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--Volume 21 - Number 4 • April 2004 · DllliJiilDIBI 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 Chamberlain J&L Photography Jim Culp Mike Del Col Martin Holmes Rod Koch Ralph Mason Ron Miller Rene Montafia 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 Subscription 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. DUSTY TIMES: (ISSN 87 50-173 2) is published . monthly by Hillside 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. Copyright by Hillside Racing Corp. N<;> part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. P7~odical P~~tage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at add1ttonal mailing offices. · POSTMASTER: Send address change to DUSTY TIMES, 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Four weeks notice is required for change of address. Please furnish both old and new _address, and send to DUSTY TIMES, 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. snapshot of the Month ... We ran this Qicture a few years ag9 but we like looking at Dan Blocker, Jean Calvin, Jerry Titus and Dee Titus at the.1964 American Road Race of Champions. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "funnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, up to 8xl0 will be consid-ered. · · 111 This Issue ... FEATURES Best In The Desert Parker 425 by Judy Smith ...................................... 8 53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally by Martin Holmes ............................. 16 SNORE Avi 2004 by John Calvin·; ..................................................... 20 CODE Race Ready Products 2 7 5 by]. Pres~on Bradshaw .................. 27 MORE F&L Fuels 400 by Ann Donaldson .......................................... 32 CODE VW Autopartes 250 by]. Preston Bradshaw .......................... 36 SCCA Sno*Drift ProRally by]. Preston Bradshaw ............................ 38 DEPARTMENTS H_appeningsw ........................................................ , ..................... : ........... 5 Trail Notes ........................................................................................... 6 CORE Report by Ann Donaldson ........................................................ 46 Jeepspeed Report by Clive Skilton ...................................................... 46 -Good Stuff Directory ......................................................................... 47 Classified Ads ............................ : ....................................................... 54 Index T.o Advertisers ......................................................................... 55 On The Cover Gary Dircks took the Trick Truck lead in his Ford on the second lap at the BITD Parker 425, and there he remained to take the class win, second overall for the race. Picture by -Art Eugenio - Trackside Photo Chuck Hovey_ drove his V 4 powered Jimco to the Unlimited Class win at the BITD Parker425, changing a fuel pump didn't keep him from the first overall title. -Picture by -Art Eugenio - Trackside Photo Visit Our Website at Dustytimes.com cSuhscrL°be :Joda_y lo DUSTY .TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRY!! · □ 1 year .; $25.00 $40.00 □ 2 years -□ 3 years -$55.00 (no credit cards please) □ NEW □ RENE.WAL Name --------------------Address . -------------------City State Zip ------------------Primary Interest Cars O Trucks D Motorcycles D Send check or money order to: DUSTY TIMES 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311 Canadian - 1 year $30.QO US ■ Overseas subscription rates upon request Dusty Times · April 2004 Page 3

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2004 Happenings ... ~-Cal-City Off Road # 3 August 2S-29, 2004 Cal-City Off Road #4 October 23-24, 2004 Cal-City Off Road #5 Rim Of The World Ray/Donna Hocker· <www.rimoftheworldrally.com> July 10 2004 Perforce Software Rallysprint John Dillon E-Mail: John@WidgetRacing.com November 20, 2004 1 OK FmJR WHEELERS P.O.Box36 CLEVES, OHIO 45002 (All events staged at the club grounds in Cleves. Ohio) A.MERlcAN CusToM WHEELS JEEPSPEED 1826N. WINDES ORANGE, CA 92869 714-538-7434/FAX: 714-633-1724 April 3,204 Mojave250 Barstow, Ca June5,2004 Baja500 Ensenada,BC,MX August 14, 2004 Wildwash250 Barstow, CA September 25, 2004 California 200 · Luceme,CA December 4, 2004 Las Vegas 200 State Line, NV AMERICAN RAu,y SPORT GROUP, INc. 3650 Soorn POINTE CIRCLE, Sum 205 LAUGHLIN, NV 89208 (702) 298-8171/FAX: (702) 521-0597 EMAIL: roger@rallyusa.com AMERICAN TRIALS ASSOCIATION AMA OBSERVED ThlALs SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES BILL MARKUM -PRESIDENT (909) 860-1857 24HRHOfl.lNE-(714) 562-7742 EMAIL: bmark909@aol.com < www.atatrails.com> AsOCIACION EsTATAL DE AuroMOVILISMO SAM l.AsELL, TECH INSPECTOR AYro42 SAN JOSE DEL CABO . BAJA CALIFORNIA DEL SUR. MEXICO AUSTRALIAN OPP ROAD CliAMJ>IONSI:llP DARRYL SMITH 19 SoMERS ST. CASHMERE, QUEENSLAND, 4500, AUSTRALIA DUSTYTIMES@bigpond.com AurocRoss QUEBEC OPP RoAD CLASS 10 CARS ONLY fuNAL.D VAILLANCOURT 3069 DAGENAIS WEST LAVAL QUEBEC, CANADA H7P 1 T7 (450) 622-4440 BARONA SAND DRAG AssN. P.O. Box 1521 LAKESIDE, CA 92040 All Races Are Night Races All Races At &rona Raceway, Lakeside, CA BBMMARKETI:NG PROMOTIONS OFF ROAD SHORT COURSE RACING & SPECIAL EVENT MARKETING 4344 VALLEYVIEW AVE. NORCO, CA 928(,() (909) 340-6474 BEST IN THE DESERT\ RACING ASSOCIATION 34 7 5 BouLDER HIGHWAY LAsVEGAS, NV 89121 702-457-5775 E-MAIL: bitd@worldnet.att.net April 2-4, 2004 Pro Circuit Nevada 200 Trail Ride Motorcycles Only Invitation Only April 2-4, 2004 Pro Circuit Nevada 200 Trail Ride April 23-25, 2004 Terrible 's Town 250 All Classes June 24-26, 2004 TSCO Yegas To Reno All Classes September 24 - 26, 2004 Baja Mex 300 World Championship All Classes October 15-17, 2004 Las Vegas 200 December 3-5, 2004 Henderson's Terrible 300 Henderson, NV All Classes B.O.R.E. BONNEVILLE 0FPROAD RACING Dusty Times ENTERPRISES 341 W2575N SUNSET, UT84015 801-773-1651 April 30-May 2, 2004 Wendover Express Wendover, UT July 2-4, 2003 Jackpot 200 Jackpot,NV September 3-5, 2004 Ely200 Ely,NV BP MOTORSPORTS P.O.Box411 WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91365 760-578-625Bn60-578-6259 FAX: 818-348-4648 E-Mail: bpmotorsports@earthlink.net All Events At California City, CA May 1-2, 2004 Cal-City Off Road #2 June 1-9-20,2004 December lS-19, 2004 Caf-City Off Road #6 BRIGHI'ON SPEEDWAY R.R.3 BRIGHTON, ONTARIO, CANADA KOK-I HO (613) 475-1102/FAX (613) 475-3250 CAJOR CLUB AVTOMOVIUSTA]UARENSE DE CHAMPIONSHIP OFF-ROAD RACING 72!0GATEWAYEAST ELPAso, TX 79915 (915) 593-4848 RAi.PH GAROA 01 l-52-16-l 7-45-42CESARFUENTES CALIFORNIA RALLY SERIES Rall;a Calendar Ap · 3,2004 Desert Storm Chris Powell E-Mail: milkmood@qwest.net May 7-8, 2004 T reeline Clubrally Pete Morris E-Mail: rallytaff@earthlink.net August 21, 2004 Gorman Ridge ClubRally Ray/Donna Hocker E-Mail: ray@rallyusa.com October 2-3, 2004 • Prescott Forest Rally Michael Taylor E-Mail: taylor@northlink.com December 10-12, 2004 Ramada Express Rally . <www.rallyusa .. com> Rallr.printCalendar pril3,2004 Desert Storm Rallysprint Chris Powell E-Mail: milkmood@qwest.net May29,2004 Baldy Run Rallysprint Pete Morris E-Mail: rallytaff@earthlink.net October 9, 2004 Baldy Run Rallysprint Pete Morris E-Mail: rallystaff@earthlink.net December 12, 2004 Ramada Express Superstage Ray/Donna Hocker < www .rallyusa.com> Rally Schools TBA Thunderhill Rally School Greg Montgomery E-Mail: MICP130@aol.com September 18, 2004 Ridgecrest Rally School · Mike/Paula Gibeault E-Mail: gibeault@earthlink.net CANNING ATTRACTIONS P.O.Box400 MAYWOOD, CA 90270 (323) 560-SHOW Happenings continued on page 6 INTRODUCING_ OyKENWOOD~~Ws 110 Walls of Power 1160 Channel Alphanumertc I Waler Resistant I Mil Spec I Baja 1000 Proven "_I was in Ensenada, and my crew in San Oulnttn cowld hear me 150 miles aWoyl I need these in ALL of my lrucksl" -~ L~,-,, ~.tr=Lll.../tl=66~ PROJRUCK WINNER. 