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Volume 15 -Number 9 September 1998 .lllliJlilDIIG Publisher Emeritus Jean Calvin Editor John Calvin Associate Editor Judy Smith Editorial Assistant . Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Marketing . Pat Caplan Circulation Vance Scott Contributors C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Jim Culp Daryl "No Brakes" Drake Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Ralph Mason Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick Ron Miller Troy Robinson Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Trackside Photo Inc. Les Wolfe Art Director Larry Worsham .~ Subscription Rates: $20.00 per year, 12.issues, USA, Foreign Subscription rates on request Contributions: DUSTY TIIMES welcomes contributions, but is not responsible for such material. Unsolicited mate-rial will be returned only by request and with a self ad-dressed stamped envelope. Classified Ads: will be published as received, prepaid. DUSTY TIMES assumes no liability for omissions or errors. All ads may be subject to editing. DUSTY TIMES: (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hillside Racing Corp., 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408, (818) 882-0004. Copyright by Hill-side Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the pub-lisher. Periodical Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address change to DUSTY TIMES, 20751Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new ad-dress, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408. snapshot of the Month ... The SCORE Awards Banquet for the 1984 season had Jim Greenway and Terry Smith taking the top honors for the 1600 class with an ever beaming Sal Fish in the background. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for cqnsideration. 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FEATURES SCORE Firewo'rks 250 by Juay Smith ........ ~ .................. ~ .. : ..................... : ....... 8 Acropolis Rally by Martin Holmes ........................ ....................................... 18 Best In The Desert Cars by John Calvin· ..................................................... 22 MDR 400 by Ron Miller ................................................................................ 24 Finke Desert Race by Darryl Smith ................................................. : ........... 30 Best In The Desert Motorcycles by Anne Van Beveren ............................. 32 VORRA Top Gun 300 by Troy Robinson .................................................... 36 Northwest Rally Report by Jim Culp ........................................................... 38 Dusty People - Jeff Quinn ............................................................................ 40 African Motorcycle Safari by Don McDa.niel .............................................. 45 DEPARTMENTS.· Happenings.................................................................................................... 5 Trail Notes ...................................................................................................... 41 Checkers by the Eig Wahzoo .......................................................................... 41 Challenger Corner by Joel Mohr ................................................................... 42.. MAG-7 Report by Stephen T. Stenberg ........................................................ 42 CORE Notes by Sandy Parker ..................................................................... .. 43 CRS Report by Donna Mitchell ..................................................................... 43 FAIR News by Joy Bancroft····:············································· .. ······················· 43 Off Road Scramble by PC .: ........................................................................... 44 Good Stuff Directory ..................................................................................... 48 Classified Ads ...... : ......................................................................................... 53 Index To Advertisers .......................................... : ......................................... 55 On The Cover • Danny Anderson teamed with Rob MacCachren to go after the overall win at the Best In The Desert Silver State 300 and they certainly did it, having a very fast run with no mechanical problems. Troy Herbst worked his way through the pack at the SCORE Fireworks 250, took first in Class 1 and also took the overall win by over five minutes. Color Photography by Trackside Photo -c5u£scrihe 9'oday lo DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$20.00 $30.00 □ 2 years -□ 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 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 Canadian - 1 year $25·.oo US ■ Overseas subscription rates upon request Dusty Times September 1998 Page3

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1998 Happenings ... CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719) 531-3642 W/(719)687-9827 H P.O Box8286 Kelly Hafeman (920) 468-8208 September 4, 1998 EXON Superflo Series Ar The Chevy Trucks World championship Off Road Race 1-800-42 CORVA ext 502 D&T PROMOTIONS Dave Van Deren 2405 Baker Ave. ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Apto 42 San Jose del Cabo _ Baja California del Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, • 4500, Australia Ol l-18-07-3298-5522 September 20, 1998 Mt. Gambier, SA November 1, 1998 Goondiwindi, QLD AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class 10 cars only Renald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebec, Canada H7P 1T7 (514) 622-4440 BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31/163 Mexicali, BC, Mexico Mexicali (65) 5542-83 Off Road Races BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey _Folks, Director 3475 C Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702)' 641-2431 October 1-4, 1998 Vegas to Reno December 4-6, 1998 T erribles Town Pahrump, NV BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES Les Wolfe, NEW President 1727 N. Main Sunset, UT 84015 (801) 776-4654 September 19 1998 Boneville Chailenge Wendover, USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-lHO (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 August 22, 1998 Gorman Ridge Rally Gorman, CA October 3, 1998 Prescott Forest Rally Prescott, AZ. November 14, 1998 Treeline Rally Monrovia, CA December 4, 1998 Laughlin International Rally Laughlin, NV March 6-7, 1999 CRS Pro Rally School and Rallycross Location TBA CANNING ATTRACTIONS P.O. Box400 Maywood, CA 90270 (213) 560-SHOW CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box645 Pierre, SD 57501 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) (605) 224-9481 Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4967 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION • C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLAIRTON HI-JACKERS l.C.O. Tom Delauder Sr 1091 Twp. Line Road Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Course off Road Racing At Dusty Times Harrison County Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright (011 52 61746834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (61637/7 0034) CLUB BAJA SAN QUINTIN Calle 6ta FRACC CCD De San Quintin Postal 399 -CP 22930 San Quintin, BC, Mexico Heraclio Patijo (011 52 616-5-22-07) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box 3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 COLORADO HILL Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (7 l 9) 653-8449 CORP Cachanillas Off Road Promotions P.O Box 392 Calexico, CA 92232 01152 (65) 66-60 80 01152 (65) 66-6080 Fax October 9-10, 1998 Carrera de La Raza Laguna Salada December 4-6, 19.98 Carrera de Campeones Mexicali - San Felipe BC, Mex CORR Championship Off Road Racing Carla Reid (317) 272-2827/FAX: (317) 272-2900 Short Course Raciag August 22, 1998 EXXON Superflo Luxemburg Off Road Challenge Luxemburg, WI Crandon, WI Doug Davis (715) 478-2222 September 26, 1998 EXON Superflo Series Ar The 17th Annual 4-Wheel Jamboree Nationals Indianapolis, IN Mike Moore (317) 236-6515 December 5-6, 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 Northern Calif. Jamboree Frank Raines OHV Park Everett, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 (All events.at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Thurston County ORV Park, Olympia, WA) DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-3649/(214) 641-2090 DESERT STEEL MOTORSPORTS 1865 Commander Drive Lake Havasu City, AZ. 86403 (520) 855-6125 EASTERN OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Delauder, Sr. 1091 Township Line RoadWellsville, Ohio43968 (330) 532-4589 ELLIS DESERT RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS (it= A Winning Tradition In Off-Road Racin For over 26 years, more off-road races have been won on Bi/stein than any other shock absorbers .. Still Leading The Way! Conventional Bilstein Gas Pressure Shock Absorber • The most successful shock in off-road racing history! Threaded Body Shocks • Adjustable ride height for coilover fitments. •_Aircraft quality anodized aluminum spring seats. 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(760) 256-8059 CHAMPIONSHIP December 5, 1998 Sports Car Club of America Stoddard Valley P.O. Box 3278 ESTERO BEACH SHORT Englewood, CO 80112 COURSE RACING (303) 779-6622 Victoria Galindo August 28-29, 1998 Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Ojibwe Forests Pro Rally 011-526-176-6225 Memidji,MN October 16-18, 1998 Beryl Ann Burton (612) 529-6821 Baja 1.5 Short Course Rae~ October 2-3, 1998 011-526-176-6225 Prescott Forest Rally F AB TECH Off Road Short Course Prescott, AZ Jeff Hendricks (520) 445-3218 Series at Glen Helen Raceway October 23-24, 1998 P.O. Box 6950 D&N Bank Lake Superior Pro Rally San Bernardino, CA 92412 Houghton, MI (909) 280-9096 Kevin DeLoughery (906) 226-884 7 Championship Series September 13, 1998 MID-AMERICA Round 6 OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION October 25, 1998 MAORA Round 7 Press: Dirty Dave Cronin (314) 838-November 22, 1998 4215 Round 8 VP: Walter.flack (217) 987-6568 Contact: BBM Marketing Promotions LTOR-Lincoln Trail OffRoaders P.O. Box 762 Pres: Dean Conkling (217) 830-4215 Norco, CA 91760-0762 V.P.: Brad Key (217) 446-4556 (562) 988-6250/Fax: (909) 280-9097 Steve Sabo (618) 327-9312 September 6, 1998 FORDA Triple R Raceway Florida Off Roaders Nash ville, IL Drivers' Associaton Steph Sabo (618) 327-9312 2750 Cozumel Drive #1116 October 3-4, 1998 Melbourne, FL 32935 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park (407) 254-5167 Casey, IL Fl.JDPUCKER Larry Tipsword (217) 232-9859 RACING TEAM (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series 250 Kennedy, #2 Produced~ Lincoln Trail Off Roaders) Chula Vista, CA 92011 MOJAVE DESERT RACING (619) 427-5759 P.O. Box 1863 October 31, 1998 Glendora, CA 91141 Superstition 250 (626) 914-7029 Phone Lake Superstition, CA (626) 914-9169 Fax Only December 3 I, 1998 October 30-31, 1998 Dunaway Dash Barstow 200 Plaster Ci~ West, CA Barstow,CA GORRA M.OR.E. Georgia Off Road Mojave Off Road Racing Racing Association Enthusiasts 420 Hosea Road 25277 W. Main St., Suite 283 Lawrenceville, GA 30245 Barstow, CA 92311 (404) 963-0252 (760) 253-4453 GPORRA September 25-26, 1998 Great ·Planes Off Road Racing Location TBA Association November 20-21, 1998 13621 Pierce St. Lucerne Valley, CA Omaha, NE 68144-1122 MSBA (402) 333-0517 Eve. Michigan Sport Buggy Association Keith Koesters Dave Barret 6716 N. 106th. St. 6363 Nightingale Dr. Omaha, NE 68122 Flint, Ml 48506 (402) 4964846 Eve. (810) 730-9221 (AU races are short course, stadium style. Classes: Trophy, 11-1600, 5, 7S, 1 and NATIONAL MUD RACING Quads) ASSOCIATION IOK FOUR WHEELERS Rt. #1 · Box 380 P.O. Box36 Dave or Marlene Ryan Cleves, Ohio 45002 Palatka, FL 32177 (AU events staged at the club grounds (904) 325-5422 in Cleves. Ohio) NATIONAL TUFF TRUCK ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL Butch Chapin Motorsports Promotions ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 1404 East 3rd Street St. Paul, MN 55108 Hastings, MN 55033-1415 Steve Beddor (612) 437-2459 (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 August 21, 1998 Isanti County Fairgrounds INTER-SHOWS Cambridge, MN MOTORSPORTS August 22, 1998 PROMOTIONS, INC. McLeod County Fairgrounds P.O. Box 2910 Hutchinson, MN Mission Viejo, CA 92690 OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS (714) 364-0515 OF EL PASO KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER Joey Vasquez 4WD CLUB 13180 Round Dance P.O. Box465 El Paso, TX 79936 Kamloops, BC, Canada VZG5L2 (915) 855-8899 Bob (250) 374-7175 days All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake. Randy (250) 579-9621 eves. Take 1-10 Horizon Blvd. exit east 12 miles Wes (250) 351-2819 OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. L.l.T.R.E. 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. Jeff Elrod New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 (408) 926-0522 Jim Kendel Jim Aruta (216) 339-4674 (408) 247-4402 All races held at Hamson Cou!:!fl Fair&!ounds. Cadiz, Ohio MICHIGAN BUGGY BUILDERS ONTARIO OFF ROAD 3749 Needmore Hwy RACERS ASSOCIATION Charlotte, Ml 48813 Rick Tichbourne, Public Relations (517) 543-7214 (519)-681-4192(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) MICHIGAN OFF ROAD August 29-30, 1998 CHAMPIONSHIPS Cedar Springs M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. Tentative 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledr, Ml 4883 7 PACE MOTOR SPORTS (517) 27-6200 U.S. Off Road Championship 0eeps, Trucks, Pilots, Dune Buggies, Road 630-963-4810 Warriors and Quad ATV Trophy and -900-PRO RACE M~ Classes.) PIKES PEAK MICHELIN PRO RALLY P.O. Box 6962 Page& Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 PROTRUCK RACING ORGANIZATION (619) 449-6252 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. Icing P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 SCORE · SCORE International 23961 Craftsman Rd., Suite A Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 225-8402/FAX: (818) 225-8102 September 11-13, 1998 3rd SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 Primm, NV November 11-14, 1998 3lstTecate SCORE Baja 1000 Baja Norte to La Paz, B.C., Mexico SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NY 89106 (702) 452-4522 · September 25-27, 1998 29th Annual SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV October 30-31, 1998 Terrible's Town 250 Pahrump, NY SONS OF THUNDER 4WHEELERS Race Division Keith Stewart (714) 522-1899 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Office Manager: Mary Carson 2285 Tracy Avenus Simi Valley, CA 93063 (805) 526-a805/Fax:(805) 584-8518 Internet: http://scta-bni.org SOUTHEASTERN OFF ROAD CHALLENGE Steve Rule (800) 313-5621 or (770) 963-0252 Mike Moore -(224) 272-5400 SOUTH EAST OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. President - Geoff Lee 1100 West Main Street D-3 Franklin, TN 37064 Classis 1/2-1600, 5-1600,, Class 9, SODA Class 11 & Sportsman August 30, 1998 (AU Races at RaUi Hill S~edwai) SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. 4305 Wootlark Drive Tamj)a FL 33624 (81 ) 962-2857 (All Races at Eastbai Racewai, Ta~. FL) SUPER SERIES (PTY) LTD. P.O. Box 706 Parklands, 2121 South Africa (011)788-5138 Fax (011 ) 880-2170 SODA Short Course Off Road Drivers Association Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA August 29-30; 1998 United Off Road Racing Challenge Morrison, II 815-778-3641 September 19-20,1998 Wisconsin Off Road Festival Finals Oshkosh, WI 920-924-6805 SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437/(615) 595-8237 (All races held at Notrees, TX 25 miles west o[ Odessa. 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SCORE FIREWORKS 250 Hat stuff! By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Dave Ashley was the first Trophy Truck to finish, just one minute in front and he was second overall at Barstow. Tr"oy Herl:Jst wanted the Class 1 win at Barstow and he certainly got it, winning by 15 minutes and taking first overall as well. The hot wind came straight out of some infernal oven, shriv-eling the skin, drying the eye-balls and creating a massive thirst. Off roaders in the know put on their straw hats and wrapped wet towels around their necks. Spray bottles and misters came out of storage, and people lined· up at the ice-cream counter. It was hot. Temperatures in the-three digits had baked the area for several days, and Friday's con-tingency for the SCORE Fire-works 250, on the asphalt park-ing lot of the Tanger Mall out-side Barstow, got another dose of it. People carried their dogs to save their feet, and roll cages and bumpers got too hot to touch. But Friday's festivities were over early, and there was plenty of time for a good night's sleep before the 6:00 a.m. start time on Saturday. It didn't really cool down, but it was cooler. At 5: 15 a.m., when the Trophy Trucks were beginning to show up for staging, the thermometer regis-tered 84 degrees. The sun hadn't popped up over the ho-rizon yet. The faster classes were flagged off at 30 second inter-vals, and they charged north-ward onto a dusty, rocky course. There was so little_ breeze early in the day that the Weather-man, SCORE's invaluable radio relay guru, warned of a massive dust cloud just hanging on the course, an invitation to disaster for the unwary racer. But the breeze did pick up a bit as the · sun, and the temperature, rose. The Trophy Trucks had been first to leave, and they made quick work of the first lap, en-joying the lack of slower traffic. When they got to the start/fin-ish area it was Dave Ashley in the converted Class 8 Ford, in the lead by a minute and 11 sec-onds after recording the fast lap of the day. In second it was Ron Brant in Danny Letner's Chevy, but his motor seemed to be miss-ing, and then Ed Herbst ran third in the family Ford, only 13 seconds back. Jeff Lewis, run-ning with two wheel drive only, was fourth in his Chevy, an-other six seconds back. · On the second lap Ashley lost second gear, and that, com-bined with traffic from the slower classes he was catching, slowed him down. The whole group slowed, adding three to 10 minutes..,to their times. Herbst moved into the lead, but Ashley held onto second, as Brant slipp.ed way back in Letner's truck. Now Lewis was third, finishing the lap on a flat front tire, only two minutes and Darnen Jefferies soloed his Jimco and the Toyota power put him in front from the start and there he remained at the checkers. • P~gea a few seconds behind the lead. In fourth it was Mike Tieman in his Chevy. They finished their third lap at about 9:30, as the tempera-ture climbed up to 100 degrees. The Herbst brothers had the lead, now six minutes in front of Ashley's co-driver, Dan Smith. Smith had lost first gear, and was now driving a one speed truck, hoping the trans-mission would hold up. Brant and Letner came around no more, and both Tieman and Lonny Helmbolt had long third laps, then failed to finish their fourth. Lewis, meanwhile, had broken a rocker arm, and was now running on seven cylinders, in fourth place, behin\i Carl Renezeder in his Ford, who'd had a longish second lap when he had a flat and the built in jack didn't work. He ended up digging a hole so he could change the tire, a primitive method, and time consuming, and also a lot of hard work in that weather. A last minute flat cost the lead so Ed Herl:Jst had to settle for the second spot in his Trophy Truck just one minute in arrears. Tim Herbst seemed to have the win in hand as he motored along the last lap, but about five miles before the finish he flat-tened a tire. They hopped out to fix it, but their mechanical jack didn't work so they had to use a high-lift jack which tipped the truck up lengthwise. The motor quit. And it wouldn't start. They weren't sure what it was, but they had run out of gas, had a fuel pick up problem, a fuel pressure problem, or v~por locked. A quick splash from a nearby spectator with a can of fuel got them going again, but they'd lost their lead. Smith droned on to the finish with his permanent third gear, and took the win by a minute and one second. The Herbsts were sec-ond, and Renezeder, down to about half the normal amount of cylinders, struggled in third about 16 minutes later. Lewis, who said that even on seven cyl-inders he had 700 horsepower, was fourth, and.no one else fin-ished. The Class 1 cars took off next, and John Herder had his new six cylinder Toyota pow-ered A-armed Jimco out for the first time. He had a great first lap, recording the quick time for this class, at 1 :08:22, only a minute and 13 seconds slower than Ashley, who'd been first off the line. Herder had passed eight Class 1 cars and a Trophy Truck on that dusty first lap. Whew! In second it was Troy Jimmy Nuckles and Jim Dizney moved into the Protruck lead on the third lap and motored on in for the win at Barstow. September 1998 -Herbst in the other Herbst Truggy, a minute and 37 sec-onds back, and followed· by Doug Fortin in his Chevy pow--ered Chenowth. Lee Patten was fourth in a Jimco, and in fifth it was Butch Arciero in Bob Gordon's innovative Chenowth. Herder began to have fuel in-jection problems, and tried to get back to a pit where repairs could be made. But he was to lose two-and-a-half hours in the process; which included replac-ing his fuel pump. Herbst moved into the lead, going after his sec-ond Barstow in a row. He had just a little over a minute on Fortin, who was less than a minute up on Patten. In fourth it was now Jerry Whelchel in the Riviera Eagle, followed by Tom Koch in his Jimco. Herbst had built his lead to six minutes by the time they fin-ished the third lap, and now it was Post in second, running with no rear brakes. His diffi-culty getting through turns was very evident as he negotiated the start/finish area. Patten had got out and now Ronny Wilson was in the car, holding third place, while Gus Vildosola and Charlie Watters moved their Toyota powered Jimco up into fourth and Kory Scheeler and Larry Job had their Jimco in fifth place, as Fortin broke a couple of rear shocks and lost over two hours with repairs. Herbst was hawing no me-chanical problems, but admitted to "about six flats". He said his biggest problem early in the day had been getting around the Trophy Trucks. He ticked off one more good lap, and got his win, and the overall victory for good measure. Troy was sorely disappointed that his brothers, Tim and Ed, weren't able to get the Trophy Truck win, because they'd wanted an all Herbst day, Continued on page 1 D Dusty Times

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Larry Roese/er roared into the Class 7 lead in his Chevy and there he remained, taking the checkers with a mammoth lead on second place. Jason Hatz was the man to beat in his Dunrite as he sped to the 1600 win after a quickie weld job on the headers. ------------the gravest consequences. in their Lothringer. In the meantime, Brian Col-Jefferies, who drove the whole lins had his Chevy sailing along thing, was !,.aving no problems, out in front. In second place it and on lap two recorded. the fast was Ivan and Ollie Penchansky- lap for the dass, at 1: 12:44. He in theit second race. Their first'-now had 2'-4 minutes oo John was the Laughlin event. The Bartolotti who'd moved into truck,· a Chevy, is .one of Jon second place in his Lothringer. Nelson's, sporting a nice look-· Steve Thompson and Wayne ing stars and stripe§. paint job, Lugo were third and Kent Loth-and they finished their first lap ringer and Gene Griepentrog only eight minutes behind Col-ran fourth in their Lodi.ringer. lins. A right nice showing for a John Phillips, Sr. was fifth in his couple of newcomers to the sport. Jimco. Jefferies' car heated up some, and so did he, but some clouds rolled in which he said helped a little. He had a half hour on Bartolotti by the end of the third lap. Bartolotti, also driv-ing the whole distance, was hav-ing "a bunch of flats." Baldwin ran third and now Brady Helm was running fourth in his Loth-ringer, and he was doing more of the driving than he'd planned after co-driver Bob Graham "barfed" and then got out of the car. Gregg and Dalke, after a long second lap, moved back up to fifth, into the spot vacated when John Phillips, Jr. put an end to his day by rolling his car. Jefferies continued to run smoothly, and took the win, fin-ishing fifth overall, with an av-erage speed of 48 .3 miles per hour on the very rough course. A tired Bartolotti was second, followed in by Baldwin, who was down to nothing but second gear by then. Next came Helm and Graham, and in fifth, Grie-pentrog and Lothringer who said they flattened every tire on the car at least once. They'd lost their alternator at Mile 5 and had been catching up all day. The Protrucks were hoping for better luck here than they'd had in Baja where most of them ended their day termjnally s.tuck in the mud. There were nine of them out for this event, and this time they got the better of the deal and seven of them finished. The two that didn't were the Chevy of Steph.en Miller, 9-ut with unknown problems on lap one, and the Chevy ot Michael James and Mike Kalicki which lost all power just past Chee~ 1 also on the firs(lap. · The rest of them were mov-ing along at a good clip, but at about 7:30 word came over the radio that there'd been a "bad rollover" at mile 45. A few min-Collins was running a brand new motor, a White Lightning 430 c.i.-power plant that gener-ates 710 horsepower according to builder Dale White. He con-tinued to lead for the balance of the day, and except for two flats on the last lap had a good run. Collins said at the finish, "This i'1 too much for one driver." He thought his fatigue contributed to the flats. The Penchanskys also had a couple of flats, but were never far off the pace, and finished second about 25 minutes later. West-hem, meanwhile, had a poor first lap, losing about a half hour somehow, and then ran steadily in third, finishing another· 25 minutes in back of th:e Mike Nix and Brian Dague had lots of flats but they took their neat looking bug to the Class 5 win with 12 minutes to spare. Penchanskys. Class 10 had a good sized en-try for this race, and a highly competitive field. But it was Darnen Jefferies all the way. He had a lead of five-and-a-half minutes at the end of the first lap, his Toyota powered Jimco just flying through traffic as he moved up towards the front and the Class 1 cars. Behind him, and also zig zagging through a lot of traffic, Frank Omboli ran second. In third it was B.J. Baldwin about two minutes later and followed by Thomas Greer and Ron Dalke, in a Chenowth. In fifth it was Bob Wrightleaped into the 5-1600/ead in his greatlooking car and came in for the -Craig Dillon and Randy Spahr ~go_l_d_m_e_d_al_w_i_th_1_5_m_,_·n_ut_es_to_s~p_a_re_. _____________ _ Page 12 Septem1?er 1998 TOYOTA RACING DEVELOPMENT Iron ~"W'ilT sold separately. Even Ivan "Ironmari" Stewart needs cotton·:.shirts. And T's and hats and jackets. The new Toyota Moto-rsports/TRD apparel and merchandise catalog. Open one up. 1·888·274·6452 Call and order today. TOYOTA I Ever;day Dusty Times C.

