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Volume 15 -Number 6 June 1998 Publisher Emeritus Jean Calvin Editor John Calvin Associate Editor Judy Smith Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Marketing Pat Caplan Circulation · Vance Scott Contributors C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Jim Culp baryl "No Brakes" Drake Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Ralph Mason Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick R.on Miller Troy Robinson Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaµgh Darryl Smith Trackside Photo Inc. Les Wolfe Art Director · Larry Worsham Subscription Rates: $20.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Subscription rates on request Contributions: DUSlYTIIMES welcomes contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited mate-rial will be returned only by request and with a self ad-dressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTI TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. . 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DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black ~ white prints, up to 8x10 will be considered. In This Issue ... FEATURES P~ SNORE Buffalo Bill's 400 by John Calvin ................................................................. 8 Rally of Portugal by Martin Holmes ......................................................................... 14 Glen Helen Round 2 by Ron Miller ......................................................................... 16 FRT Buzz Bomb by Judy Smith ................................................................................. 22 Best In The Desert Tonopah 300 by Judy Smith., .................................................. 24 MDR Ridgecrest 300 by Ron Miller ......................................................................... 30 Australia Brisbane Short Course by Darryl Smith .................................................. 34 Australia Paramatta Short Course by Darryl Smith ............................................... 36 Best In The Desert Motorcycles by Anne Van Beveren ......................................... 38 ·Doo Wop National Rally by Jim Culp ............................. -........................................ 42 Northwest Rally Report by Jim Culp ............................................................... : ....... 43 Best In The Desert Quads by Anne Van Beveren ................................................... 46 DEPARTMENTS Happenings .........................................................................................•..................... 5 Off Road Scramble by PC ........................................................................................ 2 7 Checkers by the Big Wahzoo ............................................... ; ...... : .............................. 44 CORE Notes by Sandy Parker .................................................................................. 44 Challenger Corner by Joel Mohr ................... ,,. ..................................................... , ... 44 MAG~7 Report ....................................... : .................................................................. 45 F.A.I.R. News by Joy Bancroft ................................................................................. 45 Summit Notes .......................................................................... : ................................ 46 Good Stuff Directory ................................................................................................ 48 Classified Ads ........................................................................................................... 53 Trail Notes ................................................................................................................ 54 SNORE Corner ......................................................................................................... 55 Index To Advertisers ............................................................................................... 55 On The Cover Tom Sturgis took his neat looking Class 10 car to the overall victory at the SNORE Buffalo Bill's 400 at Primm, Nevada, running solo with his wife Ann in the right seat. Dave Ashley and Dan Smith went to the Best In The Desert Race in Tonopah to win, and win they did, taking the overall victory over a tough and scenic course. Color Photography by Tracie.side Photo c5ubscrihe :Jod~ lo DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$20.00 □ 2 years -$30.00 □ 3 years -$40.00 (no credit cards please) Take advantage of your subscription bonus ... Free one time classified ad up to 45 words. (See form in Classified section) Name -----------------~---Address -------------------City ---------------------State ___________ Zip _____ _ Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 207 51 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 Canadian - 1 year $25.00 US ■ Overseas subscription rates upon request Dusty Times June 1998 Page3

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1998 Happenings ... Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 (317) 272-2827/FAX: (317) 272-2900 Short Course Racing May 23, 1998 September 4, 1998 EXON Superflo Series At The Chevy Trucks World championship Off Road Race ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Apto 42 San Jose de! Caho Baja California de! Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSIDP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia 011-18-07-3298-5522 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 OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Renald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebec, Canada H7P 1T7 (514) 622-4440 BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apanado 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 June 26-28, 1998 Silver State 300 October 1-4, 1998 Vegas to Reno December 4-6, 1998 Terribles Town Pahrump, NV BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES Les Wolfe, NEW President 1727 N. Main Sunset, UT 84015 (801) 776-4654 July 11, 1998 Jackpot 200 Jackpot, NV ' September 19 1998 Boneville Challenge 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 May 8, 1998 Riin Of The World Rally Palmdale, CA July 2S, 1998 24 Hour Rally Mexico City, MX August 8 1998 Gorman Ridge Rally Gorman, CA October 3, 1998 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ. November 14, 1998 T reeline Rally Monrovia CA CANNING ATI'RAC11ONS P.O. Box400 Maywood, CA 90270 (213) 560-SHOW May 21-2S, 1998 Memorial Day Charity Car Show CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 645 Pierre, SD 57501 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) (605) 224-9481 Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4967 Dusty Times CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, vr 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLAIRTON ID-JACKERS l.C.O. Tom Delauder Sr 1091 Twp. Line Road Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Cou= off Road Racing At Harrison Couney Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright (0115261746834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (61637n 0034) CMC Continental Motospon Club P.O. Box 3187 COLORADO lDLI. 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 P.O Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 01152 (65) 66-60 80 01152 (65) 66-6080 Fax July 31-August 1, 1998 Santa Veronica 200 October 9-10, 1998 Carrera de La Raza Laguna Salada December 4-6, 1998 Carrera de Campeones Mexicali • San Felipe BC, Mex CORR Championship Off Road Racing Carla Reid EXXON Superflo Americas Cup Beaver Dam, WI Gary Schlafer (920) 88 7-1600 June 6, 1998 EXXON Superflo Antigo Kiwanis Off Road Race Antigo, w• Joe Servi, Jr. (715) 623-4134 June 20, 1998 EXXON Superflo Series At the Chevrolet Brush Run 101 Crandon, WI Doug Davis (715) 478-2222 July 18, 1998 EXXON Superflo Race Joliet, IL Dayle Coyne (815) .722-5500 August 8, 1998 ·EXXON Superflo U.P. Off Road 100 Bark River, MI · Brian Adams (906) 466-2723 August 22, 1998 EXXON Superflo Luxemburg Off Road Challenge Luxemburg, WI Kelly Hafeman (920) 468-8208 Crandon, WI Doug Davis (715) 478-2222 September 26, 1998 EXON Superflo Series At The 17th Annual 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals Indianapolis, IN Mike Moore (317) 236-6515 December S-6, 1998 EXXON Superflo Winter Series San Bernardino, CA Bob Beyer (909) 384-9342 CORVA 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352 Sacramento, CA 95833 1-800-42 CORVA Ext 42 Fax (818) 957-4435 October 9-11, 1998 Southern Calif. Jamboree Hungry Valley SVRA 1-800-42 CORVA ext 509 October JO-November 1, 1998 Nonhem Calif. Jamboree Frank Raines OHV Park 1-800-42 CORVA ext 502 (8> llllinner's Circle Larry Roeseler Wins San Felipe In Team MacPherson Chevy Truck Larry Roeseler of Hesperia, CA continued his domination-of SCORE Class 7 off-road racing with a two-hour margin of victory ·at the 12th annual SCORE Tecate San Felipe 250 run in Mexico. Driving the Bilstein shock absorber-equipped Team MacPherson Motorsports Chevrolet S-10 4X4 truck, Roeseler took the lead 78 miles into the race and was never challenged over the 231 miles of racing in four and one-half hours. It was the second Class 7 victory in as many races this season for Roeseler who again leads the 1998 Laughlin SCORE Desert Challenge series. Roeseler has won the Class 7 championship in both of his two years with the Team MacPherson effort driving Chevy trucks. Team MacPherson Chevrolet S-10 trucks have now won six consecutive championships in SCORE desert off-road racing running exclusively on Bilstein. Complete Coverage,,, Now Offering Off •Road Racing Shocks From 36mm To 60mm Bypass. Go With Bi/stein . . . A Winning Tradition in Off-Road Racing!. For all the details contact the Off-Road Racing Department .. Toll Free 800/537-1085 KRUPP BILSTEIN OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road• San Diego, CA 92121 · Phone: 619/453-7723 • FAX: 619/453-0no June 1998 Pages

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D&T PROMOTIONS P.O. Box 8105 June 13, 1998. (216) 339-4674 Dave Van Deren St. Paul, MN 551'08 Triple R 'Raceway AU races held at Hamson 2405 Baker Ave. Steve Beddor Nashville, IL Councy Fairgrounds. Cadiz, Ohio SODA Everett, WA 98201 (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 Steph Sabo (618) 327-9312 Short Course Off Road (206) 339-9079 July 11, 1998 ONTARIO OFF ROAD Drivers Association (AU events at Hanian race track, INTER-SHOWS Vermillion County Speedway RACERS ASSOCIATION Terry Wolfe Bellingham, WA or T urston County MOTORSPORTS Danville, IL Rick Tichbourne, Public Relations 7839 W. North Avenue ORV Pa!!z Oli!:!!£ia, WA) PROMOTIONS, INC. Brad Key (217) 446-4556 (519)-681-4192(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) Wauwatosa, WI 53213 P.O. Box 2910 August 8, 1998 July 4-5, 1998 (414) 453-SODA DECATIJR Mission Viejo, CA 92690 May 23-24, 1998 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Vermillion County Speedway Cedar Springs Decatur, TX 76234 (714) 364-0515 Danville, IL July 11-12J 1998 Lake Geneva Memorial Day 100 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER Brad Key (217) 446-4556 Janetv· le Lake Geneva, WI Tom Allen 414-248-8566 (800) 662-3649/(214) 641-2090 4WDCLUB September 6, 1998 August 8-9, 1998 P.O. Box465 Triple R Raceway Barrie SJ2!:edway ·July 11-12, 1998 DESERT STEEL MOTORSPORTS Kamloops, BC, Canada VZG5L2 Nashville, IL Lake Geneva Off Road Nationals 1865 Commander Drive Bob (250) 374-7175 days Steph Sabo (618) 327-9312 PACE MOTOR SPORTS Lake Geneva, WI Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Randy (250) 579-9621 eves. October 3-4, 1998 U.S. Off Road Championship 414-248-8566 (520) 855-6125 Wes (250) 351-2819 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park 630-963-4810 August 15-16, 1998 EASTERN OFF-ROAD May 23,1998 Casey, IL 900-PRO RACE Mississippi Valley Off Road Challenge RACING ASSOCIATION Short Course RaceBellingham, WA Larry Tipsword (217) 232-9859 PIKES PEAK Davenport; Iowa Tom Delauder, Sr. May 30, 1998 (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series P.O. Box 6962 815-778-3641 1091 Township Line RoadWellsville, Short Coure Race Produced £;l Lincoln Trail Off RoadersJ Colorado Springs, CO 80934 Au,ust 29-30, 1998 Ohio43968 Thurston County A TV Area MOJAVE DESERT RACING (719) 685-4400 United O Road Racing Challenge (330) 5~2-4589 Olympia, WA . Morrison, ll June 7, 1998 P.O. Box 1863 PROTRUCK RACING 815-778-3641 ELLIS DESERT RACING Bronco Buster short Course/Tough Glendora, CA 91741 ORGANIZATION September 19-20,1998 CHAMPIONSHIPS (626) 914-7029 Phone (619) 449-6252 Wisconsin Off Road Festival Finals (760) 256-8059 , Truck (626) 914-9169 Fax Only Oshkosh, WI Goose Lake A TV Area August 7, 1998 Kamloops, BC, Canada June 19-20, 1998. S.C.A. T. INC. 920-924-6805 I Johnson Valley Lucerne 400 Michael R. Icing December 5, 1998 June 13, 1998 Lucerne,CA P.O.Box277 SWORDS Short Course Race Stoddard Valley Thurston county A TV Area August 14-15, 1998 Morrisonville, NY 12962 South West Off Road Racing California 200 Night Race (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 Desert Series ESTERO BEACH SHORT Olympia, WA Barstow, CA 4209 So. CR 1300 COURSE RACING June 27, 1998 October 30-31, 1998 SCORE Odessa, TX 79765 Victoria Galindo Short Course Race Barstow 200 SCORE International Mike Parker Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Hannigan Speedway Barstow CA 23961 Craftsman Rd., Suite A (915) 337-3437 011-526-176-6225 Bellingham, WA Calabasas, CA 91302 (All races held at Notrees, TX October 2-4, 1998 July 11, 1998 M.OR.E. (818) 225-8402/FAX: (818) 225-8102 25 miles west of Odessa. TX) Baja 1.5 Short Course Race Short Course Race Mojave Off Road Racing June 5-7 1998 011-526-176-6225 Thurston County A TV Area Enthusiasts 29th Tecate SC6RE Baja 500 TOYS FOR TOTS Olympia Washington 25277 W. Main St., Suite 283 Ensenada, B.C., Mexico (619) 252-1197 /(619) 252-3093 FORDA July 12, 1998 Barstow, CA 92311 July 17-18, 1998 Florida Off Roaders Bronco Buster· Goose Lake Enduro (760) 253-4453 27th SCORE Fireworks 250 T.O.R.R.O Drivers' Associaton Goose Lake A TV Area June 19-20t 1998 Barstow, CA Texas Off Road Racing 2750 Cozumel Drive #1116 Kamloops, BC, Canada Location BA September 11-13, 1998 Organization Melbourne, FL 32935 July 18, 1998 July 31-August 1, 1998 3rd SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 Marty Jackson (407) 254-5167 Short Course Race Barstow, CA Primm, NV 8307 Bauman Road RJDPUCKER Hannigan Speedway September 25-26, 1998 November 11-14, 1998 Houston, TX 77022 RACING TEAM Bellingham, WA Location TBA 31stTecate SCORE Baja 1000 (713) 694-0207/Fax: (713) 694-8335 November 20-21, 1998 Baja Norte to La Paz, B.C., Mexico August 8-9, 1998 250 Kennedy, #2 LI.T.R.E. Lucerne Valley, CA Bracketville, TX Chula Vista, CA 92011 Jeff Elrod SNORE (619) 427-5759 (408) 926-0522 MSBA Southern Nevada Off UORRA May 23, 1998 JimAruta Michigan Sport Buggy Association Road Enthusiasts -United Off Road Racing Fud 200 (408) 247-4402 Dave Barret P.O. Box 4394 Association Plaster City West, CA 9363 Nightingale Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89106 Dave Urbanowicz, President July 25, 1998 MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS Flint, Ml 48506 (702) 452-4522 589 Amwell Road Conquista Gran Carrera 3749 Needmore Hwy (810) 730-9221 May 29-31, 1998 Neshanic, NJ 08853 Tecate, Baja, MX Charlotte, Ml 48813 KC HiLites Midnight Special (908) 369-6550 October 31, 1998 (517) 543-7214 NATIONAL MUD RACING Las Vegas, NV (AU events at Owego Motor Sports Park, Superstition 250 MICHIGAN OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION August 14-15, 1998 Rte. 434, Owei:01 NY) Lake Superstition, CA CHAMPIONSHIPS Rt. #1 -Box 380 NAPA Auto Parts VORRA December 31, 1998 Dave or Marlene Ryan Ely,NV Dunaway Dash M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. Palatka, FL 32177 September 25-27, 1998 Valley Off Road Racing Association Plaster Ci~ West1 CA 15529 Jones Road (904) 325-5422 29th Annual SNORE 250 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Grand Ledr, Ml 48837 Sacramento, CA 95838 GI.Et~ HELEN RACEWAY (517) 27-6200 . NATIONAL TUFF TRUCK Las Vegas, NV (916) 925-1702 P.O. Box 6950 August 2, 1998 ASSOClATION October 30-31, 1998 May 23-25, 1998 San Bernardino, CA 92412 10th Annual Michigan Off Road Butch Chapin Motorsports Promotions Terrible's Town 250 Yerington 300 Desert Race Glen Helen Short Course Championships 1404 East 3rd Street Pahrume1NV Yerington, NV Championship Series Ingrahm County Fairgrounds Hastings, MN 55033-1415 SONS OF THUNDER June 20-21, 1998 June 14, 1998 Mason, Ml (612) 437-2459 4WHEELERS Top Gun 300 Desert Race Round3 Oeeps, Trucks, Pilots, Dune Buggies, Road July 29, 1998 Race Division Fallon, NV July 12, 1998 Warriors and Quad A TV T roph-y and Arlington Raceway Keith Stewart July 25-26, 1998 Round4 Money Classes.) Kasota, MN (714) 522-1899 Top Gun Twilight Race August 16, 1998 July 24, 1998 Fallon, NV Round5 MICHELIN PRO RALLY Waseca County Fairgrounds S.C.T.A. September 5-7, 1998 September 13, 1998 CHAMPIONSHIP Waseca,MN Southern California Timing Yerington to Fallon & Back Round6 Sports Car Club of America July 30, 1998 Association Yerington, NV October 25, 1998 P.O. Box 3278 Pope County Fairgrounds Office Manager: Mary Carson October 10-11, 1998 Round 7 Englewood, CO 80112 Glenwood, MN 2285 Tracy Avenus Fall Short Course Race November 22, 1998 (303) 779-6622 August 1, 1998 Simi Valley, CA 93063 Prairie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA Round8 June 5-6, 1998 Yellow Medicine County Fairgrounds (805) 526-a805/Fax:(805) 584-8518 October 31-November 1, 1998 Contact: BBM Marketing Promotions Susquehannock Trail Canby,MN Internet: ht!E://scta-bni.org 1998 Championship P.O. Box762 Wellsboro, PA August 5, 1998 SOUTHEASTERN OFF ROAD Prairie Ci~ SVRA1 Sacramento1 CA Norco, CA 91760-0762 John McArthur (716) 447-7742 Anoka County Fairgrounds July 31-August 2, 1998 CHALLENGE WESTERN OFF ROAD (562) 988-6250/Fax: (909) 280-9097 Maine Forest Rally Anoka,MN Steve Rule RACING ASSOCIATION GORRA Rumford, ME August 8, 1998 (800) 313-5621 or (770) 963-0252 Larry Henderson Georgia Off Road John Buffum (802) 655-5768 Lake Of The Woods Fairgrounds Mike Moore• (224) 272-5400 (604) 538-0692 Racing Association August 28-29, 1998 Baudette, MN WORRA P.O.Box3241 420 Hosea Road Ojibwe Forests Pro Rally August 15, 1998 SOUTH EAST OFF ROAD Sumas WA 98295 Lawrenceville, GA 30245 Memidji,MN Stevens County Fairgrounds RACING ASSN. (404) 963-0252 Beryl Ann Burton (612) 529-6821 Morris, MN . President - Geoff Lee WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA October 2-3, 1998 August 16, 1998 1100 West Main Street D-3 WHEEL TO WHEEL GPORRA Prescott Forest Rally Dakota County Fairgrounds Franklin, TN 37064 OFF ROAD RACING Great Planes Off Road Racing Prescott, AZ Farmington, MN Classis 1/2-1600, 5-1600., Class 9, Patrick McGuire Association Jeff Hendricks (520) 445-3218 August 21, 1998 · SODA Class 11 & Sportsman P.O. Box376 13621 Pierce St. October 23-24, 1998 Isanti County Fairgrounds May 24, 1998 Adamsburg, PA Omaha, NE 68144-1122 D&N Bank Lake Superior Pro Rally Cambridge, MN June 28, 1998 (412) 527-6556 (402) 333-0517 Eve. Houghton, Ml August 22, 1998 , July 26, 1998 WHlPLASH MOTORSPORTS Keith Koesters McLeod County Fairgrounds August □309, 1998 6716 N. 106th St. Kevin DeLoui:hery (906) 226-8847 Hutchinson1 MN (All Races at Rall:y Hill Speedway) 2939 E. Grovers Phoenix, AZ 85023 Omaha, NE 68122 MID-AMERICA (402) 4964846 Eve. OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE (602) 971-3730 (All races are short course, stadium style. MAORA OFELPASO OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. May 23, 1998 Classes: Trophy, I 1-1600, 5, 7S, 1 and Press: Dirty Dave Cronin (314) 838-Joey Vasquez 4305 Wootlark Drive Rock to Rock Quads,) 4215 13180 Round Dance Tampa FL 33624 Rocky Point, MX VP: Walter Flack (217) 987-6568 El Paso, TX 79936 • (813) 962-2857 September 5, 1998 IOK FOUR WHEELERS LTOR-Lincoln Trail OffRoaders (915) 855-8899 ( AU Races at Snowflake P.O. Box36 Pres: Dean Conkling (217) 830-4215 AU races are at Mountain Shadow Lake. Eastbay Race~. Ta~ FL) Snowflake, AZ Cleves, Ohio 45002 V.P.: Brad Key (217) 446-4556 Take I -10 Horizon Blvd. exit east 12 miles SUPER SERIES (PTY) LTD. October 10, 1998 (AU events staged at the club grounds. Steve Sabo (618) 327-9312 OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. Vulture Mine in Cleves. Ohio) P.O. Box 706 Wickenburg, AZ May 16, 1998 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. Parklands, 2121 November 7, 1998 INTERNATIONAL Vermillion County Speedway New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 South Africa Point to Point ICE RACING ASSOCIATION Danville, IL JimKendel (011)788-5138 Bra~ K!,a;i: ,21zl ii~-i~~~ Fax ,011 l ~~~-212~ Continued on page 54 Page& -June 1998 Dusty Times

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Bekki Freeman and engine builder Adam Wik brought the Jimco in for a fabulous first in 1600 and they were fourth overall as weff. race and took the Class 10 hon-$2,500 for his 400 mile drive ors with a cushion of 46 min-and he was very-vocal at the utes, the overall win by eight awards, thanking everyone who minutes and Tom collected worked or helped on the car Paul and Craig Marshall had a trouble free day, said they had a lot of fun and took the silver medal in 1600. but, he did forget to mention Ann and that's grounds for di- . vorce in the off road commu-nity. Anyway, congrats to them and their team for a great drive and a great win. Second finisher in Class 10 was John Bartolatti who drove the first three laps then was spelled by Robert Harman and his girlfriend Jennifer and they did have troubles, a missing bolt on the valve cover and the con-stant loss of oil, some cv prob-lems and a couple of flats as well, but they soldiered on and took the silver medal in Class 10 and took home around $600 for their efforts. hour in the pit continued on for a nice third in class. Fourth across the finish line in Class 10 was BJ Baldwin who had some real big problems slipping down a slope and doing some heavy damage to the front of the car and then waiting a very long time for help to get back on course and from there on he raced to the finish and took a very respectable fourth in class. Class 1 entry was small, only four cars entered but it was a good race for the first two laps then Brian Collins let the big Dale White Chevy have its head and he set off in pursuit of the overall win. Brian came close, he ran hard as he could bui: a fuel filter needed replacement and the flat tire on the last lap didn't help much either so he ended up taking the Class 1 vic-tory by many hours and missing the overall by eight minutes but Brian said he had an enjoyable race. The second car to finish in Mark Bunderson drove his neat looking car to yet another first in Class 9, having a trouble free day and winning by almost an hour. Third in Class 10 was Bob Mathews who piloted the car for three laps and then he was re-lieved by Dan Bentley and al-though they had near terminal front end problems they re-paired the damage and a_fter an Matt Cunningham raced across the Nevada desert for a nice second place in Class 9, replacing a tie-rod on the way. HONDA · Power . Equipment KAWAGUCHI HONDA CORP. POWER Racer· and Spectator Discounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINES =--,. •WATER PUMPS •OUTBOARD ENGINES I! ... .-;: . •LAWNMOWERS •LAWN TRACTORS EB6500SX j .. •RIDING MOWERS •TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT PARTS AND INVENTORY --:~~~ IF We DoN'T HA ve IT, -No ONE Does! DEUVERY TO TI-IE RACES AVAUABLE • PLEAsE CALL AHEAD EX1000 KAWAGUCHI HONDA 3532E3RoSI:l...as~CA9CXJ63•213.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 HONDA Power Equipment - - - - -Page 10 - · ~/SA · S A L E S , S E R V I C E , P A R T S No+-h;r\rr' • ;Iii H o N D A P o w E R E Q u I P M E N T · S P E c I A L I s T 1u lll)5S easief. ~ For op:1n:un1 p"·r.'ur:n.uice :l.nd ~t"ty. plt-.,:i-c 1e:id t.~c-o\qtt"r ~ nt,J...,u:ll bl.·fore opa:iHng your Hond:t Po"'-·t"r Equipmrnt Sp('nlkalion:. subJeC't to C'~.tr.~e ~-.thoul nolke 0Es11mjtc only b.,~('d on r.lted load. •B;itt('r)' not uu.-Judt"d w1th E'.\135-..lOSXKI. E~15000SXK I .u1d C::90500S.X. • •With bJttery tray kit."' he-els ~ h.\...~~er ConnecUon to house power requires tr,msrcr dt",ite h:i .not•! ~~s1bl(' tn:u:y h> po1,1,·cr comp.4ny ix·rsonnd Consuh 3 qu.illnt"d dr-ct..r'tl"l.l.n. June 1998 Dusty Times I I I -I

