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Volume 16 - Numbers May-1999 DllliJlilDIIG Publisher Emeritus Jean Calvin Editor John Calvin Associate Editor Judy Smith Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Marketing Pat Caplan Circulation Vance Scott Contributors C&C Race Photos Carrera Photography Jim Culp Daryl "No Brakes" Drake Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Ralph Mason Daniel Mainzer Jimmy Messick Ron Miller Troy Robinson \Vayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh Darryl Smith Trackside Photo Les Wolfe Art Director Larry Worsham GL& ----Subscription Rates: $25.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Sµbscription 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 reprodu~ed 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 •.. This is a class act! Bob Wright tows his great looking 5-1600 through contingency inspection at Barstow. Check the license plate on the tug the thumbs up was · an omen as Bob went on to win the class with ease. 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 consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, up to 8xl0 will be considered. Dusty Times May 1999 In This Issue ... FEATURES SCORE Tecate San Felipe 250 by Judy Smith .............................................. 8 4 7th Safari Rally by Martin Holmes ............................................................. 18 CORP Tecate Cerro Prieto by Tony Tellier ................. , .............................. 20 Russian Rally by Martin Holmes .................................................................. 27 SCORE Tecate San Felipe 250 Motorcycles by Tony Tellier .................... 28 Doo Wop ProRally by Jim Culp ................................................................... 34 Doo Wop 3 & 4 by Jim Culp ........................................................................ 35 Holtville Rallycross by Lynette Allison ........................................................ 36 VORRA Prairie City by Ron Miller ............................................................. 38 Sno*Drift ProRally by Tom Buchkoe ........................................................... 42 DEPARTMENTS Happenings .................................................................................................... 5 Trail Notes ....................................................................................................... 6 Checkers Report ......................................... , ............................. : .................... 41 Challenger Corner by Joel Mohr ................................................................... 44 C.O.R.E. Pit Report by Sandy Parker ........................................................... 45 CRS Report by Sue Robinson ......................................................................... 46 Mag 7 News by Stephen Stenberg .................................................................. 46 Good S~uff Directory ..................................................................................... 48 Classified Ads ..................................... : .......................................................... 53 Index To Advertisers .................................................................................... 55 On The Cover Jerry Penhall and George Erl, driving a Penhall, took the lead early in the race and there they remained, finishing with 22 minutes in hand at the checken. · Ronny Wilson and Lee Patten drove the Jimco to a great win at San Felipe, taking the checkered flag 13 minutes ahead of their competition. Color photography by Trackside Photo duhscrihe <Joda_y lo. 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1999 Happenings ... Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Course off Road Racing At Harrison Councy Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH P.O Box 8286 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (719) 653-8449 June 11-13, 1999 Antigo, WI June 25-27, 1999 Crandon, WI ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Apto 42 San Jose del Caho Baja California del Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFFROAD Class 10 cars only Renald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebec, Canada H7P 1 T7 (514) 622-4440 BAJA INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 Apartado Postal 31/163 Mexicali, BC, Mexico Mexicali (65) 5542-83 Off Road Races BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Casey Folks, Director 3475 C Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702) 641-2431 E-Mail: bitdjp@worldnet.att.net May 14-16, 1999 Nevada "200" trail Ride Motorcycles Only -By Invitation Call For Information June 25-27, 1999 silver State 300 September JO-October 3, 1999 Vegas To Reno December 3-5, 1999 Terrible's Town 250 Pahrump, NV BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES Les Wolfe, NEW President 1727 N. Main Sunset, UT 84015 (801) 776-4654 May 15; 1999 Wendover Express Wendover, USA July 10, 1999 Jackpot 200 · Jackpot, NV September 181.1999 Boneville Challenge Wendover USA BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-lHO (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Sue Robinson 845 School House Road Ramona, CA 92065 (760) 788-3809 E-Mail: windfall@accessl.net Michael Gibeault, SCCA Steward 149 No. Rawhide Ridgecrest, CA 935558. (619) 375-8704 April 30-May 11 1999 Rim OfThe World (2,3) Palmdale, CA June 26, 1999 Rally Sprint (NASA) Carlsbad, Ca Summer 1999 (TBA) Reno Rally (3) Reno,NV August 21, 1999 Gorman Ridge (3) Gorman, Ca September 1999 (TBA) Ensenada Rally Ensenada,BC,MX September 25, 1999 SuperStage Event (ARSG) Laughlin, NV October 1-2, 1999 Prescott Forest (2, 3) Prescott, AZ November 13, 1999 Treeline (3) Monrovia, CA December 1999 (TBA) Ramada Express (2, 1, 3) Laughlin, NV CANNING ATTRACTIONS · P.O . Box 400 Maywood, CA 90270 (323) 560-SHOW Dusty Times May 28-31, 1999 Memorial Day Pro Car Show National Orange Showgrounds San Bernardino, CA 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 CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICA SAN QUINTIN Calle 6ta Fracc Cd. de San Quintin San Quintin, BC, Mexico Heraclio Patino (011 52 616-5-22-07) CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USA Jan Wright (011 52 61746834) Ramon Castro & Ruben Acevedo (61637/7 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box 3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719) 531-3642 W/(719)687-9827 H CORP Cachanillas Off Road Promotions P.O Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 01152 (65) 66-60 80 01152 (65) 66-6080 Fax May 7-9, 1999 San Felipe, BC, MX July 3-5, 1999 Laguna Salada, Mexicali, BC, MX August 20-22, 1999 Santa Veronica, BC, MX October 8-10, 1999 Fiesta de! Sol, Mexicali, BC, MX December 3-5, 1999 Carrera de Campeones Mexicali to San Felipe BC, Mex CORR Championship Off Road Racing Carla Re'id (317) 272-2827/FAX: (317) 272-2900 Short Course Racing May 29-30, 1999 Lake Geneva, WI July 16-18, 1999 Joliet, IL August 5-8, 1999 Bark River, MI September 3-5, 1999 Crandon, WI September 24-26, 1999 Indianapolis, IN October 6-8, 1999 Stafford, CT October 29-30, 1999. Las Vegas, NV CORVA 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352 Sacramento, CA 95833 1-800-42 CORVA Ext 42 Fax (818) 957-4435 D&T PROMOTIONS Dave Van Deren • 2405 Baker Ave. Everett, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 (All events at Hannigan race track, rJJr llllinner's Circle Mark Stein Wins Third Slraight At San Felipe In Full Size Ford Duck Mark. Stein of San Diego, CA persevered through mechanical problems for a come from behind victory in Class Stock Full at the 13th annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. Driving his full size Ford F-150 pickup truck equipped with Bilstein shocks, Stein started first in class but lost third gear in the early going and dropped to last. Maintaining his fastest pace possible, Stein regained the .lead on mile 118 and retained his top spot over the roughest part of the course to score· his third straight win at San Felipe and fourth in the last five years. "Once again our Bilstein shocks delivered total fade-free performance particularly on the rough stuff near the end," Stein noted. "With Bilsteins we get no breakage and no problems." Other San Felipe 250 Class Winners on Bilsteins ... • Class 5 - Mike James, Baja Bug • Class 7 - Jeff Lewis, Chevy S-10 • Class 11 - Eric Solorzano, VW • Protruck - Mike Hardawa , Ford F-150 Go With Bi/stein! A Winning Tradition In Off-Road Racing! For all the details contact the Off-Road Racing Department: Call Toll Free 800/537-1085 @) KRUPP BILSTEIN OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road• San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 619/453-7723 • www.bilstein.com May 1999 Pages

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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, A7. 86403 (520) 855-6125 EASTERN OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Delauder, Sr. 1091 Township Line RoadWellsville, Ohio43968 (330) 532-4589 ELLIS DESERT'RACING CHAMPIONSlllPS (760) 256-8059 October 1-2, 1999 Barstow CA ESTERO BEACH SHORT COURSE RACING Victoria Galindo Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 011-526-176-6225 October 15-17, 1999 Baja 1.5 Mile Short Course Race FABTECH Off Road Short Course Series at Glen Helen Raceway P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (909) 280-9096 Conuu:t: BBM Mark£ting Promotions P.O. Box 762 Norco, CA 9 I 760-0762 (562) 988-6250/Fax: (909) 280-9097 FORDA Florida Off Roaders Drivers' Associaton 2750 Cozumel Drive #I 116 Melbourne, FL 32935 (407) 254-5167 FUDPUCKER RACING TEAM 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 April 18, 1999 Imperial Valley Fairgrounds April 24, 1999 The FUD 200 May 15-16, 1999 24 Hour endurance June 26, 1999 The Con;quista Gran Prix July 31, 1999 The Nite Team Race August 23, 1999 The Sweethearts Kiss September 13, 1999 The Cacti Gran Prix October 10, 1999 The Mudhen Sprint October 23, 1999 The Superstition 250 October 31, 1999 Imperial CouI\_ty Fairgrounds November 21, 1999 Notorious Dawg Team Race ' December S, 1999 Rudolph's Revenge Desert Gran Prix December 19, 1999 Imperial County Fairgrounds December 31, 1999 Dunaway Dash GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 (404) 963-0252 GPORRA Great Planes Off Road Racing Association 13621 Pierce St. Omaha, NE 68144-1122 (402) 333-0517 Eve. Keith Koesters 6716 N. 106th St. Omaha, NE 68122 (402) 4964846 Eve. (AU races are short course, stadium style. Classes: Trophy, Il-1600, 5, 7S, I and Quads) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (AU events sr,aged at the club grounds in Cleves. Ohio) INTERNATIONAL ICE RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 8105 St. Paul, MN 55108 Steve Beddor (612) 937-3816/Fax 474-2769 Page& INTER-SHOWS MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (949) 582-23 71 May 16, 1999 7th Annual Spring California Truck Jamboree Hidden Valley Park, Irvine, CA August IS, 1999 13th Annual California Truck Jamboree Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, CA KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O. Box465 Kamloops, BC, Canada VZGSL2 Bob (250) 374-7175 days Randy (250) 579-9621 eves. Wes (250) 351-2819 LI.T.R.E. Jeff Elrod (408) 926-0522 JimAruta (408) 247-4402 MIClllGAN BUGGY BUILDERS 3749 Needmore Hwy Charlotte, Ml 48813 (517) 543-7214 MIClllGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSlllPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 (517) 627-6200 August 1, 1999 Ingham County Fairgrounds Mason, MI 0eeps, Trucks, Buggies, Pilots, Road Warriors and Quad ATV-Money Classes.) MICHELIN SCCA PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSlllP Sports Car Club of America P.O. Box 3278 Englewood, CO 80 n 2 (303) 779-6622 April 30-May 1, 1999 Rim of the World California June 4-S, 1999 Susquehannock Trail Pennsylvania July 30-31, 1999 Maine Forest Maine August 27-28, 1999 Ojibwe Forests Minnesota October 1-2, 1999 Prescott Forests Arizona October 22-23, 1999 Lake Superior Michigan MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION MAORA Dean Conklin (217) 868-2154 Walt Flack (217) 987-6568 Brad Key (217) 446-4556 Steph Sabo (618) 327-9312 May 15, 1999 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park Casey, IL June S, 1999 Triple R Raceway Nashville, IL July 3-4, 1999 Lindo! Trail Motorsports Park Casey, IL July 31, 1999 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park Casey, IL August 28, 1999 Triple R Raceway Nash ville, IL September 28, 1999 Triple R Raceway Nash ville, IL October 2-3, 1999 Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park Casey, IL (M.A.O.R.A. sanctioned races. Series Produced lry Uncoln Trail Off Roaders) MOJAVE DESERT RACING 1853 Parkway Drive S. El Monte, CA 91733 (626) 442-9320/(626) 579-6051 Fax E-Mail: mdrracing@aol.com April 10, 1999 Lucerne.CA June 19, 1999 Lucerne, CA August 7, 1999 Barstow, CA October 2, 1999 Lucerne,CA November 20, 1999 Barstow, CA October .J0-31, 1998 Barstow 200 Barstow.CA M.OR.E. Mojave Off Road Racing Enthusiasts P.O. Box 1231 Barstow, CA 92311-1231 (760) 253-4453 May 1, 1999 Stoddard Valley June 12, 1999 · Johnson Valley August 21, 1999 Stoddard Valley November 6, 1999 Johnson Valley MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barret 6363 Nightingale Dr. Flint, Ml 48506 (810) 730-9221 NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. #1 · Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 NATIONAL TUFF TRUCK ASSOCIATION Butch Chapin Motorsports Promotions 1404 East 3rd Street Hastings, MN 55033-1415 (612) 437-2459 OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OFELPASO Joey Vasquez 13180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 855-8899 AU races are at Mountain Shadow Lake. Take l-IO Horizon Blvd. exit east I 2 miles omo OFF ROADERS INC. 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 Jim Kendel (216) 339-4674 AU races held at Harrison County Fairgrounds. Cadiz, Ohio ONTARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Rick Tichbourne, Public Relations (519)-681-4192(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) July 3-4, 1999 Cedar Springs Coburg, Ontario, Can July 24-25, 1999 Janetville Jamboree Janetville, Ontario, Can PACE MOTOR SPORTS U.S. Off Road Championship 630-556-6100 Vancouer, BC, Can March 27, 1999 Kingdome Seattle, WA PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 S.C.A.T. INC. Michael R. Icing P.O. Box277 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 June 4-6, 1999 Tecate/SCORE Baja 500 Ensenada, Baja California July 16-17, 1999 SCORE Fireworks 250 Barstow, CA September 10-11, 1999 Las Vegas Primm 300 Primm, NV November S-8, 1999 Tecate/SCORE Baja 1000. TBA, Baja California SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 4394 Las Vegas, NV 89106 (702) 452-4522 June 25-27, 1999 KC HiLites Midnight Special TBA August 13-14, 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 250 Continued on page 54 May 1999 Trail Notes ... NEVADA 2000 . Best In The Desert is well along on plans for the 2000 mile race that will take place the second week of July in the 2000 year. Pre race and post race events will take place at Michael Gaughan's fabulous Orleans Hotel and Casino, the sponsor hotel for the Nevada 2000. The course covers a large part of Nevada and will go through or near Tonopah, Hawthorne, Mesquite, Elko, Ely and Reno. Competitors in the Millennium race will be driving or riding cars, trucks, motorcycles and quads and will be competing for prize money, amount not yet determined. For further information on the Nevada 2000 Race, contact Best In The Desert at 702-457-5775. BELL MOTORSP0RTS ENLARGES - Bell Motorsports merged with Filler Safety almost ten years ago and now they have added Pyrotect and Worth Racing to the stable. You may call 800-669-2355 to order your favorite product from their new 11,000 square foot facility in Oakland, California. Also, the original Filler Safety location is still located at 9017 San Fernando Road in Sun Valley, CA and although it is a manufacturing facility, drop in and the friendly people there will help you realize your racing needs. MAINE FOREST PRO RALLY - Just heard from Wind River Group that Stig Blomqvist, 1984 World Rally Champion will be competing in the Maine Forest Rally in the Ford Escort Cosworth formerly driven by the late Carl Merrill. The rally, to be run on July 30-31 will be based in Rumford, Maine and will be the sixth round of the Michelin SCCA Pro Rally Championship series. Should be interesting. GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY -The Good Stuff directory is the place you should be looking into for your small business enterprises. Take a minute to peruse the directory and then decide if you should be advertising your business there. Call Dusty Times for the simplistic details and the very reasonable price. FUDPUCKER RACING - Just heard from Fud through a lengthy E-Mail and he wants to get the word out that just because he stated that he wasn't going to have a 24 hour endurance race for the buggies and trucks next year, all of a sudden it seems that Fud is going out of business. This is not true! Fud is hale and hearty and says he will be still pounding stakes 20 years from now so all of you keep on coming down to his races and have fun. Support the FRT races as often as you can. HERZOG/RAGLAND ENTRY - Herzog Racing is back in the off road business, entering a Chevrolet Pickup truck in the Trophy Truck Division for Larry Ragland to pilot. The team has officially entered this years Baja 1000, next years Baja 500 and they are the first to enter the Baja 2000 to be held late next year. Ragland has won the Baja 1000 overall four times, the Baja 500 overall twice and has driven buggies and trucks in the two and four wheel varieties. Herzog will field their-existing Chevy truck for this years 1000 and there will be a brand new truck for the year 2000 entries. MDR LUCERNE 300 -It was awfully cold, even for southern California but the MDR Lucerne 300 went off with 100 entrants ready to brave the cold and go for the checkered flag. Ace reporter Ron Miller will cover the race in depth in next months issue but here are the winners of the chilly race. Rick Wilson was the overall winner and the Class 1 winner as well, beating out 13 other cars for the class win. Bryan Geer took the 5-1600 class, just 23 seconds ahead of second place and that was a 13 car class also. John Becker won the 725 Class which had eight entries, Mike Ismail won his class in the vintage International Scout and Joel Mohr took the Class 9 honors. Kory Halopoff and Harley Letner, ages 16 and 15 took the Class 10 win in the 15 car class 10 field by a minute and a half and this is the second win for the kids. Go youngsters! Dennis Sletten won Class 11 by almost an hour, Jared Hardin won the 1200 class, Greg Crew won Class 1300, Marty Atkins took the 1400 class and the 21 car 1600 class was won by Jason Hatz with a seven minute margin. CLASSIFIED ADS - Dusty Times has a huge classified ad section, if you are looking to buy or sell a race car, motorcycle, pre-runner, truck, trailer or motorhome, Dusty Times is where you should place your ad. If you have property for sale or boats or airplanes on the market, call us and get an ad in the next issue and advertise your goodies to the entire off road community. Do it now! SCORE POINTS -The SCORE point standings after the San Felipe 250 has Vic Bruckmann in the overall points lead as well as leading 1/ 2-600. Bekki Freeman is second in that class. Class I leaders are Ronny Wilson with 111 points and Troy Herbst with 106 points. Trophy Truck has Ed and Tim Herbst in front with Kreg Donahoe in the second spot. Class 3 has Darren Skilton leading and John Kearney in second. George Seeley leads Class 5 with Dave Cua second, Carlos lribe has a slim 3 point lead over David Gasper in 5-1600, Jeff Lewis leads Class 7 with Craig Turner in second, in Class 7S it's Steve Cirillo ahead of Cory Susag and in Class 8 Brian Collins has a huge lead over James Hall. In the Class 9 competition, Daniel Mora has a 4 point edge on Jimmy Messick, Danny Anderson leads Class 10 over Rick Ellison, Jerry Penhall has the lead in SCORE LITES with Jeremy Gubler in hot pursuit and in Class 11 Eric Solorzano leads Mark McKinley. Rob Reinerton leads Stock Mini over Tim Casey, Manny Esquerra leads Stock Full over Robert Hayley and in Protruck Mike Hardaway has a good lead over Larry Plank. In the motorcycle and ATV divisions, Ricky Fernandez leads Class 21, Johnny Campbell is on top of Class 22, Cliff Mattock leads Class 30 and Class 40 is owned by Gary Tepner. In ATV's, Carmen Cafro leads Class 24, Gilberto Santana leads Class 25 and in the Sportsman ranks Doug MacArthur leads the cars, the trucks are lead by Mark Cline, Ivan Monoada leads the under 250cc motorcycles, Edward Tyynismaa is on top of the over 250cc motorcycles and Jesse Jones leads the Sportsman ATV contingent. Dusty Times

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TIECATE SCORE SAN FELIPE 250 Herbsts overall in Baja By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Lee Patten and Ronny Wilson teamed to get their first Class 1 win in their V4 powered Jimco at San Felipe. Tim and Ed Herbst enjoyed the pavement was a string of of uphill sandy washes, still a quick run in their Ford Tro-restaurants which enjoyed a very sold, and hard on limited phy Truck at SCORE's March steady stream of business from engines. A section of farm Baja 250 in San Felipe, taking racers, crews and fans. Every- roads led to the Morelia Junc-t!ie overall win by two minutes one benefited, everyone en-tion area, and then they and 33 seconds. joyed. Fish tacos were con-peeled off onto the "whoops" The San Felipe race has al-sumed by the gross. of the over-raced sections ways been graced with fine There were 184 starters, of leading out onto Diablo Dry weather and congenial sur-which some 33 were Unlimited Lake. From the north end of roundings. But this year things Class 1 cars, and 26 were 5-Diablo the wash led up almost were improved by the simple 1600 Baja-Bugs. (There was to the highway, then they expedient of moving the con-also a good sized entry of mo-doubled back on the pole-line tingency parade down into• torcycles and ATVs, whose road towards Borrego, crossing town, right on the malecon story you will find elsewhere in over the Ensena_da/San Felipe (boardwalk). There the con-this issue.) This year's course, highway there. A short loop tingency donors were lined up · like last year's, started out in into the sand brought them single file adjacent to the a southerly direction, down out to Highway 5 at El sand, with an unobstructed the old Puertecitos Road. Chinero, where they crossed view of beach and gulf. Across Then the racers faced a series and briefly paralleled the Joe Heger had fun · in his Ford Protruck, even when he was stuck. This was his second race, and he won. ;;=======o= shore, before recrossing the highway near Three Poles. A southwesterly stretch recon-nected them to the pole-line road, and that carried them back to San Felipe and the fin-ish at the Arches, for a total of 229 miles. The race cars went off the line single file, 30 seconds apart, beginning with the Tro-phy Trucks, who started about an hour after the last quad. When they got to Morelia, about 106 miles into the race, Jason Baldwin had the lead in his Ford, with about eight minutes on Tim and Ed Herbst in their Ford. Larry Roeseler ran about eight minutes back in his Chevy, while Dan Smith Ed and Tim Herbst had a great day in their Ford, and beat everyone, even the bikes, for the overall win. and Dave Ashley were fourth another ten minutes back, in their new single seat Ford. Lonny Helmbolt had already blown his transmission, and Baldwin got only another 25 miles or so before he had ter-, minal front end problems. The Herbsts were firmly in the lead at Three Poles (Mile 187), with Roeseler now an hour down, and Smith and Ashley another hour and a half further back, followed by Kreg Donahoe, whose Dodge · had not yet been repaired af-ter its spectacular Laughlin multiple roll over. Donahoe was driving a borrowed Ford 7S truck so he could stay in the points hunt, and was. merely looking for a finish, thus ran nearly three hours back. Roeseler had broken a right rear limiter strap which al-lowed his shocks to overex-tend, and come apart. His crew had simply removed all the shocks, put on a new lim-iter strap, and he was gingerly heading for home, disap-pointed that he couldn't get in a full length, full steam ahead drive with his new toy. The Herbsts said their mo-tor was "soft" all day, but nev-ertheless averaged 60.9 miles per hour and finished in front of everyone, including the winning bikers. They knew some of the Class 1 cars were "running hard behind us", so they drove "really hard the last part of the race." In fact, from Three Poles to the finish they averaged 68.6 miles per hour. They needed to. Roeseler fin-ished second, nearly two hours later, followed in by Ashley and Smith who'd had to re-place a transmission on the dry lake. They're liking their new truck, saying that even when it's sick it's faster than the old one. Donahoe was fourth, with an average speed of 30.5 miles per hour. In the Unlimited Class 1 cars, Lee Patten put his V4 powered A-armed Jimco into the lead by Morelia, but he had only a little over a minute on Pat Dean in his Chevy pow-ered car. In third it was John Phillips in a Jimco, followed by Nick Baldwin in his Aceco Hedgehog and Ryan Arciero in Bob Gordon's Toyota powered Chenowth. In sixth place it was Rod Muller in his new por-ter, powered by an aluminum block V 6 Pontiac. Others were having less successful days. Some trans-mission gremlin in his Jimco caused John Herder to break an axle on Friday in testing, and it happened again early on Saturday, and then the trans-mission case split. Gus Vildo-sola was reported to have crashed his Jimco, and was out early, while Doug Fortin's V4 Chenowth lost a radiator mount, the water poured out, and he was done. Pat Dean and John Phillips were both out before getting to Three Poles. Mark Post and Jerry Whelchel were having repeat fuel pump problems in their new all-wheel-drive Riviera Eagle. At Three Poles with Ronny Wilson now replacing Patten, the team still had the lead and were 12 minutes up on Arciero who was driving all the way this time. In third it was Muller, whose transmission was overheating, so he ha'd been taking it easy in the early sand washes. Baldwin ran fourth, a minute later, fol-lowed by Corky McMillin and Brian Ewalt in their 3.6 liter Porsche Chenowth. And in sixth it was Darnen Jefferies, feeling "out horse powered" in his Toyota Jimco. It was still a very close race, and the lead-ers ran within 23 minutes of one another. Jerry Penhall and George Erl teamed in their Penhall, had no problems, and won the SCORE Lite class. Steve Cirillo drove all the way in his Toyota Tacoma to take the win in Class lS. Wilson continued to have a flawless run, and went on to take the win, pushing hard and keeping the Herbsts nervous about their chances at the overall. When it was over, Wilson and Patten had the Class 1 win, but were two min-utes and 33 seconds behind the Trophy Truck. It was the team's first win since they switched to Class l. Muller was happy to finally get a fin-ish in his new car, and he was in second place, reporting a couple of flats in addition to the overheated transmission. Pages May 1999 Dusty Times

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Sporting a shiny new paint job, Daniel Mora piloted his Class 9 Chenowth to third place. Tom and Harry Jandt ran a steady pace and brought their Jimco back Gorky McMillin and Brian Ewalt shared driving in their Porsche powered second in Class SCORE Lite. Chenowth to finish fifth in Class 1. In third it was Arciero, and Baldwin was fourth, reporting no trouble, and just four min-utes later. McMillin and Ewalt came in fifth, reporting that the course was a "beater." Following the Class 1 cars at the start were the Class 8 trucks. This turned into a one car <;lass when Chris Wilson and Howard Hughes .couldn't get their Ford to the start line; Richard Coronado needed an alternator and a battery by Checkpoint One; and after us-ing over five hours to get 106 miles, Beny Canela called it a day and came back to the start/finish on a rope. In the meantime Brian Collins and Dale White had their Chevro-let steaming around the course. They had no problems, both reporting that "It was easy", as they finished first in class and seventh in the over-all standings. Next in line were the Class 10 cars, and in this group the early lead belonged to Jim Price, from Colorado, who'd needed 25 hours to tow his '94 Bunderson to San Felipe, where he'd never been. He's apparently a quick study, and he'd figured out how to get two minutes up on Ben Schlimme, in a Toyota pow-ered '97 Jimco. In third it was Rick Ellison and John Penner in their Chenowth. While Dave Sundquist, in a Jimco, was fourth, followed by Miguel Tornel in his Mirage. Only six cars failed to get to Morelia, and one of them was Chris Harrold in his Honda powered Jimco, who was out early with a blown transmission. Schlimme had taken over the lead when they went through Three Poles, but he had less than two minutes on Price, who wa_s in second place and finding that he liked 'this San Felipe course. Rob Mac-888-227-2279 Cachren and Danny Anderson were teamed in a Jimco, and they'd moved into third now that they were out of that up-hill sand where they'd been down on power. In fourth it was Tornel, a little over a minute later, and Brady Helm, soloing this time; ran fifth in his Lothringer, also feeling under powered in the uphill sand. Ellison and Penner broke an axle and fell back. Schlimme collected a good sized dent in the front corner of his roof when he hit some-thing solid on a brief off course excursion in another car's dust, but other than that he had no problems. He said the race was "too short" and he was ready to go around again. He took the win with just eight minutes on Price, whose motor was sick for the· crucial final 15 miles. Price's second place was remarkable in light of all the years of experience West Tropicana & Arville 800-675-3267 here some of his competitors had." Third place went to Anderson and MacCachren, ,who straggled in six minutes later with the left rear about to roll off the wheel. Tornel did his usual fine job, and fin-ished fourth, followed in by Helm, who had two very flat tires, both on the same side. The next class in line was the SCORE Lite group, and. practically the first car out of Continued on page 10 He lost all shocks on the right rear of his Chevrolet Trophy Truck, but Larry Roese/er limped home in second place. West Flamingo & Valley View 888-402-6278 IL_Flamingo Road & The Strip ❖«..::-»:«~x~,:««-.»»:« Q I I I ' Q - =-y-;.:,;.,,.:-~;,:-;,.-.;«•Y.««-r . .;,:•~•:❖·=❖~:«,>x~.w.««««.»:«"'Y-"-:««-.".«-»»:-:·x«❖:•-m»»:,,OO,)❖(,(❖X"»X««««<-.-««•-»x,.'W:,:,".(.;.;.;..;.,;.:-:❖:-Y..:-:-:❖~=-=-:-:-:-;.-~:-:-:-:.;«.:«-:'..:«-»»:«-:«,·❖:-:•Q,:"»X««<<•W ... .«-:,:.:,'//.>~Y.<W..:«-»:«.;.;-:❖:-:«❖~>~:-=~=❖:«-v'X"M-:-:>»"NX«-:-:-:-:.:-:..~:❖x~.««-:-:-»:-:«-:«❖:«-:«-:-:-:««-:-.»-....»:-»',»;-:«-¥.-· Dusty Times May 1999 Page9

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A broken lower shock bolt knocked him out of the lead, but after repairs Danny Anderson and Rob MacCachren didn't like the way the rear Manny Esquerra, Ford, lost the Stock Full lead when a transmission GeoT< e Seele took second in Class 5. end bounced, but took third in Class 10. cross-member broke, finished second. Eric Fisher, Ensenada resident, soloed his Jimco to the Class 9 victory. winning by just nine minutes. action was the team of Dave Callaway and John Holmes, Dunrite, season champs two years running, with a blown transmission before they'd gone 50 miles. While they waited for a trailer, Jerry Pen-hall put his Penhall into the lead, and he had nine minutes on Arturo Honold. Steven Greinke ran third, three sec-onds later, in a Suspens-ions Unlimited car, with Brian Coneen and John Manring in fourth in a Jimco. Danny Ashcraft· and Dave Mason were fifth in their Porter/Pen-hall. Twelve minutes sepa-rated first from fifth - a flat tire or a missed corner could make the difference. In the next section Penhall got out and put co-driver, George Erl, into the driver's seat. He stayed in front, though he did feel the course was becoming "pretty brutal, and the sand was gettin' real deep." Honold ran second, while Coneen and his partner, Manring, who'd n~ver driven in this class before, ran third now. Tom and Harry Jandt moved up tQ fourth in their Jimco, with Ashcraft and Ma-son in fifth. Greinke lost over an hour and fell back many po-sitions. Father and son team, Hector and Danny Ledezma, had only one flat tire, won the big 5/16 class by four minutes. ,---a-n--,---.....-u-cT"T_e_s _n_e_v_e_r -m-a-r-e--.-:-i t Ben Schlimm_e had so much fun winning Class 10 in his Jimco that he wanted to go around again. · Penhall and Erl had a Heger that he could beat him, trouble free day, and brought so he rented Jeff Foskins' Ford the car home a winner. Behind for the purpost. Unfortu-them the Jandt team was sec-nately, what should have been ond, followed in by Coneen a great race, faded into noth-and Manring, just 13 seconds ing. Nuckles was nearly an behind them. They'd lost an hour behind Heger when they oil cooler near the end of their got to Morelia, and then he day, but dumped in two quarts never got to Th.ree Poles. of oil, and motored on to the Heger sailed on with only mi-finish. Ashcraft and Mason nor problems. He had a flat, were fourth. and he got stuck and he ran In \:he Protruck class, Mike out of gas. The fuel he bor-Griffiths was out early leaving rowed came from dump cans the race to Joe Heger, who -and had dirt or water in it, so bought Jimmy Nuckles' Ford he eventually had to drain just before the Laughlin race that out and add fresh. But it and Nuckles himself. It seems mattered not, because Heger that Nuckles wanted to show was in front and stayed there, Darren Skilton had to practice his on-course automotive repair skills on his Class 3 winning Kia Sportage. · back to the checkered flag. Let's hope for a rematch at the Baja 500. Class 5 took the flag next, and it looked as if George See-ley would have his work cut out for him. All last year he chased the Dondel brothers in the old Michael James/Mike Kalicki car, and now, here were Michael James and Mike Kalicki in a brand new car for him to chase. They had the lead at Morelia, with James driving, but Seeley was only 11 secon.ds back. Dave Cua was third another minute and eight seconds later, followed by Ruben Garcia in fourth place. Kalicki had a good run, and handed over to James, but Seeley stayed in the driver's seat, and he had the lead at Three Poles. James, who was now driving, was 12 minutes back. Cua was gone, having run hard to try to catch See-ley, hit a bump while in fifth gear and rolled over three times. He landed on his roof, and broke "important stuff", but was o.k., and out of the race. James had nothing to report except a scary moment on a late booby trap, as he brought the new car home in first place. Seeley, in the mean-time, had broken a high dol-lar lower shock bolt, had it welded, and when it broke again grabbed an extension from his tool kit and stuffed it into the hole in place of the bolt. He managed to finish on that, but was by then about 45 minutes down. Only four min-utes later Garcia finish~d with a shredded left front tire, and a badly smashed rear cage. He said he'd been stopped behind two other stopped vehicles and someone had run into him. It was probably a good thing he didn't have any fur-ther to go. Josh Westwood was the fourth and last finisher, over an hour behind Garcia. Next to take the green were Jared and Eric Hardin ran third in Class 7S, in their neat and tidy Rod Muller got the first finish with his new Pontiac powered Porter, Miguel Tomei piloted his bright orange Toyota powered Mirage to a GMC Sonoma. finished second in Class 1, fourth overall. great fourth place in Class 10. · Page 10 May 1999 Dusty Times

