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Volume 15 -Number 2 March 1998 DUlliYljllllG Publisher Emeritus Jean Calvin Editor John Calvin Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Marketing Pat Caplan Circulation Vance Scott Contributors Jim Baker C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Carol Clark Jim Culp Daryl "No Brakes" Drake John Elkin Homer Eubanks Michelle Halverson Martin Holmes Ralph Mason Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick Ron Miller Troy Robinson Bob Rule Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Judy Smith Trackside Photo Inc. Art Director Larry Worsham a Subscription Rates: $20.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Subscription rates on request Contributions: DUSTY TIIMES 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. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. 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FEATURES Page Glen Helen Winter Series by Ron Miller ............................................... : .................. 8 FRT Dunaway Dash by Judy Smith .......................................................................... 18 RAC Rally by Martin Holmes ................................................................................... 22 MDR Thanksgiving 250 by Jimmy Messick ............................................................. 24 Marlboro Challenge by Ed Heuvink ........................................................... , ............. 28 Tour de Forest Rally by Jim Culp ............................................................................ 30 MDR Unocal 76 250 by Ro~ Miller ......................................................................... 32 T reeline Rally by John Elkin ..................................................................................... 36 MDR Year End Awards by Ron Miller .............................................. ...................... 36 DEPARTMENTS Happenings ................................................................................................................. 5 CRS Report by John Elkin ........................................................................................ 31 Off Road Scramble by PC ................................................................... ..................... 34 Trail Notes ............................................................................................. ................... 39 Checkers by the Big Wahzoo ................................................ : ........... _. ........................ 38 CORE Notes ............................................................................................................. 38 Challenger Corner by Joel Mohr ............................. , ................................................ 39 Good Stuff Directory .................................................. '. ............................................. 40 Classified Ads ............... ,. .......................................................................................... 45 Index To Advertisers ............................................................................................... 4 7 On The Cover Jimmie Johnson was the undisputed truck· champion at the Glen Helen Winter Series, driving the Herzog Chevrolet to a win every time he went on the track. Pat Dean drove the Orleans Hotel Chenowth to a great Class I overall victory at Glen Helen, taking the mud in stride and collecting the checkered flag. Color photography by Trackside Photo c'5ubscribe :Joday 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. 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1998 Happenings ... 1091 Twp. Line Road Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 P.O Box 392 Calexico, CA 92232 01152 (65) 66-60 80 1-800-42 CORVA Exe 42 Fax (818) 957-4435 March 28, 1998 Annual Meeting Ranch House, Valencia 1-800-42 CORVA ext 503 October 9-11, 1998 Southern Calif. Jamboree Hungry Valley SVRA 1-800-42 CORVA ext 509 ASOCIACION EST AT AL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, T ei:h Inspector Apto 42 San Jose de! Cabo Baja California de! Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 011-18-07-3298-5522 February 21, 1998 Parramatta, NSW March 21, 1998 Brisbane, QLD April 26, 1998 Port Pirie, SA June 6-7, 1998 Finke/Alice Springs, NT June 7, 1998 Sea Lake, VIC July 19, 1998 Kempsey, NSW September 20, 1998 Mt. Gambier, SA November 1, 1998 Goondiwindi, QLD AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class 10 cars only Renald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebac, 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 April 17-19, 1998 Tonopah 300 June 26-28, 1998 Silver State 300 October 1-4, 1998 Vegas to Reno December 4-6, 1998 T erribles Town Pahrump, NV BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTHUSIASTS Jim Baker P.O. Box 1583 Ogden, Utah 84402 (801) 627 B.O.R.E. May 2, 1998 Wendover Express Wendover, USA July 11, 1998 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV September 19{ 1998 Boneville Cha lenge Wendover, USA 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 March 7 1998 CRS Pro Ra{ly School April 4, 1998 Ensenada 2000 Rally Ensenada, BC, MX May 8, 1998 Rim OfThe World Rally Palmdale, CA July 25, 1998 24 Hour Rally Mexico City, MX August 81 1998 Gorman Rictge Rally Gorman, CA October 3, 1998 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ November 14, 1998 T reeline Rally Monrovia CA Dusty Times CANNING ATTRACTIONS P.O . Box400 Maywood, CA 90270 (213) 560-SHOW May-21-25, 1998 Memorial Day Charity Car 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 Bl-JACKERS l.C.O. Tom DeLauder Sr Short Course off Road Racing At Harrison County Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH 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 Mocosport Club P.O. Box 3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719) 531-3642 W/(719)687-9827 H P.O Box8286 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (719) 653-8449 CORP Cachanillas Off Road Promotions CORR Championship Off Road Racing Carla Reid (317) 272-2827/FAX: (317) 272-2900 Short Course Racing May 23-24, 1998 Beaver Dam, WI June 6-7, 1998 Antigo, WI June 20-21, 1998 Crandon, WI July 18-19, 1998 Joliet, IL August 7-8, 1998 Bark River, MI August 22-23, 1998 Luxemburg, WI September 4-6, 1998 Crandon, WI September 26-27, 1998 Indianapolis, IN CORVA 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352 Sacramento, CA 95833 October JO-November 1, 1998 Northern Calif. Jamboree Frank Raines OHV Park 1-800-42 CORVA ext 502 D&T PROMOTIONS · Dave Van Deren 2405 Baker Ave. Everett, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 (AU 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 r:Jr llllinner's Circle John Herder Is Perfect At Laughlin Season Opener John Herder from Tucson, AZ, the only driver to lead both days of racing, captured Class 1 honors at the season-opening SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. Driving his JIMCO VW unlimited desert car running on Bilstein gas pressure shock absorbers, Herder moved to the front in both weekend races and his combined points total brought him the victory. Herder, the 1997 SCORE Rookie of the Year, runs exclusively on Bilstein shocks. Other Class Winners On Bi/stein At Laughlin ... • ProTruck Class • Class 10 Rick Johnson - Ford F-150 John Phillips - JIMCO • Class 7 •Class 11 Larry Roeseler - Chevy S-1 o Eric Solorzano -vw Sedan • Stock Full Class - Dave Sykes - Ford F-150 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 • FAX: 619/453-0770 March 1998 Pages I I . I

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DESERT STEEL MOTORSPORTS Steve Beddor Barstow,CA Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Neshanic, NJ 08853 1865 Commander Drive (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 M.OR.E. July 17-18, 1998 (908) 369-6550 Lake Havasu City, AZ. 86403 • 27th SCORE Fireworks 250 (AU events at Owego Motor Sports Park, (520) 855-6125 INTER-SHOWS Mojave Off Road Racing . Barstow, CA Rte. 434, Owego, NY) MOTORSPORTS Enthusiasts September 11-13, 1998 EASTERN OFF-ROAD PROMOTIONS, INC. 25277 W. Main St., Suite 283 3rd SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 VORRA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 2910 Barstow, CA 92311 Primm, NV Valley Off Road Racing Association Tom Delauder, Sr. Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (760) 253-4453 November 11-14, 1998 1833 Los Robles Blvd. 1091 Township Line RoadWellsville, (714) 364-0515 March 13-14, 1998 31st Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Sacramento, CA 95838 Ohio43968 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER Lucerne Valley, CA Baja Norte to La Paz, B.C., Mexico (916) 925-1702 (330) 532-4589 May 1-2, 1998 March 28-29, 1998 4WDCLUB Ridgecrest, CA SNORE Season Opener ELLIS DESERT RACING P.O. Box465 June 19-20, 1998 Southern Nevada Off Prairie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA CHAMPIONSHIPS Kamloops, BC, Canada VZGSL2 Location TBA Road Enthusiasts April 25-26, 1998 (760) 256-8059 Bob (604) 374-7175 days July 31-August 1, 1998 P.O. Box 4394 Spring Special April 1 7, 1998 Randy (604) 579-9621 eves. Barstow, CA Las Vegas, NV 89106 Prairie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA Stoddard Valley, CA Keidl (604) 828-1795 anytime September 25-26, 1998 (702) 452-4522 May 23-25, 1998 August 7, 1998 (AU Events start 7 miles NW of Location TBA February 20-22, 1998 Yerington 300 Desert Race Johnson Valley Kamloo~s) November 20-21, 1998 SNORE Bottom Dollar Yerington, NV December 5, 1998 LI.T.R.E. Lucerne Valley1 CA Las Vegas, NV June 20-21, 1998 Stoddard Valley Jeff Elrod April 17-19, 1998 Top Gun 300 Desert Race MSBA ESTERO BEACH SHORT (408) 926-0522 Michigan Sport Buggy Association Buffalo Bill's 400 Fallon, NV COURSE RACING Jim Aruta Primm, NV{Stateline) July 25-26, 1998 Dave Barret May 29-31, 1998 Top Gun Twilight Race Victoria Galindo . 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Enterprises Inc. 1404 East 3rd Street 4WHEELERS Larry Henderson (407) 254-5167 15529 Jones Road Hastings, MN 55033-1415 Race Division (604) 538-0692 Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 (612) 437-2459 Keith Stewart WORRA P.O.Box 3241 FUDPUCKER (517) 627-6200 (714) 522-1899 Sumas WA 98295 RACINGTEAM MICHELIN PRO RALLY OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS S.C.T.A. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 250 Kennedy, #2 OF EL PASO Chula Vista, CA 92011 CHAMPIONSHIP Joey Vasquez Southern California Timing WHEEL TO WHEEL (619) 427-5759 Sports Car Club of America 13180 Round Dance Association OFF ROAD RACING March 28-29, 1998 P.O. Box 3278 El Paso, TX 79936 Office Manager: Mary Carson Patrick McGuire Buzz Bomb Englewood, CO 80112 (915) 855-8899 2285 Tracy Avenus P.O. Box376 Salton City, CA (303) 779-6622 AU races are at Mountain Shadow Lake. Simi Valley, CA 93063 Adamsburg, PA May 23, 1998 February 27-28, 1998 Take I-JO Horizon Blvd. exit east 12 miles (805) 526-a805/Fax:{805) 584-8518 (412) 527-6556 Fud 200 Sno*Drift Internet: ht~://scta-bni.org WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS Plaster City West, CA Atlanta, MI OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. SOUTHEASTERN OFF ROAD 2939 E. Grovers Henry Joy (616) 439-0779 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. July 25, 1998 March 14-15, 1998 New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 CHALLENGE Phoenix, AZ. 85023 Conquista Gran Carrera Doo Wop III & IV+ JimKendel Steve Rule (602) 971-3730 T ecate, Baja, MX Olympia, WA (216) 339-4674 (800) 313-5621 or (770) 963-0252 March 14, 1998 October 31, 1998 Ray Darnitio (360) 249-6173 All races held at Harrison Mike Moore - (224) 272-5400 Gila Monster Superstition 250 Gila Bend, AZ. Lake Superstition, CA April 18-19, 1998 Coun~ Fairgrounds. Cadiz, Ohio SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE May 23, 1998 December 31, 1998 Little Creek Casino ONTARIO OFF ROAD OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. 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3RD Annual Glen Helen Off Road Winter series Championships By Ron Miller Photos: Ralph Mason Jimmie Johnson was the big winner in Pro-2, taking all four heats in the Herzog Chevy for a grands/am finale to off road. I'm sure that all of you have ex- fornia, and the undeniably finest off clearly superior opponent's relent-perienced that downer feeling, road racers on the planet, all arrived less attack. Such was the scene that when you've made plans for a re- simultaneously in San Bernardino, unfolded at the Exxon/Superflo ally big party, only to have bad CA. Yes folks, it rained on our pa- sponsored Winter Series Champi-weather ruin it. Well, like the most rade. And it rained like felines and onships, which were held on the unwelcomed of party crashers, the canines, from shortly after the con-. first weekend in December. And in rains came. And it wasn'tthe usual cl us ion of practice on Friday a stunning upset, Glen Helen Race-sprinkle, drizzle, showery type, that evening, until long after the final way Park and its faithful off-road we "Prunepickers" still manage to race on Sunday. racing fans were able to defeat stress-out over. Actually, three Imagine, if you will, two game Mother Nature! headstrong forces crossed paths, in competitors locked in battle. Each This was one win that by no an unscheduled test of wills that unwilling to give an inch, and both means came cheaply, in fact a dear each seemed determined to win. · calling upon every ounce of price was paid. "Ma .Nature" The overly publicized arrival of the strength and courage that they can pounded on the hometown team "El Nino Winter", the overly criti- muster. In the end, the unlikely and its beloved race course, cized sports fans of Southern Cali- · winner withstands the fury of his throughout the entire weekend. Jack Flannery was the man to beat in Pro-4, two firsts, a second and a thirp gave him the overall points for the weekend in the mud. But both refused to be washed away, and firmly held their ground. Despite taking on enough water to hold jetsk1 races, the course proved incredibly. resilient. The much ma-ligned and so called "fair weather fans" from the 38th state were out in force, undeterred by the torren-tial rains. Glen Helen's team of rac-ing personnel met every challenge, and turned in a big time clutch per-formance under the worst of con-ditions. All of the suddenly brown · vehicles became so coated with mud, that it made scorekeeping nearly impossible. The repeatedly called upon tow trucks raced around the track at least as much as the race vehicles, and the course workers faced far more dangerous duties than the usual hazards. Yet Brendan Gaughan leads Pro-2 (no mud, yet) and led some laps in all the heats and took three thirds and a fourth for the third overall position. Race Director Bob Beyer's crew lit-Helen crowd) raced right along erally rose to the occasion, and with the Herzog sponsored super-handled their jobs expertly. The star, as he flew to his final victory sight of assistant starter John Beyer before jumping circuits. Not even repeatedly sprinting through the Hollywood's most creative minds mud, while conducting each of his .could have scripted a more fitting final pre-race vehicle checks, was ending to this chapter of Johnson's a show in itself. Congratulations go racing career. Several superb efforts out to each of you, for your indi- were also registered by other racers vidual contributions to a total on this same wet and wild week-"team victory". end. However, this most memo-In certain racing circles, a muddy rable event, undoubtedly, will be track is often looked upon as being best remembered for the four aces "The Great Equalizer". This theory held in the winning hand(s) of Mr. offers that, regardless of who is ac- Jimmie Johnson. tually the fastest entrant, all sud-One final item before we rocket denly have equal chances to win, into Ron's Rain Soaked Race Re-when a race is reduced to who best cap. Jack Flannery, Walker and negotiates the course. Most fans are Evan Evans, Scott Douglas, Johnny aware of the added difficulties driv- Greaves, Tommy Bradley, and a ers face when racing over wet, slip- handful of the .Glen Helen "Reg'u-pery, or muddy surfaces. Yet for lars", were among those scoring some reason, their sympathy is vir- scintillating wins during this off tually nonexistent when it comes road "air show". It might be wise to to off road racers. Talk about a grab a drink and some munchies, double standard. Many other types because it's going to take me quite of races are immediately brought to some time to recap a full two. days a halt when the track becomes.wet. of exciting short course action. So But when events contested by the ready or not all you readers, on your very best drivers are held, those mark, get set, we're off to the "Win-tracks are usually doused just prior ter Series" from Glen Helen Race-to race time. Off road performers way Park! (no doubt due to their superior The opening kickoff of this 34 driving skills) are simply held to a race extravaganza from Glen higher standard than other racers. Helen, "The Hot Spot For Fans fully expect to see them race Holeshots", was a Class 1 contest. at top speeds, and to do so, regard- There were a total of fifteen en-'less of whether or not their vehicles trants facing the starter. The first are "hooking up" with the course. win of th~ weekend was .captured Well, lucky for everyone, neither by Pat Dean of Las Vegas, NV. rain, nor mud, nor fog, nor wrath Dean's fine victory, over runnerup of "L-Neen-Yo", could stop the all Jeff St. Peter of Port Washington, star cast of four wheeled wizards, WI, was a prelude of the good from the swift completion of their things to come for the veteran per-appointed heats. And for the sec- former. The "Sin City" standout ond consecutive time, this event's had so much fun playing in the top prize went to racing's very mud, that he went right out and brightest young star, Jimmie splashed to another win in the sec-Johnson. Johnson, in (reportedly) ond Class 1 contest. St. Peter and his final off road appearance, some- Doug Fortin of El Cajon, CA again how managed to deliver an even followed Dean across the finish more incredible performance than line. In Sunday's opening heat, the three win gem that he turned there were a total of fourteen Class in last year. The heartbeat of 1 racers set for action. Blasting out America (including the huge Glen to contest the early lead were For-Pat Dean had two firsts and two seconds in the mud and that gave him the Class 1 championship in the Winter Series. Peter Kujundzich won the first heat on Saturday and his steady finishes thereafter got him the Superlites championship. tin and Dave Parsons of Pasadena, CA. By this time, most of the track's thick accumulation of mud had been scraped off of the course, and deposited out of the racers' way. On lap 2, one of the many unidentified participants slid off of the course and into the muck. In negotiating a successful recovery, the (brown) buggy's driver throttled down, mo-mentarily spinning his wheels. The result was that a stream of Glen Helen's thickest mud was roosted onto the faces and clothing of the many spectators lining the fence below the scorers tower. In addition to this and a few other (no cost) face-paintings proudly applied by the racers, several boxes of racy neon hats were also given away free Continued on page 1 D Page a March 1998 Dusty Times

