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Volume 19 -Number 4 April 2002 DllliJlil■IG 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 Sheryl Cannon Carrera Photography Mike Chamberland · J&L Photography Jim Culp Mike Del Col Martin Holmes Rod Koch Ralph Mason Ron Miller Rene Montana Byrle Moore Troy Robinson Jeff Straw Darryl Smith Tony Tellier Paul Timmerman Trackside Photo Art Director Larry Worsham fl Subscription Rates: $25.00 per year, 12 issues, USA, Foreign Sub-scription rates on request. Contributions: DUSTY TIMES welcomes contributions, but is· not responsible for such material. Unsolicited material will be returned only by request and with a self addressed 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. DUSITTIMES: (ISSN 8750-1732) is published monthly by Hill-side Racing Corp, 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311, (818) 882-0004 with additional Dusty Times, LLC offices at 415 N. Higgins Avenue, Suite lA, Missoula, MT 59802. Copy-right by Hillside Racing Corp. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the pub-lisher. Periodical Postage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional mailing offices. POS1MASTER: 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 address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. snapshot of the Month ... It was 1 ~ and before there was off road racing there was sports car racing and here we see Jean Calvin having a good laugh with Dan Blocker of Bonanza fame, along with Jerry Titus and his wife Dee at a sports car meet. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send ·us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, up to 8x 10 will be considered. Dusty Times April 2002 FEATURES SCORE San F~lipe 250 by Judy Smith ................................................................. 8 Monte Carlo Rally by Martin Holmes .................................................................... 18 MDR Wildwash 250 by Sheryl Cannon ....... ................................... ........................ 26 SNORE Avi 250 by John Calvin ............................................................................. 32 CODE VW Autopartes 250 by Beryl Moore" ......................................................... 39 DEPARTMENTS Happenings ............................................................................................................ 5 Trail Notes .............................................................................................................. 6 America n Jeep Speed by Clive Skilton .................................................................... 43 Checkers by El Prez ............................................................................................ _. ...... 43 CORE Pit report by-Wayne Nosala ......................................................................... 43 F.A.I.R. Report by Wes Wisdom ................. : ............................................................. 55 Mag 7 Race Team by Stephen Steinberg .................................................................... 45 Protruck Racing Report ..................................................................................... 46 Good Stuff Directory ..................................... _. ..................................................... 47 Classified Ads ............................................................................................... : ...... 53 Index To Advertisers ......................................................................... : ................. 55 on The cover At the SCORE San Felipe race, Mike Julson and Bob Lofton had a great day, they had no problems during their.time on the course and they took a. nice first place in Class I in their good looking Jimco. Color Photography by P J Springman - Trackside Photo Jeff Carr got back on the winning track at the SNORE Avi 250, he and his Mirage had a. great day taking the Class 1600 win and the overall win as well. Color Photography by Alan Madden - Trackside Photo Visit Our Website at Dustytimes.com c:Subscrihe '.Joday lo DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! □ 1 year □ 2 years □ .3 years -$25.00 -$40.00 -$55.00 (no credit cards please) □ NEW □ RENEWAL Name ----------------------Address ---------------------City State Zip --------------------Primary Interest Cars O Trucks O Motorcycles 0 Send check· or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20761 Plummer. St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 Canadian - I year $30.00 US ■ Overseas subscription rates upon request Page 3

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2002 Happenings ... December 13-15, 2002 Ramada Express International Rally Laughlin, NV Wellsville, Ohio 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Course off Road Racing At Harrison Count, Fair Gi-ounds. Cadiz. OH 011-52-553-4087 www .codeoffroad.com mail@codeoffroad.com April 26-28, 2002 San Felipe 200 AMERICAN RALLY SPORT GROUP,INC. 3650 South Pointe Circle, Suite 205 Laughlin, NV 89208 (702) 298-8171/Fax: (702) 521-0597 E Mail: roger@rallyusa.com AMERICAN TRIMS 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 May19,2002 McCain Valley/SDTR ASOCIACION ESTATAL de AUTOMOVIIJSMO Sam Lasell, Tech Inspector Apto42 San Jose del Caho Baja California del Sur. Mexico AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSlilP 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 (450) 622-4440 BARONA SAND DRAG ASSN. P.O. Box 1521 Lakeside, CA 92040 All Races Are Night Races A!! Races At Barona Raceway, Lakeside, CA BBM MARKETING PROMOTIONS Off Road Short Course Racing & Special Event Marketing 4344 Valley View Ave. Norco, CA 92860 (909) 340-64 74 BEST IN THE DESERT RACING ASSOCIATION 3475 Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 457-5775/Fax (702) 641-2431 E-Mail: bitd@worldnet.att.net April 5-7, 2002 Terrible'sTown 250 Pahrump,NV April 19-21, 2002 Nevada 200 Trail Ride Motorcycles only Invitation Only May 3-5, 2001 KTM Vegas 150 Motorcycles & Quads only June 19-23, 2002 NevadalOOO August9-11, 2002 Tonopah300 Tonopah,NV October 46, 2002 Baja Mex 300 World Championship Baja California, Mexico December 6-8, 2002 Las Vegas 200 BONNEVILLE OFF ROAD RACING ENTERPRISES 341 W. 2575North Sunset, UT 84015 (801) 773-1651/(801) 773-9319 Fax May 3-4, 2002 Wendover Express Wendover, UT July 5-6, 2002 Jackpot250 Jackpot, NV September 6-7, 2002 Ely200 Ely, NV BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 Brighton, Ontario; Canada KOK-lH0 (613) 475-l 102/Fax(613) 475-3250 . CAJOR Club AutomovilistaJuarense de Championship Off-Road Racing 7210 Gateway East El Paso, TX 79915 (915) 593-4848 Ralph Garcia 011-52-16-17-45-42 Cesar Fuentes Dusty Times CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Sue Robinson - Director 845 Schoohouse Road Ramona, CA 92065 (760) 788-3809 E-Mail: crsdirect@hotrnail.com Website <califomiarallyseries.com> John Dillon, SoPac Rally Steward sopacrallysteward@hotrnail.com May 3-4, 2002 Rim Of The World Pro & Club Rally Palmdale, CA August 24, 2002 Gorman Ridge Club Rally Frazier Park, CA September28,2002 Treeline Club Rally West Covina, CA November 1-2, 2002 Prescott Forest Pro & Club Rally Prescott, AZ aualflKJ' t.=\r4«H-t>,i -7/8"-1'' HARD CHROMED SHAFT CANNING ATTRACTIONS P.O.Box400 Maywood,CA90270 (323) 560-SHOW CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION . P.O.Box645 Pierre, SD 57501 Dave Adams (Pilots and Bajas) · (605) 224-9481 Don Engleman (Bikes) (605) 224-4967 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. Richards P.O. Box 332 Fair Haven, VT 05743 (802) 265-8618 CLAIRTON HI-JACKERS I.C.O. Tom Delauder Sr. 1091 Twp.Line Road •CNC M~CHINEO FROM e,L-LET MATERIALS •NITROGEN CHARGED REMOTE RESERVOIR ·COMPLETE EXTERNAL POSITJON SENSITIVE ADJU$TMEJ'!T CLUB AUTOMOVIIJSTICA SANQUINTIN Calle 6ta Fracc Cd. de San Quintin San Quintin, BC, Mexico Heraclio Patino (01152 616-5-22-07) CLUB AUTOMOVILISTICO SANVICENTE San Vicente Off Road Ensenada, BC, Mexico USAJan Wright(0ll 52 61746834) Ram6n Castro & Ruben Acevedo (61637/70034) CMC Continental Motosport Club P.O. Box3187 Mission Viejo, CA 92690-3178 Fax: (714) 367-1608 CODE Bravo 120-B Zona Centro, Mexicali, BC, MX San Felipe, Baja California Mexico June 22-24, 2002 KC H(Lites Night Race Laguna Salada Mexicali, Baja California Mexico August9-11, 2002 ORWGranPrix Tecate T ecate, Baja California Mexico October 4-6, 2002 Los 200 Millas de Botica Santa Maria Fiestas del Sol Mexicali, Baja California Mexico November 30 - December 2, 2002 Mangiamos 300 Mexicali To San Felipe Baja California Mexico r;iF hac by SWAY-A-WAY® -EXCLUSIVE TORCO FLUID FORMULATED FOR OPT-IMAl. StlOCK PERFORMANCE •INTERNAL AND EXTERNAl,.-ADJUSTABILITY TO OBTAIN OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE •REMOTE RESERVOIR TO RESIST FADING CAUSED BY HEAT AND CAVITATION , ·2 AND 3 TUBE DESIGNS J;,01;1 FINE TUNING SUSPENSION •RACE PROVEN QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE ' ~ .... , •2.5" AND 3" DIAMETER AVAILABLE Distributors Camburg Engineering Off-Road Warehouse Race Ready Products Donahoe Racing 714-848-8880 858-565-7792 619-691-9171 714-632-3033 Baja Concepts McKenzie's Prowlers Kartek · Raceshock Co. 760-723-2117 714-441-1212 661-288-5757 909-628-0833 602-493-3700 April 2002 Goto ewayaway.cam to learn more or call [B1 BJ 7DD-B71 2 Sway-A-VVay, Inc. Chatsworth, CA Pages

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JACK WALDRON CLEANUP - Mojave Desert Racing and Bonfire Racing are spearheading the 2nd annual Jack Waldron Memorial Desert Clean-up. Saturday, April 20 is the date, 9am is the meeting hour and the place is the OHV area at Outlet Center Drive and the 15 Freeway, just outside of the Lenwood/Barstow area. There will be a free dinner, courtesy of the Slash X Cafe, raffle prizes and lots of music by Team Cocktail Racing. Please bring gloves, shovels, rakes, etc. for your own use. For more information contact Bill Markel at 661-943-1786 or Patricia Williams at MDR, 626-442-9320. ANOTHER CLASS I ENTRY -The BFGoodrich Toyota Class 1 .race team of Mike and Robbie Groff will be pitting their skills at four races in 2002. The ex-Indy car drivers Toyota powered car has 22 inches of travel and is powered by the potent 3.2 liter Toyota aluminum V6. Two Best In The Desert races and 2 SCORE races will make up their schedule for the year. CORR SEMINAR -The CORR introductory seminar, held in February to introduce west coast racers to the CORR Series was a huge success. The program was designed to inform the west coasters about the opportunities available in the CORR series and some notable CORR racers were in attendance to answer queries. We're sure that Curt LeDuc, Scott Douglas, Rick Hus~man and Carl Renezeder were able to give the attendees their full attention. TI STAAB UPDATE -We had this info come in over the transom last week d we always love publishing good news. Honda Baja Champion Tim Staab ntinues to show signs of improvement after suffering a head injury at the Las Vegas 400 in December. Since being brought out of a medically induced coma in January, Tim has slowly been recovering. "He's awake all day and interacting with family and friends", said Honda's Bruce Olgive. "He's still got a long way to go but we are encouraged by his progress so far." Tim is currently at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, where family members are with him every day. In recent weeks he has been taken off a respirator and has been undergoing physical and speech therapy. Visitors are welcome &om 11am to 8:30pm. We here at Dusty fimes wish Tim a continuing and complete recovery. ' SAN FELIPE RUMOR "MILL -Nobody knows for sure where the rumors start but at lease a few times a year we hear of some dire consequence that is causing a race to be cancelled, or a major date changed for some obscure reason. Almost always it is nothing but a rumor, with no fact involved at all, just a lot of hot air concocted by some lunatic in hope of stirring up the pot a bit. I thing we have enough real problems to deal with and hope the rumor mill will someday slide back into oblivion, where all these false statements belong. SCORE SAN FELIPE -The 16d, Annual SCORE San Felipe race is on tap for March 1-3 and, time permitting, you will read the entire story here in this issue of Dusty Times by ace reporter Judy Smith. Over 200 entries will be on hand and the racing should be hot and heavy, as usual. There are 12 Trophy Trucks ready to race, 29 cars in Class 1 and 25 cars in Class 10, making surely for a hell of a race. A few items worth mentioning are: Corky McMillin is entered at the young age of 73. His sons, Mark and Scott are racing also, all in Class 1 and always a threat. We have brothers racing, boy, do we have brothers. The Herbst boys Ed, Tim (Trophy Truck) and Troy (Class 1) are guaranteed to be in the fight for their respective class wins as are the Greer brothers, Bruce, (Trophy Truck), Glen, (Trophy Truck) and Thomas, (Class 8). Darren Skilton is entered in his first race with his Kia Trophy Truck, Scott Steinberger is running his Trophy Truck, Jesse Jones is running Class 1 this season, Ron Dalke has moved &om SCORE Lite to Class 10 and David Ruvalcaba is running his Honda XR650 in Class 30 after winning Class 21 the _last two seasons. And, racing is glad to welcome Bekki Freeman back into the fold, now driving her Jimco. Bekki won the 1600 championship in 1998 and 2000 and was second in 1999. As usua~ we're hoping for a succe.ssfuL and safe race. · AL FIAG - REVISITED -On March 31, 1997 the off road racing mmunity lost it's most dedicated member and booster of our sport. Jean Calvin left us here on earth to carry on in a far better place and we know she left us peacefully, slipping away early in the evening of the 31". Jean enjoyed racing very much, both as a participant or as a spectator and she founded Dusty Times to allow more people to be aware of what we do and how we do it. She dedicated this newspaper to the racers, and to this day we try to fulfill her wish of mentioning as many racers names in our articles as we can and to print as many pictures as we can. So, as you go about your business on March 31, take just a short moment to remember Jean and all of her love for the sport and all those connected to it. Amen. ADELANTO GRAND PRIX -The Desert Vipers Motorcycle Club and the Best In The Desert Racing Association collaborated for the 22nd running of the Adelanto Grand Prix. The course was 12 miles in length, running through the streets of Adelanto. Each race had a one hour time limit and the Pro Race was one and a half hours long. The criteria for a true "Grand Prix" must include a course run on pavement as well as natural terrain and must include water crossings and man made jumps. Make the event a must for next year as there is fun and excitement for all, motorcycle and quad dealers were on hand, lots of food and beverage vendors, grandstands for the water crossings and the jumps and there were free concerts both days. There were over 2000 racers and an estimated 35,000 spectators crowded around the course. Larry Roeseler was the Grand Marshal of the event, as well as a participant and spent much time signing autographs. Franco Acerbis of Acerbis Italia fame also was on hand, having flown in from Italy and was warmly greeted and saluted by all in attendance. This is the first year that BITD has sanctioned this event and we assume it will only be bigger and· better next year. LEDUC AND SKYJACKER - Received a nice color page of Curt LeDuc and soi: Kyle, announcing a sponsorship agreement with Skyjacker Suspenstons. Curt runs with CORR ·in the Pro 4 Division in his Ford 4x4 and Kyle runs a Ford Ranger in the Pro Lite Division. Youngest son, Todd races a mountain bike in downhill racing and we wish them all well in their 2002 endeavors. MCHAEL GAUGHAN AWARD -We were glad to hear that Jim Conner received the Michael Gaughan award for 2001, given each year by CORR to the person who has given a lifetime to the sport of Page 6 · COWRADO IDLL CLIMB ASSOCIATION Barb Vahsholtz, President (719)531-3642W/(719)687-9827H P.OBox8286 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 (719) 653-8449 CORP P.O.Box392 Calexico, CA 9223 2 Hector Cerecer 011-52-<55-66-4458 CORR LUCAS Oil PROANDSPORTSMANSERIES Championship OH Road Racing 192 N. Stare Road 267, Suite 267 Avon, IN 46123· (317) 272-2827/Fax: (317) 272-2900 May 25-26, 2002 Pro Series Edmeston, NY June 8-9, 2002 Pro & Sportsman Series Antigo, WI June 22-23, 2002 Pro & Sportsman Series Crandon, WI July 13-14, 2002 Pro & Sportsman Series Bark River, MI July 27-28, 2002 Milan,MI August 10-11, 2002 Pro & Sportsman Series Bark River; MI August 31-September 1, 2002 Pro & Sportsman Series Crandon, WI CORVA 1500 West El Camino, Suite 352 Sacramento, CA 95833 1-800-42 CORVAExt42 Fax:(818) 957-4435 D&TPROMOTIONS Dave Van Deren 2405 Baker Ave. Everett, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 (AU events at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Tiumton Count, ORV Park, Olympia, WA) DAKAR RALLY Darren Skilton Baja Automotive Adventures 455 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 208 Long Beach, CA 90802 (562) 755-2278/Fax: (562) 590-7925 Bajaautomotive@Yahoo.com DECATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB Decatur, TX 76234 Tom Allen (800)662-3649/(214)641-2090 DESERT STEELMOTORSPORTS 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 . ENSENADABAJAOFFROAD RACING Av. Reforma 1136 Ensada, BC, MX 011-52-<546-1818989 Elisio 011-52-<546-1715230 Aaron May 3-5, 2002 Pacifico/Home Saga 200 OjosNegros August 3-5, 2002 Corona-Budweiser/lwme Saga Ensenada 300 Above Races for buggys & Motorcyc~ Motocross April 7, 2002 Rosarito ESTERO BEACH INTERNATIONAL Short Course Racing Victoria Galindo Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 0l l-526-176-0225 FORDA Florida Off Road Driver's Association Jason Leibin (727) 3 76-4176 April20-21,2002 May 18-19, 2002 June 1,2002 July 13, 2002 • August, 2002 TBA September 14, 2002 April 2002 November 17, 2002 Mar, Apr, May, Noo at Davidson Racewa;, FRTMotorsports 250 Kennedy, #2 Chula Vista, CA 92011 (619) 427-5759 E-mail: FUD9@cox.net Motorcycles, ATVs & Dez Super/ites MX And OH Road Short Course (All at Imperial Valley Expo, lmperia~ CA) 2002 Buggies & Trucks Corky Mcmillin Companies Superstition Championship Series March 30, 2002 FRT200 Plaster City East Mayl8,2002 Conquista Lake Superstition August 10-11, 2002 CODE/FRT Tecate, Baja California Mexico October 19, 2002 Superstition 250 Plaster City East December 31, 2002 Dunaway Dash Plaster City West Motorcycles, ATV's & Desert Superlites March 30, 2002 FRT200 April 14, 2002 Tazmanik Hare "N Hound May4,2002 Thunder In The Valley Imperial Valley Fairgrounds Mayll,2002 Conquista Gran Prix June8,2002 Thunder In The Valley Imperial County Fairgrounds July 14, 2002 Desert Sprint July 27, 2002 C/M Nite Team Race August· 10-11, 2002 Lazo de Amistad Gran Prix August 25, 2002 Sweethearts Kiss September 21, 2002 Thunder In The Valley Imperial Valley Fairgrounds September 29, 2002 Cheese Burger 100 October 19, 2002 Superstition 250 XIX November 2, 2002 Thunder In The Valley Imperial O;>unty Fairgrounds November17,2002 Notorious Dawg 3 Hour Team Race December 1, 2002 Rudolph's Revenge Desert Gran Prix December 8, 2002 Thunder In The Valley Imperial County Fairgrounds December 31, 2002 Dunaway Dash GORRA Georgia Off Road Racing Association 420HoseaRoad Lawrenceville, GA30245 (404) 963-0252 . GPORRA Great Planes Off Road Racing Association Jesse Urwin 1842 Boyd Street Ashland, NE 68003 (402) 944-2193 Terry Fitzgerald (402) 734-2676 5710 S. 56th Street Omaha, NE 68117 June 1,2002 York,NE June 29, 2002 York,NE August 3, 2002 August 17, 2002 September TBA, 2002 (All races will be held at Nebraska Raceway Park www.gt,on;a.com) IOK FOUR WHEELERS P.O. Box 36 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) 93 7-3816/Fax 4 74-2769 INTER-SHOWS MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS, INC. P.O. Box 2910 Mission Viejo, CA 92690 (949) 582-23 71 · JEEPSPEED Racing For Street Legal Jeep Cherokees . 1826 N. Windes Drive Orange, CA 92869 (714) 538-7 4 34 www.jeepspeed.com e-mail: Jeepspeedcom@aol.com KAMLOOPS BRONCO BUSTER 4WDCLUB P.O.Box465 1~loops, BC, Cana,da VZG5L2 Bob (250) 374-7175 days Randy (250) 579-9621 eves. Wes (250) 351-2819 LAS VEGAS SANDSPORTS & OFFROAD EXPO (626)961-3782 www.prerunners.com www.megashow.com LI.T.R.E. Jeff Elrod (408) 926-0522 Jim Aruta (408) 247-4402 MAMARRITA OFF ROAD RACING Luis Carlos Alvarezo Panamericana Ave #5105 Cd. Juarez, Chih., MX 011-52-1637-1799 MICIIlGANBUGGYBUILDERS Dune Buggy Trade Show (517) 543-7214 www.buggybuilders.com MICIDGAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSIIlPS M. T .B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 Jones Road Grand Ledge, Ml 4883 7 (517)627-6200 July 28, 2002 Mason, MI Motorcycles, Quads, A1Vs and Pilots ~ MID-AMERICA OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION MAORA Mike Turner (217) 235-2473 P.O.Box 184 Mattoon, IL 61938 www.maoraracing.com Lincoln Trail Motorsports Park Casey, IL (217)932-2041 Off Road Playground.com (800) 555-3167 Todd Ashworth (217) 932-3216 Planet X-treme MSP Mason, IL618-686-2650 Short Course Series April 27, 2002 LTM, Casey, IL Mayl8,2002 Bon paw MSP, Sumner, IL June 15, 2002 Luka, IL July 13, 2002 Planet Xtreme, Mason, IL August 3, 2002 Bonpaw MSP, Sumner, IL August 24, 2002 Planet Xtreme, Mason, IL September 7, 2002 TBA September 28, 2002 LTM, Casey, IL Endurance Series April 28, 2002 L TM, Casey, IL Mayl9,2002 Bonpaw MSP, Sumner, IL July 14, 2002 Planet Xtreme, Mason, IL August 4, 2002 Bonpaw MSP, Sumner, IL September 29, 2002 L TM, Casey, IL MOJAVE DESERT RACING 1853 Parkway Drive S. El Monte, CA 91733 (626) 44 2-9320/(626) 579-6051 Fax E-Mail: mdrracing@aol.com April 12-13, 2002 Ridgecrest 300 Ridgecrest, CA June 21-2~1 2002 Johnson Valley 400 Lucerne Valley, CA August9-10; 2002 California 200 Dusty Times

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Lucerne Valley, CA September 27-28, 2002 Lucerne300 Lucerne Valley, CA November 22-23, 2002 Stcxldard 250 Barstow, CA M.O.R.E. High Desert Championship P.O. Box 1231 Barstow, CA92311-1231 (760) 253-4453 Mayl8,2002 Lucerne, CA July 20, 2002 Barstow, CA September 21, 2002 Barstow, CA December 7, 2002 Lucerne, CA MSBA Michigan Sport Buggy Association Dave Barret 6363 Nightingale Dr. Flint, Ml 48506 (810) 730-9221 MOTOWF.sTWINTER TRIALS SERIES All events at Pen-u Racewa:, Bill Markham (909)860-1857 www.ITStrials.com (At Reed Valley with a school) NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSOCIATION Rt. #l - Box 380 Dave or Marlene Ryan Palatka, FL 32177 (904)325-5422 NATIONAL TIJFF'IRUCK ASSOCIATION Butch Chapin Motorsports Promotions 1404 East 3rd Street Hastings,MN 55033-1415 (612) 43 7-2459 NORTIIERN OIIlO Off ROAD RACING ASSN. Gary Wulff (724) 283-2678 Off ROAD ~O 2001 (626) 599-8622 October 5-6, 2002 Fairlpex, Pomona, CA OIIlO Off ROADERS ~C. 1427 Goshen Hills Road S.E. New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 Jim Kendel (216) 339-4674 All race5 held at Harrison Count:, FairgTOund.s. Codiz, Ohio ONTARIO Off ROAD RACERS ASSOCIATION Rick Tichbourne, Public Relations (519)-681-4192(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) OUTLAW SEVEN PICKUP 9269 Ummelman St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 631-8140/Fa:x: ((314) 631-1921 PACE MOTOR SPORTS U.S. OH 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 PINE BARRENS ROUGH RIDERS Off ROAD RACING Sand Drags, TuH Trucks, Desert Short Cour5e Trucks, Buggies & Quads (609) 660-0402/(609) 660-0066 June 1-2, 2002 September 7-8, 2002 April 14, 2002 May5,2002 September15,2002 October 13, 2002 Southwick, MA PRO'IRUCK RACING SERIES 9409 Abraham Way Santee, CA 92071-2856 (619) 449-6252/Fa:x: (619) 449-6470 April 6-7, 2002 BITD Terrible's Town 250 April 11-14 or lS-21, 2002 Protrudes on Guam May 31-June 2, 2002 SCORE Baja 500 June 19-25, 2002 BITD Nevada 1000 August 16-18, 2002 Dusty Times BlTD Tonopah September 13-14, 2002 SCORE Primm October 4-6, 2002 BITD Baja Mex 300 NovemberS-9,2002 SCORE Baja 1000 December 6-8, 2002 BITD Las Vegas 200 PURE ENERGY PROMOTIONS P.O. Box SO 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 SCCA ProRally series Sports Car Club of America 9033 E. Easter Place Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 967-9660 April 6-7, 2002 Oregon Trail Portland, OR May 3-4, 2002 Rim Of The World Palmdale, CA June 1,2002 Susquehannock Trail Wellsboro, PA June 2S-29, 2002 Pikes Peale Hillclimb Colorado Springs, CO July 26-27, 2002 Maine Forest Rumford, ME August.16-17, 2002 Ojibwe Forests Bemidji,MN September 7-8, 2002 Wild West Olympia,WA October lS-19, 2002 Lake Superior Houghton, Ml November 1-3, 2002 Prescott Forest Phoenix, AZ SFXMOTORSPORTS GROUP 495N. Commons Drive, Suite 200 Aurora, IL 60504 (630) 566-6100/(630) 556-6180 Fax SCORE SCORE International 23961 Craftsman Rd., Suite A Calabasas, CA 91302 (818) 225-8402/Fa:x: (818) 225-8102 May 31-June 2, 2002 Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Ensenada, Baja California Mexico · July 11-14, 2002 Terrible's 250 Henderson, NV September 13-14, 2002 Las Vegas Primm 300 Primm,NV November 7-10, 2002 T ecate SCORE Baja 1000 Baja, California Mexico . SNORE Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts P.O. Box 270516 Las Vegas, NV 89127 (702) 452-4522 April 12-13, 2002 Buffalo Bills 400 Primm,NV June 7-8,.2002 Dusty Times 250 Caliente, NV July 26-27, 2002 KC Midnight Special Boulder City, NV October4-5, 2002 Gold Coast 32nd SNORE 250 Las Vegas, NV Novernber15-16,2002 Western States Championship Barstow, CA December 14-15, 2002 Baja 250 Las Vegas, NV SONS OF THUNDER 4WHEELERS Race Division Keith Stewart , (714) 522-1899 SODA Short Course Off Road Drivers Association Terry Wolfe 7839 W. North Avenue Wauwatosa, Wl 53213 (414) 453-SODA SOUTHEASTERN Off ROAD CHALLENGE Steve Rule (800) 313-5621 or((770) 963-0252 Mike Moore - (224) 272-5400 OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Volunteered Series President• Geoff Lee 1243 Trice Road Lebanon, TN 37087 (615) 453-5830 Class Rep. -1/2-1600 Bruce Meyers (865) 453-1005 Class Rep. - 9 & Unltd. Michael Moore (334) 271-7035 Outlaw Rep. Don Ponder (314)631-8190 (All Races at Wheeling in the County 900 .Aere5) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TIMING ASSOCIATION AND BONNEVILLE NATIONALS, INC. 4 3807 40th Street East Lancaster, CA 93535 (Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) (661) 946-6986/Fa:x:(661) 946-6483 Internet: http://scta-bni.org SOUTHERN SHORT COURSE Off ROAD RACING ASSN. 4305 Wootlark Drive TampaFL33624 (813) 962-2857 (All Ra= at Eastba;z Racewa;z, Tampa, FL) SUPER SERIES (PTY) LTD: P.O.Box706 Parklands, 2121 South Africa (011)788-5138 Fax(0ll) 880-2170 TOYS FOR TOTS (619) 252-1197 /(619) 252-3093 UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER P.O. Box 5119 Edmeston, NY 13335 (606) 965-8784/Fax: (606) 905-8784 <www.unadillamx.com> May 24-26, 2002 CORR/Lucus Oil Truck Racing Series Unadilla Off Road Raceway New Berlin, NY VORRA Off Road Racin2 P.O. Box 3362 Carson City, NV.89702 (775) 246-5545/(775) 246-9089 Fax www.VORRA.com March 23-24, 2002 Season Opener Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA April 27-28, 2002 Spring Special Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA May 25-27, 2002 Yerington 300 Desert Race Yerington, NV July 13-14, 2002 Fallon 250 Desert Race Fallon,NV August 31-September 1-2, 2002 Lovelock 250 Desert Race Lovelock, NV September 21-22, 2002 September Sizzler Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA October 12-13, 2002 October Land Rush _ Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA October 26-27, 2002 Fall Finale + Mechanics & Ladies Race Prairie City SVRA Sacramento, CA VICENTE GUERRERO Off ROAD CLUB Profo. Cenovio Gamboa 011-52-616-6-21-91 (2-6 p.m.) WF.sTERN OFF ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION Larry Henderson (604) 538-0692 WORRA P.O.Box 3241 Sumas WA 98295 WF.sTERN PENNSYLVANIA April 2002 Trail Notes ... Off Road Racing. Jim has been involved in off road racing since year one and with the help o f his wife, Melanie, Jim has raised over $4,000,000 in contingency in the four year history of CORR. The award was first given and named for Michael Gaughan in 1998 for all of his contributions top the sport, Jim Conway received it in 1999 and the venerable Walker Evans received it in 2000. Jim, you are in good company and it is well deserved as we know how much effort you put into your off road activities. ORE HENDERSON TERRIBLE'S 250 -We received a bit more infonnation n the newest SCORE race, scheduled for July 11-14 at Henderson, Nevada. Co-ponsored by the Henderson Convention Center and Visitors Bureau and the Herbst Oil Company, the race will be held on a 35 mile course in the desert, seven laps long and there will be a 10 hour time limit. The race will start at 3pm and run well into the night. SCORE expects the faster vehicles to complete the tour in a bit over four hours. For more infonnation, contact SCORE at 818-225-8402 or contact Charlene Ham at the Henderson Bureau at 702-565-5197. Stay Tuned! RED FACE DEPARTMENT -How was I to know that Terrie Tavis was a member of the female department? We ·wrote he~ up as a him in the Parker story, Please accept our apology. NED ANOTHER OUTLET? -We received a nice e-mail from Marq Prince who used to be a subscriber) and we read what this guy does for fun when he's ot off road racing. Fiest, he wants us to know that the Candy Cane 4 seater is almost finished and they're getting to race. On the other hand, Marq competes in Triathlons when he has a little spare time. Marq is entered at Rifle, Colorado in July for a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile mountain bike ride and then a 26.2 mile trail run. Nothing new to him, he competed in the Hawaiian Ironman World Championships from 1990 through 1997. He is currently ready to compete ina 52 mile mountain bike race, climbing to an altitude of 11,500 and then a 26 mile trail run, all this in prep for the Colorado event. Currently he is swimming 8-9 miles, cycling 200 miles and Trail Notes continued on page 54 WHEEL TO WHEEL Off ROAD RACING Patrick McGuire P.O. Box 376 Adarnsb1ng, PA (412) 527-6556 WHIPLASHMOTORSPORTS 2325 E. Kings Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85022 (602) 971-3730 Desert Tour Buggy & Truclc Series March 23-24, 2002 GilaBend Gila Bend, AZ May4,2002 Rock To Rock . Rocky Point, Mexico August 30-31, 2002 Poker Run Snowflake/ Airpine, Af October, 2002 TBA November, 2002 Parker Gran Prix Parker, /\Z December 7, 2002 Point To Point Sonoyta, Mexico Desert Challenge Bike & ATV April 13 - 14, 2002 Canyon Gran Prix Canyon Off Road Park May4,2002 . Rock To Rock Rocky Point, Mexico August 31- September 1, 2002 Poker Run & Race Airpine, AZ October, 2002 TBA November 2-3, 2002 Parker Gran Prix Parker, AZ December 7, 2002 Point To Point Sonoyta, Mexico Desert Mini & Peewee Tour April 13, 2002 Canyon Gran Prix Canyon Off Road Park August31,2002 Snowflake Airpine, AZ October, 2002 TBA November 2, 2002 Parker Gran Prix Parker, AZ November 18, 2002 Whiplash Stadium Style Canyon Oval Motocross & Stadium Cross October 21, 2002 Canyon November 4, 2002 Canyon November 11, 2002 Canyon November 18, 2002 Canyon WISCONSIN MOTORSPORTSSHOW (414) 747-1711 WISCONSIN OFF ROAD FESTIVAL Terry or Bev Friday 5913 so. U.S. Hwy 45 Oshkosh, Wl 54901 (414) 688-5509 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSIIlP XTREMEINTERNATIONAL 1863 Commander Drive Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 (520) 855-RACE/(520) 855-2208 Baja Office: 011-526-6225 zr. PROMOTIONS Rene Montano P.O. Box 2122 Calexico, CA 92 231 GranPrix · March 24, 2002 June 30, 2002 August 4, 2002 September 1, 2002 October 20, 2002 OHRoad April 26-28, 2002 San Felipe 200 October 4-6, 2002 Las 200 (MXL) November 29~30, 2002 Mexicali-San Felipe 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 Delaware St. Oshkosh, Wl 54901 Attention Race & Rally Organizers List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free. It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailing list. Don't call, but mail your 2002 schedule as.soon as pos sible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 Page 7

