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Volume 15 -Number 12 December 1998 DllliJlilDIIG Publisher Emeritus Jean Calvin Editor John Calvin Associate Editor Judy Smith Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel . Controller John Calvin Marketing Pat Caplan Circulation Vance Scott Contributors C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Jim Culp Daryl "No Brakes" Drake Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Ralph Mason Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick Ron Miller Troy Robinson Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith T rackside Photo Les Wolfe Art Director ~ .-ti.I.I ..... ~..., Subscription Rates: $20.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Subscription rates on request Contributions: DUSTITIIMES welcomes contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited mate-rial will be returned only by request and with a self ad-dressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTI TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES: (ISSN 87 50-17 32) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright by Hill-side Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the pub-lisher. Periodical Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address change to DUSTI TIMES, 2075 lMarilla 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 to DUSTI TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. A V e:ry Merry Christmas from all of us at Dusty Times to all our friends all over the country and the world. In This Issue ... FEATURES Best In The.Desert Vegas To Reno by John Calvin ..................................... 8 Sanremo Rally by Martin Holmes ................................................................ I 4 Estero Beach Baja 1.5 Mile Short Course by Ron Miller ........................... 16 Best In The Desert Vegas To Reno Motorcycles by Anne Van Beveran ............................................. 24 CORP Tec~te Fiesta del Sol 200 by Tony Tellier ....................................... 30 V0RRA Prairie City by Troy Robinson ....................................................... 34 Glen Helen - Round 5 by Ron Miller .......................................................... 36 Dusty People - Larry Roeseler by Judy Smith .............................................. 41 DEPARTMENTS Happenings .................................................................................................... 5 Trail Notes ....................................................................................................... 6 Checkers by the Big Wahzoo .......................................................................... 42 Challenger C6lrner by Joel Mohr ......................................................... : ......... 42 FAIR News by Joy Bancroft ........................................................................... 43 C.0.R.E. Pit Report by Sandy Parker ........................................................... 43 Mag 7 Race T earn by Stephen T. Stenberg .................................................... 44 Off Road Scramble by PC ............................................................................. 46 Christmas Gift Goodies Galore .................................................................... 56 Good Stuff Directory ....................... : ............................................................. 48 Classified Ads ................................................................................................ 53 Index To Advertisers .................................................................................... 55 On The Cover Russell and Nick Pearson won the Vegas To Reno endurance contest overall on their KTM, covering the 500 miles plus in 8:44:51, a great win for the youngsters from Las Vegas. Dan Smith and Dave Ashley drove their good looking Ford truck to the Car/ Truck overall win on the Vegas To Reno Race, besting their competition by six minutes after a nine and a half hour run. Color Photography by Trackside Photo Ouhscrihe 'Joda_y lo DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$20.00 □ 2 years -$30.00 □ 3 years -$40.00 (no credit cards please) Take advantage of your subscription bonus ... Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (See form in Classified section) Name --------------------Address -------------------City ---------------------St ate __________ Zip ______ _ Primary Interest -CARS O MOTORCYCLES 0 Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 Cana9ian - 1 year $25.00 US ■ Overseas subscription rates upon request Dusty Times December 1998 Page 3

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1998 Happenings ... COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Yahsholtz, President (719) 531-3642 W/(719)687-9827 H P.O Box 8286 D&T PROMOTIONS Dave Yan Deren 2405 Baker Ave. Everett, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 Stoddard Valley ESTERO BEACH SHORT COURSE RACING Victoria Galindo Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 011-526-176-6225 , ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Apto 42 San Jose del Caho Baja California de! Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 0l l-18-07-3298-5522 November 1, 1998 Goondiwindi, QLD AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Renald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebec, Canada H7P 1T7 (514) 622-4440 BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31/163 Mexicali, BC, Mexico Mexicali (65) 5542-83 Off Road Races BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey Folks, Director 3475 C Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702) 641-2431 E-Mail: bitdjp@worldnet.att.net . December 4-6, 1998 T erribles Town Pahrump, NV February 19-21, 1999 Kawasaki Team Green Laughlin U.S. Hare Scrambles Laughlin, NV April 16-18, 1999 Tonopah300 Tonopah,.NV . · May 14-16 1999 , Nevada "200" trail Ride Motorcycles Only -By Invitation Call For Information June 25-27, 1999 Silver State 300 September 30-October 3, 1999 Vegas To Reno December 3-5, 1999 Terrible's Town 250 Pahrump, NV BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES Les Wolfe, NEW President 1727 N. Main Sunset, UT 84015 (801) 776-4654 BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-lH0 · (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 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 December 4, 1998 Laughlin International Rally Laughlin, NV March 6-7, 1999 CRS Pro Rally School and Rallycross Location TBA CANNING ATTRACTIONS P.O. Box400 Maywood, CA 90270 (213) 560-SHOW CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box645 Pierre, SD 57501 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) (605) 224-9481 Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4967 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLAIRTON Ill-JACKERS I.C.O. Tom Delauder Sr 1091 Twp. Line Road Dusty Times Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Coum off Road Racing At Harrison County Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICA SAN QUINTIN Calle 6ta Fracc Cd. de San Quintin San Quintin, BC, Mexico Heraclio Patino (011 52 616-5-22-07) CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright (011 52 61746834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (61637/7 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box 3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (719) 653-8449 CORP Cachanillas Off Road Promotions P.O Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 01152 (65) 66-6080 01152 (65) 66-6080Fax December 4-6, 1998 (;:arrera de Campeones Mexicali - San Felipe BC, Mex CORR Championship Off Road Racing Carla.Reid (317) 272-2827/FAX: (317) 272-2900 Short Course Racing CORVA 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352 Sacramento, CA 95833 1-800-42 CORVA Ext 42 Fax (818) 957-4435 (All events at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Thurston County ORV 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) 855-6125 EASTERN OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Delauder, Sr. 109} Township Line RoadWellsville, Ohio43968 (330) 532-4589 ELLIS DESERT RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS (760) 256-8059 December 5, 1998 F AB TECH Off Road Short Course Series at Glen Helen Raceway P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (909) 280-9096 Championship Series November 22, 1998 Round 8 Contact:·BBM Marketing Promotions P.O. Box 762 Norco, CA 9 I 760-0762 (562) 988-6250/Fax: (909) 280-9097 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Associaton 2 7 50 Cozumel Drive # 1 1 16 Melbourne, FL 32935 (407) 254-5167 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM (lJ=> · 11111nner's· CirCle Damen Jefferies, 1st 111 Class, 2"d Overall; Takes SCORE Poillm I ead Darnen Jefferies of Big Bear City, CA won Class 10 and finished second Overall at the SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 off-road race to take over the Overal~points lead in the Laughlin SCORE Desert Series. just 23 minutes from an Overall victory after 335 miles of racing near State Line, NV. Driving his JIMCO Toyota Class 10 single seater equipped with Bilstein shock absorbers, Jefferies won his class by 39 minutes and finished Jefferies, the defending SCORE Overall Points Champion, has now posted three class wins in the first five SCORE events this season. He has added one second and a thicd-place finish to claim the Overall points lead heading into the season-ending Tecate Baja 1000 race. Other SCORE Primm 300 Class Winners on Bi/stein Shocks ... • Steve Barlow - Protruck Ford F-150 • Dave Sykes -Stock Full Ford • Bob Land - Clas's 7 Ford Ranger • Dennis Nuckles - Sportsman Class • Eric Solorzano - Class 11 Stock vw Go With Bi/stein! A Winning Tradition In Off-Road Racing! For all the details contact the Off-Road Racing Department: Call Toll Free 800/537-1085 ~ KRUPP BILSTEIN OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road• San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 619/453-7723 • www.bilstein.com December 1998 Pages

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250 Kennedy, #2 Barstow, CA 92311_ Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 (760) 253-4453 December 31, 1998 MSBA Dunaway Dash Michigan Sport Buggy Association Plaster City West, CA Dave Barret GORRA 6363 Nightingale Dr. Georgia Off Road Flint, Ml 48506 Racing Association (810) 730-9221 420 Hosea Road NATIONAL MUD RACING Lawrenceville, GA 30245 ASSOCIATION (404) 963-0252 Rt. # I -Box380 GPORRA Dave or Marlene Ryan Great Planes Off Road Racing Palatka, FL 32177 Association (904) 325-5422 13621 Pierce St. NATIONAL TUFF TRUCK Omaha, NE 68144-1122 ASSOCIATION ( 402) 333-051 7 Eve. Butch Chapin Motorsports Promotions Keith Koesters 6716N.106thSt. 1404 East 3rd Street Omaha, NE 68122 Hastings, MN 55033-1415 (402) 4964846 Eve. (612) 437-2459 (AU races are short course, stadium style. OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS Classes: Trophy, 11-1600, 5, 7S, 1 and OF EL PASO Quads) Joey Vasquez 13180 Round Dance IOK FOUR WHEELERS El Paso, TX 79936 P.O. Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (915) 855-8899 AU races are at Mountain Shadow Lal<£. (AU e'l/ents staged at the club grounds Take I-10 Horizon Blvd. exit east 12 miles in Cleves. Ohio) OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. INTERNATIONAL 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 St. Paul, MN 55108 · JimKendel (216) 339-4674 Steve Beddor AU races held at Harrison (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 Count) Fairgrounds. Cadiz, Ohio INTER-SHOWS ONTARIO OFF ROAD MOTORSPORTS RACERS ASSOCIATION PROMOTIONS, INC. Rick Tichbourne, Public Relations P.O. Box 2910 (519)-681-4192(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (714) 364-0515 PACE MOTOR SPORTS U.S. Off Road Championship KAMI.OOPS BRONCO BUSTER 630-963-4810 4WDCLUB 900-PRO RACE P.O. Box465 Kamloops, BC, Canada VZG5L2 January 9, 1999 Bob (250) 374-7175 days Trans World Dome Randy (250) 579-9621 eves. St. Luis, MO Wes (250) 351-2819 January 16, 1999 .Atrtodome LI.T.R.E. Houston, TX Jeff Elrod January 23, 1999 (408) 926-0522 Metrodome JimAruta (408) 247-4402 Minneapolis, MN January 30, 1999 MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS Edison INternational Field 3749 Needmore Hwy Anaheim,CA Charlotte, Ml 48813 February 6, 1999 (517) 543-7214 Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ MICHIGAN OFF ROAD February 13, 1999 CHAMPIONSHIPS Qualcom Stadium M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. San Diego, CA 15529 Jones Road February 27, 1999 Grand Ledge, Ml 4883 7 lITEP Sun Bowl (51 7) 62 7-6200 El Paso, TX 0eeps, Trucks, Pilots, Dune Buggies, Road March 6, 1999 ·, Warrion and Quad A 1V Trophy and Texas Stadium "".~ M!!!!!:l Classes.) Dallas, TX .. March 13, 1999 :! MICHELIN PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Silverdome i Sports Car Club of America Pontiac, MI '1 P.O. Box 3278 March 27, 1999 J Englewood, CO 80112 Kingdome (303) 779-6622 Seattle, WA I PIKES PEAK I MID-AMERICA P.O. Box 6962 f OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION Colorado Springs, CO 80934 MAORA (7 I 9) 685-4400 Press: Dirty Dave Cronin (314) 838-4215 PROTRUCK RACING VP: Walter Flack (217) 987-6568 ORGANIZATION LTOR-Lincoln Trail OffRoaders (619) 449-6252 Pres: Dean Conkling (217) 830-4215 V.P.: Brad Key (217) 446-4556 S.C.A.T. INC. Steve Sabo (618) 327-9312 Michael R. Icing (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series P.O. Box 277 Produced lry Lincoln Trail Off RoadeTS) Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 MOJAVE DESERT RACING 1853 Parkway Drive SCORE S. El Monte, CA 91733 SCORE International (626) 442-9320/(626) 579-6051 Fax 23961 Craftsman Rd., Suite A E-Mail mdrracing@aol.com Calabasas, CA 91302 February 13, 1999 (818) 225-8402/FAX: (818) 225-8102 Barstow, CA January 21-23, 1999 April 10, 1999 Laughlin Desert Challenge Lucerne,CA Laughlin, NV June 19, 1999 March 19-21, 1999 Lucerne,CA Tecate/SCORE San Felipe 250 August 7, 1999 San Felipe, Baja California Barstow, CA June 4-6, 1999 October 2, 1999 Tecate/SCORE Baja 500 Luceme,CA Ensanada, Baia California November 20, 1999 July 16-17, 1999 PBarstow, CA SCORE Fireworks 250 M.OR.E. Barstow, CA Mojave Off Road Racing September 10-11, 1999 Las Vegas Primm 300 Enthusiasts Primm, NV 25277 W. Main St., Suite 283 November 5-8, 1999 Page& Tecate/SCORE Baja 1000 TBA, Baja California SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 February 5-7, 1999 AVI 250 Laughlin, NV April 16-18, 1999 Buffalo Bill's 400 Primm, NV June 25-27, 1999 · KC HiLites Midnight Special TBA August 13-14, 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 250 Ely,NV September 24-26, 1999 30th Gold Coast SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV November 12-14, 1999 The Reserve 250 Henderson, NV SONS OF THUNDER -4WHEELERS Race Division Keith Stewart (714) 522-1899 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Office Manager: Mary Carson 2285 Tracy Avenus Simi Valley, CA 93063 (805) 526-a805/Fax:(805) 584-8518 Internet: httE://scta-bni.org SOUTHEASTERN OFF ROAD CHALLENGE Steve Rule (800) _313-5621 or (770) 963-0252 Mike Moore - (224) 272-5400 SOUTH EAST OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. President - Geoff Lee 1100 West Main Street D-3 , , Fra_nklin, TN 3 7064 Classis 1/2-1600, 5-1600,, Class 9, SODA Class 11 & Sportsman (AU Races at Ralli_ Hill S£!!.edwai_) SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. 4305 Wootlark Drive Tampa FL 33624 (813) 962-2857 ' , (All-Races at Eastbai_. Racewf:t, T arrif!i: FL)' SUPER SERIES (PTY) LID. P.O. Box 706 Par-klands; 2121 South Africa (011)788-5138 Fax (011 ) 880-2170 SODA . ·short Course Off Road . Drivers Association Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437/(615) 595-8237 (All races held at Notrees, TX 25 miles west of Odessa.· TX) TOYS FOR TOTS (619) 252-1197 /(619) 252-3093 T.O.R.R.O Texas Off Road Racing Organization Marty Jackson 8307 Bauman Road . Houston, TX 77022 (713) 694-0207/Fax: (713) 694-8335 TSO do Frog Specialties 4050 Spencer Street # I Torrance, CA 90503 (310) 370-9856 January 1-17, 1999 21st Annual Dakar Rally UORRA United Off Road Racing Association Dave Urbanowicz, President 589 Amwell Road Neshanic, NJ 08853 (908) 369-6550 (AU events at Owego Motor Sports Park, Rte. 434, Owego, NY) December 1998 VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702 VICENTE GUERRERO OFF ROAD CLUB Profo. Cenovio Gamboa 011-52-616-6-21-9,l (2-6 p.m.) WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson (604) 538-0692 WORRA P.O.Box 3241 Sumas WA 98295 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire P.O. Box 376 Adamsburg, PA (412) 527-6556 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 16251 North Cave Creek Road #4 Phoenix, AZ 85023-2976 (602) 971-3730 November TBA Date and Location to be Announced December 5, 1998 Point to Point Rocky Point, MX January 9, 1999 Parker 400 Parker, AZ WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 so. U.S. Hwy 45 Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 Delaware St. Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414)426-0470/(414) 982-7306 Attention Race&Rally Organizers List your coming eventss in DUSTY TIMES free. It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailiing list. Don't call, but mail your 1998/1999 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES 207 51 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4404. FJ\MILY - we were just officially informed that my nephew, Colonel Harold R. Shelgren is retiring from the United States Air Force after serving our country for 28 1/2 years and is now entering the private sector. ·lbanks for all you've done for us and thanks for being my nephew. SUBSCRIPTIONS - It's been a while since we kicked the Dusty Times subscription rates up and we are going to have to do it again. The cost of_newsprint and mailing and our expanded coverage force our costs higher each month so, in · order to keep you informed of all the off road news, the new subscription rates will go into effect January 1, 1999. Domestic subscriptions will be $25, $40 and· $55 for 1, 2 & 3 year subscriptions, Foreign subscriptions will be $30, $45, and $60 for I, 2 & 3 year subscriptions and Foreign air mail goes to $75, $140 & $200 for 1, 2 & 3 year subscriptions. Club subscriptions will be $15 for 1 year. (Contact DT for details). Thanks for your co_ntil).ued suppcirt of ~usty Times. , · CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING-In.Ii~~ ;ith the increas~ i~subscriptio,n rates, the classified advertising rate will also rise·to $25 for 45 words with an additional '$5 if you include a photo. This rate change-also goes into -effecc-on January 1, 1999. . ... ~MEETING-Because Troy Herbst was in,the hospital with carbon monoxide \...,poisoning during the CRB hearing after the Primm race where he was disqualified for "illegal air support", Troy asked for a-re-hearing where he could be present and give his.side of the story. Another CRB meeting was convened on October 13 and four of the five panel members were in attendance. They watched a video of the incident in question, asked questions.of Herbst and then the panel adjourned for their discussion. The panel changed the original disqualification to a penalty of six positions, reducing Troy's finish to eighth in class. It was a unanimous decision. DALLY NEWS • we assume that the entire rally community is aware of the -"Ramada Express International Rally which is happening on December 3rd through 6th in beautiful downtown Laughlin, Nevada and it certainly is an event you wouldn't want to miss. Three da·ys of rallying in the mountains and the desert and lots of prize monies, like 25 grand! Not too bad huh? And, here is more news we just received: It was just confirmed on October 28 that more than 50 stage miles will be run at competitive speeds up to and along the west rim of the Grand Canyon. These rally roads were confirmed after a meeting with the Hualapi Indian Tribal Council and permission was granted to utilize this portion of the Hulapi reservation. Also, the competitors list continues to grow, the latest entry is Geof Argyle, the rdgning New Zealand rally champion who will be driving a Group A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV, a 300 horsepower four wheel drive rally car that is bound to be one of the top competitors. For more info contact Ray Hocker or Roger Allison at 702-298-8171. PRO RALLY -The 1999 SCCA Pro Rally Championship will be covered in six half hour broadcasts throughout the '99 season. Speedvision will air the rallies and each show is scheduled for multiple air dates. We will publish the dates for your convenience as soon as they are made known to us. D ECOVERED-Just got a note from William Ingram, MD, known to many of us • ~Id timers as "Doc", a long time racer who always had a good time in the car, win lose or draw. He was severely injured in 1996 and wrote to say that after one year in a body cast and halo and then three months in a wheel chair he is fully recovered. Dow says he is still racing SCCA and wanted to say hi to all his old friends. Hi back to you Doc, and for God's sake, be careful and be healthy for a long time. CHECKERS PARTY - February 6, 1999 is the date, the Gold Coast Hotel and' Casino is the place and the Checker 25th Anniversary party will be the social event of the year. The Checkers are seriously looking for product and gift certificate donations to be given away for door prizes during the evening's festivities. Any manufacturer or distributor is invited to donate to the cause and your help will be greatly appreciated. Please call John Hastings at 818-352-9330, Uncle Max Norris at 213-254-153 l or the Reverend Roy Moore at 760-249-6710 and let them know what you would like to donate for the anniversary bash. There is a good chance that all the festivities will be video taped and these tapes will be available for all the attendees.Stay tuned for more developments. Dusty Times

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BEST IN THE DESERT • VEGAS TO RENO Dave And Dan, They're The.Man By John Calvin Photos: Trackside Photo & Grumpy Kory Scheeler and Larry Job make a good team, they drove their Jimco to a first in Class 1, over a hour in hand at the finish. · Dan Smith and Dave Ashley teamed up to take the overall win on the Vegas To Reno race, beating their competition by six minutes. · The Best In Tlie Desert Ve-gas to Reno race was held the first weekend in October and the weather gods were certainly smil-ing on the competitors as the weather was balmy. There was just enough breeze to help clean the course and although it got a bit chilly for my old bones at the finish line, there was very little to complain about. Technical Inspection and Contingency were held in the mammoth parking lot behind the Sahara Hotel and there were · plenty of contingency donors in attendance and the weather couldn't have been better. Con-tingency was from ten in the morning to six at night on Thurs-day, October 1 with the race run on Friday. There were 65 cars and trucks that wound their way through the contingency line and 11 7 mo-torcycles and 15 Quads, all wait-ing for the 527 mile run to Reno on the following morning. The race started outside of Pahrump and as usual, Casey wound the course through some beautiful country on the long run north. There were 12 pits along the way and a printed sheet in-formed all concerned on when each pit closed and there was also a travel guide for us non-race types, relating exact directions to each pit on the way north with mileage accurate to I/10th of a Tom Scahill soloed the good looking Chevy to the Class B win, taking the class by more than two hours with just one flat to slow him down. Curt LeDuc led all the way, 500 miles worth, 'tit he broke a tie-rod just mile. The race of the day was be-tween Ashley/Smith in a Ford Steve Barlow and John Swift had a perfect day, no problems with their Protruck and they took the class win by less than five minutes. and LeDuc in his Jeep and they tored on and, lo and behold a few really went at it all race long. more miles down the course, They were in a dead heat on time there was LeDuc, at the side of at check 1. The boys trailed the road, replacing a broken tie-LeDuc through the next six rod, and the rest is in the history checkpoints, but the margin was book. Smith drove the first half never more than seven minutes of the race, Ashley part two and and heading for the finish from they were really happy individu-the last check they were three als at the end. The flat was the minutes in arrears. Then:, just only problem they had all race about 30 miles from the finish long and they were glad they won Ashley had a flat and at that he highly competitive race. point he ceded the race to LeDuc Curt LeDuc, driving solo, had and resigned himself to a second a completely trouble free day, 'ti! in class, second overall for the he hit a rock near the finish and day. Well, after fixing the flat h ad to replace a tie-rod. This with all possible haste he mo-gave his three minute lead away ,-----------~""1m!,"".i"",;:,,,~~-_,,..-.,..,,..~ Rob MacCachren and Danny Anderso(I paired up once more to take a class win in the Mirage, winning by 15 minutes in Reno. and after completing repairs he flew on in for the silver medal and second overall as well, six minutes out of the win, with his usuai statement, "That's racin"'. Some of the other entries in the "Trick Truck" class were Ed/ Tim Herbst who retired after check 4 for reasons unknown to us and Larry Roeseler, who was busy looking for a co-driver the day before the race, who never made it to check 3. Class 1 had a bunch of entries and through the first two checks it looked like Mark Weyhrich was going to do the job but by check 3 he was losing time and he eventually disappeared after check 5. Kory Scheeler and Larry Job ran in the second spot in their Jimco through check 2 but then they broke into the lead and there they remained, taking the win with over an hour in hand at the finish line. Kory started the race, gave the car to Larry at the half way point and with just one flat to hamper them they took the win with ease. Second Class 1 to the finish was Sam Berri who drove solo in his Mirage, only had one flat to hamper his progress and he was happy but tired with his second spot even though he was just over an hour in arrears. Dick Continued on page 10 miles from the finish and he took the silver medal, six minutes in Kevin McGillivray and Tom Ridings were fifth overall on Vegas To Reno, Sam Berri soloed his Mirage the 500 miles to Reno and took second arrears. ___ second in Protruck just one flat hampering their run to Reno. in Class 1, shown here outrunning the dust. · Page 8 December 1998 Dus·ty Times

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John Watkins and Scott Sellers were second in Class 10, just 15 Joel Stankavich makes a MU point landing on his way to a nice second Jim Bosman had some troubles early on but they continued north to minutes away from the gold medal in class. place finish in Class 7S, an hour behind the leader. Reno and took second place in Class 8. Weyhrich was the next Class 1 Class 1 and Troy drove to Cliff Smith brought his buggy made it to the third check in from Blythe to race but he and car to arrive and he was very Tonopah then handed over to in after a very long seventeen and their Raceco and retired for rea- his Foddrill also expired before happy to be at the finish after Jimmy Smith (a name from the a half hours out on the course, sons unknown. Gary Wise came the third check. None of the twelve and a half hours out on past) and Jimmy brought the car Gnarly Dave Collier was next in· down from Idaho to do battle in other Class 1 entries made it to the course. home. They had lost a tranny just his very tired racer, just four min- his Chenowth but suffered me-the first check. The Truggy of Troy Herbst a few miles from the start and utes short of the 20 hour time chanical failures after the second The Protruck Class had a hell was the fourth place finisher in that cost them much time. limit. The Stiles brothers only check and Kirk Kontillis came up of a race with the first two trucks Craig Turner soloed his Ford on the long race to Reno, winning Class 7S by over an hour and had no problems en route. Page 10 t: '" '•:,;.: < (1 @®£~~ Flamingo Road & The Strip 888-227-2279 ..,..-.-------------~-------- - -----, only a few minutes apart all race long. Steve Barlow brought the winning_ Ford Protruck in at fourth overall after a great race, he and the second place truck only being a few minutes apart all race long. John Swift drove the first half of the race, Barlow did part two and they had a trouble free race, not even a flat and they took the win after ten hours and forty minutes on the course. Kevin McGillivray was the second Protruck to ar.rive and his Chevy looked none the worse for wear. Tom Ridings drove the first half and Kevin brought the truck home for the silver medal. They had one flat to contend with and Darren Oliver came over from Flagstaff to race his Ford truck and he won the BS I never saw Kevin looking any Classbyovertwohours,makinggoodtimealltheway. happier, he's won a bunch of Tropi_cana Ave. & Arville 800-675-3267 December 1998 West Flamingo & Valley View J 888-402-6278 __ Dusty Times

