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Volume 12 - Humber 1 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0 . Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Barry Don Calloway Carrera Photography Carol Clark Don Dayton John Elkin Horner Eubanks Don Holbrook Martin Holmes Daniel Mainzer Matt Marcher Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Srnitp Judy Smith Tony Tellier Trackside Photo Inc. Wizer Photos Art Director Larry E. W orsharn January 1995 -ILL■ OffllOAD IUCIIIII Ul'OH Subscription Rates: lltnf Seriescf~Racing~ $15.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign Subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DGSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. Very Best Wishes to All for a Joyful and Successful Season in 1995 HAPPY NEW 'YEAR Dusty Times January 1995 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 'f In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page SCORE Tecate Ford Baja 1000 by Judy Smith ............... 12 SCORE BAJA 1000 Trophy-Trucks by Judy Smith ........ .' . . 22 Lake Superior Pro Rally by John Elkin ................ · ...... 24 FRT Squeaky Springs Gran National by Judy Smith ........... 26 Driver's View of the Baja 1000 by Herman DeNun:io ......... 27 VORRA Fall Spectacular by Ken Ruff ...................... 30 Northwest Tour de Forest hy Jim Culp ...... · ............... '33 Gila Bend Desert Race by Tony Tellier ...................... 34 Wisconsin Off Road Festival by_ Barb & Marilyn Schult: ...... 38 Hong Kong to Beijing Rally by Martin Holmes ............... 42 MTEG Stadium Finale at Denver by Jean Calvin .............. 44 Glen Helen Halloween Haunt by Carol Clark ................ 50 SNORE Double Trouble by Jean & John Calvin ............. 52 CRS Gorman Ridge Rally by John Elkin .................... 54 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Jim Ober ......... ........................... 4 Trail Notes ...... .' ....................................... <!-Happenings ................... . ." ......................... 6 Checkers by the Big Wah:oo . ............................. 37 Dusty Times 1995 Off Road Racing Calendar ................ 48 Good Stuff Directory ..... .. ............................. 56 C~lifornia Rally Series Report by John Elkin . ................ 61 Classified Ads ....................................... 61-63 Index to Advertisers ..................................... 63 ON THE COVER we feature two big winners from the Baja 1000. The classic 1-2-1600 Chenowth driven by southern Californians Rob Nolin and Todd Teuscher survived the weather and won the large class, and Rob couldn 'twait for the points to come out as this win put him in contention for the overall points championship. We'll have a full report on the SCORE awards in our February Salute to Champions issue. Our congratulations to Rob and Todd who we met a few years back when they were running the FRT Superstition Series just a few miles from Mexicali. So they knew what to expect for weather from past events in the neighborhood. Our other cover boy is past overall. SCORE/HORA champion (in a Class 1 buggy)Jim Smith. He has been racing Trophy-Trucks all season in a fancy Ford, but he hasn't had much luck. Little problems always cost him some time. But at the I 000 he started first on the road, stopped only for gas and regular service, led on the road most of the way and he won the season's lastTrophy-T ruck race in 10 hours and 28.56 minutes. Color Photography by Trackside Photos Inc. ta S~7odatf DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$15.00 □ 2 years -$25.00 D 3 years -$35.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus •• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name ______________________ _ Address ____________________ _ City State ---________ Zip-----------Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004 ( Canadian - 1 year $20.00 U .S.• Overseas subscription rates on request) Page 3

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SOAPBOX Desert 'Protection' Bill Editorial By Jim Ober Well, it's finally happened. President Clinton has signed the desert protection bill and sealed our fate. Why our fate? Well, public opinion hinges on perceptions, and now the perception is that the desert is now being protected from all that was ruining it before. And numoer one on that (Sierra Club) list is off road vehicles. So the perception from now on will be that off road vehicles (and off road racing is off roading at it's most destructive) is contrary to· public sentiment, and therefore a form of sport that must be avoided by opinion-minded corporations. In short, off road racing will become very politically incorrect. Factory and corporate sponsors will soon begin a wi:estling match with their consiences and, maybe later, their stockholders. And the worse part is, we let it happen. . We elected the jerks that voted this in, or worse, we didn'tvote·at all. How many reading this voted in the November election. Raise your hands now. And if in case you want a thumbnail sketch of who in Washington opposes and sup-ports our use of the desert, here it is. Congressional representatives of the following states voted unanimously (or 1 vote short of that) for (closure of) the desert bill: Connecti.cut, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Mass-achusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Ver-mont, Washington and West Virginia. What do these states have in common?• Well most of their representatives don't even know what a desert looks like. And what business do they have telling us what to do with our desert? In the future·, watch for 10th Amendment litigation (States rights regarding land manage-ment) to impact more and more Federal actions like this and including this particular bill. Now for the party tallies -out of 178 Republicans in the House, 49 voted for the bill -27%. 73% of Republicans voted to keep the desert open. All but five House Democrats voted for the bill -98.3% of the demos voted to keep you out of the desert. In the Senate • All but three Democrats voted to close the desert -95% of them. 15 out of 44 Republicans jumped ship to the closure side, but65% voted to keep it open. It seems that the Senate Republicans sold us down the river on this one, but quick math will show that it would've passed anyway, with the Demo-cratic majority in the Senate b ing what it was at the time. Is a picture forming here yet? I would do the usual bit about how important it is to vote, and how being apathetic will put us out of business, but I won't do that here. Why? It's too late. It's already hap-pened. We've been sold down the river, betrayed, screwed. By each other. And ourselves. It's a pity that the vote didn't wait until the ri.ew Senate, top heavy with Republicans, went into session. But they are way, way too crafty for that. Volunteers are invited to climb on their "Soap Box" and fill this space with their thoughts about what is good and wltat is not so good about the state of the sport. Your words, short of being libelous, will be print• ed. So, send along your praise or damnation on your Soap Box topic to Dusty Times, 2075·1 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 913II•44o8. ** TORSION BARS **AXLES** SPRING PLATES** COIL SPRINGS** SWAY·A~WAY .. MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITY OFF ROAD SUSPENSION COMPONENTS .. Cl) a: FOR OVER 20 YEARS w 0 PRESENTS <C a. Cl) NEW FROM SWAY-A-WAY w _J >< <C MODIFIED 300M RACING BARS .. .. • Cl) • a: C w • NO NEED TO "RESET THE BARS" AFTER FIRST RUN z I-WILL HOLD RIDE HEIGHT FROM THE START " Cl) • 'tJ .::::, • 3-5% HIGHER SPRING RA TE FOR GIVEN DIA z .., C • 5-10% HIGHER MAXIMUM ANGLES OF TWIST Cl) <C • MORE WHEEL TRAVEL • .. • .. ANY DIAMETER AVAILABLE 2S Cl) • z C, G) z LA RANA CALIFORNIA 200 ~ a: a. z · Cl) CONGRATULATIONS: Cl) LL • • <C JERRY LEIGHTON, 1ST OVERALL ON Cl) w :r: _J .. NEW SWAY-A-WAY MODIFIED 300M TORSION BARS ~ .. Cl) Cl) JOHN PROSSER, DOMINATES CLASS 1-1600 AT LARANA • C • :::::> AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME r-I-C Cl) G) _J , z w C w -I :c Cl) 3: • .. • .. SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER TODAY! CALL OR WRITE FOR YOUR FREE CATALOG 20755 MARILLA ST. I CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA 91311 I 818-700-9712 Page 4 January 1995 Trail Notes TROPHY-TRUCK PAY OFF -Rob MacCachren earned a $50,000 check from SCORE INTERNATIONAL for winning the 1994 SCORE T ecate Trophy-Truck Championship in the inaugural year of the series. Rob won only one of the series races, but placed well in the others and the Las Vegan ran away with the title, scoring315 points to 272 for second place Jim Smith of Buena Park, CA. Congatulations fellows - you worked hard for the titles and Smith took home $17,000 for his prize. Steve Kelley of Irvine, CA earned-$10,000 and scored 265 points in third place, and that was close. The other money winners were Ivan Stewart, $7,000 for fourth at 260 points , $6,000 for John Swift at 245 points in fifth and $2,000 to Paul Simon, 241 for sixth place. Ford and BFGoodrich, which have dominated the point race in two manufacturer categories all season, easily won their titles. Ford won the truck honors with 90 points ahead ofT oyota 's 55. Of course seven of the entry were Ford trucks while Toyota had only Ivan, who is usually enough to beat back all comers, but not this year. Since BFGoodrich is a big sponsor, only a couple of trucks wore anything else and they took the tire championship with 105 points over Goodyear at 37. It is an interesting series with over a do:en regulars at the races, but it takes deep pockets to run with the factories. SCORE'S DESERT SERIES WINNERS -Robert Nolin of Ramona, CA, a rookie to SCORE's series captured the overall points championship of the desert series'in one of the closest battles in recent years. Nolin, who had been trailing Brian Stewart up to the final race of the season, won his class championship in the Ford Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 last Novembe to settle the issue. Nolin finished with 213 points, Stewart, 200 and Ryan Thomas with 192. Jim Baldwin won Class 1 points by 11 over Ron Brant; Dick Sasser garnered the Class 3 honors and Class 5 went to Michael James by six points over Mike Jakobson. A Lede:ma won Class 5-1600, we hope they figured out which one before the banquet, over Guillermo Quintero Jr. and Victor Acevedo won Class 6 by 33 points over Darren Skilton, plus Sergio Nolasco of La Pa:, Mex'ico has a long commute to the races but won Class 7. Jeff Lewis was a shoe in in Class 7S, Brian Stewart scored 200 points to win Class 8 over David Ashley at 178. The Class 9 title went to Darnen Jefferies easily, and Ryan Thomas won Class 10 over Steve Sourapas by just nine points. Terry Kiely won Class I 1 , Steve Olliges took Stock Full class by just five points over Rod Hall who was only four points ahead of his son Chad. The stock mini honors went to Scott Sells in a landslide victory, 58 points ahead of second placing Michael Martin. ROGER CADDELL, of Seattle WA, won the overall points championship in 1994 VORRA racing, combined Desert and short course events. Roger ran the same.Mike Olson sponsored Chenowth in both the desert and the Prairie City SVRA Park short course. The team showed up to run the November La Rana desert event at Lucerne with some exciting news. They had just bought. Bob Gordon's slick stadium racer, a Super 1600 Chenowth Magnum. Guess Bob has given up the stadium in favor of chasing his son Robby around the world, but he still has his desert Chenowths. So Caddell and more sponsors will be running a two car team of Super 1600s next year in the MTEG stadium series, so they will be traveling a lot through June. Roger will still get in a few desert races up north as the schedules do mesh sometimes. THE TELEVISION SERIES, the series within the SODA structure' for Classes 4, 7S and 8, does sound strange, but it was what the sponsor, True Value Hardware, wapr, cl. So ESPN filmed at the six most popular tracks with truckers in the full SODA series, and also filmed Class 1 and Class 9 , 10 action for showing on ESPN 2. The races are scored separately but run at the same time as the full SODA races at a given venue. The final TV race this past season was the Brush Run IOI at Crandon, WI, and Greg Gerlach finished well in Class 4 in his Dodge. The organi:ers of this series, Off Road Entertainment, quickly toted up the numbers and popular Greg Gerlach came out the points winner and $5,000 richer too. Greg was a consistent high finisher all season and it paid off. Geoff Dorr, Ford, 15 points behind in second which paid handsomely, $2,500. There is a tie for third between Jack Flannery and Steve Kelley and we are not sure who gets the $1,500 pri:e money or if it is split between the two.Jeff St. Peter rounded out the top five, three points behind Kelley and he took home $1,100. In Class 7S John Greaves won by 25 points driving the only Toyota in the field. John won $3,000 as well. Jeff Kincaid, Ford Ranger, was second in the class and $2,000 richer, followed by Jimmie Crowder just five points out and Crowder earned $1,500 which might get his huge motor home gas enough to get home to Florida. A rookie to trucks this season Art Schmitt won $1,000 for fourth and Al W alentowski was fifth, pocketing $900. The third class in the TV series is of course Class 8 , with massive battles each race between the front runners. Californian Walker Evans, a crowd favorite won the $5,000 for first place. Scott Douglas, in a Dodge bought from. Evans was 7 points back in second also taking his $2,500 home to California. Scott Taylor, a new Rough Rider this year was third behind the two Dodges in a Ford, and the man from Illinois won $1,750, followed by Wisconsin's Dave Hackers, $1,350, and John Konit:er, $1,100. Each class paid good money through tenth place. A NEW RIVERSIDE STYLE RACE-Just in the planning stages now is a race next August following the long gone but fondly remembered Riverside short course races produced by SCORE Int. until the race track was closed. This new group had the clout to make it happen, and backers with a goodly amount of money. They even have a tentative date of August 20 asa target. So folks back east should plan on Glen Helen OHV Park near San Bernardino, CA next August. It will be hot and probably a little smoggy, just like Riverside, but it will be tougher with no pavement starts. Within Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino County there is plenty of space for campers, but if you like to camp out in a Holiday Inn, all manner of accomodations are available just down the road in the city of San Bernardino. They have plenty of different courses for cars, and will use the best of the short course and the best of the 3 mile enduro course. Former championship winning racer Bud Feldkamp is the licensed concessionaire at the motor racing areas, with bike races almost every weekend. He and some friends were remembering what fun they had at Riverside despite the heat of August, some years it isn't hot, and the wild and wooly racing that went on. They plan to grade into the hillsides at Glen Helen some of the most challenging style sections of the Riverside course, so people from other areas will feel a little bi tat home. Now remember we have told you all we know about this project, so please don't call us for more info'. Further information probably won't be available until spring, but you can call the race track at (909) 880-3090 or fax the same number. Dusty Timcs

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1994-1995 Happenings A.D.R.A. American Desert Racing Association P.O. Box 34087 Phoenix, AZ 85067 ( 602) 997-1633 AMSA Jim Webb P.O. Box 26084 Fresno, CA 93726 (209) 439-211 4 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers ST. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 011-18-07-298-5522 (Stadium Races TBA) AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B IHI (514) 434-5792 BAD DOG'S OFF ROAD SHOWDOWN Callaway Fun Inc. 3825 No. Main Cleburne, TX 76031 Barry Don Callaway ( 817) 645-0003i(8 I 7) 641-9985 Gene Peugh ( 817) 790-8268 nights Racing the 3rd Sunday of each month March thru October BAJA INTERNATIONAL . P.O. Box 392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31 , 163 Mexicali, BC. Mexico ( Mexicali ( 65) 68-34-72 BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1533 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. May 20, 1995 Wendover Express Wendover USA July 1, 1995 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV September 9, 1995 Bonneville Challenge W e!ldover, USA BRIGH'JON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-I HO (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 1995 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box IOI Crandon, Wl54520 (715) 478-2222 June 24-25, 1995 Spring Run 10 I Crandon, WI September 1-3, 1995 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Lynnette Allison, CRS Director 2001 Oakland Hills Drive Corona, CA 91720 (909) 736-1442 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 January 14, 1995 Awards Banquet (909) 736-1442 February 4, 1995 *High Desert Stages Sunrise Valley M. Park Adelanto, CA May 5-6, 1994 *Rim of the World National & Divisional Rally Palmdale, CA July 8-9, 1995 *Prescott Forest Rally National & Divisional Prescott, AZ September 30, 1995 (tent) Gorman Ridge Rally · Gorman, CA October tba, 1995 Treeline Rally December 2-3, 1995 East of Indro Indio, CA *Final 1995 So. Pacific Divisional championship events C.O.D.R.A. CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING Terry Silbaugh 205 I 5 Whitehaven Circle Bend, OR 97702 (503) 389-2044 March 11, 1995 Millican 250 Millican, OR April 29, 1995 Bear Butte 300 • Millican, OR May 6-7, 1995 Olympia Enduro Thurston County, WA October 14, 1995 Whiskey Springs 400 Millican, OR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 645 Pierre, SD 57501 Kevin Miller (Baja) (605) 224-6923 Don Engleman (Motocross) ( 605) 224-4967 GUMBO BUTTES BAJA & MOTOCROSS Every other hotel Page 6 • zsan also ran. 1-800-634-6755 Las Vegas, Nevada January 1995 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright (01 I 52 617-46834) • Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo ( 6 I 63 7, 7 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club Sand Drags P.O. Box 830 Adelanto, CA 92301 (619) 246-7262 December I 7, 1994 Sand Drags· (All events at SVR, Adelanto, CA) COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholt:, President (7 I 9) 531-3642 W '(719)687-9827 H P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 COLORADO OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHlPS Bertram Productions Inc. 15073 Hwy I 19 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 Co:umel Drive #1116 Melbourne, FL 32935 ( 407) 254-5167 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (6 I 9) 427-5759 SUPERSTITION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES December 31, 1994 Dunaway Dash El Centro, CA ATV, BIKE & DESERT s·uPERLITE SCHEDULE GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (714)880-1733 SERIES RACES February 5, 1995 March 19, 1995 April 30, 1995 June 25, 1995 August 20, 1995 October 22, 1995 December 3, 1995 ENDURO RACES April 2, 1993 Glen Helen Spring Classic October 8, 1995 • Glen Helen World Championships (Contact BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. Box 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (3 ro) 988-6250) GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ( 404) 963-0252 Glt:EAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA 13621 Pierce St. Omaha, NE68144-1122 ( 402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Kot>sters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha, NE 68122 (402) 496-0846 Eve. ( all races at W est{air Fair Grounds, I& Dusty Times

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HAPPENINGS (continued) Bob (604) 374-7175 days Lucerne Valley, CA August 3, 1995 Council Bluffs, fowa on a ¾ mile course Randy ( 604) 5 79-9621 eves July 21-23, 1995 7:30 p.m. similar to the MTEG tracks, and run under Keith ( 604) 828-1795 anytime Johnson Valley 200 Sandusky, Ml class regulations from SODA) ( All events start 7 miles NW of Kam loops) Lucerne Valley, CA August 12, 1995 September 22-24, 1995 4:00 p.m. ROD HALL INVITATIONAL LA RANA DESERT RACING California 200 Corunna, Ml 5445 Equity Ave. P.O. Box 1365 Ridgecrest, CA August I 7, 1995 Reno, NV 89502 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (702) 856-3100 (619) 240-1335, (619) 240-1312 November 17-19, 1995 Pending High Desert 300 August 24, 1995 IOK FOUR WHEELERS December 16, 1994 Lucerne Valley, CA 7:00 p.m. P.O. Box 36 Fifth Annual Awards Banquet Hudsonville, MI Ckv.:s, Ohio 45002 Ramada Express MICHIGAN OFF ROAD November 4, 1995 (All events staged at the club grounds 2121 So. Casino Drive CHAMPIONSHIPS L,ughlin, NV M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. Banquet in Cleves, Ohio) 15529 Jones Road Diamondale, MI January 6--8, 1995 Grand Ledge, MI 48837 INTER-SHOWS New Years 200 (517) 627-6200 MICKEY THOMPSON'S MOTORSPORTS Barstow, CA June 17-18, 1995 OFF ROAD PROMOTIONS, INC. February 17-19, 1995 ST ADI UM SERIES P.O . Box 2910 Nationals Mickey Thompson Presidential 250 Fowlerville, MI Mission Viejo, CA 92690 Barstow, CA Entertainment Group ( 714) 364-0515 July 22, 1995 P.O. Box 25168 April 7-9, 1995 7:00 p.m. Anaheim, CA 92825 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER Spangler 200 Fowlerville, MI (714) 254-3001 4WDCLUB Ridgecrest, CA July 30, 1995 January 21, 1995 P.O. Box 465 May 19-21, 1995 4:00 p.m. Anaheim Stadium Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C-5L2 Lucerne Valley Jam 250 Mason, MI Anaheim, CA GERMAN AUTO DEIST SEAT BEL TS The greatest name in driver safety equipment. 4-pointsandrailseatbelt . . $74.95 RACE BELTS 2"•5pointmount ......... $79.95 3"•5pointmount ......... $99.95 SIDE COVERS IRS ... .................. $54.95 Swing axle ....•.•........ $54.95 KENNEDY PRESSURE PLATES 200mm-1700# ............ $79.95 200mm-up to3000# ........ $99.95 GERMAN AUTO RACING PRESSURE PLATES 200mm 1700#-2400# .. from $54.95 PERFORMANCE CLUTCH DISC Cushlocks ............... $39.95 4puc ferramlc ............ $44.95 4 puc ferramlc with spring hub .... . . .................. .. ... . $54.95 SACO MAGNUM RACK Billet housing, 1 'I,• allow gear, through bolt mounting complete with stops .................. $395.00 SACO CV CAGES, BOOTS, AND FLANGES 930orT-4cages ...... . . ea $44.95 930orT-4orT-2flanges .ea$15.95 Trick boots (specify) .... ea $15.95 930 CV star .................. . call "WEEKEND-WARRIOR" LONG TRAVEL BEAMS 8" travel-stock width .... $199.95 8" travel-widened beam . $219. 9 5 10• travel-stock width .... $224.95 10• travel-widened beam .$244.95 TRI MIL EXHAUST T-111/, •chrome ......... $ 98.95 T-11 ½•raw ............ $ 65.95 T-11518' chrome ........ $105.95 T-11518" raw ........... $ 72.95 T-4chrome ............. $189.95 T-4raw ................. $154.95 GERMAN AUTO HATS .... $4.95 GERMAN AUTO T-SHIRTS .............. $8.50 specify M.LG.XLG PORSCHE STYLE FAN-SHROUD Fits T-4 engine, utilizes T-1 alternator, includes alternator stand .$299.95 MAGNUM SPINDLES MK/ ................... $489.95 MK II .....•.•.• ........ $589.95 I _.,,. ~ I PEDAL ASSEMBLIES CNC Clutch and brake assemblies for cable throttle With black pedal ........ $164:95 With chrome pedal ...... . $184.95 With hydraulic throttle ... $259.95 Replacements/ave ...... $ 44.95 SACO RACK AND PINION The toU11hest available anywhere, alloy gears, full contact housing, hard anodized. Standard rac~ and pinion .$269.95 Mount plate ............ $ 9.95 Coupler .. .' ............. $ 8.95 Rack steering stops . ..... $ 19.95 VALVE COVERS T-4 "no leak" style fits 1.7, 1.8, and2.0 ............... pr. $44.95 SACO ALUMINUM WHEELS Polished finish, bolt together rears lite spindle mounts too from $99.95 FRONT TRAILING ARMS Link pin ............ 4130 Chromoly Stock length ......... pr. $449.00 111, 'longer ....... ... pr. $474.00 21/, • longer ......... . pr.$499.00 4 • longer-coil over style pr. $549.00 CHROMOL Y TIE RODS 1 • chromoly tie rods wlends. (specify Ford or International) set ... ............... ......... $89.95 SACO REAR TRAILING ARMS 3" X 3', . , , , , , , , , , ..... $435.0Q 1-21600, 5-1600 .... ' ..... $415.00 CATALOG ... ... ... .. .. US$4.00 OVERSEAS $10.00 11324 Norwalk Blvd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 310-863-1123 FAX 310-929-1461 Page 8 January 1995 February 25, 1995 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA March 18, 1995 Kingdome Seattle, WA April 1, 1995 University of New Mexico Stadium Albuquerque, NM April 8, 1995 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV April 29 or May 6, 1995 Pontiac Silverdome Detroit, MI May 20, 1995 Mile High Stadium Denver, CO June 17, 1995 Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION David Cronin, President. MAORA 2590 Mullanphy Florissant, MO 63031 (618) 765-2199 (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series produced by Lincoln Trail Off Roaders) NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. # I -Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wht:l'l Driw Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95521 ( 707) 822-8508 OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasque: 1 3180 Round Dane.: El Paso, TX 79936 (913) 855-8899 OHIO OFF ROADERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 15 Stonecreek, Ohio 43840 (216) 339-4674 or ( 216) 897-5100 Hill Climb & Stadium Sryle Off Road Racing at Bear Creek Amphitheater Bolivar, Ohio ONT ARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Jeff Sargent 1480 Lah·ridge Rd. N Ajax, Ontario, Canada (416)427-4782 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) 561-3208,(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Cluh of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 801 12 ( 303) 779-6622 * lndicat.es Divisional Rally with 6o percent National Points SCORE Score International 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Las Vegas, NV 89124 ( 702) 361-5404 (T entatit!f Dar.es) January 27-29, 1995 Parker 400 Parker, AZ March 10-12, 1995 Tecate San Felipe 250 San Felipe, BC, Mexico April 28-30, 1995 Nevada 400 Las Vegas, NV June 2-4, 1995 T ecate Baja 500 Ensenada, BC, Mexico July 14-16, 1995 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA September 15-17, 1995 Nevada 300 Laughlin, NV ~ Dusty Times

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Keep water and shovel han<ijt ES.Don't January 7, 1995 Annual Awards Banquet Gold Coast Hord Las Vegas, NV February 3-5, 1995 Bottom Dollar Las Vegas, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W . North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 ( 414) 453-SODA, (414) 257-0422 May 28, 199<; Memorial Day 100 Lake Geneva. WI ~ local fire offi~ for apenmt. m March 17-19, 199S Twlight 250 L,s Vegas, NV May 19-21, 199S Caliente 250 Caliente, NV June 10-11, 199<; Antigo Kiwanis Antigo, WI June 24-2S, 199<; Spring Run IOI Crandon, WI A Public Service ofTlii, Magaiine &. The Advertising Council July 21-23, 1995 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV July 8-9, 199<; November 8-11, 1995 Tecate Baja 1000 The Peninsula Run Baja California Elice Simonis Tucker 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 (714) 783-8293 September 29-0ctober 1, 1995 SNORE 250 L,s Vegas, NV Fox Riverfest Luxemherg, WI July 22-23, 199<; Great Northern Challenge Lake Odessa, MI December 2, 199<; Awards Banquet S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 L,s Vegas, NV 89106 ( 702) 452-4522 October 27-29, 199<; Double T rouhle L,s Vegas, NV December 1-3, 199<; Eldorado 250 Las Vegas, NV August 19-20, 1995 Road America Elkhart Lake, WI September 1-3, 199<; Brush Run IOI Crandon, WI ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Ir■ ■ Ir■ ■ Ir■ ■ ■ ■ ■7r■7111 ■ Ir TEAM DON-A-VEE Jeep DON-A-VEE Jeep,, Eagle Eagle America's #~ Volume Dealer For The Last 5 Years Team DON-A-VEE 1993 Baja 1000 Winners and 1994 Baja 1000 winners Too! #1 JEEP SALES • #1 JEEP ACCESSORIES • #1 JEEP SERVICE IOIIIM♦W'iYM Jeep_ 1¥?-it◄ Only Minutes From You in L.A. or Orange County 800.366.JEEP 800.909.JEEP ■•■~■•~IL■■■■■ ■II■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Page 10 January 1995 September 16-18, 199<; Wisconsin Off Road Festival Oshkosh, WI SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Od<:ssa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437 (All races held at Notrees, TX 25 miles west of Odessa, TX TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carn<:y, Director 7 Prutdl Oriw Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA Unitt:d Off Road Racing Association Dave Urhanowic:, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (All events at Owego Motor Sports Park, Rte. 434, Owego, NY) VORRA Valle11 Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Rohks Riv,!. Sacram<:nto. CA 95838 (916)925-1702 March 18-19, 199<; St:ason Open<:r Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA April 22-23, 199<; Spring Spt:cial Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento. CA May 27-29, 199<; Yerington 300 Dt:s<:rt Rael' Yerington. NV June 23-2<; or June 17-18, 199<; (alternate date) Virginia City 200 Virginia City, NV July 29-30, 199<; Fallon 250 at Night Fallon, NV September 2-4, 199<; Fallon to Yerington and Rack Fallon, NV September JO-October 1, 1995 Fall Short Course Rae<: Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramt·nto, CA October 28-29, 1995 Championship Off Road Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA November 18, 1995 Awards Banquet WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson ( 604) 538-0692 WORRA. P.O . Box 3241 Sumas, WA 98295 WESTERN PENSYLVANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire 1255 Waverlr Driw L,rrohe, PA 15650 ( 412) 532-0802 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85023 (602) 971-3730 WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 So. U.S. Hwy 45 Oshkosh, WI 54901 ( 414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP AffENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailing list. Don't c::all, but mail your 1995 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, 2075 1 Marilla Sc., Chatsworth, CA 913 I 1-44o8. Dusy Times

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SCORE FORD TECATE WA 1000 Ashley and Smith Truck to the Overall Win By Judy Smith Phot.os: Trackside Phot.o Inc. Dave Ashley and Dan Smith did the Rough Riders proud in Baja. They got through the heavy weather, had a few woes. but survived it all to finish first overall as well as tn Class 8 in the Ford. town, and then headed south on the far side of Laguna Salada. After crossing Highway 3, almost 190 miles into the race, the course turned in on itself, making a 63 mile loop, which included the infamous "Mini Summit". Then the cars went through the Borrego pits a second time, and took off southward for Diablo Dry Lake. ~ Beyond that they ran on Morelia Road, through some silt, and then Kicking up a little damp dust here Stuart Chase and Billy Robertson kept the Raceco Porsche together after fixing the starter and took third in Class 1. ·, . dropped into Matomi Wash, and went eastward, to the old Puerte-citos Road. The racers then trav-eled northward to San Felipe, past there, across Highway 5 at Campo Don Abel, and along the Beach Route, to Chinero, and then northward along the east side of Laguna Salada. There was one length of pavement, about 13 miles long. At the top of Laguna Salada the course turned onto itself, following the outward bound trail back to the finish line. The total mileage was 633 for all the professional classes except Class 11, Stock Mini and Stock Full. Those folks, and the Sportsmen in all classes, did not take the Mini Summit loop, and they ran only 569 miles. The time allowance for the event was 26 Dave Ashley and Dan Smith roared to the front of the pack in their Ford truck and captured the overall win decisively at SCORE's season finale Baja 1000. The event enjoyed a big entry, with some 202 cars and trucks taking the green flag, chasing the 16 Trophy-Trucks down the highway from Mexicali. That city welcomed the racers graciously, providing, for example, ample parking for motor-homes, camp-ers and trailers in a big vacant lot. I .. The Council for Tourists and Conventions (COTUCO), also had a flock of uniformed guards to watch over all the high-priced equipment, porta-potties stra-tegically located on the lot, and they installed bright lights to keep the area well lighted. • The race course went out of town on the main highway, using one half of the.divided road, while pit traffic and commuters shared the other half. The trail turned westward about 16 miles south of Carl Renezder swapped lead position all day long with Gorky McMillen, but Gorky's car died just short of Mexicali and Carl, who had a few problems, had a huge lead for the class win and he was second overall. Mark McMillen had better luck than his dad, had weather problems, but came through it all to put the Porsche Chenowth home second in class and fifth overall. · hours for all contestants, even the mighty Trophy-Trucks. During Thursday's contingency and tech inspection, the big ques-tion was about the weather. Re-ports from up around Victorville indicated that a storm was head-ing south, and the TV weather-men predicted that it would blanket the coast, from Santa Barbara to Baja, on Friday, race day. Amateur weathermen all, the racers tried to outguess them. Many felt the storm wouldn't cross over from the Pacific side to the Gulf side. But the consensus was that it would be wise to prepare. Racers dug out their rain jackets, stuffed extra towels into their cockpits, and made trash bags into togas to wear under their jackets. The clouds built up slowly all day. By race morning there was no question that it was raining up in the mountains, but Mexicali was dry and comfortable, though blanketed by heavy clouds as the cars took off, one every 30 seconds. The Class 1 troops went first, leading the way, and at Guadalupe Road, about 73 miles into the race, they were in a tight pack, with Tom Koch in front in Ron Brant's Porsche powered Raceco. But only a minute behind him, and on the same minute, were Mark McMillin in his mid-engined A-arm Porsche Chen-owth, and Jason Baldwin in his Porsche Chenowth with the automatic transmission. In an-other group, just another minute back, were Bob Gordon in his Porsche Chenowth, Tim and Ed Herbst in theirs, and Carl Renez-eder, in still another. · Things had thinned out some when they went through Borrego, 192. miles down the road, and now it was Jason Baldwin first on the road, running even with his brother-in-law, Renezeder. Gordon was third, only a minute later, and McMillin was fourth, followed in a minute by his father, Corky, in another Porsche Chen-owth, in fifth. When they completed the tough little Mini Summit loop things had changed, and Gordon and Renezeder were tied for the lead, and now six minutes in front of Jason Baldwin, who ran third. But Renezeder had to pit to have his dragging skid pan reattached. Mark McMillin was fourth, an-other five minutes back, with his dad three minutes behind him. The clouds were looking blacker and blacker off in the direction of Diablo, where they were now headed. Jim Baldwin flies high in the dry near Borrego in his Chenowth, and he took care of the car, not pushing too hard, as he finished fourth in Class 1, with enough points to take the season title home. Brian Stewart was another man with his eyes on a points championship in the Dodge, and he ran hard enough to finish a strong second in Class 8, third 0/A, and dad Ivan congratulated Brian at the finish for winning the points title. Most of these drivers got across Diablo before the weather broke, and were back up .on the beach route fairly early. Gordon had the lead as they went past Don Abel, but he was only three minutes in front of Mark McMillin. Corky ran third, seven minutes later, with Renezeder in fourth and the team of Stuart Chase and Billy Robertson, in a Raceco, making up time after a starter problem, in fifth now. Koch and Brant were down for a long time when a pit-man arm broke, and Jason Bald-win had lost all but first and second gears in his transmission, and the crew elected to trailer him out. Bv El Chinero Gordon had a Page 12 January 1995 Dusty Times