2002 TECATE/SC0RE BAJA 1000 ... -The best communication we've d In over 15 years of off road racing!" -~~E,>"' ~~ 800.869.5636 562.427.8177 • Fax 562~26.3589 WWW.PCIRACERADIOS.COM 2888 Gundry Ave. • Signal Hill, CA 90755 April 2004 Pages

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Trail -Notes ... GAUGHANSE'rsSPEmRF.colm-OnFebruaryZ,2004,BrendanGaughan,NASCAR driver for Roger Penske/Kodak ( #77) drove a stock Dodge Ram SRT-10 pickup truck right off the assembly line and into the record books. The Guinness Book Of World Records will list it as "The Worlds Fastest Production Pickup Truck. The truck was not modified in any way for additional power or enhanced aerodynamics. Brendan posted a two lap, both directions, average speed of154 -587 mph over a flying kilometeron the five mile oval at the Daimler Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea, Michigan. Way to go Brendy! "1P RoAD PoKEll RUN -The Hi Desert Charities Poker Run is almost here! April '-124 and 25, at the usual spot, the Slash X Cafe. Two loops, approximately 25 miles each, one for 4 wheel vehicles and one fqr motorcycles and quads. The 10 best poker hands each day win prizes. You can enter either day and as many times as you wish. California Off Road vehicles must have a green or red sticker and an approved spark arrestor (if not equipped with a muffler). Helmets are required for motorcycle and quad riders. $25 entry fee. Each rider/driver goes twice for a single entry ree. There is a Saturday night dinner at the Slash X: All you can eat BBQ dinner, chicken, ribs, beans, etc. $12 + tax per plate. All proceeds go to the Barstow Charities. For more info call the Slash X 760-252-1197 or Mal/Connie Wessel at 760-252-3093. BESI' IN THE l>EsERT - BITD announced that they will be the race promoters and sanctioning body for the Henderson's T erribles 300 off road race, taking place on December 3,4,5, 2004. Schedule changes include-the BITD Las Vegas 200 being moved to October 15, 16, 17, 2004. Qualifying for starting positions will be on December 2, Contingency and Technical Inspection will be on December 3, the race will be run on December 4 and the awards will be held on December 5. For more information please call Best In The Desert at 702- 457-5775 or Bud Pico at the Henderson Convention and Visitors Bureau, 702-267-2171. SCORE BAJA 500 AND BAJA 1000 -SCORE announced that Ensenada will once again host the 36th running of the Baja 500 in June and also will host the Baja 1000 in November. The Baja 500willstartandfinishinEnsenada and the lOOOwillsee the . cars off on their run through the Baja peninsula. This will be the 31" time the Baja 500 has started in Ensenada and the 28th time it has finished there. For more information contact SCORE at 818-225-8402. SNORE NEWS-This is good news, a press release fromSNOREdated February 24th states: This year will be the 35th annual Gold Coast/SNORE 250 and to com-memorate this great milestone, SNORE, The Gold Coast Hotel and Casino and Kartek Off Road have fattened up the prize money, guaranteeing $10,500 to the first overall finisher of the Gold Coast/SNORE 250, making it the largest overall payout in desert racing. The race dates for the grandfather of off road racing in the USA, the SNORE 250 are October 1-3, 2004. Please mark your calendar and become a part of the RACERS RACE. Tlwse big dollars slwuld bring out a bunch of Class 1, 10 and l 600's, all looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. £"\ur OF ACTION -We were saddened to hear that perennial contender JeffElrod '-'had a serious motorcycle accident. We spoke to Jeff the other day, he has some broken ribs, other broken bones and will be out ofoff road action for many months. Jeff was hospitalized for a week and will spend the next 12 weeks recuperating at home. Jeff says he will start his 20th year of racing with VORRA in September. Good luck and we wish you a speedy recovery. SAN FEUPE TRIVIA - Dominic Clark listed all the past overall champions at San Felipe and we thought you might be interested in who's who in this 17 year old event. 1982 -Dan Cornwell, Chenowth VW, Class 1 - 1983 ~ Mike Julson, Jimco VW - Class 1 - 1984 - Larry Ragland, Chapparel VW Class 1 - 1990 - Brian Collins/jack Johnson, Chenowth VW Class 1 -1991 - Larry Ragland, Chevy C1500 - Class 8 1992 - Bob Richey/Boyd Cox, Raceco-Porsche -Class 1 -1993 -Scott Douglas, Ford Ranger- Class 7 -1994-IvanStewart, Toyota SR-5 (Trophy Truck) -1995 -Ed/fimHerbst, Smithbuilt VW -Class 1-1996-Robby Gordon, FordF-150 (TrophyTruck)-1997-CurtLeDuc,JeepGrandCherokee (Trophy Truck) -1998 - Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel, Riviera Chevy -Class 1 ~ 1999 - Ed/ Tim Herbst, Ford F-150 (Trophy Truck) - 2000 - Tim/Ed Herbst, Ford F-150 (Trophy Truck) 2001 - Tim/Ed Herbst, Ford F-150 (Trophy Truck) -2002 Dan Smith/Dave Ashley, Ford F-150 (Trophy Truck) -2003 Gus Vildosola/Rob Mac-Cachren, Ford F-150 (Trophy Truck). Who is the big overall winner going to be this year?????????? Read all about it further down in Trail Notes and look for the play by play with lots of pictures in next month's Dusty Times. ~ ,f ORE SAN FELIPE HI-uGlITS -THERE ARE 36 ENrRIES IN 1HE 1/2-1600 Cl.AS5, Cl.Ass 1 1 V lHAs 15 ENTRIES, C!.Ass 10 HAS 24 8'rl1UES AND 1HERE ARE 23 TROPHYTRIJO<S ENTI:RED, AIL I..OOKI1'.G RJR A O'.XlD FINISH AND HOPERJU.Y, A WIN. THE MCMIUJN FAMILY HAS rouRCARS ENIBRED, EAQ-IWIDI ADIFFERENfFAMILYMEMBERAT1HE WHEEL.CoRJ<Y McMIUJN, 75 YEARS YOUNG Will. BE PII..OilNG A CI-iENowrn-~IN Cl.Ass 1, ANDY McMilLIN AND HIS FA1HER Scarr Will. CO-DRIVE A JIMOO CHEVY IN Cl.Ass 1, MARK McMJWN Will. DRIVE HIS JIMOO CHEVY IN Cl.Ass 1 AND DANIEL McMIWN will pilot his Jimco VW in Class 1/2-1600. There are more than 250 entries in the-San Felipe race, including cars, trucks, motor-cycles and quads. They are from 15 states in the US of A, Ca~da, Japan and Mexico. The green flag drops at six am on Saturday for the bikes and quads, cars and trucks will start at 8:30am. The start and finish for the just under 230 mile loop will be the San Felipe arches on Highway 5. Vehicles will start every 30 seconds and there is a nine hour time