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Dan Vanden Heuvel ran third in three of the heats and a fourth in heat Scott Douglas ran for the lead in all four heats but ended up second Curt LeDuc tried to stay in front and keep clean but by the time it as #4 and it all gave him sec.and spot overall in Pro-2. overall in Pro-4 points, shown here taking some weight off his Ford. all over ended up third in Pro-4 points with nary a heat win. to race fans during the weekend. the checkered flag could be spot- urday placed him squarely into the before heading back to the land of flag was out, and there was a bit of Back to the :;portin'; heat number ted from the crow's nest, the rough driver's seat, to become the first of the "cheeseheads". In Pro Lite class confusion regarding which partici-three went to Fortin. A runner up seas had claimed another three ves- several '96 champs to repeat. If not action, Toyota's top mini-trucker pants tl:re flag was directed towards. effort meant Dean's win skein was sels. Charting the winning course for the fact that he was forced to knew going in, that it would be Another vehicle was spotted on its finished, but his overall points lead was Kevin Beaty of Winnebago, IL. race the final lap of Sunday's open- nearly impossible to better his last side and the race was at that point had hardly diminished. Dave Beaty raced to an excellent score ing heat without a left front wheel, California effort. Well, before heat red-flagged. When the field was lin-Bonner of Riverside, CA grabbed in the vehicle previously cam-Wolsey quite pos•sibly could've 1 had progressed very far, nearly im-ing up for the restart, nearly every-the holeshot in the fourth and fi-paigned here by C.J. Mears. Ren- scored a perfect four for four. Bob possible had become impossible. one in attendance did a double take nal Class 1 heat. Fortin was next in nie Awana of Cerritos, CA, finished Wright of Tulelake, CA finished Haunted by the curse of the "in-car when the two race leaders, Greaves hot pursuit, until Bonner grudgingly next in second. That pair was fol-runnerup in heats 1 and 4, and took camera", Greaves smoked a clutch and Kincaid, were sent to the back relinquished the lead. At about that lowed by Kay who took third, and third place in heat 2. Racing to the and was out of the race. You sure of the pack (apparently for a bit too point, the first of two rollovers Stanley Bennett of Crestline, CA heat 3 victory was Bill Dorsey of can't blame the decision maker who much racing while under a yellow brought out the red flags, and that who completed the results of the Tracy, CA. Dorsey placed second felt that Greaves was the best ·flag). It took 'em a while, but just brought Sunday's first main to a main finishers. On Sunday, both of overall and in heat 2, and picked choice to be fitted with a co-driver after the white flag had been halt. Fortin restarted in the lead the Superlites heat wins belonged up a third in the Pilot Class finale. who can film your race and not get thrown, the Toyota teammates and was again in command, when to defending Winter Series champ In the Odyssey Class, there were sick. So with the excitement sur- were again running 1-2. Kincaid the race was red flagged a second Bob Briggs. In the early heat, Briggs a lone pair of starters in heat 1. Las rounding the race's big-cheese was long gone by that time though, time. Jerry Miller, the 1996 Class 5 bolted into the lead and was able Vegas, NV resident Guy Savedra, spoiled, it was up to Jeff Kincaid of and he drew away frQm the field in winner in this event, had a very to dictate the pace throughout. this track's repeat Odyssey Class Argonne, WI to carry all the state's anqther powerful score. Greaves rough ending this time in one of the Rennie Awana remained within Champion, had an unusually rough eggs in one basket. They couldn't completed the exacta, and Gonza-downed vehicles. Meanwhile, on striking distance, and steadily cut outing. Savedra,· along with his have made a butter choice, as lez the trifecta. In their Sunday fi-the front end, Fortin was able to put into Briggs' lead. The ultra tough charmed Godzilla figurine, appar- Kincaid scrambled away from the nale, Gonzalez powered his Ford away Bonner and drew off to a con-Briggs was justtoo much in the end ently couldn't overcome the udders. After plowing his way Ranger into the lead. Greaves how-. vincing score. Dean put in a big late though, as he. maintained a safe clutches of the "Mud Monster". clear, Kincaid simply milked the ever, had dead aim on the leader, charge to outfinish Bonner for the margin and went on to the score. When the "Swamp Thing" swal- lead and easily made hay of the and forged to the front before the second spot. At last, the first of the Awana earned the runnerup lowed up "Guyzilla". Brian field. Rick Huseman of Riverside. first lap had been completed. Be-weekend's kings was crowned. The spot, with Beaty placing back ofhini Hoogeveen of Chino Hills, CA CA finished second in the opener, fore too long, Gonzalez was engaged 1997 Winter Series Class 1 Cham- in third. In their weekend finale, it continued on to an easy score in the followed by Stacey Pike of by Kincaid, and on lap 3 the "Wis-pionship was claimed by Pat Dean. was again two of the West's best opener. Saturday's Odyssey main Kingman, Al in third. In Saturday's consin Win Machines" were out in Fortin's pair of hard fought Sunday taking it to the rest. Briggs and contained even less suspense. Pro Lite main event, Greaves was front and well on their way to the victories was good.for second place Awana squared off one final time, Again it was a Hoogeveen finish- back, and with the luxury of a front sweep. Greaves was at his very best overall, but left him a mere four and it really wasn't close. Once ing on top of the slop, butthis time of the pack start. It probably when it counted most, as the points shy of the winner's total. Briggs had hit the front, the only the trick was turned by brother wouldn't have mattered if Greaves world's premier mini trucker basi-Race 2 was for the Superlites, Pi-real question remaining was the Rick. The Rialto, CA racer's Heat had started on lap 2. Greaves was cally turned the race into a parade. lot and Odyssey classes. Heat 1 for margin of victory. The Alta Loma, 2 victory was even more easily fash- in total command from the outset, J.G. waved to the appreciative fans the Superlites class found a small CA standout completed his Sunday ioned than Brian's. since his was un-as he quickly opened up on the sec-as he made his final approach, be-field of four taking part. The course sweep with relative ease, as he contested from the very start. In ond place vehicle piloted by Indio, fore landing his second straight was not very kind to these racers in romped home and won by a dis- Sunday's heats, the Hoogeveens CA star Ramiro Gonzalez. To make overall "Winter Series Pro Lite the early going. In fact, by the con- tance. Awana· again bested every- completed their weekend sweep. a short story even shorter, Greaves Class Championship". Kincaid clusion of the heat, the score read one but Briggs, to finish in second. The heat 3 contest was ·reduced to took 'em from flagfall to finish, in a raced much too well to place sec-course two (DNF's) and finishers Despite Brigg's pair of Sunday heat a family feud, with Rick taking the race that he won for fun. Gonzalez ond, but unfortunately· for the two. Peter Kujundzich of Upland, wins, the 1997 Winter Series Su- sibling ~valry matchrace. Brian was a non-threatening second all world's second best mini trucker. CA held sway and drove to a smart perlites Class Championship went wasn't cryin' though, 'cuz they still the way, and was followed across there could only be one winner in score. "Peter Kay", as he is known to Peter Kujundzich. There was a had one heat left to go. The two the finish line by Huseman who the Pro Lite class. Another strong in these parts, was one of the "Regu- tie for the runnerup spot overall, as bros departed when heat 4 started. grabbed third. Incidently, as part of effort by Gonzalez secured third lars" at Glen Helen during this both Rennie Awana and Kevin A determined Brian was out there the ESPN 2 coverage of the '97 place in heat and overall results. track's year long short course series. Beaty finished with identical point gunnin', and by the finish, was the Winter Series, it was Kincaid's tum In the Stock Mini class, a quin-Both Kay and runner up Kenny totals. only one runnin'. And thus Brian in this heat, to carry the "in car tet staged for heat 1. Proving best Kendall (also of Upland, CA), In the Pilot class, things were Hoogeveen was declared the Od- camera". So you guessed it, Kincaid in their opening test was Pete seemed to enjoy their "home track very one sided. Clint Wolsey of ysseyClass Champ for the '97 Win- suffered the exact same fate as Saldana of Fontana. Saldana was advantage" and the deep going. Tulare, CA, was in a word, domi- ter Series. Greaves had earlier in Heat 1. In followed across the finish by the Strangely, as the rain grew heavier, nant. Wolsey, the first of the 1996 Race 3 included entrants from their opening heat on Sunday, the second place vehicle driven by the class grew larger (just add wa-Winter Series champs whose titles Classes 7, Pro Lite, and Stock Mini. two talented Toyota teammates Kathy Fay of San Diego, CA. Tim ter?) . There were seven in the were retained though it rained, This race featured the multi-tal- immediately assumed control of the Casey of Brea, CA, and "Wild Bill group when the starter sent the proved a virtual mudlark. C.W. lit-. ented Depere, WI star Johnny race. Huseman, who was running Barnes" of Fullerton, CA finished heat 2 participants sailing. This erally flew in the goo, splashing to Greaves. Greaves was simply un- third at the time, then rolled his third and fourth respectively. Frank crew fared only slightly better than three decisive victories in four beatable in this same race last year, Ranger in the tricky "Wall of Fear" Gilliand of Lawndale, CA com-their first mates had. By the time heats. Wolsey's pair of aces on Sat-as he scored a perfect four bagger, section. Soon thereafter the black pleted the opening heat results. I· had better quickly add that every racer in this Stock Mini class' first heat, completed the opener. While admittedly not the most earth shat"-.,, tering of news items, it's still"a com-pliment to the assembled cast. Es-pecially when you consider the large number of weekend partici-pants who were stalled out by the west conditions presented by the rain, mud, and tricky "Bud's Creek" section of the course .. Only three of these daubers returned for action in heat 2. But there was no doubt joy in mudville, as "Mighty Casey!' came through with a big win. Fay's flashy Ford finished fast for second spot again. Barnes, Glen Helen's '97 series champ, finished the Saturday Clint Wolsey won three of four heats in the Pilot Class and was a repeat champion, Brian Hoogeveen was the class winner in Odyssey. won two of the four heats and main in third. In Sunday action, albeit this one a bit dirtier than last. became the 1997 Champion. Saldan:1 again bested the early heat Page 10 March 1998 Dusty Times

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Kevin Probst swaps paint with Walker Evans and Kevin beat Walker Doug Fortin took two firsts and two thirds for a nice second overall in Jeff St. Peter had a couple of second places on Saturday but try as by one point in the overall standings in Pro-4. the Class 1 points, shown here still slightly clean. he could, the championship was not to be this year. entrants, with Casey placing sec- enough .points to claim the overall line. Despite Krueger's pair of back other one of the "Back to Back cruising the (muddy) strip. Ruddis, ond. Barnes beat out Fay for the runnerup slot for the weekend. to back firsts, the overall class win Winter Series Class Champions". the defending Winter Series third spot. In their final heat, Race four was contested by the · was still up for grabs going into the Krueger just did nip Federico in a champ, again grabbed the second Barnes finished his weekend with 1/2-1600 Short Course and Desert final heat. Emerging victorious in tight race for the overall runnerup spot. Martinez was third, followed a flourish. "Wild Bill" raced to the Classes. This race provided many that heat 4 was Rick Boyer of spot. by the fourth place vehicle piloted heat 4 win, and also improved his local fans with their first glimpse of Bakersfield, CA. Boyer's win was a In the 1/2-1600 Desert class, Jeff by Dale Ebberts of Canyon Lake. points total enough to place second Steve Federico, the much heralded most welcomed sight, especially Martinez of Rosemond, CA raced Dean, who hails from the town that overall. Saldana finished just back young rookie sensation from Illi- considering how ugly his earlier to the opening heat victory. never sleeps, should be very well of Barnes in the same two catego- nois. Federico wasted no time in crash near Bud's Creek- had been. Martinez put in a determined effort versed in dealing with vehicular ries. The big story in the class was a showing that the rave reviews that Bishop came on tenaciously to se- to prove best over Mark Ruddis of traffic. He wowed the crowd with familiar sounding tale. "Mighty Ca- he had been receiving, are indeed cure second, ahead of Rhinehardt Orange, CA. The third place fin- another dazzling performance in act sey" once again becomes part ofleg- well deserved. The talented who placed third. When the points isher was Craig Forrest of Lancaster, 1 of day two. Ebberts ran a strong endary lore, but this hero's clutch Wilmette, IL star raced right into were finally tallied, the overall vie- CA. When the desert set resumed second, ahead of Forest's solid third. performance (unlike the other ver-the winner's circle in his Glen tory went to 1996 Glen Helen battle for heat 2, it was showtime Dean's wins in heats 2 and 3 really sion), is a story of success. Tim Helen debut. Steve Bishop, the "Racer of the Year", Steve Bishop. for one of the Silver State's stars. set the stage for the Desert class fi-Casey's third in heat 4,·earned him de(ending Winter Series champ in The ultra competitive Bishop was J.C. Dean of Las Vegas, NV cashed nale. With all the chips on the the title of "1997 Winter Series this class, closed resolutely from far able to repeat his '96 Winter Series in with an excellent performance table, it was Ruddis who raised the Stock Mini Class Champion". back to finish in second. Mark Class Championship, even without (ala Sigfreid and Roy). Dean was a limit to double or nothing, forcing In Class 7, a trio faced the starter. Steinhardt of Rhinelander, WI was the luxury of a heat win. Helmets tiger on the track and virtually the bluffers to fold. Ruddis not only The broom was out for Saturday's up for third. In the Saturday main, off to Bishop of Riverside, CA, an- made his rivals disappear, while Continued on page 12 two heats, as Jeff Richardson of Mark Krueger of Green Bay, WI Lake Elsinore, CA swept to a pair was leading the pack, when Stein-of fine wins. In both heats, it was hardt rocketed and rolled, forcing runnerup Mike Koenig of Sacra-the race to be red flagged. Krueger mento, CA who followed Richard- restarted in the lead, but was being son past the checkered flag. In Sun- closely pursued. Rafael Navarro of day action, Raul Flores of San Ber- Temecula, CA was able to beat nardino, CA made a big run at the everyone except the race leader. overall victory. The 1997 Glen Krueger held Navarro and his other Helen Class 7 champ rallied gamely rivals at bay, and took the "check-to sweep both heats. Richardson ers" in a game win. Larry Manske took second place both times, of West Allis, WI finished steadily which proved to be the deciding for third. In Sunday's heat 3, Krue-factor. 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Jeff Richardson took two wins on Saturday, two seconds on Sunday and with it came the Class 7 Championship. Marl< Ruddis won one heat and placed well enough in the other three to take the 1/ 2-1600 Desert Class Championship. stole the heat and the show with his timely win, but also the overall victory. Add the name of Mark Rud dis to that growing list of" 1997 Winter Series Repeat Class Cham-pion". Jeff Martinez lost a real heart-breaker, when he placed second in the finale and overall (by only three points). Even closer was Forest's one-point decision over Dean, who he nipped for third in heat and overall results. Race 5 was contested by a strong field of thirteen entrants from the Super 1600 class. The early laps were tough on everyone, especially the scorekeeping crew. Identifying the vehicles was harder than win-ning the lottery, as they all looked nearly the same. Three brown ve-hicles were up in front of the oth-ers for about half of the heat. Of course, whether or not their order had changed was unknown. And very similar looking brown vehicles could be spotted all over the track. I think somewhere deep beneath the fresh coating of mud, were the number plates belonging to Scott Schwalbe, Phil Goudie, and Cory Witherill. Those top three (I be-lieve) continued to wallow in the mire, until Goudie was slowed by a flat front tire. Schwalbe of Rhinelander, WI emerged with the lead, and simply wouldn't be denied in his quest to succeed. Following Schwalbe past the finish was John Holmes of Riverside, CA, who came on strongly to grab the runnerup spot. Wes Elrod of Gilroy, CA finished next in third and Jimmy Nichols of Alpine, CA fol-lowed in fourth. In the Saturday main, it was all Tommy Bradley. The defending Winter Series Su-per 1600 champ administered quite a sound thrashing to his rivals, win-ning as he pleased. Goudie raced gamely in taking second, while Holmes' late charge this time earned him a third placing. Ron Brookshire of Santee, CA was next across the line, touching Schwalbe out of fourth. When this group re-Page 12 sumed action on Sunday, it was Larry Goudie of Mountain Terrace, WA who was quickest (and bright-est) off the line. Witherill of Santa Monica, CA and Richard Ronco of Phoenix, AZ were stalking the leader from just off the pace. Around the halfway point of the race, Bradley and Jeff St. Peter ral-lied up into contention. The two eventually wore down Gourlie and forged to the front. In the end, it was again Bradley proving much the best. St. Peter was a solid second, followed by L. Goudie who checked in third. In the Super 1600 finale, Goudie and Witherill got the jump on their rivals. Bradley got tagged and spun around a short time later, and his overall win chances were looking pretty dim. He recovered and rejoined the field, but was in some serious need of help. Witherill meanwhile, had opened a sizeable lead over Goudie and Ronco, who both struggled to keep pace. A short time later, Ronco rolled and caught fire, necessitating a full course yellow. The field was then held for a restart, which was the big break that Bradley had needed so badly. The extra-tough Witherill still refused to be beat, and he took home the win in that fourth and final heat. It was Bradley however who really finished best, and he was flat out flyin' as he blew past the rest. "Lady Luck" most definitely rode with # 10 in Sunday's main event, as the Las Vegas, NV star hit the jackpot for the second straight year. Congrats to "Rad Brad" and his entire team, on their super (1600) Winter Series Cham-pionship repeat. St. Peter, Brook-shire, and Holmes completed the top five positions in the final heat. St. Peter (second), Holmes (third), and Schwalbe & Elrod (tied for fourth) completed the top five po-sitions overall. As the contestants for race 6 made their way out onto the course, veteran announcer Bruce Flanders knowingly suggested that fans Steve Bishop didn't win a heat during the weekend but his high consistent finishes got him his second 1 /2-1600SC championship. Tommy Bradley won two of the four heats in Super 1600 and he went on for the class championship, shown here leading the way. Probst of New Leaox, IL for third, while Evans was plagued by all kinds of trouble in the opener. In their Saturday rematch, it was quite a different story. The inverted start rule in effect, relegated Jack to the back of the pack. Evans meanwhile, started near the front, and "The Legend" took full advantage of it. The "Celebrity Icon" took center stage and put on a show for the ages. Probst held the early advantage for about two laps, until he was slowed by a flat tire. Evans took over com-mand at that point, and with an in-credible burst of speed, he left his Pro-4 rivals in his wake. Flannery made a valiant attempt to snatch the win from behind. His sustained rally found him steadily picking off three of the four racers who had started in front of him. But Evans rolled sevens, leaving the rest of the field at the don't pass line. In the goo of heat 2, the red, white, and blue flew. A long overdue blast from the past, for both Riverside's and California's most accomplished off road superhero. Evans' vintage romp was very special to those of us racing fans who've followed "The Legend" since seemingly the (Re)discovery of the wheel. By the way, Flannery's courageous effort of his own in heat 2, was deserving of much better than the second spot which he settled for. Another bit of tough luck struck Curt LeDuc in this same heat. LeDuc was gob-bling up .the ground and challeng-ing for the lead, when he encoun-' ·. tered a stalled vehicle on his way ., up animal leap. Rather than driv-ing that helpless racer into orbit (and the nasty gorge below), LeDuc unsuccessfully searched for an al-ternate line and was forced back down the face of the hill. This gentlemanly act of compassion cost LeDuc all chance for victory, but it also spoke volumes of the class and nobility of this truest of sportsman. Probst finished heat 2 in third and was followed by Douglas. In the Sunday opener, and third matchup of the weekend for the Pro-4 cast, the five racers came off the line as one. It really looked quite a bit like one of those precision flying forma-tions as the field sped by the stands. Out of tum one, Probst emerged with a narrow lead. Something was clearly amiss with Evans as he sud-denly dropped out of contention. Probst stubbornly held onto the lead until Flannery seemed to grow impatient and gently nudged the race frontrunner slideways. Probst did well to recover, but by then both Flannery and LeDuc had slipped past him. From that point on it looked like a replay of the opener, as Flannery outraced LeDuc to the line for his second heat win of the weekend. LeDuc's steady runnerup effort kept Probst in the third slot, and Douglas fin-ished fourth ahead of Evans. In the Pro-4 finale, Probst once again was quickest off the line. He spent most of the race gamely turning back one challenge after another. Both Dou-glas and LeDuc made repeated at-tempts to get by Probst, who was life and death to hang on. Finally, after the majority of the heat 4 laps had been completed, Probst suc-cumbed to Douglas' relentless pres-sure. Douglas powered clear of him late, and went on to an impressive victory. Probst was an ultra-game second in a gritty performance, and Flannery followed the Quick 'n Bright star across the finish. The overall win undoubtedly belonged to Jack Flannery. Jack was "King", and there was nary a soul to dis-pute it. Despite a number of back of the pack starts, Flannery raced to a pair of heat wins, a second, and a third. It was a truly superb per-formance, turned in by the "1997 Winter Series Pro-4 Champion". The overall Pro-4 results were Flan-nery, Douglas, LeDuc, Probst, and Evans. But they were all winners, and so too were the fans who wit-nessed their magnificent perfor-mance. Also taking part in Race 6 on should begin planning their escape routes, in the event that one of these "mechanical missiles" should stray in their direction. It was time for the Pro-4 (Class 4) monsters to strut their stuff. The understand-ably excited throng grew increas-ingly intense as each of the five Pro-4 combatants appeared. While ad-mittedly modest in terms of quan-tity, this group had no peers in terms of its quality. Walker Evans, Jack Flannery, Curt LeDuc, Scott Douglas, and Kevin Probst were readied for takeoff. The large crowd came to their feet as the countdown began. With the wave of his green flag, starter Steve Larson declared war, and real then became unreal. The ground rumbled, the hills shook, and the air filled with heavy-metal thunder. At that very instant, as if on cue, a bolt of lightning flashed across Glen Helen's stormy sky. It was followed by the deafen-ing roar of a mega herd of powerful wild horses. The huge crowd stood and stared in shocked disbelief, but the danger had apparently passed. Then, from the distance, the sound began to grow louder again. As the vehicles raced into view on the far side of the course, I could see that Jack Flannery was out in front. When the pack rocketed past the grandstands, completing their first lap, it all suddenly made sense. The lightning bolt that I had seen flash by, was the orange one painted on Flannery's Chevy. And what I had thought was a mega herd of power-ful wild horses, had been the wild mega-horsepower of Pro-4 racers that I heard. Adding to my confu-sion, was a truly unbelievable per-formance by Flannery in heat 1. The Wisconsin Dells, WI superstar was absolutely brilliant, as he made every lap a winning one. J.F. bolted into the lead and literally flew to victory. Curt LeDuc looked ultra impressive as well, as the Cherry Valley, CA resident powered his way to a solid second place finish. Douglas of El Cajon, CA beat out Sean McKenzie won the last heat in Class BS but his other high finishes earned him the class championship. March 1998 Dusty Times

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Rennie Awana had a bunch of seconds in the mud and he ended up Kevin Beaty managed a first and two third place finishes and that tied Jeff Kincaid also won two of the four heats in Pro-Lite but could only amass enough points for second overall in the class. tied for second in points in the Superfites Class. him for second in points in the Superfites. Saturday's card was Class BS. An- doubt left him with an extremely ise Wittman and Stein meanwhile, other modest field of five was all set, messy grill to clean after the race-. were involved in a battle of their including the defending Winter Se-With a lone defection, there were own for third. Completing his Sat-ries class champ Sean McKenzie of four entrants for Saturday's second urday sweep, McComas held off Pacific Palisades, CA. Mike McCo- heat. The song remained the same, McKenzie and secured the victory. mas of Hemet, CA also figured to as McComas and McKenzie duked Wittman beat Stein to the line to be extra tough, especially since he it out again on the front end. Den- earn third place. On Sunday the BS was piloting the only 4WD vehicle in the class. The two ''Big Mac's" looked hungry for the win, from the instant the starter ordered them to go. McComas held the early advan-tage, but both he and McKenzie were really cookin'. A whopper of a duel developed, as the two raced through the thick sauce. By the halfway point, two of the 8S entrees had dropped from the heat. That left Marc Stein of San Diego, CA all alone in third place. McComas meanwhile was sizzling in the lead, with McKenzie doing his best to ketchup. McComas proved too hot to handle and won the opener. McKenzie was tough in a job well done, but tasted defeat nonethe-less. Stein was third behind the "Big Brian Collins had an easy weekend in the mud as he took his second Champion Mac's" the entire way, which no Truck Class points win, two years in a row. """"''W""""""""'"""W!\K'f"•--'Wf'! Flamingo Road & The Strip 888-227-2279 Tropicana Ave. & Arville 800-675-3267 racers were moved into a heat of tually took over command. The their own, and that obviously Scottsdale, AZ diamond held sway agreed with Wittman. In their day to register the victory. It was a great 2 opener, McKenzie grabbed the win for Wittman and no doubt a holeshot and took an early lead. real confidence builder. In their Wittman however, remained Sunday finale, "Dynamite Dan within striking distance and even-Continued on page 14 Greg Herbold ran through the mud at the Glen and took the Class 5 points championship home to Colorado. 1 I I I . , i 1 I i West Flamingo & Valley Vie:_J 888-402-6278 "'><-,,w.,v.v _,..,,......,,,.,,,..,.._ w>:<..-.¼-1'-A-.-V.,,,_.,.,~-_o,...., Dusty Times March 1998 Page 13

