Just, and there around for tht· win, finishing just much of the -Jay. He finished all fourth, a long way hack after an was a parked truck in it. He ran 22 seconds in front of Tn1scht·r. six laps, l'arning the class win hy episode with dirt in their points. into it, then, when he hacked up Hendrickson was thir,I. nin,· default, hut also finishing a very Basore kept his cool, and togl't disentangled, he got stuck in minutes later, followed in hy Silva nice second overall. moved right along into the class soft sand. There were spectators and Plunkett, and just a minute Thesingleseat 16()0swerenext win, and third place overall. nearhy to help him, hut they haJ and five seconds ·ht·hind thl'm, togetthegosign,andattheendof Wehster finished second,]() to wait for traffic to die down afterahardchase,itwasPat ... in,I lap one the Jimco of Kevin Basore minutes later, with Acosta and his hd.ore thl'y dared get out on the De Wolf. was out in front, with a lead of a co-driver, Phil Green, in third course to push. In the menntime, The Class 10() cars Wl're nl'xr, minute and II seconds. Jim place, and followed in h11 Ahattitookoverthelead.Heha,l anJattheendofrht·t'ir,rlapthl' Woodruff ran second in his Woodruff anJ Anderson. a minute and 17 seconds on lead helonged tu I \111 lxwi., in hi, M irngl', while Scott Webster, in In the two seat 1600 chiss, the Teuscher at the end of the lap. Sandhawk. Ht· ha,! just un,kr rw<) an ORRS, was third, only five first lap leader was Todd And Hrndrickson was still third, minutes on Rill (~ill ,11hl C. 'hu.·k St·conds later. Todd Acosta ran Teuschl'r, who'd switched his followed hy Ernie Silva, Plunk-Mead in a Fun•·o. K1·k Whitt<:,!. fourth in a Chenowth. Chl'nowth hack into a two seater .. ctt's co-driver, who'd lost time l Joel's hroth.-r •-~ Rasore ticked off his class fast again. Rut he hnd only a minute lap at 29:05, to hold his kad and6secondsonJimAhattiinhis through the second lap, while Ran·co. Dave Hendrickson, in Wehster moved into second, now another Raceco, was third, 39 five minutes heh ind Basore. seconds later, with Scott Plunkett Acosta was third, .ind Woodruff, in fourth place in yet another who'd stopped to have a broken Raceco. Hendrickson had stopped exhaust welded, was fourth now. to tighten up a loose exhaust. Roh Nolin, usually a major threat Teuscher ran hard, hut Abatti in this class in his Nolin Special, was hanging in there in secon-1, Bill Gill and Chuck Mead ran their Funco hard in Class 100 in a tight dice for second, got class fast lap of 32:14, and ended up second on time, but first in class after the penalty phase. June 1993 'PIKE'S SER-VICE CENTER BAKE.R, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS .... THANKS! Mo.bi[ . . . ·. \!?e~y~ SERVICE RESTAU~ANT OPEN 24 HOURS· EVERY DAY -YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page 15

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Dan Lewis and Richard Green led Class 100 in the Sandhawk, all but the last lap, where a time penalty dropped them from the win to third in the class. Morgan Malacco had a little trouble with the pedals on the Bug, Kris Rolfson and Tom Gaasch ran fourth in Class 5-1600 in the but he and Alex Long finished second 5-1600 despite a couple early laps then moved into third, having no problems in the very of quick fix pit stops. =-p_ri_st_in_e_5_-1_6_0_0_B_u-=g=-·----------------Mario Ledezma and cousin Elias were the family standard bearers in Class 5-1600, ran a close second before taking the lead midway in the race and they kept it to the checkered flag for the win. ~ ran third in a Anthony, in a Chenowth, was famil y prerunner _limco that had fourth then, just a half minute hn·n hurriedly madt· into a ract· later. Atthe end of the third lap it ,·ar when he deci,lcd, on Thurs-was Lewis, Whitted, Anthony da\', that he'd like to ,lriw this andthenGillandMead.Rutattht· t·vent. end of lap four, while it was still Lewis hdd his bid, an,I ha,I Lewis and Whitted in front, it was almost four minutl'S at tht· l'nd of Gill and Mead hack up to third, lap two, with Whittnl now while Anthony lost a half hour second, and Gill an,I Ml'a,I in with mechanical trouhle. an hour hehind them. Mario got ·out and put his cousin, Elias Lcde:ma, into the driwr's seat, and Elias hdd onto tht· ll'ad. Roth of these gl'nrlemen are cousins of Danny Lnll':ma, usually a tough competitor in this class, who was pitting thl'm this timt·, ht"ciuse he hadn't got his car finished in time tor.act'. Snaith's co-drivl'r, Chris Harrold, was sccond, and Malocco's co-'-lriver, A!t-x Long, ran third, having a littk· trouh!t-getting used to ;1 clutch pnla I that was off to tht· !t·fr. On thl' fifth lap the Ledl':ma 's crew told them to cool it, hernust· . they had a full 40 minutes on Long, as Snaith and Harrold Dennis Daniels and _Ray Miller ~on Class 9 in their Chenowth by a h_usky 14 droppt·d out with whed hearing minute margin, moving from thtrd to second where they finished on time, but failure. Rolfson and Gaasch Wl're they won the class after the winner got a time penalty. -· now thir,l. and Knight and Krogh .RichardGreenintothecarforthe .accident a le\.\; years ago, tangling _ran fourth, way hack, and last two laps, and he hdd on to the ·with a coupll' of whidt's on a Raja ,I oo m l'll to make no more lead, withjustaboutnineminutes highway, and nearly losing his ll'g complete laps. third,onlv 14secondsbter.Stew Lewis climhed out and on Gill and Mead, who'd just in the process. Hl''s made a grl'at The Ledl':mas upheld thl' recorded the fast lap for th is n·cowrv, hut his left ankle is rigid fomil\' honor an,I took thc win, group, at 32: 14, and movl'd up to as a result of thl' injuries, and followed in hy Maiocco and Long second place. Whitted, who hael when he got his foot jammed in in St'con,I, and thl'n Rolfson and no power steering and was thepedalhl'couldn't"point"his Gaasch who said they'd had no developing hlisters, had fallt-n to tot' to slide it hack out. So prohlems hl"\'Ond hitting a few third now, a minutt· and a half Maiocco stoppl'J in his pit to haw husht's. put .• later. something done, and what they The Challenger cars Wl're thl' Car# Pos. FRT Buzz Bomb 150 Results -April 3, 1993 Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle CLASS 112 - Voliroited Siegle or Two Seat - s start - 2 finish 102 1 Mike Hart Hi Jumper 106 2 Bob Reamer/Oale Shubert Chenowth CLASS JO-Sjngle & Two Seat J65Q ccs -Z start-5 finjsh 1000 1 Joel Whitted 1004 2 Tim Allen 1010 3 Steve Wolcott Pontiac 1002 4 Rick Johnson/Brian Simo 1003 5 Vic Wild/Bill Hemquist CLASS 8 -Fun Sjze 2 & 4WP Trucks - 2 start - I fjnish 808 1 Brady Stiles CLASS J-1600 - Single Seat 1600 cc -5 start - 4 finjsh 1604 1 Kevin Basore 1609 2 Scott Webster 1606 3 Todd Acosta/Phil Green 1603 4 Jim Woodruff /Randy Anderson CLASS 2-1600 -Two Seat 1600 cc -§ start-s finish 1650 1 Jim Abatti 1699 2 Todd Teuscher 1652 3 Dave Hendrickson 1655 4 Scott Plunkett/Ernie Silva 1654 5 Bill Pate/George DeWolf CLASS loo -Single & Two Seat Short WB -s start - 4 finjsh Jimco Jimco Jimco Jimco Jimco Ford Jimco ORBS Chenowth Mirage Raceco Chenowth Raceco Raceco Raceco 98 1 Bill Gill/Chuck Mead Funco 4 2 Kyle Whitted Jimco 2 3 Dan Lewis/Richard Green Sandhawk 99 4 Steve Anthony Chenowth CLASS 9 -Single & Two Seat restricted - lo start - 5 finish 906 1 Dennis Daniels/Ray Miller 905 2 Kevin Graves 901 3 Dave Dietrich 914 4 Tom Hettinger/Steve Reynolds/Don Kerr 904 5 Jorge Vargas/Lalo Mayoral CLASS 5-1600 -1699 cc Baia Bug - 6 start -3 finish 551 1 Mario & Elias Ledezma 599 2 Alex Long/Morgan Maiocco 557 3 Kris Rolfson/Tom Gaasch CLASS Z -Linte Trucks 2wp & 4WO -4 start - 2 finish 700 1 Richie Valencia/Roy Garcia 701 2 Don Sheehan Jr. • Denotes overall winner - ••includes 5 percent time penalty 51 starters - 32 finishers - 62.7% finish ratio 26.5 mile fast course - 6 laps for an official finish Weather - Warm, Windy, Dry Page 16 Chenowth Jimco Jimco Funco ORBS Baja Bug Baja Bug Baja Bug Toyota Jeep Time 3:46:29 4:24:05 2:43:21· 3:00:42 3:07:39 3:10:12 3:24:50 2:53:36 2:58:26 3:08:54 3:17:04 4:11:09 3:06:34 3:06:56 3:17:04 3:44:31 3:45:36 3:36:06 3:44:10 3:47:30'· 4:22:01 3:40:00 3:54:40·· 4:17:19 4:17:23 4:28:22 3:34:38 4:15:28 4:22:39 4:18:51 4:22:10 On the last lap Grt'en got lost ,lie! was hend thl' clutch pt·tfol to next group to go, and Kl'vin for fouror five minutl's,hutstill the right a little, so his foot Gravt·srt·cor,lnltht·fastlapoftht· managed to bring the car to the wouldn't fit into the gap. class at 35:27, to take the ll'ad in finish line first. Then it was Gill At the t·nd of the third lap the his_limco. He had only 22 seconds and Mead, followe,I in hy !t-a,I was in Lnk:ma's hands, and on Mikt-Pfonkuch in his Rayco. Whitted, and then Anthony. lw had things pretty much .to lnthir,litwasDennisDaniels,ina However, when tht· cht·ckpoints himself aftl'r Snaith rolled his car, ( :henowth, 12 Sl'conds later, and hrought hack their rt·nHds it rq,ortt·dlv more than once, so followed in seven seconds hy turned out that when Green was that it lookl'd like a wet Kll'l'nl'X Jorge Vargas and Lalo Mayoral in lost he'd missed Checkpoint 3. on wht-els. He was still sl'cond, thl'ir ORRS. Tony Stdngraher, in After the Competition Revit'W and Maloffo was third, hut now a ( :henowth, ran fifth, a minute· Board meeting in the morning, the his foot was hitting the clutch and and a half later. team was penali:ed h y the thehrakl'atthesametimeht"cause OnthesecondlapGraves'lead additionofSpercentoftheirtotal thl'pedalswt·rl'soclose,sohewas was still 22 seconds, hut now it time, to their elapsed time. That in for morl' adjustment. This time was Daniels in second, and Vargas moved Gill and Mead up into the thq, hent the dutch wide to the an,I Mayoral had mowd to third, win, with Whittt'd second, and ldt,sohisfootwouldhawroom with Steingraher fourth, as dropped Lewis and Grl't'n to third to slide out if it fell into the gap. Pfa nk uch got stuck in second place. That workt'd just fine. Kris gl'ar, and found his race ahout The S-1600s went next, and Rolfson and Tom Gaasch ran fourlapstooshort.JackHettinger this group was led hy Boh Snaith, fourth, :ihout 10 minutes later, was fifth now, in his Funco. who'd had the fast lap, at 32: 17, -and Krogh and Knight were fifth, Graws continued to lend, but it . and was just 35 seconds in front ' of Mario Lede:ma. Mike and Kevin James ran third, almost five minutes later, followed by a team out of the past, Rohert Knight and Greg Krogh, in fourth place. Snaith and Lede:ma were having a very close race, and at the end of the second lap Snaith had just over a minute lead. Morgan Maiocco had moved up to third, as the James car dis:ippeared, and Knight and Krogh had major prohlems of some sort. Maiocco had heen having a prohlem also. It seems that his left foot kept slipping off the clutch pedal. and then getting jammed hetween the clutch and hrake pedals. Long time race fans will rememher that Morgan was an exception:illy fine hike racer until he had :i serious June 1993 Richie Valencia lost Roy Garcia to spectator status after a first lap roll over, which crumpled the body on the Toyota, but it didn't keep Richie from running a close second and winning the Little Truck Class at the flag. Dusty Tirnes

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Kevin Graves led Class 9 from flag to flag in his Jimco, but cut a corner too often and was dropped to second in class by the time penalty. Dave Dietrich had to stop for a quick welding job on the shift coupler in his Jimco, but he worked his way back up to third in Class 9 at the checkered flag. Don heehan Jr. led the Little rue lass until the Jeep just quit on the last lap, and trouble shooting the trouble dropped them in time and to second, but a finisher in the class. was still closl', an,! hl' hnJ a -hounding along thl' coursl', an,! minutt· an,! 18 Sl'Conds at thl' end stnyl'd in front, though Valencia of lap thrl'l'. It was stilt Daniels in kept nnrrowing thl' gap. Thrn, on Sl'Cond pl.Kl', with Vargns and the sixth lap, Shl'ehan's_kl'p hit a Ma)'oral third and Steingraher hump, and quit. It took thl'm :1 fourth, tdlo,w,I h\' Hl'ttingl"r. At whill' to find the culprit, an thl' l'n,I of lap four Gravl'S had -unattachl'd hattl'ry cahk, and that wns enough to givl' Vall'nda thl' lead. Hl' Wl'nt on to rah· thl' win, finishing only thrl'e minutl'S :ind 19 seconds in front of Shl'l'han. None of thl' othl'rs got to th,· finish line. Garcia was dL"clarl·,1 o.k. nnd released from the hospitnl latl'r in the l'Vl'ning. With the overall winnn all finishl'd in two hours and 4, minutes, and thl' Vl'ry last finishn needing only four hours an,! 45 minutes to gl't to thl' chl'ckl'rnl ·fla_g, ~his racl' was a 4uicki,· indl'ed. Fud promisl"S that thl' next one, thl' popular Supersti-tion 250, which is a night racl' on thl' 7th of August, will hl' toughl'r. It's in the samL' gl·n,·r:11 arl'a, just off Old Highway 8, m·ar Plastl'r •City. two minut(·s an,! 41 Sl'Conds on Danids' co-driwr, Ra)' Milll'r. V:1rgas an,! Mayoral wni: holding on to third placl', with Hettingl'r'c co-,lrivn, Stt'Vl' Reynolds, in fourth pl:it·e. Da Vl' Dietrich, who\! ha,! his shift coupler \\'t•l,lnl hack tOgl·thL'r on thl' first lap, was now fifth in his Jimco. C,ravt·s, who'd put soml' nl'W shock cookrs on fnr this L'Vl'nt, .in,1 was rt·,ill\' liking thl'm, continunl to ka,I. with two minut,·s ;111,140 Sl'ron,ls at thl' L'nd of lap fiw, an,! M illn was stilt in s,:nm,1 plat·,·. Vargas and Ma)'oral \\',.rt· f i r m I \' i n th i r ,I , and Ht·ttingl'r ,11hl Rl'ynokls had put Don Kl'rr in for thl' last two laps, an,! ht· was struggling with a slippingclut,·h. Dit·tril·h was fifth. (,raws hrought his tilly car a t· r o s s t h t· f i n i s h I i n l" f i rs t , follm\'t•,1 in just a minutl' and 24 s,·con,ls latl'f h\' Milin an,1 l)ani,·ls. A prott·st \\·as fikd, statint-! that (,ravl's had cut a stratt-gic cornl'r on Sl'veral laps, an,! thl' mattl'r was gi\'en to thL' ( ·ompl'tition Rl'vkw Roar,! in the morning. It was ,ktermined that (,raws ha,! l'rrt·d in his intl'rprl'ta-tion of thl· pink cards that mark tlw ,·,lt-!t' of thl· coursl·, and th,· CRH ,k,·larnl it a minor violation an,! finl'J him h1· a,lding fiw 1wrn·nt of his total timl· to his dapsnl tinw, which ha,! thl'l'l°fect of ,lropping (,ravL'S to Sl'Cond. Milkr an,! Danit-ls took thl' win. Dil'trich finishL'J third, with Hl'ttingL'r, Rl'\'nol,ls and Kl'rr in fourth, as Vargas an,! Mayornl ha,! a timl· consuming prohkm on thL' last la1~ and droppn1 to fifth. In thl' small truck class thl" first lap k-a,kr was Don Shl'ehan, Jr., in his _kqi, and hl' had a full fiw minutes on Scott Young and Mi,·hacl Smith in their Ford with thl' m2. Rkhk Valencia and Roy (,arcia Wl'rL' third, ahout 15 minutl'soffthL' pace, thdrToyota alrt·,1dy crumpll'd from a rollovl'r. Shl"l'han continuL'd to ll'ad, rind now Young and Smith disappear-l'd, and Valencia and Garcia movnl to Sl'Cond placl'. Rut Vakncia didn't have Garcia's hl'lp, as hl' was packL'd off the to thl" hospital for a chl"ckup, after taking som~ hard knocks in thl' rollover. Sheehan wasn't having any trouhle, and continued to ll'ad, although Valencia was now mo"ing very fast, nnd rl'cordl'd the fast lap nt 34: 18 on lap thrl't·. Sheehan kept the hl'avy jl'ep Dusty nmcs 1993 Race SchedL1/e V.O.R.R.A., 'S SUMMER OF FUN DESERT SERIES MAY 29, 30 & 31 -YERINGTONNORRA 400 400 Mile Desert Race • 4-100 mile laps Race Headquarters - Dini's Lucky Club • Yerington, NV JUNE 18, 19 & 20 VIRGINIA CITY 200 -200 Mile Desert Race • 10-20 mile laps Race Headquarters - Delta Saloon • Virginia City, NV JULY 30, 31 & AUG 1 FALLON 250AT NIGHT 250 Mile Desert Race -New Course Race Headquarters - Bonanza Inn and Casino • Fallon, NV SEPT. 4, 5 & 6 -OCT. 16 & 17 -YERINGTON/VORRA 250 250 Mile Desert Race • 4-60 mile laps Race Headquarters - Casino West • Yerington, NV VORRAIALL PRO AUTO PARTS 1993 CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 1 Mile Short Course Race • All classes PLUS VORRA 's in-famous Mechanics and Lady's Race Prairie City SVRA Park • Sacramento, CA VALL.EV OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOC/A TION For Information, Contact VORRA: 1833 Los Robles Blvd.• Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 • FAX (916)925~8217 BF Goad rich® Tires T/A'•\ Tires June 1993 Page 17

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BILSTEIN ICEBUSTER OFF ROAD NATIONALS Mike Hester Wins The Grand Champion fitle By Tom W ili'iams third place finish. . field to take fourth. After leading . settle for third overall. Another Marty Pounds of Melbourne in the first two laps of the final heat rookie, Boh DeWitt of Cocoa ran the Hotline Auto mo tive Hare Stedman stopped to re-latch his a fourth, a sixth and a third to take won the FAT Performance 1600 seat belts and had to battle hack fourth in the class. The father and series with a third and two second from sixth place with Peterson son team of Ross and Ross place runs. Ray Short placed pulling away in the lead. Stedman Quarnoccio of Cocoa rounded second by winning the first heat, hroke through the traffic in the out the top five in the Mini taking sixth in the second and sixth lap to run second and hegan Motors Baja Rug. coming back to win the final. to red in Peterson, hut was still Ricky Marshall, of Palm Bay, Mark Bicker of Orlando placed nine seconds hehind at the driving a four cylinder Toyota third after running second, third checkered flag . Dwayne Hinson, shot into thl· lead from the and third in the heats. Tom of Orlando, finished third in all outside front row and lapped the Surace of Mays landing, NJ, three heats for third on the Jay. entire 15 car field of stock placed fifth in the first heat, won Steven Pounds of Melbourne, in passenger cars to win the 25 lap the second heat and was fifth in the Hotline Automotive Special Gator Family Theme Park Good the final heat to run fourth on the took a pair of seconds in the first O I 1: Boys End u r o . Ricky's day. Marty NeriofSt.Petershurg twoheatstoleadinpoints,huthe brother Wayne Marshall , of rounded out the top five in the rolled twice in the final, placing Malabar took second with Scott Buggy W orld Berrien . Pounds fifth and he had to settle for Dennison of Brooksville in third, and Bicker entered the final heat fourth in the final standings. Jason Priest o( Avo n Park fourth tied at five points each followed Although his car was built to and George Rcccvcur of Brooks-by Surace at six points. W ith the more restrictive rules, Alex ville fifth. Priest remained in the last heat being a tie breaker, any Mcfadyen of Allegan, Ml in the lead lap holding down second one of the three could claim the Sandma n Sales and Service placeuntilhehlcwoutafronttire class championship with a Whitehill gave the "Southern on lap 19. Priest was hanging in Florida's Lakeland Interstate Challenger leader, Bryan Peter- victory. Short grabbed the lead Boys" a run for their money for third plan: hut got stuck on Speedway hosted the 2nd Annual son, halfway through the last lap and began to pull away, but with taking fifth in the class. the last lap. Only four cars were Bilstein Icebuster Off Road to take the checkered flag. The seven points Short would have to Rookies stoic the show in the left running at the end of the 25 Nationals last February. Mike Race of Champions was the final defeat Pounds and Bicker hy two R.W. Harris, Inc. limited Baja lap Off Road Enduro. Hester of Orlando, in the Hesco event in the Florida Off Road , positions to win the class. At the Class, with the Bill Whatley/ . Unfortunately at the end of the Welding Funco, won the Grand DriversAssociationsanctioned end of lap 1 Pounds was running Heather Ingerson team racing to first FAT 16()() Class heat, Andy Champion Title Sunday after-races. second followed closely by Neri second place in the first two heats McMillian of St. Petersburg, noon with a victory in the mixed In class action Mike Hester won and Bicker. Short's hest hope, and fourth in the final to take the driving the R&P Welding Funco, classRaceofChampions.Hester the Fisher Buggies Unlimited Neri,felloutatthehalfwaypoint Class Championship in the wasknockedunconsciousandhis took the championship in a last Championship hy posting a and Pounds held on for second to Whatley Auto Repair VW Baja. car ran out over the paved track, lap battle with defending FORDA second and two first place finishes take the class victory. After completing only two laps in across a field, through a fence and State Champion Bryan Peterson in the three heats. The Mike Sid-After getting hung up in the the first heat Dean and Joanne slamml·J into three vehicles in of Orlando. Peterson settled for lovski/larry Willis team of first lap of the first Southern Anderson of Golden Gate in the hack of the pits. Miraculously, no second with Ray Short of Naples in the Aquamatic two Road Builders Challenger heat, Whatley Auto R_epair/Ocean people were in the way and even Melbourne, the defending FAT seatertooksecondinthepoints BryanPetersonbattledbackfora BoatTopsVWBajacamehackto the Jriva walked away un-Performance 1600 Class Champ-with two thirds and a second. fifth place, then won the next two win the final two heats and take sc. ra tc hcd, after he regained ion closing fast. Representing the David Lofland of Palmyra, NJ heats to win the class champion-second on the day. The Veteran consciousness. It was a scary Fisher Buggies Unlimited Class, won the first heat and was ship. Darryl Stedman, of Polk Steve Linder•· Rookie Tim Stone moment with a run-a-way race car Hester overcame a 45 second challenging Hester for the lead in City in the Pace Buggie Shop Hi team of Clearwater in the R.W. charging out of control into the handicap start, passing the 1600 the second heat when his motor Jumper, ran away with the first Harris, Inc. Baja won the first heat pits. It is a good thing they don't class leader, Ray Short, in lap 4, expired at the start of the last lap. heat but got hung up in the second going away, ran fifth in the second race trucks on this short course in .and the Southern Road Builders ... _ Lofland 's score was good for a .. h_eat and had to work through the . . heat and broke in the final heat to . . Florida! Pase 18 ~ R E I\Dllfrll 111\1 I ,1, June 1993 Be it our race team, sales team, or service team . . . at .Fiesta Ford we're al/ driven by excellence. 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MICKEY THOMPSON STADIUM OFF ROAD RACING Roger Mears Wins Indoors At Seattle's IOngdome Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. Danny Thompson started out strong in his new Ford ride, as he won the first truck heat did OK in the next one and took fourth in the main event action. Roger Mears had a great night after a very rocky start, as he won the second truck heat race and came back later to win the main event. Mears with a win for a change, thanked his crew for all their extra effort and achievement. -------------------=--------------------------.ai .. , . The Sports Utility heat was a dandy show with eventual winner Larry Noel, Jeep in the foreground, running side by side with early leader T.J. Clark, VW, most of the race. Noel fell out of the main event. course ever since MTEG went to Evans 31.514 and Brian Stewart Seattle they have raced in the 31.576,DannyThompson'sFord climate controlled Kingdome, 32.244 and Evan Evans 34.523, and the thought of a dry, managed Jeep. track for this race was most Defending Super 1600 points pleasant for competitors and champion Jerry Whelchel drove workers alike, as well as the over his Toyota powered race car to 32,000 spectators. This was tht: the fast qualifying time in class of seventh year the MTEG series has 29.808 which turned out to ht: visited the roofed Kingdome, and fast time of the day. Not had for a it has steadily built a strong privateer, beating all the factory audience following in the Seattlt: vehicles in qualifying. Jeep driver area. Tommy Croft was the fastest This was the first event of the Sport Utility at 30.860, and he 1993 season that featured wasclassfastqualifierinsevenof qualifying, rained out in the first the eight races in 1992! Sean two events. In the Sport Truck Finley turned in a 31.5 7 4 in the glamour division Ford Rough Supe"rlite Class, while Gary Rider Rob MacCachren drove his Denton pushed his Honda to a BFGoodrich shod Ranger to the 30.016 in 4 Wheel ATV fastest qualifying time in the class. competition. MacCachren, a second generation Before the first race, a few truck racer from Las Vegas, NV, posted drivers said on how nice it was to a 30.244 over the perennially see dust instead of mud. Roger quick Kingdome track. Rob was Mears Jr. still has distributor the 1991 Kingdome truck winner. problems but Roh MacCachren Last March he was followed in was happy. "Since this is the first qualifying by Toyota's Rod time we've been able to qualify Gary Gall had to fight for his Super 1600 victory every inch of the way, but he had also placed second in the heat race, Millen, 30.583, and Chevrolet's since the start of the season, I was so the Chenowth was set up just right and he won the main event. ·-Rick Johnson, 30.919. Next came glad to grab it. We won our first After two less than fun filled Diego, the Mickey Thompson March, taking no chances on the Ivan Stewart 31.062, Roger race here in 1991 in the Vena hie races in deep mud, in January at Stadium Series moved indoors . monsoon season continuing on Mears Jr. 31.223, Roger Mears Ranger and a repeat performance Anaheim, and February at San. for round three in the series last . . the west coast well into spring. Of . . Sr. 31.291, the Dodges of Walker . . would be great. We've done. Rod Millen, the defending points champion, had a best finish of second in truck heat 1 in the Toyota, and fourth in the second heat earning some points.· Page 10 Seattle wasn't very kind to the Toyota team, a~ Ivan Stewart nose dived his way to third in the first truck heat'. but didn't score much after that event. June 1993 ~ Jim Smith flies high in his Sport Utility Class Ford Explorer, and he drove to fourth in the single heat race, but rolled out of action on lap 1 of the main event. Dusty Times