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Jerry Penhall and George Erl moved into second place on lap 2 and continued on for the silver medal in the Lite class. Dan Bently and Bob Mathews took the third spot in the Lite class, just Kenny Freeman and his son Bryan had some power steering problems seconds ahead of fourth. Congrats Dan on becoming a father. but the team came in for the second spot in 1600. utes later the same voice said car. that the occupants of the ve-Potter had a flat on the sec-hide were fine. And just after ond lap and dropped back, let-than Jim Greenway reported ting Holmes move into the lead. that "We're all o.k., but we're In second it was now Erl, who'd out of the race." His Chevy had had a rear flat, and then had to taken a major tumble, and pieces flew off in all directions. But then Greenway looked at it a little closer, and by 7 :45 word came on the radio that he was back in the race. • At the end of the first lap An-drew Wehe had his Chevy in front with a lead of six minutes. Jeff Hoskins was second in his Ford, and then came Steve Bar- · low in yet another Ford. Rick Johnson, Barstow native, was fourth in still another Ford. Greenway, the truck looking like some abandoned relic found in a sandwash, with no side pail-els, no roof and no grill, had lost only a half hour or so with the rollover and was moving right along. Wehe maintained his lead, but Jimmy Nuckles, in a Ford, closed up the gap and was only about a minute back in second place. In third it was Johnson, just a second behind him, and then Barlow ran fourth. On the third lap Wehe had trouble with a power steering hose and Nuckles moved into the lead, followed by Johnson and Hoskins. Barlow was now fourth. Johnson was finding the dust terrible, and he also had a limiter strap come off. Then, to his dismay, he hit the same rock on consecutive laps and flat-tened a tire each time. Nuckles had one flat early in the morn-ing, and Hoskins had a couple of flats also. 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Bekki Freeman led for a while in her Jimco but lots of flats relegated Brady Helm drove his Lothringer as hard as could but was only able The McGillivray/Greenway Protruck suffered a nasty rollover but they her to the third spot in 1600, exactly one minute out of second, · to get the fourth spot in Class 10. (Why no Dusty Times Sticker?) carried on and took fourth in class at Barstow. in front, but had no rear brakes, pairs to a transmission mount. Jimco, but she had a mere minute A.J. DeNunzio was second in his Patrick Moore had broken on the so it wasn't easy. He lost some The Dondels were still fourth, but and four seconds on Brad Maurer Toyota, but over an hour behind first lap. time, and he also lost a piece of were moving at a good clip again. and Rick Paquette in their Jimco. Roeseler. Land and the Turner continued to lead the bottom main rail near the Nix and Dague zipped past See-In third it was Craig Forrest in a Wisniewski/Cobb team had both through lap three, but Braden and front of the car. It simply work ley out by the Slash X on the next Mirage, and then came Paul had major problems, though Land Davis were hanging in there, only hardened and broke away. Nev- lap, and went into the lead. See- Huffman, eight seconds behind still ran third, buthewasovertwo 25 minutes back. It was all ertheless, he brought the car in for ley lost about an hour and a half, him, followed by Brian and Scott hours back. Turner's race however, as he the win, a little over four minutes and dropped to last place. Steele in their Suspensions Un-On the third lap Roeseler re-avoided flats and had no me-in front of Erl and Penhall. Baeskens, driving the whole dis- limited buggy. Only_a minute and corded the fast lap for this group, chanical troubles at all, running Bentley and Mathews were third tance, was now second, and the 54 seconds separated fifth place at 1:21:46. He later said that be- four evenly timed laps to take the about 20 minutes later, and in - Dondels, with the class fast lap at from first place. cause of the heat and the rocks, win. Braden and Davis were sec-fourth it was Potter and Worley, 1:20:41, were closing up some, but Freeman had a flat and Jason he ran at "only 75 or 80%" to con-ond, still just 23 minutes back, 13 seconds later. Worley had needing more than a four lap race. Hatz moved his Dunrite to the serve the truck, and assure a fin- and none of the others finished . . done his lap with no brakes, and Nix and Dague, who said, "We front of the pack. He now led by ish. DeNunzio was still second, The Stock Full trucks got the reported that he's almost rolled could basically say we ran on flats 50 seconds over the Steeles. In and the only other truck moving green flag next, and apparently over three times. Still, he'd re- all day," replaced eight tires on third it was Freeman, but her was Wisniewski and Cobb, now so this group had decided that three corded the fast lap for the class, their way to the win. They said, brother, Kenny, was two minutes far back that they wouldn't be laps would be enough for them. atl:16:55,tryingtobeatBentley "There are miles of big rocks, behindherinhisBunderson.And abletocompleteafourthlap. David Sykes didn't make it and Mathews. By the time these bowling ball rocks, with sharp in fifth it was Mark Ruddis in a On his last lap Roeseler slid through the first lap in his Ford, folks were finishing the tempera- edges." They weren't the only Porter. Most of the other players into a rock and flattened a tire, but his brother, Marc Stein had ture was up to 114 degrees. ones to feel that way. Baeskens, were still close up to the lead his only flat of the race, but still his Ford in the lead. Mike McCo-The Class 5 Baja Bugs took off who had only f9ur flats, finished pack, but Huffman had gone out. had a good lap time, and took the' mas, in the only Chevrolet Stock next, and the purple and yellow second abut 12 minutes later. On the next lap both Forrest and win easily. He finished in 18th Full en-try, ran second. car of George Seeley moved into And the Dondels, who now had a the Steeles disappeared. place in the overall standings. Stein led through the second the lead, but with only a little over slipping clutch and no top end, Hatz, who, for the first time in DeNunzio, who finished second, lai:> also, but on lap three his for-a minute on Dave Baeskens. In finished in third place, six min- several years, was having some flat said he'd had brake problems, and ward gears started to go away. third it was Mike Nix and Brian utes later. Seeley had another tires, continued to lead. Kenny "driver fatigue" on the last lap. No Meanwhile, McComas was having Dague, and then Mike and Dale long lap, but got to the finish line Freeman's son, 18 year old Bryan one else finished. a good lap. He'd earlier lost a frorit Dondel, normally up at the front fourth, about two hours down. (Bekki's nephew), was now driv-The 7S trucks didn't have hu·b and had to mike repairs. Now of the pack, were fourth, and an In the 1/2-1600 class, next off ing and ran in second place, much batter luck. Craig Turner he had a broken front shock, but hour down after replacing a bro- the line, there was a horde of good thinking the motor had no power. was the early leader in his Ford was still making good time. A late ken idler pin in the rack. drivers and cars, with about a They had had early shifter prob- Ranger, and he had run the fast flat didn't bother him much, and Seeley continued to lead dozen that were serious contend-lems, and had lost their power lap for the class at 1 :45:41. He he gleefully crossed the finish line through the second lap, and he ers for the win. Lots of good rac- steering fluid. Bekki, continuing had 14 minutes on the second first, getting his first victory in the had 19 minutes on Nix and Dague ing in this group. At the end of to have flats, frustrated, was about place car, another Ford Ranger, class in three years of trying. at that time. Baeskens dropped to the trafficky first lap the lead be- a minute behind him in third. Jim driven by Tim Braden and Kevin Stein, with no forward gears left, third, losing a half hour with re- longed to Bekki Freeman in her Blankenship and Steve Reeves Davis. In third it was Doug drove the final few miles in re-were fourth, and Paquette and Siewert and Cory Susag in their verse, to finish second. Valley Performance Custom Accessories Competitive Prices Now Available Page 14 Barbary Coast Class 2 Two Seater $4s,ooo· Ca Dave or 702-247-1266 or 702-873-1962 3636 Mead Avenue Las Vegas, NV 9g102 702-247-1266 702-873-1962 Maurer, who'd lost about 10 min- Toyota. The Stock Mini class was just utes on the second lap, were back Turner was being banged a duet this time, with Rob Rein-up to fifth, while Ruddis had a around by some of the faster cars ertson and his Ford going up long lap then didn't come around as they went by him, but they against Mark Turner and his again. caused no terminal damage. He Mazda. The first lap was close, Hatz had stopped to have his was having a good day mechani-with Turner leading by seven headers welded back together, cally, and led by 15 minutes at the minutes, after Reinertson lost his but, even with a total of three end of the second lap. It was still alternator and had to switch bat-flats, made it to the finish line Braden, finding the course very teries. On the second lap Turner first. Kenny and Bryan Freeman dusty and hot, in second place. apparently had problems, lost 50 followed, in second place. Bekki, Siewert and Susag got to the end minutes and then was unable to who had a total of five flats, was of their second lap and the truck finish lap three. third, and Jim O'Donnell .and Jeff died, possibly from a broken tim- Reinertson, his roof line and Lothringer .(Kent's nephew) were ing chain. They weren't able to door all crumpled and battered fourth in their Lothringer. In fifth get going again, and dispiritedly looking, left over from a Baja 500 it was Lorenzo Rodriguez, in an- towed it off to the pit. Bill Markel, rollover, replaced a spring hanger, other Lothringer, who' d driven who had tech inspector Art put in a new battery and had a the whole thing himself, and had Savedra's son, Gary, riding, had flat. His motor had inhaled a lot only one flat, but it had be~n managed one lap only, then lost of dirt and the truck was pretty costly. The team doesn't carry a his motor. Cody Swanty and Continued on page 16 spare on courses like Barstow (considering them "short"), but his one flat had been out in the middle of nowhere, and he'd had to wait a long time for his crew to arrive with a good tire. The Class 7 trucks screamed out into the desert next, two Chevies, three Fords and one Toyota. And Larry Roeseler's Chevy was in front at the end of that first lap. He had 26 minutes already, and second place be-longed to Steve Wisniewski and Jason Cobb in their Chevy. Bob Land had his Ford in third, about eight minutes later. Roeseler had switched from a bad coil to a good one on the first lap, but his second lap was trouble free, and he held his lead. Now September 1998 Max Hanberg led Class 9 from the onset, handed over to Jeff Mower and the duo had no problems taking the class win. Dusty Times

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Dave Baeskens had four flats on the way to a nice second spot in Jimmy Hook and Ryan Shank had fuel pump problems right near the A J Denunzio took the very good looking Toyota to a great second Class 5, just 12 minutes out of the class win. end and it might have cost them plenty, but they took second in Class 9. place in Class 7, overcoming brake problems and a bit of driver fatigue. puny for the last lap, and could was apparently a big hit with the by Dave Gasper, another two min-barely make it up the hills, but the . salesmen. Richard and Robert utes back. Gasper had been lost spectators helped by cheering him Long, in a Baja Bug, ran second, in the dust, missing a tum some-on. He did the last two laps with and Bob Rule and Rick Leigh, in where and getting all the way to no competition, but even so, his their Rabbit Built, were third. The the Slash X highway before he last lap was the quickest for the striped Candy Cane car (with no knew he was not on the trail. class, at 1: 53: 12. Weary and candy canes this time; they said Wright was having a good day, blinking through bloodshot eyes, they'd melted in the heat) was and continued to lead, building he said at the finish, "That course fourth. his cushion to six minutes and it was not for a Stock Mini." But he The Longs moved into the lead was still Herrera in second at the got the win. on the second lap, and the end of lap two. Gasper was less In the Sportsman Buggy class Thibault and Niedenthal team than a minute back in third place. Dennis Thibault and J.T. droppedtosecond,lessthantwo CarlosandGerardolribe,usually Niedenthal had their Aceco in minutes back. Rule and Leigh in the front pack, had replaced a first place at the end of lap one. were only a minute later in third. drum on the first lap, and then This team was made up of ace n lap three the salesmen put on were radioing frantically for Ger-salesmen from the Riviera com- a burst of speed and recorded a ardo to stop somewhere and get a pany (sponsors of Mark Post), lap of l: 5:5 , fastest for this cotter pin or piece of wire who won their entry, the race group, and went back to the front threaded through the axle nut. Craig Turner had a great day, no mechanicals, no flats and he took the 7Sclass win r~ady ride and pit support by dint of the pack. Now Rule and Leigh Wright just kept motoring with 23 minutes to spare. of their superior salesmanship. It dropped out, and the Longs were along smoothly, having no flats A AUT ETER EE C C • t;; w 0 g 6 uS CD z 0 ii: :::E <C :r: (.) a: 0 CD ~ w w :r: 3: w z ::::; a: w 1-z w (.) 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He said it was team, Walter Prince, Doug very hot, and he drank a lot of Browne and Marq Prince, in water. At the end of the third lap third, regretting the too soft sus- he still led, but Herrera and co-pension of the car. Actually,-this driver, Danny Ledezma were was not their usual car, which was within a minute of his rear cage, still tired out from Baja, but one and Gasper was 12 minutes be-they'd had parked somewhere since hind them. lribe had got the cot-the 1987 Mint, its last race. ter pin, but then the rear arm The Longs did their quickest lap broke and they were making re-on their fourth time around, and pairs again. moved up to take the win. Then Wright went on to take the win they drove through the finish line and Gasper, who !}ad two flats area and out into the distance, during the day, moved up to fin-without stopping to talk about their ish in second place, when Le-triumphs, so we know nothing dezma and Herrera broke a tor-about how their day went. The sion bar and had to replace it. Candy Cane team on the other They'd also been hit by a hand, had reams to report, includ- Protruck, and their throttle got ing the fact that the car is slow, and stuck in the fan belt and knocked its suspension is old. The team of a wire off, losing a little more salesmen did not finish. time. Still, they managed to sal-lt's too bad that SC RE can't · vage a third place. entice all the Mexican 5-16 Darren Skilton brought his Kia drivers to Barstow. There were to do battle with the desert, and well over 2 entries at the 5 , the desert apparently won this but only eight at Barstow. It's true time. He managed to complete that the course is a tough one for three laps, but was seen on a tow the little Bugs, but apparently the strap after that. His quick lap was .cost of traveling so far north is 1: : 16. what discourages the Mexican Class 9 had a pretty good group, racers. and the team of Max Hanberg and Bob Wright had his car out in Jeff Mower put themselves into front by the end of the first lap, the lead right away, with six min-with the fast lap for the class at utes~on Jimmy Hook and Ryan 1:39: 2. Victor Herrera ran sec-Shank in a T-Mag. Rob and ond, eight minutes back, followed Dwaine Walters were third, fol-Richard Long drove his neat looking Baja Bug to the Sportsman win, averaging 27 mph for the race, not too slow for sure. Dusty Times

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Rob Reinertson won the Stock Mini class in his Ford, having a long day but happy for the win. lowed by Bill Rodriguez in his Jimco. Hanberg's lap had been the quick one for the class, at 1: : . He continued to hold his own, and Hook and Shank were stay-ing about. even, still six minutes back, but the Walters were 15 minutes behind them, and Rod-riguez was still fourth. Hook and Shank were not liking the han-dling of their car, to which they'd just added some pounds that brought it up to legal weight, but messed up the handling. Hanberg handed over his car to Jeff Mower, who had never driven in a race before, but that didn't · bother him.any, and he stayed in front. Hook and Shank ran their personal best lap on lap three, and got up to within two minutes of the lead car, while Rodriguez's co-driver, Lobsam Yee ran third now, about 2 minutes back. The Walters had fallen to fourtl:i, and never completed their fourth lap. Mower had a blown front shock and had two rear flats on the last lap, but still managed a lap only seven seconds slower than the quickest one Hanberg ran, to take the win by 35 minutes. Hook and Shank lost their fuel pump on the last lap and lost about 2 minutes, or they'd have been dangerous. As it was they got a nice second place with their ill handling car. In third it was Rodriguez and Yee, even after Yee'd run out of gas at Mile 7. He bummed fuel from a biker, and made it to the finish line ... just. He coasted into impound out of fuel again, but in third place. In fourth it was Martin Chris-tensen and John Mendiola, in a Jimco, who'd replaced an oil cooler and had a drum get loose. Ed McLean, at 72 one of the old-est drivers at Barstow, and his co-driver, Kevin Walsh, brought their Jimco home in fifth place, after replacing a broken adjuster finger and a couple of flats. There were no other finishers. Class 11 had only two entries, and they were required to run only three laps. It was a good thing. By the end of the day they had both acquired battle scars. Eric Solorzano and Terry Kiely got theirs on the first lap when someone flattened their left rear fender. But that was mostly cos-metic damage, expensive cos-metic damage. Victor and Angel Barajas got hit by ~ buggy which drove up and over their right rear fender, leaving tire marks on the quarter panel and on the fuel filler which is tucked into the rear side window. The fender was tom off, and so was their valve cover. A lifter got bent, and they had to put it back together as a three cylin-der VW for the rest of the race. Solorzano and Kiely broke an axle which lost them a bit of time, and then on the last lap the car died and the starter was bad. Kiely talked someone into giving him a push, but that put a big dent in their deck lid, and popped the air cleaner hose off the top of the carburetor. ~ngine builder Solor-zano wasn't thrilled about that, but at least they got to the finish. The Barajas team got the win by almost an hour. This was defi-nitely a struggle for survival for this class. The race was all over but the hollering by about :3 in the af-ternoon, and at that point the temperature had hit about 11 7 and there it sat. The breeze that came up midway through the sec-ond lap had made it a relatively tolerable day, but the uniform of choice still included that wet towel. We saw grown men play-ing with ice cubes and even noted one normally staid individual put-ting ice cubes on his head and then setting his cap back on. Made sense to us. Next for SC RE will be the Ptimm 3 on September 11, 12, and 13, at Primm (Stateline), Nevada, and then it's on to the Baja 1 in November. ■ Victor and Angel Barajas took a good hit by a buggy and had some other problems but they came on in for the win. Dusty Times SCORE FIREWORKS 250 JULY 17, 18, 1998 BARSTOW, CALIFORNV\. RESULTS POSITION .CAR# O.A. CLASS DRIVER/CO-DRIVER Trophy Trucks - 7 starters, 4 finishers 2 1 8 Dave Ashley/Dan Smith 3 2 19 Ed & Tim Herbst 8 3 68 Carl Renezeder Class 1 - Unlimited cars, 1 & 2 seat - 20 starters, 9 finishers 1 1 100 Troy Herbs1 4 2 115 Ronny Wtls,:m/Lee Patten 6 3 103 Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel Class 8 -2WD Utility Trucks - 4 S1:arters, 3 finishers VEHICLE FordF-150 Smithbuilt Ford Smithbuilt Jimco Ri\-iera Eagle 17 1 801 Brian Collins Chevrolet 27 2 803 Ivan & Ollie Penchansky Chevrolet 33 3 802 Dave Westhem Chevrolet Class 10 - 1 & 2 seat, water-cooled, 1650cc, A-arms - 15 starte;s, 6 finishers 5 1 1005 Damen Jeffories 23 2 · 1048 John Bartolotti 26 3 1014 B.J. Baldwin Class 5 - Unlimited Baja Bugs - 5 !:tarters, 4 finishers 32 1 518 Mike Nix, Brian Dague 35 2 504 Dave Baeskens 37 3 503 Mike & Dale Dondel 57 4 500 George Seeley Toyota Jimco Lothringer Unk Baja Bug Baja Bug Junco Baja~ug Class Protrucks - tube frame spec trucks - all alike - 9 starters, 7 finishers TIME 4:47:58 4:48:59 5:04:06 4:42:34 4:56:36 4:58:33 5:35:12 6:01:43 6:26:44 4:58:08 5:52:44 5:59:37 6:20:05 6:32:43 6:38:59 8:16:03 10 1 · 288 Jimmy Nuc]des Ford F-150 5: 16:06 11 2 243 Rick Johnson FordF-150 5:17:45 14 3 272 Jeff Hoskim: FordF-150 5:23:46 Class SCORE Lite - I & 2 seat cats, VW beam type suspension, air cooled motors - 10 starters, 8 .finishers 12 1 1200 Dave Callaway/John Holmes · Dunrite 5:22: 14 15 2 1202 Jerry Penhall/George Erl Penhall 5:26:48 19 3 1248 Dan Bentley/Bob Mathews Tubular Concepts 5:47:32 Class 1-2/1600 - 1 & 2 seat cars, 1600cc VW motors - 25 starters, 12 .finishers 21 1 1617 Jason Hatz Dun.rite 22 2 1613 Kenny & B1yan Freeman Bunderson 24 3 1616 .Bekki Freeman Junco Class 7 - mini or mid sized pickups. - 6 starters, 2 .finishers 18 1 ' 700 Larry RoeS(1ler 63 2 704 A. J. DeN11J1.zio Class 7S - stock mini or mid-sized pickups - 6 starters, 2 .finishers 48 1 723 Craig Tumer 51 2 724 Tim Braden. 'Mike Murphy Class Stock Full - stock full sized trucks - 3 starters, 2 .finishers (this class required to run only thre-~ laps) 84 1 879 Mike Mccomas 85 2 890 Marc Stein Class Stock Mini - stock mini trucks - 2 starters, 1 .finisher 64 1 762 Rob Reinertson Class Sportsman Bug_gy - miscellaneous - 4 starters, 2 .finishers 60 1 1499 Robert & Richard Long 69 2 1402 Walter Princ:e/Doug Bro~e/Marq Prince Class 5/1600 - limited Baja Bugs - 7 starters, 5 finishers 39 1 552 Bob Wright 41 2 577 Dave Gasper 55 3 555 Victor Hermra/Danny Ledezma Class 3 -4X4 utility, short wheelbase, 1 starter, 0 finisher Chevrolet Toyota Ford Ranger Ford Ranger Chevrolet Ford Ford Baja Bug Raceco Tandem '68 Trophy Bug '70VW VWBug 5:49:11 5:51:48 5:52:48 $:36:40 9:05:11 7:18:20 7:41:00 6:38:26 6:41:32 9:08:ll 8:54:34 9:43:36 6:51:55 7:05:07 7:56:08 Class 9 • 1 & 2 seat cars, limited suspension, 1600cc VW, 100" wheelbase - 7 starters, 5 .finishers 43 1 949 :M.ax Hanberg/Jeff Mower · unk 50 2 904 Jim.my, Hook/Ryan Shank T-Mag 53 3 902 Bill Rodrigu.ez/Lobsam Yee Jimco Class 11 - stock VW sedans - 2 starters, 2 .finishers (this class required to run only 3 laps) 87 1 ll00 Victor & ArLgel Barajas 88 2 ll49 Eric Soloruno/Terry Kiely Total starters: 134 Total .finishers: 74 (55%) '74VW '74VW Course: 62 miles, 4 laps required for all but Class 11 & Stock Full trucks: they did 3 Ve1y rouAA, rockv & dustv Weather: hot, approx. ll8 degrees, ilight breeze September 1998 7:05:23 7:40:17 7:58:17 7:39:24 8:36:22 Page 17

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45th Acropolis Rally By Martin Holmes -Photos: .Maurice Selden Colin McRae and Mickey Grist took their Subaru lmpreza to a great overall win at the Acropolis Rally and Colin leads the drivers points as well. "To have four people within a quarter of a minute at the end of the second leg of the Acropo-lis was something that normally never happens here", said win-ner Colin McRae. Hopes for a four way sprint to the finish were dashed when Auriol's Toyota fell ~ack with electrical bugs, Kankkunen had tire trouble and Sainz lost his power steering and it became a one horse race as McRae took the victory in the Subaru. Here, on WE CARRY AURORA, BFGOODRICH, PARKER PUMPER P.C.I., HELLA LIGHTS, VDO, SIMPSON J.T. INDUSTRIES, SWAY*A * _WAY WRIGHT PLACE, RIPROD, EARLS YOKOHAMA, SUPER TRAPP, AUTO FAB the toughest rally in Europe, tires were once again the decid-ing factor and Pirelli won all three major categories. 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Two years ago the event was decided by tires being destroyed and last year drivers finished stages with tire treads completely missing and in conditions here at the Acropolis,. drivers have no way of knowing exactly how fast the tire treads are disappearing. The Greek round of the championship attracted 105 entries and the top team line-ups were the same, Makinen and Burns in Mitsubishi, McRae and Liatti in Subarus, Kankkun-en and Thiry in Fords and Sainz and Auriol in Toyotas. Formula 2 cars were likely to be much slower than four wheel drive cars on this event. Eight crews qualifying for the Teams Cup had entered and Toyota was the most popular car in the cat-egory. Being the eighth round in this year's series, the Acropolis Rally is the first event in the second part of the 14 rally seas~n, re-duced to 13 after the cancella-tion of the Indonesian Rally. Acropolis is the 301st World Championship Rally since the series began in 1973. We re-member back then when Toyota had just started to challenge Lancia's absolute stranglehold on the sport and when every once in a while Mitsubishi would put in a winning perfor-mance. But, some things have changed very little over the pas-sage of time: Michelin and Pir-elli are still well ahead of their rivals, in fact, only two rallies have ever been won by any other tire supplier and many old favorite driver~ are still at the helm, and still winning! Back in 1990 there were 12 events to the season and Auriol and Sainz won seven of those events be-tween the two of them! Leg 1 -Six stages, gravel, 111.5 kms. Just as Carlos Sainz had predicted, it was a strange first day, a day without a pat-tern, a day when the lead was always held, despite the best ef-forts of McRae, by a driver who was running several cars behind him on the road. And, of the six stages, fastest times were made by five different drivers in four different makes of car. The first stage brought a big shock when reigning world champion Tommi Makinen stopped with an electrical fault and lost nearly half an hour, ar-riving a further six minutes late at the next control and when the cars arrived at the next ser-vice the Ralliart team withdrew from the competition. Tommi said the engine just died in a hairpin turn, was finally diag-nosed and fixed and then did the same thing just before the finish of the stage. Bruno Thiry took the lead of the rally, he was running eighth on the road but was fastest on the first stage over McRae, sec-ond on the road but almost five seconds slower. There was chaos on the sec-ond stage, the Safety Directors saw that there were too many spectators on the stage but the word wasn't passed down to the start of the stage until after three cars had already departed and Sainz was far from happy at being the first car on the stage. The happiest man was Thiry, his suspension was perfect for the conditions and despite slid-ing off the road and into a tree, he held a 6.1 second lead after stage 4. But, there's always a but, on stage 5 the engine failed, the third time in four rallies and with the same piston problem as in tne prior events. With Thiry out of the contest Richard Burns took the lead in The SEAT Ibiza KC of Harri Rovanpera and Risto Pietilainen hangs a right heading for first W2L and a nice 15th overall. Dusty Times

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The Ford Escort of Juha Kankkunen and Juha Repo screams through a corner at Acropolis but they finished third, 44 seconds out of the First Team Cup were Rui Madeira and Nuno Silva in their Toyota Corolla Richard Burns and Robert Reid retired their Mitsubishi Carisma GT gold medal. .------,-----= World Rally Car and they finished seventh overall as well. due to suspension failure on the 15th stage. Mark Higgins and Philip Mills dropped out after stage 8 with a broken differential on their Nissan Almera KC. Pavel Sibera and Petr Gross corner hard in their Skoda Octavia KC at Acropolis where they finished third in F2. Dimitras Xanthakos drove his Nissan Miera to a fifth place in F2 but the Greek team was well off the pace of the rally. the Mitsubishi, even though he didn't get a fast stage time 'til the final stage of the day. McRae was lying second over-all and Didier rose to third place. Kankkunen was having mixed emotioris, he spun the Ford a few times and knocked off the exhaust pipe. Sainz was unhappy but wasn't sure why 'til they discovered he had driven the last three stages with no hydraulic pressure in the center differential. Freddy Loix also spun and got a bit confused as he got lost in his own dust and Thomas Radstrom lost a drive-shaft on the third stage and then retired with transmission troubles on stage 4. Aris Vovos in his Subaru had lots of problems, the hand brake release mechanism in the cen-tral differential failed to release and the car started crabbing down the course, the turbo blew and was replaced and when the clutch failed he withdrew the entry. In F2 Kenneth Ericksson made best time on stage 1 in the Hyundai. His teammate, Wayne Bell retired with gearbox failure, the third failure in two days. Eriksson had wiring problems on stages 3 and-4, it was repaired but failed again on stage 4 and at that point they were too late to carry on. Pavel Sibera had engine oil overheat but a new pump fixed that problem and he made best F2 time on stage 7. Harri Rovanpera and Oriol Gomes were now first and sec-ond. In Group N Manfred Stahl's Mitsubishi led right from-the start, Hamed Al Wahibi was ly-ing in second, nine seconds in front ofT relles and Climent was fourth. Leg 2 -Five stages, gravel, 128.3 kms. Higher in the hills it was a bit cooler but the com-petition remained hot. Burns was first car on the road and was in fifth position. McRae was the second car on the road, had led the rally for three of the five stages and ended the day just · under five seconds behind the Dusty Times overall leader, Didier Auriol subishi kept overheating at the and he was running third ori the end of the stages, causing him to road. spin on stage 9. He broke a rear Burns had difficulties right driveshaft on stage 10 and in the from the start. He had smashed middle of stage 11 the driveshaft the windshield on the branch of collapsed, allowing the rear hub a tree, and he was sliding down and brake to come adrift. And so the leader board in a hurry. they retired from the fray. On Also, it didn't help matters stage 10, the Japanese. driver when we selected the wrong tire Sa~_urai had a right front flat arid type for the first two stages the mousse exploded, badly dam-]3urns was heard to say. McRae aging the fender and on stage 12 moved into the lead but was he suffered the same problem on never moving at 100%, the the left rear, damaging that side stages just being too hard on the of the car. tires. It's almost like driving on In F2 Sibera was having asphalt, brake early and try to trouble with third gear, it would keep a careful line. "I'm only engage but wouldn't disengage, worried about how fast Auriol so that gear had to be aban-is going behind me", and soon cloned. Higgins was having thereafter Auriol passed him trouble with the clutch pedal and went into the lead. but he lost the differential on Tactical decisions were being stage 9 so he retired. Rovanpera made all the time. For the first was having misfiring problems, two stages ·Ford, Mitsubishi and caused by fuel supply problems Toyota all carried two spare but by the final stage they had tires, but Subaru carried only downgraded to one fuel inlet one. The two spare tire carriers line and the problem was solved allowed various swapping of although the'ir power was down. tires where service is not al-Gomez went into the lead in F2 lowed and in some areas the on stage 8 and despite lo~ing a 25kg tire weight can or cannot lot of time in· the rain on the last be a weight penalty. stage he was. 7 seconds in front Auriol finished the second day of the next car. 4.8 seconds in front 0£ McRae, In Group N, Stohl started the even though the final stage was day well in the lead although completely new to him. Auriol Trelles was starting to press him. had the water injection system Al Wahaibi was complaining fail, fortunately only for four ki-that Trelles was getting better lometers. The secret outsider in tires than he was. On the road the battle for the lead was Kank-section after stage 11, when still kunen, quietly rising from fifth to leading the category Stohl had third and at the end of the leg a bizarre crash. His car slid off only 8.5 seconds behind McRae. the road on a downhill section, He did anticipate a fight with slid down the embankment to Sainz who was only a further 2.6 land further down the road with seconds behind and who won the a badly damaged nose section. last three stages of the day. He Stohl was okay and drove ·the wreckage to the next control but they had lost a bunch of where he retired the car while time. McRae was now 19.5 sec-his co-driver, Peter Muller was onds to the good. Also on stage taken to a hospital in Athens for 15, Isolde Holdereid retired an injured back. when a rock punctured the Leg 3 - five stages, gravel, sump on her Toyota Corolla and 128.3 kms. The third leg was a she was out of the rally while repeat of leg 2 and the drivers Angelos Zivas in another were quite happy with that as Toyota Corolla had a broken there would be driver familiar-transmission case but managed ization with the route and the to get the car to the finish. Li-times should be faster than the atti had a long delay when he previous day. Only 15.9 seconds went off the road and lost nine -separated the top four drivers at minutes and fell from fourth to the start of the stage and the sixth place. chinks in their respective armor In F2 Sibera started the day soon appeared. McRae refused with a nicely working car but on to be pressured and went fairly stage 15 it stuck in fifth gear, slowly on stage 13. Auriol was luckily it was downhill to the inching ahead because "my tires end of the stage where they are on the absolute limit." Mich-were able to free it up but on elin people noted that the tires the final two stages the tranny on some of the cars were wear- was stuck in second gear. Ro-ing very unevenly on the rear, vanpera also started the day particularly on Burn's car. with a completely working car Kankkunen had two flats, cost-and it worked all day allowing ing him half a minute and ef-him to overtake his teammate fectively putting him out of the Gomez for the lead and he re-run for the gold. Sainz lost his tained the lead to the finish. In power steering and that loss of Group N Trelles achieved what over a minute also put him out he felt was a great victory con-of the running for the win.Now sidering his first day's fuel prob-the gold medal was up for grabs lems, later traced to a blocked between Didier and Colin. ·Af- fuel filter in the tank. ter stage 14 Didier was 12.9 sec-So the race was run, never onds in the lead. On stage 15, without drama. Pirelli beat Mich-the third stage of the day Burns elin, in fact they won all thr~e retired when he lost a trailing main categories. The event wa~ arm on the toughest stretch of well enjoyed by all, there were the stage. Auriol's hopes of vie-spectator problems but because tory ended on stage 16 when the there were two days of public Toyota just stopped. It was on a holidays, and communications hairpin turn and Auriol thought were still leaving a lot to be de-he had stalled the engine but it sired. In Greece, the weather wouldn't restart, even with takes away all the bad memories spectator pushing, then they and leaves one remembering only realized a relay had tripped so the good things that happened they reset it and the engine fired along the way. ■ also was having troubles, a flat on -------------------------------------------.. h 1 } h 4Stb Acropolil Rally (GR) Athena/Delphi 7/9.06.1998 we round a WC point• stage 8, ea so 0st liskwaAter in-! 1 IJ) Colin HcRAI/Nicky Ou■ t OB Sub■ru ,..,r ... VIIC■r 9A RUVIIC 1GB) ,b.26■.l1.6s. ~ ~ ~ ~c jeCtiOn System, just i e UriO 2 16) Didier AUIIOL/Ooni■ Oiraudot P Toyota Coroll• VIIC■r A l-AIU56 ID) 4h.26■.51.6■. 6 6 and yet another flat on stage 12. ! m ~~~~o!"~;~m~i~h:a~:po :1" ~~~:,:·~~~l~c~C■r ~ =~!:i51°n, :~:~!::~U:: ; ~ The race for the overall win was ! ::l :r:::'t~~;;,~;:~r~:1:':ona ~ ;~:~: ~::!!: :g:; ~ :i::~0fo~~) :~:~;:::U:: i' f - -going to be dramatic. ~ n:: ~~!n~:::1~~:=~:,J~~!v:tavropoulo■ ~ :~~:t:.~~~~1~c:C•r : :2~:!~ ~g~, :::!i::~t;:: - lO One guy slipping back faster ~o :m ;:~~.:1;!~:,~:~~:1~,~~dy Oelor■e ~i ~~~:~~ ~=n~=-~~~our : :~~:~/1~l !~:g::~t~:: than anticipated was Piere Liatti. !! ~;~I !1:::~~r ~~,~!:~:~,:~~~~: Tiakovs1tv :us :~~:r~.~::~•~c:c•r : ::~~a~G~~BJ !:: ;~~i:~:: He had a flat on stage 6, spun out 15 125) Harri Rovan,-ra/Riato Pietilainen PIN SIAT [blu lit Car (lat P2)' A B94]9TX II) 4h.52■.]2.la.♦ - -9 d d 16 (JO) Oriol OolHZ/Harc Hartl I SEAT Ibiza Kit Car (2nd P2) A 8'9435TX (I) fh.5311.52.a■.• - -On Stage , Starte t0 Un ersteer 17 (2l) Guatavo Trolln/Hartin Chruth ROU/RA M1t■ubiah1 Lancer lvolutlon N AX189AN 11) 4h.5'■.35.6a. - • b di 11 b h . d 19 (28) HaMd Al Wahaibi/Terry Harrflll&n OH/GB Kit1ubi1hi Lancer IYolution N 99788 (OH) 4h.57a.08. 7■. - -a Y On Stage Ut e Carne 21 (29) Pavel Slbero/Petr Gross CZ Skoda Octavia Ut Car (3rd '2) A HSSOl-ll ICZ) 5b.10■.45.0a. - -on. Uwe Nittel was in worse ~: ::~~ ~~!~~~~:•~:~t:!:~=~~!.1tr1s VaQenas ~= :~::~!t"~~!~ ~~;~1;;~ (4th n> : ~=:~:~~ ~~=~ ;:~~~=:~::~::+ - -trouble, the brakes on the Mit-26 (49) Kinman. Pana9iotopoulo1/D1onis1is Petropoulos GR Toyota Starlet (6th F2) A YHZ◄650 (GR) 5h.30a.J2.9a. - -- 6 - 4 l 10 -6 - 2 l -September 1998 Page 19

