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Volume 13 - Number 4 Editor-Publisher Jean Calvin · Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Michael Ward Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Carol Clark Don Dayton John Elkin Homer Eubanks Don Holbrook Martin Holmes Daniel Mainzer Troy Robinson ' Bob Rule Barb & Marilyn Schultz Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Judy Smith Tony Tellier _ _T.rackside Photo Inc .. Art Director Larry E. Worsham April 1996 Subscription Rates: lbfd&ries,f~Racing• $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. Se~ond Class Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address change to Dusty Times, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311--4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311--4408. SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH ••• We suspect this may have been a posed picture, but it is a dandy any-how. The unident-ified young man is very brave, so we won't let on who it might be, and have him picked up for trespassing. We do appreciate the con-tribution, and we are not sure from whence it came but we suspect from the gang in Ridge-crest. We think this might have been a photo from Carrera Photos, but we are flattered whoever it belongs to thought to send it to us. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies"or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, 5x7 or 8x10 will be considered. Dusty Times April 1996 ., I I I In This Issue ••• FEATURES Page SCORE Parker 400 by Judy Smith ......................... 10 Parker 400 Tecate Trophy-Trucks by Judy Smith .......... · ... 18 Rally Ensenada by Tony Chave: ........................... 20 Whiplash Racing Year in Review by Tony Tellier .... · ......... 22 WRC Monte Carlo Rally by Martin Holmes ................. 24 Asia Pacific Rally of Thailand by Martin Holmes ............. 26 Glen Helen OHV Park Round 1 by Ron Miller .............. 27 Whiplash Gila Monster by Tony Tellier ..................... 30 Warrnambool Stadium Racing Down Under by Darryl Smith ......................... 34 La Rana New Years 200 by Jimmy Messick .................. 36 FRT King.of the Desert by Judy Smith ..... : ......... . ...... 41 SNORE Roadhouse 200 by Jean Calvin . .................... 44 Mowbray Wins fhe Finke at Alice Springs by Darryl Smith .... 47 Glen Helen 1995 McKen:ie Series Awards by Ron Miller ...... 47 DEPARTMENTS Trail Notes ............................ .................. 4 Happenings ............. · ................................. 6 Baja Pits by Julio Chave: ........... : ...................... 35 California Rally Series .................................... 35 Checkers by The Big W ah:oo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 Good Stuff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Classified Ads .......................................... 53 ON THE COVER -We fealtlre the two overall four wheeled champions from the ~CORE Parker 400, a pair of young veterans. Winning Class 1, in their first attempt at the unlimited class, Brent Grin::leand Dale Ebberts had their Jimco humming all day with a VW Type 4 in the tail. They ran in 1-2-1600 class for a few years, learning the ropes and the trails well. The extra power is great, both boys smiled as they were interviewed. Congratulations to the young men for winning overall in the Pro Division. Another young man, who doesn't really need an introduction to race fans.Robby Gordon ran out of gas a few miles from the finish but his crew got to him in time with needed fuel and, having led the Trophy-Truck class most of the way, he then passed the new leader on the final straight to win the class by mere seconds. Quite an exciting finish. 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1996 Happenings ••• ASOCIACION ESTATAL July6-7, 1996 de AUTOMOVILISMO Reno Rally Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Reno, Nt>vada APTO 42 John Foresprinr, San Jose de! Cabo (360) 943-2191 Baja Calif. de! Sur, Mexico ' August 10-11, 1996 Gorman Ridr,e AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD Fra:ier Park, CA CHAMPONSHIP Harris Done Darryl Smith (310) 4St-1-0199 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, September 7-8, 1996 4500, Australia Treeline Rally 0l l-18-07-3298-5522 Lake Hur,hes, CA Bob/ Adrienne Scott AUTOCROSS QUEBEC (818) 901-l-!667 OFFROAD October 5-6, l 996 Class IO cars only Prescott Forest Rally Serr,e Lambert 65 Rue de Valcourt Prescott, AZ Jeff Hendricks Blainville, Quebec, Canada K7B IHI (602) 778-7312 (5 I 4) 434-5792 BAJA INTERNATIONAL C.O.D.R.A. P.O. Box 392 CENTRAL OREGON Calexico, CA 92232 DESERT RACING Apartado Postal 31 ,. 163 Terry Silbaur,h 205 IS Whitehaven Circle Mt"xicali, BC, Mexico Bend, OR 97702 (Mexicali (65) 55-62-83 (503) 389-2044 Off Road Races April 27, 1996 BAJA PROMOTIONS, Bear Butte 300 LTD.S.A. Millican, OR Lou Peralta June 15, 1996 P.O. Box 8938 Brother 300 Calabasas, CA 91302 Millican, OR (818) 340-5750 October 12, 1996 April 12-14, 1996 Whisky Sprinr,s 400 Cal City Spring Board 200 Millican.OR California City, CA CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA August 9-11, 1996 · RACING ASSOCIATION Midnight Romp II ISO P.O . Box645 California City, CA Pierre, SD 57501 October 4-6, 1996 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) Cal Cit1• Fall Final 250 (605) 224-9481 California City, CA Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4967 BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION GUMBO BUTTES Casey Folks, Director· BAJA & MOTOCROSS 3475 C Boulder Hir,hway Communications & Information Las Vegas, NV 89121 Scott Olson (605) 224-5822 (702) 45,-47751Fax (702) 641 -243 I FAX (605) 224-5822 March 28-30, 1996 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY V ,:gas to Reno Off Road Race RACING ASSOCIATION C1rs, Trucks Motorcycles, ATVs C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD Fair Haven, VT 05743 RACING ENTHUSIASTS (802) 265-l-!618 Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO Ogden, Utah 84402 SAN VICENTE (801) 627-B.O.R.E. San Vicente Off Road May 4, 1996 Ensenada, BC, Mexico Wendover Express USA Jan Wright(0l 152617-46834) \1(/ endover USA Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo July 6, 1996 (6163717 0034) Jackpot 200 CMC Jackpot, NV Continental Motosport Club ( tentative closed course) P.O. Box 3187 August 10-11, 1996 .Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Salt Lake City, UT (714) 367-1141 September 14, 1996 Fax: (714) 367-1608 Bonneville Challenge COLORADO HILL Wendover, USA CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholt:, President BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY (719)531-3642 W /(719)687-9827 H R.R.3 P.O. Box 8286 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-I HO Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (613) 475-1 I021Fax (613) 475-3250 (719) 653-l-!449 1996 BRUSH RUN May 4-5, 1996 POINTS SERIES Apple Blossom Festival P.O. Box IOI Technical Inspection Crandon, WIS4520 Canon City, CO (715) 478-2222 May 11-12, 1996 June 28-30, 1996 Temple Canyon Spring Brush Run I 01 Canon City, CO Crandon, WI May 31, 1996 Auj?ust 30-September l, 1996 Paradel B-Que Chevrolet World Championship Salida, CO Crandon, \X/1 June 1-2, 1996 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Continental Divide Donna Chi:ma, CRS Director Salida, CO 521 Los Angeles Ave., #F July 27,28, 1996 Simi Valley, CA 93065 Victor! Cripple Creek (805) 523-1387 Victor, CO Mike Gibeault, SCCA Steward August 23, 1996 149 No. Rawhide Paradel B-Que Ridgecrest, CA 93555 Buena Vista, CO (619) 375-l-!704 May 3-5, 1996 August 24-25, 1996 Rim of the World Buffalo Peaks Palmdale, CA Buena Vista, CO Info' Mike / Paula Gibeault September 14-15, 1996 (Tentative) (619) 375-l-!704 Four Mile Road -Teller County Page 4 CORVA 160.J 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 (800) 237-5436 D&T PROMOTIONS Dave Van Deren 2405 Baker Ave Everett, WA 98201 ( 206) 339-9079 ( All short course etJents at Thurston County ORV Park) June 15, 1996 Short Course July 6, 1996 Short Course July 7, 1996 Two Hour Enduro August 24, 1996 Short Course September 15, 1996 Short Course DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-36491(214) 641-2090 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Association 2750 Co:umel Drive #1116 Melbourne, FL 32935 ( 407) 254-5167 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 April 12-13, 1996 Quechan Indian Run by the River Winterhaven, CA May 5-6, 1996 24 Hours le Fud Plaster City, CA July 19-20, 1996 Conquista 200 Tecate, BC, Mexico October 18-20, 1996 Superstition 250 XII L1ke Superstition, CA December 30-31, 1996 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA GLEN HELEN OHV PARK P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (7 I 4) 880-1733 (Contact BBM Marketing Promotions, P.O. &x 582, Lakewood, CA 90714 (3ro) 988-6250 1996 Off Road Series Points Races April 21, 1996 June 30, 1996 July 28, 1996 August 25, 1996 September 29, 1996 October 29, 1996 SPECIAL EVENT December 6, 7, 8, 1996 Chevrolet Off Road Winter Series GORRA Georgia Off Road Racinr, Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ( 404) 963-0252 GREAT PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION GPORRA 13621 Pierce St. Omaha, NE 68144-1122 ( 402) 333-05 I 7 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha, NE 68122 ( 402) 496-0846 Eve. (all races at Westfair Fair Grounds, Council Bluffs, Iowa on a ¾ mile course similar to the MTEG tracks, and Classes 1, I-I6oo, 7S and Quad under'SODA rules) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 ( All =ts staged at the club grounds , in Cleves, Ohio) INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 St. Paul, MN 55108 Steve Beddor (612) 937-38 )6/ Fax 474-2769 April 1996 ' Trail Notes ••• LATE FLASH-The SCORE San Felipe 250 was a tough race, tough on ca rs, he 0, nd to eir ut ,ough on rarticipants and a good deal of new course for this race. Some oft additions, particularly the northern sections had been used on the Baja 100 and like most of the southwest, there had been little rain since November a tht"se sections were still in (ough shape. However the entry was well up around 180 plus motorcycles, and the mood was upbeat as they wended th way through contingency row on the Friday and the line was a little slow b kept moving. Robby Gordon did a repeat number in his fancy Ford winning the T roph y-in ut ng nd ht e. er co ta Truck race by just over four minutes, and again finishing second on the road the class. Gordon battled I van Stewart in his Toyota all the way on time but o horsepowered the six cylinder on the final leg. Ivan knew he was second comi in, Rob MacCachren, Ford, was third,JeffLewis was fourth and Larry Ragla fifth, hoth in Chevrolets. It was quite an exciting finish, as Curt LeDuc broug the Jeep in sixth, and all six top finishers were faster than the fastest motorcycl The Pro classes spread out fast and suffered high attrition. It was anoth repeat overall victory for Brent Griz:le and Dale Ebberts in their Class 1 Jim with VW power. Bob Gordon and Frank ArcieroJr. were second in the Toyo powered Chenowth. Tom and Frank Rusich won Class 1-2-1600 in th eir m rn ok 00 Jimco, and Scott Webster and Rodney Woolf were second. Todd and Ji Gatrell took another trophy in their Class 3 Chevy Bla:er. Class 5 was a ba burner hut · n still another repeat performance, Neal and Mike Grabowski to the victory. The 'Mikes' James and Kalicki were a close second. Class 5-16 was a rl'al race up front and Danny and Hector Ledezma won the battle by ov er five minutes from Carlos and Gerardo lribe. It was almost no contest in Class 7 by aa se ce nd er m el asJ~·rrv McDonald and Larry Roeseler combined in the Chevy S-10 to win two and a half hours. In Class 7S David Winner and Tim Holland gaveToyot victory close to two hours ahead of second place. Class8 was really no surpri as Dan Smith brought the Ford in about a half hour ahead o_f second pla David Westhem and Randy Salmont, Chevrolet. Class 9 had a good entry a ten of them managed to finish within the ten hour time allowance. The winn was a Tubular Design car driven by Luis Guevara and Federico Montes fro Ensenada only five minutes ahead of second placing Daniel Mora and Rafa Aguilera, also from Ensenada. Class 10 was tight up front among the two dozen starters. It sorted out be a victory for Robert and Mike Harman who have been winning in oth to er series lately. They won by over seven minutes from Kyle Whitted in a V w powered Jimco. Class 11· is a popular class with Mexican racers and there we re seven on the grid, but only one came back. The winners were Juan Mayoral an d ey Ia ie ce is rs s, xt Ruben Espinoza with just seven minutes left on the time allowance-when th finished. The Pro Truck Stewart/ Savage spec class went to Gustavo Vildoso and Brian Stewart in a Ford Fl 50. They won by an hour over Rick and Jam Galles in a Chevrolet. In Cla&S Stock Full Size trucks Steve Olliges and Bru Fraley won in the Ford, an hour ahead of second placing Marc Stein and Chr Tarter. Steve Williams and William Bartlett won the Stock Mini Truck hono in a ,Ford followed in about 45 minutes by Jeff Richardson and Steve Harri Toyota. We will have a full report by Judy Smith complete with pictures ne month. *** HALL'S HUMMERS MAKE HISTORY on the Granada-Dakar Ral ly to ce or on through North Africa. The two Hummers were the first American team finish the notorious Dakar Rally through Northern Africa. In the 18 years sin -the first Paris-Dakar Rally no team of Americans driving an American car truck had finished the rally, according to Thierry Sabine of the Organizati (TSO) which puts on the rally. This year's event began December 30th in Granada, Spain with 2 competitors competing on motorcycles, cars and trucks. Rally officia 95 Is st th st m ng nd no as expected about half the field would not reach Dakar I 5 days later. Unlike mo rallies in the United States, Dakar's winners are determined by speed, wi about 3900 of its 4500 miles being race sections through some of the mo intolerant and lonely country in the world. That racing would range fro treadmill-like aspects of crossing sand dunes in the Sahara Desert to negotiati the infurlating contorted-, narrow and rocky jungle trails in Mali, Guinea a Senegal. Hall, 58, has made his living racing and winning off road and is stranger to its rough and tumble vigors, to it's deprivations. But he w impressed at the scope and vehemence of the event. "In Baja you have a roe pile that goes on for five miles; here it goes on for 100 miles. In Baja you have dry lake bed that goes on for a few minutes; here it lasts an hour," sard Hall. I k a n addition to the driving demands, the 1996 Dakar had other, adventureso me ng ai;id tragic aspects. In Southern Morocco a Mercedes racing truck hit a lo forgotten land mine, killing the driver. Because Dakar involves cross country racing, the teams camped at bivouac each night. While meals were catered by the organizers, there w a as usually only enough water to shower every three or four days. "I smell~d so ba I woke myself up," said Austin Robison, an RHI mechanic and driver who w d part of the crew on the first Hummer. The camping was not always uneventf as ul h d either. On Tichit, Mauritania, a vicious sand storm with 30 mph to 40 mp winds swept through the camp, strafing the tents with stones and piling up san inside the sleeping bags. "That is the first time I've gotten up dirtier than I we nt to bed," Hall said. Hall's organization was recurited by Warren T. "Tom" Warnberg, 41, Chicago businessman who wanted to race in Dakar. Warnberg, Rod and Austi shared the first Hummer, while Chad Hall, Rod's son, drove the secon a n d Hummer with Cheryl and Chris Jensen, two journalists from Cleveland, Ohi o, who are writing about the team for newspapers and maga:ines across t he m y. country. In addition Mechanics John Herman and John Klatte flew fro bivouac to bivouac to await the Hummers and make any repairs if necessar They were accompanied by Jason French, the team manager and Warnberg stepson. On January 14th the two Hummers rolled into Dakar, to the pleasure an amazement of many of the European teams and the rally organi:ers. Of the 29 motorcycles, cars and trucks that left Granada, only 121 (including 5 motorcycles) reached Dakar. The Hummers were 67th and 68th out of the 7 cars and trucks that finished. But 1 76 cars and trucks left Granada. The fe 's d 5 0 1 gained RHI extensive new coverage in Europe and the United States w~ere th team was featured in a 15 part series on the rally broadcast by ESPN. Arrivin at e g ns s, e. in Dakar was a satisfying accomplishment, but for next year the expectatio are being raised rather considerably. Having learned some of Dakar's lesson RHI wants to return with faster Hummers and more support and really rac (More Tmil Notes on Page B) Dusty Times

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INTER-SHOWS. MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O. Box 465 Kamloops, BC, Canada V2C-5L2 806(604)374-7175 days Randy(604)579-9621 eves Keith (604) 828-1795 anytime ( All e\ients start 7 miles NW of Kamloops) LA RANA DESERT RACING P.O. Box 1365 Apple Valley, CA 92307 (619) 240-13351(619) 240-1312 May 17-19, 1996 Lucerne Valley Jam 300 Johnson Valley, <;:A July 19-21, 1996 Barstow 250 Barstow, CA September 20-21, 1996 Sidewinder 300 Barstow, CA October 18-20, 1996 - High Desert 200 Johnson Valley, CA November 15-17, 1996 Spangler 300 Ridgecrest, CA SUMMER HEAT TROPHY DASH SERIES April 13-14, 1996 Round #1 Barstow, CA June 22-23, 1996 Round #2 Barstow, CA August 10-11, 1996 Round #3 Barstow, CA MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS 3749 Needmore Hwy Charlotte, MI 48H 13 (517)543-7214 Page 6 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M .T.B. Enterprises Inc. l 5529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 627-6200 June 22-23, 1996 Chevrolet Off Road Nationals Lake Odessa, Ml July 20, 1996 Fowlerville, Ml July 28, 1996 Mason, Ml August 1 , 1996 Sandusky, MI August 7, 1996 Bad Axe, Ml August 10 Corunna, MI August 1 7, 1996 Mt. Morris, MI Allgust 31, 1996 Kalama:oo, MI MIO-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION David Cronin, President. MAORA 2590 Mullanphy' Florissant, MO 63031 (618) 765-2199 (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series produced lry Lincoln Trail Off Roaders) MSBA M1ch1gan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barrett 6363 Nightingale Dr. Flint, Ml 48506 (810) 736-92.21 NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. #1 - Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 · NATIONAL TRUCK WEEK 1360 Kleppe Lane Sparks, NV (i'02) 331-48001(702) 331-5107 Fax OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wheel Drive Excursions P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95518 ( 707) 822-8508 May 10-11, 1996 Redwood Coast Jamboree Fort Bragg to Eureka, CA June 14-15, 1996 Ghost Town Adventure '96 South Lake Tahoe, CA August 16-17, 1996 Gold Rush Adventure Nevada City, CA September 20-21, 1996 Kern River Jamboree Kernville! Lake Isabella, CA OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasque: 13180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-8899 ( All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake Take 1-rn Horizon Bl\id exit east 1 2 miles) OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 Jim Kendel (216) 339-4674 All races held at Harrison ·County Fairgrounds, Cadiz, Ohio April 27, 1996 May 11, 1996 June 1, 1996 August 3, 1996 August 24, 1996 September 7, 1996 September 28, 1996 ONT Amo OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Boh Joseph, President 80 Hempstead Dr. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8W 2Ei' -(905) 574-7068 ES · April 1996 PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 ( 719) 685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. King P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-32081(518) 236-71-197 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 SCORE Score International 12997 Las Vegas Blvd. So. Las Vegas, NV 89124 (702) 361-5404 April 19-21, 1996 Nevada 250 Las Vegas, NV May 31-June 2, 1996 T ecate Baja 500 Ensenada, B.C., MX July5-7, 1996 Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA September 6-8 ( 13-15 ), 1996 Laughlin Desert Challenge Laughlin, NV November8-10, 1996 T ecate Baja 1000 Baja Norte, B.C., MX S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association El ice Simonis Tucker 22048 Vivienda Ave. Grand Terrace, CA 92324 ( 714) 783-8293 SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 ( 702) 452-4522 May 17, 1996 Caliente 200 Caliente, NV August 3, I 996 Midnight Special Las Vegas, NV September 21, 1996 Gold Coast SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV October 26, 1996 Twilight 200 Las Vegas, NV December 7, 1996 Vegas 300 Las Vq:as, NV SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD DRIVERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe i'839 W. North A~•enue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA May 25-26, 1996 Memorial Day 100 Lake Beneva, WI June 8-9, 1996 Antigo Kiwanis Off Road Race Antigo, WI June 22-23, 1996 Chevrolet Off Road Nationals Lakl' Odessa, Ml July 6-7, 1996 Road America Off Road Race Elkhart Lake, WI July 20-21, 1996 Luxt·mhurg Off Road Race Luxemburg, \Xii August 3-4, 1996 UP Off Road I 00 Rark River, Ml August 31-September 1, 1996 World's Championship Crandon, WI September 14-15, 1 996 Wisconsin Off Road Festival Oshkosh, WI Dusty Times

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resen s THE· SNORE CALIENTE 250 $1500.00 guaranteed minimum purse to the first place finishers in Class 1/2-Unlimited, 1/2-1600, 5-Unlimited, Class 10, Heavy Metal, and Mini Metal with a 10 car Minium class! $1000.00 guaranteed minimum purse to the first place finisher in Class 5-1600 and Class 9 with a 10 car minimum class! *S00.00 additional honus to first in Mini Metal HI Entry forms for pre-registration are avail-able from SNORE. Contact Joe Ross c/ o Tate & Snyder Architects, 709 Valle Verde Court, Henderson, NV Tel. 702-456-3000 for forms. Entry fees/ deposits are not refundable. How-ever, if notification is made to SNORE prior to" race registration that you cannot compete in the event, fees may be transferred to another SNORE race within the same calendar year. There is a $10.00 fee on all returned checks. Express Registration will take place at the Knotty Pine Restaurant on Friday, May 17th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Saturday, May 18th for the first hour of registration. This time will be reserved for those entries that are paid in full and require·no changes or additions to the entry form. All pre-registration entry forms need to be received by SNORE no later than Mon-day, May 13th, 1996. Any received after this date are not considered eligible for "Express Registration". Registration will take place from 7:00 am to 9:00 am at the Knotty Pine Restaurant, Saturday, May 18th. Technical Inspection will be held on Saturday, May 18th at the Start/Finish Line from 7 :00 am to 9:00 am. Barbecue will be held at the Knotty Pine Restaurant, Friday, May 17th Starting at 6:00 pm Drawing for starting order will be Saturday May 18th at 9:15 am at the Start/Finish Line. / Mandatory Drivers Me.eting will be held at the Start/Finish Line Saturday May 18th at 9:15 am SHARP! Race St'arts at 10:00 am SHARP!!! The Course is 250 miles total (approxi-mately 42 miles per lap) Class 1/2-Unlimited, 1/2-1600, 5-Unlimited, & Class 10 will run 6 laps. Class 5-1600, Class 9, Heavy Metal, Mini Metal, Sportsman Truck, & Sportsman Buggy will run 5 laps, Class 11 will run 4 laps. Awards Banquet Saturday, May 18th at 7:30 pm there will be an awards banquet at the Shamrock Club with "No Host" Food and Beverages. R/EM/EM8/ER OUR /ENl'RY' FIE/ES ARIE ON& CLASS 1/2, 1/2-1600, 5, 10 $310.00 HEAVY METAL, MINI METAL $310.00 CLASS 9 $165.00 CLASS 5-1600 $165.00 CLASS 11 $7 5.00 SPORT~MAN BUGGY AND TRUCK $75.00 RACE MANAGMENT FEE $10.00 INSURANCE All CLASSES $95.00 Hotels & Motels are nearby, here are some names and reservation hotlines of the ones right in Caliente. There are limited rooms so make sure you call now! The Hot Springs Motel 702-726-~777 Rainbow Canyon Motel 702-726-3291 702-726-9985 Shady Motel 702-726-3106 Midway Motel 702-726-3199 _ Young's RV Park 702-726-3428 Aqua Caliente Trailer Park 702-726-3399 ~RACING ~GASOLINE Mar■ ~arar•~ ~ar~ ~• ■ L■ •~ ■ ~• The Official fuel of SNORE Don't forget to pre-order your race fuel from Screamer Enterprises at 310-802-8913 or Tommy Bradley at 702-739-7 469 (6{J ~~~~~ ~~:_~~~~ ~ ~ Etfu1f!!:!..-----------,!i (I DE tJ.Y~•Q)J DUSTY TIMES BFGaodricli -------r..,. TOTAL PERFORMANCE ~ !lHolt T_e!_!il-i (yiiP) ~ I~ I RM!B!!J. . {f);t FOR MORE INFO CALL THE SNORE HOTLINE 702 .. 452 .. 4522

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. SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437 (All races held at Notrees, TX 25 ~iles west of Odessa, TX _ TORA Truck Racing Association Ray Camey, Director 7 Prutell Drive Apalchin, NY 13732 (607) 625-5676 UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Da:ve Urbanowicz, President 589 Amwell Road. Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (All e11e11ts at Owego Morm Sports Park, Rre. 434, Owego, NY) VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 April 20-21, 1996 Spring Special Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA May 25-27, 1996 Yerington Desert Race Yerington, NV ,.. July 27-28, 1996 Fallon 250 at Night Fallon, NV August 30.September 2, 1996 Yerington to Fallon and Back Yerington, NV September 28-29, 1996 Fall Special Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA October 26-2 7, 1996 VORRA's Ch.;impionship Race Prairie City SVRA Park Sacramento, CA WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson ( 604) 538-0692 WORRA, P.O . Box3241 Sumas, WA 98295 WESTERN PENSYLV ANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire 1255 Waverly Drive Latrobe, PA 15650 ( 412) 532-0802 WIDPLASH MOTORSPORTS 2939 E. Grovers· Phoenix, AZ 85023 (602) 971-3730 April 13, 1996 Rock to Rock 100 Rocky Point, Sonora, MX June 15, 1996 Thunder Valley Mayer, AZ August 31, 1996 Snowflake Snowflake, AZ November 2, 1996 Buckeye Blast Buckeye, AZ December 7, 1996 Point to Point Sonoyta to Rocky Point Sonora, Mexico WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 So. U .S. 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Don't call, but mail your 1996 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 9l3ll•44o4 . . more Trail Notes ••• CHEVROLET GEARS UP FOR THE SODA SERIES -With the opening Round, the Memorial Day 100, just a short couple of months away, the Chevrolet teams of Flannery Racing and Herzog Motorsports are gearing up for a fresh season of short course off road racing. "Some major changes are underway for this year's SODA racing efforts, explained Glenn Maddox, Motorsports Marketing Manager, Chevrolet Motor Division. "In addition to our continued alignment with Jack Flannery in a Class 4 4x4 Chevy truck, the program includes Jimmie Johnson, who will drive a Class 8 ZWD Chevy Thunder truck for Herzog Motorsports in 1996. Jimmie Johnson, 20, of El Cajon, CA, has already become a familiar face in.the off road racing arena. At the age of 15, while still attending high school, he entered the Superlite class of the MTEG Stadium series as the youngest driver in the history of the serise. His impressive debut earned him "Rookie of the Year" status in 1991. He earned his first MTEG championship in 1992. In 1994 Johnson joined Chevrolet as driver of a Nelson & Nelson Racing built S-Series Chevrolet in stadium truck competition and continued with the Nelson and Nelson team behind the wheel of full size Chevy trucks in both Class 8 and Trophy-Truck divisions of the SCORE desert championship series in 1995. This year Johnson will continue to expand his horisons with his switch to the SODA circuit and the well-known Herzog Motorsports family. Owned by Bill Herzog and his two sons, Randy and Stan, the family operated Herzog team is a famliar visitor to the winner's podium. Whether it be in desert or short course off road racing competition, they seem to emerge victorious. Their professional approach to racing mirrors that of their successful construction business; and_ has earned them a healthy respect within both industries. "Herzog Motorsports is a family project, and we are all personally involved in the decision making processes," said Randy. "Our team members are hand picked individuals who are e_xperts in their fields, and who are extremely committed to the business of racing. Both Jimmie Johnson and· Chevrolet offer that same level of dedication and commitment which we believe to be the winning combination." Although their home base is St. Joseph, Missouri, the Herzogs opened a race shop last year in Antigo, Wisconsin, to be in the hub of the midwestern SODA series. The Flannery Racing operation, that has been headquartered in C(andon, WI for many years, is also builoing a new facility on Jack Flannery's property in Wisconsin Dells. In addition to his Class4 Chevy truck, Flannery will again field a full size truck for his son Jamie to pilot. Both the Flannery and Herzog teams are building new iron for the 1996 season. Each of the eight SODA races will be televised by ESPN, all summer· long for your entertainment if you can't attend.the races in person. C&C RACE PHOTOS recently moved from San Diego to Santee, but the phone number is still the same. So if you are searching for a photo from the races of your pride and joy, contact Carlos & Carol Avina at (619) 258-1843 or fax ( 619) 258-1835. The new address is 120 Silvercreek Drive, Santee, CA 92071. They shoot all FR T events and most of the SCORE International races, so now you can find them. (More Trail Notes on Page 47) HONDA Power . Equipment KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ Po WE.R '· Racer and Spectator Discounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL l'uRPOSE ENGINES =---"· "':'ATER PuMPS "?UTBOARD ENGINES I '. ;;:, ·. 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SCORE PARKER 400 By Judy Smith Grizzle a Ebberts Move Up a Take Over Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Ron Brant sprucecfup the Raceco and went out to play in Class 1. He was just over two minutes behind in Class 1 and second overall in the race as well. Brent Grizzle and Dale Ebberts took the giant step from Class 1-2-1600 up to Unlimited Class this year, and they took tfre Jimco to overall victory at Parker, first in their first Class 1 /2 race, first overall and Ebberts set fast last lap for the race o,n the final 133 mile.round. totaling 142 miles because of the extra nine miles out of and back to the Blue Water. The second lap measured about 133 miles. There was, as always in recent years, a speed limit in the pits, and a cou-ple of officials with radar guns to time the lead footed racers as they threaded their way through the crowded area. They were sup-posed to adhere to a 45 mile per hour limit, with automatic loss of one position for anyone exceed-ing that limit, and automatic dis-qualification if a driver exceeded 50 mph. The Pro classes didn't start until 10 a.m., when the Trophy-Trucks would almost all be on their final lap and safely out of the way. The unlimited cars were first to take off, and Wayne Morgan, whose Mirage was first on the line, also proved to be first to break. His rear facing yellow safety light had blown, and when a pit person plugged another one into the socket it somehow shorted and blew his whole elec-trical system. Luckier drivers made their way out into the dust and rocks before their cars failed. Brent Grizzle and Dale Ebberts . stepped up from Class 1-2-1600 into the unlimited class and drove their Jimco to the overall victory at the SCORE Parker 400 season opener. Threatened rain storms failed to materialize and SCORE fans and racers enjoyed splendid weather for the four block long contingency show on the mid January Friday. As always at Parker, it was a chance to see who'd changed partners, who'd bought what car, and who had managed to get the new car fin-ished on time for the first race of the year ( damn few). Nothing much had changed at Parker, and contingency was set up just off the main road as usual, with tech a few blocks away in the park. There is a new Pizza Hut in · town, and the Blue Water Casino, a full fledged gambling center that sits unobtrusively in a shopping mall along with the supermarket. The casino was the site of the Sunday late-morning awards Steve Sourapas and Dave Richardson drove the Race Car Dynamics racer to a good third in Class 1 and fourth overall. It's good to see them together again. Class 3 still lives with just a single entry at Parker, the Chevy Blazer of Todd and Jim Gatrell that is propane powered. They had some problems on the trail but finished the laps for class winning points. Page 10 ceremonies. The start/finish line was down by the River, in front of the Blue Water Marina, which was closed for the weekend. But it was still a convenient site for the start, with space for officials and the hardy spectators who like to watch the green flag wave. There was a short stretch of pavement, probably the only dust free section of the course, and then they hauled off into the dirt. This was a three lap race, with the first and third laps Mark Miller does a little wheelie in the Porsche powered Raceco on his way to fourth in Unlimited Class, with rider Chad Ragland, having a good time in the buggy, closer to the ground than in dad's truck. They started the Stewart-Savage spec trucks up front and there were five of them. This Chevy, driven by Charles Harris, who did have some problems but won the class in which three out of five finished. April 1996 In Class 1 Steve Sourapas had his Type IV powered RCD A-armed chassis out in front, and he was fl yin' lo~. He had six minutes on Mark Post in his 5 .2 liter alum-inum block Chevy powered Riviera Eagle. In third it was Bob Gordon in his six cylinder alumi-num block Toyota powered Chen-owth, and then came Corky McMillin with his Porsche powered Chenowth, followed by Brent Grizzle in a Type IV powered Jimco. This is the car with which Mike Julson and Bob Lofton won the Class 1 season championship in '95. It was Griz-zle's first race in the unlimited class, and he'd had only about two hours of practice in the car. Sourapas was looking just fine. He ran a clean half of the second lap and handed over to his co-d river, Dave Richardson, who continued to lead by about six minutes. But now it was Mark McMillin, in another Porsche powered Chenowth, in second place. And he'd just recorded the fastest second lap for the Pro classes, at. 2:14:07 for the 133 miles. Mark's dad, -Corky, ran third, less than a minute behind him, and in fourth it was now Ron Brant in his Porsche Raceco. Mark Miller, driving a Porsche powered Raceco was in fifth place. Class 1 was looking healthy, all but one of them had finished the first lap, and only one more fell out on lap two. Richardson stayed in front until he got about to the Midway check, and then a heim bolt broke and he had to pull in for repairs. By now the sun was setting, and the breeze had died down, creat-ing very dusty and difficult condi-tions. At this point, Dale Ebberts, who'd taken over for Grizzle, moved into the front, zipping off the fastest time of the race for the last lap, at 2:32: 18 for the 142 miles. They'd lost a few moments at the end of the first lap, with a loose c.v. boot, but had no other problems, not even flats, and took the overall win in their first race in the Unlimited class. They said their experience in the 1600 class ( they finished second in the points in '95) was good training for this class. Brant, who soloed, came in second, wondering why his motor was fading, until some-one pointed out that he'd lost an air cleaner. In third it was Miller, who had Larry Ragland's son, Chad, riding with him all the way. They reported a smooth day, a "non-event", on their way to third. But it wasn't really a non-event, because the radar guns had timed them at over 45 miles per hour in the pits, and they were bumped back to fourth place. Dusty Times