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Amanda' Dixon and Laurie Vitek were the only a drove to a very respectable third in Class 9. Jason ran the last two laps, mom drove lap 1 and between them they brought their car in second in Sportsman Class. $$$$$ home with them. Congrats to all! Jim O'Donnell was the fourth place finisher in 1/2-1600, running well for the first four laps and then havi~ some unknown disaster strike on lap five and never g~rting to the finish; but still a job well done. Dan Bradley, who al-ways tells ine that the cafis running fine but the driver is worn out was the fifth place finisher in 1/2-1600, running : ATLEFf: Joe Keyes made a run for the gold in 5-1600 but he was only able to grab the second spot, failing to complete the fourth lap. well for the first four laps but ex-periencing terminal troubles on the last lap and never reaching the finish line but still hanging in for an: official fifth. Class 9 had 18 entrants and it was a Mark B,.mderson show all the way, Mark taking the lead on the first lap and there. he remained for all four laps. Mark drove the 320 miles solo, reported he had ho problems and took the gold medal and he also took . home a check for $1,500, not too bad for eight and a half hours behind the wheel. Congrats Mark! Second across the finish line was Matt Cunningham who also was a solo driver and Matt cruised home after replacing a tie-rod and ended up a nice second in Class 9. Third place in Class 9 belonged to Laurie Vitek and Amanda Dixon, no problems en-· countered with the car and they came across the finish line only seven minutes out of sec-ond spot. Unfortunately for SNORE and the sport, Laurie is heading to Chicago to pur-sue her career and we will all miss her.Todd Dukes was the fourth finisher in Class 9 and Todd reported no major problems as he cruised. through his four required laps and had a ftin day. · Class 5-1600 only had a handful of en-tries and the day belonged to Mike Polanda as he ripped off his four required lap~ with no major obstacles reported and his neat looking bug didn't look any worse for the long excursion. . . Joe Keyes was the second place 5-1600 official Jinisher, Joe, having troubles, was unable to finish, the required fourth lap but still got to the checkered flag in spirit. _Sportsman Buggies had to run three laps and John and Gilbert McCormick ran their three with ease,:taking the win in less than six hours on the long ventl!re. .•, __ . Tammy Tarbett and her son Jason gave it their all in the run to the checkered flag · and they arrived:44 seconds out of the gold, taking a:great se·cond place in a hotly con-tested battle. . So ended the SNORE Buffalo Bill's 400, a great day, for racing and a great race. Get on board for the rest of the SNORE season and join all the gang in the Nevada desert. ■ The Mathews/Ben,tly combo broke a front end but came on Dan Bradley didn't have the best of days, small nagging strong after repairs and finished a decent third in Class 10. problems and then unable to finish the fifth·/ap. Page 12 · June 1998 TOYOTA RACING DEVELOPMENT Iron ~ill sold separately. Even Ivan "Ironman" Stewart needs cotton shirts. And T's and hats and jackets. The new Toyota. Motorsports/TRD apparel and merchandise catalog. Open one up. 1·888·274·6452 Call and order _today. TOYOTA-I Everyday Dusty Times

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ByMartin Holmes McRae Aces Portugal, Just! Photos: Maurice ·selden Colin McRae and Nicky Grist churn up the dust in their Subaru lrnpreza before lots of spectators on their way to victory in Portugal. In the closest finish ever in World Championship Rallying, Colin McRae beat out Carlos Sainz by 2.1 seconds on the Portugal Rally. Thus, Subaru also gained their first win of the season though still ~aving some engine problems. Sainz, on his 100th World Rally also had problems with the Toyota. 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Page 14 King Shock Technology A Shock Manufacturing Company (714) 530-8701 Fax: (714) 530-8702 10402 Trask Ave., Unit C, Garden Grove, CA 92843 June 1998 Adruzilo Lopes and Luis Lisboa were 14th overall in Portugal, first in W2L, their second win this season. lems, Makinen went off the road and There was only one stage, a super~ Richard Burns drove his heart out but special on the first day and it is driven only finished fourth four minutes off as two figure eight laps rather than as the winning pace. Peugeot won WZL one lap on other events. Didier Au-for the second time this season, this rial was the fastest on the stage, time on gravel rather than asphalt. quickest Teams Cup driver was Finishing fourth in FZ the Hyundai Holowczyc and the best FZ was team made a strong debut appear- Adruzilo Lopes and on equal times ance in European Rallying. After a was Gustavo Trelles in the fastest of very poor start this season reigning the Group N cars. For the first time. Production Car champ Gustavo the stage was held on a Sunday and Trelles scored his first Group N win there were over 30,000 spectators in this season and was fifth in the T earns attendance. Cup. 116 cars started the event and The second day of Leg 1 dawned 47 finished, a 400/4 finishing rate. bright and clear, the sandy stages . This was the fourth round in the were a bit dusty. but the wind took '98 World Rally Championship and care of the cleanup. Toyota finished the first "Orthodox" event of the sea- the first stage with four cars in the son. After three rounds, champion- top five but there were problems. ship standings were very close, Mit- Sainz said his car was "nervous" over subishi was one point ahead of Ford, the badly rutted tracks and his se-Toyota was just two points behind quential gearshift was sporadic. Au-and Kankkunen and Sainz were tied rial was in big trouble, a hydraulic leak at the head of the driver's series. In made the gearshift inoperable and he the FIA Cup, for Group N, Mitsubi- was reduced to the emergency shi drivers Climent and Stohl were manual shift and then he lost third tied for the lead and HF Grifone and gear as well. The biggest surprise for Sawfish Racing were tied for the lead Toyota was that Marcus Granholm in the FIAT earns Cup. was leading after Stage 2 but he re-There were a remarkable number linquished that lead to McRae on the -of top drivers entered, due we believe next stage. McRae was busy pulling to the great interest shown in the FIA well ahead of the field and after six T earns Cup competition. Ten differ-stages had a full half minute on Kank-ent teams were entered including kunen who was in second place while teams from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Sainz's Toyota was improving and he Russia and it promises to be a most was now up to third. eventful and competitive season. At the first major service park Ari Vatanen was driving for Ford, there were many tales of woe: Freddy regular driver Bruno Thiry still c;:on-Loix had the gearshift housing come valescing from his pre-Safari rally in- loose in his Toyota, Dallavilla had a jury and Mitsubishi planned to make driveshaft failure then his clutch went this the swan song for their Lancer out and the engine was sounding sour Evolution IV car, the Evolution V to and Bakhashab flipped his car.on the make its appearance in the next second stage and it was so badly bent event. Toyota had six cars entered, the officials wouldn't allow it to re-Subaru had five and Ford had three start. and it looks like this will indeed be a Now came another three stages, very interesting and competitive sea- some 80kms south. The third of these son. stages, Stage 10 was cancelled after The weather forecast promised Rovanpera had pass~d due to the clear conditions for the rally but the huge crowds lining the road near the threat of rain is ever present in Par- end of the stage. Meanwhile, McRae tugal and the difference on gravel continued to pull ahead, running fifth being wet or dry is horrendous. on the road but well in the lead on Leg 1-10 stages, gravel, 135kms. time. Ninth overall, Rui Madera and Nuno da Silva also took their Toyota Celica GT-4 to first Teams Cup on the Portugal Rally. Dusty Times

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Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya .dust the crowd in their Toyota Corolla in Ari Vatanen and Fred Gallagher took the fifth position in Portugal, not Richard Bums and Robert Reid took their Mitsubishi Carisma GT to their futile chase of the gold, settling for the •ilver this time. too many minutes out of the lead spot. the fourth place finish. less than two tninutes out of first. Oriol Gomez and Marc Marti in theSEAT Ibiza KC were second in Kris Rosenberger and Per Carlsson took their VW Golf Kit car to a W2L and 20th overall on the rally as well. nice third in W2L, 23rd overall on the rally. In F 2 the rally restarted without alties with rear suspension problems, in the engine. Should I ease off or go Baumschalger, clutch failure on his then he hit a rock, broke the steer-for it. Well, no matter if it's going to VW after the Superspecial stage. ing arm and crashed. Rovanpera con- break it. will break so lets go for the Adruzilo Lopes led all the way with- tinued to press hard; on Stage 10 he gold! out real challenge. Rovanpera' s day was 28 seconds faster than Lopes, re- Behind him there was carnage. On was going badly, his engine spit and ducing the Peugeot lead to 13 sec-Stage 12 Makinen hit a rock, sputtered and finally quit due to fuel onds. The leg ended as a very long, bounced into a tree then yet another pump failure and he arrived at the drawn out event. Not only did the tree and the result was left rear sus-service park near collapse after push- top runners have three minute gaps pension useless. Radstrom was driv-ing the car for God knows how far! but the later runners had a two ing down a straight section when the Kenneth Eriksson was in the first minute gap between each car. The wheel jammed and ripped the suspen-Hyundai and had broken a fan blade top four cars on the rally were all of sion off his Corolla. Sainz arrived at so they cut off another blade for bal- different makes and of the top 40 the service park after three stages ance but now the car was overheat-teams, only five cars had retired! How with massive front brake problems, ing and there was so much steam that would change! Auriol had a spin, found he had no Kenneth thought the car was on fire Leg 2 - 10 stages, gravel, 145kms. reverse gear to get unstuck and . and he was forced to retire when the McRae started first car on the road needed spectator power to set him engine failed to restart. Mark Higgins' and was trying desperately to forget right again, Uwe Nittel was having Nissan lost nine minutes in road pen- the fact that he was losing confidence problems with the gearbox, the Gustavo Trelles and Martin Christie took their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution to first in Group N on the Portugal Rally. brakes and even the engine mounts were going away. On Stage 14 McRae's lead was cut from 56 seconds to 25 due to a flat tire and Sainz was getting happier, in two stages he had risen from fifth to third and Freddy Loix was jubilant, running fifth on the road he was only 71 seconds behind McRae and at the finish of the leg he had reduced that to only 11 seconds. Auriol was hav-ing gearbox problems and Kankkun-en, who had been 35 seconds behind McRae, lost the front differential and was dropping back through the field and eventually retired. In Formula 2 there was another hectic day in the race behind Lopes. Rovanpera had driveshaft failure and he lost a lot of time on the first three stages. He had been 13 seconds away· from the lead and now there was 40 minutes separating him from the gold but on Stage 17 he suffered terminal engine failure and retired from the fray. SEA T's remaining driver, Go-mez, had to change a cylinder head and Rosenberger had suspension fail-ure on hisVW on Stage 20 but made it safely to service and continued. I n Group N Trelles went back Carlos Sainz displays his award for entering his 100th world rally, into the certainly a valued and enviable career. lead when Stohl lost a rear wheel and just won." Climent fell back after suffering three In Formula 2 Lopes pulled inexo-flats and Campos finished the day in rably ahead and Gomez's engine third place. stayed intact. Every car in the top six Leg 3 -· eight stages, gravel, was a different breed, Peugeot, lOOkms.Althoughmanyofthestages SEAT, VW, Hyundai, Nissan and were the same as those used on the Citroen. In Group N Trelles kept second day, they had been regraded control and Stahl's chances were and the surfaces were more sandy erased with broken driveshafts. than they had been in the first round. The end of this fourth rally of the McRae was still worried about his · season .saw Toyota and Mitsubishi engine but it was still running and he tied on points with Ford and Suba-forged on. He paced himself against ru two and four points behind and Sainzandcoulddonothingbutwatch Sainz is now six points ahead of as Sainz passed Loix and started to Kankkunen. Next comes close on him. "We did the best we Catalunya, the first true all asphalt could, we thought we had the rally event of the season and we wonder under .control but Carlos kept getting what lies in wait. ■ closer and closer and eventually we 26th overall and fifth F2, Jose Araujo and Octavio Arajou brought their Nissan Almera KC for their first WCR finish. JUt TAP -lallr• d• Porui9,d lJ/lS,OJ.ta HUo■ inho• ( P J we round t World Owaplonal\i.'p Tommi Makinen and Risto Mannisenmaki retired their Mitsubishi after suspension failure on the 12th stage. 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SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP RACING Glen Helen Round 2 By Ron Miller Photos: Ralph Mason{[rackside Photo Inc. Rick Huseman flies his Ford to victory in Class 7S, winning both heats over some stiff competition. nearly won the race overall. Heath Clegg turned in a good effort and skied past the finish line to place second. Tony Okada grabbed the third spot and Jim Hanson placed fourth. Cindy Gibson finished next in fifth, followed by Jason Nielsen and Bradley Allen. Pat Dean made it look easy as he ~ both heats at Glen Helen Round 2, showing the Orleans colors and rising to second place in the season points. Race 2 was for the A TV Pro and Intermediate Classes. In the Pro Class, last year's champ Erik Cobb had more than his share of problems. That left the top three racers from last season's Intermediate division to battle things out for the "Pro" win. And all three were in conten-tion early on, as Charlie Rennie, Richard Yakkey, and Dave Anderson, slugged it out. Ren-nie and Y akkey eventually drew . clear, with the former prevail-ing in a hard-fought victory. Yakkey was a clear second, whi[e Anderson topped Ronald Warne for third. Cody Roberts and Tom Stukey'completed the Pro Class scoring. In the Inter-mediate Class, Raul Perez and Mike Nishimoto were among the early race leaders. At the conclusion though, it was Jason Laymon who finished best of all. There was a collective sigh of relief on April 5, 1998, when "Old Man Winter" finally took a day off and this track's second round of short course champi-onship action was contested over a dry racing strip. There were some highly competitive battles fought on track, and an-other _pretty good one up above as well. The score this day read Glen Helen 1 Precipitation 0, as several patches of blue sky. fought off the threat of rain. At last, things seemed to return to normal around these parts, and the fans and racers were out in force. A few of the many high-lights on the c;:ard, wt:re strong performances turned in by Pat Dean, Todd Wittman, and Tim Lewis. Another pair of game ef-forts were registered by Rick Huseman and Rennie Awana, as well. And as always seems to be the case, the ATV action was fast and furious. So without there being any further adieu, it's on to "Ron's Race Recap" of Round 2. The opener was an A TV event for the Novice and Begin-ner Classes. In the Novice Class, the heat quickly became a virtual match race between M. Schumpberger and Rich Lambourne. From flag fall to finish, Schumpberger held the Sean McKenzie has ~ every heat he's entered this year and he has a huge lead in the season points at Glen Helen. Gary Schnekenburger saves tire wear on his way to a great second and first place in the heats, giving him first overall for the day. Page 16 advantage, with his main rival right there and challenging. But in an ultra-game effort, M.S. refused to relinquish the lead and hung tough for the win. Lambourne too raced well, but he was forced to settle for the runner-up spot. The third through fifth place finishers in Heat 1 were Rob Baumsteiger, Steve Cobb, and Neil Marcelino, in that order. In the Beginner Class, there was an excellent field of thirteen doi_ng battle. In quite an eye-catching performance, Erik Hays was a complete standout. Hays looked more like a pro than a beginner, as he blew away the field and Todd Wittman and his Chevy were the big winners in Class 8, taking both heats and also a commanding lead in season points Rafael Navallo soars towards victory in both heats at the Glen, Rafael is tied for the lead in season points. June 1998 Laymon was all pumped-up af-ter racing (o a fine victory over runner-up Steve Marshall. Perez managed to hold on for third, while Chris Alvarado out fin-ished Nishimoto to place fourth. Splitting the field of a dozen entrants was Chris Parro, who took sixth. It was a thrilling dash to the checkers, as a large group of racers all were involved in a tight blanket finish for the second spot. Race 3 was for the Superlites, Pilot and Odyssey classes. Clint Wolsey, racing in the only Pilot signed up, grabbed the early race advantage. There was a handful of Superlites in hot pur-suit of the front-running leader. One of those racers, Rennie Awana, managed to catch and pass Wolsey on lap 2. From that point on the race was all but over, as Awana maintained a sa(e margin all the way to the checkered flag. Wolsey turned in another one of his usual strong runs, while powering to the uncontested Pilot class vic-tory. The balance of the Super-lites finishers were Roland Smith (second), Beau Briggs (third), and Matt Skaroni (fourth). There were entrants competing in both the Stock Odyssey class and the Open Od-yssey/Super lites class, during Round 2. Rick Hoogeveen was easily the class of the Open Odyssey/Superlites set for the day. Hoogeveen had no prob-lems along the way to his easy heat number one victory. Jeff Pearl was not so fortunate, as he seemed to be fighting a sour motor for most of round num-ber 2.To his credit, Pearl did manage to finish in the runner-up spot. Guy Savedra, in search of his third straight Stock Od-yssey class championship, rac·ed to a solo win in heat 1. Race 4 was one of the days most exciting events. There were entrants from Classes 1/5-10, 1/2-1600, 1/2-f600 Short Course, 9, and 5-1600, all mixed into the fray; Pat Dean looked super, as he roared to the overall race win. Dean was chal-lenged by the combined class runner-up, Jerry Miller, and also by another Class 1 toughie, Tim Lewis. All three of them looked great, as they flew around and over the Glen Helen course. Dean was just too much for his rivals though, and he ·pulled away en route to his solid score. Miller, as mentioned, was next across the finish line to take second·place. Lewis .meanwhile, finished pretty strongly himself , to secure third in the heat. Tom Continued on page 18 Dusty Times

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Jerrod Wedell flies his Toyota towards the checkered flag, taking Richard Kent gave it his all in both heats but could only come up with Steve Fulton landed with a second and a third in 1/2-1600, good for second in both heats at the Glen and he is second in season points. a third and a second, good for second overall for the day. second overall for the day and Steve leads the class in season points. Hulshof, Steve Errea, and Chris 1600. Anckner out-finished ri-grabbed the Heat 1 victory. ter a prolonged hiatus. The secure second place ahead ofJC Neil, completed the combined val G. Schwekenburger for the John Kelty raced to a second 1996 Class 1/2-1600 champ Dean. Rafael Navarro was in a class scoring respectively. David top spot, while Richard Kemp place finish, by beating Craig didn't miss a beat, as he raced class of his own, and romped to Anckner was back in the saddle bested Dennis McKenzie for Stone to the checkered flag. right into the winner's circle in the 1/2-1600 Short Course win. again, as he emerged as the heat third place. It was Scott Weers,. Gary Bussjaeger made a trium- his first race back. Steve Fulton Race 5 was for all of the truck number one winner in Class 5- day to shine in Class 9, as he phant return to Glen Helen, af- finished back of "The Buss", to classes competing on the day. 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Witt-man had the top two racers in Class 8S, Sean McKenzie and Denise Wittman, hot on his trail. Rick Huseman got the jump on his Class 7S rivals, and held the early lead despite his truck not running.up to par. Jer-rod Wedell was running second and Brian Cavitt third at the outset. Racing uncontested in Class 7, Raul Flores was also out there mixing it up with the truckin' convoy. There was not much change in the running order during this heat 1 contest, as both Wittman and Huseman continued to extend their ad-vantage. In fact, Wittman never looked back, as he powered his way to the heat 1 score. McK-enzie couldn't menace the win-ner, but he did manage to hold off Wittman's wife Denise for the win Class 8S. Huseman ap-peared to find his stride about half way through the heat, and that basically spelled doom for his Class 7S rivals. Last year's reigning champ distanced him-self from the others, and easily scored the win over Wedell who placed runner-up. Jeff Fareio, Martin Gill, and• Brian Cavitt, completed the 7S story, while Raul Flores' walkover wrapped up the truckin' tale for heat 1. Before we dive back into the main event results from Round 2 action, let me remind all of you readers out there that Round 3 will be contested on June 14, 1998 (that's the week-end before Father's Day). So why not treat dear ole dad to some exciting off road action? Depending on your taste in men's apparel, the price of ad-mission might be cheaper than buying him another {yawn) tie. And I'm sure most doctors would agree that it'd be a healthy diversion for the guy whose "home is his castle". The excitement is sure to get his blood pumpin', and it might pop any couch sores he developed during football season! When the action resu·med, there was a field of 18 A TV Novice and Beginner class rac-ers poised for the start. In the Novice class, that man Schumpberger gave fans a real encore performance. Twas sim-ply more of the same, as Schumpberger and Lambourne again duked it out from the drop of the flag. And again the heat 1 winner came out on top. Credit the Round 2 sweep to Dusty Times

