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Volume 14 -Number 7 July 1997 DllliJlil■II Publisher Emeritus Jean Calvin Editor John Calvin Associate Editor Richard K. Schwalm Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Circulation 0. Osborne Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Carol Clark Jim Culp John Elkin Homer Eubanks Michelle Halverson Marrin Holmes Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick Troy Robinson Bob Rule Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Judy Smith Trackside Photo Inc. Art Director Larry Worsham ~ Subscription Rates: $20.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Subscription races on request Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes unsolicited contri-butions, but is nor responsible for such material. Unso-licited 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 liabiliry for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject co editing. DUSTY TIMES: (ISSN 8750-1732) is _published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla Sc., Chatsworth, CA 9131 1-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright by Hill-side Racing Corp. No pare of chis publication may be reproduced without wricren permission from the pub-lisher. Periodical Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address change ro DUSTY TIMES, 2075 I Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new ad-dress, and send co DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla Sc., Chacsworrh, CA 91311-4408. Snapshot oJ the Month ... Known to one and all as "Fud", this Leprechaun has been pucring on buggy races and District 38 races since dirt was invented and "Fud" is shown here asking the scoring team, "All I ask is to please lee me know who to give the white flag to." Think back abour twelve years and we'll cry to figure ou.c which race chis photo is from. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies' or woes on chis page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $ 10 for che picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a scamped, self addresssed envelope. Only Black & white prints, 5x7 or 8x 10 will be considered. In This Issue ... FEATURES Page SCORE Primm 300 By Judy Smith ....................... _ ...................................... 8 XXXIII Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava By Martin Holmes ......................... 18 Perris Auto Speedway Finale By Ron Miller ................................................ 2.2 Glen Helen -Round ~ By Ron Miller ......................................................... 26 Wild West Pro Rally By Jim Culp ................................................................ 30 Sou'Wester and Wild Wester Divisionals By Jim Culp ............................... 34 Aaustralian Off Road Championships By Darrly Smith ............................. 36 DEPARTMENTS Happenings ......................... : ............... ·······················:·································· 4 Trail Notes .................................................................................................... 4 Checkers By The Big Wah zoo ...................................................................... 38 FAIR News By Joy Bancroft ......................................................................... 39 Good Stuff Directory ................................................................................... 40 Classified Ads ............................................................................................... 45 Index To Advertisers ..................................................................................... 47 ON THE COVER - Bill Hernquist in his Jimco A-arm throws terra firma everywhere during his great run to first place in C lass IO at the SCORE Primm 300 and Bill was third overall as well at the Primm Resort just inside the Nevada border. Mike Julson hustles his way to first place in Class l at the SCORE Primm 300 in the Jimco A-arm car after almost being defeated by some self-solving electrical problems during th~ race. Color Photography by Trackside Photo Inc. eo S~7oda~ DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING on ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$20.00 □ ~ years -$30.00 □ 3 years -$40.00 (no oredit. oards pleaae) Take advantage of your subscription bonus .. Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (ForTn on inside back page) Name _________________________ _ Address _______________________ _ City Stace _____________ Zip ___________ _ Send check or money order to: DUS'IYTIMES 20751 Marilla St., Chatswonh, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004 l'.:anadian - 1 year $25 .00 U.S.• Overseas subscription rates on request) Dusty Times July 1997 Page 3

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1997 Happenings ... ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AllTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell. Tech Inspector Apto 42 San Jose del Caho Baja California del Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere. Queensland. 4500. Australia 011-18-07-3298-5522 July 13, 1997 Kempsey, NSW August 17, 1997 Gritlith. NSW September 21, 1997 Mt. Gambier. SA AllTOCROSS Ql'EBEC OFF ROAD Class IO cars only Rcnald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebec. Canada H7P I T7 (514) 622-4440 June 8, 1997 Notre Dame Du Bon Conseil Quebec. Canada August 3, 1997 St. Apolinaire Quebec. Canada September 20, 1997 Olympic Stadium Montreal. Canada BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box 392 Calexico. CA 92232 Apartado Postal 3 1 / 163 Mexicali. BC. Mexi co Mexicali (65) 5542-83 Off Road Races BAJA PROMOTIONS, LTD. S.A. Lou Peralta P.O. Box 8938 Calabasas. CA 91302 (818) 340-5750 BEST I:\ THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey Folks. Director 3475 C Boulder Highway Las Vegas. NV 89 I 21 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702) 641-2431 June 20-22, 1997 Silver State 300 Mesquite. NV to Ely, NV (point to point) September 18-20, 1997 Vegas to Reno 500 Mile point to point race BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden. Utah 84402 (801) 627 B.O. R.E. July 5, 1997 Jackpot 200 Jackpot. NV September 6, 1997 Bonneville Challenge Wendover USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton. Ontario. Canada KOK-I HO (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 1997 BRUSH RUN POINTS SERIES P.O. Box IOI Crandon, WI 54520 (715) 4 78-2222 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Donna Mitchell, CRS Director 530 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 280 Moorpark, CA 93021 (805) 523-1387 Michael Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 935558 (619) 375-8704 August 9-10, 1997 Gorman Ridge Frazier Park, CA September 6-7, 1997 Page4 Tree line Palmdale. CA October 3-5, 1997 Prescott Forest Prescott, AZ November (TBA), 1997 Palm Springs-Laughlin-Las Vegas California & Nevada C.O.D.R.A. Central Oregon Desert Racing Association Terry Silbaugh 205 15 Whitehaven Circle Bend. OR 97702 (541 ) 389-2044 CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 645 Pierre, SD 5750 I Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) (605) 224-9481 Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4967 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven. VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLAIRTON HI-JACKERS I.C.O. Tom Delauder Sr 1091 Twp. Line Road Wellsville. Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 June 21, 1997 July 26, 1997 August 23, 1997 September 27, 1997 . Short Course off Road Racing At Harrison County Fair Grounds. Codi=. Of-I CLl'B Al!TOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada. BC. Mexico USA Jan Wright (011 52 61746834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (6 I 637/7 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box 3 I 87 Mission Viejo. CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714)367-1608 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719) 531-3642 W/(719)687-9827 H P.O Box 8286 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (7 I 9) 653-8449 CORP Cachanillas Off Road Promotions P.O Box 392 Calexico. CA 92232 01152 (65) 66-60 80 August 1-3 ,1997 (Tentative) Santa Veronica Summer '97 Tecate Area October 10-12, 1997 Carrera De La Raza Laguna Salada 180 Mexicali West CORVA 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352 Sacramento, CA 95833 1-800-42 CORVA Ext 42 Fax (8 I 8) 957-4435 November 4,26, 1997 Southern California CORVA Jamboree Frank Rains Park Lloyd Losinger I 800 42 CORVA Ext. 501 D&T PROMOTIONS Dave Van Deren 2405 Baker Ave. Everett, WA 9820 I (206) 339-9079 July 12, 1997 Short Course Olympia 12:00 noon July 13, 1997 2 Hour Enduro Olympia 10:00 a.m. July 19,1997 Short Course Belling 7:00 p.m. August 16, 1997 Short Course Belling 7:00 p.m. August 23, 1997 Short Course Olympia 12:00 noon September 13, 1997 Short Course Olympia (All events at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Thurston County ORI' Park, Olympia, WA) DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-3649/(214) 641-2090 DESERT STEEL MOTORSPORTS 1865 Commander Drive Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 (520) 85 5-6125 July 1997 (Date not yet set) KC HiLites Mountain Happening Flagstaff, AZ September, 19-20, 1997 KC Hi Lites Country Happening Valley Center, CA EASTERN OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Delauder, Sr. I 091 Township Line Road Wellsville. Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Associaton 2750 Cozumel Drive# 1116 Melbourne, FL 32935 (407) 254-5 I 67 FllDPllCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 July 19, 1997 Conquista Gran Carrera Los Sahuaros Park Tecate. Baja. Mexico September 13, 1997 Fud 200 Plaster City West. CA October 25, 1997 Superstition 250 XII Lake Superstition, CA December 31, 1997 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA GLEN HELEN RACEWAY P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 Glen Helen Short Course Championship Series July 27, 1997 Round Four - Sunday August 24, 1997 Round Five - Sunday September 28, 1997 Round Six - Sunday October 26, 1997 Round Seven - Sunday November 23, 1997 Round Eight - Sunday Contact: BBM Marketing Promotions P.O. Box 762 Norco, CA 91760-0762 (562) 988-6250/Fax: (909) 280-9097 GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 (404) 963-0252 GPORRA Great Planes Off Road Racing Association 13621 Pierce St. Omaha. NE 68144-1122 ( 402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha. NE 68122 (402) 4964846 Eve. May 17, 1997 Pierce. NE June 22, 1997 Council Bluffs. IA July 6, 1997 Council Bluffs, IA July 13, 1997 Council Bluffs. IA July 23, 1997 Council Bluffs, IA August I, 1997 Pierce, NE July 1997 Trail Notes ... ATLAS SAVANE RALLY -The Atlas Savane Rally, produced by the same folks that put on the Dakar Rallye began in Spain on Saturday, May I 0. There was one special stage near Valencia, Spain and then all vehicles crossed the Mediterranean for a weeks worth of hard driving in Morroco. Some of the real rally pros are entered but we also have our own Larry Ragland running a Protruck owned by Marc Lajara. Ragland was not favored to win but did quite well, running close behind the two factory Citron ZX's and the Dakar winning Mitsubishi T3. When all the chips were counted after the week-long ordeal Ragland finished fifth overall and he certainly put on a good show MOJAVE DESERT RACING SETS RECORD -MOR staged their Stoddard Valley 200 the first weekend in May and had a record seventy entries to Contest for the wins in the various classes. Rod Muller won C lass l O and the overall honors, completing all five laps in 3:47: 18, almost a 53 mile per hour average. Scott Wisdom squeaked out the 1/2-1600 win by a mere minute and a half. Ron Osburn won the unlimited class, Rick Johnson won 5-1600, Robert Armlenta won Class 5, Jim Hall won C lass 7, Bill Marker won 75 Max Hanberg took the honors in C lass 9. Look for the full story in the next issue of Dusty Times. THERE WAS JOY AT THE RIM RALLY -The Mitsubishi of Henry Joy and Michael Fennel won the l 4th Annual Rim of the World PRO Rally, although it was touch and go for a while. Paul Choiniere was leading handily when a bit of over exuberance snapped a wheel off the Hyundai. T he crew actually rebuilt the left rear suspension and and Choiniere opened his lead further, but another mechanical failure on the next to last stage put the Hyundai out off the rally. Joy had led the rally on previous occasions but mechanical woes always put him out of contention so chis victory was really sweet and puts Joy into the overall points lead. Sam Ryan/Rob Walden won 2WD Group 5 and were third overall as well. First in 2WD Group 2 was Bill Malik and Farina O'Sullivan in the Volvo 240. Ocher winners were Lee Shadbolc/Paul Eklund in production GT and Pete Morris/Eric Oyague in Production. Story nest issue. KAWASAKI SPONSORSHIP -Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA announced chat they are now a corporate sponsor of the AMA Women and Motorcycling National Conference, scheduled in Westerville, Ohio in mid July. Bob Moffit, Kawasaki VP Marketing stated chat in some motorcycle models, female ownership is in the 18% to 95% range and we should welcome chem into motorcycling with enthusiasm. The AMA currencly has over 210,000 members, pursuing, protecting and promoting the interests of motorcyclists. C.O.R.E. BRANCHES OUT -California Off Road Enthusiast's, one of the older pit support groups is forming a new high desert chapter. C.O.R.E. north will meet the first Monday of every month, 7:00 p.m. at the Lam post Pizza on 7th Street in Victorville. If.you are a current member of C.O.R.E. or would like to join a pitting team get in touch with them. For more info call Joel at (760) 947-7342. SCORE BAJA 500 -Ready for his first outing in the desert this year, Ivan Stewart will be the first truck to start the 470 mile race across the wilds of Baja. Ivan will be debuting the all new Toyota TlOO with the developmental V8 under the hood, looking for the added horsepower to keep up with the other Trophy Trucks on the long fast runs. First Class I to leave the line will be Bob Gordon with assistance from Frank Arciero, Jr. Total entry approaches 200 as of this writing. Full coverage to come later. VdRRA YERINGTON 300 -Tim Bownan and George Reese took the overall Win in their Class IO buggy, finishing on three wheels after an almost-to-the-finish accident ripped away part of the car. Sixty-two competed in the four lap 260 mile race. Payback for the race was over $10,000 and there was more than $100,000 posted in contingency. More next issue. CRANDON GOING ON LINE -The Crandon International Off Road Raceway Web Site is nearing completion and will be announced shorcly, so says Doug Davis at CIORA, and as soon as the address is known we will let you know. 1997 SODA TV DATES -Chevrolet Memorial Day 100 -Lake Geneva -June 6, 7:00 p.m.; Chevrolet Off Road Championship -Antigo -June 21, 11:30 p.m.; Chevrolet Brush Run -July 5, 2:00 p.m.; Chevrolet Off Road Nationals -Lake Geneva -August 3, 10:00 p.m.; Chevrolet U.P. Off Road 100 -Bark River -August 16, 9:00 p.m .; Chevrolet Luxemburg Off Road Challenge -September 3, 4:30 p.m.; Chevrole.t Off Road Championships -Crandon -September 13, 1:30 p.m .; Chevrolet Off Road Finals -Oshkosh -September 27, 12:30 p.m.; SODA Rear View Mirror -October 12, 10:00 a.m. SODA RUMORS -It seems that a misunderstanding has arisen matching SODA (The Drivers) against Off Road Entertainment, which is sort of the marketing arm of SODA and is mainly responsible for much of the television coverage which the SODA drivers enjoy (as well as the sponsors, of course). With the tremendous growth of coverage of the SODA races and the huge growth in off road audiences the past few years, there seems to be a problem in finding which direction the SODA organization should go. We assume the question is whether to expand the market, the race sc~edule, the race locations, only supposition on our part but if there is a problem and we've already heard about it out here on the west coast, there may be some truth to the rumor. Anyway, hopefully whatever it is it will be quickly resolved to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. "Nuf said. Dusty Times

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Aaugust 17, 1997 Council Bluffs, IA (All races are short course, stadium style. Classes: Trophy. 11-/600, 5, 7S, I and Quads) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (All events staged at the club grounds in Cleves. Ohio) INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 Si. Paul, MN 55108 Steve Beddor (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 INTER-SHOWS MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WD CLUB P.O. Box 465 Kamloops, BC, Canada VZG5L2 Bob (604) 374-7175 days Randy ( 604) 5 79-9621 eves. Keidl (604) 828-1795 anytime (All Events start 7 miles NW of Kam/oops) L.I.T.R.E. Jeff Elrod ( 408) 926-0522 Jim Aruta (408) 247-4402 MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS 3749 Needmore Hwy Charlotte, Ml 48813 (517) 543-7214 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 (517) 627-6200 July 27, 1997 8th Annual Michigan Off Road Championships. Ingram County Fairgrounds, Mason Michigan Featuring Jeeps,Buggys, Trucks, Pilots, Quads, etc. MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION MAORA Press: Dirty Dave Cronin (618) 765-2199 VP: Walter Flack (217) 987-6568 LTOR-Lincoln Trail OffRoaders Pres: Brad Key (217) 446-4556 Steve Sabo (618) 327-9312 June 14, 1997 Lincoln Train Motorsports Park Casey, IL Dean Conkling (217) 536-6790 0 July 5, 1997 Washington County Fairgrounds Nashville, IL Steve Sabo (618) 327-9312 July 26, 1997 Vermilion Co. Fairgrounds/Speedway Danville, IL Brad Key (217) 446-4556 August 9, 1997 Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds Mt. Venon. IL Dave Cronon (618) 765-2199 August 23, I 997 Vermilion Co. Farigrounds/Speedway Danville, IL Brad Key (217) 446-4556 September 20, 1997 Vermilion Co. Farigrounds/Speedway Danville, IL Brad Key (217) 446-4556 October 4-5,1997 Lincoln Trails Motorsports Park Final Race of the Season Points· Race on Saturday, I 00K enduro on Sunday Casey, IL (MA.OR.A. sanctioned races. Series Produced by Lincoln Trail Off Roaders) MOJAVE DESERT RACI G 438 W. Arrow Hwy. Ste #23 San Dimas, CA 91773 (909) 394-3265 Phone (909) 394-3266 Fax September 5-6, 1997 Sahara 250 Lucerne, CA Dusty Times October 10-11, 1997 Barstow 200 Barstow, CA November 28-29, 1997 Thanksgiving 250 Lucerne, CA M.OR.E. Mojave Off Road Racing Enthusiasts 25277 W. Main St., Suite 283 Barstow, CA 92311 (760) 253-4453 July 25-27, 1997 Night Owl 200 Lucerne, CA September 19-21, 1997 Shocker 250 Barstow, CA November 7-9, 1997 Wild Turkey 225 Lucerne. CA MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barret 6363 Nightingale Dr. Flint, Ml 48506 (810) 730-9221 NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. # I - Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 OFF ROAD ADVENTURES Four Wheel Drive Excursion P.O. Box 1154 Arcata, CA 95 518 (707) 822-8508 August 15-17, 1997 Gold Rush Adventure Nevada City, CA September 12-13, 1997 Gost Town Adventure 97 South Lake Tahoe, CA October 3-4, 1997 Kern River Jamboree Kernville/Lake Isabella, CA OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasquez 13 180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-8899 All races are at Mountain Shadow lake. Take 1-/0 Horizon Blvd. exit east 12 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 ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Bob Joseph, President 80 Hempstead Dr. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8W 2E7 - (905) 574-7068 PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY 18700 lake Perris Drive Perris - Riverside County, CA 1-800-976-RACE PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 Michael R. Icing P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(5 18) 236-7897 SCCA PRO RALLY SERIES Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 779-6622 July 25-27, 1997 Maine Forest August 22-24, 1997 Ojibwe Forests Bemidji, MN September 12-14, 1997 Sunriser 400 Chilichothe, OH October 3-4, 1997 Prescott Forest Prescott, AZ October 17-19, 1997 Lake Superior Houghton. Ml SCORE Score International 22287 Mulholland Highway, Suite 405 Celebrating 25 Years of Record-Setting Performance Winner's Circle Andrew Wehe Ca_ptures SCORE Overall Crown ---~-....... ___ .. ,., ... _..:,,,,~ .... _.,..,__c.,.....,,,,.-... ·-""'......,...._,._, ... ~ .. ~ =~~• ... $('~,. ~:: .. -:-.:=-=~i:~:~ ~~--~ ~--1,000,.... ... __ ,IN(:0 ..... -0... ,i.-_ ... ,.._i., .. ,.,-, 10~-·""""""""",....__ _ .. __ .,.,.._,""'"'G.·-____ IOJA( ____ -,..,._..,,..,_11,1(;0 _ ___ ..,__ _,. __ WN--M-GO With Bl/stein! A Wln11l"9 Tfltdflion In Off-Road Racing! ,,_ .. ft~--hOff.MollaltKlnt~ ~ -=~:'-...e, BILI. Winner's Circle Brindell and Hughes Share Class 5 -1600 Victory ~-~ ..... ,-n,.o . ..... ,M,,tllt~-.-11- • ·~·-•,..:;i...,-•--·.,.. ~,; ... '°""'.;,o"_ .. ~_......., -~-foolipt~ .. ~-""" ......... ..,.~~-----=--=-==--~ ~:..-.=::-.::.>Od•h•---°""°"t,_.:.e.-=,_._..., -n ..... ___ ,..,..., __ _ --t.oo---•-,_~,.. .,,.,, ____ ._,~ --------·-""'--., ... ~--....... ...,._ ...... _ .. .,,_.... --• ............ ., ............ . Go WiUr Bl/stein! A Winning Trlldition In Off•ROlld Racing/ -·--~--~~~ ~ C,.,IT!,,1►':NIIW5»- IOM -~ & A'llM -~:flt( Of 11/ltfJlt~ _______ .,.,....,. __ ,,,,.,.,_..,..,,. ' ' i Winner's Circle f ~. Marc Stein is Fine on Bilstein For Stock Pro Truck Win Winner's Circle Parker ProTruck Victory To Steve Barlow's Ford John Herder Wins Again At SCORE San Felipe 250 Winner's Circle Steve Williams Cops San Felipe In LA Sheriff's Ford Ranger s.,.,-""""""'·•--. ................. ~-..... ,,._,_ ...,., ........... C»o.>_~, .... ._ .. _.,,._.., .. ....,, ••.• ""'C • .,, tt>,1-MICOftli&onf_P.>i:,,_ •~ ._ __ ,.._W_t_ °""""ilrwl• -.. D,oi,tM•.....00 ... --<T-.. N·«">') r __ Ran,;,or______ __..,..,,~.,-IO,.....> -..W1¥ .. ,. _1t1,.....,•,..·••tro1 _ _.,,...,,_,,_.,.,..,_r...i -·,,- , , • ..,,.,_,.., a ....... ,,,..,. ·llq-~_, • .,. •• ..,_. __ ,_.. ......,.s..,...,.1511_ ...... _ r.. _____ ,....,_ 1, __ .. ..,. ............ ICOAf'c-..--, ~ ---~_ ..... .-·e-=-i""l1l1 ".9~:,,: r ';-E·,-1:N~, ! I j '7 I I ;.- _ : · ,.........J. , "'-····- ~'-·· '~ ... lls: .. __ :, I~ : ... -•. 1 L. . .I=• -' Winner's Circle Chuck Hanis Wins Again In ProTruck Class -,,.,, ....... ··--.:~, .... --«-• ,....,,~~ .. ,,....;'I'<.,••· ,-...,-~.• .. , ,,..:;~ ... ;,.,,,...: .:.,.,. , ... ,.;..... ,. ,,.:~ .... ::: .. ~ ~ .. ,.;,,;..:.~ .... tc,c,...:,,e;.:,11~ ~' f<\'».•!_.,-,.,..,.,.,. •·.u-,·-·•-·ik...,,.,,.,..,.,r_. r-_.,, .. ~.·~ •=,;.,=-·;..,.., ,._._.;_. • ..,-.,,._,. .._. ,,.,, ... ,,._ ,,.,. :.:t''"::.;-;"'~-.. :~··-~."l ,_:··.;;:: ... :..,'::::.'':'.,,a" ::!.~'"~:::~0:-:'~7!:":';;:-' -::;.'::~';'"~.-;:'>"!,:,.-::.~ ,~ BIL9TEIN Winner's Circle Dave Sykes Was Flawless In Parker Stock Truck Win 0....1',••l"!,..,.l.>o<g, . ..:.0••••-""'"'"""""~f'c.nllC--•,e; _, ........ ,.,, .. 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1997 SCORE PRIMM 300 LeDuc Makes It Three In A Row Curt Leduc in the now famous Don-A-Vee Jeep Trophy Truck was the overall winner in the SCORE Primm 300, coverinq the prescribed three laps in 5:02:37, twenty some odd minutes ahead of the near__est car and had a trouble free day. Mike Julson in his Jimco A-Arm had the overall on the last tap but some weird electrical problems slowed him a bit, five minutes out of the overall and a shoo-in in Class 1. Curt LeDuc made it victory number three at SCORE's Primm 300 in April. He was pushed hard by Mike Julson, in a Jimco unlimited car, who had the lead going into the final lap. Bue Julson's luck didn't hold, and LeDuc and his Jeep moved co the front and right into victory circle. . Last year's first annual Primm 300 was an artistic suc-cess. And apparently the word got out. There were 154 start-ers at the second annual, up by 20 enmes. SCORE handled Ron Brant and Danny Letner ran hard all day, had no troubles to speak of and took the silver in Trophy Trucks, about thirty five minutes behind the leader. John Swift and Steve 01/iges hustled the good looking Trophy Truck across the desert for a nice third place, just three minutes out of second after a trouble free run. things much the same way as last year, designing the course so it just skimmed the edge of the Buffalo Bill Hotel's giant parking lot. Then they installed bleacher seats, set up a row of concessionaires wi ch food and souvenirs, and built some jumps and bumps to add ex-citement to the section of the course chat was just in front of the bleachers. This was the scare/finish line also, and a spectator with binoculars could watch the action in the main pits just down the road a piece. When the cars started just at dawn, the bleachers were al-ready full. The early birds saw the Trophy Trucks take off first, at 30 second intervals, heading out into the Nevada desert for a three lap race, totaling almost 270 miles. There was an 11 hour rime limit for all classes. Tim and Ed Herbst put their Ford Trophy Truck into the first lap lead with the fast lap of the day, at 1:35:07, but they had only a liccle over three min-utes on LeDuc. Ron Brant ran third in Danny Lerner's Chevy, a Ii ctle underpowered because they had installed their six cyl-inder motor while the eight cylinder was being prepped for Baja. On the second lap the Herbsts were out with a major motor problem for which they had no fix. That put LeDuc into the lead, with Brant ·and Lerner now in second, and John Swift and Steve Olliges running third in a Ford. This Bill Pate and Brian Ewalt moved into third in Class 1 on tap two and into second on ~p three in spite of losing a gear. In Class 1, Troy Herbst had some major engine problems but managed to hold third • was Olliges' first race in a Tro-phy Truck. He drove the first lap and said it was the·"funnest day" of his life. Swift had brake problems. LeDuc was having no trouble, but he was making some extra gas stops. His crew had decided that it would to be his advantage to run with less cfian a full tank. That meant he had to stop four times to fuel during the three laps. Nonethe-less, he stayed in front of the pack, threading his way through lapped traffic, and cook the win. Lerner and Brant finished second, while Swift and Olliges were third. Jeff Lewis lost all the oil in the rear end of his Chevy and cooked it, but after repairs he took fourth, and Mike Tieman had to replace a broken c.v. on his • '"%.' :4'. Brad Maurer and Rick Paquette in the FAT Jimco were the big winners in 1/2-1600, beating out the other 27 starters. Dusty Times place and considered it a good day after all. Craig Forrest suffered a rollover but it wasn't evident and he managed to secure second place in 1/2-1600. July 1997 Pages

