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Volume 18 -Number 1 January 2001 DUlliJlilllll M'IA y 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 Homer Eubanks Martin Holmes Mike Jenkins Rod Koch Ralph Mason Ron Miller · Rene Montana Wayne Simmons Terry Silbaugh D,myl Smith Tony Tellier Paul Timmerman T rackside Photo Art Director Larry Worsham 0~ Subscription Rates: $25.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Subscription rates on request Contributions: DUSTY TIMES 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., 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311, (818) 882-0004. Copyright by Hillside Rac-ing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Periodi-cal Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at ad-ditional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address change to DUSTY TIMES, 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. 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, 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 9131 l. DUSITTIMES WISHES You ALL A V£RY SAF£ AND SAN£ HOLIDAY SEASON. MAYYOU.HAVEHEALTH AND WEA~TH, AND MAY ALL YOUR RACING ACTIVITIES B£ SAFE AND FRUITFUL In This Issue ... FEATURES SCOREffecate Baja 2000 by Judy Smith ............................................. 8 14th Tour de Corse by Martin Holmes ............ , .................................. 24 SNORE Reserve 250 by John Calvin .................................................. 26 Northwest Club Rally Report - Sou'wester by Jim Culp ................... 30 Australian Off Road Championship '. Round by Darryl Smith ........ 34 SCOREffecate Baja 2000 Motorcycle Report by Tony Tellier ......... 40 Whiplash Parker GP by Tony Tellier .................................................. 46 SCCA Prescot Forests ProRally by Jerry Winker ... ............................ 52 SCCA Lake Superior ProRally by Jerry Winker ................................. 54 CRS Treeline Rally by Paul Timmerman ............................................ 57 DEPARTMENTS Happenings ·····································.······················································· 5 Trail Notes ..................................................................... : ....................... 6 2001 Race.Calendar ............................................................................ 35 Good Stuff Directory ................. : ......................................................... 63 Classified Ads ...................................................................................... 70 Index To Advertisers ........... : .............................................................. 71 On The Cover Dave Ashley and Dan Smith were the first four wheeler across the line, just over 32 hours listening to a leaky head gasket, but they won the big one and were more than pleased with the result. Photo by Trackside Pho~o Steven, Dan and Andrew Myers took the Class 10 honors in Baja, and it was a very hard fought win with a margin of only 19 seconds at the bottom of the peninsula. Photo by T ~ackside Photo Visit Our Website Dustytimes.com c5ubscr1£e 7oday lo DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY · IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year -$25.00 □ 2 years -$~0.00 □ 3 years -$55.00 (no credit cards please) □ NEW □-RENEWAL Name ------~--------------Address --------------------City ________________ _ State ___________ Zip _____ _ Primary Interest Cars D Trucks D Motorcycles D Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 Canadian - 1 year $30.00 US ■ Overseas subscription rates upon request Dusty Times January 2001 Page 3

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,. Pahrump Rally Sprint Pahrump, NV Heraclio Patino (011 52 616-5-22-07) Happenings ... August 11, 2001 Gorman Ridge Rally Frazier Park, CA October 5-7, 2001 CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 645 Pierre, SD 57501 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) (605) 224-9481 CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SAN VICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico AMERICAN TRIALS ASSOCIATION AMA Observed Trials Southern California Championship Series Bill Markum - President (909) 860-1857 24 hr Hotline - (714) 562-7742 E Mail: bmark909@aol.com www.atatrails.com January 14, 2001 Romoland, CA February 4, 2001 Lake Morena/Corral Cyn, CA 'February 25, 2001 Aguanga/Reed Valley, CA March 11, 2001 Lucerne Valley, CA April, 2001 (TBA) Aguanga/Reed Valley, CA May 13, 2001 Rowher Flat/Canyon Country, CA June 9-10, 2001 • Washington WORLD Round June 23-24, 2001 Big Bear, CA ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVILISMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Apto 42 San Jose de! Cabo Baja California de! Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Darryl Smith 19 Somers St. Cashmere, Queensland, 4500, Australia DUSTY TIMES @bigpond.com AUTOCROSS QUEBEC OFF ROAD Class 10 cars only Renald Vaillancourt 3069 Dagenais West Laval Quebec, Canada H7P 1T7 (514) 622-4440 BARONA SAND DRAG ASSN. P.O. Box 1521 Lakeside, CA 92040 All Races Are Night Races All Races At Barona Raceway, Lakeside, CA BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION Ca~ey Folks, Director 3475 Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702) 641-2431 E-Mail: bitd@worldnet.att.net April 6-8, 2001 Terrible's Town June 22-24, 2001 Tonopah 300 September 27-30, 2001 Vegas To Reno (TBA) December 2001 Las Vegas 200 BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES Les Wolfe, NEW President 341 W. 2575 North Sunset, UT 84015 (801) 773-1651 (801) 773-9319 Fax May 4-5, 2001 Wendover Express Wendover, NV July 6-7, 2001 Jackpot 250 Jackpot, NV September 14-15, 2001 Bonneville Challenge Wendover, NV BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario, Canada KOK-lH0 (613) 475-1102/Fax (613) 475-3250 CAJOR Club Automovilista Juarense de Championship Off-Road Racing 7210 Gateway East El Paso, TX 79915 (915) 593-4848 Ralph Garcia 01 l-52-16-17-45-42 Cesar Fuentes CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Sue Robinson - Director Dusty Times 845 Schoohouse Road Ramona, CA92065 (760) 788-3809 Don Engleman (Bike.s) (605) 224-4967 E-Mail: crsdirect@hotmail.com Website <californiarallyseries.com> John Dillon, SoPac Rally Steward sopacrallysteward@hotmail.com Rally Series T reeline Rally November 30-December 2, 2001 Ramada Express Rally Laughlin, NV Rallycross Series February 10, 2001 Holtville RX October 6, 2001 Prescott, AZ RX October 13, 2001 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 USA Jan Wright (011 _52 61746834) Ram6n Castro & Ruben Acevedo (61637/7 0034) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box 3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 February 3, 2001 2000 Awards Banquet February 10, 2001 RallySprint Holtville, CA Las Vegas RX . Jean, NV CODE Bravo 120-B March 24-25, 2001 CRS/SCCA Licensing School & Rally Cross November 10, 2001 Las Vegas RX Jean, NV • CLAIRTON Hl-JACKERS l.C.O. Tom Delauder Sr 1091 Twp. Line Road Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Course off Road Racing At Harrison County Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH Zona Centro, Mexicali, BC, MX P.O. Box 2328 Calexico, CA 92232-2328 Ol 1-52-6-553-4087 www .codeoffroad.com mail@codeoffroad.com February 9-11, 2001 Ridgecrest, CA May 4-5, 2001 Rim Of The World Palmdale, CA June 2, 2001 ■ ■ CANNING ATTRACTIONS P.O. Box400 Maywood, CA 90270 (323) 560-SHOW CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICA SAN QUINTIN Calle 6ta Fracc Cd. de San Quintin San Quintin, BC, Mexico Laguna Salada, Mexicali BC, MX April 20-22, 2001 r::ir . Outlaw Racing Takes Class 5 Win; Six Bilstein· Winners at Baja 2000 Teams running on Bilstein shocks extended their winning tradition in off-road racing in the • Baja with six class victories in the most grueling desert race ever -- the Tecate SCORE Baja 2000 presented by AutoZone. Running on Bilstein 9100 Series shocks, the driving foursome of Mike Kalicki, Ross Craft and Mike and Kevin James took the Outlaw Racing Unlimited Baja Bug to another dominating win . They started third in Class 5 and took the lead for good about 500 miles into the 1,768-mile test of man and machine. "Our Bilstein shocks performed flawlessly." noted Mike Kalicki. "Throughout our pre-runoing and the more than 45 hours of racing, the Bilsteins kept us in control and never faded." Other Baja 2000 Class Winners On Bilstein: · Class 3 I Ryan Thomas/Hiroshi Masuoka/ John Holmes, Mitsubishi Montero o: · • Class 7 Jeff Lewis/Ted Hunnicutt, Jr./Doug Fortin Jr., Chevy S-1 O ·r • Class 11 Eric/ Albert Solorzano, Stock VW Sedan • Protruck Scott Steinberger, Ford F-150 Truck • Baja Challenge A. Hassard/A. La Pierre, Identical Open Wheel Cars For details on Bilstein 9100 Series shocks contact the Off-Road Racing Department: Toll Free 800/537-1085 KRUPP BILSTEIN OF AMERICA 8845 Rehco Road • San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 858/453-7723 January 2001 . • ® BILSTEIN www.bilstein.com Pages

Trail Notes ... ROBBY GORDON - Well, after a not very successful season in the NASCAR Winston Cup series, Robby has given up his part ownership in his Ford team to join the Morgan McClure stable for the 2001 season. Hopefully, without the added · stress and time commitments of ownership, Robby will be able to focus more of his time on his considerable driving skills. Welcome to the land of Kodak and Chevrolet. Good luck to Robby in this new venture. · BRENDAN GAUGHAN - Brendan has been running the NASCAR Winston West series with considerable success and it paid off in a big way as Brendan accepted the Winston West Series Championship Trophy. Brendan clinched the title with a third place finish in the final race of the season at Irwindale, CA. The end of the year awards pushed his season winnings to a bit over a quarter of a million dollars. Brendan has never left the off road action and he competes in the dirt whenever his schedule will allow it. Here's hoping he will continue to grow in the NASCAR ranks and keep on competing off road as well. SCORE BAJA 2000 - Well, it's over. The Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas trek had a spectacular 70% finishing rate, well above the anticipated number. We'll just list here some of the finishers in each class. Trophy Truck - Smith/Ashley, Ragland/ Arciero, Miller/Stewart. Class 1 - Herbst/Smith, Weyhrich/Weyhrich/fownsley, Sourapas/Fortin. Class' 1/2-1600 - Freeman/Wik/Alsberg/Bunderson, Vessels, Rodriguez. Class 3 - Skilton/Thompson, Skilton, Hanawa. Class 31 - Masuoka/ Holmes/Ibomas/Hotchins. Class 5 - James/Kalicki/James, Seeley, Sandoval. Class 5/1600 - Orellana/Castro/Parton, Martinez, Cervantes. Class 7 - Lewis/Hunnicutt/ Fortin, McNeil. Class 7S Custer/York/Cline, Novelo, Stewart. Class 8 - LeDuc/ Swift, Monroy, Wilson. Class 9 - Sheble/Kisner/Frederick, Rodriguez, Fisher. Class 10 - Myers/Myers/Myers, Hatch, Hutchins. SCORE Lite - Dizney/Arjona/Conrad/ Delaney/Ross, Shea, Penhall. Class 11 - Solorzano/Pereya/Garibay/Barajas. Stock Mini - Glass/Sibbio. Stock Full - Spirkoff/Shearer/Holmes, Hogan, Stein. ProTruck/ SS/fruck Steinberger/Richert/Cardone, Johnson, Scaroni. Baja Challenge -Culbertson/Hassard/La Pierre, Doyle, Chernoff. Motorcycles - Class 21 - Ruvalcaba/ Cruz, Grisham,, Verber. Class 22 - Campbell/Staab/Smith/Hengeveld, Olgivie/Miller/ Rutten/Jones/Ostbo, Zeiger/Murphy/Dempsey. Class 30 - Mitchell/Mitchell/Brown, Lundin, Malo. Class 40 - Haines/Hines/Adams/Postel, Leef, Tepner. Class 50 -Jackson/Olen/Wadlow, Nichols. ATVs - Class 24 - Felix/Castro/de la Rocha. Class 25 - Row/Sundahl/Dunlavey, White, Gregory. Sportsman - Buggy - Araux/Tapia, Prince, Tabler. Truck - Granger/Betts/Czeriau, Lo, Reyes. M/C Under 250 -Watanabe/Hasegawa/Mihashi. M/C Over 250 -Sanborn/Holden/Heroneme, Kanazawa, Law. A TV Walraven/Dayton/Pruett, Penland. See the Judy Smith story far all the gory details. . · ~NY'S TOP TIPS -Tony Tellier always handicaps the top races, giving his .1. odds of winning on almost every driver in every buggy, car and truck class. Here is a look at Tony's percentages of.wins and losses for the Baja 2000. Trophy Truck, Tony -1, Class 1, Tony+ 1, Class 1600, Tony+ I, Class 3, Tony+ 1, Class 5. Tony + 1, Class 5/1600, Tony+ 1, Class 7, Tony+ l, Class 7S, Tony+ 1, Class 8, Tony + 1, Class 9, Tony+ 1, Class 10, Tony 01, SCORE Lite, Tony + 1, Class 11, Tony + 1, Stock Mini, Tony -1, Stock Full, Tony + 1, Pro Truck, Tony -1. Baja Challenge, Tony -1. So, as fur as our oddsmaker goes, Tony picked 12 winners out of the 17 classes which gives him a 70% push on the plus side. Congrats Mr. Tellier, only God knows how much time you put into your Top Tips for our amusement. "l "1 7EA THERMAN FLIES - Everyone who competed in the SCORE Baja 2000 VV owes a debt of gratitude to Bob Steinberger (The Weatherman) who spends · an awful lot of time in the airplane, during those long Baja races. It behooves everyone who raced or was in any way connected with the race to give thanks to Bob and all ofhis crew who maintained communications with any and all who needed information or assistance. But, a tremendous thanks must go from all of us to the Herbst family who financially underwrote the venture for everyone's benefit. Amen. PROTRUCK SERIES -With only the Best In The Desert Las Vegas 200 left to run in the series, it is too close to call in the points battle. Rick Johnson has 443 points to date, Steve Barlow has 435 points, Steve Scaroni has 404, Mike Griffiths has 401, Ryan Herzog 389, Kevin McGillivray 355, Scott Steinberger 348, JetfHoskins 287 and on and on and on. There are 100 point~ available for a win so the standings could change dramatically at the Las Vegas 200. And, there is quite a bit of money available for placing well in each race, thanks to Protruck, BFGoodrich and Ford Motor Company and there is a nice Protruck bonus available to the top three finishers in points for the season. We'll keep you posted on the standings and look for the Protruck schedule in the centerfold of this issue. DINAL FLAG - It is with deep regret that we note the death of Ron Ellison at the C Baja 2000. Ron was killed in a tragic accident while traveling in a support vehicle following his son Rick's car. Ron was an outdoorsman and he enjoyed off road racing and was always supportive of his son's off road activities. Ron is survived by his wife Barbara, his son Rick and daughters Ronda and Rayma as well as his sisters Juanita and Betty, brothers Harold and Leon and four grandchildren. We will all miss him. DIN~ FLAG - we were saddened to learn of the passing ofJim "Zeke" Zabrowski, J.' long tune member of Los Campeones and long time racer with FUD and SCORE. Zeke had just returned from Cabo where he had be assisting the Dietrichs with their Class 9 car. Zeke passed away in his sleep on December 15th and is survived by his wife, his two sins and his daughter. He will be sorely missed by all. SCORE AW ARDS - Many people gathered at Joe's Garage for the annual SCORE awards and a good time was had by all. BFGoodrich was the big winner, being voted Contingency Company of the year as well as Pit Support T earn of 2000. Troy Herbst was the Overall Driver Points winner and aiso was the Ciass I winner as well. Troy's brothers Tim and Ed were the Trophy Truck points winners. This was the second year in a row for Tim and Ed to take the honors and the fourth year in a row for Troy. Jeremy Spirkoff was honored as Rookie of The Year, winning four races and capturing the Stock Full Class Championship for the year. Bekki Freeman was once again the l·/2-1600 class.winner, second time in three years and Mark Hutchins took the Class 10 honors for the 2000 season. Jerry Penhall was the SCORE Lites points winner, George Seeley took Class 5. Bekki, Mark, Jerry and George split the Toyota True Grit award ($12,000) for winning their respective non-factory classes and finishing all of the almost three thousand race miles of the five SCORE races in 2000. There were 17 racers that received Toyota Milestone awards for covering every mile of every race during the season. In addition to the four mentioned above, recipients were Tim & Ed Herbst Trophy Truck, Gary Weyhrich & Randy Wilson Class l, Sammy Ehrenberg 1/2-1600, Michael James Class 5, Victor Orellana & Dave Gasper 5-1600, Doug Siewert 7S, Whit Courtenay Class 10 and Ron Dalke/ Ty Godde/Steve Greinke SCORE Lites. Other Class champions honored were Darren Skilton Class 3, Jeff Lewis Class 7, Billy Goerke Clasi; 8, Jerry Penhall SCORE Lite Page& San Felipe, Baja California, MX June 29-July 1, 2001 Laguna Salada, Mexicali, BC, MX August 10-12, 2001 Tecate, Baja California, MX October 5-7, 2001 Laguna Salada, Mexicali, BC, MX November 30-December 2, 2001 Mexicali to San Felipe, BC: MX COLORADO HILL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719) 531-3642 W/(719)687-9827 H P.O Box8286 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (719) 653-8449 CORP P.O. Box392 Calexico, CA 92232 Hector Cerecer 011-52-65-66-4458 COiRiR EXXON SERIES Championship Off Road Racing 192 N. State Road 267, Suite 267 Avon, IN 46123 (317) 272-2827/Fax: (317) 272-2900 June 9-10, 2001 Antigo, WI June 23-24, 2001 Crandon, WI July 28-29, 2001 Fort Dodge,- IA August 11-12, 2001 Bark River, MI September 1-2, 2001 Crandon, WI October 20-21, 2001 Topeka, KS 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 (AU events at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Thurston County ORV Park, Olympia, WA) DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800) 662-3649/(214) 641-2090 DESERT STEEL MOTORSPORTS 1865 Commander Drive Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 (520) 855-6125 EASTERN OFF-ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Tom Delauder, Sr. 1091 Township Line Road Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 ESTERO BEACH INTER.NATIONAL Short Course Racing Victoria Galindo . Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 011-526-176-6225 April 27-29, 2001 FABTECH Off Road Short Course Series at Glen Helen Raceway P.O. Box 6950 San Bernardino, CA 92412 (909) 280-9096 Contact: BBM Marketing Promotions P.O. Box 762 Norco, CA 91760-0762 (562) 988-6250/Fax: (909) 280-9097 FRT Motorsports 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 December 31, 2000 Dunaway Dash Plaster City, West Motorcycles, ATVs & Dez Superlites January 28, 2001 Barking Spider Plaster Ciry, CA February 11, 2001 Kamikize Dez Gran Prix Lake Superstition, CA February 24, 2001 King of the Desert Lake Superstition, CA March 25, 2001 January 2001 March Madness T earn Race Plaster City East, CA May 20, 2001 T azmanik Hare & Hound Plaster City West, Ca . July 7, 2001 Conquista Gran Prix Tecate, BC, MX July 28, 2001 C/M Nite Team Race Plaster City East, CA August 26, 2001 Sweethearts Kiss Lake Superstition, CA September 8, 2001 · MudHen Sprint Plaster City East, CA October 8, 2001 Cheeseburger 100 Plaster City West, CA November 17, 2001 D38 Reunion Event Plaster City West, CA November 18, 2001 Notorious Dawg3 Hour Team Race Plaster City West, CA December 9, 2001 Revenge Dez Gran Prix Lake Superstition, CA MX And Off Road Short Course AU at Imperial Valley Expo, Imperial, CA March 10, 2001 Tentative) Round 1 April 7,2000 Round 2 May 12, 2001 Round3 June 9, 2001 Round 4 September 22, 2001 Round 5 November 3, 2001 Round 6 December 3, 2001 Round 7 Championship Series For Cars, Trucks, Buggies, ATVs, Dez SuperLites & Motorcycles February 11, 2001 Kamakizi Dez Gran Prix Lake Superstition, CA April 4, 2001 Fud 200 No A TV, Bike or SuperLite May 20, 2001 T azmanik Hare & Hound Plaster City West, CA No Buggies, Cars, Trucks July 7, 2001 Conquista Gran Prix Tecate, BC, MX August 11, 2001 Gran Prix T ecate, BC, MX No A TV, Bike, SuperLite September 8, 2001 MudHen Sprint Plaster City East, CA No Buggies, Cars, Trucks October 27, 2001 Superstition 250 XVIII Plaster City East, CA December 31, 2001 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West, CA GORR.A Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420 Hosea Road Lawrenceville, GA 30245 (404) 963-0252 GPORiRA 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. (l-80 Race Track is wcated 20 minutes west of Omaha n All races are short course, stadium style. Classes: Trophy, I 1-1600, 5, 7S, 1 and Quads) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box36 Cleves, Ohio 45002 (All events staged 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 INTER-SHOWS MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (949) 582-23 71 KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O. Box465 Kamloops, BC, Canada VZG5L2 Bob (250) 374-7175 days Randy (250) 579-9621 eves. Wes (250) 351-2819 LAS VEGAS SANDSPORTS & OFFROAD EXPO (661) 943-1786 June 16-17, 2001 Cashman Center Las Vegas, NV L.I.T.R.E. Jeff Elrod (408) 926-0522 JimAruta (408) 247-4402 MICIIlGAN BUGGY BUILDERS Dune Buggy Trade Show (51 7) 543-7214 www .buggybuilders.com MICIIlGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSIIlPS M.T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, Ml 48837 (517) 627-6200 Oeeps, Trucks, Buggies, Pilots, Road Warriors and Quad ATV-Money Classes.) July 29, 2001 Mason, MI MID-AMEiRICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION MAORA Mike Turner (217) 235-2473 P.O. Box 184 Mattoon, IL 61938 Maora racing.com Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park Casey, IL (217) 932-2041 Off Road Playground.com (800) 555-3167 Short Course Series May 5, 2001 Casey, IL June 2, 2001 Jlora, IL June 16, 2001 Woodbury, TN July 7, 2001 lora, IL August 4, 2001 Casey, IL September 29, 2001 Casey IL Enduro Series May 6, 2001 Casey, IL June 17, 2001 Woodbury, TN August 5, 2001 Casey, IL September 30, 2001 Casey, IL MOJAVE DESERT RACING 1853 Parkway Drive S. 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January 20, 2001 Bushwacker 250 Barstow, CA March 1 7, 2001 Balls Out 250 Lucerne, CA May 12, 2001 Badlands 275Barstow, CA July 7, 2001 Freedom 250Barstow, CA September 15, 2001 Mighty Mojave 300Barstow, CA November 10, 2001 Wild Turkey 200Lucerne, CA MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barret 6363 Nightingale De. Flint, Ml 48506 · (810) 730-9221 MOTOWEST WINTER TRIALS SERIES All events at Perris Raceway Bill Markham (909) 860-1857 www.ITStrials.com (At Reed Valley with a school) January 6, 2001 February 10, 2001 March 1 7, 2001 NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. # l -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 NORTHERN OHIO OFF ROAD . RACING ASSN. Gary Wulff (724) 283-2678 (All events are at Spring Balley Raceway, Miliport, Ohio) OFF ROAD EXPO 2001 (626) 599-8622 October 6-7, 2001 Fairplex, Pomona, CA OFF ROAD PRODUCTIONS OF EL PASO Joey Vasquez 13 180 Round Dance El Paso, TX 79936 (915) 867-7788 All races are at Mountain Shadow Lake. Take 1-10 Horizon Blvd. exit east 12 miles OHIO OFF ROADERS INC. 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 Jim Kendel (216) 339-4674 All races held at Harrison County Fairgrounds. Cadiz, Ohio ONT ARIO OFF ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Rick Tichbourne, Public Relations (519)-681-4192(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) PACE MOTOR SPORTS U.S. Off Road Championship 495 N. Commons Drive Aurora, IL 60504 (630) 566-6100 www .usoff-road.com PIKES PEAK P.O. Box 6962 Colorado Springs, CO 80934 (719) 685-4400 PROTRUCK RACING SERIES 9409 Abraham Way Santee, CA 92071-2856 (619) 449-6252/Fax: (619) 449-6470 January 18-21, 2001 Laughlin, NV April 6-8, 2001 Terrible's Town Pahrump, NV June 22-24, 2001 Tonopah 300 Tonopah, NV September 27-30, 2001 Vegas To Reno December TBA, 2001 Las Vegas 200 Las Vegas, NV PURE ENERGY PROMOTIONS Dusty Times P.O. Box 50 Ricketts, IA"51460 (712) 679-2221 s.c.A.T. INC. Michael R. Icing P.O. Box 277 Morrisonville, NY 12962 (518) 561-3208/(518) 236-7897 SAN DIEGO OFF ROAD EXPOSITION (888) 836 7918 January 6-7, 2001 Cajon Speedway SCCA ProRally series Sports Car Club of America 9033 E. 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TX) TOYS FOR TOTS (619) 252-1197 /(619) 252-3093 T.O.R.R.O Texas Off Road Racing Organization Marty Jackson 8307 Bauman Road Houston, TX 77022 (713) 694-0207/Fax: (713) 694-8335 TSO c/o Frog Specialties 4050 Spencer Street # 1 Torrance, CA 90503 (310) 370-9856 VORRA Off Road Racing 1833 Los Robles Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95838 (916) 925-1702/Fax (916) 925-8217 March 18, 2001 . • Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA April 22, 2001 Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA May 27, 2001 Yerington, NV July 21, 2001 Lovelock, NV September 1-2, 2001 . Fernley, NV Short Course Series SVRA Park, Sacramento, CA October 7, 2001 January 2001 Trail Notes ... and Overall Motorcycle Winner and Class 22 Champ Johnny Campbell. The SCORE membership votes each year in different categories to select The Off Roadsman people of the year and this year the Person of The Year award was. given to Bob Steinberger of PC! fame, a well deserved honor. Jimco was honored for the fifth straight year as Buggy Chassis Manufacturer and our own T rackside Photo took ~he photo=phic award. Tecate Beer was voted Entry Sponsor of The Year. Wiks Racing Enein;s was voted the engine manufacturer for 2000, Adam's third straight year and mo~orcycle manufacturer. Mike Smith was voted Mechanic of The Year (he builds the Herbsts vehicles), and once again, Judy Smith of Dusty Times fame was awarded the Journalist of the Year award. Congratulations to all the winners and to all the folks who competed during the year. 1'. TEW DRIVER - we are pleased to announce the birth of Caroline Noel Collier. 1 ~ Caroline was born to her proud parents Dave and Kathie on December 2, 2000. Congratulations to "Gnarly" and wife who dul all the work. ARDER ANOTHER HELMET - Yet another new driver joins the ranks. A Vbouncing baby boy, Trever Robert Goodenough arrived on December 1, 2000, weighing inat 8 pounds, 13 ounces, born to Doug and Stacy Fay. Mom and her new son will share the same birthday. Congrats to all! A NEW VENUE -Short course off road racing came to the Lake Havasu area rton December 9-10 in the form of Baja In Havasu. There were 55 entrants on hand to contest their individual races and there was a goodly crowd on the grandstands. There were combined classes from CORR and SCORE and the racing was hotly contested in every class. Here is a list of the winners. Pro-4 Truck: Curt · LeDuc, Pro-2 Truck: Carl Renezeder, Class I: Pat Dean, Sportsman 2 Truck: Tommy Bradley, Stock Truck: Dan Cannon, Desert Truck 7S: Bill Markel, Desert Truck 7: Javier Sacio, Pro-Lite Truck: Rick Huseman, Super Buggy: Larry Foddrill, Desert Class 10 Buggy: BJ Baldwin, Desert Buggy 1600: JC Dean, Single Buggy Lite: Kenny Thatcher, Baja Bug 2: Sean McKenzie, CORR Lites/Super Lites: Pete Kujundzich. Jim Russell of Desert Steel Motorsports was the promoter and Ed Robinson ofVORRA fame was the Race Director. A full story will appear in the February issue of Dusty Times. · BAJA 2000 REFLECTIONS - Information on the Baja 2000 was hard to come by in many instances and although Judy Smith did her best, there were still lots of tales untold, even in her story in this issue. So, stay tuned next month for Baja Reflections, which will pick up more bits and pieces and will cover the elusive Baja Challenge Class. October 21, 2001 November 4, 2001 VICENTE GUERRERO OFF ROAD CLUB Profo. Cenovio Gamboa Ol 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. Box 376 Adamsburg, PA (412) 527-6556 WHIPLASH MOTORSPORTS 16251 North Cave Creek Road #4 Phoenix, AZ 85023-2976 (602) 971-3730 February 3, 2001 Parker 400 Parker, AZ March 10, 2001 Gila Monster 200 Gila Bend, AZ April 21, 2001 Rock To Rock s·onora, MX June 30, 2001 Badlands 200 Sonora, MX July 14, 2001 Haulapal 200 Peach Springs, AZ September 1, 2001 Snowflake 200 Aripine, AZ October 6-7, 2001 Grand Prix of Parker Parker, AZ December 8, 2001 Laughlin, NV Bike & A TV Series February 4, 2001 Parker 200 Parker, A7, March 11, 2001 Gila Monster 100 Gila Bend, AZ April 21, 2001 Rock To Rock 100 Sonora, MX May 26-27, 2001 Sunrise Gran Prix Greer, AZ June 17, 2001 Young 100 Young, AZ July 15, 2001 Haulapal 100 Peach Springs, AZ September 2, 2001 Snowflake l 00 Airpine, AZ October 6-7, 2001 Gran Prix of Parker Parker, AZ November 4, 2001 Vulture Mine 100 Wickenburg, AZ December 9, 2001 Laughlin, AZ WINSCONSIN MOTORSPORTS SHOW (414) 747-1711 WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 so. 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SCORE/TECATE BAJA 2000 • PRESENTED BY AUTOZONE Ashley and Smith Get There First By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo Joe Custer, Troy Cline and Darren York teamed in the old Ford to run a near flawless race and take the win in Class 7S at the Baja 2000. Dan Smith and Dave Ashley put together a lot of skill, luck and logistics planning to take the over-all car and truck victory in their Duralast Ford Trophy Truck at SCORE's epic Baja 2000, Probably, the planning was the most impor-tant part. Their run down the full length of the peninsula took 32 hours and 15 minutes. The absolute overall was taken by a motorcycle, a Honda ridden by Johnny Campbell, Craig Smith, Ti~ Staa·b and.Steve Hengeveld; who finished in 30 hours and 54 minutes. Off roaders far and wide had looked forward to this event for several years, and it lived up to its billing. Everything started in En-senada, in the northern end of the Baja peninsula, with two days of contingency, press conferences, photo ops and technical inspec-tion. The contingency midway was jammed, and even a rain shower or two failed to send the celebrants home. The rain caused some pre-race concerns. Starting as it .was in the river bed, or wash, that bisects the business section ofEnsenada, it was bound to be a damp beginning any-way. Intermittent heavy rain show-ers had begun on Thursday and the hills above town had got the worst of them, but some fell on the town each day. The racers started to worry that a mud bog would jam things up right at the beginning, a legitimate worry. SCORE, on the other hand, while concerned about the possibility of problems with the goo, had a huge logistics consider-ation. Local roads were scheduled for closure, police had positions all scoped out, cones, barriers, and flags were ready to set up. If the start area was changed at such late notice chaos would surely result. Some wanted it moved 30 miles out of town to Ojos Negros, which would lop off about 60 miles of race course. That had been tried in the dim past, and no one really wanted t0 repeat that fiasco. Ultimately, SCORE came up with a good plan. Late on Satur-day (this event didn't start until 6 a.m. Sunday), a couple of bulldoz-ers went out into the wash and dozed a path on the high side, above the mucky stuff. The result was a neat trail, avoiding the worst traps and leading the racers tidily out of town. There was still plenty of mud, but as Sal Fish would have said, and probably did, "It's an off road race, after all!" The planning for this race, in-cluding dealing with the· Mexican authorities and land owners, con-sumed the better part of two years. Once it came down to actually lay-ing out and marking the course, it was a full time job. From about August until the day of the start there was always someone some-where on the course, studying, marking, re-marking, and making the dreaded last minute changes that always occur. It took Fish and his crew four weeks to layout and mark the course from San Quintin to the end, and then some areas had to be re-done before the race began. Just days before the start a change in the mood of some of the residents up near Santa Catarina (north of Highway 3, near Independencia), caused a 40 mile chunk to be deleted from the course. This meant that pit teams had to re-group; moving or delet-ing pits, relocating fuel stops, re-assigning, personnel and so forth. Another reason that no one really wanted to change the location of the start. At the last minute, when the starting ramp didn't materialize. Fish had the heavy equipment folks bring in a big pile of dirt. They dumped it at the start line, put a heavy duty table top on its peak, and it became an appropriate start ramp for the longest off road race on this continent. All signs of rainy weather were gone on_ race morning. Clear blue In the closest fight of the race the Myers brothers, Steven, Dan and Andrew, put their new two seat Jimco into the Class 1 O Victory Circle with a margin of just 19 seconds at the Baja 2000. skies and moderate temperatures greeted the racers. Some wrapped theinselves in trash bags and rain jackets so they'd come through the puddles early in the course with dry • suits. The bikers had left the start ramp beginning at 6 a.m., and the first car, Craig Corda's Trophy Truck, took off at 9 a.m. Corda's day was short lived, and he doesn't show up anywhere on the check point records. But Larry Ragland had his Yortec Chevy moving at a good clip, and by the time he got to San Quintin, some 256 miles into the race, he had a lead of a minute and five seconds over Ivan Stewart and his Toyota. As they headed south along the · beach they'd averaged about· 57 miles per hour. Tim and Ed Herbst were third in their Ford, another 13 minutes back, followed by Robby and Bob Gordon and Rob MacCachren in Robby's Ford, and then Dan Smith in the Duralast Ford. Smith was already in some trouble, as his engine was running hot. Along that beach section a booby-trap had appeared. The. In- · stant-Mex l:if!licopter reported it to Race Ops, worrying tha·t while the bikes made it, the trucks might now. But then they saw Stewart clear it with no problems, and their worries faded. As they headed east and south out of San Quintin, the bluffs alongside the course were lined with spectators. It appeared that the entire population of San Quintin had settled in for a picnic and some exciting spectating out there. Night settled in for the Trophy Trucks as the leaders got to Santa Ines. And from there they threaded their way to the coast and past the notorious silt beds. More nighttime driving led them up from the beach and along the confusing section alongside the highway, until they turned east again, headed toward the San Borja Mission and Bay of L.A. When they got there Stewart was leading with 25 minutes on Ragland. Stewart had Larry Roe-seler as co-driver, and he was in the truck 'at this time. Ragland had Stewart's son, Brian, co-driving · with him. Smith and Ashley were third in here, another 19 minutes back, looking forward to a beauti-ful, fast section of the course. But they'd have to ease up, to keep their truck from overheating. They had reduced the temperature to a reasonable 167 degrees by late af-ternoon, and were hopeful the head gasket would hold. They put "all kinds of leak-proof stuff" in it, and filled it with water every 200 miles or so. · · Mark Miller's Chevy was now in fourth place after an embarrassing side trip down into a deep chasm, way off course, very ear[y in the day. It took a team ofYortec trucks a couple of hours and a couple of very long tow straps to get him back up where he belonged. Miller's co-driver was Ryan Arcier-o, who must have been applying the throttle pedal very seriously, as they averaged the quickest time coming in to Bay of L.A., at 56 miles p-er hour. Walker Evans, ~ho had Roger Gray and Brendan Gaughan as co-drivers in his Chevy, wa~ running fifth. Robby Gordon never got to Bay of L.A., nor did Mark Post, Frank Arciero, Jr. and Jerry Whelchel, Dick Sasser, Todd Gatrell, Jim Pierce or Martyn Atkins. Some ·of them never even got to Uruapan. Like Gerardo Novelo, who lost his transmission and then blew his mo-tor at Mile 28. Through the section of the course from Bay of L.A. to Guerrero Negro, the speeds went up. Ragland, who'd pre-run that part four times, averaged 71 miles per hour, while Smith and Ashley, thinking of their head gasket, held it to 62. From there they paralleled the highway to just north of San Ignacio, then ran on the highway, through the Federale checkpoint, and into town. Ragland lost a half hour in that section, and when they'd gone down the beach again, past more silt beds, and arrived in Insurgentes-just after sunrise, Ash-ley and Smith had the lead. Jim Dizney, Bruce Conrad, Randy Ross, Jim Delaney, Matias Arjona and Fernando Madero teamed in their Chenowth to win the SCORE Lite class by over an hour. Darren Skilton and Barrie Thompson co-drove their hardy Kia Sportage to a Class 3 win that seemed to.have slipped away when they lost a transfer case early in the day. Stewart went through Ignacio first, an hour on the road ahead of Ashley and Smith. But in the next stretch he lost his motor, and came back on a tow strap. Evans, who'd rolled and broken a control arm before Guerrero Negro, got down to the silt bed area and hooked a berm and rolled again, re-breaking the repaired control arm. His crew ' went in and with some additional help got him fixed enough to drive out, but it was deemed prudent to race no further. Continued on page 10 Page s January 2001 Dusty· Times