limit for each contestant. ~ ,fDR -FUD 200 - Mojave Desert Productions put on it's second race of the 1 V J.Corky McMillin Superstition Championship &;ries, the first race of the 2004 season. The race was held at Plaster City Easy on February 21" and the entry was up approximately 30%, a good showing for this "Grass Roots" series. The Fud 200, the old FRT 200 was renamed in memory of the \ate series founder, Otis "Fud" Fudpucker. A complete story on the race and lots of pictures will appear in the next issue of Dusty Times, Judy Smith doing her usual bang-up job on reporting. Here are the class winners from the Fud 200. Class 10 -Steve Mamer took the class win and the overall as well. Class 8 -Jeff Norton was the big winner. Class 725 - Dave Ahles took the win. Class 9 - First place went to Matt Arnold and Jose Victoria was second. Rick Sanchez took the Class 1300 win. David Santa Cruz was the Clkass 1400 winner, James Ederer was second. Billy Skinner was the C~ss 1600 winner, Joe l.aff was second. The next race on the schedule is "The King". April 10, 2004-at Plaster City Weston a new 35 mile course. See ya there! SAN FEUPE REsuLTS -The San Felipe race went off under cloudy skies, moderate temperatures and, because of the rain earlier in the week, it stayed damp enough to hold a lot of the dust down and that pleased everyone, especially the drivers. There will be a full Judy Smith report in next month's issue of Dusty Ttm.es witl;i. a lotofpicrures. Page& CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA RACING ASSOCIATION P.O.Box645 PIERRE, SD 57501 DAVE ADAMS (PILOTS AND BAJAS) ((i()5) 224-9481 DoN ENGLEMAN (BIKES) ((i()5) 224-4967 . CHAMPLAIN VALLEY RACING ASSOCIATION C.J. RICHARDS P.O. Box332 FAIRHAVEN, Vf05743 (802) 265-8618 Cl.AmTON HI-JACKERS I.C.O. TOM DEl..AUDER SR 1091 TWP. LINE RoAO WEU.SVll..l.E, OHIO 43968 (330) 532-4589 Short Course off Road Racing At Harrison Count} Fair Grounds. Cadiz. OH Cura AUTOMOVILISTICA SANQmNTIN CAU.E 6TA FRACC CD. DE SAN QUINTIN SAN QUINTIN, BC, MEXICO HERACUO PA TINO (01152 616-5-22-07) CuJB AUTOMOVILISTICO SANVICENTE SAN VICENTE OFF ROAD ENSENADA, BC, MEXICO USA JAN WRIGHT (01152 61746834) RAMON CASTRO & RUBEN ACEVEDO (61637n0034) CMC CoNTINENTAL MoTOSPORT CuJB P.O. Box 3187 MISSION VIEJO, CA 92690-3178 FAX: (714) 367-1608 CODEOFFR.oAD CODE Offroad USA P.0.Box 2328 Calexico, CA92231-2328 USA Phone 7(i()-455-8069 Mexico Phone/Fax (0l l-52)686-553-4087 <www .codeof!i-oad.com.mx> April 24, 2004 Grupo T ersa BFG 200 Sanfilipe, BC, MX June 12, 2004 Accesorios Amado Night Race Laguna Salada, BC, MX July 31, 2004 ORW Lazo de Amistad Gran Prix Tecate, BC, MX October 16. 2004 Mangiamos 300 Laguna Salada, Mexicali, BC, MX December 11, 2004 Rafce Ready Products 275 Ensenads, Mexicali, San Felipe, BC, MX CoLORAOO lin.L Cmm .AssoclATION BARB VAHSHOLTZ, l'REslDENT (719) 531-3642W/(719)687-9827 H P.OBox8286 CoLORADQ SPRINGS, CO 80933 (719) 653-8449 CORP P.O.Box392 CALEXICO, CA 92232 HECTOR CERECER 0l l-52-65..()6-4458 CORR 2004 LUCAS On. SERIES 192 N. STATE RoAD, Sum 267 AVON, IN 46123 317-272-2827/317-272-2900 FAX May 29-30, 2004 Dresser, WI Pro/Sportsman June 12-13,2004 Antigo, WI Pro/Sportsman June 2&27, 2004 Crandon, WI Pro & Sportsman July 10.11, 2004 Topeka,KS Pro & Sportsman August 14-15, 2004 Bark River, MI Pro & Sportsman September4-5, 2004 Crandon, WI Pro & Sportsman September 1~19, 2004 New Berlin, NY Pro Series OORVA 1500 WEST EL CAMINO, Sum 352 SACRAMENTO, CA 95833 l-800-42CORVAExr42 FAX (818) 957-4435-April 2004 D&T PROMOTIONS DA VE VAN DEREN 2405 BAKER AVE. EVERETT, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 (AU events at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Thurston County ORV Park, Olympia, WA) DAKARRAu.Y DARREN SKILTON BAJA AtrrOMOTIVE ADVENTURES 455 E. OcEAN BLVD., Sum 208 LoNG BEACH, CA 90802 (562) 755-2278/FAX: (562) 590-7925 Bajaautomotive@Yahoo.com l>F.cATUR FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB DECATUR, TX 76234 TOMAlli:N (800) 662-3649/(214) 641-2090 DEsERT STEEL MOTORSPORTS 1863 CoMMANDER DRIVE LAKE HA v Asu Cm, AZ. 86403 (928) 855-2208 F..A.mBNOHiRoADRACJNG.As:N. TOM DEl..AUDER, SR. 1091 TOWNSHIP LINE RoAO WELLSVILLE, OHIO 43968 (330) 532-4589 ENsmIDABAJAOH'RoADRACJNG Av. REFORMA 1136 ENSADA, BC, MX Ol l-52-646-1818989Eus!o 0l l-52-646-l 715230AARoN Races far bums & Motorcycles E8mID BFACH IN'mtNA.nCNAL SH:JirrCa/RsERAaN; VICTORIA GALINOO ENSENADA, BAJA CAUFORNIA, MEXICO 0ll-52-646-176-6230 IURDA Fi.oRJnA OWRaw~~MW JASON LEIBIN (727) 376-4176 Mar, Apr, May, NOii at Davidson Raceway FUDPUCKER RACING TFAM 1855 PARKWAY DRIVE s. EL MONTE, CA 91733 626-442-9320/959-579-6151FAX mdrracing@aol.com 2004Raffl Schedule _March , 2004 Tazarnanik Plaster City East, CA ATVs-Bikes April 10,2004 FRT200 Buggies - Trucks April 25, 2004 Kamakize Kamakize Wash, CA ATVs-Bikes May9,2004 Dez Sprint Plaster City, East, CA ATVs-Bikes May23,2004 Sweethearts Plaster City, West, CA ATVs-Bikes Date-'IBD Off Road Warehouse Jacume, Baja, CA Buggies - Trucks October 9, 2004 CM Nite Team Race Plaster City, East, CA ATVs-Bikes October 23, 2004· Superstition 250 XXI Plaster City, East A TVs -Bikes -Buggies - Trucks November 6, 2004 D-38 Reunion Plaster City, West, CA ATVs-Bikes November 7, 2004 Notorious Dawg ATVs-Bikes December 5, 2004 Rudolphs Revenge Superstitions, CA ATVs-Bikes GORRA GEORGIA ()pp ROAD ilA<;INGA~110N 4'20 HOSEA ROAD LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 (404) 963-0252 GPORRA GRE4rPIANEsOWRawRAaN; Mn'.l4.7nV PAUL HUFFMAN (402) 296-4349 ]ESSURWIN ., (402) 944-2193 All races are short course, stadium style. Classes -Sportsman Buggy, 1/2/5-1600, Sport Truck and Quads. Nebraska Raceway Park is just minutes west of Omaha, NE. <www.gporra.com> HIGH PLAINS OFF ROAD RACING 22000 W. Quincy Unit B ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110 303-806-8062/303-781-0074 Fax April 25, 2004 May23,2004 June 13, 2004 July 11, 2004 August 15, 2004 September 12'2004 October 10, 2004 November 7, 2004 December, 2004 (Open) OOERNATIONAL lcE RACING AssocIAnoN P.O. Box 8105 ST. PAUL, MN 55108 STEVE BEDOOR (612) 937-3816/FAX 474-2769 INTER-SHOWS MOTORSPORTS PRoMoTioNs, INc. P.O. Box 2910 MISSION VIEJO, CA 92690 (949) 582-2371 ]EEPSPEED RACING FOR STREET LEGAL JEEP CHEROKEES 1826 N. WINDES DRIVE ORANGE, CA 92869 (714) 538-7434 <www.Jeepspeed.com> E-MAIL: Jeepspeedcom@aol.com KAMLooPS BRONCO BUSTERS WmsPERING PINEs SPORTS & RllcREATION CENTER P.O.Box465 KAMLOOPS, BC, CANADA VZG5L2 DALENYESTE (250) 579-8039 TONY (250) 554-97801. Craig Byers (250) 3 76-8466 LAS VEGAS SANDSPORTS & OFFROAD EXPO (626) 961-3782 < www .prerunners.com> <www.megashow.com> L.I.T.R.E. ]EFFEUl.OD (408) 926-0522 }IM ARtrrA (400) 247-4402 MAMARRITA ()pp ROAD RACING LUIS CARLOS AL VAREZO PANAMERICANAAVE #5105 CD. JUAREZ, CHIH., MX 0ll-52-1637-1799 MlcmGAN Buoov BunnERS DuNE BUGGY TRADE SHOW (517) 543-7214 < www .buggybuilders.com> MlcmGAN ()pp RoAD CHAMPIONSHIPS M. T.B. Enterprises Inc. 15529 JO/ES ROAD GRAND LEDGE, ML 4883 7 (517) 627-6200 Motorcycles, Quads, A TVs and Pilots only MAORA MID-AMERICA ()pp RoAD AssOCIATION P.O.Box 184 MATIOON,IL61938 (217) 235-6528 E-MAIL: maora@peako.com <www.maoraracing.com> Short Course Series** Endurance Series*** May 22, 2004** Lincoln Trail Mtrsprts Park Casey, IL· May 23, 2004*** Lincoln Trail Mtrsprts Park Casey, IL June 13, 2004** Charleston Speedway Charleston, IL June 26, 2004** Stone City Ranch Bedford, IN June 27, 2004*** Stone City Ranch Bedford, IN July 17, 2004** Soggy Bottom Raceway Greenup, IL August 1, 2004** Charleston Speedway Dusty Times