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The Ruff/Whitnack combo gets a bit airborne in their Raceco on the way to a fine second place in 112-1600 on the Vegas To Reno trek. The Shelton/Hayden Ford-was second in Class BS, although it was a The Ford of Joe Bosman/Matt Thomas was the undisputed winner of long day. almost 16 hours to the finish line in Patrick. Unlimited Class 7, but they were a long time on the course. Class 10 races in his time but he k, i said he never had so much fun as he did in that truck on the Ve-gas to Reno race. They were only four minutes out of the win so all were quite happy and they were tifrh overall as well. Scott Steinberger was the third Protruck to cross the finish line. Scott had to suffer through a couple of flats during the race but had no other problems. Class 8 had a bunch of entries but there really was no competi-tion for the win. Tom Scahill drove solo in his Chevy truck and he took the gold medal with over two hours in hand over his com-petition. Tom only had to deal with one flat tire all race long and he frankly admitted that was due to driver error but he and his crew were very happy winners. The Ford Pickup of Jim Bos-man was the second truck across the finish line and they too were very glad to finish the grueling 500 miles. They had been out on the course for just over thirteen hours and the finish line at Patrick, Nevada sure looked good. Bob Nyeste brought his ever good looking Ford down from British Columbia to compete in Class 8 and they certainly had their share of problems, it took then eighteen and a half hours to get to the finish and they were exhausted but happy to be there. Mark Ottersberg drives a Chevy truck and he and Nyeste had a great battle all race long, and he finished only seven minutes be-hind for the fourth place honors. Kyle Taylor in his Chevy ac-tually led Class 8 on time through the first two checks but Kyle disappeared before reaching checkpoint 3 and there were many others who never got to the second checkpoint and some never made it to the first check. Class 10 was another good battle for the 500 mile trek, and we once again saw Danny Ander-son and Rob MacCachren team-ing up to take the class win with relative ease as they took the Mi-rage to yet another gold medal. Rob took the car to T onopah where he turned over to Danny. Danny got a bit over zealous and turned the car over out in the middle of nowhere and he was unable to right it by himself. However, here comes Tom Sca-hill in his truck and he stops and helps Danny get the car back on its wheels and from there on it was their race. They took the honors with 15 minutes to spare, had no other problems and called it a very good day. John Watkins drove his car to the half way point, turned it over to Scott Sellers and they charged on towards the finish line, hav-ing some power steering prob-Page 11 Tracy Rubio lost his left front fender somewhere along the way but he still was able to take the Class 7 win. lems along the way but they took the second place spot in Class 10 and finished only 15 minutes be-hind the class winners for a good race in good time. James Cochran and Frank Omboli split the driving chores in their Lothringer. They started losing time to the leaders after check 3 but they arrived in Patrick in time to take the bronze medal although they were over an hour behind the second place Class 10 car and the last finisher in the class. Casey Jones and Ryan Ar-ciero went at it again, two young guys with lots of driving talent who have the worst luck in the world. They set forth in their Aceco but they were los-ing time to the leaders in a big way and finaliy abandoned their effort after the fourth checkpoint. Rick Ellison and John Penner took off in their Chen-owth and actually were tied on time to the first check with MacCachren but they never made it to check 2 and we have no idea why they retired. Roger Norman and Ed Muncey started in their Chenowth also but they never made it to check 1 and we assume they came to Reno with the car on the ., trailer. Class 7S had a good entry and the class winner was Craig Turner who soloed the course in his Ford with Jeff Pularski riding shotgun in very good time, taking the checkered flag in less than 12 hours and re-ported no mechanical woes, only having to wipe the mud off the lights as darkness fell. Joel Stankavich and Rick Taylor came up from Barstow to compete in 7S and they took their Ford to a nice second in class, finishing a wee bit over an hour behind the class win-ner and evidently having a fairly successful race. David Winner and Jerrod Wedell had a fairly good day in their Toyota, but they started dropping time before the half way point yet they came in for a third place in 7S after almost 14 hours on the course. Fourth place in 7S was an-other Toyota, Steve Cirillo and James Janssen were having troubles after check 3 but they soldiered on and arrived in Patrick after a very long fourteen and a half hours out on the course and were mighty glad to finish the long race. John Baker and Jamie Campbell made a game effort to Whit Courtenay came in from Kentucky to plow up lots of silt on his winning run to Reno, winning 112-1600 by an hour and a half. December 1998 Steve Williams gives his Ford some right rudder as they run through the dust on the road to Reno, taking first in Pure Mini by three hours. -finish the race in their Ford but seventeen hours on the course, their efforts were in vain, they but, they did finish and that's the retired from the fray after the goal. -sixth check, reason unknown. The fourth place finisher and Once again the bad luck bug bit, the last official finisher was Chad taking Malcolm Vinje and Jim and Josh Hall in another Hum-Gilchrist by the throat and after mer who finished the course in a very long run to check 3 they nineteen hours and fifty-eight retired their Ford and will wait minutes, just two minutes short for next year to try again. of the official cut off time. Con-Kelly McNeill and Sean Me-grats on a job well done for a cham started in their Ford in 7S verrrry looooong time. but never got to checkpoint 1, John Griffin and Mark Growe problems unknown and the also entered a Hummer in the Charles Davids, Sr. and Jr. also long trek but they never made it entered a Ford Ranger but they to check 3 and we have no idea too never got to check 1 and we what put them out of the race. have no idea why they sue-Class 7 had Tracy Rubio and cumbed to the course. Scott Murphy taking the check-Class BS belonged to Darren ered flag after thirteen and a half Oliver and Chris Heryford who hours on the course, very happy zapped the 500 mile course in to bring their Ford into the win-. thirteen and a half hours to take ners circle. the win in their Ford. It looked Steve Robledo and Mike like there was going to be some Weaver gave it their all, running stiff competition as Manny Esq-just a few minutes behind the uerra and Christine Reno were Class 7 leader but they failed to only two minutes behind the win-make the finish line within the ner at check 1, but-they disap-required time limit. Rex Dale en-peared after check 2. tered a Tovota in Class 7 but Terry Shelton and Bill Hay-never made.it to the first check-den brought their Ford in for a point and Gary Mecham and nice second place in 8S although Doug Hare were all fired up and they were over two hours behind ready to race but they also never the class le~der. The third place made the first check. Another spot went to Eric and Terry Henn bad day at the track. in a Hummer after a very long Continued on page 13 Da.rin McGuffin plows up the silt on his way to a great first place finish in Class 9, hopefully it got less silty on the way north. Dusty Times

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In the Pure Mini Class Steve Williams and Charles Braden added yet another win to their long string in their neat looking Ford. They took the lead from the start and were never headed as they covered the course in thirteen hours and fifty-five min-utes for an impressive victory. Rob Reinertson drove solo in his Ford and had severe brake problems for the first 250 miles, they finally solved the problem and he came on in for a second in class. Class 1/2-1600 wasn't really competitive, we saw Whit Courtney come from Kentucky and Phil Markert come from Georgia and with some help from their Jimco they rushed to the class win in just over 14 hours. Ken Ruff and Kip Whitnack led the class in their Raceco to the first check but then problems caused them to drop back and af-ter a grueling day they took the second position in 1/2-1600. Mike Malloy and Perry King made it to the third check and abandoned the effort at that point and Tom Geringer never made it to check 1. Class 3 was won handily by the Nissan of the Spencer Beals, Sr. and Jr., along with Don Floyd and Bryant Hibbs and they did a great job, taking the win in fifteen and a half hours and not looking the worse for wear when we ran into them the next morning. Congrats to the Texans. Darren Skilton entered his Kia for the run to Reno but di-saster struck this race and Dar-ren never got to check 3 and he retired with troubles unknown to us. Nobody in their righ"t mind would enter this very long race in a Class 9 car, right? Wrong! Darin McGuffin entered his Mi-rage and he and his crew calmly sailed along to take the class win in a very nice time of fifteen and a half hours. Congrats on a job well done. In the 7 Unlimited class; there was only one entry and Matt Thomas and his gang were able to bring their baby into the fin-ish line after a long eighteen hours and were very glad to take the checkered flag. And, as an afterthought, tbere actually was a Class 11 entry; now this really takes guts. Scott Schroder and Bill Zimmerman decided to run the 500 miler but their efforts were quashed as they failed to make it to check 1. So ended the hard part of the weekend, all the fun and the toil of racing and supporting a team and hopefully getting to the fin-ish line and many not getting very far at all. But now there was some light hearted things to do, a great after race party at the Reno Hilton, hosted by BFGood-rich, VP Racing Fuels, Rod Hall/ AM General and IMS Products and it was a great bash. There was food and booze and beer and I think almost everyone con-nected with the race was there and all had a great time. Casey put on his award pre-sentation at eight Sunday morn-ing, after a continental breakfast in the Convention Center at the Hilton and once again everybody headed home, for some a short •. trip and for others, like yours truly, a veritable sleeper jump · back to the southland. But, we had a good time, the cooperation Page 13 Rob Reinertson drove his Ford to a nice second spot in the Pure Mini Class, but it was almost 18 hours to get to Reno. · of the Best In The Desert Crew peared and as usual, we always is simply wonderful, no matter leave one of Casey's races with a what we needed it somehow ap- good feeling. Bryant Hibbs joined the Beal clan as they took the gold medal in Class 3, running to Reno in fifteen and a half hours in their Nissan. We are looking forward to his next race in Pahrump on the first weekend in December and to the 1999 season as well as the 2000 mile race Casey is working on for the following year. See ya soon! ■ GERMAN AUTO. DEIST SEAT BEL TS The greatest name in driver safety equipment. 4·point sand rail seat belt .. $7 4.95 RACE BELTS 2• •5point mount ......... $79.95 3"-5pointmount ......... $99.95. 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WRC SANREMO RALLY Makinen & Mitsubishi A Big Win Text & Photos: Martin Holmes With the city in the background, Tommi Makinen and Risto Mannisenmaki rush to victory in the 40th Sanremo Rally in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. · Tommi Makinen has shaken Great Britain. Colin was the fa-the suspension to his liking. The up the World Rally Champion-vorite to win this event after Fords were having all sorts of ship with a vengeance, getting victories for the past two years troubles, mostly flat tires and his first win on the San Remo and a strong history of Pirelli damage from large rocks and Rally, getting the first asphalt success at this event. Kankkunen was not fast but he win for the Mitsubishi Lancer There was a different quality was i_n 12th at th.e end of the Evolution V and in doing so has about this event. Not only were day. narrowed Sainz' lead in the there 41 drivers of FlA priority SEAT lost Harri Rovanpera drivers championship to two standing, but 12 manufacturers on the third stage after brake points and has brought Mitsu-had entered, five in the World problems and then a slide on a bishi to within four points of Championship series, eight in curve that damaged the suspen-Toyota in the Manufacturer's the Formula 2 category with sion. series. SEAT entered in both. And In the Teams Cup Aghini led It also sent a warning signal there was quantity as well. To-Holowczyc and Madera, and that Makinen has set his sights tal entries stood at 160, greater later Holowczyc lost time when on yet a third World Driver's than any World Rally (except he spun and broke three wheels title and with two events yet to the RAC) for the last three at the same time and the Turk-run, Sainz and Toyota are far years. ish driver Isik retired when he from secure in their respective Severe storms in Liguria the went off the road. positions. week before the rally did not af-In F2 Delecour led all the It was a strange event, in feet the route and kinder way while his teammate Panizzi which Makinen's rivals Sainz weather was promised for the was suffering from stomach and McRae both found their event. The route closely fol- problems and also lost his brakes teammates, Auriol and Liatti, lowed that used last year al-on stage 3. SEAT lost Garde-going faster than they were. though there were some meister when the clutch failed, Sainz was not a factor through-changes in the Piemonte region and he ran out of time and was out the event and McRae was on the second day where mud forced to retire. The other unable to go quickly until the had been washed from the hills SEAT retired at the end of the second day when he began to and these stages would be slow leg after a stone snapped a make up for lost time. In one and twisty instead of the faster shock absorber. Hyundai lost day McRae jumped from ninth smootherstagesnearSanRemo. Wayne Bell on the opening to third but could climb no fur- Leg 1 - Eight stages, asphalt, stages when he went off the ther. Liatti was still in front of l 20kms -153 cars actually road while Kenneth Eriksson him and Subaru was the only started the event and to the sur- was delayed with all sorts of team to score points with both prise of many, it turned out to semi major problems. team cars. be a two car race, Makinen's Puras was going fast, he made It was a magnificent event, Evo V and local Piero Liatti in best F2 time on stage 3 and best full of interesting goings on. his Subaru. McRae was off the time of the rally on stage 4 but Gustavo Trelles became the first pace and he wasn't sure why and he lost oil pressure on stage 5 driver in World Championship Sainz and Auriol were strug-and was out of the fray. Wide history to win three successive gling to keep the leaders in sight track French cars held the top titles, Peugeot was denied full in their Corollas while nine places, Peugeot 1st, 3rd points in the W2L category be-Delecour's Peugeot was fifth and 7th, Citroen 2nd and 4th cause its associated company, overall. and Renault held 5th, 6th, 8th, Citroen beat them to second Liatti made fastest time on and 9th. place and there were a remark-the stage but then Makinen In Group N the big news was able number of retirements due took over. Sainz and Dallavilla that Gustavo Trelles had be-to accident damage. There was were close behind but the lat-come the World Cup win~er for drama every stage throughout ter had a flat and it slowed him the third year running! Both the event. so that he was no longer on the Trelles and Manfred Stohl had Carlos Sainz started the San leader board. Auriol started new Evo V's for this event but Remo as the favorite for the '98 cautiously in the damp condi-Stohl lost a turbo pipe on stage World Driver's title, with a nine tions, but gradually went faster, 2 and retired. point lead over his rivals, by stage 7 he had passed Sainz Leg 2 -Ten stages, asphalt, McRae and Makinen. Six driv-and he finished the day third 167kms. These stages were far ers were, in fact, still able to win overall. McRae had a flat on away from San Remo, in the the title with three events yet stage 3 and lost some time there Piemonte region and were tricky to run, San Remo, Australia and and he was also trying to adjust as predicted. The weather had Page 14 December 1998 Gilles and Herve Panizzi drove their Peugeot 306 Maxi to a fantastic fifth overall and a first in W2L at Sanremo. caused quite a lot of the damp patches to dry up and this con-tinued as the day wore on and the series of five stages was re-peated. 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Piero Uatti and Fabrizia Pons corner hard before an enthusiastic crowd Climbing out of Sanremo in the Citroen Xsara KC, Patrick Magaud Cargos Sainz and Luis Moya powerslide around a corner at Sanremo on their way to second overall at Sanremo in the Subaru lmpreza. and Michel Perin finished eleventh overall and second in Formula 2. in the Toyota Corolla on the way to 4th overall. ,,~i~ ._, Bruno Thiry and Stephane Prevot fly by the crowd in the Ford Escort Marc Duez and Luc Manset use all the road and then some as they Thousands of rally fans saw Fabio Dante and Marcello O/ivari take on their way to sixth overall and 1 championship point. head for 16th overall in the SEAT World Rally Car. their Skoda Octavia KC to a finish at Sanremo. Gustave Trelles & Martin Christie brake hard in in the Mitsubishi Lancer Alister McRae and David Senior didn't have the best of days in their Mark Higgins and Philip Mills were 4th in Formula 2, their Nissan Evolution but Group N Champion for the fourth time was not to be. VW Golf KC, 6th place in F2 at Sanremo. Almera KC taking them to 18th overall. too soft, the new style gear se-In the Teams Cup the ra}ly ian title, while DeMevius had ·106kms. Makinen started to In the end, McRae held lector joy stick was also giving lost Bakhashab, Madeira went his third mousse failure as well extend his lead but this ·was third position by 1. 7 seconds him fits and Carlos said he off and destroyed the radiator as a broken drive shaft. where the Formula 2 cars and hopes for Subaru to be would actually prefer the old and suspension on his Toyota In F2, Delecour held the lead came into their own. Sainz able to swap the position of type mechanical sequential le-but he did continue. Aghini was through stage 13 but he spun began the day 10.2 seconds Pierro and Colin were not ar-ver. going carefully, hoping not to and let his teammate Panizzi behind McRae bµt after two ithmetically sound. Bruno McRae was certainly starting throw away his chances of the into the lead. On stage 16 De-stages the gap· was only .09, Thiry lost his fifth place on the to challenge, coming up from national title but his rival, lecour stalled the engine and it but then, no more. McRae was final stage to Panizzi, having ninth to fourth after five stages. Dallaville was going progres-did not easily restart, a broken able to hold his own from lost power on the final stage Gradually he was getting closeer sively faster, making fastest clutch being part of the prob-there on and Sainz would with a turbo malfunction. to Sainz, by stage 17 he was up times on stages 11 and 16. lem but his retirement was again wonder why things never Duez reached the finish af-to third, Subarus in second and Holowczyc crashed on stage 18 caused by faulty fuel pressure. went according to plan. Aghini ter a lot of trouble: he had a third and the wrong driver in after hitting a bridge and de-Citroens were now second and was in the tenth spot and that flat, went off the road once front.-Was there going to be straying two wheels. third. In Renaults Laukkanen assured him of the Italian title. and was stuck in two wheel team orders??? "We haven't In the also-ran entries Kank-dropped behind teammate Mar-In second place Liatti continued drive for four stages. Navarra given it a moment's thought", kunen had a big spin just before tin Rowe when he went off the to have tire problems and most slipped back from 8th to 10th said David Lapworth, sporting the end of stage 13 and badly road, doing a lot of damage to of the drivers were unhappy: during the day with gearbox chief of Prodrive. "All we want twisted the chassis of his Escort. the car and losing four minutes. Makinen for overheating his problems, the car jumping out to do this time is win this rally!" He retired with the right rear Rowe retired when he hit the tires, Sainz, because he was still of fourth gear and then he Burns was starting to go well. wheel torn away. Thiry was same rock as Auriol and An-behind McRae, McRae because broke a drive shaft on the On the first leg he never made driving consistently but he dreucci retired off the road as the car wasn't handling the way 22nd stage and then had yet a stage time in the top Rine slipped off the road and the en-well. Higgins was lying sixth in he wanted it to and Bums was another flat. places and now on stage 9 he gine ref~ed to start and he lost F2 despite a misfire in his Nis-certainly unhappy, on the 19th With three Andres finish-was fastest! The big drama of lots of time before rejoining the san but McRae's VW was back stage he fell from fifth to tenth ing 8th, 9th, and 10th Aghini the morning was the retirement battle. Duez was helping the in eighth after various problems. with an unidentified engine won the Italian national title of Auriol on stage 13. He cut a SEAT team learn things but he The last Hyundai retired when problem. . and the second title this year comer only to find a big rock was nearly ten minutes behind Eriksson had some suspension In the Teams Cup Madeira for HF Grifone. Peugeot put which damaged his left front the leaders. Cunico went off the break and Sibera retired his Oc-retired with electrical prob-on a brave face regarding the suspension and so he stopped a road and tore two wheels off the tavia when a front driveshaft lems so the Toyota of Aghini Citroen problem. They fin-little further on, letting Sainz remaining Jolly Club Escort, slipped out of engagement. was the only one left. In For-ished in first and third in F2, into third place. dashing his chances of the Ital- Leg 3 - Six stages, asphalt, mula 2 Bugalski started seven Citroen finished second and 40th Rallr• Sanreao -lallye d"Jt.alia (IJ Sanret10 13-15 October 1999 WC rour\d 11 1 (1) 'roMi HAKUflN/Ri■to M•nni••na.lr:i 2 (41 Phro LIATTI/Pabriaia POM l I l J Coli.n Mctlll/llicky Oriot 4 ( 5) Carloa SAUfZ/Luia Hoya 5 ( 14) Gill•• • Herv• Panizzi ~ · ~ ~ ~ :t~:~r:•~~:,i•Pg:~~ :~T~ol I (20) Andre• Dallav1ka/D•nilo rapp•ni 9 ( 15) Andr•• A.gh1ni/Lor i• &0091• 10 ( 21) Andrea ■avarr•/Renzo C•••••• 11 (19) · Patrick H•g■ud/Nichel Perin 14 (43) lenato Tr•V'•Glia/Plavio Zanella 18 (34) Nark R199i1U1/P)l1li1> Hill• 1' (58) G1anlul9i Galli/Guido d',_.,.,re 21 ( 54) Luca P•d•r•oli/Giovanni lernacchini 22 (25) Ali•t•r t!clt••JDa.,id senior 24 ( u) Guatavo Trellea/Hartln Cbriotl• Other taportant Pin 1.aher 11 ( 10 J Hare oorz/Luc Kanaet Page 15 Plfl' H.1taub1•bi Lancer lvolution· I Subaru t■pru:a near GB Subaru J■9re1a WRCar I! 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Higgins was go. And so it all ended in Italy now fifth in the category de-and now we go to Australia as spite brake problems on the the season draws to a close. steep descents. McRae had Stay tuned here for more on survived his gearbox problems the World Championship of day 2 and was in sixth. Rally Series. ■ Dusty Times

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ESTERO BEACH Baja 1.5.Mile Off Road Short course Race By Ron Miller Photos: V. Vidal Long time off-roader, Jorge Souto aced the Rally A Class competition, with three wins for the weekend Evan Evans (left) and Curt LeDuc battle it out through the turn. Evans was overall winner after three heats at Estero Beach Gerardo Novelo Raceway. In less than two years time, sta-dium style, short course racing at the Estero Beach, in Ensenada, B.C. Mexico, has become one of the favorite stops of off road rac-ers and fans. Nothing it seems, matches the warmth and splendor there, as sun and. surf blend with sport and spectacle. But don't just take my word ·on it. Try asking Evan Evans, Curt LeDuc, or any of the other thousands of off road rac~ ers· and fans who have, along with their families, attended these great events. Somehow, despite the fierce competition on the race · track, the emphasis there always seems to be on fun and enjoyment. And that most endearing quality is what makes the entire Estero Beach experience so unique. A peaceful, playful, atmosphere exists there, which leaves one feeling wonderfully rejuvenated. That ideal effect can easily be traced to the hard work, dedication, and genuine kindness, of those indi-viduals responsible for bringing off road racing to the area. To Gerar-do Novelo, Victoria Galindo, and Bob Beyer, your expertise, keen insight, and extreme generosity are both admired and appreciated. And to those same individuals, as well as all others associated with the "Baja 1.5 Miles" Short Course event, a most sincere thank you. Now, on to the racing. The racing action was held on Saturday and Sunday, October 1 7 and t8, 1998. There were a grand total of 24 races contested during. the weekend, with three heats held in all classes, with the exception o( the 80cc Motorcycle Class. That class raced only two times, while all other classes raced once on Sat-urday and twice on Sunday. Saturday's show began with a mo-torcycle heat, featuring three sepa-rate classes, 80cc, 125cc, and 250cc. Salvador Her·nandez emerged on both the 250cc and the overall heat winner. Hernandez topped "Open Class" runner-up Ivan Moncada, with third place going to Marco Cabrillo. In the 125cc division, Emmanuel Verdugo came away with the ini-tial win. Marco Bernadez took sec-ond place, followed by Eduardo Arroyo, who placed third. Cary Gustafson beat runner-up Jeremy Miller, to take first place in the 80cc Class. Race 2 was for the Rally A and B classes. About the only hitch the entire weekend, was getting these two classes off to a fair start. It took three tries, but in all likelihood, Jorge Souto was going to win any-way. Souto was much the best, as he took the overall heat win in flag-to-flag fashion. Porfirio Guttierez topped Guillermo Rea Sr. for the Rally A Class runner-up spot. In the Rally B Class, Arturo Cabrera raced to the initial victory, Gerar-do Wauman finished a game sec-ond and Ramon Moreno placed third. Roberto Alcocer took fourth place, ahead of Octavio Ve_larde and Edward Everett, the fifth and sixth place finishers respectively. The Rally B Class had the distinc-tion of being the largest class of the weekend, with 13 entrants. Race 3 was contested by mem-bers of the Safari Class. Another large field was staged for action, but Carlos Zuniga was long gone soon after the start. After only three laps had been completed, Zuniga's lead was already insur-Gerardo Waumann earned two seconds and a win in his good looking Rally B car, to take the weekend victory. Salvador Hernandez is flying low on his Yamaha as he heads for the weekend victory in the 250cc division. Arturo Cabrera had two wins, but bad luck in the third heat dropped mountable, and he totally de-stroyed the competition. It was a very long way back to Guillermo Soltero, who cook runner-up hon-ors. Elvira Felix raced to a third place finish, while Tammy Rubenfeld drove Sean McKenzie's Class BS Chevy truck to a fourth place finish. Incidentally, the soon to be "Mrs. McKenzie" had abso-lutely no racing experience prior to this particular event, which was the reason why she was allowed to pilot a Class BS vehicle in this Sa-fari Class event. Jesse Miller (5th) and Faical Dias (6th) completed the results of the top half dozen racers in the heat. Race 4 was contested by Classes 5; 9, 11, l/2-1600Desertand 1/2-1600 Short Course. Brent Foes grabbed the hole shot and estab-lished the early lead. Foes set all the pace until Lap 3, when Jerry Miller took over command. Miller and Foes continued their front end battle for several laps, until Foes forged into the lead for good. The checkered flag went to Foes, with Miller finishing up a very game sec-ond. It was a distance back to Kurt Sabin, who took the third spot in Class 5. In the 1/2-1600 Short Court Class, Carlos Zuniga came right back to score another strong win. Zuniga out finished Rafael Navarro to earn his second straight heat victory. Navarro ended up well clear of Jeffrey Rantz, to take the 1/2-1600 S.C. runner-up spot. Joe Lawrence had things all to him-self, as he raced to an uncontested win in the 1/2-1600 Desert Class. Jesse Miller meanwhile, raced very well to capture the victory in Class 9. Miller maintained a comfortable advantage throughout, as he took the measure of class runner-up, Craig Stone. In Class 11 action, Sergio Guttierez raced to the first heat win. Guttierez was able to out finish runner-up Devin McClave for the victory, with Jake Batulis finishing steadily to grab third. Race 5 was contested by the A TV Pro and Sportsman classes. Scott Butler was all the rage, as he Continued on page 18 Porfirio Gutie"ez, in front, finished the weekend with two second places him back to second for the weekend in Rally B, the biggest class at In the 125cc class, Emanuel Verdugo started the weekend with a and a-third, to take second in the Rally A total results the event. win, finished up third in the standings. Page 16 December 1998 Dusty Times

