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Volume 12 - Number 6 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Michael Ward Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Carol Clark Don Dayton John Elkin Homer Eubanks Don Holbrook Martin Holmes D:m'.el Mainzer Ken & Nicole Ruff Bob.Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smitr Judy Smith Tony Tellier _ _Irackside Photo Inc .. Art Director Larry E. Worsham DON'T June 1995 Subscription Rates: lllrif&riesi~Racing4P $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. DtJSTY 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. FORGET!!!!!!! EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1995 THE NEW SlJBSCRIPTION RATES FOR DUSTY TIMES ARE AS FO.LLOWS-DOMESTIC FOREIGN. 1 YEAR $20.00 1 YEAR $25.00 2 YEARS $30.00 2 YEARS $40.00 3 YEARS $40.00 3 YEARS $50.00 Dusty Times June 1995 I I I I I I I I I I I I In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page SCORE Tecate San Felipe Trophy-Trucks by Judy Smith ...... 10 SCORE San Felipe 250 by Judy Smith ...................... 12 WRC Rally of Portugal by Martin Holmes .................. 20 McKemies Series at Glen Helen OHV Park .................. 22 SCCA Sunriser Forest Pro Rally by John Elkin ............... 24 GMC Sonoma Pickup by John Calvin ...................... 26 MTEG Finale at Seattle ................................... 30 WRC Safari Rally by Martin Holmes . ...................... 34 Ma:da 83000 by Jim Ober ........................... .. : .. 37 La Rana Spangler 200 by Jean Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Havasu Happenings by Desert Steel Motorsports ............. 43 Glen Helen Spring Festival Enduro by Jean Calvin ............ 44 Gila Monster 200 by Tony Tellier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 DEPARTMENTS California Rally Series Report by John Elkin .................. 4 Trail Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 FAIR News by Dave Massingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l7 Checkers by the Big Wahzoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Index to Advertisers ......... . ........................... 33 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . }8 Classified Ads ............................... ........... 34 ON THE COVER· The cover boys this month were the big winners at the SCORE San Felipe 250. Ed and Tim Herbst took their Mike Smith built, Porsche powered two seater to the overall victory by 14 minutes and had virtually no troubles on the course. The brothers from las Vegas always seem to do well in San Felipe, and the terrain is similar to their home ground. They had done their homework well and missed most of the muddy spots. Early in the day the Tecate Trophy-Trucks had a good entry but the early leaders faded and Larry Ragland came on strong to win in the Nelson and Nelson Chevrolet that started life as a Class 8 legal truck some years ago. Larry will have a purpose built Trophy-Truck at the next race. He had scant trouble too and praised the extensive car prep that got the truck through the t~ugh spots. Our congratulations to both division championship winners. Color Photography by Trackside Photo Inc. S~7odatf to DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year - $20.00 □ ·2 years - $30.00 □ 3 years - $40.00 Take advantage of your subscription bonus •• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (Form on inside back page) Name ______________________ _ Address ____________________ _ City Stace ___________ Zip __________ _ Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla Sc., Chatsworth, CA 91311--4408, (818) l382-0004 !(Canadian - 1 year $25.00 U .S.• Overseas subscription rates on request) I I I I I I I I I I I Page 3

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California Rally Series By John Elkin We have hit a small lull in the editorial end of this column. Our deadline is just days befor~ the Wild West National in Washing-ton and this will not see print until after our Rim of the World Rally. With this in mind I talked with the major CRS officers to help me find a subject for this month, and still with all their wisdom and rally savvy employed to me I still have little to discuss. But there are some things that need be covered. I would like to thank Harris Done for taking the reins of the writing duties for me after Adelanto. After you have spent months preparing to deploy a rally to the CRS masses it is hard to concentrate afterward, so having the writing duties relieved from me for an event was a blessing. This article writing is tough stuff folks, ask Harris, ask Paula, ask Lon Peterson. Tony Chavez, your CRS Stock Class czar is convening a panel of mechanical experts and equip-ment. His goal is to achieve a new type of stock class inspection where all aspects of the rules, from suspension to carburetor to exhaust manifold rules can be policed_effectively and fairly. The end result of this will be a benefit to the CRS, the competitors and the competition in general with the existing stock classes. These rule enforcements will be taking full effect at either Prescott or Treeline. T reeline will be back on the calendar this year. Dan and Lon are looking for a late August date, around the 19th, for the event. The stages will be in the same vicinity as last year with Lake Hughes being the central hub of activity. Some changes will be effected including a different time schedule. Registration and pre-rally activities will be taking place Saturday, the rally will start around 4:00 p.m. but will end at a place of social gathering in Palmdale. The awards will then be presented on Sunday morning. Other ideas include still making Tule Ride the first stage, but shortening the distance a bit allowing teams a chance to warm up without getting overheated. Gorman Ridge seems set to run on September 23rd this year. Harris Done and his band of volunteers will be putting together an event that will be very similar to last year's. The move in dates gives Harris and crew a chance to avoid the hunting season. The hunters have been a problem in the past as they are after the illusive Deer, which to me resembles a really big dog. So here you have an unarmed rally official telling someone with YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING ... WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING heavy firepower that they cannot go stalk and splatter big dog looking creatures all over the Liebre Mountain. It is an uneasy situation to say the least. It should be mid to late May when you read this, and Rim will be a distant memory (sans the credit card bills we're still paying). But let's say you had a less than stellar rally along the abyss lined roads of Lake Hughes and Mill Creek Summit. If your car is in one piece still and you have some points you want to make up in the SoP AC champ-ionship then pack up the rally team, tune up the car and head north to Portland, Oregon, for the Oregon Trail PRO Rally, a Ben Bradley production. Ben, our adopted CRS member from the NoPac is trying to revive the rally that held National status in the early 1980s ( won by Steve Millen in a Mitsubishi Starion) and eventually ,restore the presitge, and rallying to Oregon. It would be a 16 hour drive for most of us ( sans the Arizona group) and less for the Northern California arm of the CRS. So come on people, support Ben, attend a NoPac event, it might help make him forget his last two or so embar-rassing crashes, even if some of us won't let him. Next month we'll talk in-depth about Rim and give the stories. behind the story, if there are any. 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Columbia 2525 E. 16th Street 2366 East Orangethorpe Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tucson, f,J, 85714 Yuma, f,J, 85365 Anaheim, CA 92806 (714) 996-6260 (602) 294-3511 (602) 783-6265 (714) 441-1212 SCHROEDER RACING PRODUCTS BRANDWOOD CARS 800 S. Flower St. 4319 East University Burbank, CA 91502 Phoenix, f,J, 85040 (818) 845-8283 (602) 437-3107 CUSTOM LENGTH AXLES ARE NDW AVAILABLE • CALL FDR PRICE AND DELIVERY (619) 240-2266 Dealer Inquiries Are Not Only Invited, But Encouraged! Page 4 June 1995 Trail Notes LAS VEGAS 250 RESULTS-They had a good turnout at Jean, NV for the shortened to 250 miles annual May race that has worn various names in recent years, hut seems to have found a new home at Vacation Village Hotel & Casino. The overall winner was Dan Smith of Enduro Racing in the Class 8 Ford F-150 taking the honor by 5½ minutes. The Tom Bradleys, Sr. and Jr. took Class 1 and second overall in a Raceco powered by a VW Type 4. Rick Romans won Class 10 at fifth overall in a Raceco while Jim Di:ney and crew took top honors in Class 1-2-1600. Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank took the Ford Ranger to first in Class 7S, and Michael)ames and Mike Kalicki won Class 5. Gustavo Vildosola and Charlie Watters won Class 5-1600, Robert Guthrie and Ron Norton won Class 7 in a Ford Splash. Darnen and Willie Jefferies took Cl.iss 9 honors. W. David Sykes and Greg Woodington won Stock Full honors in a Ford while Steve Williams and Charles Braden won Stock Mini class in a Ford Ranger. Todd and Jim Gatrell won Class 3 in a Chevy Bla:er. Victor Barajas and Raul Gilbert completed one lap to win Class 11 by just nine minutes. The Trophy-Trucks ran early in the morning and Paul Simon won the dash in a Ford, beating Walker Evans by about five minutes. Watch for the full report next month. RAMPAGE RACING REPORT-The SODA Series is due to start in a couple of weeks and it will be east meets west situations for the team. When th,·1· aren't hattling it out in the desert or on the track, off road racing champions (left to right) Milan Ma:anec, from Ont(lrio, Canada, Curt LeDuc from southern California, and Rob MacCachren, from Las Vegas, NV also find time to collaborate. The three are shown here at LeDuc's California Pre-Fun fahrication shop in Cherry Valley, CA, preparing the Borg-Warner Rampagt· Racing Class 4 truck for the 1995 SODA campaign. Also pictured is Rampage Racing pit honcho Chris Dahm. Roh MacCachren is the new driver for the 4x4 World Champion Rampage Racing Team and was fitted to the 1,000 hp hehemoth in early March. LeDuc, who constructed the Rampage Ford F-150 truck last year, also drove it to win the 1994 Governors Cup Class 4 World Championship at Crandon, WI. MacCachren, the reigning SCORE Trophy-T ruck champion and Thunder Truck points winner in 1995 MTEG racing, will he s,Tk in)! his first Class 4 World Championship title for Rampage Racing. In addition to his Class 4 World Championship, LeDuc is also a Baja 1000 champion. Ma:anec is an eight time Canadian National Off Road champion and serves as driver for Rampage Racing's Class 3 truck. NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK presented by BFGoodrich in Reno, NV will he held late in August, so save the August 23-27 week for the fun in the Biggest Link Cit\' in the World. The truck show will have 15 categories, anything that looks like a truck is eligible for judging in some category. There is a NTW Consum.:r truck "Expo" offering a look at the latest in after-market accessorit·s; attend free seminars, participate in parades, show and shines and interacriw ewnts with major manufacturers. On Saturday will be the Reno300 Off Road Ract· sponsored by Rancho Suspension. It will he staged on a 100 milt' course\\ ith multiple laps, the same area out ofFernlev used last year. Rod Hall a1!ain invitt·s off road racers to join him on this challenging new course. It is an independent rnn· so there are no points, but plenty of perks and parties. Enjo)' a low entry fc,·, lots Gf contingency pri:es, and a 50 percent payback. Use tht' coupon on the ad in this issue to get full information for this fun week of off road excitement just hefore Labor Day. VORRA WAS RAINED (flooded) OUT of their season opening race March 18-19, but they finally got it done on April 2 at Prairie City OHV Park outside of Sacramento. Although the weather was strange all month, the faithful turned out for the short course race. Sam Berri bested three other cars in Class 2, and Dana Van Noort won the three car Class 10 points. In Class 1-2-1600 Larry Folsom was the winner followed in by Keith Robb, then Shane Balch. Of the seven in Class 9 Forest Creasy won over Dave Tarrant and Eric Steiger. The veterans were the biggest class at 13 starters led home on points by Brian Holoway, followed by Patrick Timmons.Jerry Wald and Garry Pinheiro. In the five car Novice class Erik Jenkins topped Tina Robinson who was second. Among the nine Pro Pilots Ben Wald won over Michael Daws and Steve Bray. Mitch Kurtela won the three Pilot Novice race honors. Jim Cope bested Don and Chris German in the four rig Class 4 action. On the scheduled date for the second Prairie City race, April 22-23, the race went on as planned, the two spring races plus two in the fall at Prairie City are the short course section of VORRA points races. So the rest of the VORRA calendar remains as published. For this race Bill Goshen came from Los Angeles to take the win in the nine car Class 10 action in his stadium racer. He was followed in by Denny Spohr, Dana Van Noort and Tony Comstock. Class 1-2-1600 went to Roger Caddell, followed by Larry Folsom and Arden Dennington in the seven car class. There were seven in Class 9 also led home by Dave Tarrant, then Steve Siouta and Mike Gilmore. Tina Robinson topped the six car Novice race followed by Brian Carpenter and Rich Fletcher. In combined Class 2 and Vet Troy Robinson won over seven others. Sam Berri was second and Larry Deaton, third. Two of four starters finished in Class 4 led by Chris and Don German, then Jim Cope. In Pro Pilots Ben Wald topped the ten car field followed in by Clint Wolsey and Michael Daws and Mitch Kurtela was the finisher among the three Novice Pilots. In the Sportsman Vet class David Steele won over Glen McAdon. We'll have a full report soon on this and the other Prairie City race in April. Dusty Times

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1995 Happenings ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO · Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector APTO42 San Jose de! Cabo Baja Calif. de! Sur, Mexico June-24-25,,1995 Coyote 300 KM La Paz to La Paz loop La Pa:, B.C.S. August 26-2 7, 1995 Corona 500 miles San Ignacio to La Paz Baja Calif. de! Sur October 15, 1995 T odo Santos to La Paz 180 miles La Pa:, B.C.S. November 20, 1995 Short Course Race Cuidad Constitucion Baja Calif. dd Sur AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP D:irrvl Smith I q Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 01 I -18-07-298-5522 May 28, 1995 Goodiwindi Queensland July 16, 1995 Griffith New South Wales September 10, 1995 Mt. Gambier South Australia November 12, 1995 Puckapunyal Victoria AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD 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) 645-0003/(817) 641-9985 Gene Peugh ( 817) 790-8268 nights 1995 Season Canceled BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box 392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31 1163 Mexicali, BC, Mexico (Mexicali (65) 55-62-83 Off Road Races July 8, 1995 Rancho La Ponderosa Poblado La Rurnorosa La Rurnorosa 150 August 26, 1995 Rancho La Ponderosa La Rurnorosa 200 October 7, 1995 Mexicali 400 Laguna Salada Mexicali Super Cross en el Estadio Nido de Los Aguilas May 27, 1995 June 17, 1995 July l, 1995 Motorcycles & ATVs Only Mexicali, BC, Mexico BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 Golden Crown of Baja Series May 26-27, 1995 Gran Carrera de T ecate 250 miles, multi-lap Tecate, BC, Mexico October 6-8, 1995 Gran Carrera de Sonora 150 miles, multi-lap December15-17, 1995 Gran Carrera de Carnpeones 250 miles, multi-lap The first Annual Off Road Open for G..:s, MCs, ATVs, T,ucks etc. will be on Page 6 July 14-16, 1995 California Cit:,, CA BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey Folks, Director 3475 Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 .(702) 457-4775/ FAX (702) 641-2431 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 Wendover, USA BRIGHTON 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 101 Crandon,WI54520 (715) 478-2222 June 24-25, 1995 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI September 1-3, 1995 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Debbie Turner, CRS Director 25885 Stanford Hemet, CA 92544 (909) 925-0870 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 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 Indio Indio, CA *Final 1995 So. Pacific Divisional championship events C.O.D.R.A. CENTRAL.OREGON DESERT RACING Terry Silbaugh 20515 Whitehaven Circle Bend, OR 97702 (503) 389-2044 October 14, 1995 Whiskey Springs 400 Millican, OR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box645 Pierre, SD 57501 Kevin Miller (Baja) (605) 224-6923 Don Engleman (Motocross) (605) 224-4967 GUMBO BUTTES BAJA & MOTOCROSS Communications & Information Scott Olson ( 605) 224-5822 FAX (605) 224-5822 June 18, 1995 Pierre, SD July 23, 1995 Pierre, SD August 2 7, 1995 Pierre SD 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 (011 52 617-46834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (6163717 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club Sand Drags P.O. Box830 Adelanto, CA 92301 (619) 246-7262 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholt:, President (719)531-3642 W 1(719)687-9827 H P.O. Box 9735 Colorado Springs, CO 80932 COLORADO OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Bertram Productions Inc. 15073 Hwy 119 Route #4 Golden, CO 80403 ( 303) 936-5960 CORVA 1601 10th St. Sacramento, CA 958 I 4 (800) 237-5436 DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Torn 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 KenneJy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 May 13-14, 1995 Off Road Endurance World Championships aka The 24 Hous of LeFud ATVs, Bikes, Desertlites The most laps around the official 10 mile track in 24 hours wins. 7:arn Saturday to 7:arn Sunday Plaster City West El Centro, CA July 29, 1995 Rancho Santa Veronica Gran Prix 4 laps around a 40 mile loop ATVs, Bikes, Desertlites, Buggies, Cars & Trucks Tecate, Baja California, MX October 21, 1995 Superstition 250 XI 4 times around a 60 mile loop ATVs, Bikes, Desertlites, Buggies, Cars & Trucks Lake Superstition El Centro, CA December 31, 1995 Dunaway Dash ATVs, Bikes & Desertlites Double Points 5 times around a 25 mile loop Buggies, Cars & Trucks Plaster City West El Centro, CA District 38 Schedule All a.ents near El Centro, CA August 26, 1995 Night Team Race September l 7, 1995 The Stuart Engineer Desert Sprint October 1, 1995 The Smitty's Cycle Center Mudhen II November 19, 1995 Notorious Dawg 3 hour T earn Race December 3, 1995 Rudolph's Revenge Desert Gran Prix GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernar<lino, CA 92412 (714 j 880-1733 McKenzie Series Races June 25, 1995 August 6, 1995 October 22, 1995 December 3, 1995 Glen Helen Special Events (Contact BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. Box 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (310) ()88--6250 USA Sand Drags (909) 877-5045 May 27, 1995 July 15, 1995 September 16, 1995 October 14, 1995 November 11, i 995 GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 4 20 Hosea Road June 1995 ,,,,.-more Trail Notes ••• DON-A-VEE GARAGE SALE - Several thousand Jeep enthusiasts descended on the Placentia, CA, Don-A-Vee Jeep! Eagle showroom hoping to find just the classic Jeep part they needed. When Don-A-Vee owner Clive Skilton bought this location from Brian Chuchua last August he inherited a treasure trove of classic and hard-to-find Jeep parts. So he planned a special three day liquidation sale guaranteed to make any early model owner ecstatic. They came from all ova California, Nevada and Ari:ona in search of the perfect parts, and were standing in line at 8 a.m., Friday March 17 waiting for the doors to open for the three day sale. These guys were serious shoppers. Clive Skilton and the Don-A-Vee parts staff stood grinning in the midst of this chaos in their bright red, white and blue Valvoline Jeep Team pit uniforms, taking bids, and writing the first of more than 900 counter tickets. While buyers crowed over their finds and traded tech talk with friends, the Jeeps, trucks, and trailers formed a seemingly endless line to haul the booty home. New part and accessory sales boomed in the Parts Boutique, where representatives from Mopar, Valvoline, American Racing Wheels, Ramsey Winch and Sidekick Maps and Videos offered their expertise. By 6 that evening Don-A-Vee had racked up sales exceeding a full month's retail business at that location. The next two days were only slightly calmer than the first. Many of the Saturday and Sunday shoppers were late model owners seeking bargins in the Don-A-Vee Parts Boutique for their Wranglers, Cherokees and Grand Cherokees. By 6 p.m. on Sunday the few remaining garage sale parts littered the floors like ghosts of Jeeps past. Clive Skilton surveyed the scene, pronounced the sale a roaring success, thanked the weary staff, and said "Next year ... " GRP recently introduced a revolutionary new product.Mud Less is safe as well as biodegradable. Mud Less is for anyone who is going to run in the mud and wants to save time and money in the cleaning up process. Simply follow the instructions and the suggested retail price is a mere $8.95. The directions tell you to mix one part Mud Less with 15 parts water and spray on. After running in the mud allow vehicle to sit for five to ten minutes to prevent mud build up. Then simply clean your vehicle. Using Mud Less is designed to save time and money. Their slogan is Too Slick to Stick. For information on where to buy, contact GMI at 6728 Eton Ave., Canoga Park, CA 9IJ03. It sounds like an ideal product for SODA races where cars get quite muddy between overactive water trucks and natural rain from heaven making the race course a muddy mess. THE OFF ROAD JAMBOREE produced by the 4x4 Forever Ltd. Club happens this year on August 11-13 near New London, Wisconsin. For the information packet contact Don Weber at ( 4 I 4) 426-04 70 or Ron Barth at ( 414) 9812-7306 or write 4x4 Forever, Ltd. at I 665 Delaware St., Oshkosh, WI. WHEEL FRIENDS OF CHILDHELP US, a group of wheel industry leaders joined together to form a fund raising auxiliary and organi:ed a dinner dance gala and celebrity golf tournament in April. They raised $250,000 for Childhelp USA, which is the largest, national, not for profit organi:ation dedicated to the prevention, treatment and reasearch of child abuse and neglect. In addition Parnelli Jones was honored with the 1995 Custom Wheel Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recogni:es his contributions to the wheel industry, from manufacturing wheels, to his famed Indy racing career to selling wheels to his retail chain. The Wheel Friends of Childhelp board of directors includes: Steve Kelley, Epic Wheels, Jim Smith, Ultra Wheel Co., Mike Howe and Gil Fuller, Global Manufacturing, Moe Kreag and Don Buh, Porgressive Custom Wheels, John Onder and Rick Pruden, American Racing Equipment, Everett Fuller, Coyote Enterprises, Mikejoyce and "Swede" RenbergOptima Wheel, Art Hale.Jr., MHT Luxury Alloys and Don Zimmer. To make a contribution to Child Help call l-800-347-7280. To report child abuse or get help call 1-800-4-A-CHILD, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. RIM OF THE WORLD SCCA PRO RALLY is an annual event in the National Championship Series staged out of Palmdale, California. After a day of registration, tech inspection and so forth, the five stages to be run Friday night had officials and timers in place and 45 cars left the Ramada I,m parking lot for the stage roads high in the Angeles National Forest. It was cold and windy, but dry weather. Carl Merrill put over two minutes on his rivals on stage 1, the asphalt suited to his Ford Cosworth Escort. CRS favorite Rui Brasil and John Elkin went out on stage 2 shearing the rear end off the Quattro. After five stages on Friday night Carl Merrill and John Bellefleur and Henry Joy and Chris Griffin, Eclipse were tied to the second for the lead, Peter Moodie/M. Fennell were next, the Mazda just 11 seconds ahead of Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker, Hyundai. CRS star Lon Peterson with Bill Gutzmann in a brand new Kia led Production class. It started all over again with a longer course the next day. Results were not available as we go to press but we do know that with two stages left Moodie and Joy were tied, but Paul Choiniere recovered from his turbo trouble to sneak past them both to win the rally overall. Lon Peterson put the little Kia home sixth 0 / A, first Production in its first rally. We'll have an in depth report by John Elkin next month including reports on the two divisional rallies run alongside the Rim of the World. Dusty Times

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Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ( 404) 963-0252 GREAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA 1362 1 Pierce St. Omaha, NE68144-I IZZ (402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha, NE 68122 ( 402) 496-0846 Eve. May 20, 1995 June 17, 1995 July 8, 1995 July 29, 1995 August 19, 1995 (all races at Westfair Fair Grounds, Council Bluffs, Iowa on a ¾ mile course similar to the MTEG tracks, and Classes 1, 1-16oo, 7S and Quad under SODA rules) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All events staged at the club grounds in CletJeS, Ohio) INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 St. Paul, MN 55108 Steve Beddor . (6I2)937-3816, Fax 4 74-2769 INTER-SHOWS. MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 ( 714) 364-05 15 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 465 Kamloops, BC, Canada VZC-5LZ Boh (604) 374-7175 days Randy (604) 579-9621 eves Keith ( 604) 828-1795 anytime ( All events start 7 miles NW of Kamloops) LA RANA DESERT RACING P.O. Box 1365 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619) 240-13351(619) 240-1312 May 19-21, 1995 Lucerne Valley Jam 250 Lucerne Valley, CA July 21-23, 1995 Johnson Valley 200 Lucerne Valley, CA September 22-24, 1995 California ZOO Ridgecrest, CA November 17-19, 1995 High Desert 300 Lucerne Valley, CA MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS 3749 Needmore Hwy Charlotte, MI 48813 (517)543-7214 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD ~ ~ ;... rJ) ;... 0 (].) (].) --~ bn O'""O ~;... o·'"'" (].) 0 rJ)" ::l ~-4,-1 ~ (].) 0;... (].) ;... ~ ~;... 0 s ~ 0 p....(].) ~ u ;.c·'"'" ~ --o B '""O B rJ) ~ -~ (].) -...C::~(].)N (].) rJ'Jc ~ u-;...o ~ +-1'""0 ~ -4,-1 0 '""O ::l rJ) ... Z~~~~B Q .. .. ~ Page 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 July 1-2, 1995 Off Road Nationals Kalamazoo, MI July 10, 1995 7:00 p.m. Hartford, MI July 22, 1995 7:00 p.m. Fowlerville, MI July 30, 1995 4:00 p.m. Mason, MI August 3, 1995 7:30 p.m. Sandusky, MI August 9, 1995 7:30 p.m. Bad Axe, MI August 12, 1995 4:00 p.m. Corunna, MI August 24, 1995 7:00 p.m. Hudsonville, MI August 26, 1995 7:00 p.m. Kalama:oo, MI Other Dates Pending November 4, 1995 Banquet at 7:00 p.m. Diamondale, Ml MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION David Cronin, President. MAORA 2590 Mullanphy Florissant, MO 63031 (618) 765-2199 June 4, 1995 Albin Pond Raceway Neoba, IL June 24, 1995 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Casey, IL July 8, 1995 Washington County Fairgrounds Nashville, Illinois September 9, 1995 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Casey, IL (M.A.0.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 NATIONAL TRUCKWEEK 1360 Kleppe Lan.-- Sparks, NV (702) 331-48001(702) 331-5107 Fax · August 23-27, 1995 N 0() . 'o ~ NO\ s ;... ~ ...._. I ....... 0() ~>-. ....... \00() 0 -{;)""''or----(].) ::l (].) ~~~~ ~ OPO g ~ ....... ;... VJ ~ -0\ +-I I (].) c::,~ 0 ::l '""O :§~G~ -4,-1 ,..0 '""O c.+:: ~C),_, I u rJ) ~~~ (].) ;... '""O ~ 0 ~ ~['-. ;... (].) (].) ~ 0 Q ~~ "'"'"--4,-1 u u '""O ~ ....... ~-'"'" ~ (].) µ~ ~'""O "'"'" s ::l-~ ~b ~'""O -·'"'" -~]. ~~ • Truck Show Reno 300 Off Road Race NTW Consumer Truck "Expo" OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 822-8508 May 19-21, 1995 Redwood Coast Jamboree Fort Bragg to Eureka, CA June 16-18, 1995 Ghost Town Adventure '95 South Lake Tahoe, CA August 18-20, 1995 Gold Rush Adventure Nevada City, CA September 15-17, 1995 Kern River Jamboree Kernville/ Lake Isabella, CA OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasque: 13180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-8899 July 1-2, 1995 September 2-3, 1995 November 4-5, 1995 ( All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake Take l-10 Horizon Blvd exit east 12 miles) OHIO OFF ROADERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 15 Stonecreek, Ohio 43840 (2 I 6) 339-4674 or (216) 897-5100 Hill Climb & Stadium Scyle Off Road Racing at Bear Creek Amphitheater Bolioor, Ohio ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Jeff Sargent 1480 Lakeridge Rd. N Ajax, Ontario, -Canad.a (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) 561-32081(518) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 ( 303) 779-6622 June 2-3, 1995 Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA July 7-8, 1995 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ July 28-29, 1995 Maine Forest Summer Rally Rumford, ME August 25-26, 1995 Ojibwe Forests Pro Rally Bemidji, MN October 20-21, 1995 Lake Superior Pro Rally Houghton, Ml December 1-2, 1995 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, ME SCORE Score International 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 June 2-4, 1995 Tecate Baja 500 Ensenada, BC, Mexico June 30-July 1, 1995 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA September8-10, 1995 Nevada 300 Laughlin, NY November 8-11, 1995 T ecate Baja 1000 The Peninsula Run Baja California December 2, 1995 A wards Banqµet S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Elice Simonis Tucker June 1995 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 ( 714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 May 13-14, 1995 Caliente 250 Caliente, NV July 21-23, 1995 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 29-0ctober l, 1995 SNORE250 Las Vegas, NV October 27-29, 1995 Double Trouble Las Vegas, NY December 1-3, 1995 Eldorado 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 532 I 3 ( 414) 453-SODA/( 414) 257-0422 May 28, 1995 Memorial Day JOO Lake Geneva, WI June 10-11, 1995 Antigo Kiwanis Antigo, WI June 24-25, 1995 Spring Run 101 Crandon, WI July 8-9, 1995 Fox Riverfest Luxemberg, WI July 22-23, 1995 Great Northern Challenge Lake Odessa, MI August 19-20, 1995 Road America Elkhart Lake, WI September 1-3, 1995 Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI September 16-18, 1995 Wisconsin Off Road Festival Oshkosh, WI SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437 ( All races held at Notrees, TX 25 miles west of Odessa, TX TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urbanowic:, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (All events at Owego Motor Sports Park, Rte. 434, Owego, NY) VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 May 27-29, 1995· Yerington 300 Desert Race Yerington, NV June 23-25, 1995 Fernley 250 Desert Race Truck Inn Fernley, NV July 29-30, 1'995 Fallon 250 at Night Fallon, NV September 2-4, 1995 Yerington to Fallon and Back Yerington, NV September 30-October l, 1995 Fall Short Course Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA October 28-29, 1995 Championship Off Road Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacrame.nto, CA November 18, 1995 Awards Banquet Reno, NV WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson ( 604) 538-0692 WORRA, P.O. Box 3241 Sumas, WA 98295 WESTERN PENSYLV ANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire 1255 Waverly Drive La trohe, PA 15650 ( 412) 532-0802 June 17-18, 1995 Steel City Raceway All Classes Pittsburgh, PA August 26, 1995 Challenger Racewal' 4x4s On!\' Indiana, PA September 23-24, 1995 Challenger Raceway 4x4s Only National Race Indiana, PA September 30-October l, 1995 Steel City Raceway All Classes Pittsburg, PA October 14-15, 1995 Steel City Raceway All Classes Pittshurgh, PA WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85023 (602)971-3730 June?, 1995 TBA new course September 2, 1995 Snowflake ZOO Snowflake, AZ October 7, 1995 Buckeye Bash 125 Buckeye, AZ December 2, 1995 Point to Point 150 Rocky Point, Sonora, MX WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 So. U.S. Hwl' 45 Oshkosh, WI 54901 ( 414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP May 27-31, 1995 Acropolis Rally -FZ Greece July 5-8, 1995 Argentine Rally -FZ Argentina July 27-30, 1995 New Zealand Rall1• -WC, FZI AP N.-wZealand August 17-25, 1995 Rally of 1000 Lahs -F2 Finland September 15-18, 1995 Rally Australia -we, AP Australia October 8-12, 1995 Sanremo Rally -F2 Italy October 22-25, 1995 Spain/ Catulunya -WC November 19-22, 1995 RAC Rallr-WC England 4X4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 Delaware St. Oshkosh. WI 54901 ( 414) 426-0'.470, or ( 4 I 4) 982-7306 August 11-13, f995 Third Annual 4x4 New London Off Road Jamboree /Near} New London. WI AffENTION RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! It is the only way some fans · k1W1L• about your event, if they don't hap/Jen to be on your club mailing list. Don't call, but mail your 1995 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! 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BFGaadricli p R E S E N T AUGUST 23-27, 1995 RENO, NEVADA Tires s NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK An exciting new event, which highlights the role of the truck in contemporary American life, is being presented by BF Goodrich Tires in Reno, Nevada on August 23-27, 1995. Under the direction of Double Bar S Productions, Inc., the week will be devoted to truck-oriented events with· judging in 15 categories (including 4-wheel, 2-wheel, full-size, compact, vans, mini-vans, sport/utility, RV and many others). In short, anything built on a truck frame is eligible to compete! A low registration fee of $25.00 per vehicle gives you a packet that includes all truck events, souvenirs, the Consumer "Expo" show and the exciting "RENO 300" Off-Road race, hosted by the legendary Rod Hall! RJJJ!,f,l!,f!. 11REN0 30011 OFF ROAD RACE For the second year in a row, the "RENO 300" Off-Road race will be staged at the 100-mile Off-Road course, located 30 miles east of Reno on 1-80 at the Truck Inn in Fernley, Nevada. Once again, legendary Rod Hall invites his fellow Off-Readers to join him on this new, challenging desert course! Since the "RENO 300" is an independent race, there are no points, but plenty of perks and parties! So, if you belong to a racing association and are out of the points race by the first of July, we urge you to sign-up for the 11RENO 3006! Your modest entry fee of $395.00 will return 50% in Prize Money and also a number of valuable merchandise coupons. Plan on coming to Reno this August, where Off-Road racing is fun again and the driver is KING! Once again, the race is being sponsored by RANCHO Suspension. 11NTW11 CONSUMER TRUCK 11EXPO'' Scheduled to coincide with the first-ever NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK celebration is the NTW TRUCK "EXPO" which is geared to the consumer looking for after-market items for his truck, van or sport/utility! A family-oriented show, the N1W "EXPCY is being presented by PACIFIC AUTOMOTIVE SHOW and OOUBLE BAR S PRODUCTIONS. You'll see the latest in after-market accessories, attend free seminars, participate in parades, show and shines and interactive events with major manufacturers and their products. If you are an exhibitor, please use the coupon below to reserve space early and take advantage of the "early bird'' discount for booth space! -----------------------------------YES, I om interested in getting more information regarding NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK, the RANCHO "RENO 300" OFF-ROAD Race and/ or THE NTW CONSUMER "EXPO"! Please send information regarding: □ NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK □ Rancho Suspension "RENO 300" □ NTW CONSUMER "EXPO" . ' Nome: ________________ _ Address: -----------------City, State, Zip: ______________ _ Phone: ________ Fox: ______ _ PLEASE CUP THIS COUPON AND MAIL OR FAX TO: Notional Truck Week • Attention: Lourie Hall 1360 Kleppe lane, Sparks, NV 89.431 Phone 702-331-.4800 • Fax 702-331-5107