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JCDeanhadproblemsinthefirstheatbutcameback$trongtowin DaveAncknerhadnicewininheat1,felltofourthinheat2,endedup Clint Wolsey leads the pack on his way to victory in heat 1, heat 2 and finish third for the day. third for the day and is second in season points at the Glen. unfodunately he didn1 repeat in the second heat. Mr. Schumpberger, as he laid diate class rematch, Heat 2 was all placings were, Scott pleted the results in class for all scheme of things, it was Pat claim. to the Novice class vie-quite a different story. Erik Shacklett (7th/8th), Doug Pe-Round 2. Clint Wolsey was Dean who again blitzed all ri-tory spoils. Lambourne provided Cobb was back on top of things ters (8th/9th), Joe Noon (9th/ forced to exit the main event vals. Dean proved impossible to the winner with another stiff after struggling in the early 13th), Raul Perez (10th/6th), prematurely, but his heat 1 fin-catch, as he sped to the easiest challenge, before again settling heat. Cobb regained his winning Bert Hilliard (11th/10th), Tony ish was more than enough to of victories and a sweep on the for the runner-up spot. Steve ways, but fell just shy of the Cresci (12th/12th), and Matt secure the Pilot class win. Guy day. There was a good duel for Cobb moved up a notch in the overall victory. That honor Dodd (11th overall). Savedra, similar to Wolsey, was the race's overall second spot, main, to earn a third (and third went to the heat 2 runner-up, . Race 3 was the Superlites, Pi-another Round 2 victor who as Jerry Miller and Tim Lewis place overall). Neil Marcelino Dave Anderson, for his fine lot, and Odyssey class main. won by default. Savedra's were locked in a torrid battle. raced to a fourth in the heat days work. Tom Stukey finished The same quartet hooked up a Round 2 tally was registered in Lewis, while unable to threaten (and a fifth overall), while Rob up next, taking third place second time in the Superlites the Stock Odyssey class. In the Dean for the win, did hold Baumsteiger's work resulted in (sixth overall). Ronald Warne class. And sweeping to another Open Odyssey/Superlite class, Miller safe to take second in exactly the opposite. There was (4th/3rd), Cody Roberts (5th/ stylish win was the Nature's there was a virtual replay of the class and overall. Miller raced another sweep in the cards 7th), Richard Yakkey (6th/4th), Recipe sponsored superstar, early heat on tap. Both events much too well to place third, when· the Beginner Class dis-and Charlie Rennie (7th/5th) Rennie Awana. Runner-up found Rick Hoogeveen racing to but unfortunately did just that, pute was settled. The day completed the Pro class order of Matt Skaroni beat out Roland convincing scores over runner-due to the combining of Classes clearly belonged to Erik Hays, finish. In Intermediate Class Smith who finished third, but up Jeff Pearl. 1, 5, and 10. Tom Hulshof fin-as he proved much too tough for action, Steve Marshall simply the opposite was true in their In the fourth main event on ished up back of Miller, to earn his class mates. Heath Clegg would not be denied this time overall scoring. Beau Briggs, the program, the buggies again fourth pla~e in the heat and again finished closest to the around. Marshall topped his with an overall fourth, com-took center stage. In the over-l:ontmued on page 20 streaking Hays, and Jim Hansen earlier runner-up· effort, with a scored a solid third in both the game win. His timely victory in heat and overall. Cindy Gibson the main, also vaulted Marshall raced to a fourth place finish in to the overall class win. Ron the main, to place fifth overall. Holthaus (seventh overall) Tony Okada finished in back turned in a strong runner-up and in front of Gibson in those effort, followed by Mike Nish-same two categories. The re-imoto who placed third for the .maining Beginner Class en-heat and the day. Jason Laymon trants in their Heat 2 order of earned the overall runner-up finish were, Jason Nielsen, Ron spot with a fourth in the main, Geier, Bobby Groves, Nathan followed by Chris Alvarado who Alvarado, Bradley Allen, Eli finished just ahead of Chris Madero, Kyle Adams, and Joe Parro in their end of day results. Slater. The balance of ~he field with In the A TV Pro and lnterme-their respective main and over-Rennie Awana was up to par and IK)f1 both heats at the Glen, a clean sweep for the day, shown here passing Jeff Pearl. SchumpBerger may be an ATV Novice but he rode well enough to win both heats at the Glen and into second in season points as well. Dusty Times 1-(f) [j Cl u 0 _, 6 <( w co z 0 0:: ::;; <( I u a: Cl co ~ w w I ~ w z ::J a: w 1-z w u If) a: w ~ co <( ~ co If) a: w !:i u:: z o!I ~ ~ u it (!) ::i co SU EAT A AU O ETER LEE YOUR OFF-ROAD SPECIALISTS/ CNC * Catch us on the Net! www.mckenzies.com PHONE: (714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622 2366 E. 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Charlie Rennie IM'.)(J the first heat in ATV Pro but slipped to seventh Eric Cobb (L) and Richard Yakkey duke it out in ATV Pro, Cobb IM'.)(J Rich Lambourne had a pair of seconds in ATV Novice at the Glen but place in heat 2 and is second in season points. the second heat while Yakkey had a second in the first bout. he has a nice lead in season points . overall. Afterwards, the winner ard Kent who came on strong to day on a high note, with a solid related in a post-race interview, take second in both heat 2 and win over runner-up Gary that he "really loved the track", overall. Dennis McKenzie raced Bussjaeger. Bussjaeger's second while also explaining that his to a third place finish, while though, was still good enough to "Orleans" sponsored ride is "ac-taking fourth on the day. David carry him to the ·overall class tually a desert car". Also in Anckner appeared to break a victory. G.B. reported after-main 4, Gary Schwekenburger front tie-rod, but still managed wards that he "was glad to be proved that his Round 1 victory to finish the main, to earn third back", after being away for quite in Class 5-1600 was indeed no place overall. For Rafael Na-some time. He gave all the. fluke. Schwekenburger added a varro, it was another "flag-fall credit to his family, for provid-Round 2 victory to his growing to that's all" in the 1/2-1600 ing the incentive that lured the resume, as he raced to the main Short Course Class. In Class 1/ former Glen Helen champ back and overall wins. It was Rich- 2-1600, J.C. Dean finished the to the local scene. Steve Fulton PRP Premier Racing Products From $149.95 each plus shipping & handling Proudly introduces the "Premo" full suspension seat, at an affordable price with quick delivery and many stylish colors. This is the premier seat for your jeep, truck, race car or buggy. • 3/4" x .065 steel frame for strength • Ballistic nylon inner liner for strength and true suspension feel. • Stylish outer cover with extra foam for comfort and support • High quality vinyl and 100% polyolefin tweed with high resistant to fraying and fading used on cover • Slotted for harness style belts • Four standard colors in stock at all times for quick delivery, many other color combinations available. • Low backs and bench seats available Page 20 PRP Premier Racing Products 1-800-317-6253 / Fax 909-676-6311 finished runner-up to Bussjaeger overall, while placing third in heat 2. Race 5 was the finale on the day, and it too looked like a car-bon copy of the days earlier event. Todd Wittman again rocketed out to an early lead, and the same duo of Sean McKenzie and Den-ise Wittman again tried in vain to catch the Class 8 streaker. It was instant replay time in Class 7S as well, as Rick Huseman also roared to another decisive heat win. Both Wittman and Huseman were much the best on this day. Sean McKenzie and Denise Witt-man again dueled for the Class BS win. "Big Mac" again prevailed over the vehicle piloted by Lady Wittman, which by the way sounded better than ever. It was unfortunate that D. W. lost a wheel and was unable to finish the main, especially after she put up such a game fight. Martin Gill had some tough luck too, as he laid his truck on its side on the final lap. Jerrod Wedell finished steadily to take second in 7S for both the heat and the day. Raul Flores, last season's Class 7 champ, again emerged victorious from the Toyota 4-Runner which he raced to another uncontested victory. Following the conclusion of Round 2, Class 7S winner Rick Huseman explained that his vic-tory was fashioned despfte run-ning on only three cylinders most of the afternoon. Sean McKenzie offered all the credit for his Class BS win to his girlfriend, who was his co-driver for the very first time. I guess you could actually say she scored in her maiden voy-age!?! The quick-witted McKen-zie also claimed that the smoke sreen coming from his vehicle, "was planned for use as a smoke screen". And we finally got the lowdown on that hard charging black beauty that Todd Wittman has been flying over and around Glen Helen. It seems that Witt-man acquired the truck from Johnny Greaves, after Scott Dou-glas and Walker Evans had both spent some time behind the wheel of it. Wittman related that he "is considering running at Crandon, WI" and we wish him all the best as he continues to turn heads ev-erywhere he competes. Well that's the story folks, as June 1998 Steve Matrshal (L) took a second and a first in the heats for a nice first overall for the day and he has a husky lead in points too. · we (finally) say goodbye to win- value around. ter and spring. Be sure to mark Glen Helen Raceway Park, your calendars now, for the big still just $10.00 for admission upcoming events scheduled-at and kids under 12 are free. One Glen Helen Raceway Park. It'll be final item before I sign off. A a race a month this summer, as whole host of problems left me things really begin to heat up. unable to pay appropriate trib-Round 3 is set for June 14th, ute to many ·of the Round 1 Round 4 on July 12th, Round 5 competitors. Please forgive me August 16th, and then Round 6 for the omissions and misspelled marks the conclusion of summer-names which appeared in the time action on September 13th. last issue (this really isn't as easy Don't miss. any of the thrill-a-as I make it look you know). I'll minute racing from the track see you at the races. ■ that's easily the best summer Erik Hays "°" both heats at the Glen in ATV Beginner, and he leads in points for th8 year although not but a big margin. Roland Smith scored a second and a third in his heats and a nice second overall in Superfites for the day at the Glen. Dusty Times

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FRT BUZZ BOMB GRAN PRIX soml;!thing New At ·Plaster City By Judy Smith Photos: C&C Race Photos Chuck Hovey won both sprints at the FRT Buzz Bomb Gran Prix, enjoying the new format leading all the way in both sessions. The Fudpucker folks decided one hour long, with the number to try something new for their of laps dictated by the speed of March 28th event at Plaster the leaders. · City East, and it turned out to As usual, the morning was be a lot of fun. Instead of a typi-dedicated to the bikes and cal off road race with longish quads, and their races were the laps and everyone racing at same type. But by 11:30 it was once, they laid out a seven mile time for the cars to take. over. course and had a bunch of one-The weather was a bit weird, hour sprints, with similar classes with a stiff wind blowing most running together. of the day, and cloud cover al-The most exciting new thing ternating with bright sun and for most of the racers was the rain showers. Not that it mat• drag race start, with everyone in . teted. . · the heat heading ou_t onto the The first event was a combi-course at the same time. Each nation including Class 9, 5-heat was to be approximately 1600, small trucks and a Class BUMP.STOPS HERE Stop the up-travel on your suspension w.itb this advanced bump stop system. Th••• Bu.mp Stopa conie complete with a mounting system, poly-eurethane end piece and enough valving to get the job done. ECOMICALLY PRICED AT $319.90 PER PAIR. (INCLUDES MOUNTING HARDWARE AND THE GRADE 8 BOL'.l->, SEE YOUR OFF ROAD RACING PARTS SUPPLIER OR CALL US DIRE( f · 11 car. The Class 11; entered by the team of Dennis Sletten and Robert Henderson got the hole shot as Fud flagged them all off onto the seven mile track. Sletten and Henderson had to back out of it when they got to the bumps, and it wasn't long · before everyone was in front of them • a normal state of events for a Class 11 car. When they aH came around again; the Datsun of Rodd Fantelli and J.C. Andrews was in front, with Charlie Bignell and Eric Deen in second in their 5-1600. Jeff Zaiser and Dean Stoddard0were third in another Datsun. The Class 9 Chenowth of Todd and Kyle Wilcox com-pleted the first lap but never came around again. The order stayed the same through the second lap, and Fantelli and Andrews led through lap four, with Bignell and Deen running second. But Zaiser and Stoddard disap-peared. Now it was Guy Evans and Jeff Callaghan in thiFd, in· another 5-1600 Baj a Bug, and the Class 11 was about a lap down, but plugging along and having a good time. . Fantelli ran steadily for the remaining two laps to take the first heat win, followed in by Deen and Bignell, with Evans and Callaghan in third place. The winning car in this heat ran laps in about 12 min-utes, and did five laps in their allotted hour. The Deen and Bignell combo IM)/1 the· overall for their group, second in Sprint 1 and first in the second sprint. Stemmerman and Kephart were second in the first Sprint and won the second sprint giving them the overall honors for their group for the day. The Evans/Callaghan duo ran to third place in the first Sprint and their second place in Sprint 2 gave them second overall in their group: Hendersc:m had taken turns with to his pit. Now Bignell and the driving, so both of 'em, usu-Deen went into the lead, with ally found racing short course Evans and Callaghan running events, had the fun of getting second. The Class 11 team, the jump on the other cars. As Sletten and Henderson, were before, the Fantelli/Andrews enthusiastically making their Datsun came around in the lead laps, but just couldn't manage at the end of the first lap. anything like the pace of the 5-Bu t they didn't make it 1600s. around again. In fact, Fantelli Bignell and Deen won the didn't get to start his second second heat, and when their lap, because his transmission let first and second places were go just as he passed in front of added up, they got the win for the timing crew. He coasted to the day, followed by_ Evans and a stop, and had to be towed back Callaghan, who were third and second, for a second place at the end of the day. Sletten and Henderson took third on the strength of their fourth and third places. All agreed that this was a . lot of fun, though the Class 11 guys wanted more laps. The second race of ;he day, starting at 12:30, took off into the desert before the first group was quite Yarnell. Specialties, Inc. 1-520-427-3551 102 Crestview P.O. Box 845 ·~arnell, AZ 85362-0845 Their second heat didn't start until about three o'clock, so they had time for lunch, repairs or a nap, while the other classes got their first heats in. Only four of the cars were able to come back for the second race. And when the flag waved, the Class 11 car once again got the hole-shot. Sletten and Bill Wesley and Jimbo Zinn ran fourth in Sprint 1, second in Sprint 2 finished. It gave the and that gave them second overall in their bunch for the day. whole thing a sort of Page 22 June 1998 Dusty_ Times

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Dennis Sletten and Robert Henderson got the hole shot on both starts, Brent Miller registered a pair of second places in his Sprints and thus split the driving chores and finished a ve,y respectable third overall in Steve Laputz and Kevin Gra\.'9s took fifth and third place in their Sprints was second overall in group in the Chenowth. the group. and that gave them third overall for the day. Dewey Belew and Jeff Dickerson literally flew to a pair of fourth places Rod Fantelli ~ the first Sprint in his Nissan, lost the tranny during Joseph Flores and Ruben Molina DNF'd the first Sprint but came back to take fourth in the Sprint and Fourth in their group. and the combo finished third in their group for the event. Sprint 2 and ended up fourth in his group. three-ring-circus feeling, as and Graves took third. finding it fun to do some rela-spectators tried to watch the The third group of cars con-tively close racing with cars that starters and the finishers at the· sisted of a mix of classes includ- were similar to their own in ca-same time. In this group, which ing Unlimited, Class 10, and big pability. The spectators liked it was made up of Class 5 cars, the trucks. When they finished also, because it brought the cars 1/2-l 600s and a couple of Class their first lap Chuck Hovey haq around in front of them more 100 car~, the Class 100 Kernco the lead in his Jimco, followed often than a long desert course ing brunch of doughnuts and would. It was however, still very fruit before the awards were much a desert race, complete with handed out. of Joey. and Ricky Kern, pow-\:,y Chris Harrold and Kevin Ba-ered by 2164ccs, took the early sore in their Acura powered lead followed by the Baja Bug of Class 10 Jimco. Brent Miller ran Todd Stemmerman and David third in ·a Chenowth and then Kephart. Tom Watson ran third came Jody Mason in his Ford in his 1600 single seat Jimco, truck. Dewey-Belew and Jeff witl:,i. Bill Wesley and Jimbo Zinn Dickerson were fifth in their in four'th in t:heir Bug. 1835cc Raceco.. Robert .. The Kerns led through lap Wagner's Chevy powered Ford two, with Stemmerman in sec-truck riever got the first lap and, but then Watson moved done. into second place on.lap three. Hovey stayed in front, bµt Stemmerman and Kephart were Harrold didn't come around the third then, with Wesley and second lap, and Miller moved Zinn fourth and the team ·of into second place, with Belew Steve Laputz and Kevin Graves and Dickerson in third. On the running fifth in their Chen-fourth lap Miller came in with owth. Mark Gilliland was run- a flat, caused when a broken ning sixth in his 1835cc limiter strap mount rubbed a Markco. hole in the backside of the The Kerns were having a wheel and let all the air out. It good day, and led all the way to took a while, but his crew got the checkered flag, to take the him fixed and he went on. Ma-win. St<!mmerman and Kephart son, meanwhile, was struggling moved back up to ·second and with a broken power steering. stayed there, with Watsun fin-Hovey took the win, with ishing the heat in third place. Miller second and Mason third. When this group came back Belew. and Dickerson were for their second heat, they were fourth and no one else finished all there. This time the Kerns all seven laps. had the first lap lead again, with Hovey got the lead right away Stemmerman and Kephart in in the second heat also, and this . second and Wesley and Zinn in time Miller ran second right be-third. But it all changed on lap hind him, having one of his bet-two. Stemmerman and Kephart ter days. Mason, power steering moyed to the front, with fixed, was third, and Belew and Watson in second place and Dickerson ran fourth, with Jo-Wesley and Zinn running third. seph Flores and Ruben Molina, The Kerns had lost a lap and fell in a Toyota powered ORE, to last place with a broken tie which hadn't finished the first rod. heat, in fifth. On the third lap Watson fell Hovey stayed in front all the out, and now Stemmerman and way, with Miller solidly in sec-Kephart had a fairly easy job of ond behind him, and that's the it, and stayed in front the rest way they finished. In third was of the way. Wesley and Zinn Mason, while Belew and had moved up to second, which Dickerson finished fourth. Of is where they fi_nished, with course, Hovey got the weekend Graves and Laputz in third. win, and Miller was second. When the points were to-Belew and Dickerson were third taled, Stemmerman and when their points were totaled Kephart were the winners for up, and Flores and Molina took the day, with Wesley and Zinn fourth place. in second place while Laputz Everyone enjoyed the format, Dusty Times towering clouds of blowing dust. The next event for the FRT In true FRT style, the week- will be the May 23 FUD 200 at end closed with a Sunday mom-Plaster City East. ■ ·WE CARRY AURORA, PYROTECT, PARKER PUMPER TURBO BLUE, VDO, SIMPSON J.T. 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BEST IN THE DESERT TONOPAH JGO Ashley and Smith Take The Truck Win Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. Jim Stiles led the race early on but engine problems slowed him down. He won the Unlimited buggy Class and was second overall, 15 minutes away from the gold. row. All agreed the scenery was nervous. His part of the course beautiful. led up into the highest eleva-There were two of the unlim- tions, where he said the motor ited trucks, called Trick TrtJcks did "choke a bit", but otherwise by the BITD, and they started he had no trouble either. They first, with Dan Smith in the re-couldn't afford to let off if they worked old Ford, out in front, wanted the overall win, so he essentially looking forward to a kept steaming along at a steady dust free day. The big crowd of pace to take the victory. Mar-bikes and quads that had started tin, who ran with bad brakes , early in the day were long gone, most of the day, finished second and it was unlikely that he'd about three hours later. The Ashley/Smith combo ran the big Ford to a first in class, first overall, covering the 300 mile loop in six and a half hours of trouble free running. catch any of them. What had Behind the trucks the unlim-Dan concerned was the fact ited buggies were moving along that the course was narrow, and right smartly, and in fact, Jim lined with rocks. He knew he Stiles had his single seat Raceco couldn't afford to lose concen-a minute ahead of Ashley and tration or he'd blow a turn, and Smith at the 68 Mile marker probably a tire, because their where the course crossed High-truck is a wide one, and feels way 6 outside of Tonopah. At even wider on a narrow course that point Kevin Colan ran sec-like this. ond in his Bunderson, and Jeff Dave Ashley and Dan Smith paired in their Class 8 Ford turned Trophy Truck, to take the over-all win in the car and truck classes at the Best In The Desert Tonopah 300 in April. The guided pre-run for the race, just a few weeks before race day, was run in a blinding blizzard. Pre-runners without heaters turned around and went home, but the well-equipped enjoyed a beautiful day as they toured the 300 mile track which took them up as high as 9,000 feet. Broad desert vistas, usually brown and dry, were white and sparkling that day, enchanting the hardy folks who did the whole tour. Most of the snow melted befote race day arrive_d. But up on the highest peaks it was still deep and was determined to be a bit too hazard-ous for comfort, so the BITD people changed the course some-what, to avoid the possibility of rac~rs sliding off the mountainside. It was a one loop event, just a little over 300 miles long, with six · The big Class 8 Chevy of Kyle Taylor won the class and was third overall, just 13 minutes out of first overall. 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Then it wandered westward, and south-ward, past Coaldale, and eventu-ally down -intb Tonopah for the finish., It was variously described as fast, smooth, technical and nar-But by the time he'd gone 68 Stiles, Jim's younger brother, miles he was 12 minutes up on had his two-seat Raceco in the other Trick Truck, Mike third, three minutes later. Tony Martin in a '72 Ford pre-runner Howerton was fourth, and Cliff turned racer. Smith had no Smith and Fred Wilkinson, in a problem making the turns, ran Custom buggy, had already bro-into no dust, no traffic andbeld ken and were done for the day. his lead til he handed over to Jim Stiles continued to lead, Ashley. Ashley continued in the having an uneventful day, and same vein, though he did catch was 18 minutes up on his and pass a few late running brother by the time he got to Quads. That made him a bit Mile 155, Check D. (At that .----------------------------, point, Ashley and Smith had him by three minutes.) Colan had tom the left front corner off his car by now and was out, and Howerton was among the miss-ing also. Stiles wanted the overall win, and was trying hard to catch the Ford, which he had in his sights. He figured he had him on cor-rected time for a little while, but then at about Mile 255, his mo-tor began popping and losing power, and he gradually fell back. He figured that whatever was wrong, he couldn't fix it out on the course, and anyway, his motor builder (brother Jeff), was running second behind him CraigTurnertooktheClassleadattheha/fwaypointandtherewasnostoppinghim and would rescue him if it quit as he cruised on for the win. -------------, moving forward. So he limped into the finish, his Type IV sounding worse and worse, but still healthy enough to get the Class 1500 (Unlimited cars) win, and second overall in the car and truck classes. His brother Jeff was second, very weary, after driving with no power steering from about Mile 80. They were the only cars in their class to finish. A couple of days later Jeff discovered that the cause of Jim's p~oblems had been seized points. The next group to start, Class 1600 (Protrucks), numbered three. As they neared the first gas stop/check point, only 2 7 miles into the race, Jim Nuckles The Hereford/Oliver team took the class lead about halfway round the loop and felt the rear end of his Ford go even with a few flats took first place in Stock Full. · Continued on page26 · June -1998 Dusty Times

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Steve Williams lost the front drive on his Ford early 011 and it sure handicapped him, he took second in Class 7300. Scott Steinberger though The had it won in Protruck but the loss of a Marl< OttersBerg had a trouble free run, said it was the longest race wheel relegated him to second in class, two minutes out of the win. he'd ever finished and took the silver in Class 8. Darren Skilton drove the first half, left for his sister's wedding while Barrie Thompson brought the KIA in for the class win. race. In third was Bosman, only three min ut es behind Ottersberg. Williams was now tied with Wartluft's co-driver, John Dyck, another half hour back for fifth. · Taylor whb characterized the course as very dusty with a lot of smooth sections, had only one flat all day, and took the win by 21 minutes. Ottersberg, who said it was the longest race he'd ever finished, was second, and just a minute and 14 sec-onds behind him came Bosman in third place saying he'd had a flat near the end of the day. He was apparently pleased with his new truck, -calling it an "awe-some good ride!" W artluft and Dyck were fourth, but Williams was only five seconds behind them in fifth place. Ciass 10 did not have a good time. The team of Roger and Don Norman and Dave Johnson, in a Chenowth, didn't even get to the first gas stop. That left the team of Casey Jones and Ryan Arciero, in an ceco powere y a on a -car uprighted. He didn't even they were planning on a good Tech motor the only Class 10 have a flat tire to change. finish. Skilton could drive only moving. And they had some So, Rubio, who'd won here in half way this time, because he trouble keeping the car going '97 also, took the win by 24 min- was expected to participate in forward. They lost five sensors, utes, followed in by Robledo his sister's wedding in Las Ve-their power steering went out, who had no problems along the gas that evening. So he handed the ignition system went out way. In third it was Land, and the truck over to Thompson twice, and they lost a fuel pump. then Mecham, about 54 min-about halfway along the way, But they had no flats, and they utes down, was fourth, giving still in good condition. Thomp-did get to the finish line, declar-the class ::i 100% finish rate. son got a good distance along, ing it to be a "beautiful course." Darren Skilton and Barrie then hit a rock, broke a tie rod In Class 7000 (modified mini Thompson were the only entry end and rolled the Kia. He tied or mid-sized trucks), the lead in Class 3000 (short wheelbase a tow strap to it and waited for was in the hands of Tracy Ru- · 4x4) in their Kia Sportage, but Continu.ed on page 28 bio and his Ford, at Mile 68, where he was just seven minutes up on Steve Robledo in another Ford. Bob Land was third in still another Ford after spending a half-hour or so helping to get Gary Mecham back on his wheels. It seems Mecham's Ford had lost its right-side shocks and took a bad bump which put it on its side in a ditch early in the day. He got going again, but was nearly an hour down to the lead truck. Rubio continued to lead through the next· few checks, while Land caught up some, and was tied with Robledo at Check D, 155 miles along the way. Ru-bio go t out of his truck only once during the day, and that 7501 SLATER AVE., HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647 (714) 848-8880 PHONE/FAX OFF ROAD TRUCK SPECIALISTS PRE-RUNNER SUSPENSION FORD RANGER/ F-150 *Adjustable Coil Buckets ,-----------*Dual Shock Kits *Extended Radius Arms (Heim Joints or Urethane} *Custom I-Beams was to help another racer get his TOYOTA lwd *Custom Control Arms (Upper and Lower} *Strut Frames OFF ROAD SCRAMBLE by PC (Heim Joints or Silicon Bronze} *Dual Shock Kits Unscramble the four words below and the resulting scrambled letters in the boxed areas and you will have the answer to the question . What the guys at check 2 were accused of doing GRANEH STOINP TRILEF NERGILM Dusty Times □-□□-. -□-□--□□-□ □-· □ D June 1998 CHEVY /GMC C-1500 *Custom Control Arms (Upper and Lower). *Lift Spindles (3" Lift} *FORD (Ranger-F 150) *CHEVY (Full Size- S 10) *TOYOTA (1994-88)(1989-95)(1996-98) *NISS"N (1986½·1994)(1995-1998) FRONT FENDERS, HOODS; AND BEDSIDES CUSTOM FABRICATION *MIG and TIG WELDING BUMPERS ROLLCAGES *CNC PLASMA CUTTING SHOCK MOUNTS *CNC TUBE BENDING (Send Us Your Drawing and We Will Make Your Part) BILSTEIN SHOCKS Ni11etlf 011e H1111tlred Series STANDARD COILOVER BYPASS *Fully Rebuildable * 22mm Rod 60mm Reservoir · *3 Stage WET-Seal Rod Guide *60mm Piston "powder MetalH CAMBURGPRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT A FINE DEALER NEAR YOU PDC MOTORSPQRTS BREA CA, AUTO FAB SANTEE CA, BAJA CONCEPTS FALLBROOK CA, DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOMED Page 27