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Ivan Moncada (#28X) finished second in all three 250cc division heats, Carlos Zu,1iga moves through traffic in his snazzy looking 1600 short Gilberto Patron does a little bicycling on his way to second place in to earn second place for this weekend of racing. course car, heading for a second place in the weekend results. the Class 11 competition. took the field from flagfall to that's Mario Bustamante continued his Race 7. Unfortunately though, all. Mike Schlumpberger did his winning ways at Estero Beach, with "Gentleman G" encountered prob-best to stay with the streaking But- a victory in Class 5-1600. "Super lems which compromised his ler, but S.B. was just too tough. Mario" was· unbeatable here in chances of scoring a Heat 1 win. Schlumpberger did manage to take April, as he swept every heat dur- In the Class 7 battle, Tim Carroll down the second spot, ahead of ing the 1998 "Baja Internacional". came away with the victory. Carroll Carl Medina who was along for Bustamante added to his streak outraced runner-up Perry McNeil third. In the ATV Sportsman with this Heat 1 win, over runner- for the win, while Carlos Arce Class, David Aquino raced to the up Bear Scharbarth. Also racing to completed the Class 7 scoring in Heat 1 victory. Chad Weichert fin- victory was Steve Errea, who was third place. ished in second back of Aquino, in a class of his own as the only The eighth and final race of the and just ahead of Hipolito Ramir- Class 10 entrant. day was the much anticipated ez who placed third. The semifinal heat of the day "Heavy Metal" contest. Curt Following the afternoon break, was for Classes 7 and 7S. Ten mini- LeDuc was uncontested in Class 4, racing action resumed with a con- trucks made up the field, with Rick but was very much contested by test for Classes 1, 10 and 5-1600. Huseman heavily favored to score Evan Evans of Class 8. James Hall Brent Foes made it two for two on the victory. Huseman did not dis- Jr. and Dwight Greene, from that the day, as he raced to another vie- appoint his backers. The Riverside, same class also figured promi-tory, this one in Class 1. Gary Wil-CA rocket was much the best, as nently, as did Class 8S racers Sean Iiams followed Foes across the fin- he won .very easily by a distance. McKenzie and Dan Cannon. The ish to place second, with Jerry Javier Sacio placed ·second in 7S, fans got just what they came for, Miller back of him in third. Bob with Brian Cavitt finishing next in as the trucking contingent put on Gustafson and Dave Parsons com- third. Gerardo Novelo was clearly a spectacular show. 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That meant one ~own and one to go, as-another exciting day of racing was only a dinner, party, and jacuzzi visit away. The racing resumed early on Sunday morning, with the first of the Heat 2 events beginning at 9:00 a.m. The opener was for en-trants in the Rally A & B classes. Jorge Souto led the Rally car set on another merry and futile chase, as he once again blitzed the competi-tion. And again it was Porfirio Guttierez who finished the race in the runner,up position. The Souto family ran 1-3, when Daniel Souto out finished Guillermo Rea Sr. for Continued on page 20 Jesse Miller, pushes his Class 9 car hard as he ch_arged to the weekend victory with three Heat victories. One of Baja's veteran racers, Sergio "Coyote" Gutierrez, collected a win, a third and a second, to find himself the weekend winner in Class 11. Dusty Times

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Jason Batu/is heads for an uncomfortable landing in his Class 11 sedan. He ended up third for the weekend. Bob Gustafson (504) had only a fair Saturday. but took a second and a win on Sunday. to earn second place for the weekend. Scott Butler won the first two heats but was slowed by mechanical problems in the third, and ended as second Pro ATV for the weekend. Brent Foes, one of off road's innovators, is earning a name in short course racing. He took first in Classes 1 and 5, running his Baja Bug in both divisions. the third spot in Rally A. In the Rally B Class, Arturo Cabrera made it back to back scores, with another winning effort in Heat 2, and Gerardo Wauman again fin-ished up second best, back of Cabrera. Rigoberto Hernandez raced to a solid third, while Rene Cervantes placed fourth and Rob-erto Alcocer fifth. Race 2 was for all of the Motor-cycle classes. In the 250cc Class, Salvador Hernandez continued the pattern of Saturday-Sunday win-ners, when he too won his second race of the weekend. And just as in the Rally classes, Saturday's run-ner-up was also Sunday's, when I van Moncada finished in second place again. In the 125cc Class, John Kirkaldie came through for the victory, defeating Saturday's Heat 1 winner Emmanuel Verdugo. It was a repeat of Satur-day in the 80cc Class, as Cary Gustafson once again topped Jer-emy Miller for the win. Race 3 was contested by all of the Safari Class entrants. With re-gards to Saturday's fourth place fin-isher Tammy Rubenfeld, to say "what a difference a day makes", Valley Performance Custom Accessories Competitive Prices Now Available Page 20 Barbary Coast Class 2 Two Seater $45,000 702-873-1962 3636 Mead Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-247-1266 702-873-1962 ~~ .X< .•. ,. j and just kept on going. Butler was dominant, as he easily cleared run-ner-up Mike Schlumpberger, to claim his second Pro Clas~ wi:::.,cf the ·w'eekehd. In the A TV Sports-man Class, Hipolito Ramirez "'·-Displaying fine form, Mike Sch/umpburger sails his quad to the weekend win. would be a gross understatement. ' narrow advantage. Foes battled The difference between right back though, and was able to Rubenfeld's Heat 1 and 2 perfor- retake the lead for good on the fol-mance was like night and day. In lowing lap. 1/2-1600 Short Course Sunday's second start of her young winner Rafael Navarro skillfully racing career, there were virtually worked his way into the race's no signs of the timid rookie, who overall second position, but was had so tepidly felt her way through unable to threaten Foes, who was the previous day's heat. This time long gone. Dave Parsons finished "Tammy the Terror" blasted away a distant second in Class 5, with from the starting line and immedi- Gustafson holding on for the third ately took control of the race. spot. Carlos Zuniga turned in an-Rubenfeld skillfully powered her other strong performance to take way into and out of the turns, and second place in the 1/2-1600 Short simply refused to relinquish the Course Class. Zuniga trailed only lead. A star was born when the Foes and Navarro at the finish, Safari Class winner raced past the placing a solid third overall in the checkered flag. In a repeat of their heat. There was a terrific battle in Heat 1 results. Guillermo Soltero Class 9, as Jesse Miller and Craig again was the runner-up, and Stone dueled throughout. Stone Elvira Felix took third. Jesse Miller repeatedly turned back Miller, un-grabbed the fourth spot, and Bear til the final turn on the white flag Scharbarth out finished Javier lap, when Miller slipped past him Mirola to take fifth place. for the win. In Class 11, Jason' Sunday's fourth race was for Batulis took his rivals from flag to Classes 5, 9, 11, 1/2-1600 Desert, flag. Batulis dictated the pace and 1/2-1600 Short Course. A rep- throughout, and had plenty left to resentative field of 16 vehicles was hold his classmates at bay. Gilberto readied for action. Jerry Miller and Patrois emerged as the runner-up, Brent Foes were the quickest off with Sergio Guttierrez racing to a the line, and that pair raced lapped third place finish. Joe Lawrence on each other into the first turn. again had the luxury of a walkover When Miller suddenly dropped win in the 1/2-1600 Desert Class. back following turn 2, Foes found Race 5 was Heat 2 for the A TV himself all alone in the lead. Then Pro :md Sportsman classes. It was two laps later, Bob Gustafson took all Scott Butler again in the Pro over the lead and was clinging to a Class, as he raced right to the front .. Mario Bustamante swept all three 5-1600 heats to take the wm, repeating his fine performance of last April. · December 1998 turned in a big effort, to prove best in the heat. Ramirez' Heat 2 vie- -tory came at the direct expense of Heat 1 winner David Aquino, who out finished the remainder of the Sportsman Class quartet to place runner-up. Race 6 featured Classes 1, 10, and 5-1600. Jerry Miller won the hole shot, and led Brent Foes into the first turn. Miller raced strongly on the lead, while his main rival Foes ran into all kinds of trouble. Unknown problems forced Foes into the hot pit area on Lap 1, and basically cost him all chance for the win. Although he was able to re-join the field a short time later, Foes looped out on Lap 3, while attempting to make up for the lost ground. Miller scored the Class 1 victory by a daylight margin over Bob Gustafson,· who finished sec-ond. Dave Parsons completed the results of the top three positions in that same class, while finishing in the race's sixth spot overall. There was another match race on tap in the 5-1600 · Class. Mario Bustamante kept his win streak <!live, by once again topping run-ner-up Bear Scharbarth for the win. "Super Mario" picked off quite a few other vehicles along the way, finishing fourth overall in the heat. Ditto for the overall fifth place fin-isher Steve Errea, who raced to his second heat victory with another solo run in Class 10. Sunday's seventh race was Heat 2 for Classes 7 and 7S. The 7S par-ticipants must have let out a heavy sigh of relief, when they noticed Rick Huseman was not lined up with the field. It was a shame that "Rocket Rick" was unable to take part in Sunday's heats, but his ab-sence left the door wide open for the remaining 7S entrants. And it was Javier Sacio and Gerardo No-velo who immediately moved to the head of the class. Novelo gained the advantage on Lap 1, and quickly began to open up. Sa-cio didn't make his task any easier, when he looped out while racing on Lap 2. By Lap 3, Novelo had established a huge lead, but from the sound of things, something was clearly amiss. N feared, all was not well under the home town hero's hood, and Novelo was soon forced to pull off of the course. Enter the opportunistic Mr. Sacio, who had suddenly inherited the lead. Sacio took full advantage of his second chance, atfd played "come catch me" with his 7S classmates. When none could, the Heat 2 victory be-longed to No. 23. Brian Cavitt con-tinued his pattern of steady im-provement, with a fine second place finish. The big story in the Dusty Times

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A first place and then two seconds put David Aquino into second Chad Weichert (in front) shows the crowded grandstands how it's Bear Scharbarth finished second in all three heats, to guarantee place Sportsman ATV at the end of the two days of racin . done, as he heads for second place in ATV Sportsman class. himself a second in class 5-1600 for the weekend. eat turne out to e t e strong showing by Class 7. In addition to scoring his second straight heat win, Tim Carroll had his sights set on much more. He took dead aim on Sacio, the overall race leader, and on the final lap Carroll was able to collar and pass him. The fans really responded to the unex-pected drama which unfolded dur-ing Race 7. John Beyer turned in quite an impressive performance himself, as he powered his way to a strong second in Class 7, and also finished up the heat in the third position overall. · Race 8 was the weekend's sec-ond heat for the "Heavy Metal" classes. What the field lacked in quantity, it more than made up for in quality. Curt LeDuc was once again the only entrant in Class 4, although he did receive a stiff chal-lenge throughout, from Class 8 winner Evan Evans. Both drivers took turns showing off their im-mense driving skills, and at times, the pairs high speed "slide show" bore very iittie resembiance to a race. That really shouldn't come as a shock to anyone. After all, fun and enjoyment just naturally go hand in hand with racing at Estero Beach. The fans loved every minute of it, and without even try-ing, the exhibition put on by LeDuc and Evans, found them dis-tancing themselves from the oth- · ers. And believe me, those "oth-ers" were no ordinary drivers. Dwight Greene is 9. richly talented racer, who had the misfortune of ending up on his side. James Hall Jr., the Class 8 runner-up, was cou-rageous enough to bring his brand new Ford 150 out for everyone's viewing pleasure. And Class BS winner Sean McKenzie probably would have beaten both LeDuc and Evans, if either had made even one mistake during their "Talent Show". Race 9 was the third and final heat for the Rally A & B classes. AU in attendance were treated to an encore performance by the Rally Class Champion, Jorge Souto. The best way for me to describe Souto's utterly dominant weekend perfor-mance, is by relating the fact that he was never headed. Despite 16 other racers competing against Souto, not once was another ve-hicle ever in front of him. Helmets off to Jorge Souto, the "Baja 1.5 Miles" Rally A Class Champion for 1998. Heat 3 results found the Souto family finishing 1-2, as the winner's won Daniel placed run-ner-up. Porfirio Guttierez finished third in the final heat, and second in overall Rally A Class standings for the weekend. In the Rally B Class, Gerardo Wauman needed a win in the finale to snare the over-all title for the weekend, and he got it. Wauman's clutch Heat 3 win over second place finisher Rigoberto Hernandez, earned him Page 21 Tim Carroll (705) made it a sweep in his Ford, taking three first places in Class 7, after some fiercely competitive racing. the Rally B Class championship, over runner-up Arturo Cabrera. The remaining Rally B Class fin-ishers from the final heat were Rene Cervantes (3rd), Octavio Velarde (4th), Roberto Alcocer (5th), Edward Everett (6th), An-tonio Aguilar (7th}, and Miguel Levin (8th). The tenth race contested on Sunday was the final heat for the Safari Class. There were definitely some anxious moments following the start of this event, when Javier Mirola's vehicle struck a tractor tire and ended up traveling down the embankment leading into the infield lake. For several seconds, fans held their breath, until Mirola was spotted climbing out of his race vehicle. Tammy Rubenfeld, who grabbed the hole shot, never saw Mirola's tum one crash. In fact, she never saw any of her competitors, as Rubenfeld lead the race from flagfall to finish. You could almost hear their screaming and see their smiles, as Rubenfeld and her boy-friend/co-driver Sean McKenzie raced to the Heat 3 win, and the Safari Class championship. Jesse Miller ended up second in the heat and third overall, while just the op-posite was true for Guillermo Soltero. Also sporting results with mirror images were Bear Scharbarth, who finished fourth in the heat and fifth overall, and Elvira Felix. Race 11 was the finale for Classes 5, 9, 11, 1/2-1600 Desert, and 1/2-1600 Short Course. In Class 5, Brent Foes won the hole shot, while bidding for a clean sweep of all three heats. Foes may have failed in his attempt to win all three heats, but that was all he failed at. Bob Gustafson's fi'ne Heat 3 win, still wasn't enough· to over-come Foes' weekend points total, and Foes reigned supreme .as the Class 5 champion. Gustafson did snag enough points though, to earn himself the runner-up position in overall scoring. Jerry Miller fin-ished right behind Gustafson in both heat and overall results, and Kurt Sabin followed Miller in those same two categories. In Class 9, Jesse Miller completed a three-peat by topping runner-up Craig Stone for both heat and overall victories. In Class 11 action, Gilberto Patrois won the battle, but Sergio Guttierez won the war. Patrois and Guttierez finished 1-2, with Patrois taking Hea~ 3, and Guttierez the overall victory.Jake Batulis earned third place in both the race and the final standings. In Class 1/2-1600 Short Course, Rafael Navarro cap-tured the overall victory, by beat-ing Jeffrey Hantz for the Heat 3 win. Hantz' fine runner-up finish Javier Sacio, Nissan, did some hard racing and had some luck, to take the Class 7S victory for the event. December 1998 Garlos Arce, shown here fending off Mait Gannon, was the Governor's Cup Winner (the most outstanding Mexican driver in the class) for the weedend in his Toyota. in the class finale, was not quite topping runner-up Ivan Moncada, enough to overtake Carlos Zuniga who finished second in all three for second place overall. Joe heats. In the 125cc Class, John Lawrence's 1/2-1600 Desert Class Kirkaldie came through with a big ·title was never in doubt, since he Heat 3 win, to earn himself the was in a class of his own. overall championship for the week-The next event was the final end. Marco Bernadez finished as motorcycie heat of the weehnd. the runner-up in the final ·heat, Only two heats were held in the while Emmanuel Verdugo earned 80cc division, thus Cary that position in the overall scoring. Gustafson's overall victory and Jer- The final ATV Pro and Sports-emy Miller's runner-up placing had man Class heat was carded as already been decided. In the 250cc Sunday's 13th race. In the Pro or "Open" class, Salvador Class, Mike Schlumpberger came Hernandez scored a perfect three away with the upset victory. Scott for three for the weekend. Butler was virtually TKO'd by me-Hernandez won the overall title by Continued on page 22 BUMP STOPS HERE Stop the up-travel on your suspension with this advanced bump stop system. These bump stops come complete with a mounting system, polyurethane end piece and enough valving to get the job done. ECONOMICALLY PRICED AT 319.90 PER PAIR. (Includes mounting hardware & grade 8 bolts) See your off road racing parts supplier or call us direct Yarnell Specialties, Inc. 102 Crestview 1-520-427 -3551 P.O. Box 845 Yarnell, AZ 85362-0845 Dustv Times

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Two third places and a win on Sunday morning put Jerry Miller (500) John Beyer, Ford, ran close all weekend and ended up second in the Looking a little worse for the wear, Brian Cavftt's Class lS truck rests into second place in the Class 1 weekend standings Class 7 standings. after finishing the weekend in second place. Mait Cannon flies his good looking red Ford to third place in the Class James Hall brought out his new Ford F-150, lost some body panels, Gerardo Nove/o had the ·lead for a while, but mechanical problems 7S competition. _an_d_fi_m_is_h_ed_s~ec~o_n_d_in=C~l_a_ss~B_. __ ~--~--~~~-took him out of the Class lS competition. chanical difficulties, which he en- tunity to go around collecting au- Foes. For the second time dur-do Novelo Raceway, watched Carlos Arce being awarded the countered in the Pro Class finale. tographs from the racers. While ing the weekend of racing, Foes with admiration as the main "Governor's Cup", for being the Butler's untimely stroke of misfor- most of the remaining aficiona-took the measure of his Class 1 event machines thundered most outstanding Mexican tune, was all Sehl ump berger dos either munched on pizza, hot rivals. And just as he had done through their final laps. Know-driver in the special 7SM Class. needed to steal the overall class dogs, hamburgers, or came asada in Saturday's opener, Gary Will- ing that each pass brought the Curt LeDuc recorded the fast-victory. Carl Medina raced to a tacos. And of course, there were iams again-finished up in the sec-show's ending one step closer, est lap time ever on this course, second place finish in Heat 3, while plenty of beverages available, ond spot. It was a fitting way to many of them appeared melan-with a 1.28 minute clocking. an unlucky Butler placed runner-with Pepsi and Tecate making up conclude Foes' busy weekend of choly. There's just no doubting And finally, it was Evan Evans up overall. In the ATV Sportsman two thirds of the event's major racing, with another class the fact that these truly appre-and the Chevy Thunder, who Class, all three heats were taken by sponsors (Wayne Perry Environ- championship. Jerry Miller was dative fans really love the sport were declared the overall race different riders. It was Rafaei mentai Speciaiists was the uitra tough every time he suited of off road racing. I;d iike to of-winner. Perhaps the 'biggest Pinedo who scored the win in Heat other). The second annual Baja up for action, and he turned in fer my congratulations to all of winners were Estero Beach, En-3. Chad Weichert beat David 1.5 Miles event was blessed with another solid performance with the participants in this year's senada, Baja California, Aquino for the runner-up spot in absolutely picture perfect a game third in Heat 3. Miller's event. Oh yes, and in case you Mexico, a«d the sport itself, as the finale, but the overall result weather, the entire weekend. I consistent Class 1 finishes landed were wondering, Curt LeDuc each played a part in making the was quite a different story. Aquino know of one· person who took a him in the overall runner-up won Class 4, Evan Evans won 1998 "Baja 1.5 Miles" extrava-came away with the overall victory, wonderfully refreshing dip in the spot, with Williams placing third Class 8, and Sean McKenzie ganza a success. No tengo mas by virtue of his 1-2-3 finishes. Estero Beach Resort Hotel swim-and Gustafson taking fourth. In won Class 8S. A few other no-a decir, para adios y via con dios Weichert just did nip Hipolito Ra-ming pool during Sunday's after-the 5-1600 Class, Mario table achievements included mis amigos! ■ mirez and Pinedo for overall run-noon break, but I better not re-Bustamante improved his 1998 ner-up honors. veal that person's identity. After record over this course to a per-Following the ATY race, the I returned to the raceway, only feet six for six. Bustamante posted schedule for a midday three heats remained. topped runner-up Bear break in the racing action. The Sunday's racing action re-Scharbarth for the third straight intermission was well received by sumed with the third and final time, and swept all the Class 5-members of the huge Sunday heat, for Classes 1, 10, and 5- 1600 heats again, just as he did crowd. A majority of the younger 1600. The heat was highlighted in April. Steve Errea also went fans on hand, took that oppor- by yet another victory by Brent unbeaten for the weekend, when · ·· he soloed for the third time in HOURS M-F 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 10:00 -:--3:00 Daily UPS Visa and Mastercard Class 10. The 15th race of the day was the final heat for Classes 7 and 7S. Only Brian Cavitt and Mait _Cannon stood between Javier Sacio and the Class 7S champi-onship. Each gave their best, but Sacio simply would not be de-nied. Sacio powered his way to the Heat 3 win, to claim the Curt LeDuc's Ford really digs in, as he heads toward victory in Class 4. He recorded overall victory spoils. Cannon a new record lap time of 1:28 this weekend. 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· "Fasf-Filf." dump cans. Both .new products can ·save you,-race time. Race SmaM-Be Safe saved his best for last, as he fin-ished steadily for second place in the heat and third place overall. Cavitt placed runner-up for the weekend, while checking in third in Heat 3. In Class 7, it was once again all Tim Carroll. Carroll completed his weekend sweep, with yet another strong effort. John Beyer finished well once again, to claim runner-up honors in both heat and overall scoring. Perry McNeil finished just ahead of Carlos Arce, placing third in those same two categories. The final appearance of the "Heavy Metal" set, would bring down the curtain on the 1998 "Baja 1.5 Miles" competition. the 103 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 91910 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619)-691-0803 off road aficionados who had -':--------,,.....,,.-.-:---:--=~:,-::_::::_,.,.,_~~-~-.-------,e-~--.,..,,,------. ...:., filled the grandstands of Gerar-Page 22 December 1998 Sean McKenzie took the Class BS honors in his Ford, and then handed the truck over to fiancee Tammy Rubenfeld, who ran in the Safari Class and with a fourth and two wins, claimed the weekend victory. Dusty Times

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BEST IN THE DESERT SILVER STATE SERIES Round4 - Vegas to Reno By Anne Van Beveren Photos: Trackside Photo Russ and Nick Pearson (combined age 38) rode their KTM to the Overall victory, taking the Open Class victory too in a well ridden race. The Yamaha of Tim Staab and Mike Healey was the 4SO.winner, taking the class win in 9:35:13 with a margin of eight minutes. Despite the dust, this racers uses.words like "cool" year's off road dash from and "pretty stoked" when Vegas to Reno provided a they describe winning a clear vision of the future of closely contested sprint desert racing. over 527 miles of grueling It came in the form of 20 off road terrain, but they re-year old Nick Pearson and member to thank all of their his 18 year old brother sponsors and they take rac-Russ, who teamed up on a ing and everything about four strike KTM to beat the racing very seriously. big names in the desert and "This is the first Best in show them just what 'they the Desert race we've ever have to look forward to in overalled and it feels really upcoming seasons. good. We are pretty This new gen_e_!_"_~~~n of stoked," said older brother Nick. "We've been racing professionally three years now and it's nice to finally win one. We are looking forward to winning a lot more in the future. I think next year is going to be a good one for us." Bryan Folks and David Pearson took the 250P Class with ease, covering the 500 miles in 9:37: 17 and were seventh overall and first 250 to the finish. Riding high, Steve Hengeveld and Jeff Capt rode their Kawasaki to the 4SUPro win The third annual running of Vegas to Reno, which is o rganized by C asey Folks' Best in the Desert and billed as "The Longest Off Road Race in the United Sta tes," drew more than 100 motorcycle and quad entries. Every factory race team in the desert racing business turned out, and the field included reigning champions like AMA Na-tional Hare and Hound winner Ty Davis and SCORE Baja ace Johnny Campbell, colo{ful competi-tors like big name motocrosser Mike Healey, and timeless legends like Larry Roeseler. Darrol and Kevin Brown rode their Honda to the O-30P victory and they won the class by just eight seconds. but their margin was less than a minute. Doug Chiapuzio and Matt Murphy teamed up for the Open Expert win on their Kawasaki, taking the class by over five minutes. It also included getting-to-be-big-names like the Pearsons, who ride factory backed KTMs out of Las Vegas, Nevada. To put the motorcycles and quads well ahead of the truck and c a r ra c e rs , "the first bike was scheduled to leave the line at 6 : 15 a.m., so the racers were up early to make sure they com-pleted the 60 mile trek from race· headquarters on the Aron Huntington and Scott Morris rode their Honda fast and well but Oakley Lehman and Brian Brown were second in 250P, nine minutes Mark and Jeff Lundgreen came down from Utah to compete in Open took second spot in 4-SOP, just 50 seconds out of the class win. out of the win on their Kawasaki Team Green machine. Expert and they did take the second spot on their Kawasaki. Page 24 December 1998 Dusty Times I__