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Rocky An_derson, Brock Glover and Perry McNeil teamed up in a Class 8 Ford, and they were in contention all day, finishing third and fourth overall. lead· of 17 minutes, and it was Corky McMillin in second place. Mark, who'd had two broken tie rod ends, in two incidents, was now third, with Renezeder, whose air cleaners had clogged with silt, causing_ the motor to quit, in fourth. Chase and Robertson ran fifth. But when they got to the top of Laguna Salada, which by now was wet and slippery, thanks to the , rain, Gordon was gone, victim of a broken ring gear. Corky McMil-lin was now in the lead, with only a minute on Renezeder, who was pushing hard, trying to catch him. Mark ran third, five minutes later, with Chase and Robertson in fourth. Further back came the duel for the season points, with Brant trying to catch Jim Baldwin, in another Chenowth. Brant, who'd been down for hours, was going to have to beat Baldwin by quite a lot, or Baldwin would have to DNF for Brant to take first place in the points now. No one else was still running. · Corky got to within about two miles of the finish, and Renezeder caught him, just as Corky's transmission gave up. Renezeder went on to ,take the win, his first in a SCORE event. Mark McMillin took second place, with Chase and Robertson third. Jim Bald-win, with only third gear for the last 200 miles, finished fourth, followed in 12 minutes later by Brant and Koch. The Class 8 trucks started just behind Class 1, and when they got to Mile 73, where our friends from the FAIR pit team were jotting down car numbers as they passed, the lead was, in the hands of Rocky Anderson, Brock Glover and Perry McNeil, in a Ford. They were two minutes up on Brian Stewart in his Dodge, and Marty Coyne in a Chevy, who were tied for third place. Then it was Dan Smith, followed by Steve Krieger and Tim Clark, in another Chevy. -Smith was in the lead by the time they reached Borrego, but he had only two minules on Stewart. Anderson, McNeil and Glover ran another two minutes back, · with Bob Delozier, in a Chevro-let, up to fourth place, over an hour later, and followed by Krieg-er and Clark, who'd had a brake line problem, another half hour back. Smith had increased his lead to 12 minutes by the time he re-turned from the Mini Summit loop, and it was still Stewart in second, followed by Anderson, McNeil and Glover. Krieger and Clark ran fourth now, two hours Steve Sourapas and Dave Richardson had plenty of troubles in the Class 10 Chenowth, but they pressed on in the muck to third in Class 10, eighth overall. Class 5 had a good 13 car entry, but only one Bug finished within the time limit. Running a bit behind the pack most of the way, Hector Teran and Juan Covarrubias with George Zeiuzz finished with a half hour to spare and won. Dusty nmes later, with Delozier another 20 minutes down in fifth. By now Coyne had dropped way back, and Jerry_ McDonald, in another Chevy, was having trouble with a non-working front wheel drive, and a burnt piston. Dav<:; Crink-law, in a new Ford, had power steering trouble, and then fought with alternators and batteries. These folks who had trouble and then ran late, reported rain and mud to further inhibit their progress. After crossing Diablo, and making it through the narrow confines ofMatomi Wash, Smith and Ashley, who was by now at the wheel, had increased their lead to 43 minutes, and it was Ander-son, McNeil and Glover in second place, as Stewart, who was driving a conservative race, dropped to third, about 10 minutes back. His mission was to finish at all costs, and possibly win the overall points, but certainly take the Class 8 season championship. Krieger and Clark were a distant fourth, and Delozier, though run-ning very late, was still going. The 25 car herd of Class 10 cars had many potential winners in the ranks, but when it shook out at the flag it was-Andrew Wehe and Ray McClain who won by 30 minutes in the Jimco and arrived early _at sixth overall. Up at Chinero, where the course turned a bit inland, Ashley, who'd had a scare when a vent tube fell into the butterfly valve and made the throttle stick wide open along the tough beach route, was a half hour ahead of Anderson, Glover and McNeil. Stewart, who had some light problems, was just six minutes behind them now, and Krieger and Clark were four hours down, but still coming along. Delozier, so late that he wasn't being re-corded by any of the FAIR pits apparently, was in fifth place. Ray Croll and Tom Rhodes do well in the bad weather Bajas in their Jimco: they kept the leaders honest all the way and were second in Class 10 and seventh overall. At Mile 560, where our friend-ly FAIR pit recorded the racers both going out and coming back in, Ashley apparently went through so fast that they missed him. By now his truck was cov-ered with mud, after slipping and sliding across the wet Laguna Salada in the rain, and they may not have been able to recognize him, but he was still leading, with Stewart up to second place now, only two minutes in front of And-erson, Glover and McNeil who'd had quite a few flat tires during their day. Krieger and Clark had dropped even further back, and Delozier came still later. KUSTER OFF-ROAD RACING SHOCKS • SHOCKS 3" DIAMETER, 8" TO 18" STROKE 2" DIAMETER, 6" TO 14" STROKE No cast or welded pieces. External damping adjustment. Completely rebuildable. 17-4 PH SS heat treated shaft. Completely threaded 4130 cylinder. 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see them. With 24 starters, eight of them finishers, Class 1-2-1600 ran close in the early legs a half dozen within two minutes, but Robert Nolin and Todd Teuscher survived the worst of the weather to win the class in the Chenowth, 10th 0 /A. Scott Webster, Rodney Woolf and Brent Grizzle also suffered from the rain, but they got the ORBS around in good time for second in 1-2-1600, 15th overall. Cooley and James disappeared in the next 25 miles, and Diehl took over the lead, with about six and a half hours on the second place team of Teran, Covarrubias and Zeiuzz. But Diehl broke at about mile 470, and just as it began to look as if there would he no Class 5 finishers, the team of Teran, Covarrubias and Zeiuzi showed up to take the win. Be-· sides being stuck, they'd had a very sick passenger, Javier Reyes, who'd been suffering from hypo-thermia, and had been given hot coffee and chile by the SCORE officials at Check 5 to revive him. They got to the finish line with only 36 minutes to spare. The Cortez and Diaz team also crossed the finish line, and reported a long hard day, fraught with electrical problems, and a lack of lights. Unfortunately, they were over-time by 12 mintues, and didn't get an official finish. f}F_ fifth, and the last Class 8 truck to finish. Class 10 started next, and at Mile 73 it was Rafael Echegollen and Alberto Coppola, in a Jimco, and one of five Mexican national Class 10 teams, in the ·lead. But they had only three minutes on Ryan Thomas in a Chenowth, and Mike Julson in his Jimco with the A-arm front end, who were tied for third. In fourth it was Steve Sourapas in another Chenowth, just a minute later, followed by Mark and Dick Weyhrich, in a Raceco, another two min'utes back in fifth place. As the lead Class 10 cars began to arrive at Borrego, spectators noted that many of them were streaked with mud, though the rain hadn't yet come to Borrego itself. Julson had the lead here, with six minutes on Thomas, and Tom Schilling and John Marking, teamed in another Jimco with A-arms, who were tied for third. Ray Croll and Tom Rhodes ran fourth now in their Jimco, and Sourapas with fifth, only 14 minutes behind Julson. After they'd done the Mini Summit loop Julson 's lead was 20 minutes, and it was still Thomas and the Shilling/Marking car tied ' for third. Croll and Rhodes were seven minutes behind them, in fourth, and now Andy Wehe, in another Jimco, had moved up to fifth place, seven mintues later. When they went past Campo Don Abel things had changed. Julson had lost the input shaft on his transmission, and Thomas had taken over the lead. Shilling and Marking were second, 25 minutes back, with Wehe's co-driver, Ray McClain, now in third place, four minutes later. In fourth it was Dave Richardson, Sourapas's co-driver, and Croll and Rhodes ran fifth. And it was still a very close race. Thomas, who'd gone into the race with a shot at the overall points, and, of course, the class season points victory was driving with that in mind. But another 25 miles down the road he'd fallen back with dist-ributor problems. And now Schil-ling and Marking had the lead, with 13 minutes on Richardson. McClain ran third, five minutes later, and 14 minutes in front of Croll and Rhodes. Moving up to fifth were Willie Melancon and Brian Parkhouse, in a Mirage, who'd been running on three cylinders most of the day. At the Guadalupe road pits, on Early leader Kevin Davis had problems later in the race with the Jimco, but he and his engine builder Adam Wik took third in 1600s and also finished 16th overall. the way back in, the pit people recording numbers for us had a hard time, because so many of the race cars were covered with mud. But they saw McClain go by, and he'd moved up to the front as Schilling and Marking fell out with a broken transmission. Thomas was running again, but had repaired a broken shock bolt after getting his electrical prob-lems solved. McClain and Wehe took the win, reporting just one flat tire, and no other problems. In second place it was Croll and Rhodes, who said Rhodes had flattened one tire, and Croll had torn off the skid plate. They also reported that the rain and mud made it heavy going at times. In third, Sourapas and Richardson, who'd been lost on Laguna Salada, reported running the last half of the race with only one rear brake. Parkhouse and Melancon were fourth, and Thomas worked his way back up to fifth place, and took the class season points, fin-ishing third in the overall standings. The Class 5 Baja Bugs took the green flag next, and this group had a very bad day. At Mile 73, where all but two of the 13 entries went through, things looked pretty good, with Mike Jakobson in the lead, running four minutes in front of the team of Enrique Ruiz and Pancho Villa, in their beauti-ful yellow and purple car. In third it was Danny Reider and Jamie Davenport, another two minutes back, and just one minute after them came Frank Molina and Daniel Rosete, in fourth place. Michael James ran fifth, three minutes later. At Borrego, another 120 miles down the trail, Jakobson still had the lead, and now Greg Diehl ran second, 15 minutes behind him. And John Cooley, James's co-driver, paced, as he waited for his car, which was reported to be in need of oil. He showed up third, fl, TURNKEY ENGINES & MACHINE WORK I PARTS • ENGINE DYNO Congratulations to: .,. Rob Nolin and Todd Teucher on their Baja 1000 Class Win, clinching the 1994 SCORE overall and 1600 Championship .,. Ryan Thomas - SCORE C-10 Champion .,. Mike James I John Cooley - SCORE 5 Unlimited Champion .,. Jim Tucker I Mike Magee - La Rana C-10 Champion .,. Ken Stroud I Scott Prill-FRT C-10 Champion Thanks for letting MAJOR PERFORMANCE be a part of your success in 1994 Ken Major• 10722 Kenney Street, Suite C • Santee, CA 92071 • (619) 596-0886 Page 14 January 1995 nine minutes later. In fourth at this point was the team of Rudy and Carlos Cortez and Leo Diaz, while George Seeley ran fifth, about an hour down, after doing a spectacular endo on a booby trap early in the day. Very late getting to Borrego were Hector Teran, Juan Covarrubias and George Zeiuzz. By now Reider and Dav-enport had faded away, as had Ruiz and Villa, who broke their front end, and the Molina/Rosete team. Jakobson led through the second time at Borrego, and Diehl held on to second, only 19 min-utes later. Cooley and James still ran third, another four minutes back, but Seeley broke a spindle at the base of the Mini Scmmit and never came around again. Teran, Covarrubias and Zeiuzz got stuck, and were there for about seven hours before Jesse Miller, in a Sportsman Class 9 car stopped and pulled them out. Jakobson never went past Campo Don Abel, at mile 406, and instead it was James and Cooley in the lead, about 25 minutes in front of Diehl. Many hours later the Teran, Covarrub-ias, Zeiuzz team went by, and so, · apparently, did the Cortez and Diaz team, but they were so late our ':1nofficial time keepers didn't Next to start were the Class 1-2-1600 cars, and they went through Mile 73 in a tight clump, led by Kevin Davis, in his Jimco. Just two minutes behind him were Mike Kalicki and John Holmes, in a Raceco, and Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis, in their Suspen-sions Unlimited car, tied for third. Then, another minute later, came the team of Frank and Tom Rusich and Rick Pew, in a Chen-owth, tied with Rob Nolin and Todd Teuscher in a Chenowth, and Alejandro Avila and Alejan-dro Rudametkin, in their Neth, all on the same minute. Nolin and Teuscher wer,~ favorites to win the overall points, and class season c:1 mr-'ionship, and it should be 1oted that they had taken a u·.1iqur: approach to their racing season. Each of them has a very competitive car, so, instead of running one car all season long, they leap frogged, using first one and then the other. Maybe that gave them a chance to do a little more thorough race prep, because there was a long time between Plowing up some dry stuff early on Tom and Frank Rusich and Rick Pew, who got the heaviest rain, survived the deluge and finished the Chenowth fourth 1600, 17th overall. Class 7 had it best entry all year, ten starters, and two finished. The battle was between two Mexican entries, and Gerado Novelo and Rodrigo Ampudia won, the Nissan posting excellent times and they were 14th 0 /A. Dusty Times

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races for each car. By the time the cars got to Bor-rego, Nolin and Teuscher had moved to the front, with three minutes on Doug West and Gary Cogbill, in aJimco, who were now second. Then there was a three way tie, between Davis, the Rusich/Pew team, and Porter and Ruddis, for fifth place, just three minutes further back. Nolin and Teuscher had six minutes on Porter and Ruddis when they'd completed the Mini Summit loop, and Davis had dropped to third, two minutes back, followed by the Rusich and Pew team, another six minutes back. Cogbill and West were now fifth, and in their pit installing a new clutch. Robert Guthrie, Tim Lawrence and Rob Norton had multiple problems with the new Ford Ranger, but they ran second in Class 7, finished second almost six hours out of first. Jeff Lewis led Class 7S in his Chevy S-10, and did have to pit to remove the broken front wheel drive, but later regained the class lead and then led all the way home winning another class points title. Nolin, who hadn't thought to take along some towels to clean his goggles, had been having a terrible time seeing thanks to the mud and rain, but he was still the first in the class to arrive at the Zoo Road, where Teuscher took over. These folks had been rained on for most of the lower portion of the course, and Diablo Dry Lake had been a slippery mess. Teuscher maintained the pace Nolin had set, and he had a lead of eight minutes at Mile 406, where Porter and Ruddis ran second, still. Davis was third, having trouble seeing. His shield got so muddy and scratched that he was driving with it up, exposing his eyes to the rocks and mud. In fourth it was the Rusich/Pew car, just five minutes back, and fol-lowed by the team of Scott Web-ster, Brent Grizzle, and Rodney Woolf, in an ORBS. When they got to Chinero Teuscher had I 2 minutes on Porter and Ruddis, and they were eight minutes in front of Davis.· Webster, Grizzle and Woolf ran fourth now, 15 minutes later, and John Watkins and Paul Huffman had moved up to fifth. The pit at Mile 560 missed Teuscher, but they did note a couple of"very muddy" cars. He stayed out front, but Porter and Ruddis suddenly fell out, moving Webster, Woolf and Grizzle up into the front ranks, along with Davis's co-driver, Adam Wik, who had to take over when Davis's eyes gave out. Pew, who'd had to stop when a biker fell in front of him, got out to help the biker, and then stood in solitary surprise as the biker took off and left him, buried in the sand. For-tunately, after he'd jacked and pushed for a while, a Mexican national biker came along, and he stopped and helped, getting Pew under way again. But he'd lost about an hour. Nolin and Teuscher took the win, the class points, and the overall season championship. They reported a flawless day, only the mud being a problem for them. Webster, Grizzle and Woolf, who'd also had to drive with his visor up, took second, 34 minutes later, followed in hy Davis and Wik, in third. The ' Rusich brothers and Pew were fourth, while Chris Hansen and Jeff Kaupp, in a Woods Vulcan, finished fifth. Class 7 came next, and after a season with no more than two or three entries, there were suddenly 10 Class 7 cars, many of them hoping to get an easy win, think-ing there's been no finisher all sea-son long. In fact, there had been Malcolm Vinje and Mark Hansen drive a 7S Ford this year and enjoy it, and had the usual problems but finished second in Class 7S, 43 minutes out. Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank had a good run in their 7S Ford, led for a time, had some problems, but finished third in the close running class. Dusty Times two finishers, both at the Fire-works 250, when Ser_gio Nolasco had won, and Chris Taylor finish-ed second. They were both racing at the 1000, and at Mile 73 Nolas-co had the lead in his Dodge, with just two minutes on Gerardo Novelo in his Nissan, which is an ex-Roger Mears truck. In third it was Robert Guthrie, Tim Law-rence and Ron Norton in a Ford Ranger. Willie Valdez and Lou Peralta ran fourth in a Ford, and Taylor was fifth in his Ford. Novelo moved into the lead at Borrego, where he got out and Rodrigo Ampudia, usually seen in a 1-2-1600 car, took over for a while. They had an hour and a half on Guthrie, Lawrence and Nor-ton, who ran out of gas on the Mini Summit loop, but were now second, while Valdez and Peralta went through an hour later, in third. None of the others appear to have gone that far. Novelo and Ampudia stayed in front the rest of the way, having a flawless day, in their first try at racing a truck. Guthrie, Lawrence and Norton, whose truck was also out for its first run, were second all day, but they lost some time being stuck. Novelo and Ampudia took the win, placing 14th overall, and also won the Pennzoil de Mexico "Ganador" trophy, given to the Mexican citizen (and resident) with the best finish. This award included a $500 purse for this 1995 event. Pennzoil de Mexico has announced that next year there will be a special series for Mexican racers, with an $3000 champion-ship purse at the end of the year. Guthrie, Lawrence and Norton got to the finish line dragging the remnants of a burned out mat-tress, in second place, nearly six hours later, but still official finishers. None of the others made it. Next to take the checkered flag was Class 7S, and the early leader was Jeff Lewis, in a Chevy, who had just a minute on Billy Bunch, in a Ford, at Mile 73. In third it was Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank, in another Ford, just a minute IP" Introducing the 1995 Off Road Racing Calendar featuring 13 full-color action photos of trucks and buggies from most major racing series. 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lP"' later, and followed by Javier Sacio in his Nissan, and Patrick Taylor, in a Ford, five minutes later, on the same minute. Lewis still led through Borrego, where he had six minutes, and it was Steinberger and Plank in second place. Bunch had called it quits when his truck lost oil pres-sure. Joel Stankavich and Sam Goidsmith now had their Ford in third place, and Taylor was fourth, while Malcolm Vinje and Mark Hansen ran fifth in still another Ford. Missing from this roster is Darren York and his Ford, usually right up in front, but apparently out very early in the day this time. The trucks slogged back around through Borrego a second time, Darren and Gavin Skilton broke a rocker arm and ran on five cylinders 150 miles to his major pit crew, got fixed, then got stuck on the mini summit, lost a hub but finished first by hours. SCORE Baja 1000 RESULTS November 10-13, 1994 • Pm Driver/Co-Dr!-Vehicle Tlrne 0/A Cius 1/2-Unlimlted single & two aeat -13 start -5 finish 106 1 Cart Remezeder Chenowth Porsche 11:50:24 2 107 2 Mark McMillin Chenowth Porsche 12:43:05 5 113 3 Stuart Chase/Billy Robertson Raceco Porsche 13:29:52 9 112 4 Jim Baldwin Chenowth Porsche 16:01 :37 18 105 5 Ron BranVT om Koch Raceco Porsche 16:13:12 19 Cius 1/2-1600 • 1600cc Restricted Engine - 24 slllrt -8 finish 1647 1 Robert Nolin/Todd Teuscher Chenowth 14:11:29 10 1646 2 Scott Webster/A. Woott/B. Grlzzle am 14:45:42 15 1605 3 Kevin Davis/Adam Wik Jimco 14:54:14 16 1613 4 Tom & Frank Rusich/Rick Pew Chenowth 15:46:06 17 1604 5 Chris Hansen/Jeff Knupp Woods Vulcan 17:20:07 27 Claaa 3-Short we 4x4 - 3 atart - 1 finish 349 1 Kelly, Carty & Spencer Beal Nissan 22:22:28 53 Cius 4-Long we 4x4 - o atart - o finish CluaS-Unlimited Baja Bug -13 atart-1 finish 502 1 Hector Teran/J. Covarrubias/G. Zeiuzz Baja Bug 25:24:49 60 Cius 5-1600 - 1600cc Baja Bug - 22 start 9 finish 562 1 Mario Ledezma/Joseph Zatarain Baja Bug 16:13:55 20 560 2 Manuel & Al:lerto Covarrubias Baja Bug 16:47:38 23 554 3 Gus1avo Vildosola/Erick Muller Baja Bug 16:58:34 26 579 4 Miguel & Roberto Leon/Ramon Castro Baja Bug 17:48:13 30 576 5 Ernesto Arambula/Marcos Nunez Baja Bug 18:06:29 32 Cius 6 - Production Sedan - 2 alllrt - 1 finish 602 1 Darren & Gavin Skihon Jeep Cherokee 22:32:52 54 Cius 7 - Unlimited Mini Pickup - 10 start - 2 finish 702 1 Gerado Novelo/Rodrigo Arrl)udia Nissan 14:35:32 14 704 2 Robert Guthrie/Tim Lawrence/A Norton Ford Ranger 20:16:26 42 Claaa 7S -Stock Mini Pickup - 13 slllrt - 5 finiah 720 1 Jeff Lewis Chevy S-10 16:14:17 21 736 2 Malcolm Vinje/Mark Hansen Ford 16:57:05 25 727 3 Scon Steinberger/Larry Plank Ford 17:20:43 28 726 4 Mike & John Becker Ford 18:00:55 31 739 5 Joel Stankavich/Sarn Goldsmith Ford 23:29:28 58 a. .. 8 - 2WD Standard Pickup -14 start - 5 finish 805 1 Dave Ashley/Dan Smith Ford 10:43:43 802 2 Brian Stewart Dodge V-10 11:52:44 3 808 3 RockyAnderson/B.Glover/Perry McNeil Ford 12:20:22 4 810 4 St9V9 Krieger/Tim Clark Chevrolet 17:29:34 29 839 5 Bob Delozier/Randy Shoaff Chevrolet 22:48:26 55 Cius 9 - Reatricted Buggy -11 start - 4 finiah 949 1 Rich & Jim Richardson/Doug Perrault Jimco 18:33:37 34 945 2 Bryan Moynahan/Brian Jeffrey Raceco 19:13:15 39 907 3 Luis Guevaic/Federico Montes Tubular Design 19:28:51 40 901 4 AKonso Lacarra/Lalo MayoraVM. Garbay Jimco 21:06:54 46 a. .. 10 -Unlimited 1650cc - 25 alllrt -8 finish 1007 1 Andy Wehe/Ray McClain Jimco 12:49:21 6 1009 2 Ray CrolVT om Rhodes Jimco 13:20:29 7 1015 3 St9V9 Sourapas!Dave Richardson Chenowth 13:22:58 8 1014 4 Brian Parkhouse/Willie Melancon Mirage 14:22:16 11 1005 5 Ryan Thomas Chenowth 14:25:23 12 The following classes ran only 569 miles for an official finish Claaa 11 - Stock VW sedan - 12 start - 3 finish 1104 1 Victor Barajas VWBeetle 21 :09:53 1101 2 Terry Kiely/Steve Woodward VWBeetle 22:57:21 1107 3 Hector Sarabia VWBeetle 23:46:03 Claaa Mini Stock - Stock Mini Trucks - 5 start - 4 finish 761 1 Eric Heiden Jeep Grand Cherokee 18:13:23 760 2 Scon Sells/Darren Klopp Toyota 19:03:48 776 3 Felix Hurtado/Marlon Guardado Toyota 24:39:09 777 4 Michael & Leanne Martin Ford 25:13:41 Claaa Stock Full -Stock Pickup Trucks - 6 start - 4 finiah 878 1 Steve Olliges/Tim Casey Ford 14:54:08 866 2 Chad Hall Hummer 15:06:52 865 3 Rod Hall/Jim Fricker Hummer 17:08:59 860 4 Gordon DiCarlo/Cory Baumann Ford F-150 19:02:09 Sportsman Claaa -10 slllrt - 3 linish 883 1 John Saxton/Graham Roberts Land Rover 19:26:52 881 2 Richard Hopkins/Malcolm Thomas Land Rover 19:41:52 581 1 Enrico Troncoso/RodoKo Valenzuela '67 VW (5-1600) 19:10:22· a ... Trophy-Truck - 16 start -8 finish (full course) 10 1 Jimmie Smith Ford 10:28:56. 38 2 Rob MacCachren Ford 10:45:59 43 3 Curt LeDuc Jeep 10:53:01 16 4 Paul & Dave Simon Ford 12:40:37 28 5 John Swift Ford 14:23:45 Starters total 218 - finishers 78 total - 36% - Race Distance 633 miles Fast Time - Cars/Trucks- Dave Ashley/Dan Smith-Ford 10:43:43 Page 18 and then headed south across the slimy surface ofDiablo, and down through Matomi Wash. Lewis had been leading, but he'd lost his front wheel drive, and had to pit to take out the viscous drive, which would let him go on as a two wheel drive truck. Stein-berger and Plank moved to the front for a while, but Lewis chased them down. At Campo Don Able Lewis had the lead again, and 46 minutes on Vinje and Hansen. John and Mike Becker, in a Ford, moved up into the lead pack now, and Stanka-vich and Goldsmith were still in the running, as were Steinberger and Plank, though they'd lost some time being stuck. When they went through Chinero, Lewis had just four minutes on Steinberger and Plank. But at Guadalupe, 560 miles into the race, they saw Lewis go by with a 35 minute lead on Vinje and Hansen, while Stein-berger and Plank, dropping to third, were another 45 minutes down. The Beckers were about a half hour later. Kelly, Carty and Spencer Beal in the Nissan were the only survivors of three starters in Class 3, ran steady except for breaking a torsion bar 80 miles from pay dirt, but they made it home for the win. Nothing changed between there and the finish, and Lewis got his win, and the season points champ-ionship to boot. Vinje and Han-sen finished second, with Stein-berger and Plank in third, the Beckers were fourth, followed in by Stankavich and Goldsmith, who'd had to change their trans-mission at Chinero. Class 6 had only two entries, and Darren Skilton, in a Jeep Cherokee, got off to a bad start with a broken rocker arm. He ran about 150 miles on five cylinders, until he got to a pit where his crew was able to bring in the necessary · parts, in a limousine, no less. In the meantime, Victor J. Acevedo and Victor D. Acevedo, a father and son team, in another Jeep Cherokee, had major problems After the muddy dry lakes Mario Ledezma and Joseph Zatarain are inside this muddy Bug. They ran a close second through Borrego and took over the lead at Don Abel, ran steady all the way to the checkers, winning Class 5-1600. Running with the leaders all the way in Class 5-1600, Manuel Covarrubias and Alberto Covarrubias stayed up front and finished a good second in class. Gustavo Vildosola and Erick Muller had their 5-1600 Bug in the front group in the 22 Bug class, running third in the late legs and they finished third. January 1995 j with the right front corner of their car. That made them late, and the rain made things more difficult, and then they got stuck before Matomi in one of the treacherous silt beds. Skilton had further problems, getting stuck on the Mini Summit, and also on a lake bed, as well as losing a hub just south of San Felipe. But the Acevedos couldn't catch up. Skilton went on to take the win, and the Acevedos fin-ished about three and a half hours later, and just four minutes and 25 seconds overtime. Class 3 had just three entries, and when they went through the 73 mile point, Chuck Johnson was in the lead in his Jeep, with Carty, Spencer and Kelly Beal, in a Nissan, in second, 18 minutes later. Dick Sasser and Genaro Curiel were about two minutes further back, in third, in their Scout. Johnson got to Borrego, but had holed a piston, and was out for the day. That put the Beals into the lead, as Sasser and Curiel faded from sight. The Beals ran steadily forward, but about 80 miles from the finish they broke a torsion bar mount, and their passenger, ace fabricator Bryant Hibbs, was able to weld the torsion bar into place, so they had some semblance of a right front suspension. They made it in that condition almost to the end, but it all came unwelded about three miles from the finish. The Beals took the win, looking very lopsided and sacked out as they took their win. Sasser and Curiel never made it back in. Class 5-1600 was a big group at this race, with 22 entries, of which seven were Mexican national teams, and another five had one driver from Mexico. They ran close together early in the day, and when they arrived at Mile 73, the lead belonged to Danny and Hector Ledezma, who had five minutes on the next cars. They came in a pack, on the same minute. It was Mario Ledezma and Joseph Zatarain; and Gus Vildosola and Erick Muller; and Gustavo Casanova and Ed Orozco; and Carlos, Gerardo and Humberto lribe. But they thinned out some by the time they reached Borrego, and the Ledezmas, first on the road now, had a 14 minute lead. Next came Ledezma and Zatarain, tied with Casanova and Orozco, and they were just two minutes in front of Manuel and Alberto Covarrubias, who were tied with Vildosola and Muller. The next time through Borrego the Ledezma team was 10 minutes in front of Ledezma and Zatarain, who were only two minutes in Dusty Times

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front of John Gaddis. In fourth it was Vildosola and Muller, while the Covarrubias team ran fifth, only 21 minutes behind the leader. But Danny and Hector Ledezma disappeared, and at Campo Don Abel, it was Mario Ledezma and Joseph Zatarain in the lead, 32 minutes in front of the Covarru-bias car. Vildosola and Muller ran third, and Ernesto Arambula and Marcos Nunez were now fourth, four minutes in front of Miguel Le,m and Ramon Castro. Casa-nuva was out of gas in Matomi \X'ash. Ledezma and Zatarain held their lead through Chinero, where they had 36 minutes on the Covarrubias team. Vildosola and Muller were only four minutes back, followed by Leon and Castro, 45 minutes later. In fifth it was now Arambula and Nunez. These folks reported lots of rain, and heavy fog on Laguna Salada as they neared the finish. But from Chinero to the finish, they didn't change their positions, and Ledezma and Zatarain were the winners, followed by the Covarrubias team, then Vildosola and Muller, Leon and Castro, and Arambula and Nunez in fifth. Altogether, nine teams finished in this class, four of them Mexican national teams, and three with one Mexican national driver. The next group off the line were the Class 9 cars, always hard pressed in this long race. But there were 11 of the eager-beavers out to "beat the Baja", and some of them actually did. Most of them made it the first 73 miles, and the team of Alfonso Lacarra, Lalo Mayoral and Martin Garibay ·had the lead in their Jimco, with seven minutes on Darnen and Casey Jefferies, in another Jimco. In third l.t was Tom Dittfeld, Bryan Moynahan and Brian Jeffrey, in a Raceco, just two minutes back, and followed by Jorge Vargas and Pancho Bio, in a Taller J.E.F.E. chassis. Down at Borrego, where they arrived at nearly four p.m., the lead belonged to Moynahan, Dittfeld and Jeffrey, but they had only six minutes on Lacara, Mayoral and Garibay. Luis Guevaic and Federico Montes, in a Tubular Design car were now third, six minutes later, followed by the Jefferies team. In fifth place it was Jim Richardson, in aJimco, who'd hacl a flat, and also been forced to change his alternator pulley already. These fellows came back around to Borrego after the Mini Summit so late that our pit people didn't record them, but there were folks still around at Campo Don Abel, and they report that Moynahan, Dittfeld and Jeffrey were first at that point, about 21 minutes in front of the Richard-son car, and it was Rich driving now, his intended ride in Bunch's truck having evaporated. In third ·it was Guevaic and Montes, just 10 minutes later. It was right around 11 p.m. as they went through, and they were lucky to have got so far, having had the bad timing to cross Diablo during a downpour. Richardson talked about feeling his way across the dry lake: saying that when he hit the bumps that separate the three sections he knew only by the feel that he'd got to the next section. Visors were usless after a few moments, and many of the drivers ran with them tipped up, only to Dusty '!lmes Miguel and Roberto Leon and Ramon Castro, had troubles in the rain but plugged on through the muck to finish fourth in Class 5-1600 at the flag. suffer from rocks and dirt in their eyes, not to mention the difficulty of breathing through the slop. There weren't many left running now, and it was still· Moynahan, Jeffrey and Dittfeld in the lead at El Chinero, at about 1 :30 in the morning. Richard-son's co-driver, Doug Perrault, ran behind them, six minutes back, followed by Guevaic and Montes, another 12 minutes down the road. Lacarra, Mayoral and Garibay were in fourth place, and there was no one else. By the time they got to the top of Laguna Salada the rain had slacked off, but the treacherous lake was very muddy, and there was heavy ground fog. Perrault, who'd gone into the lead again, reached mile 560 just before four a.m. Moynahan, Oittfeld and Jef-frey were only seven minutes be-hind him, and then came Guevaic and Montes, an hour later, fol-lowed by Lacarra, Mayoral and Garibay ( who was at the wheel), fighting with a pumper helmet that fogged up so he couldn't see. They finished in the same order, with the Richardsons and Perrault taking the win, followed in by Moynahan, Jeffrey and Dittfeld, who'd had their throttle cable come off about 30 miles from the finish, and then Guevaic and Montes, with Lacarra, May-oral and Garibay in fourth. The Jefferies brothers did get to the finish line, but they were 29 min-utes overtime. Rod Hall w"as fifth, and last, at that point. They'd already had a wet trip, with rain most of the way, and now they headed off into the rain drenched Diablo dry lake. Tim Casey was at the wheel in Olliges' truck as they went through Matome, and he was so concerned about getting stuck that he drove too fast, bagged a couple of rocks, and had a couple of flats. Still, he was in the lead when he came around to Campo Don Abel. Chad Hall was up to second place, followed by Di-Carlo, and then Rod Hall, and he was still last, though up to fourth as Sykes fell out. The Hummers were having a tough day, both of them losing water and needing· thermostat housing repair, as well as having problems with electric fuel pumps. Olliges and Casey on the other hand ran well, held their lead and took the win, finishing only 12 minutes in front of Chad Hall. Rod Hall came in two hours later, and DiCarlo was fourth, another two hours down. The stock mini trucks were next in line, and there was a dead heat at Mile 73, between Scott Sells in his Toyota, and Felix Hurtado and Marlon Guardado in another Toyota. They were just a min_ute in front of Eric Heiden, in his Jeep. Michael Martin, in a Ford, was next in line, followed by Steve Williams, in another Ford, and that's all there were. At Borrego, Sells had moved into the lead by himself, with Heiden just 12 minutes behind him, and Hur-tado down about four minutes. Martin had lost a lot of time. The stock full sized trucks were next to go, and they would have to run only 569 miles, leaving out the onerous 63 miles of the Mini Summit loop. We have no times for them at Mile 73, but when they got to Borrego, where they would appear only once, it was Steve Olliges in front in his Ford, with just one minute on Gordon DiCarlo in another Ford. Chad Hall, in a Hummer, ran third, about 18 minutes later, and fol-lowed by David Sykes and Greg Woodington, still another Ford. About 295 miles into the race, Heiden 'struck began to overheat, and Sells had pulled out a 42 minute lead by the time they got back around to Don Abel. Hur-tado and Guardado still ran third, about another 20 minutes later, :md Martin, who'd broken a rear end and driveshaft that had taken four hours to fix, never mind how long it took his crew to get to him, There were six starters in Stock Full Size trucks, but the result was familiar. Steve 01/iges and Tim Casey led at Borrego in the Ford Lightning then had a couple of flats but led to the flag, taking the points title. January 1995 Rich Richardson and son Jim and Doug Perrault did the number on Class 9 once again in the Jimco, suffered in the bad weather but kept going to take the lead off and on in the second half, and anchor man Doug Perault once again came in first by 40 minutes. AL. Brian Moynahan, Brian Jeffrey and Tom Dittfield moved steadily through the pack in the Class 9 Raceco and the team survived to finish second in class. was now running gently, trying to baby his replacement stock parts to the finish. Sells still led at Chinero, while Heiden was taking oil and water every30fP'" Luis Guevaic and Federico Montes drove the Tubular Design Class 9 to a close finish, third in class, only 17 minutes out of second after 19 hours. PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING _50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... THANKS! Mob1r· RESTAURANT SERVICE EVERY DAY OPEN 24 HOURS YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page 19

