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Volume 11 - Number 9 . ... ,~•>,, ~·, . ' , ·:~ . ' ., Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0 . Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Barry Don Calloway Carrera Photography Carol Clark Don Dayton John Elkin Homer Eubanks Don Holbrook Martin Holmes Daniel Maimer Matt Marcher Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh ' Darryl Smith Judy Smith. Tony Tellier Trackside Photo Inc. Wizer Photos Art Director Larry E. Worsham September 1994 -.VILLI! onJIIWI IIACIIKI IIDOH Subscription Rates: ltlrfdSris(/cr,lbllRacing19 $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign Subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to [)usty 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. SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH ••• This is for nostalgia buffs who have fond memories of the famed Mint 400 off road race. One year Kjell Erikson came up with a board game like monopoly using the cars, landmarks, icons of the race. It was introduced in the 1980s at a Mint 400 race with a fancy tournament in the lounge/casino area at the Mint Hotel. The tables partners were drawn out of a hat and this one had real mix. On the right Manny Esquerra is studying the rules while Ivan Stewart is staring Manny down waiting for him to make a move. Next to Ivan is Mike Perris who then worked for Off Road Maga:ine and to the far left is Mark Hansen, who drives with_ Malcolm Vinje. We remember they had a flock of tables going and also remember that Mickey Thompson had luck riding with him and won his table, but we don't remember who won the grand pri.:e, which was a considerable amount of money. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar interest 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. Black & white prints, 5x7 or 8xl0 preferred but clear color prints will be considered. Dusty Times September 1994 I In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page The Feldkamp Saga Part 2 by Sam Wilshire ................. 10 The SCORE Ultra Wheels Fireworks 250 by Judy Smith ...... 12 SCORE Fireworks TROPHY-TRUCKS by Judy Smith .... . . . . 17 Mickey Thompson Stadium Racing at Salt Lake City .......... 22 SODA Racing at Antigo, WI by Barb & Marilyn Schult: ...... 26 Oldsmobile Barvada by John Calvin .......... -.............. 29 WRC Tour de Corse by Martin Holmes .................... 32 FRT Plaster City Blast by Ewald Gruber .................... 34 La Rana Lucerne Valley Jam 250 by Carol Clark ........... . . 36 Glen Hden OHV Park Series by Bob Beyer .................. 42 SCCA Prescott Forest Rallies by John Elkin ................. 44 SODA Spring Run 101 by Judy Smith ...................... 45 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Herman DeNun:io . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Trail Notes . ......... . . .................................. 4 Happenings ............. ................................. 6 California Rally Series by John Elkin ....................... 20 Checkers Column by the Big Wah:oo .................... .. 41 Mexicali Off Roader by Laguna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 F.A.l.R. News by Dave .Massingham ........................ 43 Good Stuff Directory . ................ ................... 52 Chapala Dusters Report by H. Henesy ...................... 57 Classified Ads .......................................... 57 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 ON THE COVER -Two busy young men adorn the cover this month. Rob MacCachren has been racing since he was a tot, and the Rough Rider program in the SCORE Trophy-Trucks and MTEG stadium racing in Fords was just not enough racing for him. So he and Larry Job had this beautiful state of the art Mirage built for both local SNORE races in the Las Vegas area and the SCORE Pro Class IO events. Fresh out of the box Rob and Larry won overall at the SNORE Caliente race_last May, pictured here. Rob then set fast Class IO lap at the Fireworks 250, and also set fast lap in the Trophy-Truck Ford on the same day. Color Photography by Carrera Photography. Kevin Smith left desert racing to go stadium racing in his Mirage a few years back, hoping to move up to a steady job as a race car driver. He does very well in the MTEG Super 1600 class having won the last two main events, at Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Kevin also won at Rice stadium in 1993. He is always up front fighting for a win in the heats and main -events. Color Photography by T rackside Photo Inc. S~7fJMUf DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! D 1 year - $15.00 D i years - $15.00 D 3 years - $35.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus •. Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name _______________________ _ Address ____________________ _ City I Stace ___________ Zip __________ _ I I I I Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES _, I 207~1 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-;4408, (818) 882-0004 I (Canadian - I year $20.00 U.S. • Overseas subscription rates on request) Page 3 I I I I I I I I I I

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SOAP BOX ••• By Herman DeNunz.io TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE The SCORE Ultra Wheels Fireworks 250 was an interesting race, to say the least. There were two races on the same day. The Pro and Sportsman Division were run in the morning, starting early, while the Trophy-Trucks were run in the afternoon, starting at 2:30 p .m. Each seed was given an eight hour time limit in which to finish the 222 miles. Now, let's do some simple math. If you take 222 miles and divide it by the eight hour time limit, you can figure out the slowest speed that it will take to finish the race in the allotted time. That speed would be 27 .75 mph. Taking into consideration last year's Fireworks 250, which took place over the same or very similar course, let us look at the average times. In Class 1, the · fastest class then, the finishers averaged 49.76 mph, while Class 9, the slowest class that ran the full course, averaged 30.44 mph. This is the inequity in the eight hour time limit. A Class 1 could be broken down 55 percent of the time, and still finish the race within the prescribed time, while· a Class 9 could only be broken down 9 percent of the time. What this means is that a Class 1 was allowed four hours, 24 minutes of down time, while a Class 9 was only allowed 43 minutes. Even though the Class 11 Beetles only had to complete two laps instead of three, they were allowed a two hour down time. 43 minutes ... ten checkpoints plus the start/finish line. Take into consideration slowing down, coming to a complete stop, usually in soft silt or worse, then accelerating back to race speed. Let's give that one minute of lost time per checkpoint. That would be 11 minutes per lap for a total of 33 minutes. 43-33 equals 10! With a trouble free race that still leaves only ten minutes left. We need one pit stop to refuel, check all four tires, check 20 lug nuts, generally inspect the car for anything that could be loose, give the driver water, check the oil, change one bad tire, etc. Allow three minutes for all that. 10-3 equals 7 minutes. Knowing that we have a seven minute cushion spread out over three laps, or a total of 2.33 minutes per lap ... let's go racing. Editor's comment: Not men-tioned by this Class 9 racer and SCORE contingency donor is the fact that not many in the slower classes got their full eight hours of running time. Apparently the officials figured that if the first car left at 6:00 a.m. for an eight hour run, all would be finished by 2:00 p.m. and the course would be clear a half hour later for the Trophy-Truck start. Well, how about the slower classes that left at 7:00 a.m. who were already down an hour to the two o'clock cutoff time. Tobefairwedidnot attend the drivers' meeting and, therefore, do not know if the drivers were informed of both the cut off time and the fact that some classes would not get the eight hour time allowance. ln fact, they starte d w aving straggle r s in around 1:30, even though some thought they could finish another lap before the Trophy-Trucks caught up with them. Many badly wanted to finish, as only two races are left in this series and points are important to many racers. Time was when the time allowance for a given SCORE or HORA event was based on a 25 mph average speed. But even last November at the Baja 1000 the time allowance was a little slim with only two of 13 Class 9 cars making it to the finish line in the time allotted, and we think that was 24 hours. The two that made it both took over 23 hours to complete the race. Only 70 of the 185 starting cars finished in Mexicali. Is there a solution! We don't know. We welcome comments and suggestions from racers and from the workers who must man the checkpoints and wait for the slower entries. The 1994 Baja 1000 is not that far away and perhaps shortening the course, taking out a loop or something might be the answer. Let us know your thoughts on this very real problem. Volunteers are int1ited to climb on their "Soap Box" and fill this space with their thoughts about what is good and what is not so good about the state of the sport. Your words, short of being libelous, will be print-ed. So, send along your praise or damnation on your Soap Box topic to Dusty Times, 2075r Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 9r3rr-44o8. ..... ,.• .. HI-TECH • SUSPENSION SPECIALISTS • FREE EXPERT CONSUL TING • INSTALLATIONS =-iii] OFF ROAD RACING HEADQUARTERS LARGEST INVENTORY IN LAS VEGAS FIIT11111118 • IICIII IPOBTIWEIR • ID FEIi IEIB • AIIIO BAI TIIIKI • IIITCIIES •IIIIOO. •AITCIIIII •llffllFIB ·•• •BEITDP •IODYLIFTI •IG-Yh • IIOEITCII TECII • IIIT IICITI • tillDEI MIES . n.ow■ll'la • FUEi-ffl,Y ••IILY Page 4 September 1994 Trail Notes ••• THE SNORE KC HILITES MIDNIGHT SPECIAL was a real tough race this year and it was run entirely in the dark, startingat9:00 p.m. on July 23 in the Nelson Hills south ofbs Vegas, NV. Tommy Bradley, as is his habit, won the race mcrall and in Unlimited class, while Mark Weyhrich and Mike Zupanovich won Class 10 and took second overall less than six minutes behind. Keith Underwood and Billy Bryan were third overall another 11 minutes back and won the big Class 1-2-1600. Class 5 went to Clay and Becky Flippin and Dave Petrillo triumphed in Challenger class. Heavy Metal honors went to Scott Bassett and a big team of co-drivers, while the Mini Metal title went to Mike Larson. Kevin Streety and Jeff Lothringer won the Sportsman Bugg)' class. We will have the full story with pictures in the next issuL'. Plan ahead for the hig hon us money 25th Anniversary running of the SNORE 2 50 on September 23-25 supported by the Gold Coast Hord and Casino. THE VORRA FALLON 250 AT NIGHT took place on July 29-31 out of Fallon, NV. Everett Paul won Class 2 and overall, and Class 10 honors went to non-finishers Troy Rohinson and Ryan O'Callaghan. Arden and Perry Dennington won Class 1-2-1600 with all four laps done and Don and Chris German won Class 4. Glen McAJon took the big Sportsman Vet class title while non-finisher Forest Creasy went the farthest and won Class 9. Sportsman Novice went to Richard and Ryan Leshar and Rob Slagle did his lap the fastest to win the Pilot class. We have matl·rial in hand, hut no room this issue, to catch up on the VORRA desert races this r,ast summer -in the next issue. THE VORRA FALLON night race was marred by a serious accident during course inspection ·on Friday July 29. Long time off road racer Bill Rigsby and newcomer Dwight Lunkley, apparently in a buggy, hit a bump, sending the car straight up in the air. It came down on the rear cage pushing the motor into the gas tank. As the car continued to flip it caught fire. Both men were burned over 6S<Jf1 of their bodies when the fuel tank ruptured. Both men were taken to the UC Davis Medical Center Burn Unit, and were still there at press time. Bill, owner of the Sid Smith/ Kip Whitnack 1600, was recently retirea at 63 and without health insurance. Bill has been racing off road since the first Baja 1000 and always talked of the many friends he made and competed against over the years. I am asking, as one of his more recent friends, for donations for Bill and his family to help them in their hour of need. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Donations may be sent to: Great Western Bank, Bill Rigsby Burn Fund, 726 'E' Street, Marysville, CA 95901. Thank you for your help! Ken Ruff, Ruff 'N' It Racing. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bill and ..,his friend in this painful and critical time in their lives. SCORE POINTS -With a top four finish in class the last time out Rob Nolin caught Ryan Thomas to share the overall point lead of the SCORE Desert Off Road Racing series after five of the seven races in 1994. They each have 150 points, but Kevin Davis is right there with 148 after winning at Barstow. Brian Stewart is next with 144.5 followt·d by Tom Rusich 142, Brian Parkhouse 135 and Dave Ashley 134.5. Jim Baldwin leads Unlimited class, Nolin tops the l-2-1600s, and Thomas leads Class 10. Other class leaders are Dick Sasser, 3, Mike James, 5, Danny lt·Llt-:ma, 5-1600, Victor Acevedo,6,Sergio Nolasco, 7,JeffLewis, 7S, Stewart,8, Darnen Jefferies, 9, Thomas, JO, Eric Solor:ano, 11 , Stock Full, Steve Oliges, Stock Mini, Scott Sells. Only seven of the 198 eligible drivers remain in tht• running for the unique Toyota True Grit awards after five of the seven SCORE desert races in 1994. Toyota True Grit awards are given on the basis of highest cumulative average speed in each of six buggy, Baja Bug style classes for all seven races. A driver muststartand finish all seven SCORE desert races as wdl as compiling the highest average speed. At the end of 1993 only two drivers were left to split the $12,000 pri:e fund between them. Presently the leaders are Ryan Thomasat41.910 mph, followed by Tom Rusich, 38. 133 mph, Michael James, 37 .390 mph and Darnen Jefferies, 30.636 mph. Along with these drivers, several more are still eligible for the Toyota Milestone awards, where again one must finish every mile of every race to he eligihle. HALLOWEEN HAUNT OFF ROAD RACE at Glen Helen OHV Park in San Bernardino, CA is on again for October 30. It was a hit with drivers last year so again a gigantic $5,000 purse will be broken down into two classes the day of the race. The purse for each class will he divided between the top three positions of each category. The entry fee is a paltry $200 by today's standards, and no membership is required. Get full details for the race you won't want to miss this year from BBM Marketing Promotions, Boh Beyer at (310) 988-6250. HERZOG MOTORSPORTS NEWS ._ Fresh from the Class 8 victory at Luxemburg, Wisconsin in the SODA Series, the Her:og team is not resting on their laurds. Driver Scott Douglas bested both Walker Evans and Ford Rough Rider Scott Taylor at the event, and took over the SODA Series Class 8 points lead. Douglas said now that they have the lead, they are going to do everything possible to win the Championship. Her:og troops bring the car back tn California for testing and R & D between races, which puts a lot of miles on the transporter. Randy and Stan Her:og conduct business from St. Joseph, Missouri, but the Dodge-Goodyear Class 8 truck is based in El Cajon, CA. They will be in action on August 20-21 at L1ke Odessa, Michigan, and if that is too far to go, the race will be on ESPN a week or so later. Look for a red and white Dodge to spot Douglas in action. BAJA CALIFORNIA RACING-We had a visit recently from Ramon Castro, former SCORE Class 11 champion. Ramon and a couple other enthusiasts are promoting off road racing around the Ensenada area, and they had securt·d a considerable amount of sponsorship, starting with serious help from T ecate Beer on their 50th anniversary year. Over the Labor Day weekend they, the San Vincente Off Road Racing group, are holding their big race, the fourth in the championship series and it sure sounds like a fun way to spend L1bor Day. Check the ad in this issue. The race start is on the Avenue Costero in front of the Riviera Convention Center in Ensenada and the restart will be in Ojos Negros at the Casian C1mpground. The course is 47 miles long, and almost immediately crosses the highway and heads into the hills to the east, turns south for a short distance, then heads west towards Tres Hermanns, and a sharp right turn brings the racer back down to ground levd, and across the highway to start another of the five laps for autos and three laps for motorcycles. Entry fee is $200 for cars, with a 60•1;, payback, $100 for bikes and Safari entries, and all pay $60 for security, $10 for road use and $15 into the championship points fund. If this sounds like fun, remember the Hotel Corona near the start has special ratt·s for racers. Along with Tecate, Krissalan Aviation is a major sponsor, and associate sponsors range from tire and repair shops to F&L Fud and Papas & Beer and Husson,:'s Cantina. In fact the awards presentation is at Hu~ng's on Sept. 4 at I :00 p.m. For information contact (617)6-16-37, Ramon or Ruben or if trying to dial out of the country is more than you want to tackle, call Boh Hummd at Race Ready Products 1n Chula Vista (619) 691-9171. Dusty Times

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1994 Happenings ••• A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34087 Phoenix. AZ 85067 (602) 997-1633 AMSA Jim Wd,b P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 ( 209) 439-2114 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 47 Teenan St. Fl"rn\' Hills. Q. 4055, Australia 0l l-18-07-851-0444 September 11, 1994 Mt. Gamhic·r South Australia November 27, 1994 Pucbpunyal Victoria (Stadium Races TBA) AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class 10 cars only Sc·rgc· Lamhert 65 Rue de Valcourt fllainville, Quehl"c, Canada K7B IHI (514)434-5792 October 7-9, 1994 Mexicali 400 Mexicali, BC, Mexico BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Pt'ralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas. CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 September 23-25, 1994 Gran Carrera de T ecatc' II Los Sahuaros Racewav ( Douhle Points) December 2-4, 1994 Gran Carrera de Campeones 400 miles Triple Points San Felipe BC, Mexico Year End Part)'! BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O . Box I 533 Ohdc·n, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. September 2-.3, 1994 Bonneville Challengl" Wendover USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 BAD DOG'S OFF ROAD SHOWDOWN Callawa1' Fun Inc. flrighton, Ontario. Canada KOK-I HO (613) 475-1102 -Fax (613) 475-3250 3825 No. Main Cleburne, TX 76031 Barry Don Callaway (8 I 7) 645-0003-(817)641-9985 Gene Peugh 1994 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box IOI Crandon. WI 54520 (715) 478-2222 ( 817) 790-8268 nights Racing the 3rd Sunday of each month March thru October September 2-4, 1994 BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box 392 Brush Run IOI Crandon, WI BUMP ( :akxico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 3 I . 163 Mc·xicili, BC, Mexico Roh Utgard Motorsports Promotions 43943 Sierra Hwy .. Suite G L1ncaster, CA 93534 ( M,·xicali ( 65) 68-34-72 Ibid Series af Qff-Road Racing<!> 1994 SODA RACE SCHEDULE Chevrolet Memorial Day 100, May 28-29 Lake Geneva, WI Chevrolet Off-Road Championship June 11-12 Antigo, WI Chevrolet Spring Run June 25-26 Crandon, WI Chevrolet Off-Road Challenge July 9-10 Luxemburg, WI U.P. Off-Road 100 July 23-24 Bark River, Ml Road America Off-Road Race Aug. 6-7 Elkhart Lake, WI Chevrolet Great Northern Challenge Aug. 20-21 Lake Odessa, Ml Chevrolet World Championship Sept. 2-4 Crandon, WI Wisconsin Off-Road Festival Sept. 17-18 Oshkosh, WI (805) 723-1549 Blackhawk Farms Off-Road Challenge Oct. 1-2 Beloit, IL CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES L1,nnette Allison, CRS Director 2001 Oakland Hills Drive Corona, CA 91720 (909) 736-1442 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgt'crest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 September 24-25, 1994 Trt'elint' Rally Palmdait', CA October 29-30, 1994 Gorman Ridgt' Rally Gorman, CA November 18-20, 1994 East of Indio Rally Indio, CA CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING T ar1' Silbaugh 20515 Whitt-haven Circle Bend, OR 97702 October l 5, 1994 Whiskey Springs 400 Bend, OR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O . Box 645 Piem·, SD 57501 Kc·vin Miller (Baja} ( 605) 224-6923 Don Engleman (Motocross) (605) 224-4967 GUMBO BUTTES BAJA & MOTOCROSS August 21, 1994 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright (01 I 52 617-46834) Ramon Castro & Ruhen Acewdo (61637 7 0034) August 26-28, 1994 . Fic-sta San Quintin 200 BFGaadricH -----------•Tlfl!S ~/(d,,--more Trail Notes ••• BOB BOWER, has been a familiar face around off road racing in the west for a number of years, representing BFGoodrich at the major races and others in the Team TA program, like the La Rana Series. Bob recently resigned from BFG to pursue his long held goal of doing l consulting work, primarily in the marketing area of autosports, and he is " off and running with his new business at · · this writing. While it won't seem like Bob without the BFG uniform clothes , on his hack, he will be doing the same chores, only for a variety of clients, so we will see him at the off road races from time to time. We have included a photo of Bob with this press release so you can link the face with the name when you see him in civilian clothes. BFG's loss may well he other company's gain as he puts his promotion and marketing skills to work for them. We wish him well, in his new endeavor, and wonder who is going to fill his shoes in southern California for BFG. We may find out at the next L1 Rana race coming soon in mid August at Lucerne Vnlley, a night race that is hound to he different in the often heavy Just of the Johnson Valley trails. THE GOLD COAST 300 RACE is an official go finally. It is a favorite with the racers as tech and contingency inspections, registration, drivers meeting, and the magnificent awards breakfast all take place in the confines of the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino. But since the disqualification of hotel owner Michael Gaughan's lead driver, who had won the Baja 500 on elapsed time, rumors flew and the scheduled post mortem meeting of those concerned didn't happen until the end of July. Meanwhile speculation went on in every desert racer's hangout nhout the Gold Coast continuing its support of a SCORE race. Well folks the rumors and worries were all for naught nnJ the Gold Coast 300 race is on September 9-11, so be there in the heat near Jean, Nevada with the rest of us mad enough to go out in the noon day sun. THE BRUSH RUN 101 is celebrating its silver anniversary on Labor Day weekend coming up fast in Crnndon, Wisconsin. A tremendous celebration is I planned for this landmark in midwestern short course racing. They started out racing through the woods, mud holes and water crossings, hut in 1984 the sponsoring Wolfshead Sportsman Club bought the farm. The farm was half quarry and had been fallow for many years. With volunteer labor only in ten years time they have made it the finest short course racing facility in the United States. They stnrted with little more than a race course approximately two miles long and the ham which they used ns their headquarters. Today there is running water in the campgrounds and skyhoxes for corporate sponsors. Be there! .Am.6-rLca-n ~ EESFIN EESFINE! COVERAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT SHORT- COURSE OFF- ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION • 7839 WEST NORTH AVENUE • WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN 53213 Page 6 September 1994 Dusty Times

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September JO-October 1-2, 1994 San Vicente ( Media Noche) 200 December 2-4, 1994 Location TBA CMC Continental Motosport Club Sand Drags P.O. Box 830 Addanto, CA 92301 (619) 246-7262 November 19, 1994 Sand Drags December l 7, 1994 Sand Drags (All events at SVR, Adelanto, CA) COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barh Vahsholt:, President ( 719) 531 -3642 W , (719)687-9827 H . P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 COLORADO OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Bertram Productions Inc. 15073 Hwy I 19 Route 114 Gokkn, CO 80403 ( 303) 936-5960 Series Cancelled for 1994 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 nrivers' Association 2750 Co:umd Drive 111116 Melbourne, FL 32935 (407) 254-5167 Page 8 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 SUPERSTITION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES August 27, 1994 Superstition 250 El Centro, CA October 29, 1994 Squeaky Springs Gran National El Centro, CA December 31, 1994 Dunaway Dash El Centro, CA ATV, BIKE& DESERT SUPERLITE SCHEDULE September 18, 1994 Desert Sprint El Centro, CA October 9, 1994 Mudhen II El Centro, CA November 20, 1994 Notorious Dawg El Centro, CA December 4, 1994 Rudolph's Revenge El Centro, CA GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (714) 880-1733 October 30, 1994 Car Enduro Halloween Haunt Off Road Enduro Race $5,000 guaranteed purse November 27, 1994 Car Enduro Short Course Races for Cars and Trucks August 26-27, 1994 September 16-1 7, 1 994 October 21-22, 1994 December 2-3, 1994 (Contact BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. Box 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (310) ()88-6250) GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road L,wrenceville, GA 30245 (404) 963-0252 August 21, 1994 Vienna, GA September 25, 1994 Vienna, GA October 23, 1994 Vknna, GA November 26, 1994 Thanksgiving 250 Vienna, GA December 3, 1994 Annual Banquet TBA GREAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA 1362 I Pierce St. Omaha, NE 68144-1122 ( 402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th Sr. Omaha, NE 68122 ( 402) 496-0846 Eve. August 20, 1994 (all races at Weslfair Fair Grounds, Council Bluffs, Iowa on a ¾ mile course similar to the MTEG tracks, and run under class regulations from SODA) ROD HALL INVITATIONAL 5445 Equitr Aw. Reno, NV 89502 (702) 856-3100 IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O . Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All events staged at the club grounds in Cleues, Ohio) INTER-SHOWS MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 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 ( All events start 7 miles NW of Kamloops) LA RANA DESERT RACING P.O. Box 1365 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619) 240-1335 ,(619) 240-1312 August 19-21, 1994 Johnson Valley 200 Lucerne Valll'y, CA October 14-16, l 994 California 200 Ridgecrest, CA November 18-20, 1994 High Dl·sert 3()() Lucerne Valley, CA MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M .T.B. Enterprises Inc. I 5529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 ( 517) 627-6200 August 14, 1994 Imlay City, Ml August 18, 1994 Cadillac, Ml August 24, 1994 PENDING August 2 5, 1994 Hudsonville, Ml August 27-28, 1994 Off-Road Nationals Fowlerville, Ml MICKEY THOMPSON'S OFF ROAD ST ADI UM SERIES Mickey Thompson Entertainml'nt Group P.O. Box 25168 Anahl'im, CA 92825 ( 714) 254-300 I October I, 1994 Sam Boyd Silwr Bowl L:1s Vl'gas, NV October 8, 1994 Mile· High Stadium [)l'nVtT, CC) MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION David Cronin, President. MAORA 2590 Mullanphy Florissant, MO 63031 (618) 765-2199 (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series produced by Lincoln Trail Off Roaders) September 9, 1994 Bond County Fairgrounds Grel·nvilk, IL NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. Ill -Box 380 Daw or Marlen<' Ryan Palatka, FL 32 177 (904) 325-5422 September 4 , 1994 Niprock Raceways C'~rnada OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Whl'l'I nriVl' Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95521 ( 707) 822-8508 OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vas4ul': I 3180 Round nancl' El Paso, TX 799 36 (91 3) 855-8899 November t;.6, 1994 Cars & Rikl's El Paso, TX OHIO OFF ROADERS ASSOCIATION P.O . Rox 15 Swnl'nel'k, Ohiu 4384,"' (216) ,W-4674 or ( 2 ln) 897-5100 Hill Climb & Stadium Style Off Road Racing at Bear Creek Amphitheater Bo!ioor, Ohio September I 0-1 I, 1994 September 24-Zt;, 1994 ONT ARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Jeff Sargl'nt 1480 La kcri-l~l' Rd. N Ajax, Ontario, ( ·,111a,la (416)427-4782 ~ SIX CLASSES BATTLING IT OUT - WHEEL TO WHEEL. .. • Grand National Sport Trucks • 4-Wheel ATV's • Superlite's • Super 1600's • American Racing Wheels-Sport Utilitys • Ultracross-250cc Motorcycles , RACING COVERAGE BY - -· ,::::::,,-1 I Proudly Sponsored By: nM"TaTAL Sl'Off'?S~ BOSCH CHEVROLET September 1994 SAM BOYD STADIUM OCTOBER 1 MILE HIGH STADIUM OCTOBER 8 YAMAHA FOR TICKETS CALL: r,c,ce( ~ A4S'n=r'! Dusty Times

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The FELDKAMP Saga By Sam Wilshire Continues Parker, AZ -At the end of part one of Bud's saga we had Bud and his daughter sitting on the side of Shea Road with a broken, tick-eted and disqualified race car. And as I said in part one, and I repeat, what followed in this saga over the next 15 months (Febru-ary '93 to April '94) is eye-opening not only from a stand-point of governmental arrogance, but also from a waste, fraud and abuse standpoint. And while you read the facts and information just remember it's our tax dollars at work. Bud began his quest for justice in this matter on the 27th of]anu-ary, 1993 with a formal letter of complaint against Special Agent Levine addressed to Special Agent-in-Charge Robert Rogers in Phoenix. Bud also penned a January 27th letter to Congress-man Jerry Lewis and opened say-ing "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore". It should be noted that throughout this 15 month period Congressman Lewis' office was thorough in their investigations, timely in their official replies to Bud and did much to assist Bud in his attempts at justice. At about this time in reading I can see readers asking themselves ~ettt "who in the hell is Bud Feldkamp and how and why is he so aggres-sively pursuing this matter?" For the unknowing a small bit of off road race history is in order. Or. Bud Feldkamp is a successful dentist in the high desert area of Southern California and has sev-eral dental groups throughout the area. Bud's not rich but then again he's not poor and he's been an active participant (read car owner and driver) in off road racing since the late 60's and early 70's and spent several successful years in the sport teamed with Malcolm Smith, the world famous desert bike and car racer. I've personally known Bud since the early 70's and through-out these past 20 plus years I've never known Bud to do anything halfway. He epitomizes the term gentleman, wouldn't tell an untruth if you paid him to and seemed to always be there to help other racers. So the "why is he doing this" is really self-evident ... Bud, in his eyes and those of sev-eral other racers and teams, was unjustly accused, penalized and. disqualified. The "how is he doing this" was through his finan-cial resources, which in the end approximated ten thousand dollars. Now that the history lesson is over we can continue exploring, dealing with and attempting to understand several of the obsta-cles that the U.S. Government and its representatives (read primarily BLM folks) threw up in Bud's path. Subsequent to the January 27th letters, correspondence from Bud flew left, right and center in his attempts to get questions ans-wered in his case. In late February 1993, Mr. Lester Rosenkrance, Arizona BLM Director, answered Congressman Lewis' queries say-ing in part that Bud was "observ-ed driving at speeds in excess of 55 mph". Less than a week later a BLM Investigative Report, File# AZ-050-02-93-023-016 approv-ed by Special Agent-in-Charge Robert Rogers, said in part, "Feldkamp was observed passing two passenger vehicles in con-gested traffic in excess of 55 mph with a right front flat tire". But, you'll remember in part one ot this report that speed was not a part of, nor mentioned in, the original violation notice in any way. And yet, here we have two senior officials of the BLM stating unequivocally, in writing, that Bud was traveling in excess of 55 mph on Shea Road. It doesn't really look like the BLM's left hand knew what its right hand was doing in these early stages. 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B San Jose, CA 95110 Melbourne, FL 32904 Covina, CA 91723 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (408) 295-0707 (407) 724-1270 (818) 915-2212 (714) 650-3035 SUSPENSIONS UNLIMITED T.U.F. OFFROAD OFFROAD BUGGY SUPPLY DOWNEY RACE HAUS 2525 E. 16th Street Agent-in-Charge Rogers why he had not answered Bud's formal complaint against Agent Levine dated January 27th; Bud utilized the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in requesting all docu-mentation in his case; Bud wrote to President Clinton asking for the President's help in getting written answers to his letters and Bud wrote the Assistant Inspector General, Department of the Inte-rior, seeking information of who in the BLM was responsible for processing his FOIA request. The letters noted above are but the "tip of the iceberg" and don't even add up to one percent of the total number of letters that were prepared and posted by Bud. They are shown in an attempt to portray the efforts that Bud undertook to gain information in his case and at the same time lodge strong complaints against the BLM for what Bud considered, and still considers, "police state actions" by the BLM. But while all this correspon-dence was occurring there were other strange and interesting things happening in Bud's case. While not having all the docu-mentary evidence in hand, but based on talks with Bud, he was first scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate in this matter on May 19, 1993. Then in late April 1993, Bud chose to appear before a U .S . District Judge thereby vacating his magistrate court appearance. Then everything in the case sorta stopped!!! Documents in support of this report at this point are sorely lack-ing but by reading the deposition ofBLM Ranger Keith Dorsey, one can draw their own conclusions as to what happened. By all appearances the U .S. Attorneys office in Phoenix had not issued on the complaint against Bud during the summer and fall of 1993. But on December 1st, 1993, Bud received an Arizona State sum-mons charging him with a class two misdemeanor in that he "did drive a vehicle in reckless disre-gard for the safety of persons or property in violation of A.R.S. .. .. .. ". There were 14 separate vehicle codes listed in the complaint. Hey folks ... what the hell's going on? This was a federal case through most of 1993 and now it's in a state court. On January 10th, Bud hired Mr. Steve Politi, an attorney who was based in Parker, Arizona. Mr. Politi undertook deposi-tions with Danny Cau, Deputy Sheriff Sacheck, BLM Ranger Tom Teaford, BLM District Volunteer Coordinator Victoria Fox, BLM Special Agent Ken Levine, Ms. Pam Stuart ( of the BLM), ~LM Ranger Bob Ruiz and BLM Ranger Keith Dorsey. The depositions were either undated and/ or dated in March 1994 and February 1993, a wrong date because Mr. Politi didn't enter the case until January 1994. 1345 Dynamics, Unit D 3255 E. Columbia 8734 Cleta St., Unit C Anaheim, CA 92806 Tucson, AZ. 85714 Yuma, AZ. 85365 Downey, CA90241 (714) 996-6260 (602) 294-3511 (602) 783-6265 (310) 862-1671 SCHROEDER RACING PRODUCTS BRANDNOOD CARS 800 S. Rower St. 4319 East University Burbank, CA 91502 Phoenix, AZ. 85040 (818) 845-8283 (602) 437-3107 CUSTOM LENGTH AXLES ARE NOW AVAILABLE • CALL FOR PRICE AND DELIVERY (619) 240-2266 Dealer Inquiries Are Not Only Invited, But Encouraged! Now, this is February 1994, over a year since the alleged viola-tion that brought about this mat-ter. In Ranger Dorsey's deposi-tion it was noted that: (a) the original citation was a federal vio-lation; (b) it did not have a court date on it; (c) that Bud had later been provided with a Magistrates Court date; (d) that Bud had refused to have his case heard by a Magistrate and ( e) that you (e.g. Page 10 September 1994 Ranger Dorsey) signed a com-plaint in the Parker Precinct Jus-tice Court on December 1, 1993. I could go on quoting book, line and scripture from the Dor-sey deposition but I won't. Instead, the high points are that (a) a trial date in the U.S. District Court was never set and (b) that the U.S. Attorneys office in Pho-enix declined prosecution some-time in October 1993 due to workload in their office. Ranger Dorsey also stated that he'd dis-cussed the Feldkamp case with the U .S. Attorneys office in Phoenix between April and December 1993. During this period in time (e.g. late 1993 to early 1994) I have no documentary evidence indicating that the U .S. Attorneys office in Phoenix allowed or directed Ranger Dorsey to sign a com-plaint against Bud in the Arizona state court but he did. Knowing the internal working of the U .S. Government, I would suggest that Ranger Dorsey was acting under some U.S. Attorney or BLM deci-sion in filing the complaint in state court and not on his own. Serious questions remain, questions that will probably never be answered. Did all six BLM per-sonnel travel to Parker to support Ranger Dorsey in filing the com-plaint? How much time, regular pay and overtime pay was expended by the BLM folks and U .S . attorneys over the 15 months of this case (remember folks, it's your tax dollars at work)? Did either the U.S. Attor-neys office or the BLM offices use any undue influence with the Arizona judicial staffs in seeking prosecution in state court? But I think the most important question is "why in the hell was the federal, and then state, prose-cution of Bud Feldkamp over a $250.00 misdemeanor violation so damn important?". Anyone in their right mind, and with a bitoffiscalsavvy, can easily see literally thousands of dollars in waste by both federal and state representatives in this case. Oftentimes taxpayers money is well spent by folks in the U.S. Government ... but this is defi-nitely not one of those times . As said in part one, Bud went to court in Parker in early April and was found "not guilty" by the state judge. The words, "not guilty" seem sort of anti-climatic after 15 months of seeking justice by Bud. As an aside, documents relating to this incident arrived and became available in May and June of this year, subsequent to Bud's winning of the case. The May document was an order by the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and was a "motion to dismiss citation and order" against Bud Feldkamp "because no federal offense is evident relat-ing to Citation L021012/ Al 93". The June 1994 document was a letter from the Deputy Director, BLM, Department of the Interior, explaining the reasons behind the U.S. Attorneys referral of Bud's federal case to the state courts. In the final analysis, and based on all the evidence I have available to me, I can draw but one conclu-sion. I can't help but think that the BLM was trying to make an example of Bud Feldkamp no matter what was involved in time and costs. This opinion does not speak well of our elected officials or their underlings. Dusy Times

