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Volume 12 - Number 12 December 1995 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Michael Ward Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Carol Clark Don Dayton John Elkin Homer Eubanks Don Holbrook Martin Holmes Daniel Mainzer 'f roy Robinson Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Judy Smith Tony Tellier _ _Irackside Photo Inc._ Art Director Larry E. Worsham Dusty Times -ILi.a 0~ UCINQ U,OH Subscription Rates: llfril&ries,f~Racbig" $20.00 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: wl11 be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES _assumes no liability for omissions or errors. AH ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. A Ver,Merr, -Christmas from all of us at D14st, Times to all oaa friendi all owrdt.ecountr:Y and die world. Happ,y Holidays December 1995 In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page La Rana California 250 by Jean Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , P 1995 Chevy Blazer Report by John B. Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Whiplash Racing at Snowflake by Tony Tellier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 SODA Road America by Barbara & Mrrilyn Schultz . . . . . . . . . . 18 VORRA Yerington to Fallon and Back by Troy Robinson ..... 22 CRSISCCA Gorman Ridge Ra1ly by John Elkin ............ . . 25 Australian Off Road Race at Mt. Gambier by Darryl Smith ..... 30 WRC Telestar Rally Australia by Martin Holmes ............. 34 Gold Coast SNORE 250 by Jean Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 CRslSCCA Treline Rally by John Elkin .................... 40 VORRA's Fa11 Race at Prairie City by Troy Robinson ......... 42 McKenzie's Glen Helen Round 6 Pictorial .................. . 46 DEPARTMENTS Happenings ............................ : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Trail Notes . .................................. . .......... 6 Checkers Column by The Big Wahzoo ..................... . 32 Christmas Goodies Galore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 California Rally Series Report by John Elkin ................. 46 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 -Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Index to Advertisers ............. ..... .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ON THE COVER -Two winners from Las Vegas are our cover boys this month. Brian Collins ran away from everybody on his favorite piece of desert around Jean, NV at the Gold Coast SNORE 2.50. He won overa11 by a husky 2T minutes in his fancy Unlimited Single Seater powered by a Chevrolet engine. Brian has won often in these parts, and last September he stopped only for gas and a minor electrical problem. Congratulations Brian Co1lins on the big money win. Brendan Gaughan just turned 20 years old last summer but he has won a couple of off road racing championships in Class 10. This year he drove the SODA Series in Class 13 in a Walker Evans Dodge with tons of horsepower, and won a big share of ra,ces over more than 20 regulars on the circuit. With two races left he rolled out of the points lead at Crandon, WI, but won at the series finale at Oshkosh and the young man from Las Vegas won the -SODA Class 13 Championship. Congratulations Brendan Gaughan. S~7°"'/ 16 DUSTY· TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$20.00 □ 2 years -$30.00 □ 3 years -$40.00 Take_ advantage of your subscription bonus •• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. I (Form on inside back page) Name ____________ ________ _ _ _ Address _____________ _ ______ _ City Stace --------- --Zip-----------Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004 (i Canadian - 1 year $25.00 U .S. • Overseas subscription rates on request) Page 3

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1995-1996 Happenings ••• ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector APTO 42 ' San Jose de! Caba Baja Calif. de! Sur, Mexico November 20, 1995 Short Course Race . Cu/dad Constitucion Baja Calif. de! Sur AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 011-18-07-329&-5522 AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B lHl (514)434-5792 BAD DOG'S OFF ROAD SHOWDOWN Callaway Fun Inc. 3825 No. Main Cleburne, TX 76031 Barry Don Callaway (817) 645-00031(817) 641-9985 Gene Peugh (817) 790-8268 nights I 295 Season Canceled BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31 1163 Mexicali, BC, Mexico (Mexicali (65) 55-62-83 Off Road Races BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Series December 15-17, 1995 Gran Carrera de Campeones 250 miles, multi-lap BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey Folks, Director 3475 C Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-4775 IFax (702) 641-2431 March 28-30, 199~ Vegas to Reno Off Road Race Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, ATVs BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. May4, 1996 Wendover Express Wendover USA July 6, 1996 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV ( tentative closed course) August 10-11, 1996 Salt Lake City, UT September 14, 1996 Boneville Challenge Wendover USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 (613) 475-1102/ Fax (613) 475-3250 1996 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon,WI54520 (715) 478-2222 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Debbie Turner, CRS Director 25885 Stanford Hemet, CA 92544 (909) 925-0870 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 . November 18, 1995 East of Indio Indio, CA *Final 1995 So. Pacific Divisional championship events C.O.D.R.A. CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING Terry Silbaugh 20515 Whitehaven Circle Bend, OR 97702 (503) 389-2044 CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box645 Pierre, SD 57501' Kevin Miller (Baja) ( 605) 224-6923 Don Engleman (Motocross) (605) 224-4967 GUMBO BUTTES BAJA & MOTOCROSS Communications & Information Scott Olson ( 605) 224-5822 FAX (605) 224-5822 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 December 1995 CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright(0ll 52 617-46834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (6163717 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O.Box3178 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 (714) 367-1141 Fax: (714) 367-1608 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholt:, President (719)531-3642 w 1(719)687-9827 A P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 COLORADO OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Bertram Productions Inc. · 15073 Hwy 119 Route #4 Golden, CO 80403 (303) 936-5960 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 DECATUR . FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-36491(214) 641-2090 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 2750 Cozumel Drive #1116 Melbourne, FL 32935 ( 407) 254-5167 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 December 31, 1995 Dunaway Dash ATVs, Bikes & Desertlites Double Points 5 times around a 25 mile loop -Buggies, Cars & Trucks Plaster City West El Centro, CA District 38 Schedule All events near El CentTo, CA November 19, 1995 Notorious Dawg 3 hour Team Race December 3, 1995 RudoJph 's Rev.enge Desert Gran Prix GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 ( 714) 880-1733 McKenzie Series Races December 3, 1995 Glen Helen Special Events (Contact BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. &x 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (3ro) 988-0250 Soda Wiriter Series November 30, 1995 December 1, 1995 December 2, 1995 December 3, 1995 USA Sand Drags (909) 877 -5045 GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ( 404) 963-0252 - GREAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA 13621 Pierce St. Omaha, NE 68144-1122 ( 402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha, NE68122 (402) 496-0846 Eve. ( all races at W e.slfair Fair GTounds, Council Bluffs, Iowa on a ¼ mile course similar to the MTEG tTacks, and Classes r, M6oo, 7S and Quad under SODA rules) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O . Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (All e,ients staged at the club grounds in Cleves, Ohio) INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 St. Paul. MN 55108 Steve Beddor (612) 937-3816/ Fax 474-2769 INTER-SHOWS . MOTORS PORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O . Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 ( 7 14) 364-05 15 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WD'CLUB P.O . Box465 Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C-5L2 Bob (604) 374-7175 days Randy (604) 579-9621 eves Keith (604) 828-1795 anytime ( All events start 7 miles NW of Kam loops) LA RANA DESERT RACING P.O. Box 1365 Apple Valley, CA 9230.7 (619) 240-13351(619) 240-1312 November 17-19, 1995 High Desert 300 Lucerne Valley, CA January 26-28, 1996 New Years 250 Barstow, CA March 15-17, 1996 California 200 Ridgecrest, CA May 17-19, 1996 Lucerne Valley Jam 300 Johnson Valley, CA July 19-21, 1996 Barstow 250 Barstow, CA September 20-22, 1996 Sidewinder 300 Barstow, CA October 18-20, 1996 High Desert 200 • Johnson Valley, CA November 15-17, 1996 Spangler 300 · Ridgecrest, CA MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS 3749 Needmore Hwy Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 543-7214 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 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 Road.ers) MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barrett 6363 Nightingale Dr. Flint, MI 48506 (810) 736-9221 NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. #1 - Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK 1360 Kleppe Lane Sparks, NV (702) 331-48001(702) 331-5107 Fax OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P,O . Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 822-8508 OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasquez 13180 Round Dance V Dusty Times

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El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-8899 (All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake Take l-10 Hamon Blvd exit east l 2 miles) OHIO OFF ROADERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 15 Stonecreelc, Ohio 43840 (216) 339-4674 or (216) 897-5100 Hill Climb & Stadium Style Off Road Racing at Bear Creek Amphitheater Bolimr, Ohio ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Bob Joseph, President 80 Hempstead Dr. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada LBW 2E7 -(905)574-7068 PIKES PEAK P.O . Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P.O . Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-32081(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O . Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 ( 303) 779-{)622 December 1-2, 1995 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, ME SCORE Score International 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 36 1-5404 December 2, 1995 Awards Banquet January 19-21, 1996 Parker 400 Parker, AZ March8-10, 1996 T ecate San Felipe 250 San Felipe, B.C., MX April 19-21, 1996 Nevada 250 Las Vegas, NV May 31-June 2, 1996 Tecate Baja 500 Ensenada, B.C., MX July 5-7, 1996 Fireworks 250 Barstow, California September 6-8 (13-15), 1996 Laughlin Desert Challenge Laughlin, NV November8-10, 1996 Tecate Baja 1000 Baja Norte, B.C., MX S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Elice Simonis Tucker 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 (714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 December 8-10, 1995 Eldorado 250 Las Vegas, NV February 10, 1996 Bottom Dollar Las Vegas, NV March 16, 1996 Twilight 200 Las Vegas, NV May 11, 1996 Caliente 200 Caliente, NV July 27, 1996 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 21, 1996 Gold Coast SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV October 26, 1996 Double Trouble Las Vegas, NV December 7, 1996 Vegas 300 Las Vegas, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue W auwatosa, WI 53213 ( 414) 453-SODA/(414) 257-0422 May 25-26, 1996 Memorial Day 100 Lake Geneva, WI June 8-9, 1996 Antigo Kiwanis Off Road Race Antigo, WI June 22-23, 1996 196 Speedway Lake Odessa, MI July6-7, 1996 Road America Off Road Race Elkhart Lake, WI July 20-21, 1996 Luxemburg Off Road Race Luxemburg, WI August 3-4, 1996 UP Off Road 100 Bark River, MI August 31-September 1, 1996 World's Championship Crandon, WI September 14-15, 1996 W isconsin Off Road Festival Oshkosh, WI PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... THANKS! RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS ·Mobir SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page 6 SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437 (All races held.at Notrees, TX 2.5 miles west of Odessa, TX TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urbanowicz, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-{)550 (All events at Owego Motor Sports Park, Rte. 434, Owego, NY) VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 November 18, 1995 Awards Banquet Reno, NV WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson (604) 538-0692 WORRA, P.O. Box 3241 Sumas, WA 98295 WESTERN PENSYLV ANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire 1255 W averly Drive Latrobe, PA 15650 ( 412) 532-0802 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85023 (602) 971 -3730 December 2, 1995 Point to Point 150 Rocky Point, Sonora, MX WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday, 5913 So. U.S. Hwy 45 Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414)688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP November 19-22, 1995 RAC Rally-WC England 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 Delaware St. Oshkosh, WI54901 ( 414) 426-04701( 414) 982-7306 AffENTION Race & Rally Organizers Send Dusty Times your r 996 racing scWule soon to be included in the Annual Centerspread Racing Calendar. Don't Be Left Out! List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! It is the only way some fans know about:,our event, if the:, don't happen to be on your club mailing list. Don't call, but mail your 1996 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 2 07.5 1 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 9 1311-4404. Decemt¥r 1995 Trail Notes ••• HERE THEY COME AGAIN -Look out folks, THE UNITED ST ATES POST AL SER VICE wants to get into your pocketbook again. Since they just raised all the rates a few months ago, they have a new scheme before the Postal Commission to raise more money. The Postal Service has requested permission from the Postal Rate Commission to change the way it charges for newspapers and magazine postage. What it wants to do is charge more to reach readers in less populated areas. _ Remember what happened to the airlines, the bus companies, the phone companies? Well, keep your eye on the postal eagle, because he is about to follow all of them into the great wave of favoritism to large urban areas. The new postage rates would represent the first time the Postal Service would be permitted to give lower rates to publishers of great concentrations of mail. Big business will certainly benefit, while small newspapers and magazines will be hurt by the new rates and you, the reader will be hurt the most because you will become a costly liability and the excessive cost of getting your newspaper to you will eventually come out of your pocket, just because you live somewhere out of the urban sprawl. Dusty Times is urging the Postal Commission to say "NO" on your behalf as well as our own. Remember the actual owner of the Postal Service is you and us, the people, represented by the people we ·elect to the congress. Dusty Times urges you to write to your congressmen and senators and tell them you disagree with this new proposal, which we think is discriminatory. What ever happened to Ben Franklin's concept of the penny post? The chairmen of the two committees in charge of the Postal Service are: Senator Ted Stevens and Congressman John McHugh. Make sure they are aware of your displeasure with this new proposal. EGG ON FACE DEPT. W e printed a press release from a PR man from California on the annual race for the gold at the Montreal Olympic Stadium here last month. W e did not receive any information from the organizers at all. W e have received word from a reliable source that it was not quite as described. After placing well in their respective heat races, 21 top racers attacked the treacheous course in the quest for the gold, a tradition in the Montreal race. At the drop of the green flag Tom Surace dove into the first turn to lead the pack for 13 of the 15 laps in his 1-2-1600. Down on horsepower compared to the stadium style Class 10 cars Surace was finally passed by W itherill, and Jeff St. Peter got past him on the last lap. At the finish it was Witherill, St. Peter, Surace, who is the only privateer in a 1-1600 car doing battleiin this race, placed third! To Tom we say Congratulation and sorry for the error in judgment on our part. MORE EGG ON FACE-In the brief report here last month on the SNORE 250 we inadvertently misspelled a name. In our defense we copied the name directly from the official computer driven result sheet that SNORE distributes on Sunday and if the lady looked at the result sheet she can see why we misspelled the name. _ RCR RACING PLANS TO RETIRE -RCR Racing says goodbye to Trophy-Truck racing at the Baja 1000. Saying goodby is never an easy thing to do. And veteran RCR driver Bob Richey, after 14 years of off road competition couldn't have picked a harder race to finish his driving career, the 1995 Baja 1000. For 28 years the Baja 1000 has been internationally known as motorsport's ultimate challenge for man and machine. And, for the past 13 seasons Richey has met that challenge, earning four top five finishes and a wealth of experience. This year will be the final and longest off road test ever for Richey in his factory independent #12 BFGoodrich/Ford Ranger Trophy-T ruck -approximately 1200 miles of grueling terrain from Tijuana to La Paz in Baja California, Mexico. "When it's all said and done, I'm really going to miss the people, the competition and the feeling of accomplishment," said Richey after his recent announcement that RCR Racing would be concluding their Trophy-Truck racing effort after the 1995 season. "And I think the Baja 1000 exemplifies what I love most about racing. It is the most physically and psychologically demanding race in the world, a true test of one's ability." added Richey. "Although I don't think you can ever be too prepared for the Baja 1000, almost anything can happen." And for Richey it has! Bob has seen it all including flat tires, getting lost in the dark, stuck in the mud, breaking down ~nd more. It's those times when he appreciates his co-drivers and crew the most. Currently he races with his business partner, Tom Baker. He wants to finish the race and plans a conservative event. Finishing is important for him and his crew. · Post-racing plans for Richey include spending time with his kids, Keeping up with friends in the racing circuit by attending races as a spectator, snow and water skiing, riding his Harley, spending time at his vacation home in Havasu, and playing with his new ski boat. We'll miss you in the line up Bob. VEGAS TO RENO RACE - As we go to press we just got back from a press pre-run of this exciting race coming in March organized by the Best In The Desert group. Our ride was delightful in Isuzu Troopers provided by lsu:u PR, man Bryan Farnsworth. The marque is the official vehicle of the event. W e left Nov. 2 from the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, and traveled on and off the highway to a lunch stop in Beatty and then back on and off the highway to overnight at the Station House Hotel in Tonapah. The next day we were up in the pinion pines enroute to Reno via Dayton, where we stayed at the race headquarters the Peppermill Hotel. It is a keen route through fallen down ghost towns and mining claims. Don't miss it - it will be lots of fun! CHAD SCHLUETTER's RAMPAGE RACING, 1995 SODA and World OffR?ad Chat?J?ions announc~d November 7 that Scott Douglas ofEl Cajon, CA will be dnvmg its trucks m the 1996 Short Course Off Road Driver's Association_ (SODA) season. Scott is a veteran championship driver with -. expenence m desert endurance, stadium and short courst off road racing. Douglas replaces Rob MacCachren as the team's hot shoe. MacCachren who won the SODA 4x4 World Championship with RAMP AGE Racing in 1995, is expected to return full time to the Venable Racing team, who may tackle the SODA series as w~ll as the desert in the 1996 season. Also joining Rampage Racmg as Cre"'.' Chief 1s Steve Douglas, Scott's brother. The Douglas boys bring over 39 combined years of off road racing winning to Rampage Racing. Dusty Times

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LA RANA DESERT RACIHG'S CALIFORNIA 250 By Jean Calvin Rick a Randy Wilson Win Overall Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. Danny Reider and Jamie Davenport took off like a rocket in Class 5 and led all the way in the brightly painted Baja Bug winning Class 5 handily and they were also fourth overall. Rick and Randy Wilson started first and had a clear run on the first lap. ran away from most of the field in their Class 200 Jimco and they finished first on the road, first in class and overall, by 56 seconds and they won the class by over an hour, having scant trouble in route. There was no hint of autumn in the hot desert air as the clan gathered in Ridgecrest in late September. Despite the fact that the town and the China Lake Naval facility had been hit by recurring earthquakes all during September, little damage had been done, just to the nerves of the residents who were waiting for the other shoe to drop. The shakers ignored race weekend, thank heavens, and all was in place as the race crews gathered at the spacious Kerr McGee Com-_ munity Center for registration, ;-~~ bl,~. ~ tech and contingency inspection on Friday. A whole· section of the huge parking lot was given over to the race crowd with plenty of room to unload and reload the race car and with plenty of room left over for contingency row. Registration and tech was open from3:00 p.m. to9:00 p.m. while the drivers'· meeting was held at 7:30 p.m. at the Carriage Inn down the block instead of in the morning as it has been in the past. The entry seemed down with a number in the mid sixties instead of the usual 90 plus. Still there had been a race nearly every weekend since August, and many racers were just out of parts and energy to install them if they had them. Plus, already the pit talk was of the Baja 1000 from Tijuana to La Paz this year. While most would pit or just spectate, they were still going to be part of the scene. The California 250 race course was 40 miles long, and six laps were the number t;hat made 240 miles for all classes except Classes 11 and Desert Stock. The time allowance was nine hours for all vehicles. La Rana issued a concise multi-colored course map, the most clear and easy to read map we've seen in a long time, with mile markers, check-points, spectator areas and access roads clearly marked. Thanks La Rana for a good map. Most of the cars were lined up before the scheduled 8:00 a.m. start Saturday morning, which was delayed about 20 minutes due to logistical problems. The cars, starting with Unlimited Class, departed one every 30 seconds, but still the dust was heavy off the line, a byproduct of the dry summer weather that started in April and is still dry. Rick and Randy Wilson were first away in their Jimco followed by five other big engined snorters. Class 5, a trio, left next headed by local boy Danny Reider. A husky bunch of Class 10 racers, a dozen in all, were led into the desert by Rich Fersch in his Mirage, and next came the ten 1-2-1600 cars with frequent winner John Prosser/ Craig Forrest leading the pack down the trail. The half dozen 5-1600s were next away, followed by ten Class 9 racers, already in a pack before they were out of sight. A trio of Class 7S, followed by two 725s and two 750s were chased down the road by a couple of Class 850s, and a Class 600 and a pair of Class 4s. There was one Larry Bolin gave the winners a run for the overall honors, had no real troubles Kevin McGillivray and Jim Greenway had an excellent day at the races, got with the Raceco, and he won Class 10 easily by nine minutes but did drop to bogged in traffic but finished second in Class 10, third overall in the second overall, by less than a minute. Chenowth. ----==:c-::::---- =-,-;:c:::-=:::-======:-----:--:::----::=:-:::= = .#<, Class 1400, a new vintage type class, a pair each of 1500s, 1525s and 1550s. And suddenly it was quiet, the dust settled for the moment and 68 vehicles were on the green flag list. It wasn't long before reports of crashing and banging were on the radio, very common on this often narrow course, originally design-ed for just motorcycles. In Class 10 Craig Dillon tangled with Randy Spahr on the first lap, crashing into a big pile of rocks and hitting nose to tail, and neither finished even one lap. Larry Bolin missed a turn on lap 1 in his Class 10 Raceco, and it probably cost him the overall victory. Off the start B.J. Bates, starting in Tom Koch's Class 10, met Bolin, apparently regaining the course, the resulting smack did some damage to the Koch Raceco and left Bates with a broken wrist. You could write a book with tales of woe from lap 1. Meanwhile the first starter, the Wilson Jimco was back to finish lap 1 in a quick 50: 14 minutes, sounding healthy. Brian Atwood was next at 53: 12 but his second lap took 5: 17:51 and the car was retired. The Tom Mangione ORC was third on the road at 55:01 :28, but that was his oniy lap. Also retired after one 1:37:47 lap was Justin Lacore's Mirage, hub bearing. Running well was Rob Bristol at 55:51 as was the Raceco of John Lucas at 55:28, and both went on to finish. Meanwhile out in the first lap dust Danny Reider brought his Class 5 in fourth on the road at 54:09:92 closely followed by the Class 5 of Mike Jakobson, at 54:16. These two would have a dog fight for half the race, although Reider with Jamie Davenport actually led all the way on time. Then Jakobson would have an hour plus fourth lap and retire. Scott Weir had no time. Reide-r won Class s· after losing 5th gear, lap 2, 3rd gear lap 3, 4th gear lap 6, and the fan belt. The Class 10s appeared next led on the road by Larry Bolin at Rob Bristol and John Miller had a good run in their Class 200 Raceco with some good times, and a couple of unscheduled pit stops. It was the first race for the Bizyrk Racing team with just five minutes down time for second in class and seventh 0/A. John Lucas with Mat McMillan and Ron Osburn set a good pace to bring the Raceco home third in Class 200, 17th overall, the last finisher in class. Mike Jacobson went solo in his fancy looking Class 5 Bug, stayed with the leader to midpoint, then had big trouble on lap 4 and then retired. Page 8 December 1995 Dusty Times

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Mike O'Donnell and Doug Page were third in Class 10, having 30 Rich Fersch and Bill Varnes ran in heavy dust in Class 10, and minutes down time on lap 2 when they wrecked the front end at also had a flat in the early going, but they carried on t'? fourth in the railroad crossing but finished eighth overall. class, 10th 0 /A. Malcolm Bryce with a little help from Billy McCool, made a sparkling debut in Class 1-2-1600, his Mirage taking third in class and a (ine ninth 0 /A. -----------------------53:30 and he was followed by Jim Greenway in Kevin McGillivray's Class 10 Chenowth leading the class on time at 52:07. The David Callaway/John Holmes car and Mike O'Donnell were nearly tied on time, in with 56: 14 and 56:21 and two others were well over an hour. Despite the early collision B.J .·Bates did a 53: 15 and the car was withdrawn. Dennis Kordon-owy did a 56:24, then 2:45:59 and put it on the trailer. In fact Mike and Dale Dondel only did a good lap, then one more lap and vanished, but Rich Fersch carried on with two long laps before getting down to business on lap 3 with a 49:55. Parked on lap 1 were the Class 10s of Craig Dillon, Randy Spahr and Brian Walsh. . In the middle of the gaggle of Class 10s came #1601 driven by John Prosser, at 54:56, with close to five minutes on the next 1600s of Mitch Griffin, Arden and Perry Dennington and Frank and Sean Krepsz, all in one cloud of dust. Plus Don Bowler was in the hunt on time and Ron Wilson ripped off a 54 and a 53 for the first third of his race with co-driver Lee Patten, and kept up that pace with Mitch Griffin and Paul Lane ran second all the way in the Lothringer in Class 1-2-1600 with near identical lap times, and they took second in class, 6th overall. Dale Smith and Allen Gibuey came south from Carson City to race at Ridgecrest, starting a bit off the pace to learn the track, then turned up the wick and won Class 5-1600 and finished 11th overall. Dusty Times Arden and Perry Dennington just a minute or two behind. Also running a hot pace were John Prosser and Craig Forest with laps in the mid 50s, as were Mitch Griffin/ Paul Lane and Frank and Sean Krepsz. What a battle! The first 5-1600 around was that of Frank Omboli followed in seconds by Mike Rebolledo and the others were just a few minutes back except Jeff Bolha who never made a lap. Mike Rebolledo was actually ahead on ET after one lap, by 18 seconds. Dale Smith and Allen Gibuey -came from Carson City to try the Ridgecrest course, starting with pre-running on the first two laps style of driving, about nine minutes back of the herd. Lap 2 took out Robert Wright, broken torsion adjuster and carburetion prob-lems, and the Jim Petersen/ Ken-neth Harris Bug did a 1: 1 7 and retired. Rebolledo did a nearly three hour lap and parked after lap 3, a 1:18:23 round. So mid-race the 5-1600 field was down to two with Omboli holding about a ten minute lead on Dale Smith, who caught up a bit on the next two laps. But the big break came as Smith/ Gibuey finished with a pair of 1 :09s and Omboli, Snyder, Cochran had a troubled last lap, an hour 48 minutes, so they were second and the steady as she goes game plan of the Carson City team won the Class 5-1600 honors and cash. Smith reported that he drove two laps and Allen drove four. They broke an oil filter mount but had no flats. Rider all the way Marc Briseuo said the car was built over three years time and they thanked their major sponsor J.B. Machine for their generous help. Their total time was 7:03: 18. Frank Omboli, Billy Snyder and James Cochran had their woes on the last lap, in fact, Jim Cochran rolled onto the roof about 16 miles out and he wanted to thank the folks who rushed over, set him on his wheels, checked the oil and sent him on to finish second about 40 minutes back. Only these two finished the six laps. The ten Class 9s were next away, traveling in a pack as usual and fighting dust all the way. Almost tied on the first lap were Perry and Jay K ing, Jimco , 1:06:05 V c E ZIE'S IR FILTERS U I-FILTERS ...J z w ~ iii l:i w z w ~ ...J § (} (/J a: w l-a: :::, (/J (fl a: z w 3 .,.._Yi_O_I/J_'ll_0._~-7--R-O._!A_D_ .. ~ SPECIALISTS! PHONE: (714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622 ~ CTS 2366 E. ORAN!3ET.HORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 -----------------------------D■E■A-LE■R■IN■lliQ■Ul■R-IE·s·w·E·Lc·o·M·E· ~ T2 BOOT HOLDER .......................................... MRB-86-9305 930 BOOT HOLDER-CHROMOLY .................... MCK-0108 930 DUAL BOOT HOLDER ................................ 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Frank Omboli led Class 5-1600 midway and beyond in their Bug, but last lap trouble dropped them back and they were second in class, 19th 0/A. Andrew Lindquist and Bryan Lopez drove the Class 9 Dirtrix hard with very consistent lap times and came in second in Class 9, 4 minutes back and 13th overall. Dennis Petersen and B.J. Bates call this car a L.H.F., and were another two minutes back in third in Class 9 and they were also 15th overall. Barry Slatter and Vince Bishop kick up some dust in the·ciass 7 Ford Ranger and the competition faded on the first lap so Barry took the win in good time for six laps and was 20th overall. fP'" and Todd and Scott Johnson, Meridth at 1:06:56 but Nathan Ellis/Warren Messick were leading on time at 1:03:14. Michael Rix was next at 1:09:47 and because of starting order these four were closer than indicated on the road. It was a real dogfight. Running 1: 11 s were Andrew Lindquist/ Brian Lopez in a Dirtrix, a name out of the past, Dennis Peterson/BJ. Bates, L.H.F., and Mike Hampton in a Funco. J.W. Fogg and James . Malinowski, Jimco had a 1: 12, and from there the times went up and down. On lap 2 the Kings turned another 1 :06:35, but lap 3 brought a 1 :52:26 to these former truck racers and they were seen no more. Hampton did a 1: 14:35 and didn't do another lap and Harry Dunne /Max Villalobos moved into contention with a 1: 17 :45 backing their first lap of 1 :23:41. Fogg posted a 1:15:25 as did Rix, Petersen was in with 1: 10: 16, Lindquist had a 1:14:43 and Ellis a 1: 19:31 . Leading at this point were Todd and Scott Johnson with their two laps of 106:56 and 1 :07 :2 7, and they backed that with a 1 :08:27 to hold the lead midway. With gas stops and driver changes the 9s got mixed up but starting lap 4 eight were running strong, only one dropped out, Harry Dunne's car had a three hour fourth lap and retired, the other seven finished the six laps. Max Hanberg did a pair of l:07s to move way up the ladder, but had down time on the last lap. The others all ran fast on lap 4 with Ellis, Lindquist, Johnson in tight and Petersen, Fogg, and Rix a tad slower, but it was still anyone's race to win in Class 9. On the beginning of lap 5 the Johnson car lost second.gear, badly needed on this course, were down 33 minutes in repairs, but didn't get the gear back but carried on. They had also lost the radio antenna. They finished with a 1: 11 :48 and took fourth in class, 12 minutes behind third place. Dennis Petersen, B.J. Bates and Brian McWhorler were third with most consistent times, all six within two minutes of each other. Dennis drove the whole way and reported no troubles. Andrew Lindquist and Brian Lopez finished with their fastest laps, a pair of 1 :08s and were a strong second, merely five minutes out of the victory. Finishing with style Nathan Ellis and Warren Messick put together a good race starting out with the lead on time in Class 9, dropped back a bit midway, then picked up the pace to win Class 9 and also finish 12th overall. Nathan Ellis and Warren Messick were doing fine in their Chevy won the class with Messick doing until the fifth lap, which took the last three rounds, all within three hours and they retired. Out the 1 :07 area to pull out the win. front all the way with good time, a Other than blowing two shocks 1: 12 and a 1: 14 for starters, Dan they had no real troubles, and Cannon cruised his Ford into the thank M & T Racing and Bill Gust win with Matt Cannon and John who prepped the car in Barstow. Harvey riding along. He thanked Taking fifth place, 16 more his crew for a job well done and minutes down were Michael Rix Lothringer Engineering and and Larry Adams, followed in by BFGoodrich for their support. Max Hanberg, Bill Sandquatti, There were a pair in Class 750 Don Johnson and in seventhJ.W. and Steve Cirillo started fast, Fogg and James Malinowski. It 1:14:49, but the second lap was was one of the best races going all 3: 14: 12 and that was it for him. day! But meanwhile, Bill Markel and Barry Bates and his radical John Daly were pacing right along Chevy Blazer with co-drivers in their Toyota turning consistent Mitch Montacus and Ben Metcalf lap times covering six rounds in were alone in Class 600, covered 8:59:56. In fact, they were the five laps in 8:20:09, broke the only finisher in these 7S style steering rack but added to their classes. points count. It was another pair in Class There were three in Class 700 860, but Tom Barnett didn't (7) but two of them did not· coverasinglelap.Outfrontallthe complete a lap. So Barry Slatter way Steve Christiano and Rob and Vince Bishop were alone in Primmer parked the winner after the class in the Ford. Barry, who doing four laps in 8: 17:27. Things does all the driving, reported he went better for the pair in Class 4. lost a lot of shocks; three in the After one lap Mike Barnett was a front and four in the rear, out had half minute ahead of Mike Ismail, no flats. He ran four laps without but on the second lap the Barnett any spare shocks and had no other Jeep took over three hours to get troubleexceptoneblownfuse.He around and that was that for just about has the class champion-them. Mike and Jeff Ismail used ship wrapped up. most of the time allowance to get Class 725 held two trucks. the Scout around six times, but Gary Keller and Doug Stewart they did it in 8:49:36, with 11 minutes left for a full race victory. Meanwhile up front the Unlimiteds and Class 10 leaders were mixing it up. Midway in the six lap battle Rick and Randy Wilson had a good lead in Unlimited Class but were fighting off the Class 10 of Larry Bolin for the overall honors. Larry gained some ground with a very quick stop for fuel and a look-see at the Checker main pit. He was in and out in no time while Wilsons, who had a driver change, had a long seven minute stop including the driver change, but on lap five it was a. 49:51 and they gained back some time. Bolin had his 50 minute lap on lap 4 . At the checkers it was Rick and Randy Wilson winning overall by 56 seconds and winning Unlimited Class by over an hour. Both were smiling as they said they had no troubles to report, but were watching the clock to see when Bolin would arrive. They got their overall win by seconds. Along with the cash for the class win they also earned a beautiful silver cup trophy for the overall win. With half the big cars parked at one third distance it was time for the others to conserve. John Lucas, Mat McMillan and Ron Osburn who started with a 55:28 lap cooled it the rest of the way to take home third place in the Raceco at 7 :31:37, the last class finisher. Rob Bristol and John Miller also started with a 55:51, and apparently stopped every other lap for pit service with every other lap over an hour and the other two in the fifties. It was the right combination for them as they also lost the starter and had one flat. The 1750cc engine ran grea:t, they bought it from Wilson! They thanked the Old Goat for the pit service, the first race ever with only five minutes down time for the Bizyrk Racing Team. Riding or driving John Miller was in the car all day. Things were a bit more hectic in Class 10 with 11 starters, but half of them were down and out at one third distance. Jim Greenway and Dan Cannon started out with two fast laps, throttled back a bit then in the Ford Ranger, and motored on to win Class 725, in eight hours flat. Bill Markel and John· Daly had one stop for gas in the Toyota, and they also had very consistent lap times to win Class 750, just beating the time liniit. Page 10 December 1995 ... Dusty Times

