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Volume 11 • Number 9 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 O:miel Maimer Ken & Nicole Ruff Bob.Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smitp Judy Smith Tony Tellier . .T.rackside Photo Inc .. Art Director Larry E. Worsham SNAPSHOT September 1995 -.VII.LIi OffllOAD IUCHG Ul'OH Subscription Rates: llrfdS!riscf~Racingat $20.00 per year, 12 issues, USA. Foreign Subscription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads ma, be subject to editing. DUSTY T_IMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Second Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. OF THE MONTH ••• Wonder if this motor home owner pays pit fees to both FAIR and Checkers when he competes in the desert races. Or maybe he doesn't pay any pit fees? Unfortunately we lost track of who sent us this snapshot, but ifhe or she wants the ten bucks due, contact us by mail and we'll send your check along. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar interest on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will.pay $10 for_ the P!cture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Black & white prmts, 5x7 or 8xl0 preferred but clear color prints will be considered. Dusty Times September 1995 In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally by John Elkin .................. . 6 SCORE Fireworks 250 by Judy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SODA Antigo Kiwanis Race by Barb & Marilyn Schultz . . . . . . . 20 American Racing Wheel Expedition by Jim Dindinger ......... 24 Toyota Tacoma Pickup by John B. Calvin ..................... 26 WRC Acropolis Rally by Martin Holmes ..................... 32 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb by Mearl Holbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 London to Mexico Historic Rally by Martin Holmes ...... , . . . . 38 Oregon Trail PRO Rally by Jim Culp . . . . . .................... 40 Mideast Rally Raid by Ed Heuvink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Midnight Romp 150 by Tony Tellier ......... . . . ............. 42 Brush Run 101 by Judy Smith . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 44 Whiplash Gila Bend Pictures .... . ........... .......... ... ... . 57 DEPARTMENTS Pony Express ........ .. .. ........................ . ............. 4 Happenings ...... . ........ ....... . . . ......... .................. 8 Trail Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Fair News by Dave Massingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Checkers by the Big W ahzoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Spirit Team Baja Report by Sam Wilshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 California Rally Series Report by John Elkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Good Stuff Directory . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 ON THE COVER - Bob Gordon roared around the Barstow desert at the SCOR'E Fireworks 250 in a solo drive to overall victory, taking the Class 1 points as well in the Type 4 VW powered Chenowth. Bob did the rough 240 mile route in five hours flat, nearly 11 minutes ahead of the second overall Class 10 machine. Now you know where Robby Gordon gets some of his talent, inherited from his dad Bob. Robby was second, we think, in Trophy-Trucks a day earlier. Rick D. Johnson and Rick L. Johnson have done well in this Ford in Class 7S this year and they won the class at Barstow by a whopping hour and change. They also won the Baja 500 in) une. These boys came out of Class 9 and they also won in that highly competitive class. Our congratulations to these winners who survived the heat and dust so well on a hot July day. Color Photography by Trackside Photo Inc. to. S~7f>MUf DUSTY TIMES THE FASTE$T 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. 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I Pony Express ••• An Open Letter to Mr. Rod Hall On June 24 VORRA had a desert race planned in the town of Fernley, NV. I left Hayward on Friday, June 22 to get my car teched and to possibly to do some course inspection on the VORRA Fernley, NV race. Wben f arrived at the race site located at the Truck Inn at 2 P.M. I was informed that the race had been canceled. Needless to say this made me mad. When I went to talk with Ed Robinson, head of VORRA, I found out that the rea-son the race was canceled was because one of the land owners had obtained an injunction to prevent us from running on his land; without that section of road there was no way to get from the start area to the BLM land that 99% of the race course consisted of. I was told that the P.C.l. Com-munications people had heard that morning in town there might be an injunction and that the land owner intended to have the paps ers served by the sheriff at the finish line at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, the exact time the race was sup-posed to start. They immediately contacted ~eid Ed so that he could find out if this was true. Ed started phoning around Saturday morning and found it was true. He then pro-ceeded to contact the land owners in-v,olved, but to no avail; they would not budge on the injunc-tion. We also found out the per-son who instigated this matter was none other than Rod Hall, a good friend of the land owner. Ed talked to Mr. Hall concluding with the statement by Hall that some business decisions are hard to make. It turns out that Hall and Ed Robinson had some sort of feud going. My concern with this situation is not what happened between Ed Robinson and Rod Hall in the past. In fact, I could care less. I am simply outraged at the way this matter was handled. This injunc-tion to stop the race was done early in the week, and the parties involved knew they wanted the race stopped early enough that they could have contacted Ed early enough so he could have contacted the entries before they left for Nevada. But, their obvious intention was to cause as much inconvenience to all involved in this race as possible. I am not rich nor do I race for a living. I have been racing for the past twenty years because I love . the sport. I race with VORRA because it is a little cheaper than some other organizations and because Ed Robinson and his . . - . crew do a good job ot running the races while trying to keep the cost of racing down to help the low bucks racer. To go to this race I had to take a day off work without pay, plus use about $100.00 worth of gas for my motor home plus the two crew members that took the day off of work and came over with me on Friday morning. If you figure that at least 40 race cars had shown up by Friday afternoon not to mention the people that were on the road plus the fact that some people had come from much farther away than me ( there was one group from Canada), it is not hard to see that a lot of time and money was wasted. Whatever the problem that Mr. Hall had with Ed Robin-son, there is no possible justifica-tion for this action. I would also urge all the racers thinking about running the Rod Hall race in August to consider this type of behavior before they enter. I know that there will be no VORRA cars at this race. _ So I challenge you Mr. Hall to respond to this letter and explain your actions. I always had friendly dealings with members of your family when they were doing con-tingency for VORRA. I would like you to explain what I or any other VORRA racer has done to you to cause this type of action. 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Rick Philastre Hayward, CA This is what I hope to be one of many letters sent to you as a VORRA member and racer, in what will probably end up being called the VORRAI Fernley 250 incident. This letter is in regards to the fact that we hope there was no malicious intent on the part of Rod Hall International for caus-ing the cancelation of the race. All members of VORRA received a letter from Ed Robinson stating the reason for the cancelation. In the letter and I quote "this race group through a lawyer said they had a ten year contract with the rancher that they were the only group that could cross the rancher's land." As such, with no other way to lay out the course the race had to be canceled. The nor-mal VORRA racers, induding those coming down from as far as British Columbia were turned around and sent back home. Through this, and since we haven't heard any reasoning from Rod Hall International as to why this action was taken, we must come to the conclusion that this was a purposeful attack by said group against VORRA. It is my understanding, however, that there was some bad feelings between the two groups. How-ever, this attack was very unpro-fessional and immature on the part of Rod Hall. There is no rea-son for this to have occurred. This area is not a heavily used piece of desert. There are other associa-tions that manage to coexist on the same tracks down in Lucerne, Barstow and Las Vegas. In closing I hope that if this was deliberate, that if you, as a racer, do not see a letter by Rod Hall International in some way refut-ing this, then I would think twice about traveling to Reno for their race. Remember, turn about may be fair play. TNT Racing Sacramento, CA The 23rd of June 1995 was a sad day for VORRA. It was the first time in its 20 year history that a race was canceled for any reason other than foul weather. The reasons for the cancelation are muddy and clouded by specu-lations and ugly rumors. · Every conflict has two sides. two stories and, maybe, two truths. When the VORRA spon-sored race was canceled (21 hours before the start), nobody won anything. Everyone lost. Both race promoters involved, Rod Hall and Ed Robinson, lost credi-bility, regardless of their own degree of responsibility. The city of Fernley lost thou-sands of dollars in revenue that would have been generated by dozens of VORRA racers, their pit crews and families. The Fern-ley Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club lost valuable income to support their charitable efforts. The racers themselves, though, lost the most. Drivers and their families and pit crews lost time (spent on pre-race preparation and travel, money - racing is an expensive hobby), and sadly for us lost a little of the pure joy that off road racing can bring. The 23rd of June 1995 was a sad day for VORRA, and for off road racing as a whole! ' Pamela J. Smith Reno, NV I am writing to tell you about a tragedy that happened in Fernley,_ Nevada June 23-24. For the first time in its 20 year history a VORRA race, the Fernley 250, had to be canceled because of rea-sons other than weather. To provide a complete history we need to go back to the Rod HallReno300of April 1994. The promoters of this event, Double Bar S Productions, secured a con-tract with a group of land owners near Fernley with which the Dou-ble Bar S would pay the land owners $37.50 per car for the rights to cross their property dur-ing the course of the race, and in return the land owners would give exclusive rights to Double Bar S to run a race across their land. This in and of itself is not the problem with the matter. The problem lies with the representa-tion and execution of this con-tract to VORRA by Double Bar s. When VORRA was securing permission from all the approp-riate government agencies, local authorities, and these land owners, verbal permission was given to VORRA to run a course across the private land that had been secured by Double Bar S. It was indicated a week before the race that the contract was not a problem. It seems that as of one week before the race Double Bar S had not paid the land owners the agreed amount for the Rod Hall Reno 300 race. Therefore, it was assumed that the contract was of no concern. With no opposition to the race VORRA proceeded with its plans. After nearly 14 months Double Bar S finally made payment to the land owners, just five days before the VORRA event. This put their con tract in to force effectively barring any race but theirs. It was also their intention to wait until Saturday morning and show up with an injunction and law enforcement to stop the race. It appears that it was Double Bar S's intention to wait as long as possi-ble before enforcing its contract and stop all races other than theirs at this location, even to the point of having 60plus race cars on the starting line. Last minute attempts were made to resolve this matter but Double Bar S , namely Harry Spencer, showed no interest in resolving it. Rod Hall, long time off road racer and namesake of the Rod Hall Reno 300 only said, '' Sometimes business decisions are hard to make." With all the obstacles off road racing faces from the outside, we do not need obstacles from the inside. It would seem that gentle-men's agreements and goodwill have been thrown to the side. Off road racing has been reduced by a few individuals with unknown motives to squabbles over who owns rights to run what race where. This is a sad thing and a tragedy that has tainted off road racing forever. William B. Grenz Sacramento, CA Statements and ofJinions in the Pony Ext1ress column do not reflect those of the editorial staff, only those who wrote letters on this very real setl,ack for the sf10rt of off road desert racing. We uould like to hear more on how this situation develof1ed, or anything about which you have an of,inion that needs sJ1ace. Send your uords of u•isdom to Dusty Times, Pony Express, 2075 I M;riluz St., Chati-U'OTth, CA 913 I I . . _ ..•. _~_.~_sc_4 __ ......._....._ _________ ..__.....,......._,......,_........,.......,........,.........,~Sc..,P __ .tc_m_.b_~_r..;;.199~5 __________________ .:,Du.::.::..;sty::....;.Tl.::;m;:.:•:.:..•

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B:y John Elkin Susquehannock Trail National PRO Rally : their points lead that they built up on the west coast is now cut dramatically by the Jim Anderson · Honda. Production class is another class that had beetk under scrutiny by the ARA but with Photos: &er Images eight entries here that could be the $: Hyundai got another win with Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker in the Elantra. They had trailed early in the rally, but had a five minute lead with just three stages to go and cruised to the overall victory. With the west coast swing a memory teams chasing the title came to the northeast corner of Pennsylvania for a rally that would either make or break their title hopes for the overall title in the SCCA/ Michelin PRO Rally Championship. Paul Choiniere has a good sized lead after a clean sweep of the west coast. Henry Joy comes next with good runs in Washington and California. Carl Merrill and Peter Moodie both had a good rally and a DNF in the west and have to have clean, fast runs to keep their hopes alive. The stages in and around Tioga county and the city of Wellsboro are legendary for being fast and unforgiving. To run with the big dogs here you have to be as precise as a surgeon with your line in the corners and you have to have no fear, and while that is true of many rallies it is magnified here on the tree-lined roads. Some rain would be present throughout the rally, not enough to make the stages muddy or slippery but enough to keep the dust down. Thirteen stages would be run, all of them scored in the one day event. Pre-rally news was of some interest. New vehicles continue to be delayed as the new Henr The Open class had some real battles. In the early stages Carl Merrill and John Bellefleur led in th,e Ford Escort Cosworth by a mere second over Henry Joy and Chris Griffin. Then Choiniere was third. PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR· TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... . THANKS! Denny's. MobJf RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page 6 saving grace of this necessary Mitsubishi Lancer and the Tom . class. Ottey Hyundai Elantra failed to Group A saw two entries, and is make their debuts. The Lancer is another class on the ARA still shy some parts en route from chopping block, or more accurat-Australia and the Hyundai was ely it will probably be combined clearing customs the day after the with Open class next year. Bruce rail y. Whether these cars will Newey and Charles Bradley have debut at the 60% event in Arizona taken possession of the Metro for a shakedown remains to be Rallysport Toyota Celica and seen or they will debut at the plan to campaign the car for the Maine Summer Rally in July. Carl balance of the season. In a rare. Merrill gave the rally public a view appearance this season Rick Davis of his new Chevrolet S-10 Open and Ben Greisler brought back Class rallytruck, it sports a out the BMW M-3. In a clean run N ASCAR V -6 engine, four wheel for both cars the turbocharged drive and a tubeframe chassis, it four wheel drive advantage was did not run but Carl used the too much for the two wheel drive press stage to debut it. The truck BMW as Newey and Bradley took ran well with only some suspen-the class win and sixth overall. sion modifications needed to Davis and Greisler nabbed the make the vehicle right. In other 13th overall spot. news Production GT points Production GT produced four champion Selcuk Karamonoglu entries. Cal Landau and Eric was sidelined before the start with Marcus have been regaining that a broken transmission. Frank and winning form that they had in Dan Sprong! were en route to the Production class and led the rally rally when their tow vehicle broke here from start to finish. But it down forcing their withdrawal was not a clean run to the from the rally before the start. checkers as going into the second The entry list was also missing to last stage the pair bagged a flat some STPR regulars who could tire, the tire then damaged the not make it for various reasons, suspension. At the end of the including, Doug 'Shepard, L. stage while surveying the damage Mark Stone, Dick Casey and Greg it was decided that changing the Healey. tire could further damage the car Rallytruck class showed no and make it undrivable, so they entries so the class title remains a had to drive the final stage and the tie between Dave Turner and final transit on the wheel, 26 miles Greg Healey each with one win. It in all. They did, emphasizing the seems that the class title will come never say die spirit of rallying. down to who makes the most Janice Damitio came east for events this year. The future of the the first time ever in her Toyota classlooksmurkyas'thenewrules Celica All Trac, along with a have produced no new vehicles. veteran navigator of this event, In Production class it was a Jim Minor; the team would try Canadian rout as Peter Pollard and keep Janice's points lead and Keith Townsend, from alive. With Karamonoglu not Ontario, brought their VW Golf even starting that would be a good GTI to the front early and stayed sign for her championship hopes. there to win the class handily and In what was a clean run for the place 12th overall.Jim Anderson, east coast neophyte Janice the sophomore driver in his commanded the second spot from Honda Prelude VTech, with justaboutflagtoflag. With such a Martin Dapot navigating claimed commanding lead Janice has the second spot two minutes decided to keep chasing the points back. Peter Watt and Dick Casey title through the end of the year. drove a Suzuki Swift GT, also a To our knowledge here at Dusty Canadian entry, to the third spot Times there has never been a well back of the leaders. In a woman drive r champio n in nearly all Canadian domination of National competition. David the class Owen Cule and Roger Ralakis and Barry Berg took their Sanderson drove a Nissan Sentra Mazda 323GTX to the third spot to fourth place in class. Greg and in class. Sonia Trepetin, in a Honda Group 2 had five starters. Prelude VTech nabbed the fifth Usually the class is the bulk of the spot. Points leaders Tad Oh take field however that fell to the Open' and Bob Martin were going well Class this time. In what was an but had lost time in stage four, in inspired drive and a fine fifth making up the time they had a overall finish Sam Bryan and Rob horrendous rollover in their Ford 'Walden took Saab to the top spot Escort, both are uninjured but !again in Group 2, and in Janice Damitio along with Veteran navigator for this event Jim Miner had a good clean run and in her first trip east Janice took second in Production GT in her Toyota Celica All Trac. May 1995 continuing the Swedish tradition Gerald Sweet and Stuart Spark brought a one-two punch to Saab by taking second place, although nine minutes rearward of the ~inners. Kurt Thiel and George Thompson in a VW GTI were just a blink of an eye back in third. Walter Stone and Tim O'Neil, also in a VW Golf GTI came home fourth giving the class a 100% finishers ratio. Open class was another bizarre twist of events and circumstances, although close competition prevailed early. At the end of three stages it was Carl Merrill and John Bellefleur leading in their Ford Escort Cosworth by just one second over the Mitsubi-shi Eclipse of Henry Joy and Chris Griffin. Ten more seconds back came the Paul Choiniere and Jeff Backer Hyundai Elantra which was having some shifter troubles. Bruno Kreibich and Rod Hend-rickson were next in an Audi Quattro 13 seconds. behind the Hyundai. Peter Moodie rolled his Mazda 323GTR on stage four and were continuing until in stage six a front suspension wishbone broke, ending their rally. Through stage seven things were still very tight, but signs of strange happenings to come started when into the main time control at a service area Chris Griffin checked in the Henry Joy Mitsubishi five minutes early dropping them from the lead fray for now. Choiniere moved the Hyundai into the lead by 30 seconds over Merrill while Bruno was 18 seconds arrears of that. Pat Ayer and Diane Housel, in an Audi, were now fourth place a minute and a half back with Joy and Griffin now trailing the Audi by two and a half minutes. In stage eight the Kreibich Audi slid off and broke a strut. In stage nine Merrill and Bellefleur rolled the Ford, and while the damage was not too bad it was terminal enough to not continue. This left Choiniere and Becker with a five minute lead, which was good because the shifter trouble was being compounded by a lack of brakes, and while that would slow down many drivers it never seems to distress Choiniere that much. Joy and Griffin had moved up to tie tha Ayer Audi while Tom Ottey and Pam M,cGarvey moved into the top four with their Red Roof Inns Mazda 323GTX. Choiniere had the time in hand to drive sensible through the last three stages and take his fifth win this season out of five starts, he and Becker now lead the points with only Henry Joy having a shot at the Championship now. Joy and Griffin finished second place two minutes and 38 seconds back. Ottey and McGarvey reeled in the Audi of Pat Ayer and Diane Housel for third spot. Lesley Suddard and Anne Thomas took their Dodge Charger to fifth in. class followed by Carl and Nancy Redner in a Mazda RX-7. Again it was a Hyundai win as Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker continue the dominance they enjoyed with the old mount. With the turn of events with the Michelin Championship the Peter Moodie team may fall back and regroup and try again next season. Henry Joy has to push himself possibly harder than ever now if he hopes to unseat Choiniere from the Championship. With five events left nothing is for sure. Dusty Times

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Box 101 Crandon, WI54520 (715) 478-2222 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 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 ewnts 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. Box 645 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 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 Vahsholtz, 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 95814 (800) 237-5436 DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-36491(214) 641-2~90 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 2750 Cozumel Drive #1116 Melbourne, FL 32935 ( 407) 254-5167 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 9201 l (619) 427-5759 October 21, 1995 Superstition 250 XI 4 times around a 60 mile loop ATVs, Bikes, De_sertlites, Buggies, Cars & Trucks Lake Superstition El Centro, CA December 31, 1995 Dunaway Dash ATVs, Bikes & Deserdites Double Points 5 times around a 25 mile loop Buggies, Cars & Trucks Plaster City West El Centro, CA District 38 Schedule All ewnts near El CentTo, CA August 26, 1995 Night Team Race September 1 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 ,,,,. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ N~Y~D~ Off RO~D BOGGJ NEVADA'S LARGEST OFFROAD, SAND, STREET VW PARTS STORE TRI-MIL EXHAUSTS 1 3/8 TYPE 1 RAW ............. $75.50 1 3/8 TYPE 1 CHROME ...... $119.95 1 1/2 TYPE 1 RAW ............. $79.95 11/2 TYPE 1 CHROME ...... $115.95 1 5/8 TYPE 1 RAW ............. $95.95 1 5/8 TYPE 1 CHROME ...... $127.95 KENNEDY CLUTCHES 200MM DISC 4-PUCK ... $48.00 200MM 1700 P-PLATE .. $99.00 200MM 2500 P-PLATE.$125.00 *EARLY -OR LATE STYLES* SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS ANTI SUB BEL TS 2 • ...... $23.95 LAP BELTS 3 • .............. $58.95 SHOULDER BELTS ........ $46.80 SHOULDER BELT W/ STERNUM ................................. $72. 95 5 PT. SIMPSON SET BLK,BLUE AND RED ........... J ••••••••••••••• $94.95 WE CARRY AURORA VDO BAKER BATTERIES SWAY AWAY WRIGHT PLACE · EARLS SUPER TRAP SWEP CO. BUG PACK EMPI CHENOWTH FODDRIL UNI-FILTER K&N TRI-MIL PERMACOOL BEARDS PIAA FOX SHOXS COMP-U-FIRE WEBER CARBS SAND TIRES & RIMS GERMAN AUTO CENTERLINE ULTRA SIMPSON SCAT RACE READY 11 GALLONS DUMP CANS~ .. $69.95 CHENOWTH _ CLASS 11 CAGE ............... $154.95 QUICK RELEASE STEERING HUB ~ .................................. $32·.95 UMP SUPER FILTER UMP SUPER FILTER .............. $169.95 UMP ADAPTER, FITS SOLEX .... ·································~·sag.95 ULTRA WHEELS 15X4 FRONTS ................. $80.00 1 SX7 REAR STD. OFFSETS.$85.00 YOKOHAMA$ REARS 33X10.S0.15 .............. $124.00 HIGHWAY TREAD & TRACTION ····································$85.00 WORTH 1 LAYER DRIVING SUITS ....... $99.95 3054 S. 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GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 -(714) 880-1733 McKenzie Series Races October 22, 1995 Decembe~ 3, 1995 Glen Helen Special Events (Contact BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. Box 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (310) 988-6.250 USA Sand Drags (909) 877-5045 September 16, 1995 October 14, 1995 November 11, 1995 GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ( 404) 963-0252 GREAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA 13621 Pierce St. Omaha, NE 68144-1122 ( 402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha, NE 68122 (402)496-0846 Eve. August 19, 1995 (all races at Weslfair Fair Grounds, Council Bluffs, Iowa on a ¾ mile course similar to the MTEG tracks, and Classes 1, r-r6oo, 7S and Quad under SODA rules) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O . Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (All events staged at the club g,-ounds in Cleves, Ohio) INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 St. Paul, MN 55108 Steve Beddor (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 INTER-SHOWS . MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. ~ox 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 465 Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C-5L2 Bob-(604)374-7175 days Randy (604) 579-9621 eves Keith (604) 828-1795 anytime ( All events start 7 miles NW of Kamloops) LA RANA DESERT RACING P.O. Box 1365 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619) 240-13351(619) 240-1312 August 12-13, 1995 Off Road Desert Short Course Barstow, CA September 22-24, 1995 California 200 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 CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 August 12, 1995 4:00 p.m. Corunna, MI August 19, 1995 Motorcycles and ATVs only Mt. Morris, MI August 24, 1995 7:00 p.m. Hudsonville, MI August 26-27, 1995 1:00 p.m. Off Road Nationals Kalamazoo, MI Other Dates Pending November 4, 1995 Banquet at 7:00 p.m. Diamondale, MI MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION David Cronin, President. MAORA 2590 Mullanphy Florissant, MO 63031 (618) 765-2199 September 9, 1995 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Casey, IL (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series produced b:y Lincoln Trail Off Roaders) MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barrett 6363 Nightingale Dr. BIGGER IS BETTER Upgrade the C.V.s and -torsion axles on your pre-runner, IRS Baja Bug or limited horsepow.er off road race car by letting us convert your stub axles and transmission•output bells to accept the !ar er C.V. ioints. .. !:..,, Convert Type I stub axles and output bell to accept Type II or Type IV or 930 C.V. _ onvert Type 11 stub axles and output bell to accept 930 C.V. joints. All axles and bells for Type 11 or Type IV C.V.s can be U,rea.ded. 3/a-24 or stock .8mm. All axles and Bells for 930 C.V.s can be hreaded 3/a-?4.Q.i;,_stock 10mm threads. FIT YOUR.Off ROADERI 1TH UPGRAl>ED AXLES AND BELLS ~! on your sup_l!_liet_.parts:. ER .-., ~~'WM. . Stop the up-trave on your suspension with t~is advanced bump stop system. . Bump Stopa come complete with a mounting sys~em. poly~rethane nd piece; and enough valving to 'get the job done. ECONOMI_CALL Y P~ICED· AT $319.90 ~er pair. lncludinQ the mounting hardware and the GAS bolts SEE YOUR OFF ~AD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. Yarnell Specialties Inc. 102 Crelhiew · ' · P;O.Boxa.t5 1-eGl-427-3551 YaineH, AZ. 85382-0845 . Page 10 Flint, MI 48506 (810) 736-9221 September 9-10, 1995 Mt. Baldy Hill Climb Silver Lake St. Park, MI NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. #1 -Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK 1360 Kleppe Lane Sparks, NV (702)331-48001(702)331-5107 Fax August 23-27, 1995 Truck Show Reno 300 Off Road Race N1W Consumer Truck "Expo" OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wheel Drive· Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 822-8508 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 Vasquez 13180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-8899 September 2-3, 1995 November4-5, 1995 ( All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake Take I-10 Horizon Blvd exit east 12 miles) OHIO OFF ROADERS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 15 Stonecreek, Ohio 43840 (216) 339-4674 or (216) 897-5100 Hill Climb & Stadium Style Off Road Racing at Bear Creek Amphitheater Bolimr, Ohio September 9, 1995 Bear Creek Amplitheater September 23, 1995 Cadiz Fairgrounds ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION. Bob Joseph, President 80 Hempstead Dr. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada LBW 2E7 - (905) 574-7068 August 26-2 7, 1995 Kalamazoo Fairgrounds Kalama:oo, Ml, USA September 16-17, 1995 Cedar Springs Cedar Springs, Ontario, Canada October 7-8, 1995 Grand Bend Octoberfest Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada (Tentative) 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 August 25-26, 1995 Ojibwe Forests Pro Rally Bemidji.MN September 1-4, 1995 United States Road Rally Challenge John Emmons Registrar (608) 534-6939 Two Tour events and one Trap rally National Pro Rally teams will Challenge the Divisional road rally teams. October 20-21, 1995 Lake Superior Pro Rally Houghton, MI December 1-2, 1995 Maine Forest Rally Rumford, ME September 1995 Trail Nota ••• THE FINAL FLAG-Andy Dishong, the chief starter for nearly 20 years for both HDRA and SCORE, passed away on July 9, 1995 in Las, Vegas NV, his home in recent years. Andy was 61 years old and had been battling cancer for many months. Andy's second most favorite pastime was chili cookoffs, and over the years he had a closet full of awards from these events, and he also brought chile to the off road races and it was tasty. One of his goals was to complete his starting duties at the Fireworks 250 last July, and he did get that accomplished; although he was thin and looked tired he did enjoy his last fling in the off road environment. A memorial service was held on July 11 in Las Vegas and then friends and family moved south to SCORE headquarters near Sloan, NV for a good old fashioned wake, similar to the one held for Walt Lott there a few years back. Andy would have liked that sendoff. We offer sincere sympathy to his wife Linda, sons, daughters, brothers, all the family and those who treasured his friendship. Godspeed Andy; say ~ello to Walt for us. THE ANNUAL California Volkswagen Jamboree is celebrating its tenth anniversary on Sunday August 20, 1995 on 160 acres of the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, CA. It will be jam packed with fun and surprises in honor of its tenth anniversary. "Because of the support and patronage we've received from VW enthusiasts, we've got some real treats this year" declared Al Martinez, president of Inter-Shows Motorsport Promotions. Over 500 custom and vintage VW s will be competing for trophies in over 40 car show classes. Along with all the trophies, the prestigious Best of Show prize is worth $1,000.00. In addition, to commemorate this 10 year anniversary celebration, the Outrageous bikini contest prize money purse has been raised to $1.000.00 as well. The tenth edition of the Jamboree will include dealer and manufacturer displays and sales booths, a giant indoor swap meet for used parts only, cars for sale and much more. Get more info' from the 24 hourinformation line at (714) 364-3672. It sounds like the ideal place for VW enthusiasts. U .A.E. DESERT CHALLENGE is scheduled for October 31-November 4, 1995, unfortunately a close date conflict with the SCORE Baja 1000. The Dubai based event is part of the FIA World Cup Cross Country championship which is the FIA 's Off Road World Championshif series. Check the story on the 1994 event in this issue for what this race is al about, and it sounds great. The entry fee is $6,500, but includes two round trip airline tickets, hotel rooms for a week and ocean shipping for the race vehicle. The organizers would like to see four or five US teams enter this year, including some of our top name drivers. The American vehicles will compete in their own class, separate for the FIA classes, eliminating the need for homologation papers. The event will be run in daily sections of around 150-500 kilometers(95-315 miles), with some overnight rest and service breaks at a facility with hot showers and catered food. Navigation will be by Global Positioning Satellite, and there are almost no landmarks as most sa~d dunes look alike. Drivers running in the Baja 1000 can be in Los Angeles on the Sunday prior to the 1000, which leaves plenty of time to adjust to West Coast time and do some last minute pre-running. (There are lots of time zones to cross, which works for people doing the 1000.) Car prep space and equipment will be available at Bin Sulayem Performance, a large facility that does a lot of off road and high performance work, as well as preparing many vehicles for the Dubai military. The owner of the company and a regular competitor on the World Rally Championship events, Mohammed Bin Sulayem, is one of the event organizers. Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates and sits on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf. (It's quiet over there now.) This should be a dandy event, their fifth one, if you have the spare time and the money. The US contact for more complete information is Ed Jacobs, Wind River Group, 900 State Mill Road, Akron, Ohio 44319 USA. Telephone (216)644-7774, Fax (216) 645-2045, CompuServe 76270,1470, Internet 76260.1470@ COMPUSERVE. COM or Windriv@ AOL.COM. SODA REPORT -On July 8-9 the SODA Series was at Luxemburg, WI with a full entry. Some familiar names were missing from the top spots. The full story will be here next month, but meanwhile the class winners were: 9/10 Jeff Probst, 4 Rob MacCachren, 8 Walker Evans, 2-1600 Dan Baudoux, SODA Lites Phil Doyle, 6 Rick Rayford, 8S Mike Bergnere, 1 lD Glen Mathews, 5-1600 Mike Brue, 7S John Greaves. On Sunday winners were: 13 Brendan Gaughan, 1 / 2 Todd Attig, 1-1600 Jason Crowder, 1 lS Glen Mathews, Production Heavy Metal Challenge Kevin Probst, Unlimited Buggy Challenge Jeff Probst, Limited Buggy Challenge Greg Smith, Non-Production Heavy Metal Dan Vanden Heuvel, Women's Limited Buggy Sarah Sawall, Women's Unlimited Buggy Tina Crowder, Women's Heavy Metal Valerie James-Rehn. See the full story next month with photos. For the Great Northern Challenge we can't seem to find the complete results, but do have a couple of press releases, one from the.Probst team who have a new marketing manager. They had a fantastic weekend. Jeff earned a second in the Class 9 /10 race in-the Laser, just one second behind the winner and he went on to win Class 1 in a flag to flag run, and did the same in winning the Unlimited Challenge. Kevin didn't have quite those good results, and the Class 4 race started with a three truck crash in the first turn. Rob MacCachren, Ford, tangled with Jack Flannery, Chevrolet, and Scott Douglas, Dodge. The Dodge overturned, the Chevy was launched 18 feet in the air landing on top of the Ford. The race was red flagged and it took a while to clean up the track. Luckily there were no injuries. Kevin ended well back on the restart but finished second in the GMC, just four seconds behind the winner. Next day Kevin was fifth in the Production Challenge race. Complete results next month. RALLY RAID IN SPAIN lures Don-A-Vee Jeep. In the seven event FIA All Terrain Rally Raid World championship series the one in Zaragoza in northeast Spain is designed as a non-stop•500 mile race and is patterned after the Baja 500. Last July Don-A-Vee Motorsports was the first American team to represent an American manufacturer as Darren Skilton raced the Jeep Cherokee Sport that carried him to two Baja 1000 Class 6 wins. No report yet on how the Jeep did at press time, but we will have a story next month . Don-A-Vee Jeep-Eagle and American Racing Custom wheels are the major sponsors, and their host in Spain was Chrysler Jeep Iberia, the Spanish Distributor. HARRIS DONE WON the Prescott Forest PRO Rally overall and the national points with Larry Scott navigating the Group 2 RX-7 Mazda. In fact CRS members dominate the results. Chris W eleff and Brian Paul topped Group A in the Toyota Celka GT4 and Lon Peterson and Bill Gutzmann put the little Kia Sephia in fourth overall and won Production Class. Dave Turner and Ben Bradley were sixth overall and first truck Tony Chavez and Jose Doria won Open Class in the Mitsubishi Eclipse at 8th overall, and Prescott resident Roger Hull with Sean Gallagher won Production GT in an Eagle Talon. The rally had little effect on National Point standings. Full report next month Dusty Times

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. .. ·SCORE Score International 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Las Vegas, NV 89124 ( 702) 361-5404 September 8-10, 1995 Nevada 300 Laughlin, NV November8-l l, 1995 Tecate Baja 1000 The Peninsula Run Baja California December 2, 1995 Awards Banquet S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association El ice Simonis Tucker 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 (714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, -NV 89106 ( 702) 452-4522 September 29-October 1, 1995 SNORE250 Las Vegas, NV October 27-29, 1995 Double Trouble Las Vegas, NV December 1-3, 1995 Eldorado 250 Las Vegas, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa. WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA/(414) 257-0422 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, 1X 25 miles west of Odessa, 1X TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Carney, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Rpad Racing Association Dave Urbanowic:, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (All etients 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 September 2-4, 1995 Yerington to Fallon and Back Yerington, NV September 30-0ctober 1, 1995 Fall Short Course Race Prairie' City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA October 28-29, 1995 Championship Off Road Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, 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 Dusty Times OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire 1255 W averly Drive Latrobe, PA 15650 (412) 532..()802 August 26, 1995 Challenger Raceway 4x4sOnly Indiana, PA September 23-24, 1995 Challenger Raceway 4x4s Only National Race Indiana, PA September JO-October 1, 1995 Steel City Raceway All Classes Pittsburg, PA October 14-15, 1995 Steel City Raceway All Classes Pittsburgh, PA WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 5913 So. U .S. Hwy 45 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 2939 E. Grovers Oshkosh, WI54901 1665 Delaware St. Phoenix, AZ 85023 (414)688-5509 Oshkosh, Wl54901 (602) 971-3730 ( 414) 426..()4701( 414 ) 982-7306 September 2, 1995 FIA WORLD RALLY Augu st 11-12, 1995 Snowflake 200 CHAMPIONSHIP Third Annual 4x4 New London Snowflake, AZ August 17-25, 1995 Off Road Jamboree September 16, 1995 (Near) New London, WI Veterans Memorial Coliseum Rally of 1000 Lakes -F2 Finland Ari:ona State Fairgrounds September 15-18, 1995 AfflNTION Phoenix, AZ RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS October 7, 1995 Rally Australia -WCI AP Buckeye Bash 125 Australia List :your coming etients in DUSTY Buckeye, AZ October 8-12, 1995 TIMES free! It is the only way some fans December 2, 1995 Sanremo Rally -F2 know about :your event, if they don't happen Italy to be on :your club mailing list. Don't call, Point to Point 150 October 22-25, 1995 but mail :your 1995 schedule as soon as Rocky Point, Sonora, MX possible for listing in this column; it could Spain/ Catulunya -WC bring :you some extra entries! Mail :your race WISCONSIN November 19-22, 1995 or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, OFF ROAD FESTIVAL RAC Rally - WC 2075 1 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA Terry or Bev Friday England 91,p 1-44o8. September 1995 Page 11 "

