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Volume ~13 ;;; Number 12 December 1996 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin Associate Edit~r Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Carol Clark Jim Culp John Elkin Homer Eubanks Michelle Halverson Martin Holmes Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick Troy Robinson Bob Rule Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Judy Smith Trackside Photo Inc. Art Director Larry E. Worsham Dusty Times ~ Subscription Rates: 111rfd&ries,f~Radlw" $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 may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES, (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright 1983 by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. · Periodical 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. AVer,Men, Cmistmas {-tam all of us at .o..t, Times to all °"" friends all ot,erthecouna-, and the world. Happy Holidays December 1996 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I In This -Issue ••• FEATURES Page SODA at Oshkosh by Michelle Halverson ................. ... 8 SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge by Judy Smith ......... . . . 10 SCORE TECATE Trophy-Trucks by Judy Smith .......... . . . 18 Glen Helen Round 7 by Ron Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 SNORE 250 by Jean Calvin ............................... 22 Perris Finale by Homer Eubanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 La Rana Sidewinder 300 by Jimmy Messick ................. 28 Sunriser Rally by Paula Gibeault .......................... . 30 Ninth Rally Australia by Martin Holmes ............ ........ 34 VORRA Yerington to Fallon by Troy Robinson . ....... . .... 36 CODRA Whiskey Springs by Terry Silbaugh ............... . 39 VORRA Fallfest by Troy Robinson ........................ 42 Fairplex Off Road at Pomona by Ron Miller ................ . 42 DEPARTMENTS Soap Box by Lou Peralta ................................... 4 Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 FAIR News by Dave Massingham .......................... 26 Pony Express by Jim Clements ............................. 42 Christmas Gift Goodies Galore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Index to Advertisers ..................................... 55 ON THE COVER - Ryan Thomas won the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge by a wee bit over a minute in the handsome Chenowth A-arm Magnum in a hotly contested race for the checkers. Ryan's four lap time of 4:08:18 was the time to beat and no one was there to do it. Congrations to the young man from El Cajon. The great looking Chevy of Dale White came down from Las Vegas to win the Truck Division of the Laughlin Desert Challenge and win it he did! With laps of 1:05, 1:05, 1:04 and 1:05 he was unbeatable and he certainly was a popular winner. Dale finished almost a half hour ahead of second place Color Photos by Trackside Photo, Inc. S~7odatf DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year-$20.00 □ 2 years - $30.00 □ 3 years - $40.00 (no credit cards pl~as.~) Take advantage of your subscription bonus •• Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. 1 (Form on inside back page) I I I Name ________ ______________ I I Address _____________________ I I City ---- ----- ------------I I I Stace ---------__ Zip----------, Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES I I I I 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818)882-0004 I Canadian - 1 year $25.00 U.S.• Overseas subscription rates on request) I Page 3

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SOAPBOX Hey, Stupid! When Is It Enough! By Lou Peralta Recently we've learned that if you were to combine all the proposed events from SNORE, SCORE, FUD, La Rana, VORRA, BP Racing, Best in the Desert and those of the two new organizations; M.O.R.E. and M.D.R., it adds up to about 51 racing events in one year! And that's not counting Perris Speedway and Glen Helen events. ls that good? As a rac;er I'd say, yeah, it might be alright. Plenty to chose from and who knows, there may be one or two races from each group that would be dynamite races, and a lot of fun. But then the question comes up, where are all these races going to take place, and how many of these organizations can survive? VORRA has excellent races in Northern California -to make one or two of them from Southern California ·would be a lot of fun. It's been years, but I've done it. So are the SNORE, and Best of the Desert, SCORE, and FUD's, and of course Baja Promotions, none better ( edit-orial liberty!). For the most part, all these organizations use their own and distinctive areas of competition, so where we race it's usually fresh, except for maybe Barstow, CA and Jean, Nevada. However, we're finding out that besides SC0RE using Barstow, so will La Rana, M.O.R .E. and M.D.R. Worst yet, the Lucerne Valley, and Johnson Valley and Ridgecrest areas are going to be saturated with events from La Rana, M.O.R.E., and M.D.R. in 1997. And that's not including about 15 to 20 events by District 37 motorcycle clubs. So what's going on? Are we all going nuts? I must say, I don't blame anyone from trying to promote events. W e all have the right to do so. Competition breeds better competition. I would be hypocritical to say that we don't need any more promo-ters. I was there 12 years ago when Uncle Walt and Uncle Sal wanted it all to themselves. They didn't want this Peruvian to muscle in. "Oh, no, not another J1romoter, esJ1ecially a Mexican or Amienian-looking one!" Nonetheless, I stuck to my guns and did what I though was best for us and the sport. But it cost me plenty. We succeeded to a certain extent but we had to put up with a lot of abuse and dirty politics from the "big boys." But you know what? In the end we proved that it could be done because we never tried to duplicate and/ or copy our competition. We found our own niche in the sport, our own way of running races, we cultivated our own racers, and better yet, we found our own trails, our own areas and we even carved out new Welder/Generator EW171 • -1000 Watt \Vekler/Cenerator • Honda 11 HP OIIV Cununen:1al Engine • 1000 watts o r Jlt1Wc:r • 170 AMP DC fur \Vdding • 01I Alert' • Oil .-\lert . • ~11111llallL'OUSAl°/l)L U~•.: • Automatic Idle • EIL-..:u-01111.: IJ,!lllllllll courses that eventually our competition started using. But now comes a group of these promoters that not only want to promote events ( it's their inalienable right to do so) in the same areas, but also want to annihilate each other. In the real world of business that's usually the way it goes. So is it wrong? Probably not, but it's sure ugly. However, what they fail to see is that somebody is putting them up to it without they even realizing it. Hello! Wake up! It's a ploy! Can't you guys see it coming? Why would the ultra conserva-tive BLM Badges allow 21 or so off road racing events in basically the same areas of the Mojave desert? Hell, they've been complaining about too many off road races for years. At one time they even set limits in certain areas and grandfathered races, so as to allow only one or two new events a year and that's it. Now, all of the sudden, they are opening up the desert to allow every Tom, Dick and Harry ( a figure of speech only, and not a derogatory remark towards the new or old promot-ers) to put on events -in some cases on the same weekend and only a few miles away! If you haven't figured it out yet, then you best be playing golf on weekends, because the ploy here is to once and for all pull off the "coup-de-gras" on our sport and on the desert. They, the Feds and eco-freaks re all v _ W;!nt _ us . to. RACER DISCOUNTS PARTS SHIPPED BY UPS DAILY '\' HONDA l!lh--. ~~-: MOTORCYCLES · SCOOTERS ,... ....::_·4 . , ATV'S & GENERATORS ~~ ~ -~~ . . ~:--. ----S,, I '\ --·· , BMW MOTORCYCLES ; ;z ., SEA DOOWATERCRAFT 'fl'< BILL ROBERTSON + SONS. INC. IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS 5626 -Tujunga Blvd., North Hollywood ~HONDA 1 ·(800) 800-6134 Cmneridewithus. 1 (818) 766-6134 Page 4 December 1996 destroy it. They would like to see us-shoot ourselves on the f.oot. They want us to scar the landscape even more than it already is. They want us to be so reckless (by their own encourage-ment) that soon there will be no mitigation as to why all the desert should not be closed to ALL TYPES OF OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE use. Suddenly, we've become their pawns. What else can we make out of it, otherwise? Have the BLM jockeys seen it our way? Have they changed their minds about off roading? Do we have friends of our sport in Washington pulling for us? Has all of our lobbying and letter writing campaigns finally worked in our favor? If you answer "yes" to any of one of these questions, then you are dumb and maybe you should take up golf. The real answer, I surmise, is that they want us to totally destroy the desert by overusing it. They would love to see us all invade the desert and when the final dust cloud clears, it will be Barstow-to-Vegas all over again.~ Then, those two silly California Senators we have, Boxer/ Fein-stein, will rise to the podium and vilify us for having destroyed the earth, and proclaim "We lold you so!". Then the tree-hugers, and eco-Nazis, and those tortoise butt-sniffing rangers will sit back and just laugh, and laugh, and laugh! The question is how smart are we? As far as I'm concerned, I was about to add two more races in California City, making it a total of five off road races. No problem. The 250 square miles of desert that I can use exclusively can handle five races, since all five would be on different race courses, thus allowing each course to recuperate after one year. Besides, the good people there want events and they are happy that we're breathing life back to what otherwise has been described as an "almost dead town." We're using "so called" city streets, no private lands, and NO BLM land! You don't need a visa or passport, or a lawyer riding next to you to race our events. But now with the advent of this "lunacy in the desert," I can't justify adding any more races. Personally speaking, our races haven't drawn much interest these first couple of years, and that's OK. It has given us a chance to prove what we set out to do some twenty-five years ago. Back then, a group of 25 enthusiasts got together for several months and designed a sensible plan that would have kept all of our deserts open. It was turned over to the BLM, then a fledgling group of federal hacks trying to save their jobs. The plan was simple. Cut the vast southern deserts into five sections. As I recall, the Lucerne Valley, Johnson Valley areas were to be used first. Every motorcycle club and off road promoter would use that area for one year exclusively, each cooperating with each other so that new courses would be introduced for each event. Once the year was up, we were supposed to move into the second section (2nd year); Lancaster, Mojave/Ridgecrest/ Red Rock, areas, thus leaving the Johnson and Lucerne Valleys to rest for a while. The third year, once again the move would be to another section, and the fourth year, again to another section of the desert; so by the fifth year of the cycle, we would return to the Lucerne and Johnson Valleys, and play hell trying to find the old courses. It made so much sense that we knew from the get-go that we were in trouble. If it was too simple, and too effective, the federal badges would have to look for gainful employment else-where. So they took the Lucerne and Johnson Valleys and decided that those were the right spots for us off roaders and dirt devils. Does anyone remember some of the mid-70's articles about how off roaders had carved out so many ruts and trenches in the Lucerne/Johnson Valley section, that they could not allow it to go anywhere else? It was a setup then and we were stuJ1id to fall for it. As far as I'm concerned, if you don't learn from your mistakes, then you deserve what you get. And that's what's going to happen now, that the BLM is allowing over 21 off road races in relatively the same areas. They are crazy and anyone who buys that is also crazy and stupid. Having said all that, I'm not one to just complain or criticize. I also like to offer some constructive ideas. For example: Let La Rana, M.O.R.E. and M.D.R. get together. .. no, in fact, actually force them to get together, and promote a common series (forget SCORE and Danny Cau's blessing -they're only in it for what's good for them), with let's say nine or even twelve events ( one a month) for 1997. Each take three or four events. Make them good, well planned, and using different areas each time. I will guarantee that eveyone will come out the winner. Each organization will have plenty of time to promote their event, and at the same time HELP each other. One good event with 200 entries is worth a lot more than three events with only 40 or less racers. I can also guarantee you that if you don't come to a sensible agreement, that's all you'll get, 35 to 40 entries each. Heck, I may draw more people to California City than all of them combined! I know that with this suggestion I'm making, I may be cutting my own throat at Cal-City. But who cares, I'm independently wealthy anyway, and I'll just use my three races to have a bitch'n time ( when was the last time you've heard that expression?), party with my friends and fellow Checkers ( and some CORE, FAIR and Campe-ones guys too), and just have a good time racing in our own private desert. Besides, the way things are going with desert support for 1997, and the fact that a lot of factory support as well, is leaving, even SCORE may want to be part of this common series. On second thought ... Uhm ... forget what I said above. Go on, blow each other up, go after each other, ruin yourselves, ruin the desert, kill the turtles and ravens, and kangaroo rats; trench and rut every mile of the desert. Hell, maybe in 1998 by the time all of you have opted for Chapter 7, I will have a seven-race series in Cal City, and get 200 entries, and really get rich! And that's the way that song goes. Dusty Times

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1996-97 Happenings ••• ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector APTO42 San Jose de! Cabo Baja Calif. del Sur, Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 01 l-18-07-3298-5522 AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Serge Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B lHl (514) 434-5792 BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Boi;392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31/163 Mexicali, BC, Mexico (Mexicali (65) 55-62-83 Off Road Races BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD.S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey Folks, Director 3475 C Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702) 641-2431 March 28-30, 1997 Tonopah300 Tonopah, NV June 20-22, 1997 Silver State 300 Mesquite, NV to Ely, NV (point to point) September 18-20, 1997 Vegas to Reno, NV 500 mile point to point race BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Balcer P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627-B.O.R.E. May 3, 1997 Wendover Express Wendover USA July 5, 1997 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV September 6, 1997 Bonneville Challenge Wendover USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K-lH0 (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 1996 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box 101 Crandon,WI54520 (715) 478-2222 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Donna Chizma, CRS Director 521 Los Angeles Ave., #F Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805) 523-1387 Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward . 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (619) 375-8704 C.O.D.R.A. CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING Terry Silbaugh 20515 Whitehaven Circle Bend, OR 97702 ( 541 ) 389-2044 CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box645 Pierre, SD 57501 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) (605) 224-9481 Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4%7 GUMBO BUTTES BAJA & MOTOCROSS Communications & Information Scott Olson (605) 224-5822 FAX (605) 224-5822 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLAIRTON HI-JACKERS l.C.O. Tom DeLauder Sr. 1091 Twp. Line Road Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Course and Cross Country Off Road Racing at Lil' Beaver Park, Lisbon, Ohio CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright(0ll 52 617-46834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (6163717 0034) _ WEHE.RACING '96 JIMCO A-Arm Class 10 Mid-Engine SCORE Points Leader -3 Time Winner. Best Of Everything. JIM~O Prepped Every Race _ Nothing Spared. Toyota, Bilst-ein, Fortin, 5uHtrHt'l'S Bro~, etc. S( ;-;aus Inquiries UNL Y! For Info Call Andre-w @ 619-723-9098, 619-723-091 '7 Or Call \1ike At JIMCO 619-562-1743. Spares A,,ailablc S('j•,H"atd). '.VEI-IE RACING Page 6 December 1996 CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box 3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 (714)367-1141 Fax: (714)367-1608 COLORAIX} HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719)531-3642 W / (719)687-9827 H P.O. 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Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (714) 880-1733 (Conuu:t BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. Box 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (310) ()88-6250 SPECIAL EVENT December6,7,8,1996 Chevrolet Off Road Winter Series GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ( 404) %3-0252 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) 4%-0846 Eve. ( all races at W esl{air Fair Grounds, Council Bluffs, lowa on a ¾ mile course similar to the MTEG tTacks, and Classes 1 , 1-16oo, zS 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. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714 )364-0515 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WD"CLUB P.O. Box465 Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C-5L2 Bob (604) 374-7175 days Randy ( 604) 579-%21 eves Keith ( 604) 828-1 795 anytime (All events start z miles NW of Kamloops) LA RANA DESERT RACING P.O. Box 1365 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619) 240-1335/(619) 240-1312 Fax: (619) 961-7407 c~&~te-D M.O.R.E. 25277 W . Main St., Suite 283 Barstow, CA 92311 (619) 253-4453 Mojave Off Road Racing Enthusiasts January 17-19, 1997 Roaring Resolution 250 Barstow, CA March 21-23, 1997 Mighty Mojave 230 Barstow, CA May 23-25, 1997 Shake, Rattle & Oops 250 Lucerne, CA July 18-20, 1997 Night Owl 200 Lucerne, CA September 19-21, 1997 Shocker 250 Barstow, CA Novemher 7-9, 1997 Wild Turkey 225 Lucerne, CA MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS 3749 Needmore Hwy Charlotte, Ml 48813 (517) 543-7214 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION Steph Sabo, Vice Pres. MAORA 19 Lakeshore Dr Nashville, IL 62263 (618)327-9312 Mike Turner, Vice Pres. LTOR 2508 Pine Mattoon, IL 61938 (217) 235-2473 (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series produced by Lincoln Trail O{f Rcxul.ers) MOJAVE DESERT RACING 438 W. Arrow Hwy., Ste #30 San Dimas, CA 91773 (909) 394-3265 Phone (909) 394-3266 Fax January 3-4, 1997 Barstow, CA February 28-March 1, 1997 Barstow, CA May 2-3, 1997 Barstow, CA July 11-12, 1997 Barstow, CA September 5-6, 1997 Barstow, CA October 24-25, 1997 Barstow, CA November 28-29, 1997 Lucerne, CA MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barrett 6363 Nightingale Dr. Aint, MI 48506 (810) 736-9221 NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. #1 -Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95518 (707) 822-8508 Dusty Times

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OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS Parker 400 Midnight Special Bark River, MI 49807 1833 Los Robles Blvd. OF EL PASO Parker, AZ Nellis Dunes, NV (906) 466-2723 Sacramento, CA 95838 Joey Vasquez March 7-9, 1997 September 26-27, 1997 August 16-17, 1997 (916} 925-1702 13180 Round Dance Tecate San Felipe 250 Gold Coast SNORE 250 Chevrolet Off Road Challenge WESTERN OFF ROAD El Paso, TX 79936 San Felipe, B.C., MX Jean, NV Luxemburg, WI - Dick Shinnick RACING ASSOCIATION (915) 855-8899 April 25-27, 1997 October 24-25, 1997 1801 Industrial Park Larry Henderson (All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake Primm300 Twilight 200 Green Bay, WI 54302 (604) 538-0692 Take I-1 o Horizon Blvd exit east 1 2 miles 2 Primm (Stateline), NV Eldorado Valley, NV August 30-31, 1997 WORRA, P.O. Box 3241 OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. June 6-8, 1997 December 12-13, 1997 Chevrolet World Championships Sumas1 WA 98295 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. Tecate Baja 500 Vegas300 Box 101 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 Ensenada, B.C., MX Jean1 NV Crandon, WI5452C (715) 478-2222 WHEEL TO WHEEL Jim Kendel July 11-12, 1997 SUPER SERIES (PTY) LTD. Se~tember (TBA), 1997 OFF ROAD RACING (216) 339-4674 Fireworks 250 P.O. Box706 C evrolet Wisconsin Off Patrick McGuire All races held at Hamson Barstow, CA Parklands, 2121 Road Festival 1255 Waverly Drive Coun~ Fair&!.ounds, Cadiz, Ohio October 3-5, 1997 South Africa Oshkosh, WI Latrobe, PA 15650 ONTARIO OFF ROAD Laughlin Desert Challenge (011) 788-5138 Greg Witte (412} 532-0802 RACERS ASSOCIATION Laughlin, NV Fax (011) 880-2170 165 W. Arndt St. WffiPLASH MOTORSPORTS Bob Joseph, President Novemberl2-15, 1997 November 7-8, 1996 Fondulac, WI 54935 2939 E. Grovers 80 Hempstead Dr. T ecate Baja 1000 Roof of Africa Rally (414)924-6805 Phoenix, AZ 85023 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada B.C. MX SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD 1997 SODA Wiriter Series (602) 971-3730 LBW 2E7 - (905} 574-7068 SONS OF THUNDER DRIVERS ASSOCIATION December 6-7, 1996 December 7, 1996 PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY 4WHEELERS Terry Wolfe Glen Helen Raceway Point to Point 18700 Lake Perris Drive Race Division 7839 W. North Avenue San Bernardino, CA Sonoyta to Rocky Point Perris, Riverside County, CA Keith Stewart Wauwatosa, WI 53213 SWORDS Sonora1 Mexico 1-800-976-RACE (714}522-1899 ( 414) 453-SODA South West Off Road Racing WISCONSIN PIKES PEAK S.C.T.A. May 24-25, 1997 Desert Series OFF ROAD FESTIVAL P.O. Box 6962 Southern California Chevrolet Memorial Day 4209 So. CR 1300 Terry or Bev Friday Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Timing Association Kevin Dawson Odessa, TX 79765 5913 So. U.S. Hwy 45 {719} 685-4400 Elice Simonis Tucker 1015 Bloomfield Road Mike Parker Oshkosh, WI 54901 22048 Vivienda Ave. Lake Geneva, WI 5314 7 (915) 337-3437 (414 l 688-5509 S.C.A.T. INC. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 ( 414) 248-8566 (All races held at Notre.es, TX FIA WORLD RALLY Michael R. King (714} 783-8293 June 7-8, 1997 25 miles west of Odessa1 TX CHAMPIONSHIP P.O. Box 277 Off Road Championship November 24-27, 1996 Morrisonville, NY 12962 SNORE TORA (518} 561-3208/(518} 236-7897 Southern Nevada Off Joe Servie - P.O. Box 339 Truck Racing Association Network QRAC Road Enthusiasts Antigo, WI 54409 Ray Carney, Director England SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES P.O. Box 4394 (715) 623-4134 7 Prutell Drive 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. Sports Car Club of America Las Vegas, NV 89106 June 21-22, 1997 Apalchin, NY 13732 1665 Delaware St. P.O. Box 3278 (702) 452-4522 Chevrolet Off Road Nationals (607} 625-5676 Oshkosh,WI54901 Englewood, CO 80112 December 14, 1996 Ionia, Michigan TOYS FOR TOTS c 414 l 426-04701(414 l 982-7306 po3 l 779-6622 Vegas 300 (new locale) Mike Brunton, 15529 Jones Road (619} 252-1197 /(619} 252-3093 Grand Ledge, MI 4883 7 AffENTION SCORE Jean, NV Score International February 7-8, 1997 (517) 627-6200 UORRA RACE & RALLY ORGANIZERS 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. June 28-29, 1997 United Off Road Racing Association Las Vegas, NV 89124 Bottom Dollar Chevrolet Brush Run Dave Urbanowicz, President List your coming events in DUSTY Nelson Hills, NV Box 101 589 Amwell Road TIMES free! It is the only way some fans (702) 361-5404 March 14-15, 1997 Crandon,WI54520 Neshanic, NJ 08853 know about your event, if they don't happen NovemberS-10, 1996 Southern Nevada 200 (715) 478-2222 (908) 369-6550 to be on your club mailing list. Don't call, T ecate Baja 1000 but mail your 1996-97 schedule as soon as Baja Norte, B.C., MX May 16-17, 1997 August 2-3, 1997 (All events at Owego Motor Sports Park, possible for listing in this column; it could (1997 Dates are Tentative) Caliente 250 Chevrolet UP 100 Rte. !!H• Owego1 NYJ bring you some extra entries! Mail your race Caliente, NV Off Road Race VORRA rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 20751 January 24-26, 1997 August 1-2, 1997 Brian Adams, Box 26 Valley Off Road Racing Association Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA21J1 I-Ho~. • DES Dusty Times December 1996 Page 7

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SODA WORLD SERIES OF OFF ROAD RACING Championshi~s Decided At The Chevrolet Off Road Finals By Michelle Halverson The SODA World series of Badgerland Off Road Association Off Road Racing made its final for this fine institution. stop in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at This exciting breakfast was just the Chevrolet Off Road Finals on the start of a fun filled day for September 13, 14 & 15, 1996. these wide eyed children. After The points standings have been receiving their goody bags, they close all year long and the battles headed to the pits to meet all of that took place at the Chevrolet the drivers, get autographs and see Off Road Finals were fierce, as the the incredible race vehicles up championships were decided. close. They were then able to ride This course, set up by the in a buggy or truck out onto the Badgerland Off Road Associa-track for the singing of the tion, is a true road course testing · national anthem. After this, they the drivers' skills throughout the settled in the grandstands and got en tire 1.1 miles. Offering ready for all the action and extremely tight turns, high flying excitement that the SODA Series jumps and a rhythm section, this has to offer. This was a great track thrilled the thousands of off weekend for them and an even road enthusiasts that attended. better weekend for all of those This event is unique as all the who shared it with them. profits from the race weekend are The SODA Lites class was the donated to the Children's first race of the weekend with Hospital of Wisconsin. The eight vehicles taking the green. BadgerlandOffRoadAssociation Rennie Awana, Cerritos, CA, has been donating to this took the lead on the first lap and wonderful institution for several held it until the second to the last years and with every year that lap when he suddenly slowed. goes by, more and more sponsors, This allowed Holdeir Oksnevad, businesses, organizations and Davis, IL, to pass for the lead and drivers become involved in the take home the checkered. donation process. Finishing behind him were Cory The weekend got underway on Friday, Berlin, WI, in second and Friday as four of SODA's top Rennie Awana, holding onto drivers, Cheryl Walton, Scott third. The SODA Lites Class Douglas, Evan Evans and Jimmie Champion was Cory Friday. Johnson, travelled to the Child-Leonard Gehl, New Berlin, WI, ren's Hospital of Wisconsin in the took the lead off the start in Class "DynoMax Express" van, to meet 6. Bill Groboski, Oshkosh, WI, and visit with thirty-five hospital- challenged early, but had to pull ized children. Goody bags with off as his car began to smoke. donations from Chevrolet, Gehl also had problems as he DynoMax, KC HiLites, BFGood-broke his rear axle. Stan Ambro-rich, Marilyn and Barb Schultz, ziak, Hatley, WI, took home his Hydra-Matic, Off Road Racing first win of the season. Finishing Scene and many drivers, were in second was Randy Dietzen, given to each child. Each driver Menasha, WI, and in third, Rick w;:s deeply touched by the Rayford, Schofield, WI. The experience and grateful for the SODA Class 6 Championship opportunity to bring smiles to went to Rick Rayford. these children's faces. John Greaves, DePere, WI, Festivities started early Satur-normally seen in Class 7S found day morning as DynoMax hosted himself battling back and forth the DynoMax Children's Hos-with Ron Karlman, Ixonia, WI, pita! of Wisconsin Breakfast with during the entire Class 5-1600 discharged children, drivers, race. Greaves finally took over the sponsors, SODA officials, SODA lead and held it for the win. membersandChevroletOffRoad Second place went to Ron Karl-Finals officials as their guests. As man and third to Tim Chris-everyone enjoyed the delicious tensen, Gillett, WI. The SODA breadfast, John Brubaker from Class 5-1600 Championship DynoMax announced how excit- went to Tim Christensen. ed DynoMax was to be involved Twenty vehicles took the green with the Badgerland Off Road -in the Class 1 lD race. Glen Association in supporting the Mathews, Rhinelander, WI, Children's Hospital, and that moved up through the field and DynoMax would match dollar for took two positions on the inside dollar all proceeds raised by the of one of the corners for second CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES • Built & Backed by Bell Helmets • Light Weight • Lexan Sheild • Snell 90 • Helmet Conversions • Complete Blower Systems for Single or Double Seat Cars • Complete Line of Worth & Pyrotect Safety Products • Cool Boxes • Blowers • 4' -any Length Hose • Free Service & Parts • We Ship UPS Page 8 $299.oo WITH SKIRT place. Mathews then challenged early leader, Jeremy Van Hulle, Oconto, WI, and passed on the backstretch. Mathews looped it, giving first place to Tim Christen-sen, Gillett, WI. Mathews moved back up to second and challenged Christensen but time ran out. Fol-lowing behind Christensen were Glen Mathews in second and Jeremy Van Hulle in third. The SODA Class 1 lD Championship went to Tim Christensen, his second of the season. After starting in fourteenth position, Evan Evans, Riverside, CA, worked his way through the field to the second place position on the first lap. Evans quickly passed Joe Zilisch, Wausau, WI, to take the lead. The race was red flagged halfway through, after a tremendous rollover by Dave Marks and co-driver Steve Marks, who were not seriously injured. When the race resumed, Evans continued to dominate, taking home his seventh win of the sea-son, making him the winningest truck driver in SODA history.Joe Zilisch held onto second place and Dennis Ferdon took third. The SODA Class 13 Championship went to Evan Evans. Tommy Bradley, Las Vegas, NV, and Jeff St. Peter, Belgium, WI, battled side by side early in the Class 9/ 10 race. St. Peter got wide in a corner and gave Bradley a little breathing room until Brad-ley looped it and gave St. Peter the lead. As the leaders came up on lap traffic, Bradley tried every chance he could to get around St. Peter for the win. St. Peter held his line and 'took home the win. Second place went to Bradley and Dan Baudoux, Hemlock, Ml, took third. The SODA Class 9/ 10 Championship went to Dan Baudoux. Thirteen of the Heavy Metal 4x4 trucks lined up for the Class 4 race. Jack Flannery, Wisconsin Dells, WI, moved through the field and powered past Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, CA, on the second lap to take the early lead. Walker Evans, Riverside, CA, put pressure on third place Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, NV, who had a flat, left front tire, and finally got around for third. Evans put his sights on LeDuc and maneuvered around him on the inside for second. As Evans looked to be gaining on Flannery,-Flannery suddenly pulled off the track and Evans took the lead and the win. Second place went to Curt LeDuc and third place was Jamey Flannery, Wisconsin Dells, WI. The SODA Class 4 Champ-ionship went to Scott Douglas, El Cajon, CA. Joe Zilisch, who finished second in the points standing in Class 13, took the early lead and began to pull away in the Class 8 race. Scott Taylor, Belvidere, IL, made his way up to second posi-tion with Jimmie Johnson, El Cajon, CA right behind. Johnson took Taylor in one corner and Zil-isch in the next to move into first. Johnson got together with Nicole Schlueter, Howell, MI, in the backstretch and pulled off smok-ing. Taylor took over the lead and held it for the win. Second place December 1996 went to Dan Vanden Heuvel, Appleton, WI, and Jed Flannery, Wisconsin Dells, WI, took third. The SODA Class 8 Champion-ship went to Scott Taylor. Thirteen vehicles took the green in the Class 2-1600 race to finish Saturday's exciting day of . racing. Michael Notary, Mel-bourne, FL, had the early lead until Dan Baudoux made his way to second, put pressure on Notary and passed for the lead and the win. Jason Crowder, Tallahassee, FL, took home second and Michael Notary held onto third. The Class 2-1600 Championship went to Michael Seefeldt, Sussex, WI. Ruth Schwartzburg, West Bend, WI, and Tracy Crump, Garden City, MI, battled back and forth the entire Women's Unlimited Buggy race. At the checkered, Schwartzburg crossed only inches in front of Crump for the win. Crump took second as Gwen Holmes, Fort Gratiot, MI, came home with third. The SODA Women's Unlimited Buggy Class Championship went to Tracy Crump. Eight vehicles lined up for the Women's Limited Buggy race. Shari Huven, Horntonville, WI, passed Sarah Tate, New London, WI, early and held the lead to the checkered. Second place went to Crystal Kozloski, Green Bay, WI, and third to Lorri Pozorski, Little Chute, WI. The SODA Women's Limited Buggy Class champion-ship went to Sarah Tate. Women's Heavy Metal was next on the schedule with ten trucks taking the green. Sherri Parsons, Antigo, WI, found her-self with the lead and had to be careful and patient as she approached lap traffic with Val-erie Rehn, Appleton, WI, gaining steadily. Parsons kept her cool and held on for the win. Valerie Rehn held onto second and Katie Smet took third. The SODA Women's Heavy Metal Class Championship went to Valerie Rehn. Jeff St. Peter took the lead from the start in the Class l / 2 race. Brian Collins and Tommy Brad-ley, both from Las Vegas, NV, closed in on St. Peter while bat-tling for second. On the last lap, Collins and Bradley got together and Bradley flipped and ended up on his roof. St. Peter took the win having no brakes for the last few laps. Collins took second and Scott Schwalbe, third. The SODA Class 112 Championship went to Brian Collins. Randy Krall, Stratford, WI, had quite a lead early in the Class BS race until he rolled, giving Michael Oberg, Eagle River, WI, the lead. Oberg was challenged by Cory Friday until Friday's truck began to overheat and he had to pull into the pits to try an cool it down. Following behind Oberg were Cheryl Walton, Williams-burg, Ml, in second and Mike Bergner, Cecil, WI, third. The SODA Class HS Championship went to Cheryl Walton. Art Schmitt, Pittsburgh, PA, flew from the back of the nineteen truck field to take the lead on the first lap of the Class ,·s race. John Greaves gained and passed for first until he rolled and was out of the race. Schmitt resumed the lead, made it easily through lap traffic and took the win. Jeff Kin-caid, Argonne, WI, came in second and Tom Hockers, Green-leaf, WI, took third. The SODA Class 7S Championship went to Art Schmitt. The Class 1-1600 race found Dan Baudoux out front early with a good start. Having no problems with the car or the course during the race, he took the easy win. Second wt·nt to Jason Crowder and third to Larry Manske, West Allis, WI. The SODA Class 1-1600 Championship Wl'IH to Jason Crowder. Michael Oberg 1:ot thl· hole shot in the thirty-one c:ir Class 11 S fidd and powered to thl' lead for his second win of the Wt'l'k-end. Glen Mathews took hornt' second and Jim Wallace, Little Chute. w1: took third: The SODA Class I IS Championship went to Glen Mathews. The most exciting race of the weekend and possibly of thl' sea-son was thl" Heavy Metal Manu-facturer's Challl"nge. Sixtl'cn of the high powered 2x4 and 4x4 trucks lined up for the grl'en flag. Scott Douglas was thl' early leader but droppt'd out after two laps. Walker Evans shot through tht' field to tah· owr the first place position. Roh MacCachren put pressurl' on Evans for several laps even aftn going up on two whl'cls in sewral corners. MacCachrcn came out fn,m the hackstrl'tch with a flat tire. limmie Johnson took over the assault that Mac-Cachren had put on Evans after battling side hy siJe with Curt LeDuc for several laps. Johnson trieJ every way possihle i:o get around Evans with the two sidl' hy side for almost the entire white flag lap. Johnson could not pull it off and Evans took homl' his second win of thl' weekend. Second went to Johnson and third went to LeDuc. Tommy Bradley put pressure on race leader Brian Collins the entire Unlimited Buggy Shoot-out. On the white flag lap, right before the finish line, Bradley tried one more time on the inside and got up on Collins' hack wheel. hut Collins tl>Ok the chL·ckered. Bradley took SL·cond and Jeff St. Peter took third. Andrew Wehe, F:11lhrook, CA, one of thl· young guns of the 199h SODA Sl-ries. got a clean start, jumpe,I out to the lead and never looked hack during the Stock Metal Ch·•mpionship. Second place went to Tom Hock.:rs and third, Mark Eberhart, Ripon, WI. Twdvl' took the line in tht' Limited Buggy Championship race. Phil Doyle, Davis, IL. driv-ing a SODA Lite, put pres~ure on Dan Raudoux, in a huggy, fnr ~L'V-eral laps and finally got around Paudoux in the rhythm ~n:tion for the lead and tht' win. BauJoux held on for second anJ M 1chad Notary took third. The Chevrolet Off Road Fi mils offered a great conclusion to the end of the exciting 1996 SODA World Series of Off Road l{;1L·in~i-This season provided inned1hle racing action at each and L·vcry event. And with the great succL·ss of the Chevrolet Off Road Finals, the Children's Hospital of Wis-consin benefited tremendous I y. Early estimates showed that the Badgerl:md Off Road Association raised approximately $5,000, with DynoMax matching funds, for a total of $10,000 for the Children's Hospital. Another $500+ was also donated from the SODA drivers. This was a suc-cessful weekend for everyone involved, in many respects. Dusty Times