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Chevy two rimes, but could still say he had a good time, and finished fifth. In the unlimited class the first lap leader was Mark Post in his Chevy powered Riviera Eagle, and he posted the quick time for the class at 1 :38:42. Mike Julson was just under a minute behind him in the Jimco A-arm car, and Jeff Darland ran only 10 seconds further back in a Toyota pow-. ered Ch~nowth Magnum. Troy Herbst ran fourth in his Porsche powered two-seater and Butch Arciero ran fifth in Bob Gordon's Toyota Chenowth. Only a minute and 34 seconds s~parated first and fifth places. The second lap wasn't kind. Post disappeared and Arciero broke an axle, and when his crew went ro fix ir rhey found a c.v. alien bole had a stripped head and rhey lose an hour try-ing co gee it apart. Julson wenc inro the lead, with Tom and Steve Martin running second in their Pontiac powered Raceco. Bill Pace and Brian Ewalt, in a Type IV powered RCD A-arm car, were now third and Herbst wirh Steve Martin's son, A.J. riding shotgun, was now fourth, followed by Darland in fifth. Julson, who had a lukewarm season in '96, was having a great race, and at che scare of the third lao had rhe overall r , Bekki Freeman was tied for the 112-1600 lead on lap one, led the class on lap two suffered suspension problems on lap three and still garnered third place. ~· ... George Seeley was not to be beaten as he flew his Class 5 to a nice win and a nineteenth overall as well. lead. Then his car quit. His oil temperature gauge was sud-denly pegged in rhe red. So he gor out of the car ro see what was wrong. There was nothing visible, .so he got back in and it fired up and ran fine. He never did figure out what had gone wrong, but it cost him the overall win, though he was far enough in front to keep the class win. Pate and Ewalt, who Flamingo Road & The Strip 888-227-2279 Tropicana Ave. & Arville 800-675-3267 Dusty Times July 1997 Darren Skilton was the only finisher in Class 3, surviving problems on lap one in the neat looking Kia Sportage. ~ ' .. ,,-""> ,.f;.·i ,;-,,-.. /i,' >~:t, . ,,J:-.."' '~--'\,· • ··~ .... ~ . •. ~ i{~,,~ .. ~: - --:s-"."-1~1i f ,._ --<,-• .,_ Eric and Shane Pavolka worked their way through the pack in 5-1600 for a nice class win, more than an hour in the lead. also had a good day, lost fourth gear about 15 miles before the finish, and took second place. In third it was Herbst, feeling a little lucky to be there. His motor had died on the second lap, and then ran without two of its cylinders. Just 43 seconds behind him were the Martins who'd had problems wirh a brake lever and a sticky throttle spring. Nick Baldwin moved West Flamingo & Valley View 888-402-6278 Page 9

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Larry Roese/er led Class 7 all the way, in spite of some down time on lap one and he finished with a couple of hours in hand. up co fifth place in his Chevy powered Aceco Hedge Hog. The l-2/1600s had a good-sized group for this race, with 28 entries, and 22 of them managed to finish. At the end of lap one it was a tie, with Bekki Freeman, in a Bunderson and Vic Bruckmann in a Chenowth, in front and record-ing the class first lap at 2:02:20. Jeremy Gubler ran third in his Mirage, and then came Brian Steele in his Sus-pension Unlimited car, fol-lowed by Mark Ruddis in a Porter. Rick Paquette ran sixth in his Jimco, and he was only two minutes and 42 seconds behind the lead pair. Bruckmann fell out on the second lap and Freeman stayed in front, now with a minute and 33 seconds on Gubler. But Gubler finished his second lap with a broken rear suspension and headed into his pit. In third it was Paquette and his co-driver Brad Maurer, finding it a dusty race. Kenny Freeman, Jr., Bekki's brother, was fourth in another Bunderson, and Steele and his brother, Scott, were now fifth. This was Scott's first time back in a race car af-ter a horrendous crash at Don McCarthy led Class 7S all day in the Ford Ranger, had no problems and took the class win easily, about forty minutes ahead. Barstow two years ago. Don together and brought the Mi-Lam pus, Jr., who hadn't driven rage home in second place, five for a year, was now running minutes later. Then it was Free-sixth in his Jimco. man, who'd had a last lap flat The competition was close, and then, 15 miles out from the there was a lot of dust, and finish, broker her rear suspen-whole gaggle of these folks sion and got to the finish line went on their heads. Rob in sad shape. The Steele broth-Myerly rolled on the last lap, ers were fourth, followed in by and Jon Al{Tlberg rolled over as Lamp us and then Darnen did Don Bowler. But Maurer Jefferies in a Jimco, who says and Paquette did not. Nor did he still doesn't have the suspen-they have· any flat tires. They sion or motor just right. moved steadily through the Class 3 featured only two ve-dust and found themselves in hides, and the Chevy Blazer of front at the finish line. Behind Todd and Jim Gatrell didn't them Craig Forrest, another complete even their first lap. who'd rolled over, got his act But Darren Skilton had the Kia Sportage out again, with a new IE' R IL RS U !•FILTERS YOUR OFF-ROAD SPECIALISTS/ )> PHONE: (714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622 rn PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS 23.66 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 gearbox this time, and except for the fact that he had a nearly insoluble problem on lap one, he had a good day. What broke on lap one was a "crank trig-ger". Whatever that is. Skilton reported that it cook two hours co figure out what the problem was, then it was no trouble to fix it. He then recorded a couple of steady laps, and got the win. 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"' --i In Class 5 Pete Sohren had his Fod Fab out in front at the end of lap one, with almost three minutes on George Seeley in his Dave Snoddy Special, who'd had a flat already. In third it was Mike Jakobsen, in a Migtec, who was not happy with his rear suspension. He and his crew had been up most of the night before the race, re-building their transmission which had blown in practice. Dohren sheared some c.v. bolts on the second lap, and sat out the rest of the race. Seeley moved into the lead with the flat lap for the class; at 1 :54:22. He was now about 18 m inutes in front of Jakobsen, who was second. In third it was Neal Grabowski. Seeley went on with no fur-ther trouble, and rook the win by nearl y 40 minutes. Brian and Dana D ague were second, reporting only one flat on their way to the finish line. Jakobsen was third, another n ine min- · utes back. He also had only one flat. The Grabowskis were out when· they hit a big rock so hard it jammed their shifter and they could no longer shift. In Class 5-1600 Danny and Mario Ledezma put themselves in front with the class fast lap at 2:20:26, and they had eight minutes on Eric and Shane Pavolka, in their brand new car. Victor Orellana and Juan Delgadillo ran third, with Guillermo and-Miguel Quintero and Francisco Ortiz in fourth place. The Ledezmas were still in front at the end of the second lap, but the Pavolkas had closed the gap, and were only three minutes behind them now. The Quinteros and Ortiz had moved up ro third, with Gerardo and Carlos lribe now in fourth, as Orellana and Delgadillo broke. On the last lap the Ledezmas lost their transmission, and while they did a hurried re-placement job the Pavolkas, whose only problem had been that their hood flew off, went on past and to the finish line for the win. This was their sec-ond SCORE win, the first hav-ing been at Laughlin in '96. The Quinteros and Ortiz, who'd driven one lap each, said they had a good day, with just one flat, and being stuck once, and moved into second. Some speedy on-course pit work got the Ledezmas to the finish line .in third place, not quite cwo hours behind the winning car. The Class 7 cars were led by che Chevrolet of Larry Roeseler at the end of che first lap, and he'd spent some time in the pits doing away with a drive shaft that had been bent on a rock. Still, he had five minutes on Bob Land and Mike Jenkins in their Ford Ranger. In third it was Damien Mavis in his ::,_---=-------------------------------• .: ~so B RDS :rs IP K . Cl I LIG TS BU .. PAC RED.I EQI ELS - OE Brian Collins had a letter perfect day, no problems at all and took his first Class B win in the big Chevy, twenty minutes ahead of the competition. Page 10 July 1997 Dusty Times

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Lobsam and Eli Yee had some carburetor problems but the rookies soldiered on and took the Class 9 win over some very heavy hitters. Danny Anderson and Rob MacCachren flew the Mirage all the way to record the win in SCORE Lites, having no problems during the race. Steve Barlow led the Protruck class from the start, had one flat but took his second win of the season in the pretty Ford. Chevy, with Gary Mecham and Bert Ayers in fourth in a Ford. Roeseler had no more trouble and had a huge lead at the end of the second lap, which had been disastrous for some of the ochers. Mecham's truck had bee~ pushed over the edge of a cliff and needed over an hour to get unstuck, while Land and Jenkins broke a spindle and had to make re-pairs. Mavis moved up to sec-ond place, and now Tracy Rubio, in another Ford ran third. Roeseler kept moving along smoothly, and got to the finish line first, to take another win, his second chis season. Mavis broke his steering about 25 miles into the last lap, and was out for good, and Rubio also Page 12 disappeared o n the last lap. That moved Mecham up to sec-ond place, his only mechanical problem being a failed helmet pumper motor. Land and Jenkins also had a good last lap, and finished third, the last in the class to get to the finish line. In Class 7S the first lap lead belonged to Don McCarthy in a Ford recently purchased from Scott Steinberger. (Steinberger won this race in that truck in '96.) Brady Helm and Bob Graham had their Toyota in second place, though a long way back after havin·g to re-place a fuel pump in a silt bed. They broke an ignition wire later in the lap also. Steve Ghamari was a distant third in his Toyota, and Joel Scankavich broke his Ford on lap one. McCarthy had no problems, and had over an hour by the end of lap two, while Helm and Graham ran fine once repaired, but would have needed an eight lap race in order to have time to catch up. McCarthy went on to rake the win, saying he'd worn out his shocks by the end of the day. Helm and Graham had a good last lap, and closed up somewhat, to finish in sec-ond. Brian Collins put his Chevy f 4¾, "~:">~,' Bill Hernquist in the Jimco A-Arm had a perfect race, not even a flat and took Class 10 with ease and recorded a third overall too! Victor and Angel Barajas had no competition so they parked their VW after the first lap with the Class 11 win assured. Robert Hayley with Rob MacCachren driving part two had no mechanical problems and took the Stock Full Class by almost an hour. truck out in front of the C lass flat when the steering went and 8 race right from the stare, and it strayed into the rocks, but he had four minutes on Dale they ran fifth. White, who built both his own Collins ran a perfectly clean Chevy and also Collins'. Larry day, without any problems, and Plank had his new Ford, which earned his first Class 8 win. features a stock "crate motor, White, still 20 minutes behind in third place, and Dave him, took second place, and Westhem ran fourth in his Plank, who was high-centered Chevy. Westhem had a problem on his last lap, finished in third with his front brake calipers, place. Westhem, who'd got by and decided in the interest of Plank for a while, flattened a saving time he'd just have his tire on the last lap, and gave up crew take them off the car his hard earned position. He rather than try to fix them. finished fourth, with Ashley This he did, and ran the rest of and Smith in fifth over an hour the day with no front brakes, later. something of a challenge in a In Class 9 the first lap lead-Class 8 truck. ers were Lobsam and Eli Yee in Collins had built his lead to their Tubular Challenger, and 20 minutes, by the end of the they had a scant two minutes second lap, by staying out of on Chuck Hovey and Marcin trouble, and avoiding rocks and Christensen in their Jimco. In recording the fast lap for the third it was Rich Richardson, class, at 1 :46:37. White, trying in another Jimco. Meanwhile, to catch him had a couple of Mark Bunderson, in a flats, lost a couple of belts, and Bunderson, was pulling the was momentarily locked up motor of his car so he could with another truck. Plank had change an output shaft seal, a couple of flats also, but held clutch and pressure plate. on to third place, with Daniel Mora was also strug-Westhem still in fourth behind gling in his Chenowth, fight-him . Un cha racteristically fa r ing a mysterious short and/or behind the leader, Dan Smith distributor problem. and Dave Ashley "lost all kinds The Yees, who'd had a flat of steering parts", including on the first lap, had some car-pumps, seals, hoses, and ram buretor problems, and were seals. Their Ford also had one also finding it a very dusty race. July 1997 Still, they were firmly in front, leading by 10 minutes. at the end of lap two. Now t h e Richardson car had moved up to second, and Jim Richardson was driving, and he'd broken a shock shaft and had a flat. Hovey and Christensen dropped to third and Bunderson was underway again, while Mora and his co-driver, Ramon Castro, were still fighting their problem, and by now had dust in the dis-tributor. T he Yees, who are in thei r first year racing, and are genu-ine rookies, continued to run a good race, and took the wi n . But Bunderson was reall y cookin' behind them and re-corded the fast lap for the class on his last lap, at 2:41 :00, to move himself up to second, only 40 minutes back after that massive repair job on lap one. Mora and Castro struggled in for a third place as Hovey and Christense n dropped out with a broke n axle, and the Richardson and their co-driver, Doug Perra ul t, broke a ring and pinion about 17 miles be-fore the finish line. In Class 10 BiH Hernquist put his Jimco A-arm, powered by an air-cooled motor, out in front of the pack, with a lead of just 19 seconds. It was Mike Halliday in second place, in another Jimco A-arm, this one powered by a Pontiac. Chris Harrold ran third in a Honda Acura powered Jimco A-arm and Dwight Lundell was fourth in a Toyota Jimco. H ernquist had been slowed briefly on his first lap when his c rew didn't get a ll h is fuel dumped, and he had to turn around and go back, but his second lap was untroubled, and he recorded the fast lap for the class, at 1:47:17, to build his lead to five and a half minutes. Harrold had moved up to sec-ond place, and now Lundell ran third, a minute behind him. In , fourth it was Robert Harman, in a beam-type car powered by an air-cooled motor. He'd lost his fuel pump on the first lap. Halliday and his co-driver, Rod Muller, had lost their power steering and were now fifth. Hernquist had no flats and no mechanical troubles, and took the win, finishing third in the overall standings, behind LeDuc and Julson. No mean feat with air-cooled motor. Harrold, whose new car gets better every race, finished sec-ond, and fifth overall, a per-sonal feat for the G. Scott As-phalt team. Harman moved up to finish third, while Halliday and Muller, who did his half with no power steering, were fourth, and tired. In fifth it was Mike Flynn, whose left rear caliper had gone up in flames on the third lap. Lundell fell back with electrical problems. The air-cooled Class 10 cars, SCORE Lites, had 13 entries, and Robbie and Billie Goerke, who hadn't pre-run the race, I e d the fi rs t I a p i n the i r Dusty Times