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Chad and Josh Hall were tied for the lead in Class 8100 at the halfway Steve Robledo had a trouble ff98 run in Class 7000 and took a nice Jim Bosman raced hard all day but was only able to garner third place in Class 8000, just one minute out of second. mark but slipped back a bit and finished in second spot. second place, reporting no troubles along the way. help, and 1t was Ru610, leadmg Malcolm VmJe, m anot er ie a ost near y an ou,; an his class at the time, who Ford, only a minute back, in then disappeared after Check E. stopped to set him on his third. In fourth, and just an-Turner stayed in front, hav-wheels. Thompson made it the other minute off the pace, was ing no trouble, with Stankavich rest of the way to the finish in Joel Stankavich, in still another holding firm in second, even good shape, anxious to find Ru- Ford. though he got lost once in the bio to say thanks for the help. When they got ·to Mile 155, dust. Vinje's main transmission Class 7100, stock mid or Turnerhadtakenoverthelead, sealblewandhelostalotofoil, mini-trucks, found themselves and now he had five minutes on so pulled out, moving Winner chasing Bruce Landfield, who Stankavich, who'd been stuck and Weddell up to third place. had his Ford in first place as in a ditch for a while. Vinje was And now Nathan Perry, in a they went by Mile 68. He was third, another five minutes Ford, was in fourth, having a four minutes up on Craig back, and then it was Jerrold "few problems" but managing to Turner, in anot~er_ Ford, who Weddell and David Winner, in keep the truck moving along. · - ~-~ • • Turner, who found the course If . I Spllerlcal ... • BACISAVER • FIREBOrnES BAmRIES SPALFANS 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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The Henns didn't get that far. Hereford handed over to Dar-ren Oliver and he held the lead, with Chad's brother, Josh, now driving and in second, about 2 7 minutes back. Warnberg WM only nine minutes behind him in third. Meanwhile, Shelton, running on pump gas, had rolled the car and was back up and running, but had got a bad drum of gas, and had rust in his fuel lines and filters. He was over three hours down. Oliver .and Hereford had only a couple of flats, and took the win by 20 minutes. Chad and Josh Hall were second, and Warnberg finished third. For a time it seemed that Shelton would be fourth, but his trans-mission packed it in about 294 miles into the race, and he be-came a DNF after a long heroic effort. In the stock mini trucks, called Class 7300, things started off very close, and Rob Reinert-son had his Ford tied with Deputy Steve Williams and his Ford at Mile 68. They were about eight minutes up on Mark Turner in his Mazda, who was destined for a short day. Some-where early in the morning he'd lost his aircleaner, and by the time he realized it, the damage was done. Reinertson had only one flat June 1998 Rob Reinertson suffered one flat tire, said the scenery was breathtaking and went .on for the Class 7300 win. to mar his day, and he carried on at an even pace, admiring what he called "incredible scen-ery", on his way to victory. Deputy Steve on the other hand, lost his front drive about 70 miles into the race; which made his truck handle poorly and cost him a bunch of time. He finished second. There was one Sportsman Buggy, a Corvair powered two-seater that looked as if it would be at home in the dunes. Unfor-tunately, the team of.Laurence Grotback, Scott Anthony and Brian Ludington didn't.make it to Check 1 before the official Checkpoint closing time, and so went no further. The racing was pretty much all over by the time it was fully dark and folks settled in to enjoy the hospitality ofTonopah, an inter-esting and colorful bit of old Ne-vada history, which sits right on Highway 95 about midway be-tween Las Vegas and Reno. The Best In The Desert series continues on June 26th through the 28th with the Silver State 300. ■ Valley Performance Custom Accessories Competitive Prices Now Available Barbary Coast Class 2 Two Seater .$45,000 & Call Dave or Lenny at 702-247-1266 or 702-873-1962 3636 Mead Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-247-1266 702-873-1962 · Dusty Times

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MOJAVE DESERT RACING, INC. Ridgecrest 3DD By Ron Miller Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. · Dennis Sletten had a fairly uneventful day, running the six required laps in seven and a half hours, and he was tenth overall as well. the rest, . and 24 of those were able to . but what's to debate Koch avoid the dreaded "DNF and Ridgecrest were great, Bug". Koch's fellow Class and both were at their 100 racer David Massing-. bloomin' best. ham, turned in another su-Tom Koch celebrated his birthday by taking first in class, first overall at the Ridgecrest 300, tearing around the course in less than six and a half hours. Now on to a bit more de-perb effort of his own. Mass-tailed accounting of the rac-ingham finished as the race ing action. Despite a few runner-up in both class and other clubs hosting events overall, by completing the onthissameweekend,there required *280 miles in was still a good total of 67 6:46:39 (35.4 mph). The entrants. I guess I kind of winner in Class 1600 was took the suspense out of the the overall third place fin-story, with that opening isher for the day, Roger Star-poem but ... Anyway, here's key. Starkey remains one of On a day when finding a flower, to the unmistakable hundred dollar bill would've roar of off road power." been easier than spotting a cloud in the sky, MDR hosted its third '98 event. Desert daisies adorned the land like a shimmering sea of flowers, while a brilliant sun and warm spring day in-sured no April showers. Ev-eryone connected with this off road racing event was blessed with picture post-. card weather (on April 18th), and a very special mixture of vibrant sights and sounds. It was one of those all too rare feelings that could seemingly move a man towards poetry. You might say that the day went "from the quiet blossom of a simple THE REAL THING It was quite a site on this day of play yet all faced a formidable test, on a course this rough, you had best be tough, 1cause ies work when you race at Ridgecrest. Despite all the warning they took off that morning in buggies, in trucks, and in cars, each team with a dream and a souped-up machine , which they hoped would make them into stars. Tim Braden had some problems on the third lap but he carried on and took a nice first place in Class 725 at Ridgecrest. When the racers and chas-a few of the particulars that the most consistent racers ers with hearts and their you might not already know. around, as evidenced by his parts had given their all and . were done, on top was that guy who lives real close by that's back to back races he's won. Really all of the drivers who finished were survivors and winners since they hadn't broke, but no matter their speed they could not make the lead 'cause not one was as fast as Tom Koch. Except for the crying it makes no sense denying one guy's kicking a-on Tom Koch (Class 100) en-second and third lap times joyed the lead from the out-(0: 59: 18 and 0: 59: 1 7), set, while posting the only which were nearly identical. sub-50 minute laps on the Another statistic that bodes day. After stopping the timer well for the 1997 M.D.R. in 0:48:43 and 0:49:51 min-overall points "Champion", utes respectively (Laps 1 and was the fact that Starkey's 2), Koch was in total com-final two lap times of0:58:51 mand of the proceedings. and 0:58:07, were his fastest Ridgecrest's "home town of the day. In addition to hero" completed seven laps Koch and Massingham, Star-in the excellent time of key was the only other racer 6:25: 13 (3 7 .4 mph), earning able to complete seven laps the win by over 21 minutes. in less than seven hours time With this second straight (6:57:36). The overall victory on this circuit, there fourth place finisher for the can be no doubt about Koch day was ·Mike Malloy. Mal-being the "real thing". Fifty-loy averaged just over an four other racers also ac-hour a lap (7:00:32), while cepted starting assignments, racing his way to a strong second place finish in Class 1600. Finishing just over 15 minutes back of Malloy was his fellow Class 1600 racer, Mitch Griffin. Griffin earned the over.all fifth spot for his efforts, along with a good third in class, by averaging 33 mph. There was another about 15 minutes gap be-tween Griffin and the over-all race's sixth place finisher, Rick Wilson. Wilson took third place iri Class 100 with a time of 7:32:08, which he posted racing at *31.8 mph. Coming in fourth iri Class 1600, with another one of his steady performances, was Eric Heiden ran trouble free but for the sixth lap but had no trouble taking the gold Mark Ruddis. Ruddis placed medal, winning Class 8 by almost an hour. Continued on page 32 David Massingham had some problems on lap 2 and he could never Rick Wilson ran second in Class 1 'ti/ lap 5 and then slipped to third in John Strodde slowed noticeably on the last two laps and ended up recover the time, finishing second in Class 1, second overall. class, eighth overall for the day. second in 5-1600, about an hour off the leading pace. Page 30 June 1998 Dusty Times

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Jim Fay debuted in the good looking Ford truck and ran a great second The Barnett's, shown here sans some of their beautiful body panels, Rob Walters set fast lap for Class 9, had a horrible third lap but still in Class 725 after major problems on the first lap. ran a good race and nabbed second spot in Class 8. took second after a long hard day. ;;;;;;----;:==================--=======:=!==,----:-tTh...!.o-u-gTh_u_n_aTb"""Tl-e----=-t-o-aro--s-o The Johnson clan did their usual trick, ripping around the course in record time and winning yet another Class 9 title. · seventh overall, finishing trailing the lea,,ders in his 11-1/2 minutes back ofWil-class by nearly an hour after son and about six and a half three laps, continued on to minutes ahead of another snag the victory. The re-Class 100 racer, Ron Os-maining half dozen Class burn. With their similar 1000 entrant:; were unable fourth place efforts, both to finish their seven lap as-Osburn and Ruddis com-signment. Greinke, who pleted the results fr~m their completed the order of top respective classes, of those ten finishers in the overall vehicles finishing all seven scheme, took nine and a half laps. It took Eric Heiden just hours {9:32:57) in doing so. over nine hours (9:06:20) to Rounding out the order of power his way to the Glass finish of those racers com-800 victory. Heiden, who pleting seven laps, was the also took ninth place over-runner-up in Class 800 Mike all, averaged 26.4 mph for Barnett. Barnett required the day. Heiden's numbers nearly ten hours time really don't do him justice, {9:55:28) to earn the· 11th as the Class 800 winner ob-spot overall, but with only viously had problems during ten posting faster times and his 2:26:09 Lap 6. It was not another *30 returning under a good day for the Class tow ... ? 1000 set. Then again, I'm Classes 500,550, 725, and sure that Steven Greinke 900, all received six lap as-might disagree with that as-signments. Topping that sessment. Greinke, despite cast was the Class 900 win-Guess Who drives Desert Cool? Cooling vest technology by the Whitestone Corp. custom and otherwise starting at $1 5 2 complete (800)266-5440 Page 32 Steve Greinke was the only finisher in Class 10, having some problems in mid race but coming through for a nice win. his credit though, stuck to his game plan and continued to bring it around. Judging · by the way that Fay shaved 37, 4, 18, and 14 minutes tim~ off of Braden's early lead (on the final four laps), it's probably a good thing for the winner that it wasn't a seven lap race. Tim Serviss completed the Class 725 re-sults with his third place fin-ish {9:58:22). I wouldn't feel right if I didn't give recog-nition to a pair of racers who finished their six laps,. al-within the allotted time. Harry Dunne in Class 900 and Keith Sato in Class 550 both averaged about 23 mph and did finish, albeit after their ten hour limit had ex-pired. Classes 1100, · 1200, and 1400, were all given four lap assignments. Mark McKin-ley, the Class 1100 winner, posted the fastest overall time of that group (7:15:45). McKinley held an hour lead over his class rival William Swisher after three laps, and he was able to maintain that margin to the finish. The winner averaged 22 mph, while Swisher who placed runner-up averaged 19.3 mph. Casey Bennett registered the second fastest time for the four lap classes. Bennett's time {7:36:58) and average speed (21 mph) were good enough to help him capture the Class 1400 victory. They also were re-sI5onsible for putting nearly a full hour between Bennett and the Class 1400 runner-up, Steve Ruddick. Ruddick took a bit over eight and a half hours to complete his Mark McKinley did his four required laps in good time, winning Class 11 by over an hour at the Ridgecrest contest. ner, Scott Johnson. Johnson, the overall MDR points leader thus far, kept his win streak intact with a third straight victory. It's pretty easy to figure out why Johnson has been so unbeat-able in '98. The difference between his Lap 1 and 2 times was a mere 35 seconds, and between Laps 3 and 4 exactly 35 seconds. Johnson's fifth lap took only 29 seconds longer than his fourth had, and that kind of consistency spells success. Dennis Sletten looked great as well, as he raced to the Class 550 victory. Sletten's six lap time of 7:37:34 was three quarters of an hour faster than the time posted by the runners-up in Classes 900 and 550 (and less than 1 7 minutes back of the Class 900 winners'). And speaking of those two entrants, it was Rob Walters who earned the second spot (back of Johnson) in Class 900. John Strode was the one who raced to the second place finish in Class 550. Walters completed his laps in 8:23:20 and Strode his in 8:24:09, with each of the two averaging 28.6 mph. Finishing about five minutes back of that pair was Joel Mohr. Mohr's numbers, 8:28:25 and 28.3 mph, were good enough to propel him to a third place finish in Class 900. In Class 725, it was Tim Braden racing to the win. Braden averaged 26.2 mph, while completing his half dozen laps in 9:09:23. Braden finished with nearly a 12-1/2 minute cushion over Jim Fay, who took second in that same class. "Gentleman Jim" was hampered by a nearly three hour {2:46:49) opening lap, and found himself trailing Braden by about an hour and Matt Vaughan had a horrendous fourth lap, lost lots of time but continued on for the a half after two laps. Fay, to _w,_·n_i_n_C_la_s_s_1_2. ____________________ _ June 1998 Dusty Times

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,,.-Joel Mohr ran well 'ti/ the fifth lap, had major troubles and then Mike Malloy was in first place in Class for a while, slipped to second continued on for a third place in Class 9. and there he finished, less than three minutes out of the lead. Mitch Griffin led the first four laps in 1600 but then slowly slipped to third in class, sixth overall in the race. assignment, and averaged a shade under 19 mph along the way. The Class 1200 winner for the day was Matt Vaughan. Despite a better than four hour final lap, Vaughan still managed to score comfortably over the class runner-up Joel Hutak. I do believe that does it for all those race entrants who were able to finish the Ridgecrest 300. A total of four racers we_re on their fi-nal lap when they were forced to call it a day. A pair of Class 1000 racers were among that quartet, includ-ing Tom Ridings who prior _ _ . . _ . to his exit was averaging cas~y Bennett f1M! his license plated truck to a nice Class 14 wm, covenng his 37.9 mph. Frank Hines was , reqwredfourlapsmsevenandahalfhours. __ Roger Starkey obviously enjoys winning, and he won again at Ridgecrest, -with just three minutes in hand and third overall as well. with us for the fourth big plenty hot. the other Class 1000 entrant Class -725 was the other and especially to the "1998 who bowed out on lap 7. Ray member of this tough luck Ridgecrest 300 Champion" Wright of Class 1600 was group, who came up just Tom Koch. Kudos go out to racing at a 30 mph clip when short of completion on race the Mojave Desert Racing he met the same fate as his day. Inc. staff, for putting on an-above mentioned Class 1000 Congratulations to all of other great show. Start mak-rivals had. Bill Burrows of the various class winners, ing your plans now to be MDR event of the season, In closing, I'd like to pay coming up on the weekend tribute to all of those racers of June 20, 1998. It's the (of record) who took part in "Lucerne 400" from Luc-the Ridgecrest 300. ■ erne, CA, and the racing ac-tion there promises to be Announcing the Fud 200 Round 3 of 6 of the 1998 Budweiser FRT Superstition Championship Serles Pro-Off-Road Racing for Bug.g~es,_._Car~ and Trucks-sportsman_ - . ' e>~ u Unlimited• 10 • 100 • 9 •1/2-1600 5-1600 • 5 • 11 8 • 7 • Sport Utility Saturday May 23, 1998 Start: 7:00am • IO times around a 20 mile loop Plaster City West LESAR Desert Rescue• BLM Approved• Prerunning Encouraged Sanctioned by: The San Diego County Sports Committee, Inc. I Bonus$$$ Purse Sponsors$$$ The Patriarch of the Ledezma Family of Racers Red Eagle Racing Hector Ledezma Viejas Casino . cordially Invites you to the Start Position Drawing and Contingency Show Palomar Communications for the Budweiser Fud 200 G. Scott Asphalt Inc. Saturday May 2, 1998 Wehe MotorSports --Ledezma Muffler and Offroad Center FRT is once again giving away our 8663 Magnolia Av• Suite B • Santee Ca 92071 • 619-562-7024 Sponsors SSS MONEY SSS Fun• Food• Refreshments• Start Position Drawing at 1:00pm ~ ~ L i . Dusty Times June 1998 Page 33 I,.

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t ,. AUStRALIAN STADIUM OFF ROAD GRAN PRIX Archerfield, Brisbane March 21, 1995 Marl< Manns flies his Holden Rodeo at the Brisbane Archerfield Speedway, winning three of the four truck heats for a resounding victory for the night. The second round of the races. While in the buggies 1998 Australian Stadium Off Bruce Watman was hoping to Road Championship gave a repeat his Feature Final win packed Brisbane crowd a real and keep Daren Wells at bay. eye opener as the trucks and Sports Trucks buggies all but pounded."them.- A somewhat small field but selves into submission. The· ·thar.was soon overlooked with Archerfield Sp~edway· shook th:e action produced. Wayne like never before, as the· Attard (bodge), Paul Weel fibreglass flew amongst the roll- · (Dodg'e), and Mark Manns overs and beatings :the cars {Holden .Rodeo) wer.e a tight took. In the Tm.ck class, young bunch in.Hea't 1. As.Weel and Paul Weel was out to repeat his Attard rubbed panels Manns result from the previous meet slipped through to take the_win. where he won five from five Attard was second with John Hederics (Dodge) third. The two team mates· of Weel and Hederics lead Heat 2. There is no chance these two would ever drive for McLaren as they pushed and rammed each other trying for the lead. W eel took the· win over Hederics and Attard. He.at 3 saw Manns lead from ·pole spot. Attard had Weel along o·ne side and · Hederics on the .other as they fought three wide for second place. W eel went low only to be pushed up against the tire . TRANSAXLE. ENGINEERING SALUTES: MARK POST FIRSTOVE "'!'l!!'!-..-'".!!!IIIP!' -COME BY AND SEE USAT OURNEWLOCATION Transaxle Engineering Jeff Field Page 34 818-998-2739 9763 Variel Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311 June 1998 Paul Wee/ won the second heat and the feature event for a pretty good evening in his Dodge before a great crowd in Brisbene. barrier. Manns cleared out and with Styles getting spun took the win. Attard was sec-around. Tony Fehlhaber came ond with Hederics third and away in front while Wells was Chris Owen (Nissan) a close storming through the pack af-fourth. The final saw Manns ter coming· from' rear of grid. and Attard off the front row, Fehlhaber took a fine win over with Weel in the unusual spot Byron Murfet and Daren Wells. of fifth on the grid. However, In the third heat Watman was by the first corner Weel went off pole but had Wells right down the inside of Manns for behind. Then Wells braked to the lead! The result was heavy av.oid landing on Watman only contact and Weel's truck get-to have Medrano come crash-ting thrown skywards. Attard ing down on his rear e·nd. grabbed the lead over Manns Fehlhaber was out with a and Weel. Things soon got squashed exhaust. Taking the worse for Weel, with a rollover line around all the action and the result. A restart occurred into the lead was Murfet who and again the W eel truck was went on to take the win over almost immedialely vying for Wells and Watman. The Class the lead and began a great Final saw the front two, scrap with Attard that saw Watman and Murfet, battle for plenty of paint swapping. The the lead. Glenn Owen was get-duel got quite heated and was ting in on the action and tack-resolved with Attard spinning. led Wells for fourth. Medrano Manns however, tried the same .was in third and soon came un-trick and pounced on the lead der attack from Wells and the. spot and took a fine win. A well scuffle that followed resulted in overdue one at that. Weel Wells ending up on his ·roof. crossed battered on second The restart with two to go with Owen on his tail. Attard made Watman more nervous took fourth place with Nev but then Owen took out Murfet Taylor's VW back in last. and set out for Watma·n. Hederics was a dnf. Fehlhaber and Murfet got The Feature Final was a re-locked together. But Watman peat of the Weel/ Attard agro as· took the win with Owen see-the two clashed on the first cor-ond·. Styles had moved up to ner while Hederics added to the grab third over Medrano, battle. Attard came out worst Michael Taylor, Murfet, Shane with a spin rejoining in last. Otway, and Fehlhaber, in that· Weel lead Hederics with order. Manns getting past Owen for 1.600 Buggies third. By this stage the track With the-defection of two was chopping up and the jumps _ regular cars to Unlimiteds, the were sending the trucks in all · 1600 class .is now somewhat directions. Attard's wild antics small. Heat 1 saw six cars line ended with a broken front end. up. Col Jobe took the lead and Weel went on to win with 1/2 held on to it. Bruce Watman lap back to Hederics with was closing and ready to· try Manns close to him. Owen fol-something. And that was an in-lowed in fourth with the two side move through the moguls VW Bajas of Nev Taylor and with one corner to go. It didn't Clay Taylor rounding out the work ·and they both ended up field. jammed together· up against a Unlimited Buggies tire. Steve Willet came through Unlike the last race where and took the:win over Andrew there was only enough buggies Ziems and J:roy· Crane. Heat 2 for one group, at Brisbane there saw Ziem's offpole and go away were ·enough buggies to run for an all the way win. Jobe three categories. There· was a c_ame from the rear and took quality field of 11 Unlimited· . second over Watman. Heat 3 cars in Heat 1, and as expected was great racing with four cars there was a pileup in the first all nose to tail ra<;:jng: (Ziems, corner with Laurie· Svenson Jobe, Willett and Watman). Zi-spun sideways and Daren Wells ems held on and took the ·win. launching across the bonnet of Jobe tried a last jump lunge Svenson and off the track. that almost resulted in an endo. Chris Watman has made the Willett held out a very deter-move from 1600 class with the mined Watman for third. Into installation of a supercharged the Class Final and Jobe jumps motor, and he promptly·cleared to the lead with Ziems close be-out into the lead. Watman con-hind. Willett put the pressure tinued on to take the win over on Watman then the task was Mark Medrano who also moved made easier when Watman up from the 1600 class. Paul pulled out. Jobe went o·n to Styles grabbed third. Heat 2 take the win. Ziems claimed saw another first corner pileup second with an ecstatic Willett Dusty Times

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Wayne Attard puts a move on John Hedericks as the battle for position Chris Watman flies towards victory in the first heat and he ~ the Col Jobe didn't have the best of evenings, he got smashed and bashed rages in the stadium in Brisbane. final of the night also in the Unlimited Buggy Class. a bit in each 1600 heat but still had a good time. third. Crane was in fourth over where Michael Vieritz, Troy rolling his car. The next restart John Wager. Wahry and Kilner. This group saw Bruce Watman still leading Challenger Buggies should be commended for orga-but with Jobe and Chris Watman A grid of eight cars lined up nizing their own group of cars closing. Chris Watman got past with a combination of Class 3, to make up an extra event on Jobe as did Owen. In the end coming Next Month ... 4 and 6 cars. Heat 1 saw Chris the night. Bruce Watman repeated his Fea-Hutton go to a fine win in his All in Buggy Final ture Final win of last meet. This Class 3 over Greg Nicoll, and The Feature Final for buggies time he beat home his younger Randall Kilner. In Heat 2 it was involves ALL buggies being .al-brother Chris. Wells was next but the VW Baja of Clay Taylor lowed in the one race. There apparently one lap down. Glenn taking the win over the Class 6 were 14 cars in all that took .the Owen took third over Jobe. Then of John Wager and Hutton. In green flag. Bruce Watman lead came Willett, Styles, Murfet, Heat 3 it was a good dice be-the pack through the first comer Wells, and Ziems with a broken tween Hutton and Wager with where they tried to go five wide shock. ■ the win going to Hutton. Wa-through the jumps, Styles getting ger took second with Nicoll pushed off the side of the jump. third. In the Class Final it was Watman lead Fehlhaber, Murfet, Estero Beach Short Course VORRA Season Opener WRC Rally Cataluna ... Plus AD The Regular Features •• .-... IQl'a••·o ---=-c=:=i:: -=• '°'~--=,r==-; --= -=Y/li •. !!U1•• Wager getting the early lead and Jobe. In the pack Wells was but everyone expected Hutton trying to make something of the to challenge him. The Chal-night and pushed forward. Unfor-lenge never came and Wager tunately, he surprised team mate was ecstatic to take the win. Ziems and the two ended up Hutton came home in. second · stacked one on top of the other with Taylor only 1/2 cars length bringing on a restart. The action over Nicoll for third. Following was to continue with Medrano orthern California & Nevada :1998 RA.CE SCHEDULE Bruce Watman didn't win a heat in Brisbane but he was in there scrapping for position all evening, just didn't have any luck. Daren Wells and Andrew Ziems run afoul of each other in Brisbane, neither car harmed but the Joss of racing time is significant. John Hederics, Paul Weems and Mark Manns share the spotlight with the lovely girls from Yokohama after a long night of racing. Dusty Times MAY23, 24, & 25 ·· JUNE 20 & 21 JULY 25 & 26 SEPT. 5, 6 & 7 OCT. 10 & 11 OCT. 31 & NOV. 1 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 TWILIGHT 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, SAQAAMENTO, 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 95838 (916) 9~5-1702 • FAX (916) 925-8217 • WWW.VORRA.COM J._.ne 1998 Page 35