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Joe Price drives a Triple EEE with hand controls, but the former biker is quick in his Superlite and he made a late pass into second place in the first heat. Frank Chavez flew along in his Superlite Triple E-EE in.fine style, right into second place in Heat 2, but did not finish the main event. Alex Briones came from Santiago, Chile to race the Stadium in his Briggsbuilt and he did a good job of it, finishing third in Superlite heat 2 action. extensive shock testing since ;,an Diego and it has paid off here." Defending Sport truck points champion Rod Millen said "because of the new points system with the inverted main, it's possible to win the title without ever winning a main event. While the championship is my ultimate goal. I need to take one race at n time and push for those wins. That's what will keep me anJ Team Toyota in the lead." Heat 1 for the Grand Nntional Sport Trucks was 8 laps. Evan Evans an,l Danny Thompson were on the front row. Evans spun out on th,· first insid,· lane allowing Arian Stewart's Dodge to pull out to an early lead. Stewart pitched sideways coming across the finish jump on the second lap giving the lead to Ford driver Danny Thompson. Thompson hooked up with the Roger Mears Nissan, each banging door to door, until a small fire on the rear of Mears's truck prompted a full course yellow on lap 4 . Mears had a string of pennants wrapped around the rear axle of his truck, and heat from the brakes caused the small fire . At the same time Evan Evans's Jeep climbed n barrier. Course workers exting-uished the fire and they lined up for the res ta rt. But, Mears was ordered off the course, and he exited with obvious anger. When the race restarted Danny Thompson was quickly pushed for the lead by Rob MacCachren and Rod Millen. But Thompson held on for the win, Millen was second followed by Ivan Stewart, Brian Stewart, Rick Johnson and Rob MacCachren. Just as the race was ending Roger Mears pulled his truck back onto the track and parked it in obvious protest of not being allowed to continue. At first, for this action Mears was disqualifkJ from the event; then later on cooler heads in the race committee prevailed and Roger was allowed to start the second heat, but was fined$ I ,000.00 and placed on probation for the remainder of the season. Appar-ently there weH' strong words and even a shoving match after racing was ov,·r for the night, not just in the Mears incident, but for other also, hut this is all Jimmie Johnson's spectacular somersault in his Briggsbilt was a highlight of the first Superlite heat, but the youngster didn't miss a beat, held his second place after landing on his wheels and dropped to third at the flag. Greg George came out ready to win in his Briggsbuilt in the second Superlite heat, and Greg led practically from flag to flag to take the victory. He also placed second in the main event. Dusty nma The Sport Utility, which used to be sedans, had only one heat race again, a six lapper. T.J. Clark moved his VW Corrado out to an early lead with the Jeep Cherokee team of Tommy Croft and Larry "' Nod giving close chase. Chris Neil flipped his Nissan Pathfinder on the white flag lap causing a full course yellow. With one lap to go Clark and Noel came out of the split lane dead even; it was Nod's inside line going into the last turn that proved to be the winner. Larry Nod won with Clark and Croft close behind. Next came Jim Smith, Ford, Paul Nissley, Toyota, Tim Lewis, Jec.;p, and Brian Cnllin,, Porsdh·. The 4-Whn·l ATVs run the saml' cours,· as th,· cars do, while the hik,·s usu:ill\" have ;i reverse direction :~ Sean Finley led the first Superlite Heat from the pole. being fast qualifier, and his Triple EEE never missed a beat on the tough course and he went wire to wire to the heat victory. .. .. en cc w 0 <( 0. en w ..J >< <( .. .. en cc w I-en :::, a <( .. .. en C, z cc 0. en LL <( w ..J .. .. en C :::, t; ..J w w J: 3: .. .. ** TORSION BARS ** AXLES ** SPRING PLATES ** COIL SPRINGS ** SWAY·A·WAY MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITY OFF ROAD SUSPENSION COMPONENTS FOR OVER 20 YEARS PRESENTS .. :: .. SWING AXLE AXLES - ALL 3 STOCK LENGTHS 0 ()(_) 0 2 PIECE STUB AXT.ES 6 & 7 LEAF FRONT SPRINGS FOR SOFTER RATES SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER TODAY! CALL OR WRITE FOR YOUR FREE CATALOG • • C z ;:ii:: "U z en • • ;:ii:: z G") "U z en • • en ~ 3: en • • ,... C G") z C ciJ • • 20755 MARILLA ST. I CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA 91311 I 818· 700-9712 June 1993 Page 11

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Jimmy Nichols kept his Chenowth clean and tidy in the Super 1600 heat race, and he was rewarded with third place, but finished well back in the main. Bill Goshen. left, diced with Jerry Whelchel in the 1600 heat race. which Whelchel won and Goshen dropped to fourth at the checkered flag. -Rick Johnson flies the Chevy between the hydro barriers on his way to second in truck heat 1, and after some heavy infighting he was fifth in the main event. second place, between Chevro-1 et' s Rick Johnson and Roger Mears Jr. Johnson was able to get by Mears Jr. on the next to last lap to claim second behind Mears Sr. who took the win. Roger Jr. was third followed by Rod Millen. Danny Thompson and Walker Evans in the nine truck race. After the heat race Rick Johnson remarked "My main objective was to finish ahead of Millen and get as many passing points as possible. He and I are in a tight points battle so each hear ran· is critical. Unofficiall1· I finishnl two places ahL"ad of him which will help mL' make up a fL'w ~ • ·. .· · • points." An datecl Roger Mears - · •" -.. - -- • said "What a ni~ht! This \.\1in Jerry Whelchel. #1 the defending Super 1600 champion. leaps past Garry Gall Tommy Croft is really on a roll, zooming to third in the Utility Heat and that makL"s up a lot for what happL'nL'd in the first Super 1600 heat race. A late course yellow put the pair side by side puts him on the pole for the main. which he led from the restart. an easy cruise in the first heat. My Nissan truck on the restart and it was Whelchel who won the drag race to the finish line. in the Jeep to the Main Event victory. II h ---------------------------. is rea y running great. I'm appy -~ , ,iurse. The first ATV. continue. When racing resumed, Yaros and Shannon Millen. Whelchel quickly took claim and __ for m)' crL"w as thL'\' WL'rL' really li,·at \\;1, seven laps, with Gary once again it was Ehrhardt out in ThesecondSuperliteheatwith sprinted to the victory. Gall took hummed afrn what happened l\·nt-H1 ,ind Greg Stuart on the front; as the race went on he a fresh group wasn't quite as second in the Chenowth, follow-,__.arliL-r. We should have a great t rll1tl row. Denton charged ahL·ad gradually pulled away from the exciting. Points leader Greg ed by Bill Goshen, Aaron Hawley, main L·wnt." 011 the first lap and then led wire field, cruising to an 8 second George, Briggshuilt, and Frank Ed Martensen and Wes Banks. The Sport Utility class started to wirL' for the victory on a victor)'. Niclas Granlund was Chave:, Triple EEE, led off from The course ribhon markL"rs thL' main evL"nt c yc le in thL' Honcla. (,rL'g Stuart, who follow-second, fo I lowed by Mike the front row. George immedia-were changed and the UltraCross program, running for H laps. Jim L'd closL·ly hehind DL'nton the Olmsted, Bryan Sandoval, Keith tely took the inside lane and motorcycles were out for their Smith and Tommy Croft sat on entin· r;KL', could nL"ver get past DiBrino and Brian Acree. grabbL'J the lead. George stretch-first 7 lap heat. Yamaha rider thL' front row in thL' ninL' car fide!. the leader and settled for second The Superlites also had 7 lap eJ a si:ahle lead early on and won Shaun Kalos sprinted our to an After hdng spun around on the place on his Honda. Points leader heats and in the first one fast going away. Chave: held second early lead and simply ran wa y first rum, Smith's Ford ExplorL"r Charles Shepherd was third, qualifier Sean Finley, Triple EEE followed hy Alex Briones, of from an impressive field, 13 rolled. c.iusing a full coursL' followed hy Doug Eichner, Shane and Jimmie Johnson, Briggsbuilt Santiago, C hile, and C.J. Mears, strong. Kalas was never cha I- )'ellow, and Smith was unahle to Hitt and Sean Stuhbs. led tht· field from the green. Finley Tim Baker and J.C. Dean. lenged by top series competitors con ri n UL'. A frn th L' rL"sta rr ThL' SL'cond ATV heat had an was the early leader, hut it was Pit Notes after the first truck Lowell Thomson, Scott Myers, Tommy Croft jumped out in all new cast. Defending champion Jimmie Johnson who brought the heat quote Rick Johnson saying and last season's runner-up Kyle front in thL' _kL'p Cherokee and Mark Ehrhardt and N icla s crowd to their feet by pulling off a his Chevy ran great, but he got a Lewis. At the finish it was still newr looked hack as he cruised to Granlund were on the front row complete somersault• holding left front flat tire about halfway in Thomson in second on another an easy main event victory. Chris for the seven laps both on JPs. onto second place in the process. the race, and spun on the restart, Yamaha, followed in by Myers, Neil drove his Nissan Pathfinder Ehrhardt led the first lap before After that it was all Finley going which kt:pt him from finishing in Lewis, Robert Drew and Tony to a second place finish , followed hometown rider Kory Ellis of wire to wire for the win. Joe Price, the top three. While watching the Amardio. h1• the Jeep of Tim Lt:wis. Then Longview, WA collided with a paraplegic who uses hand videoofhisfirstRoughRiderwin A do:en motorcycles appeared came the sedans, as Brian Collins Donavon Holland, who had fallen controls to maneuver his Triple in the Ford Danny Thompson for the second UltraCross 7 lap had his sano Porsche in fourth off his hike and was lying in the EEE, was able to pass Jimmie said "I just want to savor this. heat and this was a new cast. and T .J. Clark had his equally middle of the track. Holland was Johnson for second; but Jimmie They leaned on me hard. The Kawasaki rider Ryan Carlisle used sano VW Corrado in fifth, carried off the field, apparently held on for third followed by most da::ling thing about the a holeshot off the starting line to followed hy Joe Anchondo in a ending his night. Ellis was a~le to Keith Ehlers, John Sarna, Allen. whole race was that the Ford out take an early lead, and it paid off. Nissan. CUSTOM AUTOMOTIVE·& ~=G 199 1 HORA SCORE CHAMPION ,_ WING QUAJJTY PRODUCT: FROM (602)778-2433 ASI# 359251 625 N. 3rd. Street #2 • Prescott, Arizona 86301 Pagel! pulled the Toyota and Nissan on From there Carlisle cruised to the The 4 Wheel ATVs were the the straightaway. The track was in victory unchallenged. Craig biggest class on four wheels to perfect condition, hut by the main Canoy was second on a Yamaha take the grid for their 8 lap main there should be some deep ruts." followed by Jim Holley, on ewnt. Mike Olmsted pushed his Roh MacCachren's truck broke a another Yamaha. The series Honda out to the early lead in the rocker arm stud in the first heat, points leader going into Seattle, feature event. JP riders Niclas leaving him minus one cylinder. Larry Brooks, got his Yamaha Granlund and Mark Ehrhardt Ivan Stewart said, "I was coming tangled up with another rider's followed closely while series on strong until MacCachren hit mount on the second lap, and was points leader Charles Shepherd me and I spun out. It was just a never able to mount much of a loomed just hehind in fourth on matter of pushing hard to get back charge. After Jim Holley in third it his Laeger. By lap 6 Olmsted was in a good points position. The was Chris Ridgway, Mike Bell and able to put some distance hetween Toyota is running strong so we Scott Steffy all on Su:ukis. himself and the rest of the pack. should make a good showing in AftertheSteward'sCommittee Olmsted continued to pull away Heat 2 and the Main." .rescinded his disqualification, fora resounding victory, followed For the first time in memory Roger Mears Sr. and Evan Evans by Granlund, then Shepherd. the Super 1600s had only one 8 were on the front row for the Greg Stuart \;Vas fourth, followed lap heat race with 13 starters. second 8 lap Sport Truck heat. by Mark Ehrhardt, Shane Hitt, Cory Witherill and Gary Gall With newfound inspiration, Gary Denton and Doug Eichner. were on the front row. Defending perhaps, Mears led a fierce charge The Super lites lined up for champion and the current points in the early stages of the race. their 8 lap Main event, with 18 on leader Jerry Whelchel sat on the Ford's Rob MacCachren, who the grid. Jimmie Johnson and second row, and immediately was running in the front of the Alex Briones sat on the front row, climbed into a dog fight with Gall. pack, spun out on the third lap, each having finished third in their These two quickly pulled aw~y. and before he could recover he heat race. The defending class from the pack, until a roll over by found himself at the hack of the points champion Jimmie Johnson Cory Witherill on lap 7 caused a pack. Meanwhile up front Mears took off fast in his Briggshuilt, full course yellow. On the restart was able to pull out to a si:able and he led the feature from start it was Gall who had the lead, hut lead, leaving the suspense for to finish registering his first main June 1993 Dusty Tlma

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.......... .,. Roger Mears Jr. is surely another talented man with the Mears name, and Jr. placed a close third in the second truck heat and was also third in the main. T J Clark really has his VW Corrado dialed into stadium racing, and goes side by side with winner Tommy Croft here. Clark was second in the heat race. Chiis Neil does a little tail stand in his Nissan Pathfinder, but he did recover to run and finish second in the Sport Utility Main Event. event win of the )'Oung season. Points leader and Johnson's kammate Grl'g George finished a distant second, followed hy the first heat winner Scan Finley. Keith Ehlers was fourth, followed hy C.J . Mears, Peter Rohertson and Rennie Awana. flew. Bill Goshen and Jimmy Nichols were on the pole. Nichols hlew a right rear tire and quickly faded from the scene. The race was on for the lead hetween Gary Gall and Jerry Whelchel. On lap 5 the 1992 championship winning was for second hetween Whelchel racer of Whelchel was spun 360 and Wes Ranks. After a couple of degrees causing the defending laps of good hard racing hetween champion to lose ground. This the two Whelchel flipped coming enahled Gall to open up a acrossthl·finishlinecausingafull comfortahle lead. The hattle now course ~ . »>><·w--»;1 The Super 1600 Main event was scheduled for 12 laps, so it hid fair to see many cars missing hy the time the checkered flag . . Tim Lews flies his Jeep Cherokee flat and level here, and he worked up to third in the Main Event, making it a 2-3 for the Ghia Racing Sports Utilities. This is supposed to be the last year for sedans in MTEG racing, but Brian Collins is sticking with his Porsche 911, and it was fourth in the Main event. Paul Nissley looked good in his Toyota 4 Runner, taking fifth in the Sports Utility heat and a seventh in the more hectic main event action. : t:.,..., -;f.:::: ''., , ·;, • Keith Ehlers zipped along over the tough track in his Briggsbuilt to a fine fourth in the main event, having been third in his heat race too. · Dustynma II Dust, silt, mud, there's always something coming at you. It's all you can do to finish in one piece. II I' No other motor sport abuses a vehicle like Baja racing. As a top driver and mechanic, Darren York knows that winning off ~road takes more than driving skill, physical endurance, and a knowe ; edge of every inch of his truck. It means using the best products, the best lubricants: So it's no surprise that Valvoline motor oil is the # I choice of Baja I 000 mechanics like Darren. What's more, they also choose Valvoline for their own cars. And with good reason. All our high~ performance motor oils are designed to perform and pr~ tect under extreme stress-resisting all the heat, cold, pressure and dirt your engine can throw at it Take it from Darren. You can't win off~ road without the right oil paving the way. PEOPLE WHO KNOW USE VALVOLINE® VAI.YOUNE INC. A SUBslOIARY Cl' AsluND 011., INC. $ 1.£XJNGT1'1, KY 40509 C 1992 June 1993 Page 13

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" ♦'I"\¥~ if ft?~ C J Mears, yes there are still more coming into racing, did a good job in his Mirage Superlite, and he worked up to fifth in the crowded main event. Marty Hart got some good altitude in his Chenowth, and it paid off as he flew on to finish second in the. Super 1600 class, and. the young man does very well, this time taking third place in the main event. Kevin Smith drives a Mirage, bucking the trend, in Super 1600 class, and the young man does very well, this time taking third place in the main event. Aaron Hawley has his ups, here, and occasional some downs in Super 1600 racing, but in Seattle he did well taking home fourth in the main event. Rob MacCachren seems to have tough luck often in the Sport Truck racing, but this round he qualified fastest and took the Ford home second in the truck main event. Wafker Evans must be taking flying lessons, catching this much air in the Dodge, but after a slow start he worked up to sixth in the truck main event. ~ yellow. Meanwhile Kevin Sn11th who starteJ on the fifth row had workeJ ·his way up to thirJ place in the Mirage hy the miLldle of the race. The full course yellow took away the comfortable distance leader Gall had over the rest of thc pack. With just one lap to go following thc restart, Gall was ahlc to rcgain his lead and holJ on to it to the checkered flag for thc victory. Marty Hart, also in a Chenowth, took second followed hy Kevin Smith in third. Aaron Hawlcy was fourth, followed hy Cory Witherill, Ed Martensen and Wes Banks. Thl· UltraCross Pro Motor-cycle main event had a herd on the grid and got confusing carly in thl· tcn lap racc. 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Mill~n was Once out front Lewis pulled away giwn a 5 second penalty for· the from the pack to capture his first incident. The realignment left the main event of this season. Jim fin·ishing orJer as Mears Sr., first Holley made it a 1-2 Yamaha all the way, MacCachren, Mears finish hy taking second, followed. Jr. and Thompson was fourth, hy Linkogk, Robert Drew, followed hy Rick Johnson and Lowell Thomson, Shaun Kalos, Walker Evans. Scott Steffy and Ryan Carlisle. Rogcr Mears said "This feds so As always the grand finale was good hoth for me and for the thel2lapSportTruckmainevent team. It's heen 13 long months with Roger Mears Sr. and Danny since our last win, at Denver. Thompson on the front row. The Every once in a while the old dog ran· got off to a slow start as will have his day. We overcame Walhr Evans rolled his Dodge the aJversity from the first heat Dakota on the first lap causing a and posted a very strong finish. It full course yellow. A complete feels good to get hack to the rcstart followed, and Evans was winner's circle." placed at thc hack of the pack for One third of the way into the the incident. On the restart the 1993 series the points are tight in Nissan of Mears Sr. plowed ahead a couple of classes. In Sport for the early lead, hut he was ·Trucks Rod Millen leads Rick followeLI closely hy Thompson's Johnson by just five points and Ford and Rod Millen, Toyota. Rob MacCachren trails hy Ivan Stewart and Rick Johnson another 28 points. In Super 1600 hooked up on the first turn of the Jerry Whelchel leads hy a mere restart, with Stewart drawing a 5 three points over Gary Gall, while seconJ penalty handed down by Jimmy Nichols is third 19 points thc Rough Driving Committee. back with Kevin Smith just three Meanwhile this feature event was points behind him. Tommy Croft turning into a four truck race has a good 15 point lead in Sport hetween Mears, Thompson, Utility class over Tim Lewis, who Millen and Roh MacCachren in has T.J. Clark and Chris Neil tied that order. The Ford team took a just one point behind him. Greg tough hreak when Millen collided George has a husky lead in into Thompson, causing the two Super lites of27 over Sean Finley • Fords to collide and slowing them .. who has a big lead of 46 over I After his spectacular first act, Jimmie Johnson settled in to defend his points i title in Superlites, and his Briggsbuilt led the main event from flag to flag, his first main event win of the season. Frank Chave:, who is seven points ahead of Jimmie Johnson. In 4 Wheel ATVs Charles Shepherd leads hy nine points over Gary Denton, who is just five points up on Doug Eichner and it goes that way all the way down the line in this class. Shaun Kalas has a hig lead of26 points over Jim Holley in UltraCross hikes, Larry Brooks is another eight points down with Ryan Carlisle just seven points hehind him. In the vehicle manufacturer points, Toyota leads Ford hy 31 in Sport Trucks with Nissan another 23 behind. In Sport Utility Jeep has a huge lead of 73 over Nissan, with VW third another 52 points hack. In UltraCross Yamaha has a massiw lead of 86 points over Kawasaki, while Honda is 169 points further down. There are no listings in this points series for the 4 Wheel ATV, Superlite 'or Super 16()() classes. Tire manufacturers also sup-port three classes only, and they supply the hulk of the pri:e money at the year end awards hanquet. Presently BFGoodrich leads all three classes; Sport Utilities h\' just six points over Goodyear who is second in all three categories, while Y okahama now runs third in the three class points races. The girls are infiltrating the Superlite ranks. Mercedes Gonzales, right, won a race last year, Shannon Millen, center, has been placing well, starting this . season, and Stacy Fay, on a different team, used to drive a 5-1600. Dusty Tlma