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Bill Barnes won heat four and gathered enough points to take second Mike Koenig's truck is awfully clean and his near the front running got Mark Kruger took a pair of wins in 1/2-1600SC and ended up just five place in the Stock Mini Championship run. him second spot in the Class 7 Championship. points out of the class championship. Cannon" of Covina, CA was back into the goo, and that basically clear and was having some fun. the Las Vegas, NV resident smoked the checkers flew. Bustamante this on track, after being forced to sit meant his weekend was through. McKenzie was a tiger on this course his phantom foes just as casually as time was chased home by David out heats 2 and 3. Cannon quickly No longer possessing the ability to all year long, and he was even he does when they're real. Collins Anckner of Grand Terrace. Anck-established a clear lead as he pow- steer, all Cannon could do was wait tougher when loose on the lead. was the 1996 Winter Series Class 1 ner was the '97 Glen Helen 5-1600 ered his way through the (Bermuda 'til next year. McKenzie inherited Halfway through the heat, McCo- Champion, so let's call it a repeat champ, as well as the '96 Winter Triangle?) "Bud's Creek" area. Un- the lead about halfway through lap mas seemed to be losing power. of sorts, despite the lack of compe- Series class champ. Jeffrey Hantz of fortunately, Cannon too was drawn one, and he immediately raced Wittman and Stein were resigned tition. Lake Elsinore, CA was the third Mario Bustamante won three of the four heats in 5-1600 and was the undisputed class champion during the Glen mud and rain competition. to settling the issue of who would Race 7 was contested by Classes place finisher, followed in fourth by be the runnerup. Eventually Stein 5, 5-1600, 9, and 11. In Class 5, it Sean Bennett of Crestline, CA and emerged victorious from that fight, was the weekend's other walkover. in fifth by Paul Borio of but by that time McKenzie had Craig Herbold of Ignacio, CO was Westminster, CA. In their opener raced out of sight. Sean was gone, in a class by himself, and scored the on Sunday, there was a field of four literally. McKenzie had already easiest of wins. slated for action. As the field drove taken the checkered flag and was In Class 5-1600 action, a quar-to the finish, it was the yellow and nearly back to the pits, before the tet faced the starter for heat 1. blue colors of "Team Borio" taking second place dispute was officially Mario Bustamante of La Puente, the checkered flag. Borio spoiled settled. "Big Mac" had one monster CA grabbed the opening holeshot. Bustamante's hopes of sweeping all season in '97. He captured the Glen Bustamante was Glen Helen's 1996 four heats, as he forced "Super Helen Class 8S Championship. He Class 5-1600 champ, and he looked Mario" to settle for second place. successfully defended ·his 1996 his old self as he separated himself Anckner finished third and Ben-Winter Series Class BS Champion-from the remaining trio. By the con- nett next in fourth. In the Class 5-ship. And here he put roughly clusion of the heat, Rubin Torres 1600 finale, Ancknerwas clear and three-quarters of a lap between of Long Beach, CA was the only in total command, with Borio next himself and his final race competi-other competrtion. Credit but still well behind. Borio then got tion! Congratulations "Big Mac" on Bustamante with the win and slideways and off of the course, a most fitting finish to a spectacu- Torres with the runnerup placing. which bumped Bustamante up into lar year. The field had grown to five for their the second spot. Anckner appeared Brian Collins was the only en-heat 2, but the winner was still to have the win well in hand as he trant in the Pro Truck class, and dressed in black when the flag with AVAILABLE SIZES & RATES: - 1.875" I.D. / 50 to 600 lb. - 2.000" I.D. / 250 to 2200 lb. - 2.250" I.D. / 150 to 4200 lb. - 2.500" I.D. / 85 to 1000 lb. - 3.000" I.D. / 200 to 600 lb. - NASCAR Conventionals. - Special Applications. Page 14 March 1998 Dusty Tin1es

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Steven Federico came west from Illinois and won the first heat and Jeff Martinez won the first 1/2-1600 Desert Class heat and his other Jeff St. Peter had enough consistent high finishes to take second overall in points in Super 1600 at the muddy Glen. earned enough points for third spot overall in 1/2-1600SC finishes got him the silver medal in points. was making one final trek around Rhinehart finished back of the Robert Harryman. In heat 1, the track on the white flag lap. As Rhinelander resident to place second. Hanyrnan grabbed the holeshot and he cleared the sweeper for the final Kelty was next in third, followed was off to the early lead. But at the time, Anckner suddenly appeared again by Weers who was fourth, with finish, it was Sletten who took the to be slowing rapidly. In the shadow Stone completing the Saturday scor- checkered flag. Sletten, the defend-of the finish line, Anckner rolled ing. Mathews obviously found the ing Winter Series class champ, had to a stop. A mere twenty or so yards heat 2 win to his liking, so he nixed things his way all weekend long. In from the finish, Bustamante could the niners again in Sunday's heat 3. heat 2, it was more of the same, as hardly believe his good fortune as Kelty kept his title hopes alive with Sletten again raced to the victory. In he rounded the final tum and saw another good second place drive. Sunday's opening heat, Sletten this Anckner sitting motionless in the Stone improved to grab third slot, and time took off in the lead, but the center of the track. Bustamante led Mandy Dixon of Las Vegas, NV change in tactics sure didn't change only the final twenty yards or so of joined in and finished fourth. Weers the result. Hanyrnan never reached th e finale, but that was good took fifth and Michael Hintz of contention, while at ~imes laboring enough for the win. Borio came Green Bay, WI completed the pack. like a bug stuck in a roach motel. In around to place second, and that With the class championship on the the Class 11 finale, Sletten completed was where that story ended. line, they took the track one. final his4-heatsweepandalsosuccessfully Bustamante was a clear-cut winner time. And again the two "Rhine's" defended his "1996 Winter Series of the overall Winter Series Class pulled away from the nines. Rhine- Championship". 5-1600 Championship, with Borio hart saved bis best forlast, as he pow-The final two classes took part next in second, followed by the ered to his only heat win in the fi-in race 8. Those participating were tough luck Anckner in third. nale. Mathews finished second ahead from the Unlimited Truck Class Class 9 had an opening field of of Kelty, and that proved the differ- (Class 13) and the Pro-2 class six racers in the lineup. Racing to ence in overall results. Stone and (Class 8). In the Unlimited Truck the heat 1 win was John Kelty of Hintz completed the heat scoring. class, the opening heat had a field Lake Elsinore, CA. Scott Weers of Keltygaveitagame run, but the over-of five staged for battle.The week-Orange, CA also raced well to take all "Winter Series Class 9 Champion" end show in this. class quickly be-second, followed by the third place was Glen Mathews, by a scant four came a race within a race. That vehicle piloted by Lance Rhinehart points. Kelty placed runnerup, with duel featured the duo ofJason Tay-of San Jose, CA Glen Mathews of Rhinehart, Stone, Weers, Hintz and lor of Hemet, CA and Evan Evans Rhinelander, WI and Craig Stone Dixon finishing in that order over-of Riverside, CA These two ultra-of Corona, CA finished fourth and all.. touch performers both looked ter-fifth respectively. In Saturday's In Class 11, a matchrace was on rific, as they slugged it out from the rematch, Glen Mathews started near tap, featuring Glen Helen's "1996 opening bell. Evans won the open-the front and finished in the front. Class Champion" Dennis Sletten and ing decision, but not by very much. TRANSAXLE ENGINEERING CONGRATULATIONS JERRY WHELCHEL WINNER OF THE FIRST TWO PACE U.S. OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP RACES Transaxle Engineering pays $200.00 contingency in most classes at all major off road races. We service all types of transmissions from Class 1 automatics to Class 9 swing axles. We also provide in-house Magnaflux for ALL your race car parts. Please contact Transaxle Engineering for further information. Transaxle Engineering Jeff Field Page 16 818-998-2739 · 9833 Deering Avenue -Unit H Chatsworth, CA 91311 March 1998 Taylor raced well, but was forced to settle for second best. The third place finisher was Scott Conaway of Cucamonga, CA Todd Wittman of Scottsdale, AZ and Dwight Greene of Poway, CA completed the heat 1 results. In their Satur-day rematch, Taylor held the early advantage and repeatedly turned back determined challengers by Evans. A not so funny thing hap-pened to Taylor on his way to win-ning heat 2. "The Sweeper", which is the final tum, was the spot on the very last lap, where Taylor made his only mistake. And did it ever prove costly. He came in just a bit too hot, and an opportunistic Evans slipped inside to steal the vic-tory. An absolutely heartbreaking loss, in a race that Taylor really de-served to win . Wittman also grabbed the pass, to snatch the sec-ond spot away from Taylor. Scott Conaway completed the order of the finishing vehicles from heat 2. In Sunday's opening match, the dy-namic duo were immediately at each other's throats. As seemed to b.e the pattern for the weekend, Taylor held the early advantage, but ,Evans was first to the finish. Wittman was third this time, fol-lowed by Conaway. In their finale, Evans' win was never in doubt, as he breezed to the victory. Taylor, meanwhile, had some mechanical problems that found him spending part of the race in the "hot pit" area of the infield. When Taylor came bolting out of that pitting area near the end of the race, his frustrating weekend neared its fitting conclu-sion. Todd Wittman was roaring by the grandstands, just as Taylor was jumping back into the mix. The re-sultant impact was tremendous, as Wittman blasted Taylor at full speed. Although both racers con-tinued on for awhile, it was a per-fectly dreadful ending to a disap-pointing weekend for Taylor, who really deserved a better fate than he received. Evans' perfect four-bagger gave him both a repeat {'96 Class 13) and a sweep, in addition to the 1997 "Winter Series Unlim-ited Truck Championship". The Pro-2 class also raced in the day's eighth event. All eyes were fixed upon the def ending "Heavy Metal Champion" Jimmie Johnson. Johnson, if you'll recall, proved "Best in the West" in last year's thrilling second annual renewal. The reigning "Top Gun" of the Winter Series was aiming to better that three win effort, with a four bullet sendoff in this duel. His '98 sights had already been set on switching to competition in the as-phalt racing circuit, following completion of this event. The gun-slinger turned mudslinger for his Glen Matthews won two of the four heats in Class 9 and with his other good finishes he won the class championship at the Glen. Dennis Sletten was a perfect "four", winning all the heats and taking his second Class 11 Winter Series Championship. Dusty Times

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Paul Borio did have his problems but he finished well enough to take second in points in Class 5-1600. John Kelty won the first Class 9 heat and finished well enough in the The worst weather possible didn't keep the fans from seeing some other heats to take second in class championship points. fantastic racing at the Off road Winter Series. historic goodbye to the ,sport, -and Johnson got down in a blaze of glory. Each of the four Pro-2 class heats had two things in common. First, each was .contested by the same four racers, Adam Daffner (Las Vegas, NV), Brendan Gaugh-an (Riverside, CA), Dan Vanden Heuvel (Appleton, WI), and Johnson (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA). And secondly, all four were won by Johnson. "Double J" shot holes (not holeshots) in his foes, but they made him work for it. Vanden Heuvel, as always seems to be the case, was superb, even absent any heat victories. He gave Johnson a stiff challenge in each of their heats, and always represents a most for-midable opponent every time he's suited up for action. Thrice he fin-ished second to Johnson, before placing · third in their finale and earning runnerup overall. Brendan Gaughan spent nearly as much time dicing with Johnson as the runnerup did. Gaughan played the role of the rabbit for the Pro-2 set, nearly all weekend. His frontrunning much as I did reliving it for you. I must in that virtual monsoon. When the tactics landed Gaughan in the over- offer a sincere thank you to every- last of the cars in front of me pulled all third spot, and his final scorecard one associated with this great event, away, I saw this poor guy standing in was a mirror image of Vanden including sponsors Exxon/Superflo, the middle of the (river) roaddirect-Heuvel's. This third edition of the and the entire staffs of both C.O.RR. ing traffic. That "gentleman" was Bud Winter Series was clearly a showcase and Glen Helen Raceway Park. A Feldkamp. I was genuinely impressed for the richly talented Mr. Johnson. huge thanks goes to the finest team and touched by the caring soul of this The ultra cool Johnson showed poise of announcers that I have ever had far beyond his 22 years of age. He the privilege of working with, Greg patiently bided his time in each of the Soaper, Bruce Flanders, and Scott heats, while awaiting the most oppor- · Rain. Special thanks also go to Olga tune moment to make his winning Vernon and Bekki Wikel for their move. J.J. seemed to grow more con- assistance. To J.C. of Dusty Times, fident with each win as well. When thanks for your kindness. If I find Vanden Heuvel and Gaughan were that I've missed anyone, I'll sure feel swapping paint in the final Pro-2 heat, rotten, so my final thanks goes to the two were simply paving the road Jean C., you are definitely not for-for Johnson's repeat. Christmas had gotten! come early for jolly young St. Jimmie. In closing, a deserving salute goes And as Johnson blasted through the to Mr. Bud Feldkamp, Glen Helen's soup and roared out of sight, he gave CEO. As I made my way out of the · off road fans a memorable gift to for-park in a torrential downpour, the ever hold tight. Congratulations and line of departing vehicles stretched thank you to Jimmie Johnson, the the few miles from the exit to the free-1997 Pro-2 and overall Winter Se-way onramp. I patiently inched for-ries Champion. ward, and repeatedly thought about man, who obviously wanted to make sure that all attendees of the '97 Win-ter Series had a safe trip home. From at} embarrassingly-dry "Rain-soaked Ron", to an extremely damp Mr. Feldkamp, you're truly in a class of your own. ■ I hope all you readers out there how glad I was to be inside my car enjoyed the racing action, at least as thawing out, rather than out there Evan Evans swept all four heats in the Unlimited Truck Class, repeating his feat of last year, and being champ twice is nice. HONDA . Power · .. Equipment. KAWAGUCHtHONDACOR~ POWER TO_~-V Racer· and Spectator Discounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PURPOSE E NGINES • WATER PUMPS •LAWNMOWERS • 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! DELIVERY TO TIIE RACES AV AIL.ABLE • PJ.EA5E CALL AHEAD KAWAGUCHI HONDA 3532 E. 3RD Si: Las~ CA 9CXJ63 • 213.264.3936, 264.SSSS FAX 264.2136 I : { •) ~ f • Jj - ,~~,s~: S A L E S , S E R V I C E , P A R T S • HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST Power Nothings easier. Equipment Dusty Times March 1998 Page 17

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FRT DUNAWAY DASH YEAR END BLOWOUT Mike· Julson overall Winner By Judy Smith Photos: C&C Race Photos Mike Julson had a trouble free day, led the entire race, sei fast lap and took home $1500 for his efforts in Unlimited Class at the Dunaway Dash. · Mike Julson led all the way in his_ six cylinder Toyota powered Jimco to take the season-end win at the FRT Dunaway Dash in Plaster City West. With an influx of purse money from a cadre of sponsors, the FRT attracted 55 entries to the New Year's Eve celebration, and every class got a portion of the added purse. The special year end spon- . sors were Palomar Communica-tions, McMillin Realty, Bud's and Son Trucking, Major Perfor-mance, Saasta Chevron, Kenny's Construction Sweepers, J&S Power Cleaning Service, Brook-shire MotorSports, G. Scott As-phalt Repair, Robert Prayther's Watercraft and Hernquist and Associates. The FRT always likes to make the best of a day in the desert, and one good way is to throw two races on the same course. They had the 120 motorcycles and quads start their race early in the morning so they'd be all done by noon when the cars were ready to go. It was perfect racing weather, sunny and warm, and the desert was still a little damp from the Craig Stewart had no trouble winning Class B in the Protrucl< Dodge and finished seventh overall as well. rain. a day or so beforehand. The Class 10 cars got to start up front courtesy of their win last year at this event. And right smack in front of the pack was Andrew Wehe in his Jimco. He was still there when he'd finished his first lap, and he had a lead of about 53 seconds after recording the fast lap for the class at 28:} 7. Chris Harrold ran second in his Honda powered Jimco, 24 sec-onds in front of Kevin Basore in a conventional suspension car. Wehe stayed out in front, and at the end of the second lap he had a minute and 26 seconds on Harrold, with Basore just 24 sec-onds behind him still. Gary Hamlin and Steve Mamer, who'd been fourth, broke a power steer-ing servo valve on the second lap, and called for their trailer. Joseph Flores, who'd had such a good run at the previous race, was also out on the second lap. But Wehe was having no trouble at all, and he completed his third lap with a lead of three minutes. He hopped out and put his co-driver, Darnen Jefferies, behind the wheel. Jefferies, who will be his partner through the '98 sea-son, was still celebrating having won the overall and 1/2-1600 SCORE season championship for '97. This was his first race in a Andy Wehe shared the driving chores with Darnen Jefferies and they were an unbeatable combination, leading Class 10 all the way. Class 10 car, and in fact, it was the first time he'd driven this car. l:fe'd had just one short pre-run on the course, which he'd never seen before either, and he did that at night, in the dark. In second behind them it was still Harrold, but he'd dropped back a bit as his transmission began to stick in third gear. Basore was now nine minutes behind him after some problem, and nearly a full hour further back were Danny Ashcraft and Dave Mason in their Porter/ Penhall, also apparently having major trouble. Jefferies came around at the end of the fourth lap still in the lead, with Harrold a little over two minutes back as his transmission continued to degrade. Basore was still about eight minutes back, and Ashcraft and Mason continued to struggle. Jefferies held the lead, and was eight minutes up on Ba-sore who'd moved to second as Harrold had more and more trouble with his trans and fell to third place. Jefferies drove steadily to the fin-ish, to get a win the first time he tried a Class 10 car. He was laugh-ing and gleeful, and definitely looking forward to his new ride. Basore had the kind of luck that Wehe had at this race in the past, and broke a spindle on the last lap, so Harrold, who was now driving with no first or third gear, moved back to second place. Ashcraft and Mason were a dis-tant third, over an hour later. Wehe said the course was "all whoops", and he ran his car wide open on them, even though some of them hurt. Jefferies concurred about the whoops hurting. Lim-ited classes thought it was a tough course. The Unlimited cars went off the line next, and Mike Julson went right to the front. He was cel-ebrating the holiday in a big way, and already had a minute and a half on second place Chuck Hovey in a Raceco. Hovey thought he'd have his new Aceco out for this event, but it wasn't quite ready. In third it was Reuben Wood and Rick Geiser in a Type IV powered J irnco. Mark McMillin, running his Por-sche powered Chenowth ran fourth. Julson built his lead to almost three minutes by the end of the sec-ond lap, and it was Mark McMillin in second now. Wood and Geiser ran third, 13 seconds behind him, and Hovey, having brake problems, had dropped to fourth. He'd also lost his fifth gear. On the third lap Julson ticked off the fast lap for the day, at 26.49, and his lead grew to over four and a half minutes. Mc-Millin still ran second, and now his dad, Corky, was third, and Hovey ran fourth. Wood and Geiser came back to the pits on a tow rope. A couple of unlimited trucks had elected to run in this class, but both were out early. Tim Lawrence and Robert Wagner broke an axle on their Ford, and Marty Coyne lost his Ford's timing chain. Julson, who said he'd been "work-ing with the front shocks", was hav-ing a lot of fun out there. He stopped only to dump ten gallons of fuel, and at the end of four laps was close to five minutes up. Mark McMillin was still second, and Brian Ewalt, who took over for Corky, was in third, wishing their car was lighter for this course. Ewalt had made their passenger get.out, and they ran with a light fuel load to save as much weight as possible. Hovey, who was having to slide down in the seat and reach a looong way to get any brake pedal at all, was in fourth. Julson just stormed along followed by McMillin and then Ewalt and Hovey, and they went on in that order to the finish. Julson took the overall win, with McMillin second and second overall. Ewalt and Mc-Millin were third, with Hovey in fourth. Josh Waddell and Damien Mavis, in a Goodsell/Waddell, were fifth, about another half hour down, and last in the class to finish. Next to take the green flag were the big trucks. There were only two of them entered, and it wasn't go-ing to be Jody Mason's day. He lost Vic Bruckmann teamed with Dean Bayerle to lead the entire race in Class 1/2-1600, have no troubles at all and pocketing $1800 for his run. Ricky and Joey Kern took the lead in Class 100 on the second lap and there they remained for a nice win on a trouble free day. · his transmission on the first lap, so he sent a pit person in to El Centro to the Ford Dealership to buy a new one. Then they installed it and he got one lap completed, using up nearly five hours altogether. On the other hand, Craig Stewart, in the Dodge Protruck that Ryan Thomas piloted so successfully in SCORE's '97 series, had a lot of fun though he was actually working. Stewart, who works with his dad, Ivan, at Protrucks, which is where the spec trucks are made and sold, was here Continued cin page 20 Page 18 March 1998 Dusty Times

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the day before the race with ·the car ready to go, was now in fifth. (Webster's been known to ride to the race on the trailer on race morning, while putting finishing touches on the car.) Currier and Tegur lost about 15 minutes this lap when the car tipped up on its side and they had to get help to get going again. Bayerle kept the car in front of the group, but Estrada and Bennett ran outofluck and became the only car in the class to fail to finish. Watson was still just a little over two min-utes back, and now Webster was third and Landry and Franklin fourth, with Steve and John LaPutz fifth in their Chenowth. Kevin Graves drove his neat looking Jimco to the Class 9 win, leading all the way and suffering no ills throughout the race. Beyerle was really charging, but so Scott Young led Class 7 all the way. had no problems during the race and won by almost an hour and a half in time. was Watson. But Watson pushed 59 seconds on Jeff Bennett and it a little too hard, and turned over. Andy Estrada in their Jimco. Tom In fact, he made that error two Watson had his Jimco in third, nine times, so intent was he on catching seconds later, followed by Bob Bruckmann and Bayerle. This time Landry and Jeff Franklin, in an- he had to radio for help to get back other Jimco, 29 seconds further on his wheels. He was still second, back. In fifth it was John Currier with Webster third just 30 seconds and Joey Tegur in a Lothringer, behind him. Landry and Franklin another 26 seconds out, and only held on to fourth, while the LaPutz two minutes and three seconds be- team ran fifth. to test some parts being considered for use on the trucks in the future. He lost his brakes for a bit, but oth-erwise had a good run, and fmished seventh overall. The 1/2-1600 cars were next to take off, and when they came around again it was Vic Bruckmann in front in his Chenowth, with just NEW ADVENTURES IN OFF-ROAD RACING TONOPAH 1130011 APRIL 17, 18, 19. 1998 "AN EPIC NEVADA OFF-ROAD RACE" SILVER STATE 1130011 = JUNE 26, 27. 28, 1998 "THE MOST SCENIC OFF-ROAD RACE IN THE WORLD" "VEGAS TO RENO"== OCTOBER 1,2.3,4. 1998 "THE LONGEST OFF-ROAD RACE IN THE UNITED STATES" "TERRIBLE'S TOWN 1125011 = DECEMBER 4.5.6, 199 "THE RICHEST OFF;-ROAD RACE IN NEVADA" *THE BEST OF THE BEST* GOOD/'iEAII MOTORCYCLES QUADS TRUCKS CARS --:'• RAC/NG ll'fl,.FIIEI.:•= 1:allstate::' Rt!f.!'l. ._ car rental -!lJ!fflN !lll.l!lll FOR MORE INFORMATION SPORTMOTORCYCLES BESTiruTHE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION , 3475C BOULDER HWY. LAS VEGAS, NV 89121 (702)457.5775 FAX (702} 641•2431 www.bitd.com Page 20 March 1998 hind the lead·car. Everyone in the Bayerle must have felt the pres-class made it around. sure, because on the sixth lap he Bruckmann continued to lead recorded the fast lap for this class through the second lap and at 32:20, and brought in a win for Watson stepped up the pace to the team. Watson was second, and move into second place. In third Webster third, only ten seconds it was Bennett and Estrada, fol- later. All reported trouble free lowed by the Landry/Franklin races, except for Watson's upsets. team, and then Currier and In Class 100, which started next, Tegur. Bruckmann was still lead- the first lap lead belonged to Rich-ing at the end of the third lap, but ard Burnworth in a Chenowth. He now his shoulder, which he'd in- had a lead ofless than a minute on jured while pre-running on a mo- Ricky and Joey Kern in their torcycle, was hurting. He got out Kernco. In third it was Ken to let co-driver Dean Bayerle take Hargrove and Tom Ferguson in a over for the rest of the day. Funco. Estrada and Bennett had moved On the second lap the Kerns back up to second, just under two moved into the lead, with two sec-. minutes back, and Watson was 12 onds on Burnworth. Hargrove and seconds behind them, driving Ferguson broke. Now Bill Wesley solo. Landry and Franklin were and Jim Zinn moved into third in fourth and Scott Webster, who'd their Baja Bug, which they call a surprised himself and those who W-Z-1. At the end of the third lap know him by actually showing up it was still the Kerns in front, after ~---..,:....----'----"'--=--------Jack Hettinger and Jeff Zinn were the only car to finish their four laps in the Sportsman Class even though they had front suspension problems. Chris Harrold ran in second spot in Class 1 O most of the race, fighting a balky transmission for a lot of the time. Dusty Times \