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AUSTRALIAN STADIUM OFF ROAD GRAN PRIX Parramatta Raceway, Sydney, February 21, 1998 By Darryl Smith Paul Wee/ was the man to beat, he won all four heats and the Feature Final for a great evening, showing everyone the way to the gold. The Australian Off Road Sta-dium championship got under way for the 1998 season at Parramatta, Sydney with the Yokohama Gran Prix recently. There were a few new faces and some returning after a lay off, but the action was as good as ever with plenty of action from the trucks, the buggies and the desert cars. Sports Trucks In all seven of the trucks formed the main attraction. Heat 1 saw some great racing albeit on a damp and slippery track. Wayne Attard was the early leader in an ex-Evans Dodge until spinning allowing Paul W eel, fresh from Touring Car as-phalt racing to take the lead and the win. David Mendham was back after a year off and took second over Mark Manns. Heat 2 saw W eel off the front and open a good lead also in an ex-Evans Dodge. Bruce Watman is the driver of the Truckmate Chevy (ex-Nelson & Nelson) now and was putting in huge jumps. Attard tangled with Mendham and rolled. Despite the restart W eel still won over Manns, and John Hederics. Heat 3 and Watman broke the driveline on the grid. Once again Weel went out to the lead, however. Had to hold off a charging Manns. Weel made it three heat wins, once again over Manns and Attard third. In the Class Final it was tight rac-ing with W eel, Manns, Hederics and Attard. The K&J Radiators truck of Hederics was suffering in the rear end and soon stood on it's nose and got slammed by Attard in the process. All the while W eel was going away to another win enforc-ing the fact he is the reigning num-ber 1. Manns brought the Holden Rodeo in second with Mendham and Attard following. The fastest from the rear Feature Final always has plenty of action es-pecially with the desert cars thrown in too. Nev Taylor bolted from the · start in the VW, although W eel took a wide outside line and was soon on Taylor's tail. Pretty soon W eel was in his usual spot. The other Stadium trucks soon moved past Bryant's Corvette and Taylor and tried to close-on Weel. How-ever, with Weel clearing off the battle was for second, and a great battle it was. At the chequer it was Weel again (winning five out of five), Manns had a great drive to grab second with Attard, Col Jobe won all four heats in the Buggy Class but missed out on the Feature Final with a flat tire at Parramatta. Mendham, Taylor and Warren Irons' VW behind. Buggies To create even better racing all the buggies (both 1600 and Unlim-ited) were grouped into one race. In all 13 cars entered. Heat 1 saw Byron Murfet take the lead until spinning on the slick track. Daren Wells grabbed the lead until Col Jobe (1600) came at him and took the win on the last comer. Wells kept second over Murfet and Howard Ford. Heat 2 saw the very busy David Mendham get a great start and lead until Jobe again snuck through. Jobe's 1600 took another win over Mendham, and Bruce Watman (1600). Heat 3 and Jobe and Wells went off the front row and fought long and hard. The battle only breaking off when Wells stopped with no fuel pressure. Jobe took his third heat win. Mendham and Murfet followed with Andrew Ziems' 1600 getting close to the action. The class final as expected saw Jobe's Honda power surge to the lead. Mendham held out Ziems for second. Wells was coming through the pack and passes Murfet and Zi-ems as Mendham pulled out. Jobe was long gone and Wells suffered fuel hiccups again getting tagged by Bruce Watman as he slowed. The 1600's cleaned up in the race with Jobe, Bruce Watman, Ziems and Chris Watman taking the top four places. Murfet, Wells and Ford fol-lowed. As in the truck Feature Final having the fastest at the rear makes the first comer interesting. A ptleup saw Ziems climb up Paul Styles with Ford climbing up on Ziems. Bounc-ing off cars and into the lead was Bruce Watman who made the most of the confusion behind to extend his lead. Mark Medrano had picked the best race to show his hand and sat in second holding off a deter-mined Wells. Jobe was carving through the field but sadly stopped with a flat tire. Murfet too, was out with ignition woes. Wells got un-der Medrano but Watman was too far in front. Bruce Watman took the win in the 1600, Wells followed in second, with Medrano (1600) third. Following were Chris Watman, Ford, Ziems and Styles. Desert Tin Tops Unfortunately, only six cars in this group with most of the action coming ·from the battles between the two VW Bajas of Nev Taylor. Irons won the first two heats while Taylor took the third. In the Final the fight was on again. Taylor got the lead and Irons tried everything, even putting in what would have to have been the longest jump by anyone all night, but to no avail, Taylor took the win over Irons. Jeff Bryant's Corvette took third over Clay Taylor's VW and Paul Grant's Nissan ute. Ian Irons kept the crowd amused in the little Corolla way down the rear. ■ Bruce Watman won the Feature Final at Parramatta after a long nights Mark Medrano flies his stars and stripes buggy to a neat third place in Daren Wells had fuel pressure problems in a few of the heats but ran racing with no heat wins but the finale means an awful lot. the Feature Rnal after a night of hard charging. well in the Feature Final where he got a nice second place. Mark Manns is high and muddy. he took a third, three seconds in the Wayne Attard was hit, rolled, did some hitting and had a hell of a night In Desert Tin Tops Nev Taylor won the third heat and then went on to heats and was again second in the Final Feature. and ended up third in the Feature Final. win the Final Feature in the somewhat besmirched Baja Bug. Page 36 June 1998 Dusty Times

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BEST IN THE DESERT SILVER STATE SERIES Round 2, TonQpah, NV By Anne Van Beveren Photos:Trackside Photo Inc. We didn't even have time for problemsn said Ty Davis as he and Donnie Book won the 300 mile race overall in the Tonopah desert on their Yamaha. Three hundred miles is a their throttles wide open in a long way to race a motorcycle desperate dash that made 300 at the best of times, and this miles feel more like 600 miles year's Tonopah 300 wasn't ex-by the time they were done. actly the best of times. "We were the second bike off The competition was so close the line and we got the physi-there was no time for the cal lead pretty early, but they frontrunners to even catch were always right there within their breath, let alone enjoy the a couple of minutes of us, so we challenge of a 300-mile dash didn't have time to take a across the wilds of Northern· break. We didn't even ·have Nevada. The two-man teams time for problems," said Ty were hard on the gas from the Davis, who shared a Montclair moment the starting light Yamaha-backed YZF400 with flashed green and never let up Donnie Book in the Open Pro for a second, sprinting through Class. the fast-paced terrain with "They" were Destry Abbott \ . Helm/Graham Racing ..1:..,,, .. 1997 Class 7S Champions ' . and Dave Ondas, who kept their Kawasaki Team Green . KX500 within shouting dis-tance of the overall lead almost all the way through the five-and-a-half hour race. "Racing like that is pretty scary," said Abbott. "I think our bike got a little over 100 miles per hour and I was doing that quite a Iew times. Corners come up quick when you're go-ing that fast and you have to stay focused. There is no time to think about anything other than racing and the course in front of you." Prepped at Donahoe Racing , http~:/ /rtJirftf .donahoerac· \ \ Page 38_ ~ Complete Race -Truck Fabrication ~ Prerunners -~ Consulting ~ Shock Service & June 1998 250 Pro Class was the domain of James Summer and Shane Esposito, riding their Yamaha to first in class, third overall , only minutes behind the Open winners. Doug Chiapuzio and Matt Murphy, a pair of teenagers, took the Open Expert Class with ease, leading most of the way and finishing sixth overall. The race in the 250 Pro Class of each other the whole race. I· was just as tight. Yamaha-don'tknowifit'smorefonrac-mounted James Summers and ing that way but it makes you Shane Esposito duked it out work a lot harder, that's for_ with i:he-Kawasaki~backed duo sure," said Esposito. of Oakley Lehman and Brian When the checkers came out Brown in a back-and-forth and it was finally time to hit the battle that took a stopwatch to brakes, Davis and Book had decipher, and the pressure was overalled the 300 mile team so great it had the 250 pilots race by a margin of just three running within a minute or two minutes, and had a perfect two-of the overall race leaders. for-two record in the six-event "We were within 40 seconds race series organized by Casey Daryl Folks and John Rudder brought their KTM home first in 0-30 P, winning with just a 16 second margin and they were eighth overall. Jim Gray soloed the 300 on his KTM getting pretty tired after 200 miles but he won the 4-SO P class by over ten minutes. Dusty Times

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Chasing all day were David Ondas and Destry Abbott and they finished second overall on their Kawasaki, less than three minutes out of the A late race tumble caused Oakley Lehman and Briar Brown to finish Darrol and Kevin Brown came down from northern Nevada to finish gold. second in 250 Pro, le$$ than three minutes out on their Yamaha. second on their Honda, on/ 16 seconds out o o s est in t e esert orga-nization. They had also beaten the top finishing four-wheeled competitor in the race-ex-motorcycle ace Dan Smith, who was teamed with Dave Ashley in a Ford FlS0-by a shade under an hour. Abbott and Ondas screamed home in second, and the Sum-mers/Esposito Yamaha dashed past Lehman when he overshot a corner and tumbled into a pile of rocks less than 20 miles from the finish and snatched third overall and the 250 Pro win by less than three minutes. And stories of hard-fought margins, battles with tough ter-rain and heart-in-the-mouth near misses didn't stop with just the top four finishes. There were trials and tribu-lations all though the 80 team motorcycle field that lined up for the start of the Tonopah 300, which was laid out in an uneven figure eight, with a 60-mile starting ioop followed by a huge 240-mile second loop that circled out into the high desert to the northwest of the old silver mining town half way between Las Vegas and Reno. The course was a mixture of fast roads, fun sandwashes and mountain riding that used technical spots and spectacular scenery to slow the pace for a mile or two. The heroes further back in the pack included KTM pilot Jim Gray, who was forced to ride solo after his partner, Todd Hoy, crashed in practice the day before the event and ended up with SO-plus stitches above his left eye. "It was pretty fun and pretty uneventful until about the 200-mile mark," said Gray. "I started getting really tired men-tally and physically. It was hard to keep concentrating and I missed a few corners, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be." The KTM620 pilot hung on all the way to the finish and ended up with a wire-to-wire win in the Four Stroke Over 450cc class in tenth overall. Greg Bringle was also going it alone. The Honda racer's partner was sidelined after he crashed and broke his collar-bone at this year's SCORE San Felipe 250, and Bringle had a near miss during the race that had him wondering about the safety of his own collar bone. "The course was pretty fast and I slid out and fell down, so I backed off after that. It's a long way to ride by yourself, es-pecially when you're like me and you're not used to no pre-run courses," said Bringle, who survived the fall and the 300-Dusty Times Steve Hengeveld and Jeff Capt took their Kawasaki to a fine 4-SU P win, beating their competition by over six minutes. mile solo journey to finish 16th overall. And then there were the Lundgreen brothers, Jeff and Mark, from Sandy, Utah, who were locked in a three-way pattle for the Open Expert win when a crash tool out their clutch. "I was right behind those guys when I ended up crashing on a downhill and I had to ride 30 miles without a clutch," said Jeff Lundgreen. "That made all the difference because I couldn't charge any corners af-ter that. Without a clutch, you have to mosey into the corner and see what's there, then mo-tor out." The crash knocked the Lundgreen team back into 13th overall, giving them third in the Open t'.xpert Division. A promising run by KX125 pilots Erik Griffith and Dana Van Stee bit the dust when their bike de,veloped mechani-cal problems near the half-way point, and even desert ace Larry Roeseler, who had opted to ride solo on a Kawasaki The Taylor/Purvines KTM was the 0-30 E winner at Tonapah, taking the class by 35 minutes and finishing 25th overall. Ed Dean and Craig Huffer came over from Bullhead City to win the 0-25 E Class on their Yamaha with over 18 minutes in hand. · June 1998 Josh Giles flies a road crossing on his way to the IM E win on his Kawasaki, taking the gold medal by 14 minutes KLX365, was having a far from stellar day. "About ten miles into the race the third gear started mak-ing a noise so I tried to stay out of it," said Roeseler. "It made things a little difficult." To add insult to injury, when Roeseler crossed the finish in 17th overall he found out from his pit crew that his box van had also developed gearbox problems during the race and he faced a slow. and potentially dicey journey all the way home to Southern California. Even Honda's Johnny Campbell, who regards the fast-paced desert around T onopah as some of his all-time favorite racing terrain, suffered a set-back or two. "The course was.great. Casey (Folks) used all my favorite roads up here," said Campbell, who was racing solo aboard a factory Honda XR628. "I've ridden· up here a lot so I thought I had a really good chance to win this one, but somehow I just wasn't clicking today." · "I maybe over-geared the bike a little. I thought it would be even faster than it was," said Campbell, who still managed to average more than 50 miles per hour on his way to fifth in the overall standings~ "My favorite part is between pits five and six. There are some roads up there that are really twisty and fun. You can just flat track them. The unfortunate thing was I got a front flat before I got on those roads, which was kind of disap-peinting." Continued on page 40 PIKE'S SERV;ICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ..... THANKS! Mobil RESTAURANT SERVICE EVERY DAY OPEN 24 HOURS YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page 39

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Flying down the pole line road, the Kawasaki of Yoder, Fernandez The Underwood/Sasso/Robertson team rode their Honda to a nice and Luna was !he big winner in 250 E, taking the win by over half an Scott Anderson and Steve Nicholson won the 040 P Class, seen second in Open Expert with no top gear and some badly bent bars. hour. here under the watchful e es of a road crossing crew. Then there was the three-number one starting s-p-o...,.t---,t'h_e_n--.-K,a_w_a_s_a,_k--,-i''s7h_r_a'k_e_s_--------.====-~======= man team of Scott Underwood, seized his KTM 380 just five . "We had a few problems with Craig Sasso and Scott miles into the race, recovered ·the brakes. They were fading Robertson, which was forced to after half an hour's down time on us," Hamel explained. "We defend second in the Open Ex-and completed the course in did some brake pads, then we pertclasswithalackoftopend 20th overall with a little help changed a r~ar wheel. We and badly bent bars. . from teammate Casey ended up changing pads pretty "We needed a little higher Longman, and Dave Hamel, much all day long, and that gearing and we went down in a who looped the KX500 he meant we could never really rough section, which left us shared with Paul Krause hard make up that time we lost when with bent bars, but we just enough to remove the rear I crashed." adapted to those," said Under-fender right after the second Daryl Folks and John Rudder wood. gas, brought the battered bike overcame their KTM300's dis~ But the news wasn't all bad. home in seventh overall despite placement disadvantage to Mike Healey, who drew the a race-long problem with the snatch the Over-30 Pro win out from under the KX500-mounted team of Darrol Brown and brother Keven Brown by This is the 11ystem run by most TRI-MIL BOBCAT QIROME off road race winners Page 40 1984-Jt CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED just 16 seconds. "I was worried on the open roads. I was riding flat out thinking he's going to· get me, he's going to get me," said Rud-der. "Coming into the finish it was really fast and I had a dirty filter. They caught me and passed me but they started 20 seconds ahea'd of us so I knew that if l stayed right on their butt we'd be fine." Along with the satisfaction of winning a particularly dose race came the extra buzz of a high finish in the overall re-sults. "We were pushing each -other all day, not letting off for a minute, and that helped our overall," said Rudder, whose high-pressure sprint launched him up into eighth overall at the finish line. "Racing like this is exciting, I have to admit that." Equally excited with their finish were the youthful duo of Matt Murphy and Doug Chiapuzio, who suffered a late-in-the-race flat but pulled out a wire-to-wire win in the Open Expert Class anyway. "We led pretty much the whcrle way," said 18-year-old Murphy, whose partner is two years his junior. "We started behind everybody else in our class and were in front after the first 50 or 60 miles, and we just stayed there. Finishing this high is awesome. We are pretty happy about it." Among the happiest finishers on two wheels were Dirt Bike's Ron Lawson and four time Na-tional Motocross Champion Gary Jones, who spent their 300-mile journey systematically dismantling a dual sport Yamaha. "We started out with a street legal dual sport bike but it's been turning itself back info a dirt bike during the race," said Lawson, who brought the Yamaha home in 22nd overall and fourth in the Open Expert class. "The brake light was the first thing to go, then the horn stopped working, then the in-June 1998 The Marshall/Pearson/Maassberg combo were the 125 Expert winners, and they finished 29th overall on the Yamaha. dicators fell off. We didn't fall all day and I thought the course was way smoother this year than it was before. I don't know what they did with all the bumps that were out here last year, but there was still enough rough stuff to remodel our bike." Lawson's partner, who took back-to-back motocross titles from 1971 through 1974, summed up the feelings of most of the competitors. "No matter how the race goes, it's fun, How can you ride a bike all day and not have fun?" said Jones. "Just being here is a blast and, when you get up jn .the mountains where there;s snow on the side of the trail and the traction is perfect, it's just awesome. In some of the tight stuff, it's just like motocross, then you're into fast stuff where it's faster than the bike will go. It doesn't get any better than this." ■ Robin Rightmire and Jay Hoying rode their Kawasaki to a great first place in 0-35 E, winning with almost half an hour in hand. The Bates/Ornellas/Zades riders were the big winners in the 0-25 A Class, winning by just over three minutes. . Dusty Times

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1998 MICHELIN PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP. DOD Wop National Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker were the class of the Doo Wop field in the 4WD Hyundai Tiburon. Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker started the 1998 Mich-elin PRO Rally Championship just the way they've finished the last six seasons, in first place. Washington state was the host for the opening round of new rally season and Choiniere and Becker, in the Libra Racing 4WD Hyundai Tiburon, dominated the Doo Wop national from wire to wire, finishing six minutes and 29 seconds ahead of runners up Dave White and David Watts.□ Dominate is the only word that begins to describe what the defending national cham-pions did at the Doo Wop Na-tional. Start with stage one, called "Roundtree," it's a tidy little run up North Rim in the Capitol State Forest near Olympia. There are five miles of twisty gravel roads running up the hill for a great view of Summit Lake, and a 600 foot drop to the valley. below. For Choiniere and Becker the trip lasted five minutes 52 sec-onds, and when the stage was complete they were 20 sec-onds in front. There was no need for a rear view mirror in the Hyundai shark, because Choiniere never looked back. He added 34 seconds to the lead on stage 2 and another 35 sec-onds on stage 3. Dominate is the word. Choiniere and Becker posted the fastest time on each of the first nine stages. That's every stage except the last one. The final stage on the Doo Wop w.as the run down from Brooklyn Tavern, on the road Becker called "the best rally stage in ·the coun-try." This stage featured ev-erything from tight uphill cor-ners to fast downhill straights, with a narrow wood plank bridge near the start just to keep things interesting. Only a mile· from the finish Choiniere came into a quick off-camber left-hander carry-ing too much speed. He spun the car to a stop about thirty feet from the 200 foot drop down to Kellogg Creek. The spin cost them the fast time on the stage, but the delay was momentary as the Hyundai artfully carved a "donut" in the gravel and Choiniere and Becker blasted on down the road to Oakville and the vic-tory. Carl Merrill and Lance Smith in the Norseman Re-sorts Ford Escort Cosworth won the last stage, but it was small consolation for the team tabbed as the most likely to challenge the Libra Racing juggernaut. The 410 horse-power 4WD Escort finished well back, in fourth overall, after suffering turbo problems and losing six minutes on the run through the Montesano· City Forest on stage 8. Open class cars like the Ti-buron and the Escort have fa-miliar names, and familiar shapes, but they also have 4WD turbo charged engines, interesting multispeed gear-boxes, and almost every trick known to suspension tuners. Behind the Hyundai Motors of America flagship, Dr. White, the fastest dentist in Benicia, CA and Watts pushed the Light Performance Works Volkswagen Golf GTi to second overall and the Group 2 class win. For the record, group 2 is a class for modified 2WD cars with dis-placements less than 2.4 liters. White's spectacular drive in the limited horsepower VW was a Doo Wop highlight. Oregon's Scott Fuller and Ben Bradley finished a minute and a half behind White and Watts. Fuller's smooth drive _ was good enough for third overall and second in Group 2 with the Schnell Motor Technik VW GTi. Behind Merrill and Smith were Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes in Ruby's lovely Toyota Supra. The 1996 runners up in the Group 4 class, Kosmides and Noyes returned to compe-tition and finished fifth over-all, claiming the class title for Toyota. Another Group 4 car, the battered Racetech Safety Equipment Volvo 262 of John Lane and Scott Huhn finished sixth. Group 5 is a class for 2WD cars with open engine, transmission, and suspension options. Two more northwest crews claimed seventh and eighth, with Shawn Callahan and John Hake in the Water Jet Scirocco ahead of Production GT class winner Hairpin Racing's Lee Shadbolt and Paul Eklun.d in the Royal Moore Subaru lmpreza. Production GT is the -"showroom stock" class for 4WD cars. Second place in this class were Karen Burrows and Sean Gallagher, ninth overall in the Precision Tech-nical Services Mitsubishi Galant. A couple of other northwest entries swept the production · class awards. Maybe the most ex-perienced co-driver in the field, John Elkin, looked pretty smooth doing the driving,· as he. teamed with Tim Dutton. Elkin and Dutton came from behind on the second day to grab the class win in Elkin's Mitsubishi pick-up. Trevor Danison and Eric Schild finished second in class, a minute behind with the Northwe~t Con-sulting Plymouth Neon. Produc-·tion class cars are stock with only the safety equipment added.□ San Jose's fastest Audi, the slick S2 Quattro of Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares had been expected to challenge for the lead. The new car blues stuck again, putting the Espirito Santo car out of commission with a broken wheel on the sec-ond stage. As the first event of the sea-son, the Doo Wop National drew spectators from around the U.S. and Canada. They got to see some great action in the Capitol State Forest a working forest managed by the Washing-ton Department of Natural Re-sources, the Montesano City Forest, and on Grays Harbor County's Oakville-Brooklyn -Road. So Choiniere from Shelburne, VT takes the early lead in the Michelin Championship, right on course for a record breaking seventh straight national title. His car owner, and stepfather, John Buffum is the only other driver to win the rally crown six times in a row. ■ #58 Dr. Dave White and David Watts finished second overall in the #77 Regular Dusty Times contributor John Elkin leads the production #79 Oregon's Lee Shadbolt and Paul Eklund claimed the Production Light Performance Works VW. class standings after a drive with Tim Dutton in the Doo Wop National. GT class for Subaru. Page 42 June 1998 Dusty Times