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Kevin McGillivray stayed close to ·Y' Bolin, lost a little time midway in the driver change, but finished in 5:22:04, good for third overall, second in Class 10. Jim confessed to having three flats in the heavy early traffic, Kevin said the car ran fine, but there was no catching Larry Bolin who had no troubles at all on course, ran between 50 and 53 minutes all six laps and pulled in second overall and first in Class 10 in his older but potent Raceco. Larry was truly disap-pointed not to h::ive taken the overall honor, blamed himself for getting lost on the first lap for the time difference. Mike O'Donnell and Doug Page zipped in third in Class 10 and 8th overall, started fast, then lost 30 minutes on lap 2. Mike said they went too fast over the railroad crossing, nosed down on the front end and got the tie rod, bent the beam and the frame, which made repairs to the Bonner take a little longer, but came back with a couple laps in the 50s to finish in 6: 18:00. Their thanks go to Page Mfg., Bonner Hawk Chassis, and Auto Styles Paint and Body. Rich Fersch started out with a pair of long laps, losing nearly an hour to electronic ignition problems that wouldn't stay fixed. Bill Varnes was the second driver listed, but we think Brian Parkhouse drove a bit in the Mirage too. Rich also had a flat on the first lap, and ended up driving to the checkered flag, fourth in Class 10 and tenth overall. David Callaway and John Holmes got fifth in class out of the four quick laps they covered, but they vanished on lap 5, a dnf. It was a unusually high attrition event for La Rana. Class 1400 had one entry, the Hi Jumper of Jim Norgard and Robert Haagenson, Sergio Nunez and Greg Norgard. To their credit they did all six laps in 8:33:26 for a first place trophy. Class 1-2-1600 was the most Jim Norgard with Robert Haagenson, Sergio Nunez and Greg Norgard drove the Hi Jumper in the new Class 1400, the only entry in the class. They finished all six laps for their victory Steve Christiano with Rob Primmer got in four laps in the big Chevrolet but it was enough to win Class 850 for stock full sized trucks. evenly matched on lap times of all race stop. Really fine pit work and had five laps in the 50s but the Valdez and Todd Graydon got in the classes. While Wilson and driving. At the gas stop the nozzle sixth took two hours and 19 one lap for the Class 1550 win, Dennington were parked after stuck in the car for a time and the minutes, but they finished, the while Fred Nelson Sr. had no four laps, Wilson with a burned power steering was fixed, but they last 1600 to do so. time. Both teams were driving up alternator, and a leader Patrick had no more trouble. They were The stock classes did three 40 Fords. Burton was out after three quick second in class, sixth overall at mile laps for a finish and we don't The awards were held Sunday laps, Mike Boyd and Wayne 5:45:47. Rookie driver Malcolm have any notes on these classes. morning at 10:00 a.m. back in Kriehn retired their Chenowth Bryce had a couple of good They didn't check in with us. town at the Kerr McGee Com-after five laps, as did Jeff Madrid anchormeninAlanHensleyand Kathy and Stacy Fay did three munity Center where Eddie and Gary Bancroft. John Prosser Billy McCool. The starting times well matched lap times for the win Castro asked for a discussion on and Craig Forest went missing on were in the 1 :01 s after the firstlap in Class 1500 at 4:29 in the Ford whether the majority like the the last lap, but good for fifth in then the torsion bars sagged out and Patrick Rozier and Brian shorter course or longer and the Mirage. So in the last lap only and a 30 minute stop for a fix Grouws were second in the two fewer laps. There were too few of four were left in contention. ensued. Billy McCool jump~d it truck class in a Toyota, close at the64carstartingentrypresentto Moving up steadily lap by lap, after the fix and whipped off a pair 4:35:25. Larry Gross and Jason make any conclusion. Although Frank and Sean K repsz swept of 54:29s to finish the Mirage in Tran won Class 1525 at 4:28:24 we do think the longer laps have a across the finish line first in their third place and ninth overall, a in a Toyota and Carlos Lopez Jr. lesser impact on the terrain, the Chenowth, not only the 1-2-1600 nice debut for Bryce. In fourth and Tad Moore were second with drivers should decide. winner but fifth overall at was Dan Bowler and David two laps done in the two truck (AcuftionalPhotoson 5:37:26. All their lap times were Moore and 14th overall. They class. Also with two entries, Brian Next Page) i7 within two minutes of each other , .. ---•--••-•-•••-••-•-------••••-•-••-••• and that consistency really paid off. They won by over eight minutes. Sean slowed for a desert turtle, the first one he ever saw, and other than that they stopped only for gas and had a few bent wheels. They wanted to especially thank the Checkers Pit T earn, Mike Julson, Kevin Basore, California Motorsport and Fat Performance. Mitch Griffin and Paul Lane had consistent times, two 56s, three 57s, and a 59 on the mid .. .. en a: w u <( C. en w ...J >< < .. .. en a: w I-en ·:::, -, C < .. .. en C, z a: C. en ** TORSION BARS** AXLES** SPRING PLATES** COIL SPRINGS •• ·SWAY·A·WAY MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITY OFF ROAD SUSPENSION COMPONENTS THE FOR OVER 20 NEW PRODUCT INIEBNAJrBYPASS SBQCK THE ONLY INTERNAL-BYPASS SHOCK IS NOW ON THE MARKET + 10", 12", 14", 16", 18" TRAVEL • • C z " + 6 REMOVABLE BYPASS TUBES :5! + EXTERNALLY INDIVIDUALLY & INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE ~ + ANY COMBINATION O:F COMPRESSION & REBOUND TUBES + 3 1/2" PISTON + COIL OVER/BYPASS/BUMP STOP IN ONE SHOCK + GREAT FOR "A-ARM" FRONT ENDS· • • " z G) :5! z en Kathy and Stacy Fay were in the winners circle once again in Class 1500 that did just three laps for a finish. The Ford Ranger won in 4:29:15. ·u. ·ct w ...J *INTERNAL-BYPASS SHOCK RESULTS* • • en :c ,.,, Mike Ismail and Jeff Ismail have good luck racing the IH Scout in Class 4. They won again beating the opposition by four laps and finished in a good 8:49:36. Dusty Times ... .. LA RANA CLASS 10 POINTS LEADER - LARRY BOLIN 3: ,2ND IN CLASS, 2ND OVERALL - LA RANA JOHNSON VALLEY 200 ~ m ~ g 2ND IN CLASS, 4TH OVERALL -SCORE FIREWORKS 250 !-~ BOLIN DOES IT AGAIN! lli 1ST IN CLASS, 2ND OVERALL - LA RANA CALIFORNIA 200 :c 3: .. .. DON'T BE LEFT IN mE DUST SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER TODAY! CALL OR WRITE FOR YOUR FREE CATALOG r C G) z . C ci1 • • 20755 MARILLA ST. I CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA 91311 I 818-700-9712 ,-, December 1995 Page 11

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~ ""'--.::;. ...... -The V6 VORTEC produces 195 horsepower If you need room for cargo, there is plenty of it, Instruments are easy to see and easy to read. with lots of torque and is as smooth as glass. almost 75 cubic feet with cargo tiedowns Everything is within easy reach of the driver Rear seats fold down flush with the floor with the touch of a finger. Heavy duty pile carpeting is everywhere and is stain protected with Scc;,tchgard. included. and controls are easy to understand. DRIVERS IMPRESSIONS - 1995 CHEVROLET BLAZER Ivory Is Not Only For Keys Text & Photos: John B. Calvin Certainly handsome, the 1995 Chevrolet Blazer is a good performer both on and off the road and there are options to tickle your fancy too! Chevrolet has been building vehicles for God-knows-how-long and they really seem to get better every year. The vehicles are better lo,.jking and there are more and more colors to choose from and, mechanically, they are more electronically controlled in their working systems and pretty much fool-proof so we, as the end user, have a better vehicle to work and play with. This particular Chevrolet Blazer that we drove around for a while was handsome, comfortable and had more than enough power to bring on that grin reserved for moments of sheer pleasure. Power is supplied by the VORTEC 4.3 liter V6 with central port fuel injection and this produces 195 horsepower, 30 more than was available in 1994. Peak horsepower is developed at 4500 rpm and 260 foot pounds of torque are there too at 3400 rpm. The block and the heads are cast iron; just like the old days. The VORTEC is coupled to that marvelously smooth 4 speed automatic overdrive transmission which is standard equipment on all Chevrolet Blazers for '95 (a 5 speed manual transmission will be available on 2 door Blazers late in '95) and smooth and powerful are the right words. Fourth gear overdrive reduces engine rpm at cruise, thus increasing fuel mileage and reducing wear and tear on the engine. . Braking power is supplied by large ( 10.5") front disc rotors with rear drums and Anti-Lock Dusty Times Brake System (ABS) to facilitate feet is available and you can pack your safety in an emergency. plenty of "Stuff" in that footage. Connection to the road was The instrument panel is supplied by Michelin Radial "ergonomic" (God, how I hate XW4's and they were mounted that word!), meaning it was on some real great looking cast designed to fit your body, aluminum wheels, making quite a motions, eye motions, etc. and it pretty package indeed. sounds great but it certainly looks The ride quality on the 1995 better. We have real live gauges, Blazer has been enhanced for your tachometer, speedometer, fuel, pleasure by offering all-new front water, oil pressure and battery stabilizer bars, new spring rates condition, all easily seen and read and a brand new rear stabilizer bar and located in the most advant-all working to reduce body roll ilgeous position possible to fit the whilecorneringandincreasing drivers need. Heat and air steering response. conditioning controls are located Five chassis packages are center dash, also easy to read and offered, ranging from a soft ride, understand, there is also a rear light duty to firm ride, depending seat heater duct, and just below on your particular needs and your those controls is the AM/ FM Blazer can be ordered with the stereo system with four speakers package you prefer. Some and comes with all sorts of suspension packages come with options for your listening heavy duty Bilstein shocks and pleasure. Intermittent wipers others with high pressure enhance your vision and cruise monotube de Carbon shocks, all control will help you make a packages being designed for your tiresome journey a lot more particular needs. comfortable. All 4 wheel drive Blazers are Ori ving the 199 5 Chevrolet equipped with "lnstal Trac", Blazer is a lotoffun, you feel good allowing you to shift in or out of sitting behind the wheel and there four wheel drive without ever is more than adequate power for leaving your seat and Insta-Trac getting anywhere you want to go also allows shifting from 2WO to with ease and there certainly is 4 WO and back while running at plenty of power for passing on the any speed. What a change from road. The Blazer is nice and·quiet the old days! on the road and the comfort Front bucket seats are more factor is good too! This particular than comfortable, adjusting every model was two wheel drive so we way you can imagine. Rear seats didn't do too much off-roading are just as comfortable and fold with it but we did get out in the down flush with the floor, giving dirt for a while and were able to go you plenty of cargo room in the anywhere we wanted to in the blink of an eye. Almost 75 cubic. fairly stable sand near Barstow. December 1995 II\,%· The rear hatch makes access easy to the rear and with the tailgate down there is plenty of room for cargo loading. Good looking from any angle, the '95 Chevy Blazer is fun to drive. there is lots of passenger room and the aerodynamic shape enhances both quiet and fuel economy. We got bounced around a bit but that was expected on a two wheel drive vehicle. The '95 Blazer was quite comfortable although there wasn't a lot of foot room on the front passenger side, but you can learn to live with that. The seats were great, the ride was great, economy is good and you get a very quiet ride with more than adequate power and therefore the '95 Chevrolet Blazer is a pleasure to drive. Take some time and try one on for size. 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WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS SNOWFLAKE 175 By Tony Tellier Martin Mauls Melton at Snowflake 1 chagrined Weber and Gayton. On the second lap, with Herder leading, it became apparent that Daniel had been learning the course and had been over-braking the automatic transmissioned Porsche. At the gas stop, Larry Foddrill shot an optical pyrome-ter on the rear discs and got a 500-degree Fahrenheit reading. They had better be running DOT 50 fluid with that level of heat soak. ( After Daniel became famil-iar with the course there were no more frantic brake calls from pas-senger Kurt Schultz, the younger brother of car owner Shannon.) Bryan Kendall noted that the automatics require left foot brak-Ed Beard had it all come together at Snowflake and he finished a strong second in Class 10, possibly second overall as well, no results furnished. Texan James Martin surprised the_ C~allenger of Kurt Brew~r, right, as he Jing while still loading the conver-made a wide pass on his way to winning Class 10 and finishing first overall ter with the throttle "like a turbo after the results were sorted out. car." And, of course, that IS hard The Whiplash Motorsports getting in." John Herder had ear-on brakes. Perhaps Shannon's Labor Day buggy race at Snow-lier tricked buddy Steve Melton brake balance is off or the pucks flake had a recent record of sixty-(DeNunzio) by passing on a jive are not retracting fully. Or he has six off road cars that showed up to report about a faux testing flip. too much braided line," the Tue-battle the dust, a little mud and Foddrill fabber Ricky Geiser son whiz offered. some alleged short-coursing. could not wait to tell each and This was a longish pit as the When the vision cleared "Ten" every arriving racer of the sup-Buckeye boys dumped some ATF racer James Martin, from Mid-. posed damage sustained by the ex-into the Audi gearbox and looked land/Odessa, Texas, was the• Bob Richey Porsche/Raceco. at the linkage. Hyde had com-Overall Pro winner. Which was all a bag of hot air. plained about not getting third in A strong fifteen car field of Racing, things got rough early. aconsistentmannerbutmechanic 1650cc cars left the line chasing Lap one saw Ross Whitmoyer Ricky Geiser found nothing nine frQnt-starting Unlimited take the left turn back onto the amiss. The fuel dump was 14 gal-buggies. A surprising number of jetting loop to be followed closely lons for two 25-mile laps. A six cylinder Porsche cars were by Robert Gayton. Jeez, those guzzler they got. Shannon hur-entered: Jim T ravis;John Herderl - Mazda rotaries are inseparable. riedly obtained another ten gal-Bryan Kendall; and Daniel Hyde/ -Bobby Weber then went wrong, lons of Unocal 76 from Jennifer Kurt Schulz /Shannon Schulz. too, as did Tony Pedotto. Pedotto Kendall at Herder's pits. These three big blocks were chal-quickly did a one-eighty and (Note: Pro "1" people got lenged by the two raucous RX7 broke a stub axle -the flange came grumpy about finding out that the rotary cars of Ross Whitmoyer off. This is, I believe, the third Struttman clan were going to run and New Mexico's Robert Gay-axle to go this year. Once, shame in Sportsman. "SPORTSMAN!!! ton and by the two boxer motors on you; twice shame on you; three Can they go backwards?'' was the of Bob Weber and Gary Ander-times? Your call. Others to take outcry. "Make them run with son plus non-starter Dan Spencer's the jetting loop included the Chai-4s! ") V6 Toyota. The way he's going, lengers of Doc Bob Nenad and Odessa well driller James Mar-that engine's going to last Dan a Mike, Long ( who really should tin led a pack of hungry "10s" lot of years. know better), the pretty "5-through the pits. "He's either Results were somewhat mixed. 1600" of Tom Geringer and also leading or a good blocker" was Unlimited Tucson racer Travis the "Ten" cars of long jump the assessment. A blocker, yeah. and master mechanic Ron League champ Kevin McMullen and Billy James was dragging along the had the front row start and ten Tsakiris. Fact: This section of the rabid trio of Rueben Wood, Ed miles later had to watch it get frit-course is the same set up used Beard and Kevin McMullen and tered away, idled with a broken every year since '06. W eber also Tucson's Ron Dalke a couple of rear hub. Stranded out in the flipped off his power steering belt minutes back. middle of nowhere on three at the jump and radioed in about At the end oflap three, physical wheels, big Jim had only one the hard wheel. leader Herder led Brian Brown option -if "one choice" can be Herder stopped after one lap into the pits with Gary Anderson construed as a true option: To sit for a visual while Daniel Hyde and Hyde trying to make up time and watch all of the Pros and the radioed in about lack of brakes: due to that five minute fidget subsequent Sportsmen. "Gotta pump 'em several times." stop. Brown took to his pit for a Before the start the posers were Hyde came through a minute after long stay while Daniel had to con-posing. The McMullen camp was Herder's stop with Brown closely tend with Anderson's dust quoted as saying that "If Kevin in tow and Gary Anderson and plumes. Just afterleaving the pits, isn'tleading by two minutes.after Ross Whitmoyer in the dust. Bryan Kendall called in from the first lap (brother), Albert's Thirteen minutes back were the Herder's Raceco to say that they were on their side and needed · some oil. Doug Bodman donned his Nike's and took off for the mile-away table top with several quarts of fifty weight. By the time he arrived, a friendly spectator had Jeeped the car back over and they were long gone. Doug walked back. The "Ten" race was getting fur-ious as Martin came through again with Rueben Wood in second as open-face-helmeted Beard (-look-ing a lot like a Buckeye Parnelli Jones) and McMullen blasted . through, jockeying for position. · Wood had a quick gas-up - eight gallons for 7 5 miles -and left before Ed Beard blasted through only one water bar back-maybe a fifty foot lead. Kurt called in to say that leader Gary Anderson had stuffed his car into a bush and backed out into them: No harm, only a sorta foul. Ricky Geiser explained that "Anderson's gonna need a new bumper when Daniel catches back up to him."McComb's "8" was obviously holding up the Schulz machine as the leaders caught the backmarkers. Ross Whitmoyer was reported to have hit a post at the last cattle guard and came through with his front skid plate dangling. Robert Gayton expe-rienced a long stop that ended with an oil fire. When Gayton's RX is hot, the rotor tip seals are, well, marginal, so they dump in some motor oil to get back some starting compression. This time there was a flash back and pit pal Tom Velasquez got a flash burn. At his next stop, Herder dropped in six quarts of motor lube and 22 gallons of Unocal 76 and almost dragged a pit crew man along by the arm. "Whoa! Whoa! WHOA!" Dust along the pit row was impossible but it was still a nose-to-tail freight train by Martin and Beard. "How can they see where they're going?" asked an incredu-lous Danny Foddrill, arms dealer to the stars. Kevin McMullen came through Kevin McMullen flew further then anyone on the start jump, then he (and some others) turned onto the jetting loop, led the race until a course infraction dropped him back to about fifth in Class 10. Tim Smith and Danny Hempe/man had a good race going, leading Class 5-1600 but they drove too long on a flat and dropped to a second in class ~~~ ' Page 14 December 1995 putting the push on Tim Smith, whose little "5-1600" had been taking the water bars in fine style. The Bruce Mills/Randy Miller Gila Bend car showed evidence of having been drilled a good one on the back end and Brian Brown's too-new Kuster set up would vault the car high and to the left over the water bars. Back starter Melton had made up 14 spots and looked like the overall might be his if he could close on McMullen who had fi~ally gotten around Martin on the seventh lap. Pit stops had to be spot on and backmarkers needed plenty of rear vision: "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR." Herder called in to report a flat right rear. The wheel was so taco-ed that Kendall could not get a wrench on one of the lugs. He had to use the jack to unfold the aluminum lip losing mucho time. Later, Bryan would accept complete blame for the flat: "I called it. I told him to pass; to go off course. We hit a rock." Or as Herder agreed, "Two crazy bastards like us have no business in a car liks this." That's a Double Roger. Rueben Wood got a front flat this way: Hyde finally got around Anderson and ca1.,1ght up to Rueben. There, impatient, he ran over Rueb's front wheel in the close-in tight trees and hit one of the Mexican Spotted Owl habi-tats. The right rear hub was torn out, a seriously no-good deal. Daniel tried to make his pass on Rueben in a certified No Pass Zone: twisty, narrow, dusty, ruffled, with lights-and-shadows among the big trees. Shannon never had an opportunity to get in and drive, the plan being that if it was race to the win Daniel would stay in and go for it. The Farmco man wouldn't get excited if he was on fire. When he heard of the hub problem, it was simply "That's racing" although there was a tone of disappointment in his voice. Anderson back-pedaled after being informed of that accident and with only Whitmoyer and a delayed Herder left out of nine Unlimited cars he motored in with McMullen right on his bumper. Martin and Melton fol-lowed like madmen, in a minute later with SuperSeater Beard lal-lygagging two·minutes in arrears. James and Steve badgered the Bob Elio/Kurt Brewer Challenger through the last big sweeper, pushing the two-seater out into the junipers. Gary Anderson had to thank Ricky for the good running 2700 Type IV, Danny Foddrill for sus-pension work and the reclusive, bike riding Pat Hughes for the gearbox. "We had a good time!" . Anderson had a twenty-minute Dusty Times

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track. Dan Spencer had a "s###y day. We blew six tires ... and that was just getting up here." Race tips quoted Dan as saying: "l can /Jass anyone l catch!" which proved to be quite accurate. Unfortunately, Spencer's car would not start and he never caught anyone. The EFI V6 Toyota would not fire in spite of laying-on of the hands by John Emerson and Tony Kujala, he of the ever-dangerous Diehl "5" team. "I need some carbs! ", the King of A-arm four-seateri, wailed. (One of his creations, under the heavy right foot of Val . Courtney, was taking passengers Milt Moore came out of Colorado to Snowflake and he won the Class 5-1600 Bill Krug and Bob Sanders won the 1600 class, and had a break on the sixth , for ·u~ testin . The' car worked contest and did his share of kicking up dust from the silt filled trails. lap when.they passed Tony Pierce who was searching for a fresh battery. 111 P ll g) Th W b B J --------------------------we ; very we . e e er l .1 finish line margin over Herder him. (Borel had a badly bent Buckeye Boys. Randy Miller got a the Permian Basin -"We're not Brothers broke a rocker and had a who just edged Ross who had had wheel and was running way off flat and, as another racer without doing squat for ( oil well) dril-slow, sad day in addition to their tomakeyetanotherstoptogetrid pace.) "I used his target light to aspare,~asintrouble. "!grabbed ling!" - as the Class and Overall Armstrong power steering woes. of the front tire that was on the pass, they worked real good. I was one off ofJohn Lee's '9' car which winner. Ed Beard went back to Without carrying a spare PI S belt rear. Brian Brown was the only surprised how well." was broken." Miller and Mills fin- Buckeye as Number Two and the (now he knows), Bob had to run a other "l" finisher. Martin said _ Dalke,whohasonlyabitofthe ishedalllapsineighth. censored Steve and Kevin fulllapgruntingandstraining. that Ed stopped for a· truck acci-basic Buckeye buggy budget, The "Ten" results was a hassle. rounded out the top four with Vintage/Gearbox Groan-dent and he hit him. "It was in the received a laurel and hearty hand-Reports from the field had Steve Steele and Dalke in fifth and sixth. ings. Jay Strickling stuffed his little ziggiesbeforeCheck l,"said shake - verbally, anyway -from Melton and Kev McMullen cut-Maddox was seventh and Randy Vintage two-seater so far down a Ed .Al!Martinsawinthedustwas his peers. "Dalke's raced those ting a sweeper corner inside of Miller and Bruce Mills the final deep,darkwash-outthatthefront Beard's "# 1081" and 'Barn!" Ed Challengers for so long, he's tai-Check 2. Melton was recorded as seven lap finisher. Rueb cut the end folded like a cheap tent in the got a flat left rear and, spareless, lored his driving to an efficient violating that concept four times course back to the pits when he rain. ATV racer Troy Bell, in the simply motored in to the style," remarked the normally-and a trailing McMullen thrice. realized that his flat would rele-rightseat,tookagoodshottothe checkered. taciturn Dan Spencer. "He drives The Race Director docked each gate him to a far also-ran. noggin - right through his helmet -Ron Dalke had a flat after thesamelinesasme,sohe'sgotto car one minute per offense. Martinfiguredthat"thewinner andJaysufferedacompoundfrac-where a "5-1600" was broken be doing great!" ( Note: SCORE would have should come from those racers ture of his foot. The engine was and had to drive all the way Stan Steele, a back starter, held invoked a non-discussion DQ, I who did not violate the '25-foot torn from its _mounts by the around to his pits: (There were up in the dust all day, was never a guess.) Melton could only say that course rule" and Beard suggested impact. Jay was unsuccessfully several spare-less racers who were factor and then broke a lower "that's what we've been doing for that "Yeah, and those who didn't trying to stay with Joltin' Joe to feel the brunt of THAT mis- trailing arm. "Was it a Foddrill years up there. I think Travis hit anyone, either." But Martin Bombardier who subsequently take.) "I didn't break the bead arm?" Stan, ever the diplomat, being there might have had some-was not smiling-he's the kind of took a 1-o-n-g six and a half hours andlstillpassedcars.OnlyKevin said "You'll have td ask him." thing to do with-the (Check-guywhodoesnotwantthewin todothefull175. passed me. I kept out of the trees Randy Maddux finished seventh point's) report." Poorol' Kev was that way. The race was, however, In Class 8 Kevin Pa trick and only Kevin gave me any kind and everyone considered this a just following Steve and got an Arizona-event performance (Union 7614 Wheeler Supply) of a tap. Ross really hit that cattle "win" for Radical Randy. Particu- tagged, too. breakthrough for the West Texas had one flat on the last lap guard. "(Dr.Jim) Borel was pretty larly after his test flip the week After the finish time recalcula- . racer who had often spent more although he did stuff the "Rad slow; I had.trouble getting around before -in front of all the Fod and . tions, James Martin went back to time-in the foliage than on the fast racing" ,rr HONDA Power .. 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Zipping through a pit area here Kevin Patrick had a trouble free day at the Mike Long was one who took an extra run around the jetting loop, but he still races and he won Class 8 honors beating eight other trucks in the class. won the six car Challenger class, fastest of four 7 lap finishers. frr Chevrolet into the second the following assessment: "If it . that he was gaining all race: thatlap and left his stuff out there cattle guard "double". "It was dies in the corner, don't worry. "Down by seven; then by five; and it took him only four min-flawless, almost boring, in fact. I'm in control!" This was Rich's then by four." He said that he utes. I've learned; l've learned." There was lots of traffic and we first race ride and Wright's first never saw another truck, only Tom Buck came by in the Fla-tagged a couple of trees. The truck race drive. buggies in ditches, buggies upside mingo Racing Honcho, waving. is still in good shape." Patrick will Alan Gluck's DS0 and Wright's down and the five he passed. "I Buckeroo Banzai is always there ~t be taking on "Red Dog Ale" as a Ranger got tangled upa good one. was within striking distance of the finish, this time by seven min-sponsor so a new, more-flashy Actually, Alan got tangled up Kevin heading out on my last lap utes behind Kevin and four ahead paint scheme will be debuted at when he clipped Wright's rear and wouldn't you know it! They of Mike. Doherty also had a the next event. bumper and flipped hard time. had started the Sportsmen power steering pump fail but "if Kevin Patrick found that his Mark and Rich went back to help. AFfER Kevin passed the starting you had to pick a race to lose hotel room in Snowflake had Bad move. In the ensuing up-hill line and BEFORE I got there," power steering this was the one." been usurped by an in-pain Jay. clean-and-jerk attempt. Wright Mike argued. "The first buggy I The Starkovich kids in the "They couldn't operate on him lost the friction material off his caught was Melissa Hall. She had Whitaker machine were losing up here on The Rim so they just disk and ended up sidelined for pulled me back over in the last bed parts off the old Chevy all put him up in MY room. Jay had the day. A disappointed Mark race in Mexico so I had to go easy day. "Dean should stay away. At to go to Tucson for complete gave a trackside summary: "We on her." Mike also noted that least they're finishing," said Jim medical attention." Sounds like tried to idle out with what little "the Sportsmen drive with their Martin. "Anddon'tsaythatlsaid Ensenada. drive was left. (He held up a hand chins on their shoulders, looking that, though." OK. Hard luck The McComb/McComb Ford full of chopped disk material.) behind them." He passed five Nick Vanderwey's 4 Wheeler "8" looked a little soft over the. But if theslopegotjustonedegree buggies and while passing a recal-Supply Chevy _ with the newly table top. There had been sub-over level, the engine just spun." citrant sixth car he took out a tire installed mine equipment rear stantial pre-race pit welding on Since they were down a big hole, on a stump. axle _ was found abandoned on the new FoMoCo. They came that was it. Rich walked out three "Our mistake was to take the the high plains. The engine had through the pits with tree parts in miles, leaving Wright with no time to put the flat tire and the died on the vine as cylinder after the fenders and hood and went water. It was a good thing it was jack back in the car. We had five cylinder went away. Look for only two laps. Rich "Gambler" not hot -only eighty or ninety or minutes on Tom Buck and the Nick to run the "Thousand." Anderson's ride with Mark so. change took us seven," Mi-ke Tony Pierce was running away Wright was going to be based on Subway Mike Doherty _t~ought allowed. "Kevin also had a flat on with the 1600 class when an old IBERG LASS RANGER EXPLORER BRONCO II FULL SIZE FROM MILD 10 WILD PRE RUN 10 RACE EXCEPTIONAL LOOKS COMPLETE KITS 100% FUNCTIONAL PROVEN IN THE BAD LANDS OF BA.JA battery gave up the ghost. Tony andJeffKnupp, the Perennial Pas-1 senger, found that the R's started to drop. When ever any electrical component was used, the engine would then sputter. Savvy to the arcane ways of Andre Marie Ampere, Alessandro Volta and Georg Simon Ohm, that stopped tl\e flamed Raceco, Jeff pirated Jim Travis's battery to cohtinue. Unfortunately, the loaner battery was buried deep in the bowels of the Travis car and by the time they got it extracted and installed, Bill Krug (SAW / McKenzies) had the win. Pierce was also unhappy with Whitmoyer: "That little!@#$ drilled us for no reason. I'd like to kick his!@#!" Don't hold back, T. Steve Long got tagged on the rear in his "new" "1600" car. Actually the racer is his old "9" built into an IRS format. Long's introduction to the class was eventful, to say the least. He broke a distributor rotor, a key on the rack and pinion, two flats then broke and a suspension limiter strap. "I like power steering," the ex-Challenger racer agreed. "Plus the extra shocks and we added a foot to the ( 100") wheelbase. Oh, and there are no ball joints to break!" They completed the rebuild two days prior to the race, test-drove it for ten miles in back of the Ora-cle Rent-All yard. Bill Krug and Bob Sanders picked up three hundred bucks in spite of not feel-in so well. "I was sick after I hit that tree!" This was Pete Gannon's first race in his" 1600" with help from Dalke, Big Larry Dimmett, Pit VIP Rob Tanner, Larry Weiser and Tom Surdez. Co-driver Larry Dimmett was seen slipping into the pits after one lap with the shifter waving in his hand. Damage control -duct tape - was on hand and Pete went back out to run all seven circuits for third behind Pierce and Knupp. Long went four laps and Borel but one. In Class 9 in spite of getting lost within the first mile, Tucson Challenger challenger Mike Long wrenched the win out of DeNun-zio-sponsored Kody Wright's hands. Four of the six "9" cars did seven laps with Greg Anderson/ Dave Barron beating Bob Nenad and Keith Randel for third. Kurt Bewer and Bob Elio tore their right torsion tube for a lengthy two laps but were still pleased that their shake-down run went that well. "We drove it back in (dodging the 'Tens'), Kurt laughed. Class 5-1600 showed that not all of the good racing was in the high HP classes. The "Herbies" were four strong at Snowflake and the racers were pumped. So pumped in fact, that Geringer took the jetting loop while second Starting Chino Valley's Tim Smith and Bill Schaible could only scratch their helmets and wonder just who went wrong. The two sucked dust for two laps that was so bad they came to a stop several times. Tim eventua!ly caught up to ricocheting DeNun: zio-sponsored Eric Pavolka and "tried like mad to get around but there was just no place to pass." Smith let them pull ahead and "hoped that Eric would make a mistake; it wasn't long." In the big silty left hand sweeper there the brothers were, upside down. Not far past that there, off to the side, was the "9" car whose dust they had also been following. It was smooth sailing as they set fast lap for the class. After four laps Tim and Bill turned the BFGIDoug's Shel-l I Mile High Cellular/Form Smith/The Machine Shop/ AZ Sign and Design VW over to Silverhaired Gary Anderson just kept on truckin' while the other Unlimited cars had troubles and were busy playing wipe out. He won the Class 1 /2 bash. Page 16 December 1995 Dusty Times