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SCORE'S LAUGHLIN DESERT CHALLENGE Thomas a White Arc Winners By Judy Smith Doug Fortin fought the hard battle all day but was only able to grab second place in his Chenowth in Class 1. He came up short by just a bit over a minute. Ryan Thomas showed everyone the way home in his Chenowth at the Laughlin Desert Challenge with a resounding first in class, first overall. After four hours of running Ryan won by one minute eighteen seconds in a hotly contested race. Bob Gordon ran the Toyota Chenowth for all he was worth but the cards only let him finish third in Class 1. Two minutes and six seconds is a lot of time but that's all Bob was behind at the finish. SCORE split the racing up into three divisions at the October Laughlin Challenge, running the buggies on Saturday morning, the trucks on Sunday morning and the Trophy-Trucks on both afternoons. In the buggy divisions the winner was Ryan Thomas in his Chenowth, while Dale White took the truck win in his Class 8 Chevrolet. Moved from early September to early October, the three day weekend event enjoyed slightly cooler weather than in '95, and a big entry of 178 cars and trucks. The format was about the same as last year, with contingency and tech inspection on Friday, which was also the day for the guided pre-run of the course. Two special events, the Pit Crew Challenge and the Laughlin Leap long jump contest were held on Friday night in front of a packed grandstands. When the fun was all over the winners in the Open Wheel Pit Crew Contest were the Harbor Diesel team of Mike Zupanovich, who earned a tidy $750 for their expertise. In the Truck division it was the Stock Mini team of Jeff Richardson, also winning $7·50. The Trophy-Truck winning team took home a purse of $1,500, and it went to the Simon and Simon The Race Car Dynamics car of Steve Sourapas finished in four hours and eleven minutes, just a bit over three minutes behind the class leader in an almost photo finish by time of arrival. Jason Hatz was the big winner in Class 1-2-1600, holding on to first place by just over a minute in a hotly contested class race. Page 10 crew. There were five Laughlin Leap winners. In the Pro classes these folks took home $1,000 for a first place win, but the Trophy-T ruck victor earned a nice $5,000. The spectators really enjoyed these entertainments, and stayed in the grandstands until the last leap was completed. Racing started at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday with all the "buggy" classes required to run four laps, except for Class 11 which did only three. The Trophy-Trucks, which ran on a shortened version of the course, did four laps on Saturday afternoon, then did another four la p s o n Sunday afternoon. Sunday morning was reserved for the regular truck classes, which all ran four laps. The course was 4 3 .9 miles long. The layout of the track was, as last year, a snaky, narrow course which had to hop up onto Highway 163 for about two and a half miles, where there was a speed limit of 55 miles per hour. The only spectator area was at the start/ finish, where SCORE had laid out a short course of sorts, . with a series of hairpin turns, some bumps and a couple of flying jumps. There were grand-stand seats for the spectators along one side of the start/ finish Chet Huffman literally flew around the Laughlin course in his Chenowth Foddrill buggy but was unable to catch the leader. Chet settled for fifth in Class 1, under four minutes behind the leader. Scott Webster came over from Brawley and ran hard all day in his ORBS but was unable to do better than second in Class 1-2-1600, just a minute out of first place. December 1996 section, and fans could buy tickets at $25 for a three day pass, or $10 each day. It was just barely daylight when the first group, the unlimited cars, took the green at 6:30 on Saturday morning. By the time they got back it was sunny and hot, and a stiff breeze was trying to blow the dust clear of the track. At the end of the first loop the leader was Bob Gordon in his FAT Toyota powered Chenowth, but he had only two seconds on Ryan Thomas in a Major Type IV Chenowth. Then came Steve Sourapas in his RCD chassis with Major T ype IV power , four seconds la t e r , and jus t two seconds in front of Doug Fortin in his Fortin V4 Chevy powered Chenowth. In fifth it was Ro n Brant in a Porsche Aceco, another 10 seconds back. Only 18 seconds separated the first five cars. Mike Julson and Bob Lofton were already out, their Jimco's shock mounts having given up , and Pat Dean's car had quit before he got fully out of the spectator area. One of]effQuinn's calipers fro:e up and caugh t fire. He stopped to ask his pit if he had a flat and they said, " No, hut ... ", and he didn't wait to hear the rest. He took off, and the fire grew, finally m eltin g his t ir e an d bringing him to a halt. But the leaders charged o n around for the second time, running into lapped traffic now, so their times were a little slower. And Fortin moved into the lead, with 22 seconds on Gordon, who was four seconds in front of Mark Miller in his Porsche Chenowth. Now Thomas was fourth, 35 seconds later, and Sourapas ran fifth, three seconds behind him. Brant developed power steering problems and fell back. With lappers all around the course the dust got pretty bad from time to time. Fortin stayed in front, but Gordon got lost for a few minutes when someone in front of 1-iim rolled and in going around to dodge the car in the Dusty Times

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dust he got off on a wrong trail. Thomas was back up to second at the end of lap three just 19 seconds behind Fortin. Sourapas was third again, and Gordon was fourth, with Troy Herbst, his Porsche powered Mike Smith Winner trying out a brand new motor, in fifth. But he had a bad last lap, losing three fuel pumps, and dropped way back. On the final lap Fortin had a front flat, but then regained the lead, and his ignition quit. He had to turn his battery off and reset his computer before he could go on. Sourapas and Gordon went by him, in that order. But Sourapas had lost third gear. Gordon was right on his tail. Sourapas got to the spectator/finish area first, with Gordon right on his bumper and Fortin on his. They twined their way through the hairpine, and then, in a furious burst of speed, Gordon passed Sourapas between the final jump and the finish line, to get the checkered flag first. But Fortin was only seconds behind him and had started a full minute behind him. Folks crowded arount to congrat-ulate Fortin on his apparent win, and then six minutes later along came Thomas, who'd started seven minutes behind him, to take the victory. He'd been out of brakes, and one shock had given up, but was otherwise in good shape, taking the win on elapsed time by a minute and 18 seconds. Fortin was second, with Gordon third, Sourapas fourth and Chet Huffman, in a Nissan powered ChenowthlFoddrill, in fifth place. Brent Grizzle, who'd been finding the dust heavy, ticked off the fast lap of the day in his FAT poweredJimco on lap four, at one hour and 28 seconds, and finished sixth. Class 10 was the second group to start, and Andrew Wehe put his Toyota Jimco into the lead, with 13 seconds on Steve Melton in a Major VW Chenowth in second, and Todd Denton, in a first-time-out Toyota powered Jimco, in third. Fourth place Danny Porter gave it everything he had but was only able to grab third place in Don Lampus ran the JIMCO hard, had a great run for the day but ended up 1-2-1600, about a minute and a half out of first. fourth in Class 1-2-1600, less than two minutes out in a very tight race. Arden Dennington flies his PBA SS in a vain attempt to catch the leaders in Class 1-2-1600 but had to settle for 5th place in class after a good run. Jim Dizney and Todd Teuscher ran hard all day in the JIMCO, had some great laps but were only able to come up-with 6th place in Class 1-2-1600 at the Laughlin Challenge. belonged to Dwight Lundelfin his now second, with Denton up to Toyota Chenowth, with Charlie third again, and Tim Scalzo and Townsley fifth in his Major Acura his co-driver, Ryan Arciero, in fourth in their Acura powered Aceco. Steve and Ray Croll were sharing the driving in their Toyota powered Jimco, and they had moved into fifth. Wehe had a rear fP'" Chenowth. --------------------------------------On the second lap Wehe recorded the class fast lap at 1:02:10, and solidified his lead, now over a minute in front of Melton. In third it was Lundell, and Mike Zupanovich had moved his Toyota powered J.M.R. into fourth, with Denton in fifth. On the next lap Zupanovich had a flat and when he'd repaired the tire, his starter had quit. Meanwhi~e, Wehe marched on, having no problems, and he had a lead of a bit over three minutes at the end of lap three. Lundell was WECARRY AURORA, PYROTECT, PARKER PUMPER TURBO BLUE, VDO, CACTUS RACING BAKER BATTERIES, SWAY A WAY WRIGHT PLACE, EARLS, YOKOHAMA SUPER 1RAP, SWEPCO, TANAKA BUG PACK, S&S, CHENOWJ'H Michael James,. shown here charging through the Laughlin terrain to a victory in Class 5 was able to put about four minutes .. between himself and siicond place. UMP, BELL HELMETS, KEP, SACO FODDRIL, UNI-FILTER, KAN, TRI-MIL PERMA COOL, BEARDS SEATS, PIAA DIRT BAGZ, COMP-Cl-FIRE, WEBER CARBS SAND TIRES A RIMS, RIP ROD, CNC CENTERUNE, ULTRA, SIMPSON, SCAT CUSTOM COMMERCIAL WHEEL MECHANIX WEAR, BOGART RACING WHEELS RC TRANS & MUCH MUCH MORE ... Ever hard charging George Seeley gave it all he had but was only able to come up with second place in Class 5. Dusty Times WE ARE NOW AN OFFICIAL DEALER FOR FOX SHOXS!! 306' S. VALLEY VIEW "' LAS VEGAS, NV "' 89102 HOURS: MON-FRI SAAUll'M * SAT 9AM • •PM (702)871 .... 11 "' (702)871-5221 ftlK December 1996 Page 11

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Mike Jacobson gets airborne in his Class 5 as he pursues the leader but a slightly slower fourth lap was his undoing. Scott Steinberger grabs a little air on his way to victory in Class 7S at Laughlin. Scott beat second place in class by about twelve minutes for a nice win. ~ flat on the last lap, but his timing was good and he was able to drive into a pit and have someone else fix it. He went on to take the win by a margin of two and a half minutes. Denton, who lost fourth gear, his rear brakes, and his spare, finished second. He's usually a VORRA racer, up in northern California, and said he found this terrain very similar. In third it was the Crolls, followed in by Scalzo and Arciero. Kory Scheeler and Larry Job teamed in a W iks VW Jimco to finish fifth. The Class 5 cars were the next to take off, and in this group George Seeley had the first lap lead in his FAT powered convert-ible, just three seconds in front of Neal Grabowski in his South Coast Convertible, and he was just nine seconds in front of Mike James in his FAT powered convertible. In fourth it was Mike Jakobsen, his Miggie Motorsports Migtech Bug finally rebuilt after his disastrous crash in the Baja 1000 last year. trouble and lost a couple of hours. James, who had no trouble at all, and no flats, went back to the front and stayed there on the last lap, to take the win. Seeley, who had three flats total, was second, while Jakobsen, who'd had a flat and been stuck in second gear for the final 10 miles or so, was third with Finke in fourth place. Finally, there were no technical protests in this class, although the SCORE tech folks ran around with a tape measure checking the wheelbase on Seeley's and Jakobsen 'scars.Apparently everyone was legal, since there were no disqualifications. The buggy classes all together totaled 113 vehicles, and they were putting on a good show all da for the s ectators, with '~l~.~~w Jerry McDonald cruised to an easy victory in Class 7, besting the competition by almost two hours in one of the few class races that wasn't close. = glitches, though his front end was fading on the last lap, and he stayed in front to take the win. Webster moved up to finish second, followed in by Danny Porter and Mark Ruddis who'd spent most of the previous evening, with a bunch of helpers, putting their back-up transmis-sion into their Porter. In fourth it was Lampus, reporting he'd lost his rear brakes, and then Dennington finished fifth. He was just two minutes and 20 seconds behind the first car. In this class reports were that at least five of them had rolled over, or tipped up on their sides. Jefferies and the Forrest/Prosser team fell into that group. The 5-1600 cars went next, and Eric Pavolka plows through the Laughlin desert on his way to victory in Class 5-1600 and Eric won by about eight minutes. _ at the end of lap one the leader was Gerardo lribe in his I.S.R.T., with over two minutes on Eric Pavolka and Ron Dallke in their '70 Bug. In third it was Albert Castro and Nacho Carrillo in a '69, and then Martin Stoll and Patrick Lowrey in another '69. lribe's time was the quick one for the class, at 1: 15:35. On the second lap it was still lribe, with Dallke and Pavolka firm in second place and Tom Dittfield, who'd rolled over on the first lap and had to dig himself out, now up to second, recovered from a dose of heat exhaustion. Stoll and Lowry something going on in the infield most of the time. But the racing was exceptionally close a-nd entertaining in the 1-2-1600class, which started with 26 cars, of which 19 finished. Jason Hat: put his Hatz VW powered car into the lead on the first lap, and he had 35 seconds on Don Lappus Jr., in a Wiks Jimco, who was tied with Arden Dennington in a P.B.A. chassis car for third. L.J. Kennedy ran fourth 10 seconds later in a Chenowth, but lost his transmis-sion on the next lap. In fifth it was Darnen Jefferies in his Wiks Jimco. Hatz continued to lead, but had only four seconds at the end of the second lap, and now it was Tom Rusich in second place in his M · or Performance J imco. Dennington was third, with John still ran fourth. Prosser fourth in a VWJP-1 lribe put his dad, Carlos, into powered Mirage. In fifth it was . the car for the final two laps, and John Kawell in a Homemade he kept the lead, with the others chassis. So far, most were having following in the same order, no problems, and they came Dallke/Pavolka, Dittfield, and through the infield in big groups, Stoll / Lowry. lribe went off to get entertaining the few spectators a bottle of champagne, and that who sat in the sunbaked was his big mistake. Dad broke a bleachers. u-joint in the steering, and didn't Hatz ran the fast lap for the class make it to the finish line on time. on the third lap, at 1:08:32, and Pavolka and Dallke moved up, he needed to. Rusich was still only reporting their worst problem 45 seconds behind him, and Scott had been being "a little stuck", Webster had moved into third in and took the win. Dittfield was his Major Performance ORBS. ·. second, with the best time on the Dennington was running smooth-last lap, and Stoll and Lowry lyinfourth,andLampuswasnow finished third. Castro and fifth, only three and a half Carrillo were fourth and the minutes behind the lead car. Just lribes salvaged a fifth. the smallest glitch could cost a In Class 9 the first lap leader position. But Hatz avoided was the team of Rick Poole and James moved to the front on the second lap, now 34 seconds in front ofJakobsen who'd come up to second. Grabowski moved to third, and Seeley, with a flat, dropped to fourth. On the third lap Jakobsen moved into the lead, with James now second, and• Seeley, who'd recorded the fast lap for the class, at 1 :06:07, now in third. Lee Finke moved his Race Hawk into fourth place as Tom Dittfield had a slow first lap, ran like the wind the next three but was only able to nab second in 5-1600, still a good finish. Tracy Rubio had some problems on the second lap in his Ford Ranger but soldiered on to take second place in Class 7, almost two hours behind the class leader. the Grabowski car had Page 12 Malcolm Vinje ran nice consistant laps all day but they just weren't quick enough to catch the leader. Malcolm finished second in Class 7S. December 1996 Dale White ran 1 :05s all day in his Class 8 Chevy and finished about twenty-five minutes out in front for a well earned victory. Dusty Times

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Mike Faulkner in a Jimco, with the class fast lap, at 1: 15: 17. They were a little over two minutes in · front of Brian Jeffrey, who had his brother, Jim, riding in the family Lothringer. Tied for fourth were Mark Bunderson in his Bunder-son and Wayne Ritayik and Kevin Pratt in their Jimco. Poole and Faulkner stayed in front through the second lap, and now had just 30 seconds on the Jeffrey brothers. Bunderson was third, about six minutes later, with Raul Aguiar and Jose Carlos Gon:ale:, in a FAT Ralco, in fourth. On the third lap Poole and Faulkner lost over an hour, and although they lost a rear shock and rolled over, the Jeffrey brothers moved · into the lead. Bunderson was now second, with Aguiar and Gon:ale: third and Vincent Leone fourth in his MECO. The Jeffreys lost a coil wire and also had to :ip-tie their oil cooler back on during their fourth lap, hut lost little time, and got the win. Bunderson, who was about three and a half minutes behind them in second, said his only problem was that "I did not drive fast eno~gh." In third it was Leone, with Aguiar and Gon:ale: in fourth. Poole and Faulkner didn't make it in. Class 11 fielded only two cars, and they were required to complete only three laps. Victor Barajas and his nephew, Angel, put together three steady laps, with only one flat and one crunched fender on their '74 VW to take the win. They couldn't dawdle along the way because Matt McGrath andJeffHanson in their '69 Elvis VW, ran right behind them. They were just nine seconds back at the end of lap one, and only seven minutes out after two laps. The little blue sedan was off the pace about seven minutes on the last lap however, and they finally finished 14 minutes behind the Barajas team. There were a few Sportsmen running on Saturday, and of the group, Dave Cua and Ralph Jackson, in a Class 5 car, had the best time, completing their four laps in 5:55:39. But Fred Head, who did all four laps in his Raceco 1600 car, also completed all four, in 5:58:4 7 . Pete Saldana arid Steve Ghamari did only three laps in their Class 9 Sportsman, as did Doug Naylor and Steve Lazelle in their Class 10 car. The buggy racers finished for the weekend, and while some of them went home, others went waterskiing, or settled in to watch the Trophy-Trucks and the Sunday racing. Everything was all done before dark, so there was plenty of time for a leisurely dinner and an evening on the town if celebrating was in order. But Sunday morning came early for the truck drivers. They were lined up and ready to go as the sun rose over the Riverside Casino. This was a much smaller group, with a total of only 55 entries and they started off with the Class 8 trucks. Brian Collins put his new Chevy truck into the lead, with just under a minute on Dale White, who built the Collins truck, in another Chevy. In third it was Dan Smith, in a Ford, already missing second gear. Dave Wes them ran fourth in his Chevy. Dan Beaver had his Ford in fifth, but rolled over at the start of the second lap, ending his day early. On the second lap White had Dusty Times Dave Wes them flies his good looking Chevy in pursuit of first place in Class 8, h, .. • but a slightly long third lap kept him in second place at the Laughlin Marc Stein races the desert in the Stock Full Class and he beat the desert and Challenge. the rest of his class, finishing about seven minutes ahead of second place. pulled into the lead, but was now next lap, recording fast lap for this breaking a throttle bolt and losing win. Smith hit a big rock and tore just a couple seconds over a class, at 1:02:27, and moving about 18 minutes. On the last lap up the right front tire and A-arm, minute in front of Collins. Smith back into the lead, with White Collins lost his batteries and losing about 45 minutes to was still third, another 22 seconds still less than a minute back in everyone got past him. White, repairs. Westhem moved· into back, followed by Westhem, nine second. Smith held firm in third who had no problems, no flats, second place and nearly came to seconds later. place, and Westhem was still and stopped only once for fuel, grief· on the finish line. 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The ever brand new looking Ford Ranger of Steve Williams flies through the desert on its way to a great first place in Stock Mini Class, about eight minutes ahead of second place. Matt Vaughan, in his sparsely decal'd Nissan had a long third lap at Laugh/ii, but soldiered on to take second in Stock Mini Class, less than ten minutes our of first place. Todd Gatrell only ran two laps, but he pushed his great looking Blazer to first Brain Jeffrey ran the Lothringer hard all day, had some great laps and finished place in Class 3, and had a good time while out there in the Laughlin desert. first in Class 9 less than five minutes in front of second place. ~ as required, for the flag, and then couldn't get going again. The soft sand at the finish line had heen so dug out that he was sitting on his rear axle. Finish-line-lawyers were debating whether he was a finisher. He hadn't actually crossd the line yet. SCORE officials tried to push him across. Would that disqualify him? They were not arm-handed for that car. Finally, they hitched a rope to the front of his truck and towed him out of the hole. Was that legal? Onlookers recalled that a car is not supposed to be towed across the finish line. Apparently none of these rules· were in effect, or they don't apply to loop races, because W esthem had his second place. Smith rallied to finish PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS third, and Collins was fourth after losing about an hour and a half. The second group off the line were the Pro Trucks, and Chuck Harris put his Chevrolet into the lead on the first lap, with a big cushion. Todd Clement, in a Ford, had collided with a Class 8 truck and was stuck for half the day, while Steve Barlow blew his Ford's rear end and broke the steering box, and lost a couple of hours with repairs. Gus Vildosola and Brian Stewart also lost a couple of hours on the first lap, in their Ford. Harris was having no trouble. 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None of the others finished. Dave Ashley, who ran as a Sportsman in the Pro Truck class, slipped off the road with his Ford on the first lap about eight miles into the race. He was in an inaccessible spot and had to dig himself out, which took about 20 minutes. On the next lap he had to deal with a recalcitrant jack that poked a hole in his head, but things improved and he did ultimately get a finish. His quickest time was quicker than any of the other ProTrucks by about six minutes, and he'd have been second in the Pro Pro Truck . class. . Class 7 was led by that familiar Chevy of Larry Roeseler and Jerry . McDonald all day. They h2d a lead of eight minutes at the end of the first lap, and it was Bob Land in second in his Ford, with Tracy Rubio and Scot Murphy in third in their Ford. Tim Lawrence was , fourth in another Ford. Chris Taylor was out with a _broken spindle on his Ford. On the second lap the Chevy built its lead to an hour and it was Rubio and Murphy in second place now, as Land lost over an hour. A.J. DeNunzio had his Toyota in third, and Lawrence was fourth, with fuel pump trouble. By the end of lap three Roeseler and McDonald, who had no trouble at all, just "lots of fun", were in front by about an hour and 20 minutes. It was still Rubio and Murphy, who'd had a couple of front end problems, in second, with DeNunzio third and Lawrence fourth. McDonald and Roeseler went on steadily to take the win, and finish second overall in the truck classes, just 15 minutes behind the winning Class 8 truck. Rubio and Murphy were second, almost two hours later, followed in by a disappointed DeNunzio, who'd worked his way up to second place only to lose a wheel just before entering the finish I stad-ium area. In an interesting side-bar to this race, the lone Sportsman entry ir\ this class, an unknown brand of truck driven by Gary Keller and Doug Siewart, actually ran second from the second lap on, with very Mark Bunderson came down from Vegas to shoot for the win in Class 9 but 1 was only _able to nab second place in the SS of the same name. December 1996 steady times, in spite pf a_ pow ·r steering fluid leak . Had they competed in the Pro class they would have taken second place, a good 16 minutes in front of the Rubio/Murphy entry. The 7S trucks were next to start, and Larry Plank put his Ford into the lead early, with less than two minutes on Bruce Landfield and Brett Turley in their Lothringer Ford. In third it was Malcolm Vinje, who was going to have to drive all the way in his Ford this time because his regular co-driver, Mark Hansen, was recovering from an infection. Vinje had a brake fluid leak and , his pedals got slippery so his feet kept sliding off. Plank recorded the class fast lap . on lap two, at 1: 11 :21 , and his lead grew to 12 minutes, with Landfield now out and Vinje up to second. That brought David Winner into a close third in his Toyota. Everyone else in the class had broken by now. Scott Steinberger took over for Plank, and stayed in front, having no trouble. He had about 15 minutes on Vinje who was having to add brake fluid every lap. Winner developed fuel pump problems, but held third place. On the last lap Steinberger ran well until about the last 10 miles . when his oil pressure dropped ominously. But it stayed together and the team got the win. Vinje, still in second, landed off the last jump and all his electricals quit. He had to coast across the finish . line, and then be towed into the impound area. Winner came along about five minutes later in third place. In the Stock Full class the entries decided they wanted to run all four laps. Most of them didn't make it. Steve Olliges had his Ford in front at the end of lap one, with about six minutes on Jarit Johnson in Robert Hayley's Ford. In third it was Herb Reno in another Ford, and Marc Stein was fourth in still another Ford. Olliges lost a drive shaft on the second lap and Johnson and Hayley moved to the front, with less that two minutes on Stein. Olliges was third and now Darren Oliver ran fourth in another Ford. There was only one Chevy running in this class, driven by Mike McComas and Steve Christensen, and it had serious trouble and was out after two laps. On the third lap Stein went into the lead, with the quick time for the class at 1:19:15. Hayley and Johnson were now second, and Olliges and his co-driver, John Swift, ran third with no firs, gear anymore. Stein had a day with no mechanical trouble and went on to take the win, finishing seven minutes in front of Hayley and Johnson who did the last 15 miles with no power steering. Olliges and Swift were third, another 14 minutes back, and no one else finished. The Stock Mini trucks also ran all four laps, and many of them must have regretted it. Steve Williams got off to a good start by recording the class fast lap in his Ford, at 1:24:13, and going eight minutes into the lead. Matt Vaughan and Adam Medina in a Nissan, ran second, with Jeff Richardson and Steve Harris third in their Toyota. Allen Russell, also in a Toyota, was fourth, and having leaf spring .problems. Dusty Times