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WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS GILA MONSTER 100 Wood Wins • Hauls Hay At Gila Bend I Tt!xt & Photos: Anthony Tdlit!r ---· Rueben Wood ran hard in the Meco. powered by a two liter Ford, and he was first across the finish line, first overall on time, and of course the Unlimited class winner in his Hay Harvest Hauler. If Gila Bend isn't careful it just might find itself the Off Road Capital of Arizona. The second buggy race in a week saw a healthy turn-out, including eleven Challengers. The overall win, and the first car to do the full nine laps was the Meco Two liter water pumper Ford of Rueben Wood, putting down Billy Tsakiris' "10" car by 14 minutes. This was, however, a real good run by Billy, who has suffered mishaps over the previous events. Wood's Hay Han•t!st hauler ran hard all day, as he was dogged by Ross Whit-moyer's Mazda two seater. The max-HProtary(the Wankel-type, not the service club) suffered drive train woes and only did seven laps. Ed Beard was out - again -for testing and broke a stub axle. Beard is nothing if not test-effective. "We might as well break it here rather than halfway . to nowhere." The SuperSeat King is using a floater S-10 front hub that "needs the next step up" in technology. The (A-armed) front end didn't react to Fox' instruc-tion so I pulled the Buckeye Fix. I just doubled the shim pack and now it's working great." The 1600 race looked to be a hot one, with elder statesman Bill Krug leading the Struttman's reclaimed Challenger into the pits after two laps. But Tom got caught up in Bill's dust, hit a berm, and almost took out a brace of near-course ]-Johns as the car went right over onto its top. To the obvious delight of the spectators who then got right into the act to up-right the little car. No race is a race without the Struttmans. But the eleven car Challenger turn out was quite a battle as seven cars did the full course and the winning margin was less than a minute. Winner John Lee and the . ever-popular Larry Dimmett The Wankel/Mazda in Ross Whitmoyer's two seater punctuated the desert calm, but the noise wasn't enough and Ross finished second in Pro Unlimited with the engine out of an RX-7. ,;;.-·,. went at it tooth-and-nail for the full 100 miles. Be advised -Dimmett is still in recovery from a crushing street accident, which was followed by a gall bladder operation. "I'll be sore tomorrow, but not as sore as if I went to work," he chuckled over a cold one. "And, Hey - I gotta go under the knife again next week to remove screws, wires, bone spurs, and scar tissue. Then I gotta do therapy all over again." . Larry had two flats, just as he was " ... reelin' in John Lee", and then another one putting it on the trailer. You know, I'd catch that red (Jeep) and hit him, then he'd rocket away. I couldn't have gone any faster. Just say that I thanked Dan Raley's 'Big O Tires'." Did he get hit at all! "Naw, I'm too fast." Ron Dalke, fresh from an outstanding second at the last SNORE race, was flying in the 5-1600 based legal "9" car. But four busted throttle springs; one thrown belt; and finally, a broken valve put the Chirco/TUF car on the trailer (actually the flat bed• truck). Ron really paid his dues, too, having broken a transmission during the previous day's practice and changing it that evening, in the cold desert. Billy Tsakiris gave it quite an effort in his Class 10, but just didn't have the power to catch the leader. finishing second overall, first in Class 10 and ju_st 14 minutes back after nine laps. Donny Weiser lost a shock, a Tom Buck and Rich "Slice" Severson drove their immaculate 401 Jeep spindle and, of course, a ball joint. Honcho to the V-8 crown, despite having to run without brakes a good portion What! Only one, Donny? Bad ball _o_f _th_e_r_a_ce_an_d_u_s,_·n_g_th_e_ tr_a_ns_a_lo_t_. _____________ _ joints are an occupational hazard Dick Newell was driving the with Challengers (Hint: look at other BBRT nine car and astutely Struttman 's life-saving strap noted that: "This thing sure rides arrangement.) rougher than the '10' car." which The V8s were out in force, with was driven to a fine Sportsman 10 four thunderers thundering. The win by BBRT-er Rodney Hayes. red Tom Buck-Rich/"Stretch" Check out this organization, loads Severson (AKA "Slice") 401-ed of grins and great cars, too. JlO lost a shock on the ninth lap, R.K. "Smitty" Smith came which tore out a brake line. "We .. down from Bullhead City. "I'm. ran brakeless, used the tranny a bunch." They were fortunate, as pretender Kevin Patrick's Chev-rolet flipped off a U-joint U-bolt, luckily near the pits. And then he lost a shock eye, but he didn't make his passenger Lori ( who is also Mrs. P.) get out and fix it. This time, anyway. That real long lap cost Kevin a whopping ninety minutes at the flag. NOT from Parker, dammit. And I'm not with those Beer Belly Racing Team guys, either" (But he could be ... ) and he garnered a first in the Sportsman 1600 class over a struggling Eric Bazinaw. Smitty noted that "I bought a bigger seat from Beard and now my leg hits the shifter." Racing is . so broadening. The Beer Belly Racing Team (BBRT) was back, along with the usual crew, Stacey Poe's new "9", in which he proceeded to grab third place from fellow Belly Dick Newell. Stacey, who owns the Parker area "Riverland Resort", had an air cleaner bracket fold, virtually cutting off the engine's air. "I had to get out and do the duct tape on it. Then I lost first gear." The star of this day of the Beer Belly Racing Team was Rodney Hayes who found the rough course to his liking, and he jumped from ditch to ditch and won the Sportsman 10 title. Donny Weiser and Kelly Suber had ball joint troubles, unusual for them in the Challenger car, and they ended up an unusual sixth in a particularly heavy field of challengers. This is just a fraction of the BBRT group, from left to right it is Stacey Poe, third Challenger. Rodney Hayes, First Sportsman 10, and Dennie Lee. From the young to the grizzle.(1 the Larry Oimmet Challenger team had a good day, Dimmett finishing just a whisker short of the class winner, second in class. Page 16 June 1993 Dusty -nmcs

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THE LONESOME DOVE STEAK HOUSE SNORE TWILIGHT 200 Darren Wilson Streaks To The Overall Victory By Don Dayton & Jean Calvin Photos: Don Dayton Darren Wilson and Keith Underwood had their luck turn good at the Twilight. They started with three 48 minute laps, finished wth a pair of 52 minute laps and won Class 10 by over four minutes and won the race overall. · ment, instead of being in the way, as contingency donors are made to feel at some events. The planned controlled speed fun run around the course on race morning to give drivers and press folk a look at the hazards on the approximately 40 mile course Bekki Freeman led the 1600 class until lap 4 when a stop to let dad Ken Sr. finish the race cost too much time and she was second, a minute and change behind her brother and fourth overall. didn't happen. A mixup on the rocker shaft gizmo, and parked Class 10 was next away, with BLM permit did not allow for with a dense fog of oil behind only three starters but they had a this, or, if they had the pre,run, them as they headed to the pits, rip roaring race. SNORE had not the club would have had to packed up and went to the expected a heavy entry for this shorten the race by a lap. Some, Bunderson shop, just down race,comingonlyacoupleweeks times dealing with these usually Boulder Highway a few miles, after the SCORE Nevada 400. In reasonable federal officials can be their real world test session Class 10 Brent Bell and Scott beyond reality. The area is OHV ending quickly, but the truck did Bedford or Brett Ritter riding in usage designated anyhow, and in sound great booming along in the the Chenowth, set the pace on lap March the turtles are still hiber, canyons. one, hitting the line with a 44 nating, so what harm could a slow Something has got to be done second lead over Darren Wilson lap around the 40 mile loop in about the Twilight 200 course! and Keith Underwood. The teen beautiful weather do to anything Somebody must have snuck out team of J.C. Dean, Brendan Brendan Gaughan and J.C. Dean had a great run to second in Class 10 and but the paper work? before the race and graded the Gaughan and rider Billy Goerke overall and J.C. turned absolute fast lap of the race in the Barbary Coast After a short mid,afternoon whole track. How else can you were just over a minute behind Chenowth- . . drivers meeting where the time explain the fact that over half, Darren. On the second lap J.C. set The SNORE Twilight 200 in race car at their leisure. limit was specified at eight hours, 51 % of the 48 starting cars fast lap for the class, which later March is a favorite race with many Last March the Twilight 200 folks were warned to stay on finished the whole race. Not only turned out to be fast time for the drivers. For starters the registra, was sponsored by the Lonesome course, or be disqualified, and that, but Class 9 had the highest race, a 47:17 and Darren picked tion, tech and contingency line Dove Steak House in Henderson, they lined up for the start. First finishing rate with an incredible up a little time and was now eight doesn't open until six p.m. on the NV, quite close to the racecourse off the line was Dale White in his 68.75% going the distance. Three seconds up on Brent. Just 34 Friday, handy for local drivers in the Eldorado Valley. The place Class3 Blazer with the front drive other classes, 10, 1,2,1600 and seconds separated the whole class. and workers who needn't skip was a fine host, prov_iding removed, but he only got in one 5,1600 were tied with 66.66% On the middle lap of the five hours of income producing work adequate room out back for long lap, having lost a driveshaft finishin.g. Most likely the heavy scheduled, Bell arrived first on the for the process. Then the race unloading and good space for the and they retired. A surprise entry rains earlier in the year were road, Wilson just seconds back, itself doesn't start until 4 p.m. on tech and contingency people out was Frank Vessels and Mark responsible for smoothing out and the teens lost over five Saturday, so while there is still front of the Steak House, and Bunderson in the usually Class 8 parts of the course. But, if minutes changing drivers. timeforacoupleofgooddaylight plentyoffoodandlibationswere Ford, entered in Class 1, with something isn't done, SNORE On Lap 4 Brent Bell's good laps before darkness falls and available inside, should they be more apparent horsepower than could get the reputation of drive ended somewhere in the hides the rocks, drivers can sleep desired. It is always nice to feel King Kong on steroids. They putting on whimp races like some darkness, and Wilson had a good in or do last minute checks on the. welcome by the host establish, . . completed one fast lap, but lost a .. of the California promoters. . . lead although Gaughan turned a --Larry Job kept the Freeman family in sight all the way, was down on power a bit but was less than two minutes back at the flag, third in 1600 class, fifth overall. Page n / . -·~~ ·•··• . Regan and Tory Gubler had four good laps in the fifties, but the middle one was a half hour longer and they were fourth in Class 1-2-1600 at the flag. June 1993 The Frank and Steve Bristing Mini Mag was involved in the first lap pile up, but they fixed things, pressed on and finished the race, and finished second. Dusty Times

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':ljliif .. ~· _,_; .. :':7'» Scott Steinberger did three great 56 minute laps to lead the Mini Mag class, but his engine expired on the fourth round and Scott was third in the class. · Chris, Mark and Kevin Lumsden and Steven Gerulf came all the way south from Gabbs, NV to race their new Class 4, but got in just one lap, good for second. Dave Petrillo, right about to be passed by Mark Davidge, had a trouble free race, fast lap times in Class 9 and finished a sparkling second in the big class. faster lap time. In fact Brendan ' picked up a couple of minutes on the last two laps, driving the fifth round with no brakes and the Chenowth jumping out of fourth . gear. But it wasn't enough. Darren Wilson won Class 10 and was first overall at 4: 10:41 for his five laps. The Dean/Gaughan teen team were solid in second and second overall at 4:15:10. Brendan credited Eddie Webb for great suspension tuning and their fast times. Of the nine in Class 1-2-1600 three cars were in the same minute most of the day, Larry Job keeping the family feud in front of him honest. Bekki Freeman, with Dean Miller tied to the panic side, set the fast time for the class on the first lap, and she held a comfortable lead over her brother Ken Jr. who had Kerry Freeman riding along. But she pitted on lap 4 to turn the car over to her dad Ken Freeman Sr. and Eddie Chastaine, and the pit time allowed brother Kenny Jr. to charge into the lead with Kevin Mallette from the Lonesome Dove Steak House alternately riding shotgun. Kenny Jr. went on to victory in the class, third overall at 4:20:23. Bekki and dad Ken were close, with a faster last lap, second in class and fourth overall at 4:22:05, but she said it just takes too long to change the belts. Kenny said he had lost his main lights, but was taking it easy on the last lap anyhow. Kenny has led this race each of the last five years, only to break on the last lap, so he was really tip toeing and holding his breath this time. Larry Job was a strong third, fifth overall only a minute 48 seconds behind Bekki. Job said he had a flat and his engine was down on power the whole race, so he was happy to finish well. The Twilight was a Mini Mag race but three of the five were delayed on lap 1. Mike Thurlew and Rick Ellison had fast lap on the first one, then had trouble on the other four, but won the war of attrition and the class. Bill Dickton and Chip Bruner plus Glenn Dickton out ran two new Class 4 trucks to claim the class victory with three laps done, the third one a quick 1:10 in his well raced pickup. Fourth in Class 1-2-1600 went to Regan and Tory Gubler who started out third on lap 1. slipped . a position on lap 2 then had real. trouble on lap 3, down for half an hour. But they got fixed and came back with a couple of good laps to finish in 5:01:35. Dan lscho and Dom Leconte had some of their fun early. It seems somebody rear ended their trailer with the race car on it before they even got out of town. Fortunately the car wasn't damaged much, although the trailer was somewhat warped. Their race was relatively unevent-ful, except for some lighting problems, and they finished fifth at 5:15:46. Dan Jewett, Greg Ewan, Hugh Helms and Duane Eldred came to race a car well known to SNORE regulars, the '1699' car which they bought from former SNORE President Bert Vaughan. Does this mean that Bert is officially retiring from racing? Don't bet ori it! The new owners ran a fine race and finished all the laps in sixth place. Seventh went to Mark Davidge and Dennis Stevens. They got in three good laps, running as high as fourth before vanishing into the dark desert. Rob and Bob Guevara completed .only one W ········--Bill Holbrook is the man to beat this year in Class 9, and he did all four laps under an hour, fast class lap at 54:54, winning by about eight minutes, and he is leading the SNORE points race overall. Dusty Times t : t Yi{ilf:lis.! SPlliN'(1::PtlAr~§F:.1thii!lJ!l/f.1:.1llJ.cv:'s8rll-s t t :: ::: : ::: :: ~l'lllif2{flll+~:iir:tlifif'l:l!JJJ!lf/c11::!:'tljlfl1l'lll: r liTlF::Fll!l!Jfi/ffY/:ll;l;l;J,'§,:[U.:.:•.•··::.::.P.::.:~ •f:EJJ.JSfl(Nq:(/t.~ .... : .. ·•:·•1:~,;;J.:~r!e«1:t29l-i§j! DJ TRANSAXLES 10623 Blackfoot Road Apple Valley, CA 92308 (619) 240-3930 June 1993 ::;::::::::;:•:-:-:-:, EWPROPUCTSIN DEVELOPMENT•··•••/ · ••·.·•· .··.•·.·.·.·· .. •.·,:-:.:-:-:.:-:-:-:;:-:•,•.•·,.·.· . . . -....... ··-..... . LOTHRINGER ENGINEERING 825 N. Glendora Avenue Covina, CA 91 n3 (818) 915-2212 OFFROAD BUGGY SUPPLY 2525 E. 16th Street Yuma, AZ. 85365 (602) 783-6265 DENUNZIO RACING PRODUCTS P.O. Box 0057 Sar1a Barbara, CA 93111 (805) 683-1211 HOTLINE AUTOIIOTIVE 6951 ldlewylde Circle Melbourne, FL 32904 ( 407) 724-1270 Page 19

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1992 Champion Mike Dixon broke a front trailing arm, got fixed and hurried down the trail with a 54:55 final lap to zip home third in Class 9 action. Gene Griepentrog and Kent Lothringer had a clean run on their way to fourth out of 13 starte,:s in Class 9, and Gene said they just were not fast enough. Exciting the troops at the start line, Frank Vessels had his fast Class 8 Ford out for a test run, but he only did one lap, at 48:42, and retired. Jack, Will and John Bassett and Jeff Richard and Steve Ogle did three laps to claim third place in the Sportsman Buggy class which is catching on. Howard and Michael Dunn and Floyd Simmers got a slow start, got faster in the dark. finished all four laps and placed a strong second in Sportsman Buggies. Dean Matsouka and Paul Duffy had a disaster on lap 2 and ran out of time to finish. but still placed second in Sportsman Truck Division at the Twilight. IL~ lap and were probably home before dark. Keith and Mary Ann Roether, Dominic Gonzales, and Roger Br'ight had all their fun real early and didn't finish the first lap. The Chenowth Mini Mags make their own series using various venues and this year the SNORE Twilight was one of the designated events with five of the little racers on hand. Unfortun-ately three of them tangled on the first lap, causing grid lock on a narrow trail. As we heard it Yoshi Ogasawara missed a corner and in coming back to the course got hit by the Garrett car, then Bristing ran into Garrett, breaking a shock arm on Bristing's car and cracking some ribs on the driver. This was early on the first lap and the Mini Mags were just a few feet apart. Yoshi went no farther, Chris and Greg Garrett had a nearly two and a half hour lap, then retired. Out front after one lap was the team of Mike Thurlaw and Rick Ellison with a minute plus lead. But by lap 2 Scott Steinberger had taken. Jay and Jim Shane and Darwin Parsons did fine laps in the new Sportsman Buggy class. Jay turned the fastest time as they did their four laps to win the class honors. There were three trucks in the Sportsman truck division, and Barry Slatter put his Ford Ranger in for the win, despite losing most of the body work, and finishing on a shredded tire. _over the lead, which he held through lap 3 with three laps in the 56 minute range. Then his motor expired. Meanwhile Frank and Steve Bristing took an extra hour on the first lap, got things fixed on the second round and carried on to finish all five laps, almost an hour down, but second in class. Meanwhile Mike Thurlaw and Rick Ellison ·had a couple of long laps, but ran a steady race taking the win, the SNORE check and a generous. bonus from Chenowth, who. sponsor the Mini Mag series. There were three trucks in Class 4, two of them brand new. Bill and Glenn Dickton and Chip Bruner had the advantage of a proven vehicle and took the win despite losing the lube out of the rear end and frying the differential on the Dodge. Chris, Mark & Kevin Lumsden and Steven Gerulf from "Where the hell is Gabbs" Nevada placed second with just one good lap.Joe Ferrara and Brad Collie didn't make it around on the first lap. The 5-1600s were a trio once again, but didn't lack for competi-tiveness. Kevin Streety, Price FOR SALE Bunch 7S Ranger. HORA 7S Class Winner. 1992 current 7S and Mini Metal Champion. Class winner1991 Fireworks 250, 1992 Lucerne Valley 250, 1992 Nevada 500. Price includes 1993 sheet metal & spare parts. $29;500.00. Call 619-772-4959 Page 30 Parker and Marc DeNault just got. their car completed in time for the race, and Kevin didn't look quite right in a white Bug rather than his traditional green. They lost time on the first lap when they en-countered grid lock in the BLM Revenge section, but they came back to just barely take over second place on lap 2 and held it midway. Then came a long fourth lap with a broken CV so they retired. Meanwhile, winning the class with class fast lap and the only one under an hour on lap 1, Bruce Fraley, with Bill Madan riding along, stretched his lead lap by lap to win the class by just over an hour, also winning the $500 SNORE Bonus Bucks an extra The 5-1600s opted to run all five laps this race, but the result was quite • th t t t f ' 1 t familiar. Bruce Fraley ran a hot lap of 59:55, settled into a pace and won the P1nze ah ro a esR rbomMc aCss ho class by over an hour and the SNORE $500 Bonus Bucks. c ass eac event. o ac ac --· ----------------------------ren was signed on the car, but back on their Bug at the end of lap 1 trouble_ and went the Bruce didn't stop long enough to that lap and ran fine to finish all distance to tenth place finishing let him get aboard, and finished five laps after that, second in Class with no right front tire and the on a flat tire. Not to be denied a 5-1600. wheel hammered down to brake jaunt across the desert MacCach-The biggest class was 9, with 16 drum size. Jim Sumpter ran well ren and Pat Dean ju1mped into starters, but four of them did not to finish ninth behind Jeff Carr, Fraley's 5-1600 and went down cover a lap. Dale and Ed Looney who lost time to both a shredded course and towed Kevin Streety did a shade better, but the first generator pulley and a loose into the main pits, then Rob got driver upheld the family tradition exhaust. Frank Baird and Jason into Brendan Gaughan's Class 10 inverting the car just past check 2, Alverez took seventh place about and gave it a little test drive. Back so they did just one lap. Placing 1 ½ minutes behind Jeff Cepielik for another bout with the Nevada 11th Mike Kline and Lizzard and Steve Meirediercks. rocks the Colorado crew of Milt Griffith broke a shock on lap 3, Sixteen year old Andrew Moore, Sandy Zuehlke and Roger ran out of gas on lap 4, but had a Lindquist grabbed fifth place with Bright ran well until lap 3; and •good day otherwise and finished very consistent laps, he is a,comer they thanked the ACME Desert all four required laps. Lynn for sure. 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Milt Moore and his crew tow in from Colorado to race with Kevin Streety had his new barely painted 5-1600 out on the Brent.Bell led the first lap. led on the road through three laps in SNORE in their tidy 5-1600, had troubles on lap 3, got fixed and cowse, but had troubles on the last lap, and ended up getting Class 10 before his taxi meter shut off and Brent went no further finished all five laps for second in Class 5-1600. towed in to the pits. _in_t_he_ra_c_e. ________________ _ woes, but took fourth in Class 9." race, turned faster laps than the Sunday morning·the awards from Las Vegas, about 20 miles, . been very good for them, saying the people never stopping eating Friday night, and they even had some extra action on the slot machines. It is always nice to leave a race knowing that you have done some good for the sponsor. Mike Dixon broke a front trailing old man. They reported few were presented after the compli-and all the out of staters were on arm, inside the axle tube, had a problems other than one flat tire mentary and tasty full breakfast hand, ama:ed at the hospitality flat but got quick repairs and he and losing some time behind a buffet at the Lonesome Dove that the SNORE Club can gener-finished third, ten minutes behind three car jam up in BLM's SteakHouse,andtheoffroaders atefortheirracers.Whenasked, second place Dave Petrillo who Revenge. That was the Mini Mag ate everything in sight. A hefty the manager of the Lonesome had great lap times and no mess. amountoflocalsmadethebigtrip. Dove said the promotion had apparent trouble. The big winner in Class 9 was no surprise. Bill Holbrook was first to take checkered flag, doing all four laps under the hour, with fast class lap of Sf 54 and he won by over eight minutes. After two races Hol-brook leads the SNORE points by nearly 200 over Bruce Fraley who is just 22 points up on Darren Wilson, one point ahead of Larry BUMPERS Job. In the new Sportsman division, there were three trucks with their own race. Winning the class and turning fast lap, the only four lap finisher was Barry Slatter with John Pellissier and Vince Bishop in the Ford. Slatter lost most of the truck bed en route and drove the last ten miles on a flat right rear tire, but he went the distance and took home the trophy. Second, with three laps done, the· second one 3 ½ hours long, were Dean Matsouka and Paul Duffy, our nominee for the Persistence in the Face of Adversity Award. It would take pages to document their trouble and they would have gone around again but were out of time. The fabled SNORE ROT-TEN LUCK TROPHY which is a mashed tortoise atop a fried piston mounted on a mangled THE PERFECT ACCESSORY TO MAKE YOUR VEHICLE STAND OUT FROM THE REST! wheel went to Cam Peacock and Sherron Mitchell, who towed all the way to Vegas from Missoula, Montana to enter the race, only to be parked by a broken tie rod on the Nissan just two miles into the first lap. The new Sportsman Buggy class had five entries and all of them completed at least one lap. Jack Clinkenbeard and Michael Snedeny were in first place on lap 1, but didn't quite finish lap 2 . Scott Elliott and Kenny Gardner held down third on lap 1, grabbed the lead on lap 2 by turning fast class lap, a 59:40, but they were on the trailer before completing lap 3, credited with fourth place. The team ofJack, Will, and John Bassett, Jeff Richard and Steve Ogle ended up third after a good run, working their way forward in a short car that ended up short one lap too. Howard and Michael · Dunn and Floyd Simmers over-came first lap problems, moved steadily up through the field, getting faster, and they took a solid second place by a goodly margin. The number one spot in Sportsman went to Jay and Jim Shain and Darwin Parsons. It's good to see some of the old timers get behind the wheel again. Jim was a SNORE racer back when horsepower came from nay. However, Jay, who started t~e . Dusty Times • •• • • ALL BUMPERS ARE: Fabricated in 3" dia. heavy steel tubing Direct bolt-on -no modifications All hardware included - easy installation Protects vehicle while enhancing looks • • 3 year warranty on workm~nship - 90 days on finish Recommended by USA #1 Jeep Volume Sales Dealer! Retail Chrome Front ............ $219.95 Chrome Rear· ............... 249.95 Chrome Side .............. 169.95 Black Front* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.95 Black Rear* . :. ............. 179.95 Black Side* .... ~ ........... 119.95 PLUS SHIPPING & HANDLING (Bumpers also available for Cherokee) * also available in white June 1993 .. Your One Stop Jeep Shop! .. 17308 Bellflower Blvd. Bellflower, CA 90706 1-800-59-PART.S Page 31