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IJ7 or 40 miles and hanging on to second place. He was 50 minutes out now, with Hurtado and Guardado still in third, fol-lowed by Martin. But now Sells broke a spring, and had to wait for parts. Heiden went past him, into the lead, but then, just beyond Check 8, or about 515 miles into the race, Heiden broke a front wheel. His crew fixed it and he went on, only to break an axle a half mile later. As they worked on that Sells went by. Heiden's crew figured Eric would never catch him, but when he was running again, he saw Sells tipped over on his side in a gully. That gave him the win. Heiden had 19 minutes on Sells at Mile 560, and got to the finish line for his win 50 minutes to the good. Sells did take second place, ' and with that he earned the season points win in the class. Hurtado and Guardado finished third, five hours later, and then Martin made it in, with about 45 minutes to spare before his tirIJ.e ran out. There was a big Class 11, and they also ran the abbreviated course, omitting the Mini Summit. At Mile 73 the lead belonged to Hector Sarabia, who had four mintues on Eric Solor-zano. Next came a tie between three cars belonging to Victor Barajas; the team of Terry Kiely and Chris Woodward; and Carlos Aguilar, all just two mintues back. No one saw them go by at Borrego, so the next time we see how they were doing is at Campo Don Abel, where Solarzano had a lead of five minutes on Barajas. And Kiely and Woodward were roughly an hour down, in third place. But Solarzano disappeared in the final miles of the race, and Barajas, who'd been stuck in the silt before Matomi, now moved into the lead, Kiely and Wood-ward hanging in, an hour and 20 minutes later, in second. Sarabia was running third now, recovered from some electrical problems, and also being stuck. Barajas ran out of gas at one point, but managed to borrow some gas to get going again. He's the only driver to tell us that the mud was "fun". He apparently enjoyed the chance to get his car sideways. And he got back home first, and took the win. Kiely and Woodward finished second, and took the season points victory. In third it was Sarabia, and he was the last finisher. There were 13 Sportsman entries, and, though they ran on the short form of the course, they didn't fare very well. The best equipped of the lot were the three Brits in their Land Rovers. They'd run last year, with limited success, and had vowed to return, better prepared. John Saxton and Graham Roberts, the team with the best finish last year ( third in Stock Full), went into the lead early, with 12 minutes on Richard Hopkins and Malcolm Thomas, who were just one minute ahead of John Comben and Richard Hannam. The first two were in '84 Land Rovers, and the last, a '93 model. Saxton and Roberts had a Chevy motor, while the others were powered by Rover. Saxton and Roberts led all the way, and had over an hour at Don Abel. But Hopkins and Thomas made up some of their lost time later in the race. The win went to Saxton and Roberts, with just 15 Dusty T!JnCS Chad Hall in the Hummer ran third in the early going, having radiator problems, but the cold weather helped and Chad finished second in Stock Full size trucks. minutes on Hopkins and Thomas. In Class Sportsman 7S, the Toyota of Brian Grouws and Patrick Rozier apparently gave up early, as they weren't spotted going past by any of our timekeepers. Doing just a little better, Walter Prince, in his candy cane Raceco, and Luis and Jorge Leal in another Raceco, went through Mile 7 3 with the Lea ls about 19 minutes in the lead, but then neither was seen again. Miguel and Felipe Jacques, in a Sportsman Class 8 Ford truck were also seen charging through Mile 73, but didn't get much further down the road. In a Class 10 Sportsman car,Jose Marta was out after Mile 7 3 somewhere, and so was the team of Bob and Rudy Arzate, in a 1-2-1600 Sportsman. In Class 9 Sportsman there were two entries, one the Chen-owth of]esse Miller and the other an unknown brand of vehicle driven by an unknown driver. The unknown car had a 10 minute lead at Mile 73, and then he was noted throughout the day as he passed through the checks. Miller, on the other hand, was missed by all, except the.winning Class 5 car, which he towed out of the sand below Borrego, where it had been stuck for hours. The ' #' · Scott Sells for the le carried on to win the unknown driver took the win, and Miller came in very late, exhausted, having driven 80 miles on a broken spring plaate, and explaining with some surprise that he'd been hallucinating (a familiar experience for Baja drivers after about 24 hours at the wheel). In Class 5-1600 Sportsman, Enrique Troncoso and Rudolfo Valenzuela had just one flat tire, and almost got stuck on their way to a 6 a.m. finish. They had the second best time of all the Sportsmen, the quickest being the unknown driver in the Class 9 car. There was one other entry in this event, the huge "Wild Thing", built by Bill Savage for Cummins Engine Corp., to simu-late the cab of an 18-wheeler. It was 8½ feet tall, 8 feet wide, 16 feet long, and reportedly weighed 9,000 pounds when fully loaded with its 160 gallons of diesel fuel. It was supposed to finish without taking on more fuel. Mike Lund was the driver. The car was equipped with a Global Position-ing System device, similar to that used by the MacPherson team a couple of years ago, and would be tracked through the Cummins command post back in Mexicali. Lund got off to a good start, and even managed to pass some Scott Sells and Darren Klopp didn't have an easy race either in the Toyota. They led at Don Abel but then tipped over on the side, but recovered to place second in Stock Mini class and win the points title. January 1995 • ,, w fu;. r/; j Victor Barajas and unknown co-drivers won Class 11 by almost two hours. He started out in a tie for third, but midway in the bash he was second, the leader broke and Barajas and friends took the victory. Terry Kiely and Chris Woodward ran third midway, about an hour down, no . match for the soggy going, but they finished second in Class 11 at the flag. Class 11 cars ( what an experience for them!) and some stragglers, but a shock, spring and strut assembly fell apart at about Mile 175. After repairs, Lund got it to Borrego, at Mile 192, and around, through the Mini Summit, ( a sight I wish I'd seen), and back to Borrego again. By then the storm had knocked out the communica-tions network they'd set up, and it was decided that it would be prudent to call it a day, especially considering that Matomi Wash still lay ahead. . SCORE also called it a day,and a season, and with nothing but the Awards Banquet ahead of them in December, were now free to start serious work on the first race of the '95 season, the Parker 400 scheduled for January 27, 28 and 29, in Parker, Arizona. Many thanks to those FAIR people who sat for hours writing down numbers as the cars went by, and also, thanks to Bob Hynds, of the BFGoodrich Radio Relay, who forwarded his records to help, also. ·The Qff-Roader's Choice· • E-Z UP"" INSTANT SHELTERS Imagine setting up a free-standing shelter in less than 60 seconds! NO missing parts , NO center poles NO. ropes NO hassle • 5 sizes • 24 colors • Custom Graphics Instant Pit Shelter La Rana Contingency Sponsor . . SCORE Contingency Sponsor E-Z UP Authorized Dealer CASTEX RENTALS, INC. 1044"N. Cole Ave. Los An_seles, CA 90038 CALL: 213 • 462 • 1468 Page 11 ..

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Jimmie Smith started first and finished first in his Ford Special, but in between, although he held first on the road he wasn't always leading. But the Ultra Wheel man led when it counted, winning by ... 17 minutes. his first good finish in this series. and it was the best. With his eyes on the series championship Rob MacCachren played it a little conservative in the early going, then lit the fire a bit more and roared into the finish line, not only second in the race but the 1994 Thrphy-Truck points champion in its first year. SCORE TECATE TROPHY TRUCKS Smith Wins the Race, MacCachren Takes The Series By Judy Smith Jimmie Smith and his Ford got their first Trophy-Truck win, and Rob MacCachren goes into the record books as the first Trophy-Truck series championship winner after SCORE's Baja 1000, There were 16 Trophy-Truck entrants for this event, the biggest field of the year, and they took the green flag at 9 a.m., in downtown Mexicali, before heading out onto 16 miles of pavement, and then _ into the dirt of the 633 mile Baja 1000. The trucks were flagged off one at a time, a minute apart. At Borrego, a double check, and a main pit and fuel stop for many racers, there was a long pit row, probably about a mile all told, with pits and spectators lining both sides of the course. Smith was the first to arrive, and after a minu!e in the BFG pit he headed out again, leaving the spectators to wait six minutes for the next car. That was Curt LeDuc, in his six cylinder Jeep, and he'd already pitted, so he screamed through the pits, sending dust and small loose objects flying in his wake. The spectators were electrified! Next came Walker Evans, and he pulled his Dodge into his pit for a 56 second stop. Then, just as he was leaving, along came Swift, already finished pitting, flat out. Evans pulled on to the course, and Swift, never slowing, somehow • When they got to Mile 73, Larry Ragland and his Chevy wer~ tied for the lead with Scott Douglas and his Dodge, and they were only one minute in front of the next three, all on the same minute; Jimmie Smith, John Swift and his Ford Ranger; and Ivan Stewart and his Toyota. 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He came next, and it was Stewart, Cornering hard Curt LeDuc had some down time, but kept up the pace in the moving way up in the pack, hav- Jeep to finish third out of the 16 slaters in Trophy-Trucks only eight minutes behind MacCachren. in the six cylinder rig. ing started last, and now just a - --------_ ----'----'--------------minute in front of Swift on and had caught LeDuc. He wanted Avila, the only Mexican national elapsed time. In third it was to sneak up on him, and roar by, Trophy-Truck team, were all out Smith, and Dave and Paul Simon, to scare him, but didn't have of it by now. their transmission running hot in enough power for that. Instead, At Mile 560 Smith went their Ford, were fourth, followed he just squeaked by, and then his through at 6:28 in the evening, by a tie, just seven minutes behind crank broke. still first on the road, and having Stewart, between MacCachren in So, when they came around to absolutely no problems. He and his Ford, Evans, and LeDuc. Campo Don Abel, 406 miles into his co-driver, Mike Schoffsta11, Word had already come through the ra.:e, the lead belonged to Jim never.had to get out of the truck. the radio that Roger Mears and Smith,who was having a traffic They found the muddy Laguna his Chevy were down with an-free and trouble free day. LeDuc Salada pretty soupy, but it gave other harmonic balancer prob-was second, 12 minutes later, them no problems, and they went !em, and Robby Gordon's new followed by MacCachren in on to take the win, finishing at Ford had lost a timing chain. another 13 minutes. MacCachren about 10 minutes to eight in the Ragland was out too, with a lost a tire mount, and when it tore evening. Their average speed was blown motor. off it somehow cracked or punc-59. 119 miles per hour for the 633 Stewart continued to lead, and tured his fuel cell. A steady stream mile trip. he had two minutes. on Smith . of gas, about the diameter of a MacCachren finished 17 min-after they'd gone through the pencil, ran out of the cell. His utes later, with a clutch of vise Mini Summit loop. Swift was crew tried soap, which did no grips holding his fuel cell to-third, four minutes back, and good, and finally jammed a rag gether, and a nervous pit person MacCachren ran another three into it, and tightened it down with with a fire extinguisher keeping an minutes behind him. LeDuc was a vise grip. But gradually, the eye on things just in case, as Rob fifth a minute lateP. For this race break in the cell grew. accepted accolades on his series there was no mandatory pit stop, When they got to Chinero win. so in effect, it was a good, old-Smith had 26 minutes on Mac-LeDuc came in right behind fashioned Baja 1000, complete Cachren, who was only a minute him, but eight minutes behind on with threatening weather. in front of LeDuc. Simon and elapsed time, reporting no flats all Most of these drivers made it Simon were fourth. Evans, Doug day. His crew did have to add a across Diablo long before the rain Fortin in his Chevy, Da'nny couple of shocks on the beach came, but Stewart didn't make it Letner in another Chevy, and run, but other than that he'd had across at all. He'd pushed hard, Javier Espinosa and Salvador no problems. Simon and Simon were fourth, almost two hours later, and then the others straggled in, at about two hour intervals. Swift was Robby Gordon was the earfy leader in his beautifuf new Ford, ffying high as usual, but a broken timing chain took the engine with it and Robby was out of the game very early, but said he would be ready for Parker. January 1995 fifth, Douglas was sixth and Steve Kelley came in seventh in his Jeep. Last to finish, at about 5: 15 in the morning, was the Bob Richey/ Tom Baker Ford, which had been running hot, and also broke a coil-over early in the day. So the inaugural season of the SCORE Tecate Trophy-Trucks has come to a close. Certainly the Ford folks considered it a success, but it remains to be seen how the also-rans and their sponsors feel about running another year. There are more trucks being built, however, and in general, things look optimistic for a second season. Dusty Times

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P. C. I. RACE RADIOS RACE TEAM Our racing goal for '94 (Winning the 7S points championship) Is our quest for '95. Scott pointed out that winning back to back points championships In the Mini Mag class was done only after a year of learning. Wow! What a welcome to the world of truck racing! Now I know why there was some snigg-ering and some terse comments from some of the "Old Road Warriors." We were humbled by the sheer enormity of being able to keep up with ,Jeff Lewis In Uae factory backed/Team MacPherson Chevy. At the Ftrework11 250 we were gettJng closer and afterwards made a major rear suspension change that kept us from runnlne: the Gold Coast. Subsequent exhaustive testing that lasted up to 3 days before leaving for the• Baja 1000 put the truck In the same lea2ue as the MacPberson Chevy. We now realize-we started the season with a · winning attitude and only a learning aptitude. We will always l>e lu a learning mode. What W<! now know for sure ls: 1. In the rough we are the fastest truck In the class. 2. In flat out runn-ing our 264bp Stroppe built engine can run with the higher horsepower Chevys, 'foyotas, Nlssans and 4 cyllnder Fords. 3. WE' presPnted one of the best looking and prepped trucks In the class. Not lo any race was preparation a factor, Scott and Larry Plank (our other driver and full time prep speclaUst) always put forth a winning and trouble free effort. 4. At the Baja 1000 we had a substantial lead (over an hour), when we took an unscheduled Chiuero pil stop to repJ:..ce some pllrls. Jeff Lewis passed us llnd took a 6 minute lead. Twenty miles later Scott took and held t.be lead for 80 mUes before a pinion seal vacated Its normal position, causing terminal rear end syndrome. We were passed by Lewis and 5 miles further we lost. the front end. 2 morP trucks passed us before we were flxed. Scott managed to reel tu one of them for a 3rd place finish. Having seemingly suffered no more than a few cracks we entered the La Rana CaUfornia 300 Race t.he WE"E'kend following the Baja 1000. This was to gain valuable SE'af tJmc and 1.0 further test the truck before the Parker 400. Entered In Class 7 open and starting hehind flll' Class 9 and ~-1600's. Larry ~ct the fastest lap while passing the entirr 9 l'v. 5-1600 classes. On lap 2, Larry was 011 a mission; passing the l/2-1600's and starting on the Class I O's when be radioed he'd lost the upper right r Beam In a "No Chase" area at mile .to. Using the spare tire ratchet strap to hold the frouf end in place, and llmpln~ Into Ic'.A.I.R. Pit Delta, we were welded and on our way. A second place flnlsh was au we could accompUsh, but the whole team knew for sure that the truck could run with anyone In the class. PuUJng evPrythlng Into perspective, tile test track at Sidewinder Road when· .lohu Swifts Trophy Truck weut endo, endo was Just 3 bumps to the PCI -rs, whUP flat out In 2nd gear. The truck Is ready for the '95 season. From our '94 sponsors, we ask your continuing sponsorshJp. Everything worked so well that. we would use your produc1s with or without. your SJJOnsorshlp. We want to thank the people and companies that will put the P.C.I. '93 Ford Ranger Class 7S in the winners circle throughout the SCORE International '95 series. CALIFORNIA PRE-FUN _ ELECTRONIC BALANCING -BA S F - BFGOODRICH TIRE - BAKER PRECISION BEARINGS - CAL TIME METALS LONG BEACH SPRING - FORD MOTOR COMPANY - HAL'S RADIATOR - LESLIE'S DRIVE LINE SERVICE --F.A.I.R. - FIVE POINTS AUTO BODY MSD IGNITION SYSTEMS - MARK MARTIN - MASTERCRAFT - MOGI TRANSMISSIONS -NATIC JONES TIRE COMPANY - NEO SYNHJETIC. on, RANCHO LIGHlNING ROD SHOCKS - P.C.I. RACING - P.C.I. RACE RADIOS - P.I.A.A. LIGHTS -PARKER PUMPERI-11<:LMET COMPAl'\'.Y STROPPE MOTORSPORTS - HARRY LEWIN - THE CONVERTER SHOP - SCORE INTERNATIONAL - SIGN METHODS - SIGN TECH TURBO BLUE RACING FUEL ULTRA CUSTOM WHEELS -WAClfIER PAINT DESIGNS THERE IS STILL SPACE ON THE TRUCK "FOR MORE SPONSORSHIP! SPECIAL THANKS TO: SCOTT & KELLY ANNE STEINBERGER, LARRY PLANK, DAVE WAL11TER, DANE CARDONE,-DANNY RUIZ, DUNCAN WALLACE, TIM JONES, JIM & SANDY TERRY, BRUCE DODD, SKIP CHRISTENSEN, RYAN ROBINSON AND SHELBY STEINBERGER. YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED ! ..

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.. Lake Superior PRO Rally prepare for the long night that would startat4:00 pm, run for 12 stages and return to the Dee at 3:00 am. At noon on Saturday the rally would restart heading north toward Copper Harbor and the brutal Mandan roads for nine more stages before ending at about 6:30 pm in Hancock. Things would take a turn on the first night as civilian traffic was spotted on two stages, numbers three and six. Not wanting to take a chance on compromising the safety of the public and com-petitors, the organizers smartly made these stages transits and helped to keep the event running close to schedule. Once the rally started, teams made their way throug!1 the water.holes, mud and tree lined roads in quick fashion. The action was fast, furious and treacherous all at once. By John Elkin John Buffum returned to the driver's seat in the Audi S2, and he showed he still has the "right stuff" to win rallies. With Jeff Becker co-driving Buffum lost a wheel but had such a lead he fixed it and won anyhow. It may have had a new name and new organi:ers, but the Lake Superior PRO Rally sure felt like the same old roughest, meanest rally that teams have come to know and love(?) over the years. Kevin DeLoughary and his crew of talented and dedicated volunteers from the lake Superior region of the SCCA picked up the rally that used to be known as the Press On Regardless from the Detroit region when the region dropped the event for logistics reasons and transferred the name, }Vhich they own the rights, to a brisk gravel TSO event. The rally was hosted by both Houghton and Hancock, Michi-gan, located in the upper peninsula a hundred miles northwest of Green Bay, Wis-consin. The towns were perfect hosts with local merchants offering special prices and rates on services from food to hotel rooms and auto parts. This part of the upper peninsula is dependent on tourism, hunters, fishermen and copper mining for their economy and in late October, when this event takes place, the rally serves a final boost to the local businesses as the tourist trade has already slacked off by this point in the year. Pre-rally news flew about Houghton and Hancock as teams socialized before the start of the rally. Absent from the entry list were Carl Merrill! John Bellefluer who had an engine failure in a Canadian event the week previous and broke too many of the English Cosworth parts to get it together for this weekend. Production GT champions Selcuk Karamanoglu/John Mc-Arthur had crashed their Mit-subishi at the same event and passed on this rally although McArthur would take a seat in a Group 2 car at the last minute. Vinnie Frontinan/Frank Arruda passed on this rally also while they continue to sort out their Toyota • Peter Moodie and Michael Fennell, have been taking lessons from Rod Millen and it helped. as they kept the Mazda 323 on the road, got stuck in the mud once, Hendricks pulled them out and they won Group A by 25 min., 2nd O/A. Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey rally a Mazda 323 GTX and they outran the rest of the Production GT field to finish well up the ladder, at fourth overall, and they won their class, naturally. Page 24 Photos: Tom Buchkoe for Group A competition. And while his car was there Paul Choiniere had a family commit-ment and did not run, luckily he found a talented replacement at the last minute to substitute for him. Going into this event several of the year end points champions could be decided in Production and Truck classes while Pro-duction GT, Group 2 and Open classes have already been decided in favor of Selcuk Karamonaglu, Goran Ostlund and Paul Choin-iere. The only battle that would not be decided and will go down to the wire in Maine this December will be Group A. The weather was unseasonably warm in the S0's and low 60's in the day and the 40's at night; the only curve that mother nature would throw at teams would be rain on both days making for treacherous road conditions at times. On night one mud and hydroplaning caught out some drivers and rain on the rally's only paved stage on day two made hauling pavement tires to Michigan moot for others. But that is the tradition of this event. This time of year you can expect anything from snow and ice to rain or sunshine and everything in between. Thursday night saw cars and competitors gathered at Dee Stadium, the local ice skating rink, for registration and scrutineering and a party thrown by the organizers so teams could meet the people behind the rally and the host cities. Dee Stadium ("the Dee" to us veterans) also served as the rally headquarters. Friday morning was free to let teams calibrate odometers and In Rallytruck class Jeff Hen-dricks/Noble Jones had a scare in the Goodyear Jeep Comanche as a corner caught them out going too fast, the truck slid off the road and bogged in the mud. Thanks to rule changes in getting assistance from the sweep vehicle Hendricks and Jones got out, beat the timebar to the end of the stage and continued in the rally to get the class win and wrap up the season points title all at once. While running on day two Hendricks unselfish! y stopped to aid other teams in stage that were stuck, with his title firmly in hand he had that luxury to be a good sportsman and was commended at the awards after the rally. In Production class five teams entered but all eyes were on the Honda backed Prelude of Jim Anderson / Ben Bradley and the Racing For Kids/Valvoline Mitsubishi Eclipse of Dave Turner/ Bill Gutzmann, for this was the battle for the points title. Pre-rally was difficult · for both contenders as Anderson had to 'locate a new navigator before the rally. He found thatTurner'swest Henry Joy and Brian Maxwell drove the Mitsubishi Eclipse to second in Open class. third overall, about six minutes behind the swift Jamaican team. The CRS entry from Prescott, AZ showed the right spirit, helping stuck folks along the way. They had• already won the Rally/ruck title for the seies, so put .their tow rope to good use, winning the class in Michigan as well. January 1995 coast navigator, Ben Bradley, was available and arranged to use him at this event. Turner, a west coast based rail yist, had left his car with relations in Cincinnati, Ohio, after the Sunriser 400 Rally. Upon his arrival with the car to Houghton he went looking for his new tires that he had arranged for with another team, but there was a snafu and his tires were not available. All that were left on the car were better than half used up Michelin tires but they would have to do as half a Michelin is better than none at all. Once the rallying started the weather was dry, the road just a bit damp, excellent rally weather. Bob Elliot/Mark Williams jumped out front in the new and improved VW Golf GTI and ran away from the four others in class. Turner/Gutzmann starced off in pursuit in the first couple of stages until the rains hit and their tires, already worn, became four surfboards. Walt Peterson/Harry Pressey in another Honda Prelude moved into second with Ander-son/Br ad le y staying within striking distance early. Tad Ohtake/Bob Martin were never a factor as their engine started making unnatural noises after just a couple stages and they had to retire. As night one wore on into the seventh stage the rain was pounding the upper peninsula and making the roads horrendous to drive. Elliot/Williams con-tinued to compile a lead to seven minutes by the end of the first night with Peterson/ Pressey next in line. Anderson/ Bradley found their suspension set a bit low for the rougher than expected roads but held onto third place easily as Turner/Gutzmann slipped and slid their way to the end of each stage by the skin of their teeth. The Mitsubishi mounted pair had long forgotten about winning as they just wanted to hang on to finish high enough to capture the points championship . Coming back into Houghton after night one the leading VW and Honda were in good shape. The trailing Honda and Mit-subishi each had woes to fix before the next day's final nine stages. Anderson was looking to increase his ride height for the rougher stages as his third place finish would not be enough to deter the Mitsubishi from winning the points.Turner awoke on day two telling his service crew to locate tires at any cost; without them it would be too dangerous to continue. The cost was zero as Henry Joy and the Stopped Motion team lent Turner two front tires which made all the difference and allowed him to run hard and try to make up nearly four minutes on Anderson/ Brad-ley. Back at the front Elliot/Wil-liams need just to cruise; they had the Production class covered and the previous night garnered a divisional win overall as well as the National-Divisional Champ-ionship for over two liter cars. Peterson/ Pressey needed to just finish as they already had the Canadian championship wrapped and their second place finish would gather them the North American championship in class. But things have a funny way of happening, but it was not too funny to Elliot as his VW lost oil pressure at the service area in Copper Harbor with four stages Dusty Times

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rema101ng. His crew tried everything to remedy the sit-uation but to no avail as he and Mark Williams watched the win slip from their grasp. Peter-son/ Pressey had enough time on Turner and Anderson so that he drove his Prelude to the win and the title of North American Production Champion. Back in the rear Turner/ Gutz-mann were rejuvenated with the new rubber and started to get excited about reeling in Ander-son/ Bradley but the Honda was starting to have suspension woes and team had to slow to save the car, as long as they were running something could happen to the Mitsubishi and Anderson's title hopes would still be alive. Point in fact, by just starting the rally Bill Gutzmann had clinched the co-d rivers title in class. Ander-son / Bradley fell further back as their suspension got worse with each rough stage with Turner eventually passing the duo for second place in class and the points title in class. Heart-breakingly Anderson /Bradley finished all the required stages and on the final transit back to Hancock the suspension had a catastrophic failure leaving the team 20 miles from a third place finish; they would be scored as a DNF. Four cars entered the Pro-duction GT class for the glory of winning this legendary rally, no matter what name it assumes. The points title has been wrapped up by Selcuk Karamanoglu two rallies ago. There is a lot of up and coming talent in the class but some of the heavy hitters came to grief early. Notable was Steve Gingras/ Bill Westrick who drive a Mitsubishi Eclipse out of Duluth, Minnesota. The team was setting fast times early and locked in a battle until midway through night one when the front suspension broke on the car. To their credit they fixed the car, entered the divisional on day two and won that overall. Also coming to grief on night one with driveaxle failure was the Dominos Pizza Mitsubishi of Cal Lan-dau /Eric Marcus, they also entered the divisional on day two but broke the car again. Craig Sobczak/ A.K. Kaumeheiwa hit a tree early in the Mazda 323GTX but continued into day two only to have the transmission break on them. So with all this carnage who was left? Making a welcome comeback from their rally hiatus was Tom Ottey/Pam McGarvey in their Mazda 323GTX who battled early with Rees Harris/Constantine Manotopoulos, also Mazda mounted, until the team had a six minute tire change on the last stage of the first night dropping them from contention and into an eventual second place and a fine seventh overall. Ottey/Mc-Garvey had little trouble on their way to a fine fourth place overall finish and first in class by three and a half minutes. Group A was well stocked with five cars entered in class and a tight points battle going on. Gaining experience for a full assault on the national series next season with Ford power Greg and Lynne Lund brought out their Mazda 323GTX. Already winners in class at the Wild West Rally they were among the favorites but right off the start the fuel management started giving them troubles that they battled all night but could not fix. Smartly, the duo decided not to tear up the car on the rough day two stages and became spectators. The remaining four cars would finish the rally. Peter Moodie/ Michael Fennell hail from Jamaica and have been taking on the SCCA/ Michelin series this year under the tutelage of Rod Millen. Early in the year the pair had some troubles keeping their Mazda 323 on the road but as the season has progressed they have become contenders in the championship with east coast based Rick Davis/ Ben Greishler in a BMW M3. Tony Takahori could not make this event this year so he offered the right hand drive Mitsubishi Galant to his navigator Ken Cassidy. Cassidy, knowing he needed a driver who knew right hand drive called upon his old friend Bruce Newey, who hap-pens to be a Kiwi and we all know they drive on the wrong side of the road there ... perfect! New-ey /Cassidy started out well, running for the lead with Moodie/Fennell into day two until the Mitsubishi became entrenched in the mud on one of the final stages. Good Samaritan and all around nice guy Jeff Hendricks came along in his Jeep and pulled them out. Moodie and Fennell pushed hard all the way to the end as they knew they also had a good overall finish going for them. After the melee that was the final two stages the overall positions shook out in Moodie's favor with a second place overall finish and a clear win in class by many minutes. The BMW held steady, pushed hard on the Mandan stages as evidenced by the nose damage on the car from taking too many jumps too fast and garnered second place and 13th overall, keeping the points battle alive into Maine, the only class to not be decided. Robert Parks/Jerry Tobin have been sporting out the Alfa Romeo and were cruising to the finish when they found that the recently stuck Newey/Cassidy were now changing their position. Newey pushed hard in the final stage and nabbed the third spot by just one second and 17th overall. Now the points battles starts to look like the movie Cool Runnings as a Jamaican team has to travel to a cold and snowy place to try and win a title over the northeastern Rick Davis who drives in snow five months of the year. Stay tuned. The Group 2 class was chock full o'talent as eight teams entered the rally. The title has already been decided in favor of Goran Ostlund, a resident of San Salvador who travels north regularly to compete in the series. He and his navigator showed in Michigan to contest the National-Divisional Championship for under two liter cars and entered the National too along with teammate Sam Bryan/Rob Walden who form the Saab Scania T earn. And, as though cast this way the battle in class fell to the two Saabs again. Ostlund/ Baker struck out into the lead after night one with Bryan/Wal-den close. Bryan Pepp/John Mc-Arthur (McArthur was borrowed from Karamanoglu) were only a minute out of second after night one in the Mazda RX-7 with Mike Hurst/Rob Bohn close in the Nissan 200SX. Day two went to the Saabs as they fought among themselves on the rough and rainy roads. Ostlund/Baker eventually nab-It was a mixed bag up front in Michigan. Goran Ostand came from San Salvador, his co-driver from Washington state and together with the Saab 99 they won Group 2 and finished fifth overall to boot. bed the win with a minute and a half in hand over their teammates. But with the top two finish Bryan/Walden move into second in points in class giving the Scania team a sweep of the class points title. Bryan Pepp/John McArthur stayed with the leaders but could not capitalize nabbing the third spot with a comfortable cushion on fourth place Mike Hurst/Rob Bohn. In fifth in an exceptionally clean VW Beetle was Reny and Mike Villemure who should win awards with the work and detail that went into their car. Honor-able mention should go to John Pizzagalli/John Springer in a VW GTI who overcame several off road excursions and a severely bent rally car to press on to a fine sixth place finish. The Open Class was a wild one from the start when it was revealed that Paul Choiniere could not be present, nor did he need to be as he already has the Open Class and Overall Points Championship sewn up. But, his navigator, Jeff Becker did not have the navigator title yet. In steps John Buffum,, always a suitable replacement, to gather the points necessary. But this is Houghton and things do not always go as planned. Oh sure, for the first 19 of 21 stages Buffum struck out to a good sized lead on the Eagle Talon of Doug Shep-ard/ Pete Gladysz and the Mit-subishi Eclipse of Henry Joy/ Brian Maxwell but then things went strange in the hills of Mandan on stage 20 for Buf-fum / Becker as a wheel fell off the Audi. By luck or kismet or whatever you care to call it, the incident happened in front of many spectators. With the help of the masses someone went down a gully to find the absent tire, others started scavenging lug nuts from the other three wheels and still others lifted the Audi so a jack could be underneath. It took about seven minutes to get the Audi on the way down the trail in t:he driving rain. In all this Shepard/ Gladysz had been keeping up the pace on day two despite a hole in the transmission of the Eagle. With-, Buffum down, but he would not know for how long, Shepard looked good for the overall win which has eluded him two times before ... well make that three. On the final stage with victory in sight the transmission seized causing Shepard to slide off the road and again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Buffum flew through the last stage in the Libra Racing Audi as he was not sure where he stood exactly but as it would turn out, he still took the overall win by almost 50 seconds over the Group A winners Peter Mood-ie/Michael Fennell. In third overall six and a half minutes back was the second place Stopped Motion Mitsubishi Eclipse of Henry Joy/ Brian Maxwell who now move into third place in the points title. Carl Redner/Nancy Redner put their little Mazda RX-7 against the turbocharged and four wheel drive competition and with perseverance nabbed the third spot in class and 12th overall. The ladies took fourth with Gail Truess/Cindy Kro-likowski throwing the Chevy Citation around the Copper Country and finishing 15th overall about a minute ahead of the Plymouth Arrow of Chris C:yzio/Eric Carlson. The Val-vol;ne Porsche of Jeff Zwart/ Martin Headland got only about a mile or so into stage one when the rear suspension disassociated itself from the car. With that it was time for teams· to gather back at the "Dee" to accept their awards and relive their adventures on the road or airplane home. It may sound superfluous but no matter what name they give this rally, it still never fails to cause strange things to happen, close rallying and bench racing fodder for years to come. Why I remember last year, I was riding with whatshisface and we came into this corner just flat out, then this tree came into view ... I tell you it was a moment ........ . Walter Peterson and Harry Pressey bring their Honda Prelude to play in the lower 48. The Canadians won the Production class, and were 11th overall in the Honda Prelude. Sam Bryan and Rob Walden irf a Saab 900, in the famous rally, formerly the POR, were part of the Washington state based Saab invasion, and they drove to second in Group 2 and a fine sixth overall. Rees Harris and C. Manotopoulos got their Mazda 323 G TX around in good time, and the east coasters were second in Production GT and seventh overall. Rick Davis and Ben Greis/er got second in Group A after some troubles, but the Pennsylvanians got the BMW M3 home in good shape and were 13th 0 /A/ Dusty '!imes January 1995 Page 25