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T Charleston, IL August 7, 2004*** Lincoln Trail Mtrsprts Park Casey, IL August 21, 2004** Stone City Ranch Bedford, IN September 4, 2004** Soggy Bottom Raceway Greenup, IL September 19, 2004** Charleston Speedway Charleston, IL October 2, 2004** Lincoln Trail Mtrsprts Park Casey, IL October 3, 2004*** Lincoln Mtrsprts Park Casey, IL MOJAVE DESERT RACING. 1853 PARKWAY DRIVE SOUTH EL MONTE, CA 91733 626-442-9320/626-579-(i()51 FAX · E-MAIL: mdrracing@aol.com April 3, 2004 Wild Wash 250 Barstow,CA MaylS,2004 Ridgecrest 300 Ridgecrest, CA June 26, 2004 MDR400 Luceme,CA August 14, 2004 Mojave200 Barstow,CA September 25, 2004 California 200 Night Race Lucerne CA November 20, 2004 Stoddard 250 Barstow,CA M.O.R.E. HIGH DEsERT CIIAMPIONSIUP P.O. Box 1231 BARSTOW, CA 92311-1231 7(i()-253-4453 March27,2004 Balls Out 250 Barstow,CA May29,2004 KarTek300 Lucerne,CA July 24, 2004 Freedom250 Barstow,CA September 18, 2004 Kar T ek Challenge Lucerne,CA December 4, 2004 Holiday 200 Barstow,CA MSBA MlcmGAN°SroRT BUGGY AssoclATION DAVEBARRET 6363 NIGHTINGALE DR. FUNT, ML 48506 (810) 730-9221 MoToWEST WINTER TRIALS SERIES BILL MARKHAM (90'J) B(i()-1857 <wwwJfStrials.com> All events at Penis Raceway (At Reed Valley with a school) NATIONAL MUD RACING ASSN. RT. #1-Box380 DAVE OR MARLENE RYAN PALATKA, FL 32177 (904) 325-5422 NATIONAL Tuw TRUCK ASSN. BUTCH CHAPIN MOTORSPORTS PROMOTIONS 1404 EAST 3RD STREET HASTINGS, MN 55033-1415 (612) 437-2459 NOORA GARY WULFF (724) 283-2678 E-MAIL Kaylaaron@aol.com <www .Nooraoffroadracing.com> Buggies, Pilot/Odysseys, Trucks, Quads (Spring Valley Raceway, on route 518, 20 minutes SW of Lisbon, OH) (Thunder Valley located 15 minutes from Spring Valley) NORTHERN Omo OFF RoAD RACING ASSN. 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CoMMoNs DRIVE, Sum 200 AURORA, IL 60504 (630) 566-6100/(630) 556-6180 FAX SCORE SCORE INTERNATIONAL 23961 CRAFTSMAN RD., Sum A CALABASAS, CA 91302 (818) 225-8402/FAX: (818) 225-8102 < www .score-international.com> Date To Be Announced SCORE Henderson's Terrible 250 Henderson, NV 4 Wheel Classes Only June 4-6, 2004 Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Ensenada, Baja CA Motorcycles/ A TVs Included September 10-11, 2004 SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 Prirnm,NV 4 Wheel Classes Only November 17-21, 2004 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Ensenada To LaPaz Baja, California, Mexico Motorcycles/ATV's Included SNORE SourHERN NEVADA OFF RoAD ENTHUSIASTS P.O. Box 270516 LAS VEGAS, NV 89127 MORE Happenings-page 53 April 2004 Trail Notes ... Here are the top few in each class. Trophy Truck -I. Mark Post/Jerry Whelchel, Ford F-150. 2. Jason Baldwin, Ford F-150. 3. Pete Sohren/Rick Geiser, Ford F-150. Class 1 -l. Mark McMillin, Jimco-Chevy. 2. Andy/Scott McMillin, Jimco-Chevy. 3. Ronny/Randy Wilson, Jimco-Chevy. ½-1600 -l. Brian Jeffrey/Adam Pfankuch, Dunrite. 2. Travis/Brad Fletcher, Baja Shop. 3. Daniel McMillin/Gary Arnold, Jimco. Class 3 -I. Doni'Kenneth Moss, Ford Bronco, 2. Gerado/Eduardo Barragan, Land Rover. Class 5 -I. Tom Brown. 2. Enrique Ruiz. 3. George Seeley. Class 5/1600 -l. Brent Shermak. 2. G!rado hibe. 3. Steve Landis. Class 7 -I. Craig Turner, Ford Ranger. 2. Victor Herrera, Ford Ranger, Class 7S--I. Bob Graham/Mike Homer, Toyota Tacoma. 2. Class 7SX -Rii;;h Severson, ·Ford Ranger. Class 8 -1. Dave Raimonde, Chevy C1500. 2. Todd Wyllie, Chevy Cl500. 3. Jose Canchola, Ford F-150, Class 9 -1. Eric Fisher/Hector Sarabia, Garibay .. 2. Ed McLean/Phillip Breedlove, Jimco. Class 10 -1. Lobsam/Eli Yee, Jimco-Honda. 2. Jim Anderson, Dunrite. 3. John Cooley, Alurni-Craft VW. SCORE Lite • 1. James golden/Jason Hatz, Jimco. 2. Stan Potter/Dan Worley, Jim.co. 3. Rick St. John, Kernco. Class 1 l - Eric Solorzano. 2.-AbundioPichardo. Stock Full -John Griffin/Mike Sabbarese, Hummer. Stock Mini -John Baker, Ford Ranger. Class 17 - Ricardo Ramirez, Jeep Cherokee. PRO Motorcycles -Class 22 - Steve Hengeveld/]ohnny Campbell, Honda XR650R. Class 21 - Joe Desrosiers/Jesse Sharp, Yamaha YZ250. Class 30 - Gerardo Rojas/Sergio Vega, Honda XR650. Class 40 - Jim O'Neal/Tim Withers/Jeff Kaplan/Louie Franco, Homda XR650. Class 50 - David Flores, Honda XR650R. Pro A TV's - Ruben Martin/Gilberto Santana, Bombardier Baja X. Class 24 - Francisco Ruano, Hon-da TRX250R. Sportsman - Overall Sportsman Car -Dan Swann, Homebuilt. Overall Sportsman Truck - Mark Growe, Ford Ranger. Overall Sportsman motorcycle - Ernesto InoweNictor Gomez, Kawsaki KX500. Overall Sports-man ATV - Doug Reid/Waren Parton, Honda 400EX. Dw FACE DEPARTMENT-We are sorry to report that the story on the SNORE RA.wards Banquet in last month's Dusty Times was a bit short on informa-tion and some of the info we had was incorrect. Let's set the record straight and show the proper text here. The top 10 in SNORE points for the 2003 season are : 1" - Rob Walters, 2nd - Bruce Fraley, 3rd - Bryan Freeman, 4th -Mike Ault, 5th - Day Gang, 6th - Cody Freeman, 7th - Mike Gaughan, Jr., 8th -John Burns, 9th - TJ Flores and 10th - Chris De Sousa Dias. The major awards given at the banquet were: The coveted Jimmy Schaeffer award, given for contribution to the sport went to Butch Dean, the Mechanic Of The Year Award went to Bruce Fraley, Dave Folts took home the Transmission Builder Of The Year award, Engine Builder O f The year went to Adam Wik- and the Driver Of The Year award went to Rob Walters. Dusty Times is sorry for any omissions or any mis-information that may have appeared in the story. OUR BoYS 1N THEN EXTEL CuP -Our three guys in the big time racing didn't fare too well this past weekend at the Daimler/Chrysler Race at Las Vegas Speedway. Jimmie Johnson was the 16th finisher in his Chevy and he is 19th in NextelPoints after three races. Brendan Gaughan was 22rd in his Dodge and Brendan sits in 23n1 place in points. Robby Gordon finished in the 30th spot and he is currently 371h in Nextel points. Let's lwpe things will get a lot better for aU the guys as the season goes on. ~RANDON RACEWAY 35™ A.NNlvERsARY - Crandon International Off-Road Race '-'way is getting ready for a really big year. June 10-11 , Thunder Valley Biker Rally, June 26-27, Forest County Potowatomi Brush Run Races, June 27, 2004 Potowatomi Governor's Cup Race, September 3, BorgWarner Shootout Time Trials, September 3, Potowatomi Friday Night X-Treme Thunderfest, September 4-5, BorgWarner·World Championship Off Road Races, September 5, 10th Annual BorgWarner $100,000 shootout. Last year, the Biker Rally attracted more than 3,500 bikers, that's a must. Cran-don Racewy sits on 400 acres and features dedicated campgrounds with facilities, including showers and a paved exhibit area. The off road race track is located in a natural valley, providing outstanding spectator viewing, hence the name, "Thunder In The Valley". Crandon Raceway is located in Crandon, Wisconsin, 25 minutes from Rhinelander, 35 minutes from Eagle River and 90 minutes northwest of Green Bay. If you're anywhere near Crandon on the dates shown, get on over there for the show of a lifetime. PIKES service center Baker,. California Celebrating 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR TRAVELING FRIENDS ••• THANKS! RESTAURANT Open 24 Hours M b•1'® 0 ·1 SERVICE Every Day Year Round THE BEST IN THE DESERT! Page 7