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SCORE RREWORKS 150 Bob Gordon Wins Overall By Judy Smith Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. " Dan Smith and Dave Ashley had a clean run as Ashley put the F ~rd out front in Class 8 from the green flag, handed over to Smith with the le .1, and Dan motored on in not only winning Class 8 bµt taking third overall. then came Brian Collins in his alternator and fan had come off, Porsche Chenowth, followed by breaking his distributor cap and Ed and Tim Herbst in a Porsche rotor. Then his battery had fallen powered Mike Smith chassis. out. And that's not all. On the second lap, as Gordon Gordon's last lap was a clean Bob Gordon ran solo in the hot and dusty race, after starting tenth he took over the lead on the first lap, ran smooth sailed along smoothly, Collins one also. He later said that "If dropped out, the Herbsts moved we'd had to run harder, we'd have up to second place, eight minutes put Butch ( Arciero) in." But as it back, followed by Chase and was, Butch didn't drive. They got Brant, then Steve Sourapas and the win with 11 minutes on the Doug Fortin in a Race Car second overall vehicle, and 36 Dynamics chassis, and in fifth, minutes on the second car in their Rick and Randy Wilson in their class.ThatwasJulsonandLofton. Jimco. The course was dusty, but And in third it was Thomas, two a stiff breeze was keeping the dust hours and 45 minutes later, and moving enough to let the drivers the last car in the class to finish. and easy building his lead and won Class 1 /2, first overall and set fast lap of the day in the VW powered Chenowth. The old air cooled is ideal for such weather conditions. find their way around. As we noted, Thomas had had Bob Gordon soloed his Type IV powered Chenowth to an easy overall victory at the Fireworks 250, leading all the way. It was a hot and dusty day, and even at 6:30 in the morning when the first car was flagged off, it was appar-ent that it would be a scorcher. For this weekend the Trophy-Trucks had been separated from the Pro and Sportsman classes, racing on Friday while contin-gency and tech inspection for the others was in process. The nearby parking lot of the T anger whole-sale mall, a new addition at the Len wood exit of the 1-15 was used for contingency, giving comforta-ble access to restrooms, air-conditioned shops and eateries. It was handy to the main pit area, which was a three minute drive down the newly paved access road. The course was a 62 mile loop using miles of familiar trails in the Johnson Valley Off Highway Vehicle area just east of the 1-15, and running over to Barstow Road. It crossed Stoddard Well Road four times in its wanderings, and spread from the Wildwash Exit north to near the Lenwood Exit. It was a four lap, 248 mile race for Classes 1 through 10, and a three-lapper for Classes 11, Ray Croll is having fun with his new A-Arm Jimco, powered by Toyota, and Ray had a good day, stopping only for fuel and he bested 23 other Class 10 cars en route to victory and a keen second overall too. Stock Full and Stock Mini. Eve-ryone had a nine hour time limit. The Class 1 cars took off first, on a bone dry and already heavily · chewed up course, thanks to the Trophy-Trucks event from the day before. They were flagged off one every 20 seconds, and the leaders were back around again about an hour and a quarter later. Gordon, who'd started 10th, had already worked his way up to first on the road, and he had a lead of over three minutes on Stuart Chase and Ron Brant in their Persche Raceco. In third it was Tom and Steve Martin in their Pontiac powered Raceco, and -~~tz;;;~::~'.:.-. -.. ,, Gordon, who'd recorded the to cope with more than just his fastlap forthe event atl: 12:49 on mechanical ailments. About 25 the second lap, relaxed a little minutes before Gordon finished now, slowed the pace, but hung word filtered back to the start/ -on to his lead. He had 16 minutes finish area that there was a brush on the second place Wilsons at fire out near Wild Wash, and that the end of lap three. And now the Forest Service was stopping Sourapas and Fortin, the Herbsts, the race cars in order to assure and Chase and Brant were all clear access for emergency vehi-gone. The Martins had come back des. They began holding racers at uptothirdplace,whileMikeJul-about 11:15. Some of those son and Bob Lofton, who'd torn stopped later reported that it off a wheel and ruined their rear wasn't a big fire, since there was brakes on lap two, were now little to burn but short grasses, fourth in their Jimco. Ryan Tho-and in any case the wind was mas, after two over-long laps, was blowing the flames away from the fifth, running an hour and a half race area. Most of the racers felt down. He'd lost time when his they could have safdy passed along the area of the fire if they' hadn't been stopped. But the issue was the safety of the fire crews, and the quick dousing of the flames. All together the Forest Service stopped about 38 cars, some of whom waited as long as 45 minutes before being allowed to move on. Thomas, already running late, was also stopped, and lost another 15 minutes to this untimely emergency. They have been missing from the Class 5 ranks this season, but they came back aiming to win. Greg Diehl and Brad Person took the lead on the first lap, never looked back, overcame a plug wire problem on the last lap and won by 10 minutes. Since they'd had no warning that the racers would be stopped, SCORE hadn't been able to get anyone out to the site to keep track of times. Therefore, they decided there was nothing to do but declare in an "Act of God", and sympathize with those who were caught. Earlier in the morning, at about Mike Julson and Bob Lofton kept their VW Jimco roaring in Class 1 and despite losing a wheel and brakes the pair finished second in class, 12th overall. Darren Skilton is coming on strong in his Jeep Cherokee this season and at Barstow he was second in Class B, about two minutes back and. fifth overall. · Kyle Taylor, who drove alone in the Chevy, ran on seven cylinders for a time, but still placed third in Class 8 and 10th overall, about 13 minutes back. Page 12 September 1995 Dusty Times

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Larry Bolin was another Class 10 driver going solo, and he reported no problems with his Raceco on his way to fourth overall and second in Class 10. Larry Job and Rob MacCachren had a strong race going, but a flat tire on the Mirage/ Toyota dropped this potent team to third in Class 10 and sixth overall. Mike Russell and Alan Bodtker used a 914 Porsche body style for their Class 5 Baja Bug and challenged all the way but finished second in Class 5 action. 9:40, there had been another report of flames and smoke. That turned out to be the swan song of the Wayne Morgan/Dave Mas-singham entry. At Mile 58 the car, powered by a V 4 motor, had ground to a halt, its back end aflame because of a broken exhaust which took out a fuel line. The flames spread to a nearby Joshua tree, but since the car was parked in a wash nothing else caught. The wind kept the fire at the back of the car, and with the help of some fans who drove up, Dave and his co-driver, who'd long since emptied their extin-guisher, threw enough sand on it to put out the flames. Paul Fish, SCORE's Race Director, showed up in a helicopter about then, and used his extinguisher to put out , the Joshua tree. That fire had nothing to do with the later brush fire, which was at the southern-most point of the course, at about Mile 32. The Class 8 trucks went next, running very evenly paced times. and these folks found the course Ashley got partway around the rough and dusty. Dave Ashley third lap and handed the truck had his Ford in front, with the over to Dan Smith, who also class fast lap of 1:17:48, and found it dusty, but he held that nearly four minutes ahead of Dale lead, now up to nine minutes, White who ran second in his with Skilton still running second. Chevy. In third it was Kyle Tay-Taylor was up to third again, and lor, who'd already lost a cylinder Johnson, who'd broken a ball-in his Chevy, and was running on joint, was fourth, but over an seven. And Bob Delozier was · hour off the lead pace. White was fourth in his Chevy, followed by I sidelined with a four hour prob-Darren Skilton, Jeep, who'd for- lem of some sort. gotten to top off his fuel, and had Ashley and Smith plowed to make a quick stop just minutes through the dust to take the win, after taking the green flag. but it was close, with Skilton just Ashley continued to lead a minute and 19 seconds behind through lap two, although he'd them. He'd had no flats, and no had some flats, due to hitting mechanical problems beyond stal-things in the dust, and his lead had ling the truck once. In third it was narrowed to just under a minute. Taylor, who'd also driven all the Skilton was now in second, with way, still on seven cylinders, and Rick Johnson in third in his bothered only by one flat and a Chevy. Johnson reported that little problem with the rear end. he's been in so much dust on the Johnson was fourth, a flat which first lap he'd had to stop occa- had torn up his spindle, caliper sionally. Taylor was now fourth, and tie rod, putting him back over The Brawley boys team, Scott Webster and Todd Teuscher had the ORBS tuned for Barstow's rough course, bided their time while staying in the front group, had a good lead until the fire stop, but won Class 1-2-1600 by one second. an hour more. Next to take off were the Class 10 cars, and they had a heckuva day. Competition was tight. At , the end of lap one the lead belonged to Charlie and Rudy Townsley in a Chenowth. They had 32 seconds on Ray Croll in his A-armed J imco. In third it was Larry ,,,-SECOND FLAMINGO RD. & THE STRIP LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 1-800-634-6755 WEST FLAMINGO & VALLEY VIEW 1-800-331-5334 Dusty Times LAS VEGAS, NEVADA September 1995 TO NONE Page 13

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George Seeley and Ty Goode had a flat to slow their pace, but otherwise they had a good day in the hot desert taking a close third in Class 5, just 3 minutes back. Brent Grizzle drove solo at the Fireworks 250, worked up to Dean and Mark Bayerle ran steady in the 1-2-1600 Raceco until t!Jird, then second in Class 1-2-1600 in the Chenowth and lost the last lap when the generator.tight glowed, but they made it the win by ONE Second. home third in class. ------------------- ----: JJj\~ Geraldo Novelo ran second off the line in his Class 7 Nissan, and when the leaders had problems he moved into first place and despite a broken spring he held the lead and won Class 7 by 29 minutes. r,r . Bolin in his old Raceco, fol-lowed by Rob MacCachren in his Toyota powered Mirage, and then Tom Schilling in another A-armed Jimco. There were only three minutes and 43 seconds separating first and fifth. The T ownsleys had a flat that broke a caliper, and also broke a trailing arm, so they fell way back, leaving Croll out front. He'd recorded the class fast lap at 1:16:30, and now had four min-utes on Bolin. He was about three minutes in front of Mike and Jim Zupanovich, in their Moulton, whci were tied for fourth with Brian Parkhouse, in his Mirage. Another minute-and-a-half later came MacCachren, in fifth. Croll was having a good day, stopping only for fuel, and con-tinued to lead through lap three. Now he was seven minutes in front of Bolin, who'd also stopped for fuel, and was having no problems. In third it was Park-house's co-driver, Willie Melan-con, who found the rear suspen-sion a bit odd, and hard to aim. He also thought the course was "really, really rough." Larry Job had taken over for MacCachren, and he ran fourth, after a flat, while Schilling, who'd had a cou-ple of flats, was now fifth. Croll continued his smooth run to take the win and second over-all. Bolin, coming in 12 minutes later, was second and fourth over-all. Then it was Job and Mac-Cachren, followed by Parkhouse and Melancon. In Class 5 the first lap lead belonged to Greg Diehl, who had about six minutes on George See-ley, running second. In third it was Mike Russell, in his Type IV powered 914 Porsche Bug, with Lyn Mocaby running fourth. Diehl held his lead, and built it to 17 minutes on the second lap, and now it was Russell in second and Seeley in third, with Mocaby still fourth. Diehl drove· the third lap also, and had built his lead to 20 min-utes. Russell, who was second, was having a good day with his still new car, reporting no prob-lems and no flats, in its third race. Seeley's co-driver, Ty Goode was driving now, and still third, fol-lowed by Mocaby. And that's how they finished. Diehl's co-driver, Brad Person drove the final lap, and he had a plug wire problem for the last six miles, which slowed him down up a pretty good lead, but right some, but he held on to the lead, before the finish he broke a link and got the win. Russell finished pin and couldn't steer. He had to second, followed in by Seeley and push the car the last 50 feet, and in Goode who'd had a late flat, and the terrible heat he thought he'd then Mocaby. pass out, but he made it across. The 1-2-1600 cars went next Then came Grizzle, so close that and Danny Porter and Mark they had to wait for official word Ruddis put themselves into the to know who had it. And it was first lap lead in their Suspensions Teuscher and Webster -by one Unlimited car. They had a little second. Grizzle's late arrival at the over two minutes on Bob Scott in staging area probably cost him a a Lothringer, who was less than a win. The Bayerle brothers were minute up on Ron Wilson and third, running the last 40 miles Lee Patten in another Suspen- with the alternator light warning sions Unlimited car. In fourth it them of impending disaster. In was Scott Webster in his ORBS, fourth it was Griffin, and John followed by Gary Cogbill and and Jeff Kawell, in a home made Doug West in their Jimco. chassis, were fifth after a flat while Porter and Ruddis lost over an carrying no spare, and the loss of hour on lap two, and fell way their third gear. These brothers back, while Scott moved into the are second generation racers; their lead. Now he had just under three dad, Skip, goes way back. minutes on Webster. Dean Baye-The Class 7 trucks took off rle was third now in his Raceco, next, and Jeff Lewis had his Chevy and Brent Grizzle had put his in front after one lap, with Ger-J imco in fourth. He'd got off to a ardo Novelo seven minutes back late start when he misjudged his in his Nissan. In third it was Tim start time and couldn't get into Lawrence, in a Ford, about three line with his class. He'd guessed minutes further back, and fol-that racers would be flagged off at lowed by George Fetty and Bob 30 second intervals, but they were Land, in another Ford. sent off at 20 second intervals Lewis continued to lead instead. Quite a few racers were through lap two, with Novelo caught not quite ready because of holding on to second, even with a this. The interval had not been in broken rear leaf spring. Lawrence the drivers' packet, and was sche-had to add power steering fluid, duled to be announced at the but held third, with Land and drivers' meeting. But there was no Fetty still in fourth. drivers' meeting. Grizzle lost a Novelo moved into the lead on minute, which turned out to be the third lap when Lewis had to significant. stop for repairs to a broken leaf Scott continued to lead spring. Lawrence's co-driver, through the third lap, now with Robert Guthrie was at the wheel four minutes on Webster's co-now, and he held third with Land driver, Todd Teuscher. Grizzle and Fetty a distant fourth. ran third, about three minutes Novelo, whose front shocks later, with Mitch Griffin, in a had blown on the second lap, had Lothringer, in fourth, his car two flats on the third lap, and an "shootin' ducks" for some overheatedtransmission,butstill unknown reason. In fifth it was managed to hang on to his lead Mark Bayerle, Dean's brother. and take the win. Lewis struggled These folks were all caught by some more, had a flat, and got the fire, and when released they caughtatthefire, to finish second. ran close together, ina lot of dust, Lawrence and Guthrie's third to the finish. 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Land and Fetty struggled with no power steering and got back to the finish line, but were overtime by six minutes, and didn't get an official finish. In Class 7S the first lap lead belonged to Rick Johnson, who had his Ford just 33 seconds in front of Billy Bunch in another Ford. In third it was Javier Sacio in a Nissan, and John and Mike Becker had their Ford in fourth. Johnson, whose truck used to belong to Chuck Johnson, and was originally built by John John-son (none of whom are related), held his lead, and had 11 minutes at the end of the second lap. It was still Sacio in second, with the Beckers up to third, and Bunch in fourth, after breaking a driveshaft. Johnson stayed put in front, but Sacio disappeared and Bunch's co-driver, John Kearney, moved into second place, with Scott Steinberger and Larry Plank, in another Ford, having power steering problems, moved into third. In fourth it was now the Beckers, who'd had broken spring hangers. Johnson, who lost 10 or 15 minutes to the fire, held onto his lead, and got his win, saying it was a "beautiful day." Bunch and Kearney finished second, but were penalized a position for not complying with officials' instruc-tions at the site of the fire. That put the Beckers into second place, and dropped Bunch and Kearney to third. Steinberger and Plank were fourth. The limited Baja Bugs, Class 5-1600, got the green flag next, and at the end of their first lap the lead belonged to Gerardo lribe, who was less than a minute up on Gus-tavo Vildosola. Vince Alcoulou-mre ran third in his V-Mar, with Danny Ledezma in fourth. On the second lap Vildosola moved to the front, now 10 min-utes up on Alcouloumre, who had 10 minutes on Ledezma. In fourth I it was Iribe, who'd lost his brakes RAO NG ENQNES, TRANSMISSIONS AND OFFROAD PARTS Send or cali for our new catalog S5.00 .1558 No. Case• Orange, CA 926!>7 J (714) 637-2889 •fax (714) rm-7352 Rick D. 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. ' -:.:'.l;}t,i_ ~ . Mitch Griffin, running solo, ran fast despite a misfiring engine, and he moved steadily up the ladder in Class 1-2-1600, and his Lothringer was 4th. Jeff Lewis led from the green flag for two laps, stopped to repair a broken spring, but still managed to finish second in Class 7 in the Chevy. John and Mike Becker did a wheel stand in their Ford Ranger, and despite spring hanger troubles they moved into second place in Class 7S at the flag. early, then flattened a tire when he couldn't stop in time. Vildosola turned his car over to Charlie Watters, who built the lead to 12 minutes at the end of lap three. They were having a trouble free day. In second it was still Alcouloumre who was driv-ing the whole thing, and he'd had one flat so far. Ledezma's cousin, Mario, drove part oflap three, but blistered his hands, and turned it over to another family member, Oscar, who finished the lap in third. The lribe family car was still in fourth, with dad, Carlos, at the wheel now. Their second car, with the other son, Humberto, had gone out on lap one when the alternator stand broke. Vildosola and Watters, who were held up at the fire for only about two minutes, went on trou-ble free to take another win. They've won four out of five for the season. Alcouloumre finished second, coming in on his second flat tire. The Ledezma family, with Danny doing the last lap, had broken a tie.rod at the inner end. and had also had problems with a switch that needed to be hot wired, but they finished third, fol-lowed in by the Iribes. · SCORE officials later announced that both the Ledezma car and the Iribe car were penalized one posi-tion for failure to follow instruc-tions at the fire site, with the result that Richard Bell and Matt Drever, originally fifth, ended up in third position. Bell, from Great Britain, had flown in to run this race as a sort of practice for the Baja 1000 in November. He's a 5-1600 builder back in his home Ian and Mike Abbott ran third, but lost almost an hour on their first lap, and then broke a spindle on lap two. Richardson and Perrault led for another lap and then disappeared, and James' brother, Brian, took over for lap three. At the end of that lap he was flagged in, having run out of time according to the SCORE officials. While they were happy to have their first win, the Jeffreys were disappointed to rack up their first DNF in seven races. It was reported that the other teams, those that completed less than three laps, had all broken transmissions, except for Bantilan and Abbott who lost that spindle. country. Class 3 came up against the Gustavo Vildosolo and Charlie Wafters are the class of Class 5-160_0 this Class 9 didn't fare well on this official cut-off time also and were season, took the lead on the second lap, and even a short <:J.elay at the f,re did fl d . h d f •1 h not slow the,r march to victory, the,r fourth this season. tough course, and none of them agge mat t e en o ap t ree. ------------------------ - - -managed to finish. But while they Robert Hayley and Vic Bruck- • Blazer. Dick Sasser and Genaro been bypassed, were probably were running the Jimco of Rich mann had kept their Bronco in Curiel did only one lap in their just as well off with the shortened Richardson and Doug Perrault front all the way, staying as far as Scout. Hayley and Bruckmann, race. was in the lead, followed by James an hour ahead of Jim and Todd whose transmission cooler had In the Stock Full class it was Jeffrey, in a Raceco. Gene Ban ti- . Gatrell in their propane powered fallen off on the third lap, and had Steve r,r HONDA Power Equipment KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ Po WE.R Racer and Spectator Discounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PuRPOSE ENGINES =--·. •~ATER PuMPS "?UTBOARD ENGINES I ' . . ;:_ . LAWNMOWERS LAWN TRACTORS EB6500SX ' . •RIDING MOWERS •TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT PARTS AND INVENTORY IF We DoN'T HA ve IT, No ONE Doest ASK FOR ART AT LA RANA RACES AT THE G&R PIT # 1523 DEUVERY TO nm RACES AVAIi.ABLE • PI...EAsE CAIL AHEAD --~---~CT:] 08 • -r::,-,,..,,. ,, ~ ~--EX1000 KAWAGUCHI HONDA 3532E.3m>Si:Los~CA9CXJ63•213.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 HONDA Power Equipment Dusty Times /v1sA) SALES, SERVICE, PARTS HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST Nothings easier iCi for opunmm pc-r!ormance :md saf~ty. pk~ te-:id lh~ 0\\,,1..-r·s manual bdon-OJM'f"3tinC your Hond3 Po...,~, Equlp~nt. Sp«U1c.iiUon• 1ubjttt to c-t-..ll'i,C ~1lhoul noth.--e. •£:tthn.uc only. ~don r.atrd load. •8."lttirry not b,dudird ~1th EM3500S.XK1. E~t5000S.\J\l and £Bo.SOOS.X. ••Wilh battery lr..ty ktl, ,1.-httls & hanicr. Conntttton ro houw powt'r Rqulrn uansrcr d~1~ to ~wokl posslblr lnJury to pc;r.·cr company penonncl. Consult a quallflrd r-lttU1c'l:m. September 1995 Page 15

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Vince Alcouloumre went solo in the surf Bug at Barstow, had one flat but he held on in second in Class 5-1600, and finished second on another flat tire. Richard Bell came from England to tune up for the Baja 1000 with this race and he and co-driver Matt Drever finished third in Class 5-1600 action. The Jimco of Rich Richardson and Doug Perrault led the first two laps in Class 9, but they disappeared into the desert on round 3, second in Class 9. f1r Olliges and Tim Casey in front. He got caught in the fire Erranova, in a Toyota, who'd had front in their '95 Ford, with two waiting line for about 40 minutes. a broken leaf spring. Felix Hur-minutes onJames Hall in his 1980 Toquotehim,"lhavebiggerbar-tado, in another Toyota, ran Ford. In third it was Austin Robi-becues at my house." But it didn't third, and then didn't complete son in a Hummer, and then came matter, as no one got by him, and another lap. Chad Hall, in the other Hummer. he came in first to get the win. On the second lap Russell and He'd had a slow leak in a tire, Chad Hall, who'd also been Erranova moved up to the front, which made it hard to steer, with caught by the fire for a while, was with about three minutes on Mar-the result that he missed a turn, second, with Robison third after tin, who changed a front radius fell into a ditch, and broke his welding a transmission mount. bushing and also did some rewir-transfer case trying to get out. Olligeswasfourth,anhourdown. ing after a short. Steve Williams, Olliges led through lap two, This class was required to run the Sheriff in the Ford Ranger, with James Hall only three min-only three laps. was now third. He'd got a late utes back in second. Chad Hall · Also running only three laps start for some reason, and gave (no relation) moved up to third, were the Stock Mini trucks, next himself what amounted to a four with Robison in fourth. off the line. And at the end of lap minute handicap. But that was Olliges had serious problems one the lead belonged to Michael nothing compared to the time he with his front end on the last lap, Martin in a Ford. He had 15 min-lost when he replaced a transmis-an.d James Hall moved up to the utes on Allen Russell and Rodney sion on the first lap. He was two -----------------------------hours down now. # Poe 110 1 115 2 101 3 1605 1 1649 2 1648 3 1612 4 1607 5 348 1 501 1 505 2 502 3 552 1 556 2 579 3 550 4 553 5 SCORE FIREWORKS 250 Reaulta - June 30-July 1-2, 1995 Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Class 1/2 -Unlimited alngle & two aeat -13 start - 3 finish Bob Gordon (solo) Type IV Chenowth Mike Julson/Bob Lofton VW Jimco Ryan Thomas Type IV Chenowth Class 1/2-1600 -1600cc Restricted Engine. 18 atart -16 finish Scott Webster/Todd Teuscher am Brent Grizzle (solo) Chenowth Dean and Mark Bayerle Raceco Mttch Griffin (solo) Lothringer John and Jeff Kawell Home Made Class 3 - Short WB 4x4 - 3 start - o finish Robert HayleyNic B,uckmann Ford Bronco Class 4 • Long WB 4x4 - o start - o finish Class 5 -Unlimited Baja Bug - 7 start • 3 finish Greg Diehl/Brad Person Baja Bug Mike RusselVAlan Bodtker 914 Porsche Bug George Seeley/Ty Goode Baja Bug Clsss 5-1600 -1600cc Baja Bug - 9 start. 5 finish Gustavo Vildosola/Charlie Watters Baja Bug Vince Alcouloumre (solo) Baja Bug Richard BelVMatt Drever Baja Bug Danny. Mario & Oscar Ledezma Baja Bug Time 5:00:58 5:36:44 8:14:54 6:43:04 6:43:05 6:46:44 6:47:40 6 :58:38 0/A 1 12 44 15 16 17 18 24 7:12:43 (3 laps) 6:51:18 7:01:37 7:04:59 6:57:18 7:05:31 8:42:52 7:08:13 21 28 30 23 32 48 35• Martin was back in front on the last lap, and stayed there to take the win. Russell and Erranova fin-ished second, while Williams was third, and last. Class 11 was also required to run only three laps. On the first lap the lead belonged to Tom Preston, who had just 19 seconds on Victor Barajas. Then Barajas' co-driver, Angel Barajas, took over on lap two, and he put the car in the lead, with two minutes and 13 seconds on Preston and his co-driver, Terry Kiely. Although none of the Class 9 entry finished four laps, Bria~ and Ja;,es Jeffery got in three rounds in the Raceco and got the winning points tor Class 9, flagged in by officials before they could start the fourth lap. 714 1 705 2 Gerado & Carlos lribe Baja Bug Class 6 - Production Sedan - o start • o finish Class 7 • Unlimited Mini Pickup - 8 start - 3 finish Gerardo Novelo Nissan Jeff Lewis Chevrolet 7:26:18 6:41:05 7:09:41 7:23:51 41• 14 Victor got in for the last lap, and, in spite of two flats and a hard hit from a Class 5 car that smashed a fender, the Barajas car finished first. Kiely and Preston, meanwhile, were held up at the site of the fire when one of the fire James Hall and Richard Mandel took the lead in the Stock Full class on the fighters broke a leg and had to be third lap, their final lap, waited 40 minutes at th_e site of the fire. but Hall hung taken out of the area. They fin-onto the lead and won the class by about 25 mmutes. ished 40 minutes later. But the ., two laps done in their Class 11 fans headed for air conditioning SCORE tech folks discovered car, and Barry Nelson and and the showers. 702 3 737 1 723 2 724 3 726 4 738 5 805 1 807 2 801 3 809 4 804 5 948 1 1004 1 1020 2 1013 3 1009 4 1021 5 1100 1 1102 2 777 1 762 2 778 3 Robert Guthrie/Tim Lawrence/Ron Norton Ford Class 7S -Stock Mini Pickup -10 start. 5 finish Rick D. & Rick L. Johnson Ford Ranger John and Mike Becker Ford Ranger Billy Bunch/John Kearney Ford Ranger Scott Steinberger/Larry Plank Ford Ranger Brady Helm/Pete Swift Toyota Class 8 · 2WD Standard Pickup - 9 start - 5 finish Dan Smith/Dave Ashley Ford F-150 Darren Skilton Jeep Grand Cherokee Kyle Taylor Chevrolet Rick Johnson Chevrolet Dave Crinklaw/John Penner Ford Class 8 • Restricted Buggy - 5 atart - o finish Brian and James Jeffery Raceco (3 laps) Claaa 10 - Unlimited 1650cc - 24 atart -13 finish Ray Croll (solo) Jlmco A Arm Larry Bolin (solo) Raceco Larry Job/Rob MacCachren Mirage Toyota Brian Parkhouse/Willie Melancon Mirage Rick Romans (solo) Raceco Claaa 11 · Stock VW aedan - 2 start -2 finish (2 lape) Thia and following classea required to run only three lape Terry Kiely/Tom Preston VW Beetle Victor & Angel Barajas- Tech DO 74 VW Beetle Claaa Mini Stock - Stock Mini Trucka • 5 start. 3 finish (3 lapa) Michael Martin Ford Ranger Allen Russell/Rodney Erranova Toyota Steve Williams Ford Ranger Claaa Stock Full - Stock Pickup Trucka - 6 start . 6 finish (3 laps) James Hall 1980 Ford Chad Hall Hummer Austin Robison Hummer 866 1 863 2 864 3 860 865 4 Steve Olliges/Tlm Casey Ford Lightning Ford 5 David Sykes/Greg Woodington Claaa Sportsman • 5 start . O finish Bill Swisher 1199 1 Trophy-Trucks • 14 start - 8 finish VWBeetle (Results held up pending accident Investigation) Total Starters, cars 125 • Total finishers cars 69 . 55%. Course - 62.12 miles per lap · 4 laps for most classes required for an official finish . • 8 hour time limit Fast Time· Pro Cars/Trucks - Bob Gordon, Class 1 • 5:00:58 . Weather: very hot, duSly and windy ·•Penalized one position for failure to follow officlars instructions at scene of a brush fire. Page 16 6:55:25 8:16:07 7:31 :09 8:29:19 8:40:01 5:22:58 5:24:17 5:35:51 6:59:56 8:50:26 8:46:06 5:11:34 5:23:16 5:28:58 5:29:09 5:31 :22 8:22:42 7:39:30 6:59:52 8:14:28 8:54:11 6:30:53 6:56:29 7:24:19 8:32:37 8:45:47 5:38:37 34 38 22 45 43• 46 47 3 5 10 26 50 2 4 6 7 8 that Barajas had an illegal carbure-Michael Mulder also did two laps In addition to the penalties tor, and he was disqualified, giv-in their Mirage 1600 car. Their assessed for lack of compliance at ing Kiely and Preston the win. second lap was a very long six the fire site, there was one driver Barajas was dismayed, explaining hours and 14 minutes. Roy Smith bumped a position for unneces-that he's been using the same car-and Pat Fealy, in a Funco Class 9 sary nerfing. The driver failed to buretor all season, with no car, managed to complete only show up at the CRB meeting, and complaints. one lap, as did Mark Cline and the penalty was thus automatic. There were only five Sports-Ruben Garcia in a Class 8 Ford. The next event will be the Sep-man entries, all required to do .All the racing was over by 4: 15 tember 8-10, Laughlin Challenge, three laps also. Bill Swisher and in the afternoon, and the over-at Laughlin, Nevada. • Tom Mangione managed to get heated and very dusty racers and Once again, I'd like to thank Michael Martin and Tim Magee led the first lap ir;, Stock Mini Truck class, but then stopped to repair some wiring and a front radius bushing, but got back in front at the checkered flag in the Ford Ranger. September 1995 Bob Hynes, the BFG Radio Relay, who send me reports of data col-lected while helping to forward radio messages. This information often helps me to know what happened to racers I was unable to find at the finish line. Thanks, Bob. We've lost an old friend. Andy Dishong, who seemed a permaent part of the start/ finish lines at SCORE events, lost his fight with cancer just a day after the Fire-works 250. We're going to miss his friendly banter and caustic wit. Our condolesces to his fam-ily. Rest in peace, Andy. Additional SCORE Fireworks 250 Pictures on Page 18 ,,,-Dusty Times

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The Antigo Kiwanis Chevrolet Off Road Challenge By &rb & Marilyn Schultz Photos: Jeanne Brown Scott Douglas, Dodge, on the left and Scott Taylor, Ford, mix it up in the corner in the Manufacturer's Production Challenge. Neither did well in the race, Taylor was 11th and Douglas 15th. It is still hard to recognize R.J. Flannagan without his red truck, but this new one brought him home second in both Class 13 and the 3-13 Challenge race. The very BEST racing action to driver who wished to run time be found in the Nation the trials received hot laps and timed weekend of]une9, 10 and 11 was laps. Track conditions were located at the Langlade County perfect, the stands were packed Fairgrounds, Antigo, Wisconsin. and the action was dynamite. Top The very BEST racing action you . guns in the Shoot Out Race ask? And who would that be, you ask? Racing under the sanctioning of SODA, the World Series of Off Road Racing, is the BEST racing action to be found not only in the Nation, but hey, the BEST in the world! The serious racing began with a Friday Night Shoot-out. The track was shortened for this race and qualifying laps were run to determine the top drivers. Each included all of the Flying Flannerys -Jumpin' Jack, Jed and Jamey as well as Walker Evans, Scott Douglas, Bryan Franken-bu rg, Kevin Probst and Jeff Holtger. While other racers ran hot laps, only a select few drivers made the final run. Some fell prey to slow times, others fell prey to b roken down machinery, and some preferred to save their vehicles for the Class racing. Not only didJumpin' Jack hold down the evening's record for fast time in qualifying, he took top honors in the final Show Down! Walker Evans placed second with Scott Douglas holding down third. As Saturday dawned it became obvious that good old Mother Nature was holding a personal vendetta against SODA racers! Not only was it rainy, it was cold! None the less, the improved and extended stands were full by 12:30 with fans waiting for At the green flag the Class 7 trucks mix it up with James Moskalik, foreground, Tom Hockers, middle, and Joe Dunlap all heading for the first turn. Hockers placed fourth, Dunlap 7th, and Moskalik was a lowly eleventh. Page iO September 199~ Joe Zilisch came from mid pack to the early lead and Joe kept the Class 13 lead from green to checkered flag and took the win. He also was 4th in the Non-Production Challenge. pre-run. Class 6 took the mud bogged track first with two of the new Class BS trucks running with them. The Class BS vehicles ran for no points as it is mandatory that at least three vehicles be on the track to constitute a Class. Truth told, the track was so muddy and rain soaked that the promoters wisely decided to have racers side step the treacherous moguls. Bill Grohowski and Rick Rayford had a nice dice going despite Rayford's flat left front tire and Groboski's black flag. Graboski had to make the choice of sliding around a course marker and taking the stop and go black flag or having to back up and re-route his course. At the final flag Graboski pulled off his second straight win with Rayford in second. Darrin Parsons held down third. Larry Wood had no luck what so ever and was down right after lap one was put in. Leonard Gehl had a nice race going until the left front ball joint parted company with the rest of the car. David Holewinski rounded out the Class 6 partici-pants. Tom Jones and Mike Mischley were the two Class BS drivers who debuted their handsome new trucks. Goodness gracious Grandma! The track was so muddy that the 5-1600 machines looked more like brown water beetles than Baja "bugs"! Greg Smith took command of the Joe Eppers machine and went on a flag to flag run for the win. Tim Christensen did his darndest to hold off the hard charging Terry Wolfe and did right well until the last two laps. Wolfe made the pass for second place on the white flag lap giving Christensen a very well driven third. Rookie David Allen joined veteran Mike Brue in having to bow out of the race on the first lap -tough luck guys. Jon Mason finished fourth, Scott Miller in fifth and Gary Plummer took home sixth with a decidedly ailing motor. Twenty Class 11 double seat drivers braved the mud and by golly, these dudes are fun to watch and very competitive! Glen Mathews must just love the mud as he went on a fantastic flag to flag run for the win! Mike Oberg, Lonnie Andrews and John Huven played kiss and tell for the entire race, passing each other, spinning out, and in general giving the crowd a real show. At the final flag Andrews pulled out the second place position, Huven took third and Oberg held down fourth. Todd Frehse spent his track time holding off Gordon Cudahay. Rounding out the top Al Wafentowski usually runs with the leaders in Class 7 action and did at Antigo and he finished the hard fought race fifth in this quick class. Art Schmitt had to fight off a serious challenge from Jeff Kincaid to hold second through the first half of the Class 7 race, then the leader retired and Art and his tidy Nissan went on to win Class 7. Dusty Times