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BEST IN THE DESERT SILVER STATE 300 Horsepower· Ain't Always The Answer By John Calvin Photos: Track.side Photo & Grumpy Tim and Ed Herbst had a couple of flats, ran fast all day and won the class and were five minutes out of the overall win in their Ford. The Danny Anderson/Rob MacCachren combo is hard to beat and the boys took all the marbles at the Silver State 300 in the · good looking Mirage. Casey Folks is known for his picturesque and panoramic courses and the Silver State 300 was no exception. Run in sparsely populated Lincoln County, one of the more quaint counties in Ne-vada, the race touched upon or neared towns and outposts such as Mesquite, Kane Springs, Pahroc Summit (5000' elevation), Panaca, Cathedral Gorge and Caliente, finished about 20 miles · south of Alamo, near Maynard Lake, and after approximately 350 miles of rough, tough, rocky, silty desert and mountain, a good time was had by all entered. All manner of buggies, trucks, motorcycles and Quads traverse the same course. The bikes and quads left the.start line in the wee hours of the am, 0530 to be exact and the remaining four wheel en-tries got off the line at 0845 and for some of the entrants it was a very long day but it was an accom-plishment to finish. Mother Nature was sort of co-operative, there was nary a cloud in the skies but there wasn't much of a breeze to clear the course of dust. The temperature was in the low three-digit category, hard on the four-wheel competitors but even more so to the many solo bike riders who have always earned my admiration. Motor-cycles are covered elsewhere in this issue of Dusty Times. The super fast Class 1500 (Class 1) buggies are normally the quickest things out on the course, the trucks have lots more horse-power but lack the agility of the buggy but oftentimes the race does turn into a sort· of class struggle to see who can take the first overall position, a coveted but non-money paying spot, brag-ging rights only apply in this case. This was -the case at the Silver State 300, the high horsepower buggies were joined by a Mirage buggy, owned and operated by Danny Anderson and ably assisted by Rob MacCachren, they gave away all sorts of horsepower to the others in class but their skill and agility and, by their own admis-sion, lots of luck, the Danny and Rob team beat all the big boys, covering the course in 6:58:55. Anderson drove the first half of the race, trouble free and handed over to MacCachren at the half-way point. Rob, by his own admis-sion "Blew it" by hitting a rock the wrong way, getting a flat and los-ing time during the change, but skill and some luck let them come in the winner, a good run and a good win from the guys from Las Vegas. Second across the finish line was Troy Herbst in the "Truggie", a truckist looking buggy, quite fierce looking with eyes and teeth· painted up front. Troy soloed the race, suffered four, count 'em folks, four flats two on the right side together, a nice touch and Troy came into the finish line 15 Jim Nuckles and Jim Dizney had a fairly easy day, one flat, and they took the Pro John Watkins and Scott Sellers drove their keen looking Chenowth to a great Class Truck win by a bi( over seven minutes. 10 win, beating their competition by over an hour. ,...... .,....,_ ......____ .,... ....,., f d , .y ' ....... Eric Williams soloed with Keith Fontana riding and had two flats at the same time Chad and Josh Hall had no problems, just a wee bit narrow on the course as they but drove on for the class B win by over ten minutes. took the honors in Class Bs in the Hummer. Page 20 September 1998 minutes out of the class win. Troy thought the course was a bit nar-row for his wide buggy and admits he underestimated Anderson at the start. "I let him get too far out in front in the beginning and had to overdrive my car in an effort · to catch up!" Third in class was Tim Scalzo, also a solo driver in his Aceco. Tim said he made a few mistakes early on in the race and spent the rest of the day attempting to rec-tify the errors. He did lose an ar-gument with a cactus, it took away his air cleaner and screwed up the carburetor so it was super tape city and keep on goin' and Tim took the bronze medal, al-most an hour behind the leader. The fourth place _finisher in class was the never lucky but never stop competing Jim Stiles in a Raceco. Hard to believe but on his solo run the gear shifter fell off. That got itself fixed but from. there on third gear was nonexist-ent and then, just in case there weren't enough problems he got a flat in one of the water cross-ings and lost the clutch about 100 miles from the finish. But, he did finish, albeit an hour and half be-hind the winner. Last of the finishers in class was Cliff Smith, who had troubles enough to keep him out on the course for a long time, over twelve hours to get to the finish but he did get there and was glad it was all over, 'til the next time. Class 1400 or Trick Truck or Trophy Truck sees a lot of horse-power and a lot of cubic dollars invested and most of the entrants aren't too ecstatic when they don't take the overall and at the end of the Silver State 300 they certainly weren't ecstatic. Tim and Ed Herbst shared the driving chores for this race, they had no flats during the race and had no mechanical problems but they did find the course a bit nar-row for their wide truck. They were happy to win the class but were disappointed that they fin-ished about five minutes in arrears for the overall win . Dan Smith and Dave Ashley were the second place finishers in this class, about nine minutes be-hind the winner. Unfortunately, neither driver was available for comment at race end so their race problems are unknown. Class 1600 (Pro Truck) were next into the finish line and a very happy Jim Nuckles, who drove the entire race, took the gold medal in class in his Ford. Jim reported no real problems, one flat, lots of dust, said he trimmed a few trees on the way and was ably assisted from the right seat by Jim Dizney. They had trashed three trannys Dusty Times

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,, ~ ·~;......·""• -~ ~'.. . ... ·:"''°.:~ 4'· ~-,,, ,:-1:·. ~- ~~ .;.~ -.. , . -Troy Herbst ran solo, had four flats, two at once on the right side but Jeff Hoskins and Ronnie Gibson chased first place in Pro Truck all Mark Ottersberg and Richard Thomas had a few flats but they brought soldiered on and took second in the Unlimited Buggy class. day but settled for second, seven minutes out of the gold in their Ford. their Chevy into the second spot in Class 8. and one engine the prior week in their win. prepping the truck so flawlessly. of the water crossings, they suf-draw apart and start setting up _ testing and ran the race on a The Mark Ottersberg/Rich-Al Hogan and Roy Spielman fered no mechanical woes and for the finish. First across the borrowed transmission and were ard Thomas combination took came down from Columbus, · took a nice third in class. line in class was the Hummer of quite happy with the win. the silver medal in Class 8, their Montana for the Silver State Class 8100 (8S) was also a Josh and Chad Hall, down from Jeff Hoskins and Ronnie Gib-Chevy suffering only a couple of 300 and although they had a hotly contested race early on in Reno to put American General son were next to finish in class, flats during the race and they couple of flats and their engine the day but as the sun rose into the spotlight. The brothers just se.ven minutes behind the want to thank Jeff Ferg1:1son for drowned out twice during some higher the vehicles began to Continued on page 22 leader. Jeff Said he got lost at some point but found their way back onto the course, had a flat, had a few carburetor problems during the day and were nurs-ing a sick tranny most of the race. Third to finish in class was Scott Steinberger who had some problems during the race but still had time to tow some poor unfortunate fellow for over five miles and get him to assistance. Scott received a great round of applause at the awards for his great show of sportsmanship. Class .1000 (Class 10) had some strong competition going early on in the race but by the time the dust had cleared the combination of John Watkins and Scott Seiiers had their Chenowth firmly in the lead and they took the gold medal after seven and a half hours of driv-ing. Watkins drove the first-half, Sellers the second and Sellers said, "It was the most fun I've had in my life!" There's a testi-monial for you. They had no problems during the race, just lots of dust and were more than pleased with their win. Second in Class 10 was Ca-sey Jones and Ryan Arciero. These two g1,1ys have more trouble during a race than should be allowea. They had motor related electrical prob-lems: they got lost· in a wash, coming out of the water and continued on some way before deciding they were lost, had a flat, had the engine just plain quit on them about 50 miles from the finish and that took some time to get restarted but they did finish, albeit an hour behind the class leader. • Third to finish in Class 10 was Frank Omboli and Jim Cochran. They brought out their literally brand new Lothringer, fresh out of the box, and they admitted they babied it because it had never even been tested but they had absolutely no problems and were very happy with their third place finish. · Class 8 had a good run for their win, hotly contested early on but the gap between trucks widening a bit as the day wore on. Erik Williams drove the en-tire race in his Chevy, Keith Fontana co-riding and they suf-fered three flats during the race, two of them at the same time on the right side of the truck (always a lot of fun) and though the course was "Absolutely awe-S"ome". They will long.remember Dusty Times IT~S COMING! October 1, 2, 3, 4, 1998 THE OFF-ROAD ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME --TRUCKS HOTELS Call_ now for hotel reservations: -LAS VEGAS-Sahara Hotel 1-800-634-6666 .,., s,ut•lllltttilJ ~s., l.d.~rt • frll(VAOA -RENO-Reno Hilton 1-800-648-5080 r.ooajlYEAR ~ ............ RE1VO HILT01V The Official Truck of the QUADS FOR MORE INFORMATION BEST:NTHE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION 3475C Boulder Highway• Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 (702) 457-5775 • Fax (702) 641-2431 www.bito.com DIRT RIDER DIRT BIKE ~ HONDA ~•cw.;,. .. -~ GOODrYEAR The Official Tire of the Bes·t In The Desert Racing Association Best In The Desert Racing Association •-=~,_-~-----~®--------~ September 1998 Page 21

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David Sykes is a hard charger and he brought his Ford home to the Casey Jones and Ryan Arciero had their share of problems, getting lost, The Stock Mini truck Class belonged to Rob Reiriertson and Armando Guzman, their clean looking Ford finishing in nine and 1/2 hours. silver medal in Class BS, 2 1 /2minutes out of the lead. having the motor quit now and then but they took second in Class 10. Darren Skilton had no trouble winning Class 3 but he badly burned his foot on a very hot floor in the Kia. split the driving chores and af-ter an eight hour and one minute race they crossed the finish line, reporting no prob-lems enroute, just that the course was quite dusty and that the Hummer was a bit on the wide side on the narrow course. Second across the line in class was the good looking Ford pickup of David Sykes, who is a bit more used to the temper-ate climate of San Diego, but heat or no, he completed the course without any problems1 and said "This Ford F-15 0 ran great!", and came across the finish line two and a half min-utes out of the lead. Next across the line was the Eric/Terry Henn Hummer, with the venerable Rod Hall riding shotgun and they spent a part of their day pulling three or four stuck buggies and trucks · out of their predicaments with the mighty pulling power of the Hummer. Congrats to them on their third place and many thanks from those they helped. John and Kelly McNeil drove their neat looking Ford to the class win in lS, having their share of problems along the way. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON Helmets SNELL 95, SA95 for SODA Complete b~ower systems for Single or double seat cars. Helmet conversions, Cool boxes, complete line of PYROTECT, FXLLER Safety Products, BELL MOTORSPORTS We ship OPS Daily From $299.00 He1-t, Skirt Visa-Mastercard .,~~ iPwC,en_.Aye. • sa_n Di{!_gp • CA •~11.Z • (619L279-2,509 Page 22 Steve Robledo and Mike Weaver took Class 7S with ease, running the course in just over nine hours for the gold medal. Fourth to cross the line in class was the Ford pickup of Terry Shelton and Billy Hayden. They had a loooong day out in the desert, finishing the course just shy of e_leven hours, but the important thing is they did ar-rive at the finish and went back to California with a tough race under their belts. Darren Skilton has been run-ning a Class 3 Kia.for a couple of seasons and almost always finishes the race in the lead, and this race was no exception. Dar-ren arrived at the finish in good sounded, taking the gold medal in Class 7000 (7) and having a good race on a narrow course. Class 7 300 (Pure Mini) was the domain of Rob Reinertson and Armando Guzman, they came over from the Bay Area of California to compete in their Ford and they took the class win and were very happy with the result of their labors. Class 2000 (1/2-1600) was not a big class but the guys who won it sure came a long way to take the win. Whit Courtenay came all the way from Prospect, Whit Cqurtenay and Phil Markert came from Kentucky and Georgia to take the 1600 class win in their great looking Jimco. Kentucky to compete and his sidekick, Phil Markert hails from Marietta, Georgia. They brought their Jimco a hell of a long way to run the Silver State 300 and victory was theirs, nine and a half hours of racing giv-ing them the class win, and a well deserved one at that. Class 7200 (7) had Matt Tho-mas and Josh Barritt ha,ving a great old time in their Ford Ranger 'til disa·ster struck at mile 150, hitting a huge rock and breaking the leaf spring and immediately establishing a great list to starboard. The driving was tricky from there on, but they soldiered on and took the win in their class, spending just over 11 hours out on the course. Class 7100 (7S) saw Kelly and John McNeill come in from Ari-zona and take the laurels in their class. It was a long day, they spent almost 11-1 /2 hours out on the course, but with the help of Gary Mecham, eta!, they arrived at the finish and took the checkers back to Arizona. As usual, the race was well run, the course was marked well and the only real complaints were in regard to the abundance of dust, but, as Casey Folks has said on many occasions, "This is Off-Road Racing, of course, there is going to be dust!" There were a few injuries, nothing life threatening and in at least one case the Terrible Herbst heli-copter expediently airlifted the injured to the medical evac people, saving lots of time and certainly getting the injured to treatment in a hurry. A total of 154 vehicles started the race outside of Mesquite on Saturday morning and 113 fin-ished the race, a 73% finishing rate which is quite good, con-sidering the dust and the heat. The next Best in the Desert race is the famed Vegas to Reno affair, October 1-4, 1998 and it is definitely one you don't want to miss. See you .there! ■ © © © © © © © time, eight and a half hours af-~--------'--------------------, ter he started. Darren always drives the entire race solo, but this time he wished he'd had some help with the driving chores. He had lost the exhaust heat shield which protects the driver's feet from the high tem-perature exhaust early on in the race and he arrived at the fin-ish line in great pain with a badly burned right heel. Medi-cal help was waiting for him, first aid was rendered and Dar-ren was carried from the battle-field on the back of a friend to-wards civilization. The Ford pickup of Steve Robledo arrived at the finish line just a bit over nine hours after the starting gun had September 1998 Matt Thomas and Josh Barritt had major problems with a large boulder but on they came for the Class 7 Unlimited win. Dusty Times

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MDR DESERT RACING, INC. Kartek By Ron Miller Photos: Track.side Photo Steven Greinke won the Class 10 title and was first overall as well in a hard fought battle at the MOR Kartek 400. The racing scene shifted to the Lucerne Valley on June 20, 1998 as MDR's super sophomore season throttled past its halfway point. I'm glad to report that a surprisingly low percentage of race entrants were bitten by the ever-dreaded DNF bug. To be exact, 3 7 of the 66 ve-hicles that started this event also finished. That's really an impressive total, especially when you consfcfer the multitude of hazards conspir-ing against "would be" finishers. Ar1 overwhelming majority of the com-petitors were asked to complete eight 50 mile laps, through silt, sand, rocks, whoops, and dust. That most formidable task was not made any easier by race day temperatures, which slowly crept towards the cen-tury mark. Those same conditions were faced by the dozen Class 110, 1200, 1300, and 1400 racers, who each were handed five lap assign-ments. This second consecutive rain free event of the season, was contested on "Summer Eve Day", and seemed to finally big farewell to our elongated wet weather pat-tern. As usual, the Class 100 vehicles started first. David Massingham, one of the premier racers on this circuit, officially launched the day's festivities. Only a trio, out of the 66 starters, failed to complete the opening lap. And form held true, as Massingham was the first to com-Keith Sato is always quick in his 5-1600 bug and he did it again at the MOR race, taking his class by over an hour. plete the 50 mile loop. D.M. set a wicked pace early, as evidenced by his awesome 0:45:30 opening lap time. In addition to holding up as the fastest lap in Class 100 on the day, no other racer (in any class) came even close to matching Massingham's blazing time, . throughout the event. Unfortu-nately, off road fans were afforded oniy one more glimpse of the race's early pacesetter. That's because af-ter completing his second lap, also in much haste (0:48:12) , Massing-ham was through for the day. That premature exit effectively left both the lead and the·race "up for grabs". Massingham's fellow Class 100 rac-ers, Paul Retter and Ron Osburn, had been tracking the race.leader from the second and third positions through two laps. Each though, apparently had more than their fair share of trouble during Lap 3. Retter's third lap took over two hours to complete (and turned out to be his final one of the day), while Osburn's ended up qeing his semi final loop and lasted four hours. With the Class 100 entrants gone at the race's halfway point, the door was left "wide open". A whole host of racers seemed poised to assume command at that junction. Craig Dillon, of Class 1000, was foremost among that group. Dillon flew through his first four laps, using a quick average time of 0:53:20 while doing so. Eric Heiden, of Class 800, was also going strong. Heiden's Phil McCluskey won Class 5 easily in his good looking Bug and was quick enough to finish secdnd overall, well ahead of his competition. 0:52:44 first lap clocking, was his (and Class 800's) quickest of the day. Heiden followed his opening lap, with another trio of excellent clockings (54:21 , 57:24, and 54:05). Phil McCluskey, of Class 500, was another contender for-wardly placed early on. McCluskey polished off each of his first four laps at a sub-sixty minute pace, as well. And, like so many of the racers tak-ing part in this event, McCluskey's opening lap was also his fastest. P.M. stopped the timer in 0:53:44 on that first loop, a time which proved fastest of the day in his class. A quartet of Class 1600 entrants, Paul Huffman, Roger Starkey, Sammy Ehrenberg, and Malcolm Bryce were all vying for the race lead. Each of those three completed the first half of their assigned 400 miles, in less than four hours time. Huffman's opening lap time of 0:55:42 proved the fastest on the day in 1600. Class 1000 racer Steven Greinke was also right in the thick of things, as well. Greinke earned fast lap time in his class, with a sparkling 0:49:45 clocking on Lap 4. Greinke's other laps (52:49, 53 :03, and 56: 18) were also swift, and left him with a great op-portunity to seize control of the race. . Keith Sato was leading Class 550 at the halfway mark, and his 1 :05:03 Lap 3 time was that class' fastest of the day. Scott Sells held the Class 725 lead after four laps were in the books. Along the way, Sells had posted his class' quickest lap with a 1 :06:39 Lap 1 time, Fred Nelson was enjoying a comfortable lead in Class 850 after 200 miles. A few laps earlier, the husband and wife team of Dan and Sheryl Can- . non had posted the fast lap time for . that set (1 :09: 15). Unfortunately, · the Cannon's were forced into the role of spectators following that sec-ond lap, due to a case of"bad gass!" By this event's half way point, the "Johnson Team" of Class 900, seemed on their way to yet another win. I assume it was "Scott" Johnson, who posted the Class 900 fast lap time of 1 :05: 13 on Lap l. Joel Mohr, also of Class 900, was doing a good job of staying with the streaking "Johnson's" vehicle. J.M. was less than ten minutes behind after four laps had been completed and he seemed to have his sights set on springing an upset. Lap 5 was the final one for Classes 1100, 1200, 1300, and 1400. There was virtually no suspects in Class 1400, since Steve Ruddick represented the only entrant in that division. Ruddick's simplified as-signment found him required only to complete his five laps within the allotted time. Ruddick did just that, scoring the Class 1400 victory in 10: 11:37, while averaging 24.5 mph. Lap 2 was Ruddick's best, as he stopped the.timer in 1:54:49. There were only two starters in Class 1300, Doug Silcock and Shawn Giordano. Giordano had beaucoup trouble, and was finished before his first lap was. Silcock fared considerably better than his class rival did. Unfortunately, his-effort was also for naught, as Silcock dropped out before completing his required laps, too. He was, however, able to com-plete four laps on the day. And Silcock's second lap time of 1 :41 :31 was his (and Class 1300's) best. Class 100 had three starters, Mark McKinley, William Swisher, and . Kent Fagernes. Fagernes suffered through a very long day, and most of that time was spent on Lap 1. Under the hot desert sun, Fagernes · spent a grueling 4:42:43 complet-ing his opening lap. That was mer-cifully his final lap, and I sure hope K.F. had himself a day by the pool and some mixed drinks on Sunday. If you thought Mr. Fagernes was a distant third in class after one lap had been completed, guess again. that's right, William Swisher took nearly nine minutes longer (4:51:24) to finish his opening lap: Scott Sells was the Class 725 winner, he ran consistent laps all race long in his Mike Bragg lost his hood but certainly won Class B by a huge margin and ended up Swisher continued on to complete two more laps, before he too called it a day. Mark McKinley, who took the Class 1100 win, probably had a hard time believing his good for-tune. McKinley set the fast time in the class on.Lap 1 (1:37:30), and was on his third lap, before his com-petitors had finished their first. McKinley's final time for the five laps was 9:03:28, and h_e averaged 2 7 .6 mph. There were a half dozen starters competing in Class 1200. Darren Kerr was unable to com-plete his opening lap, and Don Barrett was finished after two. Per-sonally, I feel Mr. Barrett deserves some recognition (and an award of some kind) for refusing to throw in the towel, during an unfathomable 6:43:30 Lap 1. Wow, now that's Toyota and won with over tw9 hours in hand. _s,_·x_th_o_~_e_ra_ll_t_oo_! _____________________ _ Continued on page 26 Page 24 September 1998 Dusty Times

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Marl< McKinley was the big winner in Class 11 and he leads the class Lee Finke, ever the competitor fell behind the first two laps but Dennis Sletten had a /()fig sixth lap but ran well all day for a nice second place in 5-1600; he's second in season points too. points for the season as well. recovered and charged into the second spot in Class 5. determination. Joel Hutak was an- the day, as he clicked off all five laps ing a four hour third lap setback. other Class 1200 racer who fell vie- in 6:42: 11. En route to his nearly That pretty much secured the sec-tim to attrition. Hutak did com- two hour victory, Vaughan, and his ond spot for Gross, who averaged plete three laps, including his co-drivers Mark Foder and Stuwart just under 30 mph and finished in 1: 10:09 Lap 2, which was the fast- Kline, averaged an impressive 37.3 8:26:42. Pruett's third place stats est in the class. Matt Vaughan ap- mph. Dennis Pruett held the run- read. parently had little or no trouble on ner-up spot early on, until suffer- Meanwhile, back on the front end, Craig Dillon of Class 1000, completed the fastest fifth lap of the race (0:50: 15). And unfortunately, that proved to be Dillon's final com-plete lap of the day. Only six other racers were able to complete their fifth lap in under an hour. That half dozen, which was led by Class lO00's Chad Cummings (0:55:20), was still in the hunt for the overall victory. Lap 6 had no less than 11 racers stopping the timer in less than an hour's time. It was a phe-nomenal lap for Class 500, as a pair of entrants from that class, Dave Cua (55:01) and Phil McCluskey (55: 13) proved fastest. The Class 1000 leaders, Steven Greinke (56:30) and Chad Cummings Fred Nelson lost some fenders but won Class 850 by half an hour and was the 21st (5 7: 14), were also flying. Class 800 car across the finish line. entrant Mike Bragg (57:24) also had a swift sixth lap, as did Class Phil McCluskey. McCluskey's su-500's Lee Finke (59:37). The re- perb Class 500 victory saw him av-maining quintet all hailed from erage 52.5 mph, while completing Class 1600. They were Wes Wi,s-his "400 miles in 7:37:08. Chad dom (59:00), Mike Malloy (59:02), Cummings, the runner-up in Class Roger Starkey (59: 15), Paul 1000, finished third overall. Huffman (59:40), and Victor Cummings was less than five min-Bussey (59:57). utes back of McCluskey upon Lap 7 proved "Crunch Time" for completion of his assignment, and those entrants still in contention for finished a mere 39 seconds ahead the overall win. Only five racers of Roger Starkey. Starkey, the Class were able to complete the lap in 1600 winner, took fourth overall by under an hour. McCluskey, Wis- averaging 51.9 mph. His final time dom, Bragg, Starkey, and Sammy of 7:42:32 was about five and a half Ehrenberg made up that quintet. minutes faster than Paul Huffman's The final lap was a fifty mile sprint ending time. Huffman placed run-to the finish. When the dust from ner-up in Class 1000 and earned a the "Kartek 400" had finally settled, fifth overall. it was Steven Greinke who had Mike Bragg won the Class 800 emerged victorious. Greinke com- victory by over three hours, and fin-pleted his eight laps in the excel- ished just over three minutes back lent time of 7:30: 19, while averag- of Huffman to take sixth overall. ing 53.3 mph. S.G. scored the Class Bragg averaged 51 mph, while put-1000 win by approximately 11-1/2 ting abo1,1t 16 minutes between minutes over classmate Chad himself and the overall seventh Cummings. Greinke's overall vie-place finisher, .Wes Wisdom. tory was registered by less than Wisdom's final time of 8:07:06 was seven minutes over the runner-up Co11tinued on page 28 ·cen won with a Dave Folts tralUmlalon at September 1998 Dusty Times