Id like to thank EVERYOflE 1·who .. ~ p~ 2000 Duralast SCORE Desert Racing Series , ~+;ro@ successful Off Road Racing Season in the history of ,. this great Sport. We could never have done it without the help and dedication of so many peqple. So a BIG THANK YOU and HAPPY NEW YEAR to the Racers ... the_ Families .. .. Wives ... Children .... Lovers ... .Si;:>0nsors .... Sponsors B~dgets ... SCORE Personnel ... the over than 300 SCORE Volunteers .... and their Families ..... BFGoodrich .... Tecate Beer .... AutoZone ... Johnson Controls ... the . · wonderful people of Baja caurornla ... and Baja California Sur....the iticredlble staff at Squid Roe ..... Checkpoint Personnel... .,Course Marking Personnel. .. Barbara ,Fish ...... Start/Finish •... Laughlin Tourist Committee ... Elf Lubricantes of Mexico ... .Auto Week· and Racer Magazines ..... and the LA Times of coursel... ... .. .. .. "Oh Dear!" .. : ..... The HalrDresser .... ; .... 76 Racing Fuels ... Bifstein Shock Absorbers ... .Duralast Batteries .. .Dave Drawdy ... .Dean R9se._ .... Fo(latur •. ,.Terrib!e Herbst Oil Company ... ,lnstant Mexico Insurance Company ..... Pocohontas ........... Ted Johnson."Las Vegas Convel)tion ~nd Visitors Authority .... All the wonderful people in San Felipe /see you in Marcpl}.j;,r ..... and Enser1ada.,1 • . and Caba San Lucas ..... and everywhere inbetween ..... Primm Nevada folks .... La ictol'la, · ' ,u;Gi9balstar USA and Globalstar Mexico ... Barbara Fish ..... Signpros .... the Rodrigues family ' ''" arfat;~J.1sgec great qew ..... Weiser Printing .... ., .. Carr Graphics ... .Duralast....the ,,. ;::_ :-... _,. YW' ,y:· -.-, -~-LU~.~--• .BFGoqdrieh, •. Dave Walters, ... Frank DeAngelo .... James c:,,.:tpewinners ... the cha!lengers .•. the dreamers ..... the BFG a .... :.·· ~erge-Sterlin$J ........ Manuel Leyva ........ __ Ramon .:#;~ittftfOscar:. ... Mrs. Oscar. ... and of course Oscar's Pop ..... Tarzan's iiclsre~da from the Old Mill ... .DOWN There or is that UP :Tropt:)y quy./:those'wonderful people at El Rey Sol... ....... Tim Vargo .......... Bill Wick and ,;Jsh ... -0i.Wide Open Baja .... .Dave Sykes ..... Meg Valentine, nee Vaughn ....... Chris brts ..... Lee Olsen ....... Ric Miller and our new friends at MS lntergate ......... the great hotels n Lucas .... the Petersen Museum .... and Petersen Publishing ..... The Tecate Girls .. .. Malibu rbutks._ •.. Amy,Clark ... .lmage Media .... Operatlons Assistants Everywhere ... .Bill Wulfers .... Clio., ... '. . .Dr:Dale ..... AeroMedivac.. ... Bill Savage and the best Tech Personnel in the · .ael Gaughan .... the Malarrimo ..... the Contingency ,:':°'.. Contingency Sponsor...s .... Charlie and Linda Englebart .... .Rich Roberts ..... Steve . Cdrpbtate Helicopters of San Diego .... Juan Tintos .. -.. Barbara Fish ..... Marty ···:f1Y;ASh ..... T~too ...... Papas and Beer ..... Hussong's ...... Bob Bower ... . Tom f:t M~)dcaq .. Federal Highway PatroL ......... Baja Life ........ . Joe MacPhearson .... Jim a~ ein Tustin. ... Barbara Fish ..... Ricky and Stevie Cruz and their Families .. .. ...... Father :\)%: .. _,-;;;;, c='=: .. Jffl) Vat1ghn •... Veronica ... Ann Costello ...... Javier and Chatty .... Engine and Chassis VaqU(ormer. ... Sp~divisfon .... Shoemak~r Productions .. ... Neal Mccaleb .... Cotuco .... Mag J{a,. ers •.... SC::ORE Re~cue .... Debbie:Dickerhoof .. ... the SLM in Nevada .... John Boyer ...... " · " tes •.... Tomas from San Ouintin .... Hal Andreoli and the Instant Mexico :~~; re.'..;Rich :~igL.checkers .... George Cordova and Lori Grouws .... Trad<side Jhe Francii s6 Monroy Family. ... .... Compadre!! Compadrel! ... Los ksat thl S Nicolas and Villa.Marina i-lotels ....... Lazaro ....... Jim and · erson .. .... Jason ·a1 ra ,ca w .o. T H A N K y ·0

In the hard-fought Class 9 race, Memo Rodriguez, Jesus Luna and The Citroen of Grant Molay, a hairdresser from Great Britain, wasn't George Seeley and Bruce Anderson shared the driving evenly, suffered Pancho and Cisco Bio teamed in Rodriguez's Jimco to finish in second up to the challenge, but they gave it a good try. from sleep deprivation, but finished second in the Class 5 race. ~p_la_c_e·-~~~-----~------~~---So at Insurgentes it was Ashley and were the first Class 1 vehicle in another Jimco. Gus Vildosola Pontiac Porter. A mile off the start, Things were going Herbst's way, and Smith, and Ragland ran sec- off the line. At San Quintin the and teammates Charlie Watters Steve Sourapas had his Jimco in but at L.A. Bay his lead was only ond, but 45 minutes back. He'd team of Darnen Jefferies, Rick Ro-and Chris Harrold ran fourth, an- the mud and stuck in fourth gear. about a minute and a half, and it had to replace a transmission and mans and Casey Jefferies was sec-other 13 seconds back in still an- He lost 40 minutes. His co-drivers was Vildosola/Watters/Harrold in was now running hard to catch up. ond in their Jimco, with Lobsam other Jimco, and in fifth it was Rod were Doug Fortin, Jr., Dave Rich- second. Gary and Mark Weyhrich From this point on he was the fast- and Eli Yee just 10 seconds back Muller and Danny Porter in their ardson and John Marking. Continued on page 12 est thing on four wheels, record-ing the quickest times in every sec-tion. He later said "it was do or die." Miller and Arciero were third, about 40 minutes behind him, and then it was Tim and Ed Herbst. The team of Jim Baldwin, Josh Baldwin, Carl Renezeder and Rod Millen were still moving in their Ford, but had many major prob-lems. Also running were Glen Greer and Eric Pavolka in a Chevy, nearly 30 hours down after big trouble before Santa Ines. Mike Griffiths, Pete Estler and Greg Foutz wer_e also moving in their Ford, but destined to disappoint-ment, losing their motor in spite of heroic efforts on the part of the crew to keep the truck moving. As they cam·e to each check-point, Ragland got closer to· Ash-ley and Smith. At Las Pocitas he ran only 19 minutes back, :md hy the time they got to La Paz he was just 10 minutes ahead. Miller and Arciero were now only 39 minutes behind him, and the Herbsts ran fourth, budour hours later. Going through T odos Santos Ragland was two-and-a-half min-utes out on corrected time, but closer than that on the road, be-cause he'd started a minute in front of Smith. Another 20 miles down the road and they were rubbing shoulders, banging fenders and the Ford's water temp was back up to 235 degrees. Said Ashley later, "one of us was gonna crash". It was Ragland. About 40 miles from the finish he rolled the Chevy over. Ashley and Smith came on in for the win, finishing in a time of 32:15:39, and averaging just over 52 miles per hour for the 1676 mile event. Ragland's crew got him back on his wheels and going again in about 45 minutes, and.he came on to finish second. (A small boy in T odos Santos is reported to have the best souvenir of the race - the entire front fiberglass from Ragland's truck.) Miller and Ar-ciero, who shared the driving evenly, finished in third, only six minutes behind Ragland. The Herbsts were fourth, having re-placed a transmission near Bay of L.A. The Baldwin team, and Greer's team also made it all the way, though qu.ite late. The Class 1 troops did not have such a dramatic race. It was Troy Herbst's race all day. This time Herbst had a co-driver, NASCAR team owner Jimmy Smith, who of-ten does co-driver duty with Troy in very long races. 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The three-man team of Jerry Penhall, George Erl and L.J. Kennedy Things looked bad early. when they broke a stub axle on their Penhall, Rick D. Johnson, Rick L. Johnson and new owner, Rob Reinertson, put their Penhall into third place in the SCORE Lite class, and gave but in the end the team of Patrick Shea, Matt Drever, Jim Vick, Darrell battled nausea and a couple of mechanical woes to take second in Penhall his first finish in a "long 1000" in his own car. Strickroth and Dave Wert were 2nd SCORE Lite. _th_e_P_i_o_tr_uc_k_c_la_s_s_,_·n_th_e_ir~F._o_fi_d_. ---~~-~~~~~-and Charlie Townsley ran third in The sun rose on these guys about 35 minutes at lnsurgentes, Mike Julson, Bob Lofton and came into. La Paz, both the Julson their V4 Chevy powered Chen-somewhere between San Ignacio with the Weyhrich team in second Danny Anderson in another Jimco. car and the Vildosola car were in owth, 15 minutes later, with the and Purisima, and Herbst and place. Sourapas and his team were The Vildosola team was fifth 26 need of transmissions. (Rather Yee brothers in fourth and Corky Smith were moving at a steady covering ground at a good rate minutes back. wistfully, Doug Fortin, who built McMillin and Gary Arnold in fifth pace, though Smith was reported now, having no more trouble, and Radio communication was them, said "We've i;iever run one place in their Ford powered Chen-to have had some flats. A lot of moved into third, another 45 min- spotty, but one bit of news came this many miles before. We're go-owth. flats, in fact. They had a lead of utes back. And in fourth it was through loud and clear. As they ing to learn a lot.") Herbst and Smith led by 43 minutes at La Paz, and the Weyh-rich team held second. Sourapas et al were now in third, followed by Vildosola's team, then McMillin and Arnold. Corky's son, Mark, had lost his motor at San Juanico, so he relieved Corky at lnsurgentes, and Corky got into the car of his other son, Scott, and drove it to La Paz. Then Arnold got into the car with Scott, who hadn't pre-run that part, and showed him where to go. There was a lot of that type of switching going on as the cars got closer to the end of the race. If someone were ill, and a lot of drivers did seem to come down with unex-Michael and Kevin James, Mike Kalicki and Ross Craft had a hard fight in their B.J. Almberg, Adam Wik, Mark Bunderson and Bekki Freeman put their Jimco · plained nausea this race, then Class 5 car, then a late flat made them nervous, but they took the victory. through its paces, didn't even have a flat tire, and took the Class 1/2-1600 win. Continued on page 14 Flamingo & The Strip West Tropicana & Arville West Flamingo & Valley View 1-888-BARBARY 227-2279 www.barbarycoastcasino.com 1-800:-0RLEANS 675-3267 www.orleanscasino.com 1-888-GOCOAST 402-6278 www.goldcoastcasino.com Alta & Rampart 1-877-636-7111 Page 12 January 2001 Dusty Times

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Hiroshi Masuoka, Ryan Thomas, John Holmes and Matt Hotchins With one of the smallest teams, only two chase trucks, Al Hogan and teamed up to get this Mitsubishi Montero, a veteran of the Dakar Michael Ortiz drove their Ford to second place in the Stock Full class. Rally, all the way to Cabo san Lucas. The BF Goodrich pit teams had about 100 cars to fuel, and used these giant boards to keep track of who got which and how much at their 13 pits. This was at Bay of L.A. someone else would drive for a Watters and Harrold to run not ing the. switch, the Vildosola team spell, often in an area he'd never only the sections they'd placed on, elected to go on without using their seen. Vildosola, for example, was but also his. It does no good at all second gear. 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The W eyhrichs and Towns-ley finished second, reporting no problems beyond a couple of flats. In this it was Sourapas, Fortin, Richardson and Marking another hour and 20 minutes back, and the McMillin and Arnold were fourth. Vildosola's ream made it to the fin-ish, a good way to end the career of a fine c:ar. It's already sold and Gus is planning to build a Trophy Truck. Another 10 cars in this class finished, the last one being Chuck Hovey and Martin Christensen in an Aceco, who used up 51 hours and 45 minutes. They'd had an ad-venturous time of it starting out by being stuck in the mud because they were trying to go slowly and "save the car". They then got caught in "lots of traffic jams". They also had to pull the motor and replace the clutch after the pressure plate came apart'. They then replaced a bolt on a trailing arm, had to re-shim the rear hubs and had master cylinder problems as well as trouble with an alterna-tor pulley. In addition, they set the jetting so the motor would run rich, and therefore got only 4. 7 miles. per gallon, but they said that running rich "made the motor live." Chris-tensen said at the finish, "What a teamwork race!" All told, only seven of the Class 1 entries failed to make it. The Class 8 trucks were next to take off, ten of them, and missing the points leader, Billy Goerke in the Collins Chevrolet. When they reached San Quintin, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the lead belonged to Chris Wilson, Ramsey El Wardani and Steve Krieger in a Ford. They had just under four minutes on Francisco and Malibe Monroy, and Martin Espinoza, a team from La Paz, in a Dodge. Third place belonged to the six cylinder Jeep Cherokee (once a Class 6 driver) driven by Curt LeDuc and his son Kyle, and John Swift and Austin Robison. Alejandro and Luis Abaroa and Francisco Diaz, another La Paz team, were fourth in another Jeep Cherokee. · Down at L.A. Bay it was still the Wilson team in front, but by now LeDuc and his group had moved up to second, about 18 minutes back. Monroy was third over an hour later, followed by Diaz, an-other hour-plus back. Tommy Bra-dley, Sr., Ernesto Cervantes and Eduardo Gastelum had lost five hours right off the start by getting stuck in a mudhole. They said the' Riviera team pulled them out. (In fact, they said the Riviera ·team must have pulled out 100 people.) The Bradley team then lost their power steering box and lost more Dusty Times

ciive Skilton, John Kearney and Billy Bunch teamed up in Ski/ton's Jeep to fight a long, close battle with the Mitsubishi, ultimately edging Tough as nails, this Mitsubishi Montero from Japan (right hand drive) Francisco and Malibe Monroy and Martin Espinoza, who hail from La it out for the second place spot in Class 3. was driven by lkuo Hanawa to a close third place in Class 3. Paz, teamed in their Dodge to take second place in Class 8. time, but were still moving along. the next section and the Hunter half-hour back, and now the Myers fourth. Four teams were out by Hatch, Schlimme, Harvey and When this group reached group was in front for a while, but brothers, Steve, Andrew and Dan, now. Courtenay, and the tightest fight Insurgentes, at about 11 o'clock they broke a spindle and lost a lot in a brand new two seat Toyota At about 20 after two on Mon-of the race was brewing. The the next morning, already more of time. At L.A. Bay, it was still powered Jimco, who'd had a shifter day afternoon, the Myers team ar- Hutchins team ran third, about a than a day into the race, the LeDuc Hutchins and his group, with problem about three miles into the rived at lnsurgentes, in front. But hour and 12 minutes back, and the team was in front. By now they had Hunter and friends in second, a race, in third. Hatch's team was they had only three minutes on Continued on page 16 almost four hours on the Monroys who'd moved up to second. In third it was the Wilson team, followed by Bradley and his co-horts, who'd been moving up steadily since their bad start. When they got to La Paz it was night-time again, and the LeDuc group was still in the lead. They had three-and-a-half hours on the Monroy truck. Wilson and crew were third, two-and-a-half hours late. Nothing much-changed, and they finished in that order. LeDuc, Robison, Swift and LeDuc took the victory in 39 hours and eight min-utes. lt'was an especially sweet vic-tory, because they were in what could have been considered an U!i1-derpowered six cylinder vehicle and beat the eights. The Monroys were second, a popular finish, as the Mexican fans like nothing more than to see a Mexican team do well. They were mobbed at the finish line. In third it was Wilson and his crew, and then the Brad-• ley team finished fourth. ·only two of the truck teams failed to finish. The Ford of Eric Heiden, Greg Adler and Greg Cox had a long eventful crip co Cabo. They started out by breaking a trailing arm at Mile 152. It took eight hours just to get to the race truck with the welder, and they made it through Check 5 with only two minutes to spare. Then they got stuck in the silt for six hours, and somehow crushed the headers and cracked the firewall. They also hit a cow at 60 mph, and tell us "it exploded" (there were still remnants of it in the truck's broken lights at the fin-ish). This was a small team, with a , total qf 12 people, three of whom were drivers, and two chase trucks and a motorhome. They finished seventh, in 70 hours and 41 min-utes. Class l O was next to start. There were 11 starters, and six of them made it all the way. By San Quintin, where, along with all the ordinary hazards, the drivers some-times had to deal with an irate lo-cal cop who wanted to hand out tickets for speeding, the lead be-longed to Mark Hutchins, Kevin Soder, Jim Price and Bruce Fraley in a Jimco. They were about 18 minutes up on Don Hatch, Whit Courtenay, Steve Harvey and Ben Schlimme in another Jimco. Den-nis rj unter, Rob M yerly, Drew Keys, Jimmy Hook and Bart Van Voorhis ran third in their Honda V-Tech powered Dunrite, while Ron and Travis Brookshire and Vic Bruckmann were fourth in their Jimco. That's four cars, folks, and 16 drivers. The lead changed hands during Dusty Times January 2001 Page 15

Steve Sourapas, Doug Fortin, Jr., Dave Richardson and John Marking were stuck early in the day but got their Jimco to Cabo in third place in Class 1. Eric and Alberto Solorzano, Horacio and Ramon Pereyra, Martin Garibay and Victor Barajas had to work on their Class 11 car a lot, but still managed to finish the whole thing. Larry Ragland and Brian Stewart had transmission troul)le with their Chevy Trophy Truck, then rolled it over late in the race, but still finished second. Note lights built into the hood. · Wilkinson moved into the lead by Insurgentes, almost 20 minutes up· on Steinberger and his team, who'd made some suspension adjustments and had a couple of flats. Steve Barlow and Andrew Wehe, Ford, who'd been· near the front of the pack early on, had lost their trans and now lost their motor and were out. Harris' team ran third, with the Johnsons in fourth place, al-most six hours behind the lead truck by now. Victor OrellanaAlbert Castro, Juan Delgadillo, Pedro Mercado & Julio Patron broke a leaf spring early, but finished the trip with a first place in the 5-1600 class. By La Paz, Steinberger's truck was back in the lead, and so far ahead that he was taking it easy. It was the Johnsons and Reinertson, who is the new owner of the truck, in second. They'd lost a steering box at Mile 978, and the Locos Mocos pit (the group that will fix anyone's car) was there on the out-skirts of La Cuarenta, and repaired it for them quickly. They were fol-lowed by Steve Scaroni, Tommy Watson and Robert Hayley in a Chevy. They'd had brake gremlins and it had taken about half the way to get it sorted out. Scaroni had ap-parently started it by knocking a rotor off on the way out of Ense-nada when he hit a submerged ob-ject. He'd also lost a little time at Santa Ines when he couldn't find his pit crew, and needing gas, stopped where some people looked friendly for help. They helped and were mighty impressed by all his high-tech telephone and GPS equipment, though they didn't un-derstand with all that, how come he couldn't find his own pit? . Hunter group had dropped to fourth another hour down. They had sanded their motor (someone forgot to grease the air filter ends wheri installing it), and were los-ing time. Hutchins had lost a ther-mostat bolt, in fact two of them. One unscrewed and fell out and the other sheared. It cost him a bunch of time. None of these teams were hav-ing serious trouble. Hatch and his group broke a spark plug in the cylinder head while doing some work on the car, and it scared them for a few moments, but someone had planned ahead, and they had the right size E-Z out in their toolbox. They had the lead at Gonzaga, 1256 miles into the race, but by La Paz the Myers team was ba·ck in front, leading by eight min-utes. Hatch's team had about 4 7 minutes on third place Hutchins et al, and the Hunter team limped along with their sick motor in fourth. At one of their stops in a BFG pit they acquired some STP. Then they took out the spark plugs and poured the STP into the cyl-inders, cycled the motor, then poured gas in and got it running well enough to keep on going. Through Todos Santos the lead two cars were only three minutes and 15 seconds apart. That means they were practically wheel to wheel, since the Myers team had started about three-and-a-half minutes behind the Hatch group. The fight continued for the final few miles, and the victory went to the Myers brothers, by just 19 sec-onds! Hutchins and his team were third about 45 minutes later, and the Hunter team limped in, the clutch now going away, another 45 minutes later, in fourth. The Brookshires and Bruckmann had what they called an eventful race, and finished fifth, 13 hours late. They were the last team to make it. The Protruck/SS!f ruck class came next, with nine of them tak-ing the green flag. The lone SS (Super Stock) belonged to Cam Thieriot, Glenn Harris and P.J. Page 16 Jones who fell into the SS category because they chose to run a differ-ent brand of tires than those re-quired by Ivan Stewart's mandate for this spec class. (Stewart is the owner of the company that created the concept of an off road spec-truck and also builds them.) Scott Steinberger's Ford was first at San Quintin: but he'd had a caiiper problem and had only nine minutes on the team of Bob Shepard, Dan Ragland, and Malcolm Smith, in a Chevy. Gary Magness, Wally Hrdlicka and Rex Norwalk had their Ford in third and Steve Knudson, Todd Burnt and John Shippert were fourth in their ford. Harris, Thieriot and Jones ran fifth, about 35 minutes behind the lead truck. Incidentally, P.].'s dad, the original P.J., was chasing for this team. Steinberger and his co-drivers, Jay Reichert and Dane Cardone, held the pedal to the floor and at L.A. Bay were still in front, by about 18 minutes. Shepard's team was still second, and the Magness group held third, but Harris and his team had moved up to fourth, though an hour and 20 minutes behind third. Rick D. Johnson, Rick L. Johnson and Rob Reinert-son, who'd lost a distributor at Mile 80, had their Ford in fifth now. Shepard, Ragland and Steinberger rode with Reichecet for the final few miles into the fin-ish, and except for being stuck briefly, had no trouble. They took the win in a time of 40 hours and 33 minutes, averaging 41.4 miles per hour. The Johnsons and Rein-ertson were second, Reinertson and Rick L. both reporting nausea along the way, enough to make them wonder about carbon-mon-oxide poisoning, but nothing both-ered Rick D. They were six hours back. In third it was Scaroni, Wat-son and Hayley almost two hours later, and they were followed in by · Troy Herbst and Jimmy Smith ran hard all day, and led all the way, their Ford powered Truggy bringing them back to Cabo as the winner in Class 1 and the Overall Points Championship. January 2001 Ryan Herzog, Paul Perrizo and Grayson Smith, in a Ford. They said they'd been "stuck every-where" in the silt. Adding that it was all "driver error". Behind them the truck of Shepard, Ragland and Smith finished fifth. They'd been running a steady pace, but at Mile · 1254, between Constitucion and Gonzaga, Shepard had rolled the truck over. He and his co-driver were not seriously injured, but were air-evacced as a cautionary measure. The whole front end had to be rebuilt, and it cost them about eight hours. Smith got in to do the next section, until Todos Santos, and Ragland, who hadn't pre-run that· part, drove in from there. Smith, who was one of the origi-nal Baja 1000 entries, on a motor-cycle, in 1967, and has.ridden and driven the 1000 many, many times, very successfully, in a wide variety of vehicles, pronounced this "the most wonderful thing'' he'd done. He also said he had a wonderful time, and the course was beautiful. Behind them two more trucks came in. The Harris team was sixth and then Tony Licitra, Scott Tober and Mark Manley's Chevy was sev-enth, and the final one to get back, in 62 hours and 19 minutes. The SCORE Lite buggies were next, with 1 7 starters. When they . came to San Quintin it was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and David Callaway, Scott Mapes and John Holmes were leading in their Dunrite. Ty Godde and Jim Green-way had their Moulton in second place five minutes later and the Chenowth of Jim Dizney, Bruce Conrad, Randy Ross, Jim Delaney, Fernando Madero and Matias Arjona ran third. In fourth it was the team of Steve Greinke and Mike and Dale Doneel in a Porter Hawk, followed by Jose De Flores and Ramon Castro in their Chen-owth. At L.A. Bay the Greinke car had moved up to the front, with five minutes on Callaway's car. Dizney and his crowd ran third, and now Ron Dalke, Jason Cobb and John Lee were fourth in their T uf Off Road car. Patrick Shea, Matt Drever, Jim Vick, Darrell Strickroth and Dave Wert were fifth in their Penhall. They had lost over three hours early in the race, when they broke a stub axle and didn't have all the needed parts. And now Godde's crew was trying to fit a replacement transmission with the wrong bell housing, into his car. They lost 10 hours. By the time they got to Insurgentes the Dizney group held the lead. Bruce Conrad, who actu-ally owns the car, had been plan-ning for this race for two years, since he'd first heard of it, and he'd decided to be the turtle rather than · the hare. He'd installed a motor that was ,smaller than the class al-lowed, at 1650ccs, with 9.5 com-pression and a little carburetor. They did put disc brakes on the rear, but otherwise it was more of a Class 1600 car than a SL They were in the lead and first on the road by Guerrero Negro. This team also planned their logistics care-fully, schedulin·g, s_hort shifts and ·long ·bre; ks for resting. ·It seemed to be working. Shea and his group were second, 12 minutes behind them, followed by Jerry Penhall, L.J. Kennedy and George Erl in their Penhall, then Callaway's team and Greinke's car. Just below lnsurgentes Dizney's transmission gave out. There was enough left so they could get to the pit, where they installed their spare. That let Shea and his group move up to the front, but by Gonzaga, another 120 miles down ·the road, they were only five min-utes up on Dizney. At La Paz the Diz.ney crew was back in front. Shea's team ran second, with Penhall's car third, Callaway's fourth and Greinke's fifth, a spread of two hours and 45 minutes. The Dizney" team came on steadily and took the win, finish-ing in a time of 44: 2 7 :51. Shea and his team were just an hour later in second place, and Penhall, Ken-nedy and Erl, who got lost in the last section for a few minutes, fin-Curt LeDuc, his son Kyle, Austin Robison and John Swift made up a very talented team to pilot their six cylinder Jeep Cherokee to the win in Class B. Dusty Times