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John Herder and Bryan Kendall chase the heavy dust a few miles out of the main pit area, and they went on to take second in Unlimited Class action. Randy Miller and Bruce Mills look strong here, had troubles Starting in the back Steve Melton made up 14 spots in short later and they were the last of the Class 10 cars to finish the order and looked in line for the overall, but he was also caught seven laps required. on the old course and set well back on time. Danny and Sandra Hempelman with a 3½ minute lead over Milt Moore's Colorado car. Danny whipped out two -fast laps and headed out to what was to be the winning lap. But it was not to be that easy. Danny plowed a rock while in the choking dust of two "8" trucks and bent a rim. Unaware of his lead over "Bi!t by Milt" Hem-pel man drove on until Check Three by which time the tire had disintegrated. Milt slipped on by and the two put a front tire on back and ran loose on the marbles to secorid place. And their sev-enth consecutive finish. Better real-time race info might have saved the win. Emmett Warren brought out the Northern Auto-motive "11" of partner Gray Hendricks for some fun but the day quickly palled when the team could find no more than three cylinders under the hood. In Sportsmen Unlimited Al Vesterdal had his jack mount break which allowed the iron to beat a Schrader valve off a shock but it was within sight of the fin-ish. Big Al was the overall Sportsman. He should have entered Pro and taken the second place money. Jack Farmer's Toy-ota two-seater was back by twelve minutes but still took down the long-125" - wheelbase Paul Nolte PowerglidelV6 piloted by the kids. The Strutters blew a rod or some other irreparable unit on their third lap and were being pulled in by Wes Holmes' War-rior Of The ·Wasteland "8". Holmes then had his Blue Beast catch fire and was lucky enough to be near a phalanx of extinguishers to save the moving scrap yard. Mike Herrick was down and out of the single seater two miles into the race. Lynn Jones left buddy Ray back in the pits after their "Ten" car broke a CV. Melissa Hall and John Harris went but two laps in their newly painted "10". Brian "Kalicki" Knapp was out with a sour-#3 cylinder after little more than one lap. Stranded along the Mach 1 fence line, the disgusted owner-operator was holding his hand out for a cold beer that did not materialize. Ear-lier, Knapp had· loaded up his motor at the finish line stop checkpoint after one circuit and the engine would not clean out, burbling and eight-cycling. Even at full throttle it would noi: get off-idle. His crew was called to per; form a time-consuming, on-course jet change. Back home, Brian was to find that a last-minute swap to baffleless pushrod tubes allowed the engine oil to migrate out into the valve covers to the serious detriment of the lower end's lubrication system. Brian is Mike James' co-driver in the SCORE Class 5 champion "Outlaw" car and has yet to be Dusty Times correctly identified via the T. Rex car sported cardboard clip was gone but John admitted charts. The "Pre-Entered" pool printed word. He has been called body panels -side pieces cut from that he started without it. Sounds gave $400 to non-finisher l.evi everything from "Brian Kalicki" some homeless person's living as ifhe saved himself some money Beard, just like last year. And the to "The Co-Driver" to "Fred room. "Well, Larry Ragland did on that decision. oddest thing h-appened: My Flintstone". 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RABBIT -1640cc (New) Powder coated. block and all parts plated, Modified Audi rods, J&E pistons, Total Seal rings, de-stroked crank, New early style highly modified 40x3 5. 5 cylinder head with oversize buckets, Web cam, hand made in-take with Weber carb, custom built oil pan, thermal coated headers, crank fire ignition. Dyno time only. Approx 165 bhp. $6,500. RABBIT - 1640cc (Fresh) Powder coated block and all parts plated, Carrillo rods, J&E pistons, Total Seal rings, new crank, highly modified 40x3 5. 5 cylinder head, Web cam, hand made intake with Weber carb, custom built oil pan, thermal coated headers, Std. Igni-tion system. Approx 145 bhp. $5,000. For Information Contact: Bill Goshen@ (714) 990-2091 office or (714) 255-6678 pager or Bob Goshen@(310) 534-1390 December 1995 Page 17

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SODA WORLD SERIES OF OFF ROAD RACING Road America Off Road Challenge Photos: Jeanne Brown Jeff Kincaid gave his all trying for the elusive win in Class 7S in his Ford but he got close to the points leader and winner, just not close enough, finishing second after this spectacular fly 'by. pits with some heavy duty smoke. Jon Mason was laying back wait-ing for the "dust to settle and moved into second place and held it to the end. Tom Brockman took home a well driven third place. Also finishing were Scott Miller, Shayne Pagels and Terry Wolfe. Rookie David Allen had a nice run going but had to pull off the track with two laps to go. Young Allen has been hanging in there SODA land rush starts are really hectic as this shot of Class 11 S off the line displays. This is also a favorite shot for the doing a great job in this competi-ESPN cameras. That is Dan Baudoux taking the initial lead and he went on to take the win. rive Class! Awholenewme~ningcomesto both Kelley Worall and Mike Class 6 driver Bill Graboski And here they came, those the phrase, "just down the road", Bergner. Worall is driving the took another romp. from green to wonderful, fiercely competitive when that "road" is the interna-Walton truck and we hear straight checkers. Rick Rayford maneu-dudes in Class 11 Double Seat! tionally famous race facility at from the horse's mouth thatregu-vered his machine around the They came out of the chute Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Road lar driver Cheryl Walton is taking challenging track to second place. twenty three strong with Curt America! SODA racers from the season offl Seems Cheryl is After getting stuck in the hell Gerald, Glen Mathews and Wes across the nation met at this pres- spending her summer waiting to hole, Darrin Parsons brought his Frehse duking it out for the lead. tigious facility the weekend of be a "mom"! We wish you well Ford Explorer to a hard fought Gerald and Mathews went door August 19 & 20 for the sixth stop · Cheryl! Back to the action. third place. We've been having handle to door handle, fender to on the World Series of Off Road Worall kept Mischler in his sights fun with driver Leonard Gehl all fender for the lead. Mathews Racing's 1995 Tour. The racing until half way through the race. race season, mainly because this would get his nose down in under action? Almost beyond description. He drove out of the hell hole and good humored dude hasn't fin-Gerald and Gerald kept the door Saturday, August 19, dawned straight into the hot pit area ished a race. Leonard Gehl, this is closed. At the fipish line Gerald with some fairly heavy rain mak-shooting flames that put an end to your life! Now, sports fans, first came out of the hell hole first and ing the track more than just a little his day. Bergner moved up into Leonard takes tne green and st~yed there. Mathews placed damp and gave these old girls second position. Mischler con-promptly gets firmly stuck before second by a nose. Tell ya' what, cause to wear their new rain gear. tinued on his flag to flag run for he can make it past the stands. that hell hole was jammed half We still got wet behinders, but, the win. Also making a lap was The poor guy is sitting there send-way through the race with bug-hey, a SODA race is worth a pair Tom Jones and Randy Krall can ing up a heavy smoke screen try-gies. Only the front runners got of, wet jeans! Racing began put in his racing memoirs that he ing to get loose. By lap four the t~rough without serious prob-promptly at noon with Classes 6 took the green flag. For the first track patrol finally· had Gehl out, !ems. Mike Oberg overtook and 8S green flagging together. In year as a Class, the 8S .machines he comes around and gets a plack Frehse, in fact, for a while there the 8S division, Mike Mischler are looking good, J,.ealthy and flag for cutting the course! The Frehse was the filling in an Oberg had some early competition from promising for the 1996 season. penalty box is situated so that you sandwich! With Mike in front of Mike Seefeldt is one of several young drivers in 1600 classes who does very well. At Road America he placed second in Class 1-1600and 2-1600 and came back later to win the Rear Engined Limited Challenge. needed four wheel drive to get out him, Frehse had to fend off Mark and here sits our man Leonard in Oberg from behind. Coming into an all stock American stock Class the white flag lap Frehse got 6. He makes it out of the penalty around Mike then within ten feet box, is still sending up smoke sig-of the white flag both Obergs nals, but, by damn, Leonard fin-went by with Mike in third, Mark ished the race! Also taking the in fourth and Frehse in fifth. green flag was Robby Brackbob. Rounding out the top ten were The rain finally quit, the sun Lonnie Andrews, Mike Allen, peeped out and so did Class 5-Gordon Cudahay, Dave Tate and 1600! Mike Brue jumped on the Jim Wallace. Troy Schuster gas at the green flag and never let knows the definition of frustra-up. Brue went on a super start to · tion -it's going the whole distance · finish run. Terry Wolfe started · in the race only to get stuck fifty the race with Brue well in his feet from the checkered flag and sights then stayed put in corner 7 watching the rest of the field go for a couple of laps. Tim Chris-by. Tough break Troy! tensen was right on Wolfe's At this point the track was bumper, moved into second for a groomed as the fairly narrow lap and then pulled off into the track was rutting up in a big way. Dan Vanden Huevel leads R.J. Flanagan into the hell hole, as Dan went on to It hot busy in Class 1 /2 action as Jeff Probst leads eventual winner Todd Attig win Class 13. Flanagan was eleventh. Vanden Huevel finished the weekend by and a sideways Jeff St. Peter into the hell hole. Probst finished third, St. Peter winning the non-production Challenge race. was fourth. Page 18 December 1995 Class 7S flagged next with a good si:ed field of en tries.John Greaves took advantage of a super hole shot, and despite the best efforts of Jeff Kincaid, Greaves took his super fast truck on in for the win. Kincaid hung on to second place with Jimmie Crowder claiming third place. Now where in the heck, you ask, is Art Schmitt? Schmitt came off the line with his usual clean but aggressive start, broke a front shock and had all he could do to hang on to fourth place. Mark Eberhardt did a fan-tastic job of piloting his truck to fifth place. As we've noted before, Bill Bowles had definitely done his homework before the seas011 began and his truck came in sixth. Despite what drivers so far had termed a really rugged track, the Class 9 110 race was awesome!_ Yep, attrition took a big bite out of the starting field but Todd Attig went at it tooth and nail running some very fast lap times. Attig had his back end full of first Rick Welch and then Scott Schwalbe. We've seen some mighty fine vehicle handling in our days, but when Attig lost his right front wheel half way through the rac~nd still whipped around ·· the track;well, we were impressed! Schwalbe made a spectacular, crowd pleasing pass in the hell hole and went on in for the win. Attig hung on with his three wheels to take second place. Tom Schwartzburg drove to a tidy third place. Despite a stop in the hot pit area, Rick Welch took home fourth. Trent Hanson rounded out the top five and the only five to finish the race. The track ate up the likes of Jeff Probst, Jeff St. Peter, Dan Baudoux, Chad Hord and Jim Struble. Uh-oh, here it comes! It's the old "Thunder In The Valley" Class! Yep, the monsters of the midway, Class 4, rolled to the start line for some of the best rac-ing action to be found any where, any how, by any one. Note-worthy: Kevin Probst did not make the starting line-up. He blew a motor in pre-run ending his hopes for the day. Nasty break, Kevin. Rampage Racing's Rob MacCachren came out of the green flag in first with Jumpin' Jack Flannery right behind him. Rough Rider Geoff Dorr was dogging Flannery and Steve Kel-ley of the Mike Lesle Racing T earn was right on Dorr's bumper. Fact is, the line-up was incredible. Fans were on their feet, never mind that the spectator hill has a decided tendency to slope sharply downward! MacCachren was running his usual fantastic race staying from three to four seconds ahead of Flannery when BANG!!! 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the lead. Dorr stayed tight on Flannery's bumper with Kelley in hot pursuit. The time narrows down and sports fans, the dis-tance between Flannery and Dorr could've been measured with a household yard stick. Th_e white flag is out, the racing gets even more intense. The....,\ast corner is made, Flannery is still in the lead. Flannery and Dorr enter the hell hole as tight as cheap underwear, they come out' of the hell hole and, and ... WOW!!!! At the checkered flag Dorr makes the final push. Contact is made and Dorr goes over up ~n two wheels, explodes a tire and takes the win by three feet!! Flannery has second with Kelley finishing on the lead lap in third. Also taking the checkered flag were Bryan Frankenburg, with a decidedly flat tire, Al Drews, Gerald Foster and Scott Smith. Spectators obviously wanted more thunder and Class 8 was ready, willing and able to provide it! Wazoo, the start of the race took out Tom Jensen who hit a dirt berm wrong and went over taking just enough of Dave Hackers with him to put Hackers way behind. Rough Rider Scott Tay !or got a good hold of the lead and despite the best efforts of Scott Douglas hung on to that lead to the checkers! Nice race, • Scott Taylor. Goodness gracious, the two Scotts put on an aerial ballet on wheels coming out of the hell hole keeping everyone glued in place. Good heavens!! We've never seen Walker Evans drive so far out of control! Evans came out of the chute in typical Evans form and then went into a pirouette roll over very early in the game. After the first roll he just kept on cran-kin' sending him into another roll . over that ultimately cost him a flat tire and a nasty looking fire. We're most glad to report that Walker got out of the truck in good shape.Jamey Flannery had a nice run staying on the lead lap and coming in with a third place. Brother Jed Flannery didn't fare as well. Jed typically drove the tires off the truck staying ahead of brother Jamey for three laps and then having to pull out of the race. Jimmie Crowder kept his truck together for fourth place and in spite of his green -flag disaster, Dave Hackers finished in fifth. Hey, make note: Gail Brand made her debut race in Class 8. Gail has raced quite successfully in Class Women's Heavy Metal and is now ready to take on the intense· action in Class 8! Gotta' say, not only is she the prettiest grandma on the track and one of the nicest ladies on the track, she'll be a force to contend with! W owsers, the trend of the rac-ing day was jump out in first, stay ,,, · Todd Attig flies his unlimited car flat and level en route to the victory in Class Here is another great shot of the start, this one of Class 2-1600 who have 1 /2. He also won Class 2-1600 and was second in Class 1-1600 and second already begun to string out a bit as Mike Seefeldt and Todd Attig, side by side, again in the Limited Engine Challenge. _le_a_d_t_h_e.:....p_a_ck_in_to_th_e_fir_s_t_tu_r_n_. _______________ _ fl , rm Scott Taylor really catches some air with his Rough Rider Ford F-150 on his way to winning Class 8 by a slim margin. Scott went well for a while in the challenge race but eventually places sixth. Geoff Dorr fought off all challengers in Class 4 in his Rough Rider Ford, took the lead midway in the race and then lost it later on, but a bonzai effort at the finish line got him the victory. in first! The Class2-1600 race was no exception with Todd Attig (hey what's he doing back in that class??) pulling the lead from start to finish. Mike "The Kid" See-feldt was hot on Atti_g's tire tread but got the no go when it came to passing. The young gun had to set-tle for second place but did it with style! The customary battle was on between Dan Baudoux, Mike Steinhardt and Jason Crowder keeping off road fans guessing as to who would wind up with what. At the finish line, Baudoux had third, Crowder took fourth and . Steiny placed fifth. These top five runners, and the rest of the field, never fail to keep the fans guessing as to who is going to come out with the win. Closing out the top ten were Todd Crump, Ed Tessmer, Eric Brannstrom, John Svanda and Cliff Holiday. The SODA Lites completed the day's racing with Holgier Oks-nevad grabbing the win in this race. Mike Cherry came out with second place and Phil Doyle placed third. These small machines have more power than they look like they might and provide both the driver and the fan with some great race action. After a day of some of the best racing we've ever seen, we took our weary selves back to the campground. First priority was dry jeans, second was dinner and third was a little birthday celebrat-ing for Marilyn Schultz! Hey sister-in-law, you're now older than I am - again! Camp fire talk was of the day's racing and what was to come on Sunday. All went to bed knowing that the racing would be the best to be found -SODA racing! Sunday's weather was abso-lutely perfect for racing! Road America's hill side seating and other viewing areas were jam packed with fans ready for the best of the best, and they got it. place. In another rare appearance in this class for 1995 Todd Atti_g came around lap one with the lead and then was seen no more! And who ~as there to take the lead? Mike Seefeldt with a very persist-ent Jason Crowder right on his tail! Seefeldt held the lead for three laps and then Crowder made the crucial pass. Crowder . kept the lead to the finish line with Seefeldt in a close second. Todd Crump and Dan Baudoux stayed right with the top two, in fact, the top four runners put a thirty eight second lead on the rest of the field. Crump took home third, Baudoux had fourth. Pete Kowatsch was the leader of the second round of racers giving him fifth place. Completing the top ten were Mark Steinhardt, Eric Brannstrom, Bob Blaney, .Gary McGowan and Cliff Holiday. Put twenty-one Class 13 trucks on this track and you have one incredible start! And be darned if almost the entire field didn't make it through the first lap to put spectators on their feet. Season front runner Brendan Gaughan had early, [P'" There was no lack of excite-inent for the fir;t race of the day, ' Class 112. For example, Rick' Welch came off the line, headed for the hell hole and whoops, off he went into the trees not to come 1 out of the hell hole. One more ' time Todd Attig and Jeff Probst went ·at it with both awesome -speed and tremendous skill. But, 1 not breaking the trend, Attig came out of the hell hole with the lead and kept it to the end. Probst West Coast Distributor fOR was breathing down his neck and ' HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE OUR PRICE $695.00 Per Set 2 Ratio's Available zingo, with three laps left in the I race disaster struck. Probst came · out of the hole, went into corner one and lost his right rear tire put-ting an end to his race but still / giving him third place. Jeff St. Peter had been within striking dis-tance of the dynamic duo when a little over half way through the race he just plain disappeared! I Track gremlins got him and he was seen no more that race. Early in the race St. Peter had a rear end full of Dan Baudoux. Baudoux's machine sounded just.plain awful , and he returned it to the pits early in the race. So, who's got second? . The most determined Scott 1 Schwalbe does, that's who. Dave. Valley Performance McKenzie Performance Products Hanson came off the start in good 1 37-00 Mead Ave. 2366 East Orangethorpe shape but also went out early with mechanical woes. Las Vegas, NV 89102 Anahe'1m CA 92800 The Class 1-1600 race was one 1 ters and what drivers termed a Scott Schwalbe hasn't been running the full series recently but when he brings his Unlimited Class 9/10 car to race, he often wins which he did at Road America, and was second in 1 /2 also. great race! With seventeen star-1 702/873-1962 714/441-1212 J "challenging" track, twelve. DEALER IN(JUIRIES INVITED machines made it to the finish line · with action going on ail over the ~-•••--•-----!!l!!!!"!!!l!!!!!!!!!!!I!!! ___ ..,;;.. _____ .., .. Dusty Times December 1995 Page 19 ,

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lliii 1::&rtfft Ed Schultz flies high in his Class 13 Ford, new for this season, and he trucked right down the pike to a fine third place finish in Class 13. Jack Flannery was close, very close, in his Class 4 Chevy and he was a very strong second, by just inches, in the hard fought contest. Jamie Flannery had the Class 8 Chevrolet running strong in the race and was well up with the leaders, and the youngest Flannery came in a good third. [17" early power steering troubles, injured his hand and stilt kept on trucking. However, the lead on lap one was all Dan Vanden Heuvel's. Vanden Heuvel was dogged by R.J. (Who Am I, Chopped Liver?) Flanagan, Gaughan and Pat Flanagan. But the real show was all Joe Zilisch's! Holy cats, the dude came out of midfield and just blew the doors off truck after truck making his . moves all the way to, yep, a serious charge at leader Vanden Heuvel. With four laps to go, Chopped Liver R.J. Flanagan had to pit with what appeared to be over heating troubles. At this point Zilisch was already around Gaughan and was now headed to Vanden Heuvel. At the checkered flag Vanden Heuvel had pulled out another track flag to flag win but Zilisch was definitely on his bumper for a super• second place. Meanwhile, Thornton "Big Ed" Schultz had also done a fine job of working his way through the field and took home a very well driven third place. Despite the steering troubles and the injured hand, young hot shoe Brendan Gaughan pulled out fourth place. Dwayne Walkowski had a terrific run to fifth place. The top ten included Lonnie Andrews, Jason Janusz, Bruce Shilts, Pat Flanagan and Brian Hord. Great race guys!! Whoopee, we just love to see twenty-seven Class 11 Single Seat machines come out of the green flag! And one more time the car out in front from the green flag is the car that goes in for the win. Dan Baudoux put a sixteen second plus lead on the field and sailed to the checkers with no problem . The fun to watch action was between Gary Behrens, Curt Gerald, Duane Velie and Mark Oberg! Gerald came off the line in second and must have had the Keep The Door Closed Manual memorized as no one was able to get around him. First Beherns, then Velie gave it a try, but no luck. Gerald kept the position. Third place got real interesting as Beherns and Velie swapped posi-, --~·, ,,_.,,, tions a number of times with Glen Mathews trying his best to break into the party. It's down to the last three laps and it's Velie, it's Velie, it's -wow where did he come from? It's Mark Oberg!! Oh wow, super bad, Beherns is stuck in the hell hole! Velie winds up with fourth and Glen Mathews held down fifth. ·John Huven, Larry Bayer, the out of luck Beherns, Mike Allen and Pete Kawleski capped off the top ten finishers. The 2x4 -4x4 Heavy Metal Production Challenge was a sweet race for Walker Evans. Evans had had such a nasty Class 8 race and came back on Sunday to show the crowd just what Walker Evans was all about. Scott Douglas and Jimmie Crowder were on board to give Evans a challenge but the race was all Walker's -from flag to • flag! Crowder had second place for the majority of the race but Douglas persisted and took the position. Crowder had a solid third. Also finishing the race was Scott Smith. Both Scott Taylor and Jeff Holtger green flagged the race but we lost Taylor on lap one and Holtger went off the track half way through the contest. The Rear Engine Limited Chal-lenge was on deck next with another run through of familiar . names! This race was Mike See-feldt's with the by now traditional flag to flag run. He didn't have any easy go o'f it however, as Todd Attig was right on his tail pipe and placed a very close second. Ed Tessmer drove a great race to come in third. Mark Steinhardt placed fourth with Eric Brann-strom in for fifth. Gary McGo-wan, in sixth place, rounded out the buggies tha.t finished on the lead lap. Interesting, ClassS-1600 driver, John Mason also finished the race, a lap down, but still in seventh position. The Non-Production Heavy Metal Challenge had a boat load of entries ranging from Class 8S trucks through Classes 6, 7S and 13! And one more time it's Dan Vanden Heuvel in the lead but this time he's got Joe Zilisch on his Walker Evans had his big Class 8 Dodge all fixed up and pretty for the 2x4 & 4x4 Heavy Metal Championship and he put on a flag to flag leading performance in winning the race. Dusty Times bumper right from the start. Tom Gasman in the Toons Truck, Lonnie Andrews and Dwayne Walkowski were not going to let this contest go unattended. The three made determined runs at the two leaders and each other. Hats off to young Brendan Gaughan! The dude got back in the truck, broken finger and all charging through the field until he had to pull off. Meanwhile, it's half way through the race and Zilisch takes the lead! The white flag. is out! Around corner one they go and -unbelievable! One of the track sprinkler heads had been torn off and is making like Old Faithful. Zilisch hit the grease, spun out and the lead went back to Vanden Heuvel. The contest remained close but the win went to Vanden Heuvel with Zilisch in second by less than a truck length. Attrition took a big bite out of the field but Gasman and Walkowski went at it with a certain fortitude. Wal-kowski came out with the third place position, Gasman placing fourth. Lonnie Andrews grabbed fifth -with Class 7S driver Don Roberts is sixth. Kelley W orall in an 8S truck took eighth and John Schultz placed ninth. Nope, we didn't forget_, there December 1995 was no Rear Engine Unlimited Challenge Race. And bringing up the rear of the racing format are the Women's Classes! Too bad the gals have to race last, with improved technol-ogy and driver skills, the ladies' races are as good and often more exciting than some of the other SODA Class racing. Anywho or anyhow, the Women's Buggy Classes, Unlimited and Class · 11 green flagged in a staggered start next. Ruth Schwartzburg and Gwen Holmes had quite a nice race going with lead swapping going on throughout the race. Schwartzburg took the earl y lead, Holmes got around her, and on the white flag lap Schwartzburg reclaimed the lead. At the check-ered flag Schwartzburg had the win with Holmes placing a close second in a machine that sounded like it was on its last legs. Barb Schaden finished in third. W owsers! She's done it again! Sarah Sawall went on her sixth consecutive flag to flag run for first place in Women's Class 11 ! Both Karen Christensen and Shari Huven were there to give Sawall a run for the money, but the win-ning door was kept closed. Huven put the pedal down on the last lap and placed a very close second. Christensen had third all the way to the checkered flag lap but Tra-cey Silloway blasted her way through the field to take the posi-tion. Christensen had to settle for fourth. Chrystal Ko:loski rounded out the top five. Also finishing were Monica Yohn and Annette Van Wychan. The Women's Heavy Metal battle is shaping into a real points contest with Val Rehn, Sherri Parsons and Robin Schultz all in the hunt for the Championship. And for the last time, for the last race, Sherri Parsons went on a pic-ture perfect flag to flag run for the win. Val Rehn had a great race to second place and Brenda Hackers held down a neat third. Robin Schultz rounded out the finishers on the lead lap. Both Brenda Schuehpel: and Gail Brand were off the track early with mechani-cal troubles. With the final checkered flag for the weelcend spectators went home with a full weekend of the best off road racing to be had! The Grandaddy of'em all, The World Championships at Crandon, Wisconsin, is next on the SODA agenda. Hey, we'll see ya' trackside! EXTREME Off-ROAD ACTION~ DIRT, DANGER: BIG TRUCKS. BIG,: NAMES;_ Page 11

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YERINGTON TO FALLON AND BACK VORRA's Labor Day Celebration By Troy Robinson Steve Bruner was smokin' in his Jeep Honcho and he set a blistering but consistent pace as he went on to first overall and first Heavy Metal in the Class 4 machine and he naturally won class points tool. Steve Bruner driYing a Jeep Honcho set a blister1ng, consist-ent pace to win Class 4 and first overall with a time of3:50:29 and anaveragespeedof82 mph. Mike and Floyd Haas piloted their Mini Mag to second overall and first in Class 1 just 3: 14 behind. The races in Yerington are a lot of fun with the 3 day weekend layouts. On Friday night the wel-coming party and drawing for starting position is hosted by Casino West. Saturday morning and afternoon is registration at Casino West and tech inspection and contingency on main street with the street· closed for impound after tech. Saturday evening is a parade of all cars down main street and Sunday is the race. Awards and checks are handed out Sunday evening. The main attraction at contin-gency row was the debut of Frank rr~ Gillespie's new unlimited Chevy Truck. This thing is incredible· with 4-wheel independent sus-pension and a paint job and number to match Dale Earnharts N ASCAR Chevy. The Gillespies spent three years designing, build-ing and making 90% of the parts in their own Fernley shop. Other VORRA news was over-all points leader Sam Berri need-ing to be flown to Sacramento for a ruptured appendix. Sam would undergo surgery to remove his appendix and part of his intestines and is expected to be out of racing for up to three months. To keep his points lead, Sam's crew put in substitute driver Robert Martin. The race format ofY erington to Fallon is very unique. The race starts in Yerington and races one way to Fallon for 89 green flag miles; once at Finish Line 1 in Fallon, cars are escorted 12 miles I II • to downtown Fallon to the Nugget parking lot. The first cars arrived at about 11 a.m. from a 9 a.m. start. Cars arrive until 2 p.m. and then all cars line up and parade back to the finish Line 1. At 2:30 p.m. the green flag drops in reverse starting order from the drawing. The race back to Y ering-ton is on the same course. Once clocked out in Yerington, cars are once again escorted four miles to main street in Yerington. Thus with the parade Saturday night, the race is from Main St. Y ering-ton to Main St. FaUon and back, racing through four different counties in the process. During the intermission in Fal-lon, heavy thunderstorms turned what was dry lake beds just out of Fallon into raging rivers and standing water for the first 15 miles of racing. This would be a problem for some who would Missing a turn here in the empty desert that is the course, Bill Webb was on his way to an uncontested victory in the Class 10 Vet bunch. Vet is sort of a professional sportsman class. have water ingested ignitions. Floyd Haas ( 123) was the 2nd car, first pro car to leave the line at 9 a.m. Sunday morning. By mile 5, Haas would pass Dale Carr and go the*remaining 84 miles to Fal-lon untouched. Mike Webb's (515) time started 3rd but the yel-low Baja team was busy in the pits fixing a failed shifter. Webb would get fixed and start well into the pack. Trying to pass a slower car before check point 5, Webb missed a corner and broke the left front wheel off the car. The pair would get going again and finish in Fallon in 5th. Troy Robinson ( 101 ) started 4th and closed in on Haas by check 2. At the switch back at check 2, Haas and Robinson made eye contact and Haas checked out. Just before check 5, Robinson would have CV joint troubles and drop out of the run-ning but still finished the leg in 6th place. Sam Barri's car with substitute driver Robert Martin started 5th but would roll before check 2 at the end of the sand wash. The arrows were gone marking the corner causing a few drivers to momentarily get lost. Martin got back under way and finished the leg in 3rd. Mike Rus-sell (505 ), who was coming off a 2nd place at the SCORE Fire-works 250, had his Porsche 914 bodied car come up from his last in class starting position to finish the leg in 2nd. Larry Deaton (155) driving his Ford unlimited truck would run fast but numer-ous pit stops with down time dropped him to 4th at the finish in Fallon. On the race back to Yerington, Larry Deaton was on the run but once again troubles hindered his progress. Within the first five miles Robert Martin was out of the car drying a flooded ignitil')n. Troy Robinson started 8th and battled with Mike Webb. The Baja had a little more top end but Robinson's car was a little more agile at missing corners. Just before check 4, Webb was up to 3rd but would get a flat. Just after Robinson re-passed Webb, he would lose a power steering belt and drove into the Pro Pit at check 4 to replace it. Robinson was back on the path and somewhere passed Deaton to come in the fin-ish line 3rd, 1st pro car. Mike Haas would race the Mini Mag back to Yerington and started µearly last in class but kept the Mini Mag moving up through the pack. At the finish line, Haas was two minutes behind Robin-son for 2nd. Larry Deaton came in 3rd \fith Mike Russell 4th and Mike Webb 5th. Larry Deaton would later be disqualified for a check point violation of his chase crew. It was stated at the welcom-ing party, the drivers meeting and printed on the course maps that there was to be no stopping of chase crews at check point 6, the highway 95 crossing. His chase crew stopped there and disquali-fied their driver for this action. In the end the final results were Mike and Floyd Haas picking up their first pro class win with Mike Russell 2nd, Troy Robinson 3rd and Mike Webb 4th. ----1v,i-kfJ-al'ld F/oy.d-14aas4-0-a-ti-ttle-tuning in the rain in Fallon, staying dry by the motorhome. Their two leg time brought them their first Class 1 victory and they were thrilled with second overall as well. Getting a flat changed quickly is Mike Russell at the pit area near Weeks in the north end of the course. Mike took second in Class 1 in the Porsche 914. In vet Class 1, Dale Carr ( 62) got the luck of the draw and started out front but the pro cars of Haas and Robinson were past by visual B. No problem though as Dale would still run very fast and have the fastest class time to Fallon. Brian Holloway ( 14) had a flawless drive ·co Fallon with a time good enough for 2nd. Gary Steele ( 44) was running a tad slower to finish 3rd while Jay Mike Webb's beautiful Class 5 car, had no other Bugs to compete with, so he entered Class 1 with a couple of decent point to point times, survived a couple of course mishaps and finished fourth in Class 1. Page n David and Gary Steele had a too long first leg, but a fast run back to Yerington brought them up to second for the day in the Class 1 ranks. December 1995 Jim Cope had no braking problems this race, first time this year, and he had no serious troubles en route to finish second in Heavy Metal Class 4. Dusty Times