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TECATE SCORE SAN FELIPE 250 Five In A Row For Ashley And s·mith By Judy Smith Photos: Jim Ober, Byrle Moore, Art Eugenio, RT Springman, Ed Filijan & John Rettie, Trackisde Photo Dave Ashley anfi Dan Smith drove a dream race in their Ford Trophy Truck to win the San Felipe 250 overall, finishing in front of everyone including the bikes. Dave Ashley and Dan Smith teamed in their Ford Trophy Truck to take the overall victory at SCORE'S San Felipe 250. This time they beat everybody, includ-ing some very fast bikes, doing the 227 miles i:n a time of 3:45:07. Their average speed was a very quick 60. 7 miles per hour. This year's course was a long loop that traveled from the arches northward, roughly par-alleling Highway 5, to the neigh-borhood of Three Poles. Then the trail turned westward and ran parallel to llighway 3 until it-reached the Borrego area. From there the racers ran on the old road that drops down to the north end of Diablo Dry Lake, but they didn't head out onto the smooth, fast lake, instead stick-ing to the road that runs just on the eastern border of the dry lake. O_11ce they hit Zoo Road, or Morelia Junction they turned onto Morelia Road and traveled southward to the top of Hustamote Wash. They popped out of the wash on the old Puertecitos Road, then after a short distance, turned westward again and up through Chanate Wash. Once through it they curved southeast, and dropped into the infamous Matomi Wash, which carried the back to the old Puertecitos Road. The course went northward on the old road for a while, and then snaked off to run between the old and new highways, then crossed over, ran through the dump, and back into San Felipe to finish at the arches. There was plenty of fast stuff to entertain the big trucks and unlimited cars, but lots of tricky whoops and buried rocks to get careless drivers into trouble. The sand was soft enough to stick the unwary, and it was_ even possible to get lost, though the course was well marked and well worn-in, so it took a little doing to get lost for long. Pre-race festivities included the contingency roll-through on the melacon on Friday. Although the weather was windy and a bit nippy for San Felipe, the atmosphere was still cheerful and upbeat. Weather reports foretold more wind for race day, and the driv-ers liked the sound of that, though spectators were digging deep in their luggage for heavy jackets and long pants. The bikers and quad riders started at 6 a.m., and then the first Trophy Truck took off into the desert at 7:30. It was chilly, and the promised wind showed up on schedule. There were 11 Trophy Trucks running, a 12th entered weeks before the race, was Jim Baldwin's Ford, which had come to a bad end at Laughlin and was apparently not ready on time for this race. Bruce and Glenn Greer had their Dodges entered, and Bruce had drawn the first starting number. Their trucks are both ex-Walker Evans' vehicles, as is the Class 8 Dodge their brother, Tim, was driving. Darren Skilton had his new Kia Trophy Truck, looking more like an SUV than a pickup, and Gus Vildosola's new Ford was also there, in the familiar Vildosola colors. Bruce Greer had the ~orst kind of luck, and took a wrong turn before he'd gone many miles, and apparently lost sight of the · course all together. It was a long time before he was back on track again, and his first-on-the-road advantage was gone. In the mean-time, George Ibarra's truck gave up before going 85 miles. At that point, Ed and Tim Herbst were leading in their Ford, with about five minutes on Dave Ashley in another Ford. Ashley, who'd been unable to drive at Laughlin due to an intestinal ailment, seems to be fully recovered now, and was being "patient". Scott Steinberg-er ran third about a minute back, in his Ford, and Glenn Greer had-his Dodge in fourth place. Gus Vildosola had hit a rock with his new truck, and took out the third member, so he was done for the day, his truck's debut shorter than Gus wanted. Josh Baldwin's truck also disappeared early. And Darren Skilton's Kia had an exotic problem. The Steve Barlow had his Ford P,:otruck in top form for this event, and he fought off some very tough competition to win by 15 seconds. shifter cables had "melted down!' one flat tire to trouble him. Then and Skilton couldn't shift at all. Jerry Whelchel took over for the He spent a lot of time in his pit second half and he lost a drive trying to decide what to do, and _ shaft, blew out a left rear shock finally they just put it in third and had two flats. Still, they fin-gear, hoping that would be the ished third, 16 minutes behind least troublesome gear to be stuck the winning car. in. Then, in Chanate Wash Skil-In second place it was Scott ton hit a rock and flattened two Steinberger, driving his second tires on the same side, at once. _ race in this class, in a Ford: He He says he's not used to sitting in had no problems except for one the middle of the car and keeps flat tire late in the day, and he forgetting that so much car sticks had no mechanical failures either. out on the left side of him. At He finished just 10 minutes be-any rate, he had only one spare, hind the winning team, saying "it so, once he changed one tire he was fun!" , had to use a wrench to put the Ashley, who started, handed trans into second gear, because the Ford over to Smith in third he knew he couldn't use third in place. Then, said Smith, "they just thesandwithaflat.Ashewended kept pulling over for me." He his way toward a pit and a new passed the Herbsts when they had tire he got stuck a couple of tirn.es, trouble, and passed Steinberger and messed around with chang-when he had a flat. Ashley and ing gears with that wrench. And Smith had no problems at all; not · as if all that wasn't enough, when even one flat. And they finished he got about 25 miles from the the race on the same tires they finish line he ran out of gas. Ulti-started with. Smith saying they're mately he got there, in seventh "learning to he sm_art", and sug-place. gested that it comes with age. This Glenn Greer, who'd been was their fifth win in a row. fourth at Mile 86, was at a bit of The Class 1 en try was good a disadvantage later in the race sized, with 29 starters. There because he hadn't pre-run the full should have been 30, but Ed Stew-distance. He had a few flats along art blew his transmission on Fri-the way, and finished his day in day after going through contin-sixth place. And the Herbs ts, gency. Some didn't get any dis-who'd been out in front, had some ranee at all, and-we never heard · electrical problems in Chanate from Andrew Myers, Pat Dean that dropped them back a bit. and Kory Scheeler about their Once they solved that they problems. Tom Koch lost his mo-hustled down the road, trying to tor at about 20 miles, and John catch up, but hit a ditch about Marking's new big Jimco had a . five miles from the finish and did transmission problem and was a spectacular mid-air somersault. locked in second gear early 6n. They landed hard, shedding body Randy Wilson hit a big rock at panels and flattening tires, but Mile 38 and tore off a corner of got themselves gathered up and his car, ending his day early also. went on to finish with one shred-But all the rest got at least to the ded tire, in fifth place; 86 mile marker. Brian Collins wasn't terribly At that point the lead belonged happy at the finish line. He said to Scott McMillin in his Chevy VS he'd had a "bad day", with three powered Porter. He had about flat tires. And he said he'd been three minutes on Mark Weyhrich stuck also. But he did finish in in their Chevy V6 powered Jimco fourth place, about five minutes (newly purchased from Steve out of third. Mark Post started Sourapas). He'd got about 15 the day in his Ford and moved miles of practice in the new car along at a good clip, with only Continued on page 10 ~---,=,..,,,,,= Kevin Conlin had a sore back at the finish line, but was happy with his Dennis Boyle and Frank Hines drove their Mirage to a third place Ford F-150 which had fuel pump trouble and was still only two minutes Ray Croll soloed his Chenowth Millennium to third place in Class 1 O, finish in the SCORE Lite class, about 23 minutes behind the lead car. and five seconds behind first place. suffering nothing more than one flat tire along the way. Page a April 2002 .. Dusty Times -

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Fernando Flores and Miguel tribe, from Mexicali, had a tough fight with the winning team, but lost time late in the day and took second place in Class 11. Troy Herbst says he loves San Felipe, but his Truggy had flats and that cost just enough time to drop him down to third place in Class 1, four minutes behind the winning team. Alejandro and Leonardo Navarrete, a Mexicali team, drove their Jimco at a steady pace to take second place in class 1-2/1600. had a flat before he'd gone 10 ished 15th. 'before the race. In third it was Robert Lofto~ in another V6 powered Jimco. This one with a carbon fiber clutch and a new four speed transmission. Lobsam Yee had his Jimco in fourth, and Bekki Freeman ran fifth in her new (to her) V4 powered Jimco. Dale and Mile Dondel sheared a bolt in a tie rod, and then br~ke the tie rod end. By the time they had it fixed they were so far down they decided to trailer it back and wait for the 500. The drivers had all kinds of problems in the n·ext section. John Gaughan got to the.top of Chanate Wash and a rear arm pulled off, taking part of the chas-sis with it. (By the time his crew got to him their trailer was pretty much disabled, so the car had to be patched together and driven out, a project that reportedly took until 11 o'clock that night! Ugh.) Scott McMillin lost all for-ward motion, and so did his brother, Mark. While Bekki Freeman's transmission appar-and they decided to change it. He ently gave up the ghost all at once had a good day after that, but as she left a fuel stop. lost enough time to put him back As the rest of the troops went in 17th place. Lobsam Yee, fourth on, almost no one had an undis-at Mike 86 in his Jimco, lost a turbed day. Buddy Feldkamp's bunch of time later and finished Penhall lost a rack and pinion 16th. And Chuck Hovey, Jimco, Dave Cua had a sore foot, and a scary moment with a fuel pump, but he still soloed his Class 5 car to victory. An Intimate Gem Adjacent to Bellagio, Caesars & Bally's miles, changed it, and then had Brian Parkhouse was up-at the two flats at once,·still not 10 miles front of the pack in his Mirage at into the race. He lost an hour Mile 86, but·near the top of waiting for his crew to get to him Mato mi he was apparently lost with a couple of tires, but after for a while, and dropped back to that he had a good day, and fin-Continued on page 12 Eric Fisher soloed his Garibay chassis to a history-making tie in Class 9. He reported"his only problem was a mess of wire wound around a wheel. ~~()'-~ iif · Ask About Our Special Headliner Show and Room Packages • '..... ~. ..... . @~tr Flamingo & The Strip 1-888-227-2279 barbarycoastcasino.com The Place Las Vegans Call Home'" West Flamingo & Valley View 1-888-402-6278 goldcoastcasino.com April 2002 West Tropicana & Arville 1-800-675-3267 orleanscasino.com Ask About Our Room & Golf Packages ~[!]~~IT . • Alta & Rampart 1-877-677-7111 suncoastcasino.com Dusty Times

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Daniel Fresh raced his Jeep with only a stock motor in it this time, and didn't have any problems all day long, winning Class 7S by 23 minutes. Steve Kobayashi and Allan Gregory teamed in their 5-1600, went into the lead by half-way, and then stayed there for the win. finish in 14th spot. Rick Romans, mans didn't know he was thers,!. Jimco, tangled with Doug Fortin, The result was that both cars when Fortin tried a pass and Ro-rolled over and landed on their lids. They lost an hour getting another Jimco, was 10th. back on their wheels again. Ro-Jeff Darland was having a good mans finished in 13th, Fortin, in day, except for a few flats. One Skyjacker Suspensions, the leader in aftermarket off-road suspension, is honored to announce a sponsorship agreement with Curt LeDuc. Skyjacker wanted to become involved with the hard-core racing & race fans of CORR. We searched for the right ~ combination of talent; business sense & driving skills and it lead ;; us to Curt LeDuc. After meeting Curt, we knew our combined efforts would create endless excitemeAt for the Off-Road Racing industry! Curt LeDuc is fast becoming an "Automotive Living Legend". His vast experience in racing covers the globe with wins in an ever growing array of speed machines. Actually, it's a whole family affair. Skyjacker is sponsoring Curt LeDuc's eminent Ford F-150 4x4 in the Pro 4 Division AND his son Kyle LeDuc in his Ford Ranger. KyJe will be running in the Pro-Lite Division as he follows in his father's tire tracks. By beginning his racing career with CORR in 2002, this second generation driver has great potential and may be destined for 'Rookie of the Year'. To complete the family of LeDuc sons, Todd LeDuc races on two wheels. Todd has taken his mountain bike to #1 in Downhill Racing. Skyjacker is excited about being involved with such a family of winners. Log on to www.skyjacker.com to view the complete event schedule. Skyjacker Jumps into JeepSpeed and wins! With up to $5,500 in Skyjacker Contingency monies available to the competitors, Skyjacker is the Best System for the Series. Go to www.skyjacker.com and click on motorsports for more details. 2001 JeepSpeed Challenge Champion Barrie Thompson raced the series on a Skyjacker Rock Ready equipped Cherokee and took home the trophy. In 2002, Skyjacker is sponsoring his new Silver & Red #1700 Cherokee with the same type of durable Sub-Frame Assembly that let him 'Flex' all the way to the winner's circ1e. Page 12 April 2002 of them got to flapping around and tore a hole in his radiator, and by the time he'd fixed things he was running with the 10 cars. He finished 12th in his Jimco. Jesse Jones, who's switched from a Class 8 truck to a Class 1 Jimco, had electrical problems. At one point the car just quit. They fi-nally cut the wires and rewired ev-erything, but that took a lot of time. He finished 11th. Michael James had his new V 4 powered Jimco out for the first time, and came home a fine ninth place. Corky McMillin, racing for the first time since he had two back surgeries, had a fairly uneventful day in his Chenowth, though co-driver, Brian Ewalt, who did the second half, said it "felt like it has three inches of travel in the back." They had one flat, and finished eighth. Ron Brant, in one of the few Porsche powered cars, a Jimco, said he hit a ditch and did a big wheelie a few miles before the finish. He was scared the wind would catch the car and flip it ver, but it landed safe yon its wheels and went on to finish sev-en th. He says he needs more horsepower. Cesar Fuentes and Enrique Bujanda, in a V6 Chevy powered Chenowth Millennium, said it was an "awful course, but a perfect day" and they finished sixth. Ronny Wilson rolled his V 4 Scat powered Jimco when he hit the same rock that tore an arm out of his brother, Randy's car. Randy was still there to see the incident. Ronny lucked out and landed on his wheels, losing al-most no time and then went on to finish fifth. Dale Ebberts and Ernie Castro, Jr. had their Toyota powered Jimco in top form, and they avoided flats and other prob-lems, to finish the day in fourth place. They said this car is a lot more fun than their 1600 car had been. Troy Herbst said he had a great day in his Truggy and that he loves San Felipe, but he had flats. And he finished in third place, about three and a half min-utes behind second place. Gary and Mark Weyhrich shared the driving in their Jimco and found it more comfortable than their old car. They said they got only 5500 rpms out of the motor, but still were able to pass people in the sand washes. Said Gary, "I like the V6!" They finished second, only 27 seconds behind first place. Robert Lofton started the day and Mike Julson did the second half of the driving in their Jimco. They had no trouble at all, and decided this is "the nicest race car we've had." At the finish line some-one pulled a big stick out of a front tire and it immediately started to go flat, the only tire trouble they had all day. They were second overall behind Ash-ley and Smith, and in front of all the bikes. Their time was 3:47:29, for an average speed of 60.08 miles per hour. Class 10 started next, with 27 cars, and a big assortment of tal-ent. Jose Canchola, Will Akwari and Charles Lathrem all disap-peared early, and Dave Sundquist went out quickly also, with a blown motor. Chris Harrold had his Honda powered J imco in the lead at Mile 86, with Eli Yee about a minute behind him in his Jimco. Running third at that point was Ray Croll in his Chen-owth Millennium, and Harley Let-Dusty Times

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ner and Cory Halopoff were fourth in their Chenowth. In fifth it was Smitty Schmidt, in a two-seat Chenowth. In the next stages of the race they lost Letner and Halopoff, Dennis Hunter, Robby Fallers, Steve Myers, Steve Strobel and Scott Sellers. But there were still 17 cars running. Well, a couple of them.had tangled early and were now ptetty far back. Sean Sessa, in a Jimco, tried to pass Jason Hunter's Dunrite at Mile 2o. Hunter got out of shape, and the two cars touched while he was not moving in a straightforward direction. He flipped over. Sessa stood on the brakes, but his mo-mentum carried him up and onto Hunter's car. Both drivers were okay but they were unable to dis-en tangle the cars by themselves, and waited 45 minutes for one of theit crews to come in with a four wheel drive vehicle and get them separated and upright again. They both went on, but Hunter must have had some damage, be-cause he was the last in the class to finish, just before the finish line would have closed, at nine hours and 55 minutes. He was 17.th. Chris Harrold, after leading early, broke an axle in an area inaccessible to chase crews, and didn't have a spare. He radioed his crew and they found a good buddy in a 5-1600 car to take the axle to him. They tie-wrapped the axle/ c.v. setup to part of the cage so it wouldn't rattle around, and went on their way while Harrold waited. Once he got the ·axle, and gave the 5-1600 a shove so it wouldn't be stuck, he made the Dusty Times John Griffin drove "really hard" in his AM General Hummer, and except for being lost for a while, had no trouble, and took the Stock Full win by just over two minutes. repairs and went on. But he got himself struck and lost a bit more time. He finally finished in 16th place, with a time of seven hours and four minutes. Mike Sandoval and his Mee~ had already lost about 40 min-utes at Mile 86, and then had more problems, finishing their day in 15th place. Mark Hutchins and Kevin Soder had a day they'd probably rather forget. They had three flats on rheir Jimco, lost a trans c6oler, lost their belts and lost an ignition pickup, to finish in 14th place. And Tony McLaren came all the way down from Or-egon to race his Penhall, but didn't have a terrific day either. He got to just before Morelia Junction and a wheel broke and rolled him over, leaving him up-side down on the course. Some handy spectators uprighted him quickly, and he said nothing was hurt but his pride. He finished 13th. Martin Christensen ran his BMW powered J imco up near the front of the pack early in the day, but then he lost an hour later on. And right as he got to the finish his motor "stopped running" for unknown reasons, and he used_ the starter motor to get across the line in 12th place. Ron and Travis Brookshire had their new Jimco out for the day, but had some early trouble that cost them a half hour or so. They got to the finish line in 11th place. Rick Ellison started the day in his Chenowth Millennium and looked good at Mile 86. Then he handed the car over to Bill Hemquistwho had a flat among other things. By the time he got to Mile 155 he'd lost second, third and fourth gears, and had to navigate Matomi Wash with just first and fifth. Somehow he made it back to the April 2002 Don and Ken Moss came south from Sacramento to race at San Felipe for the first time in their Ford Bronco, and took the Class 3 win. finish, in 10th place. Sean Sessa, who got into the tangle with Ja-son Hunter, didn't have any other big problems during his day, and finished in ninth place, still about an hour down. Will and Jerry Higman teamed to drive their Kreger chassis and had to dei!-1 with three flat tires along the way. They were eighth at the finish, only five seconds behind seventh place. Sam Hilfiker and David Marini lost about 20 minutes during the day with their J imco, and then finished in seventh place. Whit Courtenay and Steve Harvey shared the driving in their Jimco. Courtenay, who did the second half, found himself stuck behind some stuck cars in a wash, and had to get out of his car to get things moving again. They were . sixth at the finish line. Richard Beck drove all the way in his Jimco, which is actually a beam car (more like a SCORE Lite). But his front beam is modi-fied with "a new type of front arm system" of Beck's design. He spent ten minutes high-centered in Matomi Wash, and got going again with the help of some lo-cals who were spectating. Beck, who drove all the way, finished in fifth place. The team of Steve Melton and John Herder had one flat tire each as they piloted their Jimco in fourth place. Another solo driver, Ray Croll; had one flat tire on his Chenowth in Chanate Wash, but otherwise ran a clean day to finish in third place, 24 minutes in back of the winner. Still another driver who drove alf the way, Smith Schmidt said "I had too much fun!" in his Chen-owth. He gave his navigator, teen-Continued on page 14 l!?¥s:IJ® The Suspension Company. Page 13·

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Jerry Penhall and L. J. Kennedy shared the driving in their Penhall Joe and Jim Pate/Ii teamed up in their Chevrolet Blazer to take third chassis, had no trouble all day, and finished second, about six minutes Rich Severson got his first official finish in a SCORE event this time, place in Class 8, which was unusually big for this event. _d_own __ to~ th_e_w,_·_nn_i--'ng,,__ca_r._. -~-~--~------~-driving his venerable Jeep Cherokee to second place in Class 3. ager Cory Brewer, credit for keep-Pte cars, with 16 starters. This pe, nor could Mark Moffett. Tom was also the last of his class to Gregory Hansen, in a Dodge, ing him on the right road as they course was not kind to them. Ridings, who's had nothing but finish. They had a hard day. Os-had two flat tires at once, which headed for their second place. Some really good teams were out bad luck lately it seems, was run-car Alfaro, in another Raceco re-cost him a bundle of time, and Eli Yee had no flat tires, but early, like Mike Cohen and Tom ning around on Friday looking covered from an early problem l)ltimately, he finished seventh, his Honda poVl!'ered J imco was Schilling whose Jimco lost oil pres-for parts, which he finally found and took fifth place. Gaerin, who about an hour and 20 minutes missing one cylinder and was sure and sent them to the side-late in the day. Early on race day had to stop to add oil every once dqwn. Steve Olliges and MattSca-down to just second and third lines at Mile 30. Vic Bruckmann, his crew was on the radio won-in a while, nevertheless managed roni who shared driving in their gear by the time he got to the fin-in another Jimco, also went out dering where he was, and heap-a nice fourth place. Dennis Boyle Ford, broke a shock and had a ish line in first place. He had a early, and Morley Williams and parently got only a very short way and Frank Hines, in a Mirage, • flat, which put them back into full 20 minutes on the next car, Blaise Jackson, in a Meco also before coming to a stop. finished in third place, about 23 sixth place, but only eight min-was ninth in the overall standings, went out quickly. Jesse Ashcraft When they went past Mile 86 minutes down to the winning utes behind the winning truck. and his average speed was 56.5 and Dave Mason, Jimco, also the lead was in the hands of team.And Jerry Penhall and John Alan Hogan, another Ford driver, miler per hour. looked good at Laughlin, but Arturo Honold in his Jimco. He Kenneci¥ teamed in their Penhall hadn't pre-run, and his OPS went Next to go were the SCORE couldn't keep it going at San Feli-had about three minutes on to take second place, reporting a out, so he wasn't real sure where Shad Kennedy in a Raceco. In trouble free day. They were only he was going. He also had a flat fourth it was Toby Gaerin in a six minutes behind first place. at the very end of the day, and Jimco; and Mike Voyles h ad his Honold, who also had a trouble finished fifth, four minutes be-Penhall in fifth, only about six free day, said the course was "too hind the winner. , minutes behind Honold. sandy", and reported he'd had to John Becker had a cracked Kennedy got another 20 miles use second gear. But he said he rear-end or a blown seal on his down the road and lost his mo-had "the best team", and finished Ford, and had to stop to add oil tor in a great hemorrhage of oil, in a time of four hours 18 min-a couple of time. He finished ·and Adam Pfankuch, who'd had utes, with an average speed of fourth, just under three minutes a fan belt problem early, discov-52.828 miles per hour. in back of the winning car. Alan ered he had a broken valve, so they The Protrucks went off the line Pflueger had no problems except pulled the car at Mile 115 and next, with eight starters. For the for a flat at the very end, and was Rick St. John never got to drive. most .part they ran in a tight third, 24 seconds back. And in Voyles also disappeared some-group, with very little breakage or second it w_as RickJohnson who where in the later stages of the difficulty. At Mile 86 the lead had no flats, ran in a lot of dust, race. belonged to Steve Barlow in his and because of a blown front The team of Curt LeDuc and Clive Skilton was unbeatable at San Felipe, and they brought their Jeep Cherokee back to the finish in first place in Class 8. But Kenny Stroud, who lost an Ford, but he had only 33 seconds shock had to "baby" the truck hour and a half in the first 86 on Alan Pflueger in a Chevy. And· through the final whoop-de-doos. miles, had his Raceco moving in third, just a minute. back, it He was 15 seconds back. And steadily for the rest of the day, was Rob Reinertson in another Steve Barlow took the win, saying and got a sixth place finish. He Ford. But a bit further down the the course was dusty and rough. TRANSAXLE ENGINEERING, INC. SNORE 1999 Transaxle Builder ot_·The Year Congratulations Dale & Mike Dondel SCORE Lau~lass 1 Winners Laughlin Leap Winners TRANSAXLE ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD 9763 V ARIEL A VENUE CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 818-998-2739 Page 14 April 2002 road Reinertson disappeared, the He had one flat, about 20 miles only one of the group to dnf. Continued on page 16 Arturo Honold drove his Jimco solo, and though he had to use second gear a lot in all the sand, he took the victory in SCORE Lite. Sixteen-year-old Brian Ickier soloed his Jimco to first place in Class 1-2/1600, and in part credits a well thought out plan for refueling the car. ~ • • Dusty Times