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SCORE TECATE TROPHY-TRUCKS AT SAN FELIPE Ragland Finally Bags A Win By Judy Smith Larry Ragland flew around the San Felipe course in the refurbished Class 8 Chevy, set a new average speed record for the class at 63.127 mph for the 250 miles and he was a happy man in victory lane, his first win in this class. Giving the fans a premonition morning with a light rain smearing of what he'll be able to do when he .their face shields and goggles, but gets his new truck, Larry Ragland it soon turned to nice weather for blasted his way around the San navigating around the fast rough Felipe 250 course in three hours course. They started a full minute 57 minutes and 37 seconds, in his apart, to minimize dust, but the old Chevy truck, to take his first elements soon stretched out the win in the high-dollar series. intervals. And all but the lead two The truck drivers started the Trophy-Trucks found themselves At Borrego Rob MacCachren had his Ford first on the road, but had a flat, so the leaders went by, later had to change a transmission but worked back up to third at the finish line. FOR SALE CASTEX RACING 1 994 TROPHY TRUCK CHEVY S-10 ALL THE BEST PARTS (RACE READY) Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. _ running in amongst the front runners of the Unlimited class. At Borrego, about 115 miles along the way, Rob MacCachren had his Ford in front, but flattened a tire, and Ragland went by him. Larry had started 11th in the field of 18, and had already passed more than half the field. Robby Gordon ran a close second early in the race and he ran second most of He had Robby Gordon, in his low the way despite changing a drive shaft and a tire, and he brought the Ford slung Ford, running second, only-home second, only ten minutes behind at the flag. about six minutes back, and then to change it, was second, only 10 from a Figure Eight race, and Mac~achren, and Curt_ LeDuc, minutes later. In third it was using a hand held spotlight in who cl ~tarted ,the day m a bad MacCachren, his truck looking place of their non-existent truck way. 8:1s Jeeps h~>0d blew up, decidedly worse for the wear. lights. But they were overtime, and, blt_nded, he h_it a tree. That LeDuc, who said they'd worked and didn't get a finish. bent a t_ie rod, and broke a ~hock on his car all day, finished fourth. For this event there were no reservoir. He was way b~ck m t_he In fifth it was Evans, and then official pits, no required pit stops, pack when he got running_ agam, Stewart, whose crew said that no mandatory tire changes or fuel but had made up a lot of time by other than the fact that he ran on dumps. In fact, except for the start Borrego. . only five cylinders all the way, "It spacing, the Trophy-Trucks ran When_ they got to Mile l49, was a flawless race." Smith the same race as everyone else, about midway along the Borr~go finished seventh, about four andmostofthemgottoplaywith to Borre_go l~op, Ragland sa~led hoursbehindthewinner,andJack the others, some finishing way th~ough ~n solitary splendor, eight Johnson brought his Dodge in back among the limited classes. mmutes m frontofGord<?n on the behind him, in eighth, the last Ragland however was by himself road, and l5 onela~sed tt~e. The official finisher. Roger Mears did most of the day, and had a dust spectators couldn t beh~ve the. get to the finish line, using up 23 free run. His time was 23 minutes ga P • and b~gan to con1ecture gallons of power steering fluid on faster than that of the winning about a big r~ad bloc_k, or the way, but he was disqualified Unlimited class Herbst brothers. someone ~t1;1ck side_ways, J~mm-for a course infraction of some It'll be interesting to see what mg the Mmi_ Sumri:ut. But It was sort. Richey and Baker also happens when he gets that long no such thmg -iust Ragland showed up looking like refugees awaited new truck. having a little luck. John Swift, in • ' . _ ,, a Ford, ran third through here, " and second on elapsed time, with LeDuc in fourth. MacCachren came through a rather distant fifth, after a quick transmission change a few miles up the road. Back at Borrego again, Ragland still held his long lead, with Gordon second. LeDuc had moved up to third now, his transmission running hot, and MacCachren was fourth. In the •< ·· meantime, Walker Evans had changed a transmission in his Dodge, and Roger Mears had lost ' _ :1 a seal in his Chevy's power After this shot Curt LeDuc lost the Jeep's hood, and blinded he hit a tree, bent steering, and was having to add a tie rod and a shock reservoir, worked on the truck all the way and came in power steering fluid at a prodig-_fo_u_rt_h_. ________________________ _ ious rate. It was taxing his pit crew to meet him often enough to keep him able to aim the big truck. Jimmie Smith lost a transmission up near La Ventana, and his Ford was on the road again, only to lose a spindle later in the day. Ivan Stewart had been running on five cylinders since early in the morning, his Toyota needing many additions of oil. Bob Richey and Tom Baker lost their Ford's transmission in a "really bad place". Simon and Simon were out early, as were all the Baldwins in their new Fords. Ragland, who usually changes ' rear tires at least once in a race j didn't take the time to do tha; here. He stopved only for gas, and i had no problems at all. When / asked later about the difficulty of i the narrow and very rocky Mini ~ Summit, he said, "Actually, the 1 Mini Summit was kind of a rest -easy." He found Diablo Dry Lake really muddy, and had some trouble navigating across, the only trails being those of the Walker Evans had to change a transmission in his Dodge along the way, but he pressed on and eventually got to the finish line fifth in Trophy-Trucks. PLEASE CALL BILL OR KEITH AT 213-462-4 732 (SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY) 1 motorcycles, who go places where · even a Trophy-Truck dare not tread. His average speed was a new high for the series, at63.127 miles per hour, and he was all through racing by 10 minutes after noon. 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SCORE SAN FELIPE 150 Herbst Brothers Take The Overall By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Tim and Ed Herbst started third and were soon first on the road in their new two seater, stopped only for gas and to adjust shocks, had no trouble to speak of, split the driving and won overall, finishing before lunch with an average speed of 57.5 mph from the Porsche engine. Tim and Ed Herbst blasted their two seat Mike Smith Chassis to the overall win at SCORE's San Felipe 250, finishing in time for lunch. Their average speed for the 250 miles was 57 .5 mph over some of the roughest terrain Baja has to offer. While northern California struggled to survive the winter floods, and southern California underwent another dousing, San Felipe and environs had generally mild and sunny weather. A rain-storm blew in just at dawn, and dampened the starting festivities a bit, while wetting down the dust and making a giant mud puddle out ofDiablo Dry Lake. But it had blown past by about' 8:15 a.m., and the weather stayed nice from then. Last year the Trophy-Trucks raced on Friday, during contin-Mike Julson and Bob Lofton had the early Class 1 lead and almost a repeat with the overall Parker winning VW powered Jimco, had small troubles and finished second overall and in unlimited class. Page 12 gency, but this year they were sandwiched in between the early leaving bikes and A TVs and the San Felipe-250 entry of cars and trucks. Altogether there were 180 starters, of which 18 were Trophy-Trucks. The unlimited cars went first and it was a battle at the front of the pack, with Mike Julson, in his VW powered J imco, in front by about two minutes. Then came Mark McMillin, in his Porsche powered Chenowth, followed in about a minute by the Herbsts. Doug Fortin, in Steve Sourapas's A-armed Race Car Dynamics chassis was next, with Tom Koch in his Porsche Chenowth and John Hagle and Chet Huffman in a Nissan powered Chenowth tied for sixth. But, as they ran the loop from Borrego, over the mini summit, and back to Borrego, things changed. Julson was first to Mile 149, where he hopped out and put his co-driver, Bob Lofton, into the driver's seat. His crew found a bad c.v. boot, and elected to try to re-attach the clamp, and while they struggled, the Herbsts went on by. But their helicopter hovered until Lofton took off, keeping track of the time differ-June 1995 ence. The next car along was Frank Arciero, in Bob Gordon's car and Fortin, now dealing with nonexistent power steering, ran fourth, with McMillin tied for sixth with Pat Dean in his Porsche Chenowth. They went back through Bor-rego again, and then headed down on to Diablo, which had a slimy coat of mud. But the bikes and a couple of Trophy-Trucks had been across it, making a trail of sorts, for the Herbsts to follow. Lofton was only two minutes back going out of Borrego. Sou-rapas was third, another 18 min-utes later, still troubled by that steering problem, and now having brake trouble too.John Gaughan, in a Chevy powered Chenowth had moved up to fourth, with Tom Bradley, who'd had a couple of flats and lost a c.v., now in fifth :i:: ,..... ..-....... , -St· -~%-»· Steve Sourapas and his new co-driver Doug Fortin introduced the new car to Baja and ran third, in class and overall most of the rugged distance. Dusty Times

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John Gaughan had about his best race ever in the C_henowth/Porsche, had a relatively trouble free race and finished fourth unl1m1ted, seventh overall. place. 1 hree out ot the top five teams were from Las Vegas, and the other two were San Diego folks. The Herbsts had needed to adjust a couple of shocks, but with no other problems, just kept moving along, to take the win. Behind them Lofton had a bad few minutes when a condenser wire fell off near the end ofHuat-amote Wash. Some early specta-tors found the problem, and got him going again, to give Lofton and Julson second place. Soura-pas and Fortin were third, fol-lowed in by Gaughan and then Bradley. The Class 8 trucks were next in line, and the lead was in the hands of Dave Ashley and Dan Smith in their Ford. Sergio Nolasco, who'd just taken delivery of his new, and very little tested Dodge, was second, and tied with Dan Beaver in his Ford. Dave Crinklaw, in another Ford ran fourth, followed by Frank Turben in a Chevy. Ashley and Smith fell out in the next stretch, and Nolasco moved into the lead, with Beaver second, Turben third and Broe Glover and Perry McNeil, who'd already been on their lid, fourth in another Ford. In fifth it was Crinklaw. Jimmie Johnson, winner at Parker, in a Chevy, was an ignominious DNF when his fuel cell fell out. Dale White had to replace his Chevy's transmis-sion, and Mark Newhan had new truck trouble with his Chevy, including a persistent problem with debris in the fuel system. Nolasco was having a remarka-bly smooth day for someone with a brand new vehicle, and he con-tinued to lead as he rounded Bor-rego again. By now he had 14 minutes on Beavfr, who says his truck is "almost there". McNeil and Glover, who had steering and brake problems, ran third, fol-lowed by Crinklaw, and then Steve Scaroni, in John Swift's Ford Explorer, which he'd rented for this event. He'd broken a rear spring, and had drive line Broe Glover and Perry McNeil fly their Class 8 Ford past a pack of local spectators and they were third in class despite steering and brake trouble. Larry Job ran solo in the fancy Mirage he usually shares with Rob MacCach-ren to set a steady pace and win the 30 car Class 10 honors and he was fourth overall in a tight finish, winning by less than four minutes. Dusty Times ,problems. Nolasco stayed in front to take the win and fifth overall, followed in by Beaver, then Glover and McNeil, with Scaroni moving up to fourth place, and Crinklaw fifth, and last in the class to finish. Class 10 started out next, a big -crowd of highly competitive driv-ers and cars. At Oasis, the lead belonged to Andy Wehe in his Jimco, but he was only a minute in front of Larry Job, in a Mirage, who was tied with Kevin Davis and Adam Wik in t~eir Jimco. Then came Tom Schilling and Dave Richardson, in another Jimco, tied with Mike Harman, in a Lothringer, for fifth place, and only three minutes behind the leader. Davis moved into the lead on the next segment, and Job, who'd been over-eager and had come to grief at Parker, was "pacing" him-self this race, and now held second, a minute later. Wehe had dropped to third now, three min-utes back, and followed by Tim Scalzo, in a Raceco, who was tied with Harman for fifth. Sergio Nolasco, with Alejandro Abaroa riding shotgun in the brand new Dodge, started out second in Class 8, soon moved to first and had a smooth run all the way to victory, and he was fifth overall, winning the Pennzoil "Granador" and its $1,000 prize as well. · By the time they'd completed minutes behind the lead pair. the Borrego loop Job was in the Rick Romans had moved up to lead, and Davis and Wik were fifth in his Raceco. Harman had second, a minute behind him. flattened a tire, and been unable Now Wehe, who'd had a flat, was to get his jack to work, therefore tied for fourth with Scalzo, who losing so much time he decided to was finding his car heavy, and park. slow in the sand. They were nine "'ll Job lost his rear brakes, and ran off the road a few times, but man-aged to avoid contact with any-thing damaging, and brought the car in for the win. He normally shares driving with Rob Mac-Cachren, but MacCachren had been occupied in his Trophy-Truck, which finished only about an hour before the buggy, beating him on elapsed time by about eight and a half minutes. Job was fourth overall. Davis and Wik, who'd had a couple of shocks fade away, avoided flats all day, and took second place four and a half min-utes later. Wehe, who drove the whole thing, was third, and Scalzo, also a solo driver, finished fourth, with Romans, who'd had fuel pump trouble, happy to get , Dan Beaver ran second in Class 8 from Borrego and he and Randy Hoeft had his first San Felipe finish, in fifth no big problems with the Ford and finished second in Class 8, tenth overall. place. pr ENDURO RACING Dan Smith Bronco Class Three Champion 1993-1990-1989 Heavy Metal Champion 1993-1990-1989 Baja 1000 Winner 1993-1992-1990-1989 Plus wins at Baja 500, Goldcoast, Fireworks 250, Parker 400, Nevada 400 (Mint), san Felipe 250, Nevada 500, and the Mojave 250. SOLD RACE READY WITH "TONS" OF SPARES. FOR DETAILS CALL (909) 381-4088 $58,900 June 1995 Page 13

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Kevin Davis and Adam Wik gave the new Class 10 Jimco a great run and they took a close second in the big Class 10, and they finished sixth overall. In Class 5 Mike Jakobson drove alone in his super Class 5 Baja Bug, took the class lead very early, and just stayed ahead of the challengers until the late stages and won Class 5 by half an hour and finished 14th overall. In Class 5 Mike Jakobson miles into the race, Jakobson had moved to the front early, but he five minutes on James, who soon had a scant two minutes on Mike handed the car over to co-driver James. George Seeley was third in Mike Kalicki. Seeley continued to his borrowed car, while Neal and run third, but the Grabowski car Mike Grabowski were fourth. had problems with an alternator At Borrego , which was 115 belt and a distributor. Hector Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis are having a great season in the Suspensions Unlimited 1-2-1600, and ran third in the early going. Later Ruddis put the car in the lead and they stayed_there to win the 23 car class. Andy Wehe was third in Class 10, keeping the Jimco parade rolling up honors, and had a flat during his solo drive but nothing more except the mud on the dry lake. and the Bayerle team moved to~ the front b y Borr ego , with Ebberts second and Porter third, and wondering - who is that new team up in front? Cogbill, whose face shield was glued on slightly askew, was having a hard time focusing his eyes through his bif-ocals and the misalinged shield, but he still moved up to fourth, with Ronny Wilson, in a Suspen-sions Unlimited car, in fifth now. The Bayerles stayed in front " back through Borrego again, and now Porter was second, eight minutes back. He'd spent some time in the pit on the first trip through Borrego, changing a jet because the car had run a bit fat, and also putting on a different type of tire, more suited to the rocks of the mini summit that was coming . up. Ebberts was third, with Cog-bill fourth and Wilson fifth. There was still a close pack· run-ning behind the lead group. The Bayerle car lost its brakes, and Mark hit a fence, but also had serious problems with the rear suspension. They fell back, and Porter's co-driver, Mark Ruddis, put their car into the lead, and with no problems, took the win. The Bayerles were second, fol-lowed in by Grizzle and Ebberts, whose worst problem had been a ~ broken throttle spring. In fourth it was Wilson, who thought he'd paced himself too much early in the day, and Cogbill was fifth. Class 5 was full of Mikes as James and Kalicki ran a close second until they ran out of gas, but they saved second in class in the tidy Baja Bug. In Class 7, which had only six entries, the duel was between Gerardo Novelo, from Estero Beach, in his Nissan, and Jeff Lewis, who had his new Chev-rolet. Novelo was already 13 minutes in front at Oasis, with Lewis second, and Chris and Rick Taylo r running third in their Ford, but a full hour down. Novelo pulled out an even greater lead by the time he got to Borrego, Teran and Juan Covarrubias, fifth Brent Grizzle and Darren Ebberts a bit further back, had a flat, lost a fourth in their Chenowth, and piston, and had front end trouble. Gary Cogbill fifth in aJ imco. And Jakobson ran well back to Bor-another five cars were clumped rego, and held the lead, with together in the next five minutes. Kalicki now 12 minutes behind Balch and Lang disappeared, him. Seeley's lower arm broke off and cost him a couple of hours, but he held on to third, because the others were having problems too. Jakobson took the win, while Kalicki, who ran out of gas about · three miles before the finish line, and James, were second, 28 min-utes later. Class 1-2-1600 put together a good sized group for this race, with lots of potential for winning. It was a new team (new to ' SCORE) that held the lead at Oasis, ·with Shane Balch (son of long time racer, Sherman) and Jeff Lang in a Moulton Mirage two minutes up on second place. That was the Bayerle brothers, Dean and Mark, who were racing their . Raceco for only the second time. Dean and Mark Bayerle burst on the 1-2-1600 scene early this year and are Danny Porter was third in a Sus-really competitive. They led the class untiUhey lost the brakes on the Raceco · U 1 · · t d • th but finished only two minutes out of the wm. pens10ns n 1m1 e car, w1 . • . ... .. . ----------------------------------------.... , SCORE 1993 ENGINE BUILDER OF lHE YEAR! .. , ..... ~··••.• ······••'•"•' ••' ...... "•••'•'· ••. •, •,•, . 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while Lewis and his crew had to replace a couple of rear springs, broken at different times. He was now 26 minutes back. And the Taylors ran third. Novelo had no problems with his truck, which used to belong to Roger Mears, and didn't even have any flats. He finished first, in time to be 11th overall, but the SCORE post race tech crew dis-qualified him on technical grounds. That gave Lewis, who finished next, the win. The Tay-lors, coming in about an hour and 45 minutes later, were second, and the last of the class to finish. Class 7S started right behind their more modified brethren, ~ and at Oasis it was Lary Plank in :...: " front in Scott Steinberger's Ford. Jeff Lewis has a new Chevy S-10 4x4 for Class 7 this year, and had six in the He had 20 minutes on Rick John-class. Jeff ran second all the way to the Nissan of Gerardo Novelo who son ( the Barstow Johnson), in finished first, but was DQ'd in post race tech, so Jeff Lewis won again. another Ford, who was just six· rego, and Johnson followed, hav-to third, while Becker moved up minutes in front of Scott Sells in a ing some ignition problem that to fourth, after repairs to a broken Toyota. Dan Cannon was next in kept his truck from running well rocker shaft. Cannon, enjoying line, in his Ford, followed by John at high RPMs. Sells had some his first Mexican race, ran fifth. Becker, in still another Ford. power steering trouble, and lost Steinberger drove the second Plank led all the way to Bor-his four wheel drive, but hung on, half of the race, and brought the "" truck around in good shape for Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank led most of the distance in Class 7S, in fact Plank started and led the first half, Scott got in and brought the Ford Ranger around for the class win by about 24 minutes. · the win. Johnson put his co-driver, believe it or not, another Rick Johnson (from Hesperia) in for the second half, and, while he had no major problems, the igni-tion thing continued to plague him on his way to second place. .Sells ran out of gas, in addition to Chris and Rick Taylor are in traffic here with the Class 7 Ford Ranger, but ran third all day despite a big time gap and they ended up second in class. his other mis-adventures, but still doesn't record the racers' times felt he'd had a good day on the by checkpoints any more, so we way to third. have no way to know which of Class 3 was not a big group to these competitors went the start, and self destructed before greater distance. reaching the checkered flag. None In the 5-1600 class the early of them finished, but Robert Hay-leader was Danny Ledezma, with ley and Vic Bruckmann had the Steve Miszkiewicz in second just early lead in their Bronco, with three minutes later in his new car. Kirk Kovel, in another Bronco, In third it was Jon Brindell, three running second. Kovel broke a minutes in front of Enrique Ava-rear trailing arm about 91 miles los. Carlos Davila and Gustavo into the race, while Bruckmann Pinuelas ran fifth. and Hayley had a flat, rolled over Ledezma lost a spark plug wire, and ran out of gas. SCORE and Brindell r,r - · RACING PRODUCTS & CHASSIS A pair of Rick Johnsons, from different towns in the high desert, drove the Ford Ranger to second in Class 7S despite ongoing problems with ignition. Jon Brindel/ and Howard Hughes moved up steadily in Class 5-1600, having no real trouble on course and they won the class by a full 11 minutes too. Dusty Times WE CAN HANDLE ALL OF YOUR OFF-ROAD CHASSIS AND SUSPENSION NEEDS FOX RACING SHOX REBUILDING STATION Fox RACING SHox VP RACING FuEL BEARDS SEATS SUMMERS BROS FUEL SAFE SWAY-A-WAY CNC WRIGHT PLACE UMP PRODUCTS ·JA -MAR PRODUCTS 42425 5TH STREET EAST UNIT C & D LANCASTER, CA 93535 (805) 940_-5515 (805) 940-5514 FAX June 1995 _ Page 15

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r,r moved to the front. Ledezma was only three minutes back, and now Davila was 12 minutes behind him in third. Miszkiewicz ran fourth, after a flat, and Avalos, who also had a flat, was fifth. Brindell put co-driver Howard Hughes in for the run to the fin-, ish, and he enjoyed a good dice with Hector Ledezma, Danny's dad. But then Hector lost a valve cover, and subsequently had to keep stopping for oil. Hughes, who had been retired from driv-ing, got his first SCORE win since 1981. He has apparently not for-gotten much. The Ledezmas fin-ished second, 11 minutes later, and then Miszkiewicz and his co-driver, Rick St. John, who'd had some new car bugs, were third. Carlos lribe and his son, Gerardo, who'd been coping with clutch problems all day, moved up to finish fourth, in front of Manuel Avalos, Enrique's brother and co-Danny and Hector Ledezma led a long way in Class 5-1600, but lost a valve AUons_o Lacarra and Eduardo Mayoral ha_d their Jimco in the Class_ 9 lead at cover kept stopping for oil and they ended up finishing second in class. mid-distance, then Mayoral had some senous clutch trouble, came ,n second ' ' but Damen Jefferies suffered a technical DQ in post race tech, so the early driver, who came in fifth after was in front at Oasis, his Jimco six, leaders won after all. another flat. minutes ahead of Darnen Jefferies, --- ---------------------:-=:===-:====-----===--==== The Class 9 cars went off the in another Jimco. In third it was line next, and Alfonso Lacarra Luis Guevara and Federico # Poe 103 1 110 2 114 3 117 4 112 5 1611 1 1603 2 1620 3 1615 4 1613 5 504 1 500 2 503 3 501 4 505 5 579 1 550 2 555 3 559 4 578 5 702 1 701 2 714 ns 1 736 2 733 . 3 724 4 727 5 806 1 811 2 807 3 839 4 812 5 901 1 902 2 946 3 904 4 900 1004 1012 2 1021 3 1002 4 1001 5 1103 1 1100 2 1104 3 1101 4 778 1 776 2 764 3 861 1 864 2 860 3 863 4 862 5 1051 1 199 2 580 3 150 4 582 5 SCORE Tacata San Felipe 250 Reeulta • March 11, 1995 Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Claaa 1/2. Unlimited aingle & two aeat. 20 start. 9 finiah Ed & nm Herbst Mike Smith Mike Julson/Bob Lofton Jimco VW Type 4 Steve Sourapas/Doug Fortin DJ I John Gaughan/Jim Moran Chenowth Porsche Tom Bradley Sr/Tommy Bradley Jr Raceco VW Type 4 Claaa 1/2-1600. 1600cc Restricted Engine. 23 atart -13 finish Danny Porter/Mark Ruddis Suspensions Un ltd. Dean & Mark Bayerle Raceco Brent Grizzle/Darren Ebberts Chenowth Ronny Wilson (solo) Suspensions Un ltd. Gary Cogbill/Doug West. Jimco aa .. 3 • Short we 4x4. 4 atar1 • o finish Claaa 4 • Long WB 4x4 • o atart • o flnlah Claaa 5 • Unlimited Baja Bug • 8 atart • 5 finiah Mike Jakobson (solo) Baja Bug Michael James/Mike Kalickl Baja Bug George SeeleyShannon Powell Baja Bug Neal & Mike Grabowski Baja Bug Hector Teran/Juan A. Covarrubias Baja Bug Claaa 5-1600 -1600cc Baja Bug -11 alert. 6 finlah Jon Brlndell/Howard Hughes Baja Bug Danny & Hector Ledezma Baja Bug Steven Miszkiewicz/Rlchard St. John Baja Bug Carlos & Gerardo lribe Baja Bug Manuel & Enrique Avalos Baja Bug aa .. 6 • Production Sedan • o start • o finish Claaa 7. Unlimited Mini Pickup. 6 start. 2 finish Jeff Lewis/John Chapman Chevy S-10 4x4 Chris & Rick Taylor Ford Ranger Gerardo Novelo/Tony Alvarez Nissan (tech. dq) Claaa 7S • Stock Mini Pickup • 13 atart • 7 finish Scott Steinberger/Larry Plank Ford Ranger Rick D. & Rick L. Johnson Ford Ranger Scott Sells/Alan Ross Toyota John & Mike Becker Ford Ranger Dan Cannon/Peter Mucciante Ford Ranger Claaa 8 -2WD Standard Pickup• 14 start• 5 finish Sergio Nolasco/Alejandro Abaroa Dodge Dan Beaver/Randy Hoeft Ford F-150 Broe Glover/Perry McNeil Ford F-150 Steve Scaron~Kirby Weeks Ford Explorer Dave Crinklaw/John Penner Ford F-150 Cla .. 9 • Restricted Buggy • 9 start . 4 finish AHonso Lacarra/Eduardo Mayoral Jlmco Luis Guevara/Federico Montes Tubular Design Brian & Jim Jeffrey Raceco Kody Wright/Sean Moss Sohren Darnen & Casey Jefferies Jimco (tech. dq) Claaa 10. Unlimited 1650cc. 30 start -17 finlah Larry Job (solo) Mirage Kevin Davis/Adam Wik Jimco Andrew Wehe/Jimmy Weitzel Jimco Tim Scalzo (solo) Raceco Rick Romans (solo) Raceco Claaa 11 • Stock VW aedan . 6 start . 4 finish Victor Barajas/Larry Negrete VW Beetle Terry Kiely/Chris Woodward VW Beetle Carlos Aguilar F/Alberto Soto M. VW Beetle Eric Solorzano/Hector Rodriguez VW Beetle Cla .. Mini Stock • Stock Mini Trucks - 6 start. 3 finish Steve Williams/Charles Braden Ford Ranger Felix Hurtado/Marlon Guardado Toyota Matt Vaughan/Kevin Brown Nissan 4x4 Cla .. Stock Full - Stock Pickup Trucks - 6 start. 6 finish Mark Stein/Chris Tartar Ford F-150 David Sykes/Greg Woodington Ford F-150 Steve Olliges/Tim Casey Ford Lightning Austin Roblson/C',alin Butcher Hummer Chad Hall/Kevin Horan Hummer Sportsman Claaaes . 6 start • 5 finish Doug Naylor/Alan Barrett Raceco/Toyota Luis & Jorge Leal Porsche 2 seat Enrique Troncoso/Rudotto Valenzuela VW Baja Bug Walter Prince/Doug Browne Raceco Milt Moore (solo) 5-1600 Baja Bug SCORE Tecate Trophy-Truck -18 start· 8 finish Time 4:20:43 4:34:53 4:48.50 5:01 :56 5:27:08 5:41 :02 5:43:22 5:54:39 5:57:50 6:02:38 5:27:38 5:55:45 7:26:01 7:58:24 7:59:23 6:29:09 6:40:37 7:08:06 7:18:43 7:25:08 6:40:35 8:23:38 5:15:12 5:52:18 6:16:56 7:38:35 7:41:10 7:43:51 4:54:47 5:11:56 6:24:37 6:33:28 6:34:54 7:29:01 7:30:23 8:04:11 8:51:37 7:16:19 4:51:53 4:56:00 5:06:20 5:08:12 5:24:11 6:44:50 6:56:21 6:56:39 8:09:05 7:01:18 7:51:51 "/:52:56 5:00:35 5:02:05 5:06:12 5:14:45 6:51:48 5:01:55 5:05:01 5:52:56 6:13:32 6:38:33 80 1 Larry Ragland/Brady Stiles Chevrolet 3:57:37 55 2 Robby Gordon/Gregg Till Ford 4:07:40 1 3 Rob MacCachren/Dennis Garman Ford F-150 4:43:16 43 4 Curt LeDuc (solo) Jeep Grand Cherokee 4:44:41 20 5 Walker Evans/John Searle Dodge 4:45:08 Total Starters, cars 180 • finishers, cars 97 . 53%. Race Distance - 250 miles except classes Sportsman, SM, SF, and II who did 190. Time Allowance 11 hours all dasses. Fast Time· Cars/Trucks· #103 Ed & Tim Herbst· Mike Smtth • 4:20:43 Fast Time Motorcycles • Danny HameVCraig Smith. Kawasaki - 4:22:39 Page 16 0 /A 1· 2 3 7 13 18 19 22 25 26 14 23 50 58 60 33 42 46 48 49 41 65 21 30 53 56 57 5 10 32 35 38 51 52 61 68 4 6 8 9 11 Montes, the winners of this event last year, in a Tubular Design chassis. Brian and Jim Jeffrey were fourth in their Raceco. Lacarra broke a throttle cable, but he still led at Borrego, while Jefferies, who didn't like the way his reworked suspension was functioning, held on to second place. Guevara and Montes were still third, unable to get full throt-tle because the cable was slipping, and the Jeffreys were fouth. Lacarra put his co-driver, Lalo Mayoral, in to drive the second half, and he had some serious clutch trouble, and fell back. Jef-feries moved to the front, and took the checkered flag first. But a post-race tech resulted in a tech-nical disqualification for Jefferies, moving Lacarra and Mayoral into the win. Guevara and Montes were second, only a minute and 22 seconds later. The Jeffrey team Luis Guevarra and Federico Montes herded their Tubular Design Class 9 into a tight dice with the winners, and they finished second, just a minute and change behind. was then third, followed in by Summit loop, was next to get the Kody Wright and Sean Moss, in a green flag. They ran in a very close Sohren, the last car in the class to knit pack, so close that at Borrego finish. the lead three were on the same The Stock Full class, which did minute. It was Marc Stein in his not have to run the 60 mile Mini. new Ford, built by Gordon Di Carlo, who used to compete in this class, then David Sykes, Stein's brother, in another Ford, and Steve Olliges, in one more Ford. The fourth place vehicle was Austin Robison in a Hum-mer, who had some shock fading that caused him to slow down a bit. Stein had a perfect day with that new truck, and took the win, beating his brother by less than two minutes. Sykes broke a cou-ple of shocks, and had an electri-cal problem, while Olliges, who shared the driving with Tim Casey, had no problems on his way to third, another four min-utes back. The close competition adds to the fun of this class. Robi-son, who didn't have quite as much fun with his ailing shocks, Brian and Jim Jeffrey hop around a deep berm in their Raceco on the way to a good finish, third in the really stiff competition in Class 9 action. • also hit a tree, and finished fourth, t:; eight minutes later. Marc Stein and Chris Tartar had a perfect day racing in the new Ford truck, running in a very tight contest. But they were first in Class Stock Full by merely a minute and a half. June 1995 His teammate, Chad Hall, run-ning late after some difficulty, was piloting his Hummer down a very long, very fast, straight road near-ing the finish. The road made a hard left at the end of the miles long straight. He was unaware that anyone was coming up on him, as he was concentrating on the turn, and suddenly the Class 8 truck of Dale White slammed into his left side, and catapulted up and over the Hummer, doing an endo, and hitting the ground so hard it tore off all four wheels as well as shocks, and the driveline. White and his passenger were unhurt, though shaken, and Hall was also o.k., though frightened and angry. It seems White, trying to regain time lost with his transmission transplant, was really hot-footing Dusty Times