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PIKES PEAK P.O. Rox 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 ( 719) 685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P.O. Box 277 Morrisonvilll', NY 12962 ( 518) 561-3208 (518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Cluh of Aml'ric-a P.O. Box 3278 Engll'wood, CO 80112 ( 303 l 779-0622 Auj!ust 27-28, 1994 Ojihw,· Forl'sts R,·midji, MN Sepkmber 23-24 , 1994 Sunriscr Forl'st Rally Chillicothe, Ohio Octobe r 22-23, 1994 Lake Supaior Rally Houghton, Ml December 2-3 , 1994 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, ME * Indicates Divisional Rally with 6o percent National Points SCORE Scor,· International 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Las V,·gas, NV 89124 ( 702) 36 I -5404 September 9-11, 1994 S< 'ORE (~old Coast 100 Las V l'gas. NV No\'ember 10-13, 1994 SCORE Raja !000 Baja California, MX De,·ember 16, 1994 Awards Night Location TRA S.C.T.A. Southern C.difornia Timin·g Asso.iation Elie,· Simonis Tucker 22048 Vivicnda Aw. nran,I Tnran·, CA 92124 (714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O . Rox 4 394 Las V ,·gas, NV 89106 ( 7(12 l 452-4522 Sepkmher 2.3-2'>, 1994 SNORE 250 Las V,·gas, NV O,·tober 28-.30, 1994 Pouhl,· Trouhk 200 Nl'IS<H1 Hills. NV D<·cemh<·r 2-4. 1994 El,lora,lo 250 H,·n,krson. NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Tnr1· Wolf,· 7!-< 1') W North AH·nu,· \l(, au11a10,a. WI 5 '\21 l (414)4'ik,l)J)A (414)2'i7-l1422 August 20-2 I, 1994 l ;r,·,n Nortlwrn ( "h;ill,·nr:,· L.ak" O,kssa. Ml Sq,temh<·r 2-4, 1 <)l)4 l\ru.,h Run I() 1 ( ·ran,llln , WI S<·pt<·mher I 7-18, 1994 Wi,,·on,in Off Roa,! F,·sti\:il l ),hkosh. WI O,·toh<·r 1-2, 1994 Hb,·kh,11\ k Farms t )ff Rn,,I l 'hall,·ng,· :,.;" llt-loit . II SWORDS South West Off Road Ral"ini: D<·sert S,·ri<·s 42\ll) Sll l 'R I lO() O,lt-,,a. T\ 7ll76'i /\likl' l'arkl'r (9)'i) '\17 -1417 ( All races held at Notrees, TX 25 miles west of Odessa, TX TORA T ru, k Rac'ing Assodati,in Ra\' ( ;irn,·1·, Pirl'dor 7 l'rut,·ll J)ri, ,. Apakhin. NY I 37 32 (6(17) 62'i-5676 UORRA l lnit<·d Off Road Ra,·ing Association nav,· Urhanowk:. l'r,·sidt"nt 589 Annl'l'll Roa,! Nl'shanic NJ 0885 '\ (908) 169-651(1 Dusty Times (All etJents at Owego Motor Sports Park, Rte. 434, Owebo, NY) VENTURA RACEWAY Busint·ss Office 28!0 W. Wooley Road Oxnard. CA 93030 (805) 656-1122 VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Asso.iation 1833 Los Rohlcs Blvd. Sacrarnl'nto, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 September 3-,, 1994 Y,·rington to Fallon and Back Yerington, NV October 1-2, 1994 VORRA Fall Spl'ctacular Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramt·nto, CA October 29-30, 1994 1994 Championship Ran· Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento. CA WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Hencit'rson (604) 538-0692 WORRA, P.O. Box 3241 Sumas, WA 98295 WESTERN PENSYL VANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire 1255 Waverly Driw Larrob,·, PA 15650 (412) 532-0802 August 20, 1994 Hl'avy M,·tal 4x4 (Only) Challcngl'r Racl'wa y September 4-,, 1994 Heav1• Mt·tal & Ruggi,·s Muddy Run Ran·way W HIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Growrs Phol'nix. AZ 8502 3 (602) 971 -3730 WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Rev Friday 5913 So. U.S. Hwl' 4'i September 1994 Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP August 2,-28, 1994 Rally of !000 Lakes Finland September 1 7-20, 1994 Rally of Australia October 9-13, 1994 Sann·rno Rally Italy November 19-23, 1994 RAC Rall y Gr,·at Britain ATTENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS List your coming etJents in DUSTY TIMES free! It is the only way some fans know about your etJent, if they don't happen to be on your club mailing list. Don't call, but mail your 1994 schedule as soon as possible far listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 2075 1 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 913 l I •44o8. Coming Next Month ••• Yerington VORRA 400 SNORE Midnight Special Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb WRC Rally Argentina SCCA Maine Forest Pro Summer Rally ... plus all the regular features Page 11

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SCORE ULTRA WHEELS FIREWORKS 150 Barstow Win To Baldwin Jason Baldwin _is heading for a championship as he. drove the Chenowth Porsche to another overall victory on the rough, car killing Barstow course. He is fast catch,ng his dad Jim Baldw,n, who leads on po,nts in Class 1. Brian Collins got his first finish in his new and a bit radical Chenowth, with Porsche power. second in Class 1 despite a few suspension problems. Jason Baldwin put his Porsche powered Chenowth to the test in the earl y morning SCORE Fire-works 250 on the outskirts of Barstow, as he led the way to the overall victory. This was a three-lap event on a 73 mile course, all east of High-way 15 near the Sidewinder and Hodge Road exits, in the vaguely defined Johnson Valley OHV area. SCORE scheduled the Fire-works 250 to start at 6 a.m., with a time limit of eight hours. And just before the eight hours were up for some of the entries the 14 T roph y-T rucks took off for their three lap event, which had a six hour limit. SCORE had begun the festivi-ties on Friday, with a six hour contingency and technical inspec-tion at the Barstow Mall, which served to nicely toast the contin-gency folk and the racers as they muddled their way through the serpentine track on an asphalt parking lot. Temperatures in the 11 Os, combined with a very high humidity, and a brief thunder-shower, served to wilt even the most enthusiastic fan. But things cooled off overnight, and with the sun not yet quite over the hori:on, the officials fired up the green flag to get things moving, at 30 second intervals. The unlimited cars headed straight into the rising sun, on a track that hadn't seen water in many a moon. The dust was blind-ing, but it was a short straight, and David Ashley and Dan Smith are a nearly unbeatable combo in Class 8 this season with the new Ford built to the new rules. They made one small repair en route to the class win by 19 minutes and fifth overall. once they made the right turn, most of the racers found that the stiff bree:e cleaned things up nicely. Up at the front of the pack, and having a great time, was Dave Massingham in Wayne Morgan's car, which is powered by a V4 Chevy motor, with an automatic transmission. Unfortunately, he blew a head gasket, and when they came back around to the start/ -finish area, Baldwin was the first car on the road, and he had recorded the fast lap for the class, at 1:26:47, and an average speed of 50.989 mph. He had a lead of just under two minutes on Ed and Tim Herbst in their Porsche Che-nowth. In third it was Steve and Tom Martin in their Pontiac powered Raceco, and Brian Col-lins in his big, unpainted Porsche Chenowth was fourth, just a second later. Carl Renezeder was just a minute and 29 seconds behind him in fifth place in his Porsche Chenowth. Baldwin's lead had grown to just under four minutes at the end of lap two, and now Collins had moved up to second. Bob Gordon was third in his Type IV powered Chenowth, four minutes later, and Rene:eder was one second behind him in fourth, with John Hagle and Chet Huffman running fifth in their Nissan powered Chenowth. The Herbst brothers had lost their transmission, and the Martins had also fallen out with unknown ills. Baldwin, who was having no problems, not even a flat, kept his car moving at a steady pace, and crossed the finish line at about 10:30 a.m., to take the win. Run-ning hard behind him was under-dog Collins, who hadn't yet man-aged to finish in his new car, and he was discovering that he hasn't got the bugs all worked out of the suspension. After tippy-toeing across some bumps on just his front wheels he decided he'd reached the car's limit, and settled for a very nice second, only a minute and 4 7 seconds behind Baldwin. In third it was Baldwin's brother-in-law, Renezeder, who'd tried hard to make it a one-two finish, and had rolled over in the attempt. He was about 20 minutes off the pace, and reported he'd also lost a little time by running out of gas. Ron Brant, who soloed in his Porsche Raceco, had three flat tires on his way to his fourth place, and had changed them all himself. And in fifth it was Bald-win's dad.Jim, in another Porsche Chenowth, making it a real family affair. The Class 8 trucks were next to start, and Brian Stewart put his new Dodge out in front, with a lead of a little over three minutes on David Ashley in his Ford. Curt LeDuc, in his Ford pre-runner, ran third, another three minutes back, followed by Darren Skilton in his Jeep, and then Art Peterson in his Ford. Ashley moved into the lead on the second lap, and put Dan Smith in for the rest of the day, and they repaired their only pr.ob-lem, a broken brake line, while they accomplished the driver change. Stewart had dropped to second place, about 14 minutes back, with a flat. LeDuc was still third, and Skilton fourth, as Jerry McDonald, in his Chevy, moved into fifth place, recovering from major power steering problems on lap one, and being stuck in a hole at a Checkpoint on the second lap. Smith brought the truck to the finish line in good shape, taking the win with 19 minutes to spare. LeDuc, who said he "stayed cool'', finished second, and noted that he has a "real race truck" on his Christmas list. McDonald, who recorded the class fast lap on lap three, at 1 :32: 16, moved up to third place. Skilton was fourth, finishing just 12 seconds in front of Stewart, who was fifth. The Class 10 cars went off the line next, 27 strong, ;md when they came around again the lead car was Rob MacCachren, in a Toyota powered Mirage, and he'd ticked off the fast lap for the class, at 1 :31 :24, which put him in fifth overall, also. MacCachren thought that having the Trophy-T ruck race in the afternoon was a It was all in the family for the Baldwins as Carl Renezeder took third in his Chenowth Porsche even with running out of gas and rolling on the last lap. Curt LeDuc keeps updating his Ford pre-runner and runs in Class 8 and runs well, beating the other factory cars at Barstow and finishing second in class. Jerry McDonald overcome power steering f.;J.ilure on lap 1 and getting stuck in a hole on the middle lap to bring the Chevrolet home third in Class 8. Page 12 September 1994 Dusty Times

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Steve Sourapas dives past a well known pit area in his Chen-owth, and he ran solo in this very hot race and took second in Class 10 and sixth overall. Rod Muller catches some good air over the rocks in his Jimco, and he went solo too, without power steering, but finished third in Class 10, eighth 0 /A. Lyn Mocaby had not recovered from some earlier dental work, but he kept a good pace in the Baja Bug and moved into second in Class 5 by the finish line. terrific idea, since he had this great ride in the Class 10 car, and plenty of time to finish up, clean up, and get into his Ford. (Steve Kelley tried the same thing in the unlimited class, in a Porsche powered Chenowth, but he'd had a flat, didn't have a jack, and the spinner was broken so he couldn't get the spare off the car, and he decided that was the end of that race.) In second behind MacCachren was Ray Croll in his VW powered Jimco, while Brian Parkhouse and Willie Melancon, in their VW Mirage, ran third, about a minute and a half later. Steve Sourapas was fourth in his VW powered Chenowth, after driving 18 miles on a flat tire, and in fifth it was Tim McDonnell and John Kruger, in a VW Raceco. MacCachren was out on the second lap with tranny failure, and Croll moved to the front, hav-ing no trouble except that the weather was "warm". Rick Romans had moved into second in his Rabbit powered Raceco, about six minutes back, and fol-lowed by Sourapas, and then Parkho use/ Melancon , and in fifth, Rod Muller in a VW Jimco, without power steering from the first lap. McDonnell and Kruger lead had grown to 44 minutes at lost about 20 minutes finding a the end of the second lap, with wire broken by a loose jack, and Espinoza and Avila now in second dropped a couple of positions. place. Lyn Mocaby, who has an Croll ran another steady lap, automatic transmission in hscon-and took the win, followed in by vertible, ran third, another nine Sourapas, who said everyone had minutes back, and Seeley had been very polite about letting him dropped to fourth, with a long pass. In third it was Muller, with lap, having to do with wheel bear-big blisters on his hands, and Bill ings again. The Grabowskis were Hernquist who'd rolled his VW out, and so was Jakobson. Jimco on the first lap, moved up Cooley gave the car to Mike to finish fourth. Parkhouse and James to finish, and James hit Melancon were fifth. something that peeled the alumi-Class 5 started next, and in this num floor of his car back, from group the early leader was John right at the firewall to below the Cooley, with the fast lap for the seats. After a while they decided class, at 1 :44:25. He had only that the passenger, whose name eight seconds on Neal and Mike we didn't get, had better get out of Grabowski, who were about four-the car, because there was no and-a-half minutes in front of place to put his feet, and they George Seeley. In fourth it was worried he'd break a leg. James Javier Espinoza and Salvador went on, rocks and dust flying up Avila, in the Porsche-bodied car through the open space, his feet that used to belong to Rich firmly supported by the pedals Minga. Mike Jakobson had and foot braces. But he lost his reportedly rolled over, and Dave power steering for the last half of Parsons had lost his motor just the lap. Nevertheless, he and Cool-be fore Sal Fish (SCORE's ey took the win. Mocaby, feeling C.E.O .) had given him his tradi- weary, and regretting the root tional start-line handshake. Par- canal he'd had two days before the sons tookthegreenflaganddrove race, finished second, one c.v. gingerly to h is pit , where he boot wrapped in rags, almost parked permanently. exactly an ho ur later. Seeley was Cooley stayed in front, and his third, followed in by Espinoza and Avila, who were just seven and a half minutes shy of their cut-off time. Class 6 had just one entry this time, an anon ymo us look ing, Ray Croll started out running second in the Class 10 Jimco/VW but by lap 2 he was in the lead in the close running herd of 27 starters. Ray had no real trouble and charged on to win Class 1.0 by four minutes. cobbled together Ford, that Behind them in second it was turned out to be John Swift and Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis, his dad , Ray, in the truck that has in their Suspensions Unlimited been racing in the Trophy Truck car, two minutes and 26 seconds events, and which put John into later. In third it was Kevin Davis the points lead in that series. They in his Jimco, followed by Mike must have de-tuned it some for Kalicki and Ross C raft, in a this event, and the paint job was Raceco, and then T om Rusich, in definitely plain wrap, generic his Chenowth ra n fifth, just six white. U nfortunately, they minutes behind first place. accomplished just one lap, in two But Steele and Hendrickson hours, and we have no reports on were in tro ub le alread y, and the cause of their dnf. although they led through the Behind them came a horde of second lap, SCORE had alread y 1-2-1600 cars, with Cameron decided to penalize tht"rn o ne Steele and David Henrickson, in a position for rolling through sev-Daveco, leading the pack, with era! checks. Steele explained that fast lap for the class, at 1 :39:40. ·a clutch ~ · PROFILE: MTEG SUPER 1600 Racer Jammin Jimmy Nichols '92 season - $25,000 + spent on broken transaxles - major loss in points '93 season - $6,000 for new Rose transaxle - 2nd in points '94 season - 10 MTEG events later on the same ring & pinion - aiming tcwards # I Zero problems - Zero Failures NO WONDER HE'S SMILING!! He has the best - A ROSE TRANSAXLE Mike James and John Cooley show off for the spectators in their Jimco built Class 5 Baja'Bug, and Cooley led from the green flag, and despite some rock problems James held the lead to win Class 5 by almost an hour. ADD IT UP: > THE ONLY BOX designed exclusively for Class 10 (I 650cc) off-road race cars > THE ONLY BOX with a guarantee "NOT TO FAIL" during a race for any score class 10 car There were 17 starters in Class 1-2-1600, many capable of winning, and it was a fight to the finish. 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Tom and Frank Rusich had a relatively smooth run in Class 1-2-1600 and were first to the finish line, but the early number cost them the win and they were second by less than a minute. Mike Kalicki and Ross Craft, right passing a stock truck, had their Raceco in Class 1-2-1600 contention all the way, and ended up third in the class. Mike and John Becker ran second with a broken rear leaf spring, but they held second in Class 7S in the Ford Ranger all the way to the finish line. Jeff Lewis put this Class 7S Chevy S-10 out in front from the green flag and he built his lead lap by lap to win by over 37 minutes despite having to stop often for water due to an earlier mishap. ~ problem made it impos-sible for him to come to a com-plete stop, but the rules disallow rolling through the checkpoints. In any case, he and Hendrickson led through the second lap, and they had the same lead, two min-utes and 26 seconds, on Porter and Ruddis. Rusich was third now, having a smooth race, and Doug West and Gary Cogbill ran fourth in their Jimco. Davis had dropped to fifth, a bit hot and dusty, since his pumper helmet had gone belly-up on the first lap. He'd lost a power steering belt, but _other than that his new Jimco was doing very well for the first time out. He was just five and a half minutes behind first place. Frank Rusich got in for the last lap, and they were the first car of the class on the road. Still having a clean race, Rusich got to the finish line first, nervous about who was going to finish behind him, and how soon. Davis, who soloed, got the checkered flag next, and when the scorekeepers had posted the times; he'd taken the win by 54 seconds. The Rusich brothers worried about their broken yel-low light, but the tech inspectors assured them that it was obvious ·The Off-Roader's Choice· • E-Z UP"' INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in 1 less than 60 seconds! NO missing parts NO center poles NO. ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics 1.nstant Pit Shelter La Rana Contingency Sponsor SCORE Contingency Sponsor. Page 14 E-Z UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS~ INC. 1044N. Cole Ave. Los An.9eles,_ CA 90038 . CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 There were five Class 7 trucks and Sergio Nolasco and Alejandro Abaroa, from La Paz, Baja de/ Sur, took the lead on the second lap in the Dodge Dakota, and this young team had their troubles but they won the class anyway. it was not working because of something that happened to it accidentally during the race, so there was no stigma attached to its failure. Their light was totally broken off, except for a couple of shards of glass and a filament. Kalicki and Craft finished third, nine minutes later, followed in by Rob Nolin and Todd Teuscher, in their O.R.C., and then West and Cogbill were fifth. Steele and Hendrickson didn't complete their third lap, so the penalty for running through checkpoints was not applicable. The Class 7S trucks started next, and Jeff Lewis put his Chevy out in front with the class fast lap, at 1:41:28. He was followed by Mike Becker, in his Ford Ranger, about 10 minutes later, with a broken rear leaf spring. In third it was Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank in another Ford, then came Brady Helm and Pete Swift, in a Toyota, in fourthandJavierSacio was fifth in his Nissan. At the end of the second lap Lewis had built his lead to 18 minutes. He had followed a Class 8 truck up a hill, and as the big truck's rear bounced back down, it landed on the nose of the little Chev , break in a radiator fittin , and causing a leak. From then on Lewis had to stop at every other pit for water. Becker was still in second place, followed by Stein-berger and Plank, only 14 seconds behind him. They'd had problems with a rear caliper, and had also had a flat. In fourth now it was David Winner and Kreg Dona-hoe, in a Toyota, and Darren York, looking uncharacteristi-cally crumpled, was fifth. He'd broken a gear box on the first lap, and the input shaft had slid out at 7 5 or 80 miles per hour. He began to slow, but found he couldn't steer, and the truck went where it wanted. It wasn't a fast rollover when it went, but it bent a lot of sheet metal. York had to upright the truck, then replace the trans-mission. He was just about 45 minutes behind the lead truck. Lewis kept charging along, hav-ing no mechanical problems beyond the need to add water, and the fact that his transfer case got hot near the end. He took the win, finishing 27 minutes in front of Becket, who found this course very tough. In third it was York, five and a half minutes later. Steinberger and Plank, who had no power steering on the last lap, were fourth, followed in by Joel The Class 5-1600 Bugs had their usual tight battle from flag to flag, but at the checkered flag it was Danny and Hector Ledezma who claimed the victory, with class fast lap too, and they had no big troubles. September 1994 Stankavich, in his Ford. None of the others managed to finish. Class 7 started next, and there were five of them, more than at any other race this year. At the end of the first lap the lead belonged to Chris Taylor, in his Ford, who was a little over five minutes in front of Sergio Nolasco, who lives in La Paz, in his Dodge Dakota. Barry Slatter and Eric Shenberger were third in their Ford. Taylor had a leaf spring come undone, and he lost his brakes on the second lap, and Nolasco moved into the lead, with 21 minutes on Taylor. Slatter and Shenberger were two hours behind them, and would obvious-1 y not have time to complete their third lap. Nolasco, who said his rear sus-pension went away on the first lap, had no flats, and recorded the fast lap for the class on the third lap, at 2:05: 11, to take the win. This was just his second race in the truck, his first having been the Baja 500, which he didn't finish. Taylor, who'd been trying to fin-ish a SCORE race for two years, got his finish, and second place, 45 minutes behind the winner. None of the others got to the checkered flag. The 511600s were the next group to take the green flag, and at the end of lap one the leader was Danny Ledezma, with the class fast lap, at two hours and 40 seconds. But Brian Logan was just 19 seconds behind him in second place. In third it was Frank Omboli and Mitch Griffin, another 57 seconds later, fol-lowed by Ryan and Randy Har-bottle, five minutes back. On the second lap Omboli and Griffin moved into the lead, with 40 seconds on Logan, and he had a little over two minutes on Ledezma who'd had two flat rear tires. In fourth, about 10 minutes back, was the team of Jason Kleber and Ray Leonard, who'd had a flat, and they don't carry a spare. They also had front end problems early in the day. Guil-lermo Quintero and Francisco Orti: were fifth at this point. Ledezma 's father, Hector, got in for the last lap, and had no problems. But Keith Westerfield, who took over for Logan, found that he couldn't get second and fourth gears, thanks to a misbe-having shifter. They finished first and second, but it was so close they had to wait for the official word from the scorekeepers before they knew that the Ledezma team had won. Logan and Westerfield were second by a minute and 23 seconds. In third it was Kleber and Leonard, who said their front bushings were wasted by the finish. Quintero and Ortiz moved up to finish fourth. Dusty Times

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Darren and Doug York did a rare rollover during the race, crumpling the usually tidy Ford Ranger, but they carried on to finish third in Class 7S. Brian Logan and Keith Westerfield were in the 5-1600 hunt all day, had some shifter problems, but finished a tight second just a minute 23 seconds back. Jason Kleber and Ray Leonard had a flat with no spare on board, but they got back in the fight in Class 5-1600 and were third with sagging in the front. In Class 9 the first lap leader was Rick Johnson ( the Barstow Rick Johnson), who recorded the class fast lap at 2: 11 :03, in his Fourtuned /Home-made chassis. He was only 13 seconds up on Vince Leone and Dave Ramo-cinski, in their MECO, and they were two minutes in front of Darnen Jefferies in a Jimco. Tom Malloy, in a Chenowth, was fourth, just under a minute later. Johnson had a flat and broke a shock, and he felt that it was hot and rough out there, but he led by just under five minutes at the end of lap one. Jefferies, who'd been up all night rebuilding his motor, and had finished it just at 6 a.m., when the green flag flew for the Class 1 cars, was having no prob-lems, and moved into second place. In third it was now Gene Bantilan and Mike Abbott, in a Class 9 sedan. A.J . and Herman DeNunzio, in a DeNunzio, ran Barstow's Rick Johnson drove solo in Class 9 with a rider on board, and he set class fast lap on the first round, had a flat, broke a shock, etc., but he woh by over 20 minutes. a big margin for this class. There are two Class 3 rigs at Barstow, none finished, but Dick Sasser and Genaro Curiel had their '77 Scout out front, got in two laps and that was good for the class victory. There was a trio in Stock Mini Truck class, and Scott Sells set class fast lap on the first go in his Toyota, kept on leading for the two required laps for these classes and won again with Steve Buckelew who drove lap 2. Dusty Times fourth, and by now none of the others were moving. Johnson, who drove all the way, kept up his steady pace, and took the checkered flag, winning by 20 minutes. Jefferies, who was second, said he'd had no down time, but was really tired by the third lap. In fact, he said, "It felt like IO laps." None of the others finished. There were two Class 3 cars for this event, and Dick Sasser and Genaro Curiel had their '77 Scout out in front on the first lap while Kirk Kovel's '67 Bronco had major steering box problems just 22 miles into the race. It took him over six hours to get repaired and brake line and an idler arm, but finish the lap, and he was already managed to retain the team's lead, out of time. Sasser and Curiel and they took the win. Vaughan completed a second lap, to get the and Roberts finished just under class win. an hour later, in second place. The Stock-Mini class fielded The Stock-Full trucks came only three entries for the Fire- next, and in this group it was works, and Scott Sells had his Gordon DiCarlo, in his Ford, Toyota out in front, having no with the fast lap of2:23:53, and a problems, with fast lap for the lead of a minute and a half on group, at 2:39:24. Matt Vaughan Chad Hall in his Hummer. Rod and Chris Roberts were second, Hall, Chad's dad, ran third in the in their Nissan, but already an other Hummer, only two minutes hour dow1-1. Michael Martin, in a later, and Marc Stein and Chris Ford, didn't get even his first lap Tartar were fourth in their Ford. completed. DiCarlo, who'd already fixed a Sells put Steve Buckelew in for power steering line, broke a shock the second lap, and he lost a tire, a early on ~ Jamar Super Shifte Make missed shifts a thing of the past! Fortin CV Cages Polished & Strong! Available in both: 930 and 934.5 Thing Drums Straight from Germany. The real thing! 103 Press Lane #4 * Chula Vista, CA 91910 Phone: (619)691-9171 * FAX: (619)691-0803 I _ _J September 1994 Page 15

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Darnen and Casey Jeffries just finished their engine before the start time, but it worked fine and they finished second in Class 9 in the Jimco. Gordon Dicarlo rears out of a typical Barstow hole in his Ford F-150, and he had shock trouble but kept on moving to finish second in Stock Class. Jack Zand bergen and his son Tim with Steve Siower led the firs lap in Class 11, broke a cv, lost rear suspension and actually di<. finish, but four minutes overtime, but got credit for second place. ~ lap two, and decided to run without it. Then he broke two more. By then he was no longer in the lead. The Hummers had gone hy. He tried to hurry to keep the others from catching up, but he got lost, and when he came back to the course he was last. Mean-ti me, Chad's rear suspension went away, and he ripped out hath of his rear half-shafts, and was running in front drive only. · Rod went hy, taking over the lead, ahout four miles from the finish. David Sykes, in another Ford, had hroken a tie rod on the first lap, and then a drive shaft and a front shock, and ahout 30 miles hefore the finish he lost an axle, and limped in slowly. Steve Olliges and Tim Casey, in the Ford Lightning, had shock proh-lems early, and also hroke a front spring at mile 60. On the second lap he got to within IO miles of the finish and lost his rear end. Suddenly, Chad was in front again, wondering what had hap-pened to his dad, and he took the win, feeling that hc'J heen luckv to finish. And, a half-hour heh ind him it was an astounded DiCarlo in Sl'Cond place. He could not helieve his good fortune, as he recovered from heing lost, and one hy one had passed the other KEVIN DAVIS trucks as they worked to repair their broken parts and pieces. Sykes was third, 15 minutes later, and then it was Rod Hall, in fourth, another 17 minutes back. Stein was fifth, Olliges and Casey came in sixth, and Eric Heiden, in a Jeep, was seventh, and last, giv-ing the class a 100'}/'i finish record. In Class 11 the first lap leader was the team of Jack Zandbergen and Steve Stower, with a time of · 2 :56:2 7, and they had seven min-utes on Bill Hanson and Tony Gome:, who'd started a couple of minutes late, in their '71. Peter Rosenstein and Duane Mori-moto, in another '71, were third, seven minutes further back.Terry Kiely and Chris Woodward never completed the first lap. On the second lap Don Gilli-land and Robert Moore took over Zandbergen's car, and they broke a c.v. joint, which they fixed, and then something in the rear sus-pension collapsed, and they decided to finish that way. In the meantime, Rosenstein and Morimoto moved to the front, and took the win, the only car to finish. Zandbergen 'steam ac·tually made it around that second lap, but they were about four minutes overtime. Hanson and Gome: didn't finish either. For this event there were seven vehicles in the Sportsman classes, and it was only the team of Lee Finke and Rudy Leon, in a Class 5 car, that went all the way. They covered their two laps in a total time of four hours and 39 min-utes, for top honors in the group. In the lone Class 3 entry, it was Jim Pierce and Carlos Kuttler in a Bronco, who did only one lap in five hours and 19 minutes. The Sportsman Class 9 folks had a good race going, with Colby and Rick Sherard, in a Raceco, finishing the first lap just eight seconds in front o(Joe Bogart and Barry Blanchard in their T-Mag. But neither of them did another lap. The Class 8 entry, a Ford, driven by Tom Coon and Jamey Cannedy, had trouble trying to leave the contingency area on Fri-day, when it didn't want to run. It must have had more trouble, because the team didn't make a lap. And the Sportsman Class 11 car driven by John Houlton and Patrick Burnett also fell out on lap one, as did the Sportsman Stock-Mini, a Toyota piloted by Danny Clay and David Parker. By two o'clock the officials were not allowing anyone to attempt another lap, reasonably figuring that if thi>v hadn't done l ST PLACE -FIREWORKS 250 I would like to express my personal thanks to the many people that made it possible. W/R RACING TRANS 818-914-8147 WIK RACING ENGINES 7t 4--956-W1KS JIMCO RACING PRODUCTS 619--562- 17.U Special thanks to my family and friends for all their hard work and dedication. Kim, Ashley, Dad, Bill, Maryann, Charlie, Layne, Debra, Adam and Jimmy. Page 16 REID PRO OFF ROAD COMPONENTS 61'-240-2266 76 RACING FUEL SCRF.AMJ<:R }:NTl!.'.RPRISES 310-691-1683 BFGOODRICH. CHECKERS PIT SUPPORT September 1994 Chad Hall took Colin Kutohev for a ride in his AM General Hummer, and Chad got the lead for good late in the second lap and was a surprised winner of the Stock Full Size class. three iaps by no~, they never would. They wanted to have no stragglers out on the course by the time of the 2:30 start of the Trophy-Truck race. As it was, there were some cars still finishing as the Trophy-Trucks started, but that was no problem, given the width of the staging area. So the Fireworks 250 was all over by 3 p.m. The first lap had been a little bruising for some folk's, and there were calls for medical help in a couple of instan-ces. We're pleased to report that none of the injuries were life threatening. Doc Ingram was hos-pitalized with a broken hack. Sev-eral racers spent a night in the hospital, and one or two ended up in a cast. SCORE has something of a hreather, with the next race, the Gold Coast 300 coming Sep-temher 9th thru the 11th. I'd like to thank Bob Hynes, the BFG Relay, for generously shar-ing his notes from the radio reports ·heard during the races. __________ IJE A wide variety of Sportsman started in the eight car and truck class, but only one finished the two laps, this very tidy Baja Bug of Lee Finke and Rudy Leon who came from Arizona to race. Dusty Times