Walter and Marq Prince, Doug Browne and Tony Vanillo teamed up in Gorky McMillin, age 71, teamed with sons Mark and Scott and Gary the Candy Cane Raceco to throw 18,000 candy canes to the waiting Arnold to bring their Ford powered Chenowth to Cabo san Lucas in spectators. They were 2nd in the Sportsman Class. _fo_u_rt_h~p_la_ce_ in_C_l_as~s_ t._: ___ ~~---~-~--~ Don Hatch, Whit Courtenay, Ben Schlimme and Steve Harvey, in a Jimco, had a couple of odd problems, fought hard with the Myers, and took second place in Class 10. ished third, 12 minutes later. Pen- led by about an hour, and it was Dickerson, in a brand new Loth- doomed to DNF after La Purisima. hall was especially pleased, because still Seeley and Anderson in sec- ringer, ran fourth, and Kash Yes- From L.A. Bay it's pretty much he'd never finished a long "1000" ond. They were one of very few sels, Gary Williams and Jason Hatz, a good ride all the way to Purisima. in his own car before this. In fourth teams who'd elected to go with just who was driving the early part, They ran good times, the best be-it was Callaway's team, and two drivers. They later said their were fifth in their Chenowth. Only ing from San Ignacio to Purisima, Holmes, who was driving was lit- major problem had been "the need two minutes and 29 seconds sepa- where Vessels' team averaged 61 · erally on the rear bumper of the for sleep." Duh. James had been rated them after 266 miles. Signs miles per hour. Freeman was right Greinke car which finished right in having recurrent problems with his of what was to come. Only one car at 60, and Ehrenberg's averaged front of them, but was behind on light bar, which kept breaking, and had dropped out. 56.4. Maurer's car rolled over in corrected time. They were fifth had to be rewelded each time. As They arrived at L.A. Bay, some this stretch and bent a tie rod. only 58 seconds back once the of- he passed through Todos Santos 606 miles into the race, at about At lnsurgentes, which was 1135 ficials had sorted it out .... (BAJA about 4:00 a.m., he must have been 2:30 in the afternoon. Now the miles along the way, Vessels still CHALLENGE - coming later.) watching for that faint grey glow Vessels team had moved into the led, but was just 13 minutes up on Class 5 fielded a small group, of daylight off to the east. lead, with 38 minutes on Freeman Freeman's car. Ehrenberg's team but most of them made it all the After Todos Santos, James got and her group. Sammy Ehrenberg, ran third, Rodriguez and his team way down the peninsula. The early lost for a little while, and as his whose team included Ronny Wil-were fourth and Maurer had lead belonged to the Miggie Mo- crew had radioed that Seeley and son (who started) and Scott dropped to fifth. There were an-torsports team of Mike_ Jakobsen, Anderson were closing up, he was Webster, was third, in a Jimco. other eight cars in the class still Todd Sanderson and Dave Haro, anxious. Then he had a flat. His They'd been in the lead at Santa running, though the closest was and they had a small four minute passenger hopped out to fix it and Ines, but then got stuck in the silt four hours behind fifth place. edge after 266 miles. George See- once the new tire was on the car along the coast for an hour. By now Freeman had run up a ley and Bruce Anderson ran sec- James said "G'bye!" and headed Maurer's group dropped to fourth $200 bill on her sat phone, and she ond, with Juan Sandoval, Jay Man- south alone, not wanting to take and Lorenzo Rodriguez, Brian Jef- was ready to get in the car. When ning, Jake Batulis and Mickey the time to wait for the passenger frey, Mike Revolito and Doug she got it, it had too much front Quade (a Caho San Lucas team) to re-buckle himself into the seat. Smith ran fifth in their Lothring- brake, but everything else was in in third place, about 12 minutes We wonder if that gentleman will er. Early in the day they'd some- good shape. They were still on the later. Theirs was a new car, fin- ever ride with James again! how got a tow strap caught in their tires they'd started with. She felt i~hed only a day or two before the He had no more problems and crank pulley and lost some time. that because she was fresh and race. Michael James, Mike Kalicki, sailed into Caho in 45 hours and Now the spread from first to fifth whoever was in Vessels car would Kevin James and Ross Craft ran 42 minutes, about 7: 20 in the was an hour-and-a-half. Freeman's be tired, she'd have an edge. At 1 fourth, another 14 minutes later. morning. Herbst did the expected. team was having some brake Gonzaga, iv1iie I 256, Vesseis had The Luis Alvarez car was in Still, she was battling for the class trouble, .and Tapia and Ampudia 28 minutes. At Las Pocitas he had trouble, and never got to the Santa points, and had dropped off her had lost about four hours somehow. 22 minutes, and at La Paz it was Rosalillita area. truck ride (with the #81 Trophy Moore was technically still close seven minutes. At Todos Santos When they arrived at L.A. Bay Truck) in order to concentrate on enough to catch up, but wa_s _Freeman was ahead by three min-it was just dark, and Seeley and her points chase. utes and 45 minutes. Word came by radio that Vessels had taken one road, Freeman another, and hers was the better choice. Rodriguez and his crew ran third, Lorenzo driving, and falling asleep at the wheel. Maurer's team and . Ehrenberg's ran fourth and fifth behind them. Freeman's dad was talking to her on the radio, giving her updates on Vessels. She was tense, asked for radio silence. Then the car started to short out. So she turned off the radio altogether, and most of her lights. She was planning to go fast in case she "had to coast over the finish line." The car stalled once, but her co-driver jumped out and shorted the starter and got it running again, and they made it safely to the finish to take the win by 11 minutes and 51 sec-onds. Vessels and crew were sec-ond, and Rodriguez's team finished third, about eight hours later, fol-lowed in by Maurer's team and then Ehrenberg's group. Freeman was 13th in the over-all standings and Vessels was 14th, and they ·beat a"il the Class I b cars as well as the SCORE Lites. The 7S trucks followed along, and one of the saddest stories of the Continued on page 20 Anderson had taken over the lead, They stuck to each other like with the James car second, only 18 glue through the first 150 miles or minutes later. Sandoval and his so, partly because a traffic jam group were another 50 minutes caused by a couple of Class 10 cars back in third and Jakobsen, who'd bottled things up tightly. 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Marco Novelo, Benardo Ramos, Alejandro Chapluk and Marcos Gary and Mark Weyhrich and Charlie Townsley had a good race in Kash Vessels, Jason Hatz and Gary Williams, in a Chenowth, fought Hernandez, in a Ford, had some miscellaneous trouble, but nothing their V4 powered Chenowth, and went home with second place in a hard, close battle to take second place in Class 1/2-1600 and finish serious, and took second place in Class 7S. _C-:la_s_s_1_. --,--,-----cc--cc-----=---,------,-=----,----=----_14_t_h_in~th_e_o~~_e_ra_ll_s_ta_n_d_in,_,g'-s_. ~---~-~-------,-~ race belongs to Malcolm Vinje in back on its wheels, and the crew Mario, Roberto, Ruben and Raul, Cervantes team, the Gaspers and shape, and at Insurgentes had this class. He had everything ready at S. l. found no serious damage, teamed up in one car instead of the Gutierrez team. Herrejon also about two-and-a-half hours on the to go, needed merely to finish up a but the windshield was broken. He their usual two. finished, in sixth, and the team of Fisher car which had moved up to last few details on Saturday, and motored on and got to La Purisima, At Guerrero Negro it was still Sergio Hernandez, Carlos and Ger- second. Rodriguez was third, seven the team would be on its way. It where Joe got in, still leading. At the Gasper car in front, and they ardo Iribe and Javier Hernandez minutes later, followed by the had rained some in their area, and Insurgences then, he had 1 7 hours now had only a slim eight minutes was seventh after replacing two Sarabia car, three hours more back. Malcolm kind of scrubbed his fee on Novelo's team, and the luxury on Martinez and his crew. It seems transmissions and ripping up eight At La Paz Kisner was in front, to remove the wet, twisting his of not having to push too hard. The Steve Taylor had torn the left front c.v. boots. Hmmm, something out but he'd been on his lid and a torso as he did, and his newly re- Novelo team had broken their rear trailing arm completely off, then of whack there? Jorge Rubalcava, Protruck had stopped and put him placed hip dislocated. It took hours hubs, lost their brakes and been driven 35 miles on three wheels to Oscar Perez and Marco Cornejo back on his wheels. Rodriguez was to get him patched back together stuck, but still were in plenty good the El Arco pit where they built a finished eighth, and they were the now only 27 minutes back and and the doctor sternly warned that shape. The Siewart and Susag team new arm assembly for him. Victor last ones in. Only three cars failed Kisner had decided he was in for any pressure could cause it to slip ran about four hours behind them Orellana and Albert Castro, Juan to make it. the duration because he didn't out again. Considering the conse- now, and had changed a power Delgadillo, Pedro Mercado and The Class 9 cars went next. want to take the time to make a quences of a dislocated hip in some steering pump. And the Gonzalez Julio Patron ran third, another 39 Jesus Luna got off to a rocky start driver change. Fisher was two spot like Punta Prieta or Santa family had blown their motor be-minutes back, after breaking a when he lost his clutch early on. hours down, and Sarabia another Rosalillita, Malcolm's wife, Michie, low San Ignacio. front leaf spring near San Quintin. So early that he took the Jimco three. applied wifely pressure and wis-At Gonzaga, where it was about They were followed by Herrejon's back to Ensenada and they went At Todos Santos Kisner had dom, and the team stayed home. to get dark again, Custer's team car. Arturo Cervantes, who had to the parts store. That put them a only six minutes and Memo Rod-(But he was back racing at the early had to put on some new lights, but the biggest team of all, with Jasen couple of hours down to the lead riguez was closing in. He was less December BITD event.) then they had no more problems. Jones, Alberto Soto, Herman Soto, cars before they got to Check I. At tired. Kisner had been in the car Six trucks took the green flag, At La Paz they were still 17 hours Peter Dotinga, Jorge Martinez, and Santa Ines Eric Fisher, Antonio for about 24 hours now, and Rod-and by Mile 15 that was all she up on Novelo, who was now eight Arturo Guzman all driving, was Valenzuela and Isaak Chapluk had riguez was relatively fresh. But then wrote for the Eric and Jared Har- hours ahead of the Toyota again. now in fifth place, another 10 min- their Garibay in first place, but only he got lost. And lost his chance to din GMV. Javier Sacio, Luis With all their problems, the Toyota utes back. one minute in front of Ray McClan win. Kisner went on to the finish Vasquez and John Ray were also had only one flat for the entire At Insurgences the Orellana car in Joe Sheble's Jimco. Their third where he got a big kiss on the lips out early, but the rest went on. length of the trip. was in front, 17 minutes ahead of driver would be Andy Kisner. Luna from Sheble who declared him his And Joe Custer, Darren York and Custer and his team took the Martinez and his team. Cervantes and car-owner Bill Rodriguez, who hero. He'd been in the car for 26 Troy Cline (a Winston West stock victory with no more problems, fin-et al ran third, and the Gutierrez also had Cisco and Pancho Bio co- or 27 hours, a feat no one else did car driver) had their Ford in front ishing at 43: 22, with an average family was fourth while the Gaspers driving, were now up to third, but in this race (if you ignore the four all the way. By Santa ines the/d speed of38 miies per hour. Sounds had fallen to fifth, victim of a mas-almost three-and-a-half hours solo bikers), and one that hasn't accumulated a lead of five hours. pretty swift for a stock mini-truck. ter cylinder that had to be rebuilt. down. Hector Sarabia's team: Tino been done in years. Rodriguez It was Marco Novelo, Bernardo Ra- Novelo and his group made steady They'd done one long stretch with Santana, Luis Guevara, and came in a half hour later, depressed mos, Alejandro Chapluk and progress, urged on by brother Ger- no brakes. Edmundo Fernandez, in a Chen-that he got lost, to earn second Marcos Hernandez, in a Ford, in ardo on the phone, and finally got At Todos Santos the Orellana owth, ran fourth, while David place for his team. Fisher and his second place. They were having to the finish at about 10:00 p.m. team h held the lead, with no real Vieria, in a Raceco/Penhall was group were third, and Sarabia's some trouble, but "no major prob-on Tuesday. Their time was 60:23, problems, but they'd had to adjust fifth and another 10 hours back team fourth, about eight hours af-lems." Marco's brother, Gerardo, or two days, 12 hours and 23 min- the clutch and noticed the cable after a head-on collision with non- ter the winning time. His was the out of a ride since his Trophy utes. Migod that sounds like a long was starting to shred. A nagging race traffic way up near the sr::irt. fin~] offic.i~l C:l~ss 9 car to finish, Truck broke, was now chasing, and time! The Toyota team needed worry at the back of the mind. Vieria's team included Alan Moore though Vieria's car came across the using his cell phone to keep close even more time, finally crossing the They were about ·an hour-and-a- and Haim Yanai. They'd also bro- finish line before it closed, he'd ap-track of their progress. Doug Stew- line in 68:37, in third place. half up on the second place ken a rear torsion adjuster. Scott· parently missed a checkpoint dos-art and Cory Susag ran third in The 5-1600 cars went next, and Martinez team, who'd had no prob- Hewitt's car and Rafael Navarro's ing time further up north. their Toyota, ahving added Carlos in this group, like so many others, !ems other than a couple of flats. were both already out. There were ten Stock Full Lopes, Will Crowley and Mike the total number of cars went down In third it was the Cervantes group At L.A. Bay it was now Sheble trucks, and most of them made it Horner to their team of drivers. as teams paired up into one entry. who'd blown two coils and had an driving, and they were in front by all the way. At Santa Ines the lead They were already 16 hours behind For example, at Santa Ines, the early bad c.v. boot. They also had about 12 minutes. The Fisher car belonged to Jeremy Spirko££, who the lead truck having lost an alter- lead belonged to Dave and Bill a small front end problem, but were was second, and two hours later it had bill Holmes as a co-driver, in nator at Mile 3 and a timing belt Gasper and Steve Taylor, who had moving at a good clip. The Gaspers was the Rodriguez team. Pancho their Ford. They had about 45 min-at Mile 10. They made Check 1 45 minutes on Sammy Martines, ran fourth, about 35 minutes later, Bio had shortened his driving stint utes even though they'd already just as it closed. Then they had to Alex Melero, and Carlos Velez in with the Gutierrez cousins in fifth. because he'd become ill, but other had to stop to change an alterna-change their transmission just af- the old Charlie Watters' car. In They'd had a roll-over, and had than that they were doing alright. tor. Spirkoff said it wasn't very ter San Quintin, and the truck was third it was Enrique and Mario lost an hour replacing a c. v. boot, Sarabia's team ran fourth, almost dusty in this part of the course, be-also overheating. It was going to be Troncoso and Rodalfo Martinez, but there'd been only two flat tires. two hours further down, followed cause of the rain, so it was appar-a long trip for them. Eduardo, Jose six minutes later. And Jose Orellana and his buddies went by Vieria's team. ently fairly easy to catch up again. C., and Jose A. Gonzalez were also Herrejon and Mario Montes ran on to take the win, finishing in When they got to San Ignacio, In second it was David Sykes, who having trouble with their Ford, but fourth, followed in fifth place by all 46: 15. Everybody else followed Sheble got out and Kisner got in. had Javier Sacio and Buddy Crisp they were third at Santa Inez. the Gutierrez family; Daniel, them in: the Martinez car, the They were moving along in good co-driving in his Ford. In third it Custer's truck was still in the & lead at Guerrero Negro, Mile 742, · 0 and that's where York got out. Cline hopped in. Novelo was sec-ond, but still about nine hours back, and the Gonzalez team ran third, with Susag and Siewart's crew another six hours down but moving at a fair clip now. While York went through Guerrero Ne-gro at about four in the morning, Novelo was there at 1 :00 p.m., the Gonzalez team at about 3:00 p.m., and then the Toyota came through at about 10:00 p.m. It makes a completely different race for each team. Custer's team lost a little time, about 15 minutes, when Cline rolled the truck before San Ignacio. A bunch of locals helped get him Dave Ashley and Dan Smith had a leaky head gasket on their Ford, but slowed Jeff Lewis and Ted Hunnicuff drove their little Chevy truck to first place in Class 7, down just enough to keep it cool, and took the Trophy Truck win. in spite of having major trouble with a rear spindle. Page 20 January 2001 Dusty Times

Their day started badly when Mark Miller slid into a chasm, but then he and Ryan Arciero did a lot of catching up, and ultimately were the third Trophy Truck in. Lorenzo Rodriguez, Brian Jeffrey, Mike Revolito and Doug Smith got that tow strap that's dangling at the rear in this photo, caught in some moving parts. Still finished fifth 1/2-1600. Sammy Martines, Alex Melero and Carlos Velez had nothing more than a couple of flat tires in the entire 1676 miles, and crossed the finish line as the second 5-1600. was Al Hogan and Michael Ortiz in a Ford that used to belong to Sykes. In fourth it was Marc Stein, in a Ford Expedition. His crew in-cluded Mike McComas and Ray Currie. Roy Davidson, Roger Norman and Rod Hall were fifth in a Hummer; after replacing a bro-ken spindle. Hall later said that Hummer spindles "never" break. When they went through Guerrero Negro at about 5 o'clock in the morning, Spirkoff had two-and-a-half hours on Stein who'd moved up to second. The Hogan team was now third, and Sykes was fourth, with the Hummer about three hours down. When they got to Insurgentes they'd been at it for more than a full day. Spirkoffled through there, at about 1 :30 on Monday after-noon. Sykes and his crew were up to second .again, with Hogan in third and Stein fourth. The Hum-mer was steady in fifth place. Hogan's truck and the Stein Expe-dition were having a heckuva battle, and were only five minutes apart. When they got to La Paz, with Spirkoff and Holmes still leading, the Stein/Hogan battle raged hot. And then Stein crashed and tore off a control arm, and while he made repairs, Hogan tarried on. At T odos Santos Spirkoff had just under an hour on Hogan, who was now second; Stein t.lropp<::t.l Lu third with his repair job, six hours down and followed by Sykes. The Hummer lost its electrical system in this section and it took them a while to figure out that it was a bad relay. They lost another couple of hours but were still fifth. Spirkoff and Holmes, neither of whom had had time to pre-run managed to not get lost, and crossed the finish line first. By some five hours. Hogan and Ortiz, with o.nly a two-truck chase team (and one of them broken) to help their effort, came home second. In third it was Stein's team, followed in by the Sykes group and then the Hummer. Mark Floyd from Texas, also got a Hummer in the finish line, but we have no data about Class 3 got plenty exciting at him. John Griffin on the other times. Clive Skilton had john Kear-hand, who with Mike Ski, Mike ney and Billy Bunch to help drive Sabbarese and Mark Growe, fin- his Jeep Grand Cherokee, and at ished sixth, the last to make it, told San Quintin he had an hour on the us a bit about their trip. They broke second place team, which was Matt an A-arm at about Mile 130 and and Noah Pike and Jim Hummel lost three hours, then lost a trans- in their Blazer. Their plan was to mission cross brace - another two average 30 miles per hour and hours. And then they broke a fuel make it to the finish. they figured injection line, which cost seven at that rate they ought to be in hours. They lost a power steering good shape. In third it was the team pump too, and then after Todos of Bill Stuever, Jim Bowker and Santos they lost all their brakes. • Mark Beeker in a Bronco. And in They also towed a lot of people out fourth; Clive's son Darren in his of sticky situations, class winning Kia Sportage, not too happy about Macrae Glass for one. the way his day had started. He'd Another team that entered this already had to replace a transfer class was not so lucky. Gale Pike, case at Uruapan, less than 150 who will be remembered as a long time 4WD racer, had an old Dodge Ram with his sons, Matt and Noah as co-drivers and also Jim Hummel. But they had early trouble, which included a blown motor, so they parked it and concentrated on get-ting Matt and Noah's Class 3 en-try to the finish. Class Stock Mini was mini. Only Macrae Glass and Bob Land miles along the way. The Mitsubi-shi of lkuo Hanawa, the hard charger from Japan, was in here somewhere, but somewhere our unofficial timers missed him at San Quintin. At L.A. Bay Clive was still lead-ing, but by now Darren and his brother, Barrie Thompson, were second, and only 23 minutes back. Hanawa ran third, a little over an hour back, and the Pike team was 41 minutes behind him. They were doing pretty well with their 30 miles per hour average plan. Be-hind them came Donald Moss, in a Bronco, another four hours back. Stuever and his team hadn't got to Santa Rosalillita, nor had anyone else. Ed Griffin and Doug Gradick, Bronco, were out after San Quintin, and Chris Raffo, Andy and Molly Morter and David Den-nis, in a Blazer, had come to a bad end very early in the day. When they arrived in Insurgentes, Darren and his brother were in the lead, just un-der an hour in front of Clive and his team. Hanawa was third and the Pike's team in fourth, with Moss in fifth place about five hours later. At La Paz, Darren's Kia was still in front, now with almost three hours cle~r. But Clive and his teammates had their work cut · Continued on page 22 SUPER TRAP A TO ETER E C YOUR OFF-ROAD SPECIALISTS! PHONE:(714) 441-1212 FAX (714) 441-1622 2366 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 Rallye 4000 HID Lamps :E :0 G) I -i I 0 :E m -i ~ 0 z 35 watts - Black HEL-74801 Rallye 4000 Euro Beam ~ HEL-74802 Rallye 4000 :o brought their teams to try th.is ex-hausting event. At Santa Ines the Isuzu Vehicross of Land, Jim Winovitch and Manny Garcia was a little over an hour in front of Glass and his co-drivers, Wayne Lugo and Robert Sibbio, in their Ford. But by Santa Rosalillita Gia~~• L<::am was in front, by five hours. And thus it went. Glass stayed in front. He and Sibbio each got stuck one time. When it was Glass' turn he couldn't get out of the truck because the door was up (f) ~ (.) 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They didn't admit to doing this, but the Randy Tabler Sportsman Buggy . clearly took a header, and then came back to finish third. The drivers Perry, Kelly and John McNeil, in a Ford, struggled with brake problems were Tabler, Reed Ellenburg, Guy Ruse, Steve Grijalva, Bill Painter, all the way, but stayed on the road and ended up in second place in Jack Glazener, Dave Caswell and John, Charles, George, Jeb and In the Sportsman Truck Division, the team of Doug Granger, Linda Betts and Richard Czerlau brought their Hummer and went home the winner. Class 7. Carl Becker. Which one did the deed? out for them. They'd had steer-changes." And then, after a few There was another Mitsubishi ing trouble and been stuck a moments of quiet, "I feel like racing, a very interesting vehicle. couple of times, and Hanawa had throwing up right now!" He was It was a Mitsubishi Montero built had drive line problems. Now the nervous. for racing the Dakar Rally, and Mitsubishi was a minute and 36 Finally, the next car showed as drivers had Hiroshi Masuoka, seconds up on the Jeep. The up, and it was the Jeep to take John Holmes, Ryan Thomas and Pikes were still recording pretty second place. It seems the Mit-Matt Hotchins. Masuoka is the close to 30 miles per hour aver-subishi decided not to dump fuel gentleman who drove it in the age. Moss must have been hav-at the final stop, to save time and Dakar. Thomas told us the car ing some problems, and his aver-then ran out. He came in third had plenty of horsepower, but age speed was definitely lower about nine minutes later. Must lacked suspension travel. That than would be expected, but he have done some mighty hard made it interesting to drive. was still running. driving those last few miles. In SCORE had to create a "class" The Kia did the final section fourth it was the Pikes, whose for it because of some.thing that with a failing clutch, but made it average miles per hour for the didn't fit the Class 3 rules, so it in to take the win with a couple · entire trip was 30.256. Almost ran by itself, as a Class 3 Inter-ofhours to spare. Then began the exactly what they planned. What national. But if it had been part wait for the Jeep. At Todos San-they didn't count on, they said, of the class it would have run as tos Clive's team had been 51 sec- was such a large number of fin-high as third in that group. onds in front of it. Clive stood at ishers in such a long, hard race. Where it finally finished, it would the finish line, nervously peering Neither did anyone else. Moss have been fifth. Neither of the out into the distance .. "It's been finished also, with a time of Mitsubishis had any flat tires, by a great race" he said, "I've lost 67:44. 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He got Victor Barajas, Martin Garibay, Horacio and Roman Pereya and his brother, Albert Solorzano. All have many miles of driving Class 11 cars under their belts. The third team was that of Garth Ankeny, Phil Dean and Paul Powers who hail from up north-ern California way. The Solorzano team went into the lead right away. And by San Quintin already had two hours on the Kiely family. Ankeny and his group were another couple of hours back, but moving. By Rosalillita, which was past the first bad silt, Solorzano's team had four hours on Kiely, and Ankeny's group was gone. Then, before L.A. Bay, Kiely had ter-minal trouble. He apparently made repairs and could have gone on except for one small de-tail -the checkpoint at L.A. Bay had closed down. Kiely phoned race headquarters in Cabo to see if there was some kind of special dispensation possible for cars in his situation, but of course, there can't be. Solorzano and his team didn't have it easy. In fact, it was a ·re-ally tough couple of days for them. They broke a spindle be-fore Guerrero Negro, made re-pairs and wen t on, and then broke th e repaired/replaced spindle again. Then, when Gari-bay was driving, he qrok~ th'f spindle on the other side of the car, but of course, he had no spare parts by now, so he -drove 10 miles with Albert Solorzano standing on the rear bumper to keep the front corner off the ground. (Cla~s 11 teams do this as a matter of course in long races, it's not considered terribly smart to do it in a lap race.) They had no engine problems and no flat tires, and they replaced their air filters every 200 miles or so. Betw_een Camalu and San Quintin, where it was dark for . them, the course markings were missing (apparently taken as sou-venirs), and it was hard to find their way (other drivers men-tioned this also). Local ranGhers came out with flashlights and helped them find the course. Other than that they had no troubles, and got their finish, and victory, in 69 hours and 56 min-utes. In the Sportsman Buggy divi-sion, there were seven cars, and four of them made it to the fin-ish. When they got to Santa Ines, which was 407 miles along the way, the lead belonged to Randy Tabler's giant team. He had John, Charles, George, Jeb and Carl Becker, Reed Ellenburg, Guy Ruse, Steve Grijalva,, Bill Painter, Jack Glazener, and Dave Caswell as co-drivers. They were only 42 minutes in front of the second place team of Vince Wavra and Terry and Rick McClintick. And they were just under two hours in front of the third place car, which was the Candy Cane Race co of Walter Prince, who fielded the group of Marq Prince, Tony Vanilio and Doug Browne. They were carry-ing 18,000 candy canes to scat-· ter by the wayside. And in fourth it was Roberto Arauz and Pablo Tapia in their Chenowth. At Guerrero Negro the Wavra team had moved into the lead, and it was already Monday morn-ing. They had about an hour-and-a-half on the Candy Cane team, who'd moved up to second, and Arauz's team was now in third place, an hour-and-a-half later. Tabler's crowd had fallen way back. They forged ahead, and at Insurgentes it was the Arauz team in first place, but only 15 minutes ahead of the Candy Andy Kisner, Joe Sheble and Ray McClan put some extra protection around their lights for this race. It must have helped, •they drove their Jimco to the Class 9 win. Dusty Times

The team of Roy Prince, Bruce Galien, Robert Motheral, Doug Weber In the Baja Challenge class the team of Elliot Forbes Robinson, Andrew The Baja Challenge car of Kevin & Denny Doyle, also had Indy Driver and Dave Friesen, a bunch of firemen, gave Kumho tires their first off Hassard, Jay Culvertson & Chuck Springs took the victory after a Roberto Gueffero on the team, and they managed to get to the finish road attempt. long, hard journey which involved some broken control arm bolts. line in second place. - -.---:----''--.-----,-------,---,-----,---.,..-----,-,,~~ Cane bunch, who were dispens-Jackson's team was fourth, at In the Sportsman Truck divi-ping or something, and they records have been kept (1973) ing the treats all along the course 78:02, the 107th four wheeled sion there was a Hummer from don't have times for most of and probably the most ever. A lot and from the chase vehicles. vehicle out of 108 who finished. Canada, driven by Doug them. We do see that the Hum-of credit goes to the hard-work-They had been stuck in the silt Car #1499 was a bright red Granger, Linda Betts and Rich-mer moved right along, and ulti-ing chase and pit crews who of-once, and while figuring out how Citroen that fit in no imaginable ard Czerlau. These folks ran the mately that team took the vie-ten had to push a little bit to get to get out, Vanillo skewered his category which exists in SCORE 1000 last year, and must have tory, but they were only 32 min-the drivers back into those ter-legs on the c;actus. In third now racing, or ever did exist. Well, enjoyed themselves. There was utes ahead of Le, who finished · rible cars. The crews wanted the it was Tabler's bunch, another 10 maybe it would have been a Class also a Toyota Landcruiser en-second in his Landcruiser. And finishes as badly as the drivers hours or so back, and Wavra's 6 some years back. It was a two tered by Nicholas Le, and Xavier jus.t a couple of hours behind did. group had come to grief before La cylinder, 60 horsepower beauty. Reyes was there with his Suzuki him, came Reyes in the Samurai, Also incredibly, there were no Purisima. The team that entered it had Samurai. A gentleman named finish,ing third, to earn the Sea-protests, and thus, no CRB meeting. At La Paz the Candy Cane been watching too much televi-Paul Kay had an entry also, but son Points Championship for So Sal Fish's dream came to folks had a tire roll off the rim sion back home in Great Britain. we have no information about it. Sportsman Trucks. Kay did not frl.clition, and it was good. Damned while going down the stair-step Grant Molay and his friends had Which is too bad, since he was get to the finish. We apologize for good. There's no doubt that it was rocks outside of town, but that seen T.V. shows about the Baja leading early on in the day. Le ran not having better information a race to remember, a real star. was about their worst problem. races, and had seen a lot of Clint second, as•far as we can tell. Un-about these folks. Fish and all those who helped him When they came to Todos San-Eastwood movies. They decided fortunately, these folks must Incredibly a huge 70.5% of the bring it into being should be proud tos, the lead was firmly in the the Baja peninsula was flat, hot have been so late that the unof-entries actually made it to La Paz. of themselves. What a struggle it hands of Arauz and Tapia, who and covered_ with tumbling tum-ficial scoring folks had gone nap-That's the most since those was! ■ now had a four hour plus cush- bleweeds. They brought nothing ion. The T abler Bunch was run-but shorts and t-shirts. They did ning third, and George Jackson, not expect mud and rocks and Jake Maness and Jack Sharp, in cold nights. After breaking their a Jimco, who'd been just moving, gear box at Mile 10 they decided along steadily, were now fourth. it was a waste of time to try to Arauz and T apia took the win, climb the hills, so they went back finishing in 56:53. The win to Ensenada, jettisoned a lot of cinc h ed their 2000-season spare parts, and from then on just Sportsman points series victory. picked out parts of the course The Candy Cane team finished they thought might be easy. T hey second, in just over 63 h ours and wer.en't often righ t. But after a T abler's group was third. They long time they did make their had lost two alternators, one in way to Caho, even to-crossing the a place they couldn't ge t to eas-finish line (with only four tickets ily, and had had three flats at in th eir stub can), and an-once while trying to get around nounced that they'd had a mar-th e silt in the cactus patch . velous time. Roberto Arauz and Pablo Tapia did a great job inJheir Sportsman Buggy class Baja Bug, to take the victory and also win the season points championship. Dr. Macrae Glass, Wayne Lugo and Robert Sibbio broke only one bolt during the · whole trip, and took the Stock Mini class victory in their Ford .. Dusty Times Bi/stein ·· Sway A Way Eillat:h · HM · IIA 1 · CNC Bparco • PRP • Fuel Bate Ron Davis Radiators Betrall Oil Coolers Optima Batteries Mechanix Wear January 2001 Page 23