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PORT WINE RALLY OF PORTUGAL Francois Delecour Wins His First Big _Victory Text & Photos: Martin Holmes the championship ~allies in the old grandiose form? FISA 's one surface rule as recommended by the manufacturers had come too late for major changes to be made in Portugal, so it might become, to • most intents, the last World ~ " Championship event to be held ~'. on asphalt as well as gravel stages. . " .. , , " . The only concession was to cancel Christine Oriana and Marie-Christine Lallement did a fine rally in the Citmen th nt S e Sp cial AX Sport, placing 13th overall and 12th in Group A and they won the Ladies he pr:•eveh lul pbr e d, ' Prize and lead that category on points. s ortenmg t e ra y y one ay, ,. -----------=-=----------'-----------------but in reality reducing the was guarded in his comments . Macedo; they had never been competition length by only a about the power output of his more than 12 seconds apart. couple of kilometers. engine. Astra team's Alex Fiorio 58 cars left Povoa de Var:im On Etape 1 Ford dominated the was the highest placed private ready for the first of the gravel opening asphalt stages with the driver, "The trouble caused by stages on Etape 2, but Mitsubishi Lancias pressing hard from those stones was ama:ing. Twice driver Schwar: retired soon after behind. The Subarus had many we damaged our sump guard the restart. His Lancer crashed problems and the Mitsubishis because we drove over rocks!" into a wall without warning on a were off the pace because of Alen, running at number eight, road section. "We were driving at limited asphalt testing. There said he had seen nothing like it. about 80 kph, the brake coliapsed were many problems for teams "Huge paving stones were thrown and the car suddenly turned right. using Michelin tires, due to the up from the edge of the roads and It was a miracle that nobody else ATS mousse not always inflating we had to weave a course to avoid was involved in the crash. We when a tire punctured. Fearless them!" both were a bit stiff and shocked, use of the mousse in turn created Between stages 9 and 10 there but otherwise unhurt." The first trouble for the Astra team, on was an extraordinary incident. high speed action was at the Pirelli tires, who found the roads This was an official no-service Lousada superspecial stage, two strewn with large cobble stones :one and FISA carried out a laps of a figure of eight rallycross thrown up by cars which had cut routine, secret fuel check. circuit, where the cars started in the corners. Samples had been taken from the pairs, side by side, giving ~ After a lack luster pre-dawn first four cars without problem, spectators a visual check of which Francois Delecour and Daniel Grataloup scored a lot of firsts - their first rally start at the Autodrome, without then came Delecour. The sample driver was faster than his rival. win. their first WRC victory, the first victory for the new Ford Escort RS Cos-1 igh ts, ramp or ceremony, was taken, but as thecarleftfor the The fastest driver on today's worthcar,andtheysurvivedafewcrisisenroutetovictorybyalmostammute Delecour took the lead and stage fuel started to leak from a stages was Britain's McRae, over teammate Miki Biasion. through the day was marginally joint close to the official junction though still far behind the leaders "All the final day I couldn't . ionship, Lancia {through Jolly _quicker than te'ammate Biasion. in the pipes from where the after yesterday's troubles, today stopthinkingwhatwashappening Club), Mitsubishi, Ford and Subaru had problems straight sample had been taken. With no suffering only power steering to me. I just didn't believe I was Subaru. Toyota stayed away away when Alen broke a drive-mechanics nearby, FISA officials trouble and a spin. Biasion, going to win!" A puncture, and concentratingonpreparationsfor shaft on the first stage and lost a gave permission for Ford to be despite rising from fourth to alternator failure, a bi:arre crisis the Safari Rally. The only half minute. On stage 2 Schwar: radioedtocometorepairtheleak second, had hurt his back when his car started leaking fuel curiosity driver among nominated had a broken wheel, happily and top up the lost fuel. All this jumping at the first stage, but he after a FISA fuel check, and a teams was Ford's 27 year old without suffering an accident. caused over a half hour delay, pulled ahead of Aghini and Sain: broken spark plug were the only Portuguese Fernando Peres who "We checked the remains of the caused spectator ha:ards on the who was delayed later by a spin problems for Francois Delecour has never rallied outside the wheel afterwards and found there subsequent stages, and created a after a shock absorber failed. and Daniel Grataloup in the country. And there were surpris-were tell-tale bubbles in the headache as to how to overcome Schwar:'s teammate Eriksson had tough, four day long event. It was ingly few mechanical novelties for magnesium." the fact that the four previous cars gearbox troubfe and was fighting the first victory for the Ford this event. On stage 3 McRae, who started had already tackled stage 10. Late hard to keep Alen at bay. Escort RS Cosworth and the first Pre-rally dramas were various. the event feeling ill, also had a at night the organ i: e rs and In Group N Fassina was leading time Delecour had ever won a Both Delecour and McRae had broken driveshaft, and on stage 4 stewards decided to cancel the Coutinho, but Argentine driver rally, anywhere, in his life, overturned cars in testing. Illness Delecour had a flat, losing ten times achieved by the first four Carlos Menem retired. "I was although he has led many of them. had cut short the training period seconds, dropping to second cars, and canceled stage 10 driving five stages with broken De lecou r's teammate Miki for McRae while family illness at place, but he regained the lead on completely. shocks, then I went off the road Biasion suffered a puncture, fuel home had cut Armin Schwar:'s the following stage. On stage 5 the In Group N the Marlboro and the rear axle was all broken. I pump problems, constant engine testing period down; his training miseries of McRae continued Team Ford Escort RX Cosworth was too late to carry on." In overheating,aninjuredbackanda period was also shortened when both front tires deflated, of Dubai driver Mohammed bin 'Formula 2' category Thiry lost broken shock absorber, but because his co-driver Nicky Grist dropping him to 13th place Sulayem led the category, but his lead when he had alternator together the Italian and the returned home to be married! The overall. Despite regaining the lead then was forced to retire with failure. "We stopped to change Frenchman outstripped the TV rights control issue became Delecour reported that he hardly •brokensuspension,allowingAlex this but the spare had different opposition. Their closest cha!-more confusing. With distraction enjoyed one stage without some Fassina, son of former European fittings; we lost 14 minutes before lenger, the World Champion from the forthcoming Fl season problem, themostseriousbeinga rally champion 'Tony', driving a we could carry on." Spaniard Carlos Sain:, retired. close to hand, there was still no broken alternator belt which new model Maroa 323 GT-R to After Etape 3 when the rally after he crashed on the third day, effective policy about how FISA caused the engine to overheat. take the lead. Japanese driver reached Viseu on Friday evening, though his Lancia teammate would ensure that television Jolly Club teammates Sain: and Hiroshi Nishiyama retired his Fords were enjoying a comfort-Andrea Aghini went on comp-companies round the world Aghini matched times closely Nissan Sunny GTI-R after an able one-two lead. Their closest etently to finish third. would gain their footage, at what with Sain: having a flat on stage 8. accident on stage 2. In Formula 2 rival Carlos Sain: crashed on the Once again four different teams cost, and to whom, and with what Eriksson was one of few drivers Bruno Thiry enjoyed a close fight second stage of the day. Driving were nominated at FISA for the limitations? to avoid trouble, but he was in his Opel Astra with national hard to keep the Fords within ManufacturersWorldChamp-. Wasthisgoingtobethelastof .. unabletomakeanyfasttimes,and.Renault driver Jose-Carlos .ran e the Lancia went end over Group N was a tight fight for a while, but Alex Fassina and Luigi Pirollo took the lead on Etape 2, and extended the time margin leg by leg to win the Group in the Mazda 323 GT-Rand place ninth overall. Pagc31 Burno Thiry and Stephane Prevot lost their lead for a time in Formula 2, but took back the lead when the competition retired and won the class in the Opel Astra GSi, making it three in a row for GM. June 1993 'I The side by side racing at Lousada delighted the spectators as here Colin McRae, foreground, seems to have his Subaru ahead of Markku A/en's Subaru. Dusty Times

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- , ;;ii1{b 1993 RALLY OF PORTUGAL Francois Delecour/Daniel Grataloup Miki Biasion/Tiziano Siviero • Andrea Aghini/Sauro Farnocchia Markku Alen/llkka Kivimaki Kenneth Eriksson/Staffan Parmander Alex Fiorio/Vittorio Brambilla Colin McRae/Derek Ringer ,Jorge Bica/Joaquim Capelo Alex Fassina/luigi Pirollo Bruno Thiry/Stephane Prevot Christine Driano/MC Lallement(13th) F Ford Escort Cosworth A• 6:20:37 I Ford Escort Cosworth A 6:21 :32 Lancia HF lntegrale A 6:23:17 SF Subaru Legacy Turbo A 6:24:23 S Mitsubishi Lancer E A 6:25:28 I Lancia HF lntegrale A 6:26:18 ca Subaru Legacy Turbo A 6:37:25 P Lancia HF lntegrale A 6:51 :42 I Mazda 323 GT-R W 7:11 :46 B OpelAstraGSi A• 7:12:18 F Citroen AX Sport.. A 7:27:33 •Group winners - ••Ladies' winner - 84 start - 32 finish Winner's average stage speed - 88.59 kph It wasn't a good spring for World Champions. Carlos Sainz On stage 2 Armin Schwarz and Nicky Grist survived losing a crashed hard on the third day while trying to keep the Fords in wheel on the stage but later an accident for no apparent reason sight, and retired the Lancia whose wrinkles drew quite a crowd Manufacturer points - Toyota 40, Ford 37, Mitsubishi 33, Subaru 26, Lancia 14 Driver points- Delecour 35, Biasion 27, Kankkunen 23, Auriol & Jonsson 20. Formula 2 Manufacturers points - GME 30, Citroen 20, Skoda 19, Peugeot 16. Group N Driver points• Spiliotis, Backlund & Fassina 13 points each. put the Mitsubishi Lancer out of the rally. of spectators. ---'----------,-----:--,,--------::----:---------end many times a ft er hitting ad i p InGroupN Fassinacontinued appreciated by the drivers. in a long fast corner. The reigning to lead comfortably, having Eriksson said: "Only on the first World Champion had scored no experienced no problems on the night, in the dark and after the points at all from his two outings event at all. "This car is so much delay, was this anything like the so for this year. The Fords weren't better that the old GT-X in every old days." The excitement of the entirely trouhle free. Delecour way!" His closest rival Coutinho final day was the roll for McRae broke a spark plug on the day's lost four minutes with transmis-on the opening stage. He did not final stage -and Biasion was sion trouble during the day but loseaplace,butitputhimintoan receiving pain killing injections kept second place. In 'Formula 2' even lonelier seventh. "I drifted for his hack, plus his car was Macedo had a ten minute lead in into soft sand at the edge of the overheating. While the Fords his Renault ·when the gearbox track,andbecauseofdusticould were ahle to comfortably retain broke, putting him out of the not see what was happening. The the lead, this was the day of the rally. Thiry had virtually recov-car landed on its side against a Subarus: on only two of the day's ered from his delay yesterday and ~ tree, but there were thousands of FIA Ladies Cup points. Christine Driano 15, Isolde Holderied 9. . spectators there who got us going . the third driver in the third again." Eriksson finally felt different type of car to win this happier about driving flat out, category in World rallies so for gradually gai'ned speed and pulled this year. However, in 'Formula 2' ahead of Fiorio's private Lancia Thiry's win gave GM their third into fifth place. The Fords eased success out of three events. their pace and Delecour had an Finally, however, this was to he alternator fail; otherwise there the end of an extraordinary were no surprises. Biasion with waiting period in the career of his overheating engine was in no ·Francois Delecour and provide position to th rea ten the the first ever rally win in his career Frenchman. -the moment when his endless stages were any cars, Escorts, was only seven seconds hehind faster than the Legacies. Suharu the new category leader, the C:ech guest driver Markku Alen was Skoda driver Emil Triner. Thiry: now faster than regular team "We are very happy with the car. memher McRae: "I am heginning We have changed the hraking to relearn the engine, it takes ratio and the balance of the car is some adjustment after the now very good!" Fassini cruised onwards to earlier frustrations were finally . victory in_ Group N an~ be~ame ,behind him. Toyota. In the Subaru you change · Huge crowds continued to line up gears at 7800 rpm instead of the route on Etape 4, enticed hy 5800!" M itsuhishi 's surviving the clear weather and the sense of driver Eriksson was still nervous watching a historic victory for the as the team would not say what British hased Ford Team. Very caused Schwar:'s road accident, considerable efforts had been and he was soon overhauled hy made by the organi:ers regarding Alen. crowd control, and this was much In Formula 2 Jose-Carlos Macedo and Miguel Borges Driving through historic streets doesn't change the make had a ten minute lead in the Renault Clio 16S, when the up of a rally checkpoint; they seem to be the same the gearbox broke, ending their rally right then. world over with folks with clocks doing a countdown. 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F.O.R.D.A. Season Opener By Wayne Simmons Photos: Frd Hemming real off road racing. The Florida Sports Park has been home to several motor sport events, most famous is the swamp buggies, and for the last year stock cars, and their first monster truck competition was this year. Several of the drivers that live near the area helped lay out the track. It was not lbng before the oval track for stock cars took on a new look. Three jumps now blocked the front straight, snake like turns cut across the infield, q high speed back straight led into a long sweeping turn, setting the drivers up for speed and action. Steve Linder led most of the way in both Novice heat races, finished second in the feature with mechanical trouble, but won the day on overall points. Unfortunately, the still bad economy, and a big playoff game on TV, took it's toll on the number of drivers and fans able to show up. Then Mother Nature In the first Challenger heat Don Crews leads eventual winner Stephen Pounds played her hand. The day before wake, leaving Whatley and Simmons to battle it out. Simmons was not letting up as he stuck to Whatley's bumper like glue. With just a few laps left Simmons passed his adversary to take second. It was short lived; then mud got in Simmon's eyes giving Whatley the chance to pass in the last lap. A wave of the flag gave Linder a flag to flag win, Whatley a hard fought second and Simmons third. into the pond just before the finish line. Crews ended up ninth in class the race rains hit the lower half of for the day. = the state, dumping two inches of The FLORIDA OFF ROAD . Naples, Florida, most noted for. water on the track. By race day DRIVERS ASSOCIATION it's sunshine, gulfbreezes,and the most of the water had drained off (F.O.R.D.A.) took their first race annual swamp buggy races, now the infield, but the straights and of the season to the deep south. . had the thrills and excitement of sweeping turn were still soaked with Hz(). Stephen Pounds was on top of the Challenger action, leading half of each heat race and winning them both, and took an early lead in the feature and held it to the checkered flap. THE: WRIGHT' . ' PLACE~-l•ger Diameter Link• ----Larger Dllmeler Splndlea ----~ger Diameter "EXTREME" TRAILING ARMS STRONGEST ARMS AVAILABLE 3" More Ground Cle•ance DlrecUy replacea oti-manufacturwa trailing •m• .. , 9420 FLINN SPAIN.GS LANE, EL CAJON, CA 92021 TEL: (619) 561-4810 FAX: (619) 561-7960 Pagc34 NOVICE HEAT ONE: Only five drivers lined up their machines for the drop of the green. ·Steve Linder beat every-body into the first turn for clear sailing, with the rest of the drivers battling the mud and each other. Bill Whatley and Wayne Sim-mons were in a bumper to bumper battle for second. Jack Lawrence was out in just two laps with unknown motor trouble. Dean Anderson who just could not get it together in the mud, brought up the rear. Linder had walked off and left ev_eryone in his SECOND HEAT: Simmons stalled on the line as the green fell, causing several drivers to make quick moves to avoid hitting anyone. Anderson had gotten the lead in the confusion, with Linder hot on his tail. Whatley had bent a tie-rod and was lagging behind the leaders. Simmons was now out of the race, with the wiring burning up in the car. Anderson and Linder battled into the last lap with a side by side rush down the back part of the track. Once again it was Linder pulling out to take the win, Anderson second, and . Any of the six 1-2-1600 cars competing could have won the battle, but it was Marty Neri. Pictured here is close finisher Ray Short with a pair of seconds and a third for second overall on class points. The Unlimited class was down to just three cars, many not risking the high 1 buck equipment in the muck. Mike Hester won both heats, had water trouble ' : in the feature, but still took the class points for the day. .!---------------------------June 1993 Whatley third. FEATURE: Simmons had repaired the wiring problem to make the line up for the feature. As they splashed out of the first turn it was Simmons in the lead followed closely by Whatley. Anderson and Linder were trying to close the gap as Simmons started to pull away. Whatley lost an oil line sending him to the wayside. By now Simmons was a half lap out front, when his dreams of victory were shot down. The coil fell off the motor bringing him to a cold stop. Linder had broken a transmission mount and was just unable to catch Anderson. At the wave of the checkered flag Anderson took the win, with Linder trailing in second. CHALLENGER FIRST HEAT: Ed Chambers splashed his way into the lead with the rest of the pack trailing in his tracks. Don Crews and Bryan Peterson battled for second, until Peterson ·dropped out with water trouble. Steven Pounds quickly moved up to challenge Crews. Chambers lead was cut short when the fan belt came off sending him to the pits early. Pounds had moved past Crews and taken the lead, as Crews began to fade with generator trouble. The pack spread out as Pounds slowly increased his lead. Zoomie Hinson was now in second at the midway point. Ed Russell, a newcomer in only his second race, was battling another newcomer, Ron Cropeau, for the third place position as the race began to wind down. Richard Partridge had been running smooth but was just not fast enough as Pounds lapped him and headed for the checkered. It was all over with a wave of the flag, Pounds took the win with Hinson second and Cropeau third. SECOND HEAT: Having solved his water troubles Peterson jumped into the lead with Partridge and Cropeau in close pursuit. Mark Amrheim lost a c. v. joint in the first lap ending this race before it got started. Scott Campbell quickly charged up from the pack to overtake Partridge. Now in striking range of Peterson he poured on the pressure. Chambers' day had not improved, with dirt getting in the distributor this race. Peterson was just a little too fast for Campbell as he lost his grip on the leader. By now, Pounds had maneuvered through the pack to challenge Campbell. 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Dusty Times reporter Wayne Simmons led the Novice feature halfway, but had electrical trouble, but his heat race finisher points put him fourth for the meet. In only his second off road race Ed Russell ran third for a time in Diving into the grandstand pond Scott Campbell had a tight dice heat 1, had trouble later, but kept it running to finish third in the for second in Challenger Heat 2, but finished third, had troubles feature and third on th_e day in Challengers. in the main but placed sixth on class points headed into the last laps. Pounds got the upper hand in a turn full of mud, with Campbell unable to regain the lost ground. Peterson took a flag to flag win, Pounds came in second and Campbell third. FEATURE: Once again Cham-bers grabbed the lead with Pounds and Peterson a buggy length away. Larry Olsen quickly started to move up from the rear of the pack, but had to slow a lap when mud got under his glasses. Fred Hemming wasted no time in putting pressure on Peterson. Crews lost ground fast with a flat, and was soon out of the race. Peterson slushed past Pounds to challenge Chambers. By the next lap Chambers was out of the race with distributor trouble again, giving the lead to Peterson. The track was taking its toll as buggies began to drop like flies. Hinson was out with a broken transmis-sion. Hemming came to a stop in the middle of a puddle when he lost a cylinder. Russell and Olsen were both a lap down but had managed to stay in the race. With a lap to go Peterson had an easy win, Pounds came in second, Russell third and Olsen fourth. 1600's FIRST HEAT: Marty Neri was in the lead with Andy McMillen on his bumper as the drivers completed the first lap. Marty Pounds and Ray Short battled for third, while trying to keep ahead of Mark Bicker. The pressure of competition was too much for McMillen's motor, as his motor burnt a hole in one of the heads to end his day. Short had overtaken Pounds but, was unable to close on the leader. Bicker was pushing Pounds hard, easily moving up when the clutch went out in Pounds machine. Time ran out fast leaving Bicker to take third, Short second and Neri an unchallenged first. Pounds quickly took the lead in the second heat, as Bicker started to close the gap. Short was side lined in the second lap with a flat tire. Neri wasted no time in putting pressure on the leaders. Short's pit crew had quickly changed the tire but he was too far down to have a shot for the lead. Pounds rolled at the midway point putting him out of this race. Bicker's racer was not running good, giving Neri the lead. Neri easily took the checkered flag for first, Bicker second and Short third. FEA TURE:.Once again Pounds was in the lead, with the rest of the pack in pursuit. Short and Neri quickly maneuvered past in a turn, leaving him to fend off the attack of Bicker. Third position was settled when Pounds drowned out in the middle of a puddle. Short and Neri battled for several laps, until Short lost a tire. Once DustyTimcs again Neri had the lead and a clear On! y three Class 1 and 10 Hester took the first race, with the overall win from Hester. shot to the flag. By now Bicker's drivers made the trip to the races. Bohres in second. The second In spite of the track conditions motor was running so poorly he Mike Hester, Larry Willis and heat was a run away for Hester as the fans had seen what off road was not able to catch Short, even Bob Bohres battled for a few laps Bohres had water trouble. In the racing is all about. As the stands with his flat. Neri was again the in the first heat, then Willis lost feature Hester ran into trouble empty and drivers load up for the winner with Short coming in his clutch. Willis called it a day with the water giving Bohres the trip home, all look forward to the second and Bicker third. and watched the rest of the event . . win, but it was not enough to take .. next race. See you there. . 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CHAPALA DUSTERS RACE REVIEW By H. Hcnl.'s1.~ The Chapala Dusters were out in force at the recent Ultra Wheel SCORE Nevada 400, with twelve vehicles taking the green flag. Two of those are new members, Gary Sewell in Class 1600 with co-<lriver Gary Jones (both old hands in desert racing), and Rich Goldbaum in another 1600 car. This makes the 1600 class real exciting for the Dusters, with six entries in this class alone. Danny Porter in car 1604 had the finest finish here with a second in class, eight minutes out of the lead. A clean uneventful day of racing! I · don't think so. Danny ended up losing the clutch linkage on the second lap and spending 15 minutes making repairs. Co-driver Mark Ruddis then took over to finish the race, and ended up doing so only after losing third gear on lap 3. All right, here's where it gets ugly. Gary Sewell in 1606 was hangin' in there for the first two laps, then handed the car over to Gary Jones, who radioed in from out in the Rock Garden that the motor had gone south. In 1618, Jim Joyce's co-driver Drew Keys was just seconds out of the lead at the end of the first lap, but pulled over at Pit "A" for repairs to a rocker assembly, which only lasted him a handful of miles before his motor gave out, too. Fred Wing in 1616 planned on cruising the race for a finish, but = took a hit in the rear from one of. .. CUSTOM WHEELS the big trucks on the second lap . about 8 miles from the main pit, which shoved the jack into the oil filter. He had down time waiting for more oil ( which was delivered by Ryan Harbottle in 556 ), finally motored on to around Pit C where he broke a torsion bar, and decided it was best to load it on the trailer. New member, Rich Goldbaum in 1621, was not able to complete the first lap, losing an oil filter bracket, then the oil, and finally, the motor itself. In 1603, Gary Anderson had a short race as well, with a hole in the motor keeping him from making it around on the first lap as well. In Class 5-1600, the lone entry was Ryan Harbottle, who had a flat on Lap 1, got going again and started to work his way through the class, only to have the motor go away near the end of the second lap. Don Gar bis and Scott Weers teamed up again in car 904, with Don taking the green flag, as well as a flat just miles from the start. He got back on t~ack, but around mile 80 had to replace a front arm and ball joint arm after driving the car into one of those big rain ruts. Scott Weers took over driving chores at Pit Eon the second lap, drove about 2 miles and had the transmission give way. In Class 10, there were three starters, with Dave Bufe and Jerry Higman in J 004 keeping it togetht'r, and for a fifth place finish. Next finisher was George . Erl in 1009 in 10th position, having a long, long day. Co-driver Jim Fishback, Jr. ran the first two. laps, having a slow second lap due shock, which finally ~as repaired. at Pit E. George ran a clean third lap, hut broke a spindle and more on the last lap, which was almost 6 hours in the running. Regardless of how long it takes, George will · always make it to the finish line! Mark Fry in 1006, began having problems even before leaving home, while the motor was on the Jyno. On Thursday night, they assembled the second motor, and hi1d it in contingency on Friday. Mark had problem after problem on the first lap and called it a day· at Pit E. The Class 1 . entry of Morley and Mike Williams, 103, was unable to make it a complete lap, hut Mike's performance in the Ma:da was fantastic. He was able · , to run with the class leaders, even though he rolled just past the Fireworks stand, and lost a transmission later in the lap. So it was a great day to work on the tan, tell more stories, and strategize for the next race in Mexico. Meetings for the Chapala Dusters are second Wednesdays of the month at the Me-n-Eds in Garden Grove. Our members drive in from all areas of the southland, some as far away as Temecula and the High Desert. Bill Tho.mpso[) from Carrera Photo provides a slide show of the Duster entries from the previous race, and we all ooohh and aawww and cheer. Oh yeah, and bench race a lot. . to a broken valve on a front···-Check Out the DUSTY TIMES Special Club Sub Offer (818) 881-0004 PIAA ,.__.II !IIIIIDfWi4l HAUNl8I' &AIIP _,,.ia, !SIMPSON! CHENOwtH· Winchester Myste-ry House, . California Paramount's Great America Rally Seri R rt amusement park, the Marine CS Cpo World aquarium or the Raging By Lynnett<' Allison, Dir,xtor I Waters. There are lots of things to do and places to go. Call me at As we go to press organizers (909) 736-1442 if you're travel-Paula and Mike Gibeault report a ' ing up to coordinate rides and large entry for California's only times with others. I will be driving National/Divisional Subaru Pro up early Friday, if anyone wants Rally events, Rim of the World to caravan. out of Palmdale on May 14-16. A Temecula Rallycross could Planned is a viewing of cars and happen Saturday', June 26 in a teams from ten in the morning to new location for sprint events. two in the afternoon at the Organizer Dennis Sheean is final-Antelope Valley Mall on tht" izing plans for two co-efficient 1 Friday, before the evening stages sprints at the new Temecula begin. The mall isatthe Avenue P Motor Sports Park near tht' off ramp from Highway 14 north, intersection of Winchester and and the rally cars will be parked Diaz roads in Temecula. Dennis is south of the Sears parking lot awaiting final approval for on site under a giant Budweiser Racing course grading. Contact him at Driver balloon. The restart is (619) 462-8859 for current scheduled for 1 :00. For up to the information and status of the minute rally news and informa-event. tion on Rim contact Subaru/Rim The Board of Governors Press Officer Andy Schupack at meeting may move to Sunday, ten (805) 267-1725 at the Ramada to three, after the Temecula Inn, Thursday through Sunday. rallycross, or stay on the original There will be a Memorial Day Saturday date if there is no Rally Meeting and Picnic/Bar-Temecula event. Rallyists - St'nd becue in San Jose. The Rally 'in your written requests and meeting is Sunday May 30 during questions ASAP so I can set up the Memorial Day weekend, in the agenda. San Jose. Coordinator Hcldt"r Co-organi:er of the Prescott Altunespromises you'll also have Forest Rally, Jeff Ht'ndricks time to watch the Indy race. reports Prescott roads should he Contact Helder at ( 408) 779-smoother than ever before if the 4180 or Rui Brasil at ( 408) 280-Forestry Service's regrading of the 5005 or fax (408) 280-1024 for roads is completed as scheduled. details. About thirty local rallyists Spring storms destroyed most of and friends are expected. Discus-the course roads in March and the sion will focus on events and original datl" was postpont"d to the possible locations within the art"a, current July 30-August I . The organization and local support, as Prescott Fort"st foatures two well as rally movies and bench Divisional rallh:s in conjunction ._racing. Visitors can visit the . with the Suharu National. Tht' scheduling changl" now lets SCCA's Ari:ona Rt"gion jump in with their usual l'nthusiasm and course workl'r support. Prl's'-·ott Forest is thl" second Nation-al / Divisional l'Vent in thl' Suharu Pro Rally Series to he sanctioned through SCCA 's Southern Pacific Division. Entry forms for the Prescott Forl'st Rall)', headquart-1.'red at thl' Sheraton in Prescott, will he maill'd hy mid-_lum·, and contact Jeff Hendricks at ( 602) 778-7312 if you need extra copies. TRI-MIL EXHAUST sYsTEMs ·euLTRAcuSTo;.w11EELsfS' CNC HYDRAULIC The CRS Summt'r Picnic & Fun in the Sun Day will he August 7 or 14. K'-·rri Kerhy, our own picnic proft'ssional from Bakers-field, is working with Mike Blore in looking for a new site. Kerri is also accl.·pti ng donations for picnic give-a-ways. Call her at (805) 836-9306. 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SAT 9am -5pm ~IS AD SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER$ • MENTION THIS AD TO RECIEVE THESE $ALE PRICES Page 36 June 1993 year. If you need CRS memhership forms, rule hooks call Nancy Peterson, (619) 241--4707. The new Stock class chairman is Tony Shumaker at ( 714) 859-7216. Call me for general info, (909) 736-1442._ AffENTION PIT TEAMS Send us your tales of triumph and troubles and they will be featured on these pages. 207 51 Marilla Street, .. Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. Du1tyTimc1