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ten were Bryan Frankenburg and Gary Behrens. Who ever wants to pretend that Class 11 isn't a hearty class needs to know that seventeen of these cars finished the race! Given the track conditions, this is a remarkably low attrition rate! And if ya' thought twenty buggies crowded the track, ya' needed to see twenty-one Class 13 trucks take the track! By the by, and credit where credit is due, the track was constantly kept in as good a condition as was possible with graders and equipment out after each race to ensure an equal track for all drivers. Nice work Antigo! Back to Class 13. Joe Zilisch came out of a mid-pack . Jason Crowder, of the Tallahassee Crowders, was a good mudder, as he placed third in 2-1600, came back again to take another third in the 1-1600 race. Michael Oberg kept up his points count in Class 11 action, as he drove to fourth in Class 11 D, but didn't compete in the single seat bash the next day. starting position and literally . battle going when Schwartzburg class Pete Kowatsch breathing stayed just ahead of the competi-took a "love tap" and his car down his neck. MacCachren is tion! Zilisch went from start to stalled on the infield corner! next. Next lap: Kelley still in finish in first place with Bruce Baudoux went sailing by and command, Flannery on the move Shilts, R.J. Flanagan, Brendan Schwartzburgh with a re-fire came and, yep, MacCachren, then Gaughan and "Big Ed" Schultz all back to hang on to fifth place. Kowatsch. Next lap, same scene giving him plenty to worry about. Richie Ault had trouble and went except Kowatsch had an unfort-Shilts made it around the track in down on the first lap. Heath unatefull360degreespinoutand second for two laps and then Schooley finished the race but did now Kevin Probst is in the top pulled out with mechanical so with obvious mechanical fourlineup.Nextlap,samedeal. troubles. Gaughan and Flanagan troubles, all in all - nice Class Next lap, ah-ha, it's Kelley, each had a turn at second place 9 110 race gentlemen!! MacCachren, then Flannery and with Flanagan holding the Ya' want rock? Ya' want roll? Probst. Let's take an interlude. position at the checkered flag. Ya' wanta' hear big noise? It was · While this crowd standing action Gaughan took a nice third. all there for the Class 4 race. Holy is going on, Gerald Foster has Schultz moved quickly from his Cats has this class grown, twelve smoked the wall and is down. 14th place starting position to four wheel drive trucks took the Greg Gerlach has worked his way overtake Don Gregoire for line, took off and it looked to be to fifth andJeffHoltger (a man to fourth. Pat Flanagan in his new immediate disaster. Rob Mac-keep an eye on) has motivated to truck rounded out the top five Cachren was holding the pedal . sixth. Back to the front runners -with Gregoire and Lowell down full bore and just as the ~ DeGreef also finishing on the lead track appears to go off the edge of lap. the world, MacCachren smokes a don't think a soul sat down for this race as on the "interlude" lap it went this way: MacCachren, Flannery, Kelley, Probst. With Jumpin' Jack breathing hot and heavy down his neck, MacCach-ren of Chad Schlueter's Rampage Racing took the checkered flag. Kelley stayed in third, Probst held down fourth and Gerlach comp-leted the top five and the lead lap. What a race gentlemen!! Whew!! Class8's Walker Evans blasted off the green flag, went into an off roader's orbit around the track for a decisive win! Scott Taylor was off the track just about as fast as he went on the track -looks like the racing gremlins bit him hard. Brian Donlevy had his share of gremlins as he only got to put in three laps. Jed Flannery in the Bad Bow Tie truck had Scott Douglas giving him serious grief. Jed's gremlins got him on the inside corner with a spin out that let Douglas by. Now Douglas scooted on in for second place and the real show was with the Flannery Brothers! Jamey Flan-nery tried it all: but his nemesis was the corners where brother Jed simply kept the door shut. Now, it's the last lap, Jed is still ahead of' Jamey, Jamey is pounding it and wowsers! Jed crosses the finish line for third and Jamey's truck shoots smoke/steam out all over the place and looks like it's gonna' die right P-Jeff Probst made the flag to flag huge course marking tire and victory routine a five in a row caught part of the guard rail! The racing phenomenon! As a matter crowd went to it's feet thinking of fact, the dude put a fifteen the very worst. According to second lead on the rest of the MacCachren, "I thought I at least pack!ScottSchwalbe,ToddAttig had a flat tire, no that felt good. and Jerry Whelchel kept the fans Okay maybe the steering, no that on the edge with a tight battle for felt good so I took off." This is all YOUR OFF-ROAD SPECIALISTS! PHONE: (714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622 i 2366 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 • . position. Second place Whelchel before the first lap could be put made his way around Schwalbe as in. Coming around for the first did Attig. However, Attig had to lap in first was Steve Kelley shut her down about half way piloting the Jeep like a Panzer through the race putting Schwalbe commander in overdrive. Kelley in third. Dan Baudoux and Tom hadJumpin' Jack on his tail,Jack Schwartzburg had a top dollar had the incredible rookie to this Jack Flannery started out strong in his Chevy as the overall winner of the Friday Night Shootout, and he took second in Class 4 the next day in the mud. Walker Evans kept up his winning ways in the big Dodge, winning Class 8 and fighting hard in the Production Challenge and he finished second there. Dusty Times .PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS w Cl w 0 a: :,: u en ...J < w E5 w w ::.:'. ...J 1-u 'fl a: :,: w 3 IX) < u s 1-£1 IX) DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME ~ T2 930 930 934 BOOT HOLDER .......................................... MRB-86-9305 BOOT HOLDER-CHROMOL Y .................... MCK-0108 DUAL BOOT HOLDER ................................ MCK-0108-3 DUAL BOOT HOLDER ................................ MCK-0108-1 930 CV .................................................... MCK-0250 934 CV .................................................... 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Rob MacCachren showed his Lake Geneva win was no fluke: despite snagging a huge course marker tire and the wall on lap 1, Rob came back to fight his way to the front and win Class 4. Larry Bayer is another top Class 11 competitor, but the heavy rain sank a lot of them in the mud, but Larry finished third in Class 11 S action. Todd Frehse is a top Class 11 competitor and he did well on Saturday in the two seat class, where he placed fifth, but had troubles on Sunday. race, he's off the track. Now, for the first half of the race Jeff Kincaid and Art Schmitt III were busy trading places for second and third place. When Taylor exited stage right, Kincaid took the lead. Presto - Kincaid loses his right front suspension and here comes Art! What a show!! As if this wasn't good enough, Bill Bowles came howling off the start with a mid pack starting position and roared into a dandy third place. Tom Hackers finished fourth and Al W alentowski clinched the top five. Robert C hasteen probably would've finished higher had he not rolled completely over o n lap five. . Helmets off to Chasteen, he keot the truck running and completed the list of finishers! Yep, yep, looks like a pattern for the 1600 class. T he single seaters lined up next and who do ya' suppose is dominating the top five? Try Jason Crowder, Dan Baudo ux, Mike No tary, Mike "The Kid" Seefeldt and Mark Steinhardt! Different day, same awesome racing. Crowder had the lead on the first lap and then on came Baudoux. Now, we watched Baudoux stretch out quite a lead, kinda' parked our minds on him as the winner and watched the battle going on between Crowder, "The Kid", Notary and Stein-John Schultz placed a strong third in the Non-Production Challenge, and son hardt. So heaven help us, we have George got a good start, but ended up 11th m the earlier Class 13 race. no idea why he did it, but during r,r before the line! The through the field to give first tions all thirteen starters finished SODA Lite fanny for second. Tim . the checkered flag lap Baudoux racing gods were with Jamey and Mark Steinhardt trouble and the race, SO let's give credit also Juskiewicz brought his machine just disappeared! He was off on he held on to fourth. Dave then did his best to take on to Bob Blaney, Cliff Holiday and around for third and Cory Friday the infield. Bummer. Crowder, Hackers and Jimmie Crowder Crowder. However, all efforts Roy Holmes. Way to go, guys! took fourth. Mike Cherry got to Seefeldt, Notary and Steinhardt finished out the field. were to no avail as the finish went At this point in the day the old take care of the gremlins for this put on an excellent show with If there's a pattern showing up like the race: "The Kid" in first, rain pants were yelling for help race. Cherry pulled off with mega each of them making corner after in the Class 2-1600 racing Mike Notary in second, Crowder in but by golly, ya' don't want to smoke after the engine gave out a corner, straight after straight well "The Kid" Seefeldt must be third, Baudoux with fourth and miss the SODA Lites! Holgeir few "it's all over" sounds. worth the watch. The passing pleased! Seefeldt had a fantastic Steinhardt rounding out the top Oksnevadledmostoftheracebut Rumor has it that the Antigo action didn't quit until the green to checkered race with the five. Mark Krueger, Pete Kowat-contender Phil Doyle was having Farm and Fleet store sold over checkered flag where Mike likes of Mike Notary and Jason sch, Greg Smith, Todd Crump none of that! Doyle made the two hundered pairs of rubber Notary kept control for first, Crowder putting on some heavy and Eric Brannstrom also finished pass, kept the faith for the white boots and the whole town sold Seefeldt took second, Crowder duty pressure. Dan Baudoux, on the lead lap. Know what?? flag lap and the checkered flag! out of rain gear. There are some third and Steinhardt had fourth. always a player, came weaving Despite not-so-neat track condi-·Oksnevad was right on Doyle's rumors you just have to believe, Todd Crump did an excellent job ............ ~-------------,---, ...... ------------,------, this is one of them. Lordy, did it o.f holding down fifth place. · takes the desert &y sto~ , t• Page 22 September 1995 rain! Despite the rain, it was a How many Class 11 single happy Sweet Sixteen Birthday for seats??? Would ya' settle for "a niece Tesa! whole bunch?" Twenty-four of The guys directing the Antigo these brave dudes took the green race never let the racer down. The flag and Dan Baudoux took the track is always a racer's track with ultimate revenge on his previous thrills for the fans that don't tear race. He took the lead and didn't up machinery. The track crew had disappear to anywhere. He went to again eliminate the moguls for on a flag to flag run for the win. Sunday's racing but had the track Actually it wa a very orderly race in the best condition it possibly with the top five generally holding could be in. Helmets off to ya' the position thi:y had at the guys-we'venevermetaracerwho completion of lap one. Curt complained about your track! Gerald (good to see ya' back) That hell bent for election Class took second after Todd Frehse 112 driver Todd Attig was at it had to pull off. Larry Bayer again! Attig, Jeff Probst and Jeff maintained a nice third place. St. Peter came around the last John Huven successfully held off corner on lap one close as a string Glen Mathews for fourth and of pearls. The determined Scott Glen kept Gary Behrens from Schwalbe was moving his way taking fifth. The action was good around the track with early straight across the board and in a trouble from Rick Welch. Attig's field this size ya' just gotta' put in motor just wasn't going to the names of the top ten. So, cooperate -sounded like a sick here's to Tom Dart, Bill W ojahn, puppy to us. Anyway, Probst Dwayne Walkowski and Steve made the winningpass with Attig Schleicher! Class 1 lS-greatrace!! hanging on to second with the sick Make way, make way-it's2x4-puppy motor and all. St. Peter ran 4x4 Production Challenge time!! a steady third. Now, Welch got a Whoopee -much to everyone's double black flag, must not have delight fifteen trucks started this seen the first one, had his motor ground pounding, ear ~plitting make the big pop-pop sound, it race. Kevin Probst drove like a died, came back to life and he still man possessed, made no mis-finished the race! Both Jack .takes, had no mechanical grem-Haenlein and Mike Anderson ran lins, held off Walker Evans and into early troubles. went home with a super win! And So who stacked the deck we're here to tell ya', Evans had against Scott Taylor?? Class 7S his foot through the floor board, greei;i flagged thirteen entries ran an excellent race and placed a strong.Taylorhadacommanding fantastic second. Geoff Dorr fourteen second lead and then powered around the track for a whap-bang, half way through the nice third place with Greg Gerlach Dusty Times

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and Jed Flannery placing fourth and fifth. This just wasn't a healthy Flannery race. All three of the Flying Flannery trucks green flagged. Jack went down with a flat tire and Jamey smoked a wall. Jeff Holtger had a good run going, until he rolled over after hooking a tire. Both Dave Heckers and John Heidtman ran a steady race topping off the list of finishers. Todd Attig didn't make it to the Unlimited Championship, his earlier motor problems must've been terminal. Jeff Probst and Jeff St. Peter had an early battle for position with Probst keeping the door closed. Eventually Probst put somewhat of a stretch on the Tom Jones showed off his new Class 8 S trtick, a new class this year, but not Robin Schultz drove the Class 13 right into the victory in Women's Heavy field and took home one more. enough were at Antigo to make a points counting class, but he had fun. Metal action. Her father Ed was fourth the day before in the Class 13 race. win! .Sd Peter kept second place . R .J. Flanagan. Schultz had a check both drivers and both powered on home for first. the BEST racing around -SODA with Jerry Whelchel running a terrific run holding_ Flanagan off trucks were taken off the track on Brenda Heckers placed second racing. The Series moves on to smooth third. Rick Welch held for most of the race. John has the hook. On the re-start, Schultz with Paula Parsons placing third. Crandon, Wisconsin and hey, down fourth and Scott Schwalbe turned over the famQy Class 13 to once again took the lead and So went another we_ekend of we'll see ya' trackside! took fifth. Jack Haenlein and seventeen year old son George, ________________________ __:_ _________________ _ Mark Buttles composed the then if George leaves him a remainder of the field. machine, good old dad gets a run! One more time it's Mike "The Flanagan made the pass and went Kid" Seefeldt, Mike Notary, on for second place with Schultz Jason Crowder, Mark Steinhardt, on his heels for third. Finishing in Todd Crump and the cast of order were Joe Zilisch, Tom thousands for the Limited Drews and Paul Corning. Championship. Crowder had a Holy Cow -what a raft of one lap lead, made one more lap women's buggies lined up for their and was off the field. Rats. races! Class Women's Unlimited However, enter Mike Seefeldt always flag~ first with the who said 'no problem' and went Women's Class 11 starting a heart on for the win. Steinhardt had one beat behind. In the Unlimited heck of a run, maintaining his class, Gwen Holmes took an early second place finish without leadonlytobeovertakenbyRuth difficulty. Mike Notary was Schwartzburg. Now Ruth came keeping Crump at bay when around lap one in last place and something went wrong causing worked her way around Kristin Notary to pull off, lose two SeefeldtandBarbSchadenaswell positions for a spell and let as Holmes. Nice race Ruth! Crump power on to third place. Seefeldt had a dandy second place Now Notary pulled off with two going but Holmes said "no way", laps to go, got things organized took the position and held it. and still got by Pete Kowatsch for Seefeldt took third. Schaden had fourth place. Not bad!! a heck of a time with the motor The crowd wanted action and but finished in fourth. action they got as The Non-Women's Class 11 action was Production Challenge was next. dominated by Sarah Sawall who The race was made up mostly of went flag to flag for her second Class 13 trucks with the addition win of the season. Second place ofPaulCorningandJohnGreaves was up for grabs with Karen in their Class 7S trucks. The Christensen, Shari Huven, Tracey actionatthestartofthisracewas Silloway and Annette Van wild! Lowell DeGreef somehow Wychen all in contention. At the got turned sideways and smoked final flag Huven had second, the grandstand wall and fence Silloway took third and Van hard! The fence gave a little giving Wychen placed fourth. Christen-an idea of the impact -we're glad sen got hit early on by racing to report that Lowell is all right. gremlins and was off the track. Two laps later there goes Vanden Last, but certainly not least, Heuvel with no left front tire! race of the weekend was Class Greaves was doing just super, Women's Heavy Metal. Robin until he cooked the engine right in Schultz got off the line in first with front of the crowd. Ya' know both Val James-Rehn and what they say - always do it in Christine Burnis making a hard front of the crowd! So who's run at her. Oh no, James-Rehn leading the parade? Why it's and Burnis got together mid-air going, going, Gaughan!!! Okay, on the front jumps most definite-Brendan Gaughan, Gaughan had ly putting both ladies out of the his hands full of John Schultz and race. _The red flag was thrown to Sarah Sawa/1 is virtually undefeated in Women 's Class 11 competition, last year too, and while challenged this year, nobody has beaten her as she has won the first two 1995 events. Dusty Times September 1995 Page 23

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AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT WORLD EXPEDITIONS A Trip To The Deep South By Jim Dindinger The World Expedition team poses with the cars all prepped and shiny. Shown before departure, with the Jeeps are, from the left, Darren Skilton, Greg Grasmehr, Brian Stewart and Jim Dindinger. In March of 1995 American Racing Equipment began its first in a series of off road expeditions in the southern region of Chile and Argentina, an area considered the least explored region in the world. The expedition team con-sisted of seven off road enthusi-asts and adventure seekers. Driv-ing the first of three Jeeps was Chilean off road Champion, Alex Briones. In a second Jeep Wrangler was Baja 1000 cham-pion Darren Skilton. The third vehicle, a Je-ep Cherokee, was driven by 1994 SCORE Class 8 off road Champion, Brian Ste-wart. Lending support as crew members were, Nicolas Ricor-don, a professional outdoor pho-tographer, Jim Dindinger, ARE Motorsports Manager, Greg Grasmehr, Four Wheeler Maga-:ine Associate Editor and Chris-tian Gonzales, a Videographer and camera man. The first American Racing World Expedition goal was to have an off road adventure in a part of the world that few people see. We wanted to travel off the beaten path, away from the vil-lages and paved roads and on the beaches and cart paths. Discover-ing the land from the perspective of an explorer, without agenda, only a willingness to explore lands not yet corrupted by industry or tourism. To view mountains, lakes, glaciers and waterfalls as they have existed for thousands of years, pristine, untouched and beautiful. Our final destination would be Torres Del Paine National Park in Chilean Patago-nia over 2,000 miles from our starting point in Santiago. As we arrived in the city of San-tiago I began to wonder if we had been circling the Los Angeles area for the last 14 hours. With fog so thick our pilot aborted the first landing attempt and with the sur-rounding grass hills and eucalyp-tus trees Santiago could easily be mistaken for Southern California, minus the ox carts and the Rus-sian taxi cabs of course. Even the 5.2 earthquake the night before we departed the city reminded us of home. After a short night's sleep we headed south to Conception, Chile's second largest city. The road south was similar to driving through the Baja peninsula, a two lane highway punctuated with slow moving trucks. One unmis-takable difference is the numer-ous police check points that incoming traffic encounters checking for proper registration and valid driver's licenses. Another difference is what the casual observer might view as a beautiful pine forest lining the road side as you approach Con-ception. Upon closer examina-tion you discover the forest is growing in neat farm like rows, the product of reforestation and the unfortunate destruction of native forests. Although lumber is a major export of Chil!c', they are working towards a 0% deforesta-tion rate as harvested pine trees are replanted and more native forests a re now becoming protected. Once we crossed the Bio Bio River, 1.6 miles across at its wid-est, we dropped the air pressure in the Goodyear Wranglers to 17 lbs. and headed off the pavement and on to the forest roads towards . ~he beach. 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Our first camp site was in the sand dunes just off the beach in Playa de! Viejo, 450 miles from Santiago. After a sunrise start we continued south toward the vil-lage of Lebu, where we encoun-tered the expedition's first major test. Three trees had been cut down blocking our path to the beach. It was necessary to build a path around the first two trees by clearing all the fallen trees and removable rocks. The dirt embankment was then leveled and the larger tree trunks were used to build a ramp up and then down the embankments. The removed dirt was used to shore up our tree trunk ramp. The first Wrangler was then guided through the new path with careful attention to differential and transfer case clearance over the immovable remaining tree stumps and rocks. The final tree was then winched out of the way. The winch cable was run through a pulley secured to a tree with a tree strap and then to the top of the fallen tree. Minutes later we had a clear path to the beach. We continued along the beach until we reached the town of Lebu. Once past Lebu we were back on a tight road carved into the side of a mountain with thick brush on one side and a steep cliff on the other. With no more than twelve inches of extra room, tak-ing the correct line was critical. Even with careful driving practi-ces problems arose. As Chilean off road champion Alex Briones approached an uphill left hand curve both right side tires slipped off the road. With only black-berry bushes keeping him from sliding down the mountain, the Wrangler was immediately anchored by winch to the second vehicle. Then using a second winch the Jeep was pulled back on the path to safety. The last section of this day's drive was a 37 mile black sand beach run. This area is also home to the remaining native South Americans, the Mapuche Indians. Our second camp site was near the town of Quidico, 140 miles from Playa de! Viejo. The region between Playa de! Viejo and Boca Budi is known as the "Cordillera de Nahuenlbuta" or "Four Tigers". This area is inaccessible eight months out of the year due to road and weather conditions. Although this leg was only 100 miles it required most of the day. There are many river crossings in the low levels and the mountain passes are dangerous because of the steep rocky roads and deadly drop offs. Guard rails do not exist in this area. The latter September 1995 part of this road was extremely difficult to navigate. With thorn bushes lining both sides of the road, powder-like silt and the moonless night, we found our-selves driving at idle speeds until we reached the beach and out next campsite. From Boca Budi to Hueicolla , the trail left the beach and ven-tured into the native forests on an abandoned timber company trail. This trail is closed to all except those with special permission, due to it being a privately owned estate. Hueicolla is also home to a small group of children, from the surrounding area, who live in the small school they attend. The school has little in the way of crea-ture comforts, no electricity, hot water or refrigeration. The child-ren do have a cheerful and inquisi-tive spirit. They sang three folk songs for us including three songs in English. We donated school supplies and gave the children rides in the Jeeps. We continued the next morning on through the forest towards Chile's central val-ley and the city of Puerto Montt. Along the first half of the route the team crossed over a dozen riv-ers. Most of the rivers were driven through, except four where small barges were used. Of the four barges only one was motorized. The rest relied on the arm strength of the barge operators or a small fishing boat acting as a tug. TheairintakeonJeep Wranglers is located behind the front head lights, while the Grand Cherokee was equipped with a snorkel device. So special care was taken on all water crossings not to let water reach the hood. The forest from Hueicolla to Puerto Montt contains areas damaged by fire that was set by German settlers wishing to clear the land for farming. The fire burned for five years and burned thousands of acres of native vege-tation. Before loading the vehicles on a barge in Puerto Montt, the crew stopped at Lake Llanquihue to view the Osorno Volcano. Although this volcano has not erupted since the turn of the cen-tury, its 8,700 ft. peak takes the lives of between 5 and 10 moun-tain climbers each year who try to scale its south face. The nine hour ferry ride to Caleta Gonzalo marked the half way point o f our journey. A makeshift camp was se t up between the vehicles with sleeping bags set up anywhere a flat spot could be found. Fortunately the crew was blessed with calm seas that night and the trip passed without incident. Just outside Caleta Gonzalo, the crew took a rejuvenating break in thermal hot springs in the area. To continue our trip to the deep south we would travel on the Carretera Austral, the only high-way between central and southern Chile, a one lane dirt road in this case. The 150 miles from Caleta Gonzalo to Q_ueulat provided an endless amount of scenery or what the crew referred to as post-card moments. Waterfalls, lakes, turquoise rivers, streams along with snow capped mountains and glaciers were abundant and easy to view while the weather was clear. We also began to see one of the most unique characteristics of this country, snow-capped moun-tains with clearly visible glaciers fading into the tree line of the rain forest. A hunting lodge just off Slogging through what looks like a rain forest, the Jeeps pause to pose for a picture, somewhere in Chile in the outback. one of the ocean inlets provided our next campsite. And in a rare break from our normal rice and tuna dinners we dined on freshly caught king crab and salmon with Chilean red wine and Pisco to complement the meal. Queulat to the Argentine border was the most difficult sec-tion of our expedition for the drivers. With over 400 miles to cover before reaching Argentina, the crew would be hard pressed to reach and cross the border check-po in ts before midnight. The weather was beginning to turn windy and cold with a light rain falling further slowing our pace. The winding roads were now covered with rocks washed down from the mountains and wearing shorts was no longer an option as we gave in to the layered lo_ok. W e began to understand why this area is one of the best kept secrets and least explo red regio ns of the world. A one eighth mile section of the Carretera Austral had taken over five years to build at the cost of over twenty lives. Another sec-tion was altered by the eruption of the Hudson Volcano three vears ago. The eruption dumped· two feet of ash in some areas, changed the course of a river and had an effect on the temperature in this region. The road goes through Argentina only because it is impossible to drive through or even build a roll.cl through most of this area of Chile, known as the land of the ice fields. The road to Paso Roballos and the Argentine border also began to take its toll on the equipment. Most of the Don-A-Vee lights were broken or damaged by rocks from our tailgating California drivers who confused the dirt roads with a Los Angeles freeway. Both windshields on the Wranglers were cracked, and the rear shock mounts on our lead W rangier had both failed before we completed the 430 miles to the border. The only " gas station" we found in this area had no motorized pumps, only gas poured from empty wine bottles. Reaching the border would be a difficult task as the rain had turned much of the road into a mud bath and a nearby river had over flown its banks making the nighttime driving even more diffi-cult. T he last twenty miles of this day's route was also home to what seemed like a million and three rabbits, each one a dare devil. Once through both check points and across the border, everyone had fun trying to set up· tents in winds gusting up to 40 mph. The Dusty Times

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Air locking Deferential Aero Tanks Auxiliary Fuel Tanks American Racing Equipment AR-36 Custom Wheels Canyon City 4x4 Fuel Can Racks Columbus Line Overseas Transportation Conn Ferr Roof Racks Roof Racks Currie Enterprises Jeep Accessories Nairobi Outfitters Heavy Duty Bumpers Pelican Products Water tight Cases and Lights Premier Power Welders Under Hood Welder Pull Pall Winch Accessories R&M Specialty Products Jeep Accessories Rancho Suspension Suspension Kits Rugged Footwear Boots The Jeeps look very clean here, maybe they got washed in the river. This was probably one of the better roads they took during the entire expedition. The team stopped to take in the river scene, and they are bundled up as it was getting on tov.ards winter there in March and it was also glacial. Don a Vee Jeep Eagle Vehicle Prep Chrysler Corporation Jeeps Goodyear Tire & Rubber Wrangler Tires Senatur Chile National Tourism Secretary Tuffy Security Products Jeep Storage Box perfect end to a difficult and long day. Morning in Patagonia, how-ever, was a different story. The winds had died down, the rain had subsided and all that was left was clear sky and a view of vertical cliffed mountains surrounding a lake to the south and hills with a fresh dusting of snow to the north. Continuing south the moun-tains soon gave way to the plains of Argentina and a 500 mile four lane dirt road. Wild horses raced alongside us as guanacos, small llamas, wandered near the road side. In Argentina the two gas sta-tions we stopped at sold only leaded fuel, only one had electric-ity. Store prices at the only store we saw for 500 miles were a bit steep. Drinks and a bag of cookies went for upwards of $50. They didn't take American Express, but they did take U.S. dollars, quite a surprise as we were over 5,000 miles from home and 200 miles from the next town. Once back in Chile our last camp site of our journey would be Laguna Azul in the Torres Del Paine National Park, 2,000 miles from Santiago, close to 6,000 from the U.S. and the official end of the expedition. Arriving at our camp site close to midnight we set camp and ate rice and tuna for the last time. The following day we would spend exploring the national park both by Jeep and on foot. After taking advantage of the many opportunities for photos we set out on what would be the best adventure of this trip. We had seen photos of the Grey Glac-ier and were told it was only a two and a half mile hike to a toast using glacier ice. Arriving at the starting point we discovered the only access to the hiking path, a 100 foot walking bridge, had been damaged by the fast moving icy river. Close to fifteen feet of the center section had been washed away and the remaining sections were close to collapsing. After much debate we decided that we had come too far and endured too much to let this stop us now. One-by-one we crossed the bridge and pulled ourselves along the missing section by using an upper support cable which still remained. The river was fed by melting ice and rain from the surrounding hil-lsides and would have been impossible to wade through with-out risk of hypothermia and pos-sible death. We continued on to the shores of Grey Lake and then to the end of the trail. Grey Lake was littered with sporadic chunks of floating ice which cluttered the southeast side of the lake. Directly in front of us was a massive yet majestic blue iceberg. With the s.un setting beyond the glacier, we_filled our Dusty Times cups with ice from a glacier the foot bridge and then home. formed millions of years ago and The 2400 mile adventure took ten toasted to the end of a successful days. and unforgettable journey. With Sponsor List: the light reflecting off the snow and ice of the glacier we headed to ARB Air Lockers Ladeco Airlines Air Transportation Lowrance Electronics EAGLE OPS Navigational Systems Warn Industries Winch and Accessory Kit Wrangler Power Products Dual Battery Kits ■■■■■■■■■■■■ Ir■■■■■■■■--~~ 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 Tool #1 JEEP SALES• #1JEEP ACCESSORIES• #1 JEEP SERVICE lli'll&EPM Jeep_ I ¥t· i i=M Only Minutes From You in L.A. or Orange County 800.366.JEEP 800.909.JEEP ■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ Ir■ ■ ■ ■ ■71 lr■71 ■ September 1995 Page 25

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/2 .... L.il~ .... -.... The V6, 4 cam, 24 valve engine produces 190 horsepower with gobs of torque. Lots of power for your normal driving chores with passing power to spare on the highway. The rear jump seats fold forward for extra seating capacity. They're not the most comfortable seats in the world but kids love 'em. From any angle it's a great looking truck. The 6 foot and change bed is adequate. These aluminum wheels are an extra but worth the price for their looks. DRIVER IMPRESSIONS-19951/i TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP Evergreen Pearl Runs Deep Text & Photos: John B. Calt1in I said it's good looking, but you gotta' see it to believe it. The Tacoma presents a low rounded image to the airstream and it surely pays off. They delivered the Tacoma in Evergreen Pearl, one of the deep-est green/blue colors you have ever seen. Depending on the angle of the sun, the color would change from green to blue and it sure was beautiful in any color. The '95 1 / 2 Tacoma is really good looking, cute or handsome, depending upon what gender you bestow upon it but it sure is hug-gable, no matter the sexual prefer-ence. There are no square corners on the Tacoma, everything is Page 26 nicely rounded, giving it a super sleek appearance and certainly cutting down on wind resistance and wind noise. This truck is another of the Toyota powerhouses, having the more than husky 3.4 liter, 4 cam, 24 valve engine which develops 190 horsepower and 220 pounds of torque. Believe me, when you drive this truck with all this hor-sepower you will be amazed at the neck-snapping acceleration and there is power to spare in any gear. 'Nuf said about that. This particular Tacoma was of the two wheel drive variety so our off road activity was somewhat limited but we did get in a few miles in the desert and a couple of miles on some bike trails up in the high mountains of Nevada and although I had a bit of trepidation here and there, the Tacoma just went on through the problem areas, adding to our sense of confidence. Once again, the super-smooth 5 speed manual transmission was part of the drivetrain package and we enjoyed using it and the length of throw is just right for me. Great looking heavy duty five spoke wheels were part of the package and Firestone P215170R 14 radials were our connection to the ground. Braking power is supp-lied by ventilated front discs, rear drums with a rear load sensing proportioning valve and anti-lock included, of course. The interior was typical of the breed ofT oyota, everything beau-tifully upholstered and the floor all beautifully carpeted in cut pile, color coordinated of course and similarly carpeted floor mats in each foot well. Bucket seats were manually operated but still adjusted every way in the world, allowing you to find your particu-lar comfort zone. A nice tall cen-ter console sits between the seats, good for small thing storage and also serving as a very comfortable arm rest, a plus in anyone's book. There is a raised platform behind the seats in the Xtracab and here we have two jump seats that fold down from the rear. The seats do not look very comforta-ble but they aren't too bad to sit on; but if you're not a teeny-September 1995 bopper you don't want to make too many long trips seated thereon. The instrument package has a speedometer and tachometer along with a fuel gauge and temperature gauge. All the other functions, such as battery condi-tion and oil pressure are covered in warning lights. The steering wheel tilts to your favorite posi-tion and contains the now obliga-tory air bag and we were also blessed with cruise control along with intermittent wipers, electric door locks and windows, all placed for the driver's convenience. The heat and air controls are mounted center in the dash and all work well enough to freeze you or cook you as you desire. Happily you get to choose the range so your comfort is assured. Just beneath these controls is the AM /FM electronically tuned radio with lots of blasting power for those who have a hearing problem. A tape cassette is included for your listening plea-sure when you are out of normal station reach. Bed length is just a bit over six feet ( with no bigger options avail-able) so the Toyota Tacoma is not the contractors dream. The ever present sheet of plywood will not fit flat in the bed and that's a no-no. This particular Tacoma also came equipped with a bed liner and that is really a smart move in anybody's book as it protects "your paint 100%. The Xtracab model has rear side windows which open out-ward twenty or thirty degrees and allow you all sorts of combina-tions in fresh air cooling. The slid-ing rear window only enhances your fresh air options. The Toyota Tacoma in this par-ticular model weighs in at 2890 pounds, about 500 pounds lighter than its big brother, the Toyota TlOO, so performance is some-what better in this model. Fuel mileage is very respectable, over 26 miles per gallon on the road and over 22 around town. I might add that with this great power package you tend to drive a bit harder than usual so the mileage we got could· go up a bit without trying too hard. Fuel capacity is 15 .1 gallons so you have a cruising range of nearly 400 miles. As you may have perceived, we had an absolute ball with the Toyota Tacoma, we liked the looks, the ride, the power and the comfort was great too. We were also impressed with the fact that ALL Toyota T acomas are built in the good old You Ess Of A in beautiful downtown Fremont, California. How about that! Did we like the Tacoma? We sure did. We had a lotoffun with it and we put quite a few miles on the Tacoma in the short week we had it. I really think you might like the Tacoma to0. Take a few minutes and fall by your local dealer and try one on for si:e. See ifl'm not right! The interior is typical Toyota, everything neat and tidy and all in its proper place. A good sized glove box is provided and the ever present cup holders are center stage. We did'a wee bit of desert driving on our way north but the 2WD model doesn't suffer from excessive ground clearance so we cooled it quite a bit. Dusty Times