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On the second lap Vaughan and Medina moved into the lead even though they'd lost their brakes, as Williams hit a rock and lost his front wheel drive. Richardson and Harris were still third, and now Michael Martin, who'd been reported o n fire and unaware of it, was fourth in his Ford. Apparent-ly the fire went out. Williams moved back into the lead on the next lap, and Vaughan and Medina, who broke a shock tower, dropped to third as Richardson and Harris moved u~ to second. Martin was gone now, and Dennis Milner ran fourth. Williams, missing his four-wheel drive, got stuck once, hut stayed in front and took the win. Vaughan and Medina finished the ran: stuck in second gear, and in second place. Milner was third about four minutes later, only 12 minutes behind the winner, and none of the others made it. Class 3 had only two entries, and neither of them made four laps. Todd and Jim Gatrell had two rretty good laps in their rropane powered Bla:er and then succumbed to a broken rear end, while Kirk Kovel had a good first lap and a disastrous second. It st.·ems his Bronco's battery cable melted, and that fried his radio. He was a long time getting hack -to the start/ finish. There were a coupk of truck Sportsmen in addition to those already mentioned, hut they were not very successful. Mark Cline and Ruben Garcia didn't manage to get their Class K Chevrolet around for even one lap. But Steve Ghamari and Peter Saldana, who drove on Saturday in a Dusty Tin,es Andy Wehe ran the JIMCO hard all day, had no troubles and got a well deserved first place in Class 10, about four minutes ahead of the competition. Todd Denton in his JIMCO Toyota chased first place all day in Class 10 but was unable to take the win, settling for second place, less than four minutes behind. The Class 11 of Victor Barajas was the winner at Laughlin, finishing their three laps in five hours and change for a well deserved win. Matt McGrath came over from Arizona to shoot for the win in Class 11 but had to settle for second place and a great close fought race. SportsmanClass9 car, managed to wasn't that the racing wasn't get two laps done in a Sportsman good, it was plenty close and Stock Mini Toyota on Sunday. exciting for the most part, but the The truck races weren't as uninitiated spectator would feel much fun to watch as the buggies, there was too much dead time. because there were so few of And, indeed, they did not fill the them, relatively speaking, that grandstands on Sunday, oi: even there were long stretches of time come close. But then they hadn't when no trucks were in si ht. It filled tham on S::iturday either, when the buggies were putting on folks sitting on top of the ridge a great show. 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. ·"-~ }if;;;;,, ~~ ~ ;M,,A Paul Simon seems forever doomed to second place in his Ford, but ended there on Saturday but was third on Sunday, and finished second overall when they added both events together. Larry Ragland was third overall, having taken the win on Sunday after a bad Saturday race. He had a trouble free race on Sunday en route to the victory. Robby Gordon led most of the way on Saturday, then hopped a jet to Carolina to ra ce on Sunday in the NASCAR event. He lost the steering just a few miles from the end of the race. SCORE TECATE TROPHY-TRUCKS MacCachren Takes Two Day Event tlat that had torn the cooling lines off his shocks. And his brakes were getting hot. Simon, hot footing it to make up for time lost with the tire change, rolled his truck just a By Judy Smith Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. short way into the last lap. He and ------------------------------------------Tebbe jumped out and with the Rob MacCachren plowed through the dirt to win the Saturday heat, take second on the Sunday heat and he was the overall winner for the points at Laughlin. Rob MacCachren and his Ford took the win at SCORE 's October Laughlin Desert Chal-lenge, which featured a two day format for the Trophy-Trucks for the first time. The Trophy-Trucks were part of the Friday night fun and games also, vying with one another for the purse in the Laughlin Leap contest, and also testing their pit crew's skills in the Pit Crew contest. The team of Paul and Dave Simon took first place in the Pit Crew event, which required the crew to do a tire change and simulate fueling the truck. They won a purse of $2,500 for their speed and skill. In the Laughlin Leap, in which the trucks roared off the big flying jumps that were part of the infield short course for the race, the purse totaled $5,000 for the longest jump. After a series of face offs, the winner was Jeff Lewis in his new Chevy, with a jump of 107 feet and five inches. Curt LeDuc was second with 103 feet and eight inches in his Jeep. The Trophy-Truck teams got to sleep late on this weekend, because their races didn't start un ti! two o'clock in the afternoon both days. And then it was a relatively short race, since their laps were only about 26 and a half miles long, and they ran just four laps. The course was the same that the Pro Classes ran on, but about mid-way through, where the trail narrowed down close in on itself, the Trophy-Trucks zipped across and turned toward the start/ fin-ish area again, bypassing about 1 7 miles that the other guys had to traverse. Robby Gordon, who'd been scheduled to drive a stock car in a NASCAR event, had been gathered up in a multiple car accident in practise, and was without wheels. He decided to fly help of five or six enthusiastic to Laughlin and run his Trophy- _ spectators, put the truck back on Truck rather than try to run in an its wheels, and they were racing alternate car, so he was on the again. Gordon, meanwhile, had a start line on Saturday afternoon. splendid race going, and was And at the end of the first lap he charging hard, second on the was in the lead, with the fast lap of road , but leading o n corrected the afternoon, at 34:25 . But Curt time. H is crew and PR folk LeDuc, who'd brought his SODA listened in on the radio as he Jeep out from Wisconsin, ran neared the finish, only to hear the second on! y 25 seconds later. expletives when the steering went. This truck, built for the smooth-He was only four miles from the er, but much faster SODA series finish, and a bolt had broken. tracks, has more horsepower than There was no spare in the truck, his regular desert truck, and he so he sat and smoldered while he was having a good time. In third it waited for the crew to bring a was Paul Simon in his Ford, and replacement. In the meantime, Rob MacCachren ran fourth, MacCachren, with no further with Larry Ragland in fifth, only a problems, charged across the minute and 45 seconds behind finish line to take the win. Simon Gordon. Rodrigo Ampudia, who finished about nine minutes raninthisseriesforthefirsttime, b ehind him in second, and in what used to be Roger Mears' Ragland was third, another 14 Chevy, had broken his transmis-minutes back. LeDuc also lost his sion and was having a new one steering, and while he replaced the installed. Scott McKinney, in an steering box, Gordon replaced ex-Walker Evans Dodge, had that bolt and came in for fourth rolledandwasoutfortheday. place. LeDuc was fifth, six On the second lap LeDuc minutes later. moved into the lead, with Gordon M acCachren later confessed a close second. Now MacCach-that at that point he wished it was ren, who'd closed out the lap with a one day event. He'd won, and a rear flat, was up to third, and he'd have liked to let it stay that Ragland ran fourth followed by way. But they all had to come Simon. They were still within two back on Sunday afternoon for and a half minutes of one another. another attempt. It was a good Jeff Lewis was having balljoint thing from the standpoint of trouble in his Chevy, and would those who'd done some injury to not be an all-wheel drive vehicle their trucks, because they were fortherestoftherace. allowed to repair whatever On the third lap Gordon still needed repairing. The starting led, but had only 13 seconds on order on Sunday would be the MacCachren. Simon finished the same as the finish order on lap with a flat, and his passenger, Saturday, and they had another Don Tebbe, was on the radio four laps to run. looking for a "very fast tire But they lost Gordon. He had change." LeDuc, whose gas tank received a phone call from Dale was smaller than most, had to fuel Earnhardt, who wanted him back every lap, and he was now fourth, on the east coast to drive that followed by Ragland, who'd had a -alternate car on Sunday. He sent a .-----------------------------------------.. plane, and Gordon had to hustle SCORE 1995 ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR! ~ J u,-%••,.:,:.-,,-//. ❖' • • n •/-' .-.,%.,.-❖•1/, -'% :,,_,,,-:❖ ❖1/.-,,...,1//.-''.;❖'/,❖:: 1/.1//. ¼ ,,-_,,. / 1/, '///,1/,1/.'.-Z /1/. 'l'/.1/, /,::.:;,:.'1/,'.❖' ,, / 1/h• 1/,'/ 1/,UI'/, '1/,•' • ;-We can't seem to avoid wlnningl Want proof? 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Smith would have to run his Class 8 race, then hop out of that truck and into the Trophy-Truck with very little chance for rest and recuperation. But he )Nasn't complaining. On Sunday they all went off the start line looking good, but there was bad news only a few moments into the race when Rodrigo Ampudia endoed his Chevrolet about four miles out and was complaining of back and neck pain. He was airlifted into Las Vegas, to the University Medical Center, where he was reported to have a broken neck. Ampudia had surgery and was put in a cast and was released later in the same week. Reports are that prognosis for recovery are good. The rest of the racers were having no major problems, and Ragland in particular, was in good form. He held the lead at the end of the first lap, with MacCachren, who had a front flat, in second place. LeDuc ran third, and Simo n was fourth with Scott McKinney in fifth p lace and troubled by overheating. Smith, in Gordon's truck, was overheat-ing, and in the pits. LeOuc moved to the front on the second lap, with Ragland second, and MacCachren third, followed by Simon and McKin-ney. No one was having any major trouble at the front of thL· pack, hut Marty Coyne's Ford lost a drive shaft, and Ed and Tim Herhst had some flats and lost their hrakes. Ragland moved hack to the front on the third lap as LeDuc lost some belts, and his power steering, and also got himself high-centered and had to dig. He later said that the SODA truck didn't have as thorough protec-tion for the belts that his off road truck would have, and that was his downfall. LeDuc was second n o w with Simon third and MacCachren fourth and driving very carefull y, with an eye to finishing. He had to finish within 23 minutes of Ragland to get the win for the two days, and he was nowhere near that far behind him now. McKinney still ran fifth. Smith was recording some good times in Gordon's truck, hut it overheated every lap at the same spot, and he'd have to slow down. About midway through the third lap a call went out on the radio that someone had Robby Gordon on the phone and he wanted to know how his truck was doing. Ragland had a trouble free day, and took the Sunday win, followed in by MacCachren, then Simon, McKinney and Smith, as LeDuc dropped to eighth after digging out. When the times for the two days were added up MacCachren had the win and Simon, who drove all the way both days, was sec;ond, about 10 minute's back. Ragland was third and Gordon and Smith ended up in fourth place, with LeDuc fifth for the weekend. He was delighted with the performance of his SODA truck and was all set to start building something new combin-ing the best features ·of both. Gordon, incidentally, didn't finish the stock car race. The fight for the series points championship will be decided at the Baja I 000, early in November. 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Glen Helen Short Course Off Road Championship Series By Ron Miller Round 7 Photos: Ralph Masch Brian Collins makes it look easy as he enters another win in his record book at Glen Helen. Brian won both heats and added this win to his SODA championship. Round seven of Glen Helen's "great eight" took place on September 29, 1996, and for those who still aspire to wear championship crowns it's getting awfully late. There were four different venues holding races near the end of September, p r oving just how keen the demand is to draw first class off road competitors. With Lake Perris, Lucerne Valley, Glen Helen, and Laughlin, Nevada all wooing the off road set. Racers have never had a more extensive menu to choose from. Of course the down side to this cornucopia of choices, was that entries were sparse at most of the events. "The Helen", which is a favorite stop for many of the sports finest, is never short on quality, even when entries are light. Considering the number of events scheduled near "Round 7 ", there was still a respectable turnout both on track and in the stands. I had my first opportunity to tour the grounds via rocket, when "Dynamite Dan" Cannon allow-ed me to ride with him during practice. It was quite an exper-ience, and I have a whole new appreciation for the men and women who do battle on this most unique course. It sure was a · radical change from the cozy con-fi n.es of the temperature con-trolled tower, which I have grown accustomed to. A special thanks goes out to Mr. Cannon, Mr. Beyer and whoever administered the smelling salts after the practice session {just kidding). Round 7 was contested under ideal conditions, with only a slight breeze that increased as the day wore on. It was nice to i;ee John Hulsebosch and Brian Collins back in action. Hulsebosch returned after having taking some time off, while Collins was busy sewing up the Class 1 Champion-ship in th S.O.D.A. Series. Jason John Hulsebosch took second in the first heat, won the second and won for the day, shown here flying the start/finish jump in 1-2-1600 Desert Class. Taylor took leave, as promised, to freshen up his truck. His banner season afforded him this oppor-tunity, since his Class title has been secured for quite some time. Others who already have their championships under lock and key are Gary Gall, Dennis Sletton, Dan Mustoe, Denise Wittman, Matt Sweeney, and Guy Savedra. By the time this issue lands on your coffee table, all the Class Championships will have been decided. So without any further adieu here's the haps. Race One was tor Superlites, Pilots, and Odysseys. Stacy Fay continued her late season surge with an easy win in the opener. She FOUGHT WITH HER hus-band, Doug Goodenough, for half the race before she broke him down. Goodenough held a brief lead around the half way point, but was forced to make an early exit. Josh Hulsebosch also had more than his share of problems, and he too departed prematurely. When the call went out for the "Main", only Fay could answer the bell, with Goodenough and Hulsebosch suffering day ending knockouts. Fay raced away with the win, to complete her sweep of both heats. In the Pilot Class it was once again all Denise Wittman. With nobody showing up to contest her, Wittman won for fun while completing the all-female exacta in the day's first race, Guy Savedra was the only Odyssey racer taking part this day, and despite a DNS in the opener, he went on to score the win. Saved-ra 's victory saved the "Guys" from the embarrassment of get-Class 1-2-1600 Short Course was dominated once again by Steve Bishop, the undisputed king of the class, shown here in flight on his way to victory in both heats. ting shut out in the opener. Race two was for the A TV Pro and Intermediate Classes. A strong field of 20 took to the track, with 4 Pros and 16 Inter-mediates. In the Pros it was Eric Cobb again proving best. Cobb has really been on a tear oflate. He was first in Heat One, with team-mate Adam Campbell taking down the second spot. Tyson Leaver and Jimmy Stephenson finished third and fourth respec-. tively. It should be mentioned that Stephenson proved how tough he is, by racing a good por-tion of the heat without a seat (ouch!). The results of the "Main" were almost identical. Cobb gave an encore performance and made it back to back victories with his sweep of both heats. Campbell again had to settle for the runner-up spot, while Leaver finished in third. In the Intermediates, Richard Yakkey, who has been dominat-ing the class oflate, finally slowed down. Of course it was only because he had a flat tire, and still he battled the remainder of Heat 1. Scoring the early heat win was Dean Bassett. Bassett doubled his points total for the season with his strong showing. Second spot went to Scott LeTourneau and third to Mike Nishimoto. Cory Clarizio ( 4th), Chris Alvarado(5th), and Tony Miller (6th) rounded out the hrst six spots in the opening heat. In their main event, it was back to normal as Y akkey pulled away from the field and emerged victorious. Y akkey, who prefers to let his racing do the talking for him, makes it look almost too easy. He has an ultra-smooth style that looks nearly effortless. Second in Heat Two was Chris Alvarado. Alvarado has been consistently finishing near the top all season long, a point which is evidenced by the fact that he trails the points leader (Yakkey) by only 4 points with one round to go. Again it was Mike Nishimoto finishing in the third spot, with fourth through sixth going to Bryan Yonan, Cory Clarizio, and Scott Roberts respectively. In overall results, the pair of thirds scored by Nish1moro was good enough to earn him the victory. Alvarado was placed second, with Clarizio in third and LeTourneau in fourth. Complete result~ for this class can be found after the fifth race. Race Three featured Classes 1-2-1600 Desert and Short Course, as well as Classes 5-1600 and 9. Class 1-2-1600 Desert saw the return of John Hulsebosch, who had been concentrating his efforts on assisting his son Josh's racing . Gary Bussjaeger, the points leader in the class, delayed the Hulse-bosch return celebration by scor-ing a game win in the opener. Hul-sebosch though, looked good in finishing second, with Bob(s) Arthur and Dziurawiec complet-ing the Heat One scoring. ln the "Main", Hulsebosch was not to be denied. He battled to the finish and earned a hard fought win, over runner-up Bussjaeger. This reversal of the Heat One finish also meant Hulsebosch was the overall winner, with Bussjaeger second. Buss' though, looks cer-tain to take the points title with his large lead heading into the final round. "Big Bob D" finished up in third in both the "Main" and overall results. In 1-2-1600 Short Course action it was again the Steve Bishop Show. It would be hard to find the words to describe the sensational season enjoyed by this most deserving racer. Bishop took the lead before one lap had been completed and never relinquished it. As has been customary this sea-son, "Big Dan" Mathews ran another strong race, but was forced to settle for second. Sean Ziegert finished in third and J.C. Dean was fourth. The Heat two race was a virtual replay of Heat One. Bishop again proved unbeatable, and the balance of the field took down their same finish-ing spots. So overall score it Bishop, Mathews, Ziegert, then Dean. In Class 5-1600 Mario Busta-mante built a commanding 40 point lead in the points chase by scoring a pair of wins on the day. . In Heat One he bested the field of Christopher Neil chased first, placed hard in both heats but was only able to take second in both heats and finished second for the day. J.C. Dean, youngest of the Dean clan ended up fourth in 1-2-1600 Short Course, returning to the off road battles after an absence of a year or so. Jerry Miller duked it out with Dave Dietrich all day long and was able to take home the marbles in Class 5 in his quest for the class championship with one to go. Page 20 December 1996 Dusty Times

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he "had fun" and that he knew "Brian (Collins) was corning". Interestingly, Gall broke a shock about 10 feet after the finish of his Heat Two victory. Another smart move by Gall was his giving a spe-cial thanks to his wife in his post-%, race interview. Race Five was the final race of the day. It featured Classes 7S, 8S, 11 and Rally,. In the Rally Class, it was a match race between the soon to be crowned class cham-pion Matt Sweeney, and first time driver Shirley Bennett. Sweeney C """"· . '""'{;,et,,,,, ..... , .... · ·-·~,,ss,,......, was a?le to sweep b?th he~ts, and = •-· • ,& ¾=-~~-·""':'" ··: · . . • m domg so upped his lead m class Dan Cannon sails through the air on _his way t? victory in the ~1rst heat, _second to a staggering 126 points. Ben-in the second heat and wins the day in points in the neat looking Ford in Class tt d f d • t as ne move rorn co-river o · driver for this event. She had pre-four with a fine performance. pleted S.O.D.A. series. Collins viously ridden with her husband Newcomer Dave Anckner de-continued his winning ways by Stanley, but did well on her own buted with a good second, fol-pulling away from his rivals en and earned a second in both heats lowed by Sean Bennett in third route to a sweep of both heats. and overall. and Scott Smith in fourth. Bus-Christopher Neil and Torn May-In Class 11 another match race tarnante completed his sweep by nor chased Collins all day, but took place. This one involved repeating his earlier score in' 'The had to be content with the second class leaders Dennis Sletton and Main". This time it was Bennett and third spots. Both heats and Robert Henderson. Sletten who who grabbed the second spot, overall results were similar, with has also been fitted for his soon to ahead of Anckner, with Smith Collins first, Neil second and be worn crown, owns an insur-next. Bennett's runner-up in Maynor third. In his post-race mountable 85 point lead in the Heat two also earned him an over-interview, Collins commented standings. But this day clearly all second on the day. that his Porsche "worked well". belonged to Henderson. Hender-In Class 9, Arto Ylikangas He also thanked "BFG and Bob son took the measure of Sletten in scored his initial win of the season Beyer", before praising Gary Gall both heats and headed home with with a strong run. He raced well, for his competition. the overall victory. and when early leader Dan Mus- In Class 5 there were only two In the 7S Class there were 5 toe had problems late in the race, entrants, but it was the top two in lined up for action. Heat One was Ylikangas went on to take the win. the class. Jerry Miller moved to a good battle that saw Ramiro Mike and Tracy Kline made their the head of the class by sweeping Gonzalez grab the early lead, debut on this circuit by taking both heats over Dave Dietrich. before ;atching fire just past the turns driving their number 997 This put Miller in the driver's halfway point. Stacy Pike then vehicle. In the opener Tracy was seat, going into the eighth and took over and went on to victory. at the wheel and the result was a final race of the series. But Die-Bill Markel continued his note-good second. In Heat Two, Mus-trich is still within striking dis-worthy season with a good toe got back to his winning ways tance (13 points) and is certain to second, and Dean Williams beat and raced to a convincing score. make an all out effort to snare the Bill Madigan out for the third Ylikangas finished in the second title. spot. In their "Main", only 3 spot ahead of third place finisher In Class Super 1600110 action faced the starter. Again it was Pike Mike Kline. With his first and a trio of competitors took to the who came out on top. Pike more second in the two heats, Ylikangas course. Gary Gall has long since than doubled his points total, on emerges as the overall winner. wrapped-up the season charn-this his best day yet on the season. Congratulations Arto and thanks pionship in this class, but he took Dean Williams placed second in for the fax, its good to see your the opportunity to display his Heat two, to edge Markel out for hard work pay off. Team Kline immense talents. Gall had no the overall second. Williams now earned an overall second, placing problem racing to the Heat One holds a 44 point advantage as he just ahead of Mustoe. victory. Newcomer Brent Foes bids for his third consecutive 7S Race Four was for Classes 1, 5, made a respectable showing, by championship. Markel mean-and Super 1600/ 10. Class 1 saw finishing second back of Gall and while has moved up to fourth in the return of Brian Collins, one of ahead of Kyle Vestermark. In the the standings, this despite joining the premier racers in the country. "Main", Gall sped to a decisive the circuit at the midway point. Collins was back at "The Helen" win, with Foes again besting Yes-In Class 8S the top three racers fresh off securing the Class 1 terrnark for the runner-up spot. in the class did battle. In Heat One charn ionship in the just corn- . Gall commented affterward that Todd Wittman suffered an unfor-. Gary Gall has won the points championship in Class Super 1600/10 but he still flew around Glen Helen like the first race, winning both heats and certainly winning the day. tunate flat tire which led to a trip to the pits. "Dynamite Dan" Cannon meanwhile, had already established a clear lead and was well on his way to victory. Can-non took the checkered flag, and Sean McKenzie finished in second. When they reassembled for Heat Two, it began to look like a rerun of Heat One. Cannon again got the holeshot and assumed command. McKen:ie and Wittman did battle back of Cannon. While Cannon was enjoying things on the front end, Wittman slipped past McKen:ie and began an all-out run at the lead. Cannon fought on and repelled Wittman's challenge until the final turn into the straightaway. Cannon was dis-tracted for a split second by a rally car in his line, and that was all the opportunistic Wittman needed to edge Cannon for the win. Cannon was still declared the day's overall winner on points, and McKen:ie placed second. All in all it was another great show put on by Bob's Gang. This entire season has been a stirring success and quite a pleasure for those of us fortunate enough to have witnessed it., Since Round Eight will have already been run (October 27th) when· you read this, I'll take this opportunity to encourage all of you to be at Glen Helen on December 6th through the Kth, These are the dates when the entire off road world will dl's-cend upon 'The Helen" for the S.O.D.A. Winter Series. With all the eyes and cameras focused on our beloved course, let's show one and all that our track, racers, and tans are second to none. We know it and now everyone else will too! Robert Henderson leads Dennis Sletten in Class 11 and he went on to win both heats, winning big for the day but the Class win for the season will go to Dennis. Class 7S winner Stacy Pike flew to victory in both heats although she faced some serious competition throughout the day. Stacy Fay goes airborne in her Superlite as she put away all the competition in both heats and wins the day for the distaff side of the family. Denise Wittman was the only Pilot on hand this race but she still had a great time flying around the course on her way to uncontested victories in both heats. Brent Foes finished a tidy second place in each heat in the Super 1600/10 class to take second spot for the day. Dusty Times Dave Dietrich ran second in both heats, second for the day, but Dave is still within striking distance of the series championship for Class 5. December 1996 Bill Markel and Dean Wilfiams raced closely with each other during both heats and finished second and third tor the day and Wilfiams looks like a series winner again in Class 7S. Page 11

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1996 SNORE 150 Kory Scheeler Wins The Gold Coast In A New Carl By Jean Calvin The 27th annual Gold Coast SNORE 250 on September 28th heralded the arrival of the winter season of desert racing. Every September since 1970 the SNORE 250 has been a fixture on the calendar, and this year it more than lived up to its nickname "The Racers Race". It was named the Racers Race in 1972 by the editor of Hot Rod Magazine. Yes everybody raced then and wrote their report from their point of view in a race car. But times change, the land we used to race on turned into housing tracts and SNORE moved south and made Jean, Nevada the off road center ®l ~ of southern Nevada. Through gas crisis, wars, such items the SNORE 250 happened every September regardless of problems. The 27th edition of the SNORE 250, produced over 70 starting entries, attracted by the ~enerous bonus money like $2000 for first overall and first in Class 1-2-1600, $1500 to first in Class 9, $500 bonus to first in Class 1 / 2 Unlimited and $500 to first in Mini Metal. Finally there was a $1500 bonus in Class 5-1600 and Class 10 providing each class had 10 starting entries. All pre-race activity happened Danny Anderson brought his plain jane into the Class 10 win although his co-driver Rob MacCachren lost the left side body panels to a tricky repair job out in the field that he did himself. Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. on the Friday at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino. Registration was in air conditioned comfort and the drivers meeting was there later in the evening. Outside in the north parking lot contingency row was set up and about five p.m. the cars started coming through. It was hot, but it always is in September in Las Vegas. Another drivers' meeting was scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning at the start/ fin-ish line and the green flag waved at 9:00 a.m. For the first time in years the course went south a few miles then turned right and under the 1-15, while starting at the end .-""""""""'''-'!k, Kory Scheeler and B.J. Richardson got a new car, went fast and ended up winning Class 1 by nearly an hour and taking first overall to boot. It was quite a debut for the new car and the boys in Class 1. Brian Collins showed off his new Chevy truck for Class 8. He ran in Class 1, set fast lap of 1:04:05, but placed second with just one lap done. ot the Jean airport as always. The no smooth roads. route went all the way to State The green flag flew at 9: 12 a.m. Line before a U turn sent it north and the cars left one every 30 toward Vegas and later back seconds. First away was Brian under the freeway through a Collins in his beautiful new couple of rock gardens and south Chevy truck which wasn't far to the finish line. It was about 62 from being a trophy truck. Next miles the lap. Classes l /2 wasMikeTiemaninhisChevrolet Unlimited, 5, 10, and 1-2-1600 trophy truck. Kory Scheeler was ran four laps, while Classes 5-next in his newly acquired Class 1 1600, 9, Heavy Metal, Mini openwheelerandthenextbunch Metal, Sportsman Truck and was all buggies including J.C. Sportsman Buggy ran three laps, Dean and Tom Koch from Class and Class 11 was required to 1, but the Class 10 cars were cover just two laps. The course already up in contention. This . was rugged a real desert run with . group included Mike Flinn, Clay Flippen, Ken Flippen, Robbie Goerke, Kevin McGillivray, and more contenders. The fast 1600 cars were only a couple minutes off the time of the 10 cars and it was going to be a horse race, with Robbie Guevara leading by less than a minute on the first lap. Actually Guevara only drove to his main pit and put super sub Mike Spina in his car, Robbie had a broken foot and could not drive, but started to keep the points coming. Points are important in SNORE because the year end winners take home four digit amounts of cash. Class 9 started a herd of22 cars Kenny Flippin Jr. was about 20 minutes back in second in Class 10, but hi· and they strung out right away sure looks healthy here. His time was 5:33:25, respectable for the course. with Roger Schank II get•ing Gene Gripentrog and Kent Lothringer are having fun with their new Class 10 Robby Guevara had a broken foot, so after half a mile he put super sub Mike car, quite different from the 9 car. They are getting used to the horsepower. Spina in the car and he soon took the lead in 1-2-1600 and held about ten the fast time, 1 :24:26 for the first lap. They were fighting heavy dust and heavy traffic. Meanwhile Brian Collins was first around in a time of 1:04, but his new Chev\' truck did not complete another lap with engine trouble and assorted new car woes. Collins had a husky lead, almost 20 minutes by pit watches, but he was parked on lap 2, lost the exhaust system. Second on time in 1 was Kory Scheeler, his new buggy working well at the midway roint in the four lap race a1,d his hrst · lap time was lt:ss than a minute behind Collins. Mike Tieman was third about seven minutes behind, and nobody else was close in Class 1. Two didn't and enjoy it. minutes lead at the finish line and got the win for Guevara. Page II December 1996 Dusty Times

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B.J. A Imberg had no real problems. with consistent lap times averaging 1:11, -1:13 the lap and he was a close second in Class 1-2-1600. Jeremy Gubler does quite a wheel stand for a 1600, but he survived and carried on with consistent lap times, within the minute and was third. He won Class 1-2-1600 by over two minutes, the $2000 bonus plus the class payback of $280, had fast lap for the class, had a good time and Guevara was happy. Jeremy Gubler didn't stop to chat after he finished third, but his crew said he had no problems at all. Bekki Freeman was fourth coming back from a long first lap; that flat being her only trouble, but she made up most of the lost time. Brother Kenny Jr. was about 30 minutes behind in fifth, with troubles far too numerous to list here followed in an hour and a half by Dave Hendrickson. In all there were 10 finishers in Class 1-2-1600. The biggest class in the race was 9 with 22 starters. Jeff Carr started out strong and fast, but on the first lap he broke the part of the gas pr finish the first of four laps. man Jr. Jeremy Gubler was in Scheeler led Tieman by about next. Bekki Freeman had a flat three minutes at the midway and dropped time driving on the point. flat to mile 20, but held position ahead of her brother Kenny Jr. by just over a minute at the halfway point. Qavid Hendrickson was listed as sixth ahead of the pack, most of whom were still running competitively. Mike Spina made good his promise to car owner Guevara. There were 10 in Class 10, some attracted by the bonus money, and the usual cast. Danny Anderson and Kevin McGillivray fought it out on the first lap; Kevin doing a 1 :07:42 and Danny doing a 1: 10:26. Clay Flippen was next with a 1: 11 :31 and three cars were in the 1: 12 area, two in the 1:13 area and two at 1:15. On the second lap Mike Flinn, from Salt Lake City, was second in Class 10, a minute and change behind leader Danny Anderson who came in with fast class lap at 1:09:42. Gene Greipentrog was running third with another 1: 12, and Flinn dropped to fourth with a 1: 13. That is the way they stood at the halfway point. Missing from Class 10 ranks were McGillivray, shifter failure, Pat Dean and Tom Sturgis, the latter not finishing the first lap. In Class 1 Kory Scheeler ran three minutes behind Mike Tieman in a classic buggy and truck confron-tation starting the fourth and final lap. Rob MacCachren was now driving Danny Anderson's Class 10. With a 1: 17 third lap, Mike Flinn led Class 10 starting the third lap. All the others had some down time which scrambled things a bit. Neither Clay Flippen or Mike Flinn finished the last lap. Greipentrog broke a c.v. on lap #3 but he still finished. With a strong last lap of 1: 16: 19 he and Kent Lothringer placed third in Class 10. Up front the battle went on between Danny Anderson and Kenny Flippen Jr. Despite down time on the last lap, the Anderson car won Class 10, missing most of its left side body work and losing twelve minutes to field repair made by the driver to reach and fix a trans part. But they finished first, they won Class 10, at 5: 10:38, the bonus money and took home $2800.00 plus a trophy. Kenny Flippen was second in Class 10. In Class 1 Kory Scheeler and B.J. Richard-son finished the last lap, with a 4:32:41, their only trouble a flat tire on lap 2, over B.J. Almberg and also Kenny Freeman Jr. Mike Tieman did not finish but was second. Winning time was 4:32:41. The Class 1-2-1600 winner was only minutes away from first overall at 4:45:21. There were 15 on the starting line, but three didn't finish a lap including Day Gang and Ken Freeman Sr. of the Freeman family four car team. Even with the early stop to change drivers it was no surprise to see Mike Spina out front in class in the Guevara car, with about a minute in hand over Almberg and Kenny Free-Dusty Times Winner's Circle Ryan Thomas I eads 7 Bilstein Win~ At Laughlin Challenge Ryan Thomas paced a strong showing by Bilstein gas pressure shock absorbers when he won Overall and Class 1 honors at the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge off-road race in Laughlin, Nevada. Driving his Chenowth single seater equipped with Bilstein shocks, Thomas drew a 20th starting position but drove through the dust and traffic to win by over one minute for his first victory of the season. SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge Winners On Bilstein •Overall and •Stock Class 1 Ryan Thomas Chenowth Full Size Marc Stein Ford F150 •Stock Mini Steve Williams Ford Ranger •Class 9 Brian Jeffries JIMCO •Class 7 Jerry McDonald Chevy S-10 •Class 10 Andrew Wehe JIMCO •Pro Truck Chuck Harris Chevy Go with Bi/stein -- A Winning Tradition in Off-Road Racing! For all the details contact the Off-Road Racing Department: Call Toll Free 800/537-1085 BILSTEIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road, San Diego, CA 92121 -- Phone 619/453-7723 . ----·•-----.-----.... ,.. __ . ____ __

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Kevin Streety had three other Bugs to race with in Class 5-1600 this race. And he had to race for his win, lying second on the first lap, picked up the pace on Joe Ferrara was one of two in Heavy Metal, the only truck, but he herded his the second lap and won by eight minutes. Chevy around for the three required laps and won the class easily. Rodger Schank II had good laps in Class·9, but so did others. However he held his pace to win Class 9 by over three minutes, which is a big margin in the competitive Class 9 ranks. Defending Class 9 champion Doug Ingram did two 1:29s and a 1:28 for his three laps but it was just a tad short and he finished second in Class 9. times. He thanked the CORE pits for all their help. Meanwhile the battle between Jeff Geiser and Brian Sallee saw them turn third lap times within a second of each other. Geiser was the faster and his total time of 4:30: 11 was good for third in class. Sallee was close at 4:31 :04 good for fourth in class. Matt Cunningham was fifth at4:33:35, followed by Brian Lopez, 4:35 :23. The first six were under a giant dust blanket, and it was exciting. Other finishers in order were Tim Dixon, Joel Mohr, Kevin Steele and Ivan Ishihara. Class 5-1600 fielded four shiny Baja Bugs and Red Burgin had the fast lap at 1 :28:53. Nobody was · close to him on the lap, but his second lap was 1:52:40. These Bugs had three laps to cover and after two laps Kevin Streety had a substantial lead. Red Burgin held second firmly and Richard Towles was next with down time. With even more down time on the first lap Dennis W esseldine was fourth. Only Streety main-tained his pace on the second lap. Both T o wles and Wesseldine were over two hours on the lap and we didn't find them to find out the problems. Burgin did a 1 :52:40 to stay in second and Streety was out front with a 1 :28:53. All four Bugs were under the hour on the third and final lap, and with consistent lap times, no IP'" pedal that makes it work, fixed that and then broke a steering bracket. Jeff retired, disappointed and worked in the pits the rest of the day. Meanwhile Keith Underwood flipped some-where back of a hill, at least out of radio range; they ferried parts and help out to him and got the car going only to discover time was too short for Keith to get a finish. Up front it looked to be Roger Schank II, but we can't be sure. High Schooler Amanda Dixon did a 1 :40 and then vanished. Eight went missing after the first lap, but only two failed to complete the first round. Scott and Todd Johnson were leading Class 9, Schank and Doug Ingram were fighting over second place, and Brian Sallee and Jeff Geiser were in a battle for third. Barry Slater started out strong in his Mini Metal Ford, but had two hours down time on lap 2 so he finished second in the four truck class. Bekki Freeman ran a great race, but for the first lap flat which cost about six minutes. But bekki made some time back and came in fourth 1600. The Johnsons won the Class 9 race on time, then came the post race tech! Officials seem to enjoy this procedure and usually find something that doesn't match the rules. Johnson said their car ran flawless, they didn't even have a flat. What they did have was an extra inch or two of wheelbase, so they were disqualified. Time was when they would have been given a fine, a warning to fix the wheelbase before the next race, but they would not have been disqualified. Red Burgin led the first lap in Class 5-1600 by about nine minutes, but he had Kenny Freeman Jr. had a laundry list of problems all happening on the last a long middle lap, about 20 minutes longer and he was second in the class at Up front Rodger Schank II was in command holding about three minutes over Doug Ingram who was less than half a minute in front of Jeff Geiser and Brian Sallee was half a minute further back. It was a sprint race on the third and final lap for Class 9. Schank held his pace, about 1:29, and he won Class9 and$1894.00 with the $1500 bonus. His first lap made the difference and his total time for three laps was 4:23:56. Doug Ingram pulled in second at 4:27:19. His laps were almost identical, but he admitted to being a little gun shy at the start because of the wrist injury he suffered in the previous race. However it didn't show in the lap Page 24 two laps, but he fixed most of it and was fifth in Class 1-1600, a finisher. the finish. Dennis Wesseldine used more than an hour with first lap problems, fixed in the field and Dennis finished fourth, in class, all the 5-1600s finished. December 1996 Jeff Geiser flew his way to third in Class 9 in the close running class. In fact he was only seven minutes out of first place in the class. Dusty Times