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Daryl Folks and John Rudder rode hard but could only gather second Greg Bringle and Craig Smith rode their Honda hard all day but they place in O-30P on their KTM, just eight seconds out of the win. were eight minutes in arrears in 4-SOP and took the secoad spot. standings, but it had the disadvantage early. You couldn't. se e a The course followed the of leaving them trapped in everyone thing," said Pearson. "Go-same basic route as it had else's dust. ing up the first wash with in previous years, running When it was his turn to start, lead the dust in the dark, it was north alongside Highway David Ondas and Destry Abbott rode their Kawasaki well, taking off rider Nick Pearson found he had really hard to see. I just took 95, then turning sharply to second in Open and second overall as well, 3 1/2 minutes out of the also been left in the dark. it easy and didn't pass any-the west for a short dash to win. "I couldn't believe they took off so body in the first valley." Continued onpage26 TL-a-s'V,-eg-as-;a;S;-:-t-ri:-p-:-to---:-t'h_e_s--:-t-a-rt:---_--=========----=-=-=-~==-=-=-=-:..::..::...:.....:_::.:..::...,c......:.=-=..::..::....::..:.:-=--=, ..,,..,..,..,,......,.,.,....,.....,...., ing line in Pahrump in time for the start. Kawasaki factory pilots Paul Krause and Dave Hamel had their KX500 on the front of the starting grid and dawn had barely broken when the big green machine charged into the opening section of the course. The other racers followed, one bike at a time every 30 sec-onds. The Pearsons had drawn a spot at the back of the Open Pro Class. Starting behind the competition would let the brothers know exactly how they ·were run-ning in the time adjusted Erik Griffith and Dana Van Stee took a great win in 125P on their Kawasaki, covering Cory Ayers shows excellent form as he heads to the lronman Expert win on his the 500 mile course in ten and a half hours. . _H_on_d_a_, _w,_·nn_i~ng~ th_e_c_la_ss_b~y_4_0_m_,_·n_ut_es_. _____________ _ HONDA Power .. Equipment KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ POWER Racer· and Spectator D'iscounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINES • WATER PUMPS • LAWNMO\YERS • RIDING MOWERS •OUTBOARD ENGINES • LAWN TRACTORS •TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT PARTS AND INVENTORY IF WE DoN'T HA VE IT, No ONE DoEs! DEUVERY TO 1HE RACES AVAIi.ABLE • PLEAsE CAIL AliEAo KAWAGUCHI HONDA 3.'532E.3RoSI:Las~CA9CXJ6'3•213.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 . ' :_HONDA Power Equipment Page 25 VISA : s A L E s , s E R V I C E , p A R T s No.-h; r\£Y' •• - H o N D A P o w E R E Q u I P M E N T S P E c 1 A L I s T 1u .LU, 1e,S easier. ~ FF.>r O(.>!l:l:um p~r!or.n.1J1C'C' and !t:.if<"ty. p!l.".\~c lC'.Jd lh<" O\q:('r s m.l.1u:il b,.•fort' ('l~r:.tan~ your Honcb Powa Equipment S;x-ntk;i,tlor.s subJeC'l to c-~.J n ~e \\ilhoul notke. "E:$lhn.1te t•nly b:i.:$(d on r:lted lo.1d. •B.1IIC"ry not 1111.·lu(h"d "1th E~l35UU~XK1: E~l5000SXK I ,Uld £90500$-X. • •\\·1th bJ:!l·~ · tr:1y kit. wht"t'I~ ~ h.t.~~l"r. ConnC'c-Uon 10 houSt" pow"r r~q u ires tr,111:sf(r d("lit( to ,wo11! po!-!sible tn!u:-:,,· to pmi,er comp.1nr P'=rsonnel Con:sult 3 qu.1.!int."d ell"'C'Ui..:-1:m. December 1998 Dusty Times

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The Williams/Roylance/Gosnell Kawasaki was ridden well enough to take the 250Expert Class, taking the win with 15 minutes in hand. The Tarver/Dieb/Reynolds trio came up from Texas to compete and they won the 4-SU E class with 15 minutes to spare on their Yamaha. the finish near Sparks, Ne-vada, just a freeway exit or two away from the infamous Mustang Ranch. The 527 mile journey would incl~de 12 pits and, with speeds on the race course averaging close to 55 miles per hour; ·some pretty creative driving by the racers' pit crews. "The course was gnarly with lots of whoops and silt. I think from the start to like Pit 4 was probably the roughest and most torn up we've ever seen it because it's been raced· for a lot of years," said Johnny Campbell, who shared a fac-tory backed Honda XR628 with Jimmy Lewis. It was big name racers all the way in the opening sec-tions. Krause and Hamel Cecil, Ben and John, the Arizona gang took the honors in 0-25 E with apparent ease, ·Ieaving their competition half an hour behind at the finish. · CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON Helmets SNELL 95, SA95 for SODA Complete blower systans for Single or double seat cars. Helmet conversions, Cool boxes, Complete line of PYROTECT, FILLER Safety Products & BELL MOTORSPORTS We ship UPS Daily From $299.00 Helmet & Skirt Visa-Mastercard 5153 Bowden Av~.• San Dltt.QP ~ ~[' • 9,211] • (619}_2!_9-?,509 Page 26 -------------------· ---------·----First in 025 A on the Kawasaki was the trio of Bates/Ornellas/Zades and they took the class by almost four hours. Tony/Mike Aguilera and Kelly Hall shown here at speed took the 0-30 E Class with ease, almost half an hour ahead of their competition. Gary's Colbert and Vanderpool and Dick Jackson won the 0-48 E Class with ease finishing in eleven hours and ten minutes on a great ride. The 0-35 E winners were Steve, Doug and Don who covered the 500+ miles on their Honda in 11: 18: 12 for a nice win. Clay and Clint Connelley and Clay Gremel won the Open A class on their Kawasaki, riding the 500 miles in just over eleven hours. December 1998 kept the physical lead, but Kawasaki factory team-mates Dave Ondas and Des try Abbott (KX500), the Yamaha factory duo of Ty Davis and Donnie Book, and Honda's Campbell and Lewis were all making their presence felt on adjusted time. Nick Pearson's safety first starting strategy had the KTM team running fifth at the 7 5 mile mark, almost in danger of being picked off by the top running 250 Pro team, which consisted of Bryan Folks and David Pearson, a 15 year old cousin of the new genera-tion racers. But a consistent ride and a strong motor started moving the Open Pro Pearsons up fast as the miles flew by and they were soon closing in on their bet-ter known competition. Out on the highway, no-body was going anywhere fast. Repaving just before Pit 3 had cut the highway to just one lane and pit crews were forced to stop and wait for as much as half an hour while highway workers escorted traffic in one direction and then the other. Additional delays caused by a traffic accident near the entry to the pit and a lane and a half wide steel frame that was being trans-ported south on the high-way had pit captains tearing out their hair, and racers putting in a lot more miles than they had planned. "Russ rode an extra sec-tion. I was supposed to get . on at Pit 4 but we had to wait 20 minutes on the highway. He had already gone through by the time we got there and I didn't get back on the bike until Pit 5," Nick Pearson explained. By the time the KTM changed hands again, Russ Pearson had put it through into third overall, and things were starting to sour for some of the biggie~. The Campbell/Lewis Honda was overheating and starting to fall off the pace. "There was really noth-ing we could do about it. The motor just got hot and we lost a lot of power," said Campbell. "We basically just dropped back and back all day and were just motor-ing along trying to salvage what we could." The four stroke Yamaha shared by Mike Healey and Tim Staab developed carb problems a little further up the course, and Kawasaki's 250 l>ro entry, a KX250 pi-loted by Oakley Lehman and Brian Brown, seemed to have been fitted with an exploding clutch. "The clutch just fell apart about 100 miles into it," said Lehman. "We lost 10 to 15 minutes fixing it, made the time back up, then it went out again." Be-fore the race was over, the team would replace a trio of clutches, plus three front wheels and three rear wheels. For the Pearsons, it was smooth sailing all the way Dusty Times

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and that translated to a move towards the head of the pack. They picked off the Krause/Hamel KX500 in Pit 6 and were running hard on the heels of the Davis/Book Yamaha by the time they dashed into Pit 8, 311 miles into the 527 mile course. They had even beaten the dust. "It rained two or three days ago on the northern part of the course and the rain really helped a lot," said Nick Pearson. "There were puddles on the dry lakes and actually a little mud out of Tonopah." The youngsters gained more ground when Book crashed and the factory Yamahahadtospendsome extra time being straight-ened out in Pit 9. "He didn't break any-thing but the handlebars were tweaked, the wheels were tweaked. It took a while to get everything fixed up," said Davis, who knew the Pearsons had taken over second and were pulling ahead while he waited for the okay to ri~e. And then the Pearsons started to move in on the lead. "At Check 9, the Pearsons were right there. It was a dog fight from then on," said Des try Abbott, who was in charge of the Ondas/Abbott KX500 for the final stage of the race. "Russ and I were really go-ing at it. It was great, but I knew I had to put a minute on them because of the way we started, and I was doing everything I could." Even racing with a flat rear mousse wasn't about to keep Russ Pearson from the checkered flag of his dreams. He kept the 1999 KTM640 wide open throughout the final stages of the course and swept past Abbott with about 50 miles to go. "There were some sec-tions that were kind·of wet, Continued on page 28 The 250 Amateur Class was won handily by the Tyner/Dabney/Humber trio who rode their Honda to Reno in good style. Marty, Doug and Rodger teamed up to ride their Honda to a great first place in 4-S0 A, taking the prize with an hour and a half in hand. The Ganadian entry of Tanner/Lundiri/Bailey took the 0-40 A Class win after a long 12 hour ride on their Kawasaki winning by 14 minutes. HEWI MECHANIC MAT 18 X 29. 36 X 29, \4 X 29. CLASSIC DUFFEL DRIVER TRAVELER Page 27 December 1998 The Tri state effort of Hendel/Cottre/1/Meskey was rewarded with a nice win as they cruised on their Honda to the 0-35 A victory. The 0-30 A Class win went to Don, Ken and Don on their Yamaha and they won by just three minutes after 12 hours of riding. The McCartney/Burrus Kawasaki took the O-40P Class after a long ride of twelve and a half hours and they were glad to get to Reno. 77S W.17th Street, Unit H Costa Mesa. California 92627 (949) S48-8533 Phone• /949) S48·8S34 Fax Dealer inquiries welcome. Please call for a catalog. Dusty Times

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Jan, Jared and Jay gave no quarter as they took the Quad Expert Bryan Freeman, Chris Fry and Nate Pearson chased the 250 E title in Steve Beilman and Doug Eichner rode their Doug Roll Quad to a very class with ease, arriving in Reno on their Roll Design in less than 13 vain, settling for second spot, 20 minutes out of the win. respectable first in Pro, winnin by over an hour. hours. E~o=;;';j=-~==========~--------r-:w;:;;;i,:it i:;--;t~e;--;:p;;o~w~e~r-;;a;-;n:;-;:r.,..-,~~;;-The Texans, Tom, Lance and Curtis attacked the high desert on their Yamaha and won the 4-SU A Class with an eight minute cushion. but there were some sec-tions after Check 11 when I was following Russ where it was just dust. I wasn't go-ing to let it hang out too much and that made the difference," said Abbott, who was forced to follow in the youngster's tire tracks all the way to the finish. The younger Pearson brought the KTM/Acerbis/ Smith/ Ara i/M iche lin/ Dunlop/K Style-backed en-try across the finish just af-ter 3 p.m. to take the over-The lronman Amateur win went to Daniel Stinson after his 14+ hour ride to Reno on his Honda. (Whew!) c; l~ANAl)A Page 28 Youngsters Cliff and Kevin Jennings and Brendan Lutes rode their Kawasaki to a nice win in 125 E, finishing in less than 13 hours. all win after a grueling eight hours and 44 minutes on the course and still had enough energy to plan a cel-ebration later in the evening. "That was fun. It was ab-soiutely bitchin' and I really had a blast," said the 18 year old racer. "It was kind of a riot on this bike. I'm used to riding a 250, where you just leave it pinned the whole way. This thing has so much power it's kind of nice. You can play around The Hiatt/Hogan/Meade threesome rode for a long time on their Kawasaki to take the 0-40 E win and We're sure they were elated when they got to Reno. 99 -· l)Al<AI~ December 1998 lot of fun with that." Kawasaki hotshots Abbott and Ondas com-pleted the 5 2 7 mile sprint three and a half minutes be-hind the Pearsons to claim second, and the Davis/Book Yamaha entry finished an-other five minutes back in third. "It seems like when I rode Kawasakis everybody kept breaking down, but now, nobody breaks down, and there are a lot of people ca-pable of winning," said Davis, who many regarded as the hot favorite going into the race. "A few years ago it was just Danny (Hamel) and me -no one was up to that level, but now the Pearsons are riding well, Abbott's doing well. Now that these guys have worked their way up and there's a lot of good compe-tition, it's all in preparat"ion and changing the wheels at the right time. It's good for the sport but you just can't have screw ups any more." And Nick and Russ aren't the only Pearsons who are riding well. When the dust cleared a little fur-ther back in the pack, .the win in the 250 Pro Class belonged to Bryan Folks and 15 year old David Pear-.son, who completed the course in nine hours and 3 7 minutes·, almost nine min-utes ahead of their nearest competition. "It was a real fun course -totally awesome," said· Pearson, who piloted a KTM250 and is a cousin of the overall winners. "Every-thing went great for us. I just went out and was care-ful, I guess, and we didn't have any problems. We changed a back tire once and that's about all we did except for changing a filter because it was real dirty." OFF ROAD SCRAMBLE ANSWERS: Swaybar, Coolant, Gauge, Oil Can, Header COOLING SHROUD Dusty Times

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CORP FIESTA DEL SOL 200 Doc Shocks: Santo del Prado Outfoxes Mexican Rocks ByTony Tellier Photos: Mario Vasquez ~, : "YI?'~' -~,,,., f Ray Santos de/ Prado and Manlio Moreno teamed in a Jimco to take the overall win as well as the Class 10 victory. Ray Santos del Prado broke a finger after contact with his steering wheel and at the same time broke a potential strangle hold on the CORP series by de- . feating two-time-in-a-row win-ner Arturo Honold at the Oc-tober Laguna Salada desert race. Under sunny skies and breezy winds, his yellow Jimco "Ten" beat a field of 109 cars at ~he fifth race in the CORP Tecate 1998 Off Road Champi-onship -the ",Fiestas del Sol 200". Vic Bruckmann enlisted a vacationing Jason Hatz to help the "1600" to a win over the Sherard family affair and Third Place Bo Anderson and Steve Downing. Danny Ledezma showed that, once again, he is The Man, defeating a large field of 5-1600s for third overall. Al-fonso Lacarra and Lalo Mayoral edged out Ivan and Tony Gomez for the Challenger crown. The four lap, 50 mile race course ran along the TJ-Tecate-Mexicali Hwy 2 near the NW tip of the dry lake. Joaquin Ro-driguez and his CORP crew used two arroyo underpasses to gain access to the north side of the road up to the Aqueduct just south of the US border. Chase access was good since the MHP does not prohibit center divider crossing nor driving off the shoulders so one could simply peel off and go chasing. The Canon de Guadalupe road pierced the southern loop, pro-viding numerous access points to the right and to the left. The terrain was traditional Mexico: sand, silt, cactus and rocks. While the Mexicali doctor's scheme went according to plan, the grandiose scenario of Miguel Tornel went sadly awry as his intriguing idea for a double vic-tory went on the trailer. Miguel had big plans for his two car team: '"We' (i.e., 'me'} will win Overall in the '1 O' then come back to drive to the finish for the win in '1600'." The ex-Kory Scheeler twin cam Toyota would be fast enough, no doubt, and the same for Tecate win-ning two seat restrictor car. While the dual driving duel may have sounded good on paper but ... in the dirt that would be another matter entirely. It was a cunning plan, however. Tor-nel and Mario Reynoso should be awarded an extra five points just for their brashness. Tornel's Union 76 sponsored cars were sporting new orange and blue "company" colors. Vis-ibility would be good for a 1,000 miles or more. (There were too Gustavo and Ricardo Coronado took the Class 8 win and moved into a commanding points lead in the series. Page 30 many all white cars. Only Rick St. John's 5/1600s orange front end worked well for pitters and spotters.) Miguel's "1600" Mi-rage had a new Major motor with the original Hatz installed boost bottle still attached. The onboard crew had a great set of double mirrors mounted inside, away from potentially damaging mesquites and palos verdes and cachanillas. TECH LINE NOTES Sign-up and Tech was right outside the "Fiestas del Sol" county fair in downtown Mexicali. It was festive atmo-sphere indeed, with loads of pretty girls gawking at the rac-ing cars and racing drivers gawking at the pretty girls. Plus a very busy T ecate beer stand. Arturo Honold confessed to what had really been causing his misfire at the T eca te race: "I spent lots of money for a new electrical system. I changed ev-erything. Then, finally, we found that the jets in the car-buretor were not seated prop-erly. It was too rich!" An hon-est man will admit his mistakes. His 1776cc Kenny Major VW was all fresh for this race. "I did a three lap pre run but I will need to have a no flat race. I have to take care of the rocks, make no mistake." He nodded toward Santos del Prado's two seat Jimco: "He has '1835' so I have to go for the low weight." Arturo said that he was pull-ing off the seven ply sidewall BFG "Bajas" and running the lighter "All Terrains." (The loss in pounds = an effective gain in ccs?) "It now pulls much bet-ter in the soft sand ... like a two stroke! I also take off the Ultra wheels. The cast wheels are only for contingency show. I go to the lighter Centerlines for the race." GREEN FLAG PRO CLASS 10 Ray Santos del Prado had the front start and went for that big edge in the rare air by running December 1998 Vic Bruckmann had Jason Hatz take over the driving when he broke some fingers, and the team went on to win the 1600 class and finish second overall. as hot and as fast as he could from the green flag. Arturo Honold actually appeared to be faster but was still in arrears on the clock. Santos del Prado's Jimco used to be the Kevin Davis "1 O", now with a fresh Victor Romo VR-VW. "Oh yes. It is fast. Victor is making mo-tors for the fast cars in Mexicali." The doctor was men-tally ready to meet the chal-lenge of the hard to beat attor-ney, Honold. Ray's first "10" car was the old Steve Vesterdal two seater. Tornel? Tornel had it pinned but the skies of the mid morn-ing start were still calm and the dust hung over the course, ob-scuring his vision and slowing his attack. On Lap 2 Santos del Prado had Tornel on his back door as the leader began to work his way through the late starters. 1n fact, the last car off the line only had a four minute head start over the Doc. Arturo Honold was slowed with Safari racer Sergio Moreno so that the Brian Coneen/Tim Everts car could catch up. (Moreno would soon break out the entire torsion mount, limping for home like a low rider.) "Konehead" Coneen was in the "Kone Zone Racing" Jimco, Bill Hammack's old FAT engined Fud championship car and the first coilover that Mike Julson built. Doc SdP had two flats and changed them at Baja Pits and made one stop for gas, losing about four minutes. His finger damage came from someone else. "There was a traffic jam. I slowed to let the dust clear and someone hit my front wheel." The steering wheel caught his finger and "Crc1ck!" More tongue depressors. In an example of musical (car) chairs, Santos de! Prado broke his pinky and put in Manlio Moreno who "got in in Third and put it in First. This was a fast car. It was a whole different deal at first. I could not focus." Moreno's last "10" drive was in the "1000" where he teamed with Artu"t"ti7-Io1rold and Vic Bruckmann. Brother Jack Moreno, #1652, came in Numero Uno Sportsman "1600" in Manlio's old two seater. It had the pre run engine from the Primm in it. "It's a stocker." Manlio will not race the "1000" to La Paz due to a new baby and a new house. Priorities. Priori-ties. The Flame car of Sergio Nunez was a home built effort with a Lothringer style rear and a Jimco A-arm looking front end. Built by Nunez, the car demonstrates what can be done on a limited budget. While the clean, well built car admittedly had small c.v.s, a bus box, drum brakes on the rear and regular hubs up front, the construction was first rate. Nunez would break that bus box, the ring and pinion, then removed the ex-haust system to loan it to an-other racer. Hope that it was not loaned to Johnny Ledezma's Sportsman "1600" ... say "So long" to that part! Sportsman-ship in action. Luis Barragan had his big car on the trailer, missing the left rear hub and brake caliper. The race car ... not the trailer. Nearby lay a Centerline wheel with the stud holes augured out into long ovals. Even Eddco won't like this one. Alfredo Torres pitted only for gas and a long drink. T·he Toyota lift car is inexplicably VW powered. Torres and the crew were beside themselves with glee over their second place, 30th Overall finish. And no wonder, their first lap took 3:43, Santos de! Prado did it in 00:59! Their perseverance paid off. Only these two "Tens" fin-ished out of the seven starters. Tech Jefe Bill Hammack "P&G'd" the Santos del Prado car and the motor was found to be "1835 plus nuthin." PRO CLASS 1600 Cesar Cons, the class winner at San Felipe and first "1600" off the line, came up the hill at RMl 1 ahead of Vic Bruckmann who was .flying sideways, radi-cally trying to close the gap. Steve Reynolds had been passed by that time. Steve, with a clean shiny Adam Wik engine, had Fud racer Steve Mamer·in as a partner. Steve Long was catch-ing up to Ramon Gonzalez and Arturo Lizzaraga (#501) had gotten around the Sherard's last starting "1600". Steve Downing forgot all the bad things that he had said about the new John Brindell car after the T eca te event. (Note: The name "Steve" is apparently 'the h·ot item in this class.) "The car is 100% better now. (His attitude on this would so,on change.) "Another shock has been added to the rear and the fronts are now small shafts. We tested it a hundred miles." Al-luding to the tight and twisty tree lined course at Tecate, Steve averred that "It is good to be back to the desert. The desert's always best." Bruckmann moved into the lead after 60 miles, leading Tom Watson by a good margin. Dusty Times

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Alfredo Torres had a long first lap, but still managed a fine second Matt and Rick Sherard didn't take time to change drivers, and took Mario Montes and Mark Storey tipped their truck onto its side, but still place in Class 10. Miguel I ornel (with Mano Reynoso at the wheel, actually), Steve Reynolds and Steve Downing followed with a lag-ging BoNoz Anderson. On the third lap John Brindell's ORW car was soon _stranded along the highway as Steve Downing begged for the outer parts of a stub axle assem-bly. They had the necessary stub axle and the bearings and the spacers but needed the small parts kit of retainers and snap rings. Steve Long's crew even-tually dug into ye olde Tucson junk box and came up with the necessary parts after Downing's quite lengthy down time - a three hour lap. Brindell took over as Downing had hitch-hiked a drive in Bo's car. "Un-employed. Will drive for food." Actually .Anderson's power steering went on. the fritz and Bo begged for relief and Steve was there ready to rock and (hopefully not) to roll. Vic Bruckmann and Miguel Tornel slid into their respective pits together for a gas and go as the injured Vic got out. Bruck-mann had spent some time try-ing to get by Beny Canela's big truck and impatience drove him to do the bump and run routine. But during one such excursion, the truck came down on Vic's bumper. The rear tire of the truck contacted the front wheel of the buggy and the steering was jerked violently to one side. Vic had his fingers around the rim, inside the wheel, and a spoke broke four fingers. Hi,<; car's suspension was by John Brindell, although that should not be taken as a factor in the injury. "When it happened I knew· they were broken. I tried to drive it but Tommy Watson hit me and I said that's it! Jason Hatz was down here just to pit me so we put him in and he reeled in Tommy," Vic. ex-plained. "Racing the "Thou-sand" may be 'iffy'." Vic had tongue depressors ace-bandaged to his hand as temporary splints. By the end of the race Bruckmann's passenger, Mike Loomis, was used up, rung out, rode hard and put away dry. Watson was to complete the race with a less than sterling day as second half driver Darren Hardesty lost the complete drum and wheel off the left front comer and had also been unable to get a full load of fuel . during several abortive at-tempts. "The wheel just came off. I went and found it then looked for the axle nut. (!) I had passed Vic, went for Tornel then broke a strap limiter bolt (Hint: Use a Grade 5 rather than a Grade 8; they bend Page 31 home a second in the 1600 class. salvaged a second place finish in Class 8, rather than fracture.) I he Big I ruck portion of the job: "'I hey walked away!" all retired. Tom had taken a serious shot race was not a pretty sight as McNeil has a large lead in PRO CLASS 5-1600 on the rock pile where Tim fenders and doors were removed the championship points over Juan Covarrubias quickly Bano and Eric Allen had been and discarded throughout the Rebeles. moved backward to seventh stranded. That impact bent the course. The Gustavo and PRO CLASS 7S from his front start as Danny right rear torsion housing. (This Ricardo Coronado "Empresa" Fernando, Arturo and Hora-Ledezma came from the other is also where Alberto Gonzalez' truck had the least amount of cio Real continued their assault direction, up from eighth to "7" went amiss. The extra sharp trouble, getting the win and a on the championship with a fifth by Race Mile (RM) 20. The right tum was deceptively slick lucky 13th. Andrew Wehe's Pro strong win over Refugio, Jorge, Mario Montes "Zobeck" truck and silt filled with large rocks Truck was quick, in the begin-Agustin, and Jon Fonseca. The split the two VWs of Efren piled on the outside of the turn ning, while Beny Canela was other three entries did not Gastelum and Rick St. John as from the gas pipeline road cut-sounding off tune and raspy. record a finish. Arturo Islas went backwards, ting.) Running on in without Canela could not reach the fin- PRO CLASS 5 ending up between Antonio the front wheel seriously ish line, as Wehe also did not. Suppose, just suppose, that Ramirez and Jose Luis Herrejon. angulated the opposite c.v. Andrew got in one lap, blew an they threw a race, made a class By RM25 Telnor's Carlos joint, as the car was heeled over engine, and that was what ever and nobody finished. Arturo Davila had passed Ruben Garcia hard. They were lucky to finish. it was. "That"? Lizarraga was leading then they · Continued on page 32 Watson offered that he "hit The bright red Mario Mon-Bruckmann but then Vic went tes/Mark Storey Hi-Tech Trans-much faster. I couldn't catch missions, Zobeck Racing truck him after I woke him up." got the proper Baja Pits treat-The two Sherard brothers ment as a right rear trailing arm were going to swap seats but mount was reattached to the decided to not mess with a goo~ axle tube with a stick welder.· thing, which was a bueno idea The car had been over on the as they went from their rear passenger side and was missing starting position to second place the door sheet metal and the at the Checkers. They were right front fender. Montes was driving the ex-Jon/Brian able to salvage a second place Tanklage "La Victoria" two finish in just over eight hours. seater, now with a Revco en-Coronado has a commanding gine. Dad Rick Sherard is the points lead over Jimmy Nuckles crew chief: "It's all family." and Canela. Driver Matt: "We have never PRO CLASS 7 passed so many cars. Every Oscar Rebeles was the only cloud of dust had a Baja Bug in finisher out of four entries. it." Perry McNeil raced his pre-run-Randy Anderson "saw that ning, Baja 1000 winning Ford broken (purple) 'Barney' car of and, zoot atours, he lost a rear Brindell's. I was then wonder-wheel bearing and not only did ing if we had put the restrictor not win and did not finish .. . he plate back in ... we raced and could not drive it back home to overalled Ramon Castro's re-San Diego as has been his wont! cent San Felipe race where he Alert the media! Alert the lets the '1600s' run without a trailer! Hard copy reports that plate." Note: the restrictor plate· it took Perry 15:43:00 to reach was intact and the car legal, Check l on the last lap. guys. That Bo, such a joker with The "7" truck of Alberto a caugama. "This ol' chubby Gonzalez had three seats in it man's beat up today." The 1997 and that must have been a tight class champion is now a "slim" fit when they crashed, rolled, (Heh, heh) fourteen points be-pitch-poled and flipped, wad-hind Tom Watson and only five ding 1,1.p the pretty Ford on all ahead of Tomei. The final race corners and all sides. The car on December 5th will be the was severely damaged but was· telling tale. still on all four tires, all of which PRO CLASS 8 (& 4, 6 & still had air. While the cage was PT) dented and cracked, it did its Leading in the points, Fernando, Arturo and Horacio Real got one step closer with a victory in their 7S Ford. December 1998 This is the :,ystem run by most off road race winners TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR J" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Dusty Times ... -