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Paul and Dave Simon are alternate drivers on the potent Ford and have won two of the five races in the series. They finished a strong second in the hot and oddly humid Fireworks event. Larry Ragland hasn't had very good luck in this high dollar series, but he keeps on getting the Chevy fixed on the route and brings it in, this time in fourth place. Mike Lesle started in the Jeep entry and Steve Kelley took over for the finish, and the team had some problems with a broken shock but finished the race in fifth place. SCORI FIRIWOIKS ·150 TROPHY-TRUCKS Stewart Steams Up Barstow Rob MacCachren set fast lap in the morning in Class 10 and fast lap in the afternoon in his Ford Trophy-Truck. Finishing third in this race put the Las Vegas driver firs t in Trophy-Truck points with five of seven races completed. Ivan Stewart took his third Trophy-Truck victory, leading every lap in the new Toyota. He was worried about overheat . in the triple digit afternoon temps, but the truck survived just fine and he won by a good 11 minutes. with a huge roar, here came Mac-Cachren, only 18 seconds behind him on elapsed time, and by far the fastest truck that had passed by. He'd also just recorded the fast lap for the day, at 1: 18: I 9 (it was his second fast lap, he'd done that in his Class 10 car early in the morning, also). In third now it was the Simons, but they were about six minutes behind Mac-Cachren, and not entirely happy with the way their suspension was working. And Larry Ragland, who'd bent his Chevy'sdriveshaft with a rock on lap one, and had to replace it, was now in fourth place. Jackson, who'd had some flats, was up to fifth. with 11 minutes to spare. The Simons, also struggling a bit, and having flats, took second place. MacCachren, who'd had a last lap flat, and lost about 10 minutes with a fuel pump problem, fin-ished third. Ragland, after break-ing a spindle on the last lap, and having to wait for his crew to bring spare parts, finished fourth, 43 minutes behind first place. Kelley hopped into the Jeep to get enough miles to keep his points, and brought it home in fifth place, while Jackson, after replacing an alternator, and having more flats, was sixth. Smith got going again in time to finis h seventh, and De Vito, in his firsttime out, was a finisher, coming in on the last of five flats. He'd also had serious carhuretion prohlems, and was within 16 minutes of the cutoff time. He was the last o ne to make it in . Ivan Stewart h-id some worries ahout his Toyota in the mid-summer heat at Barstow, but it Jidn't slow him down any as he It'll the Trophy-Trucks all the way to his third series win. This installment of the series was pai red with the Fireworks 250, hut instead of starting early in thl' day, or a day ahead, the Trophy-Trucks took off at 2:30 in tht' afternoon, just as the last of thl' Firt'works 250 contestants straggled to thdr finish. Thl' courSL' was the same for the Trophy-Trucks, a 73 mile loop, and they were required to run thn·L' laps, as had the Fireworks 2 50 folks. Rut the hig trucks had a six hour time limit, instead of eight. And, they had a little luxury that would amount to a saving of several minutes a lap ( estimates ran from five to IO minutes). They wae not required to stop at any check except the Start/ Fin-ish. There were 10 checks in addi-tion to the Start/ Finish. They did havl' a mandatory pit stop to make, as usual, and those pits were set up on the side of the course opposite where the Start/ -Finish was, at the Slash X. Stewart went into the lead on the first lap, and he had just 44 seconds on Roger Mears, in his Chevy. Paul and Dave Simon ran third in their Ford, 23 seconds later, followed by Robby Gordon in his Ford, a minute and 36 seconds behind them. Rob Mac-Cachren had his Ford in fifth, another minute later, and he'd already fixed a flat. This race was the debut for John Swift's new Ford Ranger, Dusty Times and he'd started second off the line, and three minutes later the amhulance was hustling down the course, due to a report that he'd crashed and there were injuries. Well, he certainly had crashed, not a quarter mile from the start, when his truck got to rocking on some whoopies, and the front humper dug in. Luckily, nohody was injured , hut the truck was fin-ished . It was a sore disappoint-ment to Swift, who'd taken over the lead in the series points after the Baja 500. Another new truck was the Chevy of John De Vito and Dou!! Stt'wart, who had the last start position, and the Keith Jackson and Gordon Zahrecky Chevrolet was hack for only its second appearance in the series. There was still no sign of Doug Fortin 's truck, which had heen anticipated for the Raja 500. As tht'y went out onto the second lap Mears actually was first on the road, with Stewart just over two minutes behind him, and then Simon and Simon, prac-tically on his bumper. Their rear-facing yellow safety light was nor-working, and that fact was reported over the official radio. (An entrant in the Fireworks 250 would have been stopped and told to repair it.) A very high-placed official came back saying that if the failure of the yellow light was due to an act of God the racer didn't need to fix it. Off the radio there was some discussion among the tech folks as to how they were to know if God had caused the failure of the light or not, and then they washed their hands of the whole affair. Mears got out onto the second lap and hit a rock, which shoved his pan up into his transmission, and hlew the transmission. And Gordon lost a balljoint. Neither of them completed their second lap. Simon and Simon had fixed a flat, and had to stop to get a fresh spare, and they were also having some hrake trouhles. Stewart had a flat, a rear, and had a relatively short way to go to his pit, so, rather than hop out and fix it him-self, he drovt' on it. The shredded tire tore off his left rear fender, and miscellaneous other pieces of fi herglass, destroying Stt'wart's normal neat and clean look. At the end of the second lap Stewart was first on the road, looking ragged without that fiher-glass, hut very fast. And then, Jimmie Smith had lost the oil pump in his Ford early on lap one, and spent time replacing it, and Mike Lesle, driving the Jeep that's usually in the hands of Steve Kelley, had flattened a tire and hroken a shock reservoir. Stewart was worried that his car would overheat, he was worried ahout the Simon and Simon car catching him , and his radio didn't work properl y, so he was hugged hy that too. But he moved along stt:adily until a front shock hroke, and then he had to hahy it a hit. Still, he was the first one to cross the finish line, and took the win Thl· Gordon and Vessels team has announced that they will put their truck into semi-retirement, and use it as a prL'-runner, and concentrate· on an " extensive test-ing schedule" in preparation for the Baja 1000. That means they won't he in Nevada in Septemhl·r. For L'veryone else the crews wi II he working to he ready for the Sept. 9-1 I weehncl in Las Vegas. SCORE 1993 ENGINE BUILDER OF TI-IE YEAR! We would like to thank and congratulate all these FAT-powered, 1993 Class points champions: MTEGSuper 1600 Champion ....................... .Jerry Whelchel SODA Class 2-1600 Champion ...................... .Jim Wiggens SODA Class 1-1600 Champion ....................... Todd Anig SODA Class 5-1600 Champion ....................... Mike Brue SODA Class 9-10 Champion ........................... 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California Rally Series By John Elkin With the completion of the Prescott Forest Rally this last month we come to the halfway point in our 1994 season. Behind us are the two rallysprints, Rim and Prescott. Ahead still is Tree-line, Gorman and Indio. The bat-tles for this year's points champ-ion is close in all classes with Mitch McCullough leading the 4x4's. Lon Peterson is again at the top of the powerful two wheel drives and Dave Turner is battling with Dennis Chizma for perform-ance stock. Stock class is the sur-prise with Tony DeLaCuesta at the head with Steve Scott close behind. There are still plenty of people back there to make this a battle down to the wire at Indio in virtually all classes. Prescott is history and nobody is happier about that than Jeff and Cindy Hendricks. These two cra:y kids put a rally on during their anniversary! Now that is devotion to the sport. Also devoted is Donna Chizma who worked many aspects of the rally on her birthday, she was rewarded with a cake and sung to by the fa-mous singers, 'The PRO Rally Rythymaires', possibly the worst ensemble of off key singers to gather in one place. Also escaping the limelight was Nancy Peterson who had a birthday near the Rally weekend, husband Lon ain't far behind either. T reeline Notes: The T reeline Rally will take place on Septemb-er 24th, with all the events taking place at the Lake Hughes Com-:. munity Club. I figure most of the drivers won't be able to find the place unless they come in off of the infamous Tule Ridge stage, I expect a lot of broken trailers un-less navigators ride with the poor unfortunate drivers. Registration, Scrutineering and Start/Finish will all be held here. This will keep the cost of the rail y down and also give us teams another shot at the Saturday Rim roads, but Sam, Dan and Lon have more in store with two new stages hopefully as of this writing. Entries should al-ready be in your outgoing bills pile. The future of this rally will be determined by the entry so please come and help save this event. All of you know by now the saga of Anton Musev and David White at Prescott and their mega-off over the cliff. After the rally several teams accompanied An-ton to the site of his Subaru's de-mise and tried to extricate the car, but to no avail. Jeff Hendricks and Noble Jones were arranging for a crane to be sent out to get the car back and stored in Prescott. An-ton is doing fine and is back at work. Dave White flew home and says that no bad after effects are apparent. Maybe some of you should be reminded about emerg-ency procedures involved with the displaying of a red cross dur-ing a stage. We had some misun-derstanding. When the red cross is displayl'd to you, stop, the stage is over now! The first car on the scene should attend to the victims while the second car goes on to the nearest radio location for help. Not the other way around boys and girls. It is hard to remember a here ·s no time time to worry about your wheels at 140 mph. That's mhy we trust Hmerican Racing Custom rnheels. Page 20 lot of protocol during competi-tion, but if you have to dymo-label this to your dashboard to remember, please do. New Stuff: Tony and Liz Shu-maker have a new house in Lake Forest, two miles from the old one in Mission Viejo. Said Tony, "We had been there 11 years, it was time for a new one." Ricky DeLaCuesta is about ready to de-but his new Plymouth Arrow, built with some guidance from Arrow-guru Bill Gutzmann. The old DeLaCuesta Dodge Colt shell is going to Gutzmann who destroy-ed the old one when he and David Jacobus went for a three mile roll over in stage five, with Jacobus driving we should point out. The Shumakers also debuted a new car at Prescott for two wheel drive open, a turbo charged Eclipse with front drive. The car origin-ally was a Wolin unit from road racing. Look for something total-ly different to be coming from the shops of Dan Hook late this year for two wheel drive open. Hint: it is not a Toyota. Look for a move to the four wheel drive ranks by Ron Wood next year, rumored to be an Audi. Look for Harris Done to have a new body shell to fit his awesome open class engine. New organizers for Gorman! With the departure of Mike Blore to the Northwestern nether-regions Har-ris Done has recruited Dennis and Donna Chizma to help out. Gor-man will be October 29. New In-dio roads? Maybe, call Roger Al-lison at home, he sold his auto parts store to a small up and com-ing chain called Rancho Forgein. Where is everybody? Notables missing lately from the series who have cars include Topi Hynynen, September 1994 Lynette Allison, all the Brasil and Tavares gang except Rui and Tony. Notably missing at Prescott was Norberto Gomez who was try-ing his hand at life on the World Rally Championship round in Argentina. Norberto got in three stages when he took out a lower control arm on his new Mazda 323GTX on a high crowned road. Despite the short ride he said it was great. And where has the WRC been? Certainly not in Am-erica lately, but that may change soon. Super teams R.E.D. and Prod-rive in America campaigning cars? The England based teams have shown interest in the SCCA/ -Michelin Series. But do not ap-proach them about drives, the seats, if they come here, are al-ready filled. CRS picnic is comin'! August 20, at Puddingstone Lake in Pom-ona. John and Kerri Kerby are again in charge with Lynette Al-lison. Last year's picnic in Long Beach was a huge success and a lot of fun for all, bring the family and leave the rally car at home. There also may be a BoG Meeting the fol-lowing day, if you have anything to bring up to the BoG, call Lon Peterson (619) 241-4707, he is your BoG contact. Hail the conquering survivors! Mike and Paula Gibeault went to the Twin Peaks Rallv in Washinl!-ton with the new(er} Subaru and were the sole survivors in the 4WD class battling a bad ignition the whole way. I rode with Brian Cooper, a local hotshot, we ran second overall until the rear axle housing mounts broke on the Datsun. Dave White rode with local Rick Beson in a new, one off 4WD Mazda Protege but had transmission failure. Once again the CRS makes inroads in NoPAC! Is the CRS going NASCAR? I am having trouble finding a suit-able replacement site for my rally-sprints. Either the places l look at are too small or the ground is too soft or the owners want too much money. How about a sprint on a 1/4 mile oval? Three laps make a stage and we run both left and right hand turns, but not in the same stage. Both a track in Adelanto and Ventura are possible sites. Call (909) 880-8005 with your input ifl haven't already talked to you. That is all the news that is fit to print at this time. See you all at the picnic or at Treeline. AffENTION PIT TEAMS Send us your tales of triumph and troubles and they will be featured on these pages. Mail to: DU STY TIMES 20751 Marilla Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 Dusty Times

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MICKEY THOMPSOM STADIUM OFF ROAD RACING Round Five At Salt Lake City Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. ' Roger Mears Jr. flew his Nissan to his his best result in some time. Roger was second in the second Sport Truck Heat, led his dad from the green flag and eventually won the Main Event by about eight seconds. In mid-June the MTEG travel- · ing off road series returned to Salt Lake City, Utah for their second visit to Rice Stadium. It was the fifth event in the 1994 series, and points were important with just two more events after this one scheduled in 1994, at Las Vegas and Denver. MTEG took the hot summer months off this season, no doubt due in part to the World Cup soccer dominating major stadiums all over the country. It was a nice break for the teams to regroup, get their desert cars together at a less frantic pace, and some took the opportunity_ to try a couple of the SODA races in the midwest. The standard format of practice and qualifying during the day on June 18 kept the racers in the six classes of competition busy all day. Only the Sport truck times were available and Roger Mears set fast qualifying time at 34 .605, while Rob MacCachren was a tenth behind in second at 34.706 while Rod Millen was close in third at 34.759 followed by teammate Ivan Stewart 35.084. Next it was Chevrolet's Johnsons with Rick posting 35.137 and Jimmie doing 35 .356. Jerry Whelchel, 36. 717 and Roger Mears Jr., 36.827, rounded out the field. The Rice Stadium track was set up in a clockwise direc-tion, making the drivers turn right, a change from the tradi-tional counter-clockwise tracks that they normally run upon. The track also featured a "Banked Turn" in the north end of the sta-dium, which followed a high speed straight away that had speeds nearing 60 mph. That doesn't sound high speed to many, but remember this whole course is contained in a football field, with not much room for any straight line running. In the morning practice the Mears Gang had problems, both Roger Sr. and Jr. having low power trouble and near identical suspen_sion problems. Then later Congestion is heavy the line in truck class, but #1 Rod Millen did survive the traffic jam to win the first heat and take second in the main, in the here, still clean Toyota. Rob slides his Ford, left, past Jimmie Johnson's Chevy over the lumps, and MacCachren went on to win heat 2 for trucks and he took a good fourth in the main event. Roger lost an engine and Junior lost the rear end, so the Mears Gang crew had a busy afternoon. Roger said he couldn't remember the last time he qualified first, so he was looking forward to starting on the pole. Over in the Chevy pit the Johnsons filled the third row for Heat 1, Jimmie having rolled his mount twice already in the same corner, but both were happy with the performance. Team Toyota were on the second row, both Rod Millen and Ivan Stewart talking about little else but points, but Ivan did say he wanted a main event win this sea-son to keep his record straight. Rob MacCachren was happy with his Ford Ranger, saying it was just about perfect. His teammate Jerry Whelchel had been fighting a fuel injection problem all day, related to the altitude in Salt Lake City, so they changed the engine after qualifying. There are no notes on any of the other classes prior to the actual racing events. The first heat race for the Grand National Sport Trucks was eight laps. Roger Mears sprinted from the pole to put the Bud-weiser truck first to the first turn. But as the pack got to the next turn the Toyota of Rod Millen was able to dive to the inside and overtake Mears. Millen, the defending points champion, was able to extend his lead to three seconds, then Rob MacCachren, who was running second at the time, rolled his Ford, bringing out the first yellow flag of the evening. Again it was Millen who took the Kevin Smith is on a roll at mid-season in Super 1600 action and followed his Jerry Whelchel gets lots of height flying his lightweight Super 1600 special main event victory at Las Vegas in April by winning the main again in the , and he won the first heat handily, but penalty time during the main event Mirage at Salt Lake City in the Rice Bowl. dropped him to fourth but he still leads the points. • lead off the rolling start, but this time the field was bunched up behind him as Stewart and the Chevrolets of Rick Johnson and Eric Arras tackles the lumps in his tidy Chenowth, and Eric had a good Super 1600 night, placing fourth in the heat race and a fine second in the main event. Page 22 Jimmy Nichols flies his Bo/ink sponsored Chenowth on his way to second in the heat race and third in the main, while Jerry Whelchel lurks just behind him. September 1994 Ken Hodgdon has really improved his driving style lately and he took fourth in the heat race in Sport Utility class, and came back to third in the main. Dusty Times

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Brad Person comes out of Arizona now and then to run this Toyota in the MTEG events, and Brad was second in the Sport Utility heat and fourth in the main. T.J. Clark does double duty in Super 1600 and this Ford Sport Utility rig, and by chance he was fifth in the main event in both of these classes. Teenager Casey Mears is coming on strong in his Superlite and has won a few too. At Salt Lake he was second in heat 2 and pulled into third in the main. The Nature's Recipe cars are everywhere in Superlite action. Here Greg George is flying to second in the first heat, while passing team leader Rennie Awana. Jimmie Johnson flew his Chevy past the good crowd at Rice Stadium neatly and he took fourth in the first heat and moved up to third in the main event. Rick Johnson didn't really have a good night at Rice Stadium, his best finish in the Chevy was second in the heat and with a main event spin he was sixth. Jimmie Johnson gave close chase. Still Millen held a safe lead with one lap to go, so the attention turned to the battle between Ivan Stewart and Rick Johnson for second. Rick was able to make the pass on the banked turn in the last lap and held Ivan off to finish second behind Millen. Stewart was third followed by Jimmie Johnson and Roger Mears Jr. in the Budweiser Nissan. Next up were the American Racing Custom Wheels Sport Utility rigs for their six lap heat race. The Ma:da of Robert Gay-ton dashed to the front of the pack and began to pull away from the field. Giving chase were T .J. Clark in his Ford and Tommy Croft, Jeep, the two time defend-ing champion. Gayton seemed to have more power through the jumps and rhythm sections. As Gayton extended his lead, the bat-tle between Clark and Croft intensified to the point that the two got together on turn 3 of lap four, which allowed the Toyota 4-Runner of Brad Person to sneak by on the inside. Robert Gayton took the win, followed in by Ken Hodgdon, Person, Croft, Clark and Joe Anchondo. Tommy Croft is really having a good year in the Ken Hodgdon Jeep, and he took third in the heat race for Sport Utility class and showed his usual style in winning the main event. The first eight lap 4-Wheel ATV heat race held quite a few local folks as well as the series regulars. Brian Acree, fro m Merced, CA, bolted to the front as points leader Greg Stuart trailed closely. Stuart closed to within a bike length of Acree by the end of the second lap, and began his assault on the number one position. He took over the lead on the following lap and had the win all but wrapped up. But on the last lap he had the misfor-tune of hooking bikes with Tyson Leaver while trying to lap the rookie rider. Stuart wasn't ahle to unhook for nearly a minute, and literally handed the win to Doug Eichner aboard a Laeger. Brian Robert Gayton is coming on strong in the Sport Utility Mazda, and the former buggy driver w0n ff·e first heat in this truck, but fell back to second in the main event. Dusty Times Acree was second on a Honda, followed by Shane Hitt, Honda, Niclas Granlund, JP, and Joe Byrd, Laeger. The second ATV eight lap heat race was a triumph for eight time main event winner Gary Denton. He pulled out to the early lead on his Laeger, which seemed to be working very well as he extended the lead to four seconds over second place rider Jesse Wo:niak, also on a Laeger. Denton took the victory followed b y Womiak, Mike Mierau and Roger Helsley, both on Laegers and Ron Collins on a Honda. The Superlites also had two heat races of seven laps each. In the firs t heat Shannon Millen pushed to the lead on the first lap, but she experienced engine trou-ble and surrendered the lead on the next lap to Nature's Recipe teammate and team manager Rennie Awana. Awana, the 1989 SuperLite champ, proved he knows how to drive out front, as he held off the constant pressure of another teammate Greg George to take the first heat race win. George was second followed by Todd Whitman , Briggsbuilt, Troy Lindhorst, Honda, and Pat Dean, Mirage. The second Superlite heat saw Andrew Buck fly out to the early · lead in his Triole E. and he September 1994 quickly began to pull away from the field. The attention in this race for Super lites turned into a battle of the sexes between Stacy Fay and Casey Mears, the youngest son of Roger Mears Sr., for second place. Stacy wasn't able to hold off young Mears as the 16 year old driver passed her on the final lap in his Honda, while she took third in a Briggsbuilt, fol-lowed in by J.C. Dean, Mirage, and Lance Gremett, Briggsbuilt. The Super 1600 single heat race saw Tommy Bradley on the pole in a Chenowth. However, Jimmy Nichols sprinted to the lead from his outside pole position on turn 2, quickly turning the heat race into a two car battle between Nichols, Chenowth, and two time defending champion J~rry Whel-chel. Bradley dropped off the pace. Nichols he Id the lead through four laps, then Whelchel used sheer speed to streak by, grabbing the lead, a lead he would never relinquish. Whelchel took the checkered flag, Nichols was second followed by Kevin Smith, Mirage, Eric Arras, Chenowth and Tommy Bradley. The second heat race for the Sport Trucks, also eight laps, saw Rob MacCachren on the pole alongside Ford Teammate Jerry Whelchel. The starting grid for heat 2 is totally inverted in MTEG· truck racing, placing heat 1 winner Rod Millen at the back of the pack. Rob MacCachren got off the start clean and catapulted into the lead, with Whelchel, Roger Mears Jr. and Millen fol-lowing. Millen gained four posi-tions by the end of the first lap. Fast qualifier Roger Mears was obviously experiencing mechani-cal problems and was trailing in last place. Meanwhile Mac-Cachren continued his pace and had opened~ PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... THANKS! RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS Mobil' SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page 23

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Jerry Whelchel is doing well in his Ford Rough Rider truck, picking up the technique quickly. Jerry's best finish was a third in the second heat. The season hasn't been kind to Ivan Stewart, but he keeps collecting points for Toyota, third in heat 1, fourth in heat 2, and fifth in the main event. Some of the future stars of stadium racing are in Superlites. Lance Gremett drove his Briggsbuilt to a clean fifth place in the Salt Lake main event. I@" a five second lead by the halfway mark. Mears Jr. was running second ahead of Jerry Whelchel. Ivan Stewart and Jim-mie Johnson were locked in a close battle for fourth. Rob Mac-Cachren cruised to the win, with Mears Jr. in second, Whelchel third and Stewart held on to fourth. Jimmie Johnson was fifth. The Ultracross Motorcycles had two qualifying style heats of eight laps each, and there was a good entry in this class. In the first heat Kawasaki rider Craig Canoy sprinted to the early lead but was given close chase by Yamaha rid-ers Mike Healey and Kyle Lewis, current points leader. Healey made the pass on Canoy on the spectacular double jump in front of the press box, bringing the boisterous crowd to their feet. Healey quickly turned his concen-tration to Lewis, who turned in quite an impressive pass of his Out Here ••• You need somebody you con_ depend on! TOM EE•S 6300 Valley View Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620 Page 14 The Superlites provide some of the best competition in the series. Off this start #6 Shannon Millen had the lead, but it changed often each lap. Rennie Awana is not only team manager for Nature's Recipe Superlites he is also one of the hot drivers. here being followed by Lance Gremmett. Awana won both his heat race ;Jnd the main event at Salt Lake. own and took claim of the lead on the next lap. Once in the lead Kyle Lewis never looked back, taking the win in front of Mike Healey and Craig Canoy. The second heat turned into another aerial show from Yamaha teammates Larry Brooks and Larry Ward who made his Sta-dium Off Road debut at Rice Sta-dium. Ward took the lead on lap 2 and bolted to a seven second lead, helped in part by a Brooks stumble in turn 1. Ward took his inaugural win on a flying double jump. Brooks was second fol-lowed by Kawasaki rider Robert Drew, Mark Peters and Ryan Carlisle. ing second place to Person. Croft took the win, Person was later penali:ed by the Rough Driving Committee for causing Gayton to go into the barrier. This placed Gayton in second, Hodgdon in third and Person ended up fourth officially. The Four Wheel A TV main event was a long ten laps. Heat race winner Gary Denton pushed to the early lead as Doug Eichner and Shane Hitt gave close chase. Only one second separated the three riders by lap 7 and it appeared that this one would go down to the wire. Denton held the narrowest of margins. As they came around the final turn, the positions had not changed as Gary Denton took the main event vic-tory, Shane Hitt was second, and Doug Eichner third. The Superlite Main Event was eight laps long, and Greg George took off into a sizeable lead in the early going. But he pulled off the track after two laps. The cause of the retirement was unknown, but George did go off on his own power. Greg's misfortune was Rennie Awana's good luck, as the Nature's Recipe team manager took over the lead, and led to the checkered flag. Todd Whittman was second, Casey Mears, third, Andrew Buck, fourth and Lance Gremett was fifth. The Super 1600 class faced 12 long laps for their main event and most of them were back, making a full grid. Last year's Salt Lake City main event winner Kevin Smith was out to do it again, and also take his second win in a row. He pushed his Castro! backed buggy into the lead off the line while Jimmy Nichols and Jerry Whel-chel were locked in a battle for second place. Nichols and Whel-chel were so busy going :it each other, Smith was able to take advantage and opened up a large lead. Whelchel was finally able to get by on lap 6 as Nichols got held up in traffic he was lapping. At the flag Kevin Smith took his second consecutive main event victory. Jerry Whelchel was plagued by the Triton Penalty Box, as the Rough Driving Committee placed him there twice during the course of the race, Jimmy Nichols was third in his Chenowth, just behind Eric Arras, Chenowth, and then Whelchel and Clark. It sure was a non-_standard finish for this spectacular class. Up next was the ten lap main event for the high flying Ultra The main events started with the American Racing Custom Wheels Sport Utility class, an eight lap event. The Jeep of Ken Hodgdon sat on the pole along-side teammate Tommy Croft. Off the start it was the quick surge of Croft that captured the lead. With Croft safely in front the action turned to the battle for second between Robert Gayton and Brad Person, one from New Mexico and one from Arizona. Gayton was on pace to finish second before steering his Mazda up onto the hydro barrier, hand-Andrew Buck poses a real threat in Superlite action as his Triple Eis a winner sowewhere each race, here it was in heat 2 and Buck was fourth in the main. September 1994 Dusty Times

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Stacy Fay stays just ahead of Casey Mears here and she drove her Briggs built to a good third in the second heat, but fell victim to traffic in the main. Troy Lindhorst sailed his Honda over the bumps like a veteran, and he took a fine fourth in the first heat, but was back in the pack in the main event. J.C. Dean flies his Mirage nicely, despite the extra weight of the mud, and Dean was fourth in Heat 2, but dropped back in the feature race. Cross motorcycles for a ten lap bash. This bunch are the real crowd pleasers. Defending Class Champion and Current Points leader Larry Brooks got the hole-shot and pushed right out to the early lead. This race quickly turned into a repeat of the second heat race, as Brooks and Yamaha teammate Larry Ward hooked up in a classic battle for the lead. As was the case in the heat race earlier in the evening, Ward was able to get the best of Brooks and Ward literally flew to his first career Stadium Off Road Main Event victory. Brooks finished a close second followed by Kyle Lewis, Mike Healey and Ryan Carlisle. As always the grand finale is the 12 lap truck main event, and with only eight or nine trucks one wondered how many would be mobile when the checkered flag flew. The Budweiser trucks of Roger Mears and Roger Jr. ( inside pole) sat on the pole for the main event. The younger Mears shot out to the lead on the opening lap, as Chevrolet's Rick Johnson made a quick dash to the inside. Johnson nearly got through, but there wasn't quite enough room, forcing him to spin and lose posi-tion all the way back to the rear. Mears Jr. was driving a near per-fect race as they came around at the halfway mark, and had opened a seven second lead over his father Roger. Rod Millen sat a close third and Rick Johnson had begun his trek back up the leader board and sat in sixth place at the close of lap eight. The Ford of Jerry Whelchel had suffered a flat right front and was noticeably limping in last place. Roger Mears Jr. took the white flag with an impressive eight second lead and cruised to his second career main event win. Rod Millen was second for Toyota points, -followed by Jimmie Johnson, Roh Mac-Cachren, Ivan Stewart, Rick Johnson and Jerry Whelchel. After five races the points are fairly tight in some classes. In Sport Trucks Rod Millen leads with 255, with teammate Ivan Stewart right behind him at 223, followed by Roh MacCachren, 211, Rick Johnson, 201, Roger Mears Jr. 188, Jimmie Johnson, 181. In Sport Utility Tommy Croft leads with 250, followed by Robert Gayton, 170, T.J. Clark, 149, Ken Hodgdon, 125, and Brad Person, 99. Jerry Whelchel has a good lead in Super 1600 points, 234, followed by Jimmy Nichols, 149, Kevin Smith, 140, Bill Goshen, 103 and Gary Gall 91. It is not really close in the SuperLites with just two races to go as Rennie Awana leads his teammates with 195, Greg George, 1 77, Casey Mears, 134, and Mercedes Gonzales at 12 7. Dusty Times Andrew Buck is closing in how-1 72, Charles Shepherd, 158, ever, at 126, then comes Joe Price Doug Eichner, 153, Niclas Gran-at 91 . It is closer in the 4-Wheel Jund, 145,and_JoeByrd, 142. Kyle A TV standings. Greg Stuart leads . Lewis has a good lead in Ultra-with 184, next is Gary Denton, Cross with 336 points. Next is Larry Brooks, 274, Ray Crumb, 227, Mike Healey, 145, Ryan Carlisle, 140. The showdown for the points titles continues at Las Vegas on 1993 Double Baja 1000 Winners! We just bolt on the same lights you buy - .no strengthening -no modification -no extra rivets. Just stock lights. 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Antigo Off Road Challenge By Barb and Marilyn Schultz Photos: Melinda Rothe Walker Evans won races three days in a row, taking the Friday Night Shootout, Class 8 on Saturday, and the Heavy Metal Championship on Sunday, a perfect score for the man from Riverside, CA and his mighty Dodge PU. Here we are again with the Best of the Best in off road racing. The SODA series invaded Antigo, WI, June 10, 11 and 12th on it's second stop of the World Series of Off Road Racing. Sponsored by American Racing Wheels, BFGoodrich and Chevrolet and Associate sponsors Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ~swell as the Kiwanis Club, Coca Cola, Antigo Beverage Company, Volm Bag, Parson's Chevrolet-GEO-Buick, this premiere track always draws an enthusiastic and large group of top notch racers and spectators. Also sponsoring were Bank ONE, Antigo Co-Op Credit Unit, Security Bank, M & I Bank, Edelman Meats, Hardees, Super. 8 , Cheers, Langlade County Deputies Association and Lang-lade Motors. New this year was Fridav evening's shoot out race including Classes 3, 4, 8 and 13. All would be participants were allowed one practice lap and two qualifying laps. Fast qualifier was Scott Taylor! At the inverted start the finalists were: Walker Evans, Scott Douglas, Taylor, Jeff St. Peter, Jed Flannery, Scott Smith, Mark Seidler.Jamey Flannery and Dave Hockers. In the get off your fanny dash Walker Evans came off with top honors followed by Douglas and Taylor. And this was just a taste of things to come. Saturday morning the 1.25 mile track was host to, of all things, a real racers wedding. Congratulations to Jody (Maule) and Dale Leveren:! Quoting the ' It's too bad the man made mud covered the fancy new paint job on Art Schmitt's new Probst Laser, but it didn't slow the racer from Pennsylvania. He outlasted Jeff Probst to take the Class 1 /2 victory. Art also won the Unlimited Challenge. officiating Minister" ... the happy couple enters on the road oflife." Obviously, this was another dynamite Dave and Craig Gray track designed to challenge drivers and machines on all levels. To set the track from the grandstand view: All racers began with a rolling start that green flagged right before the customary double jump located head on with the spectator; then the course top k a nice sweeper dropping down to Turtle Hump Moguls. Remember last year's Antigo Race Event and the poor turtle who got his head stuck in the suction pipe? This memorable environmental crossing was home to a wicked set of moguls. Following the Moguls was an area of track best described as a bowl that headed into the test of skill area forthwith referred to as Hooker's Hump. The Hump was followed by a lazy "S". After a slight elevated straight stretch back onto the oval part of the track it wham hammed into a 180 that most resembled an elbow on to the infield. Two more jumps on the infield of the existing stock car oval and you enter the front grandstand jumps and the final flag. With the threat of off and on heavy downpours, racing weather was still favprable for red hot action. Class 5-1600 lined up for the all new rolling start seven strong. Mike Brue overcame his Lake Geneva woes with a dandy flag to flag win. Terry Wolfe and Tom Brockman put o n an excellent show for second and third respectively. Young Steve Plummer was really pouring the coal to 'er when a hair before mid-As usual this season Mike Brue did his flag to flag romp ahead of the field of seven in Class 5-1600. They all handled the rolling start like real veteran racers, no smells of clutches here. race he developed a flat tire. Despite the tire trauma, Plummer went on with the race besting the likes of John Mason, Tim Christensen and Greg Smith. Plummer pulled out an incredible fourth place and who knows, without the tire trouble, he may have been in the top three! Way to go, guys! Gerald Foster after two laps of battle with Chad Schlueter simply ran away with the Class 3 race in his Chevy Bla:er. Schlueter in a Ford Bronco placed a tidy second. Obviously Schlueter was fighting some type· of nasty steering problem. Grant Maholland in his Toyota drove a consistent race to third place. Jim Barringer had it going until mechanical gremlins put him out. It's big buggy time! Those wild and whackey Class 1 / 2 's green flagged with familiar names like Jeff Probst, Art Schmitt, Todd Attig and Scott Schwalbe. Probst had the early go with Dan Baudoux, Schmitt, Attig, Sch-walbe and Don Ponder in hot pursuit. Trent Hanson, Robert Walther and Brian Bernloehr rounded out the field. Probst started smoking half way through giving Schmitt the go and the win. Poor Probst by the white flag the demons got him and he was off the track. Finishing in second was Baudoux followed by Attig in third. Schwalbe placed a well driven fourth. An unprecedented number of Class 7S trucks in fact, sixteen of them, were up next. This included the luckless Scott Taylor who in order to maintain his points, green flagged went as far as the sweeper and pulled off. Jeff Kincaid and his Ford Ranger were not to he denied, despite the best efforts of Al Walentowski, Art Schmitt.John Greaves, and Jimmy Crowder! Kincaid fended off all comers for a super victor~· -The heavy hattles were for second, third, and fourth positions. Wal-entowski, Greaves and Crowder darn near pla yed push come to shove for position. On lap five the old racing glemlins beleaguered Greaves putting him off the track although he did finish. Back to Crowder and Walentowski, the two ran closer than peanuts in a shell for the entire race, Crowder coming out head nut with second. Walentowski placed third. Ya' can't leave out Art Schmitt, Brendan G augha n and Tom Hockers who also finished on the lead lap. The black clouds were moving in to make some of Mother Nature's rolling thunder and so did Class 4 . Okay, so Mother Nature didn't thunder - Class 4 did. Get a grip Gert and say hello to 'new to SODA' the Steve Kelley and Mike Lesle Racing Team. Again it's great to see Greg Gerlach, in his Dodge, lock horns with Jumpin' Jack Flannery's Chevy, GeoffDorr's Ford and the regular cast of thousands. Flannery stated " ... I was out on the track with a perfect truck", must have been as it was a Flannery run away race. Dorr despite pressure from mechanic-ally plagued Kevin Probst placed second. Gerlach and Kelley went nose to tail with Gerlach -raking home third and Kelle·> placing fourth. Helmets off to fi111shers Gerald Foster.Jeff St. Peter, Chad Schlueter, Roy Stack and Scott Smith. Class 1 1 S must be doomed and damned. They either have to start first or their race starts with enough hard rain to put the vellow duckv raincoat on the ESPN cam~r;s and crew. Son of a gun, we heard thunder, we had rain and three minutes later all is clear. Gary Behrens stroked out lap one in the lead but got eaten by the racing critters. John Wiggins took his turn at the lead, then met the same critters. Mark Oherg and Dan Baudoux became central show, Baudoux getting to the checker flag in first, Oberg in second. Glenn Mathews , Cory Friday, Larry Bayer and John Huven had a great dog fight for points and position. At the end the action belonged to Mathews in third, Huven in fourth, and Bayer in fifth . As always, this entry level class had top of the line action anywhere you looked. It had been right chilly, it rained, and for the Class 8s the sun came back out to make the weather as hot as the action. The A horde of Class 7S entries had quite a battle and traffic jams, but when it sorted out the cream had risen to the top and Jeff Kincaid fought off his C:losest rivals to win in his Ford Ranger. · · start of this race was certainly something to see. Jimmy "Alliga-tor Man" Crowder was in first at the drop off to the turtle hump, Walker Evans killed it coming out of Hookers Hangup, Scott Douglas grabbed the lead and yet at the conclusion oflap one, Scott Taylor had the lead. Had is the word: bv lap four Taylor was out Jack Flannery ran away with the Class 4 race on Saturday in his Chevrolet, but he had plenty of competition in the early going, but he got away from them, had no trouble and won Class 4 and was second in the HM Challenge. Page 26 September 1994 Dusty Times