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Mike Barnett had problems on lap 3 but the rest of his race was good and he took the second spot in Class B and he's second in season Mike Ismail and his International Scout are always contenders and Joel Mohr ran second all day in Class 9 but he sure is flying here as points also. he took the silver medal in Class 850 for yet another good race. he heads for the finish line at the MOR Kartek 400. Chad Cummings ran fast and hard all day but was only able to garner Larry Gross ran his Toyota well all day. coming in for the second spot John Strode heads for the finish line at the Kartek 400, taking a nice third place in 5-1600. the second spot in Class 10, just 10 minutes out of the win. in class at the MOR Kartek 400. good for third place in the ultra-Finke was the runner-up in class, ner in Class 550, and placed 15th tough 1600 class. It was class-and finished with a time of overall. Sato averaged 43.4 mph, mates Sammy Ehrenberg (8th) 8:22: 13. Finke's 4 7 .8 mph effort while completing his eight laps in and Mike Malloy (9th) who fin- was just over eight minutes faster 9: 13:01. Finishing two minutes ished in the eighth and ninth po-than Dave Cua, who took third behind Sato was the winning sitions overall. Ehrenberg's time in class and eleventh overall. Class 9 vehicle of "Team of 8: 14:38 was just over four min-Cua averaged an even 4 7 mph, Johnson": With Scott Johnson as utes quicker thaa Malloy's, and and finished nine minutes ahead the driver of record, the team's earned him a fourth in class. of classmate Robert Bryant stats read 9:15:02 and 43.2 mph. Malloy's 48.1 mph speed was just (8:39:34). Another pair of Class That effort was good enough to a fraction siower than his rivai;s, 1000 racers piaced 13th and 14th keep their win streak intact, but the difference landed M.M. overall. They were Cindy while also earning the 16th posi-in fifth place in 1600 results. The Greinke (8:42:44 and 45.9 mph) tion in overall scoring. Scott second, third, and fourth place who placed sixth in class, and . Sells, the Class 725 winner was finishers in Class 500, earned the Marty Seefried (8:44:07 and 45.8 the next to the finish line. Sells tenth, eleventh, and twelfth po-mph) who placed seventh. took 17th place overall with a fi-sitions in overall scoring. Lee Keith Sato emerged as the win-nal time of 9:38: 15. Sells aver-TRANSAXLE ENGINEERING, INC. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE RACEAUTO AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OV£R 250 J'INA.L DRIVE RATIOS WlTH ADAPTERS & CONVERTERS COMBINATI01(8 l70R ANY UGINE $250 RING & PINION; FULL :ltANUAL 3SP AUTO 1997 SCOll Mil...ESTOXIC WINNER ·rranswe Engi.neerireg Jd'f field 97Ci3 V~id Avi:oue Charsworth, CA 9 U l l 818-998-2739 Page 28 September 1998 aged 41.5 mph, and was nearly three minutes faster than the Class 900 runner-up Joel Mohr. Mohr earned the 18th spot in overall scoring with a time of 9:41:10, while averaging 41.3 mph. The final two positions in this race's top twenty spots went to another pair of Class 1600 rac-ers. Victor Bussey completed his assignment in nine and three quarters hours, to take eighth in class and 19th overall. Bussey's 40.9 mph speed gave him a thirty minute cushion over classmate Paul Marshall, whose effort earned a ninth in class and com-pleted the top twenty positions overall. Fred Nelson was the winner in Class 850 by 33 minutes over runner-up Mike Ismail. Nelson averaged 38.3 mph for the day, while Ismail averaged 36.3 mph and finished in just over 11 hours. There was a very strong showing made by the entrants from Class 550. Dennis Sletten emerged as that class' runner-up. Sletten averaged 37.4 mph, while completing his eight laps in 10:40:56. No less than five other Class 550 racers also continued on to complete their hefty assign-ments as well. In their order of · finish, they were John Strode (11 :04:52), Lin Neal (12:54:31), Guy Peterson (13:01:49), Mike The Johnson clan did it again, have they ever lost a race? They won Class 9 by nearly half an hour and have more points than anyone in MOR. Matt Vaughan won his class, running his five required laps in less than seven hours and beating his competition by well over an hour. Dusty Times

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1998 FINK DESERT RACE Burrows Beats The Aussie Desert By Darryl Smith Mark Burrows (left) and Mick Shannon were the overall winners of the Finke To Alice Springs Race, shown here resting on · their Cougar. The long weekend in June is that time when the central Australian town of Alice Springs stops to take in the premier desert race in the Southern Hemisphere. 1998 was the 23rd running of the Finke Desert Race. This year's event shaped· up as the best ever with the cream of Australia's drivers present, including asphalt touring car leg-ends Peter Brock and Tony Longhurst and one of New Zealand's best. Added to this was a host of top bike riders keen to keep in tact the record set by the bikes of always beating the car times. Prologue The first day of action saw the qualifying and at the end it was the super quick local, David Fellows coming out on top with his Honda powered buggy. Following him also in a Class 1 was multi Australian Champion Mark Burrows who had a slight brake problem. Then came Glenn Rossow (Class 9), Steve Graydon (1), and reigning Austra-lian Champion Paul Simpson (9). Class leaders were Locky Weir (Class 2), Jon Patard (Class Sa), Wayne Sanderson (56), Peter Brock (Sc), and Bruce Muir (Class 7 and 8). Brock's effort was remark-able considering he only hopped into the V8 Commodore ute to drive it to the start line and came in 14th overall as well! Sadly though Richard Bennett had blown a motor in the Chev truck, while Longhurst set about changing a bro-ken gearbox. Day 1 The configuration for the Finke Desert Race is to race from Alice Springs to Finke on the first day (some 230 km away), stay the night and race back to the Alice the next day. Paul Simpson was the Unlimited Single Seat winner, covering the distance in 4:21:03 in his Jimco Toyota and he was second overa1/. *Class 1 at last year's race. Behind him The still air at 8:00 am helped though was a very tight bunch in Fellows as car 1. Burrows had closed Gary Nicolle, Mick Cowie, Darrell up though and led on corrected Johnson, Lindsay Foster, and Ben time and just before half way at Erceg. As they closed in on Finke, Rodinga got past into the dust free Colin Johnson stormed through the lead role. Not so lucky was Graydon field. The order at Finke was Weir stopped back at Deep Well with (2.13.20) and an incredible second · a blown motor. Paul Hackett from overall, Nicolle (6th), Cowie (7th), New Zealand lived up to the C. Johnson (8th), and D. Johnson promise this would be the fastest (9th). car and was going too quick for *Class 9 one of the bends and rolled. Brett All eyes were on Simpson, last Taylor was moving up the field year's winner of this race. Rossow and was now third in Class 1 at-was out after 80 kms. Tony Byrnes Bundooma (135 km). Kurt movedintosecondinclassbuthad Johannsen had blown a gearbox problems into Rodinga. Simpson in qualifying and went home and pulled out a huge class lead (25 brought out his old car which was minutes) to David McGill who now now in fifth in Class 1. Fellows ran was second. Disaster hit Simpson out of fuel just 10 kms short of in the way of a flat tire then the car Finke and lost time. Taylor had fell off the jack a couple of times broken a hub and lost more time. then just after he got going another The order at Finke for Class 1 was tire went down which saw him race Burrows (time = 2.02.00) and to Finke with a shredded tire. The first overall. Fellows (4th), War- Class 9 score at Finke was Simpson ren Rossow· (5th), Wally Bruce (2.18.24) and third overall, Byrnes ( 10th} and Paul Way (11th). (16th) and McGill (19th). *Class 2 *Class 5 Weir was the pacesetter in the A total of 30 cars with all three 1600 class. Starting ninth overall he Class 5 subdivisions combined soon moved to seventh then fourth, which was a great roll up. Peter all the while leading the class and Brock's attempt at the desert took looking to repeat his third overall a set back at only the 14 km mark David Fellows pours on the opposite lock as he churns his way to second in Unlimited, third overall. when an axle broke making the car almost impossible to drive. Longhurst broke yet another gear-box at 29 km and was out. Theo Van Luenen held the lead in his Sc Mitsubishi turbo. Giant Killer Patard was only 1-1/2 minutes back in his Sa HiLux. Chris Wallace was out at 40 km with a broken unijoint in the Falcon ute. At Bundooma Patard had taken the lead over all the Class Ss. The news came over the radio Brock had broken the other axle and was out at 145 km. Patard had clutch woes and was jammed in first gear for the run from the Finke river and Van Luenen had blown a seal in the gearbox. The order at Finke 1600 2 Seat Class belonged to Gary and Kay Nicolle in their Southern Cross, was Sanderson 56 (2.39.27) in shown here at speed in the red dirt. -,-,,---,----------, 12th overall, Bryan Cartwright 56 The Toyota Hi Lux of Jon and Julie Patard was the 2000cc Mini Truck winner, besting their competition by 35 minutes. Page 30 (14th), Patard Sa (20th) and Van Luenen Sc (21st). *Class 7 & 8 Bruce Muir was the pacesetter moving up from his 28th start po-sition to be 18th by Bundooma in what many people would know as the ex Alan Roe V8 Nissan. Only 7-1/2 minutes back was somewhat · of a surprise. TV Outback Adven-turer, Troy Dann in an absolutely bog-standard Jeep. Colin Hunter was out in the Landcruiser with a bent spring, while Dann sus-pected shocker problems. The order at Finke was Muir (13th overall), Dann (22nd), and Philip Clapin V8 Landcruiser (29th). Day2 The Cartwright/Mitchell Nissan was the Over 2 liter Mini Truck winner, 24 minutes *Class 1 ahead of the second place Mini. After camping out in the sub September 1998 Dusty Times

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Rick Hali chased rirst piace soth days on his Honda but had to settle Tony Byrnes was a long second place in the Unlimited Clase, shown Wa"en Rossow and Donna Fontane took the bronze medal in the for the second spot, 13 minutes out of the lead. here powering out of a corner. Two Seat Unlimited Clase and the were fourth overall in the race. zero temperatures, urrows was more than happy to be the first car away for the return leg. Very early into the return race, Felfows had a flat tire which is bad news as they carry only one spare. The closest Class· 1 to Burrows was now Rossow 24 minutes back. Taylor was storming through from the last spot but got two flat tires and was out. Hackett had got his act together and was now back in the fight at fourth in class. Fel-lows was coming back with quicker stage times than Burrows but no threat yet. Johannsen lost a gearbox only 12 km from home while Fellows got another flat and proceeded to come home on the rim. Hackett had motor problems with oil everywhere. There was nothing to get attention away from Burrows as he crossed the line to take his first ever Finke Desert Race something that he has wanted to do more than any-thing else. His return journey took 2.07 .04 a bit slower than his day l leg, but a motor rattle over 4000 rpm was the explanation. So Bur-rows was the overall winner after two previous second placings. The Class 1 results were Burrows (4.09.04) first overall, Fellows · (4.21.~) (3rd), Warren Rossow (4th), Paul Hackett {7th), and Paul Way (10th). *Class 2 Locky Weir left second car and · first in class and still held that spot at Mt. Squires. Colin Johnson was out while Nicolle closed a bit on Weir. The next stage to Bundooma was disaster for Weir when a tie rod broke. Nicolle passed the limping Weir and took off thinking about 1989 and 1990 when he won this race. Cowie broke an alternator bracket and like Weir, used a fair number of cable ties to make the repair. Foster was out with motor failure. Nicolle storme·d into the finish some 18 minutes clear of his near-est class competitor, Darrell Johnson who slipped by Weir just before the finish. Final results for Class 2: Nicolle (4.56.41) (5th overall), Johnson (8th), Weir (9th), Cowie {14th) and Erceg (17th). *Class 9 All eyes were on Simpson to watch him charge after Burrows. Coming out of Finke as cat 3, Simpson couldn't believe the in-tensity of the sunrise and de-scribed that as one of his biggest obstacles. He soon moved into second overall and reeled off fast-est stage times up to Rodinga. Byrnes too was on a mission and climbing forward. All the check-point officials were stunned at Simpson's speed, and indeed he set fastest times on all stages back to Alice. He was some five min-';ites quicker than Burrows on the return, but still had to settle for Dusty Times The Van Leunen/Morrison Mitsubishi Turbo was the over 4 liter Mini Truck winner, in spite of a blown seal in the tranny. second overall. Byrnes claimed second in Class 9 moving up some ten placed on the overall list on the return leg. Final placings for Class 9 were: Simpson (4.21.03) (2nd overall), Byrnes (6th), and McGill (15t~). *Class 5 Sanderson's amazing dual cab was lead car until just after Mt. Squires where he dropped a tail shaft. Yvonne Johnson bogged the Chev in the Finke River losing some time. Cartwright took over the lead in the Nissan ute and lead Patard who had more clutch trouble getting· jammed in third after only five kms. Despite this Patard closed up op Cartwright. Van Luenen eased off with the make shift repair on the blown seal. Patard got past Cartwright and gave it his usual 110% but on corrected time it wasn't enough and after some 5-1.2 hours of rac-ing missed out on being first tin top by less than a minute. Final placings for Class Sa {up to 2000cc) Patard (5.29.37) (13th overall), Scott Anderson (21st), and Tom Collyer-Braham (28th). In Class 56 (2001 to 4000cc) Cartwright (5.28.40) {12th over-all), Peter T reis {19th), and Mark Sheedy (25th). Class Sc {over 4001cc) Theo Van Luenen (5.54._1 7) (20th overall), Johnson (24th), and Bill Montgomery (30th). *Class 7 & 8 With only five 4x4s left for the return run the class looked a bit sad. Worse was to come as Bill South bent the steering in the Range Rover, then Clapin broke after he got into second place with transmission"failure. Troy Dann was suffering with shocker failure, a factor that eventually put him out. It was left to Ken Callanan's little Suzuki to run down the V8 Nissan of Muir; a pretty big task. Then Callanan broke a rear spring. Muir thundered home for first in class in a time of-5.40.34 which put him in 16th overall. Callanan limped home; the rear housing tied in and resting on the The Class B winner was the Nissan of Bruce Muir and Shane Adams who won their class by an hour and a half. bump stops and claimed 23rd overall. *Motorcycles Local legend, Stephen Greenfield, was out to repeat last year's effort of winning and beating the car's · time. His day 1 time was 2.00.49 (two minutes quicker than Burrows). On the return journey • Greenfield had the Honda CR 500 cranked up and took a 2.00.14 time. His total time of 4.01.03 put him in front of Burrows, so the bikes won again. Although Rick Hall · (2nd) and Billy Hayes (3rd) came in after Burrows' time. ■ Stephen Greenfield rode his Honda CRS00 to the overall victory, covering the course in four hours and one minute. 99 c; l~ANAl)A -l)Al<AI~ September 1998 Page 31

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., BEST IN THE DESERT SILVER STATE SERIES Silver State 300 By Anne Ven Beveren Winning is getting to be a nice habit as Johnny Campbell rides his Honda to the overall win at the Silver state 300. Photos: Track.side Photo & Grumpy Campbell on adjusted time as he dashed into the final 65 mile sec-tion, Abbott was running wide open when he crashed hard and ended up unconscious in the middle of the high speed course. The er.ash ruined Abbott's helmet but he got away with little more than a few bad.bruises and a day of missing memories. And then there were Brian Brown and Nick Pearson, the first racers to reach the injured Abbott. Brown and Pearson were Cattle guards are a blur as the Summers/Esposito Yamaha heads for the gold medal in 250 Pro, taking six and 112 hours to cover the course. hard-headed enough about safety Panaca and then doubled back testing, and I had a lot of deter-to give up a shot at glory - and into Cathedral Gorge. When . mination coming in. I've also prize money - to stay with the Campbell stopped to take on gas found a better engine package downed rider and help him until for the fourth time he found him- that's more reliable and even has medical assistance · arrived. self physically second and bet- more power, so I knew it would Brown, a Kawasaki Team Green tered by almost two minutes. be a good race for me." racer, and KTM's Pearson were "Brown just seemed like he was Campbell's positive attitude battling for third - or perhaps even being aggressive - really on the kept his spirits and his speed up second - overall, but threw it all gas," said Campbell. "It was too as the miles flashed by, and de-away in the name of good sports- dangerous for my ability and I had spite riding without a partner to manship. to let him go. Brown was going give him a rest, he never showed Foraracethatendedwithsuch really fast but I knew Hamel anysignsoftiring.lnfact,hissolo turmoil, the Silver State 300 sure would get back on the bike and I effort was panning out much bet-started with a yawn. To put them could probably stay with him, so I ter than many of the two and well in front of the four wheeled just waited and waited and three man team rides. entries, the motorcycle teams waited." Motocross hotshot Mike were slated for a 5:30 a.m. star~,- While the solo rider bided his Healey, who was teamed with Eric which had the racers and their pit time waiting for the Brown/ Hallgath on a KTM380, injured crews checking out of Mesquite Hamel rider change, another his wrist after just 35 miles on the hotels around 4:00 p.m, and on threat was shaping up just behind bike and was forced to hand over the road well before dawn. him. The Abbott/Ondas KX500 to Hallgath for the rest of the ride, Campbell had drawn the num- team was going strong and their and Over' 30 Pro Daryl Folks ber one spot on the one-bike-ev- hard-on-the-gas ride was eating found himself soldiering on alone ery-30-seconds starting grid and away at Campbell's number two after John Rudder crashed the had an instant advantage as the spot. By the time they reached Pit duo's KTM early in the race and 95 two wheeled entries set off on 4, the Kawasaki duo was second bad to drop out" with a suspected a dusty course that led ·straight on adjusted time, and the KTM broken arm. into the ri_sing sun. entry of Nick Pearson and brother "It's a tough race to do by your-Successful desert racing takes spite breaking a finger a third of Campbell kept the physical Russ Pearson had closed its start- self, especially when you're not a hard-headed approach. the way through the race and run- lead as the course looped north- ing deficit up enough to relegate expecting to ride by yourself," said At the Silver State 300, a gru-ning out of drinking water 30 west through the first two pits but Campbell's big thumper to fourth Folks. "I just wasn't mentally or eling mid-summer race out of miles before the end, he hung on Kawasaki KX500 pilots Dave on adjusted time. physically ready to do the rest of Mesquite, Nevada, Honda factory determinedly for six hours and 18 Hamel and Brian Brown, who had But that was when hard-the race by myself. ou're racer Johnny Campbell's hard-minutes to take the checkered started behind Campbell, had headedness started to come into bummed and that takes you out headedness came in the form of flag. edged him by half a minute on the equation,. mentally." . grim determination. For Destry Abbott, who teamed adjusted time when they flashed "I've never won a Best in the Mechanical and wear-and-tear In a dazzling display of grit and with Dave Ondas on a factory- past the 100 mile mark. Desert race before, but I knew I problems also took a toll on the courage, the 27 year old XR628 backed Kawasaki KX500, the race The Kawasaki duo made up could win this race," said racers. racer tackled the 317 mile team required hard-headedness of a dif-even more time as they dashed Campbell. "I've been training and . "Up around Caliente, we got event without a partner and, de-ferent sort. Just ahead of north through the high country to riding really hard, I did a lot of into some great tight stuff with a r--------=-------'------,...,,,---.,.....: r------,-,.---.:::.._ __ _.:::. ___ ...:.._ ____ ~ ~---------------------~ You can almost feel the determination of the Anderson/Holmes duo The Skorheim/Smoric/Ryker team rode their Yamaha well, taking the Over 35 Amateur Class was M,O(I by Wayne Turner and Brent Butterfield as they take their Yamaha to the Over 40 Pro class win. 4 Stroke Under 450cc Amateur class by 28 minutes. on their Yamaha in less than 8 112 hours on the course. 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Churning across the dry wash, Rodger Flaming and Steve Heitchew The Honda of Tyner/Dabney/Humber won the 250 Amateur Class with Chris Fry and Kenny Couturier rode their Kawasaki to a nice win in rode their Kawasaki to the Over 40 amateur win. almost a ten mim.1_te margin over SfJCond place. lot of trees," said Eron Boyer, who but he was fourth overall on too, threw down his bike and ran was riding 250 Pro with Matt elapsed time. Abbott, who was to help Abbott. The next rider, Burroughs on a KX250. "We had racing second physically, had him Yamaha hotshot Donnie Book, a slight mishap in the trees and by a full minute, and the Hamel/ who was teamed with Ty Davis, broke off the brake lever." Brown Kawasaki and the Pearson/ raced to the next checkpoint to The three man team of David Pearson KTM were both ahead by get help. Open amateur_ Class at the Silver State 300. Honda Rider's Club/Pro Honda/ · broken my little finger, and I ran Pirelli/FMF/DID/IMS/Pro Taper/ out of water about 30 miles ago, K&N/Acerbis/Shows/Renthal), but other than chat it was great." who was thrilled with his first The gaping hole caused by overall win in a Best in the Desert Abbott's crash allowed Book to event. "I did crash once between cross the finish line in second Pearson, Nate Pearson and Bryan at least 20 seconds. While Brown and Pearson Freeman recovered from a lost But 15 miles from the Caliente waited, Campbell completed the shifter that stuck them in fourth pit, Campbell got an unexpected dash for home unchallenged, un-gear for 10 miles right off the start chance to run away from the com- aware that the race had unraveled Pit 2 and 3 and I think I must've Continued on page 34 but then had to battle a flat rear petition like it was standing still - behind him. tire for more than 20 tniles, and literally. The XR628 pilot averaged 50 Open Pro Paul Krause was hav-Abbott went down in a high miles per hour on his way to vic-ing such a bad day that he gave speed section. Nobody saw the tory and completed the grueling lip altogether when he reached Pit crash and Abbott can't recall any 31 7 mile sprint in six hours and 2. of the details, but his fellow rac- 18 minutes. His determination "I jmt didn't feel good and I ers believe he hit a dip, cleared earned him a $1,400 purse for the didn't see any point in riding until the bars and then got nailed by Open Pro win. I crashed and got hurt, so I called his flying bike. · "Three hundred miles probably it quits," said Krause. "When I got there, he was un- sounds like a lot to ride by your-But out in front, t_he top running conscious, lying on the ground," self, and Nevada's pretty tough, teams were enjoying flawless rides said Brian Brown, who was the but I've had a lot of experience that had them neck 'n neck on time . first racer to reach the downed out here doing the (Acerbis) ral-as they left the last pit at Caliente rider. "I took off his goggles and lies and I know this area pretty and began the final 65 mile dash he woke up, but he was complain- well, so I really don't mind. I had to the finish line at Maynard Lake, ing about his back and his arm." planned to ride solo - this wasn't justoffHighway93. Nick Pearson arrived on the a last minute thing," said Campbell had the physical lead scene seconds after Brown and he,. Campbell (American Honda/ The Hunnicutt/Sweetland Yamaha combination is a winner, shown here on the way to the Over 30 Pro win, covering the 300 course in 6:47. HONDA Power Equipment KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ POWER ro_~-0 Racer and Spectator Discounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINES •WATER PUMPS •OUTBOARD ENGINES •LAWNMOWERS •LAWN TRACTORS • 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 AVAil.ABLE • PLEAsE CAIL AHEAD KAWAGUCHI HONDA EX1000 3532E.3RoS:cLas~CA9CXJ63•213.264.3936, 264.SSSS FAX 264.2136 i ' _HONDA Power Equipment Dusty Times i V/SA / SALES, SERVICE, PARTS NJthing' . 111' HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST . SeaSief. ~ For op!tmum per!or:n;incc-and ~a.!t-ty. pit-.\:-< 1·~:id lr.t' O\\,lt'r s m.inual bdorc-opc-r:iti.ng your Hond:l Po,.,:C"r Equipment. S?('nfic-allons subJeC't to ct-..m~C' ~1t.hout nollt,·c-. •Es~lm.ite only. b.J:sC'd on r:ued load. •Battery noc 01dude'd w1th E~l3500SXKI. E'.\15000SXKI and EB0500S.X. • •Wtt.h bJ.!!C"ry tray kll. whttls & h..\.""!~er. ConnC'C'tJon to hou5(" po~·t'r requlrc-s tr.u1s(er dC'\1fc to ,woi,! possible LJ1ju:-y to powC'r romp.any personnel. Consult 3. qu.ll!Oed t-lC'Clrti:-ian. September 1998 Page 33

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Out into the desert goes the Kawasaki of Robin Rightmire and Jay Scott Under'MXXJ and Craig Sasso took the Open Expert with apparent The 4 Stroke Over 450cc title went to the Isom/Wilde/Blake trio, riding Heying and they went on to win the Over 35 Expert Class. ease, riding their Honda to victory with a 20 minute margin. their Honda to victory in 7:40 for the win. overall, three minutes behind Abbott. "My helmet was cracked when you see somebody like that. Campbell on adjusted time. and messed up pretty good, but What else can you do?" "It wasn't very much fun .this everything else looks good,. They The third overall that should morning because we were sixth off took a whole lot of x-rays at the have belonged to one of the delayed the line and stuck back in the hospital and I guess I didn't break racers went to Eric Hallgath, who dust, and it wasn't any fun at all anything, but my back is really put in an almost solo run after his after I saw Abbott," said Book. "It bruised and my spine is still swol- KTM380 partner Mike Healey was was a scary fast section. I don't len. I guess I'm pretty lucky, and hurt after riding only 35 miles, and know if he d_idn't see something I'm feeling a lot better." the top running 250 Pro team, and hit it or what, but he would Brian Brown eventually crossed YZ250 mounted James Summers have been going really fast. It's the finish in 10th overall, 2(> min- and Shane Esposito, crossed the hard to see something like that." utes behind Campbell. Pearson line in fourth overall, more than 10 But despite the severity of the was a minute and a half ahead of minutes ahead of race-long rivals crash, x-rays showed nothing was him in eighth. Oakley Lehman and Larry Roe-broken and Abbott's hard head had "We were in third when Abbott seler, who teamed up on a factory him up and around later that day. crashed and we might've even backed Kawasaki KX250 and fin-"I have no idea what happened. been ahead of Campbell on time," ished fifth overall. I remember being at the start and said Brown, who was obviously Despite their fast finish times, being in the hotel room, but I disappointed with his finish, "but neither of the top ranked 250 Pro don't remember anything in be- I would rather see (Abbott) be all teams enjoyed a trouble free day. tween. It's kind of fuzzy," said right than win. 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Sixth overall went to Yamaha-mounted Ted Hunnicutt and Garth Sweetland, who topped the Over 30 Pro division. Jim Gray and Todd Hoy (KTM620SC) took the Four Stroke Pros Over 450cc honors in ninth overall, seven minutes ahead of their nearest class rivals; and David Fry and Scott Wilson won the Four Stroke Pros Under 450cc class in i 4th overaii despite battling a flat tire and riding 40 miles with-out rear brakes in the middle of the race. Erik Griffith and Dana Van Stee won the 125cc Pro class. The KX123 mounted duo had no com-petition in the one entry division, but completing 317 miles on a'quar-The Griffith/Van Stee team show all the proper form as they hustle their Kawasaki to the 125 Pro win at the Silver State 300. Riding high, the Bates/Ornellas/Zades trio won the Over 25 amateur with ease covering the course in less than eight hours on their Kawasaki. Dusty Times