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John Kearney moved into the lead in Stock Mini on lap two in the Cherokee, Clive Skilton took over for lap thr_ee and they took the gold by ten minutes. ~~ :~""'~ . . :~ '"'. ;$:.,. Brian and Dana Dague moved their unlimited Class 5 up in position all during the race, having but one flat to hinder their second place finish. -· Guillermo and Miguel Quintero and Francisco Ortiz each drove a lap, got stuck once but rallied for a solid second place in 5-1600. Vallejr Performance Custom Accessories Competitive Prices No,v ~Available: Barbary Coast Cia~.s 2 Two Seater $45,000 Call Dave O!' i .. enny at 70~-247-1.266 Page 14 3636 !\foad Avenue L.as "v'e~as. ~V 89102 702-1 li-12U6 Bunderson. They had only four seconds on Joel Whitted in a Jimco, and he was only a minute and four seconds in front of Dan Bentley in a Tu-bular Concepts car. Stanley Steele was fourth, while Rob MacCachen ran fifth in Danny Anderson's Mirage, just four minutes and 54 seconds behind first place. MacCachren has no desert ride chis year, but has created his own team, and is busy building a truck for the SODA series. Every car in the class had fin-ished the first lap. 0 n the sec-ond lap MacCachren and Anderson combined to record the fast lap for the class, at 1 :53:54, and moved into the lead, even with the driver change in the middle of the lap. Bentley was now second, with Whitted in .third. Whicced's car is the ocher half of the G. Scott Asphalt team, and they were having a good day at Primm. The Goerke brothers dropped co fourth, and Greg Foster, in a Suspensions Unlimited car was now fifth, and it was still a close race. Only three cars were out of the race now. Anderson said he "cruised" his part of the race, and with no problems he sailed on in for the win. The Goerkes had a broken exhaust, but it didn't show them down and they moved back up to second at the finish followed in by Whitted, who had no power steering for his whole last lap. In fourth it was Gene Griepentrog and Kent Lothri.nger, in a Lothringer, with a total of three flats. Ron Dalke and Jason Cobb, who said they replaced all their plug wires at different times and also had two flats and broke their points, brought their Raceco home in fifth place. All but three of the beam cars managed co get to the fin-ish line. Only one Class 11 car showed up for the Primm, and it was Victor and Angel Barajas in their little red '74 sedan. le cook chem four hours and 21 minutes to do one lap, and when they'd got chat far they parked the car. The skid pan was broken, leaving its under-pinnings seriously unprotected for such a rocky course. In the Protrucks Steve Barlow moved right out in his Ford and set the pace with fast lap for the class, at 1 :55:00. He had a 12 minute lead on Chuck Harris in his Chevy who was second. In third it was Mike James, in another Chevy. Barlow thought the course was very cough, and rocky. He, had a flat on the second lap,. but held his lead. Harris, also: finding it rocky, ran second,'. with James and his co-driver: Mike Kalicki, holding third. . Flats were the problem of the: day for most of these folks. Barlow had one, but had no other trouble, and took the win, his second this season. Harris, who had stomach cramps all the last lap, finished second. He was astounded at himself because after having July 1997 SCORE PRIMM 300 APRIL 18-20, 1997 PRIMM, NEVADA OFFICIAL RESULTS-POSITION CAR.# DRIVER/CO-DRIVER VEHICLE 0 A CLASS CIJ,, Truph~ Trud, - 6 ,Larlc1 , . 5 ii,1i,liu"' ~J Cun l.eDuL ,h•t.·11 Gr:111J \iu.•r,,kt.·L· J'I 0,11111:-LL•Ult.'r t'IH.'\" ~lU 11, HS .l,1h11 S\\ill l••1nl l~.111!:!t'I'" Class I Pro - unlimit~d one & two seat carS - 25 starters. 15 finishers 2 IOI t\like Julson Toyota A-arm Jimco 6 2 10g Bill Pate/Brian Ewalt Type IV RCD A-arm 8 126 Troy Herbst Porsche 2 seater g , 4 124 Tom & Steve Manin Pontiac Raceco 14 5 103 Nick Baldwin/Jerry Whelchel Chevy Aceco Class I-"!./ I 000 Pro - I & 2 seat cars. 1600ccs - 28 starters. 22 finishers 25 I 1628 Brad Maurer/Rick Paquene FAT Jimco 27 2 1601 Craig Forrest Mirage Stealth 28 1602 Bekki freeman Wik's Bunderson 29 4 1623 Brian & Scon Steele Wik·s Suspension Unltd 30 5 • 1600 Don Lampus. Jr Wik's Jimco Class J Pro -..ix..i Vtility Vehicle 108'' or shorur v.hedbase - 2 starters, I finisher 81 302 Darren Skilton Kia Sportage Class 5 Pro - Unlimited Baja Bugs - 7 starters. 3 fini5hers 19 35 42 S03 George Seeley 50o Brian & Dana Dague 501 t-.like Jakobsen FAT D Snoddy/Seeley Spcl Tubular Concepts Migtec Bug Class 5/1600 Pro . Baja Bugs limited to I 600ccs -IO starters, 4 finishers 55 552 Eric & Shane Pavolka 70 VW Baja 69 2 55 I Guillermo & Miguel Quintero & Francisco Ortiz Don Hatz VW Sedan 75 557 Danny & Mario Ledezma vw 84 4 554 Alberto Castro & Ignacio Carrillo Ledezma/Ledezma Class 7 Pro - mini or mid-sized pickups - 7 starters. 3 finishers JI 73 78 700 Larry Roeseler 701 Gary Mecham/Ben Ayers 702 Robert Land/Michael Jenkins Chevrolet S-10 Ford Ranger Ford Ranger Class 7S Pro - stock mini or mid-sized trucks - 4 starters. 2 finishers 66 72 2 723 Don McCarthy 722 Brady Helm/Bob Graham Class 8 Pro - two wheel dri,..e utility vehicles - 10 starters. 7 finishers 4 so: Brian Collins 12 2 804 Dale White 16 J 807 Larry Plank 17 4 805 Dave Westhem 63 5 800 Dave Ashley/Dan Smith Ford Ranger Toyota Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet Ford Class 9 Pro - I & ::? seat cars limited to I 00" wheelbase - 7 starters. J finishers TIME 5 07 15 5.35.35 5:37 14 5:37.57 5 56 30 6.21 20 6 26 32 6 29.24 6·30.13 6 32 55 10· 19 52 6 04:29 6-43.14 6 5248 7:34:39 8:37 51 9:23·20 10:48.57 6:33:09 9:08.44 9:53:22 8:22:57 9:02:04 5 25 27 5:45 26 5.59:27 6.03 .10 7:59: 14 67 74 76 90S Lobsam & Eli Yee Tubular Challenger 8:28:53 90 I 1->lark Bunderson Bunderson 9:08:46 90-1 Daniel Mora/Ramon CastrO Chenowth 9:33· 14 Class IO Pro • I & 2 scat. I 650ccs, water cooled & A-anns ok -IO starters. 7 finishers I 1002 Bill Hemquist Major Type I Jimeo A-ann 5:23: 11 2 1003 Chris Harrold Honda Jimco A-arm 5:34 25 II J 1049 Robert Hannan VW Lothringer Beam car 5:43 52 13 4 1001 Rod Muller.1:-tike Halliday Pontiac Jimco A-arm 5 55 50 44 5 1009 Mike Flynn unknown 6 59.06 Class SCORE Lites Pro - I & 2 seat 1776 ccs & I 83 5ccs. \ 'W beam cars -13 starters, IO finishers 18 1211 Danny Anderson/Rob MacCachren Mirage 604.08 23 2 1215 Robbie & William Goerke Bunderson 6:13:25 26 1204 Joel Whined Jimco 6:22.34 36 4 1209 Gene Griepentrog/Kent Lothringer Wiks Lothringer 6:43 29 45 5 l::'.08 Ron Dalke/Jason Cobb Raceco 7.06 50 Class I I Pro • stock \ 'W sedans - I starter. 0 finishers 123 I 100 Victor Barajas 74 VW sedan(one lap only) 4:21 46 Class Protrucks - 6 starters. 4 finishers 15 299 Steve Barlow Ford F-150 5.56.46 24 2 280 Charles Harris Chevrolet 6.14:42 47 3 270 Scon Steinbcrgcrffo<ld Clement Ford 7· I) 55 48 4 250 Mike James/Mike Kalieki Chevrolet 6·34 03• •ncrfing pcnali1.cd one position Class Stock Full Pro - stock full siled trucks - 6 ~larters. ~ finishers 64 70 R77 Robe11 I laylcy/Rob MacCachrcn M<>2 Mai c Stem Class Stock Mini Pro - stock nuni truds - 8 starters. 2 linishcrs 77 79 7<,S John Kearney/Clive Skiltun 7<>0 Stcvt.• \\1illia,mJ\Villiam Uartlclt Class 1-2/1600 Sportsman - 2 starters, 0 finishers 91 16 71 llob Ruic/Steve Ruic Class 5/1600 Sportsman - I sta11cr. 0 finisher 129 599 Ray Gihsun/rracy Valenta Cla;s SCORE Lite Spm1s111.1n - I starter. 0 finisher 101 1299 Glenn & Thomas Greer For<l f-150 For<l F-l 5U Jeep Gr.Chero~ce Ford Ranger R.05.55 8 58 43 'J.43.13 9 53 24 Rabbit(two laps only) 5.46. 10 Rabbit (one lap only) 5:00:41 unknown (2 laps only) 11:22:01 Course: 89 miles, 3 laµs \\leather: warm, sunny. breezes Dusty Times

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had only cwo flats in all his pre-vious races (chat's '95 and '96), he'd had four in chis one race. Kalicki and James finished third, bur were docked one po-sition for an on-course infrac-tion. That put Scocc Steinberger and Todd Clement, in a Ford, into third place in che official standings. In Class Srock Full Roberr Hayley had his Ford in front, wich a minute and 14 seconds on David Sykes in anocher Ford. In third it was Marc Stein, in another Ford, not quite cwo minutes further back. Chriscine Reno and Manny Esquerra ran fourth in their Ford, and Dale Sykes was fifrh, in sci!! another Ford. Mike McComas, in che lone Chevy of chis class, was sixch, off che pace, obviously strug-gling with a major problem. Hayley had no trouble and half-way through the second lap handed rhe car over co Rob· MacCachren, who'd just com-pleted his stint in the SCORE Lice car. Stein moved up into the lead, recording fast lap for rhe class ac 2:27: 16, bur had only rwo m inutes on MacCachren at rhe end of the lap. Dale Sykes moved up to chird as his brocher, David, dropped our, and so did Reno/ Esquerra and McComas. MacCachren and Hayley had no cro uble ac all, and cook rhe win, rhe second of rhe day fo r MacCachren. Stein blew h is rear end and lost an hour, bur still managed to finish second. None of the others made it co the finish line. Ir was a rather dismal showing for a class that usually have more finishers than most. The Stock-Mini trucks didn't do much better. Leo Brown started the day in front in his Ford, and he had the fast lap for the class at 2:44:45. In second it was Deputy Sheriff Steve Williams in his Ranger, and Jol)n Kearney was third in a Jeep Gran Cherokee. Rob Reinertson was fourth in an-ocher Ford. Brown dropped way back with a five hour lap, and Kearney moved into the lead on lap two, now with a 17 minute cushion. Williams, who'd cracked a radius arm bracket and had to limp co a pie to have ic replaced, was now second, Brown was a distant third, and everyone else was broken. Kearney gave up che driver's seat and Clive Skilton rook over. Having seen his Trophy Truck ger the overall win, he could now relax and have some fun. The team had changed 12 plugs and two coils, and found the ruts almost too deep for their 33 inch tires, bur still ran a good last lap and took the win. This was win number three for the Don A Vee team: Troph y Truck , Class 3 and C lass Stock M ini. W illiams had a terrific last lap, bur couldn't qu ire catch the Jeep, finishing Dusty Times Dale White chased the Class 8 he built all day but never did catch up, thus he finished second in class. l O minutes behind them in sec-ond place. And none of the ochers made it in. 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Makinen Takes Spain by Evolution Text & Photos: Martin Holmes ? ""':. Tommi Makinen with Seppa Harjanne navigating flies the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV past the crowd on his way to victory, his second successive rally win and his first win on asphalt, Tommi Makinen's victory in stood formula seldom seen else- to the driver's touch. Spain was his second consecutive where: the humidity changes World Championship Rally win, even in clear conditions. (le was and the first time he ever won an an unexpected parch of humid-asphalt event. It was the first time ity which caused Sainz to crash a Finlander had won an asphalt in last year's event. The humid-rally in more than a decade and iry for chis event was an unknown the first asphalt win ever for as the rally had never been held Mitsubishi. Monte Carlo winner in April. Piero Liatti could not match For this first all-clear asphalt Makinen's times on the last day event of '97, most of the com-an_d was relegated to a very close petitive cars in Overall and in second place. Gilles Panizzi fin-W2L changed to running 18 ished third overall and first in inch diameter wheels. This year, W2L in the Peugeot. under· Kit Car rules you can The stages on this event were make the wheel arches bigger, exactly the same as chose in lase and that means that the latest tire year's rally, which was held less technology is available to more than six months ago, but nor ev- drivers. Mind you, tires are still erything was the same. Carlos limited in overall diameter to Sainz explained that the stages 650mm, but the bigger sized present a wide range of surfaces wheels allow larger brakes, bet-and the degree of abrasion var-ter cooling thereof as well as .ies, according to a little under-making the cars more respc;msive The heroes of the rally had to be Gilles and Herve Panizzi who, with their Peugeot 306 Maxi won more special stages than any other manufacturer in the rally. They were first W2L and third overall. Raphael Sperrer and Per Carlsson set up for the right hander in the Renault Maxi Megane, a private team by Renault Austria on the way to third in W2L and ninth overall. Dusty Times Another innovation moving into' the Rally world is the se-quential gearshift system. This system is particularly useful on asphalt although Makinen 's win in Portugal using the sequential gearshift was on gravel, bur he and the Mitsubishi didn't know that and won anyway. The W2L cars were a mighty topic of discussion, as last year the first W2L car was only four minutes behind the overall win-ner and one minute of that was due to a flat tire, so we could have been looking at a three minute difference in total time. So, this year, with the entire course expected to be dry, how close would the W2L cars come to winning overall? Could they even come close to the times of the top cars? Peugeot's competi-tion director said, "I will be very disappointed if we do not achieve a podium finish." Sainz shud-dered at the thought. "If that happens it will not be acceptable. Something will be wrong with the system. It will be the fault of the ruks. I will be very upset, and so will the manufacturers." Also of note was the transfer of Armin Schwarz's codriver, Denis Giraudet. The Caralunya Rally was his last appearance with the Ford ream and he is now with Toyota, perhaps to team up once again with Didier Auriol in the Corolla World Rally Car later this season. Catalunya also saw the return of Bruno Thiry who had been let go by Ford after last year's Catalunya Rally, and this year had been provided with a SEAT Kit Car. Leg 1 of the rally consisted of six stages, 115 km's and Gilles Panizzi rocketed into the lead in the Peugeot and there he stayed July 1997 Piero Liatti and Fabrizia Pons power out of a corner on the way to an impressive second place, seven seconds behind the leader in the Subaru lmpreza WRCar. until a flat on the last stage of the leg dropped him to ninth place. W2L machines were win-ning rhe sragei and the heavy hit-ters were having a fir, valuable championship points could be lost to the supposedly slower cars and this was not good! Panizzi and his teammate Delecour tied on the first srage, Panizzi went ahead by five sec-onds on stage two, Delecour spun off the road on stage three. Makinen was eleven seconds be-hind, at the end of stage five he was fifteen seconds down, and McRae and Liatti passed Makinen and were now second and third, and on stage six they led ~he rally in that order. Sainz and Schwarz were both having troubles in the Fords, suf-fering from electronic problems which caused the brakes to lock, not a pretty sight while corner-ing and they were slowly slipping towards the back of the pack. Meanwhile, in W2L the race [II.YD] • Largest Selection Of Rodencls & Spherical Bearings • BACKSAVER • FIREBOTTLES • BATTERIES • SPAL FANS • SETRAB COOLERS • FLUIDYNE COOLERS • AEROQUIP PLUMBING • SILICONE HOSE NEO SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS • MOTOR OILS • GEAR OILS • GREASES • AUTOMOTIVE & RACING COOLANTS WE HAVE OVER THE COUNTER SERVICE CALL US FOR A FREE CATALOG! 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for rhe overall overshadowed the W2L contest. Peugeot won all six stages and Raphael Sperrer fin-ished third for the day in the Renault Maxi Megane. In Group N Gustavo Trelles led all day, winning every stage. The cars of Manfred Stohl and Luis Climenr were running close behind bur suffered problems and lost lots of rime., so second at rhe end of the day was Santi Concepcion in a Group N F9rd. The Ford Escort RS2000 lifts the right rear as the team of Alonso/8elzunce head Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya finished a long tenth overall in, the Ford Escort WRCar Leg 2 was 171 kms, consist-ing of seven stages and suddenly the rally was a lot smaller as no less than 31 cars did not take rhe start on Leg 2. They were drivers who were contesting the one-make championships and were only running on the first days stages. . for their fourth place in W2L and twelfth overall as well. due in part to driveshaft problems on Leg 2 . Whar a day! With the top rwo W2L cars delayed, the race was on between the Subarus of Liarri and McRae and the Mitsubishi of Makinen. Of rhe seven stages on Leg 2, the standings after three of them was a tie for the lead, the lead never being greater than three seconds all day. Makinen starred 12 seconds be-hind, a spin on the last stage of Leg 1 the demise and Subaru was confident knowing that if they survived the abrasive stages in the south and were still leading, their chances of victory looked good with their Pirelli tires. But, at the rest stop halfway on Leg 2, the Michelin's were performing beautifully and Makinen was o-nly four seconds behind Liarri. McRae had a flat on Stage 11 and lost three minutes, while Liatti and Makinen were never less than a second apart throughout the rest of Leg 2. Bruno Thiry with Stephane Prevot in the right seat set up for the corner in the SEAT Ibiza Kit Car in Thiry's return to World Championship rallying. Pavel Sibera and Petr Gross in the Skoda Felicia Kit Car 1600 corner hard before succumbing to gearbox failure at the end of Leg 1. Ford had lowered rhe suspen-sion on their cars in view of smoother and less cambered roads to come and this was their undoing. The mufflers on Sainz's car and Schwarz's car hit the road surface constantly and were de-stroyed, causing excessive heat, snapping rear drive shafts on both cars. Schwarz had the first failure, had it fixed, but it went south again and he was our of the competition. Sainz's driveshafr was changed and he soldiered on without fixing the exhaust so he fell from fourth ro twelfth, driv-ing with the door open ro get some cool air into the car. In W2L rhe chase went on, be-tween them Delacour and Panizzi had set four of the days fastest times and Panizzi was catching up fast; from ninth af-ter the first stage of the day he ended up third. Delecour had Rui Madera and Nuno Silva hang it all out in the Subaru lmpressa 555, finishing sixth in WCD in the Catalunya Rally. The Citroen ZX Kit Car of Jesus Puras/Carlos def Barrio had an absolutely rotten day, breaking the front suspension before starting the first stage. Dusty Times • JJrd Ral.!.\'e Ca talunya-Cos t.?1 Br,1va 1·1/16.4. 37 t.lvre:. da. Har ( ; I WCR r,:i:.:::d 5 World Champ1onanu> po~nts wcR wen W2L 1 ll Tommi HAK!NE~/Seppo Har janne FIN Mit:;ub1shi Lancer E·-,olu:. 1.:,n qA ? •l •IHRF-: ( UB) -lh.OSm. 40s. • 10 l0 -2 41 Piere LIA TT I /Fabe iz ia Pons I Subaru Imprez.J wn:ca.: A P 10-..,RC (GB) 4h. 03;:i. 5Js. 6 6 3 ll) G1 lles . Harve Panlzzi F Peugeot 306 H,1:<i A "iOi.i'..Yi/75 c; I -lh.11:n.SSs. 4 10 4 31 Co l in HcRAE/Nicky Grist Ga Subaru I:npreza WR.::ar A ?');..;Re (G3) ~h.12m.20s. 3 5 141 Angelo ► Barbara Hedeghini I Subaru Impreza 555 A Pl34X3W (Ga) 4h.l3m.5ls. -2 6 7) Rui Madeira/Nuno Silva p Suba:.-u Impreza SSJ A ?161EUO {GOJ 4h.1Sm.12s. 7 16 I Jaime Azcona/Julius BilLnaier E.' ~ ?eugaot 306 Maxi A 5-?-1303 (EI ~h.15rn.28s. 6 2) Uwe NITTEL/Tina Tho:ner D/ S Mitsubishi Lancer E·✓olut i-:m A NiHaE (Ga) 4h.li;:i.25s. 9 20 I Raphae 1 Sperrer/Per Carlsson A/ S Renault Haxi Hl:!gana ,. XI HA:(I-1 (A) 4h . 18m . 32s. 10 5) Carlos SAINZ/Luis Hoya C Ford Es..:ort WRCar A PB?~C (Ga) 4h.18m. 43s. l2 21 I Daniel Alonso/Salvador Be lzuncl! E rord Es.:or t RS200V A N523r'PU (G3) 4h.30m.25s. 13 24 I Gustavo Trelles/Jorqe d•l Buono rt,JU/RA Mitsubishi Lance:.-Evolution N cr;-N79 ( DI 4h.Jlm.1Ss. 14 29 I Miguel Fuster/ J. v icente Hed1na E Paug~ot 106 Kit Car A 5-P-1304 (EI 4h. J6;n.S8s . -15 57) David Uafria/Alberto Sanchis E ?eugeot lil6 Ra 11 y~ :1 8355JSZ (EI 4h. -15r.i.15s. 94 starters. 30 finishers. *Group winners. **W2L. Ho Ladies' startars. 6 HArPJ?ACT;J~E~S RE:.'.;IS'i'E:RE:~ DRIVERS. Winner's average speed over stages 93.47:.Cph. (•f.::,.c•\) power steering problems, Skoda just a minute behind Azcona. and SEAT disappeared forever, In Group N Climenr's engine Triner lost a wheel and was out broke and Stohl came up to fifth, of action, Rovanpera went off the surrounded by several Peugeot road and he too retired from the 106 Rallyes. fray. In W2L Panizzi rook it easy, he In Group N all the top dogs could not afford to stall as his had flats. Climent came up from starter motor was broken and ninth in Group N to second, al-third overall and the 10 points though he lost three minutes in W2L are to be treasured. And so the Catalunya-Cosra Brava Rally ended, run entirely on asphalt in dry, warm, sunny weather, all run in daylight with 94 starters and 30 finishers. Corsica is next and will it be as eventful and exciting as Caralunya? We'll just have to wait and see. with electrical problems, then had suspension problems. Stohl, despite three flats on Leg 2, re-covered from 21st ro 6th. HE BUMP STOPS HERE Concepcion retired the Ford on the first stage of the day and from rhen on the Mitsubishi's were unchallenged. Leg 3 was 101 kms long and rhese final five stages were to be the proof of rhe pudding. Delecour's Peugeot wouldn 'r start, had to be pushed by an-other vehicle, finally made it to the start of the first stage bur the car was withdrawn later in rhe day, no reason given. Makinen and Liatti started the day equal bur from rhe first stage Makinen surged ahead. Only on the penultimate stage did Liatti pick up the pace and give hope of a very close finish, but Makinen pulled ahead and won by seven seconds, exactly the same margin as when Liatti was beaten by McRae last year. Liatti was disappointed at yet another defear,-bur thought the tires were the culprit. Most of the excitement was on the final stage. Azcona in the sec-ond Peugeot had something else to watch: Uwe Nirtel left the road, lost a wheel but continued on three wheels at a fairly high rate of speed and ended up eighth overall in the Mitsubishi, July 1997 stop the up-travel on your suspension with this advanced bump stop system. These Bump Stops come complete with a mounting system, poly-eurethane end piece and enough valving to get the job done. ECOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 PER PAIR. (INCLUDES MOUNTI~G HARDWARE AND THE GRADE 8 BOL"..,, SEE YOUR OFF ROAD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER Yarnell Specialties. Inc. 1-520-427-3551 OR CALL US DIRE( I 102 Crestview P.O. 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PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY 1997 Short Course Off Road Racing At ''The PAS'' Taking the checkers at the "PAS" for the final time is Dan Cannon, savoring the win as the PAS discontinues stadium off road Competition. Thi~ will unquestionably be the most bittersweet piece of journalism that I 've ever as-sembled . I'm sure each and ev-ery one of you out there in "Readerland", is aware of the ups and downs and the highs and lows associated with not only off-road racing, but also life in gen-eral. I just can't help but hope. that the rumor I heard today is nothing more than a bad dream, but more about that later. Sta-dium short course action re-turned to "The PAS" on April 20th, and Spring was in full bloom as this track welcomed back off-road's unique style of racing. And under clear, warm skies, return they did, to the scene of some of the games most exhilarating performances. Those who attended got the holeshot on their summer tans, as the racing took place on a brilliantly sunny day. This opener of what was billed as a Spring/Summer series, came off as smoothly as the words of the PAS's ultra-suave announcer Bruce Flanders. Sev-eral dozen racers sped around and over a challenging course, which had played host to better than a hundred "outlaw racers" just the previous evening. Con-gratulations are definitely in or-der to the entire Perris crew, for putting on a terrific show while staging a race of their own against the clock. The expected shortage at the · turnstyles, seemed to be more than made up for by the wrath and enthusiasm of those on the scene. "The PAS", which could also stand for "Party All Sum-mer", was really sitting pretty with scheduled evening events including the second '97 off-road show, which was slated for May 17th. This desirably cool idea made those future shows even more appealing to both fans and racers. The Speedway and its braintrust, who've always seemed to outdo themselves whenever they've· played host, again were exceptionally gracious. The spa-cious stands and friendly folks that we've become so accustomed to at "The PAS", were just as en-joyable as ever, maybe even more so. It was with great pleasure that I personally toured almost every inch of the grounds. From the grandstands, to the pit area, to the race course itself (even made a brief stop in the Sports Pavil-ion), and if there was even one person who wasn't having a great time, I sure didn't notice them. Perhaps one of the biggest rea-sons behind the success of this ul-tra-modern track, has been the background of those trusted with its operation. I mean, who bet-ter to know what fans and racers enjoy, than some of the sports magazine names and competitors from its recent past? With a num-ber of ex-racers making up a siz-able portion of the Perris Speed-way staff, it's no wonder events here have been so well received. It's readily apparent that a great deal of thought and energy has gone into developing the creature comforts bestowed upon both fan and participant alike. Additionally, considerable work and effort has assured that everyone attending their shows enjoys the best available ameni-ties the sport has to offer. The desire to produce a true "Family Racing Experience" was the mes-sage related at this event's man-datory drivers' meeting, and I'm glad to report that no cost has been spared in seeing that this most worthwhile goal has been · achieved.You've really got to love a place where the Public Address Announcer verbally lambasts those temporarily insane types, who can't use a restroom with-out having to scrawl some sense-less graffiti on its otherwise spot-less walls (Good job Bruce). Most reasonably priced souvenir hats off, to all those connected to "The PAS", and their April 20th · show. So with nary a yellow flag in sight, let us speed on to the Joe Price had to come from behind in both heats but he took the checkered flag twice for a most convincing series of wins. Sean McKenzie was second in the first Heat led Heat #2 for a bit but was relegated to second overall for the day. results and highlights from the first, and hopefully not the last, 1997 off-road short course event from the beautiful Perris Auto Speedway. No less than twelve classes took part in the days races, with the opening event contested by members of Classes 5, 9, 10, 11, l /2 1600 Short Course, and l /2 1600 Desert. It was the Class l 0 car driven by Gary Williams (#48) who grabbed the initial holeshot, and the day's festivities were underway. Marshall Ziegert (#5), in his Class 1/2 I 600 Shorr Course car eventually worked his way to the front, and from there he then led the others on a merry and futile chase, in racing to the first moto victory. Larry McCallum (#11) was first home in Class 5, followed by the team of Ron Satter and Rick H ansen (#512). Gary Williams scored the win in Class 10, while "Big Bob" Dziurawiec (#1631) was first of the l /2 1600 Desert set. Follow-ing Dziurawiec was the Class 9 car piloted and co-piloted by Martin Gill and Miles Calkins (#911). Next came the Class 11 car of Robert Henderson (#1161), followed by the remain-ing three l /2 1600 vehicles of Jess Atwood (#900), Kathy Fay. (# I 6 I I ), and Rafael Navarro (#9). Race Two was for the ATV Sportsman set, and it was Ron Holthaus grabbing the early lead, Holthaus, Richard Yakkey, and Matt Duhamel! all battled for command, with Duhamell even-tually emerging v·ictorious. Holthaus did well to earn the sec-ond spot, with Dave Anderson closing in for third. They were next followed by fourth place fin-isher Raul Perez, with fifth go-ing to Jeff Anderson and sixth to Leo Couadea. The next group on track was the Superlite Class-, and a tal-ented field of five did battle. Rennie Awana (#3) secured the holeshot, but his lead was short-lived, as Joe Price (#5) quickly wrestled away the pacesetters role. Doug Goodenough (#1 O) was running third before encoun-tering some problems, but there would be no problems for Price on this day. Price took the field virtually wire to wire as he pulled clear for the win. Awana did hold second, while Josh Hulsebosch (#4) placed third. Jeff Pearl (#42) and Doug Goodenough com-pleted the scoring. John Hulsebosch drove to a nice third place in the first heat and a fourth in the second heat for a good day of racing. Kathy Fay powers/ides her Desert 1600 car in the chase for the lead but she was to be denied this time. The ATV Pro Class was next up, and up they went. The aptly numbered #1 of high flyin ' Mark Ehrhardt quickly assumed the lead and the race from there was for place, as he distanced him-self from the field. The remain-ing seven Pros slugged it out for runner-up honors, with that spot eventually falling to Doug Eichnar. Ron Collins took third, followed by Steve Beilman, Scott Butler, Jack Bednar, Byron Seed, and Kory Ellis. In the short time that I've covered the PAS's ATV racing scene dating back to last year, it sure seems that Mr. Ehrhardt has a lock on things in these parts. He was without ques-tion the dominant force on this track, and continues to impress Page 22 July 1997 Dusty Times