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Ryan Arciero drove Bob Gordon's Toyota Chenowth all the way, was Jirri Dizney piloted his always neat-looking Jimco to fourth place the Daniel Fresh in one of the best looking cars running, was third in 5/ third in Class 1, just four seconds behind second. --'tig~h_t_1600~~ra_c_e_. --~-~-~~----~~~~ 16, only 6:14 bef]ind the winning car. the 1/2-1600 buggies. Four of had the lead, though they'd time. But she did. Freeman his 7S Ford. He'd had a flat lost about an hour. But he'd them failed to get to Morelia, had to reattach a coil wire. nudged Rodriquez out of sec-and when he stopped to fix it had such a good cushion that and another two broke in the Rodriguez was now second, ond by only 30 seconds, for the got stuck for an hour. He'd neither of the others caught next section, but all the rest about four and a half minutes best battle of the day. In also had an electrical fire, but him, and he still took the win. got to the finish line. Jason back, with Freeman just under fourth it was Dizney, followed kept moving along. Turner, at a slow, but steady Hatz and Vic Bruckmann four minutes behind him. Jim in by Hutchison, and almost Lewis lost a transfer case in pace, kept moving along, and teamed for this event, in Dizney, who was soloing in his all the rest of the class. the last section of the race and Continued on page 13 Bruckmann's Chenowth. Not Jimco, ran fourth now followed The Class 7 trucks took off surprisingly, they had the lead by Garth Hut<;:hison. next, and Jeff Lewis put his at Morelia, but they had only Bruckmann had a flat Chevrolet into the lead early, 21 seconds on Ramiro Es-shortly after Three Poles, but and permanently. Everyone cobedo Aguilar and Carlos his friend, Manlio Moreno, else had problems in the first Aguilar in their Mirage. In was nearby and quickly fixed section. Lewis had flattened a third it was Lorenzo Rod-it. Bruckmann said he "drove tire in the first wash, but still riguez, about five minutes hard" the rest of the way in had nearly three hours on sec-back and wishing he had "a and took the win by eight min-ond place Jose Gonzalez, from little more power", in his utes. Freeman was pushing Mexicali. In third it was Eli Lothringer. Dan Martin and Rodriguez, and had a stroke of Yee, in a Ford, .who was hav-Dennis Crowley were fourth luck when he flattened a rear ing a computer chip problem. and in fifth it was Bekki Free-tire about 30 miles before the When he got to Three Poles man in her Jimco, sadly aware finish. He quickly put his front Lewis had three and a half that she had the wrong gear-spare on the rear and went on hours on Yee and his co-ing for the sand, which made to be the second car to the fin-driver, Perry McNeil, and up a lot of the course. Still, she ish line. His little spare had Gonzalez was no longer run-was only eight minutes behind gone flag also by then, and he ning. Now Craig Turner was the lead team. came in all lo_psided. He sat third, only six minutes back. At Three Poles Bruckmann hoping against hope that Free- Turner, who is now building a was in the car and they still man hadn't caught him on new Class 7 truck, was running Mike Mccomas teamed with Marc Stein in the Ford, to take the win in Stock Full class. WEBCAM CO~tiRAlULAlES 600CCwfrfgine We S.C.O. I~;@ eatest teams. . _wif&~~ =¾;::~.-RAC/NG i!AMS 1815 MASSACHUSffiS AVENUE _.. RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, 92506, USA _.. 909/3169-726 WWW.WEB NCCOM - ( . Dusty Times May 1999 Page 11 1 l

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even though he'd lost high gear he wasn't stopped. He put some trans fluid in, ad-justed things a bit,_and went on to finish second. Yee and McNeil, running the fi-nal 120 miles with no brakes, were seven minutes behind him, in third. In the 7S trucks, which were next to start, Bruce Landfield put his Lothringer int·o the lead by the time he'd reached ·Morelia, and he had five minutes on Jared and Eric Hardin in a GMC Sorroma. In third, another minute and a half back, it was Steve Cirillo in his Toyota Tacoma. Cory Susag and Doug Siewert were fourth and an hour and a half down after losing their drive shaft and being stuck. All the Tony and /ban Gomez, a father and son team, shared the driving in remaining entries were already done for their Jimco, finishing second in Class 9. the day. . By the time they got to Three Poles, Cirillo had taken over the lead, as Land-field and his co-driver Brett Turley had needed to repair a broken spring. They were still second, and the Hardins ran third, an ho_ur later, followed by Susag and Siewert, another hour back. They held those positions to the end, Cirillo taking the win with 34 minutes on Land-field and Turley. The Hardins were an-other hour back, and Susag and Turley came to within an hour and 15 minutes of cut off time, but got their fourth place. In the Stock Full trucks, Manny Esq-uerra put his Ford into the lead by Morelia, but he had David Sykes, in an-Jim Price trailered his Bunderson from Colorado to race San Felipe other Ford, pushing hard, just two and a for the first time, was second in Class 10. _______ half minutes behind him. Mike McComas, who used to drive the only Chevy in this class, has adopted an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" attitude, and he was teamed with Marc Stein in his Ford for this trip. McComas rode with Stein for the first half, and they lost third gear early in the day and were third at Morelia. -Esquerra was still leading at Three Poles, with Sykes now about 17 minutes behind him, and the McComas/Stein team, McComas now driving, another five minutes behind. Esquerra broke a transmission cross member and had to stop for welding. The McComa.s/Stein team, with no major trouble, moved into the lead and took the Brian Coneen and John Manring carried two spares on their Jimco, win. Esquerra, not real cheerful about this finished third in SCORE Lite. turn of events, finished second only a little over two minutes later. Robert Hayley and Steve Olliges, a top notch team, paired in Hayley's Ford, and now moved up to finish third, after an early broken tie rod, which got them stuck and a later broken tie rod which rolled them over. They said "otherwise it was a good race." Sykes was fourth. And John Griffin, whose Hummer had early trouble and ran late all day, finished with about 38 minutes to spare, to give this· class a 100% finish rate. In the Stock Mini class they lost one competitor before the race started. There was some question about whether or not Michae/JamesandMikeKalickibroughtouttheirnewC/ass5car,hadagoodday the rear shocks should be al-and took the win ==""""" lowed to protrude through the bed of an S.U.V. Since there is no clear rule on the matter, the tech people were in quan-dary when the question arose, and since they do protrude through the bed in Tim Casey's 4Runner, he appar-ently decided not to start, rather than race and face dis-qualification later. So there . was only Rob Reinertson in his Ford and Bob Land and Bryan Farnsworth in their Isuzu. Land and Farnswortnled at Morelia, while Reinertsori who'd been stuck at Mile 50, was only two and a half min-utes behind them. Reinertson DaleWhiteandBrianCollinspairedupandgottheirfirstSanFelipevictoriessince later said he'd been stuck be-1990, in Class 8. Continued on page 14 Dusty Times May 1999 1 Page 13

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Mario and Daniel Gutierrez had a clean run to finish fourth in 5/16, Lorenzo Rodriguez had a late flat on his Lothringer, and lost second Nick Baldwin had a smooth day in his star-spangled Ace Hedgehog, which was second biggest class. in 1/2-1600 by less than a minute. cause of a race prep error. They'd forgotten to clean the air filter after Laughlin, and the truck ran so badly they couldn't keep it moving. But by Three Poles Reinertson had taken over, and now the Isuzu was an hour and a half behind, and then it never made it to the finish. It may have just run out of time. Reinertson, however, running well once the air cleaner prob-lem was solved, finished in plenty of time and took the win. and his Isuzu Amigo never got finish, his exhaust collector to Morelia, but we didn't have dropped down, and in an ac-any information about why tion that makes one think of not. And the Chevy Blazer some old slapstick comedy, driven by Balazs Szalai, from stuck in the ground like a Hungary, ran about two hours pogo stick to give the Kia an late, obviously having some unexpected lift. Then the major problem. It was Darren shifter, torn loose in the ac-Skilton and his Kia in front, tion, wrapped itself around running smoothly, so far. the driv_e shaft and everything Skilton had a flat, and also ground to a halt. Skilton, had to change all his fuel in-who's become quite a jectors in the next section, Mexicaneer by now, cut the but Szalai, tho.ugh still mov-shifter cable, pulled it up into ing, was now nearly three the cab through the inspec-hours down, and fast coming. tion panel (which he re-up on the 10 hour time limit. moved) and shifted gears by Class 3 had three entries, and it looked as if it would be an interesting day. But things fell apart early. John Kearney Skilton thought he was yanking on it from that point having a pretty clean race, on. 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Mario and Daniel Gutierrez ran fourth, 15 seconds later, with J .A. and J.C. Convarrubias in fifth place, two seconds later. Sadly, the veteran Covarrubias team didn't make it to Three Poles. The Gaspers had the lead at Three Poles, and Fresh was still right behind them, only three minutes and 22 seconds back, followed by Danny Le-dezma, who;d taken over for his father, Hector, who'd had an early flat. He was two sec-onds behind Fresh. In fourth it was the Gutierrez team, having a "good, smooth day", and Valenzuela and Burget had dropped to fifth, but were still only 15 minutes behind the lead after 187 miles. Danny Ledezma had a clean run, moved up to the front, and gave the big Le-dezma family another 5-1600 win. Behind them the Gaspers were second, about four min-utes and 13 seconds back, and followed in just over two min-utes later by Fresh. In fourth it was the Gutierrez team, an-other three minutes out, and Mario and Elias Ledezma made it a good day for the family by taking fifth place. Eric Pavolka debuted a new paint job, had four flats (he said he spent half the day with front tires on the rear) and finishc;d sixth, followed in by Valenzuela and Burget who were running a front on the rear and it was flat. Flat tires apparently made the differ-ence for this class. Class 9 came next. Eric Fisher, who hails from Ense-nada, put his car into the lead by Moreiia, with Jesus Luna, from Tijuana also, in Bill Rodriguez's Jimco, six minutes behind him. In third it was Daniel Mora, another Baja resident, four minutes back, in a Chenowth. Hector Sarabia, from Ensenada, was fourth in another Chenowth, and Ed McLean, from Maryland, teamed with Kevin Walsh Jeff Lewis had to replace a transfer case late in the day, but still took the Class 7 win in his Chevrolet. · Nitrogen Gas Pressure (200PSI) .T-644-AN12 11 x 44 Row-12 AN - Internal Adustable Damping -~ -CompletelyRebuildable SET-FP640-AN10 Fan Pack, 11 x40Row- 10AN ~ in ----------------------------------------■ CD Running in the Sportsman Truck class, Alfonso Hernandez used up over nine hours • HOLLEY • PYROTECT • BEARD SEATS • HELLA • KC HILITES • FODDRILL • REDLINE OIL • UMP s s DE s . getting his win. - ---------- -------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........:=================----Page 14 May 1999 Dusty Times

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Brady Helm drove his Lothringer all the way, finished on TWO flat Bob Land got his 7S Isuzu partway around the course, but couldn't Bekki Freeman, second 1600, didn't like hergearingin the sand, but tires, fifth in Class 10. ,,_ge_t_a_fi_in~is~h_._~-~~-~~---~----~--she could sure dig her Jimco out of the holes. from San Diego, were fifth in second by eight minutes. In the Prince/Browne team minutes on the giant Candy that part of what he likes their Jimco. It might look as third it was Sonia Fierro, fol-moved into the lead for a Cane, which had to fuel three about the sport is that it if the local boys had the edge lowed by Tim and Stacy Price while, but then they made a times in this event. Fierro "challenges your physical abil-in their own territory, but in in their tidy looking Lothring-driver change, MacArthur stayed solidly in third place. ity." The Princes and Browne, fact, the local boys made up er. forged back into the lead. At MacArthur took the win, who said they thought their the majority of the class, so MacArthur had a flat and Three Poles he had about 20 and full of enthusiasm, said Continued on page 16 the odds were in their favor. Not to mention that most of them are veteran racers who go fast in any neighborhood. Fisher, who soloed, hung on to his lead through Three Poles, and now he had 13 min-utes on Mora, who was 35 sec-onds in front of R-0driguez, who later said the clutch in his car slipped "all the way." In fourth it was the Gomez family. Tony, the father, had driven the first half, and he'd had a flat. Now his son, lban, was driving, and he had Rob-· erto, his brother, riding. They were less than. a minute out, and about a minute and a half in front of McLean and Walsh. Fisher,· who stopped only for gas, sailed on smoothly to take the win. The Gomez fam-ily moved up to finish second, 10 minutes later, with Mora in third, then Luna and Rod-riguez, and in fifth, McLean and Walsh. McLean was not only one of the oldest drivers at this race, but he also came • from almost the greatest dis-tance. (We think Dave Matsui, a 1600 driver from Ja-pan, has i:hat honor.) The Sportsman buggies got the nod. to go next, with a field of seven entries. It should be understood that the Sportsman competitors race as hard and as long as any of the other competitors; they simply are not eligible for "purse money" because the entry they pay does not in-clude the funds that go into the purse. (What they pay is the same "entry" fee as the Pro classes, but not lnsut'ance, Land Use, Radio and Points Fund monies. This amounts to a fee that's roughly $285 less expensive at San Felipe for example.) And they race the full course. These drivers are as competitive as anyone else out on the course, though some are beginners, trying to decide if they really want to commit to the energy and time demanded by the sport. It's a great way to try it out, and most end up racing· the entire series. 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Bruce Landfield and Brett Turley took second in Class 7S in their Ford Craig Turner ran his 7S Ford in Class 7 while he waits for his new Dave Cua was runninig hard, trying to catch Seeley when he hit a Ranger, in spite of a broken spring. alternator had died, but it came back, were second, just under a half hour later, fol-lowed in by Fierro in third place. There was only one Sports-man Truck this time, Alfonso Class 7 truck to be finished, took second place. gOQd one and rolled the car a few times, luckily he wa okay. Hernandez, and he had a long course. Since these folks must rific drivers, and two of the stayed in front of their '7 4 se-day, but got to the finish line run a 1600cc motor, ap.d they three made it back to the fin-dan. Behind them Fernando with 52 minutes to spare. have a full body, therefore ish. Miguel Mexia went out Ramirez and Mario Ramirez Class 11 had an entry of smaller tires than most (to fit early, ·probably in the sand ran second in a '68 sedan, only three for the San Felipe in the fender wells), the sand somewhere, but Eric Solor-about a half hour to 40 min-race, and they were required ·must have been a particular zano, Terry Kiely and Miguel utes behind, all day. to run the entire length of the trial to them. But they're ter-Haro went into the lead and At the finish it was the three man team of Solorzano, Kiely and Haro in victory circle, with the Ramirez team second, only 40 minutes later. Of the 184 cars and trucks that started, a t9tal of 113 fin-ished, for 61 %. Out of the 18 class winn-ers, there were some who repeated. Jason Hatz was the 1/2-1600 winner last year also, Darren Skilton repeated, Danny Ledezma backed up last year's 5-1600 win, Rob Reinertson did it again in Stock Mini and Marc Ste'in was a repeater in Stock Full. Skilton and Stein were also winners in '97. Ledezma also did it in '96, '94 and '93. Brian In only his second race, Doug MacArthur took the win in his Sportsman Buggy Class Raceco. Rob Reinertson had early air-cleaner trouble in his Stock Mini Ford Ranger, but Collins and Dale White had went on to get the win. --------wins in Class 1 ,and 3 in 1990, NOW THAT BAJA•s OVER LET•s GET READY FOR 1999 . . YOUR SUSPENSION SPECIALIST We Have Parts For All Your Off Road Needs New Lobro 930CV Joint. $42.50each 42425 ·;th S;reet East Unit D Lancaster, Ca. 93535 (USA) Phone:(805.) 940-5515 Fax:(805) 940-5514 Page 16 May 1999 Dusty Times

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Eric Solorzano, Terry Kiely and Miguel Haro teamed to drive their '74 VW sedan to the Class 11 win. · Vic Bruckmann and Jason Hatz teamed in Bruckmann's Chenowth to win the tight 1/2-1600 class. but had no more victories un-til this year when they teamed up in Class 8. Ledezma looks like the stand-out for repeat wins at San Felipe in the car classes. He says he's switching to Class 5 sometime soon, so we'll have to look for new r.ecords. One of the nicest things about San Felipe races is that they're over relatively early, so even the most distant pit crews and chase teams can usually get into town in time for a fine supper and some re-laxation. With Sah Felipe under their belts, the SCORE staffers start work on the longer and more complex Baja 500, scheduled for June 4th through tlie 6th. With the 500, the distant pit crews are lucky if they get back in time for lunch the next day. Buen Viaje! ■ Valley Performance Custom Accessories Competitive Prices Now Available Dusty Times Barbary Coast Class 2 Two Seater $45,000 Ca Dave or 702-247-1266 or 702-873-1962 3636 Mead Avenue Las Vagas, NV 89102 702-247-1266 702-873-1962 TECATE SCORE BAJA 250 MARCH, 20, 21, 1999 SAN FELIPE, BAJA CA RESULTS POSITION CAR# DRIVER/CO-DRIVER OACLASS Trophy Trucks • unlimited trucks• 7 starters, 4 finishers 1 1 19 Tim & Ed Herbst 58 2 72 I.any Roeseler 98 3 1 Dan Smith/Dave Ashley 127 4 17 . Kreg Donahoe Cbss 1 • unlimited cars - 33 starters, 15 finishers 2 1 ~117 Ronny Wilson/Lee Patten 4 2 108 Rod Muller .S 3 126 Ryan Arciero 6 4 120 Nick Baldwin 8 .S 124 Corky McMillin/Brian Ewalt Class 1-2/1600 • 1 & 2 sea·t cars. l 600ccs • 20 starters. 14 finishers 28 l ' 1605 Jason Hatz/Vic Bruclcmann 32 2 1600 Bekki Freeman 33 3 1604 Lorenzo Rodriguez 42 4 1609 Jim Dizrley 44 .S 1619 Garth Hutchison Class 3 • short wheel based 4X4s • 3 starters, 1 finisher 131 i 300 Darren Skilton Class .S - Baja Bugs, unlimited • 8 starters, 4 finishers VEHICLE Ford F-150 Chevrolet Kl.SOO Ford F-150 Ford Ranger Jimco V4 Pontiac Porter Toyota Chenowth Aceco Hedgehog Porsche Chenowth Clienowth Jimco Lothringer Jimco Hutch Co. Kia Sportage 27 1 508 Mike Kaliclci/Michael James Baja Bug 6.S 2 .SOI George Seeley D.Snoddy Chassis 69 3 .S 19 Ruben Garcia Baja Bug 108 4 503 Josh Westwood '65 Convertible Class .S-1600 • Baja Bugs, limited suspension & engine • 26 starters, 18 finishers 67 1 56.S Danny & Hector Ledezma Baja Bug 71 2 55'0 Dave & Bill Gasper Baja Bug 74 3 553 Daniel Fresh Baja Bug 78 4 562 Mario & Daniel Gutierrez Jimco Beetle 84 .S 558 Mario & Elias Ledezma Baja Bug Class 7 - Open Mini Trucks -.S starters, 3 finishers TIME 3:46:08 .S:29:04 6:30:17 7:31:17 3:48:41 4:01:0S 4:01:09 4:04:57 4:08:01 4:SS:.S0 5:03:56 .S:04:27 .S:11:42 .S:16:50 8:02:43 4:.SS:20 5:40:07 .S:44:0S 6:56:49 .S:41:.S0 5:45:57 .S:48:04 .S:.Sl:16 6:01 :34 80 1 700 JeffLewis · Chevrolet S-10 4X4 .S:54:31 13.S 2 701 Craig Turner Ford Ranger 8:15:56 (39 3 704 Eli Y ee/Peny McNeil Ford Ranger 8:25:01 Class 7S • Stock mini-trucks - 7 starters, 4 finishers 76 I 739 Steve Cirillo 94 2 722 Bruce Landfield/Brett Turley 120 3 724 Jared & Eric Hardin 137 4 720 Cory Susag/Doug Siewert Class 8 - Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks • 3 starters, 1 _finisher 7 l 802 Brian Collins/Dale White Class 9 • short wheelbase cars, I & 2 scat, I 600ccs • 12 starters, 7 finishers Toyota Tacoma Ford Ranger · GMCSonoma Toyota Tacoma Chevrolet CI.S00 . 87 1 947 Eric Fisher · Iunco 95 2 901 Tony & Jban Gomez Jimco 97 3 906 Daniel Mora Chenowt' 99 4 902 Jesus Luna/Bill Rodriguez Ji:nco 100 .S 948 Ed McLean1Kevin Walsh Jimco Class 10 • 1 & 2 seat, A-arms or not, water-cooled o.k. - 19 starters, 12 finishers IO 1 l 009 Ben Schlimme Junco 13 2 1003 Jim Price Bunderson 16 3 1011 Danny Anderson/Rob MacCachren Jimco 18 4 1014 Miguel Tomei Mirage 29 5 1005 Brady Helm Lothringer Class 10 - 1 & 2 seat, A-arms or not, water-cooled o.k. - 19 starters, 12 finishers 10 I 1009 Ben Schlimme funco 13 2 1003 Jim Price Bunderson 16 3 IO 11 Danny Anderson/Rob MacCachren Jimco 18 4 1014 Miguel Tomei Mirage 29 5 1005 Brady Helm . Lothrin~er SCORE Lite • I & 2 scat, VW beams, air-cooled - 19 starters, I .S finishers 17 l 1214 Jerry Penhall/George Erl 25 2 120.S Tom & Harry Jandl 26 3 1203 Brian Coneen/John Manring 30 4 1206 Danny Ashcraft/Dave Mason 39 5 1249 Tony Licitra Class 11 • Stock VW Sedans • 3 starters, 2 finishers 136 I 1100 Eric Solorzano/feny Kiely/Miguel Haro 143 2 1149 · Fernando Flores Ramirez/Mario Ramirez Penhall Jimco funco Penhall/Porter Chenowth '74 Sedan '68 Sedan Protrucks • Production trucks, (spec, all alike)· 3 starters, 1 finisher 31 I 288 Joe Heger/Mike Hardaway Stock full • stock full sized trucks· S starters, .S finishers 72 I 860 Marc Stein/Mike McComas 75 2 863 Manny Esquerra 106 3 879 Robert Hayley/Steve Olliges 134 4 862 David Sykes 148 .S 864 John Griffin Stock Mini • stock mini trucks - 3 staners,- 1 finisher 138 1 760 Rob Reinertson Sportsman Truck 145 1 1502 Alfonso Hernandez Sportsman Buggies 57 I 1403 Doug MacArthur 82 2 1400 Waker & Marq Prince/Doug Browne l 07 3 1491 Sonia Fierro 116 4 1402 Elizabeth Wayas 119 .S 1499 Tim & Stacy Price Course: one loop, 229 miles weather: warm, sunny, dry total starters: 184 total finishers: 113 (61 %) May 1999 Ford Ford Ford Ford Ford Hummer Ford Unk Raceco Raceco Unk Unk Lothringer .S:49:1.S 6:23:09 7:23:59 8:18:34 4:07:57 6:14:14 6:23:59 6:29:27 6:31:32 6:32:26 4:13:36 4:21:31 4:27:23 4:27:.S0 4:56:29 4:13:36 4:21:31 4:27:23 4:27:.S0 4:56:29 4:27:2.S 4:49:03 4:49:10 .S:01:47 5:08:56 8:17:16 8:57:24 5:03:04 5:45:59 5:48:51 6:48:37 8:14:14 9:22:42 8:18:41 9:08:52 .S:26:49 .S:59:39 6:50:28 7:11:28 7:14:42 Page 17