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Elisandro Lee and Angel Barajas ran hard and in spite of only Mark McMillin flew across the desert in pursuit of first in Class 1, but Tom Watson put his good looking car on its head twice during the having a few gears on the last lap they made the podium in second it was not to be and Mark finished second at the Dunaway Dash. race but he still managed a great second place in Class 1/2-1600. _in_C_l_a_ss_ 9. __________________ _ recording the fast lap for the class minute lead at the end of the fourth Bignell recorded the fast lap for the front hub at the beginning of his at 32:31. Now Burnworth was a lap. The other teams continued to class at 41:27, which was overkill, third lap, and lost about 40 min-little over two minutes back, with follow in the same order. And it because they were now 40 minutes utes with repairs. That put the Wesley, who was driving his first went like that to the end. Graves in front of Andrus and Contreras. Taylors into second place, and race, and Zinn, in third still. Only took the win, reporting no trouble, Deen and Bignell took the win, now Rod Fantelli moved to third one other team, Dave Collier and but saying that it was a "hard" with Orellano and Delgadillo in in his Ford. Ed Fries, were still moving, but they course for this class. Yee, who was second place, while the unlucky On the fourth lap, with Young were hours off the pace. down to only first and fourth gear Andrus and Contreras ran out of still runn-i.ng strong, Davin The Kerns were having a fine day, for the last lap, finished in second gas on the last lap and didn't get Brigman and Eric Harris moved lots of fun and no problems, and by place, while the Pfankuchs, father to the finish line. their Toyota into second place, an the end of lap four they had a lead and son, and Kern, were third, also In the Small Truck class Scott hour back, as the Taylors fell out of 17 minutes. Wt;!sley and Zinn had reporting no problems. Alvarez and Young had his Ford in front at the when they lost a cylinder, and had moved up to second while Rodriguez broke on the last lap and end of lap one, but Perry McNeil other problems in addition. Mc-Burnworth lost time with a broken couldn't finish. had another Ford only 12 seconds Neil was only two and a half min-tie rod and a front flat. He said both There were two Class 9 Sportsman behind him. In third it was Chris utes behind the Toyota. had occurred after he drove off a teams: Jack Hettinger and Jeff Zinn and Rick Taylor, in still another Even wirh a substantial lead cliff, fancy that! (in his first race) in Hettinger's Ford, 51 seconds later. At the end Young didn't let up, and he re-The Kerns' worst problem oc- Funco, and Tim Bebieff and Julie of the second lap Young had only corded the fast lap for the class at curred when the doohickey that Kern in a Kernco. Bebieff and Kern 10 seconds on McNeil, and the 34: 16, on lap five. He now had an holdsthemicrophonefelloff. They managedtogetonlyonelongishlap Taylors ran about four minutes hour llnd 19 minutes on McNeil zipped around untroubled, with done, but Hettinger and Zinn com- back. who was back up to second and evenly pace~ laps, to take the win. pleted their required four laps for Young was ticking off evenly just two minutes in front of Wesley and Zinn finished second the win, even though the fronttrail- paced laps, but McNeil broke a Brigman and Harris. Young went about 25 minutes later.,a good show ing arm pulled off the torsion for new racers. And in third it was springs at one point. Burnworth, a little over an hour off Dave Dietrich also ran in the the pace. No one else finished. Sportsman class, in a. Baja Bug, Class 9 found this course tough, but was unable to get more than but to watch Kevin Graves it didn't three laps done, and one of them look as if it troubled · him or his was very long. Jimco. He had a three and a half In Class 5-1600 the early lead minute lead at the end of lap one, belonged to Jim Gill, who had a and he'd recorded the class fast lap, minute and a half on Eric Deen at 38:15. Adam and Mike Pfank-and Charlie Bignell. Victor uch and Larry Kern ran second in Orellano and Juan Delgadillo ran their Kemco, with Alessandro Yee third. Gill had a bit over two min-in third in a Tubular Designs chas- utes by the end of the second lap, sis. Jim Zabrowski and John but then he was hit by a passing Castillo, in a Suspensions Unlim-open class car, and suffered a ter-ited car, ran fourth. minally damaged rear trailing arm. on to take the win with McNeil second, while Fantelli moved up to third, reporting a broken shifter cable on lap four, and a shock mount that broke and took out an oil line. Brigman and Harris never got the last lap completed. It was a terrific race, the weather just perfect, the timing just right so most finished in daylight. The course was demanding enough to need plenty of driving skill, but there was room to go fast also. The FRT folks and their racers enjoyed a mild evening for the New Year's Eve celebration, almost too warm for the bonfires that sprouted, and then served a mid-morning eye-opener brunch along with the awards ceremonies the next morn-ing. It was, as always, a great ·wcty to close out the old year and bring in the new. 'I Graves stayed in front, with the Deen and Bignell moved to the Kern/Pfankuch team second and lead at the end of lap three. Yee, racing in Plaster City for the They'd had a little scare when the first time, still third. But now fuel switch was accidentally Danny Alvarez and Gilbert Rod- turned off at one point, but they riguez, in their Diego Challenger, figured it out pretty quickly. were fourth. 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McRae Wins Rally Makinen Wins Title By Martin Holmes This is the 1,ystem run by most TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME off road race winners GO FOR Page 22 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR l" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Photos: Maurice Selden ABOVE: Colin McRae and Nicky Grist won the Network Q RAC Rally in the Subaru lmpreza with almost three minutes in hand after a grueling run to the finish. After three days of driving in treacherous fog and being ill to boot Tommi Makinen was able to grab sixth position in the fi-nale of the season and take the Divers World Championship for Juha Kankkunen and Juha Repo drove the Ford Escort to a resounding second place, completing a very tough rally in the cold and fog. . the second year. Colin McRae took his third suc-cessive win and his fifth of the season, was fastest on most of the stages yet he lost the Cham-pionship by just one point. The final lap for the champion-ship started and Makinen had a ten point lead over McRae and ten points is normally the reward for winning an event and if McRae had won it would have tied them on points and therefore the Championship would have gone to McRae, based on the number of wins in the season. Makinen was really worried as he had never even finished in the top six here be-fore and McRae had won the event twice! But, Tommi DID finish in the sixth place and was therefore the champion, even though by one point. Leg 1 --11 stages· - six mixed, four asphalt, one gravel - 36 miles. Finally, the waiting was over and the 1997 Network Q RAC Rally started with a special stage. It was dawn, it was foggy and the visibility was almost nil. Sainz. slid into a concrete bar-rier very early in the stage and damaged the side of his car. Many of the top drivers were slowed and confused by the Marshalls as Eriksson had en-gine failure, stopped on the course and because of terrible visibility the Marshalls were frantically trying to slow the other cars down and, as condi-tions improved many of the backmarkers were turning ir: times as fast as the leaders. The leaders had fog for the first four stages and there was the two lap stage at Silverstone where they run two at a time. Makinen overshot a chicane and damage the front of the car which required some work to mend. After eight stages McRae was three seconds in the lead, after a long battle and at Donington he extended his lead by another six seconds and on stage 10 he added another six seconds. On the final stage of the day Kank-kunen reduced that lead to nine seconds. Ninth overall and first W2L, Harri Rovanpera and Voitto Silander took their SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo II through a very tough competition tor a great finish. In W2L Mark Higgins intro-duced the Almera which was having ignition problems and Alister McRae's Volkswagen was leading. Per Svan had trouble with his Astra Kit Car, TEXAS OFF-ROAD!!! INTERESTED??? T.O.R.l<.O (Texas Off-Road Racing Ort1niz1tion) Is Being Formed to Pramafe Profet1inn1I Off.Ro• Races f n The Lone Star S1tte. OFF-ROAD RACERS & fNTH USIASTS -CONTACT MARTY AT: OR WRITE TO: March 1998 713/694- 0207 T.0.R.R.O. ---8307 BAUMAN Rb. HOUSTONI TX 77022 Dusty Times

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Richard Burns and Robert Reid led the RAC for a while but ended up in the fourth spot, just under five minutes in arrears. It don't get no better than this! McRae and Makinen side by side at Silverstone; much to the approval of the crowd. As we can see here, Oriol Gomez and Marc Martin retired with acute front suspension failure in their SEAT Ibiza Kit Car. overturning on stage four and with lots of clutch and brake problems. · In Grou_p N Caune lost the lead with a flat and then had engine trouble. Jeremy Easson led most· of the way but on the final stage Climent took the lead. Leg 2 - seven stages - all gravel - 97 miles. Now we are into the forests! Colin was the first car off the line and he definitely had the worst visibility. The fog was very thick and as ing six stages he was fastest on each successive car left the start five of them. By the end of the the visibility was increasing. day he was back in the lead! Fastest time was set by Richard Mitsubishi's Makinen was ill Burns, the first car to be able to with a cold but was carrying on drive the stage without head-bravely and he fell to fifth place lights. The effect on the top while McRae recovered and placed cars was dramatic, the then to sixth with a penalty. leader fell to eighth place, Sainz was losing time, Auriol Burns, who was fourth, now led. was having transmission prob-McRae was now 79 seconds in · lems and was hoping to retire arrears, Makinen was in fourth and retire he did, on the next and McRae was in trouble so he to last stage he rolled the car turned it on and on the remain-and was tnrough. Marcus Gronholm was run-ning_ well and in his first ever RAC Rally was running fifth at the end of the leg. Piero Liatti turned his Subaru over, Bruno Thiry went off the road and lost six minutes and his third place. In W2L Alister McRae was now two minutes ahead of Ro-vanpera, GwyndafEvans retired with clutch problems, David Makinen was still sixth, good for Higgins had driveshaft failure the championship. and they continued to drop out, In W2L Alister McRae was and for the fourth time in three leading, Mark Higgins damaged years a title would be resolved his suspension and was unable on the final day of the RAC to continue, Renault was hav-Rally. ing all sorts of problems with Leg 3 - eight stages - all gravel their cars. Alister McRae's glory - 106 miles. was short lived as he was dq'd The last da(, and like San after the rally for illegal suspen-Remo, none o the top drivers sion components and that gave knew the stages. It had been 11 the win to Rova_n_pera. years since these forests in In Group N Harkki retired South Wales had been used. and that gave Climent the nod Burns time penalty meant he and Jeremy Easson was second started this final leg tied for first in his second event of the year. with McRae and he was second And so it ended, a happy/ car on the road. He pulled out unhappy Colin McRae, Maki-a 17 second lead and things nen happy as a lark with his looked good. On the third stage one point victory for the he destroyed a tire and he had championship. One hundred to stop and change it. McRae and sixty-two started the now led by over two minutes event and there were 92 fin-and Burns was back to fourth. ishers. ■ Alister McRae ran very hard and was leading W2L but some improper suspension pieces cost him the win in post rally inspection. ~~----------Marcus Granholm and Timo Rautiainen brought their Toyote Corolla home to a nice fifth place finish in the RAC Rally. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS& ACCESSORIES BELL,-SHOEI, SIMPSON Helmets SNELL 95, SA95 for SODA Complete blower systems f~r 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 .51~3 t3p~_c;ten AV!:,• San Die.go• CA• ~2117. • (619).27,-2509 Dusty Times WE CARRY AURORA,_ PYROTECT, PARKER PUMPER TURBO BLUE, VDO, SIMPSON J.T. INDUSTRIES, SWAY*A*WAY WRIGHT PLACE, SACO, EARLS YOKOHAMA, SUPER TRAPP, AUTO FAB SWEPCO, BEL-RAY, TANAKA, S&S BUG PACK, CHENOWTH, UMP BELL HELMETS, KEP, FODDRIL UNI-FILTER, K&N, TRI-MIL, PIAA PERMA COOL, BEARDS SEATS, SCAT COMP-U-FIRE, WEBER CARBS SAND TIRES & RIMS, BOGART WHEELS _ CNC, ULTRA WHEELS, SIMPSON CUSTOM COMMERCIAL WHEELS MECHANIX WEAR, WCM, FUEL SAFE "WE ARE NOW A DEALER FOR FOX SHOXS" CALL TOLL FREE 1-888-755-5900 WE CAN SHIP UPS TO YOUR DOOR -··~ -uw~~ 7.~Jf#Nl 3054 S. VALLEY VIEW #3 * LAS VEGAS, NV * 89102 HOURS: MON-FRI 9AM-6PM * SAT 9AM-5PM (702)871-5221 FAX March 1998 Page 23

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MDR Thanksgiving 250 Text & Photos: Jimmie Messick Larry Roese/er drove his street legal pre-runner to a fine first overall at the MOR Thanksgiving 250. The last M.D.R. race of the year for 1997 was held November 29th in Lucerne Valley. There were no major problems to report. The race ran smoothly with 41 cars taking the green flag. The track was pretty rough for a Luc-erne course but was lots of fun. Craig Dillion was the fastest for the first four laps but a broken cam took him out on lap 5 and handed the overall lead to Larry Roeseler who drove his street le-gal pre-runner to first in class and first overall. Gregg Moser had lots of troubles but set fast lap on lap 2 in 50 minutes for second in Class 2. \ Helm/Graham Racing -1997 Class 7S · Champions Prepped at Donahoe Racing Class 500 had a total of three start and Michael Ries led from flag to flag, not far off the overall pace, taking the class win by over one hour setting fast lap in 50 minutes. Second in class was Dave Cua who had a two hour and 34 minute first lap which knocked him out of contention early in the race. Phil McClusky dropped on lap 2. Class 5-1600 had a lower entry than the last race with only four cars starting but it was a real in-teresting race for class winner Bob Wright who tossed his trophy bug end over end but went on to win the class. Bob ran the whole year on the same prep job, which was a total of 1,160 miles with no prep in between. The bug has five wins, three of which were consecutive wins. Bob set fast lap for the class on lap 1, but at mile 4 on lap 2 he crashed, spectators flipped him over and the car was damaged but no corners were tom off. The roof was dented in so far on the·driv-ers side that he had to drive the rest of the race leaning sideways so he could see. It was really sur-prising to see him get going again: he caught back up and almost had the lead but kept having front adjuster problems, but the Check-Continued on Page 26 ·, @Complete Race Truck Fabrication \ ® .· @1 Prerunners @Consulting ,, d . , ~prise$ , ~ in anaheim \,_..,,., Page 24 714 632 714 632 ~ Shock Service & March 1998 Jerry Hayes runs through the dust on his way to second overall, first in Class 10 at Lucerne. Roger Starkey gets a bit airborne as he heads for the checkered flag and a nice win in 112-1600 and third overall as well. The great looking Class 5 of Michael Ries was the Class 5 winner and fifth overall. Bob Wright flies high as he heads to the win in Class 5-1600, having almost five minutes in hand at the end. Tim Braden saves tire wear on his way to the Class 7S win in Lucerne, beating his competition by many hours. Dusty Times

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Guy Peterson was the second place finisher in 5-1600, shown here in Cory Susag took the silver medal in Class 7S but finished a long way The red Ford of Mike Giannattasio had a long first lap and it cost him level flight, 11th overall in the race. out of the money. dearly, Mike took second in Class 8. ers NASCAR style pit stops got tough checker on the way. Bob Davis had a real long day finishing trucks take the green. The class six laps in eight hours 28 minutes. him fixed up in no time flat. Keith would like _to thank the Checkers first eight minutes over the time winner was Eric Heiden who set Jack _Webber broke on lap 6 and Westerfield dropped out of the NASCAR style pit stops, Charley limit and Matt Thomas dropped on fast lap for the class on lap 1 in Fred Nelson dropped on lap 4 but race with motor problems so Bob Lamar race motors, D.J lap 6. Class 7S had a total of four one hour flat. Finishing over one not before he set fast lap for the went on to win. He had a new co- Transaxles, DS Race Prep and entries. Stacy Fay led the first lap hour ahead of Mike Giannattasio class in one hour 14 minutes. driver this time who was Rev Team Mom Dawn Granath and setting fastlap of the day but rolled who had a two and a half hourlap Class 900 had a total of four Roy's 14 year old son for his very Russel Granath for great co-driv- the truck pretty hard on lap 2 caus- 1 to keep him from finishing start with three finishers. Max first race. He hung threw the roll ing. Guy Peterson was in for sec- ing some severe damage to the Ford higher. Heath Mitchell with Gary Hanberg had the class lead early over and was supposed to get out ond in Class 5-1600 just five min- Ranger. Tim Braden then took over Watson and Tommy Massimini in the race but a broken shock half way but when he went for the utes out of first, running real hard the lead, taking the class win in co-driving brought their new tower caused them some down rider change the passenger door for a win all day. Both Stephanie seven hours 22 minutes over two M&T Racing Ford Truck out for time handing the lead over to was jammed closed from the crash Lozano and Keith Westerfield did hours ahead of Cory Susag who had the first time, had some problems Paul Mohn who led until he also so he stayed in for the whole not complete the race. a three hour lap 3. Bill Markel was in route but finished third in class broke a front shock tower. H~ thing. Good job Mike! Another Class 700 had two start. 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The two were within two seconds of each other for almost two laps having a really close and exciting battle, but Mohn broke a spring plate and Max Hanberg and Don Johnson went on to win the class setting fast lap on lap 5 in one hour three min-utes. Harry Dunne came in just 10 minutes out of first for second in class. Paul Mohn and Joel Mohr with Rich Comestock and Jimmy Messick co-driving got the car fixed - and finished after dark but were real happy to be there for third in class. John Copeland dropped on lap 5. Class 10 had a surprisingly low entry this time with only three cars leaving the line. Grabbin' some serious air, Eric Heiden flies his Ford to the Class 8 victory, winning Craig Dillon led the class as well • by about an hour and a half. as first overall until a broken cam shaft took him out on lap 5. He, with co-driver Randy Spahr, set fast lap of the day in 48 minutes. Brady Helm got rid of the 7S and moved up to a brand new A-arm two seat Lothringer which is now got to be one of the best looking cars out there. He had a longer lap 4 knock him from the lead to take second in class. The class winner was Jerry Hayes who ran some competitive but still con-sistent lap times. Finishing the six laps in just under six hours in the Jeronimo built car. . Class 1200 had four. trucks take off with Kris Lavoie bringing his The International Scout of Mike Ismail was the Class 850 winner, seen here getting Toyota around· for first in class, readyfortouchdown. --4- 13 minutes ahead of Dennis Beckworth in the Jeep who set fast lap for the class on lap 6 in one hour 22 minutes. Dennis Pru-ett had problems right from the get go ·having a two hour 45 minute lap 1 to knock him out of contention but kept running for a third in class. Don Berrett went out on lap 3. Class 1600 had nine cars take the green with six of them finish-ing all six laps. The leader from flag to flag was once again Roger -Starkey who ran a trouble free day setting fast lap for class on lap 1 in 57 minutes, taking the year end class points for class and the over-all points championship as well. Paul Marshell ran a good race Max Hanberg was the Class 9 winner at the MOR Thanksgiving race, leading all the with Gregg Powell early off but way and ending up with a half hour of cushion. _____ down time on lap 5 for Powell March 1998 Dusty Times