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serious down time, Kevin Streety won the 5-1600 race, at 4:43:00. Red Burgin was second at the total time of 4:51 :20. Unfortunately none of these folks lingered long enough after the race for us to catch their war stories. Richard Towles was third at 5:55:08. Dennis W esseldine had a good last lap but his three and a half hour first lap. was a disaster, so Dennis finished with a 1:42:47 third lap for a total time of 7:42:26. . In Heavy Metal there were just two. Jerry Stewart didn't make a -lap in the Oldsmobile.Joe Ferrara did all three laps, good ones, two l:27s and a 1:28 to win the cash. There were four in Mini Metal all looking good off the line. Still Rick Harrah didn't complete a lap and Scott Noall only did the first lap in over three hours. Barry Slatter had a good first lap, disaster for three hours down time on the second, and placed second in class. Tom Dunn did two excellent laps, one with a little trouble, but he fini-hed the required three laps, in 5:42:02 and thanked the CORE pit team for all their help. John McCormack led .1 pack of six Sportsman buggies all the way. He was racing; a few of the others were just chasing relative's cars. They call John Pops and race day was his birthday, 60 years old. He Brian Sallee comes from California to race with SNORE in Class 9. He had no big problems and finished fourth, just ten minutes out of first place. " said the win was a great birthday Matt Cunningham drove consistent laps, varying by just under three minutes for the three laps that Class 9 was required to do, and he was fifth. present. He didn't have a fht, but · the power steering started fading some dozen miles out from the finish. John Gangloff was second and Bob Guevara third. There was but one Sportsman truck and Mike Snodgrass made one lap at 1:51: 16 and parked; a winner at that. John McCormack keeps on winning the Sportsman Buggy class at SNORE races. At this race he led the six car class every lap, and he won the category. Next morning the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino as is their habit for the SNORE 250, presented an extensive breakfast buffet, for the awards presentations, and many thanks to our host Michael Gaughan for the banquet room and the great breakfast. Drivers, workers and even the press had free tickets and if you had a big team tickets were for sale by SNORE. It was a lovely sign off Rick Duncan also drove consistent laps in Sportsman Buggy class, a few for a good race and the Gold minutes slower than the winner but he finished fourth out of a six car field. Coast is quite a generous host. _ HONDA Power .. Equipment KAWAGUCHI HONDA CORP. POWER TO_~-D Racer· and Spectator D'iscounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINES =-·-· -'.• -~ATER PUMPS "?IITBOARD ENGINES I '' ;;: .. LAWNMOWERS LAWN TRACTORS EB6SOOSX' •RIDING MOWERS • TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT PARTS AND INVENTORY IF WE DoN'T HA VE IT, No ONE Does! DEUVERY TO 1HE RA.CFS AVAil.ABl.E • PLEAsE CAIL AHEAD KAWAGUCHI HONDA EX1000 3532 E. 3Ro SI: I..cs~ CA 9CX>63 • 213.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 HONDA Power Equipment Dusty Times i VISA ! s A L E s ' s E R V I C E ' p A R T s [Ill HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST N)things easier. iai For opumum performance 311d s;i!li."ty. pl!i."a$e l"ud lhc-own'-"r'S manual tx.-forC' o~r:1tlng your Honda Po,A:cr Equipment. S~cilk:1ttons subJ«-l to C'h.m!_Z.e \lr,iL~oul notke. •£5thn.1te only. b:i:Scd on r::ited load. •B:utery not mc.:ludC"d 1,1,ith EM35.JOSXK t. E~15000SXK I and E90500SX. +♦With battery trny kit. wh«ls & h.U"!~C'r. ConnecUon to houk" pow~r r~ulres trnnsft'r d~16: to .woi<l possible btJury to powc-r company personnel. Consult a quJ.liOcd c-lc-cUi~L:m. December 1996 Page 25

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FAIR NEWS By Da~ Massingham & Bob Bezzant s the 1996 racing season comes to an end, we take time to reflect on the status of our sport, the club, and our racers. Even as some promoters are concerned by ill attended races, FAIR has grown. Just as this article was being wrapped up, we were informed that La Rana Desert Racing was forced to cancel it's last event. We know that Eddie and Leslie Castro put some major effort into the program and have given Southern California Racers a place to race for a number of years. While individuals in our club may have some real prob-lems with this last event being canceled especially with the points contest being so close, we can only assume that with diminishing entries and the inability to run their last race that La Rana has closed it's doors for Desert Racing. No matter what your position you must under-stand that Eddie and Leslie gave it their all. Not only have we been hurt but I'm sure the Castros are licking their wounds and wonder-ing what their future has in store. In consideration of the issue with La Rana, and after careful comparison of the two new promoters (M.O.R.E. and MDR) offering local programs, the board has decided that the club will support three series next year including SCORE, MOR, and Best in the Desert. It was also decided that FAIR will support the SODA series at Glen Helen at no cost to racers. If M .0 .R.E. and MOR could find a way to combine their efforts, it would take the pain out of this decision. Jim Clements gave the club a great presentation but the sensibility of Paul Duffy and _MOR using the SCORE rule book and his grass roots approach seems to be more attractive. During the past year, FAIR has supported sixty-five separate member owned race vehicles. In the Best in the Desert Series Jim and Jeff Stiles wheeled their Class 1 buggy to first overall. Larry Plank finished first in class in the Pat Bell Trick Truck, and Clayton Etcheson placed second in Class 10. For his efforts in the Bronco, Dave Edelstein took first in the Sportsman Class 3. In 7S Tim Braden placed 3rd. In the La Rana Desert Series with one race to go FAIR cars were in a heated battle for class championships. In Class 200 Ron Osburn was just 1 point out of the lead. In Class 10, David Callaway was hanging on to his lead by 6 points. Kathy Fay was· 31 points ahead of her closest competition in 750. Class 550 was the hottest battle in the whole race in fact for overall points as well. Bob Wright lead Danny Drake by only 12 points and close behind was Robert Moore who seems destined to take 4th place every race thereby winning all that 4th place contingency paid by P.C.I. Five of the top 6 positions in 1600 were occupied by FAIR members Jeff Madrid, Wes Wisdom, Bob Suchy, Mitch Griffin and Don Bowler, but the race for first was separated by only 10 points between Madrid and Wisdom. In Class 900 FAIR occupied the top three positions with Max Hanburg leading Jay Fogg by 15 points and Scott Johnson in third. FAIR also lead Class 1400 with the top three positions occupied by Robert Wilkes, Jim Norgard 11 points behind, and forever never ready Tom Mangione in third. The SCORE points Series is coming to a close and with added points for the Baja 1000, some FAIR members are looking good. Andrew Wehe has a chance at the overall points title and should win Class 10 handily. Tom and Frank Rusich are still in the running for 1-2-1600 honors and Scott Steinberger is leading 7S by a mere 5 points. Our FAIR Van, used which hauls all of our equipment to the races, and has supported racers throughout the desert racing community has been rebuilt and thanks to the support of all racers, the big raffle almost paid the entire bill. As most know, running a pit support organization is a major expense. As of this writing, our treasury is healthy with $6284 .00 in the general fund which is used for operating expenses, and over $5070.00 in the George Morgan ~emorial fund which is used as an emergency fund to assist injured racers. Because we are supporting so many races, we have recently purchased the assets of our friends the Chapala Dusters and that equipment is being checked out, and the trailers cleaned up to be added to our program. In what now seems like it may have been the last of the La Rana Races, thirty-one cars took the green flag in Lucerne Valley and fifteen of them were FAIR cars. Race Manager Bill Markel reports that with the exception of the Box Van generator which went out at Laughlin, all of the equipment worked well and pits were well manned. Outhouse Racing did the after race Bar B Que and all were well fed and impressed. Dan Fisk and Jeff Quinn brought their ground shaker in first in class and second overall and Ron Osborn crossed the line about 20 minutes later for a 2nd. After breaking a stub axle, Jeff Madrid and Gary Bancroft limped to a 4th in class finish in 1-2-1600. In the 5-1600 wars, with 4 FAIR cars entered, Jim Cochran only made 3 laps. Bob Wright came in second, Danny Drake 3rd, and Robert Moore led the Outhouse guys to an expected 4th. In 900, Jay Fogg had a great race going with Max Hanberg until he rolled in the third lap and put a hole in the motor. After patching the hole with silicone and beer cans and loading a case of oil on board, Jay nursed his car to 4th in class while Hanberg went or1 to win the class honors after stopping on the 4th lap for a new set of shocks. Class AffENTION PIT TEAMS Send us your tales of triumph and troubles and they will be featured on these pages. Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 Page 26 7 50 was dominated by Kathy Fay, didn't hear much about it this time but her story about Barstow was great. Tom Schmidt entered Class 1400 and we are waiting to hear his story about not finishing. Tom Barnett coasted to a third in Class 850, but not until they robbed the riAg and pinion out of their chase truck so that they could finish the race. The SCORE race was also managed by the club work horse, Bill Markell who was seen driving around Laughlin with Bob Wright in a Trophy Cart? In the buggy race on Saturday Andrew Wehe won Class 10, and Jason Hatz won Class 1-2-1600. On Sunday Scott Steinberger won 7S and finished 4th overall. Looking forward to the Baja 1000, it seems that FAIR will be well represented. We will have pits at roughly every 120 miles. For last minute instructions or questions call Rich Fersch. Our annual Nostalgia dinner held in August served 104, among them old members Tracy Valenta from Quebec, and Larry Rickman from Mississippi. Jim Reynolds won the grand raffle prize of $500.00, and Joy Bancroft won the Laughlin Vacation. The Great Desert Adventure, pre-run type trip over old wagon trails was lots of fun. Most met for dinner at the Slash X on Friday then after buffet breakfast on Saturday the group took off for parts unknown. Saturday night we camped in the Lava flows, ate Steinbergers wild Poella, and partied around the campfire. Sunday morning french toast cooked by Kelly Steinberger hit the spot and the six hour trip back to the Slash X was great fun. The casualty list included several flat tires on George Ladwig's Ford, a blown engine on Bob Bezzant's buggy, and after the outing Bob Steinberger got rubber side up after Slash X co-owner Butch asked for a ride in the Ford Pre-runner. We are having a good time at the races too. Our Bar B Ques usually held at the equipment hand in after the race make wins seem better and losses less painful as pit people and racers exchange race stories and discuss the way they patched up the wreckage for one more lap. We have fed thousands this year and expect even more next year. Plans are already being made for the SCORE '97 Series. For the Parker 400 in January, Race Manager Bob Bezzant has already selected Pit Captains who in turn are lining up their pit personnel including qualified mechanics, welders, radio operators, cooks, and dancing girls. John Lucas will be Race Manager for the Baja 500, and the always brilliant Dave Massingham will Manage the '97 Baja 1000 which is rumored to be going down the peninsula to La Paz or perhaps Caho San Lucas. The bottom line is FAIR racers are successful, and we have a great time. Guests and prospective members are always welcome at our activities including our meetings which are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Cocktails in the Bar from 7 to 8 p.m. and the meeting in the Ballroom from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Fullerton. Take the 91 Frwy. to the Harbor offramp, north one block. The Holiday Inn is behind the Shell station. December 1996 Season Finale At Perris By Homer Eubanks Nine separate stadium off-road classes took to the converted flat track at The Pas (Perris Auto Speedway) on Sept. 22 for the final event of the season. Plenty of racing action was on hand although the usual throng of sta-dium race fans chose not to attend the daytime event. Class IO action produced some good competition between Kyle Vestermark and Gary Gall. Ves-termark came out in moto one and took control off the line. Gary Williams grnbbed the second position with Gall third. Gall was able to take the second slot on lap two then closed in on Vestermark. The two were insep-arable throughout the moto until the next to last lap when Gall grabbed a pile of safety tires in the first corner. Eddie Lynch had rec-overed from his turn one mishap with John Whelchel and took over second. When the checkered came out it was Vestermark tak-ing the win. Gall finished fourth behind Williams. In the second moto Gall knew he had to get serious from the start. At the drop of the green flag Gall shot into the lead with Lynch trailing. Moto one winner Ves-termark found himself back in fifth on the start. Williams took three laps to study the moves of Lynch then powered around for second place. Whelchel moved up into the battle and made a chal-lenge for the position, but didn't last long as mechanical problems caused him to DNF. Willinms again moved into the second spot with Lynch trailing. No one could match Gall's speed and he went on for an easy victory. However, (continued on page 53) Have a Happy Holiday Season and Best Wishes From the Gang at Dusty Times Ho! Ho! Ho! Dusty Times

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Text & Photos: Jimmy Messick Ron Osburn, shown here on his way to the overall victory finished his 300 miles in five hours and thirty-eight minutes for a well deserved win. The Sidewinder 300 got off to a late start, starting at K:30 in the morning, instead of the K:00 planned time. There was a total of 3K cars entered, hut only 35 left the starting line, a disappointingly low entry. We are all hoping that it will pick up hefore too long. It was a hot day in the Barstow desert with some good hattles within the classes. The first car to finish the six 50 mile loops was Ron Oshurn in a time of 5:3K:52, turning some verv fast and con-sistent lap times. The Class 2 winner was Ron Oshurn with co-drivers Matt McMillan and John Lucas. The team reported they had no proh-lems throughout the race and they had a great time. They would like to thank Rich Fersch, Strictly Foreign, La Rana, Bolts Tranny and Ron's wife. The other Class 2 entries, non-finishers were Steve Houston and Alvin Yamaguchi who completed five laps and Mike Adley with co-drivers Shaun Ber-nardy and Mike Drlicka who only completed two of the six laps. The best battle of the day had to have been in C lass 5-1600, run-ning within minutes of each other on the first couple of laps. But, Page 28 once again, Daniel Drake came out on top with yet another win with co-drivers Rich Fersch and Tony Rutledge helping. The team had ahsolutely no problems dur-ing the race hut had four flats prior. The guys would like to thank Eddie Castro and the Muf-fin Man. The second place fin-ishers in 5-I 600 were Rohert Wright a long with co-drivers Mike Wright and Russel Granath. The team had a good day hut missed the setup on the car a bit, but still had a great time. They would like to thank D&S Race Prep, C harlie Lamar, DJ Transax-les and last hut riot least F.A.l.R. Jeff and Tom Bolha finished third in 5-1600 with help from Sean Pullian and Jimmy Messick. The team had no problems, just a near death experience at the Stoddard Wells Road crossing. They would like to thank Sean with Stump Sports Puh, CRB Racing, Optima Battery and the entire Bolha crew. Being that your reporter rode four laps with the Bolha's, I've got to put my two cents in. I would like to thank the Bolha's and their whole team for giving me a chance to ride. They are all nice people, they go out of their way to help anyone, they have a great car and the Kumuts work fine. The brothers are great drivers and thanks again for the ride. Fourth in class was Keith Westerfield with co-drivers Brian Lo an and Brent Loughran flew the MEGO often and it paid off as they ran their first race to victory in Class 10 with a trouble free race. December 1996 Daniel Drake ran a trouble free race and bested the rest of the 5-1600 class · and had his victory at the La Rana Sidewinder 300. Class 750 went to Dennis Pruett and Michael Dill. They have chased first in class for quite a while and this race they were successful. Guy Peterson. Guy, in his first off twice and a flat tire too. They raceeverridingwashooked,sohe would like to thank Eddwin went out and bought his own 5-Enterprises, Suspensions Unlim-1600. They almost rolled the car ired, Jacks Performance and the attheStoddardWellsRoadcross-F.A.l.R. pits. There were two ing, landing very hard on the rear, non-finishers in 5-1600, Garth causing a fla t tire. They put the Hutchinson and Mike Blanks. spare front on the rear and drove Garth rolled hard on lap 5 and to the Hodge Road pit. Robert Mike dropped out after four laps. Moore was fifth in Class 5-1600 Class 700, two start and none with Ed Faulkner, Tim Zandber-finish. A .J. Farris with Karl gen and Dave Munerly helping Stokes helping completed one lap out. They had the coil wire come . then blew the ring and pinion. Mike Duenas kept everybody in Class 1600 well behind him as he went on a trouble free run to victory in class, fifth overall in the race. Dusty Times l

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You can't accuse Robert Wright of not giving it all he and the car can produce as he pursues first place in 5-1600, but in spite of his flying antics, he settled for second place. Class 700 only had two starters and A.J. Farris was doing just fine when the ring and pinion decided to let go on the second lap in his tidy Ford. Mike Bragg won Class 8 again, merely by having no problems out on the course and turning some very quick lap times. Mike and Jeff Ismail drive their faithful Scout quite quickly but this race they had a few flats and cracked rhe rear differential, but still finished second in Class 850. Jeff Bo/ha raced his 5-1600 to third in class, with your reporter riding for some of the way, reporting no major problems during the race. Eric Heiden chased first piace all day in Class 8, but the loss of a fan belt on lap 2 put an end to the chase and Eric settled for second in class. Second place in Class 9 was Jay Fogg who had his troubles during the race with a broken shock, a broken front adjuster and a flat or two. Chris Berry set fast lap for Class 10 but suffered some down time on laps four and five but still finished second, four minutes out of first place. Jeff Madrid ran as fast as he could in the Chenowth but had some troubles on the fifth lap and had to settle for second in Class 1600. They raced in memory ot K.1m Bannister. Jerry Lachenmyer with co-drivers Kevin Davis and Ryan Budonko had one very looong lap. The Class 7 50 winner was Dennis Pruett with Michael Dill alongside. The team was happy to finally beat the Fays. They would· like to thank Daves Motorsports and their family and friends. Second in class were Kathy and Stacy Fay. The team had a very long 2nd lap. The only non-finisher was Dennis Beckwith in a Jeep. The Class 800 winner was once again Mike Bragg with co-drivers Gregg Bragg and Randy Fiscuss. They reported no problems and turned some mighty impressive lap times. Second in class was Eric Heiden with co-drivers Ruben Herndon, Bradley Allred and TomJaehning. The team had their ups and downs, lost a fan belt on lap 2, had to send the chase crew into Barstow to buy another. They also had a flat. They'd like to thank Memory Lane, Masterm-mount NEO Oil and Goodyear tires. The only non-finisher was Kyle Taylor and James Galloway. They only completed two laps. The 850 class winner was Ray Currie with co-drivers John Cur-rie and Eric Helgeson. The team had no problems and would like to thank Goodyear Tires, Ameri-can Racing Wheels and Roy Cur-rie Enterprises. Second in class was Mike and Jeff Ismail with Matt Smyrnos co-driving. They had two flats and a cracked rear d1tterent1al. 1 hey said they really . enjoyed the course. Third in class was Tom and Mike Barnett with Steve Benveniste co-driving. The Class 900 winner, in their very first race was Rob Walters · with co-drivers Dwaine Walters and Andy Lumsden. They said they were quite nervous and wer-en't sure of what pace to set. They did a great job winning by a little over IO minutes. Jay Fogg was second in class, Jan Malinowski and the Fireworks 250 Class 1600 winners, Damon and Casey Jeffer-ies, who used to own the car. Damon said he misses Class 9, it's a lot of fun. They broke a front adjuster, had a flat and broke a shock too. Third in Class 900 was David Rogers and, driving his first race, Keith Williams. The only troubles the team had was a flat on lap 4. They would like to thank Jim Fay and the FAIR Pit C. Fourth in class was Max Hamborg with co-drivers Don Johnson and Bill Graham. I didn't see the team at the finish but they did do all six laps, turning the fast lap in the class on their first lap. The Class 1000 winner was Brent Loughran with co-drivers David Little and June Martine: in their MECO. The team did a great job, reported no problems for the first race ever for them and the car. They would like to thank Morley Williams, Gary Keep, Suspensions Unlimited, the crew and especially their parents. Second in class was Chris Berry and Eric Philpott. They had some down time on their fourth and tltth lap, but were only tour min-utes out of first. They set fast lap for class on their first lap. Finish-ing only three laps was David Cal-1 owa y with co-drivers John Holmes and Fred Erler. Randy Spahr and Craig Dillon, who won the last race overall only got in one lap because of a sour motor. October 18-20 inJohnson Valley, then the Double Points race will be held in Johnson Valley too, not in the Ridgecrest area as originally planned. The rumor at the awards was that the last race of the year would be held in two different stages on Saturday and Sunday. . run as a regular three day event. La Rana has released a 1997 :.chedule, having a six race series and a four race Rally-Raid series, hut all the facts and dates arc not yet kn~wn. Hopefully it will work out better than the Trophy Dash races that were tried earlier this That is not a fact! The race will he year. The Bracket Class winner was ----------------------------: Robert Wilkes with co-drivers Mike Haddock and Craig Robles. The team would. like to . thank Rose Electric, Excel Bridge, Fair Control Technology and La Rana. Second in class was Tom Mangi-one and Bill Swisher. They had a very long race, taking nine hours to complete the three lap requirement for the Bracket Class. The Class 1600 winner and 5th overall was Mike Duenas. He had a trouble free day, running a great race with some impressive lap times and winning by over 42 minutes. Mike would like to thank Jerry Lawless, Billy McCool, Dick McCool.John Hastings, The Checkers and, last but not least, his wife and daughter. Second in class was Jeff Madrid and Gary Bancroft. They had a long 5th lap in their Clearwood Chenowth. Wesley, Scott and Brady Wisdom were third in class. They broke a front shock tower and broke the splines on the rear brake drum. The only non-finisher was Brad Inch and Dennis Dean. They only completed four laps. With two races remaining this year, there is still some good rac-ing yet to come. The next race is 01' Joint Jigger Tube& Pipe Natcher Tube notching is simple with the Ol' Joint Jigger. Using standard bi metal h~le saws, and a 1/2" hand drill or small drill press to provide the power, this heavy duty fixture notches quickly and accurately the ends_ of tube or pipe up to 2" OD. Dale Wilch Sales & Mfg. P.O. 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WET AND WILD Choiniere Wins His Fifth Round· 1n Ohio By Paula Gibeault Paul Choiniere and John Buffum were together again and they put the Hyundai Elantra home first, not only in Open class but they took first overall as well on the tricky Sunriser trails. The big rainclouds were head-ing towards the southern Ohio town of Chillicothe, right on the tail of the 35 PRO Rally teams arriving to run the 25th Sunriscr 400, Round K ofSCCA IM ichelin PRO Rally Series. For those of us competing, it was a mixed bless-ing. Because teams run the stages at one minute intervals, dust becomes a problem when condi-tions are dry. However, the S1.1n-riser roads are notoriously fast and unforgiving -how would a layer of water or mud change them! Like many teams, we woh· to find our rally car, Mike Whit-man's Group 2 Datsun 510, sit-ting in a three-inch lake in the arkin lot ... and our misgivings grew. The past masters of the event were present to do battle and seemed unperturbed by the rain-fall at the ceremonial start outside the local Kroger store. Paul Choi-niere has had a solid season this year with four wins and few mechanical problems in his Hyundai Elantra, and was leading Open Class. Some last-minute changes were in store, however. His co-driver, Jeff Bech·r, has heen suffering from sciatic nerve problems since July. Though he came to the event, he was disap-pointed to have his doctor advise him to sit it out, as he had the last rally. Once again many-time champion John Buffum was suited up to take his place, and we figured would again handle team management from inside the car! Carl Merrill and his 412 hp Ford Escort Cosworth were in a close second place in horh Open Class and the overall driver's championship. As usual at thl' start, Carl looked animated and eager to get going, while his co-driver, Canadian John Bellefleur, looked unf1appahly relaxed. Carl is by far the hardest-charging driver in the series, and has plentv Show your colors T-shirts and sweatshirt s Style l: Dump the draft dodger! on the front, with a larger version on the back Style 2: Dump the draft dodger! on the front, with quotes from · Clinton's letter to Col. Holmes on the back "I want to thank you ... for saving me from the draft" "I have written and spoken and marched against the war" "After I left Arkansas last summer, I went ... to England to organize the Americans here for demonstrations" © Dump the draft dodger! Style 3: "How can you lead a free people if you can't tell them the truth?" on ·front, "Whitewater, Whitewater, Whitewater ... " on the back (see illustration below) Style 4: "See Slick run. Run, Slick, run!" on thE: front (see illustration below); and the back reads, "Run for the border was Clinton's favorite slogan long before that taco outfit picked it up." 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Tricky or not, these were his type of roads, and every one of the top guns knew it. Conspicuous in his absence w:is Henry Joy, whose Lancer Evolu-tion 2 had just won Round -, in Minnesota. Henry was sticking to his reduced schedule for this sea-son following the hirth of his son. He was there to run lead car, how-ever, and there was no douht that sitting out events has whetted his appetite for a full season again ("I'm going to run EVERY rally nl'xt year!!"). Another very talented driVL'r, who had pulled a surprise move into Open Class, was 1996 Pro-duction GT champion Sekuk Karamanaglu. Selcuk has run a most impressive season, nevL'r seeming to make a wrong movL' and finishing one event first OVL'r-all. Six straight wins in class had clinched the championship, so hl' and co-driver Y orgi Bittner had decided to take a shot at thL' 0VL'r-all championships. In Opl'n Class he was free to make modifications to the intake and turho on his Eagle Talon. Now the former Turkish rally champion was an intriguing threat. We had not expected to see thL' local team of Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey, who run a firL'-hreathing Open Class Hyundai Elantra once run hv Rod Millen. · The last word we had had was that a replacement for their ailing turbocharger was due to arrive sometime in the middle of the night! But they were there and somehow appeared to he awake and ready to race. There was some disappoint-ment among the competitors that Sunriser had gone to a one-day format and dropped the famous Yoctangee Park spectator stage. However, crowd control had h,·cn difficult on that stage last year, so it seemed wise to choose a more conservative format. Just heft ire the first car was flagged off, the clouds lifted encouraginglv, .ind Mike and I checked the 510 owr a last time in just a light mist. Mike was coming off of his fourth class victory in Group 2, ,inLI a win hL'rL' would clinch thl· championship. Our last outing on thL'se roads two years ago had taught us thl' ne\\' tL'rm "magnetic mapk", so having the surface less Wl't .ind slick was good nl'ws indl'l'd. The starters, which inclu,lnl 12 cars running just the Divisinnal events, hl'aded north to tlw Tar Hollow State Forest, sitl' of thL' first four stages. W L' ha,! run a gravd section there for the Press Stage the day hcfore, hut thesl' stagl'S promised to he primaril)' pavl'ment. One long strL·tch was run th rel' times, giving thl' ,q,,·L"ta-tors plenty of action for thl'ir trek into thL· wet woods. W,· ,li,ln't reali:e how much action Wl' \\'ould soon givl' thl'm ... Mike's "signature", if you will. is to chargl' hard on the first stagl' and grah time from othl'r morl' cautious competitors. This he did, and \\'e found the Tar Hollow roads a real driver's challl'nge. They werl' twisty hut ver)' fast, fairly predictahlL' hut with largl', scary ditches along the sides and an occasional out of character or Selcuk Karamanoglu and co-driver Yorgi Bittner put their Eagle Talon in Open class, having already won the PGT title, and came in second overall only 2½ minutes behind Choiniere. Carl Landau and Eric Marcus had a fine run in their Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX and they not only won the class handily, they also finished fourth overall in the Sunrise, Rally. Dusty Times