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47TH SAFARI RALLY Ford/McRae Take -The Trophy By Martin Holmes Photos: Maurice Selden Colin McRae and Nicky Grist found the Safari Rally to their liking, winning overall by over 12 minutes in his Ford Focus with only flat tires to hinder him en route. Colin McRae took the Ford Focus W.RCar to a fantastic win in Kenya, beating the best of the best, breaking Makinen's winning streak and giving Ford a much needed boost in the Manufacturer's points. Colin had no fastest section times throughout the rally but yet he took the win, and by a fairly hefty margin, over 12 minutes ahead o{ sec-ond place Didier Auriol in the Toyota Corolla. This was the 17th win for McRae, equaling Makinen's, wins and it ended the 22 year drought of Ford wins on the Safari. There was lots of pre-rally concern whether a standard water pump would be suffi-cient in the Focus during a high temperature rally but the fears were groundless as the car performed flawlessly, suf-fering only from flat tires. Makinen had lots of prob-lems, a heavy landing taking its toll on the suspension and there was a flat tire that cau·sed his e·ventual exclusion when spectators gave him un-authorized help. McRae's teammate, Tho-BUMP STOPS HERE Stop the up-travel on ~our suspension wt.th this advanced bump stop system. These hump stops come complete with a moun~g system. polyurethane end piece and enough valving to get the job done. ECONOMIC.ALLY PRICED AT 319.90 PER PAIR. (Includes mo11J1tma hard'llnH & pad• 8 bolts} Bee your off road racing puts ■uppller or call u■ direct Yarnell Specialties, Inc. 1-520-427-35S1 102 Crestview P.O. Box 845 Yarnell, AZ 85362-084S mas Radstrom fell in his hotel before the rally and broke his leg so the reserves were called up and Petter Solberg took the secqnd Ford Focus to a great fifth overall. The early stages were marred by a horrible accident but Freddy Loix escaped with only cuts and sprains and nei-ther ·of the works Mitsubishis finished nor did any of the thr-ee official Subarus,' al-though Richard Burns led early on in the rally. The Group N category was won by Hamid Al W ahaibi in a Mitsubishi Carisma and the Hyundai of Phineas Kimathi was the W2L winner. The Safari Rally is the third event in the FIA World Rally Championship, run on open public roads in central Kenya. It is the fastest and the hot-test rally on the circuit and it is also the highest, running up to 11,800 feet above sea level and· there were 50 entrants ready to fight the heat, the dust and the terrain for a win on this very taxing rally. There was big news from Subaru: this event was the 130th World Championship Rally contested by Juhu Kank-kunen, making him the most Phineas Kimathi and Abdul Sidi took their Hyundai Coupe to 17th overall but they were the first W2L to the finish line. experienced World Champi-onship driver in history. Other news was that this was the last rally for the Toyota Corolla World Rally Car as fitted with the engine originally designed for the Celica GT-Four. From Portugal on the Corollas will have engines developed from a completely different basic model production car. There were only a few mi-nor route changes from last year and the Safari traditions continued. The basis of the event was once again perfor-mance over "Competitive Sec-tions" rather than special stages but would be time<l this year to a tenth of a second like other World rallies. The main difference of this event is the considerably increased dis-tance and that the high speed sections are NOT closed 'to ci-vilian traffic. Vehicle specifications can be changed considerably for this ev_ent to adjust to the spe-cial demands of the terrain and the unique format of the event. This is the fastest rally on the circ·uit although the Neste Rally of Finland is be-coming almost as fast. There was considerable de-lay before the final route was defined. There was concern about having mechanics and pilots having to fly or drive at night between legs and this caused the second leg to be shortened, at the expense of one of the longest competitive sections. The weather forecast called for hot and-dry condi-tions. Temperatures would run up near 100 degrees and little rain was lurking nearby so it would be dusty. A gap of three minutes between cars was anticipated for safely. The Safari Rally demands a high degree of compromise in· car preparation. Engineers seek to balance the need to strengthen their cars by limit-ing the extra weight and avoiding consequent loss of performance and the likeli-hood of damage. It is a rally full of exceptions. You are al-lowed to use full specification rally cars for training; you may test on actual competitive sec-tions and there is no speed limit during the training exer-cise. Many teams reported suf-fering flat tires during testing. Michelin's supplies of the lat-est versions were delayed at Kenyan Customs and teams had to use the less suitable H Type tire instead but the lat-est type w·as available for the event. Leg 1 -Part 1 . The rally started with a Su-perspecial on the afternoon of the 25th, after technical in-spection. It was held in Jamhuri Parkon a figure eight course cut through the trees. It was run in reverse order and the entrants had a lot of dust to contend with. Fastest cars on the course were Bruno Thiry's teammates. Kankkun-en and Burns whose times were 12 seconds faster than those recorded on local rallies. Makinen was four seconds slower than Kankkunen and he was blaming his lack of speed on his tires. Al Wahaibi was the fastest car in Group N and Asad Anwar led the For-_ mula 2 conti_ngent. -· --· -Leg 'l --Part 2 - 5 sections, gravel, 349.85 kms. The day dawned warm and dry, with lots of dus.t. The rally ran loops around the service park at Kajiado, a village some 70kms south of Nairobi. Freddy Loix had a dead bat-tery and needed help to get started. Just a few kilometers into the first section Thiry's Subaru stopped! He got re-started with radio instructions from the engineers but the electronics failed again shortly thereafter. Makinen had a flat, was unable to change it as the rubber had entwined to the driveshaft. Local specta-tors helped him with the change and this created a far more serious problem later on. Burns made best time despite stopping a few times waiting for the dust to clear. Frederic Dor runs before cheering spectators and they brought their Subaru lmpreza SEAT began a series of mis-for tunes suffering broken wheels on both cars. 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Didier Auriol literally lets it all hang out as he pushes the Toyota Corolla Freddy Loix put his Mitsubishi end over end a few times but fortunately Hamad Al Wahaibi drove the Mitsubishi Carisma ST to a great eighth to its limit in ursuit of a win in Africa. He finished second. he and his co-driver suffered only minor injuries. overall and to the second spot in Teams Cup. Teammates Auriol and Sainz compete for the crowd at the Harri Rovanpera avoids a herd of burros in his SEAT WR Car on his Richard Burns plows through the silt in his Subaru lmpreza but retired Superspecial event run on a figure eight course as a prelude to the way to a nice sixth overall in the Safari Rally. with suspension troubles on the eighth section. _ra_//~y.------------------~----dri ver Solberg was busy obey-In Group N, Wahaibi was going off the road in last year's some road penalties but stayed Flat tires were still calling all ing commands from Gallagher uncatchable all day. Stohl had rally. This year the oil lines had in the lead. He then drove 30 the shots: Sainz, Auriol and in the co-driver's seat and the suspension problems and been rerouted to avoid such a kms with a loose steering rack. Solberg all had. flat tires. The Fords had obviously passed Climent had ignition prob-catastrophe again but he still Stohl lost a lot of service time pressure was mounting. Last their water pump test of fire. lems. Miyoshi, the lone Japa-had a front strut punch itself when the rear suspension came December the Kenyan national On the second stage nese entry had a flat and was through the body of the car. His loose from the chassis. championshiQ was decided by Kankkunen's Subaru quit the proceeding carefully, thinking ream considered him lucky to In F2 four Hyundais started: the potential champion break-same way as Thiry's had and he had suspension troubles still be in the event! He was a privateer retired the_ first day, ing down after the final road there was fear the same thing and in F2 Kimathi's Hyundai fate leaving service, a drive-Kibiti had front hub failure on section, on the same road that wol).ld happen to Burns, who was suffering from overheat-shaft broke on the next stage the second day, Anwar relired the rally cars were now about was leading the rally at that ing. and he finished the stage with with driveshaft failure and to take! time. McRae hit a rock hard Leg 2 - 4 sections, gravel, badly damaged tires. Harri Ro-Kimathi suffered a broken rear Eventually, the rally was and damaged the front sus-382. 77 kms. Richard Burns vanpera was still having trouble shock but was still running. over, barring the political prob-pension. Then came news that started his day with lots of with his SEAT, this time it was Leg 3 - 4 sections, gravel, lems. Everyone wanted clarifi-Loix had crashed hard in a hope. From 26 seconds in the brake problems and some over-277.29 kms. McRae now had an _cation said TIE Team Manager hole which had been marked lead at the end of Leg 1, he heating as well. enviable command of the rally: George Donaldson. The last with danger signs. He went was two minutes 20 seconds in After the third stage of the as long as the car behind him thing we want is to create a end over end and came to rest front after the first stage. day McRae was five minutes stayed behind him he had the mess for the rally itself. on the roof quite a ways from Sainz had suffered three flats ahead of Auriol with Makinen rally won. It meant that this The Stewards upheld the the hole. Freddy had back on that stage and the hood holding onto third. Ian Duncan was to become a sort of proces-protest and Makinen went pains and was flown to _a hos-had broken loose and shat-was beginning to enjoy the rally siona:l day. Sainz broke a drive-home from Kenya with many pital in Nairobi and Sven tered the windshield and this and there were three Toyotas shaft on the firs.t stage and bad memories and the end of Smeets cut his knee. Happily, · dropped him back to fourth in the top six spots. Then, Sainz Duncan, who was now running the Celica era for Toyota came Loix suffered no broken bones position. Then, more bad luck broke a wheel, just touched a well got past Liatti who had on a bad note. in the incident. struck Subaru: on the sevep.th rock and the spokes all broke suffered brake problems soon The best story of the day was Solberg's ECU failed at the section a front suspension bolt off and this in turn damaged a after the start of the first stage in Group N. Climent drove like control just outside the service broke and Burns was stranded shock reservoir and he fell back due to continuous left foot a man possessed and started to park and had to be pushed in on that stage. The last of the to fifth. braking. On the second stage gain on Wahaibi but he in turn for repairs. Duncan had a flat official Subarus was out of the On the final stage McRae Liatti had the oil warning light pushed his right foot a bit fur-with the same difficulty as event. had his second flat, spun and come on and a kilometer later ther and kept his lead. Makinen had earlier. From third place two stages stalled the engine, lost half a he was out of the rally with a In F2 Kimathi struggled The third stage was very before McRae now found him-minute but Auriol was also fall-seized engine. Evidently the oil through to the finish and got rocky and all the top drivers self three minutes ahead of Au-ing back with more flats. Sainz pump had quit. ten points for Hyundai. took special care thereon. riol and in the lead of the rally. was upset because he had to Creeping up in importance Frederick Dor brought his Su-McRae had a misfire at low Predictions that the rally would drive 60 kms in the dust of now was Toyota's irritation baru lmpreza in for 16th over-rpms while Burns made best be decided on flat tires were slower drivers, but he still won about the second stage when all and took the ten points for time again. On the final stage coming true. From the start of the section and was back in Makinen had help from specta-Teams Cup. • of the day Carlos Sainz lost the Stage 2, Colin had run flat free fourth. Rovanpera was now tors with his tire problem. They So, after the dust has settled lead, having to brake hard for while his rivals were having having power steering problems had a video showing it was evi-in Kenya we find Toyota lead-a herd of donkeys in the road. many flats. he had also taken and yet another broken wheel dent Makinen had asked for ing in points with 23. Mitsubi-Both Fords had brake failure. the lead without any fastest rim. In spite of all his troubles, help and both Ford and Toyota shi has 20 and Ford has accu-McRae's rears failed and the section times and finished that Makinen was now in the second wanted immediate verification mulated 17 points towards the fronts were boiling by the end way at the end of day 2! spot, but nearly 15 minutes be-from the organizers but the championship. In the driver's of the section and Solberg said It was becoming a rally hind McRae. Liatti was driving Stewards couldn't consider the points race Makinen has 20. he had to drive the last 30kms Makinen wanted to forget. On carefully and it was starting to problem until there was an offi-Auriol has 13. McRae and Sainz with the handbrake. the first stage he landed very pay off. cial protest lodged so the mat-ate tied with 10 points each and A dramatic day ended with heavily, the same stage where In Group N Wahaibi had al-ter-went into full legal proceed-Kankkunen brings up fifth place Burns 26 seconds ahead of he head damaged his e-ngine ternator failure and collected ings instead. with seven points. ■ Sainz. McRae was in third place and Auriol was holding down the fourth spot. Emmanuel Katto had a very bad day; his Subaru had over-heated in traffic the day before and he was using a lot of wa-ter. Then he landed on• some rocks, damaging the front sus-pension and came into service on three wheels and finally retired on the final stage with engine failure. Dusty Tl~es .,,,-47th Safari Rally - Kenya 25-28 February 1999 Nairobi (EAK) WC2 1 (7) 2 (4) 3 (3) 4 (12) 5 (8) 6 (9) 7 (111) 8 ( 14) 9 (15) 10 (20) 13 ( 17) 17 ( 24) Colin McRAE/Nicky Grist Didier AURIOL/Oenis G1raudet Carlos SAINZ/Luis Moya Ian Duncan/David Williamson Petter SOLBERG/Fred Gallagher Harri ROVANPERA/Rfsto Pietilainen Frederic Dor/Kevin Gor•ley Hamed Al Wahaib1/Tony S1rcoatbe Luis Clfment/Alex Romani H1deaki Mfyoshi/Efdo Osawa Manfred Stohl/Peter Muller Phineas Kiaathi/Abdul Sidi GB F E EAK N/GB FIN F/GB OM/NZ E J A EAK May 1999 Ford Focue WRCar Toyota Corolla WRCar Toyota Corolla WRCar Toyota Corolla WRCar Ford Focus WRC~r SEAT WRCar Subaru Impreza WRCar Mitsubishi CarlSlla GT Mitsubiahf Lancer Evolution Subaru Iapreza WRX Mitsubiehl Lancer Evolution Hyundai Coupe (1st F2) gA S9FMC (GB) A K-AM937 (0) A K-AMe72 (D) A K-AM4900 (0) A SHIFMC (GB) A B4903UP (E) A PSWRC (GB) N GG-RA121 (D) N Wl-RR91 (D) N XE8438 (NZ) N WI-RR93 (0) A KAK2188 (EAK) World Championship points WR WO W2 TC 8h.41a.39.1s.• 10 10 - -8h.561n.05.3s. e a - -8h.59111.46.3s. 4 4 9h.OS..35.7s. - 3 9h.21111.28.2s. 3 2 9h.40..08.4s. 2 1 9h.41a.38.2s.+ 10 l~h.0511.09.0s.•/+ - 8 1Oh.08a.24.2e.+ - - - 4 IOh.4211.00.oa. 11h.4ta.42.9s. 13h.28a.18. 2s. 10 -Page 19

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CORP·TECATE CERRO PRIETO 99 Ray Santos de Prado overalls Again By Tony Tellier Photos Mario Vasquez Ray Santos def Prado switched from Class 10 io Unlimited truck and won the CORP Cerro Prieto race overall. Raym~ndo Santos del Prado made his New Year happy and his transition to VB power flawless as he drove his Chevrolet to the Overall at the first CORP race of 1999. The Mexicali MD· drove a flawless race in his new (to him) Chevy (that used to be the Ramos racer) by starting Numero Uno and finishing the same over a very rough course. "I have only had the truck one week", the winner interjected be-. tween being mobbed by high "cincos" from many friends, fans, and family members including a very proud wife, Monica. "This is a fast car ... " he unnecessarily of-fered. His transition from a single seat 1650cc buggy to a front engined, rear wheeled drive behe-There was lots of attrition in C1ass 7, but Alberto Gonzalez and Mario Montes survived to win in their Ford. moth did not faze Ray. Or so it appeared. The new body glass -wearing a basic gray gel coat - had only his name in "drag strip-style" white shoe polish letters. Ray bicycled the big truck through the finish line chicane in a roar of VB power. Ray told of the learning curve in the new platform: "(During the race) it was hard for me to keep · the car straight. On a long stretch the power pulls your neck." (He demonstrated a back-ward whiplash motion.) "hook the Photo Jump and flew 30 meters and landed on the left side (wheels)", he shook his head. "The only prob-lem was a torn off rear brake line." Ray was exuberant: "I am selling the 'Ten' car" in which he Overalled the Mexicali to San Fe-lipe race last December. THE COARSE COURSE Let's call this event the "Cross Drainage 200", OK? as that more accurately describes the race course of the "Cerro Prieto 99." The Pro racers had to do four laps along the face of the Sierra Cucapah, the gnarly mountain range that separates the Rio Hardy/ Rio Colorado drainage system from the Laguna Salada to the west. Geology 101: The Cucapahs are fault split, longitudinally, by the extension of the San Andreas fault which is a tectonic manifestation of the East Pacific Rise which, in turn, reflects the plate movement .. . "Continental Drift", if vou wish .. . that has made the otherwise shal-low Sea of Cortez deep enough to tempt even whales north-ish to-wards the delta of the stolen Rio Colorado. The successful Sportsman would do three laps and the Safa-ris went two. Others would do less, much less. On the race flier CORP gave a clue or two as the difficulty Eibach Springs is proud to announce it's complete line of ultra high qualitv off-road springs. Available in 10, 12, 14 & 16 inch free lengths with 3" ID. A wen designed & manor actured spring will last thousands or cvcles, even in the cruelest desert environments. That's whv top chassi~ builder Mike Julson chooses Eibach Springs. He knows what it takes to win ... Now so do vou. Spring to Success ... lllachSpringS, Inc. • Pllone 948 752 8700 • llstrlbutor: Parker Pumper 808 380 1854 Page 20 May 1999 Dusty Times

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Steve Scaroni put his new GMC truck into third place in Class B, and Gustavo and Ricardo Coronado took second place ·in their Class B Eli Yee and Perry McNeil got only one lap finished in their 7S Ford. ,.;.tM..:..a..:..s.,..:fo..:..u..:..rt_h..:..o_ve..:..ra-rl_l .......... .,.,..,,~~~~~----,,---.---,.-..--~Fo_li_d_tr~u~ck_. __ ~------~-~----~-~-of the course: Dave Dietrich (fi-well before the event, for tips on day SCORE Laughlin race after but had neglected to provide the hand side, anyway. I could stay nally) noted, after his boy Ben's what the course would be like. being sidelined on Saturday with oil cooler with enough Kusters. with them ... it was a rough ride car was getting late and the sun Without any course map for ref- power steering troubles but this The heat exchanger came adrift for the passenger. The three seat was getting colder, "I should have erence he was told that Baja Pro-was not his day. Nor anyone else's. and the dreams of a high finish ACECO of Eduardo Ramirez had figured something like this when motions had run their old races The Jose Flores/Wayne Lugo fell. It was also reported that been bartered by Hardaway and I read that the time limit (for the on the east side of the San Felipe mid-motored marvel was fast, real Torres lost the rack, or the pin- Hager to the pallet guys for Mike's 224 mile race) was eleven hours!" Highway and other than the cir- fast, locked in 2nd Overall... then ion, or both. The result is the product. "It used to be a four Yes, sir, you most certainly should cuit around El Vokan the route gone, real gone. Trailer time. same: no directional control. No seater, we (originally) got it from have. That limit required nothing was smooth and fast. This does They broke an exhaust system mas. What is the truth? DNF. a guy in Parker". (Brent Strait?} more than a 20 mph average. not jibe with the facts of this par-runner and the field fix fixed it The trick ex-Hardaway "A&S After they got the coil over Putt-putt. ticular race weekend, indeed! all except for a slight gap. Unfor-Pallets, multi-seat pre-runner squared away, they went out and The CORP route was an out- THE RACE tunately, this seemingly small leak shed a coil over spring retainer lost a CV ... just like everybody and-back along the front of the The race story was pretty easy was pointed right at the power within ten miles thus became an else. For example, Eduardo Cucapahs ... over alluvial fans and to describe: Santos del Prado got steering pump and the blast of a instant low rider, on the right Continued on page 22 through arroyos. Again and again, the No. l starting position (as he 1000 degree air cooked the left with a fine silt bed thrown in at had entered the truck in "Class hand-right hand controls. It the north end. There was mucho l "), and basically, split the scene. woulda been better to simply let new growth mesquite and palos Left behind him was a very fast the exhaust just run free, right?... verde, all guaranteed to pluck at Wayne Lugo (or Jose Flores) in John Howard, Billy Robertson your sleeve. No cachanillas, how-the mid-engined Toyota-Jimco. and Steve Holladay (who had a ever. Plus there were a goodly, or Lettuce packer Steve Scaroni was similar failure at the '97 "500"?). ungodly, number of freshly un-next in his "8" followed by the Gary Hamlin broke a steering earthed angular rocks, lurking Gary Hamlin "12" beam car run- arm off his right front spindle dur-boulders, and blocky cobbles right ning in the "10" class. Minutes ing his hard haul trying to close there to spank you bad. back it was the ultimate "Class 8" the gap on the Flores ex-Muller The previous days' Seattle-like winner Juan Carlos Ibarra, then Jimco. The disabling stress frac-drizzle had put down enough of Rick St. John in the winning ture was across the arm's diameter that rare plant life-sustaining fluid Pfankuch "1600". Close behind and its gusset plate. Stress Con-to keep the dust down for a long was Gustavo Coronado's "8". Rick centration Factor (Kt) Time: It time. Visibility subsequently was, Fouquette/Edgar Casanova was was pointed out that the -break surprise, surprise, not a major is-the first" 5-1600" ... on Lap 2, any- just "happened" to occur across sue. However, rain has a nasty way. the spot where they had notched habit of compacting the desert The "Elevens" would be lapped the gusset for brake caliper sands of time to make them some-by the leaders by the time they mounting clearance purposes. what concrete-like. Rather than had driven 20.25 miles. Hamlin Stress (psi) = Kt(P/A + Mc/ giving way under the on-rushing . would then break, as would the 1). tires, -wet sand is like hitting FouCas black VW. Everybody That "Kt" can easily be as high drainage pipes, giving one " ... a else went home, I guess. as a factor of two. The harder the bad case of the Mexicali Blues." PRO CLASSES material, chrome-moly, for ex-The upper end of the course Pro 10 ample, the more sensitive the ma-had a short-ish stretch of silt aug-The Class 10s were a distinct terial is to stress concentration, mented by deep longitudinal ruts. disappointment. They could e.g., notches, grooves, and holes. The closely spaced pucker bushes have, should have, dominated Now you know. prevented any sort of run at the over this tight, rough-and-rocky The VW-powered Toyotalift section and it was already claim- route. No. Rather, they all just car of Alfredo Toues got about 15 ing cars by the end of the first lap. DNF'd. Did Not Finish. DNWin. miles and then limped backwards, A successful 5-1600 had to run Man, some teams just gave up the south, through the desert, be-full throttle in low gear and never win. Never stop. tween the "out" and "back" legs lift. Reliable (but somewhat ClassleaderJaimeMedinalost ofthecourse.BetweenRMlland whiny) reports suggest that the an outer CV in the orange and RM20 then back south to RM29 terrain suffered severe geomor- blue "Union 76" Miguel Tornel the two legs were within shout-phological restructuring by the single seater in the silt beds. ing, seeing and walking distance third lap. Medina, however, rose to the oc-of each other. Alfredo Torres was The number of operational casion by saving the day, bran- looking for his trailer and/or his racing cars had dropped signifi- dishing his on-board fire extin-chase crew were searching for cantly by the last time around. guisher on the stuck and on-fire him. Torres and the Liftmeisters Attrition rate was quite high: 109 7S truck. had reworked the front A-frame cars started and 41 finished. 24 Tornel's_carhadwontheSun-suspension for even more travel out of 71 Pros, 13 of 28 Sports-man and 4 of 10 Safaris. 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Roberto and Bobby Ruiz entertain the spectators with their 7S Ford, which earned third place. Eduardo "Bachy" Diaz was second in Class 7S in his Ford, by about 10 minutes. Class 11 had to do only three laps on the tough course, and Enrique Benitez put his red and yellow car into third. Lucero broke the right hand in-side CV on his Lap 1 drive back to the Finish. No Pro "Tens" finished. Pro 1600 T he "1600" class was ten strong at the start and a healthy fraction -60% - at the finish and one car less than that later on. The Restrictor Brigade became a cesspool of controversy in im-pound. At the finish the Sonia Fierro car driven by Miguel Barraza impounded in 2nd Place behind the Adam Pfankuch/Rick St. John car. Fierro/Barraza, the three season CORP Sportsman Cl:wmp, said that he was glad to move up into the Pro ranks and thanked Pinuelas for the race car prep. Fierro then, offhand-edly, mentioned that he thought that the restrictor plate on Adam's new two seater should be checked. Make that a "Roger and Double-Check", said Race Tech. TI's Top Tip: "Don't wish for www .. camburg .. com 7501 SLATER unit E, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647 (714) 848-8880 PHONE (714) 848-1844 Fax something too much ... you just might get it." Bill Hammack pulled all three plates from the impounded "1600" buggies and used the stan-dard go/no-go plug to check the throat diameters. But only Miguel Barraza's failed. Was he 'Unhappy' or what? (Hint: Go for the 'Unhappy' answer.) Juan Guillen and Vicente Marin had a sagging rear torsion setup on their car ... not the best OFF ROAD TRUCK SPECIA....,.L..,._IS .... T .... S_· --------~~-~:. ' P NHERS ION FOR RANGER/ F-150 CUSTOM FABRICATION • • • BENT I-BEAMS CUSTOM I-BEAMS CUSTOM RADIUS ARMS CAMBURG/EIBACH COILS CUSTOM COIL BUCKETS NATIONAL REAR SPRINGS TOYOTA • UPPER A-ARMS • SWAY-A-WAY TORSIONS BARS • DUAL SHOCK KITS • LONG TRAVEL KITS • BILLET RACE HUBS • NATIONAL REAR SPRINGS • • SHOCK MOUNTS BUMPERS RACE SHOCKS------,_ • BILSTEIN SWAY-A-WAY • Ra ger, F-150, COIL OVERS - BY PASS - AIR BUMPS • /Tacoma • 10, C 1500 SIMPSON CAMBURG PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT A FINE DEALER NEAR YOU SOLO MOTORSPORT AZUZA CA, PDC MOTORSPORT BREA CA, DUFFCO SANDIMAS CA, BAJA CONCEPTS FALLBROOK CA, AUTOFAB SANTEE CA, MCKENZIES ANAHEIM CA, Page 22 ull size HMBEARIN<ii • FIODENl>S • MISALIGNMENT SPACERS • UNIBAL CUPS THJtEDED SLEEVES May 1999 of all possible worlds for the nasty Moreno was no help at all: chop to come. But they were re-"Hey! If it's registered in warded with 3rd Place by virtue Mexico ... no plate is required." of Barraza's DQ. Now we know whom to check Barraza's plate - allowed to be next time. no more than a 21.Sm/m diameter About the DQ, the Barraza throat - had an illegal 22.9m/m crew did not get angry, in fact passage. DQ! Barraza was telling they asked (to} apologize at the people that he got the plate award ceremony to their competi-through (?);from(?); at(?) tors in their class. They told that SCORE. Would that extra 4. 7% when they bought the car they did in inlet area be noticeable? Well, not check the restrictor plate, and that same percentage as. applied because they were racing in the to the engine displacement would Sportsman class before, nobody m~• '! lfi0Occ engine a "1676". told them anything ab"ut it at It's your call. that time. Juan Carlos Ibarra debuted his new Ford and took the Class B win by 20 minutes. VW RABBIT 1644cc Built by: Bob Goshen Racing Engines • New-1.6 Liter Block-83mm bore (powder coated) • New-1.6 Liter Crank (destroked- 76mm) • New-Audi Diesel Rods (modified, shot peened, polished) • New - H.D. Melling Oil Pump • New - Michigan 77 Rod Bearings • New - Michigan 77 Main Bearings • New - High Energy Plug Wires • New - Crank Fire Ignition System with Coil Pack • New -Tot.al Seal Rings • New - JE Custom Pistons • New - Custom Baffled Oil Pan • New -Aywheel (lightened) with 1700 lbs. Pressure Plate • New -KEP Engine Adapter • New - Weber Downdraft Carb with Air Cleaner • New - High Velocity Int.ake Manifold ( custom made & powder eoated} • New - Head (ported & polished with S.S. Big Valves) ' New -WEB Camshaft (special profile) • New - Alternator and Fuel Pump • New -cam Cover, Timing Cover, Backing Plates, ( powder coated} • New - Belts & Pulleys • New - Headers, Custom (ceramic coated) MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE CALL FOR FREE COLOR PHOTO Note: All parts are new including all hardware. Engine has dyno time only. Produced 148 H.P. @ 7,000 R.P.M. with good torque and great bottom end! Cont.act: Bill Goshen Jr. (714) 990-2091 ext 43 (DAY) Or Bob Goshen (714) 529-2496 (EVENING) $6,000.00 invested. Price: $4,000.00 · Dusty Times

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Hugo Avila, from San Diego, managed to make it all the way; finished second in his Class 11 VW sedan. Gerardo and Fernando Montijo said the reason they won Class 11 was 'cause their car had the best suspension.' Jose Flores and Wayne Lugo were fast in their Jimco Class 1 o car, but DNF'd with a costly exhaust leak. "For The Want Of a Nail .. .'' Adam Pfankuch was given the Yellow Peril firmly in 1st Place by new teammate Rick St. John only to have to radio his pits the so-bering news that he had broken a steering shaft universal joint. This caused serious gloom to non-rac-ing dad Mike who still had his arm in a sling after minor surgery. Note: "Minor Surgery" is what other people undergo. Part of their rapid climb into the lead was due to Rick losing the rear brakes and being unable to slow down ... the right rear brake's backing plate was later discovered to· be bowed ... dis-torted by some maladjusted brake shoe, perhaps? The U-joint broke one of the two ears that mount the cross pin. The pin went the way of all small parts: a-way. Well, some specta-tors rushed over, assessed the situ-ation - properly -and found a rusty nail, which they drove in and bent over. Off Adam went. Note: St. John allowed as it must have been a "'16'-penny nail." The Seinfeld Of The Sands. Not to be outdone, Adam upped the ante by swearing that the Mexicans got the nail out of his tire. Adam did not even lose the class lead during this brouhaha as all other competitors were strug-gling. Mike was concerned about safety but cooler hands prevailed and the fix was subsequently re-inforced in the pits with a 20 pound wrap of red duct tape. Sil-ver tape mighta worked, too, but red's the hot K.I.T. color. They pulled the front cowl to allow a visual inspection of the fix during flight. St. John has retired the now-for-sale 1999 CORP Overall Championship winning "5-1600" and is teamed with CORP's "9" champion. "It's a good deal." Rick suggested : "I do the engine and transmission after every race, that's my part of the deal, and we get to race a fresh car every time." Adam and Rick each ran solo in the two seat car to a fifth Overall and First Buggy. Caguma Time The reunited Bo Anderson and Steve Downing union came to an ignominious end almost from the get-go. Steve was found to be holding up the program, coming to a stop just out of The Tunnel. (The race course crossed under the Mexican "Mexicali-to-San Felipe" Highway 5 through a sand lined concrete tube at RM6.) Technical History: After re-placing the restrictor plate, re-moved for a noa-pJate series, ---Steve quiclciy foun t at the cable barrel now (again?) interfered, nay, rubbed, on th~ side of the restrictor. The result was a wide open throttle condition ... even Qus.ty .Times when that sort of power level was knows what came loose and the imprudent. "l wasn't going fast only thing holding in Manlio's enough so Manlio hit me!" SuperSeat was Manlio himself via With a simple road side bend his Simpson harness. But he was on the carb throttle lever the car still laughing! Nobody charges was off and running with full pi- harder, it seems, than Moreno. Or lot throttle authority. Until they has a better time doing it. A no-("they"?) broke a rear torsion bar. excuse loser and a gracious win-After taking it back to· the Main ner. Pits, Downing was informed that Why Me? all they had on hand was a stock The Sherard tribe was short-torsion spring. On this choppy circuited by magical mechanical course that was a poor selection. mysteries that ate up mucho time Of course, it was not a "choice": right from the start. Their car Take it or leave it, I guess. acted like it "loaded up ... once we Steve "took it" then eventually got into this (uphill) sand wash" had to "leave it" handing the car past the tunnel. They had a chase over to owner Randv Anderson truck come in and thev could find after completing two· of the four nothing amiss. Obs.ervations: laps. They then informed Ander-their SuperTrapp disks were son that the (only available) tor- squeaky clean, i.e. NOT loading sion size - stock - was found to be up, and the manifold was ice cold wholly inappropriate for even under the restrictor plate. Finally, light weight Downing. Big 01' Boy back on course but amongst the Bo decided to sit out the remain- riffraff (Note: This is an UnPC der of the dance. A mitigating fac- jibe at "9-" cars ... Ed.), Matt and tor was the fact that the power Colby were working their way up steering system had holed a hose. to the front when they broke a Tsk, Tsk. Steve quickly developed throttle cable by the over-the-a crisis control strategy: "Uh, road-crossing near the Gun Club. (Bo), I better tell you this before "We were disappointed so we put anyone else does ... there is no in two of the chase guys to fin-power steering ;it all." It was big ish." The "chase guys" got 4th beer time for Bo. Place. Manlio's Bad Day "We had a good race with Moreno had his single seater '1614' ... we were cutting behind disintegrate all around him. And him, setting up to pass, and hit his he still ended up 2nd in class. (exhaust) pipe." First, you see, his oil cooler leaked Simon Ruiz and Cesar Cons ' or broke or came loose or, well, were running hard but had too whatever. Anyway, "I reached my much downtime replacing a bad hand down to cinch the (lap) belt transmission. In a complete tum-then I wiped my visor and got oil about from their win at San Feli-all over everything!" Without bat- pe last Spring, their car was (re-ting an eye, he stopped and ported to be) not handling at all. jumpered the oil lines around-the And this was not the course to be bad parts and soldiered on. struggling with damping woes: Then, he reported, a bolt on Whoa! his power steering broke. Matt Scaroni was in the black The next almost pitfall was a and white Tom Watson Champi-shock that came adrift when a onship single seater and put in a mounting through bolt broke "in fine rookie performance. Matt got two." Manlio had to get out and an engine cage dent out of that unbolt the shock body that was close enco·unter dear ol' Dad and still attached to the rear arm. then passed the car off to Tommy That done he was soon to experi-Watson at the end of Lap 2. Tom ence the heartbreak of a loose said that out on the third lap "I seat. The ears or bolts or who lost a limiter strap nut and over-The new team of Adam Pfankuch and Rick St. John made it all work, got the win in their Kernco in Class 112-1600. May 1999 extended a CV. When I got out errez. to change it I left the ignition Pro 5-1600 (powered)" and the new electric Pietro Brasea and Miguel system (apparently) did not like Flores found the right course, that. "When the car quit ten miles with the right driver, with the more, the (black) box was (red) right car at the right time. Brasea hot! I had to wait until it cooled withstood a lot, of course, coarse down before the engine would crap out there along the Sierra start again. At the pits the crew C ucapah ... "it was rough, very convinced me not to go on... rough" ... but he finished with no 'you'll ·only get ten miles ... " As flats, "no nothing." He has run winner Pfankuch had already the same Lalo Mayoral chassis for taken he flag and it was getting three years and this was his first dark, Tom's 14 finish streak victory. The Carlos Aguilar mo-ground to an electric halt. tor finished bone dry on the out-Matt will race with Tommy at side. the BitD/SCORE Pro Truck series Allan and Jason Gregory did ei-events - where dad will also be ther well. or did noorlv. denenrl-racing the Chevrolet-"if his ing certai~ly upo~ whether ~r not grades are good enough." Matt you are the body man on his team just turned 16 at the SCORE (and are on a healthy retainer). Laughlin race ... which was his The new owner and his nest of baptism by fire. Watson is con- cronies took the ex-Victor Her-templating also doing a "Ten". rera, Baja 1000-winning, ex-Le-Frank, Jr. and Enrique Rascon dezma car out to play and rolled had the Somerton/San· Luis her, again and again, but still roscon Trucking Special on its came home in 2nd Place. top, on its side, far too many Allan and Matt Peterson did times. Once might be considered damage to the stars and stripes semi-acceptable but thrice? Un-clad "Kafer" (German for acceptable! Rejected! Not good "Beetle"), that was largely cos-enough! Reliable sources have metic but the numerous gonks suggested that Frank just being and honks still added a big bunch able to floor the throttle may not of "elan" to their·inaugural effort. be the way to go in desert. At the "We had a three quarter roll by sand drags? OK. But not in the ourselves", Matt said, "and the whoops. Some of their so-called final one quarter was by the spec-"friends" called them "Tumble- tators. 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Class 10 self-destructed, but Gary Hamlin and Steve Mamer earned Eduardo Ramirez and Carlos Moreno lost a coil spring retainer on lap Manlio Moreno and Arturo Honold, two of the nicest people racing off-road, finished second in 1/2-600. a second place as far as they went. one, DNF'd their Aceco. Steve Kobayashi brought all The car's wiring diagram on the way. Usual Suspects ... other than the passenger's door -in plastic. Rick The Snarling Chollas Race enigma'tic Keyser Soze, of course. Fouquette missed a shift out of Team got the sharp spine this day. Third place was the Covas who the tunnel: "Grind me a pound!" The King Kong rear torsion ad-lost their fiberglass clip some-The Jose Herrejon car was found juster broke out of the tube. where out in the whoops. Top abandoned at the RMlO point - George Jackson related that his Tip: The Covarubbias have the resting on all of its wheels, any- passenger yelled "TRUCK!" just ,.....,.......,,...,-,-------------,-,.....--,-,,,,,-........,---,---,------, as Santos del Prado closed on them without a brake. George decided that safety was the bet-ter part of valor and drove, will-ingly but unwittingly, off a three foot cut bank and snapped the King Kong, right off, both sides. They dug up a suitable piece of ironwood and jammed that in to keep the car somewhat off the stops and gingerly waddled out to the highway. The Snaders plan on running all the CORP races: "They are so much cheaper than SCORE and they are easy to race with." Signup is fast, the course is marked well and the results are readily available. Manuel Ibarra lost lots of front Gerardo Gonzalez cruises his winning Class 5 car past a group of attentive and pieces and parts on his way spectators. to a DNF. Page 24 _ May 1999 Pro 7 Pro 7 had a good field of heavy hitters but they must have been hit the whoops a bit too heavy. The yellow Ford of Eli Yee and Perry McNeil were unable to com-plete more than the first lap as Alberto "Calacas" Gonzalez and Mario Montes ran all five laps to victory in the "Zobeck" effort. Mike Coleman in the Steve Lawrence truck faded at Check 1 on their second lap. Pro 7S Refugio Fonseca' ... T weety Bird Racing ... beat Eduardo Diaz by ten minutes or so. "Bachy" Diaz was the last Pro car to finish: 9:31 at 23.5 mph. Hector Real and Los Dos Hermanos Real tore the right front hub off their truck and was done for the day. The ·caliper was destroyed and the bearings, those that were left, did not look none too fine, either. Oscar Garcia had to adjust his clutch with a pair of Visegrips ... up underneath by the hot exhaust pipe. It did not work as planned and they did not reach Check 2 on the first lap. A stationary Bobby (and Rob-erto) Ruiz seemingly needed nothing more than someone to plug in his pumper hose. Bobby was credited with 3rd Place al-though he was a DNF. Pro 8 The Heavy Metal guys had to deal with two unrelenting pre-tenders to the throne. Juan Car-los Ibarra was debuting his brightly painted amarillo "Mercado Super 9" Ranger "con mucho gusto", indeed. El Tigrillo was on the loud pedal all day long in the ex-Herzog Ford with late model body work. Steve Scaroni... http://www.vegpacker.com ... was ready to rock and roll. Scaroni and Kirby Weeks enter'tained the Finish Line crowd by missing the scoring gate and regrouping by cutting an Alex Zanardi donut in the infieid. Gustavo Coronado was running like he was on fire, LEG;ENDAR¥ PERFO-RMANCE Mickey Thompson off-road race tires have made their mark in some of the most demanding races known to man. The Baja 1000, Mint 400, Paris-Dakhar and Parker 400 aren't your average trail-hopping runs. What makes the M/T® off-road race series tires better than the rest. How about exclusive cut-resistant compounds, unique sidewall designs for extra protection and a strong, lightweight, race tire construction. Isn't it time you made your mark? Bolt a set on today. Available at more performance outlets than any other brand. www.mickeythompsontires.com Mickey Thompson Performance Tires, 4670 Allen Road, Stow, Ohio 44224 Tech line (330) 928-9092 · Dusty Times