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FRT SQUEAKY SPRINGS GRAN NATIONAL Binder Takes Overall By Judy Smith Photos: C&C Photos Steve Scaroni ran with the leaders in his ORBS, took advantage of the class leader's pit stop and ended up winning the Unlimited class at second overall! course was a bulbous oval, start-of lap three, and it was Wood, ing on the Dry Lake off of Wheel-who, like Binder, hails from Ari-er Road, and covering about 28.5 zona, in second place now. Pfan-miles. Five laps were required. kuch had dropped to third. Prill Pre-runners reported that the had handed over to Ken Stroud, course was fast, and since the and they were still fourth. bikes had covered the same lap in At the end of the fourth lap about 25 minutes in the morning, Binder had a bit over five minutes, it seemed they must be right. and Pfankuch was back in second The cars took off into the des- place, with Woodjust27 seconds ert one at a time, every 15 sec-behind him in third, and Stroud, onds, and when they came back who lost some time with a flat, around again, it was Binder in the holding fourth. Richard Binder had it all together and led the race from flag to flag in his ORBS Class 10, and despite a panic when the Toyota motor quit for a few seconds he won the class overall honors by six minutes. lead in Class 10, with 16 seconds On the fifth lap Binder had a on second place Chris Berry in a moment of panic when his Toyota Dez Fab. In third it was Mike Pfan-motor quit. He later said it "felt kuch, out in his new Jimco for the like five minutes, but was probab-first time, and feeling out the dif- ly 30 seconds." It fired up again, ferences between this car and his and delivered him at the finish old Class 9 stormer. line, first in class and first overall. Richard Binder final! y had everything working right at the FRT Squeaky Springs event on the last weekend in October, and had a near-perfect afternoon in his Raceco to take the overall win. With the weather cooperating for the first time in a while, the FRT people found themselves with no triple digit weather, no floods, and no gale force winds to compound the difficulty of their event. The early morning motor-cycle and A TV event went off as scheduled, and the cars and trucks had a start time of high noon. The FR Twas also trying some-thing new this weekend, in the Bill Holt and Darren Hardesty had a close and visual battle in Class 2-1600 · in his first race Holt pushed hard enough to roll and the team lost just enough time to take second in class. seventh overall. FRT SQUEAKY SPRINGS GRAN NATIONAL RESULTS· October 29, 1994 # Paa Driver~Driver Vehicle Tlme 0/A Qaaa Open • Unlimited Single &Two seat - 3 start - 2 llniah 103 1 Steve Scaronl am 102 2 Robert Wagner/Craig Corda Ford/Chevy a... 1-1600 - 1600cc RHlricted Engine - o start - o finish Qua 2-1600 -1600 Realricted Engine - 3 ■tart• 2 finish 1651 1 Bill Pate Jr. & Sr. Raceco 162 2 Bill Hol/Oarren Hardesty Chenowth Qua 5-1600 -1600cc Baja Bug. 2 start -1 finish 552 1 Tim Hart/Bill Osborn Baja Bug Claaa 3 Short wheelbase 4WO • 2 start • 2 finish 382 1 Dale & Janice Wentworth Isuzu Amigo 301 2 Robert Hayley Ford Bronco a... 7 • Unlimited Mini Pickup. 2 start -1 finish 704 1 Victor Lopez/Mike Henry Ford Qua 8 • 2WD Standard Pickup. 3 start -1 finish Qua 9 • 1600 cc Reatricted Buggy • 6 start. 5 finish 900 1 Dennis Daniels/Ray Miller Jimco 905 2 Wayne Rkayik/Kevin Pratt Jimco 906 3 Mike Stroh/Jim Zabrowski/J. Castillo Susp. Unit. Qua 10 • Unlimited 1650cc. 5 start. 3 finish 1005 1 Richard Binder Raceco 1003 2 Reuben Wood t.EC0 1004 3 5 3 Scott PriVKen Stroud Raceco a... 100 -100 Inch we Buggies. 3 start. 2 finish 1 Dave Bonner/Mike Hawley One of a Kind 2 Rick & Rich Flores Baja Bug Total starters· 24 • total finishers. 18. • First overall Course: 5 laps of a 28.5 mile route • Weather: warm, sunny and slight breeze. Page ~6 2:10:30 2 2:51 :24 9 2:37:36 6 2:39:31 7 3:03:10 11 3:30:()9 15 3:41:53 16 3:08:13 13 2:49:45 8 2:53:32 to 3:15:19 14 2:04:30• 2:14:46 3 2:17:25 4 2:36:19 5 3:04:49 12 form of a nighttime off road rally, scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The event was for non-race vehicles: big trucks, little trucks and "Baja Bugs", all very loosely defined. The aim was to do one lap on a 45 mile course, following directions given in a map handed out at the start. There were trophies for the winners. Late reports indicate that everyone who tried it had a great time, and the FRT has scheduled a second event, on April 8th, after their Buzz Bomb 100. This event was sited near the north-eastern edge of the Plaster City OHV area, and the race Binder upped the speed on the And in the meantime, Pfankuch second lap, and recorded the lost his motor and dropped out. quick lap for the day, at 24:14, Wood, who'd had trouble with while increasig his lead to· two what they thought was a spark minutesand37seconds.Pfankuch plug wire (it turned out to be a was now second, as Berry disap-broken plug), finished second, 10 peared, and Reuben Wood, in a minutes later. He said of the MECO, moved into third place. course, "I don't believe you ever Running a close fourth was Scott let off the throttle -just hang on Prill, in a Raceco. and go." Stroud and Prill finished Binder, who'd chosen to run third Class 10, also describing the with no spare, was having no course as very fast. trouble, but he made two fuel The second group to start was stops, just to be sure. He had a the unlimited cars, and in this little over three minutes at the end group Robert Wagner had his Chevy /Ford Trophy Truck back around in the lead, with a quick time of 25:21. He had a minute and 19 seconds on Steve Scaroni, in his two seat ORBS car, who was running second. Kirk McDaniel, in his Mini-Mag, ran third. Wagner held his lead through the second lap, his truck, which is just finishing its first year of existence, looking much improv-ed from its first few events. Scar-oni was just two seconds behind him now, and McDaniel ran third, but was destined to fade away on the next lap. Dave Bonner and Mike Hawley call their Class 100 ·one of a Kind', and they led most of the race, having no trouble except a loose radio, and they won the class at fifth overall, and hustled off to Glen Helen for another race. At the end of the third lap Scaroni moved into the lead, as. Wagner lost a limiter strap, and a bolt from his steering ram. He headed for his pit, where he sat for a full lap. Bill Pate, Jr. and Sr. led most of the way but second place was in sight all day, so it was an exciting race. Sr. got in midway and kept up the pace, and they won Class 2-1600 in the Raceco and were sixth overall. January 1995 That put Scaroni firmly out in front, and barring his usual luck, he was a shoo-in. The Arizona folks were having a good day, and Scaroni's luck held, giving him two more good laps, and the class win, as well as second overall. He ran so hard trying to catch his buddy, Binder, that when he pull-ed into the post-race impound, the motor had overheated, and the blown oil caught fire, creating a dramatic finish for his best race here at the FRT series. In fact, it was his first finish at a Fud race. In the meantime, Craig Corda had taken over in the Trophy Truck, and he ran one troubled lap, and then one good one, to get second place. No one else finished. Dusty Times

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Rueben Wood had his MEGO in contention the latter part of the race, but he couldn't catch the leader and was second in Class 10 and third overall. Scott Prill and Ken Stroud lost some time with a flat tire, but hustled on to finish third in Class 10 in the Raceco and they were fourth overall too. Robert Wagner and Craig Corda teamed in the 24 hour winning truck and led early in the race, but mechanical woes put them second in Unlimited, 9th 0 /A. · In the two seat 1600 cars, the first lap lead belonged to Bill Pate, Jr., in his Raceco, and he had only 14 seconds on Darren Hardesty, in a Chenowth. Pate's pit crew made quick work of a jet change at the end of the lap. John Currier, the third entrant, fell out on the first' lap. Pate and Hardesty continued their close battle, always in sight of each other, and Pate continued to lead. Hardesty got out and put Bill Holt in at the end of the second lap, and Holt, though driv-ing in his first race, kept the pres-sure on Pate. At the end of the third lap, Pate put his dad, Bill, Sr., into the driver's seat, and Sr. kept up the good work. Holt was pushing hard, and staying close, but on the last lap it caught up with him, and he rolled the car over, bouncing hard on the roo'f, and landing on his wheels, but sideways to the course, and stuck. They needed some help from spectators to get moving forward again, and lost little time, but just enough to give the Pates the win by two minutes and 55 seconds. Holt, who couldn't get out of the car until the dented roof was pried off the car, enjoyed his first race. In Class 100 Ken ;md Bob Har-grove had the first lap lead in their Funco, with just under a minute on Dave Bonner in what he and his partner, Mike Hawley, call a "One Of A Kind". In third it was Rick and Rich Flores, in their Baja Bug. The Hargraves had valve train troubles and disappeared on the second lap, and Bonner moved to the front. He got out and put Hawley in for the balance of the race, and Hawley simply stayed in front. The team had tried a limit-ed slip for this event, but judg-ment was withheld until they'd thought about it some. For his part, Bonner said he wasn't too impressed. Their radio came loose, but other than that they ·had a picture perfect race, finish-ing about 28 minutes in front of the Flores team. Bonner and Haw-ley were in a rush to load up and leave, heading to Glen Helen and the short course race being held on Sunday. They planned to run the same car. In the 5-1600s, the first lap lead went to Tim Hart, who was having an exciting ride, thanks ·to a sticky throttle. He had just six seconds on Jim Grill, who ran second. But by the end of the second lap, with the throttle still sticking, he had a lead of three and a half minutes. At that point Hart got out and let Bill Osborn take over the driving, complete with the sticky throttle. Osborn adjusted to the throt-tle, and kept the car moving along steadily, but he had only nine sec-onds on Grill at the end of the third lap. They ran close together for part oflap four, but then Grill dropped out with a burnt piston, and the race belonged to Osborn and Hart. They recorded two more good laps,'had a good time, and got their win. In Class 9 the first lap lead be-longed to Wayne Ritayik, in a Jimco, and he was 18 seconds ahead of Dennis Daniels in his Jimco. Vince Leone in a Chen-owth, was in third place, another 49 seconds back. · Daniels, who's been having a tough time getting this new car to the finish line, moved into the lead on lap two, with just over two minutes on Ritayik, who'd had a rear flat on this lap, and had to drive about 10 miles to his pit for a new one. Dean and Chuck Hov-ey, in a Jirnco, moved into third, five minutes further back, as Leone endoed and banged his knee painfully. Daniels was having no trouble this time, and at the end of the third lap he had ten minutes on Ritayik's co-driver, Kevin Pratt, who held second, with the team of Jim Zabrowski, John Castillo and Mike Stroh, in a Suspensions Un-limited car, now in third place. This team is a four-owner team, and while two drivers do most of the work at a given race, whoever is the driver of record for the sea-son, (Mike Stroh this year) must The half dozen Class 9s ran close, as always, and Dennis Daniels and Ray Miller took the lead on lap 2 and gained some margin. Miller did the last two laps, still running trouble free to finish first in Class 9 and 8th 0 /A. Dusty Times get into the car and drive the re-quired few miles in order for the team to get points. Daniels put Ray Miller in for the last two laps, and continuing to have a trouble free day, he held onto the lead, with Pratt now a little over six minutes down. The Hoveys were back into third place as something went badly wrong with Zabrowkis and Castillo's motor. They were fourth, and running a distant fifth at this point was Dave Dietrich, in a Jimco, whose co-driver, Larry Kern, had put the car up on its side on the first lap and been unable to get it back to its wheels by himself. He had to wait until he had a suffic-ient crowd of spectators to get enough muscle to set it upright. By then he was low on oil. Tim Hart and Bill Osborn fought a sticking throttle that would not be cured all day, but they were leading, although the competition was closing. O~born brought the Bug home first in class_ and 11th overall. Miller had no trouble, and tick-ed off a fine last lap, to give him-self and Daniels their first finish of the season, and the win. 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Rick and Rich Flores compete in Class 100 in a Baja Bug, and despite the extra weight they do well, taking second in class at Squeaky Springs. Wayae Ritayik and Kevin Pratt had excitement on course, as Pratt rolled the car to avoid hitting a spectator vehicle but still they were second in Class 9 and tenth overall at the flag. Mike Stroh, Jim Zabrowski and John Castillo teamed in the Class 9, had a few problems but survived to take third in the Suspensions Unlimited car. ~ nevertheless kept his act together, and brought the car in for a second place for himself and Ritayik. The Hoveys lost over an hour on the last lap, and the wounded Zabrowski and Castillo car, down to two cylinders, with a broken rocker arm, and Stroh at the wheel, finished third. Dietrich. and Kern were fourth, and the Hoveys straggled in fifth, and last. In the little truck class the Ford of Felipe Fonseca broke its front end on the first lap, and that left Mike Henry and Victor Lopez out there on their own, in another Ford. They had a good day, re-corded four fine laps and one rather sluggish one, and got an-other finish and win for their record. In the Class 3 group the first lap leader was Robert Hayley, in a Ford Bronco that's about 20 years old. Hayley is reported to be the original owner of the vehicle. He ,, had about nine minutes on Dale and Janice Wentworth, who hail from Massachusetts, in their Isuzu Amigo. These folks had debuted their car at the last event, and Dale and Janice Wentworth returned to try Class 3 again in the Isuzu Amigo. a small rig. but they had some work done on it since the last race, did the whole course and won Class 3 by over 11 minutes. made only one lap before losing their shock mounts. This time things looked better. At the end of the second lap the Wentworths were holding steady, and were a big favorite with the spectators as their cute little racer bounded through the pit area. They had nearly 30 minutes on Hayley at the end of lap three. He'd had a flat, and was running well again, but he was going to need a miracle to catch up. At the end of the fourth lap the Wentworths had 19 minutes and they were still running strong, and their lsu:u looked healthy. They recorded their best time on the last lap, at 39: 11, and stayed in front of Hayley, who'd been faster The Baja 1000 Now that the rain had stopped, the mud didn't. The mud still in-undated the car, and now without the rain the mud got stickier and stickier. Keeping my face shield clean at this point was futile. Then in the distance I could see the out-line of pit row. I knew that relief was in sight. At the pit I could get some dry shop towels to keep my' face shield clean. With the pit less than a quarter of a mile away the inevitable happened, I ran out of gas. From a Drivers Point of View &:, Herman De Nun,io What gives the Baja 1000 its magnetic attraction for me? It is the challenge of the endless com-plexity of the ever changing ter-rain. It is the endurance of man and machine to overcome those seemingly endless obstacles that make up the Baja Peninsula. It is the dedication of tireless pit crews, to be where they need to be when they need to be there, only to watch their vehicle go by and not be needed. Then they get to go to their next assigned pit location and repeat the process again and again, on into the cold rainy night. Well the 1994 Baja 1000 was no exception, at least for this Class 9 entry. About ten cars be-hind me at the starting line was the entry of International-Cummings. While not a racing entry it was entered as a participant. When that lumbering dreadnought took · the green, the rumble from its huge engine must have aroused Mother Nature. At firs! it started as a slight drizzle with hardly enough water to keep the dust down. Slowly and relentlessly the intensity in-creased. The first 150 miles of the race was mostly on graded roads. In Baja most of the roads are made of terracotta, a hard clay like mat-erial that when fired in a kiln is transformed into bricks or tile. When wet, however, it turns into a slippery, sti1=ky clay. That clay is picked up by the tires and hurled into the air. Some of the clay that is flung from tires comes back into. the car· and hits your face Page n shield, along with everything else. My face shield became so cloudy that I took one hand off the steer-ing wheel to wipe it. As the rain increases the mud increases. Now I am wiping my shield more often. the more that I'd wipe my shield the worse it got, because the back side of the steering wheel was wet and muddy. Now I'm wiping my shield with a wet muddy glove. I thought to myself, "lfl take off my saturated driving glove, maybe my bare hand will work as a better squeegee". Have you ever tried to take off a pair of wet driving gloves at racing speeds, while in-termittently trying to wipe off your face shield? Well, try it some time, but remember, you can't use . your teeth to grip the finger tips, because your teeth are behind the face shield. Success. A bare hand does work better than a wet glove. Like all new inventions, there are always a few Bugs to be worked out. While the hand squeegee works better than a wet glove, it has to be kept dry. Now you are looking for places to dry off your hands. Your driving suit is saturated and muddy, so that won't work. The only dry areas left are behind your legs and behind your back. That seemed to work OK. Well, at least it was better than nothing. Then relief, or so I thought, the rain finally . stopped. Jumping onto Laguna Salada created a new set of problems. Due to all of the high speed portions of the upper section of the course, my fuel consumption was greater than anticipated. All I needed was ½ pint more of fuel. After refueling at the pit and getting some dry towels, I proced-ed to Borrego. The car had never run better. The suspension was perfect and the engine just hum-med. Despite the mud, the rain, and running out of fuel I arrived at Borego ½ hour ahead of schedule. At Borrego I turned the car over to Gean, to run the mini summit. I told him that he had two hours to do it. It took him exactly two hours; he had a flaw-less run. I asked him if there was anything wrong with the car? He said yes "The steering wheel is too small." Well, that's just too bad -Gean. Gean turned the car over to Mike for the run from Borrego to El Chinero. Then it started to rain again. By the time that Mike reached the top of Diablo Dry Lake, which at this time was not dry, he had scratched his face shield so badly that it was useless. He tried to drive without the shield until a chunk of mud hit him in the eye. Unable to see January 1995 Victor Lopez and Mike Henry drive a tidy Ford in small truck action. They were the winner, in fact the only finisher in this class that has fallen off a bit lately. on a'll but two laps, but had lost too much time to catch up. He finished second only 11 minutes later. With the race over early, there was plenty of time for those who planned to drive in the rally to get ready. Others could head into town for dinner, while many spent the night on pit row, and anymore he called for assistance. When Dave and A.J. arrived at Mike's location they found the car was completely filled with mud. Mike's eye was still closed and had mud in it. They cleaned out the mud with fresh water the best they could. A.J. asked Mike how the car was running. Mike said that "It runs like a top. I just can't see anymore." Dave and A.J decided to clean as much mud out of the car as they could. With their bare hands they scooped and scooped and scoop-ed. The interior of the car was filled above the fuel cell sloping down to the pedals. The only thing that stuck out of the mud was the shift knob. The engine was completely covered, the headers were completely covered along with the air filter. Why the car kept running is a mystery. Finally A.J. dedded to get into the car. He looked at Dave and said, "If this wasn't my car, I wouldn't get into it." After Diablo Dry Lake the course runs along the base of a mountain range. When it rains in the mountains, the run-off causes flash flooding. These small streams of water come and go very quickly. A few minutes one way or the other means the difference between· being caught in one or missing one. Pressing ever on-ward, A.J. discovered that every time he hit one of these small streams, the water rushing through the car washes mud away. With less mud in the cac, the car can go faster. With regained en-thusiasm his attitude improves and he knows that Checkpoint 5 can't be too far away. Mother Nature, ·at this point, en Joyed the early morning brunch and then the awards presentation by the FRT folks. The last event in the Supersti-tion Series will take place on New Year's Eve. It makes a terrific way to close out the old year and ring in the new, and the weather in that part of the desert is generally at its best for the holidays. unleashes her fury and it really started to rain. Those small streams start to turn into small rivers. A.J. negotiates the first one with no pro'b-lem. Undaunted he is still looking ahead to Check-point 5, a few mi_les away. Then the coup de grace. He comes upon a river. This thing looks about a foot deep, is at least 6' wjde and is carrying branches along with it. There is no way around. He makes the decision to creep across. About half way thru the water is breaking over the side panels and running thru the car. He finally makes it to the other side. Relieved he continues on, only to have the car come to a complete stop. He-rries to restart· the car, to no avail. Some of the electrical connections start to smoke. He can't even touch the car because he keeps getting shocked by. the coil discharging thru the frame. He realized now that he would not be able to fix the problem by himself. What had happened was that the excessive concentration of salt in the run-off water had shorted everything out. Fortunately he was able to get out one last radio transmission to let his chase crew know his location before the radio shorted out. It took hours to retrieve the car from its remote location. Cleaning the rust and corrosion will be another matter. Even though Mother Nature and the Baja kicked our butt, ask me if I'll be back next year! You 're darrin right I will! (So many people ask what the special fascination of the Baja 1000 is? Your have just read one opinion and there are hundreds more). Dusty Times

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VORRA Fall Spectacular By Ken Ruff Photos: Air & Autosports Photography Mike Olsen Racing has done extremely well this year with solo driver Roger Caddell finishing second then first in both 1-2-1600 motos and winning the overall for the day, and he also won the points championship in class and overall. Roger commutes to the races from the Seattle area. • The conditions were great at row start. Dan Schrader #69 was two hot on their heels. Glen Sacramento's Prairie City OHv• also moving . up starting out in would fall out on lap five with Park for the 3rd VORRA Short ninth position. All eyes were on front end problems along with Course race for 1994 on October #29 Gary Pinherri moving thru Allen Biggs/Ken McKim #81. 2. In all there were61 cars present the field from starting thirteenth. Cars got pretty spread out and ready to race the dual moto By lap six #93 Tom Lowe was out towards the end with a few being style short course. Several class and several slower cars were in lapped and only five cars finishing points races were still up for grabs danger of being lapped. Leading 10 laps. Brian Holloway fought as well as the overall points the race Patrick Timmons had for the lead with Randy Miller championship. Presently Roger gotten out in front too far for #96 and won. Third place finish- . .. Caddell in the Olsen racing 1-2-Gary Pinherrie to catch him. er, all the way from Washington, 1600 is leading the overall with Patrick won the race with Gary went to Travis Caddell #88, Don German in his Class 4 Jeep in respectively taking second. Third father of the overall points leader hot pursuit. . place was a hard fought battle won Roger Caddell. Travis hadn't The .first class of the day was by Dan Schrader over Eric Jenk- raced in many years but it only Sportsman Novice with 15 cars. ins who took fourth. Lee Hop-took ·a few laps to get back-into Side by side in the front row were kins/Mike Bearden car # 15 form. Keith Ison battled Teri and Eric Jenkins #77 and Eric Lund (mini-mag) got fifth with Eric Erik Schroth the entire moto to #99. Dan Gurney #79 was the Lund bringing home sixth. take fourth. Those five cars would first car out not able to complete The Sportsman Vet class was be the only cars to get all 10 laps. one lap. Jim Cottrell #41 was the next off the line with 14 c;ars. The Novice Pilots and Pro next one out making only one lap. Keith Ison #35 and Teri and Erik Pilots ran together with a delayed The field was thinning out as Pat-Schroth #75 shared the front row start. Dee Ferada #04 started rick Timmons #21 worked his start. Glen McAdon #76 and front row Novice with John Flud way to the front from his third Brian Holloway #14 were in row #24alongside.OneotherPilot#5 Hard charging Gary Pinheiro was in the thick of the Sportsman Novice fight, but took seoond in the first heat, but reversing starting order for the second heat put Gary in command early and he won the heat and the title for the day. The always large and competitive Sportsman Vet class is always very competitive. Brian Holloway won the first moto at Prairie City, but was second in moto 2, good enough to give him the win on points. Eric Gamberg followed. John and Steve Brag #6 in third. Rob Slaghe Eric raced hard for 10 laps with #330 held on to fourth and Keith Dee only completing 9. The finish Haas #4 finished fifth. order was completely reversed Class 9 with only three cars was with Eric Gamberg taking first, run with Class 4 that had four cars John placing second and Dee entered. Forest Creasy #917 bringing home third. started along side Danika McLean, The seven car Pilot Vet class #910withMaeLongrightbehind. was led off the line by Andy Wald This class has been like the battle #34 and Clint Wolsey #7. Bud of the sexes all year. In the first Andrews #32 would go out on lap moto it would be Danika finishfog one and Andy Wald on lap five. first just ahead of Forest ending The rest of the class would battle up with second with Mae Long to the very end with Clint Wolsey not completing all 10 laps. taking top honors. Ben Wald #99 Class 4 was led by Curt Weng-was a close second followed by . !er #4 78 and Jim Cope #414 fol-lowed by Bob O'Conner #409 then Don and Chris German #401. Jim Cope would break out into the lead but Don German would continue to press hard all the way to the end. Jim would hold onto the lead and Don the number two spot. Curt would fall to third and Bob finished in fourth. Class 1-2-160 is always a tight race with plenty of action, this moto would be no different. Arden Dennington has been pushing hard all year in his new family built PBA 1-2-1600. He won the first moto, got second in the next one and finished second for the day. Forest Creasy battled all day with Danika McLean, who won the first moto, but , Creasy took the second moto and when the dust settled he was first in Class 9 points for the day. · Arden Dennington #1661 and Larry Folsom #1691, two of the 'Top Guns' would start in front. Tyler Mort #1616 would be the only one not to finish the moto due to a broken stub axle on lap 6. Arden took the lead at the start ~-n~ never looked back. Larry had The large 15 car Sportsman Novice Class was full of action. Patrick Timmons won moto 1, but had to settle for second overall and second in moto 2. • Page 30 Travis Caddell was back racing after 13 years off, and he placed third in both Sportsman Vet motos, which added up to second in class standings. 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Wes Elrod in his stadium Class 10 car made a great race of it in Class 2, with a third and a first in the motos he was second in class for the day. Lee Fakada tried all day to overtake the leader in Pilot Novice action, but he just couldn't get it done, and proudly took second place. Pilot Pro competitor Steve Bray made a great race for this class to delight the fans, but he couldn't get higher th:m second on the day's pair.ts. a real race going with Shane Balch #1646 with each swapping posi-tions back and forth. On the ninth lap Larry got back around Shane into second place followed very closely by Roger Caddell #1602 and Keith Robb #1628. Shane hooked his front bumper on Larry's cage and took both of them out. Roger slipped into second and Keith into third because of the contact. Shane was able to return quickly to regain-fourth. Larry fell to sixth behind Dennis Dugan #1688 in fifth. The big guns in Class 2 were joined with the Class 10 cars because there were only two cars entered in each of their classes. It was quite impressive to watch the Class 10 car of Wes Elrod # 1036 stay with the unlimited cars of his brother Jeff Elrod in # 111 and Sam Berri # 149. Wes rolled in turn one but landed on his wheels on lap five. Wes lost a half lap to the unlimited cars but was able to get restarted before falling behind Troy Robinson # 1051. The final laps were dominated by the battle between Jeff and Sam. Sam finally go't: around Jeff for the number one spot and Jeff finished second, Wes finished third with the car of Troy Robinson and Ryan O'Cal-lahan finishing 9 laps in fourth place. This set the stage for the second and final moto after a short break and a trip around the track by the water truck. Sportsman's Novice were back for the second moto with the starting positions reversed from the first moto. This put Mike Gilmore# 18 and Jared Wilson in the front of the pack. It didn't take long for Garry Pinheiro #29 out of the second row to jump into the lead. Lee Hopkins/Mike Bearden # 15 worked up into second place. Patrick Timmons #21 raced all the way up to third from back in the pack with Randy Noriega #57 in fourth. These were the only four to finish all ten laps of the second moto. Garry Pinheiro finished first to place number one for the day followed Danika McLean drove two strong heats, winning the first one, but just barely was beaten in the second round, and she was second for the day in Class 9. . by Patrick Timmons in second, Lee Hopkins/Mike Bearden in third and Randy Noriega fourth. This strong finish by the team of Lee Hopkins/Mike Bearden in their Mini Mag should keep them first in class for the year. Foaming at the mouth was Rob Chavez #33 who started last in the first moto, had problems but was back for the second moto first off the line. Rob took off in a cloud of dust and never looked in his mirror until he crossed the finish line in first. Meanwhile Travis Caddell and Brian Holloway were busy passing the field and dicing with Glen McAdon who had made repairs. Keith Ison was steadily moving up and looking to finish strong. These five would be the only ones to stay on the lead lap. Rob Chave: held on to first to finish fourth for the day. Brian Holloway finished strong in sec-ond to capture first for i:he day. Travis Caddell, his first race in thirteen years, was a consistent third in both motos to give him an impressive second overall while Keith Ison was fifth in the moto to win third place honors. The Novice Pilots was a bit of a runaway when John Flud broke on lap three. That left Eric Gom-berg fighting it out with Dee Farada. Eric eventually lapped Dee, Eric had two first place finishes and took top honors while Dee took second and John third. The Pilot Vets were up to dice it out all the way down to the wire. Clint Wolsey started out front and would not relinquish the lead but Steve Bray #6 and Ben Waid #99 would swap second place back and forth. Clint Wolsey fin-ished taking -first again and the rest of the positions staying the same as the first moto except Steve Brag and Ben Waid swap-ping finish positions second and third respectively. The final standings for the day were Clint Wolsey first, Steve Brag second, Ben Wald third and Rob Slagle fourth. In Class 9 Forrest Greasy must not have enjoyed Danika beating him in moto one because he came roaring back in moto two to win giving him first for the day and leaving Danika with number two while Mae Long took home third. The heavy metals of Class 4 were back with Don German and son Chris first off the line. Once the Germans are out in front it is rare for anyone to get around them and today was no exception. Bob O'Connor #409 broke a wheel on lap four and Curt Weng-ler went a lap down so it was up to Jim Cope to try and overtake the Germans. The Germans never let Don German and his son Chris had a good day in the V-8 powered Jeep, and they were second in the first moto. but won the second moto and took the title in Class 4 for the day. up and went on to place first for the day with Cope in second and Wengler in third. Now it was time for the always rowdy 1-2-1600s. Roger Caddell and Keith Robb occupied the front row with Shane Balch and Dennis Dugan in row number two. It didn't take long for the hot action to get going when Walt Lewis #1677 flipped by the oak tree. The yellow flags were out when the leaders came back around but not in a visible location which caused the car of Tyler Mort# 1616 to come out of the dust and make contact with #1677 being towed off. Tyler broke a tie rod and lost control almost taking out Larry Folsom # 1691. The nextlap was no better when Arden Dennington # 1661 right on Keith Robb's bumper, made contact when Keith slowed down for the yellow. Arden hit Keith just right so as to flip Keith over and put him down a lap. Towards the end Arden lost a front tire and his second place position to Larry Folsom who had come from the back of the pack together. Roger Caddell finished first thus giving him top honors for the daily overall. Larry Folsom moved all the way up to second overall, Arden third and Dennis Dugan fourth. Keith Robb dropped to fifth for the day but thankfully nobody was hurt in the wild second moto. Class 10 and 2 were lined up ready to give the fans another rush. This time Wes Elrod# 1036 started his stadium 10 car side by side with Sam Berri's #149 desert car. Wes was determined to have this moto and kept his car upright for the entire race to finish first. Sam Berri kept the heat on but had to settle for second.Jeff Elrod # 111 was charging all the way but ended up in third and that is the way it added up for the daily over-all too. All in all it was another great day of racing with VORRA in Sacramento. We hope to see even more cars out for the Champion-ship Race October 30th. There is always plenty of action with the year end Ladies Race and Mech-anics Race. Also a party for Halloween is inevitable. Hope to see you there! Simplythe Best! Fuel Safe's Pro Cell Racing Bladders are designed to meet or exceed the highest performance and safety standards set by all of the major racing associations. Top Racers, like Robbie Gordon, demand the best and so should you. Fuel Safe Racing Cells -The Champions Choice! At your local dealer now! Aircratt Rubber Manufacturing, Inc. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 (714) 842-2211 (800) 43H524 (Outside CA) Class 2 champion Sam Berri showed that an Open class desert car can also make it happen in the Prairie City short course. He won the first moto and was second in moto 2, and won the Class 2 title on the short course. Pilot Novice Class driver Eric Gomberg was the man to beat at this race, but nobody did. He won both motos for a perfect score on the day. SAFETY... It's what we're all about. Dusty Times January 1995 Page 31

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f 1 DUSTY TIMES -JANUARY 1995 SECTION 2 Pages 33-64 _ #60 Ralph Kosmides and Joseph Noyes were seventh in the turbocharged Ford Escort RS. #70 Debbie Sjodin and Dave Treen captured the under two liter #71 Janice and Ray Damita took the Rage Racing Toyota on a steady run to second in the 4WD class and third overall. 2WD class in a Plymouth Arrow. kson/Millman Win The Tour de Forest Text & Photos: Jim Culp #05 Rick Beson and Ed Millman stayed out of the trees to score the first SCCA rally win for the Mazda Protege in the Western Turbo 4WD car. Rick Beson teamed with co-driver Ed Millman to capture victory in the Tour de Forest Northwest Divisional Pro-Rally on October 8. Running first on the road, the Beson/ Millman Western Turbo Ma:da Protege GTX literally left everyone else in the dust on the dry Simpson Timber Company forest roads at the edge of the Olympic Mountains near Shelton, Washington. Almost three min-utes back, Douglas Schrenk and Michael Leonard captured second overall in the Scandia Autosport Saab. The evening started out looking like a Mazda battle, with defend-ing Tour champions Tim and Penny Paterson tossing the Falcon Racing Ma:da 323 GTX to a three second lead over Beson/ Millman on the first run up the Ridge Road stage. Then Schrenk/Leonard surprised the 4WD cars by jump-ing into a brief lead on stage two. Just when it seemed like the Patersons were about to put their season long run of bad luck DNF's behind them, the red Mazda slipped off the Taylor Hill Road stage. The stranded Pater-sons could only watch as the rest of the fifteen car field dusted by at two minute intervals. After al-most forty minutes, the sweep truck arrived to find the Patersons a little dusty, but with helmets on and belts tight, they were really ready to race. Some quick winch work and the Mazda was off in pursuit, but far behind the field. While the Patersons were stuck by the wayside, Beson slipped his quick blue Protege into the lead on stage three and proceeded to drive away with the win. It was a DustyTimcs well deserved victory for the Portland, OR rally veteran Beson and his Seattle co-driver Millman, as they finished either first or second fastest on every stage. Schrenk /Leonard's second olace overall, secured a first in the over two liter, two wheel drive class. The finish duplicated their run to second place in June's Twin Peaks Rally, and gave them a strong claim to the label of this year's "most improved" duo. Third overall, and second in 4 WO were Janice and Ray Dami-·tio in Janice's first outing in the Rage Racing Toyota Celica. Fol-lowing some exciting moments early in the Rally, when a loose water bottle tried to share floor space with pedals and driver's feet, the Damitios cruised to a #16 Tim and Penny Paterson spent 40 minutes off course on stage three, but then finished 39 minutes behind the leader in the Falcon Racing Mazda 323 GTX. #31 Gary Michael and Gary Jurss took Walt's Radiators "Fat Ford" Mustang to fifth overall. January 1995 #44 Dave La Tourette and Dave Carroll finished sixth in the 4WD Autovice VW. #83 Douglas Schrenk and Michael Leonard used all of the road while taking the Scandia Autosport Saab to second overall, and first in the over two liter 2WD class. solid finish two minutes behind . the Saab. Gary Caffroy and Tom Dolan brought the Shirley Day Mazda RX3 home in fourth, second in 02, while Gary Michael and Gary Jurss took a turn in the Walt's Muffler "Fat Ford" Mustang fin-ishing fifth. Sixth overall and third in the 4WD class were Dave La Tour-ette and Dave Carrol in the "Davesport" Autovice Volks-wagen beetle. This VW's been dubbed "the Herbie from hell." With 4WD and plenty of super-charged power, it's been lacking in the reliability department until this event. Ralph Kosmides and Joseph . Noyes finished seventh in Rudy's turbo-charged Ford Escort RS. Kosmides/Noyse posted some impressive stage times, but lost places with sixteen minutes in road penalties. Debbie Sjodin and Dave Treen slipped into eighth overall, but first in the under two liter, two wheel drive class in a Plymouth Arrow. Not far behind the Arrow, the Patersons flew to one very fast ninth place finish, winning the final three stages overall, and leav-ing everyone wondering what might have been. Simon Levear and Lee Shad bolt were the final finisher, tenth overall and second in U2, in a Datsun 510. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES • Built & Backed by Bell Helmets • Light Weight • Lexan Sheild • Snell 90 • Helmet Conversions • Complete Blower Systems for Single or Double Seat Cars • Complete Line of Worth & Pyrotect Safety Products • Cool Boxes • Blowers • 4' -any Length Hose • Free Service & Parts • We Ship UPS $215.00 HELMET ONLY 5153 Bo)'Vden Ave.• San Diego• CA• si111 ~.(619) ?79-~5Q9 Page 33