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SEVENTH UAE MARLBORO DESERT CHALLENGE Victory For Citroen In -Their Final Appearance Text & Photos: Ed Heuvink ,___-,.,_"""· ,...,..o,..,· _,fl ..=_, !J . . Second overall, just five minutes and one second out of the gold was the Lartigue/ Perrin Citroen T3 shown here leaving a check in the desert. Ari Vatanen and Fred Gallagher receive the plaudits of the crowd after winning the Marlboro Desert Challenge by just over five minutes. Shown At Left: The Alliott/DuBois Nissan Pathfinder races by a lone spectator to sixth overall in the Marlboro UAE Desert Challenge. The Nissan Patrol of Co/ombo/Lutteri churns through the sand on the way to the bronze medal, third overall on the long run. Valley Performance Custom Accessories Competitive Prices Now Available Page 28 Barbary Coast Class 2 Two Seater $45,000 Call Dave o r Lenny at 702-247- 12 6 6 o r 702-873-1962 3636 Mead Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-247-1266 702-873-1962 Ten Harke/ and Den Toom crossed the long desert in their Mitsubishi Pajero and finished the grueling Rally Raid in seventh overall. X rt" fW,,"Jil!lJX ::EELS BUILT TO ORDER * FACTORY DIRECT CUSTOM STEEL WHEELS * ALL BOLT PATTERNS * ALL BACKSPACES * WHEELS MADE TO EXACT RACING SPECIFICATIONS * 13 X 5.5 "'~:>· * 13X7 .··:· * 14 X 6 ,. $' '·, . ~ * 14 X 7 * 15X5 • • _, <;,;;;;~:!i::·::~> .. . ,,. .. . * 15X6 ,w *15X7 G~ ·, .,./ * 15X8 * 15 X 10 ANY 4 STEEL WHEELS LISTED ABO(JE FOR $174 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE CALL FOR DETAILS CALL (918) 599-9022 MASTER CARD • ()/SA • DISCOVER • AMEX 1924 EAST 6th ST. • TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74 104 March 1998 Finland's rally ace Ari Vatanen grabbed top honors as he led his team to_ a grand fin is h in the UAE Marlboro Desert Challenge. T his race was once again the final round of the FIA World Cup Rally Raid and also was the final race in which the exotic pro-totypes were allowed to start, From coming January on only standard (Tl) or improved (T2) cars can enter in even ts which will count for the world cup. Over the last five years the works team of Citroen from France won all major events and this Desert chal-lenge was the final appear-ance, As expected the two Citroens entered finished first and second with the 95 and 96 champion Lartigue close be-hind his Finnish teammate. Third placed Maurizio Co-lombo from Italy, driving a Nissan Patrol, was more than two hours behind both French cars. Vatanen had to wait 'til · Saturday, November 8, 16 years after his last world title to win another major crown, RESULTS L Va tenen/Gallegher 2. La tigue/Perrin 3. Columbo/Lutteri 4. Liukkonen/Kalervo 5. Bilhilli/Marjan 6. Alliot/Dubois 7. Ten Harkel/Den T oom 8. Quandt{Tiefenbach 9. Garland/Suzuki 10. Steur/Reeck Dusty Times

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This time in the purpose built Citroen RTl GRD T3. At a post event press meeting he showed mixed emotions, say-ing: "The fact that I have won a world title after so many years, is by itself a great feel-ing but I will miss driving for Citroen with whom I have had a great time. There were an-noying moments over the an-nouncement of the pullout and regarding our participa-tion here in Dubai but I en-joyed the experience. The fact that we got the constructor's category is very satisfying. The future for me, well I can-not say anything at the mo-ment but for a start I will be at the RAC Rally in Britain". Fred Gallagher, Vatanen's co-driver and other podium fin-ishers were of the opinion that the facilities and navigational backup for the event in the Arab Emirates was of a high class. Frenchman Bruno Saby, winner of this event in 1996 went out 40 miles from the finish after he blew his engine of his Class T2 Mitsubishi Pa-jero. The standard class (Tl) was once again won by the lo-cal team of Yahya Bilhilli and Wael Marjan driving a Nissan Patrol. They were 15 minutes adrift fourth placed Finns Liukonen and Kalervo in their aging but solid LandRover 110. Of the 45 cars and trucks that started in Abu Dhabi on November the 5th, only 26 cars made it to the finish in Dugai three days later. In to-tal these competitors covered some 1,500 miles of sand desert. In the final top ten, seven different cars could be found, among them was the Australian team of Bob Gar-land and Hioshi Suzuki. On their first visit to Dubai they finished ninth in their Holden Jackaroo. Over the years the UAE Marlboro Desert Challenge became the most popular event on the FIA Rally Raid calendar. The vast empty desert on the Arabian penin-sula offers tremendous oppor-tunities for off road racing. Last year the international· motorsports sanctioning body. The FIA, awarded the orga-nizers for the best event. 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NORTHWEST RALLY REPORT Jardeva11·s Winning ways Todd Hartmann/Kirk Knestis power through a rocky corner on their way to the win in the Under Two Liter Class. Technology Volkswagen Golf GTI. The contrast between the top two finishers in this Northern Pacific Divisional Rally couldn't be much greater. Jardevall's stark white Volvo features well over two liters of turbocharged power tossing rocks from the rear wheels, while Hartmann's colorful VW spins the front tires in the under two liter class. "batmobile" Celica of James and Kara Unger. The Unger Toyota's now wearing the graphics of the Bat Conservancy International in honor of the flying mammals. Another six seconds back were Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares, in seventh overall with a snappy new Audi SZ Quattro. The Audi showed great prom-ise, but suffered the expected new car blues. Brasil was happy just to finish, since the Audi had been driven-about two blocks of "testing" before this event. Carl Jardeva/1 and John Elkin took the overall lead on the first stage and never looked back, continuing on for the gold medal. Tim Paterson and Joel Wright finished third in the Falcon Racing Mazda 323GTX, leading the flock of four wheel drive cars. Just eight. seconds behind Paterson were Jake Dekovic and Katie Callahan in the Jim Adams Auto Clinic 323GTX. Behind the impressive new car came an impressive new team, Vince Walker and Karen Laylor, driving the familiar Hintz Racing Mazda RXJ now sponsored by Kolor Werx Cus-tom Paint. In his second time in a rally car, Walker claimed an eighth place finish, second in Tour de Forest Rally Carl Jardevall and John Elkin in the Nordic Motors Volvo 740 turbo claimed the top pri-ze when "El Nino" delivered a wel-come dose of November sun-shine at the Tour de Forest Rally run over the Simpson Timber Company's logging roads in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains near Shelton, Washington. A California Rally Series vet-eran, I ardevall smoothly tossed the powerful Volvo into the lead on the first stage and never relinquished that position. At the finish Jardevall and Elkin were 31 seconds ahead of Todd Hartmann and Kirk Knestis, second in the Intrax Suspension Behind the Mazdas came the Toyotas, with the Crazee Espresso Celica of Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge down on power in sixth place, six seconds ahead of the FUDPUCKER RACING IS DOING IT AGAIN!!! Giving away the Sponsor's MONEY Bonus Purse $$$$ Money $$$$ FRT MotorSports proudly presents Round 2 of the 1998 FRT Superstition Championship Series· THE BUZZ BOMB GRAN PRIX Saturday, March 28th at Plaster City East The combined $$$ Bonus Purses $$$ awarded at the Budweiser Dunaway Dash and the King of the Desert were $15,000!!! KING OF BEERS. The Dunaway Dash Bonus Purse Sponsors The King of The Desert Bonus Purse Sponsors Palomar Communications6· Mc:V1illin Realty6· Major Performance Racing Engines'° Pra)thers !\I ford Distrihu11ng6· T G. & W. lnc6· Palomar Communications6· J&S l'o\\cr \\"atcrcrafi/\1otorcyck Repair6 G. Scott Asphalt Repair, Inc 6· Jfcrnquist & Asso.:iates-/\11ornc~s at S"ecping6· Val-Rock~ Kenn} ·s S\\ecpers'° Wehe MotorSportsj · Valley llan,esting and l.a\\6· llroo,shire !\lolorSports6· Bu<l·s & Son Truclsing6· Saasta ChcHon• - Kcnny·s Con,truction Packingj""Vallcy Vet Supply'° Saasta Chevronj· Industrial Parts Depot,- Imperial Valley S"cepcrs6· J&~ Po\\er Cleaning Scr\ices Cycle Center'° McMillin Realty6' /1.lajor Performance r-.totors and goggle, from JT Racing Thank You1! Thank You" FRT MotorSports - (619) 427-5759 anytime or try our website at WWW.FUDRACE.COM Page 30 March 1998 Dusty Times

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Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge were lacking in the power Jake Dekovic and Katie Callahan use a bit of opposite lock on their Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares took the untested Audi S2 Quattro to department but still finished fifth Overall in the Tour de Forest. way to fourth overall on the Washington logging road. seventh overall after suffering new car problems. Tim Patterson and Joel Wright went right for the gold medal in the Dryad Quest portion of the rally. Throwing rocks and gravel, Vance Walker and Karen Lay/or finished Scott Fuller and Ben Bradley took the Under Two Liter Class in the second overall in the Dryad Quest. _D_,1}1-,-a_d~Q~u_e_s=t ~in~t~h=e_Vc_ol_k_sw._a_,g,_o_n_. ~-~--~~~----the divisional 02 class, and first in the regional group three class. A single second separated Walker from Dave Clark and Lara Olsha in the Clark Motor-sports Dodge Omni GLH turbo. John Lane and Scott Huhn rounded out the top ten in the Corn Well Tools Volvo 262. All of the twenty two start-ers finished the event. Jardevall/ Elkin claimed the divisional 02 class and regional class one. Hartmann/Knestis nabbed divi-sional U2, with Paterson/ Wright claiming the 4WD class. The Ungers swept regional class two, with W alker/Layor topping class three. Terry Unger and Peter Unger grabbed the rally lite class four trophy. Dryad Quest California Rally series By John Elkin Greetings to all CRS members on this, the beginning of a new year of rallying. 1998 should be very worthy of your entries. This year Tony Chavez' Mexico event stands as a full CRS points pay-ing ralfy, the roads are great and you know the organizer is taking every possible step to insure you have fun in Mexico. Do not fool around with fate, be sure to in-sure your tow vehicle before cross-ing the border or at any AAA of-fice. Your rally car is insured by the event. By the time this gets to you the roads should be final-ized for the April 4th event. Reno rejoins the CRS calendar this year also. Organizers came up with excellent roads last year, but a low turnout. A d·ate is not final-ized yet, but look for anything from June to December. All the old stand by events are lined up, Rim, Gorman and Treeline. What can we say about these events that is not already known, or memorized. Dusty Times Look at the final results and pson Timber Company's "main- seconds ahead of the BCI Toyota non finishers included Brasil and it seems like Paterson and line", a gravel road freeway of James and Kara Unger. An-· Tavares, who dropped out when Wright posted a dominant win through the Olympic Foothills. other two seconds back were the Audi expired on that long to claim the Dryad Quest Rally Hartmann claimed the stage, Scott Fuller and Ben Bradley in stage five. The running wounded by over a minute in the Falcon and reclaimed the lead, but with the Schnell Motor Technik VW included Damitio/Trowbridge Racing Mazda. But this is one only one stage to go the VW was Golf GTI. who lost several minutes with a . event where the results don't done. Lane and Huhn in the Corn planned stop to add oil midway come close to telling the story. The VW's demise left Well Tools Volvo were sixth, fol-into stage five, and Dekovic/ First the Intrax VW of Jardevall/Elkin home free, more lowed by another Golf GT! driven Callahan who dropped half an Hartmann/Knestis jumped out than a minute ahead of the field by Jeff Call and Bob Johnson. hour while high centered on the to a nine second lead on stage with nine miles to go; then the Todd Lengacher and Tina second stage. one, but after extending that left rear tire blew and the Volvo Warner were eighth in the TNT Paterson/Wright claimed the lead on the second stage, trans-limped to the finish, losing two Motorsports Datsun 210. 4WD class and regional class mission difficulties allowed the minutes to the field. Paterson John and Chris Forespring one. Walker/Laylor nabbed the Nordic Motors Volvo of and Wright staggered home grabbedninthspotintheFatFord 02 class and regional class Jardevall/Elkin to slip into con-with the win, finishing over one Mustang sponsored by Matt three. Fuller/Bradley captured tention. Running out of gears, Hartmann blasted through stage five, a twenty mile long monster that combined tight, twisty bits of backroads with the long, wide, straight aways of the Sim-Rallysprints seem to have faded away with my departure from Southern California. It would be nice if someone organized another one again, it really is not that hard, heck, I did it! The new helmet rules were postponed, so your last years hel-met is still legal for this year. Driv-ing suits will change for next year, so get used to the thought of buy-ing a new one unless you have a legal two layer and underwear or any three layer suit. It might help if someone down there were to or-ganize with one company a mass buy of suits to cut costs for every-one. Bell or Simpson would, I am sure, be happy to handle an order for 40 or 60 suits at a discount, check their size charts to see if you fit in an off the rack size. Some vehicle changes have occurred in the CRS. John Moore has purchased the Dan Hook Toyota. Dan seems to prefer a more sedate pace to life these days. Tony Chavez sold his VW hybrid and is building his dream four wheel drive car to go Vartan hunting in. Look for the Galant to debut maybe at Rim. Rui Brasil's new Audi is fast looking standing still, and judging from his stage times at Reno, he's getting it sorted out quickly. Marcus · minute ahead of the surprising Sweeney Special Effects. Monty the U2 class, anc;I Call/Johnson novice class team of Walker/ Horn and Jiselle Waterhouse fin-the regional class two. Terry Laylor. · · ished tenth in a Datsun 510. and Peter Unger once again Walker's RX3 led a pack of four Besides Hartmann/Knestis, the claimed class four. ■ cars separated by five seconds. Jardevall struggled to third one second behind Walker, and two Clark purchased the ex-Michael O'Sullivan Mazda RX-3 and plans on doing some events before a soon to be needed reshell takes place. Word has it that George Pisek is looking for something Na-tional GT legal to build. Congratulations to all the CRS Champions. This year's awards was very eventful, the Jeopardy game went over very well and I was proud to be immortalized as a trivia question. Life throws many curves to us throughout our lives, and yet we have to go on. In that process we sometimes have to leave behind things we would rather do for a long, long time. With that thought I regretfully announce my resignation as the CRS Press Li-aison. My many curves the past year, and year I have been thrown, and my relocation to the Pacific Northwest make keeping up on CRS news very difficult. I have no ride offers for the upcom-ing CRS season and as such writ-ing events you do not attend is difficult, leaving to risk reporting inaccurate statements. Rather than chance that, I relinquish the position, but will still hope to be seen at CRS events for years to come. It has been my pleasure to serve you. ■ March 1998 BUMP STOPS HERE Stop the up-travel on your suspension with this advanced bump stop system. These Bu.inp Stopa co.me complete with a mount ing system, poly-eurethane end piece and enough valving to get the job done. ECOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 PER P.AJl.. (INCLUDES MOUN rING HARDWARE A!W THE GRAlJE & BC1L' SEE YOUR OFF ROAD RACING PARfS SUPPLIER Yarnell Specialties, Inc. 1-520-427-3551 OR CALL US DIRE 102 Creatview P.O. Box 84~ 'arnell, AZ 85362-mHS Page 31

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MOJAVE DESERT RACING INC. Unocal 7& 250 By Ron Miller Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. "Pardon our mud" says Richard Boyle as he powers through the muck on his way to great win in Class 5, fourth overall. Larry McCallum took an easy win in Class 1 and overall as he traversed the very wet course in four and a half hours for a real gold medal performance. MDR's '98 racing season got underway on January 10, 1998 when the Unocal 76 250 was con-tested in Lucerne Valley, CA. There were considerable ques-tions regarding the anticipated turnout for the race, due to some heavy rains which pretty much inundated the area on Friday. The liquid sunshine continued to fall right up to and through the Sat-urday morning drivers meetings. Those concerns over attendance were dispelled when the skies cleared right on cue, and typically strong showings materialized in the number of entries and spec-tators. The thick overcoat from the desert storm seemed to lift just as the vehicles were staging for the start of racing. The combat-ants were dispatched by classes and single file, beginning with Class 100. Of the fifty-something vehicles that were entered, a to-tal of 13 actually saw racing ac-tion. Once the field had been sent on their way, I decided to take in Bill Burrows doesn't look too swift in this picture but he did take ttie Class 725 win and he was 20th overall also. ·--------------------~ wanted: VIDEO OF SCORE AWARDS. LOOKINC FOR 7S CLASS CHAMPION SPEECH IN PARTICULAR OR ENTIRE EVENT. WILL REIMBURSE YOU FOR YOUR TROUBLE. PACE BRADY HELM AT: (818) 513-7677 I I I I ~--------------------~ Page 32 the day's festivities from "The Wall". The first vehicle that I saw speeding to that area near Check-point 3 was driven by Arnold Montoya. And next time Arnold, if you don't slow down, I'm riding with someone else! The first of the race entrants to reach "The Wall" was Kevin Davis (#116). Davis was being closely pursued by fellow Class 100 racer Larry McCall um ( # 120). Following those two pacesetters were a pair of Class 1000 racers. Kevin McGillivray ( # 1056) and Brent Loughran ( # 1004). The next pair of racers speeding towards completion of their opening lap, Keith Sato fords yet another mud bog in the Mojave as he hurries on to the 5-1600 win and a great ninth overall as well. were Eric Heiden (#806) of Class 8 and Mike Malloy (#1644) of Class 1600. The aforementioned Mr. Davis powered his way to the fastest opening lap time, when he stopped the timer in 4 5: 1 7 min-utes. Many in the crowd (myself included) have come to expect a great show from Davis, who has displayed a real affinity for this desert layout. Unfortunately, K.D. was TKO'd in the second lap, and one of the race's top stars Mike Barnett drives the normally clean Jeep to a nice first in Class 8, having some problems late in the race. · Boy, isn't this fun? So says Scott Johnson as he surfs through the muck on his way to the gold medal in Class 9. March 1998 was resigned to the role of spec-tator. McCallum thus inherited the lead at this point, and unbe-knownst to everyone, the overall race was over. McCallum sizzled to the days fastest lap (44:55) on that second loop, and was never seriously menaced en route to the victory. It was a great day and .a great way to kickoff '98 for Mc-Callum, who rattled off six con-secutive sub-48 minute laps. Mc-Callum scored pairs of 45 and 46 minute laps, and sailed full speed through the very center of the not so "Dry Lake", on his way to amassing a 15 minute margin of victory. McCallum's convincing win, over the overall runner-up Kevin McGillivray, was accom-plished at an average speed of 43.3 mph for the 250 mile trek. The first four or five miles of the course, around the Cougar Buttee area, was blanketed in fog early in the race. Visibility was drastically impaired (* 100') for awhile, until Sonny Skyze showed up. Back to the racing. McGillivray scored the win in Class 1000 and as mentioned, took the overall second spot, with an excellent effort of his own. Six sub-50 minute laps by "K Mc" pro-pelled him to a 4:52:09 final clocking, achieved at 41.1 mph. Racing to the Class 1600 win (third overall) was Mike Malloy. Malloy was ultra-consistent as he clicked off four 55 minute laps, and narrowly missed a fifth one by just 13 seconds. Lap number four, which was Malloy's "slow-est", was completed in the solid time of 57:59 minutes. Malloy's final time of 5:35:12 saw him traverse the required distance at an average speed of 35.8 mph. Powering his way to the Class 500 victory was Richard Boyle (#501). Boyle, who earned an overall fourth placing, averaged 34.9 mph while reaching the fin-ish line in 5:43:50. In the sixth Continued on page 34 Dusty Times

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Bill Swisher found some almost dry desert on his run to first place in Marc Deshane found some dry ground to run on here and there but Jimmy Messick flies to second spot in Class 9, running hard and _C_la_ss_11_.__________________ he finished second in 5-1600, 65 seconds out of the win. avoiding as much mud as possible. and final lap, Boyle turned in his hours, was Brent Loughran ing his Class 1600 buggy on its nett (#809), who jumped up from utes ahead of Joel Mohr (#942), best clocking, by posting a 52:25 (#1004). Loughran finished sec- nose, before it finally returned Class 8S, was the runaway win- who placed fifth. About ten min-minute time. ond in his class and also grabbed from vertical to horizontal. The ner in Class 800. utes back of Mohr, was the sixth The overall fifth place finisher the sixth spot overall, with an (n)ever-conservative Mr. Bill This might be a good time to place finisher Rob Waiters was Mark Rudd is ( # 1606). average speed of 33 .4 mph. Markel deserves mentioning as mention that MDR will be observ-(#918). Rounding out the Class Ruddis, who placed second be- Loughran's final time of 5:59: 13 well. Always a crowd pleaser, ing the '96-'97 Score rules in Class 9 scoring for the day, was the hind Malloy in class, averaged was adversely affected by prob- Markel raced into, through, and 800. Class 800 vehicles, as catego-#905 vehicle piloted by Robert 34.1 mph for the day. After post- !ems he encountered on lap two, over "The Wall" on five separate rized under the 1998 Score rules, Cockrell. ing a pair of tepid times for laps which took him 1:36:20 to com- occasions. will race in Class 100. Class 900 Congratulations to each of the two and three, Ruddis finished plete. There was plenty of action Although I never made it out was one of the bigger stories of the Class 900 warriors for their super strongly with three nearly identi- (as always) on the day at "The there, reportedly there was quite race. Quite a statement was made showing. Racing to the victory in cal 54 minute clockings. The only Wall". Mike Malloy gets credit for a bit of water on what must have by this game group of nines. Their Class 1100 was William Swisher other racer who was able to com-one of the day's most memorable been an extremely "Soggy Dry durability was in evidence, when (#1199), and in Class 1200 it was plete all six laps in under six launchings. He ended up stand- Lake Bed". The deluge, including seven set out on their six-lap ex- Kris Lavoie (#1210) who came PRECISION BEARINGS [iWJD] • Largest Selection Of Rodencls & _ Spherical Bearings • BACKSAVER • FIREBOTTLES • BATTERIES • SPAL FANS • SETRAB COOLERS • FLUIDYNE COOLERS • AEROQUIP PLUMBING • SILICONE HOSE NEO SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS • MOTOR OILS • GEAR OILS • GREASES • AUTOMOTIVE & RACING COOLANTS WE HAVE OVER THE COUNTER SERVICE CALL US FOR A FREE CATALOG! 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Jimmy Mes- post a good third in Class 1600. oning *250 miles of quicksand. sick (#907) was chauffeured to a Bryce came back strong, rattling The remainder of the (as yet) un- good second place finish, which off five straight sub-59 minute mentioned warriors who "got it took just over six and a half hours. laps, to garner show dough. His down" included the Class 100 Next across the finish was Max 52:02 minute final lap time, left runner-up, Ron Osburn (#14 7). Hanberg ( #911) in third. Han-Bryce with a twenty-minute cush-Keith Sato (#558) scored a nar- berg averaged 30 mph, while put- ion over the fourth place finisher row one-minute victory ih Class ting a half-hour between himself in class, Kenneth Bell ( # 1698). 550, over the second place fin- and fourth place finisher Jimmy A lot of the days racers returned isher Mark Deshane (#559). Hook(#969).Hookhadthefast-"visorsup",yetl'mgladtoreport John Strode (#597) placed third est lap in the class when he that there was only one rollover. for the da_v, to complete the 550 stopped the timer in 59.08 min- It surely wasn't Class 1600 racer scoring.BillBurrows(#737)took' utesonlapnumbertwo.Hookfin-Patrick Burton's (#1602) in-first lace in Class 725. Mike Bar- ished about one and a half min-tended wa to ain mentioning, OFF ROAD SCRAMBLE By PC Unscramble the four words below and the resulting scrambled letters in the boxed areas and you will have the answer to the question . WHY DID THE PIT CREW HAVE TROUBLE RECOGNIZING THEIR CAR! DATYR r--~ :, ... ~~---CUSIM ['II<".!.•·\ . -,Ci YSFLOT TUFEL ;~-~~; ,,l'kf~-Because of the March 1998 Dusty Times •