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Juan Guillen piloted his red, yellow and blue two-seater to third in 1/2- Antonio Gutierrez and Cesar Rodriguez took second place in Class 5 Bill Wesley and Jimbo Zinn couldn't get their Class 5 car to the fiaish, 1600. when he was running. One can't say what strategy would be the best: "Go for it" or "Save the equipment." No matter, it was lbarra's day by 20 minutes. Sca-roni was 17 minutes behind Coronado. They were 2nd, 3rd and 4th Overall. Steve Scaroni was in the ex-Mike James "Outlaw" Chevrolet to get some more seat time before running the entire Pro Truck se-ries. Steve took his VP of Produc-tion Arturo Huerque as the right seat man. "It was his first time in a race truck", Steve laughed. "We had a good start, passed a few cars then Art's belts came loose. Since he was unfamiliar with 'five-points', we had to stop and give him some help (getting buckled back in)." Steve laid the truck over on its side for a moment and tweaked a fuel fitting. On the sec-ond lap they ran out of fuel, due to that "leaky pump and (son) Matt passed me in Tommy Watson's championship "1600" and lost 25 minutes waiting for the gas man." Steve is Tom's brother,-in-law, or is Tom Steve's? Anyway, Tom's sister is Steve's wife. Got that? You can find Steve at www.vegpacker.com and get some hot weather safety tips. "Coming back into the pits Matt and us both caught an '11'. Matt went for the left side so we went for the right. But Matt changed his mind and darted over in front of us. I didn't want to hit my son (again!) so I locked it up and it got sideways and went over one-and-a-half times. In front of lot.s of people so it was fast get-ting it back on its wheels." They took a few minutes to change a flat tire and replace a damaged shock. And went back out. "We have three races on this one prep," he admitted. Or bragged. "Fud's New Year's race, Laughlin and this one. Craig Stewart's RaceWorks does the work. The only problems we have had have all been driver error." Later, Watson spoke out of school: "S~eve's got good eyes and a lot of money and he's a good driver but when he sees some peor,le (along the course) ... he goes crazy! . The new mid-engined truck of Dr. Carlos Ibarra got but a short seven miles before falling afoul of a burping transmission. "Oil came out of the (dipstick) pipe," he told me. The ex-Jimmy Nuckles Pro T ruck - a proven winner - was now under the controls of Mike Hardaway and Jammin' Joe Heger. The Chevrolet ProTruck of Mike ' Hardaway www.hardawayac.com - and Joe Heger - "www.harddriver.com" -Dusty Times with their zippy green and blue car. came to El Volcan fresh off their son Roberto rode with bro Ivan dynamic class win at SCORE and dad Tony. They say that they Laughlin. Note that this was the are grooming him for wheel shines second Laughlin win for this par-and lube changes. ticular vehicle; prior owner Jimmy Tony is a degreed Mechanical Nuckles did the deed in 1998. Engineer, managing the mainte-Mike and Joe are 50-50 partners nance side of a controls manufac-on the truck and swap DOR roles turing plant in Mexicali. The long on alternate races. This CORP ·time Mexicali native is a true race was Mike's turn behind the shade tree mechanic with no ga-wheel and Joe was on his right, rage, only a patio from which to offering race "suggestions." prepare his racing car. As told to Hardaway said that "at Laughlin me,."When it rains, it rains on (the course), was so short, and him. When it's hot, it's hot on race so quick, that after Joe him." One of, oh, eight, maybe learned it on Saturday, we just left ten other Gomez brothers, Tony him in for Sunday." A wise move, dedicated this race to his octoge-indeed. narian father who has been in, Mike has a full time race/prep and thankfully, out of the hospi-mechanic at his expansive El tal lately. "Tony is methodical; Centro facility. Tom Young is on some mechanic. When we raced board bringing impressive creden- together he put in 80% of the ef-tials from Steve Spirkopf's semi- fort!", my source provided. nal "Spirit Racing." Francisco Fernandez, finishing Mike gave the truck a good second, hurt his left shoulder and, run, passing both Gustavo of course, found that the "course Coronado and Juan Carlos Ibarra was tough." Luis Rive~a did noth-before breaking a shock shaft in ing really wrong and got third. the ubiquitous rough. "Did I hit Adam Ramirez had to stop and anybody? Oh, yeah. I had to hit get help on an alternator belt situ-Coronado twice before he finally ation after dicing with Jorge got the message" Mike laughed. Castro early in the first lap. "I also smacked the Toyotalift '10' ·Castro's "KSTRO" car was hand-of (Alfredo Torres), hard. I was pushed in to the finish with a almost glad when that shock went crunchy-and-grindy sounding ring away. (The course) was killing and pinion in fourth place. · me. It was one of the roughest I've Alejandro Navarrete lost a . seen. We are getting an in-car- steering shaft U~joint at the rac_k. camera for Yuma 'TV13' to help They had also put in a nice divot with corporate level sponsors." on the left front corner of the cage The ever popular Beny Canela and tore off the top's sheet metal. was on the trailer early after look- Could these two incidents be ... re-ing cinnamon red hot. lated? The usual top finisher was Pro 9 a DNF. Jose Gonzalez passed the The Gomez Group took the Dietrichs but was a DNF as Ben top slot in the ball joint class with finished in seventh. Jaime a clean win. Ivan lead off the first Boguiren ... in the IPEC car ... took half of the race and father Tony his second lap check with a right came in in the clean up position. rear flat and was a DNF. Erick Tony explained that Ivan built up Fisher put it on the nose while a six minute lead and "I kept the heading north to sixth place. pace." He had to laugh as he ex- Eric Allen was getting some plained a small notch in the rear personal "Larry Kern" attention bash bar: "I lost my (helmet) col-out on the back section. Eric had lar, I was reaching for it I was not broken the right top ball joint and paying attention and Manlio's got the quick service ... other than '1600' hit me. That oughta be those elusive washers that always worth a pizza or two, huh? Middle seem to get forgotten in the heat Pietro Brasea and Miguel Flores got their first win in the 5-1600 class, on the very rough course. May 1999 still got credit for third place. , of battle. Which was better than 'Eleven' my car stays on the the car losing a fuel pump a mile ground (while theirs do not)." · out of the starting gate, which it They run Fox dampers and do did. their own prep work with help Eric runs motorcycle goggles in from the Nunez Body Shop. My his full-coverage helmet ... with-scrawled course notes read: out any sort of strap at all. He sim-"runnn goo" so they must have ply stuffs the frame into the eye been "running good." The "Elev-aperture. His peripheral vision ens" went "only" three laps. may have been somewhat com-SPORTSMAN CLASSES promised as he got hit by an as- Sportsman 10 yet-unannounced "8" truck. "I Neither of the two cars. in the saw stars," Eric admitted, "then class finished. Carlos Herrera was the suspension went away." The awarded the "win" over Daniel truck had stuffed its right front Quintero by virtue of getting fur-wheel in between Eric's left side ther. tire and tore off the cooling sys- Sportsman 11 tern off the "9's" lone damper. The little car of Arturo Moret The K.I.T. krew came out in was beginning to smell ... at about full force and camped out at the RM30. Their clutch was ready to track. In the rain. They entered take the big plunge and they four teams with nine people. called it quits in a chewed up K.I.T. Genealogy sandwash. The only car in the 1610 - First Place class ground to a halt. Adam Pfankuch/Rick St. John. Sportsman 1600 944 -Seventh There were·no entries in this Dave Dietrich/Ben Dietrich class. Odd. 905 - DNF Sportsman 3 Eric Allen/Tim Bebieff Xavier Reyes and Armando 900 - Fifth Gallegos had little luck in Class Larry Kern/Julie Kern/Bill 3, taking an hour to reach the Bebieff very first Check, and that was Pro 11 that. Gerardo and Fernando Sportsman 5 Montijo won the tough Stocker Mike Ground ground out the class in a Lalo Mayoral car. "The class win over Hector Ramirez. course was bad but the race was Mike raced with Jorge Leyva, Car-good," ... told Dusty Times. "We los Colores and Jesus Fragoso. had no flats on our BFGs and had Sportsman 5-1600 a very good time. We never got The Overall Sportsman title stuck and stopped only for gas." went to Nazario Orozco and Rene Montijo explained the secret of Prieto, teamed with Carlos Luna their success: "We have the best and the father-son pair of Arturo suspension of an· the 'Elevens'. and Arturo, Jr. Pesqueira. In spite Whenever we pass another Continue4 on page 26 FOR SALE TRUCK OR BUGGY, YOUR CHOICE CALL MIKE @FOA 702-263-6631 Page 25

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Alan and Jason Gregory rolled their 5-1600 and did lots of body damage, still managed second place. The Covarrubias team lost part of their fiberglass, but it didn't slow them any; they were third in 5-1600. Francisco Fernandez and Amado Mayoral found the course tough, especially this bump, but took second in Class 9. of the rough course ten Sports-man Bugs finished. Abel Encarnacion was able to get sec-ond; Javier Hernandez was third, only one minute ahead of Roberto Escobedo. In fact, the first five 5-1600s were the top five Overall Sportsman finishers. Fifth place wheel leaning out towards Adolfo Ayala needed a tow start "Jones'." to begin their third lap. Francisco Sportsman 7 Pacheco was the final racer in Oscar Lara was the sole fin-nine hours. His car came through isher in the Sportsman small the Finish Line checkpoint with truck class. The other two entries no front clip and the left front - Jose Vil(a and Francisco Romo - failed in their attempts to com-plete the course. Sportsman 7S There were no entries in this class. Sportsman 8 The only entry in SP8, Armado Bravo in the IH Scout, did not finish. Sportsman 9 There were no Sportsman en-tries in Class 9. Sportsman SAFARI Tony and Ivan Gomez, a father and son team from Mexicali, sailed to the Class 9 The clean little yellow Su-zuki. .. and I do mean "little" ... made a good account of itself over some suspension-gobbling ditches. Ricardo Cons finished first in the two lap class ahead of Armado Cota and third place Miguel Gonzalez. win in their Jimco. -Bus Driver's Holidays If you were a local racer and if himself, or his '1 O' or teamed you were~'t actually racing at El with me in '12'. Or not. Volcan, well, you were out in the Pizza Wars geothermal vapors anyway, just, Push finally came to shove ... well, just "helping." Keith Cowell the Manlio Moreno "Mangiamo's and John Murillo were out Pizza, chain came up, hard, sc,:hmoozing the Brawley bunch against the Carlsbad (CA) "That and pretty much figuring that the Pizza Place" crust of Adam IH Combinder of Ramon Bravo Pfankuch at impound. The ten just might finish but probably strong 1/2-1600 battle ended up wouldn't. Mexicali "Perro Cali-with Mike Pfankuch ente" (I KNOW that that does autographing Moreno's body not translate well...) Arturo panel with his ... Mike's ... logo. Honold was digging the desert Then there came a "More without a five-point and, like all cheese": "Less sauce" verbal ex-other non-racing racers, wished change that did nobody no good, he was out there beating his kid-no how. Manlio (sometimes) has neys into submission. Honold is hot, fresh pizzas at the finish line bore-sighted on the '99 SCORE for the takers of the checkered series in Class 12 ... particularly flag. Mike never doe&. after his fourth place finish at SILENT WHEELS Laughlin. "I never saw the course On a more serious note, local before! And a car (out) every 15 racer, Pablo Batani went pre-run-seconds?" This year, Arturo will ning and forgot to cinch up his either team with "That Manlio belts. When he lost control of the Moreno ... or will not. "(Manlio) car, somewhere out in the harsh changes his mind so much ... eic desert, he was ejected and crushed. ther he will race his 'l' car, by Pablo would later succumb to his injuries. God speed. ■ HVPERCCILS INDY to DAYTONA to V~ A PART OF WI. Page 26 t/ Accu-rate rates! t/ Consistent installed hei_ghts! t/ Engineered and manufactured for optimum . (Maximum travel & Lightest weight) 2 1/2", 3" & 3 5/8" I.D. Complete range of rates a In stock and ready to 66~-940-May 1999 Dusty Times

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Rallies Even In Russia Text & Photos: Martin Holmes Russian Rally driver, Serguei Uspensky, champion in 1997 and 1998, in the snow. The Moroz ("Frost") Rally is tured. The scrutineers try to Subaru dealership in the world. : one of several in the Moscow discourage the use of the latest Serguei Baldykov, however, : region, but it notably starts in modifica tions allowed by the claims to be a full time Red Square itself. It's also FIA, preferring drivers to run rallyman. He runs for the pri-' unique for the style of the spe-cars with widely used specifica-vate Alexandrov Rally Team,' cial stages used. Most of them tions. They note however, that whose patron also competes in are held in vast fields, all the while most competitors are a Subaru and whose main com-high speed sections held in a compelled to use regular 95 mercial interests are in bank-compact region of 25 kilome-octane fuel, some of the top ing. ters square. It is an ideal event teams import their own FIA One of the longest active f~r ser-vice crews and spectators controlled fuels. drivers is Alexandre alike. The winter also creates Professional Russian Rally Nikonenko. He began many its own opportunities. The drivers are not plentiful. years ago in autocross, the most chance to create purpose made Serguei Uspensky has been na-popular side of Russian stages, as they do in tional champion for the past motorsport, and after becoming . Scandinavia, on lakes and riv-two years, firstly driving Suba-national champion he was in-ers, is imaginative. ru Legacy and then Impreza, as vited to drive for the Togliatti This was the 1 ~th Moroz befits the man who is the Lads rally team. Rally. Once again competitors nation's Subaru dealer, and For years the excellence of were offered three days to make who claims to run the biggest the drivers had been masked by their recce. Whereas road cars ~------------=-~----------.--------, are required to use studs pro-truding only 1.5mm for recce, they're allowed studs up to 4.5mm for the actual event. Michelin and Pirelli tires are favored by the top cars, and Black Rocket tires from Fin-land a r~ imported by many crews. Like any winter event, a suitable base with covered parking for the cars at night is essential. The headquarters of the Ramensk Truck Enterprise, 45 kilometer! south of Moscow, in Ramenskoje, a factory fo r road graders and snowplows, provided the needed cover. According to Igor Levjatov, the Clerk of the Course, the Moroz rally is "quite special in being allowed to start in Red Square. We have had rally raid event vehicles there, but there is no other regular motor sport-ing event in Central Moscow."· The event lasts one day and a half; the total distance this year was 4 25km, of which the s,tages accounted for 139km, Cars on Russian champion-ship rallies are orthodox rally cars. There are one-make cat-egories for Volga cars and ama-teurs are allowed to use non-homologated versions of popu-lar cars. The FIA Appendix J applies virtually entirely, though scrutineers allow some further strengthening, particu-larly on events such as Moroz where unmade roads are fea-Dusty Times Ceremonial start at Red Square. This is Uspensky in his Subaru lmpreza 555. The Jeloudov/Alibebov Ford Escort WRCar slides through the snow before retiring from overheating troubles. May 1999 the poorness of the cars. Now the ar-rival of the cars is completely chang-ing the angle. Group N Mitsubishis are now plentiful, Gryazin causing a sensation by leading the Moroz outright in the early stages with his Evo V. Nobody knows where Russia is head-ing in a political way but the sport, like business in general, doesn't seem to want to wait to find out. It's happening now and there is no time to lose! The quality and the internation-ality of the cars in Russian rallying is a tribute to the en-thusiasm and interest created in the sport. Like the country it-self, it is heading somewhere fast. Who knows where? ■ Author, Martin Holmes, in Red Square for the Moroz Rally, meets some beautifully costumed local folks. 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 many stylish colors. This is the premier seat for your jeep, truck, race car ~r 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 / Fax 909-676-6311 Page 27

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I 1999 SCORE TECATE SAN FELIPE 250 Campbell Marshalls a Runaway Win in San Felipe Photos: Track.side Photo Johnny Campbell and his new partner Cole Marshall on their Honda XR600 took the overall win at San Felipe, besting their competition by 19 minutes. The 1999 SCORE-Teca te "San Felipe 250" the first of the three SCORE races that in-cludes motorcycles and A TVs, was won by American Honda's Johnny Campbell on a four-stroke · single cylinder XR600. Campbell and riding partner "King" Cole Marshall ... in his first Baja race(!) ... beat the sec-ond place Yamaha WR400 of Edy Garcia and Tim Staab by some 20 minutes. Last year, Staab teamed with Campbeli HONDA Power and won this event. Ed and Tim Herbst, in the awesome Mike Smith-built Trophy-Truck, was the overall automobile and overall Overall. Campbell's Honda was 3rd Overall behind Ronny Wilson's Class 1 winning Scat Chevy V4-powered buggy. While there are no extra prizes for being the ultimate winner, bragging rights can be worth millions. Campbell's co-rider Marshall, of Boulder Creek, CA, was making his SCORE desert racing debut. Marshall, who is an acco~plished AMA cross country rider in Northern Cali-fornia where courses run through forests, rode the middle third of the course. Campbell and Marshall did the course in 3:56:55 while the Herbsts took 3:46:08 and Ronny Wilson 3:48:41. The overall Quad was a quick ride for four guys: Carmen Cafro, Mike Cafro, Fabian Gonzalez and Earl Thigpen. They finished in 5:20 on their 250R Honda 4-wheeler but only 22 seconds ahead of the Gilberto Santana Quad. American Honda Racing picked up 3rd Place, as well as Campbell's overall motorcycle title courtesy of the team of Greg Bringle and Craig Smith. Shad Bodenstadt replaced the injured Bringle midway through the race after Bringle injured his shoulder. Bodenstadt was avail-able to ride for Bringle because Bodenstadt's co-rider, Jeff Yoder, had been injured just a mile into the race, putting the Bodenstadt/Yoder/Greg Luna trio out of action. Yoder was air-lifted to San Diego's Mercy Hos-pital by SCORE medical person-nel, where he was treated for a broken femur in his rig.ht leg. While several other motor-cycle and A TV riders suffered injuries requiring some medical attention, the only other rider airlifted back to San Diego was Sportsman motorcycle rider Ken Palfenier. Palfenier was "transported for observation with apparently minor head damage from a fall suffered early in the race", according to a SCORE PR. The 13th running of this popular Mexican desierto event was run under flawlessly clear skies and a light breeze. The first rain of the year, which fell on Tuesday, did litde at all to alleviate the dust. · THE COURSE The San Felipe 250 was run in the clockwise direction, start-ing from the Los Arcos and leading down the long, straight, old Puertocitos road to the triple sand chicanes of the Azufre (i.e., "Sulfur"), Chanate and Huatamote Washes. The course did not use any of San Felipe's streets this time, a harbinger of encroaching urbanization? A mile off the start, down past the auxiliary dump section (which was strewn with discarded · clothing and bordered by omi-nous piles of tough nylon fish-ing netting) was a man-~ade jump that could not be avoided. One side was the barbed wire fence line - a must to avoid -and the other was guarded by cleverly placed concrete blocks. Another, more unexpected, spectator jump was a bit past the Morelia Junction turnoff down to the Laguna Diablo. The north end of the course was the reverse of the usual Equipment KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ . - . POWER Racer and Spectator Discounts -•GENERATORS •WELDERS ~ •GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINES . =-I•,,._ '• EM3SOOSXKl • WATER PUMPS •OUTBOARD ENGINES _ .,. . ,._--e LAWNMOWERS e LAWN TRACTORS EB6500SX j •., •RIDING MOWERS •TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT PARTS AND· INVENTORY IF WE DoN'T HA VE IT, No ONE Does! DELIVERY TO 1HE RACES AVAILABLE • PLEAsE CAIL AHEAD -~ ... :;:-::::::-=--1 • '.ftlll\~ '. · 00 ~\ ,1 ..._-_-... ~ EX1000 ' ~ -k-_-KAWAGUCHI HONDA 3.:532E.3RDS.CI..cs~CA9CX>63•323.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 HONDA Power . Equipment Page 28 · ! VISA I s A L E s ' s E R V I C E ' p A R T s • HONDA POWER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST Nothings easier. ~ for opumum per!onna.ncc and ~C"ty. pit-.\!< \e:1d lhe owner·s nl.'.11lunl bdorc Ol)('r:1Ung your Hond:i. Po•.1.-t-r Equipment. S~cltk atton.s subJect to ct-.J.nlJ,C' \\1t.hout notice. •£:5tlm.itc only. b:u,C"d on r::u~ toad. •B:.lltery not mcludt"d "ith EM3500S..X.X1. E~15000SX.K1 i\nd £80500$.X. • •With bc1ttC"ry tr.ty kit. v.·h«ls & h.lr.~C'r. Connec-Uon to house' po"-·c-r rcqulrc-s tr.msfer dc:'\1te h> .woiol possible l.njury to pov,c-r comp.tny p.:-r,onnel. Consult a quallflt"d elecU1d:1n. May 1999 Dusty Times

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T I Risky Fernandez races a 250KX Kawasaki and he Edgar Espinosa takes to the air an his race to the The trio of Bringle/Smith/Bodenstadt rode their Gary Tepner and Vince Skandunas rode their Honda · really had to race it hard, taking the Pro 250 class finish line, averaging over 45 miles per hour and Honda XR628 to the third place spot in the Pro Open XR600 to tbe Class 40 win by over 20 minutes and by a mere 30 seconds after five hours of hard riding. taking second place in Pro 250. class, averaging over 52 miles per hour. averaged 42 miles per hour. beaten-in Borrego-to-Chinero shadows that paralleled the "250s": bouncing, empty, three-formed, and armed, Po1iiei. It for course recon. A goodly num-loop and the Beach Route ... fol- cross-drainage were false indi-axle trailers ancl/or heavily worked well, however. ber of four wheel racers pre-ride lowed by the cross drainage cations of trouble on the white laden crew dab dualies at Mach The relative lack of fall, win-on motorcycle. After all, it's "whoop" section to the Power decomposed granite sands a·nd speed. However, really trying for ter and spring rains had left the cheaper and much more maneu-Line Road, which is never a day gravels. an equitable solution, a new San Felipe desert particularly verable for those short coursing at the beach, either. The Power To add insult to injury, those access road had been bladed in, sandy and soft, until the Tues-checkout. And usually faster ... Line Road, from the north to pesky Dump spectators erected to the Crossing, from the round day, before, when a light, spotty at least than in last year's "11". and south from the Saltito a launching ramp just when the "San Diego Beach" sign on the and sporadic rain sprinkled the Both Chuck Hovey (114) and (a.k.a. "Zoe") Road, was the racers were feeling comfortable Highway 5. This new road out area. Fuel consumption would Rick St. John (1616) pre-rode usual: beat-up, rocked-up and that the finish line was just west, toward Morelia, Diablo be a consideration more than on the ubiquitous Honda whooped-down, the "worst" of around the corner. It was a "sky-and the Valle Santa Clara, was ever. Pre-running four gallon XR600. all possible worlds for the rac-ground-sky-ground-ground-prettybueno -for early pre-run-tanked XRs were reported run-Honda four strokes are the ers looking to complete that fi-ground-garbage" sort of trap. ners -but had long sweepers, ning out of fuel. only way to go: good mileage, nal six mile stretch. With bad The access to Zoo· Road high berms and no shoulder ... it There was a ten hour time burn anything combustible, as brakes, bad wheels, bad air fil-Crossing -via the usual way would become pretty tight for limit for all classes. reliable as a lawnmower, fast, ters, bad forearms, and way-too west through the El Dorado resi-chaser dudes race day. Pleasant, PRE-RUNNING easy to ride (but not to start ... bad shocks, the final run to and dential area - was now, appar-but firm, local residents were As difficult as it may be to be- warm), little vibration, a (weak) through the Dum_p was no grins. ently, officially, closed due to informing the racers of the New lieve, not everyone has a four headlight for lost riders ... and The lengthening afternoon the deteriorating effects of past Qrder, w"ith the aid of uni-seat buggy or last year's Class 8 -Continued on page 30 FC> :V: AN I 14 Call us at 011 52 61 76 62· 25 Dusty Times 766230 766235 May 1999 e Invite Off Road. cce Fans and Participants to Qiscover ~a CCilHfornia's RrirJe and Joy HOTEL / RV PARK RESORT Page 29

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Edie Garcia and Tim Staab rode their Yamaha WR400 as hard as they could but they had to settle for the second spot in the Pro Open class. Ed Tyynismaa (A Navy Seal) rode solo on his XR628 Honda and took Dave Olen and Richard Jackson attacked the San Felipe course with vigor and they finished second in Sportsman Open on their Honda XR600. best of all, everyone else has one, too, so, if parts are needed. "There you are, a spare over there." Johnny Phillips (12 7) rides an Austrian KTM but he has al-ways been an equipment snob so that's a bad data point. Even if you aren't into bikes, check one of these units out: light (very), nimble, expensive ... twice of an XR. Two strokes, on the other hand, get lousy range ... 50 miles, maybe ... and, of course, need "mix" so Larkin-ing petrol from a chase truck is pretty much out of the question. They vibrate like a personal toy, are geared for about 50 mph, tops, and (usually) have no lighting system. Noisy, messy, smelly, anti-people devils. Handle those deep whoops pretty good, though. Four strokes rule: two strokes drool. THE RACE PRO OPEN (Class 22, 9 en-tries) For a zesty change of pace, a strong field was entered in the Pro Big Bore class. The Domi-· nator, Honda's seemingly-un-beatable Johnny Campbell ( 1 X), was challenged by, among oth-ers, the "1000" runner-up HRC XR team of Greg Bringle and Craig Smith out of the Imperial Valley; Baja "blanco y negro" Roy Buelna of the Federal High-way Police: Chuck Dempsey of THE Dempsey family; Washing-ton State apple knocker Jonah Street (who put on a whale of a Sportsman ride in the '98 "500", "Whale" + "Jonah" ... get it?); and the Bad Boy of Baja, Ricardo Malo (who withdrew· and DNF-ed). Johnny Campbell had the luck of the draw and was first off. "There was no dust but I was taking it easy since there were spectators the first few miles" and we all know what that means. "The bike was working good ... it would go about a hun-dred downhill in the dirt. We were working well and picking up time and by the time I got to Morelia (Junction) we had a nine minute lead." the win in Sportsman Open by almost 40 minutes. Partner Cole Marshall got on so I look for alternate routes and and took the 628 to 3 Poles smooth it out. (GL15: No ve-where Johnny rode to the fin-hicle ... may deviate from the ish. "We had no problems, no marked course on either side more crashes, no 'almost'. The key is than fifty feet (50') from the cen-preparation and mental condi-ter line of the course to pass.) You tioning", Campbell said. Plus can go around the beat up stuff. MET AL conditioning. John I know that it's tough to make does the bike prep. The two a good story out of a clean win ... rode four full days of pre-run-but that's the way we like it." ning: "Two hundred and fifty Good Race, Bad Story. miles a day. That's about all you At Contingency Craig Smith can handle ... mentally. More and Greg Bringle (3X) down than that and its brain fade." played the effectivity of Cole is the #1 Cross Coun-Johnny's partner, Cole, since try rider in District 36 (North-Cole was in his first Baja race em California) ... he got a Gold from the AMA GNCC battles ... Medal at the Australian "Six another tree specialist, Baja-Days". Campbell said that "This cherry, as it were. Greg was out (San Felipe race) was his first 100%, coming off a bad cold ... time in Baja. For the first two never a good sign! Bob Bell does days or so he was pretty wary. the suspension for their XR628 He did extremely well, particu-and the engine was fitted with larly considering the pressure full duel exhausts like a Ducati that (Honda) put on him." Re-916. "The engine does not have ally ... they were expected to the hit; the pipes smooth it out." win, of course. Smith is now studying at Cal Bruce Ogilvie, Team Poly-Pomona plus racing down-Honda's desert racing coordina-hill mountain bikes with Mitch tor, called to say that "We Scott's handiwork. Craig, using (American Honda) are always Honda, plus some pals, said that looking for new faces, for a solid pits cost about $1 per mile of partner for Johnny. There are a race distance. number of new riders that might Mid-race Bringle went down be able to step up and be and struggled to ride to the top Johnny's co-rider." Bruce end of the Diablo Dry Lake. stressed that he looks for, of Greg tells the tale: "We were course, performance but also down 12 minutes when I got the attitude, dedication, profession- bike and I was going for First. I alism and that most elusive item was hangin' it out. But Craig -hunger. He said that Cole did had made some adjustments on well in San Felipe ... he had the the (rear shock's) clicker and fastest times in his sections, he the bike handled different than didn't fall, he didn't hurt the I expected. Only three miles or bike and is said to be an even so into my ride I got into the first better rider than his road rac-section of whoops. I tried to ing brothers. "They say that he slam the first and jump the rest has more natural talent than but the bike immediately they have." Cole's tryout will be pitched sideways. I had no over· three races: "San Felipe, chance and I went down. I the most dangerous; Laughlin, haven't crashed in over a year the tightest; and Tonapah, the and I got back up real quick. But fastest. Then we -he and I - will I had no equilibrium and decide the next step." stumbled and fell right back Asked about the course down." Campbell remarked that the Greg continued that "I knew roughness of San Felipe is an-that the third bike (Garcia and ticipated and actually allows Staab) was way back so I de-some creative course recon: cided to sit right there for a "You can go off the course cen-while, until I was less fuzzy. I was ter line by 25 feet, either way, not seeing too good. After a minute I went over to pick up the bike and immediately left go with my left hand. I knew I was hurt. I was lucky to get it back up and started ... then I had to ride a bunch more miles of whoops, standing up and with only one hand. I had the Scotts cranked way up. I just rolled over the whoops." When he reached pal Shad Bodenstadt at · the north "Visual" Honda pits he told him that he "didn't think that I could make it to Borrego. I woulda taken me all day!" Enter Bodenstadt's part of the ride. Shad Bodenstadt, Greg Luna, and Jeff Yoder (6X) are from the San Diego area. Jeff was to start and get to Chanate where Greg would get to ride up to the "Vi-sual" up by Highway 5 and the Power Line ... with Shad to fin-ish. "We pre-ran three times our sections on Wednesday and a little on the previous Saturday, too," Shad said. They also had an add-on oil cooler. Race morning Bodenstadt had been waiting for his 628 way north, at the Villa del Sol Honda pit, north of the dry lake when, two hours after the fact, they were radio-notified that _ Yoder had hit the first trap but one mile off the start and broke his leg. With the information time lag and a vague report as to actually who might have been injured "Greg Luna's girlfriend was stressed. We had lots of communication, mostly bad." Lunda, however, was back at Chanate waiting to splash some mix into friend Ricky Fernandez' Kawasaki when he heard the news. Luna then rode way back on a pit bike to find Yoder's bike leaning against a trailer. But the bike was running bad and eventually died on him in Azufre wash and that was the end of 6X. When Greg Bringle struggled into Villa del Sol his hand was numb and he was only too glad to turn over the riding chores to Shad who was only too glad to get an opportunity to ride the Baja. (Note: In spite of his in-The Matlock/Barney/Tarquin Yamaha WR400 had problems when jury, Bringle was able to keep the Edy Garcia Yamaha at bay until that point! ·Tim Morton (www.bajaboundmoto.com), spotting on the top end, said that Garcia was riding very well.) Bob Bell had to change the front wheel... which had a bent disk ... and produced a "Medical Emergency" note which Shad carried to Check-point 4 to legalize the rider swap. Bodenstadt took the Bringle/ Smith 628 to the Visual along Highway 5 near KM159 for Smith. Shad concurred about the power delivery of the twin pipe single-cylinder: "(This ex-haust. configuration) is smoother. It still got up and went ... although their bike (that I rode) was geared lower than mine." Bringle allowed that Shad did a real good job, since he is a big-ger guy for the already too soft suspension. "And when ·he ·left the pits he almost took down a tree!" Bringle said that the set up was (obviously) not quite correct: "It was great until you got into real deep car whoops and were going real fast ... then it gave you no warning. The shock would compress hard, the frame would flex and the bike go sideways. Shad made some clicker changes ... Third Place is good, considering." Bringle said that "San Felipe is the race I'm supposed to win ... and never do. I have led on bike; I have led on Quads and something (bad) always hap-pens. We've had a shock blow apart. One time my brother got run over by a buggy. It is the one race that I am not able to con-quer." His injury appears to have been a partial dislocation, that snapped back in as the Honda softened its blow on his shoul-der, which will not require sur-gery nor further medical treat-ment: "I am out of the sling af-ter only one week!" Torsten Bostrom rode an HRC XR628 with Jonah Street (BX) who said "It's the same The Yamaha of Ivan Moncada was the winner of the Sportsman 250 Barney was damaged at mile 40 but Tarquin jumped on and he and Jesse Jones won Sportsman ATV class by over nine minutes, his class, averaging over 42 mile's per hour on his solo run to the finish. Matlock won Pro 30 with ease. average speed was over 32 miles per hour on the San Felipe course. Page 30 May 1999 Dusty Times