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Oscar Rebeles and Gabriel Aranda took the Class 7 win, the only Perry McNeil broke his Class 7 Ford and was unable to finish, which Second place in Pro Class 7S went to the team of Refugio, Jorge and truck in the class to get back to the checkered flag. is a ve unusual circumstance. He leads the points. Agustin Fonsesca from Mexicali. Danny Ledezma takes flight in his run for the 5-1600 win. He pushes hard, but the car holds together. on the ridge line with Pietro Brasea, Alberto Castro and Rigoberto Acosta all packed to-gether. Danny Ledezma then passed Acosta and Shane Pavolka, who being in from Tucson for the first time, had never seen the course before. The race itself was the pre-run for the Baja 500 winning tearn. The cars were getting mixed up within this. short distance. Alfredo Torres' "10" (with Mar-tin Valenzuela), Brasea, Mon-tes' "8" truck, Pavolka, Steve Miszkiewicz, Gastelum, Carlos Ibarra, Acosta were all in a line, while Herrejon was getting the horn from Ivan Gomez. With Tim Biebieff tagging along in the dust, Arturo Islas had Adam Pfankuch's "9" on his tail with Leo Navarette playing tag-a-long. Lacarra's black beauty was suddenly a "no-show" in this procession around the moun-tain. Eventually, now some -eight minutes behind, came a race-faced Lacarra who had lost eight minutes replacing a flat tire. "We do not carry a spare", he explained that the weight saving that was deemed impor-tant in many classes. He had to go out to [he highway for a spare and a change. Ledezma had completed his charge from eighth into the class lead with a one minute ad-vantage on Davila while a dis-appointed Steve M. radioed in that "the tranny shut down ... or maybe it's the motor!""?" Rick StJ. suggested that Steve "put it in gear, run it, check the flanges for rotation." After some radio consultation it was determined that the Super Trapp had come off and the ensuing lean-out stuck the old motor. DNF. Ledezma was unable to bask . in the glory of his win over the other 15 cars. The busy owner of three San Diego area muffler shops had to get a fluid replace-ment IV from the equally busy Medicos. The Ledezma team spreads around the credit for the win: "It's the driver, Danny. And it's teamwork." Co-driver Al Gregory said that the Ledez-mas set up the car very stiff: "It rides rough as Hell. The first two laps were all I needed, but · the car really eats up the bad stuff. And the car can take that punishment." Like many others, the Ledezmas are begging off the "1000". "It takes so much time. It takes two weeks to do it." (But it's a fun two weeks.) The second place T elnor car of the Davilas had but one flat, which was changed by the pit Carlos Fragoso teamed with Luivan Voelker to take the win in Class 11, at an average speed of 27 mph. Page 32 ----w-i~n-ro-w-. r-aro-=-to-o-.--o-v_e_r_a_n-r-cit ,-e Alfonso Lacarra and Lalo Mayoral had a close fight in their Class 9 car, and took the win by 16 minutes. crew, however, the car had dinged, taco-cl and smiley wheels on all four corners ... one even had "Ouch" already writ-ten on it. They were lucky that the one flat was all that they suffered. The Ramirez "Gobbi" car had a fine run: "Rene's at Rosarito" took third place in the ex-Iribe car. The Casanova Family car, driven 100% by Rick Fouquette, had a miserable day with a bad spark plug lead. The high ten-sion lead, positioned below the engine breather, got oil soaked then would not stay on the plug or stay in the cooling shroud. The tip of the plug unscrewed and came out. ,Finally the oil deteriorated the snfelding so much that they were running on three cylinders, "shooting ducks", as it were. Edgar Casanova finally got a used lead from "some guys in an old Bronco" but lost mucho time in the process. PRO CHALLENGER The eight car class was a good raced. By RM25 Ivan Go-mez was ahead of front row starting "Bano" with Alfonso behind but ahead of the ISRT Oscar Venegas "5-1600" car. Leonardo Navarrete was being chased by a red hot Adam Pfankuch who had easily passed Luis Rivera - who had a wind-shield ... which allows two extra surfaces to be coated with dust. Navarette raced the "old" Jorge Vargas car. Alfonso, who had had to limp out to the highway for his spare, would explain that "We ran very, very hard." Lalo Mayoral had remarked that: "We grew up here, we know the desert" like the back of their "ma nos". Pancho had his brand new baby boy out for his first race. Alfonso the Fourth was all wide-eyed and awake. During the pre-flight of #948 car, Mike Pfankuch discovered a loose front right hand back-December 1998 ing plate. "I was tightening the brakes and· (discovered that) the (backing plate bolts) were loose." Certainly a mystery, here, without 'any clues. Tim "Bano" ('Bee-BIFE') Biebieff and Eric Allen called in with a flat at R·ace Mile 38. "It's come off the bead" ... and they had no spare and no jack and no lug wrench. Larry Kern picked his way back in in the_ K.I.T. chase car to do the tire change and he would also find Steve Long, in from Tucson, who stopped for his own visual inspection: "My power steering's gone! Look for my belt", he asked from the cock-pit. The belt was there, all right, but "Hey! The pulley's gone, Steve." The crank nut. had taken its leave, however, the pulley was on tight enough so that he could continue. Biebieff ended up tearing off the left rear shock when the steel spring plate limiter strap came off. Tim and Eric retired to the shade. While we were there, the Foo Fighter and Edgar Casanova came by, sounding like they were shooting ducks down by the Rio Hardy: "Pop, pop." Ra-mon Gonazlez's "1600" looked fast but soun<led ~imilarly ratty. By this time, Adam Pfankuch had worked his way through all of the Challengers and into the 5-1600s. He was dogging the "Ricochet Racing" of Shane and Eric Pavolka. Navarette was beginning to bulldoze the course with a loose floor pan, scooping up rocks as Adam called in -complaining about a steering arm on 9 spindle. This was reported only about five miles out. He made it in to the main pit, got a weld job on the tie rod ear by Ramsey EI-Wardani. As planned, he put in dad Mike for the next two laps. Ramsey stick-welded ev-erything together. Everything. Adam's repair down time put . Alfonso right back into the race race was on, even up. 1997 Challenger champ Leonardo Navarrete broke an axle. "Now I need better sus-pension. I have lots of bump steer", he complained over a beer while demonstrating his pummeled forearms. There was in-line nerfing be-tween Challenger Francisco Fernandez and Lalo Mayoral. In contingency, not on the course. Fernandez is driving the old Bryan Jeffrey's two seat Raceco under the "FraNfer" banner. Francisco was not to finish. Mike and Lalo left the Main . Pit on their third lap almost to-gether. Mike then broke the link and waited for help, luck-ily near the highway while Lalo took the bye-bye-way. the parts were changed in a reasonably prompt fashion, considering that the upper arm was now welded onto the tie rod and had to be pulled with the spindle. It was als o discovered that the exhaust runners were fatigued and cracked and the frame the same. Mike Pfankuch: "Adam's getting back in and he'll learn how to race 'slow'." Lalo and Alfonso took a ·16 minute vic-tory over the Gomez car. Ivan and Tony Gomez had two flats and lost 20 minutes on their six year old Jimco. The-math is left to the reader. Both Lacarra and Pfankuch came into the Laguna Salada race tied in points. Now, after the "throwaway", Lacarra has a three point lead. A "Start" is worth five; a "Finish" also five and a win is ·worth "about" 22 and second place, 19, the actual values depending upon the number of entries. The points are now very close and the · championship will be decided on the Mexicali-to-San Felipe race in December. As this next and final race will travel south along the west side of Laguna Salada, pass by El Oa-sis, struggle up Arroyo Grande and cross the mountains through the infamous Crack of Doom to Borrego, course access will be lim-ited and difficult. The prudent racer will carry a spare tire. PRO 11 The Pro Herbies, of course, had a long day but it was not that long for winner Carlos Gragoso who did the 200 miles in 7:44 ... which is a sprightly 27 miles an hour average. Not too shabby. Fernando Flores was an hour back. Both drivers now have a reason11ble shot at points leader Marco unez who DNFed. SPORTSMEN Sportsman were required to complete three laps within ten hours. SPORTSMAN CLASS 10 Dusty Times

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Carlos Davila and Yiro Sanchez had just one flat, and finished second Ivan and Tony Gomez had tm, flats on their Jimco, and took second Fernando and Mario Flores finished second in Class 11, about an in the 5-1600 race. ..,.Pl_ac_e_i_n_C~ta_s_s_9.~~~~-~-~~~--~~--°Tho_u---.rr-o_ff-,,th ... e_w,_·n_n---.e_r's_tim---.e. __ ---r-__ .----....,.,..._-r----.-----,----.-.-Mike Webb was the class win-man entry and averaged over 40 Michell Gastelum did all three They were lucky. They changed Armando Cota had spindle ri.er followed by -Fred Ezpinoza. mph. The Sportsman "1600" en- laps in just over four hours, not a the tire at the Main Pits and problems and two flats but still Eduardo Lucero was third. The J try of Sonia Fierro was pushing bad performance at all. The other caught the leak and spilled complete both laps for the Safari & J Racing Team Sportsman the issue early but was a surviv- three big VWs did not finish. enough lube back in to keep .the overall, non-class win. Juan May-"Ten" of Juan de Dios Tellez was ing third after a horrendous 3:34 SPORTSMAN CLASS 5-gearbox alive. "You think you're oral was only six minutes behind. back in the pits for good, or for last lap. 1600 going hard, then a truck blows Daniel Castro was third and bad, missing the right front SPORTSMAN CLASS 8 (& Adolfo Ayala was the winner by", Ben sighed. "That puts it in Bernardo Delgado was fourth. spindle. 4, 6 & PT) by a slim 23 seconds over Carlos perspective." Three others did not complete The Carlos Herrera crew was Jorge Ramirez's "Tweety Bird" Gonzalez and Juan Garcia, the The Jorge Castro KSTRO Rae- two laps. seen enjoying a leisurely lunch Ford pickup, sporting a 2.9L Tri- closest race of the day. Thirteen ing Team was decked out in fine, The Safari "5-1600" of Masao around a racing car that looked ton V6 engine out of Taller Jaime, racers took the green, five took bright yellow, embroidered polo Shiba Okada spent a long time in no worse for the wear. Might have won the Sportsman 8 class in the the black and white. Jorge Franco shirts sponsored by Flete Express the pits as they struggled with a been an internal problem. Or a quick time of 5:28. Los Dos was third, a half hour back. Rob-out ofTJ. Their clamped on rear hot and greasy right inner c.v. good lunch. They had plenty of Hermanos Jorge y Enrique, had a erto Escobedo and the Avalos' bash bar looked as though a hard The car did not leave the pits, or time: they did not reach one good race in the bright yellow were missing the front clip and ' hit (read "Class 8") might rotate Checkpoint 1 on Lap 1, either, checkpoint. And that checkpoint Ford. Brave Armando Bravo, in missed the checkered flag. the tubes into sensitive and im- · but I would bet that their cloth-(that they did not reach) was the his huge Jeep Honcho, took eight Abel Encarnacion, who works portant engine components. The ing bears mute witness to that first one. hours to get a second place. John at the Mitsubishi plant out west, sharp shirts, unfortunately, did filthy activity. . SPORTSMAN CLASS 1600 Murillo and Alberto Costa's was well supported at Tech by not help the little car get to the LAST PLACE FINISHES Johnny Ledezma and Jose Kuster Kruiser and the Baja Bul- Licores Jimenez. Abel and the finish line: DNF. Both the Jorge The last Pro to finish was the Reyes were seen running with a lies were a disappointing DNF. crew were starting the race with Castro and the Jaime Boquiren winning "7" of Oscar Rebeles in mangled exhaust system on their They came out in force with their a tow rope already on the (ront teams were DNFs. 8:40: 21. The final Sportsman was "Sportsman 1600." But it could Chevrolet powered Toyota Land bash bar ... not a positive, aggres- SPORTSMAN CLASS 11 Luis Lopez Moctezuma in #1151 get worse. Mucl} worse. The car Cruiser. John and the Brawley sive, success oriented thinking Luis Lopez Moctezuma's win-in 9:14:20. Sportsman were re-came through the finish without Brawlers scored a pair of Kuster program, one would think. Abel ning Sportsman "11" Bug was quired to complete three laps an air cleaner and with the belt shocks for the front end - minus was unable to complete the event, nicely detailed. Luis' effort was within ten hours; Safari teams off the pulley. And all four ex- any "coil-overs." The leaf springs even with help from Pinuela Rae- supported by Mexicali HOT, the were forced to run two laps. The haust runners were broken, are springy enough, thank you. ing and The Devil's Racing Team. "'Wild Racing Team" and last Safari car was Bernardo pinched shut and otherwise inop- Jose Perez did not (inish but made "Aw, Hell." Schaeffer's Racing Oil... usince Delgado in 6:00:40 at 18 miles erative. They still got second the first checkpoint for third. SPORTSMAN CLASS 9 1839". Luis averaged 18 mph. The per hour. place and a ruined engine; SPORTSMAN CLASS 7 Ben Dietrich, the class winner other two entries, Arturo Moret Pros paid $200 to enter; Pay-sanded, over temped and four Neither team could reach the and only finisher in Sportsman and Jose Cabrera, did not finish. back was 40%. "Overall" gets an fried exhaust.valves. Jack Moreno finish line. End of story. Well, "9", had a front flat and smacked SAFARI extra $200. Sportsmen pay $110 ~nd Victor Garfio ·were the easy OK: Francisco Romo did one lap a rock with his skid plate so hard The seven Safari teams were and Safaris $80. 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VORRA RACING AT PRAIRIE CITY SVRA season Opener · Make-up Race By Troy Robinson Ph.otos: Chris Radbome Fred Cafasso had a win and a third place in his Ford, which totaled up to the victory in Class 7. With the season opener race rained out in March, this race date was added to the schedule to make up for lost racing. Unusual fall weather in Sacramento had rain showers come through the area, it was just enough to find cover but also to hold down the dust which was no doubt to be very thick. With the last YORRA race just three weeks prior, there was still a good field turnout of 56 cars in just seven classes. First race of the day would be the novice class with 13 cars tak-ing off from the line. Erik Jenkins (77) took the hole shot from the front row. He was followed by Bruce Fields (58) in a big Class 8 truck . . Fields' truck was wide and it held back the res-t of the field who could not seem to get by. Among those in the chase wereJeffVanderzweep (86), Denny Spohr (17) and Eric Eberhart (82). At the finish line, Jenkins had nearly a half a lap lead for the win. Fields finished second, Vanderzweep third, and Spohr fourth. In moto 2, Lenny McLean (69) had a good starting position up front to take the early lead. Meanwhile, Vanderzweep had to fight from the back of the back working his way up to second, giving challenge to McLean. Spohr and Jenkins also ha_d to work their way up and were running third and fourth. On the final lap Vanderzweep made a pass on McLean and went on to the moto win. McLean would finish second, Jenkins moved up to third on the last lap while Marcia TRANSAXLE E_NGINEERING, INC EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE RACEAUTO AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OVER 250 FINAL DRIVE RATIOS WITH ADAPTERS & CONVERTERS COMBINATIONS FOR ANY ENGINE $250 RING & PINION, FULL MANUAL 3SP AUTO 1997 SCORE MILESTONE WINNER Transaxle Engineering Jeff Field 9763 Variel Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311 818-998-2739 Page 34 December 1998 Jeff Vanderzweep put himself into third and first in the Novice class heats, for a win when the points were added. Forest Creasy led wire to wire in both heats in his Suspensions Unlimited car, to take the Class 9 victory. Watkins (40) finished fourth and Spohr finished fifth. Overall results had Jeff Yanderzweep the winner, with Erik Jenkins second, Lenny McLean third, Bruce Fields fourth, and Denny Spohr fifth. In Class 9 action, Forest Creasy (996) led both motos flag to flag for the overall win. Dave Tarrant (904) gave early challenges in both motos but had to settle for second overall. Third overall went to Al Hiatt (917) who finished the motos 4-3. Eight cars lined up for the Class 10 moto and it was Walt and Kevin Lewis (1077) who jumped out to an early lead. They were overtaken on iap 3 by Dennis Kordonowy (iOi i) who went on to the moto win. Ron Foster ( 103 7) finished third and Floyd-Haas (1023) finished fourth. Kordonowy was later docked one position for passing under a yellow flag and was dropped to second giv-ing the·moto win to the Lewis'.· In moto 2, Steve Bradford Dennis Dugan, in a Dugan Built, had a hard fought first and second place in the motos, to give him the Class 1 victory. David Kordonowy ran in the Vet class, took a second and a first, which made him the winner for the day. Dusty Times

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With a third and a second place in the heats, Mike Koenig finished the Eric Jenkins won the first heat easily, finished third in the second, and Dave Tarrant was second in both Class 9 heats for a second place day in second in Class 7. was second for the day in the Novice class. finish. His car features a nice red, white and blue paint job. Don German ran near the front of the pack in both motos in his exotic A first and a third place finish in the Vet class motos gave Gary Pinheiro Walt and Kevin Lewis finished second and fourth in the Class 1 O Jeep, and got second place in Class 1 for his efforts. ~an_ o_ve_ra_l_l ~_e_su_l_t o_f_s_ec~o_rfd_. -----~- -----~ _he..,..a_ts __ ,.-to_en--.d.....--'up----,-in...,s.,..e..,..co,...n.-d~p_la_c----,er-. ----,------.-.----,-s-----.---c--(1008) took the lead from his front In the first moto of the 10 car jumped to the quick lead followed In Class 1, Sam Berri (149) to be in second but Germans' jeep row start and was given chase by vet class, Jarad and Chad Wilson by Kordonowy, Everett Paul (43) jumped out to the lead of the six was too wide and had too much Floyd Haas, Kordonowy and Lewis. (320) jumped to the early lead with and Hooter Meyer (28). car field followed by Dennis Dugan horsepower out of the hole forany-Haas was overtaken on lap 5 by a lot of horsepower vs. the other Kordonowy moved into the lead on ( 168), Don and Chris German one to pass. With just two laps to Kordonowy and then Kordonowy cars but Garry Pinheiro (1029) out lap 5 and went on for the moto win. (104), and Jason Paul (103 7). go, Dugan made a last ditch pass to moved into the lead on lap 6 and maneuvered Wilson and tciok over Parsons held on to the second fol-Dugan fought Berri hard and made get in front of Berri but was still went on to the moto 2 win. Brad- _the lead on lap 3. David Kordonowy lowed by Pinheiro, Miller and Wil- a pass for the lead on lap 5 and behind German. Moto results had ford finished second, Haas finished (20) started mid pack and was up son. Overall results had David pulled out a slight lead and held on German first, Dugan second, Berri third and the Lewis' fourth. ·Over- to second by the third lap trying to Kordonowy the overall winner, for the moto win. Berri settled for third and Timmons fourth. Over-all results had Dennis Kordonowy reel in the leader Pinheiro. Wilsons Garry Pinheiro placing second, second, and German third. all results had Dennis Dugan tak-the winner with Walt and Kevin dropped back further until finally Everett Paul third, Rob Parsons In moto 2, German jumped to · ing the win, Don and Chris Ger-Lewis second, Floyd Haas third and finishing the moto in sixth. Randy fourth and Randy Miller fifth. Jarad the lead from the front row start- man second, Sam Berri third and Ron Foster fourth. Miller (96) stc..rted front pack and and Chad Wilson were given ·the ing position. Patrick Timmons Patrick Timmons fourth. In the pilot class Clint Wolsey held on sliding slightly back to Class 3 win being the only truck in (239) followed in second as Dugan The next VORRA race was just (7) led both motes from flag to flag fourth in the moto. Making the big-class, running with the veterans. and Berri fought for third in a four two weeks later, look for the story for the overall win. Ben Wald (34) gest climb was Tom Spitler (30) Class 7 had seven trucks race car bumper to bumper dogfight elsewhere in this issue followed by finished both motes second for sec- who started last row and finished and Fred Calosso (777) took the freight train. Eventually, Berri went the 1998 championship race No-ond overall and Bill Dorsey (8) the moto up in the third spot. lead from his front row.starting po- around both Dugan and Timmons . vember 1st. · ■ went 3-3 for third overall. In moto 2, Rob Parsons (10) . sition. He was followed by Thane Boynton and Jeff Mendes (721), Todd Spicer (769), andJohnMan-froy (767). Boynton and Mendes -had an oil fire and were black flagged on lap 6. Moto win went to Calosso, second to Spicer, third to Mike Koenig (701), and fourth to Manfroy. In moto 2 Koenig jumped to the early lead but was overtaken by Manfroy on lap 2. Boynton & Mendes then took the lead on lap 4 and never looked back. Mean-while, Manfroy dropped out after six laps moving Koenig to second and Calosso had fought his way up to third. Overall positions had Fred Calosso first, Mike Koenig second, Thane Boynton and Jeff MenJes Dennis Kordonowy won both motos, dropped to second on a technicality in one, but still ended up the Class 1 O winner. Jarad and Chad Wilson ran with the Vet class in their Class 3 Scout, and took the third, and Todd Spicer fourth. Class 3 victory. ----------------------------------------, Clint Wolsey led both Pilot class motos from flag to flag, to take the class win. 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GLEN HELEN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Round Five completed in Ideal conditions Photos: Ralph Mason Steve Fulton had a good weekend in the 112-1600 Class, taking the win in both heats in Round 5 at Glen Helen. With early fall temperatures that trio, Todd Wittman (8), hovering around 80 degrees, the Jerry Miller (1 & 5), and Rafael fifth round of this track's Fabtech Navarro {l/2-1600 S.C.), also Motorsports sponsored series was went undefeated for the day. As contested on October 11, 1998. . a matter of fact, by day's end, no Clear, sunny skies and a light· less than thirteen racers had breeze made conditions ideal for swept both heats in their respec-fans, who were treated to teh ac- tive classes. By turning in big ef-tion packed races. A small forts during this fifth round of sample of the 'many highlights action, many of those same rac-from this semi final Glen Helen ers also clinched class champion-off road event of 1998, were ships. For the specifics on that "Sunday Sweeps" registered by topic, as well as numerous other Rick Huseman (7S), Rennie pointsofinterest,let'sshiftgears Awana (Superlites), and Steve into Ron's Race Recap. Fulton (1/2-1600). In addition to The first race of the day was Overall points leader in the Beginner ATV Class, Heath Clegg, flies toward the end of a successful season. Rennie Awana had a great time in his Superlite, winning both heats and taking the Class win. Page 36 for Classes 1/2-1600. 1/2-1600 Short Course, 5-1600, 9, and 1 & 5 combined. In the combined class, there was a match race be-tween Tom Hulshof and Jerry Miller. Hulshof grabbed the hole shot and raced off to the early lead. Miller was running a close second, until Hulshof suffered a flat rear tire a few laps into the.. race. At that point, Miller took over command and was never headed. Hulshof did well in con-tinuing on for the runner-up spot, but he was a distant second back of the race's overall winner. There was another match race in Class 1/2-1600 Short Course, this one pitting Rafael Navarro against Bob Dziurawiec. Navarro was quickest off the line and seized control immediately. "Big Bob" gave game chase, but Na-varro was just too tough. At the finish, Navarro was a comfortable winner over his only class rival. There was a trio of entrants in Class 1/2-1600. Newcomer An-thony Rodriguez immediately made his presence felt, by bolt-ing to an early lead. Jim Fay and Steve Fulton took up the chase from second and third place re-spectively. The complexion of the race changed dramatically, after Fulton had slipped past Fay and into second place. That's when Rodriguez was suddenly forced to exit with a sour motor. Fulton and Fay continued in that order all the way to the check-ered flag. There was another threesome doing battle simulta0 neously in Class 5-1600. One of the Borio brothers, I'll guess Steve, was able to grab the hole shot. Defending class champion David Anckner and Richard "Bob" Kent were both in hot pur-suit. Before the field was given the halfway sign, Anckner had managed to work his way into the lead. Kent meanwhile was hav-ing a very rough time of it, and eventually dropped from conten-tion. Anckner held Borio at bay the remainder of the way, to score the Heat 1 victory. Scott December 1998 Scott Butler shows off the form that took him to a two-heat sweep in the ATV Pro Class for Round 5. Weers also scorecl a Heat 1 v'ic-tory, with his being an uncon-tested Class 9 win. Race 2 was for the A TV Nov-ice and Beginner Classes. Twenty-one entrants were staged, with the majority of them (16) racing in the Beginner Class. In the Novice Class, Robert Pa-dilla and Rich Lambourne both went for the hole shot. That.pair battled for the lead throughout the event, with Padilla eventu-ally emerging as the victor. Jeff Anderson, Steve Cobb, and Chris Duva, completed the Novice Class order of finish. One of the big stories in the race was the performance turned in by Pete Garcia of the Beginner Class. Garcia proved much the best Continued on page 38 PRP Premier Racing Products From $149.95 each plus shipping & handling Proudly introduces the "Premo" full suspension seat, at an affordable price with quick delivery and many stylish colors. This is the premier seat for your jeep, truck, race car or buggy. • 3/4" x .065 steel frame for strength • Ballistic nylon inner liner for strength and true suspension feel. • Stylish outer cover with extra foam for comfort and support· • High quality vinyl and 100% polyolefin tweed with high resistant to fraying and fading used on cover • Slotted for harness style belts • Four standard colors in stock at all times for quick delivery, many other color combinations available. • Low backs and bench seats available PRP Premier Racing Products 1-800-317-6253 I Fax 909-676-6311 Dusty Times I j I i I