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BEST IN THE DESERT PARKER 425 Hovey Solos To Victory By Judy Smith Photos: Trackside Photo John and Mike Becker shared the driving in their Ford Protruck and got the victory by a margin of seventeen minutes. The host for the event was the Coyne's Ford, rolled the truck and Blue Water Casino, which gave up crushed the radiator, putting an their parking lot for contir).gency on early ~d to his day, and Larry Rag-Friday and their shoreline for a fin- land and his son Chad got about ish line on Saturday. It's a conve- half-way through the first lap with nient and handsome setting, nos- their Chevy and were out for un-talgic for the old timers who were known reasons. Of the rest, Ed and there, because the Casino sits on the Tim Herbst had the lead in their site of the old Blue Water Marina, Smithbuilt Ford, with about a which was the center of action for minute and a half on Gary Dircks the old Parker races. in his Ford. In third it was Jim Bea-Gary Dircks is having a good year with his Ford Trick Truck, and his win at the Parker 425 was his second viotory this year. The race was started on Califor- ver in his old Class 8 Ford, while nia Street, the main east-west thor- Bucky Strunk was fourth, another oughfare in town, and then the rac-five minutes back in his Chevy. Kyl~ ers headed out for their three 135 Taylor was fifth and having trouble Parker, AZ: Chuck Hovey beat the odds at the BITD's season opener, and not only finished the Parker 425, but got to the podium first overall in his V 4 powered Jimco. With 124 starters and only 55 fin-ishers, the event once again proved to be a hard nut to crack. The Parker event is a rac.e car destroyer. Even experienced racers find themselves heading into turns or other difficulties with too much foot on the throttle pedal. The course sucks the drivers in then spits them out into the desert. And they love it. There is something about that 135-mile long course that draws the racers like flies to honey. The BITD does this one race a little differently, starting the week-end with a "qualifying" run that determines the start position of the fastest 20 race cars. Anyone who wants to may take part in the quali-fying, and many do, because it also determines the start position within classes. The BITD set aside about five miles of desert, mostly sand, that wasn't part of the course, and each driver ran it in turn, two days before the race, to determine his start posi-tion. The fastest 20 start at the front of the pack on race day, a minute • apart. The rest of them start with their classes; their order determined by who had the quickest time. Ev-eryone seemed to enjoy the quali-fying, and they especially liked the chance to start up near the front of mile long.loops. At the end of the with his Ford's transmission. He lost the pack. This time the first three final lap they made another jog, his forward gears .and finished his off the line were Trick-Trucks: ,Kyle about five miles long, that put them first lap in reverse gear, driving • Taylor, Ed Herbst and Gary Dircks. at the finish line, on Blue water about 15 miles by looking over his The fourth to start was Curt LeDuc Casino's land next to the river. shoulder. in his Class 8 truck. LeDuc really Along the way there was spectator Dircks went into the lead on the had a big advantage on his first lap, viewing at the old Shea Road area second lap, his only problem a bro-because the rest of the Class 8 and also in a section near Bouse. ken hood bracket. They stopped to trucks were behind the Trick The Main Pit area, very near town, take the hood off. Strunk was sec-T rucks, Pro trucks, Class 1500s and was also great for spectators, and this ond, about 50 minutes back, and Class 1000s and started 57th, 58th, year the BITD had built a brief Taylor ran third about an hour and 59th and 60th. That's a mighty big short-course section, reminiscent of a half behind the leader. The Herbst difference in first lap traffic and the Laughlin or Primm races, to let truck blew a head gasket early on dust. The first Unlimited buggy to the spectators see the cars flying the second lap and was out, while start was the Weyhrich Brothers some jumps and navigating some Mark Dye and his Chevrolet had who've been super fast in qualify- turns. also disappeared. Kory Halopoff and ing. They were followed by Dale There were 11 Trick Trucks, but Harley Letner, in their grandfather Ebberts, Troy He'rbst and Kory two them disappeared on the firs·e Danny's old Chevy, had some early Scheeler. lap. Greg Adler, driving Marty problem and also went out on the ______________ ....!,.. __ :::.._ __ _;__ __ :::..__--; second lap. Tim Braden and Mitch Griffin tealned up in this Ford to take the victory in the 7100 In their Sportsman Class 5100 car Dane Crawford and Mike Byrd, both from the class in spite of a list of problems that sounded insurmountable. Parker/Havasu· area, had a lot of fun, and got their first place finish. Dircks thought the race was "long, really long", but he had no trouble and stayed in front to take the win. Beaver was second, about an hour behind him, but had alter-nator and rear end problems on the final section and had to have parts brought out to him. Ultimately he still finished second, but four hours behind the lead truck. Nine min-utes behind him it was Pete Sohren and Rick Geiser in Sohren's new three-seat Ford. Early in the day it had repeatedly died, but their big problem came late when they hit a ditch in the dust and broke a power steering hose. Strunk finished an-other half hour later and two hours behind him it was Jesse Jones and Scott Steinberger. Jones bought Gary Vosburg's Protruck turned Trick Truck and drove it in this event. He had a busy day. Early in the race a water line broke and they sent a fitting out onto the course to him to fix it. Then on the second lap Jesse endoed the truck and broke the steering and a brake cali-per about five miles before getting to the main pit. Steinberger got in for the last lap, dealing with a bent caliper. The steering was wan4er-ing so he changed the steering box. This was three-for-three for']ones; Scott Douglas thought it was a long race for his little Ford truck, but he managed Greg Foutz did three very evenly paced laps, dealt with one flat tire, and took the to get it all done in good enough time to take the Class 3100 win. _C_1a_s_s_8_1_00_w._in_,_'n_h_is_ S_toc_k_Fo_a_rd_tru_c_k_. _ _ ___________ _ Page a April 2004 · he's raced at Parker three times, and gone head over heels every time. Kyle Taylor made a valiant effort; apparently getting his trans either replaced or repaired, and ran third for a good part of the race, but never got to the finish line. Dusty Times