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Carl Merrill and John Bellefleur had a few problems with their Ford Escort but they pressed on and finished fifth overall, fourth in Open class. · Thunder Road Divisional winner was the BMW of Rick Davis and Ben Greis/er. They crashed the M-3 on Sunday, a first to last situation at the Sunrise,. Jim Anderson and Martin Depot won the Production clau in their Honda Prelude VTEC, despite a few problems, they had a good run to take eighth overall as well. off-camber corner. The traction his car finally finishes! was surprisingly good, however, After three stages the standings though it favored smoothness in a showed Newey, Davis and Kos-few slick spots. We came into a mides within 35 seconds of each service break after two stages to other, in Group 5 . Ahead of find we had taken fourth fastest Newey by less than a second, and time on the first stage - a good in fifth overall, wa~ the lone_Pro-start. The woes were beginning for other teams; we learned. We had already passed our chief competi-tion in class, the Group 2 Datsun 510 team of Pete Lahm and Jimmy Brandt, down off the side and deeply imbedded into a tree on Stage 1. Both of them visited the local hospital for a checkover since they had hit so hard, but were given an OK. This put a serious damper on Pete's effort to· move into s~·1..unJ in thi: Croup 2 championship. Carl Merrill had discovered that a dark cloud still hovered over his rally effort! First he ran hts w.i!l-do~ c!.tlog~ on the first transit only to find, when the car stalled twice, that the battery was not being charged. On Stage 1 he spun backwards over a bank, col-lecting grass in the tranny tunnel which caught fire through the shifter boot. With the next to slowest time on the stage, he faced a long event -but headed on to try to move up in the pack. The Group 5 field was one of the best yet, and the competition was tight right from the start. Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes' i oyota Supra had startedthe -sea-son strongly with three wins, and was leading with a subsequent third and second in class. How-ever, in second place was the "stealth" Dodge Shadow of Henry and Cindy Krolilowski, who had scored wins on the four events they had run. Now, "stealth" refers to their vehicle, which is the most innocuous, bland-looking race car you have ever seen, with scarcely any paint or decals to announce its job in life. The inside does look like a proper rally car, and Henry makes it go very fast, but one wonders if they live next to the highway patrol office? And drive it to work? There were other impressive entrants who had done well in the class standings: Bruce Newey and Matt Chester in a Toyota Celica, Mike Hurst and Rob Bohn in a bright red Porsche 911, Rick Davis and Ben Greisler in a BMW M-3. Perhaps the most notable entrant who has NOT had a good year was Sam Bryan and Rob Walden, in their factory-supported Saab 900 Turbo. The distinctive yellow 900 has shown it will be the car to beat when it runs a clean event. But two rol-lovers and one mechanical failure led up to Sunriser, and on Stage 2 Sam's rally came to an end again, with a blown head gasket. There will be a serious celehr:~ti.91_1 ~hen __ _ Dusty Times ·, 1 DEIST SEAT BEL TS The greatest name in driver safety equipment. • 4-pointsandrailseatbelt .. $74.95 RACE BELTS 2"-5pointmount . .... . . . . $79.95 3"-5pointmount ........ . $99.95 SIDE COVERS IRS .............. . ...... $54.95 Swing axle ............... $54.95 KENNEDY· PRESSURE PLATES 200mm-1700# .... . . . . . ... $79.95 200mm-up to3000# ........ $99.95 GERMAN AUTO RACING PRESSURE PLATES 200mm 1700#-2400# .. from $54.95 PERFORMANCE CLUTCH DISC Cushlocks . .............. $39.95 4puc ferramic ............ $44.95 4 puc ferramic with spring hub ..... . ....................... . $54.95 duction GT entrant of Cal Landau · and Eric Marcus in their Mitsubi-shi Eclipse. 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~ ring to the name, and we later learned a number of cars had either spun ( including Paul Choiniere) or gone off and lost time (Greg Healey's Dodge Truck). Mike was attacking the twisty stage with his usual vigor when we suddenly launched into the middle of a "T" intersection with banners to the right and an impossibly tight "kft" -at our speed, anyway. Mike stood on the brakes hut had no room left to pivot the 510, so straight off we slid down a steep eight-foot slope, clipping a sapling that spun and stopped us on a shd( of foot-del'P leaves and mud. Mike was out of the car in an instant. hdlowing to the many ama:l'd spectators "We've GOT to get out!! This is for a championship!!" In twenty-two years of rallying l have never seen a car extricatl·J from so difficult a position, hut I was just as ,ktermined - perhaJ'S more so, since l had heen switch-ing from ,my "pa,·enotes" takt·n on the previous run. to the routt--hook, and had waitl'd too late t,1 call the corner! Well. get out'''" di,l. thanks to at lt-ast ten \\"illin).! spectators who helped swing the car around hy lifting and shoving it. A sheriff's truck and two ropes tugged it up the slope through a hardy Datsun-width gap in the trees, and suddenly, we were hack in the rally! We had lost twenty-two minutes -not enough to time har us -and were absolutely elated. The mistake had heen costly in time only, not in damage to the car. However, the easiest thing in the world after an "off" is to compound the error by raggl·d driving. We discussed our stra-tegy on the next transit and decided to try for a consistent per-formance, now that a good overall finish was out of our grasp. But thl' trickiest roads of the event Wl'fl' yet to come -would we he able to recover and get hack into the rhythm? After six stages the rally rolbl into the meal stop at the Kroger store in Jackson. Doug still led Selcuk hy nine seconds, in second place. 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TR-8 had moved up to join them, with six of the Group 5 cars within one minute 35 seconds of each other! We were impressed to see that Jim Anderson and Martin Dapot's Honda Prelude VTEC were running right in with the higher horsepower pack, though just a Production Class car! Lon Peterson and Bill Gut:mann, in their Kia Sephia, got an early lead in the class championship by win-ning Round 3 in Washington, but Jim has heen right on their heels l'Ver since. They are both very fast, hut Lon is having to push extremely hard since he has some 40 hp less. Lying second in Pro-duction was the Honda C ivic of Ohio team Jay Kowalik and Jeff Wheeler. The rally was running nearly an hour late, so organi:er Dick Pad-dock eliminated Stage 7 to put it back on schedule. Tom Ottey's Hyundai had quit at the begin-ning of Stage 6, but in true rally spirit Greg Healey, who was already running last after his "off", had pulled them all the way through the stage on a towrope! They bla:ed away from the meal stop, electrical pobkms fixed and car running strong -only to havl' the newly installed turbo fail on the transit and put them out of the rally. The skies were clearing in the late afternoon as we headed nor-theast to Zaleski Forest for three fresh stages. Mike had put the crash behind him as if it hadn't ·happened, and our stage times were immediately back in with the Group 5 cars. We faced catching slower cars since we had dropped hack, hut were enjoying ourselves again! We were eager to run Sun-riser's most famous stage, pre-sumptuous! y named "America's Best." After blasting down its nine sensational miles of wide, inviting, rollercoaster road, we decided the name was just fine! Lon Peterson had a different and scary view of the Zaleski roads, as he had lost his brakes entirely and was trying to make it to service through four stages and many miles of transit! His crew chief Dave Wolin stood h\' in frustration at the fuel-only stops, unable to help according to the rules, which the forest rangers had requested. Some pretty skilled driving got him to the second meal stop in Waverly, where they n:paired the Kia . He was not the only Production car to he hit hy a gremlin, however, as two other teams had lost time on a st:1ge, though we didn't know how: the Su:uki Swift of Peter Watt :md Dick Casey, and the attractive Dodge Neon of Al Kaumeheiwa / _ Craig Sohc:ak ( who ought to do something about those last names out of courtesy for journali,ts!). Now we faced the tou~hest roads of the event, the trick 1· Sci-oto Trail Forest. A group of old-timers stood around at the start of Stage 13, reminiscing how the Henry and Cindy Krolikowski won Group 5 by less than two minutes in their Dodge Shadow. Group 5 is fast becoming the largest class in PRO Rally, and a very competitive class too. ditches on each side of the road have gotten deeper ovl'r the years, and the crown of the narrow track more pronounced. The word "treacherous" was voiced hy one competitor. At least they weren't all paved yet, the group agreed. Now the Group 5 pack threw itself into a fren:y for the class win, and several teams paid the price on these unforgiving roads. We first passed Ralph Kosmides's driving lights poking up over the edge of the hank, where his Supra had slid off backwards. His co-driver Joe Noyes, looking like a hopeful orphan, stood with tow rope in hand and Mike and I briefly and furiously debated whether the car could he extri-cated. We decided not and didn't stop -only to learn later that the humble Kia Sephia of Lon Peter-son had not only stopped hut got-ten Ralph back on the road! On the last stage we came upon Rick Davis' BMW in an interest-ing parking spot, perched side-ways partway up the steep hank on the other side of a huge ditch. The car was undamaged hut unreachable! At the end of the last stage, Henry and Cindy Kroli-kowski took their fourth straight class victory with another admir-a hl y clean, fast performance. The\' now stand just one point behind Ralph in the champion-ship. Their Shadow was sixth overall, with Mike Hurst's Group 5 Porsche finishing seventh over-all. Jim Anderson drove another great event, posting excellent times in his Honda Prelude and running without incident to earn eighth. Lon Peterson still holds a slim lead in Production Class but must drop events now, so Jim is a real threat. Cal Landau had been given the wrong time card, had to return to the control, and lost several places on the road, but didn't let it bother him and kept up his speedy pace to clinch fourth over-all and the Production GT class win. He also has secured second in the title chase. Carl Merrill was drivin and running well and had worked his way up in the field. He c2nsidered taking a shot at Lan-dau's Eclipse, hut wisely decided Scioto wasn't the place to do it, so settled for fifth place. Something had happened to Sekuk after Stage 9 in his hattle with Doug Shepherd. Perhaps he grew tired of being beaten on most stages hy just a few seconds. Perhaps it was the fact that Doug won Stage 9 overall. But suddenly he turned up his personal hoost and took off for four stages in a row, pulling past Doug into second place, where he finished the event 1 7 seconds ahead of his rival. What a great race! Y orgi . Bittner, the lucky fellow who gets to ride with this quiet dynamo, laughs when he ~ams start , on-trol workers: "Light fuse, ·tand back!" At the top of the heap - a~•ain -was Paul Choiniere in the H )'Un-dai Elantra. He had one ofhi~ hest events of the season. As John Buf-fum explained, "I guess hl' \\'as just in the right mood! The car ran great, and though our plan was just to consolidate our lead. he really drove very fast until the last stages, when wt· hacked off a hit." With only three events left in th,· season, Paul looks like he may once again take the overall and Open Class championship. Mike and I had cheered as we passed the tree that was our neme-sis on the '94 event, and it was very satisfying to roll into the final control at Chillicothe. I was proud of Mike's impressive n·c-overy and all of our stage times, save one, which would havl' placed us twenty ·seconds off of Carl and the Krolikowski's. How-ever, rallying is full of"if only's" voiced at the end of every event! Best of all, he had clinched the Group 2 Championship with this finish. The fall rain was just a warning of the challenges coming up on the last few events of the SCCA/Michelin PRO Rally Ser-it·s. Rain and snow will he expected, and some road,; as var-ied as Sunriser's, hut they arv all . part of the character of our ~port. The VW Beetle of Mike and Rene Villemure ran in Open class at this event, but they are dying out in the usual entry. This one finished fifth in Open class and ninth overall. Greg Healey and John MacLeod were first in the pickup class, almost last overall. The pickup rally class never really caught on, which is too bad for the folks who bought trucks for rally cars. December 1996 Dusty Times

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AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 Burrows Beats the Mud a the Rain at Griffith, New South Wales Text & P1wtos: Darryl Smith Mark Burrows, with Mick Shannon riding in the Cougar, avoided the hazards of the downpour on Sunday to run second and slid into first overall when officials stopped the race because of the weather. In a sensational weekend of off road racing, which saw the weather play a major part when heavy rain forced a premature end to the third race of the Australian Championship, Victorian, Mark Burrows has emerged the winner. A very heavy downpour midway through Sunday's racing saw the smoothed-out track turn into a slick and slippery surface, sending many cars spearing into the wil-derness, at the Griffith, NSW venue. CLASS 1: The prologue at Griffith is a long and challenging one. The end result saw two old sparing partners on the front row, namely Brett Osbourne and Glenn Owen. Les Brown and Mark Burrows were close behind. When the race started, with three laps on the Saturday afternoon, spectators were keen to see the repeat duel of last year between Osbourne and Owen but it wasn't to be as Owen stopped very early with gearbox failure. Pulling over at the same spot was Jamie Robin-son also with gearbox problems. Brown was another out early when the harmonic balancer let go. Osbourne meanwhile was heading the field in the fine and sunny conditions unaware of the climatic turn around coming overnight. Three laps had past and the Saturday session was over. Although slipping to second overall, Osbourne was still lead-ing Class 1. Daren Wells, fol-lowed with Burrows next despite a pit stop for a flat tyre. Losing a lot of places was last round winner, Neville Boyes, who appeared to blow a head gasket. But when the cars lined up on the Sunday in the dride, Boyes was there with the turbo turned way down. Osbourne continued to be still up there, occasionally grab-bing the lead car spot. Burrows had come up to be second in Class 1. Osbourne struck problems entering his pit stop, sliding off and breaking reverse gear, then all the others in the process. Burrows held the class lead and then liter-ally slid into leader of the race when the officials called enough and stopped the race. Class 1 cars took the top three spots as Wells and then Terry Rose, back in form, followed. Boyes was fourth in class over Kevin Lee, then came the biggest surprise of all, Barry Johnson. That's right, after only 18 starts he finally finished one!! CLASS 2: To everyone's ama:ement, Ian Tscharke had his car repaired after his crash in the last race, and he placed second in the Prologue between Andrew Ziems (1st) and Matt Owens ( 3rd). Retirements in the first sec-tion included Bryan Basham los-ing a timing belt and Stewart Lat-ter blowing a motor up. Bill Buchanan was lucky to fix a . broken axle and get back in time. The threesome up the front kept close company; at the end of three laps it was Tscharke over Owen and Ziems, being in 9th, 10th, and 11th overall. Racing into Sunday and Predergast was soon out with gearbox woes while Buchanan broke the other axle and was out for good too. Despite feeling very ill Owen passed Tscharke and led the class moving into seventh overall. Ziems was still close and THE WORLDS FINEST RACING EQUIPMENT Is Presented To Off Road Racing and SCORE Desert Championship Series by EUROPARTNER mo~ Racing Suits from $449.00 Gloves from $102.00 Harness' $316.00 Steering Wheels Helmets from $699.00 Shoes from $220.00 Seats from $699.99 $175.00 STAND 21 will be present on contingency row for all the SCORE races. Also available; the P1 Program; a $2500.00 revolving credit line. STANO 21 Racewcar is worn by EMERSON FITTIPALDI, AL UNSER JR, PP.UL TRACY, BUDDY LAZIER. STEPHAN JOHANSON and many other fine driver~. EUROPARTNER MOTORSPORT Tel: 520-774-7605 Fax: 520-774-2557 At The Races 520-699-9027 Page 34 December 1996 ------------------------------------------------·--.. -completing the tight 3-way battle. It was revealed that Tscharke had broken a torsion that had been welded up and had since broken another so was doing extremely well considering. When the race was halted Owen was still leading Class 2 and took a fine win in a car some say is older than the driver!! The fine drive capped off with a 4th place overall. Tscharke came in next but found out he entered the pits the wrong way and was penalized moving him back to third. Ziems collected second place. Andrew Griffin and Don MacArthur completed the top five. CLASS 3: The 1200cc brigade had a strong entry and it was Scott McNeil the leader in qualifying over Glenn Hancey. Early retire-ments included locals Darrell Johnson (radiator) and Maurice Wood (engine). Coming off a class win at the last race was Mark Whisker and he proved that was no fluke as he moved into the lead spot again at the end of Section I. McNeil, Hancey and Graeme Julius followed. Into Sunday through, and Hancey was out due to lack of brakes. Julius too had problems in no clutch and then climbing a gate post in the wet. Darren Perrin was the big mover and he was soon with Whisker and keeping him honest. For lap after lap the gap between Whisker and Perrin remained the same and in the final results it was Whisker , for the win over Perrin. Geoff' Dow took third over McNeil and Peter A very. • '\ill CLASS 4 : The VW's had another good, close fight going on. Nev Taylor lead Tim Baker by only one second in the Prologue. However, in the race it was Greg Campbell moving into the class lead, which he held over David Nikiforoff at the end of Satur-day's racing. Taylor was fighting an unhealthy motor on Sunday, while Baker had no more prob-lems and came storming hack through the pack. Campbell though was hanging on in the ter-rible conditions and took his second class win in a row. Baker came through to grab second with Taylor hanging in there for third. CLASS 5: Once again the big Chevy truck of Richard Bennett shook the earth as it took the class Prologue by some huge margin and slotted into 14th overall. The Saturday session though sadly saw the end for a lot of Class 5 cars. Bennett ran out of fuel hut got going only to miss his late• time hy 40 seconds. Ross Watson broke his third steering box in three races. Les Marshall hacl blown a motor, and Paul Grant, too was out. Leading the class was the little car with the big motor, Robert Pagan in the turho-rotar)' Ma:da pickup. He in fact was moving up into 15th overall hy Saturday's end. John Hin: hacJ the Vo Karman Ghia in control of second in class. Pagan prohahl\' had the worst car to drive in the rain but he hung on to keep con-sistent laps coming. Hin: lost his radiator water at one stage hut stayed in it. Pa an took the win, Class 4 is for VW Baja Bugs and Greg and Allison Campbell fought a sickly motor on Sunday to survive the conditions for Greg's second win in a row. Dusty Times

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Terry Rose was back on form and he and Mauren Rose climbed up the ranks in Class 1 to place second overall and in Class 1 in their imported Raceco. Robert Pagan had his turbo Mazda, complete with rotary engine in the hunt in Class 5, which holds a variety of trucks and sedans in its ranks. Fabio Zarfati has a V-6 twin turbo Mitsubishi Pajero this season. With Phil Keed riding he really poured it on, he runs in Class 8 and led the Class in the Prologue. He ran in the top 5 and finished fifth overall. finishing a creditable 19th overall. Hin: was rewarded with second place. CLASS 7: As expected on his home track, Les Siviour lead the group of 4x4's. Into the racing and Siviour still had command although the clutch was going off in the Nissan. Eric Whitbread had tht' Toyota into second whik Craig McWilliam was into third having his first drive of an ex-Siviour Patrol. Come Sunday and Siviour moved into the mid teens overall whik Gary Weatherly started hadly when the Su:uki fell over. As if driving in the slippery conditions wasn't had enough, McWilliam hroke a pan-hard mount and took the rod off!1 He fell hehind when it took longer than allowed to fix. Siviour con-tinued to skate around the slippery track and too k yet another class win with an 8th overall to his credit. Whitbread gets quicker every start and came in second but a fine 14th overall. Weatherley as usual drove his heart out and grabbed third over Mc William. CLASS 8: People were expect-ing hig things from Fabio Zarfati and his V6 twin-turbo Pajero. This is his favourite track and a class leading, 11th overall Pro-logue looked good. Into the race and Zarfati really poured it on, after one lap he was up to fifth and then hy the session end hl' was third after menacing the top hug-gies along the way. The others though were moving up too; Gra-haml' Baxter and Ken Smith were in 13th and 16th places overall. Reg Owen had pulled up along-side his son with oil pump failure. The slippery track greeting the . As expected on his home track, Les Siviour led the Class 7 4x4s but his clutch was giving him problems. The others had more serious problems and Siviour, with Geoff Miller won in the Nissan Patrol. FIRESTONE 500 AT GRIFFITH, NEW SOUTH WALES 1996 Australian Championship -Round 3 AUGUST 17-18, 1996 # Pos Driver/Co-driver Vehicle Laps Time 0/A Class I• Unlimited Two Seat -18 start -finish 121 1 Mark Burrows/Mick Shannon Cougar 9 5:57:03 1 111 2 Terry & Mauren Rose Raceco 9 6:00:10 2 I 3 Daren Wells/Ian McPhee Rivmasla 9 6:00:28 3 103 4 Neville Boyes/Coleen Roper Hunter Rivmasla 9 6:40:13 10 109 5 Kevin Lee/Eric Syrjanen Rivmasta 9 6:42:26 11 Class 2 - 1600 cc Two Seat - 13 start -finish 241 1 Man Owen/Geoff Boswell Funco 9 6:06:52 4 202 2 Andrew &Alex Ziems Rivmasta 9 6:18:53 7 248 3 Ian Tscharke/Gary Waldhunter Rivmasta 9 6:45:14. 12 231 4 Andrew Griffin/Kristy Spol<as Trekka 8 5:57:17 16 297 5 Don & Russell MacArthur Cobra 8 6:37:14 26 Clasa 3 -1200 cc Two Seat -10 start - finish 308 1 Mark & Keith Whisker Rivmasta 8 5:59:10 17 331 2 Darren Perrin/ John Stevens Rivmasta 8 6:01 :26 18 302 3 Geoff & Sean Dow Hornet 8 6:08:05 20 358 4 Scon McNeiVKatherine Lee Hornet 8 6:15:05 21 372 5 Peter & Lorraine Avery Phom 8 6:55:16 32 Clasa 4 - Baja Bug - 5 start -finish 409 1 Greg & ALiison CalJl)bell Baja Bug 8 6:22:52 22 429 2 Tim & Andy Bal<ar Baja Bug 8 6:39:26 30 401 3 Nev Taylor/Peter Hine Baja Bug 8 6:53:49 31 Clasa 5 - 2WD Sedan & Pickup - 6 start -finish 530 1 Robert & Robert Jr. Pagan Mazda Rotary 8 6:03:18 19 533 2 John Hinz/Phil Andrews Karmann Ghia 7 5:26:23 33 Class 6 -Challenger 1600 Buggy - o start - O finish .Clasa 7 - Production 4x4 - 4 start - o finish 701 1 Les Siviour/Geoff Miller Nissan Patrol 9 6:31:17 8 702 2 Eric Whitbread/Wayne Hasleham Toyota Landcruiser 9 6:52:28 14 704 3 Gary Weatherley/Gary Pursehouse Suzuki Sierra 8 6:34:57 25 720 4 Craig McWilliam/Steve Milgate Nissan Patrol 8 6:39:25 29 Class 8 - Unlimited 4x4 - 4 start -finish 802 1 Fabio Zartati/Phil Keed Mitsubishi Pajaro 9 6:10:29 5 801 2 Grahame Baxter/Nigel Burley Nissan Patrol VS 9 6:17:49 6 813 3 Ken Sm~h/Greg Horton Holden Rodeo 9 6:51:54 13 Class 9 -Unlimited Single Seat - 5 start -finish 918 1 Paul Sirrpson Jimco/Toyota 9 6:34:10· 9 903 2 Bill Vesty Hunter Rivmasta 8 6:29:17 23 985 3 Peter Sowter Buggy 8 6:30:43 24 ·Time includes a 30 minute Penalty Starters 65 -Nurmer corrpleting 9 laps-15, 8 iaps-17, 7 laps-5,totalling 37 for 7 or more laps Fastest Prologue - car # I 06 Bren Osbourne -Fastest Short Lap - Car #106 Bren Osbourne - Fastest Long Lap - #121 Mark Burrows RACE HAL TED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS Dusty Times cars on the Sunday saw Z~rfati drive to survive dropping back to 5th, but still leading the class. Baxter was climbing further up while Smith suspected motor problems but was still a con-tender. When the heavy rain hit, Zarfati was confronted with another problem; mud covering his fixed side windows, reducing him to windscreen vision only!! Despite this he took the class win and a fine fifth overall. Baxter had come on strong not only to take second, but was right behind Zar-fati in sixth overall. Smith's turbo Rodeo came in to take third for the class. despite swapping places with Osbourne occasionally. Cottee's day was done when he clipped a gate post. Simpson's downfall was to come later when he broke a reverse gear. This would prove vital when he ran off the track and needed it to get back on. By the time help arrived he had slipped to fourth on the overall standings. There was a good battle going on for second between Bill Vesty and Peter Sowter. Simpson continued a full noise in the wet and came home class winner and in fourth spot. However, he was to learn that he had entered the pits the same way as Tscharke and . received the same penalty, which incidentally was instigated by another competitor. This moved Simpson down to ninth overall, but still retaining the class win over Vesey and then Sowter. It was confusing to establish a finishing number with tht' race stoppage as many could have con-tinued on to the finish. As it w:is there were 15 cars completin~ nine laps, a journey that was for from pleasant and typified hy a soaked and shaking Daren Wells trying to regain movement in his fro:en hands after the racL' by warming them around his exhaust - pipe!! CLASS 9: After some incredi-ble debut driving at the last race, everyone wanted to see the J imco A-arm, Paul Simpson car in action again. With ease he was leading the class over Shane Cot-tee and placed sixth overall for the race start. By the end of the three Saturday laps Simpson was indeed the overall leader of the race. Cottee had moved up also. Doug McMillan by the way, was away on work commitments. Bob Strawbridge was impressive in his new car but ran out of oil in the early laps and was out. Simpson started Sunday from pole posi-tion and looked good for a win, Paul Simpson won Class 9, single seat and he has another import, a state of the art Jimco A-arm. He and the car are quick, and he won Class 9 handily and was fourth overall on ET. 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Yerington to Fallon and Back By Tray Robinson Todd Denton was the guy to beat as he bested all the competition to win Class 10 easily and to grab the overall win of the race. Wdl here it finally is ... the Yerington to Fallon story. I had such a good time at that race I Lkcided to go home and put my race car hack together for the m·xt race. That consumed all my time as l'Veryhody knows and so I put off writing this story so I could go out and trade paint \\'ith all (most) of \'OU. making this a main strl't't to main strl'et and hack run. With entril's low from last racl' it was good to see cars hack again for this outing with 55 cars starting the race. then finishing on the Night Race track. However, running across these areas again doesn't make it repetitive at all with new, chal-lenging transitional roads con-necting them. As for the chase crews, with a 45 minute drive from town to town and a couple of check point accesses on the route, race ca'r to chase crew communication is essential so as not to miss your crew at desig-nated points, because with 125 miles of racing, some cars have to top off with gas during the race. Jim Judis chased first place honors in Class 10 all day but ended up quite a bit out of first place but had second easily in hand. sion in his tow vehicle and return-ing home for alternate transporta-tion. Finally, driving all night long to get to the race just before the start. Not being familiar with the area as this was only his second race with VORRA. Wise shocked many by being the first car to Fal-lon, passing 13 cars in his class. Fourteen Class 1 cars lined up first with four veterans mixed in and it was Everette Paul (243) off the line first and leading all the way to check 2 where he stopped for a quick drop of oil and then got back on the road. Sam Berri ( 149) and Steve Bradford (20K) were next starters hut Berri rolled just before check 2 and hroke the front sus ension costin him 25 The Yerington racl' \\'l'ekends arl' a fun filll'd \\'l'l'kl'nd with morl' paradl's than a capital city on St. Patrick's Day, paradl's in Yl'rington to thl' track, from thl' finish line to Fallon, from Fallon hack to the start linl', from Yl'rington finish to Main Strel't A couple of things ahout Yerington to Fallon are the course is fast and smooth and thl' chase crl'ws sometimes do morl' driving than the race car. The race course covers 125 miles in each direc-tion, the return heing hackwards as the first leg. Most of the terrain is familiar to drivers if they werl' at the first threl' desert races this year. Starting on the Yerington 300 course, making a transition over to the Top Gun course and Having a hard time getting to the race was Top Gun winner Sam Berri ran hard all day, had some real big troubles, like rolling the car Gary Wise, blowing a transmis-_ early in the day, but still managed a second place finish in Class 1. Page 36 ~RACING ~GASOLINE For the distributor nearest you call: 800-345-0076 www.76racing.com December 1996 Dennis Kordonowy wanted the first overall position but settled for second overall, first in Class 1, and it felt good to be back in the winners circle. Vim Nickel and his daughter, Corina Mack took first place in Vet Class 1, posting fastest time overall for the class. DustyTimcs

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Hoot~r Meyer who suffered some problems at check 4 still managed to finish in second place in Class 1 Vet. Forest Creasy had the lead off and on in Class 9 but he was to be denied the victory as he spun a rear drum and had to settle for second place. Ken Ruff plows across the desert on his way to second place in Class 1600 and also managed a fine fourth overall as well. minutes and seven positions. By the half way point Everette was 1 :30 out front of Gary Wise ( 118) who was just :30 in front of Dennis Kordonowy ( 107) and Alan Biggs (281 ). Somewhere between check 5 and 6, Everette rolled the car and was out of the race. In Fallon it was Gary Wise with the fastest first half time with Kordonowy 9:00 minutes back and without brakes. The vet class cars of Dale Carr (62v) and Hooter Meyer (28v) were 3rd and 4th just 7 and IO minutes respec-tively behind the leader. Twenty-three minutes back was Larry Deaton (152) who was running his Ford truck with no body pan-els because of a Friday testing roll over. The rest of the finishers in Fallon were Jeff Stiles ( 117 ), Sam Berri, Steve Bradford (20K ), Charlie Ketten ( lK 1 ), Vim Nickel and Corina Mack (26v ), and Gary Steele ( 44v ). On the race back Sam Berri was the man to beat winning the leg by Class 9 belonged to Lance Rhinehart although it was hard fought all day, and he finished on three wheels but the class was his. Arden Dennington took the first place honors in Class 1600, third overall, but it was hard fought all day and the competition was fast and furious. Don and Chris German won a long hard battle with the rest of the heavy metal group and finally pulled first place in Class 4 by just over a minute. DustyTimcs over five minutes. Dennis Kor-donowy literally drove the wheels off the car as he broke the right rear trailing arm two miles from the finish but still managed to complete the race on three wheels; the left front one foot in the air. Charlie Ketten rolled hut came back to have the third fastest time while Larry Deaton had overheating and brake problems but finished 13 minutes behind Ketten and 44 minutes behind Berri. Posting the fastest time for the vets was the Nickel / Mack team and rounding out the fin-ishers was Gary Wise and Hooter Meyer who broke at check 4 and was towed to check 3. Final results had Dennis Kordonowy winning his first race in quite some time with Sam Berri 2nd, Larry Deaton 3rd and Gary Wise 4th. Taking their very first win was the father/daughter team of Vim Nickel and Corina Mack. Hooter Meyer finished second in Vet Class 1. In Class 10, Todd Denton ( 1003) was the fastest in both kgs of the race to capture the win in the six car field. Jim Jukes ( 1031) finished second in class with aver-age time 30 minutes slower than Denton. Tim Bowman and George Reese ( 1002 ) were second fastest on the first leg just four minutes behind Denton but dropped nearly two hours on the second leg to finish in third place, 57 minutes behind Jukes. 1600 class had a great race with Arden Dennington ( 1661) out front at the half wa\' point hv two minutes over Ben Wald ( lo99) with Lance Abreu ( 165K) and newcomer to VORRA Matt Miller and Brad Clausen ( 1601 ), Ken Ruff(l641), Rick Philastre and Keith Rohh ( 162K ), Doug Seymor ( 72v) all within five min-utes of the class lea,kr. Larr\' Fol-som ( 1691) rolkd and was laying on his side when Kl·n Ruff came up to the scene, Ruff thought he could ~ap Folsom 's car and get him hack on his wheels hut Lar-ry's hand was stuck hetween the car and the ground and gas was spilling on him. Ken thought Larry was motioning for him tn go ahead hut instl·ad Larry was motioning for help. 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Kenny Ott chased first place all day and it was close but he had to settle for second place in Novice class in the neat looking Baja Bug. The 1600 Vet class was a walkaway for Doug Seymour, shown here traversing the fence line on his way to victory. Curt Wengler took the stout looking Jeep to a nice second in Class 4, only one minute out of first place for a good day. P-it hy himself. At thl' finish in Fallon, Dennington was thl' quickL'st, Ruff was 2nd h)' 4:30 minutes, Milkr1Clausl'n 3rd, Seymour 4th, Rohh, Philas-trl' 5th, Folsom 6th and Ahrl'u 1th. On the return racl', Larr)' Fol-som had the fastest time and Dl'n-nington ovl'rcaml' a onl' minutl' midpoint deficit to finish thl' kg in 2nd. Ken Ruff \\'as just :20 slower than Dennington for 3rd. Milkr C lausen finishl'd in 4th with Rohh Philastre 5th and Sl')'mour 6th. Final results had This is the /jystem run by most off road race winners Dennington 1st, Ruffin 2nd, Fol-som 3rd, Miller/ C lausen 4th and Rohh/Philastre 5th. Doug SL'y-mour was 1st in VL't 1600 Class. ElL'ven heavy metals took the grel'n flag with six of them heing Vl'tL'rans. By check 4 on thL' first kg it was Don GL'rman ( 40 I ) and Jim Bosman ( 601 ) in a dead hl'at tiL'. Kip Whitnack and Sid Smith (852v) were just :30 hack in 3rd placl' followL'd hy Chad & Jarad Wilson ( 420v) just one minutl' hack and Curt Wl'ngekr (4,-8) just thrL'e minutL'S hL'hind Wil-son. By the first checkerl'd flag in TRI-MIL BOBCAT Cl{ROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR J" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 Page 38 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Fallon it was Don German with a 1: 10 lead over Jim Bosnan. Third through 5th stayed the same: Whitnack/Smith, Wilson, Wen-geler, while Mike Koenig (85v) finished 6th and Kevin Mills ( 25v) rounded out thL' finishers in 7th. The return race had Chris German just :30 ahead of Chad & Jarad Wilson at check 4 and Curt Wen gel er the next closed, 12: 30 hack in 3rd. Whitnack /Smith was running 4th hut took hack roads to get back to Yerington. Bosman had nearly two hours down time between the start and chl'ck 4 and was back in 7th. At the finish line German had a 19 minute lead over Wilson who was IL'ss than a minute in front of WL'ngeler. Mike Koenig brought his Toyota in for 4th and Kevin Mills was 5th with Bosman 6th. Final results had German's winner in pro class, I :04:00 ahead of 2nd place Curt WL'ngder and 1:53:00 ahead of 3rd place Jim Bosnan. The vetL'ran class had Chad and Jarad Wilson winner, 30 minutes in front of Mike KoL'nig and 1 :2 1 :00 ahead of 3rd, Kevin Mills. Lance Rhinehart (916), Forest C reasy (917 ), and Tom Hatch (911 ) had a great race going in Class 9. Rhinehart started first but was passed hy check 2 hy Creasy, and by check 4. Creasy had a one minutL' lead over Rhinehart and 10:30 over Hatch. Rhinehart was the first to Fallon though as Creasy and Hatch had down time. On the race hack, Hatch was out with a broken hall-joint and was seen ( unfortunately not photographed), towing out Gary Steele's Class 1 car; we guess Steele broke and called (car) 91 1 . With Hatc h out, C reasy and Rhinehart hattleJ it out until Creasy spun a rear drum and Rhinehart broke also a ball joint. Rhinehart continued on three wheels taking the win in class. Creasy was 2nd. Sportsman novice had eight cars in class. Steve Millward (61) was running 1st until he rolled in the silt hed landing on his side and was T-honed in the engine com-partment, hreaking the engine out of the transmission. At check 4 Ed Graham ( 17) had a 1 :30 lead over Kenny Ott ( 63) and 9:00 over Dan, Jon & Joe Gurney ( 40 ). In Fallon Graham took the win with Ott 3:30 back and Gurney 31 :00 out of first. Jeff Panelli (71) finished in 4th while John LestL'r ( 1751) was the final finisher in 5th. The return race was a littk closer as Ed Graham held on to just a 4:00 victory over KL'nny Ott. John Lester finished in 3rd just 28:00 hehind winner Gra-ham. Jeff Panelli finished 4th and the Gurneys had some down timL' but finished 5th. The final results December 1996 had Ed Graham the winner hy 7:46 over Kenny Ott. Jeff PanL'lli finished in 3rd with John Lester 4th and Dan, Ion & Joe GurnL'y finishing in 5th. Four Pilots rllok the green and the sole Pilot running at the finish in Fallon was An,ly Wald (34) with a time of 2:S'i :27. Overall winners who split the $1,000.00 from race host Casino West were 1st Todd Denton in his Class 10 car with a timL' of 4:33:13, 2nd Dennis Kordonow, in his Class 1 car clocking 4 :44:35. 3rd overall went to Arden and Perry Denningtc,n with a time of 4:4,-:39 and 4th overall to Ken Ruff with a timl' of 4:52:ZK, hoth in 1600 cars. With thl' four summer dl'sert races out of the way it was tinw for crews to rL'huild the cars for thl' upcoming season finale shnrt course racing, and for thosl' that don't race the short course, you don't know what you're missing. Sportsman Novice had a bunch contesting for the lead throughout the day but it all belonged to Ed Graham as he edged out the rest of the pack and won by almost eight minutes. Andy Wafd Jed three other Pilots off the starting line but he was the only one to finish, needless to say in first place. Chad and Jarad Wilson in their great looking International raced hard all day and ended up with the win in Vet Class 4, thirty minutes out in front. Dusty Times