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with authoritative victories like the one in this first moto. The final race before intermis-sion was the truck event with Classes 7, 7S, and 8 represented. In Class 8 it. was everyone's fa-vorite, "Dynamite Dan" Cannon (#851) and his glistening candy apply red Ford; who bolted to the lead with the teams of Sean McKenzie and Ward Landis (#855), and Denise and Todd Wittman (#857) giving chase. Meanwhile a quartet of 7S rac-ers were also underway, with Jim Highley (#737) proving to be an elusive target from the start. Highley, was stalked most of the race by a game Rick Huseman (#736), but he hung tough to take the checkered flag. Bill Madigan (#747) was able to close in for the second spot back of Highley. Then came the third and fourth finishers, Pat Soffe (#729) and Rick Huseman re-spectively. Jayson Miles (#7 11) meanwhile, cruised to the uncon-tested Class 7 score. Following intermission, the second motos in each event were run, again starting with the "Buggy" set leading off. Marshall Ziegert was relegated to bringing up the rear for starting purposes, this as a result of his earlier moto victory. It really didn't matter though, as he skillfully picked his way through the field en route to scoring another fine win. Ron -Satter gave game chase and was closing in on Ziegert, but he sim-ply ran out real estate and was forced to settle for the second spot. It was, however, still good enough to earn him the Class 5 win. Gary Williams, the Class 10 winner, was next across the line, followed by "Big Bob" Dziurawiec, the 1/2 1600 Desert Class winner. Larry McCallum, the runner-up in Class 5 was next, followed by Jess Arwood the runner-up in l /2 1600 Desert. Following Arwood was Class 9 winner Martin Gill, and Class 11 winner Robert Henderson. Rafael Navarro and Kathy Fay rounded out the 1/2 1600 Desert results. A quick summary found Ziegert, Dziurawiec, Gill, Henderson, Satter, and Williams each taking first in their respective classes. The ATV Sportsman "Main" was a good battle with Dave Anderson racing his way to a workmanlike victory. Anderson simply got there first, displaying nothing fancy, just a good solid effort which saw him grind out the win. Anderson by virtue of his second moto victory was also declared the overall winner in class for the day. Jeremiah Akin did well to p.lace second in Moro #2, and he was followed up in third by Richard Yakkey. Next across the finish line was Jeff Anderson, whose fourth in the main earned him the overall sec-ond on the day, thus completing the "All Anderson" exacca finish in day ending results. The fifth spot went to Raul Perez, and sixth to Leo Couadea. The re-mainder of the scoring read An-thony Cresci Jr., Ray Martinez, Bert Hilliard, Matt Duhamel!, Ron Holthaus, and Hugo Perez. In the Superlite Main, again it was all Joe Price. Price put on an Page 24 The ATV races, always a hit with the fans held many many entries and they all put on a great show at the Perris finale. Doug Goodenough had a broken wing in the first heat but came back in the second for a good third place. encore performance for chose in attendance, as he blasted his way to another convincing win. Rennie Awana again held a brief lead, but Price was just too much chis day and Awana, as in the ear-lie·r moro, proved second best. Doug Goodenough improved on his earlier effort to take third, with Josh Hulsebosch just back of him in fourth, and Jeff Pearl next in fifth. It was a terrific day for Price, as he was nearly flaw-less in sweeping both heats. Ir's a thrill for all of racing when the "Price is Right", and chis day he most certainly was. The second last race on the day was for the ATV Pro's and Mark Ehrhardt was forced to start at the back of the pack, due to his first moro win. This in-verted start rule rurned out to be nothing more than a mere incon-venience for the man who has raced as if he owns the rrack. Ehrhardt quickly went from eighth to third at the drop of the green flag. Then afrer what ap-peared ro be a short breather, he sliced his way past the_remain-ing two racers and hit the front' for good. Doug Eichnar, who again rook the runner-up spot was determined to give Ehrhardt a run for his money, and he cer-tainly did just char. These two engaged in a long and spirited duel to the checkered flag, but· in the end it was again Ehrhardt who came our on top. Following Eichnar in the second moro scor-ing, was Steve Beilman who fin-ished third, followed by Scorr Butler who rook fourth. Jack Bednar was fifth, Byron Seed bested Kory Ellis for rhe sixth spot. In chis race, one of the top ATV Pro's, Ron Collins rook a _nasty fall and ex ired the course in the Med Event ambulance. He was conscious however, and left under his own power, so here's hoping Ron is o.k., and chat he makes a quick return to the local racing scene. The final race of the day was the truck event, and proved a fit-ting conclusion to the day's ex-citing action. Jim Highley, the Class 7S winner from moto num-ber one, again grabbed the holespot, and chis time it was Sean McKenzie setting the pace in Class 8. McKenzie however, came into the first turn a bit too hot and after spinning our, he ended up at the back of rhe pack. Highley experienced no such dif-ficulties on his way to outrun-ning all his truck competitors to the checkered flag. A three way battle back of Highley was waged, by "Dynamite Dan" Can-non, Denise Wittman, and Rick Huseman. Cannon exhibiting some of the talent which has seen him score five straight class championships, was able to repel all challenges and power his way to rhe Class 8 win. Huseman fin-ished next to rake second in 7S, with Wittman just back of him and second in Class 8. The final two spots in 7S for the moto went to Bill Madigan and Pat Soffe respectively, while Sean McKenzie completed the Class 8 scoring. By virtue of his first place finish in the "Main", it was the "Dynan•ite" man, Dan Can-n<'", who reigned supreme in the • l(0.1wan~u1 puv.l·1 • 01lAkrt0 • !">11111dl.Ull'Oll,..,\\ t l h 11::,l • ;'.)ll)k I lfllh• • l:.h .. '1..lftilll._ 1).!llllh•I overall results. All in all it was an excellent racing show, and hopefully an in-dication of more good things to come. Congratulations to not just the winners, but to all those who participated in chis exciting event. Here's hoping you'll all be coming back again soon, I know I will. So until then, a sincere thank you to the entire "PAS" staff for your warm and cordial hospitality, and I'll see y'all next time our off-road paths cross! coming Next Month ... 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Glen Helen Short Course Chan,pionship Series - Round 3 David Anckner was the boss of the track in both heats as he swept to victory in his 5-1600 at the third round at Glen Helen. After a 49 day lull in short course off-road activity at Glen Helen, those masters of metal mayhem were at it again on April 13th. The month-and-a-half re-spite, which seemed more like a year-and-a-half, will be dwarfed by the more than three month gap between Rounds 3 and 4. "Don't be fooled however, into chinking that the off-roadies will be sitting on their bumpers until summer. Au contraire, my little perusers of print. Every direction of the compass seems to point to more and MORE and MORE RACING! Head north and there's M.O.R. and M.O.R.E. events in Barstow and Lucerne. When the hi hways split, there's always the choices of Jean or Stateline, or Laughlin or Vegas, or SNORE or SCORE. You will encounter similar decisions if you head for the border. Whether you choose Perris (PAS) in spring-time, or a summer-like trip co San Felipe, basking in Baja or even cruising to Crandon, racing opportunities seem to exist ev-erywhere! Yes indeed, all seems well with the sport as we race up to l 997's half-way sign. The theory of sup-ply and demand has never been more true than at present. That is, if you can provide first class, · crowd pleasing racing, then you are very much in demand. Com-petition is quite fierce both on the track and off, as each of the racing establishments attempt to woo the top teams and drivers to their venues. As we scale the "wall of fear", roar through the "rocker" section, and launch off of "animal leap" it has become clear that the real winner is ev-eryone! All signs seem to indicate that the second half of '97 will be marked by off-roads strongest and most successful year ever. Those doomsarers who predicted the demise o our great sport, badly underestimated the cour~ age, faith, and spirit of its le-gions. Instead of competing track~ destroying or weakening each ocher, its becoming appar-kl = Dan Cannon flies through the air in the BS Ford on his way to winning both heats on a great Sunday at Glen Helen. .,;.,· "lli). i Rick Huseman ran to victory in both heats and holds a commanding lead in 7S season points at the Glen. ent that all can be successful and even work together, co strengthen the sport. To our dearly departed friend and editor Jean Calvin, I know you' re watching over us and both your sport and your spirit are very much alive and well. While two-thirds of the world was either watching the Long Beach Grand Prix or a cat named "Tiger" rewriting golf's record books, there was some pretty impressive driving also going on at Glen Helen. So travel back in time with me .......... as I recap "The Helen's" '97 Round Three. ., ' The day's first event was for all the ATV classes. There were four "Pro's" signed up, led by the series' points leader Ron Collins. The opener also marked the re-turn of two of last season's to pro's, Eric Cobb and Adam Campbell, as well as the series debut of Jason Greenhaw. An-other healthy cast of fourteen Intermediates, led by defending Champion Richard Yakkey took part, along with a trio of" Begin-ners". When "Gentleman Bob" dropped the green flag, another day of sizzling sport started. Ron Collins immediately vaulted co the front as has become his cus-tom. Collins led from f1agfall co that's all, and never really looked back. Eric Cobb was also visually impressive, closing the gap on Collins at times, before settling for the second spot,· and all the while showing no signs of the better than two month layoff he was coming off of. Adam Campbell finished in third, in a race that marked the fifth straight heat win by Collins. In their main event it was again the 3 C's finishing on top. Only this time it was Cobb who took the check-ered flag, and with it the overall win. Campbell came next, as he held off Collins for the runner-up spot in both heat two and day-ending results. Cobb's strong performance moved him into the second slot in points to-tals, although Collins still enjoys a clear lead. Dave Parsons soars like an eagle as he wings his way to victory in heat 2 after a second place in heat 1 for the days Overall win. ..;;;;.;;;;..;;;;;.;;.;;;;;;;,;;;;;,;-;;;-------------Steve Bishop drove to a couple of first place finishes at the Glen in Class 1 O, collecting 39 points for the day. Dwight Greene heads down the hill in his Class 8 pickup on his way to two first > place finishes in the combined 314/6/8 heats. Raul Flores takes the Toyota to another win in Class 7 at Glen Helen Round 3. Page 26 July 1997 In ATV Intermediate action, Richard Yakkey continued his mastery over the division with another stellar performance in the opener. Dave Anderson also was impressive posting a game second, followed by third place finisher Ron Holthaus. 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Chad Gall took all the honors in Super 1600 and has a huge lead in season points too! Adam Rasmussen was only able to garner a couple of third places this race but he still holds a commanding lead in Class 1 0 season points. -Tim Highfill makes it look easy in his Class 5 as he heads to his first place finish in heat one, third in heat two and a nice second overall for the day PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS ~ iii • McKENZIE'S AIR FILTERS • K&N e UNI-FILTERS ♦ Y()UR OFF-RO/JD i ~ SPECIIJI.ISTS! I PHONE:(714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622 .. Zl66 E. OAANGE1lORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 • DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME t i ill . i • 1l i'j I 0 s 4-SPYDER SUPER DIFFS I " I' . ~ . Tl .IRS ffi The Cast Diff is back! i ~ • Made from.ductile Iron. I • Utilizes 4-Spiders for added strength. This 4-Spyder Super Diff comes suppplied ~ with precision-ground pins and block. i MCK-0265 Greatly Reduced Pricer T21RS All New to the industry! 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Yakkey's win streak may have ended, but his streak of impres-sive performances did not, as he took second and second overall. Charley Rennie took third in the same two categories, while Dou-glas Peters scored a fourth in the main (5th overall) and Alvarado's scorecard was just the opposite. The sixth through tenth place finishers in the main were Tony Miller, Dwane Kastor, Mike Nishimoto, Joe Noon and Tony Cresci. In overall results Miller, Holthaus, Kastor, Nishimoto and c.esci completed the scoring. In the ATV Beginner Class, Rob Baumsteiger enjoyed the best day of his young career. Baumsteiger sped to a paid of vic-tories, which pulled him to within 14 points of the series' points leader. A pair of newcom-ers to the scene, Chris Pletcher and Ronnie Page, took second and third respectively in both heats and overall. Race number two featured the Superlite, Pilot, and Odyssey some problems, while defending Odyssey Class Champ Guy Savedra had neither problems nor rivals. The third race was on the day before "income tax eve" was con-tested by an interesting mesh of Classes l, 5, 9, 10, Super 1600 and 5-1600. Scott Akerley made his series debut, and his Class 1 victory was assured via the entry box. Likewise for Class Super 1600's Chad Gall, who also won unopposed. Gall looked good on the crack as he padded his lead in the seasonal points title chase. Class 9 was a good old-fash-ioned duel between two of the friendliest rivals on the grounds, Dan Mustoe and Arco Ylikangas. "Dan The Man" proved best this day, as he continued his march to-wards another championship with a fine pair of victories. Ylikangas couldn't keep pace with Mustoe, but the pride of Oolu Finland did race well enough to put 40 points between himself and the bulk of his Class 9 rivals. There were a trio of competitors in each of the remaining classes in race three. Dave Parsons and Tim Highfill made their series debuts in Class 5, and they were joined by Ron Satter. In heat number one, it was Highfill who emerged on cop. Highfill cook the checkered flag, followed in second by Parsons who held Satter safe for the runner-up spot. Things turned out differently though when these three 5 's held their rematch after the break. This time it was Parsons who claimed the win and the overall victory spoils. Satter improved on his ear-lier finish by raking second, but Highfill's heat one win carried him to the overall second spot on the day. Class 5- 1600 action saw David Anckner steal the show. Anckner was clearly the star of the class this day, as he registered a pair of styl-ish wins. Jeffrey Hantz, while un-able to stay with the winner on this occasion, was still able to score a pair of seconds and remains 25 points clear in the points chase. Rueben Torres made his debut on the circuit by caking third in the opener, before making an early exit. In Class 10, Steve Bishop kept his '97 series record unblemished, with another pair of sparkling wins. As per his style, Bishop me-thodically blitzed his competition again with relative ease. Despite piloting a vehicle that was set up for desert racing, "Fly in' Ron" Brookshire did well to score a pair of seconds in his introduction to short course racing. Adam Rasmussen tallied a pair of thirds and still sports a sizable lead in • Classes. A field of eight partici-pated, with a total of six Supers, one Pilot, and one Odyssey. In the Superlite Class, what started as a competitive six-pack, quickly became the Rennie Awana Show". Awana bolted to an early lead and was never seriously threatened, as he led from flagfall to finish. Joe Price also looked strong and was a clear second, while Stacey Fay raced well and finished third. There was more of the same in the main event, as Awana again assumed command and drew off. Price again bear everyone not named Awana, while Fay's consistency was goodenough for another third and third overall. Peter Kujundzich and Stanley Bennett finished fourth and fifth in both heats. S_ean McKenzie was only able to take a pair of third place finishes in the high flying Cline Wolsey soloed in the Pi-lot Class, despite encountering July 1997 . Class BS Chevy pickup. Denise Wittman and her BS Ford Flyer took second place twice at Glen Helen and she leads the season points as well. Dusty Times