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North· west Rally Report #47 Doo Wop Series champions Vance Walker and Karen Lay/or nabbed the top spot in Doo Wop 3. · Doo Wop 3 and 4 Vance Walker and Karen Laylor parlayed a first place finish in Doo Wop 3 and a second in Doo Wop 4 to claim the 1998 Doo Wop Se-ries crown, while Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares grabbed the top spot in Doo Wop 4 for their· second Doo Wop win of the season.;, -The Doo Wop Series is a four round fixture that opens the Sports Car Club of America Northwest Region's rally season. Organizer Ray Damitio and a team of dedi-cated volunteers combine a tight schedule, new and challenging stage roads, with a healthy dose of Southwest Washington hospitality to create an event that's fun for drivers, crews and fans. This year Damitio must have been talking to all the right people, because even the weather seemed to be in tune with the Doo Wop beat. While the Doo Wops pro-vide fun for all, Walker and Laylor clearly enjoyed them-selves the most, sliding the Kolorwerx Mazda RX3 to vie tory in Doo Wop 3. The Newberg, OR couple edged the Light Performance VW Golf GTi of Dave White and David Watts by 19 seconds to take the trophy.a Third overall were last month's Doo Wop 1 winners Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge in the Crazee Espresso Toyota Celica. Damitio and Trowbridge claimed the 4WD class, fin-ishing only eight seconds be-hind White and Watts, the U2 class winners. Scott Fuller and Ben Bra-dley were fourth overall in the Schnell Motor T echnik VW Golf GTi, followed by Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes in Ruby's Toyota Su-pra. Garen Shrader and Doc Shrader spent the winter in West l.ilemphis, AK ·building a Ford Sierra Cosworth, but the car wasn't quite ready so they rented the Mitsubishi Galant that carried them to sixth overall. Seventh were John Lane and Scott Huhn in the Racetech Safety Volvo 262. Shawn Callahan and John Hake in the Water Jet Tech VW Scirocco finished eighth to claim the regional Class 2 title, just edging out Todd Lengacher and Tina Warner #41 The slick Espirito Santo Audi S2 of Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares claimed the Doo Wop 4 win. in the TNT Datsun. Mike Leonard and Leon Owens in a Scandia Saab 99 turbo captured the regional Class 3 crown with a tenth place finish. Another Scandia Saab, early leaders Doug and Dave Schrenk, dropped out with motor mis-eries. Doo Wop 4 Brasil and Tavares cap-tured first overall in Doo Wop 4 with the Espirito Santo Audi S2. The slick 4WD Audi broke a wheel on Saturday and dropped out of Doo Wop 3 and the Doo Wop national event. Over-night re(>airs _put _them back in the field for the Sunday divisional. Brasil an,d Tavares posted the fastest time on all four stages to build a 4 7 second lead over Walker and Laylor at the finish. Brasil also claimed last month's Doo Wop 2 crown. Walker, Laylor and the Kolorwerx Mazda team did claim their second 02 class win of the weekend with their second place finish." White and Watts were third overall and first in the U2 class, but only ten sec-onds ahead of Fuller and Bradley who again finished fourth. Lane and Huhn smashed through the woods to claim fifth, just ahead of Kosmides and Noyes. Seventh overall were Jake Dekovic and Katie Callahan in the colorful State Farm Mazda 3 23 GTX. The Scirocco of S. Callahan and Hake again claimed the re-gional group two crown, eighth overall, a single sec-ond ahead of the group three winners Mike Mailman and Shelly Kruse in the Titanium Racing VW Golf. Lengacher and Warner in the TNT Datsun finished · tenth overall as 26 of the 28 starters finished the second Doo Wop. Walker and Laylor slipped into the Doo Wop series lead with the win on Doo Wop 3, and extended their advan~ tage on Doo Wop 4. Damitio and Trowbridge held on to the second spot while Fuller and Bradley used their two fourth place finishes to climb into third place. ■ #49 Shawn Callahan and John Hake swept the Northwest Regional #88 Mike Mailman and Shelly Kruse claimed the Regional class three #17 Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge raced to third in Doo Wop 3 class two title in all four Doo Wop events. title in Doo Wop 4. with the coffee powered Crazee Espresso Toyota Celica. #58 Dr. Dave White and David Watts finished second in Doo Wop 3 as #10 Scott Fuller and Ben Bradley in the Schnell Motor Technik VW #26 The battle damaged Volvo 262 of John Lane and Scott Huhn the Light Performance Works VW claimed the U2 class win. finished fourth in both Doo Wop 3 and 4. survived to finish fifth in Doo Wop 4. Dusty Times June 1998 Page 43

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finish out of his car, but he unwit~ tingly created a new unique Checker monster in the process. OK, now that we've covered the most important of the 26 classes in "The Straight Poop" this race, let's get on to the other frpm the Big Wahzoo four classes we ran in. George See-ley reportedly got lost for a· while SAN FELIPE 250 -The pre-and had to settle for a third place dieted close competition between in Class 5. After two SCORE races . the Unlimited Sportsman cars of George is currently sitting third in Richard Young and Walter Prince his quest for three Class 5 Points finally took place at this race. But, Championship in a row. Brian and with an interesting twist. On advice Scott Steele ran a competitive 1/2-of his heart doctor to "stop driving 1600 race in a 30 car class, earning that ~#kin' thing", Richard turned a fine fourth place finish. But sadly, his driving duties this race over to they once again got beat by that girl. our Club Prez! An even more im- As did every other racer but one. pressive move, since this run would Hey guys, ya do know that if you be Big John Hastings' maiden ac- let this chick become 'the guy to tion voyage of any kind in an off beat' in that class, your names are road race car. gonna be mud in this column for This SCORE International race some time! In the Unlimited Buggy drew 230 cars and bikes to a 230 Class, Tom Koch and Jimmy mile loop which started and· fin-Tucker were both right in the hunt ished in San Felipe. The Club had during the first half, but faded to eight cars entered, producing six sixth and seventh respectively at finishers and a class winner. Sta- . the finish line. Tom came in about tioned around the course, Morgan 15 minutes back from the leader, Maiocco, Big John Files, Dennis with Jim following him to the flag "I'll sell that" Crowley, The Rever-about two minutes later. Good end Roy Moore, and Peter show, guys! Unfortunately, bothJeff Rosenstein served as El Supremeos- Lothringer and Brian Moynahan in-Charge of their assigned areas DNFed for unknown reasons in (Pit Captains). The Baja weather their respective Class 10 and 1/2-was beautiful and reminded every- 1600 efforts. body that summer is just around the RACE NOTES -If ya haven't corner. noticed, Pete's Camp appears to OK, let's get back to Walter's now have become 'Checker Cen-exciting battle with Mumbles and tral' whenever the Club is in San the Prez over the open sportsman Felipe for a race. A number of honors. Both cars were close when members now own various interests they made their gas stop at our in various improvements and you Borrego pit. Walter's candy caner can never tell who'll you'll run into showed up first, outrunning its down there. Banging on the door chase crew and had to borrow some of the closest dwelling to any ve-gas from Richard Young's quickfills. .hide with a Checker stic.ker on it Then, Richard's lawyer, who drove is a good start in locating somebody. the front section, came charging in At a recent SNORE race the while the crews were still transfer- Myerly/Hensley team got Rob's 1/ ring fuel back into Richard's 2-1600 car back into action and quickfills. This potential delay was took home some third place cash. nullified after it took a major and Good show, guys! Sporto recently innovative effort by the whole pit provided one of his big moving vans to get BIG John Hastings securely to move all the Club's pit equip-buckled into the car. I mean, tools ment at once over to our new "pit were used. Finally our Prez charged container" at Checker Headquar-off into the desert. He next ap- ters in La Canada. Thanks to Mike, peared at another Checker pit with and all the others that helped! a spectacular entry, complaining of AND FINALLY, let me leave a loose fitting helmet that was con- · you with a Checkers pre-race stantly falling dawn over his eyes. prayer: His Checker buds quickly solved "Lord, grant w.e the serenity to ac-the problem by removing the hel-cept those things I cannot change, the met, piling a bunch of red rags on courage to change tlwse things I can, top of his head, and then reinstall-and the wisdom to hide the bodies well ing it. And, off again, into the ac- of tlwse wlw really piss me off." tion our hero went. At the finish line it was Walter Prince and his candy cane crew who were the vic-torious ones. This class had a good nine car field and seven of these older Unlimited Sportsman buggies finished. Charging in less than five minutes later, sportin' a monster grin on his now clearly visible face, came Big John Hastings for an im-pressive second place finish. Con-gratulations to everybody involved in both these efforts. Not only did the Club pick up a fitst and second in class, but an interesting new Checker rivalry has now been firmly established. Not surprisingly, there has been one small post-race problem result-ing from the action described above. The instant creation of'Hot Rod Hastings', our Club's latest self-proclaimed race car driver extraordinaire. Just ask him "I was really flying, man. Yeah, I was haulin' ass! Hell, I beat that Herbst's Trophy Truck by over two lwurs! Ya knew I was 82nd overall, didn't ya?". And so on, and so on., Not only did Mumbles get a fine second place Page 44 C.O.R.E •• Pit Report B, Sandy Pancer The next outing for CORE race teams was the MDR Ridgecrest 300. Five teams hit the desert at-tempting to better their standing in the points races. Every driver said the Ridgecrest course was rough, rough, and rougher. Since the last time we were there was in the days of La Rana, the desert was almost completely overgrown and heavily rutted with the recent rains, it was a very challenging course. RACERS REPORTS The consistently fast team of Tom and Mike Malloy lit up the desert in their single seat 1600. Mike started the.race and drove the first four laps keeping the car at the front of the pack. Mike did a "Chitwood" maneuver, slammed a berm quickly rolling the car, land-ing on the wheels he grabbed a gear continued on losing no time. Mike Bryce/King cars electronic ignition. . said he had some great racing with Greg momentarily held the end of Starkey and Mark Ruddis. Mike a plug wire in his mouth until some-had a flat tire on the fourth lap body inadvertently hit the start which he ran on into Main Pits button sending somewhere in the where he got fresh rubber. Since neighborhood of 50,000 volts thru Tom and_ Mike usually solo their Greg's mouth. It is rumored that · races, their drivers change was a bit "Sparky" talks and walks a bit faster slow mostly due to stuffing Tom and and does Jack Nicholson impres-all his pillows into the car. It didn't sions from Cuckoo's Nest. The only take Tom long to make up the lost other news from Main Pit involved time and stretched out to a com- Perry King and his dog Minni. Perry fortable lead. Tom and Starkey had was leaving in his Baja to deliver a identical lap times, tying for class link pit to Pit Baker but his dog fast lap. The only thing that slowed apparently didn't want him to leave Tom down was two flat tires, the so she ran over and bit the rear tire. rear was checked at Pit Baker and As Perry backed his Baja up, the the front was changed by Pit Char- dog was pulled under the fender, ley. Even with all the lost time, the never letting go of the Yokohama Malloy team ended up with second tire. Luckily the leash broke, Perry place only a minute behind the stopped backing up and Minni fell leader, Starkey who ran trouble out of the fender well and walked free. away feeling damn proud that she Malcolm Bryce and Perry King was able! to stop the Baja. were fast in their single seat 1600 CORE Pit Able located at and were physically in first place Charlie's Place was manned by Brad early in the race with Malcolm driv- Inch, Dennis Dean, and Joe Coran. ing. It was discovered why Malcolm - Brad· said they had an easy day, was so fast, he pulled in the Main smelling the desert flowers and Pit complaining that the throttle never getting out of the lawn chairs. was stuck wide open and he had no CORE Pit Baker was the busi-brakes. Malcolm also suffered one est pit, run by Jim "Fish" Wagner flat tire that was quickly changed and Darrin McGuffin. They by Pit Baker. Perry drove the sec- . changed the link pin on the Long/ ond half and was keeping up the Ruddis/Kennedy car, changed tires pace when the car died ten miles for Malcolm Bryce, Tom Malloy, from Main Pit. They were eventu- Jim Greenway, and Mark Ruddis. ally found and towed by Jeff King The pit also worked on Malcolm's to Main Pit for repairs. It was diag- brakes and installed a throttle re-nosed that the lifter swivel foot was turn spring. The guys said they had broken, after replacing it they fired an awesome BBQ and dressed it up and found the electronic igni- Wagner up as a fisherman during tion system failed. With no spare the race to pass time. electronic ignition, they called it a CORE Pit Charley led by Paul day. A tough end to such a com- Smith, Sandy Parker, Beth Girdner, petitive day. Bruce Pursell, Greg and Bryan The team of Kevin McGillivray Johnson ·had a relatively unevent-and Jim Greenway in their single ful day until Tom Malloy flew into seat Class 10 were leading their the pit with a front fla~. Tom had class until terminal problems took driven several miles on the flat de-them out of the race. Greenway straying the tire and smashing the started the race and ran second centerline rim around the brake place for his four laps with only a drum. Paul swinging the hammer front flat to slow him down. Driver· eventually got the rim off and with change on lap four and Kevin the new one installed, Tom contin-started only seven minutes out of ued his race. We worked on sev-first place. A few miles out on eral non CORE cars to keep'us busy Kevin's first lap he passed the class including working with the neigh-leader who was out of the race. boring FAIR pits. Kevin threw the car into a hole just The only thing missing from this past Pit Able and the front trailing race was the presence of fellow arm broke off bending the tie rod pitter Mike Ridlin. Mike, all of us and thrashing the shocks. Kevin want you to know you are in our hobbled the car back to main pit thoughts and we're pulling for you! and after an hour of discussion it See you in the desert in a few races. was agreed that the available parts would not repair the damage. They were out of the race on lap four. Mike Longs said this was the best race so far in his new 1600 two seater. This was the first race that Mike's brother, Johnny Weddle, was able to attend, finally able to see the car with his speed secrets screaming around the course. Mike had Mark Ruddis and Chris Weddle drive the first half and L.J. Kennedy and Butch Biggerstaff pi-lot the second half of the race. Sev-eral changes to the suspension and gearing paid off as the car was very fast, physically leading the race on the third lap. Their ruh was slowed by a seized shifter shaft and later a broken link pin which luckily broke only a few feet from CORE Baker Pit. The Malloy's loaned them a spare link pin which allowed them to complete the race and salvage valuable lap and finishing points. C.O.R.E. PIT REPORTS Greg "Sparky" Shapiro was the pit boss in CORE Main Pit. Greg had a rough day smashing his fin-ger with a hammer. His finger doubled its size but he never quit working. Later, working on the June 1998 Challenger corner B:y Joel Mohr RACE REPORTS! Mike Shatynski and company were down in Mexico for the SAN FE-LIPE 250 and they were kind enough to give us this report: In the recent SCORE San Fe-lipe 250, Class 9 .racers put in a very competitive effort: out of 14 starters, there were 10 finishers. The course was very rough and Class 9 put in a good showing compared to the overall finisher rate of 63%. The course headed south out of town following the same washes as the Baja 1000 and the EL NINO rains made it even worse. Martin Christensen and John Mendiola in a Jimco won in just over six hours with an average speed of about 38 mph having only one flat enroute. Second place went to Alphonso Lacarro and Lalo Mayoral, also in a Jimco, 15 minutes back having to nurse a failing ring and pm1on. Leonardo and Alejando Navarrete, brothers from Mexicali, finished third, 18 min-utes later after spinning a drum on the last leg, and Jim Zambrowski and John Castillo came in fourth in a Suspensions Unlimited after losing their spare tire and its mount early in the race. The rest of the finishers all came in before dark, an unusual occurrence for a typically gruel-. ing Baja race. Thanks Mike. MDR: RIDGECREST 300: A little disappointing, but still a good race. Only seven cars signed up, and only five took the green flag. I won't mention their name but one team defected to the SNORE race being rurt the same day. The other NS was none other than the infamous "Shoe Man", Max Hamberg and company. It seems Max blew his tranny the day before the race, and couldn't get it fixed in time. Rob Walters also had transmission problems the day before, but his team worked on the car until 5 a.m. race day and got things working again. If there was a "Mechanic of the Race" award, they'd de-serve it. Somebody buy those guys a chrome wrench or something! The cars that did make the 8 a.m. · line up were Harry Dunne, Rodney Stoye, Rob Walters, The Johnson Bros., and Paul Moen and I. At the end of the first lap, Walters was leading, with the Johnsons in second, Mr. Dunne in third, Moen fourth, and Stoye bringing up the rear. The order was the same for lap 2, but on lap 3, Walters broke a spindle, drop-ping.him to the.back of i:he ·neid. On lap 4, the Johnsons had about 18 minutes lead on Paul and I in second (we had to stop every lap to adjust a sagging torsion bar). Stoye had moved into third, after Dunne had a shock mount blow off. Walters was back on the road, and moved up to fourth, and Stoye disappeared. On the fifth lap things got interesting. I started to close the gap on the Johnsons just a bit, when about mile marker 3 the torsion bar we had been chasing let go. I called FAIR Pit A and told them I could limp it in, and to try and have the parts ready when I got there. Paul didn't have everything we needed, but a chase crew for the Johnsons heard we needed help and loaned us the parts. Thanks again, guys! While we were get-ting fixed, Walters snuck into sec-ond, and in our hurry to rejoin the race, an upper shock bolt didn't get tightened all the way. I caught Walters, passed him, and about five miles later the shock bolt came undone. I luckily had one in the car, got it in, but had lost ten minutes on Walters. We tried to catch him, but came up five minutes short. Needless to say, the Johnsons won their tenth in a row (by running their almost trademark flawless game plan), Walters finished second, and the Mohr, Moen team finished third. The Dunne, Mangione team missed the cut off time by just a couple of minutes. The Johnsons are now firmly in the points lead, with us still within striking distance, and half of the season still to go. SNORE: BUFFALO BILL 400: Another bumper crop 18 cars strong· took the green flag on an 80 mile loop that by all accounts sounded pretty demanding. I re-ally love hearing about the sue-Dusty Times

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I cess SNORE is having attracting members racing, such as Tom Rid-entrants.; I raced there in '96 and ings and Lorenw Rodriquez. Tom enjoyed every race. Lots of really had his ignition go bad about the . close competition: 50 mile marker, and was out of the Mark Bunderson dominated race. Lorenw finished the race in the field right from the start, put- fifth, I believe. Thanks again, Mike ting ten minutes on everyone af- Shannon, for all your efforts (we ter the first of four 80 mile loops. voted in this member really quick). Charles Martin finished the first MDR Ridgecrest: Bill Markel lap in second but then disap- took over the duties as usual at peared. Amanda.Dixon was next, MAIN and coordinated pits for 14 three. minutes back, with Matt racer.J asked the racers to contact Cunpingham next, eight minutes · me .about their race day so I could latef;.,,then· Bill· Avery. Thomas get the info into this issue. I heard Taliaferro, Terry Vandawalker, .first from Dave Massingham about Todd Dukes, John Poling, David their day in the 1 unlimited car. Just Beeman, Ryan Shank, and Ivan a little background info about this Ishihara: Dan Ferrell and Terri·• .car that you may not be aware of. Larson had first laps somewhere Wayne Morgan is the car owner in the half day range. Tho~e un- and puts all his time in on setting 'fortunate souls that didn't make up th~ car. Dave Massingham has it around in.elude Bill Cobb, Ken been asked to drive all the races this Thatcher, John Copelano, and · year, while Wayne gets himself back the infamous Jimmy Messick. It into shape. Mac McLaughlin is the seems Jimmy decided he wanted co-rider/driver. This is a one of a his rods on· the outside of the case kind Mirage car with a SCAT V-4. after only seven miles. (His engine Wayne maintains this motor and builder shall remain nameless.) the car himself, and the trans is Eleven cars completed two go maintained by Dave Folts. On the arounds, with Bunderson about first lap Dave and Mac had to fight half an hour on Dixon now in sec-the dust but managed to complete ond. Avery rrioved into third, in 52 minutes. As they got around with Cunningham in fourth, to the second lap, Mac noticed the Dukes fifth, Vandawalker next, temp gauge going up, so they with Taliaferro close behind. stopped at the MAIN pit. Bill Shank and Poling came by next; Markel and group noticed the al-trying to make ,up time from long _ ternator belt needed to be replaced, first laps. Shari.k had lost a rear and they efficiently replaced it and tire in the middle of nowhere and got Dave back on the road in 15 was down a full hour getting fixed. minutes. They cruised the next lap, Ferrell and L~rson apparently and on lap 3 stopped at Pit B for were still suff~ring mechanical fuel and found only one power problems, still running in the half- steering belt, and· went on. Lap 4 day time range. Two laps is all they slowed down a little to a good they could' muster · and pace,foundthemselvespassingalot Vandawalker retired with them. of slower and broken down cars. A Avery got in three laps, and the lot.of cars were realsportsmenlike rest of the group all finished. On .about pulling over to let them go lap 4 the order, stayed the same by. Lap 5 they were feeling tired and . . with the exceptiion of Taliaferro, stopped at Pit B for fuel again, and who had recruited Messick and no problems. Except for the second his girlfriend to\take the last lap. lap, they were averaging 55 to 57 They caught and passed Shank to minute laps. Overall Mac and Dave . take fifth placei Up front Bund- were in the car for six hours and 46 erson was all alone turning fast lap minutes. They finished second on his first lap aqd putting almost overall and second in class. We all an hour on the rest of the field. know Tom Koch had an awesome Second' place was Cunningham, day, ·dust free most of the day, to third went to :Dixon, Dukes get the first. Dave wants to thank fourth, Taliaferro fifth, Shank Wayne for a great car, Wayne is the sixth, with Poling rounding out sole supporter of the car, Dave and the finishers. It sounds like a good Mac help with the prep work. They time was'had by all although I was finished this race; believe it or not, asked to mentiqn that there may with no flats. Dave also wants to have been some. unsportsmanlike thank FAIR. for great pits and all conduct. I surely hope those acts the support of waving and cheer-were misunderstandings. · ing them on.· Especially to Garth If anyc;me would be interested Hutchison every lap. Also thanks , in a Cha~lenger only race call me to Jeff and the Mirage crew for their arid let me know. I've been kick- support every lap, too! Thanks to ing it around for a while now, and John Lucas at Pit B for taking his would love to get some feedback. trailet wi.th all the.equipment to. Pit My number is (760) 94 7-664 7. B. Their team went out to support See you at th.e races!!! · · PitB and cheered them<;>n. Thanks FAIR News to T&J's for taking Pit 'C for us. Thanks to Gary Bancroft for being ready to jump in if we needed him. And last but not least, Dave wants By Jay Bancroft to thank his wife, Linda for putting up with him not being home in the San Felipe: What a guy ... Mike evenings, and coming to the races. Shannon ... he spent his whole day · This team always camps all week-at contingency acting as a market- end and has a great time. every time they would get going. Congratulations on the finish! I un-derstand Bryan's sister had a good t~me and got to co-ride with Joel Mohr. Since I was at Pit B, I can tell you that Ron Osburn in John · Lucas' 1 unlimited car had a busy day. They were fighting a spring plate that kept coming loose due to the bolts sheering. They had about three flats, including one they had to get out and change ori. the last lap. Danny Drake co-drove for the first four laps, then new guy, Mark got in. They had a good time on the last lap looking like they were close to the Wilsons, but the Wilsons got a third and Ron got a fourth. The rest of the race I can give you my knowledge of how the remainder of . the FAIR racers finished.Tom Rid-ings came out and had a lot of flats, he did finish the race, I believe. Brian Parkhouse got some more seat time in his unlimited car but found the front end broke severely on the first lap. Max Hanberg, for · the first time, did not start due to the trans taking a dump. They tried to fix the problem but couldn't get the 9 car going. So that left Harry Dunne, Joel Mohr, and the John.sons. I know I heard Harry over the radio several times qlling about shocks. The Johnsons looked really good, and so did Joel, but I don't know the results. Mitch Grif-fin came out with the 1/2-1600, and was looking really good, like a man on a mission. I know he spent his day chasing down Starkey. It re-sulted .in a couple of flats and I be-lieve he got .a third place. Tim Braden in the 7 truck looked good all day, too! He stopped at Pit Band Gary Bancroft welded on the leaf springs for about 15 minutes. We saw him the rest of the day still holding on, including that weld job. Heiden and T&J's in the 8 trucks plugged along all day, I. didn't get the results, but at one time I heard · Mitch Griffin, I thought, on the radio asking Heiden to move over. George Perret in his LUCAS 7 truck had problems. I know they were stuck out somewhere, it seems for hours, out of fuel. Ray Wright in the 1/2-1600 looked good most of the day until the last lap; We got · word at Pit B that he was down with something frozen in the wash be-tween Pit B and Pit C. Garth Hutchison and Gary Bancroft and my kids went out to rescue him in Garth's pre-runner truck. It took a while as they started back tracking from C to find him. It was Ray's son in the car and the trans was so fro-zen that they couldn't even get the axle to move. They called in to Pit B and Ron Osburn and Mark got in the race car an started out to lo-cate them and take tools to.remove the c.v.s. They finally found one another and started back when it was almost dark,. We really owe Garth a big THANK YOU, this is · not the fi~t time he has stepped up and rescued someone. His truck has all the suspension work to do the job, but it does create wear and tear. In fact he has a rear end going and thank goodness it held up. I heard the bar-b-que that Bill and his fam-ily put on ~as good, as usual. Thanks Bill! I would really like to .·see more race teams contact me ing rep for FAIK He talked to 96 Now I go to the Btyan Hintz arid racers, passed out 44 membership John Strode team who races a 5-applications, and picked up an ad- '1600, They worked hard all day and · ditio11al four racers. The pits were ended up second. John started th assisted by Boonie Herndon, Den- driving for three laps and Bryan.co-n is Beckwith, and the Tom drove.OnthefourthlapwhenJohn · Mangione group. The pits were · got out and Bryan took over, the pretty uneventful, but FAIR was steeting mount broke, i:hey welded there for Todd Burt, Forrest/ frat MAIN, but that wasn't enough · with a full report.' It's a really good way to get the real story and the · opportunity to thank all the people involved. ···Prosser,· Sammy Ehrenberg, and . and it broke again on the next lap. Ken Freeman. I. understand at one After the third time they welded of t}:ie pits, FAIR even helped out gussets. Darrin co-drives with Biyan some Checkers who were looking and they had their. usual fun time for food. There were other FAIR yelling "YEE-HAH"· on the radio I have to get on my soap box for a minute ... I find it incredibly in-teresting that there are racers out there who come out and ra:ce and find they didn't spend enough time coordinating everything involved to go racing. FAIR is a pit support club, however, we are not the ones coordinating and preparing your race team. A couple of issues to think about before you consider · racing, even if it takes having a standard list and race meeting, so you have the best chance to win. Do you have race fuel fo1 your race car? Do you have full tanks in your pre-runners or tow vehicles before you go out to the middle of the desert? And do you have a sufficient chase or rescue vehicle in case you need to rescue your race car? This is not the responsibility of FAIR pits. Even though there are some real kind race support people out there. Do you have all the equip-ment you need? Tires out to the pits? A good set oftools on bo~rd your race car? Water on board your race car? Is your race radio work-ing and if not, did you let the FAIR MAIN know? You need to check in with FAIR before a race, mak-ing sure you have support people. This should all be part of your race prep efforts. We all k.now SH --happens, and we are there to sup-port you, just remember to thank that guy who went out of his way to help you! we will be sitting down with our pit c'aptains, planning the locations and mileages of our Baja 500 pits. Mag 7 Race T earn will be at the ~aja 500 this year, both racing and pitting. Depending on whether or not we get any two strokes this year, will decide on where and how far apart our pits will be laid out. Mag 7 Race information can be picked up one of several ways. You can ei-ther phone our Race recording at (619) 582-3728, or contact us on the Internet at <www.Walsh.com/ Mag7 > or find us through the "Re-lated Sites" section of the SCORE web page. You can· also call our · Race Directors at (760) 745-5740, or fax us at (760) 745-1137. Mag 7 sent our 164 racer signups across the country and to Japan and Ger-many recently. Call our Race Di-rectors and they can fax you a sign . up form. Or.you can fmd informa-tion about us at these fine busi-nesses: Ron Bishops M/C's in Escondido, ORW in Kearny Mesa, House of Honda: in Kearny Mesa, RLH Communications in National City, Race Ready in Chula Vista, Cycle Parts West in Chula Vista and Smittys Cycle Center in Impe-rial Beach. Other locations to fol-low soon. Mag ·7 Race T earn supports ve-hicles, motorcycles and quads. For the Baja 500 this year, basic pit ser-vice for vehicles is $300.00. For Nominations for the Board will begin in MAY, if you have some-one in mind as an Officer, please come to a meeting! The Board has not expressed a change other than our President. It's no secret Bob Steinberger has some other com-mitments and would like someone else to step up to the plate. Voting for the Board will take place on · June 17th. If you want to be in-volved you will need to be at this meeting. MAG7 Race Team News By Stephen T Stenberg · motorcycles and quads the price is $200.00. That will get you basic pit service with fuel dumped, tires changed, first aid, water, basic me-chanical help and welding; FM ra-dio support (both with you and your chase team), and pi,tting you in places where your chase team just can't get to on the race course. And we don't shut down our pits until all our racers are ac.counted for. That's either out of the race or through our pits. And we will assist Since there isn't any race news to report, I'll touch on what's hap-pening with the team and our up-. coming race plans. On April 18, we met at the Team Trailer to cleanup the Mag 7 equip-merit storage yard. Andy Pina brought his 20' UD flatbed and we loaded it with old VW parts, scrap metal and our old 30 and 55 gallon fuel drums, collected over the years. Wayne Newell brought his one ton Ford and we liauled an equal amount of old tires and trash to the dump as well. The Mag 7 yard looks real good now, due to the assistance of Terry Walsh, Kevin & Bryan ·Walsh, Mike Wickersham, Wayne Newell, Andy Pina and myself. May 6th is our bi-annual equip-ment checkout and overhaul. As a team we go over all of our race equipment thoroughly twice a year, once before the Baja 500 and again before the.Baja 1000. Welders, gen- . erators, lights, dump cans (five and eleven gal.), antennas, radios, first aid boxes and mileage signs are given a good checkout. After that . you in getting back to the Start/Fin-ish if that's what it takes after the . race is completed. Our cutoff for receiving racer · applications is midnight, May 26th '.for the Baja 500. That's in our hands, paid in full, and not just postmarked. The pit equipment pickup is scheduled for Saturday, May 30th from 9:00a.m. to 12:00 p.m. SHARP! After that, it will be . up to the racer to get his spares and/ or fuel to each pit captain that needs them before the race. So there you have it. If you are looking for an experi-enced Baja Race T earn, one that is well established in the off road rac-ing scene down in aaja California for the last 30 years, look no fur-ther. Our T earn members are com-mitted to racing and providing the· best, basic pit service there is. And if you should find yourself not rac-ing in this event, by all means come down and join in the fun of pitting someone who is running a Mag 7 Pit. The more the merrier we say! So good luck to all you racers and we will see you down in Baja. Adios-"T earn Baja ... " OH Road Scramble Answer: "Timing Light'' Hanger Piston Lifter ·.'Gremlin Dusty Times . June 1998 ---Page 45