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it down the road, and, not know-ing the terrain as well as he'd have liked, didn't realize there was a tum coming up. Dale said he saw no tum markers. He was in the dust, and heading to Hall's left to pass him, and when the dust cleared he was in the tum . He later said he never had time to apply his brakes before smacking the Hummer. All the roll cages, side nets, helmets and five-point safety harnesses did their work in this accident. Surely, without all the safety gear there would have been serious injuries or even deaths. Hall and his Hummer went on to finish fifth. Next came the Stock-Mini class, which also ran the short-ened form of the course, and our friends from the FAIR pit team, who wrote down car numbers as David Sykes and Greg Woodington broke a couple of shocks, had an electrical problem, but pressed on to finish a fine and close second in Stock Full. the racers went by, were appar-:;, ently folding their tents and leav- ' ing when these folks arrived. They saw a couple of them at Oasis, Felix Hurtado, in a Toyota, and Matt Vaughan, in his Nissan, running close together. But they don't record passage of the even-tual winner, though it seems he'd be hard to miss. Steve Williams drives a Ford with an official look-ing Sheriff's logo on the doors, and official looking lights on the roof. Williams is a Deputy She-riff, and uses his truck as a visual aid when visiting schools to talk to kids about the dangers of drugs. He had a smooth day, with no flats, and only some fuel trou-ble, and adjustments to his front driveshaft to slow him. Williams took the win by 50 minutes. Hur-tado was second, with Vaughan third, and they got to the finish line practically side by side, a minute and five seconds apart. None of the others finished. Felix Hurtado and Marlon Guardado running at speed in the Toyota kept up the speed to finish 50 minutes behind the winner, but second in Stock Mini class. Nobody saw any of the six Class 11 cars go by either. They also ran the short course, which was a full 190 miles, fraught with ha:ards for a stock Volkswagen, even without the difficult Mini Summit. Victor Barajas had an especially sweet win this time, Terry Kiely and Chris Woodward are in a tight fight to retain their Class 11 title taking second here in the Beetle, only 18 seconds ahead of third place. The Sportsman Class had six starters and five finished, quite a record. Out front at the start and the finish was Doug Naylor and Alan Barrett and they won the class overall in the fancy Raceco Toyota. Dusty Times because, even though his clutch was slipping, for the first time in a race he didn't have to get out and push his car. He drove all the way. Terry Kiely and Chris Woodward shared the driving in their car to finish second, followed in just· 18 seconds later by Carlos Aguilar and Alberto Soto. Eric Solorzano was the last finisher, a little over an hour later. In the Sportsman group, which also ran the short course, there were six entries, and most of them finished. First to get back to the finish line were Doug Naylor and Alan Barrett, out for the first time in their recently purchased Class 10 Toyota powered Raceco (it used to belong to Gregg Sym-onds). Their car quit for a few moments, just blocks before the finish, but they got it fixed and made it in for the best finish in the Sportsman group. Next to come along were Luis and Jorge Leal in a Porsche powered unlimited car, and then it was Enrique Troncoso and Rodolfo Valenzuela, in a 5-1600 car that had some oil pressure oroblems. Followine them were Walter Prince and Doug Browne, in the candy-striped Raceco two seater. They'd had some prob-lems with the motor not wanting to idle. Milt Moore was the next finisher in the Sportsman group, and he'd come all the way from Telluride, Colorado to drive a problem free race. While the winners were fin-ished by lunch time, most of the rest were done early enough to get cleaned up and have a nice dinner. Aside from a few technical dis-qualifications, there were no major hassles for the SCORE officials to handle after the racing, and everything just wound down as the sun set over the mountains. SCORE's next event will.be the June 1995 "'· * Steve Williams and Charles Braden have the Sheriff's logo, lights on the roof, etc. in this project truck, and it also came in first in the Mini Stock class, another win for Ford. #" +.<.~ ~ ~*~-~ ,..,'. Victor Barajas and Larry Negrete who ran on the shorter course, but it was a tough one: they survived the hazards on course to win Class 11 by merely 12 minutes at the finish line. Nevada 250 at the end of April, and then they'll move on to the Baja 500 in early June. Many thanks to the FAIR pit crews at Oasis and Borrego, who recorded car numbers and times and passed their information along to me, and to R.L.H. 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Tom Bradley had a couple of flats and lost a C. V. on his Raceco VW, was in fifth place in Class 1, making it three Las Vegas drivers in the top five. George Seeley had a rider this trip, Shannon Powell, and despite some time costly problems George arrived third in Class 5 in his Ba;a Bug. Steve Scaroni, in his rented Ford Explorer, had a few problems, broken spring and drive line trouble, but it was fun he said finishing fourth in Class 8. Tom Schilling has a fancy paint scheme on his Class 10 Jimco, and with co-driver Dave Richardson, they finished sixth in the hotly contested class. Matt Vaughan and Kevin Brown had a clean run in the Stock Mini Nissan 4x4, and they finished third in the class, only a minute behind second place. Page 18 ,,, Ronny Wilson went solo in his 1-2-1600 Suspensions Unlimited racer and was close, thought he paced himself too much, and he finished a close fourth. Steve Miszkiewicz and Richard St. John had a flat and some new car bugs on the way to finishing third in Class 5-1600, about half an hour back. David Crinklaw and John Penner were right behind Scaroni at the finish line, a close fifth in Class 8 in their big Ford F-150 pickup. Carlos Aguilar and Alberto Soto finished third in Class 11, their Beetle looking very clean on this trail. They lost second place by 18 seconds. Scott Sells and Alan Ross had power steering trouble with their Toyota and lost the four wheel drive; they ran third until he ran out of gas near the finish, but came in third. June 1995 """'-Gary Cogbill flies past a spectator point in the Jimco he shared with Doug West. The pair finished a close fifth in the big, 23 car Class 1-2-1600. John and Mike Becker suffered a broken rocker shaft on the Ford Ranger, but they fixed things and carried on to finish fourth in Class 7S. Tim Scalzo went solo in his Class 10 Raceco had no big troubles reported and finished fourth in the 30 car class and ninth overall as well. Steve Olliges and Tim Casey didn't make it to the win this time in Class Stock Full, but had no trouble with the Ford and were just six minutes back. Luis and Jorge Leal drove this Porsche powered two seater in the Sportsman Class. They were second overall and won the Class 1 honors. Dusty Times

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Carlos Sainz abandoned; the rally now centered in the seaside town of Figueira da Foz. Wins In Portugal For Subaru In the Manufacturers' Cham-pionship whereas Toyota fielded their regular top driver line up of reigning World Champion Didier Auriol, four times previous Champion Juha Kankkunen and Armin Schwarz, the series leaders Mitsubishi abandoned their Group A Swedish Rally winning team activity until their new Group A Evolution III car is ready. On this event Mitsubishi was represented by the German Group N team who ran three Evo-lution II cars for World Ladies' Champion Isolde Holderied, Jorge Recalde and local driver Rui Madeira. Ford and Subaru each enlisted a guest driver for the event alongside their two regular team members. Ford invited back Alex Fiorio to support Francois Delecour and Bruno Thiry, while Subaru had their test driver Richard Burns to help Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae. Skoda had two Felicia Kit cars for Pavel Sibera and Emil T riner, while Renault had 2-liter Clio Maxi Kit Cars for Juan Carlos Macedo and Pedro Azeredo. Nissan has modi-fied the Sunny GTI with cars for Gregoire de Mevius and privateer Nikolai Burkart. GM Europe had orthodox 2-liter Astra GTis for Freddy Loix and Privateer Raphael Sperrer. And, as an extra surprise the SEAT Sport team had an orthodox 1.8 liter Group A for Erwin Weber, now with a six speed gearbox, and an equival-ent Group N car for Antonio Ruis. Group N promised to be a major fight between the three official Mitsubishi teams against Monte Carlo Group winner Phi-lippe Camandona with a Ford Escort RS Cosworth and Middle East Champion Mohammad Bin Sulayem in a Toyota Celica GT-Four. Text & Phot.os: Martin Holmes Carlos S"ainz and Luis Moya took the Subaru lmpreza 555 to overall victory after a rally long battle with the more powerful Toyota of Juha Kankkunen. Sainz took the lead on stage 30 to take the win too. Carlos Sainz with Luis Moya and Subaru gained their second victory of the 1995 World Rally Series at the TAP Rall ye of Portugal after an event long battle against the much improved Toyota of Juha Kankkunen. "From the first to the last corner, both J uha and I had been going flat out. It was only when conditions favored our Subaru that I was finally able to get ahead," Carlos commented afterwards. The Toyota was far more powerful than earlier this year, and only the slippery stage surfaces on the final day gave the Subaru a·chance to keep up. Juha was noticeably absent at the ost event press conference and unable to comment in public on suspi-cions that Subaru ran lightweight cars during the event, taking advantage of uncertain on~vent rule procedures regarding weigh_-ing cars. Kankkunen did achieve a notable record, being the first driver to gain 1000 World Championship points during his rally career. This was another double championship event, but the World 2-Liter Championship cars were spectacularly unreliable with the kit cars, two each from Renault and Skoda, all retiring with gearbox problems. Loix and de Mevius fought for the lead for . ..... ),: Juha Kankkunen and Nicky Grist kept the Toyota in front on time most of the distance, but the slippery final stages dropped the Celica GT-Four to second but it was Juha's 1000 WCR points milestone. the first two days in their Opel and Nissan, but both retired and victory went to the reigning Czech champion, Piergiorio Deila drining a Peugeot, who only made one fastest time in this category. After ice in Monte Carlo and packed snow in Sweden the warmer climate for Round 3 in the championship was welcome. For the first time in the 28 year tradition of the Rally of Portugal the event ran entirely on loose surfaced tracks, an example of the changes forced on organizers by the '95 rules. Route shortening rules to three days instead of four meant that the traditional base at the Tagus Estuary resort of Estoril This was the first time the new servicing regulations were being applied in their full intended sense, with no exceptions as they had in both Monte Carlo and Rui Madeira and Nuno Silva were ninth overall and first in Group N, leading the Mitsubishi charge in the Lancer Ev. II. Rui became the first Portuguese to lead an FIA championship. Sweden, and it was also the first time the new rules were applied to an all gravel World Champion-ship Rally. Etape 1 started in conditions that were very wet underfoot fol-lowing an overnight storm, but got drier during the day. However, the evening stages in the north remained very muddy. Toyota was back on form! Kankkunen took the lead on the first stage and Auriol was close behind. Sainz and Delecour started off battling too, but things went wrong for the Frenchman on stage 3 when he clipped a rock on the inside of a corner and tipped his car on to the roof. Delecour was restarted with broken power steering, but at the ensuing service the oil pipe to the cooler was damaged during repairs; at the start of stage 5 he lost the oil and he was left stranded with the oil light telling him his rally was over. His Ford teammates were struggling. Thiry said the central differential was set for maximum traction, and was too stiff for his liking,and he could not flick the car the way he preferred. Fiorio, ·on his first event in an Escort and in six months, was finding it hard to stay on the pace. Subaru were left to challenge Toyota in the slippery conditions of the opening stages. Burns had clutch failure for most of the first day. "The clutch did not work at all; we were really lucky to get to the service point to get it repaired." McRae had a leaking power steering pipe as well as an electrical fault which made the intercooler water spray inopera-tive. On the final stage of the day Sainz pulled 14 seconds off Kankkunen, giving him the dub-ious privilege of starting first car on the road for the second day of the event. In Formula 2 de Mevius and Loix dominated the day until the former had his gear box jam in third, from stage 5 onward. "We were really lucky it was third, oth-erwise we could never have got to Provoa." The auxiliary lights fell off de Mevius' car on the long final stage of the day. The two national team Renault Clio Kit Cars were in bad trouble. Right from the start Macedo's had trouble with the six speed gear-boxes and Azeredo's deteriorated through the first half of the day. Both drivers struggled on, but had to retire during the day. The Clio Williams of Eddie Mercier retired as well. Deila, seeded number 57, with his Peugeot survived a day fraught with catching local drivers on stages running in front of him. Skodas climbed to second and third places, after de Mevius' troubles, having no problems, Sibera's more powerful 1500cc · car less than one minute in front of Triner's 1300cc version. Bruno Thiry and Stephane Prevot were sixth overall and in Group A, the first home in the Ford Escort RS Cosworth contingent and just nine minutes out. SEAT returned to rallying in W2L with the Ibiza G Ti 16 valve .driven by Erwin Weber and Manfred Hiemer, and they finished 22nd and third in W2L standings. Former Wotld champion Carlos Sainz is on track for another title, scoring his 16th Wotld Championship victory in the Rally of Portugal, last March. Page 20 June 1995 Dusty Times

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Freddy Loix and Svem Smeets ran well in the Opel Astra GSi until they lost the transmission after 25 stages, and didn't score a point for GME. Mohammed Bin Sulayem, United Arab Emirates, and Ronan Morgan of Ireland were doing well in Group N until retiring with the very common trans trouble. Sliding around a rocky bend Masao Kamioka and Kevin Gormley drove the Subaru lmpreza to 12th overall and they were :ourth in the Group N contest too. . when the Group N car reached the end of stages. Deila was gradually readapting to 2WD after a recent career in total traction rally cars, but enjoyed the use of a sequential gear change system. Sperrer split an oil pipe and switched off just in time, but continued on when oil was adJed. In Group N there was little news. Madeir~ decided to attack hard at the Viseu stage, just to show his teammate Recalde who was the real star in the team; Recalde was second on that stage, 35 seconds behind. A surprised Piergiorgio Deila and Pierangelo Scalvini were first in W2L at 16th overall in the Peugeot 306 S16 and they inherited the win as many of the contenders fell into retirement in front of them. When the rally reached Viseu; Sainz was lacking his normal con-fident self, sensing the new evi-dent power of the Toyota would help on the hilly stages on the final .day. Many other drivers arrived .angry that spectators had hurled debris at passing cars on the last stage of the day, held just north of the town. Sperrer had no trouble with his Astra and was fifth overall in the category, in front of Deila. Bur-kart was less happy, "Not many problems with the car, the prob-lems are all with me. It is my first rally on gravel for ten years!" In seventh and eighth places were the Group A and N SEA T's of Weber and Ruis. In Group N the Mitsubishis were uncatchable, the only chal-lenge coming from Andrea Navarra 's Celica GT-Four which made best time on stage 2. Recalde took the initial lead when Madeira had power steering trouble for the first three stages, then the Portuguese took over. Holderied fell back when she had the pipe to the rear brakes fail, but by the end of the day the Lancers were 1-2-3 in front ofKamioka's Subaru just ahead of his fifth place teammate Miyoshi who was ahead of Camandona's Ford. Bin Sulayem was out with gearbox ills. Etape 2 was to be a cliff hanging day with more than one tense bat-tle. Firstly it was the rivalry between Kankkunen and Sainz. The Spaniard started with a three second lead over the Finn, increasing this to four on the first stage, a two lap superspecial at the Lousada rallycross track, but come the normal stages J uha pulled equal immediately, and then took the lead and by the end of the day was 22 seconds in front. Subaru's championship hopes rose when Auriol over-turned his Celica on stage 14. "We came to a left hand corner and the car got stuck in ruts and tipped over while we were in first gear!" The car was badly marked but the running gear was undam-aged, but the delay gave McRae the chance to rise to third place. The struggle between Toyota and Subaru reached a moment of ten--sion before the Lousada regroup, when Toyota wondered if Subaru were taking chances with the weights of their cars. It was inter-esting that Sainz seemed quicker on stages where there were more muddy stretches while the Toyota Dusty Times seemed to have a lot more power than on previous events. Schwarz was given the task of testing Michelin's harder FB97 tires in case Kankkunen wanted them for the long Arganil stages the next day. The plan didn't work well, because Schwarz had the throttle stick open, which took away some of his verve. Ford still had troubles. Thiry lost time with misfiring after the water crossing in the Seixozo pub-licity stage, and gradually Fiorio was getting more accustomed to the car. He was given the task of analyzing the asymmetric Mich-elin X-type tires. Privateer Jose Miguel had oil on his clutch while Fernando Peres retired early in the morning with rear suspension trouble, a five minute repair job if he had had the opportunity. Burns had his gearbox changed after he lost pressure with his central differential. In Formula 2 the next tense affair was the attack by de Mevius, who won every stage of the day, in his chase of fellow Belgian Freddy Loix. "I am driving at 100%" said Loix, "but I don't think I will be leading the category this time tomorrow." Both Skodas were gone, the last of the Kit Cars, and Weber lost second gear in his SEAT and teammate Ruis had a lot of brake problems. On several -occasions the brakes were on fire After two days of almost fault-less weather, the third day, Etape 3, dawned cloudy, and as the rally headed southeast from Viseu it was clear that the Arganil hills were going to be shrouded in mist and probably rain too. With fewer stage miles in this area than usual, one might have thought the area would not be as significant, but it was. Stage 22, further to the north, saw Juha and Carlos equal on times, then the fears of the weather became real as the cars gathered for the start of stage 23. This stage was slippery, often downhill and Carlos took 14 seconds off Juha. "It was a prob-lem of tires," Juha said. "We had good traction but poor sideways grip." Carlos said,,' 'The wet, foggy and slippery conditions meant that we had a chance to keep up with the T oyotas." On the second Arganil stage, 25, Carlos took another four seconds off the leader, and at the regroup halt in the center of Arganil, before a second run over the hills, Sainz was only four seconds behind. Auriol was in trouble as three kilometers into stage 22 he disco-vered second gear had gone, with no chance to change the transmis-sion before the end of the rally. TAP Rally of Portugal March 8-10, 1995 Carlos Sainz/Luis Moya Juha Kankkunen/Nicky Grist Colin McRae/Derek Ringer Armin Schwarz/Klaus Wlcha Didier Aurlol/Bernard Ocelll Bruno Thiry/Stephane Prevot Richard Burns/Robert Reid Alex FiorloNlttorio Brambilla Aul Madeira/Nuno Sliva Jorge Recalde/Martin Christle Isolde Holderled/Tina Thomer Plergiorglo Della/Plerangelo Scalvlnl Raphael Sperrer/Peter Diekman E Subaru lmpreza 555 SF/GB Toyota Celica GT-Four G3 Subaru lmpreza 555 D Toyota Celica GT-Four F Toyota Celica GT-Four B Ford Escort RS Cosworth G3 Subaru lmpreza 555 p AA D/S I AID Ford Escort RS Cosworth Mitsubishi Lancer Ev. II Mitsubishi Lancer Ev. II Mitsubishi Lancer Ev. II Peugeot 306S16 (16th) Opel Astra GSi (21st) A 5 :32:37. A 5:32:49 A 5:35:51 A 5:37:36 A 5:38:50 A 5:41:23 A 5:46:58 A 5:58:14 N 6:03:36. N 6:07:22 N 6:13:33# A 6:27:55 •• A 6:35:08 114(58 F2) starters - 39(13 F2) finishers; •Group Winner •• F2 winner -# Ladles winner Winner's average speed over stages 79.09 kph (W2L) 72.24 kph) World Championship Points - Mitsubishi 132, Toyota 121, Subaru 106, Ford 101 WAC Drivers Points - Sainz 40, Kankkunen 37, Makinen 25, Eriksson & Thiry 20 Group N Points - Madeira 20, Holderied 17, Camandona & Backlund 13 Formula 2 Points - GME 118, Peugeot 90, Renault 89, Nissan, 37, Skoda 33 FIA Ladies Cup Points - Holderied 21 points June 1995 McRae looked chastened believ-ing he had hit a spectator in the hills and had no way to know if the problem was serious; as it turned out, it wasn't. The matter of car weight, already getting on the nerves of Toyota drivers, started to become a major talking point when weights taken after the Lousada rest halt on the second day were published. Sainz's car was running 60 kg less than Kankkunen's, and apparently because of an alterna-tive interpretation of the rules! On the second run through Arganil,Juha took seven seconds back off Sainz using the same type of tire as before. Jorge Bica went off the road and retired his Lan-cia, and Fiorio damaged the front of his car with a broken drive-shaft, but still held eighth place. In seventh Marcus Granholm walked in to the Arganil service area looking forlorn. He had gone off the road just after the flying finish, "My own fault, I just lost concentration." As the stages continued to be slippery Carlos, sensing the conditions were increasingly in his favor, kept the pressure on Kankkunen and even-tually got ahead on stage 30. But victory nearly never happened. He cut a corner too close at the start of the final stage, a branch cut a brake pipe, and he spent the rest of the stage slowing down using the handbrake. And he won the stage! "The in-car camera will te 11 how anxious we were," he said afterwards. The 2 liter category had the greatest fun happening. De Mevius was catching Loix at about one second per kilometer. After stage 25 he was 67 seconds behind with about 100 km still to go. Deila went off the road and between two rows of cars parked beside the track and went exactly between the two rows without hitting any of them. On the second run both Belgians were deceived by secrets they had been having trans troubles, but neither wanted the other to know. In the end both stopped on the same stage and the 2 liter leader was an astonished Deila! Sperrer was second in his private Astra and Weber was third in his SEAT. Ruis retired his SEAT with three stages left. Mitsubishi scored a grand slam in Group N, retained their World Championship Manufacturers lead and Rui Madeira became the first Portuguese driver to lead an FIA championship. "All I now have to do is to find the money to stay on the team. They are going all out in the world champion-ship this year, and I want to be part of their plans." Philippe Camandona retired his Group N Ford Escort Cosworth RS just after the start of stage 31 when the front differential failed, but the second Subaru was luckier. After the two Arganil loops, Miyoshi had gearbox trouble and felt sure he could not reach the finish, but he did. With the next rally in the World framework being the Safari in Kenya, for 2-liter cars only, we have a break of seven weeks before Corsica. This will be mid-point in the 1995 season. Can Mitsubishi retain their lead on the debut of their Lancer Evo-lution III? PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... THANKS! 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McKenzie's Off Road Series At GI.en Helen OHV Park By Carol "Scoop" Clark Photos: Trackside Photo lnc./Carrera Photos/Dave Clark Steve Bishop was "King of the Roost" this round, putting together a second in heat 1 and a fourth in heat 2 fo take the top points, the winner in the ten car class. Just when I thought I had this short course business all figured out, I am back to square one, so forgive me please if there isn't a long interview with the racers, I , .. did not get to talk to a whole lot of them, because when their indi-vidual heats and main events were over, only the first place finisher in each class came to the tower for Bob Mathews didn't even start the first 1600 short course heat, but he came out swinging in the second and wound up third in class and in the heat race. an interview and I was able to grab them if I was lucky before they headed back to the pits to prepare for the next event. There were 19 individual classes with sometimes just one entry per class so naturally they were combined with other classes of possibly similar horsepower and suspension to make things a little more interesting. The officials do not have a computer in the tower so I do not have a total number of entries per class, just the finishers-I think. In Class 1 there were three finishers. Christopher Neil won both races and he said that his truck has got the old fiberglass from Roger Mears' truck and he just got in front and did his best to stay there, he looks like he is pretty familiar with this type of racing, after years of racing the MTEG series. The spectators which are made up of paid entries and pit crews alike really seem to enjoy these races and do a grand job of cheering on their favorite racers. Desert racer, Kathy Fay took second place in both races, but I know she had fun out there. It looks like she just loves to play with cars and trucks in the dirt and it shows. I just found something Chris Neil said that was kind of out of order in my notes. He said that it would really be great if more Sport Utility Trucks from the MTEG series would come and participate in these races. They would all have a lot of fun and getting involved in this series looks like it would be a lot of fun. The entry fees are minimal and there are not all those other fees that you have to pay when racing in the desert and you can be within a couple of hours from home so don't have to go through the added expense of motel rooms, etc. You can just come for the day and the whole family has a good time. Chris said that his BFG's worked simply great on this course and they helped him get the traction and handling ability that got him first place. Third place in Class 1 in both races went to Tom Hulsof who also headed for the pits after the checkered flag. Tim Lewis was fourth entry in Class 1 but DNF'd both races and I don't know what happened to him. There were 10 cars entered in 1-2-1600 Short Course Class. The overall points leader was Randy Jones who finished third in the first race and first in the second race. In looking at the total points accumulated for the year, looks like he has amassed the most points of all the classes, so looks good for the overall points championship for this series {at least so far). Bob Matthews did not start the first race due to some mechanical problems and finish-ed third place in the second race. Steve Bishop had a second and a fourth earning second for the day. In the Desert 1-2-1600s Big Bob Dziurawiec finished second place in the first race and first place in the second race. He did come over for a short chat and said that this was his best day of racing ever. It was good clean racing, no hitting problems, just good sportsmanship shown by all the racers. His family is 100% behind him and come out en masse to show their support too. He also wanted to thank McKen-zie's for the support they have given him. John Hulsebosh finished third in the first race and second in the second race and said that he was leading in the second race and then "Big Bob" passed him good and clean on the inside and he just couldn't catch him after that. John had some problems in the first race in that he got tangled u~ with some other cars in a turn and broke a shock, so was lucky enough to borrow some shocks from 1608 who had blown his engine and probably was out for the day. John wanted to be sure that the driver of 1608, Gary Bussjaeger has his wholehearted thanks. Mike Lucy who skipped out on me,cfot first place in the first race an fourth in the second race. Steve Bishop 1600 short course wanted to thank JG Transmission, Golden Construc-tion and Bishop Off Road Racing. Steve said that Randy Jones got crossed up on the course and Steve was able to pass him at that time. Steve said that after the first heat he broke a U joint in the steering shaft and had a back up in there and didn't know if it would hold up, but it did Ok and gave him no trouble. Class 5 first and last place went to Bob Gustafson driving Dave Parsons car. Bob says that this is the first time he has raced short course and now knows that the car has to be set up a little differently to make it handle better on this type of course. The car is set up for desert racing now but will have the modifications done by the next race. He said it would sure be a lot more fun if he had some other Class 5s out there to give him a little competition. Class 5-1600 had five total entries in both races, Mario Bustamante won both of them and said he had a ball doing it. He is going for the points this year and if he keeps up this pace, he should have no problem. There are seven races and he plans to be there to win them all. I think personally that it is the wild paint job that helped him win; it is neon violet and black, just a beautiful paint job and really stands out from the rest; whoever thought up this color scheme is to be commended. I think it's great and Mario said that the car handled just great, I know the paint job had something to do with it. Second place overall in points in Class 5-1600 went to Jim Fay, Father of Stacy and Kathy Fay. He got third place in both races but managed to get second in the points overall. Chris Heryford got second in the first race and DNF'd the second, but is third in points for the class so far. Stacey Pike was the lone entry in Class 7, he got one win {what else?) and one DNF for the day. Class 7S had four entries, Dean Williams leads the points for this class with a first and a second respectively, but pretty hot on his tail was Desert Racer, Dan Cannon who took third in the first race and first in the second race and he too I think is going for the points in this class this year. He is only a few points out of first, Glen Neese in on a roll this spring and he hopped to first in 1600 short course heat 1, sixth in heat 2 and finished fourth in points for the day. Mario Bustamante was one of the few who won both their heats and Mario did it in his trusty 5-1600, winning the five car class while racing other classes. . so he may have a good chance at it. Kevin Pirtle enjoys racing at Glen Helen in his short course 1600, and this race he finished fifth in points despite a DNF in ' heat 2. Page n Big Bob Dziurawiec seldom misses a Glen Helen race in his Desert 1-2-1600; he was second in heat 1, first in heat 2 and he won the six car class easily. June 1995 _..,, Dean Williams noses his 7S truck down after a jump but it didn't keep him from winning the class and the first heat and taking second in heat 2 for the points. Dusty Times