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;-In Memorium On March 31, 2002 it will have been five years since Jean Calvin sl.ipped away from us and went to a far better place. Dusty Times was her creation, and along with off road racing it was one of the greatest loves in her life. After Jean died, we received so many tributes from people all over the world praising her love of the sport and Dusty Times and reading them again and again brings back so many wonderful memories. I am especially fond of the three particular tributes, which are set forth below. On this fifth anniversary of her death we hope you will all keep a good thought for Jean and remember her as a person who did so much for our sport for so many years. Jean is sorely missed by her off road family and we know she still looks over us. Joh,n, 13. Cal-Y/#1/ A Little Dissertation About Jean Calvin, Off Road Icon, Idol and Hero Jean was skating in Europe when a dashing young Air Force man swept her off her feet. Returning from Europe she and John were married on September 22, 1956 and made · Jean Calvin's last checkered flag came on March 31, 1997. A slip and fall ended the ca-reer of an outstanding lady whose presence had an influ-ence on everyone associated with off road racing. Jean was the. distinguished editor/pub-lisher/gofer/writer/ad seller of the bible of off road racing, Dusty Times. While she fo-cused on the buggies, cars and trucks, she had the utmost re-spect for the A TV and bike racers. When I first started to at-tend·the SCORE races, it was to party and to find out to what awful inaccessible spot Morgan Malacca was sending me to pit for him. At that time Jean was the editor of SCORE News. Morgan made sure I knew who she was. Of course, I was so knowledgeable that I didn't even know what SCORE News was, however, if Morgan said I should-know who Jean was, I paid atten-tion. Over the years our friendship grew and grew and while we would only see each other at the races, I_ always looked forward to seeing her and her husband John. While Jean had the latest in racing news, John had some of the weirdest, funniest jokes I had ever heard. When I called Jean one day back in 1989 and told her I was having a 24 hour race, she promptly informed me that she and Judy Smith had won the first one Walt Lott of HORA had organized. An-other scoop down the tubes .. Jean had seen it all but wished me well. Later, when we started running a 24 hour for the cars, she made sure she was in attendance, and John complained the ~hole time. A great time was had by all! Th~y ca'1}.e back ye~ir after • year, Jean having fun and their home in the San John asking why are we here? Fernando Valley. I am led to And we laughed and laughed believe they spent their hon-and laughed. eymoon racing but that is un-A few years ago, Jean was substantiated. Soon Jean was really excited, she was going kicking butt in SCCA races to go racing again. She had and loving every minute of it. accepted a co-driver ride at Everything she touched the SCORE Baja 500 and was turned to gold (except John). delighted beyond betief. From Peterson Publishing hired her the top of the ladder to the as an associate editor on bottom in one bad bump. She Sports Car Graphic, she free-hit her head (she was wearing lanced for Hot VW's and some an approved helmet), and it 15 years ago the off road in-was downhil1 from there. dustry was blessed with an as-Brain surgery was necessary to set we may never see again, save her, she lost a leg due to Jean Calvin, and after s<;>me poor circulation. The off road thrilling races with Les community was shocked, Choate and family, Jean was funds were raised to get her a hooked and the rest is history. state of the art prosthesis and Not only did Jean drive and you know what? She never win, she wrote herself into our missed a race! Never! I re-lives. If you weren't in Dusty member Laughlin last year, Times, you must have not Jean was not in the best of competed. All the current, health, but damn the torpe-about to be and wanta be leg-does, there was a race and she ends beat a patch to her door-had to be there! step. The goal was the same Suddenly she has joined for all; Jean, will you mention Walt Lott, Claude Maynard, me? And, you know what, Floyd Hudson, Danny Hamel anyone who talked to her_got and many others for the great their name m Dusty Times. off road races in the sky. It was Jel}n, many will follow in only then that I realized that your footsteps, however, none I had never really gotten to will ever fill them! know her. How did she be-Thank you forever, come so devoted to a sport? Fud When did it happen? How did she convince her husband John to go along with her ob-session with off road racing? It turns out that Jean was an accomplished athlete from the git go. Sit down, because this will blow your mind. Jean was a professional ice skater, skating with Sonja Henie and Holiday on Ice. She went from ice cold to triple digit heat, from thousands in the arenas to a few hearty pit crews in the middle of nowhere. From world wide travel to events at El Centro and Stateline and sh~ loved every minute of it. Mental Images Whenever we hear words or phrases, our mind sorts through its' infinite data base and displays the image that represents what we heard. As if by magic we have in-stant recall of the events that have made impressions on our mind. · One of the bits of information that has made an inde!ible impression on my mind, is that of Jean Calvin. For those of you that did not have the opportunity to know her as I did, this is the image that my mind brings up for me to remember. It was the running of the 25th SNORE 250 in Jean, Nevada. A. J. and I decided to enter that race for its' historical signific~nce. to talk t~, and that was the first When the race was over, all of the of a lot of conversations. For one fin!sher_s were gathered around the thing, we were both racers at a ~111sh l_me for post i:ace tech and time when there. weren't many mspecuon. Along w1th the racers women driving off road, so we there were the race officials, the had a common basis for our talk. media, and hundreds of spectators. We could trade horror stories It was quite im~ressive. Then, from about bathrooms and one-piece out ~f the parkmg area, J s_aw Jean driving suits an,d getting lost. walkmg towards the mulutude of For a time·, in the late seven-people that had converged upon ties, she had her office in the the finish line.· The parking area. same building in which I worked. was on the opposite of t~e race We often took lunch together. By course, so Jean had to negonate the then I was writing also, and of-burms and ruts that had been ten for Jean. She taught me a lot ~ar~ed out by the race cars. That, about the craft and the industry. m Itself, was no easy task for her, And I also co-d,rove with her in because she had lost half of her her r::ice c;1r. We ran in Class 9, suspension _sys~em and needed a and then moved up to the 1-2-cane to maintain balance. As she 1600 class. The racing was great approached the first burm, she the friendship was terrific. took it at an_ angle, pausing at the When she started the Dust) top. Proceeding at an angle, she re-Times she moved from our office peaced_ the process. Down· the face building, but I was wr"iting fo1 of the burm, pause, up the"face of her regularly, and we talked tc the middle of the burm, pause, each other often. Then in '94 sh, down the b.urm, pause, up the last moved back to an office adjacen burm and she was across. You to mine. she was by then dealini might say to yourself, why didn't with the loss of the lower part of you help her? Well ~'II tell y~u why. her left leg, as well as the near con-she would have ha me w1th her stant pain from the plates and cane! Jean was very independent. screws that held both legs together. As she approache1 the throngs of Still, her indomitable will took her people, her face lit up and paled to work seven days a we k d the afternoon sun. She looked as if h e ' an. to h h d • h' d J'fi I as many races ass e could firm. sd e a I JU~dt ac ieve !fa hie, onhg She broke her hip a couple of ream. sa1 to myse , w at s s e d • d smiling at? Then it dawned on me. years ago an misse only a ":eek she didn't look at the crowd as a at work, and when she had a slight bunch of dirty tired racers . She stroke about a Y.ear ago she had to perceived them as conquering war- be persuaded to leave _rhe office to riors returning from some distant se~ he~ doctor. Her gn_t and deter-campaign. To her they were all he- mmat1on were asto111shing. The roes. She wasn't there because she paper had to be got out. She set an had to interview them, she was example for all who saw her pace there because she got to interview slow and her body grow ever more them. frail as she continued to work, con-Off-Road racing has lost one of tinued to get it all do~e. its' champioi:is, and I hope that Jean was a tough old bird, your 1?ental image of Jean para!-stu~born, critical; loyal and hon-leis mme. · est. She never failed her friends Herman De Nunzio or the sport she loved. I miss her, but at least I know she's not in I've lost a friend. Much more than that: Jean was a mentor, a sponsor, a critic, a co-worker, and an employer. She was all those things to me, but a friend most of all. I met Jean in 1971 at a BRA race when I introduced myself and told her I'd admired an ar-ti,cle she'd written. She was easy pain any longer. JudySmith

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Mike Julson and Robert Lofton are really pleased with their Jimco, which has a carl:Jon fiber clutch .and four-speed trans, and carried them to the Class 1 win and second overall. Darin McGuffin and Tom Ditfield blew out a front shock on their Mirage, but kept it moving fast enough to tie for first place in Class 9. before the finish, and his time was 4:26:48, with an average speed of 51.2 miles per hour. It was exciting to see 13 Class 8 trucks lined up at the start and in this group most managed to get back to the finish line. But among those ou·t early were Tom Greer, who was calling for his crew be-fore he could have gone 50 miles in his Dodge. And also Mike Doherty, who got abut 70 miles into the race before he broke an upper and lower front balljoint on his Chevy. Kurtis Kupiec, in another Chevy, reported a bro-ken rear axle housing, and asked for his trailer early in the morn-ing, and Dave Raimonde, in still another Chevy, also went out early. Juan Lopez and Roberto Ruiz, a team from _Tecate in a Bronco, were also finished in the early stages and so were Jeff Stowers and Jeff Broughton in a Ford FlS0. Of those who kept moving the lead belonged to Nick Vanderwey, who had his Chevy in front at Mile 86, with ·about three min-utes on Curt LeDuc in the old Class 6 Jeep. Joe Patelli was third in his Blazer. Running last, after losing a couple of hours, was Scott "Scooby" Maloney, in a Chevy. Maloney is in the Air Force and has been stationed in Tucson for eight years. He recently got his "shippirtg out" orders, and learned he's to be re-deployed to Texas. He's been a part of an off. road forum on the Internet (El Chismoso, affectionately known as "The Cheese") and when he told them of his new orders, they reacted strongly. TIie Bffferencel Dual Cylinder Brake Pedal Assembly Short or Tall Master Cylinders Features steel pedal with large foot pad, non-skid foot surface and total seal rubber boots. Adjustable balance 6ar for precise fronUrear pressure ratios.Standard pedal length is 1 25". (5.2 to 1 ratio) CNC-2045D Steel Pedal, Short or Tall M/C Floor Mount. Fluidyne Heat exchangers & Transmission Coolers DUN.:D830500 Heat Exchanger DUN-D830503 Heat Exchanger DUN-D830504 Heat Exchanger DUN-D830612 Trans Cooler w/Fan 2-pc Aluminum Drums Driving Suits Standard Fire Retardant Cotton Proban Driving Suits. Race Prep'ed CV 's • MCK-0250-1 CV Jt. w/Cage:930 MCK-0251-1 ~v Jt. w/C_age-934 IRS Axles from Sway-A-Way™ For more information give us a call or visit us online @ www.mckenzies.com Page 16 April 2002. Knowing that Scooby might not be anywhere near an off road race for years to come, they decided to send him to San Felipe. Accordingly, they raised about $ 2000 from within their membership, and then spoke to SCORE CEO Sal Fish, who came through with a discounted en·try fee. And Scooby went racing. He painted his Blazer red, white and blue in honor of the occasion. Maloney had a long day, but he made it to the finish line, to get a seventh place, making it in about nine min-utes before cut off time. Thanks to Cheesers, he'll be taking some fine memories to Texas with him. One of off road's canny veteran drivers, Beny Canela, teamed with Dennis Milner .and they brought their Ford back to the finish in sixth place. And in fifth it was Craig Corda, in a Ford. Corda had been forced to rebuild his distribu-tor along the w·ay, and the motor was way out of time, but running. He'd also had one flat tire, and was about an hour and 45 minutes be-hind the winning .truck. Rick Thomas and Keith Moore brought their Chevro-let out for the race, and they had a wheel come off in a sandwash. Still, tney got things together again to earn a fine fourth place. And, with evidence of at least orie flat bolted on his spare tire mount, Joe Patelli finished in third place.· Nick Vanderwey got his truck stuck in Huatamote Wash and Larry shredded a tire. They also had trouble making turns, and didn't re-alize until after they finished, that the left corner of their front bumper was bent in-ward in such a way that the left front tire hit it whether they were trying to turn left or right. They said they made a "lot of three point turns." They were second, about 19 minutes in back of first place. The team of Clive Skilton and Curt LeDuc had meant to have some fun with their Jeep, and each of them planned to drive half the race. But when "they were about two thirds of the way along the road they decided they had a chance to win, so Skilton gave up his seat and put LeDuc back in, because he's the quicker driver of the two. He ran .out of gas and lost about 20 minutes, but ' still stayed in front in their 12 year old car and took the win. Class 5 started next, and they all made it through Mile 86 except for Carlos Ayala who came back duo.ugh town early in the day on a tow strap. And Tom Brown, who'd been running third, but close to the others, dis-appeared somewhere later in the race and never got to the finish. Dave Cua had his bad luck on Friday when he pushed his car over his own foot in the contingency line. He had a big knot on to"p of it, .and was in some pain, but not enough to slow him down. lie had a three minute lead on George Seeley at Mile 86, an~ stayed in front the rest of the way. Seeley had carbu-re t:or trouble, anct it was sticking at high rpms. He also had a flat_ tire, and by the time things were fixed he was solidly in second place. He finished about a half hour be-hind Cua. Cua had only one bad mo-ment when the car stalled, about a mile before the fin-ish line. He said he went "bal-listic", but then he remem-bered to switch to his spare fuel pump. And the car fired right up and went on in good shape. to take the win. At that point his foot was not hurt-ing. The Class 7 trucks went next, and Hector Salazar, who is still driving a rent-a-truck from -Willie Valdez, was the first one to go out. He must· be anxious for his new truck to get finished. At Mile 86, Ernesto Cervantes had the lead in his Ford Ranger, and Craig Turner, in another Ford, was just five minutes behind him in second place. Perry McNeil, in yet another Ford, was already over two hours down. In the southern part of the course Cervantes disap-peared. That left Turner run-ning in front and McNeil making repairs. McNeil started the day by losing his brakes which he fixed with vise grips and tape. Then he broke a radius arm and fixed that. It got more compli-cated as the day wore on. He lost a starter, so took one off a pit person's truck, took it apart and cannibalized the necessary parts to fix the race truck's starter, and went on. Simultaneously he's had some fuel trouble, and after messing around with things for a while he discovered he'd lost one of his electric fuel pumps, so he switched to the spare. He also lost a trailing arm which a bolt broke, and that almost rolled the truck. It took another hour to fix that, but McNeil is pne of our finest on-course repair~ men, and he went on. He was still having fuel problems, , and couldn't figure it out for a long time, but finally dis-covered that the second elec-tric fuel pump had gone bad,' and he had to switch to the factory pump that came with the truck. All the time he was going through this he was pic-turing Craig Turner back in· Dusty Times

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Eric Solorzano and Roman Pereyra teamed in Class 11, drove a Scott Steinberger appears to have his new class figured out, and he Rob Taylor and Daniel Gutierrez ran in third place in Class 5-1600 clean race, and took the win after some very tight competition most put his Ford Trophy Truck into second place, dealing with only one much of the way, and finished in third, about a half-hour behind the of the way. San Felipe having dinner and a beer, until he got to Matomi Wash and went past him. McNeil stopped in a pit a little later and Turner then went by him, so Perry figured he was on his way to the fin-ish. But when Perry got down the road a few miles, there was Turner installing a new rack and pinion. McNeil went on to get first place, and Turner finished second about eight minutes behind him. The 1/2-1600 buggies were next off.the line. There were 12 of them, and all but one made it back to the finish line. Everybody got through the first 86 miles, and at that point Brian Ickier had the lead in his Jimco, with about a minute and a half on Kash Vessels in his newly painted Chenowth. In third place it was gus Vildosola, Jr., in a Jhnco, and Alejandro and• Leonardo Navarette, a team from Mexicafr. had their Ji mco in fourth place. Travis Fletcher and Brian Coats were fifth in their Baja Shop chassis and they were ju~t three 1ninutes and two sec-onds· behind the first place car. Eric Brown, who was about 28 minutes down at this point became the only non-finisher in the group. Kenneth Browne, who came from Colorado for this race, was near the front of the pack at Mile 86, but lost about three hours with some prob-lem later in the day, to be the last finisher, in 11th place. Luis Wallace, who came from Juarez on the mainland of Mexico, to race, had already lost a bit over a half hour by Mile 86, but he kept his Bunderson moving, and fin-ished the day in 10th place. In ninth place it was Chuck Guy, an old timer who used to race in Class 9. ·He finished just over an hour behind the winner in his Bunderson. Brian and Joe Jef-frey, in a Jimco, had some electrical problems and had to stop three times to try to solve them. They finished . eighth, 45 minutes behind the winner. Jake Maness and Roger Bowers, from Colo-rado and Utah, finished in seventh place in their Jimco. Cesar Cons, a racer from Mexicali, drove his Chen-owth to sixth place after los-ing about 20 minutes in the early stages of the race .. Fletcher and Coats had three flats between them and tore up a ·c.v. boot, but managed to recover well enough to fin-Dusty Times flat tire along the way. ish fifth, only 31 minutes off the winning pace. . Gus Vildosola:, Jr. drove all the way in his J imco and said it was "really fun!" even though he had to do about 10 miles without power steer-ing. He also had one flat tire. He finished only 15 minutes behind the winning car. Kash Vessels did all the driving, and discovered he had the winner. wrong tires for the sand. He said he could pass the other cars in the rough stuff, but then they'd go right back around him in the washes. He used his first gear more than he wanted to. Vessels finished third, eight minutes behind the winner. The N avarettes had a good day and finished in second Continued on page 18 "The MD5 CONTINUES ITS WINNING WAYS IN 2002" Congratulations to the winners in Class 12 1st Place - San Felipe 250 is• Place - Baja 1000 Arturo Honold Jerry Penhall/LJ Kennedy 1st Place - Laughlin 1st Place - Parker / Vic Bruckman/ Bruce Coneen * Utilizes same ''Extreme Duty" gearsets as MD4-2D 100% shot peened. Mike Cohen/ * 100% CAD designed. All new billet shift heads and rails. Tom Schilling Ball bearing shift housing. * Available now from all authorized ''Mendeola Dealers." 290 Trousdale Dr. #J, Chula Vista, CA 91910 619-691-1000 www .mendeolaracing.com 619-691-1324fax April 2002· Page 17

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. ~ .·! ... ; -. . . ' Brothers Nick and Larry Vanderwey had problems with a bent bumper and some other annoyances, but still brought their Chevy back in second place in Class 8. Kash Vessels made a bad decision about tires for this event and suffered for it in the sand washes, but he still managed a third place finish in his 1-2/1600 Chenowth. Starting at the back of the pack the Weyhrich brothers, Mark and Gary, were the third Class 1 car to finish, taking second place in their new Jimco only 27 seconds out of first. place, just seven minutes in back o f the lead car. They didn't stop to tell u s h o w their d ay went. Ickler, who also d rove all th e way, h ad a really good day. He planned --...... --i DEIST SEAT BEL TS The greatest name In driver safety equipment. 4-point sand rail seat belt RACE BELTS 2• -5 point mount 3• -5polnt mount SIDE COVERS IRS . Swing axle KENNEDY PRESSURE PLATES 200mm-1700# 200mm-up to 3000! 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Surprisingly, so was the team of Doug Siewert and Cory Susag, their C hevy losing some vital part of their torsion bar adjuster very early in th e morning. SACO MAGNUM RACK Billet housing, 1 ½ • allow gear, through bolt mounting complete with stops SACO CV CAGES, BOOTS, AND FLANGES 930 or T-4 cages 930 or T-4 or T-2 flanges Trick boots (specify) 930CVstar "WEEKEND-WARRIOR" LONG TRAVEL BEAMS 8" travel-stock width 8" travel-widened beam 10• travel-stock width 10• travel-widened beam TRI MIL EXHAUST T-111/z"chrome T-11½ "raw T-1 1 518" chrom T-11518' raw T-4chrome T-4raw GERMAN AUTO HATS GERMAN AUTO tT·SHIRTS_-specity M.LG.XLG PORSCHE STYLE FAN SHROUD Fits T-4 engine, utilizes T-1 alternator, includes alternator stand MAGNUM SPINDLES MK/ . MK/I I PEDAL ASSEMBLIES CNC Clutch and brake assemblies for cable throtJJe With black pedal With chrome pedal. With hydraulic throttle Replacement slave SACO RACK AND PINION The toughest available anywhere, alloy gears, full contact housing,· hard anodized. Standard rack and pinion . Mount plate Coupler Rack steering stops -VALVE COVERS T-4 "no leak" style fits 1.7, 1.8, and 2.0 SACO ALUMINUM WHEELS Polished finish, bolt together rears lite spindle mounts too FRONT TRAILING ARMS Link pin ............. 4130 Chromolv Stock length . ........ pr. 1 ¼ "longer . . . . . . .... pr. 2¼ • longer .......... pr. 4 • longer-col/ over style pr. CHROMOL Y TIE RODS 1' chromoly tie rods w/ends. lsoecifv Ford or International) set ... SACO REAR TRAILING ARMS 3• X 3 ' . . . . ... , 1-21600, 5-1600. CATALOG .... All the rest m.ade i t through Mile 86, and it was Jamie Campbell in th e lead, wit h 12 minutes o n Dan Fresh in his Jeep. In third place it was Eduardo Gonza-lez in a Ford, an other 10 min-utes back. Mike H orner ran fourth in a Toyota, and in fifth it was J.C. A ndrews in his Ford. Campbell m anaged to get his truck up to first o n the road, and at t h e h alfwa y p oint h e h anded over to co-d river Jake Baculis. Batulis got down into Chanate Wash and lost the transmission. Campbell ferrie d a spare tranny out to him, but by·the time he got it there they had run out of time and the checks were closing. Gonza-lez also disappeared in the sec-ond half of the course, and Eric Hardin, who'd been an hour down at Mile 86', was seen much later in the day changing a transmission, ob-viously already too late to get back before the cut-off time. Andrews and· co-driver Todd Fantelli h ad one flat and had to take som e time to rese t their shock pressure , but otherwise r a n a fairly clean r ace. They finished ·third,'42 minutes behind th e winning car. In second place i t w as Horner and his co-driver, Bob Gra h ~m , who hasn't raced in three years. H e h adn't forgotte n any-thing, and aside fro m a 20 minute w ait for fuel whet1 their gas got stuck, their race was a clean o ne. They we re only seven minutes d own. Fresh, who stopped to see if · Batulis was alright, and got stuck himself, had no serious trouble. He hadn't been able to get his race motor ready, so he ran with a stock m o to r, md at th e finish he was think-in g that m aybe "slow is bet-ter." H e didn't flatten a ny tires, and wo n in a tim e of ·4 : 08 :59 , with a n av erage speed of 37.4 miles per hour. The 5-1600 cars were next 11324 Norwalk Blvd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 562-863-1123 FAX 562 929 1461 to go. Fifteen of them • • started the race, and all but Page 18 April 2002 Dusty Times