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ATV-Pro had Eric Cobb collecting a second and a first as he was Joe Price gets way up in the air as he heads to a pair of second places in the third round at the Glen. The ATV action gets fast and furious as they scramble for position the overall points winner for the day. points going into Round 4. The final race of the day was for all the truck classes and also the only Rally Car entrant. A total of ten trucks saw action, and the one Rally vehicle on hand was driven by Shirley Bennett. Bennett teamed with her Volkswagen Rab-bit to hop ahead of any future Rally racers. With Bennett's being the only Rally car resting the Glen Helen course thus far in '97, here's an extended invitation to all Rally Class racers to come join the fun for Round 4 on July 27th. The Class 7 and Srock Mini 2WD Class victories were both won unopposed by their respective entrants. It was Raul Flores who again cruised to the Class 7 win, with an uneventful tour of the grounds. Thar's back to back wins for Flores, and likewise for Bill Barnes in the Stock Mini 2WD category. "Wild Bill" raced to his victory with a good run in heat one, before he broke the spider gears in the rear end forcing an early departure in heat number two. Not to worry though, "Wild Bill" promised char both he and "The Posse" will return. A march race was on tap in Class 8 between Dwight Greene and newcomer John Phegley. A study in contrast would best describe chis pair's fate. Greene had a virtual walk in the (Off Highway) park, compared to Mr. Phegley. Greene made it back to back wins as he flashed co a pair of easy scores. Phegley meanwhile, had a reacher rough introduction co the local scene, experiencing heat ending problems in both races. Better luck next rime though is most certainly assured. Class 7S action may have seen the defining moment in the young career of Rick Huseman. Huseman put it all together with a strong pair of runs char propelled him to the overall victory. Huseman looked like anything bur a rookie as he scored hear wins first over "Big Bob" Dziurawiec, then Stacey Pike. Pike's main event second earned him che overall second just ahead of Dziurawiec. The big three in Class BS put on their usual excellent perfor-mance. These three exceptional racers seem to cake cums beating up on each other, with a different winner emerging almost every rime. This day clearly belonged to Covina's home-grown hero "Dyna-mite Dan" Cannon. Cannon in-herited che lead early in heat one, when Sean McKenzie lost all gears except reverse. No, McKenzie didn' c drive the course in reverse, bur co chose of us who know him well, it certainly wouldn't have sur-prised us ifhe had. Meanwhile, the always cough Denise Wittman was in hoc pursuit of Cannon. It's al-ways a thrill co watch these two (of my favorite) racers do battle. Wittman made it close, bur Can-non refused co relinquish the lead Dusty Times Stacey Pike and his Ford took a third place and a second place respectively in a good Glen outing. and cook the "checks". Wittman earned che second spot, while McKenzie skillfully backed his way into third. In the finale, all three were back for more. Hats off to Mr. McKenzie who's innovativeness saw him flip his reverse gear over, thus allowing him co circle the course and score a few potentially viral points. "Dynamite Dan" meanwhile, blasted off the line and had his sights set on a Sunday sweep. Cannon appeared to have built an insurmountable lead late in che hear, but Wireman refused to go quiecly. She continued co chip away at Cannon's ·lead until traffic on the white flag lap brought the two within a truck-length of each ocher. Cannon re-pulsed one lase chal-lenge co secure the win over the ul era-game Wireman, and pull the big 3 into a virtual tie for the points lead. With Wittman caking Round 1, McKenzie Round 2, and now Cannon Round 3, things should really be hearing up in_ Round 4. Well my fnends, cha:c will just about do from my end. Congrats co all those who cook pare in racing action as things really hear up in che second half of 1997. Best wishes co our local contingent wheeling into Wisconsin for the opener of the '97 SODA series, and a very special thank you to all of you who wrote and faxed co me with your thoughts and ideas (more on char next issue). I hope co see you at the races. Round 3, and s ta Y Old Glory flew at half mast at the Glen in memory of tuned for some serious our departed Publisher, Jean Calvin. Reuben Torres made his debut at the Glen in his 5-1600, placing third in heat one but unable to answer the flag for heat two. July 1997 in some hotly contested racing. Class 7S saw Bob Dziurawiec grab a second and a third in his hunt for the season points championship. Dave Anderson had a second and a first at the Glen and was the ATV Intermediate winner for the day. Superlite action had Stacey Fay taking a pair of third place finishes home as she battles it out with the boys. Page 29

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Wild West Pro Rally #2 Carl Merrill and Lance Smith had a short rally when the new Norseman Resorts Ford Escort Cosworth DNF'd with a broken suspension. ~ ....... .....,, #1 Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker led all the way as the Hyundai Tiburon claimed an easy victory in the Little Creek Casino #3 Selcuk Karamanoglu and Tony Lumino have much faster paint on their 4WD Eagle Talon as they move up to the open class in 1997. Wild West Rally. the setting sun, mask a brutal first of us and ate his dust, that cost us It was just a cruise through the said Choiniere, "for us it was the Shelton, WA. stage. While the roads were dry for a minute, then we lost front wheel northwest woods for Paul bestkindofuneventfulevenc."The While Choiniere and Becker rhisevent,manyoftherally'sstage driveandlost~oretime,thenwe Choiniere and Jeff Becker, as their 3 70 horsepower, 4WD Hyundai cruised, it was two days of rocks roads were in rough shape from the went off road and lost 15 seconds, Hyundai Tiburon claimed an easy jumped into a 37-second lead on and rolls for the competition. The northwest winter. Lots of new and and that was just the first night!" victory in the Little Creek Casino the very first stage, increased that tone for the whole weekend was sharp rock peppered suspensions Joy and his co-driver, Michael Wild West Rally, round three of the lead to almost three minutes at the established in the first minutes of and punctured tires. Finnell, fought back to claim sec-1997 Michelin Pro Rally Champi-end of the first night, and eased the rally. The Hyundai started first Second place finisher Henry Joy ond overall in the Stopped Morion onship. home to win by 6:29 after two days and left a hanging cloud of dust for described his rough weekend, "We Mitsubishi Lancer, less than a "We started very well, and of racing over the Simpson Tim-everyone else. With cars starting at got off to a bad start on the first minute ahead of the first two-gradually built our lead from that," ber Company logging roads near one-minute intervals, the dust and stage. We caught the car in front wheel-drive car, the 240 horse-\ "T-l -·" ... ~ /· .. -~-,..~ ~ ' ~ ~ '4'fJV\1"Ce ~ -C-he 't eJid.. dps -c-he ~~ ,zev~ d,~~ ... -, ·. -~--r JI J . • , -~ Helm/Graham Racing ~ • -~~"=-r::~ Perris Speedwov. Winner :: .: 1;:--'/ ' • . - \ ; f' ~· . 'P . ;:.;g,· . !., J~ ~ig;iev Rocing , • Score 7S Leaders - · Built by Donohoe Racing • ; Donohoe Racing \.... '"r·· Shock Development .. ~ " -;~\-1 E. White Star Unit H □ Anaheim, http://www.donahoeracing.com ...... -·· __ , • Page 30 July 1997 --..__· .. )-.-; .. . ·~ •.' r / ... ~- . -~.;/,,,., .,,,.., Dusty Times

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#17 Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge were Choiniere's only early competition till the Crazee Espresso Toyota Celica rolled out of contention while running second overall. #27 Bill Malik and Farina O'Sullivan grabbed the group two class with an eighth overall in the Coffee Fresh Volvo. #900 Sam Bryan and Rob Walden gave away more than 100 horsepower to the open class cars but still finished third overall in the two wheel drive Saab 900. power Saab 900 of Seattle's Sam Bryan and Rob Walden. "Third definitely exceeded our expecta-tions," said Walden, "we'd have been happy with fifth overall in this field." While the Saab team claimed the Group 5 class win, one of last season's class champions Selcuk Karamanoglu moved his 4WD Eagle Talon up to the open class with 360 horsepower and a much faster paint job. Karamanoglu and co-driver Tony Lumino looked quick at times, but struggled with new car problems, like blowing a turbo hose within sight of the start on the first stage. The Eagle flapped home fourth overall. #6 Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes in the Ruby's Toyota Supra finished second in group five despite this flat tire on stage ten. unkind to another new car, the tidy America, the Escort broke a half-new Norseman Resorts Ford Escort shaft on the first stage, and Cosworth driven by Carl Merrill dropped out with suspension mis-and Lance Smith. The first of the eries after stage five. The northwest rocks were also new "world rally cars" in North Another DNF was the GT class #8 Mike Whitman and Paula Gibeault suffered same new car problems with the 4WD Ford Sierra Cosworth. '91 Fiberglass Bodies COMPLETE WITH GRILL Toyota Tl00 - $1640 Ford Fl50 - $1647 Chevy Cl500 - $1660 Dodge Ram - $1620 PURCHASE SEPARATELY Doors & roofs starting at $168.75/ea Fenders & grills starting at $133.00/ea Bedsides starting at just $216.00/ea Call today for a complete price list! Stewan & Stewart Inc. 9419 Abraham Way Santee, CA 92071 Phone (619) 449-6252 Fax (619) 449-6470 Page 32 Crazee Espresso Toyota Celica of Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge. The northwest ladies provided Choiniere's only early competition, topping the field with the fastest time on stage two, and running second overall. Then the two time Sports Car Club of America division rally champions hooked a ditch on stage five and rolled out of contention. Back among the finishers, Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes battled Bryan for a Group 5 class win till some sharp rocks led to punctures and lost time. Kosmides held on for a fifth overall, second in class, with the Ruby's/Linda Tenney Toyota Supra. Steve Gingras and Bill Westrick were also slowed by flat-tened Michelins, but still claimed the GT class for almost production 4WD cars with a sixth overall. Another new 4WD open class car, the Ford Sierra Cosworth of Mike Whitman and Paula Gibeault, struggled through a se-ries of new car problems to finish seventh. Close behind, Bill Malik and Farina O'Sullivan grabbed the small-engine 2WD group two class with an eighth overall in the Cof-fee Fresh Volvo. Bruce Newey and Matt Chester teamed up for third in group five, ninth overall, in the Metro RallyeSport Toyota Celica. While the Chevy V-6 powered pickup of Ken Stewart and Dr. Floyd Shrader finished tenth. 13 of the 20 start-ers survived the rough roads to the finish. Among the DNFs were Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares with a blown engine in the Suntrips Audi, , and Roger Hull and Karen Bur-rows in the Goodyear Eagle. The win moved Choiniere, from Shelburne, VT and Becker, from Great Neck, NY, to the top of the points standings in their quest for an unprecedented sixth straight national tide. As the pro-rally se-ries moves from the rocky north-west to the dusty ridges of Califor-nia, the early money is on ti-le Tiburon for the tide. July 1997 # 7 Henry Joy and Michael Finnell fought problems, but claimed second overall in the Stopped Motion Mitsubishi Lancer. This is the ~ystem run by most off road race winners TRI-MIL BOBCAT CUROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER ---"""'! 13220HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 WHOLESALE ONLY . DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Dusty Times •

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ABMAwEsf UL& REiloRf Sou'Wester and Wild West Divisional Rallys #4 Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares slid the Suntrips Audi 4000 Quattro to second in the Sou'wester Divisional. #2 Ralph Kosmides/Joe Noyes were first overall in the Sou'wester with the slick Linda Tenney Toyota Supra. Kosmides, Joe Noyes, Steve Kosmides, from Newport for the Ruby's/Linda Tenney Gingras, and Bill Westrick col- Beach, CA and Noyes, from Se- Toyota crew. lected the first place trophies attle had to come from behind The Sou'Wester is a short co-from the Sou'Wester and the to claim the Sou'Wester title in efficient 2 divisional rally run Wild West Northern Pacific Di-their powerful group five Toyota concurrently with the first six visional rallies held in the foot-Supra. Following their successes night stages of the Wild West hills of the Olympic Mountains, in the last rounds of the Doo National event. This year's event near Shelton, WA. Wop Series, the Sou'Wester win featured some unusual northwest Sou'Wester was the third divisional in a row dust and plenty of the usual HONDA Power Equipment northwest rocks. Kosmides and Noyes grabbed the lead on the fifth stage after the early leaders Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge hooked a ditch and rolled the Crazee Espesso Toyota Celica. Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares captured the 4WD class points with a second place finish in the Suntrips Audi 4000 Quattro, 1: 15 behind the leaders. Todd Hartmann and Kirk Knestis fin-ished 15 seconds behind the Audi to claim the U2 class in the lntrax Volkswagen Gti. Gingras and Westrick struggled through the dust to fin-ish fourth in the Act II Popcorn Mitsubishi Eclipse, just ahead of Tim Paterson and Joel Wright in the Falcon Racing Mazda 323 GTX. Sixth overall were northwest regional Class 2 winners, Jim and Kara Unger in the Unger family Toyota Celica. Roger Hull and Karen Burrows were seventh in the Goodyear Eagle Talon. John Lane and Scott Huhn were eighth, bur first in regional Class 3 in the Day N Nice Tow-ing Volvo 262, eight seconds ahead of the new 4WD Ford Si-erra Cosworth of Mike Whitman and Paula Gibeault. Steve Walker and Dave Lowe finished tenth in the return of the Walker Dyno Mazda 323 GTX as 27 of the 33 starters finished the event. Other DNFs included Lesley Suddard and Anne Thomas in the Maaco Dodge Charger, out with a broken transmission, and Richard Losee and Kent Livingston in the Bon Losee VW. KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ POWER T0_~-0 Racer· and Spectator D'iscounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PuRPOSE ENGINES =---,. . • ~ ATER PUMPS •?UTBOARD ENGINES I, : -;,-:__ . LAWNMOWERS LAWN TRACTORS EB6500SX ' • RIDING MOWERS •TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT PARTS AND INVENTORY IF We DoN'T HA VE IT, No ONE Doest -""' =--=-=--/. i,;g~ · · 00 ~\ ,i -:: ... ;;_,#I DELIVERY TO TI-IE RACES AVAILABLE • PLEAsE CAIL AHEAD l'i.' ~-P--EX1000 KAWAGUCHI HONDA 3532:E.3RoSI:Las~CA9CXJ63•213.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 HONDA Power Equipment Page 34 /v1sAj SALES, SERVICE, PARTS • , • • HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST N:lthingSeastef. ~ :or opumum pcrfonnancr 3Jld S3f~ty. plt"asc l'r:id Lhr o,\,1rr's manual ~fore-o~r:uing yo,:r Hond:a Po\l.'\"r Equipment. Spttillc-a~tons ;ubjttt to c-t·..uitz,; ""1lhout. noll'-"e-• ~ ESlhn.1tr ont~-. b:iMd on r.:itrd load. tS."mrry not included \I.1th E~13~SXKI. £~150005.XKI and £80500SX. +•Wtlh battrry tr.iy kJt. whttls & h.ln!JC'r. ConnttUon 10 houSf' powrr rrqulrrs trunsrcr d~1« to ,wolJ possible- lnJury lo pov.~r company ~rsonnrl. Consult :t. qu;t.Ji8\"d rlttlr1ci.3n. July 1997 Dusty Times

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#67 John Lane and Scott Huhn claimed_regional class three in both events in the Leading Edge Volvo 262. #110 Tim Paterson and Joel Wright in the Falcon Racing Mazda #85 Todd Lengacher and Tina Warner, Datsun 21 o, claimed second 323 GTX collected fastest time on the last three stages to almost Wild West Gingras and Westrick survived flat tires to claim the Wild West Divisional win by six seconds over fast finishing Paterson and Wright in the Falcon Racing Mazda. The Wild West is a coef-ficient 3 divisional rally run with the final nine stages of the Wild West national event. This year's event was unseasonably dry and dusty. Gingras from Elk River, MN and Westrick from Orion, MI. made the trek west with their 4WD Mitsubishi Eclipse thanks to some tasty new sponsorship from Act II Popcorn. They grabbed the lead on stage six and held on tight as Paterson and Wright cut the gap by 58 seconds on che last four stages. The comeback crown has to go to Losee and Livingston. After their Volkswagen Golf Gti retired on stage one of the Sou'Wester with a broken ball joint, rhe Utah team returned in rhe Wild West ro claim third overall, first in rhe under-two liter class in the Bon Losee car. Kosmides and Noyes dropped our of the lead when they lost four minutes with a flat. Still Ruby's Supra crew claimed the over-two liter class to extend their margin toward another di-in class three in the Wild West Divisional. · capture the Wild West Divisional. · #11 Todd Hartmann and Kirk Knestis stormed through the dust to claim the U2 #26 Steve Gingras and Bill Westrick survived this flat tire on stage four to win the class in the Sou'wester in the lntrax Volkswagen Gti. Wild West Divisional Rally in the Act II Popcorn Mitsubishi. visional class title. Tavares, Audi engine failure, gasket, and Jake Dekovic and finish at the Little Creek Casino. Hartmann and Knestis fin-Hull/ Burrows, scrambled Eagle Katie Callahan, with a collection Next up in the Northern Pa-ished fifth in the In trax Golf, electrics, Scott Fuller and Ben of flat tires. 22 of the 31 starters cific Division, the return of the with regional Class 2 winners, Bradley, hole-in-one Golf head were running on rhe return co the Oregon Trail Rally in June. the Ungers, sixth in the Celica. _________________ ....;;, _________ ......::~ ___ __: _ _:_ __ _ Regional Class 3 was again claimed by the Lane/Huhn Volvo. Whitman/Gibeault ran as high as second, but dropped back to eighth after a quick turbo swap, with blown fuses and an-other day of left-handed shifting. Bill Malik and Farina O'Sullivan claimed ninth in the Coffee Fresh Volvo 240, ahead of Ken Stewart and Floyd "Doc" Shrader in the V-6 powered Chevy S-1 0 pickup. Among the DNFs were Brasil/ WE CARRY AURORA, PYROTECT, PARKER PUMPER TURBO BLUE, VDO, SIMPSON .J.T. INDUSTRIES, SWAY*A*WAY WRIGHT PLACE, SACO, EARLS YOKOHAMA, SUPER TRAPP, AUTO FAB SWEPCO, BEL-RAY, TANAKA, S&S BUG PACK, CHENOWTH, UMP BELL HELMETS, KEP, FODDRIL UNI-FILTER, K&N, TRI-MIL, PIAA PERMA COOL, BEARDS SEATS, SCAT COMP-U-FIRE, WEBER CARBS #43 Jim and Kara Unger bounced their Toyota Celica to a pair of regional class two victories in the Sou'Wester and Wild West. SAND TIRES & RIMS, BOGART WHEELS CNC, ULTRA WHEELS, SIMPSON CUSTOM COMMERCIAL WHEELS MECHANIX WEAR, WCM, FUEL SAFE "WE ARE NOW A DEALER FOR FOX SHOXS" #77 Roger Hull and Karen Burrows were seventh in the Sou'wester in the Goodyear Eagle Talon. Dusty Times CALL TOLL FREE 1-888-755-5900 WE CAN SHIP UPS TO YOUR DOOR -·... ~ R~~ 3054 S. VALLEY VIEW #3 * LAS VEGAS, NV * 89102 HOURS: MON-FRI IIAIIUJPIIII ,.. SAT 9AM-5Pll,f (702)871-5221 FAX July 1997 Page 35

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Zarfati Takes 4x4 _Into History Text & Photos: Darryl Smith History in the making as Fabio Zarfati covers the 225 mile course in 5:04:48 in the Mitsubishi Pajero to become the Class 8 winner and the first ever non buggy overall winner in the Australian desert. Well done. At the ope~ing round of the Australian Off Road Champi-onship, there were plenty of surprises; the biggest of all was the fact for the first time in Australia a buggy didn't win overall. Thar feat went to Fabio Zarfati from Sydney in his Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4. The field of 50 cars took on some very dusty conditions at Port Pirie in South Australia, and it was certainly a quality group that Zarfati beat home; in fact the rest of the top five were all world class USA imported buggies. Class One. It was obvious a lot of drivers had spent the off season making big im-provements. None so obvious than when Mark Burrows _went out in Prologue and qualified some 10 seconds faster than anyone else! His nearest class rival was Neville Boyes in 3rd spot with Eric Schmid, as usual embarrass-'I"'OVG-II OFF-ROAD FUE L CELLS All ATL Cells Carry A Full Race Approval To FT-3 Or FT-5 Regulations c& '\!:::2 l!:::!J 0 ~ Laps Ahead Of The Comp AERO Tee LABORATORIES INC. oO\ SPEAR ROAD INDUSTRIAL PARK \S 533 RAMSEY, NJ 07446-1251 5~6• TEL: 201-825-1400 • FAX: 201-825-1962 Page 36 ing the high tech machines, next in his VW bodied car. Into the race and Burrows' luck turned sour with tyre troubles, while Boyes went into the lead car spot. Brad Zacka debuted his lat-est USA import but stopped to fix a turbo pipe on the Nissan motor. By the half way mark Schmid was out with brake prob-lems. And Boyes slipped back with water leaking from the turbo. The big mover was Bob Mowbray who was now leading th~ class and was in 2nd overall. Also climbing steadily was Nev Taylor having his first desert run in Class 1 after being a VW Baja pilot for many years. Mowbray still led heading for the finish but Burrows, Boyes, and Zacka were all charging back. With only some 20 kms to go Mowbray pulled up with clutch problems. Taylor grabbed the lead spot and hung on to the fin-ish and also took 3rd overall. Zacka came in second, over Boyes, Burrows, and Nev Day. Class Two. It looked like the 1600's were going to put on a fine show after qualifying saw Tom Georgeson, Andrew Fitzgerald and Steve Burrows all very close. In to the race and Fitzgerald went out to lead, while Wayne Green rolled in his first race in this class. Burrows went out after clipping a stump in the dusty conditions. Fitzgerald meanwhile was way in front at the half way point and in fact, was up to 5th overall. His fine run came to an end just af-ter the pit when the motor let go. Coming through the field after a poor prologue was Rod Simpson and he soon assumed the lead role. At race completion July 1997 l. ~,-~--~~-~} Nev Taylor had a great race, finishing first in Class 1 in his first desert race and came in third overall as well. Rod and Jeanette Simpson took their 1600 two seater to a nice class victory, beating out the competition by over half an hour. it was Simpson taking the class win and 10th overall, nor bad after starting 37th in all the dust. Georgeson followed with Scott Moore, and Ken Collier the only other finishers. Class Three. A small field of four 1200 buggres fronted and setting the pace in prologue was Darren Perrin over fellow Kempsey driver Graeme Julius. Perrin had opened up a good lead when the motor blew on the 3rd lap. With Chris Georgeson out, Julius had to hold off Matthew Smith. De-spite a string of problems Julius went on to take the win, while Smith came in for sec-ond place. Class Five. A varied group of 2wd sedans and trucks fronted and it was John Ireland heading the times in his V8 Mitsubishi mini truck over reigning champ Robert Pagan in the turbo Mazda. These two set about staging a great duel as the race starred. The battle only ending when Ireland ran Graeme Julius signals thumbs up as he flies to victory in the 1200cc Class ·3, beating the runner-up by a bit less than nine minutes. The Pagan's, Senior and Junior were the big winners in Class 5 in their Mazda pickup, doing the course in just over six hours. Dusty Times