14TH TOUR DE CORSE Peugeot Triumphs At Corsica By Martin Holmes Photos: Maurice Selden Gilles and Herve Panizzi corner at speed in a Corsican town on their way to first overall and the first win for Gilles in the Peugeot. · Peugeot re-launched their only seven points separated the attack on the 2000 World four top drivers, namely Gron-Championship, gaining maxi-holm, McRae, Burns and Sainz. mum points with a one-two vie-For this event all the teams tory at Corsica. It was ~he first except Ford produced newly asphalt rally win for the official built cars and three teams Peugeot 206 WRC team and-.. (Ford, Subaru and Peugeot) the first victory for Gilles had three car entries. Both Fanizzi. It was a rally full of Ford and Subaru had new driv-danger, many cars crashing oft .ers: Piero Liatti in a · ford·, the road, the most dramatic Petter Solberg in a Subaru and when Colin McRae catapulted Simon Jean-Joseph in an offi-off th'e road,. landing upside cial Subaru for the first time. down on the roof of his Ford A familiar face, back after a Focus and he. was_ trapped in-very long absence was Kenneth side for over half an hour. He Eriksson, his first time back as suffered facial and chest inju-a competitor since 1988, that's ries and it is not yet determined when he drove the then all-new if he will be fit for Sanremo. Toyota four wheel .drive rally The championships themselves car. Misstng from this event are very exciting. With three were the Skoda Octavia's, who rounds still to go, six drivers were practicing for the all as-can still win the Driver's title, phalt Sanremo rally, coming up the top four being separated by in October. only five points. Three manu-In Teams Cup, mathematics facturers can still win the have started to play their role. makes title and they are all Rules state that teams can only within 14 points, less than the score points in seven events, maximum score which can be which must be nominated in gained from one event. advance. On this event only For the second time in a two contenders appeared al-month a World Championship though every team but two Rally was held in the Mediter-could still win the title by the ranean region. The competi-end of the season. tion this time, on the roads of The Corsica rally was held Corsica, the third of four this year at a time when it has _ rounds run exclusively on as-never been run before, four phalt roads. Ford continued to months later than in recent lead the Manufacturers after years. It remained to be seen their 1-2 victory at Cyprus, but whether the traditionally changeable weather would be a factor on this occasion. The rally was a little more compact than before, with the first and third legs (using the same stages) being held in the area around Ajaccio and the second leg in the autumnal wooded re-gions around Crete, with stages onfy used once. This rally is widely regarded as having the classic characteristic of an· as-phalt event with the added in-gredient of the changeability of the weather and so the curios-it_y of the climate remained. Gradually systematic resurfac-ing has widened the roads, making them faster and smoother and more like roads on other all-asphalt events. 125 Entries were accepted for 120 starting positions and the w·eeks before the event had been busy. Both Mitsubishi and SEAT had spent considerable time testing with their latest version cars, both being run on asphalt here for the first time. On the evening before the start there was heavy debating to clean up servicing rules which the FIA felt were vague. FIA wanted to eliminate "hov-ering" by team reps on liaison sections, evidenced, for ex-ample when crews had to repair cars by themselves and needed advice from mechanics stand-ing nearby. Also that evening, The Rousselot!Panseri Renault Maxi Megane was 13th overall in Corsica and took first place honors in Formula 2. the starting list was published and made the teams wonder about its full implication. There were no starting times! 45 minutes later the start times were published and true to the intentions of the FIA, the non-registered driver Gronholm was given first starting place but the leader of Group N, Manfred Stohl was placed behind all the other Group N challengers and with only a one minute start-ing gap, not two minutes, like his rivals. It seemed unfair that Gron-holm, in view of his lack of ex-perience on this event should be thrust into the limelight. Then at the press conference he even joked about the• chances of meeting a few cows or pigs he had never met before on the rally route. However, he was speaking lightly, consider-ing the tragic history of this rally. Leg 1 -Six stages, asphalt, 126 kms. Apart from a burst of speed by Richard Burns on the first stage, Peugeot led all day. It .all started with Gronholm being first car on the road and he drove well enough to be ly-ing eighth at day's end and he freely declared that the first few stages taught him a lot. The big shock was the sud-den, and immediate exit of Freddy Loix. He missed a left hander only 200 meters from the start line and went down a very steep descent and ended up in a dry river bed some 60 feet below the level of the road. Freddy said, "It was my fault, I was driving too hard on cold tires!" Each leg is broken up into groups of two stages between service parks, six stages each day and until the final stage of the day the lead was never more. than three seconds. Burns' opening effort didn't last too long as he fought a soft-ening b.rake pedal. He was passed by the two P-eugeots of Delecour and Fanizzi and then the Fords of Sainz and McRae. Delecour said he had never known the roads of Corsica to be so clear of stones and sand on the surface. Both Delecour c1-nd Tommi Makinen reported meeting pigs on the road on Stage 5. Makinen had a lucky day, three times he hit rocks and bent rimsi always the left front wheel which forced him to slow down but he was in sixth place. SEAT was having troubles. Au-rio I arrived at service after Stage 2 with oil spattered on the side of the car, coming from the breather and Gardemeister had a bad vibration. On Stage 4 Auriol had a long engine vi-bration and then on the final two stages he had yet another serious vibration and could not determine where it was coming from. Gardemeister eased his pace and on the last two stages he had to disconnect his joy-stick system and use the manual gear selector and that slowed him down a bit. Loix was not the only casu-alty. Also out was Kenneth Eriksson in his Hyundai. He had worn his front tires down to the nub on the second stage when his car rammed a wall and broke a few front suspension components. He struggled on to the end of the stage but on the road section to s_ervice the clutch overheated from trying to drag the car along with the saggy front end and a flat tire. His crew jammed gravel into the clutch to keep him moving but as he three wheeled along towards the service park the local police ordered him to cease and desist. His teammate, Alister McRae was having han-dling problems and he lost fifth gear. Subaru lost Solberg on the first stage when he had gear selection troubles and was too late to start on Stage 2. Among the gentlemen driv-e rs Dallavilla (Subaru) had Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya negotiate the narrow roads on their way Hamed Al Wahaibi and Tony Sircombe drove their Subaru lmpreza to The Bugalski/Chiaroni Citroen Saxo was seen only from the rear by to third overall in their Ford Focus. an impressive first place in Teams Cup and were 14th overall as well. the rest of the 1600cc contingent and they were 16th overall to boot. Page 24 January 2001 Dusty Times

Didier Auriol and Denis Giraudet slide around a corner in Corsica on The Stohl/Muller Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was the Group N winner, Ninth overall was the Toyota Corolla of Sebastian Loeb and Daniel Elena, shown here at first light in Corsica. their way to an 8th place finish in their SEAT Cordoba. besting their competition by-38 seconds. power steering failure caused settled him. Burns wasn't sure In Group N Stohl pulled fur-by an under the hood fire which how hard he should push in ther ahead. Trelles got ahead of caused a lot of damage. Te•ams these conditions. Sainz admit-Mariani when the Corsican had Cup driver Al Wahaibi (Suba-ted to a long high speed slide time penalties changing his ru) had two flats but the that ended with his. Focus front differential. Galli went off mousse worked and he led glancing off a wall. Peugeots the road on Stage 9 and retired Yazici (Toyota) at the end of were lying first and second with and in the 1600 category Puras the day. Wahaibi said the WR Gronholm seventh on the road. got in front of Pedersoli. car was much easier to drive on The second stage was aban-In F2, Rousselot had trac-asphalt than a Gro1,1p N car. cloned due to too many specta-tion trouble and was slowed by . In Group N Ferreyros had a tors close to the track. Auriol an unsecured spare wheel in bad start with a broken drive-was happy. "When it is slippery the car. In Teams Cup, Yazici shaft. Stohl almost caught like this you don't need a per-admitted he had started too Mendez but did not otherwise feet engine." slowly and was now attacking suffer the potential problems The roads really were not as and the gap between the two his starting position could have wet as the rain at -the restart series contenders was only five caused. On the first stage Galli suggested and by Stages 9 and seconds. On Stage 11, Puras' broke a brake hose, which he 10 there were dry roads and engine cut out, cause un-closed with a pair of vise-grips. only a few wet places. Now known. Also out was Reece Jones (Mit-came more drama! News came Leg 3 -Six stages, asphalt, subishi) after launching out of that Colin was missing and· it 126 kms. The rally had started a dip in the road into a rock was found that his car had cata-on Day 1 with a works Mitsu-face and demolishing the sus-pulted off the road, hit a tree bishi crashing 200 meters in pension. and landed upside down in a from the start of the first stage. Rousselot was quickest on dry river bed. Fortunately, it Today, the other works Mitsu-most stages in the F2 category was much nearer the level of bishi crashed just one click fur-after he sorted out the proper the road than Loix's wreck, but ther up the stage. Makinen slid settings for his Renault's trac-it was upside down. Co-driver wide, touched the edge of the tion control. In the 1600 cat-Nicky Grist escaped unhurt but road and the car tumbled down egory, Bugalski, whose inap-McRae was trapped inside the the hillside. The most impor-propriate starting number was car. Eventually cutting geat ar-tant event of the morning was changed at the last moment by rived, the roll cage was cut and the one minute delay on the the organizers had little prob-a very dazed McRae was safe. second stage when Sainz, lying lems. Puras decided to lower Only six drivers completed the third, had a power steering the suspension setting on his stage and it was a long while problem. This misfortune gave Citroen Saxo Kit car but he before the rest of the competi-the Peugeot team drivers the found this made the car ner-· tors could pass by on a neutral-cushion they needed and the vous and it kept jumping off ized section. In the service park team director called his drivers the road. The Flat Punto was all the Ford personnel awaited into private conversation. The going well, especially consid-news of Colin's condition and outcome was that Panizzi was ering this was Pedersoli's first there was immense relief when the preferred driver to win, De-Tour de Corse. Manguad re-they heard he had been freed lecour was to come in second. tired his Ford Puma with main from his cage and was standing When the Peugeots eased bearing problems. He had unaided on the road. Later he their pace a bit, the remaining been the fastest 1600cc car on was found to have cracked fight as between Sainz and the first four stages and was cheekbone and a bruised lung. Burnz for third place. Burns leading the class by 46 seconds Makinen had also been in was frustrated, his car seemed when he retired, ahead of the the wars. On Stage 9 his luck to be sliding more than usual Group N cars. ran out. Once again he hit a and he was constantly losing Leg 2 -Five stages, asphalt, rock, bent the steering and time in the second half of the 114 kms. The rally now entered damaged the brakes. He was stages. Auriol was happy and another phase altogether. As if . able to fix the brakes before he SEAT had finally corrected the to emphasize the mischief of attempted Stage 10. After a engine cut-out system on Corsica an awful storm attack long delay the final two stages Gardemeister's car than his en-at the end of the first leg. Aw-were run, Panizzi stalling qn the gine started to lose power and nings were ripped away, tables start line of the final stage, was blowing oil. The last few were smashed and considerable dropping behind Delecour by .2 stages were agony as Fanizzi debris was strewn on the roads seconds. Sainz was still in drove as calmly as he could to that were to be used for stages. range, less than half a minute his first WRC victory and it was Peugeot had carried on some behind. Jean-Joseph fell from agony for Dclecour because his testing in the west but Ford had fifth to seventh due to an un-team gave the winning order to not. der the hood fire on Stage 11. his teammate. And, for good The first stage of the day He went slowly through Stage measure an enormous thunder-was held on roads covered with 12 with smoke in the interior. storm dropped much rain on leaves. This was territory where Auriol was going as hard as he the final stage and all the cars driver confidence mattered a could but the car continued to struggled on their dry weather lot. Makinen admitted having bounce around and the engine tires. a few bad moments and this un-was still down on power. In Group N, Stohl held off 1 (10) Oillel P ANJZZJIHcrv,I Paniz:rj 2 (9) F~ DFllCOUR/Danid Gnlaloup 3 (6) Cab SAINZ/Luil Maya 4 (3) Ricbard BURNS/R.obcrt Reid 5 (16) ...._ Grcwlob'T'amo~ 6 (17) Pllnouaai/CadOCMIIDa 7 (4) Simon JEAN.JOSEPH/Jacquao Baycrc I (7) Didior AURIOl/Dcnil Oiraudct 9 (33) S---Loebll)anicl !Jana 10 (39) Fabri,;,c ~ Marty Dusty Times F F E GB FIN I F F F F hlpot.206 WRC Peupat 206 WRC PorclllaciaaF-WRC Subaru lmproa WR.C hipot206WRC Ford llaciaa P-WllC Saarulmpuaw:tte SEAT CGrdoba WR.C Tayoac:c.lll&WllC Peupat206WRC aA 206NHV75 (F) A 206NHW75 (F) A. VIFMC(OB) A. W25SR.T (OB) A 206NDM75 (F) A V2PMC(OB) A W24SR.T (OB) A B2702XO (l.) A K·AM608 (D) A 206MTC75 (F) 4h.02m.14.:Z.. • 4h.02m.47.7L 4h.Olm.26.IL 4h.03m.45.IL 4h.04m.ll.3L 4h.05m.OI.OL 4h.°'111. 23. 7L 4h.0•44.9L 4h.119m.07.4L 4h.09m.34.61. WCpoiall WR WD TC GN 10 10 • 6 6 4 4 3 3 2 I 2 1 January 2001 a late charge by Trelles and still second in class. In Teams Ferreyros got up to fifth while Cup, Yazici went off the road, the two Argentine drivers, leaving Al Wahaibi to cruise Menzi and Pozzo breathed a in for the win. sigh of relief when they fin-With three rallies left 'ti! ished an event very foreign to season's end, the pressure is on. their previous experience. In Mitsubishi needs to prepare 1600 category, Pedersoli lost two cars for Sanremo to be held his front brakes and crashed, in three weeks and Ford is won-leaving Citroen's drivers a dering how long it will be be-quarter hour ahead of a pri-fore Colin is fully fit behind the vate Opel. Puras had gearbox wheel. But the day belonged to failure on the penultimate Peugeot, four cars in the top stage but staggered to the fin-ten and a one-two win on home ish, lost a lot of time but was ground. ■ This Is the 1,ystem run by most TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME off road race winners 1984-91 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. 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SNORE RESERVE 250 john And Pat Are on At Reserve By John Calvin Photos: Carrera Photography Ken and Clay Flippin had a trouble free day, ran hard and took the Class 1 0 win by a mere· 1 s seconds on a five hour run. John Gaughan and Pat Dean teamed up in the husky Class I car and took the overall by 12 minutes with great driving and an almost trouble free run. SNORE's final race of the year was the Reserve 250 and quite a race it turned out to be. The weather forecast was for a quite cold Friday night for Con-tingency and Saturday was sup-posed to be very windy with a good chance of showers throughout the day. Well, luck-ily for all of us the weatherman never looked out the window for the Friday night was cool, far from cold and Saturday was a beautiful spring day, a few nigh Cumulus in the sky, tempera-ture in the high 70's and a slight breeze· to help keep the course free of dust. It was a perfect way and a perfect day to end the 2000 season. First off the line was the beautiful truck of Lonny Helm-bolt, he whipped off a quick 49 minute lap but then·had some transmission problems but de-cided against replacing the trans and called it a day after the first lap. Second to, go wa.s John Gaughan and he was sharing the drive with Pat Dean. John drove the first two laps in good time, handed over to Pat and that's all she wrote! They had a flat and suffered a small loss of powerwith a broken header but they were not to be denied ·and they took Class 1 with ease and the overall by 12 minutes. Second group to leave the start was Class l O and Clay Flip-pin was off and running. Clay was fourth after the first lap, moved into second on Lap 2, and stayed there for the third lap. Clay handed over to Ken for the last three laps· and Ken Mike Powada and Greg Price had one flat tire to contend with as they split the also stayed in the second spot. _d_ri_vi~ng~ch_o_fi_es_an_d_to_o_k_th_e_5_-_1_60_0_~_in_. _____________ _ saster struck, the left rear wheel almost coming off the hub. Dan didn't stop, he raced for the fin-ish an·d arrived a scant 18 sec-onds too late. Second place was theirs this time. There were 14 Class 1600s ready to do battle and there was so.mt real close racing in many cases. Bu , the-re-was lots of bad luck in the class. ScottBruwn had a long first lap, broke a cv just before the finish line on Lap 2 and he called it a day. Rich-ard Boyer ran tenth on the first and second laps, dropped to 13th on the third lap but was seen no more. Albert Rux Continued on page 28 But, on the last lap, there was lost a lot of time· on the second trouble for the class leader and lap and then he too retired from the Flippins moved into the lead the race. Bob Mathews was the and they took the checkered tail and Charlie in Class 10, but • flag, a veV/-close finish for them. at the end of the first lap he had· Eddie Saxton"was secorHLo the almost a three minute lead on line in Class l O and he was -Ga ugh.an. By the end of Lap 2, plagued with problems for three Mathews was 1n the.Je~ and laps and then he decided to had almost six minutes on the--hang it up. Michael Gaughan, Flippins. On Lap 3 he contin-Jr. was next off and he was in ued to move away, now over the second spot after the first seven minutes in the lead and lap. Mike remained in second he had had two flat tires to deal place on Lap 2, dropped to third with as well. There was no on the third lap and then dis-change during Lap 4 and then appeared from the charts, com-Dan Bentley took over for the pleting only halfof the race. B.J. last two laps. It looked like the Baldwin was fourth to start, ran race was well in hand at the end in fourth place on the first lap, of the fifth lap but on Lap 6 di-~------~-------------~~~ Frank Puglia soloed the five laps at the Reserve, had a few problems Ken Thatcher grabs a bit of air on his way to a nice thifid place in Joe Forte was a solo driver in his fourth race and it was his first finish on the third lap and finished fourth in 5-1600. Class 9, running well most of the day. • and a good one, second place in the large Class 9 group. Dan Bentley and Bob Mathews· led Class 1 0 fof the first five laps but Doug Ingram led the second and third laps but disaster struck on lap Tom Taliaferro led the first three laps at the Reserve but a penalty problems on the last lap dropped them to second, 18 seconds in 4 and he finished in the fifth spot in Class 9. cost him 15 minutes and he ended up in fourth place in Class 9. _am_e_a_r._s. ____________________ _ Page 26 January 2001 Dusty Times

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Chaz Sutton had to find some oil for an ailing engine on the last lap Jeff Carr was running in the top three early on but ignition switch Bryan Freeman laid the car over on the first lap, had some problems but he soldiered on and took the Sportsman Buggy win. problems cost him dearly and he finished fourth in the large class. on laps 4 and 5 and ended the day in the fifth finishing spot. wasn't naving a good day, he took its toll and they finished in Kenny Freeman drove five of fought the good fight for five of the 10th place. Alex Koons the six required laps, John the required good life and re-made a solo run at the Reserve, Pellissier filled in for the last lap tired from the fray without a fin-had to fight three flat tires dur-and they did pretty well. Kenny ish. Mike Lewing was having the ing the race, lost a fan belt and ran in the top ten all of the race same troublesome day as Rux · had throttle cable problems but and even John put the car on its was, and he too retired after five still managed a ninth place fin- side on the last lap they still fin-laps. Paul Sullivan and Mike ish. Clay Carr was second car to ished in seventh place. Boyd shared the driving chores, start in 1600 lost a bolt in the Bryan Anderson was the sev-had a pretty good day, running steering column which set him enth car to start in class, drove in the top five for a while but a back a bit and we showed him solo and had a pretty good day, broken shock, a few flats and finishing in eighth place al-running well up in the pack all stopping to help roll a Sports-though the results don't five day long, only had one flat to man Buggy back onto its wheels him credit for the sixth lap. deal with and finished sixth. 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Dean was first to start in 1600 and he ran some very quick laps in spite of a lack of brakes and a sticky throttle but he ran hard and took the sec-ond spot in class, three and a half minutes out of the win. Robby Guevara was the 11th starter in class but he was in the lead by the end of the first lap. He had no rear brakes most of the race but that didn't slow him down and he remained in the lead to take the checkered flag fot the first time in a long time. He did try to bump start Jeff Carr out on the course but that attempt failed and he drove on for the win, besting 13 other good drivers. Kevin Steele and Roger Schank started off pretty good, in the top five, worked their way through the ranks and took the coveted Class 9 win. ick were the fastest guys out pass. Andy Kisner, November's there but a technicality got cover boy turned two very fast them dq'd. Joel Davis started laps but was never seen again. but never got a lap in. 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JC Dean is starting to have fun again, he had almost no brakes and a stick throttle but he came on in for the silver medal in 1600. Day Gang is almost straight and level as she heads to a great third place finish in 1600 after a trouble free day. Corey and Milo Torres led the first two laps but a rollover and ignition problems on the third lap dropped them to a long second place. entries and they had four laps of oil on the last lap and had to to complete for a finish. Bob forage for some but still came Triggs took the green flag but home the winner in Sportsman never completed his first lap. Buggy. Chaz Sutton had to find some oil for an ailing engine on the last lap but he soldiered on and took the Sportsman Buggy win. · of his pace on Lap 5, taking fifth was very pleased with a great place for the race. Tom Talia-second plate, this being his ferro led the class on Lap 1, sec-fourth race and his first finish. ond on Laps 2 and 3, held posi-Way to go Joe! Winning the tion for the final two laps, then very competitive class was picked up a 15 minute penalty Kevin Steele and Roger Schank, for a rules infraction and ended they had no troubles along the the day in fourth place. Ken way, turned fast laps and took Thatcher wasn't the fastest the checkered flag in a little Class 9 out on the course but over five hours of driving times. consistent lap times gave him Congrats! the third place position with no 5-1600 was next to race and major problems along the way. although there were only five Joe Forte was a solo driver, call cars in the class they had a good him Mister Consistency. He had race. John Schneider never no problems along the way and came around for the first lap The Hibner/Petit/Pinkston trio had a great day, everybody getting a turn at the wheel and winning the Sportsman Truck class. Dennis McCarthy's Chevy took the heavy metal win with ease, showing some battle scars as he heads for the finish line. Dusty Times while Frank Puglia didn't have the best of days and although he finished the required five laps he ended up in the fourth spot. Troy Tippetts came down from Ogden, Utah to compete, turned fairly good lap times and took the bronze medal in class. Chuck Martin has had a re-markable season, winning al-most everything in sight but this tim~ a broken torsion housing put an end to his winning ways. He had a flat as well but sol-diered on and took the silver medal at the Reserve 250. Mike Powada and Greg Price got back into their winning ways, split-ting the driving.chores, just had one flat tire to contend with and took the gold medal in 5-1600, ending a long dry spell for them. Sportsman Buggy had five Danielle Forshely turned an · Sportsman Truck only had hour and change first lap but one entry and the boys made the never completed another lap. best of it. The Hibner/Petit/ Tammie Gubler turned a fairly Pinkston trio each drove a lap quick first lap but never was and although they had a broken seen again. Corey and Milo spring and three flats on those Torres started off like a house big tires, they cruised around for on fire, their usual winning way their three laps and had a ball, but this time, after leading the taking the uncontested class first two laps, they lost fire in win. the engine on Lap 3 and rolled• SNORE ended their 31st sea-the car as well. After a two hour son with a great race and a per-plus third lap they were back up feet day for racing. Next year's to speed on Lap 4 but second races are already in the works. place was where they ended up. and the season opens with the The big win in Sportsman went Avi 250, February -2-4 at the to Chaz Sutton. He laid in sec-Avi Hotel and Casino, just ond place for the first two laps, do.wn the river from Laughlin. took the lead on Lap 3, ran out See ya there! 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' I t " . - ' . '"' , ~ ~ . .. -• - • f ' NORTHWEST CLUBRALLY REPORT sou'wester ClubRally Text & Photos: Jim Culp Sou'wester ClubRally winners Tim Paterson and Scott Ferguson in the Mitsubishi lancer Evo IV. Tim Paterson returned to the Paterson last won at the 1997 Or- ished second oveyall, 46 seconds be-Northwest ClubRally scene after a egon Trail Rally, but he showed no hind the winners, in the Rocket two year layoff with a new cp- signs of rust as he jumped into the Racing Subaru Impreza 2.5RS. The driver, Scott Ferguson, and a new lead on the first stage of the Production GT class winners, Ri-ride, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV, to Sou'wester and posted the fastest chard and Bradley give up a lot of finish first in the Sou'wester stage time on three of the first four horsepower to the Open class cars, . ClubRally, a nighttime run through stages in the TAD Motorsports but still managed to tum in the fast-the foothills of Washington's Olym- Mitsubishi prepared by rally legend est times on the night's final two pie Mountains. Murray Thomas. stages. Redmond, Washington resident . Pat Richard and Ben Bradley fin-Another Subaru, the Open class P R E C I S I 0 . N everything you need ta build. maintain and operate a racecar The Tree Tamers Nat T-Stow and Aaron Montgomery won Class 3 at the Wild West. turbocharged Primitive Racing Im-. preza of Paul Eklund and Scott Huhn finished third. George Pisek · and Alex Geisomino were fourth, only nine seconds behind, in the Tato Motorsports Audi S2 Quat-tro. Fifth overall were the Group 5 class winners Bob and Tammy Reaves in the Summerset Auto Glass Mazda RX-3. Todd Hartmann and Shawn Callahan in the Intrax Suspension Technology Volkswagen Golf Gti won the Group 2 class from the sixth spot. Gary Cavett and Tina Lengacher turned in· a great run through the dust, finishing seventh overall, and first in the Northwest Region's Class 3, with the K&N Filters Subaru RX turbo. Californians Jay Sheets and Bill Feyling won the Northwest Class 2 battle with an eighth place finish in their Toyota Corolla. Only one second separated ninth and tenth as Mike Leonard and Leon Owens in a Saab 90 just edged Joe Noyes and Ken Ruiz in the Toyota Supra on the last stage. · Jon Tabor and Kevin Poirier were the Production class winners in the Tabor Rally Team's Nissan Sentra. The DNF list ·included Kevin Pennington and Janice Damitio who dropped out on the last stage when the engine electrics quit, and Carey and Alan Wright who rolled off Stage 4. 37 cars started the Sou'wester and 25 finished in dark, dusty, misty conditions. Wild West ClubRally The morni_ng after the Sou'wester, the posse reformed in downtown Shelton for the Wild West ClubRally. Eklund and Huhn were ready for the sunshine and jumped into the lead with the fast-est time on each of the first four 2865 {jundry Ave. Signal Hill. CA 90806 B00.959. 7757 5lii!!.4i!!7.i!!375 FAX: 526.426.5294 Bolts.· Nuts and Hardware Sparco Seats. Steering Wheels. Suits and SaFety Equipment Crow Belts and Harnesses Bell Helmets Spa/ Fans Fire Systems SIiicone Turbo Hose Neo Synthetic Lubricants Aurora. NHBB and FK Rod Ends Weldon Fuel and OIi Pumps Fresh Air Driver Ventilation Systems lntercomp Sea/es and Alignment Equipment Earl's. Aeroquip & !fipeedF/ow !fitainless Braided Hose & Fitting!fi Fuel SaFe and Triangle Fuel Cells Setrab. Long and Fluidyne OIi Coolers see our complete online catalog at www.bi1kerprecisian.cam Page 30 January 2001 Dusty Times

The Production Class winning Nissan Sentra of Jon Tabor and Pat Richard and Ben Bradley slid to second in both the The RX-7 turbo of Dave and Rick Hintz claimed the Group 5 Kevin Poirier. Sou'wester and the Wild West Club Rallies. win in the Wild West. ~================;======, Joe Noyes and Ken Ruiz, second in Group 5 at the Sou'westerX Bob and Tammy Reaves won Group 5 at the Sou'wester in Gary Cavett and Tina Lengacher took the Class 3 trophies at seem to be throwing rocks at our photographer. their Mazda. the Sou'wester, iii their Subaru. stages. erful Open class cars with fast times ing for the long anticipated Open place finish for the turbocharged another tenth for the Supra. Eklund's Primitive Racing Suba-on three of the last four stages. class Subaru Impreza turbo. The blue Extreme Rallying RX-7. Sou'wester winners Paterson and ru Impreza USX runs a turbocharged, Hartmann and Callahan flew -to Subaru suffered some teething prob- Nat T-Stow and Aaron Mont- Ferguson had a short, sad day, roll-intercooled 2.2-liter engine produc- the Group 2 win and third overall lems on the early stages, but showed · gomery won the Northwest Region ing their Mitsubishi on the first stage. ing about 275 horsepower, with all with the Intrax VW. Plsek and its potential turning in the fastest Class 3 award with an eighth place The Reaves Mazda also rolled out of wheel drive and Silverstone tires. Geisomino were fourth in the Tato times on three stages late in the rally. finish in the Tree Tamers Yolks- the competition on Stage I. 21 of the Richard and Bradley were 36 sec-Audi followed by Streets and Dave and Rick Hintz recovered wagen Golf. Peter and Matt 31 starters were able to complete the onds behind, in second once again. Feyling, fifth in the Corolla. from an off road excursion in the VanBogart were ninth in a turbo- course over the Simpson Timber The Production GT class Specialty Eric Eaton and Kenny Almquist Sou'wester to win the Group 5 tro- charged VW Rabbit. Noyes and Ruii Company's logging roads southwest Subaru lmpreza beat the more pow- finished sixth overall in the first out- phy in the Wild West with a seventh repeated their Sou'wester finish with of Shelton. ■ \ HONDA Equipment KAWAGUCHIHONDACOR~ POWER -Racer· and Spectator D'iscounts •GENERATORS •WELDERS •GENERAL PURPOSE ENGINES • WATER PUMPS • LAWNMOWERS • RIDING MOWERS •OUTBOARD ENGINES • LAWN TRACTORS •TILLERS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST HONDA POWER EOUIPMENT PARTS AND INVENTORY . --IF WE DoN'T. HA VE IT, No ONE Does! Check our website www.Kawaguchihonda.com .KAWAGUCHI HONDA EX1000 3532E.3ru>S1:Las~CA9CXJ63•32.3.264.3936, 264.5858 FAX 264.2136 'HC)NDA Power ! VISA j s A L E s ' s E R V I C E ' p A R T s II HONDA POWER EQUI.PMENT SPECIALIS"T Nothings easier. Equipment Dusty Times liai For opumum per!or:nance and safety. pk;\~ l'e:id th~ O\\,ti!'r·s manual ~fore o~r.1Hng your Honda Po\.\·cr Equipment. Spc-cifkatlons subject to ct-..m!?,e \.\1thout nolkc-. •£:Jthn..1te only. b::1:!,c-d on rated toad. +B,:utc-ry not U1c..·ludl"d n1th E~l3500SXKI. E~15000SX.KI and £80500$X. ++\\"ilh b.tttery trny kit. wht"t:"ls ~ h.tniC"r. ConneC"Uon to hou5<" po~·er r~ulrC"s transfer d~1te to .wol,1 po:5~iblC" lnjury to po~·e-r company personnel. Consult a qu.1ll6C'd C'lC'C'UiC'l:ln. January 2001 Page 31