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Rick Johnson, from Barstow, had a blown front shock on his Ford Darren Skilton debuted his new Kia Trophy Truck, which had some Mike Horner and Bob Graham teamed in their Toyota to take second Protruck, and was still able to finish second, only 15 seconds behind time consuming new-car problems, but still managed to finish, albeit in Class 7S in spite of a gas crew that was late to the ;uel stop. _th_e_~_,_·nn~e_r._. -------~--- --~-~-~-in seventh place. · a couple g'ot through Mile also the first SCORE race for minutes· and 10 seconds lems. His Ford F-150 was an most a non-event. Only-two 86. Dave Hendrickson was the team, and they had a good back. And John Griffin ran extra-cab model, so it had a entries came, and neither seen being towed hack into time and finished in fifth third in his Hummer. third seat. Riding along with made it back. The very stock town early in the a.m., and 'place. Pedro Velasquez from In the latter part of the day him were Mike and David Kia of Chris Bainum didn't Arnulfo Valenzuela also dis-· La Paz and Moises Hernandez David Sykes, who'd lost an Welch, and in a box securely make it through Mile 86, and appeared early in the day, as from Ensenada had los a few hour early in the running, mounted to the floor, the while we have no time at that did Oscar Galindo. minutes early in the day, but lost the race all together and ashes of their late father, po.1nt for Bob Land, he was At Mile 86 the lead be-then moved up nicely to fin-became the only dnf in this Dick, whom they were taking reported to have got as far as longed to Steve Kobayashi, ish fourth. class. Walser then los about for his last ride. They finished Chanate Wash where he lost and he was about two and a Rob Taylor and Daniel four hours with some major in second place, only two his four wheel drive and be-half minutes up on Ruben Gutierrez held on to their ailment, but he kept working minutes and five seconds be-came irretrievably stuck. Gutierrez. In third place it early third place position, at it and finally finished in hind the winning Hummer of The Class 9 cars took off next, was Rob Taylor and Daniel and were still there at the fin-fourth place, just 11 minutes John Griffin. Griffin had and Luis Guevara, who should Gutierrez, another 37 sec-ish, just a half hour behind shy of the cut off time. been lost and had needed to have been up at the front of the onds back. Jason Lakin ran the winning team. Jason Stein and MtComas also backtrack to get onto the pack,wasthefirstoneout.The fourth about 40 seconds later Lakin and Todd Cunningham lost some time late in the course again. But he'd had balance of the class made it and in fifth it was Ruben Gar-shared the driving in their day, about an hour's worth, no mechanical problems and through the 86 mile point, where cia. first SCORE race. They tried and ultimately they dropped had no flat tires. He said, ''I Eric Fisher, in his Garibay, and A small group of cars dis-to get a pre-run finished, but from the lead to finish in really ran hard." This was the team of Darin McGuffin and appeared into the sandy miles in two attempts had two bro-third place. Kevin Conlin, back_ to back wins for him at Tommy Dittfield, in a Mirage, of the southern part of the ken pre-runners, so never did fresh ou.t of back surgery, San Felipe. Griffin finished in were virtually tied. In third itwas course, including Milt see the entire course. Then and thinking he might have 6:31:05, with an average Arturo and Abel Velazco in a Moore,. Roberto Jimenez, on Thursday night before the gone racing' just a bit too speed of 34.9 miles per hour. Chenowth. Then came Juan ·Jose Soto and Ruben Guti-race they broke reverse gear soon, had fuel pump prob-The Stock Mini race was al-Continued on page 20 errez who'd been in second in the race car. After some place. Garcia, who'd been consultation they decided to fifth, lost about three hours drain the trans, clean things with some disaster, but kept up and run without it. That moving forward and everitu-definitely gave them a differ-ally finished in eighth place, ent approach to certain sec-with a time of nine hours and tions of the course. They three minutes. Ricardo were the team that took the Molina and Carlos Chavez spare axle out to Chris made it back to the finish Harrold. Good deeds bring looking battered after being good payback, and they fin-ripped over onto the passen-ished second, only 14 min-ger side, in seventh, about an utes behind the first car. hour and a half down. Kobayashi and co-driver The team of Telly Philo, Alan Gregory were last year's John Castillo and Tony season champs in this class, Steingraber came to a stop and they are continuing their when a screw loosened up winning ways. They had taken and their ignition module be-over the lead in their Danny came detached. While they Ledezma built car by the half-searc-hed for and corrected way point and just stayed the problem, five cars in there. They had no flat tires their class passed them by. and no mechanical problems, They managed to finish in and finished in a time of sixth place, an hour and 17 5:41:24, for an average speed minutes off the winning time. of 40.0 miles per hour. Brothers Manuel and The Stock Full trucks got Frankie Delgado enjoyed a the green flag next and all five good race, with no problems of them made it the first 85 and no flats. It was the first miles. At that point the lead race for their l"l.ew car (which belonged to Marc Stein and is painted fluorescent or-Mike McComas, in a Ford. ange) and they were happy In second it was Travis with its performance. It was Walser in a Chevy, only two Perry McNeil had enough trouble to bring a lesser man to a stop, but he kept fixing his Ford, and surprised himself by winning Class 7 by eight minutes. 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Jason Lakin and Todd Cunningham raced their 5-1600 at San Felipe for the first time, played Good Samaritan, and went home with second place. John Marking had one of the more interesting new vehicles at the race, but unfortunately his big Jimco got stuck in second gear and didn't.get far. Steve Melton and John Herder had one flat each, but everything else went right and they finished the day in fourth place in Class 10. Gallo, a San Felipe resident, in his homebuilt car, and Tony Modica, the Laughlin winner, in another Chenowth. But the Velazcos didn' t get to the finish on the course, and. instead were towed back in to town. Modica lost about an hour out on the course an·d finished in fourth place, while Gallo, who surely knew his way around also lost some time. He fin-ished in third place, 48 min-utes behind the winning cars. This Is the :1ystem run by inost off road race winn~rs Yep, that's_"cars" -in plural. Because there was a tie. McGuffin and Dittfield blew out a right front shock early in the day, but didn't have any other problems, not even flat tires. And Fisher, who drove all the way, had noth-ing go wrong except for some· wire that got wrapped around a front wheel and cost him about five minutes. They fin-ished on the same minute and second, for the first first-place tie in SCORE's his-TRI-MIL BOBCAT CHROME 1984-9-1 CORVETTE 2 1/2" OR 3" S.S. TARGA MUFFLER . 13220 HALLDALE AVENUE GARDENA, CA 90249 310-217-9233" Page 20 WHOLESALE ONLY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED tory. Their time was 6:00:01, and their average speed was 37.9 miles per hour. Class 3 went next. There were· three of them, and they all got through Mile 86 where Donald and Ken-· Moss had the lead in their Ford Bronco. They were just seven minutes up on Rich Severson, in h·is 1985 Jeep Cherokee. In third place it was Alfonso Hernandez, who'·d already fallen back about a half hour. He had even less success further along the way, and was the only dnf for this class. The Moss brothers were racing at San Felipe for the first tini.e, and finding it a rough course for their truck. They didn't have any prob-lems and pulled gradually fur-ther and further ahead of Severson in the Jeep. But Severson didn't have any trouble either, except for the fact that he was slightly handicapped by his 2.8 liter engine .. Each team flattened one tire, but had no other trouble. Severson said his race was "very enjoyable", and he finished second, about a · half hour behind the Moss brothers who took the win. They are new to SCORE, but plan to race the full series. Their time was 7:16:17, for an average speed of 31.33 miles per hour. The Class 11 cars were next to take off and all four of them got through the 86 mile mark. At that point Fernando Flores had the lead, with 11 minutes on Scott Pellerin, who'd been the winner at Laughlin. Just 15 seconds later it was Eric Solorzano, and then in another minute and a half, Hector Sarabia went by. But Pellerin didn't make it all the way around, disappearing in the vast territory south of Morelia J unc-tion somewhere. Solorzano and -April 2002 Eli Yee lost a couple of gears and also a cylinder on his Honda powered Jimco, but still was quick enough to take the Class 10 win, finishing ninth in the overall his co-driver, Roman Pereyra re-ported a good close race with Flores and Sarabia for most of the distance. Solorzano and Pereyra pulled to the front and stayed there to take the victory. Flores had a late problem, and lost an hour, to finish in second place, about 48 minutes down. And Sarabia was third, less than a minute behind him. Solorzano and Pereyra had a tirne of 7: 18:20, and an average spe,ed of 31.18 miles per hour. The final group to take the green flag was the Sportsman Buggies, and all but one of them made it through the magic 86 mile marker. The one was Scott Batchelor who was out with un-known problems. And in front at Mile 86 was Roberto Aranz in a very good looking car that was ac-tually a SCORE Lite. He had about 13 minutes on the second place team of Ray Woodward and George Jackson in their elderly Georgia Peach chassis. Wood-ward was the starting driver. Be-hind them the rest of the pack were fairly close. Aranz, unfortunately, never got to the finish. Xavier Reyes, who drives a Baja Bug in this class, lost about three hours later in the day, and dropped back to finish in fifth place, with a time of 9: 26:09. And Tim Price had about a half hour's worth of problems that put him into fourth place in his buggy, with a time of 7:35:51. In third place it was Gordon Frevel, only three minutes behind the second place car, in another Baja Bug. Steven Phillips, whose car has a 1/2-1600 motor, had stopped to fix hi:s.carLuretor and got stuck, and had also had two flats. He thought the course was pretty rough, but managed to finish sec-ond place with a time of7:13:58. And in front of the group were Woodward and Jackson, who'd had their first flat tire in five years, and also discovered that their front end was loose. Their finishing time was 6:39: 13, with an average speed of34.2 miles per hour. The weather never warmed up and he wind never stopped blow-ing, but while it was uncomfort-able for the spectators, the racers thought it was a great day. · So another San Felipe 250 goes into the record books, and SCORE hardly filed it away when they started putting together ·the details of the Baja 500 scheduled for the first week-end in June. . __ . .,,. . Dusty Times

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WRC MONTE CARLO SEASON OPENER Sebastian -Loeb/Citroen DH&Running By Martin Holmes Photos: Maurice Selden Tommi Makinen and Kaj Lindstrom lost the Monte Carlo win to a political force, hopefully the WRC body will remedy the fault. The 30th season of the World Championship, 2002 model started less than two moriths af-ter the 2001 season closure, and in this short period of time there have been many changes in driv-ers and teams, many new regula-tions and lots of new knowledge on how championships are run. Most of the new things look pro-gressive, some don't seem to be. Monte Carlo was the usual mid winter mountain asphalt event but this year there was no ice or snow to contend with. This was the 70th running of the "Monte". Sebastian Loeb's dream of win-ning the Monte came true, but it was under a cloud, following a de-cision by the organizers to suspend a Stewards last morning two minute penalty against the team for servic-ing offences. Loeb's Citroen had led from hallway through the first day, in front of Makinen, who eased his pace, waiting for the penalty to be confirmed. This opening round of the 2002 season was full of drama for Citroen. All their WRC cars suffered engine failures (Loeb's, luckily on the shakedown run) and all seven Super 1600 Saxo cars retired with identical trans-mission troubles. New this year were changes . SYSTEM s BY PARKER PUMPER pumaer he/me-ts stArt,ng at . $249!!!!,00(wired) ~ WIPER The complete source for race,s an·,rcrews 1.B00.700.2350 fax: 909_.360&JD436 3834 Wacker Drive • Mira Loma, CA 91752 Page 22 aimed at making the eve~t more friendly for competitors and ser-vice crews alike. The 45-minute service at days end were now to be conducted the following morning. To facilitate reconnais-sance, there were fewer individual stages than before, all except one, scheduled to be run twice. There was a limit of 60 entries and there was no Group N entries ac-cepted. Every car was either a World Rally Car or a qualifying vehicle in the new Junior World Rally Championship. When the entries closed there were 28 Su-per 1600's and the Col du Turini stage was to be run twice in both directions, in daylight and at night. The shakedown was held on Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday which meant consid~ erable difficulties for the promo-tional activities. There were press conferences and photo shoots, which clashed with each other and journalists who tried to at-tend every function found it was impossible to do. There were quite a few changes in the driver lineup ... Thomas Radstrom was driving in his first "Monte", in a Citroen and, un-fortunately he didn't get to the start of any stage. It was Citroen's first time at Monte Carlo with top line cars in 16 years. There was a new points system to un-. derstand. Of the seven teams en-tered, four nominated the maxi-mum number of three cars to be eligible for Makes points and the other three entered only the mini-mum, being their two regular driv-ers. (If you understand what I just wrote, you're a better man than I am). Ford was the only team to enter 2002 version cars, the en-gines substantially different, en-gine airflow -improved and the cars made lighter. In the weeks before the start, there were various changes in the entry list among the non-works drivers. Jesus Puras withdrew his Toyota for financial reasons, Di-dier Auriol was finally able to April 2002 First JWRC position went to Francois Duval and Jean-Marc Fortin in their Ford Puma, 17th overall as well. start in a Step 2 Corolla with a revolutionary new rear differen-tial system. Manfred Stohl changed his entry from Mitsubi-shi to Toyota. When Loeb fired up his Citroen for the shakedown and the block was found to be cracked. 10 hours-to change the engine before the rally starts! Leg 1 - 4 Stages -Asphalt -12lkms - It began badly for Cit-roen when Radstrom found his engine was not pulling properly and on the drive out to Digne the en-gine failed so he was out before he -ever started. Then, only 50kms fur-ther towards Digne Bugalski's en-gine started mis-firing and he real-ized that he had the same problem. Two of the three works Citroens were out, the third only continuing through the good luck of having engine trouble the night before. Panizzi was also having trouble. He had trouble starting and when Peu-geot worked on the car at the Digne Service Park, they changed the transmission, causing a 2m,10s pen-alty. The problem had been a hy-draulic failure. The World Cham-pion, Richard Burns was being very cautious in his new Peugeot, having not tested on dry tarmac before the event. On the first stage he hit a bank on the right side of the road, went down the hill on the opposite side of the road and, luck was with him as the car stayed on its wheels, there were few spectators around and there was a path right there that allowed him to regain the course. He lost 20 seconds but was happy to still be in the event. Sainz made fastest time on the first stage in front of Tommi Makinen and Colin McRae. Fanizzi was fourth quickest in front of Armin Schwarz's Hyundai. Solberg stalled his Subaru at the s~art of Stage 1 and had a half spin. Eriksson's Skoda had trou_ble with the gear-box sticking and he lost 5th and 6th gears. Auriol reached the end of the stage but had to retire with a faulty engine sensor. Stage 2 was cancelled because of spectator pressure. The stages were repeated and for a long time the teams did not know if Stage 4 would be run, but eventually it was. Freddy Loix crashed heavily when he mis-judged a double bend and crashed into a bridge. The stage was stopped for a while until the wreckage could be re-moved. Halfway through Stage 3, Sainz lost power steering and dropped to seventh. Makinen had a spin and Solberg was quickest on the third stage. Emanuele Dati slid off the road, spectators helped put the car back on the course, tearing off the drivers door in their anxiety to help, but the car was withdrawn at service. Errani's rented Octavia was · slowed with steering problems and Oliver Burri retired with wastegate failure. Thiry was hav-ing rear suspension troubles, Stohl punctured a rear tire and Marco Menegatto retired his Toyota when he went off the road. On Stage 4Hyundai lost Schwarz when he dropped a wheel into a ditch and wrecked the suspension. Gardemeister hit the same ditch but only suffered a puncture, the mousse keeping the tire up. On Stage 4, Loeb beat them alL He was more than a quarter minute faster than the next fast-est driver, Fanizzi, and, having already been fastest on the Sisteron Stage he stretched his lead to 36. 7 seconds! Markko Martin lost some time when the engine management sys-tem was inadvertently turned to "safe" mode which severely re-duced the boost pressure. Delee-our lost 15 seconds when the brake pedal became soft, Burns had an ignition warning ligh coming on and off and many were having trouble selecting the cor-rect hardness of tire compound and that problem continued into Saturday. In JWRC, drivers in three dif-. ferent makes. of car led on the first three stages. The main disas-ter was trouble for the Citroens, it seems all the Saxo's retired with broken studs locating the new-type flywheel, although the young Spanish driver, Sola, was leading after the first stage. 12 of the 2 7 starters had retired by the end of the third stage. Alejandro Galanti went off the first stage twice, then again on the next stage. "The only ice in my coun-try is in whisky" he quipped. Gwyndaf Evans had a good first stage (6th) but he went off the road on stage 2. The only Opel on the rally was crashed on the first stage by McShea. Kazuhiko Niwa retired on the.first stage and Marc Blasquez completely lost his brakes on the first stag.e. Stenshome's Peugeot broke a throttle cable, loss of fuel pres-sure caused the engine to quit and then he lost 4th gear. Galli was speeding up and overtook vari-ous drivers on each stage and had to bump Kanga's Suzuki to per-suade him to move over. Leg 2 - 6 Stages -Asphalt -132kms - Even before the first stage of the second day, Errari retired his Skoda with tranny troubles. Like the day before, there were clear conditions on the stages though there were many slippery places where the surfaces were damp. 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Toni Gardemeister and Paavo Lukander were 10th overall in their good looking Skoda Octavia. Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena took the Monte win but they really should have been in the second spot. Ninth overall position went to Francois Delecour and Daniel Grataloup in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. walking on the road looking for a better vantage spot. Panizzi was sec-ond on the road and Peugeot was happ)'. with the way things were go-ing. On Stage 6 conditions were tricky. Eriksson had problems with the engine cut system, he had to use the throttle to balance the engine revs every times he changed gears. On Stage 7, Harri Rovanpera dis-appeared in his .Peugeot when he hit a rock and broke the steering. Then, Roman Kresta, in the third works Skoda retired after hitting a guard rail in a left hand corner. Sainz and Solberg both slid off the r;oad on loose gravel and damaged their cars lOkms from the end of the stage. Solberg had power steer-ing failure and incurred a 20 sec-ond penalty leaving service. Sainz survived with a broken wheel. This was the same stage as the last one on day 1 and Loeb attacked again and took another 10 seconds off Makinen. From now on the rally was go-ing to be based on the Turini stages. The roads were damp and Maki-nen found the Pirelli tires were working great, in two stages he re-duced Loeb's lead from 46 to 26 seconds. It seemed that Makinen's tradition of chasing Lu Llie finish was going to happen again. Colin McRae's tenure in third place was threatened when his seat mounting failed and he lost nearly half a minute. With two stages to go Colin McRae was now only 2.5 sec-onds ahead of Gronholm, but Panizzi could see how it was the Fords could be so fast. Eriksson found his Skoda was undrsteering badly as was Thiry's Peugeot. Dele-cour had a problem with his cen-tral differential and spun and Solberg also spun a had a slow leak-ing tire. Makinen was delighted with "the right tire!" Loeb was holding onto his lead but he knew-it was not only excellenc in driving which would provide the victory. Now came the two final stages of the day , the same as the last two in the Turini region, but in dark-ness and in cooler conditions. The damp patches initially turned icy, the challenge more pronounced than ever. Loeb gained his revenge on Makinen on Stage 10, but Maki-nen closed the gap back to 28.2 sec-onds at the end of the leg. McRae dropped to fifth with engine trouble, the car was on three cylin-ders for half the -stage and l;i.is brother Alister slid into a wall and also fell back. Gronholm finished the day as he had been all event long, the highest placed Peugeot, al-though Sainz overtook himinto the third place vacated by Colin McRae. · 15 of the Super 1600 cars resrated in the morning. One guy under pressure was Francois Duval,· his driveshaft became disconnected on the road section up to the first stage. He re-installed it and pro-Dusty Times ceeded at unabated pace, still in sec-trouble, only third gear working ond place behind Galli. Both and left service 15 minutes late(2m, Chemin and Stenshome retired af-30s penalty) after repairs. Caldani ter they went off the road, so after spun twice and Feghali also spun. two stages the number still running Kangas had adjusted his suspension was 13. Doppelreiter had gearbox and was happier. t polycarl;)onates for ;Jightforce. performance ] .er arid more' efficient -ioad Halogen light, An eslgn ana ea~y~to-use filters .. .., . / . . (flight pattern in seconds s, ram-:to~race or pitto-pit. Tliis kind rce :can help you finish the race faster · efore .. Using our Hghts o.nce will prove to ff-road legend Rod Hall afready knows ... April 2002 In the afternoon stages Galli had a soft brake pedal agaii;i, just pulled further ahead, helped when like the first leg. His Suzuki team-Duval chose intermediates instead mate, Kangas wasn't happy as he of slicks and lost time. His Puma had to stop and change a flat tire teammate, Martin Rowe had the and then had a broken gear selec-same problem. Sixth place Shelle Continued on page 24 Page 23

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Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya comer hard in their Ford Focus RS as Marcus Granholm and Timo Rautiainen ran to the fifth overall position A chilly crowd watches Nikolaus Schelle and Gerhard Weiss comer their Suzuki lgnis at the 70th running of the Monte Carlo running. problems but he overtook his team- lost fifth gear on his Puma and mate, Burns. The Subaru Team Llovera went off the road: both asked the organizers to remember retired. they head for the bronze medal on an almost snowless Monte. at Monte Carlo in their Peugeot 206. and six of them were in the top 10 Leg 3 - 4 Stages -Asphalt - winners. One sensed that as soon places. Galli went off the road on 99kms -Overnight the officials as the finish pictures had been taken Stage 11 and handed the lead to pondered the Citroen problem and and people had gone ho~e, the Duval and Martin Rowe retired on came up with a two minute pen-threat of appeal might just be with-Stage 11. alty. Citroen, while admitting re-drawn. The reverse running or-Colin McRae's engine problems sporisibility, announced their in-der system was in operation again were cured by replacing the coils tent to appeal the severity of the and this time Armin Kremer was and plugs. Citroen changed the penalty and also asked the organiz-first car on the road. The wheels on Loeb's car. Tire chang- ers the unusual step of suspending Mitsubishi's were still ill at ease. Al-ing at the 10 minute service is for- the penalty. This would prevent the ister McRae had fallen to last of bidden, the tires were changed by results from showing the existence the Makes entries and Delecour was force of habit, not for ill intent, of the penalty, and, one suspected, not able to get the most from his but the action was immediately give Citroen the chance of having car. Gronholm still wasn't sure why noted and reported. their picture taken at the finish as he couldn't get more·out of his car LET US MAKE ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR ! and Burns was suffering from not having any dry asphalt testing. Maki-nen was assuming the two minute penalty for Loeb would stay in ef-fect and was easing his pace while Loeb had a bad moment on the first stage of the day when the en-gine cut out for 20 seconds or so. Solbe_rg made best time. Panizzi's Peugeot was still having handling that suspension of Loeb's penalty While the world was wondering was against rally rules and re-what sort of fraud allowed the Cit-quested they should impose the pen-roen team to pretend and persuade alty officially, but this was rejected. the media they had won the rally, Panizzi chose a harder tire and one could only sympathize with things started to improve, at last, Sebastien who was the talented but Gronholm succumbed to pres- pawn in a political game, and won-sure from McRae and Ford's were der why this sort of controversy now third and fourth overall. only seems to happen to Citroen! Solberg fitted very soft tires and they It was a nightmare scenario for worked very well, Loeb spun, but Makinen. He had been excluded in retained his theoretical lead over Africa for a service offense, which Makinen. On the final stage, had never before been defined as Solberg was fastest and Panizzi was being illegal, but Citroen, despite second again. 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MOJAVE DESERT RACING, INC. Wild wash 250 By Sheryl Cannon Photos: Alan Madden & Ken Drylie, Trackside Photo Richard Boyle turned a 41 :57 for openers af!d he stayed in the Class 1 lead for the duration, first overall ain't bad either. Billy McCool and Jim_my Hook hooked up in the 1600 class and ran in the front or near the front all race long, a nice win for the season's start. MDR kicked off its 2002 series on Superbowl Saturday, February 2, in Barstow. The weekend action lived up to the hype, with the racing proving "Wild" and the football "Su-per". The two events also posed a study in contrast, with MDR's con-test a season opener and the NFL's . the season finale. And on the topic • of stunning upsets, who would have thought that the weekend of "The Game", the bigstorywould be "Check-ers." That's right. Off road's notori-ous bad boys, in their 26th year of existence, were all the rage. Checker Champs reigned supreme in no less than three divisions, led by the race's overall winner Richard Boyle. If an MVP award had been handed out for the day, chances are those hon-ors would have been bestowed upon Tom Koch, who owns both the win-ning and overall third place vehicles. The two Koch machines were dialed to perfection on a moneymaking mis-sion. George Seeley gave the Checkers their second win of the day, when he won a hard-fought battle to take first in Class 500. Billy McCool and Jimmy Hook teamed uo for the Checkers third win, when that duo proved best in Class 1600. lf"Wild Wash" is any · indication of things to come, it's go-ing to be one hell of a year for the Checkers. Now, on to the recap. Keith Cun-ningham, of Class 100, led a parade of 83 vehicles to the starting line. OBA: Discount Foreign We Have In Stock: Ultra Wheels 15 X 3.5 & 15 X 7 $84.10 $89.10 Centerline Wheels 15 X 3.5 & 15 X 6 $129.95 $135.95 ·.15 X 10 $146.95 Call for Prices 3636 Meade Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89102 Page 26 (702) 247-1266 We Now Do. MAGNA FLUX With ~o traffic or dust to deal with on his initial loop, Cunningham flat out flew (38:55) to the day's fastest lap time. Richard Boyle was second underway, and continued racing in that position into Lap 3. At that point, Cunningham made a prema-ture exit, and Boyle took over com-mand. Four of his classmates tried to ~ling to the new leader, but Boyle ouicklv opened up a 10 minutf' :ici-vantage. Darnen Jefferies and Lee Patton closed strongly in the late stages, but the Class 100 and overall "Wild Wash 250" victories went to Boyle. In post tech, the winter re-vealed his yictorywas achieved with relative ease. "I just cruised it," said Boyle. "There was a lot of dust and a George Seeley ran his Class 5 good lookin' bug to the win and he was a ve,y nice sixth overall at the MOR Wild Wash 250. lot of traffic, so I just went to cruise mode." Boyle's excellent final time of 4:23:24 (51.9 mph) proved five min-utes and 4 3 seconds quicker than the dockine: nosted bv Cl:iss 100 :inci overall race · runner-up, Rick Ro-mans. Romans and Jefferies, who combined for a 50.8 mph average · on the day, checked in three minutes ahead of Patton. Patton, who, along with Koch averaged 50.2 mph on the day, finished 10 minutes ahead of Tony Cassetta. Cassetta and Ken The Class 5-1600 win went to Jeffrey Sack, he took the lead on the first lap, set fast lap for the class and took the win by 16 minutes. Ron Smith took the Class 725 Class win, he ran second for a few laps, Ron Susag took over and set a ve,y fast lap and that was all she wrote. April 2002 Bunn combined their driving talents LU place fourth. Mike Jame~ com-pleted a Class 100 sweep of the top five overall positions, when he fin-ishPci 10 min11tf's :ifrf'r Cassetta. With the exception of some transmission problems, it was a good run for James, who said it was his "maiden race in this car." George Seeley turned in his usual strong performance to place first in Class 500. Seeley described his only trouble as "a flat that actually re-sulted from a broken rim." Seeley, who also claimed his division's fast lap honors (46:26), took sixth over-all with a 4:58:36 (45.8 mph) clock-ing. Tim Criswell finished six-plus minutes back of Seeley, despite rac-ing with no clutch on the final loop. Tim and John Criswell combined to place runner-up in 500 and 10th overall, while breaking in a "brand new car." It was a long way back to Tony Burton, near third and final Class 500 finisher. Gary Alan Will-iams fell shy of completing his six lap assignment, but' averaged a healthy 43.3 mph for the five loops he did polish off. It was a rather trying week-end for Mr. Williams, who blew a tranny in practice Friday and an-other one entering Lap 6 on Satur-day. In Class 1600 action, there was a spirited duel for the top spot. Enter-ing the white flag lap, the aforemen-tioned Billy McCool held a precari-ous 12 second lead over John Ken-nedy. McCool never did make loose from his ultra-game classmate, but he held on nonetheless to win 1600 by two minutes and change. McCool .and teammate Jimmy Hook finished in 4:59:16 (45.7 mph) to place sev-enth overall. The team of Kennedy and Frank Wagner grudgingly settled for second in class and eighth over-all. The latter duo did emerge victori-ous in the battle for division fast lap time, thanks to Wagner's 47.39 sec-ond loop. Of the seven remaining Class 1600 starters, five went the dis-tance and secured top 20 finishing positions. Max Hanberg placed third Dusty Times

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Dennis Sletten ran his four required laps, had '.'1 fe"'! problems along Rick Romans was the spoiler for the Tom Koch Team, he took a nice the way but nonetheless took the Class 11 wm with ease. second spot in Class 1, running second all race long. John Criswell led Class 5 'ti/ the last lap when he lost the clutch, slowed a mite and took the silver medal. in 1600 and 11th overall, with a fi-up being the last completed by gal his hasty 58:33 fourth loop estab-nal elapsed time of_S:10:53 (44.0 pal Kathy Fay. The culprit, accord- lished Class 725 fast lap time and mph). Alvin Fussell finished eight ing to Fay's father Jim, was the center propelled his team to a lead it never minutes further back, to claim fourth support bearing for the drive line. did relinquish. Smith's winning time in class and 12th overall. After five Back on the front end, Susag was of 6:23:40 (35. 7 mph) was good for hours and 25 minutes of battle, six experiencing no such trouble. In fact, a 20+ minute victory over Andrews seconds was all that separated Mike Harvey and Robert Mauritzen. That minuscule difference, however, gave Harvey a fifth in 1600 and 13th over-all, and placed Mauritzen sixth and 14th. Art Velasco Jr., who completed the 1600 scoring, finished seventh in class and 17th overall. Eric Heiden powered his way to victory in Class 800, while also secur-ing himself a top 10 spot in overall scoring. Heiden's final time of 5:03:18 (45.1 mph) was the ninth best clocking on the day, and carried him to an authoritative win over Josh Klenske. Klenske, who finished a very distant runner-up, did manage to beat Heiden.for 800 fast lap honors (48.31). No small feat, considering his list of lost or broken parts il)-cluded two brake calipers (both rear), rear hub, drive plate, axle, rear disc and hat, wheel and both bed sides. There were haif a dozen starters in Class 1000. The calendar may have changed, but the son remains the same in the division annually domi-nated by Whit Courtenay. Frank Omboli jumped out to the early lead, and held a seven minute advantage after Lap 2. And speaking of Lap 2, David Callaway secured Class 1000 fast lap honors (42:38) oh that same loop. But by the end of the day, it was once again Courtenay who had emerged victorious. Despite a nearly one and a half hour final lap, Cour-tenay still reached the checkered flag 35 minutes clear of the Omboli en-try, which placed runner-up. Courtenay's final time of 5:32:11 (41.2 mph) was good for 15th spot O\_'erall, while Omboli's clocking proved 18th on the day. A field of five faced the starter in Class 550 action. Mark Dee started first and was leading on track after Lap 1. Jeffrey Sack held the lead on the clock, and after posting 550 fast lap time (55: 17) on the second loop, he also had made his way to the front. Sack pad9-ed his lead during the middle laps and withstood the chal-lenge of Dee and John White to score the Class 550 win. Sack arrived at the finish in 5:52: 18 (38.8 mph), giv-ing him a 16 minute margin of vic-tory and 16th place overall. Dee (19th overall) wound up a clear cut second, 50+ minutes ahead of Josh Roark. Roark and Joey Hoert combined for a third place finish, and completed the Class 550 scoring. In Class 725 action, Rqn Smith's team ruled the day. Smithjumped out to the early lead, with five class-mates in pursuit. On Lap 2, J.C. An-drews forged into the lead. Andrews, and his relief driver Rod Fantelli, continued to show the way until Smith's replacement, Dick Susag, re-established the lead during Lap 4. Speaking of Lap 4, that loop wound Dusty Times RACE DRUMS These trick KARTEK designed units consist of a stock drum precision machined and augmented with a billet plate and heat treamed chromoly splined center for maximum durabil-ity. Accept NO substitutes. 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Mark Dee was relegated to the second spot in Class 5-1600, he took JC Andrews led the second and third laps in Class 725, he was Dan Owen led lap 1, had t,oubles on l~p 2, set fast lap on 3 but it the silver medal with a 16 minute deficit. outfoxed on the fourth lap and ended up second in class. wasn't enough, he finished second in Class 9. exit. Johnson was-racing fourth after ferent story, as Owen was nowhere in Loop 4, Owen sped to 900 fast lap placement driver won by 22 minutes in which entrants were handed four Loop 1, but suffered a TKO during sight when his classmates completed time (57: 15) on Lap 3. Still with me? with a final elapsed time of 7: 10: 19 lap assignments. Class 1100 was short Lap 2. For a while, it appeared Dan their second loop. It wasn't until af-Rash then surrendered the lead and (31.8 mph). Owen finished steadily . and sweet, with only a pair of entrants Owen had suffered a similar fate. ter Ron Rash had completed his was done for the day, and whoever to take runner-up honors, and Tom seeing action. In reality, only Dennis Owen quickly established the early third loop, that Owen finally reached spelled Kevin Kopitch took over com-Steeno followed in third to complete Sletten saw much action, since class-lead, and was the first back to Start/ the completion of his second. While rnand with two laps remaining. To the order of Class 900 finishers. mate Matt Shuss wasn't able to com-Finish. Lap 2 was an altogether dif- Rash was leading the field through make a long story end, Koptich's re-This brings us to those divisions plete Lap 1. Sletten's first lap ( 1: 19:39) was his best. After cruising to the 1100 win in 6:50:36 (22.2 mph), Sletten described his four laps as "fun" and his only trouble "a bro-ken shock tower and rear spring plate." A field of four took part in Class 1200. After one lap, John Hutak and Nicholas Beall were almost dead-even. Hutak opened up a commanding 22 minute lead the following lap, when Beall lost the rear brake line and stopped for repairs. Beall used his Class 1200 fast lap time (1:00:46) to race back into contention on the third loop. It simply wasn't enough, .however, as Joel Hutak, who had taken over for his dad at the race's halfway point, maintained the lead Eric Heiden made it look easy, he led Class 8 from the first lap and took the win with Kevin Kopitch had some stiff competition in Class 9 but kept on pluggin' away and the rest of the way. The Hutaks won more than half an hour in hand. took the class win by more than 20 minutes. Class 1200 by six minutes, while com-Page 28 April 2002 Dusty Times