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l ~f=~E:r~IIIt llr:"~-R~J~· 1 according to class, with Class 11 i .., ..,awa:, costing 5000 pesos and open car drivers charged only a small percentage.: of their adjusted gross The Straight Poop income. Aftc.:r two races this yc.:ar, From the Big Wahzoo George's results have heen very The SCORE San Felipe 250 is . consistent, hut he assures me that next week in Wah:oo time, so I he's hound to win one soon. hpve no race results this month. SPEAKING OF SCORE -The . SCO:ltE INTERNATIONAL -lengthy legal case of Chase's Since we haven't talked ahout Girlfriend i•s Chas..:, Hi/J/Jcml and SCORE lately, let's review how the insurance company recently this new higger and better came to a negotiated conclusion. SCORE organization is operating Most of you will rememher a after the first two·races of its new Parker race a numher of years ago, series. A series that now includes when Jeff ran over Ch a se 's all the major and· l~l)g standing girlfriend at one.: of the finish lines traditional off road races in our while driving Stuart's open car. sport. Well this young lady, who In a unique deal !;st year, apparently climhc.:d on the side of SCORE not only took over the race car without telling HORA, but then turned around anyone, sued everybody for the and put Danny Cau in charge of .injuries she suffered whc.:n she was physically running all its races. This combination had some real potential for excellently staged races and great promotions. Although still down on entries from past years, both the '93 Parker and Mint Races were class events. Speaking for the Check-ers, the Wah:oo would like to acknowledge the improvements and increased effort that SCORE has put into their recent races. It shows guys! Yeah OK, I know I'm spreadin' it on a little thick here, so I'll get right on to the latest rumors about what's really going on over at SCORE. It seems things are actually not all that cool. There appears to be a classic example going on of ,iuality banging heads with the Jno(it margin. Although, both of these items are very necessary for success, they often clash: So it's no surprise when it's reported that the phone lines between SCORE L.A. and SCORE Vegas now often crackle with comments like: "NO no, that's too much." "What! You paid the volunteers?" "Well hell, no wonder you were losin' money before!" And so on. Also, in a reported flap over I'esponsibili-ties, Jim Conner has recently left SCORE. Rumor has it that this constant friction between Sal and Danny will be the reason Cau leaves SCORE in the near future as many expect, despite the fact he has a three year contract. Although the Wah:oo was one of the many that predicted a quick split for this duo, I also secretly hoped I was wrong. Cau runs an excellent race and has always been fair with the rank and file racer. Sal, on the other hand, is a savvy promoter and natural survivor who will be around long after most of us have grown old and taken up golf. Hopefully, if these two men could work things out, so that both can contribute their strengths together in this sport, Off Road Racing would surely prosper for all of us in the coming years. But then again, if frogs could fly ... COMPETITION REVIEW BOARD-The CRB has remained basically the same this year, with the exception that it is now being run by a SCORE Official. This has left George Thompson with little or nothing to do at the races except to crui.~e around glad handing. Rut rumor has it, that·· George has now made himself available as a defense attorney for any Checker that finds himself plied up b efore the court. Reported! y, G eorge has devel-oped a sliding scale of charges Dllltyflllla summarily. eje~tc.:d and run over when Hibbard left! This story fits very nicely under the heading of "Only in the Chec_kers", as the following developments took place while the case wandered slow I y through our justice system: Stuart married his injured girlfriend!; Hibbard switches sides; The new Mrs. Chase files for divorce against Stuart!; Stuart switches sides; Eventually, all parties squared off according to gender, with the nq_w ex-Mrs. Chase finally settling with the insurance company for a cool half million hucks! Now come on ladies, who says there's no money in off road racing? A THANK YOU goes _out to the Her:og T earn for their $50 donation to our party fund, which was in appreciation of some timely assistance they received. from one of our pits up at the Mint. Nice touch guys! POINT OF ORDER -Last month the Checker's Column once again appeared in it's usual spot as the vc.:ry last article in this paper. Now that's not a problem 'cause the Checkers have always been comfortable out near the fringe anyway. But, the Wah:oo must strongly object to sharing a page with that goofy drawing in . "The Pit Team Register". I mean come on, ya just know there'll be a numher of young know-nothings out there who will start to think that the bunch depicted in the drawing actually has something to do with the Chec.kers, whose column takes up the rest of the page! Now this is serious stuff guys, since w_e alllio_w that when: gotten early, and traiiled properly,. '~ tender young wanna-bes often grow into excellent pitters. Really, check it out. With the exception of that likeness of Symonds in the wheel chair on the lc.:ft, this picture has nothing at all in common with a real Checker pit. I mean everything is wrong here.:, especially with regard to the quality of the Pit Tootsie pictured! Soo ... if the Dusty Times continues to print this degrading picture right next to our column without an appropriate disclaim-er, the Wah:oo will officially demand that at the very least the Club be allowed to submit a replacement picture showing a true Checker-like gathering, rather than something resembling a duster-cluster. Pasc37 ---

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--CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Fenceline Rallysprint 3 R:-,, John Elkin Photos: T racksicle Photo Inc. .... Rui and John Brasil gave their Audi Quattro a real workout, each driving all nine stages as they fought over third place in 4WD Open Class. Rui got third over his fourth placing brother by seven seconds. thought they were so familiar in class and sixth owrall in the with. Volvo. Dan Hook hrought his Yet another fast New Zealander rally driver is Todd Bawden who won overall in a Mitsubishi, 4WD. He led by a second early on, then won four of the final five stages, and took the victory overall by 20 seconds. Millen pulled a hundredth hack Celica into second place half a on the fifth stage while Wood and minute later and ninth owrall. Jardevall tied . At this time Rookie driver Kl'vin Caffery consistant times were setting Dan pulled into third place I 2 seconds Hook's Toyota hehind Malik's hac k and tenth overall. Ed Volvo 240 and another rookie, Villegas turned clean stage times Kevin Caffery gaining in the to nah fourth place followed hy ex-Hocker Honda CRX. Back at Jay Pril·stly who shared the Honda the front Millen pulled a quick CRX with Caffery. This was. timl'ofthedaystageoutofhishat Priestly's first PRO Rally. pulling within a whisker of Gengenhach was enjoying his first Jardevall, Wood missed a corner drive when he ran short of tires, and gained a hit of time as Malik no one had his lug pattern :ind he also whipped out a quick time to had to rl'tire the Ma:da RX-3. A beautiful and warm Southern California day greeted twenty-eight rally teams as they gathered at the Glen Helen Raceway for the third rallysprint of 1993. With the schedule changl' of the Prescott Forest Rally to Jul 11, most teams wanted an event to warm up with hefore our May date with the demanding Rim Of The World roads. Calls were placed, papers filed and poof, Wl' have the Fenceline Rallysprint 3. Organi:ers John Elkin and Marcus Clark worked to makl' a stage that would he safl'r and less treacherous than thl' Fl'hruary ·event. The course came out to I. I miles with less sharp turns, removed insidl· herms when· possible, hut in the process had to then route the cars over Sl'Veral motocross style jumps that are a permanent fixture at the racl·way. The nasty jumps were mostly respected hy the entry and luckily ·-~ only one car was damaged hecause of an over-:ealous right foot. With the passage of the rains and the recent sun the stage also held together remarkably well, not trenching out in the corners. Kudos to ace track groomer Woody. Of the twenty-eight cars entered the hreakdown fell into fifteen two wheel drive open class cars, seven stock class cars and six four wheel drive entries. While the attrition rate was low in each class it is interesting to note that the Stock Class had a I ()()•i;, finishing rate. In the two wheel drive open class the hattle formed early hetween three front wheel drive cars. Carl Jardevall in his Saab and Rhys Millen's Ma:da MX-6 were equal fast time on stage one with Ron Wood's VW Scirocco just a hlink of an eye behind. Into stage . two Jardevall pulled a few more George Tavares catches good air in his Stock Class Toyota MR2, and it was a four way battle for the class win, coming down to anyone's rally in the late stages, but George won Stock Class and was fifth overall behind the 4WDs. hundredths ahead of the Wood VW as Millen explained his freak rollover, "We had the wrong rims on the rear of the car; the wheel caught on the suspension, locking it up and turning me in to the dirt bank." The MX-6 rolled com-pletely over and hack on its wheels. Millen still lost only seven seconds but was running without a windshield. At the end of the fourth stage Jardevall held sway by six seconds over Wood, Millen another five seconds in arrears of Wood. In his first ever PRO Rally Dave Gengenbach tied for sixth with rookie driver Jay Parcon still twenty-five seconds from third place. Bill Malik was the closest rear whed drive car in fourh just nineteen seconds from Millen. After the service hreak the drivers returned for the final five stages with the stage being reversed, giving drivers a different perspective of the turns they edge the consistent Dan Hook In the stock class the hattle Going into stage eight Jardevall formnl earl\' hetween Harris was in the lead still, hut not Done's Ma:da RX-7, Tony comfortahly. The Saah drivdine Shumaker's Mitsuhishi truck, foiled about halfway through the Gl'orgl' Tavares' Toyota MR2 and stage. Millen inherited the lead Jeff Hendricks' Jeep Comanchl'. hut suffered a Llriveshaft failure. All finishing the first stage within He hoped to nurse the Ma:da less than one second of each through the stage hut on the other. In stage two Hendricks uphill section his car also quit and stayed with Tavares with Shu-parked in the exact same place as maker one second hack. Done Jardevall. So the lead fell to Ron lost three seconds on the leaders. Woo,! who also took off in thl' In stage four Tavares found final stage looking for a win, hut several seconds over the others in thl· same placl' as Millen and with a flawless run in the MR2. Carl, his Jriveline also failed, Going into the service Tavares parking the third front driver in held ten seconds in hand over the line. Shumaker Mi tsu hish i . Two The charging Bill Malik turnl·d seconds hack was Dom· followed . in a fost final stage to take the win_ closely hy Hendricks. New rally driver Dennis Chi:ma hrought his VW Rahhit in fifth at service just ahead of Jeff Rruett's Dodge Chargl'r. Bill Malik had the only Volvo on hand, a heavy car for racing, but he ran close to the front wheel drive 2WD Open Class leaders, outlasted them and won the 2WD class at sixth overall, winning by half a minute. Stage five saw Harris Donl· spin in one corner and arrive in thl· finish control with a flat tire, whether the flat was caused hy the spin or vice versa we do not know, hut the resulting 2:39 stage time put Done out of the running for the win. Hendricks tied Tavares with a 1 :78 hut that was the last time that anyone touched the Toyota as Tavares scored his first PRO Rally win in stock class and carries a lot of momentum into Rim in five weeks. Tony Shu-maker scored fast stages and fended off Hendricks for a well deserved second place. Jeff Bruett . stayed on the gas to claim fourth ' .,., ~. ~-.. , ffi ~~-'*'' ·'%! .... .J~-?i '( ' ~ -..J · It was a near tie for second in Stock Clas·s between two trucks, Jeff Hendricks had his Jeep Comanche humming all day in CRS Stock Class, but a mixup on timing cost him a good run; he had to rerun and didn't do as well that round and finished third in class, eighth overall. Tony Tavares kept the leader honest in his Toyota FX 1 convert-ed to 4WD for the new Open Class, winning some stages, but he ended up second overall and in class. Pagc38 CRS Stock, but Tony Shumaker took second, seventh overall by a mere five seconds in the final run, which had not been scheduled. June 1993 Dusty nmes

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Dan Hook does a little leap in his Toyota and ran very consistent lap times in both directions to place second in 2WD Open Class and ninth overall too. Jeff Bruett got his Dodge Charger around in fine style placing fourth in the highly competitive CRS Stock Class and he was Edmundo Villegas moved steadily up the charts as the favorites faded in 2WD Open Class and he drove the Toyota Corolla to fourth in class, 12th overall. placL· aht·,lll of Dennis C hi:ma. Dont· finishe,I up sixth. The four wheel dri ve open class aga in lai,l claim to the fight for the overall win early, consistently outrunning the two wheel drives hy four to six seconds per stage. The hattk shape,! up hetween Nn\' Zt·a landn To,lcl Rawden and northt·rn California's Tony Tav;1res. Baw,lcn opened up the rnlly with a one second ka,l in his M it-;uhi-;hi Eclipse. Tavares follownl suit with his To1•ota FX- 1 o with a four wheel drive S)'Stcm inst;1llnl. FL·rnando lmpn ial tit·,! Tavares hut his 11th overall as well. ' Suh,1ru RX ThrL-e Door hroh· the ·ti.... ,,. .• tra nsmission and Imperi al was Rookie Kevin Caffrey drove to a close third in 2WD Open Class and tenth si,lvlint·,I. loao Rrasil (ell into overall, and Jay Priestly drove the same Honda CRS to fifth place in 2WD thir,I until tlw second stage when Open Class, 24 seconds later. hL· was ovnhauk,l hy his hrother af-.tL--r-1-.(->U_r_s-·t_a_gL-.S-.--------h-,-, _2_0_s_L·_c_o_n_d_s ___ R_ u_i_R_r_;_1 s--i-1 Rui , in tlw same car, an Audi. Raw,kn turned up the flame in outdueled his hrothcr Joao to the As the Brasils fought for the the last fiw stages, taking fast time third plao: spot hy seven st:rnnds. third position the battle raged up in four of them owr Tavart:s. At the conclusion of tht: rally front h etween Rawdt:n and Raw,kn, who won his first US awardswt:rehandeJout,trophies Tavaressl'cingthctwotiedforthl' PRO Rall\' hl'rl' last Fl'hruar y that ha,l hL-en donated hy Rui owrall lead at the Sl'rvice hrl'ak I rl'peatL·d thl· fL·at in taking the win Rrasil and his California Cll'aning Rhys Millen made a great start with a fast first leg in the Mazda MX6, but he tipped it over off a jump on the second leg, rumpling the hood and doing damage to the windshield post, but he carried on until losing the driveshaft on the last leg. ServicL·s ( ~om pan\'. For his efforts at least Rui got ont: to take home. And at the .finish of the awards handing out a Rar-R-Q took place thanks to the generous efforts of Tony Chaw : an,! Condor Pack-aging S)'stems. As rall)'is t s gathered and ti:astnl on the harheque availahle thoughts wne already turning to Rim Of The World, May 14-16. The m·xt stop on the Califonria Rall1• SeriL·S, is also the second . National PRO Rally of 1993. Dennis Chizma has parked his Challenger off road racer to rally this VW Rabbit, was fifth in CRS Stock class at the break, and finished fifth in class, just nine seconds out of fourth. Jay Parcon, another rookie in CRS rallying, corners hard in his Toyota Corolla on his way to sixth in 2WD Open Class, only eleven seconds out of fifth place. Driving his first ever rallysprint Hilberto Ramos also drew the first number off the line in the classic Opel GT and did well for several runs, placing 11th in the 2WD Open Class. j , BILSTEIN RACING APPLICATIONS CLASS 1 TO CLASS 11 OUR SHOCK PRICES ARE VERY COMPETITIVE CALL TOLL FREE FOR PRICES & APPLICATION 1 FUNNELS $11.95 t SGALJUGS 11 GAL DUMP CAN WHITE $19.95 RED-YELLOW-ORANGE $20.95 HOT PINK $23.95 $49.95 2 FOR $89.95 P RATCHET WMEE. ST1IIAP r COM90 MTatETfAXU IT'flaM 10 FT. $29.95 RED-BLACK-BLUE , 10 FT. $38.95 RED-BLACK-BLUE : rlflWl,,MC)UMOAXu:ffMPI 21 IN. $9.95 r: ECONOMY FUEL CELLS 8 GAL $172.50 ,_. 12 GAL $187.50 22 GAL $217.50 e•u 0 CLEAR FUEL HOSE 1· $2.90FT 'Z' $5.72FT 3"' $8.94FT l-:IEADQUARTERS FOR ALL YOUR OFF-ROAD EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES -WE SHIP WORLD WIDE OFF-ROAD USE ONLY RALLYE500 76109 $28.95 RALL YE 1000 75701 $68.95 RALLYE2000 n411 $81.95 Ill ee~11• AMBE~ AV(?IDANCE LIGHT TWIN HORN . $12.90 $53.95 WRIGHT · RACK & PINION $309.00 ~~ WRIGHT COMBOS WITH BEARINGS $599'.00 805-683-1211 TOLL FREE TECHNICAL SALES LINE 800-622-3939 Dustyflma June 1993 5 PT HARNESS $94.38 TOP QUALITY NOMEX Ill SUIT .. $243.38 RED-BLACK-BLUE . · • BOTH SFI APPROVED . RED-Bl.ACK-BLUE T SUPER SHIFTER $99.00 DUAL M!CYLINDER ~ $199~ $13;.~ .. ◄ M'CYLINDER & ~LAVE [I DE tJ_yr:g1Q]] Page 39

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-~ The full size spare can be a life saver in the outback. The tire ,, ~:,..:)# "" .~·is, swings away easily allowing the full size tail gate to deploy. The Nearly 75 cubic feet of space is available, lots of space for luggage rack on top is a valuable tool for the family that travels a carrying almost anything in complete safety. A good looking brush guard enhances the Rodeo's looks and the 8" of ground clearance allows you to travel most places off road with ease. lot. THE 1993 ISUZU RODEO The AffOrdable Sport Utility T .:xr & Photos: John Calt•in The 1993 Isuzu Rodeo is a good looking vehicle, able to take you most anywhere off road and it is well behaved on the highway. The 1993 Isu:u Rodeo in shape.Onceoutontheroadthere Radiant Red is certainly a isplentyofpowerforcruisingat handsome four wheeler. Avail-indecent speeds and off the road able in both two and four wheel there is ample pulling power to get drive, we were fortunate enough you out of most situations. to test a four wheel drive version Tires are Goodyear Wrangler sporting the 175 horsepower 24 AT 3lxl0.50 Rl5LT Mud and valve V6, with 188 pounds of Snow and performed admirably torque. And, coupled with the in the out back and were quiet on right tires, it was a formidable the highway. Brakes on the four desert/rough terrain vehicle. wheel drive version of the Rodeo We were attending a major race are 11 inch discs in front, 12 inch in Las Vegas and the Rodeo was discs in the rear and, of course, are the perfect vehicle for the bit of power assisted and self adjusting offroadingweweregoingtodoas with the rear wheel anti-lock well as being a beast of burden for feature. all the stuff we normally take with The automatic transmission us and, on the street, a good shift lever is located on the center looking well appointed vehicle console, easy to reach and easy to which drew a few ooohs and aaahs shift. Immediately to the right is from some of the spectators. the transfer control lever which The 24 valve V6 delivers plenty gives access to four wheel drive of power although with the 4 operation. The lever moves easily speed automatic transmission you and with the automatic locking are not going to win any stoplight hubs there is no need to exit the grand prix. However, as soon as vehicle to lock or unlock you get moving you are in fine anything. The manual does advise . CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES • Built & Backed by Bell Helmets • Light Weight • Lexan Sheild • Snell 90 • Helmet Conversions • Complete Blower Systems for Single or Double Seat Cars • Complete Line of Worth & Pyrotect Safety Products • Cool Boxes • Blowers • 4' - any Length Hose • Free Service & Parts • WeShiplJPS $215.00 HELMET ONLY 5153 Bowden Ave.• San Diego• CA-• 92117 • (619) 279-2509 Pagc40 that when you are through 'with your four wheel driving you must shift the transfer case back into two wheel drive ( with the vehicle moving at any speed and then, to actually unlock the automatic hubs, you must stop and back up a few feet to fully unlock and then go merrily on your way. The instrument package is well placed, easy to see and easy to read. Tachometer and speedo-meter are left and right of center in the console, with battery condition, temperature gauge, fuel gauge and oil pressure gauge mounted between the tach and speedo in a vertical mode. Off to the left side are the push button switches for the headlights and on the right of the console are the windshield wiper and washer control buttons. Just below the instrument cluster on the left is the rear window wiper control and further right are the driving light switch, rear window defrost switch and the brightness control for the instrument lights. There is only one stalk on the steering column and that is the turn signal operation. The instrument cluster is a no nonsense, easy to see and easy to read panel with all necessary controls within easy reach of the driver. Centrally located are the heat/air conditioning controls, cigarette lighter and ash tray and further down is the AM /FM Stereo with tape cassette audio system and just below that is a small parcel tray. The center forward console contains the shift levers for the automatic transmission and the transfer case and two switches. Power and Winter which allow you more control in wet and icy conditions and the power switch automatically drops you down a gear for more power on steep hills or for more passing power, although we found there was • plenty of passing power in normal drive mode. · Located between the front bucket seats is a lift top console with a removable top tray, beneath which is a locking vault for your valuables. Very handy. The front bucket seats were manually operated with adjusting backs and were very, very and I do mean very comfortable. We took a few long trips in the Rodeo and there was no fatigue at all. The seats were absolutely perfect. The rear seat is a three passenger bench, also quite comfortable according to those who rode back there on occasion. The rear seat bottom portion folds forward and the back portion folds forward and down to form a good si~ed cargo area. The two rear radio speakers sort of jut out into the cargo area, but they are mounted fairly high up and are quite sturdy so they won't interfere with the cargo area in any great fashion. The rear glass hatch operates easily with a locking push button and then there is a full si~e tail gate for ease ofloading or unloading or for just somewhere to sit whilst in the outback. Bringing up the rear is a full she spare on a swingaway hitch that locks and unlocks easily and gives you that nice comfort-The 24 valve VB produces 175 horsepower and lots of torque. Buried under all the ancillary items shown in the photo beats a very stout heart. June 1993 able feeling of having full si~ed rubber in case some rock gets the best of you. Driving impressions were very favorable. On the highway the Rodeo was quiet, quick as you wanted it to be and had nice quick and sure steering. Normal wind noise at speed was hardly noticeable. However, on one occasion there was a 45 mile per hour cross wind and then there was a noise but the handling was as sure footed as ever; you hardly felt the wind. Another good trait. Off the road the Rodeo was a sure footed mountain goat. We were able to go just about wherever we wanted with no problem at all. We did a bit of hard surface off roading and a bit in some fairly soft stuff and were quite pleased with the Rodeo's performance. We bogged down a bit here and there but a quick downshift of the automatic transmission and we continued on with no problems. A brush guard up front is both practical off the road and in my opinion is a good looking addition to the Rodeo. There are many option pack-ages for the Isu~u Rodeo, but we had only manual windows (ugh), no sun roof, etc; but, we were very happy with the Rodeo as it was outfitted. The windows are a great inconvenience but we had air conditioning and some other creature comforts and, on an overall rating found the Rodeo to be a very good all 'round vehicle. Performance was good, plenty of power ( except for low gear) good visibility, comfortable seats, quiet on the road, good braking, nice . quick stering and no creaking and groaning from the body panels. A 22 gallon fuel tank and a bit over 17 miles per gallon on the road gives well over a 350 mile range that's plenty for anyone. The four door Isuzu Rodeo was fun to drive and easy on the pocketbook. Try one at your dealer and see if it ain't so. Dusty Times