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Lommel (55) was across the line in 4th. Two flat tires slowed Rob Chavez { 33) but he still finished 5th. All top 4 vet-1 drivers were faster than the 2nd place pro Class 1 car, that's a very high level of competition for a "sportsman" class. 0 On the race home, Chavez and Holloway were flooded by mile 5 and were trying to get restarted. This allowed Jerry Wald ( 46 ), Steele and Lommel to move to the front. Dale Carr started last and was running hard trying to dupli-cate his first leg win. Gary Steele would be the first car back with the fastest time followed by Waid whose time was good enough for 3rd. Dale Carr drove fast enough for 2nd. Jay Lommel had a great J drive for 4th while electrical prob-lems put Holloway 5th and a roll over dropped Chavez to 6th. Final results had Dale Carr breaking their 2nd place streak to take the well deserved win. Gary Steele's fast drive back put him in 2nd and Jay Lommel drove consistent to 3rd. Jerry Wald and Brian Hollo-way rounded out the top 5. Larry Folsom broke a spring plate in the parking lot in Fallon, but got it fixed, but lost power some how; but he short shifted all the way to the finish winning the 1600 class just over two minutes to the good. Lining the cars up on Main St. in Fallon for "the restart. The unique fashion of this race goes from Main St. Yerington to Main St. in Fallon and back with a layover in Fallon. 4th. During intermission Jennings was found hiding out in the shade not changing the transmission. Bob O'Connor ( 409) brought his short-wheel-base Ford Bronco in for 5th place. Eric Lillund & Erik Williams ( 445) rounded out the finishers in Fallon. was just under a minute back in class. Chris Gray { 453) debuted the families new Chevy Blazer and finished the first leg only with considerable down time. Jared Wilson was the only vehicle in class to finish in Yerington giving him the overall class victory. Sam Smith placed 2nd. In Class 10, George Reese { 1002 ), driving a beautiful new single seater, set off on an incredi-ble pace winning the first leg by 15 minutes over Ace Bradford ( 1008). Class 10-vet had three cars start with Hooter Meyer (28) taking off first in class. Meyer would run the course fast but Bill Lance Rhinehart had a smooth ride, no visible troubles in his Class 9 car, and he flew over the terrain on the way back, avoided getting stuck in the silt and won by an even hour. On the race back, Steve Bruner improved his first leg time coming in first for the win in Heavy Metal. Jim Jennings was just under two minutes back but his combined times put him in 3rd. Jim Cope paraded to a decent 2nd leg time to place 2nd for the day. Chris German finished in Yerington with a rear· .wheel drive, over-heated, blown head gasketed Wil-ly's to finish 4th for the day. Class 9 had five cars with Tom Hatch (911) leaving· the line first. But when I saw Tom's dad in Fal-lon holding the input shaft to the transmission, his race was pre-sumed over. Lance Rhinehart (916) was hot after winning the Fallon 250 race. His time of 2:06:03 was just over four min-utes faster than defending Class 9 champ Forest Creasy (917 ). Dan-ika McLean and Ken Pfeiffer (910) was third with Steve Souza (921)4th. ~ Webb (22) was 12 minutes faster short shifted and red lined the car to Fallon. all the way back to Yerington with On the race back, Tim Bowman the 3rd fastest time. Perry Den-took over the driving for George nington took over for Arden and Reese and once again the car was had no downtime and brought the fast and put the team in the #1 car in for the fastest time for the spot for the day. Steve Bradford way back. Lance Abreu drove for took over for his dad Ace to drive his brother Larry and were close; back, had some down time but but two minutes behind for 2nd. still finished in 2nd place. Bill Rick Philastre, taking over for Webb kept the charge on back to Keith Robb, was 4th with Ken Yerington and won Class 10-vet Ruff 5th. When the times were by 53 minutes over Hooter Meyer combined, Larry Folsom had the and Larry Naso. least and won the class for the day. The 1600s had a wild five car Ken Ruff in the two seater with race with Larry Folsom (1691) his 15 year old, lightweight starting first and leading most of daughter Nicole co-riding, fin-the way but turning in only the ished 2nd. Abreu's were 3rd by 2nd fastest time being beat by Ken only two seconds with Robbi -Ruff (1641) by just over two Philastre 4th and Denningtons minutes. Keith Robb ( 1628) was 5th. The spread of times from 1st third followed by Larry Abreu to 5th was only 6:01 after four ( 1658). Arden Dennington hours of racing. ( 1661) was running hot but a rear Eight Heavy Metals lined up for flat before check 5 slowed them to this flat out 4x4 haven race with 5th, though only 13 minutes SteveBruner{407)blastingaway behind Ruff. the competition with the fastest While lining up for the race time by over three minutes. This back, Larry Folsom broke a track is made for the trucks with spring plate in the parking lot at some straight-aways as long as the Nugget and was given time to · seven miles. Jim Cope ( 414) got fix it and take an alternate route to his season long braking problems · the start line. Once underway, his fixed with the help of previous car, just didn't have the guts to vehicle owner and part time pull 4th gear and at times couldn't driver John Deetz to come in 2nd. pull 3rd gear making him drive Don German { 401) lost a transfer the 1600 flat out on fast roads in case on the way there but still fin-2nd gear. Larry 'didn't care and ished 3rd. During the Fallon Dale and Faye Carr broke out of their second place streak this year with an incredible first in Class 1 Vet and fourth overall, only six minutes behind the overall winner. Dusty Times layover, they were busy changing the. transfer case. Jim Jennings (801) drove his Class 8 Chevy to Jared Wilson (420) won the race to Fallon in the three car vet Class 4 field. Sam Smith (815) ---111111111 ---11111111 ---111111 ---... ---------------.. ---.. NEVADA1J IARGEIT OFFROAD, /AND, flREET VW PARTI flORE WE CARRY AURORA, PYROTECT, PARKER PUMPER TURBO BLU.E, VDO, CACTUJ KACI NG " BAKER BATTERIEf, JWA_Y A WAY WRIGHT PLACE, EARIJ, YOKOHAMA fl:IPER TRAP, JWEPCO, TANAKA BUG PACK, .f&f, CHENOWTH UMP, BELL HELMET/, KEP, JACO FODDRIL, UNI-Fl LTER K&N, TRI-MIL, PERMA.COOL BEARD.I, PIM, DIRT BAGZ FOX .fHOXf, COMP-U-FIRE WEBER CARB.f , /AND TIRE! & RIM/ RIP ROD, CNC, CENTERLINE, ULTRA, CUJTOM & COMMERCIAL WHEEL JIMPJON, .fCAT & MORE . 3054 5. 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Ken Ruff and his daughter Nicole led on time at Fallon, but dropped just a bit and finished two minutes back in second in the 1600 action. Jay Lommel had a great day in the desert in his Class 1 Vet racer. He did not report any troubles and finished a strong third in Class 1 Vets. The father and son team of Ace and Steve Bradford had Ace driving north and Steve south, who had some down time, second on both legs and for the day in Class 10 action. On the race back, Souza, Class 9s pulled together to help McLean/ Pfeiffer, and Creasy all each other out. Meanwhile, got stuck in a sand wash. The Rhinehart drove around and pro-ceeded on to win the 2nd leg by crossed the line just three minutes over 51 minutes over 2nd place back and Souza was back in a McLean/Pfeiffer. Forest Creasy decent 4th. Combined times put ,,,, 61'1 WHITEHEAD AUTO RACING PRODUCTS ENGINE BUILDER OF CHAIIPIONS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS, DAVE WIDTEHEAD HAS BUILT CHAMPIONSmP AND RACE-WINNING ENGINES FOR WINNER 1993 and 1994 WINNER 1995 Baja I 000 -Class 6 and Showroor:n Stoel< JEEP NOTORSPORTS DON-A -YEE NOTOIISPOIIT$ LARRY NADDOX RACING Baja 500 Trophy Trucl< Page 24 THESE DRIVERS HAVE BEEN PROVEN.WINNERS WITH DAYE WHITEHEAD PREPARED ENGINES CURT LEDUC * STEVE KELLY * MIKE LESLIE * DARREN SKil..TON CHUCK JOHNSON * LARRY NOEL * TOMMY CROFT WARP SPEED CAN NOW BUILD YOUR RACE-WINNING ENGINE ANY APPLICATION - 4 Cr1,INDER, 6 CYLINDER, 8 CYLINDER • ANY MAKE CALL DAYE WHITEHEAD TEL. (909)845-1177 _ FAX (909>■•s-n92 WARP SPEED 39067 ORCHARD STREET, CHERRY VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92223 WINNERS OF 10 BAJA 1000 TITLES WINNERS OF.4 TOYOTA MILESTONE AWARDS WARP SPEED/ A DIYISIO■ OF H■•A•YEE NONIISNll'IS December 1995 Lance Rhinehart in 1st by nearly an hour over 2nd place Forest Creasy. McLean /Pfeiffer's long first leg put them in 3rd, 33 min-utes behind Creasy with Souza in 4th. 36 minutes behind McLean/ Pfeiffer. Beyond the checkered flag, Rhinehart was thought to be underweight and overpowered. The protest period elapsed before an official protest could be filed, but VORRA did agree to find a scale (since the VORRA trailer was broken into earlier this year and the brain to the scales were stolen). The mo~ning after the race, his car was weighed and was legal by 20 pounds. In the 7 car Novice field, Ryan Lesher ( 4 7) was fast posting a two hour, eight second time getting to Fallon. Doug Seymour (72) was 17 minutes back in a fast 2nd. Rob Parson's ( 10) was in his second race ever and· finished in 3rd, 10 minutes behind Seymour. ·Pam Smith (58) was 4th with Michael Ahlmeyer (12) 5th. Kenny Ott ( 18) and Mike Koenig (85) driving his stock daily driver Toyota were 6th a·nd 7th respectively. Racing back had Seymour set fast time for 1st with Parsons a respectable 2nd. Koenig was 3rd with Richard Lesher, taking over for his son, rolled the car and fin-ished 4th. Kenny Ott rounded out · the finishers in 5th. Combined times put Doug Seymour in 1st followed by Rob Parsons 2nd and Richard & Ryan Lesher 3rd. Mike Koenig, who could be seen early the next week driving his Toyota to work and school, fin-ished a good 4th, not bad for his first race. Kenny Ott finished 5th. Pilots had six start and only two make it to Fallon. This race is turning out to be a survival race with no Pilots this year or last year going the entire distance. Any-way, Ben Wald (99) was the first place Pilot with Ron Foster (37) 2nd. Three Pilots failed to make the finish line in Fallon because the 89 miles was just a bit too much for one tank of gas arn;l were seen walking into the finish line. In the overall placing, Steve Bruner in the heavy metal class was fastest with Mike & Floyd Haas' Class 1 Mini Mag 2nd. Tim Bowman & George Reese were 3rd overall in their new Class 10 and Dale Carr was 4th overall in the Class 1 vet Bunderson. Casino West posted a $1,000.00 to the overall winner's purse a n d VORRA and the top four overall would like to thank them for that. All in all it was a great race with new winners, Mike & Floyd Haas, Steve Bruner, Dale Carr, and Tim Bowman & George Reese taking well deserved wins. VORRA hopes to see new racers next year because VORRA racing is just that, fun. Dusty Times

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G~rman Ridge Rally By John Elkin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares took care of the Audi 400 this round as they won ten of the possible twelve best stage times and they scooted along with no car trouble and won overall and first in 4WD class. Throughout the years the Gorman rally, through it's various organizers and stage configurations and date changes has always been a favorite on the California Rally Series calendar. 1995 would be no different as the organizing committee of Harris Done, Larry Scott, Dennis Chizma and John Moore and their band of volunteers put together yet another memorable Gorman•· event. This year there was some pleasant changes in the location of the headquarters of the rally. Moved two miles away to the Flying J Inn Hotel at the Flying J Truckstop rally teams has first class quarters. The transits remained about the same leaving the user friendly Gorman schedule intact. T~ere were no changes in the roads used, which was a pleasant bit of news to hear as most believe that the current il)carnation of this rally which we have run for the several years works very well. The organizers are to be com-mended for not fixing something that is not·broken. The usual fun ' six stages in the Hungry Valley are always a welcome sight, and then the challenging and more demand-ing six night stage_s are where the strong teams usually show their Bob Prendergrass /Jon Weig-stuff. Of the night stages they are ley, Chevrolet Blazer. In the first varied. There is the twisty and soft stage the rookie team was in a Liebre Gulch which winds for right hand corner when it is eight miles. Liebre Mountain and believed that their tire lost Sawmill are faster by waterbar pressure causing the big Blazer to strewn roads while the notorious end up it's side, with very little Ridge Route stage is still as big a damage to it. While they could challenge as ever. The Ridge not continue in the rally as Route is a semi-paved road that competitors it is to Bob and Jon's winds 12 miles to a dead-end credit that they offered their where teams wait until the road services as a slow sweep vehicle back down is cleared before for the remainder of the rally. running it again in reverse Dave Turner/Ben Bradley, direction. Gorman is about the Mitsubishi Truck. In stage two, most well balanced rally for while battling for the second spot challenge and fun we have in the in performance stock class, CRS and maybe the country. Turner and Bradley entered a Twentytworallyteamsshowed right hander at a bit of an for the event. We shall strive to overzealous velocity causing the tell you their stories as completely Mitsubishi to pitch towards the as possible. In reverse finishing other side of the bank, up it, and order starting with those that fell then a perfect rollover back onto from the land of the running, here the wheels and the team contin-is the story of the Gorman Ridge ued through the stage without a Rally. windshield. ~ Ray Hocker and Lynnette Allison took top honors in the 2 wfieel drive clas8 and also finished second overall. Ray had the Subaru RX fired up for this rallr and it showed in the stage times. · SECOND FLAMINGO RD. & THE STRIP • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1-800-634-6755 WEST FLAMINGO & VALLEYVIEW 1-800-331-5334 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Dusty Times December 1995 TO NONE Page 25

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Tony Travares and Al Nunes had a good run at second going when late in the George Pisek and Mark Rathsam kept up with the four wheel drives in their rally they ran out of gas in the Toyota Ce/ica All Trac, but were third overall Saab 99, made some very good times and finished fifth overall as well as and in 4WD class. taking the win in 2WD Open Class. Matt Sweeney and Lucinda Strub were second in 2WD Open Class in the Toyota truck, had a good rally, scored some fine stage times and kept it upright. · -IV" Without the wind-shield the team was barred from continuing further by the event stewards. An appeal by Turner and Bradley showing sufficient eye protection from goggles fell on deaf ears and the team was out of the rally. It should not go without note that this was Ben Bradley's third rollover this year. Tony Chavez/John Elkin, • Mitsubishi Eclipse. After turning the fast time in two wheel drive open class on stage one and going well into the second stage the turbocharged engine started missing at high rpm's, the further into the stage the worse it got. Stage three was no better after attempts to fix the car. The te_am was timebarred while trying to unravel the mysterious condition which turned out to get solved a week later as a one way valve in the fuel cell. Cable Rhodes/Mike Taylor, Mazda RX-7. This team is getting faster every rally. That fact was evident after surveying the damage from his rollover on stage six. No way could a person trash a car that badly unless he was absolutely at maximum speed. The pair in the car were shaken but unscathed. Chris Weleff/Brian Paul, Mike Whitman a'nd Bobby Webb moved into 2WD Open in the Datsun 510 due to a tech problem but they were able to keep up with the Open cars and placed third in class. Toyota Celica All Trac. While driving hard and battling for the overall with Rui Brasil, the Toyota was sail.ing down the Liebre Gulch stage trying to make up a scant 35 second deficit when the pair hit a hole in the road and broke the suspension on the car ending what would have been a very interesting finish for the win in four wheel drive class. The mysterious hole would also end the day of two other competitors. Robert Tallini I T erry Stone-d pher, Toyota Celica GTS. Some rallies just have your number, for better or for worse, and Gorman Ridge has Robert Tallini 's number. While-he 'has had some spectacular DNF's here, he is usually among the top rminers when he encounters the bitter end of a stage. This year was no different as while running second in class he too was a victim of the Liebre Gulch hole, damaging his suspension. To top off their tale of woe another rally vehicle had to push them off the road and sideswiped them a bit when the car broke in the center of the road. Gordon Swenson IT om Carter, Toyota Celica. While running in · stock class this team would also waste their suspension on the ' Jose Soares and Luis Romero drive this handsome Toyota MR2 in Per-Dan and Larry Hook, father and son, had a good lead from the start in the formance Stock class, and despite plowing a little silt here they were second stock class Toyota Celica, lost it with a flat tire, but gained it back on the in class. :...p_av_e_m_e_n_t_a_n_d_w_o_n_t_h_e_s_to_c_k_cl_a_ss_. _______________ _ . Liebre Gulch st'age. The rookie team was showing well running as high as third place in class when they were taken out of the contest. Lon Peterson/ Bill Gutzmann, Kia Sephia. Get out your hankies people, this is a sad story. While trying not to slight the perform-ance stock class field of fine competitors, it was not a huge surprise to find Lon and Bill with a large lead in class coming down to the final two stages, the semi-paved Ridge Route. As the Kia zipped to the top of the stage the pair started hearing a klunking noise in the back. When at the top of the stage, where there are no service crews, Bi11 and Lon found their jack had fallen from it's mount. While trying to put the jack back properly they found that it no longer would lift anyth'ing. With no flats all year they had no reason to believe that they would have anything but an uneventful cruise back down the road. Sure enough, two miles into the 12 mile stage a flat left front tire, and no working jack. With the large lead they had built up they hurried down the road as fast as was sensible. With a mile to go the tire came apart, flapped around and took out the lower ball joint. Jose Soares/Luis Romero, Toyota MR2. It was a long day for the Toyota mounted pair as they bounced their way to the secoi1d place in performance stock class despite lots of small troubles. However, it was an extra 38 minutes on stage ten when the pair was reported stuck that made the day as long as it was. Still tenacity pays with their second place finish in class. Scott Jernigan/Tyler Rhodes, Ford Mus tang. This was the second rally ever for both Jernigan and Rhodes from Prescott, Ari:ona. Some flat tires slowed their progress in the later stages, however it was a win of sorts as the pair did as they set out to do, which was finish the rally. To boot they recorded a fifth place in two wheel open. Adrienne Scott/Bob Scott, Toyota Corolla. It was a steady day for the husband and wife team as Adrienne kept the pace to nail third in stock class. This keeps the duo in contention for the year end points championship also, and being as they are organi:ing the next rally with the other heavy hitter in the points fight this will come down to Indio. Bill Malik/Raine Andersson, Volvo 240. Starting out well and taking the lead in two wheel drive open, it looked like a good day for the team until stage four when a broken throttle cable lost the team eight minutes. It was amusing for the finish control crew as the Volvo finally made it to the finish with Andersson sitting under the hood working the throttle for Malik. Now that is trust in your navigator. The team started on the comeback trail posting excellent stage times until stage seven when a flat tire slowed their progress more. ln the final two stages Malik took third overall on the Ridge Route, it netted the team a fourth place in two wheel drive open for their persistence. Mike Marcy/Steve Scott, Plymouth Sapporo. Running in the fray of the points battle also, Marcy and Scott were settled into Mike Marcy and Steve Scott drive a Plymouth Sapporo in the stock class, {!.nd despite their bigger car, they do very well and took second Stock at Gorman. Adrienne and.Bob Scott rally their Toyota Corolla in Stock Class and they kept the pace in September to stay in championship contention with a third place class finish. . second place by lat~ in the rally Page 26 December 1995 Dusty Times

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when they passed the class leader ' changing a tire. A valiant effort was put in to maintain a lead, however, the eventual winner would not be denied. The second nlace in class ties the team's best effort this season. Mike Whitman/Bobby Webb, Datsun 510. This gets bizarre so hang tough folks. Bobby Webb was originally listed as the driver of record in her stock class Datsun 510, with Mike Whitman doing the navigational duties. However, at the stock class inspection an illegal five speed transmission was found by the class chairman. The argument was Vartan Samuelien and Ara Manoukian ran well thru the first_ s!x stages then that a five speed was easier to find broke motor mounts but the1r crew nursed-them along to finish a fourth m and With the available power to a-_4_W_D_O.:....p_e_n_. _______________________ _ stock 510 it was not an advantage. particular marquee, or a little of obviously. It was not an-easy day Eventually the car was found both, eventually the Saab shows for the pair as early on it was illegal by the letter of rule and up a winner. And-this would not apparent that the turbocharger violation of the spirit of the class. be an exception as the rookie team was having troubles. While he With nothing to gain nor lose of George and Mark survived the Bobby made Mike the driver of dips and turns and hazards to record, this way the pair could record a fine fifth overall finish share driving duties, and as Bobby and a win in two wheel drive open is not deemed a competitive class. And we all have a feeling advantage to Mike (yet) they thisisnotthefirsttimewewillsee could switch seats at will and this Saab's tail lights only. make a big driving lesson out of Vartan Samuelian/ Ara Man-the rally. Bobby still did the lion's oukian, Mitsubishi Eclipse. You share of the driving and with the hear, occasionally, a driver thank combined effort a third place in his crew for helping him make it class was obtained, including tothefinish,andinthecaseofthe twice finishing second overall to fourth place car in four wheel Rui Brasil on the Ridge Route! drive open this was the case. Dan Hook/ Larry Hook, Toy-Vart~n and Ara came into the ota Celica. When it is your day service area after six stages with a you cannot be denied, and this broken motor mount. No big deal Saturday was Dan and Larry's right? Wrong, the mount was day. Dan built a good lead on technically fine, Vartan had Mike Marcy early on, but on the broken the mount off the engine Liebre Mountain stage a flat tire block that holds the mount. towards the start meant a tire Enterprising crew member Mike change on the clock. Marcy Welch found some chain, welded slipped around the team and it to the block and the mount nabbed a minute and a half lead making a solid piece again. Vartan with four stages left. Dan and and Ara kept hitting things, and to Larry threw the Toyota into high the car and crew credit, they kept gear, made up 12 seconds in the fixing things and they made it to following stage, 15 more seconds fourth overall and fourth in four in the next stage and then on the wheel open class. pavement which Hook has always Tony Tavares I Al Nunes,. done well on he grabbed the lead Toyota Celica All Trac. Tony back and took the stock class win Tavares was running well most of by 23 seconds. the day and even won a stage Garnet Baril/Pamela Baril, overallinthelaterhalfoftherally. VW Rabbit. It was a bittersweet He had a good battle going for first win for the sophomore team, second place and hopes of maybe but a win is still a win. But at what making a move for the win when cost? Seems as though the poor with six miles to go in the final little Rabbit has been taking quite stage his Toyota ran out of fuel. a beating the past two seasons, As luck would have it the final and in stage four a shunt into the stage is quite downhill and the berm caused some major frame pair coasted to the finish to bending; nothing a chain and a salvage a third place in class and firmly imbedded concrete did not overall. The service crew was help at the service area, but the waiting at the end of the stage with yanking broke the dash lose fuel for the final transit back to making for an interesting ride the the Flying J Inn for a somewhat rest of the night. The win, while disappointing finish as they could satisfying, still does not lessen the not help but wonder what could probability that this was that have been. body shell's last event. Ray Hocker/Lynette Allison, Matt Sweeney/Lucinda Strub, Subaru RX Four Door. It has Toyota Truck. Here was another been some time since Ray Hocker. case of driver switching as the and Lynette Allison have been · original plan was for Lucinda to able to inscribe their names in a drive the rally, after all it was her rally trophy but this weekend was turn. But a wounded thumb made a stellar ride for the pair as despite driving hard, so a seat switch was a bent TC rod Hocker displayed made and" Maddog" Sweeney the driving style that made him tore up the stages in pursuit of the terror of the CRS in years glory, or at least a good time. In gone by. The result was a reality they got both as Matt and tremendous round of applause as Lucinda nabbed second place in they took the second place in class two wheel drive open class and and overall position. They even sixth overall in the purple Toyota notched an overall best time on a we affectionately call, "Barney stage en route to what we all hope from Hell". will be many more appearances by George Pisek/Mark Rathsam, both of them. Saab 99. There is rio such thing as R ui Brasil /Carlos Tavares, a slow Saab driver. Whether it is a Audi 4000 Quattro. what can you merit to the car that it can always say about the ability ofRui Brasil · gofastoramerittothewisdomof to drive a rally car and the a driver that c hooses that durability of an Audi? A lot , Dusty Times December 1995 Bill Malik and Roine Andersson had a good score going when they broke a throttle cable, lost eight minutes but finished the stage and were fourth in 2WD Open. claims to have been backing off to twelve possible overall best stage save the car you would not know times. This makes the pair's it by looking at the stage times as second consecutive overall Rui and Carlos notched ten of Gorman win. Page 17

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ROUND 4 AT MOUNT GAMBIER, AUSTRALIA Rose car that was gone with clutch . ·opening lap. Patard was already Owen Overwhelming, Yet Again failure while Morrison blew a starting to suffer as a head gasket turbo hose. Charging back wasgoingaway.Ziemsmeanwhile through the pack was the Jamie was having his own share of bad Robinson car that put in what luck as the chain that holds his would be the fastest lap of the spare tyre on broke and fell down Text & Photos: Darryl Smith Glenn Owen with Brent Hill riding in the Trekka seems unbeatable in recent events. It was his second overall victory in a row, although this time he had merely a less than four minute margin in Class 1. It seems at present in the uses is responsible for his recent Australian Off Road Champion-run of success. His latest win came ship there is no one that can catch at the Yokohama Blue Lake City Glenn Owen of Warrnambool. 400 at Mount Gambier. There The result at Round 4 of the were 20 cars in Class 1 making it a Championship was as per round 3 very impressive line up. Leading where Owen ran away with the the Prologue was Daren Wells race. It seems that the Nissan overTerryRose,JamieRobinson, SR20 turbo motor that Owen Neville Boyes, and Neill Morris-Win·ning is a habit in the Owen family, as the mud covered Funco of Matt Owen/Geoff Bosell overcame a slipping clutch in the late running to win the • 1600 class by abouNhree minutes and place sixth overall. ""==""'""& Ross and Maura Watson had their Holden Rodeo on target pacing the early. leaders in Class 5, 2wo·sedans and pickups, moved up as the others faltered and they won the class by nearly an hour and took 12th overall. Les Siviour with Geoff Miller riding along in the Nissan Patrol, moved up to Class 8, Jack of entry in the stocker class, and he won the Modified 4x4 class by 58 minutes and was 15th overall. Page 30 on. Problems hit Osbourne ( CV), Zacka (gears), and Turnbull (rollover). The Saturday after-noon shootout was won by Robinson over Wells, after Wells got a penalty for jumping the start. Into the race on Sunday morning and the showers meant for some water on the track and a slippery surface as well. Owen was starting from position 7 and to everyone's amazement at the end of just one lap he was first car on the road. Along the way he had witnessed Wells getting out of shape after hitting some water and getting tossed through the air backwards over a fence. Once again Osbourne was out with CV failure and also Zacka was gone with another gear breakage. For the first three laps Owen peeled off the fastest lap of the group and pitted with a 3.5 minute lead over Wells, with Boyes; and Burrows following. Bentley, Rose and Morrison were some time back but within reach. After the pit break it was the race, however, his charge was and tore his brake lines out. This short-lived when a gearbox let go. let Buchanan get close to Ziems Burrows meanwhile had slid into while Foster and Fitzgerald fought third. •With just one lap to go it out for 4th. Towards the end of Owen could smell victory and the race and Owen started to brought it home gently to make it experience a slipping clutch, but two victories in a row. Wells thankfully the six laps were up could do no better than to take yet and he took the class win making another second place at Mt. for more celebration in the Owen Gambier. Burrows had a tidy race pits. Matt ran a fine 6th overall. It as usual and held onto third. was close for second with Boyes meanwhile had a flat tyre Buchanan just getting in before but found another to take 4th in Ziems. The pair running 9th and Class 1. Bentley had been in 5th 10th overall. Further back Foster but ignition problems slowed him took 4th with Fit:gerald 5th. on the lastlap. Taking 5th in class As usual the standard ofClass3 was a fine reward for the USA 1200 cars that come from the imported car from West Aust. of local area of South Australia is Brian Robinson. very good. Leading the Prologue The 1600 car in Class 2 had a was England over Tickner, good roll up and it was the Johnson, Moore and Wright. The reigning class champion Andrew shootout was a close affair with Ziems that won the qualifying England getting the win over over Pata rd, Buchanan, and Tickner. Into the race and it was Glenn Owen's younger brother Moore that took over an early Matt. In the shootout it was a class lead, however, it was Oakley close affair with Ziems holding that jumped up the most places to out Patard who tried every trick in be on England's tail. Moore was the book to get past. In the race soon out with a blown cliff, the big mover was Matt Owen Tickner too was gone. who jumped from 31st start At the pit break it was Oakley position to be 10th after the leading over England, Dow, Johnson and Perrin. Julius had been sorting out his new Su:uki motor when a broken king pin stopped his progress.Johnson meanwhile had a big hit into the trees and bent up the car but ' continued. The battle was on as per last year with Oakley and England. In the end it was England who won-the class by less than a minute to Oakley. The pair were 13th and 14th overall. Next home was Dow over Perrin and Johnson minus a few panels. Class 4 only had three Bajas Murray England and Kevin Casement had a great day in the 1200cc Verco taking the Prologue class win, winning the shootout and winning the Class 3 1 race by less than a minute and coming in 13th overall. entered. Nev Taylor easily won prologue over Randall and· Allport. Taylor.then won the shootout when Randall broke a gearbox. Taylor stayed out in front when the race started but at the pit half way point, Allport had caught right up. It wasn't until the very last lap that Taylor had a rear CV plate come apart and this allowed Allport through to take the win. Taylor just beat the clock to take second while Randall had broken earlier. The Challenger buggies had a slim entry too, but good racing for a time, all within a minute of each other, but in the end the southern Cross buggy of Steven and Frank Graci won by about 54 minutes. All interest in Class 5 was on the debut of the huge Chev truck of Richard Bennett. He came in second in prologue behind the FlOO of Vesty. Watson had slipped off the track and got caught in some trees. The shootout saw V esty sit out and let Bennett show his stuff. He got pressured by the T orana of Ross but took the win. In the race things went wrong for Bennett when he hit some· water and most of it went into the motor. Watson soon assumed his normal role of leading the class with Ross and V esty close behind. Southey was happy to finally get to a track where he could let the Longreach ute run some top speed. Vesty was soon parked with the Ford refusing to fire up. The Birdsville Ford ute of Ferguson was out with blown power steering after earlier losing their trusty blue heeler model out of the back! In the end it was the Holden Rodeo V8 of Watson that Trevor Copeland seemed to be biding his time in the Class 9 single seat took the win and a fine 12th Southern Cross, and he ran second to the last lap when he charged through to overall. Southey did very well and take his first ever win in class and he was fourth overall too. . brought the Ford home second, December 1995 Dusty Times