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The Nissan Patrol of Les Siviour had some mechanical problems but Class 7 victory was not to be denied as they finished eleventh overall. The Jimco of Brad Zacka kicks up a bit of dust, finishing second in Class 1 and fifth overall in the race. out of spare tyres on lap 3. Pa-gan held the lead with the Karman Ghia V6 of John Hinz next. Burdett's Fl00 cracked a fuel tank and Pittaway lost a diff in the Falcon. Pagan stretched his lead and took the win. With Hinz losing fan belts, Geoff Teagle moved the famous Birdsville Falcon into 2nd. Hinz lost a lot of rime on the last lap bur evenruallv e:ot 1997 AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAl\,IPIONSHIP . ROUND 1 PASMINCO FLINDERS 400 . PORT PIRIE, SA . APRIL 12 & 13 No Pas Driver I Navigator Vehicle Time Overall Class l Unlimited IwQ - Seater 12 stact · 7 fioisb 186 1 Nev & Clayton Taylor Kuster Porsche 5.15.33 3 150 2 Brad Zacka I Garry Turner Jimco 5.28.11 5 102 3 Neville & Coleen Boyes Hunter Rivmasta 5.29.09 6 1 4 Mark Burrows I Mick Shannon Cougar 5.32.02 9 197 5 Neville Day I Gary Miller Mantiss 5.37.37 12 Class 2 Hl0Q TwQ -Seater 1Q stact · 4 finish 205 1 Rod & Jeanette Simpson Southern Cross 5.34.54 10 274 2 Tom Georgeson I Kelvin Hards Southern Cross 6.08.41 19 2205 3 Scott Moore I Malcolm Hall Buggy 6.21.27 21 223 4 Ken Collier I Brett Price Hunter Rivmasta 6.57.24 25 Class 3 12QQ I'll'Q - Seate[ 4 s\act · 2 finish 301 1 Graeme Julius / Vince Evans Bullet 6.58.25 26 374 2 Matthew Smith I Tom Flavel Buggy 7.07.15 27 Class 4. W/ Baja Q stact Class 5 2':li/Q sedans & Eic~uQs 6 stact · 3 fioisb 501 1 Robert & Robert Jnr. Pagan Mazda 6.01 .38 16 555 2 Geoff Teagle I Peter Barnes Falcon Longreach 6.36.18 24 533 3 John Hinz I Phil Andrews Karmen Ghia 7.37.27 28 Class 6 Challenger Bugg~ o start Class Z Limited 4214 4 stact · 3 fioisb 701 1 Les Siviour / Geoff Miller Nissan Patrol 5.35.17 11 704 2 Craig McWilliam / Tim O'Sullivan Nissan Patrol 5.52.19 15 702 3 Eric & Mark Whitbread Toyota Landcruiser 6.03.40 18 Class 8 Modified 4214 4 stact · 4 fioisb 802 1 Fabio Zarfati I Dallas Pope Mitsubishi Pajero 5.04.48 1 801 2 Grahame Baxter/ Nigel Burley Nissan Patrol 5.29.28 7 803 3 Ken Smith / Wayne Bell Holden Rodeo 5.40.35 13 822 4 Alan Roe I. Michael Dunne Nissan Patrol 6.02.00 17 Class 9 Unlimited Siogle Seater § start · ~ fioisb 901 1 Paul Simpson Jimco Toyota 5.15.07 2 919 2 Dion Simpson Jimco Toyota 5.22.27 4 973 3 Shane Bowen Buggy 5.30.56 8 942 4 Jamie Neill Buggy 5.48.03 14 986 5 Lloyd Afford Buggy 6.25.48 22 Starters = 50 . Finishers = 28 . Finishing Ratio = 56 % Fastest Prologue= # 1 Mark Burrows 8.40 Fastest Lap = # 102 Neville Boyes 48.36 Race Distance = 360 km ( 225 miles ) Dusty Times non-buggy to ever win overall. Baxter drove a fine race as al-ways and took 2nd in class I 7th overall. Smith had battled turbo problems all day but grabbed 3rd spot. Roe came in 4th, having enjoyed his venture in to 2 wheel racing. The Toyota powered Jimco of Paul Simpson saves tyre wear as he rushes to victory in Class 9, second overall with a time of 5:15:01 at the Pasmenco Flinders 400. Class Nine. The sight of one Jimco Single seater in the hands of Paul Simpson is daunting enough, but debuting at this race was a second in the hands of son, Dion. The two identical cars; USA imported with Toyota V6 motors took 1st and 2nd in prologue. Dion was, in fact, having his first ever drive of any car. The pair were 2nd and 4th overall. Into the race and Paul had an early mishap when he put his car on its side in a gully. Lap 2 and Dion had a flat tyre. Doug McMillan's run with the now turbo car came to an end with broken exhausts. Both Simpson cars required extra fuel stops but at the half way spot Paul was leading and in fact, had climbed co be 1st overall too. Moving into 2nd in class was ex-Karter Shane Bowen. Into the second half and Dion Simpson began his push for-ward. Again extra fuel stops for the Simpson cars put Paul back to 3rd overall. Dion had moved past Bowen in class. At the race end and it was Paul Simpson winning the class and getting up to 2nd overall. Dion Simpson powered back to take 2nd in class I 4th overall. Bowen took 3rd over Jamie Neill and then Lloyd Afford. Grahame Baxter and the Nissan Patrol VB take to the air as they run to second place in Class 8, seventh overall in the race. in for 3rd. Class Seven. Another small field of production 4x4s, with Les Siviour heading the Pro-logue in the Nissan. Into the race and Siviour had another Nissan, that of Crag Mc William on his tail only five seconds back. Ar the half way mark Siviour had opened the gap to McWilliam to two min-utes but that was too close for Siviour's liking. In third was Eric Whitbread's Toyota just ahead of Geoff Pickering run-ning a Pajero built to the more standard Tl regulations (al-though it was using a quad cam motor). It wasn't until the last lap Siviour faltered with total lack of brakes bur McWilliam was troubled too with broken shocks. At the end Siviour took another class win over McWilliam. Whitbread came in for 3rd while Pickering went out on the last lap with motor problems. Class Eight. The modified 4x4s were headed by Fabio Zarfati's Mitsubishi Pajero with its quad cam twin turbo V6. The prologue time put Zarfati 9th overall. After just the opening lap Zarfati had moved to 4th overall and ex-tending his class lead over Grahame Baxter's VS Nissan. At the half way break Zarfati had moved into 3rd overall. Baxter had picked up the pace and was five minutes back in 4th overall. Ken Smith's Holden Rodeo sat in 3rd al-though was being pressured by ex-motorcycle champion Alan Roe in the big jumping VS Nissan. Zarfati continued to reel off fast laps despite the in-July 1997 termittent loss of power steer-ing. By lap 4 he found himself leading the race overall. Baxter slipped back after a tyre change. Roe too has eased off a touch. Zarfati raced for the finish; his last lap only a minute off his opening lap time, and the consistency was a major factor in his history making effort of being the first " Dion Simpson gets the spectators attention as he chases his father in Unlimited class, but dad was not to be had and Dion finished Second in the hotly contested class. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES 811:Ll,, SIIOEI, Sl!\ll'St)N Hclm<·ls. SNELi, 95, SA 95 fo1· SOIH Complete Olower S~·stems for Sln&?le or r>ouble St>af ( 'ar~. 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--"THE STRAIGHT POOP FROM THE BIG WAHZOO" The current shake out of excess promoters on California's high desert racing scene appears to be coming to an unusually quick end this time around. Peralta, who had by far the best area to race on, ap-parently is now exclusively a "wa-ter sports' promoter. With well over 200 entries at a recent Colo-rado River race, Lou is reportedly now happy and dust free while promotin' personal water craft races at a bikini-ville near you. No, no, Peralta was not the winner at this shake out. The smartest maybe, but not the winner. California's high desert chief low buck promoter is Mojave Desert Racing. At every race this promoter has seen his entries go up 15 to 20 cars. His latest event had almost 70 cars leave the starting line (Club report follows). Hey, with a little common sense from the non-be-lievers and some help from the cherry pickers, we could all get back to some serious local racin' around here. It's not inconceivable that upstart MOR could soon be puttin' on hundred car events, which would be a little more like it. I mean, the Checkers never view more competition in a race as a problem. Just more guys to beat and more money in the pot. Con-gratulations to Paul Duffy and his Mojave Desert Racing for an im-pressive start. NOTE: This Wahzoo plays no favorites when it comes to off road promoters. I'd salute Daffy Duck ifhe could draw a good entry and not repeatedly cry to bullshit us. On the other hand, promoters of weak suck races and/ or little integrity will find no sanc-tuary here. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP UP ON OFF ROAD/ SUBSCRIPTIONS ARB $20.00 FOR ONE YEAR, $30.00 FOR TIVO YEARS Mojave Off Road Enc. is still running a local racing series in the Barstow/Lucerne areas. But MORE's entries started out small and have steadily fallen to now down near the teens. The Check-ers have been sending only one member up to run MORE's races, and so far Greenway has overalled about half of them with one of his Class 10 rides. Clements is abouc-history. a075! IAR«J,A ST, CB.42'SWORTllCA 91311 UB-882-000,f The apparent winner in this contest to take La Rana's place as STODDARD VALLEY 200 -Seven Checker cars started this MOR race just off the freeway at 'Outlet Center' (formerly Sidewinder Rd.) south of Barstow. It was five laps around a 40 mile loop and the weather was bitchin'! Four well mannered Checker pits provided friendly trail side service around the course for all our Club's entries. And interestingly enough, three of the pit captains volunteer-ing at this race were prospective members. I'm proud to report that Jason Devos, "Pops' McCool, and Rob Marley all performed admira-bly in their first significant stab at Checker excellence in the desert. Craig Dillon had his Class 10 buggy get put on it's head by his non-Checker co-driver. 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Page 38 King Shock Technology A Shock Manufacturing Company (714) 530-8701 Fax: (714) 530-8702 10402 Trask Ave., Unit C, Garden Grove, CA 92843 July 1997 Checker Main where Craig got behind rhe wheel and was able to salvage a good 3rd in class and 3rd overall. Good run Craig. Peter and Josh Rosenstein got their power blue single seat 1/2 1600 car back our in the desert at this race, and had a good run with it. Suffering only a few minor problems, this team of Checker brothers charged on to a fine 4th place finish in this competitive class. Nor too bad for a couple of guys who've been busy elsewhere of late. I mean, 'baywatch' just became a full fledged paramedic for L.A. County and can now actually give rhe rli i~ ks mouth to mouth after res-cuing them from the surf. And Pe-re r, who recently gor himself elected as rhe Club's Treasurer, has been way busy managing all our money! Way to go, guys. Prospective member Bob Wright, alias 'Big Air', was lead-ing rhe 5/ 1600 Class when sud-denly one of his rear wheels fell off.? A rescue crew was promptly sent out with an axle nut and cot-ter key and finally got chis ex-FAIR member airborne again. Now run-ning last in his 13 car class, 'Big Air' steadily worked his way back up through the limited Baja Bugs despite some other problems to a respectable 5th place at the finish. Jeff Lothringer saw his l /2 1600 ride break a stub axle five miles into the first lap. After repairs were made, the team continued on to an 8th in class. Tucker and McGee were really flyin' in their Class 10 car till they lose another motor while dicing for the overall. Mean-while, Capt' Hook and 'Blondie' went racin' in Jimmy's new Chal-lenger car. And, I think all the pits around the course would readily agree that 'Jimmy don't know shit about ball joints'. Every pie worked on broken ball joints on Jimmy's car sometime during the race. Ac a number of his prolonged stops, BJ was reportedly overheard swearing he'd "never get into one of those things again". Mercifully, the time limit finally put an end to their misery for a well deserved DNF. Aichough the Checkers didn't earn any 1st place finishes at this race, it was a good and well attended Club event. BITS & PIECES -Congratula-tions to Bruce Tiffany who recently got married. Hey Tiff, how's this turn of events gonna affect your buddy TQ Midget career? A new substantially slimmer Steve Brown earned an impressive 3rd place main event finish in the Hibbard/ Brown dwarf car out at Ventura Speedway. And, Billy Robertson and Doug Brown got a 4th in class and 4th overall among 75 entries up at Lou's recent Laughlin race for Seadoos and such. Good show, guys! MEETING CHANGES - Bare with me here, 'cause Hibbard got involved in some major fine run in' of our simple I sr & 3rd of the month routine and our new meet-ing schedule is nor all char easy to explain. From now rill the end of the year, our regular Wednesday night meetings will be in no par-ticular order! They are scheduled around Club supported races and ocher Checker events, both prior and after each outing. So, obvi-ously everybody's gonna have to ger a printed schedule cellin' ya which Wednesday nights they are. And, they' re only gonna cost ya $2 a piece. No, no, just kiddin' about rhe money part. A Club newslet-ter has been senr out to everyone on our active roster with a copy of chis new Wednesday night meet-ing schedule. You oughca duct cape it to either your refrigerator door, the wall behind the toiler, or some-where else you'll see ir often enough chat you won't have to re-peatedly ask, "Hey man, is there a meeting next Wednesday?" There'll also be copies of chis new schedule available at every meeting. Or, here are the daces of the Wednesday night meetings for the next four months: JUNE 11 ch, 18th, 25th; JULY 9th, 16th, 23rd; AUGUST 13th; SEPTEMBER 3rd, I Och, and 24th. le kinda looks like we're probably gonna be meeting at the Lamplighter Restaurant on Van Nuys Blvd. in Sherman oaks for a bit longer. AND FINALLY, here's an inter-esting follow up on Joy, FAIR's new Iii' lady reporter and Checker harrasser. Seems some of the guys know her racer husband and report that he'd just love to come over and join the Checkers, but the little woman will have none of it. Her main complaint is said co be our no women rule. Hey Joy, it might surprise ya, but this Wahzoo agrees with you 100%. The very last place a gal oughca loosen up the leash on the old man is around a bunch of Checkers on a Wednesday night. I mean, we Checkers have way too much fun co cake a foolish chance like that. Dusty Times

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FAIR News By foy Bancroft Well first off. .. what do you say about a President from another Pie Club bailing out a FAIR member on the way to the Primm 300? Yes ... folks, that's right.· Don Bowler had a bad trip in and expe-rienced a breakdown with his motorhome at the Lynwood off ramp. A respectable CH-----mem-ber was kind enough to help row in our FA! R mini trailer so our equipment would arrive at Pit C. What a guy ... thanks so much ... we knew the pit clubs would eventu-ally realize we are all in this to-gether for the Desert Racin! Best in the Desert - Tonopah -FAIR ended up with five cars rac-ing and what a good time they had. With the exception of contingency being in the dirt, Casey Folks put on a GREAT race. The racers were really impressed with the course markings. Jeff Stiles got a I st place in class and 2nd overall, I believe he had some problems prior to the race but worked them out, and raced a great race. He came co our meeting on April 2nd and wanted all the FAIR members to know how much he appreciated all of FAIR's support. He lives in Sacramento, ;ind you know he's not one of our regular meeting attendees, so it was extra special to see him. He wanted co especially thank Bob Steinberger and Jim Reynolds for coordinating the pitting at the race. IN FACT, all the members that raced said rhey couldn't have survived with-out the pit help from Bob and Jim. Ron Osburn and Danny Drake raced the whole race together in the 2 car and got a 2nd in class and 5th overall, Frank Omboli stepped our to race for a change and ended up with a 1st place in 5/1600. ·Boonie Herndon in rhe Heiden truck had quire a busy day with several stops relating to oil pressure problems and the power steering pulley, bur continued on and got a Wisdom's had a frustrating first lap 3rd in Class 8. T & J's had an-in the 1-2/1600 car ... they found ocher one of those races where coo a plug loose ... corrected it, then the much seems co go wrong. The car .died and they spent hours . truck seemed co keep dying and so switching out parts to see what the the co-drivers did a lot of driving. failure was. They never could re-Tom and Mike wanted to thank solve the problem, other than it their co-drivers. They wouldn't may have been electrical. We felt have finished without chem. T & really bad ... all the FAIR 1-2/1600 J's got a 4th place in Class 8. racers took PIT C and we were PRIMM 300 -As you know I looking forward to a close race to-very rarely miss a race ... and at this gether. The Wisdom's stayed out one I spent a lot of rime at PIT C at PIT C the remainder of the day, assisting on rhe radio and keeping especially Wes Wisdom and con-track of the guys, since Clearwood tinued to help in the pit. The Mar-was racing. We haven't had a meet- tin Bros. in their unlimited car had ing since the PRIMM race so I can a great day, finishing in the top cell you only my knowledge of how five. So did Mike Nix in his 5 un-the FAIR members finished the limited car, I believe he finished 1st race. FAIR started out pitting for or 2nd. The rest of the 1-2/1600 J 2 racers ... bur it seems chis course cars finished the race after feeling was quire brutal. So there were sev- like the walking dead. Lorenzo era! racers who experienced big from WR Trans had finished ahead problems on the first lap. I know of Clearwood and Bowler and be-Brian Parkhouse's I unlimited car lieves he got somewhere between had problems in rhe first 15 miles 5th and I 0th. Clearwood changed with broken suspension problems. drivers every lap, first was Jeff In fact, how this occurred I am not Madrid, then Garth Hutchison sure, but Jeff Madrid racing the and finishing was Gary Bancroft. Clearwood l-2/ 1600 car ended up I'd say we didn't do too bad for our with parts in his car co throw out first SCORE race. We went rhe window at Brian's car off at the through a couple of flats with side of the road. Things happened Garth getting out of the car and so fast for Jeff he ended up throw-changing his own tire and so we ing rhe parts co rhe wrong car... placed I 5th with six cars still be-sorry Brian, things happen in the hind us. One of the cars was Don heat of racing. So I know Brian Bowler. .. they too, changed driv-ended up with the car on the ers every lap. They had a great race trailer. Things progressed. as now going, probably in 2nd or 3rd, rhe 1200 car of Tom Ridings had when Don on the 2nd lap got some major problem and seems he caugflt in some dust wide open in was down for hours. He did get the the silt bed ... stuffed the front car going and I saw him late in the end ... and he said he counted and afternoon through Pit C and knows he rolled the car end over learned later that he was not going end seven times. He managed to another lap. With Brian's car out get the car around to Randy Miller of the picture, he was out chasing at MAIN on the last lap with no for Tom Ridings and ended up get- major problems except broken ex-ting REALLY stuck in rhe silt bed. haust and finished the race 17th. I J understand Boonie Herndon heard from Don the chassis looks eventually pulled him our. Sorry pretty bad ... bur maybe not as bad Dan Fisk and Jeff Quinn, I missed as his body was feeling the next day what the problem was on rhe first and a couple days after. Scott lap, bur J know you called it a day. Steinberger had a relatively good However, J believe Dan's pit ream day until he too stuffed the front stuck it out for the rest of rhe day end of the Pro Truck which brought at PIT E assisting FAIR to rhe bit-· ic t? a complete stop. Scott was rer end. Thanks a lot you guys! Lee - feeling ~rett}'. sore, so To~d Clem-Finke in his 5 unlimited DNF'd on enc got 111 with some maJor front rhe first lap as well, bur I never end battle scars and struggled to heard what the problem was. The finish the race. I thought I heard they did get a 3rd. And last bur not least George Ladwig and Robert PIKE'S-Moore in the 9 car made a lengthy 1st and 2nd lap and had to call it a day. They were the last car FAIR was waiting for bur got stuck in the •silt bed. This was the first race for the Ladwig 9 car, and I'm sure will be well remembered by the team. George had a wheel pr_oblem on the I st lap, limped it to PIT C then repaired ir· and had to back track on the course to find the drum and wheel. They didn't finish bur what an effort was made to finish this race even up to the 5 o'clock hour. Well, keep in mind I haven't re-ceived any official list from SCORE or any direct communica-tion from the racers. This is my best knowledge of what happened. I will confirm some results in the next issue. SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ...... THANKS! RES~fAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS '· , · • I . - -· ........ SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESER.T Dusty Times I can't forget to mention a couple more issues, especially the FAIR van repair. Before the PRIMM 300 race the FAIR van was in pretty bad shape. Thanks to T & J's OFF ROAD shop, they re-placed a head, bad cylinder, re-placed bushings, and a complete valve job. They also found some failure with the carburetor that was July 1997 repaired and now everyone says the van never ran so good! They real-ized how important it was for the FAIR van to get to the PRIMM, so they really knocked themselves out to get the van going. Thanks again you guys! Since volunteering has been a sore subject at meetings lately, it's refreshing to see mem-bers who can find different ways of volunteering their efforts. I heard that just yesterday the FAIR campour at Bessimer Mine RD, was hot bur a lot of fun. I know that the turnout was not as much as last year, but members managed to do a lot of cave hunt-ing and walking the fire pit. I am sure I will have more details for next month's issue. This is the 2nd issue of FAIR NEWS for me, and you know, I generally am well informed on FAIR events and races because I see it first had. I apologize my column is not as descriptive as THE BIG WAHZOO, but I am open for sug-gestions. If anyone would like to step up to the plate and share some commentary ... feel free. The next meeting is May 7th, and a lot has happened since the last meeting April 16th, almost three weeks ago. Keep in mind FAIR Board elec-tions are coming soon. This is your chance, if you want co elect a mem-ber to the Board. Don't miss the next four meetings. Yours truly, your _t:AJR Secretary, Joy. --n·1r~;r~::;i=--~-!,ft!!-J• ~ :-.: .s ::; • •• P ■arr-M!~J..-JJ K.11u1nu ~ -=-= • ■ .iirJraaw -.---.--____ .__.. Northern California & Nevada DESERT RACES MAY 24,25 & 26 300 MILE YERINGTON, NV JUNE28'&29 2S0 MILE TOP GUN RACES FALLON,NV JULY26&27 2S0 MILE TWILIGHT RACE TOP GUN RACEWAY AUB. 30, 31 & SEPT. 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CPC Cadmium-Chrome-Gold Anodize-Electroless Nickle Aluminum Die Costing Home of F.O.A. Racing Tieman Connector Platln,g Corp. 327 W 132nd st. Los Angeles, CA 90061 310-323-1622 • 310-323-17 4 9 Fox 310-323-l517 Ask For Mike D.E UNZlO RACING PRODUCTS- . HERMAN DeNUNZIO (805) 683-1211 P.O. Box 6057. Paul Ortiz 21540 Vine Street Wildomar, CA 92595 -~ ·ntaJ3arbara. CA 93111 • Specializing in Custom Roll Cages • Welding,'Fabrication • Tube Bending • Off Road Suspension (909) 471-0692 l>ONIJijOE ~-1'&-IN~ • RAcE TRUCKS • RACE PREP • PRERUNNERS • CoNsuL TING • DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES • RACE SHOCKS • FULL FABRICATION SERVICE l<REG DoNAHOE OWNER Wholesale/Retail Pickup & Delivery U.P.S. 2831 EAsr WHITE STAR UNIT H . Al'<(AHEIM, CA 92806 PHONE (714) 632-3033 FAX (714) 632-3835 Aluminum Wheel Repairs & Polishing EDDCO Wheel Co. Street, Offroad, Production _Aluminum Welding 9437 Wheatland,s Ct. Suite K& L Santee, CA 92701 619-258-2575 r c ES;;;:7,;/Zi;ER 5) ~-------ENGINEERING FORD RACING PARTS: RAN6£R2.3 PINTO 2.0 OVER 3000 TOP QUALITY SPEED PARTS IN STOCK. STOCK 2.3 80 P6. CATALOG PHONE (818) 444-4919 1438POTRERO FAX (818) 444-3046 SO. El.MONT£, CA. :E-Z'Ur-' INSTAAF ~Motor sport PRE-RUNNER Sf'ECIAU5T • QUMl'ER5 • CAGES • SHOCK MOUNTS SEAT MOUNTS • LIFT. KrrS • LOWERING KrrS • DIJALLYS AIR DAG SUSPENSION • 5HOW CARS & Dl5f'LAYS • ATV FAE! WORK EXPERT INSTALLATION -& FAEIRICATION AVAILAEILE FIBERGLASS FENDERS i. BEOSKINS . TOYOTA-CHEVY-NISSAN-FORD-ETC. FRISK FAB Custom Metal Fabrication Design • Development • Production Trophy Truck Technology .... Affordable Price. 20 Years Off Road Racing Experience. • Crew Chief/ ~es N Fa~l'i~Jpr; Simon & Simon, Nelson & Nels Wallceri:.vans f;lacing. . 4010 N. PALM STREEr, UNIT 10,'3 (714) 870-9.422 FULLERTON, CA. 926:35 FAX (714) 870-91:3~, • 1992 _ B,aja 1000 Overall 4-Wbeel Vehicle Champion • 4 :srraight SCQREJHO~A Charitpionsblps • , .,, 6 RACIN, -~· Fl/El.:• FUELS & LUBRICANTS CO. BRUCE CONRAD 1537 E. Del Amo Blvd car&on, CA 907~ 3006 Colina Verde Lane Jamul, California 91935 Visit our Web Site fil _..,.. ... et.coa,/lraakf/ . Phone: (31~)603-2200 FAX: (310) 603-2:?S7 (619) 669-4727 Doug Fortin SOo-869-9712 SOS-266-2275 Racina Radio• Two-Way Radioa Scaanen Headsets Reatala Available ~ • Bpm over 17 ~aeift'at\ & Trum fl"(>m the g/ound up C11s1om C~mpo To Complele Chassis, AU Aspects ot Steel a Sheet ,!!tJI Fab ion, Ml>diticallons and repaiis orr, .. Truc,lls ~0.Pf1t<Ru 8adJl!JS,• ATV's • 2 & 4 WheeLJlflves i1 Setvfoos Offered. ing: Mig, Tig, & Arc. •J11be 8ending 'Work • Production Runs • Machine Work • Electnca Wiring • Complete Race Prep. With all our years of racing experience and working with the best we're .!!.lit just another Fab Shop! Call Today ! ' Ed Frisk (909) 693-9333 • Fax (909) 676-1859 Temecula, CA ·NOW YOU CAN 8EJ THE , RACING GEARS THE . WINNERS ARE USING A~ · 1 FTC Racing Equipment, Inc. · 31790GroesbeckHwy. Fraser, Ml 48026 (810) 294-5858 Fax (810) 293-0736 THE RACERS CHOICE. : Fuel Safe's Custom & Standard Fuel Cells are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed the safety standards set by all racing associations. For your local dealer ~ call (8001433-6524 ~ Call or write fbr our FREE Catalog Aircraft !lubber Manufacturing, Inc. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 U.S.A. Ph (714) 842-2211 Fx (714) 842-6622. _.... ___ G_lASSUJO_· _A_KS ..... Unllmlted ;• Design 4-08 _ 365 _ 9700 ~ystems'" BY RAFFO RACING LTD. 810A S. ARTHUR AVE . ARLINGTON HTS .. IL 60005 l'HONE:.(81,7) 269-3810 Graphite/ Carbon A & D Services Custom Fiberglass Fabrication 18101 Redondo Clrde, Unit T Huntington Beach, c.A 92648 (714) 841-8814 --~ HM ENGINEERING PER~0~~-~.80D_END & B~ING CO •_:J~ ~1/2, Cf~ -"NO MINIMUM *DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME *MIi.OE \N 1'HE us" *CALL FOR FREE CATALOG 11fl'o1 MARlEKS R\VER CIRCLE "A" 714-971-&631 iFOUNTAJN '/ALLEY CA. 92708 FAX :7'\4-979-5953 .,...., ,SHEL'1'191e. ~ . ~ ., -~~ . ~~ '-!1161llt•\ '> _ . FAX:1(8◄ 7) 269-9'/06 Specializing in high per#ormonce Power S~eering For Racing . FREE:STANDING, RUGGED STEEL & NYLON S1-ELTERS THAT SET-UP IN SECONDS! VARIOUS ~IZES ~ COLO~S -AUTHORIZEDDEA~l!I-. . . _ -'CAB~ RENT1';(,S 213-462-1468 I THE BEST AIR SYSTEMS IN RACING YOU ·CAN BUY/ .Jeff Howe. •-Hll,,,,,le In. ,.,,,, __ 0192040 (6f9J Sfif-7764 USEDBYWALKEREVANS .'., Pager 619-406-2550 Magnaflux inspection 1 ovollable