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Rueben Wood had a good run in the Meco, covering all seven laps with most consistent times, except for lap 7, and he took third in Unlimited Class. Tom Struttman does a little wheelie over a lump in the Sand-Tony Pierce and Danny Foddrill started out contending for the winder, ran just off the winning pace, but only covered five of lead in the Raceco, but trouble on lap 6, and they went no the seven laps and was second in Class 1-2-1600. further, dropped them to fourth in Unlimited Class. ADRA INTERNATIONAL 19th Annual Vulture Mine Photos: Lome T rczisc that March Wl·l'kl'n,l. Wl" didn't gl"t thl" t·xpn·tt-J artick on thl" racl", hut Wl' ,Ill havt· pictures and rl."sults. In t-L1,;s 1 Greg Diehl w,1s Sl"Con,I in his Class 5 car at 4: 11:, 1 , (ollownl hy Ruehen Wood in tlw Mln> at 4:24:40, thl'n lim Pil·r,·t· an,! Dann\' Foddrill ;1t 4:40:24 in tlw Racl"CO that covl"rnl six o( tlw Sl'Vl"n laps. Stan Stn·l got in just two laps in his Chaparral; Nolte Monrol· managnl just urw lap as did Perl': Whitnwyn Class 1 () was slim. ju,r t\\'() starters hut Shannon Sdwl: ,li,I not disappoint in his ORE. Ht· lost well OVl'r twl'nt\' minutl's on lap fiw of sewn, hut got it all Joni." in 4 :54:02 for thl· ( "lass I('\ Robert Gayton took the biggest check of $1687.50 home to New Mexico, as he win. Ed 81."ard had major trouhlt· drove his Unlimited class Chap~rral to first in class and first overall turning his .-and di,! not compktl" a lap. fastest lap on the seventh and final round. In Class 1-2-16()() Ton\' Pil"rct· took off in his R,Kl"CO, turnl",l all seven laps almost in the saml' minute, ohviousl\' had no tmuhk-and won the class at 4: 17: 1l). Tom Struttman and famil1· got in fiw good laps then their 16()('\ Sandwindl'r vanishnl whilt· running a close second, hut, thl'\· placl'd second an\'how as Pat Mershon did not compk-re a lap. Don Weiser got in his six laps, all very close on lap timl's eXCl"pt tlw sixth round, and thl· TUF Hugg)' won the Chalkngl·r dass ar 4:14:.11. Dean Whitakl"r got in one lap in his McCahe Racing Chl'V\' to takl' Class 8 in Sportsman Division while Chris Hansl"n di,! Tony Pierce dives into a soft surface tight corner in his Raceco on his way to two laps at almost ilkntical 42 driving seven quick laps, so quick that he not only won Class 1-2-1600, but he , plus minutes in timl' in his Funn) placed third overall! S -----------------------------1 to win portsman 1-2-1600. In Robert Gayton came out of. hikes doing 10 laps un a six milt· the expl"rt modifinl Pilot class New Ml·xico to tak,· huml' tlw tllJ' courst:. Next caml' motorq•l·ks Larry Ledford won h\' a full lap cash, OVl"r $1 bC\l'. :in.I ov,-r,t!I ,·:1r ccwt"ring four laps on thl' ,('\ milt-over Todd Jespersl"n. ,lol" Ml·rcier honors at rl1l' l<lth nm11111!.! ol course, and finally thl· ATV.~ took topc.:xpc.:rtSupl"rStock Pilot ADRA's classi,· Yul tun· ~.1inl' doing five laps on a I 5 milt-honors with his two laps evt:nt near Wi,kl'nhurg, AZ .. cours<:.Youcouklsurl"h-q,husy completed. Ga1·ton turnnl an avl'ragl· o( H minutl' laps for th<· St"Vl'n ruun-1., of the 10 milt- coursl· an,! (inislll",I his Class I ( :haparral in '\:5K:42 with a comfortahk-margin in his ovc.:rall victory. Thl· pit ar<:a , ahout 12 miks from downtown Wickenhurg was at thl· hisrori,· Vulturl" Gold Min<: an,i th,·rl· was a full Wl"ekc.:nd of activity with th<: cars running on Saturtla\' morn-ing, followed h\' a fivl· lap run on a 2() mile.: course for Sportsm;rn Buggies and Pilots. The)' 1wn· followed hy the FunHugs, a frl'l' l'ntr\' run of two laps un th<· 20 mile course. Prior tu that thl'rc was a fn:c.: Puhlicit\' Run ofLH1l' lap at controlled sp,nl for r.i,,· cars and friends at 5:('\() p .m . on Friday. Sunda\' was :ill n1<1ror-cycles, starting earl)' with rill" min.i DustyTimes Don Weiser had the only Challenger Class car in the race, but he turned six very good lap times to earn his bonus and first place honors in the TUF car. June 1993 Shannon Schultz was all alone in Class 10 in his ORE but he whipped off six good laps, but lost time on the last one, but still won the honors in Class 10. . Greg Diehl has no Class 5 cars around the Phoenix area, so he runs in the Unlimited group, does very well, and finished second .and second overall in the Baja Bug. -~s-,,. • !<. . --=---~~ ·The Off-Roader's Choice· E-Z UP"' INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter In less than 60 seconds! NO missing parts NO center poles NO. ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics l.nstant Pit Shelter La Rana Contingency Sponsor SCORE Contingency Sponsor E-Z UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ I C. 1o44"N. Cole Ave. Los An_seles, CA _90038 CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 Page 41

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Larry Ragland flies over the Nevada desert he knows so well in his Class 8 Chevy proudly wea~ing t~e Ricky Johnson soars over the peristyle at the LA Coliseum, familiar to him from Supercross days, 1991 points champions' number, 800, the last year SCORE/HORA had a combined champ1onsh1p but in his first outing at the Coliseum in the Chevy Sport truck, Ricky did everything right in the series. This picture shows Larry en route to the Class 8 and overall victory at the '92 Nissan 400. main event and scored his first victory in the stadium series on four wheels. Nelson & Nelson Use Team Work To Win B::v Homer Eubanks competitors of the Mickey Thompson Stadium Off Road Racing series. Johnson decided to leave motorcycle racing· in 1991 and appears to have made a convincing decision to go with the successful race team of Nelson & Nelson Racing. In what appears to be a marriage made in heaven the team entered the stadium series in 1992 and immediately gave notice they • were ready for a championship battle. In only their fourth outing the team proved their ability by winning the coveted LA Coliseum event. Then to prove it was no fluke they also won at Las Vegas. And after spending the winter off they came back to capture the wet and wild Anaheim opener this year. Ricky Johnson traded his two wheels in for a Nelson & Nelson stadium racer, the American Racing Custom Wheels Chevrolet S-10 with detailed photos of the inards on these pages. Winning is a team effort. So with the professionals of Nelson & Nelson Racing behind Rick Johnson it is no wonder he has become such a serious threat (in such a short time) to the other BIGGER IS BETT-ER Upgrade the C.V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner, IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepower off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission output bells to accept the tar er C.V. joints. • Convert Type I stub axles and output bell to accept Type II or Type IV or 930 C.V. Convert Type II stub axles and output bell to accept 930 C.V. joints. All axles and bells for Type II or Type IV · JC.V.s can be threaded ¾-24 or stock 8mm All axles and Bells for 930 C. V .s can be threaded ¾-24 or stock 10mm threads. FIT YOUR OFF ROAD.E~ WITH UPGRADED AXlES AND BELLS Only $49.95"per ~•!IJ• on yo_ur supplied parts_._ Stop the up-travel on your suspension with this advanced bump stop system. ER Bump Slops come complete with a mounting system, poly-eurethane piece, and enough valving to get the job done. ECONOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 per pair. Including the mounting hardware and the GAS bolts SEE YOUR OFF FOAD RACNG PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. MARVIN SHAW ENGINEERING 101 Broadway P.O. Box845 1--llD.--C0-3561 Yarnell. Al 85362 Pagc41 The Nelson & Nelson stadium effort performs as a team because of all the key players involved. Rick Johnson is quickly proving that he is just as masterful behind the wheel of a Sport Truck as he was on two wheels. Johnson began accumulating titles in the late '70s and became the youngest · professional motorcycle rider ever at the age of 13. Before he hung up his riding boots he had won more Supercross events than any other rider in the sport's history. He held the Supercross title twice and was thi;ee times AMA National Outdoor Champ-: ion. Winner of several US Grand Prix events, and a member of the winning US Motocross des Nations Teams and he also won international events in Australia, Holland, Mexico, Canada and Italy. With such an impressive list of titles, Johnson was destined to join with an equally successful off road team. Nelson & Nelson Racing was formed just six years ago but has caught the off road fraternity's attention with convincing style. The Hemet, CA based race shop of Nelson & Nelson houses not only Johnson's stadium Chevrolet but also the American Thunder Chevrolet desert entry driven by Larry Ragland. The shop first began in 1987 with the construction of a Class 8 truck for Venable Racing. In 1988, that truck won the championship wit~ June 1993 ~ Rick's office is uncluttered and functional, except for the ever present advertising, but it sure would be uncomfortable for a passenger. . Robby Gordon behind the wheel. . of the Nelson & Nelson team is Though Jon Nelson was happy to Jon Nelson, who teams with his see that his first creation had won, dad, Keith "Pops" Nelson, to he was also disappointed because build championship race trucks. it had beat his American Thunder Prior to owning Nelson & Nelson Chevrolet then campaigned by Racing Jon honed his fabricating Frank "Scoop" Vessels. However experience while working for off sorrow was short lived as he was road racing successes Walker honored by SCORE as "Mech-Evans (1981--83), Larry Minor anic of the Year." ('84--86) and other outstanding The following year the Nelson drivers such as Pamelli Jones and & Nelson team went out and won Steve Kelly. Pops Nelson is the two races, consistently finished Patriarch of the team and adds high in the other six, and beat the valuable engineering know-how Venable team by three points, to the projects. claiming the 1989 Class 8 Management and engineering ~hampionship. Nelson and alone does not a race truck make; VesselsalsowontheHeavyMetal therefore, the Nelsons have Championship and the Toyota assembled a group of talented True Grit Award for fastest· professionals to deal with the average race speed of the season. tasks of running a race shop. And In 1991 a new truck and pilot you can also find several engineers_ (Ragland) came charging from the from Chevrolet lending a hand stable with a new fortitude. By the during the events. third event of the season, The Chris Robinson has recently SCORE San Felipe 250, the team taken over the duty of Crew had made off road racing history Chief. Robinson worked for by not only beating all other four Walker Evans last year but had wheel vehicles but also the worked with Nelson on other motorcycles as well. In fact the projects. Robinson's past alliance Chevrolet performed so well that with Nelson and his own off road Ragland was able to clock the driving experience made him an fastest average speed ever ideal candidate for the position. recorded for an off road truck. Chris Jaynes is the team's Chief Win after win followed the San Mechanic. One of Jaynes' main Felipe victory. Nelson's Chevy duties is to see that the vehicle is Thunder won the. SCORE Baja prepared properly. After each 500, the HORA Nevada 500 and race, and during some practice Gold Coast 300, and the SCORE sessions, everything is taken apart Baja 1000. This impressive list of and inspected then put back wins won Ragland the Class 8 together properly. Championship. Then in '92 Other duties involved with the Ragland came back to win the vehicle are given special attention. Championship again and accum-Ivan Scoppettone is in charge of ulate the distinction of having the gearing. Brady Stiles has the duty most overall wins in the history of of keeping all the tires organized the sport. and in proper order. Stiles obtains Just as every winner needs a help on special grooving of the strong team to back it each team tires from Aaron Bishop. Stadium must be fabricated of outstanding racing is a physical sport, so when individuals. Nelson & Nelson Johnson brings the Chevrolet Racing is no exception. The head . back to the pits in need of body Dustvllmcs

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... .---.&.. . ' -~ -All!lll!II'- ~ - . The fuel injection hardware on the S-10 is straight ram the Crew Chief Chris Robinson, left, and Chief Mechanic Chris The front end on Ricky Johnson's Chevy racer has to work Chevrolet Motorsports Race shop, (yes they admit to having one Jaynes, relaxing for a moment, are two chief reasons that flawless, as in the congestions of a stadium race there is no nowadays) and it is similar to the injection found on Indy cars. Johnson's racer performs so well. _ro_o_m_ le_ft_o_v_e_r_fo_r_e_r_ro_r_. ____________ _ _ panels Mike Seat and Dana Cody mounted remotely and is driven similar to a go kart's differential. Braking for the S-10 is handled are standing by to quickly give the off a shaft. This shaft runs the full To control the Chevy Nelson with discs at each corner. Teflon Chevy a fresh look. lengthofthevehicleanddrivesall incorporates an A-arm front braidedhosedeliversthehydraulic Should anything go wrong with accessories. Nelson designed and suspension and uses air/ hydraulic pressure to Corvette-type cal-one of the Rancho shocks, or if built the three-into-one headers bump shocks up front. Rear four ipers. Contrary to stock pickups Johnson would like the vehicle to and uses three inch stainless steel bar link suspension is used in the the S-10 has less braking pressure handle differently, Eric Nelson is piping to deplete the engine's rear and Sway-A-Way bars are up front than in the rear. No able to use his hydraulic exper- gases. used front and rear. Nelson turning brake is used and the ience to keep the Chevy under To feed fuel and trigger the originally provided 30 inches of added pressure in the rear helps· control. To aid all the specialists spark of the thirsty V6 Nelson travel to the S-10 but has now Johnson sling the S-10 into tight Tom Geviss and Craig Williams employed a Delco ignition system contained it to 24 inches both corners. are both standing by to lend their and fuel injection system from front and rear. A single Rancho At the rear of the vehicle, assistance. And the one person Chevrolet's Race Shop which is Lightning shock and a coil over protected by two rolled tube thatallthecrewadmiresgreatlyis identical to those used in Indy · strutareemployedateachcorner bumpers are two aluminum Sheri Booy who is in charge of cars. PiResearch provides a digital to give Johnson complete control radiators. Mounting the radiators food concessions. read-out of all the engine's vital of the S-10. A negative seven _aft help to equalize the 2750 The best driver and most symptoms. The controlling degreesofcamberisincorporated talented team combined can not system can be used to store to aid in cornering. make up for an ill performing race valuable data which allows the Under the skin of the Chevy is a truck. Nelson & Nelson debuted mechanic to compare actual race rigid tube frame constructed of the Chevrolet S-10 at San Diego data of the engine. The system has 4130 Chromoly steel. Wheelbase in early '92. The vehicle's first the ability to monitor the is restricted to no less·than 104 outing gave the crew a lot to work suspension but due to rules inches and Nelson stays within with. Understandable, as most cannot be used during competi-the minimum by a quarter of an vehicles' first trip out is not an tion. Fuel air mixture is handled inch. No rules restrict the steering impressive one. What was by the onboard ECM as well as components and here is one area impressive is the team work that timing. Other basic functions where Nelson's engineering came into play which developed such as RPM, oil and water genius comes to play. A Saginaw today's Nelson & Nelson temperature, and oil and fuel steering box is mounted just to. Chevrolet. pressures are monitored and the right of the driver and is 1 Rick Johnson is scheduled to displayed on the PiResearch dash driven off the same shaft that j debut a new '93 S-10 at the panel. operates the oil pump. An Denver event this year which will Power from the engine goes elaborate linkage system turns a feature an all new 90 degree V6. through an underdrive box before single pivot arm located up front Until the truck is finished turning the Hydramatic race on-center which turns the tie Johnson has shown that his '92 prepared torque converter. rods.Steeringradiusofthetruck S-10 is capable of doing the job. Another Chevy Race Shop is estimated at 70 degrees. Chris Andthatjobhasbutonepurpose; product is the two-speed Hydra-Robinson rem inded us that, to challenge and conquer the ma tic Powerglide transmission. "With such a short wheelbase the Mickey Thompson Stadium Off Although two forward gears are truck would roll over if it wasn't Road Racing series. available first gear is never used for the extreme steering radius, Class restrictions limit the due to the extreme numerically which allows the driver to steer engineto3000cc(184cu.in.)and low final drive ratio (FDR). outofextremecornersituations." it must be readily available to Another underdrive box is To handle the excessive loads competitors wishing to purchase mounted to the differential. Both caused in stadium racing Nelson one. The stock V6 motor fills the boxes were designed and built by went to American Racing Equip-bill so Nelson chose to purchase Nelson and feature straight cut ment for wheels. Again the rules his hardware from Katech, Inc., gears; a bit noisy but effective in limit the trucks to regular who begins with a stock Chevy reducing the FDR to as low as available street tires so Nelson V6 and then perform their magic 14: 1. A Dana 60 differential is chose BFGoodrich All-Terrain toproduce300 hp. The60 degree used, and this year's rules make it T I A33x12.S0R15 tires mounted V6 is of push rod design, and mandatory to run spool type up front and 32xl l.50R15 to Johnson tries to keep it turning differentials which couple the handle the rear. Champion Bead 8500 rpm as often as he can. A Summers axles rendering the -Locks ensure the BFGoodrich's This ls the :.ystem run by most off road race winners pounds of minimum vehicle weight. Two fans and a Harrison water pump are driven off the accessory shaft from the motor by a single belt. Fans are driven on a 1: 1 ratio with the motor. Robinson says, "With the fans turning equally with the motor their efficiency is enhanced." The next time Johnson is standing on the podium, maybe you should applaud a little louder so all the hard working individ-uals working behind the winner can hear your appreciation. TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME Barnes dty ,ump oil pump is . ~:•.;: jnc<ion to something rmain on the ';eel. JEEP STRAIGHT 6 ;J , ., . ◄ • ~ ~.,. The front end features A-arms sup-ported by a coil over strut and con-trolled with a single Rancho Lighting shock. The slotted disc uses Corvette calipers. DustyTlma . -••11111••·-The rear five bar link suspension provides 24 inches of travel in the rear, while Sway-A-Way bars front and rear handle the body roll. " rV An Elaborate steering system ends up under the control of a single steering arm on the stadium racer, complicated to simple. June 1993 "NEW SUMMER SPECIAL CHROME" ~-I 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page43

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The three liter V6 produces a husky 150 horsepower with 180 pounds of torque. A 3500 pound tow package is available and the V6 hauls the weight with ease. Easy to see, easy to read instruments are the norm for Toyota. Everything is within easy reach of the driver. Note the cruise controls on the steering wheel. Good looking from any angle. the Toyota Xtracab 4WD pickup is as rugged as the mountains that surround it. Chrome bumpers and tow hitch are good looking and necessary options. 1993 TOYOTA XTRACAB 4x4 A Toy Is A Toy Is A Toyota T.:xt & Photos: John Oilt•in Good looks are evident on the 1993 Toyota Xtracab 4WD pickup. Sport Stripes only enhance the image. 9" of ground clearance allow you to travel the trails off road with ease. If you like luxury, if you like torque at 3400 rpm. Lots of get little bit choppy off the road but I good looking vehicles, if you like up and go and plenty of low end to lay that on the 4x4 we tested being four wheeling in the mountains or haul you out of most off road brand new and a poor choice of the desert and if you like situations. Nice big Goodyear tirepressureonmypartinthebig reliability, then you better get into tires, W rang I er s RT/ S 3 1 x Good years. But, overall I was very a 1993 Toyota Xtracab 4x4 10.S0R15LT M&S, give a sure pleased with the Xtracab pickup. pickupandindulgeyourself.The. footedfootprintbothonandoff The interior is roomy, a 1993 Toyota we tested was clad in. the road. The big Goodyears are. sixty/ forty split front seat, dark gray metallic paint and fairly quiet on the highway but adjustable back of course, and I sported a grayish blue cloth give plenty of bite in the dirt. was able to run the seat back far interior and, of course, full More on that later. enough that I could not comfort-carpeting. Chrome front and rear A smooth as silk 5 speed ably depress the clutch pedal, so, bumpers and sport stripes only transmission lies waiting for your no matter your height the Xtracab enhanced the good looks of the right hand and the transfer case will fit you. Rear jump seats fold Xtracab pickup. moves easily in or out of gear. up out of the way and although it This Toyota 4x4 was powered Coupled with Toyota's "Shift on is a little bit cramped back there, by the husky 150 horsepower V6, the move" 4WDemand you are for children it would fit just fine. electronically fuel injected, and it ready to tackle almost any road or These jump seats face forward, a delivers 180 foot pounds of -trail off the road. Braking is novelty, and easier for some to Simplythe ~! Fuel Safe's Pro Cell Racing Bladders are designed to meet or exceed the highest performance and safety standards set by all of the major racing associations. Top Racers, like Robbie Gordon, demand the best and so should you. Fuel Safe Racing Cells -The Champions Choice! At your local dealer now! e c.eus . Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing, Inc. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 (714) 842-2211 (800) 433-6524 (Outside CA) SAFETY ... It's what we're all about. Pagc44 positive and smooth with no right live with. or left pulling noticeable on the Instrumentation is typical model we tested. Front ventilated Toyota, easy to see, easy to read discs are standard and the rear has and everything well within your drums with rear wheel anti-lock normal range of vision, comfort-braking optional, although it only able on the driver. A large operates in 2 wheel drive mode . . tachometet, 0-8000 rpm (red-Suspension is really made for lined at 6000) is located just left the off roader, independent of center, the speedometer with torsion bars in front, leaf springs resettable odometer located just wl staggered shocks in the rear. right of center. Far left in the ~ Gas filled shocks are standard on. instrument cluster is the oil. the V6 models. The suspension pressure· gauge, just below is the was nice and smooth on the road a: gauge. Far right in: The fold up jump seats face forward and are fine for the kids. Storage compartments are built-in. and the carpeting only enhances the Toyota Xtracab. June 1993 the cluster topside is the battery most family ·activities. A bed liner condition gauge and below that is was also installed, very handy to. the fuel gauge. Running across the have as it keeps the old bed and bottom of the cluster are all the double side-walls from getting variouswarninglightsthatalertus crashed while hauling various to seat belt not fastened, check heavy things around. battery, etc. Fuel economy is pretty good, The steering wheel contains the we averaged over 22 miles per cruise control on/off switch as gallon on th~ road, at foster than well as the various controls to set, normal speeds and about 17.5 cancel, accelerate, etc., all nicely just driving around town, with a packaged right in front of you and little freeway driving thrown in. easily within reach. The steering The fuel tank on the Xtracab is wheel has adjustable tilt; pick a 19.3 gallons so your cruising spot you like and leave it there. range is more than adequate. There are two stalks on the Off the road, we found the steering column, one on either Xtracab a well mannered, side. The left stalk is the usual powerful, able to go most turn signal indicator actuator anywhere truck. The big Good-whilst the right stalk actuates the years were sure footed and there is wipers which are delayed as afullsizesparehiddenawayunder selected by the driver. the bed. We spewed up a lot of , Mounted in tht! center of the dirt and sand and found that the dash topside are two heat/ air/ air front and rear mud guards really conditioning vents, just below do their job. Extra protection is them are the heat/ air controls, provided underneath the Toyota easy to read and even easier to use. with steel skid plates under the Just below those controls is the front suspension, the transfer case electronically tuned radio, which and the fuel tank. feeds four speakers and gives you Off the road we found the V6 more sound than you could delivered lots of tractable power, possibly use. Immediately below the overall vehicle width of 56 that is a cassette player with all its inches allowed us to travel in necessary controls. All of these some fairly narrow canyons and, controls fall easily to the eye and when driving over normal trails are within easy reach of the driver. there isn't a lot of paint damage Below the cassette player is the from the for-reaching bushes. We cigarette lighter and ash tray and were able to go most anywhere we just below them is a very small wanted to go. I found the ride a bit orifice, for small items only. on the hard side, but I'm laying There is a good sized glove box on that on brand new suspension and the extreme right side of the dash my not selecting the proper tire and,Ialmostforgot,theperennial pressure for our off road cup holder which is located center excursions. We spent quite some dash, just above the heat/air time off the road and found the controls. Power assisted recircu-Xtracab most able to obey your lating ball type steering is smooth commands. The transfer case to the touch, nice and quick to slides in and out of 4 WD with the respond with zero vibration flick of a wrist and the smooth as feedback to the driver. silk 5 speed made it all a lot of fun. Our Toyota Xtracab came There are many options equipped with running boards available for the Xtracab which which do help entry and exit a bit were not installed on our vehicle; but we found them most handy sunroof, electric door locks and for stamping your feet on before windows, electric outside mirors, entry thus leaving most of the all of which add to your own dirt, sand etc. outside the truck, personal comfort. You can select rather than on the plush carpeting. your own accessory list but you Front and rear chrome bumpers should definitely try the Toyota enhance the good looks of the Xtracab on for size. We surely Xtracab. Our test vehicle had a . enjoyed it and know you will too. -towing capability of 3500 It really is a marvelous toy, this pounds, more than adequate for: Toyota. 11111111 Bed length is over six feet and is shown here with optional bed liner installed. The split rear window and the side vent windows all add to creature comfort. DustyTimcs