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In the Unlimited class (Class 1500) 21 cars took the green start light and headed out into Arizona's desert. Seven of them failed to get the first lap done. Tom Wood lost the freeze plug from his Ford pow-ered Jimco, Ryan Stewart was re-·ported to have lost his transmission at Midway, Todd Jergensen rolled his Smithbuilt, got it going again, rolled it again, and left it lying there upside down. He said, "I was just pushin' too hard." He caught a ride back to the main pit in a helicopter. Albert McMullen and his Chen-owth disappeared, as did' Jeff Darland and his Jimco, and B.J. Richardson in John Gaughan's Bunderson. Kevin Colan in a Chen-owth was part of the early carnage also. Amongst the survivors, Bob Lof-ton put his Chevy Jimco into the lead, with about two minutes on-Pat Dean in his Chenowth. They were doing a lap in about two hours and 21 minutes. In third it was Chuck Hovey in a V 4 powered Jimco, fol-lowed by Gary and Mark W eyhrich in their V6 Chevy Jimco, and then Troy Herbst in his Smithbuilt Truggy. He was only five and a half minutes back from Lofton, so a good close race was de-veloping. It was a. nice day, with mild weather and hot enough breeze to blow away the huge clouds of dust these big, fast cars kicked up. On the second lap, as they wound through slow traffic, Lofton held his lead, and now he was four minutes up ori the Weyhrichs who'd moved into second place. Dean was third, three minutes later and Hovey was fourth, his crew having replied a fuel pump in six and a half min-Dusty Times Buster Harling drov.e all the way in his Arizona Frameworks chassis and stayed in front all the way to take the class 2000 win. utes. Herbst was fifth, but radio talk his big Porter got part way through seemed to indicate that he was hav- the · third lap, but couldn't get all ing some kind of rear-end problem. the way in. The Weyhrichs, who'd Steve and Ray Croll, Chenowth, moved to the front for a while, also dropped out on this lap, and Steve . dropped out on the final lap. And Labrie in a VB Chevy powered Lofton lost his transmission. Chenowth had ignition problems, Hovey, with no further problems, and didn't get a second lap done not even a flat, motored steadily ·either. Kirk Kontilis, in a Hawk down the-road and took the win, chassis, had had electrical problems, including the overall victory. He ran out of fuel and then broke a had nine minutes on Dircks in the shock mount and decided he'd had winning Trick Truck and 44 min-enough fun. utes on the second place Class 1500 Lofton, Dean and Hovey were car. That was Sam Berri in another having a great race and it was V4poweredJimco.Berrialsosoloed anyone's guess who'd get the win. the race, and he'd had early power Dale Ebberts and Ernie Castro, Jr. steering pump problems, but then · were having some "new car" prob- ran uneventfully to the.finish. In lems with their big Toyota Jimco. third place it was Tim Rockenbach They liad a 15 minute pit at the and Scott Kincaid, who'd shared. end of Lap 1, then tossed a belt, and the driving in their V 4 powered later replaced a transmission, but Jimco. Two flat tires marred their they kept moving. Herbst lost.about day, and they finished about 18 min-an hour and a half with whatever utes behind Berri. In fourth it was problem he had. Kory Scheeler and Stuart and Eric Chase and Billy An Intimate Gem Adjacent to Belfaglo, Caesars & Ballys Flamingo & The Strip 1..a88--227·2279 btYtl11rycOMlct1ff>O,COOI Tim Hayosh and Kurt Puhl tried JeepSpeed racing for the first time, in the Stock division, and went home with a solid victory. Robertson, in a Chenowth. Chase Chenowth, less than two minutes reported some "little motor problems, · behind Chase. And Pat Dean took here and there." Fifth went to Steve sixth. He'd been up in the lead pack Kendall and Kutt Van Matre in a Continued on page 10 Chuck Hovey soloed his Scat V4 powered Jimco to not only the Class 1500 win, but also the overall victory, even after replacing a fuel pump during the race. Ask About Our Special Headliner Show and Room Packages West Tropicana & ANille 1-800-875•3267 cd3anscasiho,oom The Place Las Vegans call Home"'. Ask Aboof Our Room & Goff Pat;kages._ West Flamingo & Valley View . . 1-888-402-6278 ~atcuino.Q;lt'n April 2004 Alta & Rampart 1-877-677-7111 ~t.llmi,;no.ccrn Page 9

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Miguel Alvarado ran' out of lights at an inconvenient time, but still Local racer Jim Beaver has still not finished his real ·Trick Truck, but Sam Berri soloed his V4 powered Jimco Class 1500 car to a fine managed to take second place in class 7100 with his Jeep. he still took second place in the class with his aged Class 8 Ford.. second place finish in spite of some early power steering problems. until close to the finish, then broke string of disappointments. Ebberts islrline. This group did all make it was Geno Licitra in the family a rear suspension. He ratcheted it and Castro were the last team to The Protrucks were the next through the first lap, and Matt Sea- ·Chevy, with his dad, Tony, riding together, limped to the pit for re- get a finish in this class, in seventh . group to start, with 11 entries. They roni had the lead, with about two in the passenger seat. The Hunts, pairs and came in two hours late, place. Herbst made a good try, ap- nearly lost one of them a couple of minutes on Rick L. Johnson after front-end repairs, were nearly calling it a "decent day." For Dean, parently getting most of the way days before the race. Al Hogan, who ("Toyota Rick") in his Toyota. In four hours down to the lead truck, any day he gets to the finish is "de- through his third lap, but something lives up in Montana, had been hav- third it was Ray McKenzie in a but moving again. cent." He's trying· to overcome a terminal stopped him before the fin-ing a killer headache as he prepped Chevrolet, and in fourth Dan and Becker, who found the course CurJ LeDuc had a great weekend. He qualified fourth with his Class 8 Ford, and then took the Class 8 win, and placed third overall. His son, Todd, rode along all the way. Page 10 his truck and got ready to go rac- Dave Hunt, who finished the first "fast- lot of dust", had nothing worse ing. But he ignored it and kept on lap with a broken front end on their than a flat tire to mar his day, and working. He made the trip south Ford. Fifth place belonged to Steve he and his brother, John, who drove and the headache persisted,,so fi-and Will Staats in a Ford. the first lap, took the