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Shannon Doesn't Bend At Gila Bend Text & Photos: Tony Tellier Shannon Schultz continued on his winning ways taking first overall again at Gila Bend, although he didn't lead all the way he led with it counted at the flag taking the Unlimited class honors too in the Porsche Chaparrel. Shannon Schulz continued his domination of this year's Whip-lash race series with yet another victory, this time it was on a high speed Gila Bend course that saw rain only an hour before the flag on October 15. Bill Graham laid out a revised easier course that utilized portions of the traditional ADRA courses of the past. Con-sider it fast; very fast, for an Ari-zona course. Initially Schulz was not a dom-inant factor in the race; Tucson's John Herder had brought out his seldom seen Raceco. Originally · an RCR car, the distinctive blue and red two-seater took over from first starter Stan Steele one mile past the pits. The Farming-ton (NM) drag racer/ circle burn-er/desert soldier's Type IV was no match for Herder's big bore Porsche power as the ex-Qu<!d pilot made the course a bit wider blasting through the greesewood in the ex-Bob Richey owned car. Shannon starting third ... 40 seconds back by virtue of the :20 start intervals ... was up to second by the 22 mile spot in the first of three 50 mile laps but still several minutes down on Herder. And this was in spite of]ohn blowing a corner and killing the big motor. He ground on the starter for what seemed to him to be an intermin-able long time. Thirty seconds perhaps. That bobble blew John's concentration, and he was to make an even bigger mistake heading up the sand wash toward Steve Melton had an excellent" run against the clock all day and won Class 10 and was second overall, just nipping Reuben Wood on time. This was a very fast course by Arizona standards and a fast race. Reuben Wood just missed the brass ring in Class 10, but he had the good fortune to finish third overall in the tight running bunch up front. the 1-8 pits. (Get this ... there is a Shannon took his fourth win in a farm access gate through the row in stride. "It was a pretty Interstate fence line at M 133. smooth race. I caught Stan at And the racers actually get to use about six, eight miles and Herder it.) John, rushing more than had two minutes on me. Stan's hurrying, missed a corner and only got that little Type IV motor flipped into the rock strewn and these Porsches are hard to desert. This particular spot,is keep up with. At the end of the dense, hardened caliche-fied... first lap I could see from (Herd-cement-like. Therightfrontbeam er's ) tracks that he was driving didn't want to give way but prettyhardsolsteppedonitand neither did the soil. Guess which had caught up into his dust when won. From then on it was clear he had his accident." After that sailing for Schulz' Farmco Shannon had fifteen minutes on Porsche/Chaparral. Stan and wasn't even aware that Steele was sidelined within Ross Whitmoyer was in the Un-twenty miles with a blown engine limited race at all. and went for the long drive back Ross' Perez Engineering RX7 to his wintry weather home. rock thrower showed up late and Dave Anderson plows a little dirt in the deepening ruts of the trail, but he and the Vogel's Oreo were equal to the task and Dave won the Challenger class and finished tenth overall as well. A gloveless John Lee apparently didn't get blisters as he pushed Rod Hayes all race long and ended up second Challenger on elapsed time. started even later so the unusual Porsche-boxed two-seater was never a factor, especially in light of the fact that they bell ,panned the big car far too many times. Driver Mike Perez would smack the bottom of the car sailing across some pretty benign solid dirt rollers. It sounded like, well, like "Ouch." They would wind the noisy little rotary out until the valves floated. Hey, wait a minute, they don't have any valves ... or any reciprocating pieces at all to float for that matter. Well, then maybe the tip seals floated. It did occur in the hypersonic range on their way to a distant second pla\:e. Shannon commented on Herder's driving style: "He's. Mike Perez and Ross Whitmoyer sacked the front end repeatedly in the Mazda RXl powered screamer and they motored right into second in Class 1, 6th overall. Page 34 Ed Beard took a back seat this round to his son Levi; he had clutch trouble and more, on his way to eighth in Class 10 and maybe a DNF. January_ 1995 Tom and Mike Struttmen had three flats in the Powerglide/V-6 Jimco, but they kept changing the flats and went on to second place in Sportsman 1 /2. Dusty Times

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Somehow Levi Beard took the A-armed Toyota to a strong finish, something dad has trouble doing. Levi was fourth overall and third in Class 10. Robert Wood scored a pair of fives at Gila Bend. He finished fifth in Pro Class 10 and fifth overall, according to the results we have here. Rockin' Rodney Hayes had the second Challenger spot in hand, until he was slowed by a thrown belt, which put him home'third, behind John Lee. come out of the A 1 Vs where you go balls to the wall and now this big car ... it's so easy to over-drive the course.And he's busted up the motor a couple times -bad -and tore off the rear suspension test-ing down in Tucson. I think I in-timidate him ... after the run-around we got into trying to buy his car {through Rich Minga's Baja Concepts)." The Buckeye agricultural con-glomerate manager admitted that he wasn't the fastest guy out there but " ... I can keep a car together and finish. That's what it takes." He said that hi car's link pins were getting loose so he backed off on the last lap. The Schulz clan had just bought Ed Herbst's old red two-seater and they plan on getting an automatic plus some Mike Smith shocks and do SCORE next year. "Danny (Foddrill) found out about this and we got it without shocks, engine or tranny, and no body. It's a '92 chassis and only had two cracks: one in the 'X' under the seats and one behind the push bar up front. Danny will kill me if anyone finds out how much we paid for it. Ed wanted to "get it outa here." Schulz was amazed to find that Smith had completed an interim car for Ed in only six weeks -start to finish. In ad'dition to that technical tour de force the third Herbst plush pre-runner was just completed "-18K! CD player; AC; upholstered." Class Ten was the race. In fact the Heavy-Hitter Quotient was such that it would not have been unreasonable to have.a "10" take the Overall, if all the Porsches had broken. That was not to be the case, however; the class race was between Buckeye Buddies Steve Melton and Rueben Wood. Stud-ents of off road racing,will recall that Melton took Third "Ten" in this year's SCORE San Felipe 250. Wood, luxuriating with his sweet running Major Type I had taken the class crown at the Lab9r Day Snowflake race. Further-more, fans will want to under-stand that Melton is NOT from Arlington, but rather, from Buck-Kevin Patrick swings wide in his Class 8 Chevrolet on this corner. The truck is street legal but Kevin kept it out of trouble and beat three other rigs for the Class 8 title. Lee Finke and Rudy Leon use the Class 5 Baja Bug as a test bed for new products, run in the Sportsman combined Class 4 and 5. They bypassed Buck's Jeep and took an unchallenged victory. eye. At this race, Rueben had the front draw and Melton was stuck back in ninth. Wood's brother Robert started second in the A-armed Chenowth, ahead of the surprising Miller & Mills ex-Capatch car. The father and son cars of Ed and Levi Beard sandwiched Shane Hill off the flag -Ed wears an open faced helmet with a red Buckeye bandana across his chops. Sorta like a sprint car driver; maybe even like Darrell Dockery. ' Wood kept the pedal down hard and began to run away from the field, except for Steve, who had to contend with seven cars' dust. {During the driver's meeting the skies opened up and the wind began to howl. EZ-Ups became EZier Downs. Car seats, tools and gear were soaked and the washes began to run. But the dust lay in wait under a quarter inch of wet soil.) Rueben, with only a disap-pearing Schulz now miles ahead, had clear sailing. { Perez and Whitmoyer's "l" · started back with the trucks.) All of which makes Steve's up-through-the-pack attack even more impressive. Class Ten stalwart Billy Tskaris was easy pickings, however, as his car expired within sight of the pits: "l never get my name in Dusty Times unless I screw up." How true. Except for the restaur-ant plugs and his free Class Ten entry offers. Rueben's 160 second start time lead over Melton made the race deceptive. Steve never was really close enough to make it look close but the rigorous score keepers knew. It wasn't like Wood was lallygagging: It was more like Mel tori had his mission ... the loss at Snowflake to avenge, pl us brag-ging rights mean a lot in Buckeye. A good rivalry is healthy and Reub could only laugh and say that "Steve hauled ass." Rueben recalled catching a spectator's bike in the last wash. "How long would you let a "Class Ten" follow you this close," he asked with hands a couple feet apart. "This guy acted like I wasn't there. When I put a tire next to him he just peeled off into the brush." Melton echoed the same sentiment, adding that "l thought it was {the author), so I really came up on him." Perhaps he is from Arlington after all. Levi Beard sneered at the odds makers and pushed the SuperSeat-mobile to the fast "Ten" lap -50 mph -and a rewarding third place. Dad Ed was touted to be either "Overall or DNF;; and did OFF ROADERS SCORE! WITH MOTORSPORTS JEWELRY The perfect gift for Xmas. Choose the car shown, or send us a side-view photo of your car, and we'll create a ·custom piece, just for you. Interested In matching earrings, belt buckles, or key chalns?Once we've made your first custom piece, additional ordorswlll cost less as we have already made neither. "My clutch started to slip. I don't know what's gain' on." Daniel Hyde said thoughtfully over his chew that he was "ready for another win." The hard charger has been troubled by equipment problems and the victory flag has not waved in his direction for some time. He tossed a belt off the start and had to get out and replace it himself, and with the high speed field and the high speed course he was doomed from then on. Fourth was the 19" the artwork. 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Tom Buck is heading for serious trouble in this silt bed in the Jeep J-10, gets it completely bogged down, so went looking for help, and it appeared in the form of an A TV. How embarassing for the Jeepers! IP' best he could muster needed work. against those Major motors. The desert spring, summer and "Fifth place Robert Wood fall gave all the mesquites and tacoed the be-jeezus out of his palos verdes plenty of time to front wheel - in two sectors -but generate new and healthy growth. the tire never lost air. Reuben said Invasive growth particularly as that Robert "had trouble with his stout limbs and whip-like branch-brakes." Obviously. The Miller/ es hung down into the washes. Mills car looked strong in the be-Tom Buck's J 10 four-by trimmed ginning but Randy Mills had to several trees as evidenced by a take a 21 minute break to replace broken windshield and stove-in a throttle cable. "l got out and top. Another car with a wrinkled faked it, then I had to stop at the top was the Propel/Hickman Egg pits and get a real fix. I didn't have Ranch "7S" of Jaime DesRoche enough free length so it would and Fred Blumenhagen. You may only rev to five grand." The class remember Fred as the owner of was so competitive that they end-the ex-Willie Valdez Ranger that ed up sixth ahead of Shane Hill. Jason Cobb drove to victory at Richard Ronco repaired the Parker and San Felipe. Lou Per-Honda Doctor Chenowth after alta also took the car to a second Snowflake and was within sight of at the Baja 500. the finish when the car expired. They entered in "8", got a late At least the walk in was short. start, then stopped to change out Kevin Patrick once again was some jets. "It was forty-five the winner of the truck class. minutes down time working on With four trucks, the racing was the carb," Jaime explained. tight for some time as Kevin, Nick "Then, in the stadium bowl sec-Vanderwey and Dean Whitaker tion, we passed two 'Nines' then all raced into the 28 mile 1-8 suddenly I hooked a lip and it checkpoint nose to tail. Flagmen went right over on its top. A biker scattered like quail, those little came over and said 'Hey! Yer on blue birds that dot the desert this yer top'. It was still running when time of year. Vanderwey would I shut it off." Once underway -soon lose a tie rod end and remain "No broken eggs, either" - they idled until a motorcycling crew made up significant time on the member ferried out the part along other three trucks and eventually with a "pickle fork." Whitaker's ended up in second. They did get ex-Mike Doherty Chevy trailed stuck in a silty transition area and Kevin for twenty-some miles on needed the help of an official's the final lap with co-driver Tom Polaris 350 4x4 Quad. This drive Wittges behind the wheel but was a test for the Baja 1000 and could never get within eyesight, so both parties seemed to be happy he backed off and let the Rad with the results, except for the Screen Printing/Mabante Mason-sheet metal. ry Chevrolet cruise to another Buck followed that act by victory. Dean flies in from the casing it right into the same silt Gulf Coast oil fields to race in the bed, grinding to a halt with a silt -quite a change of scenery. sco9per load of silt against the Tom was reported to have re-front skid plate and differential. marked that Dean's truck ran All four wheels were off the strong but the suspension really ground. The Polaris was no help Page 36 ------. and a W rangier had to be called in ~; ! to extract the big red rig. This is :i!!! --the truck, by the way, that the 8 c, i "8s" are so afraid of that they ai:: z s won't let him race in a catch-all ~ j class. Jaime will be the next to go, ~ ;:; count on it. g ; The Challengers had a great • field and some serious racing as : the Tucson MotorSports team, s. driver Dave Anderson, had a vir-j tually flawless day. The only 1f blotch, so to speak, on their J record was a leaky header gasket ~-which was a no-never-mind. Rick and Eileen Vogel-have a solid pro-gram and Anderson can be relied upon to keep the car out of trou-j ble and in the winner's circle. :s!j ~ With a complete tear down, and a 0-~ large Magnaflux™ bill after every _.iii ] r ._ - race, Dave reels comfortable in ~1{ ]j driving the car as a Challenger ~.;~ ~ii! should: Flat out. Rick wisely sent Z ~t .lal"Fai Larry Dimmet out to the 1-8 pits il:jj tit to keep him out of harm's way, so §11 ';-;-;.· to speak. Letting him have a radio ____ __, was a bad call, however. the Vogel's also have new horseshoe irons in the fire what with plans to becone show-ers and breed-ers of "Paint" horses. Shades of Scoop Vessels. And they thought racing cars were expensive. Rockin' Rodney Hays repre-sented Parker's Beer Belly Racing T earn, doing battle against four cars out of the Tucson T.U.F. shop: John Lee, Steve Long, Mike Long and Al "No Race Too Small" Ves.terdal. It might have been expected that the V esterdal driven car of Donny Weiser would be a Challenger, so to speak. But Big Al snapped off the driver's side spindle in a wash. 'I think it's age," he explained. "The spindle, I mean. I'm too big." Well, it was broken on his side. "You would have thought that a ball joint would have broken first. We have one of those with us. I passed ( the Knupp car) and was pressing John Lee when it hap-pened." Rob Tanner was hailed from the pits and, as the Vesterdal was only a mile from the Check One access road, they got it re-paired and rolling, albeit one lap in arrears. But by this time John Lee and Hayes were engaged in a race long battle that was not to be decided until the final sand wash. Rod shrugged: "l lost a belt; I saw the light come on and I knew he was back there somewhere.' He kept on the gas but " ... began to smell the motor. I kept hitting the skid plate in the wash's two-trackers, the grooves were so ~eep from the big cars." The NAPA dealer backed off to get to the finish as it lost power but Lee -who Rod never really saw -closed within the 40 second start delta and took second place. Lee had a trouble free run, put-ting down fellow T ucsonian Steve and brother Mike Long. John did get a little fuel down the back of his suit at his gas stop, but it only takes a little. Steve and Mike both had carb troubles but Mike troubleshot his first, finding a dead accelerator pump nozzle. "We just grabbed one of the carbs laying around here," waving over the pits. ''I'm keeping this one." Steve had no such option, ending up having to live with a low end stumble on throttle transitions. With the course being basically several wet gravel washes joined by mining and grazing access roads, quick power was a prem-ium. Mike was in a record break-ing mood: "This is my first time over a hundred miles. Sixty was my limit before." Steve was fourth and Mike fifth. Darrell Knupp took the Yolks-power "9" to the most agressive jump of the pit straight then quickly found a tree large enough to break a ball joint and a tie rod end. Damaged at the M29 point, he drove it to meet son Jeff at M33 January 1995 but by then the spindle and drum were damaged beyond repair. Jeff three-wheeled the final ten or so miles back to the trailer to get the driver and lap points and parked it. "I apologize to Robert Wood for getting in his way. We weren't watching the mirrors and I pinch-ed him off in a turn. He hit me and bicycled it quite a ways. You hate to get in the way of neighbors, too. If it were a Tucson guy, hey, who cares?" Jeff said that he filed three five gallon buckets with rock and sand taken from inside the car. "That wheel-less corner would dig in and shovel every-thing into the car." Bill Krug was the sole "Pro 1600" and went through the motions to a fine tenth overaii. Bill is begging for the local re-stricted cars to come out and play. JeffHustin had his 1800cc Rabbit powered VW convertible work-ing quite well, except for a torn up c. v. boot. "My tow strap came out the door and got (get this) 'wrap-ped around the axle', but I finish-ed OK." The engine had an unus-ual GTI water-cooled integral oil cooler on the block. The advant-ages are many. Jeff explained that "the engine warms up quick; there's no fragile radiator to mount or have spring a leak and the oil temperature is as constant as the engine coolant." They put Hewland gears in thei_r bus box, admitting that there was'' ... more money in the box than in the rest of the car." They lost fifteen min-utes when they got high-centered on a stump. How about you single class guys getting together? Krug's "1600"; Bucks "4" and this bast-ard "5" car would be a close race and at least someone would make a buck (and not necessarily Tom, either). The smiling Sportsman Unlim-ited winner, Tony Pedotto, was racing in only his third event. "Man, it ran great. Jim Cunning-ham at Brandwood and Dan Ros-sen at Competition Engineering have really helped me. Dan swap-ped out a set of venturis for my Delorto. I went from 26 milli-meter to 34 ( a 71 % increase in area). It really runs." Tony finished a ~trong seventh overall. The unlimited engine cars had a good three-way battle going. Kenny Moore's little 1916cc engine comported itself fairly well on a course that rewarded high-speed power. "It's only got bus c.v.s -a bigger engine would break things." He batded with, and eventually lost to, the ever-testing Struttmann family's V6 Power-glide Brandwood. Don Strutt-mann has been tearing his hair out dealing with the world's oldest EFI system: "It acted up ... again ... this morning," he lamented. "They said this was the second one they made and they aren't surprised I'm having trouble." He arched an already raised eyebrow to say that they also "wanted me to buy a new one!" Hell, he doesn't even like the old one. Driver/son Tom had three flats; which pasengerlson Mike had to change. Joe "23-SkiDoo" Bambardier entered his first race in his 164 lcc'd Chenowth, "It's a Chal-lenger chassis" -and beat five other "Sportsman Ten" cars. "Power steering?" he laughed. "No power steering," he said as if that was a luxury beyond comp-rehension. The Strickling broth-ers, Jeff and Jay, came out of hid-ing after a three year hibernation and had a good time. "We chang-ed a condenser, spending ten minutes, and changed co-drivers too," both brothers chimed in together. "My boss, David Roo-yakkers, got in. And nobody pas-sed us. We tapped that multi-colored car," nodding toward Lee Finke and Rudy Leon's "Sports-man 5" convertible. "We let him by, then he went slower than us so we went back at him and he pushed us into a tree," Jeff swore. "No, he didn't," Jay challenged. "You did it yourself." After three years in limbo these guys were totally stoked and thanked as many people as a NASCAR winner: "Jim Taggert did the fab on the new arms and swapped us into a lot of good stuff.We got the bus tranny out of an old 'Dead' bus. We found five Grateful Dead ticket stubs in it." This excite-ment was for a fifth place finish. Tech Co.mer with Lee-Bob Finke: The Bilstein dealer bor-rowed a new set of dropped spind-les to get the front end up but it soundi!d as if the suspension was (still) too soft. Lee-Bob swapped out passengers Rudy Leon, Greg Nelson and K.C. Arthur at every loop as they tested the front end. "I put on some Discount Tire implement trailer tires - 7 .00 x 15 ribbed tread -and mounted them tubeless, on some narrow Ultras without bead locks. I saved nine pounds." With Fod big-bearing spindles in the near future, his vow to go SCORE Class 5 racing seems even more of a reality. Steve Long won the $450 draw-ing open to those that pre-entered, were also at the Driver's Meeting and stuck around for the Awards. Those moneys came from Brand-wood Cars, Rad Screen Printing (aka Pro Image), CT Racing Fuels (Cam 2 & Sunoco), Whiplash and "Captain Weenie's"'(aka Don Kolt) shirts and chow. Steve Melton, of course, won the free Class Ten entry for the December Point-to-Rocky Point race ... put up by Bill Tskaris' Mexteca Restaurant ... to go with his $550 purse. Rueben Wood got $330 for second in Class Ten. DustyTimcs

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'The Straight Poop' From the Big Wahzoo BAJA 1000 -This year's race was pretty much like last year's, only shorter and wetter. With regard to its 633 mile course, the Wahzoo will not waste any space here raggin' on SCORE over the sorry length of this year's 1000. But that's only because Sal has promised to run us down to La Paz in '95. Twelve Checker cars charged out of Mexicali Friday morning and were promptly greeted by a rain storm that chased them across the peninsula. The silt turned into goo, the dry lakes were not, and bad visibility thru muddy helmet shields was the norm . Consequently, only five of our entries finished. Brian Moynahan had the best Checker finish this race with an impressive second place in the Challenger Class. This is the sec-ond second place in a row for our ex-sportsman racer and clearly showed that his run up at the Gold Coast was no fluke. Most excellent Brian! And all is for-given you professional, you. Stuart Chase's open car ran up with the leaders most of the race and managed to miss some of the rain and mud. Stuart started and finished the race, with Billy Rob-ertson running down thru the Matomi. And, despite suffering starter and tranny problems, our heroes pushed their Porsche buggy hard enough to gain a satis-fying third place finish in the open class, and an impressive ninth overall. Good run guys! Kevin Davis had a good run considering that he drove most of it lookin' out between his fingers instead of thru his visor. And then on the back half, with little chance ofcatching the next 1-2-1600 car, and nobody pushing him, Kevin finally got out a little past the 500 mile mark and let his engine builder finish up the race for a solid third place finish. Hey Sprinklerman, ya oughta be get-tin' used to these Mexican mud races by now. But then again, a third in class and 16th overall ain't too damn bad. Tom Koch got into a non-Checker's open car after they suffered a broken pit-man arm. This down time put the Porsche buggy back in the rain and mud and all the problems they cause. But Tom and his part-ner continued on, fighting the weather and replacing tie-rod ends on the way back to Mexicali, earning a respectable fifth in class. Frenchie had an interesting Friday. First he was way late in getting his ·l O car down the course to Russ Welch, who then had to charge off into the teeth of the storm. Then Frenchie's nephew, fresh from France, had an appar-ent attack of appendicitis. This resulted in the Weatherman going 'Code Red' and Frenchie then fol-lowing the ambulance to San Fel-ipe instead of heading on to an-other Checker pit to get back into his race car. When a call went out to the Harman Gang for a driver to relieve Welch, Robert became the chosen one. 'Bullhorn', who had just finished a big dinner in San Felipe after being notified that brother Mike had lost the en-gine in their 10 car, dutifully don-DustyTimcs ned a trash bag and piloted Dan's buggy over the last rainy 200 miles to help his Checker buds earn an eighth place in Class 10. Congratulations to all our Check-er finishers. The Club's DNF's were as fol-lows: Mike Harman did not screw up the Hewland this race ... but he did lose the motor at about the 100 mile mark. Seeley endoed his borrowed 5 car early and then had the front end start breaking up. Danny Reider's co-driver was missing for many, many hours and finally DNFed in Danny's 5 car, after losing a starter, gettin' stuck in the mud, and running out of gas. Peralta lost a rear axle shortly after taking over a non-Checker's 7S truck, and went no further. Bruce Tiffany was signed up on a 5-1600 car owned and operated by some locals. Shortly after the start he got word down at one of our Checker pits that they had lost the engine. Being a typical Checker, and obviously a glutton for punishment, he talked himself into a ·ride in Rosenstein's Class 11 car. And then a couple of hours after Bruce took off with Josh at the wheel, Tiffany's 5-1600 ride came motoring along, after obviously changing engines. Humm? One half of this duet of the Tiffany rides ended in San Fel-ipe, where Josh and Bruce finally parked the Rosenstein sedan after multi down time in multi mud holes. The other half saw Bruce's 5-1600 ride finally disappear for good in the Diablo mud. W alter also parked his sportsman open car after a muddy run to San Felipe. RACE NOTES -Up at Howard Anderson's double pit our boys woke up in the early AM during a raid of their encampment by some locals. After the crew got movin' and chased the bandits off, they discovered they had lost a small generator, three full quick fills, and two spare tires. This. was re-portedly just one of many such incidents that the racers and pitt-ers in general experienced during this race. So, lets everybody try to keep a closer eye on all our shit next time we're down in Baja!! Speaking of problems, Tellier was reportedly spotted nude during a down pour in the Ma-tomi W ash. Seems he went for a ride in a non-Checkers 5 car and surely would have expired from hypothermia if the hug hadn't broke. How he ended up naked in the cab of a chase truck is an ex-planation I'll leave up to Tony. Hibbard, the self appointed Chief of the Checker Radio Police was overheard this race once again trying to educate one of Seeley's chatty chase crew on the principal of Sharing. A guy known to most of the Checkers as 'Rick the Dick' reportedly got Jeff's short version of the Tokyo Rasey story, includ-ing the hazards of following in her footsteps. You tell 'em Hibl Considering that F&L is the Checkers Official Race Gas, just who do ya think pulled into our first Checker pit out of gas? Yep, Bruce Conrad in a Mexican 1-2-1600 effort. Conrad was finally given just enough F&L to get the car down the road to their pit. Oh yeah, Mr. F&L took quite aver-bal pounding during his brief stay at Checker One, as the crew vocal-ly examined the amazing odds of having F&L Racing Fuel Incorp-orated actually run out of gas right there in C heckerville. B_ut, of course, the gas was completely complimentary for our F&L buddy. The Pit Captains of the Checker crews who loyally serviced their Checker Buds throughout this ordeal were Howard Anderson, Mike Duenas, Roy Moore, Joe Giffin, Gary Randal, Hawkins & Crowley, John Files, and Morgan Maiocco. Every pit had lotsa action and stories too numerous to re-tell. POST RACE MEETING -The promised Checkers 'Two Fer' night saw a standing room only crowd invade the Dugout to see quite a varied show. At one point it even resembled heavyweight wrestling when Big John Hastings got involved and tried to pin his professional opponent. I'm not really sure who won, but the Pres somehow lost his pants during the struggle. Naturally, and as expect-ed, a good time was definitely had by all. . NOTICE - Next month "El Chismoso of El Chinero" will be ta kin' another crack at writing our Checkers Column. W ith now two unknown Checkers tellin' tales on their Club brothers, will the members tend to become para-noid and quit talking to each other? Or will they simply figure it's just the same ol' Wahzoo usin' two different names? We'll see. HIGH DESERT 300 -This four lap La Rana series ending event was run on an unusually crisp . Southern California day. 01' Fred and his flying kid brought home the gold for the Club this race with a big win in his full size stock truck. And, our Hero also wrap-ped up his year long series points battle by winning it by a single point. Congratulations to ·Fred Nelson and the whole Nelson gang! Larry Bolin fought hard for the race lead all day long before finally settling for a second in Class 10 and third overall. Good show Larry. Jimmy Tucker earned a fourth place in Class 10, and also won La Rana's '94 Class 10 Points Championship. Congratulations Jimmy! -Danny Reider broke a very hard to replace engine part early, which resulted in some sub-stantial down time. But, this hard earned finish in Class 5 earned him the unlimited Baja Bug points title. Congratulations Danny! Prospective member Derrick Paiement, along with professional C hecker co-driver BJ Bates, picked up a fifth place in the Challenger Class. This safe run for the team earned Derrick the '94 C ha llenger points title. Congraulations guys! O ur lone DNF was McCool, who had some maddening carburetor problems in his 1-2-1600 car and parked it early. AND FINALLY, this Wahzoo would like to examine the appar-ent special relationship between Frank Krepsz and Fair. It seems that on the way to a fifth place this race the Krepszs Brothers 1-2-1600 buggy experienced another flat tire. Luckily, this time a des-ignated pit area was just ahead, right along with one of our high flying checkered pit flags. But strangely, our boy pulled in and stopped at a Fair pit right next to our Checker pit?? Then, immed-iately, with little or no conversa-tion, and right in front of his Checker Buds, the Fair crew sprung into action and quickly changed Frank's flat and sent him out... WHAT? No Way! I mean, Krepsz's spare was right there in the Checker pile about fifty feet down the road. The next thµ1g our boys knew, Frank was headed back out onto the course right past his bewildered Checker teammates. OK, Frank, what the hell's the deal here? Did you just go temporarily brain dead and get lucky, or are you some kind of a closet Fair member? Come on, fess up you big dummy! PIT TEAMS Send in your tales of triumph and troubles to DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla Street Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 THE STAFF AT l C.O.D.R.A. WISH TO CONGRATULATE OUR 1994 CLASS WINNERS: OPEN CLASS 1600 CLASS HEAVY METAL SPORTS VETERAN SPORTSMAN TRUCKS SPORTSMAN NOVICE EVERETT PAUL, Grass Va11ey CA JOE MABBERLEY, Surrey, BC GORDON SCOTT, Tigard, OR JOE CHAINEY, Eatonvi11e, WA RON MONDABAUGH, Washougal., WA STEVE READ, Eugene, OR WE ALSO WISH TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT -BFGOODRICH .-TEAM T/A MARCH 11 APRIL 29 MAY 6/7 OCTOBER 14 PRECISION ALLOYS -TUCKER RACING/VP FUEL ***PLAN NOW FOR OUR 1995 RACE DATES*** MILLICAN 250 BEAR BUTTE 300 OLYMPIA ENDURO WHISKEY SPRINGS 400 C.0.0.R.A. 20515 WHITEHAVEN CIRCLE BEND, OR 97702 503-389-2044 • MILLICAN, OR MILLICAN, OR THURSTON COUNTY, WA MILLICAN OR January 1995 Page 37

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The Wisconsin Off-Road Festival 13y Barb & Marulyn Schultz Photos: Jeanne Brown & Rick Loveless Jeff Probst flies past the grandstands on his way to a double win day in the Laser. Jeff was first in Class 1 /2 and second in Class 9/10, a good record. The Wisconsin Off-Road Fest-ival has to. be one of the most all around personally rewarding Race Events SODA drivers par-· ticipate in! Held at The Winne-bago County Fairgrounds and Exposition Center, this Race Event is held for the benefit of Wisconsin's Children's Hospital. If you weren't at this race the weekendofSeptember 18and 19, you missed the opportunity to be a part of this all round racing ex-perience. The Badgerland VW Club hosts the event with Terry and Bev Friday as promoters. In addition to the donation that will be made to The Wisconsin Children's Hospital, the Badger-land VW Club made racers and spectators aware of the need of one of our own. Two year old John Buck is in need of a liver transplant. John's parents are Tom and Linda Buck. Both Tom and Linda have been active in off road racing for ~ome time. The expenses involved in this type of major surgery are phenomenal. The VW Club will use part of the profits from The Wisconsin Off Road Festival to off set these costs. Donations may still be made to this fund through The Badgerland VW Club, C IO Terry and Bev Friday, 5913 US Hwy 45, Oshkosh, WI 54923. Each year The Wisconsin Off Road Festival gives an Award for the Best Appearing Pit Area. Last ., .• 'ilf"''a....;;. ...... ,.,:ff ,:j,·fs•· ·' :WIIIIIIIJ~ R,. FA -Dan Baudoux continued on his winning ways in Class 11, taking top spot in the big fields in both 11 S and 11 D, and did well in his 1600 also. year's Award went to Scott Taylor. This year Taylor was judge and jury for the 1994 recip-ient! The Wisconsin Off Road Festival and it's honorable judge were pleased to present Jimmie "The Alligator Man" Crowder and his crew with this Award. Nice work Crowder Crew! In keeping with tradition, Sat-urday's racing began with an in-spiring American flag presenta-tion involving various race veh-icles loaded with children who were able to be present from Children's Hospital and children from the stands. Words cannot express adequately all of the var-ious emotions this sight brings forward. To the racing, McDuff! This is a good place to note that all races were fifteen minutes in length. Class 3 took opening honors with Dave Geibel taking an early l~d over points leader Gerald Foster. Foster, however, put the power on about half way through the race and came out with the win. Geibel took a well driven second. Jim Barringer ran a very consist-ent third place with Grant Mahal~ land holding down fourth. What an impressive sweep of victories young Todd Attig has been racking up! The Class 9 /10 race was another notch on the lap belts of Attig a~ he went to a flag to flag win. However, the likes of Jeff Probst and Jeff St. Peter were determined not to make this win CUSTOM BUILT TRAILERS 24' $3995.00 7000# CAPACITY 40' ONLY $8500.00 18,000# CAPACITY Trailers have rear & side doors, plywood lined Top Quality * Low Prices * Nationwide Delivery_ Cow6oy Coaclies Rowlett, Texas 75088 CALL 214-475-0056 Page 38 January 1995 Art Schmitt flies his Laser past Jeff Probst, barely visible in the background under the car, as the two battled as usual in Class 1 /2. Don Esserman just bought his Class 6 car, a proven racer, and he won Class 6 doing a smooth job in his first race in an off road car anywhere. an easy one. Both Probst and St. Peter held second place at various times in the race with some fan-tastic racing action. Both of these racing dudes made determined challenges for the first place spot. Cornering was key on this track and corner, after corner, St. Peter and Probst put on quite a show with Probst coming out with sec-ond place, St. Peter in third. Scott Schwalbe worked his way through the ranks of ten entries to finish on the lead lap in fourth. Betcha' Class 6's Randy Zim-monick had some real mixed emo-tions about seeing his car in the Class 6 race! Zimmonick sold his car to Don: Esserman of Indiana, delivered it this race weekend and got to watch Esserman and mach-ine go to the checkered flag! The track was not kind to Class 6 -the race started with six race cars and went down in four laps time to two runners! Gaw-Gottschalk didn't even get to put in a full lap . before his machine gave up the ghost. Points leader Bill Graboski also had a short race going off the track on the back straight before an official lap could be put in. Rick Rayford took an early com-manding lead before going off the track on lap four just after an off camber turn titled "St. Peter's Jump". The name isa reminder of one of the worst buggy ground to air to ground roll overs we've ever seen put on by Jeff St. Peter in last year's racing. Darrin Parsons and Esserman were in a tight battle for second place when whoops, Par-sons fell prey to a flat tire. Leonard Gehl was holding down fourth and suddenly found him-self in second place behind Es-serman who had inherited first! Congratulations to new Class 6 owner/driver Don Esserman -hell of a way to officially begin your SODA career! . By the time twenty-two Class 11 Double Seat entries took the green flag, the stands were full! If spectators were looking for a track full of racing action, this race certainly gave it to them! The points battle for Class Champion in this class is close between Cory Friday and Mark Oberg and did Dan Baudoux have a surprise for them. Baudoux came out wicked corner one in first and never gave the spot up! Now, right behind him were rivals Friday and Oberg . Both wanted first, both wanted to be ahead of the other and the action was superb! While Friday initially held the position, Oberg went on in for the second spot leaving Friday to be happy with third. Larry Bayer, Curt Gerald, Wes Frehse, Glen Mathews, Mike Oberg and John Huven put on quite a show for points and posi-Cory Friday, a swift young racer in Class 11 S & D, placed third in both classes in Oshkosh in a race promoted by his father Terry for charity. Dusty Times