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' ~~~~~'. Cindy Gibson, ATV Beginner Class rider, needs only a Round 6 victory Jim Fay, always a great dad, was late to his second heat while trying Tom Hu/shot peers through the opening in his rock-screen as he to claim the Class Championship. against his class nvals, and nearly won the race.overall. Garcia worked his way past Jason Nielsen, who was leading the Be-ginner Class in the early going, an.cl-then beg<!n. to pick off the Novice Class racers. When he had slipred past Lambourne, Pa-dilla remained the only rider still out in front of him. Garcia en-gaged the overall winner several times, but just could not make the pass. Even so, winning Heat 1 and taking the second spot to fix daughter Stacy's truck. He was second. navigates with a flat rear. He took second place. overall, should have oeen any- m the Pro Class, while the duo of racers pursuing the top pair. truck classes, as well as the Rally thing but a disappointment to of Scott Butler and Mike In a matter of just a few laps Class and Class 11 which was Garcia. Nielsen held on for sec-Schlumpberger followed close Awana had separated himself combined. The bulk of the final ond place, ahead of Manuel behind. Anderson repelled sev-from the othe,s. Sca!"or.i sud--H<:ai:7.----fiel.d facea in.the IS Class. -,&~mero: who finished. third. The era! ::ha11enge5 by Butler, tir:til denly came roillng to a stop with Rick Huseman and Jarrod -fourth through eighth spots were Lap 4 that is, when. Butler took unknown problems, and then Wedell renewed their rivalry taken by Kyie Adams, Rick Cau-the lead for good. Butler opened Goodenough suffered a similar during Round 5 action. As ex-chon, Cindy Gibson, Jim Hanson, upasizableadvantageandpretty fate. Those developments pected, Huseman overpowered and Anthony Martin. much won for fun, with Ander-bumped Peter Kujundzich up his 7S rivals off of the line, to Race 3 was for the ATV Pro son easily topping Schlump-into the runner up spot, and grab the early lead. Wedell was and Intermediate Classes. The berger for the runner up slot. In found Rick Hoogeveen, the only running second, ahead of field was comprised of three Pros the Intermediate Class, Eric Hays Odyssey Class entrant, running Huseman's younger brother and twelve Intermediates. Dave was quickest off the line. Mike in the overall third spot. Denise Kevin, who was making his rac-Anderson grabbed the hole shot Nishimoto was running second Wittman, one of the two Pilot ing debut. Brian Cavitt, Steve and Raul Perez third during the Class entrants, was holding the Kroeker, and Mait Cannon, were early going. Bryan Yonan worked lead in her class, as well as the also in the mix. Huseman (Rick) his way up into the second spot fourth spot overall. Roland made short work of the field, as shortly thereafter, and then when Smith and Joe Price were running he toyed with his classmates and Hays suffered a flat tire, Yonan third and fourth in the Superlites won eased up. Wedell finished inherited the lead. Steve Mar-Class. Awana never looked a steadily to take runner up hon-shall made a run at the win, but loser, as he condnued to widen ors, with Kroeker and Cavitt tak-it was not to be, as Yonan hung his advantage with each lap. In ing third and fourth respectively. tough for the score. Marshall the end, it was all #3, as he There were a pair of entrants in placed runner up, with Perez fin- romped to an authoritative score. Class 7, with Raul Flores pitted ishing next in third. Nishimoto Peter Kay held on for second, against Jeff Richardson. Richard-grabbed fourth, Jason Laymon with Smith touching Price out of son grabbed the hole shot and took fifth, and Doug Peters fin-fourth. Rick Hoogeveen raced quickly assumed command. With ished in sixth. very well, finishing in the overall Flores suffering problems which • Largest Selection Of Rodends & 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 Race 4 was contested by en: second spot, while scoring the ended his heat prematurely, trants from the Superlites, Pilot uncontested Open Odyssey Class Richardson raced to a flag-to-flag and Odyssey Classes. There were victory. Wittman also was im- win. John Beyer and Stacy Fay a half dozen Superlites staged for pressive, finishing first in the Pi-resumed their series long rivalry battle, and a drag race off the line lot Class, while racing to an over-in the Stock Mini 2WD Class. ensued, between Rennie.Awana all third in the heat. Alex Saez Beyer was the quicker of the two and Matt Scaroni. Awana edged completed the Race 4 scoring by off the line, and established the clear to take the hole shot, while placing second behind Wittman. early lead. Fay and her new co-Doug Goodenough led a quartet Race 5 featured all of the driver, Jamie Ramirez, caught a big break when Beyer was in-volved in a tangle. Despite con-tinuing on, Beyer's truck sus-tained two right side flats, which eventually kept him from finish-ing. That left Fay and Ramirez all alone in their race to the check-ered flag, and the Stock Mini 2WD heat victory. Both Todd Wittman in Class B and Sean McKenzie of Class BS, scored walkover victories-' That talented pair probably would've won re-WE HAVE OVER THE COUNTER SERVICE CALL US FOR A FREE CATALOG! . gardless of who their com·petition had been, but with no other en-trants in B and BS, their victo-ries were assured. In the com-bined 11 and Rally Class duel, it was defending Rally Class cham-pion Matt Sweeney versus Jose Paramo. Sweeney had things all to himself from the outset, as he seized the lead and improved his position from there. Paramo did his best to keep within hailing distance,. but he was forced to settle for second place back of Sweeney, who won by a distance. Ed Flores made his racing debu~, when he scored an uncontested victory in the Stock Mini 4WD Class. Following a brief intermission, which featured an uncontested and low speed tour of the course by Glen Helen's Class. H2O truck, the main events com-menced. The first main was for Classes 1/2-1600, 1/2-1600 Short Course, 5-1600, 9, and the com-WE WILL SHIP AS FAST AS. YOU NEED IT .~.,\' TO ORDER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL \ ~1 - (562) 427-2375 FAX (562) 426-5294 \ ~ BAKER PRECISION BEARINGS UPS -·-i.-.,_ti!J .2865 Gundry Ave.• Signal Hill,CA 90806 [•lll1JI DAILY 11 v,sA I Page 38 Scott Weers, took the victory in Class 9. He's well on his way to the season bined 1 & 5 Classes. In the com-championship for 1998 also. bined class, Jerry Miller picked December 1998 Dusty Times

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Scott Conaway missed the first heat, but took second place in the John Beyer had two flats at once, putting him out of the first heat, but Jose Paramo, Class 11, was twice the runner-up in the combination second, pushing the winner hard. -=~=--• he came back for a win the second time in Stock Mini 2WD Class. of the Rall Class and Class 11. Brothers Steve and Paul Borio teamed in their 5-1600 Bug to take Jerry Miller digs hard around the turn in his Baja Bug, heading toward Typical of the high-flying ATV action at Glen Helen, this racer looks as the Class win, with a second and a first. a combined Class 1 & 5 sweep. if he might need a parachute. up right where he had left off in Richard Kent were in pursuit. 2, but the opposite was true in slipped pas-t ~Y~o_n_a~n_a_n_d~in-t~o-s_e_c_-- J~o-e~P-ri_c_e_w-er-e-ju_s_t~b~a-c~k-o-f-t~h-e Heat 1. Miller wasted no time, This time though, there would be the overall Novice Class scoring. ond place. Then after Hays sud- early leader and battling for the grabbing the hole shot and play-no stopping the front running As mentioned, Garcia had him-denly dropped back, Yonan was second spot. Roland Smith and ing come catch me with his only · Borio. Brother Paul (I do believe) self quite a day, sweeping both the only one left with shot at Peter Kay were also in the hunt. rival, Tom Hulshof. opened up on his competitors, Beginner Class heats, and beat- beating Marshall for the win. But Denise Wittman was looking Hulshof chased in vain, as who both suffered substantial ing everyone not named Padilla. it was not to be. Marshall repeat- good, leading the Pilot Class, and Miller opened an insurmountable trouble during the course of the Heath Clegg was credited with edly came through with clutch running in the third position lead and raced to the checkered race. Anckner dropped back to finishing second in Heat 2, ahead performances all series long, and overall. Rick Hoogeveen was also flag. Miller received an assist last, after running a close up sec-of Manuel Romero, who placed this time would be no exception. dicing with the field, despite hav-from his son/co-driver "Jeremy", ond in the early going, and Kent's third. Romero's two third place Marshall outgunned his rivals for ing no competition in the Open who graciousiy gave an interview motor soured just past the race\ finishes on the day though, the fourth time this season, and Odyssey Class. Just. before the after the paid completed their halfway point. Borio took both earned him the runner up hon-cemented his position as the race's halfway sign, Awana took "Sunday Sweep". Jeremy offered the checkered flag and the over- ors in class for Round 5. The 1998 ln_termediate Class cham-over the le'ad. Scaroni appeared a special thank you to both all win, with his timely Heat· 2 fourth through eighth place rid- pion. Yonan raced too good to to be having steering problems, "Guilty and everyone from the victory. Anckner had to settle for ers in their Heat 2 order of finish lose, but still had to settle for and at one point just did manage garage" for their contributions to second in heat and overall, but were Jim Hanson (6th o/a), Rick runner up in both heat and over-to save it, coming off of the the Miller team's victory. He also had already secured his second Cauchon (3rd o/a), Kyle Adams all. Nishimoto edged Raul Perez "sweeper" turn. Denise Wittman thanked Bob Beyer and his crew consecutive Class 5-1600 cham-(4th o/a), Cindy Gibson (8th o/ for the third spot in those same ran into some tough luck, when for the terrific job they do in put-pionship. Scott Weers put the a), and-Jason Nielsen (5th o/a). two categories. The fifth spot in she looped out near the "Wall of ting on the races. It was a virtual 1998 Class 9 championship un-Main 3 was for the ATV Pro heat 2 went to Matt Dodd, while Fear" and was unable to con-replay of Heat 1 in the 1/2-1600 der lock and key, with his pair of and Irttermediate Classes. In the the overall fifth spot was taken tinue. Scaroni also was forced to Short Course Class. Rafael Na-uncontested Round 5 wins. Pro Class, Scott Butler flew off by Doug Peters. exit prematurely, with his depar-varro again gr-abbed the early Main 2 was for the ATV Nov-the line and into the lead, Butler Main 4 was contested by ea-ture coming on the final lap. iead, and went flag-to-flag to ice and Beginner Ciasses. Steve was never seriously mettaced trants from the Superiites, Piiot,--:-Back-on tl:te-ftunt ·end;-Rennie-complete his two heat sweep. Cobb grabbed the hoJe shot in throughout the heat, and practi-and Open Odyssey Classes. Awana enjoyed a trouble free "Big Bob D" was forced to settle the Novice Class, and held the cally coasted to the finish to con-There were five Superlites staged trip, as he raced to his second for the runner up spot once more, advantage for nearly half of the tinue the day's "sweep1' trend. for Heat 2, and Matt Scaroni won straight heat victory (and the but there's certainly no disgrace heat. Then at that point, Heat 1 Dave Anderson had to settle for the hole shot. Rennie Awana and Continued on page 40 in that accomplishment. Navarro winner Robert Padilla came call-the runner up spot in heat and has been a tiger in the 1/2-ing for the lead. Padilla took over overall scoring, and Mike 1600SC Class, and clinched the command and set sail for home, Schlumpberger completed the season title quite some time ago. on his way to completing an im-Pro Class results by finishing up There were three entrants in the pressive sweep of the Novice in third place. In the Intermedi-1/2-1600 Class again, although Class. Once more Padilla's stiff-ate Class, Mike Nishimoto was one of them, Jim Fay, spotted the est challenge came from Pete the quickest off the line. Eric others nearly a full lap before Garcia of the Beginner Class. Hays, Bryan Yonan, and Steve entering the fray. "Gentleman Garcia dogged the winner repeat- Marshall, were all out after the Jim" it seems missed the cail to edly, but again simply could not early pacesetter. After one lap, staging, because he was riding get by. Cobb topped Rich Lam- Hays grabbed the pass and took around the pit area with his bourne for second place in Heat over the lead. On lap 3, Marshall daughter Stacy, attempting to di-agnose the problem with her Stock Mini 2WD truck. Steve Fulton didn't mind though, as he shot into the lead and romped to the Heat 2 win. Anthony Rod-riguez finished up a distant sec-ond, ahead of Fay, who placed third. Fay incidentally, was still able to edge Rodriguez for the runner up honors overall. Long before Fulton's Round 5 sweep, he had already mathematically eliminated his rivals, to clinch the 1/2-1600 Class championship for the '98 season. The same trio that had squared off in Heat 1, was back for more in the 5-1600 Class. The "Team Borio" vehicle again shot out to an early lead, and again David Anckner and Page 39 Ed Flores put his good looking Toyota through its paces to take the Stock Mini 4WD Class win. December 1998 PIKE'S SERV;ICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... THANKS! Mobil RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS .. SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Dusty Times (

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Rick Huseman won both 7S heats handily in his Ford, and finds himself Jeff Richardson powered his Class 7 Toyota to two wins, tightening Rafael Navarro swept the 1/2-1600 Short Course Class, and put himself one victory closer to the season points win. in second place in the points hunt. · his hold on the season points lead. Todd Wittman, season points leader, pushes his Chevy over the bumps as he gathers up one more Class B win. Round 5 Superlites Class win). Joe Price finished well to place runner up in both the main and overall. Roland Smith edged out Peter Kay for third place in those same two categories. Alex WE CARRY aez was t e ene teiary o a y Wittman's" ill fortune, inheriting first place for the Pilot Class in Heat 2 and overall. Rick Hooge-veen, as mentioned earlier, so-loed in the Odyssey Class to take the firsc·place prize. The final main event again featured the truck classes, and the combined 11 & Rally Classes. High-flying Todd Witt-man put on his usual excellent · show, and this time Scott Con-away jumped in to·give the run-away Class 8 winner some com-petition. The two powered their way over and around Glen Helen's tricky course, giving off road fans plenty to cheer about. Wittman scored a decisive vic-tory, but Conaway also raced well while earning the runner up spot. Sean McKenzie had no competition in Class 8S again AURORA, BFGOODRICH, PARKER PUMPER P.C.I., HELIA LIGHTS, VDO, SIMPSON J.T. INDUSTRIES, SWAY*A*WAY WRIGHT P~S~,-RIPROe, EAR'...S YOKOHAMA, SUPER TRAPP, AUTO FAB SWEEPCO, BEL-RAY, OGAWA, S&S BUG PACK, CHENOWTH, UMP SB ENGINEERING, KEP, FODDRIL UNI-FILTER, K&N, TRI-MIL, PIAA PERMA COOL, BEARDS SEATS, SCAT COMP-U-FIRE, WEBER CARBS, FOX SHOXS SAND TIRES & RIMS, BOGART WHEELS, CNC VP FUELS, CUSTOM & COMMERCIAL WHEELS MECHANIX WEAR, WCM, FUEL SAFE VISIT ROB MACCACHREN'S WEB PAGE WWW.MACCACHREN.COM VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 201.138.2$3.246 CALL TOLL FREE 1-888-755-5900 Page 40 WE CAN SHIP UPS TOYOUR DOOR .. . . . . ~ '•'W~~ •••• 3054 S. VALLEY VIEW #3 * LAS VEGAS, NV * 89102 HOURS: MON-FRI 9Ait,J4PM * SAT 9AM•5PM (702)871•5221 FAX December 1998 an completed his sweep, de-'98 Rally Class championship. It spite his truck not running up was more of the same in Class to par. Score it "back to back" 7S, as Rick Huseman. again as-titles for Big Mac, since McKen-serted his superiority. Huseman zie had already built up an in-appeared to slow down at dif-surmountable points lead. John ferent points in the heat, but as Beyer was able to turn the tables he later related to track an-on Stacy Fay in their second nouncer Greg Soaper in a post-Stock Mini 2WD Class heat. race interview, he was "just sav-This time around, it was Fay ing my truck for next weekend." who had the problems, suffering Huseman's easy win over run-a blown rear axle very early in ner up Jarrod Wedell was too the race. Beyer clinched the little too late, since Wedell's 1998 Stock Mini 2WD champi-huge points lead will give him onship months earlier, by put-this year's Class 7S title. Kevin ting together a _series long run Huseman was credited with a of impressive performances. third place finish in Heat 2, but Congratulations go out to J.B. the overall third spot went to for his rookie season champion-Brian Cavitt. Ed Flores' Stock ship, and also to the class run-Mini 4 WD Class debut was ner up, Stacy Fay. The Class 7 quite timely. Flores not only entrants had a very rough time won Round 5, he also pulled in their main event. Raul Flores into a tie for the season points was TKO'd and Jeff Richardson title (with one round to go) . barely limped across tlie finish Well, that my friends will do with a flat tire. Richardson's ef-it from beautiful Glen Helen fort was easily enough to secure Raceway. At press time, there the Round 5 win, and might also remains only one round of ex-have landed him-the class citing off road action here, for championship for the series. the 1998 season. Be sure to be Matt Sweeney had no problem with us when that event takes completing his "Sunday Sweep", place, and the short course se-with another win in Heat 2. ries concludes on November 22, Sweeney's second convincing 1998. As always, I thank you for score over runner up Jose your faithful readership, remem-Paramo, tightened things up a her to speed carefully, and I'll bit in that pair's battle for the see you at the races. ■ Sean McKenzie, always tough in Class BS, won both heats, adding to his already good lead in the season points. Matt Sweeney won both heats to take the victory in the Rally/Class 11 event in his purple Rally Class truck. Dusty Times ,I

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DUSTY PEOPLE again. Larry Roeseler -one horrific occasion when he ran into a van head on dur-ing a Baja race. He also in-. red his neck at one point, which he said was the scari-est thing, but he lost only 10 or 12 weeks . . "I was pretty lucky." So, in '94, when he had reached the astounding age of 3 7, he decided he wanted to ease out of the bike racing and into a truck. "My career had pretty much been longer than anybody's." he said, and "Let's face it, it's a lot safer." He had a pre-run truck built, and started learn-ing how to drive off road on four wheels. Roeseler really enjoys the opportunity to drive the little Chevy, and he's hoping for a long and congenial association with GM, but he's also still working with Kawasaki. And, just to keep busy on all those days when he wouldn't have to get up early in the morning, he started a business a couple of years ago. He's opened up a shop, called "Stroker", in Hesperia, where he and his em-ployees service and upgrade four-stroke bikes. And there's a little side business, which doubles as fun. Over the years he's become friends with some of the Japanese motorcycle rac-ers who've raced in Baja. And he's gradually developed a small Baja tour business, taking them on guided trips along the route of the 500 and 1000. Larry says he feels that he's "educating these guys about the do's and don'ts, the wrongs and rights" of riding in Baja. "I have a lot of respect for the area and I love racing down there." By Judy Smith Imagine what it would be lik~ to race a desert bike for a living. You could sleep in ev-ery day but race day. But you'd have to practice riding the bike a lot. And to stay in shape you'd need to take up some form of exercise, like skiing or mountain bike riding. It could really be tough. But Larry Roeseler found himself in just that situation when he finished high school, and he worked very hard to stay there. Larry began his motorcycle career when he was still kin-dergarten age. His grandfa-ther and father had both been bike riders, racing flat track and dirt track back in Minne-sota. His dad, Earl, moved the family to California at about the time Larry was born (1957), and began r.acing As-cot. He was a heavy equip-ment operator by profession, and bike racing was a hobby for him. The family lived in Bloomington, on what was then the outskirts of civiliza-tion, and they found it easy and enjoyable to head out into the desert to camp on the weekends. Pretty soon Earl was a desert rider, and then it wasn't long before he was a desert racer. And when Larry was five, he bought the kid a mini-bike. By 1965, when Larry was eight, his dad had worked his way up to the # 1 plate in District 3 7 racing. Larry started competing very early, and won his first trophy at a trials event at Perris Raceway. He got a lot of good advice from his dad, about racing and about good sports-manship also. Larry remem-bers his dad telling him that he was never to throw his hel-met or kick his bike when dis-appointed with his finish. He was told, "We don't care how you finish ... just have a good time." So he did have a good time, but he also rode well enough to finish very well. In 196 7, when he was ten, he rode in a hare scrambles in the 100cc Novice class, and earned a trophy for 16th nov-ice. He rode in the famous Elsinore Grand Prix in "68, at age 11. But in general, he concentrated on District 37 races. In the 100cc class he worked his way up .to the # 1 plate, and stayed at number one for four years. In '73 and '74 it was in the 100cc class, and in '75 he'd graduated to Page 41 the 250cc class, and then in '76 he carried the plate in the open class. In the meantime, Larry had also started racing in Baja. His first SCORE event was the '72 Baja 500, and he was by then 15 years old. He was teamed with Mitch Mayes on a 125cc machine, and they won the class. The following year he and Mayes won the 1000 overall arid Roeselei:'s long racing history in Baja, which netted a total of 10 wins at the 1000 was under way. Roeseler says that there wasn't much emphasis on physical training when he be-gan riding, and his regimen was simple, calling -for lots of practice riding along with mountain bicycle riding, ski-ing and racquet ball. He kept the emphasis on cardiovascu-lar conditioning. In the '80s, when physical training began to become popular, he added a little gym work, but still concentrated on cardiovascu-lar conditioning. By the time he'd become a high ~chool graduate; in 1975, he was earning money with his racing, and paying his own way. He said it had · "turned into a business." He never had to take a regular nine-to-five job to support his motorcycles. But he took the job of racing (and winning) for Husqvarna very seriously. Larry said he went to some seminars about how to talk to the media, which he felt helped, but he never took any formal lessons in riding or driving. Still, his training came from his dad, who had earned that #1 plate, and from a good buddy of his, Malcolm Smith, so he was well taught. Larry's been told that he's a "natural" bike racer, but he says he doesn't feel that he's a natural. He says, "I've al-ways felt that I had to work very hard at it." He's always been a gracious winner, re-membering to give credit to those who rode or drove with him or helped in some way, and he's also a gracious loser, never sounding anything but hopeful for the next race. "I've just always been thank-ful and appreciative of what all this has got me -I've done more than most people, and I know I can't win every week-end ... there's always next weekend. I've never really let that (not winning) get me down." From Husqvarna he went In 1978 he went to his first Six Day trials, in Sweden, where he earned a gold medal. He went again the next year and did really well in races back east and up north, as well as the ISDE events, which entail racing in the woods, with mud and trees. "I was always proud or it." he says. When asked which races he enjoyed most over the years he mulled it over a bit and settled on the Six Day Trials eve.nts, be-cause of their variety and challenge. Of the Baja races, which he recalls as "memo-rable", he says, they're "pretty intense -not exactly fun." He continued his winning ways, astounding biker-watchers who "knew" that a bike racer was "old" when he reached his mid twenties. Roeseler kept up his informal · conditioning program, and continued to win. But he points out that desert racing is in itself a conditioning pro-gram, because there's a race nearly every weekend. Also, when as_ked why he was able to keep it up, he says, "I hon-estly love the sport -every race is a new challenge ... there are so many variables . (and) I was relatively injury free. I have a lot of respect for the terrain. there;s also a lot of luck there, and respect for . the unexpected. You can't take anything for granted. I don't like to get hurt, I don't like to fall." But he did get hurt a few times, including ) Helm/Graham Racing ..._7<r 1997 Class 7S Champions Prepped at Donahoe Racing .. ,,_ In order to develop some off road skills with his truck he co-drove with Curt LeDuc, who'd built his pre-runner, in Curt's truck (a high-tech pre-runner), in some of the smaller off road events. He also began doing his pre-run-ning in Baja in his truck, and it wasn't long before he picked up some skills. Of course, he'd been reading the desert terrain for so long that it was second nature, but he did find that some things were different. He specifically re-members the first time he got stuck in the sand and Larry Ragland told him to let the air in his E-ires down to 10 pounds. That was a whole new concept for Larry, and he could hardly believe it when it worked! In 1996 he began driving for MacPherson Chevrolet, first with Jerry McDonald as a co-driver and mentor, and then going by himself in the Class 7 S-10. His record of wins is astounding. In '96 he goes into the final race of the season, the Baja 1000, in the lead· for the championship . ' ' In fact, Larry's love _of rac-ing, his enjoyment of the challenge and excitement of the sport, whether on two wheels or four, shines through his every comment. He says he sees off road as on the up-swing right now, and goes on to comment that he feels we "need people· who can com-municate well with sponsors and speak well on television. I'd like to do that for the off road world." Maybe he's been having so much fun that he hasn't noticed, but he has al-ready been doing that for the off road world for quite some time. The sport is lucky to have a great competitor who's also an articulate and enthu-siastic spokesperson. ■ , http~://wwv1 .dona'1oeriac· '"~-.... ' ~ Complete Race . Truck Fabrication to Yamaha in 1980, and then • he signed on with Kawasaki in 1987. He's still under con-tract to Kawasaki, and com-petes in eight or nine events each year as well as making appearancesatbanquets,and going to schools to talk to kids about riding and sports-manship. He's also now on the training end of those seminars on how to talk to the media. \ ® / "\. dona ho~ f!fl:in !)~~prise1,, ~ Prerunners ~Consulting '\ ¥~ in anaheim \,__../ · e: 714 632 303~ · ~ Shock Service & 714 632 3~ '=1 enrerprres □ ~tt December 1998 Dusty Times