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bike as Johnny Baja 1000 sub-Campbell's '1000' ' • geez-class winner XR ... almost. This Gary Tepner was at it is our best chance again in San Flip. so far to beat Tepner's XR600 Campbell. We (402X), with an en-have to ride hard gine by Bob Bell, had and ride smart." an added oil cooler Street pre-rode and extra head fins, the Morelia-to-quick-clips for lights Borrego section that they did not wish seven times and to even consider us-the Borrego-to-ing, a four gallon IMS Three Poles ten fuel tank, an HRC times. Bostrom is cam, an external air-the older brother oil separator, and an of AMA oil level sight tube Superbike road along the frame head. racers Eric and "The LR "Strokes" Ben. Tosten, who suspension was per-had laid off mo-feet and the engine torcycle racing for ran great", class win-a lengthy spell, 1..:::~ ... -ner Tepner reported. has jumped back """""'~=-"""""""==--= '--'"'-"--'-.....__.c,.):;;._ =c..=~=""'-"'=""""' Gary rode with in to the AMA David Flores rode-his Honda to a fine second place The Carmen Cafro Team is almost impossible to Vince Skandunas, he . G NCC woods in Class 40, averaging over 40 miles per hour on his beat, they took the Pro ATV 250 class with ease, Gilberto Santana rode to victory easily at San Felipe, of Lithuanian extrac-w a rs where he run to the flag. averaging over 43 miles per hour. winning the Pro Open ATV class by over an hour. tion, with Gary taking took a fine 11th overall at the (also the sponsor of Manny reason to banzai for only a back lem." over at Borrego. Gary: "We made palmetto-studded Daytona "Al-Esquerra's "Stock Full" drive) marker position. "I rode faster He said that he had pre-run the (assignment) split on paper ... ligator Enduro." and Danny Bron, a Reno me-pre-running", laughed Joel. his section ... from El Chinero to and I got all the whoops! But the Torey had a get off early in chanic. Chuck said that "Danny "And Matt swears that he will the Finish ... six times: "That plan was for Vince to 'motocross' the race and hurt, or injured, his is our 'Magic Man'!" The YZF be riding in a matter of weeks." was a rough section. I guess that it, build up some time, then give foot so was off pace. Then they was reported to be able to run a Tarquin, who got hit by Bob I am considered just a Hired (the bike) to me." . got a flat near El Chinero ... how full 105 mph. Equipment in-Gordon's buggy in the '98 Hand (by Matt and Matlock). The plan "went according to "unusual" ... and had to settle for eluded such trick items as Talon "1000" said that he was aware · If we weren't friends we'd cer-plan, the race was simple" ex-Fourth. No further information hubs, a George Erl "Up-Tite" of cars this time but had, again, tainly be enemies! Now they cept for Gary spraining his right is available as Street bolted for pipe, "Applied Racing" triple expected to be running way in owe me a good ride in the '500'. thumb hitting a hole. "My Tonapah pre-running and a clamps, 1'Pro Taper" bars and, front of the four wheel racers. The other entry in the class, (right) hand was numb by the family visit in Ellensburg, Wash-as Chuck noted, "the IMS 3.8 "I got passed by the first (Tro-Alex Gonzalez, failed to com-time I saw the (San Felipe) Bay; ington. (Thanks to Tim gallon tank, which is good for phy) Truck and the first buggy plete the event. I was whipped." Plus Vince did a M o r t o n ~0 miles." (He apparently did but I was taking lines around PRO 40 (Class 40, 5 en-few "Flying Ws in the sand www.bajabound.com). not share this bit of info with the whoops so it was not a prob-tries) Continued an page 32 Phillip Zeiger came into the Chad Petrelli.) They pre-ran on ■ II 11 Visual with a bloody nose on his XR400s. They failed to com-way to Fifth. plete the event. Chad Petrelli (2X) rode the PRO 250 (Class 21, 5 en-first leg and reported that tries) "Azufre Wash was really bad. Edgar Espinoza (102X) and The (pre-running) cars had dug Ricky Fernandez (l00X) were up all the lines and all the rocks. racing to the finish line, neck In Chanate (Wash) you would and neck at the Zoo crossing. see (what looked like) two inch Fernandez beat Espinoza by 30 rocks and they would be buried seconds. A good race, indeed, a foot down in the silt. BANG!" or a tough course, indeed. The They ran a whopping 25 psi in Tom Grisham bike (149X) was ·both tires to avoid flats and 12 minutes back in Third. ended up tearing out the cen-Grisham came to the Zoo after ter knobs on the rear. You could (gulp) the ·Herbst TT. Enrique see the cords. Legaspy was an hour farther be-Chad reiterated the fuel-hind in Fourth -Steve Mon--sucking nature of the soft course tana, who won in 1998, was a down south. "I almost ran out DNF. of gas. Where we (normally) ex-PRO 125 (Class 20, 0 en-pected 90 miles (on the large tries) IMS tank) ... we only got 60! I Eight-litre riders hate Baja: had to get a gallon (of gas) from zero entries. some guy in a truck near the PRO 30 (Class 30, 2 entries) Puertocitos Road access." Chad The Cliff Matlock assault showed his right hand and the again won the Pro 30 but not in damage from his cactus encoun-the manner in which they would ter at the "1000": "I had spins wish to be accustomed ... or ARE in my knuckle bone and it got accustomed. Capt. Crunch, Matt infected, bad. Look, I now have Barney, took a serious bail at a second knuckle", pointing to RM40, midway-ish in Azufre the bone spur. Wash. He broke a shoulder, RoR Mike Dellar discovered, bruised some ribs, and was un-the next morning, there was no conscious for "some time", ac-water visible when the radiator cording to partner Joel Tarquin. cap was opened. Musta been "Matt says that he wasn't 'really' that Yamalube that kept the oil-out but, well, there was time cooled engine alive to the fin-enough for someone to notify ish. Chad had to rush up to SCORE; get the helicopter in to Three Poles to dump some gas him; and get him up and at '.em." for Mike. The 150-pound mem-When the officials got the bike hers of the team had to struggle up ... the Yamaha was not dam-with the bike as set up for 200- aged ... and got Barney up, who-pound Dellar. the Baja Designs was, he jumped on the WR400 guys pitted with the Class 3C-and rode to the Check Point swap winning Cliff Matlock-Matt point where owner Cliff Matlock Barney-) oel Tarquin team. got on. Tarquin and friends were Dellar and crew were Sixth. Third in Class 22 in 1998. Chuck Dempsey (5X) of Tarquin said that they really Sherman oaks rode with Randy expected a Top Three finish Mosely. Their XR had wrapped and, with this incident putting head pipes. Sponsors included them back among the Quads, O'Neil, Kevso Stubs, Montclair well, the two remaining· riders Yamaha,· Herb Reno Racing decided that there was no legit Dusty Times WRIGHT PLACE 10 TOOTH PINION GEAR $20.00 . 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washes then had a simple lay down." Gary, 53, could have run in Class 50 but for youngster Virice, who is 43. "But", said Tepner,. "Class 40 is more competitive." Gary got his money's worth: "I just happened to look back on the Pole Road - you can't hear anything -and there was Ed Herbst coming at me. I went right, he went left." Like a quar-terback hearing footsteps. Vince and Gary beat Second Place David Flores by 21 minutes with Oscar Legapsy in Third, Gilberto Velasco Fourth and Neil Manninen a rare DNF. The two guys used only two pit crews: "Al" gave Vince a 'splash-and-go' at Morelia Junction and son Jimmy Tepner and Ralph Motta, who has been with Gary since the early '80s, did the Borrego · change and the Three Poles pit, where they t.old me that I had a 30 minute lead so I backed off. At The Zoo, Gary was planked on the seat even in the rough. Second Place David Flores (405X) was sandwiched between the roaring #120 Nick Baldwin "Riviera" car and #105 Darnen Jefferies on his run to the Finish. Not a good thing. Third in class was Oscar Legapsy (403X) fol-lowed much later by Gilberto Ve-lasco (401X) who rode like he was whipped, being an hour and a half way behind. The "San Fe-lipe" course has become used and sorely abused making it the "Bar-stow of Baja." The 1998 Class Champion Neil Manninen's "400X" effort was not all Yamaha this time ... but a team pre-runner was not a YZF400 nor an XR400R but some old, air-cooled, drum-braked, Yamaha blive"t. Robin was prepping it in the street in front of the Corona bar. PRO 50 (Class 50, 0 entries) Old guys must hate this race: there were no entries in the "50" age group. PRO OPEN ATV (Class 20, 2 entries) The high displacemept Quad class was the sole property of the Gilberto Santana (2A) at 50th OA and 43+ mph. Santana also won in 1998. John Gregory (49A) was an hour in arrears on his EX400 Honda four stroke. They were the only entries in the small class. PRO 250 ATV (Class 24, 2 entries) There was a dearth of small Quads at San Felipe, perhaps due to the continued domination of the Carinen Cafro team (101A). Not only did they win, again, at· 43 mph but they were 4 7th Overall and top 4-wheel bike. Cafro began his win streak at the 1995 "250". Carmen started and finished on the Hon-da 250R. San Felipe • bike owner Fabian Gonzalez rode one leg and Carmen's brother Mike plus Earl Thigpen split the chores. Carmen: "Af-ter the miserable sea-son last year we fi- Ernesto Alonso chased the leader in Sportsman ATV for a Jong time nally had one of those but he was never able to take the lead and had to settle for second Jesus Carillo shows the proper form as he heads for the finish tine on races that you dream place. his Yamaha; he was third in Sportsman ATY. about ... but never have'-. ~w~e~h-a~a~""h~a~s""b~e~e=n~r=a~c"'m~gc-"M...,..X-fo""r=-+1+3-ccy=e=a=rs~-c-a .... l_c_o_n--....dition is second to none (202X) are two Petroleum Engi-no get-offs, no flats, no prob-and is admittedly " ... addicted to and probably unequaled. "I do neers, brothers, out of Houston, lems." Cafro lamented the past bikes ... I go up Bob Bell's to work training with the SEALs, which Texas: racing a Honda CR250. season: "In all three Baja races on motorcycles." includes canoeing, running, cy-They pitted with Mag 7 and filled last year we were leading by 20 He is 39 and will retire soon cling, light weights~ triathlons, in the gaps by themselves or, minutes then got beat. Every and move to Dayton, WA to half-lronmans. I never have time rather, with wives and kids. Marc time. This time we really wanted · hunt and fish. Dayton is in the to train for the full lronman dis- has previously ridden a "1000", to Overall the Quads and beat · southeastern corner of Washing-tance: (six mile swim, 120 bike a "500", and a "250" before this (Gilberto) Santana." ton State near Lewiston, Idaho ride, and ending with a 26.2 run}. "San Felipe." John had play rid-They did beat the larger Quad and the Blue Mountains. Ed is a Tyynismaa is actually paid to den in Baja before. They pre-ran but it was not easy: "From a hun-member and instructor of the train! "I plan to 'lronma,n' the on a brace of CRs then re-ringed dred miles into the race we were Navy ".SEAL T earn Three" out of '500' and the '24 Hour le Fud'." the race bike. Marc started at Los never more than 30 seconds Coronado. What makes his ride "I was not too pleased with the Arcos then swapped with John at apart. We had one less gas stop really outstanding is that it was five dollar Sportsman trophy so I Morelia. (than Santana's team) and my just one week prior to the race will enter 'Pro' in Ensenada. But Marc had been working in Co-brother Mike was able to pass that he decided to enter. In fact, SCORE ran a good race and lombia (the country} in oil explo-him just before they made their it was then that he decided to buy Honda did everything outstand-ration in the foothills ·of the final stop. We almost ran out of Tim Staab's 628XR race bike and ing." Andes, sort of like a Lone Start gas early on, but the Honda pit enter. "I was hearing all these Back-starter Dave Olen Richard Jackson. Marc called me at Chenate gave us a splash,." guys getting ex<;:ited about the (299X) edged out Juan Moreno from the Bogota area with a post The team's major supporter is race so I had to do it too. I had (256X) for Second Place by only race report. "The race was pretty Roll Design plus lots of help from never raced ... ridden ... this bike 44 seconds. Olen teamed with uneventful, other than a little Allen Fox Engines, Cycle Parts before." the venerable renta-rider Rich- spill that tore off my left shoul-West, and MotoWorld of El Ty said that his plan was "to ard Jackson: 'Have Gear; Will der pad. I left the start and got Cajon. Oddly enough, they were do a 'Top Ten', ride consistent Race -No Class Too Small!" into the rough (down near Santa unable to do any pre-running: at a fast pre-run pace and not Moreno came over the Zoo jump Maria) and hit a rock head on "We just couldn't swing it. But spread myself too thin. Ride and veered left toward the crowd, and went over the bars. A '600' with six years of Baja racing and smooth arid not over my head scattering the lurkers like chick- rider was tight behind and he did two Championships we know (literally)." All this he did. "Well, ens, while 250 Sportsman winner the same thing. That woke me up how it works: be alert!"· I did have one tip over. Coming Ivan Moncada (205X) followed and I started to pay attention. Of "The new four• strokes off the dry lake I got into some behind. Oton Guzman (255X) course (the course), was ex-(Honda's EX400) are not as fast big car whoops and lost it. I lost was slow on his way to Fourth. tremely rough and sandy." Marc as the 250Rs ... yet. When they a minute and the last 250 Pro rid-Both Hector Garcia (259X), was effusive about the treatment· are, we'll get one. They all ers passed me back. I had reeled Fifth, and Don Bailey (252X)', John and he received from their outlasted the two strokes in the in a bunch of them on the lake. Sixth looked really tired at The Mag 7 pits. "They were impres-' 1000' and a number of two The bike was geared for well over Dump. · sive. They were ready with the stroke racers already have (an a 100. I dialed it in on the (old) Juan Lara (258X) came down gas and juice and water before we EX400) in the garage for the Puertocitos Road ... I did one lap sideways, crashing ass-over-tea-came in. Mag 7 did all the pit-('99) '1000'." Carmen suggested of pre-running, that's it." kettle in front of the mass of spec-ting for us because we decided that his team is unwilling to do Ty pitted with Honda and had ta tors, almost right in front of that a wife corralling a two and the development work to im-a special stop with mechanic Jim Class 10 winner Ben Schlimme four year old would not be very prove the performance of the Green at Morelia. 'I drank some (1009), a previous ATV cham-reliable. We originally thought newly introduced EX and wishes extra water ... my Camelback was pion. The enthusiastic crowd my wife would help and had to others to do the dirty work. low by then ... and ate _a couple of dragged the bike, and rider, to ask Mag 7 at the last minute to Enrique Felix (102A) was Sec-bananas ... (full of that Special K the side and let Ben fly by. The cover another stop and they did ond at 6:33. There were only two potassium)." Ed pumped the spectators then dusted off Juan, this without hesitation." entries. HRC pits: "They reduced the started his mount, and sent him And he liked his race: "I had SPORTSMAN OPEN (Class rates. It only cost $100 for the on his way to a Seventh Place fin- a nice ride and a great time ... SMO, 11 entries) San Felipe pits and will run $200 · ish. considering that we are two en-The best individual perfor-for the '500'." Mike Halliday was riding with gineers who spend most of the mance of the two wheel deal had "I was a little tired at the end. Ben Greenwood and Scott Burch day behind a desk." The two, to be the Sportsman class win by The (Power Line Road) was on an "LR" KLX 331 Value Auto however, are in excellent shape, lronSEALEdTyynismaa (257X). wearing on me. I could have Center, Fontana, CA (the being daily runners for over 20 The Flying Finn defeated an 11 pushed harder but I did not want Rusichs of "1600" renown) is an years. bike field of Sportsman big bikes. to ride over my head so it was an ardent supporter. Students of Marc's brother John reported His 4:41 elapsed time was good easy pace. I wish I could have past SCORE races will recognize that "I thought the race was fan-enough for Sixth Overall bike. Ed made the Top Five." Ty's physi-Mike as the driving partner of tastic and, as Marc said, I think ... _____________________________________ _ Rod Muller. Mike retrograded his SCORE did a great job of setting 4-wheel career into the 2-wheel up and marking the course and SCORE 1997 ENGINE Rll!LDER OF THE YEAR!, _FAT DOMINATES PRIMM 300 PRIMM 300-Sept. 11-12 Class 1 1st Dale Ebberts (VW Type IV) Class 10 1st Darnen Jefferies (Tcytta 4AG) 200 Gus Viklosola (Toycxa V6) 200 OVERALL!! 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Logis-Mike and Rod's "Big Dawg Rae- tically, an event like that must be ing" had won the '92 1000 very difficult to organize and they "1600" class then when Rod went did a very nice job of it. to "1 O" and eventually onto "l" Given the fairly large en try Halliday was cashed out. Mike fee, however, it would be nice if finished Eighth. trophies were at least available at Luis Rene Montano Cano the end of the race. It was so fun ("ZR Designs of Mexicali") was to run the race, that this is not a entered with RoR Jesus De La big deal to me, but it is one area , Rocha (251X). Their Baja assault that they could improve. ·· effort is supported by Honda de It would be nice if they didn't Mexicali, "Zeta Erre", T De-overlap (the Trophy-Trucks and signs ... airbrushed helmets in En- cars} with the motorcycles. It senada ... and Pompe. De La takes some of the fun out of the Rocha finished way back in last few miles for the Sportsman Ninth Place. riders and creates an extremely SPORTSMAN 250 (Class dangerous situation that could be SMU, 4 entries) easily avoided by delaying the ---------------------------------------~;.....,; Marc and John Hornbrook truck start a little bit." ■ Page 32 May 1999 Dusty Times

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DOO WOP PRO RALLY Round Two Of The Michelin Championship Text & Photos: Jim Culp Laughlin and Farina O'Sullivan captured the Doo Wop Pro Rally by one second, taking the lead on the very last stage. Faster than you can say "Doo Wop Pro Rally", one second goes by. After two days, and almost an hour and a half at racing speeds, one second was the dif-ference between first and sec-ond place at the Doo Wop ProRally. Held in the logging country of southwest Washing-ton, the Doo Wop was the sec-ond round of the 1999 Sports Car Club of America's Miche-lin ProRally Championship. Lauchlin O'Sullivan and his co-driving sister Farina O'Sul-livan edged ahead of Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares on the very last stage to claim the upset vic-tory. It was the first national se-ries win for the San Francisco O'Sullivans in their fast 1985 Audi 4000 Quattro, and it didn't come easily. Brasil and Tavares in the Wagen Werks Audi S2 from San Jose swapped the lead with the O'Sullivans over the second half of the rally. Heading into . the final two stages, O'Sullivan led by six seconds, but Brasil was seven seconds quicker on one of America's best rally stages, the run over the ridge top to the his-toric Brooklyn Tavern. On the reverse run back from Brooklyn, both drivers im-proved their times. Brasil fin-ished first, and held his breath, but O'Sullivan was two seconds quicker, the winner of the rally by one tick of the watch. The O'Sullivan clan never won a stage outright, consis-tency was the key to their vic-tory. After posting the fourth fastest time on the first stage, they were either second of third fastest on every other stage. CarlJardevall and John Elkin were first among the two wheel drive entries, claiming third overall aJ!d the Group 5 class win in the awesome Nordic Motors Volvo 740 turbo. Jarde-vall ran second overall early in the rally, and never lost the lead in a hotly contested Group 5 category, even turning in the fastest overall stage time through the rain on Stage 5. Prerace favorites Paul Choin-iere and Jeff Becker finished fourth in the Libra Racing Hyundai Tiburon after loosing four minutes to a series of mo-tor ·problems midway through the rally. Six time national champ Choiniere jumped into a twelve second lead on the very first stage, a run through tht> forests . CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON Helmets SNELL 95, SA95 for SODA Complete blower systems for Single or double seat cars. Helmet conversions, Cool boxes, Complete line of From $299.00 Helmet & Skirt Visa-Mastercard above Summit Lake. He extended that lead to 29 seconds on the second stage, and up to 1:08 after the third stage. Then on Stage 4 things came undone for the driver from Shelburne, VT. A thrown water pump belt cooked things as Choinere lost 50 seconds from his lead on Stage 4, losing the lead for good on Stage 5. Temporary repairs at service weren't enough and the Hyundai limped through Stage 6 on two cylinders and a cloud of oil smoke to finish the first day in tenth place. After overnight repairs, Choiniere and Becker posted the fastest times on all four of the stages run on Day 2-. Included was a breathtaking 62 mph average on the re-turn from Brooklyn, the second fastest time ever posted on the stage, and 21 sec-onds faster than the O'Sullivans. John Lane and Scott Huhn collided with another rally car, ran a stage with the co-driver's door flying open on corners, and still finished fifth overall, second in Group 5. Pete Lahm and Matt Chester were sixth in the TAD prepared Evio 4 Mitsubishi Lancer, as Lahm ran a conser-vative pace in his first time driving the car on gravel. Two seconds behind Lahm were the fastest women in ProRally, Janice Dami-tio and Amity Trowbridge, seventh over-all in the Crazee Espresso 4WD Toyota Celica. Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes, the . 1998 Group 5 national champions, fin-ished third in class and eighth overall in Ruby's Toyota Supra . More Group 5 challengers, Rick Davis and Ben Greisler, were ninth in Otto's BMW 318ti. The second women's team, Gail Truess and Pattie Hughes were tenth overall, and first in the Production GT class, with the Team Tango Mazda 323 GTX. The Group 2 class victors Guy Light and David Watts finished 11th in the Red Line Oil Volkswagen Golf, edging the Coffee Fresh Volvo 240 of Bill Malik and Christian Edstrom by six seconds for the class win. Car builder Light was a last minute substitute for 1998 Group 2 champ Dave White after White was injured mak-ing home improvements. Trevor Donison and Paula Gibeault took the honors in the Production Class in their neat looking Neon. The good looking Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4, piloted by Pete Lahm and Matt Chester took sixth place honors at the Doo Wop Proral/y. dall Russell and John Dillon was third in PG'I , followed by Jake Dekovic and Dave McFarand in the open class Mazda 323 GTX. 1998 Production class champion Trevor Denison teamed with Paula Gibeault for the class win in the Northwest Consulting Plymouth Neon. All 17 of the National entries finished the event. ■ Whoops! Carl Jardeva/1 and John Elkin powerslide the Turbo Volvo to the first two wheel drive position. Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares lost the lead on the last stage and ended up taking home the silver m"edal at the Doo Wop Prora/ly. OTECT, FII,I E Safety Products & BELL MOTORSPORTS We ship UPS Daily Ch a cl Dy.,-,e-s--..,.a_n__,__,..,,_e,-o_r_a,--,-,-u--,l er-:> , ~ j ti owden Ave. • San Diego • CA • 92117 • (619) 279-2509 Page 34 claimed third in Group 2 with a Toyota pick-up, followed by the POT runners up, Lee Shadbolt and Claire Chizma in a Su-baru lmpreza. The Dodge Shadow of Ken-May 19-99 Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker had a huge lead for the overall win but a water pump belt undid them and they settled for fourth place. Dusty Times

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The O'Sullivan brother and sister team were the Dow Wop 4 winners in their Audi Quattro, shown here at a check in the wet forest. Opposite lock is the name of the game Noah Third and Jason Lane The Tabor Rally Team, Mark and Kristen took the Northwest Region won the U2 title in the Gan-Am Rally Team VW Rabbit. Class 3 title in their Mazda, shown here tra,yersing the muddy road. 1999 Doo Wop Series driver's and Eaton/Almquist in Class 3. title for O'Sullivan, who also won There were 28 starters, and 25 the series opener in San finishers. on a mostly sunny day NORTHWEST RALLY CLUB REPORT Dao Wop Ill & IV Text & Photos: Jim Culp Rick Davis and Ben-Greis/er were the 02 Runoff Champions in the BMW. shown here at-speed on the logging road. Two fast California Audi teams traded victories in the final two rounds of the 1999 Doo Wop Club Rally Series held in south-west Washington's timberlands. Rui Brasil and Carlos Tavares in the Espirito Santo Audi S2 Quattro claimed the Crazee Espresso Doo Wop 3 win with a 16 second victory over Lauchlin and Farina O'Sullivan. The O'Sullivans reversed the order to capture the Doo Wop 4 title by 17 seconds. Behind the Audi duel, Carl Jardevall and John Elkin finished third in Doo Wop 3, topping the two wheel drive entries, and cap-turing the Group 5 class with the Nordic Motors Volvo 740 turbo. Jardevall actually led the Club Rally pack through the first two muddy stages, and finished less than: one minute behind the eventual winner. Another Volvo, the 262 turbo of John Lane and Scott Huhn grabbed the fourth spot, even af-ter colliding with Bob and Tammy Reaves on the third stage. The Reaves Mazda RX3 had hooked a ditch and struck a tree, Lane arrived at speed and popped the co-driver's door on the Mazda bumper. Huhn man-aged to hang on to the route book and timecard as his door swung open on the corners, while the Reaves were DNFs. Rick Davis and Ben Greisler were fifth in Otto's Group 5 BMW 318ti, while Montesano, Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge took the second spot in the divisional Runoffs in their 4WD Toyota Celica. Dusty Times Washington's Janice Damitio and co-driver Amity Trowbridge were sixth in the Crazee Espresso 4WD Toyota Celka. Seventh were Ralph Kosmides and Joe Noyes in Ruby's Toyota Supra, edging the second women's team, Gail Truess and Pattie Hughes, eighth overall and first in the Production GT class with the Team Tango Mazda 323 GTX. Dave Hintz and Doug Chase were ninth in the second gene-ra-tion Mazda RX7 turbo, and brother Rick Hintz and Marc Swalley tenth in the historic Dat-sun 240Z. The other Club Rally class winners were Tabor Rally team-mates. Jon Tabor and Kevin Poirier were tops in the produc-tion class Nissan Sentra, with Matt Tabor and Chris Hale win-ners of the Group 2 platter in a Toyota Corolla. Vance and Karen Walker fin-ished last after dropping 40 min-utes and a top five finish while high centered on the final stage. There were 25 finishers out of 30 starters on a blustery day in the Capital Forest southwest of Olym-pia, WA. Northwest regional class win-ners included Brasilff avares in Class 1, D. Hintz/Chase in Class 2, and Mark and Kristen Tabor in the Tabor Racing Mazda 323GTX in Class 3. Doo Wop.4 • The Whitn~y's Chevrolet Doo Wop 4 victory nailed down the May 1999 Francisco's fastest 1985 Audi in the woods. · 4000 Quattro. 1998 Divisional Runoffs The final round of the D_oo The Doo Wops also hosted the Wop series moved west to start last annual SCCA Divisional in the shadow of the. historic Vic- Rally Runoffs. The runoffs at-torian courthouse in Montesano, tracted several of the top ranh·d WA. The four stages included teams from SCCA Divisions two 9.5 mile loops through the around the country to do one fi-Montesano city forest, and the nal battle in the three 1998 famous run along the ridge tops classes. to the Brooklyn Tavern and Brasil and Tavares, the South-back. em P ,;fir Divi ion ~ham , Behind the O'Sullivan Brasil claimed the Runoffs title in the battle, Jardevall/Elkin and Lane 4WD class, Northern Pacific Huhn were again third and champs Damitio and Trowbridge fourth, with Lane closing the gap nabbed second in class, and the between them to only six seconds. rally women's runoff. Third were Kosmides and Noyes turned the Midwest champs Truess and up the "commitment switch" in Hughes, with Northern Pacific the Supra to edge Damitio .and runner up Jake Dekovic and Trowbridge by two seconds for David McFarland fourth in a the fifth spot. Only ~hree seconds Mazda 323. separated the Crazee Espresso The Northeast Division cham-Celica from the Walkers who pions, Davis and Greisler claimed spun their Mazda RX3 to seventh the Runoff title in the over-two-overall. liter class. Northern Pacific 02 The Reaves' patched and bat- champs, the Walkers grabbed the tered RX3 claimed eighth, only second spot in the Runoff. two seconds behind· the Walkers. Third and Lane captured Truess and Hughes were ninth, the under-two-liter class for with Eric Eaton and Kenny the Northern Pacific Division, Almquist tenth in another after the class favorites Todd Mazda 323GTX. Hartmann and Peter Yeeles Additional Club Rally class DNF'd with transmission winners included Noah Third problems. and Jason lane taking the Group The 1999 Doo Wops also 2 class in the Hot Water Perfor- marked Ray Damitio's retirement mance Volkswagen Rabbit, and as a rally organizer. Damitio has a Tabor/Poirier sweep of the pro- developed the Doo Wop series as duction class. an early season training ground for Northwest regional class win- new rallyists, providing the best ners were the O'Sullivans in stage roads in the northwest at af-Class 1, the Reaves in Class 2, fordable prices. Thanks Ray! ■ PIKE'S SERV,.ICE CENTER BAKER, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FR!ENDS ..... THANKS! Mobil RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS SERVICE EVERY DAY YEAR ROUND THE BEST IN THE DESERT Page35