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FAIR News By Dave Massingham The Baja 1000 is closer than we think, let's knock off the bull and start working together. I'm a firm believer that all the pit teams should get together and make this a success for the racers who belong to the independent teams. If the Checkers feel they can han-dle this race on their own, so be it. FAIR is not in the position to man eight to ten pits, nor is any other pit support team that I know of. We at FAIR are asking all pit teams to work with us in support-ing the largest off road race of the year. Who knows how long Sal and Danny will be able to con-tinue racing in Mexico, we all hope forever. Anyone interested in helping, please contact one of us in FAIR. The Fireworks 250 was a very emotional weekend for all of us involved, with the -accident on Friday involving Walker Evans and an ESPN camerman. We at FAIR extend our condolances to the family of Mark Gieck!. I want to ask why this race seemed to be out of control on Friday. Why was the start-finish not a controlled area? I watched the start of the Trophy Trucks and it looked like a disaster wait-ing to happen. I can't believe all the spectators that lint'd the start, standing within a few feet of these trucks as they raced by them. I feel we need more crowd control arid a speed limit in all pit areas. Last year with John Swift crashing his truck right off the line, I thought it would have convinced SCORE. Enough of my ideas, let's get on to the race on Saturday: Wayne Morgan and yours truly DNF Class 112. Wayne started, having two or three flats and front shock problems, he gave the car to Mac and I at pit E. After only 16 miles we suffered a terrible fire at the back of the motor. Fortu-nately we were in the sand wash before the mud hills, with lots of soft sand. Mac and I tried to put the fire out for 10 or 15 minutes without luck. Nothing worked and we were afraid we were losing the battle. With luck on our side and the wind front to back, the fire stayed at the rear of the car. Thanks to some very brave spec-tators who jumped in and helped, we smothered the fire with sand and saved the car. Without their help, whoever you are, we would have lost the car. Both Mac and I want to say thanks again for your help. Scott and Larry Plank finished 4th in Class 7S. Larry started and had steering problems. At pit E they changed a power steering pump and still had problems. Larry elected to drive without power steering and brought the truck to Scott in 8th place. Scott was one of the fortunate racers who made up time due to the clo-sure of the race because of a fire (not mine). Both Scott and Larry were happy just to finish, they had to change the engine Thursday evening. Tom and Steve Martin DNF Class· 112. Steve started and had oil line problems again. Losing all their oil, they found a spectator who had some and they were on their way after repairs. Tom took the second half and blew the transmission and broke a front arm. Tough luck for Tom, after ·changing the torque converter Dusty Times Friday evening. Hope these two brothers of mine get their stuff together; they are capable of win-ning overall. Brian Parkhouse and Willie (CHECKER) Melancon were 4th Class 10. Brian started and had some handling troubles and man-aged to give the car to Wilbur in 3rd or 4th place. Willie was able to hold on to 4th place, missing 3rd by only 13 seconds! Hey Checkers, see we don't discrimi-nate against other teams members. We at FAIR are proud to have Willie running with the "THE BEST PIT SUPPORT TEAM". Dick and Mark W eyhrich DNF Class 10. The report I received was, 2 CV joints on the first lap at pit C. Hey Dick, we counted your tires and have two front and two rear tires in the FAIR van for your support. Mitch Griffin finished 4th rn Class 1-2-1600. Tim Bradley rode the first half and Stacy Schafer the last half. Mitch was running in third and got stuck at the fire clo-sure. After 50 minutes down time, all the cars he passed, caught up to him. He could never regain third place. Roy Smith Class 9 Sportsman DNF. Transmission on the second lap. Lorenzo Rodriguez of WR Racing, DNF Class 1-2-1600 due to a smashed skid pan into the transmission. He was running first in class on lap three, tough way to drop out. Bill Swisher and Tom Mangi-one DNF but were first in Class 11 Sportsman. They went the furthest in their class and had the most problems. Hector Garci-nd Jessie Rodriguez DNF CT'ass 5-1600. After being off for several years, Hector got together with Jessie Rodriguez. Son of the oldest off road racer from Argentina. Jessie started and dropped out at pit B with a blown tranny. Lynn Mocaby 4th in Class 5. No details received. Damon Jef-feries DNF Class 9. Transmission lap 2. Richard Bell 3rd Class 5-1600. Richard lives in England and bought the car from Evan Harbottle. This was Richard's first off road race here and loved it, even though he destroyed the front beam. He is planning on ra'c-ing the Baja 1000 with FAIR. Thanks to all the pit people who braved the Barstow heat to support us. I think every e was very comfortable with the mild weather. Thanks to Charlie Lamar, Pete Dutton and Russ Granath for driving the FAIR van to the race and being RACE MANAGERS. Everyone agreed it was a fantastic Main pit. I heard we had some drinking going on at pit' B, by Pepe Rodri-guez people. I want to remind all FAIR pit people, "NO DRINK-ING ALLOWED IN THE PITS DURING A RACE". We don't care what the spectators do, it's our pit people we want sober, no exceptions! . Thanks to Steve from Park-house pit for pulling the Martin's car in, with his Suzuki Samari. Thanks to Frank Orasco also from Parkhouse pit for pulling Weyhrich's car in with his quad. Wayne Morgan and I ·would like to thank Gary and Joy Ban-croft for running pit E. Also thanks to our friends Gene and Kathy Hatz for their support, sorry I couldn't return the pit at the La Rana nighJ race. Thanks to my wife Linda for her support and my son Brett for driving from Las Vegas to be with us. La Rana Johnson Valley 200, night race saw 15 FAIR cars. Since I wasn't able to be there, I haven't received many details and nobody called me. Wisdom Family DNF Class 1-2-1600. At mile 23, Wes hit a double ditch and endoed the car. His co-driver broke the radio with his knee and Wes received a bruised leg and bump on his hip the size of a football. Wes was the third car to hit the same ditch. Hal Hibbard and Brian Atwood DNF Class 10. Same ditch, mile 23. Hope this danger was marked at the start of the race. Sounds like they should have had a flag man. Kathy Fay finished 2nd Class 1500. Stacy stayed home with a sick husband, leaving Kathy to do battle by herself. Keith Williams was scheduled to ride with Kathy, but had problems getting to the race on time. Kathy got another friend to ride and on lap 1 they broke a radius arm. Then at pit D, a spring broke, all on the first lap. Then on lap two the transmission went south. After one hour down time, they went on to finish in second. Per father Jim Fay, "we never give up". Charlie Lamar and Pete Dutton took 3rd Class 5-1600. This was Charlie's first race in a few years and Pete's first race since his nine car racing SNORE. Charlie and Russ Grana th started and ran trouble free. Pete and his wife Mick took over to run a smooth finish. Pete said we took it easy due to suspension problems. Mick said she had a great time and is looking for a full time ride, even if it means a divorce. Cliff Carter and Joel Mohr fin-ished 4th in Class 9. Ran trouble free all night. Harry Dunne and Max Villobos managed 7th in Class 9. Harry started with a friend of Harold Curry's, Ken Schilling. Harry didn't know that Ken is a minister, nor did Ken know that Harry talks like a sai-lor. Harry wants to apologize for the language he used during the race. Bob Plaskon 3rd Class 1-2-1600. Bob started third and stayed there all during the race. He lost his rear brakes and main-tained a steady pace. Bob tried something new, he paid to have an in car camera record his race. He contacted Video Vendor listed in the Dusty Times business card section. Bob was very pleased with the whole deal and is· happy with the results, 180 minutes of him racing. Sounds like some-_thing we could do for a birthday or Xmas present. Danny and Steve Drake took 5th in Class 5-1600. Even after running into a rather large boulder, not a rock but a boulder on the second lap. Danny was able to drive to the main pit where Steve got out and a friend Tracy Ziedman rode the rest of the race. Danny had to let Steve finish the last lap. _, RichFerschand Willie ''CHECKER HIRED GUN" Melancon took 2nd place in Class 10. Rich started and had to leave early due to a class reunion for his wife Susie. I was told my close buddy Wilbur, dro"ve the dog out of the use to be 1600 single seat that we both drove for Parkhouse. Willie had rwo flats and an encounter with the famous giant bouider, but managed to hold on to second. September 1995 t John Lucas DNF Class 200. Bill Markel 2nd Class 1575. Jefferies DNF Class 900. Jason Hatz 2nd Class 1-2-1600. Frank Omboli and Jim Coch-ran 2nd Class 5-1600. Thanks to Charlie Lamar for driving the van to the race. I understand we all owe Gary and Joy Bancroft and Dave Edelstein an extra big thanks for all their help in the main pit. Charlie and Pete couldn't have done it with-· out them. Flash, a late race note: G FAB truck pulls B S motor-home out of the silt at the main. All the years in the desert and he still gets stuck. WE ARE STILL HA YING SOME PROBLEMS: 1. FAIR tire pool, was designed with the idea that we all use the same size tire and wheel. It used to work. Now we have a variety of race cars with different size wheels and lug patterns, it's almost impossible. This system can still work for the limited classes. let's work on it. 2. FAIR members not paying their fees before the race and some not paying at all. We will start announcing at the meetings who these racers are and I will list them in this newsletter. We need everyone to help eliminate this problem. 3. Non FAIR members using the pit on a continuing basis .. If this is happening we will address the issue. FAIR always helps anyone who pulls into a FAIR pit, but we will stop and work on a member's car when it comes in. If you have been using a FAIR pit, you should think about joining. We will not pit you if you abuse the use of FAIR pits. 4. Air guns and regulators at each pit. They will not remove a lug nut with the existing regulators, you have to break loose each nut by hand. They also need to be tight-ened by hand. Gary Bancroft, our Race Director is looking into alternate guns and regulators. 5. Pit people, each race team is required to furnish two (2) peo-ple, capable of doing pit jobs. We used to be able to help the few who didn't have their two people, lately it has become a problem. l / 2 to 213 of the racers don't have pit people, but they have a bunch of friends at the main pit or out chasing. FAIR is a volunteer organi:ation, it's not the Race Manager's job to find your pit people, it's the racer's. FAIR can no longer have 15 or 20 racers and only four or five with pit people. We will need your help, if you don't have them, we need to know before the race. You will need to pay $200.00 to FAIR or pay someone to pit. Most meetings you can find someone to pit if you offer to help them get to the race. $100.00 seems like enough money to go to the local races, all you need to do is ask at a meeting. 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(,, r·t_: .-~ ) .. -! .r ,.:1 I 'The Straight Poop' From the Big W ahzoo CHCECKER CHARACTERS Over the years our Club has attracted more than its share of characters who bleed the black and white. JR had CHECKERS tattooed down both sides of his Johnson. A nickname is all ya ever need to identify Club chara~ters like Uncle Max, Big John, Dr. Checker, Thumper, the Hawk, Mumbles, Commander Ferd, and F--kin' Lo u . And what about Sugar/ Established Checker char-acters all. Of course, anyone that's ever seen Brooks or Hast-ings on a roll would have to agree that they too are indeed charactl!rs. And the stories could go on and on. But over the· last few years, another, in this long line of true Checker Characters has solidly emerged. , can accomplish damn near any job, including snagging your old lady if ya don't watch him closely. The Rev's one of those guys you'd like to have with ya when ya have a problem, be it mechanical, phys-ical, or an extra female. This Checker I who looks a lot like one of those classic preachers in the old B& W westerns, is in fact, also an authentic mail order reverend in the n o n -denominational church of "What's Happenin' Dude". Hence his nickname, 'The Rev'. But this is not your average biker. Besides presiding at a number of local weddings a year in his reverendly capacity, Roy is also a college grad and a budding slumlord. months our Club columns have been written by three different Checkers. During that period the Big Wahzoo and my two 'Straight Poopettes' all took turns perfor-ming Checker Journalixm on you guys. As you would expect from Checkers, nobody's stuff ever gets edited by anyone. The W ah- · zoo's only request of these trai-nees is that they follow one basic, but occasional flexible rule: module, and now somewhere south of town, th is aggressive Checker always seems to be right in the middle of the action and generally around at the finish for a piece of the purse. Claims his car now works so good he on! y has to brake for Checker stickers. At this race our hero soloed to a 2nd Place in Class 10, and 4th overall. Good run Dude! George Seeley earned his tradi-tional 3rd place in Class 5 with the rented 'Muffler Tubing Special'. And, Kevin Davis uncharacteris-tically suffered through three flats on his way to a 5th in Class 10. Mike Harman, driving the family 10 car, hit a hole so hard that he hurt his back and couldn't con-tinue. After receiving some good intentio nal suggestions o:ver the radio from Checker Main, our C lub VP made it clear to Dr. Molocco that he " didn't want any of his stinkin' medical adt•ice ... ju;t his co-driwr", When Robert finally found and got in the car, he could only salvage about a 10th in class. Hey Mike, let the Wahzoo take a moment here to quote you one of our revered Checkers 'Words of Wisdom', namely #8: "Only Checkers are to be menti-oned by name in our column and always characterize the Club as it is.,. The Best! " FIREWORKS 250 -Although beautiful weather for Barstow in July, this race was marred by a tragic accident during Friday's Trophy Truck dash. Sadly, an ESPN cameraman was killed while filming race action at the · finish line. The only C hecker involved was Fred Nelson, who was one of many spectators forced to flee when a truck went out of control and into the crowd. The Club sent our sincere sym-pathy to the Cameraman's family. A very sad incident indeed. Roy Moore lives up in the woods in Wrightwood. In his mountain cabin's cavernous front room is a monster fireplace that would make the Rosensteins ner-vous, and up against another wall is parked his classic '4 1 Harley. This C hecker is a lo ng time W rightwood local who is ·widely known in the area as a fella who The Desert Rev and his loyal disciples regularly hold services in remote areas out along off road race courses throughout the Southwestern United States & Mexico. Reverend Roy, Brother Keith, ahd the rest of his congre-gation also take a lot of pride in getti•n' their broken Brother Checkers back on the trail in God's speed ... and then pray like hell what they did works, Besides being one of our Senior Checker Pit Captains, a hard earned posi-tion far more exalted than that of any single hot shot Club driver, the Reverend Roy Moore has now definitely become one of our C lub's true 'Checker C haracters'. MENAGE-A-TROIS - As you may have noticed, in the last three For both SCORE and the Checkers, this was a non-winner weekend. Besides the accident, Sal only drew about 120 entries, and the C heckers came home win-less. ·out of our seven cars, the Club's best performance came fro m n o n e othe r tha n, ' Mr, Excitem ent', Larry Bolin. For-mally of Newberry Springs, B ,. ,. en a: UJ 0 <( a. en UJ _, X < ,. ,. en a: UJ I-en :::, i3 < ,. ,. en C, z a: a. en LL <( UJ _, ** TORSION BARS** AXLES ** SPRING PLATES** COIL SPRINGS ** SWAY·A·WAY MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITY OFF ROAD SUSPENSION COMPONENTS FOR OVER 20 'YEARS THE NEW PRODUCT rNTERNAJrHYPASS s·BQCK THE ONLY INTERNAL-BYPASS SHOCK IS NOW ON THE MARKET • • C z + 10", 12", 14", 16", 18" TRAVEL ,-: + 6 REMOVABLE BYPASS TUBES :2 + EXTERNALLY INDNIDUALLY & INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE ~ + ANY COMBINATION OF COMPRESSION & REBOUND TUBES + 3 1/2" PISTON + COIL OVER/BYPASS/BUMP STOP IN ONE SHOCK + GREAT FOR "A-ARM" FRONT ENDS *INTERNAL-BYPASS SHOCK RESULTS* • • 2S z G') • • (/) :c "He so foolish as to insult a help-ful Pit Captain over the air, wiii sure! y have to forever worry about getting a complimentary urine sample in his water bottle the next time he stops by for a drink" .. . Or, something like that(/). Our three DNF's were as fol-lows: Stuart Chase never got a chance to get in the open car of his non-Checker benefactor when a severe on-course collision put it on the trail&-r-. Craig Dillon lost the tranny in the Dillon family Class 10 car twenty miles out. And finally, Luport and Duenas, after fixing a broken axle in Steve's 7S truck, got held up for over a half an hour because of a brush fire out on the course, and then ran out of time for a DNF. SUMMER PARTY -Probably the most charitable word I could use to describe this year's event would have to be, ahh ... " Differ-ent". But, sucks was ;ilso used by many. This was definitely not one of our better Club efforts. But, since it would be unfair to just single out some, and not all of the many screwupers, I'll let it go for now with only the following. The food was good , the beer was cold, the helii;opter ride was in opera-tion, nobody was seriously hurt, and a lot of the hundred or so folks who showed up had a good time. If this'sounds like a big cop-out by the ol' Wahzoo, well, you're right. But, since my prim-ary job is to make the Checkers look good, I think I'll let this whole batch of dirty laundry get -II ,. LA RANA CLASS 10 POINTS LEADER - LARRY BOLIN ~ 2ND IN CLASS, 2ND _OVERALL - LA RANA JOHNSON VALLEY 200 3: en • .. r-e G') I all aired out at a couple of Wed-nesday night meetings before I make any further comments. ~ 2ND IN CLASS, 4TH OVERALL - SCORE FIREWORKS 250 en _, UJ LU :c 3: ,. ,. DON'T BE LEFT IN THE DUST SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER TODAY! CALL OR WRITE FOR YOUR·FREE CATALOG 20755 MARILLA ST. I CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA 91311 I 818·700-9712 Page 28 , September 1995 . , , z _ C cri • • WAHZOd COMMENTARY -In _the last few years our sport has gradually been squeezed down into ever smaller areas to run our off road races. In Mexico, the ranchers now charge the promo-ters a certain amount of dollars per kilometer, and then force them to use the same trails over and over. Consequently, the race courses.have almost unnoticeably gotten rougher and rougher. On top of that, more and more after-market parts are now a necessity to be competitive, and of course, they've gotten increasingly. more expensive'. Plus the entry costs .. continue to go up and up. T hrow a slow economy into that mix, and you've got substantially fewer entries for the race promoters to vie for. This down turn has affected everything involved; rac-ers, support teams, venders, summer parties, Wednesday meetings, etc. I mean, the three or four hundred entry races of the past were real happenings that actually fed on themselves. 120 entries just doesn 't generate that kind of excitement. The results of all of this is pre-dictable. As an example, Steve Brown recently unloaded his race ready open buggy, spares and all, for only $8,000 (says he's going Dwarf Car racin' with Hibbard). Steve finally decided , like a lot of other folks, that it's just getting too damn expensive to maintain an off road car to race against only six or eight other cars. Hmm/ Well, the ol' Wahzoo is gonna go out on a limb here and predict some big changes in our sport in the not too distant future. BAJA 1000 -The Club has once again apparently decided against working with another support team to cover this year's run down to La Pa:. So, if you're interested in an exciting partially paid trip deep down into Margari-taville, don't forget to save some of your vacation time for that extended November 11th weekend. 3RD GENERATION - Two of our Club's early members were Roger Byrd and his dad "Shorty". A couple of real Checker Charac-ters if there ever were any. W ell, two of Shorty's grand kids are now trying to become Checkers in their own right. Hey Guys, this W ah:oo has heard all about you Byrds, so I'm gonna be keepin' a close eye on ya. CHECKER QUIZ - Let me leave you this month with a few important Checker points to ponder: Who now weighs more, Hastings or his stripper/ W hen enough time passes that BJ can finally whip the old man, will Gary then become Minor Bates/ Who do ya think is the real brains behind the Harman Gang? Exactly how close is Peralta related to Don King/ Could Josh Rose~stein possibly be the Unabomber/ Is it possible that the morning traffic chopper chick on Channel 9 is actually Glen Galbrath in drag/ What came first, S ymonds or the Model T / And, if Koch had of chosen a career in the Postal Ser-vice, just how many m ailmen do ya think he would have shot when he finally snapped? AND FINALLY, does anyone out there really know what " El Chismoso" means in English/ I asked the illegal alien I've got working in m y yard and he told me it meant "gringo in a blonde wig", and _ laughed . W ell, wha-tever, 'Blondie' will be back next month with his own unique ver-sion of the Checker truth, and nothin' Ina the Checker truth. Subscribe to Dusty Times see form on Page3 Dusty Times

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SPIRIT Support and the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 By Sam Wilshire Valle de Trinidad, BC - First, the Spirit Race Support team offers our condolences to the family and friends of Danny Hamel, the top Kawasaki rider who was fatally injured during the recent SCORE Baja 500 event. And at the same time, Spirit sends our "get well soon" wishes to Dino Pugeda, John Swift's co-driver, who was seriously injured when the team's Ford Ranger Trophy-Truck endo'ed on course near Ojos Negros. At the time of this writing it was reported that Dino was still in the hospital. A late plane arrival and the need to fax some paperwork back to Detroit saw us outta town at about 12: 15 p.rn ... and the Spirit pit crew, those already there, were scheduled to leave Estero Beach at 2:00 p.rn., headed for our pit location in Valle de Trinidad. During the trip down Torn revealed that, based on computer simulation and other testing methods, he was carrying some "trick" and "substantially'~ modified ROM chips for the Smith and Ashley Class 8 pickup. In the end, the team was a DNF. .. but rumors say it was a head gasket that "ruined" the team's day and not the chip. We and the motor home got to Estero at about 2:30 and the crew was still there so the team would be able to convoy to Trinidad after all. I had dreaded the idea that they would have left town without us and then we'd be "on our own" in a strange boxy vehicle for the 70+ miles to the pit location. And... while looking around ( really trying to find the Spirit bunch), I stumbled into a party and it was sorta neat, celebrating Ivan's 50th birthday ... hey, the dude looks 50 ... and Toyota and PPI did a great job putting the party together with lots of food, drink and camaraderie among those in attendance. I had a great time bench-racing with Joe MacPherson and Jerry McDonald and spending a bit of time with Bryce Whelchel. The No Fear cornrnernerative tee-shirt is a keep-sake and Ivan, remember one thing ... you don't race with your Rolex. Several items arose as the 200+ competitors gathered in this seaside community for the annual event. The Spirit crew, after being involved with the pre-race BFG pit exchange at Estero Beach, noted that the start time for the Tecate Trophy-Trucks had been moved from 8:30 a.rn. to 9:30 a.rn. Oh well ... at the end of the 16 hour cutoff, who really cares. The second item of note was the course change as the dash east, out of Santa Catarina, and over the summit had been slashed from the event. This move dropped the 410 mile event to 385 miles in length. We got completely packed and outta Ensenadii at about 4:0b p.rn. and by 7:00 were at the pit location right off highway 3, on course and on the "east" side of one of the infamous dirt roads, about nine kilometers east of Page 30 Trinidad. While the west side of the road beckoned, a fence line and a row of trees kept us in place. At this particular point on the course, the teams had to run a double loop ... by us then up the hill towards Mikes Sky Rancho and then back down through Trinidad ... then by us the second time and back up the hill and then down the hill with a hard left at the power station as the course headed west towards the highway one road crossing at Llano Colorado and the 301 race mile marker. With the course change we were, on the first tour of the loop, at the 180 mile marker and the second time through, at the 225 mile marker. It was anyone's guess as to when the first four-wheeled racer would clear us since we had no real ideas what the first 1 79 miles on the course was like even tho' several of us on the team are very conversant with the cruel aspects of race courses in the pine forest and on south through Santa Catarina, Nuevo Junction and on into the Valle de Trinidad area. We'd been there and done that many times over the years. The first non-quad, four-wheeled racer flew by at 1: 14:09 as Ivan Stewart and his Toyota had the lead '' on the road'' followed less than five minutes Chad Schlueter 197 · 994 1994 4x4 World Champion 1993 Class 3 World Champion "The cowards never started and the weak died along the way." September 1995 later by the Nelson and Nelson Chevy of Larry Ragland. Corning in rapid succession were J irn Smith (Ultra Ford), Curt LeDuc (Jeep), Carl Renezeder (Ford), Marty Coyne (Ford), Jason Baldwin (Ford), Paul Simon (Ford), Walker Evans (Dodge) and Steve Kelley (Dodge) to name the first ten runners. A 25 minute and 36 second blanket covered the first ten teams through with Ivan enjoying the second largest amount of time ( 4:56 minutes) between he and the next vehicle. The largest amount of time between rigs in that group went to Walker Evans (9th) and Steve Kelley ( 10th) where 11 minutes and 36 seconds separated these two Dodge competitors. But alas... unless it's a dire emergency or a call for fuel with a Trophy-Truck team, Spirit doesn't pit any of these rigs so the team, while always at the ready so to speak, just watched through the clouds of dust as the Tecate/Trophy-Trucks went thundering by. 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proved second to none and had the "A" team down for the event. Crew chief Mike Flohr, along with Mike Shanks, Brandon, Tim and James, guest crew members from El Cajon Ford had fueling under control. Tires came under Joe Geldert who was two pit crew members short so everyone pitched in on the tires. (kee'ps water and food at the ready · the Spirit crew contributed a lot for the teams), Dave Woods' tothiswinaswellasearlier 1995 (super duper semi driver and wins. great fire bottle man) and Gary Early in the day, our BFG radio (anLASnerift}and.yourstrulyon· node was up and running and we radio and timing/ scoring, all kept 1 could raise l(Radio" Bob with no busy throughout the event which problems. ~e BFG radio group meant well into the wee hours of even went as tar as to have a rad10 Sunday morning. test with the Andotaco Team interference but whatever the heck it was, we were out of the "radio" business for most of the day and night. The mechanics numbered four with Warren, Brian, Mike ( a Kiwi out for the gig) and Jeff making up the group. Norm Cossano was once again Pit Boss while the rest of the team, namely Papa Ken (chef), Steve West (does a bit of evervthinP :mcl sets 11n" hitrhin' The "other" part of the Spirit plane in preparation for long group, namely Steve Spirkoff, distance radios during this years Jeremy, Ed and Norma, spent Baja 1000. Then, just as the eve~t some enjoyable(?) hours playing really got underway, the radio chase to the Williams/ Barlett LA connections went "to hell in a Sheriff's Ford Ranger which once hand-basket" and for the rest of again came away with the Stock the day and_well into th~ ni~ht, we Mini class win by an eight minute had no radio commumcat10ns to <>nrl 77 c:Prnnrl m<>roin T lil,-P tn sne<1k of. We heard it was some-The day really started for us at_ 14:07 .51 when the McMillin and Ewalt Chenowth came screaming in for fuel and a check of the race car. Four minutes and 17 seconds later the team was off with an OK racer and 10 gallons of fuel. Then, lo ahd behold, a second Trophy-Truck swung into the pits as Johnson and Geviss took on 22 gallons in their Chevy. The McMillin ancf Ewaft team stopped the second time at 15:02.18, took on 22 gallons and were gone in one minute and 18 tent), Eatl Irey (s~f~~y), -R~~d~ think that the quick0 pit work bv thing ~o do with atmospheric ampage Racing was founded in early 1992 by 19-year-old Chad Schlueter. From the very beginning, the operation was a family affair. Chad was ably assisted by his father: Dennis, his mother Paulette and his sister Nicole. From the earfa~st age, Chad had an interest in things automotive and he gravitated early-on to trucks. Even prior to owning a driving license, Chad was spending his summer months in the West. Under the tute-lage of Western desert racers such as Scott Douglas and John Swift, Chad apprenticed in the craft of the off-road truck racer. Of his friend Curt LeDuc, Baja 1,000 winner and World Champion driver, Chad had this to write in an autobio-graphical diary describing his first ride, at 15, in a 4x4 race truck: "As we were leaving, Curt asked me if I wanted to ride in the race truck that night while they did some midnight testing. I had 'yes' out of my mouth before he could finish the question! Before I knew it, I was being belted into the truck. Curt gave me a quick run down of my job, which was to watch the gauges. It was pitch black that night but when he turned on his eight KC night lighters, it lit up like mid-day. We were off into the desert and on the gas. Curt had the truck dancing through that terrain at an ungodly speed. I don't know how he could read the terrain that fast, but he did. I thought Curt was a god! Anybody that could make a truck move that fast in those conditions must be of a higher power. That's also when the race bug bit me. I knew this was for me; this was the ulti-mate test of man and machine.", Armed with this background, Chad launched Rampage Racing. The hotshoe was an instant success. He was named "Rookie-of-the-Year" following his inaugural race campaign by the Short Course Off-Road Drivers Association World Series of Off-Road Racing sanctioning body. Considered a young, articulate spokesman for sponsors and the sport, Chad attracted major sponsor investment and built his team. Within the next 24 months, Chad was to capture two World Championship titles, six major wins and was a fixture in off-road racing. His aggressive driving style, affable nature and powerful grin truly made him a fan favorite. Already an accomplished off-road racer, Chad had equal talents as a businessman and team owner. He quickly and adroitly built Rampage Racing into a powerhouse and was anticipating ever greater achievements before his untimely death in late 1994. Having set in place a solid foundation, operating principles and a track record of success, the Schlueter family has dedicated itself to meet the lofty aspirations of Rampage Racing that would be expected by Chad. The Rampage Racing philosophy will always be to conduct itself professionally, with integrity, be competitive, be entertaining, treat peo-ple right and to make our race trucks and enterprise dance with the enthusiasm so embodied by the team's late owner. On this you have our word. The Rampage Racing Team In :\Iemory of Ch~d Schlueter fron1 the Employees at Borg \Varner Dusty Times September 1995 cii 0 E ~ 0 ~ ai ~ C: ~ Cl a, ca <!l seconds, never to be seen by Spirit again. The #1020 Chenowth of the Rivera's was in, took 12 gallons and had some front bearing and brake problems that were remedied and they were out in about nine minutes. The Chevy of Johnson and Geviss returned again, this time for a 28 gallon top off and were gone in about one minute and 43 seconds. · The list of teams who used Spirit was crowded as names like James and Kalicki (Class 5 victors), White and Petersen (2nd in Class 8 ), Chase and Robertson (7th in Class l ), Stobaugh and AJln (a DNF Trophy-Truck), Delozier and Shoaff (5th in Class 8), Vinje and Hansen (2nd in Class 7S), Vildosola and Watters (1st in 5-1600), Van Matre and Arciero (5th in Class 10) and Walcott and Johnson (13th in Class 10) and Williams and Barlett (1st in Stock Minis) all showed on the "we stopped at Spirit" list. A · while later the Hummer of Warnberg and French came lumbering in but not before their chase team, headed by Rod Hall, cruised up asking where the diesel fuel was as well as a cup of coffee. As Rod drank the coffee, we had the Hummer back up to the saddle tank of the semi tractor and· we pumped out what we . thought to be 20 gallons. With that the team was off, down course, to a 6th in class SF finish. According to Rod, this race was a shake-down test for this Hummer in preparation for this years Paris-to-Dakar raid rallye. I suggested that since there was a bit of anti-American feelings in north Africa that the team paint over the bold, American flag emblazoned on the rig. Rod thought that to be a good idea. Then the chase crew disappeared into the night. The Toyota of Hurtado and Guadado spent about an hour with us as the Spirit crew rebuilt and rewelded almost the entire front-end of the race car. According to the team, they hit another teams chase truck head-on on the course but t' flc was the extent of the informati•JO. The Glover and McNeil Ford called it. quits at our pit with a broken oil pump. The o ;ling system on the racer is a dry-sump and the oil pump is mandatory ... so the team became spectators. The final time-recorded race car came by at 23: 17 .45 but by that time the Spirit crew had pretty well disassembled and stowed major portions of the pit tools and equipment. At about 11:30 p.m., "Radio Bob" called for some final times on a few teams and then it was "lights out" at the Spirit enclave. The team'd had a full day and that first, and iast, beer was a weicome break. A look back at the day found that the Spirit team pitted 62 vehicles, dumped approximately 865 gallons of fuel, changed about 35 tires, repaired a power steering pump "three" times and generally kept busy otherwise. A good nights sleep found us "on the road" at 8:00 a.m . the next morning, all of us looking forward to getting home and really getting this Valle de Trinidad dust washed off us. Hey folks ... Spirit will be at the next one and we look forward to helping you with you pit needs. Page 31

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41nd Acropolis Rally Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Aris Vovos and Kostas Stefanis drove their Lancia HF lntegrale to victory overall, one of many for the marque. It was the first time in 40 years that a Greek team has won the rally. SEAT became the fifth winning tional attention, however, was manufacturer in six rounds of the focused this time on the smaller 1995 World 2-Liter Champion-cars, and they provided a remar-ship when Erwin Weber finished kably exciting entry. an incident packed rally with the Double World Champion Bia-least problems suffered by the sion returned to international leading two-wheel drive cars. He competition for the first time in was third overall. The event itself six months driving an Astra team was won by Aris Vovos in a Lan- Lancia HF lntegrale. This car, the cia, after firstly Miki Bias ion, final version of the rally Deltas in making a guest appearance in which Biasion gained his World another Lancia, retired with titles in 1988 and 1989, was one engine trouble, then so did Leo- type he had never actually used in nidas Kirkos in a Ford. lnterna-competition before. He shared The latest Skoda is looking stylish here and Pvel Sibera and Petr Gross took the Felicia KC 1500 to fourth in Formula 2 points and eighth overall. the limelight on this event with the reigning European Rally Champion Patrick Snyers whose Ford started second. Although ostensibly rivals, these teams are both owned by the same person, Mauro Pregliasco! This was to be a · confrontation between the two visitors and the might of the Greek drivers headed by National Champion Leonidas Kirkos with a Group A Escort and his chal-lenger last year Aris Vovos (Lancia). Snyers was curious more than confident. "I think it is six years since I last did the Acropolis ( with a Toyota) and I think I only know one of the stages. The rally is shor-ter than then, but rougher." Bia-sion was happy to be back in action and he was anxious to see what Lancia were finally able to do with the wide-tracked 'Del-tona'. Also predictably present was the man who loves to go where others fear to tread, Rudi Stohl with his Audi Coupe S2. "This is my 19th Acropolis and this car has already finished three Safaris. Originally my son Manfred planned to drive, but he is busy on an Austrian champion-ship rally in Slove_nia." Under the FIA's World Champ-ionship event rotation system, the top WRC teams did not com-pete this year in Greece as it didn't count for points. As a result much of the spirit of the event was missing, pre-event promotion in the Athens area was virtually nil. As at the Safari Rally the limeli ht was focused on the Erwin Weber and Manfred Heimer won the Formula 2 points for themselves and SEAT in the Ibiza GTi and Weber led his teammate and the class most of the way and also finished third overall. 2-Liter, 2 wheel drive, normally aspirated machines. The F2 entry here was the strongest of the ten round series for which this event marks the half way point. In addi-tion to the two car teams from Skoda and the Spanish SEAT company, Nissan had strong dealer entries from Greece and Germany as well as a Clio Maxi kit car, and Freddy Loix had his Opel on the line. SEAT was running two Group A lbizas on the final major outing before they are expected to launch their kit car at the 1000 Lakes Rally. The Greek organizers had a last minute panic when they were forced to change the location of scrutineering and the finish to the Peace and Friend-ship stadium at Piraeus. The three day route the end of May had few surprises. The event was to start and finish in Athens, with two night halts at Kamena and Vourla. The rally would be tough on tires, and the question was if the power-ful Lancia could win another Acropolis crown. In Etape 1 Biasion eased him-self into a comfortable lead after misfortune struck Snyers. On stage 1 Snyers lost three minutes when a trailing arm failed. He then suffered loss of brake fluid and it was three more stages before he was happy with the Ford. Later, after climbing back up to fourth place he landed heavily into a ford, broke the radiator and overheated the engine. Biasion's closest rival was Kirkos with the Escort, but he was delayed by a wheel problem, and like every driver except Biasion had bad dust trouble on stage 10, the final one of the day. Aris Vovos was lying third in his Lancia, after los-ing three minutes earlier changing a flat tire on a stage. Stohl had few problems apart from steering trouble after hitting a rock, and having fuel pressure failure early on. In Formula 2 five different makes of car led the category at some point! Initially Opel took the lead through Loix, but he hit a rock and unctured two tires ~t-once. The crew amazingly man-aged to change both wheels in about three minutes and after stage 5 had got back up to second place. Then he went off the road at a hairpin after a long straight and lost another 15 minutes plus five minutes at a time control (a short section between stages). The Renault Maxi of 'Leonidas' then took the lead, but two bolts at the top of the suspension strut failed and caused handling prob-lems. The crew first thought they had rear suspension trouble, but found the cause and started going well. Then the Nissan led but 'Stra-tissino' fell back because of a puncture allowing T riner with the Skoda in front. Triner was actu-ally fifth overall after stage 4, but fell back when the power steering failed, and near the end of stage 6 the suspension broke and he was out. The next manufacturer to lead was SEAT and their driver Erwin Weber led for the rest of the day. Weber's teammate Antonio Rius, in a Group A car for the first time, lost time on stage 1 changing a flat tire, and then his battery went flat in the afternoon rest halt near Livadia, and he incurred a half minute penalty for a push start. Skoda was unhappy because Pavel Sibera had gone off the road on stage 2 and lost another ten minutes. "It was my fault, but unfortunately nobody was available to push us back." Burkart holed the Nissan's sump but continued after emer-gency welding work, and 'Stratis-sino' lost another minute stalled after a water crossing. "Leoni-das's teammate 'Dim' (in his 1994 Clio Williams) retired with clutch trouble. Much of the competition in this category depended on whether the Stewards would re-seed Loix higher up for the restart or keep him in his overnight clas-sification of 19th Formula 2 driver. Just when it seemed everything was following expected patterns on Etape 2 came the news that Biasion, who was ahead b Rudi Stohl and Peter Muller took on the Acropolis, the 19th time for Rudi, in the Audi Coupe S2 and they did well and finished a fine second overall. Third in the 2 liter championship points chase and fifth overall was the Nissan Sunny GT/ of 'Strstissino' and Tonia Pav/I, despite s few problems. Splashing through some swamp like terrain is the Group A Kia Sportsge, one of two making their first major rally appearance and they both finished! Scplanbcr 1995 DustyTlma