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"THE STRAIGHT POOP" from The Big Wahzoo STUART BRADLEY was re-cently voted into our Checker Brotherhood as a full member af-ter six months of thorough test-ing. Although he occasionally wears some faggy pants and runs out of gas in the middle of no-where, Bradley was Crowley-trained and proved quickly he'd be an asset to the Club. A Ford mechanic prior to his induction, this new Checker is now a full fledged "Off Road Technician". Primarily a pitter at this time, look for Stuart to. start finagling for a co-driving spot in Crowley's new 1/2-1600 car in the very near fu-ture. Congratulations Stuart, and welcome aboard! MIKE BARTOLOTTI ran about 10 races this year, all in the right seat of his brother's Class 10 car. Now that's real off road dedi-cation! During his six months of Club prospectiveship, Mike never had a chance to sign up as a pit-ter. Yet, when their car broke he rarely ever packed up and left. Instead, he stuck around and helped. With a lot of business ex-perience, this go-getter volun-teered to get deeply involved in helping put on our Club's upco ing 25th Reunion. And, when the time came for his full membership vote, it was one of the biggest Wednesday meetings of the year and he drew nary a black ball. Atta way Bart Dude, or Bartman, or Bartster, or whatever? ... Con-gratulations, Mike! F&L FUEL - Starting way back in the early 90s Bruce Conrad and the Club established a workin' partnership that made F&L the Official Racing Fuel of the Checkers. Bruce gave us a good deal, the Club and all our mem-bers bought their fuel from F&L, and everybody was happy. Then came the recent Mexican border crackdown on bringing quantities of gas into Mexico, and problems developed. After the Checkers unexpectedly ended up without fuel at two straight Baja races, the Club terminated the relationship. Fortunately the Checkers don't hold a grudge against old friends for long. Big John Files deserves an 'Atta Boy' in this deal for help-ing to heal the rift between the winningest team in the desert and the best in desert racing fuel. Welcome back, Bruce! RACE NOTES - Remember Dittfeld hanging off that cliff in some non-Checker's Challenger car during the last Baja 500? Well, he's back! With his winning 5/ 1600 car still safely stored in his "wife's'.' garage, Tom got back into that Challenger car for a run in the Vegas to Reno race. But this time the team fared better. All the Ss, 9s and 1 ls were grouped into one class at .this Best in the Dez race, and our boy was able to dust 'em all in a balljoint buggy. First · in class, 26th overall, and another great job by Brother Dittfeld. Congratulations, Tom! Speakin' of Dittfeld, a naggin' international feud was brought to a peaceful conclusion out at one of our Checker pits up at the Primm Race. A while back, down at a Baja 1000, Tom and his Checker team had a run in with the Iribe team during a tense battle for 5-1600 supremacy. Harsh words were spoken, a pro-test was filed, revenge was men-tioned, ill will lingered as this feud simmered for far too long. Then the unexpected happened. Mid-way through the Primm race the Iribe Baja Bug unexpectedly pulled into Roy Moore's outlying pit, parking off to the side next to the welder. (Now remember, this was happening only a month or so after one of our periodic knock-down-drag-out meetings over pittin' non-Checkers.) As our • SUPER R PP TO ET R LEE CNC • ~ YOUR OFF-ROAD SPECIALISTS/ :0 G) I --i 1-(/) ui Cl * Catch us on the Net! www.mckenzies.com PHONE (714) 441-1212 FAX (714) 441-1622 2366 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 Yokohama OFF-ROAD --i ~ (.) 0 _, 6 <( w CD z 0 a: ~ <( I (.) a: Cl CD Cl) _, w w I :s: w z :J a: w 1-z w (.) Cl) a: w :s: g CD ~ CD Cl) a: w ~ u: z a(! ::.: ::.: ~ (!) => CD •• . ' . 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They immediately got into an apparent argument, all in Spanish, right there under our Checkered flag. BUT, Reverend Roy, ever the diplomat, and knowin' full. well we had no 5-1600s in this race, immediately sic'ed the crew on the car. Seems one of their rear arms was fallin' apart. When the welder quickly fired up and their car started be-ing jacked up, the Iribes stopped chattin' and got involved in the repairs. Now talk about a coincidence, it just so happened that Dittfeld was on duty as a pitter at this very same Checker pit ... Problems? Nah! It wasn't too long before Tom and old man Iribe were shakin' hands and huggin' up. Ya know, racers are like that. Racin' feuds seldom last forever among real racers. The conclusion of this unique pit scene was the quick repair of their car, handshakes and good feelings all around, and a bunch of new Baja friends. Speaking of 'old' friends, Symonds is back! I mean, he's been coming to the meetings pretty regular now. So, all those rumors about his early demise, along with those stories about Dee havin' him stuffed and mounted in the garage are obvi-ously a little premature. Gregg even showed up with five brand new Yokohama tires recently, which he donated to the Club raffle. Welcome back, you ol' leg-end, you! GLOBAL NATIONALS -Now who do ya think would be the Promoter of this biggie? Yep, our own Lou Peralta. If you re-member, Baja de Lou's last off . road event drew only about six cars out to Cal City. Well now, Lou has apparently found his true calling, promoting personal water-craft races in a bikiniville near you. His Global Nationals Tour-nament, staged at Lake Havasu over two days, drew over 200 en-tries. Good show, Lou! One of his entries was our own Billy Robert-son and Dougie "splash" Brown, with Robertson winning the Open Veterans class aboard his North Hollywood Honda Sea Doo. Hey Billy, ya got a Checker sticker on that thing? Good run, Dude! 25th REUNION -This special Checker get together has grown into a two day event, on both the 5th and 6th of February at Gaughan's Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Vegas. Our open Checker banquet will be the fi-nale on Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom. Here is a list of just some of the seldom seen ol' Checkers who have contacted Uncle Max and indicated that they'll attend: Glenn Wolfe, Butch Dunn, Big Bob Fisher, John Howard, Mark "Bonehead" Broneau, Bobby Foxworth, Dave Head, Gary Leupold·, George Johnson, John Brooks, Gil George, Eddie Palmer, Kenny Michaels, all the Stiles, the Vanzeyls, Sid Letoureau, Jeff Bains, Al Rogers, Steve Orth, Jim Weber, Dick Costin, Steve Ko-cinski (uzo), Gene Hirst, George Walker, Thumper & Ta Ta, Ron Jones, Sal Zambrano, Scott Mc-Kenzie, Tom Morris, John Boyer, Danny York, Dave Nichols, Bill Johnson and Zola Nagy. But this 1s iust a start. We aim to track down every one of our missing brethren by party time. So, if you are one, or know the whereabouts of one, please contact Uncle Max or his machine at (213) 254-1531. The Checkers are literally gonna take over Mikey's Gold Coast to party and reminisce for two full days and nights. This will defi-nitely be a 10 on the Checker's scale of good times. There's no doubt that more winning racers will be gathered under one roof at this affair than ever before in the entire history of motorsports. DON'T YOU MISS THIS ONE! Challenger corner By Joel Mohr Hi Gang! This month I'd like to talk a little about suspension. First off, I want to establish one thing. I don't claim to be an ex-pert, but I do feel qualified to a certain degree because I think I've tried just about everything our beloved rule book will allow while I was trying to figure our how to catch the likes of Rich Richard-son, Joel Stancavich, Sandy Parker, Jim Clements, Brian Sallee, Doug Ingram, Jeff Carr, Dennis Peterson, Max Hanberg, the Johnsons, and everyone else that's had the pleasure of seeing me in their mirror. From extra stiff to drag-ass soft, a good set up is often elusive and truly a "com-bination." Starting with some overall considerations, weight, weight bias, and driving style make probably the most signifi-cant variables in trying to find the answer to the speed vs. control equation. The weight can't usu-ally be adjusted, but if possible, try to keep it in the middle of the car and as low as possible. I've also learned to try to keep the weight to a minimum. With limited travel, more weight just means that what you do have will have to work that much harder and most likely fade faster. Not to mention it just makes everything a little more stressed out and more prone to failure. Spring rates can be adjusted in the front by sev-eral methods. Since front end ad-justers are not allowed, you can add stiffness by adding Sway-A-W ay torsion bars in either one or both tubes, and if you feel a need for more, the center sections can be cut and rotated to add preload. Personally, I run a stock beam with stock torsions. Ride height is just off of the stops. In the rear,' torsion bar diameter and preload give you an infinite array of ad-justment. If you find your car to be bottoming out ·too frequently on one end or the other, don't be so hasty to add more spring rate. Having too much spring rate in the opposite end could also be the culprit. I've seen way too many cars with the rear way up in the air (including my own at one time). This only adds to the "pogoing" effect that most Chal-lengers suffer from. One of the most significant changes I've ever made was to actually soften up the whole package. A certain amount of "sag" is required to fill up holes as well as enough to travel (from ride height) to soak up the bumps with a minimum of disturbance to the car's attitude. The percentage of each usually depends on weight bias and driving style. Thirty to Dusty Times

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forty percent sag seems to be a good range for most situations. Torsion bar diameter can vary widely. I've heard of cars with tor-sion bars as small as 22mm inter-mediates, and as large as 29mm shorts and both have led races. So drawing definitive conclusions doesn't work either. It's a combi-nation that works for you. What does work is testing. Video tape can be a very valuable tool in try-ing to decide which way to go. Have a friend video a rough sec-tion at a race and watch how the lead cars go through. Then watch how your car handles the same section. You may just have to ad-just your driving style. I feel the key is controlling the spring rate. More than likely you just need to add more dampening to your shocks. This seems to be the prob-lem with most of the cars I see on my tapes. -Pogoing seems more rapid a disease than alcoholism amongst Checkers (just kidding guys!), and as a general rule, more compression dampening keeps the car from bottoming too easily, and rebound controls the reaction of the car after it has been com-pressed. Trying to control a car with a pogoing problem makes for an aggravating and long race. Another problem that some Chal-lengers suffer from is what has come to be known as "swingaxle hop", which refers to the side to side pitching you get from com-pressing one side of the rear and the car pitches in the opposite direction. Most of this can be con-trolled with rear toe-in. After a lot of trial and error, I've found that from Oto 1/8 inch toe-in dis-soives most of this condition. Slowing down both ;:ictions adds more control to the driver be-cause of the lack of violence of the car's attitude. Hence, a smoother ride, a more control-lable situation, and quicker lap times. Something I learned while driving slalom cars is that smoother is quicker. Watch an open car, 1600, or even a 5-16 leader go through a rough section and you'll probably notice the car's attitude changes very little compared to the guys trying to catch them. The smoother you can make your car handle with-out excessive bottoming will quite Page 43 probably move you closer to the front. This is only the tip of the iceberg, but I hope it helps any-one that has spent days in the driver's seat wondering how the hell those "other guys" keep get-ting by you. The '98 season is almost over and everyone is already looking forward to next year. THE RU-MOR MILL reports that the Johnsons are selling their car to concentrate on their business and I understand they are both ex-pecting kids. Congrats guys, and I think I can speak for most of the 9 guys when I say we hope to see you back in something soon. Ryan Schank and Barry Roland will be back at SNORE, Jimmy Messick . and Jimmy Hook will take Messick's car to SCORE. Harry Dunne will be running a limited schedule probably in MDR, Matt Cunningham is going to roundy-rounders, Brian Sallee and Stan Hignett ('98 SNORE overall champions) might be back run-ning at MDR, Roger Schank may be back at SNORE, Chris Cocks will be running at MDR, and I am still on the MOR-SNORE teeter-totter. If you have any info you'd like to pass along, my number is (760) 94 7-664 7, and I'll do what I can to fit it in. See you are the races!!! FAIR News By Joy Bancroft SCORE PRIMM 300: Just some highlights about the racers, because I didn't receive a full re-port from all the racers. And since I was pitting without FAIR, I wasn't involved with the FAIR racers. I have to say I had a great time supporting and pitting for my friend Garth Hutchison, but it was a strange day without FAIR. We had great help from the Wil-sons though, thank you. Gary Bancroft got to get in the car around lap 3-1/2 and had a good time ... the car was working good, we just wanted a finish. Unfortu-nately on the home stretch about seven miles to the finish, we lost the motor. It grenaded to the point of exploding fuel to cause a fire. Gary and Kirk Steenburgen were quick to get out of the car and exqnguish the fire. Thanks Bill Markel for calling in the car when it went through Pit A. We'll get Garth next time! Tom Man-gione was the Pit Manager and brought the FAIR van out. Bill Markel helped coordinate after he decided not to race his truck. Randy Ross raced in the 5 Unlim-ited, and had some problems; they finished the car over the time limit within minutes. I heard Claire was co-driving, and was brought to tears just to finish the car. Lee Finke, Jay Fogg, and Jim Malinowski came out to race the 5 Unlimited car. Jay Fogg flies in from New York, and Jim and Lee come in from Arizona. Long trip to find the motor go on the first lap. I understand this was a brand new motor. Anyway, they had a good time with all the festivities. Mike Nix and Brian Dague also raced their 5 Unlimited car, they did not finish I understand, maybe I am wrong. They need to fill me in. George Ladwig raced his 9 car, but I understand he didn't make it through the first lap either. Tim Braden and Mitch Griffin raced the 7 truck, it was a rough day in the truck but they finished sec-ond place. I have to mention some members who have chosen to go off and do their own thing, but are close to FAIR. Lorenzo Rodriguez finished fourth in 1/2-1600, and Jason Hatz had his first really BAD day in the 1/2-1600. He is first in points and ended up finishing short of the time limit. This will be a close final match with Bekki Freeman. Good luck! I know a lot of non-racers from FAIR took pits at the PRIMM, we just want to say "thanks;; we ap-preciate your support to our SCORE racers. ANNUAL NOSTALGIA DINNER: Our annual dinner was an-other huge success. If you were not there you missed the best time ever! Special tribute went to Bob Steinberger, for his contributions as FAIR President. FAIR mem-bers awarded him with a FAIR labeled leather jacket. We had coordinated three different raffles ... thanks to Bill Markel for the outstanding solicitation of donations. We were giving away raffle gifts all night long. There December 1998 were enough donations that we could have provided a gift to ev-ery one in the room ... but we didn't ... you had to have the win-ning ticket. Special thanks to all the individuals and businesses for their contributions and dona-tions: Sway-Away, SignPros, Cen-terline Wheels, Baker-NEO, Goodyear Tires, BFG Tires, WIKS Racing Engines, Wally World, KarTek, MAN Dash Badges, Olympic Powder Coating, F&L Fuel, 76 Fuel, RaceReady, Parker Pumper, Mirage, German Auto, Pepe Rodriguez from his BAJA shop, MasterCraft, Straight -Line, EDDCO, Donahoe Racing, Trackside, MotorSports News, Dusty Times, DeNunzio, Master Mount, and I know there was sev-eral FAIR members who contrib-uted items to the raffle. Thanks to all those FAIR members, I don't know whom you all were. This means so much to the club, everyone enjoys the prizes, a_nd it helps FAIR each year to replace and upgrade our pit equipment. Last but certainly not least, we can't say enough to the race pro-moters for their special donation of race entries. Thank you so much! FAIR members purchased raffle tickets to be eligible for this big drawing. We raffled a $CORE entry, won by Bob Steinberger, an MDR entry, won by Gary Ban-croft, a SNORE entry, I don't recall who won. And a Vegas to Rerto entry won by the Wisdoms. If I forgot anyone ... I apologize, I will catch you next month. SUMMIT MEETING: The FAIR meeting on September 16, 1998 was given to the Summit meeting, we had a great turn out by FAIR members. Summit pro-vided a presentation that surely showed that we still want and need to have an organization for the support of OFF ROAD rac-ing. I know a lot of members signed up. However, if you were at the meeting, some members were really looking for a sanction-ing body to support the rules for each race class. Whereby all rules would be the same for all race pro-moters who put on races. I believe this is what a lot of the promoters wanted as well as the racers. Thanks to Ivan Stewart for stand-ing up to the cause. Casey Folks and PauI Duffy were present; too bad we couldn't have seen some support from Sal Fish. We all want this organization to suc-ceed ... we just want to see all or-ganizations, as well as promoters work together! This is how we see OFF ROAD racing surviving! C.O.R.E. Pit Report By Sandy Parker BEST-IN-THE-DESERT VEGAS TO RENO Two teams headed to Vegas to run the Vegas to Reno, organized by The Best In The Desert. Both of the teams were so impressed with the organization and treat-ment by the promoters that both teams said they will DEFINITELY be back year after year. Appar-ently the timing and scoring sys-tem used was impressive and the course marking was top notch. Everybody in the club who went stated that they were all treated like kings by all the race workers, and the people they met in all the little towns the course goes through. As of the meeting before the race only one team had officially signed up for the race, so this race was not an official CORE sup-ported race. Three teams showed up for the green flag, this identi-fied the importance of expressing your intentions and getting the pit support. As it turned out, BFG was the only organized pit support organization at the Vegas to Reno, so needless to say they were very busy, and as usual they did a very good job. Some of the CORE members who assisted the teams in this race included Mike DuBois and Paul Smith. Team McGillivray/Ridings This is the first race that Kevin McGillivray and Tom Ridings have teamed up to run in Pro truck. Tom Ridings and Greg Shapiro started and drove the first half. They had a flawless run with no mechanical problems. Tom being a veteran Class 10 driver took a few miles getting used to the much heavier and more pow-erful Protruck, but he picked it up quickly and had the truck flying. , tPhii McC'i~k -Clas■ 5 Unffinlt 199B MOR Points Chilfll Dusty Times