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AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP • ROUND 5 Collins Takes season Final at oueensland Text & Photos: Darryl Smith Fabio Zarfati ran a come-from-behind race in his modified 4X4 Mitsubishi Pajero, with twin turbo quad cam V6 power, to take the Class 8 win. Michael Collins put ever rthing together right and came away with his first victory at Springfield in his 2-liter Subaru powered Jimco Class 1 car. had gear problems. It was Graeme Hardaker that took control of the class and moved up the overall order to be fourth overall when he had to pit with gearbox problems. That left• Don MacArthur to grab the lead and take his first ever class win, with a fine, steady drive. Hardaker got going to grab second in class. Randall Kilner took third over Willett. Colin Gaven was rewarded with fifth in class. Further back, but still a finisher was Geoff Butler more content to gain the class championship, than get into the action. The Australian Off Road Championship wound up with the final round being held just outside Brisbane on what would be a very dusty and tough track. It was second generation, lor:al racer, Michael Collins that took the win. It was his first ever in 22 years of competing. His two liter Subaru powered Class 1 Jimco put him at the front ahead of another local, Laurence Svenson, with Dave MacGregor in third. PROLOGUE _ · It appeared that Fabio Zarfati's 4x4 Pajero would be on pule only tu be penalizeJ for an alleged jump-start. This put him back to 31st! That left Brad Zacka to take pole in his Class 1 Jimco with a slim gap to Steve Willett's Class 2 in second. Collins was next with Hayden Tatnell's Class 9 in fourth. Others to lead their classes were: Darren Perrin (Class 3), Clayton Taylor (Class 4), Graeme Lees (Class 5), Colin Hunter (Class 7), and Ken Smith (Class 8). CLASS 1 -Unlimited 2 Seater Brad Zacka headed off on the 10 lap journey and kept the lead role for the first five laps. He then had a wiring problem dropping him back. Collins and Svenson then moved up to be first and second which they held Lo the finish. Svenson was happy with his new, self-built, car's first National race result. Bob Strawbridge never got going due to front spring failure, while Rod Brand too had troubles. • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless Fuel Sale~ "Pro Cell" is our top·of-tht•line racino ce/1 lhal comes ready to super-tough, triple coated construction • 1 O year Bladder warranty • Safety foam baffling • Custom manufactured aluminum containers • FIA-FT3, SCORE and SODA approved • Custom manufactured fillers • (800) 433-6524 technical hotline • Over 25 years experience install and ii~ bacted by a e for more info call or write to: lull 10 year warranty. Aircraft Rubber/Fuel Safe EL 63257 Nels Anderson Road Bend, Oregon 97701 RadltgCals (5-41)388-0203 · (5-41)388-0307 fax http://www.fuelsafe.com Page 34 The top three in Class 1 were also the top three overall with Collins, Svenson, and MacGregor taking the honors. Zacka was next in class with David Ellsworth crossing the line next in spectacular fashion with one front wheel hanging off. Barry }0hmnn got his new V8 beast in next. CLASS 2 -1650cc 2 Seater Willett should have been the pace setter only to break axles on Lap 2, he would rejoin though. Another quick car, Les Marshall was fast early but then CLASS 3 1300cc 2 Seater Sadly only four buggies in the 1300cc group. Perrin was charging through the tight course getting up to third ove'rall &t one stage, then on Lap 6 he had fuel pump. problems dropping him back. Warren Walker took over ·but then he was out with mechanical problems. Also out was Andrew McKay. That left Matthew Cannell to lead and hope that Perrin couldn't catch up for lo.st time. Despite both Colin Hunter came to race in a good-looking red and yellow Jeep, and took home the Class 7 (Production 4X4) win, though down to only one gear at the finish. Andrew Ziems had a good run in his Turbo Nissan powered Cougar Class 9 car (unlimited single seater) to take the victory. January 2001 drivers only getting in nine laps it was Cannell taking the win over Perrin. CLASS 4 - Modified 2wd Again it was a small group of four in the modified 2wd group. Nev Taylor was running a stadium truck but rolled it in Prologue. His son Clayton Taylor was easily leading in his VW Baja and got up to sixth overall when he broke a gearbox. That left the two Bajas of Craig Headley and John Moore to battle it out. Both only got in nine laps, and it was Headley the winner with Moore second. Taylor had enough laps up to be third. CLASS 5 - 2wd Enduro It was another small group in the more standard 2wd category. Only three cars and it would be the Lees V8 Porsche that set out for the win. He did .stop to remove ·the windscreen to cure an overheating problem. -Lees then put on one o·f the most exciting displays of driving seen, coupled to the sound of the Chev V8 he had the crowd on their feet. Andy Stewart was having troubles in the Cortina while Paul Grant stopped in the Ford Fl50 only to get going again. Lees took the class win with Stewart a few laps down in second. Grant looked like taking third only to be disqualified two laps for outside assistance, making him a dnf. CLASS 7 - Production 4x4 The Production 4x4s came good with a quality seven car field. Sadly Geoff Pickering was out after Prologue with a blown motor. Colin Hunter went out to take the lead and got up into the top 10 overall. He started to suffer gear problems through. Les Siviour had his work cut out. Firstly trying to get around the tight course and then trying to catch Tony Brose in the Suzuki Sierra who was keeping in second place. Des Rowe overcame some electrical woes to come back in the action in the Rodeo and Rod Graydon's Suzuki had a few suspension dramas. Bobbie-Lee Siviour was driving a tidy race and pitted to remove the bonnet which had broken its hinges. Hunter struggled through the last lap with only fifth gear left and took the win. Also on the very last lap Les Siviour got past Brose when the Suzuki blew front drive. It was a mighty drive for Brose to bring the car home third . Bobbie-Lee took a fine fourth place and incidentally all four drivers made it into the elite group of 12 that completed 10 laps. Rowe finished fifth with Graydon sixth. Contfoued· on page 39 Dusty Times

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Craig Headtey got in only nine laps with his Toyota powered \tW Baja Graeme Lees was the winner in Class 5, (2WD Production), with his Don MacArthur outlasted some of his competition, and with a steady Bug, but it was enough to give him the Class 4 victory. snazy gold-colored Porsche, powered by a VB Chevy motor. pace took home the win in Class 2 (1 650cc two-seat). CLASS 8 - Modified 4x4 Amanda Francis in her Suzuki Francis got the minimum laps in John Spicer to lead the class, of 12 that finished all 10 laps and Zarfati was on a mission to which was a few laps down. and was granted third place. while Andrew Ziems was after incidentally half of them were charge back up the field, and he Towards the end and Zarfati split CLASS 9 - Unlimited Single points rather than w in. Spicer 4x4s. It certainly added to the stunned onlookers by moving a brake line, but then slammed a Seater moved up to fifth overall before variety of the Australian Off Road from 31st to fifth in no time. He stump sending half the bodywork Very disappointing to see only fuel pump problems started Championship, which concluded hovered around that position, flying but kept it going to come three Unlimited buggies on hand setting in. It was this problem that with this race. Congratulations to while leading Class 8 as well. home fourth overall and Class 8 to fight it out. Hayden Tatnell, eventually sidelined him making the new Champions, sadly some Smith was running well too and winner. Smith had a great drive though was after the win and was Ziems the only finisher and class of which elected not to race at moved into the top ten, while the and picked up second place and running a strong second overall winner. this event with titles already only other competitor was sixth overall ·in the turbo Rodeo. when he lost the clutch. That left It was a small but proud field secured. ■ In the 1 300cc group, Matthew Cannell had a good day while others Dave MacGregor, in a very efficient-looking 6 cylinder Subaru powered Laurence Svenson; in a seH-built Porsche powered A-arm car, finished struggled with mechanical woes, and he came away the Class 3 two-seater, took third in Class 1 and third in the overall standings. the day second in Class 1 and second overall. _~_in_n_e_r. ___________________ _ Spring to Success ... ~. Ille. • ,_ 848 752 8700 • IJll1l'IIUlr. Pnll' ,_ 908 3881854 Dusty Times January 2001 Eibach Springs is proud to announce H's complete line of ultra high quantv off-road springs. Available in 10, 12. 14 & 16 inch free lengths with 3" ID_ A well designed & manufactured spring will last thousands of cvcles, even in the cruelest desen environments. That's whv top chassis builder Mike Julson chooses Hbach Springs. He knows what it takes to win ... Now so do vou. Page 39 /

TECATE/SCORE 11AUTOZONE BAJA 2000'' Campbell's ''Kid crew·· conquests Cabo caper By T any Tellier Photos: Track.side Photo Johnny Campbell, Tim Staab, Steve Hengeveld and Craig Smith had almost no problems with their Honda XR650, and took the absolute Overall win at the SCORE Baja 2000. Chris Haines, Kevin Hines, Pete Postel, Craig Adams and Jack Johnson made up the winning "Over 40' team, riding an XR650. THE COURSE the Sea of Cortez, a section new to The "2000" course had it all: Baja racers. The Punta Conejo camp mud, dust, mountains, rocks, was old stuff but below La Paz it was beaches, booby traps, silt, more twisty-turny, foliage-choked, and rocks, cops, cactus, sand, more silt, slow to the 1,679.54 mile finish. daylight, Cardon, moonlight, rock 1999 "1000" winner J .D. monsters, and a few too-short Ruvalcaba came out on top once pavement sections. The crystal clear again. The Ensenada two-stroke 1 start immediately became a mud bog team has dominated SCORE events up Rio Ensenada, which was flooded in recent years. Veteran Beto Yerber. after days of rain and drizzle. Due and Rene Luis Montana had a to the clear night sky the mountain leaking tranny seal and had to add roads out of town even had a thin a quart every 50 miles! glimmer of ice after the 0600 start -CLASS 22 30 second bike intervals. Pro Motorcycles over 251cc After passing the Ojos area the 9 Entries - 8 Finishers riders did a loop over to Alamo then The Race Team wen t west to Urua pan and the The assignments for the Honda XR650-mounted Johnny Hengeveld took the nights. Dave Wadlow. They beat a Pacific in from Santo Tomas. The team riders was extremely complex, Campbell headlined "The This massive AHM ("American Phoenix-based Bill Nichols team beach section all the way down to for example, RoR Campbell rode six Youngsters" team ahead of Honda Motor Co., Inc.") effort w::is hacked up hy well-seasoned "AZ San Quintin could be confusing to legs, which was de·emed necessary American Honda's "Legends Team" choreographed by Ogilvie to Trail Rider" Howard Utsey and the the un-prerun, with numerous fish and appropriate after the injury to to take the absolute Overall at the account for every contingency. For venerable Dempsey Brothers: Sam camp and surfer trails punctuated Street. The longest leg being 160 one and only Tecate-SCORE Baja example, prior to the event two and Gene. with wash-outs. The Old Highway miles from Catavina to the Nuevo 2000." Team Manager Bruce times "Baja 500" winner Jonah With three soloing finishers in 1 past the Old Mill was hunting Rosarito Highway access and the Ogilvie assembled a Dream Team Street suffered a broken arm and "Sportsman", it is tough to pass ground for Federales (we - # I 21 - shortest 46 miles starting at RM for this once-in-a-lifetime event. foot a few weeks before; on October around the plaudits but I guess that got stopped and ticketed!). A single 1514, outside of La Paz, to the road Besides multi-"IK" winner Campbell 21. Rather than add a "ringer;; rider jerome Law needs to be appbuded·, tracker then wound up and down, crossing on Hwy 268. Hengeveid got (29), Honda had "Too Tall" Tim to the team. Bruce sketched out a after all he was third place in a field right and left, all the way to Santa a long 256 mile stage from La Staab (22), Steve Hengeveld (26), new pattern with the existing guys of 38 starters. This does not demean Inez through Boojum trees (aka Purisimo to the "KM191" highway and Brawley scholar Craig Smith and still came up a solid winner. the efforts of his dad Dennis (16th "Cirrus") and giant Cardon cacti. crossing at Villa Morelos. After (25). This foursome ran the 1679.54 Third Class 32 was Phil "Erkle" in class) and the ever-popular and · After Catavina the beach held the Staab did 118, Hengeveld got back mile course in 30:54: 12 -which Ziegler with Taber Murphy and always ebullient "San Felipe" Bob dreaded silt beds which would on at Las Pocitas, giving "IX" to calculates out to a 54:348 mph second generation racer Chuck Surmon. After the race, however, capture the soul of many a Johnny outside of La Paz. To average speed. Finishing in second Dempsey up for fourth Overall. "SFB" was not that "ebullient." competitor. _ describe each and every change place, and also ahead of the winning Wenatchee's Murphy said that he Figures. "I took two 20 minute naps Most racers remarked that the would be tedious, at best, suffice to Duralast Ford Trophy-Truck was up for 48 hours. The popular and a 10minuteone.Iaskedfor'20' routefromtheBayofLAwas"easy." say that "lX" changed riders 13 (32:05:03 vs. 32: 15:39), was a "30" class was won. by the Tex then went face-first on a pillow of The bladed road to the oasis of La times and no riders were left at the Honda fi~e-iacer group that, Mitchell group which included cardboard." Pete Brown of Honda Purisima was wide open with top, e.g., Staab rode from RM62 and according to rid~r Chuck Miller, brother Ron and real ringer, Travis Pit 5 said that they rushed to service numerous fast closing mountain RM1297; Smith from 593 and 1560. totaled 264 years in grizzled but Whitt, who was riding his first race. SFB and he said 'Whoa! Whoa! turns, that is if you got cleanly The same scenario applies to th·e pumped up age. Not only did Ogilvie Not just his first "Baja" but his first Slow down! I've got two-and-a-half through the silt beds below the "Geezers" - lots of Mex 1 windshield (47) place himself on his team with motorcycle race. The "40" class was days ahead of me!' Man, it was t9wering. basalt cli(fs after San time. Miller (41), he slid in four times won, for yet another time again, by lonely out there for 60 hours Ignacio and cleared the washed-out Campbell rode 578 miles, Staab AMA National MX champ Gary Chris Haines, this time Haines was (59:08:31)", Bob laughed. "vados." Yellow "Acerbis" ribbons - 361, Smith 433, and Hengeveld 355. Jones (48), seven time SCORE class on a Honda. Haines, Mr. "Baja SF's right hand was carpel tunnel that's "Ah CHAIR-bee" - were most Runners-up Chuck Miller did 309 winner Bob Johnson (42), desert Tours", assembled a strong but syndromed - swollen and tender. "I noticeable from San lg on - at the miles, Jones 207, Otsbo 352 in one race Bob Rutten (44) and the pride diverse team including Eastern had no flats, zero bike problems. I vados and causeway washouts. And fell swoop, Boss Bruce 233, Rutten of Cle Elum (WA), Paul Otsbo (43) . woods specialist and ISDE/Enduro did collect numerous soil samples in at high speed gotchas were the 331 , and Johnson 289. Campbell was quoted after the rider Kevin Hines plus Pete Postel, the silt; I can't remember how unwary might be lulled into Only four rider changes were race that "The (XR650)) was so Craig Adams (sans signature brown many! They would just swallow the complacency. Thanks to whoever. made at permanent Honda pits, the durable (that) I feel like I could run jersey, sorry ... ) and the multi-bike. The front tire didn't have any The switch-backed climb to San other swaps were at easy access road the whole thing again." Johnny was talented Jack Johnson.JackJohnson! knobs left on the sides, the bike Jose de Comandu was technical: bed crossings. So that makes 31 pits + that durable, too: he road a total of Phwew ... what a blast-o from el .would slide sideways. 'I couldn't rock with no run-offs and long drop-13 changes - 4 duplicates = 40 578 miles - plus hundreds more in paso. fight it,' and slowed to idle in second offs. "Stay on the course", of course, activity sites. Ogilvie provided every the chase vehicle getting to his next Checker MC stalwart Richard gear then would wash out. Toward was the call. The course to Zaragosa pit with a map to all 31 pits with assignment. Campbell and Staab Jackson won the "50s" - Zzzz with the last I wicked it up," said the icon was fas t and easy but below the distances, details, cultural and rode during daylight, Smith and the usual Dave Olen and the regular of La Bambaville. Santa Rita silt area it was over to Continued on page 41 r----~-~-:::--------,-..,-.,---~---------------------~ ...,..._,---..,....,....,.--,--..,...,._ ~ Bruce Ogilvie, Chuck Miller, Gary Jones, bob Johnson, Bob Rutten Jerome Law was one of four bikers who successfully managed to ride Ricardo Malo, Arturo Sala, Mike Barnhill, Freddie Willert and Brian and Paul Otsbo, dubbed the Honda "Legends Team", brought their the entire race solo. Law got the best finish, coming in third in the big Schmuckle were third in the Over30 class and seventh in the overall XR650 to the finish in second place. Sportsman Over 250cc class. _st_a_n_d1_·n~gs_. __________________ _ Page 40 January 2001 Dusty Times

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Mike and Mo Penland, Eric Lenley, Jason Lewis, Lonnie Eubanks Dennis Law did it in '95 and didn't plan to do it again, but his son, and Chris Flannery teamed to take second place in the Sportsman Jerome, challenged him to try to solo, so he did, and made it, finishing Bob Surmon's girlfriend said he was easier to be around when he was racing, so he decided to solo the 2000. It wasn't easy, but he ATV class. 16th in the Amateur Over 250cc class. geographical features, and sketches. and kicked some ass." "Ass" indeed. there ... just a lone booby trap. I saw Otsbo said that the race bike was Steve ran the technical, horrible, no livestock; just a coyote, struck "flawless and I had never slung a leg rotten, tough, dangerous, slow (?), dumb in the headlights." over the race bike until my section. rock-piled, rock-gardened, From the start Miller brought the It was crazy out there at night," he mountain pass from La Purisima bike to Jones at the RM62 Ojos laughed. The contractor from Cle over to San Javier at a 65 mph rate. highway crossing who then "made Elum ("population 1700, almost I can picture it. What a rush! Steve up two minutes by Sto Tomas as the equals the elevation, then we gotta just turned 26 over race weekend; teams were cl~se to neck-n-neck. move) reported that he "haveu't he pre-ran for a week before the race Gary laughed as he told of "sky-ing" been doing much racing lately. I withthehermanosGomez:Timand the Alamo dam: "I kicked it almost cut my thumb off a while Marty. His race day support sideways (over the steep bank) and . back ... through the joint. I raced the included dad Gary, wife Amy, and revved it up! The spectarors went Rim Rock Lake GP up near Mt. daughter wee Hannah. wild!" Chuck had had to ride to the Rainier out of Yakima. This is my The "A" Team was so fast that · previous pit on a flat front tire. Gary: first race since then." Otsbo won the after Insurgentes they caught some "I pre-ran my section five times; it's "92-1000" with Team Green. down-course pits somewhat · our job. Paul was totally stoked on being unawares: "We had to wake 'em up", Chuck Miller had an on such a strong team: "We old guys exaggerated Steve. "Seeing the sun appendectomy (only) three weeks made the Honda 'A' Team nervous. come up over the sea of Cortez, with before the race. the one-and-a-half The 'Legends Team' made the bike an ocean breeze on you, that was days to go Chuck convinced Bruce live; the youngsters just lucked out! impressive. But we caught a lot of that he - Chuck -was OK. I came down to pre-run for five days booby traps; holes and cement "Miller also got the rocky stuff but had truck troubles. I ran one blocks down south. I said 'Oh, shit!' and the beach routes," Ogilvie part backwards, at night." -· but went around them - I only hit explained at the victory dinner at Winning team member Steve~ one. Just enough to catch a wheel. Cabo's Romey y Juliette, "while Gary Hengeveld said that "the race all What was funny was that you look Jones can rip the corners as well as went according to plan, it was out for the crowds of people but he used to," therefore he got the flawless, and we did our homework, sometimes there would be nobody tight 'Alama' rail stuff. Be advised Page 42 January 2001 made it, finishing in 59:08:31. · that Jones also won the 1970 "Baja race days." Tough guy. Mentally. 500." "Bob Rutten gets lost easily at And physically. After the "B2K" night and is best in the technical Ogilvie would be jaunting off to all sections," Bruce chuckled. Bob corners of the globe, back just in Joh~n, who had "won SCORE time for the Christmas Holidays. races six, seven times on CR125s They raved about the good team and 250s", got a mish-mass of rocks vibes - a Mutual Admiration Society 'n sand at night. Musta pissed - a "Team" with a capital "T". Paul somebody off? "Otsbo likes the long said that there was nothing better night sections," swore Ogilvie ... so than to be putting on your gloves that was Paul's lot in life - from while the crew installed the race Catavina, through the beach silt lights and having Chuck and Gary b~ds, north to LA Bay, and down to giving. you the ol' pep talk - having Guerrero Negro, 352 miles. Paul that sort of confidence in you. "I had then said that his "first 60 miles were their trust, I had no falls, then I gave slow and the last 60 was the fastest." the bike to Rutten and, Wow!, how No fader, he. good the bike still was." Jones Bruce got a night section and interjected: "Well, you should've used his Hwy 1 chase time to seen that wheelie you did when you seriously hydrate before doing the got on the pavement ... " San Ignacio to La Purisima cliff run. "When the sun came up, for the A Hondaholic, Bruce had been in second time, and we were running Japan one week prior and got to so hard, what a great feeling!," Paul Ensenada on Friday. "Jet Lag? It's shook his head. "We had a fresh all mental! Friday I stayed busy (no rider every time. The more I rode, shit!) and took no sleep until the the faster I got. The problem we had regular (clock) time in Baja. I was on the team," Paul laughed, "was thenupfrom0400+35hoursonthe that everybody wanted MORE Dusty Times

Lukes Lundin, P. G. Lundmark, and Patrik Gort (from Sweden) rode to Bill Nichols, Gene and Sam Dempsey, Howard Utsey, M. Harper and Shown here getting' some air, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Katsuyuki M. Smith, a lot of familiar names, ended the trip in second place in the Hagsegawa and Jun Mihashi rode a YZ1 2S to take the win in the Pro over 50 class. _S,_po_r_ts_m_a~n_LJ_n_de~r_2_5_0c_c_cl_a--css~.---c---=-c--c-----c--------c---second place in the Over 30 class. miles." Bruce said during the after dinner comments: "I believed, at the time, that I made the right selection for the teams. If I was wrong, well... but I was right." The Race Bike "If you have the tractiol} it will pull the front wheel at 100," Otsbo said. The only mods to the engine were a Honda cam, piston, and an exhaust. Everything will be available from Honda. "It will do top speed all day long," said Ogilvie. "Johnny will run an XR650 at Dakar with the new IMS seven gallon tank," which they had on display; huge wings replace the stock radiator shrouds and a pneumatic intake-drive pump moves the fuel to a higher delivery sump. No oil was added to either team bike, they never adjusted a chain; just added new riders, new tires -brake pads once - and pump gas. "The bike would go 115 mph wrung out at 9,200," Bruce said. "The mileage would be 50 mpg, while a 600 would be more like 35. The bike runs pump Chevron gas and being water cooled it can run cool and lean." ! "Lean" indeed. The suspension set-up between the different riders was not a major consideration. Miller was the lightest and Jones was 220 pounds, so they simply split the "sag." The Race Pits To service the huge number of riders over the large distance AHC had to have their ducks "en echelon." The list of pit equipment and spares staggers, if not the imagination, the · guys who have to load· it; a generator, a subframe, front and rear wheels for both XR650 and 600/400, air filters - foam and K&N - for both models, regular dump cans and dry-breaks for IMS and aluminum tanks, tubes, handlebars, spare light bulbs, a complete parts/chase bike (Bruce said that in case of a traffic tie-up, or whatever, the leapfrogging racer could take out the parts bike and . beat cheeks around any highway problem), plus formal pit attire. (Note: the "1 X" chase truck blew a transmission a scant 30 miles north of La Paz but by that time the deal was done; no harm, no foul.) Add in three parts/chemical boxes and various bells and whistles and you might see the magnitude of the effort. The parts call-out for each pit is a veritable menu for success: no part could appear to be too minor to be included, for example, a front wheel spacer for an XR400. Plastic parts organizer boxes were accompanied by a map of the compartments and their contents. Other pages in the pit book diagrammatically explain how the XR650 foot peg washer upgrade installs: "Check right foot peg bolts of tightness - at 300 mile intervals." The tire assignments reflect personal - and, more important, terrain - preferences. Some sections Dusty Times dictated the Dunlop 739AT on the our spot only three minutes longer then tossed gas on him as he went had a 300-watt alternator, almost rear - the Ojos run, a case in point -than fact." They had four Mexican by! Brown got on at Catavina anq good enough for field welding. while others preferred the Dunlop immigration officials visit their site caught up to a Federale with the "We had a rider, Eric Dollente, 739AT on the rear - the Ojos run, a plus groupies, good chow, good cruiser lights a-blazing. "He chased get off past Camalu," Row said - it casein point - while others preferred locals, and cows with bells. They me for five · miles I guess," Eric was an off-camber bank and he was the Michelin "Karoo." Sometimes pre-fobbed an outhouse back in grinned, "than he caught me!" (Top trapped. Two bike riders stopped to th.ese tire changes were pit chores, Long Beach complete with a $7 K-Tip: fast cop cars in Baja!) pull it off him. "We lost a couple. other times via the highway chase. Mart plastic toilet seat. They used 'He tried to run me off the road, lights on the way in and after we Tire changes were separated two-ply biodegradable "TP" and the so I slowed down, waved him over finished - at 1213 - the last one did between pits: no double-bike wheel bano even sported a skylight. They and acted like I was stopping. When not work, either. We used Baja Pits stops planned. Dunlop 902 front left the solid structure for the locals. he got out of his car I split and got -and%$@# Mag 7 - they did not tires were changed around RM900 This was bacon's 19th "1000" for on the desert part of the course." have any gas for us! (Plus a similar and 1500 race miles. Campbell's Honda; Miller tried to encourage Brown also caught a railroad tie tale for the Tractorland #554 car!) bike had nine new rear tires, families to plan for the "B3K". booby trap out of La Paz. "We bummed gas from the BFG . changed per sked, not for cause. Pit 31 had sociological "People Chase Notes: Alejandro Vizcaino pits! " The prep was by Kevin Avina The tech tips tells many an Watching" assessments: "Johnny had (2X) Vizcaino Racing" Ford van was with support by CC Rac;ing, Alba experienced tale: "No odo drive for the right body attitude ... he was more cruising Ensenada with a blown-out Motorsports of Poway and faster front wheel changes; idle into aggressive ... but was still patient. .. no muffler. Bombardier. The factory was so a pit in which you plan to check the roosting ... just getting the power down CLASS 24- impressed that the race bike and the oil; remove choke plastic flapper and gone ... he seemed the most Pro ATVs under 250cc crew will be displayed in Canada in valve; adjust the rear wheel as far confident." 1 Entry - 1 Finishers full race trim and dirt, Row forward as possible (the bike turns The Others CLASS 25 reported. and handles better and is more Dayton Raper (4X) started out Pro ATVs over 251cc Sundahl's first "lK" win was in stable); add a second lock on the fourth and went to second, as RoR 7 Entries - 6 Finishers 1981 and his previous was in '95. rear wheel (NO "mousse" tubes), Eric Brown explained it "for the first Seven-time "Baja 1000" winner Last year's Class 24 winner, Carmen and, heads up, AHC spare wheels '100' it was OK. Then a fall· poked a Dean Sundahl did a double "K" this Cafro, moved up in engine size but have 4 7t sprockets: that had better hole in the case and we fried the time, with ATV maven Greg Row was relegated to fifth place. 1999 be what YOU use! clutch. Then trying to make up time on a hulking 650cc Bombardier. "It's winner "25" Gilberto Santana was a Basically, Ogilvie gives Honda after they fixed that I over-cooked huge but perfect," Row laughed at non-peat, faring only one place racers printed "breathe-in, breathe- a high speed corner before Erindera the Pete's Camp Cantina. "It'll better, fourth. out" instructions that are based· and· d.ropped it. I was on the climb a tre·e. ljust tr,.i.ctored up that CLASS 30 upon years of Baja racing ·-one ground ... the bike slid to the cliff staircase outside ofOjos." Row split Pro Motorcycle Riders over 30 would be feel (or a pain in the ass) edge, teetered there for a moment his duties peninsula lengthwise: 14 Entries -13 Finishers not to follow them to the letter. (pregnant pause), then went over, from the start to Santo Tomas then Winner Steven "Tex" Mitchell There were 31 pits: one every 52 down to the beach rocks. It was a got on much later at Cd. (J 12X) had his first win in his new to 56 miles. The . venerable two second drop before I heard it hit Insurgentes. "We chased "1ith my "age" class. Tex spiked the Third Hilltoppers MC from Long Beach on those 'concrete' rocks. The tide dad, Roy; it was his first trip to Baja. Overall team with "Baja Bound's" (CA) manned many an isolated pit. was coming in. Some locals got out The only work we had to do was put Tim Morton. "I was 20th bike off South Street rejects included Pete a long rope, werit down and pulled in new fiber clutch plates then -a the line and fifth at Santo Tomas," Brown, Lee Hamby, Bob Bacon and it up!" The bars were snapped off, swing arm pivot bolt." Eric Dunvaley Mitchell smiled. "Morton went to Jay Meador. There were mystical the subframe was broken, the air box rode the longest - 300 miles. "We San Quintin then we used Kevin· "Ride Red" EZ-Ups whenever least busted. "We had to use a set of old came in to meet him on the San and Darrol Brown (Yerington, NV) expected but they were a most ATC bars for the next hundred · ·Isidro road, from north to Loreto, for their first time in Baja." "First welcome sight for the dark of night miles. We put on a new Scotts and and we actually missed him. We had time," indeed. Travis White rode racers, even forthe car guys! Tough a triple clamp at the pit." At the to haul ass to lnsurgentes; Eric had in his first "race" race Ever. for the crews, but only six of the pits Camalu Honda pits Pete Brown said been riding for eight hours, he was "'Mordo' got us up to fourth could be safely reached on race day, that Eric was so wound up that he almost delirious!" Eric was two overall. We were going really good. so many had to forego the would wander away with the tools hours behind· at San Ignacio; at I took it again from San Ignacio to Contingency jam. and they would have to run him Insurgentes he was only 20 minutes Zaragosa. Travis went to KM191 Hilltopper Bacon has Pit 13 at El down to get the wrenches back that down. "Deano went to La Paz and then (brother) Ron Mitchell rode Refugio: "We did no welding, only · they needed: '"He was pretty passed the '6A' Johu Gregory over to the east coast (south of gas 'n goes'. We had 40 bikes spacey!" 'Raptor', which had a broken · Constitucion) to La Paz. Travisdid scheduled and we did 37. We did no The AZ-based team had a caca- steering stem. There was a 400EX the finish, we were the third bike!" tires." They handled Germans,· load of incidents: Gwin Vaughan hit ahead and he musta thought that They used the Honda pit Swedes, Colorado-ians, Kentucky- a cow that wouldn't moo-ve over, our three HIDs were from a truck. organization, dad Ronnie Mitchell, ites, Japanese, and even a pair Harry Nevel crashed, and, "que He (the Gary Lee White team) Sr. and Tex' friend Gina. ethnic-rich of New York brothers. lastima", Mike Dellar ran into some pulled right over!" The Bombardier Asked about the cars; they said "Ogilvie had predicted' lX' through locals who had made a fire ditch Continued on page 44 Tex and Ron Mitchell and Travis Whitt (who was riding in his first race), Tim Morton, Kevin and Darrol Brown teamed to take the victory in the Over 30 class on a Honda. Ja~uary 2001 Glen Walraven, Calvin Pruitt and Keith Dayton broke their Yamaha frame in several places, had to have it welded, but still managed a win in the Sportsman ATV class. Page·43