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Skidplate or waterskis, Max Hanberg asks as he plows through the Brent Loughran finished second in Class 10, had some trr;,ubles on Mark Ruddis plows through the muck in a vain chase of first place in muck towards third place in Class 9. the second lap but still had a good race. h-1600, but he had to settle for the second spot. but he did post four excellent laps 250 Larry McCallum. Aiils=o---ih:--=e:i--l_---=-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ and came within about two miles mets off to Paul Duffy and his able Coming Next Month ... of finishing all six. Sir Paul also crew, for their usual expert job. reported that competitors have The future looks bright for MDR, taken the "No Abusive Nerfing" as the club continues racing rule to heart, as evidenced by the through its sophomore season. I'd absence of any competition re- like to personally invite all of you view board. to come on out to Barstow, CA Well folks; that wraps up the on Saturday February the 28th, · scoring from the first event on the for MD R's second race of the sea-1998 Mojave Desert Racing cal- son. It promises to be another ac-endar. Congratulations to all who tion-packed day of thrilling off participated, .and especially to the road competition. So speed care-overall winner of the Unocal 76 fully and I'll see you at the races. Kevin McGil/ivray does not like mud so he hustled through it as quickly as he could and took first in Class 10, second overall for the day. Mike Malloy's car is usually red but it's a kinda muddy brown in this pie as he cruises to a first place in 1/2-1600. Kris Lavoie needed more than a windscreen to defeat the elements but he did win his class at the desert meeting. - Dusty Times SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge FRT -The King □ SODA Awards All the Regular Features ... & Much, Much More . ncz ~n•~ •• .-.--aig,····o __;;;;e=== =-~~-~a~"-lG HRoin orthern California & Nevada 1998 RACE SCHEDULE MARCH 28 & 29 APRIL 25 & 26 MAY 2~ 24, & 25 JUNE 20 & 21 JULY 25 & 26 SEPT. 5, 6 & 7 OCT. 10 & 11 OCT. 31 & NOV. 1 SEASON OPENER 1 MILE SHORT COURSE RACE PRAIRIE CITY SVRA, SACRAMENTO, CA SPRING SPECIAL 1 MILE SHORT COURSE RACE PRAIRIE CITY SVRA, SACRAMENTO, CA YERINGTON 300 DESERT RACE 300 MILE DESERT RACE, 4-75 MILE LAPS RACE HEADQUARTERS, DINl'S LUCKY CLUB YERINGTON, NEVADA TOP GUN 300 DESERT RACE 300 MILE DESERT RACE, 3-90 MILE LAPS TOP GUN DRAGSTRIP . FALLON, NEVADA TOP GUN 7WILIGHT RACE 250 MILE DESERT RACE, 4-60 MILE LAPS TOP GUN DRAGSTRIP FALLON, NEVADA YERINGTON TO FALLON AND BACK 125 MILE POINT TO POINT AND RETURN RACE HEADQUARTERS, CASINO WEST YERINGTON, NEVADA FALL SHORT COURSE RACE 1 MILE SHORT COURSE RACE PRAIRIE CITY SVRA, SACRAMENTO, CA 1998 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP 1 MILE SHORT COURSE RACE PLUS MECHANICS AND LADIES RACE PRAIRIE CITY SVRA, SACRAMENTO, CA VALLEY OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION 1833 LOS ROBLES BLVD. SACRAMENTO, CA 9~838 (916) 9~5-1702 • FAX (916) 925-8217 • WWW.VORRA.COM March-1998 Page 35

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1 + Treeline Rally By John Elkin The Treeline Rally has been a rally of changes, never utiliz-ing the same roads or format more than two years in a row. This has kept the event fresh and new since 1992 when it made it's debut on the Califor-nia Rally Series calendar. A new organizing committee that origi-nated with Lon Peterson (fast-est of the old guard), Sam Moo.re (now an Oregon resi-dent} and Dan Hook (retired from active competition), has mutated into Lon Peterson, Adrienne and Patti Scott. It is obvious that Treeline has never lacked for talented and dedi-cated organizers. This year was the most sweep-ing change for the rally: it broke new ground by bringing new, never before run roads into the CRS. This is becoming a big feat in the days of receding recre-ational areas and lack of moti-vation to find new roads due to all the major hoops to jump through thanks to our wonder-ful government. However, Lon, Adrienne and Patti weathered the obstacles, including an 11th hour date change due to hunt-ing season restrictions. These new roads were drivers roads. Very twisty, smooth for the most part, made for techni-cal conditions that some said were more demanding than the Rim roads. It was Bobby Whit-man that said, "Take the straightaways at Rim, cut them in half and add two more cor-ners." Anyone that knows Rim already has tired arms just from hearing this, Co-drivers consti-tutions were also tested with the extra lateral swaying of the cars. Some very sturdy co-drivers found themselves on the wrong side of woozy in the second stage, a 12 mile test of tie rods and central nervous systems. Treeline '97 was headquar-tered in the Los Angeles suburb of Monrovia, at the Wyndom Gardens Hotel overlooking the bustling 210 freeway. The rally stages would be in Azusa Can-yon, a haven for recreational off roaders for years and years. The stages would start near the rec-reational area and head up the canyon for three. stages to the service area, and then rerun down the same roads. T h ree stages in each direction faced the competitors. Six cars and a Chevy Blazer entered the four wheel drive class. It is amazing to see the amount of four wheel drive ve-hicles that have trickled down to the divisional level, and how affordable they can be to run, this was fairly unthinkable just a couple of years ago. The tal-ent ran deep in the class plus the .new talent emerging made for a wonderful run through the woods. Ron Wood/Kelly Walsh broke out into the lead in .stage one by three seconds in their Audi Coupe. Vartan Samuelian/ Ara Manoukian, who have been on quite a tear lately in their Mitsubishi Eclipse weie in good shape with 20 seconds on Ray Hocker/Lynette Allison. Steve Winter/John Dillon were a sec-Page 36 ond behind in fourth in a Mazda 3 23, and two seconds behind them was another Mazda 3 23, Ben and Tony Medeiros. Paul Timmerman/Suzanne Martin, also 323 mounted, were 30 more seconds back and running with a hopelessly oversized, for these roads, Chevy Blazer of Bob Pendergrass/Noble Jones. At the end of stage two an uncharacteristic mistake put out the Eclipse of Samuelian/ Manoukian. At the finish con-trol a turn tightened and caused the team to gently roll the car over. While damage was appar-ently not bad at first, further inspection after righting the car rather quickly brought to light that the hood was crushed down enough to break the composite valve cover, to continue would put the motor at risk of failure. In stage two, the twistiest 12 miles of the rally, Hocker/ Allison picked up the pace and gained 15 seconds on Wood/ Walsh. Winter/Dillon stayed in third place, increasing their lead over the Medeiros 323 by six seconds. Stage three was an-other chuck of time back to Hocker/Allison as they took it but half a second back from Wood/Walsh. The Medeiros Brothers stepped up to third place by taking 40 seconds from Steve Winter in this stage. Ev-eryone else stayed static head-ini;? to the service area. which. by the way, was being lightly blanketed by snow. Heading backing down the canyon paralleling Highway 39, Hocker/Allison stuck the spurs to the Subaru and grabbed the overall lead for the first time. Wood/Walsh, not being able to utilize the Audi's superior horsepower, made it their busi-ness to try and outdrive the bet-ter handling Subaru. In the long stage Ron Wood mastered the Audi and grabbed his lead back by a scant half second, making the last stage a shoot out. It was pretty classic if you think about it, a brash young driver and ace race builder like Ron going head to head against the experienced Ray Hocker, who must have a thousand or more stage miles under his belt than most anyone in the CRS. The next nine miles would tell the story. · It's amazing that two vehicles so different, and two drivers with such varied backgrounds and experience can be so simi-lar, isn't it? After the last stage it was old age and treachery that won out over youth and skill as Hocker took the stage win by exactly one half second. It was a tie. SCCA rules state that the winner of the first stage would be the winner in most circum-stances as the tie breaker, how-ever, it was seen as an accom-plishment that two cars could finish th.e rally to the exact hun-dredth of a minute, so the over-all and class win was called an official tie. Winter/Dillon scra,.t:ched and clawed their way back into third place in class followed by the Medeiros Broth-ers, both in Mazda 323's. Bob Pendergrass/Noble Jones took advantage of a ten minute me-chanical problem from Paul Timmerman to take fourth place in class in the Blazer. Two wheel drive open was a seven car affair and deeply com-p·etitive. It was no surprise to see Bill Malik and Farina O'Sul-livan jump into the early lead in their Volvo 240, nor was it amazingly surprising to see this team lead the race from flag to flag. Taking a two minute vic-tory over George Plsek and Mark Rathsam in their Saab 99 turbo, a very good finish for the pair in a year scant of finishes while running in high positions. In third spot was Tony Chavez and Marcelo Mancilla in the VW Reynard Golf, who had an amazing day of fast stage tjmes and bad luck. It started for Chavez and Mancilla in stage two when the new pairing moved from 'third to second spot with a third overall stage time .. Confident that Ma-lik was not getting away this time Chavez put foot to metal in stage three, however, a tire went down early in the stage causing the team to lose at least four minutes. In the final three stages Chavez ·and Mancilla posted the fas.t time in class and third overall best stage time, which was enough to lift them back to third spot. On the final transit back to the headquarters the Reynard quit on the 210 Freeway within sight of the ho-tel and the final MTC. Mancilla took off on foot to get the timecard to the finish on time while Chavez held out his tow rope and got a tow back to the hotel. -Thomas Bier and Ole Holter, also Saab mounted finished fourth in class with a nearly minute cushion on the Datsun 510 of Bobby Whitman and Donna Mitchell. Chris Bradshaw and Mark Smith in his second time driving a rally car came home sixth. Performance stock class had two starters and no finishers. So, if you can't report anything nice about a class 'it's better to report nothing at all. Stock class was a triumphant return to driving by Steve Scott and Bob Scott. While wife Adrienne was organizing the . rally the brothers took the car for a cruise and beat the VW Rabbit of Dennis Chizma and Claire Marie by a minute and a half. Frank Parades and Kengo Takahashi brought home a trusty Datsun 510 in third place, beating out Pete Morris and Eric Oyague in their Toyota Corolla. This incarnation of Treeline seems to be a favorite with most everyone. There were critics of the excessively tight and twisty stages which made even the tightest stage at Rim of the World seem like an afternoon at Daytona; however, these are real roads, we all drive real cars, and sometimes 25 mph can be real fast depending on the situ-ation. And isn't that what we all so dearly love about our sport? March 1998 First Annual Mojave Desert Racing Inc. Awards Banquet By Ron Miller MDR, the fastest growing off road racing club in the Western U.S., pulled over just long enough to honor the champions from its highly successful inaugural sea- · son. Paul Duffy, the driving force behind Mojave Desert Racing, was deserving of every compli-ment heaped upon him by racers on awards night, and there were many. With off road clubs fold-ing all around him, Duffy still had the bolts to roll the dice in 1997. And his shrewd gamble paid off in a big way. January 16, 1998 was the date and The Summit House in Fullerton, CA was the location, when glasses were raised in cel-ebration of MDR's sensational rookie season. A good time was seemingly had by all, as the off road set shed their usual racing apparel, in favor of suits and ties. Many of the unsung heroes of the sport received their long overdue credit on the evening. That of course would be the wives, girl-friends, families, and crews of the various racers. It was a nice touch, when the MDR support team also was recognized for their season-long contributions. All in atten-dance dined on a delicious baked chicken dinner, prepared by the Summit House's attentive staff of culinary pros. There was plenty of music and dancing following the awards presentations, and even a few drawings for pairs of racing shoes, which were kindly donated by Max Hanberg and the Solvang Shoe Store. An open bar (racer's life-support system) was also kept busy most of the evening, by those who wanted to wet their whistles. Mr. Duffy began the awards por-tion of the evening by announc-ing that a total of 167 different drivers had taken part in MDR's 1997 racing season. The first class to receive recognition on the evening was Class 1100. The top gun for the '97 season was Bill Swisher, and placing second was Dennis Sletten. In Class 1200, the championship was won by Den-nis Pruett. The '97 runner-up was Dennis Beckwith, with Kris Lavoie earning third place. In Class 900, Max Hanberg won the championship. The second spot in points totals went to Harry Dunne, with Paul Moen taking third. The Class 700 champion-ship was captured by Matt Tho-mas. Runner-up for the year was Kevin Davis, and it was the team of James Hall and Tim Carroll who placed third. The Class 725 championship went to Tim Braden. Bill Markel was the run-ner-up in class, and the third place finisher was Scott Sells. Next up was Class 550. Taking the '97 title was Keith Wester-field. Finishing second for the year was Bob Wright, with Stephanie Lozano earning third place. The season championship in Class 1600 was taken by Roger Starkey. T any Murray was the runner-up and Greg Powell finished the sea-son third in class. It was Mike Is-mail who won the Class 8S cham-pionship. Jim Hall finished as the runner-up, while third place went to Fred Nelson. In Class 800, the championship was captured by Rick Holmes. Mike Giannattasio finished as the runner-up and Eric Heiden took third place. The Class 500 champion for 1997 was Dave Cua. Second place for the year went to Phil McCluskey, and third was taken by Michael Ries. The Class 1000 championship went to the team o( Craig Dillon and Randy Spahr. Richard Woods finished as the runner-up in class, and Brent Loughran as the third place finisher. The final class hon-ored was Class 200, and the win-ner for '97 was Steve Houston. Ron Osburn finished in second place, and Greg Moser took third for the season. The overall points champion in all classes combined was Roger Starkey. Starkey re-lated that throughout the year, his wife had repeatedly inquired as to what he could possibly be doing in the garage all that time. With award in hand, Starkey stated that "This award is worth every hour". Mr. Duffy also had a few special awards that he passed out. The Support Club Award went to Fair, with Bill Markel accepting. The "Checkers" also received a special award for their fine work during 1997. Honorable mention went out in the form of a gracious thank you extended to both Trackside and Carrera Photogra-phy {for the photos and slides pro-vided). "Reverend Roy" of the Checkers Club showed that he has friends in high places, when he won a free race entry that was also raffled off. Duffy was himself presented with a T-shirt and coolie-cup by Matt Thomas, courtesy of the Slash X cafe in Barstow. And the evening's final award seemed to be the one that everyone was wait-ing for. The premier heckler on the grounds, Kurt Barron of Clean-Air Racing, was jokingly presented with the official '97 "Loudmouth Award" by Mr. Duffy. It was just a lot of fun, and a great opportunity for all the rac-ers to share the spotlight and credit with their extended teams and sponsors. I'd like to thank the Davis Motorsports clan, for allow-ing me to crash their party, and the charming wife of Dan Cannon for financing my tab. Put it on my account sis, o. k.? Off Road Scramble Answer: Tardy Music Softly Flute Because of the "Dusty Times." Dusty Times I •

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The Straight Poop From The Big Wahzoo racin' his own cars. But today, it's have helmet, will travel. At this race our hero co-drove a Class 10 CORE car to a first place finish in Class 10 and second overall. With a relatively trouble free run, the team only stopped once for gas and a planned driver change at one of the CORE pits. But, be-UNOCAL 250 -MD R's first ing a wise old veteran, Jim always race of the year had six laps backs up any driving effort in a around a 40 mile BLM loop. Al- car supported by another team, by though it had rained heavily the also signing up and paying for nigh t before, sunshine broke Checker pit support at that same through Saturday morning pro- race. Luckily, at this event he ducing a beautiful day for a desert didn't need any help from his race. For our team, the Checkers Checker buds. Good run, Jim! had Josh Rosenstein, Big Air Bob, MDR AW ARDS -At Mojave Dittfeld, and the Rev captaining Desert Racing's season ending our four pits around the course. awards ceremony the Checkers So, with a Checker pit about ev-took home two big Class Points ery ten miles, you'd think that all Championships. Craig Dillon (our of our entries would have won. Checker driver of the year) won But not so. Kevin Davis was run- Class 10, and Bob Wright (our ning overall early, but abruptly Club rookie of the year) won parked his unlimited buggy when Class 5/1600. Congratulations, a trick aluminum oil pan split guys! Also Reverend Roy won the open. Jeff Lothringer's 1/2-1600 free MDR entry given away in the ride had most of it's problems af- evening's raffle after only buying ter he got in for the second half. a couple of tickets over a month The oil cooler broke loose, the earlier. shifter fell apart, and finally the www.vmar.com/ldra/ - I'm get-tranny quit near the end of the ting a lot of irate e-mail messages race for a DNF. Jimmy Hook lately from non-Checkers com-brought his own Challenger car plaining about the lack of ne~ out to this race, and it was right updates on our Checkers web in there fightin' for the lead until page. Apparently a lot of these our hero took over for the last , folks either don't get the Dusty three laps. But, ignition problems Times, or those that do, don't get began almost immediately and enough of the Big Wahzoo's com-were solved only after the whole ment.s through our regular distributor was replaced. Capt'nv L monthly Dusty Times column. Hook had to settle for_a fourth in While the complainers sometimes class after he finally got the car < piss me off, they have given me a going again. new appreciation of the increas-This Wahzoo often refers to the ing number of on-liners who look current ·competition between· forward to reading the Wahzoo's Hook and B.J. Bates for the unof-storie·s and opinions in ficial Club title of Chief Race Car cyberspace. I'm flattered. Whore (driving a lot of other folks So, statting immediately, The race cars). But, there's another Checkers cyberspace column will member out there that might qui- now be regularly updated as fol-etly be beatin' both of them at this lows: Selected general interest .. game. As a Checker throughout stories from our monthly column the '80s and 90's. Jim Greenway (teasers) will be reprinted on our has carried the Club colors web page. Complete Dusty Times proudly into a seemingly endless subscription information will ac-number of desert battles over the company it so you out-of-town years. Winning a lot of them, eavesdroppers won't have any ex-along with earning class points cuses for missing the rest of our championships in Classes 1/2, 10, regular Checkers column. Sec-and 1/2-1600. Like most RCWs ondly, a new twist will be added (race car whores), Jim started out to our web page: "ASK THE Fuel Sale's "Pro Cell" is our lop-al-the-line racing cell that comer ready to install and it~ backed by a lull 10 year warranty. Page 38 • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless super-tough, triple coated construction • 10 year Bladder warranty· • Safety foam baffling • Custom manufactured aluminum containers • FIA-FT3, SCORE and SODA approved • Custom manufactured fillers • (800) 433-6524 technical hotline • Over 25 years experience e For more info call orwrile to: Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing. Inc., 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92648 (800) 433-6524 (714) 842-2211 http://www.fuelsafe.com WAHZOO". In this new segment the Big Wahzoo will openly ad-dress any e-mail questions submit-ted by my little internet buddies. No questions will be considered off limits as long as they are some-how related to off road racing. Please include your name along with your question. Besides my loyalty to the Checkers and love of our sport, I have absolutely no agenda here or even the slightest idea where this will go ... but it might be fun! JACK WALDRON - Anyone who regularly reads this column knows that this Wahzoo is no fan of the BLM. But, while confirm-ing that, I'll admit there are still some good people scattered around in this imperial regulatory agency. Jack Waldron is one of them. Often affectionately re-feri:ed to as "One-eyed Jack" (a nickname that he dislikes and rarely said to his face), this BLM official is a regular visitor at . Checker pits whenever our club is on duty in the so-called govern-ment lands he patrols in Callfornia's high desert. Now, I don't want i:o get him in trouble here. I'mean, he may very well be listing these visits in his day jour-nal'as "Checkers surveillance" for all i know. But this old timer has been around since the very begin-ning and knows full well who re-ally owns these deserts. And, the Checkers_, always have the wel-come mat out for this long time friend of the Club. A combat veteran of the.Ko-. rean War, this senior desert rat is an old motorcycle flat tracker froqi. yesteryear. Back when they _ raced Vellocetts and Indians on a dirt track with big steel shoes. As a volunteel," duri1;>.g the, early . days of local hare 'n' hound bike racin'. Waldron fell in love with the· deserts and became a regular ~ at '.almost every desert racing event. How, you ask, did he ever end up as a BLMer? Well, years ago when we first ran across him, his boss was quick to explain with a smile, "He'd be everywhere, knew more about the local areas than we did. And, since he obvi-ously wasn't about to go away ... we finally hired him!" Everybody in our local deserts will be notice-ably less served when Jack Waldon eventually closes out his BLM career and turns in his gov-ernment truck for good. Every-body but the Checkers, that is. There is already plans afoot to latch onto Jack as soon as he leaves and muster him into the Club on a fast track. I mean, this wiry ol' desert dude has all the looks of a natural tire changer, plus he shows up at every race. Definitely Checker material! C.O.R.E. Pit Report CORE race teams had a great start to the 1998 racing season at the MDR Unocal 76 250 With four CORE entries the teams managed· to grab three class vic-tories and a third place, not a bad start for the points races The team of Tom and Mike Malloy had a flawless ride to cap-ture first place in their single seat 1600. It is rumored that Mike for-got to pull in and let dad, Tom Malloy take over the driving chores, but Tom agreed that when you are having one of those days, leave the kid in there. Tom and Mike just completed a major over-all of the car's suspension, the first race all the shocks stayed on the car they dominated With Tom's experience in car prep and both ,~he father and son'.s._driv.ing ;:ibili-. ties, they promise to be a success-ful race team for many years. . Another victorious CORE team was Kevin McGillivray and Jim Greenway in their Chenowth Class 10. -Ke-vin and-Jim also dominated the rest of the field and came home with Class 10 First place trophies and second overall. The only overall compe-tition was an I.JJllimited Lothring-er that appeared to have a bit more top speed Take away a few of the fast Lucerne Valley straightaways and that might have made for a more interesting over-all race. This was the first race with the totally rebuilt chassis and new Fortin transmission. They both said it took them a while to PIKE'S SERVICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FR!ENDS ..... THANKS! RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS Mobil SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT March 1998 get used to the different Fortin shift pattern and extra gear but said it was worth it. Congratula-tions guys, a great race. The next CORE team was the Class 8 entry of Terry Sheldon. Only the second race on the clean truck, but they drove it home to a class victory, great job As usual, attrition was high, taking out all of the trucks, Terry won by going the furthest distance They did have problems with the rear leaf spring pack, the retainer broke and the springs kept rotating They pulled into the pits and straight-ened them. The team of Malcolm Bryce and Perry King had a great effort in their single seat 1600. Five miles into the first lap a torsion adjuster exploded putting them a lap down early. The task of hob-bling to the pits, finding a replace-ment adjuster, and installing it took the pits only 40 minutes, great work. Back on the course just ahead of the overall leaders, they clicked off several blistering laps including class fast lap to fin-ish third in class. MDR's Start and Finish was confused ant;l thought Perry was on the lead lap and kept · waving the checkered flag. After a few minutes of unconvincing negotiation, Perry did a burnout and finished his last lap. With a successful race day like this, the pits don't see much ac-tivity except tracking CORE cars around the course. CORE MAIN was the most active pit with the ' ,usu,al driver changes and fuel stops. Main was manned by Greg Shapiro, Mike DuBois, Paul Smith, and the Malloy, Brvce: and McGillivray crews. Main Pit was responsible for the great work to get the Bryce/King's 1600 back in the race and finished the repair work on Terry Sheldon's Class 8. The only outlying pit that saw any activity was CORE "A", headed by Darin McGuffin and friends that briefly worked on the leaf springs on Terry's Class 8. It was reported that CORE Pit "B", manned by Brad Inch, Tom Ridlen, and Jim Wagner had a killer BBQ and horseshoe compe-tition that drew a large crowd. CORE race teams would like to say "'THANK YOU!" to all the members who came out to the race for their support. Looking for a professional fam-ily oriented off road racing pit or-ganization? CORE pit club is al-ways interested in finding new members and offering them pro-fessional and efficient pits. CORE has regular monthly meetings in a restaurant located in Santa Clarita. For more information, please call (818) 772-7758 or E-Mail us at race975@aol com. CHALLENGER CORNER By Joel Mohr Hi there. This is the first in-stallment of what I hope will be-come a regular feature of this be-loved paper. The purpose of this article is to give the members of the butt busting, parts scavenging, rolling road blocking, Challenger racers, a platform to tell our sto-ries, update info on our class (i.e. rules and team reports}, and gen-erally try to entertain the rest of you that usually go faster or slower than we do in West Coast Class Dusty Times