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Lu and Eeke Ryba did their share of winning at Holtville, their Nissan shown here negotiating a tight left hander. We've heard it, said it, dreamed about it for years: give us something fun and cheap and easy on the cars! Dennis and Joyce Sheean and the NASA San Diego chapter did just that. With a total weekend price of $130, including a not-to-be-missed Sat-urday night barbecue, it was just plain fun. The Royal Air Force specialty parachute-paraglide teams trained continuously, moving into and out of the rum-This is the ~ystem run by most off road race winners bling, primer-gray C130. Totally awesome. If ya' weren't there, ya' missed a gra-a-a-and time. The Holtville event opened the California Rally Series' new-est competitive venue, the Rallycross/Rallysport Series. Challenged by the CRS Bog in 1998, organizers had to guaran-tee at least four events in a year. The expanded CRS calendar now boasts events in Holtville, the reopened Carlsbad Raceway, TRI-MIL BOBCAT QIROME 1984-~1 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233 Page 36 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Holtville Rallycrass & Rallyspart By Lynette Allison Photos: K Takahashi Dan Edmunds came over from Arizona to compete in the rallycross and he was first in Performance Stock on a fun CRS weekend. and in Nevada as well. Courses are varied, teams enthusiastic, and there is a unique opportunity for testing vehicle suspension, handling and reliability while competing against exp.erienced and neophyte teams alike. Holtville Air Facility, south of the Salton Sea, started life as a naval auxiliary air station in 1941, built to train navy pilots in the art of strafing and bombing. Among those trainees was the future president, George Bush. By the '70s it became a place for road racing and drag racing. TO-day the facility is operated by Fred and Jeanne Matthews through Aviation Concepts En-terprises, Inc., and they promote and coordinate its uses by the U.S. military, the Royal Air _ Force, aviation and automotive vehicle testing, motorsports clubs, and the movie industry. There are several road courses ctmently used by SCCA, the Por-sche Club of America, and vari-ous clubs sign up for slalom courses and skid pads. A new drag strip is in the works for 1999. NASA signed on for events there through 1999. Saturday's Rallycross opened to great weather and an enthusi-astic band of rallyists and road racers in a variety of vehicle types. The dirt rallycross course was simple yet· challenging. enough, with cones marking the inside corners allowing ample room for the typica I rally-slideways cornering technique. NASA expanded typical CRS vehicle classes adding Street Stock, which is essentially an unmodified vehicle "just like it came off the showroom floor", Street Prepared which includes any all-wheel-drive vehicles and those with any performance modifications, and the Unlimited class for non-street cars such as off road vehicles and pure race cars. Es ta blishing a possible rallycross trend in the Street S~ck class, ·two husband-wife teams, Lu and Eeke Ryba and Jim and Gail Barnette grabbed four May 1999 of the six finishing positions. Not to be outdone, Shane Polhamus, after his quick overnight run from Mesa, AZ in a rented Dodge Intrepid, finished a respectable third overall. Terry French from San Diego rounded the course with respectable ease, nabbing second overall, only .20 behind first place Lu Ryba and his Nis-san. Performance Stock had some great runs and ended with Dan Edmunds, John Dillon and Don Shreyer 1-2-3. The 4-WD teams found the course brief, but Dennis Chizma and Doug Robinson kept the pressure on, finishing with only .40 between first place Chizma and Robinson. Robert Garcia of Whittier and Tony Vu of Foun-tain Valley kept Lisa Fornwalt busy as they finished 3-4-5 over-all. The 2-WD class kept close times with .42 from first to fourth. Frank Paredes shared his pristine Corolla with usttal co-driver Bill Stabley and Bill scored a mere .23 difference. Watch out, Frank. Bill may like this driving stuff all too well! Robert Shibao settled in and grabbed a great third place finish. Chizma, one driver competing in two cars, fetched first overall in 2-WD class as well. Saturday fun runs in the after-noon gave workers and families alike some time on the course. Sport Compact Car representa-tives enthusiastically declared, in the words of Arnold Schwartzenegger, "We'll be back!" Saturday's evening barbecue, rally movies and star ·party was the perfect ending to a great day of competition. Sunday's Sprint required full rally car preparation and fielded seven driver only teams. Holtville manager Fred Matthews and NASA prez Den-nis Sheean created a unique rambling course through desert bushes, around hay bales, through a gate, past horses and corrals, and in-and-out between the cement slab remains of the WWII barracks. With three runs each way, teams faced jumps, bumps, silt and sand over a no-arrow-and-no-driver course. It seems appropriate the Start was. at the air facilities (only) street sign, Enterprise, a poignant beginning to "a new frontier". Chizma consistently set fast-est times; taking 4-WD with 19.06. Teams in 2-WD kept the pressure on, keeping 1.3 differ-ence from first to fourth place. Lu Ryba put his Nissan through its paces, but Paredes, Shibao and Stahley tracked the course and handled the corners for some close finishing times and 2-3-4 finish. Dan Edmonds of Glendale, AZ took first in Per-formance Stock. Eeke Ryba was hard onto the corners, but off course errors brought a frustrat-ing second place finish. Both Eeke and husband Lu won the coveted "bent fencepost" award, establishing yet another rally trend at Holtville. NASA, National Auto Sport Association has grown from a small San Francisco based club to a major motorsport sarrction-ing body with over six thousand members. One goal is to provide fan, exciting programs with a minimum of hassle and red tape. NASA San Diego is the newest. chapter, co-directed by Dennis and Joyce Sheean, long time r_ally fans and competitors. NASA memberships are $25 an-nually and include a national monthly publication and a local . newsletter. Since July 1998, NASA San Diego and Phoenix chapters have agreed to share dates and venues for regional championships. The old Carlsbad Raceway's 1.8 mile course, now available through NASA San Diego, is the site for the next CRS rallycross event in June: For information, contact Den-nis Sheean ar(619) 465-3789, e-mail dennis@nasaracing.com or call Sue Robinson, CRS acting Director, (770) 788-3809 before 9p.m. ■ Dusty Times

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. , 1999 VORRA SEASON OPENER Prairtie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA By Ron Miller Photos:Cindy Monroe Sam Berri started th€• VORRA stJason off with a win in the first heat, and a second in the overall standings. The curtain was raised on Val-ley Off Road Racing Association's 24th annual season, when the tra-ditional opener was contested on March 21, 1999. The "Great Off Roader In The Sky" helped mat-ters considerabiy, by providing su-perb weather and a lightning fast track on that first day of Spring. Foremost among those racers be-ginning the new season on a high note, were Jim Cast, Randy Miller, and Lance Rhinehart. Each of those romping winners scored a pair of victories on the day, to im-mediately move to the head of their respective classes. As expected, there was no shortage of excite-ment and plenty of competitive, wheel-to-wheel, high speed action. It was all systems go for the '99 VORRA kickoff, and fans flocked to the picturesque park nestied amidst Northern California's beau-tiful rolling hills. Next up is a full recap of all the day's action. So if you're all-staged, belted, buckled, and harnessed, then llllllllllet's get ready to rumble! The show began witl}. a heat race for Sportsman Novice class entrants. A field of 11 took part, Rob Parsons took a second and a first to end up the Class 1 O winner in the hotly fought event. with Ali Miller quickly establish-ing command. Jim Cast was track-ing from second, with Rich Fletcher just behind him in third. · Miller set all of the pace, until the field neared the heat's halfway mark. At that point, the hard-charging Cast came calling for the lead. Cast forged to the front, as Lenny McLean moved up into sec-ond place. From there, the top duo raced 1-2 all the way to the check-ered flag. Cast emerged victorious, while McLean hung tough for sec-ond. Fletcher checked in third, fol-lowed by Marcia Watkins and Chris Ellis, who finished fourth and fifth respectively. The day's second race was a Class 7 contest featur-ing eight trucks. Fred Calosso started in the pole position and took full advantage of it. Calosso dominated his rivals, leading the . heat from flag to flag. Mike Koenig chased the winner throughout, but was forced to settle for the runner-up spot. Gary Skipton raced third in the early stages and Bill Man-froy did the same through the heat's middle laps. However, it was the team of B.J. and Tris ten Butcher who held that position at the race's conclusion. Race 3 was for the Sportsman Veteran class. A compact field of three was staged for action,. Jon Gurney held the lead as the competing trio com-Class 1 competitors, led off by Kevin Ohnstad (109), winner for the day, take the green flag to start the season. pleted Lap 1. Randy Miller was rac-ing second, followed by the team of Larry naso and Hooter Meyer. Miller seized control of the race during the following lap, and from that point on, it was merely a mat-ter of margir O'. victor·•. M'ller maintained his advantage the re-mainder of the way, to tally the win. Gurney, while unable to keep pace with the winner, did finish well enough to place second. The next race features seven entrants from Class 10. Sam Berri assumed the second spot as the field was being staged, but he was clearly best once the race got underway. Berri led every lap, as his Class 10 rivals tried in vain to collar the ul-tra swift front-runner. Rob Parsons came closest to doingjust that, but his effort was clearly second best. Troy Robinson raced in third place for most of the heat, before being passed in the late stages by David Kordonowy. The full size trucks took center stage for the next event. A field of six took part, with a single Class 8 entrant and the remaining five truckers competing in the ProNeteran Heavy Metal class. Eric Eberhart enjoyed a brief lead during the opening lap, but it was all "Dynamite Dan" Cannon after that. Cannon started at the back of the pack, but immediately began working his way forward. By the time the field had completed its second lap, the So. Cal speed . demon had seized control. Lance Rhinehart (the only Class 8 en-trant) made numerous attempts to defuse "Dynamite", but Cannon simply proved too hot to handle. Cannon blasted his way clear in the late stages, while Eric Eberhart was coming back on to grab second. Following the· winner and runner-up was Don Sutton who took third, and Rhinehart who soloed in Class 8. Next up on the card was an eight lap contest for Class 9 entrants. A field of four started, but only two members of that quartet was around at the finish. For John and Forest Creasy, their respective ef-forts were a study in contrast. J.C. had everything go his way, while F.C. was TKO'd during Lap 1. Dave Tarrant was out after John Creasy, as the "niners" completed their opening lap. Eric Steiger was in third at that point, but he soon grabbed the pass on Tarrant and assumed the second spot. There was no change in the running or-der over the next three laps, as Creasy continued to hold his rivals at bay. Tarrant then moved back into second place, when Steiger disappeared on Lap 6. Creasy, how-ever, continued to show the way, and he proved himself much the best with a powerful win. Clint Wolsey leads a pack of Pilots as he heads for his win in the second heat. Don Sutton began the season on a high note by taking the overall win in the Pro/ Heavy Metal class. Tarrant earned runner-up hon-ors, with Steiger placing third. Next up was the Pilot class heat, and another field of four faced the starter. And once again, just as in the previous contest, only half the field was around for the finish. Neither Clint Wolsey nor Andy Wald had much luck on this occa-sion. Both men saw their respec-tive heats and abruptly, with Wol-sey dropping out on Lap 1 and Wald on Lap 2. Those develop-ments left Bill Dorsey and Robby Wright all alone in their own .per-sonal match race. Dorsey had little trouble grabbing the lead on Lap 1, and was in total command throughout. Wald was Dorsey's closest pursuer in the early stages, then when he suddenly departed, Wright took up the chase. It was pretty much a game of follow the leader though, as Dorsey led every lap.en route to the checkered flag. Wright's effort earned him runner-up honors, with Wald being cred-ited with a third place finish. The final heat race was an eight lap event for Class 1 entrants. Five buggies faced the starter, with "Siz-zling Sam" Berri powering his way to the early lead. Kevin Ohnstad was stalking the fleet pacesetter from the second spot, with Dennis Kordonowy racing next in third. Berri continued to race strongly on the lead, as the quartet held their same positions through the first three laps. On Lap 4 Kordonowy grabbed the pass on Ohnstad, mov-ing up into second. Meanwhile, the team of Tim Bowman and George Reese was also making up ground, and that pair edged into second place on the following lap. Kordonowy came right back though, and after moving back into second place on Lap 6, he set his sights on the leader. Kordonowy forged to.the front with one lap remaining, and then gamely raced on to victory. Ohnstad came on to be runner-up, with the pacesetting Berri placing third. Following the customary mid-day break, it was time for-the combatants to crank _. Page,3'a ... . May 1999 Dusty Times

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Dennis Kordonowy took the win in the first heat, was a close second Mike Koenig, Class 7 overall winner, had a second in the first heat Patty Hayos and Todd Spicer duel with Gary Skipton during Class 7 action. in the second, to take second in the overall results. and then won the second in his Ford. it up one more time. The order of himself a most worthy beneficiary. followed next in third, and Jim the main events varied slightly Once on the lead, Parsons set sail Cast was along for fourth. By vir-from the day's earlier races. The for the victory, and he would not tue of his main victory, Parsons was only major difference was that the be denied. Berri was unable to declared the overall winner for the Sportsman Veteran class would catch the winner, but finished well day as well. Berri raced too well to race in Main 4, along with Class 9 enough to place second. Robinson lose, but had to settle for runner-up. Robinson's strong showing in the main earned him third overall, while Kordonowy and Cast placed fourth and fifth respectively. Main 4 was for Classes 9 and Sportsman Veteran. A total of seven vehicles participated, with a slight majority (four racers) competing it:t Class 9. The Sportsman Veteran group was dispatched first, and Randy Miller Continued on page 40 . entrants. The first "main" of the afternoon featured those entrants competing in the Sportsman Nov-ice class. Heat 1 winner Jim Cast quickly established the early lead, while making a strong bid for a sweep of both races. Rich Fletcher and· Lenny McLean once again led the pursuit. McLean was able to grab the pass on Cast during Lap 3, but that pair's duel for control was far from over. Cast battled back gamely, and regained the lead on Lap 6. This time however, it was for good. Cast repelled challenges by Marcia Watkins, Chris Ellis, and one final one by McLean, to com-plete his "Sunday Sweep." Cast's 'superb victory overshadowed the game efforts of McLean, who fin-ished as runner-up in both main and overall scoring. A similar fate was bestowed upon Fletcher, who placed third behind the top pair in those same two categories. Jason Sachs ended up topping Ali Miller for fourth in the main and also edged Watkins for fourth overall. The second main was for Class 7 racers, with a total of eight trucks facing the starter. When a pair of mini-truckers were unable to es-cape Lap 1, the field was suddenly reduced to a half dozen. Tim Schrader was one of the quickest off the line, and he seized com-mand at once. Gary Skipton was racing in_ s~cond place --and Mike Koenig neld the third spot during the early stages. Meanwhile, Heat 1 winner Fred Calosso had his work cut out for him, as he was racing back in the fifth position. On Lap 3 Koenig got by Skipton, and set his sights on the leader. It took a while, but Koenig finally hit the front with three laps left to go. Calosso had worked his way up to third place at that point, and then moved into second as the field be-gan its white flag lap. Calosso's valiant effort was not enough though, as Koenig maintained the lead and captured the win. Skipton finished steadily to place third, with Steve Millward topping Schrader for fourth. With his timely win in the main, Koenig also claimed the overall Class 7 victory. Calosso landed runner-up honors, and Skipton placed third. Schrader narrowly edged Millward for the day's overall fourth position. Main 3 was contested by Class 10 en-trants. David Kordonowy started fast to gain the early advantage. Rob Parsons and Troy Robinson followed close behind, as the field began to sort itself out. Sam Berri, who was away fourth, soon had worked his way into contention. Kordonowy surrendered the lead during Lap 3, and Parsons proved GERMAN AUTO ' "'· ,, ... 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Class 1 O racer, Troy Robinson, finished fourth in Heat Jo third in Heat Sportsman Novice Class racer Marcia Watkins finished fourth in Heat Fred Cafasso bounced his Class 7 truck to a first and a second, which . 2 and third overall. 1 and fifth overall. ~qa_~_,e .... h_im,.--s_ec_o .... n_d_o_,~..,..era..---.l/.,------,,.,........----,,----,----.,.-----....------raced off to the early lead. Larry his classmates, as he took them all only the top pair and Wald were slowing down. In fact, they didn't Class 1 win. Kordonowy was an Naso and Hooter Meyer were the way to the checkered flag. still in motion. Rhinehart never eaten Wolsey until he had re- ultra-game runner-up in the fi-away second, with Jon Gurney Tarrant and John Creasy engaged did relinquish the lead, and he turned to the pits. Wolsey took nale, and he also placed second following at the back of a com- in an elongated battle for the sec- powered his way clear to score the 'em all the way and won convinc- in overall scoring. Berri took third pact fidd. Miller relished the role ond spot. Tarrant won that war, win. Sutton followed Rhinehart ingly. Dorsey held second and and Bowman/Reece fourth, in of the rabbit, as he held the lead and then Eric Steiger slipped by passed the finish to place runner-Wald third. Despite Wolsey's both the main and final standings throughout and never looked like Creasy late to steal third. Despite up, and Wald was credited third. main event win, Dorsey claimed for the day. a loser. Gurney was able to move finishing as runner-up in both In the overall scheme of things, the overall Pilot class victory. That will do it for the 1999 Val-up into second place during Lap races, Tarrant came away with Rhinehart was the uncontested Wright earned runner-up honors ley Off Road Racing Association 3, but that would be the extent the overall Class 9 victory. John winner of Class 8 and Sutton and Wolsey placed third. The fi-opener folks. Congratulations to all of his main event passing. Miller Creasy placed second in final re- came away with the ProN eteran nal race of the day was the Class of the race participants, and espe-took his overmatched rivals flag sults, with Forest Creasy and Eric Heavy Metal class victory. Eric 1 main {.Vent. Dennis Kordonowy cially to Jim Cast (Corona, CA), to flag, and in so doing, registered Steiger completing the scoring. Eberhait took-that class' runner-was looking to complete a Class 1 Mike Koenig (Sacramento, CA), the day's second sweep. Obvi-main 5 was for the full size truck- up spot and Cannon finished up sw&ep, but Kevin Ohnstad had Randy Miller (Woodland, CA), ously, with the results· of this trio's ing contingent. "Dynamite Dan" the day in third. The next to last something else in mind. Ohnstad Rob Parsons (Corona, CA), Don second race identical to their first, Cannon picked up where he left race on the card was the Pilot bolted to the early advantage, as Sutton (Salinas, CA), Dave Tar-the same Miller, Gurney, Naso/ off earlier in the day, as he forged class main event. The same quar-Sam Berri settled into second. rant (Petaluma, CA), Bill Dorsey Meyer order of finish also held to the race's early lead. Don Sut-tet that had squared off earlier in Then came Kordonowy and the (Tracy, CA), and Kevin Ohnstad true overall. In Class 9 action, ton and Lance Rhinehart were the day, was again poised for ac- Tim Bowman/George Reese team. (Fresno, CA). Also, helmets off Dave Tarrant grabbed the early · racing second and third, with Eric tion. Clint Wolsey made certain Ohnstad was a veritable tiger on to the VORRA and Prairie City lead in that group's finale. Forest Eberhart, Bruce Fields, and Ben that the result was different this the lead, as he first turned back SVRA team members for a terrific Creasy, however, was out to make Wald also in the mix. The entire time around. Wolsey blasted out Berri, and then Kordonowy. show. One final item, be sure to amends for his Heat 1 disappoint- . complexion of the race changed to the early lead, as Bill Dorsey There would simply be no catch-mark your calend.ars for April ment. Creasy tracked Tarrant during Lap 2,.as Cannon snapped gave chase. Andy Wald was away ing Ohnstad, who turned the 24th and 25th. That's when from second place during Lap 1, a rear axle, and was forced to call third and Robby wright followed Prairie City course into a "no pass- VORRA's "Spring Special" will be th{.nmotored into the lead before it a day. Rhinehart took over the him. As Dorsey, Wald and Wright ing zone." Ohnstad was rewarded held, and Prairie City SVRA will the field had completed Lap 2. lead at that ·point, and Sutton continued their pursuit in that with the checkered flag, the main once again be the scene. I'll C U Creasy p~oved to be too much for moved up into second. By Lap 4, order, Wolsey showed no signs of event victory, and the overall there! ■ Page 40 May 1999 Dusty Times

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VIDEO PREVIEW 1998 Baja By Judy Smith For a taste of what it was re-ally like in the early days of off road racing, you can't beat this video. Originally filmed for the top notch "Wide World of Sports" on ABC, the 40 minute show fea-tu res Jim McCay as commentator/ interviewer. He clearly knew • nothing about the sport, but it matters not, because the camera work says it all. Filmed by a creative and skilled ✓ ULTRASONIC CLEANING ✓ CNC MILLING & 011 Coolers / Radiators TURNING Blocks / Un-/ Fittings ✓ PRODUCTION & Assembled Components PROTOTYPE ✓ TESTING .ERVICES ✓ CAD/CAM -~agnetlc Particle PROGRAMMING (Magnaflu.x / Myglo) Llq11ld Penetrant ✓ REVERSE (Dye Penetrant / Zyglo) ENGINEERING Ultrasonic X-Ray ✓ EDM MACHINING 3043 Oak St, Santa Ana, CA 92707 CRITICAl Ph 714-957-1215 Fx 714-857-1567 e-mail: WBUNN@CRfTlCAL-OP.COM FAA Rapai'Slation #WB7R288J OPERATIONS crew, including Don Shoemaker, who is still at it today as Shoe-maker Productions, the show was a massive undertaking. They had cameras on the ground, in several cars and in four helicopters. They had a crew of about 15 camera men, and they caught the excite-ment, isolation, fatigue and ex-hilaration of the long drive to La Paz. Now it's been put on video as part of the Bruce Brown motor-cycle racing series from the late sixties. Don't pass up the chance to understand something of the roots of our sport. It's fun to con-trast the cars of 30 years ago. You'll be amazed, amused and enthralled. Guaranteed. Don Shoemaker, whom we've all met at recent SCORE and BITD ·events (the tall one with the cam-era on his shoulder) was part of the camera crew for this video, and then did the editing. He'd learned his trade working for ABC on the Wide World of Sports shows, and had been wanting to work -an off road race when Brown called him about it. After the '68 lO00·he also worked on others, including the famous On· Any Sunday. This video, and others are available from Shoemaker Productions, at (714) 966-1007. ■ San Felipe 250 .race results. The Ridgecrest rocket Tom Koch and non Checker Richard Boyle teamed up for this race. Tom was and promptly blew Richard's mo-. tor apart. A big DNF for our hero. Dan the man Martin teamed up with Dennis Crowley. He quickly showed his Checker buds no chick's going to beat him. Dan passed Becky and former non Checker rider Adam Wik, 30 miles in and proceeded to put time on her by the first pit. Then lost a front brake line while pass-ing a Class 1 car limping along. To make matters worse Dan ran out of gas, while running second on time. Dennis took over and ran trouble free finishing a respect-able seventh in Class 1/2-1600 with 30 minutes of down time. Class 9 racer Jimmy Hook ran ,with Jimmy Messick, a non Checker. After a great showing in Laughlin, San Felipe looked like their next win. By Pit 2 tires soon became a problem. The Rosensteins, still sober, were able to change tires and replace the spare, sending Jimmy on his way. At mile marker 120 the trans gave out ending their day. Maybe those new tires blew your trans, the weak sidewalls. Maybe if you keep your eyes open and drive around the rocks both problems could have been avoided "O' Checker Prez." Those tire guys are a great source for Checker raffle prizes. No need to piss them off right away. HEY GEORGE SEELY JR. Great driver report, fantastic Checker pits. Came in first and left first, got water, gas and an an-tenna along with a spare. Wow I like this, but George, your report after that bit of informat.ion has me baffled. I'm lost as to ncle BIGGER BOULDERS • BETTER BUMPS • BOUNTIFUL BRUISES Best payment at 65%, plus the lowest entry fees. Help make B.O.R.E. bigger and better, bring a11 ·racing friends and new racers. PRO CLASS "I" 1 /2 Unlimited 10 1/2-1600 Mini Metal entry $245.00 insurance 100.00 use fee 20.00 $355.00 PRO CLASS "ll" Challenger and 5/1600 entry $165.00 1ns~rance 100. 00 use fee 20.00 $285.00 SPORTSMAN For the Almost-a-race-car, it's run what you brung. entry Insurance use fee $45.00 100.00 20.00 $165.00 EXTRA: CUrrent/Valid membership in any off road association will be honored by B.O.R.E. at your fust race. EXTRA: $20.00 off entry fee for early entry with $100.00 binder receive at least two weeks before any race. Dusty Times BONNEVILLE OFF-ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES Attn: LES WOLFE 1727 N. MAIN SUNSET, UTAH 84015 (801) 776-4654 May 1999 And this was the best part of the pit. Please explain, I guess it was great but not good enough to win. George finished second in Class 5. Walter Prince ran a strong second in Sportsman that looked pretty much trouble free other . than stopping for fuel, oil and candy. PIT CAPTAINS Uncle Max, Pit 3 I'd like to tell everyone about this pit but there is no informa-tion on your pit report, only George's report of jelly. Big John Files, Pit 5 unloaded equipment, drank beer, loaded equipment, great job. Rev. Roy Moore, Pit 4 reported two driver changes, re-paired a brake line, and worked on a Hummer. No Checker drives one of these, must have meant worked on getting a Hummer. You can't work on a non Checker car. Peter Rosenstein, Pit 2 fu-eled Ron Brant. Why isn't he a Checker, he acts like one. Candy canes and oil were loaded in Walter's car. Jimmy Hooks ride with a f-up spare mount was • fixed. Tires were changed. Greg Hawks and wife, Pit 1 work per-formed none. Are you sure that Hummer didn't stop in your pit after Rev Roy's? This type of pit-ting sickens me. Mexico is for beers, dollars, strip bars and tacos, not always in that order. Thank God one of our younger Check-ers wasn't in your pit. Please set a better example in the future. Pit Captain!i, in the future fill out your pit reports, or I'll have to just make stuff up about you. TOP SECRET SAN FELIPE, Continued on page 44 8-euhde~ f/p#IUIIU!I SEPTEMBER 11th Wendover, USA Page 41 ,,._

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The Audi Quattro of John Kemp and Brian Maxwell finished second L..-_______ _____..........,.__ _____ ____, Overall first in Open, proving power and ice are not the best Peter Lahm and Matt Chester pushed their Mitsubishi Evo IV towards Chris Czyzlo and Eric Carlson finished second in Production GT class, combination. the front but had to settle for second an the Open class. the Mitsubishi Eclipse shown here ne otiatin the icy roads. SNO* DRIFT PRORALLY Ottey overalls at Atlanta (Michigan, That IS) Text & Photos: Tom Buchkoe It was the middle of Febru-ary, the troops were assembled in Atlanta, Michigan awaiting the start of the season opener of the 1999 Michelin SCCA ProRally Championship and there were nearly 40 cars wait-ing for the season to begin. side of the road are substan-tial and the roads are fairly narrow in many places. According to the experts, once the thin layer of snow on the roads wears away the roads will get very slick and this may surprise some people as they run the stage for the second time and find the footing com-pletely different than the prior run. The weather was great, for a winter rally that is, there had been some snow in the preced-ing days and it was nice and cold, mid 20s during the day. The roads are covered with ice and snow, snow banks on each 38 cars actually started the rally, leaving the start at 10:00 a.m. and there were stars Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey went into the overall iead early in the rally and they took first overall and fi/"$1 Production in a great win. Page 42 FEELING A LITTLE LEFT OUT? ASKING YOURSELF, "WHERE DID THE FUN IN RACING GO?" IT .. S ALWAYS BEEN HERE AT MAORA ----Mid America Off Road Association----SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD RACING FOR: CLASS 9, 16, 11, & SPORTSMAN BUGGIES. CLASS 7 TRUCKS, QUADS, & PILOITS EACH ONE-DAY EVENT CONSITS OF 3 HEATS WITH 10-12 LAPS EACH 2 DAY EVENTS--HEATS ON SATURDAY--1 HOUR MIN. ENDURO ON SUNDAY WARN/BLACK DIAMOND 1999 POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP RACING SERIES MAY 15TH LINCOLN TRAIL MOTORSPORTS PARK, CASEY, IL JUNE 5TH TRIPLE R RACEWAY, NASHVILLE, IL JULY 3'1° & 4TH LINCOLN TRAIL MOTORSPORTS PARK, CASY, IL JULY 315r LINCOLN TRAIL MOTORSPORTS PARK, CASEY,IL AUGUST 29TH TRIPLE R RACEWAY, NASHVILLE, IL SEPT2BTH TRIPLE R RACEWAY, NASHVILLE, IL OCTOBER 2"0 & :r1° LINCOLN TRAIL MOTORSPRTS PARK CASEY, Ii. ··- · Contact: Dean Conklin 217-868-2154; Steph Sabo 618-327-9312 Walt /:lack 217-987-6568; Brad Key 217-497-4556 Visit our web site at WWW. ILLININET. NET/ ~ WOLF~AN May 1999 Dusty Times