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Daren We(Js with Ian McPhee in the Rivmasta won the Prologue but a penalty dropped him to second in the shootout and he was second in the race as well. Here passing a single seater, Mark Burrows and Ross Wafler stayed with the leaders all the way to third in Class 1 and overall, just 7 minutes behind the winner. David and Damon JJ.(Jport topped the Baja Bug slim entry catching the leader at tth half way pit stop, later took the lead and won the Class 4 honors. with the VS Torana of Ross third. There were only three Class 6 Challenger cars, with the order Wilson, Green and Graci after Prologue. Wilson ran against Graci in the shootout with the latter rolling over but all was OK. In the race it was as usual very close and after three laps Green had a one minute lead over Wilson who was one minute ahead of Graci. Green was to strike trouble and left the scene. Wilson seemed to have the race won until the last lap and a lengthy lap let Graci take the class win over Wilson. It was very started falling apart from the start interesting to note that a lack of as Alexander ( overheating) and entries in Class 7 saw Les Siviour Smith (cracked-manifold) were move his production 4x4 into the out. Zarfati too blew a turbo but modified 4x4 Class 8, where he struggled on. Baxter had the lead ran 3rd in prologue behind over Siviour, Owen, and Brown. Zarfati's Pajero and Baxter's Just after the breakZarfati blew Patrol. In the shootout though it his motor while Brown broke a was Zarfati up against an gearbox.Knotttoowasoutwitha interesting opponent in Graham CV gone. Then Baxter had a series Alexander's 4x4 Mitsubishi rally of bad luck with two flat tyres and car. Well the rally car almost trouble with the wheel studs. upset the favourite by heading Siviour slipped into the lead but Zarfati for most of the distance was down to 2WD only. Owen but lost out in a rough patch near meanwhile had come up to be the end. In the race and the class only 30 seconds behind but suffered a flat tyre allowing Siviour to take the Class 8 win in his Class 7 car. Reg Owen had just missed out on a class win like his two sons had done earlier, and took second over Richards and then Baxter making it a full Nissan This odd looking single seater works very we(J for Shane Cottee. Called an Exetar Shane drove it to second in the shootout and finished second in the race, eighth overall, just under five minutes behind. affair. There was a good 11 car field of Class 9 single seaters. McMillan led qualifying over Lennon and Cottee. The latter two competing· in the shootout with Lennon rolling his car, but on the restart he soon got past Cottee and won. Cottee was without luck when the race started and had to disconnect a rear brake caliper. Strawbridg_e-was out with clutch failure while Vesty broke a distributor. McMillan meanwhile had moved up to 5th overall as he led the class with Growden not far behind. Cottee was moving up as was Copeland. Lennon was out after a flat tyre and Horkings lost time with a motor that wouldn't run. Soon after McMillan was out after misreading a fuel pump failure and running out of fuel. Growden Welder/Generator E\\'171 YOKOHAMA BLUE LAKE CITY 400 Resuhs -September 9-10, 1995 ' • 4000 Watt \VelderlCenerator Mount Gambier, South Australia # Poe Driver/Co-driver Vehicle Time 0/A Clau 1 - Unlimited Two Seat • 20 start - 12 finish 102 1 Glenn Owen/Brent Hill Trekka 3:41:32 125 2 Daren Wells/Ian McPh00 Rivmasta 3:45:09 2 1 3 Mark Burrows/Ross Waller Cougar 3:48:53 3 107 4 Neville Boyes/Coleen Roper Rivmasta 4:03:02 5 • llO,, watts ot 1x1w,·r • 011 AJcrt' • ~11111ILam .'t1U~ At· / I IL u ~~-• :::,upt.·1 (JUI~ l • (:J ._,.·trolll~ . ." lt,!lllllttll • Honda 11 HP OllV Cumrnercial Engine · . . • 170 AMP DC tor \Vekhng • Oil Alert. • Automatic Idle ' 184 5 Brian Robinson/Ian French Raceco 4:06:10 7 Clau 2 -1600 cc Two Seat -13 atart -6 finish 241 1 Matt Owen/Geoff Boswell Funco 4:05:38 6 216 2 Bill Buchanan/Kaleb Schmidt Hunter Rivmasta 4:09:07 9 now led with one lap to go but Copeland was right on him with Cottee not far back either. Growden had a horror last lap to slip back and Copeland charged throµgh to take his first ever class win and place a high 4th overall, his best yet. Cottee was almost five minutes back in second and 8th overall. Growden came in 3rd and Horkings 4th. In the end on! y 38 cars finished out of the 81 starters that included entries from all states of Australia. The overall champion-ship now comes down to the last race being at Puckapunyal on November 12 as both Owen and McMillan are equal on points. Personally I would like to thank Nissan Australia for their generosity in lending me a neat V6 Pathfinder for the race weekend. I 201 3 Andrew & Alex Ziems Rivmasta 4:12:45 10 278 4 Lindsay Foster/Garth Patzel Buggy 4:27:13 17 209 5 Andrew Fitzgerald/Katie Barrett Buggy 4:31 :27 18 Clau 3 -1200cc Two Seat 10 start• 5 finish PARTS SHIPPED BY UPS DAILY 323 1 Murray England/Kevin Casement Varco 4:20:48 371 2 Trevor & Annette Oakley Buggy 4:21 :46 356 3 Geoff & Sean Dow Hornet 4:38:20 303 4 Darrin Perrin/John Stevens Rivmasta 4:50:41 302 5 Darrell & Paul Johnson JORT 5:03:10 Clau 4 -VW Baja Bug - 3 start - 2 finish 486 1 David & Damon Allport Baja Bug 5:24:11 401 2 Nev Taylor/Peter Hine Baja Bug 5:55:59 Clau 5 • 2WD Sedan & Pickup• 12 start• 3 finish 501 1 Ross & Maura Watson Holden Rodeo 4:19:43 516 2 Geoff Southey/Deon Beattie Ford Falcon Ute 5:16:07 515 3 Barry Ross/John Michelson Holden Torana 5:34:31 Clau 6 • aianenger Buggy • 3 start • 2 finish 610 1 Steven & Frank Grod Southern Cross 4:59:07 653 2 Lyndon Wilson/Vin Eustace Scorpion 5:53:44 Clau 7 • Limited 4x4 • No Entry Clau 8 -Unlimited 4x4 - 9 start - 4 finish 810 1 Les Siviour /Geoff Miller Nissan Patrol 4:23:34 811 2 Reg & Chris Owen Nissan Patrol 4:24:32 834 3 , David Richards/Greg Jenkinson Nissan Patrol 4:50:30 803 4 Graham Baxter/Nigel Burley Nissan Patrol 5:04:12 Clau 9 -Unlimited Single Seat -11 start - 4 finish 917 1 Trevor Copeland Southern Cross 4:02:31 907 2 ShaneCottee Exetar 4:07:18 908 3 Trevor Growden Southern Cross 4:36:26 901 4 Tony Horkings Buggy 4:51:29 Starters 81 - Finishers 38 - Finish ratio 47% Race Distance 390 kilometers (245 miles) Fastest Prologue - #125 Daren Welis - Fastest Lap #128 Jamie Robinson (lap 4) Dusty Times 13 14 23 26 30 35 38 12 34 36 29 . 37 15 16 25 31 4 8 22 • 27 HONDA MOTORCYCLES -SCOOTERS ,.. 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'The Straight Poop' From the Big Wahzoo CALIFORNIA 250 -Eight Checker cars took off in this La Rana Ridgecrest four lap event, and our boys dusted the field in three of the classes. Congratula-tions go out to Larry Bolin on his First Place in Class 10, only missing the overall by one unlimited car. More on 'Mr. Excitement' later in this report. Danny Reider also got back in the win column with his unlimited Baja Bug. Despite losing two gears in his five speed, our hero not only won Class 5, but also came · home fifth overall. Congratula-tions Danny! The Club's other winners were none other than the Brothers Krepsz in their 1-2-1600 single seater. After a sometimes shaky, but relatively short learning period, Sean and Frank have just recently been regularly runnin' in the money in this competitive class. At this event our boys finally put it all together for their first big win. As one of the many Checkers who have worked on some of the busted up equipment they've brought in during this process, I think I can safely speak for all in saying,·111t's about time guys"! Things got a·little tense at the post race tech, when the Promote·r confiscated a question-able carburetor, but eventually their winning run was upheld. A big Checker congratulations to Frank and Sean Krepsz, First Place in 1-2-1600, and sixth overall! Hey Big Dudes, ya did good. Our other finisher was Jim Greenway, who helped pilot his non-Checker Class 10 ride to a fine Second in Class and third overall. Jim is normally forced to run with CORE when co-driving this buggy, but for some reason signed up to run with his Checker Buds at this race. Good run Jim! The Club's four DNFs were as follows: Jason LaCore, driving Pop's 10 car, lost the engine on their third lap. Hey 'Rodman', look on the bright side, you seem to be gettin' a little closer to the finish line every race. Fred Nelson, in his big 460 Ford, had engine problems right from the git. Finally losing it completely about 15 miles out. The Dillions put a non-Checker ·in their Class 10 siJ;1gle seater for the start and suffered predictable results. First he swerved to miss a spectator on the course, causing him to lose control ~nd wedge their buggy into some big rocks along the trail. And then, a following 10 car smashed into him in the dust. Naturally, after being caught between a big rock and a speeding race car, the driver was seriously banged up and the car mega-dollar smashed. Oh well. I guess that's racin', right Gene? And that brings us to BJ Bates, our last DNF, and the rest of the Bolin story. The first set of dust trails came out of the hills, then dropped onto a fast downhill road headed towards the completion of their first lap. All those familiar with the Teagle Wash starting area should be able to picture this scene well. A long flat out downhill run right past the pits, ending with about a 20 foot drop off into the crossing Teagle Wash. Then about 100 foot across the wash, up the other side, and right into a red light/ green light check point. Normally a pretty safe spot for the Promoter to locate his finishing line check considering the terrain. But, this rapidly closing group of dust trails was far from normal. Mr. Excitement was out front trying to be as wide as possible, with Koch'.s 10 car and an unlimited .buggy tucked right in behind. - · The tension grew as these three buggys charged down towards the BIGGER IS BETTER . 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ECONOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 per pair. lncludinQ the mounting hardware and the GRS bolts SEE YP.,R OFF ROAD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. ·varnelr Specialties, Inc. 102 Crestview 1 .,.2 .. 2 P. 0. Box 845 wash. Who -would back off first? Certainly not Bolin, as intimida-tion is his style. And, certainly not the young, foolish, fearless Minor Bates. So naturally, being surrounded by these two crazy Checkers in their limited engine cars, it w the open car that lifted first. Then, just as they got to the wash, BJ pulled way out to the left, running right through Checker Main, and dove off into the wash along side of Larry. I think it was right about here when the check point guys musta said "Oh Shit" and started to scramble. With the better line, Bolin flew up out of the wash and slid into the check point first. BJ was right behind him, but airborne and sideways, finally slamming into his Checker Bud, and knocking him into the fencing. Then, the open car slid in to complete the jam up. Bolin was the first to continue on, pulling down all the check point fencing as he left. Followed by the open car. Then, with everybody still yelling at him, BJ got it straightened around and was green lighted away. After a bit, he called on the radio to find out if he'd been DQed, and to report a strange clickin' in his wrist. About then, a front spindle broke. and our young charger barrel rolled Tom's buggy off into the desert. Bolin continued on to a first in Class 10, just losing the overall by an RCH when one of his big shock reservoirs broke lo0se on the last lap. And BJ? Well, he broke both the car and his wrist, and also got his ass chewed out by Koch, But, he went home knowin' that he can run with the best of 'em. As the current co-driver of about four different race cars, coupled with Hibbard 's apparent retirement, BJ would now surely have to be considered the Club's chief race car whore. WEATHERMAN FOLLOW-UP -Awhile back the Weather-man took quite a pounding from a 'Guest W ahzoo' in this column over his vocal criticism of the Checkers. Something about us drinking in our pits and littering his desert. And now, under his recent halo of sobriety, ol' WeatherBob has once again tromped on his Johnson. But, before I get into that, let's talk radios, For quite a few years now the Club and most of our members . have been using a couple of different Pace rad10s that most of us have bought from the Weath-erman. First it was the more powerful Landmaster, and more recently, the Roadmaster. Both are VHF-FM transceiver units that operate on the 136-174 MHz band. All established off road racing teams use this frequency band for race communication, except CORE ( and who'd want to talk to them anyway). These Pace radios, although good units, w.ere made by a company that went out of business over 10 years ago. Apparently there's a bunch of these old discontinued Pace radios in some warehouse that the Weatherman has bought, or has access to, which he's been selling to us for quite some time. But that's not really what I want to talk about. There are currently a number of Checkers who think the Weatherman is a crook. It seems that they've taken their new ....., -7-3551 Yarnell, Kl. 853112~~ . radios, which came from the Page 32 December 1995 Weatherman, to their own· radio repair guys. And were told, that a protection circuit for the Final had been removed from the radio's electronics. For those of you who still think that an amp has somethin' to do with a good buzz, the Final is what you burn out when ya stupidly key the mic on the radio without the antenna hooked up. SNAP!'And your high dollar FM unit instantly becomes CB-like. So, has the Weatherman been cheatin' the Checkers for all these years by removing a part in his radios so as to insure a steady flow of repair business?? Well, this was definitely a case for the Wahzoo's renown Straight Poop Depart-ment. And, after finally finding and grilling a number of radio electronics nerds, who all claimed experience with those old Pace radios, and all giving us different answers, we finally found an honest to goodness expert. Seems the Pace radio was produced and sold by Pathcom of Harbor City, which was owned by Land Mobile Products Gr6ups. After they went out of business, they later reemerged as Tele-Mobile in Culver City. Through these folks, we found a technician who worked for Pathcom back when they were producing these Pace radios. Then, after he somehow got the impression that he was talking to some big muckety-muck from the FCC, this radio dude finally spilled his guts about WeatherBob's antique radios. So, here's the Straight Poop guys: There was a little coil do-hickey that could be added onto the circuitry which acted as protection for the Final if you keyed. the mic without the antenna connected. But, it was a special order option that was not installed on their standard radios because of antenna vandalism problems. Therefore, if some of Bob's discontinued radios had this option installed, and•he cut it out before he sold it to you, he wasn't cheatin' ya 'cause you weren't suppose to be gettin' that piece in the first place,.But,,, that leaves us with an even more important question. Despite his numerous appearances before us Checkers, good customers all, how come that W eatherBob never once offered to install, even for an extra charge, any of these little protection circuits in our Club's own pit radios? And, how come he never so much as mentioned that he had a solution for this reoccurring problem? Hmm? And that brings us back to my original point about Bob's recent Johnson stomping .. It seems that as the President of Fair, he recently organized a meeting which included representatives from all the pit support teams for a pow-wow on providing com-munal pits for the Baja 1000. Here was his plan: Everybody should team up! Each club would provide a number of pits down the peninsula, at which all the club's racers could stop for gas and service. On top of that, Mag 7 was to be included in this plan, with their big bunch of motor-cycle mounted kamikazes coming over from Japan. Then, while our boys were busy figuring out that the Checkers might have to haul up to sixteen 55 gallon drums down to each pit, the Weather-man casually proclaimed: "Of course, there will be no drinking allowed in any of these pits", Yeah, sure Bob. And I suppose desert sex and profanity will also be banned? Count us·out! To begn· with, it's an insult to even suggest that the Checkers team up with Mag 7·. Compared to the three decades of winning traditions and desert racin' brotherhood which the Checkers have established, those guys are no more than a bunch of prostitutes gassin' customers for cash and should not even be mentioned in the same breath with the Checkers. Secondly, the primary goal of the Checkers is to beat the other guys, And, if you ain't a Checker, you are one of those other guys! History shows -that the Checkers have only teamed up with another support team when we've absolutely had to. And even then, everybody hates it! And lastly, lets get this drinking thing out in the open and end it. We all know that you use to drink and had to quit. My sympathies. I used to date a prostitute so I know what you're going through. She could never tell whether she was havin' fun or just gettin' used. The point here is that some folks can hold their mud, and some can't. And believe me, you'd be a lot better off mind in' your own business on this issue. Anytime the Checkers come across a prospective i:nember who can't carry his load after a couple of beers, we promptly black ball his ass and send'em right on over to you guys! SNORE 250 -Three Checkers went north this year to grab some of that guaranteed cash, but only one team came home with any .IUOney. Both Koch's unlimited buggy and Robertson's non-Checker 10 car ride blew their motors early. The Harmans had a great run going in their Class 10 car, but suffered some last lap . down time and had to settle for a second place finish. Still, a fine run for our' Officer Corps. JEFF STOOPS -This past member was recently reinstated as a full Checker member after he appeared before the members with an excuse for his past inactivity that struck a sympa-thetic ear. The get married/ buy a house/ get divorced syndrome has always had a negative impact on the off road activity of all those members affected.Welcome back Jeffl AND FINALLY, the end of the year is near, and we all know what that means: Our Annual Awards Banquet will be held sometime in January, with the election of our new Club Officers held on the Wednesday night prior (nomina-tions are now open). The yearly points will also be added up and all those judged deficient will surely be put on the Club's shit list. Plus, your yearly dues of $35 is now due, and of course, they're completely tax deductible. And ... ahh ... oh yeah, Merry Christmas to all, including you Steinberger. PIT TEAMS Send us your tales of triumph and troubles and they will be featured on these pages. Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 207 51 Marilla Street _Chatsworth, CA 91311--4408 Dusty Times

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,. 8TH TELSTRA RALLY AUSTRALIA Kenneth Eriksson Wins Again For Mitsubishi Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Kenneth Eriksson and Staffan Parmander drove the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Ill to the overall victory by just 19 seconds in a close battle with the Subarus all the way, adding neatly to Eriksson's Asia-Pacific points lead. For the second time in the four W orrd Rallies he has entered this year, rallying's forgotten 35 year old Kenneth Eriksson has scored an impressive victory. This time it was on the wooded tracks of Wes tern ,Australia against the determined efforts from Subaru and a major attack by Toyota on the first half of the event, before their cars were crippled with shock absorber troubles. The event became a fascinating battle between Kenneth and the Subaru of Colin McRae, eventually settled in favor of the Swede by two small misjudgments by the Scotsman. Mitsubishi, having lost the. lead in New Zealand now, against all odds, find themselves just five points off the lead of the World Championship with two events to go, one of which they have decided to ignore altogether! They have also pulled further ahead in the Asia-Pacific series, which is their main competitive objective. Crashes were a feature on this event: World Champion Didier Auriol retired his Toyota after losing an alternator belt following a roll. Francois Delecour had his second accident of the season and ·, retired his Ford, while Subaru lost Possum Bourne when he over-turned. The Subaru challenge fell to bne car when Carlos Sainz's car "'was impaled by a log which burst the radiator. Kankkunen went well on the first day but then fell back with troubles!_ but he did Sailing past a spectator area in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Ill, Ed Ordynski and Mark Stacey won Group N by almost six minutes and were eighth overall, and gave Mitsubishi another win in Australia. 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As usual the main character of the rally was the unique stages, mostly run' through wooded hills around Perth. The stages were faster than average, but covered 1 by stones and lined by trees perilously close to the fast tracts. The trees existed before the roads so the roads were built around them! Previous experience counts . volumes for the drivers, especially as pre-event training is progress-ively shortened each year. Toyota went to Australia leading both the Manufacturers' and the Drivers' World Rally Championships, but only just! Didier Auriol, Juha Kankkunen and Armin Schwarz were register-ed for WRC points, and Y oshio Fujimoto was their APC repre-sentadve-:-'thel,ig news from tlie 555 Subaru team was the return of Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard's shoulder injury in early June, had forced the twice World Champ-ion to miss the New Zealand Rally, which his teammate Colin McRae won. Mitsubishi Ralliart were heavily involved in the Asia-Pacific series, entered two Group A cars, for series leader Eriksson and for Tommi Makinen, and i!lso entered a Group N car for Ed Ordynski. Ford had little experience in Australia but entered Francois Delecour and Bruno Thiry, and as a promo-tional aside Ford also entered the 1V star Jason Priestley in a Group N Escort. Jason Priestley attracted attention wherever he went, but back in full form again was Sainz. He lost no chance to continue his anti-FIA campaign, complaining about the rally servicing rules with great vehemence. Rallying was back to normal again! On Etape 1 there was only one special stage that first day, the first of three attempts at the Langley Park superspecial held after dark, where Toyota drivers took 1, 2, 3 with Auriol equaling the record previously held by Kankkunen. Mitsubishis took 1-2-3 in Group N, the best F2 driver was Nobuhiro Tajima's 1.3 liter Suzuki, while the best Group N F2 car was Simon Evans in an Australian homologated Corolla Seca RV. Whereas the cars ran the superspecial ~n the first day in reverse order, they started day 2 in their 'correct' running order. McRae was first car on the road, facing unswept gravelly stages, in front of drivers who had progressively cleare_r surfaces. This was the day of the long drive south of Perth and back, finishing with another super-special in central Perth. It was also a day of disaster for Subaru. Two of their . three registered champions4ip cars, Bourne and Sainz, retired le-aving McRae able to score half points at best. There was a close fight between the Toyotas of· Au.riol and Kankkunen, the Mitsubishis of Eriksson and Makinen and the remaining Subaru of McRae. "This is going to be a race to see who makes a mistake first", said Colin. This was a day of crashes. Possum Bourne went off the road on stage 3 and abandoned, Michael Guest overturned on stage 5 when he hit a bump badly and Indonesian driver Hardianto went off on stage 8. Auriol overturned on stage 12, recover-ing quickly, and then the suspension started to collapse, and on the transit the alternator I?elt ~ai!ed and th~ e~gine stopeed five kilometers before service--:-Sainz's misfortunes came about through hitting a log which Eriksson had earlier hit and had then stretched out into the road. It pierced the radiator and the water temperature rose fast. Sainz stopped and radioed his team for instructions and they helped as he got through the stage and the next one before service. Sainz bravely continued but water was pouring out of the radiator as he left the halt at Collie and the team withdrew the car before the next stage. In Group N Mohammed Bin Sulayem went offihe road on stage 2 and damaged the suspen-sion incurably, as aid celebrity driver Jason Priestley, but 'the heaviest crash was that of Hideaki Miyoshi, the Subaru driver, and codriver Mike Corner was taken to hospital with back injuries. For those that continued Karamjit Singh (Proton) had the dipstick jump out and the lubricants escape. Ed Ordynski reported his car was going much better than in New Zealand, and Mitsubishis were dominant. In 'F2' early leader Tajima had two flat tires on stage 2 and lost nearly five minutes and spent the day catching up, Leigh Hynes took over the lead until a driveshaft c l v rubber casing failed and he lost time in service letting Bob Nicoli (Daihatsu) go ahead without trouble. Hyundai were third and fourth. The Kias were 1-2 in their F2 Group N classes. As the drivers prepared for their second day in the forests, on Etape 2 many newcomers dis-cussed their experiences. Armin Schwarz, had done the rally once before, but-found the sudden striking changes between sunlight and shadow very difficult to accept. Makinen said "It is very difficult to be precise when you have only driven the route three times before. Making correct pacenotes in these limited-racce conditions is almost impossible." Rui Madeira said, "So many junctions are difficult because they are hard to see. So many look alike, and often they tighten in an unexpected way. You keep thinking you are on different stages altogether. Very confus-ing." The rally itself was surprising in other ways: on almost every stage a record time was being posted, even though this was the first year the cars ran with 34mm restrictors. Many of the records had been set in 1993, as last year the event was in the F2 framework and only two top drivers competed. This was Bunnings Day. The massive forest south-east of Perth has a myriad of special stage possibilities, with a central complex which offers unique spectator opportunities, and a ' natural area to serve as a paddock which can encompass vans for every team and countless thous-ands of spectators. The first two stages were held in the Quarantine stages to the north, where. Kankkunen discovered the perils of running first on the road. "It was incredibly slippery, espe~ially on the second stage, and twice I nosed off the road and had to reverse back." His 1 7 second lead the previous evening had gone and he was down to fourth place. EriksSQn who had started the day 29 seconds behind was, after the 5153 Bowden Ave.• San Die.90 •CA• 92117 • (619) 279-2509 Despite a variety of problems Nobuhir'l!J Tajima and Ross Runnalls kept coming back up the ranks and they finished strong, 22nd overall and won Formula 2 in the 1.3 liter Suzuki Swift G Tl, almost limping to the finish line. · second stage of the day, in the lead. Page 34 Dcccmbcr1995 Dusty Times

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Colin McRae and Derek Ringer had to settle for a very close second overall in the Subaru lmpreza 555, here catching some good air on a tough stage. Juha Kankkunen and Nicky Grist let the Toyota charge in the Celica FT-Four, led the rally from time to time, but had trouble later and took third 0/A. Bruno Thiry and Stephane Prevot held up the honor of Ford, but it was a bit of a struggle in the Escort RS Cosworth, and they ended up sixth in Group A. Masao Kamioka and Kevin Gormley had a good run in the Rob Herridge and Dale Hynes placed the Kia Sephia 28th overall Wayne Bell and lain Stewart had a bad landing in the Hyunda Lantra, tore off the sump guard and drowned out in the ford, bt.:' they won their class at 28th overall. Subaru lmpreza WRX-RA and despite some on course woes and first in their Group N class on the Wotld Championship they finished 11th and third in Group N. debut of the make and model. ------------------------There was a tie for the lead after RAC after all this," he opined. ··suddenly off the pace with shock three stages and hetween stages 15 Ford were carryin1: worried faces. absorber troubles. Gradu·ally the and 21 there was no greater gap They lost Delecour on stage 18 new reservoir system Bilsteins than four seconds. Before the whl'n he crashed into a tree head were stiffening up and after two final stage of thl' day McRae and on a kilometer from the finish. runs through Bunnings, by which Eriksson were equal: the final Codriver Francois radioed, '.'We time the Finn was 33 seconds stage was· the· third and final run have a Big Stop." It was the end of behind, they worked on them, not round the Langley Park super-a miserable event. Earlier he had knowing if this would make the special and they remained equal. been dejected, just driving along difference. Schwar:, however, The rules decided that Kenneth with nobody to challenge, in his was going well and even made one had been the faster on the first lonely sixth place. Thiry had fastest time. stage and in these circumstances actually fallen hehind his team In Group N Ordynski carried· • would have the misery C>f starting leader. He landed badly in stage on his winning way. The man who thefinaldayfirstcarontheroad. 15 after a jump bending the hadwonthiscategoryforthepast-This was a day when there were. stet·ring rack and finding the three years in sevei1th place smiles in the Mitsuhishi and sumpguard hard to refit after-overall was doing the same, this Suharu camps. Eriksson ~as the wards. Then fluid leaked away as time in eighth! Championship fastest driver of the day and even he tackled· the next stage, and all leader Madeira retired after stage Makinen made a fastest time. these problems landed him with a 17 when he could not restart from Prod rive chief David Richards six minute time control penalty. the Bunnings regroup pare ferme. , was fascinated at the oscillating Juha running first on the road Best non-Mitsubishi was Kam-WRC fortunes of the teams' was not Toyota's only grief. The ioka ii1 fourth. prospects." Mitsubishi will he car which had been very competi-In FZ Tajima regained his lead mad if they don't come to the tiv•e the day before was now on stage 16 and at the end of the· They put some wild decor on their cars in Australia. Leigh Hynes and Glenn MacNeall drove the Honda Civic SIR 2, led Formula 2 Group A for a time, but r~tired on stage 18 with engine trouble. day was 2m30s ahead of Nicoli. Pinker was third and behind came the battle of F2 Group N cars. Rob Herridge was now leading this class nine seconds ahead of Turnbull, so now the new Kia Sapphires were leading two classes, Bell had an awful day; a very had landin1: which tore off his sumpguard, and then drownt.'d out in the famous Bunnings Ford. He was now sixth ovl'rall. For his first time ever Tajima, who made best times on every stage today, survived this well known ha:ard! Hynes retired on star:e 18 with engine failure when fourth. Isolde Holderied and Tina Thorner all but cinched the Ladies Championship driving the Mitsubishi Lancer Evoluton II in Group N to a 19th place finish. Before the start of Etape 3 lost two minutes on stage 23, then Eriksson said, "I slept well last 30 seconds on the followin1: stage night and knew I was goin1~ for before the damage could be victory." Thl' Quarantine forests repaired. In Group N Ordynski to the east of Perth decided the struggled to the finish with a result of the rally. Kenneth blownturbochaqier,hutthegreat Eriksson pulled out seven excitement was in FZ. Tajima was seconds on the first stage when over three minutes ahead when an Colin overshot a corner and engine mounting hroke. His stalled the engine; then on the category lead of l K, seconds with fourth stage he pulled out another three stages to go dropped to 121 · nine when Colin spun. On the rest with two stages to go and then ,~8 of the stages the Mitsuhishi and Sl.'conds with just the final. 30 km the Suharu wert· very equal. in the stage to run. But he held off the end the Swede won the event by charginr: Nicoli and thL· Su~uki 19 seconds. The only drama of came home fin,t in Formula 2. the day was the effort of Makinen With Subaru's lack of previous. to keep Kankkunen at hay: thi knowledge at Catalunya loominri went wrong when Makinen hit a in Spain, their hopes of winning rock on the inside of a tree and the Manufacturers championshir broke the front suspension. He now had to he very low. Eighth Telstra Rally Australia September 15-18, 1994 · SCORE 1993 ENGINE BUILDER OFTI-IE YEAR! •'•'••···••'•'•••'••••'••······························································· ........... ....... =! Kenneth Eriksson/Steffan Parmander s Mitsubishi Lancer EIII A• 4:53:59 Colin McRae/Oerel Ringer G3 Subaru lmpreza 555 A 4:54:18 Juha Kankkunen/Nicky Grist SF/GB Toyota Calica GT-Four A 4:55:54 Tommi Makinen/Seppo Harjane fr Mitsubishi Lancer EIII A 4:57:26 Armin SchwarZ/Klaus Wiehe D Toyota Calica GT-Four A 4:58:10 Bruno Thiry/Stephane Prevot B Ford Escort RS Cosworth A 5:10:51 Yoshio Fujimoto/Arne Hertz J/S Toyota Calica GT-Four A 5:16:36 Ed Ordynskl/Mark Stacy AUS Mitsubishi Lancer E-111 N* 5:21 :05 Neal Bates/Coral Taylor AUS Toyota Calica GT-Four A 5:24:41 Jorge Recalde/Martin Christie RA Mitsubishi Lancer Ell N 5:25:53 Isolde Holderled/Tlna Thorner(19th) D/S Mitsubishi Lancer Ell N • • • 5:42:35 Nobuhiro Tajima/Ross Runnalls(22nd) J/AUS _Suzuki Swift GTI A •• 5:48:03 94 starters • 4 7 finishers • ·Group Winner •• F2 winner -... Ladles winner Wlnnefs average speed on stages 102.84 kph 30 stages-Total distance 1621.24km World Manufacturers Points Toyota • 260, Mitsubishi 255, Subaru 222, Ford 184 World Drivers Points • Kankkunen 62, McRae 55, Auriol 51, Sainz 50, Eriksson 48, Makinen 38, Delecour 36, Schwarz 30, Thiry, 26, Aghinl 18 etc. FIA Production car Drivers Points • Madeira 43, R·ecalde 40, Holderied 27, Ordynskl 20 FIA Asia-Pacific Cup· Eriksson 63, McRae 55, Makinen 37, Kankkunen 24, Schwarz 18 FIA Asia Pacific Manufacturers Points Mitsubishi 117, Subaru 106, Toyota 54, Ford 41, Suzuki 19 DustyTimcs We would like to thank and congratulate all FAT has dominated SCORE cta·ss 10 these FAT powered 1994 Class points champions: MTEG Super 1600 Champion SODA Class 2-1600 Champion .SODA Class 1-1600 Champfon SODA Class 5-1600 Champion SODA Class 9-10 Champion SODA Class 7S Champion BORE Class 10 & Overall Champion Jerry Whelchel Todd Attig Todd Attig Mike Brue Todd Attig John Greaves Mike Flinn RAONG ENQNES, TRANSMISSIONS AND OFFROAD PARTS Send.or call for our new catalog S5.00 . 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Brian Collins Smokes the Field at the SNORE 150 By Jean Calvin Photos: Carrera Photography Pat Dean and Michael Gaughan had a nearly trouble free race in the two seat Chenowth, and it was good to see Gaughan behind the wheel again, and despite a few troubles they arrived second in Unlimited class and overall. Brian Collins took the lead on the first lap in his super Unlimited racer, proceeded to run away from his and all other classes and came in first in class and first overall by a healthy 33 minutes. Brad and Larry Thomas were third in Unlimited class, about 25 minutes back, got faster every one of the four laps and had a very good race in the single seater. September annually brings us the SNORE 250. This year it was the 26th running of the premier race from the Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts, and it was the best edition in recent years. This race is the longest contin-uously running off road event in the sport, every year since 1970, and it drew hefty entries for many years until the calendar got so crowded with new groups runn-ing in their own piece of desert. But ongoing support from the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino has brought "The Racers Race" back to its former glory, and we suspect the major contingency donors won't be far behind. It should be a blockbuster next September. Along with a normal close to 60 percent payback there were numerous bonus bucks strung through the classes for complet-ing the 250 mile, five lap race. There was a minmum guaranteed purse too; first place in Classes 1-2 Unlimited, 5 Unlimited, 10, Steve Thompson and Wayne Lugo had to fight hard in a tight dice for the win in Class 10, but they did it in their first year of racing, in heavy traffic most of the way, and they were third overall too. In for second in Class 10 leading until the power steering failed on the last lap Robert and Mike Harmon took second place home to California. Page 36. . Heavy Metal and Mini Metal . provided there was a minimum of , six cars in each of those classes, . 1995, and it brought out a and a $1000 Minimum Guaran-number from Arizona and Cali-teed Purse to first place in Classes fornia to play in the silt near Jean, 9 and 5~1600, again with a six NV and dodge the rocks to the starting cars per class minimum.. east on course, In all over 80 In addition there was a $500 registered· for the race and 76 Bonus Bucks award for the Class actually took the starters flag. 5-1600winner,leftoverfromthe In deference to the crowds at previous race, and $500 Bonus the two huge casino hotels at Jean, Bucks to the Heavy Metal winner. the race began a bit to the north in It was the only guaranteed purse the infamous gravel pit which we know of in desert racing in actually borders a working sand It was a real dog fight in Class 1-2-1600, but Kenny freeman Jr. came out of the dust in the lead and ran first on the road, taking the lead and the class victory on the last lap with son Bryan riding with him. As usual Jeremy Gubler led most of the distance on time in Class 1-2-1600, but two flats on the last lap dropped the youngster to second in the class. December 1995 and gravel operation. This year the course went north off the start line, almost to the former Sloan start/ finish area, then turned east, wandered through some rocks, some hills, then went south into the silt, kept the foothills between the course ·and downtown Jean, and came north into the finish line. The activity started on Sept-ember 23, actually a week before the race, with a "fun run" a controlled speed pre-run in the morning and in late afternoon the drawing for starting numbers and a barbecue at the Eagles Club House & Park in Las Vegas. This mainly benefits the local folks, especially nice for the workers. On Friday September 29 the registration and tech inspection were at the Gold Coast Hotel, with registration in a banquet room and contingency row and the tech inspection set up in the far corner of the parking lot, roped off for the occasion. There was a good turnout in conting-ency donors, and the long hours of daylight in September made it quite a festive atmosphere. At 9:30 p.m. everyone assembled in the registration /banquet room for the drivers meeting in air conditioned comfort. It was already warm when the race started at 9:00 a:.m. Saturday morning. The cars had staged themselves and there were few hitches as the Unlimited buggies, nine strong left the line one every 30 seconds led into the first rough and rocky stretch by J.C. Dean in a single seat Chenowth, one of several l3arbary Coast cars and teammate Pat Dean in the two seat Chenowth with second driver Michael Gaughan himself, owner of the Gold Coast Hotel and generous sponsor of the event scheduled for the last two laps. Mike Tieman was next followed by Jerry Whelchel, still trying to make a stadium car design work in Dusty Times