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-·~--1' * (l1'-f~IJ:M ./4:/4 ,fJ!jfJjfff.,.. --=-...,,.;;,.,........,..-....._ Art Velasco was the only Class 9 starting the race, but he had fun, raced the other cars and was assured the class win with a pair of firsts and the points. The crowd's favorite was this Herbie of Oddie Munoz. Looking relatively stock the VW dutifully climbed the hills, crept over the jumps and earned his class winner's plaque. The Class 1 winner over a mixed field of vehicles was Chris Neil in this rig converted from a MTEG Sport Utility. In fact, Chris won both heats and the suspension alone could have foretold that fact. Dan says that he had fun dicing it out with Dean and they both did a good job of not hitting each other or anyone else. They all seem to have a lot of fun playing around out there. Third points finisher was Jerod Wedell who got a second and a third respectively for the day. He said this was the first time out with this truck and has found out there are a few changes that need to be made, but had a good time anyway. This is his first time behind the wheel of a race vehicle, he has ridden many times, but never driven and he likes the new position much better in his Fabtech truck. Art Velasco who is also a desert racer and was the only Class 9 entry was combined with the 5-1600s and was quite dissappoint-ed that there were no other Class 9s to play with. He says that maybe some people think that this type of racing is too tough on the cars, but if the cars are set up right, it's not tough at all. You don't get the constant pounding that you get out in the desert and of course the duration of the race is much, much shorter, so it is actually easier on the car and the driver. If the 9 cars are set up right they should have no trouble keeping up with the 5-1600s. His 15½ year old son did all the prep on his car and has done so good this time as well as others that he is awaiting his own brand new Chenowth for his 16th birthday. He seems like such a nice young man and will make a good competitor in the sport of off road racing. By the conversation, I gathered that he was raised being around race cars and got inter-ested in it enough to want to race himself. A young man that I've known since he was in high school, Kyle Vestermark, is now driving a Class 10 car and doing it quite well in that he finished in first place both races and is holding first place in his class for points. He also is a former desrt racer and I guess has figured out that this is "" less expensive and less time consuming than desert racing and is more fun. Class 10 seond place went to Tim Lestrneister in both races. The most fun car of the day and a real crowd pleaser was Oddie Munoz in his lone Class 11 car. He had run a few La Rana races with it in the past and had kind of quit the sport for awhile .. He finally decided to get it out of the garage and fire it up and take it racing once again, only this time on a short course. He was kind of the hero of the day in that he wasn't afraid to tangle with the trucks and as the trucks were making wide turns he just kind of snuck in underneath them and scooted right past them. He's not afraid to use the gas pedal and it shows too. On one of the tight turns in front of the grandstand, he sort oflaid it over on its side, but quick workers ran out and got him back on his wheels and he kept on going just like in the desert. Oddie said that he bent three rims in practice, but he still did just great and he put on quite a show for us spectators. In the stock full. size pickups Ken Parr got a second place in the first race and first in the second race to keep him in first place for the overall points. Jim Pierce won ' the first race and DNF'd the second. In stock mini 2WD trucks, Pat Soffe DNF'd the first race and won the second. Stock Mini 4 WD Chris Roberts won both races and Jerry Beal DNF'd the first race and did not start the second. The A TV Advanced class Erik Cobb took first place in both races. He said that they just run for trophies and that could be the reason there are not more entries. He says it is good practice and he can work the bugs out of his A TV at these races. He did blow a rear shock and was real thankful that the course wasn't too rough. He had some minor problems besides that but they were not evident to us. He did a fine job as far as I could tell. Mike Nixon got second in each of the races. Steve Marshall was the only ATV Intermediate and finished the first heat for the class win. The Superlites and Pilots were kind of fun because Todd Wittman, was driving a Superlite and wife Denise was driving a Pilot and she finished first even though she was the only Pilot entered. They just kind of played cat and mouse out on the course and it was fun to watch him almost catch her and then she would just pull away from him. Todd has a pilot motor with a the main event. He too wished he Superlite Chassis, that must put could get some more Odysseys to him in the Superlite class, where come out and play. there is more competition. He got Something that I thought was first in his class with Chris Borella quite interesting was the fact that finishing first in the first race and we had three Rally cars racing. second in the second race. Kim Dan Hook and his son Larry Goodenough got fourth in both finished second in the first race races. and first in the second race in a The lone Odyssey of the day Toyota for the win. Normally I was driven by Josh Hulsebosch, can't keep track of what's going naturally he took first place and on with Rally cars, but in this could be another generation instance I could make no mistake. getting into the off-road game. He The first one to finish the race said that during practice he had a wins. Tony Schumaker won the problem making one turn and hit first race and DNF'd the second a telephone pole and on the while veteran Lon Peterson second lap swerved off course just DNF'd both races, both driving a little but had no problems with . Mitsubishis. """'°"'°""'"""""''°""°'Jyy~~Y>X,'>"~'Y:~YY'°)')jY>1 Jamar Super Shifte Fortin CV Cages Polished & Strong/ Available in both: 930 and 934.5 Make missed shifts a thing of the past! Thing Drums Straight from Germany. The real thing! Former desert racer turned rallyist Dan Hook, and two other rally folk, brought their cars out for a rally race on Glen Helen's tough track. 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SUNRISER 400 FOREST RALLY Choiniere and Hyundai Win in Ohio By John Elkin Photos: Rick Corwine After the first night Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker led by just ten seconds in the Hyundai Elantra and through the long second day they hung tough and won the rally outright by 57 seconds, the first major Pro Rally win for Hyundai in this country. With the season starting in a fragmented manner with 60% Nationals on each coast the Sunriser 400 Forest Rally would be the first time in 1995 that all the major players in the SCCA/ Michelin PRO Rally Champion-ship would be able to gather together on the same stages. The off season has seen some big changes in e;iquiprnent and personnel changes. The only absence of note would be the Porsche of Jeff Zwart. Zwart says his increased activity with his growing business makes it difficult for him to compete at all this season. Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker were facing their biggest challenge to date for the new Hyundai Program with a two day test of the Elantra. The Hyundai has previously run only a short divisional and the Maine winter rally so this had to be considered it's first real test on a gravel stage rally. It should be noted that the Hyundai did win the South Carolina divisional despite some new car woes which, knowing the Libra Racing group, were fixed by now. Peter Moodie and Michael Fennell, winners of the west coast divisional, had their new engine boasting 350hp. Carl Merrill had a busy off season overseeing the formation of his new team's shop where he would do all the work on the Ford Escort in house; he also debuted this year a very nice new Service Barge. Where some debuted new equipment others had delays. Henry Joy, who was running his tried and true Eclipse is still awaiting the right parts to debut his right hand drive Mitsubishi Lancer. He does have a new navigator, Chris Griffin, a former California Rally Series champion navigator with his brother Jeff in a Volvo. Torn Ottey and Pam McGarvey are still waiting on their new Hyundai from Jamaica, so they would continue to gather points in their Mazda 323 GTX until that deal gels together. Many other key players, Doug Shepard, Bruno Kreibich, Cal Landau, Bob Elliot and Sam Bryan were staying with last year's equipment that had served them well in 1994. The Sunriser 400 Forest Rally always enjoys a big entry, this year a total of 45 teams entered. Not as big a field as in the past but healthy by PRO Rally standards. Sunriser is unique on the circuit as it has more miles of paved ( or tarmac) stages than any other National PRO Rally on the calendar. But where it is gravel the road is very challenging, and unforgiving. The proximity of the trees to the edge of the road makes Doug Shepard and Pete Gladysz ran second until rolling the Eagle Talon on day 2, but they did little damage and roared home second overall and in class. for very small margins of error; ln Truck Class it was Greg also dust is a big factor in Ohio. Healey and John Macleod Rally organizer Dick Paddock has showing the way in their the backing of the community and BFGoodrich Dodge D-50. The Kroger Foods Stores. His pair posted an impressive 14th Yoctangee Park stage, run in the overall finish which was very center of town is 2.92 miles long close to the winning Production and features a large jump that class car time. Healey now leads attracts thousands of spectators. the points chase in his Dodge. His format of starting the lower Production class has been seeded cars first builds excitement seeing a resurge nee late 1 y, and anticipation as each cornpeti- especially back east, and six teams tor that launches from the start entered. Since the rules changed should, theoretically, be faster to allow models eight years old it than the one before until you has been a tonic to the previously reach the "big four" of Choiniere, ailing class. The diversity of the Merrill, Joy and Moodie. class cannot be overlooked either. There were more stages After the first four stages on scheduled than were run the first Friday night the VW GTI of Bob night of competition but an Elliot/John Hart had two other unfortunate accident happened cars within 16 seconds of their on a service route between a lead. Tad Oh take/Bob Martin service crew and civilian traffic. had their Ford Escort a mere four Emergency workers were needed seconds behind Elliot/Hart, from the stages prompting whileJirnAnderson/BenGreisler Paddock to make a good decision were just 11 more seconds back of in canceling the remaining couple Oh take in their Honda Prelude. of stages and routing competitors Greg and Sonia T repetin, also in a back to Chillicotber and start Honda Prelude were three more fresh in the morning. The minutes back with all cars abbreviated rally did not diminish reporting no ills. the battles that were going for On day two, which started dry, positions in all classes. The late hail and rain caused condi-accident, which involved the tions to get very slippery. service crew of]effrey Panton and Elliot/Hart are slippery special-Rudy Miekle, who hail from istswithseveralwinsonsnowand Jamaica and run a Toyota Celica pulled away from the field to take All Trac, involved a civilian thewinbyfourrninutesandninth fatality. Out of respect the team overall. Jim Anderson/Ben pulled out of the rally to look Greisler pulled clear of the Escort after their team. by six minutes to take a well deserved second place and the points lead in class for the year. Tad Oh take/ Bob Martin slipped and slid to third place with just a 48 second cushion on the Honda of the Trepetin's. Dick Casey and Martin Dapot posted the fifth place finish. Group A was not represented at this event. The class, rumored to be combined with Open next year will have some entries when the series hits the west coast. In Production GT only five started the rally, four would finish. After running as high as second place, just 15 seconds out Cal Landau and Eric Marcus had a great rally in the Mitsubishi Eclipse and not only won Production GT class they finished a remarkable eighth overall. Bob Elliot and John Hart seem invincable in the Production Volkswagen G Tl; of the lead in class the Steve they won the class by four minutes, took ninth overall, and they also won the Gingral/Bill W estrick Mitsubishi _S_at_u_rd_a_y_n_i_g_h_t D_ iv_is_io_n_a_l_R_a_lly_. ________________ 1 Eclipse fell out of competition on Peter Moodie and Michael Fennell had a run on first in Open class late in the rally, but ignition trouble slowed their charge and the Mazda was third 0 /A. Page 24 Henry Joy and CRS graduate Chris Griffin got the Mitsubishi Lancer GSR into fourth overall and in Open class at the finish, . about four minutes back of the winners. June 1995 Bruno Kreibich and Rod Hendrickson won the "Senior Division" in the well kept Audi Quattro, and they were sixth Open and also a swift sixth overall. Dusty Times

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Selcuk Karamanoglu and Constantine Mantopoulos drove the Eagle Talon to a good second place in Production GT despite losing the front drive right away. Jim Anderson and Ben Greis/er p/ai;ed second in Production class in the Honda Prelude VTEC a,1d they also finished a fine eleventh overall in the rally. Wayne and Annette Prochaska drove their Volkswagen Golf tc ' second in Group 2, a high attrition class, some six minutes back as VW had a 1-2-3 sweep in class. day two, the reason was unknown at press time. It was some time in coming and a lot of debugging but the Cal Landau/ Eric Marcus Domino's Pizza Mitsubishi Eclipse recorded the big win and a seventh overall. The team has been so close in the past to regaining the winning form they enjoyed in a Production VW GTI, and it looks like they will be chasing the title in earnest. Selcuk Karamonoglu/Constantine Mon-topoulous Eagle Talon had a handicap right from the start with front differential failure. The team continued with just rear wheel drive all rally long and managed the second spot some 23 minutes back from the winners. David Ralakis/Jim Hurley took a Mazda 323 to third in class while Jacek Kotowski/Bulai Marek of New Jersey were the final official finishers in another Eagle. Eight Group 2 cars started the rally from the Kroger Foods Store, four would make it back to the finish. The Washington team of Sam Bryan/Rob Walden had the Saab out front early with a half minute cushion on the Nissan 200SX of Mike Hurst/Rob Bohn. Kurt Thiel/George Thompson of New York were running third "'a minute back. But, going into day two Hurst/Bohn had a transmis-sion failure early leaving them just · fourth gear, the team was towing back to Indiana early. Bryan/ Walden were given a good lead when in the rain and hail the Saab 900 went off the road on the Bolster Hallow stage. The Saab was major stuck and needed a tow to get going again. Kurt Thiel/George Thompson sailed their VW GTI back into Chillicothe the winners of group 2, and enjoyed their first National PRO Rally win with a smart, safe drive. Wayne and Annette Prochaska came in second place some six minutes back just edging John Pizzagalli/Lance Smith who took third place after an off stage experience on day two at Yoctangee Park. This gave VW the 1-2-3 sweep of the class. The Saab of Gerald Sweet/Stuart Spark upheld the Scandinavian honor by taking fourth place. In the battle for Open Class and overall honors there were at least nine possibilites on paper, but it would be the perpetual '' top four" that would dominate the rally. At the end of the first night there was a two minute window encompassing the first seven overall cars. This was some of the tightest battling for the overall we have seen in some time. Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker put the Hyundai in the lead with just ten seconds in hand over Doug Shepard/Pete Gladysz Eagale Greg Healey and John Macleod got the Dodge Ram 50 around in good Production class time, and won the truck class and were a fast 14th overall as well. Kurt Thiel and George Thompson drove the Group 2 VW G Tl to first in class and 12th overall on the tough course in a really fine performance at 2:01:47. Dusty Times Talon. Peter Moodie/Michael Fennell were third just seven seconds back in their Executive Motorsports Mazda 323GTR while Carl Merrill/John Belle-fluer were just another half minute back. Tom Ottey/Pam McGarvey, Henry Joy/Chris Griffin and Bruno Kreibich/Rod Hendrickson were all lurking just seconds back in a major tussle for position. ·as they stayed in the top four by previous test car they used at this point. Carl Merrill/John Maine Forest and Sand Hills. Bellefluer had a turbo start to go Doug Shepard climbed back into away in the Ford EscortCosworth second place, body damage and costingthemtimetothecharging all, just 44 seconds shy of Henry Joy/Chris Griffin Mitsu-Choiniere. Moodie/ Fennell made bishi Eclipse. a podium finish in third with As all this shook out in the Henry Joy/Chris Griffin making closing stages Moodie/Fennell the fourth spot ahead of Mer-started their run on Paul rill/Bellefluer. Bruno Krei-Choiniere/Jeff Becker, but with bich/Rod Hendrickson put their two stages left to go the ignition Audi Quattro in sixth followed by started to fail on the Mazda the Mazda of Torn Ottey and Pam costing th team a chance to McGarvey. Day two started well for the seven teams, everyone got through the Yoctangee Park stage well and headed for the forests. Peter Moodie/Michael Fennell started taking time off the leaders in a spirited drive. Doug Shepard/Pete Gladysz were in stage three and rolled the Eagle Talon. The roll was minor and did not cost the team too much time challenge for another overall win The Michelin series now takes a (it's so hard to stop at just one) swing to the west coast for the and fell to third place at the end. Wild West and Rim of the World The Libra Racing T earn had given events in April and May. The Hyundai their first National PRO series points battles are very tight Rally win in a full national. The and this should go right down to car was a basically new shell this the snow infested roads of Maine time out with all the tried and true this winter with probably four parts substituted from the cars battling for overall honors. K& U -FILTERS YOUR OFF-ROAD SPECIALISTS! PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS PHONE: (714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622. ill 2366 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 a: 0 w 0 a: :c u (/) a: I-z iii ~ iii 8 (/) >-3 <( ::, u DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME ~ T2 930 930 934 BOOT HOLDER .......................................... 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Jump seats fold out of the sidewalls in the rear of the cab for a bit more passenger capacity when needed. A good looking rear end has always been an asset and the 1995 GMC Sonoma is certainly a prime example of good looks. Electric door locks, window locks and electric side mirror controls are located nicely out of the way on the driver's door. Convenience at every turn. 1995 GMC SONOMA CLUB COUPE PICKUP Color Mc Blue Racy looking from any angle, the 1995 GMC Sonoma gives you all the looks and power you will ever need in your everyday travels. - -Blue is a very attractive color and it can become even prettier when it is wrapped in the shape of the 1995 GMC SONOMA Club Coupe pickup truck. We may call it a "Mini" but there is all sorts of room inside, even for us sort of tall folks and there is ample room behind the seats to store all sorts of treasures and always be able to keep the valuable things under lock and key. The power plant is the ever popular 4.3 liter V6, 260 plus inches of power and delivering almost 200 horsepower; more than enough horses to rocket you down the road in style and comfort. The automatic transmis-sion is the most reliable four speed with overdrive and elec-tronic control, we have raved about this tranny in the past and will continue to do so. Four wheel anti-lock brakes with a power boost of course, are part of the engine package so they are sort of free and they are a real blessing on any vehicle. Starting at the most important place for yours truly, we must have relative power and this V6 delivers lots of it, particularly for a fairly lightweight truck so there are plenty of ponies to play with and when you shove your right foot to the floor there is rapid response. The automatic trans-mission is very smooth and posi-tive, adding to the great feel of this truck. Stopping power with the front discs and the rear drums is ~ strong and there is no swerve, no matter how hard you punish the brakes. A 3.42 rear axle ratio and the heavy duty suspension package makes heavy loads or trailer tow-ing quite easy and, according to the book you can tow a 5500 pound trailer with minumum effort. Comfort, now there is a word that rivals the drivetrain and there is lots of comfort in this Sonoma. The bucket seats are luxurious to say the least and as usual, they have about a jillion positons, up and down, forward and back so that no matter who you are, there is some spot that will suit you to a perfect fit. Everything is electric, the docn-locks, the windows, the mirrors, with the controls neatly placed on the drivers door, convenient, but out of harms way. Sound, do we have sound! The AM /FM stereo with all the good-ies thrown in, including a com-pact disc player, and clock, that can blow you right out of the cab if you're a mind to; but for us older folk the low end of the volume band is just fine a'.nd the quality is awesome. There were lots of other options thrown in on this Sonoma; air conditioning ( enough to freeze you to death in a matter of minutes), tilt wheel and cruise control, the remote keyless entry system, the fog lamps and the air dam, a leather wrapped steering wheel and last, but not least the All the controls are easy to read and easy to see. A driver's airbag is hidden in the center section of the steering wheel. The 4.3 Vortec V6 delivers 190 horsepower and 260 pounds of torque, all done up in this neat looking package. heavy duty suspension package. All of this adds up to a lot of comfort, a lot of good looking "Stuff" and that marvelous feel-ing that anything you may desire is only a push-button away. Unfortunately, we only had the Sonoma for a week but we did put ~Uf)[E~ .. l~J[E () [t))~(GO T~A~l[E~ () 1 ~~~ fO~[t)) VA~ () lOT~ Of ~f)A~[E f)ffe\~T~ a few miles on it and we had a good time doing so. First impres-sion is that the Sonoma is really beautiful and the blue and gray paint job didn't hurt one bit! After you get over the looks you discover how peppy the V6 engine is and you commence another love affair. And then you discover all that room behind the seats and you love it even more. So, what else is there? You drive it around for a week or so and you realize that this GMC 1995 Sonoma is really a trick little machine that runs around town with ease, small enough to weave around those that want to travel at the posted speed limit and, out on the highway you really have a winner, fast, reliable, plenty of power, exceptional handling at speed and plenty of brakes when and if needed. ,,. . .. ....... (702)-876-4600 DOUG DAVENPORT MOTOR SPORTS Page 26 June 1995 PARTS • NEW SPARE MOTOR • CLUTCHES • WHEELS, TIRES & AXLES · AND LOTS MORE • Economy is fairly good; a posted 23 miles per gallon on the road and we exceeded that with-out even trying. Comfort is good, there is no wind noise and you can run with the drivers window open if you crack the drivers rear win-dow without being blown away from the jet blast. We think you will like the '95 Sonoma as an all around truck or even as a tow veh-icle for your desert racer. Stop in at your GMC dealer and give it a trv. See if vou like it too! Dusty Times

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ia ■ a·nd had½ hour down time on the was able to roll it on it's side and through about half a lap, then rock. The rear end broke in half , .... News first lap. Frank drove very hard to got help to get it on the wheels. John got by him in the rocky stuff. ending their 12 minute lead. Nice make up time, giving the car to After adding several quarts of oil Rich Fersch caught Scot just to have last year's class champion Correction time: Mitch Griffin Jim for the last two laps. Jim and and losing lots of time, he was before the switchback sandwash running with FAIR. Bill and John doesn'tdriveaJIMCOsingleseat! Billy did lap three and four able to bring it home. Typical section and spent the next mile bothownthetruckandsharethe He rea 11 y cl rives a 2 seat without any troubles. Looks like FAIR member who never quits. being showered with sand, before responsibilities. LOTHRINGER 1600.Sorry Frank and Jim will be back for #1001 Hal Hibbard and Brian Scotwasbumpedandmovedout #1007 Brian Parkhouse and about that Mitch and LOTH-some more of La Rana Racing. Atwood managed a sixth place. of the way. In another rocky "Checker"WillieMelancon took RINGER. I must have the old Fair #1602 Bob Plaskon DNF. Bob Brian had two clean laps and then section, Scot was caught by the class and the overall win. disease, getting old or CRS, can't had his troubles early on the first Hal took over. I don't understand another FAIR member, #1001. Willie started with two clean laps remember shit. Now you know lap. It seems a truck decided to what happens when Hal gets in, When Scot pulled to the right, in the lead. Brian took the second the rest of the story. I will try pass in a tight area and closed the things start to go to hell. Hal #1001 Hal Hibbard caught the half and held the lead by 20 harder if I can remember... door on Bob. Running over Bob's claims a tree created a problem left side of their Mirage and was seconds at the checkered flag. Hey Now every thing you always left front wheel and taking out his with his throttle??? He also had catapulted, over the top of their Brian, what happened to Willie's wanted to know about the LA shock. All Bob knew was he had a two or three flats. Hey rial, where car! Scot said the under side of two or three minute lead? Looks RANA SPANGLER 200. FAIR face full of shock oil. Unfortun-are our FAIR spares? 1001 was very clean, but the roof like these two are going to like the had a record amount of entries, ately we couldn't find him a shock #1006 Chris and Scot Duncan and shock tower of their Mirage La Rana races in place of SCORE. 13. Danny Drake decided not to and he retired early. #1601 Wes finally finished in fifth. Scot faxed now has tire marks. Scot had a flat Enough of results, thanks for race this time, so he took the and Scott Wisdom finished fifth. the following account of their and thanks to pit D, they changed everyone helping in the pits. They chores of being race manager and Scott started and hit a rather large weekend: Thursday Chris got the it in a minute. Once again FAIR went very smooth with equip-driving the FAIR van to the race. rock, taking out the front tie rod, _flu and Scot twisted his neck. membership paid offl Thanks to ment hand out and return. We #556, Mike Rebolledo and Gary link pin and bending the beam. They decided to go to the race just Gary Bancroft for the excellent had a great BBQ after the race, Bancroft finished fourth. Mike After an hour and fifteen minutes in case they felt better by race day. Pit. The rest of the race was except for Gary and Joy Bancroft, and Jeff Madrid started, Mike of repairs, they managed to finish Friday night the alternator failed. uneventful. Both Scot and Chris who got back late. Hey Gary, Joe driving very conservatively, made without any more troubles. Going back to town finding and said the race course was the most was just kidding. twolapsrunningsecondorthird. #1610 Shane Balch driving the buyinganewonefromJeffQuinn fun they had had in a race. car. Thanks to LP Racing for your HandingthecarovertoGaryand Olson Bros. car from northern ofMcKenzies.FrankOmboligave TheyfeeltheLaRanacrewdidan $50.00donationafterwelding Garth, they began to pick up the Calif. DNF. The only details I them a new nut to replace the one excellent job of course layout and their car at the main pit. Maybe pace just a little. According to heard was they were out early. I which snapped off. Dennis from marking. They should run this you should think about FAIR Gary, "I drove the dog shit out of need to meet our members next Mirage, helped them install the course twice a year. (They do! membership, it pays off. it". Now running in a strong race, sorry I didn't this time. new alternator and by 11 p.m. ed)Thanks guys for the fax. Next race will be the MINT second place, lap three pit B #1011 Tom Mangione DNF. I they were ready to race. At the #1522 Kathy and Stacy Fay 400, I mean the Las Vegas 250 or mooned them. Probably Joe guess Tom is still trying to get to start line their amber light died. took their extra clean Ford the Las Vegas 240. Sounds like Jensen from Omboli 's crew and know his new car. On the firstlap, They pulled off to the side Rangerto another FIRST in class SCORE is having some problems Harry Dunne, sounds Ii ke Tom said he went into a turn and immediate! y after getting the and FIRST truck to finish. When getting backing for the Vegas race. something they would do. About then he was on his way over. Like green light. Danny Drake was will Ford wake up and sponsor Hope things turn around for 10 miles before the finish the all the way over, landing on the there to correct the problem. this all female winning team??? them. I sure like the sound of the tranny decided to stop being a wheels. He went on to start lap Once under way, eight to 10 cars #1526 Mike and Cyndi Stock-"MINT 400". The old course is tranny. Mike gave the car to Gary two, then the troubles caught up behind, Chris started to make up berger finished third. They are a very demanding and a true off with a problem trans. They lost to him. The left rear arm came time. Scot rode the first and new addition to FAIR and are road race. two or three positions and loose breaking a c.v. and axle. Chris' wife took the second lap. happy they are. At pit D, they Don't forget, June is nomina-managed to finish in first gear. I After extensive repairs, he was Evidently, Tiffini is a better co-came in without a fan belt. Pit D tion month and new officers take understand at the next race, Mike still on the second lap when the driver than Scot, Chris picked up managed to jury rig a belt by over in July. Anyone wanting to has arranged to have a catering steeringwentsouth,ending severalminutesonthesecondlap, cutting one down and wiring it runforanoffice,pleasespeakup, truck at the half way point for Tom's day. even including a long pit stop. together and they finished on it. we always need new blood. lunch. I was told it's in his union # 1005 Rich Fersch finished Scot got in to drive the second #750 Bill Marca! and John Daly New t-shirts will soon be for , contract, 15 min. break every two seventh. Rich goes to the races half and passed John Prosser in his DNF. They a re another new sale with the new FAIR look. hours. prepared 100% to win. He did the 1600 Mirage at the end of the long addition to FAIR. I guess they Hope everyone is ready for it. See #555 Frank Omboli and Jim first lap without any trouble, on uphill straightaway leaving the were in the lead of their class, you at the races. Cochran finished first in class. lap two he blew a turn. Over he pits. (Scot likes the extra HP) He following the Fays, four miles Anyone know what happened Frank and Billy Snyder started went landing on his roof. 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-ROUND 3 -MICKEY THOMPSON STADIUM OFF ROAD RACING .Saaverdra. Not too surprising also was that Jerry Whelchel had fast Fa-ilia, Faces wt· n time of 44.800 among the Super ■■■ 1600s and Jimmy Nichols, 45.857 and Gary Gall, 46.316 Al Th S attl Ki d were next followed by Roger • C • ng om• Caddell, Tommy Croft, Bill Goshen and Cory Witherill. In Notes by Jean Calvin Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. the Superlites Jimmie Johnson, --------------------------------------_ 46.652, just edged Casey Mears, Rob MacCachren dominated the short season in fellow Rough Rider Scott Taylor's Ford F-150. He wbn all the main events, and most of the heat races, always starting in the rear. Rob collected quite a bit of cash in the short season. Bill Goshen drove well in the early season in his Chenowth, and won a heat at Seattle and was second in the Main event, enough points to bring him the season title at 131 points. There were plenty of surprises for short course racers at the MTEG race in Seattle's King-dome, and there was more to come in a week or so. While the entry wasn't very heavy, the enthusiasm was at this ninth running of the MTEG Stadium · Racing at the Kingdome. Drivers and Riders competed on the largest track ever built at the Kingdome which will add to the excitement of the three hour show. TheJamesH. Kitchens Co., which is the official track crew of MTEG, began hauling in the over 25 million pounds of dirt required to build the "Chunk of Baja" race course at the King-dome. The track is nearly twice the size of any track ever built in the eight year history- wfth long straight aways·allowing the. vehicles to gain higher speeds. A Canadian contingent has traveled south from British Columbia to compete in the Thunder Truck category. The Canadians brought three trucks to be driven by Don Endean of Kamloops, Bruce Laidlaw of Langley and Mark Capadouca of Langley. They normally compete in the Northwest based WORRA, Western Off Road Racing Association, on both short courses and long races through the trees. But Ford/BFGoodrich Rough Rider Rob MacCachren is looking for a repeat trying to keep his perfect record in Thunder Trucks going. Rob won the main at both Anaheim and San Diego, so this could be three in a row. Also chasing a record will be Jerry Whelchel three time. Jimmie Johnson once again took top honors in the Nature's Recipe Superlite scoring 121 points. His year off to go truck racing hasn't hurt his feel for the tiny cars one bit. Page 30 ., defending Super 1600 champion. 46.688 for the pole and Jimmie's This could be the biggest night of brother Jarit Johnson was third his off road racing career. with 46.852. Now that is tight, Whelchel trails Greg George by expecially for three teenagers. one on the All-Time Main Event Filling out the qualifiers were Win List (24 to 23) heading into Rennie Awana, Sean Finley, Greg tonight's action. Both drivers are George,. Lance Gremett, Marc considered "Pioneers" of the Prince, Bob Briggs and Allen series, having competed a Yaros. combined 24 years in stadium off The first Super 1600 heat road racing. started the action. Jerry Whelchel The Legends cars will appear at led from the pole in the six lap the Seattle Kingdome for the first event. Jerry spun out in the time, following their debut in this middle laps and was still way series at Round 2 in San Diego. ahead. Jimmy Nichols ran in The Legends Cars are modeled second place after the first lap in after the great modifieds driven his Chenowth, but was in a tight by the sport's earli~st stars during dice with Gary Gall. Local driver the formative years ofNASCAR. Roger Caddell got a poor start in They were introduced only three the ex-Bob Gordon Chenowth years ago at Charlotte Motor and dropped to last place. Cory . Speedway. The Legends are, Witherill was in trouble in his perhaps, the fastest growing form Chenowth bringing out a full of motorsports today. There are course yellow flag condition. over 750 cars coast to coast. The Witherill went to the pits, and the local region, based out of Sumner, restart was for one more lap. Jerry WA, runs races all throughout Whelchel takes the lead, and goes Washington and Portland. With on to victory. The other cars were over twenty cars on the local bouncing around, and Nichols circuit and twenty-five races on held onto second, followed in by the schedule, the Legends Cars Gary Gall, Bill Goshen, Tommy offer motorsports enthusiasts an Croft and Roger Caddell. affordable and exciting form of In the second Super 1600 heat racing. The format here includes Bill Goshen took the lead two heat races, with the top five in followed by Nichols and Gall ran each qualifying for the Main third. Goshen pulled away from Event. the pack on the second lap, and i At the Drivers' Meeting MTEG Nichols kept control of second President announced the cancella- with Gall right on his tail pipe. tion of the San Jose event #4 on Then Nichols was rear ended by the schedule due to the recent Gall and lost part of his car as they torrential rains in the central finished the third lap. Goshen has California area in early March as a nice lead by the fourth lap and the overriding factor. Roads were Nichols and Gall were in a cat washed away and the residents in fight for second place. Goshen the area suffered great losses extended his lead on the fifth lap, in property, both business and while Nichols pulled away from residential. Also playing a role in Gall. In fourth place was the decision was the rain Whelchel who was consistent on drenched sod at Spartan Stadium. ,the turns with Croft right on his Thompson said, the natural grass back. Gall had smoke coming out at the stadium was completely of his car in the sixth and final lap, soaked, and we were facing ap.d Bill Goshen had an easy win. enormous costs to build a course Nichols was second, Gall smoked in the facility. A replacement date into third, while Whelchel held would be announced in the fourth, no doubt planning a upcoming weeks. starting strategy for the main The afternoon qualifying event, and he was followed in by brought out the expected results Croft, Caddell and Witherill. in most classes. The Thunder The Super 1600 main event Trucks fielded six for qualifying was a 10 lap race, and it started of the eight entered; and it was no out a parade with Goshen, Gall surprise to see Rob MacCachren and Whelchel in line. Goshen take fastest time at 35.992, thenhadtroublegettingoutofthe followed by Evan Evans 36.947, middle of the track but kept his Scott McKinney 39 .024, Larry lead. Gall and Whelchel battle for Deaton, Don Endean and Greg, second, then Gall bounces on -Bill Goshen won a heat race at Seattle and here he must have learned he was ·· in the points lead in Super 1600. He won enough to wear the class crown. June 1995 Goshen;s tail in the middle of the track. He fights his way through the last turn and Gall takes first with .Whelchel next and Gosh_en third. A yellow flag was -cfue to Witherill spinning and going on his roof. As the cars bunched up and took off with the green flag it was Gall, Whel-chel and Goshen in the top three spots, but Gall spun halfway around and Whelchel almost made the pass. At the start of the eighth lap Gall held first with Whelchel hot on his rear bumper. Goshen holds firm in third. Roger Caddell lost the rubber on his back tire, and Witherill rolls his Chenowth again. At this point Jerry Whelchel took control of first place with Gall in second and Goshen in third. Roger Caddell battled his way around the track with no rubber on his rear wheel. Goshen moved into second as Gall's car backfired around the track. Jerry Whelchel took his coveted 24th main event victory, drawing even with Greg George on the All Time Main Event Win List. Bill Goshen was second and Tommy Croft slid into third, followed by Nichols, Gall, and Caddell who finished the race without a rear tire on a rim. The Thunder Trucks were split into two heats of four trucks each, looking a bit lost on the big track. In the first heat Scott McKinney jumped out to an early lead around the first tum in his Ford with Rob MacCachren, Ford, and Don Endean, Ford following closely. McKinney held first after two laps while MacCachren passed Endean in the second turn of the second lap. It's a tightly contested race heading into the fourth and last lap between McKinney and Rob MacCachren, who took the lead in the third turn on the last lap and won by two truck lengths. Scott McKin-ney was second and Don Endean was a distant third. Bruce Laidlaw, Ford, was fourth and last. Heat 2 for the Thunder Trucks featured some action. Greg Saaverdra led from the start on the inside track with his Ford, followed by Evan Evans, Chevro-let, Larry Deaton, Ford1and Mark Capadouca, Chevy. Deaton rolled over at the second turn after a jump start with Saaverdra. Evans had a very slow start but took second with the yellow flag situation. Deaton was towed away · with a flat tire, Saaverdra and Evans lined up for a restart with no loss of a lap. Saaverdra jumps out with the lead, taking corner 2 with care. Both trucks are having a tight race. Evans takes the lead at the end of the first lap, Saaverdra struggles to keep up with Evans who still leads starting the fourth lap after a spinout. Evan Evans won the heat in his Chevy by almost a lap, Greg Saaverdra held onto second, and the other two were not in motio n a t t h e checkered flag. The Thunder Truck main event was an eight lapper, and with the inverted start Deaton was up front and Saaverdra fought to hold second, as they finished the first lap with Deaton out front. At the end of the first lap Mark Capadouca lost a tire at the finish line, so he didn't have a good night at all. The order was Deaton, Saaverdra and McKinney in third. Deaton had a slim lead, and in a tight race MacCachren takes over first with McKinney in Dusty Times