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The Class 3 battle was between Chad Schlueter and Gerald Foster, but after a few laps Foster ran away so fast we didn't get his picture, but Schlueter looks good taking a tidy second in the Bronco. Greg Gerlach had his Class 4 Dodge ready for battle, and it came from an unexpected truck, the Jeep built by Mike Leste Racing for the SODA Series. Greg won the nose to tail battle and was third in Class 4. Californian and primarily a desert racer Steve Kelley made his SODA debut at Antigo and he flew the purpose built Jeep around Antigo, had a big dice with Greg Gerlach and finished fourth. to kill all the mosquitos in a tri-state area! Bad news and bad luck for a great competitor. Evans in his big Dodge, dominated the field turning a one minute seventeen second lap time. Uh oh, it's Flannery time, without Jumpin' Jack. Jamey and brother Jed, both in Chevys, went at it tooth and nail,Jamey grabbing the tooth for second place, Jed the nail for third. Crowder was in contention but went off the track with mechanical troubles. Scott Douglas had an impressive run going having to bow out with a flat tire. Dave Hackers came across in fourth. Same names different song. Class 2-1600 is always filled with cream of the crop drivers and buggies. The action was hot and heavy throughout the entire sixteen car race. The names? How about Jason Crowder, Mike Notary, Mike Seefeldt Jr., Dan Baudoux, Todd Attig and Greg Smith. We told you at Lake Geneva that Seefeldt Jr. would be a Dude to watch. He was and is. This race, however, belonged to veteran Greg Smith with heavy pressure from Attig. Notary and Baudoux played shoot out for position throughout the race. At the final flag, it was Smith in first, Attig in second, Baudoux in third, Notary in fourth and young Seefeldt in fifth. It is worth noting that Attig took second despite a spin out with some lapped traffic. Despite one of the best tracks in the country, Class 6 most unfortunately turned out to be an attrition race. Sure wish Fay Staten:y would quit being so modest. The guy unloads his Chevy, and goes on a flag to flag cruise to the win. Bill "the Survivor" Graboski, out of a field of ten entries fended off arch rival Al Fannin for second place. Fannin placed third even though he didn't touch his Chevy at all during the off season. Also finishing were Leonard Gehl and new to the class Darrin Parsons. Others fell prey to a rain slicked track which caused some major mechanical failures. This brought an end to Saturday's racing. Everybody knew they had seen the best racing around and proceeded to settle back in the campground for the traditional bench racing and beverage drinking, others went to the dance held at the all purpose building and as usual, a good time was had by all. The evening was a complete success. Sunday's racing action started under blue skies and bright sun and those famous white "fluff-a" Wisconsin clouds. Class 11 D lined up for a fantastic race with action all over the track and a low attrition race. This was the race young Cory Friday had been looking for as he went flag to flag for a stunning win. There was Dusty Times super action between John Huven, Michael Oberg, Curt Gerald and Wesley Frehse. The three jockeyed back and forth for . position the big switch coming on the white flag lap. Also finishing on the lead lap in order were Mark Oberg, Tom Dart, Dave Tate and John Wiggins. Next up were our favorite big spider buggies, the fantastic Class 9 110. This was the race Jeff Probst had been looking for as he went on a green to checkered romp for a terrific win. Nice going Jeff! This was not the race Don Ponder was looking for. Ponder came into lap one, around the first turn to the drop off and did a horrendous end over that took him out of the running. Second place belonged pretty much to Todd Attig. The hot racing action went on between James Strubble, Randy Elder, Tom Schwartzburg and young Trent Hanson. After a dog fight for position, Strubble placed third, Elder in fourth, Schwartzburg in fifth, Hanson in sixth. 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summer of family competition! It was a familiar finish in Class 2-1600, but it had been a battle. Greg Smith, shown here, won the race, Todd Attig was second. The pair reversed order on Sunday with Attig winning 1-1600 and the Challenge and Smith placing second. Fay Statezny continues to win every time, well almost, he brings his Class 6 Chevy Chevelle to a race, and he did it again at Antigo, leading from the green flag to the checkered flag. SODA determined this year that they would narrow the W omen's Buggy Classes down to Women's Buggy and Women's Class 11 . T he two classes take a staggered green flag start with Women's Buggy flagging first. The field had an interesting var-iety of machines from R uth Schwartzburg's Class 9 to Amy Haeses' Class 5-1600 machine to all points in-between. Schwartz-burg and seasoned driver Janet Bowles put on a great show for the lead, Schwartzburg coming out the winner, Bowles a well driven second. Tracy Crump finished on the lead lap in third. In Women's Class 11 it was quite a weekend for the Friday People as Tracy Sil-Iowa y took Cory Friday's machine on its second flag to flag romp for the win. Way to go Tracy! Sarah Sawall and Vivian Holtger jockeyed for position in the race with Sawall finishing second and Holtger third. Also finishing was Annette Van Wychan. There were ten starters and four finishers -must'a been some tired machinery out there! I@' was Class 1-1600 with· the same familiar faces and same familiar names and same familiar buggies all of it exciting. The dog fight for first place was on between Greg Smith and Todd Attig. Smith held the lead all the way to the checkered flag lap when Attig made a fantastic pass on the last turn to the checkered flag. Attig wound up with the win and Smith with a well driven second place. We said young Mike Seefeldt, Jr. was the dude to keep your eye on. Has to be true, as he picked off the competition and finished in third place. Jason Crowder and fellow Floridian Mick Notary finished fourth and fifth respectively. Also finishing on the lead lap were Cary Bowles, Mark Steinhardt, Pete Kowatsch and Guy Crump. There was racing action ever ywhere you ' looked, this class always puts on a good show. second place this time around. Evans took the win in his big Dodge, Flannery in second with Chevy Thunder. The Mark Seidler -Bryan Franken burg team picked their way through the competition to a well earned third place in their Chevy. Gerald Fos-ter in his Class 3 is always in the pack and came through in fourth place. Finishing on the lead lap were Scott Taylor, Chad Schlue-ter, Jed Flannery and Dave Hockers. Again it was obvious that this was the Dave and Craig Gray track, as the attrition rate was remarkably low and racing action fantastic. The Unlimited Challenge may have been a bit short on entries but these big buggies rovided plenty of excitement. The only racer to have to leave the track was Brian Bernloehr who was out early with obvious mechanical woes. One more time Art Schmitt and Jeff Probst went at it nose to tail, fender to fender with Schmitt coming out with the win. Probst placed second. Third place belonged to Dan Baudoux and fin-ishing out the field were Scott Schwalbe, Walther's Brothers team and Ken Pole. The Limited Challenge Race was another get off your fanny and watch race. Once again the shoot out was between Todd Attig, Greg Smith and Mike See-feldt, Jr. While each tried to pass for position and points, they fin-ished almost flag to flag in order. " There were a huge number of SODA's respected Road W ar-riors, Class 13! All twenty-one trucks rolled toward the green flag and as the flag waved green, the Chinese fire drill began. Trucks and course marking barrels went everywhere. T hornton "Ed" Schult: was first to drop off but pulled out at the "S" turns. Don Gregoire held the lead for three laps, had to pit with mechanical prohlcms which effectively put him down in points. The lead swapped between Dennis Ferdon and Bruce Shilts until lap 8 when Shilts fel l to the wayside. Ferdon took the leaJ back until the checkered flag. R.J. Flanagan can never he left out of a Class 13 race and powered his new machine to second. Jeff Camp picked his way through the crowd for third . Oavid Reet: pulled out a hard driven fourth place. Cory Friday flies neatly over the grandstand jump on his way to the Class 11 D victory. in his Friday chassis of course. On Saturday the Class 11s ran in rain and mud. which shot down many cars, including Fridays. The Manufacturers Production Challenge race included Classes 3, 4 & 8, and promised the best of the hest and so we had it. The race hl'gan with the classic shootout between Jumpin' Jack Flannery and Walker Evans. Flannery held Evans off to the white flag lap, when Evans powered hy to take the win. Flannery had The Women ·s Heavy Metal had a large entry and some close infighting all the way. One of our correspondents Marilyn Schultz took the lead on the white flag lap and held it in her Class 13 to win the race. Our congrats to her. Attig with the win, Smith in second, Seefeldt in third. Mark Steinhardt and Pete Kowatsch put on a fine fight for fourth and fifth position. It is always a good race when you have sixteen entries and twelve finishers. The Women's Heavy Metal race had a large number of entries making for some dynamite racing. Robin Schultz started with an early lead and was out of the race just about as soon as she started. Classic battles developed along the field, with ours truly, Marilyn Schultz taking over first place on the white flag lap. Coming in second was Christine Burnis fol-lowed by Brenda Hockers and Joan Silloway. The Schult: Women are looking toward a So ended another fantastic weekend of the best racing action around in Antigo, Wisconsin. All went home knowing the World Series of Off-Road Racing had put on the best show to be had. Hey, next stop is Crandon, Wis-consin's Chevrolet Spring Run 101 . See ya trackside! There were twenty-one starters in Class 13. a real herd and bedlam in the early laps, but midway it got more quiet and Dennis Ferdon shook off Bruce Shilts and led from lap 8 to·the checkered flag. Tracy Silloway took Cory Friday's Class 11 machine on its second flag to flag romp of the weekend and won the Class 11 segment of the buggy class. She is shown here taking the checkered flag from the tuxedo clad starter. Ruth Schwartzburg won the Unlimited buggy class. More than one truck led during the first Class 8 lap, but at the end of the lap it Scott Taylor in his Ford, but he later blew the engine and Walker Evans won the race. Scott was fast qualifier in the Friday night shoot-out. Scott Douglas is another California desert racer testing the midwestern waters, and Scott drove this beautifully prepared Herzoz Dodge in his debut at Antigo, to seventh in Class 8. Class 6 has always been a field of older, U.S. built stock cars, but at this race Darrin Parsons showed off his new Utility model in Class 6 action. Page 28 September 1994 Dusty Times

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The leather interior is part of the Special Edition package. Comfort and elegance are the norm with all sorts of extras thrown in. Nestled under the pine trees at 8000 feet, the Oldsmobile Bravada could be your overnight campsite. Rear seats fold down to give you plenty of room. The 4.3 liter V6 with fuel injection develops lots of horsepower, loads of torque yet is smooth and quiet. THE BLUE BRAVADA Driver's ReP.Ort On The 1994 Oldsmobile Bravada Text & Phot.os: John B. Calvin The 1994 Oldsmobile Bravada is a handsome vehicle, has lots of power from the V6 and is sure-footed both on and off the road. It arrived in dark blue with a light beige interior and it turns out to be one of the most underated vehicles in the United States today! Although many of the so-called Utility Vehicles are seen often on the tube in all sorts of advertising extolling the value and virtue of whatever they are selling, you rarely see a commercial for the Oldsmobile Bravada. There-fore, it behooves Dusty Times to rake a Bravada out into the wilds and see for ourselves how well it performs. And perform it did, it was great and we will give you all the details as you read on. This particular Bravada was the Special Edition which gives you a lot of extra goodies, most of which will he mentioned here. This handsome vehicle was powered with the good old relia-ble 4.3 liter V6, giving you an imml'diate 160 horsepower and over 230 pounds of torque. W e send this power through the four speed automatic transmission with overdrive, then to the 3.73 differential with Posi-Traction and then to lay some of that power to the ground. Goodyear lnvicta GS tires, P235175R15 were the connec-tion to the ground and they were mounted on 15 inch mean look-ing aluminum wheels, all in all a pretty package. Front wheel disc brakes, rear drums, coupled to anti-lock sys-tem helps to keep you safe and sure footed in heavy braking. The crowning glory to all this motive and stopping power is the very useful Smarttrak Drive System, with full time all wheel drive, an Dusty Times absolute pleasure to drive with and it certainly is more than a blessing for those of us who ven-ture off road and more than useful for your on road activities, par-ticularly in the wet or the snow. Take it from me, the Smarttrak System gives you full four wheel drive capabilities all the time, a most pleasurable feeling. You get to feel like a mountain goat, sure footed all the time, leaping wher-ever you want to go on or off the road and with the greatest confi-dence that the Bravada is going to go where you point it all the time. Included in the Special Edition package is the electronic instru-ment cluster, the speedometer and the tachometer, all the var-ious gauges shown in instantane-ous electronic display, either in miles per hour and gallons of fuel and with the flick of a switch you convert to kilometers per hour and liters of fuel, lots of fun to play with but not too practical in this country. hut in French Can-ada it would come in handy. Naturally, there were electri-cally locking doors, electric win-dows and a lift gate release mounted on the dash and a remote keyless entry system which controlled not only the doors but the rear hatch as well. The interior was creature com-fort designed, all custom leather (Special Edition Package), a good si:ed central console with lots of ,storage inside and, naturally the ever present cup holders. Also, mounted on the exterior of the console are the power front seat controls. The power buckets, in leather are capable of all sorts of movement and you are guaran-teed to be comfortable no matter what your body shape is. The sound system is mounted centrally on the dash and comes complete with clock, cassette player, seek and scan capabilities and a five band graphic equali:er to enhance ev.en further your lis-tening pleasure. Completing and compliment-ing the creature comfort package are the left and right side power operated outside mirrors, cruise control, wipers with delay circuit front and rear, tinted glass all around and, of course, heat and air conditioning controls located just right of the instrument clus-ter. All the heat and air condition-ing controls are immediately to the right of the instrument cluster and all are within easy reach of the driver. Driving the Oldsmobile Brav-ada is sheer pleasure. Lots of torque for the difficult situations and all the power you could pos-sihl y want with a stab of the right foot. We were fortunate to be able to take the Bravada on quite a long trip, elevations above 8000 feet and even encountered some snow here and there and the Brav-ada went through it all with power, grace and speed. The Smarttrak full time all wheel drive system keeps you very sure footed while on tour tra-vels and gets you quickly our of trouble when you have been a bit stupid; just point the wheels in the general direction that you want to go and it all happens in the blink of an eye. With all my usual heavy footed September 1994 From any angle the Bravada is a great looking vehicle. The exterior sp~re tire earner 1s most welcome as it frees up a lot of room inside the vehicle for lots more carrying_capac_it.:...y_. ___ _ The electronic instrument cluster is fun as well as practical. Electric seat controls are located on the center console with your comfort guaranteed. driving the Bravada still managed dream. Extremely surefooted to pull mileage in the twenty four with the Smarttrak system and mpg range for the entire trip and I very little body roll or lean when must say there were lots of moun-cornering. Fourth and last, but tains involved and we spared no not least, comfortable to the nth horses to get there or to get home. degree. Hours of driving go unno-How did I like the 1994 Olds-riced as comfort is the name of the mobile Bravada? Funny you game, along with all the other should ask! standard and optional features. I thought it was an absolutely You should try one of the fantastic vehicle. First of all it is Oldsmobile Bravada's on for size. really beautiful. Secondly it is I'm sure that within a few miles of powerful. more than enough driving you will find that it fits power in the V6 to take you any-you just fine, I know I did. Do it! where. 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THE 38TH TOUR DE CORSE Didier Auriol Wins Again In Corsica Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Frenchmen Didier Auria/ and Bernard Occelli saved the day for Toyota and won in record time in the Ce/ica Turbo 4WD. Teammates Aghini and Kankkunen finished third and fourth respectively, very close on time. Didier Auriol's fifth win on the all asphalt Tour de Corse put Toyota in a seemingly invincible position in the World Rally Championship last May. (This report was delayed in the mail, things have changed). Auriol won the event at a record speed, faster even than two years ago when cars had wider tires, were lighter and used special fuel. Carlos Sainz's Subaru was impressive with its new active central transmission. Even though their Pirelli tires had no mousse puncture proof in-serts, the Subarus were competi-tive with Toyota whose Michelins had the equivalent ATS system fitted. The car originally prepared for the injured Francois Delecour was entrusted to Italian Gian-franco Cunico, but suffered brake problems and eventually crashed. Ford needed to win to keep alive their hopes of a championship, but they finished fifth and sixth, and Subaru pulled ahead of them in the series. It was an event in which tech-nology played~ major role. Both Ford and Renault made their World rally debut with sequential gear shift systems, each on only one car. Philippe Bugalski's Ren-ault retired with apparently inde-pendent gearbox trouble while Bruno Thiry's Ford had to change a gearbox during the event, but eventually scored a fastest time on the final stage of the event. In the absence of many top French driv-ers this specialized rally was re-markably open to foreigners: five nationalities finished in the top six places. In the Drivers' Champ-ionship Auriol went into the lead with Juha Kankkunen now two points behind and Sainz is ahead of the Ford drivers Miki Biasion and Francois Delecour. A critical shortage of top rally drivers evidenced itself in Cor-sica. Four times World Champ-ion Kankkunen started number one even though he has never won an all asphalt championship event in his life, and he was recovering from his bruising accident on the recent Safari Rally. The favorite had to be Auriol, one of only three previous winners on the starting list. Apart from Auriol and Jean Ragnotti in a Formula 2 car this year, the only previous winner present was Spaniard Carlos Sainz. The absence of last year's winner was the result of a road accident on April 8 close to Delecour's home town in north-ern France. He plans on returning to action at the 1000 Lakes Rally. Mike Biasion, a teammate of both Attilio Bettega and Henri T oivon-en when they died in Corsica, has never enjoyed this event. On his five previous entries he has only twice scored fastest stage times. Ford's hopes were truly fading as the rally started. It is a traditional feature of the all asphalt Tour de Corse that teams display their most advanc-ed technological systems. It was the World Championship debut for the gear systems of both Ford and Renault (respectively mech-anical and hydraulic) while Sub-aru were using an active (pro-grammable hydraulics) central differential system for the first time. Renault also experimented with a new sophisticated system of two wheel drive traction con-trol, which took into account that there were many and varied occa-sions when a front drive car want-ed to suffer, rather than conquer, wheel spin. Both Michelin and Pirelli had new tires for this event. This year's Corsica rally came on the tenth anniversary of the most striking technology revolution in rallying, the debut of the Group B supercars, first represented here in Corsica in May 1984 by Peu-geot's 205 Turbo 16. Not all the latest technology was being used here. Biasion says the sequential gear shift system interferes with his well established pace note sys-tem, while Renault drivers Alain Oreille and Jean Ragnotti say this is easier for younger drivers to accept! Rain was in the weather forecast for one or two days. On Etape 1, right from the start Auriol's Toyota began edging into the lead from Sainz's Subaru, and the cars of both these teams were consistently faster than the Fords. Toyotas had a rebmarkably trouble free day. Kankkunen said he had no problems running first car on the road, adding that the roads seemed to be quite different from the last time he was on this event. "They are not so twisty and bumpy as they were. I like a lot of the stages, but I hate the sudden patches of gravel and sand on the road." Auriol suffered a wavering effect on the front suspension but ,,;;.,:;c:::H~ .. . • Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya had a good rally in the Subaru lmpreza 555, only a minute back in second at the finish, and they were using the new active diff and 18 inch wheels, for the first time. after the ride-height was checked this disappeared. Andrea Aghini reported only minor brake prob-lems with his Toyota. Both Suba-rus were very fast, McRae match-ing Sainz's times but McRae lost a few seconds with a spin on Stage 3, but then retired on stage 4. He had a rear puncture, continued towards the end of the stage, but later when the other rear failed the car spun off the road and damaged the steering. To continue he re-moved the wheel from the broken suspension unit but was too late at the end of the stage to carry on. Biasion could not match the speed of the other two drivers: Thiry was the fastest of the team but he lost a half minute with misfiring trouble, later cured, and Cunico had a soft brake pedal during every longer stage. The front drive Renault Clio Williams ( this event does not count for the official 'Formula 2 Cup) were faring badly. Two of the works four cars retired while Ragnotti planned to change his fuel tank due to a blocked air vent. Oreille stopped on the road section to the first stage with a wire broken inside the loom, and Bugalski had various problems with gear selection; the car stop-ped with a broken driveshaft on the final stage of the day. The other Renault of Serge Jordan with a less powerful engine was going well, ahead of Yves Lou-bet's newly built lightweight Astra which was handling poorly. In Group N Santoni led after . stage 1 but then Jesus Puras led the rest of the way ahead of the two Mike Little cars of Carlos Menem and Mohammed bin Sul-ayem. In the early stages Ford held the top five places in the category. Menem had propshaft failure on the final stage of the day and San-toni .had throttle linkage prob-lems and he arrived at Bastia too late to continue. After overnight rain the day had in fact been warm and often sunny. While Toyota and Subaru con-tinued to enjoy a good event on Etape 2, Ford had more prob-lems, though Auriol had an un-certain start. On the first two stages the shock absorbers were not functioning well, causing vi-brations, on the second he spun and lost about 20 seconds after the engine stalled. "It was embar-assing. When we spun we hit the front and the rear of the car, then when we finally got going, the car spun again!" Aghini had suspen-sion uncertainties early, but that problem was soon rectified. Kankkunen had no trouble except a curiosity why his time on stage 13 was disappointingly slow. But the focus was on Ford. On the second stage Cunico hit a wall on which spectators were standing, three of whom were injured and were flown to hospital. The next driver Thiry, was waved to a halt by the Italian to pass a message to the official; this delay meant that Biasion overtook Thiry in overall position. Before the stage Cunico reported he still had brake prob-lems and team officials said they did not know how to cure it. The team discounted rumors that he crashed because the brakes had failed, but many people were not so sure; what was not disputed was the fact that Cunico's rally was over. Thiry then had problems of his own when he lost fourth gear and under rules applying to top teams he was only able to have the unit replaced when he reached Bastia in the evening. Biasion alone of Ford's drivers had no trouble to report. Sainz kept up the pressure on the leader. He had brake trouble in the morning but these improved when the type of pads were changed. He continued to use the new 18 inch wheels all day. In Group N Puras and bin Sulayem were unchallenged. The two Mitsubishi Germany team Lancer Evolution cars of Jorge . Recalde and Isolde Holderied still ran smoothly, fifth and sixth in the category. Isolde was now 20th overall, the position she needed to keep to the finish in order to add to her World Championship score. "'"'' Carlos Sainz, right, who finished second offers congratulations to the overall winner Didier Auria/, the two drivers finishing almost exactly a minute apart. Cruising through the beautiful Corsica hills Jesus Puras and Claudio de/ Bario paid attention to business and won Group Nin the Ford Cosworth RS Escor~ and they were 12th overall. In the unofficial race for the Formula 2 honors, the two surviv-ing Renaults had no serious prob-lems. Ragnotti finally changed his fuel tank to alleviate venting troubles, but his teammate Jordan also had fuel feed trouble. Their closest rival Loubet stopped when the engine cut out for no apparent reason, due, it transpired, to faulty wiring. His team manager Bruno _Saby walked five kilomet-ers into the stage to find out. This car suffered from a gearbox in which the gears were not close Page 32 September 1994 Dusty Times

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Bruno Thiry and Stepahne Prevot of Belgium were the second Ford Escort RS Cosworth home in sixth place overall, despite having various problems on the route, they kept it together. Frenchman Marco Massarotto and Jean-Pierre Gordon display a lot of body lean into this corner with the BMW M3, but they finished tenth overall in good time. The Fords had more than a fair share of troubles, and here mechanics check the troublesome brakes on Gianfranco Cun-ico's Escort. He continued but did not finish the rally. enough and the suspension was not balanced well after the light-ening. Experience was invaluable, because soon the new Peugeots and the Citroens will also appear! It had been a remarkably beautiful day. On Etape 3 there was a shock when Auriol lost time on stage 16 after oil made the clutch slip, and his overnight lead of 33 seconds was reduced to 1 7. Even though the car worked better on subse-quent stages, there was now a huge fight for the lead. Two stages later the gap was nine seconds, then came stage 20, at 43 km the longest of the event and the end of the charge of Sainz. An anti-roll bar broke and destroyed the handling of the car; two kilomet-ers before the end a front tire fail-ed. Suddenly the gap was 53 sec-onds. Auriol tried his hardest, the front tire was showing metal strands through the tread. There have been times when Carlos would disappear within himself in anguish but not today. At the Bal-eone regrouping control he was all smiles, he went across to his friends at Toyota to share his sat-isfaction. The dark days of a pri-vate team were past, the Subaru was a magnificent car and he wanted friends to share his happiness. Aghini spun and let Kankkun-en reduce his deficit from 38 to 32 seconds, but would TIE ask the On their way to the Ladies Cup in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and a good 17th overall too, Isolde Holderied and Tina Thorner are also leading the points for the FIA Ladies Cup. Jean Ragno/ti and Gilles Thimonier took eighth overall in the latest version of the Renault Clio Williams and would be the first Formula 2 car home if it was a rally for those points, but it wasn't. 38th Tour de Course Rallye de France Didier Aurlol/Bernard Occelll F Toyota Calica Turbo 4WD A• 5:57:46 Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya E Subaru lmpreza 555 A 5:58:47 Andrea Aghlnl/Sauro Famocchla I Toyota Calica Turbo 4WD A 5:59:57 Juha Kankkunen/Nicky Grist SF/GB Toyota Calica Turbo 4WD A 6:00:29 Miki Blasion/Tizlano Siviero I Ford Escort RS Cosworth A 6 :02:33 Bruno Thiry/Stephane Prevot B Ford Escort RS Cosworth A 6:02:45 Patrick Bernardini/Rocky Demedardl F Ford Escort RS Cosworth A 6 : 13 :33 Jean Ragnottl/Gilles Thimonier F Renault Clio Williams A• •6:17:30 Serge Jordan/Jack Boyere F Renault Clio Williams A 6: 20 :4 7 Marco Massarotto/Jean/Plerre Gordon F BMW M3 A 6:25:06 Jesus Puras/Carlos Del Barrlo(12th) E Ford Escort RS Cosworth N • 6 :33 :35 Isolde Holderled/Tlna Thorner(16th) D/S Mitsubishi Lancer EvolutionN# 6:45:11 84 starters - 43 finishers - •Group Winner •· F2 winner - # Ladies winner Winner's average speed over stages - 91.32 kph (record) World Championship Points - Toyota n, Subaru 58, Ford 44 WAC Drivers Points - Auriol 47, Kankkunen 45, Sainz 37, Blasion 30 Group N Points - Puras 36, Holderted .17, Janot, Njlru & Mercier 13 FIA Ladles Cup Points - Holderied 28. Dusty Times Italian to slow down and let the Finn inherit third place? "We will not be asking him to do that", said manager Phil Short. They didn't and the World Champion looked grumpy at the finish. In Group N Puras came home on his first time here eight minutes ahead of the Ford of Corsican driver Jean-jacques Padovani. But bin Sula-yem fell from second to sixth be-cause of transmission trouble. A wheel fell off and he drove 11 km of the final stage on the other three. The unanswered question was whether Delecour's accident pulled the plug from Ford's hopes of the championship, or whether the car he was to drive was flawed and would have failed as it had done in the Italian's hands. The debate continued well into the night. Through it all half the field finished the rally. 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PLASTER CITY BLAST VIII It Was The Race To Beat The Heat! By Ewald Gruber Photos: C&C Race Photos Steve Scaroni and David Webster romped home the overall winner, leading from the first lap in the fancy Ford, and built the lead midway at the driver change and kept on truckin' to overall victory. It was the hottest day and race in the history of "King FUD's Desert Championship Race Ser-ies." By midday, the temperature was climbing to a sizzling 122 degrees ( so I was told), and every-body from racers to pit crews and race officials wanted the race to be over, so they could return to their hotels, take a dip in the refreshing (85 degree) pool and relax over a six-pack of their favorite local brew. Seventeen teams did show for the Plaster City Blast VIII race, bringing their trucks, buggies, and Baja Bugs. The official's gun went off at high noon, and the race for the points and cash purse had started. I had a chance to pre-run the course thanks to Dave Brown and Kurt Spiegel berg, who raced their car in Class Unlimited. To finish the race the drivers had to lap the course six times, for a total of 156 miles - a single loop was 26 miles -and to get to the finish line we had to climb several big hills full of silt and deep sand traps just waiting to get you stuck. After passing Checkpoint Two at the IO-mile marker, we got into the "fun zone", driving over brain-rattling and jaw-busting bumps and dips leading to Check III. Onto Check IV we had several steep climbs and long dropoffs, and from there on to Check V and the finish line we had entered the "speed zone", driving at high speed over deep, soft sand and fairly even terrain; a good chance to make up for lost time! All cars and trucks were com-peting in Class Unlimited, with the exception of Class 9 cars, who one, had to park their Ford on the . had a race to themselves. First to side line, for reasons unknown to start was the only Class 10 car of me. The '' youngriders' ', Josh Kent Stroud/Scott Prill in their Waddell/Neal Schaffner, in Class Raceco (#1004), ending lap one 5 Unlimited, drove back to their in 32:50, second fastest time. pit with problems in the electrical Next off the line was Brent Strait/ - system. They returned to the race Paul Ludwig in the "from the 30 minutes later to finish lap one, ground-up, rebuilt" Raceco but had to return to pit row at the (#101 ), trying to catch Stroud, end of lap two to replace a defec-and after 12 miles, they decided to tive manifold gasket. Mike Haw-test the integrity of the frame by ley in the only Class 100 car rolling the buggy up to six times, (#108), managed to get one lap then landed back on all four recorded, but it took him 1:45:29 wheels and back to the pit they to get past the finish line. He went! They returned to the race became a casualty of the heat. two hours later, after on! y finding The two Class 2-1600 ca rs minor damage to the left-front were sent off next. Don Mayer/ -suspension (but the frame was Anthony Baker(# 109) and Tony A-OK). Pierce/KellyReedy(#l 10). Following closely was Kurt Mayer ran his first lap in 36:38, Spiegelberg in his Raceco (#102) placing fourth, 5:24 behind Sea-witnessing that spectacular stunt rani's record lap time. His class-by Strait, to which he com-matePierceinhisRacecowasalso mented, "F---man, I have never a victim of intense heat, and after seen anything like it!" Five miles some time spent with his pit crew, later, Spiegelberg was out of the he got around the course to finish race with a broken tranny; there-lap one in 1:06:55. fore his partner, "Super Dave" Scaroni held onto his lead, end-Brown did not get a chance to ing lap two again in first, with a whip his toy around the track. time of 32:48, keeping Kent lnstead,hehadtocometorescue Stroud in second place, 43 and tow their buggy back to pit seconds behind. Don Mayer row. moved up to third, leaving Robert Meanwhile, Steve Scaroni/ -Wagner in fourth. Josh Waddell David Webster (#103) in the slippedfrom5thdownto7thand Rabbit-engine powered buggy, Brent Strait came in 6th. Tony tore up the track and landed fast- Pierce kept his car in one piece in est lap-time of the day in 31: 14 lap two and finished fifth. At the -1 :45 ahead of Stroud. Robert end of lap three, Josh Waddell Wagner/Tim Lawrence were had to return to pit row, ending running their sharp-looking Fl SO his race day, placing 7th overall. (# 105) across the finish line, plac-For the rest of the drivers the ing third, 3: 19 short of first. race for the ever so elusive cash T earn Ibarra, never t9 finish lap purse and glory was still going Ken Strou~ and Scott Prill beat the heat in the Class 10 car to have one long ptt stop midway, but they finished second overall with 1650ccs beating the other truck by a coot five minutes. strong. Steve Scaroni got yet another step closer to it, by end-ing lap three once again in first and holding onto his lead with 1: 13 ahead of his rivals of the day, Ken Stroud/Scott Prill, who showed no signs of slowing down. Prill had his turn at lap four, but had to drive without power steer-ing and had to muscle the car around the course for the remain-ing three laps. He lost his oil cooler in lap four, and after fixing the problem, returned to finish laps five and six with the fastest times, forcing Scaroni out of the lead and into a reality check. David Webster took over for Scar-oni, and after driving the three remaining laps, was able to steal the victory from Prill /Stroud. Webster won the race for his team, taking the bucks and glory. Stroud/ Prill took second, 17:04 behind, but had an excellent chance to win the race, until lap four, where they had a down-time of 20 minutes. Seven Class 9 cars brought up the rear of the starting line, ready for battle in their own class. Ray Miller in his single-stiater Jimco (#900) was off first and chargin·g down the race track, knowing he'd better step on the gas in order to keep his class compadres off his tail. First lap was run hard and fast. Miller ended lap one in 40:59. Kevin Pratt in his Jimco ( #904) got closest to the lead time, taking second place 38 seconds behind Miller, followed by Michael Stroh (#901) in third. Seventeen seconds later, Dean Hovey in his J imco ( #902) finished his first lap. Tony Steingraber ( #905) was never to finish lap one and the question arises, "Was it the heat!?" The last contenders Vince Leon (#907) and Larry Kern (#999) of Kit Racing Team, ended the first lap 50 seconds apart. During the grueling race, the mercury kept rising at a steady pace -115, 118, 120 ... with no intention of stopping. While the drivers were strapped in their hot cars and dealt with the heat as well as they could, the pit crews, friends and families were scrambl-ing for every bit of shade they could find. Larry Kern came flying into his pit, unable to hold onto his hot steering wheel, looking for his lost driving gloves. At one time or another, everyone had their share of the relentless heat. I was in Dave Brown/Kurt Spiegelberg's pit, writing down my notes under a nice shady canopy and was sitting next to Kurt's father (in his late 70's). He was definitely feeling the heat when the ice cream truck came driving down pit row, playing his usual tunes. I was just about to suggest we get some ice cream, when the old man jumped out of his chair and started running after the truck, which was five pits away down pit row. He caught up with the truck in world-record time and returned proudly with his refreshing reward, while the rest of us were rolling in the dirt, laughing and hollering like a bunch of loonies. Again the question arises, "All that because of the heat, or was he having a heat stroke!!" Most of the drivers stopped at their pits once or twice, just to get their driving suits soaked down with water. To quote Scott Prill, he said, "The D---heat was unbearable at times!" But the race went on! Ray Miller ended his second lap (ahead of the rest) once again, while Kevin Pratt held onto his second place 26 seconds behind Miller. Larry Kern climbed to third, making good time in lap two. Michael Stroh dropped to fourth, 1:45 behind Kern, with Vince Lean returning to his 5th position, and Dan Hovey in 6th. Ray Miller/Dennis Daniels became part of the attrition after lap three, and the field was down to six drivers in Class 9. Kevin Pratt came in first to end lap three leading hy 4:29 over Michael Stroh in second. Vince Leon outran Larry Kern by 9 seconds, moving up to 4th, and Kern (still looking for his driving gloves) took 5th, ahead of Dean Hovey who took 6th. Kit Racing Team changed drivers and 6-foot-plus-tall Mike Winner of the 24 Hours Le Fud Robert Wagner and Tim Law-rence ran a steady pace in the modified Ford and flew right into third in class and third overall. Don Meyers and Anthony Baker had their troubles on the third lap, but made the needed repairs and carried on with good times to fourth in class and overall. Tony Pierce and Kelly Reedy had their problems on lap 1, but got back in the race to finish fifth in class but sixth overall, nicked on time by a Class 9. Page 34 September 1994 Dusty Times