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That put Sourapas and Richard-son into third, a disappointment after the two beautiful laps. Sou-rapas said he'd had no dust for the first and second lap, and that he'd pretty well worn the car down by the time Richardon took over. They both expressed pleasure at , being a team again. . In the trucks it started out as a · close duel, with Dan Smith, in the big Ford leading Dale White in his Chevy by just nine seconds. In ~ third it was Darren Skilton in his Jeep, with Dave W esthem run-ning fourth in his Chevy. Dan Beaver, who lives in Parker, also has perennial bad luck here, and his Ford was out of the race on the -Ye ,.'.·..c Andrew Wehe showed off his fancy new Jimco by winning Class 10 and placing third overall in the race. He had a water cooled Toyota amidships and this young man will be going up the ladder to fame soon, we predict. He won the tough class by 28 minutes. Larry Bolin has an air cooled 1776cc VW in his Class 10 Raceco that he drove to second in class against tne water pumpers. He had been blinded in the dust and driven off the edge into a ravine, but came back. first lap. Smith continued to run . the end of the second lap Ashley hard, but something went wrong and Smith had nine minutes on with the brakes, and when he , Skilton, who was 14 minutes up. stopped for the driver change, giv- • on Wes them 's truck. Wes them, ing the wheel to Dave Ashley, who had the flu or some such bug, they bled the brakes. They were survived only 100 miles, and had still in front at the end of the got himself stuck at that. He gave second lap, but White was fin-up and let Randy Salmont take ished. He'd had a fire at about over, and Salmont was now in Mile 14 of lap two, and it wasn't third. until after it was out and the wires Ashley was having to double-and hoses replaced that he disco-pump his brakes, but he had no vered he'd blown his motor. At. serious problems. He later des-• .,.i,. •• -·· <I,. The Grabowski brothers came back to off road racing with a big bang, winning the eight car Class 5 by over seven minutes. Neal and Mike shared the driving chores, leading from lap 3. Richard Boyle led off and snagged the Class 5 lead from the git-go. The car owner Morgan Maiocco carried on in fine style until they lost time refueling • and it was a lot of time. They salvaged second in class. lJ!~~ \ Danny Porter has a new 1-1600 car this season and he and Mark Ruddis I started out looking spiffy at Parker. Gary Porter said the car was finished at noon on Thursday, and it was first on the road and on time in the 22 car class. Dusty Times cribed,the course as "square and rough", but still ticked off a good last lap and brought the truck in for the win. Skilton, driving into the sun, was blinded and ended up stuck in a soft spot. That let Sal-mont and W esthem get by for a second place, with Skilton com-ing in less than two minutes later for third. The third group to get the green flag were the new ProTrucks, called "Spec Trucks" originally, and the brainstorm of Ivan Stew-art and Bill Savage, who now manufacture and sell them. There were five of the new trucks run-ning. Th.is is an IROC type class, and all the vehicles are alike, right down to the placement of the stickers, except for the brand of engine and shape of the body. Steve Barlow, whose truck was for 19 years to build this truck. just barely finished in time to He said he was hooked way back start, went only a few miles before in '77 and decided he had to have a distributor gear broke and he a car, but every time he thought was out. And Rodrigo and Rage-he'd accumulated enough funds rio Ampudia lost a head gasket he'd find out the price had gone early in the day also, so there were higher. Originally planning a justthreetrucksleftrunning.But limited buggy, he gradually they had a good battle. At the end changed his plans, deciding that if of the first lap the lead belonged he was going to spend a lot of to Chuck Harris in a Chevy, who money, it might as well be a truck, had 20 minutes on his competi-and he says the ProTruck fit the tors. Gustavo Vildosola ran bill exactly. He continued to lead second in his Ford, and Rick through the second lap, and his Galles was third in his Chevy, time, at 2:41 :59 was the best for only a minute later. Vildosola had that loop for this group. 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Ray Croll and Tom Rhodes in a Toyota powered Jimco took third in Class 10 which was spread out for some reason this race. They were 20 minutes behind Bolin and 27 minutes ahead of fourth place. Michael James and Mike Kalicki ran well until they were over-whelmed by the dust and hit a tree near the end of the race and they were third in Class 5. Tom and Frank Rusich had no big problems with the Jimco on their way to a close second; less than three minutes out, in class 1-2-1600, but said the dust was terrible, as did the whole class. ~ in second place, while Galles gave his truck to his son, Jamie, who was racing off road for his first time. Jamie got lost in the dust and then was stuck, and used up a lot of time, digging, jacking, and pushing. They were less than a minute behind Stewart. . 0~ the third lap Harris had some problems that he decided must be vapor lock, and lost quite a bit of time, but not enough for Page 12 the other guys to catch him. He ,,,· put himself in the record books with the first ProTruck win, and the Galles team was second only 11 minutes later, with Vildosola and Stewart just three minutes further back, having been ~iropped one position on a penalty. • All the teams were very pleased with their first race. Even Jamie Galles, who races in the Trans-Am series on his other weekends, Larry Roese/er wheelies the Class 7 S-10 he shared with Jerry McDonald this race. and he really is getting with this truck driving action. The team took the Chevy to the Class 7 victory by three hours. was still enthusiastic after spend-year of racing cars (he competed ing part of a lap digging and in Desert Lites previously), pushing. . declared that his new Toyota Class 10 came next, and it was a motor was" awesome". Bolin, big group, with a wide assortment who'd been without his fourth of highly competitive cars. The gear for 50 miles, and had a flat, new rules for this class allow air- finished second. In third it was cooled motors on tWo seaters to Croll and his co-driver, Tom grow to 1835cc, with only one Rhodes who'd been crowded into carburetor, and 1776cc with two. a tree by a chase truck. Dan Wor-The single seaters can have only ley, in a Jimco with a 1776cc air-one carbure·tor, and are allowed cooled motor got off to a bad start 1 776cc also. The thinking is that=• on the first lap when· he rolled . this lets the air-cooled motors be more competi~ive with the water-cooled. ~ ·over, but rallied for a fine fourth place finish, albeit on just three wheels after hitting a ditch. And in fifth it was Bill Hernquist and Kevin Basore, in a 1776cc air-cooled powered Jimco. they'd also been on their lid, and had a couple of flats in addition. All told, only 13 of the 25 starters managed to finish. Class 5 went off the lino.: next, and the Grabowski brothers, Mike and Neal. had the lead at the end of the first lap, followed hy Michael James and Mike Kalicki, and then Richard Boyle in Morgan Malocco's car. In fourth it was George Seeley, finally in nis own new car, rather than the rental he ran last year. · The Grahowskis had a really fast second lap, and were nine minutes up on James and Kalicki at the end of the lap. Boyle and Maiocco lost time when the neck broke off their fuel filler and it took a long time to fill up, hut they held third, with Seeley still in fourth place. The l,rahowskis had anotf,er good lap and took their third win at Parker in four starts. Boyle and Maiocco, who r·ecorded the fastest last lap for this class, moved up to finish second, seven At the end of the first lap it was a water-cooled Toyota in front of the pack, with Andrew Wehe in his mid-engined J imco. This was only the second race for his new car. He had about seven minutes on Jerry Penhall and Ben Schlimme in their Toyota powered Penhall. In third it was Ray Croll in another Toyota powered Jimco, followed by Larry Bolin in a.1776cc air-cooled Raceco, who'd been blind in the dust and driven off the edge of the course into a ravine. Fifth was ' Tim Scalzo with a 1650cc Acura motor in his Raceco. Seven cars had already dropped out. On the second la,p Wehe recorded a time of 2: 17:40, for the class fast time, and increased • his lead to eight minute!l. It was Croll in second place now, his time on this loop only three seconds slower than W ehe's, and he was seven minutes up on Bolin, whose old car was feeling heavy to him. In fourth it was Penhall and Schlimme now, with George Erl and Mike Halliday in fifth in their 1650cc air-cooled Raceco. There was a strong field of eight starters and six finishers in Class 7S. Larry Plank got the Ford in front on lap 2 and Scott Steinbeger carried on. winning the class by over 26 minutes. This part of Arizona hadn't had any rain in many a moon, and as darkness fell and the breeze died, the course became a gigantic dust bowl, with a silty murk hanging over the course. Wehe was having no problems at all, and recorded another fast lap for, the class, to get to victory circle first. The 19 year old, just starting his third April 1996 It was n.o surprise to see Dan Smith bring the Fairway Ford F-150 in first in · Class 8 out of nine starters. Smith had brake trouble so at the drivers change, / to Dave Ashley J it was fixed and they not only won Class 8 they were 5th 0 /A. Dusty Times

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Jim Dizney and Todd Teuscher always field a clean car and they drove this two seat Jimco to third in 1600s, only five and a half mini:tes back of second. Lorenzo Rodriguez sails past the big red rocks en route to a fine fourth in Class 1-2-1600 in his Lothringer, just seven minutes back of third place. Robert Land and Don McCarthy got a good finish this race in the Tecate Ford Ranger. Despite considerable delays en route they finished and were second. minutes later. James and Kalicki, who'd been over-whelmed by dust and hit a tree, were third. Seeley fell back and Greg Diehl and Brad Person moved up to finish fourth, using five quarts of · oil every 50 miles.-The 1-2-1600 cars, next to start, were a good sized group, with lots of possible winners. At Craig Forest and John Prosser in a the end of the first lap .the lead Mirage, also less than a minute belonged to Scott Webster and back. Danny Porter ran fifth in his Rodney Woolf in their ORBS, new Porter Race Cars chassis, 18 with about 22 seconds on second seconds out of fourth place, and a place Frank Rusich in his Jimco. minute and seven seconds out of In third it was Gary Cogbill and first. DougWestinaJimco,lessthana Webster and Woolf disap-minute back and followed by peared on the next lap and the Rusich brothers moved into the . race, but eight entries had lead, with five minutes on Porter's dropped out by now. _ co-driver, Mark Ruddis. He was a This group got to the finish line little over a minute in front of]im starting at a bit after 7 p.m., and Dizney and Todd Teuscher, in a they were unanimous in describ-J imco. Forrest and Prosser were ing the course as unusually dusty. still fourth, and Lorenzo Rodri-Porter waited anxiously, hardly guez had moved his Lothringer daring to believe that-the car he'd . into fifth place. It was still a close finished ~ · Brady Helm comes from Carolina to drive the desert with Bob Graham in the Toyota. and they did well. second in Class 7S where many had troubles. Charles David St. and Steve Ogle drove one of many 7S Ford Rangers. They put the Vegas based racer home in third place, well over an hour back of second. Darren Skilton had the Jeep Grand Cherokee in second place until the last lap in Class B when he was blinded by the setting sun and got stuck. He got loose from the silt and took third in class, less than a minute behind the Chevy. Dusty nmes •I 1 I I l ' I ■ Technical Assistance Available I Quality Parts! BAKER ROD ENDS BAKER Precision Bearing carries one of the largest selections of rod ends and spherical bearings in the United Slates. We represent companies like NHBB (NMB), Radial, Aurora, Timken and SKF. PUR-O-SIL HOSES Vacuum, heater, turbo or coolant hose PUR-0-SIL silicone hose is the best. The leader and pioneer in silicone hose. The only one in the business with the "Million Mile Warranty". BAKER BEARINGS We only stock the best products in the industry and we are the largest stocking dealer in the U.S. Our bearing & rod ends are made ol 11-4 stainless steel and high quality chrome molly. Call us for prices! EARLS PRODUCTS EARLS has provided 1st class quality products to the performance industry since the early 1960's. There isn't another competitor that even comes close to their list of winning customers. SETRAB COOLERS The largest selection of cooler sizes and types for all your cooling needs. The finest race car coolers made in Europe. Used in all forms of European automotive racing. Made of aluminum. FLUIDYNE COOLERS All Fluidyne coolers are of the finest race quality, hand-welded, for hi-flow excellent cooling capabilities. Complete line of water to oil heat exchangers to heat oil to maintain temperature in the engine. PERMA COOL PRODUCTS Complete line of PERMA COOL products, fans, coolers, remole & sandWich adapters. PERMA COOL, The Industry Leader in High Quality and Innovative Design for Over 20 Years. Also available billel remote adapters. FIRE BOTTLES The "Firebottle" system discharges completely when activated, and can be recharged saving you the cost of a new system. Once extinguished, no messy residue remains. CALL FOR PRICES TODAY! WE WILL SHIP IT AS FAST AS YOU NEED IT! TO ORDER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: BAKER BATTERIES BAKER High Performance Batteries are gel lilied, deep cycle, vibration resistant, and totally sealed. Large selection for RV, off-road, marine, passenger cars, and Indy. Also available is a battery tender. Just plug ii in! NEO SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS NEO lubricants are 100% synthetic. The NEO line consists of Motor Oils, Gear Oils, ATF Fluid, Motorcycle Lubricants and more. With NEO lubricants you can expect long drain intervals, increased performance & protection. ~ (310) 427-2375 ~~ _FAX (310) 426-5294 ~ 2815 G,ndly .... 1•11 UPS II ,,;. I ' Long Beach, CA 90806 DAILY -April 1996 Page 13

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Only two of the seven 5-1600 starters finished, two minutes apart. Vince Alcouloumre took second, after stopping to change co-drivers in the Surf Bug. Carlos Davila and Alfonso Lacarra had some good times, but in the end they couldn't recover from a late breaking disaster and were third in Class 5-1600 credited with two laps. Jorge & Mango Vargas & Adrian Lozano race a Mexican built "J.E.F.E." car in Class 9, here scoot past a Bug on the way to second in {;lass 9 about 50 minutes back. IP'" building on Thursday at noon could finish a race on Satur-day. But finish it did, and in front. Remarkably, they didn't even have any "new car" problems, but they found it terribly dusty. In second olace it was the Rusich brothers, also complaining about the dust, but otherwise with no mechanical woes. In third it was Dizney and Teuscher, sounding like a broken record, reporting dust, terrible dust. Rodt:iguez, who drove the whole thing, said • Poe Driver/Co-Driver SCORE PARKER 400 RESULTS-January 26- 28, 1996 Vehicle Claaa Trophy-Truck -10 a tart - 8 finish Time This class ran 4 laps, 3 short and 1 long lap -1otal distance 197.29 miles 5 16 21 72 43 1 Robby Gordon Ford 2 Dave & Paul Simon Ford 3 Rob MacCachren Ford 4 Jeff Lewis Chevrolot 5 Curt LeDuc Jeep Claaa 112-Unlimited Single & Two aeat - 20 atart - 12 finish 106 Brent Grizzlel(Jale Ebberts Jimco 116 2 Ron Brant Raceco/Porsche 107 3 Steve Sourapas/Oave Richardson Race Car Dynamics 111 4 Mark Miller/Chad Ragland Chenowth/ Porsche 120 5 Rick & Randy Wilson Jlmco Claaa 1-2-1600 -1600cc Restricted Engine -22 atart. 17 finish 1600 1 Danny Porter/Mark Ruddis Porter 1612 2 Tom & Frank Rusich Jimco 1618 3 1601 4 1615 5 349 506 502 500 503 508 555 2 3 4 5 Jim Dizney/Todd Teuscher Jimco Lorenzo Rodriguez/Bob Perren Lothringer Gary Cogbill/Doug Wesl Jimco Claaa 3-Short we 4x4 -1 atart - 1 finish Todd & Jim Gatrell Claaa ~Long we 4x4 - o atart - o finish Chevy Blazer Claaa 5 - lktlimiled Baja Bug - 8 atart - 6 ftnlah Neal & Michael Grabowski Baja Bug Morgan Malocco/Richard Boyle Baja Bug Michael James/Mike Kalickl Baja Bug Greg DlehVBrad Person Baja Bug Jerry Miller/Dave Parsons Baja Bug Claaa 5-1600 -1600cc Baja Bug - 7 atart. 2 finlah Carlos & Gerardo lribe Baja Bug 554 2 Vince Alcouloumre Surf Bug Claaa 6 - Production Sedan - o atart - o finlah 701 1 702 2 703 3 724 725 2 739 3 722 4 723 5 800 1 805 2 803 3 801 4 809 5 905 1 906 2 907 3 1008 1 1005 2 1020 3 ' 1023 4 1026 5 1101 1 280 1 255 2 210 3 760 1 766 2 777 3 764 4 762 5 870 1 860 2 863 3 864 4 879 5 1051 1 Claaa 7 - Unlimited Mini Pickup - 6 auirt - 3 finish Larry Roeseler/Jerry McDonald Chevrolet S-10 Robert Larid/Don McCarthy Ford Ranger Chris & Rick Taylor Ford Ranger Claaa 7S -Stock Mini Pickup - 8 atart - 6 finish Scott Steinberger/Larry Plank Ford Ranger Brady Helm/Bob Graham Toyota Charles David SrJSteve Ogle Ford Steve Luport/Mike Duenas Ford Sean Mecham Ford Claaa 8 -2WD Standard Pickup - 9 start - 6 finish Dan Smith/Dave Ashley' Ford F 150 Dave Westhem/Randy Salmont Chevrolet Darren & Gavin Skinon Jeep Grand Cherokee Dave Crinklaw/John Penner Ford Mark Anderson/Beny Canela Ford Claaa 9 - Restricted Buggy -9 start - 3 finish Greg Anderson/David Barron Fortune Jorge & Mango Vargas/Adrian Lozano J.E.F.E. Kim Peterson/Joseph Key Jimco Claaa 10 • Unlimited 1650cc -26 atart -19 finish Andrew Wehe Jimco Larry Bolin Raceco Ray Croll/Tom Rhodes Jimco Dan Worley Jimco Bill Hernquist/Kevin Basore Jimco Claaa 11 - Stock VW sedan - 1 atart - 1 finish (this class was only required to complete 270.55 miles- 2 laps) Matt McGrath/Jeff Hanson VW Beetle Clsaa 2 Pro Trucks -A SPEC CLASS -5 atart - 3 finlah Charrles Harris Chevrolet Rick & Jamie Gailes Chevrolet Gustavo Vildosola/Brian Stewart Ford Claaa Mini Stock • Stock Mini Trucks - 8 start - 5 finish (this class was only required to complete 270.55 miles) Steve Williams/Al Harris Ford Ranger Leo Brown/Scon Moffan Ford Ranger Macrae Glass/Greg Foutz Ford Jeff Richardson/Steve Harris Toyota Steve Ghamari/Peter Saldana Toyota Claaa Stock Futl - Stock Pickup Tru,;ka -8 start - 5 finish (this class was only rcarloequired to con-plate 270.55 miles) Steve Oliiges/John Swtlt Ford Lightening David Sykes/Gordon DiCarlo Ford Marc Stein Ford James HalVRichie Mandel Ford Robert Hayley/Jarit Johnson Ford Sportsman Clua - 3 start - 1 finish ~his class was only required to complele 270.55 miles) Stan Ragsdale a'l8S Starters -cars 151 - finishers, cars 99 (including Trophy-Trucks) - 65% Race Distance - Trophy Trucks 197.29 miles, Sportsman classes - 270.'s5 miles Race Distance 397.33 miles for Pros Fast Tome· Cars/Trucks· Brent Grizzle/Dale Ebberts- Class 1 Jimco - 7:17:17 Weather: clear, sunny, warm. No wind. dusty Page 14 3:40:40 3:41:11 3:47:38 3:45:10PI 4:06:26 7:17:17 7:19:35 7:29:31 7:20:25 7:37:29 8:23:23 8:26:19 8:31 :54 8;38:47 8:41:09 13:51:47 8:28:18 8:35:51 8:48:05 9:20:37 10:09:53 10:03:37 10:05:48 9:09:38 12:24:27 12:25:44 9:31 :08 9:57:44 11:09:54 11 :43:29 12:33:11 7:29:30 8:07:19 8:09:07 10:28:46 10:47:06 11 :03:08 12:54:26 13:24:43 7:22:29 7:50:42 8:10:22 8:37:14 8:52:51 9:53:50 9:19:37 9:30:37 9:33:48?2 7:37:16 8:05:26 9:38:41 10:31:12 11:55:54 6:15:35 7:11 :32 6:50:56PI 9:17:20 10:25:18 7:34:11 0/A 1 2 3 4 5 1· 2 4 6PI 7 16 17 20 23 24 62 18 21 25 32 41 40 41 30 55 56 36. 37 52 53 57 5 13 14 46 49 51 59 61 3 9 15 22 27 31 34 39 Dave Westhem and Randy Salmont scored a solid second place in Class 8 in the Chevrolet after having quite a battle with Darren Skilton for the position. he'd been lost once for a while, but also had no mechanical trou-bles, and he took fourth. In fifth it was Cogbill and West. The Class 7 trucks took to the dirt next, and Larry Roeseler put his new ride, a Chevy Sl0, out in front by five seconds. Chris Tay-lor had his Ford Ranger in second place, and A.J. DeNunzio ran third in his Toyota, but nearly an hour back. Roeseler who'd gone from bikes to a Walker Evans Trophy-Truck and now to the small Chevy, is still in training, and had an interesting first lap. He explained that he's still getting used to having to watch a wider path than he did on bikes. He hit something and caused a flat, and also bounced off an embankment, tipped the truck up onto two wheels, nearly rolled over, settled back down and was stuck. A truck's more of a challenge to unstick than a bike, but he ot it It was a long time coming, but Carlos lribe rode and son Gerardo drove the 5-1600 all the way to a close but solid first in Class 5-1600. They won by just about two minutes. Greg Anderson and David Barron brought their 'Randy Fortune' Class 9 car to Parker and bested eight other starters in Class 9 to win the class in just over eleven hours on the trail. April 1996 done. Roeseler's co-driver, Jerry McDonald, took over for the second lap, and he was down to five cylinders before the lap was over, but still held the lead. Tay-lor was still in second place, but now he was over an hour down, and DeNunzio had disappeared. Bob Land-was third, another hour back in his Ford. McDonald had to add brake fluid during his stint, but main-tained a good pace, and he and Roeseler came up winners. Land, who had serious front end trouble on the first lap, and his co-driver, Don McCarthy, were second, over three hours later, nearly numb from the hours of sitting in the cold cockpit. Only a minute and 17 seconds behind them it was Chris and Rick Taylor who'd used up five coils getting to the finish line. No one else in the class finished. The 7S trucks were the next pack to start, and David Winner and Alan Blomgren had their Toyota in front, with a 32 second cushion on Larry Plank in a Ford. In third it was Brady Helm in his Toyota. Plank and his co-driver, Scott Steinberger, moved to the front at the end of lap two, even though they'd blown an oil seal early in the day and were having to stop for oil frequently. Helm and his co-driver, Bob Graham, were now second, with Steve Luport and Mike Duenas in third in their Ranger. Winner had some prob-lems with his computer and his electrical system and dropped back. ' Steinberger and Plank reported that the truck stalled once, but they had enough lead that it did no harm. They kept adding oil, and at one point their co-driver, Duncan Wallace, did the trick of leaning out through the open windshield to add oil to the motor · while Plank was hightailing it down the road. (Kids, don't try this with your car!) They took the win, coming in about -25 minutes in front of Helm and Graham, who'd had nothing more serious than some less-than-great brakes. In third it was Charles David, Sr. and Steve Ogle, in a Ford. who moved up as Luport and D 1enas had a long last lap. Only one car came out to play in Class 3, but they took it seriously, and Todd and Jim Gatrell did all three laps in their Propane powered Chevy Blazer, to get a finish and a win for the record. Class 5-1600 was a bit small at Parker, and they had a rough go. Gerardo Iribe took the early lead with just three minutes on Robert Wright. In third it ~as Vince Alcouloumre in his surfboard topped Rasta Surf Bug. On the second lap Wright lost his motor, and a couple of other Dusty Times

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Kim Petersen and Joseph Key race a Jimco in Class 9 trim and after some woes they got it ru_nning well enough to take third, only 20 minutes behind second. · Leo Brown brought another Ford in second in Stock Mini Trucks, a really plain jane in decor, but Leo and Scott Moffatt had a good time in Arizona. ~ ;ii David Sykes and Gordon DiCarlo had a good run in the big Ford to second in Stock Full Size trucks, about 56 minutes out, they were happy with second. cars fell out for unknown reasons, but lribe held on to the lead, though things were coming unglued in his engine compart-ment. They were having to tie-wrap them back together. Alcou-lou m re was second, about 18 minutes down. Not only had he · changed a flat, but he'd also hit a hole too hard and hurt his co-driver, so he had to slow down for a while, until he got to where he could trade him in for an unin-jured rider. It was a tempor~ry injury, and all was okay later in the day. Two other cars were still running, both of them about four hours behind the lead two. Iribe lost his oil cap and used a rag as a quick replacement, then struggled along to get to the finish line first and take the win. Alcou-loumre actually had a faster last lap, but couldn't quite catch him, finishing second just a bit over two minutes back. None of the others made it in. Class 9 was next to take off and things were tough for this class also. At the end of lap one it was Rick Poole and Mike Faulkner, in their Homemade Challenger, with a big 18 minute lead on second place. That was Sean Moss and Kody Wright in a Pete Co. chas-sis. In third it was Jorge and Mango Vargas in their J.E.F.E. Challenger. On the second lap both the Poofe/Faulkner and Moss/ Wright teams fell off the lap chart. Now Greg Anderson and · David Barron ran in front, in their Randy Fortune chassis. They had just under a minute on Kim Petersen and Joseph Key in their Jimco, who were a half hour in front of the Vargas team. Brian and Jim Jeffrey, last year's season champions, were fourth, another 10 minutes back, in their Lothringer. But all the others had dropped out. Anderson and Barron, who were driving in their first SCORE race, stayed in front and went on to take the win. They came to the finish line with no idea what posi- • tion they were in, and were astounded to learn they'd won. Jorge and Mango Vargas, who'd broken a rear adjuster finger and bar, and their third driver ,Adrian Lozano, picked up second place, followed in by Petersen and Key who'd had trouble with their bat-tery getting loose and shorting out their electrical system. They were the last in the class to finish. behind the leader, in still another Ford. Everyone in the class made it through the first lap. Hayley had some major prob/ lem that cost him four hours, and dropped way back on the second lap. Olliges put in his new co-driver, John Swift, who picked up the pace a bit, putting his many years of experience at the wheel of a truck to work, and brought it in for the win, reporting no prob-lems at all, not even any flats. In second place it was Marc Stein who'd had a radiator problem and one flat in his Ford. Twenty min-utes later David Sykes and Gor-don Di Carlo finished, in still another Ford, after fixing a late flat. Stein was later dropped to third place, penalized for going too fast in the pits, which gave Sykes and official second place. In the Stock Mini class, which also ran only two laps, the early lead belonged to Deputy Allen Harris, in a Ford Ranger. Steve Williams, who usually does all the driving, was riding for this lap. In second place it was Leo Brown and Scott Moffatt, in another Ranger, followed by Jeff Richard-son and Steve Harris in a Toyota. Williams, who had some small power steering troubles; took over the driving on lap two, and kept the truck out in front with a good lap time of 3:53:07 for the 133 miles. In second it was still Brown and Moffatt, while Macrae Glass, who'd had his Ford stuck a couple of times, ran third. And that's how they finished. Will-iams and Harris took the win, with Brown and Moffatt a half hour later in second and Glass who gave rides to his pit crew and family finished third about an hour and a half later. Class 11 ran only two laps also, and there was only one entry at Parker. But Matt McGrath and Jeff Hanson, in a '69 VW, com-pleted both their required laps, slowed by one flat, a broken head-light, a bad shock and a lost fender. They said it was the best race they'd ever had, and were sorry no one else had come to race them. In the Sportsman classes, which all ran only two laps, the fastest time was recorded by Stan Rags-dale, a 17 year old who lives right nearby in Desert Center. He had only some small ignition prob-lems with his ORBS, and got both his laps done in seven and a half hours. The Class 3 Sportsman, a Suzuki Samurai driven by Xavier Reyes and Eric Solorzano of Tijuana, used up a lot of hours,, Steve ·olliges had a secret weapon in his big Ford, his co-drive John Swift who drove the truck into victory in the Stock Full Size truck class, with eight starters in the class. •. _,; ; -f" ~ The Stock Full class went off the line next, and these folks were required to complete only two i laps. At the end of the first one the · lead was in the hands of Robert Hayley, in a Ford, who'd driven the last season in his old Class 3 Bronco. In second place it was Steve Olliges in another Ford, and James Hall and Richie Mandel ran third, only a ·minute and a half Stan Ragsdale, a youngster from nearby Desert Center, had his ORBS in great shape tor Parker. The Class 10 car was fastest of all the various classes in Sportsman, and young Stan won the Sportsman honors overall. Dusty Times April 1996 but did also complete both laps. Bill Wingerning, in a Nissan, was the Class 7S Sportsman, and he did not manage to complete even his first lap. There was a long list of drivers who needed to go to the the Com-petition Review Board meeting, and officials said that most of the offenses related to speed in the pits or traveling backwards on the course. Penalties ranged from loss of one position ( speeding) to dis-qualification ( excessive speeding and/ or backwards running) and were generally handed out fairly automatically. So the Parker 400 became an item in the history books, and the SCORE folks started right to work on the San Felipe 250, visions of balmy weather and fresh shrimp drawing them southward. More Parker 400 Pictures on next page ... 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Rob MacCachren was third in his Ford, in the fact the first three were all Fords. He had radiator trouble, actually finished fourth, but was third after the penalty phase, getting to be a big part of where you finish. Jeff Lewis had his upgraded Class 8 Chevrolet, had fast time on the tong. fast last tap and came in third. but was penalized back to fourth, for speeding in the pits. Curt LeDuc is a bit out horsepowered in Trophy-Trucks, but his Jeep Cherokee is nimble and Curt keeps up on handling and driving. He finished fifth at Parker. PARKER 400 SEASON OPENER FOR TROPHY-TRUCKS Robby Gordon Gets the Win By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Inc. Robby Gordon took the lead on the third tap, and held it until he ran out of gas about ten miles out. The Simons went by, but Robby's crew got him gas and going fast, and he passed Simon on the last leg and won by 31 seconds on the course on which he made his Pro debut, several years back. Robby Gordon brought his. Ford truck to the finish line first in a real squeaker of a finish at SCORE's Parker 400 in January, edging out the Dave and Paul Simon Ford by 31 seconds. For this year's event, as they did last year, the Trophy-Trucks ran three short laps and then one full loop of the course, to give them a total mileage of only 197 .29 miles. They started early, at 7:30 a.m., and for most of their event_ Page 18 iii 81i DC ,.!! ~ !§~ ~ i 0 ,E . = Se l 11 j had the course all to themselves, . since the Pro classes didn't start until 10 a.m. And it must have seemed lonely out there in the Arizona desert, because in con-trast to last year's fields of about 20 trucks, there were only 10 of them at Parker. Still, the competi-tion was fierce. On the first lap, which, at 28.07 miles, was a little longer than the second and third laps, Jason Baldwin took the lead in his Ford with a time of 31:02. The Simon brothers had their Ford only 51 seconds back, followed by Ivan Stewart in his Toyota, then Gor-don, 'and in fifth, Rob Mac-Cachren in his sleek new truck. MacCachren's truck drew crowds the day before when it went through contingency because it looks more like one of the NAS-C AR Super Trucks than a Trophy-Truck. It sits low to the ground and features a covered bed with a spoiler at the rear, as the Super Trucks do. Many believed it wouldn't last a l~p, some thought it didn't have its suspen-sion hooked up, and some even suspected that it wasn't the real truck. But it was, and it did. On the second lap, which was· shorter than the first because of the extra leg out from the start• line, and measured 21.22 miles, Gordon had the fast time at 22:50. But Baldwin was quick too, and held the lead, now only about 30 seconds in front. The Simons stayed tight in second, fol lowed by Gordon, Stewart and MacCachren. The entire field was still running, but some had already been in trouble. The Herbst brothers, Ed and Tim, rac-ing in this class for the first time in a Ford purchased from Jim Smith, lost well over an hour with a prob-lem, while Curt LeDuc was hitting things and having flats with his Jeep. Larry Ragland, in a Chevy, broke a balljoint and Danny Letner, also in a Chevy, lost 10 minutes or so. On the third lap, another short one, the fast time of 20:34 belonged to LeDuc, but Gordon moved into the lead, and was just under a minute ahead of Simon and Simon. They had 45 seconds on MacCachren, and he was 30 seconds in front of Baldwin, who'd dropped to fourth. In fifth it was Stewart, one second further back. So it was still anyone's race as they headed out into their last lap, the only long loop for them, at 126 miles. They were still all alone on the course, except for the Herbsts, who'd lost a lot of time, and found themselves heading out into that last lap so late that they were mixing it up with the Pro cars. Baldwin just barely got started on his last lap when he felt the rear torsion housing of his truck let go, and it settled like a laying hen. He was done for the day, but all the rest kept moving. April 1996 Dave·and Paul Simon were close in their Ford, with victory in sight they were passed while at flank speed on time, and lost, but were second half a minute behind. Radio reports were corning 1n was there also, and took the win from all around the track, and by 31 seconds. The fans were word was that Stewart was first on cc,-.tatic! And so was Gordon. the course, but Gordon was still There was more than good rac-leading. Then a report came ing going on behind them. And through in Stewart's voice, say- surprisingly, it was Jeff Lewis, in ing, "I've got a box full of neu-the Ch vy that Ricky Johnson trals." In the mean time, the drove in Class 8 last year, divested Simon brothers, who'd been of its front wheel drive, and stand-overheating earlier in the day, ing in for the Trophy-Truck that now lost their power s_teNing ' hadn't been completed. He'd had pump. Gordon was moving along a flat, and, instructed to "just fin-steadily, now past where Stewart ish", had apparently decided that was preparing to put a new trans-wasn't as much fun as really rac-mission in his truck, and on to ing, so he ticked off the second Check 6. The Simons were fol- fastest time of the group for that lowing steadily behind him, long fast lap, and shunted himself backed up by everyone else, up into third place, only four except the Herbsts, who were so minutes behind the Simon truck. late they couldn't get that final In fourth behind him it was Mac-long loop done. Cachren, his low slung truck hav-Then word came that Gordon ing no new car problems, but per-was down, about eight miles from haps suffering from new pit crew the finish line. He was parked and problems. His radiator cap came working on the car-. Gordon tried loose and let all the water blow all the usual stuff -looked for out, so he had to sit and wait for a loose wires, poked around here new radiator load of water to be and there, and at a loss checked brought to him. He finished for gas. There was none! But he fourth just two minutes behind knew he'd taken a splash of fuel Lewis. But Lewis was one of those just a few miles before. Something who'd exceeded the speed limit in was messed up. He radioed for the pits, and he was bumped to fuel, and his crew, already in the fourth place, putting MacCachren process of getting a "Car retrieval up into third officially. LeDuc fin-pass" so they could legally go out ished fifth in the Jeep, reporting on the track to help, were told to lots of flats, and a problem with bring gas. Happily for them, his shift linkage when some sticks Robby was parked in the Osborne got stuff~d in it and he couldn't Wash, close enough to Shea Road get all his gears for a while. In sixth that it wasn't a problem to get to it was Danny Letner'~ truck, his him. Radio reports kept coming son Marty, a three time Parker in as the Simon truck passed mile winner in the 70s, at the wheel for after mile, creeping up on the sta-the final lap. Stewart got his tionary Gordon. transmission fixed in time to At about the time that Gor-come home in seventh.place, and don's crew got to him, the Simon Ragland, after repairing two ball truck went past. The crew joints, a rear end and a fuel pump, dumped the fuel and the truck recorded the fast time for the last started with a . min um um of cuss lap at 2:09:21, to finish eighth and words, so Gordon was in full last. chase in no time. They roared The "I:rophy-Trucks had all fin-down the final few miles of the ished by the time the lead Pro cars wash, Simons in front and Gor-completed their first loop, so they don in pursuit. Simon and Simon loaded up and left town, hurrying came across the finish line first back to the shop to get a head start but before they could shake hands on preparations for the San Felipe with their \\'.ell-wishers, Gordon in April. Dusty Times