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" ,Evan Evans had a good run and was competitive in Thunder Scott McKinney was second in Thunder Truck points, exactly 70 trucks, but it was over too soon. H,s Chevy was just getting Although he has won a lot of races in his career, Jerry Whelchel, the defending Super 1600 champion couldn't make it happen in three races and he was second in class points at 126. behind the winner at 108 points, driving his desert truck, much dialed in. Evan finished third in points with 107, just one out of heavier than some others. second place. -----------------------second after six laps. Now Evans laps Price still leads but by the lap brother Jarit pulls alongside into last place. one lap Prince was leading Rennie The second seven lap Superlite Awana, Nature's Recipe team heat had an all new cast. Mark leader, by inches and Greg George Prince got his Brigsbuilt out front was close in his Nature's Recipe. at the start. Allen Yaros was lnthemiddleofthetrackthelittle second but spun out in the cars were all bunched up with Briggsbuilt and fell to last. After Prince in r,r-is holding third place putting finish Briggs leads followed by Briggs on the final lap, passes Deaton into fourth. It got wild JimmieJohnsonandJaritJohnson them both and younger brother now with McKinney and Evans in as Price drops to fourth. On lap 5 Jarit won the heat followed by a fierce battle for second with Jimmie Johnson pulls ahead of Briggs, Price, Lance Gremett, McKinneypullingaheadbyahair. Briggs and Jarit Johnson just Honda,SeanFinley,TripleE,and MacCachren is strong in first, as astern. li£?mie leads lap 6 but_his Jimmie Johnson self destructed McKinney and Evans are bump-■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ing each other for second place. McKinneydrivesoverthebarrier llrllllr■ ■ ■ Ir■ ■ ■ .. as his truck is falling apart. Rob MacCachren won the main, his third in a row in Thunder Trucks. with Scott McKinney edging out Evan Evans for second. Larry Deaton ended up fourth followed in by Greg Saavedra, then came Endean, Capadouca and Laidlaw, so the Canadian challenge didn't do very well against the Californ-ians. The Legends cars were given two six lap heat races and a main event, but we don't have an entry list for these racers. We do have some race notes. In the first heat Comm jumped out to an early lead with Oberto, Paraman, Maclntire and Sweetzer close behind. After the first turn Comm holds a strong lead with Oberto challenging. Maclntire spins out and Sweetzer takes third. The yellow flag came out because of the spin. At the finish after the restart Comm took the win, Oberto was second and Paraman was third. We apologize for not having first names for these drivers. Legends Heat 2 saw Egner and Creech battle for the lead with Egner taking the edge at the first turn but there is a bottle neck before the first lap ends. The notes indicate Egner had spun and the yellow flag came out. Cars are in the same position on the re-start, at the white flag they settled down. Hyatt kept his lead and Creech was second followed by McGibben, Sinkler, and Williams. The main event notes are a bit confusing but you know who you are. No. 58 and Creech battle for the lead and get tied up around the turn. Sinkler pulls away with McGibben right behind him and Oberto gets stuck on the wall. Sinkler leads, McGibben is second.and Barry moved into third in the early laps. Sinkler and McGibben battle for first, and Hyatt holds up the leaders during the race and eventually crashes into the wall. Sinkler, McGibben and Barry hold onto the top three places then Barry gets stuck on a hill and just sits. Sinkler pushed last place Hyatt who lost part of his car. Sinkler wins the main, McGibben takes second and Comm comes out of the pack to finish third. The dozen Superlites put on a keen show all three races. In heat 1 Joe Price shot off in the lead in a Triple E with Bob Briggs then Jimmie Johnson just astern both in Briggsbuilt cars. After three DustyTlma TEAM DON-A-VEE Jeep DON-A-VEE Jeep., Eagle Eagle America's #"1 Volume Dealer For The Last 5 Years Team DON-A-VEE 1993 Baja 1000 Winners and 1994 Baja 1000 winners Toof . . #1 JEEP SALES • #1 JEEP ACCESSORIES • #1 JEEP SERVICE IWO&i:.PM Only Minutes From You in L.A. or Orange County 800.366.JEEP 800.909.JEEP June 1995 Page 31 ...

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Jimmy Nichols kept his Chenowth close to the front in Super 1600 action all the way, but he just missed getting a shot at the lead, finishing in Seattle with 113 points. Another youngster on the way up is Casey Mears in his Nature's Recipe Briggs built. C.J. as he is sometimes called, scored 120 points, just one point out of the championship. Shawn Finley flew his Triple E Superlite into a fine third in championship points with 93, and he has been up among them in front for a couple years. ,,,-front and George taking second ahead of Awana. After · two laps Casey Mears moved his Nature's Recipe into third and George took the lead midway in the third lap, having a good lead. After a near collision George stays in front with Prince in second. George smokes to a stop in the middle of the' track, Prince has the lead again with Mears in second. On lap 5 young Casey N,1.ears takes over the lead with Prince falling to second. Mears has a huge lead with the big battle being between Rennie Awana and Marc Prince for second, while Allen Yaros stalled in the second turn. Casey Mears wins the heat handily, Prince held onto second place and Rennie Awana finished third, followed by Cain Smead in his H&R, Greg George and Allen Yaros. The main event was eight laps, and Joe Price got the lead at the green flag just ahead of Briggs, and Prince was third. After one lap Briggs led Price and Prince stayed in third. The cars bunch up in the middle and spread out at the start of the third lap. Briggs has a healthy lead and Casey Mears moved to second and Price was third. Then Casey Mears grabbed first place in the middle of the track followed by Price. Mears . built a commanding lead over Johnson and Price. Jarit crashes Norton. Kyle Lewis led all the way into the wall and falls to last. to the checkers on his Yamaha. Mears leads easily, Jimmie Lance Smail was second on his Johnson is now second, while Honda and Roy Crumb was third Price is sidelined by the starting on another Honda. Anthony line. The field spread out as Mears Pocorobba was fourth, Suzuki, had a big, big lead, Jimmie and Jason Norton was fifth, Johnson is way ahead in second Kawasaki. and Bob Briggs ran third getting Heat 2 for the bikes had a bit into the thick of things in the final different cast and rookie Sean lap. Casey Mears won the Main Maslund was first off the line on a Event with plenty of time, while Honda, but half way round the Jimmie Johnson took second and first lap Scott Myers took over the Bob Briggs was third. Sean Finley lead on a Yamaha and rookie was fourth followed by Awana, Anthony Whipple took a dive off Jarit Johnson, Marc Prince, and his Honda. Vancouver's Jason the other starters were well back. ' McCormick moved up to third on A big field in the Ultra Cross a Honda, behind Mike Healey's motorcycles were rookies, eight Yamaha. After three laps Myers The Superlite champion Jimmie Johnson is in a tough fight. Here he is about of them and it made for some kept a good lead with Naslund in to be passed by stacy Fay, who was on her way to a good finish. Stacy didn't figure in this season's points, not making the long trek to Seattle. interesting racing. The first eight second, McCormick in third, and . -'---------------'-------------lap heat saw Lance Smail, a local Chad Smanjak slid his Honda into and forced a yellow flag. On the Helen MTEG canceled the rest of Honda rider lead off the line fourth putting Naslund down to restart on lap 6 Denton got the the 1995 stadium series; a bit followed by Jason Norton fifth. Myers loses some ground as lead back, but Stuart passed him earlier it would have swelled the another local on a Kawasaki and Healey inches his way up in the back in lap 7 • Heading for the entry considerably at Glen Helen. Rusty Holland on a Suzuki. As middle of the track; on lap 6 he checkers it was Greg Stuart Most of the vehicles are built to they flew high off the jumps Smail took second away from McCorm-winning, Denton and· Barnwell run only short course events, so a continued to improve on the lead ick. Mike Healey worked his way close behind, and Eric Hartman lot of folks will find it hard to sell but Kyle Lewis has already pulled into the lead, fought hard to keep was next followed by Jason their steeds with not much in that into second spot with two laps control on the last lap, but won Wiswell and Kory Ellis. end of the sport going on right done. Sma ii loses the lead to the heat. Jason McCormick faded The second ATV heat saw now, except Glen Helen, and few Lewis as they head into the third and Scott Myers was second, Doug Eichner get the jump out can afford to commute to the lap. In third is Norton and the followed in by Chad Smanjak, front with Fred Sheppard in midwestem SODA Series. In riders have spread out on the Sean Naslund, and Tracey Asher second, but Fred rolled over and another week the notice of MTEG track with bikes everywhere. on an ATK. ended up last. Leading after two filing for bankruptcy was in the Lewis holds onto the lead with TheUltracrossmaineventput laps Eichner was having no mailandthatistheendofanerain Smail in second and Mike Healy a herd of bikes on the grid and it problem, Steve Owens ran second off road racing. jumping into third place ahead of was almost expected that first and Mark Ehrhardt third, the Perhaps saddest of all is the · turn trouble would happen. It was riders being cautious in the first years of effort since the early days BIGGER IS BE.TT-ER Mike Ulrich who shot off the line tum starting lap 4. The order was at the Pomona Fairgrounds that Upgrade the C.V.s and torsion axles on your pre-runner, IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepow~r off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmissio·n output bells to accept the I .r ;r C.V. ioints. and then took a huge spill. T y Eichner, Ehrhardt, Brian Acree, Mickey and Trudy Thompson Birdwell, Honda, Smanjak, and Honda. Midway Ehrhardt was put into building the sport up, Erick Hilton, Honda,led the pack. first, followed by Eichner and the moving into giant stadiums and But in two laps the picture herd. Mark Ehrhardt continued getting huge crowds at stadiums changed with Ray Crumb, to lead all the way to the likeAnaheim,LA'sColiseumand Honda, leading and Kyle Lewis checkered flag with a good lead the Rose Bowl. They had just behind him followed by over Doug Eichner in second. branched the series out with Hilton. Lewis took the lead after Niclas was third, Doug Elkins success in San Diego, Salt Lake lap 3, Crumb held second, Hilton fourth and Travis Kincaid fifth on City, Denver, Seattle and Las third and Myers was up to fourth. a Honda. Vegas, and worked long hours Lewiswasincommandafterlap4, The ATV Main Event was a dailytoexpandevenmorebefore followed by Crumb and Myers, hectic one, with the usual leaders the fateful day when they were and then Lance Smail moved into up front after a lap. Leading off murdered outside their home on third followed by Healey. Riders the line was Doug Eichner. the way to work. It is ironic that were all over the course, but Kyle Laeger, and the man from the Thompsons died in March, Lewis was leading Myers on the Portland did the northwest proud and the series also went under in white flag lap. And Lewis won the by leading all 10 laps to take the March. 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Behind him off the start At any rate 1995 was a three and Anthony Pocorobba came was Brandon Barnwell and Niclas race series. Rob MacCachren won out of nowhere to finish third Granlund. Eichner held his lead the Thunder Truck points, Bill ahead of Mike Healey and Rusty after two laps, Barnwell was Goshen beat Jerry Whelchel by Holland. These are always action second and Granlund third, and five points for the Super 1600 packed races! these two were really dicing title, and Jimmie Johnson won the As always the biggest entry was through the fourth lap. Granlund Superlite points by a single point in4-WheelATVclasswith32on moved into second on lap 5, ove;:rCaseyMears.MarkEhrhardt the list. Gary Denton was off the Barnwell ran third and Ehrhardt too_k the 4-Wheel ATV title by a line first in the first eight lap heat was fourth. After nine laps mere 9 points and Kyle Lewis with Qr~g Stuart and rookie Barnwell was out of the lead pack. dominated Ultra Cross winning Brandon Barnwell in hot pursuit, Ehrhardt was second and Gran-by 91 points over Mike Healey all three riding Laeger machines. lund was third. That is the way who was merely two points ahead Stuart was right on Denton 's back they finished the ten lap Main of Chad Smanjak. So the curtain astheycamearoundforthethird EventbehindDougEichner. rings down on the Mickey lap. Barnwell and Jason Wiswell, The announced attendance was Thompson Entertainment Honda, fought over third and 28,037 ar the Kingdome, not as Group's stadium racing activity. f01,1rth with Jeff Marsland, Laeger. good as previous years, and But the short course drivers will In lap 4 Denton and Stuart got a maybe the handwriting was on the no doubt soon find other venues dog fight going for the lead and wall the_n and only a few knew it. to ply their trade but they Stuart got the lead in lap 5, while The day after the April 2 probably won't be quite as grand Jason Greenhaw has problems guaranteed purse race at Glen as the big stadiums. June 1995 Dusty Times

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The 'Straight Poop' From The BigWahzoo DAN MARTIN is now a Checker. This guy was so confident of being Checker material that as a prospective member he built the Club a new checkered marble voting box, and then brought it in to be used for the first time on the Wednesday night he was to be voted on! Martin's induction into our Brotherhood heads µp this month's Checker's Column 'cause the Wanzoo screwed up last month and forgot to mention that Martin had been voted in. Welcome aboard Dan. Speaking of new members, both Jeff Burke and Jeff Lothring-er were also voted into our Club by a quorum of the membership at a recent post race meeting. Burke is part of the Dillon Gang and temporarily had his induction side tracked when some "ticket" difficulties cropped up. Lothring-er comes to us courtesy of the Harmans, plus he supposedly has some close relative that's an off road chassis builder. Naturally 'Ringer' sailed right through. Hey, whatever their past, tne Big Wahzoo wants to welcome both of these two new Jeffs into our Checker Brotherhood. You guys are both Checkers now, and will be expected to act like it! TWILIGHT 250 - Recently, a number of Checkers are starting again to run some of the SNORE and FUD races. But, since the Club requires three Checker entries before we'll pit any race as an Official Checker Event, often the one or two Checker racers that venture off to these races do it with less than full Club support. At this four lap SNORE race outside of Las Vegas, our two Checker entries finished up the race with a first, a second, and a DNF. Impossible you say? Nope, not for the Checkers! Especially when we 're talk in' about our current Head Checker, alias: Bullhorn; Robert Harman; or 'The Prez'. After turning the Harman's Class 10 car over to Jackman atthe halfway point, our Hero had an opportunity to jump into a non-Checker's Class 10 car and chase his older brother around during the second half. At the finish line, Class 10 ended up with Mike and Robert Harman in First Place, and Robert Harman and some other guy; Steve Thompson, in second. Congratulations go out to Mike Harman and Poppa Steve, and especially to 'Bullhorn' for a truly Checker-like & Presidential effort. Minor Bates was our only DNF when his non-Checker ride blew the motor before BJ could take over. THE FILES/PRINCE contro-versy has apparently been re-solved. And, as I predicted, the process was very ugly at times. First, the Club Officers forced Walter to appear before the membership to talk his way off the Club shit list before he could get pit support down at the San Felipe race. But then, despite his now legitimate Club status, Files chased Prince out of Checker pit #1 during the race when he stopped in to get his idle adiusted. Dusty Times Of course, Walter showed up at the post-race meeting to rightfully object to this treatment and also severely chew on Big John. The Club generally, and often very effectively, deals with problems like these by verbally flogging them to death. And so, Files was next ordered to appear before the membeship to explain his actions. When Files promptly appeared, with Walter noticeably absent, Big John proceeded to severely chew on Prince for his past indiscretions with regard to the pits, but reluctantly admitted he was probably wrong in chasin' him off. Then, just when everybody seemed satisfied with a sensible Checker-like solution, Peralta suddenly demanded that Files officially apologize to the Club ... and the "flogging" began again. When the dust did finally settle, the issue appeared to be resolved as far as the Club is concerned. We'll see. SP ANGLER 200 -The K repszs had their best run ever. No, they didn't get a win, but they did get close enough to get a good look at one. Frank and Sean Krepsz, second place in Class 1-2-1600. Hey, I told ya this tag team had some potential. And, they're now sittin' second in the class points chase. Way to go guys! Danny Reider earned a second place finish in his combined class, but was still ~he first Class 5 Baja Bug across the line. This was especially impressive since he broke a stub axle right before the start of the race and had to start about 30 minutes late. Tucker and McGee had a good run in Jim's 10 car, with the exception of a collision with a motorcycle illegally on the course. Jimmy smacked the guy hard enough that he almost tore the handlebars off the bike. Of course our boy pulled off the trail and came back to see if this Dufus was seriously hurt. And when he found out he wasn't, Tuck hung around a little bit longer to chew on his ass for being such a dumb shit. Jimmy Tucker and Mike McGee, third place in Class 10, and third overall. As usual Larry Bolin showed up unexpectedly and entered his buggy in the big Class 10 field. After four laps of this Ridgecrest La Rana race, Larry finished up in fourth place. Good run guys! Fred Nelson also got a fourth place in his combined class, while dodging the rocks in the Nelson's big stock truck. In route 01' Fred broke a tranny mount and poked a hole in his oil filter. Tiffany had some trouble with his Class 9 ride. First they lost second gear, and then broke the steering column in their 2-seat buggy. To solve the last problem Bruce climbed out on the front end, vise grips in hand, and took over the steering while his partner continued to work the pedals. They continued on for about three miles in this mode before arriving at Reverend Roy's pit for repairs. During this period of slow going our Hero reportedly got into a major shoutin' match with another Class 9 driver before realizing it was just BJ taking a moment away from his problems to harass him. This Checker-like, never say die effort, resulted in about an eighth place finish. Speaking of the Bates', they had a bad weekend all around. Gary took his 1-2-1600 tandem down to FUDS again, onlv to blow the motor early on his first lap. BJ was to co-drive Koch's 10 car at this race, but lost a gear in the tranny while doin' some pre-race testing. Then, while Tom took off for the Long Beach Grand Prix, BJ hung around Checker Main and picked up a ride from a non-Checker who badly rolled his Class 9 car and wanted out. Minor Bates eventually muscled this wobbly-wheeled disaster around the course to about a ninth in class. BJ reported back that "It didn't really handle all that bad, as long as ya didn't try to use the brakes or turn left." Good show guys! The Club had only one DNF & a rare no-show. "Kid" LaCore drove his dad's Class 10 car around at a good clip before losing the motor for a DNF on the second lap. Kevin Davis was an unusual Checker Pit Captain no-show at this race. At the post-race meeting/ trial, every driver who ran the race naturally complained about numerous problems in the section that Sprinklerman was supposed to be covering. Things began to look grim for our boy. But, with a large voluntary cash donation to the Club party fund and a lengthy excuse that would have produced tears from a lesser group, Kevin somehow escaped relatively intact. It seems, if I can recall the jist of the story, Pit Captain Davis suddenly, and very unexpectedly, had the evil Chicken Pox descend down upon his entire area,. thoroughly infecting everybody but him. Then, faced with a last minute choice of staying home to tend his sick loved ones, or going on out to the race to support his Checker Buds, Kev may have made a bad call. But, probably not one to be seriously punished for. On the other hand, this incident 'does kinda give a whole new and different meaning to Kevin'f other, and until now, fast fading nickname ... doesn't it Chicker. LiJ1s? STEVE BURAK is gone -No no, he's not dead, just gone! Our long time Club Treasurer, the most honest and religious dude ever in this organization, appar-ently has finally skimmed enough cash out of our Wednesday night fine money to buy a really classic two story red brick mansion located in the rolling Virginia countryside. No kiddin', he showed us pictures! This monster is complete with those big tall white columns all across the front, and of <;ourse the slave quarters out back. 'Master Steve' is obviously going off into retirement in true Checker style. So, on probably the final Wednesday night Checker meeting of his 20 years of dedicated Checker service; the members in attendance emotion-ally ignored the By Laws and unanimously bestowed 'Honor-ary Checkerhood' on one of our Welder/Generator EW171 • -tOOO Watt \Velder/Cenerator • Honda 11 HP OIIV Cummen:ial • 100> walls or lklWt·r · Engine . . • 170 AMP DC tor \Veldmg • OilAJcrt' • Oil ,\lert" • !:>i1tnd1..a11t.-c.H1:,Al./l>L u~· • Automatic Idle' • ::>upt:1 (llllll • Ek,:tru111,,: ll-!'lllUuh Club's very best. Hey Burak, when ya get all settled in back there, don't forget to send us some nude pictures of your maid. But seriously, we 're all gonna miss ya Steve! 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43rd 555 Safari Rally 1995 Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Yoshio Fujimoto became the first Japanese driver to win the Safari Rally with Arne Hertz navigating the rumpled Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD. The overall win was also a record eighth win overall on the Safari for Toyota. Charging hard to win Group N, Hideaki Miyoshi and Mohammed Verjee were also fourth overall driving the Subaru lmpreza WRX-RA to the Group N victory. So, Toyota won the Safari Rally for a record eighth time and Y oshio Fujimoto became the first Japanese driver to win the event, but the curiosity of the event was the most significant result was that of a young man in a car few people had ever heard of, winning the 'W arid 2-Litre' event. T he FIA event rotation system denied a reason for the top cars to compete except for their own promotional pleasure, and the cost and awe of the event fright-ened away the teams normally seen on W arid 2-Litre qualifiers. Thus the Daewoo Cielo of Azar Anwar, the only international championship compeJitor to finish the event, stole the official headlines. It was a final and happy twist in an event which was strange in its atmosphere, and which but for last minute spon-sorship from 555 might never have happened at all. A large number of privateer competitors attracted by the offer of free entries, and the perennial interest of the Japanese in the rally of the wide open spaces, ensured that the 1995 Safari Rally survived the test of being dropped from the main W arid Champ-ionship. The total number of entries was some 50% more than in 1994 although the number of participants from Europe was little changed. Apart from the debut appearance and eventual success of Daewoo, the inclusion of the Safari as a qualifying round Rob He/lier and Saleem Haji glide through some forest areas in the Mitsubishi Ga/ant VR-4, and they took a fine sixth overall, and fifth in Group A. Page 34 of the World 2-Litre series was a hopeless failure, but full champ-ionship status or not, the Japanese teams were still fascinated. Despite long and furious denials, Toyota had all the time made plans to compete here with a B-level team; the Japanese driver Yoshio Fujimoto had a car in full Toyota Castro! Team colours while last year's winner Ian Duncan eventually had a similar car, but it again had local sponsors -the same meat company that named his car in 1994 the famous 'Flying Sausage', but entered this time by Toyota Kenya. Both had old ST185 model cars, the last time these cars, the most success-ful model in Toyota's history, would be used in official competition. Toyota's efforts may have been less than fully committed, but so was Mitsubishi's! The Japanese-prepared Lancer Evolution III of Kenjiro Shinozuka was the same car the Japanese driver had used on his last two Safari outings, as a Mark I version, and in China for the Hong Kong-Beijing event in 1994 as a Mark II. This was the first appearance of an Evolution III in international competition, but the car was without various special parts which the Ralliart cars will have fitted for the Tour de Corse. Even if the full support was not present, the incentive to succeed on this rally was strong for the Japanese veteran. In 1976 Shin o :uka becam e the first Japanese driver to finish a Safari Rally, which his countrymen regard as a dream , but no Japanese driver had actually ever won the event outright. The third major Japanese team, Subaru, were represented by Patrick Njiru, Richard Burns and Hideaki Miyoshi from the Koseki team in Group N cars similar to those run here last year but substantially lighter, and painted in the dark blue 555 colours. Duncan was now a different person. Last year he was the outsider in the shadow of the regular World Championship drivers: this year he was the clear favorite. "Being favorite makes it 1 harder, because there are so many June 1995 Kenjiro Shinozuka and Pentti Kuukkala took second overall in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Ill, the international debut for the new rally model. Last year's winner Jan Duntan and Dave Williamson got their Toyota home third overall. Note that many cars carried snorkel exhaust to clear water crossings. things on this event which can go wrong." The specification of the Toyota showed a risk element: unproven Dynamic shock ab-sorbers, with individual reser-voirs, were used for the first time instead of Bilstein, and normal gravel specification aluminium struts instead of the traditional African steel struts. Fujimoto felt that 10,000 km of training had given him a good idea of what to expect -except this had all been done in the dry. With such a late date in the calendar, rain was expected. Shinozuka was more at ease. " Even with the shorter route our tactics are exactly the same. The driver must select the pace at which he wants to drive, he must completely ignore what else is happening on the event." Originally the rally had been planned as a smaller, three day event, but the arrival of 555 as sponsor had encouraged the organisers to make late changes to the schedule. Rather than three daylight runs each returning to Nairobi at night there was now a night run into a fourth day and the crews slept the final night up country at Nakuru. One good thing about the original plan was retained, however: the servicing schedules were much easier . Despite complete freedom from restrictions far fewer vehicles were needed to attend the cars. The official start list showed 49 starters for the 'main event', of which eight were contenders for the W arid 2-Litre category but on this event they were not seeded at the head of the field. Until the end of the last year the FIA had ruled that a minimum of ten starters were required for an event to qualify for this series. The 'W2L' qualifiers included five VWs, a Daewoo, a Honda and a Daihatsu but the promised Hyundai from Zimbabwe did not appear. 'F2' favourite was twice category winner Sammy Aslam with a 1989 Golf GTI. At the starting enclosui;e however 50 cars passed through, now including another Golf1 Austrian privateer Stefan Reininger was accepted condi-tionally on his Subaru Legacy arriving in Nairobi, which it did at 0130, just nine hours before the start! The night passed without rain and the tracks were in prime condition, but even so of the 50 starters only 45 completed the main road run to the start of the first of four competitive sections on Etape 1 , including the phantom car 60! The first section was one of the longest and roughest of the event, yet 42 cars completed this. Duncan pulled a minute ahead of Fujimoto and nearly four from Shinozuka but both the leading Subarus punct-ured tires. Richard Burns finished the first section in fourth place despite changing a punctured tire while his teammate Patrick Njiru finished nearly seven minutes behind. "We had two punctures, and then a strange vibration. Finally we noticed a tire had been cut inside, where it was difficult to see, and the problem went away when we changed that as well." The Paraguayan driver Marco Galanti was sixth but had a broken shock absorber and lost 12 minutes at service, which dropped him to 10th. Fujimoto reached the end of the competi-tive section on the same minute as Shinozuka, and by a Japanese gentleman's agreement the Mitsubishi driver let his fellow countryman go in front for the second competitive section. "In fact I was having trouble with my brakes," Shinozuka said. "They were very spongy and at the end of that section we changed the master cylinder, and also a bent suspension arm." There was trouble up front for Duncan on the second section when he went over a crest and found a rock in the middle of the track. "I thought at first we had suffered a puncture but in fact the rear cross member had broken and the rear wheel was only just hanging on." Duncan immedi-Dusty Times