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Tom Hackers flew over the table top in his Class 7S Ford, and he did well in the race placing third in this class, growing fast in the midwest. Jimmie Crowder flies his Class 7S Ford past an unknown adversary on the back straight, and Crowder went on to get a good finish, fourth in class. Class 13 has some wonderful cross breed trucks in it, and this is one of them. Joe Zelisch drove it to second place in the competitive class. tion. Bayer had defended his posi-tion with gusto until .three laps from the finish when his machine got tired and quit. Mathews went down to the blue smoke blues on the white flag lap. Finishing on the lead lap and in order were Gerald, Frehse, Huven and Mike Oberg. It can get right confusing trying to figure out which Oberg twin is which when they're out of their race cars. It's a darn good thing their racers have distinctively dif-ferent paint jobs! Again, Class 11, great race! · This is the Y e✓.ir Of Revenge for Class 7S driver John Greaves and The Year of Murphy's Law for Jeff Kincaid. For tltose who don't know, Murphy's Law states that ... if it can go wrong, it will go wrong. An impressive fifteen entries lined up to take their green flag and initial sail over the table top jump. Kincaid came around to put in the first official lap in first place with Greaves right on his bumper. The two cruised over the table top, went into corner one, Kincaid went wide and up on two wheels with the driver door decid-ing to open up! In trying to get the machine under control and the door closed, Kincaid gave up first place to Greaves. Ya' give Greaves that open road and, baby, he's gone! Now, despite the door troubles, Kincaid stuck his foot to the floor, closed the gap to one second and, folks, it was a great battle! Greaves, master of the closed door, held off all chal-lenges and went in for the win. Meanwhile Art Schmitt Ill had worked his way through an aw~-some field of challengers to put his front bumper right on the tail gate of Kincaid. "Twas quite a fin-ish with the three trucks crossing the finish line within a second and half second of each other. In order to get to the third place spot, Schmitt had to duke it out with The Alligator Man, Jimmie Crowder. What a crowd pleaser it was when Schmitt and Crowder came flying over the .table top door handle to door handle and then go paint job to paint job to the first corner! Tell ya' what, it's almost as much fun to watch •,1,•Vi'\, i1!"• c':'""''' ·•• · 1 l:"liil"' Crowder's right hand man, T.D., go ballistic.in the pits! T.D paces harder and faster than an expect-ant father in the waiting room and can "chicken walk" faster and better than anyone else we know! T.D. and Alligator Man Crowder had to settle for fourth. Speaking of Murphy's Law, it sure has ap-plied this year to Scott Taylor as he has tried to keep his Class 7S truck on the track. No luck again this race. With Taylor out of the running early in the race, Tom Hockers and Al W alentowski went at it tooth an nail for posi~ tion. Hockers fended off the best efforts of Walentowski to within four laps of the finish when his truck gave out the "I quit" signal. Walentowski finished in fifth. Also finishing the race were Jim Moskalik, Robert Chasteen and Dave Woulf. Yep, yep, here we are again looking at Class 2-1600 and the ongoing intense racing between Todd Attig, young Mike Seefeldt, Dan Baudoux, Mark "Steiny" Steinhardt, Greg Smith and the rest of that hard charging gang. Starting positions were most im-portant in all of the races but per-haps even more so with this Class and its thirteen entries. When the level of competition is as high as it is in this class, the start can be the whole ball gaqie. So, Baudoux, Steiny, Seefeldt and Peter Kow-atsch got the jump on the start leaving Attig and Baudoux with ground to make up. Not a prob-lem for Attig and Smith as they quickly came up through the ranks to challenge the early front runners. Baudoux grabbed the early lead with Seefeldt in hot pursuit and Attig just a givin' 'er. Seefeldt made the smooth pass on Baudoux, took the lead and by gum and by golly, he held off all comers for the rest of the race. With no paint exchanges and no fender banging, Seefeldt came across the finish line with a spot-less win! Attig, Smith and Bau-doux put on a race show that was in-cred-i-ble for the entire race. Each driving with fierce intensity, swapping positions at every avail-able opportunit , hard char in t«,'\CE .. NS Mike Brue usually has wife Wendy riding with him in the oft times 5-1600 winner, and Mike won again at Oshkosh, but this time only by inches. DustyTimes right to the end. On the last lap, Attig moved into second, Bau-doux took third and Smith held down fourth. Finishing on the lead lap were Steiny, Todd Crump, Peter Kowatsch and Cary Bowles. Put seventeen Class 13 Super. Trucks headed off the green flag five wide over a table top jump and we're here to tell ya', you've got racing action! Dan Vanden Heuvell took advantage of a front row starting spot, got off to a good clean start and held first place from flag to flag. Don Gregoire, John Schultz, Joe Zilisch, Dwayne Walkowski and David Reetz each campaigned· a terrific battle for position throughout the race. Both Walkowski and Reetz went down with mechanical gremlins leaving fans to watch Schultz, Zil-isch and Gregoire maneuver for second place. At the final flag, Zilisch had second, Gregoire slip-ped by Schultz for third: Schultz held down fourth. Bruce Shilts, with a really nasty starting posi-tion, worked through a hard run-ning field to finish fifth -last fin-isher on the lead lap. Also finishing were "Tommy Gun" Drews, Jett Camp, Jim Moskalik, Ron James and Pat Brown. The day's racing was over with racers and fans looking forward to another day of action packed, red hot SODA racing! Saturday eve-nings dance proved to be a success, again with profits going to both • Wisconsin's Children's Hospital and The John Buck Fund. Sunday's racing had perfect weather for both racer and spec-tator -not too cold, not too hot and no rain! After the unique Badgerland VW Club American Flag and National Anthem pres-entation Class 11 Single Seat rolled up to the start for the first race. Holy Hannah, twenty-six of these strictly stock buggies lined up in a six wide go for the gusto start! One more time the battle for first place took place between Cory Friday, Dan Baudoux and Mark Oberg with John Wiggins, Mike Oberg and Wes Frehse right there to make it a real shoot out. Mark Oberg held a two lap lead with Baudoux and the rest of the crowd right on his tail pipe. 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John Schultz, one of our midwest correspondents, likes Class 13, has no desire to move up, but the crowd loves this class. John finished fourth. Greg Smith was looking strong here in the 5-1600 but near the end of the race he rolled the Bug, but recovered fast to place a very close second. Dan Vanden Huevel owned Class 13 last year, and this year has moved into Class 8 where the sponsors are. Here he heads for second place in Class 8. fP"' brother Mike Oberg to go nose to tail with Friday, Wiggins, Larry Bayer and John Huven. A little over half way through the race Friday made his move around Mike Oberg to bring home third place. Wiggins then took on the then fourth place Oberg and with a heck of a chal-lenge, made the pass and Wiggins wound up with fourth, Oberg in fifth. Larry Bayer, Wes Frehse, John Huven and Greg Stingle completed the list of finishers on the lead lap. As always, there's never a dull moment during a Class 11 race! Don't know why it is but The Wisconsin Off Road Festival Race Event always seems to draw a large number of Class 5-1600 Baja Bugs and this year was no ex-ception! Top that off with this one -this had to be the race of the weekend with some serious door to door racing between Mike Brue and Greg Smith. Smith drives the Joe Eppers car. With nine total entries, there was plenty of good racing all over the track. Shayne Pagel's Bug went down early with some type of internal "bug" as did the Bug of our illustrious Presi-dent, Terry Wolfe, In the mean-time, Brue and Smith started the race headed over the table top off the green flag side by side -Smith taking the lead but with less than a foot ahead of Brue. These dudes ran so hard and so close that track workers scrambled for cover as the two dove in and out of corn-ers, leaned on each other over jumps and through the straights, with lead changes going faster than a duck on a June bug! Brue put Smith into a 180 spin, Smith rolled and then came back to stay right with Brue for another three laps. At this point Brue held the narrow lead and finished in first less than a whisper ahead of Smith. In the meantime Tom Brockman had worked his way around close contender Tim Christensen for third place. Christensen, in fourth, held off John Mason. Gary Plummer, in sixth completed the field. With only six entries Class 4 still produced some stand up action and an interesting race out come! These four wheel drive trucks were lined up three wide and ready to rumble over the table top. There was absolutely no luck for Jeff Holcger, the dude was off the track on corner one directly following the green flag -tough break for this ready for action young driver. Kevin Probst and Geoff Dorr came out of the green flag door to door and stayed that way to corner one, to St. Peter's jump, across the back straight and damn near all the way around the entire track for two full laps. Whoa Nellie, in lap three Probst and Dorr hit the first corner to-gether but Probst went just a tad too wide, put it up on two wheels, put the truck into the bank and left the door open to Dorr. It should have been "case closed" for Dorr but, somewhere on the track Door's truck parted comp-any with some important suspen-sion parts! Probst backs himself off the bank, sticks his foot to the floor and regains on Dorr. Kiss our collective grits, Dorr is off on the back stretch! Probst goes fly-ing by Dorr, screaming by the stands, heads off into the wild blue yonder and goes out with what looked to be a broken axle. Damn Sam, fellas, is there no just-ice?? Now while Dorr and Probst are dealing with a no win situa-tion, Mark Seidler, Gerald Foster and Jeff St. Peter are putting on their own show with some red hot action. Foster gave every effort possible to get around Seidler but no way -Seidler was out to keep the door closed on all comers. St. Peter, meantime, was movin' and groovin' around the track right on Foster's bumper. As stated, Dorr and Probst are off the track giving Seidler the clear path to the win! GUALITY PRE-OWNED RACE CARS &·PARTS Page 40 • Race Xchange is the premier Race Car and Parts Consignment Showroom • Get your wife off your back and put cash in your pocket • Now is the time to clear out your shop and turn those used race cars and parts into cash • We accept race cars, parts and rolling chassis • Buyers and sellers welcome • Visit our 6,000 square foot showroom. We are selling out our inventory as auicklv as we are receiving it. • Corner of Prospect and Magnolia in Santee CA Race XChange 10806 Prospect Ave #6 Santee CA 92071 (619) 258-8544 Fax (619) 258-4266 January 1995 Foster placed second, St. Peter table top jump. Crowder paid took home third. dearly for his show losing the left Gary McGowan broke into the front wheel half way through the ranks of the Class 1-1600 every race. Now that didn't break Jed Race Event shoot out with a nice Flannery'sheartonebitasitmov-challenge at Todd· Attig, Mike ed him in the Parson's truck into Seefeldt, Mark "Steiny" Stein-third place! Brian Donlevy hung hardt, Guy Crump and company! in there with an excellent race Attig and Seefeldt had their cust- pulling out a nice fourth. Farmer omary battle for the lead with John Konitzer rounded out the list Attig coming out on top of this of finishers. Chuck Brand went round. Seefeldt placed a close down half way through with his second. McGowan gave Steiny a on-going engine gremlins. run for the money for third place. Without fail, the fast time for Steiny coming out the winner in any given race weekend is going to the position fray. McGowan be posted in the Class l / 2 race. placed a well driven fourth with And one more time Art Schmitt Crump taking home fifth. Ill and Jeff Probst showed the W owsers, plenty of action crowd what "fast" is all about in a from T.D. of the Alligator Man spectacular Art and Jeff Air Show crew in the Class 8 race! Jimmie, and Ballet! We mean these two would ya' just once pay attention were haulin' the freight and doing to all of that arm waving, signaling it side by side, nose to tail. Eight and other graceful movements open wheel buggies were involved from that T.D. fella'? Okay, on in this race so there was no.lack of with the show! Eight Class 8s action anywhere on the track. rumbledoffthestartwiththeam-Probst took a two lap lead, azing Scott Taylor headed on for Schmitt grabbed it for five and a another victory. But, hello, Dar-half laps, Probst edged out the rin VanDreelandJimmie"Alliga-lead on the last corner with tor Man" Crowder were right Schmitt a half a buggy behind with him keepin' him company. when hey, presto, Schmitt went In fact, early on VanDreel kept down with electrical problems. within three seconds of Taylor Probst, never letting off the speed, with the acrobatic Crowder right went in for the checkered flag. on his tail. VanDreel piloted on Now, while this is going on, for home for second place. Despite heaven's sake, don't count out the best efforts of T.D., Crowder Todd Attig, Scott Schwalbe and insisted on showing the crowd Jim Struble! Attig did one heck of some spectacular aerial ballet each a job keeping Schmitt and Probst and every time he came across the within reach and posted a nice Ir;~ Getting his post race interview after winning Class 4 was an uncommon pleasure for Mark Seidler, whose Chevy is self sponsored in the SODA races. Class 8 champion again this year, perhaps, Scott Taylor says a few works to the crowd. This is part of the job when you become a Ford Rough Rider. Dusty Times

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Jed Flannery, yes there are more than one racing Flannery, drives the Parsons Chevrolet in Class 8 and he finished a strong third at this race. Farmer John Konitzer is a dairy farmer, thus the black and white Holstein spots on the Class 8 Ford. A privateer he does well in the class on points. Sarah Sawall poses with her trusty buggy after winning the Women's Limited Buggy class, mainly a gaggle of well worn Class 11 s but the girls do well. second place. Schwalbe finished third on the lead lap with some fine driving of his own. Struble did an outstanding job consider-ing he went into a full wheel to wheel roll early in the race, kept his calm and his foot on the gas and still pulled out fourth place. Nice race gentlemen of Class l /2! This has been an exciting race season for the ladies in the Unlim-ited Buggy Class with a ton of good challenges made by all these determined drivers. Rhonda Smith, one of the "winningest" ladies in off road racing, took the lead from the green flag but went off the track with mechanical fail-ure a third of the way through the race. Barb Schaden, another hard charger, was off the track early with no right rear wheel. Rapid Ruth Schwart:burg pulled into the lead at that point and kept it to the final flag. Tracey Crump and Janet Bowles had one heck of a dice going all the way to the white flag lap. We looked up to make certain of our lap count, and wow, no Crump to be seen! Tough break Tracey. Bowles had been gaining on Crump and easily went on for second place. Amy Haese came across the line in third. Now ya' want close racing ac-tion? Sarah Sawall and Tracy Sil-loway have been providing it all race season in the Women's Class 11 racing. This Class stagger flags with the Unlimited ladies and with their eight entries the track was full of dynamite racing! Sawall came around lap one with the lead and by lap two Silloway had it and was putting a stretch on when a broken ball joint played all hell with her steering ability. By cracky, Silloway finished even though she had to relinquish two positions to do it! Sawall took home a very well driven victory. Shari Huven navigated her ma-chine into second place, Silloway placing third. Vivian Holtger and Annette Van Wychen finished fourth and fifth respectively. It's a pleasure to note that SODA fans have long since learn-ed that SODA women's racing is going to be a good part of the en-TRI-MIL EXHAUST SYSTEMS 1/38 TYPE 1 RAW ...................... $69.95 tire Race Event. And no one leaves the stands until the last race of the weekend, Class Women's Heavy Metal, has finished. Eleven various heavy metal trucks took the last green flag and put on one hell of a show! The ladies were lined up four wide, the green flag waved and the action was on. Robin Schultz came around the first three laps with the lead, went into corner one hot and heavy and went into a position losing spin. Val James didn't see this as a prob-lem at all, put her foot down and went on for a decisive win. While Schult: recovered from her spin to take second place. Sherri Par-sons said "I don't think so", made the pass and went on in for the position. Schult: finished in third. Katie Smet and Jodi Bamberg put on an excellent show for position with Smet taking home fourth. Bamberg finished in fifth, round-ing out the finishers on the lead lap. Say, Jeanne Brown, don't do one of those nasty roll overs again! 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Thank heaven for good roll cages as Brown came out with one bruise! The truck will be forever laid to rest in Pat and Jeanne's back yard. So ended another weekend of SODA racing, the best to be found any place, any where, any time! The World Series of Off Road Racing, SODA, will close it's season and it's Class Champ-ionships at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, Rockton, Illinois the weekend of October 1 and 2. Hey, we'll be there, you be there and we'll see ya' trackside! Ruth Schwartzburg had to fight for it, but she won the Women's Unlimited Buggy race in a 1650cc Class 9 (10) racer, but wipes the dirt from her face before getting out: she is always elegant even with a dirty face. PARKER PUMPER 11 GALLON DUMP CANS WITH BUILT IN HANDLE TO POUR ........... $62.95 CHENOWTH C_LASS 11 CAGE ........................................ $ 154.95 QUICK RELEASE STEERING HUB .............. $32.95 UMP SUPER FILTER UMP SUPER FILTER ................................... $159.95 UMP ADAPTER. 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555 HONG KONG TO BEUING RALLY Bossum Bourne Wins It All In China Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Possum Bourne and Tony Sircombe whip the Subaru lmprezza 555 around a dusty U-turn ~n their way to the Asia-Pacific Championship for the second year and they had no serious trouble, winning the event the first time it has been an official FIA Championship Rally. Victory on the cross China Even though the Rally of Thai-Hong Kong Beijing Rally has land remains to be run, the 'best-given New Zealander Possum four' results rule means that Bourne his second successive title Bourne is now unbeatable in the. in the Asia-Pacific Championship Drivers' title race. series. Driving a Subaru Impreza · Although it was the fifth occa-555 he benefited from the troub-sion that the event has been run, les of all three official Mitsubishi this was the first time the seven Lancer Evolution II cars and day long special stage rally has drove the last three days with no been included in an FIA Champ-pressure. 555 Subaru teammate ionship. Although a great success Richard Burns, delayed through for the sponsors 555, especially earlier overheating troubles, because this event settled the obediently stayed in second place. Asia-Pacific series, the high expense of competing deterred many competitors and kept the entry numbers low. Even private Japanese drivers, happy to be able to compete far afield, stayed away saying they could contest two or three other qualifying rounds for the same cost and eventually only 30 cars took the start. Though privateers were absent, profes-sional teams welcomed the event, atracted by the TV coverage not available on events counting for the World Series. Entries came 5-1600 BAJA BUG COMPLETE BUMPER TO BUMPER $] ,200.00 All Skid Plate Tabs DuaJ Coil l\1Iount Headlight Mount Spare Tire l\llount Oil F'ilter Tabs Tail Light Tabs Page 42 MUST SUPPLY OWN BODY AND FLOOR PAN DEZ FAB 10734 Kenney, suite D Santee, CA 92071 619-562-6039 January 1995 Peter Bell and David Boddy were fifth O/A and first Formula 2 in a Hyundai Lantra, 1.8, 16v, and they were second in Group N. from Subaru, Mitsubishi, Tai-Schwarz during the event official wanese-built Hondas, the Malay-reconnaissance period, and sian Suzuki team, Australian-Armin spent the first days of the based Hyundais, and a complete event becoming accustomed to surprise, two Cielo Group S cars the style of the notes. "I have no from Daewoo in Korea. They said idea where the stages are going. It Daewoo had sanctioned the entry · is as odd as the first time I drove only two months before, too late the RAC Rally in the days when it to apply for homologation. Also had a secret route." in Group S was a very nicely built B h h M. · f K. k p· F . h urns, w o was to start t e m1 o wo - mg an, wit a h' d d f' h d h d 1400 16 I • . . 140 t 1r ay 1rstcaron t e roa , a cc va veengmeg1vmg h cl h' I d Id b bh ope 1s ea wou e greater, Tph. 11 b I I but twice he was slowed by the e ra y egan s ow y. There cl t f Sh· k h d I l us o mozu a a ea . n were on y two stages on Day 1 F I z ( h' h · h A · when the event crossed from ori:n~ a . w _ic m t e sta-H K. h h TV Pacific sertes ts open also to ong ong w eret ere was a G N ) h I d ' . . roup cars t e ea er was stage run on asphalt, mto Chma. A 1· W B II · h 0 h ustra tan ayne e wtt a nee over t e border all the G N 1 6 1· H d · I f roup . tter yun at stages were on grave . 0 the four L t · d · f f I an ra, six secon s m ront o stages panned on Day 2 one was r II t R II p I l d b f . 1e ow coun ryman usse a m-cance e ecause o commumca-er's 1 3 l't G A S k' · bl h cl f h . 1 er roup uzu 1 ttons trou e; at t e en o t at S 1·ft GTI Th I d d R. h d h cl w . e on y untowar ay 1c ar Burns a a small · 'd r h d b h h l cl · f f h . h' mo ent so iar a een w en t e ea m ront o c amptons tp Ch' cl · N' J I cl K h E 'k , M' mese nver mg ung Lu re-ea er ennet n sson s 1tsu. · cl h' k I · h I f h I - b h' d A . tire ts wor s mpreza wtt n ourt p aceiust e m rmm d d · All h h . amage rear suspens10n. t e Sc warz, Mitsu, was Bourne who stages had been held in clear con-had started bad! y and on the short di' ti· cl 1· ht d 26 f - h ons an sun 1g an cars trst stage m Hong Kong ad SJ:?Un were still runnin . and stalled. Then on the first g gravel stage in China he hit a tree Leading Group S was the Mini, on the second corner! Despite two seconds in front of the being first car on the road as reign-Daewoo Cielo of K wa yn-J in Kim. ing champion Possum complained Two of these three volume Astra of heavy dust on the gravel track. derivatives started on their comp-Eriksson who could have won the any's first international rail y. series at the end of the rally if he They had 1.5 liter engines deliv-stayed sufficiently far in front of ering 90 bhp: their only technical Bourne, had a slow puncture and problem had been with shock ab-lost the front right tire just before sorbers though Kim's teammate the end of stage 2. On the final ln-Huan Yang retired on the stage of Day 2 his fellow Mistubi-second day when he went off the shi driver Kenjiro Shino:uka cut a road. In Group N Michael Lieu corner too close and hit a tree from Hong Kong was leading in damaging the steering. He had to his Lancer Evolution, ahead of take off the wheel and finish the Bell's Hyundai and Pak-Hon stage on three wheels, losing 12 Wu's Lancer Evolution. In 'F2', minutes. Schwarz had come to behind the battle between Hyun-Hong Kong straight from San-dai and Suzuki, came four Tai-remo with no chance to inspect wanese Hondas, two in Group A the stages. A friend, former Aust-and two in Group N. Consider-rian rally champion Franz Witt-able suspension improvements mann, made pace notes for including the use ofOhlins shock Kenjiro Shinozuka had a time costly flat and as the cars stacked up, they tried to make room for the other cars and still keep working on the Mitsubishi's tire. DustyTirnes

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1 Ching-Jung Kao drove his Group A Honda Civic, built in Taiwan The Mini Cooper 1400cc S was an instant hit with the crowds. In Group Sit led the class driven by Kwok-Ping Fan/Joi-Muk Sun all the way into the seventh day, when suspension failure put them out. Second in a first ever competition entry for Daewoo from Korea, to a fine finish, third in Formula 2 and seventh overall. The Kwang Jim Kim and Sung-Jo Yung, first in Group Sand 13th Honda was one of many brands making a debut to this rally and overall in the Cielo. They will probably run the full series in 1995. the FIA. -----------------------absorbers on the Group A cars, was lying third, unwilling to push had _improved the cars since their too hard because of uncertainty earlier appearance in Australia.· with his pacenotes. "We already After two days Burns led Eriks-had one bad moment, when after son, Schwarz and Bourne in driving over one kilometer in top Group A, all four running in the gear on the rev limiter, we hit a same minute, and nobody else dip. I think we went three meters within four minutes time. up in the air. It was a miracle we On Day 3 Burns lost his lead stayed on the road!" Lieu stayed when he was forced to ease off due comfortably in the lead in Group to overheating on stage 8. Eriks-N, fourth overall, while Bell son went ahead, but then spun at a extended his 'F2' lead over Paimer hairpin on stage 9 letting Bourne, who lost time when he got stuck running fourth car on the road with two wheels off the edge of and enjoying better conditions the road. 19 cars were still into the lead. The Swede had running, the two leaders 18 sec-earlier lost ten seconds on the ands apart in Subarus. day's first stage, a long gravel hill- Schwarz was now Mitsubishi's climb, without knowing the only hope for preventing the title cause. After the 21 km stage 9 · going to Subaru, but then he also where Burns was 36 seconds went off the road, retiring when slower than Bourne, mec;hanics he hit a telegraph post and from changed the radiator and altered that moment on the event was the thermostat setting and the car under the comP,lete control of the was much better on the final two 555 Subaru team. Shinozuka rose short stages. Lieu had a puncture to fourth overall behind Lieu who but stayed well ahead in Group N was still leading Group N, but the and in fifth overall. In 'F2' Palmer remaining Chinese driven works . was hampered by using tires Impreza of Tong Chun Xian had which were too soft as he was electrical trouble and fell back. conserving his best tires for the The 'F2' category was still led by longer stages to come and Bell was Bell, now fifth overall and seven now 47 seconds ahead. Barry minutes up on Palmer. Freeman, who had been ninth in a Day 6 was the longest day of the Lancia, crashed on stage 9, the event with 166km of stages and a only retirement of the day. total run of over 800km, and was Bourne enjoyed his status as to be the most spectacular. leader, but said "Everything can Unfortunately it was also the ' change on the longer stages wettest on an event which had tomorrow." With 108 km of been run in perfect conditions stages, including a pair of stages until then. The pressure for the totaling 53 km with no service Subaru team at the top was now between the next day, there was only to finish the rally intact. only 35 seconds separating the Bourne eased off on the scenic top four drivers and Lieu's Mit-Grand Canyon stage letting Burns subishi was fifth overall leading take a half minute off his time. Group N. Fan in the Mini had sus{>ension On Day 4 the morning started trouble, serious shock problems dramatically with thick fog creat- twice and the time lost meant that ing navigational problems as cars · he fell behind the Daewoo in . left Chang Sha. Four cars retired Group S. Not much else changed, from the event for this reason, the top six held position. including the two Group N Tai-The final day started with thick wan Hondas. Eriksson's title fog on the run out from the hopes were dashe(j on the first overnight rest halt. It took time stage. "I was trying hard to catch for the organizers to decide up with Possum but slid wide on a whether or not to impose road right hander, which had deep section penalties, and in one case, sand. The stage was along a road the Honda of Du, whether to bordered by an avenue of trees. I allow him to qualify as a finisher spun backwards into a tree and at all. Eventually they canceled the impact forced the car round the penalties, although this was no and the front then impaled itself compensation for the Mini which into the next tree. This.tore off the retired when a suspension rose gearbox cooler hose and broke joint broke on a road section the thermostat housing. We got sending the car into a wall. Also to the end.of the stage but the car the tenth placed Mitsubishi of stopped on the following stage Sing had engine failure on the and we retired." Eriksson's final stage and retired. Bourne retirement left the championship said, "The fog this morning was open to Bourne, who had a heart the worst part of the rally.We had stopping moment when the teampeopledrivinginfrontofus, engine went on to three cylinders, warning us by radio if there were but this probfem cleared up. any obstructions we might not Burns rose to second when see. For 80 km it just wasn't safe Schwarz had a spin, but was under to drive at over 60 kph. But it orders not to press Bourne. "This worked out fine for us. I made my is a pity because some of the big attack on Day 3 and when I twisty stages are tremendous and I was running fourth car on the would like to have a go." Schwarz road, and_ I think that unsettled Dusty Times our rivals and gave us the chance to pull ahead. Certainly, it made . up for the problems earlier in the event!" Not so fortunate was the tenth overall running Mitsubishi of Sing and Lau. They got to the final stage of the rally and had engine failure on the stage and could not finish. In the final count 15 of the 30 starters were classified finish-ers on this extremely tough and extra long event. Fifty percent is a good finish ratio. Richard Burns finished 30 seconds behind his 555 Subaru teammate Bourne. Michael Lieu took third overall and first in Group N about 28 minutes later. Wayne Bell and David Boddy won Formula 2, second in Group N and fifth overall in the Hyundai Lantra which had to make that team happy! T~ and sport ulilityvehicle drivers demand more shock pe,formance and Bilstein provides ... • Highest ga-, pressure for fade-free long life • 98% efficiency over 100,000 miles • Largest piston wor1<ing area (1.81" diameter) • Limited lifetime warranty These are 1he same high quality Bilstein shocks that ~ normally cost up to $119.00 each. 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MICKEY THOMPSON STADIUM OFF ROAD RACING Rod Millen and Toyota Win their Championships ~ . Photos: Track.side Photos Inc. Rod Millen had the night he had hoped for as he qualified well, was second in the first truck heat, won the main event earning himself a third in a row championship and Toyota the Manufacturer's Cup again. Rob MacCachren started the October evening off right in Mile High Stadium in Denver by win-ning the first Sport truck heat in his Ford. Denver was the final race of the season for the stadium ser-ies, which was concluding its 15th year of racing since Mickey Thompson first invaded the Los Angeles Coliseum with his off road vehicles jumping off the per-istyle. The series ac:tually started at the Los Angeles County Fair-grounds in Pomona, on the horse track. There were some great races there among people who went on in the sport to great success. The format remains very much the same with morning practice, afternoon qualifying, the auto-graph session, and the racing usu-ally begins about 7:00 in the eve-ning. This round we are going to take each class through the heat races and the main event, a bit dif-ferent than our usual coverage. It all started with qualifying in the Grand National Sport Truck class, and Rob MacCachren was the fastest, covering the course in 37.835. But, not far behind was Rod Millen, his Toyota timed at 38.211 and on his bumper was Rick Johnson, Chevrolet, at 38.239 and Ivan Stewart at 38.618. Roger Mears, Jr. came in with 39.422 in the Nissan, Jerry Whelchel, Ford, 39.870, Roger Mears, Nissan, 39.899, Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 40.813. Rick Johnson flies high over the grandstand jump in his Chevy, had some woes with the truck but got home third in the first heat with no problem. Rod Millen remarked that he had a new Shock setup since Las Vegas and it made a tremendous difference in the Toyota's hand-ling. His goal was to maintain con-sistency to win the championship and had made a good start in Den-ver with qualifying second. His teammate Ivan Stewart said "It has been a tight points race all dttldl.lPMJ§(i!§ll.~!l.l!.~~.!.ltti1.illll~d We would like to thank and congratulate all FAT bas dominated SCORE Class lfr the~e FAT powered 1994 Class points champions: MTEG Super 1600 Champion SODA Class 2-1600 Champion SODA Class 1-1600 Champion 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 ENGINES, TRANSMISSIONS AND OFFROAD PARTS Send or call for our new catalog S5.00 , ................................................................................................................................................... ::: Page 44 racing, wttlr4 dtfferent winners. Nenda 400 McDqnnell & Kroger Baja 500 Penhall & Erl flreworks 250 Ray Croll Gold Coot 300 .Job & MacCachren ~-... : .... ,.: .. ..1, ..• 1558 No. Case• Orange, CA 92667 (714) 637-2889•fax (714) 637-7352 January 1995 ,, ,, , ¾ /.:'/,,~ ,,,, \?©iilll#ffffAl,li1W,Wi',WM/1f&,W:!@m):;;i wfr#'II_. , Roger Mears Jr. sails along in the Nissan and he finished sixth in the main event after doing a great second heat which he won going away. With a good points count in Denver Casey Mears could have taken the points championship: he won his heat race in Superlites but dnf'd the feature. yea-;:. Cwould like to win my first wou_ld have liked to get the pole main event win of the season here but I'll settle for third." What in Denver, but my focus is to se-happens in the racing is more im-cure the manufacturer's champ-portant. Jimmie Johnson remark-ionship for Toyota." Rick John-ed "Now I know how Rick felt son said they made a gear ratio during the Main Event last week-change on his Chevrolet so it end because I lost my brakes dur-made a vast improvement. "Sure I ing qualifying today. I'm not wor-Joe Price has true grit and he drove his Triple E to the heat 2 victory, and came back in the main event to finish a strong third, first privateer to arrive. Mercedes Gonzalez had a very good night stadium racing as the tiny l_ady was second in Superlite heat race 2, and was warmed up and won the main event, the first female main event winner in MTEG history. Dusty Times

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' . Jimmie Johnson didn't have a spectacular night in the Chevrolet, but he did take a strong second in truck heat 2 and finished fifth in the main event. Todd Wittman came from Arizona to place second in Superlite heat 1, but his Briggsbuilt dropped to fifth in the crowded main Defending champion Greg George worked up to -third in his heat race, turned up the wick on his nature's Recipe Briggsbuilt and finished second behind a lady in the main event. ried, though, because my Chevy ran some pretty fast times today and our engines are running great." · Roger Mears broke the power steering ram when he bicycled on the back curve. They fixed it, but were still hav~ng steering prob-lems. "Mile .High has been good to me, four wins in six races here, so we're ready to go for it. "·Roger Mears Jr. said "he was making suspension adjustments, but I'm watching out for that double near the football field. We've been nosing it a lot there and I don't want to endo." Rob MacCachren on his fast qualifying time: "The track was real slippery and the key for the Ranger was just not to over drive it. I didn't force the truck, but just feathered the throttle un-til all the traction was gripping on the BFG Rls. The track is actually a lot of fun." As always the first race was the Grand National Sport Trucks for 8 laps. Rob MacCachren in a Ford is on the pole, Chevrolet's Rick Johnson is next to him on the out-side of the front row. But Rod Millen led the first four laps be-event competition. fore momentarily losing control driving with three laps to go .. on lap 5. Rick Johnson took the Mears Sr. stops with one lap to go lead and led MacCachren to the with wheel problems. Roger checkered flag. Millen recovered Mears Jr. wins, Jimmie Johnson from his bicycle impersonation to was second and MacCachren fin-finish third ahead of Jerry Whel-ished third with a last lap pass chel, fourth and Jimmie Johnson, over Jerry Whelchel, his Ford fifth. teammate. After the race Roger Mears Jr. The first ATV heat race of 8 said ''I was running well early, laps saw Gary Denton, Laeger, on then lost one position both times! the pole with Shane Hitt, Honda, bicycled in turn I. I started having alongside. Denton takes the lead oil pressure problems on the next with Hitt close behind at half to last lap and my dad put a good distance. the finish saw both rid-move on me and got around to ers hold position with Greg Stu-beat me". Roger Sr. remarked art, Laeger, in third place. Tim "We're doing all we can but its Farr finished in fourth despite tough when you're a non factory clouting the outside wall on the team. I'm glad we're on the first main straight at the end of lap 2, row for heat 2. I promise you we'll his JP falling from third to fourth. keep the rest of them honest." Gary Denton scored some good The second truck heat for8 laps points for ff1r saw Roger Mears Jr. on the pole alongside his father. Ivan Stewart spun in turn 4 and collected Rick Johnson and Rod Millen. All con-tinued, but far behind the pack. Mears Jr. leads over his father with Jimmie Johnson in third. Mears Jr. pulls away at half dist-ance, while Rob MacCachren goes into the penalty box for rough Kevin Smith has had a busy year chasing Jerry Whelchel in Super 1600 races. He won the heat race in the, Mirage, but hit the barrier in the main event, dropping him back in the pack. Robert Gayton flies his Mazda over the grandstands in a blocked off area, and Gayton was fourth in the Sport Utility main and earned Rookie of the Year honors later at the banquet. Dusty Times January 1995 ,. ,,.,.✓ .~ ,. _, Tommy Croft showed why he is defending champion in Sport Utility. He started by winning the single heat race and went on to win the main event in the Jeep that seems to have turned into e-, Isuzu. Page 45