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Tom.and Greg started first in class in a six truck field and kept the lead until Barlow passed them in the pits. Greg said they drove the next 100 miles closely following Barlow's Protruck. The only thing slowing them down were the very congested BFG pits. Kevin McGillivray and Kevin Jensen took over the truck for the second half of the race. Kevin and Kevin rounded a corner a bit too wide and got out in the sticks and poked one through a tire. Appar-ently the tire didn't go flat and the stick was noticed by the BFG pits where it was changed. The only thing that slowed them down was in a necessary, not so quick splash and go. They calculated the truck would almost make it between BFG pits so they had a few splash and go's in between. The gas man kept holding the can in the air waiting for it to get lighter, when it didn't they looked and discov-ered the valve was closed. Now a bit behind Barlow's truck, they pushed the truck to the limit try-ing to close the gap. Kevin spoke of a particular scary moment when they drove into a mud hole over 100 mph and the truck got a bit out of plumb, but eventually righted itself. Every now and then you have a fun race like this when you have some very close racing with a tough competitor, Kevin and Steve Barlow had just that. Barlow ended up winning by a few minutes and McGillivray/Ridings finished second in class and fifth overall. Looks like the new team meshes already, congratulations guys. T earn King/Malloy Mike Malloy teamed up with fellow 1600 driver Perry King in Mike's 1600 car. The 1600 class had six cars that started the race. Perry started the race and drove just a bit over half way. About a hundred miles into the race the motor was losing power, eventu-ally Perry investigated the prob-lem and discovered the air filter was completely packed with silt. He disassembled the air cleaner and cleaned the filter and was underway again. A large rock jumped out and Perry had no other option but to hit it, at least that's what he told Mike. He pulled into a BFG pit where he got a splash of gas and a re-clean on the filter. Pulling into the sched-uled driver change at mile 263, they did a complete service on the car. They noticed an oil leak on the motor and Perry once again complained that it was down on power. They adjusted the points and timing and Mike Malloy got in the car and took off. Within a few miles of the pits the motor seized up and their race was over. Up to that point they were still in contention and in second place. Team McGuffin/Dittfield/ Corey/Daily Darrin recruited a small army of drivers to !"Un the VegaY to Reno race. He said that way no-body gets tired and he can spread the fun around. The driving or-der was Blake Daily started, Jeff Corey and Tom Dittfield drove the middle parts, and Darrin took the glory section, taking it into the finish. For some reason, they lost two fan belts in the first 100 miles, so at the next parts store Darrin bought all they had, ex-pecting to change them all day. In one of the pits/driver changes, they noticed a shock was leaking, so it was quickly changed. Head-ing up to the higher elevations of the course, they made a quick jet-ting adjustment. These were the only things that slowed the guys down, except for a flat tire while Darrin was driving. Darrin said he clunked a rock and heard the tire blow but since he was already tired, wet and hungry, looking forward to a party, cold, and ONLY 30 miles from the finish, it didn't take long to decide to drive it the rest of the way on the flat. These guys were the first and only Challenger to run the BITD Vegas to Reno. They started 63 out of 65 four wheeled entries and they finished in 27th overall in 15-1/2 hours, very impressive! Darrin wanted to especially thank the wives and girlfriends who fol-lowed the chase crew, pulling the big trailer, and making the week-end very fun. The guys said they had so much fun and enjoyed the Best In The Desert experience so • state of the art" high flow piston designed to stop valve washers from bending inwards. • wide teflon coated piston wear band for use in external bypass with big tubes so that it does not drop into large ports. _ • sealed piston for low speed control and maximum damping in external bypass. • high temperature stainless steel alloy valving. • unique rod end design and material to stop shafts and rod i?nds from breaking. • high temperature Viton seals and o-rings. • large aluminum reservoir for increased heat dissipation {2X) and weight savings. • 1" shafts are micro-polished to a mirror surface finish cf a 3-5 RMS. • stainless steel teflon lined spherical bearings with 1/2" or 5/8" ID spacers. • shock are all owner rebuildable with no special toois to purchase. • electric blue anodized color. _,'J__,,.~~ ~-~ ... ~~ • Large 3/4" tubes for high flow (weld on kits available separate). • Tube locations can be placed to order or welded on by the customer. • Valving on the piston for smooth damplng transitions. • Check valvesmachined from 4140 and heat treated 17-4 stainless for long durability. • large OD check' valve spring designed with low operating stress levels. i "P,lggyback" style reservoir mounting for the rear of buggies and trucks. \ I rfiW~~~1§i;tti6B411M,ii·:21i-f§Jit4rn / Custom wound springs for 3" shocks in stock. Eibach springs available. We do custom shock work and vehicle set up. ·Custom designed and mfg. shocks & parts available ( air shocks, water cooled, pistons etc.). Designed and manufactured by the same person that designed all Kuster Shocks. Page 44 King Shock Technology A Shock Manufacturing Company (714) 530-8701 Fax: (714) 530-8702 10402 Trask Ave., Unit C, Garden Gr.eve, CA 92843 December 1998 much, they will be back for more! Team Lorenzi Follow-up Last report I mentioned· the race account of Mike Lorenzi in his first race and the first race in his new two seat 1600. I thought I would share a funny story that came out in our last monthly Gen- · eral Meeting about this race. Ap-parently during the beating of the race, either Mike or his co-driver developed a whopping headache. When they came in for a pit stop they kept yelling, give me aspirin, give me aspirin! Someone quickly rummaged through their motor home and found a bottle of aspi-rin. The one with the headache just sat there with his mouth open, hoping his pit crew could throw a few in his mouth. After six or seven attempts, no aspirins hit their target, someone yelled, the tank is filled up, go, go, go, so they left, heads still throbbing. Later in the race Mike blew a turn and rolled the car on the roof. The two guys looking at each other attempting to work out the details on who would exit first and push the car back on its wheels, they noticed six or seven aspirins· laying on the roof. Back in the pits, apparently the aspirins bounced off the guy's faces then fell down inside his driving suit, where gravity pulled them out and deposited them on the now up-side down roof. Yes, I do under-stand that their headaches dissi-pated later that lap. CORE Trailer Clean-up Party It's that time of year again, the year's worth of races has taken its toll on the CORE Pit trailer. A clean-up party is being planned in December so piease sign up, and come out and help get all your pit supplies in order. 1999 Racing Season Poll It is asked that all the race teams come to the next meetings so the club can determine pit strategy for next year's racing sea-son. It would be advantageous for both drivers and pit personnel to know who has intentions on rac-ing where. CORE Race Radio Changes? CORE Pit Club currently uti-lizes a radio frequency in the 173's and is contemplating updating the radio equipment and moving the frequency down the 150's for a number of reasons. We are ask-ing all racers and pit personnel to report to us what frequencies in the 150's the teams currently use. In addition, we would also like to know what radio equipment you have in the l 70's, to see how dev-astating a change of this magni-tude would be to CORE teams and pitters. Looking for a professional fam-ily oriented off road racing pit sup-port organization? CORE Pit Club is always interested in finding new members and offering them qual-ity pit support. CORE has regular monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at Mulligans restaurant in Santa Clarita .. For more information please call (818) 772-7758 ore-mail me at Race975@aol.com. ■ MAG7 Race Team By Stephen T. Stenberg, President Hello everyone! By the time you read this, the 1998 Baja 1000 shouid just about be start-ing or ending. Mag 7 Race Team and Ron Bishop Baja Pit Motorcycle Team (the other guys from Escondido, CA. Mr. Baja, the ones that have been racing this race since 1976, unlike your team or ours), are all set to go down to Baja and race. To date, we have 20 en-tries racing with us. Several from Japan and Baja, one from France, and the rest from the USA. At the date that this is being written, we still have three more days to accept race team applications, so who knows what the total number will be on our October 31st fi-nal cutoff date. For the first time in Mag 7 Race Team history, the team is going with a Baja, Mexico Fuel distributor, Union 76, for all its race fuel needs for the Baja 1000. Mag 7 is looking forward to working with Union 76 in Baja, as they have for so many years in the USA. We hope to continue using them in the fu-ture with our race efforts at'the upcoming San Felipe 250s, Baja 500's and Baja 1000s. This should take all the hassle and problems out of bringing fuel into Baja for all future races in the years to come. I'd like to thank our Mag 7 sponsors for helping us out at this race. They are Cycle Parts West of Chula Vista, CA (Todd Hoffman), Jobsite Supply Co. of San Diego Ooey Krys), Nelson Equipment of San Diego, CA (Red, Jeff and Greg Nelson), Pacific Rim Mechanical of San Diego, CA (Andy Pina) and SKS Valvoline of San Diego, CA (Bill Enderly). A "Mighty Mag 7" thanks to all of y_ou for helping us this season. Mag 7 Race Team hopes to continue our association with you all in the 1999 racing season as well. Also, I wish to personally thank Ron Bishop for joining forces with Mag 7 Race Team for the 1998 Baja 1000. His "Ron Bishop Baja Pit Motorcycle Team" from Escond1do, CA (the other guys Mr. Baja}, has been a big help in making our motorcycle pits stationary at 50 miles apart. Thanks again Ron! A couple more of our mem-bers are getting into the racing scene for 1998-99. Bill O'Brien and Dave Sickle are teaming up to bring back their Class 7 Ford truck to the racing scene. Also, Eric Williams, our Communica-tions Director is getting started by himself in Class 1/2-1600 next season. Kevin Walsh has been racing with Ed McLean this year as well. We hope to see him back next year also. Other long time Mag 7 members rac-ing this year's 1000 are Terry Walsh, Chuck Guy and Ed McLean, all racing in different .:ars. This is what racing is all about. Team members out there racing for the gold. Good luck to all of you guys. To everyone else, take care and have a safe, enjoyable Baja 1000 race. Whether you be rac-ing, pitting or just spectating, take care and be safe. Last month's issue had a slight mis-take in it for our e-mail address. It should have read "Mag7Race@aol.com". Or you can read our web page at "www.Walsh.com/Mag7 /" and then contact us there too. Take care and see you in Baja. Adios from Team Baja. ■ Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 97 IMCA modified, Norris chassis, 383 ci Chevy motor, floater, Reams carb. Tilton, no ex-pense spared, mucho spares., race ready $6,000.00oboScott (760) 355-1514. FOR SALE: ACECO Class 10 Single seat racer, coil over suspension front and rear, FAT, Fodrill, Kuster, CNC, Centerline, Simpson, Very reliable vehicle, could be run in Class 10 or 12, some spare parts, all the best! Will sell complete or as rolling chassis. Mike at (801) 484-3084 . FOR SALE: Class 10, 2 seat Raceco. FAT Toyota 175 hp. Fresh Type 2 transmission 4.86. Beard seats, Wright arms/spindles, Saguna PIS, Bilstein coilovers, CNC front hubs/ discs, Summer Bros. Outboard Hubs/ disc. 930 c.v.s, Sway-A-Way torsion rear with torsion secondaries. Alumi-num radiator. Fast and strong spares. $15,000.00. Denny (707) 795-2488. FOR SALE: Class 9, 2 seat: 12 straight victories!! JG Trans, PCI, Parker Pumper, Fuel Safe, CNC, UMP, Simpson, Yokohama, Type 3 drums, Sway-A-Way, KC, Bilstein, Flameout system, Beard, Trailer, Tons of spares, Current points leader MOR. $7,000.00 (949) 770-6541, 858-8052. FOR SALE: 1995 Jimco 2-1600, Car has fresh prep. Ready to race ·Baja 1000, fresh powercoat, new wiring by Prowire. Major Pref motor, 091 gear box, new intercom, many spares, new whls and tires. Full Race pkg $18,000.00 obo Call-Frank Rusich (909) 350-2700Caris a winner. Very fast & dependable. FOR SALE: Type IV by Kent Wallace 400 miles on rebuild, modified heads with 5th stud, compufine ignition, 44 IDF Webers with dry sump. $5,500.00 OBO (702) 877-3287. FOR SALE: Raceco Automatic by Magi-perfect condition, includes shifter and cable setup for 934 c.v.s. $8,900.00obo (702) 877-3287. FOR$ALE: Mirage Class 2\ lOor 12. Fodrill, Wright, Simpson, Saco, Beard, Wilwood, Summers Bros. Sway-A-Way, PCI Intercom,.Center-lines, Fox, Lots.of extras! Race Ready! $11,000.00 obo (916) 381-8558. FOR SALE: Type 4 motor needs to be assembled, all new.parts, 82mm 2 liter crank, Eagle rods, 104.5 cylin-ders; JE Pistons, 2.0 liter heads, 48x38 valves, 1 3/4 exhaust, Billet air filters, 911 fan & alternator, 44 Webers. $5,000.00 obo wk (602) 934-7242, hm (602) 780-3638. FOR SALE: New Centerlines already beadlocked 35 backspacing 7" wide 15" rim. I have 14 and am ready to deal! Danny (909) 687-5118. FOR SALE: CORR short course Pro-•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• : Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in : 2 1998 Chevy truck, Taylor suspen-sion & shocks. 1 7 in rims, Beadlocks, BFG Tires, 650 hp, dry sump, Bowtie • block. A TD 400 trans, Autometer : gauges, Chrisman rear end, MSD, • Fresh Air System. $40,000.00 tum • key. (414) 966-9998. : FOR SALE: Taylor Stadium/Short Course Buggy 1650cc Rabbit with Fat head and maniforld, Weber carb. Sway-A-Way, Summer Bros., Fox, Woods, Neal, BFG real wheels, some spares, glass body $9,000.00 (818) 963-2530 or (815) 964-0906. Dusty Times • • • • • • DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $20 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum size 5"x7". NEW AND RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES -. A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00. All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. REMEMBER - CLASSIFIED AD SPACE IS LIMITED - YOUR AD MAY BE PUT OFF ONE ISSUE IF NOT RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER . 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SNORE CORNER First off, I would like to thank everyone for making the 1998 SNORE Championship Point Series a great success! The top five in points are separated by 105 pointd, and that is just finishing points. The 1/2-1600 Bunderson race car we will give to the champion is coming right along. Loth-ringer has sent the rear arms, Fox has sent the shocks, CNC the petals and master cylinders and Beard the seats. Adam Wik ofWiks Racing Engines is working ono a killer engine! Bill at Nevada Trans is building the tranny to get it to Bruce at Fraley Racing to put it all together. Next year we will be racing for a 1/2-1600 car again! Don't forget the awards on January 9th, at the Gold Coast Casino, at 5 p.m. Positions 11th through 25th will be in a drawing for $500, but you must be present-to win .. It will be a lot of fun. Kon't miss it! Call the SNORE Hot Line at 702-452-4522 for reservations. We have just finalized the schedule for 1999, see this month's Happenings. FORSALE: 1997Chenowth 1-1600 short course buggy, CORE legal. Fresh motor and trans, FAT, FTC, 930 c.v.s, FOX, Bunderson bypass, SAW, Wright rack/spindles, Beards, CNC, JAMAR, real Bead Locks, Centerline, Top Runner, Race Ready, some extras, must sell, $8,000.00 obo ( 412) 233-6392. FOR SALE: 5-1600 Short course or desert. Mark Rosevear motor, Harold Carter 091Type IVs FOX, Fodrill, Wright, Centerlines, Woods, Sway-A-Way, UMP, Comp-u-fire-Permacool, Diest, FTC, CNC, 5 gal-lon+ 16 gallon cells, Parker Pumper, Mastercraft + More, Race ready. $8,000.00 909 674-2027. Short Course Truck - Factory Ford sponsored 4WD SODA, CORR, Glen Helen, Estero race truck, Available now! Truck wa originally built Curt LeDuc, prepped by Venable Racing,driven by Rob MacCachren. (1) Sway-A-Way bypass shock and (1) Coilover per wheel, BFGoodrich/Alcoa head-locks, 2 full dry-sump race motors by Leon Patton, beautifully built and maintained race truck, VDO gauges, $Best Offer $, ref #665, Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. Page 54 FOR SALE: Class 9 single seat, Loth-ringer P,repared. Fresh Trans, new tires, Parker Pumper, best of every-thing. Too much to list. Many spares. Must sell. $4,900.00 obo (909) 685-8213. FOR SALE: 1997 Race car trailer, Built by EMI Technology 48'x9'x10 1/2, lounge area 13 1/2 x 8 l/2 w/toi-let, sink, range, refrigerator, leather, storage and NC 35'x 81/2" working and storage area wood and tile floor, 2 winches , 2 generator, 1 welder, 2 side doors outside lighting, rear gate, standing roof deck, 5 8' belly boxes, 8 new tires, excellent condition, $53,000 asking price or trade for ex-otic car. Call Fox Motorsports (915) 833-7902. FOR SALE: '70 Baja Pre Runner, no motor, Full cage, Fox shocks, Coil over front, torsion rear, Bus trans, 930 c.v.s & axles, 103" wb, Thing rear drums, Beard seats, 22 gallon fuel cell, pro wire, Wright, R & P Wright Combos, Wright + l" front arms. $3,750.00 (909) 679-1459. Darnen. FRESH 2 SEAT CHENOWTH. Just gone through, no motor and wir-ing but everything else is there! CNC Front Hubs and Brakes, Outboard rear hubs w/4 piston calipers, Hew-land DG300 transaxle, Coilover shocks front and rear, UMP p/s pump and control valve, Fuel Safe cell, drop spindles, nice arms, BFG tires, etc. Call us for more details. Baja Brokers $14,000.00. (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Class 11: Sway-A-Way, BFGs, Beard seats, Bilstein $3,500.00. Call John for Details, Afternoon and evenings (760) 868-5694. 2 SEAT PRERUNNER is a 2-1600 but widened 6" front and rear, 930 c.v., Fox shocks, Sway-A-Way ad-justable frt and rr, aluminum body, 4130 Raceco chassis, lights, Center-lines, Beard, 5 points, needs motor and trans. Call Rich (760) 723-2117 $5,400.00. FOR SALE: 85 Toyota 4x4 full cage 22R motor, 5 speed trans. 9" rear National springs, King 3" Coilover 3 link rear Susp.13" travel up front. 20" in rear. 4.88 gears. 22 gallon Fuel Cell. Beard Seats w/5 points, Can be street legal. $12,000.00 obo. (714)635-1852. FOR SALE: Bunderson A-Arm Class 10, Fat Toyota, Fortin, Fodrill, CNC, Fuel Safe 27 gal., Ultras, Summers, Griffin, Kuster by-pass, Progressive Coils, KC Hid, BFGs, Charlynn, Howe, Powder Coated, 930 c.v.s, Prep by Fodrill and Fox Motorsports. Very Fast car. No expense spared $29,000.00 Call DannY. Fodrill ( 602) 843-6406. FOR SALE: Chevy Pre-runner, . Wernimont Design, 350 hp motor competition trans TH 400, Summers rear end, 40 gal. Fuel Safe, front A-arms, 19" travel, rear trailing arms, 23" travel, Wernimont shocks & coilovers, (6) 35" Baja T As on Alcoas, 96 fiberglass, much more, serious turn-key Pre-runner, $18,500.00obo (909) 350-2700. FORSALE: 1996JimcoClass 1, Best of everything, Scat V-4 fuel injected, 335 hp fresh, automatic trans. Fresh by Jeff Fields, Mike Smith by pars shocks, Fox, Beard Seat, Autometer, Ron Davis radiator, Setrab coolers, Fortin rack, ECod Fab spindles, Aceco-A-Arms, Air jacks, CNC, Summers bros., BFG, Carbon fiber roof and visor and air scoops, UMP Fresh air cleaner, on boar over $100,000 invested asking $50,000 or $40,000 w/o trans (714) 4 72-2024. December 1998 FOR SALE: 97 Chenowth 2 seat Class · l, Toyota Tacoma, Fortin DGN 5 speed, Kusters front & rear, FodFab front end, 934 c.v.s, Sum-mers rear hubs, CNC front hubs, prepped w/~pares, over $70K in-vested, best of everything, $42,500.00 complete obo, or $25,500.00 less motor & trans obo. eff 602 978-3073. FOR SALE: 1997 JIMCO Class One A-arm Car, TRD/FAT/FOX!JIMCO · Factory backed, Primm 300 winner/ 3000cc Aluminum V6 Fortin DGN, best components available. All spare wheels, tires, parts - Complete pack-age $60,000.00obo. Call Mike (619) 562-1743. FOR SALE: Fortin class Io or 1 transmission, geared for your needs. $7,000.00 obo. Hewland DG300 Class l O transmission, geared for your needs. $6,000.00 obo. Hewland DG300 Class 1 transmission, geared for your needs. $5,500.00 obo. 091 and 002 bus transmissions, geared for your needs. Call for details. New com-plete type 4 Porsche, ~eady to be built, $5,000.00 obo. Call Kevin McMullen Racing (602) 402-6215 or (602) 334-0096. FOR SALE: Dodge Ramcharger 4wd, started as Class 3 project but ran out of $$. 440 engine with all th_e good stuff, MSD, Predator 6000, spare engine, setofHi-pen915 heads, 727 auto trans with Art Carr, NP2G3 with select shift, Dana 44, Warn lock-outs, Ford 9", full spool, 31 spline, disc brakes, 35x12.50xl5 BFG Bajas on Ultra 62s Everything is fresh rebuilt with less than 3 hours run time. Take all for $9,000.00 obo. Will consider parting out. (602) 926-6396. OWNER'S LOSS IS BUYER'S GAIN: Buy as a package or sepa-rate! (1) Raceco Single seater, FAT Rabbit motor, Fat built Bus box, 930, Summers Bros. Out-board hubs and brakes, 25 gallon Cell, + 12" Beam, (2) Bilstein Coilovers per wheel, New 3" Kuster bypass in the rear, SAW 300m $14,000.00 (1) Race car 5-1600, Get started for cheap, Wright rack, arms, spindles, SAW leafs, Bilstein in Front/Fox in Rear, FAT bus box, 18 gallon cell $7,000.00. (1) 37" Wells Cargo Trailer, Includes Race Radio Base Station setup, Under floor stor-age, shelving, work bench, inside length is 32" and width is 8', $9;000.00! Make us a package price, all offers considered! Baja CLASS 8 -Newest truck built, Awe-some 500 cid V8 ·by Walker Evans Racing hooked to a special Torqueflite 727 tranny w/custom torque converter. 55 gallon Fuel Cell, A-Arm Front Suspension, King Coilover/Bypass, CNC Calipers; Quarter Elliptic Rear, Chrisman, Eagle GPS. This truck is beautiful! It is like new with only 6 races on it, ever! The best of everything was used and it is well maintained. Tons of spares Ref #651 $85,000.00 (760) 723-211 7 Check out our website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: '96 JIM CO Class 5 Un-limited, FAT 289400, type 4, For-tin DGN, 5 speed, Bilstein, Coilover and bypass front and rear, 930 c.v.s. Best of everything JAMAR pedals,· front . hubs, Summers rear. $45,000.00 Complete obo or $25,000.00 less motor and trans. Obo Ron (909) 672-2893. • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless Fuel Sale's "Pro Cell" is our top-of-the-line racing cell that comes ready to install and it's backed by a full 10 year warranty. super-tough, triple coated construction • 10 year Bladder warranty • Safety loam baffling • Cusfom manufactured aluminum containers • FIA·FT3, SCORE and SODA approved • Custom manufactured fillers • (800) 433-6524 technical hotline • Over 25 years experience for more info call or write to: Aircraft Rubber/Fuel Safe 6325 7 Nels Anderson Road Bend, Oregon 97701 (541 )388-0203 (541 )388-0307 fax http:l/www.fuelsafe.com Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 1997 Chenowth 1-1600 short· course buggy, CORE legal. Fresh motor and trans, FAT, FTC, 930 c.v.s, FOX, Bunderson bypass, SAW, Wright rack/spindles, Beards, CNC, JAMAR, real Bead Locks, Centerline, Top Runner, Race Ready, some extras, must sell, $8,000.00 obo (412) 233-6392. FOR SALE: EVERYTHING MUST GO! (1) singleseatClass 12, Penhall front and rear suspension with over 20" wheel travel in rear. Kuster coil over front shocks, FOX rear shocks. Dual batteries with bat-tery switch, 100 amJ.J alternator, 24 gal fuel cell, FAT motor, close ratio bus trans, only the best equip used, very light approx 1600lbs dry. $12,500. (1) Two seat Chenowth prerunner, FAT 1835 motor bus trans, four wheel disk brakes, roof rack, PS, FOX shocks, radio, 30 gal fuel cell, $4,000.00. (1) Single axle trailer for prerunner, tire rack and storage box, $1,000 Lots of spare parts for both cars, spare tires and Center-line rims. ALSO selling welders, tools and lots of misc items. Make an offer on the total package or buy them by the item. Call 800-410-63 72 or 714-241-7001 ask for Dave. WHITE LIGHTNING SPECIAL: For sale: Dale White's Class 8 Chevy truck, Super bitchin , Bypass shocks, 710hpmotorbyShaver, MSD, BFGs on headlocks, "Factory" Chevy, Ul-tra clean and professionally built, Fresh rebuild! A solid finisher, Ref #634. Support packages available through T earn White Lightning! $79,000.00. ALSO available less mo-tor/trans for less??? Call Baja Brokers for package breakdown at (760) 723-2117. Check out our NEW website at www.bajaconcepts.com . . FOR SALE: Triple E Superlite, place 3rd '96 Glen Helen SODA Series, Won '95 Mickey Thompson's San Diego Stadium Race. Fresh Klemm Honda 400 engine, Fox Shox, just rebuilt, race ready, many extras, $8,500.00. ALSO '88 Triple E Su-i;>erlite fun dirt toy, many extras $3,800.00 Call Norm (909) 678-1424. FOR SALE: CORR Pro-4 Ford F150, front runner, former Rough Rider truck, Thompson auto en-gine, A TD tranny C-6, Borg Warner transfer case. Kusterff ay-lor coil over shocks w/reservoirs. Asking $30,000.00 w/all spares, enough to rebuild truck twice. ALSO 1989 Ford F700 Motor home fully loaded, great tow vehicle $16,000.00. 1993 United Tri-Axle enclosed trailer lights, benches, storage, observation deck plus all the goodies, $14,000.00 Call (714) CHEVY PRERUNNER OR RAC~ TRUCK Very clean, and simole, 15 +" wheel travel all around, Kuster shocks, National springs, 35" BFG Bajas w/2 spares on wheels, New 375 HP motor, TH-400 race tranny, 9" rear end, '96 fiberglass front clip and bedsides, Autometer LFGs, Beards, harnesses. This truck is also race legal w/fuel cell, har-nesses, etc ... Call for details. Mike $18,000.00 (760) 723-2117. Will also sell less motor/trans. ✓ ULTRASONIC CLEANING ✓ CNC MILLING & Oil Coolers / Radiators TURNING Blocks / Lines / Fittings Assembled Components ✓ PRODUCTION & ✓ TESTING SERVICES Magnetic Particle (Magnaflux / Myglo) Liquid Penetrant (Dye Penetrant I Zyglo) Ultrasonic X-Ray CRITICAl Dusty Times PROTOTYPE ✓ CAD/CAM PROGRAMMING ✓ REVERSE ENGINEERING ✓ EDM MACHINING 3043 Oak St, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Ph 714-957-1215 Fx 714-957-1567 e-mail: WBUNN@CRITICAL-OP.COM FAA Repair Stl1ion # WB7R2.88J FOR SALE: Bunderson 'A' arm Class 1 or 10, Ex Myerly car, complete up-date and rebuild Spring '96, Type 4, 400 miles since rebuild, Raceco Au-tomatic by Mogi, Bunderson coilovers with rear bypass, Summers Bros hubs, 934 c.v.s Charlyn, $32,000.00 obo will sell less trans or motor, Trades considered, (702) 877-3287. FOR SALE: Chenowth Class 9, 2 seater, Fox shocks w/reservoirs, fresh motor, & trans, lots of spare parts, get ready for99 season, $5,500.00 obo Paul (562) 945-0138. FOR SALE: '70 Baja Pre Runner, no motor, Full cage, Fox shocks, Coil over front, torsion rear, Bus trans, 930 c.v.s & axles, 103" wb, Thing rear drums, Beard seats, 22 gallon fuel cell, pro wire, Wright, R & P Wright Combos, Wright + l" front arms. $3,750.00 (909) 679-1459. Darnen. FOR SALE: Sl0 4x4, titled and tagged. Fiberglass except cab. Inde-pendent rear suspension. Disc brakes, 107'' wheelbase, dual master cylin-ders, fuel injected V6, ATI Super-charger, Mastercraft seats, 22 gallon cell, dual pumps, 4: 10 differentials. Muncie four speed close ratio. Three SCCA Division Championships. Some spare parts. $12,500.00. Ken Stewart, PO Box 450823, Grove, OK 74345. 918 786-2961. FOR SALE: Bronco Pre-Runner-Custom built 2WD front end, (1) Kuster Coilover and (1) Big Bilstein per wheel front and rear, air bumps, Cone Full Floater, Cone fr hubs, C6, 400 cid Ford V8, 3 seats, custom alu-minum work throughout including interior, 35 Baja T/As, fresh paint job, built in spare, air bottle, winch, tool box, less than 7,000 miles $49,500.00 Ref #685 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. ACECO RACE CAR-Low miles, progressive Foddrill front suspension, Kuster coilovers w/Eibach springs, f&r, Kuster bypass in rear, CNC disc brakes, Charlyn PIS, Beadlock wheels w/Yokohama Tires, FAT Type 2 trans, FAT Rabbit Class 10 motes, alum radiator, Setrab oil cooler/fan, 32 FOOT TRAILER, triple axle, in-sulated, work bench, 12/110 volt lights, 1989 Chevy Dually 4 54 cid, TH400 w/2 speed auxiliary trans, Alcoas w/Michelins, Available as a pkg or separate, less motor/trans, whatever' Call for detaHs $40 000 00 December 1998 FOR SALE: Sand Master Trai er, great for Baja Bug or Buggy. FOR SALE: 85 Toyota 4x4 full cage 22R motor, 5 speed trans. 9" rear National springs, King 3" Coilover 3 link rear Susp.13" travel up front. 20" in rear. 4.88 gears. 22 gallon Fuel Cell. Beard Seats w/5 points. Can be street legal. $12,000.00 obo. (714)635-1852. FOR SALE: 'Baja Rod' Serious in-quiries only (see Off Road magazine Oct 98 issue), Chevy ZZ4 350 crate motor! Turbo 400 Trans built by Trans Pro, Interior Tweed & Leather by Ron Mangus, Kenwood Stereo 10 Disc CD, King Shocks-25" front-36" Rear, Cone Rear end & hubs, CNC Calipers, Autometer gauges; A/C & Heat, 80 gallon fuel cell. For more details &specs, please call Frank Ru-sich (909)350-2700 day, (909) 780-6649 night. FOR SALE: 97 Tacoma built by Greaves, 2 motors, 2 trans, CNC, Howe Steering, Kuster, National, Monoball A-Arm, 3 PACE wins. CORR, PACE, ESTERO, GLEN HELEN $25K. 98 Transport Design 36ft Goose neck-Hauls truck with LVG qters: Bath, kitchen, Sleeps 4 $25K (Pck $45k) Lee (201) 436-6200. FOR SALE: 5-1600 Wright, Sway-A-Way, Bilsteins, Bus Trans, Bus Stubs, UMP Air Cleaner, Race Ra-dio and Intercom, 2 Helmets, Parker Pumper, including many spares and extras, complete setup including tan-dem car trailer $5,000.00 (805) 726-1026. CLASS 1 TRUGGY-As Tricky as Herbst, A-Arm front/rear engineN-drive/Full floater rear, All aluminum Chevy V6 w/500 hp, G-force 5 speed manual trans by Jeff Fields, Super trick suspension with King Coilover and bypass shocks, Air bumps, CNC brakes, 35" Baja son headlocks, ready to race for overall!! $90,000.00 all trades considered Ref #66 7 Baja Bro-kers (760) 723-2117. 40" Gooseneck trailer-trailer is 5 years new, triple axle design 40'x7' tall x 102" wide, 4000 kva Owan gen-erator, NC , side door and outside awning, 40 gallon water tank, 15 gal-lon fuel tank, 2 showers, 1 queen bed and 1 single, refer, race radio, underfloor storage, 110/12v lighting, toilet w/40 galloon storage tank. $26,500 Ref# 686 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. . JOB OPPORTUNITIES Experienced Fabricator wanted in San Diego area. Call Mike (619) 562-1743. PROPERTIES FOR SALE: Perfect for Off-Road Race Team! In Barstow, 2 1/2 acres, 2 400 sq .ft. house, 3 car garage, 3 2x40 steel bldg. W /10 ft. doors, lots of ce-ment & grass. Great location for test-ing! $165,000.00 (760) 256-5205 or (760) 256-0363. WANTED WANTED: Chevy Pre-runner, 1970s-1980s. Blazer or pickup. Noth-ing too wild. No junk. old Class 8 possible (must have title). Have cash (310) 306-3550 or pag_er (310) 636-7017. INDEX To Advertisers Baker Performance Products .......... 38 Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Orleans Hotels ............................. 10 Best In The Desert ............................... 9 Bilstein Corp. Of America ........................ 5 Cactus Racing ...................................... 26 Camburg Engineering ........................ 14 Championship Off Road Racing ....... 23 Critical Operations ............................ 55 Dirt Bagz ································-··········· 27 Donahoe Racing Enterprises ............ 41 Ellis Desert Racing Championship .. 19 Fabtech Motorsports ........................ 37 FAT Performance .............................. 35 Fox Racing Shox ................................... 2 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ...................... 54 Fudpucker Racing .............................. 47 German Auto ...................................... 13 Granada -Dakar ................................. 28 Kawaguchi Honda .............................. 25 King Shock Tech ................................ 44 Kreger Fabricatioon .......................... 43 McKenzie Performance Products .... 42 Nevada Off Road Buggy .................... 40 Pace Motorsports .............................. 17 Papp Racing ........................................ 47 PCI Race Radios and Equipment... ...... 4 Pike's Family Restaurant ................. 39 Premier Racing Products ··~·············· 36 Quartermaster Professional Racing Clutches ............ Back Cover Race Ready Products ........................ 22 SCORE Laughlin ................................. 12 Scott Johnson .................................... 45 Spec Truck, Inc .................................. 33 Sway-A-Way Corp ................................. 7 Temecula Off Road ............................ 18 Transaxle Engineering ...................... 34 Tri-Mil Industries .............................. 31 Valley Performance ........................... 20 Yarnell Specialties ............................ 21 Page 55 l i

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