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Radio Report From The Weatherman. A trial run was made at the Roadmaster with a pre amp, a Ultra Wheels Nevada 400 on a Ringo Ranger base antenna 39' new network system of radio high with low loss foam coax. transmissions around the nearly At the '93 Parker race thl' P.C.l. 100 mile long course. It turned Racing Box Van was ;1 Duster pit outto be the best communications at Graham Wells with a stock we've had in years. The Weath-RoaJmaster and a Ringer Ranger erman Relay, SCORE Communi-40' high it could talk to Shea cations Control and the BFG Road, Midway and in the Relay coordinated communica-morning and late afternoon and tions on a separate "Com l'vening, Mineral Springs. At the Channel" thereby leaving the '93 Ultra Wheels Nevada 400 the relay channels clear for business. hox van at pit area A talked to all The new networking will give all the other Duster pits. At Fuq the racers more coverage, foster races the box van can talk to the relays, status reporting and foster mini mag anywhere on course, no emergency responses. It is n hig matter whnt course is being run! step forwnrd, and please read on At the March 27th SNORE to learn how you can help keep Twilight 250 the hox vnn could these channels clear for tht· talk to race cars everywhere on business at hnnd. the course. STUCK ON TRANSMIT-HOW ARE YOUR COM-TERS - It happens every race. MUNICATIONSWORKING? Ninety-eight percent is unknow-98 percent of customer radio ingly nccidental. Imagine it prohlcms are due to improper happening concurrent with the installation. Following is a list of report of a Ii f e th re n ten i ng challenges we have witnessed thnt emergency! To he perfectly blunt, could hamper your communica-someone's carelessness could cost tions effort: A cigar lighter plus a life! There are precautions thnt installation of a Roadmaster with can befollowed to insure against 18 gauge wire. You must use 12 YOU being guilty of this most gauge wire to handle the amperage serious problem. Every two way draw of the transmitter. Any cigar radio has a red transmit light that lighter installation is going to lose is only on when the transmitter is a minimum of 20% of the power keyed. Mount the radio where output of your radio; The coax this light can he seen. No two way was pulled out of a solder type radio can hear when it's in a LP2 59 connector and was pushed transmit mode! If you don't hear hack in. Wrong! No professional the normal amount of traffic on ever reuses a solder type PL259. the channel he suspicious! Check Coaxial connectors should he the light or open the squelch Jone with proper tools in the where you hear. the rushing noise. hands of professionals. If you If your transmitter is keyed on, have to do it yourself, remember you can't hear the rushing noise. two things: 1. The braid cannot Next use a proper hanger for your touch the center conductor and 2. mike! If it's only a temporary The relationship of the center installation, hang the mike over conductor to the braid has to be the ash tray or some other concentric not eccentric as caused protuberance where it is in plain hy using the wrong crimpers or view and safe. In installations in soldering with too much heat. race cars make it part of the prep Leaky coax -cheap coax has loose to examine all wiring including hraiding that doesn't properly the mike cord wiring. shield the center conductor from SOME DON'TS -DON'T interference or signal leakage. EVER use an on/off switch for Don't use cheap conx and don't radio key. Always use a momen-use anything but stranded coax. tary switch ( one that releases Solid core will break in race cars; when you take pressure off it.) A fuse that looked good and Never place the mike where there measured good but had arc marks isanydangerofbeingaccidentally covering the entire surface area keyed! This includes under the where the wire conductor arm rest or between your legs. touched! This radio wouldn't talk Never mount the mike where it a mile. The receiver went away can rotate on its mount, get struck when the volume was turned up. against something and be keyed When possible use a volt meter on. Never leave a radio unattend-and measure the radio side of the ed where children could be power connector with the tempted to "play on the radio." positive and negative leads of the As a precaution, take the mike meter hooked to the positive and with you and please don't think negative leads at the connector. that your kids would never do Make this voltage measurement such a thing. It's happening with the engine running and the almost every race. Don't carry radio in a transmit mode. You hand held radios in your pocket. should read at least 13.6 volts. If Use a proper holster or belt clip. you don't you have a problem. To combat the ever present Fried coax -It measured good challenge of keyed on transmitters with an OHM meter. A through we are tape recording the line Watt meter showed 70%· transgressions and using tracking reflected power. When the coax devices to locate the signal! was removed from the vehicle, it, HOW WELL IS YOUR was burned crisp where it ran RADIO SYSTl::M WORKING? -close to where welding was done: Before Eddie Castro sent me a on the roof; Antenna mounted on i Dear Bob letter terminating my a tah below the roof line and free services I could, from the extending through a hole in the Start/ Finish line, talk to every roof -The bottom of the antenna checkpoint and road crossing. I is its loading point and shouldn't was able to do this at Lucerne, be in proximity to any metal Barstow and Ridgecrest. I used a above its bottom surface that can, Dusty Times A good race radio net is a must in desert racing. At the Nevada 400 the in car radio summoned the Mac Pherson chase crew to aid ,;, ... Jeff Lewis, down by the side of the road with major trouble, but his crew fixed him up and he went on in the Chevy S-10 to finish the race sixth in Class 7S. absorh signal. Mount the antenna flush with roof top; A Ringo Ranger antenna where someone added a metal pole 3' long to the top of the antenna to fly their flag! This would cause a 30•!:, plus miss ,ind a great loss of potential; A Ringo without the three radials that give it its ground plane mounted on the door of a semi helow the roof line -Most antennas requirt· a ground plane from which to radiate. No ground plane, no hori:ontal range. This setup only talked a few miles: Radio sounds terrible when transmitting -Problem was dirt (grit) in the push to talk switch. Cleaned with air pressure and sprayed with WD40-no more static; Intermittent radio while June 1993 racing -The fuse holder was tie wrapped in such a way that it was pulling the wires away from the fust·. You could tap the fuse hol,ler an,l hear the intermittence; Frequency Interference -There was so much non race related interference from another area that caused the range to he only a few miles. We took out that channel and added two more race channels and no more problem; We put in another radio and it works fine -Radio specifications either say + -5•!;, or "meets or exceeds the following specifica-tions". Radios arc not exactly alike. One racer wanted all his radios l'Xactly the same. The only way to do that is to hring them all down to the level of the weakest unit, so he changed his mind; T errihle alternator whine from tht· ran: t·ar. The prohlem - leaky ,liodes in the alkrnator and the · positive radio lead went to a hatter\' switch instead of directly to the hattery terminal. The hatter)' is th<t largl'st capacitor and the ht·st noise filter in the car. Capacitors to work have to he short coupled. Always run your radio leads to the terminals. This is the first rule in solving noise prohlems. If your system is not working wdl. t·ven if you bought it from some one else, call us ... we care! PC! makes house calls and will come to your shop and dial in your whole system. PC! - ( 3 IO) 427-8177. Pagc45

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Cologne Off Road Show Text & Photos: Thomas Lieverscheidt show is the biggest event of its type in Europe, the Cologne show is the number one event for off-roaders. One entire hall was devoted to the manufacturers of 4x4's, and all the usual marques were present, plus a few surprises. Isuzu, is marketed in Europe as an Opef, because many, a lot of Germans would never buy a Japanese car, and since last year, lsuzus are sold as Opel-badged products. The company came ' from nowhere to number one in , 4x4 sales. Their lineup includes the Isuzu Amigo and Rodeo sold O The new Nissan Terrano II three door ·swa·. as the Frontera Sport and Frontera, respectively; the Isuzu Trooper, sold in three-door and five-door models as the Opel Two Mitsubishi Pajeros that competed in the Paris-Dakar, and modified by the Monterey; and the Isuzu pickup .-ccG-::-,e,--C:--o=R,,...a=id= Sp __ o_r_t _co,,,,m=p=an-:::y:--.=----====~-,----~======== . sold as the Opel Campo. One other manufacturer that drew a lot of attention was Mercedes, who introduced a G-Wagen powered by a 5-liter V-8 engine. Only 500 will be sold, 300 in Germany and only 200 for export. So if anybody sees one of these G-Wagens in the U .S., he will know what exclusivity means. Ford introduced the Explorer for the European market, and is entering a crowded market with the likes of the Opel Monterey, Toyota HDJS0 Landcruiser, Mitsubishi Pajero, and the Nissan A Nikon sponsored Mitsubishi that competed in the 1992 Paris to Capetown , Patrol GR. _R_al....:.ly_. ______________________ _ Everyone is waiting for the new year's 167 hp mill but emission 3-liter Turbo Diesel made by output and fuel economy are said Toyota which should be available to be improved. Nissan Patrol pickup prepped as an off road rescue vehicle this summer for the Landcruiser Land Rover brought their new and Four-Runner. TheHDJS0 LWB Range Rover to Cologne. . Landcruiser came with a re-de-They also had a cut-a-way model and had over 200 exhibitors of signed 4.2 Liter lntercoolered to display their air suspension cars, trucks and equipment. Turbo-Diesel. This engine lost system. The older Range Rover The fifth annual International Off-Road Exhibition was held in Cologne, Germany in mid-March, Although the Frankfurt Auto . seven horsepower against last_ 3.0 and the Discovery model in HI-TECH • SUSPENSION SPECIALISTS • FREE EXPERT CONSUL TING • INSTALLATIONS [~sAj-~ OFF ROAD RACING HEADQUARTERS LARGEST INVENTORY IN LAS VEGAS n&TUIIID • lllmll lPOIITIIIIII.• n nu 11111 :. • AIIO IAI TUii • Bl'ICIID both three and five-door versions with either a 2.5 or 3.5 V-8 were on display. A Discovery that was part of last year's Camel trophy was also on their stand. Nissan presented their brand new Terrano II - a small compact 4x4, that will be built in the . Nissan plant in Spain and is the·= i • AIIIOIL 1. • 11T CIIIII ; • AlffllFIB i .... From behind the iron curtain - a Rumanian Aro 10 powered by a 2.1 Liter Pugeot Diesel. ; • BEITOP ; • BODY I.IFft i •Hhh' ~ • DOaTCII TECII f.---~· -■ ...... --.naan,am ~ • FIIWIIAl'III '. • FUEL m,y '; •IIIIIILY ;; •ID.Y ' Page46 June 1993 -Mahindra CJ340 with standard African camouflage and 2. 1 Liter 64 hp Peugeot Diesel, built in India and Germany. Dusty Times

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Among the many manufactur-ers were some real off-road machinery - like the 4x4 Tatra race truck that took part in last year's Paris-Moscow-Beijing Rally. This rig has independent rear air suspension, and can average 90 m.p.h. on a rough, corduroy-type road. Another unusual truck was a MAN 6x6 customized by the German Scout-Tours Organiza-tion. It is designed to-carry up to 36 motorcycles each, and took part in the '93 Paris-Dakar and collected the motorcycles of participants which had accidents and breakdowns and couldn't finish the event. Sounds like SCORE should call Germany and order at least one of these. Czech built Tatra 4x4 Racing Truck. This truck took part on the 1992 Rally MAN BxB Support Truck by the German Pro xB Travel Agency, and will carry But the biggest truck at the Paris-Moscow-Beijing. _u;_p_to_36_m_o_to_r_cy_c_le_s_. ___________________ show was the 8 Wheel drive . the best off-road tire in the world $6,000.00 each person, and-was:" MAN, also a Paris-Dakar veteran. starts at $700.00 for a 31 incher originally limited to about 15 cars It has a climb rate of 100%, super and tops out at around $1000.00 with a maximum of two persons low-ratio gears and a 12 liter each for the 35 inchers. per vehicle. After tons of letters· lntercooled Turbo Diesel. Hall Three was devoted to from people who wanted to go, The most exotic truck award travel agencies which offered trips the organizers decided to open it goes to the Russian 6x6 Ural to New Zealand, Africa, Iceland, up to about 30 cars. It will start Truck, which was equipped ~ith a and the U .S. -and just about and end in St. Petersburg this camper and powered by a German wherever else someone might summer and last about two .. MAN Diesel engine and is a real want to go on an off-road tour. months. expeditionary truck. Several rally organizations were ' also there if you want to take part in, for instance, the Munich-Marrakesh or Pharaoh's Rally. The biggest attention in this · department went to Germany's 'Off Roa<;! Magazine'. They offered _not only the aforemen-tioned Munich-Marrakesh pack-age, but two trips into Russia. The . . 'short' Russian version leads you Rubicon Jeepers Jamboree tours being promoted by Harald P1etschmann. t th Uk • K kh d ____ __:__ ________ ..:_:._ ___ ___.:_ _________ -=----=--o e ra1ne, aza stan, an size of a Suzuki Sidekick. It's . Germany are a lot higher than in_ will travel about the same route as available in two versions - a the states. One example: four lastyear'sfirstexpedition(seeJim three-door'SWB'andafive-door RanchoRS9000shockabsorbers, Ober's report 'Dusty Russia' in 'LWB', and a choice between a togetherwiththeRC9000remote the Feb. issue of Dusty Times). 2.4liter124hpgasengineora2.7 reservoirwillcostabout$350.00 The longer version is for liter 99 hp Turbo-Deisel. It will in the U.S. and in Germany one experiencedoff-roadersonly,and be marketed as either a Nissan or, has to pay almost $1000 .00. will lead you to Siberia. This asaFordMaverick.The'Maver-. BFGoodrichBajaT/A's,probably journey is priced ,:it about ick' versions will have more luxurious appointments and be on a higher price lever. Also on display was the Terrano, the European name for the Pathfinder. The Patrol GR • and GR Station, both powered by a 2 .8 liter Turbo Diesel, and the Nissan pickup in King Cab and Crewe.ab configuration were shown. Suzuki had nothing new to present, but had a variety of Viraras (Samurais) with different graphic packages in both three-door and five-door versions; consequently their booth looked as colorful as any other of their competitors at the show. General Motors had several S-10 Blazers there which are also sold through their Opel dealer network in Europe. The second hall was for manufacturers of off-road aftermarket gear. U.S. companies like W am, Rancho Suspension and Trailmaster were there displaying their wares. Due to the almost total lack of accessible off-road terrain in Europe, most of the European off-roaders are equipped with more 'show' and less 'go' stuff on their cars, an estimated 97% of all 4 by' s will never leave the pavement, as opposed to about 75% in the U.S. For real off-roading, one must drive to Hungary, where the European Jeepers Jamboree takes place or the Northern Africa countries like Morocco, Libya or Tunisia. , One negative effect is that prices for off-road equipment in . Land Rover Defender with a 2.5 Liter TD/ engine. DustyTima June 1993 • IS . ' n . ' ~ITT ... CENTER LINE RACING WHEELS THE STRONGEST OFF-ROAD WHEEL MONEY CAN BUY! FAT Performance has in stock the largest inventory of 5-lug Wv CENTER LINE wheels in the country. Whether you need wheels with polished or satin finish, FAT has them in all popular styles. Need them in a hurry? FAT can ship the same day as ordered ... and with the best price in the industry. FAT can also supply your CENTER LINES with Champion bead locks. 8uying a set of CENTER LINES can be exceedingly easy with FAT Performance. We do all the legwork. · Coll for current pricing. Quantity discounts are also available. FAT IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR VW, PORSCHE AND TOYOTA OFF-ROAD ~NGINES AND PARTS. FAT Racing Parts Bilstein Shocks SWay-A-Way Penna-Cool S&SHeaders -~~:~rbs JaMar Products Wright Place Tri-Mil Exhaust Gem Gears Beard Seats • Simpson Safety Super-Trapp Yokohama Tires Petro-Tech 2000 PERl'ORllAICE For your FAT Performance catalog. send $5 lo Dept. cw, 1558 No. case St .. oronge, CA92667. or con (714)637.2889. FAX(714) 637-7352 Page 47

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Pony Express ••• about. Lauri Foes Pasadena, California outside the race course. The abusive manner in which myself and other members of the public there to support the race were treated, and the overkill, knee-jerk effort enacted under the guise of safety regulations was sickening to see, and certainly indicative of a government coming at the people instead of from the people. North Carolina you might ask? Nick Menudier was Team MacPherson's crew chief for Jerry McDonald's Championship winning Class 4 off road racer. After three and a half seasons with MacPherson 'steam, I've made the transition to NASCAR Winston Cup racing as a fabricator for the #5 car of Ricky Rudd for Hendrick Motorsports. I still love the desert and you guys (Dusty Times) have the best coverage along with super articles. Judy Smith and Jean Calvin, a great job you've done all these years. I still want to know what's going on, so sign me up for a subscription. Thanks for years of good reading and free papers at the races! See ya! Nick Menudier Denver, North Carolina Thanks for the kind words Nick. We wondered where you were, but I am sure the Winston Cup series is exciting and a great place to ply your trade. Thanks for the subscriJ>tion, after all this time. I really enjoy your monthly racers "bible". So I've enclosed a check for a three year renewal at $35.00. Wallace M. Wong Tucson, Arizona Are 2-1600s a thing of the past? When is the last time a 2-1600 won? As far as I can tell it has been ages. If you look at recent race results you see that one seaters learly dominate the winners circle in 1600 class. No one cares who got second, third or fourth place. If SCORE wants to save this dwindling class, then they must give the two seaters a fighting chance by changing the rules. It is about time we fix this problem, so single seat 1600 driv-ers can see some real competition. Craig Smith, Rag-Tag Racing San Diego, California Craig you need to look down I Bo to Plaster City. There the FRT events have a 1-16oo and a separate 2-1600 class, so the two sei:zters are winning there anyhow. And, don't forget Bekki Freeman won a recent SNORE race overall in her 2 -1600 Miraco. While it is the most visible, SCORE is really not the only place to go desert racing. The full page Toyota ad that appeared in the March issue of Dusty Times had to be a joke, but I wasn't laughing. To quote the title "In Desert Racing, there are very few rules." It goes on ... "the annual desert affair is very, well unruly. There are no roads to follow, no lines to stay between. It's just whoever gets there first wins." I hope the Sierra Club, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, or anyone else favoring the so-called "Save the Desert" bill didn't see this ad. It would be a perfect example for any of them to hold up at their next meeting and say "See what we mean? These desert racers are destroying our deserts!" Toyota may not realize that they may be contribut-ing to the demise of the very form of racing their ad is bragging Gee Laurie, we always thought the first one to the checkered flag was the winner in any form of motor racing. The ad concerned the Parker 400 and it was unruly, not how the ad meant the word, but because of the BLM invasion force that hassled racers and spectators for days. There are no roads on the Parker race course to speak of, only trails, no pavement except when approaching the finish line. I have never seen any line marking the Parker race course, maybe you have. At any rate the "Save the Desert" people are not just after the desert racers, they are out to exclude all who Iman dock or just spend a weekend playing with the ATV. Racers are a very small portion of those who will be affected if the bill passes the Senate. The following is reprinted from the Letters to the Editor Column of the Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise newspaper. It goes with the above letter. Recently during the 1993 Parker 400 Off Road Race, I was appalled by the bureaucracy in action exhibited by the Bureau of Land Management Rangers. The spectators were literally treated like cattle and herded by dozens of rangers into three small viewing areas along a track that was over 130 miles long, covering public desert land. I was told by one of these rangers that I could not stand along Swansea Road, a dedicated county gravel road outside the race course, to observe the race. I was in no danger of vehicular traffic from either inside or Alan W . Petersen Nuevo, California I raced the Presidential 250 out of La Rana Desert Racing in a 1973 Ford Bronco, #1578. We woke up Friday morning in Oxnard to rain, and I knew we were in for a wet race. We had just bought out my partner Fernando Elias and had spent the last month putting the truck together for this race. Thanks to Jones Brothers Welding we were able to get the truck finished Friday before race day. Thanks to my pit crew who are the best, we got the truck running good before the race. Race day was like a mad house running -around coordinating pit support, ducking rain drops, checking last minute details. After we started racing my co-driver Doug Sunsedt and I immediately got drenched with mud around pit 4; as I passed my dad waving we got sideways in the mud, at around 60 mph, but we saved it. We stopped to change a flat, cleared the exhaust opening, then had another flat just two minutes later with not another spare. We were in a no chase zone, so I had to run three miles to pit 5 to get a new spare. It kinda makes you wonder if somebody gets hurt, nobody can get in and help them. Thanks BLM! We slowed down SPECIAL THANKS 1st PLACE "TWILIGHT 200" MINI METAL CHALLENGE TO ALL OUR SPONSORS MICKEY THOMPSON TIRES ALCOA WHEELS H.E.R. SPEED SHOP LAS VEGAS, NV HOPPY'S TRANSMISSION LAS VEGAS, NV RA Y'S RADIATOR LAS VEGAS, NV MR. CONVERTER LAS VEGAS, NV GATOR'S LOUNGE LAS VEGAS, NV HURST SHIFT'ERS CLEVELAND, OH THANKS TO ALL FROM BARRY & PAM Photo: Kelly St. Clair THANKS TO THE CO-DRIVERS: VINCE BISHOP . JOHN PELLISSIER to save the shocks, and had suspension problems, and on lap 2 we had to stop twice to tighten the power steering pump and clear the exhaust openings. On the up side, we finished. I would like to thank my Dad and LL 4 Wheel Dr. and all of my pit crew. This is only the beginning! Dave Edelstein Oxnard, California Thank you Dad and Ruben for building me a perfect Class 10 race car for the Nevada 400. Thank you to all my family and pit crew; I couldn't do it without you. I'm writing this to thank everyone who stood behind me through all the good times and bad times. I would like to say special thanks to Lee Leighton Racing, BFG Tires, Culligan Water, Cohen Racing, 'Walker Evans' pit crew for helping my pit people repair my car in the rock garden. Before I close I'd like to say I'm on a big comeback; the Leighton family never looks back, , they just jam on forward. Thanks again Dad, my legend Lee Leighton. Jerry Leighton Riverside, California DUSTY TIMES welcomes letters from all corners of off road actit•ity. The Pony ExJ>ress column will feature all the mail we can fit into the ·space. Please keep your words fairly brief. Because of space limitations, your J>earls of prose may be edited, but DUSTY TIMES will print your griJ,es as well as your Jmiises. Letters for Jmblication should be at the DUSTY TIMES office by the 15th of the month in order to aJ,pear in the next isme. THANKS TOA PIT CREW WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE PEOPLE, AWIN WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE MILES HENSON JAY JOHNSON SCOTT SLATTER MONTY SMITH ERIC SHENBERGER JASON ROMANS BILLY BRYAN BOB WHITE PHIL BALL & "LES" THANKSTOS.N.O.R.E·.ANDTHE LONESOME DOVE F0RASUPERRACE!!!!!! Pagc48 June 1993 DustyTimcs

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ByFuJ Zitterkopf, Sundahl And Wehe Are Kings Of The Desert Photos: C&C Race Photos . but remarkably it didn't seize. A . few MacGyver tricks later he limped into the pits. A quick change put Smith back in the race but the hunt for the first place cash was over. Left all alone way out in front Greg Aitterkopf became the 1993 King of the Desert. Afterwards he said this was the roughest, toughest race he had ever been in. His dad wasn't sure he could have made another lap. Earl Roberts had a tough early fight with Dan Worley. but then gained the first place in Vet Class, and he also rode right into second overall. Greg Zitterkopf got his good luck on the first lap and swept into a lead he kept all the way to pay dirt on his KTM. the 1993 King of the Desert was first overall and first Open bike. With first overall sewed up it was now a battle for class championships. Earl Roberts and Dan Worley danced in the Vet class until Worley waltzed into the ground. Soon Roberts spotted a tiring Dewey Belew and on the fourth lap reeled Belew in for second overall, first Vet. Belew hung on for third, second Open. Midway in the midwinter monsoons the first round of the Budweiser FRT Superstition Championship Series began on February 13, early in the morning for the motorcycles, A TVs and Desertlites. The King of the Desert race once again had $1000 waiting for the overall winner of the ATV class and the first motorcycle. Needless to say this drew quite a crowd. The biggest class as usual was the ATVs. They :ik attracted to the smell of lots of U.S. mint green. Lake Supersti-tion was under water which forced us to move the start/ finish area. Normally we construct a stadium style infield for great spectator viewing. This time the surrounding hills made one for us. Thanks to the NAF El Centro for the Blue Angels performance, and later in the afternoon a few fighter bombers treated everyone to another air show. First away were the Motor-~ John Flores make a very respect-cycles. Open Pro John Flores was able comeback after repairs to just flat gone when the green flag finish fourth, third Open. Jason dropped. He was so quick to Corfman ran away and hid from check 1 it looked like he had been the 125 field with Justin Hollman . . given a head start. Craig Smith on second. Craig Smith came back to Jason Corfman ran away from the 125 field and here he catches great a,r as he a KX 250 was second and after win the 250 class, followed by the ~i~~~~s home check, getting the white flag from Fud as he rode on to the class another gap the whole pack first Sportsman, Steve Rich. The ___ Y_-________________________ _ funneled on to the race course. Senior class went to an old Twenty miles into the firstlap the newcomer. Terry Stra uw·ald silencer cracked on John Flores' finally admitted that he was 40 KX500. Soon it broke off, years old and then puffed and robbing him of much needed panted to victory over John power. This was the break KTM Bilkey and Pat "Flatpan" factory rider Greg Zitterkopf was Flanigan. Mike Harper once again waiting for. Both he and Craig was the cream of the Super Senior Smith swept around the wounded crop, followed by Dick Bird and Flores and were long gone. Bob "Old Man" Thompson. Zit and Smith set a tremendous In the Sportsman bikes it was pace. The 250 would close in Steve Rich, first 250; Aaron through the mud hills and the 550 Colvin first Open; Glen Bliss first would inch away when the speeds 125. John Keifer won the Vets_, neared Warp 5. Then suddenly in Tom Nolan the Senior Class, John a bang it was over. Craig Smith's Wellnitz waded in first Class 3 cylinder separated from the case. with Ron "Moe" Neid ha rt A huge air leak instantaneously, winning the Classic Division and "Dyno" Dean Sundahl came out looking for the $1000 bonus for first overall but he had plenty of competition in the ranks. but he out ran and out lasted them all for first overall A TV. Devil Leonard taking the Vintage Iron Honors. Among A TVs when $ 1000 is on the line look for "Dyno" Dean Sundahl to rise to the occasion. This was the sixth time Sundahl has walked off with a $ 1000 check in his pocket. If you were anyone in ATV racing you were here. If you weren't it's because you knew you couldn't win. Some of the cream of the crop included Greg Bringle, Doug Roll, Ben Schlimme, Steve Mamer, John Courts, Ike and Vic Bruckmann, Mike Cafro, Dave Thorton and David Newland, "Dyno" Dean would win it wire to wire but not without a fight from Greg Bringle and Ben Schlimme. Brin gle Craig Smith had trou_bles early. but flew, literally, back into contention and the field fixes held up as he rode to first place in ·250 bike action. challenged first and near the close of lap 2 had edged around Sundahl only to suffer another one of his mysterious bike failures. On came Schlimme who did everything possible to win. However, in the end Dean Sundahl had just too much top end for Schlimme to catch him. Mike Cafro, while never in contention for the overall had an excellent ride finishing third. However, the quickest of the Quick may have been Eric "Crazy Earl" Dunlavey. He started four minutes behind the Pros in the ATV Sportsman line, and . finished fourth A TV, first A TV .250 amateur. In other ATV Sportsman classes Rob "Stix" Svatora won the 200 class, Scott Callen the Novice class, Tom Sullivan won the Senior Division with David Williams winning the Vet Class. Andy "Any" Wehe was the early Desertlite leader, then dropped bac·k. led again. only to break down, got parts and help from Steve Fenton and went on to win overall in the Desert/ire Division. Bryan Saasta won another King race in the 360 division but the overall honors in Deserttite competition continue to elude the Et Centro driver. There was an upset in the making for Desertlites. Andy "Any" Wehe was way out in front of Steve Fenton. Paul "Sky" King was third followed by the limited classes. John Shultz had a huge lead over Mike "Brown Water" Maxwell in Class 77. Brandon Lee leaped in front of Art Gibbs in the Pilot Division with Bryan Saasta sneak ing around Russ Turner to become the 360 leader. On lap 2 the order was now in its proper order according to Steve Fenton; he was out in front with Andy Wehe second. However to finish first, first you must finish. Fenton fell, got towed back to the pits just in time to rescue Andy Wehe. His car had broken, but there was a replacement still working on Fenton's. A short time later it was on W ehe's and he· won going away. Brandon Lee came in second, first Pilot while Bryan Saasta won another King race in the 360 Division. Mike "Brown Water" Maxwell drowned John Shultz and marched on to the Class 77 victory. r~gcso June 1993 Dusty Times