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·-# 5 Zach McKinley drove the Diehl Toyota this time around. He T.J. Clark leads the troops into a slight traffic jam but his Ford Jerry Whelchel seems to have a lock on the Super 1600 championship, so he was second in the heat race and third in the main event. Not his usual act. started out sixth in the Sports Utility class, flew high here and stayed clear of trouble here and he came in second in the heat finished the night by placing third in the main event. race, but dropped to fifth in the main event. his championship hopes. splitintotwoheatraces.Ofinter-. what happens this weekend, I In the second ATV heat race est to all is that C.J. Mears has the think I have a future in race car Doug Eichner, Laeger, started on opportunity to win three different driving!" No doubt he is right and the pole with Charles Shepherd, championships this weekend. He could follow right in his elders Laeger, on the outside of the front has clinched the USAC Russell footsteps to the big time pro row. Eichner jumped out to the Formula C hampionship. He circuits. lead with Shepherd following. commuted to Denver from La-The first Superlite heat started Mark Ehrhardt, JP, was next gunaSecaRacewaywherehewill outwithabang.KeithEhlersflip-ahead of Brian Acree, Honda. The race in the final USAC Russell ped his Briggsbuilt hard in turn foursome pulled away from the Pro race Sunday after the Indy one and retired from the race. field with Eichner taking a close cars. He is second in the Russell Stacy Fay, Briggsbuilt, grabbed win. Shepherd held second des-Pro Series points and third in the the lead over Casey Mears. She pite a last turn move by Ehrhardt MTEG Superlite class, just six led the first four laps before hav-tha t failed. Acree finished in points out of first. Mears, just 16 ing a mechanical problem on the fourth. years old, said, "This is a great main straight and she dropped far The fourteen Superlites were oppor~unity for me. No matter behind. Mears inherits the lead in his Natures Recipe car and con-tinues to the flag to take the vic-tory, followed in by Todd Witt-man, Briggsbuilt, Greg George, This is the :,ystem run by most off road race winners TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER ••• 2740 COMP-TON AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90011 (213) 234-9014 another Natures car, and Troy Lindhorst, Honda, was fourth. With a different cast the second Superlite heat was exciting too. Lance Grenett, Briggsbuilt, had the pole with Mercedes Gonzalez also on the front row in her Nature's Recipe racer. Grenett is taken out in a multi car crash on the first lap. He struggles for an-other lap, but st(j)ps with terminal mechanical failure -no left front wheel. Joe Price, Triple E, surviv-ed the carnage and led over Gon-zalez. She constantly applies pres-sure, but loses a close race to Price. Shannon Millen, Natures • Recipe,,finished three lengths back in third place. The American Racing Wheels Sport Utility heat race with eight entries had just one 8 lap heat race and it wasn't much of a contest. Tommy Croft had his Jeep on the pole and quickly went to the front. He steadily pulled away from the field to take the victory. Zach McKinley in tne Diehl Toy-ota was a distant second and T.J. Clark drove a steadv race in his :w,. ,h.._: ..... .........,......,..., ·~ Gary Gall has been close many times. but in Denver his fourth in the heat race just warmed up his Chenowth and Gary went on to win the Super 1600 main event. .,. Ford to finish in third place. The Super 1600s also had one heat race of 8 laps. Kevin Smith was on the pole in his Mirage with Jerry Whelchel starting in second place. Smith takes the point, with Bill Goshen moving into second ahead of Whelchel, both driving Chenowths. Goshen begins to smoke, but maintains second place. Smith leads flag to flag for the victory. Whelchel finally gets by a smoking Goshen to take sec-ond place, two turns before the finish line. The U!tracross Motorcycles had two heat races of 8 laps each and each with a different cast. In the first heat Kyle Lewis, Yamaha, passes early leader Jason McCor-mick, Honda, at the end of lap 3, with a spectacular run over the jump at the start/finish line. Lewis wins by 2 lengths over McCormick with the rest of the pack strung out behind. Taking third, Ray Crumb was followed in by Chap W ollaston and Brandon Lacey in the 12 bike field. The second Ultracross heat had Shawn Morgan, Kawasaki, on the pole with Kip Sandell, Yamaha, on the outside of the front row, both Colorado riders. Morgan led the early laps with Sandell in tow. Larry Brooks, Yamaha, passed Craig Canoy Kawasaki, on lap 3 for third p,ace and moves into second , ,ith two laps to go. Brooks, ;i ad-: a clean aggressive pass on !v,organ for the lead and the win with one half lap to go to the fini.h. Morgan was second and Sandell third . The American Racing Wheels Sport Utility main event opened the final section of the evening and the series. The 8 lap Main saw Joe Anchondo start on the pole in a Ford with Ken Hodgdon, Jeep, alongside. At the end of lap 2 the race was stopped because An-chondo was stopped on the main straight in a precarious position. Hodgdon was the race leader for the restart for the remaining 6 laps. T .J. Clark, Ford, is directly behind in second place for the single file race restart. Zach McKinley restarts in third. An-chondo's racer is towed from the track. Hodgdon takes the lead. McKinley went to the penalty box ,, on lap 3 and fell to fourth. He pulls back to third with two laps to go. Tommy Croft passes Hodgdon on the final lap to take the lead and the win. McKinley finishes third. "'· The ATVs fielded quite a herd for their main event, but it was familiar names up front at the checkered flag. Mark Ehrhardt was on the pole with Greg Stuart on the outside front row. Ehr-hardt took the lead over Stuart and Mark led the entire ten lap race for the win. Greg Stuart was second and Doug Eichner was third. WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED The joy of victory! Mercedes Gonzalez celebrates in victory lane after winning With only the main event to go for Superlites Casey Mears is now tied for the points lead with Greg George. Both now have 218 points. Before Las Vegas Mears was 50 points behind George. This race was going to be a real shootout. Casey Mears was on the Page 46 a hard fought battle in the Superlite main event. She is the first woman to win a main event in this stadium series. January 1995 pole with Greg George starting in fifth. Mears led with George mov-Dusty Times

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Bill Goshen finished third in this heat rac e #1, despite the obvious smoke. He dropped to fourth in the main event, the Chenowth obviously not healthy. Ken Hodgdon drives the twin to Tomy Croft's Sports Utility and he took a second in the main event after a third place in the earlier heat race. Jimmy Nichols takes a flyer over the tall ;ump in his Bo/ink Chenowth and he was second in the heat race and also second in the main event. Ivan Stewart didn't have the night he had hoped for, but he backed his t'eammate, all the way placing a strong second in the rather hectic main event. Jerry Whelchel did a good ;ob in his rookie year in stadium trucks taking the Ford to a couple of heat wins, and he was third in the season finale. Roger Mears corners hard in the Budweiser Nissan in traffic, trying to stay in the game, and he did until mechanical trouble put him down each time out of the gate. ing to third by the end of the first lap. Mercedes Gon:ale: passes Mears from second into the lead on lap 2, all three on the Natures Recipe team. Mears slows drastic-ally on lap 4 and then continues slowly. Gon:ale: leads George with 3 laps to go. The race is stop-ped with 2 laps to go due to Bill Waltman crashing upside down. The single file restart had Gon-:ale: in the lead over George. Mears still had a championship chance restarting in ninth posi-tion. Gon:ale: takes the lead on the restart. George closes with one lap to go, but Mercedes Gon-:ale: won. becoming the first fe-male MTEG main event winner by less than a wheel length over George. Joe Price was third in his Triple E. The Super 1600 main event was a long 12 laps. T ommy Brad-ley started on the pole with Gary Gall on the outside front row. Bradley led the first lap over Gall, then spun out of the lead on lap 3, handing the lead to Gall. Kevin Smith flipped hard into a barrier with 9 laps to go. He restarts at the tail of the field under caution. The flying restart with 7 laps left had Gall leading over Jimmy Nichols. Nichols began to pressure the leader with three laps to go. Gall holds on to win by two car lengths over Nichols. Fast closing Je~ry Whelchel finished third. The U ltracross main event was a blur with bikes crowding each other at every turn and twist on the track. Rocky Johnson started ship in this class, the only driver on the pole position and Robert in MTEG competition to win the Drew was alongside. Drew took championship three years in a the lead in the first turn, but Kyle row. His teammate Ivan Stewart Lewis moved up to lead with three also has three titles, but they were laps left in the race. Lewis con tin-not consecutive.Toyota also wins ued to pull away from Drew and another Manufacturers Cup. the rest of the pack to take the The final scores in the truck Victory and the season champ-class are Rod Millen 349 points ionship on a Kawasaki. The title in, Ivan Stewart, 203, making it . went home to Ari:ona with Drew. 1-2 for the Toyota team. Rob Most of the more than 34,000 MacCachren, Ford, was third spectators stayed around for the with 297, Jimmie Johnson, Chev-Grand National Sport Truck 12 rolet, 285, RickJolrnson, Chccvro-lap main event. Not only titles, let, 277, Roger Mears Jr., 231. but jobs were on the line in this Down in the 100s were Roger event. Rod Millen started on the Mears,Jerry Whelchel and Danny pole and Rob MacCachren was alongside. One would win the season championship in this final race of 1994. Millen led off the line and MacCachren rolls his Ford on the first lap, coming to rest on his roof. The race is red flagged and restarted with drivers in their original positions. Millen again goes to the lead over Jimmie Johnson. MacCachren falls to the rear with a flat right rear tire. Rick Johnson stops on the edge of the track on lap 1. Ivan Stewart runs in third place, Jerry Whelchel is fourth. Stewart moves to second with 7 lap·s remaining. Whelchel begins to pressure Stewart with 5 laps to go. Mears Sr. stops behind Rick Johnson within three laps of the finish. Rod Millen wins the race over Ivan Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Jerry Whelchel and Roger Mears Jr. in fifth place. Rod Millen takes the series champion-• ' I THE Thompson. Among the Super diu .. 1 rookie, an open car desert 1600 open wheelers Jerry Whel-r:•cer, so he did very well, anJ won chel won the championship once . R,..>0kie of the Year honors. T.J. again, even while splitting his time Clark was just two points back in in the buggy with the trucks, often thi,d, foll~wed by Ken Hodgdon, following himself on. Jerry scored Brad Person and Joe Anchondo. 334 points. Jimmy Nichols was Greg George again took the title in second with 205 points followed Superlites at 243, followed by by Kevin Smith, 200, Bill Goshen Natures Recipe teammates Casey 151, Gar), Gall, 150, Eric Arras, Mears, Rennie Awana, Mercedes -102 and the rest all under 100. Gon:ale: and Joe Price, Triple E. Tommy Croft won just about . We don't have the points finals everything ·in Sports Utility, his on the ATVs or the motorcycles. Jeep winning most of the races But we do congratulate all the new and his 319 points far outdistanc-champions, and hope they are ing second place Robert Gayton ready for the hectic travel sched-in '! Ma:da at 192. Gayton is a sta- ule in 1995. [Ill ---Shannon Millen drove well at Denver to third in her heat race and fourth in the WRIGHT superlite main event. It was ladies day at Denver for Superlites. 9420 Flinn Springs ln. PLACE El C.Jon, CA 92021 INC. Dusty Times January 1995 Page 47

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Glen Helen Halloween Haunt By Carol Clark Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. time to shed the jacket and be glad you wore shorts, even Gary and Maxine were there with their grandson to enjoy some bench racing. Gary recently had knee(s) surgery and is not quite up to steam yet, but he loves to watch and do some bench racing from the bleachers. Bud Feldkamp and Bob Beyer of BBM Marketing Promotions, teamed up along with some prize money donated by Michael Gaughan, the ultimate Also from Las Vegas, and basically on the same team with Collins. Pat Dean G df had the Barbary coast Class 2 into a haybale early and suffered steering 0 ather of Off Road Racing, to problems all day but took second and $1500 in Division A. put together this little shindig and: '----.-.--=-------. ------------,-------for those that did participate, a lot and 15 hm1teds, rangmg from get them out of his way so he of fun was had. Even the boys Baja Bugs to pick em up trucks. could let his car fly around the from Las Vegas came to have fun. This was kind of like a roundy course. Mark Davidge had some Brian Collins brought his huge desert Unlimited car to run the tight Glen Helen turns. An MTEG Sedan class veteran, Collins adapted quickly, and was soon leading the pack overall. That's where he stayed and won Division A and $3,000.00. The format of this race was easy round race. The time allotted was problems and lost his spot in the for me to follow, as the last one 2½ hours and you got two pit race and Steve Bishop from Divi-had me totally confused. The race stops. Everyone pitted at the same sion B came up and started weav-was supposed to start at 10:00 time and for the same length of ing through the crowd, he did a AM and got going about 10:45. time. Like I said, the format was great job of maneuvering through There were just two divisions, A simple. If you got in front and fin-the traffic and judging by the way · & B. A consisted of unlimited ished in front of your division, he drove I'd say he has been on weren't lined up for two miles to vehicles and B oddly enough was you won, nuttin to it. this course before. get registered for this race, it was made up of the limited type vehic-When the race first got started, During the first pit stop, this $10,000 is a pretty hefty purse for a mere 2 ½ hours of racing over a fun course that is approximately three miles long. You barely get dirty, and yet there were only 26 total entrants in this great race. I just don't understand why they really easy and yet they didn't les. When the green flag dropped, Pat Dean of Las Vegas fame, put writer headed in that direction to come. ls the economy still that everyone took off and the unlim-on a little exhibition for us spec- see if I could get a word or two bad? For the last of October, the iteds started first with the limiteds tator types. He was jockying for with some of the racers at the weather was "simply mahvelous, starting in back of them, but not position and knocked over some same time I could see if there was dahling, really"! By 10: 15 it was too far. There were 11 unlimiteds hay bales, tore down some flags any major prob I ems. Roger r----------------------------------------and sent the flag man running for Starkey said he and the family just higher and safer ground. 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This track is only about ors always like to see dirt, smoke, an hour from his home in Bur-metal flying, that kind of stuff, we bank, so he brought the kids out are a crusty lot I'd say. After that for a ride in the car and ifhe wins, bit of fun, I started to pay atten-great, if not they'll still have fun. I tion to what was going on with the observed what some of the pit rest of the cars, which is what this crews were doing and where they publication sort of expects from were doing it. The racers came in me, slave drivers that they are!! off the course in the order in Roger Starkey, Tom Hulsof which they were racing and aside and Mark Davidge were in the from motors and transmissions lead on the first lap, with Brian taking a hike, they just kind of Collins trying ever so politely to looped around and got right back Dave Bonner, who with Mike Hawley, won Class 100 at the FRT race on Saturday rushed across the state to Glen Helen, after cleaning the car and checkmg 1t out Bonner was third in Division A in the Class 100, $500 richer. Steve Bishop has been running at Glen Helen since it opened to cars, and his 1600 did the number again, and he won Division B by a goodly margin and took home the $3000 for first place. DustyTimes

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Larry Watson, long time desert racer, brought his 1600 out to try short course action, and Larry and Butch Darling alternated driving and placed second in Division B, earning $1500. in line and the pit crews came to them and took care of what was needed, like fueling, changing tires, scraping off mud and putting back on what fell off. Pat Dean said that the bolts on his steering box kept breaking and they couldn't seem to figure out why, so steering around tight corners, proved to be a little tough, but not impossible. When the old adrenalin kicks in, you can do a lot of things you may not be able to under normal circum-stances. Spoke with Brian Collins and asked him why he brought his big desert car to this race and he said it's the only one he had, so didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. He sold the stadium car and is not planning on returning to that type of racing again. This kind of racing is what he likes and is planning on sticking with it. His Class l car looks even bigger than it i~, with the Yokohama Super Digger Ill's on all four wheels, it looks kind offunny, but he says it works and he knows what he's doing, he's been doing it long enough. It seems like I have watched some of these guys go from young boys to mature men. They are getting old, not me. Third place in Division A went to Dave Bonner and Mike Hawley in an FRT 2000cc Class 100. They won the FR T race on Satur-day in Class 100, then scooted across the state to Glen Helen to make the Sunday start. Despite running two races on the week-end, Bonner's car worked fine until the last lap when the oil light came on, but he made the 16 laps. His only other trouble was early, a broken spring plate. Gary Gall rounded out the 16 lap finishers in Division A. In Division B it was the usual duel between Steve Bishop and Rick Boyer and both have been racing at Glen Helen, it seems, since they began having car races there. The spoiler here was Bar-stow's Larry Watson, a former desert champion, in a 1-1600. Bishop led all day, and had no trouble at all. Boyer challenged most of the way, Watson kept them in sight and at the intermis-sion pit stop Larry turned the car over to Butch Darling so he could have some fun. Their main trou-ble was a cantankerous shifter. We missed getting a story from Rick Boyer, but he seemed to slow a tad in the late laps and he finished third in the Division be-hind Watson/ Darling and Bishop was out front from flag to flag. All three did 16 laps and in fourth a lap down it was John Hulsebosch. In all a dozen limited cars and half a dozen unlimiteds were running after two and a half hours of ser-ious, racing. Not too bad! As the race came to an end and the prize money was being counted out, the finishing order in Division A was as follows: Brian Collins 1st place $3000.00 Pat Dean 2nd place $1500.00 Dave Bonner 3rd place $500.00 Division B Steve Bishop 1st place $3000.00 Larry Watson 2nd place $1500.00 Rick Boyer 3rd place $500.00 Brian Collins accepted his first place tophy and the green stuff and had to admit that towards the end of the race, he was worried about Pat being just a little too close and since these two had just come from a SNORE race in Vegas, only one of many, races they have competed in together, Brian knew that there was a dis-tinct possibility that Pat could catch him and even pass him. So when the white flag went down, Brian hammered that gas pedal and went for the gold, good thing he did too, cuz Pat was breathing down his neck. I think they both know that they are good drivers and enjoy the competition they d Rick Boyer, another Glen Helen regular, chased Bishop all day in his 1600, but he began to slow with some troubles late in the enduro, and salvaged the third place prize of $500. Dusty limes Stadium racer Gary Gall had his Chenowth running fine in the early stages, but 1650ccs is no match for the heavy stuff in Division A and Gary was fourth. John Hulsebasch sprays the spectators on the home Roger Starky likes racing at Glen Helen OHV Park and comes to most of the races. He was fifth in Division A, one lap behind the front four after 2'h hours. stretch turn in his 1600, and he finished one lap down in Big Bob Dziurawiec catches some air in his 1600, and he Division B, in fourth place, running well all day, thanks to too is a Glen Helen regular: he ran the entire race, one the mandatory pit stops. lap shy of the winner in fifth place in Division B. give each other. 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SNORE DOUBLE TROUBLE A Pair of Class 1 Os flc for the Overall By John & Jean Calvin Steve Thompson was driving his first race in Class 10 in the Jimco, and f]ad no flats, no troubles at all, rare for this course, and he ended in a tie not only for the Class 10 win but for first overall. Halloween was a busy weekend J.C. Dean. Wonder what the !he s~art: finish ar~a was conven-for racers with the SNORE Dou-Vegas books would make of those ient, m sight of H1gh~ay 95 an? ble Trouble race in the rough and odds. there were three designated pit rocky Nelson Hills near Hender-. The tech and contingency rit- . areas on course as well as three son, NV, the high dollar purse . uals were held on Friday night at . checkpoints. It is a fun course in posted for the two and a half hour Thumpers bistro in Las Vegas, the daylight when you can see the enduro at Glen Helen OHV Park and went off very well, with rocks. in San Bernardino, CA, The FRT nearly everyone getting through ~lass 1 /? was fir~t a~ay with Squeaky Springs Gran National tech, instead of waiting until Bnar:i C?lh~s booming mto the near El Centro and up north, morning. With a single Class 1 car lea_d m h~s big Porsche Chen_owth. VORRA's season finale at Prairie and two Class 5 cars those three Bnan said he was only gomg to City SVRA Park in Sacramento. were combined for purse but not run two laps, then pack up and go· We got three of them covered by for points. There were full fields to Glen Helen for their Sunday staff, but we are still looking for in Classes 10, 1-2-1600, 9 and enduro. ButCollins setthehotlap the VORRA report. Sportsman and three in Heavy of the day on the first; running O n the site coverage of the Metal. Slated to start at 9:00 a.m. dust free he recorded a 42:41. The SNORE race was done by John the race was delayed because Boy Class 10s were flying led by J.C. Calvin, and he covered the 33 car Scouts were out on a portion of Dean by a few seconds, but the entry with plenty of information. the course, and then had to be front four were in the same min-The most unusual Halloween picked up and asked to hike else- ut~. One car was rep~rted to have trick played out in the Nelson where. The 30 odd mile course missed the Boulder City loop, and Hills was the absolute tie for first wandered over mostly familiar B!ll Tsakiris didn't finish lap 1 in overall between two Class 10 cars, trails, but there was some new his Class 10. that of Steve Thompson and of roads to keep the locals honest. Kenny Freeman was flying, Kenny and Kerry Freeman had a perfect day, rare for Kenny, but the 2-1600 ran trouble free, they stopped only for gas, and charged to victory in the largest class, 1-2-1600, and third overall. third on the road in his 1600 with his sister Bekki just nine seconds behind him, followed by more 1600 and 10 cars. Tony Leon-ard's Heavy Metal failed to make a lap, Bill Dickton had a good lap and led Scott Bassett by 16 sec-onds. Many of the Class 9s had early trouble, but not leader Dave Petrillo and second running Gene Griepentrog a couple of minutes apart, and some of the Sportsmen were beginning to creep into the Class 9 ranks. After two of the five laps for the top three classes, J.C. Dean was now first on the road and he and Thompson were already in a vir-tual tie on elapsed time. Both William and Robbie Goerke, J.C. Dean charges over familiar ground in the Class 10 Chenowth, finished first on the road, but when the time was computed Dean was the other half of the tie for first in Class 10 and first overall. William and Robby Goerke got in four of the five required laps before the cutoff time, and they had three good laps in the 50s, good for third in Class 10. Class 10, as well as Clay Flippen had had down time as the Collins - rig left the course headed south. In fact Flippen would not cover another lap. The Class 10 of Ken Flippen went down and out after just one lap. Now the Class 5 of Derek and Duane Holt and Jason St. John had the Class 1 lead. They were running good times in the 50s, slowed when they had no competition and got in all five laps for the Class 1 win. Meanwhile the 1600s were duking it out with Kenny Free-man first on the road and on time, sister Bekki second by a few sec-onds over BJ and Jon Almberg and Danny Anderson and Rob MacCachren; if we added right, the several others in tow were all apparently running well. This was not the case in Class 9. Three were missing including Gene Griepen-trog, and Blake Monk would cover only two laps. So three out of seven were left to do the last two of the four laps required of them. Dave Petrillo was leading easily laying down matching times in the 50s, and after a slow start Mark Bunderson was turning 57 minute laps. Lawrence Boman and Danny Richardson had troubles every lap and were back some distance. In the Sportsman Trucks Barry Slatter led all four laps, while John Phegley and crew didn't cover a single lap. The Sportsman Buggies were having a good race among the five starters with a very close battle between Kevin Streety in a 5-1600 and Todd Vandawalker, with Streety holding about two minutes edge midway in the four laps. Midway J.C. Dean held a slight edge, mere seconds, on Steve Thompson in Class 10, and the Goerkes were coming back from a · long first lap. The 1600s were still at it hammer and tong with Danny Anderson whipping off a 48:25 lap to move the car into conten-tion. Rob had driven the early laps. Bekki Freeman, unfortun-ately, ran out of gas on lap 3, but once refueled she carried on at what might have been a winning pace. Robby and Bob Guevara were fast through four laps and .16 year old Jeremy Gubler was laying down 49s and 50s. Not much changed in the final laps as far as positions and the race wound down around 3:30 to four in the afternoon. Although they didn't know it at the time, the double winners arrived just two minutes apart. J.C. Dean, who led on the road all the way after Collins left, said he had a perfect day of racing except for one flat. Steve Thompson was driving his first race in Class 10 and had no flats, no problems, a great day. These two Class 10 drivers ended up in a perfect tie at 4:00:39 each, so they split the prize money, and each got first place points, important points in the class, and the club promised to order another trophy for first overall. No doubt both young men were disappointed but they shared the congratulations gra-ciously. The Goerkes got four of the five laps done before the cutoff time, good for third in Class 10. B.J. and Jon Almberg got in five laps, almost in the same minute, and that consistency paid off with second in class 1-2-1600, about eight minutes out. The lone survivor in Unlimited class was the Class 5 of Derek Holt, Duane Holt and Jason St. John, but they did all five laps in good time and won. Kenny Freeman Jr. with his wife Kerry riding in the potent 2-1600 won the honors in Class 1-2-1600 by nearly eight minutes, a large margin for this class. Kenny said Page 52 January 1995 Dusty Times

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Jeremy Gubler was another who had a flawless day in the desert, put down five laps all in the same minute, had no trouble and was third in Class 1-2-1600. Danny Anderson and Rob MacCachren had two good laps, then Danny got in and promptly rolled the car, dropping this team to fourth place in Class 1-2-1600. Mark Bunderson ran hard to second in Class 9, lost some time on the first lap with a right rear flat, but had no other problems on the usually high attrition race. Finishing third Lawrence Boman and Danny Richardson had problems each lap, but got all four covered, the last one taking two hours, for third in Class 9. Todd Vanawalker finished second in Sportsman Buggies, flying the flag high, and he finished only about two minutes behind the winner with Terry Vandawalker riding along. Steve Elliott and Kenny Gardner were third in Sportsmen buggy action, despite rolling twice and also losing a plug wire, he was just 11 minutes back of 2nd. he had absolutely no problems, and couldn't believe it himself. B.J. and Jon Almberg put in five laps about a minute apart for sec-ond in 1600 class about eight minutes away from the win. Their steering wheel fell off and they had one flat, no other problems. Young Jeremy Gubler laid down four 50 minute laps and a last lap of 49:4 7 for third in class, and he had no trouble, not even a flat. He was just 42 seconds behind Alm-berg. Danny Anderson and Rob MacCachren flew in about three minutes later, Danny having roll-ed on the third lap, costing time, but they had no other problems. Bill Dickton and Matt Cunningham were the only Heavy Metal entry in the four Finishing fifth it was Dan Jewett wheel drive Dodge. They won the class with four of the five laps completed. and company, about an hour be-. ---------'----------------'----'---Dave Petrillo continued his win streak in Class 9 in his striped single seat car, turning times for all four laps in the 50s, having no trouble at all. He won Class 9 by six minutes at the flag. hind, and that is a story we wish they got in the four laps for the trailer when they got him out The awa-rds breakfast was at the good, the awards brief, as many of the locals had a Go Kart race at the speedrome that Sunday. we had gotten. Bekki Freeman and points. Usual contender Gene of the woods. It was a typical race sponsoring Thumpers bistro in her father Ken Sr. were sixth and Griepentrog suffered a hit on the on this rocky trail through the Las Vegas, and the breakfast was last of the finishers' in Class 1-2- valve cover on the second lap and foothills with about half the entry 1 1600, good for points and just. flatranoutofoil,soheputiton. completingtheirrequiredrounds., BIGGER IS BETT-ER. two minutes behind Jewett. As mentioned the Heavy Metal survivor was Bill Dickton in the 4x4 Dodge, doing four laps des-pite two broken shocks on lap 3. His competition Scott Bassett broke an axle. Barry Slatter with Jason Johnson was the only fin-isher in Sportsman trucks in his Ford. The Sportsman buggies come in all shapes and sizes. Kevin Streety won the five car class in his 5-1600 B:-ija Bug and didn't even have a flat. Todd and Terry Vandawalker were a couple min-utes back in second running with J·ust first and third gear the whole Barry Slatter, with Jason Johnson. again outlasted his competition, got in three laps for another victory in Sportsman trucks, not a growing class. distance, followed in 11 minutes_ ----'-------------------------by Steve Elliott, who roll~d twice and lost a plug wire on the last lap, and Ed Dunn was another seven minutes back, had a second lap flat and pitted for fresh rear tires. Only one in this class failed to finish the four laps. We didn't forget Class 9, and it was a close race, although only three survived to finish. Dave Pet-rillo did his number on the troops once again, turning times all four laps in the 50s and winning by six minutes and having no problems at all. Mark Bunderson was sec-ond and had a right rear flat the first lap. Nothing else. 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-CRS/SCCA Gonnan Ridge Rally By John Elkin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares were simply untouchable all day in the Audi Quattro as they won overall by three mmutes, and the 4WD class by eight minutes. It was Rui's first overall win and a long time coming. October means .many things. would call it paved) with some rally. Fall is upon us, football is in full sandy corners and some small We will cover the rally in re-swing, Halloween candy needs to stretches of dirt. All this makes verse overall finish this time just be bought and if you compete in tire choice very important. to break up the monotony. First the California Rally Series ( CRS) The final entry tipped the scales the unfortunates that did not fin-it also means it is time for the at 33 teams. This resurgence of ish. George Taveres/John Pires Gorman Ridge Rally. This event entries has been a blessing to org- were running well in the yellow has been a staple in the CRS since ani:ers and the CRS in general. Porsche in two wheel drive open the mid nineteen eighties when Two wheel drive open class is still until stage four when a missed Gary English found these roads the most popular with one third turn got the Porsche 91 I stuck. and started the Cliffs of Gorman the field falling into that category After a time getting extracted Rally. Since then it has seen var- while nine cars entered stock class from the sand and several close - iotis other organi:ers but this year which is seeing a renewed popular-calls with ~ars in stage the duo there was a majot'restaffing of the ity. The four wheel drive and per-pressed on to stage nine where the organi:ational structure. Still at formance stock classes are doing suspension gave up. Bobby the helm was Harris Done-but very well also and in all classes the Webb/Mike Wharton. Bobby new to the organi:ers positions talent runs very deep so like in Webb brought another novice came Dennis Chi:ma, Larry Scott NASCAR not one team is domin-out to ride in the seat of terror of and John Moore. ating too much in any one class, of her stock class Datsun 510. The The roads stayed about the course every series has its Earn- pair ran well through the day same as last year. 12 stages would harts (Lon Peterson) and Wal-stages but come the night the little be run, six at night encircling laces (Steve Scott) and Gordons Datsun suffered from electrical Libre Mountain and including the (Jeff Bruett). Gorman is a small woes and was parked early. Kur-paved stage you either love or community that relies on Inter-oshJaromi/Scott Webb were run-hate, the Ridge Route. The Ridge . state 5 for its livelihood. Located ning as high as third overall and Route is 12 .4 miles. of broken forty miles north of Los Angeles, second in four wheel drive open .. concrete and blacktop (some Gormanhasalwayswelcomedthe in the Audi when on stage 11 a Tony Shumaker and new to him navigator Cal Coatsworth over came the flu to drive the Mitsubishi into a great third overall and second in 2WD class. ball joint failed causing what Webb described as, "A very in-teresting ten seconds". Robert Tallini/Mark Scott were running third in Perform-ance Stock and gaining when in the final stage of the night T allirii misread the road ( easy to do on the Ridge Route) and sent the Toyota Corolla sailing through the night air rolling to a rest against a large natural gas pipe. Sam Moore/David Jacobus had the same problem reoccur in the Plymouth Arrow with fuel feed troubles. They got a stage and a quarter before having to call it a day. Tony Tavares/ Patrick Teix-eira debuted a new Mazda 323 in four wheel drive class. The debut went well as the pair made it to Lon Peterson and Bill Gutzmann were equally dom~nant i~ the 2WD cl~ss, also winning their class by three minutes and running the Arrow so hard that they finished second over§!//. stage 11 when they came off the road and had to record a DNF when the car got hopelessly stuck in sand off the paved stage. Carl Jardevall/ Anders Karlsson are always the favorites at Gorman Ridge and early on did not disap-point as they led overall for a time in the day until a mass air sensor caused them to lose time in serv-ice replacing the part. Other woes . followed as the night stages start-. ed and Jardevall decided to come back and try another day. Rheys Millenl:Jeff Tezer had the four wheel drive Toyota Celica in second overall going into the night stages but at the end of stage nine Millen came off the road at a tricky right turn at the finish sign, went down an estimated 200 foot bank and became a spectator. His timecard was not recovered so his exact position is unknown from stages seven and eight. Adrienne Scott/ Beth· Gorman had the precarious honor of being the final finishers of the rally and seventh in stock class after having to unstuck the Toyota Celica in the first stage. Still the ladies car-ried on to record the finish having a lot of reported fun along the way. Adolfo Borja/ Emilio Dac-umos had troubles in the night, on stage seven to be exact but the woe is unknown at press time. Still the pair from the California Rally-sport Club carried on to a ninth in two wheel drive open. Cres And-ongo/ R. Rosales left the Mazda RX-7 at home and brought out a Toyota Starlet. Teething troubles plagued the new to Cres Toyota but the team drove on through them to capture sixth in stock class. Lucinda Strub/Matt Sweeney. It was the Giant Woman's turn to drive the Toyota truck with new and improved horsepower. Luc-inda had some trouble in stage one on the famous sweeping left and stuck the Toyota losing five minutes to the field right off the bat. It is hard to make up any lost time in the two wheel drive open class for any driver as the talent runs so deep here and Strub/ Sweeney settled into eighth place in class. They do however have renewed optimish for the next rally. Tony DelaCuesta/Tino Alcan-ces were the points leaders in stock class coming into the rally after a stellar season so far. In stage two a rear suspension prob-lem reared its head-causing the team some downtime. Later in the rally after that woe was fixed they had to scavenge a teammate's street car for other suspension parts to finish the rally with, but they did finish in fifth place in stock class. The pair are not out of the points with one rally remain-ing in the year but something would have to happen to the new leaders for them to capture the class ti tie. William Nation/ A . Meyers brought home fourth in perform-ance stock class with a steady per-formance in the Ma:da RX-7. It was the first rally for Meyers as a navigator and Nation is learning fast how to control his car after finding the edge of the envelope at the last event. Dan Hook/ Larry Hook. The father-son team de-buted their new Toyota Celica coupe in stock class. Some e;rly teething troubles were cured after stage three and Dan was admitted-1 y rusty after a small hiatus from driving but was looking forward to the Ridge Route paved stages where he excels. In fourth place going into the stage the Hooks were fast up the first half of the stage 11 until a fuel delivery prob-lem slowed their progress consid-erably for the remainder of the stage and the final one leaving the team in fourth place in stock class. All in all Dan was pleased with the performance of the new car which is for sale while he devises a new creation to terrorize two wheel open with next year. Jose Soares/Luis Romero. 0riving the Toyota Celica All Trac the northern Californians drove to a fifth place finish in four wheel drive open after some lost time in stage two. George Pisek/ Chris We/Jeff and Brian Paul have been running the national series this year, but were at Gorman in the Toyota Celica, second in 4WD class and 4th overall. Bill Malik and Raine Andersson had the Volvo· flying at Gorman and reported no problems while finishing third in 2WD class and fifth overall, a real plum. Victor and Joao Brasil took third place in 4WD class in the Audi Quattro, 6th overall and Victor did say he was .a bit rusty, not rallying for some time. Page 54 January 1995 DustyTimes