The team of Ruvalcaba and Ricky Cruz did it again, they cruised Mitsuaki Kanazawa and friends teamed to finish in second place in Geoff Sanborn, Dave Holden and Gary Heroneme rode their Honda down the peninsula and brought their Yamaha home in first place in the big Sportsman Over 250cc class. to a fine first place in the over 250cc Sportsman division _C_la-::-s_s,....2_1. ___ .,....-----,-cc-==c--=c,------,---~---~ "Cars? Only the ones going the Catavina and missed the rubber," was the race story for the uneventful... if a buggy caught me, 400WR Yamaha and they opened wrong way on the course. Tex was pavement turnoff to the beach at Fifth Overall team. This was Chris' I'd point (to the side), they'd slow, the-side cases to fix a floating pin. supported by Escondido Cycle 100 mph. Down on the tank, he seventh Baja win. I'd move over, and they'd pass. No He had had no sleep, nor had any Center, his employer Baja Designs, flew past a competitor's box van Ross Gregory ( 400X) said that roosts. They gave me room. We been planned, until the tranny fix and Big Gun Exhausts - with the and was finally flagged down after he started with problems and had tire and wheel problems at San - when he got a couple of hours. usual suspension mods by Bob Bell. asphalt ten miles. He eventually ended with problems. At Ojos the Ignacio. We had a wheel bearing Team member Rick Long (Ed. I need to develop a "macro" ran out of gas at the bottom of a bike quit and Doug Reynolds had go bad on the rear then ran out of pontificated at the finish: "You to input "Precision Concepts.") Big hill before Honda Pit 9 due to that to trouble shoot the electrics. It replacement wheels. Mag 7 had to wouldn't understand. He did what Gun makes a constant x-section extra 20 miles he rode on the took three hours to determine that use the best pre-run tire we had. he had to do. See, you wouldn't pipe that tucks behind the frame - tarmac. it was the black box (on the Then we changed five air filters understand." (Note: I did "It screams! We used dual HIDs by Joe Bolton (304X): "Four guys, XR600). "We had one on the front ·and started to have to add a quart understand ... ) "The cars? No Baja Designs." two clutches, sixth place." fender pack," said Gary Tepner. of oil every 300 miles. Eventually trouble. They were close but I got Tex explained this best effort: CLASS 40 They got going with the Trophy- the engine would not pull fifth used to it. I tipped over in the silt." "We made good decision: what to Pro Motorcycle Riders over 40 Trucks. "They were not a problem gear. One time.the vent line on the He had a Locos Mocos sticker but do and when to-do it. We rode but 5 Entries - 4 Finishers but 1 had a close class with a yellow gas tank got clogged and that had "no idea" where it came from. did not abuse the bike. We just Class 40 winner Chris Haines V8 buggy." Near San Quintin there prevented the fuel flowing into the "We've got the best bike you rolled the throttle on." Miscues? "I had a varied team including do-it- was a short cut by a dump - (you float bowl. And the suction can buy (a Honda XR650) It's got slid off in some mud; Travis was all Kevin Hines, once-GP and D37 could go high or smoother lower) - slammed the choke plate hard into more power than (a) rider. It goes looking down and missed a Honda star Craig Adams, Peter Postel, and and the truck was cutting across the throttle bore. We had to get faster and stops quicker ( than pit." Which can be excused for a one-time Nissan driver Jack (his bow)." inside it to unjam it." anything else)." "We" is Fred first time racer. Johnson. Haines, surprisingly, ran Gary got on at Nuevo Rosarito Multi-time ISDE-er Kurt Brown (264X), Chuck Hancock, Brian Schmuckle (302X) got an XR650 AXQ rather than a after a tire, a filter, and an engine "Wilcox took over at San Quintin. Perry Brown (son), Tommy on...__t___he Ricardo Malo bi~e at KTM. "No falls, always on the oil change. "The race was Old Husky fanatics Eric and John Tomlinson and Jeff Sollinger. ve was es;, , . . • wide teflon coated piston wear band for use · I byp~~s with big tubes so that it does · " /' not drop into large ports. . ·-../ • sealed piston for low speed contr g in external bypass. • high temperature stainless steel \ • unique rod end design and mat d ands from breaking. \ • high temperature Viton seals , • large aluminum reservoir f ation (2X) and weight savi11gs.l • 1" shafts are micro-polishe ish of a 3-5 RMS. 1 • stainless steel teflon lined 1/2" or 5/8" ID spacers,. • shock are all owner rebui ois to purchase. . . ·/ '-~~ ~~ h"gh flow (welci on kits. afa·1able s~~ate). 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The only changes CLASS 50 and additions were Pro Taper bars, Pro Motorcycle Riders over 50 a four gallon IMS dry break fuel 2 Entries - 2 Finishers tank, a Scotts steering damper, a CLASS MU huge 140/80-16 Michelin "Karoo" Sportsman Motorcycles under rear and a Pirelli on the front. 250cc "Honda is the only way to go; 31 1 Entry - 1 Finisher pits and we only run 92 octane." The winners rode a YZ125. (In fact, the Honda race Gulp. documents state that "a stock CLASS MO XR650 will run better on pump gas Sportsman Motorcycles over than ... race fuel, which needs a 250cc higher CR to be effective.") 38 Entries -31 Finishers "We've been out here pre-Soloing third place Jerome Law running since the 20th. We (269X) had two get-offs running rescued up Eddie Mulder last night. with Campbell. Dad Dennis He was pre-running to '245' but (270X), an attorney at (Dennis) with the course changes the race Law in SLO, sol-ed the '95 "lK" mile markers didn't match the and vowed never to do it again. But route sheet miles. Eddie stopped at Jerome said "if you do it, I'll do it." Marker 245 while his chase guy was And they both did in '98. Jerome down the course at what was listed was quoted as saying that "there's as Route Mile '245'. He went out nothing really that you can prepare on another bike, in the dark, for it. Just don't think about it too lookin' for Eddie." Eddie was an much." Junior Law was caught out Ascot half-mile rider before getting ofCatavina and banged up his butt his SAG card for cinema stunt and a leg: "1,700 miles makes you work. appreciate 1,000!" (The Honda Pit 5 guys said that Solodad solo dad Dennis Law when Mulder came in for service had a shifter malfunction on his he just sat back and relaxed; no Richard Jackson, Dave Olen, M. Force and Dave Wadlow, seen here aking their way through a water crossing, won the Pro over 50 class . Dusty Times

Enrique Felix, Alfonso Castro and Rene De la Rocha were the only entry in Class 24 but they ran the course, took first place and enjoyed Class 25 saw the elite team of Row/Sundahl/Eric & Todd Dunleavy/ Do/lente/Neidhardt and Stephenson ride the monster Bombardier to Gary White, Richard Stanley, Taras Massey and D. Hayes rode hard every minute of it. nerves, no problem.) The easterners ride a Hare Scramble series that stretches back 20 years. "The rules have a minimum course width of 28 inches." (Ed. This must be why their bikes all have aluminum "Bark Busters." They have to cut the handle bars narrower - Baja bars are XX inches.) "The HS course are real technical; at one of them the winner averaged 18 mph! We're used to rough, the 'tough' here isn't that rough to us." Now the high speed ·stuff is another story. "We are having to learn to read the terrain. We slow down when we don't have to." During the race Chuck broke his left collar bone and Tomlinson bruised his shoulder, both were wrapped at Cabos. Fred said that they had one flat but that was handled at a Honda pit. Jeff had to ride 40 miles on the flat front. Fred runs "Mottos de Costa Rica, J .A .. " www .motoscostarica.com bike tours and expeditions. Brown has been running this four for seven years with a full time American on site. "We're going back afrer the two-kay and stay 2-3 months. Bikes are a good way to see territory." Fred's dealership handles all of the Japanese bikes but he started with Pentons. • Oror Kirat (283X - speaking with a most distinct ethnic accent. Asia Minor, perhaps? Parsippany, NJ?) competed after suffering a broken collar bone a few weeks earlier. He rode an XR650L: "My hands are still tingling! I couldn't use 'em!" Wouldn't want to be helping him at a "personal" pit a great first in class. against very sty competition to take the silver medal in Class 25. stop, then, fool with the back east after having some prospects fall Flannery." Morris got a black eye, While "someone" guys. through. "I just showed up with my - after the race, from a shoe thrown (Schmuckle?) was pre-running Don Bailey (284X) had a good race resume ('99 SCORE Sportsman by a table dancer in La Paz. The with some unprepared buddy-of-group: "Rokon" Ron Bishop, 250 champ) and my riding gear. team uses Twin Air, Pro Ci~cuit, a-friend's pal who had lots of flats, Robert Prayther, Dave Vick 'Look, I can ride! Really!"' Tony said IMS, and Pro's Choice seat covers. they finally broke the little tire (Dick's son), Bill Rogers, and Jim that he had never ridden that good Mike has now ridden the "Baja" six pump. But the innovative crew Huckle. (Note: call Bishop's "619" of a bike. "The weight is so low. I times: four class wins, one second, used the old inner tube to 747-1360 number and you get a have an '88 XR and a '90 RMX and this third place. connect the exhaust pipe to the porno line. Use "760" prefix ... or Suzuki." Well, OK. "I love to ride Luc-Michel Faichaud (52A), a pump's hose and inflated the tire not. Your call.) Prayther, Vick, and at night. I did a 100 (miles) at motorcycle parts distributor in a with combustion by-products! "Aging Warrior" Bishop (so named daybreak then another 100. I had no suburb of Paris, rode a Bombardier However, they had pinched the per SCORE's releases) handled the crashes but I missed a turn; I was 650 Ro tax solo that he bought at tube ... gloom. top with three sections each while following Car #126 (of Tommy Malcolm Smith Motorsports Rising Sun Sons . the other trio did the same down Koch, Richard Boyle and Ron equipped with two 100-watt Dick An injur.ed Japanese pre-south. . Brant) for a half hour. .. I got by then Cepeks. Luc-Michel is actually a running at Ojos was discovered They ran their own pits: 18 hauled ass and missed a turn. drag racer in a 600 horsepower with a broken pelvis and perhaps permanent stops plus chasers. Scott Overall, I passed four bikes, one "Eagle". He was a Pro Bike racer a broken back. A (car) pre-Meyer (3 l 3X) was riding with quad, seven trucks, and a car." in the '80s and soloed the '98 "Baja running Ramsey rode the bike them;. the team had 113 people Ageless icon C.H. Wheat came 1000" and rode the '91 one. He back for him, in the rairi, in street stretched up and down the down with the Alan Plunger disappointed along with his "two clothing: "Ramsey El-Wardani -peninsula. The only major issue Honolulu, Hawaiian team. Akihiro (chase) people in a rental car.". you're my he-ro!" that Bailey's team had been a rear Tsunami finished as the 68th bike EL CHI~MOSO There were some slow guys out flat that dismounted under stress: in 73:56:33 on a Harley XL 1200 Good Guys there, OK? We caught the first it was south of La Paz and it was Sportster. Maybe the time limit Eric Crippa's Honda pit, out on one, in our Class 1 car, around difficult to reach the bike to takt~ a ~houlda been 70 hours... the Zaragosa/Insurgentes-La Camalu; we were running wheel out. They rode a Y2K 400 · CLASS ATV · Purisima highway, charged somewhere between the 10-to-KTM four stroke with Cibie lights. Sportsman ATVs 1ucsbn Class 8 racer Mike 15th, physically. Spooky; tough to This was Ron's 33rd "1000" - he 4 Entries - 2 Finishers Doherty's battery in exchange for get their attention, ya know? At has raced every one. And 27 The winning southern-fried a pledge promising never to night, with our four HIDS, it's a -"500s". So take THAT mister Rod 660cc Rap tor team of Glen intentionally run over any late- different deal. Like a deer in the Hummer Haff, who also finished Walraven-(51 A) broke their braking Honda riders. headiights. A num.ber wou.ld stop both "2Ks"! Yamaha frame in seven places The Last Man say 'fore we got there. Smart. Mike Childress (275X) had the which was welded in the field, The last bike rider to compete . The Fe Guys lights fail on the Honda of North according to reliable sources. the event was Katsuhisa Mikami There were six attempts at HollywoodXR650-ScottBurchwas Mustachioed Mike Penland, (273X) in 77:ll:30,a21.758mph . solo-ing the "B2K" -on bikes. astride the bike when they tried to from Rabun Gap, GA, also ran a average. (See #52 Class ATV.) Hell, no attach a Mag Lite, no bueno, then Raptor but had the black box go Pre-race Ouches car guy would try that: "with age, he hitched up with a FAST rider out and lost four hours after Jonah Street, (lX) broke his yuu gt:l a cage." Four made it co and used his lights. They eventually holding a large ( 1: 20) lead. "It arm and foot before the event; the bullring. Jerome Law (3rd flogged the dog at a Honda pit for went out by La Paz and we stopped Dave Gronlunc ( 4X) severely Sportsman), Dennis Law (16th some three hours and wired up at a Honda pit and used their sprained his left thumb and Sportsman), San Felipe Bob something that worked. On the multi-meter. The replacement box removed loads of skin from the Surmon (21st Sportsman) a·nd afternoonofthefirstdayMikehad was 40 miles away but not near back of his hand a few weeks Kenichira Seki (#281X) (30th been overwhelmed by Ivan around enough." Mike ran with brother prior. He has already had three Sportsman). Eddy Martinez Catavina and dumped the bike. Morris, Eric Lenley, Jason Lewis, surgeries. 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WHIPLASH PARKER GP Brown Gets crown At Parker By Tony Tellier Photos: Track.side Photo Ron Bosley's vintage car managed to survive the dust and the traffic, to get credit for a victory in his class. Veteran racer Ed Beard brought his Toyota powered A-arm car to the race track and went home with the Pro 10 victory. Well done, Ed! When the choking dust had cleared - finally - Tommy Brown's three Liter VW "5" was Overall and the wixtner in Class 1 at the Whiplash Grand Prix demo derby held back of the Parker airport/ cemetary complex. Rick Geiser put the Gary Vosburg semi-Protruck Pro 8 over seven entries. Who said that "8" is dead? Ed Beard kept the old A-arm Toyota ahead of Steve Kuker and the borrowed car of Ron Dalke for the Class 10 crown. Quad expatriate Bucky Strunk put in a full test session race on the SIN 001 "Predator" truck over a course not well matched to a pure desert car. Whiplash wisely separated the Little cars - "1600s" and Sportsman -from the big ones, the trucks, "1 Os" and "1 s". During the Sunday Big Car Main they also held the "10s" for a moment after the trucks and big buggies, a wise consideration d•1e to heavy first turn congestion on Page 46 Saturday. They ran a crash-o-rama Saturday practice sectton then two scoring races -on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Finishes were totaled for the overall and the monies. THE COURSE Whiplash Motorsports held their second Parker GP on a weekend full of rain - it rained almost the entire state of Arizona. But not in Parker. The Colorado River town was "blessed" with skies devoid of clouds - but everyone's eyes were chock full o' dust. The wind was either strong or nonexistent: sometimes in-car vision was obscured by the dust from another part of the track. The deluge that inundated small towns such as Wend en, some 30 short miles to the east, refused to even dampen the sinuous Whiplash track, until the checkered flag oflast race of the last day. The rhythm section of last year • ain't got no rhythm now; they took out, like, every fifth man-made GaryVosburgandRickyGeiserteamedupintheBig-enginedFord(onceaProtruck) whoop so that there was no rhyme to take the Class B win even with a blown shock seal. nor reason. Artificial rollers do not 'glass' after Snowflake (where he those stopped for repairs and check-reflect reality ur uff-road car rolled it, also} and then I rolled it! outs. suspensions. It was harsh. And a 1/ There went a few hundred dollars." Ron Brown's automatic two-4-mile long. A fine sky jump gave · Moore was uncertain just how the seater (which has the old Paul Nolte/ competitors the opportunity launch incident happened: "I had my foot Conrad Monroe V6 motor) was on for their friends and Jim Ober and in it ... ", he defended, wistfully. the gas, runnin' hard, then broke a land on their competitors. Severai BIG CAR RACE · CV ·and got the rope. Brown was deeply bermed "180s" provided the What if they had a race and no smoking the field on Saturday and opportunity for a number of racers one finished? It was that close during appeared to be unbeatable in the to fall right over. In fact, Keith the "Big Car" Pro Race on Sunday buggy class. So it goes. The Moore turned his "8" truck over the afternoon. Nineteen cars took the screaming "outboard" car of Steve Friday before any competition began green flag and only seven ran the one Houston was running on its nose at all: "I replaced the steel with new hour to the checkered. And some of over the whoops ... but after all this ----=----------------- *~ ... ,=. ------~ was but a test for the SoCal crew. (See "El Chismoso" below for technical details on this rare unit.) Ricky "Rico Suave" Geiser was behind the wheel of the Gary Vosburg over-engined "Protruck" with Jesse Jones' Big Red Eight in hot pursuit. "It started out as a joke," Rick said. "I was over there just sorta helpin' everybody and Gary asked if I wanted to take the truck out and get some points." A front shock had blown a seal. "I got the hole shot over Ron Brown then backed off over in the rhythm section," Geiser continued. "Then Vosburg radioed that 'Everyone was breaking so stay out.' Then he cried 'Jesse got goin' again!' Speed up. No, no, slow down, High flyin' Rick Poole gets more out of a Challenge car than most people. He took he stopped again.'' the victory in the Pro Challenge class which had more finishers than most. When the Baja of Brown got closer Gary radioed: "I don't care about that Bug. No, no! Speed up. Don't let him pass you!" Rick said that they even had to stop for a gas pit - they had not even planned on running more than one lap. "The truck runs good." After all, the ex-Protruck has a 600 horsepower engine and bigger brakes." Geiser put a "bounty" on Vosburg: "$100 for a bed side, $500 if you flip him." He did not have to pay ... Lance Rhinehans' #22 low rider stadium Ford was on the proverbial roll, catching up to the big desert truck of Vosburg. Lance was getting closer and closer every lap as the field dropped away and the palpable dust cleared to some degree. The San Tommy Brown survived the trafficc and dust at the Whiplash Gran Prix to take rot Jose-it's Ford was working the only the Pro Class 1 win, but the overall victory for the weekend. Continued on page 48 January 2001 Dusty Times

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..,:. --·---------. . . , . -· ---~ .. ,,.. .... _ . . - . . . ·.. . ,;. Steve Houston uses the berm to get around the corner. His technique Travis Rackley, Sr., gives his passenger a good ride as he works his The Pro 3 Chevy of Scott Maloney, class winner for the weekend, must have worl<ed; he finished second in Pro 1-2. , way toward a second place for the weekend in Pro 1-2/1600. shares the track with some smaller traffic (Adam James) here. course, closer and closing. Then battery voltage dropped so much Williams axles on a 5 :4 2 nine-incher cartwheels that Sunday evening. Toyota with a vengeance after being stopped for a surprising under hood that the fuel pump was not working turning Goodyears. He reported Tom Brown ran a controlled but blown off in the whoops: "Steve check. and I had to quit." The white Ford cranking six grand on the fast race in his three liter "5". After actually let off in the chicane, in the "It felt like it was running out of was originally a Val and Pat Flanagan backstretch, which is well over one- Saturday's race, Tom went '!P from dust," Wells excused himself. "I ran gas," Rhinehans said later. "It carries racer purchased two years ago. It twenty. "We have a big support base, the 33s to 34 "Baj as": "I was just right into him, hit him, and went 34 gallons so that was not it. It runs a homemade 351 Windsor 15-20 people come out to the races. spinning the tires in the comers. I over his front end." "Hit" is an turned out to be the alternator. The ahead of a Mogi C6 into Mark We have relatives down at 'Lost need more bite, plus I want the top understatement. Wells banged Lake' on the river." end on the back section." (Note: Kuker's left front wheel with his right Rick Wiseman stopped with a During Saturday Ron Brown went · wheel so hard that it fractured his broken rear sway bar - the linked past us at 20 miles an hour faster.) own beam(s). Top and bottom. Not right end was walking out sideways Brownie spun out several times, "bent"; "broke" 'em. Tore 'em. into the tire. The water pump then lighting up the "T/As" and bouncing Kuker suffered the least, a broken began to weep as the truck heated over the inside berms while under uniball on a tie rod, and was able to up while stopped. "We heard the pressure from Steve Houston and scoot in and get it replaced quickly 'clunk' then saw the part in the track Ron Dalke. Brown was able to catch, enough to stay ahead of the jouncing on the next lap," Rick said. and pass, Ron Dalke, Ed Beard, Tecj Dalke. Crewmen tightened "the water pump Shepherd and the MercCruiser. Ron Dalke was borrowing James flange bolts as Mike Doherty · (when it was on its side - twice). Taggert's single seater as Ron lectured on the "no gasket" Brown, who is scheduled to drive the prepared for the Baja 2000. "He let tautology. Mike Jakobson "5" car in the B2K, me use it as I rebuilt the engine. I Jesse Jones had two unscheduled said that the changes worked as gotta save the TUF Off Road 'Green stops - one when the dry sump pump planned: "I turned better - it had Gang' car, it's all apart right now." threw the belt then when that same been pushing bad - and I found the T aggart's car was not suspended for system froze up and the P(oil) went better line through the whoops: stay any such tomfoolery as a stadium down to nada. Not good. When he right and stay on the gas." whoop section, the car was every was running he was the equal, or the Jeffro Wells-Class 10- went after which way but straight. Tony Murray was "right there2' at the right time in his yellow Pro 1600 car, and better, or any car on the course. Tucson friend Steve Kuker's "ADS 'Donkey" is one of the few ended the wef•kend in first place. When it was running. There were no Machine" two seat Che now th/ remaining drivers eligible for the Shop & Support Equipment Auction Saturday, January 13, 2001 10am HERZOG Motorsports, OFF-Road/BAJA & Pikes Peak Division· 20562 Crescent Bay Lake Forest, CA 28269 Sale Site Tel 704-94 7-7322 Auction conducted by: . . ·.- ~ AVtnlllN,,,_ • A 10-/4 Bayvs Pnml11111 MIi be cJwocecl WW\\· ,nn1 ionwid<'all<:l ion_.com Visa & Mastercard Accept~d Complete Machine-Fa& Shop & Support Equipment Liquidation Lathes, Presses, Rolls, Brakes, Shears, Tig & Mig Welders, Scotchman Iron Worker, Engine Hoist, Engine Stands, Tire Balancers, Coats Rim Clamp Tire Machine(s), Benches, Grinders, Hand Tools, Transmission Jacks, ROTARY Above Ground 9000# Hoist, Tool Boxes, Benches, Fans, and much, much more. Go to\\'\\ w.nationwideauction.com for a complete listing of items and directions to sale site. Sale listed as: 1-13-0 l(a 1 Oam-LA~E FOREST,CA Also available on a private treaty: Page 48 FOR SALE: "The Vortec Rig"' (1) 19<t0 Peterbilt 377 Tractor, 425 Cat Dsl & Performance/Kentucky Trailer 48'x102" w/lift ramps & Support equipment January 2001 .. Dusty Times

Todd Ford had an odd passenger in his two-seat Pro Challenge class car. Maybe it gave him luck -he took second place. Toyota Milestone award: i.e., battles. Tim Hayosh and co-driver Kurt Puhl got a second on Saturday and fourth on Sunday which worked out to a third place in Pro Challenge for the weekend. Jose), Keith Moore, et al. Pro 1 Chuck Brechin had problems both days, including a rollover, but still managed to bring his Bug in as the second place Unlimited Sportsman car. finishing all the miles of all the Steve Houston ran the boat SCORE i;aces. His greatest hurdle motor hard off the start the.n was now lies before him: 1726.97 Mexico bedeviled by Jesse Jones and wound miles, which are decidedly tougher up on his right side. "Chipper" Guchi than "USA Miles". Even with all this got to sample some Colorado River laying on his mind, Ron was still in gravels through the net. "We lost Parkerto defend his Whiplash points some tranny oil," Houston said. "We standing and the Tucsonan closed stopped to add some lube." Tech the gap to Old Pueblite Jeff Wells: Note: Houston's rear number plate 243 to 240. Note that Ron, the • is half of a carbon fiber ... briefcase. epitome of self-sponsorship, is This was an old Tuscan carthat was running two series! languishing, uncompleted, over at It held its position for several laps until the power steering lost some bolts and it became tough (to steer). But the truck finished. 103 Tommy Brown 1st/1st OA; 128 Steve Houston 2nd DNF; 152 Ron Brown 3rd DNF. 1057 Jeffro Wells 4th DNF; 1079 J.T. Shepherd DNS. Pro 8 898 Gary Vosburg & Ricky Geiser 1st; 802 Danny Sullivan & Jeff Spooner 2nd; 804 Jesse Jones & Continued on page 50 Pro 10 Saturday night the owners worked on the steering and somehow got air into the fuel injection, the truck took a dump at the start line and limped back to the pit. Good news: all the integral body and suspension systems worked as they should. And they had never raced a truck ... enough said." 1016 Ed Beard 1st; 1011 Steve Kuker 2nd; 1003 Ron Dalke 3rd; During Round 1 on Saturday the Fod Fab Frame Farm. Jeffro Wells got tagged by J.T. "Ted" Bucky Strunk made his debut as Shepherd and received a busted a car racer in the first-off Predator" valve cover and a bent valve. "He spec truck and made inroads into the went way over me," Jeff waved his development and set-up. arms. "He tore out a front brake line, An insider's report: too." Arizona History: Shepherd "The Predator worked well in the . drug out the old ex-Walt Baronick Saturday race. We worked on injected Rabbit "l O" car to the suspension Friday and early amazement of Ron Dalke and Frank Saturday ... it still needs work. The Fluerquin, both previous drivers for truck did well in the land-rush start the extravagant Baronick. Shepherd ·and hit the first corner in the middle is eschewing the Quad ranks after of the pack but well in touch with years of successful AZ and Baja the big hp trucks of Vosberg, racing and taking up the "Ten" Sullivan, Jones, L~nce Sinclair (San Rick Wiseman turned his Geiser-massaged truck over and, being a wise man, left off the skin for Sunday's Mgin event. Wiseman: "I caught a wheel and it flipped right over." Keith "No" Moore was sidelined from Saturday after tossing a water pump belt and not catching the gauges until it was way too, too late. "When we smelled the motor, it was too late," Moore gloomed. "Of course, it was the three year old motor of Kevin Patrick's." 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Danny Sullivan throws up a big rooster tail with his Pro Class 8 Jesse Jones churns through the dust in his red Chevrolet here, as he Chevrolet against a backdrop of murky dust. Sullivan finished third. battles for his second place in Pro 8. The short-course featured one good flying jump, aimed to please photographers, ll.nd Steve Kuker took full advantage. He finished second in Pro 10. Travis Williams 2nd DNF; 807 goodracewithmyco-driverJoe"Bar had something terminal in the last Ottersberg & Thomas 2nd DNF; Belly" Barboa. Joe Wolfe takes turns part of the race. 816 Rick Wiseman 2nd DNF; 822 in the right seat. Our start wasn't as good on the Lance Rhinehans 2nd DNF; 805 On Saturday J.C. Adams took the second day and it was much harder Keith Moore DNS. race lead in the black "1600" closely to see anything. I went off the track Pro Truck followed by Murray in the bright in a few corners until the traffic 200 The Strunks 1st. yellow "Serrano" "1600". (No, not spread out. Once again we were PRO 1600 and SPORTSMAN that Serrano, i.e., Carlos, the dicing with Dan Owen until they lost As in the Big Car race, most cars infamous "Flying Chicano" of half of their rear end. either DNS-ed, DNF-ed, or stopped Tucson.) Adams had a good lead but My car shut-off four times, giving for repairs: 24 entries and 17 Murray kept the push on and slowly Todd Ford a pretty good lead on us. "finishers" (but many laying back just closed the gap from large to non-so- We began to make up four seconds to survive). large. "Murray caught up and he was a lap on him. As we were just on his Flyin' Brian Shugart's CBR600 'Right THERE'!", a foot away. They bumper, my car shut-off a fifth time. "Woods Wheel Works" car sounded shortened the bottom gears and with Fortunately, this was right in front so sweet as he virtually ran off and a ·good start were able to keep Tony of my pits, and the crew came out hid from the field. Jack Wood's own at bay. Adams celebrated his 17th and hammered the (gold!) fuel pump similar car had the steering coupler birthday on October 21 with Travis to get me going agaip. I don't think come loose but got back going with Eve in the right seat. we lost any places and finished a borrowed Crescent wrench. "No, I The Challenger portion of the fourth. Much to my surprise, we got don't want to build a fleet of these race was all Rick Poole, as he has third and earned the entry fee back. for a class; I don't want to work that become to be .expected. The Not bad for my 1st 'Pro' race." much any more. These were built perennial Parker "Challenger" During Saturday's melee "Sgt. just for the dunes and fun. Shugart favorite, in the Woody's II Poston Pepper(spray}" R.J. Newton had was not to get the win, however, as Racing Special, kept the aged-in-the- broken a ball joint, among other the car threw a chain and bent the barrel Billy· Krug (" 1600") at bay for items, and drove the Main with a master link -"the first time" ever. a spell. The "plate" vs. unrestricted missing right-hand steering dumper. Jack passed on the Sunday race ... no battle favored the "9" of Poole on the Ray did not place well in the final fun. These are being upgraded from relatively smooth course. Krug ran standings. the 600 to a CBRlOOOcc Honda road out of interest and headed for a On Saturday the carnage began bike engine. "Fast" now becomes Silver Buffet and· to watch in earnest. Bobby Cartels #1313 "faster." NASCAR. Second place finishing stopped with a busted axle and was Darryl Eves parked the Saturday "9" Paul Matthews was winging it up pushed off course by Jay's tractor winning Adams "1600" -they when Tim Hayosh and MDR's Kurt ATV. The funny fun buggy of Carter thought that their brakes went away Puhl went off at the 180 Hayosh had drums on the front ... and discs and they did, in a fashion: the left races everywhere ... MOR, SNORE, on the rear. He was a DNF when the front hub broke out. They looked at Whiplash. . weld on the left rear axle broke. "I it then went out to get the required Tim reported: "We finished a had put a piece of pipe over it and flag to be classified as a finisher. The second on the first day (behind (rosette} welded it," he explained. "It wheel came off to the amazement Poole) . Got a good start off the land didn't hold." Really? "This is my first and delight of the race crowd. rush. My co-driver, Kurt Puhl from race, and I'm having fun." He runs a The large-and-loud Tony Murray MOR, did a great job calling out the bus ox and 1 1600 with a two barrel crew, all the way from The County traffic. I don't think we made too "of some kind. I don't know what it of Orange, was ecstatic over their much contact. It was a good clean is." He would effect proper repairs boy's win. Steve "Serrano" Houston race. We were really dicing it up with and on Sunday win his first event. preps Murray's '92 Jimco. "I. had a the Owen/Silcock #933 until they Dave Cockman blew his engine in practice right at the end of the 1/ 4-mile land rush start. "This 2180 is one I built when I was in college," Dave said as he displayed mangled rod caps and bolts and ventilated, case set. "It went 'Boom!"' The 115-inch "5" was originally built as a play car and it just evolved into a Sportsman racer. Then the tranny went south during the Sunday race and tharwas that. An expensive trip Chair. ProSeat Mandated by to the River. Charles Williams was in Tommy Brown's old pre-runner ragtop and runs John Isaac heads - how old must they be? -on a 2234cc engine. "I was leading to the first comer. I had no fourth gear. It wouldn't shift.''. Charlie still won Sportsman Unlimited class. During the Saturday race, Scott "Scooby" Maloney was way out in front on the smooth start field until the Blazer nosed into a hole and popped the front drive shaft out ... which then tore open the tranny pan. After overnight repairs they discovered that they had burned out the second gear clutch pack and went out Sunday only for the points. Easy to do at a GP, huh. During the Sunday race Scoob stopped for more tranny fluid: "I stalled at the start! I pounded the gas and it burped and quit!" Technical Sergeant Maloney, TSgt. Scooby, is a career airman at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson whose specialty is an Airborne Radio Operator in a EC- l 30E and is a VFW candidate: "3 x FWs" - out of Davis-Monthan AFB. His Herzog-Vortec styie tire holder was a fancy-schmanzy toggle down deal: "I stole the idea off someone else," said Chad Nichols, Scoob's father. The Brechin/Gilbert "Sofa City Special" stopped for a spell - "It lost fire and we fixed it." They changed coils, reconnected harnesses and connectors but were uncertain just what made the car run again. "I can't tell you," a crewman said, emphasizing the word "you." But (re-}run it did. The "Sportsman 5" car went over Saturday at the land rush transition sweeper, hooking a berm and wrinkling the top scoop. The towering F250 of Chuck Sutherlin went at it with the little blue '70-ish Bronco of Grant Wilson who was manhandling four on the floor, stabilizing the rear leaves by the once famous Traction-Masters." Charles was second best in the whoop section until his 460 popped an oil galley plug and smoked the big block for a short but expensive day. www.mastercraftseats.com The Bronco of Grant Wilson had a short and costly weekend, but still took first · place in the Sportsman Truck division. Page so January 2001 Wilson parked the Bronco during the Sunday race: "It was just nasty out there. I wasted 30 seconds in the dust." Rough riders hated the course and ran out of interest quickly. Scott Batchelor's steed is an old 1600 car with a wide beam and a Toyota: "I like the '1600' size but I also like the speed." Scott tossed the harmonic balancer and took out the external belts and the plastic timing belt cover but luckily the belt was not dislodged so he saved his valve train. "If you are under control, you aren't going fast enough," quoted Scott. "My brother is (' 1600' racer} Leo Nenortas," quoted wife Rene. She refused to be quoted concerning co-driver "Emo." RESULTS -PRO 1600 and SPORTSMAN Pro 1600 1605 Tony Murray 1st; 1621 Travis Rackley, Sr. 2nd; 1680 James Adams/Darryl Eve 3rd DNF; 1698 "Sr." Bill Krug 4th DNF. Pro 3 311 Scoob Maloney 1st. Pro Vintage 18 Ron Bosley's Girlfriend 1st. Pro Challenger 906 Rick Poole 1st; 923 Todd Ford 2nd; 951 Hayosh & Puhl 3rd; 950 Terry Vandawalker 4th; 944 Paul Matthews 5th; 998 Ray "R.J." Newton 6th; 933 Daniel Owen 7th. Sportsman Unlimited 1238 Charley Williams 1st; 1201 Brechin & Gilbert 2nd; 1222 Brian Shugart 3rd DNF; 1235 Dave Cookman 4th DNF; 1202 Jack Woods DNS; 1298 Scott Batchelor DNS. Sportsman Truck 1550 Grant Wilson 1st; 1585 Charles Sutherlin DNS. Sportsman Limited 1313 Bobby Carter 1st; 1336 Justin Brinkerhoff 2nd. Sportsman Mini Truck 1701 Dean Anderson 1st. EL ClilSMOSO Excitable Boys An exuberant and ebullient Jesse Jones reveled in his Saturday "Overall" to such a degree that he performed cartwheels in the Blue Water Casino. At the urging of an insistent and incessant Mark Dye (FST owner - home of the Predator), he then autographed rival Jeff Spooner's "upper thigh", so to speak, at the Fox bar. Jones had been troubled, or aided, depending on how you look at it, by a lack of brakes. Co-driver Travis Williams disagreed: "I'd be putting five seconds a lap on the field ifl'da been driving!" Mike Doherty was asked to leave the casino floor for playing football with a decorative gourd after Keith Moore hit a $400 jackpot and opened the "racer bar" ... while Paul Sigmundson made a rare appearance: "This is my first desert race after my accident," the wheel-chaired race radio man saluted. Musical (Beard) Chairs Dusty Times