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Michael Stroh and John Castillo started out with three matched lap times, then dropped off the pace a bit, but were second in Class 9 and seventh overall. Dean and Chuck Hovey drove one of several Jimcos in Class 9 action, and they had a good run, some woes, but finished the race third in class, eighth 0 /A. Dave Dietrich and Larry Kern, with an assist from Mike Pfankuch drove a steady race with small problems to slow them but they were fifth in Class 9, tenth and last overall of the six tap finishers. Pfankuch was shoe-horned into the single seater's tight cockpit. Off he went and ended lap four on top of Class 9, leading Bryan Leon by 27 seconds, who took second. Slowing down and finishing third was Kevin Pratt -or was it Wayne Ritayik? There goes the heat again!!! Chuck Hovey took fourth, taking over for Dean, and John Castillo gave Michael Stroh a chance to cool down and drove their car to 5th. Now there were two more laps to go, and lap five belonged to Wayne Rita yak with 1 :20 ahead of Bryan Leon, who took second. Chuck Hovey took third and John Castillo fourth, Mike Pfankuch had a pit stop at the end of lap four and, if I remember correctly, he had problems with the fuel pump, and dropped from first of fifth. The final lap -#6 - belonged to Bryan Leon, who drove his three laps with excellence. His team took fourth in class, followed by Kit Racing Team in 5th. . The Hoveys ended lap six in second place, and took third in class. John Castillo finished lap six in third, placing second in class. Wayne Ritayik was under pressure, his partner Kevin Pratt drove three fast laps before him, giving them a good shot to win the race in class. While Kevin Pratt chewed his nails nervously in his pit, his partner finished up his last lap, placing fourth, with a total time of 4:32:02. They kept ahead The Young Riders, second generation off roaders Josh Waddell and Neal Schaffner in the Baja Bug only covered three laps, but times were good except for lap 1 when they had electrical problems. They were 7th in class. Jj] f)J l 'J t 11 UN/FILTER of the Hoveys by 1 :44 and the "crowning" of the winners and class win was theirs. the victory celebration. I do want The temperature peaked to 122 to thank the drivers who returned degrees during the race in lap my calls and provided me with four, and honestly I was in no last-minute information. mood to go from pit to pit getting According to "Fud," this was information. I was also unable to the last event held in the month of stay throu h Sunday, missi.ng the June. Glad I was there ... Kevin Pratt and Wayne Ritayik ran a smooth race in Class 9, slowing a tad in the late laps, but they not only won Class 9 by 22 plus minutes but they went so quickly they were fifth overall. CHENOWTH . · CElmRUNE WHEELS lr-s,-M-Ps_o_NI ~ \NHEEl..s TRI-MIL EXHAUST SYSTEMS 1 3/8 TYPE 1 RAW....................... $65. 95 BUGPACK ~~ IC~ V. ULTRA WHEELS 15x4 FRONTS $80.00 1 3/8 TYPE 1 CHROME .................... $100.00 FII.TERCHARGER"EOUIPPED l5x7 REAR STD OFFSETS $85.00 1 1/2 TYPE 1 RAW ............................ $65. 95 1 1/2 TYPE 1 CHROME .................... $100.00 1 5/8 TYPE 1 RAW ........................... $73. 95 1 5/8 TYPE 1 CHROME .................... S107. 95 KENNEDY CLUTCHES 200 mm DISC 4-PUCK ....................... $48.0l!l 200 mm 1700 PRESSURE PLATE ..... $85.00 200 mm 2500 PRESSURE PLATE ..... $103.95 * EARL'( OR LATE STYLES* SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS ANTI SUB BELT 2' ............................. $23.95 LAP BELT 3' ...................................... $58.95 SHOULDER BELT 3' .......................... $46.80 SHOULDER BELT W/ STERNUM STRAP .•.. $72.95 PARKER PUMPER 11 GALLON DUMP CANS WITH BUILT IN HANDLE TO POUR ... $62.95 SCRIBNER JUGS . 5 GALLON JUGS WHITE & BLUE ............................... $18.95 NEON COLORS ............................... $22.95 FILLER HOSE FOR JUGS (SCREW IN LID STYLE).$3.95 CHENOWTH CLASS 11 CAGE ........................... $154.95 QUICK RELEASE STEERING HUB ... $32.95 UMP SUPER FILTER UMP SUPER FILTER. .................. $159.95 UMP ADAPTER, FITS SOLEX $89. 95 'A MUST FOR COMPETITION USE' THIS AD SUPERCEDES ALL OTHERS MENTION THIS AD r-ffll'!'\"'ft'!,t~P!'f'IP-'f~_..1'!"9'1., TO RECEIVE THESE SALE PRICES Dusty Times September 1994 YOKOHAMA REARS 33x10.50.15 $109.00 FRONTS HIGHWAY TREAD AND TRACTION $85.00 WORTH DRIVING SUITS 1 LAYER HDRNSCORE LEGAL W/ RED or BLUE STRIPE .............. $87.95 Rob MacCachren Signature Serles Shirts NOW AVAILABLE plus, On The Edge Desert, Stadium, And Wanna Ride Shotgun Shirts (Call for Info) T-Shirt Designs & Vinyl lettering Available In The Store Page 35

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LA RANA DESERT RACING Lucerne Valley Jam 150 By Carol Clark Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. John Swift bro1J,9ht his new Ford Trophy-Truck out for some real world testing before its debut in the series at Barstow, without the body panels. He had a good time, won overall and said he really enjoyed the race. This race proved to be no and cleared things up for a while, Ridertruck and just about burned exception to the normal number but a water truck on the course up the course with it. His first lap of entries in the ever popular La can be a little nerve bending when was completed in 1 :08 with an Rana series last June 18. The you are coming up behind it at 50 average speed of 56.66 mph, it entrants usually number around a plus mph. When the finishers was a flawless lap and he was smil-hundred, give or take a half a started coming in, the water truck ing all around the course. On the dozen. Even with the tempera-should have been at the interview second lap a brake line came loose tures up in the triple digits, there area to wet down the racers and and it took about ten minutes to were a total of95 total entries, 83 well wishers, the temperatures tighten and put brake fluid in and starters and 44 finishers, that is, inside the race vehicles can get get back on the trail. They did those who completed their pretty high and sometimes the stop every lap to have the truck appointed number of laps. The participants just need water checked over quickly to make dust was a major factor in this dumped on them when they get sure nothing was falling off or race, which was the cause of a out of the vehicles. The pit crews coming loose, and top off the fuel, number of minor accidents, and families should always think just to be on the safe side. John thankfully no major injuries were about that and come to the finish said he really enjoyed the race and reported. The officials called for · line with a cool wet towel and thought all the participants were a the water truck to keep the dust plenty of water for their heroes. nice bunch of folks. He added that down in the start/finish area, but After they cool off then they want his former ride, a Ford Explorer, it showed up about three hours the beer and champagne. was good, but this is the next step late and had Eddie quite con-John Swift came out to shake-up and he was looking forward to cerned, but at last it showed up down his new Savage built Rough entering the Fireworks 250 in the ~ .-. ~ :, Scott Fusco and Jeff Quinn got in two good laps in Class 2 before disaster struck, but they went the farthest in the small class and won top honors. new Trophy Truck class. He completed the course in 4:52:35. John De Vito was only 21 min-utes behind Swift and thinks that he would have had a chance to catch him but had two flats on his Chevy Truck in the 2nd and 3rd laps. He said he saw flames com-ing from the carburetor once and had a tangle with a buggy in lap #3; he sustained no major damage and hopes that the buggy didn't either. It was one of those things where two racers were in the same place at the same time and they just turned into each other at the same time also, but it was a brief encounter and they both kept on going. A face that I haven't seen for a long time popped up in third place at this race, that being Larry Bolin. He said that he bought back his old Class 10 car and decided to go racing again. He lost 4th gear on the last lap and broke a shock on the same lap, but for the first time out in quite a few years, he had no complaints. One minor glitch in his day was to arrive at the race and find out that they had left the dump cans in Newberry Springs, so he had to send one of the pit crew back up North to retrieve them in time for the start of the race, but I guess you can't think of everything right? Larry finished just five minutes behind De Vi to for a first in Class 10 and a solid third overall. Just 20 minutes later, Rick Holmes showed up for a first in Class 8 and fourth overall. Rick is evidently not a man of many words, so he simply said that he had no trouble at all, he just cruised around the course and was happy with the win, that he had waited a long time for it. Luckily his pit crew knew that and Ron Jackson thought he'd give me a call to let me know a few of the particulars that make this driver and crew such a great bunch. Jack-son said that this was Rick's sixth race and second finish, the first finish was just that, no winnings involved, so after four DNFs eve-ryone was really stoked about a WIN. The Holmes team is made up of mostly friends and family, with no financial help from any sponsors, but with some sacrific-ing here and there, they make it work. ·I think that Bill Jackson was the co-rider on the first lap and had to exit quickly at the main pit and head for home because he was on baby alert. Evidently tqe blessed event was due any time, so he did not want anything to happen · without the proud poppa around. Todd Grimes and John Wilson got in their turn riding in the shot gun seat and must have had a good time. Ron said that Rick left the start line in the 36th overall start-ing position and was in fourth overall by the end of the first lap. On th~ second loop, Rick hit a hole and hroke the power steering cooler, jumped out fixed it him-self and kept on going. _ Larry Bolin returned to off road racing and they all knew he was there, as he streaked away from the others in the nine car Class 10, and Larry not only won Class 10 by over a half an hour, he finished third overall in the Raceco. They got to the race late and had the truck teched on Saturday morning, therefore they did not qualify for any contingency money, which was something I was unaware of. They too, pitted every lap to be on the safe side and got fuel on the second and third laps. The thank yous go to the great crew, BFG tires, Tranny Mike's racing transmissions, David Crinklaw was the only starter in Class 4 but he and co drivers Barry Funk and John Penner overcame problems, did all four laps for the class win. Summit Tool & Die, RLH Race iiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ir:;;:;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~B-;;;;;;;:-;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;:;;;:::;:;i...,._.;R~a.92dios and, of course, the new John DeVito and Jim Merritt dig out of a hole in the Class 1 Chevy and they not only were second in class, they placed second overall in this fast race. Page 36 Helen and Pat Henesey had a fine day in the Class 10 Meco with consistent lap times, and they survived the heavy dust to take second in class, 6th 0/A. September 1994 Larry Lariviere and Paul Lunardi had a quick first lap, then had a flat and various other woes, but they kept the ORE moving to third in Class 10, 12th 0/A. Dusty Times

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Bob Miller did a very fast second lap in the Class 10 Raceco, then had steering trouble the rest of the race and finished fourth in Class 10, 13th 0 /A. Brad Inch pulled in second in Class 1-2-1600 in the Lothringer, and he had no serious problems, just a balky starter, and placed seventh overall too. Bob Scott showed off his Lothringer by streaking into third in Class 1-2-1600 and eighth overall. The 1600s get faster every race it is so competitive. baby Jackson. The final comment of this interviewer was a very good question and I am surprised,· that it has not been broutght up hefore. Ron wanted to know why the point standings are not put in the Dusty Times for the series?!?? All we get are /1oints for the inditiidual race, not the year-to-date totals. (Ed.) Class 1600's first place finisher was the team of Jim Joyce and Jon Kennedy, who split the race up for two laps a piece and the only problem was getting stuck in a ditch on the second lap, but it didn't take long to get out and keep on going to take a fifth overall. In Class 10 the second place finisher and sixth overall was the husband and wife team of Helen and Pat Henesy. Helen drove the first two laps and was running about 4th in class when she turned it over to Pat who climbed in and just cruised also. This was their first outing in this car, hav-ing owned a Class 9 previously. They like this class much better, tht> ride is smoother, the car is faster and they figure they deserve Danny Reider was the only survivor in Class 5, missing top gears at the line but he finished all four laps, not only winning the class but taking 10th 0 /A. it. Brad Inch pulled off a second place finish in Class 1600, but could not stop to chat because of a car that probably would not start again and a severe cramp in his leg that made it necessary for him to keep on going. He did give out his thanks to CORE, Transaxle, Lothringer and Wiks and said that he had a perfect day. His overall position was seventh. Third place in 1600 was Bob Scott, he was having such a good time that he did not want to get out and turn the car over to his daughter Christy Sizelove, who is quite a veteran herself. The fourth lap was the undoing for Bob due to a plug wire that came off and slowed him down quite a bit, but he still finished in the money and Every other hotel Dusty Times • zsan also ran. 1-800-634-6755 Las Vegas, Nevada September 1994 Jim Joyce and Jon Kennedy did the number again on the Class 1-2-1600 racers and they won in the tidy Raceco, placed fifth overall with each man doing two laps, and lap times are most consistent, the secret of winning. was pretty pleased. class. He managed to pull oft a In Class 5 there were five 10th overall. This was the second entered and only three starters. race on this car and his second The lone finisher was Danny finish, so he was very pleased. Reider who said his problems Larry Lariviere took third in were relatively minor. He lost 3rd Class 10 and 12th overall and said gear on the 3rd lap and 4th gear on that he was having a good day the 4t}:t lap, so finished the race in until he got a flat and got passed second gear without too much by some of the others in his class, concern because he knew he was so had to play catchup the rest of the only one left running in his the 'I@" Page 37

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John Prosser and Craig Forest zipped through the rocks and the silt in their Mirage, had no big troubles and took fourth in Class 1-2-1600 and ninth 0 /A. Bruce Raymond and Kevin Peterson had a good run in the Ford except for lap 2 where they hit a rock and laid the truck on its side, but they were second in Class 8. Mike Molina had no down time in the 5-1600, but he said the dust was really awful, but he managed well enough to place second in 5-1600 class. Rick Holmes does the solo bit in his fancy Class 8 did 1:18 laps on his first and his last lap. had some troubles in between, but came through to win Class 8 and finish a strong fourth overall in the race. ~ race. His co-rider Paul Lunardi had to hang on to the radio which fell out during the race and thought this sport was quite interesting as he is normally a drag racer. They liked the course and thought it was quite challeng-ing and wanted to thank Danger Zone Racing for the help and sup-port, looking forward to a good series. Bob Miller took fourth in Class 10, but kind of had to work for it. At mm2 on the first lap he blew the power steering hose, he tried to bleed the system at mm 10, but had to drive to mm45 before he could get it repaired. Then on the third lap he ripped off the steering box altogether, so steering was not an item he was real fond of at this point. He wanted to thank BFG for no flats and wanted to say that it was a fast, well marked course and he enjoyed the race a lot. The 5-1600s had 10 entries and five finishers, which was a pretty good finishing rate. The team of Daniel Drake and Rich Fersch led the pack to the finish line. Rich says he just loves this class and can't seem to stay away from it. Danny drove the first two laps West Coast Distributor fOA HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE $695.00 GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley Pettormance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1002 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92806 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 38 There were ten starters in Class 5-1600, but the result had a familiar ring. Taking class honors and 14th 0 /A were Daniel Drake and Rich Fersch in the Drake machine that gets massaging from Rich. Their lap times were a pair of 38s and a pair·of 41s. and rode shotgun the last two and said that they had a pretty uneventful race, everything went according to plan and they fin-ished just where they wanted to. Car # 1202 was the first and only finisher in class, but unfor-tunately Frank and Steve Bristing did not get interviewed because they were waved into the post tech area without letting them tell their exciting tale of racing in the desert. Sorry fellas. Mike Molina and company took second place in 5-1600 and said that it was really dusty out there and had a pretty rough time seeing where the course was. The last 10 miles was really nasty, but they had no down time at all. They had a minor problem with a Mini Mag, but it was nothing that couldn't be taken care of at the finish line. They wanted to thank T&J and Indio Dune Buggy for all the help. I was really surprised to see Tony Modica climb out from behind the wheel of a 725 truck, but that he did and landed in first place too. He said that this was his third race in this class and still hasn't made up his mind ifhe likes it better than Class 10. He says he Barry Bates with Mike Pannell does a little wheelie in his Chevy Blazer, and he had one slow lap with down time on his way to winning Class 6. and both Class 6 startPr~ finished all four taps. ----:;:---:--,::,----,-----:=::-----===----=---can't go as fast, but he just wanted to try something different. He had one front flat and had to make a potty stop once, but had no other problems. The second place and only other finisher out of four starters in Class 8 was Bruce Raymond and Kevin Peterson. Their main complaint was that the race was a major dust bowl and would really have appreciated a water truck in the Anderson Dry Lake area, which is where Start/ Finish was set up as well as the main pit area. They said there were times when they just couldn't see at all and ran up on a big rock and layed the truck over on it's side very gently. Some good samaritans watching the. race saw what happened and ran over and helped get the truck back on all fours. This mishap caused them to lose a seal for the tranny fluid and they had to keep stopping to add fluid, but things got better as the pack thinned out and the dust was not so thick; they were a little calmer, knowing that they could see what was ahead and liked their finishing position. This was the first race in a long time that I haven't seen the team of Steve Krieger and Mark Clark, where are you guys?? Class 5-l 600's third place fin-isher was a home town boy (Apple Valley that is), named Steve Thomasson. Steve says he was handed a perfc>..::t car by brother Brian and the car worked great all day. They said that about 20 miles out on the dry lake bed, the car was making funny noises, so they got out and danced around the car a bit and found nothing wrong, so got back in, fired it up and took off without the noise that caused them to stop. They wanted to thank Jerry Meredith for a great motor and tranny and Gary Minder for the fine machine work. Class 9 had 15 starters and eight finishers, it is usually a pretty big class, I think the numbers may have been a little down this time, but not by much. First place went to Derrick Paie-m en t and the Bates Gang, ,., Momma, Poppa and baby BJ. Derrick took the first lap then turned the driving over to BJ who had Brian McWhorter riding with him. They had no problems, but when the old man, Gary Bates got behind the wheel for the last two ·>. ... ,.,. ~... .v· ~foNh-""J.ik..~'i •~ ..: .' :$;;:_c; laps, they (he and Maxine) had a flat after they passed a pit area and had to backtrack on a flat to get it changed at a Checker pit. Gary says that he is getting too old for • this class, it's just too rough for an old man. Maxine however had no complaints, are you that old Gary?? Tony Modica finished his third race in Class 7S in first place, but he still is not sure he likes it better than his Class 10 car. He only had one front flat for trouble. and had a smooth run in the Jeep Comanche. 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....,..,.......,"'"""'..,...""""a""' ... u..i...:::::. ~:~~~fla■ Steve and Brian Thomasson said they were happy with third place in Class 5-1600, saying the car worked great all day and gave them no trouble at all. Wayne Camarano and Adam Ostlund didn't have the quickest Mike Hampton ran good laps in his Funco, was uncomfortable lap times, but they covered all four laps to place fourth in Class because his pumper helmet failed but he had no other trouble 5-1600 in the tidy Baja Bug. _a_nd_to_o_k_s_e_co_n_d_in_C_l_as_s_9_. ___________ _ around the corner with flames coming out of the carburetor and the occupants trying to get out of the cab rather quickly. Luckily there were fire extinguishers close by and they did their job and everything was fine. After every-thing calmed down I got to talk to Barry to see what else happened to him and he said that they had broken two tie rods on the first lap and ran out of gas on the second lap, about two miles from the pit. They have no idea what caused the fire and hopefully it did not cause much damage. Mike Hampton got second place in Class 9 and did not have any wild tales for me, but that his pumper went south at the end of the first lap, so it was a long and dusty day with poor visibility, but no other breakdowns of any kind. Even though we are not used to seeing Jim Clements come any-where but first place, we have to understand that sometimes, it's just not in the cards. Jim drove the first three laps and Mike Brown took the last one. This time they had a few problems and that is what kept them from winning. They were leading on the second lar when they lost the coil wire and the points, so had to stop and get them replaced, then they got a flat and had no spare so had to drive 10 miles on the flat to get it replaced, after that no more prob-lems, just keep on heading for the finish line. Fourth place in Class 9 went to the Mark Hibler team. Jim Mob-ley who replaced Mark for this race(due toa hurt back), said that out on the dry lake they did a 180 and thought they were going to roll it, but managed to bring it around safely and stay on all fours. They blew a tire just before Pit A and wanted to thank FAIR who changed the tire for them. They got another flat on the last lap and said that the last 10 miles was a real bear and were really glad to see the finish line. Paul Strong who is a first time desert racer, brought in the second place finisher in Class 6 and was quite surprised that he did so. They had one flat and one A Arm started to come apart on the last lap, so babied the truck to the finish line. They said that the first lap was nothing but dust and wondered if one ever gets used to this kind of racing.We 'II see what he says in a year or two. He wanted to thank Rick McCool who got in for three laps and his main helper, the one and only Nathan. Normally we don't go to the last finisher for an interview, but since he cared enough to call me with the story, I think it is worthy Derrick Paiement and B.J. Bates combined in Class 9 action to bank enough time on the first three laps to save the victory with some down time on the last lap, a flat. and they wre 21st 0 /A. Frank and Steve Bristing were the fastest of the three Mini Mags, in fact the only team that covered all four laps in the little cars. They not only won Mini Mag honors, they placed 15th overall. Dusty Times of some print. Alan Smith in car # 1607 was the last vehicle to offi-cially complete the race (four laps). This was the maiden voyage for the brand new Lothringer and they had their share of problems. They had about two hours down time due to some electrical prob-lems and when they finally got them fixed Alan thought it was too late to get back in the race and finish in time, but some quick cal-culations proved them wrong so Alan climbed back into the car and started going for the finish line and made it with nine minutes to spare. He and A.J. DeNunzio wanted to thank Kent Lothringer, Adam Wik, Reid Pro, the Checkers and all their friends for the help and moral support. Now for the two lappers: Kathy Fay took first place in Class 1600 this time. She said it was rough but fun. She lost the left front coil right after Pit A and ran the whole race that way. The lS00's and 1525's were com-bined for money only and she wanted to work her way from the back of the pack to the front and wanted to keep the truck together. Women are just full of common sense that way, and it just shows to'go ya that it can be done. She drove the whole race and Keith Williams rode the right seat for the whole race, she thinks they may have a winning combo hete. Second in Class 1500 was Les Willis and Art Becker. When Les got out of the truck he wanted to know if I wanted to know what did or did not go wrong, I just said, whatever you wanted printed is what we'll go with, so let us begin. They lost the brakes, broke both rear leaf springs, lost the hood, which they recovered and taped back on, lost the power steering, twisted the drive shaft, just to name some of the smaller items, but they don't want to get morbid, so they just gave me those few highlights for the time being. They wanted to thank Becker Racing, Alberts Whole-sale Auto Parts, Downey Off Road and most of all, The Bud Boy:, without whom they could never have finished. Les wanted to wish Art Becker a Happy Father's Day and to his father as well. 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James Clements and Mike Brown, leading here in the white car, had some down time, unusual for this car, but kept moving up and took third in Class 9. Mark Hibler, with help from Jeffery Mataga and Jim Mobley had mainly minor troubles, one longer lap, and the team finished the Jimco fourth in Class 9. Ray Currie and George Maher were having a good run in the Ford, here with a Jeep following, but a broken frame on lap 2 put them back to second in Class 1575. lap and broke the driver's seat somehow, the oil filler cap broke off, the exhaust broke and the electrical system was not charg-ing, but it kept going and that's what counts. Kathy Fay, with Keith Williams and Jim Fay riding shotgun in the Ford Ranger, won again in Class 1500 and she won by nearly two hours, with two identical 2:09 lap times for the two required laps. Mike Stockberger and David Baxter had a good day in their Toyota, surviving all the course hazards with consistent lap times and they won Class 1525 by a full lap. Class 1575's first place finisher was the team of Tom Barnett, Tony Barnett, Steve Beneviste and Kevin Devault. They had a rear start and were trying to catch Currie on the first lap and then ran into some slight problems. They broke the frame, which seems to be a very popular thing to do this year and had to stop and get it scab welded together, then the axles fell off and obviously I'm missing something here, but they limped back to the pit for assist-ance, maybe it was one axle, that I can understand. They did manage to get the broken axle replaced and went on their way. The thank yous go to Anaheim Gear, Stand-ard Transmission, Explorer Pro-ducts, BFG ( third race on same set}, American Racing Wheels, Rancho Suspension, Cu::o's Detailing, Driveline Shop of .Orange Co., crew chief, Phil T er-ra:as and all the rest of the great crew including the Don A Vee Jeep gang. Linc Arc helped weld the truck together, so they get a special thanks. ~ and.his family. He also wanted to mention that this was his second season on the same set of Dunlops and they work great. Dave Edelstein, Dennis Lightle and the Ford Bronco of old, were the first of the two lappers to fin-ish. It was a good day for them; they were worried about making mistakes in the dust and one time they got wedged in a ravine because they were trying to run on the edge of the course a little bit and slammed into a ravine nose first, but kept truck rocking and eventually got the truck loose and plowed through the dirt and rocks and got on top of the yuckies and got the hell outa there. They said also that off the start line, they hit a motorcycle berm which shot them about 50 feet through the air and they just knew that they were going to have some major prob-lems when they landed, but they said nothing fell off, blew up or caught on fire when they landed, so just hit it. The finish line would be look-ing real good to them and it was after all do-able. They wanted to thank John at All 4 Wheel Drive, BFG Tires, Lightle for-a bullet proof motor, all the Iron Workers who helped load up and get ready to go racing. Second in Class 1575 was Ray Currie who was having a really good day for the first 95 miles and then they broke part of the frame and had· to stop and take off the front shocks about 30 miles from the finish line or the frame prob-lem would have gotten worse. Somewhere along the line, they got a wooden spike of some sort, stuck in the left front tire, but the 5-1600 BAJA BUG COMPLETE BUMPER TO BUMPER $1,200.00 All Skid Plate Tabs Dual Coil Mount Headlight Mount Spare Tire Mount Oil Filter Tabs Tail ljght Tabs Page 40 MUST SUPPLY OWN BODY Ai~ FLOOR PAN DEZ FAB 10734 Kenney, Suite D Santee, CA 92071 619-562-6039 September 1994 air was leaking out slow enough to allow them to finish. Ray said that they drove the truck to it's limit all day and they were thankful that no one hit them at all. Class 1 SS0's first place finisher was Ken and Sharl Parr and Ron and Don Stockwell, a Father's Day gift from Ron to his dad Don. They had a _trouble free day, no flats, good course with not too many rocks. This was Ken's first time driving and fourth time in the truck, so looks like he likes it. In Class 1525 Mike Stock-berger took first place and quite a thrill it was as this was his first race ever. He had a flat on the first See you at the night race in August. Kenneth Parr and his cod rivers dig out of a rocky stretch in the Chevrolet and they had no major problems. cooled it little on the last lap and won Class 1550. the only one left running. David Edelstein and Dennis Lightle take to the air in the fancy Ford Bronco which is super clean, but they drive it hard and won the three rig Class 1575 convincingly by 40 minutes. Dusty Times