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Craig Pearson turned almost identical lap times for the entire race but John Kennedy and Frank Wagner led the middle laps in aass 1600 but Billy Bunch chased first place in Class 1700 all race long but just he was just a bit off the pace and finished second in Class 1450. weren't able top hold on and took second, two minutes out of the win. couldn't find the touch and took second place. 1300 fast lap time. His good final a 10 car tangled and became locked fourth. Chris Parr lent a hand by of Class 1300 finishers. lost all chance for victory. Craig Pear-time of 3:36:21 (42.2 mph) gave together. "All four people had to get driving his final lap, his first ever. Jim Another field of five took the son took over command on Lap 2, Fisher a 16 minute margin of victory out to separate us," said Crew.. Heine finished one and a half min- track in Class 1450. Dan Vance with Matt McCall um and Mark over Halliday, who placed runner- Michael Parr broke a shock on the utes behind Parr to land fifth place. quickly jumped out to the early lead. Growe in hot pursuit. On Loop 3, up. Greg Crew finished 30 minutes way to the starting line and lost all It was a long way back to Clare Ross Mark Pulido replaced Vance for lap Jon Krellwitz took over for McCal-later to take third. This, despite a Lap . power when a ground wire came off in sixth and Steven Woodrow Jones 2, but after some serious steering woes !um and forged past Pearson into the 2 incident in which Crew's vehicle and on Lap 2, but still mai;i.aged to place in seventh, who completed the order equaled t a 2:26:08 loop, the pair lead, setting 1450 fast lap time It was Clint Fisher's debut and he certainly made a day of it, leading Class 1300 all the way for a nice win with 17 minutes in hand. Page 30 (1:02:33) in the process. From that point on it was all Krellwitz," as he drew off to win by 13 minutes in 4:36:48 (32.9 mph). Pearson claimed 1450 runner-up honors, finishing 10 minutes clear of Keith Growe. Growe, who had taken over for his dad on Lap 3, wound up third. It was a half hour further back to Eric Berrios, who teamed up with Dick Yates to take fourth. Steve Ruddick and Andy Styx drove to a fifth place finish, and the aforementioned Vance and Pulido came in sixth. Carolyn Hines was unable to complete her as-signment, bur deserves recognition nonetheless. To her credit, Hines came back from a taxing four hour and 41 minute opening loop to com-In the 1400 Class, it was only Ed Moore, so he cruised around for his four laps and plete all but her final lap. took the uncontested win. Ed Moore was in a class of his At·~ A fUll S ICI PRIPAIITION fACllllY DIDICATfD TO i > IAUTY■RK April 2002 Dusty Times

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I I Tom Koch averaged a bit over 50mph for the race but it was only Greg Crew ran consistent laps but it was only good enough for a Max Hanberg ran second for a bit, dropped to third and finished with good for third place in Class 1, nine minutes off the pace. third place finish in Class 9. the bronze medal in 1600, 11 minutes off the pace. own, as t e on y participant in t e 1400 division. It was the ideal sce-nario for Moore, who was making his racing debut. "It was a pretty good day," said Moore, "although we did get nailed by a "1" car which bent the roll cage and caused an exhaust leak." Moore thanked his family, friends, sponsors and co-driver John Kiser for all their support. "And a very special thanks to my wife Cindy," said Moore, who completed his five laps in 7: 16:06 (26.1 mph). ·Class 1700, the JeepSpeed class, was the day's largest division. A field of 12 took part, with Bryan Rogers first to face the starter. Brandon Currie was the first entrant to com-plete Lap 1, but Billy Bunch was th~ true leader on the clock. On Lap 2, Bunch was stopped for an amber light. By the time it was fixed, Cody Currie had driven his team into a commanding lead. Barrie Thompson posted 1700 fast lap time (1:02:31) on that same (second) loop, but there In the 1450 Class, the racing was hot and heavy for all four laps but Jon Krellwitz emerged the winner, 13 minutes in front. Class 1700, Jeepspeed had 12 entrants and after Casey Currie took command on lap 2, it was all over b~t the shoutin', he won by 27 minutes. minutes behind Barnett. Gavin Ski!- Mathew Kearney by 19 seconds for ton followed in fifth, Rogers wound ninth and Carlos Kuttler (11th) was the final Class 1700 finisher. The End. endings for a while. IT'S TAX SEA.-Hey, don't be expecting any fancy SON. . _·,I CW up sixth and Alex Alexander was along for seventh. Eric Helgison placed eighth, Charlie Peltzer nipped would be no m,s,-=7~----..,,.---,,...----;::,--=----===a catching the Cur-ries. Casey Currie handled the final two laps, winning by a 26+ minutes in 4:3J:48 (33.6 mph). The Burch/Carney patrmg edged Mike Barnett by four minutes for 1700 runner-up honors. Ryan Wallace claimed fourth place, fin-ishing slightly more than two Mike Barnett ran very consistently all race long but he was only able to grab the third place finishing spot in Class 1700. • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless super-tough, triple coated construction • 10 year Bladder warranty • Safety foam baffling · • Custom manufactured aluminum containers • FIA·FT3, SCORE and SODA approved • Custom manufactured fillers Fuel Sal•'s "Pro Cell" is • (800) 433-6524 technical hotline our top-of-the-line racing O 25 . <Bil that comes ready 10 • ver years experience Install and it's backed by a e f~r more info call or write to:_ lu/110 year warranty. Aircraft Rubber/Fuel Safe · El 63257 Nels Anderson Road . 'Pend, Oregon 97701 lladngCells (541) 388-0203 ' · (541)3~307fax hllp://www.fuelsafe.com Dusty Times 1QQ!,"~~•,c:1'fA',4 t ~.!:f~4~ U,~.-.en,~•on1~ VISA ••• :::ti r-,;. :::ti .j ':::t, -:: N. PALM ST #103 . FORMERLY FABTECH MOTORSPORTS FULLERTON, CA 92835 April 2002 1999-2000 CHEVY 2WDC1500 6"' ULTIMATE LIFT S-CAfT UFT Sl'tNOLES Uf"NJt CONTitOl AaMS COIL srllWGS nNt st.oaa 6 U a0L1S 4 PAanCH Nltf~ SHOCKS $ 1749.95 INSlllUED 1988-1998 CHEVY 2WD C1500 6"' ULTIMATE LIFT J ~ Ul'T SPtNOUS Ul"PUI CONTlt(K. MIMS COI.L !U"RIHGS ltlAa a&.OCKS" u BOt.n 4 P'MTKH rmn'<HUIANCI'. SHOCKS $ 1549.95 INSlllUED 2WD F150 6"' ULTIMATE LIFT r Uf'T srtNOUts Ln"P8t COHTIIOl AaMS CON. SPfl.lNGJ: lltaM IJlOCkS 6 U 80t.TS 4 P'AIJ'TKH 1"'1:IW<NIMAHCa: SffOCXI $ 1699.95 INSllWJED "PRERUNNER"' & 4WD 100-300 PERFORMANCE LIFT noNT ADUSTM&.a COH.OVUS llfEMt ADO A UAl' IUT BEDSIDES HOODS FIBERGLASS ,..,..s89.95 . ., 4WD BLOWOUTS 1988·98 CHEVROLET KZS00/3500 4 .. LIFT S1599.95 INS1N.1.ED 1988-98 CHEVROLET K1500 6 .. LIFT t1599,95 INSVUJ.ED JEEP WRANGLER TJ MON-FRI 8:00-6:00 SATURDAY 9:00-4:00 FINANCING AVAILABLE I~---=---'~ Race Runner TOWING ACCESSORIES SMITTYBILT SURESTEPS S99.95,~ FROM $ 189.95 .._ ________ s_s•_.9_s_, ~_. AWlABLI' IN SlACK. CHltOAW. s.s. Page 31

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Bryan Freeman gets quicker every race, he took a nice second in There were lots of drivers in this Unlimited Sportsman buggy and The Temple clan had a few problems during the race but they finished a nice second place in the Class 1 competition. 1600 and he was second overall, in spite of a broken wheel. they had a lot of fun winning the class. Labne was fourth and Jim Temple fourth and Jim Greenway was fifth. win came in a few-minutes later for brought up the rear. Vesterdal and Three of the cars never completed the fifth and last finishing spot in Jergenson never completed their their second lap, Mike Sharp, Mike Class 10. second laps. Dennis Boyle took the Campbell and Gary Price.·B.J. Bald-The 1600s were next to start lead on Lap 2, Labrie was second win took the lead on the second and there were 18 of them ready and Temple had problems and fell lap, just inches ahead of Gary Wise for a few hours of off road activity. way off the pace. At the end of the and Bentley moved into third. On It came as no surprise to anyone third lap Labrie ana Boyle were lit-the third lap Jim Greenway that Rob MacCachren was in the erally tied on time, just seconds dropped from the charts, Baldwin lead at the end of the first lap, al-apart and Temple was picking up retained his lead and Wise was still though not by much. Bryan Free-speed, still third. Boyle led Labrie running se,:ond. At the end of Lap man was . only 11 seconds behind by two minutes at the end of Lap 4, 4, Baldwin had more than five min-the "Scatman", Bryan Anderson Temple still in third. Boyle never utes on Wise and K.C. Arthur had was another 15 seconds back, Jeff finished his fifth lap, putting Labrie an almost three hour lap and called Carr came along another 14 min-into the lead, Temple now moved it a day. At the end of the fifth lap utes later. Richard Boyer, a second up to second spot. Labrie cranked Guy Gordon had moved into the behind Jeff and Arden Dennington out a smart 50 minute lap on the lead, Keith Basso was second, Gary just five seconds later. It was just a last and took the Class 1 honors, Wise was third, Gaughan was little close up there at the front. Fail-making it a nice win for his first fourth and B.J. Baldwin was fifth. ing to finish their first lap was the race in Class 1. Temple turned an Gordon turned another 16 minute Frank and Enrique Rascon duo, hour flat on his last lap and got lap, took the gold medal and $2000 the first car out of the 1600 fray. the second place honors, quite a for a nice Cla~s 10 win. Gary and As they came around on the finish way out of the winning time. Glen Wise were second to finish, of the second lap it was still Mac-There were 11 Class 10 cars and Keith Basso came in four minutes Cachren holding the lead but only when they came around on the first later for third, the Michael Ga ugh- by 13 seconds over Jeff Carr. Bryan lap it was J.C. Dean in the lead, an/J .C. Dean combo were next, Anderson had moved into the third Gary Wise was second, B.J. Bald-fightingatrannywithoutallitsge,ars spot, Bryan Freeman had slipped win was in third, Dan Bentley was for most of the day and B.J. Bald-to fourth and Richard Boyer had everything yuu need tu build,, maintain and operate a racecar gone to finish. The Shupp boys Boyer still held third, Bryan Free-failed to appear after turning a nice man fourth, scant seconds away 50 minute lap on the first and the and Bryan Anderson was still fifth Todd Bauman/Billy Shapley car but starting to fade a bit. retired after a very long first lap. At the checkers it was a very The Dennington car retired also happy Jeff Carr, taking the 1600 after a right on the money 46.50 win and the overall as well. Jeff had first lap. to replace a fan belt during the race, At the end of Lap 3 it was still not another problem to plaque MacCachren in the lead, Jeff Carr him, maybe the lousy luck is finally was staying with him, just a wee bit over. Bryan Freeman was second in, behind and Bryan Anderson was suffering another broken wheel (he still in third. Bryan Freeman was broke two at Parker), but he got going well, still fourth and Richard the silver medal. Richard Boyer was Boyer again in the fifth position. third to finish, his son Cory rode There was a bit of shuffling on the all the way with him and they fourth lap but MacCachren still led missed the second spot by only 22 the pack, Jeff Carr was the pit bull, seconds. Bryan Anderson came in not letting go and stilt hanging a fourth, his only complaint was los-fairly close second. Richard Boyer ing spark plug boots all race long. had moved into third, Bryan Free-Garit Wallace was fifth in, he drove man still fourth and Bryan Ander-solo and fought a balky shifter for son was fifth. Somewhere on Lap most of the race. Sixth to finish was 5, the MacCachren car·broke a vale Day Gang, ever the optimist, Day spring, added a few minutes to his put the car on its side on Lap 2 and lap time ai1d that's all Carr needed, had a few brake problems but still he jumped into the 1600 lead, gave it her all. C.J. Hutchins was MacCachren fell to second place, Continued on page 36 i!BEi5 Eiundry Ave. Signal Hill. CA 90B06 BUU.959. 7757 562.427.2375 / FAX: 526.426.5294 Hardware Sparcu Seats. Steering Wheels. Suits and Safety Equipment Craw Belts and Harnesses Bell Helmets Spa/Fans Fire Systems Silicone Turbo Hose Neo Synthetic Lubricants Aurora. NHBB and FK Rud Ends Fuel Safe and Triangle F1,1el Cells Setrab. 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t Gary Wise was second in Class 10 after repairing some major Rick Boyer ran quickly all race long, finishing third in 1600, less than Second place in Class 9 went to Brandon Hughes who did a real neat breakage, thanks to Danny Anderson, says Gary. four minutes out of the class win. job for his second race in this class. seventh, lucky him, he lost the lug nuts on one of his wheels on the third lap but, fortunately had no other problems to contend with. Eighth to cross the line was the Dan Martin/Dennis Crowley combo. Dan drove the first five of the six required laps and Dennis drove the last lap. Dan rolled the car on the third lap and had to replace a bro-ken throttle cable. Ninth to finish was T.J. Craig, first two laps, Tim Craig, third and fourth laps and Davy Girdner who brought the car home, they had one flat to contend with and a long third lap when Tim rolled the car. Courtney Whipple was 10th across the finish line, he drove solo and lost the power steer-ing on the third lap and was mighty glad to see the checkers. Next in was Cody Freeman, first three laps and dad Kenny, last three laps and they had a great day, Cody put the car on its side early on and dad rolled it on his drive, blaming it all on brake problems suffen~d all race long. The Charles Sutton/Clay Flippin car never completed their fifth lap and they were l·oined bv Bill Stower, who also fai ed to ne-gotiate his fifth lap. Bill Masche and Jim Morris didn't let a little thing like a broken oil line and a fire keep them from the Mini Metal win. The Heavy Metal contest wasn't much of a contest, Bucky Strunk · led the first lap by 23 minutes, then lost 11 of those minutes to Robby Fallers on the second lap. Strunk never completed his third lap, Fall-ers turned a very quick 52 minute lap, turned a somewhat slower one hour lap on his fourth and then he too vanished from the charts. End of Class 8 story, all dnf's. The Mini Metal challenge was not too big a contest either. Bill Masche ran his first lap on a nice 54 minute pace, Chuck Brechin was 20 minutes in arrears and Chris Perez struggled around in a couple of hours and was never seen ag;i.in. Brechin turned it on during Lap 2, just under an hour in time, took the class lead by•about a minute while Masche blew an oil line and caught on fire. Guess what, they put the fire out and contin-ued on, took the lead on the third lap and Brechin was out of the race. Jim Morris drove the third and fourth laps for Masche and after changing the plugs and the carbu-retor on the last lap they came on in for a nice win, albeit with mor·e troubles than they wanted. The 5-1600 contest had nine SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! FORD TRUCKS Proudl'1 Presents NEY ADA '' :1. 000'' "The Ameriuin Adventure Continues" The Nevada "1000" will be a three-day staged event, a true 1000 miles of off-road racing! 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For more information contact Best In The Desert, 3475 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89121, (702) 457-5775, (702) 641-2431 fax,bitd@worldnet.att.net,www.bitd.com Page 34 April 2002 Max, Mike and Ray Harris shared the driving and took a nice win in 5-1600, not sharing the heavy.attrition in the class. stalwart competitors ready to do battle and the first lap went to Eric Deen with a very quick 52 minute run. Brent Shermak was second, 17 seconds in arrears. Jasper Dyer was third and Justin Brinkerhoff was fourth. Five more followed across the line but the attrition was about to start. Andy Ripberger retired after his first lap. Deen still led after Lap 2, Shermak was still second, Jas-per Dyer still held third but he never completed his third lap and the rest of the class was still busy fighting amongst themselves. There was no change in the.lead after the third lap, Deen was still leading, Shermak still in the sec-ond spot and Brinkerhoff moved into third. Lots of changes on the fourth lap, Deen disappeared, Shermak disappeared with him, Richard Christian was out, Jim McGinley was also out and Justin Brinkerhoff left the battle. Sud-denly it was the Red Eye Racing Team of Max Harris and his sons Mike and Ray in the lead. Ray had driven the first two laps, Mike drove the middle lap and dad drove the last two laps. The only other car running was John Schneider and he was far behind. Schneider had more troubles and never completed his final lap so the 5-1600 winner was the Mike and Max and Ray Harris entry, helped a bit by attrition but the winner just the same. · There were 16 Class 9 cars and Continued on page 36 HANNEMANN FIBERGLASS, INC. Conversion Kits 84-88 Ranger 84-88 Toyota 89-95 Toyota Fenders, Hoods and Bedsides for Chevy S-10, Chevy Full Si:ze, Ford Full Si:ze, Toyota and Nissan 1132 W. Kirkwall Road, Azusa, CA 91702 626-969-7317 . www .HannemannFiberglass.com ----------Bring Satellite Radio to Your Car! 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Greg Frechette had a good race, he took the second spot in Keith Basso had a great day, his first race ever, rolled the car but with Bryan Anderson had only a minor problem to deal with during the Sportsman Bu y, only 13 seconds out of the class win. Brian Freemal helping they finished third in Class 10. race and he finished a nice fourth in 1600. Ken Tapert ran just a bit off the pace at the Avi 250, finishing third in Danny Fox and Ryan Schank had a trouble free run, they ended up BJ Baldwin thought he had Class 1 0 won, 'ti/ the wheel studs sheared the highly competitive Class 9. fourth in the Class 9 competition. _o_ff_on_th_e_fi_fth~la,___p. _ ___________ ~~--. at the end of the first lap it was Lance, Jay Duncan and Mike Lar- Hughes still third and Lenard in came apart on the last lap as he came in for a nice third place in Dwaine Walters in the lead,--1-er-son. After the second lap it was fourth. Nolan Blackwell didn't broke a spindle and Dwaine class, Danny Fox, who shard the emy Harmon was less t han a Jeremy Harmon in the lead, but complete his third lap. Harmon Walters reported a trouble free dri:ving with Ryan Schank had a minute behind, Brandon Hughes just by 21 seconds over Walters. increased his lead to four min-run and took first place honors good run and finished fourth. In a minute and a half later and Hughes was still third and Lenard utes and change on the fourth in Class 9, Brandon Hughes eel-fourth place it was Tom Clay Lenard was fourth. Never still held fourth. On the third lap lap, bui: Walters was still holding ebrated his second race in a 9 car Vanderploeg, who had an inter-completing their respec_tive first Harmon opened up his lead to a on and third and fourth re-with a nice second place, 16 min-esting day, he kept losing plug laps were Ken Thatcher, Rick minute and a half over Walters, mained the same. Jeremy's world utes out of-the win. Ken Tapert wires arid also had the steering Dwaine Walters led the Class 9 group on the first lap and for the all important last lap, taking a nice $1500 check home. Eric Shepard replaced a broken throttle spring on the first lap then went on to take the Sportsman Buggy win by a mere 13 seconds. wheel come off, his rider, Kevin Olsen, the Minnesota was non-plusecl. Jeremy Harmon took sixth, a very disappointing finish after a gr.eat race. Drew Kelty had a good time, it was the first race for the car and he thought sev-enth place wasn't too bad. Jer-emy Evans came in for eighth, just over six hours on the course. C lay Lenard, who had been up in the fron t came in ninth after a two and a half hour last lap. Jim Neal also had been running fairly well 'til he too had a horrendously long last lap and a 10th place fin-ish . B.J. Proctor was running in the upper middle of the pack but he failed to complete his last lap. In the Unlimited Sportsman Perforniance Proven for Desert & Off-Road Use Some Uses: J SO Heavy Duty Sizes to Choose from • Non Corrosive Polyethylene • One-Piece Seamless • Pit Truck Showers & Washdowns • Cooking & Kitchen Facilities • Extended Stay Water Storage Tanks • Bike Trailer Water Tanks • Car & Buggy Trailer Tanks • Pressure Washing Storage Tanks • Heavy Wall Construction • Custom Fitting Locations • New Systems • Auxiliary Systems • Replacements uires Are Welcome RONCO PLASTICS, INC. ·• 714-259-1385 • FAX 714-259-0759 • www.ronco-plastics.com 15022 Parkway Loop, Suite B • Tustin, CA 92780 • CALL, WRITE or FAX Us to Receive a Free Catalog Page 36 April 2002 Dusty Times . -f

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t-Day Gang insists on laying the car on it's side each race but she kept JC Dean and Michael Gaughan, Jr. shared the drive but tranny Jeremy Harmon had the Class 9 lead for a while but a broken spindle comin and finished a nice sixth place in 1600. problems limited the effectiveness in Class 10. in the last lap dropped him to a not-too-happy sixth place. C J Hutchins had a not too bad race, he got a lot faster as the day Losing a steering wheel wasn't enough to dampen the spirits of Tom· Garit Wallace had some shifter problems but he had a fairly good progressed but the best he could do this time was seventh in Class 9. Vanderploeg, he took fifth in the Class 9 competition. race, taking the fifth finishing position in 1600. ,:: Buggy class it was musical chairs Frechette taking the lead, four never slowed down and com-entrant, Shane Minogue, and after was had by all concerned and for the-winning car as Jason and minutes ahead of Shepard. pieced his three required laps in putting in a two and a half hour now it's time to regroup for Jeremy Gubler, Danny Ward and Shepard go two minutes back on just over three hqurs, a nice win lap he decided it call it a day. the Buffalo Bill's 400 at Todd Imbodemurya each drove the next lap but still was a, few for him. So it ended, the SNORE Primm, Nevada on Apri-l 12-a lap and they did it all in three minutes behind Greg and then on There was only one Sport Mini Avi 250, basically a good time 14. See ya all there! . _-.,,,,, hours and 45 minutes. Todd the fourth and final lap Shepard Elam was second on Lap 1, took turned another very fast lap and the lead on the second lap but took the win by a mere 13 sec-was never seen again. onds. Frechette taking the silver There were only four entraf).ts medal. in the Limited Sports Buggy class Sport Truck had four en-and Bert Schneider never even trants, but two of them, Tammie got one lap completed. Joe Gubler and Bob Ryan never go a Bouriand ied the first of the four lap completed. Michael required iaps, Greg Frechette was Voudouris led the first lap over second, 27 seconds in arrears and Grant Wilson, two minutes in Eric Shepard was third, four hand. Wilson never completed his minutes off the pace. Bourland second lap so that gave didn't complete his second lap, Voudouris the win, although he The Sport Truck win went to Michael Voudouris, shown here in his keen looking truck. CACTUS RACING RACEAIR HELMETS & ACCESSORIES BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON Helmets SNELL 95, SA 95 FOR SODA Complete Blower Systems for single or double seat cars. Helmet conversions, cool boxes Complete line of PYROTECT, FILLER Safety :Products & BE Motorsports. We ship UPS daily. From $299.00 Helmet & Skirt Vis~-Mastercard _5-l 53 Bowden Avenue -San Diego -CA-92117 - 858-279-2509 Dusty Times The best 4-speed in the desert just got better! MENDEOlA1s New Extreme Duty 5-speed is now available and affordable for all compe-tition classes, where applicable. RACE PROVEN IN THE 2001 BAJA 500. Call for complete details on thi~ latest innovation in racing transaxle technology. · April 2002

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soap Box ... The Cost of Doing Business? For 13 years I have been a part of the big show, SCORE, as a contin-gency company. We have gone to all the SCORE Mexico races, San Felipe, Baja 500, 1000 and 2000. The racers have come to know that Parker Pumper will be in contingency and they can get supplies they need at the last minute. At the recent San Felipe race, we let you, our customers, down. Crossing the border into Baja used to be a friendly wave and you were on your way. Then the border officials asked for stickers, a hat or t-shirt. Changes started a few years ago when we were required to pay fees to the officials in the city where the race was held. These were for work permits or local taxes. Now it is a 20% duty and tax on everything we want to take down. It do~sn't matter if it is pre-sold and only to be delivered, to be displayed, or simply to take in case someone needs it. It doesn't matt~r that the majority of what we well is taken back to the United States. They still want 20%, at the border, of the value of all products we have in our possession. We· are willing to pay fees to do business in Mexico, but we need to know how much, in advance, and it has to be reasonable to the amount of profit involved. Yes, for years we skated by and ~ade it to the race. We could hide everything and take the chance on not getting caught, but also risk having everything confiscated. Not any more! I drove to the Mexican border to go to the San Felipe race. We were driving a pick up truck and our camping trailer·. Our trailer was searched and we were told to pay 20% on all products. I chose to go home. We don't sell but a very small percentage of the products we take, the majority of it goes back home with us. We don't raise our prices when we go to contingency and there is not that type of profit built into our pricing. We go to the races to showcase new products, see old friends, and to be there for anything our customers need. After we pay for gas, hotel rooms, contingency, donations and awards, we usually break even on any money we may have made. We offer support to the promoter and the event and would like some assistance in crossing the border. The next SCORE race is the BAJA 500. We may see you there. Harold Nicks Parker Pumper Helmet Company one Man's Opinion We have heard from various sources of the prob-lems some contingency donors had trying to cross the border into Mexico for the SCORE s·an Felipe race. Some of the donors crossed with no problem at all, some had no more than a cursory inspec-tion by the Mexican Customs officials and some were told in no uncertain terms that they had to pay a 20% duty on everything they were bringing into the country, regardless of whether the items they were bringing in were for display only or were items they were ,;lelivering to their race customers, it seemed not to matter, you had to deliver the 20% duty in order to enter Mexico. I guess the fact that none of the merchandise the contingency donors are bringing into Mexico is made in Mexico, doesn't carry any weight. Many of the Mexican racers, and there are a lot of them and they are a growing number, have no other means of procuring a particular part fo:i;. their car and we know for a fact that many of the donors are bringing some piece of merchandise explicitly for a particular Mexican driver who has ordered said item prior in time and is anxiously awaiting it's arrival for use in that race. I was told many years ago that if Mexico didn't have a particular industry, such _as a , watch making industry, then there would be no import duty as there was no Mexican industry to protect. If that is still the case, please let us know where Nomex fire suits and Sway-A-Way shocks are made down there and we' 11 get off this topic post haste. 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CODE VW AUTOPARTES 250 2002 Inaugural.At Laguna Salada, Mexicali, BC, MX By Byrle Moore Elizandro Yee makes it look easy, he took the Class 10 win and the overall and is always a threat wherever he races. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME With INTERCOMS & RADIOS from THE SOLDER JOINT (Or we can help you do it over) DO IT RIGHT with the MAXON SP-4150 • Military Spec • 45 Watts • 16 Channel • Two-Year Warranty • $385.00 You think you're hard on your radios, you ain't got nothin' on the military! DO IT RIGHT with the RADIO LAB INTERCOM • Fully Digital, Fully Modular, Fully Custom • Fix on the fly with swappable parts • Two-Person $365, True Four-Person $480 DO IT RIGHT with HELMET KITS and HEADSETS • • • Race today, Play tomorrow with interchangeable headgear Helmet Kits from $83. 00 Headsets from $94.00 ~,,...,,--="""=--1. --_ Let our 26 years in the business help you! SOLDER;j111 . . . . 808 N. Tustin Street. Orange, CA 92867 ~...., e--~ 800-345-7234 • www.thesolde_rjoint.com Dusty Times April 2002 Luis Barragan was one of three entrants in Class 12 but he wailed around the course in record time, taking the class and second overall. ============-. In the 1600 division, it was Jose Carlos Robles taking the win, flying around in third overall for the race. The 2002 inaugural race for CODE, the VW Autopartes 250, ·was staged the first weekend of February in the hills and desert just west of Mexicali. With 103 entries, the stage was set for another successful CODE racing season. Three laps for the Pros and two for the Sportsman class soon Tet all drivers know their strengths and weaknesses. Only 50 of the starters would complete the grueling course in the ten hour limit. One driver broke a finger, another broke a ball joint and then a spring plate. Another racer broke a torsion bar and later the front suspension. Still another destroyed a rear axle. And hey, all these guys were finishers. Remember I said it was grueling. Class 10, Class 12 and Class · 1/2-1600 all completed three laps in less than five hours. With a time of 4: 12:46 the overall and Class 10 winner was Elizandro Yee (name sound familiar?), A new class for CODE this year is the 1200 class. This class was created to lessen the disadvantage the P cars had running against the 10s. There were only three starters in the new 12 class and Luis Barragan (another familiar name), took the win. The Class 1/2-1600 winner was-Jose Carlos Robles. Three entries in Class 10 and only the winner, Mr. Yee , fres h from a trip to Laughlin the week before, finished. The other two DNFs tied for the second spot; they were Alfredo Torres, out of Calexico and Elias Canchota, his neighbor from across the border in Mexicali. In the new 12 class, winner Barragan, drove his 'Curry Fab' car to a trouble free finish of 4:41: 13 and again the other two entries, Mario Salazar from Chula Vista and Eduardo Gonzalez out of San Diego, DNF'd and tied for second. Barragan was the 2001 class champion. The 1/2-1600 class had 19 entries, but only six were able to finish. The winner, Robles, the 1400 champ last year, jumped to 1600 pro in 2002 and finished in the top spot of this very large, and fast class, with a time of 4:44: 12. Second spot. went to Jorge "Yiro" Sanchez, who got Continued on page· 40 Beny Canela came down from Indio to race and win, and win he did, taking the Class 8 victory by well over an hour. Page 39