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CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Whiskey Springs 400 Tom Edwards and buggy driver Harry Bruneau from Kamloops, BC, BORE drivers Cam Peacock from Missoula, MT and class one driver Gary Wise from Hagger-man, Idaho. Actually even the regular CODRA racers came a long ways. Long distance award has to go to Leonard Day's crew of Bob and Scotty Rea who hail from Quesnel, BC, a 12 hour drive just to get to Seattle. Although the weather was great, there was a black cloud hovering above Ron Lammer in Scahill's Class 4 . While out previewing the course, the front differential came completely apart including the housing. We were all disappoint-ed that this ended Ron's weekend as a driver in the very fast truck. Tony Allen and his crew did another exceptional job of getting everyone through tech while trying to set up his own Class 3. year's overall winning two seater, followed by Gary Hiller in Scott Livernash's single seat Mazda ·powered car. Third to start was Gary Wise in his Chenowth, the Bear Butte 300 overall winner. The fourth and final starter was Jim Wright in his homebuilt circle track modified from LaGrande, OR. W hile the novice class cars were still lined up to start, word came from check 4 that the leader had just passed and was now only eight miles from the start/ finish. With one novice car left to start, Gary Hiller was finishing his first lap, another single lap record for H iller in only his second race as a driver. He completed lap one in 38:43 breaking four minutes off the record held by Todd Francis. One minute behind Hiller was Wise, followed by Ballester then Wright. After four laps the order remained the same. On Lap five, Wise' luck ran out when the gearbox let go, ending his day. Word came from out on the course that after completing only three laps, Wright's big Chev motor blew, putting him out for good. After six of the ten laps were completed by Ballester and relief driver Loyd Kruse, they had to park the car when a rear torsion bushing came apart and tore up the housing and breaking a torsion bar.!}ff" Text & Photos: Terry Silbaugh Scott Livernash and Gary Hiller were the ones to beat at the Whiskey Springs 400, but nobody could catch them and they took first in Open Class and first overall, a gr_e_at_v_ic_t_or--=-y_. _________________ _ The fifth annual running of the Whiskey Springs 400 looked like it would be the best yet. Car owners and drivers from all over the west coast were calling for information and entry forms. Twenty-three teams showed up, making this one of the biggest turnouts. Several teams arrived on Thursday and helped Perry & Terry ( no connection to the racing team of the same name ... but better looking) set up the pit area while P & T marked the 37 mile route through Millican Valley. The weather was warm and clear with no sign of rain. Friday the 11th was busy for everyone with final setups, course previewing, tech inspection and registration. Tom Scahill towed from the bay area with both of his trucks as did Steve Bruner and his sharp Jeep Honcho. Others that towed a great distance were truck racers Don Endean, Bob Nyeste, Molly Jobe has husband Dave in the rear seat as she flashes by the Whiskey Springs Hilton on her way to first in Novice Class and Molly is also -the CODRA Novice Champion for 1996. Last off the line at the start, Tom Scahill ran a forty minute first lap, took the lead and motored on to win the Heavy Metal Class and to finish second overall in the good looking Chevy. Dusty Times On Saturday morning we were treated to a beautiful Central Oregon sunrise and warm weather. At the 8 a.m. drivers meeting, it was decided that there would be two minutes between cars off the line due to the dust. Cars then began lining up for the 9:30 a.m. start with the open class going first. The first to get starter Summer Silbaugh's green flag was Eugene, Oregon driver Bill Ballester in last POSITION SENSITIVE A ·.'. )/fl!:_ . ,.,_"@, . ' ·. . .:.:~ .. _'·,.,,.-...,1.-.. ~ "'NOT ALL SHOCKS ARE CREA TED EQUAL, IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE THAT COUNTS" THE JBS SHOCK BY SINA Y-A-WA Y FEATURES: POSITION SENSITIVE ➔ EXTERNALLY ADJUSTABLE ➔ INTERNAL BYPASSING / COIL-OVER ➔ REMOVABLE BYPASS TUBES SWAY-A-WAY WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HELPED US DEVELOP OUR SHOCK PROGRAM ... SMfAY•A·IVA~ ~ LARRY BOLIN, RUDY TOWNSLEY, BILL VARNES, BUTCH DEAN, JIM MOUL TON, DANNY,FODDRILL, BRIAN COATS AND _ MANY OTHEf!S. December 1996 20755 MAR/LIA STREET, CHATSWORTH, C4 91311 C4U OR WRITE FOR YOUR FREE C4TALOG TODAY! 818-700-9712 Page 39 --+ I

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Bob Nyeste ran the good looking Ford Hard all day long, had some problems during the race and had to settle for fourth in Heavy Metal class. Steve Bruner flew around in the good looking Jeep Honcho but had problems on the ninth lap and that's all she wrote. Fifth place was where it all ended. Harvey Lange started fourth in class, battled all day with a Ford and finally settled down and picked up second in Veteran Class. fS7 Meanwhile, Hiller and Livernash kept trading the driving chores and were on cruise control and having a ball in only their second race in this car. In spite of having to stop at every road crossing for fluid in the clutch cylinder the last three laps, they still took first in class, first overall with a ten lap ET of 8:00:45 and fast lap of 38:43. The Heavy Metal was the next class off the line and it had all the earmarks of a very fast and Deman competitive race between all eight entries. The luck of the draw put Naches, WA driver Ken Sanislow in Joe Kellogg's sanitary Ford Ranger first. Ken was subbing for Joe who is recovering from a broken arm. Second to start was Windsor, California's Steve Bruner in his sharp and very fast Jeep Honcho. Following Bruner was longtime northwest racer Gordon Scott from Tigard, OR in his always fast orange Jeep CJ 7. Next to get Summer's green flag >" ® Tc>u~te IQQking f9r the perfect ¼% fitli$hing fouch for your · truck.,. tor qualit\l' .. Page 40 was Cam Peacock in his much raced Nissan from Missoula, MT. After Cam was our CODRA tech inspector's Class 3 Blazer driven by Tony Landauer, another Oregonian. Next was longtime Class 4 racer from Kamloops, BC Bob Nyeste in his new Ford. Following him was fellow Kamloops driver in a Class 8 Ford, Don Endean. Last and far from least was San Rafael, California's Tom Scahill in his new and very fast Class 8 Chev. At the end of lap one it was Scahill from eighth to first on corrected ti~e with a blistering lap of 40:4 7. Also very much in contention were Endean, Scott, Bruner, Nyeste and Sanislow. Landauer's first lap was anything but trouble free which set the tone for the day for he and owner Tony Allen. Sanislow ran with the pack the first lap and midway through Jeremy Tucker was the last Veteran off the line but that didn't seem to bother him as he drove at or near the front of the class all day and took home first place Veteran honors. lap two lost the transmission and had to put the Ranger on the trailer. Cam Peacock also did one lap and broke a vital part on lap Bill Ballester was the first ca'r off the line at the Whiskey Springs 400 and with help from Loyd Kruse they were able to get second in the Open Class. OPEN 1. 2. 3. 4. 113 207 118 211 HEAVY METAL 1. 899 2. 878 3. 480 4. 407 5. 407A 6. 318 7. 701 8. 713 VETERAN 1. 1607 2. 202 3. 721 4. 518 5. 10 6. 509 7. 217 NOVICE 1. 466 2. 37 3. 395 CENTRAL OREGON DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION WHISKEY SPRINGS 400 RESULTS OCTOBER 12, 1996 Scott Livernash/Gary Hiller Bill Ballester/Loyd Kruse Gary Wise Jim Wright Tom Scahill Don Endean Gordon Scott Bob Nyeste Steve Bruner Tony Allen Joe Kellogg Cam Peacock Mike Webb/Jeremy Tucker Harvey Lange Tom Edwards Mike Strong Bob Rea/Mel Caldwell Dave Brown Harry Bruneau Molly Jobe Cory Antrim Richard Muhlhauser Spanaway, Wa Eugene, Or Haggerman, Id LaGrande, Or San Rafael. Ca Kamloops, BC Tigard, Or Kamloops, BC Windsor, Ca Bandon, Or Yakima, wa Missoula, Mt Portland, Or Marysville, Wa Blind Bay, BC Tacoma, Wa Quesnel, Be Gresham, Or Kamloops, BC Oakland, Or Lebanon, Or Albany, Or Mazada Chenow Chenow Modif. Chev. Ford Jeep Ford Jeep Chev Ford Nissan Hi Jmp Harvco Ford Baja Funco Baja Buggy Ford West Chainey FAST LAP FAST E/T 113 Gary Hiller 38:43 113 Livernash/Hiller 8:00:45 December 1996 O/A 2 3 4 5 6 two, putting him on the trailer also. Brunner was very fast and in contention all day, that is until lap 9 when his day ended, placingi-lim in fifth. Gordon Scott and relief driver Erk Kosel were also very fast most of the race but had a couple bad breaks and wound up the third place finisher, covering all ten laps in 9:58:24. Bob Nyeste also ran very well for several laps before the Millican gremlins hit him. Bob completed the ten laps in 11: 14:09 for fourth place. Endean kept a fast and steady pace all day and finished in second place with an ET of 9:44:31, good for third overall. Meanwhile up front, Scahill had a consistent ten laps without incident, excepffor a slight altercation with another racer he was passing in the dust in one of the fastest parts of the course. This was a simple racing incident and no one was hurt. Both trucks suffered damage to their bumpers but it could have been worse. Tom did his ten laps on cruise control in a time of 8:05:25, good for first in class and second overall for the big Class 8 Chev. The next class to start was the seven car Sportsman Veteran class. Drawing first starting spot was Leonard Day's sano single seater, driven by Quesnel, BC driver Bob Rea. Second off the line was Audie Brook's Class 5 driven by Mike Strong from Tacoma. Following Mike was another Kamloops driver, Harry Bruneau in a buggy. Fourth off the starting line was another longtime northwest driver and car builder, Harvey Lange on his Harvco. Fifth was Thomas Edwards in his very sharp Class 7 Ford from Blind Bav, BC. The next car was to have been the Class 5 of Dave Brown, a past overall winner, Dave had shifter problems develop on the starting line. By the time he got rolling, he was down four minutes plus. 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13/; Tom Edwards came down from Blind Bay with his good looking Ford, fought for second place most of the day but was only able Dave Brown, always a contender in class had problems at the starting line, left late, had an extremely long first lap, a few good ones then lost it all to sixth place in Veteran Class. Bob Rea was first off the line in Veteran in' the great looking buggy but it was a bad day, rolling the car, breaking a c. v. and finally the gearbox. Fifth Veteran was their lot. to get third in Veteran Class. It was a very short day and a long way to go to only get to race a few miles. Bruneau only made a short distance when a cylinder head burned through. CODRA staff searched the pits for a spare dual port head to borrow but none were located. Meanwhile, Brown has a 3+ hour first lap then got things going for two very fast laps before things came apart for good near the pine forest, placing Brown sixth out of seven. Bob Rea was giving the single seater a good run when on lap 3 he rolled it in the rock garden part of the course. He landed on h,s wheels in front of a Search and Rescue EMT, refired the motor and took off. He and co-driver Mel Caldwell had a 2 + hour fourth lap to watch Joe and Ki Chainey change a busted c. v. joint. They completed the fifth lap and, word came from out on the course they were out with gearbox problems, placing them in fifth. 1995 Vet Champ, Mike Strong had one good lap then things began going bad. They completed six laps for a fourth place finish. Lange and Edwards were battling back and forth for second place all day. Edwards nursed the neat Class 7 Ford around the seventh lap and parked it in hopes that Lange could go no further either. That was not to be however, as Lange, ever the competitor, nursed his buggy around the eighth lap for second and dropping Edwards to a respectable third. Meanwhile, up front Tucker was doing an outstanding job in his. first race, was relieved by owner Webb for a couple laps to catch his breath, then brought the old single seater home first in class and sixth overall. The final class to get Summer's green flag was the Sportsman Novice division. Three cars were entered and the first to leave for their scheduled eight laps was the very old two seat buggy of last year's Novice Champ, Richard Muhlhauser from Albany, OR. This car is older than Richard and proved it was a lot more tired when he headed onto the desert and was never seen again, or at least until late afternoon when he was seen pushing his chase truck with a stiff rope. The second to start was the very unusual "tandem" Ford pickup of Molly Jobe with hubby Dare. in the rumble seat. Molly :ind' her Family Affair Racing Team kept the truck up front, had' an interesting time when tagged by Scahill on the Bonzai Freeway at warp 9. Right behind them was the buggy of newcommer Cory Antrim from Lebanon, OR in the Mike McCrory/Clark West prepped car. OnJobe's fourth lap they saw Antrim was parked with problems. Since the course was not ~tting better to n~vigate, the Dusty Times Down from Kam/oops in his Ford pickup, Don Endean ran fast consistent laps all day to wind up in second place in Heavy Metal and third overall as well. Gordon Scott ran as fast as he could, but suffered some problems in the middle of the race and settled for third place in Heavy Metal, fourth overall. Jobe's stopped for a lengthy pit stop ilfrer lap 4 to see if Antrim co· ... id get going. Not to be, a broken fuel pump and other ills ended their day after completing three laps. Molly fired the tandem and rolled across the line to complete four and the win. The day was clear and warm until late afternoon when it clouded up and began raining. It cleared up for the awards t_which made for a good ending to a good day. The condition of the course was like it always is in the Millican Valley ORV area, fast roads, whooped roads and a rock or two. Early in the day at the drivers meeting, we heard from BLM Recreation rep, Matt Pieper who gave us the rundown on the new BLM management plan for the area we have been racing in for 30 years. He is as upset as the rest of us as so far the plan is yet to be approved by the area manager. So far we do not know what changes, if any are going to be made, what the new season of use will be, what roads we can run on if at all. For this reason, I have not set the dates for the 1997 CODRA season. I would encourage each of you to write the BLM and ask to be put on their mailing list with special concerns in Millican Valley and the new plan. If the new plan is too restrictive, ybu can bet that CODRA will be right along side other user groups appealing their decision. I realize I should not holler till we're hurt, but the unknown is killing us as far as future plans. Keep your fingers crossed and please, write the BLM. The more that write, the more they realize are really interested. Due to the Whiskey Springs being a double points event, the standings got shuffled a bit. Congratulations to the following 1996 CODRA Champions. OPEN CLASS -Scott Liver-nash/Gary Hiller HEAVY MET AL-Tom Scahill VETERAN Mike Strong NOVICE Molly Jobe Your trophies are being registration, scoring, tech and all ordered and will be sent when the other thankless jobs that go done. with putting on races. Gin, A special thanks to those that Randy, Rick, Ron, Summer, have helped with set up, cleanl!P..! _$helley,_I_>e!ry, Tony, Ton , Dennis and Randy B. Most of all, thanks to all of you racers and members that have· continued to support CODRA since we started in 1992. 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VORRA's Fall Fest at , Prairie City By Tray Robinson With little time between races and a severely broken car in the garage, I figured a small wrap up on the Prairie City race was better than no article at all. Shifting back into short course mode from desert brings out the short track jocks again to VORRA races as the desert racers put their cars away until next spring. It was great to see the faces we haven't seen since we left Prairie City last April. Those faces and cars brought the entry count up to 55 for this Short Course race. With 13 cars in the Novice class, Ali Miller and Brian Car-penter (96) took moto 1 win and a 5th in moto 2 to capture the overall win for the day. Tina Robinson ( 101) came from the last starting position in moto 1 to finish 4th and then had a 2nd in moto 2 for 2nd owrall. Stew Mil-lward ( 61) had an 8-1 moto fin-ishl'S for 3rd while Rich Fletchl'r ( Z-i) went event 3-3 for 4th owr-all. Looks like the guys better get to work to have bragging rights through the winter off season. Class 10 had thrl'e cars entered' and Dana Van Noort( IOS-i.) took 1-1 moto wins for first overall fol-lowed hy Jim Jukes ( 1031 ). In Class 9 Lance Rhinehart (916) had a battle hut caml' out on top with 1-1 finishes for first overall. Tom Hatch (911) edged out Forl'St Creasy ( 917) for 2nd whill' Eric Steiger (956) was 4th. Arden Dennington ( 1661) placed 2nd in moto 1 but won moto 2 for first overall in I o00's. Shane Ralch was first in moto 2 hut dropped to 4th in the second moto for second overall. Larry Folsom ( 1691 ) had 3-2 moto fin-ishes iind was 3rd for the day. The· rest of the finishl'rs werl' Rick Philastre and Keith Robb ( 162H) 4th, Doug Seymour (72v) 5th overall, 1st in vets, and Lancl' Abreu ( 1658) 6th. Can you believe 12 heavy metals at a short course race? I couldn't. Anyway, Don & Chris German once again showed their dominance by taking 1-1 moto wins for the victory. Jim Bosman ( 601 ) held in for the challenge with 2-2 finishes for 2nd in class. John Chapman (68) has been working hard and made a great effort, giving challenge to the Germans in the early laps, taking 3-4 moto wins for 3rd overall, 1st place in the veterans. James Marsh ( 3) driving one of Sherman Ra !ch 's factory International Scouts of the late '70s and early 'H0s made a great debut taking 5-5 moto finishes and 4th overall, 3rd in the pro class. Sid Smith (H52) finished H-3 for 5th overall, 4th pro and Mike Koenig (85) oncl' again trucked along ( to and from the racl') taking 7-6 finishes for 6th overall and 2nd in the vete-rans. Fred Calosso (SO) finished 6-K for 7th overall and 3rd placl' veteran. The Pilot Class had six cars ancl And\' Wald (34) took 2-2 moto finishl's for 1st overall. Clint W olsl'\' ( -i) had a 4th in the first moto and a first and finished in 2nd place. Lee Faraola ( 11) won the first moto but was 4th in moto 2 and settled for 3rd place. Class I had 13 cars: 5 pros ancl K veterans. Taking the 1-1 moto wins and the overall was Sam Rerri ( 149) who facl'd challenge in hoth motos from Tyler Mort ( 243) who had a great charge going in moto 2, until a spin in the last turn dropped him to 4th in moto 2. He finished 2nd overall. Garry Pinheiro ( 29) . turned in great finishes of 5-2 for 3rd owr-all. I st in wts. 4th overall and 3rd pro went to Dennis Dugan ( 16"-\) driving his mega-horsepowered "1600" car. Randy Miller (96) NEW ADVENTURES IN OFF-ROAD RACING *THE BEST OF THE BEST* TONOPAH "300" -MARCH 28, 29, 30 ·11 RACE FOR THE Gow· SILVER STATE "300" -JUNE 20, 21, 22 "THE MOST SCENIC OFF-ROAD RACE IN THE WORLD" VEGAS TO RENO -SEPT. 18, 19, 20, 21 "THE LONGEST OFF-ROAD RACE IN THE UNITED STATES" MOTORCYCLES-QUADS CARS-TRUCKS FOR MORE INFORMATION BE THERE! DON'T MISS THESE RACES Page 42 finished with 4-5 moto places.and was 5th overall, 2nd vet. 3rd in the vets went to Steve Ison (52) who had 6-7 moto finishes. Well, I hope that gets everyb-ody up to speed on the action at the VORRA races, I'll have a full write up on the Championship Race which includes the Ladies and Mechanics race next month. Baja-Style Off Road Racing at Falrplex Park By Ron Miller Every year since well before my creation, The Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona has had a special place in the hearts and minds of the countless millions who have attended. Both young and old sport fond memories of the excitement and .fun that they've experienced when the fair makes it's annual run. The eyes of the West all seem to transfix upon Pomona as this most deserving town proudly gets it's chance to bask in the limelight. The creative and innovative minds responsible for thl' "evening show" portion of the entertainment, havl' outdone themselves year after year in pro-viding the finest acts available for the viewing public. from circus acts, to music's biggl'St stars, to the nightly fireworks extrava-ganza, those who've filled the Fairplex grandstands have never been disappointed by the quality production provided. When the 1996 schedule of nightly entertainment at Fairplex was rdeased, it really and truly had something for everyone. If you weren't a rock and roll or country music fan, there was the debut of"Monster Truck, Truck and Tractor Pulls". or, for the demented ( like myself), an unfor-gettable night with "Weird Al Yankovic''. Proving that off road Baja style racing has finally arrived as a spec-tator sport, a nighc•,of stadium competition was planned for Tuesday, Septemher 17th. The talented and imaginative team of John Borba and Michael Johnson showed all in attendance that "fresh talent" plus "futuristic thinking" equals success! The fearless WGAS duo knew that limited space and the unknown appreciation level of many first time off road fans, represt·nted a si:eahle risk factor. But to their credit, they utili:ed every inch available to them, and created a course and a show that werl' a stir-ring success. The course, which featured a massive jump and more than a few "whoop-de-doo 's", was placed directly in front of the totali:ator board in the infield area of the horse racing track. The spectators who filled the "stands" had an unobstructed view of the racers and their teams. The limitations placed on the proceedings made it necessary to race against the clock, rather than against live competition. It seemed to make little difft·rt·nce to the fans on the scene, as they roared with appro-val when an exciting run was exe-cuted. Early in the program, thl' crowd was not nearly as kind. They didn't attempt to hide their displeasure, when some of the contestants chose to "feel out" the unfamiliar surroundings. But the "boo birds" that were in evi-dence whenever the tow truck was needed, were all but forgotten when both the racers and the crowd had sufficientlv warmed December 1996 up. Taking part in this unique show were various stock street vehicles, which raced in the "Tough Track" class. There was also a "Pro-Force" class which was comprised of mini trucks that normally compete under the title of Classes 7 and 7S. Additionally, an invitation was extended to local standout 8S racer "Dynamite Dan" Cannon of Covina, to take part in an exhibi-tion race. Cannon, a 4 time 7S Champion was more than willing to display his immense talent at the wheel, as well as showing off his awesome Ford Fl SO Class 8S vehicle. The unforgettable per-formance by "Dynamite Dan" will forever be remembered hy the number 851 truck driven hy "Dynamite Dan" Cannon of Cov-ina. Dan brought the crowd to their feet with two more dynamic passes before thl' evening was completed. And hl' even brought his fire l'ngine red 150 to an improbable stop atop the largL'st of thL· jumps. hefore taking a how and waving goodhyl' to thl' apprl'-ciative crowd. It hardly SL'L'nwcl rl'al. but I know it was. And I want to l'Xtend a very personal thank )'OU to "Dynamite Dan", Messrs. 'Rorha and Johnson, Fairplc-x Park, and all of thosl' in attl'ncl-ance. It was a night I'll never forgl't, I just hopl' it wasn't a dream' Soap Box ••• most who witnessed it, but no . In Response to the Big Wah-more fondly by anyone than me. zoo's article in the Nov. issue of Despite an off-road history which Dusty Times. dates back to the -"70's", Sep-The question of the 96 season, tember 17, 1996 will forever for myself as well as many other represent my first flight in an off- racers was "WHERE DO WE road vehicle. Almost immediately RACE?". after accepting his invitation to Racers in the L.A. area were race, "Dynamite Dan" extended complaining that it was too far to an invitation of his own to give go to the SNORE RACES. Many this reporter an inside look at were boycotting La Rana, so there what it's all about. was just no choice. Looking for a I was thrilled at the chance to new place to race, I myself was participate and honored that I was one of the first of La Rana regulars sharing a ride with a man whose to start racing SNORE at the end talent I have admired since child-of 95 and the beginning of 96. hood. I watched with growing This was obviously also a apprehension as one by one thl' concern with some of the entrants blasted off Fairpkx CLUBS,accordingtoanumberof Park's version of the "Laughlin CHECKER articles in Dusty Leap", then were unceremon-Times, as far back as Feb. 96, the iously sl·ammed to the ground. 1 Big Wahzoo states that the won't say I was scared or nervous, Checker drivers had not yet petrified was more accurate hut announced where they were there was no turning back. In the racing and it was rumored that moments before we made our C.O.R.E. racers were going first run, I secured my belts and elsewhere in 96. "BUT WHERE" helmet, took several deep breaths, is the question from the Big and then made contact· with the Wahzoo himself. Lord. As we launched skyward, I Judging by the April article of envisioned my daughter Kim's . Checkers the club was still asking smiling face, then waited for every I for input as to what series racers hone in my body to shatter. For were going to race. Evidently, five what seemed like a minute, I felt months into the year, racers still like we were suspended in timl'. were undecided as to where to Floating through the air, and then race. waiting. and waiting, and waiting. In the June Issue of Dusty and then finally we touchL·cl Times the Big Wahzoo asks "If down. I expected a crash and jolt I'm not a regular high dollar racer likl' cymbals and a homh, hut to of SCORE or La Rana who do I my delight we landed more like a support? A local low budget bubble on a pond. Wow, this racingseriesthatrunsentirelyon really is fun I remember thinking. _private property? Or do I haul Thenjustassuddenlyasithegan, clear up to Vegas." Still it was over. Wait, I liked that, will Undecided: . wt· get another run I asked. ··Senk Bottom line there was no place down rookie", I thought I heard toraceinSouthernCalif.inl996. someone say. It was a sensational Something needed to be done! feeling to experience thl' pown. Tosolvethisproblem,Icreated grace, and handling of an awe-the M.O.R.E . . racing series with some truck, pilotl'd by a chauf-i theintentofgivingtheracermore fl"ur who undoubtedly has icl' I of what I thought the_v really water running through his veins. wanted. At last, racers will have a The roar of the crowd was place to race in 97! drowned out hy the pounding of I What I d?n't understand, is my ticker, just incredible. how the Big Wahzoo could Taking home thl' top pri:l' in • clasify M .O .R .E. with estab-the '!Tough Truck" Class was lished promoters and say we are Michael Yarman of Lancaster. putting on "weak suck races". Second and third spots went to We have not ~ven beg~n to race Ron Eaton of Can)'on Lah· ancl our 1997 senes. I believe, that Jason Bellis of Santa Ana rl'Spl'c-once the racers understand our ·tivel)'. In thl' "Pro Forcl'" ( 'lass, program, we will. have anything thl' winner was Mike Falkosk 1-of but weak suck races. No pro-Poway. A check was also prL's-' mater before us has ever offered ented to the second through ninth the INCENTIVES, a?d BONU~-placl' finishers, and those spots ES that we are offermg, at a fair were taken by Davl' Turnl'r andreasonableentry_fee.Ourgoal (Hemet), Ramiro Gon:a ll's at M.O_.R.~. is to offer more of ( Indio), Greg Hosman (Citrus everythmg1mpor~antt?arace~,as Heights), Bill Markel (Lancaster), seen_ from~ racer s pomt of view. Dean Williams (Anahl·im), Kmdlygiv:M.O_.R.E.achance Derek Ledford (Orange), Tim top_roveourmtentlonsbeforewe Carroll ( Long Beach) and A._J. are Judged. Respectfully, Farris of Victorville. A Fellow Racer & Upcoming There was no mistaking who M .O .R.E. Promoter . the star of this show was. Jt was Jim Clements DustyTimcs