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BEST IN THE DESERT TONOPAH 300 ouad Report The racing was as tight as it's ever been in the quad di-v is ion, as the three man Honda team of Gary Jackimowicz, Charlie Lamson and Dwight Lowell duked it out for overall hon-ors with a roll Design quad piloted by William Yokley and Kim Kuhnle. The "laid out for trucks" course cut tight spots to a minimum and made life a b reeze for the compact four wheelers, but the high speed roads and slippery gravel made sure they were still on their toes throughout the 300 mile By Anne Van Beveren Photos: Track.side Photo Inc. The team of Jackimowicz/Lamson/Lowe/1 flew across the desert on their Honda to take overall Quad honors, 300 miles in The Yokley/Kuhnle Roll Design Quad was the first Pro to finish, just five minutes out of the overall quad win. 7: 15, not too shabby. SUlvllvlIT NEWSLETTER At the March meeting, the SUMMIT Offroad Racing Association, which had just completed the incorporation process, elected officers and named a Board of Directors. The new president is Bruce Conrad, his secretary is Bob Steinberger and the treasurer is Judy Smith. The supporting Board includes Dale Ebberts, Mike Julson, Bill Gaspar, Rod Muller, Harold Nicks, Kent Lo.thringer, Robert Hayley, Bob Gordon, Mike Thomas, Dave Ashley, Jerry McDonald, Dave Dash, Bill Rodriguez, Ed Herbst, Danny Foddrill and Tom Morris. The SUMMIT Board will be working in many ways to enhance and improve the sport we all love. This will include forming committees, some of which are already in place, to work on safety issues, rules and technical requirements and public relations. Recently SUMMIT was instrumental in the organization of events so that the San Felipe 250 could be televised for Speedvision. We would like to thank the racers who helped finance the program: Lonnie Helmbolt, Mike James, Jimmy Nuckles, Wilson Motorsports, Bill Hernquist, Bob Land, Gary Mecham, and Craig and Gary Turner. There are some opportunities available for interviews in conjunction with the Baja 500, and those interested can call Dave Dash at (714) 540-2109 or call SUMMIT at our new toll-free number, (888) 698-7289. For those who missed the San Felipe show on TV, it's possible to buy the videos by calling (800) 869-5636. Please refer to our ad in this issue of the D1 JSTY TIMES for more information about our goals and accomplishments. There is also a brieflist of questions that we'd like to have answered by as many off roaders as possible. Fuel Safe's "Pro Cell" is our top-of·lhe-line racing cell that comes ready to install and it's backed by a full 10 year warranty. Page 46 • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless super-tough, triple coated construction • 1 O year Bladder wa"anty • Safety loam 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 or write to: Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing, Inc., 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92648 (800) 433-6524 (714) 842-2211 httpJ/www.fuelsafe.com Waldaias/Singer had a very long day. spending ten and a half The Walsh/Ca"ffhomas trio and their Yamaha were the first hours out on the course but finishing second in Amateur. Experts to arrive at the finish line in Tonopah. -------------------~--· ----, journey, and the front run-HOURS M-F 9:00 -6:00 Sat. 10:00 -3:00 Daily UPS Visa and Mastercard We are happy to announce our new 800 toll free number. (800) 656-3376 Use it to call and inquire about our "Quick Fix" IRS repair boots or our 11 __,,gallon "Fasf-Fill" dump cans. Both new products can save you race time. Race Sman -Be Safe ners took seven hours and 15 minutes to complete the cross country dash. When the checkered flag fell, the J ackimowicz/ Lamson/Lowell Honda Gerry Leighton Racing/A&L Tyre/ Coast Tool & Manufac tur-ing/Gonde r Welding/ Gradon/Proline/PEP) was in front by a slim margin of just under five minutes, and Wil-liam Yokley and Kim Kuhnle (Roll Design/Duncan Rac-ing/Maxima/Braking/IMS/ Sunstar) had to be content with second. There was another 11 minute gap back to third overall, which was claimed by the Chula Vista duo of Jason Sparks and Jimbo Zinn aboard a Honda, and Steve Bellman and Jay Gobel came in four minutes later to claim fourth. Jan Pritchard, Chad Duvall and Jared Huffman's three man team rounded out the top five Quad finishers. ■ 103 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 91910 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619) 6~1-0~_o3__ RJ ~ RJ ~ RJ ~ June 1998 Dusty Times

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Fuel Safe's Custom & Standard Fuel Cells are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed the safety standards set by all racing associatio11s. For your local dealer ~ call (8001433·6524 ~ Call or write for our FREE Catalog Aircraft Rubber Manulacturong, Inc. ,:. 18062 Redondo Circla. Huntington Beach. CA 92648 U.S A. Ph (714) 842-2211 Fx (714) 842-6622 • Off Road Style Fiberglass Fenders Graphite/ Carbon A & D Services Custom Fiberglass Fabrication 15341 Pipeline Lane #8 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 ~HONDA GlASSUJOAKS Unlimited ( 714) 903-5644 ,-,a,mt • 1 •, PERSONAL WATERCRAFT JET BOATS BILLY ROBERTSON (818) 766-6134 (213) 877-7272 FAX (8 18) 766-9397 .1e,, HOIMe 9.SBO Hlll1101e In. &aleeside CJII 92040 (ISl9J 51Sf-"71S4 Pager 406-2550 BILL ROBERTSON & SONS, INC. 5626 TUJUNGA AVE. NORTH HOLLYWOOD. CA. 91601 Speciali:idng in high per#orntance Po1111er s~eering #or Racing ll/lagna#lux inspec~ion aa,ailable JAMES GANG RACING PRODUCTS ARLINQTON SHEET MET AL CORP. IJ.424 lmpma,I Hwy. • Sants Ft Sprinp • CA 90670 Complete Race Car Fabrication, Pre Runners, Chase Trucks, Roll Cages, Bumpers, Suspensions, Tube Bending, Aluminum Fabrication, Engine Tuning Crew Chief Don Connors Joe Giffin Phone (31 O) 921-2693 Fax (310) 926-0699 JG TRANSWERKS "Go with a Proven Winner" Desert, Short Course & Street VW Racing Transmissions Owner James Hall 1509 N. Kraemer, Unit 0 Anaheim, California 92806 (714) 632-1240 JIMCO OFF ROAD RACE CARS ALUMINUM BODIES FOX SHOCK SERVICE · PARTS & ACCESSORIES RACE PREPARATION 10965 HARTLEY RD. S,UITE A SANTEE, CA 92071 JON KINNE (619) 562-1743 MIKE JULSON AUTO AND MARINE WIRING 809-F N. Lakeview Ave., Placentia, CA 92870 Tel. 714- 779-2316 • Fax 714- 779-5012 RACE CAR/PRE-RUNNER PREP & FABRICATION CUSTOM TRAILERS £:~:\ Ri.tss Jones Motorsports CUSTOM FABRICATION " 138 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE SANTA BAR~ARA, CA 93117 Shop: (805) 968-1067 Fax: (805) 968-3438 HONDA Power Equipment OUT BOARD ENGINE • GENERATOR SPECIALIST Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 EAST 3RD ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 POWER E STEERING Thomas E. Lee ART KAWAGUCHI FAX (2.13) 2.64-1136 (213) 264-~8~ LEE MFG. CO. 11661 PENDLETON STREET SUN VALLEY, CA '91352 (818)- 768--0371 A full line of Power Stering gears, pumps and accessories for Any type of racing. · Magnaflux and Zyglo facilities available. .Assembly - Machine Work, Parts , Engine Dyno Fadl.lty 10722 Kenney Street, SulU! C Santee. CA 92071 619-596-0886 . 619-596-0625F AX KenM.,r I, • CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 416 FLEETWOOD GLENDORA, CA 91740 818-857-RACE 818-852-8852F A.'X KENT LOTHRINGER LOTHRINGER ENGINEERING MAGNAFLUX Service Suspension T,:ansmission Engine QUALITY RACE CAR CRACK CHECKING DONE BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW RACING 818-857-7223 YOUR OFF-ROAD Catch us on the Net! SPECIALISTS/ www.mckenzies.com PHONE (714) 441-1212 FAX (714) 441•1622 2366 E. ORANGETHQRPE AVENUE, ANAHEIM, CA 92806 MENDEOLA RACING Volkswagen -Porsche -Hewland Off-Road & Stadium Racing Transmissioos Parts & Service 290 TROUSDALE #I&J CHULA VISTA CA 91910 619-691-1000 FAX 619-691-1324 HET,4tltlORK5 ll#t/H/TE!) ~11~11aw~ ~~~riF~ O(f~~ Qou!3 Petterson President 7712 Gloria Ave Unit #3 Van Nuys, CA 91 .«l6 Phone (818)78&-6832 Fax (818)786-7961 EMail: metalworksunl@yahoo com 805-940-5515

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D ., ,. I 1,-;,1 •••4.•c1+ • 1490 HENRY BRENNAN DR., EL PASO, TX 79936 [9~5 ] 857-5200 BtUggy Si:t.11pplly Race Car Chassis_ Race Car Pmts Aluminum bodies 1/2-1600 Motors And Trans Custom Machine Work & Fabrication 2525 E. 16th St. • Yuma, A_z. &5365 (.602) 783-6265 • 1 (800)231-8156 . Jerry Penhall 714 • 650 • 3035 Fax 714 • 650 • 4721 1660 Babcock Bldg. #B_ Costa Mesa, CA 9262? * All Types ol Steel U Aluminum Fabrication *Tube Berdine .-Fraley s Pl"rforniancc I [(ngineering * Aluminum U StNl Weldinc * Custom Machine Work * All Types ol Race Cars 4851 W. Hacienda #4 Las Vegas, NV 89118 Bruce Fraley 702-365-9055 •RACING Viti GASOLINE '"100. 110 114 118'" rnetllanol & n1tro .r: : __ o ______ R _____ c-----,.-~~-yJL■....--ILII...JLll.--■--IL..ll~~IL-------~ .;.. Race Ra·d1· os, I C.L. Bryant, Inc. •CommercialFuels&Lubes • High Performance Lubes I I · • On-Site Fuel Distribution P IS. dson · 1-800-399-4176 I Fax: (602) 437-1306 au 1gmun I · •Technical Assistance I 4107 E. Winslow #D Office: (602) 437-8164 2o9-537-l5G5 fax . Fuel & Lubes Handling Equip. · I Phoenix, AZ 85040 Mobile: (602) 377-1983 I ~-------------~-~--~ OfF IOAO CHASSIS <f~ 18 I 24 GRAND Ave. LAKIE ELSINORE, CA 9 2530 Complete Off Road & Performance - Preparation for Trucks.& Vans CUSTOM SU81'1£N81ON • PRIE•RUN TRUCKS AXLIE SIERVICIE • Wl:LDING 6 FA■IUCATION NO DISCO TRUCKS 8111 Montague 181.1174 OFF-ROAD TRUCK FIBERGLASS -25 Years in the Fiberglass Business -Builder of 16 Factory Team Truck Bodies -Custom Molds and Repairs Trailer Products Inc 1121 N. Buena Vista Hemet. Calif 92543 Ph:909-654-7334 (909) 360-5906 FAX (909) 360-0436 MPER · HElMErS PARKER PUMPER HELMET COMPANY 10427 San Sevaine Way .. Ste. L Mira Loma, California 91752 HAROLD NICKS ,~W[gl(g)Lf'L~@'ltl SAFET\' EQUIPMENT MAXON, MOTOROLA, ROAOMASTER, VERTEX RADIOS BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON HE[.METS IN STOCK WIRING FOR RADIO &/OR INTERCOM STIU.. ONLY S 12'5. 2888 GUIIIOR\' AVE. SIGIIIAL HILL, CA 90806 310-427-8177 800-869-5636 ' '. : THEONLYREASONFORNOT ADVERTISING IN DUSTY TIMES IS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE MORE BUSINESS THAN YOU CAN HANDLE ·p□ RSCHE b--\l\> stuh eh .. ~ ~ ~ Todd Francis ~ 4&5 SPEED lr1ci1ion Alloy, 1,/d,,. fl)_ 25805 NE 46th Avenue ;,i ,,Ridgefield, WA 98642 ~ ;o~ ;, Phone ~J' • ~'If, Fax 360-887-2000 7on & 360-887-7279 A High Performance VS R:ice Truck Series "The True Dril'er's Class" Tel. 6 I 9.4-19.6252 Fax 6 I 9.4-19.6470 9-119 Abraham \\av, Sec:. B Sancee. CA 92071-258-1 1040 South Main Street. Fall brook, CA 920:28 l'r\\ 760-n.1-2117 1:-l\l.\l L hajaracc •iitth com PHONI: 7o0-7~J-2 I 17 C.ALL U'5 F1~'5T! "----------------RACING TRANSAXLES. 1700 EA::i .1,1,;H-J :;r. l:L CAJON. CA 92021 ,:.:.;i<;:; i<C;f to 19 J <143-:L4d0 .. S. B. ENGINEEAING "SUPER BOOT11 HCR66, BOX 11030 PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV 89048 (702) 372-5335 TIM CECIL 849 Lambert (714) 447-3581 • Brea, CA 92621 Fax (714) 672-9246 JOB SITE SIGNS• BANNERS • I\IIIOOW LffiERlf,G • C,\R LETTERlflG • GRAPHICS SGUEAK & MARGIE COATS 5101 Gai·:,ay Circle • Hunt:ngto1 Beacn CA 92649 (714) 897-0075 • F2\ [714) 69 .. 9567 ~ s~e~e~ &~to,1,(/(# e~~ '8itt, Ptato. 760-347 -5052 Steve Spirkoff/Owner 4S-4f0 # 10 ~ St. !, 1~.' eA 92201 .. 15855 Dell View Rd. El Cajon, California 92021 619/561-2913

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--wiffj~)~ ~~o (213)583-2404 . ~ U/ SANDERS SERVICE, fNC. METAL PROCESSING 5921 WIimington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL ' . FLOURESCENT INSPECTION Mark Smith Paramount, CA Long Beach . ·. Van Nuys, CA Riverside, CA Oxnard, CA Las Vegas, NV Larry Smith 562-531-0192 562-432-3946 818-786-8180 909-877-0226 805-485-6900 702-643-9200 All Other Inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P.O. Box 610, Long Beach, CA 90801 800-836-5355 Design Fabrl::atlon lnstailatlon Darren Ebberts Tony Cerone {909) 340-4684 FAX (909) 340-4689 490 E PRINCELANO CT SUITE 4 CORONA CA 91719 ,... CCMPUTERIZEO VINYL GRl',PH/CS.,. LETTERING 1.,, 1 1 ,-. Ura)ST BLOG SIGNS (1',/I. Pf/VCESSES) ~ ,-. TRl',OE SI-OW otSPLl','rS ,-. ,-. OETl',ILEO & U\1/QUE OES/GNS ffl!,.._CING GR.,.._,-HICS ,-. H~QLJ,\LfTY /¥INNERS "'FLEET VEHICLES ,-. LOGO REPF?t)OUCTONS -:::.~:.Z.NfJ~;,..~E ,-.LOGO & G/ftl',PH/C OESIGN ,-. DECALS ,, SUSPENSIONS~ _,,<.E1AILYIJill7!ED 1• ... . . . ··•-··· ... OFF ROAD RACING SPECIALISTS WELDING• FABRICATON • Fv.MECUTTING • FFIOVTEfJOS • f/EARTRAILINGARMS RACEOtASSIS • PRERUNNERS • FOXRAONGSHOX 1345DYNAMICS. UN/TD ANAHEIM, C4 92806 JARRY ROSEVEAR PHONE {714) 996-6260 FAX {714)996-6405 · Get the word out about your business, big or small. ;;,,(c ~--::m«, t?,·..te, ASK FOR TUCKER Motorsports Director Soles & 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 Put your business card in the .. GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY" and .reach new customers. Good Stuff Directory Ads are merel~~.00 per month. Trackside Photo O.ff-road race photography since 1970 . Fidel Gonzales 805-578-3470 [UMP] 619/449-9690 UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10729 WHEATL.ANDS AVENUE SUITE A SANTEE. CA 92071 CUSTOM SHEET METAL SHOP AIR CLEAMER SYSTEMS FUU LINE OF POWER STEERING FOR ALL TYPES vF RACING-& RECREATIONAL VEHICLES PRODUCTION SHOi> (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 VW & PORSCHE FOREIGN CARS · NISSAN & TOYOTA . (619) 449,9728 FAx (619) 449,26 78 P.O. Box 747, Moorpark, CA 93020 ., Transmissions • Parts and Service • Complete Welding 94 19 Abraham Way. Suite "A", Santee, CA 9207 I Lorenzo Rodriguez 1---------------------+--------------~-'---"""'·• . 515 So. Vermont, Glendora, CA 91740 • (818) 914-8147 ----------=nt. I RdNiAXLE ENGINEERING ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING. JEFF FIELD 9763 Variel Ave. 31510 223rd Street East Llano, CA 93544 (818) 998-2739 Chatsworth, CA 91311 805-281-3202 SUNDRY METAL SPINNING Phone (562) 92&-9838 Fax (562) 928-0778 METAL SPINNING EXCELLENCE • ALUMINUM • STEEL • BRASS • COPPER • STAINLESS 6831 Suva Street &!fl Gardens, CA 90201 JOHN AVALOS • OWNER TRANSMISSIONS WEST Spacia/izlng In High Perl. Transmdes • vw • PORSCHE • OFF ROAD WE RACE WHAT WE SEU. (800) 435--0416 • (310) 782-2413 · 22545 S. Normandie •Torrance, CA 90501 · ~K PAIN/' 11NDC0411NGS..:GRAP#~* Jt!GOG * · •~ !iJ ~ MAJNfeAIAN(,'f'., f:¥/NPIN:~JJ/'IFRIHG-1-· · "(W~ MY~"For Fick.llp~/ ·~!0· 0 ' Automotive •. ATV • Motorcycle 1815 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE RIVERSIDE, CA 92507, USA 909.369.5144 • 909.369.7266FAX WWW. WEBCAM I NC.COM t