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Adolfo Ayala took the Class 14 Sportsman win, but just by a few minutes in the hotly contested battle. Class 18 had a good race, the win went to Raul Monie/, his husky The Safari Class wasn't a real contest, Manuel Delgado took the win, Chevrolet making a great impression on the class. with more than 45 minutes in hand. · · high centered during the final lap and lost valuable time. He was in at 4:58:52. Third spot went to Cesar Cons Molina, finishing in five hours, one minute and 45 seconds. Jose Parmo took fourth at 5:04:19. Fifth went to Renato Villalpando at 5: 14: 17 and sixth to Francisco J. Pacheco with a time of 5:40:29. The Class 8 winner, Indio, CA's Beny Canela, also just back from Laughlin, had some fuel line problems but wasn't slowed and seems to be off to another successful year. Canela's time was 5:02:05. Second spot went to Armondo Bravo from Mexicali with a time of 6:02:49, t ir went finish line oft e secon ap. His to John Murillo out of Imperial, father and the rest of the crew CA who had a few minor tire and showed up with enough gas to get jack problems, but took his new him across the line and to his pit. F-150 to a third place finish of McNeil then ran to a 6:02:49 and 8:08:38. second place. Jorge Vidaurrazaga The Home Saga Company out of Ensenada drove to third from Tijuana added a new twist with a time of 6:47:34. to the 7 class by promising a During the awards ceremony 1500-dollar purse to the class on Sunday, Wille Valdez winner with a 4.0 or smaller announced that Salazar, the engine. This helped draw a 12-Class 7 winner, would not keep car field, of which only five the 1500-dollar prize but would finished. Hector Salazar from put it up for the next CODE race Tijuana, won the class with a time The CODE/ZR Cerveza Tecate of 5:17:54, in the Wille Valdez "GrupoTersaBFGoodrich200" prepped Ford Ranger. Chad in San Felipe the end of April. McNeil from National City ran Therefore, a Class 7 purse for the -out of fuel a few yards from the 4 .0 and under displacement BIIBtein . Sway A Way Eibach • HM · QA 1 · CNC Sparca • PRP • Fuel Bat, Ron Davi, Radiator, Betrab Oil Cooler, Optima Batteries Mechanix Wear Page 40 AprU 2002 Hector Salizar drove his good looking Ford to a nice Class 7 win and a remarkable gh overall as well. engines will double to 3000 dollars, 1500 for first, 1000 for second and 500 for third. The only Class 5 entrant, Jose Guadeloupe Collins out of Mexicali, blew his engine during the second lap and was DNF. The 5-1600 class· had a little better luck with five starters and three finishers. Well maybe Mario Salazar, Jr-. from Chula Vista might disagree about the luck thing. Salazar, a newcomer to this class rolled while coming into the pits at the end of his first lap. Remember the broken finger? It belonged/s to Mario. But, even with the roll-over and the broken finger he continued and finished in first place with a time of· 6: 16:08. Salazar also won the 300-dollar, 5-1600 special, put up by Mike Jones from Tractorland in Yuma, AZ. This 300-dollar prize will continue for the Class 5-1600s during the rest of CODE's race season. The second place spot went to Julian Patron with a time of 6:54:40 and third went to J.A. Covas in at 7:51:53. Class 9 was headed by Daniel Reyes and Jose Angel Gonzalez, racing ut of Mexicali. Moving up from the Safari class, the two had carburetor problems, but not enough to slow them down on their way to a time of 6:20: 10. Eliseo Garcia, a first time entrant from Ensenada, forged to second with a time of 6:.52:02. Third place points went to Luis Rivera, from Tijuana, who was another racer with broken stuff. He broke a ball joint and later broke one of his spring plates, but the team got everything repaired and still came in with a time of 8:08:55. PIKES service center Baker, California Celebro~ing_ 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR ·TRAVELING FRIENDS ... THANKS! RESTAURANT Open 24 Hours -Mobil® SERVICE Every Day Year Round THE BEST IN THE DESERT! Dusty Times

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Jorge Sanchez had some trouble on the last lap but he soldiered on Armando Bravo didn't have the best of days, he finished second in in to take a nice second place in the 1600 class. Class 8, a long hour and a half out of the win. Running out of fuel can cost you a lot, Chad McNeil knows this, his second place in Class 7 says a lot. into four groups an , as state , ran two laps. Class 14 winner was the team of Adolfo Ayala and Victor Gonzalez, from Tijuana who piloted their "Curry" car to ·.a time of 3:34:58 which also won them the Sportsman's overall trophy. Only one minute and 24 seconds back was Cosme Cardenas in his :"Jefe" car, his time 3:47:22. Third spot went to Armando Roman, racing out of El Cajon, who had no problems and ran to 4 :04:01. Other finishers were Hector Pimentel, 4:48:26, Mario Cabanillas 5:22:14 and Francisco Rojas 7: 12:09. With some speed shaping on the roof and door, Mario Salazar, Jr. took the 5-1600 win by more than half an hour. Daniel Reyes had a great race, he took the Class 9 win by storm, having more than a half hour in hand at the end. Class 15 lived up to its name with 15 entries. However, only seven made it to the finish line within the time limit.· Some of the non-finishers broke this and some Jose Diaz Martinez from Mexicali reported no problems in the Class 7S win with a time of 6:54:08. Another Mexicali entrant, Refugio "Cuco" Fonseca had some overheating problems, but still managed a time of 7:42:39 and second place. Third spot went to Roberto Ruiz from Tec;ate, who broke a torsion bar, fixed it, then broke his front suspension, fixed that and still managed to come in under the ten hour wire with a time of 9:14:43. The top three finishers in Class 11 reported no problems during their three laps. All three are from Mexicali. Fernando Flores, took first with a time of 4:39:05, Alberto "Cerillo" Ortega, was second with a time of 4:42: 10 and Miguel Mexia, last year's Class Points winner, ran to third with a time of 5:08:07. The other driver with a time was Arturo Garcia in at 6:53:53. 'broke that. The winner was Edgar Delgado with a time of 4:02:40. Evaristo Nunez was Continued on page 42 ultimate long travel Get tire benefits of our Long Travel system and 3" lift spindles, aeating 6" of lih for incredible ground clearance. [jl!!!(j)£1'@J ■ 3' lift spindles ■ Upper Control arms ~i'.i)@W)' ■ Lower Control arms ■ Coil springs ■ 3 way front shocks ■ Performance rear shocks ■ Rear kit 3-wau adjustable shock absorber __ _ ~~ . -~RBTICR.i=. {(::J,,,.:.J. Pl!RPORfflAftCE IHOCHS touota Jong travel system Our Toyota 2 wheel drive, 6' 1van Dan' long travel system. Built to satisfy all the serious off roaders out there. ~~~~ D_usty Times The Sportsman class was split ford Jong travel sustem custom i beams Oflroad bullet proof deslg□ provides maximum strength with 4130 Oiromoly steel 1 /Bth' thick plate and tubular inner structure. 1990-94 lord ranger ., .. performance system Our extended radius arms are offset further inboard offering increased tire clearance and 4' more wheel travel Dual Shock System 2 shocks per front wheel, adds high perlorm~ce dampening. 8' Suspension System used in a racing appllcation with coil over shocks. Using Fahtech custom I beams, this configuration cycles out at 19' of wheel travel. extended radius arms Our extended radius arms are offset lurthi!r inboard for increased tire clearance. Ranger models shown, which include new pivot mounts. 1998-on ford ranger 2.s· performance system 2.5' of lift with a 2' increase in wheel travel 1973-87 (10 ., .. long travel system Gives you the needed clearance for 33' tall tires. April 2002 t .\ , fiberglass f! f! e !tuber(!!! include front fenders, bedsides and hoods. The front fenders and bedsides are Oared with wheel travel in mind. angled ~ spare tire mount Constructed using 1 114' steel tubing and MIG welded at the joints for long lasting strength and durability. flat spare tire mount stamped steel tabs Our vast assortroent of stamped steel tabs simpllly your fabrication needs . Call for a distributor nearest you Phone 714-990-~850 -Fax 714-990-8854 wwwfabtechmotorsports_com DR E-MAIL US AT info@fabtechmotorsports.com Page 41

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Julian Patron drove his good looking Baja Bug to the second spot in Elisio Garcia ran his first CODE race pretty well, he took second Refugio Fonseca had a problem, ifs called overheating and it relegated 5-1600. spot in the Class 9 competition. him to second spot in Class 7_S. secon wit a t11ne o 4:09:05. The third spot, with a time of4:14:27, went to Ricardo Cons and Carlos Chavez. These two were the 2001 Class 15 and the Sportsman Overall champions, and they'd been maintaining a comfortable lead up until about 10 miles from the finish. There they broke a rear axle, lost valuable time, but still managed third place points toward the 2002 season. The top three finishers in this class are. also from Mexicali. The other drivers with times were J. Hector Quintero 5:19:20, Jose Montoya, 5:24:25, Hector Ramirez, 6: 10:48 and Manuel Cotta, 7:00:59. Class 18 had eight starters and three finishers. Raul Fernando Flores hurries across the desert to take the Class 11 win, it was close, he only had three minutes in hand. Montiel drove throvgh some ignition problems and won the class by just over 10 minutes, his time 3:57:56. Second went to Ruben Goody in at 4:09:00 and Mario Morales took third with a time of 6: 12:39. Jose Diaz Martinez took the Class 7S win with ease, he won by almost an hour and was 1 "J'I' overall. The Safari class split the starters and finishers right down the middle. Ten started and five finished. Manuel Delgado, the brother of Class 15 winner Edgar, managed a first place win also, his time was 5:05:08. Another driver to run short of fuel just at the end of the first lap was the second place finisher Raul Maya, who still ~anaged a time of 5:51:38. Third place time was at 7: 10:35 and went to Jesus Lopez from Tijuana. The other two drivers with times were Luivan Voelker, 7:48:0 9 and Lorenzo Oojaquez, 8:04:07. As stated earlier, this was the first chance some entrants had to Page 42 April 2002 The husky looking Baja of Edgar Delgado took the Class 15 win with over six minutes in hand at ttie finish. check out their machines. And it was also the fir-st time others were doing a CODE race. Although the last race of 2001 was only about two months ago, and for a couple of drivers, only six days had passed since their last runs, other racers were testing new equipment and new classes. But, from the look and feel of things, it's going to be another great season for South-of-the-Border-Racing. CODE's next outing is April 26-28, 2002 at San Felipe. Come on down! The racing in Mexico is doing fine, ask the CODE racers or some of the SCORE Baja Runners and see. Till next time, Salud. . _ . .,.., coming Next Month ... Best In The Desert Terribles Town 250 SNORE Buffalo Bill!s 400 FRT King Of The Desert And Much, Much More . .. Plus AD The Regular Features Dusty Times

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By Clive Skilton Get ready for the 2002 Baja 500 Jeepspeed Challenge! March 29: Drawing for starting positions. May 1: Estimated date course will be open for pre-running. May 31: Registration, contingency and technical inspection. June 1: Race day. Any'Jeepspeed team that intends to complete in this rate should start · planning immediately. The Jeepspeed Association and its sponsors will refund 50% of entry fees to each entrant registered for .start position drawing on March 29, 2002. 25% of entry fees will be refunded to all entries received by April 30. Refund checks will be issued after technical inspection on May 31. Competitors will use their current 2002 race numbers. 153.380 May 7 main pit, 150.830 Mag 7 secondary pits, 151.820 Jeepspeed main. Plus, you should have your own individual channel. For more information call (714) 538-7434. ~ EL PREZ SEZ (Ain't No Wahzoo) Well, after a little down time and the purchase of a new computer I'm back to give you the entire straight poop on.what's happenin! I'll begin back in January with our banquet. First off, thanks to our outgoing officers for their dedication to this great club in 2001. George Seeley, Pres; Randy Sphar, V.P.; Dan Martin, Treasurer; Jim Gregory, Secretary, and Jimmy Tucker website guru. They put together a great awards banquet this year. Our awardees were as follows: Drivers of-the Year, Brian a°ud Scott Steele; Rookie of the Year, Roger Byrd; Pit Captain of the Year, Reverend Roy Moore; Pitter of the Year, John Hastings; Pit Person of the Year, George Espino; Reporter of the Year, Judy Smith; and plaques were given to Michael Lee Thompson and me for chairing a committee for the Off Road Expo. Our most prestigious award, the Vic Van Ella, was deservedly given to Hot VW's magazine for its continuing coverage of off road racing since . the conception of the publication. prizes. Thank you, SCORE, M.D.R., KarTek, PCI, 76 racing fuel and everyone else who helped make our 2001 awards banquet the success it was. We are proud of all . Checkers honored and honored to be all PROUD Checkers. Checkers are # 1 in the desert. We started off 2002 running strong with the Bates running Fuds New Year's Eve race and taking a third in Class 9. Off to the SCORE Laughlin race where George Seeley won Class 5. Jimmy Hock had a little roll-ovet" trouble on Saturday but came back with a fourth in class on Sunday. Apparently Roger Byrd's big entry sprung a leak and was penalized and· had to stay tucked away for the rest of the race. Our Parker contingent was a bit larger with the club starting five cars. Tom Koch and Richard Boyle ran strong until the rotor cracked and Tom had to wait for Dennis Boyle to throw one at him as he passed. Fixed and making up time, a frqnt a-arm finally ended their day. Dan "the Man" Martin ran in the huge Pro Dirt 1600 class and lost his clutch at the start line but eventually got a great pace going to finish 16th. The Steeles were also running Pro Dirt 1600 and had a strong run going with Brian behind the wheel when he bottomed the car out in a rut so hard that he broke a vertebrae in his back. He continued to the next pit but his co-drivers weren't able to get there in time so Brian just iron-manned it for another 70 miles to the next pit where Scott was waiting to get in. As luck would have it the Krepz Bros. were also there and were able to lift Brian out of the car. This endurance run in pain kept the lasf year 1600 champions in the running and they were able to finish fourth in this giant class. racing history have two cars both been awarded a first place in the same class. Again pits were well manned with Michael Lee captaining the Three Poles pit with me, Gary Bates, Fred Nelson, Howard Anderson and Thumper McDowell on hand. The next two pits were both captained by the master of the mobile pits, Reverend Roy with help by V.P. Reese, Tony Tellier, John Zinc, Billy Robertson and Steve Holliday. Once again Tony Tellier hosted the annual tire meeting/ clam bake and it was a huge success. The Checkers welcome our newest survivor of the infamous "BLACK BALL" vote, Steve Scott. Wear your membership with pride Steve, welcome. Unfortunately, we also said goodbye to Ken Lane who was lost in a boating accident on Castaic Lake. We took a moment of silence to remember this special friend during our 1/16/02 meeting. I know Jimmy Hook will always carry his memories and make him proud. New hats, new shirts, new faces. Always something new going on at the meetings so be there or be square. We meet at 1111 Foothill Blvd., La Canada on Wednesday nights at 8:00p.m. If you care to contact us.or curse us call Seeley, just kidding. As usual, we can be reached at(818) 70-1161 or viewed on the web at www.checkersoffroad.org. SEE YA IN THE DEZ EL PREZ C.D.R.E. Pit Report By Wayne Nosala The SCORE International Baja 500 Jeepspeed Challenge will start and-finish on the 500 mile course but the distance will be adjusted to 500 kilometers within the same designated race time limit. Final details will be issued in time for your racing plans. -Stuart Chase ran a smooth race having only one flat and finishing ninth in class and 15th overall. Big The award was accepted on behalf of Hot VW by journalist Judy Smith. New officers were_ introduced and they are: Peter Presenstein; Vice King; Revenue Roy and Jim Gregrei:ary. Our new pit coordinators are John Hastings and Michael Lee Thompson: Once again Jimmy Tucker will be our website guru along with George Thompson. Our garage dudes for 2002 are George Seeley, Roger Byrd and Willie Berman. We had some incredible raffle prizes to give away. Than"k you to the Steeles who donated six different years of Mint 400 decanters. Very special thanks are extended by all Checkers to the other contributors of gifts and Air Bob Wright had too much fun and finished 25th in class. Pits were well manned with · Dick McCool taking the Main and Revenue Roy took Midway double pit and Marty Seefried took the one at Graham Wells. The next weekend we were off to Barstow for the MOR Wildwash 250. We had five cars entered in this race. Tom Koch ran his protruck and his 1 car with Richard at this one winning Class 1 ~nd taking third in class with the truck. George Seeley picked up the added traction he needed for the win off of Thumper and placed fo-st in class. Jimmy Hook placed first in class in his 1600 car. Victor Bussey was having some carb problems and finally was knocked out on the fifth lap with a broken torsion bar and Mike W.right wound up with a DNF after blowing his tranny. Mike ran wit!) John Murphy, both are new members with the club. Again we were out in full pitting force with the Rev. taking the Main pit as the captain, Marq Prince captain at A, Big John Files captain Pit B, Michael Lee captain at Pit C. Dave Pick made a surpris~ visit at the post race meeting and Thumper was awarded some type of an upgrade to complete certificate. Our next adventure took us to San Felipe where we had four cars running with three pits covered. Tom Koch was our first car to start and as luck would have it also to stop. Richard Boyle started in the 109 car and lost a motor somewhere about 35 miles off the start. Next off the line was the Class 5 champion George Seeley who ran a solid race and finished second in class. Jimmy Hook was running with Cash Vessels and finished up third in class. Our final car out was Tommy Dittfield and Darin McGuffin in Class 9; they had a superb run finishing first in class. This first really was a first, never in SCORE With the Parker 400 is here and gone, I looked back and said Continued on page 44 All J eepspeed competitors will be pitted and fueled by BFGoodrich. These pits will be approximately 110 to 140 miles apart. Each race car •should have at least one dedicated · chase vehicle equipped with radio. The following frequencies are recommended: 151.625 Weatherman, 153.395 BFG pits, 151. 715 BFG relay, We Are Looking For F.A.S. T. ·Drivers ... FRESH AIR SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. "THE HELMET VENTILATION EXPERTS" . CALL NOW! 1-888-466-RACE This Means You! All Classes - All Levels www.freshalrsystems.com www.fasthelmets.com Dusty Times ~ooofflm~~ RACING ASSOCIATION Presents "A New Off-Road Adventure in Mexico" It's Coming in October 2002/ I I Baja Mex "300" World Championship! This event will not only be an exciting New Adventure in Mexico, but also a New Adventure for Best In The Desert! The well-known Best In The Desert Racing Association has laid out an · incredible course, with approximately 160 miles of new scenic course that has never been raced on! The ·veteran Baja racer will be quite surprised with this new adventure in Mexico,· and the novice Mexico racer will feel very safe and comfortable with the format! The Baja Mex "300" will be run under the same rules as any Best In The Desert event held •in the United States. The Baja Mex "300" will have an emphasis on SAFETY above all! The Start/Finish will be at the beautiful, gated Estero Beach Resort. There will be seven (T) designated pits along the course, and the Baja Mex "300" is a point's race for all Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles and Quads! The event dates are October 4, 5, 6, 2002! The draw for start positions is September 20'\ and pre-running will begin on September 25th• For more information contact Best In The Desert, 3475 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV, 89121, 002) 457-5775, 002) 641-2431 fax, hitdr,;: w orldnet..ltl. nd, www.bitd.com April 2002 Page 43