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'~ 'The Straight Poop' From the Big Wahzoo RAY BENNETT was hon-ored with a Checker memorial service out at Cougar Buttes. Shortly after our Brother Checker's untimely death, a large number of his friends and family gathered on a Sunday afternoon outside of Lucerne at the picturesque site of our Club's , annual Summer Party. Big John Files set the tone with various mementos representative of a very long and memorable off road racing friendship. Over 25 other Checkers showed up to say good-bye, including all oflast year's and· this year's Club Officers. After Ray's ashes were shaken out off the tops of the rocks, food and drink were served up and stories were told. Vance and Shirley, with the help of Charlie and Roberta La V elle, served up some Checker chile. Maxine and Daughter Bates provided sand-wiches and stuff, along with some other eatables brought by a number of non-Checkers. Thanks to everyone who· pitched in to help send our Brother Checker off in an appropriate fashion. _We'll miss ya Ray. INPUT NEEDED -Ou~ Club's new officers have request-ed some help from all of us. First off, they claim there will be a regular monthly Checker News-letter this year and have asked for help in updating our Club roster. So, make sure the Club has your current address and phone number. News from a Checker Newsletter is a lot more timely than our Checkers Column, not to speak of the occasional nude photos. So do yourself a favor and let us know where the hell ya are! With the Club's unofficial boycott of the La Rana events, the Club also needs some input from our drivers?s to what racing series you generally intend to support this year. It's a given that all of the SCORE races and Vegas to Reno will be Official Checker Races, but it's still a little unclear which of the other local promoters will draw enough of our drivers to make their races Club events. It takes three Checker cars to make an official Club event, and the · sooner our Officers know which races those will be, the sooner they can gather up the Checker-like support you've come to expect. Come on down to a meeting in the ver·y near future and state your intentions. There are sign up sheets already made up and available for all the races during the next three months. The Club is also interested in lining up some guest speakers this year. Some of the suggestions that have been offered up are: Sal Fish; Eddie Castro or his wife; Fud; a representative from SNORE; Dr. Rosenstein, now that his penis operations are temporarily on hold (no pun intended); the Mag 7 Prez; Heidi Fleiss; and OJ. If-any one of these personalities interest you, or if you think you've got any better suggestions, let our fearless leaders know. BOTTOM DOLLAR 200 -Two Checker cars entered this SNORE 200 miler, with three Checker pits covering the 40 mile loop. Remarkably, Mike Duenas . Dusty Jimes experienced a first at this race. graphics specialist. Welcome No, no, not a win, but his first :tboard Ken! ever roll over. The subsequent CIRCLE CHECKERS - A down time resulted in an eighth mimber of our members are place finish for our hero in his apparently following Symonds' 1-2-1600 car. The BJ Bates/ lead and goin' oval track racing. Jimmy Hook effort in BJ's WiththerecentclosingofSaugus Challenger car . had some ev~n Speedway it's unknown at this , worse luck. First_ off, C_apt n time where Gregg is gonna be ~ook conducted a little testing on running his Mini Stock this year, Ju_st how far a car. could go . but I'm sure he's not through with w1th?ut_ ~ fan belt, Just _bar~ly it. Joining him in this one making 1t _mto Checke~ ~am with dimensional form of auto racing t~e ~~gi?e knoc.km, a_nd a are the following: Billy McCool stmkm. Jimmy quickly d1scov-recently bought a brand new ered tha~ such tests should nev~r Legend Car; Jeff Hibbard and be ~ons1~ered. whe_n_ the team .s Steve Brown have teamed up in a engme b~1lder ~s wa1tmg at t~e p1t Dwarf Car; Bruce Tiffany has now that y~:m re trymg to stretch 1t to. got himself a TQ Midget' and Especially when the motor man Steve Luport is putting together a was Master Bat~s. . couple of Pintos for some new · Aftertheengme was serviced BJ kind of 'beater'class. Although took .o~er, only to suf~er_ so_me technically not true off road ball Jomt problems, fm1shmg racing this Wahzoo will continue J2th. At one point durin_g this to rep~rt on any notable runs for problem pla~ued run, BJ l~mped the flag by motorized Checkers of m to an outlying Checker pit only any kind. Be it circle trackers, to be sent up the access road to Seadoos Commanders or what-me~~ his ~hase crew who were ever, you can rest ass~red you'll wa1tmg '"'.1th the. needed parts. hear about it here whenever any Then, while headmg back down of our guys do worth a shit. "DEAD CAT RACING" -While Brother-Josh was' busy grossing everybody out in the vicinity with their new team mascot. Peter Rosenstein was busy learning just how far he could push their new 1-2-1600 single seater. Well, it didn't take long before our ex-Class 11 hero found that point when he rolled it over in one of those tight corners ---------AffENTION PIT TEAMS - . Send us your tales of triumph and troubles and they will be f~atured 9n these~pag~s. Mail to: DUSTY TIMES _ 20751 Marilla Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 out at Hodge. Way to go Rosie, you and Duenas, virgins no more! Look for the 'Dead Cat Racing Team' to make their exciting kosher debut in 1-2-1600 at the up and coming Vegas to Reno Race. STEVE LUPORT recently stepped forward to initiate a 'riew · Wednesday night.award: the 'Shit-Head of the Week'. This award consists of a high backed moulded plastic upper portion of a toilet, which fits down nicely over the . recipients head and rests on his shoulders. When presented, the winner's head protrudes just above the rim, but not so high as to obscure the Checker stickers on the white contoured backrest. Every awardee then has a Polaroid picture taken, to be included in a gallery of 'Shit-Heads' on display at every Wednesday night meeting. Hey, just another highlight and disciplinary tool for our exciting weekly Checker meetings. Thanks Steve. Besides Steve's effort, all of our new officers are obviously making a significant attempt to encourage .more weekly meeting attendance. The Prez is starting the meetings at 8 p.m. sharp and getting right. down to Club business. Morgan is handling the newsletter and crackin' the whip. Secretary Joe is not only accurately re~ording all the action, but he's also donating two free tranny jobs, to every W ednesd-ay night raffle. Not to be out done, Hastings is set to donate a number of $5,000 gift certif-icates good for anything on his famous Ace Hardware "2 for a dollar table". Plus, it's rumored that our new Sergeant at Arms has almost talked that red-headed hooker in the bar into donating a quickie. Hey guys, our regular Wednesday meetings are really gettin' better, you can trust me on this. So come on down! Ya might even get your picture took. ----.. ----to the course, he had a collision with a quad coming in the other direction. The Checker pit reported that this 'pit squirrel' had earlier been a problem around their pit, running back and forth on the course and generally being a pain in the ass. BJ and this jerk clipped each other at a turn, BJ's left front contacting the quad's left rear, demo-ing the quad and sending the rider tumbling off into the desert. When the dust settled, BJ and his buggy were unhurt and the pit squirrel was up and wantin' to fight. Rather than , wasting any more time kickin' hi& ass, Minor Bates just roostertailed him and went on back to the race. Bur... considering all the above problems, the biggest screw up of. the weekend still had to be made by Big John Files. This wily ol' Checker Pit Captain made the critical error of getting an adjoining hotel room right next to Hastings and his crew of party · animals. This was kinda akin to expectin' to get some sleep in a zoo during feeding time. Despite all of this, a good time was of -course had by all! Oh, by the way, , Greenway co-drove the CORE Class 10 car that won this race overall. Congratulations Jim. --NEVADA'.f LARGEIT OFFROAD, .fAND, .JTREH VW PART.f JTORE ---: Speaking of ex-patriots, currently only two Checkers are I actively off whorin' with the opposition.Jim with this Class l 0 CORE car, and Willie Melancon with a Class 10 FAIR car. Generally it isn't long after a Checker hired gun teams up with a non-Checker infidel, he will convince the car owner the error of his ways and the team will start, runnin' with the Club. Up to this point.Jim and Willie have both been noticeably unsuccessful in that effort. Still, 'once a Checker always a Checker', so unless they. actually join one of those other organizations this W ahzoo will continue to salute any major victory ... no matter who they had to lay down with to accomplish it. · NEW MEMBER -After an unusually long probation period, Ken McKenzie finally faced the marble box and escaped intact. As a prospective member through most of '95, Ken earned a total of 34 points while out pittin' for the guys. 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ENSENADA RALLY SERIES ._-ccatc Internacional Rally Chad decided to transit the stage and rejoin the rally on stage three, but doring the drive to Trinidad another wheel parted company with the car and left the pair stranded with no sweep car epic as b9th Nation and Tallini are very talented drivers in well built cars. Four Wheel ·Drive Open class was looking like a battle for the finish after the first stage. Rui Brasil and Carlos T.;i.vares took the Sun trips Tours Audi 40(,J into a slim lead over Roger Hull and Sean Gallagher in their Goodyear Tire Eagle Talon TSi. Brasil had a steering problem in the first stage, but it did not seem to slow down the bold Portuguese team, who made repairs and continued on to stage two where the battle was to continue, but at the end of the stage Brasil and Tavares, who had lost their odometer and had no chance to pre-run, embedded the front end of the Audi into a washout at high speed, breaking the radiator and pushing the front end into unimaginable geometry, and their day was done. Roger Hull, who is still getting used to four wheel drive by his own admission, drove like he was a veteran in it and won the class handily and was third place overall. Dennis Chizma and Garnet Baril brought out their Mitsubishi 3000 GT and were looking for a good finish but a reoccuring brake fading problem slowed their progress and kept them from being as competitive as they should have been. Still they persisted, and despite a flat tire in stage three nabbed the second spot in class. By John Elkin Bill Malik and Roine Andersson Jed two thirds of the stages, and led when it counted in the Volvo 240 as they not only won Two Wheel Drive Open class they won the rally overall. CRS has a new place to play. Since 1967 the peninsula was hired by the Department of. known as Baja California has Tourism in Baja to promote road played host to off road racers and_ races and rallies, and judging by occasionally the road racer in his two recent successes the CAS events, on highway three between is a most viable organizing group. Ensenada and San Felipe. Now, in While this was not a CRS the year 1996, rallying comes to event, half or better of the entry Baja. The sport of rallying is big was from north of the border. on the mainland of Mexico, it has They came from Northern and somehow escaped Baja until two Southern California, Oregon and men got together to discuss the Arizona to rally, for some this was possibility of bringing local and their first "International" event. California Rally Series ( CRS) This was a rally like the European teams together for an event. Tony events, where you were able to Chave: was the man with the idea, pre-run and make pace notes just well known to CRS as a man who like Carlos Sainz or Rod Millen is always helping our series and would. Several teams took individual competitors. Also advantage of the pace note option there is Octavio Velarde, a man and got to experience rallying as who brought grand prix type they would while running a racing to Ensenada late last year prestigious event like the RAC or and has proven to be an organi:er the 1000 Lakes event. and promoter of the highest The rally festivities began on caliber. Octavio runs the CAS,. Friday evening as registration and out of Ensenada, his company technical inspection were held at Lon Peterson and Bill Gutzmann had the Plymouth Arrow storming, but not qwte fast enough. They finished second overall and second in Two Wheel Drive Open. 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A large arch was the start line and cars were allowed an all out start at speed for about three kilometers for the large crowd that had gathered to see us off before settling down into a more convential transit at legal speeds. The event started with a transit ·from Ensenada down highway one to Santo Tomas where the-first stage would bring te_ams through the hills cutting west towards the ocean and Punta Piedras for a 1 7 mile stage that ended with an unforgettable view of the Pacific Ocean. A transit through Puerto San Isidro and then inland brought teams to highway one again and into San Vicente for the first service. Then south about ten kilometers to Llano Colorado and the second and longest stage which was 36 miles. The stage cut across through the peninsula eventually dropping you into the main service area at Valle de Trinidad, the long stage was a Ii ttle of everything we run in the CRS, a little Rim; a little Indio, a little Gorman and a little Prescott. From Trinidad we headed for Edijo Los Pocitos and stage three a 17 mile run up the mountain road to join the famous road to Mike's Sky Rancho and south to highway three again for the finish of the event and then a long but fun transit back to Ensenada where we eF1joyed police escorts through town back to the San Nicolas Hotel. Before the event several happenings were the buzz of the technical inspection area. First and foremost was the long awaited debut of the famous Chad Dykes 1970 Sedan de Ville ( the Chadillac), prepped by Dave Turner Motorsports. The large barge was green and mean looking and to some of us old timers we reminisced about the old Larry . behind them.Two rides from local ranchers and one from Adrienne Scott got the team back to Ensenada safe and sound. In stock class there were several CRS regulars and a couple oflocal entries. Bob and Steve Scott started out leading the rally after· stage one in their Psycho Fab Toyota Corolla. When getting toward the end of stage two carrying much velocity the Toyota caught a washout across the road and went bumper over bumper then rolled to a halt. The occupants were shaken but not stirred. Tom Carter and Gordon Swen·sen, in an ex-Scott Toyota Celica who were running second moved into the lead and easily made the third stage for their first rally win in their second year of competition. I~orfirio Gutierrez and Sergio Gutierrez nabbed second place in a Pontiac Fiero. Frank Paredes had purchased Roger Allison's old Datsun 510, affectionately named "Timex" and with Roger in the seat of terror nabbed the third spot in his first attempt at rallying. Performance Stock class was a runnaway for Norberto Gomez andJprge Facio as the pair utilized pace notes and extensive pre-running to take the class win by nearly five minutes in their Yankee Doodles sponsored Toyota Corolla GTS. Robert Tallini and Terry "Terrdog" Stonecipher finished second in class in another Toyota Corolla GTS nearly five minutes back, as Gomez and Facio proved the worth of good pacenotes. Bill Nation and Erik Thompson made the third spot a minute and a half back in their Mazda RX-7. Nation and Thompson had been stuck behind a slower car for several miles and without that the battle for second could have been rather Two wheel drive open was the class of the day as far as overall position. In stage one Bill Malik and Roine Andersson put up a slim second lead in their Valencia Volvo Independent 240, over the B&D Automotive Plymouth Arrow of rallyings favorite grandfathers, Lon Peterson and Bill Gutzmann. The Condor Enterprises Mitsubishi Eclipse of Tony Chavez and John Elkin was trailing by half a minute with George Pisek and Mark Rathsam Saab 99 right behind. Stage two was a Peterson stage for sure as he lengthened the lead to 16 seconds, Schwacofer vintage Chevrolet Helping with the organization Tony Chavez did well in the rally also, he and Class 6 creations, it had close to John Elkin were third in the Two Wheel Drive Open class and fourth overall in the same suspension and was as . the Mitsubishi Eclipse. in ti m ida ting I oo king. With ______ _:_ ______________ ===------::-:-Jennifer Peterson in the navi-gators seat the enormous ral:y car set out for the first stage. The car made it through stage one with a very good time, about third fastest in 2WD Open, but on the transit the Chadillac threw a wheel. Norberto Gomez was nice enough to cram Chad and Jennifer into the back of his Toyota Corolla and bring them to the service area where they gathered their crew and some spare parts and went back to do repairs. The repairs made, the "Chadillac" rumbled through the transit but .~, arrived at stage two too late to start Roger Hull and Sean Gallagher were new to four wheel drive, but they did fin_e officiall . Not being one for in the Eagle Talon TS1_: they won 4WD class handily at third overall. They will · y t •t t t t be a force to reckon with in the series. wastmg an oppor um y o es , -----------------------------April 1996 Dusty Times

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Dennis Chizma and Garnet Baril survived fading brakes and a third stage flat tire, but they charged on to finish second in Four Wheel Drive class in the Mitsubishi 3000 GT. Robert Tallini and Terry Stonecipher finished second in Per-formance Stock class, nearly five minutes back of the winners, proving the value of pace notes. These are familiar names to off roaders. Porfirio and Sergio Gutierrez were second in Stock class in their Pontiac Fiero. How about that sports fans? although Malik reported a fuel delivery problem towards the end of the 36 mile stage. Still he posted second best time and replaced a fuel pump at the service in Valle de Trinidad. Chavez and Elkin were staying constant with the leaders in third place and added a small cushion on the Pisek Saab, who was running well in fourth, despite reported troubles getting the Saab to shift into third and fourth gears. The final stage was a barnburner of a stage for Malik and Andersson as -the pair obliterated the field by a large margin and took the overall win, their second in their careers. Chavez and Elkin turned the .. . second best time on the stage but it was not enough to catch the second place Peterson and Gutzmann effort who had a small problem in the final stage costing them half a minute. Pisek and Rathsam held steady for the fourth place a minute and 20 seconds behind the Eclipse. Organizer Octavio Velarde and Willy Valdez pulled out the fifth place spot in their Plymouth Arrow ahead of locals Daniel Souto and Steve Vukas in a Datsun 510. Daniel Mora and Daniel Mora Jr. brought their Class 9 two seater with a 2180cc motor and won the off road buggy class and the only finisher in class. Enrique Harari and Rafael Aguilera won . Noberto Gomez and Jorge Facio won first place in Performance Stock class as they used their extensive pace notes to advantage and extensive pre-running to win by five mintues in the Toyota Corolla GTS. Tom Carter and Gordon Swenson in an ex-Scott Toyota Celica ran a strong second in Stock Class, moved easily into the lead after the first place crashed, took the third stage and won Stock Class, their first win in their second year of rally competition. Octavio Velarde was the chief organizer in Baja, and he had Willie Valdez for a navigator, whips down a familiar trail in the Plymouth Arrow which they took to fifth in Two Wheel Drive Class (Open) and seventh overall. Dusty Times the off road truck class in a Jeep Cherokee, but while he did finish the rally it was on the transit hack down from Mike's Sky Rancho that he flipped the beautiful Jeep multiple times right in front of a photographer who captured the flip on film. The occupants were fine but the Jeep is a write off. As teams gathered for the awards ceremony at the Santa Isabel Hotel in Ensenada we were treated to a wonderful breakfast buffet poolside and trophies and plaques were handed out to the lucky and the talented. Rally-master and four time Mexican National Rally Champion Jose Miguel Gallo handed out the awards and thanked all the If this looks familiar to off road racers, it should be as it is the finish line for the Baja 500 on the ocean front by the convention center. Here Joao Brasil and Paul Fagundez finish in their Auqi . associate sponsors of the Tecate mention and all that competed Beer series. It was a . universally pledged to return again for the full see three days of competition. Rallying has come to Baja, and now it looks as if it is there to stay . . -liked event with two few flaws to., n_ational event in June which will bed exturedsurtace.Availab en custom colors. The liner eliminates: corrosion, cracking, noise, loss of space, slippage and the problems associated with drop-in bed liners. Perfect for industrial, commercial and custom applications. Getthe one liner you never have to worry about! Diamond Liners-forthe liner that fits ... and the protection that lasts! ♦ HIGH-TECHNOLOGY POLYMER FORMUI.A ♦ SEALS YOUR TRUCK BED ♦ SKID-RESISTANTPERMANENTSURFACE ♦ SAME-DAY SERVICE ••. DRIES IN SECONDS AND CURES DIAMOND-TOUGH IN JUST 24HOURS! For Samples, Brochure & Dealer Information Call: DIAMOND LINERS INC. 5430 Tweedy Blvd., Dept OT South Gate, CA 90280 (~13) 567-1032 IN CA 800-543-1032 April 1996 Page 21

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WHIPLASH SEASON RMEW Wright Right In Ninety-Five , on Jay McKinley's calendar. is/was the Snowflake Labor Day three lapper through the junipers. A non-member Texan won "Class 10" and the Overall as did he at Rocky Point finish line. An on track "incident" with rocketing Reuben Wood at Snowflake was a major DNF for both Buckeye boys. Text & Photos: Tony Tellier the one-way finale at Rocky ------------------------------------------Point. Kody Wright drove his Pro Challenger buggy right into the Class Champion-ship, but he also won the Desert Series from Whiplash overall, one of the few who was able to finish all six races in his DirTrix, -winning by four points. Kody Wright's Pro Challenger over Pro Ten champ Ron Dalke. and entire Sohren gang came out Tied for third overall points was on top of the 1995 Whiplash Pro Truck Chevrolet pilot Kevin Motorsports Desert car points Patrick and Unlimited Sports-total with a four point advantage queen Melissa Hall. Ron Dalke won once in Class 10 but had other strong finishes in his Raceco, and it boosted him up to a hefty second overall, losing the title by merely four points, his first year in 10 after winning in Challenger Class. West Coast Distributor fOII HEWLAND . ·OFF ROAD GEARS ALL OUR PRICE · $695.00 GEARS . AVAILABLE SEPARATELY Per Set 2 Ratio's Available NEW RATIOS AVAILABLE ~ Valley. Performance 3700 Mead Ave. Las Vegas, NV 8910'2 702/873-1002 Mckeniie"'i>erfoYmailce Products 2366 East Orangethorpe Anaheim, CA 92800 714/441-1212 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 22 ( .J In 1995 Whiplash took the racers on a tout'of the state plus some Mexican madness. The sea-son started, as always, with the "Gila Monster" in Gila Bend, the Fan Belt Capitol Of America where Rueben Wood was the overall winner. The following Vulture Mine event was a mixture of power line roads, gravel washes, mine roads, and open desert two-trackers where, once again Wood was good for the overall. The next on the slate was a trip to the Sonoran border town of Sonoyta for three laps around a granite mountain: Whoops and rocks were the order of the day. Wood had to settle for second place in Class Ten behind the Overall non points chasing racer. An unusual semi-short course format at the up-state mining town of Mayer was an easy venue with no "overall" winner per se. One of the most popular events • Class 1 The big cars had a mixed bag of Porsches, V6 Toyotas, Type Is and Type IVs. Mining Engineer Steve V esterdal used a whole pas-sel of finishes -with no wins -to take the class crown. The infam-ous Quarter-Ton Brothers' Jimco gave and took no quarter in their heavyweight assault, driving hard -sometimes too hard -and taking no prisoners. Bob Weber and bud Jim Gort had an off and on and off season in the Hensley Distributing Spe-cial. Their spindle breaking DNF on the way to ]J's Cantina at Puerto Penasco was a down side on the run for the points. Shannon Schultz had mixed results in the Audi-automaticed ex-Herbst Porsche Chenowth winning at Gila Bend then neve.r getting off the trailer at the Wick-enburg Vulture Mine brouhaha. Another gearbox failure. resulted in wresting defeat from the jaws of certain victory within sight of the Kevin Patrick topped all the Heavy Metal racers with 199 points in his Pro Class B Chevrolet. He was tied for third overall with Unlimited Sports Queen . Melissa Hall. Steve Vesterdal drove his Jimco powered by Toyota to the points title in Pro Class 1 /2 Unlimited. He had nearly a 50 point lead at season's end on second place Bob Weber in a Bunderson. Tom Buck glides over some minor· whoops here in his handsome Jeep Honcho and it seems he ran uncontested in Class 4, and finished with 165 points too. April 1996 1994 Unlimited Sportsman champion Tony Pedotto (Com-petition Engineering) succumbed to social pressure and moved to the Pro ranks where he fought some inexplicable stub axle prob-lems. DNFs at Gila Bend and Snowflake cost him a bunch, counterproductive in view of his class win at Mayer and a fine third at ]J's. Class 10 The 1650 class was the plum picked by Tucson saguaro mover Ron Dalke who had one class win and several strong performances, what was necessary to beat Buck-eye's Rueben Wood. While Rueb had two wins, the hefty hay hauler suffered a points debilitating DNF at Snowflake and decided to ONE at Mayer. This crown was Safari Racing's first attempt in "Class Ten" after four consecutive Arizona Chal-lenger championships. '' After ball joints and swing axles everything about "10" seems easy," Dalke quipped. Farmington(NM) long tow Pro Stan Steele never quite reached his level of promise in '95 with a myriad of problems off the track, not including the near disastrous static-started pit gasoline fire at Gila Bend. And speaking of not living up to expectations, ebul-lfent Scott Rhone exceeded his. The over achieving racer virtually forced his fifteen year old car to-results seldom seen. Competition Engineering-engined Randy Maddux was troubled, all year, by this and by that. Test session flips did nothing to improve his confi-dence but the final race of the year made the class sit up and_ take notice: "I was really gettin' good!" Two of the "Ten" wins were by that Lone Star non-member. Class 8 Class 8 is quite alive and well in Arizona. Kevin Patrick has been making sure of that. Both Kev and Mike Doherty were side tracked for a time, early in the season, when the Mickey Thompson "Thunder Truck" series was operating. With the untimely demise of that stadium operation, they skedaddled back to the Jay's desert. Patrick and Doherty went at it tooth and nail taking a win each and both missed the Vulture Mine race. But Mike's MTEG activity cost him his entry at Gila Bend that was the difference for the crown. Allen Cluck's tall 040 had some decent performances early . in the year but a serious rollover at Snowflake sent the Flagstaffian back to the shop for the final races of'95. Don Kolt, Captain Weenie -purveyor to the racing stomachs -had a checkered season. Dori debuted his Thunder truck at Gila Bend and experienced a tranny oil fire. He then went on his lid at Mayer ( where he still got a second place) then broke at Rocky Point. "Wait 'til next year," is the cry. Class 1-2-1600 This class has been light lately. For what reason, who caru or will say? A number of cars come out to play but only Bill Krug signed up for the points chase. More than just steady, Krug keeps up a good pace, winning both the Gila Bend and Snowflake races. Dusty Times

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Class 1-2-1600 can be a tough one but Bill Krug was equal to the task as he ran all the races, won at Snowflake and Gila Bend and won the championship. Clay Paulson won the Limited Sportsman class driving this VW powered Baja Bug, probably a 5-1600. He was the only one in class scoring points, 139. Mark Beeler has a great time in Sportsman Truck class, which he won with 134 points. He and his pals enjoy driving the CJ 5 in the desert trails. Challenger The real point battle was between the 100 inch wheel base bad boys. Wright, in the single seat "BOB" buggy, never won a Challenger race but was consist-ent to the max, finishing well in all six races. Mike Long won two races but a struggling, ball joint-challenged sixth place at Gila Bend was all it took to push the series sum over toward Kody's side.John Lee's two victories were not worth as much as his two "No Shows" and he was relegated to thirg. The other two class wins went to non-association racers: Pointless performances. Vintage Strictly speaking,JeffStrickling and Jim Taggert could run with the real Pros: They were eighth overall at the Point-To-Point running with the pack. The season did not appear so bright on Labor Day, however, after a disastrous pass attempt at Snowflake where they literally stuffed the car into a square-edged creek. A hitching-hiking quad rater (Troy Bell) was getting a semi-legal pre-run and ended up with a rung bell. A replacement Richard Binder built ORBS chassis was a definite i ••. H -> ·>-• Jeff Strickling runs in the Vintage class, which doesn't seem to grow much, but they have fun and Jeff and Jim Taggert drove this ORBS into the class championship with 145 points. Tim Smith had a couple other 5-1600s to race with during the season, but he came up with the top points, 142, in his Baja Bug, with a Major engine. Melisa Hall had to fight for her championship in Unlimited Sportsman in the TUF car. She finished ahead of Jack Farmer at the final season race and took the title by 27 points. Dusty Times upgrade and the immediate result VW will race selected SCORE was the fine Rocky Point finish. events along wth the full Whip-Jeff ,and Jim won three races in lash desert series~ crown. Limited Sportsmen \X-'hile there were a goodly number of small-bore Sportsmen entries throughout the year, only Clay Poulson and hisS-1600 were signed up for the points chase. A win at Wickenburg and a third at Snowflake showed the ability to get the job done in any case. Sports Truck 1995. Unlimited Sports persons 5-1600 A close points battle was in the Mile High Racing's Tim Smith big non-Pro car ranks where put away the toys of yesteryear -Melissa's third place over Tim was a top ATV rider -and Farmer's fourth at Rocky Point, went for four independent wheels that final race of the season, put on the ground. The sanitary VW her on top of Jack Farmer. And had plenty of action from· the that was in spite of her losing her DeNunzio Ricochet Racers - ex-top on the way to the beach. big bore bike racer Eric Pavolka -These good sports were a gaggle but the bwthers had a ruinous of entries with a wide range of cars DNF on the run to Rocky Point but only Hall entered all of the while Tim and Mike Schaible had races, With her win at Gila Bend a flawless race, stopping only for she was unassailable with only gas. . Farmer close in points but he then The brilliant blue BFG-Doug's bypassed two events. Mike Her-Shell-Mile High Cellular-Form-rick looked good all year but by Smith-The Machine Shop-Alan virtue ot not being a Mexico racer Hempelman-AZ Sing and Design he forfeited any chance for the Mark Beeler drove his bright yellow CJ to two wins and a second, finishing all.. four races entered. In a brilliant display, Mark ran wth the full sized Pro trucks on the border run to Rocky Point and got a third place check and trophy. 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THE 64TH MONTE CARLO RALLY Various orthodox 2 liter cars stopped on the stage. Patrick Bernardini Wins Overall Francois Delecour appeared, those of note included' The warm weather then played the Opel Astra GSi of the Russian havoc on the second stage, which driver Evgeny Vasine and the until shortly before the stage Nissan Sunny GTi of the German, started had half its distance Nikolai Burkart. Vasine is the covered by hard snow, and then only driver expected to contest rain fell and made a mess of most of this series at the wheel of everything! This was a nightmare Wins the WIL Title at Second 0/ A Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Patrick Bernardini and Bernard Occelli, listed as French, drove .the Ford Escort RS Cosworth into overall victory, by about four minutes, the first Monte Carlo the Corsican driver has ever finished, and he won! "I was new to the Monte Carlo wheel drive car had been hindered Rally, even though I had been by the very wet conditions and French champion twice. 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Three manufacturers fielded official entries, 1995 champion Peugeot, big time newcomers SEAT and the Skoda team, the W2L winners in 1994. These were all two wheel drive, normally aspirated Kit Cars, while three of the four regular World Championship teams, Ford, Subaru and Toyota, were represented by privately run turbocharged four wheel drive cars. The only major omissions were Mitsubishi's four wheel drive cars and Renault's 2-liter cars. The appearance of the Peugeot 306 Maxi Kit Cars resurrected memories of exciting days of Peugeot on~ orld Championship rallying with their Group B supercars. For this occasion they invited guest drivers Francois Delecour and Francois Chatriot. The introduction of the SEAT has inflamed the debate about the future of the Kit Cars in the 2 liter category. Although Kit Cars are fully allowed on equal terms as orthodox Group A cars on FIA Championship events, they are banned from national champion-ship competition in m any countries, including Spain where SEAT s are built! For Skoda this was to be their final appearance with the 1.5 Felicia. They will become the first company to run a second version Kit Car when they appear with their VW engined 1.6 . Felicia in Portugal in early March. Altogether four different makes appeared with Kit Car versions, the other bein Fiat. the American GM Opel cars. stage for tire choices. Gregoire de Only serious manageria 1 error Mevius went off the road. "It was have kept Opel from the W2L my fault, we chose the wrong championship the past two years. tires; it took 25 minutes to get Burkart also began his career at back again," he said. Delecour the wheel of Opels before turning said it was very difficult remem-to Nissan. bering to drive a different way in While overall victory this year · two wheel drive. 4x4 cars took the would not score group A topsixplaces.Schwarzwasfastest championship points it still with unstudded winter tires and offered the kudos of winning the took the lead. world's longest running champ-Burzet1 stage 3, normally has ionship rally. Favored was Armin · the greatest tales of woe but this Schwarz in the HF Grifone run 'year, apart from isolated icy Toyota Celica ST 205. All the patches, it was wet and windy all competitors at this rally had to the way. Schwarz broke a use moulded tires rather than driveshaft and reached the end of slick tires. Clear condition tires are the stage with the gear box usually favored by the drivers, but jammed in sixth; he lost road the rain and snow can come and penalties going to the rest halt and go from mile to mile. fell from first to sixth. After the Unique today in World rest halt the stages were all wet, Championship Rallying are the with an eternal risk of aquaplan-Concentration runs from various ing, especially for the front wheel European starting centers in drive cars. On stage 6 Chatroit France, Germany, Switzerland, crashed. "It was where a car had Italy and Spain. They all met this an accident the day before, and year at Valance in the Rhone left some diesel on the ground. It valley. The crowds were enor-was disappointing, but a driver mous along the route notwith-.mustn't complain when he goes standing the absence of the so-off the road." • called superstars. Many famous Beguin was gradually learning and some not so famous incurred his Subaru although he had a road penalties before reaching shock absorber block at Burzet. Valance, but in general they all Schwarz had another driveshaft made the start of Etape 1, which failure, on stage 4, which was ran Monday morning in the mended before stage 5. Weber Ardeche. Conditions were warm struggled through the day with the and threatened with high winds remaining SEAT having no clutch and falling rain. The first casualty after the end of stage 3. At the end was the SEAT Kit Car of Jesus of the day Delecour led W2L by Puras that stopped with a broken seven minutes from Vasine's connecting rod due, apparently, orthodox Opel, while following to a lubrication problem. Bernard closely were Pavel Sibera's Skoda, _Beguin hit a rock a_nd had to drive Weber's SEAT, Triner's Skoda, half the stage on a flat tire. So the and a private Group N Renault first leader was Patrick Bernardini Clio Williams of Daniel Fores. with Chatroit, the first W2L car, Surprise leader of Group N was in third place. Vasine went off the young Swiss driver Cyril Henny road, bending the right side of the in a Mazda in eighth overall ahead car and had a flat. Baroni of German champion Hermann complained about the engine Gassner (Mitsubishi). power and Eddie Mercier, who Etape 2, Commune First part! came second in W2L last year, . "This is absolutely the last time I 'do Monte Carlo, as long as they send us to Ardeche", Amr in Schwarz swore. Every year it seems he has trouble in that region. "Every year I have to spend the rest of my rally going flat out!" The front driveshaft problems affected both Grifone cars. In Pianezzola's case it meant that the broken piece had gone into the transmission housing and it wasn't safe to carry on. For Schwarz it meant the casing was broken and there was no way to stop oil coming out. Armin did Evgeny Vasine and Alexi Shchoukin in an Opel Astra GSi were the first team his best. He started the day 4m from Russia td score points in W2L, finishing secon·d in the category and also 26s behind Bernardini, then he placing ninth overall in the poor weather conditions. , lost more than a minute on stage 9 This is the car that made the TV coverage of the rally through the streets so popular, the Mini Cooper. This 1.3 version was driven to 70th overall by Tony Dron and D. Allistair ... Would it qualify for Formula 2? when he had a flat, but made best time on all the other five stages and finished up3m56s behind. It· had not been an easy day. On stages 10 and 11 the differential was slipping and the car some-ti mes reverted to front wheel drive, then on stage 12 the water injection failed. Hopes for snatching victory for Schwarz in the later stages were dashed as two stages, ironically the same one run twice, were canceled before the start, and they were each 33km long. Half the stage length for the second part of the Commune was canceled! 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,.f.;<:>;' MICHEU u >_;~-;~:<4:,,.,.A • _co_ £. Michelin chief Aime Chatard seems to be telling overall winner Patrick Bernardini some news about the tires, which were a tough choice in the swift changes in the weather. Francois Delecour and Herve Sauvage placed the Peugeot 306 . A oioneer in W2L, Pavel Sibera and Petr Gross took fourth in Another car being seen for the first time this year is the Citroen ZX 16V. Alain Pellery and Jose Boyer drove the Formula 2 car to sixth in class, 14th 0/A. Maxi second overall and first in W2L, and this was the World W2L Monte Carlo in the Skoda Felicia KC1500, and they also Championship debut for th 306 Maxi, designed for W2L rallying. finished 12th overall in the rally. champion, and suddenly found himself with an even greater honor within his grasp. His co-driver had won the event three times in the good old days -before he suddenly left Toyota Team Europe in mid -'95; Bernard Occelli was back in action, his first event since Portugal last year, with the job of calming his Corsican driver, one of the most testing tasks of '1is career. They were taking care on the stages he had never tackled before and were making no mistakes. Behind the Ford came Peugeot and Toyota and more than five minutes further back a gaggle of Subarus. After his four minute delay with a first day flat, Beguin consolidated his fourth place while Baroni cautiously began to smile. "All of us have very few tires to use." Yvan Postel was sixth, facing the same challenge. Delecour was enjoying himself. "The dry is good, the wet is good, the problem is when it is in-between ap.d slippery." He started the day over seven minutes ahead in Formula 2, with Vasine in second place. Chatriot, officially in 70th position, was allowed to restart in 16th (De Mevius did not trouble to go into overnight Pare Ferme at Valence) and made second fastest W2L time on all three stages of the morn\ng but retired before arrival at Serres with clutch failure. Weber pulled back to second in W2L within two stages, but fell back on stage 12 when he lost two minutes with a rear wheel flat. Vasine had a front flat for 7 km on stage 10. The rain and the wind were here to stay. Etape 3 was the second part of Commune, and with the long stage 14 canceled, there were only two stages between leaving Digne and arriving in Monte Carlo. The weather was ·still wet and Schwarz' frustrations as great as ever. Fastest time on stage 13 and another broken driveshaft on stage 15. Team coordinator Nick Gullino said, "The pieces have always been new ones. Sometimes the shafts have broken under braking, sometimes under acceler-. ation. We don't know why." Baroni had reverted to unhappy Dusty Times mode; he complained he co~ld only use remoulded tires. The rally was settling down with Postel in sixth position aiming to gain the financially significant Promotion (amateur) v-ictory. The former European champion Maurizio Verini on his holiday-outing in his rented Lancia had fallen behind the Monegasque driver Daniel Ducruet (the companion of Princess Steph-anie) when he spun twice the day before, then had fuel pump troubles. Delecour changed his clutch after Chatriot's retirement and was fearing for his second place with the news of snow in stages to come. He had given up on victory and said "Tonight on the final leg there are many uphill hairpins, we losf' out to the Ford there." On the final Etape, 4, rain was getting heavier than ever as the cars reached 'Monte Carlo, meaning one thing; snow in the highest parts of the first two stages. Schwarz slid into a wall on the T urini stage when the car jumped out of the slushy ruts. He reached the finish with two flats. Beguin also had a flat. Delecour tried hard in the wet snow, but it was the later runners who made best times in these conditions. Bernardini swapped wheel sizes, which meant changing the suspension systems at a service point to suit the conditions, but he stayed out of trouble. Group N leader Gassner hit a wall on the Turini, lost a wheel letting the husband and wife crew of Jean-Paul and Brigitte Ayme, also Mitsubishi drivers, take the Group lead. Wintry conditions continued but on the remaining fiv.e stages, held at lower altitudes, it was back to rain. Bernardini had shock absorber trouble but kept going carefully, and the best fight now was for second place in W2L, between the Russian and the German. Weber got ahead on stage 1 7 but then fell back with a bad tire choice. Vasine-spun on stage 19 and damaged the rear of the car, but eventually kept in front. Weber therefore ended up third ,,: in the category. Alain Pellerey (Citroen ZX16v) was sixth in the category, struggling to the end with a leaking fuel tank. Daniel Fores inherited second place in group Nin his Clio Williams but then fell back when he lost time April 1996 ch~nging a wheel. So second finally was Renaud Poutot in a Subaru. For the men at the top the last night had been long and tiring, with only five stages, but finally the cars emerged out of the mountains back at Monte Carlo where it was still raining. The weather finally started to clear up as everyone headed for home. h ,r more rally action see page 2<, fpr the Thailand AP rally. Page 25