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Stanley Steele started with two flats on lap 1, but he came back strong then broke a trailing arm, but went on to finish a fine third in Class 10. B.J. and Jon Almberg moved up to third in Class 1-2-1600 on th& third lap, fixing power steering trouble, and they held third in class to the checkers. Ken Freeman Sr. had a bunch of children and some of their children in the race, and "Big Daddy" placed a strong fourth, by a minute, in the 1-2-1600s. l\l Dave Hendrickson likes the SNORE 250 event, and he always comes with his Baja Bug. This year marked his third win in a row at this race in Class 5-1600, and he overcame some carbvretor trouble to take the win. the desrt. He had Brian Collins on Brian Collins took off and hid his bumper at this point several from the herd on the first lap, a miles into the race, who was 57:08, the only one with laps in followed by Nick Baldwin, Chet the race under the hour. Rival Pat Huffman, Gary Magness and Brad Dean had a flat and dropped over Thomas. The Mark Post/Jerry ten minutes back while Chet Whelchel car had vanished on the Huffman ran third at 1 :05:26. first lap as did Mike Tieman/Joe Collins hit a hole and stalled the Ferraro. 450 HP Chevy, swapped boxes Next away were the dozen Class and went on. One engine cooling 1 Os and this promised to be a fan was broken, the other worked good one with a couple of Cali- fine and that lap was a 1:01:25. fornia Checkers' cars in the mix, Meanwhile Pat Dean did a one the Harmon brothers and Tom hour flat in the two seat Barbary Koch. It wasn't long before they Coast Chenowth, Chet Huffman were mixing it up with the.191-2-did another good 1:07 lap to run 1600 cars behind them. Bryan third at the midway point, and Pennington's car was there ·.nobody else was close. wearing a sign "in memory of Huffman went out on lap 3 as Bryan Pennington" and the did Gary Magness and Brendan fellows that had just purchased Gaughan, home from college for the car agreed to leave the the race. Brendan, driving J.C. appearance alone for this, Bryan's· Dean's single seater, hit a giant favorite race. Pennington passed hole, flew in the air 25 feet he said, away suddenly in recent weeks. the car came apart as he rolled There were five trucks and one over, it seemed like forever to sedan in the Heavy Metal group, him. He had been in contention three 5-1600s, a couple of with a 1:09 second lap, but they Sportsman trucks and 17 Class 9s will be a long time fixing this car. yettocome.StartingfirstJeffCarr Meanwhile up front his dad set Class 9 fast lap with clear Michael was getting into the Pat sailing on lap 1 at 1:22:36, but Dean car, which he owns. then the others closed up on him. Michael Gaughan had not driven Finally the six Sportsman Buggy in a long time and was happy to be entry and a pair of Class 11 cars back behind the wheel with long completed those we saw start the time pal Mike Growney at his race. side. They surprised themselves Tracy Rubio and company also covered all four laps in good time in the truck class, and finished second about 20 minutes back in a good truck race. Dusty Times . by finishing, and they finished second Unlimited and second overall. Of course Brian Collins ·was just over a half ~n hour ahead in record time, 3:56:05. He reported just the one problem on lap 2, but in impound oil was leaking seriously from the Chevy engine. There were two other finishers in the Unlimited class. Brad and Larry Thomas, who got faster each lap ending with a 1 :07 :53 last lap and total time of 4:54:02. Nick Baldwin, Ronnie Gillepsie and Jack Millard starred with a pair of two hour laps, then got down to the 1 :22 area and then a 1: 11:27; they were fourth, 6:47:23 the last Unlimited finisher. The dozen in Class 10 lost three on the first lap, the cars of Cody Bliss, Burl Bevridge and Brian Balch. The first lap was a near tie between Steve Thompson/ Wayne Lugo and Tom Koch, both at 1 :07 s but the leader was Robert and Mike Harmon at 1 :05:48. Both William Richard-son and John Gaughan were next with 1 :09s, this was a real battle. In the 1 :20 area came Stanley Steele, Clay Flippin and Ken Flippen Jr., while Robbie Goerke brought up the rear with a 2:54:14. The rough course took a toll on the truck class, but Tom Dunn and Mark Snow made it around for all four laps in very food times to take the Heavy Metal honors and the big bonus bucks. Midway Harmon had a nearly a six minute lead, Thompson and John Gaughan were running in the same minute, Koch dropped time and only did two laps, Richardson was fourth at this point and this many were all running including the Flippins and Goerke. Harmon did fast lap of the race at 1 :05:27 and Thompson a 1 :06:53 on lap 3 and it was tight. On lap 4 both Richardson and Gaughan went missing. John hit the nasty hole on the dry lake and threw his back out ten miles before the finish so he was credited with three laps and seventh place. William Richardson's three laps were ten minutes slower so he was eighth. Up front in Class 10 the battle raged. Steve Thompson, who started, fought heavy traffic, and Wayne Lugo who· finished also had some slow cars to pass. They won Class 10 by three minutes l!nd were truly excited. Small wonder for it is the first year of racingfor {}F Ultra takes the desert by storni! .. December 1995 Page 37

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Douglas Ingram drove alone in his Class 9, had even lap times, said he had no big troubles en route to finishing another six minutes back in third. Eric Shenberger, Lori Vitek and Randy Reid turned two matching laps, but had troubles on the third and last lap, and took fourth in the Class 9 war. Jamey Cannedy and· four co-drivers finished second in Sportsman Buggy class and all their laps were in the same· minute, and were about 29 minutes back. Clay and Teresa Carr had a fine run in their Class 9 car to fifth in . Clay Flippen and Ron Thacker had three good laps in Class 10, Ken Flippen Jr. and Tom Franczak had some troubles along the class, and they finished close on time, only 22 seconds out of but the second one took an extra 20 minutes dropping them to a way, they did keep moving along and finished well, fifth in the fourth place money. · _fo_u_r_th_,_·n_c_la_s_s_. _________________ _co_m_p_e_tit_iv_e_C_la_s_s_1_0. ______________ _ fl7" both men and their first Thacker were about 30 minutes family on board, wife and son the mix too. After a disastrous class win as well. Great way to backinfourthspotfollowedinby depending on the lap. Ken first lap, a 2:17, Bekki Freeman start fellows. In for second in KenFlippenJr.andTomFranczak Freeman Sr. and Lorenzo Rodri-now was doing 1:14 and 1:16 class, leading until they lost the just seven more minutes down quez were virtually tied in the next laps. Hugh Helms and company power steering on lap 4, and had a and Robbie Goerke was sixth, the place with Don Lampus a minute were retired after two laps and flat came Robert and Mike final Class lOfinisheranhourand behind. Both Bill Witt and Ted still running well Todd Burt/ Harmon, three minutes back. a half behind. Olsen had troubles on lap 2 after Gregory Wood and Dan Bradley They said it wasn't too big a deal The pack of 1-2-1600 cars, 19 good 1:13 first laps. Eric and and Sam Dunnam were looking and thanked the Checkers pits. off the line, but three didn't make Andre Grimm were parked good too. Third place in Class 10 Stanley a lap. Jeremy Gubler grabbed the somewhere in the desert after a Out front on the road, Kenny Steele had a variety of woes, two lead with a 1:10:28 with Kenny 1:15 first lap, andRodruquez was Freeman Jr. with his son Bryan flats, on lap 1 ·which Flippen's Freemaninhisdustahalfminute alsooutaftertwolaps. riding all the way got the crew changed for him, next lap he later. B.J. and Jon Almberg were Up front Freeman Jr. and checkered flagfirstin4:44:51 and lostatrailingarmboltandButch around in 1:12:24. Danny Gubler did l:lls, Gubler's 35 hewonthe$1500purse.Hehada Dean and his pit rebuilt the whole Anderson did a 1: 12:26 but that seconds faster in this real horse new motor and it broke in after thing. On the tl'iird lap a rock tore was his only lap and Rob Guevara race. B.J. Alm berg was holding two laps he said. His only trouble off a gas line and the Whipple did fast lap for the class at third a few minutes back. Ken was losing fourth gear on the last crew fixed that. They turned a 1:10:18, his only lap, also Brad FreemanSr.andBillandHalWitt lap. Jeremy Guhler posted good 1:08 last lap but said they Inch did one round, a 1:13, as were having a close battle for 4:52:18, his trouble coming on lost the alternator on the lap. haste made waste of several cars. fourth and Don Lampus was in the last lap, a 1: 19:46. He had two They had a good 30 minutes Out front midway after two laps down time and missed the big Gubler led by a bit over a minute payoff. Clay Flippen and Ron over Kenny Freeman, who had his_ • McKENZIE'S AJA FILTERS • K&N • UNl•FILTERS e g I 4-SPYDER SUPER DIFFS ~ "' w Tl (RS The Cast Diff is back! i 1:: • Made from ductile iron. ~ • Utilizes 4-Spiders for added strength. al . This 4-Spyder Super Dill comes suppplied ffi~-with precision-ground pins and block. _ MCK-0265 . T21RS All New to the industry! Economica/lY Priced! • Ultimate strength/ § I ~ ~ . 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December 1995 flats on the last lap, the disap-pointment showing as fatigue on the teenagers face. B.J. and Jon Almberg were close in third, 4:53:42; they had no power steering the first two laps, but had no other troubles, not even a flat. Ken Freeman Sr. with Gordy Kline and Mike 1:-lougoard took fourth in 5: 14:44, not too shabby for a guy whose son and daughter were in the same class and his grandson was riding with the winner. Freeman said they had no troubles, his engine broke in after two laps, and he had a good time. Bill and Hal Witt were very close in fifth at 5: 15: 12 and their minor trouble cost time on the second ·lap.That's all the war stories from the 1600s. . The trio of 5-1600s lost Michael Bean on the first lap but the other two carried on. Kevin Streety and Jeff Lothringer had the lead while David Hendrickson broke~ to,rsion finger, got back to his main pit and got repaired after 50 minutes down time and got back in the traffic, doing a 1 :50:35. Streety had serious trouble on lap 2 and never came around again. Hendrickson put Jason Batulis in and they kept repairing the carburetor top that the bolts had stripped out of, but did a 1:27: 10 final round and won · Class 5-1600 and $762.52 in cash. It was Dave's third class win in a row at the SNORE 250 race. The 1 7 Class 9 Challengers only lost one on lap 1 and Jeff Carr set class fast lap at ·1 :22:36. Jim O'Donnell and Gene Griep-entrog were second but close on their tail pipe came Douglas Ingram 1:28:10, Tom Sturgis, 1:28:19 and Eric Shenberger, 1:28:38. Others were within a couple of minutes as the pack roared off on the second of three required laps. Missing on lap 2 were Jason Romans, Brian Fieger, Randy Sleep and Travis Furey . Jeff Carr maintained his lead on the middle lap, Sturgis, Ingram and Shenberger were still in formation, all in the same minute. O'Donnell was close, just seconds further down on time, but his car would not finish lap 3. 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Bill and Hal Witt had their troubles, by the lap time on lap 5, but got repaired quickly and carried on to finish fifth in Class 1-2-1600 Ted Olsen covered three quick laps in his 1-2-1600, but the second one cost him well over 20 minutes down time, so he finished sixth in the class. Kevin Steele and Frank Gould Jr. bought the Pennington Class 9 car the night before the race, and learned the car and the course but they took sixth in Class 9. The two Class 11 shad a good race for their two laps required. Frank Tomczak and Ed McCormick got class fast lap on the first round, slowed a bit on the next lap, but won the class by about 30 minutes. wonClass9byoverl0minutesat followed by Tracy Rubio, Grant 4:13:18. He said he hit a rock on Lewis, Macrak Grass at 1:57:51. the last lap and the steering went Dunn did a 1:43:40 second lap to south and it was hard to steer. But assume tbe lead as Rubio sank to he had no other troubles en route 2: 10:55 midway. Dunn turned a tohis$1000victory.Hethanked 1:55 and a 1:54 to take the Dick and Eddie Webb, Victor victory, four laps at 7:09:41. Torres and Abbco for the smooth Rubio could not overcome the ' performing racer. Tom Sturgis time loss on lap 2 despite a rolled into second place at 1:44'47 and a 1:37:00 to finish 4:24:53 with very consistent lap his four laps in 7:30:33. Neither times. He said he started last off of the Sportsman trucks covered a the line and the heavy traffic hurt l ap. his chances. On the third lap he In the Sportsman pack of a half could finally see and went faster, dozen there was a mixed bag of but his neck hurt almost all the equipment. John Gangkoff did way. Doug Ingram took third at 4:31 :08 in this very competitive class and said he had a good race, no trouble, no flats and enjoyed his new Abbco engine and transmission. not cover a lap but the others kept moving. Mitch Armstrong ied Dave Villafana and Frank Remo by 23 seconds after one lap, both in the 1 :29s. Regan Gubler was . giving his kids a ride lap by lap and turned a 1:37:58 for third while Jamey Cannedy had a 1:39:55. James Green and Mark Henning did a 2:24:50 and their second lap was over two hours also. Gubler set fast class lap on the second at 1 :22:41, then had a flat on lap 3, lost first and second gear and bowed out. Up front Villafana nailed a 1 :30 to Armstrong's 1 :58 and Cannedy had another 1:39:57. On their third and final lap Villafana -whipped off a 1 :29:22 to win the race by 20 minutes at 4:29:20. He said he had a flawless race, no troubles and stopped only for gas. That's the way to do it if you can! In s.econd it was Jamey Cannedy, Doug Barnett and many more with a 1 :38:50 final lap, all three times barely a minute apart and he finished in 4:58:22. In third was Mitch Armstrong with some delay with a faulty condenser wire, and he had to send to the airport because no fuel was available at the start/ finish. He also lost a valve cover on the second lap, but found it, lost a shock, had a flat tire, and finally he hit a big rock Eric Shenberger survived the traffic to take fourth place at 4:40:55 and had a little trouble on the last lap. In fifth were Clay and Teresa Carr at 4:41:1 7 , very close. Kevin Steele and Jrank J. Gould Jr. finished sixth in the Pennington car which they bought at tech inspection the night before. Their time was understandably a tad slow as they got used to the car and their time was 5;20:08. Behind them came Earl W. West at 5:24:36, M. Dayne Bracken a_nd Tim Logsdon at 6:06:20 and Bill Avery and Tom Brown, in ninth at 6:32: 1 7 q the last 3 lap finisher in this close running class. John Houlton and Ron Lee Jones drive this tidy Beetle in Class 11, and they had no serious trouble to report and finished second in the class. There were six in the combined truck class, one, Lonny Hembolt, didn't finish a lap, three did one lap and the other two managed four laps. It is a rough course. John Phegley, Steve Dixon and Jerry Stewart claimed class fast lap at 1 :32:43 in the Oldsmobile. but that was their only lap. Kevin Ruesch, Jack Bassett and Scott Silagy got their one lap done in 3: 1 7 :39 and Stacey Pike and Jim Berry did one lap in 6:37:20, and that had to be some story. Second after one lap was the team ofT om Dunn/Mark Snow at 1:35:24 DustyTimcs Dave Villafana and Frank Remo dominated the Sportsman buggy class with their three laps within a minute of each other, and they went fast all the way to win the class in a three lap time of 4:29:20. December 1995 which raised the floor pan. What a saga. James Green and Mark Henning did finish three laps in 6:28:38, but we didn't find them to record their problems on course. There were two Class 1 ls and they both finished two laps. Frank Tomczak and Ed McCormick got fast class lap on the first at 2: 16:48 and they led the second lap to win in 5:26:44. John Houlton and Ron Lee Jones finished in 5:58:28. Next morning a packed house showed up at the Gold Coast This is the i;ystem run by most off road race winners Hotel to partake of the fabulous buffet breakfast provided to racers and their crew by Michael Gaughan. Everyone feasted heartily and the biggest hand went to M. Gaughan as he accepted the second place prizes in Class 1 . He was a happy man when he drove under the checkered flag and scrambled out of the car. It was a happy time that weekend, no . stress, no hassle, a good course and generous prize money. Don't miss it next year and try some other SNORE races when you head to Vegas. TRI-MIL BOBCAT QIROME 198~91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 39 ...

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Trcclinc Rally By John Elkin Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. Bill Malik and Raine Andersson took their first overa·11 victory on the CRS circuit in the Volvo 240 and they were first in Open 2WD Class, beating all the 4WD chargers at Treeline. The California Rally Series for 1995 is drawing to a fast and furious close as the seventh of · eight events has been run. The Treeline Rally is a collaboration of the organi:ational team of Lon Peterson, Dan Hook, Bob and Adrienne Scott and Art Skaggs. Each person on the team made significant contributions to the rally that made it one of the more memorable Treeline events. And while the entry was a bit shallow at 21 starters, it was the rest of the CRS's loss that ·they were not there to enjoy a truly wonderful event. Some call Treeline a "mini Rim", and while it dqes utili:e some of the same stages, that is where the similarity ends. Treeline has a more laid back feeling, the pressure of perform-ing in front of the national teams is not there, the schedule is a bit less demanding but the challenge Ray Hocker has been back on the rally scene this year and he slid the Subaru RX into second in 4WD Open, third overall with Lynnette Allison co-driving. is just as demanding. The Lake the familiar Rama.da Inn poses as Hughes Community Club is the the finish· site and awards headquarters for the rally start presentation. and service area demands, while The stages used were what we ~-!!"■.!!!!'l!I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-"!!!~!!""-----------------. would have to call the best of the 0 Page 40 best in the Angeles National Forest. Del Sur, a ten mile, fast -run along the ridge tops was run twice. T ule Ridge was also run twice in a 14 mile format, but instead of being a fast stage it is, and I believe we can say this without fear of contradiction; the most demanding stage in U.S. Rallying. Stages on Leol'la and· Spunky Canyons finished up the eight stage rally that would be 71 stage miles. Stock class was a two car affair. With two of the other regular stock competitors organi:ing the rail y, and a general lull in class participation in 1995, it was between Mike Marcy /Steve Scott in their Plymouth Sapporo and Bobby Webb/Tim Sardelich in a Datsun 510. Marcy /Scott jump-ed out to a large lead through six stages until the two remaining night stages when he found an alternator problem, forcing the team to traverse the stages with low beam lights only. Webb/ Sardelich with full lighting available not only made the time and won the class, but did so by almost 17 minutes while their rivals tried to excise the electrical gremlins from the car. This moves December 1995 Ken Smith and Larry Hook put the Mazda 323 in first in 4wo·open and secono overall despite these high flying tactics on the stage, very popular victory. the three teams in the hunt for the points to within 30 points, or one position of another, so Indio, the final event this November will determine the <;hampion. Performance Stock was a runaway for DennisChizmalJohn Moore in their VW Rabbit, at least on paper. The winning team had endured a broken swaybar mount, a slight meeting with a berm that cost them a driving light which was replaced before darkness and ominous sounds coming from the transmission. But, when it is your day, it is your day and with a four and a half minute lead at the stage six service break Chizma could cruise the car home with a nice large lead in the points fight, but he will have to finish within several positions of Lon Peterson to clinch the title. Larry Saavedra /Bill Gut:mann were teamed together by Dave Wolin to drive the Kia Sephia for this event. Saavedra is an editor for Sport Compact Car Magazine and was just supposed to drive the car and learn about rallying from the driver's point of view. But, I guess.if you have a knack it shows, and add to that woe·s for others and Saavedra/Gut:mann drove a smart, clean rally to place second and give Gut:mann a chance at the navigators' ti tie. Robert Ta 11-i ni /Terry Stonecipher looked like a contender after two stages as he drove the Toyota Corolla GTS well until the transmission coughed up second gear. At Treeline you really need second gear to be competitive, and without it you run third in class, as evidenced by his finish in that position. Four wheel drive open class was a trouble filled event for the early leaders and favorites, and it would fall to the steady and sure, rather than the quick and the heavy favored. It has been several years since we have seen Ken Smith and his Mazda 323GTX, he has been sidelined with some major health problems, but was never out of the sport as· he attended events and kept in touch, so it was especially pleasing to see his name on the entry li~t. with Larry Hook navigating. As the stages ·started falling by the wayside, not to mention some hefty competition, it shook out with Ken Smith/ Larry Hook in first place in class ,,1:::,•:~ ·vv:z.. George Pisek and Mark Rathsam catch a little air here in the Saab 99 on their way to second in 2WD Open and a great fourth overall, first in U2. Dennis Chizma and John Moore had a good day in the VW Rabbit, winning in Performance Stock Class even with the small engine, and they finished a fine sixth overall as well. Dusty Times

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Tony Chavez and Ben Bradley had fuel delivery problems in the Mitsubishi Eclipse, but stayed with the program to finish a long third in 2WD Open. Mike Marcy and Steve Scott drove the large size Plymouth Saporo to a keen second in Stock Class, a good performance on the twisting mountain roads. Larry Saavedra and Bill Gutzman took organizer Lon Peterson's Kia Sephia out to rally for the day and the pair whipped home second in Performance Stock. SOPAC rally steward Mike Gibeault and Rim organizer knew these roads well, and took fourth in 4WD Open Class with Neal Gaborno navigating the Subaru RX. Rob Tallini/ Terry Stonecipher drove the Toyota Corolla into third place in Performance Stock Class and third in the Under 2 Liter classification. Chris Wefeff and Brian Pa'ul fell way back on stage two with a bad flat/bent rim problem, but they went on to finish fifth 4WD Open in the Toyota Celica. and second overall, a very popular win, even among his competition. Ray Hocker/Lynette Allison were riding high after a stellar performance in Gorman last month, and they had hoped that the momentum would carry on, and it did. Hocker/ Allison took three fastest.stage times, but also endured some flat tires and some overheating en route to a second place finish in the Subaru. Carlos Tavares/ Alfred Nunes came in third in class with the Toyota Celica All Trac as they drove quick but were slowed by a myriad of small troubles. Mike Gibeault/Neal Gaborno were running well early, a couple of flat tires slowed them to a fourth place finish. Chris W eleff / Brian Paul drove well on stages three tl-:-ough eight, unfortunately it was a flat tire and bent rim on stage two that caused them to fall very far behind. The wheel had to be pounded away from the lug nuts taking over an hour. A fifth place finish was not represent-ative of how well he drove the remainder of the rally. times on their way to the win. George Pisek/Mark Rathsam, who enjoyed the class win last month at Gorman, were just as quick here and netted a fine second place in class and fourth overall in a Saab 99. It was a long day forTonyChavez/ Ben Bradley as fuel delivery goblins invaded the Mitsubishi Eclipse and dogged them all day long as they coughed and sputtered their way to third in class and final class finisher. Sweeney /Lucinda Strub got out of stage six but they reported to the next control with their transmission sounding like a rock crusher. Garnet and Pam Baril the lower ball joint broke finally had a long day, first it was fuel ending a day that was going to he pump troubles, then the wrong discouraging at best. Treeline has a history of first time overall winners, and 1995 would not be an exception. Two wheel drive open was the class of .the field as Bill Malik IRoine Andersson put the Volvo out front late in the rally and took their first overall win. The Volvo team had four overall fastest stage *· The DNF list is long and distinguishrd. Something about this area that just eats rally vehicles. Vartan Samuelian/ Ara Manoukian were the first victims as they overcooked a corner and perched the Mitsubishi Eclipse precariously over a chasm. Joao Brasil/Paul Fagundes saw the head gasket fail on their Audi 4000 as after just a few miles that car was pouring water out of the spark plug holes. Their teammate, Rui Brasil /Carlos Tavares had similar gasket woes, but were . keeping the pace up to hold a top three position in class until an engine management computer failed on stage six. Harris Done /Larry Scott were tearing up stage two when a yump caught them out and damaged the oil pan and eventually sei:ed the engine in stage three. Ricky DelaCuestalJo Recto broke an axle in their Plymouth Arrow on stage six after a good run up to that point. Matt. "'Wl"" Bobby Webb and Tim Sardelich were the Datsun 510 at Treeline and they held up the honor of the corps by winning the Stock Class and took tenth overall in this very successful example of the Datsun 510. Dusty Times tire choice, then, in the last stage December 1995 Page 41

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-VORRA'S FALL EVENT AT PRAIRIE CITY 5VRA PARK Robinson's Sweep Short Course Photos: A]'s Photography Tina Robinson started the Robinson parade of victories, taking first in both Novice motos, making a charge from the back on the first moto that was sure spectacular to watch. The Prairie City OHV Park near Sacramento, CA is a great spot for a short course race. VORRA 's banner waves over the start/finish as Class 1 prepares to dig out and start the first moto. So Gar1and and Troy Robinson charge around the outside passing got together and put an· in car three cars before the first turn but telemetry on to count the shifts. it was Doug Seymour (72) with This simply was a counter the holeshot from the front row. mounted on the car connected to Steve Millward (61) in his first the clutch slave cylinder. Every short course race was in hot time the clutch was depressed, the pursuit of Doug Seymour. After counter would count it as a shift. one lap Doug Seymour was in With curiosity high, C & H frontfollowedbySteveMillward, Graphics decided to give a T-shirt Sergio Montoya (763 ), Ali Miller away to the closest guess. Guesses (96 ), Tina Robinson and John were made between 9 and 380 Chapman ( 68 ). By the end of the shifts for a 10 lap moto. When the second lap Tina Robinson was up Green and Checkers dropped in to 3rd behind Steve Millward. At the class 1 moto, 58 shifts was the the start of lap 4 Ali Miller was in count and Harry Crawford of C 2nd with Tina Robinson still in & H Graphics was the winner of 3rd. In the finish line turn on lap one of his ow·n T-shirts. 4, Ali Miller would spin and Tina Prairie City and VORRA out in first practice because racing is unique in it's own way. there's too much mud, unless Veteran Prairie City racers know you're a Sportsman Novice racer the fast lines and where the holes in which case the mud gives extra are going to develop as they practice time in actual race always do. They know not to go conditions. With no rain since Troy Robinson and Tina shared the same car, and Troy was in Class 1 action. Our man in VORRA Troy won both 15 car motos of Unlimited cars, and later he also won the Dash for Cash. The younger Robinsons cleaned up this race. HOURS M-F 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 10:00 - 3:00 Daily UPS Visa and Mastercard We are happy to announce our new 800 toll free number. (800) 656-337-6 Use it to call and inquire about our "Quick Fix'' IRS repair boots or our 11 gallon "Fast-Fill" dump cons. Both new products con save you race time. Race Smarl -Be Sate 103 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 91910 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619) 691-0803 Page 41 April in Northern California, officials knew it would be dusty and watered and groomed the · track for two days prior to the event. At the end of race day, the . dust wasn't as bad as thought. Early registration on Saturday afternoon brought through 45 cars and late registration Sunday morning brought through 11 more bringing the total to 56 total entries: the biggest field in some time for VORRA short course. The announcer Garland Dyke had always been asking how many shifts drivers went through in a moto as just a poir:i-t of curiosity. The 11 :00 a.m. sharp start of Robinson would out-power Doug the races had eight cars line up for Seymour down the front straight the novice Sportsman Class with to take the lead. Doug Seymour three newcomers to VORRA: would be passed by Ali Miller on Sergio Montoya in a buggy, John lap 7 and Miller would start Chapman in a Ford Bronco, and gaining on Tina Robinson but Don Sutton in a Ford. Class laps would run out and Robinson points leader Doug Seymour would take the moto win made a switch from desert to followed by Ali Miller, Doug short course to keep his points Seymour, Steve Millward and lead in the class. The' start of the John Chapman. race was incredible with Tina The inverted 2nd moto had Robinson ( 101) making a last row. Tina· Robinson on the front row • , taking the holeshot followed by a · strong running John Chapman and Steve Millward. On lap 3 John Chapman would drop out with drive-train problems giving 2nd to Millward. Brian Carpenter took over for Ali Miller and dropped out a,fter three laps. Doug Seymour 'l,_Vorked his way up from the last starting position to 3rd as attrition had only three cars finishing 10 laps· with Tina Robinson 1st, Steve Millward 2nd, and Doug Seymour 3rd. Overall results would be the same: Tina Robinson 1st, Steve Millward 2nd, and_ Doug Sey-mour 3rd. Randy Miller was chased hard here by Brian Holloway. Holloway got past to take the Vet victory, and Miller, leading here, ended up third in the same class after losing this particular battle. Next to line up was the seven car rat pack of 1600's. Ken & Nicole Ruff ( 1641) took advan-tage of the front row starting spot, two seat restrictior plate and less than 100 lb. co-driver to lead the race wire to wire, but not without challenge. Larry Folsom (1691) started alongside Ken Ruff and was holding 2nd while Shane Balch (1602), who came from a next to last row start, and Keith Robb (1628) chased. By lap 4 , Arden Dennington (1661) was around Keith Robb for 4th. On lap 4 Shane Balch was by Larry Folsom to take over 2nd place. At the end of 10, Ken Ruff was 1st follo.wed by Shane Balch, Larry Folsom, Arden Dennington, Keith Robb and ennis Dugan (1688) rounded out the finishers with a 6th place. Danny Spohr speeds down the track in front of a spectator crowd, winning the first moto in Class 10 Pro class, but he didn't finish the second round and was second for the day in his Raceco Toyota. December 1995 Moto 2 ,had Keith Robb and Shane Balch on the front row with Balch taking the holeshot. Roger Dusty Times