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.... NINTH RALLY AUSTRALIA Tommi Makinen Wins the Rally and the World Championship Tommi Makinen had an easy rally, leading all the way and gained the world Championship in Australia in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. He bested several serious contenders for the title. Finland has another rally hero! Atter winning five of the first seven events in the nine round 1996 series Tommi Makinen has been confirmed the new world rally champion, the fifth driver from his land to win this honor. Makinen cruised through to victory, ahead of Kenneth Eriksson and a hard charging Carlos Sainz, who needed to finish in second place to prevent Makinen gaining the title at this event. Sainz lost time spinning on the final day and failed to gain the necessary place by four seconds. Kenneth Eriksson, the other driver who withstood Sainz's assault, gained his second successive Asia-Pacific title, and Mitsubishi are now certain to win the world group N drivers' title, . Kenneth Eriksson and Staffan Parmander had a chance at the title, but it was not to be. He did win the 1996 Asia-Pacific championship in his Subaru, and he wanted that very much. PIKE'S SERV·tcE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIEf'lDS ...... THANKS! 'i!~il Mabl . ,. RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS ·SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND though with which driver, Uwe Nittel or Gustavo Trelles, remains to be seen. Makinen'ssuccesswascompliment-ed by the joy of his co-driver Seppa Harjanne, formerly champion co-driver to another Finn, Timo Salonen, 11 years before. Inclement weather made the event slippery and led to incredible confusion on the second day when top drivers were stuck at a water crossing. In a post rally shock the Group N winner Uwe Nittel was excluded for using irregular pistons in a rebulit engine. The category was won for the seventh time by Ed Ordynski in a Mitsubishi, while Pavel Sibera's Skoda led the W2L category after SEAT cars had earlier been leading 1-2-3. Rally Australia promised to be one of the most exciting events of the season. It was the only rally this year to count for all three major championships, the World series, the World 2-liter series and the Asia-Pacific Champion-. ship. There was a new event sponsor ( the Lotteries Commis-sion of Western Australia); the entry list had more drivers for this event than ever before; it was the last of the WRC rallies outside of Europe this year, and three driv-ers were vying for the world driv-ers' championship title, in three different makes of car. There were no fewer than 11 official manu-facturers' teams in the entry and the possibility of no fewer than three major championship titles being won. While the manufac-turers' title could not be settled here, the driver's title could be decided in Perth. Tommi Makin-en was the only driver able to win the title here, Carlos Sainz would stay in contention if he finished second. In addition to the three regular championship teams, Toyota was represented by '95 Safari winner Y oshio Fujimoto, and Australian Neal Bates. In Group N we had the chance of another world title victory. The · Mitsubishi Germany team was virtually assured of the title, but undecided was whether the winner was likely to be their offi-cial driver Uwe Nittel from Ger-many or their guest driver Gus-tavo Trelles from Uruguay. Australian Ed Ordynski had to be the favorite and was nominated to score points for Mitsubishi. In the past he has won the category six times. Main challengers were Subaru, Michael Lieu and, Mitsubishi-Proton Karamjit Singh and the Mitsubishi of Michael Guest. Kenneth Eriksson started the event 15 points ahead of his most serious rival Richard Burns, in the Asia-Pacific series with one more to follow. If Eriksson won this event he cannot be beaten to the Asia-Pacific title, only equaled by Burns. In the World 2-liter Championship there were deter-mined efforts from challengers SEAT and Skoda. This was the sixth of eight rounds for the W2L teams Curiously Series leaders Renault were not present here, while the only Peugeot (Lying fourth at the moment and reign-ing champions) was a privately run car from New Zealand. Skoda had high hopes. They won in 1994 and here ran with the old proven 1.5 liter engines, before using the newer 1.6 engines for the final two rounds. Six W2L teams entered contesting the Asia-Pacific category and here the fa vori res were Japanese Suzuki driver Nobuhiro Tajima with a 1.6 lite: Baleno, and the veteran Australian Wayne Bell with a 1.8 liter Hyundai Lantra. Bell made an important pre-rally announce-ment confirming Hyundai's world rally challenge next year. The special difficulty of the world championship teams had been the short period since the previous, 18 days since the end of the 1000 Lakes Rally, the shortest gap of the season, during which the teams had to cross to the other side of the world. They had been shipping equipment from Argen-tina and New Zealand to the west coast of Australia in order to be ready in time. The Tuesday before the start saw very heavy rains which threatened several stages that ran along the side of dams. Fire pumps had to be used and flood protection barriers built to insure the stages could be used. As traditional the rally started on the Friday evening with a single stage held at the superspecial course in Langley Park, held in reverse order with accompanying entertainment for the crowds. It was an all-ticket, sell-out occasion (20,000 paid AUS$15 each) with the Ford of Carlos Sainz snatching a one-second lead in the overall category, and his Spanish compatriot Jesus Puras taking his SEAT to a one second lead in the W2L category. In overall terms the results didn't mean much but it was curious to watch the rally cars perform in the night. It was a glorious evening. Next morning the clouds THE BEST IN THE DESERT Running second in the points Carlos Sainz and Luis Maya tried very hard in the Ford Cosworth RS, but could not catch the flying Finn on points, but they were a solid second, Pagc46 December 1996 , gathered and a very gloomy day was promised as a series of climatic fronts approached from the Indian Ocean. Carlos Sainz soon lost the lead as Tommi Makinen began to get into his stride. Ford Operations Manager John Taylor said, "Just an unlucky day. With Carlos we had misfiring which took some time to trace. Eventually we found it was water in the air cleaner and we got that sorted out, but after lying 1-2 in the opening stages we started to fall back. Then Bruno Thiry had a handbrake sensor fail ( the handbrake is linked to the active transmission system). This meant the handbrake would not work and Bruno slid into a ditch before he realized what had failed. The champion elect was in his stride. Mitsubishi team manager Phil Short was confident. "Tommi is just taking things easy. He hasn't been under any pressure and has gradually been building up a lead. Burns has been quite relaxed as well. His only problem was with his intercom, which seemed to suffer interfer-ence from the television equip-ment he was carying." The Subarus were off the pace. "I had some wrong tires, it wasn't until the end of the day that we started to go better," said Colin McRae. Kenneth Eriksson com-mented, "I don't really know why we didn't start off well." while Piero Liatti said, "don't ask. Every time we had just a long list of little troubles." The only team member with smiles was Possum Bourne driving the Impreza he uses in Australian championship rallies and still fitted with special pieces given him by the Prodrive team in New Zealand. The best Toyota 'was driven by local driver Neal Bates with an unusual right-hand drive Celica ST205, using Dunlop tires, he was battling with Bourne until his windscreen wiper failed and he lost seven minutes struggling through a muddy stage. Earlier he had a strange intercooler trouble, it was caked with mud. In Group N the fastest driver in the early stages was Michael Guest, but he lost time when he overturned ( for the second year running). Ed Ordynski lost time with a tire which pulled off the rim, which meant that Uwe Nittel surprisingly went into the lead on his first ever Rally Australia, in front of Trelles both in the Ger-many /RaceRent Mitsubishis. Trelles was happy to be running at all, having changed engines the night before the start. Karamjit Singh was trouble free, but felt the engine distinctly lacked power. Michael Lieu lost five minutes with a puncture. In W2LJesus Puras led until he went off the road, and then Anto-nio Rius lost ten minutes when his engine stalled on a corner and would not restart, on stage 7. Erwin Weber was pushed into the refuel area of North Dandalup -having run out of fuel 300 meters beforehand! Skoda had various problems and lost Stig Blomqvist when the left driveshaft broke on stage 7, while Pavel Sibera had to drive 30km on a stage with no power steering, and Emil T riner was unhappy with his engine. Allister McRae had electrical trouble in his EK4 Honda Civic and found the absence of special brakes very noticeable. Team leader David Y ein with his older EG6 had many shock absorber Dusty Times

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problems. A little seen name this year was Daihatsu: Bob Nicoli was able to match the speed of the top runners. Kia lost the Korean driver Jung Yong Park when he went off the road, while Wayne Bell lost about seven minutes when his Hyundai's clutch cylinder failed. The sole Peugeot of Craig Marshall retired very early with electronic failure. On Etape 2 the championship battles were hotting up. Sainz started the day in second place, exactly where he needed to be for the championship title hunt. Trelles started Group Nin second place which is what he needed to do to stop Nittel from taking the Group N Cup. But Eriksson had to rise from third to second in order to stop Burns from threat-ening his APC title. McRae once again had a bad day, forever choosing the wrong tires for the conditions, with the rain con-stantly falling and the ground very soft. Ed Ordynski and Mark Stacey were first in Group N at tenth overall in the I Colin McRae and Derek Ringer fired up the Subaru lmpreza 555 after the big Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Winning the class secured Ed's position as he , water crossing, and here they pass stranded cars from that fateful water was leading the nation's (Australian) championship. _c_ro_s_s,_·n_g_. _______________________ _ The rainfall worried the mar-shals at the Bunnings forest com-plex. They worried about the height of the water at the famous ford which was used on two dif-ferent stages. There were two stages in the Mudaring forest complex which had to be tackled first, where Sainz had a spin which dropped him back to third behind Eriksson. The excitement came at the first of the water crossings. Makinen, winner of this year's Safari, could see the risks, and took to the water remarkably gently, and came through to the other side under his own power. Then came Sainz with more speed and stopped, having to be pushed to the other side with a dead engine. Then the same for Eriks-son and McRae but the Scot then restarted the engine and drove out past the others to the end of the stage. News traveled fast, and suddenly there was chaos at the scene. Mindful this was a no ser-vice zone, engineers ran down and gave instructions to the drivers as to what they must do. Thiry removed the plugs and the starter motor turned the engine so that water spurted spec-tacularly out of the plugholes, while Sainz and Eriksson could only glumly wonder if their engines had been wrecked. Pro-drive chief David Richards tried to push Eriksson's car but it became jammed across the track and FIA stewards argued that he was trying to block the track deliberately! Sainz co-driver Luis Moya stood at the water's edge and waved other drivers down to dissuade them from trying to cross the water, while team man-agers stood midst the crowds in the middle of the track giving their opinions in television inter-views. Sainz was walking round, hand on his head, looking forever like a man who had just witnessed the end of his championship aspi-ration, which it could well have been. It was a most amazing scene. The stage was duly stopped and then came the problem of how to extricate the drivers waiting to cross the water because the obvious alternative route would have taken them along the next special stage. The organizers sent breakdown trucks to pull the stranded cars up to the service area. First decision was how to rearrange the rally. Second was for mechanics to see whether there had been serious engine damage. Thirdly ( which could wait until later in the da how to Pavel Sibera and Petr Gross plow up some soft dirt with their Skoda Felicia KC 1500. They won W2L in the end and placed 14th overall with the 1500. World Champions old, and new. New at this rally is 1996 champion Tommi Makinen, R, and Reigning Champion Colin McRae, not quite as happy as Tommi. Dusty Times handle the stage results, ·and what to do about competitors that were towed away. Tommi explained, "I knew that the engine inlet air came from the top of ·«'le-engine compartment, so I had to make sure that the bonnet did not get covered by the water. We also knew exactly how bad it was because both our 'ouvreur' cars broke their engines trying to cross the water." In the end all the stricken cars were able to restart, some had their turbochargers changed as a precaution, but on the next stage Thiry's car sounded very bad but the problem was due to ignition trouble that was rectified . Fuji-moto lost four minute~ and time control penalties with a turbo-charger failure while Bourne did everything he needed to keep in line for a good chance to win the Australian Championship. In Group NT relles closed right up behind Nittel and third placed driver Yoshihiro Kataoka had another good day. Ordynski lost time when the , ~r spluttered for about 4km hut then cleared itself, while Singh finally discovered why he had handling trouble: nearly all the power was going through the front wheels. The T ein Subaru team had a bad day; Konishi with wheel breakages while Lieu went off the road for a long while. In W2L there was more excitement and a terrible day for SEAT. On the first stage Puras stopped with transmission trou-ble. "It was the third time this year I had been leading only to retire, it seems the failure was the same as that in Argentina". On the same stage Weber had to drive a long way on three cylinders, lost a minute and the lead to Sibera. He then hit the wall at the Langley Park Superspecial, and the two minute delay pushed him further back. Skoda went ahead with clean runs from both Sibera and T riner, whose engine trouble was finally solved. The surprise of the day was Bob Nicoli's Daihatsu which closed up to second, three minutes behind Sibera. Tajima was third in his Baleno despite a variety of serious problems. It was a bad day for the Korean teams; Wayne Bell had the Lantra's driveshaftpull away several times. Greg Carr retired when his Accent's driveshaft broke. "Four-teen stages is the furthest I have been in this car, but now we are wondering if they will use it any-more because of work on the new Coupe." Robert Herridge lost ten minutes off the road with his Kia Sephia and his son Dean about six. The Honda Taiwan team lost Alister McRae when the engine failed on his Civic. Sainz knew it was to be on Etape 3 today or never this year. December 1996 He had to finish second to keep alive any hope of a world title, but effectively blew his chances when he spun on the day's first stage. Makinen knew that whether he ended the day world champion was out of his control. Even after his delay the Spaniard never stopped trying, throwing caution to the wind as the rally neared the end. No doubt with one more stage he would have succeeded but it wasn't to be. "Sometiems you don't achieve what you want, this happened here," was how he expressed his feelings a the end. Another first stage disappoint-ment was when Bates went off the road and made Bourne the likely national Champion. Bourne was driving calmly, "We achieved exactly what we wanted to do from this high coefficient event, for the sake of the national title." The rally today was run to the east, with the main feature si:,ec-tacular jumps at Muresk. The weather was dry for a change and the cars suffered the anticipated troubles caused by the jumps. Thiry broke the front propshaft and stopped on a road section to make repairs. He struggled and was passed on the final stage by Liatti. In Group N there was great excitement as Trelles gradually reduced Nittel's lead until he went ahead on stage 25. This lasted for just two stages. Then on the final stage he went off the road for some 20 minutes. This brought Nittel to within one point of win-ning the World Group N title -until three hours after the end of the event. Scrutineers found the engine had been rebuilt with alternative Mitsubishi pistons, contrary to Appendix J rules say-ing that only standard pistons are allowed. So, winner of Group N once again was Australian Ed Ordynski in a similar car. There was last stage drama also for the W2L cars. Sibera started the stage with a three minute lead over his rival Weber but the transmission failed and the crew pushed the car over the finish line. He was able to reach the finish 1 m20 seconds in front. The Orig-inal result showed that he was 91 seconds ahead of Bob Nicoli's Daihatsu but Nicoli was excluded for taking a short cut earlier in the morning so third place went to Triner. "We needed to do well here because we know the SEAT s will go better than us on the asphalt stages at Catalunya," said Sibera. Many had trouble on the last day of a rally that buried the competitors in water on the first stages. West·coast Distributor fOfl HEWLAND OFF ROAD GEARS ALL GEARS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE OUR PRICE $695.00 Per Set 2 Ratio's .Available Valley Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702/873-1 ~2 McKenzie Performance Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 47

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GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY Chassis And Suspension For Racing And Recreation MIKE MONOHAN 1320 N. Miller St. #8 Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 524-1050 ENGINEERED /FUEL CELLS • Lightweight and Rugged •Complete Fuel Scavenging •Standard Sizes, 8 to 44 gallons •SODA and SCORE approved Leaders in Custom Fuel Cell Design and Fabrication. RACING FUEL CELLS 800-526-5330 RAMSEY, NJ USA TOCRA E PARTS - SERVICE 1100 CUSTER ROAD TOLEDO, OHIO 43612 1-800-356-6586 419-4 76-3711 Off-Road Fiberglass • Off-Road Truck Fabrication Urethane Bushings & Hood Pins • Suspension & Roll Cages John Ehmke RACE CAR SALES & EXPORT Off-Road Fabrication & Accessories ~~~ Export & Int'l Sales Rae~ Car Preparation Consulting & Management H)40 S. Main St.1:1,'allbrook. Cl\ ~20~8 (619) 723-21 l 7*F AX (619) 723-9938 HELMETS/FILTERED AIR SYSTEMS Featuring Arai & Bell Helmets BDR McKenzies 714 650-4566 714 441-1212 SUSPENSION SEATS IN FIVE STYLES NETS • TOOLBAGS• HARNESSPADS N..L SEATS CAN BE SHIPPED UPS BEARD'S ''SUPER SEATS'' ED & BARBARA BEARD 208 4th Avenue E. Buckeye, AZ 8532,6 (602) 386-2592 OFF ROAD RACERS ! "Nobody Beats Our Quality or Prices" I PRO 1.uao.1 Wide Assortment of Colors and Sizes -CUSTOM SUITS -In-Store Measurements (10 DAY DELIVERY AVAILABLE) lARGE SELECTION Suits and Helmets, Crew Shirts In-Stock We also carry a full selection of • Standard & Custom Harnesses • Fuel Cells • • Fire Systems • Shoes • Gloves • 10996 N. Woodside Ave. Santee, CA 92071 (619) 562-1740 ,,,~·MO~~!&: FAX (619) 562-6151 ~ 'lvwwrv,11 ... Lankershim & 1-5 9017 San Fernando Rood, Sun Valley, CA 91352 (818) 768-7770 Fox (818) 768-1840 • aJax AUTO WRECKERS·, I_NC. COMPUTER_PARJS LOCATOR NATIONWIDE JOHN KEARNEY SECRETARY/TREASURER 84-851 AVENUE 48 COACHELLA, CA 92236 (619)398-0147,345-3353 '1-800-6()6.6043 FAX (619) 398-0596 IN&TPIUM•NT-11 /-,,--·· . ............................................................. .,( /4 Auto Meter instruments are the { · No. 1 choice of racers worldwide. l Our tachometers, speedom~ters f and gauges offer the finest m \ accuracy and durability. for Color Catalog FoR A DEALER NEAR You: 1-800-724-7839 Auto Meter Products, Inc. D Dept DU -413 W. Elm St. Wh, .... tooiT,..,...alWS,...loc. l3 j POWDER COATING 68399 Perez Rd. Cathedral City, CA 92234 BRANDWOOD CARS Ph. 6 l 9·324-1143 Fx. 619-328-5046 . . Custom Vehicle Shifter for mid-engines and other applications 602-437-3:JO7 e" I ~ ;,x 71 £.U PRE-FUN Curt LeDuc 39067 Orchard St Cherry Valley, CA 92223 (909)-845-8820 • Our Specialty Race Trucks Pr~Runners 84-89 Ranger Fiberglass Dimple Dies ACCOUNTING -INCOME TAX -CONSULTING IRS REPRESENTATION MILLER & CANNON Certified Public Accountant SHl!RYL CANNON, CPA OWNER 280 S . GLENDORA AYE. SUITE 201 (8111) 919 .. 101 1 WICBT COVINA, CA 91790 P'AX (818) 819-021 I BILL & DIANNE THOMPSON ===CARRERA PHOTOGRAPHY (714) 969-6820 P.O. BOX 5221 • BUENA PARK, CA 90622 8 " · 9 " • 1 O" • 13" • 15" • 16" · 1 7" RACING WHEEL BEAD LOCKS $ If> (Q) lf(iT .,[L (Q) cc IJf SIMULATED BEADLOCK COVER 1671 NORTH BRAWLEY AVE. FRESNO. CA 93722 (209] 275·5183 FAX [209] 276·2365 oc Nc::J Man"fad"~" of · : Broke ond _tl<rld, Pedol A,'¥ Master Cylinders . Slave Cylinders CNC, Inc. 1221 West Morena tllvd. San Diego, cA·92-.,iao (619) 275-1663 Cuttihg and Staging Brakes· Hydraulic Throttles T~rottle Pedals and all of our accessories. Send $3.00 for Catalog FLOATER REAR ENDS• rRONT HUBS• AXLES BALL JOINTS• TORSION BARS• KNOCK OFF HUBS . (805) 239-2663 Sandy Cone 2055 Hanging Tri;ie Lane • Templeton, CA 93465 Syamo«. ll. 60178 e ......,_~...._~__,,;-.....;,,,. ___________ ___.L--_____________________ --J

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MIKE • GAYLE • JON • DAVE • VIC • ANDY ~ d_81, (WU~~ Parts, Equipment, Accessories & Service 4-Wheel Drive - Mini Trucks Pre-Runners - Race Prep - 2-Wheel Drive 3209-A Thousand Oaks Blvd. • Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 (805) 494-RACE • (805) 495-6119 • (805) 495-3344 FAX(805)495-2339 i81 RACING I . GASOLINE =§:' ~ LEADED 110,114,118 OCTANE .~ CALL FOR YOUR NEAREST DISTRIBUTOR o!;~B~~~~~P~;!t~~ I COSBY OIL COMPANY, SANT-' FE SPRINGS, CA DE UNZIO HERMAN DeNUNZIO (805) 683-1211 P.O. Box 6057 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 JOHN VERHAGEN'S Ill] PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS ~ 0623 BLA8KFOOT ROAD 619-24C-3930 APPLE VALLEY ,CA 92308 1)0NIJtfOE ~A.&-IN4 • RACE TRUCKS • PRERUNNERS • CONSULTING • DEVELOPMENT • RACE SHOCKS • FULL FABRICATION SERVICE ENTERPRISES KREG DONAHOE OWNER 957 N. ENTERPRISE DR. ORANGE, CA 92867 (714) 771-7349 $5,000.00_ CONG RA TIJLA TIONS ... McKenzie's Short Course Champions!!! Dan Mathews Steve'Bishop Glen Neese 440 SGaffey San Pedro, Ca 90731 Phone (310) 831-1035 Fax (310) 83l-34T7 "E-MMl•~·Jeatwln.Com Dan Paramore lladng H~ads Over 20 Y cars experience in building & design of competition racing heads Wholesale/Retail Pickup & Delivery U.P.S. Aluminum Wheel Repairs & Polishing EDDCO Wheel Co. Street, Offroad, Production Aluminum Welding 9437 Wheatlands Ct. Suite K& L Santee, CA 92701 619-258-2575 • !.. ~~ "'-...£.116111~\ '> E-Z up--· INSTANT' SHELTERS FREE-ST ANDING, RUGGED STEEL & NYLON SHi:L TEAS THAT SET-UP IN SECONDS! VARIOUS SIZES & COLORS AUTHORIZED DEALER CASTEX RENTALS 213-462-1468 :Alfotorsport PRE-RUNNER SPECIALIST • 6UMPERS • CMES • SHOCK MOUNTS SEAT MOUNTS • LIFT ms • LOWERING ms • DUALLYS AIR MG SUSPENSION • SHOW CARS & DISl'lAYS • ATV FA6 WORK EXPERT INSTALLATION & FA5RICATION AYAILA6LE FIBERGLASS FENDERS&. BEDSKINS TOYOTA-CHEVY-NISSAN-FORD-ETC. 4010 N. PALM STREEi, UNli 10:3 (714) 870-9.422 FULLERiON, CA 926:35 FAX (714) 870-91:32-714-997-1362 \ . l~~i,tS I <1._tlSt RACE CAR FABRICATION Eddie ROLL CAGES • ALUMINUM WORK TUBE BENDING • HELIARC 1045 W. Collins Ave., #0 Orange, CA 92867 11:a RA(IN, lff. FVEl.t• FUELS & LUBRICANTS CO. BRUCE CONRAD 1537 E. Del Amo Blvd Carson, CA 90746 Phone: (310)603-2200 FAX: {310) 603-2257 CUSTOM TOOLING - PRODUCTION -REPAIR FIBERGLASS KEVLAR CARBON FIBER CHUCK GUY PH 619 76~941' 39225 Jewell Valley Way - Boulevard, Ca 91905 25 years experience 4-08.365.9700 3006 Colina Verde Lane Jamul, California 91935 ~lfsystems'" BY RAFFO RACING LTD. 810A S. ARTHUR AVE. ARLINGTON HTS., IL 60005 PHONE:(708)259-3810 FAX:(708)259-9705 THE BEST AIR SYSTEMS IN RACING YOU CAN BUY! (619) 669-4727 Doug Fortin FRISK FAS Custom Metal Fabrication Design • Development • Production Trophy Truck Technology .... Affordable Price. 20 Years Off Road Racing Experience. • Crew Chief/ De~ · /cfatilitMJ>r;;,$imon & Simon, Nelson & Nelson alket Evall$ !;lacing. ",,' ... , . • 1992 Baja 1000 over1111 4-WbeeJ Ve · Je Champion ,;1fl • ~ tfraight SCORE/HDf'tA Champtori . . ,Y' ,/ • ill over 17 ~a!ia:Ciit~ & TrucJ<f' + e C S ,1 Fab [Hop ir True.ks • Pnt Runne • ATV's • 2 & 4 W Servlees Offer • CU$loQJ Welding: Mig, Tig, & Arc.'-Tube~ding • Sh~et Metaf Work • Production Runs • Ma~hine Work • Eleci~ica(Wiring • Complete Race Prep. With all our years of racing experience and working with the best, we're !!l!1 just another Fab Shop! Call Today ! Ed Frisk (909) 693-9333 • Fax (909) 676-1859 NOW YOU CAN GET THE RACING GfARS THE WINNERS ARE USING ;nlij FTC Racing Equipment, Inc. 31790 Groesbeck Hwy. Fraser, Ml 48026 (810) 294-5858 Fex (810) 293-0736 Temecula, CA ------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 . ............ ,ff ~ call (8001433-6524 ~ Call or write for our FREE Catalog Aircraft Rubber Ma•1fact1rlng, l■c. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 U.S.A. Ph (714) 842-2211 Fx (714) 842-6622. .. GlllSSWOAKS .,____ ______ ~ Unllmlted Design Graphite/ Cabon A & D Services Custom fiberglass Fabrication 18101 Redondo Cirde, Unit T Huntington Beoch, CA 92648 (714) 841-8814 ,,.

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MACHINE WORKS High Performance & Suspension Parts BIiiet 4WD Yoke Axles - 4 Pinion Dlffs Front & Rear Floater Hubs -300M U-Jolnts Sway Bars -Ball Joints -VW Stub Axles Running Springs, ca (909) 867-4656 l HPE~~GJa1!!&~~~1!? J~ ~am11it Cf~ • *NO MINIMUM *DEAi.ER INQVJRIES WELCOME "MP.OE \N "l'HE USA *CALL FOR FREE CATALOG . --·11H1 'MARTENS R\VER C\RCLE "A" 714-979-6\'>31 ,FOUNTAIN VALLEY CA. 92708 'FAX :71-+•979-5953 , .-~-~--.-.. \' _' , • · MANIJFACTUl!EllS 01': llllAKE ANll Cl,UTCII ASS Y __ l"Et!Fl'R\l-\NCEPMCUCIS' MASTER C\'l,l_NOERS ' Sl,AVE CYl, I NOEllS > l'tlllN I NG h STM.J NG lll!AKES .sn1i:r.i;;ns AVAILAlll, E AT l'INEH SPEr.t-At,"TY SIIOP~ DEAL.Im. I NQtlll l r,:s WEl,COlll.c 570 CENTRAL AVENUE ~--~' BLDGC LAKE ELSINORE, CA.92530 '. _ ~ ' . ,PfRFORMANCEPROOUCrs 909-245-6050 FAX 909-245-6052 ' ' · JAMES GANG RACING PRODUCTS ARLINQTON SHEET MET AL CORP. 13424 lmpnial 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 J·oe Giffin Phone (310) 921-2693 Fax (310) 926-0699_ JG TRANSWERKS 'Go with a Proven Winner· Deserl, Short Course & Street VW Racing Transmissions Owner James Hall 1509 N. Kraemer, Unil 0 Anaheim, California 92806 (714} 632-1240 · JIMCO 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 920.:1 MIKE JULSON JOHN COOLEY RACE CAR/PRE-RUNNER PREP & FABRICATION CUSTOM TRAILERS Ruis Jonss Moton,pons CUSTOM FABRICATION 138 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE SANTA BARBARA, CA 93117 Shop: (805) 968-1067 Fax: (805) 968-3438 V1Sa & MIC 1, Gauge Assemblies _.ON K.■NN• Racer Discourit!: 09-F N. Lakeview Ave• Placentia, CA 92670 Tel/Fax 714--779-2316 KAL OFFROAD RACING (805) 238-5731 103 Capitol Hill Drive Paso Robles CA. 93446 HONDA .. Equipment OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 POWER E STEERING THOMAS C:. LEE ART KAWAGUCHI FAX (213) 264-2136 (ZJJ) 264-~8~8 LEE MFG. CO. 1·1661 PENDLETON STREET SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 {818j 768-0371 A full line of Po>Ner Steering gear::, pumps ano acc>1ssoriet for ar:11 type of racing. LIN CO TEMPERATURE STRIPS Easy to use, inexpensive & accurate! All slrips are self adhesive and labeled in Fahrenheij and Celsius. Strips are $2.00 each or $1. 75 each over ten. For a FREE brochure or to order, contact: LINCO 13337 E. South St., #344 Cenitos, CA 9070 I Phone/Fax: (714) 821-6542 Engineering REVERSIBLE STj'llPS allow constant te,mperature monitor-ing Ranges from 32 to 194 F IRREVERSIBLE STRIPS record the maximum temperature reached of the item they are applied to. Ranges from 120° to sss•F. • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 416 FLEETWOOD GLENDORA, CA 91740 .818-85J~_RACE 818-852-8852F AX KENT LOTHRINGER Assembly-Machine Work ,Parts , Engine Dyno Fadllty 10722 Kenney Street, Suite C Santee. CA 92071 619-596-0886 619-596-0625F AX KenM~ PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS • "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 236<5 E. Orangethorpc Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tel ('714) 44l-12i2 Fa.x(714) 441-1622 MENDEOLA RACING Volkswagen -Porsche -Hewland Off-Road & Stadium Racing Transmissions Parts & Service \ 290 TROUSDALE #I&J CHULA VISTA CA 91910 _ Magn;,flux ,and Zyglo laciHti.:a 619-69_1-1000 FA .. X 619-691-1324 H------~........_,......_ ______ d_va_iif:,.!)...;~:....· ......;.. _ _... __ -""'-'-+--..;.._----------------~~ -800-533-7696 Wrangler a Grand ChlfOuo eddre .. Col'( OFFROADSHOCKSER~CE JERRY LEIGHTON EIGHTON RACING BILSTEIN * .-=ox * MOTORCYCLc 15454 EL CENTRO ROAD - _ 619-244-907Si _HESPERJA._CA 92345 MITflllVORK~ ■ DESIGN ■ DEVELOPMENT ■ PRODUCTION • m I » u.'L/.-~.-~. / ~ R~ j),jll. ! ~ U) ~,r-r;r 7. ! s:: ■ Pre Rvnners • Alvmlnvm Bodies ,I Oas/Jes z ~ R~f44/ ~ ~ (909) 877-2923 ~ ~ 1245 N. Fiizgerold Ave. Suite 107 ~ ~c_ ____ R_~_tt_o_,_c_o_lU_~_n_i_o_~_3_7_6 ___ _ ~o ~ ■ M I G WELDING ■ HELIARC WELDING ■ ~

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MESSICK RACING PHOTOS ,. ETAL SPIN.HING fL.~ .. ~ ~ I • ' .! J'~ \ \ . . , ~RftALL.JNDUSTRIES C~II (310) 928-9838 SUNDRY METAL CRAFTS ·.\ s.~:i:6 i l J8E , .... ;, :· LA~!t,Fr; ~ =LANGED DISC 6729 Suva St. Bel! Gardens, CA 90201 805-940-5515. OFF ROAD CHASSIS tffn~nee ~-inf/ BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA Complete Off Road Preparation FOR TRUCKS, VANS & MINI TRUCKS PRE-RUN TRUCKS • CUSTOM SUSPENSION AXLE SERVICE • WELDING & FABRICATIO N Bill Montague Est. 1974 (714) 761-9460 PARKER PUMPER HAROLD NICKS= HELMET = 10427 SAN SEVAINE WAY SUITE L MIRA LOMA, CA 91752 COMPANY BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON HELMETS IN STOCK WIRiNG FOR RADIO &/OR INTERCOM STIU. ONLY S 125. 2888 GUNDRY AVE. SIGNAL HILL, CA 90806 310-427-8177 f 800-869-5636 A High Performance VS Race Truck Series "The True Driver's Class" Tel. 619.449.6252 Fax 619.449.6470 9419 Abraham V.ay, Ste. B Santee, CA 9 2071-2584 1-800-929-43&0 RACESHOCK R)iVRACINl3 ~SHOCKS OFF·ROAD ~RACINO ':.t,IQASOLIN._ BOGART'-· ~7(/~ , • Off-road products and services for recreational and racing applications • Shock services for rebuilding and application assistance • Sales of new & pre-owned suspension components • We take trade-ins LEE FINKE 1711 WEST CULVER #1 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 A'ARACING ~GASOLINE TEL: (602) 254-0744 FAX: (602) 493-b975 MOBILE: (602) 376-0944 "100, 110.114. 118" methanol & nitre Steve Poole C. L. Bryant, Inc. · On-Site Fuel Distribution Jerry Penhall s~ ~ . handling & storage Equip. 714 • 650 • 3035 13415 Carmenita Rd. Fox 714 • 650 • 4721 Sante Fe Springs, CA 90670 1660 Babcock Bldg. #8 Phone (310) 802-8913 fax (310) 802-0274 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 ·--------------------1 OFF-ROAD PORSCHE TRANSAXLES . ENGINES:x~.Porsche (911) 2.0-$2295 2.4-$2695 2.7-$2995. 3.0-$31_95j 930 4-SPEED & 650 5-SPEED : 3,2-$3695 3,6-$4995 Turbo 3.0-$3995 3.3-$4495· G~:as· COMPONENTS, COMPLETE TRANSAXLES ..... •.•~cD •••• •••• • • • • : Engines are rebuit to exacting standards developed 011 IVE YEARS TESTING 50 TRANSAXLES WITH NO PINION i the rac e tracks of California . Racing upgrades avallablel OR GEAR BREAKAGE (SUPER-STRONG HELICAL GEARS) '"Largest" Porsche rebuilder in U.SA. • SYNCHR.OMESH OR DOG-CHANGE (CRASHBOX) OPTION . •HEAVY-DUTY DIFFS, SIDE COVERS, AND BRG. RETAINERSI RACE CAR DYNAMICS OFF ROAD RACE CARS a • 4s-; t A 1 • • ., ., 4 A • 1490 HENRY. BRENNAN DR., EL PASO, TX 79936 [941 ~] '857-5200 Race Car Chassis Race ·Car Par:ts R Aluminum bodies <Oild 1/2-1600 Mc;,tors B And Trans· . -uggy Custom Machine . Work & Fabrication S 1mppRy 2?25 E. 16~}_1 St.• Yuma, Az. 853_65 :, ~2) 783-6265 •: 1(800)231-8156 I 930 LOWEST: 3.44 x 2.15 x 1.74 x 1.41 R&P 4.22, 4.86 650 BEST : 4.00 x 2.92 x 2.20 x 1.76 x 1.47 R&P 3.44, 4. FOR INFO PACK & UST OF EXPERIENCED SHOPS PHONE OR FAX (808) 878-6812 (~ -; Fralcv's PC"rf orni.ancc E~gine('1°fug * AD Types ol Steel U Aluminum Fawication * Tube Beadinc • Almain-u Steel W.ldine * Custom Machin• Work • AD Types ol Race Cars 1831 W. namin10 lld. Las Veps. NV 89H:S Bruce Fraley (7e:z):s....-ss ~\l\> stuh ti ~ ~ Todd Francl• ~ P11ci1i11 llloy, 1,/d, flt. 700 N.E. 117th Street ~ ~ Vancouver, WA 98N5-$ ;Q » Phone . ~'1,t/ ~•~ _ F~ 360-574-5474 on & 36~576-1109 I 3552 FOWLER CYN RO. JAMUL, CA 91935 PH. CB19J 440-2B14 FAX CB 191 5SS-4237 JIM ASBURY RACING TRANSAXLES 1700 EAST MAIN ST. EL CAJON. CA 92021 CHRIS ROSE 1619I 443-2480 --------------------t LAURA RICHARD S. B. ENGINEERING "SUPER BOOT" HCR66, BOX 11030 PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV 89041 (702) 372-5335