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Richard Burns and Robert Reid were third in the Subaru lmpreza 555 just one slim second behind Kenneth Eriksson. He was delayed by an accident and lost time and finished just five seconds behind the winner. Do Kim and David Boddy drove a new Hyundai Accent 1500 with 16 valves. It was the first International Rally of any kind for the Accent model Hyundai. This Ford Escort RS Cosworth got dirty at the Boreham test track last year while testing for the Safari Rally.-Check the animal catcher bar on the front of the car. RALLY OF THAILAND Tommi Makinen Wins The Asia Pacific Finale Text & Photos: Martin Holmes. Tommi Makinen and Seppo Harjanne flew through the course in very tight competition for the overall win. Their Mitsubishi Lancer won the contest O/A by four seconds•over teammate Kenneth Eriksson with spectacular battles on the stages. On the final day l was only . the manufacturers' championship. , seconds; in the end Burns lost the driving 100%. I had to be very award was simply finish third, but rally by five seconds. care f u 1 because behind me there was no holding them back at Based at the up country town of Kenneth Eriksson and Richard this rally. Aware of this calcula- Phrae (700km north of Bang-Burns were driving 120%. tion, Subaru did the only thing kok), the event was run over Tommi Makinen had won his first open to them: they entered three tracks which were dusty and in rally in the Asia-Pacific series at cars, Burns, Bourne and Liatti, many instances poorly con-the end of the season in which his hoping that the sheer weight of trolled. Several legs were canceled hopes had been thwarted by 'stay numberswouldgivethemanAPC during the three day event. put' orders and accidents. It was trophy, but it was not to be. This ''Pedestrians, motorcycles, not only the closest Asia Pacific was one of the fastest rallies in the bicycles, tractors and cattle were rally in memory (Three drivers calendar, where Mitsubishi's commonplace because the stages within five seconds at the finish) straight line speed was able to were not closed proper! y," but a success for Mitsubishi" all overcome any slow speed advan, explained.new APC champion over. They won the rally with a tage of the Subaru. This was the Eriksson, who was forced to drive Lancer, they clinched the APC first plantation rally for Subaru's first car on the road on the first Manµfacturers' title ( teammate third driver Piero Liatti: he and second days. On one stage the Kenneth Eriksson had already finished fourth overall, ahead of drivers, led by Eriksson, refused won the Drivers' championship in Possum Bourne who lost time to start for this reason, and the China), Tommi and· Kenneth swerving off the road to avoid a stage was abandoned. finished this event orie-two, a straying animal. He reached the Makinenmadehisattackonthe private Lancer won the Group N end of the stage with damaged second day. "This was my first award and a private Galant won suspension. Bourne's accident time on the event, so I went the Group S award as well. caused a delay for Burns. The calmly an day 1. On day two I was A_ll Mitst1bish1 had to do to win " hanging dust cost Burns about 15 . fastest on every stage. The SCORE 1995 ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR! z ,,. z . .-:,: ., .. 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It is unusual for a Group N car to do well in Formula 2 against the Group A entries. visibility was bad, not only because of the dust, but also fog in the early morning and-in the evening. Being second car on the road I let Kenneth have most of the problems with the traffic on the stages. I only met a couple of motorcycles myself. We had a shock absorber fail on the first day, just after we fitted new ones: this was our most serious problem." This rally saw the passing of the old with the new. Richard Burns was expected to leave Subaru after four years with them; Kenneth Eriksson leaving Mitsubishi after six seasons, while Possum Bourne expected to leave the Subaru team after.12 years. New at this event, running in Group S category, were a prototype 1.8 liter Wira front wheel drive car in the hands of Henry Yap; this is expected to be Proton's 1996 Formula 2 car, while Hyundai presented their second gt;neration Formula 2 car,· an ·Accent. This is due to be homologated in 1996. Three Accents were entered, all with 1.5- · liter engines. There were two official cars, one ( which finished) had a four valve twin cam engine, the other which retired off the road, had a 12 valve engine more highly modified. The third (private) entry was another 12 valve car highly modified. The season ended up as the teams deserved. Mitsubishi lost world championship, alb@--i.t currently with cars· of smaller capacity than the regulations permit, and already the success of the series is alarming the FIA. For 1996 teams wishing to enter for Manufacturers Cup must also participate in a certain number of WRC rounds as well, although 'World Rally Cars' (Super Kit Cars) may be admitted as well. There will again be six rounds of the APC in 1996, opening in March with a repeat of the Thailand Rally, hopefully under tighter controls! . While the jewel __ in the APC crown, Indonesia, has been invited to qualify also for the W CR, as well. the World series because they put Our dear friend Martin Holmes has a greater emphasis on the APC. the newest edition of his annual Rally For Subaru it was the other way book on sale now, and he even con-round. The APC attracts many vinced the stewardesses on a flight . more manufacturers than the, last year to help promote his book. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rally of Thailand - Results December 4 1995 . · Tommi Maklnen/Seppo Harjane SF Mitsubishi Lancer EV Kenneth Eriksson/Steffan Parmander S Mitsubishi Lancer EV Richard Bums/Robert Ffeld CJ3 Subaru lmpreza 555 Plero llattl/Alex Alessandrini I Subaru lmpreza 555 Possum Bourne/Tony Slrcombe I'll!'. Subaru lmpreza 555 Pornsawan S/Tull S Mits·ubishl Lancer EV Kralvut LNlsut S Mitsubishi Galan! VR-4 8 Chawal S/Somchal S Mitsubishi Lancer EV 9 Jakklt P/Wutthlchai Mitsubishi Lancer EV 10 Andy McTlghe/J Nontimuk Subaru lmpreza 48 starters - 25 finishers - ·Group Winner A• 2:18:30 A 2:18:34 A 2:18:35 A 2:21 :22 A 2:21 :30 A 2:38:37 s 2:47:05 N• 2:48:04 A 2:51 :52 N 2:52:37 Asia Pacific Championship Poirtts - Final Positions APC: Eriksson (Champion) 98 (75), Makinen 57, Colin McRae 55, Bourne 32, Burns & Kank,kunen 24. Manufacturers: Mitsubishi 187 (140), Subaru 156 (124), Toyota 72, Ford 41, Suzuki 31. Dusty Times

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Glen Helen Short Course Championship-Round 1 · Feb: 11, 1996 Mr. Gall. But Gallwas able to gain the victory in the main, and with it secured the top spot on the day. Kyle Vestermark grabbed second place in heat #2, with an unlucky Pat Dean rolling on the white flag lap. Dean's earlier success though, was still good enough to earn him second overall. with it, took home overall honors for the day. Jerry Beall's consistency was rewarded with a third in heat #2 and a second place overall. The third spot on the day went to Troy Lindstrom. with the Gonzales brothers claiming fourth place. Newcomers Mike Berryman and Mike Nixon shared the• driving in their new truck. Although Berryman scored a fifth in the first heat and Nixon a fourth in the second heat, the two drivers points could not be combined for the overall position. By Ron Miller Less than 24 hours after 1995 's champions were honored, a new season had dawned. With it comes the hopes and high expectations of each and every race team. Optimisim and spirits soar as struggling teams make adjustments, and last year's winners plan ways to keep it going. Every racer is on even terms, and last year's standings become just that, when the flag ' falls and a new season begins. Every one of the competitors guns for the holeshot. Along with an ultra-quick start comes the right to display that "come and catch me" attitude, which is so prevalent in short course racing. So on Feb. 11, 1996 the curtain was raised on the 1996 McKen-:ie's sponsored short course championship series round 1, from Glen Helen Park. The fans came out in numbers and enthusiastically received the much anticipated opener in off road's finest series. There were many new faces gracing the grounds, and some of the more familiar ones were sporting new looks. A handful of the racers from last years roster had switched vehicles or classes. Kicking off heat #1 was the Class 1-2-1600 short course cars. In their usual position as opening act, this year's version was short on quantity, but not quality. Five cars were s'igned up, but it wasn't long before last season's most dominant headknockers in this class took over. Steve Bishop bolted to the lead and ran a near! y flawless race, while Lee Patton, Dan Mathews and Rick Boyer all gave chase. As heat #I -neared completion, a stall on the famed "animal leap" brought the three top guns to a gridlock haft. Bishop was able to get first run, and outsprinted Mathews for the heat 1 victory. Heat #2 was rematch time for this crew. This time, last year's "racer of the ·year" Dan Mathews, would not be denied. He bested Rick Boyer, who took second, ahead of Sean Ziegert, the third place finisher. The rubber match was a duel between Mathews and Bishop. No real surprise, when you consider the past exploits of these two well matched competitors. After a last lap battle between them, "Big Dan" emerged with a hard fought, one car length victory. Steve Bishop lost nothing in defeat with his game second overall. It was a ways back to Rick Boyer who earned the third spot for his efforts on the day. Race 2 showcased the Super-lites, Pilots and Odyssey class. Denise Wittman blasted to the lead and quickly assumed command. But before lap 1 had been completed, last season's runner-up, Rennie Awana, had wrestled the top spot away from Denise. Awana then dominated the rest of the way, while Denise rolled hard on lap 2. Denise's other half, Todd Witman, then picked up the chase and went on to run a strong second. Joe Price . followed in the third spot. Chris Wortman was first in the Pilots, and Josh Hulsebosch was first in Dusty Times his Odyssey. The main was a terse battle wth numerous lead changes, and a high speed "near miss" in front of the tower. Denise Wittman was unopposed and won the overall victory, with Chris Wortman placing second. Josh Hulsebosch also was uncontested to gain the Odyssey win. There were some anxious moments in Josh's farewell race in the Odyssey class, as he appeared to lose his steering right in front of the grandstands. A flying Denise Wittman narrowly averted a nasty accident as Josh battled to keep control. Joe Price regained his winning ways in the Superlite class. He led the pack until the half way mark, before Rennie Awana was able to forge his way to the front. Price battled back and reclaimed the lead, eventually passing even front runner Ms. Wittman as he took the checker-ed flag. Rennie Awana was the overall winner for the day, despite his second in the main. Price placed second and Todd Wittman wound up third. The A TV Pro and Intermed-iates took center stage next. Steve Owens raced to a pair of victories in the pro class. His front running score in the main event secured the overall win over runner-up Jeremy Hazen. A total of nine intermediates took part in heat #1 with Kevin Zeidler emerging victorious. Stan Wyman and Chris Alvarado rounded out the top three spots. With one defection, eight lined up for the main. Stan Wyman owned this day and scored a fine victory, as well as the overall win. Chris Alvarado again finished behind Wyman earning second, and second on th~ day. Richard Y akkey was third in the main, although it was Zeidler who ended up third overall. Next up were classes 1-2-1600 Desert, 5-1600 and 9. In the 1-2-1600 desert, it was defending class champion, John Hulsebosch picking up where he left off last season. After the quartet sorted themselves out, it was all Hulsebosch, as he raced to the first heat win. Gary Bussjaeger was runner-up and Kathy Fay checked in third. In their main event, the aforementioned Ms. Fay got a nice hole-shot. She led the charge with her competitors lined up three across in ho.t pursuit. After a few laps, the 1601 car of John Hulsebosch had asserted his superiority, and the race was basically for place. That spot was taken down by Kathy Fay in a determined effort, ahead of Bruce Baumbush in third. By virtue.of his dual wins, Mr. Hulsebosch was able to retain his #1 spot. While the 2, 3 finishers in the main, Fay and Baumbush scored likewise in the overall results. Class 5-1600 found Richard Kent emerge victorious in heat #1. Kent was followed in second by Jeffrey Hantz, and the 555 car of D. Hendrickson placed third. The main event however, saw 1995 class champion Mario Bustamante regain his winning ways. Mario's s·tellar perform-ance, while impressive~ was not quite enough to overcome his unlucky first heat. Thus the overall win went to Jeffrey Hantz. Bustamante was second and D. Hendrickson was third in heat #2 and also1final results. Class 9 had a pair of competit-ors, and it was Art Velasco Jr. sweeping both heats. NewcorQer Arto Ylikangas raced well despite losing a wheel, and having steering problems on the final lap. Race #5 was for Class 1 and Super 1600/ Class 10. Class 1 had a trio of entrants and the first heat victor turned up in the person of Brian Collins. He bested Tom Maynor, who finished ahead of Mike Hawley. The main event ended in the same order as the e,arlier heat, although different tactics were involved. Collins and Class !O's Gary Gall had a slight disagreement, when both men tried to occupy the same spot on the track at the same time. Thumbs up to the "sportsman-like" apology issued from the bumper to the bumpee in the post-main event interview. In Class Super 1600/ Class 10 Pat Dean scored the opening heat win over th~ previously mentioned ----·-----The final race on the day, Glen Helen's act 1 scene 7, was a mesh of all the truck classes and also Class 11. No less than 14 vehicles took to the course. But the Class 8 truck driven by Jason Taylor simply stole the show. There was no mistaking #803 as he scorched the track and literally flew to victory. In Class 11 Dennis Sletten scored twin firsts over runner-up Robert Henderson. Also sweeping both heats was newcomer Sean McKenzie in the stock full sized BS class. Dan Cannon was runner-up in both heats as he made his debut in BS. I'm sure we'll be hearing much more from Mr. Cannon as he gets his new truck dialed in. Cannon's jump from 7S to BS seemed to fuel the number of 7Ss signed up for participaton. Dean Williams, defending champ in 7S, wasted no time by scoring the win in heat #1. Chris Roberts and Jerry Beall made good showings by finishing in second and third places . respectively, in this their initial ventures irlto Class 7S. In the main evnt it was India's Ramiro Gonzales who hit the jackpot by winning in his 777 truck. Dean Williams checked in second, and The last race vehicles made their way back to the pits, and the announcement of trophy presen-tations went out. Then after patiently waiting until all the races were completed, the official scorer in the sky let the days first raindrops fall. It sure seemed to me to indicate that round #1 was officially over. I can't make it rain, but I can tell you officially that that's all for this go around. Be sure to mark March 24th on your calendars and let's all get together, and show our support for America's most exciting and underrated sport. 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WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS GILA MONSTER 150 ■lly T$81drls Takes Fint Overall At Gila Bend By Tony Tellier Hot exhausted beauty. (The car's. prepper and Arms Supplier To The Stars Danny Foddrill could not help but tell tales out of school: '"Flipper' and Dale turned it over testing!" In fact the telephone lines were blazin' with this Rapid Rumor Responses.) Looking none worse for the wear, the ex-Baldwin car was ready for a World Of Wheels show and the other eight Unlimiteds. Randy was quietly pleased wth his first Big Car race: "Like it? Yeah! I like first place, too. We had a six and a half minute lead when we had our first flat. Then we had another one ~ , then we lost a rear caliper so the ·"" ,,_,_ , "" . • . • two laps were without really any Stan Steele_ charged hard but did not catch_ the Class 10 and overall winner . brakes." Be advised that this is an 811/y Tsakms. of whom we have no picture, finishing second in 10 and overall • k. h d . __________________ .:::_-______ _:__:__::....;,~ automatic car ma mg t e nve The 1996 Whiplash desert racing season opened in Gila Bend with a few surprises and a few "business ·as usuals" as Billy Tsakiris overcame a seemingly insurmountable decade of bad iuck and bad finishes to take his first overall in the Jeff Knupp prepared, ex-Dan Fisk Mir-agel RevPower Rabbit. The quiet Tex-Mex restaur-anteer had, as he said, "a perfect day" in defeating a potentially dangerous field of small bores and Open Class cars. This win was extremely popular with students of the Arizona scene as the hard charging Tsakiris has supported racing for a number of years without experiencing this sort of positive feedback. Problems? "Well," he thought for a mom~nt. "My Pumper hose came off once. Oh, and after that one Cinders race where I got dehyd-rated I drank plenty in the pits. Then I coughed some back up." He lost the right hand mirror and had "to tap a couple 'ones'. (Brian) Brown was one ... " Bill thanked his supportive wife, Abigail, and their two race kids, Nathan and Macky. "l also owe a even more impressive. "I had to lot to Jeff (Knupp, The Once back it into the corners." (Dad) Perennial Passenger). He spent a John Maddux had to get out for 'lot of time in the garage on this the tire swaps: "I got (Randy) out, car." New Porsche car owner too, to help," John smiled. '.'I'm Randy Maddux got used to the happy with the outcome," Randy ex-Baldwin Chenowth in one understated. "Just ask my dad! quick hurry taking the Class 1 Thanks to Del Case and the Peters win, sixteen minutes back of Billy Family for their race support." and 90 seconds behind Stan Randy came out without any Steele. rear spare tires, at all, and had to Whiplash Course Director Bill take Dan Spencer's pit stock: "He Graham laid out the three lap, wore 'em out," John Emerson fiftymileloopcounter-clockwise ranted. "He blistered 'em," this .time, a switch from the agreed Spencer. "And Matt "traditional" sense. Whoops, "Fabio" Tomb, his pit chief, lips, transition sections and jumps complained that they were 'only were somewhat bass-ackwards for "33s'"." "They just rolled 'em the first lap but got rearranged in back over to us and said short notice. Attrition reared its 'Thanks'." ugly head as the "Ones" and the A brace of RX7 engined cars "Tens" folded like a cheap tent were making a rare appearance, over the easy but ungodly fast particularly noteworthy was the course. Sure it was dusty. But new Carl-Mike Perez car which that's the way God builds the led the similarly engined Ross desert. Whitmoyer car at the end of the In Class 1 all eyes were on the first lap. Sporting easily the exquisitely painted (by Cycle longest of all known A-arms -Works) two seat, Low Cost Auto front and rear -the General Glass Porsche/ Audi/Chenowth Motors Proving Ground en-of Randy Maddux as the team gineer's home built car had the swarmed and warmed up the Jet crowd a-buzzing. Buzzing like his high-winding mid-engine rotary which had to be run high and hard PIKE'S in view of the two speed Powerglide based auto boxer. "It up-shifts at 59-62,'' Mike said. "It actually has a wide powerband with a low flat torque curve." Perez had installed two specially made five petal reed valves from the Rossbarger~snowmobile shop SERVICE CENTER . ~. --. . . . . BAKER, CALI_FORNIA CELEBRATING · 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING. FRIENDS •.. ~. THANKS! Moblf RESTAURANT SERVICE ~ EVERY DAY OPEN 24 HOURS -YEAR ROUND in Michigan. "The reeds still don't flow quite as much as I Randy & John Maddux were in Cla;s 1 and thir/"';vera/1, in the ex-Baldwin Porsche-powered Chenowth with Audi gearbox, in Randy's first big car race. wanted so I had to fab my own special 41.25mm carb venturi to match them. I hadn't expected the car to work as well as it did," Mike continued. "l found that I could flat foot it through those braking whoops without getting it on the stops. I was in complete control." He used six ultra special DeCarbon shocks found at the back of a shelf at the Proving Grounds. "They were originally on the Larry Ragland '7' car," he explained. The front dampers were mounted horizontally, laterally, off rocker arms so as to appear as "shock-less." Perez would soon run afoul of the likes of gray haired Gary Anderson and Mark Crawford ( whose driving suit zipper had failed) who would suddenly find himself sandwiched between Mike and the trailing car of Brian Brown. Sort oflike "Between Iraq And A Hard Place." with an understeering Perez blocking the course, stuck in an outside turn's bush, the spindly arms spread out like an Alaskan King Crab, the other two cars had to stand by and wait a moment. Anderson's Bus box was jammed into first gear plus received a blown tire when rammed by Brown who bent a tie rod "like a rainbow. Then I got · excited and stuffed it into a tree." Perez specifically thanked Anderson· and Crawford for trying to avoid a slam-jam. (Experienced farmers, puedners and cow men noted that Mike's wheel track seemed about the same as, or perhaps even greater than, the normal cattle guard.) Carl-Mile Perez, now running up front in lieu of the first Maddux &t, suddenly damaged a rotor when (reportedly) a reed valve set screw became "unset" and was ·ingested. Serious FOO ( not to be confused with FODdrill.) · While Perez would have to ,.,$;, settle for a shake down day, pal Ross Whitmoyer would not settle down as he rasped and roared to second place. The Porsche geared boxed two seater has been massaged into becoming one of the stronger, if not the noisiest, ~•One" cars in Arizona. "Elect-rical reliable" was not a feature, however, as, while Ross was ahead of Maddux, the battery went off-line. Luckily (catch this ... ) Ross' girlfriend, his passenger, had her cellular telephone along for the ride. She simply dialed the pits and had a replacement wet cell brought out. (The car's FM radio did not operate, of course, when the battery died.) And Ross was leading at the time. Once free of the road block, Gary putted to the Midway gas Ph but not until the Vintage ORBS of Jim Taggert tagged them. Ander-son's passenger Mark laughed: "When (Taggert) saw our '118' number, I'll bet that he just HAD to hit a 'One' car!" Gary said that after his short day a-t the December Point-To-Point they spent only the previous Saturday getting ready for this race. "Now I don't even have to have my driving suit dry cleaned." Always a positive 'tude. Brown tried to use one of Anderson's still-straight tie rods but the fit was not close so they toed-out their way to a replacement miles away, losing beaux coup time. After Mark and Gary kicked back in the pit, being debriefed all the while by Scott Rhone, Kevin McMullen appear-ed and offered to try and un-stick the forks through the filler port. No way. Speaking of Rhone, he was in place to support the abortive Dan Spencer/John Emerson effort via a Neolithic radio. Supplied by Emerson, the GE unit was larger than a VCR and actually used vacuum tubes. Rhone was later spied going west bound in the 1-8 east bound lane to render assistance. Spencer's car had been spied, idled and abandoned, in a wash a few clicks past Check Orie. Reliable sources report that Spencer came back from the Mexico race with fourth gear "missing" and was planning on split-shifting benyeen third and fifth in Gila Bend. Could this "plan" be related to their "un" planned stop? (The two were the recipients of a Checker Salute ... ) THE BEST IN THE DESERT Jeff Hustin was first in Class 5 in a loaner, said he had a perfect day on the trail, did catch some greenery with the roof and was fifth overall. · Another surprising Did Not Finisher was the well detailed V6 Jimco of the Struttmann clan. Dad Don could only shrug after the long day, short race Saturday: "if it was a red fluid, it gave us trouble." referring to power steering and automatic transmis-Pag£ 30 April 1996 Dusty Times

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-Ron Dalke got bashed in the tail on his way to third in Class 10 and fourth overall. Unlimited cars didn't like being passed by Limiteds, uphill in a wash. Brian Phillips zipped into fourth in Class 10 and seventh overall in his tidy machine, and overcame a flat tire and losing a brake line to finish. Ross Whitmoyer was leading the race when his car battery died, and waiting for the replacement dropped him to third in Class 1, and back in 18th overall. sion lubricants. Apparently his assesment did not include blood or Burgundy wine. The team's attempt to utilize the stock GM power steering reservoir in conjunction with a large diameter ram was fruitless. "All the oil went into (driver) Tommy's lap," Don explained. "So (passenger and son) Mike threw the fire handle. That was a $300 system check. I over engineered it," lamented the retired elder Struttmann. "Then we ended up with no forward; no reverse." They had neutral so it still worked a little, huh? "I figure that it's the input shaf~. W.e were getting ready to pass Perez at RM16 when it went." The first car out was the T-Bird powered car of Jerry Everett at RMS. Out and abandoned. As Jeff Knupp said: "Yesterday's technology today." Ouch. Class 10 was Billy T. in spite of several concerted charges by Farmington's Stan Steele; the Big Buckeye Boys, Robert and Rueben, and eight other entries. 'Bert and Rube had quickly re-grouped after their recent "Parker 400" and were on the warpath big time. 'Be.rt had to back pedal within the first mile when an over enthusiastic sliding turn almost turned into a flip in. the infield, bicycling through a berm. Billy served notice of his race plan by getting max air time 0ver the table top. Passenger Rocky Kujala picks up the "TexMex" lunch burros for dad Tony's Arizona Automotive (often disguised as the "Diehl" prep shop). The machaca logs are reported to be so huge that Mike Doherty can barely eat two! Seco nd Place-placing Stan Steele had one of his better days with only a throttle cable get-out-and-fix caper. He woulda won ... but for R&R fatigue at the thimble screw. The margin of defeat was eight minutes: 3:08: 10 to 3: 16:47. Ron Dalke once again dem-onstrated what smooth driving can achieve as he pushed the Safari Racing single seater to third place, fifth overall. Ron would have been somewhat happier at the finish if he had not taken a shot from the Maddux machine. A bash bar tube was collapsed but not to any serious degree although his head rest was bent back by the "g" loading. Any flames of temper that might have been ready to flare were banked. In a Good Sportsmanship demonstration, Randy dropped over to speak to Ron after the race. And that's usually all that is necessary to allay any ill feelings. "But if he'd said the wrong words ... " Ron tailed off. (John Emerson and Dan Spencer? They knew why Maddux hit Ron Dalke. "We were walking out and Dusty Times saw Ron pass Randy going UP the car came out with a new paint job stop) that using a beefy Ford twenty-one" car race was pretty sand wash!") and quickly went home with a solenoid is the way to relieve the much over before it began. ThL' Ron told a true tale: "Stan folded up front end. These desert Toyota starter of that failure Mertens Team's ex-Jamie Des passed me in the sand wash (at trees are tough! "Totally massive prone extra duty. "Everyone who Roche 1650 VW was shooting RM) 'five'. l 'm underpowered damage," Kevin McMullen was has a so called starter go out is ducks even before it got out of the butthis engine has a full season on quoted as saying. Robert Wood only having solenoid problems." infield as the Jeff Strickling/Jim it-with 'zero' leak-down -and the struggled with a sticking float for a Now you know. Taggert ORBS went on a ram-(Bryan) Kendall tranny has over major flooding flog (Opt:'n letter Beard also has his steering page. Jim would only smile a sly 1200 miles on it. Stan must have to Ricky Ge i-.;er: W asn '• this wheel canted up on a 45 degree smile under questioning regarding had five miles an hour on me. problem supposed to have been anglelike"aGreyhoundbus.You the Gary Anderson impact Robert (Wood) passed me like I fixed at Parker!) while big brother can steer with your shoulders, not incident. "He wouldn't move was sittin'. still and Mills was Rueben windowed a gear box. your forearms. As (NASCAR's) over," was his only comment. _ ·twenty miles an hour faster." It was not to be a Buckeye day: Darrell Waltrip said on TV: "you . In Class 8 a well founded field Dalke got by Steele who had to get Noted furniture manufacturer Ed can hold a batt~.ry up.next to your · of tru~ks showed at Gila Bend out to replace that throttle cable Beard had a power steering pump · -chest but not with your arms out-(The Fan Belt Capito 1 0 f then had to stop, himself, to get a _ tie up and was back in the pits for streched." Now you know. (Ed America) with varied results. rock out of his cooling fan. Ron one of Barbara's Buckeye subs: asked specifically for a "Thank Mike Doherty easily had one of hac.l one flat -at the final corner. "It's not a sandwich if it doesn't You" to Tom Koch and the his finest days in the desert as he He is already looking forward toa have hot peppers," the property Midway Checkers for invaluable · took charge from "Go!" and 1776cc engine to take advantage magnate demonstrated. Ed took . assistance. "My chase crew asked never looked back. Sporting a oh-of SCORE's new anti-Toyota over: "Ifl had different sized belts 'Who's the guy with the big too-sharp, self applied, multi rule. Johnny Phillips, in the ex- • to by-pass the pump I could go beard?' and I told them to let him hued paint job, the Chevrolet Dwight Lundell chassis, had few on. But one drives the water do whatever he wants to do to the "never ran better." Now with woes after loading up on the pump (plus the power steering car. That's Tom Koch!") Empire Caterpillar sponsorship, starting line then had to deal with and the alternator) and (I) can't Dave Sundquist still needs a in addition to the Tucson Subway a flat tire. He lost a front brake go without that." After his sixth finish to feel good but not today. sandwich franchises, the plumb-line on the way to a fourth place place at Parker Ed feels that his car He lost power to his coil by RM 15 ing contractor has set his eyes on finish. works as designed and will then suffered a flat. He had a tire the championship. That goal was Dennie Lee suffered through duplicate it in chrome-mcily. "I'm slashed with Levi Beard but did helped in no little measure by the the embarrassment of having his the fastest mild steel car!," he the rookie not stop at the midway rare DNF of perennial "Number 2 TC 1600cc 1971 Corolla grinned. A wealth of useful pit. He drove to the main pit, Oner" Kevin Patrick. The "Red Toyota ( out of the old Diehl" 10" information, Ed pointed out to instead, then subsequently broke, Dog" had to creep back to his car) stop running right, right Knupp(after hearing of Billy T's the spindle on the opposite side. traileronl-8.DannySullivan(not when the flag fell. After sputtering starter solenoid failure: They had Funny how that works. THAT one!) in the Jeff Spooner and popping his way for a topush_starthimafterhisonegas In Vintage the two "over -Chevrolet - f}J" hundred yards or more, his crack Bear Belly Racing Team charged, sprinted, to the rescue with a full sized air bottle on a sturdy shoulder. Overheard comments included such lamesters as "Hey! Filling the tires won't make it run better." Lee (eventually) admit-ted that he had washed the car before trucking down to GB. Water had gone past the rubber seals down into the hemi's deep, deep spark plug wells. "When the engine warmed up, the water vapor shorted out the plugs. We just blew out the pockets in the head then it ran fine." Dennie · swore that he had to wash it down, even AFTER a full race prep: "I'm a flashy type of guy." The Glen Helen/SODA com-petitor then battled with "5-1600s" and tail-end Challengers only to tag Brewer and Elio in a tight turn. "I hit them three times then I thought that ( the impact) blew my transmission but when we started to tow it out the rear arm just dropped off the torsion housing." The axle had pulled out of the cliff. "The Brand wood weld held," he rhymed. "The metal tore.'' Brand wood's Jim Cun-ningham ought to like that vote of confidence. Kevin McMullen, Phoenix' answer to Larry "Mr. Excitement" Bolin, set his sights on the win but a shucked set of second gear teeth sent him chugging slowly back to the Midway pit where he set about trying to help Anderson -" Anybody got a coat hanger?" -to no avail. , The Bruce Mills /Randy Miller April 1996 Page 31