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9. There have been a few things going on that you should know about, so let's get busy. Our sacred powers that be have seemingly agreed that there should be only one rule book to blanket all the sanctioning bod-ies. I personally applaud these ef-forts because I have borne witness to post race disqualifications caused by uninformed "visitors" to different races. I also understand that these "visitors" have a re-sponsibility to make themselves aware of any rule nuances regard-ing their class. With all this in mind, one rule book will solve this possible situation. I am told that most of the bodies concerned are embracing this format opening, but our optimism should be met with caution. I attended a "summit" meeting, and was enlightened by the open-ness of suggestion only to fiI).d out that our concern for no rule changes in Class 9 turned on deaf ears. As usual, the issue is cost. 90% of Challenger teams have little or no sponsors. Rule changes, I feel, should be a col-lective decision voted on by the parties it ultimately affects. (Yeah democracy!!!) "Summit's" original mission statement was very en-couraging, but apparently lacked substance. W ell, we've lived through it before, and will live to race again. Oh well, roll with the changes... · Since most races are run under Score rules, we'll start with them. It still remains to be seen if every-one will follow their rules, but here we go. The Score rule changes for Class 9 for '98 is the addition of shock reservoirs, and the increase of allowable shock shaft size to . 7 50. I'm sure it will probably take a while for the shock manufacturers to come up to speed on this one. Af-ter all, the 2.5 body has been legal since the class' introduction in '85. Race Shox and Fox made a Chal-lenger 2.5 available in '97. Before that all of the 2.5's I saw were hand made. Hopefully that won't con-tinue to be the case. But just so everyone doesn't feel they'll be left in the weeds by a 2.5, reservoired out, bucks down, drool mobile, I think that a properly set up car, as we now know it, will still be very competitive. So hold on to your wallets, before you wring out that last dime, come out to the races, bring your ten year old car and show them what you can do!!! If anyone would like to re-spond or share comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me and let's help spread the good word. My phone num-ber is (760) 947-6647. We'll see you at the races!!! ■ i--------------------------------------, I I I , I I I I I iAH.EVOU A.WA.R.E?I I -I I I I I I I I I I DUSTYTIIVIES OFFERS CLUB/GROUP I I A.NI> GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS, I AV A.IL.ABLE FOR YOUR OFF ROA.I> CLUB OR ORGANIZATION OR YOUR FA.VO.RITE PERSON. 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Dwayne started off road racing in the early 70's, he teamed with Tom Haliburta building a Class 4 Jeep and a Class l 1. He retired from the cockpit in the late 70's but still pitted at many races and was a F.A.I.R member for many years. He worked as an automotive painter and many off road cars felt his talent. Dwayne is survived by his wife Arlene and daughter Melissa. Many will miss him. SODA NEWS -The annual SODA awards banquet was held in Green Bay, WI and election returns put Terry Wolfe into the presidency again, Jack Coleman, Treasurer, Ed Schultz, Jerry Christensen, Jr. and John Huven made up the other board positions. Jeff St. Peter was named "Driver Of The Year" after winning both Class l and Class 9 points championships. PARIS-DAKAR - The long trek from Europe into northern Africa is over and as usual, the attrition was horrendous. Of the 349 cars, trucks, motorcycles and quads that started the long run, only 29% made it to Dakar. Jean Pierre Fontenay was the overall winner in a factory Mitsubishi and he was followed in by three other Mitsubishi entrants, certainly making it a grand sweep for the factory. There were three Protruck entries, one of which was Larry Ragland but all failed to finish the terribly long rugged race. Curt LeDuc was entered in a Chevy S-10 Blazer and he also retired with unknown mechanical problems. The event is over 10,000 kms in length and over 6,000 kms are high speed competition sections. Maybe next year! D OBBY GORDON - The latest scoop from group has Robby Gordon -".signing with PPI and Arciero-Wells as a test and engine development driver·and consultant. Robby will debut with the team at the CART spring training at the Metro/Dade complex early in February. Robby started his off road career in 1976, at the tender age <Jf seven he entered his first motocross event. Let's hope that this union with PPI will be as successful as they have been in the past. Go Robby! CORVA-Just received a letter from Ed Waldheim, President of CORY A, California Off Road Vehicle Association and he gave us a few dates to insert in Happenings regarding some events of CO RV A throughout this year. I just wanted to mention to all of you that CORVA has been lobbying in Sacramento and elsewhere for many years to protect some of our rights from Babbit and his predecessors and from the machinations of the beloved Sierra Club which holds the rights and privileges of a rock or a tree or a fly way above ours. This year CORVA will attend well over 50 conferences, meetings, seminars, etc. representing us, the people who truly love our desert and mountain environment as a living thing, not as a shrine. Let me add that CORVA needs a bit 'of the green stuff from us and your donation to our cause will be greatly appreciated. If you've a mind to, please send a bit of the green to: CORVA, 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352, Sacramento, CA 95833 . Thanks from CORVA and from us here at Dusty Times . SCORE LAUGHLIN - Racing in near perfect weather, (no wind) well over 150 cars and trucks competed at Laughlin in the two day race fest. Here are the overall winners. Trophy Truck: David Ashley, Class 1: John Herder, ProTruck: Rick Johnson, 1/2-1600: Jason Hatz, Class 3: Darren Skilton, Class 5: Mike Dondel, Class 5-1600: Victor Orellana, Class 7: Larry Roeseler, Class 7S: Bfoce Landfield, Class 8: David Westhem, Class 9: Martin Christensen, Class 10: John Phillips, SCORE Lites: David Callaway, Class • 11: Eric Solorzano, Stock Mini: Mark Turner, Stock Full: David Sykes. Look for the whole story by Judy Smith in the next issue. THANKS · A special thanks to Larry Roeseler for his actions at the end of lap 1 on Sunday at Laughlin, a thanks to you for reasons you'll never know. PUZZLED? - If you've a mind for a bit of off road puzzling, see the latest mind bender on page 34. This is a featurnwe will showcase in each issue. ;JOURS M-F · 9:00 -6:00 Sat. 10:00 __: 3:00 Daily UPS Visa and Mastercarc 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 l l gallon "Fast-Fil/" dump cans. Both new products can save you race time. Race Smarl -Be Safe I tC13 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 91910 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619) 691-Q;-jQ3 L _ _ ___________ ----·--··- -·- _J Page 39

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gff;gff;O (213)583-2404 SANDERSSER~C~fN~ META.L PROCESSING 5921 Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL . FLOURESCENT INSPECTION Mark Smith Larry Smith El Centro, CA . .............. 800-989-4645 · r'1\ ............... 800-458-2711 El Ca Jon, ..__..,,_. Indio, CA . . ...... ......... 800-989-3278 Las Vegas, NV ............... 702-643-9200 Long Beach, CA ........... 310-432-3946 Oxnard, CA .................... 805-485-6900 Perris, CA ..................... . . 800-969-3835 Van Nuys, CA ..... .. 818-786-8180 · d CA ...... 909-877-0226 Riversi e, ... ........ . All Other Inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P.O. Box 610, Long Beach, CA 90801 800-836-5355 DoN STEVES CHEVROLJ";1 ~ ' - ~-_:;;::~_·i:~~-~-:~: :~ !°M, 0-J ::.-•· (?,.tr,, ASK FOR TUCKER Motorsports Di rector Sales & Leasing Whittier Blvd. at Harbor La Habra, California 90631 (310) 691-6704 (714)521-1102 Fax (310) 691 -9396 Custom Preparation & Fabrication Race Trucks • Buggies • Pre-Runners (619) 449-9728 FAX (619) 449-2678 9419 Abraham Way, Suite "A", Santee, CA 92071 Straight E \ n C ----------IIIEnt. ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING 31510 223rd Street East Llano, CA 93544 805-261-3202 ~ ~ SUSPENSIONS < .UNLl/JlllllED I OFF ROAD RACING SPECIALISTS WELDIN(! • FIIBRICA TON • FUlME C/JTTING • FRaVT CIJDS • REAR TR/I/UNG ARMS RACEOIASSIS • PRERUNNERS • FOXRAONGSHOX LARRY ROSEVEAR 13450YNAMICS. UN/TO ANAHEIM, C4 92806 PHONE (714) 996-6260 FAX (714) 996-6405 Thompson Engineering Now Offering Hi-Flo Intake Manifolds aad Racing Oil Pans For Toyota Motors Distributed by Race Ready Products Chula Vista, CA 800-656-3376 TOTALLY TRIJCKS Inc. Off Road and Street True~ After Market P11rts, Access~ries, lustallat1011 ·""' Complete Custom Audio · -gell· ,ec~ 3520 East Charleston Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 457-2809 Rorick> • g per: l,j[t -no C<>"1P • -r:: u_l M,os:ter rr ~ • ,,01 ~~r:rtec ·It • µgV g""ift~bu1 A to µeter K&N•f"'-LA Trackside Photo Off-road race photography since 1970 Fidel Gonzales 805-578-34 70 P.O. Box 747, Moorpark, CA 93020 f(IICE TNANS BY Jlff FIEOJ'S TRfiNSfiXLE ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD 818-998-2739 9833 Qeering Unit H Chatsworth, CA 91311 TRANSMISSIONS WEST SpadaJizlng In High Perl. T ransaxles • vw • PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WE RACE WHAT WE Sal. (800) 435-0416 • (310) 782-2413 22545 S. Normandia • Torrance, CA 90501 • ~IURBD . 9BLUEJd..~ Racing Gasolines P~ So. Cal. Distributors· 310-928-2278 Lyn. Gordon or f'v11f e (UMP) 619/449-9690 UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10729 WHEATLANDS AVENUE SUITE A SANTEE, CA 92071 CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEAMER SYSTEMS FULL LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR ALL TYPES OF RACING.& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHO? (TABS, BRACKETS, BODIES, ETC,) BRUCE HENDEL Regional Manager VP Racing Fuels, West Coast P.O. Box 1319 34283 Monte Vista Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone: (909) 674-9167 Fax: (909) 674-7367 Pager: (909) 694-7392 RACE CARS BAJA BUGS DUNE BUGS V W & PORSCHE FOREIGN CARS NISSAN & TOYOTA • Transmissions • Parts and Service • Complete Welding Lorenzo Rodriguez '--:::;~;;;;;~:;;::::----;;::=;:;;;--, r,----.. ~-:_-:_-:_-:.,-:.,:.:.:.:.~~~:_~~:,:,:,:,-;_-;,.:.:.:.:.:.-;.-;.-;,.-;;;_ • 515 So. Vermont, Glendora, CA 917 40 • (818) 914-814 7 ~suN. &ED!? F,.":,;,r:::on ,,.,..~~~-7£~L _ lnstailatlon .I.I d.a .. ~.J ~ l ~<,,<_;;.=~'-"' ;.-~,... , DarrenEbt1e.-r~ ,~~~ " You• QuALITY S10N CoM~ANY" Tony CerOrJt? ~.c. ( 909) 340-4684 FAX (909) 340-4689 490£ PRINCELANDCT SUITE4 CORONA CA 91719 '" COMPUTERIZE0 VINYL GRAPHICS & LETTERING ltlil I VISA I ,... LO-COST BLOG SIGNS (At:r. PmCESSES) -.,.., TRA0E SH:'.!W 0ISPLA'l'S ,..._ RACING GRAPHICS .,.., 0ETAILE0 & l>/IQUE 0ES/GNS ,.... FLEET VEHICLES .,.., H~QLJA,UTY &.NNERS ,,..._MAGNET/Cf;; ""LOGO REPROOUCTONS ,..._ REAL E5TATE ,... LOGO & GRAPHIC DESIGN .,._, OECAL5 USTOM EARBOX UILDING 6ce ,, P/11p. _ _ '[f(.E'AIKT IIN"COATINGS'if.GRAPII/Cfr1it ff¥OG * . ·~ roMa MAINTeM'Wl1'• tv~IJYM,.l~J,i/tfRINC-I. · ~~rt MYa7B''torFick11p~ -~~f· o ·

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LAURIE DUNLAP VICE PRESIDENT l 815 MASSACHUSETTS AVE RIVERSIDE, CA 92507 USA 909-369-5 l 44 FAX 909-369-7266 Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service 535 East ~,.,,•r;i/ Park Anaheim CA 92802 714-956-9457 WIND RIVER GROUP ~-'HEUVINK CONSULTING Punr IC R EI ATIONS & MAI\KETINC: En HEUVJNK MEDIACENTRUM UTRECHT HE~OEVELDSTRAAT 2'1416, 3572 KH UTRECHT TIIE NJ:THERLANDS T:u,. 030-2722133, FAX 030-27226:\2 M01m,E 06-5325~588, HoMEIPRIVE..030-~1.J.AA'5, ' • E -•~ /!It ~ Off Road Race TrucJss • Pre Runners PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C . JACOBS Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialists · Custom Wheels Chassis Design • Engin~ering • Fabrication Dale White Racing 3940 Maranatha Circle Las Vegas. NV 89103 T0Z-871-1661 LOOK FOR PRESIDEN T s□□-STATE MILL ROAD AKRON. OHIO 44319 (2161644-7774 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, AZ 8501 7 DUSTY TIMES Jack Woods (602) 242-0077 NEW WEB SITE COMIN-G IN FEBRUARY Classified .. ·. AUTOMOTIVE FOR SALE: 1994 Ford Ranger Class 7 Race Truck. I993-94-95-96r97 Class Champion Truck, SNORE & La Rana - 3.8 V-6. C-4 Auto trans, power steering &, brakes - 4 bump stops, Fox Shocks, Mickey Thomp-son tires and wheels, KC HiLites, more - more. Call for information -(702) 727-8272 Ready to Race! Top of The Line 7S: Ford Ranger 4WD, New Model Body, 3.0L 4 Cyl-inder, 290+ HP, Mogi C-4 Tranny, 4 7 gallon Fuel Cell, Fox Front Shocks w/Resevoirs and Adjustable Damp-ing, Kuster R~ar Shocks, National Spring, Chris-man 9" Rear End With 300M Axles, 9 First Place Finishes Including the Baja 1000. Many, many spares, including spare race motor available for $15K. Baja Brokers Ref #584. $40,000.00 (760) 723-2117. Check out our new website at www.bajaconcepts.com FOR SALE: 97 Chenowth 2 seat Class 1, 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/spares, over $70K in-vested, best of everything, $48,500.00 complete obo, or $28,500.00 less mo-tor & trans obo. Jeff (602) 978-3073. FOR SALE: '94 7S Ford Ranger 2.5 or 2.8 4 cyl, C-4 trans, Fox 2.5 Shox, setups for short course or desert. Has all the good parts, Fast, fun & forgiv-ing, simple to maintain. '96 W.G.A.S. series winner 2nd @ '96 Baja 500. $21,000.00. Call Mike (619) 233-6162 or (760) 743-5062 eves . FOR SALE: 1973 Ford, Beards, Autometer, Gate Shifter, Art Carr C6, 4 Fox up front, Gusseted Beams, Hiem'd radius arms, 2 Foxs in rear w/Nationals, 36" Goodyears. Huge wheel studs, solid body mounts, Fi-berglass drop hood and bedsides, ask-ing $8,000.00 (714) 280-9266. FOR SALE: Jimco 4 seat pre-mnner, Kuster coilover shocks, Type IV, Dual 44 Webers, IRS Bus, 930 c.v.s, Big arms & spindles, Ump power steering, Mastercraft, Adjustable peddle assem, 5 point harness, light bar, Beautiful Aluminum body, 136"EB, handles better than most off road racers!!! $34,500.00 (619) 588-9226. FOR SALE: Great beginner or pre-run Class 8 or 850 - 1977 Step Side Chevy, known as "Red Dog", too much to list. Call for details $11,000.00 (714) 639-8550, mas spares!!! FOR SALE: Class 9 Single seat-100% Race Ready! New front end, all new tires. 300 miles on motor, 0 miles on transmission. C&C dual brake mas-ter cylinder, C&C Hydraulic Clutch, New 2 1/2'> shocks, all top quality parts. New Chromed engine, window nets, limit straps, fuel cell. New spare parts, 20 new spare ti spare transmis-sion available. $4,000 obo. (909) 350-9218. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WINNING MINI-MAG: Bilstein coilover shocks at all 4 of wheel travel, Billet rear hubs, 16" of wheel travel, 570cc Yamaha motor, Parker Pumper, tons of spares. This car was champion in 1993 and 1994. The ul-timate play car, call for more infor- • mation, Baja Brokers Ref #538 $6,400.00 (760) 723-2117, Check out our NEW website at www .bajaconcepts.com. SCORE OVERALL POINTS CHAMPION and TRUE GRIT WINNER DAMEN JEFFERIES had ZERO downtime due to hard parts failure in 1997 because he relies on quality MAGNAFLUX service atJNJ Magnaflux. Experienced in EVERY-THING from Challengers to Trophy Trucks. Call Jason at (760) 240-6939. Dusty Times Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in 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. Enclosed is $ ----(Send check or money order, no cash) Name - --------------------------------Address Phone ------------------------------City State Zip ________ _ Please run ad times - - -Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 207 51 Marilla Street Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• March 1998 Page 45