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The VW Golf Gti driven by Brian Vinson and Richard Beets suffered a flat tire and the irony of needing a good push to get going again to a The Prochaskats VW Golf went well on the ice and snow and they The neat looking VW Gti rental of Karl Scheible and Gail McGuire second spot in Production. were the Group 2 winners at the icy cold rally in Michigan. was the winner of Production class with lots of time in hand. The Chevy S-10 of Ken Stewart and Jim Dale was having trouble Henry and Cindy Krolikowski churned through the snow in their Dodge getting the rubber to the road but they persevered and finished seventh The Jeep Comanche of Scott Car/born and Dale Dewald hits the bank Shadow to a great win in Group 5, three minutes in the lead. --=in=-=O~'pe_n,...c_la_s_s.-c,-_____ --=,----=-,.....,....-------hard, popped two tires and at this point called it a day and retired. aplenty. Peter Lahm was sec-The Honda of Charles Ottey was unofficially 90 sec-continued on. John Kemp and Brian Maxwell ond off the line, Garen Sherrill came into the service· onds in the lead and they were Gail Truess ran into big were second overall and first Shrader was 10th to start, area with a banged up fender still one and two on the road. trouble, she smelled burning in Open class in the Quattro. both parties in Open Class and bumper, cause unknown. Third and fourth place went rubber, it was the water pump Karl Scheible/Gail McGuire Mitsubishi Evolution IV, They had been running third to the Open class cars of Jon belt and although she got took the Production class eas-WRC Championship level cars in 02 but this dropped them Kemp (Audi Quattro). through the stage, the engine ily, 10 minutes ahead of sec-for sure. back for an eventual fifth In the Production class, the was overheating terribly and ond spot in their rented VW Cal Landau was the first car place finish. Scheible VW Golf Gti was en-her battle for the lead was over. Golf Gti. The Krolowskis took to start in the Mitsubishi After seven stages there are joying a 10 minute lead and With Truess out, Ottey had Group 5 with three minutes in Eclipse and he was in conten-a pair of Production GT was proceeding carefully. the win in hand but he had to hand and the Prochaskas took tion with Gail Truess in her Mazda 323 GTXs running in J.B. Niday, Group 2 F,ord sidestep some elk that were Gr_oup 2, .14 of a minute Mazda 323 GTX and she was the first two spots. Tom Ottey/ Fiesta rolled on Stage 15 but wandering on the course and ahead of the David (2) followed by Tom Ottey in an-Pam McGarvey are in the luckily Ken Stewart came by then on the final stage he got Cismas. other Mazda 323. lead, Gail Truess/Pattie in his pickup and helped right a flat but decided to limp on So a cold but fun rally was At the first service, Eric Hughes are about a minute be-the car. Niday lost a window in and fix it later. And so they over and the next stop on the Marcus, comedian and con-hind and the John Kemp/Brian in the roll and he said it got were first overall and of tour is the Doo-Wop, covered cerned citizen, who co-drives Maxwell Audi Quattro is yet really cold in the car as they course, first in Production GT. elsewhere in this issue. ■ with Cal Landau stopped by another 30 seconds behind. the press room to suggest that Also at this point Karl due to the icy conditions mak-Scheible and Gail McGuire ing the roads very difficult to were 12th overall, leading the drive, perhaps the officials Production class in their VW should prevent anyone behind Gti, six minutes ahead of their them from restarting the rally: competition and right behind and, being they were first on them were the unofficial the road at the time they Group 5 leaders, Henry and would take the win uncon-Cindy Krolikowsky, driving a tested, in the interest of Dodge Shadow and then came safety, of course. Nice try Eric. the Group 2 leaders, Wayne Garen and Doc Shrader and Annette Prochaska in a found their EVO IV to be very VW Golf and then came Mark fast, but they had to drive Utecht and Diane Sargent in Stages 2, 3 and 4 on a flat tire, their Dodge Omni. after getting a pair of flats at Three cars were already out the same time and having only of the event, Scott Calborn in one spare on board. his Jeep Commanche, Eric It se.ems that many folks Burmeister retired his VW Gti were getting off the road in after hitting a snow bank and the icy conditions and some breaking a front strut, and the were helping others back onto Open class Audi Quattro of the road and there was lots of Sylvester Stephniewski was bodywork to be done at the also out of the rally. end of the rally. The battle at the front was Brian Vinson in a Produc-between the two Mazdas, tion Class VW Gti spent the Ottey and True-ss. They were day before the rally looking for running much faster and bet-a .50 seal for the clutch-actua-ter in their small, light cars tion shaft but none were to be than were the big horsepower found. They rigged up a fun-machines and they were trad-nel so they could keep the ing fast stage times with Ottey transmission full while driving usually just a bit faster than and near the middle of the Truess. rally they figured they had Scott Harvey, Jr. son of one added 15 quarts of gear oil to of rallying's better known the two quart capacity tranny. competitors a while back, Ken Stewart was having badly damaged his Dodge Colt trouble getting traction with when he slid off the road and his Chevy S-10 pickup on his center-punched a tree, the first winter rally but he did tree winning the contest. soldier on and did finish sev-After 10 stages the two enth in Open. 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/. I'll have to just make stuff up about you. _ TOP SECRET SAN FELIPE, The Bartolotti Bros., after ex-tensive testing are actually faster · sliding the car on its lid down the beach. (See Photo Off Road Com) Welcome Ty Goode, a new Checker brother, and Class 12 driver. My question to you is you're in San Felipe and you didn't pit? Future Checker user? How did you have the balls to become a Checker after meeting the Kreps:z Bros?They fixed your car at the Fireworks, only after all the Checker cars in your class went by. Then told you to replace the C.V. boot they gave you with two new ones, and to return the old one, or they would hunt you down and kick your ass. Nice guys!!! Most racers would rather take their mom and a numb nut friend, and pay a club to pit them. Then have the balls to be a Checker I'll give you the respect you deserve. I won't infoITJ1 Frank you have yet to replace the boots. Don't worry, I doubt he can read this. Speaking of the Krepsz Bros. rumor has it they gave up on the diet and sold the 1600 car and bought an unlimited car? Vegas 25th Reunion. A spe-cial thanks to Mike Bartolotti for all his efforts, without him this event would not have taken place. No thanks to Larkin Wright, next time stay home. Hopefully you'll be dead for the 50th. Let's welcome our new "Prez" and cabinet leading the Checkers into the new millenium. Checkers Fireworks 250; SCORE will be holding this race in honor of the Checkers and our accomplishments. The club and Sal expect to see all Checker cars participating in this event. This is a great way for Sal to get back some of those free entries he do-nated over the years. '(his will be a major Checker event you won't want to miss. Note to Fair. The Checkers' salute your Clean The Desert Program. Keep up the good work and next year we would like to work with you on setting your next date for this activity to co-incide with the last day of our summer party. M.O.R.E. was asked to attend a Checker meeting to dtscuss his race in Ridgecrest. M.O.R.E. in-formed us that due to lack of in-terest in their races all dates have been canceled, pending more driver interest. How much more interest do you need? We invited yo.u to our meeting. Take notes, 39 mile loop races suck. Poor course marking and awards at Chuck E. Cheese suck!! Getting your foot in the Checker door is a good start. This could be a posi-tive start for M.O.R.E. Also note 7:00 a.m. start times suck. I don't have to go home and deliver piz-zas by 3:00 p.m. www.checkersoffroad.org The new site is for both members and non members. Checker members need to register their e-mail address with the club ASAP, this will be a great source for Checker info. Gene Dillon, a man we ad-mire and respect. Your Checker Bros. wish you a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing you at the races soon. Yo·u may be asking yourself, this isn't the Big Wahzoo? Well, you're right. Just like he said in the last issue the Old Fart retired. We haven't eaten him yet. I plan to write this column as it has been done in the past. I will offend ev-eryone and amuse some. If you're a Checker you will understand this logic, if you're not a Checker I can only say, "you're only a guest in our desert." ■ Challenger earner By Joel Mohr Since we're between race re-ports and it seems that there are so many newcomers to our little fraternity, I feel a need to_ re-es-tablish my background. This is an ·article I wrote last year shortly after I was blessed with this duty ... "I'd like to take this opportu-nity to introduce myself to the newcomers (or anyone that hasn't had the chance to meet me yet), so that everyone that happens across this dribble will maybe have a better understanding of the lu-natic that I am. Yes, I own, prep, and race Challengers. I have for over 10 years. It's not because I don't want to move to another class, I just can't afford to. Which is why I think most Challenger owners are in this class. Aside from financial limitations, I love this class. Why? One reason is that it is so competitive. I see it as the IROC of Off Road. With the cars rules being as strict as they are (to keep costs to a mini-mum), it takes a pretty savvy driver to push it as hard as me• chanically possible, without tear-ing it up or putting it on its lid. Now I know this applies to all rac-ing, but I feel with the limited use of "Racing Designed Parts", you really need to know the car's lim-its. Like in IROC, setup is every-thing, and believe me, I've seen what an inexperienced Chal-lenger driver can do to a car. Any-way, I don't have 20 grand for a 1600, much less the money to keep it up. I don't want to race just to be racing. I want to win. And as any long time class racer will tell you, it takes commitment, perseverance, and technology. As the years go by I'll keep trying, and trying, and trying. Until (if for nothil\g else), I outlive the fast guys that are running now, and only my age and experience keep me ahead of the "up & comers." What I'm. trying to say is, that I'm not sqmt! sort of self appointed Challenger God, but just another racer trying to win. Like a lot of other people, I got hooked by riding in a friend's car. In '88 & :89 I rode with B.J. Bates and Rick Pew in B.J .'s car at Parker and the Mint. Once I got hooked, I had to have my own car. My then best friend and I ac-· quired a single seat Funco that had seen better days. We soon · learned how expensive it could be having everything done by "Pro-fessionals." Since I had been working on VWs for 10 years al-ready as a mechanic or machin-ist, I took on the duties of motor and trans prep, and my partner, a fabricator, handled the chassis maintenance. Our first race was the LaRana Mini-Baja 400. We finished. Second race, broke an axle in the first half mile. We stepped back, made a game plan to try for a championship, ac-quired a rwo seater, and our first year out, got third place in points in LaRana in '92. In '93 we did the first three LaRana's with two DNFs and ·a fourth, then called it quits for the year hoping to save enough money to put on an all out assault in '94. Well, as partnerships go, I decided to go solo. In '94, I put all of my chips on the table at the first race, and lost a motor after getting slammed by another car in my class. End of year In '95 I prepped and co-drove Steve Poole's Jimco in LaRana. We got a second and a fourth, and we fin- . ished every race we entered. In '96 I decided to try SNORE. Two seconds,. two thirds, and a third in class for the year, fifth overall in points. In '97, I teamed up with Paul Moen (a very talented rookie), and raced "that new se-ries", MDR. Another third in points. Also through the years, I have been very fortunate to have had the opportunity to drive or ride with some other teams (thanks again!) . As many of you know, I am building a new car, yes, it's a Challenger, and maybe this is the tool I need to finally win one of these things. Yup, 10 years and not one win. But you know, I don't think I would have enjoyed it so much if there hadn't been someone to chase. Hopefully some day I'll be the chased instead of the chaser. Until then, I think I'll stick to swingaxles. I am in constant search for new and better (and cheaper), Chal-lenger technology. I enjoy discov-ering things that make driving one of these things easier and more enjoyable. I also know that I'm not as fast as some of you guys, but, I'm working on that too. So, we'll see you at the races, and maybe we'll dice a little. Until then, feel free to call me with any problems or ideas you may have and I'll help any way I can." Well, here's an update: Since we finished the new car, we've gotten three second placers (all were. lost to the "mighty Johnsons"), and an almost win. Ya that's almost win. At the first MDR, we lead all day to only lose the tranny with six miles to go (just in case you haven't been fol-lowing the column). RUMOR MILL: Jimmy Mes-sick soid his car to a great guy from Lucerne Valley named Chuck Abelle. Chuck hopes to have the car and himself ready for the last MDR of the year: GOOD L CK CH CK Ryan Schank is going to sell copies of the chasses that won the SNORE champion-, Fee-$5,000 Purse-Easy Maintenance-Low Operating cost- Close Competition ~ Watch Vour [ompetiticin Ht: -D---aue· ~ Cajon Speedway Havasu Speedway Las Vegas Motorspeedway U'Jhe most fun I ever liad.". 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 l I I . Page 44 May 1999 Dusty Times

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ship last year. If you're interested, the price is about $1, 700 in mild steel. I also understand that SNORE has yet to deliver the 2-1600 that was to be the "Grand Prize" for their efforts. I hear there are several reasons for the hold up hold-up? , but, come on guys, don't you think it's only fair that the prize would be awarded at the "Awards"? 'Nuff said. Dave Folts of Dave Folts Transmission fame, bought the ex-Kevin Reed, Cliff . Carter car for his 16 year old son to race in MDR if he keeps his grades up . Past SNORE cham-pion Doug Ingram is reported to have purchased a single seat Loth-ringer, Jimmy Hook sold his car to go 1600 racing, and Chris Cooks also has his single seat Funco for sale. Once again, if you have any questions or comments, my number is 760 947-6647. SEE YO AT THE RACES C.O.R.E. Pit Report By Sandy Parker MDR WILD WASH 250 Eight CORE cars entered and showed up to race but only six made it off the start line to run the first race of the MDR 1999 season. The Barstow races are al-ways unforgiving but this race took it's toll on both man and machine. RACE REPORTS TEAM INCH (Class 1-1600) Brad Inch was unable to race due to an accident during testing on Friday. Brad, luckily in full race gear, was testing his 1600 on what is usually the designated test •course when he met head on with another racer doing the same thing in the opposite direction. Both were OK and no one was at fault "just one of those racing deals", as the roundy-rounders call it. This is happening way too often lately. Every team has put many hours-into prepping the car for the race and the last minute adjustments and getting time on the car is very essential. What isn't safe is everybody buzzing around the course in different di-rections with no control. I would suggest that either BLM or the racing promoter be required to mark a test course to control these activities. I hope this is done BE-FORE there is a major accident. Brad has learned over the years and would like to suggest to ev-erybody to "ALWAYS WEAR ALL SAFETY GEAR WHEN· PRE-RUNNING AND TEST-ING". A few good words to live by. TEAM LAWLESS {Class 10) The Lawless team was working the bugs out on Friday when an oil leak was noticed. They pulled the motor and discovered the case was split and were unable to start the race. TEAM BRYCE/KING (Class 1-1600) The team of Malcolm Bryce and Perry King had a nice run with only a few minor problems· slowing them down. Malcolm started the race and drove the first half with no mechanical problems. The only complaint was that for some reason the motor blubbered and was way down on power the whole race. Perry King drove the second half with only shifter problems slowing him down. Perry said he had some Dusty Tin1es OREA T close quarters racing with Mitch Griffin, which appar-ently involved trading some paint. The team finished fifth in class with 29 starters, not a bad start to the ·new season. MIKE LORENZI (Class 2-1600) Mike Lorenzi and fiance Vale-rie Carmean took the green flag and were having a fun time until they flew ·the "broken back and neck" hole on the first ·lap. They flew the jump and stuffed the other side of the hole and Valerie's head almost snapped off. She screamed to Mike that she thought she had broken her neck. Being a nurse, I think I'd believe her too. Mike pulled the car off the course and after a few min-utes she gave him thumbs up to continue and even managed to ride the next two laps. The pain was getting worse so she threw in the towel and got out at CORE Main. Back on the course with back-up rider Dan Peacock, they finished the race with no other problems. They finished ninth out of 29 cars, great job Valerie was OK after a few weeks with a neck brace, and she's ready for the next race_too. TEAM McGUFFIN/ JEFFRIES {Class 9) Darin McGuffin teamed up with Brian Jeffries in Darin's Challenger. Brian started and drove the first half. Second gear wasn't cooperating and kept pop-ping out of gear so the team had to constantly hold it in since the first lap. During the driver's change. it was noticed that a rear shock had failed so it was quickly changed. Darin McGuffin drove the second half and said he had a flawless run. Darin and Brian fin-ished second in class out of a nine car field. TEAM MALLOY (Class 1-1600) By far the most eventful day went to the Malloy team. Mike Malloy soloed the race and was doing a great job keeping the car in the front of the 1600 pack. On the third lap the exhaust nuts backed off and began making racket just as Mike headed into CORE Main for a scheduled splash of fuel. Father Tom Mal-loy and Brad Inch robbed exhaust nuts off of Brad's damaged car to get Mike running again. They also replaced a whopped front center line while he was in Main pit. They were able to get Mike back on the course within a few min-utes only losing a few positions. Mike then clicked off two very quick laps closing the distance between him and the leaders. On the last lap, driving on the ridges leading down to CORE Able at Hodge Road, Mike pitched the car for the downhill tum and ap-parently caught a rut and rolled the car at leqst five times down the hill catching major air in the process. Luckily it was in a place where there was adequate help to . get him turned over and check him out. Mike was towed to us at CORE Able where his condition gradually got worse. He was com-plaining of chest pains, numb hands and arms, and was difficult to move his legs. We called for the MDR medics who were there in a reasonable amount of time. They suggested that an ambulance from Barstow be dispatched due to his condition. We later heard on the radio that the ambulance blew its motor just before Hodge Road and that another would be dis-patched. In the meantime, Mike's father Tom Malloy made it to the pits to relieve Mike but after he learned about his son's condi-tions, threw in the towel. Even-tually the ambulance arrived and Mike was transported to Barstow Hospital where he was thoroughly checked out. I heard Mike squawking at the ambulance girl who cut off his brand new driving suit transforming it into many very expensive dusting rags. The family was treated to another shock when the person in the bed next to Mike passed away shortly after Mike was wheeled in. Luck-ily for us all Mike is in excellent physical shape and survived the ordeal with only a slight concus-sion and some bruises. TEAM DUBIN/WEYER (Class 1) First race under the CORE banner was the nlimited car of Gary Dubin. They also had some Friday night excitement when the clutch went out &nd the team stayed up all night pulling the motor and replacing it. During the race Gary Dubin drove and Cory Weyer was his co-driver. They had motor problems on the first lap blowing the electrical ignition system then having problems with the oxygen sensor shorting out. The second lap was off to a good start but later they were plagued with motor problems taking them out of the race with a broken crank. Better luck next time guys. Welcome to the club. TEAM LONG/RUDDIS (Class 2-1600) Mike Long's 2-1600 was sixth off the line and was already pass-ing cars and moving to the front of the pack when disaster set in. Mark Ruddis and Chris Weddle looped the car 21 miles into the first lap knocking a front and rear corner off the car. Apparently they did a quick barrel roll and landed on the two remaining wheels. One day when the luck is with this team, they will definitely be top finishers. CORE PIT SUPPORT CORE MAIN Sidewinder/ Outlet Center Road Main pit was swamped with able bodies including Brad Inch, Darin McGuffin, Lex and Sashum Webb, Tom and Candice Malloy, and a number of the Barstow crew. CORE PIT ABLE Hodge Road Able pit was run by myself, Nicholas Parker, Bruce Pursell, Dave and Davy Girdner, the Law-less crew, and Dennis Dean. We teamed up with the FAIR pit and between the combination of cars, managed to keep busy. CORE PIT BAKER Inner Hodge Kevin McGillivray and Gloria, Greg Shapiro, Scott Mahotz, Todd Riley thanks for towing the CORE trailer to the race , and Tom Ridings. These guys had an easy day, nobody stopped for re-pairs. CORE PIT CHARLEY Slash X Blake and Caroline Daley, Jeff Corey, and Stacy manned this pit and also managed to keep clean since nobody pulled in for work. CORE PIT DOG Stoddard Wells Road Manned by Jim Wagner and Mike DuBois. SUGGESTIONS TO MDR Improvements have been no-ticed ip. the way the course was marked and the addition of the tall flags indicating turns, these improvements are very appreci-ated. Some suggestions from our group would include creation of a Test Course to organize pre-run• ning/testing and to consider plac-ing pit and checkpoint locations after turns or in lower speed ar-eas. Oh and one last thing, the 7:00 a.m. start sucks, way too early to get racers and pit people motivated. CORE OUTINGS NO.2 The second CORE Outing was held .at Cuddeback Dry Lake off of Hwy.395 below Ridgecrest. A great turnout of people and cars made for a very fun weekend. Eleven off road vehicles took to the desert on a few adventures like visiting Inscription Canyon to see the Indian petroglyphs, driv-ing to Black Canyon, viewing the Continued on page 46 *FOR SALE* Due to change of plans for '99: 1997 Trophy Truck champion race car as driven by Curt LeDuc. Completely rebultt and ready to win In 19991 Only 200 mlles on fresh motor and transmission. 1he biggest bargain In off road racing today. 1he best equipment throughout and easy to maintain. Fully sorted. This Is the most reliable Trophy Truck Available. Always runs In top three. Too many wins to 11st. 650 solld horsepower V-8 NASCAR Mopar equipped. Currently with Grand Cherokee body. Also have molds for Cherokee Sport. Legal to have dodge Ram, Dakota or Durango body, or strip n down to make a killer Truggy • Priced to seH: $!i&,OOO This Is a crazy price - the motor Is worth 30 grand. Spares/maintenance package oegotlable. Prep car all season If you wish. Show up and drive at next event. Just bring suit and helmet to win a championship. Curt LeDuc driving lessons free! Also available: Ex Walker Ev.ans desert semi trailer. Completely refurbished. Generator, compressor, bathroom, full-length work benches, 2 car capactty, full awning and much, much, much morel $19,700 We are selllng to go International All-Terrain Rally Racing. Call Clive Skilton 800-909-JEEP or Curt Leduc 909-845-8820 or FAX 714-633-1724 May 1999 Page 45 ..

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-bullet ridden armored personnel carrier, and seeing the motorcycle monument. The group went on a 90 mile adventure on Saturday and a 40 mile trek on Sunday. The group is looking forward for the next outing. I understand that the next outing may be at higher el-evations in the trees, will keep you posted. NEW CORE RADIO FRE-QUENCY CORE is moving down from its 170's frequency to the 150's by agreement with its teams. Work-ing with the Weatherman, the new CORE frequencies are 153.245 and 153. 155. The new frequencies will be used on the third MDR race to allow time for teams to prepare for the change. Searching for a professional family oriented pit support club? CORE is always happy to extend its welcome to family and support people. We have monthly meet-ings on the first Tuesday of the month at Mulligans Restaurant in Santa Clarita at 8:00 p.m. For more information, join us at the meeting or call me at 818 772-7758 or e-mail me at race 975@aol.com. CRS Report By Sue Robinson March was a busy month for many of the CRS members. Sev-eral drivers hauled to Washington State for the Doo Wops rally on March 13 and 14. Rui Brasil in his Audi Quattro, was a close overall second place to the eventual win-ner Laughlin O'Sullivan. Chad Dykes dusted off his Toyota pickup and had a successful completion after taking two years off from rallying. Good to see you back in the driver's seat Chad Paula Gibeault navigated for Trevor Donnison and Claire Marie Chizma co-drove with Lee Shabolt to a class win. Bill Malik drove his beautifully prepared Volvo in Group 2. Some people just can't wait to run our first event in May so they haul 2000 miles to race in the mud and rain. That's what I call hard core The rally school was held March 20.th in Laughlin, Nevada, a new location for this· event. Ray Hocker put together another great series of classes for all com-petitors not just the people going for their SCCA licenses. Paula Gibeault and John Dillon did a wonderful job teaching the SCCA course on rally. Then Mike Gib-eault gave a session. on advanced driving techniques. Ray Hocker discussed the team aspect of ral-lying. Finally Doug Robinson pre-sented rally car preparation. Af-ter sitting all day he took the group.out to the parking lot and used a rally car to illustrate his points. sually at this point we go out on a short road course and let people practice their navigational skills. However, this year Ray set up an indoor course with time controls and "race" stages that pairs of drivers and co-drivers walked through to give them a sense of the flow of a rally. The time controls and terminology can be daunting to newcomers. This little exercise gave them an op-portunity to experience the vari-ous controls without the pressure of a real race situation. On Sunday, a rally cross course was set up behind the Ramada Express to practice all those new driving techniques Mike had taught the day before. Once again there was a good entry of vehicles, including the ever-popular rental car contingent. This time we had one car with the driver plus three passengers. I guess that way they could critique each other's driv-ing. Talk about back seat drivers Jay Streets brought out his new Toyota for a little practice. Mark Brown drove his new VW GTI that he purchased out of Canada. He was nice enough to give yours truly a ride on the last run - what a blast Mike Shoemaker also has a VW GTI that he raced - hope-fully it will be really ready for Rim of the World. Shane Polhamus drove his red RX7 for the first time at speed. He is presently in the lead for the Golden Cone award - most cones wiped out in a single run. The Gibeault clan tested their new VW Jetta. It was fun to watch Paula's smooth driv-• state of the art high flow piston designed to sto • wide teflon coated piston wear band for use in t bes so that it does not drop into large ports. • sealed piston for low speed control in external b~as • high temperature stainless steel allo • unique rod end design and materiar~t d ands from breaking. • high temperature Viton seals arfcf)>-Jin~ . I • large aluminum reservoir for inc'rdse 7heJ dis~p~tion (2X) and weight savijl l • 1" shafts are micro-polishecf! mi · or s<ii:;fe'flnish cf a 3-5 RMS. / • stainless steel teflon lined s eri · ~ ith 1/2" or 5/8" ID spacers("-• shock are all owner rebui le · toois to purchase. . . . / flow (weld on k1 ble se rate). ced to order or wel, · ~I) customer. ston for smooth da.« . r-a wtlons. 40 and heat treat cl 1 · . fess for long durability. ing designed X'-( h lo ing stress levels. · mountin f6r the ies and trucks. ing style versus Mike's charge those corners style. Chrissy also drove and she promises to be just as quick as her folks are. Don Shreyer showed up and drove his Honda Civic. I guess he didn't get enough at the Holtville NASA event last month. Stev.e Jasik brought out his bright yellow VW Cornado that has been super-charged. Wow Can that car fly around the course. Then out came the big guns so to speak -Doug Robinson unloaded his Jeep CJ7 and showed everyone what a little American Iron can do. With a healthy VB and a straight ex-haust this truck roared around the track. The pit area emptied and everyone came up to watch thus monster run. Ray named it the Red Grenade - point it and pull the pin. Doug was nice enough to let Dennis Chizma drive it and after the runs were finished Chad Dykes climbed in for a run. When he got home, Chad told Dave Turner, who prepares his rally truck, he needs more horsepower. There were a lot of new faces at this seminar and rally cross. Ray had at least. 50 people attend. I hope this is a trend toward more new teams coming to rally. I know at least three teams who already have cars in construction or fin-ished. They all promised to be at our first rally - Rim of the World on April 30th and May 1st. Speaking of Rim, I talked to Paula this week and she was put-ting the finishing touches on con-tingency sponsors. They always have lots of great awards for the competitors, which is one reason they have such good attendance. Let's hope the weather cooperates this year and that the fog does not descend on the rally like last year. Of course, this year we will all have our fog lights - right? Tony Chavez is helping teams that went to attend the Mexico City 24 hour rally make all the arrangements. The Gibeaults, Doug Robinson and Chrissy Beavis, Pete Morris and several other CRS teams are planning on running. This race takes place July 23 and 24. Sixty percent of the race is on gravel road and forty percent is on tarmac. Even if you don't race or don't complete the rally, the party alone is worth going for. Contact Tony if you are interested in going - his number at work is 562 906-263 7 for more information. For my parting shot this month here is a little rally ditty sung to the old Janis Joplin tune "Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me A Mercedes Benz." · Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Audi Quattro My friends all drive Evos see how fast they go I must have more power when rallying I go Oh Lord, won't you buy me an Audi Quattro. Oh Lord, won't you buy me a race car that's blue My old car is yellow, a real slug it's true Custom wou d springs for 3" shocks in We do custom shock work and vehicle se A blue car is faster, I've been , passed by quite a few Custom designed and mfg. shocks & parts a llab ( air shocks, water cooled, pistons etc.). Designed and manufactured by the same person that designed all Kuster Shocks. Page 46 King Shock Technology A Shock Manufacturing Company (714) 530-8701 Fax: (714) 530-8702 10402 Trask Ave., Unit C, Garden Grove, CA 92843 May 1999 Oh Lord, won't you buy me a race car that's blue. Oh Lord won't you give me a ' co-driver who don't snooze While racing down dirt road at close to 92 Since we went off that cliff I've been kinda confused Oh Lord, won't you give me a co-driver who don't snooze Oh Lord, won't you buy me a car that can win I'd be happy with second or even top ten My pit crew says I'm dreamin', my old car has quit again Oh Lord, won't you buy me a car that can win. That's all folks See you at the start l_ine. MAG7 Race Team News By Stephen T. Stenberg, President Hello everyone Well, the 1999 San Felipe 250 is now his-tory. Every year now San Felipe seems to grow more and more out into the desert. I first viewed this city in April of 1974 while com-peting in the Tecate 500 Enduro. I was on an Ossa 250 that was having a lot of problems during that event. Many years later I raced the 1982 San Felipe 250 on a Husqvarna 420. Back then the course went northwest from the arches across Laguna Diablo to San Matias pass. Then up to Mike's Sky Ranch and back down to Valle T. Then up and over the 'real' summit. Long before the 'mini summit' was used. Ah those were the days ... This year's San Felipe 250 was run in excellent weather. A slight breeze at the start of the morning and then warming up later 92 degrees . Mag 7 fielded five en-tries for the race. Two buggies, two bikes and one quad. We ran four pits. Pit A was at the 44 mile mark in the sand wash. It was run by Stuart Klien and his wife Den-ise. They had a merry crew of 20 helpers with them. Next stop was at the 100 mile mark. Pit 1 was run by Terry Wickersham and his two daughters, with the help of Larry Bridgewater, Wayne and _Debbie Newell, Krash and heather Kruckmeyer and Eric Williams. Next on the course was Pit Bat the 150 mile mark. I was manning this emergency fuel pit along with my son Nick for bike #202X from Texas. This was their first SCORE race. Finally there was Pit 2 at the 200 mile mark, just south of Three Poles. This pit was run by Shawn and Terry Wells and their daughter. They were helped by Andy Pina and his father-in-law who hadn't been to San Felipe in 20 years , ar..d later by myself and my son after my pit closed. Rod Cunning-ham was manning a SCORE Check Point and Terry Walsh and Steve Meyers were manning a blender by the beach, in case any-one got lost Always thinking Terry Hugh McLean was running chase for his brother Ed, and Phil Breedlove got a last minute ride with the ribes. The first Mag 7 bike through Pit A was the Class 40 team of Gary Tepner #402X. You will remember that this same team took first place in Class 40 in the last Baja 1000. Ross Gregory couldn't make it down for the race so an old riding friend named Vince took his spot. Welcome back to Baja racing Vince . Their Honda XR 628 was running sweet today. The ne}tt bike through was the Houston Honda team of Mark Hornbrook 202X on a Honda CR 250 Sportsman entry. They took a quick splash of two gallons Dusty Times