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Mike Doherty won Class 8 in his fancy paint scheme on the Chevrolet. Here he leaps over the tundra in fine style and made it without a gas stop, on fumes. V complete with K usters - was out early with a puking automatic tranny. Hard-luck the Nick Vanderweyl Paul Dennis Chevy had a starter motor !;et free, dragging the battery cable along with it. Doherty could not dilly-dally, however, as the monster motored CJ of Mark Beeler seemed to like the terrain. Short-coupled? Sure. Fast? Certainly. All over Mike's This is the :;ystem run by most off road race winners butt? Like ugly on an ape in a cheap suit in the rain. Mike said that he had been under fueled -"We get' 'about' 3.3 miles per gallon" -and was unwilling to stop for a splash and go. His chase crew was keeping him abreast of the situation, which fortunately for "Subway" did not deteriorate as feared. Beeler folded to a DNF as the course degraded but Mike began to short shift and went to TRI-MIL BOBCAT Cl{ROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER _ i -· ------• I 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Weiser, who is locally often known as "Pig Boy" due to being the overly dotting "papa" of a porcine pot-bellied pig, had to • stop for a flat. A glutton for punishment and a hog for abuse, Donny then prepared himself for the ATV race the following day. "I thought I could catch (R,>d) but it was just too dusty." Kurt Brewer and Bob Elio looked over-cambered on the back, according to "9" maven Jeff Knupp. Competitor Sean Moss agreed: "They were so top heavy, I could have turned them over in one corner with just a little tap." The Point-To-Point winners did keep the budget racer off its top to Pete Gannon says he is down on power in his 1-1600 racer, but it may have a third place finish. Sean Moss been a blessing: he was the only one to finish in the 1600 class, a winner. and Jason Greener, in the "BOB", car pushed their normal strong graciously allowed a once run but the equally strong field Unlimited VW warrior to take and the rock strewn gravel washes the wheel of the multi-hued Race cost them valuable time what with Shock car. Frank Evans ( father of several flat tires. The Bob "Roger onetimeSCOREUnlimitedclass Penske" Sohren car was em-champion Glenn Evans) and barrassingly driven right into a mechanic K.C. Arthur went out fence at Check Three: No harm; to do serious battle with Jeff no foul. They did finish without Hustin ("HYOU'-st'n") and the car's top, however. Lost by a came home with a toasted engine. rolling Sean while passing Geiser. "Blue smoke everywhere" was Perennial threat Mike "Took how Lee described it. The Too" Long was on the way to a Bilstein-Race Shock damped car fine finish when, virtually within " ... went through the whoopers sight of the flag -across the infield like a 'Ten' car," acording to K .C. bowl section -his ex-Ron Dalke win on fumes. "I'd be damned ifl let that Jeep win this race!," he laughed, saying "Jeep" as if it were some sort of Furmanesque racial epitaph. Sometimes-Sportsman buggy racer Chris Arnold was quoted as saying that Mike's truck was "Awesome!" Another popular performance was the usually too-rare finish -and well placed finish at that -of Gary Mecham. The de-deviled Ford mini truck team seems to have rid themselves of those never ending problems with ·a fine second place in the "7" Ranger. Gary is nothing if not tenacious with regard to his desert racing--and the multi-car team had their best results in some time. "I never got out. It was a good shake down for San Felipe," Mecham said. Gar the Bear thanked Ford; Optima Bateries; Cragar Wheels; Ken Neil for the prep; Greg Foutz for fabrication; 4Liter Perform-ance; Little Transmissions and Bruce "Blanco" White ofWilky's Machine Shop. SCORE Class 3 competitor Todd and Jim Gatrell dealt with their continuing firewall ignition pass-through problems that be-deviled them at Parker ( where they won, anyway) and were the last car out of the Main Pits after a repair stop. "When I stood on it, itwouldgo'Pop, pop', "Todd had to admit. "And we lost our first (Goodyear) tire in a year of racing." Sherri Winn, the wife of fabricator John Winn, rode with Todd while Jim took Todd's sister Marci out for the third lap. Everyone gets into the g_ame, keeping crew and family interest levels high. "We lost our four wheel drive on that lap," Dad described. "Who knows what happened. And we saw three mule deer doe." Like racing with Marlin Perkins for third place. In Class 5 Lee-Bob Finke · "No pogo-ing!" center seated Bug based car tore Hustin had a self proclaimed out an upper shock mount while "perfect day. We were screaming banging on Brewer and Elio. The all day. No corners missed. No ensuing flailing and banging left down time. Well-I-I," he did him limping and creeping to admit. "We had a hose clamp fourth place; all this after getting come off a window net. And next high centered on a tree. Jeff time ~e're mounting running Geiser, _fresh off a "Baja 1000" chain saws on the top." They winning ride with local icon Larry peeled off part of the roof on a Ragland, ground to a stop in the mesquite. "lt was like an air silts while leading the class and scoop," Jeff said. "Ron Colucci had to open up his "009." "I had did the fob; the powder coating; to change the points," the brother the total prep." of famed.FodFab prep artist The Ball Joint Brigade of "Rico Suave" Geisel" lamented. Challengers had an excellent race "It looked like they closed down as the lead was in doubt until the from the grit." He was totally finish. Parker Auto's "Hot Rod" unsatisfied with his fifth place in Hayes was happy to have driven the ex-Vic Evans DirTrix car, to the checkered flag, let alone particularlyafteranextremely winning, over hard -charging aggressive demonstration of the Donny Weiser (TUF Off Road: "Never Lift Syndrome" in the Donny Weiser, Larry Weiser, first mile of the infield. Perhaps and Bud) by 27 seconds. Hayes that is why he broke a rear brake· showed everyone who would drum. The Keith Randel/Or. Bob standstill a serious tube hernia on Nenad car was observed, derelict, the inside of his left front tire and at RM24. the tweaked upper arm that was In 5-1600s a fine field of ultra-trying to work its way out of the Herbies left the line with only one beam. Rod gave a Top Tip: toreturn.TheMileHigheffortof "Don't use those Brazilian arms. Tim Smith and Mark Schaible No Canadians, No Mexicans. I was sidelined a couple dozen use gen-u-wine Fatherland arms yards past the Spencer debacle and replace them every race." with a gearless gearbox. "It was Hayes wanted to be the first "9" popping out of second early on," to nerf a" 10" and Dennie was the Tim explained. The_ 0 ther recipient·of that favor. "I had a Schaible had stopped a mile dream," M.L. Hayes hollered. further to check out what they Dennie was less than amused . . believed to be a loose front hub. In reality it was found to be a bent spindle and that left the Russian Ricochet racer of Eric Pavolka to . sail on to a good finish. In order to get out of the can yon the Schaible car h:ad to climb a twisty chewed up hogback. On three wheels. The passenger had to ride, sidecar sty le, on the engine cage five more miles out to Midway. In 1-2-1600 Bill Krug, Ari-zona's Elder Statesman of Whoops, was, initially, happy to see a four car field in the admittedly light entry restrictor-bound class. His glee tur,ned to '1Aw, Gee" when he went tree trimming and loaded his fan shroud screen with mesquite debris. The resultant lack of air " Eric Pavolka topped a good field of 5-1600 Bugs, but he was the only one that flow toasted his equally venerable finished the race, the winner and not a bad time at 15th overall. Don Hatz engine. "It just got hot Page 32 April 1996 Dusty Times

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Kurt Brewer and Bob Elio jump past the pits on their way to a third in Class 9 and 12th overall. Challengers had a good fight going among a small field. Sean Moss and Jason Greener were fourth in Class 9 in their "Bob" car, and they rolled once, drove into a fence and more on their way to the finish line. Usually a front runner Jeff Geiser had several problems with his Class 9, the DirTrix, points, broken rear brake drum etc. He was fifth in class, 19th 0/A. on us in the wash," he shrugged. "1600" Noall could only say that The winter growth had enclosed "there is no comparison. It's not the track with low hanging limbs as agile (nor) as responsive (as a and branches and Krug clipped buggy)." The 2.8 liter truck hedges. Krug's trusty 1995 finished unsullied except, "1600" championship Raceco_ perhaps, for some landscaping was ready to do the deal... until the meltdown ten miles out from debris that went through the roof scoops into the bed mounted coolers. Scott and Barbara finished two minutes behind T. Rex and one minute ahead of Melissa and John. New BILSTEINS ... NUTS 'N' BOLTS Tim Smith, he of the busted tranny, won the $400 random drawing for pre-entered racers: "This will really h_elp."_ Re'.1lly. Fast lap was set by Stan Steele in l :01: 18; sixty seconds quicker than Billy T's second fastest circuit. The slowest lap of the three lap finishers was Mile L<'mg at 2:20:00. Winner's Circle the win, so Pete Gannon just kept on motoring his Tall Man Special to the win. Pete ruefully ack-nowledged that he is/was down on power: "I got passed by three Challengers," he grinned. "By ten miles an hour." But he did keep the purse anyway. Dalke and Pete laughed: "Makes ya want to go hack to '9'?" Ron added that "aff Tucson cars were running at the finish! We prep 'em different in Tucson." Keith Roether, in the SCORE #5 Points Series car, drug his single seater out of its Las Vegas A New JIMCO Chassis ... home for a shake down cruise to second place. "We tossed in this 'Baja 1000' finishing motor -out of the two seater -without touching it," laughed TUF-meister Donny Weiser. Asked about his this year's plans, Keith could only shake his head. "Last year ( racing all the SCORE events as a rookie) really was expensive," the Strip slot machine. "mech-anic" understated. "I'm just looking at 'Ninety-Six one day at a time." Hmmm, sounds like "The AA Meets The Desert." Gan-non's Tucson pals Tom Surde: and Eric Jones brought ·out their new (to them) single seater and struggled to the trailer with engine maladies. One of several cars sporting new 'Nineties paint schemes, the two partners had spent "over two hundred hours" in reassembling the racer. In Sportsmen Division Mike Herrick jumped up to the big motor leagues with a new twenty-one-eighty engine and flew to the Sportsmen win ahead of another smooth run by Melissa Hall. Melissa and John,Harris kept the car off the top as she drove both fifty mile Sportsman legs. John allowed that even though they run no intercom "we use hand signs" to communicate. I hope that that does not include any obscene gestures. Another WMS racer who went for the Earl Scheib deal was Tom Rex. T. Rex scrapped his cardboard reefer box body and went to ·actual sheet metal with a sparkling decor. Rex was the second Sportsman finisher. A rare home town appearance was spoiled wh~n the Art Jones/Ray Eckard "10" car dropped a cylinder and lost plenty of oil for Trailer Time. Scott and Barbara Noall debuted their "new" "7" recently purchased from El Centro's Mike Henry. The old Scott Douglas Ford Ranger was prepped by· Henry and worked totally to expectations. Coming off a Dusty Times And, a New WINNER ... .Andrew Wehe! . Young Andrew Wehe from Fallbrook, CA opened the 1996 SCORE desert off-road racing championship· season with a dominating Class 1 O victory and a fourth place finish Overall at the Parker 400. Driving a Bilstein shock absorber-equipped, A-arm suspension JIMCO single seat buggy, Wehe averaged 53.897mph over the rugged 400 miles to win Class 1 O Now Available ... For All Classes 1, New Bilstein 60mm, remote reservoir, coil-over shocks with special. off-road valvings. I by 15 minutes. His impressive drive in the limited 1650cc Toyota-powered entry was faster than the unlimited Trophy Truck winner at Parker. "I know that shocks are vitally important to winning in off-road," noted Wehe, a 19-year-old college student. "The Bilsteins allowed my JIMCO to outhandle the competition in all terrain throughout the race." Ask For Bilsteins! Now you can specify Bilstein shock absorbers when ordering your JIMCO Chassis. Go with a winning combination! 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 Aprll 1996 Page 33

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I L WARRNAMBOOL STADiUM OFF ROAD SPECTACULAR Down Under Stadiu111 Spectacular Text· & Photos: Daryl Smith Glenn Owen impressed his home town crowd with the win in the buggy feature final, in fact he won all three buggy heat races for open class, led the feature until a wheel collapsed, and came back to win the final race of the day. The W arrnamb.ool Premier. Speedway has witnessed. many an exciting night of racing, but none more~o as the Stadium Off Road Spectacular recently. Thousands of metres of dirt was brought in and soon the familiar speedway track was transformed into a maze of jumps, humps, moguls and tight corners. A capacity crowd was on hand to watch the terrific show sponsored by BFGoodrich and Holden Rodeo, which is a relatively new sport to Australia although it is huge in the USA . . Three stadium off road catego-ries were held on the night the first being a big favourite with the crowd; the stadium trucks and sedans. Heading the list were the two purpose built USA imported trucks of Mark Manns (super-charged V6 Holden Rodeo) and local and promoter of the event, Chris Owen ( twin turbo V6 Nis-san Navara). Both of thes.e trucks are in fact ex-Mears machines. The format was for three heats, then a class final followed by the feature finals. A potent 10 car field of Tin Tops fronted for the first heat and Owen took immediate command but Manns was soon with him but then stopped with a blocked fuel filter. Owen went on to win in his first drive of the truck, with Bennett's Chevy, Taylor's Baja and Zarfati's Pajero following. The next heat was a reverse grid of the first and saw the Manns truck back at its best and soon passing Zarfati for the lead. The high jumping Rodeo took the win with Zarfati, Dow-sett's Baja and Bryant's Corvette following. Owen and Bennett suf-fered from starting at the rear. There were still all ten cars run-ning by the third heat where Owen shot to an early lead. Mendham who also races a sta-dium truck was out with turbo failure. Manns made a huge lunge down the inside of Zarfati and Bennett and set after Owen. The result read Owen, Manns, Ben-nett and Dowsett. Final Time and the crowd wanted more action and what they got brought them to their feet yelling for more. The trucks of Owen and Manns put on quite a show; lap after lap they were rubbing panels as they flew through the air leading the heat. With bits of fibreglass all over the track Manns was through to the lead as the laps ran out. Owen was a close second with Dowsett, Bennett and Andy Brown (VS Nissan) following. Zarfati and Daren Wells won two heats in open buggy class first division and then waged the battle with Glenn Owen and the local man won the final race even though Wells won the feature. Mark Manns was the pace setter in the supercharged V6 Holden Rodeo, and even though he was the local promoter he won both of the finals races for stadium trucks. Page 34 Taylor had blown c.v.s. The fea-ture Final lacked the contact of the final as Manns slipped past Owen without incident. With Bennett out with blown power steering, Taylor was a lonely third. Manns took the race wth Owen, Taylor, Dowsett, Bryant and Brown taking the rest of the placings. Chris Owen's first meeting in the twin turbo V6 Nissan Navara was a most The open class buggies had a successful one, winning the first and third heat and second in the feature. healthy 17 car field which was . divided into two groups. The first group saw David Leach's return to racing start well with a win over Wells and Jobe in the first heat. Heat 2 wasn't so lucky for Jobe who landed heavy breaking a front wheel of the USA imported stadium buggy. Wells was in command and took the win over Osbourne and Copeland. Heat 3 saw Wells and Leach start together off the front row, and stage a good battle for many laps until Leach broke a c.v. Osbourne too broke yet another c. v. Closing up on Wells was Cotee but the Mark Manns, Holden Rodeo V6, the local promoter of the event, gets under. laps ran out and the order read the back of Chris Owen as the two were fender to fender and as the laps ran Wells, Cottee, and Copeland. out. Mark Manns took the feature final. The other group of Open buggies _bringing on a restart. Owen saw local Glenn Owen take com-_ indeed looked hard to catch but mand 'in heat 1 with a win over on the r~start he had a rear wheel Chasemore and Schmid. Heat 2 collapse giving the lead to Wells. and the awesome power of Owen Cottee was out w1th a broken cliff. was evident as he came from mid-In the end Wells took the win field to lead at the first corner. with Leach closing up for second The similarly powered car of and Chasemore and Jobe close Robinson went with him and held behind as well. on to take second with Schmid • The 1600 buggies are the clos-third. Heat 3 and again Owen est matched of all. Long time took over as Robinson faded with campaigner of the 1600 stadium shock problems. Schmid was class; Bruce Watman opened the impressive and closed in on Owen night with a heat 1 victory over but the race was over, the order yet another local member of the being· Owen, Schmid, and Owen family, Matt. Robert Turnbull. Moore proved you can be compe-The class Final saw 12 open titiveina1200carbytal<ingthird. cars in together. Owen and Wells Heat 2 saw the last minute prepa-were to meet for the first time, ration of the brand. new Andrew and it was Owen that took the Ziems car complete and it made a lead with Wells following. cautious debut. Daren Maggs has Schmid broke a rear wheel off and joined the 1600 gang and led the blocked half the track, then pack in Heat 2. Moore and Holt Turnbull rolled in the same spot got locked together, while the two -I I _ Watman brothers Bru·ce and Chris moved forward and soon took the lead over. It was Chris that grabbed the win with Bruce second and Maggs third. Heat 3 was a close affair with the two W atmans and Owen in tight for-mation. In the end it was Chris taking the win despite losing. the oil sender switch and rattling the motor. Owen followed with Bruce W atman taking third. The 1600 Final saw Chris Watman front but it wasn't long before the motor gave up for good. His brother Bruce was running away with the race though, as Owen tried to stay in touch. Ziems had decided to see what his new car could do and got stuck into passing cars. With 12 laps over it was Bruce Watman taking the final with Owen second and an impressive Ziems in third ahead of Moore and Holt. The Feature Final for the bug-Matt Owen did a fine job in the 1600 class, with second place in the first heat, and some good placing after that. Looks like a dynasty is building. ., gies was a combination of Open and 1600 cars with the fastest-to the rear. Sadly Maggs wasn't even going to get to start when the water pump broke off on the line { an earlier incident tore the entire rear cage off). Jobe shot up to lead the pack through the first lap, but incredibly from the rear most start position, Glenn Owen took over the lead after just the one lap! Soon-onto his tail was Bruce Watman with Jobe and Holt fol-lowing. Owen continued to dom-inate with Watmansecond. There was a. tight bunch for third with Jobe, Leach and Wells. Ziems was out with a bent tie-rod. Owen took first place over Watman, with Jobe, Wells, and Leach following. Bruce Watman opened the night with a victory in the 1600 heat, placed high in other races, and in the combined race for open and 1600 cars he trailed only the winner and took second in the A/I Buggy final in the 1600. April 1996 It was truly a sensational night thanks to the work of Chris Owen and all the Owen gang. BFGood-rich and Holden Rodeo were cer-tainly on a successful night and if this sport is just beginning to grow in Australia well it looks pretty good for the future. Personally I must thank Nissan Australia for providing a brand new Pathfinder for me to com-plete the journey and witness the action. Dusty Times

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CRS Colu111n By Harris Done The California Rally Series was well represented at last month's T ecate Ensenada Inter-national Rally. The CRS teams in attendance raved about the local hospitality and overall event fl;ivor which included a spectac-ular start with a sprint down the main boulevard. Bill Malik and Roine Andersson were the overall winners in their two wheel drive Volvo 240, finishing the three special stages totaling 134 km in I :34 : 19. Lon Peterson and Bill Gut:mann took second overall in the 2WD Arrow just under a minute hehind. Third overall and first in 4WD was Roger Hull with Sean Gallagher in an Eclipse. Norherto Gome: and Jorge Facio claimed sixth overall and first in Performance Stock in a Corolla. Tom Carter and Gordon Swen-son's Celica took the Stock Class with a twelfth overall finish. Notable non-finishers include Rui Brasil and Boh Scott who hoth crashed heavily. Chad Dykes ran his "Chadillac" Sedan de Ville and created a sensation with the Mexican fans, hut he was unahle to reach the finish . The next event in Ensenada, a Mexican National event on June 29th should receive even more CRS competitors once the word spreads. On the SCCA front, a new six memher PRO Rally Board has heen formed from members of CA9 Ensenada the ARA and the previous PRO . Rally Board. The new board has recomended to the SCCA Board of Directors to wait to implement new harness rules untiljanuary of 1997. The particular rule can be founs:J on Page 75, Appendix Y ( 3) of the 1995 SCCA PRO Rally rule book. Rallyists should plan on updating current belts this year with SFI-16.1 approved belts dated within the last five years. The cost of doing so may be far less than one might imagine with incredible rewebbing deals avail-ahle from Simpson. Other manu-facturers might also be offering such promotions. First Aid and CPR card requirements have heen post-poned until at least January of 1997 as well. The first event on the CRS schedule will he Rim of the. \lv'orld on May 3rd and 4th.· Headquarters will again be out of the Ramada in Palmdale. Look for interesting sponsorship this year with cash pri:es to special categories. Following Rim will he a John Forespring organi:ed coefficient three rally in Reno July 6th, then Gorman Ridge August 10th. The Treeline Rally will run Septemher 7th with Prescott hosting Octoher 5th. There is no date set yet for Roiier Allison's possihle Palm Springs to Las Vegas Endurance Rally in the wintt.'r. ATTENTION PIT TEAMS Sent your pit reports to Dusty Times and they will be featured on these pages. Baja Pits News By Julio Garcia Yahoo! Welcome back and thank you for tuning in. Feedback is the only indicator. You got something to say, let me know, I am always interested in a good story. A big congratulations to SCORE. The San Felipe 250 course is 1.9 miles short but falls well within the "GOOD JOB" category. Let's all work towards the same standard for the Baja 500, even after they chop some section off the day before. If it's going to be called the 500 and the 1000, let us all work to make sure it fulfills its billing and as such, its stature and prestige as two of off road racing's premier jewels and accomplishments. BAJA PITS pre-ran and marked its pits for the San Felipe had your Baja Pits 1.0. and Markings, you had friends everywhere. San Vicente Off Road. Yes, even in Baja we have alternative racing. The San Vicente off road organization (Tel. 011 5261761637) puts on a good show and you can come on down and be a big frog in a little pond, that is if the locals don't dust you. The four events are as follows: The Ojos Negros 200 March 29-J I, San Vicente MultilapJune 28-30, San Felipe Event September 13-15, and their big event, The Ensenada to San Felipe 250 December 13-15. (This last race was a great success in 1995, with over 90 car entries.) Trash Alert! I want to congratu-1 ate all racers for being so ecologicaly conscious of the damage that trash can cause to our beautiful peninsula. The only trash I saw was at that god awful dump in San Felipe. I can't understand why they don't bury all that garbage· in one confined spot, instead of spreading it all over. Tijuana's own Baja based off road all pro Mr. Ray Gastelum will be heading up the ecological committee to preserve our "Desi er to Limpio -Desierto Libre." Anyone wishing to help, please do. ( Does this smell of the BLM? It better not!) . Killer Shrimp in San Felipe. The writing on the wall says it all-for the best shrimp in San Felipe, the place to go is "Ruben's" -so say Ivan Ironman Stewart, Curt Le Due and many other J efes of off road. Check it out, Baja Pits approved and recommended. No concrete news yet on BP's two Mega Events, hut they are coming, in one form or another. (Are4 you with us Sal?) Details soon. Baja Pits FAX is ( 619) 42K-864 l. Remember - A friend of Baja Pits fears nothing in Baja! 250 in February and I can tell you Com·1ng I think it Is going to be a tuff-one. The Chanate Wash is awesome. Next Month ••• While on the course I was promptly passed by Mr. Curt LeDuc in a really nice truck. Later in the day I saw Mr.Jason Baldwin and his dad go by in a Killer Bronco. ( I was told it was a LeDuc creation -and you could go to the moon in it. WOW) Our four fixed pit locations were as follows: BPI (w mile 43 Chinero; BP2 (9, mile 100 Laguna Amarga; BP3 @ mile 148 Morelia; BP4 <lci1 mile 222 Puertecitos Road. Plus two roving rescue rangers that were all over the place. If you SCORE San Felipe 250 La Rana Californa 200 La Rana Short Course -Barstow Vegas to· Reno-SNORE Southern Nevada 200 VORRA Season Opener . .. Plus all the regular features Club de Automoviles Sport d~ Ensenada A.C. CAf Club ~utomovilistico Frances de Mexico A.C. National ChaDlpionJship R,~Jlu Mexico D.F. ENSENADA _RALLY 2000 INTERNATIONAL 28-29-30 June 96 The most exciting and panoramic stage rally ·of the ~orld ! COMISION NACIONAL DE RALLIES EN-SEN-AD A RALLY SERIES FEDERACION IIEXICANA DE AUTOllillVIUSMO DEPIIRTIVD A.C. _ CAS Ensenada Alvarado 787 ZC 22800 Ensenada BC Tels (617) 88257 y 88256 Fax California USA Tony Chavez 9225 Greenleaf Ave Santa Fe Springs CA 90670 Tel (31 0) 906 2637 Dusty Times April 1996 Page 35

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LA RANA DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Nick Baldwin Wins Overall at Barstow By Jimmy Messick & Jean Calvin Pfwtos: T rackside Pfwto f nc. Scott McKinney and his crew had a good ride in the ex-Walker Evans Dodge. They had a few problems en route to winning Class 150 over three others and they were 18th overall. ,. -. -:.£·~ .. .»;, - -~ ...»»l ~-,:,,~·-< ~;6' .• J>\~~~~ f:,, *-~•~~•1111111111 Brian Coats and Jamey Castro don't have a stylish body on the Class 150 Nick Baldwin, with co-drivers RonnrerrrTasp,e and Jeff Corrao, started the new season like they finished 1995, Chevy but it goes fast when it goes, is subject to various trouble but was winning their second overall title in as many tries in the trusty Raceco. Only a couple of Class 10s were within range. second. The La Rana Desert Ra~ing Burger King on Main. St. in ~m;;;;.,f"";;:-;-.-;;;;-:~;;;;,;-;;.;;;;::;;;;:;;;;;;;;;::::;;;:;;::~--=----_-:-. -;:fr->u-r--;-la_p_s---::~:--o-rw-ar-d-;--t-o---;th_e_c-;-h_e_c;-k-folks started the New Year right Barstow. The press got to tour the ered flag. wit? a full schedule of extras to course if they had a street legal Next Class 2 went .off the line entice entry and sponsors. While vehicle that would handle the with a good entry of seven, two the race itself started a few miles rough terrain. La Rana also didn't make a lap, another only o~t o_f Barstow at the usual divided the classes into four parts did one lap, but the other four all S1dewmder Road location off I-for individual "World Champ-covered four laps, all four driving 15, the rest of the activity was in ionships." Heavy Metal held Racecos and Nick Baldwin won Barstow proper which provides a Class 150 ( 1 ), 800 (8) and 850 and also won overall. C1ass 10 far more civilized atmosphere (8S); Mini Metal was Classes 700 fielded nine cars and this was a during the cold weather days of (7 ), 725 (7S 2WD) and 750 dog fight all the way with three or January. (4WD Stock). The Pro Series four running in the same minute They started with early registra- features Classes 500 (5 ), 200 (2) every lap. There were no Class 5s tion, drawing for starting and 1000 (10). The Super Series so the 1600s were next away, numbers and a media run two stars Classes 550 (5-1600), 1600 eight strong at the green flag and weeks before the race date on (1-2-1600) and 900 (9). They four of them finished, the first January 1,3 all happening at the also had local TV if you lived in two, Josh Baldwin who won, and Randy Spahr continues to be master of the high deset races, this time the Jason Hat: barely eight minutes season opener at Barstow where he won Class 10, again, in his faithful apart at the checkers. 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Including the mounting hardware and the GAS bolts SEE YOUij_ OFF R:>AD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRECT. Yamelr Speciitlties, Inc. 102 Cresmew-P. 0. Box 845 VameH, AZ. 85382 1-I02-427-3551 Page 36 Lothringer. He often wins in the Johnson Valley. Class 8 trucks thundered away . that high desert area, you could watch the program. The activity really got under way on January 26 with the tech inspection crew and contingency donors assembling at the Barstow Mall on Main St. This mall had been used years ago by HORA for the same purpose, and it is easy to find, right off I-15, in fact across the freeway from the Burger King. There was ample room there for racers to load and unload their cars, and once it got going, a bit after the scheduled 3:00 p.m., everything went smoothly. Registration was inside in a huge . conference room which was also used later on for the Drivers Briefing. Truly a one stop deal for those that arrived before the closing time of tech at 9:00 p.m. Next morning the cars were staged and the wind was brisk before the8:00_a.m. start, and was cold for southern California. The entry was not as strong as expected but some 65 cars took the green flag with a couple oflate starting stragglers coming along after they had all left. Class 1 left first with four big unlimited trucks raising clouds of dust from the big tires. Scott McKinney seemed to have the class handled iri his big Dodge from the first of Jerry Penhall nose dives on his way to second in Class 10 in his fancy painted racer. Jerry and Ben Schlimme always seem to enjoy racing the high desert. April 1996 with five starters and there were also five in Class 850. Incredibly four of the five Class 8s finished the rugged run led by Mike Bragg. However none of the 850s managed to cover four laps, but one, the winner Tom Barnett, got in three laps in the fancy Jeep .. Moving down the list of power-houses, we come to the ·little people starting with the 5-1600 cars who had a good entry of 11 cars, seven of them finished and the first three were about nine minutes apart. They had a real race won by Robert Wright! Class 9 came up with seven starters .and they all covered at least a lap and four of them finished four laps, led by a third generation racer Scott Johnson and his brother Todd. There was one Class 7 who did just one lap, but Steve Cirillo did all four for the vi<;:tory. In Class 750 it was Ladies Day again as Kathy and Stacy Fay took the Ford Ranger to yet another win in the four car class. Class 1400 is a bracket class peopled mainly by older unlim-ited buggies and these four finished off the starting entry and two of them finished. We did not obtain the lap by lap result sheet from this race so we can't tell you who passed the next one on what lap this time. . But we had a new interview Dusty Times