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'The Straight Poop' From the Big Wahzoo Every so often I have to go over how this column is written so as to remind the occasional Club whiner that there is a pattern here, and that I'm notplayin' any favor-ites. Events are almost always reported in the sequence that they happen. In race reports, winners and near winners will approp-riately receive the most coverage. When we are without a winner at a Club event, the Pit Captains will be spotlighted. Race finishers are next in line for coverage, with those entries that 'Did Not Finish' the race being last in this peckin' order. Of course, there's an exception to this W ahzoo rule: Naturally, if you happen to do something really noteworthy {or stupid) en route to your DNF, or are directly involved in some sort of juicy controversy, then you're definitely apt ta get a little more attention than normal. The Wahzoo purposely tries to split this column up 50150. Half of it being dedicated to race reports, and the other half to sto-ries ahout individual memhers or commentary on Club related top-ics. But whichever, non-Checkers are purposely not identified by name in this column except for the specific purposes of revenge or acknowledgment. The Big Wahzoo strives to report the truth as I know it. But, if I do screw something up, a retraction/ -correction is only a phone call away. You can always get in touch with the Big Wahzoo indirectly through George Thompson at (805) 642-8541 (he's back in Ojai now). Hey Guys, this is your column and it's only as good as the info YOU provide! Remember, at any given Checker get together there's always at least one set of ears in attendance that has a direct line to the Wahzoo ... So speak up if ya got something that needs to be said! But a word of warning here. Don't bother trying to figure out who any of my Checker spies are, 'cause all my accomplices are tho-roughly trained to look ya right in the eye and lie. Plus, if ya get really persistent they'll probably report ya, and then you'll get on the Wahzoo's list o f members to 'watch carefully'. FIREWORKS 250 - An early 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning start saw about 140 cars charge off onto a 74 mile loop just outside of beautiful downtown Barstow. SCORE once again put on a fine three lap event to carry on this long running and traditional Bar-stow July 4th race. As expected it was Checker weather, hot and windy, and the Club had a couple of our members win their class. If ya remember, Kevin Davis joined the Club -as the recognized terror of La R ana 's 1-2-1600 Class. Then, as a full Checker member, he switched over to run the SCORE series ... and the win-ning stopped. This is not to say that he wasn't competitive in SCORE, 'cause he ended.up in the money more often than not, but just not as the winner. Well, ya can scratch all that now! Kevin had his share of problems at this race: Three flats, power steering belts, Parker Pumper problems, Dusty Times and even an embarrassing "come out of it OK. Which is definitely a back" to Checker Main to verify lot more than you could say for that his Checker buds had done the car. Video! Video! their job ... which of course, they NEW MEMBERS -The Club had! Despite all these screw ups, recently voted in the following Kevin still had a shot at the leader four new Checker members, going into his last lap. And now, listed below in no particular with his brand new 2-seater really order: JIMMY HOOK, a budding working great, plus the fact that young hot shot Challenger car Sprinklerman was now obviously driver, and a new member that pissed, he noticeably kicked it up will surely be referred to as "Cap-a notch! And then the gap started tain Hook" in this column, just as to close. Although not the first soon as he gets a little bit of pit buggy across the finish line in this captain duty under his belt. Wel-competitive class, Kevin's come come aboard Jimmy! JASON from behind Checker-like charge La CORE, Brother Randy's did earn him a 45 second win on bleached blonde kid, has recently the clock! Congratulations to made ol' Dad look like a stranger Brother Davis for an exciting race . and the Club properly acknowl-and a big 1ST Place victory in edged his effort with full Checker Class 1-2-1600. Hey Kevin, we all membership. Hey Jason, welcome knew it was just a matter of time. to the Checkers. MICHAEL LEE Currently our hero is only two THOMPSON, formally head of points out of the lead in the 1-2-'Koch Chase', finally decided to 1600 points chase. officially join the guys that he's Our other class winner was been racin' with for years. And none other than Peter Rosenstein since it was obvious to all that and his Iii' prospective brother Tom's loss would definitely be Josh running in that 'Bat-out-of-the Checkers' gain, Michael Lee hell' class. Josh started the Rosen-was officia 11 y i ni tia ted in to stein's stock VW sedan and had a Checkerville with a minimum wild ride as most of the five cars in amount of embarrassment. Hey the class went fender to fender, 'Crackle Lee' , it's about time and nose to tail, for the first half Dude! Our other new member is of the first lap. This Beetle bump-TONY TELLIER of Scottsdale, in' charge was temporarily inter- Arizona. He's another old timer in rupted when 'Lil' Brother' put the off roading, and is currently oper-dickmohile on it's side and flat-atingasanoffroadracingjournal-tened a tire. But he got it goin' ist, and a new confessed Wahzoo-again, and then our Club Secre-wannabe.He'salsooneofthebest tary took over and literally flew it on-board racin' cameraman avail-like a bat-out-of-hell to the flag! able if ya happen to have a right This Checker-like effort solidly seat open. Welcome aboard put our heroes back into the Tony! Hey Tony you're in luck, winner's circle in Class 11 . A there just happens to be a position hearty congratulations go out to open as "Assistant Wahzoo" ... so Peter and Josh Rosenstein, now I'll be in touch Dude. obviously the Club's head Bat SUMMER PARTY -The Dudes! Well done Guys. Checkers' annual summer bash The only other Checker fin-once again established itself as the isher this race was Seeley, our acknowledged off road 'Party of racin' sofa salesman from Glen-the Year'. But sadly, due to space dale. In another one of his classic and deadline require men ts, exhibitions of true dogged reporting on all the exciting Checker determination, George details will have to wait until next continued on despite suffering month. from a major rear end bearing AND FINALLY, a long absent failure on the second lap, thus Willie Melancon suddenly re-earning himself a fine Third Place appeared at a recent Wednesday finish in Class 5 . Atta way night meeting to straighten some George! things out after reading his name Our sad DNF stories were as in our last Checkers column. follows: Chase and Robertson Accompanied by his sponsor Per-were cookin' right along on the alta, Willie addressed the Club to first lap when the whole ass end of state flatly that he has NOT joined Stuart's Open car started to break FAIR and has no intention to. up, so they parked it. Symonds Although campaigning a Class 10 and McCool had electrical prob-car as a co-driver with a FAIR !ems right from the get go in member for the last couple of Gregg's Class 10, and then finally years, Melancon made it clear to parked it after one lap of frustra-the membership that he's still a tion. Both Bolin and the Harman true believer in that ol' saying brothers, in their respective Class "Once a Checker, always a 10 cars, went out around the half Checker". This Wahzoo apolog-way point. Mike with a broken izes for ever doubtin' ya Wilber! tranny and Larry with rear torsion problems. But on the plus side, there was no reported contact this race. Good show guys! And, Gary Bates and Gary Lane parked a non-Checkers' Class 5 car on the first lap with a bad tranny. O ne Checker DNF that defi-nitely deserves a special mention at this race is the Steeles, whose 1-2-1600 car got totaled on the first lap. Scott was really hooked up in 4th gear when he obviously hit something a way lot faster than he should of. It was reported that he really caught some major air during this endo, and when done bouncin', actually ended up in the middle of some non-Checkers' pit. Although knocked a little goofy for a while, being a Checker, naturally our boy came Mexicali Offroader Association News By Laguna Hola, hola, coca-cola. Let me start with some news from the meeting room at Round Table Pizza. Looks like we have two situations we must address with some seriousness, as stated by our honorable prez Carlos Davila. Looks and sounds like he's wor-ried that the kitty is going to bust because most of you dudes have not paid your bribes. No sean codas. Carlos is worried that he will not be able to pay for his new front combos. But en serio caballe-September 1994 ros, we are looking pretty shabby at the races, so give. Joaquin Rodriguez, tesorero, is waiting eag-erly. Get off the caca list. Second is our dismal state of pit equipment, which is related to the above, but mostly I will remind you that tools and supplies are donated by us, race club memb-ers. We are forgetting to keep the club in mind when you have old tools, spare parts, extra gas for the generators, first aid stuff and other supplies which are always being rotated out ( desaparecen) by invisible people. Please consult with Lalo Mayoral, pits coordina-tor, for what's needed. Let's look good and give ourselves good ser-vice at the race. Mil gracias . And remember, we still meet at Round Table Pizza in El Centro at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. Everyone is invited to show. BAJA PROMOTIONS MEX-ICALI 250 -Coming off a grand win in San Luis, Pietro Bresea, took the 5-1600 field by storm, winning a hard fought battle against Manuel Covarrubias who drove his yellow bug to second place, 56 seconds behind Pietro, after eight 30 mile laps. The day was race perfect with a little off shore wind keeping the dust clouds under the chaparral. The crowds were huge, but seemed to control themselves. Both bug rac-ers reported no serious problems and complained of only too much fun. Sharing the win with Pietro, co-driver Ulises Morquecho, shotguns Miguel Flores and Lulu Voelker. The handicap overall win went to them also. Alfonso Lacarra, in his class niner, took another first. Lalo Mayoral, who shares driving duties with Poncho in the single seater, had a front bushing go south, but that's all folks and fin-ished it in style for the win, DNFing on the second lap with tranny woes was our female team of the Ta lier Jefe sponsored niner, Estel Vasques Vargas and Ester Salazar. Two of our class onces came out to do battle for the home town crown, with Francisco Mendoza taking an easy win over the troubled car of Bill Hanson. Pan-cho figured out how to get up the silt hills and had no trouble, even when his dad drove a couple of laps. Okay Coyote, I know your secret. It's those women that ride with you. Bill reported a trailing arm disassembly where he lost an hour finding a bolt and a washer and as far as I could see he couldn't get up hills either and got all worked fine, including the best weather Baja could conjure up, but you can't run racing juice in that thing Poncho. So our man gets a DQ SCORE Sorpresa. Will our hero learn and come through for the big one? Stay tuned. Manuel Covarrubias in hiE bright yellow 5-1600 bug had a very competitive outing keeping real close to the pack throughout the entire race and on the last leg from Valle Trinidad let ace co-driver Ventura take it home. But just miles from the finish, ace Ventura rolled it out of 3rd place and missed the 4 a.m. curfew by 15 minutes. Real sad because the Covas were having a great race. Hay que ner1.1ios. Next. Memo Hanson, Class 11. Only two hours late. Bill and crew had one of their roughest races aggravated by brake loss, a couple of crashes, carb problems, you name it. Memito lost his first place points lead and was dropped to 3rd. Don't let me down mijo or the wrath of Laguna del Diablo will nerf you. Armando Aviles, the Bebo's team, another Class 11 sled, had engine woes early on and at El Rayo pooped out. These guys are just starting out and they've got to prep well and get the right frijoles for these big races. They're almost there. The best for last. Gustavo Cas-sanova was our savior, finishing 5th in Class 5-1600. Thanks for saving face Gus. Gus reported few problems and was helped by Ed Orozco and Carlos Davila at driv-ing duties. Just get the RPM's up and watch out. Pits were at El Compadre and Valle Trinidad, captained by Engineer Ornuelas and Francisco Mendoza respectively. The Com-padre crew delivered 65 gallons of fuel, 7 quarts of oil, replaced a broken ball joint and various small repairs. The Coyote crew at Valle rendered 68 gallons of fuel, 3 quarts of oil, repaired a brake line, cleaned a carburetor and helped get drivers and co-drivers in and out. Excellent job to all our pit p ersonnel especially the Coyote crew who stayed until 1 a.m. Sunday for a Class 11. Well, I'm 10-7 , 10-1 7 till the next one. Ciao. second. 1-.;;;...-"" A great job was done by our s• 1, th Bestf charismatic and loco licenciado lffip1y e . Marco Antonio Villalobos. With his /Jito he controlled the pit scene Fuel Safe's Pro Cell Racing Bladders well, servicing and fueling all of are designed to meet or exceed the the above mentioned vehicles, higheSt performance f l and safety totaling 81 gallons, 2 quarts o oi , standards set and front shock replacement, by all of the tightening down a battery and 2 major racing tire changes. associations. Top Racers, SCORE BAJA 500 - It looked to many of us that this year's 500 would be a weather repeat of last year-it even sprinkled a couple of days before-but Baja always has a way of surprising the unprepared and the siempre listos. So Poncho did just about everything right on his way to a spectacular finish, two hours ahead of his class nine mates. He even recruited the ser-vices of Martin Garibay to anchor the last leg for Valle Trinidad. It like Robbie Gordon, demand the best and so should you. Fuel Safe Racing Cells -The Champions Choice! At your local dealer now! 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. Page 41

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Short Course Racing Returns to Southern California By &b 13eyer A few months ago Glen Helen Racing, Inc. and BBM Marketing Promotions released their plans for an upcoming short course racing series. The "Glen Helen Short Course Championship Series" is located at Glen Helen OHV Park in San Bernardino, California and five races are scheduled for the remainder of the 1994 season. Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. Mario Panagiotopoulos bested Jim Fay in Class 5-1600 action, taking second place in the first heat and winning the second round. Kawasaki while Franco gave an excellent effort on his stock Yamaha Blaster to fill the second place position. The series has competitive racing classes for both stadium and desert race vehicles including ATV's, Pilots, Odysseys, and Superlites. Glen Helen OHV Park offers all of the comforts and concessions anyone could ask for. From grandstand seating to grassy pit areas, and the big shade trees also seemed to be very popular amongst the competitors and spectators. On Friday the race teams had the opportunity to register their race vehicles and set up their pits for Saturday's racing action or they could choose to take care of it all early Saturday morning. Steve Bishop was way out in front to take the checkered flag for both races. Bishop finished in first place overall for the day in his 1-1600 racer. for Class 6 honors. Dean Williams in the lone 7S Jeep Comanche worked the course for some good driving time as the Class 7S will develop into one of the larger classes. Williams took advantage of the extra practice and went on to take the checkered flag. James Hall in the Fullsize Fl50 2WD raced with his dad, James E. Hall and made good time in the Ecology Auto Wrecking backed Stock Class Ford. Patrick Soffe in the Mitsubishi and Glen Cohen in the Jeep Comanche put the Stock Minis to the test and both racers did a great job keeping the trucks together. In the end, Cohen and co-driver Tim Servis edged out Soffe for the first heat victory. During halftime the race course crew went to work as the competitors and spectators took a few minutes to enjoy the benefits of Glen Helen. The water trucks made the final passes on the track as the 112-1600 Short Course racers lined up for the second round. Three cars made it to the start line with Steve Bishop in the "Bishop Special" car backed by Golden Construction and J .G. Transwerks taking an early lead. Rick Boyer was running a strong second until a flat tire slowed his pace and Tim Evans finally worked his way around to take over the position. Bishop would never look back until he crossed the finish line to take first overall on the day. Evans finished second in the race and secured second overall, while Boyer ended up third in the heat and on the day. The course was estimated to be just under a mile long and designed to accommodate all the race classes. The course was a fast-paced track with full throttle_ sweeping turns, high-speed jumps and bumps, and also housed a few tight corners the drivers and riders had to negotiate.To handle the course working, the Synergy Minis Truck Club from Lake-wood, California, members of the Danco Racing Team, and a few volunteers did an excellent job taking care of the task at hand. Racing was held on Saturday, July 16th with a practice session in the morning for each class and racing began at 12:00 on the dot. Each class ran two heats on the day and in the first round the 112-1600 Short Course buggies were set to battle. From the "land rush" style start the crowd knew this class was going to provide some very exciting action. After a few laps, Randy Jones went by the way-side with a broken spindle and soon to follow was Glen Neese in his new car for 1994. At the checkered flag Steve Bishop of Riverside was on top, with Tim - -Evans and Rick Boyer rounding out the class. In race two, the Superlites were four strong, along with the Pilots and the lone Odyssey. Just over halfway through the race Joe Price in his Superlite found himself heading to the pits early with an unknown problem. Clint Wolsey put on a great show turning fast laps in his Pilot and went on to win the class with Rob Slagle of Dublin placing second. When the dust settled, Ron Buccieri bested Doug Goodenough and Marc Prince to win heat # 1 for the Superlites. Mike Lucey came out and put in his laps to take the checkered flag in the Odyssey Class. The first heat for the third group included the 112-1600 Desert Class, 5-1600, 9, and Class 10. Dan Fox of Baldy Mesa made it around for one lap before retiring in his Class 10 car while the rest of the pack dashed and diced around the course. In the 112-1600 Desert Class, Kyle Vestermark made quick work for the top spot and John Hulsebosch with his son Joshua co-riding came in a tight second. "Big Bob" D:iurawiec from Huntington Beach came around in the Chenowth to place third. The 5-1600 drivers produced some great racing action and after a few laps Jim Fay was side-lined with mechanical problems. Mario Bustaurante ran his freshly painted car out in front, while Mario Panagiotopoulos gave chase but fell short at the flag. Kathy Fay ran her 5-1600 to a strong third to complete the first heat. The Class 9 cars had some great side-by-side racing with John Holmes of Riverside making . - _ _ ,e!!II!""';~ ~~-~, . -· --=-'..i -= ~ = . . ~~ ~ ---Whether you're on a chase crew, a racer or a 4WD enthusiast, the Rod Hall off-road driving school can help you be your best! But be ready. .. the road isn't smooth! Page 42 Call For Courses and Dates Great Basin Consulting 2738 Chavez Dr. Reno, NV 89502 (702) B25-8830 his laps count, followed by Roy Smitt and Sheldon Noah. Noah fell off of the pace with shift linkage problems that kept the car in first gear. Holmes went on to win the heat with Smitt and Noah taking second and third place consecutively. After a quick break for course watering and track grooming, Class 1, 6, 7S, Stock Fullsize, and Stock Mini were set on the line. Grant George jumped out in front and roared around the course in the Unlimited Funco with Greg George riding shotgun. The Funco had everyone's attention as Grant put the horsepower and driving skills to work turning 12 laps for the win in no time at all. In Class 6, Mike Meshkoff in the Chevy Blazer came out to battle with fellow Moreno Valley resident Paul Strong in the AMC Pacer. After a handful oflaps and a slight deviation from the course, Strong found himself in a very undesirable position and out of the race. Meshkoff with co-driver Scott Richardson cruised around The fifth heat race brought the A TV's out for some high-speed action. Jason Greenhaw traveled from Bakersfield to compete in the Advanced Class along with Mike Nixon from Placentia. They seemed to enjoy the course lay-out as both riders set a blistering pace. Greenhaw stayed out in front to win the class on his Graydon and Praline sponsored Suzuki and Nixon followed to finish second in the heat. The Intermediate ATV class brought Christopher Alvarado and Edward Franco to Glen Helen OHV Park on race day. Alvarado led from flag-to-flag on his Grant George made it look easy in his Class 1 Funco truck winning first and showing off with co-drivers brother Greg George and mom Geri George. ...... - All the competitors made it back for round two and the Superlites were in full force, fighting for top position. Marc Prince in the Briggsbuilt de-veloped a promising lead with Joe Price and Ron Buccieri following. Doug Goodenough dropped out in the later stages with a mechanical failure after having a relatively good day. Prince finished first overall, Buccieri brought home second overall, as Price finished second in the heat and third overall. Clint Wolsey put together another flawless effort in the Pilot Class and Rob Slagle was second at the flag. That's how they ended for the day. Mike Lucey took the victory on the Odyssey and the trophy for the day. In the third race for round two the field was a few shy. Both Kathy Fay and Mario Bustaurante didn't make the start in 5-1600 action. Jim Fay and Mario Panagiotopoulos had a great run with Mario first to the flag and that's how they placed after both races. The 112-1600 Desert Cars Chris Alvarado put a great ride tog·ether to take the checkered flag for both races on his Kawasaki in the intermediate A TV class. Making the trip from Joshua Tree, CA., Mike Lucey did his laps and took the checkered flag and trophy in his lone Honda Odyssey. September 1994 Dusty Times

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were three strong at the start, but that didn't last very long. "Big Bob" D:iurawiec was a spectator after lap one and Kyle Vestermark lost a motor while in the lead on lap 9. John and Joshua Hulse-bosch won the class and first overall in the Raceco sponsored by Excellence Foreign Car Repair of Ontario, Ca. Vestermark took second place honors for the day with "Big Bob" placing third. Dan Fox in the lone Class 10 made it around 7 laps before a terminal problem set in. Class 9 racing was very competitive and Sheldon Noah had a great start taking the lead early with Roy Smitt and John Holmes pulling up the rear. At the half-way point Noah in the Neo Oil sponsored car lost an air cleaner and ran into some motor trouble. Smitt went on to win the second heat and first overall with help from Big Dan's Auto, S & S Motorsports, and Reid Pro. Holmes came in third at the flag and finished a promising second for the day. The trucks were on the line F.A.I.R. Newsletter By Dave Massingham The FAIR van restore project is under way. As I write, the van has been unloaded at Parkhouse Tire and taken to PCI in Signal Hill. The inside has been repaired by welding all cracks and bracing all internal shelving. The electrical conduit on the outside has been removed for a cleaner look. The roof has been reinforced and will now allow a person to walk on it to set up our FAIR sign. The next step is replacing damaged side skins and missing rivets. Bob Steinberger is having a few of the local boys do the hand sanding. The cab and box will be painted inside and out with a new look in graphics. We are selling a spot on the side of the van to anyone who spon-sors FAIR. A FAIR racer may also have his name on the side of the van for a donation of $100.00. This same idea finished the van back in 1979 or 1980. Most of the work is being done by FAIR members volunteering their time. Thanks for all your time. again for round° two and the holeshot was no surprise with Grant George putting the power to the dirt. Grant had a new co-driver this time, his Mom Geri, and she seemed to be having a blast. George went on to win Class 1 in the BFGoodrich, Southland Trans, Kasch Graph-ics, Carr Brakes, and G & J Aircraft sponsored Funco. Paul Strong got his Class 6 back together for the second race but Mike Meshkoff lost a trans and didn't make the grid. Strong ran into some handling troubles once again in the AMC Pacer and after three laps had his second DNF for the day. Meshkoff won Class 6 overall when it was all over. Dean Williams and his wife, Lisa ran the laps with good time and took the trophy in 7S with the Orange Coast Jeep backed Comanche. The Fullsize Stock entry from James Hall of James Gang Racing Products had some minor motor tuning problems but finished all the required laps to win first in class for the afternoon. Glen desert weekend. I have replaced the old trailer with its twin, another Road Ranger, only it's a 1973 and looks like new. Hope I can keep it that way. Thanks to my friend Rod Ellis and his mother Lee, I bought her trailer. Rod used to ride with me back in the Larry Rickman and Bryan Rogers days and was part of our pit crew at Barstow. Rod told me his mother's trailer was for sale when he saw the dam-age done by the fire. Thanks Rod and Lee, we sure like it. Enough of my own excitement-now the rest of the story. FAIR RACER RES UL TS: Martin Bros., Class I, dnf. Tom was scheduled to drive the entire race with Scott riding shotgun, since Steve was in no condition to drive due to minor surgery a few weeks earlier. Tom had no prob-lems until a rear hub and wheel bearings put them on the trailer early. Morgan and Massingham, Class I, dnf. Again yours trulr started and we were lucky enough to draw #3. The 6 a.m. start was great, after 20 miles # IOI was pulled over, at mile marker 25 # 102 was pulled over! I admit after racing since 1978 this is the first time I was in front of the pack with clean cool air. It was a great feeling until mile marker 65 where we lost a head gasket in the little 280 HP V4 SCAT-Morgan motor. The next race the Morgan mobile will have all new rear sus-pension by Bill Varnes of Mirage. Thanks Mac McFarland for your help in our 65 mile race. The Barstow yearly 4th of July race was full of excitement. Yours truly left late Thursday arriving at Hodge Road at 1 a.m. Since my wife Linda had to work, I drove out by myself. When I arrived I jumped into my sleeping bag in my trusty 1971 Road Ranger Travel Trailer. About an hour later I awoke to what appeared to be a fire in the trailer. It seems I had a gas leak and it ignited from the refrigerator pilot, at least that's what we think happened. Fortunately, I had two fire extin-guishers and was able to put the fire out. It took several anxious moments inside, outside and on top of the trailer. I still don't know how I got up on the top. I was very lucky I woke up. The moral of this story is: check the gas fittings in your camper, trailer or motorhome each trip, check your fire extinguishers every six months and keep a spare close. I did sell the trailer as is to a very nice family, Paul and Ann Sheets of Anaheim. He plans on repairing and enjoying it as much as we did. I will invite them to join us October 7 -9 for our fun in the Parkhouse, Class 10, dnf. Brian started and fought dust and slower cars, since I drew 1023 for my buds Brian and Willie. Brian finally worked his way up to the front of this very competitive class and handed it over to my close friend Willie. Seems old Wilbur held his own and five or ten miles before the checkered flag, disaster struck. Willie turned left and the car went straight, no steering! At 80 mph (per Willie) it was a big surprise. He was able to stop without any problems and being the mechanical engineer he is, he was able to replace the broken bolt on the steering. Tough way to go from first to fifth. Way to go guys, never give up. Weyhirch, Class 10, dnf. After Dusty Times James Hall of James Gang Racing won both races in their full size stock class F150 after dealing with some minor engine problems. Clint Wolsey traveled from Tulare, CA., and rocketed his Honda Pilot to take the win in both races. Rob Slagle finished second. Cohen made about half the laps in .the Stock Mini 2WD Class, a broken motor mount ended his race. Patrick Soffe along with co-driver, Ken Shotts drove the Mitsubishi sponsored by Eibach Springs and Norco Mitsubishi to the checkered flag. Soffe not only won the second heat race but took the overall class victory on points. In the final race for the afternoon the ATV's were set to go. Jason Greenhaw jumped out to any early lead in the Advanced winning a free entry from our raf-fle, Dick's luck ran out when he lost another motor. I wish we could wave a magic wand over this team, they sure need it! Bezzant and Parsons, Class 5, dnf. They won the FAIR tough luck award this race. This was the shortest race of their career, 50 to 100 yards and load it up. They lost a motor and shut it off before any more damage could be done. Lee Finke, Class 5 Sportsman, first place. Lee comes from Phoe-nix, AZ where he operates "Race Shock" company. I didn't hear of any problems. Boyer and Math-ews, Class 1-2-1600 broke a tor-sion bar, no other details. Omboli and Griffin, Class 5-1600 broke a spring plate while leading their class. This could have been their race. Steinberger, Class 7S, fourth category taking the lead all the way to the finish line. Mike Nixon was working on a good race until a string of banners got wrapped around the drive axle. He slowed slightly but finished all I 5 laps to take second in the race and second overall. Chris Alvarado went wire-to-wire once again in the Intermediate Class to take the v.ictory over Edward Franco and that's how they finished for the day. All in all, when it was all said place. Scott led for the first and second laps losing a rear brake caliper and power steering. They were able to repair the brakes, but not the power steering. Scott drove without and did the best he could. Tom and Frank Rusich, Class 1-2-1600, second place. Missing first by 54 seconds, this will be a team to watch. Tom took the first two laps with no trouble and gave the car to Frank in first or maybe second. Frank drove as hard as he could finishing in front but losing in time. Keep it up guys, third in points is doing real good for the first year of racing. Darnen and Casey Jefferies, Class 9, second place. I didn't get any details, sorry about that. This young man is also doing real well in a very tough class. Rodrigue:, Class 1-2-1600, and done, the "Glen Helen Short Course Championship Series" races provided some very competitive, exciting racing. We saw some great track work, perfect track conditions, and a lot of smiling faces throughout the day. The racers, spectators, family and friends had a very positive and welcome response for Southern California's new short course series and they were already looking forward to the August 27th event. dnf. On the first lap Greg Sullivan crashed close to pit C, injuring himself and his co-rider. Greg suf-fered a broken ankle and back injuries. I understand they are doing ok now. Loren:o was able to make some minor repairs and drive a lap for seat time only. Thanks to Pete Dutton and Charlie Lamar for driving the FAIR van and being race manag-ers. Thanks to Frank Orasco from Parkhouse Tire for bringing the Bar-B-Qout. We had a pot luck at the hand out, sorry more racers and pit crews didn't make it. Don't forget ... October 7-9, FAIR Fun in the Desert and December 3rd is the FAIR X-mas party. FAIR meets the first and third Wednesday of every month at the Holiday Inn, Harbor Blvd. and 91 Fwy. in Fullerton at 8 pm. MOBILE SERVICE TO YOUR HOME OR TO YOUR CHASSIS BUILDER SERVING All OF LOS ANGELES , ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES CALL TODAY FOR INFORMATION AND PRICING ON CUSTOM· RACE CAR WfRING ! CONGRATULATIONS TO MIKE MARTIN, CLASS STOCK MINI WINNER, AND MIKE McDONNELL, CLASS 10 WINNER AT THE NEVADA 400. 1525 West Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506 818-845-9473 September 1994 Page 43

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Prescott Forest Rally By John Elkin In 1986 a new rally was born into the California Rally Series. Under the direction oflocal rally-ist Rob Cherry new roads were opened in the Chino Valley north of the town of Prescott, Arizona, which is located 100 miles north of Phoenix in the mountains. Over the next few years the rally gained a reputation for being a mixed bag of rough and smooth roads, a real challege for rally teams. Later, during the insurance crisis days lower entries forced the rally into hiatus but it came back three years ago with 60% national status and was a hit. Then last year it was upgraded to full national, and unco-operative rains early in the year ruined some great roads. The rally was hard on cars and people, and Cherry was suffering burnout even with the assistance with local busines-sowner and rally driver Jeff Hen-dricks. This year Hendricks inher-ited the rally and reduced it back to a 6Q<J11 national points paying rally and full championship status for the California Rally Series. The downsizing worked and what was left was a simply great event, although not without its hitches. The hitch came in stage two. Stages one and two were the same road, what we call a dead end tur-naround stage. After all the cars have raced to the top of a particu-lar road then the stage is cleared for the cars to run back down. Most everyone made it up stage one fine, but after the second stage started, word filtered back to the start about a car well off the road with an injury. The stage was stopped and paramedics dis-patched to the two mile marker, a fairly steep downhill twisty por-tion of the stage where the Subaru of Anton Musev/ David White had clipped the bank, gone out of control and tumbled an estimated 80 feet down a cliff. White was fine but Musev had taken a blow to the chest by the steering wheel and had possible neck injuries. Paramedics transported the driver we all refer to as the" Mad Bulgar-ian" to the hospital back in Pres-cott where he was treated and released that evening, sore but wiser for the experience. The car was eventually craned out of its perdicament and it was good to see that new gusset regulations of roll cages set forth by SCCA had helped in this situation keeping the front of the cage from break-ing apart. This rally was really two differ-ent events. First it was a 60% points event toward the SCCA/ -Michelin PRO Rally Series, and second it was a co-efficient three divisional PRO Rally counting to triple points in the CRS local ser-ies. So along with four repres-ented National classes there were also the four CRS classes running concurrent. THE NATIONAL Not many teams came out to Prescott to gain National points, only those on the west coast with all the teams from back east wait-ing until late July for their 60% rally in Rumford, Maine. The week before the Porsche of Jeff Zwart/Martin Headland was at the famed Pikes Peak Hillclimb with a special engine. Zwart won his class at the Climb to the Clouds and his crew hurried the car home to put the rally engine back in for this event. Thus, Zwart was a busy and tired man upon getting to Ari:ona. In the Open class though Zwart was never seriously challenged by the competition en route to the overall victory, his only opposi-tion was the Porsche's power steering which was leaking throughout the rally. He and Headland had to stop after every stage to refill the reservoir. 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Including the mounting hardware and the GAS bolls SEE 'VOUR OFF ROAD RACNG PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. ·vamell Specialties, Inc. 1o2 ernm.w P.O.BoxN5 1""2-427-3551 Yamel, ,z 15312-8145 Page 44 came in second in the immaculate Eagle Talon, their only problem coming on the first transit when the lexan back window flew out of the car. Imperial/Cruz were three minutes back at the finish and comfortably ahead of the Mazda 323 of Mitch McCullough/Scott Webb by almost two minutes. Fourth in class and down the order came Tony and Liz Shu-maker who were shaking down a new Mitsubishi Eclipse two wheel drive turbocharged car which they will run at local nationals and try for next year's divisional title. Fifth in open and the final finisher was Rui Brasil/Tony Tavares who had the Audi as high as fourth in class but a fifth stage rollover cost him 20 minutes and nearly the car. The Audi will take alot of time and bondo to fix. Group A started two cars in the blistering Arizona heat. Tony Takahori/ Ken Cassidy brought out the right hand drive Mitsubi-shi Galant to challenge the Toyota Celica of Chris Weleff/Brian Paul. The battle was short-lived as in stage two Weleff/ Paul were running in front of Musev/ -White, so they had to take the stage at speed not knowing about the carnage behind them. The Toyota clipped a rock and dam-aged the suspension a half mile ahead of Musev's major wreck. This left Takahori/ Cassidy to try for the overall but the Porsche was too quick today and edged a few seconds out of the team every stage eventually taking second overall less than two minutes behind Zwart/Headland. The GT class was a field of one with Jason Preistley/Kevin Caffery pitting the Toyota Celica against the roads. The roads won. Preistley/ Caffery never came out of stage three and reports vary so widely about what happened to them it would just be safe to say what we know for sure. The car was not damaged and they did not report to stage four. It is fair to say that their stage time in stage one put them in the top 50% of the whole rally and people were tak-ing notice. Production class was another field of one. Dave Turner/ Ben Bradley, who hold a large points lead in the class just had to finish and had every intention of doing so but small things plagued them along the way in stage one. Like having a front flat in the Mitsubi-shi Eclipse by the two mile mark. They ran on the rim to the finish losing two minutes. Stages three through five were more subdued and they now hope to secure the points championship depending on the outcome of Ojibwe in August. The Group 2 class also started six cars. Mike Whitman/ Kevin Linville led stage one by 24 seconds over a battling pair of cars. Pete Lahm/ Keith Roper in a Datsun 510 and Goran Ostlund/ -Steve Baker in a Saab were only .6 seconds apart after stage one. After the debacle on stage two the racing restarted on stage three where Whitman/ Linville had a flawless stage and the other two had disasters. First Lahm and Roper took the 510 into a ditch,· breaking a tie rod; it is not known which happened first. Ostlund/ _ Baker lost their brakes and had to use the emergency brake for stages three and four putting them further behind the Whitman Dat-sun 510. This put the Tony Cha-vez/John Elkin Datsun 510 into September 1994 second place by 30 seconds going into the final 20 mile stage. Ostlund/ Baker fixed the ailing Saab much to the dismay of Chavez/Elkin who knew they could not hold off the charging Ostlund with a healthy car, and they were right as Goran and Steve reclaimed second place in the final stage. Lucinda Strub 1-Ma tt Sweeney ran fourth in a Toyota truck well-ahead of fifth place Roger Hull/Sean Gallegher who had a primary coil wire fail-ure in stage costing them many minutes of diagnosis. There are four remaining rallies in 1994, all back east. The SCCA/ Michelin series will con-tinue and conclude after rounds in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and Maine. Catch them all here in the coming months. THE DIVISIONAL Jeff Hendricks was happy to see 25 teams come out for his div-isional, and what a competitive group it was, not a snail in the group. But along with the group a lot of teams who did not finish, most of these coming from the dusty conditions on the stages. Stock class was the smallest class of the day with two starters, and amazingly enough, two fin-ishers! Steve and Bob Scott took their Toyota Corolla and steadily built a lead over the Toyota of Tony DeLaCuesta/Tino Alcan-ces, who are the points leaders after a fabulous weekend at Rim of the World. The Scott Brothers took off to a convincing win over DeLaCuesta who really figured that a second place was safer and helped him retain his points lead. Performance Stock is growing better than most expected, with six cars. The expected battle was to be between three cars but first stage woes cost the Mitsubishi Eclipse of Dave Turner/Ben Bradley two minutes due to a flat front tire. Roger Hull/Sean Gal-legher took the Mitsubishi truck into first place with 30 seconds in hand over Dennis Chizma/John Moore in a VW Rabbit. Others were in the hunt early but rollov-ers and off course excursions cost the team of Bill Nation/Donna Casias in a Mazda RX-7. Garnet and Pam Baril put the VW Rabbit on its side in stage three and Robert Tallini/Mark Scott had a heartbreaking tie rod failure in the final stage. This left the battle to Hull and Chizma for a time. In stage three Hull/ Gallegher leng-thened their lead but in stage four a small wire worked loose off the Mitsubishi's coil, it cost the team 12 minutes in diagnosis time. Chi:ma/Moore held a command-ing two plus minutes over Tur-ner/ Bradley who were also pro-tecting their national class finish. In stage five little changed as Chi:ma/Moore claimed victory and Turner Bradley second with a disappointed Hull /Gallegher third. Two wheel drive open class would be a burnburner of a race · up until the end with a lot of sur-prises for the front runners. Sur-prise number one; on arrival to the top of stage one Harris Done/ _ Larry Scott found their Mazda RX-7 to have a broken cooling fan and the transmission stuck in third gear. Surprise number two; in stage two Lon Peterson/Jen-nifer Peterson broke an axle in the stage that would later be cancelled because of the Musev/White mage-auger. Surprise number three; Bill Malik/Roine Anders-son lost ten minutes in stage one and would cruise for the rest of the rally; it is unknown what the trouble was except a rumor of fuel pumps woes was overheard. So now after stage three we have Lon and Jennifer Peterson driving the Arrow one legged. Done/Scott are still running after fixing the cooling fan for the radiator and figuring that for Prescott third gear isn't such a bad gear to be stuck in. Behind all this is Ron Wood/ Kelly Walsh in a VW Scirocco and Tony Chavez/ -John Elkin in a Datsun 510 and Tony and Liz Shumaker in a turbo Mitsubishi Eclipse all within a minute and change of each other and the lead. Also close here is David Jacobs/ Bill Gutzmann in the aged Dodge Colt. David is Bill's son-in-law, and also a promising young rally driver. Going into the final stage these two were in the thick of the hunt but a slippery corner taken too wide caused the Colt to run off the road and roll three times before coming to rest on the wheels. The Colt, which has a tremendous history behind it including names like Chad Di Marco, Doc Zimmerman, Clint Heuring and Ian Gerrard is being reshelled at this writing. Back to the battle, the fourth stage saw Done/Scott ama:ingly move into the lead by 45 seconds over Peterson /Peterson ( yes they are related, Father/Daughter). Wood/Walsh were tied with the Petersons with Shumaker/Shu-maker and Chave:/Elkin all within 15 seconds of Wood/ -Walsh. The final 20 mile stage would be a dogfight. Before the final stage was a lengthy service area allowing Peterson to fix his broken axle. Harris Done, done good in this stage taking second overall best time and cementing his lead and class win. Peterson figured on second place being better rh;m try-ing to charge too hard over a tricky road surface with dust and stayed in place also keeping his points lead. Wood, Shumaker and Chave: all finished within 1.8 seconds of each other to keep that order into the final control back in Prescott. Lucinda Strub/Matt Sweeney brought the sixth place home as Malik I Andersson cruised home seventh after their woes. The four wheel drives were seven strong at the start but early offs by the aforementioned Musev/White and Weleff/ Paul thinned the field . A later exit by Preistley / Caffery left four to bat-tle in the night. But really only three when you consider the Sub-aru of Paula Gibeault/Terry (Terr-dog) Stonecipher never really got running right. This left the battle to Mitch McCullough/Scott Webb, Windy Imperial/Rudy Cruz and Rui Brasil/Tony Tavares. The running order had been Imperial/Cruz first all day with McCullough and Brasil trading the second spot until stage four when the Mazda 323 of McCul-lough/Webb edged a couple of seconds out on the Audi of Bra-sil/Tavares who, as you know by now rolled in the final stage but finished anyway. Imperial/ Cruz had the win in class and overall by one minute and 51 seconds. The Mazda classified second in class and overall while Gibeault/ -Stonecipher nailed third and fifth overall. Dusty Times