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Freddy Loi~ and S~en Smeets had a few trouble; with the Opel Astra GSi, but they finished fifth Formula 2, ninth overall and kept the points lead for Opel. Pavlas Mouzakis and Moshoutis Nikos drove their Mazda 323 GT-R to a quick sixth overall at the Acropolis and they won Group N as well by just two minutes. -· ,~ SEAT provides free gifts, including these nice vests, for all the timers on the control points and it sure looks good on this lovely lady. 2m37s, had stopped on stage 16, known as 'Tarzan', traditionally the place where even the greatest and strongest rally cars find their fate. A core plug came out of the engine block and Miki was out of the event. The pace however had eased for all the top drivers on stage 11. V ovos had to reverse to get round a sharp hairpin, snatched the lever and found he could not select reverse gear. He and his co-driver had to get out and push the car. This cost two minutes. "As soon as I heard the news we decided to slow down as we could do nothing for Miki," said Kirkos, assuming he would head for second place until he saw Biasion's car parked in 'Tarzan' and assumed the lead. In 'Formula 2' dramas started with 'Leonidas' finding he couldn't start his Clio Maxi in the Pare Ferme and he was 13 minutes ( 6m30s penalty) late at the start of stage 11. Finally after stage 13 "Leonidas" heard a strange noise in the transmission and retired, bad news for Renault as none were left running. Loix had to res-tart in his real overnight position and had a day full of the dust from slower cars but no problems. He was sometimes using asymmetric K-type tires ("They are far too tiring to use all the time.") to help avoid punctures. Weber led without problem while his team-mate Rius was second, but Bur-kart, lying fourth had a day full of problems caused by broken engine mountings. "Three times we had the mountings repaired and now it has broken again", explained the German when he arrived at the midday rest halt at Platistomo. There were various worries on the last part of stage 18. Kirkos had the accelerator jam several times-once when flat out in fifth; Vovos had a flat left front tire on which he drove to the end. Sibera together with many drivers suf-fered in heavy rain and had the engine go onto two cylinders for the final two kilometers. Loix also had·a fl.at, losing 3-4 minutes but kept his 13th place. Sibera was trying not to look at the results too closely. He was 10m26s behind Weber, almost exactly the time he had earlier lost off the road, but he was happy about one thing. The fears that his tires would be unable to stand the pace were unfounded and they were lasting well. None of the remain-ing "F2" cars were state of the art machines. The SEATS were 1800cc machines, "Stratissino's Nissan was a less powerful club-man's version and the Skoda was 1.5 liters. The two Kia Sportage cars were continuing without problems. It was the first major event on which these heavy ( 1500kg) cars, which have 129 bhp, have been seen. Dusty Times The race for the overall was not not without the fright of over-over· on Etape 3. At the end of turning the car. The damage stage 19 Kirkos had the cambelt looked serious but structµrally it fail on his Ford, the valves hit the was more cosmetic than threaten-pis tori s and the engine was ing and he managed to reach the wrecked. This let Vovos into the finish despite a broken radiator lead which he kept to the end, but on the Lancia. Rudi Stohl was second in the Audi, about three minutes down though Erwin Weber passed him momentarily. Weber settled for third in the SEAT just eight seconds behind and three minutes ahead of teammate Antonio Rius. Freddy Loix had been pressing on hard and finished one place but almost a quarter-hour behind Sibera who had electrical problems. Loix and Haris Kaltsounis, Corsa, gained enough points for Opel to regain the lead from Renault. 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PIKES PEAK AUTO HILL CLIMB Nobuhiro ·Tajima Takes Top Spot In A Suzuki Nobuhiro Tajima came from Tokyo, Japan to take to the cold conditions in his swift Suzuki. He qualified second in Unlimited Class and then won the class and the overall honors at 7:53:0. t%C~ The score for thf 73rd running of the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb is Weather 3, and Hill Climb 1. The procedure for practice and qualifying divides the race course into three sections and the con-testants into three groups. Each are supposed to practice on a dif-ferent part of the hill each day and qualify on the fourth day. lots of ice on the road. On day For the first time in the 73 year three the field of cars was divided history of the annual July 4th .in half as well as the Bottom and "Race to the Clouds" not one part of the Middle section. Each par-ticipant reached the Pikes Peak competitor was given a chance to summit at 14,110 feet above sea do some tuning and testing. level. Inciement weather and clan-Robby Unser held up the family record of wins at Pikes Peak driving the Roger Mears Chevy truck to that class win a full two minutes faster than the defending champion who was second. On the first day of practice Hill Climbers were greeted with eight feet of snow on the top Section, the Middle mileage had heavy intermittent snow and raih, while the Bottom section had rain all day. The second day was a copy of day 1 with the added hazard of Day 4, Qualifying day greeted gerously icy road conditions in the racers with six inches of new the upper section of the world's snow, from the Bottom up. Sun highest auto hill climb forced race and wind soon made the road officials to shorten the course to possible for Qualifying from the 8.64 miles, concluding just past Bottom to Glen Cove, about "Devil's Playground" at 12,786 halfway up. Each driver gets one feet. The full run is 12.42 miles. qualifying trip on the road. -After qualifying comments Unlike other races, here the fas-test qualifiers start last in the race order a~ the road gets better as the day progresses. ~GOOD NEWS!~ RACESHOCK COMPANY Phoenix, Arizona Is Now Offering from the drivers were varied. Seven time Stock Car class winner Leonard V ahsholtz, driving in the Super Truck Class this year said, "when you come around a curve and hit a blinding snow storm, you decide to park it. I know the road and my truck is running just about right. Twenty year Stock · Car driver Gay Smith didn't even J. :J>:" F(!SHOX Shawn Hendricks whistled into the win in the IMSA class by a goodly margin in his very tidy Dodge Stealth: here he swings through a rare dry corner. SALES AND SERVICE • Complete Line of Shocks Revalving/Rebuilding Service • Application Assistance • Equipment Upgrades Call Anytime! RACE SHOCK . . COMPANY Tel. (602) 254-07 44 • Fax (602) 493-0975 "See Ya At The Races" Page 34 ··-Formerly a regular on the SCCA PRO Rally' trails, Jeff Zwart got his 1995 Porsche Turbo into first place in the High Performance Showroom Stock class, and it was probably the four wheel drive version too. September 1995 unload, saying there was too much of a chance to wreck your car. David Donner, past Open Wheel champion, echoed these remarks as did many veteran drivers. Rod Millen the current record holder, said that is what makes the event different from any other · race in the world. It is a different challenge every day and every lap. He remarked that making the course shorter was a wise choice in the bad weather. This being the first time for the Bridgestone IMSA Supercar drivers at Pikes Peak, they had a variety of com-ments. But all agreed it was fun, exciting and challenging. Fast Supercar qualifier Shawn Hen-dricks in a Dodge Stealth said, . "Things are going good and the car is handling great. If it takes a little slowing down going into the corners, I will do it. You have to finish to win!" Randy Pobost said, "Gene Howard, my crew chief, and I got lucky on the chas-sis set on the BMW; it was good for second fast qualifier. If the road gets drier I could win, but you have to learn to slow down to win. Elliott Forbes-Robinson, third fastest qualifier remarked, "The crew made a few changes, even though it was slippery; I think the car is working better, the visibility is great, the track is pretty good and I am not scaring myself as bad as I did at the start." Fast qualifier of all was Millen in the yellow Toyota at 4:36 in Unlimited Class. Gary Lee Kan-awyer topped the Open Wheelers at 4:47:2 and Jeff Zwart scored in High Performance Showroom Stock at 5:55:3 in a twin turbo 4WD Porsche. Robby Unser was fastest in Super Trucks in a Chevy at 5:26:7, Gay Smith topped Super Stock Cars in a Ford at 5:27:l while Shawn Hendricks was quickest in IMSA class in the Dodge at 6:01 :6. Fast aualifvine Dusty Times

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Elliott Forbes-Robinson, known for his wins in long distance road races, ran in the IMSA class and took second in the Nissan 300 ZX- T, about half a minute off the winning pace. Peter Farrel/finished very close in third in the IMSA class driving Michael Avatar takes the checkered flag in the High a well turned out Mazda RX-7 complete with spoiler and a wing. Performance Showroom Stock class where he finished second in his Toyota. 11 seconds behind. @/&ffe»= . Wally Dallenbach Jr. had a wild looking wing on his PVA-01 but it must have done the job for him as he finished second in the popular Open Wheel class. Gay Smith lives in Colorado Springs, and he drove his 1993 Ford to a good time in Super Stock Car Class, taking home the second place honors. Also coming from Japan to run in the Pikes Peak Open Class was Shingo Shimada, also in a Subaru, a 1995 model. and he finished a close second on time. time in Open Class went to the Subaru of Teruski Kobayashi at 5:23:9 and the Exhibition Class leader was Greg Painter in a 1981 Camara. As mentioned the course was shortened to 8 .5 miles and turned out to be a Race Through the Clouds, stopping at the 16 mile post, as far as they could safely go on Race day, Rod Millen driving the Pennzoil Toyota had hoped to ~ Class Stadium 1650 break into the nine minute bracket but couldn't better his own record on the shorter course so he still holds the overall record of 10 minutes 4:06 seconds estab-lished in 1994. His 7:53:7 was a short lived overall lead when Nobuhiro Tajima took his Suzuki up the hill in 7:53:0 to win over-all. Millen blamed a mixed up radio conversation with the pits that ad vised him he had 14 Weekend Payback Enby Fee Per Entry $150.00 $150.00 Stadium1600 $100.00 $100.00 PRO Buggy $ 50.00 $ 50.00 '"', PRO Baja ~ _ $ 50.00 $ 50.00 Superlites , ¾_ $ 75.00 $ 75.00 PRO.Pilots ~ $ 75.00 $ 75.00 Bike PRO --:--, $ 50.00 $ 50.00 Sportsman Buggy $ 35.00 Trophy & Stuff Non-PRO Bike $ 35.00 Trophy & Stuff Mini & Pee Wee Bike $ 25.00 Trophy & Stuff seconds in hand, causing him to drive more conservatively. Leonard Vasholtz had hoped to make it two in a row in Super Trucks with a time of9:00:9 in his 1995 Ford; it didn't hold up as Robby Unser driving the Roger Mears Racing Conoco Chevrolet S-10 posted a sizzling 8:58:2. Unser said it was the best and properly prepared vehicle that he had ever driven especially in this Red/tite Per/orlltdlfee~lflitea ATV1Sioo'l'OUT'1 :-ATV PRO -._ - $ 75.00 $ 75.00PlustheRPM _ ~ $1000.00 Guarantee! ~ilell....--ATV Non-PRO $ 35.00 Trophy&Stuff t.t .•--A TV Limited $ 30.00 Trophy & Stuff I..J-~ ✓ ATV Jr& Pee Wee $ 25.00 Trophy & Stuff ~/ · -ALL A TV Entrants will recieve a $20. 00 Gift Certificate from RPM ,-.,/" -urtJaY---AUMONEYandPRIZES 'ii · .,., 5a,t PAIDSATIJRDAY NIGHT g-,,---:~-Practice .----------"" PreEnter SAVE Time & Money Qualifying and You Get ONE$15.00PitPass &FINALS Pit Pass includes General Admission Veterans Memorial Coliseum Fairgrounds - Phoenix,, Arizona 1-10 to 19th Ave. exit, tum North to Fairgrounds For information call: Whiplash Motorsports. (602) 9? 1-3730-=-Dusty Times September 1995 kind of weather. Vahsholtz com-engine back to health atter a near mented that you can't beat God failure in qualifying, made it two and the Unsers. wins in a row with a hot time of Gay Smith in his 1993 Ford 8:59:3. Super Stock Car, after having fast Paul Dallenbach in a 1995 Pho-qualifying time, had hoped for his enix, with his 1993 win in the first victory, opted to run first due Open Wheel class with a time this to deteriorating weather posted a year of8:59:7 hoped to show big time of 9: 18:3. Defending Champ brother Wally Dallenbach Jr. the Bobby Regester driving J.B. quick way up the hill, but big Isaac's 1994 R K 44 Camara brother had a time of 8:41:7 for spent 36 hours nursing a sick second r,r '~ ?~)? ~ -Page 35

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Gary Lee Kanawyer runs a Coyote in the traditional open wheel class, where it all began, and he won the class handily in the improved 1981 chassis. His time of 8:07:5 looks like third overall too. fir place. Gary Lee Kanawyer had win on his mind after losing the 1993 race in a wild crash caused by a strong gust of wind just yards short of the finish line. Kanawyer came back with his updated 1981 Wells Coyote and blistered the road in 8:07 :5 . Kan-awyer said he believed that the small narrow front tires that he runs cut through the slush giving him better steering. The IMSA Brigestone Super Cars being this was their first time on the mountain and the first time on dirt for many of them agreed this was the most fun in racing that they ever had, but needed more practice. They also com-mented on the friendliness, help and hospitality they received from other drivers and mechan-ics, and said they will be back. Shawn Hendricks driving the Ed Arnold R acing Dodge Stealth won the first IMSA Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb with a very com-petitive time of 9:34:5, right in with the veteran drivers in other classes. Hendricks said the Dodge . __ EREA Bobby Regester was king of the Super Stock Car class, as he got up the hi/I in his 1984 Chevy Camaro in quick time to win the class and he went so fast he appears to be fourth overall, just a second slower than Unser. Stealth was a good car and Subaru won the Pikes Peak Open believed the 4 Wheel Drive in a time of9:00:8. Shingo Shim-helped pull him out of the ada followed in a 1995 Subaru in corners. Elliott Forbes-Robinson 9: 17:8. High Performance Show-seemed apprehensive all during room Stock went to Jeff Zwart in practice but he wasn't scared on his Super Porsche at 9:40:3. race day. He drove the Dal-Tech Michael Avatar followed in a Racing Nissan 300 ZX into 1992 Toyota in 9:51:4 . Mad Dog second place in 10: 11 :2 . Robin-took the Exhibition Class with his son tried some different things Extreme Quad in 10:08:2 and but said they didn't work so he , Gary Painter took his 198 1, just sat back and waited for some-Camaro up next in 10: 13:7. one to make a mistake. He went faster than he thought he had. Teruaki Kobayashi in a 1993 An extrn day of p ractice allowed Monday morning, July 3, was not what rookie and fourth fastest Open Wheel qualifier Jason Waples needed as he missed a turn and sailed out into blue sky 100 feet, nose down and hit end over end for another 75 feet. W a pies climbed out of the Wells Coyota unscratched, but he was out of the competition. Rhys Millen, Rod's 22 year old son, competed in his fourth Pikes Peak Hill Climb with a 1995 Toy-ota Supra Turbo. His time of 10:01:74 put him first among the two wheel drives in High Perfor-mance Showroom Stock class. "The conditions were not even worth walking on, so I'm very glad we didn't go to the top", said . the younger Millen. "When you are sitting at the start line and it starts to hail just before you take off, your confidence level goes away a little as to what it is doing at the top. We were happy to see that it was still fairly tacky up there. I made one little mistake that may have cost two or three seconds, but I couldn't complain at all with the run. Maybe I can get Dad 's two wheel drive record next year." Teruaki Kobayashi came from Japan to try Pikes Peak in a 1993 Subaru running in the Pikes Peak Open class. He turned a good time, •just a minute behind that of Bobby Regester and won the Open class. Jamar Super Shifte Make missed shifts a thing of the past! Fortin CV Cages Polished & Strong! Available in both: 930 and 934.5 Thing Drums Straight from Germany. The real thing! 103 Press Lane #4 * Chula Vista, CA 9191 0 Phone: (619)691-9171 * FAX: (619)691-0803 Pagc36 September 1995 Dave Beddor, a champion ice racer from Minnesota did a fine job in his ice racing Porsche, and must have felt at home in the weather conditions. Dave finished third in his Ruf in the Pikes Peak Open Class. They have a class called Exhibition at Pikes Peak, but this may be the first big rig in the Hill Climb. Sid Compton drove the International to a fourth place finish in Exhibition class. Dusty Times

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Hannu Mikkola and Gunnar Palm Repeat • 30 Years Later on the Historic London-Mexico Rally Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Hannu Mikkola, who also won in 1970, and Gunnar Palm kept their Ford Escort RS 1600 1.8 liters together and led most all of the 30 days and at the end, the finish line in Acapulco in first overall. The 1995 version of the London-Mexico Rally took 30 days, passed through 18 countries in Europe, South America, Central America and North America. If memory serves, the original London-Mexico rally was organized in honor of Mexico hosting the World Cup Soccer final fpr the first time, and that rally was scheduled to arrive in Mexico City as the World Cup final began. The version that began last April was open to cars current in rallying in 1970 and presumably drivers from that era, although some younger teams were also in the ranks. The time frame was from April 22 to May 21, 30 days to go 17,000 miles through 18 countries. With the usual ceremonial start in London the first day was to be 300 miles with two special stages for the 59 starting cars with competitors from 24 countries. Once out of the city the route led to Wilton in Hampshire, the home of the Earl of Pembroke for the first two competitive special stages which were timed to the second. Each stage was four miles and run through the dewy bluebell forests of the Earl's estate and each featured tight, twisty and slippery terrain. Ross Dunkerton, five times Australian rally champion, in a Datsun 240Z won the first stage from former world champion Bannu · Mikkola, the man who won the original London-Mexico event in 1970. On the second stage Mikkola,,with Gunnar Palm navigating as always, exacted his revenge by winning the stage from Dunkerton by a scant three seconds. They were tied exactly on time at 9 minutes, 59 seconds for the day as they motored off to Portsmouth and the overnight ferry to St. Malo in France. A further indication of just how closely fought this event was on its first day is th~ fact that rally legend Roger C lark and New Zealander Graham Lorimer were jointly in fourth place at 10m 28s, just three seconds behind Sandy Dalgarno/Sandy Taylor in third. All were driving Ford Escorts. Roger's son Matthew was sixth on the leader board just four seconds behind his illustrious father. . Tony Fall who finished sixth on the original 1970 event was tied for eighth place in his Volvo with South African Stanley lllman's Porsche 911 recording identical times, 10m 50s, over Wilton's two stages. The leader board shows seven Ford Escorts in the top ten, Dunkerton in the Datsun 240Z being the interloper breaking the Escort monopoly for the top placings. Just under one minute separated first from tenth place dispelling any ideas that the leading drivers would pace themselves and take it easy on this 16,000 km (10,000 mile) event. The first victim to the slippery forest conditions was Bob Almond's Datsun 1600 driven by Australian advanced driving instructor Ian Luff who went off damaging several of the Earl's trees and the Datsun's rear suspension. In Portsmouth they managed to make repairs just in time to board the overnight ferry to St. Malo. Another victim of a different sort was Australian Les Johnson who chopped the top of his finger off making adjustments to the disc brakes on his Mus tang. The top of his finger was replaced by micro surgery in a West London hospital and Johnson, heavily splinted, was able to start the rally. "My mate Gordon Ketelbey can handle the driving for the first few , days, I'll look Many times Australian champion Ross Dunkerton with Harry Mansson posec the biggest threat to the winners, often running close in the Datsun 240 Z bu; they had to settle for second overall. after the maps" , said the laconic Aussie. The 59 competitors will spend the night on the ferry before tackling a long hard run through France to the Atlantic resort town of Biarritz. Comment from Mikkola, "The competition is amazingly close, there's no doubt about it we are going at maximum attack over those first two stages. Everyone was looking for the psychological advantage of establishing an early lead. I can't believe the times are so close. It's going to be one heck of a 30 day event if it carries on at this pace." Information got scarce on the rally in Europe and not much in the way of who was leading where came out of South America at all. But the 59 cars had a 750 km run from St. Malo to Biarritz, virtually the whole length of France on day 2. There were no special stages but the demanding route tested the skills of the navigators as they wove their way along rural roads. Sunday in France is traditionally the day for cycle races and in two small villages the rail y was delayed for ten minutes to allow free passage for the racing cyclists. In the town of Benet the Mayor laid on a reception, including a brass band, and a lunch time snack for the entire event folks. The Mayor himself ran the control point and put his official Mayoral stamp on the time car of every competitor. "A wonder-fully enthusiastic welcome," said Andras Jojart, a Hungarian round the world yachtsman driving a Porsche 911. The previous day the Mayor of Portsmouth had provided the 59 cars with a motorcycle police escort from the town square to the harbor wheH they boarded the ferry. The day's only minor drama was Freddie Preston, the oldest competitor in the rally (age 65 · who broke a tooth biting into hi~ breakfast roll. A French competi tor on the event phoned ahead tc Benet where a dentist was locate, and Freddie sacrificed his luncl time snack in favor of a quick triJ to the dentist's chair where th broken tooth was fixed. Freddi took part in the original 197, event and is also a veteran of tw, London-Sydney Marathons. H continues in 40th place witl George Hampson in his Rove 2000. Australian competito Dean Rainsford, who lives in th heart of the South Australia wine country was delighted wit: the route through Bordeaux "A those villages with names normally see only on win bottles." Tomorrow the cars cross th border into Spain where th, serious competition resumes After day 2 Dunkerton lee Mikkola by nine seconds, bot! well ahead of the field. Now the Jiri Kotek and Jiri Sedivy did a fine job in the Skoda 1100, a small ca·, built in the former Cechoslovakia: they finished 24th out of the 45 who made it to Mexico. John Smallwood and John Pen LaFarge brought this Alfa The Australian Datsun 240 Z of Philip Hooper and Peter Evans Romeo from the USA and they stuck with the game all the way broke wheel studs on SS2 in England, but carried on eventually to finish 41st overall. to finish in 38th place. Page 38 September 1995 Dusty Times

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Alberto Hodari and Gordon Olson finished 45th, last, but a remarkable effort considering the Ford Mustang had complete transmission failure in Brazil. James & Moira lngleby put the Mercedes 220E off on SS2, but willing help got them back on the Earl's road and they went on to finish 28th in Mexico. The remarkable Chrysler 77 got to mid distance before retiring with various oil leaks in a real fine performance by English owners Bill and Eileen Ainscough. cars face one of the more daunting stages on the event, a 23 km tight, twisting stage known as the Balcon de Viscaya. Half of it winds uphill and the other half plunges downhill on a narrow asphalt road that got progres-sively tighter and narrower. "One for the brave" was how organizer Nick Brittan described it. They went to Salamanca; Spain, the next day it was on to Lisbon and the flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil. There was scant news out of South America received here. But the decimated Ford entry was fi na ll y successful in the London-Mexico historic mara-thon! Only one out of six works replica Fo rd Escort RS 1600 s which entered the anniversary London-Mexico marathon fin-ished the course in a competitive position -but it won! Hannu Mikkola/Gunnar Palm relived the memory of the 1970 World Cup Rally which Hannu won; it was one of Mikkola's first major success in his 32 year long career, but only after a remarkable series of catastrophes which struck their team in the early stages. Second place went to the only driver capable of challenging Mikkola, Ross Dunkerton with Harry Mansson, only 12 minutes behind. Far away in third place was another Australian team, Dean and Ben Rainsford in a Ford Mustang. Hannu Mikkola stated at the finish that this was his last rally! The story of Ford's series of problems in the opening sections in South America will long be remembered by those involved. Not only did Graham Lorimer, one of the stars of the • 1993 London-Sydney marathon, crash badly, but on each of the first four stages in Brazil, one of the replica Escorts suffered head gasket failure. Among the Escorts that of Roger Clark and his son Matthew, the problems caused early retirement. W ith the car of'flying mechanic' Sandy Dalgarno, a heavy penalty ensued. And then Mikkola 's car had the same problem, but in his case he could continue because there was a road section of considerable length before the next time control, and he could have the engine repaired without penalty. On the penult-imate day there was disappoint-ment for Richard Martin Hurst, another veteran rail y driver, whose similar Escort suffered rear axle failure. In his accident Lorimer suffered a punctured lung, cracked vertebra and • A head gasket change in Brazil for Hannu Mikkola, right who had help from the Sandys. Deigarno and Taylor, and did not lose the lead on April 29. Hannu Mikkola, left, and Gunnar Palm take in some sun in Latin America, on their way to victory. Mikkola announced later that this was his last rally of his 32 year long career. Dusty Times broken finger, but was repatriated to England in due course. The event was open to vehicles active in rallying at the time of the 1970 World Cup Rally, and there had been considerable pre-rail y debate at Ford as to the type of engine to be used in the cars. On the 1970 event the Escorts used 1850cc single cam engines, but fearing there would be an entry full of powerful cars such as Porsches, the decision was taken to risk the possible damage of poor fuel in Brazil and to use 1800cc 16 valve engines. The performance of Dunkerton 's 2 4 0 Z probably j ustified the eventual decision. Highlights of the event were plentiful. Tony Fall, another veteran of the 1970 event, struggled for a considerable distance with shock absorber trouble in his Volvo. Freddy Preston, Rover driver, retired in Lima, which was where he ended his challenge in 1970. The Russian Moskvich of Alexander Dolbish overturned, later retired . with engine trouble. There were problems with protesters in Central America. Cars were twice moved by outside means: from Lisbon they were air freighted by Antonov to Sao Paulo, then from Cartegena they went by ship to Panama. The Ford Mustang of Dean Rainsford speRt a long time suffering from brake troubles, but went well on stages in South America. The Argentine driver Alberto Hodari, Ford Mustang, finished last despite complete transmission failure when he arrived in Brazil. Retirements were relatively few. John Chatham retired his Healey 3000 with engine troub-!es, former Formula 1 driver Clay Regazzoni abandoned on day 29 when his Mercedes engine was damaged after hitting a hole in the road and the remarkable 1929 Chrysler 77 of Bill and Eileen Ainscough retired with various oil leaks at half distance. The event was decided by performance over orthodox special stages on closed roads. It must have been a long 30 days on the road for the survivors. They did visit some neat places in Latin America, and the whole thing ended, not in Mexico City but in Acapulco. W hat a fine spot to rest the road weary bones. London - Mexico Rally 1995 April 22-May 21, 1995 - 42 Stages Hannu Mikkola/Gunnar Palm SF/S Ford Escort RS1600• B 8 :54:35 Ross Dunkerton/Harry Mansson AUS Datsun 240 Z C 9 :06:54 Dean & Ben Ralnsford AUS Ford Mustang D 9 :42:36 Janos Balazs/Andras Jojart H Porsche 911 C 9 :47:37 Tony Fall/Roy Dixon G3 Volvo B 9 :52:39 John Leppard/Nick Starkey G3 Peugeot 504 B 9:55:39 Bruce Hodgson/Paddy McCllntock AUS/IRL Ford Falcon D 9 :56:15 G. & I. Slngh-Mllkhu Gfl Volvo B 10:07:14 Terry Daly/Bob Brill AUS/NZ Ford Mustang D 10:12:07 Ernst Harrach/Franz Mikes A Volvo Pl800 B 10:17:30 59 starters -45 finishers IBERG LASS RANGER EXPLORER BRONCO II FULL SIZE FROM MILD TO WILD PRE RUN TO RACE EXCEPTIONAL LOOKS COMPLETE KITS 100% FUNCTIONAL PROVEN IN THE BAD LANDS OF BAJ"A September 1995 Page 39

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Dennis Chizma and Garnet Baril in the Motor Sports Unlimited Mitsubishi 3000 GT, a "supercar" for the forests. They DNF'd while running third. Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge were fourth in the Crazee Espresso Toyota Celica. Jack and Monte Horn finished tenth overall in the Rally Lite class winning Mazda GLC. The Horns also grabbed the divisional U2 class trophy. Oregon Trail PRO Rally Text & Photos: Jim Culp Tim and Penny Paterson, Mazda RX7. Tim moved back to two-wheel drive this season so he could spend more time sliding sideways! First overall, first in 02 Class. Tim and Penny Paterson claimed a narrow victory at the Oregon Trail SCCA Pro Rally, held June 10 in the green hills of the Coast Range near Veronia, Oregon. After almost an hour at rally speeds, only seven seconds separated first place from third in the Northwest Divisional event. The Paterson's red Falcon Racing Mazda RX7, finished first, four seconds ahead of Steve Walker and Dave Lowe in the Tech-i . z ~ iii Works Mazda 323GTX. Rick Beson and Ed Millman, in the Norene Tire Mazda Protege were third, another three seconds back. It was a stunning come-from-behind victory for the Paterson family from Redmond, Washing-ton. They never led the rally until the seventh and last scored stage was complete. In fact, they had started that final stage in third place, three seconds behind Walker and two seconds behind DEALER INOUIRlES WELCOME i ; ll . ; . i I . 4-SPYDER SUPER DIFFS !l /! n Tl IRS ffi The Cast Ditt is back! I I:? • Made from ductile iron. I . • Utilizes 4-Spiders for added strength. This 4-Spyder Super Diff comes suppplied W~~ with precision-ground pins and block. ~ MCK-0265 . Creaf/y Reduced Price/ w T21RS All New to the Industry/ Economica/lY Priced! • Ultimate strength/ • Made from ductile Iron . ~ ; ! ~ . 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Beson's neat 4 WO Protege had jumped ahead of the Pattersons on the fourth stage to take over first following the retirement of early leaders John Sparks and Don Schroeder. Sparks, in the Engine Rebuilder's Toyota, had raced into the lead on the first stage and held off all chal-lengers through stage three.The duel at the top had also included Dennis Chizma and Garnet Bark in the striking Motor Sports Unlimited Mitsubishi 3000 GT. Chizma w:.s running in third place after the fourth stage, when the supercar expired . The Crazee Espresso Toyota Celica of Janice Damitio and co-driver Amity Trowbridge, fin-ished fourth overall to take the regional class two title, 22 seconds ahead of Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes iri the Ruby's Ford Escort (second in class two, fifth overall). Mike Gibeault and Terry Stonecipher took the Gibeault Subaru to sixth, with Dave La T ourette and Rick Coviello fin-ishing seventh in the Autovice 4WD VW Beetle. The battle for eighth and ninth spots was a scrap for novice ( regional class three) honors, and it was as close as the battle for the overall lead. At the finish, Pete Shelton and Thomas Forstar in the Hillman Boys Mazda RX3 edged Bonnie Hertz and Lance Guensch in the Deno' Pizzeria Colt by three seconds after a day September 1995 Steve Walker and Dave Lowe, TechWorks Mazda 323 GTX, second overall, first in 4WD class. Hatch popped open landing from a "yump" the additional downforce didn't slow them much, they recorded the second ifastest time on this stage. Rick Beson and Ed Millman, in the 4WD Norene Tire Mazda Pro;tege finished third overall. Dave LaTourette and Rick Coviello finished seventh in the Autovice 4WD VW Bug. That's a cloud of oil smoke caused when the liquid spla:shed around when the Bug landed after leaping off a "yump". -----------1 on g battle for the trophy. tions, and three of the four Rounding out the top ten was regional rally classes. Jack Horn and Monte Horn in the The close racing highlighted the Wagonwheel Nursery Mazda return to Oregon for SCCA's GLC. The Horns are always com-Divisional Pro-Rally Series after a petitive in the regional rally lites nine year absence from the state. class, but this time they doubled Organizing Committee Chairman taking the lites title as well as the Ben Bradley and Rally Master divisional under-two liter crown. Vern Johnson provided a great In addition to the overall title, new wrinkle with real-time scor-the Patersons took home the- ing. Aided by the radio wizardry regional class one trophy and the of the Oregon Air National divisional over-two liter crown. Guard's 244th Combat Com-Walker and Lowe claimed the munications Squadron, fans and divisional honors in the 4WD crews could keep up with the class. In case you've lost track, action from the service area. that means very different Mazdas The weather was northwest captured the top three spots over-comfortable, overcast with occa-all, as·well as first place in each of sional showers to keep the dust the three divisional classifica-down. DustyTlmcs

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SPECTACULAR RMISH OF 1994 FIA RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP Schlesser Wins Fourth Marlboro Desert Challenge Text & P1wt.os: Ed Heuvink The last race for this year's offi-cial FIA Rally-Raid World cham-pionship was held in the vast deserts of the United Arabic Emi-rates from November 9 till 11 . After 800 hot and heavy miles, former sportscar world champion Jean-Louis Schlesser was cele-brated as winner at the finish in Dubai. Driving his two-wheel drive Buggy, he was 12 minutes clear of the local Range Rover team ofBakhashab /Willis. Of the 4 7 entries who started at the Cor-niche in Abu Dhabi only 24 made it to the finish. In 1991, some months after the Gulf war, the Emirates govern-ment for the first time organized this race to promote the country. The war did damage the good image of the prosperous Emirates and led by rally driver Mohammed bin Sulayem and with Marlboro sponsoring, the idea was born. "The first year we had to invest a lot; teams and press all had to be invited to Dubai. It was a new event and we had not proven any-thing yet. W e had 28 cars from all over Europe and the Middle-East at the start and the race was a suc-cess. The FIA granted us a world championship status for the year after", explained Mohammed bin Sulayem. "Everybody was very enthusiastic and we had a very good coverage in Europe. The nice weather in November cer-tainly favors the European jour-nalists", added Tony Lewis, as press officer he was with the 'Challenge' from the beginning. Since the Rally-Raid cham-pionship had already been decided, Citroen did not want to send any car to the Middle East. Pierre Lartigue, after winning four of the six previous events was already crowned as champion. Mitsubishi, however, had j_ust built a new prototype which will run in the next Dakar rally. Paris-born Bruno Saby drove the car at the 'Challenge' as a test for next month's African mammoth rally. The main opposition in the Emi-rates would come from Jean-Louis Schlesser in his Buggy and a few local drivers who would make use of their desert driving skills. The 1994 rally would cover in total some 800 miles of special stages spread out over four days. To get deeper into the deserts, two overnight bivouacs were set up. On Wednesday, November 9 at 10:30 hours Bruno Saby was the first car to leave the start-ramp in Abu Dhabi. U .A.E. prime min-ister Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent him off. After some 25 controlled miles leaving Abu Dhabi, the first stage started at the Al Wathba camel-race track. The first day belonged to Saby, he was quickest at all stages. At the end of the day after 160 miles, his advantage was 46 minutes over the second placed car. To everybody's surprise it was the standard Geco-Mitsubishi of the German ladies-team Kleinsch-midt/Lohman. In third position was the Land Rover of Al Attiyah Nasser/ Al Hajri Mubarak from Qatar. Already eight cars failed to Dusty Times finish that day. Among them was former Ferrari-Formula One driver Clay Regazzoni. The crippled Swiss drove an all man-ual operated Mercedes-Benz 0600 prototype. A broken sus-pension eliminated him already during the first day. Another 20 cars made it to the overnight stop in Liwa, but came after the time-control was closed. They were all lost in the sand dunes some 60 miles from the camel racetrack. Eventually all were collected by the military sweeper team. The Emirates army was of great help for the organizers, not only did the Hummers collect the stranded cars, helicopters were provided for the media and the bivouacs were set up by them as well. The stranded teams could, if they wanted rejoin the next day, but with a severe time-penalty. The second day's leg was a long 300 mile stage from Liwa to Al Ain. This oasis town, some 110 miles from Dubai in the middle of the desert, will be the Emirates version of Orlando. Big hotels and an international airport dom-inate the landscape. The dino-saurs from the movie 'Jurassic Park' will be there as well in a soon to open theme-park. Already(locally) well known is its ice hockey team ... We expect the local indoor icerink should lay a heavy burden on the electricity costs but in the Emirates you always face surprises. But before arriving in Al Ain the route led through the empty deserts of the Arabic peninsula and with a blis-tering sun shining overhead promised to be a heavy day for drivers and cars. At seven o'clock in the morning Saby set off and with a two minute interval the other cars followed. Five miles after the start the Dutch team of Snippe and Korteweg got trans-mission problems and were out of the race. Towing is allowed and the Geco-Mitsubishi went behind a service car all the way to Al Ain by road. Since the right parts were not with the team, the Dubai Mit-sibusihi dealer had to be visited. During the evening a new clutch was installed and the Dutch team could rejoin the rally on Friday. The penalty for not running the regular course·was severe: 41 hours. For Saby there were no prob--!ems and after five hours 34 min-utes the Frenchman reached Al Ain. The big winner of the day was Jean-Louis Schlesser, driving his Buggy single handed and with-out a navigator, we should pay our respects to him. In the desert all sand dunes are alike and one could easily get lost. Kleinschmidt lost another hour on Saby and she dropped to sixth overall. Four cars dido 't make it to Al Ain, and eight cars had to be collected by the army Hummers, came late and got an extra time penalty. The leading cars all found their way in the desert using their OPS. The Global Positioning System is a must in this kind of event. Satel-lites high above ·the Gulf area give drivers and navigators a very much needed helping hand. The, private entries who drove on roadbook and compass in no-way could compete with the top teams. Soon after the start of the third leg on Friday, Bruno Saby burned the clutch of his Mitsubishi Prot-otype and was unable to continue the rally. Schlesser now was in an ideal position to win the rally. However, it was the Nissan of De Lavergne/ Agueles who was quickest that day, just ahead of Bakhashab/Willis in the Marl-boro Range Rover and Cyril Neveu in his Buggy. At the end of the stage the three cars were separated by a few minutes only. The parc-ferme was in Dubai town and after three days of desert dust, all competitors could enjoy a good shower and bath in the hotels. In the evening· the remaining cars, 27 in total, headed to the parking lot of the Dubai Hyatt Hotel. In front of this hotel a 1.4 mile super special stage was built with jumps and water-basin included. Thousands of locals came to see this show which was September 1995 won by Saby. The Mitsubishi was repaired but for being towed to the service it got a 9 hour time-penalty: It was, therefore, out of contention for the overall victory, but for Saby too the 'Challenge' was a test. There were no changes on the last day. Leg four of the rally started just outside Dubai at the port of Jebel Ali. The route led towards the mountains near the Oman border and ending again at the Dubai Hyatt. It was Cyril Neveu driving a Buggy who was quickest. However; since he too lost many precious hours on the first day he could only gain one place in the end finished 13th overall. Bakhashab in his Marl-boro Range Rover took some 23 minutes on the Nissan of de Lavargne and ended in second spot. Jean-Louis Schlesser how-ever did not make any mistakes and held a small advantage over the others. After 1 7 hours and 39 minutes he had a 12 minute lead over the Marlboro Range Rover. Kleinschmidt was in the end fourth overall just ahead of Sven Quandt in another Geco Mitsubi-shi. Even with the misfortune of the Dutch Geco-Mitsubishi ( 17th in the end), the German Geco .+earn won the team-prize. In the evening at the prize-giving banquet a toast was made to the 24 teams who made it all the way. It was a heavy rally with severe punishments on cars and drivers. The Arabic peninsula is a· perfect place to organize a rally like this. Motorsport officials from Bah rein and Oman attended the event and rumors were heard that a larger event, covering three or more countries might be possi-ble. The kingdom of Saudi Ara-bia, however, still is not in favor of any kind of motorsport. A pity, since thousands of square miles of desert really would be a challenge for all. Results Marlboro Desert Chal-lenge, seventh and final event counting for the FIA World Championship off-road rally raid. 1. Schlesser, Schlesser Original 1 7 hrs. 39 mins. 2 . Bakhashab /Willis, Range_ Rover 17 hrs. 52 mins. 3 . De Lavergne/ Argueles, Nissan Patrol 18 hrs. 9 mins. 4. KleinschmidtlLohman,Mit-subishi Pajeiro 18 hrs. 57 mins. 5. Quandt/ Zwilling, Mitsubishi Pajeiro 19 hrs. 8 mins. 6 . Liukkonen/Matsinen, Land Rover 19 hrs. 58 mins . 7 . Housieaux/Cotret, Nissan Pathfinder 20 hrs. 5 mins. In total 24 teams were classified. , ..