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Plaid clad spectators watch Rudi Stohl and Jurgen Bertie drive the Audi Coupe S2 to ninth overall, despite some mechanical problems for the Austrians. ately radioed Fujimoto to warn him and give himself time to ponder the problems: "We really had no idea why that rock was there." TTE Team Manager George Donaldson thought further. "It seemed very strange. We wondered if it was there entirely by accident." The rally was also in a strange position -Yoshio Fujimoto, a Japanese driver was leading. "Our only problem was a puncture, and we · were lucky we only had to go 500 metres to an emergency service point." Duncan was an hour down the field after leaving an emergency service point with the cross member changed. Burns was leading Group N, ahead of Kenya's favorite driver Njiru who had more trouble, "We went through a water crossing too fast and water got everywhere inside the engine. We spluttered along for about 60 km before it finally got right." The top drivers reported no troubles through the final section, along Kedong Valley -locally called the Place of the Skulls, though T oroitich had driven 50 km on a flat. Galanti lost road penalties incurred replacing a broken suspension which left him 12th. Tanveer Alam's lmpreza suffered a broken engine and Miyoshi a puncture and problems with water entering the engine. The Galant of Rob Hellier was delayed with a clutch that welded itself together. Rudi Stohl struggled for 130 km with misfiring from his Audi Coupe S2 's engine after a water crossing, while the Toyota of Harinder Sethi lost first 29 minutes with a broken rear differential and then had two punctures. Reininger was driving half-asleep after his pre-rally troubles and staggered into Nairobi in last place with his Legacy. In 'Formula 2' Aslam was leading but he had started the event badly, driving 15 km on the first competitive section with a broken driveshaft, but ended the day in sixth place overall. Anwar had raised his Cielo's suspension about four centimetres overnight and was a lot more confident returning to Nairobi. Five of the six VWs retired, as did the Daihatsu and the Honda, leaving Sammy Aslam almost two hours ahead of the An war's Daewoo. 31 crews qualified to restart but of this number, the total crews eligible for the World 2-Litre Championship points was just two! On Etape 2 the Japanese drivers continued on their way, Ft1ji-moto's co-driver, Arne Hertz, commenting his driver was at ease with his responsibility and content with maintaining his 15 minute lead. Shinozuka likewise was unfazed, still pursuing his pre-rally plan, to drive at his own pace and see what happened but this was to be a day of drama for the Subarus of Njiru and Burns who crashed while lying third and fourth respectively. Njiru's accident was frightening. He appeared to lose control on a fast left hander and rolled so far off the road on the ensuing right hander that the car was scarcely visible from the road. This was some eight kilometres from the start of a competitive section, and such was the way the rally had spread out the next car was not expected for another quarter-hour. Fortunately some spectat-ors drove back down the route to the previous time control to raise the alarm. A doctor was soon on the spot and found the Kenyan rally hero concussed. There was a long debate about his evacuation, and eventually a helicopter was ordered from the Kenyan military which arrived almost 90 minutes after the crash. The official rally communications system was brought to a halt while the operations were conducted, and the teams were aghast to hear the medical people on site report that Njiru had lost consciousness, then happily reported he had regained consciousness, with no Yoshio Fujimoto gets information before the start from ace navigator Arne Hertz on the left. It was Fujimoto's first international overall victory. Dusty Times Azar Anwar and Shaifen Shah survived a host of problems to win the Formula 2 category in a new car on its Wotld Rally debut in Group N, the Daewoo Cielo, a finisher in 18th overall, but a winner. apparent ill effects. of being a long way in front of his Burns was depressed to hear nearestchallenger,Jonathan about Njiru, and by the thought Toroitich's Group A Toyota. June 1995 Then he himself had an accident. "I was diving through a fast bend at about 170 kph when suddenly we found the road completely blocked by two Mini busses and a Range Rover. We slowed to about 120 kph but hit the vehicles and the whole front suspension collapsed. We were eventually able to drive to the finish of the section but were too late to continue." Duncan's hopes to catch back lost time were dashed when both his rear tires failed in the heat of the day and, finding his jack had jammed in the boot, he had to drive 20 km on the flats to service although by his return to Nairobi he was third. The driver now in the limelight was Miyoshi, on his first event outside Europe, leading Group N despite suffering misfiring for 70 kilometres ,,,,. --------Page 35

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-r,r and three punctures and if anything happened to Duncan, Miyoshi could rise to third place and give the Land of the Rising Sun a 1 -2-3 finish ... His team, manager Noriyuki Koseki was 'philosophical' according to Japanese colleagues, fully aware that losing his two top drivers was a conceivable consequence of the pre-rally plan to go for outright victory. Stohl struggled to maintain his position after suspension failure, which in the end led to driving 21 km on three wheels and losing nearly a half-hour at service. In 'Formula 2' Aslam retired after the first competitive section of the day when his gearbox failed. Now there was only one car in the FIA World 2-Litre category, the Daewoo of Anwar, and his adventures became a long catalogue of misfortune and endurance. On the first section of the day the Cielo suffered power steering failure; then the front right suspension strut bearing failed and 20 minutes was lost having this repaired. Later there was brake failure and worries about the gearbox. It was a massive struggle. Even with two long sections still to cover he was nearly exha~sted, and at one point he was within four minutes of exclusion for being too late. Organisers checked how long he could be late at the finish of the leg before being out of the rally: they found it was sometime after midnight ... Despite their misfortunes, Subaru retained their lead in Group N. Though they had held the top six places the night before they still held the top three, with Miyoshi in front despite puncture trouble, leading Marco Brighetti and Carl T undo. Brighetti was disappointed having dropped from a possible fourth to eighth place overall after losing nearly two hours with turbo troubles, but aware he was fortunate to have suffered trouble within relatively easy reach of help. Galanti lost time with suspension trouble and particularly loss of brakes. Sethi retired his Toyota with central differential failure, and discovered his spare cliff did not fit. At the rear of the field crews discovered the difficulty of knowing exactly how much time the rules allowed them to have and still keep in the event. The maximum allowed lateness depended on what times other drivers took over sections, and if the organiser's computers were not functioning, no definite answers could be given. The only lady driver on the event, 43rd 555 Safari Rally Yoshio Fujimoto/Arne Hertz Kenjlro Shinozuka/Penttl Kuukkala Ian Duncan/Dave Williamson Hldeakl Miyoshi/Mo Verjee Marco Brlghetti/Peter Stone Rob Helller/Saleem Haji Marco Galanti/Hans Thiede Jonathan Toroitich/lbrahlmm Choge Rudi Stohl/Jurgen Berti Carl Tundo/Matthew Luckhurst Azar Anwar/Shailen Shah J/S Toyota Calica Turbo 4WD A• 17:38 J/SF Mitsubishi Lancer Ev. Ill A" 18:20 EAK Toyota Calica Turbo 4WD A 19:01 J/EAK Subaru lmpreza WRX-RA N • 21 :37 EAK Subaru lmpreza WRX-RA N 22:43 EAK Mitsubishi Galan! VR-4 A 23:14 PY ToyotaCelicaTurbo4WD A 23:18 EAK Toyota Cellca Turbo 4WD A 23:28 A Audi Coupe S2 A 23 :53 EAK Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo N 25:51 EAK Daewoo Cielo .. N 32:57 49 starters -21 finishers - ·Group Winner •• F2 winner - # Ladies winner Winner's average speed over competitive sections 114.70 kph Formula 2 WC points - GME 118, Peugeot 90, Renault 89, Nissan 37, Daewoo 35, Skoda 33, Citroen 31, Fiat 29, SEAT 25, Ford 21, VW 13. Satwinder Sagoo, survived losing over a half hour in a mudhole and then repairing a smashed radiator after hitting an ostrich, but when she reached Nairobi she was told she was too late. Reininger, who reached the end of the competi-tive sections just in time but lost nearly an hour with a clutch change was in tears when he was too late for pare ferme, then officials, mindful that much of his r0 trouble began when freight handlers had mislaid his car before the start, relented in the Austrian's case. One crew for whom this problem was very critical was the 'W2L' Daewoo team. After curing their brake trouble Anwar John Rose and Peter Young drove their Land Rover Discovery to first place in h d d . t th d •1 t the Supplemental Rally that is often a part of the entire Safari Rally ea e m o e secon onges . · section of the rally, in darkness,. wards, beyond Eldoret, then mechanical matters. ::ihinozuka and soon discovered the dangers south to Nakuru at teatime, but was late arriving. He lost 23 of the stone-throwing communi-strangely the event seemed minutes after he hit a rock and ties when his driver's side window exhausted already. There was a needed help from a helicopter was smashed. Mechanically momentofgreatexcitementwhen service crew to repair the however there were no more•Fujimoto rolled his Toyota on a · suspension. This was the break dramas that night. The organisers heavily cambered corner shortly which Fujimoto needed who went confirmed Anwar had judged his before the end of the first on to win by 42 minutes. Both time allowance to within one competitive section of the leg, but Brighetti and Hellier had prob-minute. There were published anewscreenattheensuingservice lemswithlights,butheldfifthand stories that Daewoo had offered a restored its competi ti vi ty. sixth places. There had been more mi 11 ion Kenya sh i 11 in gs Brighetti set about recovering his stone-throwing in the darkness, (USD25,000) if Anwar finished. lost time passing Stohl on the run with Reininger having a broken There was suspicion everywhere. to the first competitive section, window and Stohl a broken The team didn't know this and where the Audi needed a new screen. Galanti said the roads in asked the co-driver, who said he sump guard, and into fifth place in Africa were better than in South didn't know, and then the driver front ofHellier on the drive down America -but not the spectators! arrived and he swore blind he had to Nakuru. Stohl punctured three Duncan reported hitting an never heard of the offer either! In times while Tundo lying third in impala, the third year running this the historic event the organisers Group N lost the power steering. has happened to him and soon made a pact with the only Rain was greeting drivers in the after dawn the cars finally arrived survivor of the five who started, north country and making the back at Nairobi. Tim McCloy, that if he restarted road slippery, but all except the It had been a momentous today and brought his Healey Daewoo were four-wheel drive adventure for all concerned. Sprite back to Nairobi the next machines. Toroitich had contin-Fujimoto was quite a different morning, he would be the winner, ued clutch trouble and was happy man to the one who had come to however many sections he finally to finish eighth. The rain Kenyalastyearandcrashedthree meanwhile missed. became heavy at Nakuru while the times on the first day. He had Etape 3 was supposed to be the leaders prepared for a planned conquered his mind and it gruellingheartoftheeventforthe seven hour rest. The increasingly showed. For Anwar his perser-remaining 23 runners, the day exhausted Anwar commented: "I verance had paid off for Daewoo when the rally headed north-had an hour's rest, 20 minutes of and gained more than they could that was taken getting to and from have hoped for, even if they were a friend's house. I only had time the only finishers in the 'W2L' Ultra takes the desert by storniJ. for coffee!" The Daewoo was category! NowcomestheTourde settling down, human tiredness Corse and the half-way point in was more of a problem than . the full World Championship. Page 36 June 1995 Sammy Aslam and Moody Khan led Formula 2 in the VW Golf GT/ 16v on Etape 1, but retired early in Etape 2 when the gearbox failed after the first stage. A historic rally is a)so part of the Safari program. David Green and Peter Lansdell drove this Ford Mercury Comet off the start, but didn't finish. Dusty Times

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Mazda B3000 4WD ~--.. ,.., ,'7:,_,->\, The larger and more powerful Ma;da 83000 4WD was right at home in the Sierra Ne~ada, ideal for exploring mini;g camps of old, climbing the hills on less than perfect trails easily. The new, larger and more powerful 1994 B-3000 Mazda 4WD short wheelbase truck is a real workhorse, and we proved it by taking it on a trip to the Eastern High Sierra mining camps this summer. The U .S. built mini truck ( the industry hates this term) is part of an 11 model Mazda lineup, and is the next to the top of the line Mazda 4x4 pickup, the largest being the 160 hp 4.0 liter V-6. Our test vehicle had the more than adequate 140 hp 3.0 V-6, although if you wanted to tow anything, you'd probably want the larger engine. Mileage was on the good to great side of things -26 mpg on . the long stretch to Bishop and beyond, 19 mpg off road. Although most of our driving was on fairly smooth dirt roads, the Mazda handled some of the nasty spots leading to various mining sites with ease and aplomb, and would have even been smoother off road if we had been carrying a load in the bed. On the inter-.m Available in the cab plus model, the truck then offers weather proof storage on the road, and room for passengers for short trips. states, we cruised along at 80 mph cruise control, power windows , with no hesitation or wander at and door locks, power mirrors, all. It was a pleasure to drive in all etc. etc. -the whole enchilada. On the conditions we put it through. one particular feature it wins The front wheel disc brakes, hands down: it has the easiest coupled with the rear drums, did a opening tail gate latch in existence more than adequate job of -one finger would work if you keeping things under control, and had your hands full. seemed to be well suited to the Except for minor exterior vehicle even if you were to have points, the vehicle is almost the 1500 lb. rated payload identicaltotheFordlineofmini aboard. For you towing special- trucks. After all, they are built ists, the B-3000 has a standard side-by-side in their joint venture· towing capacity of2000 lbs., with factory, and Mazda doesn't try to a whopping (for this size truck) hide that fact. Furthermore, 5600 lbs. availible in an optional Mazda feels that the B-series towing package. trucks will account for more than One of our highest marks for half of the 120,000 unit New the truck would have to be on Jersey plant's output. workmanship - it seemed to be Our only criticism would be an very well thought out and excessiveamountof'crabbing' on assembled. The Bronze finish with turns while in four wheel drive. exterior graphics along with the Although this is a common trait, tan interior and alloy wheels was a we felt that it occurred on turns very handsome match, and caused that were not tight enough to many heads to turn while cruising warrant this kind of behavior. Mammoth Village. It was the top With all fairness, though, it's a of the line in the trim department minor flaw in an otherwise fine -too, with a tilt steering wheel, vehicle. SECOND FLAMINGO RD. & THE STRIP • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1-800-634-6755 WEST FLAMINGO & VALLEY VIEW • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1-800-331-5334 Dusty Times June 1995 TO NONE Page 37

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-LA RANA SPANGLER 100 Brian Parkhouse and Willie Melancon Win by Seconds By Jean C.alttin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. :%::· ~ ~ Brian Parkhouse and Wilfie Melancon turned some very fast laps in the Class 10 Mirage and had the class lead midway, but were being pushed by others in Class 10. They got the overall win by 28 seconds and the class win as well. ..;.;.. ., . .,~ Danny Letner brought his Chevrolet Trophy-Truck for some real world testing, did a fast first lap at 58:22.30, then retired to go home and fix things. Rick Romans drove solo in his Class 10 Raceco to a very close second in the tight running class; he turned class and race fast lap of 57:28 on the last lap too. Jim Tucker and Mike McGee kick up a little dust with their Class 10 Raceco, and they were en route to a keen third in class and a dandy third overall. In recent years spring racing in the desert is heralded by the La Rana Spangler 200, outside the town of Ridgecrest in central California. It has turned into a genuine happening with most pleasant tech, registration and Page 38 contingency facilities, ·smack dab in the middle of town. The host with a huge parking lot is the Kerr-McGee Community Center that is good sized also, and they provide a large room for the registration and of course, indoor facilities, a pleasant change from . most locales, not just La Rana's, but all desert races. Ridgecrest is a town whose main street is lined with fast food spots and some decent restaur-ants, motels of all sizes, car dealerships and wrecking yards. Basically it seems to be a town spawned by the China Lake Naval Weapons facilit , that is enorm-ous in acreage on the north end of town and you don't ask what they store there, but some days you do get a glimpse of the latest carrier planes arriving to get some air to ground gunnery practice. How-. ever the pace is not hectic in town. . It is small town USA for the most part except for the W alMart and K Mart that loom at the south end of town. It is a perfect host for an off road race, with plenty of lodging for those that need it and not at inflated prices, plenty of places to eat, and two major highways nearby. Most important the town folk welcome the off roaders; of course the bikes have Randy Fortune had a great day in his wild looking, Ford engined creation and despite a slow roll on lap 3, they had no real troubles, stopped only for gas and not only won Class 1 they were tenth overall. June 1995 been coming to the area for many whipped around the 50 odd mile years, but no cars raced until La course in 1 :06: 17, while Danny Rana explored some of the trails Letner got up a head of steam and that were considered too narrow did a lap in 58:22.30, but, that for off road cars. And it is was his only lap. Apparently this primarily BLM OHV land, a real was a test run for another race for plus. · him. The Fortunes continued ThisyearLaRanascheduledits with 1:08 times, a mid race stop Friday activity much earlier than for gas, and zipped off their fast in the past. The test area was open lap of 1 :04 on the last lap to win from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Registra-the class easily and they finished tion and Tech were scheduled as tenth overall. They had a ball, well as Contingency Row from 11 rolled on the leg 3, but no damage. a.m.to5p.m.andwecanactually Randy and Guy said they are say there were only a few cars in putting a Ford F-150 body on a line and a few contingency donors race car soon! set up at 11 a.m. People were Next away was the single Class accustomed to the former 3 p.m. 2 car, the Bizyrk. They wish more openingofthisactivityapparenrly. Class 2 cars would come out to Business picked up very well late ·compete this season. Rob Bristol in the afternoon, and they closed is the driver ofrecord,John Miller with about 90 entries and co-drivesalongwithRandyMiller probably got a few more that and George Green. First lap would be procesed at the track ~n John/Randy hit a huge rock at the morning. - ·mm 15, bent a rim, could see the The start finish area is out of tube, but Pit C changed the BFG town off T rona Road at Teagle , TA. At main pit they welded the Wash. After a 7 a.m. drivers front beam and worked on the meeting the cars began to stage for ignition. On lap 2 Rob and Randy the 9 a.m. start. First away were had more ignition trouble, then the two Class 1 cars. Randy bent a push rod and cracked the Fortune in a Ford engined wild push rod tube and lost 1.30 looking creation and Danny hours, also welding the front Letner in his full blown Chevrolet beam and adding eil. On lap 3 Trophy-Truck. Randy Fortune they stopped at Pit C for an DustyTi~es

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!fi>...® 4 Riding in the tracks Larry Bolin lost a few minutes late in the race, and the solo driver finished a fine fourth in Class 10 and overall in the Raceco. Chris & Scott Duncan bounced along in their Class 10 Mirage, had trouble with the amber safety light and had one flat and finished fifth in class, 7th 0/A. Scott Weir started having engine trouble on the first lap and it continued, then he had a flat but ran clean the second half and placed second in Class 5. ignition check and main pit tor more welding. They had to do a 1:20 lap to beat the 3:30 deadline and did a 1: 1 7 with the above down time. Rob and Randy had no last lap problems with a 1: 14 including the pit stop. For their first good finish with this car they thank Jim Reynolds, Pit C, Dick D'Amato, Main Pit and Chase, and George Green, Chase all day. Another class with a single entry was 8, but it was an interest-ing entry. Old Timers in the Sport may remember J.M. Bragg who came out of Visalia and whipped the 4x4 world in a Jeep C]5, and now his sons, Mike and Greg along with Dave Searcey brought a Class 8 truck out to race. The boys shared the driving while dad chased and coached via radio. Their first lap was a little slow, but they took 30 minutes off the time in lap 2. Not too shabby. The boys carried on and one did a 1: 10 in lap 3. They finished with a 1:23, the winner in four laps. There were two in Class 5 but only Scott Weir started on time, but he still had down time with a little engine trouble on the first lap, then a flat. He ran clean for the rest of the distance losing some time stopping for gas and finished second in Class 5. The start was bizarre as defending champion Danny Reider with Jamie Davenport were still in their pit, working feverishly on a broken stub axle, and started 20 odd minutes late. They won Class 5 even with another long pit stop on lap 3 to repair with rags and tape a torn special size c. v. boot in the Checker main pit, then stopped again on the last lap for a check and to tighten the shifter. Even with all this Danny and Jamie won Class 5 by over an hour from Weir. More than a dozen potent Class 10 cars took the green flag but the attrition was heavy in this class. On the first lap there were several cars around under the hour in time, the fastest being the Brian Parkhouse/Willie Melancon Mira eat 58:29, but home in 59 ¾;:~ ;.., "';&__. -·. Rob Bristol and John Miller drove the only Class 2 entered so they won even though they stopped a few times for welding, had serious rock damage, a real saga but they finished the four laps. Despite starting some 20 minutes late, then having a long pit stop with very serious CV problems, Danny Reider and Jamie Davenport carried on to win Class 5 and place 12th overall. plus seconds were Jim Tucker/ Mike McGee, Brian Atwood/Hal Hibbard, and Kevin McGilliv-ray/Jim Greenway and both solo drivers Rick Romans and Larry Bolin were just over an hour. Quite a race was shaping up. Midway the Parkhouse car whipped of(a 59:29 to take a firm hold on the lead. Rick Romans now ran second on time at 2:00:50, followed by Bolin at 2:01 :59 and Greenwayat2:02: 14, and a few others were close enough to strike. Meanwhile the Lacore car was missing as was the ORE of Thomas Mangione. Larry Lariviere had over a two hour second lap and lost the Toyota engine. While lying fourth McGil-li vra y had major mechanical woes on lap 3 and retired. The rest kept moving at a brisk, not quite a winning pace, except that the Rich Fersch/Bill Varnes car did a 58:36 on lap 3 to move up a bit. Rick Romans turned race fast lap of 57:28 on the final round, but it was just seconds shy. His 3:57:46 total time was just 28 seconds slower than that of Brian Parkhouse and Willy Melancon· whose total time was 3:57:18. What a race that was not only for Class 10 honors but for the overall victory. Parkhouse said the VW powered car ran great all day, stopped only for as and a driver change and he couldn't quite believe that he and Willie had won overall. Rick Romans was so close in his VW powered Raceco, and as he congratulated the winners he said he had no trouble other than trying to pass some of the slower trucks that fill up most of the road. He said they were very hard to pass, but Rick was second overall anyhow. Coming in third in Class 10 and overall it was Jim Tucker and Mike McGee, about ten minutes back but with a 59:56 final lap in the Raceco. They had the misfortune to run into a joy riding biker in a blind spot, but apparently no damage was done except to the bike. With a gas stop, getting lost once, and minor fixes in the pit starting lap 3, Larry Bolin lost almost three minutes and dropped to fourth in his VW Raceco where he finished just half a minute back. He said his new rear shocks worked great but one reservoir leaked some. Chris and Scott Duncan finished fifth in their Mirage with good lap times. They had one flat that cost about two minutes and trouble with the amber light, but it was a good race for them. In sixth was one of the early leaders, Brian Atwood and Hal Hibbard. They had a stuck throttle and flat tire and ran over the Duncan's roof, but had no other problems. In an unusual spot for him, seventh, Rich Fersch, with co-driver Bill Varnes, were going well, one under an hour lap, when, on the last lap, Fersch couldn't r,r TUCKER TIRE COMPANY INC. 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Frank and Sean Krepsz are big men or the 1- -1600 Chenowth, and came so close to winning; but the rookies settled for second in class and sixth overall. on Bowler and David Moore had a good run in their single seat 1-2-1600 racer, turned consistent times, stopped only for gas, and were third, 11th overall. Patnc an ay urton call their car Rodeo, but they got hit on lap 1 and had some major damage costing 45 minutes, but they came in fourth in Class 1-2-1600. iililiof,% fu Charlie and Danny Smith had a new looking unblemished 5-1600 Bug off the start, and they ran strong, kept it clean and finished a close second in class. Keith and Tony Sato pick up a little dust out of a hole in their 5-1600 bug. They were thrilled to finish in their second race, and were third in class. Defending champion in Class 9 Jim Clements and friends had a good day in the desert, consistent times and they were second in class and 14th overall. The 5-1600s had a sprint race to the midway point, half dropped out, and shocks, and California Motor-.. sports for the reliable engine. Sean started and Frank gets credit for the two I :03 laps, done when the traffic was lighter, of course. Frank Omboli and Jim Cochran led after three laps but were closely cha/Ieng-Mike and Gregg Bragg had the only Class 8 entered and they had two good Third in 1600s were Don Bowler and David Moore in a Chenowth. They had consistent times, two 1 :09s to start with and a 1 :08 on the last lap. They had no flats, no nothing, a stop for gas on lap 3, but a real good time. They finished 11th overall. Patrick and Ray Burton got off to a bad start. They claimed a race car hit them on the first lap so hard it pushed the exhaust into the alternator, and it took 45 minutes to fix the pulley, belts and they carried on with a bent exhaust. Their car ran ed. They won the class by about three minutes after fixing a tire. laps and two not so good, but they still won their class by a four lap finish. . good after that although down on power. Last but not the least four lap finisher among 1600s were Wesley and Scott Wisdom in a Mirage. They had an hour's worth of down time on the first lap, apparently got fixed up and they ran well the last three laps and finished fifth in the highly competitive class. West Coast Distributor fOff HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE ( $695.001 GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE Valley-Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 7(Y2/873-1962 McKenzie Pertormance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Pagc40 · ' r,r catch second gear, which slowed him: then he tagged a rock and rolled over. And get this! Parkhouse, a few miles from victory, stopped to see if Rich was OK. Rich said he was fine, but needed help to turn the car over. Wasn't that a fine thing for Brian Parkhouse to do? It wasn't much of a battle in Class 1-2-1600 as a couple of the hot dogs, Shane Balch and Bob Plaskon, broke on the first lap and Randy Ross got in just one lap before parking. John Prosser and Craig Forrest took command on the first lap with a 1:02:02, and backed that with a 1 :02:46 to lead midway. Keeping them honest were Jon Kennedy/Jim Joyce, with a 1:02:43 and a 1:00:55, who led the pack at midpoint. But they did not show up again, nor did John Hicks. Meanwhile Brad Inch laid down a pair of 1 :03s to run third midway, but he never came around again. Up front Prosser and Forrest did a 1 :03 with a driver change on lap 3 . The Krepsz also changed seats with a 1 :03 and none of the other three still in motion were within big minutes of the two leaders. After three laps the score stood at Prosser 3:09:59 and Krepsz 3:10:55, less than a minute. The suspense built on the· final lap as it had in Class 10. This round the leader held on for the 1-2-1600 win and fifth overall by about three minutes. lohn Prosser June 1995 aod Craig Forrest had done it again in the potent Mirage. Graig said he had two good, smooth laps with fast time for the team, and John was talking about the stupid 8 cars that would not move over. On the last lap he had trouble catching second gear, and he also stopped to check on Rich Fersch who was upside down. Frank and Sean Krepsz were pleased with second place and sixth overall. They are big men and husky too, giving them a weight handicap in 1600 class, but they are having fun in theJimco. They had a clean trouble free race, not even a flat, and they thank the Checkers pit team for good pit support and Kevin Basore for setting up the There were seven in 5-1600 class and they all covered two laps, four finished four laps. From the start Jeff and Tom Bolha were the quickest, doing a 1:12 and a 1: 14 lap time for the first two. Closest to them were Victor Bussey I Art Velasco at 1: 19:39 and we didn't hear that story as they parked. Jim and Lyndon Petersen also had an almost five Steven Christiano and Rob Primer had many troubles kept getting fixed and they pushed on in tlie Class 850 Chevy to victory, doing all four laps as well. Dusty Times

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..... ~,. # .. ~ .:.. -· . ~ -David Callaway and John Holmes broke the steering before the half way point, lost a rear hub but pushed on to finish third in Class 9 with the down time. Stan Hignett and Brian Salee were the early Class 9 leaders in a Chenowth, hit a big rock, on the last lap that bent the frame and they were fourth in class. Nathan Ellis and Bill Gust fly out of a hole in their VW, and they flew right into fifth in Class 9 and a smart 18th overall in a stock class car. Mike and Jeff Ismail won Class 4, getting in three of four laps in the tidy IH Scout. It really is clean, could be a show car, but they like to race ,t. Barry Slatter brought his Ford Ranger from Las Vegas to contest Class 7, but he was the only one there, holed the radiator, but finished second in the combined class for purse in the four class group. Dan Cannon races his Ranger in short course events as well as desert and he was the only one in Class 725 to complete a lap, so he was the winner. hour second lap and retired. And the surprise was that Bo I has' went no farther .in the race either. Among the remaining quartet there was no clear leader without doing a lot of math, but after the third lap it was a real race between Frank Omboli and Jim Cochran and Charlie and Danny Smith. Omboli kept his pace, but lost a left front tire, but fixed it and won the 5-1600 race by about three minutes despite the Smith team cranking out a 1: 17 on the last lap to i· .)Id second place, about three minutes back. Keith and Tony Sato took third about 17 more minutes down, thrilled to have scored their first finish in their second race and we congratulate them also on placing high in the class. They said they had no problems, they just kept on driving. Fourth and the last finisher was Mike Rebolledo about another hour and a half back, the time lost on the last lap. The first combo class was 4, 6, 7, 850, difficult to follow on the race course. We do know that Mike and Jeff Ismail won Class 4 doing three laps in the IH Scout, but weren't mentioned at the awards. Barry Bates and Mike Pannell were fastest of this bunch in an MTEG style Class 6 Chevy Blazer. He had good times. Barry Slatter collected a twig that holed his water radiator on the Class 7 Ford Ranger, but he finished all There were 14 in Class 9, and they had a close battle most of the distance. Scott Johnson turned class fast lap on the third round. They got a slow start in the dust but came through to win Class 9 and place 13th overall. iW·•· F6· ~-· Barry Bates and Mike Pannell were fastest in a combo class in the stadium style Class 6 Chevy Blazer. They won the combined purse and class points. Dusty Times four laps second on time but winning Class 7 points. Also Class 725 had two starters, and only Dan Cannon in his Ford completed a lap in this class. Ronnie Goodwin vanished into the hills. In the 4 WO trucks Shad Balch with Ralph Knecht won by a full lap, as they covered all four laps in good time, 6½ hours, in the Nissan pickup. Bill Markel and John Daly took second in class in a Toyota even though they covered only three laps. There was one truck in Class 820 driven by Mike and Greg Bragg, sons of J.M. Bragg, and they had two good middle laps, some delays on the first and fourth, but they finished all four laps for a trophy even though they rolled in the last 15 miles on the last lap. Four started in Class 850 and three finished, not a bad record for a new class. Turning some decent times Steven Christiano and Rob Primmer won the class in a Chevy in 5 :51 :05. They had troubles, snapped the cage inside the down bars, lost the power steering but got that fixed, lost the brakes and couldn't fix that so ran the last 25 miles without brakes or power steering and they won by about 11 minutes at 5:51 :05. Trying hard for second and getting it was the Jeep J-10 of Tom and Mike Barnett from T&Js 4WD Center. Their first and third laps were the lost time runs, and the second and fourth laps were good times. They lost the front drive when the shaft broke, five leaves in the rear spring broke so they,-did well to nab second in class. David Sykes and Gregg Wooding-ton had a three hour first lap "in their Ford. We couldn't catch them to find out why, but they came back gamely to finish third at 7:27:12. Marc Stein and Brian Crouch didn't have good luck with their P-New Sportsman Kit This kit contains all the outstanding features of the highly successful PRO Race Box. Bolt your existing bus box, 1st through 4th gears, bellhousing, end covers and carrier on to these PRO Box Parts and achieve the same -·-·-·, .. , .. J:'1,,.,.,.•.--·.·"""·=--· .. 14 '1 ira 1" RJNa i PINION rra 11D WRJNaS competitive results and reliability that Rose transaxle racers have seen during the last three years! The best news, if you haven't heard it already, is that this kit is available for only $2800.00 in kit form! Making your standard bus parts obsolete, if not foolhardy to reinstall. Kits are in stock and ready to race! Builders & Distributers: CALIFORNIA PERFORMANCE Doug Ingles (909)699-8898 June 1995 ITS Mike Thorton (619)579-2601 flQ flEAW Ill/TY 1-fAIN CASE i1a PINION Wfi:JNa flOIJSINQ flQ 30011 INPl/1 SHAFT flQ ml~Y SID£ COVERS AU NI/TS, EOLTS ii SPA<!ERS Sl-tAU ON PRJCEI SIMPLY lliE fffil CHRIS ROSE (619) 579-8861 JG Transwerks Joe Giffin (714)632-1240 MIRAGE CHASSIS Dan Baudoux (517)642-2333 Page 41