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CRANDON WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP Spring Run Attracts Hundreds Of Entries By Judy Smith Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. Todd Attig had his 1600 primed for action but finished second in both 1-1600 and 2-1600, but he won the big bucks in the Limited Challenge race on Sunday in his Terminator chassis that he built himself. Greg Smith started the weekend right, winning the first race on Saturday after a hard fought battle in Class 2-1600, On Sunday Greg did the same act driving in Class 1-1600 in the same car. Dan Baudoux runs in more than one class, but this race he did the best of all in his Class 11 Mirage, as he won the two seat race on Saturday and was second in single seat Class 11 action on Sunday. Crandon, Wisconsin's Spring Run on June 25th and 26th was a grand way to celebrate the first weekend of summer. The town really throws itself into the effort of putting on a top notch event, and this year was no exception. As always, improve-ments have been made to the facil-ity, which features a 1.7 mile course set in the gentle hills of a Jefunct farm. The Wolfshead Sportsman's Club, promoters of the event, spend much of their winters on these improvements. This year, in addition to doubling the size of the ''Sky Boxes'' ( corp-orate viewing rooms), the promo-ters have almost completed instal-lation of a bank of flush toilets, meant to replace a regiment of Rent-A-Johns. The Barn, site of tlie race offices and meeting rooms, as well as refreshment stands, and a deck from which the view of the races is excellent, received an over-winter facelift, with all new cedar siding. And in honor of the race weekend, pots of posies were hung at strategic points around the perimeter of the barn. It looked great! Sad! y, the weekend was marred by the death of Mark Rose, a journalist from Newhall, Califor-nia, who'd come to cover the event for his publication, Off Road Magazine. Rose was riding in the Class 3 Ford of Chad Schleuter, in a1! early Saturday Mark Oberg did the reverse of Baudoux as he was second in the two seat Class 11 race, but the next day he came back strong to beat his rival and take the win in Class 11 single seat. Gerald Foster continued on his winning way in Class 3 in the Chevy Blazer, taking the class handily, and he also was third in Class 4 action on the same day, and second in the Class 3 & 13 Challenge race. Dusty Times morning race, when the vehicle rolled, and was hit by another race car which was unable to stop. Paramedics on the scene reported that Rose died instantly. A trust fund has been established in the name of his two young children, and those who wish to may send contributions to the Sterling & Ashton Rose Memorial Fund, Valencia National Bank, 23620 W. Lyons Avenue, Newhall, CA 91321. This year's schedule lined up two days of nearly non-stop rac-ing, but did not include the much loved "Hot Lap" competition on Friday afternoon. Racers like a chance to try out their vehicles at speed, without traffic, and if they happen to have the fastest time it's folks lost in:iportant parts of their a welcome $100.00 cash prize. vehiclesduringthispractice,most But this year there were no Hot notable being Kevin Probst who Laps, because construction was spun a bearing in his Class 4 still underway for a camera tower Chevy and sidelined himself for at the base of the big sweeper turn the weekend. that runs from the Barn to the Sky With the track all smoothed Boxes. The ESPN folks, who downagaintheprogramgotoffto wanted the tower for one of the a busy start with the two seat cameras being used to film the 1600 cars, 19 strong, plowing races this weekend, took priority through the first, difficult turn. over the racers in this matter. Greg Smith had forged his way to Saturday was hot and sunny, the front in his Ross Chassis, but and started with what is called a he had Michael Notary in a Hesco, "prerun",butlookslikeHotLaps and Todd Attig in a Terminator, in traffic, for 20 minutes at a hot on his tail. Way atthe back of stretch. First the trucks got to go, the pack Todd Crump, dead last, and then the buggies. Various began a determined charge toward the front, and Dan Baudoux, in the middle of traffic in his Mirage, set his sights toward the front also. On the next lap, as Smith con-tinued to lead, Attig moved into second place , and Notary dropped to third. Mike Seefeldt ran fourth now in his Berrien Laser, while Jason Crowder, in a Taylor chassis, was fifth. By lap four, while Smith pulled Larry Bayer flew his two seat Class 11 to a fine s.econd in the race on Saturday, but he didn't figure in the top placings in the Sunday runs. out a long lead on Attig, and Attig ...-: left the rest of the pack way behind. Crump had moved up four places, and Baudoux was up two. Crowder got around Seefeldt also, and moved into fourth place. Then things were pretty much as-is for a while, except that Crowder seemed to be slowly, very slowly, creeping up on Notary. Fay Statezny did the number on the. Class 6 bunch once again driving his Chevy Chevelle to a tidy victory, but after a good start he didn't figure in the top group in the 6 & 7 Challenge race. September 1994 By lap 7, Attig had moved up on Smith, but not past him, and Crowder was still worrying Notary. Seefeldt's car was smok-ing a bit, and Baudoux was right be.hind him. Crump had worked his way up to 10th place, but time was running out. Smith made a little error at one point, and Attig got right up on his tail, but just didn't have enough oomph to get around him. They crossed the finish line nose to tail, with Smith still in front and Attig second. Notary was third, his fellow Floridian, Crowder in fourth, and Baudoux, after a ~ Page 45

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It was the man Todd Attig in another Terminator who took the win in Class 9/10 for 1650cc cars, he was fourth in Class 1-2, and took the victory in the Rear Engine Limited Challenge. ~ long, hard struggle, was fifth. Almost the entire field was still running, and all but three were on the lead lap. This class gets tighter and tighter. The Class 11 two seaters started next, and there were 29 of these little beauties, and they all made it safely through that first turn. Keith Berard, in a Friday chassis, took the early lead, with Dan Baudoux, still muddy from the previous event, in his Class 11 Mirage, in second. In third it was Mark Oberg in his Phazer, and then came Larry Bayer in another Friday, and, in still another Fri-day, it was Cory Friday in fifth place. The first three were in a tight pack, and then on lap three, Bau-doux was wheel to wheel with Berard, and on the next lap he had the lead. Now it was Baudoux, Berard, Oberg, Bayer and Friday. And that's how they ran for another three laps. Then Berard disappeared. By now, three or four cars were running with flat tires, one had a broken rear suspension, one a broken balljoint, and about four of them had been lapped. But, as in the 1600s, for the most part, everyone was still running, and on the lead lap. Baudoux went on to win, fol-lowed across the finish line by Oberg, then Bayer, Friday and John Huven in fifth. Berard came in seventh and headed straight for the first aid folks, a big lump on his left eyebrow, from a tennis-ball sized rock that got him clear through the goggles. He'd been temporarily blinded both by Johnny Greaves is having a winning season in his Class 7S Toyota and he won again at the Spring Run, and he won again in the Challenge race for Classes 6 and 7 on Sunday. blood and "flashes of light". These rocks are a hazard unique to the Crandon course, and more and more of the drivers are begin-ning to have screens in their wind-shield areas. In fact, Bayer, the third place finisher, sported a screen, after getting a rock in his eye in '93. The broken Class 11 cars were cleared from the track, and it was time for the Class 3 event. There were only seven of these short-wheelbase four-whee l drive trucks. The class is slowly fading out as the drivers switch to other classes, easier on the body, when they build new vehicles. In this group the early lead belonged to Gerald Foster in his Chevrolet. Chad Schleuter had his Ford in second, with Al Drews, in another Ford, in third place. The lead three set a torrid pace, and stayed on the lead lap, as the rest struggled with balky sus-pensions or overheating motors. The leaders were on the last lap when the unfortunate accident that took the life of Mark Rose occurred. The race was imme-diately red-flagged, but Foster had already taken the win by crossing the finish line well in front of anyone else. Drews, who'd lost his front wheel drive, was the second place finisher, and none of the others were on the same lap. The Class 6 American sedans came next, with eight entries, and, as usual, Fay Statezny and his Chevelle were out in front in Turn One. Fay was just starting to breathe easy after scaring himself by launching his car on a big whoopee so that he had sailed higher in the air than Al Fannin's Chevelle. Fannin, who could hardly believe what he saw, ran second. In third it was Rick Ray-ford in a Malibu, and then Bill Graboski in a '79 Nova. Statezny pulled out a long lead, with Fannin still behind him. But Fannin's new carburetor didn't work right in the rough, and his front shocks weren't working right either, and on lap two Ray-ford went by him and moved into second place. They ran like that for three laps, but Rayford's car quit as he completed the fourth la , and Fannin was back in second. By the fifth lap they were widely strung out on the course, with no one likely to catch the Chevelles unless they had termi-nal problems. Statezny took the win, as he almost always does, and Fannin, in a car that's virtually a twin to Statezny's, was second. In third it was Graboski, frustrated with the effort of trying to catch Fannin, but pleased to be third. It was 3:05 p.m . when the Class 9 and 10 cars took to the track. These are buggies with 1650cc motors, and one or two seats. There were 17 of them, and, with rocks flying off the sheet metal, they all got safely through Turn One, with Todd Attig in the lead in his Terminator. Chasing Attig's all coil-over shock suspension car was Jeff St. Peter in his Berrien Laser, then Scott Schwalbe in a Taylor chassis ran third, and Jeff Probst, hot on his rear bumper in his Laser, was fourth, with Randy Eller, in a Tay-lor, in fifth. On the second lap, as Attig con-tinued to lead, Probst moved into second, with Schwalbe third, and St. Peter now in fourth, chased by Eller, who runs a Rabbit motor. And on the next lap, as a fierce duel for position continued, St. Peter claimed second place, Probst was third, Eller was fourth and Schwalbe has fallen to fifth, all in a close pack. Meanwhile, Brian Bernloehr was having trou-ble getting a lap or two completed, Tom Schooley pulled out, Trent Hanson's car sounded sick, then quit, and Mark Wilkins' car started to smoke, then dis-appeared. Attig continued to lead, fol-lowed by St. Peter whose motor ran a little hot, and on the fifth lap, Probst, his left front shock mount broken, lost a position to Eller. And a lap later Don Ponder, in another Laser, moved up to fourth, and Probst had fallen to fifth place. It was Attig, St. Peter, Eller, Ponder and Probst. But Ponder dropped out on the fol-lowing lap. Attig ran smoothly to the finish and took the win, followed across the line by Eller, who passed St. Peter on the last lap. St. Peter was third, and Probst was back up to fourth, with Jim Struble finishing fifth. There were clouds moving in now, bringing welcome relief from the hot sun that had been cooking spectators and course workers thus far. At 3:45 p.m. the Class 7S trucks took off, and Art Schmitt, in a Nissan, got the hole shot and came through Turn One in front, but lost his lead to Johnny Greaves and his Toyota before they'd made it over the sweeper turn. Greaves got a firm hold on the lead, but Schmitt stayed close behind. He's in his first year in a truck, but all the years of driving a buggy ( something Greaves did for a while, also) have taught him plenty about getting around Crandon at speed as long as he's got four wheels and a motor. In third it was Michael Burke for a little while, but his truck took ill, and dropped slowly back through the ranks. Jimmie Crowder moved his Ford up into third, and stayed there. In fourth it was Scott Taylor, in another Ford, and then Burke ran fifth for a bit. Further back in _the pack, Fay Statezny was having a good time, trying to adjust to his Ford, and even though it was running on three cylinders and overheating, he liked his first truck ride very much. And Brendan Gaughan, from Nevada, had started off run-ning sixth in his Jeep, but inad-vertently flicked his fan switch, turning the fans off. When his truck overheated he headed into his pit, where the problem was solved, and he came back out, almost dead last, doomed to a game of catch-up. Also playing catch-up, with a little more suc-cess, was Dave Woulf, in a Ford, who was almost exactly in the middle of the 18 car pack at the start, and was steadily picking off the competition, one car per lap, moving up toward the front. Meanwhile, it was Greaves, Schmitt, Crowder and Taylor. And Al Walentowski, who had also come up through the pack, was in fifth place by lap eight, and in fourth place on the ninth lap. The lead trucks had been threading their way through lapped trucks f~9.m about the Al Drews flew his Class 3 rig right into second in class, but his Ford did not make a top three finish in the other events he was eligible to run. Allen Fannin drives a twin Chevy Chevelle to Stateznys and stayed close all the way in the Class 6 battles but he fell short by inches and was second. It was Bill Grobaski who took third in the Class 6 race, but it was quite a battle most of the distance, in this unique class for American stock cars. Randy Eller made it an Illinois sweep in Class 9/10 taking , Jeff St. Peter flies over familiar ground at Crandon, and the second place and here he corners hard to stay ahead of the ~erd Belgium, WI racer broke up the Illinois bunch by taking third behind in this popular class. place in Class 9/10. 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Al Walentowski fights hard to hold his position in the Ford and he took a fine fourth in Class 7S, and he moved up to second in the Chaflenge race. Kevin Norris flies his Class 7S Ford past the grassy spectator area on his way to a keen third place in the Class 6 & 7 race on Sunday. Greg Gerlach is having good luck this season with his Class 4 Dodge and he placed a strong second in the class race but had troubles in the Chaflenge. fourth lap, but they maintained even distances from one another, and nothing untoward occurred. Greaves took the win, Schmitt was second, and Crowder, father of Jason in Class 2-1600, was third. In fourth it was Walen-towski, and Dave Woulf had made his way to fifth place. Tay-lor had faded away on the seventh lap. It was time for the big trucks now, and the Class 4 trucks surged through Turn One, led by Jack Flannery in his Chevy, to no-one's surprise. He had Ken Kin-caid right behind him in his Ford. In third it was Steve Kelley, from California, in a Jeep, and then Greg Gerlach, in his Dodge. Still on the first lap Flannery dropped back, and Kincaid took over the lead. But it was only for a little while. Kincaid had a flat and Flannery's truck pooped out and bv lap two they were both gone, and Kelley was in the lead. Geoff Dorr moved his Ford up to second, and Gerlach was in third place, with Jim Ladyga in fourth. Gerald Foster was moving through traffic in his Class 3 Chevy, and had come up to fifth place. Kelley held his lead through the third lap, followed by Dorr, Gerl-ach, Ladyga and Foster. But Lady-ga 'struck was sending out immense clouds of smoke, so thick and low to the ground that the drivers behind him were blinded. Ladyga, unaware of this, ran blissfully on. The officials conferred and decided they'd bet-ter black-flag him. His smoke cloud was much more inhibiting than any dust thrown up by the cars. Dorr moved into the lead on the fourth lap, with Kelley in second place, Gerlach third, and Ladyga fourth. But he had been black-flagged, and, while he was obviously unhappy about it, he stopped. Dorr continued to lead, and now Gerlach moved up to second place as Kelley fell out, and Foster was third, with Jeff St. Peter in a Ford Ranger equipped with a VS motor, fourth, and Mark Seidler fifth. Dorr had a good lead, and while Gerlach ran hard, he wasn't going to catch him unless some-thing major broke. Dorr went on to take the win, reporting no problems with the truck at all. Gerlach said that everything was ''cool'', including the driver, as he removed a Zip-Loe plastic bag with mostly melted ice cubes in it, from inside the driver's suit. He called it his "personal air condi-tioning". Foster, who drove the last two laps on a flat rear tire, was· third, and St. Peter, who's new in Class 4 this year, coming from the buggy ranks, finished fourth. This was his best finish so far. It was now 5 o'clock. The weather report had said, as it always does in Wisconsin, that Geoff Dorr gets interviewed after winning the tough Class 4 event in his Ford and the next day Dorr was back and rolling to place third in the Production Truck Chaflenge event. Dan Vanden Heuvel is king of Class 13 this season in his hybred Ford, and he here, foreground, leaps past another truck on his way to winning both the Class 13 title and the 3 & 13 Chaflenge race. Dusty Times there was a "chance of rain" on Sunday, but it looked as if the weatherman had missed it by a day. Class 13 drivers lined up for their start against a backdrop of black clouds. There were 23 trucks, which makes a big crowd at the start, but when they'd thinned out a bit, Dan Vanden Heuvel was in front in his Chev-rolet. He had Dennis Ferdon, in a Dodge, right behind him, and then Dave Marks in a Chevy Blazer. Lowell DeGreef was fourth, and Terry Severson ran fifth. Vanden Heuvel began to pull away from the pack almost immediately, but the others ran hard, with Bob Flanagan, in his new truck (no more '32 Chevy!) making a try for fifth place. David Phone(913)788-3219 FAX (913) 788 9682 Reetz had a flat and Tommy Drews lost his front suspension, but the rest stayed in pretty good shape. Vanden Heuvel expanded his lead, still followed by Ferdon and Marks, but De Greef had fallen back a couple of places, then dis-appeared. Severson moved into fourth, with Flanagan behind him in fifth. They ran that way for four laps, and then Flanagan lost a position to Jim Moskalik, and a lap later was parked by the pond. At the head of the pack the leaders maintained their posi-tions, and it was still Vanden Heuvel, Ferdon, Marks and Sev-erson. There were lots of lapped cars now, as many of these folks found it tough going. At the finish it was Vanden Heuvel, Ferdon, Marks and Sev-erson. Vanden Heuvel said, "Everything was dynamite!", and Ferdon reported nothing more serious than a throttle that stuck in the corners occasionally. Marks had an oil light flashing in the turns for the last couple of laps, which was worrisome, but nothing came of it. It took a while for the Class 13 relics to be moved off the course, and there were some occasional sprinkles, but nothing that could really be called rain. The Class 8 trucks were ready to have at it now, and 12 of them took the green flag at 10 of 6. 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Jeff St. Peter, here leading the Heidtman Class 4, is another buggy racer who built a truck this year, and he did fine in the Ford, fourth in Class 4. Dennis Ferdon favors a Dodge for Class 13 competition, and he was second in the class race, and moved into a strong third in the 3 & 13 Class Challenge. Californian Scott Douglas is Class B Soda racing this year in a Dodge, and though it seems crowded in the cockpit he placed second in Class 8 action. ·~ then settled down on its wheels again. Walker Evans had the lead in his Dodge, which was a new one, built especially for midwestern short course racing, with a lower center of gravity and a bigger motor. There is also not so much wheel travel, and a smaller gas tank. He carries only 25 or 30 gallons of fuel, and, as opposed to his desert racer, no jack, no spare tire, no tools or first aid kit. And, instead of a second seat for a passenger ( tire changer), his crew located all sorts of things in the space next to the driver's seat. Things like the alternator, water pump, and power steering pump. The truck weighs in at about 3959 pounds, compared to his desert racer's 5500. He says the new one fee ls "light as a feather." Behind Evans it was Scott Tay-4>r in his Ford, and in third it was Scott Douglas, in another Dodge, without its passenger side door, which was torn off when he brushed up against Flannery in the start crush. Douglas was hav-ing trouble seeing, because his motorized tear offs quit, and he couldn't keep his visor clean. And then came Jimmie Crowder, in another Ford, followed by Jed .. , .. ,ofl 811 · ,,efl c;of11P pro This is the :,ystem run by most off road race winners TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFJ"LER "NEW SUMMER SPECIAL CHROME" 2740 COMPTON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 · (213) 234-9014 Defending class Champion in Class 8 trucks, Scott Taylor joined the Rough Riders this year and slid his Ford right into first in Class 8 at Crandon. The Stadium Superlites came from California and put on quite a show, especially the front running trio of Nature's Recipe cars. After they got done swapping the lead, Jimmie Johnson won the race. Flannery. But Jed was out on the second lap, with something unre-lated to the rollover, but terminal just the same. Crowder was also out early, because he'd overfilled his transmission and it was leak-ing, and whenever he let off on the gas it dribbled onto the headers and made a big cloud of smoke, which he thought signified some-thing terribly wrong, so he parked it. On the third lap Taylor took over first place, and he and Evans and Douglas had built a long lead, with Dave Hackers now running fourth in his Ford, and Dan Vanden Heuvel was up to fifth. For another two laps they ran that way, but Evans was having prob-lems with his torque convertor, and on lap eight Douglas moved into second place, fender flapping and some smoke puffing out occasionally. first, hissing and bubbling, but first. Douglas finished second, and Hackers was third. Evans, down a lap, had fourth pl~ce. The threat of heavy rain had subsided for a while, and the Soda Lites (known as Ultra Lites in Mickey Thompson short course racing), had gathered for their event, which was to be an intro-duction of this class to the specta-tors. There were nine of the little racers, most of which were native to the western end of the United States. These fellas ran on an abbreviated course, keeping all the action right in front of the spectators. They were there to have fun, and they did that, in a big way. Casey Mears led off the line, """' . with Greg George, Brad Wilmert and Jimmie Johnson close behind him. By the second lap it was Johnson in front, Mears second, George third and Wilmer fourth. On the third lap it was George in front, Mears second, Johnson third, and Rennie Awana in fourth place, all from the Nature's Recipe Team. Wilmert blew his motor and was out of it. Not only did they change lead-ers each lap, they changed several times during each lap. The specta-tors were on their feet, obviously enjoying the show immensely. Awana moved into the lead for a while, with George second, John-son third and Holgeir Okanevad, one of the local folk, in fourth place. Mears' car quit when the motor locked up and he fell to last place. They ran that way for two laps, and then George moved back to the front, with Johnson second, Awana third, and Oka-nevad still in fourth. At the finish it was Johnson, Awana, George and Okanevad, who finished on a flat. The drivers had enjoyed running on the Crandon course, the spectators had loved watching them, and some of the course workers thought it was the best race of the day. Proponents of the class are trying to get enough of them together so they can race the full SODA series in futurt: years. They seem well suited, as lung as they run on a shortened course. The SODA Lites finished the show for Saturday, and it was none too soon, because the rain began to fall just minutes after the track was cleared. Overnight it was business as usual; those who had race cars to repair worked, those who didn't, partied. The rain watered the race track tho-roughly, and then blew on by, so that Sunday dawned cooler, and sunny. Once again, the day started with a practice session for the buggies and trucks, and then, just before 11 a.m. the first race got the green flag. This time it was the Class 1 cars, which are frequently the Class 9 cars with a bigger motor installed, or sometimes WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Taylor, who'd started to blow steam on the seventh lap, looked like a bad bet, but he'd developed a big lead, and time was short. He hung on, with Douglas charging hard behind him, but watching his gauges, 'cause the truck was running hot. Evans pulled out for a brief moment, but rejoined the fray quickly. His new truck was fun to watch, especially when it did wheelies off a little hump just beyond the scoring tower. Taylor, with steam enveloping the truck in a dramatic cloud, managed to limp to the finish line Jeff Probst started Sunday's action right, winning Class 1 /2 in his potent Laser after a close battle with good friend Art Schmitt. The new car now goes by the name Probst Laser and is fast. Page 48 September 1994 Dusty Times

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Dave Hackers slides past the pond near the course in his fancy Class 8 Ford, and Dave was third in Class 8, but moved up to second in Heavy Metal Challenge racing. Greg George is the defending MTEG Superlite champion and he did his share of leading the race that was quite a hit with the spectators at Crandon. Rennie Awana also led some laps in the Superlite race that ran on a shorter course so the spectators could see every bit of the crazy action. Holgeir Okanevad hails from Davis, Illinois and had a great time racing with the hot dogs, and he placed fourth in the race of ten starting cars. Scott Schwalbe bucks the trend to lighter single sealers in Unlimited Class, but he does well in the two seater, third in Class 1 /2 and the Challenge. Greg Smith, from Minnetonka, MN, gave it the old college try in Joe Eppers 5-1600, but he fell just a tad short and ended up second in this fun class. they stick with their 1650cc motors. The rain had wet the track thoroughly, and the practice laps hadn't cleared it off, so it was a slippery course for these folks. There were 14 cars, and it was Jeff Probst in front, in his Laser as they rounded the first turn. He was running his aircooled Type I 2400cc motor for this event. Behind him it was Art Schmitt, with 2400ccs also, but in a Nis-san. Scott Schwalbe was third, with his air cooled 2800cc Porsche in a Taylor chassis, and then came Dan Baudoux in his Mirage, followed by Todd Attig, with a brand new two-liter Rabbit motor. On the next lap the only thing different was that Baudoux and Attig changed places. Probst pulled out quite a distance, as did Schmitt. Both Probst and Schwalbe puffed smoke a bit, but it seemed to signify nothing of importance. Dave Hanson's car gave up the ghost, and David Wald had to pull into the infield to have his gas cap tightened up, to keep it from spewing fuel on the track. The lead cars maintained their positions, continuing to pull out from the rest, and starting to lap slower or damaged cars by the fifth lap. Ed Helfrick developed a flat and pulled out, and then on the sixth lap Baudoux pulled off, also with a flat. That moved Brian Bernloehr, who runs a 1650cc Rabbit, up into fifth place, his car moving considerably better than it had on Saturday. Probst held his lead, though Schmitt made a concerted effort to get him, and just couldn't get ast. Atti was attem tin to ass Art Schmitt got his usually clean Laser muddy but it ran fine and he backed -his second in Class 1 /2 with a victory in the Unlimited Challenge, fighting off Todd Attig all the way. It was the usual story in Class 5-1600 as Michael Brue ran away and almost hid from most of the competition, and he motored on to win yet another title in Class 5-1600. Dusty Times Schwalbe also, but couldn't get that done, and they finished in the order they'd been in for most of the race. Probst, Schmitt, Schwalbe, Attig and Bernloehr, who said it was his first finish in the '94 season. September 1994 It used to be that the Class 1 cars would self-destruct, and it would be no surprise to have only four or five still moving at the end of nine or 10 laps. We remember Attig going up in smoke back in the trees several times, and Probst used to have an awful time with transmissions. Various ills bothered them all, but lately they have their collected acts together, and of the 14 starters, there were still nine cars on the lead lap, and a couple of-~ Page 49

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While brother Mark was winning the Class 11 S race, Michael Oberg was also running fast in his two seater, fast enough to place fourth in the big class. John Huven is a regular on the Class 11 trail and does well. He took fifth in the two seat class on Saturday, and finished third in Sunday's Class 11 S. Curtis Gerald clears a jump in the spectator area in good shape and he went on to finish fifth in Class 11 S, often the biggest class in a SODA race. Jack Flannery flies his Class 4 Chevy expertly over his home track, and he overcome some earlier troubles to win the 2x4, 4x4 Challenge race over a husky field of racers. ~ others, who'd taken time out for flats, running at the finish. It makes a good show. The 5-1600s were next to run, and their group of eight had lots of room to maneuver going through Turn One. Michael Brue stuck his convertible out in front early on, and led all the rest of the way. Behind him it was Greg Smith in Joe Eppers' car, followed by Terry Wolfe, in a sedan, and then Tom Brockman. Gary Plummer lasted only two laps, and Harvey Wald managed to complete five laps before he pulled out with a sick motor. Brue knew that Smith was back there somewhere, but he couldn't see him, because he was right up. on his bumper. He kept moving at a steady pace, just in case, and it was a good thing. Brue took the win, saying the track was in per-fect shape now, and Smith fin-ished second behind him. Wolfe, whose car is a real 5-1600, while the others are "grandfathered" in Class 5 cars with limited motors, finished third. The next event was a new one. The folks in Class 3 and Class 13 had asked for their own "Chal-lenge" event on the grounds that they didn't stand a chance when forced to race with the Class 4 and Class 8 trucks. The Challenge races are for vehicles that have competed in the regular races on the weekend. They usually have a nice purse, and lots of bragging rights go with a win. Since they're generally the last race of the wee-kend for a car, the drivers go all out, not keeping anything in reserve, and the action is hot and heavy. SODA decided that the Class 3 and 13 folks had a better idea, so they gave them their own Challenge, rather than making them race with the more costly 4s and 8s. There were 12 of them. Jerry Bundy got the hole shot with his Class 3 Jeep, but Dan Vanden Heuvel had overtaken him before they got past the Sky Boxes. Gerald Foster moved into second place, with Bundy third, and Dennis Ferdon in fourth place. Ferdon was working hard to get around Bundy, whose car was already smelling of burnt brakes. On the next lap he'd gone by, and was in third place. Foster went off in hot pursuit, trying to catch Vanden Heuvel, and was slowly gaining on him, as Ferdon's truck started to smoke a bit. Vanden Heuvel and Foster were flying the jumps side-by-side, and giving the spectators a thrill on the fifth lap, and on the seventh lap Foster went into the lead. Then it was Foster, Vanden Heuvel, Ferdon and Darren Van-dreel. But two laps later Foster was slowed by a lapped car and Vanden Heuvel got up close. fhen Vanden Heuvel made a bet-ter lane choice as they ran in front of pit row, and he managed to retake the lead. With Foster second, Ferdon was still third. Meanwhile, Bundy's hood came unlatched and blew up in front of him so he couldn't see, and by the time it was bun eed down a ain Walker Evans flies high in his muddied Dodge, but it didn't keep him from winning the Heavy Metal Challenge. Wafker also placed second in the 2x4 and 4x4 Challenge race earlier. he'd dropped many positions, and he was also very low on brakes. Vanden Heuvel, who wears a baseball catcher's chest protector to ward off rocks, took the win, saying he thought he had a little more power in his Class 13 truck than Foster, but Foster's Class 3 four-wheel-drive let him get out of the corners faster. Foster was second, grumbling a bit about lapped traffic, and Ferdon fin-ished third, with Marks fourth, and they were all on the lead lap. The biggest event, in terms of entry, was next, with 35 one seat Class 11 cars flagged off at 1 p.m. Mark Oberg, driving a green Phazer, got the hole shot, and held onto the lead. John Huven was second in his Gilson chassis, and in third it was John Wiggins, fol-lowed by Dan Baudoux and Michael Oberg, Mark's twin, in a purple Phazer. Except for the color, the Oberg cars were identi-cal; the drivers are identical too. Back not quite midway through the traffic was Cory Friday, usu-ally up near the front, but he had a flat, and by the time he was run-ning again, he was nearly dead last. And when it's a field of 35, that's a long way back. He was one of the more interesting cars to watch as he struggled to come back up through the pack. Oberg kept charging ahead, and Huven stayed pretty close, but Baudoux was coming up, aiming to get to the front. On the second lap he was fourth, and on lap four he moved into third place. Huven dropped to fifth, and Michael Oberg was fourth. Oberg held his lead, but Bau-doux was right on Huven, trying to get around, and on the sixth lap he pulled past him, and into second place. Now he took off in pursuit of Oberg, who knew he was there. Huven and Michael Oberg stayed firm in third and fourth, but Wiggins fell another position, and Curtis Gerald moved up to fifth place. And, way back in the pack, Friday had regained 13 positions by the eighth lap, catching and passing one or more cars every time he made a lap. Oberg, who said he" was sweat-in", Baudoux pushing him, made no mistakes, stayed in front, and took the win. Baudoux was second, and Huven, who'd been having some trouble shifting, fin-ished third. Michael Oberg was fourth. In fifth place it was Gerald, and behind the leaders were 14 more cars all still on the lead lap. Friday finished 13th. At about 1 :45 p.m. the starter flagged off the single seat 1600 cars, and while all 23 made it through the first turn, Brian Kleiman never got his first lap done, and pulled into the infield to spectate. But Greg Smith had himself in front, with Todd Attig second, Mike Seefeldt third, Michael Notary fourth and Jason Crowder in fifth place. Attig crowded Smith a bit, and a big crowd, including Jon Huss, Mark Warren, Michael Skalitzky, Mark Krueger, Bill Scott and Gordon Zima, did a lot of pushing and shoving, and changing posi-tions, all vying for about 12th place. But at the front of the pack it was a parade. After the second lap, the first seven cars never changed positions. Smith and Attig separated themselves from the rest of the pack a bit, and Attig did seem to get closer in the turns, but Smith stayed in front of him. On the eighth lap they ran into some back markers who got in the way somewhat, and made things more interesting. One of them did slow Attig significantly. At the finish it was Smith, who thought every-thing had been "fabulous", and Attig, who thought he might have caught Smith if it hadn't been for that lapper. He might have. See-feldt was third. Notary was fourth and Crowder was fifth. Another dozen cars finished on the same lap. Big fluffy clouds were piling up towards the northeast, and a cool breeze had sprung up, and now folks began to worry about that "chance" of rain. It was time for the favorite event of the weekend, the Class 4 and 8 Challenge. There were 23 entries, and mixed in among the 4s '.md 8s there was a sprinkling of C:.1ss 3 cars who'd apparently decided to bypass the earlier 3 /13 event, and a couple who entered both. Jack Flannery came around Turn One in front in his four wheel drive Chevy, but hot on his rear bumper was Walker Evans in his Dodge. And in third it was Jamey Flannery, Jack's son, in another Chevy, and then Steve Kelley in his Jeep, followed by Geoff Dorr in his Ford. Scott Tay-lor, usually at the front of the pack, was back in 13th, and Jim-mie Crowder was behind him a couple of positions. Flannery and Evans pulled out quite a lead, while Dorr worried at Kelley, trying to get past him. At the same time, Scott Douglas was trying to get around Bryan Fran-kenberg. Jim Ladyga's truck was starting to smoke again, and the officials were eyeing that black flag again. Flannery and Evans stayed out front, and Dorr got by Kelley to up into fourth on the This is a classic Class 11 shot as John Wiggins, foreground, tries to pass Michael Oberg over a jump. Wiggins was sixth in Class 11 S competition. Another Californian sampling midwestern racing this season is Steve Kelley in the Mike Lesle Jeep. Steve was fifth in the Production Challenge race. Don Ponder comes from St. Louis to race with SODA and he usually does well. This round he took fourth in the Unlimited Challenge race, and it was close. Page 50 September 1994 Dusty Times