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TIM CECIL 849 Lambert • Brea, CA 92621 (714) 447-3581 Fax (714) 672-9246 i §V~W ~§~~ -==~tt~ I~ ~J _.~=== 5101 GALWAY CR., HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 ,714) 897-0075 . FAX (714) 894-9567 Jl! SITT s~s · IWlNERS. WltOON LETTEllt#J . CM lfTIERING. GRAOOS ~ s~e~e~ &~to,'U/iH, ettdom, ~ '8dt PtatD-45-410 # 10 ~ St. 619-347-5052 1~. eA 92201 15855 Dell View Rd. El Cajon, California 92021 Steve Spirkoff/Owner 619/561-2913 El Centro, CA ...................... 800-989-4645 El C~ion, CA ....................... 800-458-2711 Indio, CA. ............................ 800-989-3278 Lancru.ter, 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 ....................... 818-786-81801 Riverside, CA. ...................... 909-877-0226 All other inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P. 0. Box 610, Long Beach, CA 90801 310-518-7318 [f!JJf!fJJO (213)583-2404 SANQER_S SERVICE, tNC: · METAL PROCESSfN.G ~921 Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL FLOUFlESCENT INSPECTiON Mark Smith Larry Smith I Jtf/v.1art f . . . )<J ::: '--=--- · ---=-~ ----....;::__ -.......:::::::--=-- '~ '-:..--=:::,---== Custom Preparation & Fabrication Race Trucks • Buggies • Pre-Runners (619) 449~9728 FAX (619) 449~26 78 94 19 Abraham Way, Suite "A", Santee, CA 92071 ----------Ent ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING 31510 223rd Street East Llano, CA 93544 · 805-261-3202 OFF ROAD RACING SPECIALISTS WEI.DING • FABRICA TCJN • FLAME CUTTING • FROVT ENDS • REAR TRAIUNG ARMS RACEG-IASSIS • PRERUNNERS • FOXRAGNGSHCIX 13450YNAMICS. UN/TO ANAHEIM, C4 92806 LARRY ROSEVEAR PHONE {714} 996-6260 FAX {714)996-6405 /?ACE TT(ANS BY JEFF FIEIJ)'S TRfiNSfiXLE ·ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD 818·998-2739 9833 Deering UnltH Chatsworth, CA 91311 TRANSMISSIONS WEST -Spscia/lzlng iJ High Pert. T ransa,clss ~ . vw • PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WERACE WHAT WE SEU. (800) 435-0416 • (310) 782-2413 22545 S. Normandie • Torrance, CA 90501 TS PERFORMANCE AND REPAIR Fox Shox Service • Crankshaft Rebuilding 2·Stroke Engine Service • Cylinder Re-Chrome Cylinder Boring • Porting • Carburetion 1191 Drager Rd. Eagle River, WI 54521 TONY SWIONTEK 715-479-6681 So. Cal. Distributors • (310) 928-2278 Lyn, Gordon. or Mike (UJtlP] 619/449-9690 UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10223PROSPECT AVENUE SANTEE. CA 92071 CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEAMER SYSTEMS FULL LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR ALL TYPES OF RACING-& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHO? (TABS, BRACKETS, BODIES, ETC.) BRUCE HENDEL Regional Manager VP Racing Fuels, West Coast P.O. Box 1319 34283 Monte Vista Wilqomar, CA 92595 Phone: (909) 67 4-9167 Fax: (909) 674-7367 Pager: (909) 694-7392 Performance Camshafts Automotive • A TV • Motorcycle 1815 Massachusetts Ave 909/369-5144 Riverside, CA 92507 Fax 909/369-7266

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~-1HEUVINK CONSULTING f>tJlll It: flEI.ATIONS & MARKHIN<; l Get the word out about your business, big or small. Eo HEuvtNK MEDIACENTRUM UTRECHT HENOEVELJ)STRAAT 1,t416, 3571 KH lJTRECll'l' TIIE ,Nl:TIIERLANDS TEL. 030-2722133, F'AX 030-27226;\2 Monn,E 06-5~25:\588. HoMEIPRIVlo~.030-2Z1,._l)J1'5 Ott Raad Race Truclfs • Pre Runners Chassis Design • Engineering • Fabrication Dale White Racing 10Z·B11-1661 Put your business card in the "GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY" and reach new cU&tomen .. G~ Stuff Directory Ads are merely,$:25. ,00 per month. Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service . PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C. JACOBS PRESIDENT 900 STP.TE M!LI. ROAD AKkON. OHIO 443 19 330-644-77 T4 Off Road Products Front and Rear Tramng Nms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W. Missouri ·Phoenix. Al. 850 I 7 Jack Woods (602) 242-0077 3940 M;,r;,n;,tha Circle Las Vegas. NV 89103 535 East Central Park Anaheim, CA 92802 714-956-9457 PERRISRNALE (continued from page 26) his first moto fourth finish dropped him to second overall for the day. Kyle Vestermark earned the top dollars with his 1-3 moto finishes. Gary Williams was third and Eddie Lynch fourth ahead of John Whelchel. In the Class 5-1600 battle George Seeley Jr. and Cain Smead teamed together to steal both vic-tories of the two race format. They jumped out early in the first moto and never looked back. The second moto saw the pair earn their take home pay after getting off to a poor start. In the second moto Carlos Zuniga was the quickest off the line with Seeley /Smead trailing. Zuniga had finished the first race in second and appeared to have hopes of winning the second round. Zuniga held the position for seven laps. Seeley and Smead were able to pressure the leader at times throughout the moto then once a~ound pulled ahead for the win. In the first moto Paul Borio was able to take the third spot with Michael Callaway and Jason Car-rol in fourth. In the second moto Borio DNF early and the team of Callaway and Carroll broke a steering arm on the last lap to earn third overall for the day. Borio was fourth. In the Class 11 action the first moto battle was between Dennis · Sletten and Odie Muno: with Sletten taking the victory. Robert Henderson held third and the team of Tom Haliburda and Jeff Dunbar were fourth. Jason Batulis was fifth. In the second moto things got heated up as a three way battle for the lead ensued between Sletten, Munoz and Henderson. Hender-son had taken the early lead with Muno: dogging his every move. And running in the shadow of Munoz was Sletten. Munoz trailed Henderson for four laps before making his move at the finish line. Henderson could feel the pressure of Muno: and took the finish line jump a little too hard and flatted his right rear tire. With little driv-ing traction Muno: was simply able to drive by the crippled Henderson, right in front of the crowd. Henderson began loosing Dusty Times ground and Sletten too was able to drive past on the same lap. Slet-ten closed in on Munoz but saw his rival cross the checkered before him. Henderson finally threw the tire off the rim and was able to get a good drive going again to earn third. Fourth was the team of Tom and Kayce Preston. Halibu:-da and Dunbar had rolled earl>' but got underway to finish fifth. For the overall cash Odie Munoz went out to enjoy a steak and Sletten had to settle for flip-ping hamburgers on the grill at home. Pro ATV action kept the spec-ta tors attention as Marcus Ehrhardt tried to fend off the advances of Scott Butler. Ehr-hardt jump<'d out the early leader with Butler glued to his fender. The two battl d throughout the moto with Ehrhardt proving to be faster but lapped traffic did him in with only two laps to go. Butler read the slower traffic and moved to the outside to steal the win. Ehrhardt held the second spot with third going to Steve Owens. Adam Campbell managed fourth and fifth was Brent Spooner. In the second moto a four bike crash happened going into lap two right at the starting line jump causing a red flag. Mato one -winner Scott Butler was involved and did not come back out. Adam Campbell also was unable to come back for the re-start. Once underway Ehrhardt was able to take a comfortable win, and the overall, with Owens second ahead of Spooner. The Sportsman A TV class saw David Baryos win moto one. Baryos was involved in the second moto crash and had to be trans-ported for some collar bone x-rays. Rich Y akkey came out in the second moto ready to roll and made an easy looking win of the event. His fourth place finish in moto one accumulated to earn him the overall spot. Second overall went to Dean Bassett after scoring a 7-2 day. Third overall was Mike Schlumberger who fin-ished third in the second moto and sixth in the first moto. Only three 1-2 1600 cars lined up. Rick Boyer managed to steal the win after Steve Bishop had one of those days. Bishop was leading the first moto with Boyer in hot pursuit. Bishop came up on lapped traffic with only two laps to go. After what looked like a clean pass Bishop either pulled in to quick or the lapper couldn't get the brakes quick enough. Wha-tever the cause Bishop got spun out. Boyer was caught up in the accident but was able to get going and take the win. Bishop fired up and managed second with Dan Mathews taking third. In the second moto Bishop again hole shot with Boyer on his tail. Bishop held the lead for two laps but cut a right hander a little too tight and caught his right front wheel on the barrier. Boyer again was right there to take advantage of Bishop's misfortune. Mathews also managed to get past Bishop who had to settle for third. So the overall went to Boyer with Mathews then Bishop. The 1-2-1600 Desert race was THE scored separately. Doug Goode-nough topped the competition in the first moto. Gary Bussjaeger managed to take the second spot with John Hicks third. In the second moto Red Burgin, who DNF the first moto, took off early and went on for the win. Buss-jaeger repeated his second placing which earned him first overall. Goodenough was third in the moto and took home the second place money. Burgin's poor first moto placed him in third overall. John Hicks was fourth. A small Class 7 field was cham-pioned hy Dean Williams. Willi-ams didn't get an easy win as he had trouble in the first moto with Scott Sells. Sells had to follow · Williams around lap after lap in moto one but managed to sneak inside on the bil! sweeper to take WRIGHT 9420 Flinn Springs Ln. PLACE El Cajon, ~II e20i1 INC-December 1996 the lead. Once out front Sells pulled from Williams. Chris Roberts was third. In the second race Williams put the pedal down early. Sells pulled up to challenge on a couple of occasions but Williams kept him at bay for the win. The second moto win earned Williams the overall wth Sells taking second over C hris Roberts. Fourth was Tim Carroll. Martin Gill dominated the Class 9 competitors. Gill took off from the starting line and never looked hack. Had he peered over his shoulder he would have noticed Pete Saldana trailing in hoth motos. John Kelly and Derek Ahern teamed up to take the third overall spot even though they couldn't make the second race. Page 53

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_Classified ••• FOR SALE: Ra;~co Two. seater, Fat type IV 2666cc, single carb. Bus trans w/091 Henry super cliff, Hewland gears and Curnutt Torque limiters. Fox coilover front end, 14" travel. All Fox rear, 21" travel, SAW primary & secondary torsions, Summers Bros. outboard hubs & axles. UMP Power steering, Pumper, etc. Completely prepped. $13,000.00 or will trade. Call Tom (310) 427-2779 or (310) 430-2884. FOR SALE: 1988 36' Interna-tional T raosporter: Professionally built, 7 .3 ltr. turbo diesel, 5 plus 2 trans, only 18K miles. Livingqtrs-11 ', shower, bed, complete kitchen, AIC, heat, 140. gal. fresh, CD stereo. Car area-17', hardwood floor winch, alum. ramps, cabinets, locker, tire rack. Honda 6.5 kw gen. on sliders. 36' x 15.' alum. fully encl. canopy, elec. outlets & lights inside/ out, alarm, tow package. Imron paint, belly boxes wltons of storage. Excellentcond. garage, very trick, reg. as R.V. Sacrifice ${lK-or wiff trade for nice motorhome, call Todd at (702) 348-7812. MUST SELL: '83-'91 Ranger, Custom Glass, VERY clean: 4 cyl, 4 wheel disc, 4 speed full cage, birchen dash, Mastercraft seats, Simpson, BFG 32xl 1.50, Auto-meter, 28 tank, Baja Brokers Ref# 518 ( 619) 723-2117. IVAN's PRERUNNER!! Toyota -4 runner and Ford Ranger Combo, Built by Spirit w/ Bil-stei ns, National Springs, 9" Rearend, 302ci VS Motor, Doug Nash 5 sp, Autometer, Depend-able and lots of Spares!! Baja Brokers Ref #526 (619) 723-2117. $30,000.00. FOR SALE: Hot and Wild Trophy-Truck!! RCR 's Racing ex-Robby Gordon Truck with 650+ Ford SVO Motor Mogi C-6, 26" front 28" rear travel, by pass shocks, Chrissman rear-end 13" disc with CNC Billet caliper. This is it!! $89k Truck only. : Enormous amount of spares available. Ref #492 Contact Baja Brokers (619) 723-2117. FOR SALE: 92-96 Ford Class 4 18. Ready to race. 650hp Parabok built, 430 small block. Coilover Kuster front, Air bumps, ¼ elliptic Kuster rear. Mogi c6, Cone 9'.' w/40 spline. Ump ram, all Chromoly, $35,000.00 oho ( 619) 454-8979. FOR SALE: '93 Jeep Grand Comanche PU truck. 2wd, long wheel base, 4.0 hd motor, 5 sp, #44 rear end w/Summer Bros. spool, Richmand 4:56 pro gears, full cage, new Baja T I As, Ultra Whls, seats, cell etc. Eng/ trans have 3k orig miles, rear end & suspension have 0 miles. You finish $4,300.00 we finish, wl paint $6,900.00 Mitch (310) 423-1373. FOR SALE: Awesome Trophy-Truck, thousands in spares, Former Robby Gordon Frank Vessel, 38" rear 32" front travel with the best of everything. This truck is a winner. Could be made Class 8 legal. 90K or will consider trade for real estate or!! Contact Baja Brokers (619) 723-2117. FOR SALE: 1993 Raceco 2-1600, built with onl y the hest top dollar parts and components available. Everything in excellent condition. Must see. Call for full details. 1995 SCORE third place points champion. Call for full details $12,900.00, (619) 655-5770 (619) 679-9786. FOR SALE: Class I O/Super 1600 Fuoco 1641 cc short rnurs Bus Box tran, Class champion Glen Helen 95, ready to race $4,500.00 Tim Highfill (619) 329-3063. FOR SALE: F&S Dry~';11 Chenowth Mini Mag -VORRA 1995 Class 1 unlimited desert Class Champion, full A-arm suspension, 2 .0 Fox reservoir Shox, Ump Air Filter, Fox Bump Shox, Aluminum radiator & Fan Flame-out fire system, quick release steering, Billet rear hubs, Sway-A-Way axles, Centerlines wl new tires. Car is race prepped & too manv parts to list. Price $9.000.00 or best offer or part trade. (209) 368-2744, ask for Mike or Floyd Pass. FOR SALE: 1984 Honda 200m $1,000.00 . 1984 Honda 200s · · $1,000.00 Both bikes are in great shape. Perfect for pits. Tags are current thru mid '97. (310) 868-5768. •.. .., MIRAGE or RACECO or both! '92 Class 10 - 1 seat Mirage, Hewland, FGB & Type 1 engine Summers Hubs, Fox, Saco coils, BFGs. Ref #510 $20,000.00 -or-'88 Raceco Class 2 pre-run Toyota 22R & Bus Box, Fox, c.v. clutches, CNC, coilover, Super Nice! Comes with trailer for $15,000.00 Ref #511 or by both well prepped beasts for $30,000.00 all spares included!! Baja Brokers (619) 723-2117. f> r fill£, FOR SALE: Class 9 Chal!eng~r, 2 seat, Chenowth Chromoly frame, Pumper system $3,000.00 oho. ALSO Class 1-2-1600, race ready, power steering $4,000.00 (310) 690-6666 . WANTED: Crew chief and/or Team manager for growing, championship, mid-west off-road racing team. Leaders who want to work hard and win should send their resume, job interests and salary requirements to Dept. MWORR 20751 Marilla Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. ALSO looking for mechan-ic /fabricator. NO PHONE CALLS ACCEPTED. r~~--~~~~~~~-~~~-~----------~~~----~--~------~~-, I Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in i I I I I I I I I I I I DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $20 for 45 words each t11onth, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum .size 5x7 NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. . REMEMBER .. CLASSIFIED AD SPACE IS LIMITED -YOUR AD nmY BE Pi.TT OFF ONE ISSUE IF NOT RECENED IN A TIMELY MANNER! -------I I FOR SALE: 24 ft Wells Cargo enclosed car trailer, 7 ft 6 inches . high and wide. Electric brake, Beaver tail rear door, side window, roll out awning. side door, cabinets, asking $6,500.00 Call (715) 369-2088. FOR SALE: Class 9 Challenger single seater. Fresh engine and close ratio gears trans. Pumper system, fuel cell Fox Shox, Mickey Thompson tires, Master Craft Seat. Ready to Race $3,500.00. Call Dennis (702) ,254-7041. SPECIAL ON 2 Nissans: ( 1) Class 7 and ( 1) Class 7S both for the price of one! Ex-Mears truck, super history, multi winner, Summers Bros, Big Travel, bypass shocks, coil over, tons of spares, excellent maintenance, extra engine and ( 1) extra awesome C lass 7S. Completely prepped and ready 2 car package for $60,000.00 oho Bai a Brokers Ref #s 509 and 422 (619) 723-2117. FOR SALE: SODA Class 4 Chevy Truck. 650 hp, small block, American Racing Wheels BFG's, Extra fiberglass and molds, Parker Pumper, Fox Shox, ATO tranny, 3600 lbs, light-weight and fast. Asking $18,000.00 oho Race ready with spares Call (715) 369-5000. FOR SALE 92 Chenowth Class 10, Mendeola trans, Major D-stroke motor Bilstein, CNC , Mastercraft & more. Proven finisher and winner, 1992 SCORE overall champion Car fully prepared and race ready. $13,500.00 oho Call Steve ( 619) 530-4920. I I I I I I I I I Enclosed is $ ____ _ (Send check or money order, no cash). Please run ad _______ times. Name---------------------------------Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla Street Chatsworth,. CAf91311-4408 I FOR SALE: Terrible Herbst I Class 1 Buggy, Porsche 3.8 liter, f Auto Trans, 1996 Baja 500 I winner!!! Too large inventory to I list spares. Call for fax list. $75,000.00 (714) 841-0563, l (714) 841-0593 Fax. Address ______________________ Phone _______ _ 1.irv · State Zio Pagc54 December 1996

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4 FOR SALE: 93 Chenowth Two seat Class 1 or great pre-runner. Car has less than 2000 miles pre-running on it. Fortin DG300 Major 2240cc Motor, Bilsteins, CNC, Taylor seats, Flameout, Wright Place, super clean car!! Fully prepared from bumper to hymper w i t h :era miles. $ 1 /-1 ,500 .00 oho Call Steve ( 619) 530-4920. FOR SALE: Chrisman chromoly 9" rear end housing with spindles, no gears $300 .00 KUSTER AIRJACKS like new $1 ,500.00. ALUMINUM RADIATORS $125.00 each. Call Jim Brown (909) 381--4088 Tue-Fri 9am to 4pm. FOR SALE: 1996 Pace 28' enclosed trailer, white w I stainless steel & alum. diamond plate, perfect cond. wlonly 2k mi., electric power brake, 7ft ceiling height CD player w/20 wt amp stereo system, custom cabinets, alum. work bench, smooth alum. insulated interior, E-track mounts, flourescent lighting. 110 outlets (inside & out), power breaker box, alum. diamond plate floor, 4'x8' side door, 500wt recessed outside lights, spare tire, batteries, rear loading light, roof vents, floor tie down mounts, and more. $11,900.00. Call ( 408) 848-1020 and leave message. FOR SALE: Nice 2-seat Class 9. Built hy Jimco and in EXCEL-LENT condition!!! Fox Shocks, 1600cc VW engine hy Arm-strong. Only races 11 times and 3 times in the last 2 years. Everything Fresh including tranny. Great way to start racing! HOT DEAL!!! $6,500.00!!! Baja Brokers Ref #529. (619) 723-2117. FOR SALE: 7S 1993 Ford Ranger, Roush motor, Steel rods, Billet crank, Chromoly cage, LeDuc Lightening rod shocks, Alum 9" floater C4 Auto, Lee, Beard, Fuel Safe, 8 Beadlocks with Tires, Race ready, with Man y extras, must sell, $22,000.00. Call (608) 845-9354 (CST). FOR SALE: 5 Unlimited Pre-Runner, Seamless Chassis built by DG Racing. Power Steering, Wright Rack , Bilstein shocks, Removable sedan body, Type 3 brakes, turning brake. Fuel Safe, Ump, JG Bus Trans, all Hewland gears, fresh 2074. Priced for quick sale. $6,500.00 complete or $4,000.00 less engine & trans. Firm, serious inquiries only. Call Dave (619) 365-7188. FOR SALE: BEAUTIFUL 4-SEATER!!! Built by Foddrill with Chevy V-6. Coil Over Fox Suspension, SAW axles w/Sum-mers Stubs, Bus 5-Speed wl lock-er. Porsche c.v.s, Full windshield, Brakes, Tail lights & turn signals. The best one we've seen!!! Baja Brokers Ref #532. $21,000.00 or make offer (619) 723-2117. FOR SALE: 1989 Honda Pilot -New ported CW racing motor stage 4, new bottom end, new tires & extra rims, new Simpson · belts, Tach & Pyrometer, Mikuni carb, after market pipe & quick shift clutch $5,000.00 obo Mike (510)680-1187. FOR SALE: '95 Jimco 2-1600 car. Like new 6 races with 3 wins, all the best stuff. Race ready, Major Motor, Mendeola trans. Fox, Ump, 6 spares, 2 radios, extra parts, 2 quick jacks, $18,000.00 obo ( 619) 442-07 39. FOR SALE: 1994 Bunderson 1-1600 New Hatz motor, new Pyramid Trans w /FTC gears, 300m bars, Fox Shox w/ Bunder-son sieves, Tubular rear arms, Wright front end, Charlyn, 25 gal Fuel Safe. Very fast and light. Best of everything, no expense spared, p repped and race ready. $12,500.00 obo. Ted (702) 592-6065 Scott (702) 362--8688. FOR SALE: '93 Chenowth 11 7" Fresh 1776, Bus, Saginaw, Fox, 300m bars, axle. Chenowth rear hubs, stub. 26 gal fuel safe, flame out approx 4000 miles, no cracks lite and race ready w /spares $16,000.00 James Martin Odessa TX (915) 366-1000, (916) 366-7024. GET SPONSORS!!! Learn to Raise funds for Racing. Find out what corporate marketing manag-ers Look For! Info on major sponsorship programs, sample proposals, everything you need to retain national and regional sponsors. What you learn could be worth $1,000s. For a complete kit, Send a check for $24.95 to TM Media 10065 Pico Vista Rd., Downey, CA 90240. FOR SALE: 4 New Fat Class 10 Rabbit race engines, 3 for desert, 1 for short course. All have carbs, intakes, exhaust, alternators, PS mounts, flywheels, etched cranks, etc: 2 engines have Carillo Rods, engines have best of everything from Fat Performance $3,500.00 to $4,500.00. Call Kevin McM ul-1 en Racing (602) 334-0096 phone or fax or voice pager ( 602 )° 409-2526. JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Leading manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor industry has the following full-time opportun-ities: FIELD SER VICE TECH-NICIAN (Portland, Oregon; San Jose, CA) -Will handle equip-ment installation, upkeep, and customer service. Must have mechanical, e lectrical, and pneumatics related experience. Good communication skills and ability to work independently. METAL FABRICATOR -Will construct steel frames, fixtures and specialized stainless steel components. Mig and Tig welding and some machining. Must have quality welding experience. If you are a motivated self starter looking for an opportunity in a growing company, please call or send resume to SEMICON-DUCTOR PROCESS EQUIP-MENT CORP. 25167 Anza Dr., Valencia, CA 91355, Attn: Kevin McGillivray or Judy Panico(805) 257-0934. RACE PARTS FOR SALE: Foddrill spindles - Large King Kong 2 degree w / double shear tie rod gusset. Like new $500.00 Beard seats (two) $175.00. 930 c.v.s $25.00 each. 4:86 ring & pinion, used $250.00 (714) 642-5158. FOR SALE: Street legal fiberglass CJ7, 514 cu. inch. 4 wheel independent suspension with in board discs & 18 inches of wheel travel front and back. Ride height & softness adjustable from drivers seat from stock to 21 inches cliff. clearance. Tubular ch~omoly frame, cage & bump-ers. Fox, Autometer, Beard, Wilwood, Warn 9000, Alum-inum Rad, Beadlocks, MSD, K&N & much, much more. Traffic stopper with unbelievable performance at highspeed or rock crawling. $59,000.00 (604) 763-0610. FOR SALE: Jimco Sale '95 Class 10 A-arm New trans & motor & power steering unit by UMP $30,000.00 or best. ALSO FOR SALE: JIMCO '96 Class 1-1600 Hatz motor Mendeola trans, comes with trailer & spares. $15,000.00 or best. Call Victor at (619) 422-5674 or (619) 428-2824. ----FOR SALE: Buy Entire Race Team/For Pennies on the Dollar -Tractor-Trailer 1996 SODA Class 8 Ford, lots of spare parts. $40,000.00. Will separate. Call for info ( 414) 835--4800 eves. Chuck/ Bob. December 1996 INTRODUCING: THE SEC-OND LAP and BAJA RACING PRODUCTS!!! The Second Lap is your first stop for used race car parts! Baja Racing Products, specializing in Fiberglass and all new racing parts. Located in Fallbrook, CA. Call for more info (619) 723-2117. ======= FOR SALE: Off Road desert Pre-Runner, 1600cc VW engine, stock swing axle, Dick Cepeck tires, KC Lights, KYB shocks, Re-built carburetor, New battery, New starter - Includes 10 foot single axle trailer, $2,000.00 obo (909) 682--4475. FOR SALE: Hew land - FGB Class 10 gear ratio - fresh rebuild -$3,500.00. ALSO: Rabbit short course motor -rev power $3,000.00. ALSO: Short course bus trans $1500 .00. ALSO: CNC disc brakes. ALSO: VW 1650 air cooled motor $1,000.00 ( 602) 582-2499. FOR SALE: SODA legal 1-2-1600 Probst-Berrien Lazer. 1 Fat motor O miles, 2 trannys, BFGs on Centerlines, Fox, Beard, Neal pedals, some spares. ALSO have 2 year old trailer made for car with toolbox and ramps. $6,000.00 or $6,500.00 for both. Call Michigan (906) 466-2355 days, Brad or (906) 466-1914 Evenings Todd. FOR SALE: MAGNAFLUX-Mag 11-50 1000 amp wet method machine. Completely rebuilt and certified in 1996. Perfect for small race shop. $3,000.00 firm. (213) 684-2329 ext 133 Kim. FOR SALE: Custom built Pre-Runner Bumper - has thru the grill bars, with aluminum skid plate. Fits 89-92 Ranger 150, Ranger KYB shocks 8" new with Hiem ends $40.00 each. (909) 657-8525. WANTED: Need tires & wheels for 1-1600 car. Used or new, Chris (800) 975--8643. FOR SALE: '85 Ford F150 Extended cab, 95 front end, 3 seats, am, fm cass., 2 way radio, fully caged, suspension by Curt LeDuc, 17" travel, 4 link, Kuster Shocks, Coil over & bypass on each wheel, Fox Air bumps, built 351 V8, Magi trans, locker rear end, Summers Axles, rear disc brakes, CA Lie #3T56323 $40,000.00 Brian (310) 928-0421 days (310) 493-5113 Eves. FOR SALE: FUNCO 2 SEAT DESERT CAR ... 102" wheel-base. New 300m torsion & adjus-ter, Centerlines, W ide beam, rack & pinion, Wright spindles, Trick rear arms, 8 Bilsteins, Close ratio bus, Fuel Cell, 5 pt. harness, V .D.O. instrument, KC, Neil pedals. $3,500.00 registered trailer included. 1600cc dual port inc. (818) 341-5352. FOR SALE: The Ultimate pre-runner, 94 Hummer, 4 door hard top. Rides 4 sleeps 2. Many options, 20k easy miles on this extremely well maintained & much loved vehicle. $45,000.00 Call Paul at ORB Engineering (408) 768--8757. FOR SALE: SODA '96 Cham-pionship Class 9 single seat with-out motor & transmission. $13,000.00. ALSO: Two seat 1600 without motor & transmis-sion $5,000.00. ALSO: ScatV4 motor $15,000.00 ALSO: Rose transaxles $5,000.00 Class 9 & 1600 & 11 motor and part call for details. Dan Baudoux (517) 642-2333 days, (517) 781-0281 even-ings. FOR SALE: Dodge RamCharger, Pre-runner, Kuster dual rate, Fox Air Bumps, Dana 60 44 Spline, Full body fiberglass, Cone Hubs and Balljoints, Chevy 400 sm blk Turbo 400 Art Carr short tail-s ha ft and housing, 35" BFG Bajas, Ultra Wheels, 24" front 28" rear travel & extras. $17,000.00 (310) 391--4953. FOR SALE: 85 Ramcharger--4x4 PreRunner. CA Street legal, Custom front hoops w/ Rancho, Walker Evans glass fenders w/Dzus, 35" tires, new paint, A IC, AM/ FM / cass, great shape, Baja proven many times, extra parts, $4,995.00obo. Don (805) 481--0675. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Baja Promotions California City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Baker Performance Pr1ducts . . . . . . . . . 15 Barbary Coast Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 7 Best In The Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 8 Brian Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Coyote Mountain Traders .. ....... 30 & 41 Dusty Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Europartner Motorsport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 FAT Performance . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 18 Fox Racing Shox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 German Auto . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Glen Helen Off Road Winter Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Rod Hall Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Honda of North Hollywood . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jacobs Electronics . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kawaguchi Honda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 KC Hilites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 McKenzies Performance Products . . . . . . . . . 14 & 3 7 Mojave Desert Racing . . . . . . . . . Back Cover Mojave Off Road Racing Enthusiasts . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 33 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 P.C.I Race Radios and Equipment ....... 43 Pike"s Family Restaurants .•......... . 46 Riviera Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Simpson Race Products • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SNORE Vegas 300 . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sway-A-Way Company . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Tri-Mil Industries .....•............• 38 Ultra Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . • 40 Unocal Racing Gasoline • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Valley Performance . • . . . • • . . • . . . . . . . 4 7 Andy Wehe Racing . . . . • • • . . . • . . . . . . 6 Weld Racing . . . . . . . . • . • . . . • . . . . . . . 32 Wilch Sales . • . . . . • . . . • . • . . . . . . . . • . 29 Wright Place . . . . • . • . . . • . . • • . . . • . . . 53 Yarnell Specialties, Inc. • • • . . . . . • • • . . • 44 I i ' I

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