The new Predator spec-truck got its first outing at ;i~ Gran Prix, with l~~~~~~~~~~==:::_: _ _:__.:__~~....z~ Bobby Carter enjoyed his first race until the weld on his axle broke on Saturday. Sunday turned out better, and he was the Sportsman Limited winner. Bucky Strunk at the wheel. It had power steering trouble, but still managed a finish. James Adams enjoys a brief flight off the big jump as he heads his Pro 1-2/1600 two-seater toward his third place finish. Barbara Beard spent the money earmarked for Ed's new Jimco on a 36-foot Dolphin motor home, bigger'n the Days Inn at Lenwood. Grandpa Beard was asked: "When you gonna wear a full-face helmet, Ed?" "When Ivan does!" was the quick retort. Innovation 101 Steve Houston's #126 two seat A-arm Chenowth sports a 2.5 liter Mercury outboard two stroke. The sano accessory component drive assembly -and the installation -is by J ansgaard Engineering. The major engineering task was attaching a flywheel to the small output shaft flange. They had a little development work on that issue. They run Golden Spectro for the premix in the six cylinder. A Jeff Fields auto replaced the troublesome (to them) Fortin. . "This engine produces 85% of max torque at 2400 and max torque is 'everywhere'." They redline it at 7 5. The Orange County team said that the compact (Carl-Mike: 12 inches shorter than an RX7), 198-pound way i!lin' prior to noon suicide run; power plant produces 320 bhp at the ol' parts box reveals a brand new · the crank. prepped T ype-4 alt, ready to rock. The injected engine is normally After a 30 minute wrench session mounted vertically but in this we're makin' volts! application it is laid over on its right Start race with Mr. Photo Boy side, with the "V" valley facing to the navigating through his viewfinder, right (alf). "We can run 90 octane car works good, gearing a wee short, gas on the stock rev limiter. It could no mas M.P.H. My '10' friends were run up to 12 K but there would be a little harder to run down ... but we no reason; the power drops off after got 'em anyway (a little nuggin' and that." The exhaust is manifolded paint swappin'.) Good run! A little. internally for a pulse charge/ hairy - overly concerned we would extraction effect so that no apply course worker to front portion (external) expansion chambers are of Cinco de Baja, but we didn't! used, required or desired. Only a That's a good thing. Nothing like couple of Super T rapps are there to haulin' ass in the dust with good stifle the two stroke rasp. conversation ... next time we'll take Tommy Brown's Driver Race a laptop! Ended up second in Class Report 1 for the day. Car done at Gieser's Friday @ Sunday Round 2 of the Parker GP 3:30 ... haul ass to Parker there by had ol' Doug, Mr. Reliable, back in 7 :OOpm. Finish prep via Mag-lite, fire co-crash position. Went wide on the pit, and occasional headlight drive- start, stayed on the gas, 3-4 seconds by. Sat. test approx. 2.5 minutes ~ith of pure "Days of Thunder." Stayed eager journalist. Jay says, "Car test's high, I put special tires on, don't life, over, Rover, vamoose!" you puss ... and shazzzzam! We Mr. Volt Reg. says alternator is emerged with clear blue sky ... only CONGRATULATES: GARY & MARK WEYHRICH JOHNGAUGHN (CLASS 1) (CLASS 1) (CLASS 1) (CLASS 1) (CLASS 1) MARK MCMILLJN GORKY MCMILLIN PATDEAN MARK FLEISCHER DAN MARTIN KA.SH VESSELS DALE EBERTS DANIEL MORA HECTOR SARABIA RICK ELLISON JIMDIZNEY MARK & BILL FODOR RON DALKE (CLASS ½ 1600) (CLASS ½ 1600) (CLASS ½ 1600) (CLASS ½ 1600) -(CLASS9) (CLASS9) (CLASS 10) (SC OREL/TES) (SCORELITES) (SC OREL/TES) 7CLASSWINS 26TOPFIVE FINISHES one thing to do ... haul ass and keep it smooth. For the next hour we had front row seats to the ass end of the Rick Gieser-driven Protruck from Camp Vosberg. Highlight of race other than relig10us intervention (rain 300 yards from the finish). I was our Sunday finish allowed us 1st Overall for the weekend. Thanks to all -and does the outboard "126" car have a trolling motor, too? ■ In the Sportsman Mini Truck div~sion it was iough going, and ultimately the win went to Dean Anderson. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUR. SYMPATHY TO THE DEATON, FODOR, ELLISON AND PLANK FAMILIES FOR THEIR TRAGIC LOSSES THIS YEAR. Dusty Times January 2001 Page 51

Choinere/Becker Claim 2000 SCCA ProRally Cha·mpionship at Prescott Forests Text & Photos: Jerry Winker Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker sling rocks during a beautiful Arizona sunset on their way to first overall in the Hyundai Tiburon. Paul Choinere won h1s sev-enth SCCA National Pro-Rally title at Prescott Forests ProRally on the first weekend of October with his overall win at the event. The Hyun-dai Tiburon driver had a seri-ous challenge from the Lon Peterson/Bill Gutzman Suba-ru Impreza in the late stages of the event, but wound up a scant 23 seconds ahead at the end. After a few problems with a shredded tire on the first stage Garen Shrader and his co-driver, Michael Fen-nell, took third in their Mit-subishi Lancer Evo IV. ·Prior to the e·vent there were several close battles for class championships. Of the five championships to be de-cided (Open, Prod., GT, Pro-duction, Group 5, and Group 2) only Production GT was clinched. That had been done ' by Pat Richard at Wild West two weeks prior to this event. Richard was in Canada this weekend trying to win the Production GT category in the Canadian series. The Open class was still a shootout between Choinere and teammate Noel Lawler with Shrader in his Evo with T & B Fab CONGRATULATIONS Joe Sheble/Matt Frederick And the Arizona Boyz l. ,,. SNORE 2000 Overall Points Winner Class 9 Champions Baja 2000 Winner T&B Fab Tom Sturgis Page 52 Chuck Martin/Bud Sturgis SNORE 2000 5/1600 Champions 5642 Ruby Street SW Bullhead City, AZ 86426 520-768-2633 January 2001 Through the canyon, Bob Nielsen and Brett Corneliusen ran hard to finish second in Group 2 and the points lead as well. an outside chance for the championship. Group 5 still had a battle between Mark Utecht and Bryan Hourt. Things were dif-ferent for both teams at Pres-cott. Mark Utecht had rolled his Omni at Wild West and while repairs were being made to have the car ready for the final event at Lake Superior in three weeks Mark secured a ride in Dave White's old but sturdy VW GTI. Mark was at a bit of a disadvantage in horsepower to Hourt's Civic, but figured if reliability came into play he might have the upper hand. Hourt had yet a different co-driver at Pres-cott, but was in the able hands of John Dillon who be-came available after his regu-lar driver Mark nelson rolled his Evo IV two weeks earlier. Group 2 was still a shootout between four teams: Nicolas Robinson/Carl Lind-quist (Honda Civic), Jay Streets/Bill Feyling (Toyota Corolla), J.B. Niday/Al Kintigh (VW GTI), and Bob Neilsen/Brett Comeliusen. If the two former teams had problems the two latter teams still had a realistic shot for the championship. Prescott has its ways of changing things around with its rough surfaces and steep drop-offs though. In Production, Brian Vinson/Richard Beels in their old yet ultra-reliable GTI held a slight points lead over Den-nis and Claire Chizma's Por-sche 911. Vinson had the GTI back after winning the Wild West Production class in the 1998 Production class cham-pionship winning Neon of Trevor Denison. The rally started in the evening ·under clear skies that turned out into a beau-tiful sunset. Problems befell several of the front-runners early on. On Stage 1, Garen Shrader shredded a tire and limped to the finish on the rim which cost him valuable time on the first night. Also, Tony Chavez and co-driver Eddie Cardenas · had over-heating problems and had to pull over to let the engine cool off before continuing. Although he was never much of a factor over the re-mainder of the rally, Chavez did post some very fast times and did finish 14th out of 16 finishers in the national event. The Noel Lawler/ Charlie Bradley car was also again an early DNF when his car had a fire under the dash in his Hyundai Tiburon end-ing the 1999 Prescott winner's chances for a re-peat victory. In his only ap-. pearance in the states this year, Japan's Tony Takaori was an early DNF on Stage 2 after doing some impres-sive wide-open driving. Af-ter a long straightaway the road turned to the left and Takaori put the driver's side of the right-hand drive Evo III hard into the bank end-ing his rally. Takaori and co-driver Ken Cassidy were okay. Leon Styles and Larry SGott in their Group 5 Mazda RX-7 were out at the end of the night with prob-lems from breathing in car exhaust fumes. George Pisek and Alex Gelsomino were also out with a broken sus-pension on their Open class Audi S-2. The first night's results showed Choinere ahead of Peterson by 40 seconds with Bryan Hourt an amazing third overall in his supercharged two wheel drive Honda Civic. Shrader made up for his tire woes and finished fourth with the Subaru Impreza of Paul Eklund/Scott Huhn and Eric Eaton/Kenny Almquist next. Mark Utecht and co-driver Brenda Corneliusen were sev-enth in their GTI (second in Group 5). Bill Malik/Amity Trowbridge lead Group 2 by a slight margin over Streets, Robinson and Neilsen. Roger Hull/Sean Gallagher were dominating Production GT and the Chizmas Porsche had a minute plus over Vinson/ Beels. By the midpoint of the day Choinere was taking things carefully. At the gulch where he broke his suspension two years ago he took it really easy and was slow through the spectator point. Peterson caught him and got the lead by a few seconds before the last service, but Paul left a little something up his sleeve for the end and got the win. Eric Eaton had the suspension break on his Subaru thus end-ing his day after a fine run in toward the front. . Mark Utecht had a left-rear spindle break three miles before the end of the sixth stage and had to limp the car another 1 7 miles back to ser-vice on THREE WHEELS!!! The spindle was changed and he pressed on to put the pres-sure on Hourt for the Group 5 championship. He took sec-Dusty Times

Lon Peterson and Bill Gutzman gave it all they had but it just wasn 't Bryan Hourt and John Dillon were the fastest of the .two wheel drive Bill Malik and Amffy Trowbridge screamed to the Group 2 win, leading enough they finished 23 seconds behind the overall winner.=== contingent, they took Group 5 and were fourth overall. their=cl=a=ss=a=ll=t=he=wa=y=i=n=A=ri=zo=n=a=. =========== Roger Hull and Sean Gallagher drove their Eagle Talon through the night to a great win in Production GT. Eric Eaton and Kenny Almquist corner hard in the dirt, to no avail, a suspension failure put them out of the contest. Nicholas Robinson and Carl Lindquist were doing great in Group 2 but their chances went away, down an embankment. and behind Hourt, but going into the final event at Lake Superior they got tied for the championship. In Group 2, Nicolas Rob-inson rolled the Civic down an embankment and de-stroyed the car. Jay Streets did the same to his Corolla which ended their chances for the championship. Bill ship in three wee ks. Malik dominated Group 2 in Dennis Chizma took the his Volvo 240 with a big win. win in Production over Brian Bob Neilsen took second in Vinson tightening up that class as well as the lead in points chase to the end of the points and J.B. Niday gained year. ground on the chase after the Roger Hull pulled out a misfortune of Robinson and dominant win in Production Streets. LSPR would be a GT over Janush Jastrzebski's shootout for the champion-Subaru which barely finished after suspension woes. Robinson and Streets will With Choinere and his have new cars to make that championship here, second four car championship battle place in Open class is still up all the more interesting. And for grabs between Shrader lastly, if Vinson fails to finish and Lawler. Group 5 could be well at Lake Superior (LSPR) a shootout between last year's in three weeks the champion-Group 2 champ Hourt and ship could go to Dennis Utecht back in his Omni. Chizma. The season just Group 2 will be interesting as keeps getting better. ■ J G TRANSWERKS --CONGRATULATES Jerry Penhall & George Erl On Their Repeat Performance As SCORE 2000 Class Champions Our transaxles have dominated SCORE Class 12 four years running. With Dave Callaway and John Holmes back to back Champions in 1997 and 1998. . Coincidental? NOT ......... Let us shift you into the winners Circle. Dusty Times January 2001 Ty Godde 2nd Place SCORE Class 12. JG TRANSWERKS "Go with a Proven Winner" 3061 E. La Jolla St. Unit I Anaheim CA, 92806 714-632-1240 714-632-1223fax email JGTRANS@PACBELL.NET Page 53

Choinere/Becker Win at Lake superior ProRally By Jerry Winker Photos: Jerry Winker & Tom Buchkoe Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker took the championship three weeks earlier at Prescott Forests ProRally, but that didn't deter them from winning again at Lake Superior in their Hyundai. Seventy-three cars started the D&N Lake Superior Pro-Rally, the biggest in recent history of the nation's longest running event held in the Keeweenaw Peninsula of up-per Michigan. Paul Choinere and co-driver Jeff Becker con-tinued on with their dominant wa_vs in their H_vundai Tibu-ron. Already having won the championship at Prescott For-ests three weeks ago didn't deter them from going for an-other win by almost two and a half minutes over LSPR Vet-eran Doug Shepherd in a Mit-subishi Eclipse. Garen Shrader took third overall and fourth in the series points after Choinere's teammate Noel Lawler blew an engine on Stage 2 . Points chaser in Group 5, Group 2, and Pro-duction were close and up for grabs to those who could make the distance and finish well. Of note with this rally was the fact that ten of the rally cars showed up on a car hauler RACERS all the way from New York City. All were Irish men who pooled together the money to get all of the cars there to-gether via a friend of theirs in· the trucking industry. Mouths were agape at the sight of ev-erything from a Mitsubishi• Evo IV, a Subaru WRX, a Civic, several Eclipses and various others when the hauler pulled into the lot out-side the headquarters hotel. The first night of the rally was not without incident. PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT WITH Page 54 PHYSICAL DAMAGE INSURANCE FOR YOUR OFF-ROAD RACING VEIDCLES Call the experts at Michael E. James Insurance Agency. We can satisfy the insurance needs of all off-road racers. 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This effectively put Bob He had pulled off too far and Neilsen (VW GTI) into the waited 14 minutes to get lead for the night and all he pulled back onto the road by had to do was cruise to win the .fellow competitor Nicolas championship for that class. Robinson, who had his Group Also, he had to do was cruise 2 championship hopes dashed to win the championship for when he broke his rear suspen-that class. Also, with those sion early on. Pat Richard, two gone it would put J.B. who had locked up the Pro-Niday (VW GT!), running duction GT championship five fifth in class, into second for weeks ago at Wild West, was the championship if he fin-back to try to get his co-driver ished. A new car came onto Ben Bradley his championship. the scene at LSPR and it was Unfortunately, Richard had a sleeper. Thomas Lawless has two flat tires on one stage and run in numerous cars over the had to borrow a save-a-spare years ahd his Honda Civic from a spectator to finish the with a V-Tec engine could be stage. a threat next year. He held In Open class, while second behind Neilsen after Choinere was keeping Shep-the first night. herd at bay, Shrader (Mitsu-In Production, Dennis bishi Evo IV) held down third Chizma (Porsche 911) held al-after Karl Scheible (Mitsubi-most a five minute lead over shi Evo V) had a right-front second place Brian Vinson flat tire and had to limp (VW GTI). Third was actor through Stage 4. Lon Peterson Perry King, putting in a fine (Subaru Impreza), who took run in the Hyundai Tiburon second to Choinere at Pres-media car. Production winner cott three weeks earlier, was at Ojibwe Forests Jouni a DNF on Stage 2 as was Noel Pohjolainen crashed his Nis-Lawler's Hyundai Tiburon. san NS2000 into a tree end-Also, after the first night in ing his day. Production GT, Steve Gingras Day 2 of the rally saw Paul (Mitsubishi Eclipse) held onto Choinere trying to keep his a one second lead over Shane lead over Doug Shepherd. He Mitchell (Eagle Talon) with lost time twice, once at the fi-Bryan Pepp (Eagle Talon) an-nal right-hander at the end of other 30 seconds back. This one stage where he spun the car was an amazing feat after and stalled it for 20 seconds Steve had a brake rotor ex-and once at the spectator point plode on the first stage and at Delaware Mine where he the car had to limp through again spun in front of the Stage 2 also before it could be crowd. Choinere kept his cool serviced. A notable retiree in and in the end wound up beat-GT was Celsus Donnelly who ing Shepherd by two and a half had strong wins at STPR and minutes. Two minutes back was Maine this year. His day ended Shrader and two more minutes with a broken head gasket. back was Sheible. Karl's fourth Group 5 was a surprise from place overall gave him second the past as Steve Nowicki came overall in the series points out of retirement to be a threat standings Fifth over'all was a in the ex-Rieranen/Pepp/ magnificent run for Seamus Grzlak Mazda RX-7 which has Burke (Mitsubishi Evo IV) who competed in numerous events took first in Group N by almost since the early 1980s. He put a minute over Henry over three and a half minutes Krolikowski (Subaru WRXI). of time between himself and Next was the Production Mark Utecht after the first GT winner Steve Gingras who night. Utecht's Group 5 cham-cruised home to a near two pionship looked pretty solid as minute victory over Bryan long as he kept the car going Pepp. Shane Mitchell had his steadily. Notable DNFs in clutch blow up while down-Group 5 on the first night in-shifting at speed late in the eluded the Chevy S-10 on John event making him a DNF af- ' Daubenmeir (transmission) ter a great run. Also, this was and the Dodge Ram 50 of the first event of the year for "Mad" Mike Halley (roll-over). Gail Truess after winning the In Group 2, as was men-Prod. GT championship last Continued on page 56 Dusty Times

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..... Seamus Burke and Frank Cunningham took fifth overall, first in Group Doug Shepherd put in an incredible run in his Mitsubishi Eclipse, taking Steve Gringas and Bill Westrick won Production GT again this year in their Mitsubishi Eclipse. Gingras took 2nd in the PGT driver's championship while Westrick won the co-driver's championship. Nin their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV. second overall with co-driver Peter Gladysz. year. She took fifth in class at took it easy the rest of the way cruised to a minute and a half this· year's event which was to win the Group 5 champion-win over Thomas Lawless and much better than her result of ship as well as the Woodner won the championship for that totaling the Mazda 323GTX Cup for the highest placing class as well. J.B. Nicay took she ran last year. two wheel drive car in the se-fourth in class to take second Steve Nowicki cruised to an ries. Bryan Hourt managed to in the points chase. easy Group 6 win after Mark finish in fifth in class behind Finally, Dennis Chizma Utecht "got about four feet in the Ford Mustangs of Mike took the win in Production, the air" at a yump on Hurst and Jeremy Butts. but Brian Vinson took the Brockway Mountain. Mark In Group 2, Bob Neilsen class championship in the r . same car that won the 1991 coverage 2001 could be more championship for Cal Landau. interesting. Both Mitsubishi Perry King soldiered on to and Mazda will be joining take third in class and his first Hyundai, Mitsubishi, and Su-finish in the Hyundai. barn for the Manufacturer's And that was it ;for the Cup. With new people joining 2000 SCCA ProRally Champi-the ranks as well as some vet-onship. Entries are up and erans coming back after many with more media attention in years off, it will definitely be a magazines and Speedvision series to watch. ■ Steve Nowicki and David Stone took first in the ageless Mazda RX-7 Dennis Chizma has his 911 Porsche working great now and took the The Krolikowski family, Henry and Cindye brought their Subaru lmprez3 which had been submerged once and flew off a bridge once in previous Production Class victory by a margin of eight minutes and S 1 seconds. WRX-Sti to the finish fin in second place in Group N. 56 seconds out LSPRs. .:.._ _ _c_ ___ --'-----------------_o_f fi_irs_t.-'-(P_h_ot_o-'by_r._om_ B_uc_h_koe-'-) _____________ _ ·+ ... ·-. . . .. . . Page 56 January 2001 Dusty Times

TREELINE RALLY 2aaa REPORT Tony ·chavez Does It Again By Paul Timmerman Photos: Motorsport Memories Tony Chavez and Eddie Cardenas flew around the stages in their Mitsubishi Ga/ant, leading all the way and winning overall. of rallies in the U.S. The rally has continued to improve since Lon Peterson founded the modem ver-sion rally in 1996. Competitors from California, Ariwna and the Pacific Northwest competed in the event. As the sea-son winds down, competitors look-ing to secure enough points to lock in championship positions made the haul to California. From up north, Bob and Tammy Reaves brought their RX-3, in a bid to take the North west Group 5 title. Roger Hull's PGT Eclipse also came in from Arizona, looking for his own Group 5 crown. Sean Gallagher sat in his usual seat Roger Hull and Sean Gallagher drove their Eagle Talon to a great first place in GT at Treeline, second overall. as navie for the veteran team. In Open class, Tony Chavez and Eddie Cardenas were the clear fa-vorites, coming off a dominant win at Goreman Ridge and a win at T reeline in 1999. Challenging were the George Pisek and Alex Gelsomino in the S2 Quattro. They fit this local rally in after their busy national schedule. Bruce Brown teamed with Bob Moe on this date, in his steady march to scoop up championship points. The white Su-baru is new for this year and has proved a reliable mount from its very -first rally. Bob Pendergrass and Jon W eigley in the big 4:00 HP Chevy Blazer were in for a wild ride in their Open class ride as well. Paul Timmerman and Suzanne Martin fielded the bright yellow Mazda 323 GTX to round out the Open class field at six teams. The Tombstone Paintball Park the Year Award from SCCA. The run out of the Holiday Inn in ArizonanativesKeithRoperand Treeline Rally is the penultimate format remains largely unchanged, Monrovia,Califomia.A$1000purse Jack Evenson were in a shiny PGT event in the California Rally Series running through the mountainous was offered this year from rally com- Gallant VR-4, in only their second 2000 season. It was held north of the Rincon Road, behind Mount Wil- petitor, Leon Styles, in the name of • event after Prescott. The only local San Gabriel Valley, in the Angeles son. One new special stage was TombstonePaintballPark. This gen-in PGT was hot shoe Lauchlin Forest, on November 18th. It is a added this year, replacing the hair erous sponsorship helped to con- O'Sullivan teamed with Treeline previous winner of the Club Rally of raising downhill Stage 6. The rally is tinue to keep T reeline the forefront veteran Steve Bender. The biggest field of the day is the 2WD Open class, with ten entries. Continued on page 58 "8111mes Bros. Racing Enginea Would like to Congratul_ate ..... BRUCE DRIV IN THE M10·KEY T JEF , DRIV . .·· T,HE, \ }f ·osKIN ..• ' .. ACING ·"'\_, TRU . WCfN :r .· .. G·. 4t:ib.r. A'%2icrz. ·E::i'r:'.:.· P\. 1', ·.·... -< " SO,OTT STEINB'ERGER, L¥CO'i>:PCI RAct½ RADIO'{' o"TR.UCK;:'WON IVER IN THE THE A 2000 IN THE PR(">-TRUCK CLASS ·$~ii~} :t• ... •~~;¢ ... "•ft•"• 't,♦ •J:}c~7•• ROS. RA€1NG E~cJ1I\ tifrn:rr;:1:i:i4:t:t:~f~:;:,J;t$titi:1:i:i:t:t;ti:n:tf:i:~:rJ,:f:t'.ttff:t:tKtuit Dusty Times ·HAMM ·t::s ARl!/PRO¥EN WINNERS!, TO CONTACT US, PLEASE CAL.: E;.MAIL US AT O'NBAJA@AOL .. CO~~. ':-· ' You c .ALS? VI~;~} 0 U.R l<M r$J Es Ft~:c 1N G. co M January 2001 Page 57

George Pisek and Alex Gelsomino took third overall, second in Open Keith Roper and Jack Evenson took a great 4th overall, 2nd in GT Brad Boli and Gary Garman took a very nice first place in Group 2 Class and they won the SOPAC SCCA Club Championship. ..:,.d_ri_vi--ng"----in_o=--n-'-'ly'--'--th--e __ ir--s--e....-co_n_d-.-r._a,..,_lly.'-. ----=--------.c----r-and first in Performance Stock in the CRS category. Sponsorof the rally, Leon Styles was RX-3. But did they need the win, or in another Arizona entry. They com- good stability this year, indicating The rally course returned to its looking hungry in the Lany S~ott just to cruise to a finish? Jay Streets pete in the ex-Bill Gutzman pre- they were ready to put together a original west, east configuration, prepared Mazda RX-7. Lany warned · and Al Kintigh brought out a spare pared Plymouth Arrow. William and great string of stages. Mike Gibeault with the first service at Red Box on teams in front of Leon to keep an Toyota Corolla to make a rare local Julie Yates celebrated one year of ral- and daughter Michelle were out in the Angeles Crest Highway. The fi-eye on the mirrors. Bob and Tammy appearance, as their impressive na- lying with their Toyota MR-2. Dave the family rally car, ready to repeat nal stage of the original rally was re-Reaves' strategy was to wrap up their tional season is completed. Peter Coleman and Josh Jacquot, have a strong performance from last year; placed due to safety concerns. Doug PNW Group 5 title in their Mazda Workum teamed with John Rippel done great things for rallying under Patrick Rodi teamed with Tom Bier Robinson located a new stage fur-Watch out, here they come! The Group 5 win went to Leon Styles and Larry Scott, they missed the Group 5 Championship by just a few points. i!!Bli5 Gundry Ave. Signal Hill. CA 90B06 B00.959.7757 56i!.4i!7.i!375 FAX: 5i!!li. 4i!!li.5i!!94 see nur c:n111plete prnduc:t line at www.neosyntheticoil.com Page ss the masthead of Sport Compact Car in the second generation Mazda RX- ther up Azuza Canyon.Typical stage magazine. They entered their first 7. Jon Kidwell teamed with Craig is run at around 30-mph average rally together as a rookie seed six McHugh in the familiar VW Rab- speed. This is the slowest rally in the team in Dave's Datsun 510. Rich- bit. U.S., but by no means the easiest. ard Byford and Fran Olson can't get In Stock class, Nick Taylor and The slow speeds are the result of re-enough seat time, and after attempt- Josh Armbruster were attempting to lentless corners. The longest ing the Baja 2000 in a bug, fired up take their Toyota Corolla to a sec- straights are a short half block. While their BMW 2002. Newcomers Brady ond stock class championship. De- the Rincon Road is smoother than Dohrmann and Brandon Smith ran fending were Sean Ono and Jason the Rim roads, it is also tighter, has a Mazda RX-7. The gregarious John Lane in their rookie season in the high berms, steep banks, and rock Shults and Don Shreyer brought our little red Mazda GLC, Ray Laureano faces, requiring a precise driving. their ex-Yance Walker Mazda RX-and Bill Barfoot in the Toyota Small cars are thought to have an 3. Mark and Scott Peterson entered Celica, and Keith Wheeler and Ken advantage on these roads. Unlike their Dodge Colt. Lazarus in the historic MOB. Note previ01.1s years where grading and Performance Stock class had only the new classifications for next year, rains have made the roads relatively four teams this year, with the retire- where CRS is combining PS tock and smooth and dust free, this year was ment of veteran Mark Brown and Stock classes. In even better news dryer, and featured many more the pending sale of the Mateo Tools for Keith and Ken, SCCA is plan- rocks, and a few dust clouds. The Toyota. This still leaves several very ning a new historic rally car class, back markers had additional rocks capable teams, Brad Boli and Gary which will give them a perfect cat- to deal with as the powerful cars up Garman have shown great speed and egory for their team. front threw them into the track. Use What The January 2001 Dusty Times .t .