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""" ~ Steve Houston and Alvin Yamaguchi flew over the desert with ·great gusto, and they flew right into second place in Class 2 in the Raceco based vehicle. Larry Lariviere and Morgan Maiocco (#1000) call this car a Rowland and they were third in Class 10, here being pursued by the Jimco of Michael Daws. The 1600 bash was no cakewalk .for the first two across the finish line. Jason •Hatz and brother Brett had a great run to second about eight minutes behind. person this race and Jimmy Messick did a good job on covering the race, person by person. After that stint in the chilly weather he might think that taking pictures is a better deal, than chasing down the finishing . racers. The following is the post race interview session in the impound area. Class 150 winner and 18th overall was Scott McKinney with co-drivers Mike Giannattasio and Scott Stafford. Their new Dodge V-10 bought from Walker Evans Racing had gearing problems and a front motor belt broke. They also had a couple of flats, but had a great time gettting used to the new Dodge V-10. Next around for second in class and 28th overall ·was Brian Coats with co-drivers Neville Sharpe and Troy Tackett. The team blew a transmission on lap #1 that caused them to lose an hour and a half, and they had four flat tires on the right rear. They had a great time and were very happy to finish in their new Chevy truck that only had 20 miles on it before the race. Third in class and 29th overall came Danny ·and Marty Lerner who shared the driving with Mike Eads and Henry Bergdahl. The Chevy team had the lead for the first three laps then they blew a tranny losing a lot of time. They went thru three cases of transmission fluid to keep the second tranny going to get to the finish. They also had a couple of flat tires. First in Class 200 and first overall was again Nick Baldwin in his Raceco with co-drivers Ronnie Gilaspie and Jeff Corrao. The team had no problems, said the track was_real rm,igh and they had fun battling with #204, Steve· Houston. Steve Houston with co-driver Alvin Yamaguchi took second in class and fourth overall in the Raceco, the only problem the team had was a flat tire on lap #1. They would like to thank all their pits for the great help. Third in class and 14th overall was Ron Osburn with co-drivers John Lucas and Matt McMillan in yet another Raceco. They lost the bolt out of the power steering ram, burnt the ignition wire and lost the rear brakes. For Class 5-1600, Robert Wright with co-drivers Russell Granath and Kim Wright took first in class and 15th overall. The only problem the team had was a flat tire. Marc Dashane with co-drivers Steve Taylor and Fred James took second in class and 16th overall. They had no problems until five miles out from the finish on lap #4 when they clipped Robert Wright's right side and rolled the Bug pretty bad. The team had been first on time before the rollover. They were just 24 seconds ahead of third place. Dusty Times uarth ttutch1son and Mike Robolledo with co-drivers Dean Martin and Rob Pedett finished third in Class 5-1600 and 17th overall. They only had a few problems with their new car starting with the throttle coming 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 4pucferramic .... ........ $44.95 4 puc ferramic with spring hub .... . . ........................ $54.95 apart on lap FU ahd the ignition died out. The team said the course was very rough. Robert "Wally" Moore and Eddy Faulkner with co-drivers Dave Munnerlyn and Tim Zandbergen took fourth in class and 20th overall. The team had no problems. This was the Suspensions Unlimited, all their first race for Jack Zandbergen's spons'ors, supporters and friends new car. They plan to race the La for all their help. Jack Zand bergen Rana '96 season and hope to do also said that he is happy to be a better in future La Rana races, car part of this racing team. owner Jack Zandbergen said. 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.. l I \' t •( Wesley Wisdom catches a little air in the 1600 Mirage he shares with Brady and Scott Wisdom. They finished a long third this time out in Class 1600. Steve Krieger with co-drivers Tim Clark and Edwards Heppen-stall drove the Chevrolet right into second place in Class 8, a very tidy machine it is too. Brian Valdez and Todd Graydon had a good run in the Ford, lost some expensive body panels, but hustled into second in Class 850 completing a total of two laps, good for second place. Josh Baldwin has fun racing his 1-1600 Suspensions Unlimited car in the desert. This trip Jonathan Snelling was his rider in his 2-1600 new car, and Josh not only won the 1600 class he was fifth overall. IP" Steve Cirrillo with co- were excited to be combined with drivers Drew Hove, Andy. the 4x4s and had probably the Helquist and Bill Petters. The best race they have ever had team had only a couple of battling with Larry Gross. They problems to report; the steering got behind on lap #1, but Stacy wheel came loose and they lost"the feels that because it was Kathy's exhaust. Steve Cirrillo comment-birthday, Kathy was able to drive ed that the course was very rough. harder and take the win from Kathy and Stacy Fay had a great Larry. They would like to thank day having no problems and their dad and their family for the taking first in Class 750. They great help. , 157 153 159 255 204 247 211 1606 1602 1601 1603 569 559 555 576 557 747 777 760 767 800 805 803 801 890 869 996 909 911 926 1005 1004 1000 1020 1063 1401 1404 La Rana New Years 200 RESULTS- January 27, 1996 P08 Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle ClaH 1- Unlimited aingle aeat - 4 atart. 3 finish 1 Scott McKinney/Mike Giannattassio Dodge 2 Brian Coats/ Jamey Castro Chevrolet 3 Danny Latner/Henry Bergdahl Chevrolet Claaa 2 - Unlimited two aeat - 7 start - 4 finish Nick Baldwin/Ronnie Gilaspie Raceco 2 Steve Houston/Alvin Yamaguchi Raceco 3 Ron Osburn/John Lucas Raceco 4 Mike Adley/Shaun Bernardy Raceco Claaa 1/2-1600 - 1600cc Restricted Engine -8 start -4 finiah 1 Josh Baldwin/Jonathan Snelling Suspensions Unlimited 2 Jason & Brett Hatz Suspensions Unlimited 3 Wesley, Scott & Brady Wisdom Mirage 4 Jeff Madrid/Gary Bancroh Chenowth Claaa 3-Short we 4x4 -4 start - o finish Claaa 4-Long we 4x4 -4 atart - o finish Claaa 5 -Unlimited Baja Bug - 0 start -4 finish Claaa 5-1600-1600cc Baja Bug-11 atart 7 finish 1 Robert WrighVRossell Granath Baja Bug 2 Marc DeShane/Steve Taylor Baja Bug 3 Garth Hutchison/Dean Manin Baja Bug 4 Jack Zandbergen/Ed Faulkner Baja Bug 5 Victor Bussey/Renee Perez Baja Bug Claaa 6 - Production Sedan • 0 atart - 0 finish Claaa 7 - Unlimited Mini Pickup - 1 atart - 0 finish Claaa 725 - Stock Mini Pickup - 3 atart - 1 finish 1 Steve Cirillo./Drew Hove Toyota Claaa 750 - Stock 4WD Mini Pickup • 4 start - 3 finish 1 Kathy & Stacy Fay Ford Ranger 2 Larry Gross/Jason Bicknell Toyota 3 Dennis PruetVMichael Dill .. Toyota Claaa 8 - 2WD Standard Pickup - 5 atart - 4 finiah 1 Mike & Greg Bragg Ford 2 Steve Krieger/Tim Clark Chevrolet 3 Kyle Taylor/Jaames Galloway Chevrolet 4 Eric Heiden/Rueben Herndon Ford Claaa 850 - 4WD Standard Pickup - 5 atart - 0 finish 1 Tom & Mike Barnett Jeep (3 laps) 2 Brian Valdez/Todd Graydon Ford (2 laps) Claaa 9 - Reatricted Buggy - 7 atart - 4 finish 1 Scott & Todd Johnson ' Meredth 2 Jay Fogg/Harry Dunne Jimco 3 Max Hanberg/Don Johnson Tubular 4 Brian Maginnis/Randy Ross Jimco Claaa 10 -Unlimited 1650cc - 9 atart - 6 finiah 1 Randy Spahr/Craig Dillon Lothringer 2 Jerry PenhalVBen Schlimme Penhall 3 Larry Lariviere/Morgan Maiocco Rowland 4 Michael Daws/John Garcia Jimco 5 James Addis/Ken Matthews Penhall Claaa 11 • Stock VW ·Sedan - 0 atart - 0 finish Claaa 12 - Mini Mag - o atart - 0 finish Clasa 1400 - 3 a tart - 2 finish 1 Jim Norgard/Robert Haagenson WJ 2 Thomas Mangione/Adnean Ahmri Meco Entries 66 total - finishers 38 total - 58 % - Race Distance 200 miles Weather - warm. dusty. Page 38 lime 0/A 5:55:45 18 7:08:39 28 7:13:48 29 4:37:29 ·1 4:45:55 4 5:35:42 · 14 8:01 :02 31 4:52:57 5 5:01 :21 6 5:28:48 12 5:31:43 13 5:45:33 15 5:54:17 16 5:54:41 • 17 6:23:42 20 6:56:44 24 7:00:31 26 3:29:11 43 3:45:42 44 7:27:37 46 5:02:57 8 5:13:19 10 6:59:29 25 8:40:01 35 7:41:08 39 7:27:44 47 6:06:05 19 6:38:55 21 6:41:46 22 7:06:13 27 4:45:19 2 4:45:32 3 5:02:16 7 5:09:40 9 5:28:44 11 8:01:16 32 8:07:53 34 Mike Bragg, brother Greg and Randy Fiscis co-driving, ran fast and 'steady to finish in Class 8 in just over five hours in the Ford and Mike scored a good eighth overall as well. First in Class 800 and eighth overall were last year's champions Mike and Gregg Bragg with co-drivers Randy Fiskus a·nd Dave Searay in the Ford. The team had no problems to report, and had fun having a close battle with Steve Krieger. Steve Krieger with co-driver Tim Clark finished second in Class 800 and 10th overall. The team had a flat tire and ran out of gas following the Braggs with their Chevy. The team of Scott and Todd Johnson with their co-drivers Lisa Erwin and Kim Martin finished first in Class 900 and 19th, crews for the great support, Kent Lothringer, Steve Spahr, Kevin Clin and the Clean Air Racing team. Second in class and third overall went to Jerry Penhall with co-driver Ben Schlimme. They had a great time. The only problems the team had were three flat tires. Larry Lariviere with co-driver Rene Lariviere and Morgan Maiocco took third in Class 1000 ;md seventh ~verall. On lap #1, the team got a flat tire and lost some time when Rene, his first ride in the car, had to go to the bathroom. Michael Daws with co-driver John Garcia took fourth in class 1000 and ninth overall. They had no problems to report overall. They had no problems Tom and Mike Barnett ?ave the Jeep Honcho looking like a show c~r. With and had a great time ducking in Gene Jacobsen co-dnving they floated around the course in good time and d t •th S d p k Th' won the 850 title, in fact they were the only 3 lap finisher. an ou w1 any ar er. 1s. _____________________________ _ was Lisa Erwin's first ever race ' "' and she hung in good, but had a bladder problem on the second lap and she had to really go; so she went.in the seat, so they called the pits and told them that when she got out and Kim Martin got in there would be a wet ·seat. The team would like to thank all their family and friends, Pro Circuit Electric and Legal Graffiti for their support. Second in class and 2 1 st overall was Jay Fogg and Jim Malinowski with co-drivers Kevin Fogg and Harry Dunn. The team had no problems. Max Hanberg and Don Johnson with co-driver Brian Smith finished third in Class 900 and 22nd overall. On the Friday before the race, the team smashed the transmission tenting and had · to take it to a local shop to weld it up. The car had oil and gas leaking and they used rags to soak it up and a spark from the welder. hit a rag and caught fire. The car also caug~t fire, but was easily put out. During the race, the only problem the team had was a flat tire. Brian Maginnis and co-driver Randy Ross took fourth in class and 27th . overall. Their only problem was a flat tire. Randall Spahr with co-driver Craig Dillion finished first in Robert Wright with Kim Wright and Russell Granath co-driving nailed down another victory in Class 5-1600, but the competition was hot, and they won the title by just over eight minutes margin. Class 1000 and second overall. . . . . . The team had two flats and no Scott and Todd Johnson took the1r lady fnends al?ng for nders this race, K,m . l #l Th Martin and Lisa Erwin, and the g1rls enIoyed the nde: the brothers did also as power steermg on ap · e they won Class 9 by a whopping 32 minutes. team w_ould like to thank their pit . _:..._ _____ '-----''-'---=----------------- -April 1996 Dusty Times

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Marc DeShane with Steve Taylor and Fred James co-driving, kept the Baja Bug in good shape and in contention, and they finished second just over eight minutes behind the winning Bug. Garth Hutchinson with co-drivers Dean Martin and Mike Reboll0 edo almost made it to second place, but were third, merely 24 minutes behind second place time. Jay Fogg and Jim Malinowski with Harry Dunne co-driving, whipped the Jimco past spectator hazard areas and came in second in the slim Class 9 action. with the Jimco. Fifth in class and l 11th overall was the team of Jim Addis with co-drivers Ken Mathews and Rick McClain. The team broke the front shock bolt and had no brakes for two laps. They would like to thank their crew. This was the first race on their brand new car. Dave Calloway and John Holmes with co-drivers Fred Erler and Scott Mopes took sixth in class and 23rd overall. The team broke the front wheel and the torsion housing having to weld it three times. The team would like to thank the F.A.I.R. pits for the welding they did on the car. Gary Keller with co-drivers Doug Stewart, Matt Volger, Jim Sims, and John Brown were alone in Class 7. so they only did one lap in over five hours. In Class 1600 the class win and fifth overall went to Josh Baldwin . and co-driver Johnathen Snelling. The only problem the team had was getting tangled up with a Class 10 car and a bent hood. Second in class and sixth overall went to Jason and Brett Hatz. The team had the power steering pump go bad. The team would like to thank their dad Don Hat:, Baldwin Racing and Regie Dunlap. Third in class and 12th overall went to Wes and Brady Wisdom with co-drivers Chris Gencma and Matt Collier. The team rolled the car 'and had v~ry weak brakes and had to make some torsion adjust-ments. This was their first race in their brand new car. The team would like to thank Bill Varnes, Adam Wik for the motor, Dave Steve Cirillo, Toyota, with Drew Hove, Andy Helquist, and Chad Milledge as co-drivers covered all four laps beating two others, in seven hours flat, a good time for the Class 725 winner. • Folts for the trans, Dion & Scms were on ET. starting as we go to press . -Organi:ers cram the races in early spring while the turtles are still hibernating, otherwise they cannot use many of the courses. for fuel and lubricants, Electro-We'll see you in the de: as we head, and Wes would like to _have four major races in March, thank his wife Gail for putting up. with all of this. Jeff Madrid and Gary Bancroft took fourth in class and 13th overall. They rolled the car once and Omboli Racing #550 stopped to help them get the car turned back over. The only other problem the team had was a broken valve cover bolt that caused the motor to leak oil. We missed car #1401, Jim Norgard and Robert Haaggenson with co-driver LeRoy Stallcop. He won class 1400 by more than six minutes, doing the four laps in 8:01: 16. Check the result panel to see how close some of these races Kathy Fay with sister Stacy navigating, flies the Ford Ranger to start her quest , for a third consecutive desert championship: she started right by winning Class 750. ,,,~>. Jim Norgard and Robert Haagenson had a fine run in Class 1400, for older cars, with Leroy Stal/cop co-driving they swept the four car field, but only by about six and a half minutes. Dusty Times • J(X)U walls Of l)OWt·r • OilAlcrl' • !:,1111ull.:UH .. "OU::, A'-· / I )L U::,l ' • !:>UJJl.'I <!Uh.I Welder/Generntor E\\'171 • .tOOO Watt Wdderi<;enerator • Honda 11 HP 011\' Cu111111en:ial Enbrine . • 170 AMP DC 1or Welding • Oil ..\lt!rt. • Automatic Idle· RACER· DISCOUNTS PARTS SHIPPED ·BY UPS DAILY· BILL ROBERTSON + SONS, INC. IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS 5626 -Tujunga Blvd., North Hollywood 4fHONDA 1 (800) 800-6134 Comeridewithus. 1 (818) 766-6134. ,, April1996 • N Page 39

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FRT KING OF THE DESERT Chris Harrold Solos to Overall By Judy Smith Photos: C&C Race Photos Chris Harrold slides his Jimco under the clouds as he heads to the infield course and to the win in Class 10 in his Jimco and he also won the race overall which he often does. Scott Prill and Ken Stroud also did some high flying delighting the pit folks and they did well, third in Class 10 and third overall in the Raceco. Chris Harrold drove the whole distance at the King of the Desert, opening event for the 1996 FR T series, to put his Class 10 Jimco into Victory Circle. Perfect weather greeted the racers and fans as they spread out around the dry lake where a wandering version of a "short course" event had been created. With the pits limited to the outside edge of the dry lake, the FRT people make a course consisting of some hairpin turns, a treacherous double jump, a hig flying "table top", some moguls and a deep hole. This gives the pit crews and spectators a chance to see some action, as it takes a few moments for each car to traverse this section. It's much more entertaining than a straight run through the pit area would be. The motorcycles and A TVs did their thing early in the morning, so the cars and trucks were flagged off at noon, single file, one car leaving the line every 15 seconds. Class 10 took the green first, and Harrold, running first on the road, with no dust, zipped off the fast lap of the day, at 44:30 for: the 38 miles. His car sported a newly legal 1776cc VW motor for this event and he was in front of Brian Ewalt, in a Rabbit powered Raceco, by three and a half minutes. In third it was Scott Prill, in another Raceco, powered by a Richard Win"frey and Wayne Schwaia, a name from the old times, and they call the car 'buggy'. They were just over a minute back of winning, second in Class Unlimited. Dusty Times 1650cc VW. Harrold, who was also enjoying new front shocks for this trip, ran another good lap, and built his lead to just over seven minutes by the end of the second lap. Ewalt was still second, but now Gary Hamlin had his Jimco in third place, just two mintues back. Gary had a brief scary moment early on when he flew off a hill and knocked himself out for a few seconds. On the third lap Harrold continued to run smoothly, although he was in traffic now. He built his lead to 13 minutes, and it was Hamlin's co-driver, Jim Mamer, in second as Ewalt put Bill Pate in to drive, and . something mysterious happened with his clutch. It became engaged, and wouldn't disengage. Pate had to bleed it and readjust it before he could get the car moving again. Prill, who'd lost his power steering, had to add fluid, and gave the car to Ken Stroud to finish the race, and Stroud put it on its lid and had to wait for help to get upright again, Harrold ran a clean race until partway through the last lap, when fourth gear went away. He then used second gear a lot, saving third for when he needed some speed, and hoping he wouldn't break it too. But nothing further went awry, and he brought the car in for the overall win. Hamlin and Mamer were second, after a quick coil change on the last lap, and . Stroud anp Prill came in third. Ap,1I1996 Gary Hamlin and Jim Mamer fly high for the spectators in the stadium type course area and they flew right into second in Class 10 and second overall. Ewalt and Pate were a distant fourth, Pate having spent an hour messing around with his clutch prohlem. The second group to take flight was the unlimited class, and in front at the end of lap one was Chuck Hovey, with his 2800cc powered Raceco, recording class fast lap at 49:33. He had just four seconds on Steve Mamer (son of Jim in Class 10) in his unlimited Baja Bug. In third place it was Brent Miller in a 2800cc Raceco, and he was followed by Mike Hart and Don Gibson in their Hi Jumper. Hovey, who ran in Class 9 last year, held his good pace, and stayed in front, leading by five minutes at the end of lap two. Mamer had broken an axle, and someone was dispatched in to Brawley to find him a spare. Miller was now in second place, and Richard Winfrey and Wayne Schwaia had moved to third in their 2800c;c "buggy". Bill Gill ran fourth in a Hi Velocity Unlimited Special, powered by an 1835cc powe-rplant. Hovey slowed a bit, but still held his lead at the end of lap three. He was now five minutes up on Miller, and Winfrey was holding ·third. Mammer's crew was working on replacing that -axle. Hart and G ibson were out of the race. Hovey disappeared on the final lap, and never did report back about the cause of his non-finish. Miller, on the other hand, sailed smoothly through the final lap, and came in first for the win. But it was decided his race had gone a little too smoothly. Each lap as he went through the infield obstacle course Miller, who'd been high-centered there in practice, carefully drove aroung _the moguls. No one blamed him for wanting to drive around them, but he'd misunderstood someth-ing an official had said, and he didn't actually have a choice in the matter. He was penalized five minutes for each time he did it. As it happened, it didn't make a difference, because Winfrey finished 21 minutes and 1 7 seconds behind him, which gave him a skinny margin of a minute and 17 seconds. So Miller kept his win, with Winfrey second and Gill in third place. Mamer and his co-driver, Troy Phelps, who has just bought the Bug, finally got the axle replaced and put in another two laps with very quick times. But they had run out of time for finishing, and had to settle for three laps only. Thel-2-1600cars fP"' Brent Miller looked in good shape here, avoided the moguls in the infield which was a nano he didn't know about, was penalized and still won the Unlimited class title and fourth overall . "Your One ·stop Trailer Shop'r I Page 41

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,,, some kind, and lost over ari hour. Third in the Unlimited battle which was much closer than usual this race, was Anqy Estrada and Jeff Bennett had their trbuble on the last lap, but otherwise Bill Gill in the Hi Velocity Unltd Special. Bill also placed eighth overall. a smooth race. They had trans trouble heading for home put survived for the Bennett broke his throttle cable, and as he pondered what to do, Franklin went past him. That irked Bennett enough that he tied the throttle full on, hopped in the car and took off in pursuit. Then he had a flat, and had to change tires. Once going again it wasn't long before he went roaring past Franklin, putting himself back in front. He held the car together long enough to get to the finish first, and _it was exciting to watch him handle the turns and jumps in the infield with a throttle that was obviously stuck full on. He manhandled it in, none too soon, with the battery floating around loose, to take the win for himself and Estrada by 59 seconds. Franklin, who'd driven all the way Jeff Franklin was second in Class 1-2-1600 in his Jimco, ran steady all day long and as some dropped out he moved forward, ending up in second place. Ken and Bob Hargrove had a good time in Class 100 in their handsome Funco. They had trouble refueling, a flash fire, but handled it quickly and they recovered the lead and came in fi;st in Class 100 and 11th 0 /A. Using stahdard bi metal Joie saws, and a 1.(2" harid drill of small 1 rill ., press to provide th~ po~r. this h~yy ~uty fixture n~t,~h~,quic~y and accurately the ends of tube or pipe ~P to 2" OD. I l For info or to order call TOLL FREE! Page 42 1-800-NICE CUT (642-3288/r;:-. We deal ev,rgonefiJs. (Good lits that is) Dale Wilch Sales & Mfg. P.O. Box 12031 • l<ansa$ Cit)', KS 66112 Phone: (913) 788-3Zl9 • Fax: 788-9682 victory in Class 1-2-1600 and sixth overall. P"' started next, and· in this group, the first lap leader was Andy Estrada in his Jimco. He had 56 seconds on Stephen Johnson and Bob Landry in their Jimco. In third it was Vic Bruckmann in his ORC', another 10 seconds back. Estrada had another good lap and held on to was finding it a bit disconcerting and had a couple of close calls, but to have the seat move up every no trouble, was second. In third it time he put on the brakes. The was Bruckmann and Lawrence, seat belts were holding him and about 17 minutes later. Johnson the seat in the car. He also had no and Landry were another hour radio, thanks to a broken later, in fourth, and no one else antenna, so didn't know where he finished all four laps. The drivers stood. In third it was Johnson and in this class described the course Landry who'd lost about seven as "very rough." , his lead, but Johnson and Landry recorded the class fast lap, at 53:4 7, and closed the gap to 39 seconds. Bruckmann was still third, and a little uncomfortable, because his seat mounts had broken. minutes somehow. The Class 100 cars went next, At the midway point Estrada handed his car over to Jeff Bennett, who continued at the On the last lap Bennett was and at the end of the first lap the having a little trouble with. the· lead was in the hands of Bob transmission which popped out Hargrove, in his Funco, with the of second and fourth because the class fast lap at 1 :00:37. He had a noseconehadcomeloose.Buthe minute and 20 seconds on stayed in front. Lawrence was Richard Burnworth in his 1835cc chasing hard, but he broke an powered car, followed by Joey inner tie rod, and had to wait for and Richard Kern in an 1835 • same quick pace and held on to the lead. Now he had a little over three minutes on Tim Lawrence, co-driver for Bruckmann, who . spare parts to be ferried out. Jeff Kernco. Rick Hughes, in a 1915cc Franklin, in a Jimco, who'd been Chenowth, ran fourth . running steadily all day, now Hargrove finished his second moved up into second. Johnson lap still in front and pulled in to and Landry had big troubles of - his pit'for gas and a driver change. As his brother, Ken, waited for the fueling to finish, there was a sudden flash and flame on the right side of the car. Something had set off the fuel, and the side net was in flames. Ken was out of the car in a flash, and the fire was extinguished. It had a scorched look, and. the net was about half melted, but no other damage was visible. The crew did a careful check, then Ken gingerly got back into the car and took off on the third lap. He'd lost about five minutes with the fire. Hughes was now up to second and about 15 minutes behind him, followed by the Kerns, and over an hour later, Scott and Keith Hewitt, in their Kevin Graves had his Jimco in good form for the rough course except for his old Funco. They were hav!ng fuel shock choice. But he didn't slow his pace, while others broke various parts problems, and kept changing fuel and Graves won Class 9 by over half an hour. . filters. T hey'd decided their fuel • FRT KING OF THE DESERT RESULTS -FEBRUARY 10, 11196 LAKE SUPERS11TIOH, CA Poe Driver/Co-Driver Vehicle Que Open - Unlimited Single &Two -t - 9 •tart - 3 finish 104 1 Brent Miller Raoeco 101 2 Richard Winfrey/Wayne Schwala Unknown 103 3 Bill GIi HI Velocity Unllmlted Special 1653 . 1 1650 2 1651 3 1655 4 Que 1-2-1800 -1600 Reetrlcted Engine .7 etart. 4 finish Andy Estrada/Jeff Bennegtt Jimco Jeff Franklin Jimco Vic Bruckmann/Tlm Lawrence ac Stephen Johnson/Bob Landry Jimco Que Mini Mag - O •tart - o finish a... 5 - 0 atart - o finish a. .. 5-1600 - 1600cc Baja Bug - 6 etart - 4 finish . 551 556 554 557 1 Brian & Jim Grill Baja Bug 2 John & David Gaddis Baja Bug 3 Tom Gaasch/Krls RoKson Baja Bug 4 Tony Stelngraber Baja Bug a. .. 7 - Unlimited Mini Pickup• 5 etart - 0 finish Time 4:00:28-4:01:45 4:24:50 4:09:28 4:10:27 4:271)5 5:07:23 4:36:07 5:12:44 5:29:17 5:30:41 798 1 Larry Phoenix Ford Bronco (3 laps only)4:36:21 Que 8 - 2WD Standard Pickup - 0 etart • 0 finish a. .. II - 1600 cc Reetrlcled Buggy • 6 atart • 2 finish 902 1 K&Yin Graves Jlmco 900 2 Dave Dietrich/Adam Pfankuch Jlmco 1000 1002 1099 1003 ClaM 10 • Unllmlted 165"cc • 5 atart • 4 flnlah 1 Chris Harrold Jlmco 2 Gary Hamlin/Jim Mamer Jlmco 3 Scott PrllVKen Stroud Raceco 4 Brian EwalVBIII Pate Raceco a ... 100 -100 Inch we Buggie• - 7 atart - 2 flnlah 2 1 Ken & Bob Hargrove Funco 4 2 Rick & Bob Hughes Chenowth Claae 300 • Short WB 4x4 • 0 atart - o flniah 4:27:25 5:02:06 3:04:01 3:25:45 3:35:17 4:33:51 4:29:15 4:56:18 Total starters• 39 - total finishers -19-"denotes overall winner•• a 20 minute penalty assessed. Course 4 laps of a 38 mile rough and dusty route - Weather: sunny. warm, slight breeze. April 1996 0/A 4 5 8 6 7 9 16 13 17 18 19 10 15 1· 2 3 12 11 14 cell must be d:.;integrating. Hargrove had an untroubled lap and kept a good hold on the lead, putting himself 20 minutes up on Bob Hughes who took over for Rick. He was running without a clutch. And the Kern b'rothers were out after a series of problems. They'd had a flat, and a spark plug had "melted", and finally on lap three they'd had an oil fire that had spread to a rear tire. The tire, carburetor, wires and various plastic; parts had all burned up before the flames were put out. They were done for the day. They thanked Dave Collier, another racer, and some Rangers, who helped put out the fire. Hargrove did another ,uneventful lap, and brought his scorched car in for the win. The Hughes team finished second, and none of the others made it. In Class 9 they had the same kind of luck. Kevin Pratt and Wayne Ritayik broke their Jimco on the first lap, and Vince and Bryan Leone couldn't get their Chenowth atound a lap either. But Jenny Pfanku~h was in good Dusty Times

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shape, and she had her Kernco in front, with six minutes on Kevin Graves in a Jimco. Graves was finding that his rear shocks weren't right for this rough course. Adam Pfankuch, Jenny's 16 year old brother, was third in Dave Dietrich's Jimco, and had lost about 15 minutes when the center broke out of a wheel. On the second lap Jenny broke the u-joint in her steering column, and no one could figure out a way to fix it, so she and her co-driver, Larry Kern, Jr. (cousin of the Kerns in Class 100), were out for the day. Graves was now in the lead and Adam Pfankuch was second, with no one else running. Dave Dietrich and Adam Pfankuch teamed up for this race and 16 year old Brian and Jim Grill race into the twilight in the February event, and tf)ey kept Adam was the starter and had a broken wheel. Dietrich was in late in the race their cool in fine style and went on to win Class 5-1600 and finish a keen 13th At the end of the second lap, , while Graves charged on by. himself, Dave Dietrich took over for Pfankuch, and held a good pace, but that broken wheel had t cost the team too much time to mak~ up. Graves did a thing he rarely does: he hit a big tree and scratched the paint of his pristine car, and tore off the cover on his pumper helmet breather. From that point on he was getting dust and the pair finished second in Class 9 despite.the problems. _ov_e_r_al_l. ________________________ _ in his helmet, but he didn't know why until he got to the finish and got a look at the breather. He took the win by about a half hour, and except for the damage done'by the tree, his car looked as clean as when it started. The skid pan doesn't even get dirty, because no oil ever drips on it, and dirt John and David Gaddis were doing fine on the first lap when a friend rolled in doesn't stick to it. Dietrich had a front of them. They stopped and righted the car and went on racing the 5-1600 sticky throttle on the last lap, but Bug, and they finished second in class. · no major problems, and he and . gear about a quarter of the way second place Ford of Rod Fantelli Pfankuchtook second place, with through the lap, he led by about and Jason Fraser. John Jackson no other finishers. nine and a half minutes, with and Rod Mominee ran third in a In Class 5-1600 the first lap Gaasch'sco-driver,KirkRolfson, '76 Luv, an hour behind the went to Brian and Jim Grill, who who'd been riding with him for leader. had four minutes on Tom Gaasch, the first two laps, now at the At the end of the second lap it who was 10 minutes up on John_ wheel and in second. In third it was still Phoenix in front, and Gaddis. Gaddis had been driving was still the Gaddis car, but now now the Jackson/Mominee team along, minding his own business Dave was at the wheel. Stein- ran second, over an hour back, and following Bill Osborn, an old graber was still recording the with Brett Smith and Howard friend and co-driver, when fastest laps for the class, but he . Jordan, in a Mazda, in third . . Osborn rolled his car over. had a lot of making up to do .. Gaddis stopped to help, and was The Grills didn't lose any more · at the scene for quite a while, gears, and forged steadily ahead, getting them back on their wheels to take the win. The Gaddis team again-. He also had a flat on that moved up to take second place, lap. Osborn was fourth at the end after a broken distributor wire, of the lap. And Tony Steingraber, pleased to get their best finish who'd started the race a little late, ever. In third it was Gaasch and was parked with a sheared gear in Rolfson who'd sheared their c.v. his steering box. Mostly he waited bolts on the last lap, and had to do for parts to come out to him, but some cannibalizing from the other then they didn't quite fit and he side to get moving again. had a lot of work to do to get Steingraber, who drove all the going again. way, finished fourth. Osborn and In the meantime Grill kept the his co-driver, Eric Garris, ran out lead, and had eight minutes at of time for their fourth lap, so · the end of the second lap, with didn't finish. They thanked Gaasch still in second place: Gaddis for stopping when the car Gaddis ran third. and Stein-rolled. graber ~oved up to a distant Only a few trucks showed up fourth, by recording the fast lap for this event, and they had a for the class at 1:02:02. Brian diffic1,1ltafternoon. Larry Phoenix Grill took over on the third lap, started the day in the lead in his and even though he lost second. Bronco, with 33 minutes on the THE Tom Gaasch and Kris Rolfson have a good looking Baja Bug, and they took care of it while racing to finish third in Class 5-1600 on this tough course. Fantelli and Fraser never got their could do. So Phoenix collected second lap finished. the win. He actually ran a fourth Phoenix got his Bronco stuck lap, overtime and not counted, once, and had to be pulled out by because he was giving rides to another truck, but otherwise he friends and crew. Nice guy. kept moving around steadily. His The FRT series moves to the crew reproted-that they called it Quechan Indian Reservation, on the " Energizer Bunny", because it the eastern edge of California, kept going, and going and going. near Yuma, for its next event, the He did manage to finish three Quechan Indian Run, on April laps,. which none of die others 13th. II . FRT calls full size Broncos Class 7 rigs and Larry Phoenix often ·brings his Bronco to a race. He covered three laps this time, there was nobody in class to race with, so he retired a winner. WRIGHT 9420 Flinn Spring, ln. PLACE El Cajon, CA t20i1 INC. Dusty Times April 1996 Page 43

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THE SNORE 200 PRESENTED BY ROADHOUSE Kevin McGilli~ay Takes The ·Gold Home To California By Jean Calvin Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. The Californians came in force to this race and one went home with the top prize. Kevin McGillivray with Jim Greenway doing the first half, won Class 10 and overall on this rough course. Early February is traditionally we digress. when SNORE opens their desert In fact the SNORE February 10 racing season, either in the Nellis race was in neither place and was Dunes or the El Dorado Valley. in the Nelson Hills, known for the We were hoping for the Dunes so rocks and the dust. It had been we would have an excuse to go dry all over the southwest for pastNorthlasVegasandseehow months at this point. A new the super race tracks they are ' sponsor had been found in the building on the site of the old Roadhouse Casino, Diner and Speedromeareprogressing. Their Lounge on North Boulder first race on the oval is scheduled Highway in Henderson, and it was for September this year, and as a great place for tech and fast as they build things around contingency row. A surprising Las Vegas, no doubt it will be amount of contingency donors cc 11pletely finished by then. But showed up, set up shop with their ·,:::,-;:· . .,, .. x;r .. wares and said they had a good evening. A goodly amount of Californians were in the 56 car entry, a good number for this race that normally has cold, windy weather. Tech evening at the Roadhouse was pleasant weather. But they all went inside for the · drawing for starting numbers as it was getting brisk outside at 10 p.m. and the wind was up, which would be good if it held through the race. Bright and early the troops assembled at the-start/finish, Starting first, the Unlimiteds mostly had troubles and did not finish. One who did was Brad Thomas and his crew who finished all five laps and won Class Unlimited. Clay Flippen runs this· dandy Class 5 in Unlimited Class, and he does quite well, this time taking second pl_ace with four laps done in the time limit. within sight of Highway 95, for foothills. There would be no the drivers meeting. It was very passing allowed in the start finish · short announcing five laps of a 30 area, and there were three on something mile course for most course stop checkpoints plus the classes, four laps for Challengers, start/finish. 5-1600s and Sportsmen, and that As cars staged there were some the time limit would be six hours. heavy hitters in the pack. In fact Which seemed a bit short for Brian Collins had his potent single some classes considering how seater out for more real world rugged the course was in the. , testing in Class 1. Sad to say he didn't get past Pit A, losing a brake line and a rear tire. Collins did not complete the first lap. So Mike Tieman, who turned class fast lap on the first round of 43:01, led the herd through the first lap in his trophy truck. Close hehind was Jim Greenway in the Mc(;iJlinay 10 racer, and then came more Class 1 Os -Pat Dean, Robby Goerke, Todd Barnhill, Ron Brookshire, and Ken Flippen. But in the middle of the 10 cars was the 1600 of Jeremy . Gubler and also that of Mike Duenas. B.J. A Imberg and his brother came out of the pack to claim the first place in Jeff Carr sails down the trail•on his way to yet another win in Class 9. He set Class 1-2-1600. B.J. set class fast lap on the third round, had no woes at all fast class lap on the third round and won by about eight minutes, but a failed and won by over three minutes. protest saw the other competiJor claim Jeff's engine and he went home with it. After two laps the rest of the ~600s came past like a train, almost nose to tail. After the two above came Day Gang, Tom Malloy, Bill Witt, Dan Bradley, Robh\' Guevara, B.J. Almberg, Ted Olsen, Ken Freeman Sr. and · Todd Barnhill had most consistent lap times and it pays off. Robby Goerke drove into third in Class 10, not having any Todd flew into second in Class'10, only about four minutes shy. serious troubles but he dropped a ;ew minutes on the last two or of the class•victory. .. three laps, with five laps done. __ __:,_:_ ____ :__ ______________ _ Page 44 April 1996 Pat Dean has had a run of poor luck recently and this race he set class fast lap, but dropped a plug wire on the last lap and dropped to fourth in Class 10. Dus\yTimcs