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,, Shad Balch fixed up the Nissan for racing in Class 750, and with Ralph Knecht riding part of the way Shad won the class doing all four laps. Patrick Rozier and Brian Grouws kept their Toyota humming through the deep sand and scored second in Class 1500, well behind the Fay sisters on time. Carlos Lopez Jr. and Ken Bullard got the Toyota home second in Class 1525. They had problems, but Carlos said this was his first finish and he was happy. Fred Nelson, family and friends run this Ford in Class 1550, lost an oil filter, but still came on home, the big truck two lap class winner. Brian Valdez zips along a relatively smooth trail in his big Ford, but he did not complete a lap and was still credited with second in Class 1550. Scheduled for one lap only, in the DesertLite class, Donald Kleinhenz did his lap in good time in the Selsted, and took home a winner's trophy perhaps. r,r Ford, having a long broke the frame bar on the left support. Their winning time was second lap and getting just three side pulled the ball joint out, bent 4:56:35 good for 13th overall! laps done. the frame all over in front and had Taking second in Class 9, defend-There were 14 in Class9 and 12 to do body work and more for 30 ing champion Jim Clements with of them finished, that has to be a minutes to get a finish, but they co-drivers Chris Marcum and record. Half of them had quick were fourth in class and 17th Tony Chavira had no problems first laps, in the middle teens, and overall. starting with a 1: I 6 and finishing: StanHignettandBrianSaleewere Nathan Ellis and Bill Gust with three 1:15 times for a -fastest at 1 : 11 : 1 7 and they started out fast but on the lastlap consistent race and total time of followed that with a second lap at the mounts broke, lost some 5:04:24, good for second in class 1: 12:20 to perhaps lead at the shocks but they said the other and 14th overall. halfway point. There were no three laps were smooth. They In the two lap truck classes the really long laps throughout the were fifth in Class 9, 18th 0 / A. two wheel drive Ford Ranger of field,asthe9carswerewellsuited On the first lap Mike Hampton Kathy Fay and her sister Stacy to this track. When they finished lost a spark plug at the top of the were the first truck of any size to they were hustled by officials big hill, luckily a bike rider came arrive, doing two real smooth laps right into the impound so we by and fixed it in a jiffy. On the to win Class 1500. Kathy said it didn't get a chance to get many second lap he tore the rear skid was a perfect race, but the trails on war stories. Larry Boman and plate and cage off, and then the far side of the highway were DaveWalkerwentoutonthefirst dodged rocks all the rest of the really rough and rocky, but the lap, while Gerald Merideth and race, but he finished sixth, 19th rest of it was great fun. Well on Steve Thomasson got in one lap 0 / A. her way to another points title before vanishing into the desert. Up front it was mostly smooth Kathy thanked her dad Jim, who Lap 3 saw Scott Johnson turn a sailing for the brothers Johnson, labors on the truck, Long Beach 1: 10:42 lap which is the fast Class in the Old Goat II with dad and Spring, Proctor Glove, Engine 9 lap, and others were picking up grandad on hand to help. Todd Machine Service and BFGoodrich the pace, especially the David confessed to getting lost on the -no flats for six races. Not many Callaway/John Holmes car. They first lap around mm 45, as the can say that! In second, nearly an lost over 20 minutes on lap 2 dust was heavy and they started hour back, Patrick Rmier and when the steering broke. Recover- nearly last in class. He lost about Brian Grouws and Art Kawaguchi ing from that, with Holmes now ten minutes. Other than that there were driving a Toyota. They lost driving the right rear hub got were no more troubles, although second gear on lap 1 and had a loose, more down time to fix it, Scott did finish with the front end flat. Later the bates worked loose " but they finished in third place toed in quite a bit. Rocks will do on th A arm. Lap 2 was long but and were 16th overall. Their that sort of damage. The young-their time of 4:00:29 was good for times looked like they were sters thanked Jerry and Jeanne second in Class 1500. In third it leading starting the last lap but Merideth for their engine and was Ted Randall and Jeff Straw in Stan Hignett and Brian Salee hit a trans, and the whole family pit a Toyota in 5:59:88. big rock not far from the flag, crew that gives them so much-~ Class 1525 is for 4WD mini C. AcTiu.s· ----R- -A,.,.,,=-E~J:~A:~:F1~~~~fr,~:~~ .'1 f t I.. f J V l;J round they blew out a front axle at mm30, the Toyota just stopped 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 Bowden Avf#. • San Diego• CA• 92117 • (619) g?~2509 Page42 once but restarted OK and they came in to win this class in 3:07:02, right behind the Fay sisters. Fairly new to this class Carlos Lopez Jr. and a four man crew got their Toyota around in second place, their first finish. On the first lap Carlos said he lost the front torsion bar and replaced it and also lost the muffler. The second lap was beautiful and their time was 3:20:45. Mike and Cindy Stockberger were third in class in their Toyota. They lost the air cleaner after a tangle with a buggy, later lost the alternator somewhere, and the wiring job done on all the belts to make it June 1995 Kathy and Stacy Fay just keep rolling along in the Ford Ranger, passing most of the two lap trucks en route to another Fay victory on the desert trails. Larry Gross and Jamie Campbell lost the front axle in the 4WD Toyota on the second lap, and they carried on to win the Class 1525 using 2WD"for power . run was amazing, a real ·Rube 1:23:53 on a course where ·the Goddberg job, but it worked and rocks were bigger than his car. got them to the finish, albeit with Sunday morning the awards a nearly empty engine bay, except were presented in the civilized for the engine. They get our Dusty confines of the Carriage Inn, and Times Congrats for the best Eddie Castro announced their Mexineering job we've seen in a foreign exchange driver program. long time. The first, a South African gentle-Fred Nelson and family run a man, rode in two different cars at Ford in Class 1550 and they won this race, and showed some the two truck class in their Ford. movies of off road racing in South They had a good first lap but lost Africa before the awards began. the oil filter on lap 2 and were Contact La Rana for details on down about 45 minutes but they this program. Then the awards still won the class. Brian Valdez were presented promptly and and his crew only started and were folks collected their checks and not seen again in their Ford. plaques, and soon most all that Starting and doing one lap was were there started the Sunday Donald Kleinhenz in a Selsted afternoon trek home. Superlite, and he did his one lap in Dusty Times

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Havasu Happening .. By Desert Steel Motorsports The beautiful western Arizona skies provided a balmy weekend for the firs: "Havasu Happening" motorsports show, organized by Desert Steel Motorsports in Lake Havasu City, AZ. The 262 vehi-cles of all types were displayed on the grass at the lovely London Bridge Resort golf course on Fri-day and Saturday, with Lake Havasu shimmering in the back-~ . Dusty Times ground to complete the super setting. The fun started off with a cruise to Chili Charlie's Restaurant Fri-day night, and resumed Satur-day morning with the gates opened for the public to enjoy the assembled machinery. And, enjoy they did, for this was the first open show. The show theme was "The Best of Everything ... in Havasu", and that it was. We saw classic motorcycles from Whiz-zers to a restored Bultaco 250 and a 1948 Indian Chief. Harleys were represented all the way from a 1953 K model to a 1994 "street rodded" Softail. Some of the finest street rods· imaginable were joined by classic boats, and modern boats were parked alongside lead sleds. Where else can you see everything from antique cars to race vehicles (P.J . Jones NASCAR Super Truck, Todd Bowden's Formula 1 Tunnel Boat, and Carl] ackson 's Land Speed Nissan were all there) to trick Golf Carts ( Yes there was a class for them!). Even the kids weren't overlooked with a clown and a model car contest. The awards were presented ( over 60 of them) at the site of the banquet for entrants on the golf course Saturday night, and they . finished up with drawings for spectacular prizes including two sets of BFGoodrich tires and two sets of Ultra Custom Wheels. Dancing to the 50's music of Marvin Dale and the presentation of the finest fifties outfit award brought the festivities to an end. This allowed the out of the area . entrants to use Sunday for a travel day. Jim Russell, the show promo-ter, said, "I couldn't be happier; the show was an overwhelming success." By popular demand from entrants, vendors and spec-ta tors alike-the 1996 Havasu Happening will be at the same place, the same time, March 28, 29, & 30. And, to allow for more folks to join in the fun for more time it will be a two day event. So, in the immortal words of the Great Wolfman Jack "Be there or be Square". Call the recorded information show hot line at (520) 855-6125 to learn more. .. .. en a: w 0 <( C. en w ..J >< <( .. .. en a: w I-en ·::::, -, C <( .. .. en CJ z a: C. en ·u. <( w -..J .. .. . en C ::::> ~ en ..J w •. w :c == .. .. ** TORSION BARS ** AXLES ** SPRING PLATES ** COIL SPRINGS ** SWAY·A·WAY MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITY OFF ROAD SUSPENSION COMPONENTS FOR 'o v ER 20 ·vEARS ■ -PRESENTS NEW FROM SWAY-A-WAY MODIFIED 300M RACING BARS • NO NEED TO "RESET THE BARS" AFTER FIRST RUN • WILL HOLD RIDE HEIGHT FROM THE START • 3-5% HIGHER SPRING RA TE FOR GIVEN DIA • 5-10% HIGHER MAXIMUM ANGLES OF TWIST • MORE WHEEL TRAVEL • ANY DIAMETER AVAILABLE LA RANA CALIFORNIA 200 CONGRATULATIONS: JERRY LEIGHTON, 1ST OVERALL ON NEW SWAY-A-WAY MODIFIED 300M TORSION BARS JOHN PROSSER, DOMINATES CLASS 1-1600 AT LARANA AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME DQJJ'T B.JfLEFT IN THE DUST /, ~;,~ ~ ,, -~ ~--~;w.,,.,.. SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER TODAY! CALL OR WRITE FOR YOUR FREE CATALOG • • • 2S z C) . ::g z en • • en :::c 3: en • • r-e C) z C cri • • 20755 MARILLA ST. I CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA 91311 I 818-700-9712 June 1995 Page 43 -

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..,, GLEN HELEN SPRING CLASSIC 100 Glenn Neese Wins Overall and Part Of The $5000 Guaranteed Purse ' By Jean Calvin Photos: Trackside Photo Inc./Carrera Photography Glenn Neese collected his best paych·eck ever at Glen Helen as he won the one hour enduro overall in his short course style 1-2-1600, and he won the 13 car class as well. Sponsored by the Gold Coast fornia's Golden Poppy, the state Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this flower, various shades of lupine newcomer to the Glen Helen and some tiny blue flowers that schedule of off road car events is seemed to like the edge of the road actually the son of last October's for their habitat. It was truly a Halloween Haunt event. The beautiful sight. This year the Glen Spring Classic was a 100 mile race Helen management have switched on a three mile course, and as the car races from Saturday to before, there were two 15 minute Sunday, but it hasn't seemed to breaks in the race to allow the have increased their entry by short course cars to fuel and much, but these things have to everyone to check the condition grow on people. of their race car. The Gold Coast There were 26 on the entry list Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, in three divisions, but a few more NV, as before, supported the race came in after the list was printed. heavily and had anyone known The first division held the Class 1 that the Mickey Thompson and Class 10 cars. There were a Stadium Series would fold for the good dozen 1 ,2, 1600 cars, a few year two days later, a lot more of the desert variety, hoping to short course cars would probably outlast the majority which were have raced this event. short course cars. The Class C Driving to Glen Helen was a group was a hodgepodge of pleasure early Sunday morning almost anything. There was one because the winter rains had Class 5, three 5,1600 Bugs, a brought out a bumper crop of Super Lite, some mini trucks and a wild flowers on the hills and in the few Class 9 desert cars, which did valley. Entire hillsides were very well against the other cars covered completely with Cali, who had considerably more horsepower. And this course is up hill and down dale all three miles, so with horsepower in hand it makes it easier to drive the rugged hills and tight turns. Simplythe Best! Fuel Safe's Pro Cell Racing Bladders are designed to meet or exceed the highest perform.nee 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! The format of the single race is strange, even though it is confusing to some at the drivers meeting, it works just fine with a light entry. All three divisions are started together, doing a parade lap and then a standing start. They run for an hour and are flagged into the pits for a 15 minute break. Apparently they are all timed from the race leader at the time. The car has to remain in line as it arrived and the pit crew has to ferry gas to the car. If needed a driver change can be made at this time. If the car does get out ofline to go to its pit, then it will restart at the back of the pack. Limited service was allowed other than gas on the mandatory stop, any other time you could fix anything that needed it on race time. The idea was to be sure that each car had the same amount of mandatory down time and it seemed to work out OK, although no times of any sort appeared in the results. This was the morning of the April 2 change to daylight saving time, so the start was delayed an hour to catch some late comers, which they did. Finally they all came out on the handy wide starting line to stage and they got sorted out just about an hour behind the printed schedule. A fair sized crowd of mostly pit people, were gathered in the grandstands in the start/ finish area, but they went looking for shade soon after the start as it was a summer sun that day and Glen Helen is in the desert foothills. Class 1 and 10 started first, two by two. Brian Collins, Barbary Coast Porsche Chenowth grabbed the lead off the start from Chris Neil in his Ford PU that was a MTEG Ultrastock racer last year. Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing, Inc. . 18062 Redondo Circle. Huntington Beach, CA 92648 (714) 842-2211 (800) 433-6524 (Outside CA) SAFETY ... It's what we're all about. A crowd favorite was the swift, bright red Baja Bug of Bug Gustafson who pushed the car up close to the unlimiteds from time to time. Bob was first in . his class of mismatched single entries, and no doubt well up in the 0 /A. Page44 June 1995 Steve Bishop was the only other car on the lead lap when the checkers fell, 50 laps, and he took second in 1-2-1600 class and overall with nobody close. Gary Gall soars high on the cliff top in his Stadium 1600 racer and he won the Class 1 & 10 class of six handily as the hot dogs fell out. Gary won his class by over four laps. They were followed closely by Gary Gall in his stadium Class 10 car and another from Las Vegas, Aaron Hawley in his MTEG Class 10 car. Collins widened his lead lap by lap, Neil made a pit stop, and Hawley moved into second ahead of Gall, but next came Steve Bishop in his short course 1600 infiltrating the Class 10 ranks early in the game. About 12 minutes into the fray #99 Eddie Lynch was in the pits with broken steering, and a good battle was going for top mini truck between Dan Cannon in his Ford and Jerrod Wedell in his Toyota, sponsored by Fab Tech, and this was only Wedell's second race ever. After a half hour~ racing Brian Collins was half a minute ahead of Gary Gall and Bishop was dicing with Gall seriously, a real good act for the spectators. Meanwhile the bright red Class 5 driven by Bob Gustafson was roaring around the track passing cars right and left, and looked to be running in third on ET, but that is wrist watch scoring. It didn't appear that he ever put a scratch on that brand new paint job. In the meantime the crowd's favorite was another red car, the tiny Superlite of Marc Prince, running about seventh. Although he broke a belt and lost many laps getting towed in and fixed, when he was back on the track he was right behind Steve Bishop and he stayed with him, trying to pass in fact, for quite some time. Meanwhile Chris Neil's truck was black flagged, apparently for spewing transmission oil, and Brian Collins was in the pits with a broken oil cooler. The first mandatory pit stop went off without incident, everybody did what they were told, and the restart was orderly with Steve Bishop leading them away. We did lose total track of the running order at this point as even the announcer seemed unsure of who was leading where and in what division. There were 19 cars still running as Aaron Hawley did not restart due to overheating. But the others were racing hard, so hard that a buggy, we think it was number 8, slid down a steep but short cliff off the top of the course across from the start/finish. Eight guys came running and pushed it almost straight up onto the road. Looking quite rumpled what had been the good looking 5,1600 of Joe Giffin, the tranny man, was back on course racing after quite a bit of hammering during the break and after that too. Steve Bishop was leading halfway in this heat, which was also half way in the race. It Another crowd favorite was Marc Prince, passing cars everywhere in his very quick Superlite, at one time staying with Bishop for several laps. Marc was third in the catchall class. Dusty Times

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Chris Neil was going well in the ex stadium sports utility rig, but a trans change late in the first segment ruined his chances of winning the class but he finished second. Red Burgin brought home third in Class 1-2-1600, had a steady race with not much trouble and he was merely one lap down to the flying class leaders. Brian Collins came from Las Vegat.-to test his short course Chenowth Porsche. He took off like a rocket, had a third of a lap lead on the field when the oil cooler broke putting an end to his day. Larry Watson has the lead in this dandy shot of short course. action in Class 1-2-1600. The former desert champion is having a good time racing his new homebuilt and lightweight car. He finished fourth. On the second time out for both Jerrod Wedell an.d his Toy-ota pickup, built for Glen Helen racing, the young man was second, despite some troubles, just three laps down to the flying red Bug. Often a winner on this track, Bob Mathews was fifth in Class 1-2-1600, maybe had some down time, but he covered 47 laps in the desert style Chenowth. appeared that Gary Gall was second, then came Glenn Meese, 1609, Bob Mathews we think, and Larry Watson. The Neil truck had pitted earlier for a trans change, and the swift SuperLite was second away after the restart. They were really mixed up at this point on the road which bore no relation to how they were running for position. Among the 1600 cars there was a lot of dicing, the desert cars holding their own against the short course versions. Billy McCool had taken over the helm of Michael Duenas' desert 1600, but it wasn't many laps later that Billy rolled the car big time, and, with a seized engine, it was out for the day. Others visited the pits on race time, and few emerged quickly, if at all. This course was obviously much tougher than most competitors expected. also third overall. The top four in this count were all short course 1-2-1600 cars. Locked in at 48 laps were Larry Watson, Barstow, CA, SC 1-Z-1600 and Bob Gustafson, Vista, CA in the Baja Bug. A pair of desert 1-2-1600 cars were next driven by Bob Mathews of Buena Park, CA and Big Bob Dziarawiez, from Hunt-ington Beach, CA. the three groups received a portion of the $5000 prize money. It is odd that the guaranteed purse does not attract more entry, but perhaps the cancellation of the MTEG and swell the numbers for the stadium series will encourage McKenzie Series as well as for the more short course car owners to blockbuster fall event that also investigate the fun and friendly carries a hefty guaranteed purse. atmosphere of Glen Helen racing After the second restart the cars were spread out on the long short course. Gary Gall appeared to have maintained the overall lead through all the mayhem and in the third leg Glenn Neese moved up to challenge Steve Bishop for the 1600 lead and second overall. Now the red Class 5 Bug of Bob Gustafson was running fourth overall and they apparently had no troubles at all with the car. Billy McCool drove some laps for Joe Giffin in the semi crunched 5-1600, but we couldn't keep up with the running order nor the pit stories. So, as the race ran down we have very little information, other than only half a dozen seemed to be on the lead lap. A prior commitment forced us to leave before the checkered flag flew, but we do have the official results. Gary Gall apparently had an unscheduled pit stop or maybe one on the back side of the course. At any rate he lost a few laps. At the finish Glenn Neese of Torrance, CA took first overall and first in the 1-2-1600 combined claS&, of course, with 50 laps completed. Just behind him, also completing 50 laps was Steve .. Bishop of Riverside, CA, second 1600 and second overall. Red Burgin, Lakewood, CA, got in 49 laps for third in class and Dusty Times After the first seven finishers, all but one 1600 cars, came Jerrod Wedell of Orange with 45 laps done in his new 7S Toyota truck, the second race for him and the truck that was built for short course racing. Rick Boyer in a short course 1600 also had 45 laps done as did Kevin Pirtle, Lomita, in a similar car. Gary Gall, from Fontana, got in 44 laps before disaster struck, and he won the Class 1 & 10 honors in his Super 1600 Chenowth. Also covering 44 laps were Marc Prince il). the crowd pleasing little Superlite, and Gary Bussjaeger, Stevenson Ranch, and Mike Lucey,Joshua Tree, both in desert 1600s. Fourth in the third group was Doug Goodenough of Chino with 42 laps in the Fay 5-1600. Chris Neil, from Cathedral City was second in Class 1 & 10 with 40 laps done in the fancy Ford pickup followed in class by non finishers Brian Collins and Aaron Hawley of Las Vegas, Eddie -Lynch of Riverside, and Kyle Vestermark, all four with under ten laps recorded. The catch all group did better on laps completed. Roy Smith, of Hesperia got in 39, Dan Cannon of Covina covered 39 also in his Ford Ranger, followed by Joe Giffin of Anaheim, 34 and Mark Anderson, Sky Valley, 33. Of course there were more 1600s taking the checkered flag. In short course Tony Ramirez, Torrance, covered 39 laps, and Dan Mathews, Buena Park, got in 38 laps, while unlucky Michael Duenas managed 19 in his desert 1600. The awards were held shortly after the race was over.We do not have the distribution of the prize money in the results but each of June 1995 Page 45

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WHIPWH MOTORSPORTS -GILA MONSTER 100 Wood Good at Gila Bend Text & Phot.os: Tony Tellier Buckeye racer Rueben Wood ran another flawless race to take the overall desert car win at Whip-lash Motorsport's Gila Monster 200 on a sunny Saturday. Wood's Kenny Major-motored Meco buggy completed all four 50 mile laps of the fast sand wash and desert trail course in four hours and twelve minutes: a 4 7 .6 mph average. His air-cooled VW powered car, in besting twelve other such cars in his class, also nipped the Unlimited class win-ning Porsche "6" powered car of Shannon Schulz by three minutes, who had to stop to change a flat tire. Ron Dalke had his "Ten" set up very well indeed for third place and Bob Austin showed what the Lee-Bob Finke Unlimited Bug can do with a fourth 0 / A. Come on, Bob. Cage that stadium stuff and get desert-ized! The venerable William Krug had his "1600" rear bars set correctly this time This is the :;ystem run by most off road race winners and was fifth. Rock 'n' Roll. Steve and Al Vesterdal's sixth place Jimco/Toyota looked sharp but the brothers had a flat, then a wheel came off. Those Green Val-ley guys need to understand just one basic thing: " Righty-tighty; lefty-loosy." The VS pickup "Thunder Truck" class was won by Pres-cott's Todd Gatrell's propane fueled Blazer over a strong eight vehicle field. Mesa's Tom Buck led the truck race until the third lap when a fuel cell strap failure sidelined him for a time. The seven car "Challenger" class was the possession of Buckeye's Jeff and Daryl Knupp. After two miles in a stadium style gravel pit section, the cars were directed into the first ten miles of pristine washes where the Vesterdal's wasted no time in put-ting the hammer down. The old Dusty Burwell Jimco got right up IRI-MII, BOBCAT , CHROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 Page 46 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED on top of the sands of time and tried to run and hide from Shan-non Schulz and K.C. Kirk but the Buckeye duo kept the pressure on. An early third place runner was the body-less "5" of Pete Sohren who is never afraid to jam it. And well he should, as John Herder and Bryan Kendall's ex-RCR Porsche was pouring on the coal, or actually the Unocal, a few steps behind. Tony Pedotto's four-cylinder motor was unable to match the awesome speed of Herder's3.5 liter"6". TheStrutt-mann brothers, Tom and Mike, were men on a mission as the fam- r ily Jimco was working and flying well indeed. The first lap found a reversal of fortune for some of the contest-ants as Shannon was leading the "10" of Rueben Wood, who had been running back in eleventh at the five mile point, with Texas Tornado James Martin third overall. Tom Struttmann was fourth. The second lap saw a serious gaggle of the usual suspects: Shannon was still leading with Rueben W ood not letting up a bit followed by Kevin McMullen, a resurgent Steve and Al Vesterdal, smooth looking Ron Dalke, and out of shape Daniel Hyde and a c rashing, smashing, bashing Shane Hill. The cars of McMul-len , H yde and Hill soon went off line while the Vesterdal's wasted time looking for lug nuts, a lug wrench and their wheel. Class 1 had three automatics, four V6s, two Porsches and only three VW based engines, proving that these ARE indeed the Nineties, even in Arizona. In fact, two were rare V6 Jimcos. Shan-non Schulz had a good run for the Overall until a flat cost him a few minutes and Wood could 'fith a 4:50 victory margin overs-who was the # 1 "1 " . Shannon banged big rocks all day and again expe-rienced the "no brakes" syn-drome that plagued him at Parker. He admitted that they were miss-ing some subtle detail here. When the Chenowth had to stop to change the tire, Wood radioed in ecstatically: "He's broke! He's broke!" while K.C. Kirk, Shan-non's passenger, was simultane-ously yelling "Rueben's coming!" After the tire swap "We drove hard and caught Wood on the last lap ... he didn't even know we were there. He wasn't looking in his mirrors. How Shannon's fin-ishing margin was not sufficient to preclude Wood's Overall. Schulz' plan was simplicity itself: "Go fast when we see; go slow when we can't." When asked if Buckeye was big enough for two such hot dogs, Shannon laughed, "Sure! There's plenty of room!" Al Vesterdal said that their big car "worked good; it'was running a little flat; you heard it. We 'adjusted' (Don) Kolt's license plate. Was he stopped? Yeah, from our point of view." The two 1/4 ton brothers had a loose wheel and "c.v.s that were going away. We were just putting along when (Jim)Taggert hit us. 'Clink.'Then we caught him a couple miles later, stopped for good in a wash. June 1995 Rueben Wood ran another flawless race and Major-motored his Meco single seat Class 10 into the overall victory, beating the 11 others in Class 10 and all the Unlimited cars too. He and (Jeff) Stickling came over later to apologize for hitting us." Pete Sohren ran strong for a few miles in the unclad "5" until the pressure plate broke a finger and he went spectating. Class Ten's Billy Tsakiris fessed up to an accident ... but confessed to the wrong felony! "I hit '103' (Tom and Mike Struttmann). I was in the dust and there he was. I was this far from (his two seater) when I saw him." Billy tore the shock tower off his own two seater, but the Struttmanns knew nothing about any accident. "It wasn't us," Tom shrugged. "We broke it all by ourselves." The Jimco's rear torsion housing was torn out of the frame and pushed back a couple of inches when they hit a canyon wall. The spring plate was pushed in several inches, which forced the axle into the differential's innards. The cliff was pulled away from the trans-mission -the studs had pulled out of the Audi's case -and the final drive case was cracked through and through. "Thi$ will keep u$ out of the next race, for $ure," Don said resigned! y. Struttmann Race Fact: They garage the car at Don's Sun Lakes, AZ, home. So the deal is that Sun Lakes is a moneyed retirement community in the traditional Arizona manner; "No kids and lots of golf carts." And one U nlimited desert car. "I can test run it up and down the street. The security gate guards always like to look at it." John Herder's partner Bryan Kendall related their experiences. "We were in Shannon's dust after that off-camber hog back and hit that rock wall (at the right hand turn inside the big tree)." The impact broke a tapered tie rod Heim pin, which required "hours to fix a two minute fix." Radio transmission was difficult down in the hole. "We had every kind of spare you could think of" -almost. "Doug (Boelman) went· to 'Midway' with a plain bolt and Dave Anderson 'air-mailed' the part to us." Herder's bad luck was tempered, to some small degree, by the knowledge that he easily had the fastest car on the course. Dan Spencer/Curt Short's Japan-only Toyota V6 motor, that carried serial number "00041 ", was said to have been produced for Japan consumption only. The normaly talkative Spencer was very vague about the engine's lineage. The Toyota then devel-oped cooling .. . or is that heat-ing?. .. problems and had to shuffle out to the 1-8 access gate. Perhaps the fact that they lost the engine computer's volatile mem-ory and had to re-program the system prior to the start was a factor in their DNF. Bobby Weber's third place car worked great but they lost twenty minutes getting a new power steering belt. "I went 42 miles without power steering." The car also lost three mirrors. How far off the course did they go? "Only this far ( two inches)." Bobby had a mystical day: "An eagle came out of the trees and flew with us. We pulled over and Shannon still hit us!" They then went into a cul-de-sac and found that the battery was dead. "Vesterdal pinned us big time." (Al Vesterdal disavows any knowledge of this incident, or any other such incident if, indeed, such an incident did occur). " But he hit us and got us started! That '5' car T-boned us, too, while we were backing up. It was a very burned-in course." With bumper cars. Another time, passenger Jim Gort pulled on the power steering belt while Bobby cranked it and got it started. (Watch those fingers.) "Krug's '1600' came right at me but we dodged that one." Gort was admitedly very reluctant to "do his duties" right in his driving suit. "He made me stop!" Bob complained. "Thanks to Jay (McKinley) for getting all the dead cars off the course. 1995 will see a new trend: the 'Bud Boy' and 'El Guapo's' (a Scottsdale watering hole)." Brother Scott Weber predicts for them to become " ... a big hit in '95." The car is Dan Spencer prepped with the engine by Ken Moore of European Motors. They also brought their spare "Ten" car for the following two lap Sportsman race just in case the two seater stumbled. Rueben Wood came, saw and kicked ass in Class 10, again, in a flawless race. Huge by local standards, the thirteen car "Ten" · class folded like a cheap tent before the Hay Hauler's heavy right foot. Don Ewing, Buckeye's Pit Chief At Large, crowed that "We did no work." Figures. Wood thinks that some "Evil Twin" was confusing Stan Steele, who swears that he never saw Rube pass him. Wood snickered: "I went around him at the first 'Y' in the wash. Stan went and told (Race Director) Jay. Stan's a @#$##$!" Some bad blood, here? Dusty Times