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The Yamaha of Lundin/Lundin/Aplanalp was the victor in the 4 Stroke The lronman Expert at the Silver State 300 was Greg Zitterkopf who Ed Dean and Craig Huffer rode their Yamaha to a nice Over 25 Expert Under 450cc division, besting their competition by half an hour. rode his TM250 to victory with 12 minutes in hand. win, besting second place by seven minutes. ter liter machine and doing it only Healey/Eric Hallgath (KTM). 125 EX: 1. Robert Marshall/Carl 4STK -4 o : 1. an hour and five minutes slower 250 PRO: 1. James Summers/ Maassberg/Kellon Walch (Yam). Michael Ison/ferry Wilde/ Cary Blake (Hon). ■ than the overall winner in 21st Shane Esposito (Yam); 2. Oakley 4STK U-450 EX: 1. Rick overall is a victory in itself. The Lehman/Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 3. Lundin/Justin Lundin/Ken David Pearson/Nate Pearson/Bryan Matt Burroughs/Eron Boyer (Kaw). Aplanalp (Yam). Freeman KTM took overall honors 0-30 PRO: 1. Ted Hunnicutt/ in the Expert division in 15th over-Garth Sweetland (Yam); 2. DatTOl all. Brown/Kevin Brown (Hon); 3. RESULTS: Daryl Folks/John Rudder (KTM). OVERALL: 1. Johnny Campbell 4STK 0-450 PRO: 1. Jim Gray/ (Hon); 2. Ty Davis/Donnie Book Todd Hoy (Kaw); 2. Greg Bringle/ (Yam); 3. Mike Healey/Erik Craig Smith (Hon); 3.JonahStreet/ Hallgath (KTM); 4. James Sum-Taber Murphy (Hon). mers/Shane Esposito (Yam); 5. 4STK U-450 PRO: 1. David Fry/ Oakley Lehman/Larry Roeseler Scott Wilson (Kaw). (Kaw); 6. Ted Hunnicutt/Garth 125 PRO: 1. Erik Griffith/Dana Sweetland (Yam); 7. DarrolBrown/ Van Stee (Kaw). Kevin Brown (Hon); 8. Russ Pear- OPEN EX: 1. Scott Underwood/ son/Nick Pearson (KTM); 9. Jim Craig Sasso (Hon); 2. Dough Gray/fodd Hoy (Kaw); 10. Dave Chiapuzio/Matt Murphy (Kaw); 3. Hamel/Brian Brown (Kaw); 11. Mark Lundgreen/Jeff Lundgreen Greg Bringle/Craig Smith (Hon); (Kaw). 12. Jonah Street/Taber Murphy 250 EX: 1. David Pearson/Nate (Hon); 13. Daryl Folks/John Rud- Pearson/Bryan Freeman (KTM); 2. der (KTM); 14. David Fry/Scott Ben Williams/Matt Roylance Wilson (Kaw); 15. David Pearson/ (Kaw). Nate Pearson/Bryan Freeman 0-25 EX: Ed Dean/Craig Huffer (KTM); 16. Scott Underwood/ (Yam). Craig Sasso (Hon); 1 7. Greg · 0-30 EX: 1. Glenn Taylor/Ron Zitterkopf; 18. Ben Williams/Matt Purvinca (KTM); 2. Donald Roylance (Kaw); 19. Robert Laugh- Tussing/Paul Skeary/Mark Davidge lin/James Ditson (Kaw); 20. Matt (KTM). Burroughs/Eron Boyer (Kaw); 21. 0-35 EX: 1. Robin Rightmire/Jay Erik Griffith/Dana Van Stee (Kaw). Heying (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Johnny IRONMAN EX: 1. Greg Campbell (Hon); 2. Ty Davis/ Zitterkopf; 2. Cory Ayers (Hon); 3. Donnie Book (Yam); 3. Mike Marc McManus (KTM). The Maassberg/Marshall/Walch combo won the 125 Expert Class with ease, the youngsters winning with over an hour in· hand. Pearson/Pearson and Freeman rode their KTM to the 250 Expert title, besting second place by eight minutes. Dusty Times Over 30 Expert Division was won by Glenn Taylor and Ron Purvines, riding their KTM to the winners circle with nine minutes on their competition. The Over 30 Amateur Class was won easily by Brown/Norda/ Anthill gang, after a long ride over the Nevada desert on their Yamaha. • state of the art high flow piston designed to sto mwar . • wide teflon coated piston wear band for use in so that it does not drop into large ports. • sealed piston for low speed control a d~ XilJl '"'mg in external bxeass.. • high temperature stainless steel alld~ :1iv~. \ • unique rod end design and material ort;top sha s and rod ands from breaking. \ • high temperature Viton seals and o--r-fngs. q • large aluminum reservoir for inc ~ed'heJ dis'Sipation (2X) and weight savi,,gs. • 1" shafts are micro-polishe{t~ m,i'or s!irf~ce finish of a 3-5 RMS. / • stainless steel teflon lined s~ri al be ri iss with 1/2" or 5/8" ID spacers-. y • shock are all owner reb~~ble,,With 'o I eciai'toois to purchase. • electric blue anodiz7d c . or. / / /( ..I O -v :@♦gp§_~ .. 1•:fl@ii@#1[~~~ • Large 3/4'(;ub' t.C:rhigh flow (weld on kits {1a~le ~P,ar~te). r-:,.., ~ _, , !f.. . . • T t>e lo tions C'19j>e placed to order or welt!~cl._on by tw customer. ,,. • Va1v·n ~ 1th'e piston for smooth d fup!ng?trans tions. • Ch~~valve✓machin· ~1rom 4140 and heat treat d 17-4 stat' ess for long durability. la~io~ chec~lve spring designed -~th low op~~ting stress levels. •/'Q ggy k'1 style reservoir mounting for the rear f buggies and trucks. / ~ r~~-.. ---• V ,, .. _.c-~~-~!. ·M1§l;M16fa§,,i§Uf: · · ·¼ • • -~/ II. ~ Custom wound springs for 3" shocks in stoc?tc~ Eibach,springs available. We do custom shock work and vehicle se ~ • 7 Custom designed and mfg. shocks & parts available'( air shocks, water cooled, pistons etc.). Designed and manufactured by the same person that designed all Kuster Shocks.

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VORRA TOP GUN 300 Sam Berri Captures overall at Fallon Nevada By Troy Robinson .. . . Floyd and Mike Haas had to fight off a challenge by Jim Price, but held their lead all 'day, to take the Class 10 win. · minutes at Pro-Pit making repairs. ard Lesher (1047) was not far be-Ohnstad lost power steering and hind in third with Rob Foster turned the driving over to Steve (1037) and Rob Parsons and Jim Bradford. And to top it off at the Cast ( 1018) all close behind. Head-top, Scahill had a flat in a narrow, ing into lap 2, Haas' had a narrow rocky canyon which wouldl).'t have three minute lead over Price . been so bad except the truck Leshers were 25 minutes back mov-mounted air jack hadn't been used ing along in third. Dale Smith in quite some time and was broken, (1044) had moved up to fourth on and so was the back up bottle jack. the last lap but broke and was out It took the Scahill crew nearly 50 of the race. Price would have minutes to get to the truck and troubles with the steering box on change the flat. AU this misfortune the last lap dropping him off the led Berri to go on to the win with a pace but was able to still bring in 6:09 victory over Wise. Ohnstad home for second in class; 13:35 out Sam Berri, shown here with his roof flapping, must have had some time out of the car but still managed to get the win in Class 1 as well as the Overall. · finished in third, 23:03 out of the of first place which was the Haas win. Tom Scahill brought the truck brothers. Leshers finished the race around for fourth followed by Tim- in third place, 1: 10:31 out of the and Don German (104), Dale Carr mons, Carr and Steele. Having the lead. Ace and Steve Bradford (262), Patrick Timmons (239), and hard luck of the day was Jerry and (1008) ha~ troubles breaking a Allen Biggs (161) all giving chase Linda Wald (246). They started the spindle. within the first two miles of running within 20 minutes of the race 22 minutes late trying to fix the race, they made repairs and lea pace. German blew the engine an overheating problem in their turned the driving over from father on lap 2 taking him out of the run- truck. When they finally took the to son to grandfather, Ace Bradford ning. After two laps the running · green flag they made it to check who brought the car in for the fin-order was the same with Scahill out point 5 when they broke a critical ish, a not too bad fourth place. front, Berri in second, Wise in third, heim joint in the front suspension In the Sportsman Veteran class, Ohnstad in fourth, Steel in fifth, and spent over three and a half Kenny Ott and Louis Lazenby (63) but now Timmons was up to sixth, hours making repairs. They finally had a narrow lead over Everett Paul and Carr in seventh all still within got going and finished the final two and Tyler Mort (43), Randy Miller sight of the win. Berri and Scahill laps and placed eighth with a time (96), and Ed Graham ( 10) as just were having a good race going with of 9:38: 14, just 21 :46 within the four minutes separated the top four Berri making up 1:30 in places and allotted time limit. cars. Ott and Lazenby would not losing time in other places. On the In Class 10, Floyd and Mike Haas come around for lap 2 handing the last lap however, trouble would (1023) were off to the early lead lead over to Paul and Mort as ev-strike up front as Steele broke the given chase by VORRA newcomer erybody moved up a position. Com-rear cage and was down several Jim Price (1003). Ryan and Rich- ing across the finish line, Paul and ~--=-------------'-----'---'---'--------, Mort were the winners, first ever Sam Berri once again proved he's the man to beat as he took advan-tage of some misfortune of other drivers on the last lap to capture the overall win in the Top Gun 300 desert race. Berri topped the low turn out at 41 dedicated points chasers who endured the three 90 mile long, challenging laps. This year's course had few changes over last year's and pro-vided the best that desert racing has to offer. The Top Gun Dragstrip facility is the best for camping, pit-ting and staging a desert race. The nearby growing town of Fallon pro-vides racers with a close oasis for hotels, food or gas. Total altogether with a 56% finish ratio and you have a race that is better than what the field count says. In actuality though, class counts were high with ten in Class 1, eight in Class 10, eight in Veteran, and five in Class 7, but it was the absence of cars in Classes 4, 8 and 1600 that brought down the overall count. Heading off the line first in Class 1 would be a drag race between two heavy metal Class ls: Don German (104) and Tom Scahill (801). Sca-hill would win the drag race and go on to take a two minute lead at check point 2. At the end of lap 1, Scahill had a 1:06 lead over Sam Berri (149) with Gary Wise (115) in third, Kevin Ohnstad (109) in fourth, Gary Steel (144) in fifth, Forest Creasy was the Class 9 winner after he overcame early electrical problems and then led for the rest of the day. The Vet Class team of Everett Paul and Tyler Mort got their first victory at the Top Gun 300, in June, in Fallon, Nevada. for the duo, followed by Ed Gra-ham. Randy miller finished a dis-tant third after breaking a steering shaft then losing their chase crew somewhere in the desert. In Class 9 action, Forest Creasy (996) dominated the class after having electrical p~oblems early on in the race. Second place went to John Henry Creasy (917) who only made three miles before going a little out of control through one of the many fence lines; he broke the front end and steering shaft in this off course excursion. Third place went to Paul Lozano (918) who lost oil and dropped out just before check point 2. In Class 7, Andy McBride (711) was the leader at the end of the first Gary Wise ran a steady pace, but couldn't quite catch Berri, finishing New VORRA racer, Jim Price, ran a close race until he had steering After a tough ride through a fence and off the course, John Henry just six minutes back after 270 miles. box problems on the final lap, still took a fine second place. Creasy had major front end damage and didn't finish. Page 36 September 1998 Dusty Times

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After a close firSt lap in the Vet class, attrition set in and at the The race was only two laps long for Class 7, but Doug Seymour, Andy Wald was the only survivor of the one lap, 90 mile, Pilot race, to checkered flag it was Ed Graham, here taking a bad bounce, in second. Toyota, made it close, finishing second only six minutes out of first. take the class win. lap, but fell just 15 miles short of finish though for a respectable third to get the car out of the desert. ing down the-c~l~iff:~s -a6~te_r_c~he-c--.-k_p_o1,.....· n-t --Th~ ou-g~h-t~h-e -en_t_ry_c_o-un_t_w_a_s--.-lo_w_, the finish line on lap 2. Mike place in the five car field. Hard luck story of the day goes to 3 and ended UJ? pointed over the the race action was good, as was the Koenig (701) was just 2:03 out of In the Pilot class, Andy Wald (34) Jason Sacks driving car 15 in the edge, unable to back up, he told his hospitality of the Top Gun Race-the lead after lap 1 with Doug Sey-was the only one to complete the lap Sportsman Novice class. This was co-driver to hang on and then went way. VORRA would like to thank mour (772) in third and first time and with a time of 2: 17:22. Robby Jason's first race after having been over the edge and rolled 126 feet to Top Gun and all the racers and race Tim Schrader (703) in fourth. Wright (88) broke on the lap and with the crew of Allen Biggs for three the bottom. The two were uninjured crews for making this race as good Crossing the-finish line in first place spent most the rest of the day trying years. Jason got a little sideways com-but the car was out of the race. as it was. ■ was Koenig with only a 7:13 vic-tory over Seymour. Schrader fin-ished in third place, 1:02: 12 behind Koenig. Schrader also drove his truck to the race and drove home and to work the next day, quite a feat for a truck after racing 180 miles in the desert. In the Sportsman Novice class, Marcia Watkins (40) ran a strong race to take the lead on lap 1. Jeff Vandersweep (86) had clutch prob-lems putting him 45 minutes out of the lead. At the finish line Watkins was the winner, just 9:20 ahead of Vandersweep. She said her laps would have been faster if it weren't for the "potty breaks." Phil Sosna (11) had his problems, taking 4:35:02 to complete lap 1 and Mike Koenig, Class lwinner, had a close battle with Andy McBride on the firstlap, Marcia Watkins, Novice Crass winner, said her"potty breaksnslowed down her lap 4:30: 18 to complete lap 2. He did but took the win in their 180 mile race. _tim_e_s_, b_u_t_sh_e_s_til_l t_oo_k_th_e_v:_ic_to~ry.~. ____________ _ Degert Raceg, Nevada September 5; 6 & 7 Yerington to Fallon and Back 125 Mile Point to Point and Return VORRA's Last Desert Race of 1998' i¥$LOOO Overall Pur9e Money'$ Sponsored by Casino West i¥ $SOD Bont1$ Money'$ to Gurnrnit Member9 Drawing at Awards. Join Summit Today! i¥Claff 1 j9 VORRA '9 Large5:t Claff. Over 40 Class 1 entries in the last g races i¥ S096 Payback of Total Entry Fee for all Pro Classes i¥ For our frientk in the Northwe9t No Membership Fee · EntryFee9: Pro Limited Pro $400 $275 Sport Vet $200 Nov" $150 Pilot $100 Short CoUl'ge, No. Califomia Prail'ie City S~ September 26 & 27 $eagon Opener Make Up Race 1 Mile Short Course Race October 10 & 11 Fall Short Cour9e Race 1 Mile Short Course Race October 31 & November 1 1998' $eagon ChampioD$hip 1 Mile Short Course Race Plus Mechanics and Ladies Race EntryFee9: Pro Limited Pro $175 $125 Sport Vet $100 Nov" $50 Pilot $50 VALLEY OFF ROAD RACING AGSOCIA110N Dusty Times FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: VORRA 18'33 LOS ROBLES BLVD.,SACRAMENTO,CA (916) 925-1702 • FAX (916) 925-8'217 • WWW.VORRACOM September 1998 -Page 37 . . .. .

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NORTHWEST RALLY REPORT Oregon Trail Rally By Jim Culp ! Largest SelecH• OfRollendsl Spherical B~arings • BACKSAVER • FIREBOTTLES • BATTERIES • 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! WE WILL SHIP AS FAS·T AS. YOU NEED IT -Page 38 . #47 - Former off-road racer Vance Walker teamed with Karen Lay/or to capture first overall in the Kolorwerkx MazdaRX3. Vance Walker and Karen Laylor slid the Kolorwerkx Mazda RXJ over the fast gravel roads of the Clatsop State For-est near Clatskanie to become the first Oregonians to capture the Oregon Trail Rally. Running up the Big Creek valley and over Nicolai Moun-tain, the Newberg couple were fastest on half of the eight stages run during the rally. Averaging nearly 55 mph over the 97 stage miles. Walker, a former off road racer and his fiancee, Laylor, finished over a minute ahead of the field in the rear wheel drive rotary powered over-two-liter (02) class Mazda, Second overall and first in the small engine U2 class was the lntrax Volkswagen GTI of Todd Hartmann and Kirk Knes-tis, just 14 seconds ahead of the first four wheel drive car, the Richmond Toyota Celica of British Columbia's Scott Trinder with father Robert Trinder in the co-driver's seat. Second in 4WD, arid only 18 seconds behind the Trinders, were Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge in the Crazy Espresso Celica. Fifth overall wee John Lane and Scott Huhn in an 02 class Volvo 262, a nice DUSTY THOUGHTS ••• If a mute swe~., does bis mother wash bis HANDS ffithsoap? Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "Practice.,.,? September 1998 « ~~~:, . ~('• t. #2 - Second overall and first in the small engine class were Todd Hartmann and Kirk Knestis in the lntrax Volkswagen. recovery from the car destroy-ing rollover suffered in the Sou'wester Rally. Bob and Tammy Reaves captured the regional group three crown with a sixth.place finish in the North Bend Imports Mazda RXJ. Todd Lengacher and Tina Warner were the second Or-egon team to finish in the TNT Datsun 210, and also claimed the regional group two title. The Royal Moore Subaru Im-preza of Lee Shadbolt and Paul Eklund finished eighth, one spot ahead of Mark Wilkie and Brian Frandenburg the regional Class winners in a Rally Lite Volks-wagen Rabbit. Arlington's Mike Mailman and Shelly Kruse in the Titanium Racing Volks-wagen Gplf GTI wrapped up PRP Premier Racing Products From $149.95 each plus shipping & handllng -Proudly introduces the "Premo" full suspension seat, at an affordable price with quick delivery and mariy stylish colors. This is the premier seat for your jeep, truck, race car or buggy. · • 3/4" x .065 steel frame for strength • Ballistic nylon inner liner for strength and true suspension feel. • Stylish outer cover with extra foam for comfort and support • High quality vinyl and 100% polyolefin tweed with high resistant to fraying and fading used on cover • Slotted for harness style belts • Four standard colors in stock at all times for quick delivery, many other color combinations available. • Low backs and bench seats available PRP Premier Racing Products 1-800-317-6253 I Fax 909-676-6311 Dusty Times

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DUSTY PEOPLE Jeff Quinn - Mixing Business & Pleasure Jeff and Elaine Quinn seem to have found the perfect mixture of off road racing, business and there is always unlimited Time for their children. He stands tall, his head tilted tinued to work for Small Car Spe-towards the speaker. His posture cialties, and when he decided displays his interest in the conver- against college his folks made him sation, while his right hand tucks a great deal. They said that he could around behind him to hide the continue to live at their house as smoking cigarette. Jeff Quinn is long as he made a gem:1ine effort to doing what he likes most. He's talk- save money toward buying his own ing to a customer. house. That was the deal, either · Now the owner of McKenzie's college or saving for a house. Jeff Performance Products, one of off thought it was a good deal, and in road's biggest retailers, Quinn en- 1984, the same year he married his joys the art of buying and selling, wife, Elaine, he bought a home in skillsHE learned while still a teen- Irvine. Jeff and Elaine, and their ager trying to finance a motorcycle two children, son Kyle, 10 and riding habit. daughter Kristen, 6, are still living When he needed money for a in the same house. new motorcycle, he mowed lawns He had his life a little more or-and cleaned pools. It was an early ganized now, and in the interim lesson in economics, taught by par- some friends had introduced him to ents who, with five kids, had mas- desert riding and he loved it. He'd tered the art of managing their fi-long wanted to race, but didn't get nances. When he later went to col- the opportunity until '85 when he lege to study business, he found he'd started racing in SCORE events, already learned what they were running in Class 22, open bikes. In _ teaching. '86 he switched to Class 21, 250cc, Years of working to support his and finished up second in points motorcycle habit had given Jeff a behind Darryl Folks at the end of thorough background in business. the season. He's justifiably proud of He'd been buying and selling since that record. That same year the 1979 when he went to work at Baja 1000 went to La Paz and he Small Car Specialties, a retail busi- and his teammates finished third ness that featured parts for overall, thanks in part to the fact Volkswagens. From that beginning that Ivan Stewart broke down. he gradually continued his infor-By this time he'd become friends mal, hands-on education, and with Bob Schindler, a sales rep who when he tired of working for some- handled many of the best selling one else, he found a partner and lines of off road parts. Schindler, bought McKenzie's Performance who'd been a buggy racer, was now Products. involved with his sons, and he had Growing up in Rossmore, Cali- a Class 10 car. He thought Jeff fornia, he'd begun riding motor- should give it a try, and, being a cycles at the age of 11. His folks good salesman, eventually talked took him to the great old motor- him into it. Jeff went to the '87 Mint cycle playgrounds, Saddleback Park 400 and rode along with one of the and Escape Country, with the bike 4 Schindler kids in the two seater. He stuffed into the family station . had a blast. He said he couldn't wagon. He made a lot of biker believe you could hit rocks and not friends, and as he got into his late hurt. He'd reached the point on the teens, some of them introduced bikes where his elbows started to him to desert riding. There was no hurt at the sight of rocks, he said. money for racing, because, true to He was suddenly a committed form, he'd bought himself a truck, buggy racer - hooked. and was handling the payments and Later that year he had his first insurance costs from what he experience with driving in a race, earned with part time jobs. at the Nevada 500, which went Busy with school and jobs he from Pahrump to Tonopah and didn't really have as much time for back to Pahrump. He had problems motorcycles as he'd like. He con- with the motor and didn't get to fin-Page 40 ish, but was still a confirmed off road racer. By then he'd changed jobs and was working at Car Cus-tom, another retailer that special-ized in parts for small cars, particu-larly Volkswagens. He continued to deal with Schindler, who was a con-stant presence, urging him on to race. He tried to team with the Schindler boys, but demands of his job and family life and theirs made it hard to get to as many races as they'd like. Then John Hutton, at Car Custom, began building a 1/2-1600 car, a shop car. Jeff decided to get involved. That's where he met Mark Rosevear, who was build-ing the motor for the race car. Mark's brother, Larry, now owner of Suspensions Unlimited, was do-ing some work on the car also. In the meantime, Jeff was becom-ing a little weary of working for someone else. On a particularly try-ing day he vented a bit to a cus-tomer, Dave Allen, who just hap-pened to be standing around when things got cranky. Jeff muttered something like, "boy ... I've had about enough of this," and Allen, who'd also been having a bad day at his job, agreed wholeheartedly. They half jokingly talked about buying a business of their own. Dave liked the idea, went out and found the money, and within a few days they'd bought McKenzie's in North Hollyw~>ad. Now, McKenzie's, owned at that time by -the original, Scott McKenzie, had been for sale for a while because Scott was ready to more or less re-tire. But he was being fussy about who he sold to, wanting the name, which he'd worked long and hard to build into a respected and trusted name in off road circles, to stay with the business. Jeff and Dave were able to assure him they'd do just that. McKenzie's differed from the businesses that Jeff had been work-ing for in that it had a big base of racer customers. McKenzie stocked all kinds of exotic carburetors, headers, wheels, electrical and mo-tor parts that he'd tested on his top notch race cars, the Sandmaster September 1998 cars, over the years and had deemed worthy of use. Jeff, newly enthused about racing, liked the idea of a business that catered to the hard core racer. He said he'd come to realize that racers buy the same products over and over again. He wanted a business where there would be repeat customers. He says he can "build a rapport with cus-tomers. I like repeat customers, · I enjoyed that." He particularly -wanted to compete with existing VW based businesses, but wanted to develop which he saw as an up and coming clientele of young off road racers. Quinn and Allen set up shop at McKenzie's, but it wasn't long be-fore they decided that they'd prob-ably need to move. There wasn't much walk-in traffic there in North Hollywood, and in fact, they were discovering that many of their regu-lar customers traveled from great distances to shop. So they set up a map and started sticking pins into it for every customer. Before long they saw a pattern, and Anaheim was in the center of it. Having worked at the Orange County based Car Custom, Jeff was convinced that Orange County was where the off road dollars were. He liked the idea of Anaheim because it's near a convergence of several freeways, and close to the commu-nities in which many of his racing acquaintances lived. He also knew that there were quite a few active race prep shops in the area, and he was planning to make them the basis of his business. In the meantime, he.'d bought Albert Arciero's 14 year old Hi Jumper, a Class 10 single seater. For the '89 -'90 season he had sponsor-ship from IPF lights, and ran the car with Kurt Pfeiffer, an old SCORE bike racer. They ended the season fourth in points, but more impor-tantly for Jeff, he felt it was a "good learning experience." He'd never before done any work on setting up cars, but now he learned. And while he was doing that he was making the big move. In June of '89 McKenzie's moved to Ana-heim. In the first month they were there they doubled their usual monthly business. They were so busy there was no time to put the inventory on the shelves. He and Dave and Mark Rosevear, whom he hired from day one, were selling parts right out of the boxes they were shipped in. In the ensuing years, McKenzie's _has shown growth each month from year to year. They have added lines, until from the original 30 or 40 lines that McKenzie had when they bought it, the business now carries 350 lines. They're trying to create a one stop shop for their off road customers. Quinn says he adds new products every month, but he won't sell anything that he wouldn't run on his own car. That's one of the reasons that he races. And along with Jeff, employ-ees Rich Fersch and John Prosser also race off road, Fersch in 5-1600 and Prosser in 1/2-1600. And Rose-vear is a sandbuggy person. All of them use their cars to test new products, always with the idea of finding what works best for the dol-lar. He says "We're constantly lis-tening to our customers." He also thinks that he's particularly good for testing potential new products, be-cause if a piece can be broken he'll do it. And then he says he finds a way to make it better. Jeff goes on to say, "I enjoy that, and I enjoy try-ing to drive as hard as I can." When asked about what's in store for McKenzie's in the future, he said they "always expand." They are already selling c.v.s to IRL and CART racers. A team with c.v. problems asked McKenzie's if they could help them, and Jeff felt it would be a challenge to see if they could make c.v.s the CART and IRL racers couldn't bum up. They have also gone into manu-facturing in a small way. Occasion-ally he finds that a market exists and he can't locate a supplier. In that event he feels he should make the product to control quality and/ or supply. But he goes on to say that McKenzie's doesn't really want to go into manufacturing, because it's "really a high dollar venture." With himself and his staff, in-cluding Prosser, Rosevear, Fersch and warehouse manager Scott Fusco, who has also raced, Quinn says they have over 100 years of experience at McKenzie's. "We don't push anything a customer doesn't need. We give our custom-ers all the options, and I go out to every race. I want to know if I did screw up, or if we sold something wrong." · Prosser, who's been working for him for eight years now, said, "I thought I was a good counter man, but Jeff smokes me. He remembers people. He can talk better than anybody I know." We were sitting in the McKenzie contingency booth at a recent race, watching Jeff at work. No matter what he's doing, or who he's talking to, if a customer wanders up he's on the alert. Friendly, his attention ·completely focused on the potential customer, he answers questions about price, but also ·11kes to give a little infor-mation about the product. He's still cheerfully talking about the benefits of the product as the customer wan-ders off. Prosser notes that he's al-most never "riled up", that he "can take a lot ... it's like water off a duck's back." But he says, "What-ever he's doin', that's prime right now. If something is important to him he's got a one track mind, he has to do it right now and he hates getting interrupted." As Prosser says of Quinn, "at heart, he's a racer." And Jeff is cur-rently building himself a new test-ing laboratory. But it'll be more con-ventional than some of the cars he's had in the past. In the works right now is a ne'Y A-Armed Jimco two seater, which will feature a five speed transmission and a Type IV air cooled motor. In a few months there will be another McKenzie's off road laboratory out in the desert, pushing hard, trying to find the limit of its parts. ■ OffRoad Scramble Answer: Prerun, Gauge, Cable, Bumper, Airjack Baja "Bug" Dusty Times