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to myself, WOW, I haven't seen a desert race with this many entri"es since the 1980's. Over 200 cars! We started out the weekend Friday morning setting up in contingency. Gary, Sharon and Kara Hall, Tim Lindsay and myself were hoping to sign up a few more entries to our pit list. We ended up with ten total entries to support by race day. Thanks for Sheryl Cannon for arranging a prime spot in contingency! Also thanks to Jay and Dan from Whiplash for their hospitality in helping us locate spots to set up its. Team Inch: Our super boy Brad Inch, started second in line of 69 1/2-1600 racers in an attempt to grab the purse for the first Pro-1600 event. Brad encountered a few problems early on. He quickly got tangled up with the eight trucks that started in front of him on the goat trail. He then lost a power steering belt, did some aerial acrobatics by launching off a couple of cliffs and fought blinding dust. He then decided to put in Tommy Craig at the midway pit; Tommy took over the ride until a torsion bar let go later into the event. Day over. Team Randy Jones: Randy had experienced problems early in the event, a fan belt failed resulting in a cooked motor. Team Kenny Freeman: Kenny started the event charging hard until a bolt failed in his steering linkage, CORE midway fixed him right up and sent the 1600 racer on with Kenny's 16 year old son, Cody, at the helm. Cody finished up with a nice seventh place. Team 3g Davy Girdner: Davy started the event with Kevin Henrickson co-driving. Davy began to have shifter problems that would plague him all day. On Lap 2, Davy performed a driver's change and put in T.J. Craig and Ken Hazelbaker. TJ and Ken ran only a few miles before the little 1600 power plant went away. Team Roland Berry: Unfortunately, Roland's day was very short, having motor problems right off 'the starting line. Team Frank Wagner: It was reported that Frank lost a clutch on the second lap. Team Will/Jerry Higman: ·Will Higman told me he was running for Pro-10 points with his old 12 car while his new 10 car is being built. Will started the event and was surprised as to how competitive the older 12 car was! Will put his father, Jerry, in for some of the driving chores. The 64 year old did a great job driving, the team ended up with fourth in Class 10, fourth overall. Team 8 Ball: Dennis McCarthy's day started out well, saying "the truck seemed happy" after negotiating the 20 mile "goat trail". He was following an amber light in the dust on one of the many very high speed dirt roads, but didn't notice a quick chicane in the road, resulting in hitting a big hole at full speed. Tl}.e result was a crash hard enough to break a vertebrae in Dennis' back. The CORE folks hope for a speedy recovery for Dennis, hopefully we will see him at the Buffalo Bill's event. Team Vanderplog: Tom Vanderplog soloed the entire event, reporting no problems bringing his 9 racer into a nice sixth place. Ken Tapert: Ken also solo'ed the event in Rob Stapp's old 9 racer. This was his first ever event in a four wheel vehicle. Ken reported no problems to bring the 9 racer into the checkered in seventh place. Pits as follows: Main Pit: Staffed by Todd and Shirley Jorgenson, Bob Nosala, Sheryl Cannon, Ann Donaldson and myself. Not much action, we ate some du-st, put gas in Ken Tapert's car and monitored radio and positions. Pit Able Shea Crossing: Tim and Diana Lindsay, Bob Depew, Allison MacKenzie, Tom Foudy and family (a special thanks to these volunteers for running the CORE pit'and getting stuck with running the Whiplash checkpoint until the wee hours of the night!) This pit fumed out to be a busy one! Tim and Bob reported working on as many as eight cars at the same time! They were amazed by all of the carnage. Tim reported, "There were drivers walking out of the desert in every direction." Midway Pit: Jerry and Barbara Lawless, The Girdner Team, Tom, Tommy, Jeremy, Tim and TJ, Craig, Josh Capp, Steve McMullen, Ed and Ronnie Pedley, Kenny Gill, Jerry Eldman, Brian Zinni, Babe and Linda Jones. Midway did some gas, driver's changes 'and worked on Davy's ait:box. Graham Wells: Gary and Kara Hall, Ted Braxhoofden, Gary Lovin, Sam Dadies. Gary reported no major pit service other than moving a disabled racer off the course. Snore/Whiplash A VI 250: A handful of CORE competitors ran the AVI event: Todd Jorgenson: Todd's motor went away on the first lap. Davy Girdner: Davy described to me, "One long weekend". First they killed the pre-runner transmission, T.J. Craig driving with Kip Haselbaker riding. Davy held a strong third position the first two laps. Tim Craig and FIT Champions and Winners 2001 SNORE -Buffalo Bill 400 1st Place Class 1 O: . 1stflace Class 1/21600 Jeremy Gubler/Danny Anderson Bruce Frailey/Rob MacCacrhen FATVWType I FATVWType 1 SCORE -Baja 500 1st Place Class 5 Mike James 1st Place Class 1/21600 Rob MacCacrhen SCORE -Primm 300 1st Place Class 5 George Seeley Best in the Desert -Vegas to Reno 1st Place Class 1 Dale Ebberts 1st Place Class 1 O Steve & Ray Croll VORRA -Yerrington 250 1st Place Class 10/1 st Overall 2001 POINTS CHAMPIONS CORR CORR MOR MOR Super Buggy Single-Seat Buggy Class 1 Class 10 Mike Lehners · Scott Schwalbe Mark Steinhart Richard Bovie/Tom Koch Whit Courtenay Follow their Leadl This space available for your team. We ■n & recommellll Visit us at www.taUJertonnance.com Page 44 FAT VW Type IV FAT VW Type I FAT VW Type IV FAT Toyota V6 FAT Toyota 4AG FATVWType I FAT Toyota 4AG FATVWType I FAT VW Type IV llfa .-i, · I , I H . 1558 No. Case• Orange, CA 92867' (714) 637-2889 • Fax (714) 637-7352 April 2002 . Travis Espinoza ran the third lap. Davy and Travis Presnell got in to finish up the event in the 1600 two seater, running trouble free into ninth place. Kenny Freeman: Kenny Freeman with son Cody, experienced a couple of minor· roll-overs then rolled onto 11th in 1600 class. Ken Tapert: Ken Tapert's Class 9 effort awarded him third place. Congrats! name, I can't print them if you don't contact me with your story. Wayne Nosala. Wnosala@aol.com Phone: (818) 703-1971 Fax: (818) 703-0129 Tom Vanderplog: Tom's efforts in Class 9 awarded him FIRST ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT RACERS fifth. By Wes Wisdom San Felipe: Darin McGuffin ran the San Felipe event second From the reports I heard, off the line of SCORE Class 9 everybody had a good time racers. Darin caught the first in San Felipe even if our place racer by Mile 4 to take the President, Brent lead. Mile 15 the 9 racer broke a .· "Flashdance" Parkhouse front shock later replaced by Jim didn't find any tables to Wagner and Dave Wolf. Darin dance on this year. We lost a few spots in the mix. He learned some things, too. was back with the lead car. by Mile Scott Steinberger, second 120 where he put in Tommy in Trophy Truck, had a great Dittfield to finish up the battle. race except for a flat. With 40 miles left to go, Tommy Lesson 1: Be sure to check was within second of the leader that the lug nuts that were on corrected time. By the glued onto the spare are still checkered, Tommy was exactly there. one minute behind the leader Lesson 2: Keep track of the resulting in an exact tie on lug nuts ·that come off the corrected time! It was the first flat. It cost Scott some time time in SCORE history a tie was finding the nuts and then he given for first place! only found four. Still, it was Tragedy strikes down another a great race for Scott and its CORE member. Recent CORE only his second race in the member, Kenny Lane, was taken Trophy Truck class! Good from us while testing a speedboat job! on Castaic Lake, CA. Longtime Brian Parkhouse was friend/partner, Mike Ridlin filled running well when a tire me in with some details on came off his Class 1 car. He Kenny's racing career, which had replaced a flat at the included racing modifieds at previous pit using their new Ascot Park, jet drag boats, desert cordless impact wrench. Class 10 and Sportsman. (The Lesson 3: Things that work Sportsman effort awarded K~nny well in the shop don't always with a first place win at the 1996 work like they are supposed SNORE Southern Nevada 250.) to in a race. This is one of Kenny recently had moved on to Murphy's Laws that we are all build engines for drag racing."Any familiar with. This didn't inquiries or donations.to Kenny's stop Brian, though, as he wife, Jan and son Chris, contact went on to finish the race. Mike Ridlen at (818) 249-9117. John Miller took his l/2-Upcoming events: The 1600, with Erik Brown SNORE Buffalo Bill's event is driving, to the race. The car fast approaching. This is a PRO-·developed a fuel delivery. 1600 event. We are planning problem shortly after the ahead, so if you are racing and start of the race. Erik fixed looking for quality pit service, that and returned to action. contact me any time. Also, if I Then the shifter started to be missed any details or missed a a problem. It kind of came Chair. 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apart. But they were able to make it work again. Then he put the car onto its side on the dry lake but that didn't stop them, either. Finally, the brand new u-joint on the steering shaft came apart. Lesson 4: Sometimes b·rand new parts are a problem or cause another problem. I didn't get a report directly from the Baja Shops. Second hand information says they only made it 10 miles when the throw out bearing on the clutch came apart taking out the transmission. Lesson 5: I don't know what can be learned from this except "Stuff Happens." Next month's column will have three races to report on, the M.O.R.E. Balls Out 250, the MDR Ridgecrest 300 and SNORE's Buffalo Bill's 400. We are looking forward to supporting these races. Jim Clements lays out a fast and fun course and runs a good show. Ridgecrest is a near venue and, depending on the course that MDR lays out, it can be a fun place to race. SNORE's Buffalo Bill's 400 is another of the PRO 1600 races so there should be a very large field and, with the big hotels, Stateline is always a good time. Unfortunately, MDR and SNORE scheduled their races for the same day, April 12th. F.A.I.R. has the equipment and manpower to handle this because all of our members pull together to support each other. This is what the club is all about. It looks like there will be seven to nine pits between the two races and we will be at all of them. Its just too bad that some of us must choose one race or the other. I'm sure both promoters had their reasons for picking those dates. But, as was shown in January with the SCORE La\lghlin a'nd Whiplash Parker races, there are only so many racers out there. One race or the other will have have the entries they could have had. Somehow the promoters must work this out. A big F.A.I.R. thanks to Brian Hintz for rebuilding our third pit trailer. It almost required building a complete new trailer. Jerry Longo has volunteered to wire it up and Brent Parkhouse is going to paint it. Another example of F.A.l.R. members pulling together. Anybody out there that wants to get involved, and I mean really involved, in off road racing. Come to one of our meetings or check us out at one of the races. If you want to join us you will actually be "in the race". You don't need your own race car but you'll be part of the best racing team in the desert and get experience on every type of car from Unlimited Class 1 to Stock Trucks and everything in between. Meetings begin at 8 :00 p .m. on the first and third Wednesdays of every month. We meet at the Fullerton Dusty Times Radisson Hotel just off the 91 Freeway at Harbor Blvd. Check with the front desk for which room the meeting is in. You should also check out our website at www.fairpits.com. Magnificent 7 Race Team By Stephen Stenberg, President Hello Race fans and pit crews alike! MAG 7 WILL RUN 50-MILE PITS FOR THE BAJA 500! I just wanted to get that out early. Now that I did, I can continue. Before I start the news though, I want to say two things. First, I want to take my hat off to all the men and women of our Armed Services that are serving their country both here and abroad. This is a time of great uncertainty with the war on terrorism and how long it might last? I know, from being in the Air Force for almost 16 years that being overseas can be lonely and difficult at best some days. So I just want to say that the Mag 7 Race Team salutes our veterans wherever they might be serving or retired. The second thing I want to say is thank you to all our sponsors for 2002. They are in no certain order, . John and Rudy from ORW in Kearny Mesa, CA., Jim from SKS Valvoline in Mira Mesa, CA., Steve from IMS Products in Riverside, CA., RANDY from GPR Products in Chula Vista, CA., John from Industrial Liquidators in Kearny Mesa, CA., Curtis from JDFAB in California, Stuart from Streamline Graphics (and Team Locos Mocos) in Lakeside, CA., Jeff from Red-D-Arc Welders of Kearny Mesa, CA., and Andy from · Encompass and DeWalt Tools in San Diego, CA. Thanks guys, for all you do for the Team! Mag 7 just returned from Baja where we raced the San Felipe 250. We started with six vehicles and two bikes. Exactly half of our entries DNF'd and the others finished well. Starting from the front was Ed Stewart of San Clemente, CA., in car #129 who didn't even start the race. Engine problems that morning were to blame. Next we had Carlos Ayala from Chula Vista, CA., in car #501 who experienced transmission problems around RM17 and was DNF. Our own Chuck Guy/Kevin Walsh from San Diego, CA., took ninth in class 1/2-1600. They were running with BFG for this race. Come on guys, support your team next time. Hector Salatar from Tijuana, BCN., in truck #701 broke his tranny at RM47, just three miles before our first pit and was DNF. In Class 8, it was Clive Skilton of San ClemenJe, CA., and Curt LeDuc that won their class in #809. Way to go guys! In Class 10, it was Steve Schmidt of Jamul, CA., otherwise known as "Smitty" by many who in car #1025 took second place! Way to go Steve! Steve works as the head salesman at Moto World in El Cajon, CA., and has been my friend since the mid 70's. Way back when Steve Sterner, Arne Gruner, Mickey Quaid, Rick Finger, Bobby Gallaway, Mike Harper, Adam Padilla from Competition Cycles, John Gregory (the same one that founded JT Racing), Rolf Tiblin and the other D-37/38 guys and myself raced in the open desert .. Steve hasn't raced in a buggy since he and his brother campaigned a Class 5 buggy over a decade ago. Good come back Steve and soloing it to boot! Tim Price and his brother in car #1401 took fourth in Class B, Sportsman Buggy. Great ride Tim. They both drive down from the Bay Area every yea-r to race just this event. How was your ride home for you four, stuffed in your Ranger Xtra Cab Tim? Their other pre-runner, a Toyota 4x4 fixed up by Penhall &cing, broke a tranny the day before the race. They left it at Wayne Newell's place at Pete's Camp. Wayne is our past Race Director, along with his wife Debbie. They are building a place in Pete's and can be ' found by looking for his semi truck that has Mag 7 Race Ream. printed on both · sides. In Class 21 Pro, we had two bikes entered. One was #lOlx, Eddie Zeller' s team from Coronado, CA. The other was Joe Dessrosier's team from Pacific Beach, CA., # 103x. Eddie races an YZ250 and Joe races an YZ250F. Eddie ran out of fuel right before Pit #3 after running the first two sand washes and onto Matomi Road, but still managed to finish third in class. Way to go Ed! Joe's bike was running poorly all day long until they found a clogged filter in the float bowel (i!, fuel filter in the Float Bowel, common Yamaha?) and then everything cleared up. But with just 14 more miles to go to the finish, the team crashed their brains out and drew a DNF for the day. Bad luck Joe. Mag 7 ran four pits, one every 50 miles or less apart from each other. We are going to do this for the rest of the bike series in Baja. For the Baja 1000 in November, we are currently talking with another well known bike and buggy/truck team to split the pits up. That way we can still offer the 50 mile pit option for those that need it. Speaking of fuels, I want to thank Bill Rodriguez and his lovely wife of 76 Race Fuel's Baja for all their support and help. 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really happy with 76 Race Fuels and cool I though. Later, his co-driver this year Mag 7 is offering both 97 hiked across the desert three miles race fuel (that's 110 and 92 mixed to ask us for help in getting their together) and 110 race fuel for all truck to the highway. So after our pits. I met a lot of racers at closing down our pit at 11: 15am, Bill's semi the day{s) before the race. we headed over to the race truck This time I met George Seeley, Jr., and towed them to the highway. past President of the Checkers and Now, we didn't know these two a great Class 5 racer as well. It was guys from Adam? So at the fun just talking racing and Baja highway, I asked Thomas how much without letting team colors get in money he had on him. Both driver the way. and co-driver looked at each other Just one short story to tell and with that look that says you are I'm off. I ran Pit #l with the help about to be hosed! I quickly of Andy Pina. Andy is one of those followed it up with a statement that guys that you tell you need some said "I'll tow you to Three Poles if part or tool, and minutes or hours you buy the beer and tacos." later he has it. Truck #808 came Quickly agreeing, we towed them to sliding in to our pit with a blown Three Poles and the rest is a head problem. The team was that memory. Thanks guys for the of Thomas Greer. They had this burritos and beer. Hope to see you truck and two Trophy Trucks again for the 500 and 1000. entered from AZ. Well, a buggy That's it for now. If you need to from Toyota of Escondido came contact us, you can call or fax Mag 7 sliding in with a flat, left front tire. at (619) 303-6283. Our website is These two Class 8 racers, along with www.Mag7race.com. And our Race Andy and I rushed over to help this Director's e-mail is driver out. Later when I asked Racedirector@mag7race.com. His Thomas why they had helped, he name is Mike Wickersham. Everyone said "We would help out any racer take care and we will speak to you who needed help. That's how we next time. Adios from Team Baja, were ~r_o~ght up to race. 11 _f:et~ _t~_e _¥agnificent 7 Race Team. GOT SHOCKS? Your main source for the all new RaceRunner shock series from Sway-Away. Now avail-~ able in 2", 2 1/2", and massive RaceRunner 3" body coil-over design. •11oc•••YSWAY- A -WAI" , E ' ... THE SOURCE for off-road racing equipment and services We now offer complete shock services incl_uding custom revolving and rebuilding. We sell and ser-vice FOX, BILSTEIN, and all SWAY-A-WAY shocks, including the new RACE RUNNER series. Play cars or race cars, Class 9 or trucks, 1/2 1600, even super-long travel A-arm cars, KARTEK gets you handled! ~. 909-737-RACE ~F~a e, 2871 Ragle W~y Corona, CA 92879 open 7 days a week! Page 46 Protruck Race Report SCORE SAN FELIPE 250 PROTRVCK WINNER: · STEVE BARLOW FORD #299 San Felipe, Mexico -March 2. Following a win at the Laughlin Desert Challenge just a few ·weeks ago, Steve Barlow caprured his second Protruck class victory this year at SCORE San Felipe 250 this past weekend. Barlow, of Temecula, CA was able to negotiate the rough and rocky Baja desert with a winning time of 4:26:48, besting the eight Protruck entries. The first three Protrucks all finished within 24 seconds of each other, and the first six finishers -within eight minutes!!! The race was tight all day long on the "dusty, rocky and technical course" Steve said. He was in the lead until about 20 miles· before the finish where he had a flat, which put him about a minute behind the second Protruck of Rick Johnson. Overcoming the \ downtime, he poured on the power in his Red Bull Energy Drink Ford Protruck, "It was the hardest I've driven the truck in a long time" Steve said. He made up the time, plus 14 seconds over the number two position. He knew the course would be really tough and technical but "When it was all said and done, it turned out to be our day." Rick Johnson #243, of Barstow, CA was the second Protruck to complete the event, and clocked in at 4:27:02 in his RJR, Inc. Ford. Rick said he "had a great race, but being stuck behind buggies made the course very difficult in the dust." He was "very cautious in the rocks" and held his position to the end with no flats on his Goodyear Wrangler MT/R's. he had a suspension problem about 25 miles before the finish and had to slow down to a conservative speed. Rick finished second by only 14 seconds!!! Third to the finish line and behind Johnson by only 10 seconds was the Chevy Protruck #255 of Alan Pflueger, of Hawaii. "Everything went great" Alan said. "The Goodyear tires were a big question coming into the race performance-wise, but they did an awesome job!" "It's great to know that the new Collins Motorsports Protruck can keep up with the two past champions! It was a really fun. race. 11 John Becker placed fourth, clocking in at 4:29:34. The race was good other than hitting a rock with the rear-end housing about five miles off the start -he lost about 15 minutes from stopping twice to put oil in his rear end, other than that he "had a great time. 11 Al Hogan #226, of Montana, was the fifth Protruck to finish the event. He had "A good trouble free run" except for a flat at the very end. He can't believe. how "competitive the Protruck class is. 11 This was his first desert race in his Protruck (besides Laughlin) and he's having an exciting time learning about his truck. • Placing sixth w a s Steve Olliges, Ford #296 from Las Vegas, NV. Steve states "the truck ran an absolutely fl.awless race, other than a broken shock at Mile 40. It's amazing how close they all finished, he said "we had an absolute blast!" Greg Hansen placed seventh in the Dodge #233 out of.San Diego, CA. "The truck was running really well and we pretty much had a flawless day, then we hit a rock and took out two tires, 11 he said. They were stuck with a broken jack and had to wait for pit support to get them going again, which put them back a good while. Greg finished in 5:42:56. Rob Reinerston, DNF. C TRANS will get. yau in gear IRBRIIIII All 1·2/1&1111 • Ill • 8 • 5 • 5/Hillll •MIS 11W RINli & P■IIIS 1111 AVAI.IIU fGII Tall TUIISIISS■-fllll Yllll 1-2/111111 • • • 5 · 5/1- a..USES ·1111 IDII& AWAfflll 4.88 ■1• & ... IS ■Eal NIYINl■f:ID 1111 ERi PIIPlllAI 4.37 I 181.1 IS .. El BT■ ■f TIIISI -a•--W .MAal ,._. ■m lilEM S11B.. 'ilUII' MEIUIS·MII SIii--TIUlll·SJ■aL 111EY Ml 111A■1 IJICUISNB.Y n PREl:ISl■N &all FBII RI: IRIIIIS. WI IIIS■ CMIIY A RIil 11111 • TIUUIS•SSMN •ms cau.a Wiil 111111111 .... PIIIIBII. :m■JIIDl■Tll.-lrmlll. 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• CUSTOM CHASSIS • RACE PREP • ALUMINUM WORK • WELDING • ROLL CAGES Engineering FABRICATION/RACE PREPARATION 1320 ARROW HWY LA VERNE, CA 91750 (909) 596-4076 KENT LOTHRINGER (909) 596-5497 FAX LOTHRINGER ENGINEERING MAGNAFLUX Se·rvice Suspension Transmission Engine QUAlllY RACE CAR CRACK CHECKING DONE BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW RACING 909-596-4076 Assembly • Machine Work • Parts Ken Major 10722 Kenney Street, Suite C • Santee, CA 92071 (619) 596-0886 ~~RC.RA.FT. . R=e/7~ www.mastercraftseats.com Seats • NFJts • Limit Straps • Bags 10928 Wheatlands Ave. Suite B Santee, CA 92071 619/449-9455 • Fax: 449-9454 (818) 886-4446 (818) 772-6470 fax www .mckenziesontrack.com 18641 Parthenia St. Northridge, CA 91324 .offroad ■Road Course ■Drag Racing ■Oval Track ■Fabrication ■Welding .Chassis and Suspension Specialist YOUR OFF-ROAD. Catch us on the Net! SPECIALISTS/ www.mckenzies.com PHONE (714) 441-1212 FAX: (714) 441-1622 2366 E. ORANGETHORPE AVENUE, ANAHEIM, CA 92806 MIKE MENDEOLA #Mfl.fJillCil -~ eOMP.OHEtff.S F.Oft.CHASSISFABRJeATION ~~ • ~ .P9:!C~ • .Ril~ M~ stifler Mou1ls • Ol .& ·Water-SoUle tiolders 399 E . .Hamson Unit D Corona, CA 92879-1313 (909) Z72..-A272 WWW~-CQm 619-562-5533 Off-Road & Drag Racing Fabrication Specialists Chassis-Cage-Suspension-Tin work Part & Accessory Sales {805)522-4499 LanceFu!ltr 2280 Shasta Way #115 Fax (805) 522-4590 Simi Valley, CA 93065 www.motonports-plus.com A Small Ad Here Can Increase Your Business Dramatically Moulton Racing FaPrication • Race Cars . , ,, ~ • Prerunners ... ~~';:"~ ,. • Sand Cars ~~;~ .-:r:1~;\'--~ .. •' \\7'.: -•. ,.,~ ,r' • ... ,·--- . ,-._,.··• L: -- --28355 INDUSTRY DR. 1412 Valencia Ca 91355 Jim Moulton 661-295-0253 at.3 ,1, Jr.,:'* •1,-;1, t••4:"J! • YOUR COMPLETE IGNITION SOURCE • • - = • -IRES • REV CONTROL AUTOTRONIC CONTROLS CORPORATION 1 490 H E NRY BRENN A N OR . . EL PASO, TX 7993E (915l 857-52nn • TFr.H LINE rn15l 855-7123 • VISIT OUR WEB SITE: www.msdignition.com TUBE BENDERS ¼" TO 3" O.D. Capacity Models Starting at $279.00!!!! M-TECH SUPPLY TUBE BENDERS • PIPE BENDERS • TUBE NOTCHERS RING ROLLERS • COLD SAWS • ABRASIVES 290 Trousdale Drive, Su~e I &: J Chula Vista, CA91910 . (619) 691-1000 ,1. .... ,/ 24HourFax(619)691-1324 www.m,'Ec,,supp1y.com 4B0-~6-2B76 Dune Buggy Parts Race Car Parts Foreign Car Parts New Truck Acc. Dept.· Custom Machine .Work & Fabrication 1 (800) 231-8156 2525 E. 16th St. • Yuma, AZ 85365 (520) 783-6265 • FAX (520) 783-1253 ,}6_ PACl~IC~LLY ~f~~:_ ~~~c~~ :i7J~ · Q ( Landscape Design & Construction) { ~'-~, - CAL UC C-17304109 ~~ Patrock A f?e«;e (619) 582-7999 R"R (909) 360-5906 FAX (909) 360-0436 PARKER PUMPER HELMET COMPANY 3834 Wacker Drive Mira Loma, CA 91752 t3I? HAROLD NICKS l~W~@'"lJ(1.'1@7I') SAFEIY EQUIPMENl MAXON, MOTOROLA, ROAOMASTER, VERTEX RADIOS BELL, SHOEI, SIMPSON HELMETS IN STOCK WIRiNG .FOR RADIO &/ OR INTERCOM STILL ONLY S 125. -2888 GUNDRY AVE. -SIGNAL HILL, CA 90806 • 562-427-8177 I 800-869-5636 w • _... • -,.,ts··· _ .. (,,. \ .-Fralcv s Pc-rf omanc~ ~ nginee1·lng j TEL (949)650-3035 fllH (9119)650-4721 • All Type• of Steel fJ · Aluminum Fabrication • Tube Benclinc • Ahaninum fJ Steel W.lclinc • Custom Mac:hine· Work • All Types of Rac:e Cars 4851 W. Hacienda #4 Las Vegas, NV 89118 Bruce Fraley 702-365-9055

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Pre,ision Alloy, lltl, Todd Francis ,P/10 PROTRUCK RACING ORGANIZATION A High Performance Spec VS Race Truck Series "The True Driver's Class" Protruck Sales and Promotion Website: www.protruck.com Email: protruck@prodigy.net Tel: 61W90-6252 Fax:' 619-390-6470 14402 Bond Court El Cajon, CA 92021 CUSTOM ELECTRICAL SYSTEP-:115 FOR RACE CARS, TAUCKS, PRERUNNEAS • BUGGIES, STREET Roos, DRAG CARS QUALITY RACE CAR WffiING SERVING ALL OF L.A., ORANGE 8c SAN DIEGO COUNTIES JOE DAVITIAN PGR. 323/340•0277 PROFESSIONAL RACE CAR DESIGN & FABRICATION WINNING OFF ROAD RACES SINCE 1978 INCLUDING FACTORY WORKS SCORE CHAMPION TROPHY TRUCK RT 3, BOX 19'70 903/~1599 Rusk, TX FAX 903/68~29 OFF ROAD ENTHUSIASTS -GIVE US A CALL Hi-Performance Equipment Suspension • Safety • Driveline • Accessories Mike Cohen (619) 691-9171 (619) 691-9174 (619) 691-0803 (FAX) 103 Press Lane, Suite #4 Chula Vista, CA 91910 e-mail: rprod1@sol.com 1-800-929-4360 www.RACESHOCK.coM ~ P>~o",Ari,ou ~-· iliM.J ~ · Suspension Components For Raei,ng And Recreational Applications · Shock Service Available on all brands ..•• Fast Tum-Aroundll Upgrade Your Vehicle Suspension Allordably- Utilizing Our Trade-In Policy Fax: (602) 493-0975 ,EIFIIIIAKCE•TIAKSAILES Sautllern c11nam1a·s largest Dlsll'lbutor or Mendeala Transllllles PH: 114.680.6131 • Fl: 114.680.3110 Toll Free: 800.304.8126 1631 Placentia Ave. Unit G Anaheim. CA 92806 RANCHO TRANSMISSION Building automatic transmissions for winners Jefferies Racing McMillin Racing . TRD From our long list of clients, just t.o name a few With our own CNC machine shop, we specialize in Circle Track, Southwest Toui- Racing, Off-Road Racing and Automatic Transmission Sand Buggies 27598 Commerce Center Dr. (909)676-6569 Temecula, CA 92590 C TRANS will get yoa ii gear 3455 S. PDURIS #5 WIBAS,IOAIIA 89102 .111110.0.•uo• (702) 221-4313 (702) 117-1724 RACING TRANSAXLES 1700 EAST MAIN ST. EL CAJON, CA 92021 Barry Beacham CHRIS ROSE (619) 443·2480 (714) 259-7786 (714) 259-7792 fax 15031 Parkway Loop, Suite D Tustin, CA 92780 raceprepservices@aol.com S. B. ENGINEERING "SU PER BOOT" HCR66, BOX 11030, PAHRUMP (CRYSTAL) NV.89048 (775) 372-5335 Qua\it'1 Used 'Parts I 040 South Main St.re.:t. Fal I brook, CA 92028 Ir\\ 760-nJ-2117 t-:-M.-\IL hajarace ,(i11h com PHONI' 760-7~3-2 117 ', C.ALL U'i> fl~'i>T! ~RACING '.:i/lGASOLINE s-.-~■•■•■•■~1 Western US and Mexico CL BRYANT, INC. 800-399-4176 Fairplex - Pomona Oclober5 &6 !!!!!!!!'if ~RACING ~GASOLINE NIKD-Otl 928-889-2617 PARKEROILCOM Fa/rplax - lb-nano Oclobw 5 a 6 fiiil SANDERS SERVICE, INC. l!l!/ METAL PROCESSING 5921 Wilmington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90001 c;?..3) ·583-2404 FAX (323) 5!!3-3965 SANDBLAST-GLASS IJEAD-MAGNBTIC PARTICLE FLOURESCENT INSPr.CTION Marl~ Smith Larry Smith f3JiJ.~ TIM CECIL 849 Lambert • Brea, CA 92821 (714) 447-3581 Fax (714) 672-9246 JOB SITE SIGNS• BANNERS• IIINOOW LffiERll,G • C.\R LETTERlt/G • GRAPHICS SGUEAK & MAl=IGIE COATS 5101 Galway Circ!e • Hunt;ng,01 Beach CA 92649 (714) 897-0075 • F2\ [714l 694-9567

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~ -s~e~&~ &~to-'if/u,, eua-,~ '8dt pt.at<,, 45-4K0 # 10 ~ St. ft!f.l~Yl-7~.50.52 1,edu,,. e.A 9220I ----Exterra -Pathfinder -Frontier - Hardbod.y Nissan Parts & Accessories Lift Kit. -IV Intake System 6350 Riverside Drive Parker, AZ 85344 Fiberglass -Cat Back Exhaust www.SpencerlowRacing.com Custom Preparation & Fabrication Race Trucks • Buggies • Pre-Runners 1619) 449-9728 FAX (619) 449-2678 9419 Abraham Way, Suite "A", Santee, CA 92071 Straight iiE nt. ALUMINUM WHEEL STRAIGHTENING 31510 223rd Street East Llano. CA 93544 661-261-3202 r.5TR.ICTLY /PERFORMANCE Call For All Df' Your Dn And Off Road Needs! • Fabrication • !iu!ipen!iion Kit!i SUNDRY METAL SPINNING Phone (562) 928-9838 Fax (562) 928-0778 METAL SPINNING EXCELLENCE • ALUMINUM • STEEL • BRASS • COPPER • STAINLESS RACE FUELS 6831 Swa Street Bell Gardens, CA 90201 JOHN AVALOS . OWNER (209) 847-2281 (800) 527-6090 FAX (209) 847-9726 P.O. Box 248 • 524 N. Sierra Ave. WESTERN DIVISION Oakdale, California 95361 ~UNSET)> Design Fabrl;;atlon lnstailatlon Darren Ebberts ~=I! na:...2r " You• Qu,,,urTY 610H COM,AHY" (909) 340-4684 FAX (909) 340-4689 1 '21 5 POMONA ROAD • SUITE E • CORONA, CA 9'288'2 ,-. aJMPUTEKIZEO VINYL GR/-.PH/CS & LETTERING ltl 1·1 I I ,-.LO-COST 61.0GSIGNS{,4,II. Pli!OCES6ES) ~ ::: ~~LE~~li);}-~SIGNS ,-.. fll:.ACIN0 0/11:.APHICS ,... Hi-au,,.ury t¥.NNEKS ,;:::.:}X~~~~LEs ,.._ LOGO REPR'OOUCTONS ,-.. RE,11,,L E5T,.,.TE "'LOGO & GR/1.PH/C DESIGN ,-. DECALS r ~ SUSPENSIONS UNLIMITED ... OFF ROAD RACI./\JG SPEC/AUSTS lo1,fl£\'I\G • FABRJCATaV • CI\CPI.ASl\'IA QJTT1J\G • FfUVTENDS • REAR TRAJUNGARMS RACEO{ASSJS • PfERUVJ\ERS • FQXRACJNGS/-OX • SANDBI.JG3ES LARRY ROSEVEAR 4050 LEAVERTON CT. ANAHEIM. CA 92B07 PHONE /714} 6304482 FAX {714)630454B Call Toll Free 877-627-8794 Request Catalog Specializing in Performance Torque Converters (Built for your exact application and needs.) HP Transmission Parts & More ' • Transmission Kits • Custom Length Axles • Friction/Steel Plates • TCS Designed Hubs • Input Shafts • 090 Differentials Hundreds of Transmission Products tcsperformance.com to.. ~ TLR Performance Fabrication Tim Lawrence 1243 Greenfield Dr. SuiteD El Cajon, CA 92021 (619) 447-1289 FLEX - RACING MANIFOLDS The original air cooled - Plenum Manifold Type 1 or Type 4 • Aluminum Plenum/ Steel Runners • Tig Welded with Billet Top • Computer Dyno & Vacuum Tested EXCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! Re~omme■ded by: Double D Racing BonnerHawk Perf Wiks Racing Eng. Flippin Racing Fleet Fuel Racing Letner Racing Deco Motorsports Kartek Offioad Call For More Info: TOOL RACING Chris Tool 909-899-5769 ~/.it£H, '.'" !P=".,RbbVL 7.'.S;c ::6?"#£HGL,;4$"'-f' SPECPU/S.TS ' * Off-Road and Bolt-On to Street Fiberglass for: "Ford, Chevy and Toyota" Trucks * Carbon Fiber Parts and Custom Molds 1121 N. Buena Vista St. , Hemet Ca. 92543 Ph: 909-654-7334 Fax: 909-654-2375 See a list of our products at our web site: http:/www.off-roadfiberglass.com ,asnm ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD (818} 998-2739 0 C CD -I C ~ en o-Tl rn ~ ► o en X )> en wa,w ~o~ .9.9.9 -..J -I=> -..J CXl C.., CD I\) 01 I\) ~ 6 I\) -..J -I=> -I=> -..J ~ ~ I\) 0, c.., I\) ~ ~ ~ -I=> iil 01 ~ en (") 0 _ct> C: (') 3' e?.. z :::;; 0 0 ~ 3 3 - · D> D> ~ CJ;) a. ~ ro· 0 )> ~ < !I> 9763 Varlel Ave. Chatsworth, CA 91311 (ujP) UNIQUE METAL PRODUCTS 10729 WHEATLANDS AVENUE, SUITE #A. SANTEE, CALIFORNIA 92071 TEL. • 619 / 449-9690 FAX • 619 / 449-8424 UNLIMITED MOTORSPORTS Complete Off-Road Fabrication SHAWN GIORDANO 375 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. San Marcos, CA 92069 TEL: 760.744.2505 U.S.WHEELS REMANUFACTURING YOU BENTTHEM WEFIXTHEM POLISH • REPAIRS 1000 W. Bradley Ave., Unit Q El Cajon, CA 92020 BAUCE HENDEL Regional Manager VP Racing Fuels, West COcjSf P..O. Box 1.319 ·34283 Monte Vista Wildomar, CA 92595 Carlos Orozco 619.596.8033 Phone: (909) 67 4-9167 Fax: (909) 674-7367 Pager: (909) 694-7392 ==~.L.PAINr /IIIIP C04T/NllS"-/;RAP/I/CS1t J(JflOB , •RJ!ll TO~ MAINUNANC.f• f!:v~IJ'IAC...-Jl/1fRING-* 760-949-1220,