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Rocseler Romps at Cal City By Tony Tellier Ph.or.as: Lonnie Peralta Fresh from running and winning overall in the bike bash, Larry Roese/er took his LeDuc built Ford pre-runner out for the car race, around 7 p.m. and with Rod Muller riding along, they changed one flat and won the race overall. Larry Roeseler, a_ multi-time winner of countless Baja" 1 000s" and Baja "500s" plus several-times champion of AMA District 37 and National Hare and Hounds, pulled double duty at the recent "Midnight Romp 150" at California City, California. In his first outing of the scorching afternoon, on July 15, at 1600 hours, Roeseler threw a leg over his factory-massaged Kawasaki KX500 and completed the two 55-mile laps in a time of 1 :32:53 -71 mph -to finish the overall winner and tops in the Pro Open Motorcycle Class. No sooner had he accomp-lished his overall win on two wheels, around a very fast Cali-fornia City race course, than Larry took off his riding gear, put-ting on his driving suit and jumped behind the driver's seat of his superfast pickup. At 7 p.m., when all bikes and ATVs had completed the race, he got the green flag aboard his 1973 Ford pickup in Class 1 / 2 and promptly put it atop of the field by winning his class and the overall as well. The four-wheel race consisted of three 55-mile laps and Roeseler finished in a time of 2:56:01 -56 miles per hour. Roeseler's "dou-ble duty" dominated the event at this first Cal City event in over twelve years. . Santa Barbara's Burl Beveridge and Burbank's Billy Robertson teamed up in the "Burley's Bimmer Service" 1994 Racecol -Rabbit to place second overall and first in Class 10 with a time of Steve Kirk Jr. also did double duty, competing in the bike race, and then taking the helm of the Erik Rice, Frank Aldrette, Tamara Kirk, La Rana stock truck, to win the Class 7S title after some delays en route. 1ST IN CLASS 7S - 3RD O/A ~ CAL CITY MIDNIGHT ROMP 150 ----:~ TIGHT LEASH RACING WISHES TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND COBTIBUIBG SUPPORT CONEJO OFF ROAD * WALLY KAHILL- DENNIS COX* N-STYLE TRICK RACING FURL• DIRT WHEELS MAGAZINE JAYTKCH FAB-WKLD * BILL & JENNY MCCOOL DAVE ''RANCHO'' SIMPSON, RANCHO SUSPENSION COASTAL PRIRTWORKS • ADVANCED POWDBRCOATING CHBCKBRS OFF ROAD & ALL OUR FANILIBS • FRIENDS DRIVERS; c.BfilL.!:HllU ~-:ll_RIYEfilit. Page 42 ERIK RICE STEVE KIRK, JR STBVH KIRK, JR FRANK ALDRETE, TAMARA KIRK 3: 19:36 -50 mph -for the three laps. A somewhat one-man lengthy rear tire change - involv-ing the car falling oft the jack -unfortunately put Roeseler out of reach. Robertson admitted that this was his first try at a solo drive • so he just left the flat wheel and the jack with some spectators. But as seems to be the case in Cal City, the hardware ended up at Race Control almost before the Kuster and Hewland-outfitted car was cool. (Thanks to Ken Kline, of Cali-fornia City, who found Burl Beve-ridge's wallet out in the middle of nowhere. It had been dropped out of the truck while pre-running Friday night. Not only did Burl's wallet carry all usual cards and licenses, it also contained four one-hundred dollar bills. Ken refused the immediately-proffered reward of one of those crisp, pretty, little dickens - electing to accept nothing more than two bottles of Miller beer. What a guy.) It was difficult to imagine what could have been hit to cause a flat out at Cal City. But Roeseler had the same thing come down. How-· ever, he had "Hot Rod" Muller along for the ride and they had the beef to keep the truck an the jack. "It started to come over on me," laughe·d Muller. "But we just • saved it." The sands of Cal City require everyone to carry a sheet of plywood or make a big-footed jack base. Robertson was well within sight of the truck after Lap Two when both stopped in the pits. LR changed passengers with the world-famous Wally World of exotic paint fame. Mister World plans on applying a typically weird and wondrous color scheme to the Ford. Robertson stopped to have the remaining light covers pulled ... but they were already off. One PIAA was broken out by LR 'sear-lier first-lap pass on Burl. A cha-grined Billy left just behind Larry and "W arid." Billy's tire change used up twelve minutes; Roesel-er's only six. Larry's truck began as a bare-bones set of rails and, with the help of California Pre September 1995 Burl Bevridge and Billy Robertson charge down one of many fast roads on the course in the Rabbit powered -Raceco: a one man tire change after a flat put them in second overall, and they won Class 10 honors. Fun's Curt LeDuc, got a roller. Frank stressed that "it is really a But the final details were the work 'Stocker' and we just entered in of LR and Regie Dunlap. Larry '7S' for fun." "Fun" was when it has gotten plenty of TIG time got dark and Steve's drive lost its under his hood and it shows; the lights. Rummaging and rooting detailed car looks as good as any through the truck, Steve and wife, Trophy-Trucks you can find. He Tamara McCool Kirk, found an was quick to point out that it was appropriate fuse in the first aid kit . a street-legal pre-run vehicle (nexttotheAcebandage?)andoff/1 complete with mufflers, air condi-they motored in the '81 Toyota tioning and tunes. Street legal SRS. with multiple Kusters on every And just to show their class, corner. "My accountant says that they won the BP Handicap purse I need to race it once a year to by getting done under the compu-· justify its existence," Larry terized fifty-two minute time dif-grinned. ference between Roeseler's "l" His cooling system, outfitted car and the "7S." The finish line with the obligatory bed-mounted crowd had plenty of time to heat exchanger (i.e., "radiator"), check, re-check and keep check-exhibited a few glitches on the ing, their watches. But Frank and 1 l0F plus high speed runs .. Eric slid in with a few minutes to Apparently vortices shed off the - spare. bluff cab top disturb the air In motorcycles Team Green through the face of the radiator icon Larry Roeseler "unretired" and engine coolant temperatures to win Baja Promotions' Califor-can rise. "The scoop we have nia City "Midnight Romp" desert ( over the rear lip of the top) is the team race over a soloing Todd first step. I have to completely Hoy. The two lap event was run shroud and duct it." Radio eaves-over fifty miles of relic Cal City dropping during the event indi- subdivision roads. Some twenty cated that "turning off the AC" years after being platted, the wassuggestedbyhiscrewasavia-barren "City" sprawl is now ble·solution. allowable for racing by virtue of Steve Kirk, Jr. also did double being on "existing trails." Once duty, racing a Yamaha Warrior LR got by the front row starter, quad, getting a flat, then jumping lone rider "San Felipe Bob" Sur-into the La Rana" 1500" truck of mon who left at4 PM, and passed Eric Rice and Frank Aldrete. -Hoy a_nd Kirk Naylor it was full Steve Kirk and Dennis Cox had a good time on their Yamaha Quad. went fast and finished tenth overall among the quick bikes in the race. Coming Next Month ••• SNORE KC HiLites Midnight Special SCCA Prescott Forest PRO Rally FRT Conquista 200 at Santa Veronica La Rana Johnson Vally 200 -Gumbo Buttes Baja SCCA Maine Forest PRO Rally SODA at Luxemberg, WI -WRC Rally of Argentina VORRA Fallon 250 at Night BORE Jackpot 200. ••• Plus all the regular features Dusty Times

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:£. :;.. .,·%"~ Eric Rice and Frank Aldrette celebrate with their winning medals for the Class 7S title, driving a nearly stone stock mini truck. Baja Bob Van Dyke and Rich Case/i shared this high flying machine in the senior (40 plus) class and were ninth overall among the bikes and won the class too. Todd Hoy rode solo on the 550 KTM, and finished second overall in bikes, just a couple of minutes behind the winning team in a fine ride. throttle all the way. While the wide-open, almost rockless desert did little to penalize creative course corner adjustments, solo rider Todd admitted that "Larry's (KSS00) was just faster than my KTM." Both Roeseler and his challenger shucked all of the cen-ter lugs from their rear tires. Larry completed his first lap in 46 min-utes with Hoy a tick behind. In the latter stages of the second lap, LR turned the Team Green Thor/OunloplOakley/BelRaylDRP racing machine over to off road truck fabricator Regie "DRP" Dunlap who said that the final "fourteen miles of road was' scary pinned'." Dunlap, who rides shotgun in Jason Baldwin's unfim-ited Trophy Truck in SCORE events, ought to know, admitting that this rare (for him) motorcy-cle race was fun. One could sense, however, that he might have felt a little vulnerable on a two-wheeler: With age, you get a cage. Dunlap completed the LR's team's two ' 55-mile lap run in an elapsed time of 1 :32:53 - 71 mph -to finish the Overall winner and tops in the Pro Open Motorcycles Class. KTM's Todd Hoy was second overall and finished less than two ,,,.,,.. ' ~~ ;/ ~ ----·· Dennis Kirk of the quad team that won their class savors the fruits of the victory but found the champagne bottle more challenging than the race course. Larry Roese/er has lost none of his winning form, here aboard the winning Kawasaki KX 500, that he and Regie Dunlap shared to also take fast time of the day in any class. -After winning overall in both the motorcycle division and the car classes Larry Roese/er enjoyed a chance to relax and looked ready to go again. Dusty Times minutes back with a time of 1 :34:32. Hoy hit a bird at speed then got into a rare overcast sec-tion and the wide-open bike started to run lean. He was able to stay with Roeseler the entire race, but missed a few turns here and there that added up to the two minute margin which at LR 'space is almost two miles. "I don't think I ever got out of fifth (gear)," he shrugged. "I overshot a corner and hit a huge ditch and went into the bushes." Hoy allowed that he could have ridden "fifteen more laps; it was a no-effort deal." The two-tracker roads were very fast and very dusty. Vet racer Rusty Clarke, the back-of-the-pack starter, "was able to catch Senior ( 40plus) rider "Baja Bob" Van Dyke but could not get by until the twenty mile mark." The Baja vet brought his KX into the rider swap with a flat front tire but didn't know it was flat. "I was tapped, it had to be one-ten" so centrifugal force kept it up and round. Second loop rider John Alex-ander elected to protect their class lead by just adding air and going for it. Alexander, who finished fifth big bore at the recent Baja 500, found that decision to be imprudent when the tire came off the rim. The bike stopped and he did not. In the ensuing tumble he broke his left collar bone. Again, plus he sustained a mild concussion. Rancho Suspension's Dave Simpson, who had competed in · the 1994 Camel Trophy endu-rance event, soloed to the Vet Pro win and Fourth Overall. More than just an off road rally, that Welder/Generntor E\\'171 • -IOOO Watt WeldertCenerator • llonda 11 HP OllV Cummercial • 1(.0.> walls 01 pow,·r Enbiine • 170 AMP DC lor Welding • Oil Alert' • Oil Alert. • !:)amuh . .u1t.'t111sA<../l>L U':>1: • Automatic Idle' • l:.h..-..:I.Tt1lllf.: IJ,!1Ullul1 trip to South America stressed teamwork, physical (and mental) conditioning, terrain savvy, driv-ing ability and the ca:pability to make quick-and-proper decisions under the stress of bad weather, vermin, heat and sleepless nights. A lot like Cal City, where eve-ryone was warned about the Mojave Green rattlers that were "everywhere." "San Felipe Bob" felt the effects of a touch of bronchitis and faded to Third Open Pro and Fifth Overall while carrying his straw "Happy Hat" over his Camelbak. "After what happened to Danny(Hamel), I'm now look-ing for fun." Once-National MX Champ Gary Jones was on hand to check out an Ohlins-suspended quad for a bike-quad-car compar-ison article but did not ride. RACER DISCOUNTS PARTS SHIPPED BY UPS DAILY HONDA MOTORCYCLES · SCOOTERS ..._ ATV'S & GE~ERATORS ~ BMW MOTORCYCLES ~◄ ~-rra:p ~ SEA 000 WATERCRAFT 'fl'(. BILL ROBERTSON + SONS, INC. IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS 5626-Tujunga Blvd., North Hollywood ~HONDA 1 ·(800) .800-6134 Comeridewithus. 1 (818) 766-6134 September 1995 • H Pagc43 -

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SODA'S •usH RUN 101 AT CRANDON Dan llaudoux Wins Big By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Jason Crowder won the opening race taking the 2-1600 honors, but he fell to third in 1-1600, but his sister Tina won the Unlimited Ladies race driving the same car, making the trip from Florida worthwhile. Dan Baudoux cleaned house at Crandon winning four races and placed second in the curtain riser 2-1600 event. He won Class 110 and 11S, 1-1600 and jumped out in front and won the lucrative Limited Challenge event. The race had a new name, and so did the track, but it was still the Crandon Spring Run to those in attendance. With the renaming of the beautiful bucolic facility at Crandon from the generic "race-track", to the "International Off-Road Raceway", there was also a change in event titles. The Spring event, for years called the Spring Run, has taken over the name that used to apply to the Labor Day Weekend event. And the old Brush Run will now be officially titled the "World's Championship Off-Road Race". To be sure, the Borg-Warner sponsored $25,000 purse for one record numbers. The new Class BS (for stock) brought out four starters, and they had a good winner-take-all race being offered The event is scheduled to take run, but Mike Mischler took the lead on the second lap and held on to win the at the fall event will go a long way two days, with racing starting at, _ra_c_e_. __________________________ _ towards bringing in the competi-about 10:30 each morning, and:,. early lead in his Mirage, with . on the second lap, and was out, tors and making it a very big continuing until about six p.m. Michael Seefeldt second in his and then Mark Steinhardt, Ber-show. But the springtime event There are brief practice sessions, Berrien Laser. Jason Crowder rien Laser, spun in the same turn a was no slouch either. called" pre-runs", both morn-third in a Taylor, Greg Smith lap later, and fell back several It didn't feel like spring, with ings, and each individual race lasts fourth in a Tay !or and Mike places. temperatures hovering in the about 17 minutes. Notary fifth in a Hesco. They By the fourth lap Crowder had nineties and matching humidity. Saturday's racing started off were evenly spaced on the track, moved up to the front, with Bau-For a week the weather had been with the two seat 1600cc buggies, but Crowder had his nose aimed doux in second, Seefeldt third and breaking records, and Crandon's who came out onto the track 16 for the front. Peter Kowatch, in a Smith in fourth. Mark Wilkins hard working volunteers were -strong. Dan Baudoux had the . Taylor, stalled in the timing turn tossed a belt in his Mirage, and wondering if the heat would keep "' was out. Now Crowder concen-spectators away. But when it came trated on building his lead, and race time, it didn't seem to bother Baudoux tried vainly to regain the the spectators, who showecl up in, position. Seefeldt an::l Smith r~n in order, with Notary hanging on in fifth. At the finish line it was Crowder taking the win, report-ing one little sticky throttle prob-lem. Baudoux, hurrying to get to staging so he could climb into his Class 11 car, finished second, with Seefeldt third. Smith, report-ing a few " new-car" problems, finished fourth, with Notary in fifth place. Bill Groboskf has picked up where he left off last season in Class 6. It was a survival exercise at Crandon and this rebodied Chevy survived the best and won another sedan class title. On the first lap of Class BS racing Mike Burgner led in his Ford, but he took a bad bump and ended up in second place after having led the race. When the Class 11 two seat cars took off there were 25 of them, and in the crowded first turn the Scott of Billy Scott rolled over, and took an unavoidable hit from another car. As the rest of the field went on, track workers hurriedly set him upright and he took off in search of the pack. Baudoux, who'd just had a 15 minute "pre-run", was in front with Michael Oberg, in a Phazer, second, Curt Gerald third in a Mirage, Todd Frehse fourth in his Friday, and Glen Mathews fifth in another Phazer. . Stan Wood flies his Chevy Chevelle past th e big crowd on the banking who bring their own seats,.and Stan carried on to place second in Class 6 action. Page 44 ·oan Baudoux does his fly by in the Class .11 Mirage car, he is the builder, and he won both the double seat and the single seat races in this muddy car, which probably added some weight. September 1995 On the second lap Oberg got a bit loose in the mud and Gerald went past him to move into second place. Baudoux was enlarging his lead. By the fourth lap he was solidly in front and behind him it was Gerald, Oberg, Mathews and Lonnie Andrews. Scott, who'd lost oil in his rol-lover, now developed a flat tire and pulled out. Andrews also flat-tened a tire and started to fall back. Dusty Times

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c,;N,& R,. :;,, It Jitl!!!Qi The Class 11 s fly just like their more powerful brethern, and Michael Oberg kicks up the heels on his way to third place on Saturday and Sunday. How did we get a picture of a clean Class 11, maybe in practice. Brian Frankenberg flies past the crowd in his Class 4 Chevrolet, Glen Mathews drove this tidy buggy to fourth in Class 11 D, but and he had no problems like the leaders did, and Brian finished dropped back next day in 11S. _a.;::..g_o_o_d_th_,_.rd_ in_c_l_as_s_. ______________ _ boski stayed in front to take the fourth, and the rest of them held win, noting that his car, which their positions. Richie Ault sent usually runs cool, had run at 240 up some smoke, and then pulled degrees for the whole race this out, while Hanson was off in the time. Wood kept his car together pits getting a new tire. to take second place. On the fourth lap they held the Next to race were the Class same order, and through the sixth 9 110 buggies, which are limited it stayed the same, with Probst to 1650ccs just as in SCORE widening his lead. St. Peter, events. This was a crowded field, who'd been trying to get around with 21 cars pushing and shoving Caddell, finally did it on the sixth through that first turn. They all lap, and moved into third. Then. made it, but Trent Hanson, in a there were no more changes, even Pro,Tech had picked up a rear as they worked their way through flat. the lapped traffic, and Probst took the win. He had just eight seconds on Attig who said his Rabbit motor didn't have "quite enough". St. Peter was third, and Caddell, all smiles, was fourth. LeFeuvre finished fifth. These folks, and another three were all on the lead lap. It was time for Heavy Metal next, and the Class 4 folks and one lonely Class 3 rolled into stag, ing. Class 3 was supposed to have had a race all to itself, but because of some rules changes for this year the tech .,-Curt Gerald throws up a little mud: they always water heavily before Class 11 events, and Curt moved fast to place second in both single seat and two seat events. Jeff Probst, in a Laser, had the ·, .. early lead, with Todd Attig in a · Terminator, second. Attig's wife had given birth to a new son just· On the sixth lap with Baudoux way out in front it was Gerald, Oberg, Mathews and Gary Behrens behind him. Nothing much changed before the check, ered flag, but Oberg came up close behind Gerald and made a deter, mined, but unsuccessful attempt to regain his lost second place. Gerald, with an eye on his rear view mirror, held him in third. So it was Baudoux, Gerald, Oberg, Mathews and Behrens at the checkered flag. The next race brought out the new Class 8S trucks. This group . was brought into being as a way to _ attract more truck racers, and perhaps bring back some who'd been priced out of Class 8 as it has progressively become more and more expensive. As yet there are only a scattered few of this new stock truck class, and only four came to Crandon. They were rac, ing at the same time as the Class 6 sedans, but each group was scored separately. Tom Jones disappeared before he got into the first lap, and Mike Bergner put his Ford into the lead, with Mike Mischler, in a Chevy, running second. In third it was Randy Krall in another Ford. But Krall blew a tire off on the first jump of the second lap, and retired from the race. Now it was a two truck race, and Mischler moved into the lead, with Bergner trying hard to get around him. They battled fur, iously for five laps, and then on their seventh lap Bergner man, aged to slide past Mischler down in the quarry turn. They then charged almost side by side through their last lap, and on the second jump when Bergner took a bad bump, Mischler moved into the lead again, and held him off through the checkered flag. Bergner got out of his truck a pol, ogizing profusely for putting a dent in Mischler's door. While the trucks were having their two car battle, the Class 6 cars, led by Rick Rayford, in a Chevy Malibu, had their own struggle going. In part it was a Dusty Times struggle to survive. Leonard Gehl, in an El Camino managed to finish only two laps before he disap, peared. Rick Rayford had his Chevy Maliby in front, with Bill Graboski in a Chevy Nova and Stan Wood in a '76 Chevelle run, ning behind him. Rayford, who'd lost a radiator hose, completed only three laps before he began to send up clouds of steam and had to slow. That let Graboski move to the front, with Wood, who'd broken a cross, member, in second a good dis, tance back. Rayford was out after completing five laps, and Gro, two nights before the race, so he · was a bit weary. Roger Caddell, from Washington state, who'd found himself without a place to : play when the Mickey Thompson stadium series went away, was rac, ing here for the first time, and surprised himself by getting a good start in his Chenowth. He was really enjoying Crandon even though his car was geared all wrong. In fourth it was Bill LeFeuvre, in a Berrien, and then ' came Jeff St. Peter, ina Laser, who took a jump wrong, got sideways and lost a few positions. On the second lap St. Peter passed LeFeuvre to move into 900, Todd Attig, and Jeff St. Peter fought this close most of the Class 9/10 race having quite a battle. Attig was second in his Terminator with just four seconds on St. Peter's Laser. September 1995 This ~the :.ystem run by most TRI-MIL BOBCAT QIROME off road race winners 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. 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~fa Roger Caddell came from Washington state to try the ex-Bob Gordon stadium Chenowth on this fast course. He surprised the regulars by taking fourth in Class 9/10 and fourth in the Unlimited Challenge. Greg Gerlach heads for the finish line in his Dodge 4x4, always tidy and also competitive. Greg was second in Class 4 but had no luck in the Challenge race. fir people have been coming ... down hard on some technical infractions, and only one vehicle was declared legal to run on this weekend. That was Dennis Chen-charick in a Chevy. The new rules require a more stock configura-tion than in the past, and made a whole raft of vehicles illegal, and their drivers unhappy. A total of 16 vehicles took the green flag, and Kevin Probst had his Chevy out in front from the first turn. Local favorite, Jack Flannery, in his Chevy, had got off to what was a poor start for him, and was sixth in line, but obviously charging very hard. He I ~-~· '4 ' 1'· really poured on the gas. · At Crandon the cars are flagged off in the one wide open area, and then run about a quarter lap that doesn't count, before they reach the timing tower. From that point on they're on their first lap. Wha-tever happens before that is sort of in limbo, and because they're all bunched together, it's often very exciting stuff. This time the excite m ent was in wa tc h in g Flannery push his way up through the crowd. Probst stayed in front, with Greg Gerlach, in a Dodge, in second. Flannery had charged up to third now, and Steve Kelley was fourth in a Jeep, with Geoff New Rough Rider Geoff Dorr flies the Ford straight and level en route to winning Class 4. Dorr also placed fourth in the 2x4 Production Challenge race. Art Schmitt took the Class 7S lead from Scott Taylor on the third lap in his Nissan, now sporting a manual trans and he pulled away to win this race and on Sunday Art won the combined Class 6, 7S and BS Challenge. Dorr fifth in his Ford. Probst worked on widening his lead, while Flannery picked up another position and the others held their spots except for Kelley who spun out just after the timing tower when his four-wheel-drive broke, and dropped way back. Bryan Frankenberg now had his Chevy in fifth place. Dorr moved up to third by the third lap, and Flannery's motor was on its way out by the fourth lap. Jim Ladyga had rolled his Chevy in the mean-time, and really destroyed the front end, uttin himself out. On lap five, with Probst still way out in front, Flannery, who'd been up to second, was gone, and Dorr ran second. Gerlach was third, with Frankenberg fourth and Rob MacCachren in a Ford, was fifth and watching his oil temperature gauge. If he tried to speed up the temp shot way up, so he was literally cooling it, in order to finish. The lead cars were working their way through lapped traffic now, and on the sixth lap Probst suddenly pulled out with a "wire meltdown". Dorr found himself in the lead, not an unusual situa-tion, and he stayed there through the checkered flag, Gerlach, who'd had no high gear for the last five laps, finished second. Ftan-__kenberg, who'd lost a cylinder about a quarter of the way . through the race and also ran hot, finished third, followed in by MacCachren in fourth, and then Kelley in fifth. It was now after 3:30 p.m., and the day was still hot and sticky as the Class 7S mini-trucks lined up. There were 16 of the little trucks, and they made it through that tough turn one with no disaster:, Scott Taylor had his Ford in front through the first turn, and at the end of the first lap he was still there, with Art Schmitt, sporting a non-automatic transmission in his Nissan this year, in second place. John Greaves was third in his Toyota, with Jeff Kincaid in a Ford in fourth, followed by Billy Beck in his Ford. Taylor held the lead for another lap, and Al Walentowski put his Ford into fifth for a lap, but then dropped back as Tom Hackers moved his Ford up into the spot. On the third lap Schmitt got by Taylor to take over the lead, and now it was Taylor second, Greaves third, Kincaid fourth and Hackers in fifth. Hackers was starting to overheat, and Greaves couldn't figure out why his truck was down on power. The posi-tions held through the fifth lap, though Kincaid's truck was shut-ting off in the corners. On lap six as Schmitt built a firm lead, Taylor's truck started to smoke. He didn't know it then, but he'd lost his oil breathers, and oil was spewing out onto the hot engine causing the smo ke. Not a major problem at the moment, but it was a worry. Schmitt ran smoothly, having no trouble, while behind him Tay-lor smoked and Kincaid pulled into the infield in a puff of steam. Schmitt took the win, Taylor hung on for second place and Greaves was third. Hockers, in spite of an overheating truck, took fourth place, and Bill Bowles Rob MacCachren had problems all weekend with the usually reliable Rampage Racing Ford running high oil temperatures among other things, but he was fourth in Class 4. John Greaves seems to have lost some of the edge his Toyota had in the early season races, and here he was third in Class 7S and fourth in the Challenge. Local driver Tom Hackers clears an infield jump in his Class 7S Ford and he drove to fourth in Class 7S and third in the 6, 7S and BS Challenge race. Robert Flanagan flies past Lowell DeGreef in Class 13 action. Flanagan took his Chevy to third in Class 13. We still miss the '32 body shell he formerly used. Pagc46 Dave Hackers takes his Ford into the woods as he was third in Class 8, 8th in the Challenge and Brenda Hackers drove the truck to fourth in Women 's HM. 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moved his Ford up into fifth. Next came the Class 13 trucks, with 26 starters and a scary first turn, with Dennis Ferdon going on his head in his Dodge, while a couple of other trucks smacked into the back. All together, five trucks didn't get through the first quarter of a lap for one reason or another: One of them. Dave Marks, had torn off his right front tire and wheel. At the end of the first lap the lead belonged to Brendan Gaugh-an, from Las Vegas, in his Dodge, and he had Dan Vanden Heuvel chasing him hard in his home built Ford. In third it was Grant Maholland in a Ford, then came Robert Flanagan in a Chevrolet and Terry Severson in another Chevy. The track was crowded and the pace was hot and heavy. Mud and rocks flew, and some cars were in trouble early. George Schultz did a hard rollover in his Ford in turn one and landed upside down. He was o.k., but his truck was through for the day. By the third lap Gaughan had a big lead, and Vanden Heuvel was still running second with Joe Zil-isch in third in his GMC. In fourth it was Flanagan now, with Bruce Shilts fifth in his Ford. But Zilisch didn't get another lap done, ·pulling to the infield with no oil press~re. By the end of the third lap there were 12 cars out of the race. These guys push their . trucks mighty hard. On the fourth lap the leaders were working their way through lapped traffic, and on lap five, with Gaughan still leading and Vanden Heuvel in second, Flana-gan held third and Thornton Schultz had moved his Ford up to fourth place, followed by Sever-son. Shilts had fallen back and dropped out on the next lap. Gaughan, who's new to the big truck class, showed a driving style that looked like that of Walker Evans, whose shop built the truck. He was obviously having After leading two laps in the Class 7S bash, Scott Taylor finished second nursing a smoking Ford Ranger that had oil dropping on the engine to the ~~-. Defending champion in Class 13 Dan Vanden Huevel had his Ford humming, but not quite enough. He was second in Class 13 and fourth in the Challenge race. no problems with his race car, and they were so far in front of the rest continued to hold a long lead. The of the pack that it didn't change first four places stayed the same, their relative positions. butSeversonfelloutaftersixlaps, Gaughan, who had lost his -and Don Gregoire, Jr. moved his radio and didn't know where any . Ford into fifth place. Severson's of his competitors were, took the truck needed the quick work of win, saying he was nervous all the the course firemen to put out a way.Hewasstillshaking.Vanden fair sized fire once he parked. In Heuvel was second, with Flanagan fact, several of the retirees in this third. Flanagan needed the fire event needed their help as the extinguishers at the finish line, overheated vehicles belched and they made quick work of a flammables onto hot exhausts. M little fire under the motor. In Now, both Vanden Heuvel and Flanagan were overheating. They both made quick pit stops, but ,....... "-' I Second generation racer Jamey Flannery heads for the back side of the course in his fancy Class 8 Chevrolet, and he finished second in Class 8 action. ■ THE Brendan Gaughan hit Class 13 this year like a comet in his potent Dodge, and it wasn't much of a surprise when he won Class 13 on Saturday and won the 3 & 13 Challenge race on Sunday. Not bad for a 19 year old! This is a familiar pose for Wafker Evans in his Class 8 Dodge. He probably covers more ground over this jump than any other car that races at Crandon. Evans won Class 8 by 11 seconds and was 2nd in the Production Challenge. fourth it was Schultz, and he was to start. the last of them on the same lap. There was more room in that With the roar of the Class 13s first turn for this group, since still reverberating around the race there were only nine trucks, and it track, the Class 8 trucks lined up was another Dodge out in front, for their event. They were missing with Walker Evans at the wheel. one competitor, Dave Parsons in His truck is identical to that of his Chevy, before the green flag Gaughan's Class 13 except that waved. He couldn't get his truck Gaughan's ,,,,.. · f.111 -WRIGHT Michael Brue, foreground, passing 599 Greg Smith, took home another victory in Class 5-1600, then ran in the Limited Buggy Challenge race and was third in the far heavier than the buggies car, in the Challenge. 9420 FIim, Sprl..,. Ln. PLACE El Cajon, CA 12021 INC. ~Dusty,.;;:., ~,. :....,n;.;,;,m_, la~~------------------~---Ju_tv_199_ s __________________ r._s __ • .... 4......,7 N -• • .. ~><~,