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FINAL FLAG • Gary Schnekenburger succumbed to Melanoma cancer on June 13, 1998. Gary was undergoing treatment at a specialized cancer treatment hospital in Germany when he passed away. Gary was 45 years old and had been off road racing for 25 years. Gary had been racing at Glen Helen for many years and he won his last two races in Class 5-1600 at Glen Helen while undergoing cancer treatment. A memorial service was held for hirri at the Glen Helen course on June 29 and his ashes were scatted at the course he loved so much. Gary joins many other off road racers at that beautiful track in heaven. God Bless. I'M NEVER WRONG• Last issue, in the story on the Baja 500, there was a moment of brain fade and I wrote, in error, that Gustavo Vildosola and Charlie Watters had finished fourth, with Kory Scheeler and Larry Job in fifth place. I knew better! In reality, Vildosola and Watters had_ a great third place ·finish, while Scheeler and Job were fourth in Class 1. I apologize for the error. (Wish I could say it will never happen again) Judy Smith. PIC 'O THE MONTH -The response to the August question as to who the famous driver was, was astounding. Yes, it was Ted Nugent, back in his heyday of off road racing and we must say, a wonderfully pleasant person to sit and talk to, and not too bad a driver as we recall. Anyway, as is our want, we put all the responses into a very large wastebasket, Bekki averted her eyes and dug in and came up with the winner. Tom Duncan was the lucky one of many hundreds so he gets another year tacked onto his subscription to Dusty Times. Congrats Tom and look for more like this in the future. · CORR AT JOLIET - July 18 and 19 at Joliet were rather wet but the racing was goocl and competitive. In Pro Lite it was Johnny Greaves on Saturday and Al Walentowski on Sunday. In Pro 2 it was Evan Evans then Scott Taylor on Sunday. Pro 4 had Jamey Flannery taking the win on Saturday and Kevin Probst on Sunday. In the Sportsman Classes, Stock was won by Joe Brozovich, Super Buggy by Tommy Bradley, Double Light by Andy Morter, Bug by Chuck Johnson and Double Buggy by Steven Federico Featherlite was won by Kevin Beaty, Single Buggy by Mark Steinhardt, Dave Hockers won Sportsman 2, Bill Groboski won Sportsman 66, Andy Morter won Lite Buggy and Jeff St. Peter won Sportsman Buggy. In the Women's Division, Paula St. Peter won Unlimited Buggy, Molly Morter won Limited Buggy and Val Rehn won the Heavy Metal race. In season poin'ts thru Joliet, Pro 2 is led by Scott Taylor with 124, Ricky Johnson with 117 and Brendan Gaughan is third with 89 points while in Pro 4 Scott Douglas has 106 points, Jamey Flannery has 102 and Curt LeDuc has 98. In Pro Lite Division points, Johnny Greaves leads with 143, Art Schmitt has 106 and Bill Bowles has 97 points. In Manufacturers Points, Chevy leads all the way in Pro 2 and 4, Ford leads pro Lite, with Toyota just behind. 1999 DAKAR - It's coming sooner than you think. The 1999 21" edition of the grueling from Grenada to Senegal, 10,000 kilometers of driving through Spain, across the pond to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and then on to the capital of Senegal, Dakar. The route gets progressively rougher and tougher each day in Africa and it is a definite challenge to the vehicles and the drivers. If you have interest in this type of adventure contact the principals on the Internet, http://www.dakar.com SUSQUEHANNOCK TRAIL RALLY - 80 cars showed up to compete in Round 5 of the SCCA/Michelin Pro Rally Championship, the largest field for a Pro rally in nine years. A rollover resulted in a rare DNF for Paul Choiniere in his Hyundai and Frank and Dan Sprong! rushed right in to fill the void and took the win in their Audi Quattro. David Summerbell looked like he had the win but his small ( 13 gallon ) fuel tank let him down and he had to borrow gas from a spectator. Carl Merrill and his Ford Escort Cosworth was second overall and that moved him into the overall points lead while' Noel Lawler finished third overall in a Hyundai. Running concurrently was the Divisional Level Pro Rally Runoff. The over 2-4 lite class was won by Mark Utecht and Paul Schwerin in a Dodge Charger, under 2-4 was won by Bill Malik and Christian Edstrom in a Volvo 240, taking Super D and Divisional. The 04 4WD Super D Runoff was won by Chris Czyzio and Eric Carlson in a Mitsubishi and the new Overall Divisional 04 Champion is Sylvester Stepniewski in his Audi Quattro with Ada Pelc co-driving. DEEPEST SORROW -It was with heart-wrenching despair and lots of . tears that we learned of the death of Chase Jordan Steinberger, the wonderful, beautiful son of Scott and Kelly who was taken from us after only 17 months on this earth. He was loved and adored by his parents and by all who inet him. Words cannot express my sorrow. Kelly, Scott, I give my love and my prayers to you both. Amen. CORP TECATE -The CORP Tecate race held the last weekend in July was a big success, 112 cars answering the call and having a great race. In the Pro Classes Arturo Honold won Class 10, Miguel Angel Tomei took 1/ 2-1600, Jimmy Nuckles won Class 8, Arturo Lizarraga took Class 5, Mario Ledezma won 5-1600, Eliot Yee took Class 9, Jesus Gamino won Class 7, Pedro Mercado took 7S and Marcos Nunez took the gold in Class 11. There were also nine Sportsman winners. See next issue for a full race report. SCORE POINTS LEADERS -The run for overall points in SCORE is almost over, Primm and the 1000 to go and the leaders are having a great battle. Jason Hatz leads with Z52, Troy Herbst is second with 244, Doug Fortin with 222, Darnen Jefferies 219, Bekki Freeman with 214 in fifth place, Larry Roeseler has 208, John Herder and Jerry Penhall are tied with 207, Martin Christensen has 210 and David Gasper rounds out the top 10 with 198. · OFF ROAD POKER RUN - Believe it or not, Christmas is on the way and the annual Toys For Tots Off Road Poker Run will once again be hosted by the venerable Slash X Cafe in beautiful uptown Barstow. It runs on two days, October 24 and 25, on a 25 mile course. It's a $20 entry fee for two runs of the course and all proceeds go to the Toys For Tots charities. Call the Slash X for more info at 760-252-1197. Dusty Times "The Straight Poop" from the Big Wahzoo FIREWORKS 250 -It's hard to tell whether this year's race will be more remembered for its heat or the bugs. A morning cloud cover on race day temporarily held back the 120 degree temperatures, but when the sun did blast thru it apparently pissed off the local bugs. Different pit locations suffered in varying degrees from a variety of irritating flying in-sects. Uncle Max must be one sweet ol' dude, as he got bit hundreds of times during the sometimes busy pit action. This traditional July Barstow race drew 133 cars, which were spread out over 1 7 different classes. Four times around a su-per hot, rough and dusty 62 mile loop took a significant toll on the competitors. Bob Wright soloed this event in his newly repaired 5-1600 car. If you remember, Bob bent up his car badly winning his third race in a row at a recent MDR ,event, putting him on the side lines for a few races. Coming back into action with a really fancy new paint job, along with matching golf cart/tow vehicle, Big Air Bob earned his fourth win in a row. ·Impressive in-. deed. Despite running with a damaged front end during the second half, our boy won his class going away at this SCORE-International event. Congratulations to Big Air Bob, first place in Class 5-1600. Way ta go, Dude! Three of our 12 Checker cars picked up second place fin-ishes. Jimmy Hook was within seconds of the leader on his last lap when he lost a fuel pump in his Challenge car. Two Checker pits quickly teamed up to get him movin' again. One pit had the needed parts and shipped 'em out on the Cook Express. Then the other pit in-stalled 'em in short order. Jimmy lost the leader, but never lost a position. Prospective member Mike Bartolotti had some problems, but still earned a fine second in Class 10 to fur-ther pad his resume for Checker membership. W alter Prince made a short excursion out-into the rocks to get his old tandem buggy on the way. His 'kids' then took over this an-tique to motor around to a sec-ond in the Sportsman buggy class. Congratulations, guys. Jeff Lothringer (professional mop up driver) once again got into a wounded buggy to finish up a race. Despite a bunch of problems, Jeff was able to pound that ride around the course to a respectable fourth place in Class 1/2-1600. George Seeley was really smokin' the other Class 5s for the first two laps, but then broke a front trailing arm. He eventually got it welded up and nursed it on to a fifth place finish. Jim Greenway learned early that those Pro spec trucks don't handle like a buggy. Our hero rolled his brand new truck ride off into the rocks on the first lap. Although now really bent September 1998 up ugly, the truck still worked well enough to continue on to a fourth place finish on its first outing. A fine effort by all! Sad ly, five Checker cars failed to find the finish line. Koch was right up there in his open buggy for the first two laps. Then he broke a spindle, replaced it, then DNFed with a broken ring arid pinion. Craig Dillon lost another engine on the last lap in the Dillon's 10 car. Jimmy Tucker and Mike McGee spent the day replacing CVs and axles in Jim's 10 car before parkin' it. Kevin Davis saw his new Class 10 ride (1200 series) lose a tranny early. And, Greg Hawks went out on his second lap after running over a pit captain. PIT NOTES: Morgan, Reverend Roy, Rob Myerly, Sean Krepsz, 'Speed Bump' Anderson, and Pop Mc-Cool served as Pit Captains for the Club's 6 pits. Dick McCool was in command of a unique 'Senior Pit' out at this race. And impressively, McCool, Frank Ayola, Al Long, and Ri-chard Young proved that you can indeed change a race car tire while using walkers. Be-tween race car action, this group of Checker oldsters re-portedly spent their time in the 120 degree heat sippin' cold beer and swappin' Viagra sto-ries. Howard Anderson spotted Hawks coming into his pit with one front wheel missing and stepped out to wave him to stop. The only problem was, this 1/2-1600 driver had pretty much rubbed off everything but the spindle on that corner. In-cluding the brake line. Unfor-tunately Howard dived out of the way just a little late, al-though no-brakes Hawks was kind enough to run over his Pit Captain with the rubber tire on the good side. Luckily, 'Speed Bump' Anderson is one tough old bird and was able to remain in command for the rest of the day. But, Brother Hawks went no further. An 'Atta Boy' has to go out to Frank Krepaz for his new found radio restraint. While loudly telling some non-Checker irritant on our Club frequency how he was gonna track him down and rip his stinkin' throat out, our boy no-ticeably refrained from the use of any profanity. Hey Frank, that anger management shit is really workin', aint' it. 25TH REUNION -Our February 6, 1999 get together in the Gold Coast's Grand Ball-room is really gonna be some-thing. Nowhere else in the his-tory of motorsports has there ever been such a long lasting fraternal bro.therhood of win-ners. ,Despite some excellent competition over the years, the Checkers have continually ruled the southwest for as long as folks have been racin' out in our deserts. So, to do my small part in honoring this quarter of a century of racing excellence, the Big Wahzoo is gonna ex-pose himself. No, no, Dittfield, not like that. I'm going up to the microphone in the Grand Ballroom and identify myself. Am I fooling ya? Hey, has your Wahzoo ever, lied to ya? You can trust me on this one, I'm coming out! CORRECTION -Due to some bad poop, the address to get added to Tony's Hotline in last month's column was incor-rect. The correct address is: elchismoso@off-road.com. Your W ahzoo, of course, moni-tors all the various chatter go-ing· on in this rumor mill. But I have no intention of buttin' in-on Brother T ellier's efforts to gain control of all the off road computer nerds (Checkers ex-cluded, of course). SUMMER PARTY -This year's annual Cougar Buttes get together was a little smaller than usual, and a little more low key than expected. The Reider band was there along with the Checker pool. The food was excellent and Koch brought out a generator big enough to light up all of Luc-erne. Thanks to Sal Fish for sending out a free entry, to SCORE's upcoming Primm Race for our raffle, which was won by Frank Ayola. And natu-rally, a good time was had by all. BAJA 1000 -Just another reminder that the Checkers are runnin' down to La Paz this year. 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r t. start making your plans early if· ya wanta be a part of this unique off road adventure. If you've never ever been part of · a Checker race effort deep into Mexico, then you really don't know beans about Baja! Mexico is definitely not the states, but the Checkers have always fit right in wherever we set up shop. Over the years we've made friends wherever we go in Margarita ville. I mean, hey, everybody loves a winner! Pit locations and a sign up sheet are available every Wednesday night at Checker Central in beautiful downtown La Canada. SNORE - I want to acknowl-edge the comments made about out-of-state racers in the 'SNORE CORNER' in last month's Dusty Times. I confess that this Wahzoo has always been a big fan of SNORE. Mainly because, just like the Checkers and this Wahzoo, they are a non-profit organiza-tion primarily interested in the sport and the racers they serve. I mean, your entry fees at SNORE races go back into the deal, not into a promoter's pocket. They're now also offer-ing $500 cash money to the pit club who shows up with the most entries. Hey Prez, maybe we oughta have Secretary Rosenstein look into this deal, and how many it would take to win. With a little effort we might easily pick up a quick $500 for our party fund. NON-CHECKERS -Re-cent lively Wednesday night meetings saw a controversial proposed By/Law change voted on. If approved, it would have limited the pit captain's discre-tionary power over which non-Checkers he could help, and who he couldn't. Tempers flared at the effects of the pro-posed new rule were discussed. Loudly stated positions ranged from the over zealous, who wanted to retain the right to shoot at passing cars, to those members who wanted to help everybody. There was some re-ally great yellin' and finger pointin' over this issue. 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DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOMED Page 42 was thoroughly flogged to death, was to maintain the sta-tus quo and let the pit captains decide ... then chew their asses severely when they occasion-ally screw up and help beat one of their own. Amen! Speaking of non-Checkers, the Club has a new and humor-ous way of dealing with unex-pected visitors. All the Club pit boxes are now fully stocked with some new bumper stick-ers designed by Greg Hewlin specifically for our encounters with non-Checkers. The stick-ers are made of that paper, where once applied, only comes off in infuriatingly tiny pieces. It reads: I BROKE IT, BUT THE CHECKERS FIXED IT! These stickers are now being liberally applied whenever a non-Checker vehicle stops in for a visit. An unknown motor-cycle racer recently stopped in at one of our Baja 500 pits. And, after the crew solved his problem, he left fully tagged and looking like a sale item at "Racers-R-Us." ■ MAG·7 Race Team News By Stephen T. Stenberg Well, it is the end of summer, almost, and here at Mag-7 we are going 'full speed ahead' with our plans for the upcom-ing Baj a 1000 to La Paz. Pit crews are being assembled, ten-tative pit locations are being worked out (tentative until SCORE releases the course map) and equipment is being looked over again. Mag-7 Race T earn will be mailing out race applications after August 27th. If you're not on our mailing list now, you need to call Wayne or Debbie Newell, our Race Directors, at (760) 745-5740 and request to be added to the list. Or just have them send you an entry form. You can also fax Mag-7 at (760) 745-1137. Either way, get your race applications in early so that we can start work-ing out your ~ace needs! Mag-7 is in the final stages of join-ing forces with a long standing Baja Motorcycle Team, which will help us provide motorcycle pits every 50 miles for the 98 Baja 1000. This year, since the race will go to La Paz, Mag-7 Race T earn will be offering two different pit options, depending on what you race. First there will be the Motorcycle/Quad pits, with Mag-7 offering pits evety 50 miles from start to finish. This will be for our Basic Pit Service, which includes, but is not lim-ited to, dumping fuel, chain lube, FM Radio support, and making minor repairs to keep you going. We will have crews every 50 miles waiting for you to arrive with your fuel and any racer supplied parts or spares that you want to have on hand. This could include such things as gas tanks, levers, handlebars, shocks, lights and wheels. You provide it and we will make sure it's there waiting for you. September 1998 For the four wheel vehicles, we offer much of the same in our basic service. The only dif-ferences are the 11 gallon dump cans, jacks, welders and the spares that you give us to take to each pit. For Vehicles we are offering pits every 100 miles from start to finish in La Paz. For those of you· that already pit with large Race Teams, you might do well to consider pit-ting with us as an emergency pit service, in between your own pits. Mag-7 policy has been the same now for over 29 years and that is , we won't help any en-trants that are racing in a class where we have a paid racer un-til that racer has either gone through, or been declared out of the race for good. To illustrate this point, I'll use an example from this year's Baja 500. l:Jp at Mag-7 pit #2, which was up near the Pine Forest, the Baldwin's Class 1 car came into our pit asking for help changing some flat tires. The Pit Captain there told them that we had a Class 1 car entered ourselves (Humberto lribe) and that he had not come through yet. The Baldwins were then told that we would gladly help them as soon as our entry came through. This didn't sit well with the Baldwins, but that's r?cing! Had the Baldwins been signed up with us for emergency pit service, c5r we were not racing in Class 1, then we could have had them on the road right away. Our fees are low com-pared with some, but our pro-fessionalism is high! So think about that option for this long race when you're looking at your pit needs. Whether you need just one pit or all of them, the price is the same. Mag-7 Race Team will be there for you, both day and night. So there you have it. The cut off for getting your applications back to us (in our hands/not postmarked) is October 13th at 6:00 p.m. This includes faxed applications, too. After that there is a $50.00 fee for all late applications received. Take care and we will talk to you next month. Adios from (www.walsh.com/mag7/) Team Baja at mag7race@aol.com. ■■■■■■■■■■■■ Challenger corner By Joel Mohr HOT! HOT! HOT! Some friends of mine from FAIR and I manned pit D at the SCORE FIREWORKS 250 and it was a scorcher. 116 in the shade! If not for the resourcefulness of the group, it might have been unpleasant. There was a mist system at the edge of the canopy, 120 or so gallons of water, and enough fooo and beverages (both alcoholic and non), to sustain a small ar01y, Speaking of armies, I can only imagine the reactions of some of the drivers that came into the pit. We must have looked like piranha on a pork chop. Al-though cluttered at times, ev-ery car (at least a dozen), came and went smoothly. Thanks again to Greg, Mike, and all the crew for the.hospitality. The 7 Challengers that made the 6 a.m. start were Max Han-berg, Jimmy Hook, Bill Rod-riguez, Martin Christensen, Ed McLean, Rob Walters and the infamous Jimmy Messick. Mes-sick was the first retiree on lap 2 with another ventilated mo-tor. Walters got in three laps and then he had terminal prob-lems. The other five starters never really diced much, with Christensen and McLean hav-ing long first laps, and the other three contestants at least six to seven minutes apart on lap 1. On lap 2, Hanberg and Hook kept the same interval, and stretched their lead on Rod-riguez by about another 18 minutes. On lap 3, things started to get interesting. Max had enlisted a new co-worker (I didn't catch his name), and wasn't sure how he would do. Imagine getting in a car in your first race, with the added pres-sure of getting handed the car in first place! Jimmy Hook, on the other hand, had an ace up his sleeve by the name of Ryan Shanck. Ryan made up ground on the rookie, and at one point was less than a minute behind. Then on lap 4, Hooks' car lost a fuel pump. A lucky break for Hanberg, who finished first, Hook, made repairs and fin-ished second, Rodriquez third 18 minutes later, Christensen fourth, and McLean fifth. TECH TALK: Most Chal-lenger drivers know that one of the most expensive parts of rac-ing Class 9 is transmissions. Well, maybe some of the test-ing I've done will help. The bulk of the expense comes from the rarity of a 4.37 eight bolt ring and pinions. This has been the gear set of choice for years used by just about every "fast guy" out there. I've heard prices as high as $350.00 for an N .O.S., Kilkenberg, and good used will run you $150.00 to $200.00. Meanwhile 4.37 six bolts are clogging up the shelves. The tooth geometry is the same, but, they lack the holding · power of the eight bolt pattern. Being a scrounge, I tried to think of ways to bolt, dowel, or mechanically hold the six bolt ring gear to the carrier. I could find nothing that would work without elevating the price of the six bolt to the eight bolt range. Then, while TIG weld-ing on some cast iron, it hit me, I grabbed an old supper cliff, and a wasted ring gear, and by using stainless rod, welded the two together. I've done several since, ·and with excellent re-sults. The current process I am using is to clean everything thoroughly, install the ring gear on the cliff using the early ring gear bolts with the short shoul-der, torqued to 70 ft/lbs with red Loctite. Then, I weld two 2" sections opposite each other around the outer perimeter of the assembly. There isn't enough heat generated to soften the ring gear or the cliff. And since the weld is in a sheer condition, it solves the possible "shuffling" of the ring gear on the cliff. Changing ring gears is easy. Simply use a die grinder with a cut off wheel to cut the welds, and separate. Clean off Dusty Times

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any excess on the cliff, and you're ready for a new ring gear. 4.37 six bolt ring and pinions can be had for about $50.00, and you may need to change from a splined fourth gear to a keyed. I would also like to add that I have used several brands of the after-market axles, and keep coming back to stock. The after-market parts don't seem to last any longer, can be very expensive, and some even cre-ated new problems. The most important thing I think I can pass along is, the dramatic dif-ference I noticed going from standard 90wt gear lube to a full synthetic oil. I started off -using just an additive, noticed a marked improvement, then decided to spend a few extra bucks and try a full synthetic. What a difference! Axle spe-cies and fulcrum plates stopped galling almost completely, even running the axle angle out to 11 degrees! Now I've even gone one step further. I use a syn-thetic grease on the end gears and axle spades during assem-bly. Now the only reason I change out parts is because of stress cracks or just age. I know that some of this information won't exactly shock some of you, but I hope this may help the other guys that need to watch every dime so they can get to the track in the first place. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to call me, and maybe we can get a few more entries on the list. My number is (7 60) 94 7 -664 7. See you at the races!!! ■ CRS Report By Donna Mitchell After several inquiries re-garding articles that have not been in Dusty Times as it used to be I am addressing several issues that have come up. First of all, as the CRS Director it is my responsibility to make sure that an article gets published · each month. As you will know, I have not followed through very well with that obligation. We are in the process of taking into consideration a vote at our next BoG meeting for a Press Liaison. Since we have lost John Elkin, it has been very dif-ficult to find -someone willing to take on this responsibility. I find myself hearing that people are more interested in reading and looking at our web site, than at an article. I did not re-alize until recently how many people depended on the CRS article every month. And for that I apologize for not making the article a priority. That is now changing. I, however, would welcome any input for topics that CRS would like to see in the Dusty Times article. I have taken the position of your CRS Director very seri-ously. I have tried to do a good job for CRS and this is one of the responsibilities that I l,.ave, which has fallen by the way side. I enjoy the contact I have with everyone pretty much on a daily basis. I hope that Ray and I have been able to help and answer any and all of the concerns and questions that Dusty Times you have had. Also in case this was not announced our Com-petitor Liaison is Rob T allini. He does a great job and has a lot of good input at our BoG meetings. Jennifer Hellie (Peterson) has agreed to help me keep up on getting the ar-ticles out on time. If you have any additional input, you can also contact her at (818) 707-9903. She is a huge help to CRS and does not get a lot of the recognition that she deserves. She is one of the long time rallyists that has seen CRS start with nothing and ex-pand into what it is becom-ing. By the way, if you haven't seen it yet check out our CRS web site at http:// califomiarallyseries.com. Enough of the serious issues, now lets talk about some of the fun events coming up. The first is Gorman, but by the time this article is printed the rally will be over, so congratulations to all of the winners. As every year it will prove to be one .of the best divisional rallies of the year. We are also planning a CRS picnic at a location to be announced, but it will be some-time in September. More info to follow. Also remember to mark your calendars for the big-gest rally of the year!. THE RAMADA EXPRESS HOTEL AND CASINO INTERNA-TIONAL RALLY IN LAUGH-LIN. The dates are Dec. 4th-=-6th. Lots of fun to be had and a great Super Stage. I have seen the blue prints!! Thank you for your constant support and in-put. · ■ C.O.R.E. Pit Report · By Sandy Parker SCORE Fireworks 250, Bar-stow -The very popular and very hot SCORE California race drew a large crowd and quite a few entries. CORE had only three teams racing, most of the other teams are gearing up for the MDR night race since most of the guys are in some serious points races. CORE had the course covered like a big yellow blanket with Main Pit and five outlying pits. The team of Kevin McGillivray and Jim Greenway in only the second race with the new Pro Truck are already consistent front runners. Jim Greenway and Kevin Jensen started and ran the first half of the race. The first part of the race didn't quite go as planned as Jim was closely following a competitor, in the dust when they encountered a massive hole which swallowed the truck and spit them out, endoing four times. They ended up driver side down and stayed that way until the Martin Bros assisted them in pulling the truck on its feet. After changing a tire, they were back on track in an ugly looking two seater since all the body panels were scraped off Kevin McGillivray and Greg Shapiro took over for the sec-ond half with the truck in sev-enth place out of a nine truck field. The only problem that slowed them down was a flat tire and the fact that they had basically no brakes. They pulled next to two guys from Lothring-er to help Greg in changing the puncture. So a big "Thank You" to the Martin Bros and two guys from Lothringer for the help!! Every race there seem to be more stories behind the scenes that make the Pit Re-ports more interesting and this race was no exception. A dust devil blew thru the main pits and ran directly into the Greenway'.s motorhome totally destroying an awning and launching the EZ-up shade. Around the same time, the Greenway dog clawed its way thru the screen and headed for the hills. The dog managed to survive the heat and ended up only four pits down after being gone 20 hours. The entry of Mike Long, Mark Rudd is, L.J. Kennedy, and Chris Weddle had a very strq_ng run right up to the end. The first half of the race was piloted by Mark Ruddis with Chris Weddle riding. Starting 24th out of a 26 car field, they had a great first half, bringing the car back in fifth place. Both Mark and L.J. complemented Mike in the improved handling and greater motor performance of the car, looks like Mike's got it dialed in if these guys are happy. L.J. and Mike ran the car in the second half of the race. They blew out a front flag and with some communication problems, they passed the pits without changing it. Just after the CORE pit, the intercepted their rovers and got the flat changed. Later the same lap, the fan belt flew off so they pulled over to change it. Mike was so excited to get out and make repairs, in getting out of the car he got his feet caught· up in the safety nets and ended Helm/Graham Racing 1997 Class 7S Champions Prepped at Donahoe Racing .. up hanging from the side of the car like a side of beef. Mike said it was the strangest feeling hanging there with his head in the dirt looking up and flopping around. L.J. eventually cut Mike down and he was able to make the repairs and get under-way. Making up for lost time, they broke both a stub axle and a drive axle at the same time in the Wild Wash rocks. Due to the lack of spare parts, their day was over. The team of Andrew Lindquest and Joel Stankavitch were the next CORE team bat-tling the Barstow heat. The guys were having a strong run until the last lap when the steering shaft broke. Because of the inaccessibility of the rock canyon he was stuck i"n, it was decided that they would re-move the shaft and take it to the closest welder. The closest welder was a Checker pit, so Andrew for the second race in a row would like to thank the Checkers for the use of their welder. They eventually got the car back together and finished the race. CORE is always very thankful when one of its mem-bers receive help from another pit. In this case, I figure we're even since Jim (Check.er) Greenway squished Kevin's truck, this seems like a fair trade for the welding services. In all seriousness, thanks for the help Checkers! CORE Pit Crew Report -CORE Main was energetically run by_ Scott Mahotz and Brad Rogers .. CORE Able had Don and Hilly Smith, Perry King and Malcolm Bryce. CORE Baker was handled by Mike DuBois, Dave and Davy Girdner. CORE Charley was manned by Paul Smith and Lewis Navaro. CORE Dog was ' run by Mr. Brad Inch·and Jerry Lawless and CORE Easy (or ECHO) was run by Sam Theman and friends. The pits didn't see much action, except for CORE Charley who found Mike Long's 1600 and pulled them to their waiting crew and trailer at Wild Wash, and CORE Baker who searched for Andrew Lindquest who broke between CORE Charley and Dog. CORE Main was very busy with scheduled driver changes and gas stops. Looking for a professional family oriented off road racing pit support organization? CORE Pit Club is always inter-ested in finding new members and offering them quality pit support. CORE has regular monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at Mulligans Restaurant in Santa Clarita. For more infor-mation please call (818) 772-7758 or E-mail me at Race975@aol.com. ■ FAIR News By Joy Bancro/t First and foremost ... our hearts go out to the Steinberg-er family for their loss of Chase. FAIR would like to express their deepest sympathy for the loss and _hopes that time can heal such a tragic loss. The Nostalgia Dinner has been postponed to W ednes-day, September 2, 1998. I hope everyone received this c·hange. For FAIR members, past and present, who are out there and did not receive the newsletter, all are welcome! Please contact me about the dinner at (562) 697-2752 by Continued on pag~ 44 i I , http~:/ /rl'l'1M .dona'1oerac· ····-, ..... . ® ,-r J ~Complete Race Truck Fabrication ~ Prerunners d ~rprise, . , in anaheim \r-/ ' · ~Consulting ~Shock Service & 714 632 714 632 September 1998 Page 43