victory. They nally, on Friday, he went to a doc- Their luck wasn't working on the were just 17 minutes ahead ofMc-tor in Parkerlooking for some relief. • second lap. Rick L. lost his transmis- Kenzie and Spencer Low, Jr., who Happily, they had a cat-scan, and sion, replaced it and lost that one, surely has Parker racing in his genes. the doctor sent Al for a look. He the Staats brothers lost their motor McKenzie did the first two laps, Low spotted an aneurysm, and hurriedly and Kevin McGillivray, in a Chev- the last, and they'd had just three flew Al off to a hospital in Phoenix. _rolet, was also out. Tom Koch's Ford flats all day: In third it was the They did an angioplasty and in- had already had a broken trailing Scaronis, Matt and David, who stalled a stent to keep the aneu- arm, but a hole in the oil pan put it said, "flat tires were the story of the rysm, which they labeled a "giant", out. Now there were just six trucks day." They were just three minutes from collapsing. They said Al would moving. Mike Becker was in the further back. Then came Rick D. be in the hospital for two weeks. But . lead in his Ford, witlt about seven in Hogan's truck, about eight min-a week later he was out, at home minutes on Scaroni who was hav utes later, reporting no further prob-and ready to play golf. His recovery ing trouble with tires. In third it was lems. Licitra lost a spindle on the has been remarkable. But he didn't McKenzie, who'd also had some tire final lap, but after repairs came in get to race. Instead he asked.Rick trouble, and Rick D. Johnson ran for fifth place finish, about. four D. Johnson ("Ford_Rick") to drive fourth in Hogan's truck. He too, had hours later, but still in the same po-. his truck in the race. a flat, and had to add oil. In fifth it Continued on page 12 April 2004 Dusty Times

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Aaron and Ian Dixon brought their new Ford to Parker and had some Dave, Don and Dean Blakely came south from Utah to enter this small ·new car" problems to deal with, but still finished second in race in Class 2000 (1600cc motors) and almost got to the finish line. _C_la_ss~l._'300._. ~~~---~~----~-~--~ Mike Falkosky thought the sun set too early, and he had some headlight problems with his Ford, but still finished second in Class 3100. sition. The Hunts were another 15 dozen cars. Shawn Croll, in a Chen- Hilfiker, in another Jimco, just a bit happy. Fourth place was in the minutes out, and they'd put Jason owth was the only one unable to more than two minutes behind him. hands of Randy Miller, also J imco, Hunter to work to drive the final JO finish the first lap (though he got In third it was Reuben Wood instill three seconds later, and followed by _miles or so, and take sixth place. most of the way around). Justin Lof-another Jimco, and he'd had a rock Tony McLaren in a Toyota Penhall, The Class 1000 (SCORE Class ton, 17 years old, went into the lead fly up and break his visor, making a minute and 40 seconds further 10) cars started next with an even in his Jimco, followed by Sam him very uncomfortable and un- back. l1i:!.!UI Pro Farce Air • Significantly outflows other •blower type' helmets · --• NOT a converted motorcycle helmet! · ..-, e Lightweight Composite Shell "-... ,2,9 9 • g g • Snell SA-2000 Automotive Rated • Fire Resistant Interior • Special w/ FREE. ._ _ ________ _, Helmet a I! LOWRANCE • 8/IN & Color Displays 2· to 10.4* Screen Sizes • Portable & Panel Mount • Unlimited Mapping 128 to 250 Channels 50 to 110 Watts of Transmitting Power! Alphanumeric Digital Display 3 Year Warranty Exceeds Mil-Spec Standards Page 12 19.i!I/ Cordless lmpactKit • ½" Drive • 216 ft-lbs. Torque • Carrying Case & Charger • Only 6.6 lbs.! • Vehicle Holster Available COMMUNICATION . l!iOLUTIOMi FqR RACINli& RECREATIO • Intercoms & Radios • Satellite Phones • Base Station Antennas • NEW! Carbon Fiber Headsets • Scanners • 105, 135, 150, & 235 CFM Models AvaitaSte • Lightweight & Reduced Amperage • 3M Hepa & CO Filter Options • BAJA PROVEN ~ -1::z:Taol iii!/ Satellite Phones April 2004 • Hilfiker moved up into the lead, with about four minutes on Lofton, who is the son of Bob Lofton, who was leading in Class 1. Lee Olibas, in a Dunrite, now moved into third place and McLaren came up to fourth with the Wood car in fifth after a flat. Miller failed to get that lap done, and so did Kelby Pepper in Geiser and James Martin in an RCD. He called for someone to tow him back in. Steve Strobel, after be-ing parked in sight of the main pit for a while, in his Bunderson, fin-ished the first lap, but not the sec-ond. Only six cars went into the third lap. Lofton put Matt Loidice in for Lap 3, and he sailed along at the same smooth rate, with no problems, to bring the car in for the win and a .nice fifth place in the overall stand-ings. In second it was Hilfiker's car, with Nathan Goodsell driving the second half. They'd had a smooth day until late in the race when a truck, trying to get itself unstuck, backed up into them. Goodsell lost about 10 minutes getting that sorted out, but then came in for the finish. In third it was the Wood brothers, Robert having done Lap 2, and re-porting no more problems. Fourth went to McLaren who'd had one flat and said the course was "bumpy as hell and really dusty!" And in fifth it was Rod Millen and his son Ryan, who'd shared the driving in Dennis Hunter's Dunrite. Millen said he was functioning as a sort of "test driver" to help develop the suspension of the car. He also said he wasn't too sure how happy the owners would be, since he'd rolled it over and peeled off the roof. But he had a good time, as he always seems to do. None of the others finished. The Class 8000 trucks started next, a total of five, although one of them, Curt LeDuc, sta,ted in the fourth spot at the front of the whole shebang, thanks to a really good qualifying time. This was just the third race for LeDuc's Ford, since he completed it mid-season of 2003. There were five trucks in this class, but Christopher Gray didn't get the first lap done in his Chevy. LeDuc had the lead on the first lap, but John Dallaire had his Ford in pur-suit, only 12 minutes back in spite of starting so far back in so much traffic. Todd Wyllie was another 10 minutes behind him in a Chevy, and Kenny Brager was about a half-hour further back in a Chevy. LeDuc had his son, Todd, riding in the truck, and the plan was to let him drive some of the race. On the second lap they continued to lead, and had a half hour on Dallaire, who was just minutes in front of Brager. Wyllie had stopped to let his passenger out because he'd be-come ill, and he was also adding oil, and ran about ten minutes behind Dallaire and Brager. LeDuc was having a good day, but for one reason or another, he Dusty Times