Bob and Tammy Reaves took the second spot in Group 5, 7th overall Laughlin O'Sullivan and Steve Bender had a slight off course Nick Taylor and Josh Armbruster won the Stock Class c:nd they have and-they took the NOR PAC Group 5 title. altercation, lost 8 minutes and never made it back, finishing 3rd in GT. a slim lead in Stock Class going into the final. The first stage is a climb up to the and winds onto the north side of the had tcountone-one thousand, two-Pstock. At 2.90 down, Paul at 3.64. Roger Hull was seventh at top of Pine Mountain, with 2000 ft. ridge, down through oak forests and two thousand, making up for a bro-Ti~erman and Suzanne Martin 3. 72, giving him second in PGT on elevation gain. It starts with a toward the stream in the valley. This ken Terra trip, while using the bag were second in Open class. Keith the road. George Plsek was holding switchback climb, opens up into a stage also strains the concentration . provided in the seat back pocket. Roper was sitting fourth at 3 .07, and down third in Open class back at series of sweepers, crosses from the of drivers, who pay a severe price for And they call it a "driver's ralfy." leading PGT. The Reeve's RX-3 was 3.73, and was eighth. Nick Taylor north side of the ridge to the south an instant of inattention. More than The third stage climbs up to Red fifth at 3.26, with a narrow lead in was leading Stock class at 4.11, and side, climbs along a rough, rocky, a few cars have been up the berms box after a fast squirt along the steam Group 5 over Leon Styles, in sixth Continued on page 60 exposed ridge. Tony Chavez set the on this. Tony Chavez again set the and a blast through the old camp-fastest time, as likely challenger · fastest stage time, with Paul grounds. This stage also features Lauchlin O 'Sullivan put the Eclipse Timmerman running second. They - some steep switchbacks and some into a bank on the inside of a tight did the stage with an unusual stag- unusual combination stream cross-comer, losing eight minutes. Brad gered wheel size setup on the front, ing/hairpins. Roger Hull, Lauchlin Boli showed his stuff, nailing a sec- due to a borrowed, but oversized O'Sullivan, and Keith Roper chases ond fastest time, a great accomplish- spare, This wheel was· taken· from Tony up the stage. Roger was accli-ment for a non-turbo, 2WD car. Lauchlin's Eclipse after the 323 spare mating to the roads, and picked up Next was Leon Styles, in the power- lacked air. The wheel was offered in the pace. This was Lauchlin's frrst ful RX-7, followed by Jay Streets in thanks for a pull off the berm on the clean stage of the rally having offed the Toyota. Those who entered cars previous stage. Brad Boli again set and flatted on the previous two were already broken learned about an excellent time, and Rookie Keith stages. Paul Timmerman's Mazda iton Stage 1. This included the MG Roper shc:>wing his metal in the Gal- was back on the rim, and Dave of Keith Wheeler, the RX-7 of !ant VR-4. Sean Otto and Rey Coleman's Datsun started smacking Patrick Rodi, and the VW Rabbit of Laureano each taking 99% times on the distributor, slowing but not Jon Kidwell. with mechanical problems. stopping them altogether. Mark The second stage is the longest Most co-drivers were somewhat Peterson's car also slowed on stage of the rally, and is infamous for its green at the end of the stage. One and lost a huge chunk of time. effect on co-drivers. It is over 11 was even seen bailing out and hug-After the regroup at service, miles long, but takes nearly half an ging the ground, looking immensely . Tony was leading by 2.65 minutes hour. The stage starts along the ridge forlorn. In another case, a co-driver over Brad Boli, who was leading Mike and Michelle Gibeault took first place in Production Class in their neat looking VW Jetta and 2nd in SOPAC Production Class. J({nt*$bocks are the cb~i,e of winners , hampions the world over. King1Sbocks-equipped vehicles ariven by Dave Ashel~ Dan Smith, Larr Ragland, Brian Stewart, Mork Miller, and Ryan Arciem, finished '1-2-3 in 'Class (TrophyJrqrkJ of the aw~inspiring,,Baja 2089. 'Other Ba;a ,winnerf include; Bekki Freeman (1/2~1600), Jeremy Spirkoff (Stock Full}, Dr. Macrae Gloss {Stock Mini}, and Joe Scheble {Challenger}. To soy that King Shock Technology went the distance for drivers Steve, Dan, and Andrew Myers {Class 10), as well as Joe Custer {7S), would be the understatement of the millennium! These teams took victories in BOTH the -Nevada 2000, and Ba;a 2000! In addition to these outstanding performances, Kyle Taylor · scored his second Class 8 championship in convincing style, posting the Overall win at the season-ending Las Vegas 200. Congratulations to all winners and champions relying on King Shock Technology! Dusty Times SHOCK VIECHN06.0GY 714.530.8701 • FAX 714..530-8702 10402 TRASK AV£, UNff C • GARDEN GROVZ;;. CA 92843 ~ldngshocks.corn January 2001 Page 59

· sat ninth overall. Mike Gibeault was tenth overall and second in Pstock. Jay Streets back in i 1th after falling off the pace. At this point there were just three DNFs to be counted, all in the first mile of the race. Stage 4 is the reverse of Stage 3, • and is the appetizer for the coming OBA: Discount Foreign We Have In Stock: Ultra Wheels 15 X 3.5 & 15 X 7 $84.05 $89.10 Centerline Wheels 15 X 3.5 & 15 X 6 $117.45 $124.75' 15 X 10 $131.99 Call for Prices 3636 Meade Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 247-1266 We Now Do. MAGNA FLUX Page 60 Stage 5 feast.Tony Chavez again set fastest time on the downhill stage. Lauchlin O'Sullivan was second, with his less powerful POT car. Jay Streets was also making the most of the downhill, taking a third on the stage after fixing the car at service. Paul Timmerman was fourth on the stage, but would retire with a holed radiator on the next stage. This net-ted his team the Turkey A ward for the second year in three. On the marathon Stage 5, the re-verse of Stage 2, Lauchlin set fastest time, denying Tony a sweep. This victory was only 0.3 2, and would not chip away at the large lead Tony was protecting. Roger Hull, now having seen the roads, was third fastest, moving up the charts. George Plsek was fourth fastest and Keith Ropper was fifth fastest. This created impor-tant changes in the scoring. Roger Hull slotted into second, Rapper into third, Pisek into fourth, and Boli drifted back to fifth as he lost 2.50 on the stage. The four wheel drive cars started to show greater advan-tage on the return trip, as the track became softer. The all-new last stage was de-scribed as competitors as surreal. The road climbs almost 2000 ft. in six miles. The track is overgrown from lack of use. It is also the tight-est stage, demanding first gear nearly the whole way. Driven at night, the rally car lights lit up the eight to 10 foot high scrub, creating a tunnel effect. This made a stage of perperu-ally blind, super tight corners, that no rallyist had seen before. It re-quired careful teamwork, as the in-structions came out in one long stream. And the strange view throu h the windshield, looking like January 2001 a Steven King movie. The fastest teams were those with excellent road reading skills, good note reading, and powerful cars. And as one team found, what you can't see could hurt you. Lauchlin excellent again, setting a second top stage time, fueling his march out of the cellar, where he landed back on Stage 1. George Plsek was charging hard to make up time lost earlier, taking second fast-est stage time. This allowed veteran Audi team to slip ahead of th-e rookie team of Roper and Evenson. Roger Hull took third on the last stage, so-lidifying his position. After some mid-race mechanical troubles with the powerful RX-7, Leon Styles· at-tacked, notching a fine fourth.fast-est time. This allowed Leon Styles and Larry Scott to pass Brad Boli in overall time. Brad later admitted this Stage 6 did not suit his trail-braking driving style. Bob Pendergrass put the Blazer half way off the mountain. When co-driver Jon Weigley looked out his side with the flashlight all he found was air, forcing him to exit the driver's door, ending their rally a scant mile short. In the end, it was all Tony Chavez and Eddie Cardenas in the Gallant VR-4. They drove a smart race, tak-ing an early lead and holding on as things got tricky and weird at the end. They took yet another first overall and first in Open class. The winning time was 1:32: 28. This gave them the point to all but wrap up the CRS Open Class Championship. Roger Hull and Sean Gallagher, were almost five minutes back after starting out modestly on unknown roads, then picked it up to take sec-ond overall and first in PGT. The SCCA points gave them into the PGT championship for SOPAC. Nice work. George Pisek and Alex Gelsomino were 1 7 seconds further back taking a third overall and sec-ond in Open class. These points gave them the SOPAC SCCA Club Championship, while they are still battling for second i:n CRS Open through the Laughlin, Nevada event at the Ramada Express Casino. Keith Roper and Jack Evenson showed great maturity for rookies, taking a second in PGT and a fourth overall. This is only their second race, and with that they took a third in SOP AC POT. If they run a full schedule next year, Roger and Lauchlin will be looking over their shoulders. They commented how much they liked the rally atmo-sphere, with people helping each other. Their speed as rookies is par-tially attributed to their experience in trials motorcycle racing. Other notables in the CRS who have spent many hours in the saddle are Lon Peterson and Mike Whitman. This puts them in good company. Leon Styles and Larry Scott are still working out the kinks in the blue Tombstone Paintball RX-7, but with determination and spanners, they took the Group 5 victory and a fine fifth overall. In the debut year of the RX-7, Leon and Larry just missed the Group 5 championship, needing only six additional points to take the crown. That's not too bad for a shakedown tour. Brad Boli and Gary Garman are now showing both speed and the ability to finish races. They took a first in Performance Stock and Group 2, and a sixth overall. This First Four-Wheeled 9ehicle OVERA • First Place• Trophy Truck Class Congratulations to Endpro Racing, rivers Dan Smith and Dave Ashley Dusty Times

may have been a mild disappoint-ment after holding second for much of the race. Clearly their best days are yet to come, as they are improve ing every race. Their time perfor-mances throughout the year have given them firm second in SOPAC Group 2, and a fighting shot at the Performance Stock Crown, which is on the line at Laughlin. Bob and Tammy Reaves came for the SCCA out of division points, and put in a consistent drive to nail down second place in Group 5, and take ' seventh overall. They do not com-pete as CRS competitors. These points gave them the NORPAC Group 5 title. Jay Streets and Al Kintigh were back in eighth at the end, after hav-ing an up and down day. They still manages second in Group 2 for their perseverance. In addition to Jay's national accolades, as ProRally Rookie of the Year, and second place in ProRally Group 2, he has snatched the SOPAC Group 2 title, and is leading in the CRS 2WD Open cat-egory. Rumor is that Jay is going to try to take back the national Group 2 title that slipped away at Prescott. Nick Taylor and Josh Armbruster were the Stock class winners, coming home ninth fastest. They have a slim lead in Stock class going to the CRS finale. Sean Otto, Keith Wheeler, and Rey Laureano all have a fair shot at the Stock title, and it is far too close to call. Lauchlin O'Sullivan and Steve Bender never made up the eight minute deficit, but only let it slip to 9: 15 by the end of the rally, showing their competitive speed with two fastest stage times. Their speed took them from 23rd to 10th overall by Dusty Times the end. In the end.d:iey were third in a tough PGT field for their efforts. Lauchlin was second in SOPAC PGT championship this year, 50 points behind Roger Hull. Mike and Michelle Gibeault just missed a top ten finish, and took first in Production and second in Pstock after a difficult rally. With this fin-ish they take second place in SO PAC Production Class Champi-onship by a scant 14 points to the team of Paula Gibeault and Chrissy Beavis. When they call the Jetta "the family rally car", they really mean it. It must be some kind of record for two teams to take first and second .in the same rally car. The Pstock titles are still up in the air, with Gibeaults filling two of the top three slots. It will be a dogfight at Laugh-lin to see if Brad Boli can hang on to his point lead, and more to the point, to see which Gibeault gets the Jetta' s keys in Nevada. . Peter W orkum and John Rippel drove a workman like race with a steady but increasing pace through-out. The Plymouth Arrow to_ok them to third in Group 5 and 12th overall. This netted them a third place in SOPAC Group 5 champi-onship. William and Julie Yates brought their Toyota MR-2 in 13th overall, . and took home a fourth in Group 5. They notched up a fourth in SOPAC Group 5 this year. Dave Coleman and Josh Jacquot took their maiden voyage in the Sport Compact Car Datsun 510. By finish-ing their first event they climb im-mediately to Seed 5. They managed a fourth in Group 2 and 14th overall along the way despite their mechani-cal issues. Seed 4, here they come. Bruce Brown teamed° with Bob Moe in the clean white Subaru Im-preza and cruised to 15th overall, but a tidy third place in SCCA Open. For the year long consistency, the Gaviot_ta Geezer squad squeezed out a third in SOPAC Open class for 2000. Bruce should have Pat beside him by Rim 2001. Best wishes on a speedy recovery, Pat. Richard Byford and Fran Olson have become fixtures in CRS in a short time in the yellow BMW 2002 has graced our ranks. They turned the 16th fastest cumulative time and took fifth in Group 2. They also have cemented a fourth in SOP AC Group 2 for 2000. They could do much bet-ter in CRS, as they are in third but not far out of first i11 2WD Open. Richard and Fran are the hot pick for next year's Historic class in SCCA. Brady Dohrmann and· Brandon Smith are newcomers in their Mazda RX-7. They were 17th overall and fifth in Group 5, driving a consistent race as they learn about setting the pace. John Shults and Don Shreyer were 18th in their Mazda RX-3, put-ting them sixth in Group 5. This fin-ish was the result of taking 32 min-utes off on stage 5. Despite their prob-lems, they have taken the SOPAC Group 5 title. Congratulations. Sean Otto and Jason Lane are wrapping up their rookie year in the Mazda GLC. They were 19th to fin-ish, but second in Stock class. They never recovered from taking 30 min-utes on the second stage. Rey Laureano and Bill Barfoot also maxed the second stage, drop-ping them down to 20th overall in the Toyota Celica. They did collect January 2001 a third in Stock class and kept in the hunt or the Stock class title despite the problems. Mark and Scott Peterson were the last team in, driving the Doclge Colt to an eighth in Group 2. The 54 min-utes they took on Stage 3 was too much to overcome. But they did show excellent pace on Stage 1 and 2, and were up as high as eighth over-all before getting hung up. They seem to be on track for a good year in 2001. As e ected, the rall ran like clockwork. Organizers Pete Morris, and Doug and Sue Robinson are credited with carrying on a fine tra-dition. The Holiday Inn was a great venue, with our own space.for rally cars separated by a bridge over the lovely San G~briel River. The party afterwards was stocked with lots of great pizza, subs, wings and drinks. Best of all, L.A. teams that showed up that morning, got home by bed-time, full of dust and tall tales from the rail trail. ■ .PIKES service center Baker, California Celebra~ing 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TD OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS .•• THANKS! 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Classified ... NOTICE Some of the items advertised in these pages may not be legal for sale or use in all 50 states. Readers are advised to consult appropriate lo-cal or state authorities for informa-tion before purchase of any specific item. AUTOMOTIVE FOR SALE: Class 10 or 12 Off road car, Vorra overall championship car, Excellent Desert or Short Course car, sorted, Fresh full prep, very clean & well maintained, reliable and fast, very low hrs on new Wiles motor & trans, best of everything, finished over 900Ai of races-no bs. Have fun racing and not working on car, Priced to sell quick. $11,500.00. Call Rob at (714) 606-8723. FOR SALE: 91 Bronco Prerunner, fully caged 97 front fiberglass, 2 long travel internal reservoirs shocks (65mm) per wheel. Alcons and 35 BFG's. Charcoal Leather interior, very fast off road. $10,500.00 (760) 723-9167. FORSALE: Class 12orSportsrnan-2 SEAT MIRAGE Class 12-Major motor, Fox coil-over 2.5 bypass, Hewland DG300, outboard CV's, FodF Ab spindles, power steering, UMP\, best ofbest, Super fresh, like new Ref-# 788. $30,000.00 oho. Baja Brokers on the web @ bajaconcepts.com. Hot Class 10 2 seater-Best of the Best, Dunrite chassis, King coil-over and bypass, Honda, slightly detuned for longevity, Mendeola-top of the line oho, Mid-Engine, brand new, raced 1 time at Laughlin. Injury forces sale, $65,000.00 oho. Must sell, ready to race Baja and finish??? Radio, hel-mets, and trailer included. Ref# 7 50. Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117 or on the web at bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: 1967 Ford Prerunner-Big VS, all new C-6 built trans, Locker spool 5.13, heavy suspension. 4.37 tires & spare, Centerline wheels, full cage, 35 gallonJaz cell, rotor brakes, new Simpson belts, headers, new Mastercrafts, Aluminum dash, tool box, King shocks, I beams, fiberglass panels & hood, dual electric system, gauges, Holley carburetor, MSD ig-nition, Art Carr shifter, Shroeder wheel. $8,000.00 firm Call 760-751-9364. FOR SALE: Pro-Lite Ford Ranger Esslinger 2 700cc tall block, dry sump, King, Beard, Cone axles, Willwood, CNC power cylinders, Fiberglass, all new $40,000.00. Call Joe (520) 667-2194. FOR SALE: Chenowth Millenium Class 1, Rear mounted Fuel injected Scat V -4, Fortin 5 speed, King shocks, All the best parts, spares, low miles, Very fast car. Less motor & tranny $40,000.00. Motor & tranny also available. Call (520) 977- 4191 or email 1MRACER142@AOL.COM. FOR SALE: Cindy Greinkes 2/ 1600. Ready for Baja 2000. Best of everything, Former SCORE Championship winning car, re-cent winner. More spare parts than you would believe, 20 spare wheels and tires. Race quality spare motor & trans. ·Complete log book for car.Contact BajaBrokers Ref # 790. (760) 723-2117. ·,;>'"':-:..-·' .. ..,. ~. -•· <' -... • ~ • < FOR SALE: 1998 Ranger, Fiber-glass body, custom I beams, longer radius arms, 2300cc dual 44mm, TS manual, C4 auto trans w/ cooler, new Beard Super-Seat, Dana 60-35 Spline, Bead Locks, Kuster Shocks, Bump stops, raced PACE 1999 & 2000, Midwest Outlaw 7S. $8,000.00. Don Pon-der, St Louis (314) 631-8140 W, 314 544-407 4 H. FOR SALE: Chevrolet Class 8/Un-limited or Premnner project, 1973 chassis & cab, 1998 Fiberglass hood, fenders, Bedsides, Fuel Cell, 35 BFG & spares. Ford I Beam front boxed 4 link rear 3" King Coilovers, 4 wheel disc brakes, 8 lug corporate locking rear. Project needs completion. First $2,500.00 takes it. 626 332-4949. FOR SALE: 1999 Chenowth 4 seat PreRunner, trick suspension, PIS, Fox Shox, Cutting brakes, Race tranny, 1915cc type l, dual carbs, BFG tires, new paddles & wheels, PIAA lights, much more. Just built, trailer included. $18,000.00 OBO 702 435-6531. FOR SALE: MOR Stock Mini truck. 2nd in Class 97 /99. Great finishing truck! 4.0L motor, auto trans, Bilstein shocks, Dana 44 w/spool, 456 gears, some spares. Make reasonable off er and you could be racing in 2001. Must sell. Have bought another truck. Could be street legal. Dennis 909 735-6452 after 6:30 FOR SALE: 84 Ranger 7S 94 Fiber-glass V6, C-4, Kings, Curie 9", FOX Air Pumps, 19" Rear, 13" Front. 33xl0.50; $10,500.00. Call Wayne (619) 473-1050. FOR SALE: 2 CORR Pro-Lite Toyo-tas trucks, Both Greaves built, one with new Probst motor-Radiator, Steering, Race prepped by Greaves, $50,000.00. One with Ron Hendricks dry sumped motor, dyno time only, wheels, body, clutches, new parts, too many to list $75,000.00. Both Race Ready. Steve Foster (at Bug E Whse in San Antonio, TX) (210) 533-8056 wk,. 210) 649-1598 hm. Funco Chassis all Chromoly 119" .__ __________ __. Bob Gordon's Class l Chenowth FOR SALE: Moulton/Mirage Score wheel base, 1650Type 1, Bus tranny, FOR SALE: Raceco 1-1600, Brand Milleniumcar Package, Fat3.0L V6, 1lll:Z1iiii111111iii Lites. GeoffHart 135 HP Motor, For-22 gal fuel cell, (4) Fox in front, (8) new 1600 Fat race motor, fresh trans, Fresh, Top of the line Fortin box, -----------~ tin Trans, Fox Shocks, FodrillArms, 2.0 Fox in rear, new Foddrill front 091 gear box, 486 ring pinion, FTC Sway-A-Way, BFG projects, rear FOR SALE: 98 Chenowth Summer Bros. Hubs, CNC Brakes, arms, Woods rear arms, front and rear gears, Brand new Kings 3.0 triple by bead locks, etc. Fully prepped, ready Millenium Class 1 3.2 L Acura NSX Deist Belts, PCI Radio, Plus Many discs with CNC calipers, 300m tor- pass. 300m torsion bars. New Bund- to race. Remember '98 Baja 1000 to V6 King Shocks, Fortin box, UMP spares. Multiple SCORE Class Win-sion bars, Durablue stub axles, Ump erson beam & torsion housing LaPaz? This car was the first buggy Steering, BFG on Ultra, CNC Cali- ner, Prepped and Ready to Race. steering, Parker Pumper, Yokohamas Charlynn power steering, new Road to finish! $24,000.00 - car only or pers, Pumper, comes w/spares very ALSO 22ft Enclosed trailer w/cabi-front and rearon Ultras, very reliable, Master Radio & hand held, & trailer. complete package with spare parts clean & fast. $75,000.00 days (760) nets & work bench. Everything goes, finishingcar,someextras.$12,000.00 Carraceready$12,000.00orbestof- & moror and trans for$$?? Go to 356-2131 nights (760) 356-1503. $30,000.00. Call Jim or Mike oho Call (915) 833-7902. fer. (702) 363-7992. bajaconcepts.com Ref# 778. Ask for Josh Waddell. Zupanovich at (562) 591-5665. ■■■W■■■■■■■lll■i■■■illl■■lll■lll■■l•■liii■■■ll ■■lll■l ■ •■■illl■lll■l■l■■■••■•■■llillll■ll■■I Sell or swap your extra parts qnd pieces in . DUSTY TIMES. 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FOR SALE: Pre Runner, nearly race ready. Full roll cage, new Bil-steins; fresh dual port 1760 motor; Bus trans; Sway-A-Way torsion; Beard Seats; 5pt harness; dual batt; fresh paint; lots of tricked out stuff. $5 000.00 obo 661 250-4537. FOR SALE: Score Lite, 1999-2000 points champion, great finishing record. 14" front travel, Foddrill arms and spindles, CNC brakes, FOX, 19" rear travel, Micro Stub, FOX 3" by-pass. DG 300 trans. No motor, 930-30 spline axles, some spares. $25,000.00. CallJerry@ (949) 650-3035. FOR SALE: Own the Best! Custom Pro Built Blazer PreRunner: 20" front/ rear travel, Bilsteins coilover w/by-pass, Summers, Dana 60 Rear Locker 44 splfne floater. Custom wide King Pm I beam front, top of the line 4 seater, 37"xl 7" BFG w/beadlocks, radio, f1:ll int. complete spares box, new Pro ZZ4 350. All fresh & prepped, ready to go! Needs noth-ing. The qest prerunner available for $46,500.00 obo. Bruce Anderson/ Seeley Racing. Riverside (909) 689-9101. FOR SALE: 4-Seat A-Arm Pre-Runner, 18" travel front & rear, Alumbodyw/windshield, VW 1835, TriMil, Weber, 40mm, 091 Bus Trans, Super Diff, All Chromoly chassis & arms. Fox 2.0, Sway-A-Way 2.5 Coilovers, BFG,iCenterline, Beard, Hella, KC, Autometer. Ready to Pre-Run Baja. $19,995.00 obo. (858) 279-2943. FOR SALE: 2 seat Unlimited Mi-rage, Completed 1999 new car, all new parts. This is not a refurbished race car. Built as an awesome Pre Run car. FAT Type IV, Mendeola Bus Box, Fox Coilover front, Fox rear, Sharlin Power Steering, 4 wheel dis, 25 gal cell, PCI, Pumper, 300 miles, Beautiful car. 40,000.00 invested, $24,000.00 obo Jim (626) 966-7509 or (909) 946-1893. A-ARM CHENOWTH 2 SEAT, Porsche 3.6 cylinder, Fields auto transaxle, 934 CY's Sway-A-Way, Fod Fab, Bilstein coilover/bypass, Howe power steering, Fortin, Jamar, Halon anti-fire system, Simpson, VDO, Mastercraft, BFG, Centerline + spares, with fresh prep. $45,000.00 obo Ref #794. BajaBrokers (760) 723-2117. Dusty Times 1996 Ford f-150, Pro Stock Full 860/ 8100 class. This has won 3 class championships. Ready to race, in-cluding first prep. Over $50,000.00 in spares alone. Best of everything, nothing skimped on. This winning race truck has finished every mile of every race. $55,000.00 OBO. Ref# 795, Baja Brokers (760)723-2117. FORD RANGER 7s Race Truck: Multiple 1st place finishes, Kuster shocks, 9" with 35 spline, Mogi C4 auto trans, National Spring Co. Fox air bumps at all 4 comers, MSD, Mastercraft, Flame Out system, some spare parts included, 250hp Ref # 805. $35k. Call Baja Brokers at (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Dodge engines- raced in CORR 422 & 390 complete, $10,000.00-takes both. Two B &M 727 tranny's, all the goodies $1,500.00. Fiberglass moulds for 2000 Dodge, $1,200.00. Cell (920) 532-6264 Wisconsin. FOR SALE: Class 7S 1993 Ford Ranger Longbed, 1999 Laughlin win-ner, Curmuit shocks, 40 spline Ford 9 inch full floater, Cone spindles f:~ Hub, National Springs, T-5 trans, Race Ready with complete spare package. $24,500.00 obo. Joel (760) 256-2941 or (760) 252-2206. FOR SALE: Fortin Transmission-Ratios are 3.08-1st., 1.90 -2nd, 1.72-3"1, 1.50-4'\ l.30-5'h, 4:37 Ring & Pinon, 100 miles on rebuild, contact Brad Zacka and or Jeff@ (714) 441-1212. $8,000.00. FOR SALE: 1986 Ford Ranger, 71,500 orig mi, 9" Ford Floater, 8 Bilsteins, Centerlines (16") , Fiber-glass fenders & ¼ panels, 32 gal-lon Fuel Cell, Stock eng & auto trans. $7,500.00 (805) 640-9867. FOR SALE: Class 5-1600 Complete rebuilt Leighton Motor, JG Trans, Fox: 7 /8 shocks, Wright combo, Rack & Pinon, new 22 gal cell, gauges Ml C seats & belts, new electrical and paint. Best of everything. Fluidyne cooler, inc all spares (760) 349-3340 $7,000.00 OBO. FODOR RACING PACKAGE OR PIECES-(A) 44' Gooseneck Com-petitive Trailer, Roof platform, triple axle, front parts room, extra tall ceil-ing, fits 2 cars, Ref # 806, $14,900.00, (B) Laughlin 2000win-ning Class 12 Single Seater Chen-owth, Major motor, King Bypass, prepped and ready to keep winning Ref # 807, $24,900.00 (C) PreRunner Raceco 2-1600 with new front end and a 1915cc motor, very dependable, all fresh shocks, and a radio, all for $8,900.00 Ref # 808. Call Baja Brokers at (760) 723-2117. SEMITRACTOR and TRAILER-48' Trailer w/air conditioning, Side door, Toilet, Couch, Closet, Water Tank, Compressor, Work Bench, 110/12V lighting, living quarters in front. Tractor is a 1986 Intemational with a 9 speed transmission and 300 Cummings Big Cam. Both for $24,500.00 Ref#798 Call Baja Bro-kers at (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Raceco Class One S.S. -3 .3 Porsche-Fortin Trans, Foddrill spindles & arms, 934 Summers, King 3" bypass in rear, 2.5 bypass in front, Race Ready $32,000.00. Less motor and trans. $14,000.00. Ron Brant (310) 328-3595. FOR SALE: Class 1, Single Seat, Mike Smith Chassis and Shocks, 5 races on car, Complete prep for 2000 season. $60,000.00 Mike Grabowski (909) 376-0243. FORSALE: Toyota V63.4L300HP, 280FLS of Torque Fresh Hasn't been run except for dyno. Motor has best parts money can buy. It's complete from MSD electronic ignition, adapter plate, 9" clutch, big exhaust, 3-48 IDF Weber carbs with Sucker system. Motor is guaranteed to run or money back! New price on motor is $19,000.00. Will sell for $9,000.00. Call Kevin McMullen Racing @ (602) 402-6215 or email @ KMRtrans l@aol.com. FOR SALE: Porsche Type 4 Motor 2800cc, 21 0hp, 2L heads, 5'h stud, Big Exhaust, 2-44 IDF carbs with Sucker System, Clutch, ignition. Fresh com-plete ready to run guaranteed or money back! Will sell for $6,200.00 OBO email @KMRtrans l@aol.com or call Kevin McMullen racing @ (602) 402-6215. FOR SALE: Hewland DG300 fresh. New 3.88 R & P, 1st gear, Dog rings, 2nd gear, Pinion Brng's, DiffBRNG's, 1 "/Rev slider,seals, and 2/3 shift fork. Trans has Fortin gear carrier, and tail housing's 930 flanges and atl mounts on trans. Trans can be geared to your needs. Trans is guaranteed great or money back! Just spent $3,980.36 on rebuild. Will sell for $6,200.00 obo. Call Kevin McMullen racing@ (602) 402- 6215. FOR SALE: Wife says must sell: Short Course Stadium Toyota Tacoma, 2 motors; l-2700cc & 1-2500cc. Jerico 4 speed, Kusters, Fox bumps, Gold Star Clutches, rims, 12 tires, etc. Lots of good stuff $13,000.00 obo. (262) 629-9035 or (414) 870-7586. Baja Bug PreRunner-Like new, low miles, Fox Coilover front, near CNC disc brakes, +6" beam, rack and pi-non, full cage, very nice, bus box, VW 2333cc motor, BFG tires, Ul-tra Wheels, Beard, PIAA, FOX SHOX, best of the best Ref #803. $16,000.00. Call Baja Brokers at (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: 1-1600 CORR le-gal short course single buggy, FAT motor, St. Peter tranny, FOX 2.5 by pass shocks, Fod-drill arms, 930 CVs w/ race cages, power steering, Setrab cooler, stainless lines, Hi-Torque starter, Flame-Out sys-tem, powder paint, all the right stuff $9,000.00 Call Mark (262) 965-4799, email: Mark@Schweda.com. FOR SALE: Class 5 Baja Bug. Never finished, 105" wheel base 3" x 3" 4130 heat treated rear trailing arms, 4130 5" wider than stock front beam, Wright 1.5" long front arms with combo's, Wright rack and pinion, Fox Shocks 2 front & 6 rear, Fuel Cell, Beard Seats, Aluminum work complete, Jamar pedals, turning brake, super shifter, 930 CV"S boots and flanges, Summers axles, Type 2 trans with Hewland gears, Engine type 1 2074cc single Weber. Brand new never ran!! Misc other parts, with trailer $7,800.00. For info Call Doug @ (909) 699-8898. MIKE LESLIE LIQUIDATION-We have Class l truggy or Trophy Truck vehicle package with or with-out motor, Pro 2 CORR Ford Lucas Truck $69,000.00, Pro 4 Dodge Corr Borg-Warner Champion $59,000.00, 2 Ultra stocks, $15,000.00 each. Will make great desert toys or race them. ALSO a 48' tractor-trailer. Set up for racing with belly boxes, generator, compres-sor, etc. Loaded! $38,000.00 ref# 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784. Check it on the web @ bajaconcepts.com or call Baja Brokers at (760) 723-211 7. Don't bother Mike and no parts sold separately just yet. PRO TRUCK DODGE; Great Spec Class race truck. 360cid V* /Turbo 400/ Bilstein coilover and bypass/ Chrisman/etc .... Stop racing check-books and start racing trucks! Truck has all the legal updates. Ready for Baja 2000, BITD or? Complete with spares and full prep. Everything goes! $68,500.00 Baja Brokers. Go to bajaconcepts.com-Ref# 787. MISCELLANEOUS BAJA VIDEO FOR SALE: Gnarly Racing presents! Shot 30 miles into the Race, scenes include Trophy Trucks,· Chase Helicopters, Guadalupe Canyon back up & much more. Get your copy today. $14.99 + shipping and handling $5.00 To-tal $19.99. Send to 1440Grand Ave "A", San Marcos, CA 92069. SERVICE & REPAIRS BY PASS TUBE INSTALLA-TION SERVICE: 3/4" 4130 by-pass tubes installed on any shock 2 1/2" O.D. or larger. Experiment with your own placement on shock body or we will recommend ours. Assembly includes 3/4" tube bent and mitered, l" valve body, Venturi style piston, spring, cap & adjuster. Complete assembly welded-$125.00 per tube. Weld your own Assembly kits available. Shock service provided. Sway-A-Way, FOX, Bilstein, King, Dealer pricing available. Motorsport.engineering@gte.net (818) 994-7475. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS . ' gg p App Wheels ............................................................ 60 B&L Motorsports .................................................. 55 Baker ....................................................................... 30 Barazza_ ... ::-.: ..... :::.7 .................................................. 19 Bilstein Shock Absorbers ...................................... !i .. Cactus ..................................................................... 28 · Camburg Engineering ........................................... 23 Chenowth Racing Produces ................................ 51 Coast Resorts ........................................................ 12 C.0.0.E .................................................................... 41 Whit Courtney ....................................................... 62 Eibach Springs ...................................................... 39 Fabtech ................................................................... 49 FAT Performance .................................................. 71 Flippin ..................................................................... 56 Dave Folts Transmissions .................................. 32 Fox Racing Shox ................................................... 18 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ........................................ 34 German Auto .......................................................... 14 Hammes Bros. Racing Engines ........................... 57 Herbst ..... , ......................................................... 36, 37 Herzog Motorsperts .............. : .............................. 48 James Gang Outlaw Racing ................................ 11 Michael E. James Insurance llgency ................ 54 JG Transwerks ..................................................... 53 Kartek Off Raad ............................................. 10, 28 Kawaguchi Honda ................................................. 31-KC Hilites ................................................................. 2 . King Shock Tech ............................................. 44, 59 Mag 7 ...................................................................... 69 Mastercraft ........................................................... 50 McKenzie Performance Products ...................... 21 M.O.R.E ................................................................... 47 Myers Racing ........................................................ 61 Nevada Off Raad Buggy ....................................... 22 NeoOil .................................................................... 58 Off Road Expe ........................................................ 42 PCI Race Radios and Equipment ........................ 13 Pike's Family Restaurant .................................... 61 Race Ready Products ........................................... 46 SCORE lnternati1nal ............................................... 9 Clive Skilton ............................................................. 4 SNORE .......... ---······································· 27 Sunderland Racing ............................................... 33 Sway•A·Way C■rp ·-----············ 15 T&B Fab .. ,---········································ 52 hy1ta M1llrsp1rts .............................. Back Cever Transaxle Engineering···········----17 Tri·Mil Industries ................................................. 25 Uni1n 76 Racing G■uline ................................... 45 Valley Perhrmance ................. . ..... 60 '1l!li1IWllljJJNiifiliH NEVADA JAC:K:POT$ JULY 8-:J.5 NEVADA 2000 :J. ST CL 10 lVIYER.S HRC>S TC>~-c,·r-"'-Al:.JGUST 4-5 SCC>R.E PRIIVIIVI 300 SCORE Engine Builder of the Year for 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993. 1995, 1996 & 1997! 1ST CL5 lVffKE.JAlVIES FATTVPEIV/b:(l :I.ST CL :J.O lVIAR.K 1-IUTCHINS TC>VC>T.A FAT POWER•S -WINNE.RS I Wa use & racommamt RA< IN<, EN<,INE.\, TR..\N\',11\\10\\ ..\Ml OFFRO..\I> P.\RT\ · Send or call for our ncn catalog SS.00 January 2001 PBIU'OIUUICB 1558 No. Case• Orange, CA 92867 (714) 637-2889 • Fax (714) 637-7352 Page 71

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