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FRTl4Hour Rock Around The Clock ENDURANCE! The word itself conjures up all kinds of events, The Baja 1000, The Boston Marathon, The 24 Hours of Le Mans, Paris To Dakar and the 24 hours of LeFud. One of a kind events that stretch the limits of your imagination, your body and your mind. Picture yourself at 3:00 a.m. running 80 miles an hour down Coyote Wash and a big bear with horrendous bad breath is gaining on you! Then, out of the darkness jumps a Kangaroo: when this happens you know you're in an endurance event, which in turn, brings us back to the ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK 24 Hour Desert Endurance World Champion-ships, and, the 24 Hours of LeFud. It all started in 1989 when the president of the San Diego County Sports Committee, Inc. decided that it was not right for an ATV magazine (ATV SPORTS) to hold the world endurance record for A TVs when our A TV racers were the fastest in the universe. Out the window went the ATV Sports magazine record, their puny 800 plus miles became a footnote as Mike Douthitt & company pushed the record to 1080 miles and beat the first bike. The difference; 40 .1 seconds! In 1990, the desert buggies, cars and trucks ran. In 1991 the ATVs, bikes and Desertlites were back in force. The Team Green Kawasaki machine of Paul Krause, Garth Sweetland, Ron Lawson and late night help from Roger Herd extended the record to 1215.5 miles. 1992 saw the desert bl;lggies, cars & trucks return. The 1-1600 Race Ready car was almost run down by the Fast Attack Vehicle from Chenowth, which brings us back to 1993. The ATVs, bikes and Desertlites are on the attack. Mike Douthitt and company want the overall record back. Team Green Kawasaki says no way, however, a 250 Team Threat group says if there is a new record, it will belong to the 250s, not to an Open bike. Then, throw in American Honda, U.S. Suzuki, XR's Only and a cast of privateers and the 24 Hours of LeFud 1993 is shaping up into another shootout. typical terrain that might be encountered in everyday use on the surrounding lands by the vehicles entered. The track is 10 miles long, consisting of soft whooped sand washes, hard packed dirt, a few small rocks and unprepared desert terrain. No graded/ paved/watered surfaces are used. COURSE MARKINGS: The purpose of the course markings are to define the layout of the track in such a manner that any deviation would result in increased lap times. This is especially true at night when the reflective tape on the arrows serve as the only means of rider orientation. The course is marked with Dayglow orange arrows, 8½ x 11 inches (minimum size) with reflective markers. Maximum spacing is approximately one tenth of a mile. TIMING: The event is timed by officials of the San Diego County Sports Committee, Inc. Each lap time is recorded by a computer. A backup timing watch is on hand in case of equipment failure. Results will be sent to Guiness World Book of Records. SCORING: Each entrant team will be started in 15 second intervals. The overall champion ( if entered) starts first, followed by the rest of the Open bikes, 250s, 125s, Vet, Senior, Super Senior, Class 3, Classic, Vintage, 250 ATVs, Open ATVs, 200 ATVs, Vet ATVs, Senior ATVs, Super Senior A TVs, other A TVs, Open Desertlites, 360 Desertlites, Pilots, Class 77 Desertlites. Due to the fact that there may be some one-of-a-kind entries or entry that we did not anticipate, the starting order will/may be adjusted to make sure the faster vehicles leave before the slower ones. Each vehicle will be scored every time it crosses the finish line under power. · RUNNING PROCEDURES: The vehicles are required to be running under power for 20 of the 24 hours. They must be under power at the end of 24 hours. If the vehicle fails, repairs may be made anywhere. It may be towed to any pit area, but not backwards on the course. The vehicle may only be assisted across the finish line by the rider/ riders on board when the failure occurred. Covering the event will be KXO Radio, Dirt Bike Magazine, 3 & 4 Wheel Action Magazine, Dirt Rider Magazine, San Diego Off Roader Magazine, Dusty Times Magazine, Fud 's Crud Magazine and FRT TV Produc-tions. Currently, Racer X Promotions is in negotiations with ESPN, Motoworld and TNN for world wide TV coverage. We expect an announcement soon. -RULES-COURSE; The event will use the official 24 hour desert endurance course, located at the BLM Plaster City Open Recrea-tional Region with the Start/ Finish at the BLM Plaster City West OHV staging area. The official track consists of the DOWN TIME: Down time is determined by the number oflaps divided by the time it took to complete them. An average speed per lap is then determined. All time longer than the average lap time is considered down time. Example; After three hours 12 laps have been completed. The average lap would be minutes ( 12 divided by 180 minutes = 15), however, if three laps took 20 minutes each, your down time for the three hours would be 15 minutes (20 minutes minus 15 minute average lap time x 3 = 15 minutes). This will change as the event goes on. You can have no more than 4 hours of down time before you hour out. Dusty Times "i~~t\ \\OURS OF leFuo ~ ~ (f1i ~~ ~\ Is your pit crew running in circles looking for you in the desert? or vice-versa? The solution: Global Positioning System • Magellan GPS-- U.S. made. dusn,roof. 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 l 1 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. Trackslde Photo, P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, Callfornla 90009 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• : Note: Although easy to use, any GPS System, like any 'new' technology tool, cannot be just : • picked up and used corr.xdy right out of the box. That's where we come in .... with our experi- • : ence with GPS in the desm, 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. Otht>Z dealezs 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 uocharted 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! : ··············································~· June 1993 Page 51

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ADAM WIK 535 E. Central Par1< Anaheim, CA 92802 (714) 956-WIKS • Computerized Dyno • Flow Bench Facility • Tum Key Racing Engines PUBLIC RELATIONS ANO MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C . JACOBS Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing ,Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom \I/heels Engines FAIR NEWS By Dave Massingham Our race results from the SCORE San Felipe 250 were almost zero. Bob Richey in the RCR Class 1 was the only FAIR car entered, and he had major motor problems and did not finish. Bob was the overall winner of this race in 1992. PIT TEAM.REGISI-ER CHAPALA DUSTERS Evan Harbottle, President (909) &78-a625 Matt Hanson, Race Director (714) 951-7755 CHECKERS Russ Butow, Prnldent 28447 Aldee Park Canyon Country, CA 91351 (805) 251-5970 John Flln, Pit Coordinator 22311 Kentfleld Grand Terrace, CA 92324 (714) 945-4159 or 783-4459 C.O.R.E. .Kevin McGllllvray, Race Director 33722 Agua Dulce Canyon Road Agua Dulce, CA 91350 (805) 268-a405 F.A.I.R. Dave Maaslngham, Race Director 16269 Placid Drive Whlttler;CA 90604 (310) 943-1918 DESERT RACE SUPPORT Craig Lane, Race Director P.O. Box 1822 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619) 247-0120/(619) 247-6258 I.D.R.A. George Thompson, Director 343 -D Montezuma St., •19 Prescott, AZ. 86303 (602) 776-8528 LOS CAMPEONES Andy Felix, Prnldent 1069 So. Santa Fe Vista, CA 92083 (619) 726-0130 MAG7 Bruce Cranmore, Race Director 11244 Horizon HIiia Drive El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 440-3737 TIGHT TEN John Lippitt, Race Director 153 Lindell Ave. El Cajon, CA 92020 (619) 448-5500 (619) 447-795 BAJA EXPRESS RACING TEAM Hay-rd Mendenhall 15518 Le Floss St Norwalk,CA (213) 864-0893 We welcome all Support Team news articles. Typed and double spaced copy is acceptable. Copy deadlines vary slightly, usually by the tenth of the month to make the next issue. To list your pit club here, send the information to Dusty Times. The service is free. Please send us a list of your current pit club contacts, especially those who are not listed here at all. -- -- . -----= ~ ---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! Dustynma Call For Courses and Dates Great Basin COnsultlng 2738 Chavez Dr. Reno, NV 89502 (702) 825-8830 PRESIDENT 900 STATE MILL ROAD AKRON. OHIO 44319 (216) 644-7774 Test Results: It seems Wayne Morgan and crew, of Class 2, have been sighted in Lucerne testing his Mirage 2 seater. Rumors are it is a strange looking and sounding four cylinder engine, developing .280+ HP on the dyno. Testing has been successful with minor suspension probl~~s. The first race might be with La Rana on May 1 or two weeks later at the SNORE Caliente 250 with yours truly driving with Wayne. P.S. The car is hot! Rich Fersch was out testing his new single seater that used to belong to Brian Parkhouse, a class winning 1-2-1600. Rich, who owns Downey Race Haus in Downey (310) 862-1671, has done a lot of work and put a Class 10 motor in it. He plans to race La Rana at Ridgecrest on May 1. Good luck to both new cars in the races. The work party on April 10 went very well. Race teams attending were Omboli, Jefferies, Newman, LaMar, Hibbard and Parkhouse. Also thanks to Bruce Streeper, Jeff Randall, Gary Bankroft and anyone el,se I missed. Friday, April 23, 1993 at 5:00 p.m. the F.A.I.R. van was driven from RCR Plumbing in Riverside to Fullerton with no problems. Thanks to Charlie Lamar of Lamar Automotive in Fullerton (714) 447--4163 for reassembling the motor. Charlie, Jeff Randall and Dan Fisk put everything together and the van is on the road again. A big thanks to Wayne Morgan of Quality Truck and Auto Parts in Norwalk ( 310) . 868-9824 for his complete t rebuilding of the motor and trans. He spent a lot of time chasing parts and getting machine work \ done. The total cost of the rebuild will end up at about $3,500.00. , So far we have cqllected $1,700.00 in donations. Anyone else wishing to help, please don't be bashful. F.A.I.R. could be at 1 the right spot at the right time to j help you in return. The following ,· are all the individuals donating to ' this cause. Thanks to you all. You 1 are what makes off roading a great , sport! Bob (Weatherman) Stein- r berger, Chapala Dusters, Pete· Dutton, Dave Massingham, Harry Dunne, Rich Fersch, Charlie Lamar, Parker Pumper, Darnen Jeffries, Dave (Garf) Jamison,, Dale Belseth, Steve Romo, Charlie Nieto, Gary Bankroft, . Danny Drake, Oris (Old Goat): Johnson, Dick Wehyrich, Jim Enders, Sir Speedy Printing, Brian Barkhoff, Ralph Chase, Goldmine· VW, Whittier, Frank Omboli, Bruce Streeper, Tom and Lita · Whitehead and Bob (RCR) Richey. 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PRICE .:J&9s■-1ro~ Per Set 2 .Ratio's Available t Valley Performance --McKenzie Performance Products . 3700 Mead Ave. 2366 East Orangethorpe Las Vegas, NV 89102 Anaheim, CA 9'2800 702/873-1002 -714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 57

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Classified ••• ¾i FOR SALE: 1990 Class 9 Challenger. Fresh engine & DJ trans. Fox, Wright, UMP, Sway-A-Way, Parker Pumper, K&N, Dump Cans & spare s included. Consistent top 5 finisher. Prepped & ready to race! $5,500.00 oho. Call Tim (805) 499-3686 days, (805) 373-6548 LE: Cass 10 Hi Jumper, only 250 miles on complete rebuild, Wright, UMP, powder coat, spare engine & trans, 930's, 400M bars, Fox shocks, Master-craft, 118"' wb, lots of spares, turnkey, race ready. $6,000.00 (510) 783-2342 days WILL DELNER! Enclosed is.$ FOR SALE: Rally Car, 1986 Dodge Omni GLH (Turbo). Ready to race. Fresh engine & trans. $5,900.00. Fully equipped w I spare tires, wheels or make offer. Call ( 313) 4 79-4 lGO or (313) 782-0990 or (313) 525-0879. FOR SALE: Class 10 single seater, fabricated and prepped by Penhall Fabrication. Coil-over suspension, FAT Rabbit, 4 wheel discs, fresh engine & trans. Fast, competitive car. Must see! · $12,000.00. Call Mark (714) 751-1290 days, (714) 540-4829 nites. (Send check or money order, no cash). WANTTOGETAWAYFROM. IT ALL? 871,200 square feet of pine trees, approximately 6000 , feet up; enjoy1 a four season climate located in the Tehachapi mountains, behind locked gates. 20 acres of pure isolation. 2 pads ready for your mountain hide-a-way. Overlooks entire Antelope Valley. Easy in and out on graded road. Call Don at (805) 268-FOR SALE: 1986 Berrien Class 2, 2 seat, 2280 Type I, new Raceco trans, Summers discs, Parker Pumper, Centerlines, Race Ready. $8,900.00. Richard{714) 997-1202. 1644. FOR SALE: Class 10 JIMCO 2 seat mid engine car. Smart Racing 4AG Toyota, Fortin 5 speed trans, 35 gal fuel cell, Modine radiator, Taylor seats, Wright, UMP, Sway-A-Way components, Summers Bros, FAT & rear brakes, BFG, tired Centerline wheels, very competitive car, flawless condition. Make offer oho. Call (619) 448-5392 or (619) 441-8936. FOR SALE: Chenowth 1-1600, Neth rear arms & beam,. UMP power steering, Wright combos arms & rack, reservoired Bil-steins, Summers axles & stub axles, Parker Pumper, aluminum body, 300M torsion bars. Very competitive car. $7,000.00 obo. Call (801) .566-0741 or (801) 562-9298. Name----------------------------.-------Address ______________________ Phone--------FOR SALE: Class 9 buggy, 1992 Chenowth 2 seat frame, Aboco transmission, Valley Performance motor, Fox &hocks, new tires, Wright steering, 14 gal Jaz fuel cell, RACE READY. $5,500.00. For info call Charlie (702) 437-0117. FOR SALE: Porsche 3.3L: dual & single exhaust, two (2) seats K&N and UMP cans, Bosche & Perma-Tune ignitions. Race ready.$13,500.00. Call (,714) 4 72-2024 days or (714) · 240-8484 nites. FOR SALE: Chaparall 2 seat Class 9. Flame-Out, Fox shocks, Wright rack, Sway-A-Way, pumper, close ratio, transmission by Tansworks. Very competitive car. $7,500.00. Call Rick (619) 476-7465. FOR SALE: 1990 Mirage single seat, less motor-tranny. Wright front end - trailing arms, rack, Fox coil-over, Summer discs, axles, 930 c.v.'s, Summers stub axles, 8 Fox shocks, power steering, fuel cell, Centerlines, Wood trailing arms (one is bent), 12' trailer. $4,200.00 oho -trade. ( 415) 594-0766 or (415) 365-7789. -""~~ ~'> ,< J _,,.:.;(;... ~.>: '.¾-. OR SALE: Sandrail Mfg 4 seat buggy. $700.00 w l o engine or trans. $1,995.00 with good dual port 1600 race motor & T ransaxle Engineering trans with Moly axle tubes. Call (805) 584-8134.

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FOR SALE: BFG, Mud TA tires, 35x12.5x15. Four are new, never mounted. $450.00. Four have only 250 miles, low horsepower use on a Class 7S truck. $250.00. Also, four new never mounted Centerline 15x8.5 Ford 5 lug star style wheels. $450.00.John(6 19) 420-1799. - - -FOR SALE: Class 10 car, all the right parts; Centerline, Parker Pumper, Mastercraft, 22 gal Fuel Safe cell, new tires, fresh engine. Over 20k invested, must see to appreciate. Moving, must sell ASAP. $4,000.00 obo. Call Jeff (909) 278-2381 leave message. FOR SALE: 2 each 50 watt race radios, CORE frequency + 5 others, with Simpson Parker Pumper helmet wired for push to talk. $800.00. 30' pushup and magnetic antennas. Call Herb at (714) 596-8308. MUST SELL NOW: Class 10 pre-runner, 2 seater, 109" wb, fresh & very strong 1835, dual 40 Webers, Bilstein, Yokohama, Centerline, Parker Pumper, CNC, Flame-Out system. Porsche steering & spindles, bus trans by Folts. 22 gal cell, Mastercraft, Simpson, new aluminum body. Includes dual axle trailer. $4,400.00 takes both (310) 618-2081. FOR SALE: Class 10 Berrien, Toyota motor, fuel cell, 4 wheel Summers disc brakes, Centerlines, Hewland gears trans, Neal pedal, power steering, Super seat. A very good machine. $10,500.00 LOST: Tow strap & high $$$ aircraft-quality ratchet strap during the '92 Baja 500. Loaned out-on course from down Mike's into Valley T - at the turn of doom where the 5-1600s flew. Get 'em back to me & get some good ink. Tony: (602) 391-1124. FOR SALE: 1989 race ready Honda Pilot. Front & rear Fox shocks, H.D. tie rods, ATV Specialists front & rear bumpers, Filler 5 point seat belt, side nets, Beard seat, Graydon Praline aluminum sides & roof, Champ-ion bead lock rims, 38mm Mikuni carb, Power Pros pipe & silencer, Comet clutch, ATV Specialists no-rev limiter CDI. All work done by Tripple EEE Ent. New top & bottom end, full skid plates, many spare parts & extras. $5,500.00 obo. Call Andrew (619) 723-0917 or (619) 723-9098 after 5 p.m. FOR SALE: 35' self contained trailer, 4 seat buggy with 2180, 500 quad, 350 quad, 230 quad, 100 quad. All custom with many parts. All run g_reat, ready for Glamis or pre-run. $35,000.00 or possible trade for ????? ( 714) 526-4858 work, (724) 525-8115 home. Canadian. Call (514) 962-0578 .• _._ FOR SALE: Jeep Scrambler, ~' «<· " SODA Class 3 600 hp. AMC, FOR SALE: Class 9 single seat Hi-Jumper, Fox shocks, Parker Pumper, Sway-A-Way, Beard seat, Yokohama, SNORE finisher. $6,000.00 obo. Call John or Dana (602) 753-6028. FOR SALE: 1992 factory Class 1 car, could be any make or model, pre-runner pick-up, profession-ally built. Larry Maddox Racing-24090 Palm, Hemet, CA (909) 654-4938 or (909) 654-4544. FOR SALE: Jeep Scrambler, SODA Class 3, fresh 401 motor, 400 Turbo tranny. Quadra-trac transfer case, Dana 44 in front, full floater 9" in rear, Rancho shocks, National springs, a turn-key car. $10,000.00 or part out. Purchased new race vehicle. Ask for Gerald (618) 723-2019 in southern Illinois. FOR SALE: c~·lifor~ia personal-ized license plates. Perfect for your tow vehicle? Won't last! $250.00. Call (510) 455-4369. Dusty Times Rancho, Lighting shocks, all the best parts. 4 time world champ-ion. Very quick, too many spare parts to list, trailer included. $29,000.00 obo. Call Bill Schirm (608) 781-1957. FOR SALE: SCORE legal Class 8 Ford F-100. Ready to race with Filler belts, Fuel Safe cell, new 351W , 40 spline Summers Bros axles, 35" BFGs, new paint, National Spring, double axle trailer & lots o f spares. $ 12,000.00. Ben Emerson (702) 878-8010. FOR SALE OR TRADE: '85 2WD Ranger pre-runner. Buick V6 23lci, TH350, 9" Ford, full cage, 4 wheel disc brakes, front & rear glass fenders, fuel cell, Beard seats, Fox shocks, qua;rter eppiptics. Asking $10,000.00 obo. Call Marc or Paul (818) 445-8962. FOR SALE: DODGE D-150 OFF ROAD RACE TRUCK-or SUP-ER PRE-RUNNER. Class 8 SCORE legal. Finished Baja 1000 2 times!!! 500 HJP Keith Black 400ci, Mogi trans, Summers R/E, professionally built. 10k firm, ( including spare parts) Dean Wayman (310) 644-7999 ext 4. FOR SALE: 1963 Buick 219ci aluminum· engine coupled to Porsche 9 14 transmission with Kep adapter kit." Engine & trans completely rebuilt. Offenhauser manifold, new 390 Holley 4 barrel carb, Performance cam, high volume oil pump, super torque starter. $2,000.00. (818) 352-5729. FOR SALE: Ford Ranger, Class 7 FR T 1990-1991 Class Champion. Ready to race! $15,000.00 obo. Will consider partial trade. (619) 344-4324 day, (619) 344-6703 nite. FOR SALE: 197 3 Corvair Sandrail. Off road tires & rims mounted. Paddle rims also. Nice trailer with lockable metal box. $1,500.00 obo (310) 541-0050. - . FOR SALE: Chenowth Class 10 car, including Wright steering rack, UMP power steering, Fox shocks, Neal, 4 wheel discs, Summers Bros spindles, hubs & rear axles, Parker Pumper air filtration system, Beard seat, Type I VW (Porsche) 1648cc by Lee Leighton, 22 gal Fuel Safe cell, rear Kernut drive assembly w /outboard 930 c.v.'s that achieve a true 15" of rear wheel travel. This is a turnkey car, just get in and go racing! $9,000.00. Call (909) 279-9470. FOR SALE: Super 1600 Chen-owth Magnum. BEST OF EVERY-THING!!! Will sell complete with spares or less motor & trans. Call Scott at (303) 238-5876. OR SALE: Class 2 or 10 Chenowth Magnum w/26 0 0 Type 4. Mastercraft, Bilstein , Sway-A-W ay, Wright, coil-overs, SACO, power steering, Hewland bus. Will sell less motor. $13,800.00 obo. Call Mike (714) 279-9370. · FOR SALE: 5-1600, top quality, fast car. Raced 5 races since 1991. 1st '91 Baja 1000, 2nd '92 Nissan 400, 1st '92 Baja 500, 2nd Baja 1000, fast lap '93 parker 400. willing to sell since I lost a finger tip in an accident. Must see in order to be able to explain all the design, parts and thought put into this car. $10,000.00/best offer. Serious inquiries only PLEASE. John Holmes (619) 481-0923. June 1993 FOR SALE: 112-1600, very competitive, best of everything. Must sell! 1992 Honda 600R less than 1000 miles. must sell. Call (619) 956-8683. FOR SALE: Transmission, 5 speed for 1987 Dodge Colt Vista wagon. Slightly noisy 4th gear but runs o k . Call John (818) 882-0004. FOR SALE: Race eng_ine, Esslin_ger head on professionally built Rev Power - 4 cylinder engine. $5,995.00 or best. Call Doug (619) 439-9314. BORROW ED from car #551 at . Gold Coast. 1 spare i:ire on offset Centerline. I need it back! Please, FOR SALE: Brand new 1993 you used it, now please return it. 2-1600car.BuiltbyJimMoulton. Jim (909) 676-4043 or (909) 115" wb, light weight, all 6_7_6_-_26_1~1_. _______ _ chromoly, TIG welded chassis. Only test miles to dial in suspension. Hatz motor, Fields trans. Only the best parts were used to build this potential winner. $25,000.00. Serious inquiries only. Call Jim (818) 366-4943 nite, (805) 940-5515 day. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Baker Precision Products . . . . . . • 24 Barbary Coast -Gold Coast Hotels ..... -. . . . . 10 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . • 9 Brush Run 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FOR SALE: Competitive 1990½ B.U.M.P. Commemorative Coin ... Friday's Thumper Chassis. 1 & Billy Bunch Truck Sale ..•....•. 2-1600 Midwest Soda Series. C R · p d 19 30 40 41 12 39 31 47 18 13 44 35 51 57 46 33 actus acing ro ucts ....... . SKA&WN, CNeal,bWrBight,dDieBsFtG, Fox, Castex Inc., E-Z-Up .......... . ' 0~ os, ear s, son Champion Bead Lock Co. . ..... . Saco alummum wheels, spares. . . . Must Sell! Taking a break from DeNunz10 Racing Products racing. $5,200.00. Gerry ( 414) Don-A-Vee Jeep-Eagle ........ . 849-9813 after 7:00 p.m. FAT Performance ........... . WANTED H h l k. Fiesta Ford .........•...... : ave cas -oo mg FRT Su . . 250 for 2 seat Class 9 car. Must be . perst1t1on ..•...... competitive top finishing car. Fuel Safe · · · · · · • • • • • • • • • • .. Also, for sale, Class 10-Chaparall, German Auto ........•...... Beard, Summers Brothers, Global Positioning Systems .... . combos. $7,800.00. Call Bob Rod Hall Driving School ....... . (714) 882-1766 or Chick (602) Hi Tech Off Road .....•...... 855-7823. KC HiLites ............. ... . Since Jimmy Lawrence's death in January 1993, his estate must sell his VORRA 1983 Championship off road open wheel car, w/6 new tires, 4 mounted. If interested please call (702) 677-0924 Reno Area. Clean Out Your Garage Sell Y OUT Bits and Pieces RIGHT HERE Classified Ads are only $ 15 .00 each month for 45 words or less. Add $5 .00 for each photo. La Rana Lucerne Valley Jam 250 . . . . . 27 Memorial Day 100 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Michigan Off Road Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . 36 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . 15 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . 45 Reid Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 SCORE Baja 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Marvin Shaw Engineering . . . . . . • 42 Slatter Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SNORE Caliente 250 . . . . Back Cover Sway-A-Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 MTEG Short Course -Glen Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 MTEG -Salt Lake City . • . . . . . . 7 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . • 43 Valley Performance . . • . . . . . . . 57 Valvoline Oil . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . 23 V.O.RRA. Yerington 400 . . . . . . . 17 · Whiplash Rocky Point 125 . . . . . . 8 Whiskey Row Screen Printing . . . • 22 Wilch Sales • • • . . • . . . • . . . • . . 37 Wright Place . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 34 Coming Next Month •••. SCORE San Felipe 250 MTEG Stadium Racing in Phoenix SCCA Wild West Pro Rally La Rana Desert Racing Spangler 200 WRC Safari Rally in Kenya MTEG at Glen Helen Raceway ••. plus all the regular f ea tu res Page 59

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