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and hauled away. Next through the pit was the quad team of Jessie Jones #56A on the Sportsman ATV ride, a Honda 250. They took four gallons and were gone in a flash Next through the pit was Ed McLean #928 in his Class 9 car. Just a mere blur and he was gone too. #1499, Tim and Stacey Price, from San Francisco in a Sportsman 2-1600 Lothringer car were next. This was their first race in the car and everything was run-ning great. At Pit A, Stuart's crew was busy all morning. So many problems, but none were on Mag 7 entries. Here's a sample of what Stuart's crew worked on or helped out that morning: 1 #No number, repaired a motorcrcle foot Peg. 2 #54A, Gabrie Valazquez, DNF, dis-patched a Mag 7 EMT to attend and bandage three miles down course. 3 #62A, Jose Leon, DNF, Gas tank mount loose. Strapped it down. 4 # 1 7, I<:reg Donahoe, 4th TT & 127th OA, Tire change and loaned tire to vehicle. 5 #66, Jason Baldwin, DNF, Right front tire change. 6 #112, Mark Post, 15th in class & 147th OA, gave his chase crew course directions. 7 #501, George Seeley, second in class and 65th OA, Tire change on his Checker car. We will see more of George later . 8 #706, Jose Gonzalez, DNF, Broken wishbone -mount, temporary repair. 9 #1210, Ruben Sanudo, St., 15th in SCORE Lites and 121st OA, running on two cy_linders. Straightened distributor rotor and bypassed fuel pressure regulator. 10) #1217, Bruce Friedman, DNF, Clutch Slave cylinder had blown apart. Fixed it. 11) #1218, John Watkins, DNF, Blown clutch. Radio relay. Fixed amber light. Gave course directions. 12) #862, David Sykes, fourth indass and 134th OA, Tie rod and re-placement. 13) #706, Chase truck axle vent tube out, brake line blowing in breeze. Fixed it. 14) #No number or name, Mexi-can Class 1. Tire change. This was all at the 44 mile mark in the race. At Pit # 1 at the 100 mile 1J}.ark, everything went smoothly for our Mag 7 entries. At Pit B , · #402X, Gary Tepner (first in Tbrifty Val Special Used Complete D\P motor $299.00..:x. (With Warranty) Class 40 AGAIN and 5.lst OA, motored by sounding great They were leading their class by 20 min-utes there. Mark Hornbrook, #202X second in class and 70th OA stopped by to get a quick two gallons. He said a steering stabi-lizer would be great right then. Put it on for the 500 mark. Right after #202X left, I folded up .my pit and headed for Pit #2. At Pit #2, located at the 200 mile mark, both of our bikes (#402X and 202X) came through strong. Way to go guys! George Seeley blew by us in his Class 5 car sporting a new sus-pension look! (Remember George from Pit A?) He quickly burned a U-turn and came into our pit looking for help. Seems he had a right front lower shock mount that had sheared the bolt. Shawn Wells quickly got to wrenching and hammering and got the broken bolt out. We then found a bolt that was close to the same length, and Andy Pina did a fine weld job on it. Meanwhile, as we were applying a fix to the top of George's shock mount as well, our quad, #56A came into the pit with a left flat tire and his right one low. We excused ourselves George was cool on this, after all team members come first , and went to work on our quad's tires. I quickly jerked it up on the bike stand and we hammered the tire off and slid a new one on. A quick splash of fuel and some air in the right tire, and Doug Reid first Sportsman A TV) blasted out of our pit on to his win in the Sportsman class. Meanwhile, back to George, some Mexicans that were standing next to our pit had been given instruc-tions by him to place box wrenches on his upper shock mount. Very tricky We finished him up and sent him packing Hey George. If you took a picture of that, can you send me a copy for our photo album please? I'd like to think that our two Mag 7 pits Pit A and Pit 2 helped you get your second in class. What do you think? Pit #2 helped out two more non Mag 7 racers. They were #551, Eric Pavolka, sixth in class and 91st OA with a left rear flat tire. And then there was #1604, Lorenzo Rodriguez, third in 1/2-1600 out of 20 entries and 33rd OA. Lorenzo came in with a rear flat and as we were changing it yelled that he was out of fuel. We gave him five gallons of 110 octaine nion 76 to get him to the finish. Congratulatio_ns Lor-enzo on your great finish Can you cut us a small check to cover the fuel please? Or just join Mag 7 for 1999. Either one would be okay with us. Our last two Mag 7 racers to come through were #948, fifth in class and 100th OA. This car was being driven by Ed McLean from Maryland and Kevin Walsh from San Diego. They had a trouble free run all day. You guys did great! Our last car to come through was # 1499, fifth in class and 119th OA, Tim and Stacey Price. They made a last minute driver's change and took five gal-lons of fuel as well. Hey you guys finished, what with being nerfed at high speed without warning by that Pro Truck and being leaped on by another buggy. Look how many didn't finish. That says it all as far as I'm concerned. After the race Mag 7 Race T earn had their typical dinner party at "Pete's Camp". Our Race Directors, Wayne and Debbie CUSTOM ACCESSORIES, FABRICATION & MANUFACTURING QUICK, ·cLEAN, QUALITY SERVICE AT A DISCOUNT PRICE -CALL US! We can do almost anything Iii steel, aluminum or stainless. All work is guaranteed on time at the original estimated price. Installation available. II you have a special need not listed or you think it can't be done, don't hesitate to call and ask. • CUSTOM FIBERGLASS & IILSTEIN SHOCKS DEALER• WE IUILD EVERYTHING FOR STREET TO FULL RACE ,/lfmN&A CaunoNs ~ACING • PRE·RUNNER BUMPERS • SPARE TIRE MOUNTS • IN-CAB ROLL CAGES • MULTIPLE SHOCK MOUNTS • CUSTOM TUBE BENOING • AXLE BRACING • CUSTOM SUSPENSION WORK w/Custam Control Arms • CUSTOM FRAMING & MOUNTS for Fiberglass Skins · rnc:ac• 333 CLARK AVE.• POMONA, CA 91766 • 909/629·4711 Newell have a place right next door to the Checkers' place. Sev-eral of us stayed on until Mon-day to enjoy the peace that settles over San Felipe after the racers go home and before the college kids come down for Spring Break. Our next two races are close together. On May IS-16th, we head to Plaster City, down in Im-perial Valley for the Fudpucker Racing, 24 Hour Endurance Race. This year it is for bikes, quads and odysseys. The race starts at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and ends 24 hours later at 7:00 a.m. Sunday. The course is ten miles around and makes the Baja 1000 seem like a road race in comparison with how rough it is. If you are a 1999 Mag 7 member we will pit you for free. You supply your own fuel of course. Everyone else, out pit fee is 'really' low· and we will operate for the whole 24 hours with lights, generators, welders and everything you need to com-pete and finish. And believe me, finishing this race is something to be proud of for sure Final cutoff for applications to be mailed in to us by May 1st. The pit meeting will be held on Pit Row on May 14th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Next we will be running the Baja 500 in June. Mag 7 will be running pits every 50 miles apart. Call for info or applications to Wayne and Debbie Newell at phone 760 745-5740. Or con-tact us through our Mag 7 Race Team web site at www.walsh.com/Mag7. Or last, you can contact me at Mag7Race@aol.com directly for either race. First cutoff to get your names on our T-shirts is May 5th. Final cutoff for pit support is May 17th. Pit Capt. pickup for racer supplies will be on May 22nd from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon. After that date we won't be accepting ANY pit applications except for EMER-GENCY SERVICES only. Have a good month and we will see you out in the desert. Adios ... 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B~UCE HENDEL Regional Manager VP. Racin!J Fuels, West Co~f · · P..O. Box 1.319. ·342_s3 'Monte Vista Adam Wik 1994 SCORE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE YEAR From·Parts to Complete Engines Engine Dyno Service Wildomar, CA 92595 Phone: (909) 674-916i Fax: (909) 674-7367 Pager: (909) 694-7392 535 East Central Park Anaheim CA 92802 714-956-9457 wp Racing Gears .._, Ultra High Quality Gears with Race Proven Strength and Performance Available for VW <{'.)~ i , 113 (keyed). 002 (splined). '{tr.~ Pt ; \, .;.. ~. . ar . 091 Bus. and MD4S !rans-. - It\\ · -missions Huge selection of · --... ral10s in slock Automotive ·• ATV • Motorcycle· 1815 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE RIVERSiDE, CA 92507, USA 909.369.5144 • . 909.369.7266~AX WWW.WEBCAM I NC.COM Off Road Products Front and Rear Trailing Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialists • Custom Wheels . .-FREE CATALOGUE ,_.. ........ ~-~ -·· ~ (562) 598-2731 .::!! P.O. Box 15466• Long Beach, CA 90815• Fax (562) 598-8191 /V(P ,_ cars Ra"" t'2/Uli Lfllldn/n~ -Pawertrain 2733 W. Missouri Phoenix, AZ 85017 Transm· · - Parts - Service Welding CompL-~ rtraln Development, Maintenance and !iupply V.W. - · Porsche •- Nissan - Toyota Engine• • Tran!iml!i!ilon!i • Drlveline• • Dlfferentlal!i lorenlo RodricJue1 6975 Speedway e1w1: D-1 Di! 70i!-871-1661 Fax: 70i!-871-6480 MARK ZOLLER Owner 515 S. Vermont; Glendora, Ca. 9_1741 (626)~14-8147 I.II■ Vega■, Nevada B9 I I 5· I 7 I 3 Classified ... AUTOMOTIVE : ronco re- unner-Custom built 2WD front end; (1) Kuster Coilover and (1) Big Bilstein per wheel front and rear, air bumps, Cone Full Floater, Cone fr hubs, C6, 400 cid Ford V8, 3 seats, cus-tom aluminum work throughout including interior, 35 Baja T/As, fresh paint job, built in spare, air bottle, winch, tool box, less. than 8,000 miles $39,900.00 Ref #685 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. Check out our website at www.bajaconcepts.com. · FOR SALE: Cla&s 7S Ranger, 2.9 V-6 custom 3" Kuster shocks 12" front 18" rear, Beard seat, Fuel Safe cell, C-4 trans, 9" rear end, fiberglass and metal fenders, built for Desert and short course, ran 4 short course races since built, race ready, must see, $17,500.00 (408) 778-1980. 2 SEAT PRERUNNER is a 2-1600 but widened 6" front and rear, 930 c.v., Fox shocks, Sway-A-Way adjustable frt and rr, alu-minum body, 4130 Raceco chas-sis, lights, Centerlines, Beard, 5 points, needs motor and trans. Call Rich (760) 723-2117 $5,400.00. FOR SALE: Flying Dutchman 1998 C.O.R.R. Pro-2 race winner, many extra parts included. Race ready or will break up. Serious inquiries only. (920) 739-4934. FOR SALE: Sandcar trailer, 12'x8' lightweight alum. Bed, alum. Wheels, overhead storage, large locking tool box, hideaway ramp, current tags, $1,000.00 Call (760) 342- 1946. Jack Woods. (602) 242-0077 MOTORCYCLES •KTM • HUSABERG •HUSOVARNA • SERVICE & PARTS • SUSPENSION M-F 12-6 VARIOUS SAT 10-2 2350 ORANGETHORPE ANAHEIM, CA 92806 714-449-1271 FAX 449-1374 FOR SALE: 1998 LOTHRINGER 2 SEAT A-ARM. BEST OF EV-ERYTHING ONLY RACED 300 MILES, FATTYPE4, MENDEOLA TRANS (MODIFIED BY DA VE FOLTS) 36 GALE FUEL CELL, SUMMERS BROS AXELS, 934CVS, MCKENZIES HUBS, CNC FRONT & REAR BRAKES, FLAME OUTM BEARD SUPER SEATS, PRO WIRE-BRADED LINES, 2 SETS BODY PANELS, PCI RADIO & INTERCOM, DUAL PUMPERS, FLUIDYNE COOLER, $55,000.00, EN-CLOSED TRAILER CUSTOM-IZED FOR OFF ROAD. $8,000.00. CALL JOHN (714)738-4653. FOR SALE: CLASS 7S RANGER BUILT BY CURT LeDUC; Very nice truck, 4wd with custom Borg-Warner transfer case hooked to a Borg-Warner T-5 manual transmis-sion. Nothlng 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. : Sell OT swan your ~a parts and p;oces ;,n ■ Baja Brokers Ref #666 (760) 723-■ f' l::Al,I I K... ., : 2117. Check out our website at • DUSTY TIMES. • www.bajaconcepts.com. : • ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Classified Advertising rate is only $25 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum size 5"x7". NEW AND RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DUSTY TIMES - A 45 word Classified Ad is FREE if you act now and subscribe. If you wish to use a photo in your free ad, enclose $5.00.-All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. REMEMBER - CLASSIFIED AD SPACE IS LIMITED -YOUR AD MAY BE PUT OFF ONE ISSUE IF NOT RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ FORSALE: 1-1600CHENOWlli, : -------------------------,---------------II 1998 SNORE CLASS CHAM-■ ■ PION, NEW MOTOR, NEW ■ --,----------------------------------------: TRANSMISSION,FOXSHOX,SB • -------------------------------------■ ENG. STUB AXLES, CUSTOM : • DRUMS, MIRAGE REAR ARMS, ■ Enclosed is $ ____ (Send check or money order, no cash) Please run ad ___ times ■ DUAL MSD IGNITIONS, VERY ■ Name J Mail to: : CLEAN CAR,$10,500.00 SPARE : Address Phone DUSTY TIMES ■ PARTS ARE ALSO FOR SALE. ■ ---------------------------20751 Marilla Street : (WILL DEAL) CALL RICK ■ City ________________ State __ Zip ________ Chatsworth, CA 91311-4408 ■ (702)595-8486. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ .Dusty Times May 1999 Page 53

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more Happenings ... Ely,NV September 24-26, 1999 30th Gold Coast SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV November 12-14, 1999 The Reserve 250 Henderson, NV SONS OF THUNDER 4WHEELERS Race Division Keith Stewart (714) 522-1899 S.C.T.A. Southern California Timing Association Office Manager: Mary Carson 2285 Tracy Avenus Simi Valley, CA 93063 (805) 526-a805/Fax:(805) 584-8518 Internet: http://scta-bni.org SODA Short Course Off Road Drivers Association Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 453-SODA 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, 1N 3 7064 Classis 1/2-1600, 5-1600,, Class 9, SODA Class 11 & Sportsman (AU Races at RaUy Hill Speedway) SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE OFF ROAD RACING ASSN. 4305 Wootlark Drive Tampa FL 33624 (813) 962-2857 • (AU Races at Eastbay Raceway, Tampa, FL) SUPER SERIES (PTY) LTD. P.O. Box 706 Parklands, 2121 South Africa (011)788-5138 Fax (Oll) 880-2170 SWORDS South West Off Road Racing Desert Series 4209 So. CR 1300 Odessa, TX 79765 Mike Parker (915) 337-3437/(615) 595-8237 (All races held at Notrees, TX 25 miles west of Odessa. TX) TOYS FOR TOTS (619) 252-1197 /(619) 252-3093 T.O.R.R.O Texas Off Road Racing Organi2:ation Marty Jackson 8307 Bauman Road Houston, TX 77022 (713) 694-0207/Fax: (713) 694-8335 TSO c/o Frog Specialties 4050 Spencer Street #I Torrance, CA 90503 (310) 370-9856 January 1-17 1999 21st Annual Dakar Rally VORRA Valley Off Road Racing Association 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702/Fax (916) 925-8217 May 29-31, 1999 Yerington 300 Desert Race Rerington, NV July 10-11, 1999 Top Gun 300 Desert Race Fallon, NV September 4-6, 1999 • Fernley Challenge Fernley, NV September 25-26, 1999 Short Course - Round I Prairie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA October 9-10. 1999 Short Course - Round 2 Prairie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA October 30-31, 1999 Short Course - Round 3 Prairie City SVRA, Sacramento, CA Page 54 VICENTE GUERRERO OFF ROAD CLUB Profo. Cenovio Gamboa 01 l-52-616-6-21-91 (2-6 p.m.) WESTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson (604) 538-0692 WORRA P.O.Box 3241 Sumas WA 98295 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHEEL TO WHEEL OFF ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire P.O. Box376 Adamsburg, PA (412) 527-6556 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 16251 North Cave Creek Road #4 Phoenix, AZ 85023-2976 (602) 971-3730 1999 Desert Tour Buggy & Truclc Series May 29, 1999 Holbrook Holbrook, AZ July 3, 1999 Surprise or Bye Surprise or Bye,AZ September 4, 1999 Snowflake Snowflake, AZ October 16, 1999 Surprise or Bye Surprise or Bye, AZ November 20, 1999 Apache Gold Globe, AZ December 11, 1999 1999 Banquet TBA 1999 Desert ChalJenge Bikes & ATV Series May 30, 1999 Jp;brppl Holbrook, AZ July 4, 1999 Cinders or Surprise Cinders or Surprise, AZ September 5, 1999 Snowflake Snowflake, AZ October 17, 1999 Sierra Vista/Surprise Sierra Vista/Surprise, AZ November 21, 1999 Apache Gold Globe, AZ December 11, 1999 1999 Banquet TBA WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 so. U.S. Hwy 45 Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 Delaware St. Oshkosh, WI 54901 (414)426-0470/(414) 982-7306 Attention Race&Rally Organizers List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free. It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailiing list. Don't call, but mail / your 1999 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: DUSTY TIMES 20751 Marilla St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-4404. FOR SALE: 1997 Race car trailer, Built by EMI Technology 48'x9'xl0 1/2, lounge area 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 w/toi-let, sink, range, refrigerator, leather, storage and A/C 35'x 8 1/2" working and storage area wood and tile floor, 2 winches, 2 generator, 1 welder, 2 side doors outside lighting, rear gate, standing roof deck, 5 8' belly boxes, 8 new tires, excellent condition, $43,000 asking price or trade for ex-otic car. Call Fox Motorsports (915) 833-7902. FOR SALE: Class 9 Single Seat. One race on motor and trans, Mas-tercraft, FOX, CNC, Saco rack, Deist, Type III drums. Set up for short course. 2nd place in Class for '98 at Glen Helen and Estero Beach 1.5 Have some spares too. With trailer $3,800.00 (909) 734-7155 or stin ra s@earthlink.net. FOR SALE: 1992 topkick Diesel Truck, 4 speed Allison, 4 Dr Crewcab, Air Ride Seats, Power steering, power brakes, AC, Cruise control, 10,000 lb wench, approx. 35,000 miles. 44 ft Wells Cargo 5th Wheel trailer, living quarters, regis-tered in California as toy puller, Cus-tom Unit $50,000 both. (800) 622-032 l. FOR SALE: 1998 MDR Class 7S Championship Toyota. '85 Xtra cab. Only 6 races on this newly built 4x4. Alcoas, Mastercraft, Parker Pumpers, PCI radio/intercom, Autometer, Flame out. Super reliable race truck. Win yourself a championship. Work assignment forces sale. $11,500.00. Call for more info. Burrows Motor-sports, (909) 422-1416. FOR SALE: 85 Toyota 4x4 full cage 22R motor, 5 speed trans. 9" rear National springs, King 3" Coilover 3 link rear Susp.13" travel up front. 20" in rear. 4 .88 gears. 22 gallon Fuel Cell. Beard Seats w/5 points. Can be street legal. $12,000.00 oho. (714)635-1852. 1994 Mirage 1-1600 Race Car-1600cc by On Track, Compufire, • S&S exhaust, Bus Box, 4.86 R&P, 930 CV's, 22 gallon Fuel Safe Cell, Fod Spindles, 300M link pins, Fox Shox, 300M Sway-A-Way torsions/ axles, Type 3 brakes on rear, Chen-owth shifter, Flame Out system, Fin-ished 14 out of 15 races! $15,000 Baja Brokers Ref #698 (760) 723-2117. Check out our website at www. ba · aconce Short Course Truck-Factory Ford sponsored 4WD SODA, CORR, Glen Helen, Estero race truck, Available now! Truck wa originally built Curt LeDuc, prepped by Venable Racing,driven by Rob MacCachren. (1) Sway-A-Way bypass shock and (1) Coilover per wheel, BFGoodrich/Alcoa head-locks, 2 full dry-sump race motors by Leon Patton, beautifully built and maintained race truck, VDO gauges, $Best Offer $, ref #665, Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. Check out our website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: Sandcar trailer, 12'x8' lightweight alum. Bed, alum. Wheels, overhead storage, large locking tool box, hideaway ramp, current tags, $1,000.00 Call (760) 342- 1946. OFF ROAD SWAP MEET Saturday, May 22, 1999 Bring YOUR Old Parts To Sell! Buy Or Sell Buggies, Race Trucks, Motorcycles, Truck & Buggy Parts, Trailers And Manufacturers Displays. 16020 Foothill & Citrus R&B Auto Sales Fontana, CA Exit 10 Freeway at Citrus For more info or to reserve a space call: OWNER'S LOSS IS BUYER'S GAIN: Buy as a package or sepa-rate! (1) Raceco Single seater, FAT Rabbit motor, Fat built Bus box, 930, Summers Bros. Out-board hubs and brakes, 25 gallon Cell, + 12" Beam, Dual Bilstein Coilovers per wheel, New 3" Sway-A-Way bypass in the rear, SAW 300m $14,000.00 (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 con-sidered! Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. check out our website at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: 73 VW THING, CLOSE RA TIO, LA TE BUS GEARBOX 2074 ROLLER CRANK, DUALCARB ENGINE 8" WIDER BEAM 3X3 REAR ARMS, ADJUSTABLE TORSION, BEARD SEA TS, FULL ROLL CAP, NEW CENTERLINE, NEW TIRES, NEW SLIDING WINDOWS, HARDTOP, SOFTTOP, $25,000 INVESTED,$14,995 (559)486-7634 OR (559)486-0280. FOR SALE: 97 SPEC TRUCK-RACED ONLY 7 TIMES, 350CI, TOMMY LEE STEERING BOX, CUSTOM AIR CLEANER, FLAME OUT SYSTEM, TACK & GUAGES, HEAD SUPPORT, WINDSHIELD SUPPORT, EX-TRA SPRINGS, GEARS FOR 3/8 MILE, 8 ASPHALT & 6 DIRT WHEELS INCLUDED. READY FOR CIRCLE TRACK RACING. $20,000.00 OR BES-T. CALL VANCE (760) 344-6496 EVE-NINGS OR LEA VE MESSAGE. FORSALE: 1998CORRPROLITE TOYOTA, 16 VALVE 2RZ FAT BUILT MOTOR, FOX SHOX, JERICO TRANS, 40 SPLINE AXLE, DANA60REAREND, ALL 4130 CHROMOLY TUBING TIO WELDED TRUCK. RACE READY $45,000.00 OREA YES/KINCAID MOTORSPORTS, ASK FOR JEFF. WORK (920)337-9886, HOME 715 478-2894. FOR SALE: Class 10 or 2 double A-Arm Car 16" travel up front. 18" in rear. FOX SHOX, Mendeola bus trans., CNC pedals, and much more less engine. $11,000.00 Days (775) Curt LeDuc -909-845-5292 R & B Auto -909-829-1140 . 359-9856Nights (775) 847-7442: May 1999 Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 1998 XCAB PRERUNNER "BAJA ROD" FULL CUSTOM BUILT TRUCK. I-BEAM FRONT END, 16" KING DUAL RA TECOIL OVER AND 5 ST AGE BY PASS, CNC BRAKE CALIPERS, CONE HUBS, LEE POWERSTEERING. FOUR LING SET-UP, CONE IND. DANA 60 REAR END. 18" KING DUAL RA TE COILOVER W /5 STAGE BYPASS. CONE FLOATING HUBS, CNC CALIPERS. TOO MUCH TO LIST, TRUCK COMES WITH SPARE MOTOR. CALL FRANK RUSICH AT WORK (909)350-2700, HOME (909)780-6649. FOR SALE: 44 FT COMPETITIVE TRIPLE AXLE GOOSENECK TRAILER, 5'-6'STORAGE SEC-TION IN FRONT WITH WALL, 2 SIDE DOORS, RAMP REAR DOOR, WINCH INSIDE, LIGHT-ING, SMOOTH SIDES, HY-DRAULIC FRONT JACKS, FI-BERGLASS COVERED WOOD FLOOR, NEW PAINT JOB, A WE-SOME TRAILERFOR$12,900OR BEST OFFER REF# 716 BAJA BROKERS (760)723-2117. 7s RANGER-EX SCOTT DOU-GLAS ROUGH RIDERS FORD RANGER, THIS TRUCK IS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND IT SHOWS. VERY GOOD HISTORY AND WONDERFUL RACE RECORD! SUMMERS BROS. FRONT HUBS AND FLOATER REAR END, 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES, CUSTOM SHOCKS W/ REMOTE RESERVOIRS, NA-TIONAL SPRINGS, C4 TRANS, WINTERS SHIFTER, TRIPLE COOLERS WITH ELECTRIC FANS, ALL STEEL BRAIDED PLUMBING, CLARK STEPPLER 2851CC 4 CYLINDER, CROWER STROKER CRANK, ESSLINGER HEAD, DUAL 48MM WEBERS, DUALMSDIGNITION,32 GAL-LON CELL, FIBERGLASS FRONT CLIF, ARE WHEELS/BFG BAJAS, ETC. $14,500 BAJA BROKERS #715 (760)723-2117.CHECKOITT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.BAJACONCEPTS.COM. FOR SALE: BERRIAN 1-1600 FRESH MOTOR-CIMA PIS-TONS, FAT HEADS, SWIVLE FOOT ROCKERS, BEARD, CNC, FOX, BILSTEIN, SACO ARMS, SWAY-A-WAY, CENTERLINE, UMP, WRIGHT, SIMPSON, FILLER SAFETY, J-MAR, RE-WORKED BUS BOX, HEWLAND GEARS, SUPERTRAP, TRI-MILL, SP ARES & TRAILER INCLUDED $7,500.00 (925)458-1639. Dusty Times FOR SALE: 1-1600, CAR IS ALL CHROMOLY AND IS TIO WELDED, CAR COMES WITH A PRO BUILT 1650 ROLLER MO-TOR AND A 1600 MOTOR, BUS BOX SUPER DJFF HEWLAND GEARS, FOX SHOCKS, 930, Pf-,, WRIGHT, BEARD, FUEL SAFE AND LOTS MORE, SPARE PARTS ALSO 3" COIL OVER KUSTERS.$6,500 FOR CAR, $900 FOR SHOCKS. 408 488-5816. FOR SALE: ·cLASS 10 OR 12 SINGLE SEAT. FRESH 1835CC WITH NEW CASE. ALL NEW FOX COILOVER SUSPENSION, FAT, FfC, CNC, WRIGHT, UL-TRA, 4 GEAR DIFF, 4" LONGER ARMS, KING KONG SPINDLES, NEW FUEL SAFE CELL. XTRA PARTS AND SPARES. PREPPED AND READY TO RACE. $13,000 OBO DAYS-(702)731-7672 NIGHTS-(702)873-4953. FOR SALE: CLASS 7S TOY OT A, DESERT OR SHORT COURSE, MONEY MAKING TRUCK, FRESH 22R, PORTED, POLISHED AND BALANCED, FOX SHOCKS, SAW, T/BARS, BEARD SEA TS, ULTRA RIMS, BFG TIRES, AUTO METER, OPTIMAS, PARKER PUMPER, NATIONAL SPRINGS, FUEL SAFES, BILSTEIN, GUESTED AND TRICK SPINDLE, A-ARMS, TRO TRANS, EXTRAS, $8,500.00 909 522-9874. FOR SALE: NEW SPEC TRUCK, RACED 3 TIMES, DIRT OR AS-PHALT, RADIOS & SPARE TIRES-PAID $25,000.00, WILL SELL FOR $19,000.00 (760)357-6917, CRAIG .. FOR SALE: VW TYPE I 1832CC 77X87MM 11:l COMP FAT CASE & ALL FAT PARTS, 44 IDF WE-BER 1 ¾INTAKE-FAT EXHAUST 120+HP $3000 OBO (602)859-8063 OR (602)930-0594. DusbyTimes CTassi.ied Pages -MereYourAd Reaches The Readership You-re Looking For FOR SALE: 67 5-1600, PRERUNNER, STREET LEGAL, FOX RES. CHROMOLY l" OVER ARMS, 2 SETS WRIGHT RACK &ARMS &COMBOS, SWAY-A-WAY, FLAMEOUT, FUEL SAFE, BUS LOW RATIO, 13-1 MOTOR UMP, EXTRA HEADS, MASTER CRAFf, DETCH EXTRA PARTS, YOKOS, CENTERLINES, 2 SETS; $7,000.00 OBO. (760)253-2203. FOR SALE: MUST SEE; BUND-ERSON 1/600, FAST, LIGHT AND VERY CLEAN. NEW RACE EN-GINE, RACE READY. VERY COMPETITIVE. ALL THE GOOD STUFF. $8500. 1969 VW BAJA BUG, GOOD CONDITION, GREAT LOOKING. NICE PRE-RUNNER $2,000. 20' ENCLOSED TRAILER $4500. (801)476-8923 OR (801)301-5529. FOR SALE: BUNDERSON SINGLE SEAT CLASS 10 OR 12, 1776, FRESH ROSE TRANNY, BUNDERSON AIR SPRINGS, BY-PASS SHOCKS, 930'S, 12" BEAM, NEW WRIGHT 4" ARMS W/5/8 CHROMOLY THROUGH RODS. 22 GALLON CELL, 2 SETS BODY PANELS.STRONG AND FAST. $11,000.00 (702) 496-1216. FOR SALE: CLASS 9 SINGLE SEAT, DIRTRIX CHASSIS, FOX SHOCKS, YOKOHAMA TIRES, PARKER PUMPER, NEW FRONT END AND FUEL CELL, SP ARE TIRES & SHOCKS, COMPLETE CAR, SPARES, CUMPCANS, TRAILER, GOOD BEGINNERS CAR, $3000. (503)649-5043. FOR SALE: 5-1600 RACE CAR-RACE READY-2 SEAT, NEW EN-GINE-NEW TRAILER-EXTRA BOS TRANNY-MANY EXTRA'S-TIRES-SPARE PARTS-$6,900.00 EXCELLENT BUY-CONT ACT JOE SCHNEKENBURGER-(909) 787-8549. PAGER (909)422-2 701 ;2872 LARAMIE RD. RIVERSIDE,CA. May 1999 FOR SALE: 30' W ellcraft fishing sport, Twin Yamaha 200 H.P. Out-board Motors, Bait tank, VHF radio, AM FM Cass. 10 disk Changer Sound system, Custom built Trail Rite Heavy Duty Trailer, Approx 100 hours, stored indoors. $35,000.00 or trade for Prerunner (949) 587-2445. t\~ f , FOR SALE: FUNCO CLASS 1-9, FRESH RABBIT 1650, FRESH TRANS, FOX SHOCKS, WRIGHT COMBOS, CENTERLINE WHEELS, GOODYEAR TIRES, REAR WILWOOD DISC BRAKES, MASTERCRAFf SEAT, MSD ION, READY TO RACE $8,500.00 810 984-1659. FOR SALE: STREET LEGAL 4 SEAT PRERUNNER, FORD PROBE V6 2.5 ENGINE ... POWER STEERING, ETC. THE BEST OF EVERYTHING $35,00.00 IN-VESTED, ASKING $28,500.00 CALL JACK WOODS (602)242-0077. Class 10 (SCORE LITE) Bunderson-1776cc Type 1, 17 gallon cell, Bus Box, Summers Bros flanges, 930 CV's, + 10" beam, Woods arms & spindles, CNC/Wilwood brakes, FOX/Curnutt shocks, old single seater but still ultra-reliable, $9,000.00 Baja Brokers Ref #711 (760) 723-2117, check out our website at www.ba·aconce ts FOR SALE: 1-6000, SPORTSMAN SINGLE, S&K CHASSIS, FOX SHOCKS, FAT HEADS & CAM, BEAD LOCKS, BEARD SUPER SEAT, UMP POWER STEERING, SACO RACK & WRIGHT RACK, SPARE MOTOR, LEGAL FOR CORR OR PACE, ST LOUIS AREA $6,500.00. CALL CHRIS AT (314)677-8613. FOR SALE: 091 RACE BOX FRESH PRO REBUILD. ALL THE BEST, 4:56 R&P, MCKENZIES SUPER DIFF, F.T.C., ELEPHANT & HEWLAND GEARS-930'S MIDMOUNT. $2,200.00 (949)642-5158. FORSALE: 1-1600TIGWELDED, NEW POWDER COAT, ENGINE, TRANS AND SUSPENSION. HAS FRESH PREP, MCKENZIES ALUM. DRUMS, SACO, WRIGHT, FOX, FUEL SAFE, JG TRANS WITH ALL THE BEST. BEAD LOCKS, HEIM SHIFTER AND ROD ENDS. CAR WAS FEATURED IN OCT 96 VW TRENDS. HA VE SPARES AND PIT BOXES TOO. CALL (714)632-1240. FOR SALE: 1977 FORD F-100, PRERUNNER, IN CAB TO FRAME, URETHANE MOUNTED CAGE-REAR CAGE-14" FOX SHOCKS WITH RESEVOIRS, NATIONAL SPRINGS, 35" BFGS-SPARE TIRE MOUNT-TAYLOR SEATS-EX-TENDED RADIUS ARMS-302-C-4 TRANNY REBUILT BY CULHANE TRANSMISSIONS-$5 ,500.00 OBO-TRADES? (909)678-9540. EMPLOYMENT .' OPPORTUNITIES t FABRICATOR WANTED: MUST HA VE A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF FABRICATION. INCLUDING MIG & TIO WELDING, TUBE FITTING AND ALUMINUM WORK. FAX RESUME TO (619) 449-2678, A ITENTION CRAIG OR CALL FOR APPT.(619) 449-9728. \VANTED WANTED: USED SEA TS, SHOCKS, RADIO EQUIP, PARKER PUMPER, WHEELS, TIRES, ETC. FOR LOW BUDGET RACE TRUCK SO MY KIDS CAN RACE. WHAT DO YOU HA VE? GENE (805)736-7123. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Baker Performance Products .............. 21 Barbary Coast, Gold Coast, Orleans Hotels .................................... 9 Best In The Desert Racing Association .... 37 Bilstein Corp. Of America ........................... 5 BORE ......................................................... 41 Cactus Racing ........................................... 34 Camburg Engineering ........................... 22 Critical Operations ............................... 41 Don-A-Vee ............................................... 45 Eibach Springs ...................................... 20 Estero Beach International Short Course ..................................... 29 Fabtech Motorsports ............................... 7 FAT Performance .................................. 32 Fox Racing Shox ................................... 40 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ......................... 47 German Auto .......................................... 39 Bob Goshen Racing Engines ................ 22 Hettinga Creations Racing .................. 47 Hypercoils .............................................. 26 Kartek Off Road ..................................... 15 Kawaguchi Honda ................................. 28 King Shock Tech ................................... 46 McKenzie Performance Products ....... 14 Mickey Thompson Tires ....................... 24 Mid America Off Road .......................... 42 Mirage Racing Products ...................... 16 Nevada Off Road Buggy ....................... 31 PCI Race Radios and Equipment ............ 2 Pike's Family Restaurant .................... 35 Premier Racing Products ..................... 27 Quality German Auto Parts ................. 47 Race Ready Products ............................ 23 Spec Truck ............................................. 44 SNORE ....................................... : ............ 33 Sway-A-Way Corp ................................. 12 Mike Tieman .......................................... 25 Toyota Motorsports ............................. 13 Toyota Motorsports .............. Back Cover Transaxle Engineering ......................... 43 Tri-Mil Industries .................................. 36 Valley Performance .............................. 17 Web Cam ................................................. 11 Wilson Motorsports, Inc ......................... 4 Yarnell Specialties ............................... 18 Page 55

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