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Monday, August 24, 1998. SCORE Fireworks: I apolo-gize that I have only brief race results on how our racers did. I did not receive any notes from · the racers. I was at the race but pitting for Lorenzo Rodriguez on another race channel. Lorenzo, by the way, finished fifth in 1/ 2-1600. In Class 5 Unlimited, congratulations to Mike Nix and Brian Dague for their first place finish. I don't know how your day went, but you looked really strong going through Wild Wash where I was pitting. In SCORE Lites Class 1200, Dave Callaway also finished first. What a day for some of our rac-ers! Since Bill Markel was rac-ing his 7 truck, Tom Mangione and Randy Wagen were Pit Managers for the race. I know Bill had a pretty bad day and ended up with a DNF and the truck on the trailer. But Tim Braden i his 7 truck was having a much better day and finished second in the class. Max Han-berg in his 9 car did it again ... this crew is unbelievable! It seems he is always up in the front, and this time he has once again finished first place. And here's someone we haven't seen in a while ... Frank Omboli with his new Lothringer 10 car. The car looks really good, and are they excited about racing a 10 car. Frank, Jim and Billy are having a lot of fun and said they are learning a lot about the dif-ference between a 10 car and a 5-1600. I know Frank had his share of problems, made two laps and did not finish. Dave Matsui came out to race from Japan in his 1/2-1600 car. With the help of Larry Rosevear, from Suspensions Unlimited, Dave can fly out with his partner and have a good time racing. I know Dave ended up in our pit with a broken brake drum. With the assistance of Gary Bancroft, Greg Powell and Larry Rosevear they found a drum, got it on th(. car and off he went to finish all the laps and finish eighth place. I am not sure who else was rac-ing with FAIR; I apologize if you were not mentioned. I will get a full report at the next FAIR meeting. Please feel free to con-tact me after a race by the end of each month so I can share your story in the Dusty Times. I received a special note from Kathy Hatz, who would like to express her gratitude to the FAIR pit at E. The guys there helped Jason with a flat and welded the exhaust. Whoever did the welding, a BIG THANKS. The Hatzes had more problems than usual with header problems and a loose wire. They thought they were doomed with this race. Jason had a lot of down time and watched a lot of class cars pass him by. But as he progressed his family and friends drove to the finish line thinking he was in fourth or fifth with Bekki Free-man and brother Kenny ahead of him. When Jason passed Bekki and Kenny with problems he finished with a big surprise ... first place. The Hatz family are· FAIR members but generally use their own support people. But Kathy really wanted to thank FAIR for their support. Just don't forget past and present FAIR members, the BAJA 1000 is coming up and even though you may normally use your own support ... this race you will need additional help! FAIR plans on covering all pits to LA PAZ. Please plan on contact-ing FAIR or attending a meeting soon. Coordination of this race w'Hl take time and we need to know who needs pit support! ■ coming Next Month ... 0 SNORE NAPA Auto Parts, Ely, Nevada 0 MDR California 200 0 FUD Tecate 0 CORP Santa Veronica 200 0 WRC Rally of New Zealand ••• Plus All The Regular Features OFF ROAD SCRAMBLE lnj pC Unscramble the five words below and the resulting scrambled letters in the boxes and you will have the answer to the question or statement. WHAT THE "DEA" USED IN THEIR SOUTH OF THE BORDER OPERATIONS. REPNUR -- --□-UGAGE □□ BLACE □□ ----MPURBE □ ------KRAJICA ---□ ------II II No Entry Fee-SS,000 Purse-Easy Maintenance-Low Ope~ating cost- Close Competition ~ Watch Vour Competition Ht: ~g---auc · n§ Cajon Speedway Havasu Speedway Las Vegas Motorspeedway 11The most fun I ever had."• Ron Hornaday Jr. • 25 Race Schedule Los Angeles Grand Prix Madera Speedway Mesa Marin Raceway Perris Auto Speedway Stockton 99 Speedway • The Fastest Growing Series • Highest Quality, Construction and Components • Affordable -I I I II t~m-uo~ -=INLAND EMPIRE=-~-'-. DRIVE LINE SERVICE .JOE -ONTARIO, CAIJ, CHEVRD RS 1-100-800-0101 ""llllllllr:lm-P"" ..,.,._c,,. "" 41740 Enterprise Circle North• Temecula, CA 92590 • Phone (9091 6 Page 44 September 1998 Dusty Times

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• A south Africa Tour By Don McDaniel to a "Braai" (South African barbe-cue) at Buks home, where we were introduced to Castle beer and a drink known as "Cane," (which by the way, can cut chain lube). A table groaning with the load of food on it and several kinds of barbecue were featured, presided over by Buk's lovely wife and daughters. The group introd,.ction to the eating and drinking habits of our South African hosts and the excite-ment of what was to be our first day's ride made the next morning's conversation at breakfast rather spotty, and high expectations were the order of the day, a pleasant sur-prise was that Katja, o.ur ho¥ess at Kilulu, would join us on her Hon-da 7 50 crotch rocket for the first part of the trip. After a short visit to my cottage to purge the excess liquid from my excited and aging body, I joined the othef,/i to begin the first day's ride. HORRORS. The group looked like a fashion statements from the lat-est "How to look cool on a Street Bike" magazine; full leathers, mate. hed riding suits, the newest in full face helmets all color coordi-nated, while I, the dirt bike dude, stood there in a pair of work boots, some well worn blue jeans, a pair of orange and black Nomex driv-ing gloves rnat I had found after a race, an old Malcolm Smith enduro jacket with ~ few patches on it and a brand new Dot and Snell rated Don McDaniel, intrepid traveler, spent 16 days on tour in South Africa, all on BMW · black, full face helmet with the de-motorcycles and much of his trip is documented here. cals already. falling off. I stood out 'fours For Africa, Ride the Ad-venture, Tour Africa by Motor-cycle; why not check it out? After all I had spent many years in°'the desert and in Baja on the old two sttoke scoot, and even at my ad-vanced age there had to be enough of me left to keep my left leg on the · left side, my right leg on the right side, and my mind in the middle. • After several conversations with David Fisher, the_ South African gentleman in charge of Tours for Africa USA, I found myself mak-ing preparations for my departl!1"e to Johannesburg, South Africa, via J.F.K. Airport where I would meet the rest of the New York, New Jer-sey, based group with whom I would spend the next 16 days on the BMW bikes, doing South Africa. As the day of departure neared, buyer's remorse reared its ugly head. What in the world is a 70 year old man doing, going half way around the world with people he does not even know, hoping to be met in a foreign land and led on a tour through this land by total strang: ers, riding a motorcycle that is com-pletely unknown to him? Another call to David Fisher was in order, and with David's reassurances ring-ing in my ears I entered into what would prove to be the adventure of a lifetime. "You must be that old guy that is going on the Tours for Africa with us" was my greeting from a group of people young enough to be my grandchildren, as our 74 7 left the ground for the 15 hour non-stop trip to Johannesburg, "lets have a beer." Beer nothing, what I needed was sleep. I had already been on a plane for six hours from San Diego to New York, plus the ride to the San Diego airport, then the two hour layover at Kennedy, and had another 15 hours of seat time to Dusty Times look forward to, getting to South•, like a poodle in a pig pen,: and de-Africa.1_ spite the sta~es and stifled laughter "Buks will meet you at the air- . of my soon to be riding companions, port" my friend David_had informed · I managed td mount my BMW 650, me, "he will be your tour leader, and start it and follow the group (at a Gerrie' (pronounced with an respectful distance of course) into HHHH where the G is) his assis- whatever adventures that the Dark tant, will be there also; they will continent had to offer. meet you after you clear customs." Prior to each day's"ride we were Sure enough, there they were, two given a briefing by our leader, Buks. very large South African gentlemen "Today will be our first day and it dressed in safari clothing, looking .will be a short one, first through a the very essence of what I imagined little traffic getting out of safari leaders are supposed to look Johannesburg, then through some like. They were holding a small sign fairly flat.country, that we call the stating that they were indeed Highvelclt, then into the "Tours fqr Africa." Therefore they Drakensberg Mountains-with very had o be Buks and Gerrie (pro- curvy roads, through some small nounced with an HHH where the villages with cattle alongside the G is). So far so good. They guided roadway, and on to the The Royal us to the money changers, where Natal National Park Hotel where we exchanged our USA dollars at we will spei,J the night." a very favorable rate for the South "I will be the leader, you will fol-African Rand, then moved through low me. The first time that you pass what can be best described as a me there will be a warning, the sec-swirling mob of people, all of them ond time will be a scolding, and the eager to carry our luggage, God third time will be into the Kombi knows to where. But a few words · for a trip to the nearest airport." from our new South African friends "This is for your own safety, we soon sorted that problem out. will ride in a staggered formation Our luggage was loaded into a and I will signal well ahead of any trailer attached to a Volkswagen turns and wait for the group at in-bus that we would come to know tersections. The Kombi will always as the Kombi and we were whisked bring up the rear, pulling the trailer away through Johannesburg to our with the spare bike, and will be first overnight accommodations. I driven by Gerrie (with an HHH expected something like one of the where the G is) or myself. If you older places in Baja and was I sur- want to stop for any reason, the prised. The Kilulu Lodge is a five Kombi will wait for you." star bed and breakfast, immaculate The trip through the Highveldt rooms with beautiful decor, single was great, getting accustomed to cottages set in amongst a landscape the smooth running BMW of trees and flowers, with meals that thumper, we cruised at around 120 were spectacular, and hosted by a km per hour (about 75 mph) ON remarkable young South African THE WRONG SIDE OF THE lady named Katja, who is not only ROAD!!! Now, this ain't bad, ex-a wonderful hostess, but some kind cept on right hand turns at inter-of a bike rider also. sections when a slight error in judg-After a brief orientation ride on ment can make a hood ornament the B.M.W. 650's we were invited out of you. Despite my apprehen-September 1998 Drakensberg Mountains, lots of very curvy roads and small villages greet our small group on our first day_ on the road. sion:; everything was going along just fine, that is until we started up into the mountains. Curves with ever decreasing radiuses and re-verse cambers were the rule rather than the exception. Then, we fi-nally reached the mother of all curves, which when programmed on a pucker scale of one to ten, was at least a 150. This was negotiated at 120 km per hour by everyone bt:t me, and at about the middle of the ·" This is the lif Siem run by most off road race winners curve, my life flashed before my eyes, my hand reached for the brake, and I vowed that "if you let me live through this one, I promise that I'll slow down for the rest of them." The Royal Natal National Park Hotel was Royal; beautiful cottages in the shape of Rondavals (the shape of the native buildings) , a formal dining room in which we Continued on page 4b TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-~233 :;-WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Page 45 J 1

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can continent like the back of his hand, who didn't have much to say, but when he did say something, all of the group paid respectful atten-tion. Dumazulu Safari Lodge, inside Umfolozi Game Park, the end of a long day and an awfully long dirt road. Gerrie (pronounced with an HHH where the G is) also retired from the South African Army. He is the direct opposite of his friend for 20 years, Buks. He greet~d each day with a smile on his face and a song in his heart, but I must say that there is nothing worse after a night of emptying cans of Castle, hearing a tap-tap at your door, and a deep, Afrikaner voice full of the joy oflif e, saying "Wake up please, we must get going." were served a nine course meal, including a sliced tongue appetizer (whose or what I didn't want to know), and a beautiful lounge with a fireplace in which we were served our coffee and brandy, also a great bar with plenty of Castle and a Brit-ish fellow who asked me if we were those Hells Angels chaps from the States. I assured him that the women and children were safe, and that we would keep our pillaging to a minimum. The end of day two found us in Durban, in a great hotel right on the beach, with time to shop, en-joy the tropical climate and dip our feet into the Indian Ocean. The evening found the group on the verandah of the hotel, overlooking the Indian Ocean, enjoying a great meal and a Castle or two, while one of our group entertained us. Our third day found us riding northeast toward the mountains again, mile upon mile of Blue Gum tree plantations and Pine tree plan-t3:tions, long sweeping turns, wide roads with little or no traffic and perfect weather. We were headed for a place called Dumazulu, a Sa-fari lodge on the outskirts of Umfolozi Game Park, and the last couple of miles was a DIRT ROAD. I had been following the group (at a respectful distance) since the start of the trip and true to my promise to a higher being, my riding had been in direct proportion to my skill levels, but here was my kind of riding. As soon as we hit the dirt road I blew the rest of the rather tentative riders off, and on past Gerrie (pronounced with an HHHH where the G is) who was leadin~ at this time. I figured I'll use HOURS M-F 9:00 - 6:00 Sat. 10:00 - 3:00 up my first warning, and behave myself for the rest of the trip, I just gotta go fast on this stuff. The BMW hooked up like a champ, the last time I looked at the speedom-eter it read 140 km per hour, and I raised a dust cloud that could be seen from outer space. I waited at the end of the road for the group then we turned into a really sandy road that went into the lodge, which I am delighted to report ended up in some real tank slappers for my erstwhile, hot shot, knee dragging, go around the curves real fast riding companions. I received my warning from Buks in what I thought was a very dignified man-ner and assured him.that this would be the last time that I put his new BMW bike ar risk. He accepted my sincere apology, and we sealed the agreement with a cold can of Castle. Our three night stay at Dumazulu, was outstanding; beau-tiful, clean Rondavals, landscaped grounds with a couple of Zebra run-ning around loose, great food, and entertainment by Zulu Dancers. Our first morning there was an early one, leaving at 6:00 a.m. for a tour of Umfolozi game park by truck. Elephant, Zebra, Hippo, White Rhino, Cape Buffalo, Giraffe, Ba-boon, Impala, Wart Hog, Hyena; we saw all of the so called big five, except for Leopard. Day 2 at Dumazulu was spent at St. Lucia Marine Reserve, where a boat tour showed us Hippos, lot of birds, and Crocodiles. Our next day's ride was a long one, around 600 km, again north, to Malelane, the southern end of the oldest game preserve in South Daily UPS I Visa and Ma~rc: d 1 - I . I We are happy to announce our new 800 toll free number. (800) 656 -3376 Use it to call and rnquire about our "Quick Fix" IRS repair boots or our 11 gallon "Fasf-Fiif." dump cans. Both new products can ·save yoLiJace time. Race Sman-Be Safe 103 Press Ln. #4 • Chula Vista, CA 9191 0 • (619) 691-9171 • FAX (619)-691-0803 Page 46 Africa, Kruger National Park. At this point I must confess that my concept of a leg on each side and your mind in the middle was en-tirely true, but my "Mind" was re-ally getting tender, so I loaded the BMW on the trailer and spent a relaxing day in the Kombi with Gerrie (pronounced with an HHHH where the G is). The route led us again through the high veldt, along the border of Swaziland, through small villages, into a "town named Piet Rief for a gas stop, through Nelspruit and into Badplass for lunch at a fast food chain known as Wimpys, then on to the Malelane Gate Resort, just 150 meters from the Kruger Park Malelane Gate. And what a resort!! Complete with golf course, beauti-fully maintained grounds, immacu-late rooms, and the food at the lodge was again, not only abundant, but cooked to perfection. The next day featured an early morning game drive through Kruger, with animal sightings ga-lore, a stop for lunch at a tenced rest stop in the middle of the park surrounded by grass and trees where lots of South Africans come to camp out on their holidays, then return to the lodge and an after-noon of watching a group of around 25 elephants that were feeding in a river bottom"n.ext to the lodge. By this time I was starting to feel more at home on the BMW and I was managing to at least keep my riding companions in sight. They were a diverse group. Buks, our leader and tour guide had retired from the South African Army after over 20 years in the Paratroops/ Recon. Group. A large quiet man, a set down and don't move bike rider, who knows the whole Afri-The other riders in the group have been riding together for years, and have toured all over the United States together. Their leader, and my roommate was a slightly rumpled, bespectacles young com-puter genius, who, when making the transition into his black leath-ers and white full faced helmet, turned into the "Road Warrior." He rode first in line behind Buks, had total recall after one glance at the map, and, I'm sure, could have led us to the ends of the earth if neces-sary. The there was the young "Yuppie" couple, attractive, fit, both great riders, and above all, they were cool, no matter what. He is Director of Marketing for a major life insurance company, and be-came a legend in his own time for his after ride consumption of Castle beer, and his repertoire of very bad jokes. Another young couple are publish-ers of a major east coast motorcycle newspaper, both are body builders, and look strong enough to call King Kong a bad name and get away with it. And both can ride the wheels off a bike, the Male half of this dynamic duo was himself quite proficient in his "Castle Consumption", and with little or no persuasion, he would take to the nearest stage, guitar in hand and en-tertain the crowd with his picking and singing. The third couple, who rode double throughout the whole trip, operate a heavy equipment business in the east, and arrived on the scene complete with a sheepskin seat cover for their bike seat (a great idea), and what I would call half helmets, little white beanies that would have been better suited hanging on one's patio, full of gera-X r:,' &W!IJX ::EELS BUILT TO ORDER * FACTORY DIRECT CUSTOM STEEL WHEELS *A.LI.BOLT PATTERNS * ALL BACKSPACES * WHEELS MADE TO EXACT RACING SPECIFICATIONS * 13)(5.5 * 13)(7 * Jt,)(6 * 14 )( 7 * 15)(5 * 15)(6 * 15)( 7 -• * 15)(8 * 15)( 10 '.,,a; ·, . .. ··~ .. 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The better half of this couple complained not at all, bugs and dirt in the unprotected face, along with wind bum and sun burn made no difference to this heroine of the highway, just as long as at the ter-mination of the day's ride, there was a plentiful supply of the great South African red wine. This couple had a fixation on the hand carved Gi-raffes that were displayed by the locals all along our route, and ended up with one that almost did not fit in the Kombi, and which resulted in an almost riot when carried side-ways through the crowded Johannesburg airport at our depar-ture. (But that's another story.) Unknown to me, this group used various hand signals, acquired over their years of riding together, these were displayed from one rider back to the next rider behind, and ap-propriate actions were then taken by each person in the staggered for-mation. Buks had informed all riders at the start of the trip that "We would ride in staggered formation." Now, the only staggered formation hav-ing to do with bikers that I know of is one that happens after a race in Baja, on the streets of Ensenada, and I'm sure that was not the in-tent of our fearless leader, and af-ter a discreet inquiry on my part I was given my first lesson in touring etiquette. A left arm extended downward, to me means stop, WRONG, it means look out for a chuck hole, .. and after several panic grabs at the brake lever I decided that I was sup-posed to ride where the rider in front of me had pointed. WRONG again, and after several trips through potholes the size of Lake Superior, the true meaning of the signal dawned on me, and I became rather adept at avoiding them. An outstretched arm, extended away from the body, means left turn in my book, but, after several emer-gency left turns and resultant tours of the native pucker bushes, I found out that the signal meant "LOOK OVER THERE." Often times the riders in front of me would remove both feet from the pegs and point their toes at the ground, along with their left hand. In instances such as these, I found it advisable to pull over to the shoulder, stop, dismount and re-connoiter ahead on foot. From Malelane, our group headed north. We continued on through curving empty roads to Pilgrim's Rest, where gold was dis-covered in 1873. The little town is reminiscent of some of the old gold mining towns in California and Nevada, and lunch was served on the porch of the Royal Hotel, over-looking the beautiful town. After a short walkabout, it was back on the great riding BMW /650, up out of the canyon and toward our destination for the night, Crys-tal Springs Mountain Lodge. I was starting to be a lot more comfort-Dusty Times

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Accomodations are individual cottages at the Royal Natal Hotel in the An Impala herd poses for photos while the buck stands guard in Don't mess with the Rhino, always give way to the animals, especially National Park, luxurious by anyone's standards. Umfolozi Game Park. _ ~wh~en_yc_o_u_'fi.,...e_o~n_a~m~o~to_fi---.cy:c_c_le_ . .....-----...------.---,,-,-,---,------able with the tight curves coming and no more ever so slightly exag-at Phalaborwa, a truly beautiful Belfast, and the capital of South Sky Ranch. I told the newspaper away from Pilgrim's Rest, and when gerated stories of my legendary Baja lodge, perched on the edge of the Africa, Durban, then back into dude about faliling asleep on the we got onto the main highway, I exploits at the after ride "Castle Kruger National Game Park, with Johannesburg to the Kilulu Lodge pool table in the front room at was determined to catch up with Conference." I was determined to an observation platform that and the wonderful hospitality of Mike's, and he wants to try it, or the rest of the group. I was next to keep up with the group and this I overlooked an illuminated water Katja Barker, who had joined the sit with my new friends in San Fe-last in line and asked the bike for a did, until something flew under the hole. Our host Andre De Klerk group on her Honda 7 50 crotch lipe and share a Corona with them. little extra for the first time, not front of my helmet and landed on and his wife and their Jack Russell rocket for the last couple days of So if you come upon a strange knowing that everyone had stopped the inside of my visor, directly in Terrier, were absolutely great. riding. group of riders, led by a doddering at a lookout point. The BMW re- front of my eyes, all while I was The bar had plenty of Castle and The hardest part of the trip were old man who is still spooked about sponded like a true champion and negotiating a right hand sweeper the meals and lodgings were be- the goodbyes, as each of the group going around corners too .fast, • the chase was on. The road ran with a reverse camber, at what yond any expectations, all this returned to their own respective wave and say "Howdy." These folks alongside the mountain side and seemed to me to be the speed of plus a Wart Hog that adopted the lives, some of us separated by con- shared Africa together. the view was wonderful, but in my sound. It was a bee, I was in Africa, place as his own, and held forth tinents, some of us probably never As for me, it's back to the life of new role as a "go around the curves and I had a bee in my helmet with on the front lawn. to see each other again. But wait! retirement. That-is, until Septem-real fast dude" I was too busy to do me, so logic told me that this had The next day's 200 km ride The couple with the Giraffes and her of 1999, when I go on the Trans anything but concentrate on the to be an African bee, African Killer took us through even more beau- the sheepskin seat cover and the Africa Tour, a 40 day 6,000 mile onrushing road and passed my Bees kill people, and in as much as tiful country, Kapama, goofy helmets had a great idea. adventure from Cairo, through group without seeing them stopped I am a people, my life is in immedi-Bosbokrand, and a visit to the They would fly everyone into New Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, alongside the road. No matter how ate danger. I had visions of the bee Hoedspruit Research and Breed- Jersey, for an Africa Party, which Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, fast I rode, I could not catch up, putting the bite on me, and my ing Center for Endangered Spe- I'm sure will be the mother of all and into Cape Town, South Af-and an ugly feeling started way head immediately swelling to im- cies, where we saw Cheetah, Af- Africa parties, and everyone will be rica. Anyone care to join me?? down deep inside me, the couple mense proportions inside my brand rican Wild Dog, and the rare together again. Tours for Africa, USA riding double, behind ine, were new full face helmet (with the de- Black Mane Lion, then after a I'm trying to talk the folks into P.O. Box 450926 foolish enough to think that I knew cals falling off). short ride we reached our accom- coming ou_t to the west coast and Westlake, Ohio 44145 where I was going, and followed my About this time my survival in- modations for the night. taking a shot at Baja. I can hardly Phone: (440) 327-6664 lead, and were somewhat puzzled, stinct kicked in, and upon exit-Inasmuch as this was to be the wait to show them the swimming or as was I, when after several stops, ing the aforementioned curve group's last night together on the pool with the green water at Mike's on the web ... www.afrider.com. we came to a T intersection, and . and hitting a straightaway, I im-road, the after dinner cocktail no one was waiting there. The ugly mediately threw open my visor to hour grew to immense propor-· truth was then evident, everyone rid myself of this monster. Well, tions. Bad jokes were told and re-but us was lost. it don't take a rocket scientist told, and the comradeship that A rescue effort was soon long to figure out that when a the trip had inspired was in full launched by Buks, and we were res- blast of air traveling at around bloom, in fact the more Castle cued by the ever smiling Gerrie 120 km per hour contacts an ob-that was consumed, the more the (p,ronounced with an HHH where ject that is capable of less than 5 comradeship bloomed. All too the G is) and led back to the beau-km per hour, said object is going soon the bar ran out of Castle, tiful Crystal Springs Mountain to move in a direction in direct and we were delegated to the Lodge, where we were greeted by proportion to the speeds in-consumption of a South African the hostile glares of Buks and the volved, right on my face. Now beverage made from a fruit that rest of the group, and I was voted fear raised its ugly head once Elephants become addicted to 'BUTT OF THE DAY', which en- more, I didn't want to fall behind when it falls from the trees: I had titled me to buy the first round of again, yet I was faced with this no such problems, but awoke in Castle that night after the road "Killer Bee" perched on my pro-the morning with a head the size grime was washed from our persons. boscis. I then closed the visor of an elephant. 1 The next day found us on the until there was just room for me Our final day's ride started with road again, first for gas at Pilgrim's to insert a finger into the open-the group gathered on a small air-Rest, then through the beautiful ing. A slight nudge moved the of- strip alongside the lodge to await Drakensberg Mountains, with stops fending beast back onto the vi: the coming of our leaders, who at places like God's Window, The sor, whereupon his life was ter- were busy doing whatever it is that Blyde River Gorge and Bourke rninated with a lighting like move leaders do. Then, someone had the Luck Potholes. The views of the of the index finger of my gloved "bright idea of turning the airstrip Lowveldt toward ~rugar National left hand. There was only one into a drag strip. I, of course, spot-Park were awesome, the weather unfortunate side effect, the bee ted the dirt road alongside the was warm, with clear skies, another must have gathered most of the strip, and the agreement_ that I had perfect day for riding. pollen in this part of South Af- made with Buks a few days earlier At this point of the trip, I was rica, and that, along with what faded into the deep recesses of my determined to maintain a behavior remained of his earthly being, left feeble old mind. Here was my last pattern that was befitting a man of a bug burst the size of Rhode Is-·chance to go fast in the dirt in Af-my considerable years. No more hot • land on the inside of my visor. rica (SO I DONE IT). shoting on dirt roads, I vowed to Our next to last night was Our last day's ride was around keepwithinsightofthemaingroup, spent at the Tulani Game Lodge 400 km through Long Tom Pass, Dusty Times September 1998 Ci UPIIII I QI MDU u,,,,11 ,.sanaac»utiijt••• PIKE'S SERV .. 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JOB SITE SIGNS •BANNERS• \WIDOW LffiEP.11,G • LlR lETTERIIIG • GRAPHICS SGUEAK & MARGIE COATS 5101 Gai·Nay Circ!e • Hunt,ng,o-; Beach CA 92649 (714) 897-0075 • F2, (714l 594-9567 ~ s~e~&~ &~((),1(/f# e~~ '8dt ptato, 760~347~.50.52 45-410 #10 ~ St. 1~: eA 92201 · {f!JJ{f!JJO (213)583-2404 SANDERS SERVICE, INC. METAL PROCESSING 5921 Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 SANDBLAST GLASS BEAD MAGNETIC PARTICAL FLOURESCENT INSPECTION Mark Smith Larry Smith Paramount, CA 562-,531-0192 Long Beach 562-432-3946 Van Nuys, CA 818-786-8180 River~ide, CA 909.;877-0226 Oxnard, CA 805-485-6900 Las Vegas, NV 702-643-920(' All Other Inquiries, contact Sports Racing at P.O. Box 610, Long Beach, CA 90801 800-836-5355 DoN STEVES Cm:VROLEl (310) 691-6704 Whittier Blvd. at Harbor (714) 521-1102 La Habra, California 90631 Fax (310) 691-9396 Custom Preparation & Fabrication Race Trucks • Buggies • Pre-Runners (619) 449~9728 FAX (6 19) 449~26 78 . 94 J 9 Abraham Way, Suite "A", Santee, CA 9207 I •---------.::Cnt. ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTE. JING 31510 223rd Street East Llano, CA 93S44 805-261-3202 I SUNDRY METAL SPINNING Phone (562) 928-9838 Fax (562) 928-0778 METAL SPINNING EXCELLENCE ·• ALUMINUM • STEEL ., BRASS • COPPER • STAINLESS RACE FUELS 6831 Suva Street Bell Gardens, CA 90201 JOHN AVALOS OWNER (209) 847-2281 (800) 527-6090 FAX (209) 847-9726 P.O. Box 248 • 524 N. Sierra Ave. WESTERN DIVISION Oakdale, California 95361 DeEflgn Fabrl~at/on /nstallat/on Darren Ebberts Tony Cerone .... SUSPENSIONS ... .UNLIMITED I .. OFF ROAD RACING SPECIALISTS WELDING ' FABRICA T/ON ' FU11V.E CUTTING • FRONT U ✓OS ' REAR TRll!UNG ARMS RACECHASSIS • PRERUNtvERS ' FOX R-.ONGSHOX 13450YNAMICS. UN/TO ANAHEIM, C4 92B06 LARRY ROS£V£AR . PHONE (714} 996-6260 FAX {714)996-6405 Trackside Photo O.ff:road race photography since 1970 Fidel Gonzales 805-578-34 70 P.O. Box 747, Moorpark, CA 93020 (909) 654-7334 Hemet, CA I RANSnXLE ENGINEE~NG JEFF FIELD (818) 998-2739 9763 Variel Ave . Chatsworth, CA 91311 ~ ~ <( 0 l{) Q) 0 '6 O') C Ill Ill ·-E E ~ 0 0 ,:: z co .r:: 0 :i Q) 0 - u Cl) ·c lO Ill 'st t:: ~~ N UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10729 WHEATLANDS AVENUE, SUITE #A SANTEE, CALIFORNIA 92071 • TEL.• 619 / 449-9690 FAX• 619 / 449-8424 I ,J.1, \ -D ANO fUtJ~ 8~,~ -f,f,IY d'-··-•--1:@?~M,<s1910N 447-4353 • 579-8666 i) 1151 NORTH 2ND ST.• EL CAJON, CA 92021 ff]· . . are, Boehm, Dr. of Carology . SpeciaNzfng In Transmlssionology Certified Automotive Instructor 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