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From the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Todd Wallace came to race at Crandon and he had a good run in Class 1 /2 and his Berrien finished third in class. Dave Vandermissen has raced with SODA for years and is also a race organizer in Michigan's UP. He drove his aging Funco quickly and took fourth in Class 1. SODA.'s President drives a mean 5-1600 in competition and as 1 Terry Wolfe flew along the Crandon course he settled in to third in Class 5-1600, where he fininshed. This shot of Tim Christensen from the back side of the course shows the prime viewing area across the track. Tim took a good·second in Class 5-1600. fir motor is set back nine inches. Both are eight cylinder vehicles; Evans races a 10 cylinder in the desert. Scott Douglas had his Dodge in second place, close on Evans, with Jamey Flannery running third in a Chevy, and Jimmie Crowder fourth in his Ford. But Crowder's right rear axle was broken, and he lasted only two laps. Scott Taylor, who'd had his Ford right on Crowder's bumper, moved into fourth place. They all pushed hard, but Evans maintained a good separa-tion between himself and Dou-glas. Douglas thought he could pull him in the long straights, and was working hard at it when his transmission gave up. Later inspection found a tiny hole in his transmission case apparently caused by a rock, which had let all the fluid seep out. In the mean-time, Flannery was running at 260 degrees, and wondering how long his truck would last. Taylor's was hot also. He even pulled out for a moment, down in the quarry turn, which gave Flannery, whom he'd been chasing hard, a breather. But then Taylor was back of it. Flannery was giving off clouds of smoke now and then, but the truck kept moving. They were beautiful. No one was making errors, the driving was smooth and hard, but they were pretty much spaced out and running by themselves late in the race. As they went into the last lap it was Evans, Flannery, Taylor and Dave Hockers in fourth in a Ford. Taylor's truck was sick, and there was doubt it would last. It didn't. Evans and Flannery slid around the timing turn to get the checkered flag, but Taylor coasted to a stop just on the wrong side of the timers. Hockers, who'd had power steer-ing trouble, moved up to take third place, and he was the last one with nine laps completed. Taylor earned fourth place, though he was a lap down. A glee-ful Evans radioed his crew that his gauges read 200 degrees for the motor and 160 for the trans. The final event of the day was for the Soda Lites, the midwest-ern Ultralites, who numbered six. They ran on an abbreviated course, starting at the base of what would be turn One for the other classes. Holgeir Oksnevad, in a Briggs-built, went to the front from the start, with Phil Doyle, in another Briggsbuilt, chasing him. Mike Cherry ran third in still another Briggsbuilt. The only other brand of chassis was a Genesis, being driven by Cory Friday, who is rel-atively inell.perienced in this class. He ran fourth. Sitting back at the start line, frustrated, was Joe Price who'd fouled a plug and didn't get moving. Somebody put a new plug in for him, and he was on his way, a lap down. Oksnevad, who built up a big lead, was running a 440cc motor, while both Doyle and Cherry were powered by 360ccs. On the third lap Friday, whose chassis was wider and longer than the others, moved up to fourth place, but then he developed a rear fl~t, and after a lap pulled out. With Oksnevad and Doyle still in front, Timothy Juskiewicz moved into third place, and they ran in that order for four laps, with Oksnevad building an ever bigger lead. On the ninth lap, as he came out of the timing turn, Jus-kiewicz got a bit wide, got off onto the berm on the left, stalled his motor and ended up high-centered. He was an involuntary spectator for the balance of the race. Oksnevad took the win, with Doyle second and Cherry in third, all completing 10 laps. Price got nine laps done for fourth place. That was the end of the day, and as some headed for the show-ers and a bratwurst, more were working hard to repair the dam-ages incurred in Saturday's racing. Sunday was a·nother hot day, and as usual the weatherman reported a threat of _~ain for late afternoon. The first event on the schedule was for the Class 1 bug-gies, and 14 of them showed up in staging. When they took that first turn, it was Pat Dean in front in his V6 Chevy powered Mirage. His crew had been up all night trying to get it all together, and they didn't have great hopes for it this event, vet wanted to see what it would do if only for a little while. At the end of that first lap the lead belonged to Todd Attig in his Terminator, with Jeff Probst second in his Laser, and Dan Bau-doux third in a Mirage with a new V4 motor. Jeff St. Peter had his Laser in fourth, and Mike Ander-son was fifth. Dean had bumped into the berm just past the timing tower, and been bumped by another car which sent him over it. Bv the time he'd sorted things out he was dead last. with Christensen second, Wolfe By the third lap Attig had third, and Mason fourth. All but dropped out and Probst was in the Allen had completed eight laps. lead with Baudoux in second The single seat Class 11 cars place, but his motor was sounding came next, a full field of 33, and odd. St. Peter was now third and Tracy Peebles rolled over in the Todd Wallace in a Berrien ran first turn. He was righted and fourth with Stan Rowland in fifth. made a game effort to catch up, Probst, who was running a V6 but a couple of broken link pins, Toyota motor, was building a victims of the rollover, made it good lead and it grew a bit more hard for him to aim his car. In the when Baudoux dropped out with meantime all the rest of the field electrical gremlins. That moved carried on, with Dan Baudoux St. Peter to second with Wallace back out in front. Curt Gerald ran third. Dave Vandermissen fourth second this time, and Michael and Anderson back into fifth Oberg was third, with John place. Anderson dropped back Huven, in a Gilson, in fourth and the next lap and Dave Hansen Duane Velie in an Attig Termina-moved his Pro Tech up into fifth. tor, in fifth. Todd Frehse's Friday Dean had worked back up to sev- had a left front flat. enth, but then his motor over-By the fourth lap, with Bau-heated and he dropped back and doux firmly in front, Gerald and out. • Oberg were still second and third, The lead four stayed in order, butnowGaryBehrenshadmoved lapping everyone else on the up to fourth and Lonnie Andrews track, and they went on to take was fifth. Tom Binder got his the checkered in the same order. Chenowth tangled up with the big Probst had the win, and St. Peter, berm by the timing tower and who runs a 1650cc Rabbit, was tipped over, but he got going second. Wallace, with an air again. Tom Hoppock's front end cooled VW that was cutting out, was fading fast. was third, and Vandermissen, Baudoux was just sailing along, bemoaning the loss of his alterna-and Oberg was working hard on tor, was fourth. Gerald, but couldn't get past him. Next on the agenda were the Andrews got around Behrens and 5-1600s and the field of 11 made took over fourth place, but no it through the first turn safely, one else managed to do any pass-with Greg Smith leading the way. ing. Hoppock's front end was He had Michael Brue hot on his totally flattened out finally, and rear, while Tim Christensen held he scooted along on his front skid third place. Tom Brockman got pan, heading for the pit. only as far as the Skybox turn and Baudoux took the win, with lost a c.v. Gerald, who said his only prob-On the third lap Smith broke !em had been Baudoux, in second an axle and Brue moved into the place. Oberg was third, with lead, glad to be in front so there Andrews and Behrens making up wasn't all that mud being thrown the fourth and fifth places. in his face. Christensen was work-Another 11 cars were still running · ing hard, trying to catch him, but on the lead lap. couldn't quite get it done. In third The next event brought out the now it was Terry Wolfe, and John single seat 1600 cars, and the first Mason ran fourth, with his car through the first turn was Dan transmission hopping out of. Baudoux who must have been the fourth gear. busiest driver at Crandon. He They gradually stretched out must also have had a very busy their spacing, but no one changed and very efficient crew working at positions, and except for David speed back in his pit. Jason Allen whose skid plate was drag-Crowder ran second, with ging, no one had any more prob-Michael Seefeldt third, Greg !ems either. ___ Brue too)<, the win · Smith fourth and Mark Stein-John Mason gets a bit off the line heading into the woods in his 5-1600 Bug, and he worked himself into a good fourth place finish in this class. Lonnie Andrews did well in the huge 11 S class, 33 on the list. Lonnie kept out of trouble in the early traffic jams and finished fourth in Class 11 S. Gary Behrens really got in a mudhole with his single seat Class 11, but he plugged along in the muck, got on dry ground and finished fifth in Class 11 S. _ Page 48 September 1995 Dusty Times

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Mark Steinhardt is always a contender in his 1600 race car, had problems on Saturday, but came in fourth on Sunday in the Class 1-1600 competition. Michael Notary comes from way down south in Florida to race, Melbourne. He was fifth in 2-1600 racing and sixth in 1-1600 class, and dnf'd the Challenge. Todd Crump, from Michigan, took seventh in the Class 1- 1600 bash, but then came on strong to finish fourth in the rear engine Challenge contest. hardt fifth. Baudoux began to develop a good lead, while Seefeldt worked on Crowder, who was getting on! y half throttle. By lap four those three had put a lot of space between themselves and Smith and Steinhardt, who were having a good battle. Behind them Michael Notary, not realizing his right front tire was going flat, couldn't figure out why his car didn't steer worth a darn. Baudoux stayed in front, but Seefeldt finally got by Crowder on lap six and then the battle was for fourth place, and Steinhardt made his move to pass Smith and move up on the eighth lap. From that point on no more passes were made, and Baudoux got another win, with Seefeldt, Crowder, Jack Flannery had trouble with the Chevy in the Class 4 race, but made up for it by winnning the Production Challenge, formerly known as the Heavy Metal Challenge. The Chevy ran perfectly to the victory. Steinhardt and Smith following Flannery in fifth. But then Jamey him in. This was an unusual race, was gone a lap later, and Scott in that there were no lapped cars. Douglas moved into fifth place, They were either out of it, or run-and then up to fourth when Tay-ning on the lead lap. Fun to watch. lor dropped out. That put Jed Now it was getting close to 2 Flannery into fifth place, and the p.m., and it was time for some field was really thinning. smoke and thunder. The 2x4 and Flannery had everything under 4x4 Challenge race took the flag control, and Evans wasn't going next, with 20 trucks on the grid. to catch him unless he had a disas-This time it was Jack Flannery out ter. Behind them Douglas was in front right from the start, with working hard to get past Dorr, Walker Evans chasing him, and while Jed Flannery held firm in Rob MacCachren, new air scoops fifth. On the last lap, as Flannery and oil coolers on his Ford, in and Evans headed for the check-third. Scott Taylor ran fourth, ered flag, Douglas and Dorr went with Geoff Dorr in fifth. Kevin into a turn close together and they Probst, who'd got a bad start, got collided, with Douglas coming a little way past the timing tower out of it in front. He held Dorr off when an ignition unit in his truck' through· the finish line to take quit, causing him to practically third, with Dorr fourth and Jed stop in the middle of the course. Flannery fifth. Jimmie Crowder Mark Seidler, right behind him in was sixth and the only other vehi-his Chevy, had nowhere to go and de still on the lead lap. rear ended Probst. That sent bits The Unlimited Buggy Chai-o f truck flying, and knocked lenge came next, and it boggled Seidler's hood up to blind him the mind to see Dan Baudoux first momentarily. They both went on, through that first turn again. He but Probst was gone a lap later, was back with the V4 motor, still and Seidler, whose fan broke in trying to learn how to handle all the collision, was out after four that power. By the end of the lap laps. Jeff Probst had him with the V6, Meanwhile Flannery led and but Baudoux hung on to second, Evans chased him, thrilling the with Todd Attig third, his A-arm spectators with the chase. Mac-car powered by a 1650cc Rabbit Cachren dropped out after three motor. Then it wasJeffSt. Peter in laps, and Taylor came up to third, another Rabbit powered car, fol-with Dorr fourth and Jamey lowed by Roger Caddell in a Che--~~~ ~~,.. •' nowth Magnum that had been his Mickey Thompson stadium "Super 1600" car. It was also 1650ccs. They ran in that order for sev-eral laps, Attig trying hard to find a way around Baudoux, and then Baudoux was gone on the fifth lap and Attig was second, St. Peter was third, Caddell fourth and Bill LeFeuvre ran fifth. Cory Heynan had broken a spindle off one of the front jumps and rolled over on landing, but he was all right. Dave Vandermissen 'scar sounded sick. Probst was having no problems and had built quite a lead, but now St. Peter was trying to pass Attig. His air cleaner flew off on the eighth lap, but of course, he never knew it, and just kept wor-rying at Attig's bumper. Eventu-ally, he passed him in mid-air, which the spectators loved. Attig wasn't able to get him back, stat-ing later that his motor had been "breaking up" since about half way through the race. Probst had the win, followed by St. Peter, Attig, Caddell and LeFeuvre. The next event was a Challenge race for the combination of Classes 7S, 6 and 8S. There was a total of 10 cars. Art Schmitt had his Nissan solidly in front early on, with John Greaves charging behind him. In third it was Billy ... -'~·-* ,m:-,.;,J,i,,·.».,.$·· ,,,:, ~ ,..., "''-c,Bk"'~~¥:7,~:/4¼:i:~., .. ,,&,;~,-Bi lly Beck comes from San Antonio, Texas to race at Crandon but again had no luck in the Class 7 bash. But he got second in the 6, 7S and BS Challenge, his best finish since building this Ford. Beck, in a Ford, and Tom Hackers ran fourth in another Ford. Jeff Kincaid had been lined up, but his truck wouldn't move off the line. The Class 6 cars had mostly declined to enter this event, but Rick Rayford gave it a try, only to retire on the second lap. There were three of the 8S trucks run-ning, and the first of these was Ed W oltger who also was out on lap two. That put Randy Krall in front of Mike Mischler, Jr. for a while, but Mischler outlasted Krall, who went out in a cloud of smoke, by a lap. It was effectively a Class 7S race. Schmitt had a good lead, and Greaves ran well behind him, with history being made on about lap three as Billy Beck completed more laps at Crandon than he'd been able to do with that truck since he'd owned it. Aside from working their way through the lapped vehicles, this was an uneventful race. Schmitt took the win with no problems, and ·when Greaves disappeared on the last lap Beck moved up to take second place. It was only his se-cond finish, his first at Crandon, and he was real! y pleased with his new motor builder. Hackers said his truck ran hot, but he'd had noproblems on the way to third place. The Rear Engine Limited Chai-lenge race was next to go, and by golly! there was Dan Baudoux out in front again. Jason Crowder was right behind him and Mike Notary ran third, with Mark Steinhardt fourth and Michael Brue fifth in his Class 5-1600 car. It was very tight up in front with Crowder and Notary trying to get the lead, but Baudoux was holding them off neatly. Stein-hardt dropped out on lap four and Brue moved up to fourth, with Todd Crump taking over fifth place. The struggle at the front was still fierce. And then on the sixth lap Notary developed a right rear flat. This time he recognized the symptom and pulled out. That moved Brue up to third, with Crump fourth and Matt Lyon in a Berrien, now in fifth. Baudoux just motored on smoothly, with Crowder and Brue following along. Meanwhile, Michael Seefeldt had got himself in trouble, nearly rolled and then stalled, on the second lap. He'd been second from last when he got going again, and was now working his way up through the pack. Baudoux racked up another win, with Crowder, who sur-prised himself by doing a big 360 out back in the woods, taking second place. Brue, getting the best finish for a 5-1600 in a Chal-lenge that r,r Scott Douglas also had trouble getting rolling but got the Dodge home sixth in Class 8, got it rolling in the Challenge to finish third in that event. Jimmie Crowder, dad to Jason and Tina, drives in Classes 7 and 8 in Fords. He had no luck in the Class 8 race but was a strong sixth in the Challenge. Todd Attig put the big engine in his Terminator for Sunday racing and he got a good start and finished third in the Rear Engine Unlimited Challenge. Dusty Times July 1995 Page 49

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-Lowell DeG,eef is a long time competitor in Class 13, and was ninth in the class race. but picked up the pace to finish third in the 3-13 challenge. Gwen Holmes flew in a tidy fashion in her 2-1600 racer and she came home second in the Ladies Unlimited Class in a spirited drive. Ruth Schwartzburg drives Tom's Class 9 single seater in ladies racing, and led the early laps before dropping to third in Ladies Unlimited at the flag. front with her Chevy at the start. Behind her came Robin Schultz in a Ford, then Brenda Hackers, another Ford, and Christine Bur-nis in still another Ford. Things changed a couple laps later when, with Parsons still in front and Schult: holding second, Valerie James had moved her Ford up to third place, and Hackers was now fourth. Dave Marks had no fun in the Class 13 race, got things fixed overnight and put the Chevy home second in the Class 3-13 Challenge. Sarah Sawall is really on a roll in Ladies Class 11 racing this season. She has won every race so far in the Gilson, and has a huge lead in the points chase towards another championship. With Parsons secure out in front, James began a determined effort to catch and pass Schult:, whose truck ran a bit hot. Each lap she got a little closer. By the fifth lap she was right on her bumper, and they were virtually side-by-side at times. Schult: held her off into the final lap, but 1s she approached the quarry turn she went wide and James slipped past her. r,r anyone could remember, Degreef, who hasn't had many fin-was third. Crump finished fourth ishes since building this new truck followed in by Lyon. And See- a year or so ago, was pleased to get feldt had worked his way bat:k up third place. to sixth place. The next event was the ladies' Now it was time for the Class 3 rear engine race, with Class 11 and 13 Challenge. Only seven cars and limited and unlimited all vehicles had entered, and there on the track at the same time. The were no Class 3s at all. Brendan Class l ls were scored as one Gaughan led the bunch through event, and the 1600cc-and-up the first turn, and the rest of the buggies were another. In the way. Dan Vanden Heuvel got a bigger-motor cars the early leader little off line early on and dropped was Gwen Holmes, who had Tina back a couple of positions, so he Crowder, in a Taylor, chasing her had to catch up. Meanwhile, hard. In third it was Ruth Gaughan led and Dave Marks had Schwartzbur in a Berrien. By the his Chevy, which he said was" real loose in the hind end", in second place. Lowell Degreef was third with another Chevy but by the third lap Vanden Heuvel had passed him. Gaughan was having a trouble free day,· but Vanden Heuvel's truck was heating up, so he had to slow a bit. Degreef was right behind him looking for the right time, and it showed up on the sixth lap. Vanden Heuvel spun, and Degreef went back into third place. Marks, still in second, deve-loped a right rear flat on the last lap, but kept heading for that checkered flag. fourth lap Crowder was very close on Holmes, but she didn't get past her until lap six. Then she held the position, taking the win and fol-lowed in by Holmes and Schwart-burg. In the Class 11 cars the early leader was Sarah Sawall who'd won all her races to this date, in a Gilson. She was followed by Karen Christensen in a T ermina-tor, Tracy Silloway and Shari Huven. Behind them Annette Van W ychen had a broken shock on her Gilson, but she hung in there anyway. And he made it, right behind Gaughan, who got his second win of the day. Marks was second, and Tracy Silloway took a fine second in the Ladies Class 11 race in this car, which wasn't quite this clean when Tracy got into it but it worked just fine. Sawall demonstrated her win-ning style, and managed to catch and pass some of the 1600 cars which generally have better sus-pension than her class. Chris-tensen, Silloway and Huven ran in order behind her until the sixth lap, when Christensen rolled over and lost two positions. At the fin-ish it was Sa wall, adding one more win to her total, and then Sillo-way, Huven and Christensen. The Ladies Front Engine race, which permits vehicles from all the big classes, had eight entries, and it was Sherri Parsons out in Parsons took the win with James in second place and a dis-appointed Schult: in third. Hackers had fourth place. So the busy weekend wound down, and the scorekeepers totaled things up. Dan Baudoux was the big winner with a total of four firsts and a second place. Jeff Probst was next with three victo-ries, and Art Schmitt and Brendan Gaughan each had two wins. Just think what Baudoux might have done if he'd kept that new motor running properly. Sharri Parsons shares driving the Class 8 Chevrolet with Jed Flannery who was fifth in the Production Challenge. A quick service job and Sherri took off in the Women's Heavy Metal action and led from flag to flag to victory. Karen Christensen raises a little dust and throws a little mud at the same time. Karen placed fourth in Ladies Class 11 competition. Valerie James-Rehn sails off a jump in the Class 13 Ford, had a dog fight for second place, and Valerie got it on the last lap to place second in the Ladies Heavy Metal. Robin Schultz had second place in her Ford for most of the Ladies Heavy Metal action, but she ended up third with just half a lao to go in the race. . - . Page 50 September 1995 Dusty Times

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Califomia Rally Series By John Elkin Starting the day after Labor Day, Divisional rallying takes on a whole new characteristic and it effects all of us. We now have the SuperDivisional Series, this combines all the events in the SoPAC and NoPAC (Washing-ton/Oregon) divisions riow known as the "Western Divi-sion'. This gets a wee bit complicated so stick with me on this. First off, all the events are eligible, so Adelanto counts as much as Rim or their Wild West events. However only your best six will count towards the points (six is the optimal number being sought, the PRO Rally board could change that). Points will be the same as the current divisional points count as determined by the co-efficient of the rally. The classes that are eligible are the SCCA divisional classes for under and over two liters and the four wheel drives. While most teams can chase this SuperDivisional Champion-ship there are some restrictions. No FIA seeded drivers may accrue points in the S uperDivisio nal Series. Drivers seeded National Seed Two or One are automatic-ally only able to run for the SuperDivisional Championship. National seed three and lower drivers can still run for only the SoPAC Championship, however only the Super Divisional Champ-ions will be able to go to the National Divisional Run-offs .. The final draft for all this will appear in the SCCA magazine soon. CRS teams traveled north to Oregon to run an event organized by Ben Bradley and his cast of characters. The Oregon Trail Rally was the first stage event in the state since 1983. The best and only CRS finishers were Mike Gibeault and Terry Stonecipher, they took sixth overall and fourth in4WD class. Kory Jahromi took his Audi up north and was running well until he had an electrical meltdown on stage five. Luckily he had company as sitting against several trees was the ( then) new Mitsubishi 3000GT of Dennis Chizma and Garnet Baril, who had been leading when they slid into a tree with the rear quarterpanel and spun around catching the nose of the car on another tree. The car is repairable, the trees are fine. Start getting your ideas ready for the annual stock class meeting, there are some people planning some big proposals this year for class changes so if you have a stake in either stock class plan on attending. Tony Chavez, your stock Class Czar, will have mailed the date and place with the Prescott results. The CRS picnic is a com in' and we are planning on making it a " worker appreciation" picnic this year so please plan on attending to show your support for those who give so much of themselves in adverse conditions for YOUR rally enjoyment. Again the final date will be in the Prescott results, however we know that mid-August is the optimal date being sought. 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PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS 10623 BLA~KFOOT ROAD 619-240-3930 APPLE VALLEY ,CA 92308 KREG DONAHOE 31D-B63-0935 Pager 311M09-96!U DONAHOE RACING ENTERPRISES RM:fl Truck• • Prerunn•,. • Development Full Fabrication Sentlce 3308 BANDIN/ BLVD. VERNON, CA 90023 LESLIE'S DRIVELINE SERVICE SPICEW <$> INCORPORATED (909) 877-6491 PARTS 1<ND SERVICE ON SPICER" <Ge-AUTO, TRUCK, INDUSTRIAL, CN AND FRONT WHEEL DRIVE UNITS MANUFACTURING BALANCING CUSTOMIZING FAX (714) 8TT-6203 California Watts 1-a<J0.427-4238 1750 S. Lilac Ave. Continenlal U.S. Watts 1-6()().525-0395 Bloominglon, CA 92316 _24 Hr. Emergency Call Qui Svc. (714) 87&.3107 P.O. Roi< ·,090, Colton, CA 92324 Wholesale/Retail Pickup & Delivery U.P.S. Aluminum Wheel Repairs & Polishing ECJDCO Wheel Co. 9437 Wheatlands Ct. Street, Offroad, Production Aluminum Welding Suite K& L Santee, CA 92701 619-268-2575 ·E-ZU~ . IN.STANT: SHEL*IMII . ~ -•. -~ . ~~ '-,!116110,\ '> FREE-STANDING, RUGGED STEEL. & NYLON SHcLTERS THAT SET-UP IN SECONDS! VARIOUS SIZtS & COLORS AUTHORIZED DEALE.R ·qASTEX RENTA;[,S 213-462-1468 . ~Motor sport l'RE·RUNNER Sl'ECl,\UST • DUMl'ER5 • CME5 • SHOCI,. MOUNTS SEAT MOUNTS • UfT IQTS • LOWERING IQTS • l>UALLYS I« ~ 5U5PEN5tON • s+iOW CARS & 1>15f'lAYS • ATV FM \VORI,. EXl'ERT INSTALLATION & FMRICATION AVAILAel.E RBERGLASS FENDERS L BEDSKINS TOYOTA-CHEVY-NISSAN-FORD-ETC. 40!0 N. PALM STREET. UNIT 103 (714) 870-9422 FULLERTON, CA. 92635 FM (714) 870-91:32 FUELS & LUBRICANTS CO. BRUCE CONRAD 1537 E. Del Amo Blvd Car$6n, CA 90746 Phone: (310)603-:'2200 FAX: (310) 603-2251' · Send For A Free Brochure For Fast Service Call 711>-866-8111 Hwy36& County Road D EXPLORER ACCESSORIES .. l•J:l~BAKER■ Box 329 Webster, WI 54893-0829 PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS .INCORPORATED _ . (619) 669-4727 • "'•-.,.,_•••••,,,,~ ,v•• '· 3006 Colina Verde Lane Jamul, California 91935 Doug Fortin r ~.A-..C::::I..........._.C3 SHOX JERRY WOHLGEMUlH _SALES REPfi',cSENTATIVE 'Pre~if SYstems sv Raffo Racing, LTD. ✓ Eliminate helmet thie14 fo99in9, h11t buildup, & breathing/eating dud. For the largest selection of hi9h t•rformance helmet ventilation systems give us • call. Call 708-259-3810 425 S. Dunton Ave. or Fu 708-259-9705. Arlington Heights, IL 60005-1907 NOW· YOI CAN an TIE UCINS SEAlS TIE WINNEIS ARE USING ;>»,J FTC Racing Equipment, Inc. 31790 Groesbeck Hwy. Fraser, Ml 48026 (313) 294-5858 Fax: (313) 293-0736 THE RACERS CHOICE. , Fuel-Safe's Custom & Standard Fuel Cells are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed the safety standards set by all racing associations. For rour local dealer ~ Call or write for call (800) 433-6524 ~ our FREE Catalog Aircraft R■ -ber llaa■lacturl■g, l■c. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 U.S.A. Ph (714) 842-2211 Fx (714) 842-6622 G-FAB?lt-Pre Runners • Bumpers • Cages • Shock Mounts Cust_om Faurication • Race Preparation Maxon Race Radios Gary Bancroft 1300 Pioneer Blvd., Unit K 'Brea, CA 92621 (310) 690-5513 (310) 697-2752 Dlfferentlals Spools - Ball Joints Axles. -VW Components - Etc. 4720 Fclspar Street Glen Avon, CA 92509 Phone: (909) 681-6889 Pu: . (9!)9) 360-9817 H M ENGINEER/NG 11661 Martens River circle Fountain Vall•v. CA 92708 (714)979-6631 • Fax (714)979-5953 ~ , ' J • ·•· , \1 •• • • · MANIJFACTUilERS OF _: .. . KRAKE AND CLUTCH ASSY =•CTS MAS TER CYLINDERS . SJ.A VF. CYLJ NDEHS tURNING & ~TAGING ~RAKES sH1i,nrns AVAILABLE AT FINEH SPECIALTY SHOPS DEAi.EH JNQURtF.S WELCOME ELSINORE, CA 92350 . . . . ' 1158FLINTSTREET ~ . . ~ " 909-245-6050 FAX 909"245-6052 ' ·JAMES GANG RACING PRODUCTS ARLINGTON SHEET MET AL CORP. 13414 laptti&I Hwy. • Santa Fe Sprinp • CA 90670 Complete Race Car Fabrication, Pre Runners, Chase Trucks, Roll Cages, Bumpers, Suspensions, Tube Bending, Aluminum Fabrication, Engine Tuning Crew Chief Don Connors Phone (310) 921-2693 Fax (310) 926-0699 JG TRANSWERKS 'Go with a Proven Winner· Owner James Hall mNM Desert, Short Course & Street :VW Racing Transmissions Joe Giffin 1509 N: Kraemer, Unit 0 Anaheim, California 92806 JIMCO (714) 632-1240 OFF ROAD RACE CARS ALUMINUM BODIES FOX SHOCK SERVICE PARTS & ACCESSORIES RACE PREPARATION (619) 562-1743 "OFF ROAD SPECIALISTS" . 10965 HARTLEY RD. SUITE R SANTEE, CA 92071 MIKE JULSON JOHN COOLEY

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NSC WINS BIG AT THE ·BAJA 1000 "GO WHERE THE PRO'S GO" NSC Motorsports Suspension gives smooth.First Clas~ · Finishes To 7 of i Cl;:1sses, As Well As The First 5 To . Finish Overall. CONGRATULATIONS.TO EACH OF YOU! Class 1 & 1st Overall .... ; ... *Simon & Simon Ford F150 2X · Cl.ass 8 & 2nd Overall ........ •Rob MacCaehren Ford F150 2X Class 6 & 4th Overall ........ • Joho Swift Explorer 2X Class 4 & 5th Overall ........ *David Ashley Ford F150 4X Class 3 & 7th Overall ........ *Dan Smith Bron·co 4X ~\l\> Stllh ~ ~ ~ Todd Francl1 ~ Pr1ci1ian I/lay, /,Id, ~-700 N.E. 117th StrNt ~ ~ Vancouver, WA H88S.$ ;a » Phone , ~'1.r/ 1(\9,f:J Fax 360-574-5474 on & _360:0576-1109 L~URA . RICHARD S. B. ENGINEERING "SUPER BOOT" HCR66, BOX 11030 PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV 89041 (702) 372-5335 Class7S ................ Brown, . O'Brian & JohnSQn Ranger 2xll----,--'-----'-------,---------...;;:.,+-------,------:-----~----:------,----, Class 7 .......................... Scott Douglass Dakota 2X 'Member BFG/Ford "Rough Aider• 011 Road Race Team NSC Would Like To Thank Ail Seven Class Winners, Fo~"bnce-Again Counting On NSC Suspension Systems. You Too Can Have A Winnin. • Aide With NSC Custom Computer Designed Leal Springs. . For More Info, Please Call · Race Car Chassis Race Car Par:ts .. R. · · Al~minum bodies <Dild 1/2-1600 Motors· B And Trans uggy Custom Machine Work & Fabrication S'll.11.]Pp}y ~25 ~.1§!!:i St. • Yuma, Ai.. 85~65 . . '602) 783-6265 • 1 (800)231-8156 . a,, ROAD CHASSIS c_,,fl~·,i~.4!-lth,? BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA Complete Off Road PrflJaration FOR TRUCKS. VANS & MINI TRUCKS PRE-RUN TRUCKS • CUSTOM SUSPEN'ilON AXLE SERVICE• WELDIN'G & FABRICATION Bill Montague Est. 1174 (714) 711-1410 PARKER PUMPER HELMET VINEYARD ONTARIO, CA 9176i ~09-923-7016 FAX 909-923-3118 .L COMPANY J. PENHAL~( 1880 Babcock Bldg. ,s ~a.Ca92627 J . . .. FABRICATIONS: Jerry Penhall , (714) 650-3035 , Fax# (714) qS0-4721 STEVE BARTON • OWNERS LEE FINKE RACESHOCK • . . . . COMPANY Light Truck, · Sport Utility, RV & Racing Shocks 1711 West Culver #1 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Rou.ghOnmtry Off-Road Racing Shocks TEL: (602) 254-0744 FAX: (602) 493-0975 · ·,<'~XcBANGE GUAUTY PRE-OWNED RACE CARS & PARTS CHRIS COLEMAN I 0806 Prospect .Ave. #6 • Santee, CA 92071 (619) 258-8544 FAX (619) 258-4266 :.-.-.•~cD •••• ··•. •••• RACE CAJ:I DYNAMICS OFF ROAD RACE CARS 35152 FOWLER CYN RC. JAMUL, CA 91935 PH. CB19J 440-2B14 FAX CB19J SBB-4237 JIM ASBURY S!!!M~E,!.! r ,(IJT7 Computerized Vinyl Lettering k' 4<!..EQ_ ~ '-Yv \l-TIM CECIL . f ½ l'.S:l<.) ~ \,-: 4010 N. Palm Street, #103, Fullerton, California 92635 _, (714) 447-3581 Fax (714) 870-9132 §f'(jW if@(;M ---=S~w~. ==I~ ~J~===, 5101 GALWAY CR., HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 ,714) 897-0075 FAX (714) 894-9567 ~ Sflt S~ -IWlNERS · WltroH 1.ETIERNJ • CAR l£TIERtlG • ~ 15855 Dell View Rd. El Cajon, California 92021 Steve Spirkoff/Owner 619/561-2913 ... IS·:~~ . f!JJf!ffJD (213)583-2404 ; · SANPERS SERVICE, IN.C. · t METAL P'ROCESSl,N.G ' . ' 5921 Wllmlngton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 iTERCO.M SYSTEMS -HELMETS WIRED - HAND HELD RADIO~, . - . A.."'ITENNAS ~ LEASING '., SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL D.~LE JOHNSON _ . FLOURESCENT INSPECTiON . 10319 LOS ALA,.'\ollTOS BLVD. (310)-594-9418 ~l:ID:t~!ITQ~, ~~ 90120 (3 ~o)-594-4397 1i' •" WILLSrrRUSTS, OTIIER 1\-14 TTERS TERESA M. SANDERS TELEPHONE (818) 892-268B ATTORNEY AT L.AW MOSER & SANDERS 16921 PARTHENIA STREET, SUITE 301 SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA 91343 MarkSmlth · Straight L i _n a . Larry Smith nt ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING 31420 96TH STREET EAST LITTLEROCK, CA 93543 805J944-2719

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RACE CAR/PRE-RUNNER PREP & FABRICATION CUSTOM TRAILERS Russ Jonss Moton,porl's. CUSTOM FABRICATION 138 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE SANTA BARBARA, CA 93117 Kinne Shop: (805) 968-1067 Fax: (805) 968-3438 OFF ROAD SHOCK SERVICE iiBHToil . RACING - d ·e1LSTEIN • i=ox ~ MOTORCYCLE 14519 MAIR STREET UIIIT B 619-~44-9075 HESPERIA, CA. 92345 619-949-~453 LIN CO TEMPERATURE STRIPS Easy to use, inexpensive & accurate! All strips are sell adhesive and labeled in Fahrenheit and Celsius. Strips are $2.00 each or $1. 75 each over ten. For a FREE brochure or to order, contact: REVERSIBLE STfllPS allow constant te_mperature mon1tor-1ng Ranges from 32 to 194 F. Eledrical Wiring Desert and Stadium Transmissions LINCO IRREVERSIBLE STRIPS record the maximum temperature reached of the item they are applied to. Ranges from 120• to sss•F. IIETAL SPIN.MING ,\L.'!""""' I I • I .! . J,~ ·. ~~_F\ ALL JNDUSTRIES-c~u (310) 928-9838 SUNDRY METAL CRAFTS ' =cAREO TUBE •,t\"' -~/ -.: Q'-'.:6, lJBE , • . ; . i.ANGFr: ~ =LANGED DISC Gauge Assemblies Automatic Trans. Specialist 13337 E. South St., #344 Cerritos, CA 90701 • fllll!l!!lll . 6729 Suva St. Bel! Gardens, CA 90201 809-F N . Lakeview Ave• Placentia, CA 92670 Tel/Fox 714-779-231 l-_:_P::ho::nc/J:.:_:'ax:_:~(7:_:l,:::4):_:8=21:_·6=5:..:.42:__ _ __!!!!~~-~~-~·::::::!!..,.J~!!!!!!!!!l'l!!7SA!!.!!!...,,!---------------------i KARIS. COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3463 ~fassillon Road, Suite B Uniontown, Ohio ➔➔685 216·699·1777 fa, : 216-699·1771 Athen e Karis -KUSTER OFF-RO~D RACING SHOCKS • 3" DIAMETER, 8" TO 18" STROKE • 2" DIAMETER, 6" TO 14" STROKE • AIRJACKS · • BALL JOINTS KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 2900 E. 29th STREET, P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 90805 TELEPHONE (310) 595-0661 HONDA Power Equipment OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAS1 1D ST. LOS ANGEL, CA 90063 POWER .E STEERING THOMAS E. LEE ART KAWAGUCHI FAX (213) 264-2136 (213) 264--~8~ LEE MFG. CO. 11661 PENDLETON STREET SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 (818) 768-0371 /!4 lull line o! Po.ve• Sleering gear,:, · pumps ano acc,;.ssorie~ tor ar.)' type of racing. Magm,llux and Zyglo lacili1ii::; IIVlliloble. • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACEPREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 416 FLEETWOOD GLENDORA, CA 91740 (818) 857-RACE (818) 858-8852 FAX KENT LOTHRINGER Per#1:J.c1NG ENGINES ,4 -., Assembly-Machine Work .... Parts Engine Dyno Fadllty 10722 Kenney Street, Suite C Santee, ~A 92071 (619) 596;.0886 Ken Major PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 2366 l:. 'Jrangethorpe Ave. Anaheim. CA 9?.~06 • Tel. (714) 441-1212 Fax (714) 4.44-1622 MENDEOLA RACING Volkswagen -Porsche - Hewland OH-Road & Stadium Racing Transmissions Parts & Service 290 TROUSDALE #l&J CHULA VISTA CA 91910 619-691-1000 -FAX 619-691-1324 805-940-5515. a • & -; t A 1 ••Ar• cl'A • 1490 HENRY BRENNAN DR., EL PASO, TX 79936 [9"11 SJ '857-5200 MuclclOff.:· PIICIC-..,_.y_ ..,,,.., . KEEPS MUD, DIRT AND DEBRIS FROM STICKING . WILL NOT HARM PAINT, STICKERS, PLASTICS OR METALS • ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE COMPLIES WITH ALL TRACK REGULATIONS -. MUD, DIRT AND DEBRIS COME RIGHT OFF! FOR DEALER INQUIRIES OR TO HND A DISTRIBUTOR NEAR YOU, CALL (800) 742-2122 OTHER RACERS DON'T WANT YOU TO READ IT "SPONSORS: How to Get One; How to Keep One" Evwything you need to know; wh•• to look, whit your proposal ml.mt aay. Find out whit aponaon1 want from you and how to giVI them more than they ak for. Th• book ia $19.95 plus $1.05 poatagtlhandling. s.,d check or money ord• to: · Nina Murphy, Murflnk, . 1722 Wollacott st, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 Read the b·oak &end me your proposal and I'll critique it for he. I !f!l!b?:i~ CHASSIS / BDDIIS / INGINIS / DYND SIIVICI Complete Race Prep gog , 676-5594 38970 Yuma Ln. Temecula Ca 92592 BOB NETH