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_, Gene Griepentrog and Kent Lothringer are having a good time in their new 10 car, amazed at the power, handling, ride. They graduated_f_ro_m_ C_la_s_s_9_. - - -----------,,----Jeremy Gubler is still developing his new single seat 1600 and he turned some quick times but couldn't catch A Imberg. Gubler finished a strong second. Bill Witt was another with almost matching lap times except for lap 4, which put him out of the race for victory as he lost seven minutes, but finished third. Robby Guevara was another driver with even lap times except for lap 4, and he finished fourth in Class 1-2-1600, also having a slow time on lap 4. Premier lady driver in the desert, Bekki Freeman lost more than 15 minutes with a first lap roll over, but she got most of the time back and was fifth 1600. Brian Lopez was a strong second place a few minutes back in ser;;ond place, but he protested the winner's engine anyhow, ending up claiming it. then came the 9 cars. Olsen pitted with a flat tire and strange noises from the engine. He eventually carried on but he didn't complete the second lap. The Challengers were running in formation too with Doug Inriram leading the pack. We should mention that these orders are how they par.sed on the road, and arl' not related to elapsed time or if they were leading on time. At any rate the next Challengers past were Kevin Gesson, Roger Schank, B.J. Bates, and Briari Sallee. Next along was Bekki Freeman who had rolled off the top of a cliff and landed on her brQ.ther Kenny Jr., who had also rolled down the cliff in exactly the same place. That is not the kind of togetherness you want in an off road race. Meanwhile Jeff Carr had worked through the pack and looked to be leading on time 'after two laps in Class 9. The Heavy Metal trio were not doing well except for Jerry Stewart, who turned class fast lap of 1 :05:48 on the first lap in the now famous Oldsmobile, backed that with a 1:22:36, and was seen no more, but his two laps were good for the class win. Tony Leonard did a 2: 11 :35 and 3:44:42 and only did two laps for second place. Lonny Helmbolt had a 1:37 :35 first lap, but he was on the trailer on the second lap. • He was DQ anyhow for an unauthorized pit, maybe in a turtle area. Of course the desert tortoise hibernates in the winter, but apparently the forces of government think they are bouncing around the desert in February. Class 5-1600 needs more cars for sure -just two at this race. Mike Bean Sr. didn.'t finish, vanishing on the first lap. But Kevin Streety turned a 58.35 on lap 1, then a 1 :01:04 on lap 2 and with no competition he retired the winner again. This used to be a popular class in Nevada racing, but the SNORE races are shorter than ever and each of two partners in a car seldom get a chance to drive in a single race. That is what Dusty Times happened to Class 2, for sure. Moving into the Sportsman classes Jason Gubler showed that driving skill runs in the· Gubler family. He led the four car Sportsman Buggy class from flag to flag turning fast lap on the last' lap at 50:04 and •..vinning by nearly half an hour. David Villafana had a good first lap at 56: 12, then slowep a tad and came in second. Mark Henning had four even laps all in the 1 :06 or so area, and he was third, a finisher, some 40 minutes behind Villa-fana. John McCormick didn't have much fun, although he did a 51 :55 first lap to lead, a one hour second lap, but then vanished into the desert. There were five in Sportsman Truck but one was a Chevy Nova sedan. Old timers will remember the Snortin' Norton sedan from Parker races, and about once a year Mick Newton brings it out to drive around the course in a SNORE race and give his pals a ride. He had the Chevy tuned well and set class fast lap on the first one at 59:52. He then proceeded to a 1:09:35, 1:23:10, and 1:06:45, surely competitive times anywhere, and his time was 4.:39:32 for four laps, a winning time in this and .many classes. Keeping him honest was Fred Carstensen in a big truck and Mike Snodgrass and Alan Levinson, both in mini trucks. Ed Looney did not start, or if he did he didn't get far. After a 1:22:54 first lap, Snodgras vanished, so he was fourth. Levinson did a 1:32 first lap and a 3:32:14 and retired after two laps in third. Carstenserr turned a 1:09, a 1:18:53 then a 1 :39:26 and gave up the struggle after three laps at 4:07:35 about 30 minutes and a lap behind the winner, Snor.tin' Nortin. Up front little had changed. Mike Tieman led through the third lap but then he retired to place 'third Brad Thomas and company then moved right into first in Class 1 with a 48:06 third lap. Brad and his pals then whipped off a 50:29 and a 1 :00: 12 for a 4:38:51 total time and the Class 1 victory. Clay Flippin kept up in his Baja Bug except for lap 2, did four laps for second in Class 1 at 5:01 ;04. The mighty Class 10s were having a great race. After starting with a 46:50, a 45:13, a 47:35, Jim Greenway handed the car over to Kevin McGillivray leading Class 10 and overall. The tidy Chenowth then gave its owner a 48:26 and a 46:20 and that is how races are won, wit'h consistency. They had no trouble, although Kevin Streety keeps hoping other 5-1600s will come race with him. He had one other this race, but Kevin won top honors easily, and he'd rather race. April 1996 Jerry Stewart brought the famous Oldsmobile out to try the rocks and the big ditches and he had fast lap on the first round, another good lap and retired from the fray the winner of Heavy Metal. .Kevin said he locked wheels with Gene Griepentrog but unhooked quickly. He said the dust was really had but he was thrilled with HOURS • M-F 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 10:00 - 3:00 his first SNORE overall victory at 3 :35 :30. H e thanked S~ott . McKenzie· for his help and the CORE V" Daily UPS Visa and Mastercard We are happy to announce our new 800 foll free number. (800) 656-3376 Use it to call and inquire about our "Quick Fix" IRS repair boots or our 11 gallon "Fast-Fifi" dump cans. Both new products can save you race time. Race Smarl-Be Sate 103 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 91910 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619) 691-0803 Page45 I-I I ~ I l

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Kevin Gresson likes the plain jane look for his Class 9 Chal-lenger. It does well for him and he finished a close third in the tight contest. Barstow's Jim Clements wasn't as lucky as he was in his last SNORE race, but he did most consistent laps and he finished Tony Leonard has a proper looking truck for the Heavy Metal Class but it isn't as fast as the Olds. Tony made two laps and fourth in the tough class. retired in second place. • David Villafana runs hard in the Sportsman Buggy Class and turns some pretty impressive lap times. He rolled in second in class about 27 minutes behind. Mark Henning doesn't appear to be having a good day, but he got up on the trail and did all four laps for his third place trophy · in Sportsman Buggy. Fred Carstensen has a daily driver type Sportsman truck and it does look streetable. Fred got in three laps for second in the Sportsman Truck class. ~ pits; some 75 people came from California to service six CORE cars. Wheeling in second in Class 10 was Todd Barnhill. The frame on his car broke on top, the roof was loose and flapping in the impounµ. They thanked their pit crew Tony and Chuck and his wife Bobbie, and special thanks for their help to Ron and Travis Brookshire, Robby Goerke had five lap times within three minutes of each other. and he finished in 4:09: 10 for third. He had no serious trouble except for the dust. Pat Dean had · class fast lap at 46: 11 stayed in 46 and 4 7 for all but the fourth lap where he· lost a plug wire and couldn't find it in the car. He then pitted because he thought the engine was going away, but wen~ back out and finished fourth at . 4:1(,:30. Gene Griepentrog and·. Kent Lothringer had a good time in their new 10 car getting in some laps in the 50s and they finished · fifth with the power steering going out for the third time. Both Ken Flippen, sixth, and Ron Brook-shire, seventh, gave up the struggle after four laps. Returning to the 1600 class with 15 starters there was one of 15, Sammy Ehrenberg, who didn't cover a lap. Up front B.J. Almberg and Jeremy Gubler were two seconds apart on lap 1. On lap 2 Gubler had a 2 7 second lead and on lap 3 Almberg set fast lap for the class at 47:40. This was a real barn burner! Gubler gained another 20 seconds on lap 4 . It wasn't enough as Gubler had lost nearly ·two minutes on lap 3. Alm berg whipped out another 48:40 and Gubler did a 50:34 on the last lap in a most intense race. B.J. Almberg was the winner: by about three minutes, Teenager Gubler was second easily, reported he had rolled the car midrace, third lap we think, lost the exhaust later in the race, but said it was a keen race. Almbergs said they actually ran trouble free all the way. Not to be ignored third placing Bill Witt did some 48s and 49s right with the program, but the Page 46 Jason Gubler dominated the Sportsman Buggy class in his dad's older two seat racer. He set class fast lap on the last one on his way to the class win. steering box broke on lap 4. He lost several minutes to a rollover, had no reverse gear all day and was third at 4:12:09. Defending class champion Robby Guevara had four good laps and one not so good, when he rolled on lap 4, It dropped him back to fourth place at 4 : 13:23. Almost 20 minutes behind him came Bekki Freeman. Her 1 ;05:50 first lap put paid for her place in the trophy line, but she finished well ahead of her brother who she landed on top of in the rollover. · She settled in for a 48 lap and three 50s to haul up to finish fifth in class at 4:31:47. Neither her brother or her father covered more than three laps. Dan Bradley and crew ran just off the pace in the 50s and finished 18 minutes later in sixth place, followed in a half hour by Californian Warren Messick who had trouble on the first lap. But he finished all five laps fqr seventh as did Michael Duenas; even with a 1 :46 lap and a rollover, he got in all five. Day Gang, yet another Freeman lady driver, did four laps for tenth place after a 2 ½ hour delay on the second lap. There were sixteen Challengers on the line for the Class 9 bash · and 12 of them got in the required four laps. Jeff Carr took off fast, but a couple others were matching his times. He whipped off a pair of 53s to start with so he had a slim lead on time at the half way point. Brian Lopez was close, in the same minute and both Roger Schank and Brian Sallee were close on time. Doug Ingram and B.J. Bates faded to the rear on lap 2. Ingram lost his oil cooler at mmlO in the second lap and lost about 20 minutes. Midway only two were missing, Kevin Steele who didn't make a lap, and Mandy Dixon, who got in one very long lap. Earl West vanished on lap 3, as did Matt Cunningham. All the rest finished. On lap 3 Jeff Carr did fast class lap at 52:07 and carried on with a 52:21 to win Class 9 by nearly eight minutes. He broke the exhaust 15 miles out on the last lap but had no flats. He thanked Abboco and Webb Weld for their help with the car. Brian Lopez kept his steady pace and finished second in Class 9 with two 54s and two 55s, a total of 3:39:08. · Brian is one of · several drivers from the Barstow area who opted to run the SNORE Series this year with the CORE pit club. He had no troubles and had J.D. Ward drive the last lap for him; the competition was fierce in this class and it was exhausting. Kevin Ap,111996 ., The Sportsman Trucks were five strong at ·the green flag, but only one finished. It was Mick Newton and friends in the Chevy that out ran the field to win the class by nearly 25 minutes, even stopping for fresh riders. Gesson was next in third place . winning engine because of a gizmo back about four minutes with his on top of the carburetor that last lap being his slow lap; Joel belongs to an automatic trans Mohr said he lost the brakes VW. Supposedly it was worth midway through the last lap and plenty of horsepower. The new also lost a fan belt and probably SCORE rule book, which holed a piston. 1SNORE always uses, didn't James Clements came back to'. mention this thing at all, which . Vegas to see if he could claim seemed odd. But the Stewards more pri:e money. It didn't work refused the protest because it too well this trip with three 57s could not be proved an illegal and a 56 for 3:49:41 in fourth addition. They argued for some place. Clenents said he had a time until Lopez de<;;ided to claim comfortable day, didn't see the engine, a long forgotten rule anyone very often front or back. still on the books. He had He had no problems at all, a little convinced himself this was a dust but nothing sedous. Roger magic addition. So he dug into his Schank ran with the leader for pocket for $800.00 and claimed two laps, but had minor woes the the engine. He left happy with his nexttwolaps,gotlostonlap3and new engine. Jeff Carr was had been leading he thought; but wondering how he could replace he finished fifth in Class 9 at the engine before the Parker 400, 3:52:34. Jason Romans was sixth later in February, and it didn't with three similar laps and a seem anyone was really happy longer last lap in which he broke with the solution. the shifter. His time was 3:53:27. They all recovered in time to Brian Sallee was seve~th exactly a accept their a wards the next minute ahead of Doug Ingram in morning at the Roadhouse Cafe eighth. Qthers who finished were and Casino, and they were so Harry Dunne·, Bill Cobb, Brian pleased with the extra play they Fieger and B.J. Bates, pushing the had received Friday night, they envelope at 5:51 :38. . signed up to present the next race, Well there always seems to be March 15-17, 1996 in the El mistrust of the rules enforcement Dorado Valley. This time the in Class 9 at SNORE races. This $500 bonus bucks are in Class 10. time second place Brian Lopez wanted to protest Jeff Carr's Dusty Times

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Mowbray Conquers Finke Down Under What has been billed as Australia's best non Champion-ship Off Road race was conducted recentlty, and with $10,000 pri:e money for first outright up for grabs, it drew a record number of cars from all over Australia. the desert race for the first time were Bob & Jeanette Mowbray in their USA imported J1mco, un,limited Baja buggy. They started in 22nd place and passed no less than 19 cars to be third at Finke. Completing the trio of first timers at Finke was Glenn Owen in the very powerful Nissan 2.01 Turbo buggy. They were hot on the Mowbray's heels in fourth place. By Darryl Smith The 20th annual Finke Desert Race was run and won in the Northern Territory in central Australia. The race which evolved in 1976 was originally for motorcycles only but in 1988 the cars were introduced. The track runs from Alice Springs to Finke, a tiny settlement of aboriginals, and then returns back to the finish line at Alice Springs, covering a journey of 440 kilometres. The course has been described as some of the roughest and demanding conditions, both physically and mentally, with fast open straights where cars reach speeds near 220 km/hr and then continuous stretches of rough holes, river crossings, and red sand. Competing in the Finke Desert race for the first time, Bob and Jeanette Mabray driving their USA import~d Jimco· built, VW powered racer, won the race overall, going from 22nd to third on the first half and just squeaking into Alice Springs with just a five second lead. They were first overall which carries a $10,000 prize money. Congratulations to the rookies in their new race car. The cars started at 7:30 a.m. on the Sunday morning and it was the Firestone car of Doug McMillan that was second in 1994, that was one of the first to retire with a blown motor. Joining · him as a withdrawal was last year's winner Keith Poole. Competing in his first Finke race was Terry Rose who started from 11th place and was up to second at the Finke halfway point. Also competing in T earns had time to regroup and service before the return journey to Alice Springs. The Mowbrays were soon leading the pack but with still 100 kilometres to go the rear arm broke leaving them to hope that the shockies and half shaft might hold the wheel in rlace. Sensing the ailing Baja, the O". l'n and Hill crew picked up the pacl' and started to reel Mowbray in. The finish line was near and the Mnwbray car made it just five seconds clear of the hard charging Owen huggy. Also storming home was the Firestone car of Rose who came in only 11 minutes behind Owen, to take third. This was indeed one for the record books; in that the top three placegetters were all Rookies at' the Finke Desert Race. Indeed it was hy far the biggest win for Mowhray and his best result in the imported, VW powered Baja Jimco. ,1995 Glen Helen Short Course Championship Awards Banquet more Trail Notes ••• JUSTICE BROTHERS RENEW WITH ESPN and several racing teams for the 1996 season. "Adding sponsorship of several SODA teams helps maximize the dollars we spend on the ESPN broadcasts," said Ed Justice, president of Justice Brothers. "We're now involved with top class championships winners, Walker Evans, Dodge Class 8, Brendan Gaughan, Dodge Class 13, and Art Schmitt, Nissan, Class 7S as well as several top contenders including Jack Flannery, Chevy who is running a three truck team for himself, Class 4, and his two sone, Jamie and Jed, Class 8, Sherrie Parsons, Ladies Heavy Metal and two drivers new to the series, Kyle Taylor, Chevy Class 8, and Evan Evans, son of Walker Evans, who will be driving a Chevy in Class 13. Along with the SQDA involvement we keep our longest running association, ten years, with two time Baja 1000 champion Larry Ragland of Nelson and Nelson's Chevy team." Justice Brothers are also involved heavily in NHRA drag racing and with Jerry Foyt, A.J.'s son, running the Winston West Series in 1996. By Ron Miller The official end of the 1995 Glen Helen off road short course series was made final, when the first annual awards banquet took place 2110 /96 in the city of Yucaipa. This scenic city is bordered on one sick by majestic mountains, and by rolling hills on another. Tucked away incon-spicuously in this quiet rural town i-s the Casa Trejos restaurant, which played host to race officials, the racers and their families. With the honorable Bob Beyer presiding, this event was a smashing success. Good food and a whole lot of fun seemed to be the order of the day. A special thanks was extended to Stock ·mini 4WD champion Jerry Beall, who arranged to have the banquet held at Casa Trejos. There was a packed house and standing room only as the capacity· throng honored last years champions. From Josh Hulsebosch (Odyssey) to Dan Mathews (Racer of the Year) each and every class champion was honored with an award, as well as, a warm ovation. It was great to see some of off road's fiercest GLEN HELEN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES CLASS CHAMPS Class 1: Christopher Neil Class 1/2-1600 Short Course: Dan Mathews Class 1/2-1600 Desert: John Hulsebosch Class 5: Bob Gustafason Class 5-1600: Mario Bustamante Class 61 Mike Meshkoff Class 7: Tim Carroll Class 751 Dean Williams Class 9: Jay Huss Class 10, Tim Highfill Class 11: Oddie Munoz Stock Full-Size: James Hall Stock Mini 2WD: Pat Soffe Stock Mini 4WD: Jerry Beall ATV-Advance: Jeff Millan ATV-Intermediate: Jeff Reed Pilots: Denise Wittman Odyssey: Josh Bulsebosch Superlites: 3arit Johnson Sport Utility: Tim Lewis Ralley, Tony ShWllaker RACER OP THE YEAR DAN MATHEWS competitors shed their armor, and share not only their race stories but also their bar tabs! As Dan Cannon ( runner-up in Class 7S) so eloquently put it, "the circuit has become about both competition and comraderie". Congratulations to all 1995 's class champions, as well as to ·all the racers who provide an extremely entertaining 1995 season. Last, but not least, thanks to all in attendance for your support at the banquet, as well as throughout the entire 1995 season. It is of utmost importance that we not forget the many officials and course workers, these hard working men and women are truly the unsung heroes of our sport ... *** CAL CITY SPRING BOARD 200 from Baja Promotions is just days away as we go to pres!\, The races feature Bikes and ATVs early in the morning, then the four wheel vehicles start at 11 a.m. The dates are April 12-14, so you prcibably won't get this in time. Lou Peralta is running a three race series at Cal City this summer; The Spring Board 200, the Midnight Romp II 150 on August 9-11, and the Cal-City Fall Final 250 on October 4-6, 1996. They sound like fun and close to home for many racers. *** DO YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF OFF ROAD RACING? DO YOU HA VE A 4X4? F.A.LR., Off Road's Premier pitting association is expanding it's efforts to include team chase vehicles to assist race cars on the course. F.A.LR. meets at: The Holiday Inn 222 W. Houston Ave. Fullerton, CA In the South Ballroom Meetings are held the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month. Cocktails & Munchies 7:00- 8:00 p.m. Meetings are from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. For more information please contact: Bob Steinberger 310-427-8177 Dusty Timcs April 1996 ·

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GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY Chassis And Suspension For Racing And Recreation , ·a.ACE CAR SALES & EXPORT Off-Road Fabrication & Accessories Export & Int'l Sales · Race Car Preparation Consulting & Management 6630 MacArthur Dr.• Lemon Grove•CA-91945 MIKE MONOHAN 1320 N. Miller St. #B Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 524-1050 . 619) 583-6529•FAX (619) 583-1851 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 UTOCR INES PARTS - SERVICE 1100 CUSTER ROAD TOLEDO, OHIO 43612 1-800-356-6586 419-476-3711 Off-Road Fiberglass • Off-Road Truck Fabrication urethane Bushings & Hood Pins • Suspension & Roll Cages John Ehmke f10996 N. Woodside Ave. '.,Santee, CA 92071 Auto Meter instruments are the No. 1 choice of racers worldwide.· Our tachometers, speedometers and gauges offer the finest in accuracy and durability. (619) 562-1740 FAX (619) 562-6151 : HELMET~/FILTERED AIR SYSTEMS / Featuring Arai & Bell Helmets _,-BDR McKenzJes _ 714 650-4566 714 441-1~1~; SUSPENSION SEATS IN FIVE STYLES NETS • TOOLBAGS• HARNESSPADS .A,J...L SEATS CAN BE SHIPPED UPS BEARD'S ''SUPER·SEATS'' ED & BARBARA BEARD 208 4th Avenue E. Buckeye, AZ 8532,6 (602) 386-2592 BRANDWOOD CARS for mid-engines and other applications 602-437-3:107 ea Custom Vehicle Shifter GP e" I~-"' 71@' PRE-FUN Curt LeOuc 39067 Orchard St Cherry Valley, CA 92223 (909)-845-8820 .Our Specialty Race Trucks Pr~Runners 84·89 Ranger Fiberglass Dimple Dies Sheryl Cannon, C.P.A. BILL & DIANNE THOMPSON. :=:CARRERA PHOTOGRAPHY (714) 969-6820 P.O. BOX 5221 • BUENA PARK, CA 90622 8" •·9" · 10" • 13" • 15" • 16" · 17" RACING WHEEL BEAD LOCKS ~/p{Q)~1fo/L@(C/j( SIMULATED BEADLOCK COVER 1671 NORTH BRAWLEY AVE. FRESNO, CA 93722 . ' (209] 275-51 83 FAX (209] 276-2365 . ------------r CNcq Ma;:=:::.~c1""~ .... ~,...,,, ~ W Master Cylinders 1 Slave Cylinders · CNC, Inc. ·1221 West Morena tlvd. San Diego, CA''921"10 (619) 275-1663 ' e T Cuttihg and Staging Brakes" • Hydraulic Throttles . T~rottle Pedals and all of our accessories. Send $3.00 for Catalog FLOATER REAR ENDS<! f'RONT HUBS• AXLES BALL JOINTS• TORSION BARS• KNOCK OFF HUBS . (805) 239-2663 Sandy Cone 2055 Hangirig Tree Lane • Templeton, CA 93465 MIKE • GAYLE • JON • DAVE • VIC • ANDY Parts, Equipment, Accessories & Service 4-Wheel Drive - Mini Trucks Pre-Runners - Race Prep - 2-Wheel Driv~ 3209-A Thousand Oaks Blvd. • Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 (805) 494-RACE • (805) 495-6119 • (805) 495~3344 FAX(805)495-2339 18m'6Ll'ii - I LEADED 110,114,118 OCTANE ·,.·. MILLER & CANNON foRA DEALERNEARYou, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CALL FOR YOUR NEAREST DISTRIBUTOR 1-800-724-7839 260 S. GLENDORA AVE., SU ITE 201 (818) 919-1011 1 •800•669•4504 WEST COVJNA, CA 91790 FAX (818] 919-9211 Auto Mctc.-Products, Inc. ~/riJlo DISTRIBUTQRSHIPS AVAILABLE Dcp1. DU 413 W. Elm St. ~ COSBY OIL COMPANY, SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA Sycamore, Il. 60178 _.,,... _• ..._ ___________ .,...... _______ J.... ______________ • . . ___ . __ ._. _ -· _ ____.

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D.E· HERMAN DeNUNZIO · (805)683-1211 · P.O. B.ox 6057. ' JOHN VERHAGEN'S IDJTI ....... .,..:::ES PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS 1· 0623 BLA~ISFOOT ROAD 619-240·3930 -APPLE VALLEY ,CA . 92308 KREG DONAHOE ' 31o-863-D935 P•pr 31tM09-96!U DONAHOE RACING ENTERPRISES R•ce Truck• • Prerunn.,,. • Development Full F•brlcat/on Service 3308 BANDIN/ BL VD. VERNON, CA 90023 $5,000.00_ Wholesale/Retail Pickup & Delivery U.P.S. Aluminum Wheel Repairs & Polishing EDDCO Wheel Co. Street, Offroad, Production Aluminum Welding ~Motorsport 9437 Wheatla'1dS Ct. Suite K& L Santee, CA 92701 619-258-2675 f'RE·RUNNER Sf'EClAUST • DUMPERS • e>.GE5 • SHOCr. MOUNTS SEAT MOUNTS • LlfT I.ITS • LOWERING I.ITS • DUALLYS . ; AIR l5AG SUSPENSION • SHOW CMS & OISPI.AYS • ATV FA& WORr. ~ . EXPERT INSTAU.ATION & FA&RICATION AVAJLA&LE FIBERGLASS FENDERS & BEDSKINS . TOY OT A-CHEVY-NISSAN-FORD-ETC. -4010 N. PALM SlREEf, UNIT 103 (714) 870-9!.2£ . FULLERTON. CA 92635 FAX (714) 870-9132-, ' .. ·.\LLE DRIVING SUITS SEAT BELTS NOMEX GL&VES SAFET • NOMEX UNDERWEAR GDGGLE'S & HELMETS 9017 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, C_A 91352 818.:.7~~-·1?.7!)_ FUELS & LUBRICANTS CO. BRUCE CONRAD ·1537 E. Del Amo Blvd car$6n, CA 9074«> Phone: (31~)603-2200 FAX: (310) 603-2:?$7">< Send For A Free Brochure For Fast Service Call 715-866-8111 Hwy36& County Road :i) EXPLORER ACCE~SORIES •I•J:l~BAKER■ Box 329 Webster, WI 54893-0329 PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INCORPORATED Get the word out about your business, big or small. . Put your business card in the "GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY" and reach new customen. G~ Stuff Directory Ads are merelv~IJ.oo per 111onth. 4-08. 365. 9700 3006 Colina Verde Lane Jamul, Califomia 91935 (619) 669-4727 Doug Fortin -~ystems" BY RAFFO RACING LTD. , 810A S. ARTHUR AVE. ARUNGTON HTS., IL 60005 , PHONE:(708)2!19-3810 FAX:(708)2!19-9705 THE BEST AIR SYSTEMS IN RACING YOU CAN BUY! lllW' YOI CAN an THE RACING SEARS THE WINNEIS ABE USING !>hif 1FTC Racing ·equipment, Inc. 31190 Groesbeck Hwy. Fraser, Ml 48026 (810) 294-S8S8 Fmt (810) 293-0736 THE RACERS CHOICE. Fuel Sale's Custom & Standard Fuel Cells are designed. and manufa~tured to meet or exceed the safety standards set by all racing associations. For your Inca.I dealer ~ call (8001433·6524 ~ Call or write for our FREE Catalog Aircraft Rubber Maaulacturlng, Inc. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 US A Ph (714) 84a-2211 Fx (714) 842-6622 Pre Runners • Bumpers • Cages · Shock Mounts Custom Fabrication • Race. Preparation Maxon Race Radios · Ga ry Bancroft 1300 Pioneer Blvd., Unit K Brea, CA 92621 (310) 690-5513 (310) 697-2752 ... _____ Glassworks Unlimited Design Grahite I Cabon fiber Custom fiberglass fabrication Offroad style fiberglas fenders Owner: (714)960-9718 Tim Gerwatosky ~ 1!?!!~~c:~!!.1!!!~: A •_JfwJ &th(~/1/i, Cflf'J~ · NO MINIMUM DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME. "MADE IN THE U.S.A. '"DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME *CALL FOR FREE CATALOG 11661 MARlE'NS RIVER CIRCLE "A" 7'14-97~-6631 FOUNTAIN VALLEY CA. 92708 'FAX :7'14-979-5953 INTERNATIONAL 1-IARVl<~STER ONLY SCOUT II ~ POLYURETIIANEAFTERMARKET IN MOTOR AND TRANS MOUNTS , *FULLY REBUILBABLE* iNTERNATIONAL Call for more information HARVESTER Mike Ismail 805-940-8956 Lancaster, CA ""r

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t··-=, . --~ · . \ .• MANUFACTURERS OF_: \. HRAKE AND .CLUTCH ASSY :....J'EBFORU4NCEPn()(;(IC 1/i MASTER CYl, I NDERS . SLAVE CYLI N.l')ERS • TUR!'IING b _STAGJ-NG IJHAKES _ SH I FT£R,'i ' AVAILABLE AT FINER SPECIALTY SHOPS. DEALER INQURIES WELCOME 570 CENTRAL AVENUE ~ - . .... .. , .. ,, BLDGC ~ LAKE ELSINORE, CJ\• 92530 . . .·· 909-245-6050 FAlt 909!'245-6052 '.PERFORMANCEPRODUCTS .JAMES GANG RACING PRODUCTS ARLINGTON SHEET MET AL CORP. 13424 lapcrial Hwy. • Santa Fe SpriDp • CA 90670 Complete Race Car Fabrication, Pre Runners, Chase Trucks, Roll Cages, Bumpers, Suspensions, Tube Bending, Aluminum Fabrication, Engine Tuning Crew Chief Don Connors Phone (310) 921-2693 Fax (310) 926-0699 Owner James Hall r JG TRANSWERKS 'Go with a Proven Winner· . ~ Desert, Short Course & Street .VW Racing Transmissions . Joe Giffin 1509 N: Kraemer, Unit 0 Anaheim, California 92806 JIMCO (714) 632-1240 OFF ROAD RACE CARS ALUMINUM BODIES FOX SHOCK SERVICE PARTS & ACCESSORIES RACE PREPARATION (619) 562-1743 · "OFF ROAD SPECIALISTS" . · 10965 HARTLEY RD. SUITE A . SANTEE, CA 92071 RACE CAR/PRE-RUNNER PREP & FABRICATION MIKE JULSON JOHN COOLEY . CUSTOM TRAILERS Russ Jonas Molorsporl's CUSTOM FABRICATION 138 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE SANTA BARBARA, CA 93117 Shop: (805) 968-1067 Fax: (805) 968-3438 . V111 &MIC GaugeAssembli• .. O N K■---. Racer Discounts 809-f N. Lakeview Ave • Place~tia, CA 92670 Tel/Fax 714-779-2316 · KARIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC 3463 Massillon ~o.ad, Suite· B Uniontown, Ohio 44685 216-699·1777 Fax: 216·699-1771 Athene Karis. :+ , I HONDA .. Equipment OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 ART KAWAGUCHI FAX (213) 164-1136 (:213) 264-~8~ KUSTER.· OFF-ROAD RACING SHOCKS • 3" DIAMETER, 8" TO 18" STROKE • 2" DIAMETER 6" TO 14" STROKE . . , AIR JACKS • BALL JOINTS KUSTER PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS . 2900 E. 29th STREET, P.O. BOX 7038 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA USA 90805 T~LEPHONE (310) 595-0661 POWER E STEERING THOMAS E. LEE LEE MFG.CO. 11661 PENDLETON STREET SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 (818) 768-0371 A full line ol Powe, Steering gear~. pumps ano accassoriet for ar.y type al racing. Magnr.llux and Zyglo lacmui:a . _ availiPle, OFF ROAD SHOCK SERVICE JERRY LEIGHTON/ EIGHTOII . RACING "BILSTEIN •·Fox * MOTORCYCLE. 15454 EL CENTRO ROAD 619-244:-9075 ~ HESPERIA, CA 92345 LIN CO TEMPERATURE STRIPS. Easy to use, Inexpensive & accurate! All strips are self adhesive and labeled in Fahrenhett and Celsius. Strips are $2.00 each or $1.75 each over ten. For a FREE brochure or to order, contact: REVERSIBLE STRIPS allow constant te,mperature mon1tor-1ng Ranges from 32 to 194 F IRREVERSIBLE STRIPS record the maximum temperature reached of the ttem they are applied to. Ranges from 120• to 555"F. LINCO 13337 E. South St., #344 Cenitos, CA 90701 Phone/Fax: (714) 821-6542 • CUSTOM CHASSIS . • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLLCAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 416 FLEETWOOD GLENDORA, CA 91740 81&-85.7-RACE KENT. LOTHRINGER · ,; 818.-152-8852F AX .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" 2366 E. Or¥).gethorpt: Ave. Anaheim .. CA 92806 Tel (714) 441-1212 Fax(714) 441-1 622 ,. ETAL·_s ·P1N.N1Na . ~RftALLJNJ?USTRIES C;II (310) 928-9838 SUNDRY METAL CRAFTS ,r =c.AREO TUBE ~ ',LANGEO DISC : 6729 Suva St. Bel! Gardens, CA 90201 -=-- . · MENDEOLA RACING Volkswagen -Porsche -Hewland Off-Road & Stadium Racing Transmissions Parts & Service 290 TROUSDALE #l&J CHULA VISTA CA 91910 6~~-69_1-1000 FAX 619~691~1324- · M_5 JA & IVOA KS1-:: ■ DESIGN ■ DEVELOPMENT ■ PRODUCTION■ -' ~ ~4.R;;a/J~ ~ I ~ Pre Nunnen • Aluminum Bodies ti Dashes ~ ~ R~~ ~ ~ (909) 877-2923 ! ... 1245 N. Fitzgerald Ave. Suite 107 ~ ~ RioHo, California 92376 o ~ ■ M I G WELDING ■ HELIARC WELDING ■ ~ 1 ;