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Jeff Bruett and Terry Stonecipher drove the Dodge· Charger to a decisive win in stock class, their second class win in a row in the Dodge that has seen many rally miles and they were 10th overall. Mark Rathsam debuted in Gor-Turner could not use the car after Man in the ex-Morten Bi bow Saah his title was won. Being he had a 99. The pair stayed on the road, clear shot at the title despite miss-learned with some asistance from ing one rally this season Turner Carl Jardevall about driving this found a car for sale, a Plymouth new to them sport and finished a Arrow, which was stock class respectable seventh in two wheel legal and in the CRS rules a stock drive open. Smart young drivers class car can, if desired enter per-that have emerged as fast young formance stock. Deals were stuck, drviers all share the train of finish-papers signed and the Turner fam-ing while learning, gathering seat ily had another race car. In iust time and learning to go fast cor-two days the car was prepared, Ben rcctl y. We should be hearing a lot Bradley flew in from Oregon, and from Mr. Pisek with tutors like the pair was rallying. It was just a Jardevall and the reliability of the minor concern that Turner had no Saab. rally experience in rear wheel Garnet and Pam Baril, who drive, although his off road and proudly fly the banner as Utah's NASCAR experience did not on! y PRO Rally team are also, in leave him totally in the dark. They their rookie year, proving to be started slow, got used to the car formidable competition. This and eventuallyTurnf'.r/Bradley time out Pam fended off flu like started reeling in the VW of Gar-symptoms as Garnet wheeled the net and Pam Baril. Using every VW GTI into third place in per-inch and then some of the paved formance stock less than two stage Turner/ Bradley got agoni:-minutes out of second place. Joe ingly close to first in the rally but Vondracek/Deb Pearson. It took fell just seven seconds short in some talking on the part of Von-second place after their incredible dracek to get Person hack into the comeback. navigators seat but it worked as Jeff Hendricks/Noble Jones the pair ran hard for 12 stages and · had something in common with grabbed the third place trophy in Turner as they too had wrapped a stock class with the Dodge Charg-National title the week previous er. Cable Rhoades/Sean Gallegh-to this rally, but unlike Turner er. Cable is in his rookie year of they still had their vehicle to rally competition and has gotten drive. Hendricks and Jones start-very fast, very quickly, much to edintheleadandfinishedtherein the chagrin of his competitors in an uneventful drive until the final two wheel drive open. Rhoades paved stages where Jeff hung on to and Gallegher had the Ma:da the Jeep as hest he could edging RX-7 flying early running as high Turner for the win by that same as fourth in class until the final seven seconds. This leaves Hend-stage when just a couple of miles ricks/Jones in the catbird seat go-from the finish the panhard rod ing into the final event as they broke on the car. Suddenly the only have to start the rally to win Ma:da started to handle inade-the performance stock champion-quately losing four minutes and ship in its inaugural year. dropping the Ari:ona driver to Steve and Bob Scott pitted their sixth in class. Toyota Corolla against the Dela-Dave Turne::, Ben Bradley. Cuesta Toyota for control of the Now this story is bi:arre. The points title but with the Dela-week previous to this rally Dave Cuesta Toyota losing time early Turner had captured the National the pair felt safe to run hard for Production Class title in his Mit-the win instead of run conserva-subishi and he had planned to use tive for the points. The brothers the same car, as he has all season, came out driving hard in the first to capture a second title in his stages but found themselves chas-rookie season of rally competi-ing the eventual winner all day tion. Circumstances dictated that and night. Going into the final Fresh from winning the National rally/ruck title: Jeff Hendricks and Noble Jones ran the same Jeep Comanche at Gorman and won the Performance Stock class almost nailing down the class CRS 1994 title. stages on pavement the Scott's gave no ground as they drove well but came up 52 seconds short in the end taking second place in stock class and 11th overall. The team now has the points lead in convincing fashion but cannot risk a DNF at the next event as they could still lose the champ-ionship to the DelaCuesta Toyota. What has lit a fire under Jeff Bruett and Terry Stonecipher? The duo are coming off a decisive win at the last rally in stock class with their old tired Dodge Charg-er, but it seems the Dodge has a second wind. The pair led from the start and only had cause to worry in the second turn of the 11th stage when they spun the Charger on the pavement losing 20 seconds. But the final stage was flawless as they cemented their second win in a row. So what has gotten into Bruett? We all know Stonecipher has had something lit under him since he got into the sport but everyone is afraid to ask what. If navigator enthusiasm could win rallies alone Stoneciph-er would be unbeaten. At least now we know it could be contag-ious, and Jeff has it. Tony Chave:/John Elkin had a long rally as the Datsun 510 start-ed acting up with a throttle link-age problem at the end of stage seven. Going into stage eight and nine the Datsun did not have full throttle slowing the pair. An attempted repair before stage I 0 only managed to get the throttle stuck wide open, which did make for a more exciting stage but slight-1 y unnerving. At the service area before the final two pavement stages another fix was attempted and it worked, until the third turn of the next stage then the throttle was pinned again. After a harrow-ing 12 miles up the paved Ridge Route it was Dave Turner who found the trouble giving the pair it's best stage of the day ( or night) and a fifth place in two wheel drive open, ninth overall. hold on second in the champion-ship for two wheel drive open cars before they move to four wheel drive next year. Stiff competition left the pair driving hard, as did everyone in class, and it paid with a fourth place finish and eighth overall. Paula Gibeault/Jay_ Mathes are chasing the points title in four wheel drive class with their trusty little Subaru RX four door. They had little to report in their drive for fourth in class and sev-enth overall as the points title comes down to Indio. Victor BrasiJ/Joao Brasil took a third place in four wheel drive class just a minute up on the Gibeault Sub-aru as an admittedly rusty Victor put the Audi through it's paces. Bill Malik /Roine Andersson have been making up for a slow start to their year as the Volvo 240 has been flying since the last event. In a dramatic sideways driving display the pair reported no troubles on their way to a third place in class and fifth overall -finish. Chris Weleff/ Brian Paul have been off chasing the National ser-ies for the better part of the CRS year which may not give them much of a chance in the points chase; they certainly have return-ed to us a faster rail y team than he-fore as the Toyota Celica All Trac flew to n second lace finish in four wheel drive class and fourth overall. Must be them used Paul Choiniere tires. Tony Shumaker broke in a new navigator for him as Cal Coatsworth joined the Team Mitsubishi driver. Coats-worth, a seasoned navigator, sold-iered on all day and night with flu symptoms also, like Pam Baril. Shumaker had the turbocharged Mitsubishi Eclipse in a secure second place in two wheel drive open and third overall almost three minutes behind the winners in class. Bill and Lon's Excellent Adven-ture! Sort of. There is little chal-lenge left in making Lon Peterson and Bill Gut:mann's victory sound anything less than what they usually are, convincing. By nearly three minutes the Ply--mouth Arrow team won the two wheel drive class and finished second overall to the four wheel drive winner.Hasn't any boa y told Peterson and Gut:mann that as they get older they should he slowing down? It seems that Geri-tol must he coming in a high oc-tam··formula now. Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares were simply un-touchable all day. The red, white and blue Audi Quattro was more of a blur all day as some challeng-ed briefly hut none could match the Portuguese team stamina and speed as they decimated the entin: field winning the overa\l by three minutes over Peterson and the class hy eight minutes. SomL·timt.·s it is just your day and no one can touch you. This was Rui's first overall win, and it was a long time coming as teething troubles haVt.' plagued tht: Audi since its incep-tion. But those are obviously cured and crew chief Bill Brasil says that there is another 45 horse-power coming! I don't think he needs it. T earns staggered in from Libre Mountain hack to the headquart-ers hotel in Gorman within an hour of schedule due to civilian traffic on a stage that necessitated a delay. But where safety is con-cerned for the public and thL· teams, no-one minded the wait. = Ron Wood/ Kelly Walsh are enjoying their waning days in the VW Scirocco as they have a good Steve and Bob Scott were determined to gain points in the Toyota Coro/a and started in conservative mode, later picked up the tempo to second in Stock class. Dave Turner also fresh from winning the National Production title, had to put a car together for this rally and fell just 7 seconds short of winning Performance Stock class. Garnet and Pam Baril are' Utah's only Pro Rally team, and at Gorman they had colds but drove the VW Rabbit to third place in Performance Stock class. Father and son, Dan and Larry Hook debuted their new Toyota Celica here, had some teething problems, but finished well, fourth in stock class. Dusty T:,ncs January 1995 Page 55

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California Rally Series By John Elkin I have been thinking a lot lately about old friends who are no longer with us, Bill Moore in particular. At the awards banquet this last January I received a beautiful plaque from Ray Hocker commemorating his late best friend. It says the following: The Bill Moore Memorial Award Presented to John Elkin January 15, 1994 for outstanding service to the sport of Pro Rallying in the state of California as a sportsman, co-driver, event organi:er and CRS Director. On the plaque is a picture of Bill probably taken about the time that he and Ray scored a class win at a World Rally Championship round in Olympia, Washington. That would be about 1986 if memory serves me. The plaque is displayed in my room so I wake to see Bill every morning. It has an inspiring quality to start the day with. I miss Bill. Not nearly as much as Ray Hocker, who tells me there has not been a day that Bill does not cross his mind since his passing in 1989. I think that it is wonderful to name an award after Bill as he did all the inscription says on the plaque and more, certainly not many people meet that criteria, I can only think of one or two others but won't embarrass anyone. I never thought in my dreams that I would match up against the likes of Bill Moore and certainly never tried; it just happens. When you love a sport and the people in it, it is easy to get deeply involved. And with the holiday season creeping up behind us to give us all our yearly emotional (and financial) wedgie I start thinking about friends, past and present. I think about the things I want to accomplish in the coming year, but I do not make any set New Year's Resolutions, those are too easy to break. Along with that I have a list of things I would want this coming year, and in years to come. Some are outrageous and others self-serving but all of them I believe would be interesting if they happend. So, for what it is worth here is my wish list. I want.,,. The Rim of the World Rally to Coming Next Month ••• Salute to Desert Champions SNORE El Dorado 250 La Rana High Desert 250 • SCORE Banquet VORRA Championships at Prairie City SCCA Maine Forest PRO Rally CRS/SCCA East ~f Indio Rally MTEG Champions• WRC RAC Rally i~ England ... P lus MUCH, MUCH niore Classified ••• rOR SALE: Jeep Cherokee: Pos-sibly the most winning Jeep ever. Too many wins to list, including 3 Baja lO00's, 1994, 1993& 1991! Has absolutely the best of every-thing. Ex-factory car built by Curt LeDuc· for Mike Leslie, main-tained as new. Has finished every race entered in last 2 years to win 2 consecutive SCORE Milestone Awards. This car is legal for SCORE Class 8 and Class 6 in 1995, La Rana Class 1, Class 8 or Class 6, and most other race ser-ies. Strap yourself in and win races. A great opportunity at only $43,000.00. Tons of spares avail-able. Call Clive Skilton (800) 366-5337 or (800) 528-5337. Will take any street legal vehicle in trade. FOR SALE: New Class 5 pre-runner, 1 ss than 50 miles, Chromoly chasis, 105" wheel base, Wood's a·rms, Saco rack, Centerlines, Sway-A-Way bars and axels, Bilsteins, Supertrap, Bus trans, Fuel' Safe cell, Deist belts, CNC pedals, Scirocco twin cam engine. $9,000.00 firm. (702) 645-9510. DustyTimes FOR SALE: 1971 Ford Motor-home 20'. Rebuilt engine and trans. New shocks, rear air. $3,500.00. Needs TKC. ALSO 1979 Dodge Motorhome 20'. Runs good, needs TLC. $5,000.00 Vance (804) 583-0377, -------,----FOR SALE: Class 9 Raceco. Fresh 1600, Fox Shox, Sway-A-Way torsion. Rack steering two spares, fuel cell, Pumper, J-Mar, and other parts. Steal this car for only $2,800.00. Must sell. (602) 565-3150. FOR SALE: '89 Toyota Class 7S, total rebuild, Fields trans and Ford 9" rear w/355 Spline-Axels-Spool, Fox Shox, Bump stops, Cone Ball jts. New motor. Com-pe ti ti ve SCORE-SNORE-LA RANA. Prepped and ready for Parker. $17,500.00 obo (702) 437-0117. evolve into a round of the Asian Pacific Series and eventually the World Rally Championship. Ken Adams to start organizing a rally again. A self calibrating rally odom-eter. To just once get a chance to ride with Ari Vatanen. A five point harness that does not loosen up midway through a stage. High Desert Trail, La Jornada, Forest Hill Divide and Carson City to come back on our schedule again. Some of these things just cannot happen for whatever reasons. Hopefully some will (hopefully Ari Vatanen reads Dusty Times) and others are a reality but I don't have them yet. But I can wish and I can want for it 'tis the season. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and Happy New Year. As this goes to press we are all out thrashing around the deserts East of Indio to determine championships in our 1994 California Rally Series. Next month we'll do a season wrap up of the championship winners (suitable for framing) and a final balloting for the Cap'n Crunch Award so you'll have a guide at the banquet. We'll also recap next year's schedule as far as we know it by then. In Michigan three teams came out to vie for, the National-Divisional title in three classes. Here is how the CRS faired against the rest of the country. Mitch and Kim McCullough traveled up from their new home in Atlanta, Georgia to meet up with Scott Webb anc,i the car. They were never quite up to speed as a mysterious fuel or ignition gremlin would not leave their car even with Mike Welch trying to exorcise it out all night. Event-ually on a rough and bumpy trail Mitch and Scott ·cracked the oil pan (Mazda's have aluminum oil pans so they can only crack, not bend) and spectated the rest of the weekend. Jeff Hendricks and Noble Jones had a lot on their agenda for the weekend _in trying for the under two liter and the national rallytruck title. They were doing well, chasing a certain Saab from the northwest (as did everyone else) when Jeff admittedly blew a corner, went off the road and planted the Jeep deeply in the Michigan mud. While he could not catch the Saab at all he and Noble did get extracted and went on to win the rallytruck champ-ionship for the year! Rui Brasil and I ( you knew I had to be in this somewhere) teamed up for this rally in his Audi. We had some really good stages but a sticking throttle in stage ·(at the most inopportune times) and a loose front strut and the loss of driving lights for half a stage plus some other small woes slowed us to second place in the four wheel drive just 20 seconds behind Rees Harris. Rui got a really nice trophy for his runner up spot. Next year the run-offs are rumored to be in Oklahoma at a _, Ken Stewart event. For those chasing the points Ken puts on neat events on great roads. But, also rumored are some other rallies that would like to host the run-offs so stay tuned. For Sale 1995 Cl~ss Champion BEST OF EVERYTHING "RELIABLE" Brian Maginnis PIT SUPPORT AVAILABLE RACE PREPPED . $7,500.00 310-630-5896 or 371-0407 PUMPER - FOX - FRESH TRANS - FRESH ENGINE MOBILE SERVICE TO YOUR HOME OR TO YOUR CHASSIS BUILDER SERVING ALL OF LOS ANGELES . ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES CALL TODAY FOR INFORMATION AND PRICING ON CUSTOM· RACE CAR WIRING ! CONGRATULATIONS LA RANA HIGH DESERT 300 OVERALL WINNER DAVE RITTENHOUSE & RON STOBAUGH ALSO CLASS 10 WINNER JERRY PENHALL 213-340-0277 January 1995 Page 61

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Classified ••• ATTENTION RACERS: Can you afford 50 cents on the dollar? 5-1600 parts. 1600cc single port engine complete $1,000.00. Long axe! swing transmission. New R&P close ratio 3rd and 4th $900.00. Two mastercraft seats $75.00 each. VW front end complete, just rebuilt $400.00. Call after 5 pm. (619) 562-4675. ·1 J( ·f j FOR SALE: 91 Meco 1-1600 116" wb. Best of everything. FOX-FAT-Dura Blue-Wright Foddrill-Ump-Charlyne-Parker-Beard-Wooven brakes 22 gal cell. Complete race prep O motor 0 tr:ans Proven winner:. Fire suite-Du mp cans-Simpson. Will deliver West Coast $8,500.00. (206) 284-2025. FOR SALE: Class 9-2 seater-4 time Class Winner-FOX, Sway-Away, Neal, JAMAR, Filler safetys, Fuel. Safe, Y okohamas, Spare parts include shocks, torsion bars, sprint plates, tires, wheels, fuel cans. Car is "Race ore pa red & ready to go''. $3,000.00 oho. (209) 227-5742. FOR SALE: Raceco Unlimited car. Top 3 runner, awesome 3.5 Porche Motec EMS inj ign system 2 /laptop. Raceco auto trans. Unbelieveable package. Enclosed trailer & everything needed to win. Package at a great deal. Baja Concepts Ref #333 Call (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Lothringer 2 seat Class 9. Cai-is only 7 races old. Best of everything. Excellent con-dition, staged Foxes, radio, fresh Wiks motor & WR trans, Fuel Safe, Ump, Sway-A-Way, Wright, Yokohama, car works excellent. 100% finish ratio., $7,000.00 firm. (818)339-9892. May accept VW thing as part , trade. Class 6 Jimmy, 4 door, Summers Bros. Rear, Bil-stein Res. shocks Artcarr, Nascar Motor, V-6, National Springs, BFG Baja TA's, Nice Alum Dash, Loaded with Goodies. A steal at $16,000.00. Baja Concepts Ref. #396 (619) 583-6529. 1984 Toy 4x4 Trail or Pre-Run Truck. TOO TRICK TO LIST EVERYTHING! 231 Buick V6, Turbo 350, Auto Trans, 35" BFG Muds, 26 gallon tank, 488 Gears. Super Serious Rock Climbing 4x4 Specialty vehicle. LOADED with too much! Please call for details! $8,500.00 obo. Baja Con-cepts Ref #392. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Two time Mint 400 winner-Single seat Class 9 Raceco, Chromoly, Bilsteins D.J. transaxels, FAT motor, Type 3 drums, Neals Dual Master cyl. brakes, Yokohama tires, Wright rack and tie rod, 300m Sway-Away, tons of spares and parts. $6,500.00. Birchen car. Priced to sell. (818) 339-9385. FOR SALE: 1993 Toyota 4x4. LaRana Class 15 Legal. 22gal fuel safe. 8 remote reservoir nitro charger shocks, Parkerpumpe~, 4.88 gears, full cage, Beard race seats, 5 speed, Too much to list. No engine. Must sell FAST. $7,500.00 with trailer. Call Jay (818) 919-4259. Complete race team, all or part. Class 11D & 1-1600, very best parts available air pumpers Wright, Sway-Away, FOX (GEin Berge) each car has new PPG colors, new motor and spare motor, zero hours,·tons of spares l lD-$4,000.00.1-1600-$8,000 Calvin Bailey, Indiana. (219) 892-6289 or (219) 892-5867. TRICK 1991 MTEG Magnum. As Fresh as you can get with not a penny spared! FAT Rabbit Race Motor with a complete spare included. Two "top-of-the-line" Bus Box trannies, both fresh! Coil over Fox Shocks, UMP Power Steering, 5 Link Rear, with Disc .Brakes. Centerlines w/ Beadlocks and BFG's. Super Deal! Complete Package for $28,000. Baja Con-cepts Ref #384. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE OR TRADE: Class 2, 125'wb, 3000cc ARPM motor, dry sump, fuel inj., Hewland DG300 prepped by Fortin, 935 c.v.s, Fox progressive air shocks, 2zn rr-& 17"frt trvl. Saginaw PIS, ¾" Heim ends. Updated, ready to win! asking$24,000.00 oho. Will sell wino motor $19,900.00. Baja Concepts Ref #108 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Excellent La Rana Truck Class 7S '86. Jeep Com-anche. New 2.5 Motor New Dana 60 Kuster Shocks in rear. Art Car trans, new radiator. Lots of extras too! $12,500.00 o'bo. (619) 253-7946 or(619) 253-2351. FOR SALE: Professionally built Pre-Runner by Darrel Jakes of Venable Racing. New motor ready 1 to work. $25,000.00 (909) 654-149381(714) 654-4554. 25 new Goodyear racing tires for sale. FOR SALE: 1988 Mirage 1-1600 short course FEX motor, 930 cv, Bus Box, All Hewland gears, ZF Limited Slip, SAW, FOX, Centerlines, Power Steering, Wright complete front end, 23 wins with VORRA, Ventura, Glen Helen. Tons of spares $7,500.00. Tim Riordan (408) 438-2720. FOR SALE: Farout PreRunner, Class 5 Street legal, Best of the Best. Brand New Baja Bug, No Quality spared, Excellent Fabrica-tion. Sacco, Fox, Woods, Dura Blue Mirage, Fat Performance Motor, Power Steering, Simpson, Mamo, YOO, S&S. Call for details. Baja Concepts Ref. #397 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 117" Class 10 single seater coilover fresh Hew-land/ Bux Box Carr Discs Neal-Ump steering-Woods Arms-Wright-Shaw rear bumps-Beard seat-Dual batts, Center Line wheels-BFG tires-Super boot stubs and axels-Flameout-22 gal raceco cell 5 time VORRA champ light and dependable. $6,500.00 less motor. Call Steve Bradford ( 408) 394-4104. FOR SALE: 1994 Mirage Stad-ium Superlite, Race Ready Fox Shox, FI 350 motor, BFG's Fuel Safe, Aluminum wheels, w/ Bead-locks, lots of spare parts, Arms, Wheels, tires, Motor, Honda parts, tie rods, clutches, belts, gears, CV's. $10,000.00. Call John, days (310) 327-8323, nights (714) 842-7238. FOR SALE: Engine/Clutch/ Shocks for sale. Porsche 3.5 Litre racing engine. Carrillo rods. TriMill headers, 90 amp alterna-tor, 46 IDA Weber carbs, twin plug heads, all new Porsche racing components. Fresh rebuild by Bobby Hart. 100% complete, ready to win races. $14,000.00 oho. Tilton clutch assembly. $1,200.00 oho. 15 RS-5000 Rancho Shocks. $150.00 the lot. Will ship anywhere RCR RAcing USA (909) 371-8334. FOR SALE: Get ready for the '95 season with this all new, just finished, professionally built, top dollar, Ford PreRunner. This truck has it all 351 Windsor, C6 trans, Mastercraft seats, Flow-master muffs,. AC, heater, BP Goodrich tires, full cage front to rear, National springs and the paint job looks good enough that your wife just might drive it too. Street legal and registered. $20,000.00,obo. (619) 337-2652. ~:,-------------------------------------------.....----,..FOR SALE: -Parts-9" 40 spline '.. Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I full floater rear end complete, I I Du. STY TIMES I Beams, Fresh ~rep C-6, 14" Re~ • Fox Shox, 9 gear sets, 35 I I Rambos, CNC pedals, Lee I Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including name, addre~s and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of I' steering boxes, Rancho Ranger I black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. I 4x4 lift kit. Race Xchange ( 619) I NEW AND RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE'if you act now and subscribe. If I 258-8544/ Fax (619) 258-4266· II you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. •,·. rt!;~~~:~(i~~;s~tr~~!~~ nology offers you the advantage I I over the opposition. Drive faster, I ----------------------------------------------J safer with less breakage and wear. Take the guess work out of Desert I --------------------------'----------------------I! Racing. Write or fax for details to: I -----------------------------------------------I Concepts International (NZ) I I Ltd., P.O. Box 46-147, Herne I -----------------'---------------------------I Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. Fax 64-9-483-5 581. ' I ___________________________ I I Enclosed is$ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I ·1 I -1 Name .I Mail to: I DUSTY TIMES I I Address · Phone-------20751 Marilla Street I .I Chatsworth, CAi91311-4408 I· J City __________________ Stat·e ____ . Zip . -.· Page 62 Janu~ry 1995 WANTED: Class 7 or 8 Pre-Runner Body and Frame, must be fully caged. The Trickier The Better. Prefer X-Racer. With or without rear end, trans, suspen-sion, etc. Also need used seats, belts, cell, wheels, tires, shocks, etc. Consider complete vehicle. Gene (805) 736-7123. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: Jimco Class 9-2 seater. Chromoly frame New Kuster shocks and Sway-Away 300 m torsion bars. Radio and intercom, tranny has 380 1st, 206 2wd, 165 3rd, 143 4th and 437 ring gear motor built by Bug Stuff. Fuel safe, CNC, Simpson, BFG Bl'st of everything. $6,500.00. Many extras. Call Bill (310) 532-5248. FOR SALE: Class 5 Unlimited, race ready, best,of everything. Fox coil-overs, shocks and bump stops, Summers Brothers, Calif-ornia Motorsports auto trans, Lee Leighton 2340cc Type I, UMP, JAMAR, Wright, new BFG Baja T I A, Ultra, Parker Pump_, Fuel Safe, Simpson, Beard.$14,500.00 or trade for ski boat. Call (909) 653-0679. FOR SALE: 1981 Chevy K-20 4x4 350cid, 1992 La Rana Stone Stock Class champ. 12" FOX SHOX, Fuel Cell, Mastercraft, Art Carr, BFG's, National springs, new trans & transfer case, Corp full floater rear end. Some spares. Lie 1 Y32823, Race Xchange(619)258-8544/ Fax (619) 258-4266. FOR SALE: Class 9 two seater. 1993 SCORE points champ. Best of EVERYTHING. 8 Races. Four 1st Four 2nds, Turn key, race ready, tons of spares, $7,500.00. Call Rick Johnson (619) 253-7906 or (619) 253-7837. FOR SALE: 2-1600 older car with new updated front & rear suspension by Mirage -older driver but could not be updated -trailer, spare tires & some parts. $11,500.00 (818) 912-7727. FOR SALE: Kevin Smith's win-ning Mirage Super 1600 stadium car. Complete coil car, Smart Per-formance Toyota, Fortin 2 speed, too much to list, wlmany spares. Call for package details. (818) 579-2135. DustyTimes FOR SALE: 1982 Midliner Mack Boxtruck-AIC, PIS, 5 speed, 6 cylinder Turbo diesel, 75 gallon fuel tank, 10 mpg, Alcoa alumi-num wheels, new Yokohama tires. 24' box wl belly boxes. Built in cabinets and work bench, vise, stereo, TV, VCR, tire rack, alum-inum diamond plate floor, for-mica lined walls and cabinets. E-T rack tied down system, 110 volt and 12 volt lighting, air compres-sor, 30xl8 custom built alumi-num canopy, exterior lighting, aluminum side door steps, alumi-num 16'drive ramps. Contact Kevin (818) 579-2135. FOR SALE: Briggsbuilt Super lite, MTEG Race Ready. Many, many extra tires and parts. BV perfor-mance race motor. Sponsorship goes with car for serious racer. Can be easily changed for desert racing. Call Steve Cobb at (909) 591-3466. FOR SALE: 1988 Class 7 Toyota. All Fox Shox, 2 air bumps in front. Stock and street legal. Motor and truck. 13" front travel 14½" rear. Ready to run. All figerglass panels. t619) 788-9405. $7,200.00 FOR SALE: Utility bed for chase truck. Custom tool box, CO, bot-tles with hose reel, oil and fluid shelf. Also full-width, locking tire rack. Will fit full size shortbed truck. Delivery available. $1 .000.00 (805) 832-9612. FOR SALE: Mid-Engine sand rail, complete Chromoly chassis, 2234cc Reggie Lesslie built motor, super clean and very lite car. $9,000.00. (619) 344-6109. FOR SALE: 2-1600 Raceco, Chromoly frame, Fox, UMP, Parker, Wik engine, WR trans, Fuel Safe, Wright, Beard, Etc. Proven competitor, spares and trailer included. $7,800.00. Call Jerry at (818) 242-4632. FOR SALE: 118" single seat Raceco. Only raced 3 times since built. Would like to trade for a 2 seat or4 seater of equal value. Has all the major name brand parts: Fox 930s, Wright, Beard, Hew-land and 2110 motor. Call ( 5 12) 368-2906 TX. Sell outright $18,000.00. WANTED: Class 5 parts or Dune Buggy parts, trans, shocks, wheels (619) 272-1445. FOR SALE: '92 Class 9, 2 seater, FOR SALE: Class 9, 2 seat w/ Baja conver. body. Dirtrix powder coat chassis, Fox Shox, "' "excellent condition! Wright steer-ing, Jamar pedal, Fox Shox, Sway-A-Way axels. 1600 type 1 engine, Fuel Safe cell, turn key Race r-ady!!! Spent over $16,000.000 to build will let it go for $8,500.00. Baja Concepts Ref #403 (619) 583-6529. Jamar, Saco, Beard, Ump, 22 gal FOR SALE: ORE 1-1600, 115", fuel cell, Yokohamas, Woods. prepped, ready to win. Best of Like new $6,000.00. (505) 437-everything, Gatz motor, Wright 1828 eves. combos and arms, Durablue, bus WANTED: Looking for books tranny w/ Hewlands, 091 diff., and information on building and Ump Fox, SAW., Fuel Safe cell, racing Desert and Off Road Very competitive, Class champ Trucks. ALSO lookingforenthu-HORA/SCORE and SNORE . . siast in my area to exchange info MuSt see, $12,500.00, serious with. Mike Painter, Fredericks--inquiries only. (805) 297-3943. berg, VA (703) 786-3499. FOR SALE: 1988 Raceco Class 2. 2850 Fat engine, Bus trans, w/Hewland gears, Centerline, Simpson, Summers Bros., UMP, PCI, Fox Shox. Not raced since 92. 20' enclosed trailer. Every-thing in picture for $25,000.00 or car alone for $15,000.00. (916) 622-4610. POSITION AVAILABLE: Rod Hall International, Inc., off road racers & International rail yists for over 26 years, seeks apprent-ice off road race truck fabricator ready to step up to head fabrica-tor. Self manager, own tools, travel, high standards. Competi-. tive wages, paid vacation, friendly work atmosphere & fringes. Send resume & reference to Chad Hall at 1360 Kleppe Lane, Sparks, NV 89431. FOR SALE: Trailer, 45' Great Dane Ride simi. 18kv gen. 45xl5' awning, 90 gal. diesel tank, rear and side doors. FuH length belly boxes. 5hp 40 gal. comp. Tig 250 amp welder. Too much to list!! In great condition. Perfect for any team. Only $35,000.00. Baja Concepts Ref #332 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Class 9 Challenger. Fresh motor and DJ trans, Fox, Wright, Fuel Safe, Ump, K&N, Yokohama, dump cans and spares. Only 10 races on new car. Ready to race. $4,000.00. Call Tim days (805) 499-3686or eves. (805) 373-6548. FOR SALE: Show quality Baja. ··"!""' 9,000 miles on professional ' ground up build. Everything is new or rebuilt. Bumper to bumper cage, reliable 2016cc motor, fresh close ratio trans, Bil-steins wl reservoirs, fully street legal, quiet comfortable interior. W ay too much to list. Works great on or off road $6,500,00 oho. (619) 242-7164. FOR SALE: 1993 Raceco 2-1600. Built with only the best top dollar parts and components available. Everything in excellent condition. Must see. Call for full details. I'm buying a motorhome to take my kids on surf trips so you can buy this race car for½ the price of a new one. $14,000.00 (619) 481-0923. FOR SALE: Yaseu VHF-FM 2 meter radio 24 channel memory, 5, 25, 50 watt selectable output, alpha-numeric frequency display, priority scan, memory scan, fre-quency scan + 2 mag mount antennas. Makes excellent chase or pit radio! $600.00. Contact Paul @ (714) 636-0480. January 1995 PARTS FOR SALE: 14" air shocks (new), 11 gallon dump cans, American Racing aluminum wheels, Ford fiberglass hoods, Ford grills, Ford cabs, Cone front hubs wlJFZ disc brakes, fuel cell. Let us sell your used parts, we have a buyer waiting. Race Xchange. (619) 258-8544 FAX: (619) 258-4266. WANTED: Off Road race parts: By pass shocks, coil over shocks 14" & travel, Airbumps30 gallon and up fuel cells, Dana 60 or 9" Ford full floater rear ends, Wil-wood brakes, Mastercraft seats & misc. items - shifters, gauges, etc. (310) 425-2573. CHASE TEAMS WANTED: Mirage is looking for chase teams for the 1995 desert season. This requires dedication to the sport+ a total "Team" committment. Direct all calls to Bill Varnes (805) 940-5515. FOR SALE: '89 Chenowth 1-1600 car. Won Milestone 1994 Award Third in class 1994 SCORE series. New motor & trans. Ready to race. Best of every-thing. Call John, DJ Trans (619) 240-3930.$10.800.00or best off or trade. FOR SALE: '93 Class 11 Cham-pionship car. No expense spared. Complete race operation. All spares included. $5,000.00 oho. (310) 915-0359. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Barbary Coast -Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . . . . 43 Bonneville Off Road Racing . . . . . . . . 5 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Castex Inc., E-Z-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Central Oregon Off Road Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Cowboy Coaches . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 38 Dez Fab . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 42 Dodge Motorsport (Back Cover) . . . . . 64 Don-A-Vee Jeep Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . 10 FAT Performance . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Fuel Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 German Auto . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 8 Glen Helen Short Course Racing . . . . . 11 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Jewelry Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Kuster Shocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 La Rana Desert Racing . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Lightning Off Road Race Team .... 16-17 Brian Maginnis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 McKenzie's Performance Products . . . . 39 Major Performance . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 14 Nevada Off Road Buggy .. .. . . . . . . . 41 Off Road Racing Illustrated Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . • 1 5 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 45 PCI Race Radios . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Pike's Family Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . 19 Pro Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Race Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Race Ready ProJucts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Reid Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Jim Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SNORE Bottom Dollar . • . • . . . . . . . . 29 Sway-A-Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group • . . . . . . . . . . 7 Toyota Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Valley Performance . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 22 Wilch Sales . . . . . . . . • . • • • . • • . . . 50 Wright Place ...•.•....••.••... 47 Yarnell Specialties Inc. . • . • • . • . . • . • 53 Page 63 ll>

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