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Rob Chavez ran in the combined Pro and Vet Class 1 event. He gets into the rocks here in the dust but the Vet driver took sixth place in the second moto. Doug Seymour ran in the Novice class and seemed to be stuck in third place. He was third in the first moto, third in the second moto, and third on the day. Dana Van Noort started out doing well in Class 10, taking thiro in the first moto but he disappeared somewhere in the second moto and was a dnf. Caddell (604) was running 2nd but dropped out after three laps. Keith Robb was running 3rd behind Caddell and stayed 3rd as Arden Dennington moved to 2nd. Ken Ruff started last row and fought through traffic and was only up to 4th followed by Larry Folsom who also had to try to move up through traffic. The running order wouldn't change at the end of 10 laps with Shane, Balch 1st, Arden Dennington 2nd, Keith Robb 3rd, Ken Ruff 4th and Larry Folsom 5th. Final results were Shane Balch winning with Ken Ruff 2nd and Arden Dennington 3rd. Heavy Metal lined up next with five on the line with the CJ7 of] im Cope ( 414) getting luck of the draw and starting on the front row. After· one lap, Jim Jennings (801) in a Chevy was up to 2nd while the VORRA veteran Don German ( 401 ) was working his way up through the pack from a last starting position and was 4th behind Eric Lillund ( 445 ). One lap later, Don German was up to 3rd and another lap later German was 2nd . and closing in on Jim Cope, Jim Jennings was now 3rd. Don German, knowing how the moto system works, just held back and just put a little pressure on Jim Cope. At the end of the first 10, Jim Cope was 1st followed by Don German, Jim Jennings, and Eric Lillund rounded out the finishers. Second moto had the younger Chris German taking over the driving with a front row starting position. Jim Cope had to work his way up and put a charge on Chris German. But halfway through the race.Jim Cope would lose front wheel drive and now give Chris German the unchal-lenged win. Jim Cope would be 2nd and Jim Jennings 3rd. Final results were Don German and Chris German- followed by Jim Cope. Seven cars in Class 9 had Ken Pfeiffer(910) take the lead off lap 1 and let Forest Creasy (917) and Lance Rhinehart (916) fight for 2nd. After two laps, Rhinehart was up to 2nd and then up to the front at lap 4. Forest Creasy wasn't going to sit back and put up a fight and took over the lead on lap 5. By lap 7 though it was all Lance Rhinehart all the way to the checkers as he held off Creasy for the moto win. Ken Pfeiffer held on for 3rd while Tom Hatch (911) was 4th and Frank Pelko (921) was 5th. Moto 2 had Lance Rh'inehart on the front row and he pulled a holeshot and an uncontested run for the 2nd moto win. Dave Tarrant (904) came from row 2 to stay in 2nd the entire distance. Forest Creasy was running 3rd followed by Tom Hatch and Danika McLean who took over DustyTirnes for Ken Pfeiffer in car 910. Forest races with Danika McLean and Creasy got a flat and turned over Ken Pfeiffer 2nd and Forest 3rd to Danika McLean on lap 7 Creasy 3rd. and then gave up 4th to Tom Fifteen cars lined up for the Hatch on the last lap. Final results open class battle with pro Class 1 of the day saw Lance Rhinehart and veteran Class 1 combined. At taking his 3rd win in only three the very_ scary full packed green flag, real estate wasn't cheap as everyone scrambled to get a piece of it in the first corner. As they sorted out and came around for lap 1 it was Randy Miller ( vet-96) out front followed by Brian Holloway ( vet-14 ), Troy Robin-son (pro-101 ), Gary Steele (vet-44 ), Floyd Haas (pro-~23 ), Jerry Wald (vet--46) and Geoff Van Noort (pro-209). 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John Chapman drove in Sportsman Novice class and had a good first moto, fifth in class, but drive train failure forced him out of the second moto, Jay Lommel got his tidy car muddy in the Sportsman class, no doubt just after a watering expedition by the water truck. Dan Gurney should be a winner with that famous name to live up to, and we don't know exactly.where he finished, running in a Sportsman class. This is typical action as cars come out onto the spectator area and the turn can get exciting. Danny Spohr speeds past the starter stand on his way to a one moto victory in Class 10. We can't identify this mud covered car, must be in Novice class, . but it sure is carrying a lot of extra weight around. -------------[P'"" Floyd Haas getting around Gary Steele chasing. On lap 5 Gary Steele was back around Haas' mini mag for 4th. Haas would drop back then out of competition on lap 9. After 10 laps the finish order would be, Troy Robinson 1st, Randy Miller 2nd, Brian Holloway 3rd, Gary Steele 4th, Bob Martin (pro-149) driving for the healing Sam Berri 5th, Tim Mack ( vet-26) 6th and Gary Pinheiro ( vet-29) 7th. In moto 2 real estate was just as costly in turn 1 but Floyd Haas couldn't afford a good piece and ended up sideways and t-boned in THE turn 1, dropping him from competition. At the end of lap 1, Troy Robinson was back on top from a midpack starting position followed by Bob Martin, Eric Lund (vet-99), Gary Pinhiero, Gary Steele, and Corina Mack. Brian Holloway started back in the pack and was up to 6th on lap 2 and 4th on lap 4. Gary Steele was up to 3rd on lap 3 then 2nd one lap later. Towards the end, Brian Holloway was up to 2nd with Gary Steele running 3rd and Bob Martin 4th. At the checkers, Troy Robinson was 1st, Brian Holloway 2nd, Gary Steele 3rd, --WRIGHT 9420 Flinn Sp,lng, Ln. PLACE El Cajon, CA 920:!1 INC. Bob Martin 4th, Eric Lund 5th, Rob Chavez ( vet-33) rounding out the 10 lap finishers in 6th. Final results for the day in Class 1 pro had Troy Robinson 1st followed by Bob Martin 2nd and Geoff Van N oort 3rd. In Veteran Cla~s 1, Brian Holloway was 1st, Gary Steele 2nd, Randy Miller 3rd and Eric Lund 4th. Four cars entered Class 10-pro and one Class 10-veteran. Taking the holeshot and the moto win would be Denny Spohr ( 101 7) in a 2-seat Raceco Toyota. Second place the entire 10 laps was Ace Bradford ( 1008) driving a Rabbit powered Raceco. Third place flag to flag was Dana Van Noort (1057) followed by Larry Naso (28-vet) and Fred Happich ( 1031 ) making a short course debut in his desert car. , Steve Bradford took over the driving for Ace and led moto 2 flag-to-flag. Fred Happich ran 2nd for the 10 laps, by lap 6, Denny Spohr was out of the race as was Dana Van Noort. Fred Happich held on to 2nd and Larry Naso was 3rd. Final results would be Ace Bradford 1st and Denny Spohr 2nd. Ten red pilots lined up for their first moto with Ben Wald (99) making a run and taking the lead but it was Clint Wolsey (7) that would make the move and take over the lead and not look back. Michael Daws ( 10) was up to 2nd and dropped to 3rd as Wolsey and Wald diced it out. Andy Wald (34) ran strong and finished 4th. The 2nd moto started with Ben Wald getting tangled and flipping his pilot at least 10 times bringing out the red flag for a restart. Ben was OK, but his pilot was not able to continue. This was an open door for Clint Wolsey to take the flag-to-flag moto win. Michael Daws would come in 2nd followed by Johnny Flud (24) 3rd. Final results for the day were Clint Wolsey breaking Ben Wald's winning streak with the overall win for the day. Michael Daws would be 2nd for the day and Andy Wald 3rd. In the two car Novice Pilot Class, Bill Dorsey ( 8) held off Douglas Gorny (19) in both motos for the win for the day. The final event of the day was the dash-for-cash where the spectator put up the money for any of the racers to go after. After an engine change to a big motor, Arden Dennington was ready for action. Also lining up were Gary Steele, Dennis Dugan and Troy Robinson riding on one of Dugan's front tires atter having a flat earlier in the day. Taking the holeshot was Gary Steele with Troy Robinson and Arden Dennington liteqtlly knocking on Robinson's back door. Troy Robinson would move around Steele for the lead as Dugan and Dennington would drop out by the end of six laps. Holding on to the win would be Troy Robinson taking a coffee can full of cash and a bag of Ruffles. In the end most cars were still able to run and will be back for the championship race to defend their points lead, chase points or just enter to toss points around. This should make a Honda dealer proud as there were 10 Pilots on the line for the first moto. Clint Wolsey won the first moto, and the second round too after the leader crashed, so he won all the marbles in Pilot class. Dusty Times

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Christmas Goodies Galore ••• Hella has a new offering this Christmas, a Chrome Auxillary Lamp for the light truck or RV in your family. There are four models to choose from and all come in fog and driving config-urations. They all have bonded lenses and reflector and die-cast metal housings with heavy chrome plated finish. For further info, contact Hella, Monica Boutwell, Dept. OT, 201 Kelly Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269 (800) 247-5924. Nology Ignition Products claim conventional system. For info that their new ignition HOT-contact NOLOGY Engineering, WIRES create the most powerful Ike Bruckmann, Dept. OT, 7933 spark possible. They increase Silverton Avenue, #710, San horsepower with a spark 300 Diego, CA 92126. (619) 578-times more powerful than a 4688. KC HiLites has a new catalog and it's free for the asking. A complete selection of fog and driving lights, and the most-used lights for off road competition, the KC Daylighter series along with several new products are listed. Contact KC HiLites, Dept. OT, Avenida De Luces, Williams, AZ 86046 or call (800) 528-0950. Borla Performance has a Stainless Cat-Back Exhaust for the CJ-7 Dusty Times Jeep. Made for 1982-86 Cj-7 Jeeps, 4 .2 liter motor. As much as 15% surge in performance and enhanced fuel economy, the system fits the stock mounting locations, an easy bolt-on installation. Send $2.00 for catalog to Borla Performance, Dept. OT, 5901 Edison Drive, Oxnard, CA 93033 or call (805) 986-8600. Did you know that MSD Ignition has CARB approved Pro-Billet Distributors to greatly improve performance and are approved for use in all fifty states. All distributors have vacuum ad-vance and adjustable mechanical advance with different springs and bushings so you can tailor an ignition curve to suit your particular needs. Write to Autotronic Controls Corp., Dept. OT, 1490 Henry Brennan Drive, El Paso, TX 79936 or call (915) 857-5200. ATL has developed a newer, lighter, stronger Kevlar fuel cell for your racing needs. This new cell is a direct derivation of ATL's NASCAR cells, Type 510-B and this same type cell is approved for Formula I Grand Prix cars. For added strength and reliability contace Aero Tee Labs, Dept. OT, Spear Road Industrial Park, Ramsey, NJ 07446-1251 or call (201) 825-1962. ••• •OO ~ • _o_ Race-Tech Engineering is intro-ducing a new and improved Aerospace quality cylinder head stud kit for the VW Type I Dual-Port style engine. Made from 8740 chromoly steel with tensile strength of 190,000 PSI, these head studs provide superior performance for all Type I engines, from stock to turboed. Contact Race-Tech Engineering, 11320 Brydan Drive #222DT, Taylor, MI 48180. Send $3.00 for catalog or call (800) 468-1977, ext. 104. New from Centerline is the "Terminator" series of billet wheels. Three styles are offered, the Tels tar, Apache and the Auto Drag III. Terminator wheels feature rolled rim construction with forged billet center, polished mirror-like finish and a three year warranty. 15"x7", 8" and 10" sizes are available. Contact For superior protection, get a Rhino lining for your truck! Sprayed on the bed surface of any vehicle, Rhino bonds rerman-ently to the bed and crt:ates a shield of protection up to 1/4 inch BFGoodrich has new sizes and updates in the All Terrain T I A including new goodies in the Radial Mud-Terrain T I A. Full size pickup truck and sport utility vehicles now have new options Centerline, Dept. OT, 13521 Freeway Drive, Santa Fey Springs, CA 90670 or call (310) 921-9637. Coming NextMOnth ••• SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 SNORE El Dorado 250 La Rana High Desert 300 FRT Superstition 250 BORE Wendover Express SCCA Lake Superior Pro Rally . .. Plus all the regular f ea tu res December 1995 thick! Withstands just about any level of abuse with no cracking or denting. Contact Rhino Linings, Dept. DT, 9537 Candida Street, San Diego, CA 92126 or call (619) 578-2603. for looks and preformance with the new sizing and new tread design. For more info contact BFGoodrich Tires, Dept. OT, P.O. Box 19001, Greenville SC 29602-9001. How would you feel if some-one told you that working on your car is against the la~ an}" underhood changes are "off limits "and if anything needs to be done1 the vehicle has to be taken to an autho-rized dealer? That's what on-board diagnostics is all about. It's called the locked-hood regulation, because about all you'll be able to do to an OBD-equipped vehicle [that's all 1996 and later models of cars and light trucks) is change the oil and filter. Everything else will have to be done by the dealer, the only place the vehicle computer can be assessed. ll you're concerned, call 8001514-SEMA (7362) ... for a detailed description, including what you can do to help prevent more "big govern-ment" and bureaucratic overregulation. A public senice announcement brought to you bySEMA. Page 45

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ROUND 6 -McKENZIE'S GLEN HELEN OFF ROAD ROAD SERIES A Pidorial Record of the Penultimate 1995 Event Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. John Hulsebosch, leading here, finished second and trailing him is Bob Dziuraweic, who finished fifth, both in Desert Class 1-2-1600 action. Below - Top: Rennie Awana put together a pair of third place Superlite finishes to win the exciting class that really flies around the Glen Helen course fast. Bottom: Gary Bussjaeger flies neatly in his 1-2-1600 desert car, and he flew right into first place, winning both motos putting him first in class on the day. California Rally Series By John Elkin I he Cahtornia Rally Senes has been enjoying some serious National and International success as of late. These people are to be applauded for their efforts as they have conquered new areas and brought a little bit of the CRS to the rest of the country and the world. Firstly to Mark Williams, who most of you may remember was Gary Luke's navigator in the old Fiat 131 and later his Dodge Charger. Mark navigated John Buffum through the Incas Rally in Peru to not on! y the overall win, but to a new record for the rally as he and John were the first to complete the rally in less than 24 hours stage time, and broke some records for stage times that had stood since 1969. Also at that same event were our own Bill Nation and Ricardo Porta who took their wild off road racing Mazda RX-7 that ran Glen Helen once, and won their class. This made Bill and Ricardo one of the 21 finishers out of eighty-some starters. Dave Turner and Ben Bradley are to be congratulated for their National Rallytruck title they clinched in Michigan this month. Driving, and spinning their way through four to eight inches of snow they did what they had to and won the National title. This makes our Mr. Turner the only rally driver other than Rod Millen Page 46 to win back to back titles in separate classes. Ironically Dave and Rod have raced together in the past at the Baja 1000 when Dave was the factory Mazda off roader. Mitch McCullough, freshly settled in Michigan now, took out his Mazda that he used to terrorize us with and did a number on the competition at the Lac Viex Divisional in Michigan the same weekend and finished second ( continued on page 47) December 1995 Usually a winner, Steve Bishop found a mud hole on course and his fourt~ and third in the motos brought him into first in Short Course 1-2-1600 class. Chris Neil flies his ex MTEG Ford in style at Glen Helen and he was a Class 1 wi11ner with a second and a first in the second' moto to break a tie. ~~-.~, .. ·~ Mario Bustamante makes like a buggy in his 5-1600 Baja Bug and his style must . work because he won both motos convincingly and naturally won the class. Dusty Times

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Casey Mears flies high in his Superlite following in his Dad Roger's footsteps and he won the first moto, but dropped to fifth in the next one and was second in the class. Odie Munoz is the lone Class 11 competitor at Glen Helen, so _he ran the full course for the win and he wishes more Beetles would come out to race. Dean Wilfiams kept his Class 7S truck clean and tidy, winning moto 1 and taking second in the finale and second for the Round Bill Goshen Jr. really flies around G-len Helen in his Super 1600 Class 10. And he racked up a pair of second place finishes and was second in class. 6 activity. ----------------Also along in Class 7 Tim Carroll was first iQ the class, of course and covered the course in good time to earn his victory and the points. Robert Garcia took a third and another third in the rally class and finished fourth in this fun class for rally drivers at Glen Helen. CRSREPORT (from page 46) overall and first in four wheel drive. Being as I was his navigator I can attest that the year off did not hurt Mitch's driving ability in the least. We have lots of year ending business at hand, most of which will be finalized at or just after Indio. Firstly we will be looking at the election for our CRS Director and Competitor Liaison, also we will be voting on if we change our current structure for CRS points. Then the stock class folks have some ballot issues to vote on, if you have run stock class in the past two years and do not get a ballot call Tony Chavez at (310) 699-5934 evenings to record your vote. The CRS Awards Banquet is set for January 13th at" the Pomona Valley Mining Company, over-looking the 10 and 57 freeway interchange in Pomona. Those of you old timers will remember we had the banquet there some years ago in the Lon Peterson era of Directordom. Bring a friend, but leave the rally car and any nomex clothing at home. If you have something to contribute such as a skit, special award or suggestion please call Debbie Turner at (909) 925-0870. The stock class meeting was held on October 29, at Condor Enterprises in Santa Fe Springs, the turnout was fairly dismal and some interesting rules changes have been proposed. Please look over your ballot completely and think wisely before voting, remember what the phrase" spirit of the class" means and why you do, or were a stock class competitor. Next month we'll talk about the run-offs in Texas, Indio and how the voting has turned out. Until next time ... Trackside Photo, Inc. Racing photography since 1970 We cover all La Rana, SCORE and MTEG events. For professional quality photos, call us! Call us for photos for: Tony Shumaker swings a: tight corner neatly in his Mitsubishi rally car, and he finished first in moto 1, fourth in moto 2 and third for the day. Calendars• Press Kits• Photo Business Cards• Autograph sheets ·.-P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (310) 670-6896 Dustyllma Dccembcr1995 Page 47

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.MANUFACTURERS OF: bRAKE AND"C~UTCH. ASSY .RWEOl.lliANCEPRi/CVCTS MASTER CYLINDERS SI.AVE CYLINf>EHS TUR~JNG & STAGING BRAKES Sill FT£.RS AVAILABLE AT FINER SPECIAl,TY SHOPS DEALER INQURIES WELCOME 1158 FLINT STREET ~ . · ELSINORE,-CA92350 ~, 909-245-6050 FAX 909'!'245-6052 PERFORMANCEPROOUCTS JAMES GANG RACING PRODUCTS ARLINGTON SHEET METAL CORP. 11424 Imperial Hwy. • Santa P~ Sprinp • CA 90670 Complete Race Car Fabrication, Pre Runners, Chase Trucks, Roll Cages, Bumpers, Suspensions, Tube Bending, Aluminum Fabrication, Engine Tuning Crew Chief Don Connors Phone (310) 921-2693 Fax (310) 926-0699 Owner James Hall JG TRANSWERKS "Go with a Proven Winner· Desert, Short Course & Street VW Racing Transmissions Joe Giffin 1509 N. Kraemer, Unit 0 Anaheim, California 92806 JIMCO (714) 632-1240 OFF ROAD RACE CARS ALUMINUM BODIES FOX SHOCK SERVICE PARTS & ACCESSORIES RACE PREPARATION (619) 562-1743 "OFF ROAD SPECIALISTS" -10965 HARTLEY RD. SUITE R SANTEE, CA 92071 RACE CAR/PRE-RUNNER PREP & FABRICATION MIKE JULSON JOHN COOLEY CUSTOM TRAILERS Ru11 Jonss Mo,orsporl's CUSTOM FABRICATION 138 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE SANTA BARBARA, CA 93117 Jon Kinne Shop: (805) 968-1067 Fax: (805) 968-3438 Electrical Wiring Desert and Stadium Transmissions Gauge Assemblies Automatic Trans. Specialist 1119-F N. LAKEVIEW AVE-PLACENTIA, CA 92670 TEUFAX 714-779-2316 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3463 Massillon Road , Suite B Uniontown, Ohio 44685 216-699·1777 Fax: 216·699·1771 Athene Karis • OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 ART KAWAGUCHI FAX (213) l64-l136 (213) 264-5858 KUSTER OFF-ROAD RACING SHOCKS • 3" DIAMEiER, 8" TO 18" STROKE • 2" DIAMETER, 6" TO 14" STROKE AIR JACKS BALL JOINTS KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS . 2900 E. 29th STREET, P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 90805 TELEPHONE (310) 595-0661 DUSTYTIMIS INVITES YOU TO BECOME A DEAL. Each month ten ot more copies of the current issue can be in your shop, to sell or to present to preferred customer_s. It is a great traffic builder, and the cost is minimal. · CONTAO . DUSTY TIME~. 20751 Mar,ilie St.: Chatsworth, CA 91311 :818-882-0004 POWER E STEERING THOMAS E. LEE LEE .MFG. CO. 11661 PENDLETON STREET SUN VALLEY. CA 91352 1818) 768-0371 A full line of Po.we, Steering gean:, pumps ano acc11saories for ar.y type of racing. · Magnr.flux and Zyglo fac.-il!tita avail~ OFF ROAD SHOCK SERVICE iill'iiTal . RACING J :e1LSTEIN •. FOX * MOTORCYCLE 15454 EL CENTRO ROAD HESPERIA, CA 92345 619-244-9075 LIN CO TEMPERATURE STRIPS Easy to use, inexpensive & accurate! All strips are self adhesive and labeled in Fahrenheit and Celsius. Strips are $2.00 each or $1.75 each over ten. For a FREE brochure or to orper, contact: LINCO 13337 E. South St., #344 Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone/Fax: (714) 821-6S42 REVERSIBLE STfllPS allow constant le,mperature monitor-ing Ranges from 32 lo 194 F IRREVERSIBLE STRIPS record the maximum temperature reached of the ttem they are applied to. Ranges from 120• to sss•F. IEJ • • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACEPREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLLCAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 416 FLEETWOOD . GLENDORA, CA 91740 (818) 857-RACE (818) 858-8852 FAX KENT. LOTHRINGER Assembly- MacbtneWork,Parts Engine Dyno Fadllty 10722 Kenney Street, Suite C Santee, CA 92071 (619) 596~0886 Ken Major ' I PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS .• "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 2366 E. Orangethorpr.: Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tel (714) 44\-1212 Fax.(714) 441-1622 · MENDEOLA RACING Volkswagen -Porsche -Hewland Off-Road & Stadium Racing Transmissions Parts & Service 290 TROUSDALE #l&J CHULA VISTA CA 91910 619-691-1000 FAX 619-691~1324" It ETAL 5 PIN.N.ING ~_9.FtALL_IN~USTRIES C;II (310) 928-9838 SUNDRY METAL CRAFTS ' =:..ARED TUBE ~ =LANGED DISC · 6729 Suva St. Bel! Gardens, CA 90201

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ltf:Jll&WOAK1: .. NSCWINSBIGATTHE·BAJ/>.-10()0 '~RACING •DESIGN •DEVELOPMENT. PRODUCTION• 11GOWHERETHEPRO'SGO" 6 GASOLINE av gas • alcohol nitromethane ~ ~..;,. ,t',ta ,P~ ~ NSC Motorsports Suspension gives smooth,FirstClas~ -~ Pre Rvnnen ■ Aluminum /lodes ,1 DaShes ~z . Ffnishes·T o 7 ofi Cl~sses, ~s·Well As The First 5 To , _, D~ ... Li ('/,.L// Finish Overall. -~ I\~~ ~ · CONGRATULATIONS.TO EACH OF YOU! ~ (909) 877-2923 ~ Class 1 & 1st Overall .. ;.: ... *Simon & Simon Ford F150 2X 1-1245 N. Fitzgerald Ave. Suite 107 m .Cl.ass 8 &- 2gd Overall . ., ..... *.Rob MacCaahren Ford F150 -ZX ~ Rialto, California 92376 6 Class 6 & 4ih Overall ........ •Joho Swift · Explorer . ~X ~c~ 400 N. Colfax St. La Habra, CA 90631 Phone (310) 691-1683 Fax (310) 691-5110 Steve Poole • On-Site Fuel Distribution • Fuel handling & storage Equipment • Distributorships Available i ■ M I G WELDING ■ HELIARC WELDING ■ ~ Clas~ 4 & 5th .Overa!I ........ *David Ashley Ford-F150, 4X .,__ ____________ ....__.....,. ___ """11Class 3 & · 7th Ov13rall ........ *Dan Smith Bron-co 4X----------------,-----,-~ Class?S , ............... Brown, _ O'Brian & JohOSQll Ranger ·2X ,-805-940-5515. • • •&"ct& ·••4,•,11 • 1490 HENRY BRENNAN DR., EL PASO, TX 79936 cs~ sJ -·es·7-s200 MuclclOFE.: PIIC IC• ....... y ..... ,,.., , KEEPS MUD, DIRT AND DEBRIS FROM STICKING , WILL NOT HARM PAINT, STICKERS, PLASTICS OR METALS , EJIIVIRONMENTALLY SAFE COMPLIES WITH ALL TRACK REGULATIONS • MUD, DIRT AND DEBRIS COME RIGHT OFFI FOR DEALER INQUIRIES OR TO FIND A DISTRIBUTOR NEAR YOU, CALL(800) 742-2122 OTHER RACERS DON'T WANT YOU TO READ IT "SPONSORS: How to Get One; How to Keep One'" / Everything you need to know; wh•• to look, what your proposal mldt say. Fil'd out what sponsors want from you and how to give them more than they •k for. Th• book is $19.95 plus $1.05 postagllhandling. Send check or money order to: Nina Murphy, Murf Ink, 1722. Wollacott St, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 RNd the b·ook send me your proposal and I'll critique it for free. Race Car Chassis. Race 'Car Parts R-Aluminum bodies. <O £1 d 1/2-1600 Mc;,tors · B And Trans . u.ggy Custom Machine, • Work & Fabrication S11-11.ppJly 2525 E. 16th St.• Yuma, Az. 85~65 '602) 783--6265 • .1{800)231-8156 PARI<ER PUMPER HELMET VINEYARD ONTARIO, CA 91761 909-923-7016 FAX 909-923-3118 COMPANY . Class 7 · .. ; .... ;, ................. -Scott Douglass Dakota 2X , *Member BF.G/Focd "Rough Aider• Off Road Race Team . . - . ,. ~ ---·-•.,!~ca· •••• ·-NSC Would Like To Thank All Seven Class Winners. ForOnc&Again ·Counting On NSC Suspension Svstems. You Too Can Have A-Winnin ' . Aide Wilh NSC Custom Computer Designed Leal Springs. • For More Info, Please Call . ' A COMPLETE LEAF SPRING DESIGNER & MANUFACTURER lo "SINCE 1947" • . ~lt~~ NA~ . · (619)441-1901 : . .- • · Fax(619)441-2460 · ~ %~. "' ~ 1402 N. Magnolia Ave.'. -~ · ~ . El Cajon. CA 92020. PATTON K~t:Il9JG I:1'! • .-lli~I:§ ENGINE BUIWING, TESTING & DEVELOPMENT Leon Patton 42646 Chambers Ave. PhJFAX (909) 927-5304 Hemet, CA 92544 vJ __ __,. ~~✓~ t\t: .Jot>-~~~ .... ~.,f'f>."if;#'J~H ~.;"~'s, \t\1t."-~-1.:>.s~~ :ZWT~ ROADMASTER, MOTOROLA, Y AESU RADIOS SIMPSON, ARAI, BELL, SHOEI HELMETS 2888 GUNDRY AVE.,SIGNAL HILL, CA. 90806 (310) 427-8177 TOLL FREE (800) 869 -5636 1680 Babc:odl Bldg. IB ea.ta MIii!!, Ca 921127 Jerry Penhall , (714) 650-3035 Fax# (714) {?50-4721 b-'°\l\l stuh ~ ~ ~ Todd Francis ~ Pr1ci1ion:··11101, 1,/d, fll. 700 N.E. 117th StrNt II i Vancouver, WA 9868S.$ ~ » Phone ~~$/o '(0-'b-,:; _ Fax 360-574-5474 n & · _360:0S76-1109 STEVE BARTON • OWNERS LEE FINKE RACE SHOCK . ' COMPANY Light Truck, Sport Utility, RV & Racing Shocks 1711 West Culver #1 · Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Rough CoW\try Off-Road Racing Shocks TEL: (602) 254-0744 FAX: (602) 493-0975 ··• . • • • • ·. RACE CAR DYNAMICS OFF ROAD RACE CARS 3!5152 FOWL.ER CYN RO. JAMUL, CA 9193!5 PH. CS1SJ 440-2814 FAX CS1SJ !598-4237 JIM ASBURY RACING TRANSAXLES 1700 EAST MAIN ST. EL CAJON, CA 92021 CHRIS ROSE (6191 443·2480 , -k'ITENNAS-LEASING D~.\LE J9HNSON 10319 LOS ALA.~IlTOS BLVD. (310)-594-9418 --.!J) T ~lq~ Cq_.?07~(}_ (310)-594-4397 FA.X WILLSrrRU_STS, OTHER ~IATTERS. TERESA M. SANDERS ATTORNEY AT LAW MOSER & SANDERS TELEPHONE (818) 892-2688 16921 PARTHENIA STREET, SUITE 301 SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA 91343 LAURA . RICHARD S. B. ENGINEERING "SUPER BOOT" HCR66, BOX 11030 PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV 89041 (702) 372-5335