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Scott Smith stays in front of his competition coming out of a tight turn, and Scott stayed up front long enough to take third in the Heavy Metal Challenge in the Jeep. Las Vegan Brendan Gaughan is getting with the short course racing technique in the Jeep Comanche, and despite overheat-ing Brendan was fifth in the Heavy Metal Challenge. Also from Michigan Gwen Holmes had a good run in this 2-1600 car, taking second in the Ladies Unlimited Class event after a good dice with Barb Schaden. second lap. Then he chased Jamey Flannery for a while and moved into third on the fourth lap. By now Ladyga had been black flagged and was out of the race, and Taylor had disappeared. The lead trucks started to catch back markers on the fourth lap. It was Flannery, Evans, Dorr, Flannery, Kelley and Douglas. But Douglas started to smoke, lost five positions, and then dropped out, overheated. Flannery and Evans continued to run hot and heavy through the lappers, with Dorr maintaining a steady pace behind them. Once again, we had a parade. For the balance of the race, except when they came up against a lapper, there was no one doing any catching, or any passing. That's not to say it wasn't fun to watch. Just seeing those big trucks being expertly driven at speed through the turns and over the jumps is exciting. Flannery took the win, Evans was second, Dorr third, and Jamey Flannery fin-ished fourth. Kelley was fifth, and Douglas, the other Californian, who'd pulled out when his truck over-heated, declared it was a "blast". The next Challenge race was for the limited rear engine buggies, the same folks who'd just com-pleted a race before the trucks came out. They'd had a 19 minute race, IO minutes for finish line interviews, and a whole 55 min-utes to get ready for their Chal-lenge event. Busy guys! This time Attig was in front of the pack, and Smith was right behind him. But Smith didn't last a lap, and dropped back to dead last after a wheel broke. Seefeldt had taken over second place, and Mark Steinhardt was third, fol-lowed by Michael Notary, and then Gordon Zima, who comes from Connecticut. The traffic was terrific, with virtually everyone just nose-to-tail for a couple of laps. Attig widened his lead, Seefeldt held second, and Notary came up to third, with Steinhardt now fourth and Dan Baudoux, who'd moved up after only a fair start, in fifth now. Also moving up from challenge, dropped a position and further back was Jason Crowder, Kevin Norris, in a bright red Ford who'd been 14th, jumped to Splash, moved into fifth place, ninth, then seventh on the third after working his way through a lap. Brian Kleiman's car was sick lot of traffic. again, and Mark Warren pulled Greaves stayed in front, but on out with no oil pressure, and Greg the sixth lap Kincaid lost oil pres-Smith was gone after four laps. sure, and pulled out. That put Attig, Seefeldt and Notary led Walentowski into second place, through the sixth lap, and then Norris, who'd passed Burke, Notary was gone, moving Bau-moved into third, Burke was doux, who'd passed Steinhardt, fourth and Coppens was back in into third. Crowder was moving fifth. By this time there were more right along with him, and had lapped cars on the track than climbed to fourth. Steinhardt was those on the lead lap. fifth now, and Zima was sixth. On the seventh lap William And at the finish line it was Attig, Willig created some excitement Seefeldt, Baudoux, Crowder, and by rolling over down in the Steinhardt, who told us he needs ' quarry. He was quickly rescued, more motor. and the race went on around him, Next came the combined Chai-with Greaves still leading, now a lenge for Classes 6 and 7, with a long way in front of Walen-total of 15 cars. His fans were towski. Norris, the last car on the hoping that Jeff Kincaid, whose same lap, ran third. And that's the Ford had inexplicably failed to go way they finished. Greaves, then when the green flag waved for Walentowski, who described his Saturday's race, would be there race as "kinda slow and anticli-for this one. He was there all right, mac tic", but said he had no prob-with 14 other trucks, and when !ems. It takes some folks a long they came through Turn One it time to learn that that's the way to was Fay State:ny in front, in his finish races, Al. Norris was third, Class 6 Chevelle, followed by saying his truck ran a little hot, John Greaves in his Toyota, and but had no problems. then Kincaid. But Greaves Of the Class 6 cars, only Gary quickly took the lead, with Sta-Bradley, who seems always to be temy second. running at the finish, actually By lap two, with Greaves still out there in front, Kincaid had passed Statezny, and taken over second place. Al Walentowski, in a Ford, was now trying to catch Statemy, and Rick Rayford had his Class 6 Malibu in fifth place. On the third lap all the studs on one of State:ny's wheels broke, and he pulled out, as did Brendan Gaughan, whose Jeep was sputter-ing and spitting. Rayford's Malibu quit on that lap also. Now it was Greaves, Kincaid, Walen-towski, Mike Burke, and Gary Coppens in the on! y other Toyota truck running. By now Greaves had a comfor-table lead, but Kincaid was close enough to take advantage of any mistakes. There were lapped cars to contend with, and Walen-towski and Burke hung on to their positions, but Coppens, whose suspension wasn't quite up to the • THE Tracy Crump came from Michigan to fly this 2-1600 car to the Ladies Unlimited and overall win. She is one of several girls who could race in class successfully, if she had her own car. took the checkered flag. He was sixth, with eight laps completed. The buggies were back again for the next event, starting at 4:30, with 15 cars in the Unlimited Rear Engine Challenge. Art Schmitt got the hole shot, and stayed in front, chased by Attig, and then Schwalbe, with Bern-loehr and Baudoux making up the balance of the lead five. Back in the pack, Don Ponder was trying to gain a position, and so was Jeff Probst, who was run-ning his Class 9 motor, and had picked the last spot on the starting grid. Up in front Schmitt held steady, and Attig, who'd switched to a single carburetor, and found it running a lot better, held his second place, with Schwalbe, and then Bernloehr all evenly spaced. By the third lap Ponder, whose motor is a 2500cc Chevy, had come up to fifth, and Baudoux had dropped a position. They ran in that order for about three laps. Meanwhile Owen Walther, whose two-seater harbors a big Chevy motor, had broken a stub axle, and skidded to a parking spot off to (<'muinu~d ,m I"'!!~ .~7 l WRIGHT Sarah Sawall won again in her trusty Class 11 that she drives alone, and she flew around the track turning good lap times in the slightly tired car. 9420 Flinn Springs ln. PLACE El Cajon, CA 92021 INC. Dusty Times September 1994 Page 51 •

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Tracy Silloway drove Cory Friday's Class 11, a trick new paint Job must have made it go faster. Tracy finished third in the Ladies Class 1 event. Valerie James is a regular contender in Women's Heavy Metal racing and at Crandon she came in third in the class which had action from flag to flag. The Schultz ladies are burning up the SODA tracks this season. This round Marilyn crashed, but young Robin took the Class 13 to fourth Heavy Metal. (from l>ai:~ 511 the side. Dave Van-dermissen Sr. had run well for a while, but he lost his left front shocks, and pulled out a little later. By the seventh lap, with the lead four still in position, it was Ponder in fifth and Probst in sixth, having come up a long way. Things stayed the same at the front, but on the ninth lap Ponder got by Bernloehr, who was run-ning his 1650cc motor, and on the last lap, Probst also passed him. So, at the finish line it was Schmitt, Attig, who said he'd lost his front brakes, Schwalbe, Ponder, and Probst. there were another four cars also running on the lead lap. The next event was an error. When the officials had decided to create the 3 / 13 Challenge, they meant to take the "Heavy Metal Holtger in a l'ord, tought a good Challenge" off the program, but battle for second. On the fourth somehow it didn't get done, and a lap Hockers moved up and Zilisch few drivers went ahead and fell back, his truck smoking. entered, each apparently thinking Holtger rolled over in the sweeper there would be more entries later. turn on the fifth lap, and that was But when they showed up at the the end of his race. start line, there were only six Evans went on to take the win, trucks. Still, with the time slotted with Heckers second, and Scott for them, and no one else waiting Smith, in a Class 4 entry, in third, in the wings, they went ahead and followed by Zilisch, and Brendan raced.AndWalkerEvansjumped Gaughan, his Class 7 Jeep right into the lead. Running seriously out-horsepowered, but second it was Joe Zilisch, who'd obviously making up for laps broken his car in his class race, missed when his truck conked out and decided to run this event for in his 617 Challenge. the fun of it. He drives a Class 13 The women's events would be GMC. In third it was Dave next,butfirsttheofficialtruckled Hockers in a Class 8 Ford. all of the entrants on a slow Evans had the competition out-parade around the course, just in technologied, and out-horse-case they hadn't been riding with powered, and he built a long lead husbands or boyfriends all day, while Zilisch, Hockers and Jeff and might not know their way around. Then the Unlimited bug-gies started, and a few seconds later, the Class 11 buggies. All of the so-called "unlimited" buggies seemed to be 1600s, except for one which probably had a 1650cc motor. There were eight of them. the bigger buggies, the Class 11 cars had 10 entries, and it was Tracy Silloway in the lead, with Karen Christensen in second, Cindy Wiggins third, and Sarah Sawall in fourth place. By the second lap, Christensen had passed Silloway, and moved into the lead. Silloway was now second, Sawall had come up to third, and Wiggins had dropped to fourth. They ran in this order for three laps, and then Sa wall got by Silloway and moved into second place. Silloway was not third, with Vivian Heitger in fourth place, as Wiggins lost a couple of positions. On the sixth lap Christensen dropped out, and Sawall moved into the lead. Holtger was now second, and Shari Huven had moved into third, with Silloway fourth and Wiggins in fifth place. Sawall went on to take the win, her first, with Huven moving up to take second, and Silloway back to third, followed by Holtger and Wiggins. James and Schultz held their rela-tive positions, and it went on that way for. several laps. On the fourth lap the flagman waved his black flag at Brand, and she pulled into the infield for a few seconds, penalized for passing Parsons on a yellow (caused by Schultz, who was still upended at the time). But the stop-and-go was so quick that Brand lost nothing. Parsons couldn't catch her. The same order held clear to the finish and Brand took the win, with Parsons, usually talkative and bubbly at the finish line, close lipped and terse, and obviously not happy about that yellow-flag-pass, as she accepted congratula-tions for her second place. James took third. Robin Schultz was fourth and Joan Silloway moved up to finish fifth. Marilyn Schult:, after being uprighted, did get to complete four laps. That was the end of the day for Dusty Times, and we cruised back up to the press tower in our loaner golf cart (there were no· Pol:iris Atvs to ride this year, and we missed them), carefully avoiding the muddy spot w~re we'd been embarrassingly stuck in the morning. Gail Brand had a super run, with plenty of competition in Women's Heavy Metal: 13 trucks started. but Gail won the race in the Class 8 truck. Rhonda Smith got out in front right away, with Tina Crowder in second, and working hard to catch her. But on the second lap Tina went into the back corner too hard, rolled over, and put her-self out of the race. That moved Tracy Crump up into second place. Now Gwen Holmes, racing only her second time, ran third, and Barb Schaden was in fourth place. They ran in that order for three laps, and then Smith disap-The next event was the Women's Heavy Metal, and there were 12 trucks, some of them looking as if they'd seen better days. Sherri Parsons had the hole shot and led through Turn One. Behind her, Marilyn Schultz turned turtle, and ended up on the embankment, bottom side out, waiting for some course workers to set her upright. Meanwhile, the others charged around the track, and as they circled back toward Turn One, Gail Brand caught and passed Parsons, to take the lead. Valerie James was in third, fol-lowed by Robin Schultz, and then Jodi Bornberg. Except for the tragic loss of Mark Rose, it had been another banner spring for the folks at Crandon, and they were already getting fired up for their fall event, at which they'll celebrate the silver anniversary of the Brush Run 101 . There are all sorts of things, including a parade, the opening of their "International Hall of Fame and Museum", a flyover, hot air balloons, skydiv-ers and fireworks in the plans for the Labor Day Weekend. Sounds like an event not to be missed . Chapala Dusters Race Review By H. Henesey The Fireworks 250 race in Bar-stow is one of the toughest events in the SCORE series (at least it gets my vote), and as usual, it was a hot, hot, hot, hot, day. What else, it's tradition. Four Chapala Dusters took the green flag, and after hours of abuse, three of those were able to make it to the finish line. In the Class 1600 Porter entry, Mark Ruddis took the first leg of the race and was definitely in the hunt until the left rear wheel came off out past Slash X. Seems the lug nuts didn't quite get tightened completely. After getting the wheel back on the car, Mark fin-ished his portion with. no other problems and handed the car over to Danny Porter. All was going well, until eleven miles from the finish when the lug nut problem surfaced, only this time they were stripped. Danny took it ea~y and babied the car in, but it cost them dearly as they finished eighth in class. Lyn Mocaby brought out his Class 5 car, driving the entire race without a driver change. Reports came in from other Dusters Dusty Times peared. Crump took over the around the course that the motor lead, with Holmes in second, soundeddownonpower.Lynwas Schaden in third and Ruth still able to bring in a great finish Schwartzburg in fourth place. with a second in class. And that's the way they finished. Ryan Harbottle also drove the Startingjusta few seconds after Brand took off, widening her lead, with Parsons vainly chasing. entire race in his 5-1600 entry,------------------------------------------and found he had problems start-FOR SALE: 5-1600 Baja Bug ing on the first lap, with too much Class·,· ad Light car Wright-Sway-AWAY air pressure in the tires, causing I 1. ♦ ♦ ♦ • Reworked Bilsteins-$4,000.00 difficulty in handling. Down time obo. ALSO Conv. Baja Body & was due to rebuilding a broken chassis 11 SH Wheel base 6" wide FOR SALE: (2) Trailing arms, shock tower, next a throttle cable coilover, Long Travel VW huhs. front end 3x3 rear arms. Call Jeff broke, then to cap it off, the brand Delron Bushings hangers & bolts (714) 996-4936. new tie rods bent. Barstow is $500.00. Dave 9-6 Mon-Sat. famous for tearing cars apart, but (714) 642-5158. Ryan hung on to finish 7th in class, just one minute, seven FOR SALE: 44" Wide front seconds before the time limit. beam-4" longer arms-combo George Erl was teaming up with spindles all used $950.00. Giese Jerry Penhall again in Penhall's air race shocks-also spare barrels-Class 10 car, with George sche-shaftspistons-seals$3,800.00. duled to take the last half of the Call (310) 868-9827. race. Jerry was having a great run FOR SALE: VW 2177cc Type l on the first lap, but a mishap in Motor. Built by major perfor-the pits after the first lap sent mance. Brand new!! HO" miles them home early. Reports were $3,000.00. Mies Class "10" parts. that Jerry was on the tail of Ray For sale Ultra Wheels w/.Bfg Croll (also in Class 10) when Ray Tires Centerlines. ( 619) 448-hit the brakes to slip into his pits, 5392 6r (619) 441-8936. Jerry slammed into the back of FOR SALE OR TRADE: Single Croll's car and broke the shock seat Chenowth Class 9 car 22-gal tower. With quite a bit of damage, fuel cell, Fox, Yokohamas, UMP, the day was over for Penhall/Erl. Mastercraft, Wright Rack, Flame-The Chapala Dusters have a 0 new meeting place!! Its still the ut,SwayAway,Adjusters,alotof spares. Fresh motor. $5,500.00 obo second Wednesday of the month, Roger (()()9) 598-1926 or (619) now at Marie Callenders at 5711 261-l l 12orPaula(503)883-8566. E. La Palma in Anaheim Hills. September 1994 FOR SALE: 69 Baja Pre runner, 2010 v engine, bus transaxle 5x3 rear arm. Bilstein shocks. Full cage front to rear, super seats. 8" wide front beam 2¼' front arms Porsche 356 steering, fresh paint. Asking $6,800.00. Jack Woods (602) 242-0077. FOR SALE: Class 9 . Freshly rebuilt motor. New Saco Rack, Close ratio trans. New CNC clutch assembly wired for radio. 2 spare sets Sway-A-Way Bars. Lots of spare tires & wheels, spindles, drums arms, engine parts. Fox shocks $4,500.00 (714) 650-0684. FOR SALE: 112" 2 Seat Pre-runner. 92" rebuild. Fuel safe, Spt Diest, Centerline Bilstein, Type I Trans 4:86 wl close 3.4th. Car was built for inexpensive mainte-nance. Can deliver! (801) 374-5388 or (916) 268-1004 w l o motor or have motor. Deal! FOR SALE: Enclosed car hauler, 20ft 6in. x 93in. Haulmark, elect-ric brakes, Yamaha generator, welders, jacks, awnings, tools, etc. Setup for racing $5,000.00 firm. (619) 242-0617 or (619) 242-1144. ~ Page 57

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Classified Class 2 Steve Hallidays "Moul-ton" two seater. 125"wb 3000cc ARPM motor, Dry Sump, Fuel lnj., Hewland DG300 prepped by Fortin, Fortin 935 Turbo cv's, Fox progressive air shocks, 22" rr & 17" frt trvl., Saginaw P, S, ¾" heim ends. A front runners. Fast and Clean Prep updated, ready to win. $25,000.00 Baja Concepts Ref #108 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: RACECO 2 seat 3.5 Porsche 340 H.P. Fourtin trans, 934 CV's Big axles, Fodril front arms and spindals, Fox Shocks. Best available equipment. Race Ready Now, many spares $38,000.00. Stuart Chase Days (818) 841-2316 Nite, (818) 845-4714. MATURE Off Road Driver seeking same to team up. I have several years as the primary driver and looking to share the expenses and responsibilities. Very flexible for the right situation. Call Brian Maginnis at (310) 630-5896 days or (.310) 371-0407 eves. FOR' SALE: New 1994 Jimco Class 10. Major motor, DG300 5 speed trans. All new & high dollar parts. Most detailed car you will see. Call Robert at (619) 344-0535 days, (619) 344-1328 nites. $22,000.00 firm. FOR SALE: 1993 Mirage Super-lite, Fresh paint, Fresh 350 motor, MTEG legal, Fox Shocks, BFG tires, Spares: Motors, gears, clutches, CVS, Arms, Wheels, Tires, Everything to go racing. New Price!! Call John Savna-Home (714) 842-7238 or Days (310) 327-8323. FOR SALE: Arciero 1 2 Magnum Super 16, Best MTEG car ever!! Bilstein bypass shocks and more extras than imaginable. Want 30K or best. For complete package include 2 motors and 3 transmissions. Call Baja Concepts Ref #365 (619) 583-6529. BETTER THAN NEW!! Class 2 Raceco. Completely rebuilt in '93 from the ground up. Carillo eng., Awesome Motec E.M.S. inj. ign. system w/laptop. Raceco trans. Rebuilt Fox coil over, 17" frt & 22" rr trvl. Fod. frt trailing arms. Custom brakes. All the spares. Monster Package. Baja Concepts Ref #3_33. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 1986 FORD Motor Home 21 Ft. Jamie 44,000 mi, Air, Awning, C.B., New tires and wheels. Super clean Non-smoker $17,500.00 or trade for Class 10-OR. (909) 658-0142 or (909) 314-0306. FOR SALE: Complete race team, all or part. 1 lD & 1-1600, very best parts available, air pumpers Wright, swayaway for (Gein Berge). Each car has new PPG colors, new motor and spare motor, zero hours. Tons of spares. 1 lD $4,000.00 1-1600 $8,000.00. 88 Chevy 4-Door Dually, new motor, $ stereo, lot of diamond, like new $10,000.00. 28ft. fifth-wheel trailer, custom sleep front, Onen generator, air compressor, awning, air cond. $5,500.00. All or will separate. Calvin Bailey (219) 892-5867 or (219) 892-6289. ''ATTENTION CHASERS'': FOR SALE, Uniden FMH 350D, 45 Watt, 36 Channel, Race Radio w/ antenna and 30 watt external FOR SALE: Single seat Jimco, Class 10, 1993 FRT High Points and Class 10 Champion. Major motor, Mendeola trans, CNC, UMP, Yokohama, All the Wright Stuffl! 6 starts at FRT, 4 overalls and a 2nd overall was asking $25,000.00. Now 1st $20,000 takes it! Call ( 619) 344-1925, ask for Tim or leave message. FOR SALE: 1987 Chenowth Magnum Class 10 single seat. Val-. ley Performance motor, tranny & suspension. Centerlines, Fire-stone tires, 930 CV's, power steering, Mastercraft, Summers Bros disc, loaded! Priced to sell QUICK! $9,800.00 oho. Baja Concepts ref #373. Call (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 1988 Ford Ranger Supercab-National springs, front & rear bumpers, 1 Z Bilsteins, 4 hydraulic bumpstops, two spares, BFG Baja Ta's Fiberglass, Master-craft seats, trussed rear end with 4.56 gears & Posi, rear traction bars. Perfect chase or prerun. Priced to sell (619) 466-7879. speaker-$400.00. Nitrogen bottle FOR SALE: PCI/Roadmaster andregulator-$150.00.Ca!IMike radios (3) used last year with T-Mag single seat Class 9. Totally at (714) 975_3225 or (909) 279_ mies. ( 1) W I PCI intercom com-·rebuilt. In excellent cond. New 7120_ plete (2) solid mount antennas 1600cc Matthews eng., Raceco ------------(3) magnetic antennas (3) spare trans.,5.75"frt&6"rrtrvl.,Fox FOR SALE: Class 9 Jimco, WANTED: Very competitive antennas (1) Motorola 100 watt shox, Sway-A-Way torsion bar, Awesome car always runs up SuperliteracecarorSuper 16race base radio with (2) 20' antennas German drums, wooven shoes, front, Fox Fire System, all car. Must be set up for MTEG (2)30"coax,externalspeakerand 15 gal. fuel cell. Everything new Chromoly, show condition, one racing. Preferably race ready with mic. Complete package will not and READY TO RACE! Spares. season. Single seater w/ Pumper, extra parts. Willing to pay extra separate. $2,000.00 obo. Dump $4,900.00 or Best Offer. B~ja BUILT TO WIN! Moving up in with trailer. Call Norm (714) cans(4)FuelSafequickfillsw/3" Concepts Ref #308. (619) 583-Class$7,500.00RACEREADY -996-0301 days or (909) 678-fillers-like new. $175.00 obo. 6529. Brian Days (310) 630-5896. 1424 evenings after 8pm. (909) 596-8673 after 5. ·r----~------~-~~----~---~----~--w--~~~----~~-~ . Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I DUSTY TIMES. : Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including nam~, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. Enclosed is $ ____ _ (Send check or money 9rder, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. Name----~----------------------------Address ______________________ Phone-------City State ___ _ Zip _____ _ _ Page 58 September 1994 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla Street Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 a: I I I I I, I ~-" -fzjr, 4. Nissan 4x4. Extremely trick. Can fit any body panel or engine. Very versatile. Great for int'! racing. Unbelievable spares! Nissan V6, fuel inj., Turbo400 trans., 18" frt & 21" rr trvl. The best equip. throughout. Technology adv. A steal at $49,000.00. Baja Con-cepts Ref #184. (619) 583-6529. Make an Offer today. FOR SALE: Mirage Class 9 two seater. Chromoly frame Wright rack, Durablue torsion· bars, Chromoly spring plates, Beard seats, Simpson seatbelts, spares, Fox shocks, new paint, Parker pumper, radios. Won 2 class championships in SNORE. $5,000.00 or OBO. Call Tim at (702) 293-5420, leave message. FOR SALE: '72 Class 8 Ford 351 W. New floater rear end, Fox 7 /8 shocks with reservoirs, Fox air bumps, Semi-Eliptic springs, rear Willwood brakes. BFG 3511 Baja TA, won 2 SNORE races. Tandem axe! trailer included. $10,000 oho. Call Tim at (702) 293-5420, leave message. FOR SALE: 1986 Raceco Class 2. FAT type 4, bus tranny w/Hew-land gears, Centerlines, Taylor seat, Fuel Safe cell, Bilstein & Fox, Summers Bros outboard disc brakes. TOO MUCH TO LIST: 125"wb, Killer Car - awesome race or pre-run car. $19,000.00 obo Baja Concepts ref #385. Call (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Bitchin' 5-1600. J&G tranny, Fuel Safe cell, Race Co rear arms & front beam, killer Saginaw steering box, J-Mar shif-ter, Centerline wheels, all spares, etc. ONLY 500 MILES ON GROUND UP RE-BUILT! Best 0f the best! Super De·al! $6, i00.00. Must sell fast! Baja Concepts ref # 364. Call ( 619) 583-6529. F If SALE: seat Class 1 Raceco, 115"wb, best of every-thing. Power steering, 22 gal fuel cell, 50 miles on completely recon. Wired for radios w/inter-com, Flame-out, 930's, Wright combos, coil-over front beam. W I trailer & spares $8,500.00 oho. Will separate. Call (714) 375-5650 days, (714) 892-5267 nites. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: Chenowth 1000, Race ready, Combos, Woods Arms, Wright R&P, Neal, Sway-Away, Dura Blue, 930's wlsuper cages. 12H over rear 10" over front. Air cooled 1600. Many extras available, ump, disc, flame out, trans, motors. Call Benny (713) 997-9411 $6,500.00. FOR SALE: AWESOME 1600, Front runner always, excel-lent condition, fresh prep, win-ning history, centerlines, 1989 Race Co., FAT Motor, killer tranny, Best of Everything! Includes Trailer, spare, etc. Seller is motivated, make an offer. Baja Concepts Ref #363. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Ready to go racing. 88 RA CECO 2 seater. 4 races since winning 89 VORRA Unlimited Championship. Best of Everything. What pictured for $25,000.00 or $15,000.00 for just car. FAT-FOX-PCI-UMP-Simpson-Mendeola-Hewland-Centerline. Call Robert at (916) 622-4610. FOR SALE: Rough Rider Ford 7S. This truck has the best of ev-erything! A proven winner. In ex-cellent condition, ready for the Baja 1000! Art Carr tranny, Strop-pe / Esslinger Motor.Tons of spare parts!! Don't pass this one up! Make an offer today! Baja Con-cepts Ref #183 (619) 583-6529. I 992 Class 10 Magnum, Single Seat, Bilstein, Coil-Over, Reser-voir, New Disc, New Motor, New Car, NEW EVERYTHING! Very Fresh. Completely rebuilt. 100'¾, Race Ready! No money spared! This car is ready to win! Car has spare motor, trans, shocks, tires, wheels, etc. Complete package. $23,000.00. Baja Concepts Ref #351. (619) 583-6529. WANTED: 2 ½ Front arm, 1 O" & 12" travel shocks, Wright spin-dels. Call Richard (909) 949-4580 or Ken (818) 961-3937. Dusty Times TRICK 1991 MTEG Magnum. As Fresh as you can get with not a penny spared! FAT Rabbit Race Motor with a complete spare included. Two "top-of-the-line" Bus Box trannies, both fresh! Coil over Fox Shocks, UMP Power Steering, 5 Link Rear, with Disc Brakes. Centerlines w/ Beadlocks and BFG's. Super Deal! Complete Package for $28,000. Baja Con-cepts Ref #384. (619) 583-6529. 1983 PPI/lvan Stewart Toy. Excellent Condition. 2200cc motor, Centerline, BFG, Loaded with Extras, Best Parts Available, T-mag Shocks, Disc brakes all around, Spare Parts Galore!! Can be yours for $12,500. Baja Con-cepts Ref #387. (619) 583-6529. 1984 Toy 4x4 Trail or Pre-Run Truck. TOO TRICK TO LIST EVERYTHING! 231 Buick V6, Turbo 350, Auto Trans, 35" BFG Muds, 26 gallon tank, 488 Gears. Super Serious Rock Climbing 4x4 Specialty vehicle. LOADED with too much! Please call for details! $8,500.00 obo. Baja Con-cepts Ref #392. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 5-1600, 3 Races New, Suspension unlim. Front & rear suspensions, Wright com-bos, woods arms, Fox wi res. UMP, Jamar, Beard, Dumper, Fuel Safe, Saw torsions, leajes, Type4 CV's wl HOcages. 0 miles on Motor and Tranny. Race ready. Best of Everything w1 lots of spares and trailer $6,500.00 oho. Call Chris (714) 557-2373 or (714) 871-4153. FOR SALE: 87 Trip le E Superlite chassis w/ parts. Includes CV's, shafts pulleys, H350 & radiator. New Triple E gearbox, Wright Rack, Front Fox Shocks wl reser-voirs, 13" Tires, bearings rod end & heims, All or parts $2,900.00. (719) 488-0935. FOR SALE: Class 9 2 seat JIMCO. Very fast, 95 mph, Best of Everything, many extra parts, Chromoly frame, Dave Folts Trans, FTC Gears, Chromoly axle tubes, 300m axles & torsion bars, type 3 drums, Dual master cylinders, Fortune shocks. Needs 2nd gear. $6,000.00 firm. Call Screamer Enterprises ( 310) 691-1683. FOR SALE: 96" Class 2-1600 Probst Laser Chromoly, Deltron Hot Red, 1600cc by Dan's Off Road, FTC Gears, Spare box, Bil-stein Shocks, Wright rack, UMP power steering, 4 Marsh Carbon Fiber, 4 Aluminum wheels, Sway-A-W a y bars, Beard Seats, Summers HD Stubs & 930 CV s. $8,500.00 (517) 546-4108. FOR SALE: 1993 Baja 1000 and 1993 Parker 400. Now available on VIDEO. Both tapes include exclusive interview with top rac-ers. Each tape $20.00. Please specify. Send check or money order to: Chris Rowland, 15252 Seneca Road, #113, Victorville, CA 92392. FOR SALE: 1991 BATH 1-1600, Short Course OOZ Bus, 930 CV. SACO, Wright Suspension, Doe-tech, Beard, Diest, Fuel Cell, Colorado Series Champion 91 , 92, Lots of chrome. Extra wheel-s I ti res. Best of everything, $6,500.00 (303) 667-5347. Ask for Kevin. FOR SALE: 70 Chevy Class 8 pre-runner. Full front to rear cage, new motor and interior, 50 gal cell, some spares, Flame-Out, B&M, BFG. Must sell $6,600.00 obo. Ask for George. (909) 946-2392. FOR SALE: Class 9 Single seat, Class 9 points champ 1992 & 93 at FRT. Wright, Beard, Bilstein shocks, Fresh trans, 15 gal fuel cell, pumper, Sway-A-Way $5,000.00 oho. (619) 729-7315-Larry. FOR SALE: 69 VERT Prerunner, full cage, working top Long Travel King Link Front end SWAY AW A Y pcs Bus Irs Boxed Arms Dual kyb Fresh Built 914 1900cc with Scat/Webbers upright Shroud. Lots of extras and spares. $5,500.00. Also sin-gle axel trailer $900.00. Both for $6,000.00. (510) 581-8861. September 1994 i FOR SALE: BRAND NEW STREET LEGAL Baja prerunner. First place bug show winner! -lOSin wheel base. Coil front end wlcombos, 12in travel front rear, 2 litre type IV w/ 911 fan & alt. _ built by fat performance. Bus trans, power steering, centerlines, Yokohamas, fuel sale fuel cell, Beard seats w/ full harness, Fox shocks. Too much else to list. Comes with Trailer & spares. This bug is brand new and Trick. 30k invested. $18,000.00 oho. Day (909) 625-3381, Eve. (909) 593-6208. Ask for Steve. FOR SALE: Class 5 I 1600 Super-trick. One of a kind car bus with Hewland Gears, Fox, Wright Rack. 1-2 1600 arm with long torsion bars. Parker pumper, many trick parts," Trick paint body, car is made for BIG PER-SON! Spares $6,000.00 oho. MOST SELL. (619) 766-4689. FOR SALE: 91 Meco 1-1600 FAT-Wright-UMP, Charlyne, Yokahama 's, FOX-Best of Every-thing. Many wins, low miles-$8,500.00. Part trade for street legal /quality off road Mye rs Manx or Towd. (206) 284-2025. FOR SALE: 4 seat Pre runner. All coil suspension, 116 wheel base. Nissan V6 engine. Bus transaxle special gears, 2¼' front arms, super spindles, disk brakes front and rear. Best of everything. Ask-ing $15,500.00. Will trade, make offer. Jack Woods (602) 242-0077. FOR SALE: Race Engines: 2 Chevy small block, 4 bolt mains. prof. built. Test stands, Vortex mag super starters, Mallory dist, Moroso oil pans. Never started. 350 Turbo trans, narrowed Ford rear end & everything for Inde-pendent rear suspension. Disc brakes, drive axles, parts, etc. $4,000.00 firm. Death forces sale. (619) 242-0617 or (619) 242-1144. FOR SALE: Toyota 2x4 Suspen-sion lift A-Arms-Race proven design-3 inch lift-possible 10 inches front wheel travel. Also other Toyota suspension parts for 79-94 Toyota 2x4 A-Arms $150.00 pair. New. Call for details (909) 654-7344. FOR SALE: Class 9 two seater. 1993 SCORE points champ. Best of EVERYTHING. 8 Races. Four 1st Four 2nds, Turn key, race ready, tons of spa res, $7,500.00. Call Rick Johnson ( 619) 253-7906 or (619) 253-7837. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: 4-Wheel drive center for sale. Established 11 years. Prime loca-tion in western Colorado, 35 miles from Aspen. Includes land, building, with three bedroom-• two bath house attached, business grosses over 250k per year. Ask-ing price $475k, call (303) 945-5227 or (303) 945-4443. FOR SALE: 1986 Toyota 4x4 standard cab 5 speed 65k on truck black w/ grey interior Beard seats, new LC. Engineering built 2.5 liter engine (single carb with 2K miles, new BFG 31xl0.5 all ter-rain's with Ultra wheels, match-ingsnug top shell. $5,900.00 obo. After 5, (909) 596-8673. FOR SALE: 1982 FORD Fl 50, 302, A 1C, C6, Beard seats & console, caged, 5 point harness, Triple Bilsteins Front, Dual rear, 5 35" Baja T l as, Doug Thorly, Holley, 9" rear with 4: 10, National springs, Rancho coils, plated radius arms, very nice pre-runner, $7,000.00 oho. ( 714) 963-2833. FOR SALE: CLASS IO S / S, 115 w.b., Fox, Ump, Saw, Wright, Woods Simpson, Beard, Ultra Wheels, Air Bumps, New 1641 Type 1 0 miles, Hewland 091 trans, car is very light $11,500 obo or trade for Pleasure boat or? Call Rick Days (702) 3'i5-8883 nites (702) 856-3808. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS American Racing Equipment . . . . . . . . 20 Barbary Coast & Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . • . . . . 37 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . . . . 33 Brush Run 1 0 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Castex Inc, E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Champion Bead Lock Co. . . . . . . . . . . 59 Kevin Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Dez Fab . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . 40 .. Don-A-Vee Jeep Eagle . . .. . . . . . . . . . 25 FAT Performance ............... 19 Fuel Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 German Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Glen Helen OHV Park . . . . . . . • . . . . 5 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Hi Tech Off Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 James Gang Outlaw Racing - . . . . . . . . 17 La Rana Desert Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Off Road Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . 23 Pro Wire ................. . •.. 43 Race Ready Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Reid Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rose Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 13 San Vicente Off Road . ....... . : . . 21 SCORE Gold Coast 300 . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SNORE 15th Annual SNORE 250 ... 30-31 Sway-A-Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Toyota Motorsports . . . . . . . . Back Cover Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Ultra \Mleel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Valley Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 • Valvoline Oil Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Wilch Sales ....... ............ 47 Wright Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Yarnell Specialties Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Page 59

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