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-JAMES GANG RACING PRODUCTS ARLINQTON SHEET MET AL CORP. 13424 l..,..W Hwy. • s.. .. Fe S......, • 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 JG TRANSWERKS "Go with a Proven Winner' WNmNm Desert. Short Course & Street :VW Racing Transmissio·ns ,;Joe Giffin 1509 N: Kraemer, Unil 0 Anaheim, California 92806 JtMCO 10965 HARTLEY RD. SUITE A SANTEE, CA 92071 (714) 632-1240 OFF ROAD RACE CARS ALUMINUM BODIES FOX SHOCK SERVICE PARTS & ACCESSORIES RACE PREPARATION (619) 562-1743 MIKE JULSON Electrical Wiring V■a & MIC GaugeAnembli• ,.ON K:■NN• Racer Discounts 809-F N. Lakeview Ave• Placentia, CA 92670 Tel/Fax 714-779-2316· RACE CAR/PRE-RUNNER PREP & FABRICATION CUSTOM TRAILERS Russ-Jonas Mo,on,pora CUSTOM FABRICATION 138 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE SANTA BARBARA, CA 93117 Shop: (805) 968-1067 Fax: (805) 968-3438 KAL OFFROAD RACING (805) 2-38-5731 103 Capitol Hill Drive Paso Robles CA. 93446 HONDA Power Equipment OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 ART KAWAGUCHI FAX (213) 264-2136 (213) %64-~!§B POWER E THC "AAS C:. LEE LIN CO TEMPERATURE STRIPS Easy to use, Inexpensive & accurate! All strips are self adhesive and labeled in Fahrenheit and Celsius. Strips are $2.00 each or $1.75 each over ten. For a FREE brochure or to order, contact: LINCO 13337 E. South St., #344 Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone/Fax: (714) 821-6542 Engineering LEE MFG. CO. 1·1661 PENDLETON STREET SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 (81Si 768-0371 /4 lull line of Power ~leering gear~. pumps ano acc11ssorie~ for a:-:y type of racing. REVERSIBLE STfllPS allow constant temperature monitor-ing Ranges from 32 to 194 F IRREVERSIBLE STRIPS record the maximum temperature reached of the item they are applied to. Ranges from 120• to 555"F. • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACEPREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 416 FLEETWOOD GLENDORA, CA 91740 .81&-857-RACt 81&-852-8852FAX KENT. LOTHRINGER f..OTHRINGi:R ENGINEERING MAGNAFLUX Service Susperis1on Transm1ss1on i:ngine <JU.AUfY RACE CAR CRAC:-< CHEC,<!t~G :JCNE BY PEOPLE \NH() f<NOW F--:,1),::-;:r,;G 818-857 -7223 Assembly._ Machine Work ,Parts Engine Dyno Fadllty 10722 Kenney Street, Suffi? C Santee. CA 92071 619-!596-0886 619-596-0625F AX KenM~ PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS "OFFROAD IS OUR BUSINESS" 2366 E. Orangethorpe Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 Tel (714) 441-1212 Fax(714) 441-1622 MENDEOLA RACING Volkswagen -Porsche -Hewland OH-Road & Stadium Racing Transmissions Parts &-Service 290 TROUSDALE #I&J CHULA VISTA CA 91910 619-691-1000 F~X 619-691-1324 MESSICK RACING PHOTOS METAL SPIN.HING ror-ALL INDU~TRlf:~ CALL 562-928-9~38 V ''...:.PE!) TIJBE ~ ill I I . , =LANGED DISC 6729 Suva St. Bel! Gardens, CA 90201 ACCOUNTING -INCOME TAX• CONSULTING IRS REPRESENTATION MILLER & CANNON Certified Public Accountant SHERYL CANNON. CPA OWNER 2eo s. GLENDORA AYII!:. SUITE 201 <•• •> 919-t 01 t ~,il■T COVINA, CA 91790 ll'AX (818) 819-02:t t 805-940-5515.

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Ro~cl ·Bussy S1-mpply Race Car Chassis Race 'Car Parts Aluminum bodies 1/2-1600 Motors And Trans Custom Machine Work & Fabrication 2525 E. 16~h St. • Yuma, Az. 85365 . . . (HJ2) 783-6265 . • 1(800)231-8158 OFF ROAD CHASSIS BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA Complete Off Road Preparation FOR TRUCKS, VANS & MINI TRUCKS PRE-RUN TRUCKS • ·cusTOM SUSPENSION AXLE SERVICE • WELDING & FABRICATION Bill Montague Est. 1974 (714) 781-9460 OFF-ROAD TRUCK FIBERGLASS -25 Years in the Fiberglass Business -Builder of 16 Factory Team Truck Bodies -Custom Molds and Repairs Trailer Products Inc. . 1121 N. Buena Vista Hemet, Calif 92543 · Ph:909-654-7334 PARKER PUMPER NICKS=.!. HELMET ~ 10427 SAN SEVAINE WAY SUITE L MIRA LOMA,· CA 917 52·· 909-360-5906 FAX 909-360-0436 COMPANY --=-..uu .. IJLll.I !:I? ,~~@7rl:3@7f) SJ\FElY EQUIPMENT MAXON, MOTOROLA, ROAOMASTER, VERTEX RADIOS BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON HELMETS IN STOCK WIRiNG FOR RADIO &/OR INTERCOM STILL ONLY S 125. '· . 2888 GUNDRY AVE. SIGNAL HILL, CA 90806 Fraley's erforman :.ingineer·-3UM27-8177 I 800-869-5636 * All Typu ol Steel U Aluminum Fallricatioa * Tube Beacline * Almaiaua U StNIW.ldinc *Custom Machia• WOl'k * All Types ol Race Cars S83S W. Flaminso lld. Laa Vegas, NV 89H~ Bruce Fraley (7o:&)~t+90H PORSCHE G50 • FIVE YEARS OFF-ROAD RAC WITH NO BROKE GEARS OR PINION • FULLY SYNCHRO FIVE - SPEED GEARSETS OR COMPLETE GEARBOXES Ph/Fax (808) 878-6812 (BIJB) 89-GEARS ~\l\l stu1, tJ . ~ ~ Todd Francis ~ Pr1ci1ion I/Joy, /,/d, {lj, 700 N.E. 117th StrNt " i Vancouver, WA 9868S.$ ;o~ ;,; Qua\it~ Used 'Parts 1040 South Main Street, Fallbrook, CA 92028 FAX 760-723-2117 E-MAIL bajarace @tfb.com PHONE 760-723-2117 Truck Tranny's •Calipers• Radios• Wheels• Starters VW Tranny's • Intercoms• Safety Equipment• Axles • Rear 0~·-...,::::~ ,l"'\===~--:r::-::o_-:-::;:.~-~-~--::r_:-::;:-=.;;i.., Ends • Lights • Shocks • Manifolds • ,...._,....,....,_,.._...,...,_:;::;:::,:;:::.:-:;::....,-._ ~~-•.r-..._. Brakes • Heims • ~--~~~.~-~~-~~-Engines• Carbs • Spindles • CV Joints • Cages • Gauges • Rotors• Pedals• Trailing Arms• Tires• Pit Equipment Ph~ne , ~.r/ 10-~ . . Fax 360-574-5474 on & 36o:.s16-1U)9 . I • Torsion Bars• Filters• Drivelines • Fiberglass• c.ALL U~ Fl~~,! A High Performance V8 Race Truck Series "The True Driver's Class" Tel. 619.449.6252 Fax 619.449.6470 9419 Abraham \\ay, See. B Santee, CA 92071-2584 THE ONLY REASON FOR NOT ADVERTISING IN DUSTY TIMES IS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE MORE BUSINESS THAN YOU CAN HANDLE '9bRACING VJIIGASOLINE "100, 110. 114: 118" methanol & nitro Steve Poole C.L. Bryant, Inc. 13415 Carmenita Rd. Sante Fe Springs, CA 90670 Office (310) 802-8913 fax (310) 802-0274 • Commercial Fuels & Lubes • High Performance Lubes • On-Site Fuel Distribution • Technical Assistance • Fuel & Lubes Handling Equip. 1-800-929-4360 RACE SHOCK mVRACING C'-J--"-, BHOCKB OFF-ROAD • Off-road products and services for recreational and racing applications • Shock services for rebuilding and application assistance • Sales of new & pre-owned suspension components • We take trade-ins LEE FINKE 1711 WEST CULVER #1 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 TEL: (602) 254-0744 FAX: (602) 493-0975 MOBILE: (602) 376-0944 IF VOO'LL SHOW QFF ••• ... WE:'U.. SHOW lP"I (714) 722-0491 MIKE INGAI S8EE PO BOX 2696 COSTA MESA, CA. 92628 RACING TRANSAXLES 1700 EAST :V,AfN :ii. tl CAJON, CA 92021 S. B. ENGINEERING "SUPER BOOT,. HCR66, BOX 11030 PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV 89041 (702} 372-5335 Fox -Bilstein -Motorcycle ~ BEST PRICE $ ~ SHOX SERVICE !4.,$ 15454 EL CENTRO N>~ HESPERIA, CA 9234:S -:,· 619-948-0325 TIM CECIL 849 Lambert • Brea, CA 92621 (714) 447-3581 Fax (714) 672-9246 .

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&;! ,,. /l"J, /IF i'; ".,,.--: ~ ~AU" .. w ~~l..4J ,;,ACE LETTE,;rIA,G JOB SITE SIGNS • BANNERS • WINDOW LETTERING • CAR LETTERING • GRAPHICS SGUEAK & MARGIE COATS 5101 Galway Circle • Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (714) 897-0075 • Fax: 17141 894-9567 ~ s~e~e~ &~to,'i(/i«, e<tdom ~ '8cttP~ 619-347-5052 45-410 # 10 ~ St, 1~. eA 92201 15855 Dell View Rd. El Cajon, California 92021 Steve Spirkoff/Owner 619/561-2913 [fJ;f!!JJO (213)583-2404 SANpERS SERVICE, fNC: METAL PROCESSJN.G· 5921 Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL . FLOURESCENT INSPECTION Mark Smith Larry Smith J Whittier Blvd. at Harbor La Habra, California 90631 (310) 691 -6704 (714) 521-1102 Fax (310) 691 -9396 Custom Preparation & Fabrication Race Truc#cs • Buggies • Pre-Runners (619) 449-9728 FAX (619) 449-2678 9419 Abraham Way, Suite "A", Santee, CA 92071 Strai-ght • ltne •~--------=:nt ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING.· 31510 223rd street East Llano, CA 93544 · 805-281-3202 OFF ROAD RACING SPECIALISTS VVEW!NG • FABRICA T!ON • FU1ME CUTTING • FFIOVT ENDS • REAR TRA!UNG ARMS RACE 0/ASSIS • PRERUNNERS • FOX RAG/VG SHQX LARRY ROSEVEAR 134.SDYNAMICS. UN/TD PHONE/714/996-6260 ANAHEIM, CA 92806 FAX {714/ 995-6405 CUSTOM GEAROOX BUILDING IICI 01 ,,,,,,,, Paul Smiley • Salton City, CA • (619) 394-0039 URBD BLU~t Racing Gasolines P~ So. Cal. Distributors• (310) 928-2278 Lyn, Gordon. or Mike (UJtlP]. 619/449-9690 UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS . . i cr29 vVHEh 1 :_;,r-.: r--~ .•'\ Vi.:'"'I O :. • , · : • _._ ... .)>•U\I I r r-L,A -:,Lu I • CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEAMER SYSTEMS~ FUU LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR AU TYPES OF RACING-& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHOP (TABS, BRACKETS, BODIES, ETC.) Trackside Photo :' ~ ~'I. 'T'~; 0r~ ANO fl/tJ4'), 84-,~ --O-ff--r,-oa-d-ra-ce_p_h_ot-og-ra-p-hy-s-in_c_e_19-70---~~ V.\f,1,IY d''= Fidel aos-s1s-347o · .. -~-r,e4Al!/M~0/0/fl Gonzales . «1.43s_3 ~ 1158.HO.RTH 2ND ST.• EL CAJON, CA 92021 · ._ riiil P.O. Box 747, Moorpark, CA 93020 .. cAec eoeHM ~ !(ACE TMNS BY JEfi f!ElllS TRfiNSfiXLE -. ENGINEERING .·j ::gYo~~~;n~~;L El Centro, CA ...................... 800-989-4645 VP Racing Fuels, West coast I El Cajon, CA.'. ..................... 800-458-2711 JEFF FIELD' 9833 Deering P.O. Box 1319 Phone: (909) 674-9167 :1 Indio, CA. ............................ 800-989-3278 818-998-2739 Chatsworth, c~;~t;1 . :fgS:m~~n~~~~:95 p~:; ~:g:~ :;:~~;:~ · 'LancutQr, CA ...................... 800-461-9499 _J...-----------------.--.-4===============~--'----.....,,.,,.=--j Las Vegas, NV ..................... 702-643-9200 -!:,ong Beach, CA ................... 310-432-3946 Oxnard, CA. ...................... : .. 805-485-:6900 Perris, CA ............................. 800-969-3835· Van Nuys, CA .....•................. 818-786-8180 Riverside, CA ....................... 909-877-0226 All other inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P. 0. Box 610, L~ng Beach, CA 90801 310-518-7318 TRANSMISSIONS WEST • vw ·•PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WERACE. WHAT WE SB.J. (800) 435-0416 • (310) 782-2413 22545 S. Noonandie • Torrance, CA 90501 . ,.,/ U}1;2@A , Performance Camshafts Automotive • A TV • Motorcycle 1815 Massachusetts Ave 909/369-5144 Riverside, CA 92507 Fax 909/369-7266