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Ron Dalke, after toasting an engine at Sonoyta then destroying· the front section of his car in a recent testing accident, rebuilt the whole thing even better and was quite pleased with the results. Not blessed with the power of winner Wood's Major VW, Ron ran amazingly well; well enough to take second place and third overall. This was a significant performance for the shoe string budgeted ex-Challenge pilot who does all his own work. James Martin was third "1011 and got $260, even after losing two and a half hours with a bad rocker shaft. He pulled the plugs and push rods and continued, slow 'n' easy, on two cylinders. The Midland (TX) Mauler and his band of Texas Strangers always put on an entertaining show. And speaking of hot dogs, how about Stan Steele setting off that . huge gasoline fire before the race? It crisped the right side of his "10" and scorched the Beard SuperSeat. Many fire extinguish-ers were produced post haste from the surrounding pits. Good people .. . well prepared. Static electricity between two plastic fuel jugs was thought to be the culprit. A ground wire next time, Stan? Farmington's Steele was admittedly "cookin' (in the race, that is)_. then lost fourth gear. I thought I had it made for the day. 11 The hibachi-mobile limped in. Fat Rabbit motored Kevin McMullen's car hit Billy Tsakiris and jammed his rack and pinion so Kev parked it. McMullen was running strong for a time. Billy, the soft spoken, amiable Mexican food restaurateur, is always, somehow, in the thick of things. Tsakiris then hit that Mystery Car and retired. Someone, some-where, may be unhappy with Billy. Daniel Hyde spent ten minutes cleaning up after a cactus strike then lost his ignition after a hard charging first lap. Randy Maddux lost second gear, cooked his motor in the demanding washes and was out early. Robert Wood exploded an Ultra Wheel; ,. only an aluminum ring containing the bolt circle was left on the car. Without a spare on the car he was through for the day. Shane Hill, Shannon's co-driver at this year's Parker, smacked his yellow "Ten II into a gotcha at a high rate of speed and was catapulted ass-over-teakettle down the road leading to the pits, rising at least twenty feet into the air. "On the first lap it was dusty, so I played it cool and didn't even notice the ditch. On this lap I forgot about it and only remem-bered that it was a top gear, flat out road," he explained. The car, Robert Wood's old Chenowth 1000, went all the way over in the air, landing on its top which was buckled, the sheet metal wadded up and, worst of all, Shane's helmet was cracked across the crown from hitting the ground. The car continued flipping, landing on the rear of the engine cage, which was ripped away. The alternator, the "Z" muffler, a section of the Colt engine's valve cover and part of the cylinder head casting were thrown scores of feet into the air along with a dense spray of flames, lube, coolant and gasoline. T he car then hit on its nose, finally coming to rest hundreds of feet down course, sideways. Spectators one mile away reported seeing the car appear over the mesquites in a cloud of fire, smoke and dust. Fearing the worst, and hoping for the best, Shane was asked "You OK?" "Oh, man. I'm sore! 11 was his off-handed reply while unbuckling. He got out on his own power and looked at the mess. "Man, I really did it!" Really. But the cage admirably retained its integrity. A rescue crew dragged the car out of the track and took Hill back to the pits where, Shannon Schulz was amazed to recall after the race, Shane was nonchalantly walking around eating a sandwich! "We got him to the hospital at Goodyear where they X-rayed him and found his number six cervical vertebra was broken ... both front and back! He'll be in a 'halo' for months." (Bob Nenad, MD -Keith Randel's Challenger DEIST SEAT BELTS The greatest name in driver safety equipment. 4-polnt sand rail seat belt . . $74.95 RACE BELTS 2"-5polntmount ......... $79.95 3"-5pointmount ........ . $99.95 SIDE COVERS IRS ........... .......... $54.95 Swing axle .... . .......... $54.95 KENNEDY PRESSURE PLATES 200mm-1700# ............ $79.95 200mm-up to 3000# . . . . . . . $99.95 GERMAN AUTO RACING PRESSURE PLATES 200mm 1700# -2400# . . from $54.95 PERFORMANCE CLUTCH DISC Cush/ocks ............... $39.95 4 puc ferramic . ........... $44.95 4 puc ferramic with spring hub .... . . ........................ $54.95 partner -said that that type -of injury was very bad. "A twist of · his neck, bending over to tie a shoe, for example, could have resulted in total, complete and ever-lasting paralysis! 11) Shane - in pretty good spirits, considering -later reported that they had to put six bolts into his skull for support. "That hurts more than anything! But, hey, I got to ride in a helicopter!" Positive 'tude, dude. He will be OK, but that will be his final race. Emmett Warren brought out the psychedelic painted Northern Automotive Class 11 VW with a good motor for a change. (At the '94 Parker their junk yard engine went but three miles) Warren, an aggressive success oriented, driver-driver-type, jumped up one class, from "1011 to "l l 11. ''Damn it" Emmett got stuck with a flat at ISM requiring "some light hammer work" then (some-how) lost a valve cover and event-ually settled for a Bud with the Weber Boys. Bill Krug's car is Jack Ramsey's o-1-d Bunderson 1600 ... self-prepped. Actually more like prepped by Bob Sanders, Bill's long suffering passenger. Krug certainly ran with the big dogs, breaking the five hour barrier to fifth overall. "The engine does not require much attention other than cleaning the filters and changing the oil. 11 Wickengurg class winner Darrell Hale had to waddle to the pits with a flat left rear tire, losing mucho time. Hale drove like a man possessed by demons and was still only 17 minutes back. Tony Pierce and Kelly Reedy bent a valve after three slightly off the pace laps and retired. In Class 5-1600 Alan Hampel-man's pretty, blue Bug had an easy four laps to beat the troubled · assault of Eric Pavolka and the well detailed "Ricochet" racer. Alan was eighth overall at 5:27 while Eric was a two lapper. Prescott's Todd Gatrell had an easy run in the Flame propane fueled Blazer in Class 8, beating seven other trucks while taking home $700. " I can't believe that we didn't beat the 'A' pillars all the way in on the trees!" Todd never had to get out for mainten-ance, although he did alight for thirty seconds of "relief" while they changed the propane tank. "We had a broken rear wishbone but the crew just worked around it at that stop." Keith .Segars and Laura Winkler swapped passeng-er positions and loved every minute of it. 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V from the class win ... and owner appeared, as if by magic, houred-out." Ever persistent · and opened it up. Mike found one Kevin Patrick, Phoenix' own that fit, then discovered that it MTEG-er, had a bad alternator had a bad bearing. It was far too and was forced to change batter-late by then. Mike is really ies.Hethenbrokeawheel.Hestill pumped about the Mickey got in four laps under the eight Thompson stadium series, par-hour time limit -and was the last ticularly the opportunity to race racer to do so. in front of all his friends, fans and Allen Cluck's tall 050 was foesatSunDevilStadiumonMay troubled by excessive body 13th. panels. So with the bed stripped The pretty new racer of Food of sheet metal, he finally complet-Purveyor To The Racers, Don ed two, late laps. Actually his bed "Captain Weenie" Kolt, suffered mounted radiator sprung a leak an overheated transmission, and his noble crew, up from leaving a huge odoriferous oil Nogales, had the torch and the stain on the margin of the rock solder to repair it. (The crew also wash. Extracting the "Tucson worked on Tom Buck's Jeep, Wes Thunder" truck from the remote, Holms "Blue Beast" and several rock-studded, vertically-walled other racers. They had a great gravel wash was a production in time.) In a hurry, Cluck left the itself. body work off. Four miles later, Wes Holmes' ungainly F350 in the canyon, Allen hit a rock and based, Chevy powered "thing" broke a tie rod. "I walked back to lost·his brakes in the infield and the Interstate pit while Stewart smacked Gatrell and later apolog-( Baxter) changed a rear flat." He i:ed. Wes subsequently broke an hitched a ride on a quad back to axle, or three (serious data is his camp and much later, with the sketchy regarding this 5300 new piece installed, drove out. pound behemoth},. and covered "My truck is narrower than the with oil, was towed away to race other cars and I kept jumping out another day. of their tracks." He reported no Another Buckeye Boy did well, trouble in the soft sand washes too, in Class 9. Jeff Knupp, with his "500 horsepower Chris/TomHansen'sperennial Chrysler small-block. I've got to "1600" passenger, had the right widen the truck's track, now." set up on his "9" for sure. He and Allen was credited with fourth dad Daryl spanked the other six place. Challengers. The Volkspower/ Gary Mecham laid his Ranger Lightning Motorsports two seater over in the wash when a steering handled the rough stuff better box failed and the truck tried to than any of their competitors, climb a mesquite. Dean Whitak-flying straight and true while the er's Chevy got stuck -perman-others bucked and kicked side-ently -just behind Gare's road ways. "I let off the brakes before block while around the corner that big lip to let the front end was Nick Vanderwey's stove bolt float. (Note: The one that bit strandedwithabrokenaxle.Gary Shane .. . ) We had no trouble, eventually made it to Check 3 , for although I did let my dad out for a good. "He's really out this time!" 'pit stop' when we gassed up." the radio squawked after the Fun toactuallydriveforachange, troubled truck lost a drive line. huh, Jeff? He admits to five years Bike and car racers, be advised. of racing on the same engine"" Mecham is the Unocal fuel dealer build. at Whiplash events, for cars and Larry Dimmett decided to try the bikes. Look for the huge his hand at driving after a myriad "Corona" EZ-Up. Son Sean of health woes, not the least of Mecham's Ranger lost the whichwasabadcaraccidentand ignition then blew the engine. then a period of cardiac fibrilla-A spectating "Subway Mike" tion in January. ''I'll try the first Doherty went into the depths of a fifty (miles) just to dust the rust Gila Bend junk yard for an axle off!" Dust, indeed. After a for Vanderwey. The local junk number of nagging electrical yard was closed, however the problems(A bad coil wire: A glob F.A.I.R. PIT SUPPORT. OFF ROAD RACINGS OLDEST PITTING CLUB IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PITTING PERSONEL TO AUGMENT OUR PITS AT SCORE RACES. VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILIBLE ARE: MECHANICS WELDERS RADIO OPERATORS FUELERS STATISTICS KEEPERS .... TRAINEES WELCOME,.... ATTN• &\CERS · 6-TO 8 EXTRA PITS WITH WELDERS & RADIOS. F.A.I.R. MEETS THE 1ST & 3RD WEDNSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 8-10 PM AT THE FULLERTON HOLIDAY INN. (310)427-8177 Dusty Times of silicon was hiding a corroded terminal. "I finally encouraged it with a rock."), Larry put the classy Vogel OREO sideways at speed (Note: Shane's spot, again) coming close to losing it big time. He elected to pass the throttle over to regular driver Dave Anderson who broke the front end. "Dave snapped the left front ... not the right one I . landed on. Dave went out to the highway and got it fixed. Why then go for the (four lap) finish when you're so far back? It was a bad weekend ... but if it was easy ... ," he trailed off. "Dave had one (competitive) lap of 1 :20 with no brakes up front. 'Watch the corners,' we told him. It's just Dave. I was just starting to feel comfortable by fifty (miles). It's been a year and a half. I miss it. Fun? Oh, YEAH!" The Tucson triumvirate of Mike Long,John Lee and '94 class champ Steve Long had mixed results. Lee kept on plugging on, finishing second, while Mike tore off a wheel and Steve had one long lap worth of woe. Robert Nenad, MD, is an anesthesiologist in ( medical) partnership with sometimes " 1600" driver Jim Bore IL In the desert Bob is Keith Randel's cohort. "We were ahead of Knupp when the steering went bad. We sheared a key on the steering shaft." Driver Randel trail-fixed the steering coupler with a hex wrench. They jammed the Allen into the joint and finished fourth. Now they will carry a spare key ... and an Allen wrench, too. The two seat car -half a Chap-arral and half a Woods - was made into a center seated single and sports annular, pump fed, water cooled shocks on all corners " ... from a Barry Slatter idea." The horn's foot switch runs through a • ' I THE flasher to make it intermittent. ed a folded skid plate a~d then "That is more of an attention cracked the alternator in half, getting device than a continuous which might not be blamed on the horn blast." The two innovative Clark West 1835cc. Mike cut a XR riders thanked Gary Hawkins 1: 14 first lap, a 41 mph average or andPatMcKinleyatCompetition 85% of Wood's pace. ''The case Engines. "We're now building a cracked and the armature jammed "l" car," they threatened. so the belt was slipping and the The Vintage class "4 Dudes fan wasn't moving. I had no Racing"allowedalmosteveryone choice but to park it." He in Buckeye and Gila Bend to explained that the generator was drive. Bruce Miller, Randy Mills, many, many years old. and Colby and Chuck Turner all Brian Knapp, one of the James took a fifty mile stint behind the Gang "Outlaws", debuted his Chenowth's wheel. Randy had an well detailed "Ten" car but was unfortunate incident which immediatelysidelinedwithabum forced the crew to rebuild a c.v. due to excessive angularity. .spindle after he tricycled it into Not even Bruce "Blanco"White, the pits. They still won the the Crew Chief for SCORE's Vintage Pro class over an on-his-"500" champion, nor Rich "The sideJeffHustin. Gambler" Anderson could Tucson's Hustin got out three conjure up the parts necessary to times; went ten miles on a flat; complete even one lap. Knapp'~ stopped for another spare, then entry fee was transferred to the laid the Rabbit powered VW next Whiplash event ... after he over. "We hit a bad trench in the re-positions the engine and silt, hopped it and bicycled it gearbox to allow full non-binding over." Waiting for help, they had wheel travel. to hold up the tranny breather for A full third of the 58 car field twenty minutes to keep the fluid failed to make one lap on a course from pouring out. touted as "easy". In fact on! y Jim Taggert and Jeff Strickling, eighteen cars - 31 % -completed with brother Jay as the shotgun all four laps. It must have been man in the Cascade Electric crazy out there. The high speed "Strickley Printing" car, burned a wash sections extracted a severe cylinder on the third lap (after toll for the imprudent driver and tagging the Vesterdals). The set-normally high finishing racers up was too lean for those endless such as Tony Pedotto, Joe uphill sand washes. Taggert has . Bombardier and Richard Maddux been a benefactor to the brothers were unable to keep their equip-and now his vast storehouse of ment together. VW parts is readily available to Thanks to Gila Benders John the team. Good choice of part-and Laurie Lannings for the use of ners,Jeff. their private land ("We got Melissa Hall and John Harris twenty-two rattlesnakes this easily bested the Unlimited morning; Diamondbacks and Sportsman ranks with a 45 Mojaves.") which was being used minute advantage over Jack forpartofthecourse.Anddonot Farmer. Chris Arnold struggled forget BLM's John Reid. A tip of with a long second lap to third the Parker Pumper to these place. Mike Herrick's se If friends of off road racing! prepped Unlimited Hi-Jumper, More pictures from Gila Bend R.K. Smith's old" 1600", endur-next month - we ran out of room! ,. -'WRIGHT 9420 Flinn Springs Ln. PLACE El Cajon, CA 92021 INC. June 1995 Page 53

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: Class 511600 Super-trick. One of a kind car bus with Hewland Gears, Fox, Wright Rack. 1-2 1600 arm with long torsion bars. Parker pumper, many trick parts, Trick paint body, car is made for BIG PER-SON! Spares $6,000.00 oho. MUST SELL. (619) 766-4689. HOT DEAL! Get started in a '88 CL 7s 4x4 Nissan! Raced only 3 SCORE races, w/a 3 for 3 finishing record! Rancho, SAW, Centerforce, Mikuni, BFG, American Racing, Filler, Beard, Fuel Cell, completely pro built: $5,900 firm, MUST SELL! Baja Concepts Ref #425. ( 619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 1985 Raceco, 2 FOR SALE: '94 Jimco 2-1600. Turn key. New motor, new trans, all new. Best of everything. Dump cans, Radio 1, helmet, race suit, whls & tires, spare parts, tie downs. Complete race pkg. $20,500.00 oho. (909) 356-0694. Ask for Frank. FOit SALE: .FAROUT 1-1600, "All or Part" custom built for Ren Sport Racing by Derick at Finish line Prep. This beautiful car is complemented with the best of everything that money can buy for limited class racing. Fox shocks, FAT motor, BFG's, Centerlines. Excellent Car! Comes with a tremendous amount of spare parts, pieces, pit boxes, tires, wheels, etc. TOO MUCH TO LIST. The whole car and package can be yours for only $13,800! or $9,000 car only: make an offer! Contact Baja Concepts Ref #418. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Class 10 A Arm Bunderson. Want to Win? For $24,000 (or make an offer with no motor, no tranny) get a turn key top 3 running vehicle all the time. Super fast, Toyota, FAT, BFG, Ultra Wheel, Mastercraft, Kuster shocks (big wheel travel -20H front and rear!), Rose Trans. This car is strong and dependable. Must see to believe. WIN NOW! Baja Concepts Ref #420. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: FAST & BITCHEN CL 10 OR 1, 2 Seat, BEST of BEST! No motor, no trans. '91 Raceco, 2,800 total miles! All new Fodrill Front, Summers 20H rear, SAW, SACO, Jamar, PCI, Ultra, BFG, Simpson, Master-craft, Cactus and much more! $12,500 oho FAST SELL! Also a trick Toyota Cl 10 engine available. $6,500. Call Baja Concepts for details, Ref #426. (619) 583-6529. ;~:;~~,n~'.u~i ;: F~i~i;f FOitsXLt '90 Nelson N~lson Bus Bux w ltorque limiters, builtCLASS8wlnewmotorand Hew land gears, Mastercraft, tranny. Only80 miles. Complete-Yoko's, Centerlines, VERY good ly race ready and tested. Package FOR SALE: ORE 1-1600, 115n, prepped, ready to win. Best of everything. Hatz motor, Wright combos and arms, Durablue, bus tranny w/ Hewlands, 091 diff., Ump Fox, SAW., Fuel Safe cell, Very competitive, Class champ HDRAISCORE and SNORE. Must see, $11500.00 oho, serious inquiries only. (805) 297-3943. FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum. New never completed. ALL new parts, fuel cell, radiator, ft arms, spindles, link pins, Summer ft brakes, Beard seat, Fox Shox, UMP body, roof, dash, floor, 7 panels, R brakes, hubs & uprights, 4 Centerlines w/ bead-locks & tires. $17,000.00 invested. $10,400.00 oho (714) 680-3185. FOR SALE: Class 9 ORD 2 seater. State of the art car, top quality, excellent fabrication, best parts money can buy. Many, many extras. To many to list. Must see to appreciate. Total package $8,000.00. For details call Dick (818) 963-1445. looking car! Coil over front, FOR SALE: Prerunn~r·,-·Dodge dialed in with lots of extras and shocks in rear wi res., outboard Ram, Professionally built, spare parts: everything you need CVs, Jamar pedals, pumpers, Fiberlass fenders and hood, full to go racing, 15"fronttravel,20n lights, trick body. Steal it fast. cage, racing rear end, 727 race rear! Ready for SCORE 1995. LOWERED TO: $15,900 oho tranny, high stall coverter, Fox (3 Knock off's available. Driven by firm. Baja Concepts Ref #423. per side), 14" rear travel, 12-13" Ricky Johnson and Jimmie (619) 583-6529. front travel, National Springs, 2 Johnson. This Ultra Wheels/ FOR SALE: Single seat Sand- gas tanks, 360 ci haul ass motor, Coyne Motorsports truck is fast master Sportsman Car. Trick Ultra Wheels, Yoko's, 3 Beards and available as a complete FOR SALE: 22 ft. enclosed 1600 motor. Only 300 miles seats, Art Carr, Full Harness, package for $59,000 oho, trailer. Mighty mover. Work Tranny has only 500 miles. Car Stereo, Race Radio, 2 Batteries, 2 interested in trading in part for bench, cabinets, elect. brakes. has been stored for 5 years. Too Spares, AC: VERY HOT! 2-1600. Please direct inquiries to Chrome whls. New ti res. muchtolist.$3,000,00firm.Call $20,000BajaConceptsRef#305. Baja Concepts Ref #419. (619) $5,800.00obo.(909)356-0694. Gary (916) 938-4036. (619) 583-6529. 583-6529. A_s_k_~_or_F_r_an_k_. _____ _ ·r-------------------------------·--~--------·--------... -----~--,_ I . Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I I DUSTY TIMES. I I _ - - - - _ _ I I Classified Advertising rate is only $15 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of I I black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. I-I NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If , 1: 'I you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. ' Ii I __________________________ I FOR SALE: '94 Raceco SS Brand new. Only 300 miles on car. All the best parts, Kuster, FAT Rabbit, completely rebuilt Fortin, Fodril arms, Spindles Chad Lynn, Saco Magnum, Alum, Radiator, all braided hose, including radiator. No expense spared. $39,000.00 oho. Serious only (805) 963-24111(805) 963-0961. 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.$13,000.00 or trade for ski boat. Call (909) 653-0697. FORSALE:Trophy-Truck. 1994 Chevy. This truck is built to last, 30" of rear and 28" front travel, Dana 60, 44 spline axles, Turbo 400, 6 Kuster shocks, Kuster air jacks, 70 gal Fuel Safe. Ready for SCORE 95. $62,000.00. Serious inquiries only (714) 380-7151 Leave Message. FOR SALE: '89 Toyota ass , total rebuild, Fields trans and Ford 9" rear w/355 Spline-Axels-Spool, Fox Shox, Cone Ball jts. New motor. Competitive SCORE-SNORE-LA RAN A. Consider tradws ( need race trailer) $17,500.00 obo ( 702) 437-0117, I __________________________ I I -------------------------'---------------------- : FOR SALE: Chenowt agnum, MTEG points championship I ----------------------------------------------I stadium car. Best of everything. I I- Long travel extra wide coil-over I ----------------------''-----------------------------I shocks w / adj. Bypass tube I --I. shocks. Call Frank Arciero Jr. (714) 632-0134. -I Enc1osed is$ _____ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad ______ times. -1 WANTED: Fabricator. Exper-1 I ienced in race chassis & buildup. I Name_______________________________ Mail to: .I MIG-TIO. Al welding a plus. I DUSTY TIMES I Send resume and salary history to I Address -------'-----------------Phone_______ ZO?Si Marilla Street I ORBS., 2525 E. 16th St., Yuma, -, Chatsworth, CA:'9i311-4408 · I·., ff538_5365 or FAX (602) 783-• City __________________ State____ Zip______ _ •· , Page 54 June 1995 Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: PreRunner Built 350 Motor Turbo 400 Trans, full cage fiberglass body, triple shock front & back, coil over springs. A serious PreRunner (street legal) $13,500.00 obo. (909) 356-0694. Ask for Frank. FOR SALE: 1969 Baja Prerunner and street legal car has all the goodies. Too many to list. All work professionally done. One of the nicest cars around. $6,500.00 or best offer. Call Bill (818) 888-5323. FOR SALE: 118" single seat Raceco. Only raced 3 times since built. Would like to trade for a 2 seat or 4 seater of equal value. Has all the major name brand parts: Fox 930s, Wright, Beard, Hew-land and 2110 motor. Call ( 512) 368-2906 TX. Sell outright $18,000.00. FOR SALE: Chenowth 2 seat, excellent car, good finishing ratio, DG 300 trans, Acura V -6 motor. Complete package and top notch car. Complimented with BFG's, Curnutt, SAW, Centerline, 25 gal cell, and much more! Call our offices to inquire on Ref# 113, for $22,500 obo. Baja Concepts (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 1988 Raceco Class 2. 2850 Fat engine, Bus trans, wlHewland 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. FOR SALE: 3 .5 liter Bobby Hart , Porsche motor, engine is fresh rebuilt, 0 miles. Engine has the best of everything. May include Tilton clutch. $12,000.00 or best offer. Call Bob Richey at (909) 371-5000. WANTED: 15x3½ Centerlines; 5 lug VW, and front tires. Must be irigood condition. ERIC(818) 865-1981. Dusty Times FOR SALE: 1993 SCORE Class 11 championship car. Best of everything. Tons of spares including 2 trans, 30 BFGs, Bilstein, etc. The car is prepped and ready to race and win. Must sell fast. $3,000.00 No reason-able offer refused'. Peter ( 310) 915-0359. FOR SALE: Class 5, 4130 Baja Convertible, fully tabbed, includes all aluminum work, inner body panels, fire walls, and roof, Foddril front arms, custom rear arms, Sway-A-Way axles,· and more. Professionally fabri-cated, never run. $4,300.00 OBO. Also 24' Enclosed 1994 Haulmark Trailer, red, low miles. $6,100.00 OBO. Call Dean at (602) 279-0871 or (602) 810-7545. FOR SALE: Trick Prerunner or play truck. 1974 Jeep J-10 that's smog legal. Built AMC 401, Art Carr TH400 trans, Quadra-Trac, 13" travel Rancho RS9000 shocks, Air locker rear cliff, 35H BFG mudders, Lee MFG. steer-ing, full cage to frame, Beards, Autometer gauges, power win-dows, locks & mirrors, A IC, tilt, carpet, show quality paint, 40 gal • tank, Premier Power Welder(l60 ~ amp alt). Professionally built I from the ground up with less then · FOR SALE: '92 Dynastar 39 ft lOK miles on it. $22,500.00. Call 5th wheel, triple axle, 102" wide, Stage West4x4 center(970)945-lined and insulated Kohler SK 5227. FOR SALE: Professionally built Pre-Runner by Darrel Jakes of Venable Racing. New motor ready to work. $20,000.00 (909) 654-4938.I (909) 654-4SS4. ZS nt>w Goodyear 37" racing tires for sale. FOR SALE: Plymouth Sappro, Pro Rally car, new 2600cc engine, 422 limited slip rearend, new paint, 17 wheels & tires. Lots of spares. $2,000.00 (714) 969-4566. "',!%>.·:·;-FOR SALE: Chevy Class 8, '92 and '93 La Rana champ, Class 8 · legal anywhere. 22H front & rear : travel, ¼ Liptics, Kuster shocks. with bypass tubes, Dana 60 40 spline, custom spindles, 350 ci motor. First class parts through-out. Trade for pre-run truck? & cash $49,500.00. Baja Concepts Ref# 428 (619) 583-6529. gen., Weld wheels, recessed exte-rior lights, workbench and cabinets, awning, 9ft. living quar-ters with bathroom, refer, micro tvl vcr, al e with heat. Impeccably maintained. $26,100.00 OBO. (916)635-25201(916)552-1858. Now available on video tape. 1995 Parker 400 as well as 1993 Parker 400, 1993 Baja 1000. All tapes include exclusive behind the scenes and interviews wltop Rac-ers. $20.00 each. Send check or money order to: Chris Rowland, 15252 Seneca Rd., #113, Victor-ville, CA 92392. FOR SALE: 93 ORBS 1-1600. Identical car to 93 Baja 1000 and 94 San Felipe 250 winner. Very low race miles. Extremely depen-dable. Brand new Lee Leighton motor. 0 miles. Mendeola trans. PLUS Raceco 2 seat Unlimited car or great Prerunner. 2280 VW Mendeola trans. $16,000.00 for both. Will sell separate. Make offer. (619) 344-2056. FOR SALE: Challenger Class 9-2-seater. Fresh engine and trans-mission with close gear ratio. Fuel >, 11,....,........,,~7' cell, Helmet Intercom system. FOR SALE: Chenowth Super 16, Rebuilt Bilstein shocks, Chrom-PIS, 5 link rear susp., Bilstein oly spring plates, circuit braker Shocks, w I res, 4 wheel disc, 3 spd system, Yokohama tires (spares). Bus Box, 930 CV's. 4 Champion 1 SCORE legal. $4,800.00 Firm. Beadlocks on Yokohamas & 4 I Call Leonard (619) 424-9451 or MRT Beadlocks on Yokohamas, : Gilbert (619) 429-0646. (Sharp) Air Cooled VW engine, FOR SALE: Kevin Smith's win~ I ning Mirage Super 1600 stadium · car. Complete coil car, Smart Per-formance Toyota, Fortin 2 speed, too much to list, wl many spares. Call for package details. (818) 579-2135. $30,000.00. I $8,500.00 Toyota LC eng 22 R ,.-A""!: , 200 HP $2,800.00. (805) 274-~~ 8483. ;.,~ FOR SALE: RaceCo A-Arm front end unlimited race car. This proven winner has it all. Porsche, Hewland, Fox, Centerline, BF FOR SALE: 1988 125 inch Goodrich, Complete set of P.C.l. Raceco, 3.0 liter scat-Autocraft radios and much more. New belts, engine. Electromotive fuel injec-seats, paint and metal work. Out-tion. Hewland DG300 Summers standing package. Asking/ full floating axles. Big_ arm top $22,000.00 oho Call (916) 983-mountcoiloverfront. The best of 14615. everything. 20 spares, 6 radios, 1 many extra parts 26,500. Bernie FOR SALE: Class4¼ elliptic rear i / (505) 255-0212. wlKusters, coil over Kuster front, 351 built to 430 by Richard Parabok, FOX Air bumps, power steering wlump Ram, Cone full , floater 40 spline rear end, Magi C-6, Fresh prep, put on your paint and race. 20' trailer $45,000.00 with all spares. (619) 258-8544. FOR SALE: 091 Bus Box w I close ratio gearing, 4 .57 Rn'P, Mid mount, 930 drive flanges, "0" miles on fresh rebuild. $900.00. Call Bob at (714) 996-6550. FOR SALE: 90 Ford FlS0 XLT Lariat Prerunner. 95 ft. fiberglass, 6-FoxShox ft, 6-Nelson-Nelson rear, built by Leon Patton & Nel-son. Ft to rear full cage, 2 spares, 40 gal cell; 302 EFI, Sony CD sys-tem. Must see $20,500.00 OBO. (818) 447-6661. June 1995 ·""' FOR SALE: 1992 Ford Ranger, pre-runner, AC, Locker rear end, 4 wheel disc brakes, V6, 5 speed. Very trick and clean $12,500.00 or trade for Class 10 car or ?? (702) 658-8538. FOR SALE: Complete package-Class 9 Raceco single seat, FAT motor, DJ T ransaxle, Bilstein, Wright, Chromoly Frame and tie rods, new front end, Diest 300 m, Sway-A-Way, Simpson Helmet, Diest Race Suit, Trailer, tons of spares and parts, dump can. Must se 11 $6,000.00 or best offer. ( 818) 915-5635. FOR SALE: 35H Goodyear Wrangler and Firestone mudder tires. 10 total. $7,800.00 original investment, discounted to $1,185. Included free to first purchaser-American Racing 15x7 rims for Fords and 2-10 gal-lon dump cans. Let's Make a Deal! (714) 240-6151. Ask for Robin. WANTED: Widened beam set up for either single or double coil overs, ALSO Fuel cell about 14x33xl5, possibly coil over shocks and 4H longer trailing arms. Call (619) 344-6109. ALSO wanted Y drop combos. FOR SALE: Raceco Class 1. Sin-gle seat 118" wb, Toyota power 4 corner disc brake UMP power steering, Coilovers, Fodrill front arms, super combos, Parker pumper, Hewland gears, Fuel, safe, Beard seat, Filler nets & 5 point belts. Power coated frame, outboard CV's many spares. Xlent cond. Fresh prepped & • turnkey ready. $9,500.00 OBO. (805) 266-3662. PARTS FOR SALE: 32 gallon fuel cell with 2½H quick fill & roll over value. $330.00 for all. Two beard ultra superseats $400.00 for both. Two SCORE legal five -point harnesses $200.00. Two filler window nets $40.00. All of the above parts are new. (702) 647-1582. FOR SALE: 1994 Chenowth sin-gle seater. Foddril front end large beam 2½"' Foddril combo link spindles, bumpers, skid plates, floor pans, firewalls, dash gauges switches wiring German Auto Magnum Rack Ump Ram CNC Front hubs, 11"' rotors, tire rods wlrod ends, Foddril front arms, brake lines SS steering sadfy bat-tery box. Full Chenowth body w I roof & visor, black front & rear shock mount for Kuster "' shocks. Foddril rear arms wlfull floater plates & caliper mounts alum. radiator wl fan & mounts alum. scoop for radiator. 38 gal fuel cell. Master craft ribbon nets black. 3-300m Summer Bros. axels and more. Call for more info. (714)472-2024 (Jerry). Auto trans 2 Audi trans sections, box of quick change gears 9" ring & pinion 2 torque converters. Lots of spares. FOR SALE: 1994 Bunderson 1-1600. SCORE legal, Hatz motor, trick trans, super diff, Bunderson shocks, very trick. Best money can buy. $14,800 or best (702) 254-2394. Page.55

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