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THE ONLY REASON FOR NOT ADVERTISING IN Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR 1$:.. 'HEUVINK CONSULTING l'u1111c REI.ATIONS & MARKI: rlN(; DUSTY TIMES ' ' I · EoHEuv1NK IS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE MORE BUSINESS THAN YOU CAN HANDLE From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service . . MEDIACENTRUM UTRECHT HE~GEVELDSTRAAT '2.')/416, 3572 KH UTRECHT TIIE NETHERLANDS T.EL 030-2722133, FAX 030-27226.'2 Mmm,E 116-~~25l5ss. HoME/l>R1V1o~_o30-2z1'"1's, 535 Ee.st Central Park Anaheim CA 92802 714-956-9457 ; Off Road Race Truchs • Pre Runners • , PUBLIC-REL;.TIONS ANO MARKETING CONSUL;'ANTS Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels Chassis Design • Engineering • Fabrication EDWIN C . ..JACOBS PRESIDENT Dale White Racing 3940 Maranatha Circle Las Vegas, NV 89103 70:Z-871-1661 l SOOSTATE MILL ROAD AKRbN. OHIO 44319 1216) 644-777.:I 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, AZ 85017 Jack Woods (602) 242-0077 LOOK FOR DU.STY TIMES NEW WEB SITE Classified ... FOR SALE: Grabowski Bros. 5 Un-limited-Best of everything, '96 points champion, will trade for boat or $25,000.00. Neal (702) 727-7521. · AUTOMOTIVE FOR SALE: 1997 Points Champion. A-arm Jirnco, first place Baja lOOJ, first place Parker 400-Summer Bros., Kuster, CNC, Fortin, Mastercraft, 30 gal cell, some spares included. anns, spindles etc. Call Danny at (90')) 687-5118 8 a.m.-6 p.m. 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 "tum 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 $45K. Todd @ (702) 348-7812. FOR SALE: 2 S/C, trans, 002, FTC gears 457 R&P, 091 Moly Carrier, Bearing retainer, Gosset case, 930 flanges, $1,850.00, 002, FTC gears 486 R&P 091 Moly carrier, 930 flanges, case gossets with spare 486 R&P $2,100.00 Used FTC gear set-$300.00 Scott Schwalbe (715) 272-1101. Dusty Times DON-A-VEE BlowOutSale-Tro- FOR SALE: 1991 Pre-runner, Sus-phy Truck: This is the winningest pension Unlimited frame 105' wb, 8 Trophy Truck of 1997, 640hp V8 FOX shocks, 16" travel, Windshield, Motor, Kuster coilover shocks by wiper, Fuel safe 25 gal, 2 new Yoko-LeDuc all the way around. BFGs on hamas front, Fresh 2186cc, street li-FORSALE: Class 11: Sway-A-Way, headlocks, great spares package. WHITE LIGHTNING SPECIAL: censed lots of extras, $6,495.00 2 BFGs, Beard seats, Bilstein $3,500.00. Race support and sponsorship nego- For sale: Dale White's Class 8 Chevy extra tires. (909) 696-12 78. Call John for Details, Afternoon and tiable! Call Baja Brokers Ref #638 truck, Super bitchin', By-pass shocks, FOR SALE: Raceco Class 1 A-Arm, evenings (760) 868-5694. $79,900.00 ALSO CLASS 8: 710hpmotorbyShaver,MSD,BFGs Super clean from complete rebuild. FOR SALE: F-150 street legal pre- SOLD, Keep an eye out for this on headlocks, "Factory" Chevy, Ul-Fresh 2.6 dry sump Type 4 and runner. Built in 1996. Hi-perfor- Cherolcee with a new paint job at tra clean and professionally built, 00300 5-speed trans. Fox coilover mance V-8, built C-6 transmission, the Baja 500. ALSO; Stock Mini: Fresh rebuild! A solid finisher, Ref · with Kuster bypass. Front and rear 9" rear end, 4.56 gears, Autofab sus- Factory built by Don-A-Vee racing, #634. Support packages available Fox Air bumps, Summers Bros. front pension 15" front 18" rear, 35" tires, 4wd, Awesome Rally/Raid vehicle, through Team White Lightning! and rear. Outboard hubs, 930 c.v.s, Autofab fenders, hood and bedsides. call for more information. Baja Bro-$79,000.00. ALSO available less mo-Tommy Lee steering, Chenowth Steal at $11,900.00(714)361-5191, kers Ref #644 $39,900.00. Check tor/transforless???CallBajaBrokers shifter. 20" front and rear travel. ALSO have VW 4 86 R&P, Type I out our NEW website at for package breakdown at (760) 723-BEG'sonBeadloclcCenterlines. Call heads, Supertrapp, Various helmets, www.bajaconcepts.com. (760) 723-2117. Check out our NEW website John (760) 337-6108 or (714) 344-lights and tires at (619) 481-0923. 2117. at www.bajaconcepts.com. 2056 $28,00J.OO oho . ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • 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 20751 Marilla Street Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • June 1998 Page 53

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FOR SALE: Class 8 Chevy. 1/4 eliptic rear, Coil spring front, Rancho lightning rods, Air bumps, Cone 40 spline rear, Henry's Ball joints, Art Carr, -Auto meter, MSD ign., Fuel Safe, stock . car products spindles, less engine, needs re-built. Asking $24,000.00. Call Scott (702) 638-8020. FOR SALE 1996 Ford F-150, Mid-westlegal for Class 8 or Class 13, Best of everything, 405 cu 658 horse- . power, complete with trailer and parts! $25,000! Call (414) 694-3371 (CS1) or FAX ( 414) 694-83 72. FORSALE: Lothringer Class 9 single seat, Wiks engine, WR Trans, FOX, CNC, Beard, Sway-A-Way, $4,800.00 (626) 857-7223. Up AND COMING CHILDREN -Some of the off road racing crowds children are making a name for themselves in something besides trucks and buggies and we note here a couple of them: Scott Slatter, son of Barry and Pam Slatter, long time SNORE members and racers is racing his own Street Stock car at Pahrump Valley Speedway and after five races so far this season Scotty has one win and is in first place in season points and has 26 other drivers behind him. Keep going Scotty, we hear that Earnhardt is getting worried. Another teenager winning his share of races is Carl Maassberg, he rides a 125cc Yamaha in the Expert Class and has won his share of races as well as. the just completed Best In The Desert race at Tonopah where Carl shared the riding with Robert Marshall and Nate Pearson, finishing first in their class, 29th overall and we wish Carl and his buddies continued success. SCORE POINTS -Jason Hatz has the overall points lead in the SCORE Laughlin Desert ·Challenge, his 1/2-1600 terminator winning both events in class this season. Eight points behind is Doug Fortin who leads Class 1 in his Chevy/Chenowth. John Herder and his Jimco is third overall in points, six behind Fortin in Class 1. David Ashley leads the Trophy Truck Class, Jimmy Nuckles is the Protruck leader-, Darren Skilton leads Class 3, Mike Dondel is the leader in· Class 5, David Gasper runs Class 5-1600, Larry Roeseler · has a firm grip on class 7, Doug-Siewert rules Class 7S, David Westhem is the Class 8 leader, Martin Christensen leads Class 9, Darnen Jefferies has a big lead in Class 10, SCORE Lites belongs to Jerry Penhall, Eric Solorzano is the Class 11 leader, Rob Reinerton rules Stock Mini and Marc Stein leads Stock Full. Motorcycles have Steve Montana leading Class 21, Johnny Campbell in Class 22, Scott Dunalevy leads Class 30, David Flores Class 40 and Sam Dempsey Class. 50. ATV leaders are Gilberto Santana in Class 24 and Jim Knorr leads Class 25 and there is still a long se~son to go. A LOOOOONG RACE -Casey Folks, Director of Best In The Desert Racing announced that his organization will be putting on a 2000 mile, that's right, 2000 mile race in the year 2000, celebrating the millennium. The race will take place the week of July 4, 2000, tech and contingency, start and finish taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The course will cover a large portion of Nevada, including such attractions as Tonopah, Hawthorne, Fallon, Elko, Ely and Reno. This is certainly an event worth looking into. For further info contact Best In The Desert at 702-457-5775. V ORRA NEWS -After the VORRA season opener was postponed, then canceled due to the inclement weather VORRA finally got off the ground with a 58 car entry. Winners were: Sam Berri Class 1, Dennis Kordonowy Class 10, Clint Wolsey Pilots, Jared/Chad Wilson Class 3, Gary Pinhero Veteran, Thane Boynton Class 7, Forest Creasy Class 9 and Denny Spohr Novice. A complete report in the next issue. GERARDO NOVELO RACEWAY -April 25 and 26 was the weekend of short course racing at the Estero Beach Resort. A list of some of the winners follows, a complete report will be in next months issue. Francisco Bio 1st Safari, Jorge Soto Rally A, Daniel Souto Rally B, Alfonso Lacarra Class 9, Jason Batulis Class 11, Rafael Navarro 1/2-1600SC Mario Bustamante 5-1600, Jerry Whelchel. Super 1600, Perry McNeil Class 7, Rick Huseman 7S, Pat Dean Class 1, Martin G_arabay Class·10, Brent Foes Class 5, Jim McKenzie 8, Sean McKenzie BS, Curt LeDuc 4, DanidNichols Open Motorcycle, Wilson Nichols Jr. 125 Motorcycle and David Aquino ATV. Wait 'til you read the story! T.O.R.R.O. RACE -Texas Off Road announces a race in Bracketville, Texas on August 8 and 9; a 30 mile course and, according to the press release there is $100,000 in prize monies. The course is very demanding, with lots of elevation changes, rock gardens and. plenty of silt beds. For more info call them at 713-694-0207. ATTENTION CHECKERS -All of you Checkers who have strayed from the fold, and are no longer in contact with your brethren, be advised that there will be a 25th Anniver:;ary party this year, commemorating your acceptance into the club. You are hereby asked to contact one of the following and let them know your whereabouts so you may receive your invitation, where, when, etc. Call John Hastings 818-790-1161 or The Reverend Roy Moore 760-249-671 o. Page 54 FOR SALE: Single Seat CoQ. over Berrien, 97 top 5 finisher Soda Class 1 and Super 1600. Wright Arms and Combos. Summers Big Stubs and brakes. Fox, CNC, SAW, UMP p/s. 002 trans, 091 Moly carrier, FTC gears 930 c.v.s. Aluminum and ,rlas bodies. Bead locks, $8,500.00 fess motor, Scott Schwalbe (715) 272-1101. FOR SALE: 97 Chenowth 2 seat Class 1, Toyota Tacoma, Fortin DON 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, $47,500.00 complete obo, or $28,500.00 less motor & trans oho. Jeff (602) 978-3073. THE WORKS ALL DONE, YOU STEP IN AND GAIN INST ANT STARDOM!! 1-1600 Aceco rail jobby. Tigwelded, Best of everything, 5 races old. Oct % VW trends ar-ticle. Come on, step up to the plate and reap the rewards of the most J?Opular and lucrative class in racing. $17,000.00Joe (714) 632-1240. FOR SALE: Class 11-12 Buggy. One or two seater. 6 Fox shocks, 5 gallon fuel safe, 1 fire suit, harnesses, 3 trans-missions and lots of extra engine parts. $2,800.00 OBO MUST SELL Call (715) 735-3982 AFTER 3:00 pm. FOR SALE: Class llS and 12 Soda. Race Buggy with extra parts, $3,600.00 Call (715) 384-2063. FOR SALE: 95 Ford Ranger 7S Fresh Esslinger 2.3 4 cyi stroker motor, 2-2 BBL 44 Weber carbs, Mogi C-4 T ranny, 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-lOcaror ? 40' enclosed goose neck race trailer avail. (702) 457-2809. FOR SALE: Class 10 FAT Rabbit Race Engine, Best of everything, dual ignition, Plenum manifold, complt?t:e ready to run 2180cc type 1 race en-gine, dual 48 IDA Webers, Mondello angle port heads, Roller crank, com-plete ready to run, Type 2 race trans-mission for pre-runner (801) 487-3478 or (801) 485-0147. FOR SALE: CLASS 1-1600 Race Ready, Built and maintained by PBA MOTOR SPORTS. 1996 & 1997 VORRA class champion. Best of Evetything, FOX, Beard Super Seat, power steering, Wright, Suspension Unlimited Arms, Fuel Safe, Ump Fil-ter, Summer Bros. Drive axles, Pre-cision Alloy Stubs and flanges. Sway-A-Way front springs, PBA engine and trans. $9,000.00 firm. Arden (209) 836-9468. USED PARTS: Lots of Shrouds Tl/ T 4 shrouds, Chenowth 2 seat alumi-num roof, $125.00; many VW Tor-sion bars, $20-$50; Stock Car prod-ucts spindles, $145 pair; Jamar Mas-ter Cylinders, $25; 9" Housing w/ Summers Flanges Axles, $750.00; SAW Torsion Adjuster Fingers; $20-30; 12" Bilsteins w/reservoirs, $100; 1/2/5-1600 Front trailing arms, $350; Huge air bumps, $200; Ranger slid-ing rear window, $40; Oil Coolers, $40-$70; Aluminum Radiators, $100; Boxesoflights,$10-55; Empty Flames out Bottle, $45; Limiting straps up the wazoo, $1 O; Keith Black 440 cid VS Dodge Motor, $3,500; 32" Eibach 3.75" ID coils, $200; Super-trapp 19" Stainless Steel Muffler, $1200.00; Chrisman Rear end (less hubs}, $2,000; Lots of tires including 33x10.50-15 Baja T/A's in great shape! (7-60) 723-2117 The Second Lap-Soon you '11 be tible to browse our inventory on-line at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: 2 seat Soda Class 10 or Great Pre-runner Taylor Moly chas-sis. Wide front and rear. SAW, FOX, CNC, Fuel Safe, Centerline, Sum-mers discs and Big Stub axles. Wright Arms and combos, Saco magnum wrack, 002 trans, FTC gears, Moly carrier, 930c.v.s, 1650ACmotor, Fat case, Intake carb. UMP PIS, ready to run $6,700.00 Scott Schwalbe (715) 272-1101. FOR SALE: 1969 Volkswagen Baja pre-runner. 1776 with jet coated ex-haust, auto craft, compu fire ignition and Earl's plumbing, bus trans with McKenzie's super cliff, FTC gears and Type 2 c.v.s. Also FOX, Wright, Centerlines, Simpson, CNC pedals, Beard and more. Street registered, smog exempt. $7,000.00 (909) 886-7437. HAPPENINGS ..• Continued Rocky Point, MX WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 so. U.S. Hwy 45 Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 Delaware St. Oshkosh, Wl 54901 (414)426-0470/(414) 982-7306 Attention Race&Rally Organiz,P,rs List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free! It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailiing list. Don't call, but mail your 1998 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4404. SCORE 1997 ENGINE BUILDER OF lHE YEAR! ~ ~ :::: 1 s: > :t' 8r:8$lit•lf a· n ~ ~-.»:~~~¼:m~~"Q~~..:;m:$-:™~~~~-:..~·~~«>.~~ A •• _.,. -~~:~:::=:m:-~-;~•:-:i:~.;.x-:::.:~~❖::;:;-~:~~l'>.~:! FAT MOTORS WIN! AND WIN! AGAIN: SCORE LAUGHLIN DESERT CHALLENGE, Jan. 30 · Feb. 1 Class 5 1st Mike/Dale Dondel 0/W Type NJ 2na Tom 8'o,vn 0fW Type IV) 3rd George 5eeie'f 0/W Type IV) Class 10 1st John PhilliDS/Rick Geiser (Toyooi 4AG) 2nd Darnen Jefferies (T(¥)ta 4AG) Class 12 1st Dave C311awa'j/,Xjln Holmes (Wi Type I) 2nd George Erl/Jerry Penrall 0fW Type I) SCORE SAN FELIPE 250, Mar. 20-22 Class 5 1st Mike.ilale Oondel 0/W Type IV) 2nd Tom Brown 0fW Type IV) 3rd George 5eeley 0/W Type NJ Class10 1st DamenJetteries(T(¥)tl4AG) 2nd WiRiam ANerson (T Oj{13 4AG) Class 12 2nd Geage ErVJerry Penhall 0/W Type I) 3rd Ty GoddM'oss Craft 0/W Type I) 4th Dave Gallaway/John Holmes 0/W Type I) We use & recommend RAONG ENQNES, TRANSMISSIONS AND OfFROAD PARfS Send or call for our new catalog $5.00 June 1998 SCORE Engine Builder of the Year for 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 & 1997! Ota PERl'OBMANCE 1558 No. Case• Orange, CA 92867 (714) 637-2889 • Fax (714) 637-7352 Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 97" Junco class one A-Arm. Fat Toyota 3000cc V-6 Fortin OON, nothing but the best compo-nents available. Prepped Race Ready by JIMCO, spare tires and parts. $65,000.00, serious inquires only. Contact Milce (619) 562-1743. FOR SALE: Class 5-lC,OO Race buggy Score legal built by Danny Porter, motor built by Indio dune buggy, JG T ransworks Bus transmission, fuel cell, Suspension by Suspensions un-liinited, Dual Fox shocks w/reservoirs too many extras to list. $5,500.00. Call (626) 792-1582. FOR SALE: A PROVEN WIN-NER!! Junco, single seat, A-Arm, Class 1. Type 4 motor, Fortin OON trans, Bilstein shocks, the best of ev-erything. This car is fresh, lite, fast and ready to win. Call John Herder (520) 690-9765 $45,000.00 oho. FOR SALE: Single Seat Class 9 Di.rtrix/Geiser chassis 96 & 97 Whip-lash overall points champion. Race ready, car has the best of everything, Must see, very clean, tons of spare J?arts, 8 spare tires and trailer $7,500.00 (602) 877-843-6378 (602) 877-0169. Call for details. FOR SALE: Class 1-single seat. Chapararral, all chromoly, New 00-300 built by Fortin, Engine 2.4, type 4 duel carbs with air boxes, outboard c.v.s, with Wilwood billet calipers, new axles, coil over front, Saco, Flameout, everything hydraulic is CHC, Fuel Safe custom cell 26. 7 gal-lons, 2-sets of body panels, bump stops, Mastercraft, Pumper, Ump steering & air cleaner, over $28,000 invested sell for $16,500 oho willing to take a 2-seater in trade also can sell without engine or trans, can de-liver in the USA, Last race Parker 400 this car is the Whiplash class champion 1997. John Raitter (602) 832-1875. pager (602) 251-9866 more pictures http:// www.primenet.com/~ jraitter this car is race read ! ! ! 1994 Chenowth 2 seater: Includes Hewland 00 300 transaxle. Needs motor and wiring. Wright front end, drop spindles, Coilover/f orsion front and rear, CNC hubs and disc brakes, Summers Bros. Outboard hubs w/ 930c.v. joints, Beadlock rear wheels, Complete fresh prep and car is in immaculate condition! Call for more details Ref #648 $19,000.00 (706) 723-2117 Check out our NEW website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE or TRADE: Score legal Class 9 car. Fastest Snore car In 1997. Built with all the best, Yokohama, Fox, Ump, Wright, Leighton, Sway-a-Way, Neal. Lots of spares. · $6,500.00 oho Trades considered. (702) 897-4785, (702) 391-6918. X ~r&ft-:/WX w:EELS BUILT TO ORDER * FACTORY DIRECT CUSTOM STEEL WHEELS * ALL BOLT PATTERNS * ALL BACKSPACES * WHEELS MADE TO EXACT RACING SPECIFICATIONS * 13X5.5 * 13X7 * 14X6 * MX 7 * 15X5 * 15X6 * 15X 7 * 15X8 * 15X 10 ANY 4 STEEL WHEELS Ll~TED ABO(!£ FOR $17 4 OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE CALL FOR DETAILS CALL (918) 599-9022 MASTER CARD • Cl/SA • DISCO(IER • AMEX 1924.EAST 6tl, ST. • TULSA, 0/Cl.AHOAU 71,104 Dusty Times _/I FOR SALE: Smog Exempt 72 Ford 2WD-Pro-built, very streetable 400hp, C6 manual shift kit and shifter, SVO parts, HD torque con-verter, ORD beams w/lift coils, modi-fied leaf packs, 9", 4.10 Detroit Locker, 35" Mud terrains, Fresh beau-tiful RED paint, With some suspen-sion added this would make a great pre-runner, $6,500.00 Baja Brokers Ref #586 (760) 723-2117. Checkout our new website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: Class 5 unliinited, Tay-lor seats, BFG tires, Beadlocks, Fox shocks, Type 2 trans, CNC pedals, Ump power steering, Hellas lights, Secondary torsion, Extra spares and parts, VDO, Chromoly frame, 930. c.v.s, Wright, dual Parker Pumper, ready for motor. $7,000.00 OBO. Trade for ... (760) 353-1480 leave FOR SALE: Hi-Jumper/Raceco single seat Class 9 Challenger, Kuster, Wright Place, Bilstein, Fox, Sway-A-Way, Filler Fields, Fuelsafe, Parker Pumper, PCI Roadmaster race radio, Simpson, CNC, Fat performance, Beard, Lothringer, APPLE trailer 20' with tire rack, lockable storage box and wheel bearing grease zurks. Very low miles! Lots of spares, over $21,000.00 invested. Sacrifice every-thing for $6,500.00 (805) 374-9293. Ask for Gary. FOR SALE: Chenowth 1100 single seat, everything new or rebuilt. New IRS bus trans, new 1915 motor. $4,500.00 race ready or $2,000.00 no motor or trans (916) 428-2845. FOR SALE: 6-FOX 2.0 10" travel with reservoir, shocks xlent condi-tion. ALSO misc jeep parts for Commanche P-up. Call Dennis (9()()) 735-6452. JOB OPPORTUNITIES WHITE LIGHTNING RACING IS HIRING: Fabricator, Prep techni-cians and crew for off road and pave-ment racing. Send resumes to Dale White 4175 Cameron St. #8, Las Vegas, NV 89103. FABRICATORS WANTED: All levels of Fab skills needed. Tube fit-ting, bending, Tig and Mig welding. Sheet metal + aluminum work. We are building to win!!! California Pre-Fun. Call Curt LeDuc for interview. (909) 845-8820 Fax (909) 845-5292. WANTED WANTED: Weber carbs, 48 IDAs, 40-44idfs, EMPI-Deano-Revmaster parts, jackets, catalogs, Bug-in?nhra stuff, old VW drag car, "anything old VW" ALSO Judson/Shorrock Super-charger, Heuer stopwatches (Mastertime, Montecarlo, Sebring, Super Autavia Allstate, etc) Halda T winmaster-T ripmaster-Speedpilot, Surta calcuiator, dipboard wtth 3 mechanical stopwatches, pnuematic plannishing hammer. Chris Castle PO box 2030 Redondo Beach CA 90278 (310) 793-0129 e-mail: aw992@LAFN.o . SNORE Corner INDEX To Advertisers Baker Performance Products .......... 28 Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Orleans Hotels ............................. 11 Best In The Desert ............................ 29 Bilstein Cp. Of America ........................... 5 Bonneville Off Road Racing ............. 37 Cactus Racing ...................................... 24 Cam burg Engineering ........................ 27 CORR Sportsman Series ................... 21 Crandon International Raceway ..... 47 Donahoe Racing Enterprises ............ 38 Fast Wheels ....................................... 55 FAT Performance ......................... ~ ... 54 Fox Racing Shox ................................... 4 Fresh Air Systems ............................. 25 FUD 200 .............................................. 33 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ...................... 46 German Auto ...................................... 18 Glen Helen Short Course Series ..... 17 Kawaguchi Honda .............................. 10 King Shock Tech ................................ 14 McKenzie Performance Products .... 19 Mojave Desert Racing ....................... 31 Nevada Off Road Buggy .................... 23 PCI Race Radios and Equipment. ........ 7 Pike's Family Restaurant ................. 39 Premier Racing Products ................. 20 Race Ready Products ........................ 46 SNORE .................................................... 9 Sway-A-Way Corp ................................. 2 Summit Off Road Racing Auociation ....................... 13 Toyota Motorsports ........... Back Cover Toyota Motorsports .......................... 12 Transaxle Engineering ...................... 34 Tri-Mil Industries .............................. 40 Valley Performance ........................... 28 VORRA ................................................. 35 Web-Cam ......................................... 8, 26 Whitestone ......................................... 32 Yarnell Specialties ............................ 22 WANTED: Looking to get out of racing? Have used 10 or 11 gallon dump cans laying around. Grass roots racer looking for them. Can't afford new ones. Give me a call at (619) 4 25-1135 and ask for Steve. Race Stewards Report - I would like to thank my wife, Kerry and everyone else for masking the Buffalo Bill's 400 a great race. Steve Thomson at Advanced Color Graphics donated the arrows to mark the course and Tom Sturgis donated the stakes for the arrows. The KC Hilites Midnight Special is the next race and there will be cash bonus' to the winners equipped with the KC lights. The NAPA Autoparts 250 in Ely in mid August is also giving large cash bonuses. They added $10,000 to the purse at last years race so get your entry in now! SNORE TOP TEN IN POINTS -Tom Sturgis 1324 Ryan Schank 1221 Matt Cunningham 1170 Mike Polands 1168 Rick Duncan 1125 Bryan Fre~man 1115 Todd Dukes 1080 Mark Bunde rs on 1078 Thomas Taliaferro 1070 Jeff Carr 1017 .June 1998 Page 55 .,,..

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