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RACE CARS BAJA BUGS DUNE BUGS V. W. & PORSCHE FOREIGN CARS NISSAN & TOYOTA Off Road Race Truclfs • Pre Runners Chassis Design • Engineering • Fabrication Dale White Racing • Transmissions • Parts and Service • Complete Welding Lorenzo Rodriguez 3940 Maranatha Circle Las Vegas. NV 89103 T0Z-871-1661 • 515 So. Vermont, Glendora, CA 91740 • (818) 914-8147 Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service Off Road Products Front and Rear TraHing Nms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W. Missouri 0Phoenix, AZ. 85017 Jack Woods (602) 242-0077 535 East :~pr,tra/ Park Anaheim, CA 92802 714-956-9457_ Classified ... Simply Quality: This Trophy Truck is a looker and it works! Ford Ranger XtraCab Body, Beautiful Fabrication Throughout, 26" Front Travel/28" Rear Travel on Mike Smith Bypass Shocks, Chrisman Rear End, 13" Disc Brakes All Around, CNC Billet Calipers, 37" BFG Tires on 17" Ultra Wheels. Parabok built Ford SVO 430 cid V8, dual MSD Ignition System, 650+ HP, Ken Mogi C-6 Race Transmission Reverse Pattern Shifter. All of these things work to-gether to make this the best Ford Trophy Truck for sale. $64,000.00. Baja Brokers Ref #492 (760)723-2117. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Short Course car. If you want a winner!! Buy this car. Best of everything, Bilsteins, CNC, 930, Sway-A-Way 200w bars, Power steering Wright com-bos, Centerlines, JG Transwerks, Bates motor, Summer stubs. $8,000.00 Firm Call Steve Bishop 909 789-4253. FOR SALE: 1669 JMR 2-seat, Mid-engine, A-arm, Class 1 or 10. Sway-A-Way internal bypass shocks, Taylor custom seats w/air lumbar supports, CNC pedals & brakes, 30 gal Fuel Safe, all the best. No expense spared in the de-sign and construction of this beau-tiful car. $28k fully prepped, less engine & trans. Call Larry 1-800-547-H l 4. . Dusty Times FOR SALE: Single Seat Funco, Fresh tran Axle oil cooler, Oil fil-ter stand, Mastercraft window nets, CNC steering brake,. and dual resevoirs brake pedal, seat, fuel Roller's For Sale: Single Seat tank, dash board, rolled aluminum Chromoly Chassis, No Motor/No body. Everything but Motor. Front , Trans., FodFab Front End, Super spindals, and steering, Neon green Strong, Huge Coil-over Shock rails & white body. Great car. Mounts, Foddril Chromoly Rear $800.00 (510) 458-1639. · ·· Trailing Arms with Summer's Bros. -'---__ _.__......________ WANTED: Heuer stopwatches. Flanges, 40 gallon Fuel Cell, Seat, Master Time, MonteCarlo, Sebring, All Aluminum Done, 2 Bodies! Super Autavia eta clipboard with Baja Brokers Ref#576 $7,000.00. mechanical stopwatches, Halda 2 Seat Chassis, No Motor, No Twinmascer-Tripmascer-Trans., Class 1/10/12, Fod Front Speedpilot, Curta calculator, End, Drop Spind°Ies, Bilstein Coil-Judson-Shorrock Supercharger, over Shocks, B~ass Shocks, Char Porsche 356-912 motors, VW ~i:,e~;s:j~c~r~~:~P;ef ;~~e; •·· -·- ";fJi£~&2: ~rk;~ssaEBi~1z;l ~~~~~s,MEe~e~! $20,000.00 760 723-2117. FOR SALE: 1996 2 seat l0 or Baja Manx, EMPI, Bug-In, Revmaster WANTED: A-ARM JIMC Litewithonly3races.1835,FTC etc. Catalogs, programs, trophys, TRICK CASS 11: Street Legal SCORE Class 11 VW, Bilstein shocks with reservoirs, Sway-A-Way springs front and rear, 1 inch tie rods, 1600cc motor, forged pis-tons, 9.5: 1 compression ratio, Compu-Fire ignition, 4.86 ring and pinion. Full roll cage, extra parts galore. A competitive car for a competitive class. Trailer also available with car or separate for $1,000.00, spares for car nego-tiable. Baja Brokers Ref #543 $3,000.00 (760) 723-2117. CLASS 1 or 10 REAR ENGINE box, Foddrill arms & spindles, big jackets, parts etc. Chris Castle Box, OR MID ENGINE ROLLING SACO, UMP, Summers, 2·5 Fox 2030 Redondo Beach, CA, USA CHASSIS OR COMPLETE CAR bypass, Microstubs, Centerlines, 90278 (310) 371-3919, fax (310) FRESH Class 7 Chevy complete (209)486-0280 or (209)645-Fresh P-coat on panels, fresh prep 371-4827 e-mail for $17,500.00 obo! Great buy: 5 6 for 500, spares, $18,000.00 or AW992@LAFN.org. 4.3L V6, 220hp, Turbo 400, 9" 40 71 · $15,000.00 w/o motor & trans. wk -------~-----spline rear end, Summers axles, THE MONEY MAN WILL PAY (818) 575-7664 hm (714) 673-WANTED: Class 1 or 10 2-seat car Fuel Safe cell, Hydraulic Bump $300-$500 bonus cash to Class 6003. with beam front end to be used as " f I 8" stops, 12 ront trave , 1 rear winners BORE JACKPOT 200 FOR SALE: Baja TAs. Set of 4 a pre-runner. Engine and trans not travel, many spare wheels and tires. July 4 & 5 Jackpot, Nevada (801) 35xl2.5x15 Brand new. $1,000.00 needed. Call Kevin at (909) 947- It had it all!! Baja brokers Ref#530 627-BORE. obo (909) 763-2127. 3310. .>.:.(7...;;6.;;.,0)...:7...;;;2.:a.3...;;-2;..::.1-""17'-'-. ____ _ ,-------~------------------------------------_,.·~-,. · Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in I I I I I I I I DUSTY TIMES. Classifieq Ad~ertising rate }sonly $20. for 45 words each mQnth, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5 .00 for use of bl~ck and white photo, or a very sharp color print. ·Maximum size 5x7 NEW AND RENEW AL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45.word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If }'(!U ~i_sh to_ ~e a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. · REMEMBER .. CLASSH'IED AD SP.ACE IS LIMI.TED - YOUR AD MAY BE PUT OFF ONE ISSUE . IF }{_OT RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER/ -------Enclosed is $ (Send check or money ordi;r, no cash). Pleas.e run ad _______ nmes. 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FOR SALE: Class 9 Single sear, New Yokohamas, new trans, Fresh motor. Parker Pumper, Beard, re-built shocks, turn key, comes with trailer and many extra parts and spares, dump cans, $3,200.00 (805) 285-8159. FOR SALE: Ford 9" full race rear axle w/4 link, rollers, 3rd member w/spool, Summers full float hubs and 40 spline shafts, 67 .5" face to face: (4) 16" Kuster shocks 3" dia. w/3 by-pass rubes each. F-150 body molds w/complere set already made. Fuel rower, spare l 5x8 (5x5.5) wheels w/race lugs; Black-jack alu. floor race-jack; ere. (602) 951 -0888. -WANTED-PART TIME FABRI-CATOR: Lakewood/LongBeach area. Experienced in heliarc, mig and rig welding. (800)506-3433 .•. , .. ,,,_ ., .•• -$: .. -i; .... ;.,,., • -~ ..... ,. • .. ~"',l·'Wif>~·'Jt·i'&---"C"-,c:;. .. •: ,> .,._ ...... ~ TO THE MAX Pre-Runner: '68 Chevy w/ 1990 Fiberglass fron r clip, 402cid Motor 450+hp, built Turbo 400, Sandy Cone full floater 9" rear end, A-arm front susp. w/ 20" travel and 27" in rear! Coil over Kusrers ALL AROUND, Birchin Prerunner $16,500.00 obo. MUST SELL FAST. Baja Bro-kers Ref #578 (760) 723-2117. I % Ii '" SWEET CLASS 8 Chevy, 600hp · motor, JE Pistons, Brodix alum. Heads, 44 gal fule cell, Arr Car Shifter, Beards Sears, Automerer gauges, MSD Ignition, Nar'l Springs, Rancho Lightning Rod Shocks, Summers Bros, Rear end and Brakes, Art Carr Trans 23" Rear travel, Super Nice, Low Mile-age, Excellent condition Lowered to $42,000.00 ref #539 Baja Bro-kers (760) 723-2117. a division of Baja Concep . · [!:!berglassl ~ "UPG BILSTEIN'S REBUILDABLE SHOCKS 14" Rebuildable w/reserwir 12" Rebuildable w/reserwir 1 O" Rebuildable w/reserwir 1 O" Coil-over Shocks 186.00 186.00 179.00 160.00 w/o reservoir 125.00 w/o reservoir 125.00 w/o reservoir 118.00 60 1T Rebuildable 9100 w/reservoir 519.00 14" Rebuildable 9100 w/reservoir 519.00 12" Rebuildable 9100 w/reservoir 519.00 10" Rebuildable 9100 w/reservoir 519.00 All 60 mm with 4 Bypass Tubes 989.00 mm Page 46 vM.v1• ""' • ltffflll.O ""' • mu • ,roos All Available Now! Baja Racing Products I 04-0 South Main Street Fallbrook, CA 92028 760-723-2117 Phone 760-723-9938 Fax ~ . ' PRE-RUN Baja Bug convertible, 4 sear, Class 5 style, Simpson Belts, Full cage, VDO Gauges, High Torque starter, Wench. Saginaw Power Steering, KYB shocks. Close Ratio gears. Bus Tranny, Pear Coil over shocks, Great for Family Fun! $8,000.00 Baja Brokers Ref #537 760 723-2117. FOR SALE: Class 9 single sear. Fox Shox, Wright, Flameour, Parker Pumper, Major perfor-mance engine, fresh, turn key, race ready, lots of spar.es, new fuel cell. $6,,,000.00 (520) 669-6140 ask for Rod. FOR SALE: Awesome Trophy-Truck, thousands in spares, Former Rohhv Gordon Frank Vessel , 38" rear 32" front travel with the best of everything. This truck is a win-ner. Could be made Class 8 legal. $70K or will consider trade for real estate or!! Ref #489 Contact Baja Brokers ( 760) 723-2117. Outstanding Class 5: Winningesr Baja Bug in the Desert. This car is Race Ready wi~h Spares. · Includes Brand New Far 2.7L Type 4 Mo-tor, Fresh Forrin/Hewland 5 Speed Tranny. Fox Shocks, Summers Bros Hubs, Outboard 930 c.v. Joints, This car's record is amazing. Class 5 Champion 94-95, In 3 years this car Finished 19 our of 21 Races! 1996 Milestone Award Winner. Baja• Brokers Ref #572 $29,900.00 (760) 723-21 I 7. 94 BUNDERSON 1-1600 Front has Link Pin, Fox/Bunderson shocks off of top A-arm Wright spindles, rear has 2 Fox/Bunderson shocks per side, Bunderson Tubu-lar Trailing arms, new SAW 25mm Torsion bars, 920 c.v.s, Harz mo-tor, 25 gal Fuel Safe cell, Pyramid built tranny, New 4:86 ring & pin-ion, Jamar Pedals, Wired fot PCI radios. Ref#551$11,000.00 Baja Brokers (?60) li~-2117. CLASS 7S Ranger: 95 Ford Splash body, 2.5L, 4 cyl, Fox shocks, long travel front suspension, Nationals in rear, Mogi C-4 auto transmis-sion, 9" rear end w/40 spline ax-les, All 4130 Chromoly, Nice race truck!$ l 7,9000, Baja Brokers Ref#366 760 723-2117. FOR SALE: Chaparral 5th Wheel Car Trailer, 38' x 8', side/rear doors, double axle electric brakes, canopy, winch, tire rack, cabinets, battery charger, diamond plate floor, set up for three small cars, lots of extras, $8,000.00 obo Phone (818) 346-5151. FOR SALE: Class 10 Lite motor. Don Hatz 1 720cc, 62 stroke x 94 bore. ARPM case, Auto-craft dry sump, Weisco piston, Autocraft cylinders, total sear rings, Pauter lightened crank, Carillo rods, Dual Webers, Ultra trick heads by Harz. Kennedy clutch, custom exhaust, Unbelievable power. Over $9,000.00 for a new one.$3,300.00 obo (702) 898-7368. FOR SALE: 1996 Ford SODA Class 13, front runner. 358ci, 650 hp. Coil suspension, Fox shocks, air bumps, Mark Williams, Tilton, too much to list. $15,000.00 or will part. Don Gregoire (414) 473-3430. ALL OR PART: 2 Sear Molton/ Jimco Class 1. 3.2 Liter Porsche by FAT, Doug Fortin 5 speed, Fox Rear Shocks, Raceco Rear Arms, Our Board Summers Arms, Mastercrafr, Parker Pumper, PIAA, Radio, Intercom, Fire System, Fodrill Front Suspension, Coil Over Fox, ETC! Tons and Tons of Spares: Tired Wheels and Parts! Ref # 555. And if you're looking for a hauler here it is: 20 FOOT HAULER: Ford F-600 Hauler, 429 motor, 5 speed Tranny, 2 speed rear end, excellent vehicle, built for Off Road Racing. Kitchen Area, Belly Boxes, Welders, and EVERY-THING else you need and it hauls the race car! Baja Brokers Ref# 555 (CAR), Ref# 544 (hauler) (760) -211 . lass 9 car, turn key ready. 2 searer, New transmission, New Beard sears, PC! radios and intercom SACO Deist seatbelts, BFG tires. Lots ·of spares. MUST SEE! Total package $6,000.00 Call Robbie or Donna (818) 352-1079. FOR SALE: 1977 Ford F-150, 4x4, 350, 11 1 /2 inch lift, 40 inch tires, KC Lites, runs great. Must sell cheap or trade. $1,000.00 or good running compact car. (702) 4 -66 7. FOR SALE: Class 10 J imco cham-pion car. Fresh rebuild trans. w/ new FTC gears Wiks motor, Fox shocks; CNC, Ump, Race ready $16,000.00 or make offer. Grear for new Class 12 SCORE Lire se-ries. Prep by Lothringer eng. Turn key ready. Must sell. Call Brian T " gan (714) 821-8514. WANTED-PART TIME FABRI-CATOR: Lakewood/LongBeach area. Experienced in heliarc, mig and rig welding. (800)506-3433 FAT MOTORS, WINNERS IN VEGAS! * ~ . ~ ~ ».~ ~ And the beat goes on! SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300, April 18-20 Class 1 1st Mike Julson/Bob Lofton (Toyota V6) Class 5 1st George Seeley (VW Type IV) Class 1/2-1600 1st Brad Maurer/Rick Paquette (VW Type I) Good Luck to all FAT Customers in the 1997 SODA Points Series: SODA Memorial Day 100 May 24-26, Lake Geneva , WI SODA Off-Road Championship June 7-8, Antigo, WI We use & recommend [1f3~K] RACING ENQNES. TRANSMISSIONS AND OFFROAD PARTS Send or call for our new catalog $5.00 ., -"' __ .,,._ ,_.,,., """"' ............................... ,., ,_ "'"' ,., ,., ,., ,., ,., :-.,-.: July 1997 SCORE Engine Builder of the Year for 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 & 1996! PERFORIIAICB 1558 No. Case • Orange, CA 92667 (714) 637-2889 • Fax (714) 637-7352 Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: PreRun Blazer, Ex-Arciero & RCR. 2 Wheel drive. Frisk Twin I Beam front suspen-sion with Kusters. LeDuc 4-lind rear suspension with Kusters and lightening rods. Dana 60 .spool Mogi T400. Parablock 388CI. Full cage. New paint and interior 3 Mastercrafr seat, 50 gallon fuel cell. Lots of spares. Street licensed $35,000.00 obo. (714) 673-8367. ... ~ J ____ .,. -~; '!r Top ofThe Line 7S: Ford Ranger 4WD, New Model Body, 3.0L 4 Cylinder, 290+ HP, Mogi C-4 Tranny, 47 gallon Fuel Cell, Fox Front Shocks w/Resevoirs and Ad-justable Damping, Kuster Rear Shocks, National Spring, Chrisman 9" Rear End With 300M Axles, 9 First Place Finishes Including the Baja 1000. Many, many spares, including spare race motor available. Baja Brokers Ref #584. $40,000.00 (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Ultimate Budget Off Road 2 Truck or car hauler/shop setup, 28 fr. enclosed 3 axle trailer w/120 ac int lights/wiring, radio/ antenna mts, shelves, tiedowns, WANTED: RACE DRIVERS & CO-DRIVERS Show up with your helmet, Drivers suit & waller. We provide the rest! Race a Ford Ranger Class 7S Truck built by "Curr LeDuc" in "Best in the Desert or SCORE' Desert races. Serious Inquiries Only Cost $$$$ (714) 376-8306 or (916) 573-1225. """.'183/lm vise/grinder stand, 10,500# rating, 1 new paint, bearings, and brakes gd cond w/65 Ford F600 VB reblt, 4 speed reblt trans. New clutch & i lindage, 2 spd rr Runs great gd tires needs paint $5,199.00 obo ,, (916) 573-1225. Will seperate. FOR SALE: High Jumper 2 seater. Class I 0, FAT performance I 650 cc Rabbit Bus trans, 930 c.v.s. Fox Shox w/reservoirs. Disc brakes, Wrighr Power steering. Beard seats w/ Simpson belts, $8,000.00 obo. Call for more info & pictures. (760) 342-5003 a(ter 5:00 or leave message. FOR SALE: 2 Seat Class 10 or I 2. Fast & Light. Less than 1,000 miles on rhe car. From 1 sr built. Fox Shox, floaters , new Charlyn steer-ing. Reduced price $17,500.00 obo. No motor. After 6pm (562) 404-5607 or page (310) 669-1254. FOR SALE: The "ORIGINAL" Wild thing, 73' VW Thing full sub and cage, boxed arms, rack bus tranny, Beards cell, 1776 all fresh, good top and windows, row bar, lights $4,000.00 or trade. (562) 868-1103. ;muRs M-F 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 10:00 - 3:00 TROPHY TRUCK CHEV-ROLET: Race ready 4130 chromoly, front travel/30 rear 680hp Shaver built all alum. Sm. Block motor, Crisman rear end, good support package: spares! Mo-tivated Ref#563 $55,000.00. Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Class 4 Ford Fox 14" coil over remote, Fox bumps, Sum-mers 9" 35 spline floater w/spool, fuel safe cell, Neal pedal, Auto meter, BFG, Earls, Mastercrafr full race C-5 tranny, ready to race with your motor. (860) 546-9412 $9,500.00 LOST AT PRIMM 300: 2 37" BFGs on Alcoa rims; one blue air bag jack. Lost at race mile 18.5 and 63. If found contact Swift Motorsports (805) 986-2580 ask for Colin or John. Daily UPS Visa and Mastercard We are happy to announce our new 800 toll free number. (800) 656-3376 Use it to call and inquire about our "Quick Fix" IRS repair boots or our 11 gallon "Fast-Fill" 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 Dusty Times FOR SALE: 1960 Baja Pre Run-ner, w/IRS suspension, single porr 1600 HD Type Welded gears, Crown super diff, HD side cool-ers, cut & turn front & rear adj. torsion tubes 1" longer trailing arms, full cage, with tilting trailer $2,900.00 obo (714) 288-0895. TIRES FOR SALE: New Bridgestone Dueler A/T 610 265/ 70 R/ 1 G's For Off Road use only! European take offs. Exceptional tires, non DOT. More than 50% under retail. $375.00 for sets of 5 or $3,750.00 takes all 75. Call Robin at Europa Int. at (505) 984-2816. -PACKAGE DEAL: Class 8 Ford, 15" Travel front/20" travel rear,, Kuster coil over shocks, 35" BFG Baja T/As, 488 cid V8, Cobra Jet heads, MSD ignition, Powerhouse motor, Mogi C6 transmission, Chrisman 9 3/4 rear End, 46 spline axles, 80 gallon fuel system, spares included. $38,000.00 and if you are looking for a hauler here's this: 53 FOOT TRAILER: Kentucky Air ride trailer, Luxury transpor-tation, generator, 10,000 lbs, winch, tool boxes, Belly Boxes, Al C 11 O/ l 2V Lighting, air compres-sor, $38,000.00 Baja Brokers #569 (Class 8) Ref #568 (pre-runner), ref#567 trailer (760 723-2117. : urn key 10 car Bunderson chassis, single seat, long wheel base, race ready (no joke) desert car. New Fat Performance water cooled motor. Zero miles (no joke) Hurst shifter, Hewland gears. Rimco short block. New $700.00 Fuel Cell. 12 Fox Coil over shocks-Fresh prep. Weber 44, Summers Hubs, Sway-A-Way, Wright Rack & fresh paint, Extras, Motivated, R~duced to $13,500.00 (760) 757-8709 or (pgr) (760) 999-2552. July 1997 Great Chase Vehicle: Ex-Simon and Simon Chase/Pre-Runner/ Support Vehicle, Leon Patten 351 W Motor, Steve Culhane C-6 with Art Carr Shifter, 35 gallon Fuel Cell, Monster Radius Arm, Bilstein All ground, Nationals in Rear, Currie 9", Lots of Spares. Baja Bro-kers Ref #579 $8,500.00. (760) 723-2117 Super Trick Project: Insane Pre-Runner Partly Built to Trophy Truck Caliber. Ed Frisk built chromoly. Set up for Chevy SB and Turbo 400 Tranny, Not Included, Can be modified to fit any motor/ trans combo, 2 Beard Seats, Art Carr Shifter, Includes Variou, Sizes of Chromoly Tubing and Jigs For Work Completed. Some of the fin-est fabrication ever. Baja Brokers Ref #583 $3,000.00 (760) 723-21 I 7 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS A TL Fuel Cells ............................................. 36 Baja Racing Products ................................. 46 Baker Performance Products ..................... 18 Barbary Coast-Gold Coast Hotels............... 9 Best in the Desert ....................................... 13 Bilstein Corp of America ... :........................ 5 Bonneville Off Road Racing Enthusiasts .... 25 Cactus Racing Products ............................. 37 California Off-Road Racing Enthusiasts ..... 33 Donohoe Racing Enterprises ...................... 30 Estero Beach Short Course Racing ............ 27 Fat Performance ......................................... 46 Fox Racing Shox ......................................... 2 German Auto ............................................... 15 Honda of North Hollywood ......................... 24 Kawaguchi Honda ....................................... 34 King Shock Tech ......................................... 18 McKenzie Performance Products ......... 10, 28 Mojave Desert Racing ................................ 19 Nevada Off Road Buggy ............................. 35 Orleans Hotel ..... : ........................................ 17 PCI Race Radios & Equipment .................... 23 Pike's Family Restaurant ........................... 39 Protruck Racing Organization .................... 32 Race Ready Products .................................. 47 Raffo Racing Ltd ......................................... 11 Simpson Race Products .............................. 12 SNORE NAPA J&P Autoparts 250 ............. 31 Sway-A-Way Corp ...........•.......................... 7 Toyota Motorsports ........•............ Back Cover Tri·Mil Industries ........................................ 32 Upper Peninsula Off Road 100 ................... 21 Valley Performance .................................... 14 VORRA ........................................................ 39 Web Cam .................................................... 6 Weld Racing ................................................ 47 Y~rnell Specialties ..................................... 20 NEW IN '97 ... from WELD RACING® TM MODULAR Specialty Racing Wheel • Mud Drags • Sand Drags • Truck Pullers • 4x4 Trucks• Dune Buggies, Etc. • True 3-Piece o u Design ... A Genuine Racing Wheel. • Super Strong ... ---~ Nobody Builds a Stronger Racing Wheel ! • Super Light ... Lightest Wheels Avail.able! e Really Wide ... From 3½" to wide in 15", 16" and NOW 16.1" • Versatile Fitment ... 4,5,6 and 8 Lug -Back Spacings from 2" to 8". • Fast Service ... All Orders '"" ,$/<-2 Shown with ·,_ Optional Double Bead-Loe™ Built within 5 Working Day . -28 Prices $22900 Starting at each f a ii Racer Direct: ~ 1-800-488-9353 Dept. SR © 1997, Weld Wheel, lndustries 933 Mulberry St., Kansas City, MO 64101 816/421-8040, Fax: 816/842-6747, Web Site: http:/ /www.-weldracing.com Page 47

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