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805-940-5515. lll.JraYl• -,~,, ·••1,•41 • 1490 HENRY BRENNAN DR., EL PASO, TX 79936 cs.-. ~J ··as7-s200 Mucld0f£· PIIC IC oa ..,_.. Yoa .. , II OIII . KEEPS MUD, DIRT AND DEBRIS FROM STICKING . WILL NOT HARM PAINT, SUCKERS, PLASTICS OR METALS . ENVIRONMENTALLY SAl•'E COMPLIES WITH ALL TRACK REGULATIONS . MUD, DIRT AND DEBRIS COME RlGHT OFF! FOR DEALER INQUIRIES OR TO FIND A DISTR1BUTOR NEAR YOU, CALL (800) 7◄2-2122 Race Car Chassis Race ·Car P~rjs R Aluminum bodies· Oild 1/2-1600 Motors B And Trans 1\Jlggy Custom Machine. S Work & Fabrication 11.11. ppR Y 2525 E. 16th St. • Yuma, Az. 8.5365 ' - . -· - . . '. . '602) 783-6265 • 1(800)231-8156 · PARKER PUMPER VINEYARD ONTARIO, CA 9176i 909-923-7016 FAX 909-923-3_1_18 _ COMPANY PATTON ft,.4 CI1'!G I:1'1«-.-Il'-II:!ljj ENGINE BUIWING, TESTING & DE\'ELOPME~ Leon Patton 42646 Chambers Ave. PhJFAX (909} 927-5304 Hemet, CA 92544 -~ ,~~@"if'[3©Lf) SAFEIY EQ~IPMENT MAXON, MOTOROLA, ROADMASTER, VERTEX RADIOS BELL., SHOEI, SIMPSON HELMETS IN STOCK WIRiNG FOR RADIO &/OR INTERCOM STILi. ONLY S 125. 2888 GUNDRY AVE. SIGNAL HILL, CA 90806 310-427-8177 800-869-5636 * t Th"TERCOM SYSTEMS -HELMETS WIRED - HAND HELD RADIOS Jerry Penhall . - Ac'lTE' :NAS ~ LEASL'iG : 714 • 650 • 3035 DALE JOHNSON ~ Fax 714 • 650 • 4721 1660 Babcock Bldg. #B Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (, . .--,, * All Type• ol Steel fl Aluainum Fabrication * Tube Bendinc Perlor it Almaia-fl .... W.ldine E . . * Custom Machine Work * All Type1 ol Race Cars sQS W. F!aminso lld. Lu Vegas, NV 89••3 Bruce Fraley C7H)3t>S ... H . t>~\)~ sto1, ~ ..f. Todd Francis ~ Pr1ci1i1111 l//111, 1,/d, fll, 700 N.E.117th StrHt ~ i Vancouver, WA 9868S.$ ~~ z, Phone ~~. '(0-~ Fax 360-574-5474 lon & 36o:.s16-1109 STEVE BARTON • OWNERS l:.EE FINKE RACE SHOCK COMPANY Light Truck, Sport Utility, RV & Racing Shocks 1711 West Culver #1 Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Rough Cowitry Off-Road Racing Shocks TEL: (602) 254-0744 FAX:.(602) 493-0975 10319 LOS ALA,.'\UTOS BLVD. (310~4-9418 J{l~ .~J:f\;"P.TQS1 q 9q7~0 p~~~-594-4397 FAX SANDRAIL CITY AB.EX luted VW o«-road drum brake shoes T-1 or T-.J +Lock up-like disc brak~s +Won't destroy drums T-1 & T-3 drum brake kits available for serious performance 541-82~2117 I LAURA 5681 Crater.Lake Hwy Central Point. OR 97502 RICHARD S. B. ENGINEERING "SUPER BOOT" HCR66, BOX 11030 PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV 89041 (702) 372-5335 S E C R E T S (NOIAOGY) Ignition Products OF SPEED Ike Bruckmann (mana~er) 3089-C Clairemont Dr. #249 San Diego, CA 92117 (619) 581-6214 S!!!M~,~! C. L Bryant, Inc. SClleGHle4 ~ • On-Site Fuel Distribution • handling & storage Equip. (;,,o017 Computerized Vinyl Lettering f< 4 c_ -\-V/c,\L. TIM CECIL f (~~~ 13415 Carmenita Rd. Sante Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone (310) 802-8913 fax (310) 802-0274 ····~cD •••• • • • • •• • • •••• . . RACE CAR DYNAMICS OFF ROAD RACE CARS 3552 FOWLER CYN RO. JAMUL, CA B "1935 PH. CB"JBJ 440-2B"14 FAX CB"JBJ 5B8-4237 JIM ASBURY RACING TRANSAXLES 1700 EAST MAIN ST.' EL CAJON, CA 92021 CHRIS ROSE 1619) 443·2480 · 4010 N. Palm Street, #103, Fullerton. California 926351.u 5 (714) 447-3581 Fax (714) 870-9132 §f@W if~~Jt --==~tt~I~ ~J~===, 5101 GALWAY CR., HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 (714) 897-0075 FAX (714} 894-9567 .k] SITE SKlNS • BANNERS· Wlt«W lfITTRNi · CM lETIERWG • GRAPltXS

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I I - 1 f I ~ s~~e~ ~~,e,~ ~~ 45-410#/0~St. 619-347-5052 '7#CUO-, eA 92201 15855 Dell View Rd. El Cajon, California 92021 ~teve Spirkoff/Owner 619/561-2913 · El Centro, CA ...................... 800-989-4645 El Cajon, CA ....................... 800-458-2711 Indio, CA ............................. 800-989-3278 , Lancaster, CA ...... ~ ..... : ......... 800-462-9499 . Suspension Components SAW Performance, Inc. 20755 MARILLA ST. • CHATSWOflTH, CA 91311 818·700·9712 FAX 818-700·0947 trackside-.Photo, Inc. -----------------. ;;,. jim Ober 310-67p~-s897 Commercial Photogr,aphy . P.O. Box 91767, Los Angeles, CA 90009 {(ACE THI/NS BY JEFF F/EO)'S TRfiNSfiXLE ENGINEEillNG JEFF FIELD ' 818-998-2739 9833 Deering . UnltH Chatsworth, CA 91311 So. Cal. Distributors• (310) 928·2278 Lyn, Gordon, or Mike (UMP) . - _,_ ... , 619/449-9690 . -UNIQUE.METAL PROOUCTS . 10223 PROSPEC-( AVENUE SANTEE. CA 92971 . . . CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEAMER SYSTEMS:. FULL LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR ALL TYPES vF RACING-& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHOP (TABS, BRACKETS, BODIES, ETC.) . Louie Unser Engines RATTLESNAKE MOTORSPORTS, INC. LOUIE UNSER 1100 E. Ash A venue, Suite C Fullerton, California 92631 Phone and Fax (714) 879-8440 Las Vegas, NV ..................... 702-643-9200 --+-----------------;---_ -----:--Long Beach, CA. .................. 310-432-3946 DUSTY TIMES · '7'~.,. DFJ~ AND fUW4ty Oxnard, CA .......................... 805-485-6900 ~t ~--i=-"~ I ' 81{1~ Perris, CA ........................... '..800-969-3835 INVITES YOU TO BECOME A DW.ER -. .. . ~,~~,··.-..~~. At~. l ••• 4!11 . . ~ . .c.S'-== Van Nuys, CA ....................... 818-786-8180 Each month tenormorecqpiesofthecurrentissuecan ~J . • 11f"1rlllit ... -.t W ·d CA 714 877 0226 he in your shop, to sell or to present to preferred Riversa e, , ....................... - -customers. It is a f:!re:it traffic builder, and the cost is ~o,-rn,mwii,"'•'7if?AA,l!(/M/,g~/O/fl · All other inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P. 0. Box 610, L~ng Beach, CA 90801 310-518-7318 ·(SI««~ ~©O. (213)583-2404 . ~()ljj SANpERS SERVICE, IN,C. : · · t MET AL PAOCESStN.G ~ · . . .. . ', · 5921 WIimington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL FLOURESCENT INSPECTION Mark Smith :Strai.ght l in C? OFF ROAD RAONG SPECIALISTS Larry Smith "1,fZD'J\G • FABR/ClfTllV • Fl.MEaJTT/AG • FRaVTEMJS • FEAR TRA/Uf>K,ARMS RACEOiASSIS • PfEFl!JM-ERS • FQXRAOJ\GSIOX LARRYROSEVEAR 1345 DYNAMICS. UN/TO · PHONE [7'14) 996-6260 ANAHEIM, C4 92806 FAX [714) 996-6405 minimal. 447.4353 coNTAa i) 11saJi10.RrH 2No sr .• eL·cAJoN; cA 92021 ~ -__ ·. DUS.TY TIM, ES, 20751 _Mar.ilia St~ . GREG BOEHM Chatsworth, CA 91311 -818-882-0004 • 1.,i TRANSMISSIONS WEST • VW ·•PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WE RACE,, WHAT WE SB.l. (800) 435-0416 • (310) 782-2413 22545 S. Normandie ~ Torrance, CA 90501 CUSTOM RACE CAR FAS. MIG & TIG WELDING DAN MATHEWS 6925 8rogon Circle Unit 25 Bueno Pork, CA 90620 (714). 521 -2019 (714) 523-0558 r ' . I,. BRUCE HENDEL Regional Manager ( . VP Racing Fuels, West Coast P.O. Box 1319 34283 Monte Vista Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone: (909) 674-9167 Fax: (909) 674-7367 Pager: (909) 694-7392 MAIN.ll'~F• £Dt/lYAt:-1t;J/daJNt;1c ·,~(1H~m;_ fdYt)($'.,Jlor Rek.llp~ ! Automotive • A TV • Motorcycle 1815 Massachusetts Ave 909/369-5144 Riverside, CA 92507 Fax 909/369-7266

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Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service PUBLIC RELATIONS ANO MAR K ETING CONSULTANTS ':□WIN C . JACOBS PRESIDENT 535 East Central Park Anaheim, CA 92802 714-956-9457 soo·sTATE MIL L ROAD A KRON, OHIO 44319 [216) 644-7774 ~ HEUVINK CONSULTING PUQI IC REt.ATIONS & MARKETING Eo HEUVINK Off Road Race Truclfs • Pre Runners Gr,1ssis Design • Engineering • Fabl"ication CATTENHAGESl'RAAT 551i. 1411· CS NAARDEN TIIE NETHl:RLANIJS Off Road Products Front and Rear Tra~ing l'lms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W . Missouri PhoeniX; AZ. 8501 7 Jack Woods . 1602) 242-0077 Dale White Racing 3940 Maranathil Circle us Vegas. NV B9103 TEL 011.31.2159 ~3464, FAX 01 i.31.2159 53452 702-Bn-1661 Classified ••• FOR SALE: Class 4 or 8, Jeep, Honcho. 15" front & rear travel, National Spring suspension, FOX 7 /8 w I canister shocks, Carr trans 400, BFGs. Ultra Wheels, Rod Hall Racing Lights, 2 full sets fiberglass, 850 horse,AMC engine. VORRA NW champ last 2 years. Raced "(92,93 ). This truck is a know finisher with all the best eqipment! Fuel sa.fe (new), Parker Pumper, Beard, Art Carr, Ump. With all the spares/ race ready. $30,000.00 Call (702) 6734151. NOT RESTING YET!! Barn, storming Bronco's of Houston thank John, Hal of K BAR S for hand delivering this Bill Stroup 1966 Mc>di Bronco. Winner 2 Baj as, 1 M i'nt 400. Soon to race in El Paso again. New owner Scooter Hotshoe Holder of Precision Paint, body "Ford The Best Never Rest" Primary sponsor wanted. (713) 681,2818. FOR SALE; 1,1600 Mirage 118" chassis, rear trailing arms, new front end, body panels, 20 gal fuel cell. $1,100.00. 1,2,1600 motor 20 miles old, only the best parts. Complete from clutch to carb, bolt-in and race. $2,500.00 inv., $1,900.00 hear it run. Duel 44 idf's type 4 manifolds $350.00, sin 40 idf, mani, end castings, $175.00, Duel 34 ict's,$125.00, sing 40 Delorto,$125 .00, type , 41.7 complete, needs rebuild, FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum $175.00 (209) 532,77.10, 586, 1650 Stadium car, 5 link susp. 1_9_6_7;... ______ ...,.....,,---~ w/8 Fox Shax, 150hp Rabbit HELP WANTED: Editorial! motor , Medeola trans, 930's, assistant,part time editorial ( BFG's, beadlocks , Wright assistant wanted. Chatsworth! Combos, Arms & Rack, UMP location,Flexiblehours.Requires PS, Mastercraft, Simpson, all the an excellent command of the good stuff, plus parts, $9 ,900.00. - English language, grammar and J ALSO Chenowth Magnum short spelling. Assist publisher in galley , course chassis, 5 li nk, SODA selection and in magazine layout. legal, Charlyn ps, rear suspension, Some knowledge of-Off Road body, nets, Wright rack, Fox Air Racing and rallying a plus. Call Shox, Wheels & tires, spindles, Bekki (818) 882-0004 10 a.m. to all or part, Call Steve ( 402) 625, 3 p.m. PST. 8202 hmor(402)443,4117 wk. --------. FOR SALE: Class 1 Unlimited FOR SALE: Must sell 5,1600, car . Porsche 6 cyl, Summers, .. FATmotorandtrans, Fodrillarm Wright coil over front end, Fuel spindles, Kuster bypass shocks, safe, Ump, Bilsteins, Sway, Sway,A,Way, PIAA lights, all A Way, Pa,ker Pumper, Simpson, chrome moly, only 8 races on car Yokohamas, CNC, Extra Wheels, and its race ready. $12,500.00 tiresandmanyspares.$15,000.00 oho. Possible trade (702) 256, or ? Call Richard (619) 578-0964. 8600 OR 284-2036. DustyTima H OME () I 1.31.30 210095 . ENJOY· DUSTY TIMES AFTER THE RACE READ ALL THE NITTY, GRITTY DETAILS EACH MONTH - ' . - . .... . . ·-. . . Trackside Photo, Inc. Racing photography since 1970 We cover all La Rana, SCORE and MTEG events. For professional quality photos, call us! Call us for photos for: Calendars• Press Kits• Photo Business Cards• Autograph sheets P.O. Box 91767 Los Angeles, California 90009 (310) 670-6896 Ap,111996 Page 53

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Classified ••• FOR SALE: Raceccr 2 seat 3.5 Porsche, Electromotive fuel injection, Fox Shox, Summers Hubs, Fortin Trans, Fodrill front arms & spindles, $35,000.00 ALSO: Raceco2 seat Prerunner. Fox Shox, long travel ·front and rear, 2.6 fresh type 4 Bus trans, Hewland ge.ars, $13,000.00 Stuart Chase (818) 841-2316 pager (818) 559-9193. FOR SALE: Bunderson rolling chassis. Snore Class lb 2nd overall 94 & 95. Wright 4" arms set up for progressive front end, SAW, CNC, Beard, Parker, fuel cell, Charlynn, Fox, 2 sets of body panels. Call quick, divorce lawyer wants money! (702) 496-1216. FOR SALE: Class 9 , single seat LaPlant chassis and body panels, brand new with rear adjuster. $1,000.00 (818) 994-7475. ., K·.,;m;,,, FOR SALE: Class 9-2 seater, Fresh rebuilt engine and trans with close gear ratio, SCORE FOR SALE: 94 Raceco Ss, Fortin, legal, Helmet' Intercom system, Kusters, CNC, Wilwood, all the Halogene flame system, rebuilt best stuff Class 10 or 1 no motor. shocks, Chromoly spring plates, $20,000.00 oho, must sell. Circuit breaker system, Yoko-ALSO 26' ProAm box trailer.has I hama tires, repainted Call cabinets, awnings and lights. Leonard (619) 429-9451 or $2,750.00 oho (805) 963-2411 Vince (619) 423-9561 or Gilbert days, nights and weekends (805) I (619) 429-0646 $5,500.00. 963-0961 may consider cash and SPEED, SAFETY, RELIABIL-trade. ITY: Proven International FOR SALE: Updated Raceco, fresh Fat type IV 2666, fresh Hew land transmission DG300, coil-over front, Fox Shox all around, rear Summers, outboard c.v.s, mostly of bolts, wirehoses, bearing and fuel cell, Parker Pumper are new. We prep this Raceco for Baja 1000, 1995 and we don't raced. $20,000.00. Bob at Race Ready (619) 691-9171. We can sell with or without motor and tranny. Rallysport Technology can give you the edge over the opposition. Drive faster, safer with less breakage and wear.Take the guess work out of desert racing. Interested? Contact Stuart Roberts, Concepts International (NZ) Ltd., PO Box46-147 Herne Bay, Auckland 1030 New Zealand. Fax: 64-9-483-5581 for details. FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum 1650 stadium car-Chromoly . chassis complete coilcar 5 link susp, w/ 6 Fox Shox, new built Rabbit motor, 091 trans super dif/FTC gears. 300mm_axles. 930 c. v .s, New radiator, braided lines, FodFab arms, Wright combos, Ump PS, 103-"'wb. Bead locks, more, $12,500.00 oho inq about FOR SALE: Gerardo Novelo's 7S spares ( 602) 993-3114 • Truck built by John Ray, race ENGINE MACHINE SERVICE-ready, 2 motors, 3.0 & 2 .4, lots of Complete Automotive · Machine spares, Score & Soda legal, best of Shop, Specialized Engine build-everything, has race twelve times ing-Custom cylinder head port-and won seven times. Best offer. ing, Antique & restoration Call Victoria 011 52-617-66225 machining-Welding-Engine Ensenada. balancing. 8416 Osage Ave. Los FOR RENT: 40'x40' shop space I AngeleS, CA 90045 (310) 641-FOR SALE: PPI built Class 8 , numerous SCORE Class 8 wins including Baja 1000. 388ci Leon Patton motor with all the best parts, Hydromatic race trans, 4 take-apart Ranchos with reser-voirs per wheel, 55 gal fuel cell, full supply of new BFG Baja TA 's, many spares. Call for details. $16,750.00 (805) 297--8530. FOR SALE: 1988 36' Interna-tional Trans.porter: Professionally built, 7.3 !tr. turbo diesel, 5 plus 2 trans, only 16K miles. Living qtrs-11 ', shower, bed, complete kitchen, A IC, 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. Excellent cond. garage, very trick, reg. as R.V. Sacrifice $4 7.5K, call Todd at (702) 825-1863. FOR SALE: Large inventory-Genuine ~ W Thing stub axles-$80.00 pair, Type IV c.v.s$80.00 set of 4 , Type IV 2 .0 ltr cranks-$75.00 ea, rodas-$75.00 set, Bus trannys; 091 low street miles-$300.00, 002 Pyramid 14.86 R & P-$300.00 All parts stock, never raced Leave message (714) 839-0323. FOR SALE: Bitchen Ford in rural S.E. Wisconsin. 10 7_0_l_9_· _________ _ Ranger. Built right w/ ALL the minutesfromMilwaukeeairport,I FORSALE:JeepCamancheClass FOR SALE: TRIPLE E SUPER-Best quality parts. Great PreRun-hour from Chicago. Good 7S, Kusterson rear. new Dana 60, LITE, 420cc Honda pilot motor, ner or Stockmini Legal racer. location for SODA Race Base. Mike Lesley motor, much more Fuel cell, Fox Shox, Beard seat, $14,000.00 Call Macrae @(520) Call Chuck or Gail ( 414) $10,000.00firm(619)253-7946 13" Wheels, Yokohamas tires, 753-FORD. 835-4800. 1 or (619) 253-2351. $8,900.00 (818) 966-1009. ,....... .. -llliiiii'"...--~ --------'t~·-W liiiiila---..... - - ------WWW WWW WWW WWW W----------·---------------tallll-·,. ·1 Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in 1 · ; DUSTY TIMES. : I Classified Advertising rate is only $20. for 45 words each "10.nth, ~ot including name, address and phone n~mber. Add $5.00 for use.oi I I black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum size 5x7 . I I NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If t· I you wish to use a photo in 'your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. I I -------------------------- l I . I --------------------------I I , I 11 I -----~-----=----------------I I I I ---------:--------------------- I FOR SALE: SODA Class 11-2 seat-Fox Shox, Beard seats, Fat stuff, truckload of spare stuff, top runner, Race ready, Car-#1138 asking $3,950.00 or ?? ALSO: Complete Fat Class 11 motor $2,000.00 West Ben, WI (414) 629-9429 leave message. :::c-,== FOR SALE: Raceco 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. $15,000.00 oho Call Mike (310) 591-5665 days, (310) 521-9303 eves & weekends. FOR SALE: 19 FRT Cass 9 Champion, Chromoly state of the art, trick, single seat JIMCO, no expense spared, prepped and ready to. keep winning, water cooled Fox Shox, Wright, UMP, fresh air, SAW, flame out, Jamar, lots of spares, $8,500.00 oho, driver changing classes. Call Dave At(619) 743--8498 or (619) 744-9764. A Leading manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor industry is looking for winners who want to join our team. Full-time job openings in electrical, plumbing and mechanical assem-bly are available in our Valencia, CA facility. Field service techni-cians are needed for Portland Oregon and Santa Clara, CA. We require good mechanical skills, attention to details and the motivation to succeed. Good benefits and work environment. Please send resume to: Semicon-ductor Process Epuipme,;it Corp. 25167 Anza Dr. Valencia, CA 91355 Attn: Kevin McGillivray Phone (805) 257-0934, FAX (805) 257-1083. I ---~-----------------------I I I FOR SALE: 1990 F~7d Bronco's I Enclosed is$ _____ (Send check or money order, no ca~h). Please run ad _______ times. 4x4. Have 10 to pick from. Prices I I start at $3,995.00 with mileage Name ---------------------------------Mail to: I between 60 to 90k. Make great I DUSTY TIMES I' prerunners, chase trucks. All have I Address ______________________ Phone________ 20751 Marilla Street · I· 302 V8 automatic p i s, p / b, al e. I Chatsworth, CA_i91311--4408~. ~- Clear titles, serious call's only. City_ _ _ __________ State____ ?ip ______ Ask for John. (619) 398-014 7. Page 54 April 1996 Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: '84 Toyota X Cab, Class 1500, 2nd place La Rana 300 miles new motor, 500 miles new trans, Fox ~hox, National Springs. 31" BFG muds, Full cage, . Beard seats, Fuel Safe; Mikumi Carbs, SwayAWay, Spare Frame, and more. $9,500.00 Patrick (818) 359--4136. .:.: .. i)t>•,:)<,,.,:~;.,,-•. _ FOR SALE: Class 9 Dirtrix seater with removable Baja Conv .. body. Fox, SwayAWay, Saco Rack, Ump, Beard, Y okos, 22 gal. fuel cell. Car is like new. $6,000.00 (505)437-1828 evenings. FOR SALE: 1993 Raceco 2-1600, built with only the best top dollar parts and components available. Everything in excellent condition. Must see. Call for full details. 1995 SCORE third place points champion. I'm buying .a house so you can buy this race car for ½ the price of a new one. $14,000.00 (619) 655-5770. !:>.iii; " ,.~:.·!J : 95½ 2-1600 G,th-ringer, Wiks motor, W.R Trans, new SAW 300M bars. New combos & new FOX Shox and power steering. Centerlines & Y okohamas tires. No expense· spared. Ready to race $17,000.00 Call Lorenzo Days (818) 914-8147. FOR SALE: RACE ENGINE SHOP EQUIPMENT: Mag mach-ine $5,000.00, DE Mag $500.00; Valve grinder $850 .00; Rod hone $1,750.00; Valve seat grinder (air) $650 .00; 50 gal solvent tank $650.00-Can deliver CA, AZ, NV Jim Russell (520) 855-2208. FOR SALE: Class 5-1600 or convt to st. legal Prerunner HD Type 1 tranny, FR T & Rr torsion. Adj., 1" longer trailing arms, KYB gas shocks, 32" BFG's ( used twice), Hvy duty tie rods, includes tilting trailer, Red wlcustom graphics. Call Ron at ( 714) 548--4112 $4,500.00. Dusty Times FOR SALE: Class 9 Mid-Engine, 2nd OVERALL SCORE 19941 Best of Everything: Beards, BFG, Bilstein, Cactus Racing, CNC, ·Fields transaxle, Fuel Safe, K & N, SwayAWay, Wright. Lots of spare parts & tires, plus log book, · $4,000.00 AS IS or $5,000.00 . ready to race, plus Pit support for your first 2 SCORE, SNORE OR La Rana races. DeNunzio (800) 622-3939. OFF ROAD RACE TEAM in need of a qualified experienced race mechanic. Full time year around base Tallahassee. Must be able to travel May-September. . Welding & Fabrication a plus, must have solid references. Call Jimmie (904) 575--6181 evenings after 6:00 est. or FAX resume to (904) 576-1542 Attn: Jimmie. FOR SALE: Thing, gas heater, bus trans,, tow lites, sliding windows, Centerlines, new tires, reclining seats, alum. skidplates, spec. suspension, trailer hitch wide rear fenders, big brakes, roof rack, rebuilt engine, tire rack, 2 tanks, boat. $5,495.00 (202) 486-0280 (209) 486-7634. FOR SALE: RACE TEAM, l lD car and 1-1600 car, spare of everything,bestofeverything, CNC, Ump, Fox, Wright, SwayaWay, many aluminum wheels. Drive to Indiana, lost partner, sponser and big$. First $10,000.00 takes all. Phone (219) 892--6289 .or (219) 892-5867. 4 SALE: PreRunner Streetable, new motor ready to work. $20;000.00 (909) 654--4938 or (909) 654--4544. FOR SALE: USED RING & PINION SETS. Dana 60: 5.12, 5.57. Dana 44: 3.73. $75.00 each including shipping. Used gears & parts for Ford 9" and GM 14 bolt POLYURETHANE Suspension · Bushings ~ Body mounts, Complete line in stock. REBEL GEAR & FABRICATION, Ben Kanoff. (219) 255-3145. FOR SALE: SODA 2-1600 Mirage, w /motor & tranny $2,300.00.,-SODA Class 9 Terminator wlmotor & tranny $12,000.00, SODA Class 9 wlmotor & tranny $2,300.00 Call Wisconsin (715)341-8507 ask for Heath Schooley. FOR SALE:. Class 5, Bilsteins w/ coilovers, Fox w/ Bump stops, Saco rack, CNC brakes, Summers brothers, Foddril arms, Ump, Parker Pumper, Beard, Fuel Safe 2275 Type 1, Bus wl Hewlands $12,800.00 with trailer. (909) 947-3310 or (909) 985--4621. FOR SALE: Toyota 4 AG 16 valve motor stock complete 1985 42,000 orig. miles $200.00. Wilwood 4 piston rear disc brakes, hubs & rotors complete $325.00. WANTED: 15x7· Centerlnes 35"x33" Yokohamas and front disc brakes complete, droped Jumbo combos Call Don at (520) 771-8154. FOR SALE: JIMCO SALE! 95 Class 10 A-Arm $36,000.00, 1996 Class 1-1600 $22,000.00 1990 Class 2-1600 $17,000.00, 1990 Class 5-open $18,000.00. All ready to race extra parts available. Call Victor for details . (619)422-5674(619)428-2824. · FOR SALE: 63 Baja · ass -1600, Prepped, Full q1ge, 22 gal fuel cell, Beard Seats, Fox & Bilstein Shocks, Bus tranny IRS, Jamar -shifter, street legal, licensed. Runs XLNT, Center-lines, 5 light, new red paint, Killer bumpers, Sacrifice $3,995.00 obo. Days (3.10) 679--4092 eves (310) 374--0666. FOR SALE: 89 Toyota Class 7S Race ready, Complete rebuild Sept 94. Raced once in 95. 1st place fin. BFG-Fuel safe-Focd 9" rear-Motor 22R-Fox Shox, National Springs-Beard seats-much more. Price reduced $11,900.00 (702) 437-0117 Need enciosed trailer-Prerunner, consider trades. FOR SALE: Class 10 or 1 single seat-Mendeola trans, Foddril arms and spindles Charlyn power steering, Bilstein coilovers, Major motor, ALOT of spare parts; 2nd place SCORE Class 10 champ, Completely.prepped is like new. Call for details Tim Scalzo (714) 489-1606 days asking $30,000.00 Also selling Class 10 Major engine and Class 10 transmission. FOR SALE: De:tuned 520-540 hp 373 cu in small block Chevy · "Bowtie" engine, rebuilt by Leon Patton (approx $3600) one race on engine, (Nevada 500) $5,500.00 obo includes leak down and full service before purchase. 1 mogi turbo 400 GM built trans fresh $750.00 (714) 494-1149 Alex Bourland. April 1996 You Wanted it! THE SECOND LAP fine used pa~ Set up begins April 1st in San Diego's North County. This company will service the growing need of Off Road racers and enthusiasts (both buyers and sellers) to access or get rid of used and unused extra off road parts: truck/ buggy suspension, motors, trannies, tires, wheels, etc. look for our ad in hext months Dusty Times and watch classifieds for specials and our new phone number. 819 Trucks and Senti Trailcn TRUCKS: MEARS: 1 seat Trophy Truck Awesome & Fast $100,000.00 RCR: Trophy Truck great vehicle Totally Fresh!! $89,0Q0.00 VENABLE: Ford Class 8 or Trophy Truck no motor $75,000.00 COYNE: Trophy Truck wl full blown race package $90,000.00 EVANS: Walker's Trophy Truck Super Nice Packag~ $65,000.00 EV ANS: Walker built Class 8 All New!! $125,000.00 SEMIS: V ALVOLINE TRAILER: Loaded! Awning & all 20K WALKER'S' 45' Dez trailer Generater, Air & More! 25K McMILLIN: AWESOME 53' Trailer Belly Boxes, like new! SOK FACTORY SE'r UP: 45' Race trailer 29K BOX VAN: Loaded!! 22K plus many more, call for a package: Baja Concepts (619) 583-6529. LOOK NOW! Class 10, 2 seater 1988 Raceco/Mirage. Fox shocks, Wright Front Arms, Woods rear trailing arms. Combos 4 wheel + Summers hubs, W illwood disc brakes, 1641 Toyota 2T6, 4 cyl motor . ONLY· 3 races on the car! Baja · Concepts Ref #490 (619) 583-6529. F SALE: Mitch Mustard's 1992 Chenowth Stadium 1600, MTEG series champion 1992 4th 1993. 1994 Whiplash series Champion. Excellent car. Bob Goshen Toyota engine. Spares and parts. $22,500.00 Call ( 602) 956-1954. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Parts: Fresh Wik 1600 motor ($1950) Fresh Rancho performance 091 trans-mission 930's ($1450), (6) 12" Fox wlreservoirs ($660 ), SwayAWay torsions (long), (4) 930's wlboots & flanges ($300), Beard seat, Wright rack, new 8 gal cell. Must sell ( 714) 583-0221, Kyle. _READ THIS!! BIGGER IS BEffER 'We have 140 + Race Trucks, Cars & Trailers for sale. Please call... we can help!! CLASS 8: JEEP 4x4 Ref# 244 ........ 22K CLASS 8: Chevy Ref #428 .......... . 43K CLASS 10: 2 seat Ref #490 .......•.... 15K SHORT COURSE VEHICLES: We have 15!! KILLER DEALS: Trucks and Super 16s TRANSPORT & SERVICE VEHICLES: We have 13! Many, many more available. We represent. the biggest and most popular teams in the sport!! Why?? because of our straight forward, honest reputation. Our return customers are our guar-antee to you of quality service. We are world wide exporters with 15 years experience in the off road industry. Call us! Baja Concepts Brokerage (619) 583-6529. F SALE: Class 1 or 10 Single seat 88 Raceco car. Race ready less engine and trans. New Fuel cell, CNC, brake and hubs, all FOX Shox, Cactus pumper, Jamar shifter, Wright front and rack. Call Gary (619) 344-6225 after 5:00 p.m. $6,800.00. ·FOR SALE: 5-1600 or prerunner body and bumper to bumper frame with skid plate's registered 1960, no smog needed. $950.00 Call Bob Kleber (619) 247--4783. FOR SALE: SODA Class 11, new rack, FOX Shox, Fresh motor, $1,700.00 oho Call (906) 789-3472 or (906) 466-1941. INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Baja Promotions • Cal City . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Baker Performance Products . . . . . . . . . . 13 .Barbary Coast · Gold Coast Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bilstein Corp. of America . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bonneville Off Road Racing . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cactus Racing Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Desert Steel . a. . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . 15 Diamond liners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 21 Ensenada Rally Series·• Ensenada Rally 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 F.A.I.R. . . . .......•.....•... . .... 47 FAT Performance · .................. 26 German Auto .. : . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . 3 7 Rod Hall Driving School .. .. • . .. . .. .. 18 Honda, BMW See □oo of North Hollywood . . • . . • . • . . . • • • 39 Kawaguchi Honda . . • . • • • . . . . . . . . . • 8 McKenzies Performance Products •..•... . 23 & 24 Nevada Off Road Buggy . . . . . . . • . 19 &-27 Parker Pumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 P.C.I. Race Radios & Equipment . . . • . . • 17 Pike's Family Restaurants ....... . .... 30 Race Ready Products . : ..•.... ....... 45 RCR Racing .. ... .... : .. ...... 28 & 29 Rock Busters Video . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 31 SNORE .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 7 Simpson Race Products . . . . . . . • . • . • . 19 Sway-A-Way Company . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 11 Top line Trailer . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . . . . . 41 Toyota Motorsports ...... : . . . Back Cover T rackside Photo Inc. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Tri-Mil Industries . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . • . . 32 Ultra Wheel .. .. . . .. .. . • • . .. . .. . . . 12 Valley Performance . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • 22 Wilch Sales . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 42 . Wright Place . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . • • 43 Yarnell Specialties, Inc. . . . . . . • • . . . . • 36 76 Racing Gasoline . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 2 Page 55

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