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I I I Automotive • ATV • Motorcycle. 1815 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE RIVERSIDE, CA 92507, USA 909.369.5144 • 909.369.7266FAX WWW.WEBCAM I NC.COM Adam Wik SCORE ENGINE BUILDER ~ OF THE YEAR 994, 1998, 1999,2000 From Parts To Compl~te Engines 3675 w. Teco Ave. UnH 8, Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-837-2522 Y•lllcalbe -~ ForOIQ S35 . BUMP STOPS HERE i\\e Stop the up-travel on your suspension m. . ECONOMICALLY PRICED AT 319.90 PER PAIR. Yarp.ell Specialties, Inc. 102 Crestview P.O. Box 845 1-928-427-3551 Yarnell, AZ 85362 Motorcycles * KTM Dealer for over 20 years * Stock parts * Supports top riders suspension * Accessories . . · Tires/knowledge Open ~ 12pm-6pm M-F Various • Saturdays l'<wN 714-449,1271 t 714-449,1374 Fax SPORTMOTORCYCLES www.KTM-Zraclng.com ~~. b oo~~rnmnunm ~ RIIC/NtJ. Get the word out about your business, Big or small . Front & Rear Trailing'Arms • Spindles Suspension Specialist • Custom Race & Play Buggy Chassis . · . A-Arm Front En\ls • Beam Front Ends Race Cars .... Dune Buggies Lorenzo Rodrigtiez Baja Bugs Put your business card in the "GOOD STUFF DIRECTORY" and reach new customers Good Stuff Directory Ads Jack Woods 602-242-0077 Fax 602-242-7283 Transmissions - Parts - Service - Welding V.W. - Porsche - Nissan - Toyota -Honda are merely $35.00 per month. 9608 N. 21st Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85021 Classified ... NOTICb. 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 local or state authorities for information before purchase of any specific item. FOR SALE: Class 7S, 1995 Toyota Race Truck. SCORE legal and competitive, from roll cage to · suspension. 22R Race motor, Fuel Cell, MSD ign., Mastercraft seats, Bear com. Radio, trailer included, too much to list, must sell $10,000.00 (909) 989-8076. 850 S. Alta Vista Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016 (626) 914-8147 www.wrtrans.com C (c)..<o) :::,uSil.ACe FOR SALE: TRACTOR-LAND'S 5/1600 Champion Race Car, Fox Shocks, Type II Arms, 300m bars, 930CV's & Axles, Large Combo Spindles, Heim Ends, Wright Steering Box, Fox Dual Sta-bilizers, 22.5 gallon Fuel Cell, Soto Race Motor, Transaxle Engineering Race 091, Fire System, Radio & Intercom, Wired for OPS. $12,500.00. Call Mike Jones (928) 627-3833. FOR SALE: 1979 GMC Box Van with Camper, Lift Gate, Custom Seats, CD player, less than 8000 miles on Motor. Stove, Microwave, Sink, Ice Box, NC, sleeps 2, Pres-sure water with 3 2 gal tank. Holds 3 bikes, Workbench, Solvent Tank, High Pressure Washer, 12V Int/Ext Lighting, 8D Battery. $8,000.00 Da 2. FOR SALE:· 95 F150 Ford Stock Full, 351 Motor, Mogi Trans, King Stiocks, too many parts to list. $50,000.00 Call (818) 764-3038. SCORE and Best in the Desert legal. FOR SALE: 1996 Sport 5th wheel car hauler-new tires, rims, brakes. Onan 4000, 100 gal wa-ter, -45 gal gas, A/C, Stove/ Oven, Refer/Freezer, Micro, TV, VCR, hot water, coffee maker, Awning, sleeps 7, heater, perfect for 1600. Call for complete list. Porter (928) 706-7084. $20,000.00. MUST SELL-Class 12 or 1-2 seat. The best prep, the freshest parts, all new prep Moulton Chassis, Must see! CNC, Summers, Howe, Fox,. Sway-A-Way. No motor, no trans. llk Ref# 829. Baja Bro-kers (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: FAT/Smart Toyota 4AG 1648cc 200 miles since new. Complete with electromotive ing. Header for mid and rear engine. Pauter rods. JE Pistons, new crank, $5,000.00. (623) 516-0406. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Fibercraft. less motor, D.J. Trans, Wright, UMP, FOX, Hells, Centerline, Cactus air, Neal, Simpson, Diest, Yoko-hama, 930 C.V.'s, SAW, Fuel Safe. Car has never fin-ished less than third. 2 class championships: $7,000.00 Evenings. (530) 544-8319. ••••••••••••••••••W•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sell or ~wap your extra parts and pieces in · • • DUSTY-TIMES. lil■BG • • • • • • • • • • • Classified Advertising rate is only $25 for 45'words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum size 5"x7".All Classified Ads must be PAID IN AD-VANCE. REMEMBER - CLASSIFIED AD SPACE IS LIMITED -YOUR AD MAY BE PUT OFF ONE ISSUE IF NOT RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. Enclosed is $ (Send check or money order, no cash) Please run ad. times Name Mail to: DUSTY TIMES Address Phone 20761 Plummer Street City State _____ Zip Chatsworth, CA 91311 Classified Ad • • Deadlines for 2002 • • • JSSUE DEADLINE • • May Apr 12,2002 • • June May 10,2002 • • July Jun 7,2002 • • August · Jul 12, 2002 • • September Aug9,2002 • October • Sep6,2002 • November Oct 4, 2002 • • December NovB,2002 • • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dusty Times April 2002 Page 53

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more Classified ... ~ ~ ~ FOR SALE: Score Lite-Class 12 single seat Jimco. Fresh Ken Ma-jors 1776cc, fresh JG type II tranny, 3" Sway-A-Way bypass, w/ coil over Fox combo. All Wright up front. UMP! P/S, 930 CV's, Mastercraft, 28 gal Fuel Safe, Xtremely competitive, 3rd at "Primm", lots of spares, Race Ready! Wk (858) 571-4911, hm (619) 463-4104, cell (619) 540-8815·. FOR SALE: Raceco 2/1600 one of a kind tandem-118" Chromoly, Heim shifter, many new parts, axles, CV's, Boots, drums, spring plates, front arms, suspensions beam, Fox shocks 7/8" shafts, DJ 091 trans with Hewlands, new Lawless motor, 150 miles on new prep. Could also be single seater, w/radio and some spares·, very reliable car. $10,000.00 or trade-Call BJ Bates (760) 956-2741. FOR SALE: 1985 Toyota PreRunner. Totally Prepped! New Everything from front to back! Sway-A-Wa,y bypass shocks up front, Fox bypass shocks in back, New Carbon fiber dash, rewired, new rear end. $18,000.00. (303) 799-0477 x21. More FOR SALE: Cla$s 1 TLR truggy. Ed Hale 383 Chevy Stroker with 5 25 hp. T-400 trans by Culhane. J-Arm 28 inch front susp. 4 link 30 inch rear susp. Custom Ted Kendall coil guides and by-pass shocks. Fuel Safe, CNC, Masterq:aft, MSD lgn., Ron Davis radiator, Fluidyne, Autometer, Ameri-can Racing, BFG, Race Ready 2002. $85,000.00 obo or partial trade for pre-runner or boat. Call John (760) 996-4180, nights, (760) 344-2056. CL. 12- 2 seat. Super hot pack-age. Jimco King shocks, Master-craft, Wik's, Fodrill Summers Bros, new powder coat and fresh prep, CNC, H.l.D. lights com-plete. Best of the best & fast. 35k Ref #840 Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117. FOR SALE: Type 4 FAT motor just built very fresh 2755cc motor has Web Cam, Counterweight crank, big heads 48mm intake 38mm exhaust 911 rockers, electronic ignition, We-ber carb 48mm, 911 fan & shroud with alternator, Invested $12,000.00 asking $9,500.00 call Scott Baxter at (505) 867-1371, (214) 244-4659. Trail Notes ... running 25 miles each week and this will increase over the next few months. Marq is 37 years old and still going at it with both hands and feet. We wish him well in all his endeavors and are very jealous of his energy and ambitions. Who else has hobbies a bit out of the o_rcl-inary? NASCAR OFF ROADERS -Brendan Gaughan is running the NASCAR Truck Series this year and he faired pretty well in the first truck race of the year, a 13"' place finish in the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. We wish him lots of luck in this new endeavor and lots of top 5 finishes. Robby Gordon has a 13th place finish at Daytpna, 24"' at the Subway 400, he was 37th at Las Vegas and 18th at Atlanta at the MBNA 500. Robby stands 24,h in· season points at this time. Jimmie Johnson took the pole at Daytona and finished 15th, took 28th place at the Subway 400, a 6th place finish at Las Vegas and a great third place at the MBNA 500. Jimmy is 10th in overall points. We'll try to keep you updated on these three as the season progresses. RT SERIES -FRT Motorsports Promotions announced a ne~ name_ or the Superstition Series, henceforth to be known as the Corky McMillin Companies Superstition Championship Series. Corky McMillin, long time racer and CEO of the company bearing his name and his sons, Scott and Mark race many times a year as the McMillin Racing Team. We sincerely hope this will be a long term and mutually profitable adventure for both parties. CHEROKEE TRAILS RALLY -The second round of the SCCA ProRally Championship hits the trails on Saturday, March 16"' in the Cherokee National Forest, east of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Paul Choiniere and Mark Higgins wilt ·be driving Hyundai Tiburons, Mark Lovell will be running his Subaru_WRX as will Tom McGeer, the Canadian Rally champion. Also entered is Polish Rally champ Janusz Kulig in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI and, also in an Evo VI will be Rhys Millen, Pikes Peak Hillclimb champ and Rhys is far from a novice in the rally game. Hopefully, we'll have the full results in the next issue of Dusty Times. Page 54 FOR SALE: 1-2-1600 car, FAT motor, chromoly frame, Fox Shock, Wright wrack, spindles and arms, 930's, flames out, Parker Pumper, Beard, Oberg, Fuel Safe, Centerlines, BFG's, clean car, all the best parts, cham-pionship car last three years $9,500.00 with motor, $6,500.00 w/out motor. Terry Fitzgerald evening (402) 734-2676 day (402) 250-5554. FOR SALE: 1-1600 Lothringer. Wiks engine, JG Trans, Power Steer-ing, Fox Shox, many spares, with trailer. $10,000.00 (805) 520-1687 or (818) 807-6409. Peter. FOUR ENGINES, 2-430 CI W/ Brodax Heads, 2-430 CI W/SB 2 Heads, front engine aluminum mount-ing plate w/all accessory drive equip-ment mounted to them, freshened, $12,500.00 each run $10,000.00 each. ALSO FOR SALE C & C Bridge-port Vertical Mill w/ Anilam 1100 $22,500.00 OBO; C & C Standard-.Modern Model 17x60 Lathe w/ Anilam 1200-$38,500.00 OBO, Please call (608) 254-4788 Flannery Racing AKA Off-Road Logging. Sell Your Car, Pre-Runner, Parts or Bits & Pieces Right Here ... Dusty Times Has The Off Road Readership You're Looking For. Only $25 for up to 45 words plus $5 with photo. Form on Pa e 53 CHEVY BLAZER PRE-RUN-NER FOR SALE: Fiberglass front end, all tube frame, A-Arm front, Coil over on all corners, Sway bars front and rear, 350 Crate motor w/ Allison 4 speed automatic, 9 inch Christman rear end w/vented disc brakes on all corners, telescopic and tilt steering wheel, AC, radio, 3 or 4 seater w/4 point harness, cus-tom dash, 2 glove boxes, 27 inches of travel, 35" BFG project tires incl. Spare, lots of storage space. Run on pump gas, very strong and reliable, electric windows and locks, easy to maintain, $45,000.00 Call Danny Foddrill (623) 582-2499. Don't miss this one, ex-cellent truck for the money; no expense spared very detail work. FOR SALE: 79 F150 Ford Stock Full, 460 Motor, Mogi Trans, King Shocks, lots of parts. $25,000.00 Call (818) 764-3038. SCORE and Best in the Desert legal. FOR SALE: Blazer Pre Runner, Street registered 12" Front 16" Rear Double Bilsteins. 9" 4.88. Detroit locker Floating Axles, Wilwood calipers 350 HP 350, 700 R4, Optima Battery, Na-tional Springs, 1991 front all new 90% done. Email for pictures aford@sbcglobal.net. 661-219-2219. $8 500.'00 OBO or trade. FOR SALE: Class 7S 2000 Ford' Ranger Truck 2 wheels drive XLT 4.0 V-6 electronically fuel injeeted engine. Built by Scudder's perfor-mance includes: Bilstein shocks, 32 gallon fuel safe, KC lights, Detroit Locker rear end, Autometer gauges, American Racing rims, BF Goodrich tires, Mastercraft win-dow nets, limiting straps and seats. Race ready for Best in the Desert and SCORE off road racing events. .Price $25,000.00 ask for Dave FOR SALE: 1988 Chevy Blazer 4x4-Set up as a Chase Car or PreRunner, Chromoly Rollover, Rancho: 4 front shocks, & 4 Rear shocks, w/limiting straps, Rancho front lift, Mallory Race Fuel System, Racks for 4 Spare Tires & Fuel, 2 Hella & 2 KC Lights, Wire for Radio & OPS, External Hookup for Battery Jump Start, Street Legal. $~,500.00. Mike Jones/ Tractorland (928) 627-3833. FOR SALE: 413 CID Chevrolet Y8 by Walker Evans, Kevin Kroyer freshened 7 50-7 80 hp, Cola Crank, SB-2 Heads, Manley Rods, JE Pistons, Barry Grant Carbie, 2* MSD's, Dyno Sheets to prove BIG Horsepower, i.m-suitable in Australia, immaculate condition in crate. Please call Wayne 61 2 96711420 or attardsracin @hotmail.com. PLEASE! April 2002 DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS WHO KEEP DllliJlil■IG REPORTING THE OFF ROAD NEWS! Dusty Times

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FOR SALE: 1994 GMC 3500 HD, Dually, lowered, 454, NC, P/S, pw, pdl, tilt, cc, grey int, hard Tonneau cover, Whipple supercharger, headers, Alcoa rims, airbags, custom flames paint job, roll pan, lots of extras, excellent condition (818) 957-0880 $18,000.00 OR Mike Ridlen (818) 249-9117 ALSO FOR SALE 2002 Tail Oater 5th Wheel-35' Toy hauler, 4KW Onan, large bedroom and bath, loaded with extras $25 000.00. FOR SALE: 1986 ex Glenn Har-ris (factory Mazda-Mickey Th-ompson) race truck. Racing bead 300 plus horsepower rotary en-gine, Mogi auto tyranny, custom under drive, Winters rare end, Fox suspension & King 2.5 shocks, Fuel Safe cell, Spare tranny, rear end etc. (2001 sea-son) 2 first, 1 second & 1 third place finish for the (CORR) Out Law 7.2 second class 4 finishes, in Ontario Canada. $8,500.00 US$$. Or best offer. Craig Rodrigues at 1-416-315-6576. FOR SALE: F-150 Prerunner/ Chasetruck, 450 hp, built C6 Guss. 9" 20" front travel chromoly beams and radius arms 3" coilovers 18" rear travel Deaver race springs 21/2" triple bypass 320 cell mounted pit box us-able bed space. Autometer, Deist, Beard, Art Carr full int.a/cheater, pwr. everything, 35" Baja TA"S too much too list $15,900.00 OBO (714) 530-7157. FOR SALE: 1989 Cherokee Laredo 4x4. Totally restored and set up as pre runner. Complete high dollar Skyjacker 6" suspen-sion with sub frame, Heim con-trol arms and H.D. track bar. Currie H.D. Steering special Bil-stein 7100 remote reservoir shocks, front 10" shaft in 8" can. Rear 12" shaft in 10" can. Valved for Jeepspeed events. New red paint and 6" flared fiberglass fenders. Tusty's rear flares. Wheel wells have been profession-ally modified to take new BFG 33x · 1250 mud terrain tires on new American Outlaw rims. $8,000.00 of restoration· and mods. Low miles. Easy to finish as Jeepspeed Racecar. This Jeep has been in the family for years. Auto with selectrac transfer case. Power seats, power windows. H.D. cooling factory tow pkg. Bargain at $9,850.00. Call (714) 538-7434, Email: CaRaceRally@aol.com. Dusty Ti-mes FOR SALE: 1997 Jeep Cherokee, 2 doors, 4 liter. 5 speed, 2 wheel drive. Set up as pre-runner. Only need cage, fuel cell and safety equip-men t to convert to Jeepspeed racecar. 10" front-travel. 12" rear-travel. All new equipment. Bilstein 7100 remote shocks. Rubicon front springs. Deaver rear springs. Currie control arms. Currie H.D. steering. Rubicon Express pan-hard bar and H.D. mount. New BFG tires on polished AR 136 American wheels. Air-conditioned. Tinted windows. A great looking high performance Jeep. Bargainat$11,500.0,0. Call (714) 538-7434. Email: CaRaceRally@aol.com. FOR SALE: Chenowth 4 seat long travel buggy like new. Major Performance. 2333 VW, Bus trans, 930 CV's. Best of every-thing. 24' enclosed trailer. Both for $25,000.00 Call Bill@ (909) 696-9467. FOR SALE: JIMCO 2000 series, Class 1 single seat, FAT 3.2L Toyota V-6 w/Dose Fuel Injection, Fortin DON 5-speed, King custom bypass shocks, 934 CV's, CNC brakes. Proven competitive race car. Fully prepped and ready to win. $65,000.00 OBO Contact Ron at (602) 843-8223, (602) 757-1431 or email at TABROWN62@AOL.COM. FOR SALE: FORD 150 Stock Full, SCORE Legal or 8100 BITD . . Built with best parts, National, PCI, King, Parker, etc. Truck load of new spare parts. Engines, transmissions, rear.s, too much to list. Very reliable, places in top three and fin-ishes every race. Very well maintained. Truck is prepped and race ready, chase crew and initial support available $60,000.00. OBO. Call Al (406) 3 21-4644. Possibly trade part of price towards Prerunner. FOR SALE 1998 Chevy S-10 PreRunner, 4.3L V-6, 5 spd, Ext. cab, 6 pt interior roll cage (Score/SCCA legal), engine gage, bed cage, Sway-A-Way 2.5 coil over front and rear, new 5-pt. harness, flared bedsides, 32xll.5 BFG's, 410 Auburn Posi. Rearend, fuel cell, custom F/R bumpers and skid plates lots of spares. $10,900.00. Will con-sider trade for race truck. Call Jason (805) 895-5868. FOR SALE: 1994 Ford Ranger 4x4 IASD Racing Stock Mini Race Truck, 1995,1996, 1997 SCORE Stock Mini Champion, 2nd in 1998 BITD Series, regular cab long bed, all chromoly cage, 9100 Series Bilsteins, w/bypass, Eibach front springs, National rears, Ford Fac-tory automatic transmission with lock up converter, fresh 4.0 liter V6 motor, 43 gallon Fuel Safe cell, complete top of the line stock mini race truck with fresh complete prep by Spirit, lots of spares, including sheet metal, can be race in 4x4, easily converted to 7S or race now in stock mini, Too many race wins to list. $35,000.00 oho. Steve Will-iams (310) 830-1123 or SKW1LL1A@LASD.or . Class 7 Toyota-Super Tough, depend-able, 22R motor, four wheel drive, straight axle, Bilstein 60mm shocks, super clean fab, 12" front travel, 17" rear travel, Centerforce clutch, rr disc brakes, 32 gal tank, Alcoas, BFG, PCI Roadmaster, MSD, Beard seats, Na-. tional Springs, 35 Spline 9", Strange rr cliff, $18k. Baja Brokers Ref# 839 FOR SALE: Class 12, SCORE lite, 1835 engine (Bonner Hawk engines) option. 2 liter Class 10 engine. Both Fresh engines, Car new rebuild. Let-ner Racing. $49,000.00 Henry or Danny (714) 633-0030. FOR SALE: NOT YOUR FATHERS MANX BUGGY, 96" WB, Full Tube frame, IRS Bus trans, Close ratio gears, 6 Fox Shocks, 10" front & Rear Beard seats, Wright Rack, 90.5 x 74 1904cc motor, 40x35 .5 heads, Weber 44, Current CA licensed, no smog re-quired, complete with spares & tools, 15K invested, $9,500.00 OBO. (909) 393-7 512. April 2002 FOR SALE: 2000 Factory Kia Sportage Cross Country Rally Car. SCORE Class 3 and FIAA Class T3. Built in November 1999 for the 2000 Paris Dakar Rally, which it finished. Won Class 3 in San Felipe 250. 2"d in Nevada 2000 in Class 3000. Can be raced and driven in 4wd. Class 3 legal. Race prepared motor by Dave Whitehead. King Shocks, Full Floater, 5 speed Road Race Transmission prepped by Transaxle, Steering box and pump prepped by Lee. Howe Steering Ram, Heavy Duty Rac-ing Clutch. 95 gallon custom Fuel Safe Fuel cell for Paris Dakar (550 mile range). Makes an excel-lent prerunner, Autometer liquid filled gauges, BFG Baja 33x10.50 tires, American Racing Wheels, All the Best parts, Extremely reli-able and fun. Many spares avail-able. Ready to win races all over the world. Sold with Sponsor-ship package. $35,000.00 oho. Call Darren Skilton. (562) 755-2278. FOR SALE: 2000 Factory Kia Sportage Racecar, SCORE Class 3 International Winner of Class 3 Cham-pionship 97, 98, 99 and 2000. Win-ner of the Baja 2000 Class 3. New in November 2000 3.5 liter V6 225 hp, DrySumped, Can be raced and driven in 4wd. Is Class 3 legal. Sway-A-Way shocks, (3" rear, 2" and 2.5" bypass front). Full Floater Rear end. 5 speed Road Race Transmission prepped by Transaxle. Steering box and pump prepped by Lee. Howe Steering ram. Heavy Duty racing clutch. 35 gallon custom Fuel Safe fuel cell Autometer liquid filled gauges. BFG Baja 33x10.50 tires . American Racing Beadlock Wheels. All the best parts, extremely reliable, fast and fun. Many spares available. Ready to win races. Sold with Sponsorship package. $29,000.00 oho. Call Darren Skil-ton. (562) 755-2278. FOR SALE: Raceco Two Seater, Class 10 Powered by FAT, Toyota 4AG, New Seats, New Rear Arm's and brakes, All Fab work done by Penhall Fab. Radio & intercom, Power Steering, Bilstein bypass in rear, coil over in front. Very clean car. Have spares $20,000.00 Baja Brokers Ref #838 (760) 723-2117. PARTS FOR SALE: 1 Chen-owth 5 link frame, Wright spindles, Fresh 1915 FAT air cooler, 2 five ribbed bus trannies, Beard seat, UMP power steering, pedals, steering brakes, Parker Pumper, one WRIGHT 1 ¼" longer lower front arm, many more parts available. Call Terry Fitzgerald evening ( 40 2) 7 34-2676, day (402) 250-5554. FOR SALE: Older Class 1, 2 seat, fresh 2332 cc, Hewland, fresh Wright front end, 930's, Charlyn p/s, Bilsteins, Centerlines, street li-censed, spares, much more, trailer included. $9,000.00. Call Pat at (949) 493-6037. Or I t @ thl' k ------------b.tv1PLOY tvlb.NT TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE-LOOKING FORA Sales Consult-ant with counter sales experience and off-road racing parts knowl-edge. Organizational skills a must. ALSO available, Shop Manager including fabrication and instal-lation. Must be an honest, self-starter with vast experience. This position holds great potential for the right person who is ready for a long term commitment. Send resume to Baja Concepts 1040 S Main St. Fallbrook, CA 92028 or fax to (760) 723-9938. Experienced Fabricator/Me-chanic wanted: Mig/Tig, Mild Steele, Chromoly, SS ahd alumi-num. Off road racecar prep a plus, must be versatile and have clean work habits. Quiet shop with new, top of the line equip-ment. Excellent pay and benefits. San Clemente. Fax Resume to r (949) 498-4961 or call (949) 498-1349. NEED A DRIVER?? I NEED OPPORTUNITY. All I can say in this short ad is that I am the nobody that you'll be glad you gave a chance. It's in my blood, I've got natural ability .... Not con-nections. Mitchell Emery (724) • 659-3012. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Aggressive Suspensions ............................... 31 Austecx .......................................................... 24 Baker Precision ............................................ 33 Best In The Desert .............................. 21, 34, 43 Cactus ............................................................ 37 Camburg Engineering ................................... 40 Coast Resorts ................................................ 10 CODE ............................................................ 11 DCS Digital Communications Services ........................... 34 Estero Beach International ............................. 4 Fabtech .......................................................... 41 FAT Performance ......................... : ................ 44 Fresh Air Systems ......................................... 43 FRT Motorsports ........................................... 25 Fuel Safe Racing Cells ................................. 31 German Auto ................................................. 18 Hannemann Fiberglass, Inc ........................... 34 Headflow Masters ......................................... 20 <_ Kartek Off Road ........................................ 27,46 Kawaguchi Honda ......................................... 29 KC Hilites ....................................................... 9 King Shock Tech ........................................... 32 Light Force Engineering ............................... 23 Mastercraft ................................................... 44 McKenzie Performance Products ................. 16 Mendeola Racing .......................................... 17 Nevada Off Road Buggy ................................ 19 Outlaw Racing Sale ...................................... 45 Parker Pumper ............................................. 24 Parker Pumper/Competition Air .................. 22 Parker Pumper/Eibach Springs .................... 13 PCI Race Radios and EqilijJment ............ : ....... 2 Pike's Family Restaurant .............................. 40 Race Prep Services ...................................... 30 Race Ready ................................................... 42 Rancho Performance .................................... 37 RC Trans ........................................................ 46 Ronco Plastics Inc ........................... : .............. 36 Skyjacker Suspensions ................................ 12 SNORE ........................................................... 35 Solder Joint .................................................. 39 Strictly Performance .................................... 45 Summit .......................................................... 38 Sway-A-Way Corp ........................................... 5 Toyota Motorsports ....................... Back Cover Trans axle Engineering ................................. 14 Tri-Mil Industries .......................................... 20 Valley Performance ...................................... 26 Web Cam ....................................................... 28 Page 55

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