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El Centro, CA ................. ., .... 800-989-4645 El Cajon, CA ....................... 800-458-2711 Indio, CA ............................. 800-989-3278 Lancaster, CA ...................... 800-462-9499 Las Vegas, NV ..................... 702-643-9200 Long Beach, CA ............. :: .... 310-432-3946 Oxnard, CA .......................... 805-485-6900 Perris, CA ............................. 800-969-3835 Van Nuys, CA ....................... 818-786-8180 Riverside, CA ....................... 714-877-0226 All other inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P. 0. Box 610, Long Beach, CA 90801 310-518-7318 ~ ~ SUSPEN$/ONS _, . UNLI/Jl/illED ~ ~ OFF ROAD RACING SPECIALISTS VVELDl/1/G • FABRICATCJN • FLAME CUTTING • FROVTENDS • REAR TRAILING ARMS RACE o-tASSIS • PRERUNNERS • FOX RAD/VG SHOX LARRY RDSEVEAR 1345DYNAMICS. UN/TD PHONE/714)996-6260 ANAHEIM, CA 92B06 FAX (714) 996-6405 !(ACE THANS BY JEFF FIEO)'S TRfiNSfiXLE ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD· 818-998-2739 9833 Deering UnltH Chatsworth, CA 91311 TRANSMISSIONS WEST Spedalzhg h High Perl. T111/lS11Jdn • VW · • PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WERACE WHAT WE SEU. (800) 435-0416 • (310) 782-2413 22?15 S. Nonnandie • Torrance, CA 90501 CUSTOM RACE CAR FAB. MIG & TIG WELDING DAN MATHEWS 6925 Aragon Circle Unit 25 Bueno Pork. CA 90620 (714) 521-2019 (714) 523-0558 TURBO BLUE R•t:lng OnaHnn 8446 Garfield Ave.• Bell Gardens, Ca. 90201 • (310) 928-2278 Lyn Mocaby Mike Mocaby Gordon Culp (UMP] 619/449-9690 UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10223 PROSPECT AVENUE SANTEE CA 92071 CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEAMER SYSTEMS FULL LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR ALL TYPES ·vF RACING-& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHOP (TABS, BRACKETS, BODIES, ETC.) Louie Unser Engines RATTLESNAKE MOTORSPORTS, INC. LOUIE UNSER 1100 E. Ash Avenue, Suite C Fullerton, California 92631 Phone and Fax (714) 879-8440 VIDEO VENDOR. Off-BO.AD IIACS vmsos VIDEO PORTFOLIOS JNCAJlCAMDAS F.llOM SllS.00 Off :ROAD JL.\CE VD>EOSFJlOMll!.00 BUIIJNESS COMMEJDCALS l'JIOM 115.00 \ll!JllCLE ADVDTISING FJlOM $30.00 i.;.80o-s87-38H .Al[ (61.9) 462--BRUCE HENDEL Regional Manager VP Racing Fuels, West Coast P.O. Box 1319 34283 Monte Vista Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone: (909) 67 4-9167 Fax: (909) 674-7367 Pager: (909) 694-7392 1 Automotive • A TV • Motorcycle 1815 Massachusetts Ave Riverside, CA 92507 909/369-5144 Fax 909/369-7266 (310) 598-2731 WEddLE ENGiNEERiNG Exclusive distributor of Lock-Righr"'VW Locking Differentials PERFORMANCE TRANSAXLE PRODUCTS Billet Super-Diffs. Gearsets. Hard to Find New and Used Parts Whole5aleiRetall. Dealer lnqulrle5 Welaome P.O. Box 15466 Long Beach, CA 90815 Dale White Racing 3940 Mar;,natha Circle Las Vegas. NV 89103 70Z-811·166I Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service · 535 East Central Park Anaheim, CA 92802 714-956-9457 ~-. HEUVINK CONSULTING PtJQl IC Rfl.ATIONS & MARKETINC; Eo HEUVtNK C AlTENHAC.ESIRMT 55H. 1411 CS NAARDEN TIIE NF.THF.IUANl>S . TEI. 011.31.2159 ~3464. FAX 01 i.31.2159 53452 H OME ii 11.31.30 21 ()()95 . PUBLIC RELATIONS ANO MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C. JACOBS PRESIDENT · soo·s TAT E MILL ROAD A KRON, O HIO 44319 (216) 644-7774 Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Nms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W . M:ssouri Phoenix. AZ. 85017 Jack Woods 1602) 242-0077

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Cle" 13 -Unlimited 2WD Pickupe - 26 etart - 4 finish Rear Engine Unlimited Challenge -15 alert - 6 linieh BRUSH RUN 101 1301 Brendan Gaughan, Las Vegas, NV Dodge 9 199 Jeff Probst, New Lenox, IL Probst Laser 9 1377 2 Dan Vanden Heuvel, Appleton, WI Ford 9 102 2 Jeff Sl. Peter, Port Washington, WI Berrien Laser 9 RESULTS-June 24-25 1995 1369 3 Robert Flanagan, Hartland, WI Chevrolet 9 122 3 Todd Attig, Dixon, IL Terminator 9 1331 4 ThMon Schullz, Kenosha, WI Ford 9 927 4 Roger Caddell, Graham, WA Chenowth 9 # Poe Driver/Co-Driver, Hometown Vehicle Lapa Class 8 - 2WD Standard Pickup - 9 start - 3 finish 923 5 Bill LeFeuvre, Limehouse, Ont. Canada Berrien 9 Oass 2-1600 -2-aeat 1600cc cara - 16 start -11 finish 820 Walker Evans, Riverside, CA Dodge 9 Oass 6, 7, & es Challenge. 10 a tart - 3 finish 738 1 Jason Crowder, Tallahasaaee, Fl. Taylor 9 815 2 Jamey Flannery, Wisconsin Dells, WI Chevrolet 9 727 1 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA Nissan 8 705 2 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, MI Mirage 9 802 3 Dave Hockers, DePere, WI Ford 9 761 2 Billy Beck, San Antonio, TX Ford Ranger 8 1 797 3 Michael Seefeld!, Sussex, WI Berrien Laser 9 SODA Lites - A TV• max. of 440 cca - 6 atart - 3 finish 705 3 Tom Hockers, Greenleaf, WI Ford Ranger 8 726 4 Greg Smith, Hopkins MN Taylor 9 77 1 Holgeir Oksnevad, Davis, IL Briggsbuilt 10 Rear Engine Limited Challenge -16 start - 13 finish 709 5 Nichael Notary, Melbourne, FL Hesco 9 78 2 Phil Doyle, Davis IL Briggsbuilt 10 605 1 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, MI Mirage 8 Class 110 -2 Seat Restricted Buggies -25 start-14 finish 70 3 Mike Cherry, Grand Rapids, MI Briggsbuilt 10 738 2 Jason Crowder, Tallahassee, FL Taylor 8 1127 1 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, Ml Mirage 8 Class 112 -Unlimited 1&2 seat care -14 start - 4 finish 589 3 Michael Brue, Sussex, WI Baja Bug 8 1188 2 Curt Gerald, Appleton, WI Mirage 8 199 1 Jeff Probst, New Lenox, IL Probst Laser 9 610 4 Todd Crurrp, Garden City, Ml Mirage 8 1158 3 Michael Oberg, Eagle River, WI Phazer 8 102 2 Jeff Sl. Peter, Port Washinglon, WI Berrien Laser 9 687 5 Matt Lyon, Mosinee, WI Berrien 8 1102 4 Glen Mathews, Rhinelander, WI Phazer 8 115 3 Todd Wallace, Bark River, Ml Berrien 9 Class 3 & 13 Challenge - 7 start - 6 finish 1173 5 Gary Behrens. Lacrosse, WI Unit 8 105 4 Dave Vandermissen Wilson Ml Funco 9 1301 1 Brendan Gaughan, Las Vegas, NV Dodge 7 Class es -Stock 2WD Pickups - 4 start - 2 finish Class 5-1600 - Baja Bugs -11 start - 7 finish 1312 2 Dave Marks, Wautoma, WI Chevrolet 7 1803 Mike Mischler, Jr, Pickeral, WI Chevrolet 8 589 1 Michael Brue, Sussex, WI Baja Bug 8 1350 3 Lowell Degree!, Green Bay, WI Chevrolet 7 1824 2 Mike Bergner, Cecil, WI Ford 8 575 2 Tim Christensen, Gillett, WI Baja Bug 8 1377 4 Dan Vanden Heuvel, Appleton, WI Ford 7 CIHa 6 - Passenger Sedan• - 4 start - 2 finish 579 3 Terry Wolfe, Milwaukee, WI Baja Bug 8 1320 5 Dwayne Walentowski, Oshkosh, WI Chevrolet 7 606 1 BIii Groboskl, Oshkosh, WI Chevy Nova 8 563 4 John Mason, Plymouth, WI Baja Bug 8 Women's Oa .. 11 -11 start-4 llniah 603 2 Slan Wood, Marinette, WI Chevy Chevelle 8 567 5 Sieve Plummer, Sheboygan, WI Baja Bug 8 1112 1 Sarah Sawell, New London, WI Gilson 7 c,a .. 9110 - 1650 cc Buggies -21 start - 7 finish Cls .. 11S -1 Seat Restricted Buggie•- 33 atart-16 finish 1184 2 Tracy Silloway, Berlin, WI unk 7 999 1 Jeff Probst, New Lenox, IL Probst Laser 8 1127 1 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, MI Mirage 8 1139 3 Shari Huven, Hortonville, WI unk 7 900 2 Todd Attig, Dixon, IL Terminator 8 1188 2 Curt Gerald, Appleton, WI Mirage 8 1146 4 Karen Christensen, Suring, WI Terminalor 7 912 3 Jeff Sl. Peter, Port Washington, WI Laser 8 1158 3 Michael Oberg, Eagle River, WI Phazer 8 Women's Rear Engine Unlimited - 4 start - 3 finish 927 4 Roger Caddell, Graham, WA Chenowth 8 1191 4 Lonnie Andrews, North Siar, Ml unk. 8 738 Tina Crowder, Tallahassee, FL Taylor 7 923 5 BIii LeFeuvre, Limehouse, Ont. Canada Berien 8 1173 5 Gary Behrens, Lacrosse, WI unk. 8 720 2 Gwen Holmes. Fort Gratiot, Ml unk. 7 Cls .. 4 - 4x4 Trucks-16 start - & finish Cla .. 1-1600 - 1600cc Single Seat - 22 start - 15 liniah 903 3 Ruth Schwartzburg, West Bend, WI Berrien 7 400 1 Geoff Dorr, Rockford, IL Ford 9 605 1 Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, Ml Mirage 9 Women's Front Engine Unlimited -8 start - 7 finiah 402 2 Greg Gerlach, Dakota, MN Dodge 9 697 2 Michael Seefeldt, Sussex, WI Berrien 9 812 1 Sherri Parsons. Antigo, WI Chevrolet 6 414 3 Bryan Frankenberg, Hortonville, WI Chevrolet 9 638 3 Jason Crowder, Tallahassee, FL Taylor 9 1375 2 Valerie James, Appleton, WI Ford 6 490 4 Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, NV Ford 9 631 4 Mark Steinhardt, Rhinelander, WI Berrien 9 1331 3 Robin Schultz, Kenosha, WI Ford 6 413 5 Sieve Kelley, Irvine, CA Jeep Cherokee 9 626 5 Greg Smith, Hopkins, MN Taylor 9 802 4 Brenda Hockers, Green leaf, WI Ford 6 Cla .. 7S - Production Mini Trucks - 16 start - 4 finish 2x4 & 4x4 Challenge -20 start - 6 finish 406 5 Christine Burnis, Marquette, WI Ford 6 727 1 Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA Nissan 8 435 1 Jack Flannery, Wisconsin Dells, WI Chevrolet 4x4 9 703 2 Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL Ford Ranger 8 820 2 Walker Evans, Riverside, CA Dodge 2x4 9 Course: 1.7 mile track, left and right turns and jurrps. 737 3 John Greaves, DePere, WI Toyota 8 807 3 Scott Douglas, El Cajon, CA Dodge 2x4 9 Weal her: Very hot and very humid. 705 4 Tom Hockers, Greenleaf, WI Ford 8 400 4 Geoff Dorr, Rockford, IL Ford 4x4 9 Total Entries: 143 on Saturday, 171 on Sunday - total 314 702 5 Bill Bowles, Belgium, WI Ford 8. . 812 5 Jed elannery, Crandon, WI Chevrolet 4x4 9 (Total Includes those who doubled up) Bob Austin showed car owner Lee Finke how to sail the multi colored Pro Class 5 Baja Bug to the class ·win and a nifty fourth overall at Gila Bend. Jeff Knupp took his dad Daryl for a Challenger Class winning ride in the Volkspower two seater backed by Lightning Motorsports, another Buckeye winner. ---~ In Class 5-1600 Allen Hempe/man covered all Prescott's Todd Gatrell in the propane fueled Chevy Blazer won and he beat seven other trucks in Class 8, had no problems at all and won easily. four laps in his very clean Baja Bug and he not only won Class 5-1600 he also placed eighth overall. Gila Monster Photos AT LAST!! INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Baker Hi Performance Products 51 Barbary Coast -Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . 13 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . 23 Brush Run World's Championship Off Road Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Cactus Racing Products .... . Corona Baja Sur 500 ......... . . .... . Oon-A-Vee Jeep Eagle· .............. . FAT Performance .................. . ,:4 19 25 14 German Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Glen Helen McKenzie Series .. , . . . • . . . 2 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Honda, BMW, See Doo of North Hollywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Kawaguchi Honda ................. , 15 La Rana Desert Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Laughlin Hotels and Casinos ....... , . , 9 McKenzie's Performance Products . . 21 & 40 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Off Road Fiberglass .......... , . , , , . . 39 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 P.C.I Race Radios & Equipment . , . . . . . . . 5 Pike's Family Restaurants ...... , ... , . 6 Pit Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Race Ready Products ............ 36 & 5 7 Race Shock Company ........ , .. , . , . , 34 Rampage Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31 Reid Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge . . . . . . 17 SNORE 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Sway-A-Way Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Tight Leash Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Toyota Motorsports .....•... , , Back Cover Tri-Mil Industries .......•........... 45 Ultra Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Valley Performance ......... , . . . . . . . 27 Valvoline Oil . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Whiplash Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Wilch Sales . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 26 Wright Place ...................... 47 Yarnell Specialties, Inc. . • . . . . . . • . . . . . 10 ~ . Dusty Times . Photos: Tony Tellier Shannon Schulz and K.C. Kirk bicycled the Porsche Chenowth to the Unlimited class victory and second overall, missing the ·top spot by a three minute flat tire. 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. Septcmbc~ 1" 5 Bill Krug is ageless as is his ex Jack Ramsay Bunderson, but Bill and car prepper Bob Sanders won Class 1-1600 again and they also took fifth overall. HOURS M-F 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 10:00 - 3:00 Daily UPS Visa and Mastercard We are happy to announce our new 800 toll free number. (800) 656-3376 Use it to call and inquire about our "Quick Fix" IRS repair boots or our 11 gallon "Fast-Fifi" dump cans. Both new products can save you race time. Race Smarl-Be Sate 103 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 91910 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619) 691-0803 Pase 57

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: Kevin Smith's win-ning Mirage Super 1600 stadium car. Complete coil car, Smart Per-formance Toyota, Fortin 2 speed, too much to list, wl many spares. Call for package details. (818) 579-2135, $28,000.00. * FOR SALE: JIMCO Four seater. Want to have some fun? Take your crew along. This thing hauls. Fresh type four, fresh Mendeola Bus Box, Intercom, Parker Pumper, Fox Shox, CNC, Summers Hubs., This car is a class one race car! $20,000.00. Call (619) 344-1925. Leave message. FOR SALE: Class 9 Chenowth 2 seater built by Baja Concepts. New prep, Bilsteins w /VW suspension in front, Sway-A-Way torsion and spring plates, JG Transwerks, Engine Machine Service. Spares include: spindles, arms, torsion bars, spring plates, shocks, radios, helmets, driving suits, ETC!! Driver changing classes, everything goes for $7,000.00 CALL FAST!! Baja Concepts Ref # 398 ( 61 9) 583-6529. Wanted: Drive for Baja 1000 with good, reliable team. Car, truck or buggy. Experienced in off road, . pro rally, road racing. Quick, easy on equipment. Finisher in last two 1 000s to La Paz. Possible magazine coverage. Must be on BFGoodrich. Ed Jacobs (216) 644-7774. FOR SALE: Class 41/4 elliptic rear w/Kusters, coil over Kuster front, 351 built to 430 by Richard Parabok, FOX Air bumps, power steering w/ump Ram, Cone full floater 40 spline rear end, Magi C-6, Fresh prep, put on your paint and race. $35,000.00 with all spares. (619) 259-8455. FOR SALE: New 7020 SAW Rcar adjuster $150.00, IRS rear pivot blocks $60.00. Long spring plates $130.00. Used: SAW 10" shock springs 4-400 lbs, 2-275 lhs $50.00 pair, 2-American Outlaws II like new 5 on 5 by 10" \\·ith Champion Bead locks $200.00. Plus parting out 2-1600 car combo's, 930's, Wright rack, many other parts: Free frame with purchase of enough parts. Call Bob (414) 697-9043 or Owen (414) 694-7488 Kenosha, Wisconsin. · FOR SALE: 1985 Raceco, 2 seater, Class 2 or BITCHEN pre runner, UMP ps, FAT type 4, Bus Bux w ltorque limiters, Hewland gears, Mastercraft, Yoko's, Centerlines, VERY good looking car! Coil over front, shocks in rear wi res., outboard CVs, Jamar pedals, pumpers, lights, trick body. Steal it fast. LOWERED TO: $15,900 obo firm. Baja Concepts Ref #423. (619) 583-6529. Racing tires for Sale: Custom made for trophy truck racing or ultimate Pre Runners that do not want flats! 37xl 1.50xl 7. Tires $75.00ea. plus shipping. Will sell all for special di-scount. 100 available: 80 Bridgestones, 20 General. Specially made for Roger Mears racing available exclusively thru Baja Concepts. (Don't bother Roger!) Visa/ M Cl Amex accepted. (619) 583-6529 or Fax (619) 583-1851. FOR SALE: Chevy Class 8, '92 and '93 La Rana champ, Class 8 legal anywhere. 22" front & rear: travel, ¼ Liptics, Kuster shocks: with bypass tubes, Dana 60 40 · spline, custom spindles, 350 ci - . motor. First class parts through- . FOR SALE: FAROUT 1-1600, out. Trade for pre-run truck? & "All or Part" custom built for cash.Justloweredto$43,000.00. Ren Sport Racing by Derick at Baja Concepts Ref #428 ( 619) Finishline Prep. This beautiful car 583-6529. is complemented with the best of everything that money can buy SPEED, SAFETY, RELIABIL-for limited class racing. Fox ITY, Proven International shocks, FAT motor, BFG's, rallysport technology can give • Centerlines. Excellent Car! you the edge over the opposition. Comes with a tremendous Drive faster, safer with less · amount of spare parts, pieces, pit breakage and wear. Take the guess boxes, tires, wheels, etc. TOO work out of desert racing. MUCH TO LIST. The whole car Interested? Contact Stuart and package can be yours for only RobertsatConceptsinternational $13,800! or $9,000 car only: {NZ) LTD, P.O. Box 46-147, make an offer! Contact Baja Herne Bay, Auckland, New Concepts Ref #418. (619) 583-Zealand. Fax: 64-9-483-5581. 6529. FOR SALE: 1-1600 1993 Suspension unlimited fresh eng "0" miles all FAT products. DJ Trans, FTC GEARS, stainless cliff, "0" miles, new rear arms, FOX, Ump, Beard, Jamar, Wright, all quality proven parts, this car has very few miles. $15,000.00 (208) 345-6451, (208) 322-4409. FOR SALE: 2 time Class 13 SODA points champion. 1991 Ford 2wd, Kuster duel stage coil over front suspension, National¼ Liptic rear, Summers axles, Dana 60, small block Chev, alum heads 650 hp. Turbo 400, Race Ready, spare parts $28,000, $18,000 w/out motor & trannys. (414) 739-7834. QUICK SALE: Dodge Ram, Professionally built, Fiberglass fenders and hood, full cage. Rear end, 727 race tranny, high stall converter, Fox (3 per side), 14" rear travel. 12-13" front travel, National Springs, BIG gas tank, 360 ci haul ass motor. Ultra Wheels. Yoko's, 3 Beards seats. Art Carr, Stereo, Race radio, 2 batteries, 2 spares, AC: NEW PRICE $16,000.00 Baja Concepts Ref #305 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Yaesu VHF-fm radio. Perfect chase or pit radio, 32 channel, alpha-numeric display, 5,25,50 watt output, scanning features, priority channel & many other features. Plus 2 Mag mount antennas. $450.00. Call Paul (714) 968-1221 wk. (714)636-0480 hm. :r--------~~~-~~~~-----~---------~-™~--~~--~-~~-, :1 Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I : DUSTY TIMES. : I Classified Ad~ertising rate is only $20 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 I I you wish to use a photo m your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. I· I ________ _c___________________ I I ---------------------------I I I I ----------------=c--------------I I --------------------------I I I I ----------~----------------I I --------------------------1 I Enc1osed is$ _____ (S,.nd check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. I I I I I Name -----------------------------'-------Mail to: .I : I DUSTY TIMES I I Address --------'-----------------Phone-------20751 Marilla Street I .I Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 I City __________________ State____ Zip___ . • Page58 September 1995 FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum, ~EG points championship stadium car. Best of everything. Long travel extra wide coil-over shocks w /adj. Bypass tube shocks. Call Frank Arciero Jr, (714) 632-0134. . ·2 ~--FOR SALE: Class 9 2 seater Fox, Sway-A-Way, Neal, Jamar, Filler safety, Fuel Safe spare parts include shocks, torsion bars, spring plates, tires, fuel cans uniform, helmet, car is "Race Prepared" and ready to go. Asking $3,000.00 OBO. Phone: (209) 227-5742. FOR SALE: '93 Class 9 Suspen-sions unlimited, Stroh-built fresh motor & trans, Fox, Beard, Wright, Fuel-safe, flame-out, Ump, Yokohama, 3rd Baja 1000 '93, 4th in Class F.R.T. '94, very competitive, $6,000.00 Mon-Fri days(619)562-7024,eves{619) 292-8926. FOR SALE: FULL BLOWN FORD CLASS 8 Weinermont tuned & rebuilt, Kuster, Big Travel, Position Sensitive. Sway Bar, 650HP, lost of new parts, and Everything Fresh, complete pack-age. Super Trick: Must see!! Con-tact Rich Minga for details and photos, $68,000.00. Ref #430. (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: WINNING 7S, 89 Ford Ranger. Excellent condition: Race ready! Ted Kendall built, Ex-Douglas Bros. truck, 12-14" travel in both front and back. Art Carr Trans, Summers rear, Clark Steppier motor, best of best, tons of SPARES INCLUDED! Cherry $18,000.00 Baja Concepts Ref #436 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: Class 11, 197 4 . Raced only once. Fresh engine & trans wlsuper cliff, BFG, Bilstein, Fuel Save, Carbeau seats, Parker Pumper, PCI radios w/inter com, Many spares, $5,500.00. Includ-ing trailer, Call Tim (714) 730-3689. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 1-1600, new Major motor, fresh Mendeola trans, Wright combos, ¾" Fox Shox, Mastercraft, Fuel Safe, Flame Out, power steering, new stub Axles, c.v.s, Sway-A-Way plates and springs, lite, fast, tough. Price reduced to$ IO ,000 .00. Come with complete spare race engine, dump cans, etc. ( 619) 588-9226. FOR SALE: '93 Probst Berrien Laser, Class 2 , 10. Billy Becks Coil Spring Car, all new, Mazda 3 litre, 3 rabbits, 2 Mendola trans, Bead locks, Goodyears, Alumin-um radiator, Beard seats, new 3" belts, Bilstein shocks, many spares. Best of everything $19,500 U.S., will deliver (613) 962-7850. . WANTED TO BUY - Class 2-1600 must be competitive car with or without motor: Fax info to (310) 905-3458. Atth: Tom, or call Tom at (310) 905-3456 days or (714) 449-9196 eves. FOR SALE: SODA Class 1 or -9 No motor or tranny. 5 link Fox air ride rear and Fox front. $3,800.00. Call ( 715) 344-5445. FOR SALE: Trailer, 45' Great Dane Ride simi. 18kv gen. 45x15' awning, 90 gal. diesel tank, rear and side doors. Full length belly boxes. Shp 40 gal. comp. Tig 250 amp welder. Too much to list!! In great condition. Perfect for any team . Only $35,000.00. Ba·ja Concepts Ref #332 (619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: 1986 Toyota SRS, stock mini, 2wd race truck, turn-key, bk FAB, suspension kit, 10" travel rear, 8½" travel front, dual · res. shock's all around, 44 m.m dual Mukuni carbs, Faria gauges, new R CI fuel cell and safety equipment, too much to list, must sell $6,800.00 obo. Eves. (909) 989-8076. FOR SALE: '89 Chenowth Super 1600 5 link rear susp, Bilstein shocks, 4 whl disc Bead lock wheels, Bus Box, Beard seat, UMP ps, 930 cvs, Mastercraft nets, Fuel cell. This car is straight, no smashed or twisted tubes, no dents in the shee t me tal. $6,500.00 obo. Also LC eng Toyota 22R 200 hp $2,000.00. (805) 274-8483. Dusty Times FOR SALE: 1988 Raceco unlim-ited 2 seater 2850 FAT engine, Mendeola Bus trans with Hew-land gear, Centerline, Summer Bros., UMP, PCI radio, Simpson, Parker pump, FOX SHOX T I A tire $15,000.00. Not raced since '92. (916) 622-4610. NEED SPO NSOR: Driver Todd T euscher, C lass winner FRT series three times, 1993 co-driver winner Baja 1000, 1994 co-driver winner Class 1-2 1600 SCORE 1995 Barstow 1-2 1600. (818) 858-0480. 1 FOR SALE: 1984 Chenowth 2 seater, started as a Class 9 but finished as a pre-runner, strong 1600 motor and tranny, new brakes, new pedals, body panels and spares. This car is ready for some pre-run fun. $2,300.00 obo. Call John (619) 421-0212. FOR SALE: 1988 Raceco Cab Forward Single Seat 1-211600. This car has all the best parts. Lots of spares. Car works great. New motor and trans. $10,500. Call Dan at (702) 384-4766. FOR SALE: Porsche 3 .5 litre engine. 300 genuine horsepower, 290 pounds of torque. Carillo rods, W eber carburetors, W eb-Cam camshafts, Trimhill headers, dual sp arkplug per cylinder heads, 90 amp alternator. Engine is 100% fresh. Built by Bobby Hart at California Motorsports. Contact RCR Racing (909) 371-5000. Ext 103. $11,000.00 obo. FOR SALE: '94 Jimco Class 10 A-Arms. Best of everything, Majors motor, Hew land trans and rack and pinion by Fortin, Fox Shox, Ultras, BFG, Ready to Race. $29,000.00 obo. Ask for Victor (619) 422-5674 days, FOR SALE: '92 Jimco Class lO (619) 427-1831 nights. car, Mendeola trans, Major,'----'-------'"-------motor, FOX, CNC, Mastercraft, Sway-Away, new paint and aluminum work. Race prepped to go by JIMCO. $23,000.00. Mike (619) 562-1743 or Wayne (909) 947-8192. WANTED: Driver and Co-driver wanted for top notch 5-1600 Baja 1000 team. Call Mark ( 702) 72 7-7151. WANTED: 2 seat Chromoly Class 2 or 10 frame, wheelbase of 115" or more. ALSO wanted two seat frame 107" or less, any condition, complete ok. Must be reasonable. Call Rob ( 714) 998-320 l. FOR SALE: '85 Toyota extra cab (partially disassembled for engine swap). New long block , new · automatic trans., al e cage, Fox Shox, Downey springs, PPI fiberglass, 44mm M ikunis, header, as is-need some new parts. $2,500.00 obo, consider part trade KDX 2001250 or Mig welder. Call Mike (619) 922-9584. FOR SALE: Must sell 5-1600, FAT motor and trans, Fodrill arm spindles, Kuster bypass shocks, Sway-A-Way, PIAA lights, all chrome moly, only 8 races on car and its race ready. $12,500.00 obo. Possible trade (702) 256-0964. WANTED: PreRunner project, must be fully caged, prefer x-racer. FOR SALE or TRADE: Trick mid engine sand-rail, a-arm, front end, rack & pinon steering, front & rear coil overs, all new parts. 90% finished. Gene (805) 736-7123. FOR SALE: 1994 Suspensions Unlimited 1-1600. Complete car with the best of everything. $15,000.00. Available after the Baja 1000. Gary(714 )974-7284. FOR SALE: 1-16 Lothgrl550 lbs wet, 091 IHEW Don Hatz Fox by pass Tub rear arms P.S. Heim tie rods, radio new prep. $8,500.00. 1986 26 box competitive trailer, tandom· axle, roof rack, 110v/12v. 12 v rear door 12 v touge jack, two 8 ft side wind, open up like awning 48" side door $6,000.00. Bob Scott (619) 949-1049, (818) 442-1090. 21 Ft. flatbed trailer, 10,000# hd axles, elec. brakes, elec. winch, new paint, diamond plate floor, E-z lift, 3ft utility box. $2,750.00 obo MUST SELL. Call Dan (909) 695-6640 or (909) 694-7963 (pager). FOR SALE: 1993 Jimco Class 10 single seat. Proven winner, Professionally prepped. Major motor, Mendeola trans, Fodril, Wright, Mastercraft, UMP, CNC, FoxShox, Fox bump stops, Summers full floaters, Yoko-hamas. Lots of spares. Car is fast and like new. $22,000.00 obo. Steve (909) 625-3381 days. (818) 339-3268 eve. Fabricator /Mechanic seeks job with results oriented team. Call Kevin (619) 241-0005. September 1995 FOR SALE: Michelin rally tires. 14x16x14, 12 new M4's $120.00 each, 12 used M4's $60.00 each, 3 used M3's$60.00 each, 14 used Compomotive 14 " VW rism $60.00 each, 8 used VW 13" rims $35 .00 each. (970) 92Q-3661. FOR SALE: Race radio's (3) • P .C.l. roadmaster ( 4) Uniden radios, all radios include magnetic roof mount antennas-b;ise I antenna also available. Best offer (619) 448-5392 or (619) 441-8936. FOR SALE: Spirit Buckets wlcrossbar, Coleman radius arms, 3 Bilsteins per wheel up front, 2 per in rear, National Springs, 4 Mastercraft limiting straps, 8 .8 rear end with shock tabs. 5 Alcoa's with BFG A.T.S. fits Bronco or F series. $2,900.00. Call (702) 362-1550. FOR SALE: 53ft. Semi T railer-Kentucky enclosed. Hauls 2 full FOR SALE: Race Ready '89 size trucks, stainless steel work Superlite, Bitchen short course benches, oak cabinets, 110 & 220 car. Honda FL 350 water cooled , outlets, custom belly boxes, motor. New Fab transaxle, Beard 'custom wheels & tires, side door seats, Simpson belts, Werks &_ windows, hospitality lounge ., axles 13" Kieser wheels, BFG with oak walls, carpet, sofa, tires,' many spares. $7,500 Baja .. ' TV /VCR. This trailer is custom! Concepts Ref #446. (619) 583-$60,000 invested will sell for 16529. ----=J $38,000.00 obo. (714) 380-,.-=---= 7151. FOR SALE: Class 8 race truck. 80% built 351 Cleveland, c6 trans. Custom I beams Radius arms, 4 link rear suspension, 20' wheel travel, Ford 9 inch, 456 1 Richmond, full spool. Disc brakes, custom steering. All fiberglass front to rear, new · wheels, tires, Mastercraft seats. $7,000.00 obo. Trade for 1-2-1600 car. Call John (619) 344-2056 or (619) 337-6108. FOR SALE: J imco 2 seater Class 2-1600. Excellent starter car. Don Hatz built Type I motor, type II tranny, on board fire system. Uniden radio, Taylor seats Deist belts. All shocks are Bilsteins w/reservoirs, UMP steering, Wright rack, 26mm bars, Centerline Wheels w/Yoko's. $8,000.00 Baja Concepts (619) 583-6529. Ref #445: ----FOR SALE: AWESOME '72 FOR SALE: READY FOR FA Bronco. Currently being raced in SELL - Class 1/Trophy Truck, SCORE. Built 351 Windsor,_ S-10 xtra cab body, mid engine, Unilite Ignition, C-4 by Valley small block Chevy, Turbo 400, Trans, 4 link on Hymes w/18" in Dana 60, Full floating axles, front Quarter Eliptic wlKusters Hydraulic Bump stops, air jacks, and a 9" Ford in the rear. 15" Kuster shocks, coilover suspen- Eagle Alloy wheel on 35x12.S0 sion. The list goes on ... This truck x 15 Baja TA, Beard Seats, Diest has proven. Call if serious only belts, VDO Gauges, Nice truck. (:....7_1_4-'--)_38_0_-_7_15_1_. _____ , $13,900BajaConcepts Ref#448 . FOR SALE: C lass ig Jumper, 2 seater, excellent bracket car or pre-runner. Fox Shox, front and rear , W right front end, new fuel cell, Flame Out, Bus transmission, Sway-A-Way. $5,500.00 Will consider . offe r for car and 20 ' Dico enclosed trailer. (909) 678-2037. FOR SALE: Unfinished Class 5 Unlimited. New motor has Jazz, Simpson, Jamar, Deist, Master-cra ft, Wrigh t rack, Beard, Bilstein, Sway-A-Way, $1,500.00 firm. Must see. Call Brad before 1 pm. (909) 657-8548. FOR SALE: Jeep Wrangler-Full race. Former Class 3 champ. 401, 400 tranny, Summers Dana 60 rear. 44 front-Mastercraft, Parker Pumper-Flameout-Rancho, Na-tional Springs-Current green sticker. Too much fun but no free time. $8,000.00 obo. Leave message. Don (619) 748-5785. '(619) 583-6529. FOR SALE: "SAGE CO CIL I V AL VOLINE'' Chevy Prerunner, I-beam front, Ford 9" rear end, with full spool & floating axles, disc brakes front and rear, Mogi trans, Cone spindles, Fox Shox, with res. AC stereo, Mastercraft, street legal, best o f ever ything $19,500.00 obo. Must sell. Call Dan (909) 695-6640 or (909 ) 694-7963 (pager). FOR SALE: Hot Deal Class 2, no motor, no tranny. Outboard 934.5, Fox, all 4 disc, Sagnman box, 300M Bar's and axles all super fresh. 125" wheel base 1990 built, updated '93 & '94, 22" rear wheel travel, 17" front wheel travel. FOO FAB arms & spindles. Must see $15,000.00. Baja Concepts Ref #452 (619) 583-6529. ' Page 59

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