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DON-A-VEE BLOW OUT SALE-TROPHY TRUCK: This is the Winningest Trophy Truck of 1997. 650 hp V8 Motor, Kuster coilover shocks all the way around BFGs on headlocks, great spares package. Race support and spon-sorship negotiable! Call Baja Bro-kers Ref #638 $79,900. ALSO CLASS 8: Grand Cherokee 4wd or 2wd built for 1994 SCORE sea-son, 108" Wheelbase with 20" front travel and 26" rear. 580hp Motor, 727 Transmission with bil-let parts, Coilover Kusters front and rear, Rear-End is fresh and new, 54 gallon Fuel Cell, Tommy Lee power steering, comprehen-sive spares package. Only race 250 miles and then detailed for a Valvoline show. Call Baja Brokers Ref #639 $59,900.00 ALSO: STOCK MINI: Factory built by Don-A-Vee Racing, 4wd, Awe-some Rally/Raid vehicle, call for more information. Baja Brokers Ref #643 $39,900.00. (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Class 1 Single Seat, Chaparral, all chromoly, New DG-300 built by Fortin, Engine 2.4, type 4, dual carbs with air boxes, out-board Cvj, with Wilwood billet cali-pers, new axles, coilover front, Saco, Flame-Out, everything hy-draulic is CNC, Fuel Safe custom cell 26. 7 gallons, 2 sets of body pan-els, bump stops, Mastercraft, Radio, Pumper, UMP steering & air cleaner, over $28,000.00 invested, sell for $18,000.00 oho. Willing to take a 4 seater in part trade also can sell without trans, Can deliver in the USA, Last race Parker 400, this car is the Whiplash class cham-pion 1997,JohnRaitter (602) 832-1875 Pager, (602) 251-9866 more pictures http://www.primenet.com/ -jraitter. This car is race ready!!! WHITE LIGHTNING SPECIAL: Brian Collins' SODA 1997 Champ Class 13 Chevy has been SOLD. Look for it under new ownership this year, possibly in the PACE Series. Still for sale: Dale White's Baja 1000 winning truck, Super Bitchin', bypass shocks, 710 hp motor by Shaver, MSD, BFGs on headlocks "Fac-tory" Chevy, Ultra clean and pro-fessionally built, Fresh rebuild! A solid finisher Ref# 634 Support packages available through Team Lightning! Both trucks $79,000.00 each. Also available less motor/trans for less??? Call Baja Brokers for package break-downs at (760) 723-2117. Check out our new website at www. ha j aconcepts.com. Page 46 USED PARTS: Misc drive shafts, 4wd dual stage Torsion Bars, $185.00, lots of VW shrouds, Chenowth 2 seat aluminum roof, $125.00; Many, Many VW Tor-sion Bars, $20.00-$50.00; Jeff Fields Bus tranny, $2,800.00; Alu-minum Engine adapter plate -Chevy V6 to VW, $75.00; Ranger sliding rear window, $40.00; Oil coolers, $40.00-$70.00; 25"x22" Radiator w/Aluminum Shroud, $175.00; Boxes of Lights, $10.00-$55.00; Empty Flame Out Bottle, $45.00; Limiting straps up the wazoo, $10.00; Class 7 Ranger!-Beams, Radius Arms, Tie Rods for 20+" travel, $1,000.00: Keith Black 440 cid V8 Dodge Motor, $3,500.00; AutoFab 15" Travel F-150 2wd kit! Super trapp 19" Stainless Steel Muffler, $120.00; Full Race 9" Rear End, $3,000.00; Dana 60 Summers Race Rear End, $1,800.00; Mogi Race C-6 with Torque Converter, $1,200.00; 17'' Wheels, $100.00, lots of 35" Tires! (760) 723-2117 The Second Lap - Browse through our full inventory of parts on our Web Page at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: Class 9 Two Seat JIMCO Former Rich Richardson Car (Class Winner) No miles since·complete prep by Jim Rich-ardson. All the best stuff 300m etc. RC Jones Trans. Includes all spares, windshield & trailer. Ready to race. $7,000.00 (714) 238-9157/(714) 830-9065 eve. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Mirage-The Best of Everything. The Fastest Single Seat 1600 in the Desert. Next year will be the fastest 1600 with the restriction plate change. 3rd in SCORE True Grit winner. Finished every mile or every race in the SCORE 97 series. READY TO RACE $17,000.00 oho Spares, Negotiable. Brian Magin-nis (562) 630-5896. FOR SALE: 1996 1-1600 Perfor-mance chassis, 2 engines, 3 tran-nies, King shocks, Charlyn, P/S, Saco rack, Fodrill spindles, Wright arms, Beard seat, UMP A/ C, Dual elect. Ign., 28 gal fuel safe, spare parts & tires $20,000.00. Gary (714) 974-7284. FOR SALE: Chenowth Magnum. Super 1600. Perfect for PACE series. Rabbit. Power steering, Mendeola transmission. Wright rack 2 1/4. Beard, New CNC disc brakes, Fox 7 / 8 shaft coilovers, front and rear. Bead-locks, New Fuel Safe cell. You race in Minneapolis or I will. $24,000.00 Terry (402) .734-2676. FOR SALE: SODA legal 1-160094" Berrien Lazer, Fox, Neal, Web-Cam, K&N, Beard, ROS, SAW, Super-trapp, ground up rebuild winter 96 & 97. All safety equipment harness, nets, Fuel Cell, are dated 97. Good fresh car only 4 races on rebuild. Best offer, Must sell. 330 532-3118. FOR SALE; '93 Ford Ranger Class 7, 3.8 V6, 300 hp, V6 Trans, 9" Cone Rear, Cone front hubs, Wil-wood discs, Fox coilovers, Kuster shocks, Travel: 19" front, 23" rear, 35 gal. bladder, Goodyear tires, Ultra wheels, extra tires, Bead lock wheels, engine, trans and rear end parts. $25,000.00 oho (805) 968-1067 days. FOR SALE: 1997 SCORE Overall Points Champion, True Grit & Mile-stone Award winner. Jimco 2-1600 w/Best of Everything, Professionally maintained w/no. expense spared. Rev Power motor, DJ Transaxle, Yokohama, Bilstein Bypass shocks, 25 gal Fuel Save, McKenzie's Billet Rear Drums, Charlyn, Ultra Seats, PCI, Intercom. Excellent condition. $25,000.00 spares available. Can also be seen in Hot VW Sept. 97 issue. Call Darnen at (909) 280-1093 or (909) 585-7931 or Casey at (909) 889-5612. FOR SALE: 1965 Myers Mynx w/ 1971 1600-60hp New engine, carb, wheel and master cylinders, brake lines, instrument gauges, battery. Runs strong camo paint $2,500.00 (702) 463-5855 evenings. FOR SALE: THE BEST CLASS 10 MONEY CAN BUY: '97 Jimco SS Mid-Engine Toyota A-Arm. Only 3 races on this state of the art Jimco "turn key" car. FAT's best 4AG, Fortins best 5 speed, Kuster bypass shocks, Summers etc. Meticulous attention to de-tail, powder coating, prepped w/ spares. Can easily be converted to Class 1. Over $70K invested, Ask-ing $47.5K. Todd @ (702) 348-7812. March 1998 FOR SALE: 1994 7S Ford Ranger FAT Performance Motor, Racedo one time aluminum head, steel rods Chromoly cage, Aluminum 9" floater, LeD~c Lightning rod shocks, C-4 auto, Beard Seat, 12 Beadlocks with tires, Fuel Safe, Race Ready with lots and lots of extras, $25,000.00 Finn. Must sell due to wife's illness. (608) 845-9354 CST. FOR SALE: CLASS 1, Single seat, 94' RCD (Race Car Dynamics) chas-sis. Former Sourapas/Fortin, Pate/ Ewalt. 2nd pl 97 Primm. Very light, strong, fast car. Major/McDowell 2.9 Type N. Fortin rear hubs, trans, rack, . Sweet, CNC Calipers and pedals, FOX 3" bypass rear, SAW 2" bypass front, too much to list, ground up prep, new (wild wash) front end and body, no expense spared, thousands in spares including 19 BF Gs ·on Cen-terlines (most with headlocks). Call Bill ~19) 435-8936. FO SALE: Mendeola Bus Transmission gear for air cooled. Class 10. $2,400.00. For more in-formation call: (909) 983-2930. FOR SALE: FATTOYOTA4AG CLASS 10 ENGINE: Built and maintained by FAT, 1 race since rebuild, all the latest upgrades, Electromotive ignition, etc. Com-plete package ready to install in-cludes Ron Davis radiator, fan and many spare parts, (Cyl. blocks cyl. heads, crank, etc.) $7,000.00 or will consider partial trade for Top-Line Class 10/12 VW Air cooled engine. Call Mike (562) 591-5665 ext 241 days. FORSALE: 1995AlfaToyhouse5th Wheel, 35 foot E-Z load back ramp for Quads, Motorcycles or Dune Buggy. Self contained 4.0 Kohler gen-erator, 25 gallon gas tank, air condi-tioned, microwave, oak cabinets and entertainment center. $25,000.00 or will consider trade for a Class A mo-tor home. (888) 666-3655 or e-mail dollbooks@aol.com. FORSALE: 1988Class 12, 109"WB Single Seat, New 1776 VW, 13" Front travel, 4" Front arms, Fox Coilovers, Combos, 4 Wheel disc, 5x2 Rear Arms, 14" Bilsteins, 22" rear travel, 930s, Fresh Type 2 - 486 w/ Hewlands, Beard, Wright, Charlyn P/ S, Flame-Out, just prepped, can de-liver $7,000.00 Rob (714) 998-3201. WILL PAY UP TO $1,000.00 FOR 1;68 TO 1 BUS REDUCTION GEAR SET (16X27 teeth) Call (702) 385-4 700. Ask for Ned or leave mes-FOR SALE" 2-1600 Jimco. 1996 SCORE Champion (Lampus). Prepped & maintained by Adam Wik. Best of everything used. Prefer to sell complete package including spares, pit equipment and enclosed trailer. Will separate if necessary. $22,000.00 for package. Contact Adam@ (714) 956-9457 or Don@ 972 271-5551.~~----~ FOR SALE: 68 Baja, 1835cc, Full cage bumper to bumper, wide beam, Wright rack, Trip le Bilstein rear, Sim-pson belts, Beard seats, Nets, Center- . lines, Very dependable, w/trailer $4,500.00 (562) 866-6986. FOR SALE: 79 Ford Bronco, Per-run Style, 400 motor, C6, 4.11 gears, 9", new front shock, Rancho 9000, new rear springs, National type, NC, PS, BB, 205 transfer case, Excellent inte-rior &exterior, 35" BFG, Everything works, No hard off road use. $6,500.00 Gary (310) 970-9494. FOR SALE: 5-1600. It's a winner, 2 championships, 7-lsts, 5-2nds, 6-3rds, 7/8 Fox, ATL, New 091 trans 213 :0: 1 motors, best of ev-erything, too much to list. Mov-ing up in class and Must Sell. $10,000.00 oho, will separate. spares $7,500.00 (909) 685-6517. FOR SALE: 95 Ford Ranger 7S Fresh Esslinger 2.3 4 cyl, stroker motor, 2-2 BBL 44 Weber carbs, Mogi C-4 Tranny, 44 gal. Fuel Cell, BFG.33-1050 Custer Shocks Ford 9" Rear, 40 spline axles, Flame Out. Fresh Prep race ready, many spares $40,000.00 Consider some trade. 1600-10 car or ? 40' enclosed goose neck race trailer avail. (702) 457-2809. FOR SALE: 1/2-1600 Motor built by FAT plus rear arms for 1/2-1600. $2,200.00 motor, $300.00 rear arms. 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2wd Blazer Pre-Runner: Here it is! 1bis Blazer is fully functional pre-run-ner that is tame enough for everyday driving. The best of both worlds. Completely CA smog legal, fully caged, good travel, 300+ hp, 3 seats, What more could you ask for? 350 cid Chevy motor by Don Hatz, bored + 030. Valley transmission Th-400 w/Art Carr shifter. Stock car prod-ucts 9" limited slip Rear End, ,4.56: 1 Ring and Pinion. Suspension has 15" travel in front on A-arms damped by 2.5 shocks. Rear is National Springs set up with 16" Travel on dual Fox Shocks per wheel. 36" Goodyear GS-As on Alcoas round out the rolling stock. Baja Brokers Ref #610 $15,000.00 (760) 723-2117. Check out our NEW website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Lothringer new car, only four races on it. Trade for 2-1600 or $15,000.00. Chris (805) 964-8643. STOCK FULL F-150 Awesome truck!!! Driven by Rob MacCach-ren and Steve Olliges. 351 cid by Leon Patten, Valley Transmission did the C6 and Currie built the 8.8" rear end with a spool and 35 spline axles. 17" of front travel with (1) custom Kendall shock per wheel. 35" BFG Mud terrains. Very com-petitive truck, hottest fab work, ready to race and win!!! Or throw in a windshield and make a great !?re-runner! Baja Brokers Ref# 618 $40,000.00 (760) 723-2117. Check out our new website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: Class 10 Rev Power Rabbit Race engine 1659cc, 8 valve head, Weber 45 DCOE Side draft carb, Arias Pistons, Carillo Rods, Web-Cam Special Grind Cam, S&S 1 5/8 Exhaust, 12: 1 Compression ra-tio. Complete w/clutch & Adaptor Plate. 0 miles on Fresh rebuild, good horsepower $6,250.00. ALSO: SCORE 2-1600 race engine, Rev Power. 0 miles on fresh rebuild, Com-plete $2,250.00. Cal Darnen at (909) 280-1093 or (909) 585-7931 or Rev Power at (909) 889-5612. FOR SALE: Class l or 12. 2/16 Raceco Frame widened 1 O" front and rear. 115" WB, Mastercraft seats, Deist belts, UMP PS, KCs, Wright arms and spindles, Wright rack, Fox w/res., Fuel Safe 22 gal cell. 930 c.v.s. CNC pedals, Jamar shifter, Yokoha-mas on Centerlines. Car is complete less motor and trans. $4,000.00 obo. Bill Pate (619) 435-8936. FOR SALE: Class 11: Sway-A-Way, BFGs, Beard seats, Bilstein $3,500.00. Call John for Details, Afternoon and evenings (760) 868-5694. Dusty Times FOR SALE: Chenowth 1000 S-Seat., Combos w/2' offset, 10 voer front end w/new chromoly F-trailing arms. Bus trans w/930 c.v.s and chro-moly R-trailing arms. Doestech shocks, & Fosx. Almostnew 1600cc motor and some spare parts. $7,500.00obo. Greg (817) 548-8501 or write to 710 Carswell Terrace, Arlington, TX 76010. JOB OPPORTUNITIES TEAM LOOKING FORA 1/2-1600 CREW CHIEF and sometime co-rider for approximately 6 races a year. Must be qualified, experienced, me-chanically inclined, with a positive attitude and a will to win. Prefer San Diego based sharp, detail oriented individual or organization that can pull together the whole package of race prep, testing, car storage, deliv-ery and return, contingency, pit dis-persal, car setup, and chase (with folks you provide), but will consider otherwise. We want to win some races, and have fun trying. GOOD PAY FOR THE RIGHT DEAL. Call tom at (800) 207-7671. REAL ESTATE RACE COURSE PROPERTY!! "Zoo Road" 1 mile to Baja 1000. Pit from bedroom! Lots 82' square, "Ocean View", $2,000.00, $425.00 yr. Beach Club, Cantina, Live mu-sic, Pool/bar, Jacuzzi, Horses, RV park, Race fuel, Const, Services. FAX: George Jackson w/ph# &time 011-52-657-71779 San Felipe. FOR SALE: Cabin on 2 1/2 acres with water meter. Ride off road from front door to gas, stores or Lucerne OHV Park. Electricity available. Ex-cellent riding for all off roaders. $8,950.00 (8D5) 382-1161. FOR SALE: 2 1/2 Acres with water meter & view. Set your trailer on existing slab. Ride off road from prop-erty to stores, gas and Lucerne OHV Park. $4,995.00. (805) 382-1161. WANTED WANTED: Baja Bug Project car, not yet completed, or complete Baja Bug less motor and trans. Must be street legal, good condition, and fairly in-expensive. Call Matt@ (619) 585-8838 after 5:30 p.m. or Rick @ (619) 421 -3175 anytime. WANTED: 1 or 2 seat Class 9 Chas-sis with or without body. Ron (714) 492-1094. WANTED: Full size Ford 4x4 front running gear, axles, spindles locks, limited slip. Dave (909) 987-4972. WANTED: SODA Class 11 Buggy or SOD A Lite car. Prefer rolling chas-sis, but interested in complete car also. Will consider older Class 1/2-1600 chassis. Scott (816) 792-8145 eves. SNORE TALK The next SNORE event is the "Terrible's Town 200" with technical inspection and contingency at the Terrible's Town Casino in Henderson, 642 South Boulder Highway, to be exact, from 5 to 9 pm on Friday, February 20. If you need more information, please call the SNORE Hotline at 702-452-4522. Remember, the champion of the 1998 SNORE Race Series will win a racers dream, a brand new ½-1600 race car. This car, the result of some of the most talented people in the off road racing community will be race ready for the '99 season, all free!!!!!!!!! Kevin Bunderson, Lothringer Engineering, Adam Wik, P.C.I., Sway-A-Way, Patrick Signs and many others are donating their talent for this prize so please set your sights on racing the '98 SNORE season and compete for this most magnificent award. INDEX To Advertisers Baker Performance Products .......... 34 Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Orleans Hotels ............................. 13 Best In The Desert ............................ 20 Bilstein Corp of America ..................... 5 Cactus Racing ...................................... 23 Donohoe Racing Enterprises ............ 24 Estero Beach Short Course Race .... 15 Fast Wheels ....................................... 29 FAT Performance .............................. 39 Fox Racing Shox ................................... 7 Fresh Air Systems ............................ 19 Fudpucker Racing Team .................. 30 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ..................... 38 German Auto ..................................... 29 Hypercoils .......................................... 14 KC Hilites .......................................... 37 Kawaguchi Honda .............................. 17 King Shock Tech ................................ 21 McKenzie Performance Products ... 11 Mojave Desert Racing ....................... 25 Nevada Off Road Buggy .................... 23 PCI Race Radios and Equipment... ...... 4 Pike's Family Restaurant ................. 38 Premier Racing Products ................. 26 Protruck Racing Organization ................... Back Cover R & 8 Auto Center ................................ 9 Race Ready Products ........................ 39 SNORE ................................................. 33 Summit ................................................ 27 Sway-A-Way Corp ................................. 2 T.0.R.R.0. -Texas Off Road Racing Organization .................... 22 Transaxle Engineering ...................... 16 Tri-Mil Industries .............................. 22 Valley Performance ........................... 28 VORRA ................................................. 35 Yarnell Specialties ............................ 31 The SNORE Points System, how many points you get for entries in your class and the bonus points system are set forth below for your perusal. Check out the system, look at the SNORE ad on page 33 of this issue for the entry fees and, if you're a real racer you'll be on your way to the next SNORE race to compete for generous paybacks and to begin amassing points for that great year end award for high points. 1998 SNORE POINTS SYSTEM Number of Entncs in Class 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 t1 12 13 ,~ lo 17 151- · 350 425 500 515 520 5:?5 S:lv 535 5-10 2od- - . . - - • 300 445 455 400 465 470 475 480 :l,r(j .••• - • - - - · • -300 415 420 425 430 435 4-40 545 5!:.C 555 5 70 5~5 590 595 485 4:)() 495 510 525 520 535 445 450 4~~ 470 '-35 490 435 560 565 500 505 460 465 57S SSC 515 520 475 48C ◄th• -..•.• -.•.•.•.• 300 400 -'OS 410 4 15 420 5th- - - . - - - • • · · - · • - - • - - - -JOO 385 :)9() 395 400 425 430 435 450 <oS 470 475 405 410 415 430 4~5 450 455 440 445 420 425 455 450 435 440 6th- • -•• - - • • •• - • . - • • • - • • - • • • • JCO 370 375 380 71h- • · · - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • - • • • • 300 365 370 385 390 395 410 425 430 435 400 405 390 395 415 420 405 410 375 380 385 400 4 t 5 420 425 tin- · · · - · - · · · · · · • · - · · · · · · · - · · · · · · · · · · · 3CO 360 365 370 3 75 390 405 410 4 t 5 380 385 395 400 9th- • . • - • • • • • • • · • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • · • • • - · · · · · · • 300 355 360 365 3&J 395 400 4.)5 370 375 385 390 10th· ... · · · · - · · • - · · · · - - • - · - · · · - · · · · · · · · · · · · - · - · · 300 355 360 375 JOO 395 4JC 365 ~70 380 385 11th· · · - · · · · · · · · - - · - · - - · - · - · • · · · · · · · · · - • · · · · · - · · · · · · · 300 350 355 380 365 370 375 J80 385 330 12th-···········-··-······•················-·-·-·········300 350 355 360 365 370 3?5 380 355 13trr · - - • - - · · · · · · · · · - • · · - • · · • • • · · · · · · • • • · - • - • • · · • • • • · - • · - - · · · 300 350 355 360 365 3?0 375 33C 14!~ · · · • - · - • · · · · · · · · - • • · · · · - - - • · • • - • · • • · · · · • - · - · · · - - · • · · • • • • · - • - · 300 350 355 360 365 370 375 1~ - • - - - . - - . - - - - - • - - - - - · - · - - · · - - - - - • • • - • - - - - • - - - - - - - - - • - - - - • - - - - - - - - -300 ~so 355 l60 365 310 1eth- · · · · · · - · · · · - · · · · - - • • · - · • • • · · · • - • · · · - • - • - - · - • - · - • • • • • • · · • • • • - · • · · • · · • · · -300 350 J~ 360 36S 17th- · · - · - · · · · · · · · · · · • • · • • - • · · • - • • • · • • · · - • - • • - · • • • · · - · · • • • · - - • - • - · • • - · · · · · - - · - · · · 300 350 355 360 16th- · · ········· - • • · · - · - · · • · • · · · · • · · · · · · - · • - · - · - · · • · · · - - · • · - · · · • - · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · - - · · · 3Cll 350 355 191h- · · · · · · • · · · · - - - • · • • • · · · · · • - · · - • · · • · - - · · · · · · • · · · · · • • · · - • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · - · · · · · - - · 300 350 20th· ......•.•.. - .... - . -....•• -•••• -••..•• - • -..•.• - . -.. - . -.....•... . .••................. -.. -... 3!)() BONUS POINT'S Leader • • • - - • - - - • - - • - • • - • - • • • · 2 Fas! Lap· - . · - - . - · • • - · · - · • · · · · 5 W<>rking Check Point • • • • • • · • • · • · 50 Yea, End • A.I Ra.:es - - • • • · • · · • · · · 100 Year End • One Class · - · • • · · · · · 1 00 (ilonus tor each Fast Lap in Cla..s) (Bonus for overall Fastest Lap In Class) (Bonus for Pit Crews working a Check Pcint to Driser of Record) (Ron•~ roe Cnmp:l"°ting aU required Lapswittiin Time L,m,t) (Bonus for Competing in every Race) (Bonus fo, Compe«1ng in same Class all Year Allowed to m,ss one ( 1) Rs>:e.) • Dnli ;im po,r.t-., owardcd d no lops are oorn;>leted • All points to Orw of Ro:ord ll!!!x-• No poin?s awarded if Orrvcr d Record or vehicie are dfsqualifit?d. • Points are thro\vn out for dnvers \oYOf'St f'3Cll of tr1c s~asoo (rf any roces att:! misse<!, nu ~nts w,11 be thrc,...·n out} 151 2nd 1·d 41h 51h 61h 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15tn 16th 17th 13th 19th 20th March 1998 Page 47

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