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RACE CARS BAJA BUGS DUNE BUGS V W & PORSCHE FOREIGN CARS NISSAN & TOYOTA Off Road Race Truchs • Road Racmg Pre Runners • Engineering • Fabrication . PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING CONSULTANTS EDWIN C . .JAG.OBS PRESIDENT • Transmissions • Parts and Service • Complete Welding Lorenzo Rodriguez Dale White Racing 4115 Cameron #8 Las Vegas. NV 89103 l0Z-811-1661 Fax l0Z-871-6480 soo"sTATE MILL ROAD AKRbN, OHIO 4431 S _(21_61644-7774 • _515 So. Vermont, Glendora, CA 91740 • (818) 914-8147 -THE ONLY_ REASON FOR NOT ADVERTISING IN DUSTY TIMES 'l ~--'HEUVINK CONSULTING Eo HEUVINK ==~'-"--'-PA/Kr /WP C04TINGJS,:(;RAP/1Jt'S'lt J;(Jf/OS * •~ TOMd MA/NJE~F•fx~IPl~~J,IJrlR/Nt:-'-lS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE MORE BUSINESS THAN YOU CAN HANDLE MEDIAC.ENTRUM UTRECHT HENGEV}:Ll)STRMT '2')/416, 3572 KH UTRECHT TIIE NETIIERLANDS J':FL. 030-27221331 Jt'AX 030-2n26.U 760-949-1220 Monn,E 116-s~2s:..sss. HoMEIPRtV'4:_o30-:i2.1QJl's Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR , Automotive • ATV • Motorcycle 1815 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE RIVERSIDE, CA 92507, USA 909.369-5144 • 909.369.7266FAX WWW.WEBCAM INC.COM From Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, AZ 85017 Jack Woods (602) 242-0077 535 East Central Park Anaheim CA 92802 714-956-9457 Classified ... FOR SALE: 1997 FORD F-150 TROPHY TRUCK; Super Trick and Radical design went into this race FOR SALE: Mid Engine A-Arm Tl 2240 Fibertech Sand Rail, dual 44 Webers match flowed, Gene Berg, Marv Shaw, Bilstein, immaculate, fast, reliable, many$$$ invested. Will trade for 1/2-1600, 12, 5 Unlimited or 1 car. 602 494-1608. AUTOMOTIVE FOR SALE: Pre Runner, 2 seat Raceco, Fox Coilovers in front, 10 Fox Shox in rear, new Wright Spindles &Arms, New belts & seats, Blower Race Master & Intercom, new c. v.s & axles, new Wilwood rear discs & Mini Stubs, Bus Box, new Ken Majors 2240, 2 axle trailer $14,500.00. (949) 673-8367. FOR SALE: Magnum Chenowth, single seat race buggy. FAT racing water cooled 4 cyl motor, Multi shock suspension. Lots of extra parts, trans, tires & wheels. This machine is ready to race! $10,995.00. Must sell toll free (888) 368-7945 or (214) 221-2300. vehicle. Call for all the details. Freshly rebuilt, painted and ready to race. Air Suspension, 37" BFGs etc. .. Serious inquiries only. $130,000.00 Baja Bro-kers (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Class 11: Sway-A-Way, BFGs, Beard seats, Bilstein $3,500.00. Call John for Details, Afternoon and evenings (760) 868-5694. FOR SALE: TWO 2 SEA TERS-(1) Mirage w/No motor, built Bus Box w/930 c.v.s, Coilover Fox shocks in FOR SALE: Raceco Class 1 A-Arm, front, 20" Rear Travel w/Sµmmers Super clean from complete rebuild. FOR SALE: 97 Chenowth 2 seat Bros.Outboardhubsandbrakes,Fox Fresh 2.6 dry sump Type 4 and Class 1, Toyota Tacoma, Fortin shocks w/position sensitive Ref# 654 DG300 5-speed trans. Fox coilover DGN 5 speed, Kusterdront & rear, $16,000.00 (1) Chenowth w/FAT with Kuster bypass. Front and rear _ FOR SALE: (1) LeeLeightontype4 FodFab front end, 934 c.v.s, Sum- Type 4 and Bus Box w/Close ratio FoxAirbumps,SummersBros:front racing engine size 2912-225 hp at mers rear hubs, CNC front hubs, gears, Bilstein coilover front end with and rear. Outboard hubs, 930 c. v.s, 5700 RPMs. Very fresh and reliable prepped w/spares, over $70K in- dual-rate springs, Rear has SAW tor- Tommy Lee steering, Chenowth $12,000.00. (1) Hewland gear box vested, best of everything, sions with secondary torsions setup shifter. 20" front and rear travel. $3,000.00. (1) 1996HondaXR400 $45,500.00 complete obo, or and (1) Bilstein per wheel, Disc BEG'sonBeadlockCenterlines.Call less than 100 hours, $4,000.00 other $25,500.00 less motor & trans obo. Brakes. Baja Brokers Ref #620 John (760) 33 7-6108 or (760) 344-off road parts. (702) 897-4568. Jeff (602) 978-3073. $12,500.00 (760) 723-2117. 2056 $26,000.00 obo. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ : Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in : ■ ■ ■ FORSALE: Meyers Manx new 1641 ■ DUSTY TIMES. - ■ ■ D. P., Bus Transaxle, NEW front ■ beam, new Boxed trailing arms, new • Fox,Sway-A-Way, Yokohama,Cen- • -terlines, 3" body lift, full cage, street legal, $5,000.00. (206) 284-2025. Classified Advertising rate is only $20 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use ofblack and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum size 5"x7". NEW AND RENEW AL 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. 6 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • Enclosed is $ ____ (Send check or money order, no cash) Please run ad times • ■ FOR SALE: Aceco, 4 seaterorClass : Name_________________________________ Mail to: • 10, Major 1835, built Bus tranny, too ■ Address _________________ Phone ___________ DUSTY TIMES : many extras to list. Best 4 seater out ■ 207 51 Marilla Street ■ there! Serious inquiries only, ■ City __________________ State __ Zip _________ Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 ■ $26,500.00. (520) 667-2477. _ : ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ : Dusty Times September 1998 Page 53

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FOR SALE: 1985 F-150 chase truck/ pre-runner rough but extremely reli-able -goes anywhere! 4x4, 4 speed manual tranny, with 351 and AJC,, 9" rear wtDetroit Soft Lock -Beard, Fuel Safe, custom rear susp 2/track rods and 4 Bilsteins, Mallory, Flow Masters -Sony deck, charger, 2 amps, 10s etc. receiver hitch-dual rear bat-teries - 2 way FM radio - 35" BFG muds, 5 American Racing 15x7 type 23, tire rack holds 3 spares, no front bumper, NOT CAL emission legal, excellent chase vehicle. $6,000.00 no trades (805) 445-1122, ext 4415 days 805 577-8683 Simi Valle . FOR SALE: Spec Truck nice and fast 350ci, Tommy Lee steering box, Cus-tom air cleaner, Flame Out system, Radio, T ach &gauges, Head support, Windshield support, extra springs, gears tor 3/8 & 1/2 mile, 14 wheels 0 8 asphalt & 6 dirt, I).ew paint, Race Ready for asphalt or dirt. $26,000.00 760 344-6496. FOR SALE: 1962 VW Pre-Runner, 1970cc, 091 Bus trans, 3x3 Woods, Type4c.v.s, Sway-A-Way, Summers Bros., Wright 6" beam, rack & pinon, Beard, 26 gal tank, 13" wheel travel, full cage & chassis, street registered, smog exempt, car show winner, $8,000.00Call (310) 715-1515. FOR SALE: Class 12 -· 2 seater, Mi-rage chassis, Fox, Wright, Jamar, UMP, Summers hubs, Fields trans, Centerlines, Y okohamas with spares, $15,000.00 ask for Darrell or Todd 9 9 9-898 . FOR SALE: CLASS 7S RANGER BUILT BY CURT LeDUC; Very nice truck, 4wd with custom Borg-W amer transfer case hooked to a · Borg-Warner T-5 manual transmis-sion. Nothing but the beefiest! Gussetted I-Beam, radius arms, frame, steering box, everything! Kuster coilovers in the front and 3" Kusters on the back. National Springs, Full floater 9" rear end, 40 spline 300m axles, SAW rear anti-roll bar. V6 motor, Ported and pol-ished heads, SVO ignition, 32 gallon fuel cell, lots of spares. $20,000.00. Baja Brokers Ref #666 (760) 723-2117. Check out our website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: 1992 Chenowth 2-seat, serious playcarorpre-run. Baja T/As, Beard, Bilstein, Simpson, Wright, 1835 Ken Major Type 1, Mendeola bus. Fuel Cell, Call for more info. $7,900.00 obo. Will consider trade for late model 2-stroke dirt bike & cash. Mike, Phoenix, (602) 947-8406. • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless Fu11 Sale~ "Pro c,11· 1s our top-o/.lfl1-tln1 racing ••II that comes r,ady to install and it~ backed by a fu/110 year wa"'nty. Page 54 super-tough, triple coated construction • 10 year Bladder warranty • Salety loam battling • Custom manulactured aluminum containers • FIA-FT3, SCORE and SODA approved • Custom manulactured tillers • (800) 433-6524 technical hotline • Over 25 years experience e For more info call orwrileto: Aircratt Rubber Manufacturing, Inc .. 18062 Redondo Circle, Huntington Beach, California 92648 (800) 433-6524 (714) 842-2211 http://www.luelsale.com FOR SALE: 1-600 Mirage-Toyota, Milestone winner -La Rana Class Champion, 3rd at SCORE last year, meticulously maintained; fresh mo-tor and trans, race ready,.$15,000.00 Rand 714 449-0773. FORSALE: Class 1, l0orSCORElite 2 seat Chaparral, Hewland 00-300, Summers Bros., Fox, Foddrill arms & spindles, AutoMeter liquid filled gauges, Parker Pumper, Fire System, Beard Super seats, 2 rear spares, 4 fronts, $13,000.00oboCraigwk (602) 934-7242, Home 602 780-3638. FOR SALE: The most beautiful Class 10-Jimco A-Arm, Kuster by-pass and coilover shocks, FAT Toyota motor, electromotive igni-tion, Dyno says 145hp, hooked to a Fortin DON trans, P/S pump off trans, 930 c.v.s w/Fortin cages, CNC billet calipers, Summers Bros. Out-board hubs, BFGs on Beadlock wheels. Only the best parts were used, no ex-pense spared. Cleanes Jimco! Ref #655 $45,000.00 Baja Brokers (760). 723-2117. Check out our website at www_.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: 1960 Bug Ragtop: IRS pan, Bus Box, New Centerlines & Tires, 3" lift kit, full Chenowth cage, Wright rack & pinon steering, Sus-pension Unlimited shock towers, Sway-A-Way, Bilstein. Engine in-cluded. Clean straight car, needs fin-ishing. $3,400.00 obo Lv message 408 737-9686. FOR SALE; '93 Ford Ranger Class 7, 3.8 V6, 300 hp, V6 Trans, 9" Cone Rear, Cone front hubs, Wil-wood discs, Fox coilovers, Kuster · shocks, Travel: 19" front, 23" rear, 35 gal. bladder, Goodyear tires, Ultra wheels, extra tires, Bead lock wheels, engine, trans and rear end parts. $23,000.00 obo (805) 968-1067 days. FOR SALE: FAT, 4AG, Toyota Cl.IO, 1648cc, 150w built and prep by FAT, only 100 miles. Complete package, ready to install includes alu radiator (Nascar) oil radiator, elec-tric fan, Heavy duty starter and spare parts. 1 head and 2 elect. fan, intake TRD (value 750.) + 2 sets pistons etc. $6,000.00 (818) 885-6208. . September 1998 FOR SALE: 97 Chenowth 2 seat Class 1, Toyota Ta coma, 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, $42,500.00 complete obo, or $25,500.00 less motor & trans obo. eff 602 978-3073. FOR SALE: Class 1 Single Seat, Chaparral, all Chromoly, New DG-300 built by Fortin, Engine 2.4, type-4, dual carbs with air boxes, outboard cvj, with Wilwood billet calipers, new axles, coilover front, Saco, Flame-out, everything Hydraulic is CNC, Fuel Safe custom cell 26. 7 gallons, 2 sets · of body panels, bump stops, Master-craft, Pumper, Ump steering & air cleaner, Best of Best over $28,000 invested, will part out or sell as Race Ready for $16,500. Rolling Frame-$9,000, Engine-$3,800, Trans-$5,500. Can deliver in the USA, this car is the Whiplash Class Champion 1997. John Raitter (602) 832-1875 pager (602) 251-9866, MORE Pic-tures http://www.primenet.com/ : . -re unner St. legal, BLT engine, Bus 3-4 gears, 930s, Wright R & P & Arms, Mag-num spindles, Cut Brake, Fuel Safe, Flame out, Sw?y-A-Way, Yokos ,Centerlines, Mastercraft, Detch, Oil cooler, extended R-Arrns, 3x3 arms, $6 500.00 obo 7 FOR SALE: 2-1600 Chenowth/Pre Runner FAT Rabbit Bus, 930, 3x3, power steering removable wheel, disc brakes, cutting brakes, Wright Rack &Pinon, Wright arms, Sway-A-Way springs, Adjustors, CNC, Beard, Detch, Fuel Safe, KCs, Goodyears, 2 -22 . ''< ;i/JliA. FOR SALE: Ford Protruck, less than 1000 race miles, SVO high Prof. Crate motor, spares: transmissions, steering boxes, tires, third member, Driveline, Fresh prep by Fod Fab, ready to race and win. $100,000.00 possible partial trade for A-arm Class 1 car. Call Glen (520) 544-8933. 1994 Chenowth 2 seater: Includes Hewland DG 300 transaxle. Needs motor and wiring. Wright front end, drop spindles, Coilover/T 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 $18,000.00 (706) · 723-2117 Check out· our NEW website at www.ba·aconce ts.com. FOR SALE: 2-SEA TER Chenowth used by Riviera race team for pre-run-ning, 4 wheel disc brakes, Summers hubs, Type 4 motor, Fields tranny, Centerlines, complete $12,500.00 Todd 949 489-8984. F R S : ass imco, sing e seat, best of everything, fresh motor and trans, race prepped, must sell, FOR SALE: 97 Chenowth 2 seat Class 1, Toyota Ta coma, 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, $45,500.00 complete obo, or $25,500.00 less motor & trans obo. eff 602 978-3073. FOR SALE: 2 SEAT Pre-Run car, coil over front, Fuel Cell, Mendeola trans, 3x3, wire rear, $10,000.00 with motor, $8,000.00 w/o. Call Mike (619) 562-1743. FOR SALE: UNFINISHED RACE CARS; Bunderson l-1600has beam, Rr. Trailing arms, fuel cell, Master-craft, limit straps, rr light, Neal pedal assemblies, Fox shocks all the way around, CharLynn p/s unit, UMP power steering pump, steering shaft, body, belly pan Ref #63 7 $1,900.00. ALSO: 2 seat Raceco, No mtr/No trans, 2-1600 car w/+6" beam and 3x3" Rr. Arms, Awesome, fast pre-runner, Ref# 700 $6,000.00. ALSO: Class 7 Chevy S-10 Chassis, Setup for 4.3L V6 and TH 400 but not in-cluded. Baja Brokers 760) 723-2117. Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: Full size Pre-Runner-Ford F-150, Pre-Runner has fiberglass '96 front clip, (3) Bilstein shocks per wheel, National rear leafs w/2 link, Currie 9" w/4.11 gears, 351 cid, Full cage w/Chase race. Asking $10,000 Ba·a Brokers 760 723-2117. Dodge RAM Class 8 - Awesome 500 cid VB by Walker Evans Racing hooked to a special Torqueflite 727 tranny w/custom torque converter. 55 gallon fuel cell, A-arm front sus-pension, King Coilover/Bypass, CNC Calipers, Quarter Elliptic rear, Chrisman, Eagle GPS. This truck is beautiful! It is like new with only 6 races on it, ever! The best of every-thing was used and it is well main-tained. Call for more details at Baja Brokers Ref #651, $85,000.00 (760) 723-2117. Check out our new website at www.ba·aconce ts.com. FOR SALE: RANGER 4WD PRE-RUNNER; 2.9L V6, C4 byMogi, Re-verse manual Valve body, 32 gallon Cell Probuilt 7S style front suspen-sion, (2) Bilstein shocks w/Big Shafts per wheel, Nationals, 9" w/Detroit locker, disc brakes, 4.10 ring and pin-ion, Full 8 point cage, Mastercraft, . Autometer LFGs. Great for people who really pre-run! $8,700.00. Baja Brokers Ref #660 (760) 723-2117. Check out our website at www.ba·aconce ts.com. FOR SALE: 1998 Chenowth 2 seat desert car, brand new Chromoly frame, never used, 4" longer woods, ft arm, Combos, Saco Magnum rack, UMP PIS, 6x6 rear arms, Chenowth shifter, Fuel Safe cell, PIAA, Master-craft seats, CNC pedals, Yokohama, 930 flange stubs, Mendeola trans, Turning Brakes, Fox bump stops, Parker Pumper, Sway-A-Way, (3) PCI race radios, needs engine, shocks & drive axles to finish. $19,000.00 invested yours for $15,000.00. Deliv-e avail. 253 584-5857. CLASS 8/PRE-RUN CHEVY: Ex-LaRana Class 850, very light clean and simple, rs+ wheel travel, (8) 22" Kusters, National springs, (6) 35" BFGBajas, New350cid/375hp, TH-400 tranny by Steve Culhane, Ford 9" w/spool, "96 fiberglass front clip, Autometer liquid filled guages, Beards, This truck would make a great pre-runner also! Call for details, Baja Brokers Ref #599 $18,000.00 (760) 723-2117 Check out our NEW website at www.bajaconcepts.com . .. Dusty Times FORSALE: 1-16001996 Porter-Baja 1000 winner. TIG welded frame, Wright front end, alum rear hubs, Beard, SACO big rack, Charlyn PIS, Weddle trans, Fresh/strong engine by Rosevear includes radio and spare rims, tire and parts, $12,000.00 Gary (888) 315-5458. OWNER'S LOSS IS BUYER'S GAIN: Buy as a package or separate! (1) Raceco Single seater, FAT Rab-bit motor, Fat built Bus box, 930, Summers Bros. Outboard hubs and brakes, 25 gallon Cell, + 12" Beam, (2) Bilstein Coilovers per wheel, New 3" Kuster bypass in the rear, SAW 300m $14,000.00 (1) Race car 5-1600, Get started for cheap, Wright rack, arms, spindles, SAW leafs, Bil-stein in Front/Fox in Rear, FAT bus box, 18 gallon cell $7,000.00. (1) 37" · Wells Cargo Trailer, Includes Race Radio Base Station setup, Under floor storage, shelving, work bench, inside length is 32" and width is 8', $9,000.00! Make us a package price, all offers considered! Baja Brokers 760 723-2117. FOR SALE: 24' Enclosed Trailer, propane heater, solar battery charger, air conditioner, 12 volt & 120 lights, rear ramp, 2 fold down beds, small vice & table, tire storage, water tank & fuel tank. $6,900.00 Good condi-tion!!! New tires 949 489-8984. FOR SALE: Class 12 Frame ·with body panels, rear arms, 22 gallon Fuel Safe, Beard seat, oil cooler-power steering, Sway-A-Way axles, $3,000.00. Call Randy (805) 252-1417. FOR SALE: Ford 4 cyl racing engine just rebuilt dual carbs, crank fired ig-nition, fast & strong $6,000.00. Call Mike (619) 233-6162 or (760) 743-5062 eves. ALSO 94 Ford 7S Ranger Race truck. Fast fun &simple all the right parts. '96 WGAS series champ. $21,000.00. FOR SALE: Chenowth/Neth 1-1600, Championship race car, Best of the best, FAT race motor, leakdown and dynotested by FAT performance, Mike Thorton bus box, 930 c.v.s, Thing drums, FOX Shox, Charlynn steering, PIAA, Master-craft, some spares included! Not some redneck car but a professional, well prepped race vehicle. You can't find a better deal at $8,500.00 Ref #625 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. Check out our new website at www.ba·aconce ts.com. FOR SALE: 18' BOX VAN SUP-PORT VEHICLE: Great support vehicle, this van is registered as an RV, Generator, AC, Belly boxes for lots of storage, Custom built lookout platform on the roof. This GMC would be perfect for a professional motorcycle team. Has hi-torque Chevy power plant mated to a Spicer 5 speed, very custom vehicle through-out, from the paint to the interior. Asking $12,500.00 Baja Brokers Ref #488 760 723-2117. FOR SALE: 1996JimcoClass 1, Best of everything, Scat V-4 fuel injected, 335 hp fresh, automatic trans. Fresh by Jeff Fields, Mike Smith by pars shocks, Fox, Beard Seat, Autometer, Ron Davis radiator, Setrab coolers, Fortin rack, ECod Fab spindles, Aceco-A-Arms, Air jacks, CNC, Summers bros., BFG, Carbon fiber roof and visor and air scoops, UMP Fresh air cleaner, on boar over $100,000 invested asking $50,000 or $40,000 w/o trans 714 472-2024. ; l • -j ; FOR SALE: Class 12, Raceco 2 seater, Wright arms, Summers hubs, L&C pedals, Saginaw Steel/ram as-sist, Penhall body, Wilwood front disc Centerline, Yokohamas, Fields tranny, $14,800.00 (949) 489-8984. FOR SALE: JIMCO Class 10 A-arm W/Wiks 4AG Toyota Fortin trans, $28,000.00 Call Mike (619) 562-1743. WHITE LIGHTNING SPECIAL: For sale: Dale White's Class 8 Chevy truck, Super bitchin', Bypass shocks, 710 hp motor by Shaver, MSD, BFGs on beadlocks, "Factory" Chevy, Ul-tra clean and professionally built, Fresh rebuild! A solid finisher, Ref #634. Support packages available through T earn White Lightning! $79,000.00. ALSO available less mo-tor/trans for less??? Call Baja Brokers for package breakdown at (760) 723-2117. Check out our NEW website at www.bajaconcepts.com. ====,==, FOR SALE: Class 10 or 12 Mirage Single seat, 1st Class competitive car, Major 1776 Hewland 5 spd, Fox, P/ S, CNC, Summers Bros., Beard, Cen-terline, BFG and much more. Com-plete fresh prep! $23,500.00 This is the best most competitive car avail-able. Trailer also available. Call Tom @ (562) 427-2779or (562) 430-2884 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117 Check out our new website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: Baja Bug Pre Runner or Class 5, motor is 2100cc, Mike Thorton Bus Box W/930 c.v.s and Wilwood inboard Disc brakes, Micro Stubs, 22 gallon Fuel Cell, 6" wider beam +4" trailing arms, Combo spindles, Fox shox with coilover front, SAW spring plates and 300m torison bars, VDO gauges aluminum dash, this car is complete and very nice! Only asking $8,000 Ref #626 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117, check out our website at www.ba·aconce ts.com. FOR SALE: 1985 rebuilt engine & transmission, National Springs in front w/dual 14" Fox shocks 13" travel. 3 link rear suspension w/Ford 9" & 3" Coilover shocks, 20" travel. Beard seats 5-point harnesses, 22 gal-lon fuel cell, $24,000.00 obo. Possible trade. All offers considered. (714) 635-1852. SCORE 1997 ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR! FAT MOTORS WIN! AND WIN! AGAIN: SCORE LAUGHLIN DESERT CHALLENGE, Jan. 30 -Feb. 1 Class 5 1st Mike!Uale Doooel 0/W Type IV) 2nd Tom ~own 01W Ty~ IV) 3rd George Seeie'j 0/W Ty~ IV) Class 10 1st John Phillips/Rick Geiser(Toycta 4AG) 2nd Darnen Jefferies (TC1J!lta 4AG) Class 12 1st Dave Gallaway/..bhn Holmes (VW Type I) 2nd George Erl/Jerry Penhall 01W Type I) · SCORE SAN FELIPE 250, Mar. 20-22 Class 5 1st Mike,{)ale Dondel 0/W Ty~ IV) 2nd Tom Brown r,tN Ty~ IV) 3rd George Seeley 0/W Type IV) Class 1 O 1st Darnen Jefferies (Toyota 4AG) 2nd William Merson (T (1J(ta 4AG) Class 12 2nd George ErVJerry Penhall (>/W Ty~ I) 3rd Ty GoddeiRoss Cran 01W Type I) 4th Dave Callaway/John Holmes 0/W T~ I) We use & raconvnend RACING ENQNES, "TRANSMISSIONS AND OOROAD PARfS Send or call for our new catalog $5.00 TAICK racmr, _.,,,_ September 1998 SCORE Engine Builder of the Year for 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 & 1997 ! flta PERFORMAICE 1558 No. Case• Orange, CA 92867 (714) 637-2889 • Fax (714) 637-7352 FOR SALE: FAT Toyota 4AG 1650cc engine complete. Race ready, fresh $6,500.00 4spd, Rose trans axle, 3 extra R&P, gear for type 4 VW, extra gear for Toyota engine. Race ready, fresh $5,000.00 (503) 618-8823 wkdays. JOB OPPORTUNITIES BAL WIN RACING in Irvine, CA has long term positions available for fabricators and race mechanics, Ap-plicants must have 3 + years experi-ence. FAX resume and salary require-ments to (714) 756-2256. MECHANIC/HANDYMAN: For off road cars must have tools $8-12.00 per hour, in San Juan Capistrano (949)489-8984 f/t, p/t. Experienced Fabricator wanted in SanDiegoarea.CallMike (619) 562-1743. PROPERTIES FOR SALE: Johnson Valley area properties, only miles from largest off-road park in California and 2 1/2 hours fromLA/SD-2 1/2- 5 acre par-cel with & without water meters, 1 with 400 s f cabin. Ride off road to stores, gas & restaurants from your own affordable property. Priced from $1,500 to$7,500. Call for list &map. Tom Duncan. (805) 382-1161. WANTED LOOKING FOR RACE TEAM NEEDING WINNING DRIVER/ CO-DRIVER: Class 1/3-1600 or 10. Have 16 years desert racing experi-ence. Have cash, have Class 10 pre-runner and some chase support. In-terested in Baja 1000 or other races -in southwest. Contact Kevin Graves. (619) 469-5492 or (619) 444-4109. INDEX To Advertisers American Rally Sport Group ............ 39 Baker Performance Products .......... 38 Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Orleans Hotels ............................. 10 Best In The Desert ............................ 21 Bilstein Corp. Of America ........................ 5 Cactus Racing ...................................... 22 Camburg Engineering ........................ 42 Critical Operations ............................ 41 Dave Folts Transmissions ................ 26 Donahoe Racing Enterprises ............ 43 Estero Beach Short Course .............. 25 Fabtech Motorsports ........................ 15 Fast Wheels ....................................... 46 FAT Performance .............................. 55 Fox Racing Shox ................................... 4 Fresh Air Systems ........................ : .... 11 FRT Superstition 250 ....................... 34 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ...................... 54 German Auto ...................................... 13 Granada -Dakar ................................. 31 Hypercoils ........................................... 29 Kawaguchi Honda .............................. 33 King Shock Tech ................................ 35 McKenzie Performance Products .... 16 Nevada Off Road Buggy .................... 18 PCI Race Radios and Equipment ......... 7 Pike's Family Restaurant ................. 47 Premier Racing Products ................. 38 Race Ready Products ........................ 46 ·scORE Primm 300 ............................. 9 SNORE 250 ......................................... 23 Spec Truck Inc ................................... 44 Summit Off Road Racing Association ....................... 27 Sway-A-Way Corp ................................. 2 Toyota Motorseorts ........... Back Cover Toyota Motorsports ......................... 12 Tran sax le Engineering ...................... 28 Tri-Mil Industries .............................. 45 Valley Performance ........................... 14 VORRA ................................................. 37 Yarnell Specialties ............................... & Page 55 < \

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