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S!!!Aft~~! G,--o017 L. Computerized Vinyl Lettering .f2' ,4c_EQ , \)-,'v ~ TIM CECIL f CQ tS. S r- . 4) <:: 4010 N. Palm Street, #103, Fullerton, California 92635 -(714) 447•3581 · Fax (714) 870·9132 §f(jfi' if@~M -==~w~,. ==I~~ J ~ . . . 5101 GALWAY CR., HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 ,714) 897-0075 FAX (714) 894-9567 J] SffE SK'iNS • IWlNERS · WIIIXYN lfITERNi • CAA lfITERWG • r&lmS _lll!II _______ IIIEnt ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING. 31510 223rd street East Llano, CA 93544 · 805-201-3202 OFF R0,4D RAONG SPECIALISTS WEI.DING • FABRICATCN • Fl.AIVECllTTING • FR:NTENOS • FIEARTRA/UNGARMS RACE a-tASSIS • PFERUNl>ERS • FDXRAGNGSHJ)( 1345DYNAMICS. UN/TD ANAHEIM, C4 92806 LARRY ROSEVEAR PHONE {714) 996-6260 FAX {714) 996-6405 Suspension Components SAW Performance, Inc. TURBO BLUE Rat:lngdnaD/lff 8446 Garfl!tld Ave. • Bell Gardens, Ca. 90201 • (310) 928--2278 · Lyn Mocaby Mike Mocaby Gordon Culp · (UJtlP] I . . . 619/449-9690 UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10223 PROSPECT AVENUE _SANTEE. CA 92971 · CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEANER SYSTEMS FULL LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR ALL TYPES vF RACING-& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHOP (TABS, BRACKETS, BODIES, ETC.) . Louie Unser Engines RATTLESNAKE MOTORSPORTS, INC. LOUIE UNSER 20755 MARILLA ST. · • CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 1100 E. Ash Avenue, Suite C Phone and Fax (714) 879-8440 818·700·9712 FAX 818·700·0947 Fullerton, California 92631 15855 Dell View Rd. El Cajon, California 92021 Steve Spirkoff/Owner 619/561·2913 El Centro, CA ...................... 800-989-4645 El Cajon, CA ....................... 800-458-2711 !(ACE TH/INS BY JEFF RELl)'S TRfiNSfiXLE ENGINEERING -JEFF FIELD 818-998-2739 9833 Deering UnltH Chatsworth. CA 91311 TRANSMISSIONS WEST • vw · • PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WE RACE WHAT WE SBJ. Indio, CA ............................. 800-989-3278 Lancaster, CA. ..................... 800-462-9499 (800) 435-0416 • (310) 782-2413 BRUCE HENDEL Regional Manager VP Racing Fuels, West Coast P.O. Box 1319 34283 Monte Vista Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone: (909) 67 4·9167 Fax: {909) 674•7367 Pager: (909) 694·7392 22545 S. Noonandie •Torrance. CA 90501 Las Vegas, NV ..................... 702-643-9200 -r:-:::=------------------1-------------------1 r.~1;.;I;t~_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_::_I:t:ti~ 11:11:::1:i·· TA-I C-H. --:1 :f ;iimi :::.:~: ~t::::.·:::::::::::::::::~::;~;;::: ti :1:itmt:~:!=:~~~:'::=::'iiil::;'11l All other inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P. 0. Box 610, Long Beach, CA 90801 310-518-7318 [f!JJf!ffJO (213)583-2404 . SANQERS SERVICE, INC. METAL PROCESSING J, 5921 WIimington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL FLOURESCENT INSPECTION Mark Smith Larry Smith ;:ii!:!:i::!:::i~;!;;ir1:EF~EE~ ~~~E ~~~~~i~~~~~-:::!ii!i!;\:t i!j . ::::::·:::::::::·:····•:-:-:::::::•:-: JO MILLION MILES OF:::::::·.::::::::::::::::/:.;:;.;~ •:-:::·:·:::: ·:·:·_·. CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION . :::::::-:-.-:'.;;:::: .. . :-·: · · · · For information and a distributor near you, call .... •;•~ . . . . . . . . 1 ~soo_,.444.1449 .. ·.· .. ·.-:-<~·: CUSTOM RACE CAR FAS. MIG & TIG WELDING DAN MATHEWS 6925 Aragon Circle Unit 25 Bueno.Pork. CA 90620 (714) 521-2019 (714) 523-0558 Automotive • A TV • Motorcycle 1815 Massachusetts Ave 909/369-5144 Riverside, CA 92507 Fax 909/369-7266

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Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C . JACOBS PRESIDENT 535 East Central Park Anaheim, CA 92802 714-956-9457 sDo'STATE MILL ROAO AKRON, OHIO 44319 {216) 644-7774 ~ HEUVINK CONSULTING PUQUC REI.ATIONS & MARKETING Off Road Race Truc/fs • Pre Runners Et> HEuvtNK CATTENHAGESTRAAT 5511, 141 t CS NAARDEN . TIIE NETHERLANDS Off Road Products Front and Rear Tra~ing Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels Chassis Design • Engineering • Fabrication Dale White Racing 3!140 Maranatha Circle Las Vegas. IIV B9103 TEL 011.31.2159 53464, FAX 01 t.31.2159 53452 HOME ()11.31.30 2 I 0095 . 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, N. 8501 7 102-B11-1661 Classified ••• FOR SALE: Class 9-2 seater, ' FoxShox, Baja pumper, Wright, ,., Jamar pedals, Beard Ulti:a seats, Sway-A-Way Inter. tor·sion and spring plates, DJ trans 0 miles. 0 miles on motor, race prep ready to race. 2nd in '94 LaRana points, all spares and trailer & pit boxes, dump can. $4,800.00 oho (619) 244-4312 or (619) 371-1607. FOR SALE: Class 8-1973 Ford Fl00, Stadium-Desert or pre-runner. Long Beach Spring, Eibach, Bilstein bypass's, Art Carr,35 gallon cell, Beard, ARW-BFG's, Fields, 15" & 18" travel, Ultra-light-simple. Best Offer. Ask for Jim (310) 540-1539 or (310) 580-1358. Class 9 Lothringer, 2 seater, Fox, Sway-A-Way, Pumper, Wikes Motor, DJ Trans, Filler Safety, 2 extra trans, tons of spares, car is full prepped and ready to race. Turnkey condition, Sport Engine-ering $8,500.00 (818 )994-74 75. DEDICATED FAN WANTING INFO, tips, etc. to get started racing either Class 9 or 5-1600 in SCORE. Anything on buying a quality car, sponsors, saving money or race tips would be helpful. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. call or write: Jason Specht; 8711 S. Papago Loop, Parker, AZ 85344 (520) 667-4343. FOR SALE: '78 F-150 Step Side. 352-C, C-6, Currie 9", Fuel Safe, Beard, BFG, Filler Safety, Auto. Meter, Art Carr. St. lgl, lots of potential, Class 8 or serious pre-runner. $6,800.00 oho. Jeff days (714) 412-1941 eves (909) 277-1704. FOR SALE: '85 Raceco Class 1 unlimited 2 seater, 2665cc Type 4. Late bus box with FTC gears, FOR SALE: Class 2 pre-run or race, new Leighton 2387 cc, ARPM, new Bus trans, 4.86 r&p, FTC, Bilstein, new UMP power steering, Summers floaters, Wright, Beards, Jamar, Yoko-hama, Centerlines, fuel cell, fuel gauge. $9,800.00 Call (714) 758-9802. FOR SALE: Class 9 - Lazer, coil over, SODA legal, best of everything, lots of extra parts, engines, transmissions, transaxles and much more. Sacrafice price $6,400.00. CallJimStruble(412) 694-2111. ALSO 42' Light-S~mmers rear hubs and front weight 2 car trailer with fully spm~les, Beard seats, Secundm_uy contained livin uarters torsion, ~ox Shox all around with · $6,800.00. g q front co1lovers, Parker Pum{fer power steering, Ultra Wheels, BFG tires & much, much more. $16,000.00 oho or trade. (702) 566-5010. Dusty Times WANTED: Nissan 720 Body Style, fiberglass front fenders and bedsides. Call after 6 p.m. Ask for Jeff (909) 681-5278. FOR SALE: '94 1-1600 Bunder-son SCORE ·legal, Hatz motor, Trick trans, Zero miles both, Super boot axels & c. ~.s, Heim tie rods, Wrights, Jamar, Adjustable position sensitive shocks, Mastercraft, best of evrything. $13,500.00 oho. (702) 259-7019. FOR SALE: Class 10, Bunderson, fast and trick, Leigh Leighton motor Type I, 23 gal fuel cell, Wright combos., 4 wheel disc, Rose trans, position sensitive shocks, air springs, very trick car, Charlin, UMP, Parker. $16,000.00. (702) 259-7019. EMPLOYMENT -SPEC: A leading manufacturer of equip-ment for the semiconductor industry, is looking for winners who w.ant to join our team. Openings for equipment fabrica-tors and electrical assembly technicians at our Valencia, CALIFORNIA facility. On site field service openings exist in Valencia, California; Santa Clara, California; Austin, Texas; and other high tech locations. Requires good mechanical skills, attention to detail and the drive to succeed.We provide training, benefits and a competitive salary. Contact: Kevin McGillivray, Semiconductor Process Equip-ment Corporation, 25167 Anza Drive, Valencia, CA 91355. Phone (805) 257-0934, FAX (805) 257-1083. FOR SALE: SODA l/2, l/10 Unlimited car, Taylor 2 seat moly chassis, SAW primary and secondary suspension front and rear. Wright arms, 8 Fox Shox, CNC, Jamar, Fuel Safe. •1 $3,800.00. Class 10 AIC 1650 • ! $2,200.00. Class 1 2.6L Type 4. -, Carillo rods, 5th stud, FAT shroud, $3,500.00 or complete i turn key car available. Scott (715) ·•· 272-1101 or(715) 272-1489. FOR SALE: Mirage 2 seater 1600, Hatz motor, Dura Blue, Sway-A-Way, Fox Shox, close ratio trans, Parker Pumper, Wright. $8,000.00. (702) 259-7019. FOR SALE: Type 4 motor zero miles, very trick $6,000.00. Vortec V6 still in crate '95 Blazer from dist to exhaust~ brand new -has all electrical components, $4,000.00. New Summers Broth-ers front end rear hubs full floating, 4 wheel disc brakes, 934½ c.v.s & axles, trick stuff. $3,500.00. (702) 259-70.19. FOR SALE: Used Goodyear off road racing tires 37x12.50-17, in excellent condition. Slicks and DOT racing tires also available. Call DeMoore Racing Enterprises (770) 514-7043 or FAX (770) 528-9309 (Atlanta). Your complete used race tire con-nection. December 1995 FOR SALE: Class 9, single seat LaPlant chassis and body panels, brand new with rear adjuster. $1,000.00 Sport Engineering (818) 994-7475. FOR SALE: 1994 Ranger Trophy-Truck, Class 150 SODA or exceptional pre-runner. 450+ hp NASCAR style Ford Boss 302. All roller, Carillo rods, Jack Rough parts, all chromemoly cage, C6 trans, Howe alum radiator, Ford 9 inch, Summer Bros spool & 40 spline floating axles & hubs,JFZ brakes, Stroppe front hubs & brakes, Lee power steering, CNC pedals, 26+ inches wheel travel, Rancho lightning rod shocks, all fiberglass, 50 gal fuel cell, 10 BFG mud terrains, & American Racing Wheels. All parts new and much more. Truck is 65% completed, but must see to appreciate it. Must sell $16,000.00 oho. Phone (714) 646-1454. Jack Woods 1602) 242-0077 CLEANING THE GARAGE: Two Blue Beard seats, Fuel Cell-16 gallon, misc. tires & wheels, convertible body- (perfect 5 car material). Approx. 10 VW doors all years, two seat chassis w I alum panels, 5-1600 short course Baja Bug, 2000cc VW PreRun eng. complete w/ Zenith. Also misc. metal shelving-Best offer. Call Jeff at (714) 996-4936. FOR SALE: Kevin Smith's winning Mirage. Super 1600 short course car. Awesome for SODA series. Complete coil car, Smart Performance, Toyota dry sump, Fortin trans, too much to list, wlmany spares. Call for package details $27,000.00 ( 818) 579-2135. FOR SALE: Class 10 VW 1715cc, ARPM case, dry sump. Best of everything, 2 points championships $2,750.00. 1835cc VW, dual relief case, full flow, dual 40 Webbers, 400 miles on rebuild $1,200.00. Class 9 VW 1600cc, 0 miles, dual relief case, much more $1 ,000.00. 5-1600 VW motor, proven front runner $1,200.00. Class 9 swing axle, Jeff Fields transaxle, has all the tricks, 0 miles $1,500.00. Class 9 car, all or part. (2) Toyota 2TC motors, 1650cc, 170hp, dual 44 Webbers. Giese rear shocks and front shocks. Will consider trade for Type 4 parts or whatever. Contact Randy at Westcoast VW-Volvo days (714) 379-2774. FOR SALE: 1970 Baja Bug 115 wb, big sun roof, 2600 Type 4 motor, Hew land geared bus trans, power steering, 20 gal fuel cell, Beard seats, Wright coil over front end, combo sprindles, torsion adj. Bilstein shocks, 2 sets wheels ~nd tires, many spares and currently registered. $10,000.00. (310) 925-8034. WANTED: Looking for an older Wrangler '87 or prior. Hardtop and al c would be nice but not required. Must be all factory parts. Call eves only *818) 889-4395. (More Classified Ads Next Page) Page 53

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Classified ••• PERFECT SODA type truck ( ex-FOR SALE: Class 9, 93 single seat Score). 2 motors: 1 equals 750 p. ORBS. This car has the very best and 1 equals 550 hp., loads of of everything meticulously spares and equipment. Fox Shox, prepped, no expense spared. Car probuilt, 1 / 4 eliptic, 4x4 Class 4 is prepped and ready to race. Jeep, gorgeously fabbed! FAST, I Complete with sp~res. $7,000.00 excellent history. Steal this beauty OBO. Ask for Rick (702) 829-for $22,000.00. Baja Concepts 2_7:...3_4_·--------=== SPEED, SAFETY, RELIABIL-.· ITY, Proven International rallysport technology can give you the edge over the opposition. Drive faster, safer with less breakage and wear. Take the guess work out of desert racing. Interested! Contact Stuart Roberts at Concepts International (NZ) LTD, P.O. Box 46-147, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. Fax: 64-9-483-5581. Ref #244. (619) 583-6529. , JIMCO 2 SEATER Class2-1600. Excellent starter car. Don Hatz built Type I motor, type II tranny, on board fire system. Uniden radio, Taylor seats, Deist belts. All shocks are Bilsteins w/ reser-voirs, UMP steering, Wright · FOR SALE: Class4¼ elliptic rear rack, 26mm bars, Centerline w/Kusters, coil over Kuster . wheels w/Yoko's. $8,000.00 Baja front, 351 built to430 by Richard Concepts Ref #445. (619) 583-Pa,rabok, FOX Air bumps, power 6529. _ steering w/ump Ram, Cone full floater 40 spline rear end, Mogi C-6, Fresh prep, put on your paint and race. $35,000.00 with all spares. (619) 258-5876 .. FOR SALE: SODA 1-2-1600 · front runner, race ready, 2 motors by FAT, 2 trannys, BFG's, American Racing Wheels w l bead-locks, Fuel safe, Beard seats, Fox Shox, and lots more including spares, tons of spares!! All for only $8,500.00 OBO. Call (715) 369-5000 or (715) 369-2088. RIDE IN BAJA 1000. November 8th through November 13th. 1,200 course miles. $10,000.00. One to three persons. Call 1-800-700-8943. Ford Class 7S Ranger 4x4 ·Built by Curt LeDuc. • Includes two pre-runs and lodging. FOR SALE: Briggsbuilt MTEG Superlite, spare part galore including fresh spare motor, 8 Bead locks with tires, etc. $14,999.00 OBO. Will consider trade for ATV and/or motor-cycle. Buy now and get ready for tentative new stadium series in 96. (206) 481-7997 days, (206) 481-2206 evenings. Will deliver. FOR SALE: Chenowth 1000 SS Class 1-2-1600 single seater, race ready, 103 w l b Centerlines, Fischer racer transmission, fiberglass and aluminum body panels, Wright rack, Sway-A-Way, Pumper, Durablue, spare parts and two spare motors.Must sell $5,950.00 OBO. Call Peter (415) 391-2255 M-F, 8-5. _ FOR SALE: BAJA BUG-Class 5-1600. Proven winner of Baja 1000 and many other S.C.O.R.E. events. Clean and ready to race. Toncomoonents. Call John(619) 481-0923 or Jeff ( 408) 354-FOR SALE: 1994 Chenowth sin-gle seater. Foddril front end large beam 2½" Foddril combo link spindles, bumpers, skid plates, floor pans, firewalls, dash gauges switches wiring German Auto Magnum Rack Ump Ram CNC Front hubs, 11" rotors, tire rods wlrod ends, Foddril front arms, brake lines SS steering sadfy bat-tery box. Full Chenowth body w lroof & visor, black front & rear shock mount for Kuster shocks. Foddril rear arms w/ full floater plates & caliper mounts ·alum. radiator w/ fan & mounts alum. scoop for radiator. 38 gal fuel cell. Master craft ribbon nets black. 3-300m Summer Bros. axels and more. Call for more info. (714) 472-2024 (Jerry). Auto trans 2 Audi trans sections, box of quick change gears 9" ring & pinion 2 torque converters. Lots of spares. Racing tires for Sale: Custom made for trophy truck racing or ultimate Pre Runners that do not want flats! 37xll .50xl 7. Tires $75 .00 ea. plus shipping. Will sell all for special di-scount. 100 available: 80 Bridgestones, 20 General. Specially made for Roger Mears racing a~ailable exclusively thru Baja Concepts. (Don't bother Roger!) Visa/MC I Amex accepted. (619) 583-6529 or Fax (619) 583-1851. FOR SALE: 1-1600 1993 Suspension unlimited fresh eng · "0" miles all FAT products. DJ Trans, FTC GEARS, stainless cliff, "0" miles, new rear armsr FOX, Ump, Beard, Jamar, Wright, all quality proven parts, this car has very few miles. $15,000.00 (208) 345-6451, (208) 322-4409. FOR SALE: Must sell 5-1600, i 1090. .· ... . ·•·· --. FAT motor and trans Fodrill arm , 4TI_:_"'.•<6JM_RP:· -w:r '."' ' /,:,:") 7~, •'~-:.,;: . ,' spindles, Kuster bypass shocks, .... · · ff' . ,ti: FOR SALE: '92 Jimco Class 10 car, Mendeola trans, Major motor, FOX, CNC, Mastercraft, Sway-Away, new paint and PRICED TO SELL: SODA Clas~ alumi_num work. Race prepped to 13, fresh and ready to win, all the go by JIMCO, $20,000.00 obo. best parts, National Spring, Art Mike (619) 562-1743 or Wayne Carr, FOX, American Racing (909) 947-8l92. w / locks, Summers Bros., always a FOR SALE: One white Shoe! front runner. Over $25,000 RF200 Snell M90 helmet, size invested in parts, yours for large 7-3 18 - 7½ with unmarked $15,000.00 with all spare parts, visor. One European rally only 2 will separate or trade for!! (715) yrs. ago. As new condition. Call 635-7115 or<{715) 635-2436 Pete (213) 667-2039 and leave CST. message. TOP RUNNER: Class 9 Chen-owth 2 seater built by Baja Con-cepts. ~ew prep, Bilsteins w IVW suspension in front, Sway-A-W· y torsion and spring plates.JG Transwerks, Engine Machine Service. Spares include: spindles, arms, torsion bars, spring plates, shocks, radios, helmets, driving suits, ETC!! Driver changing _classes, everything goes for $7,000.00 CALL FAST!! Baja Concepts Ref #398 (619) 583-6529. Sway-A-Way, PIAA lights, all chrome moly, only 8 races on car and its race ready. $12,500.00 obo. Possible trade (702) 256-0964. FOR SALE: 1993 Mirage Class 10 single seat, Hat: motor, Hewland trans, Fox coil over shocks, Summer Hubs, Fodrill ft. arms, CNC pedals, PCI radio, Car is complete and prepped to win. $23,000 or $19,000 less motor (310) 982-0421 days (310) 493-5113 eves, Brian. r ... ___ liiiil _ __ ...... --.. i-.-------------~-w--------------.-.-----------------~---, . Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I DUSTY TIMES. : Classified Advertising rate is only $20 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of I black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. · I NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If I you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAI~ IN ADVANCE. 1· 1: 11 I I I I, 1: I Enclosed is $ ____ _ (Send check or money order,.no cash). Pleas.e run ad ________ times. I • Nanfe Address _______________________ Phone--------City --,----- ----------,---State----~ Zip Page 54 December 1995 Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 207 51 Marilla Street Chatsworth, CA,-91311-4408 1· I I I I. FOR SALE: Chenowth 1-1600 Tall man's version, Lee Leighton motor, JG trans, Heim shifter, 22 gal Fuel Safe, Wright, UMP, Fox Shox, Parker Pumper, Jamar, Simpson, Mastercraft $7,250.00 obo Call Sean Krepsz (909) 352-4421. Chevy Suburban, 5,000 miles since completion 1 year ago of a frame rail on up complete redesign, built sparing no expense and using the best materials and fabrication, never been off-road, receipts available, 573 C.l. big block engine valued at $25,000 motec fuel injection, frame completely boxed with chromoly entire chassis is tig welded, 4 link rear suspension with 12" travel, front sus. is custom built A-arm with 12" travei, 3 Kuster coil over shocks front and rear, Kuster 300m ball joints, 9" rear end built by Christman ( floating hubs, locker, disc brakes, etc.), B&M turbo 400 race type tranny, 37" Goodyear race tires with Ameri-can Racing wheels, stainless exhaust ( wheel well headers} large brake rotors to match 17" wheels, Corvette calipers with 2 per wheel up front, and much more. $41,000.00 Contact Brett King at Kuster Company (310) 595-0661. Dusty Times

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SALE: 1993 JimcoClass 10, Ex-Hernquist proven winner, New Major motor, fresh Fortin 5 speed Hewland gearbox, Newly rebuilt Fox shocks, Summer Bros. rear hubs, CNC brakes, coilover front end, fuelsafe cell, loads of spares, turn key on new trailer. $22,500.00 John (714) 496-2266. FOR SALE: 86 2 WD Blazer, 3 shocks per wheel, new BFG Baja TA's, new turbo 400, new4:86 R & P 383 small block Edelbrock, Holly, Accell too much to list. $6,000.00. ALSO 2 WD Blazer frame with 20" travel front A-Arms with Henrys ball joints, 86 door & roof skin glass sides, more. (619) 324-1861. FOR SALE: Jeep Wrangler-Full race. Former Class 3 champ. 401, 400 tranny, Summers Dana 60 rear. 44 front-Mastercraft, Parker Pumper-Flameout-Rancho, Na-tional Springs-Current green sticker. Too much fun but no free time. $8,000.00 obo. Leave message. Don (619) 748-5785. FOR SALE: Chenowth Class 10. Fat Rabbit motor, Wright big spindels & arms, Flame Out, Parker Pumper, UMP, Fox Shox wl reservoirs, Beard seat. Spare tranny CNC, Summers front hubs, Bead locks, many other features. Must sell Best offer takes it all. Home (602) 978-9762, AWESOME '72 Bronco. Cur-WINNING 7S, ,89 Ford Ranger. 1Work (602) 245-2540. rently being raced in SCORE. Excellent condition: Race ready! ' Built351 Windsor, Unilite TedKendallbuilt,Ex-Douglas I Ignition. C-4 by Valley Trans, 4 Bros truck, 12-14" travel in both .. · link on Hymes w/18" in front, front and back. Art Carr Trans, · " Quarter Eliptic w/ Kusters and a · 9" F cl · h 15" E l Summers rear, Clark Steppier All or h ml t e 5rear. 5 ag_e motor, best of best, tons of oyw ee on3 ~12. 0x15 Ba1a SPARES INCLUDED! Cherry TA, Beard~eats, D1est belts, YOO $18,000.00 Baja Concepts Ref Ga_uges, Nice truck. $13,900.00 j #436. (619) 583-6529. Baia Concepts Ref #448. (619) 583-6529 FOR SALE: 1-1600, new Major motor, fresh Mendeola trans, Wright combos, ¼" Fox Shox, Mastercraft, Fuel Safe, Flame Out, power steering, new stub Axles, c.v.s, Sway-A-Way plates and springs, lite, fast, tough. Price reduced to $8,750.00. Comes with complete spare race engine, dump cans, etc. (619) 588-9226. SECOND HAND RACECUS, JIMCO, CHENOWTHS, WANTED. Maximum width 82 inches. Length 128 inches. Contact Bruce Carolin 011 2711 4931869 (fax) South Africa. Send photos and detailed specs. to P.O . Box 61082, Marshalltown 2107, Jo hannesb u r g, South Africa. No dealers. FOR SALE: 76 Ford longbed, feature truck in at least 10 magazines, truck is like new with 20,000 original miles, built from the ground up using all the best of everything, 636 C.I. Caterpillar VB Turbo Diesel with a dyno tested 375hp, well over 1,000 pounds of torque at 1200 rpm, extremely reliable, air research turbo, Allison AT 540 transmis-sion, 3" Kuster coil over shocks in the front, 4 link rear air suspension controlled from cab, Dana 70 rear end with locker and disk brakes, taylor race seats, winters shifter, brand new 37" Goodyear race tires, All braided lines, aircraft hardware, and much more. Excellent trailer puller $19,500.00. Contact Lance King at Kuster Co. (310) 595-0661. -Dusty Times RACE READY '89 Superlite, Bitchen short course car. Honda FL 350 water cooled motor. New Fab transaxle, Beard seats, Simpson belts, W erks axles, 13" Kieser wheels, BFG tires, many spares. $7,500.00 Baja Concepts Ref# 446. (619) 583-6529. EXTREMELY versatile 4-seat Pre Runner. Can be used for hunting, desert play, mountain exploring, etc. Whole Family Fun vehicle. Built by Unique Metal Products, Wright Arms, Bilstein shocks, Neal brakes & hubs, etc., etc. Very low mileage, mostly stored! I Sacrafice $7 ,800.00! Baja Con-cepts Ref #435 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Clas·s 8 Dodge, 400ci, 500hp. Keith Black, Mogi trans, Summers rear, nice truck, tons of spares, great LaRana or Killer pre-runner $10,000.00. Dean (310) 644-7999 x4. FOR SALE: 1993JimcoClass 10, 1995 Parker 400 winner, no expense spared, car. is fresh and ready for the Baja 1000. $18,000.00. All extra parts, Arms, axles, etc. Including 2 sets of wheels $20,000.00. Call Kevin days (909) 628-3005 nights, (909) 628-6263. FOR SALE: Mirage all chromoly 2 seater 2340 Wasserboxer ( water cooled Vanagan). New coil over beam with Fox all the way around. Fox bumps, Wright, SAW, Jamar, Be'ard, Dura Blue, 2¼ Woods, Big Links power steering. Car is fresh with new body. $9,000.00 OBO.JeffElrod (408) 926-0522. FOR SALE: 1991 Tubular design, Class 9-2 seat-Best of everything-94 LaRana 4th place, Beard, Fuel Safe, Sway-A-Way, Bilstein, PCI, Hella-Parker Pumper, Type 3 drums, WR Trans, Lothringer front, Inc. Tandem trailer w / tire rack & box, 10 spares & 4 pit boxes, $8,200.00 obo (818) 957-8209, (818) 797-7937. WANTED: Parts or info on building pre-runner VW Thing (body lifts, bumpers, roll cage, fiberglass tailends, etc.) used ok-just for fun. (909) 925-2131 Doug. ·FOR SALE: 5-1500 motor, all new parts, zero miles, never been run. Built by Jason Kleber and John Verhagen. $1 ,200.00 (619) 252-8249. FOR SALE: 7S 1993 Ranger-Roush Motor, Billet crank, steel rods, chromemoly cage, alum 9" floater, LeDuc Lightening Road shocks, C4 auto, Lee, Beard, Fuel Safe. Always Best Stuff, 12 Bead locks wltires, 26' enclosed trailer. Tons of spares $25K. Call (313) 459-8388 or (313) 453-6630. December 1995 "Lt">.;·:· SUPER TRICK Class 4 or 8 , Ford F-150 Extra cab 4x4. Big 700hp motor with best of everything. New C-6 with Art Carr shifter. 3 500 st. speed converter. 14¾" of front travel & 20+ in rear travel! Lightning Rod shocks all around, 9" rear end, Summers parts, nice supply of spares. Super pack~ge for $18,000.00! Baja Concepts (619) 583-6529 Ref #438. AWESOME Race Ready 5-1600: Very fresh! Type II JG Trans. Best of everything. Air cooled Pro built motor. Custom shock tech 2 lby pass -6 total.Wright combo spindels & large King Pins. Neth style rear arms. Summers 28mm torsion bars. Type IV c.v.s. Excellent package: car will be sold race ready. $10,000.00 Baja Concepts Ref #454 (619) 583-6529. REALLY NICE 45' Semi. 1977 Great Dane Air Ride. 13'2" overall height 8' overall width. 65,000 lbs. full laden, 44' inside load length, 9'6" inside load height, 7'8" inside load width. 18kv generator -Shp, 40 gal. Compressor, two air reels, wod bench, internal storage rack, under floor storage, 90 gal. diesel tank, 80 gal. water tank, 45'xl5' awning. All for $22K. Baja Concepts ref #332 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Trophy-Truck/Un-limited class Ford. Just updated by Prism to 24" frt, 32" rr, coil overs and tricked out Lightning rods. 460ci w/ Mogi C6, Cone9". Race against the best in SCORE, or race for overall wins in LaRana, VORRA, FUD, SNORE, etc. This truck was LaRana Unlimi1ed truck Champion '93 and '94. Fast and reliable, proven winner, and even better now!! Spares includ-ed. $59,000.00. Serious inquiries only please. (714) 249-2869. ff,-'4 jlfL FOR SALE: 1-1600 Bunderson Race Ready. Fresh and strong motor and trans. Pos sensitive shocks, Parker Pumper, P.S. Sharlin, Wright, Sway-A-Way, Fox, light and very fast. Anyone can win in this car! Was a points champ! Spares and trailer $7,000.00. Days (818) 442-1090, eves/weekends (619 ) 240-0223. RACE CLASS 8 in a full blown Ford! Rebuilt and tuned by W einermont. Big travel, Kusters, position sensitive sway bar, 600hp! Lots of new parts and everything is fresh! This truck was rebuilt to win Class 8 . Best of everything! Comes with tons of spares, including tranny. Entire package for only $52,000.00!!! Get full details at Baja Concepts Ref #430 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Class 5 Unlimited or awesome pre-runner, 2000cc motor with dual DeLorto carbs, late Bus Box with FTC gears. Beard, Simpson,Jamar, 930 c.v.s, removeable steering wheel, 10 Fox Shox with reservors. KC lights, dual Parker Pumper, drink boxes, Centerline wheels, custom car $12,500.00 obo. (702) 566-5010. FOR SALE: Class 9 chassis with fresh 1835cc VW engine-Fresh tranny with close ratio gears, super cliff, FoxShox, new tires, seat belts and fuel cell current. Trailer with tool box included. (702) 435-5631. (MO'l'e Classified Ads on Page 53) INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Barbary Coast/ Gold Coast Hotels ....... .... 25 Bilstein Corp. of America . ...... . 27 Cactus Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Casey Folks · Las Vegas to Reno . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Don-A-Vee Jeep/Eagle ......... 24 FAT Performance ............. . 35 German Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Glen Helen SODA Winter Series . . . . 29 & 29 Robby Gordon Enterprises . . . . . . . 4 Goshen Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . . 1 0 Hard Rock Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 J Honda of North Hollywood . . . . . . . 3 1 Kawaguchi Honda . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 KC HiLites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 La Rana Desert Racing . . . Back Cover McKenzies Performance Products . . . . 9 & 38 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . . 23 Off Road Fiberglass . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 P.C.I. Race Radios and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pike's Family Restaurants . . . . . . . 6 Race Ready Products ........ ... 42 Rock Busters Video . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SNORE Vegas 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sway-A-Way Company .......... 11 Trackside Photo. Inc. . .......... 4 7 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Ultra Wheel .................. 37 Valley Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Wilch Sales .................. 40 Wright Place ................. 44 Yarnell Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Page 55

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