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Sam Hilfiker and Nathan Goodsell, from Holtville, CA, shared the dnving in their Jimco and finished the day in second place in Class 1000, only three-minutes back. Bruce and Russ Lierman and Walt Moon came from Washington and Jason Jernigan had some serious problems on his way to the finish Oregon to take second place in the 1100 class in their Suspensions line in his Ford truck, but he still pulled off a second place finish. _U.~n~fim_ited __ ca_r._. -~-~~---~----'------~ decided it wasn't going to be Todd's day to drive. He said the course was "horrible rough", but he continued to have a perfect day and stayed in front to the finish, taking the class· win and finishing third in the over.--~ all standings. Wyllie, whose truck is also new this year, finished second, at about an hour and 20 minutes later. Neither Brager nor Dallaire· managed to get to the finish line. The 1100 cars (SCORE Lite) took off next, with just five starters. But they lost a couple right away. Matias Arjona, Matt Cullen and Bruce Conrad hardly got to race, losing their Mirage's ring a.nd pinion early on Lap 1. And Mark Brownell and Chris Smigel did no better, covering only four miles in their Chenowth before losing their mo-tor: But Rob Martensen, a second-generation rookie, was having a good morning. He had the lead in his Chenowth, with a little over an hour on Bruce and Russ Lierman and Walt Moon in a Suspensions Unlimited chassis. In third place it was Jeff Moore, who'd lost a front arm and was making repairs. He lost about two hours, got going again and then to cap a sor.ry day, lost his motor on the second lap. . Martensen shared the driving with Rich Roberts, and the two had a good day. They thoughts the course was a "good mix of rough and smooth", and at the end of the sec-ond lap had an hour and 15 min-utes on the Liermans and Moon. At the finish Martensen and Roberts had almost exactly a two hour cush-ion, and the win. The Liermans and Moon finished with a front spare on their right rear, but oth~rwise all in one piece, to take second place, the only other finisher in this class. Class 7200 was next to start, with just three entries. Larry Roeseler had his Ford ih front right off the start, while Kelly and John McNeil ran second in another Ford, and Jason Jernigan was third in his Ford, ha;,-ing had a couple of flats and lost a transmission cooler fan. Roeseler,-who'd been back from racing the Paris to Dakar Rally on a motorcycle for only a few days,_was · still in front at the end of the sec-ond lap. He was finding this a "Clas-sic Parker - lots of dust, lots of rocks, and a lot of traffic." -The McNeils were still second, but they'd had brake trouble and lost some wheel studs and some time. Jernigan was moving again, third, a couple of hours off the lead-time. · At the finish it was Roeseler who said he was tired and hungry and his foot hurt. (He'd broke{l a bone about three days before the end of the Dakar race.) But he took the win with over three hours to spare. · Jernigan·came in second, even af-ter losing a spindle, and the McNeils were third, about 17 minutes later. Class 3000, 4x4s, went next, with , jusi: three starters. They were down to two when Randy Sorenson failed Dusty Times · to make the first lap.John Swift had Gerber was another hour and 45 electrical problem, was now fourth. lead, with 13 minutes on Miguel his Ford in the lead from early on, minutes later. Eric Henn, in a Hummer, after be- Alvarado in a Jeep. In third it was and he was being chased by one of Harling went on steadily, and ing a Good Samaritan and towing Wayne Demonja in a Ford,·another the sport's early legends. Gale Pike, had it all to himself by the end of Josh Hall to a pit, wasn't able to fin- hour down. Demonja disappeared now 73 years young, was at the the second lap. The Blakelys and ish his second lap. . on the second lap, and Alvarado wheel of his Chevrolet, and bring- Gerber got most of the way through Foutz had one flat all day, after moved into the lead, with over an ing it back to his son, Noah. the second lap, but were way down hitting a rock. It must have been · hour and a half on second place. Gale gave way to Noah on the and either ran out of time or parts, the third lap, beca_use that was just That was Braden who'd handed second lap, b·ut John continued to and neither ever got into Lap 3. 10 minutes slower than the first two. over the steering wheel to Mitch drive his truck. He still led through Harling, who drove all the way, He took the win, finishing 45 min- Griffin about half way through the the second lap. On the third lap went on-to take the'win. ' utes in front of McDowell, who re- second lap. Swift moved over and let his son, The Stock Full class had nine ported being stuck one time and no The tide turned again on the Jonathan, age 15, take over the entries·, and they were next to take other problems. Merritt, who had a third lap, Braden and Griffin, who'd wheel. Jonathan has a learner's per- off. Everyone got the crucial first flat and lost a fog light, was third, had a broken driveshaft, rear brake mit. What a way to practice driv- lap completed, but some had an and the truck was still lookin' good. problems, a lost starter, a.broken leaf ing! He reportedly made no errors, easier time than others. Greg Foutz He'd made a fine start with a brand spring and a flat tire, bounced back broke nothing,· and brought the took the lead, his Ford just nine new ·race car. In fourth it was up into the lead, and took the win. truck across the finish line for the minutes in front of Larry Tunnell, Manny Esquerra, who drove all the Alvarado, had only one problem. win. The Pikes were second, report-in a Chevy. In third it was Randy way, in a ford, and had shock prob- But that was a lost alternator, after ing they'd had no flat tires. So first Merritt, who was driving a new !ems. Gary Sunderland, in a Ford, sunset. He finished with just one and second place were both father/ truck. This was the first 2004 F-150 was fifth, followed in by Chad Hall, small light to find his way, only eight son teams, ,and while they're from to go off road racing, and he'd man-· in an H 1 Hummer, who'd had brake minutes behind them after. a great different epochs, it's great to see that aged to get it built in 100 days. The and shock problems several times · the sport is still being handed on thi~ Ford engineers in attendance were during the long day. He was the last way. excited about its prospects. And it finisher in the class. The next class to leave the start was beautiful to look at -shiny black _Class 7100 was next, with five ·line ·was the 1600 buggies, here and zoomy. Charlie McDowell, in starters. Kevin Davis, Ford, was a called Class 2000. There were three another Ford, ran fourth, about five late no-show, apparently discover-of them, and this was a tough race minutes later. ing some fatal motor problem· as he for the class. They all got through Foutz, who is usually steady as a prepared to parade out to the start Lap 1, with Bust.er Harling leading rock, did his second lap in the same line. Of the rest, only three made in his Arizona Frameworks chassis, time as his first: three hours and 24 the first lap. Mike Coleman and by about four and a half hours. Dave, minutes, and held his lead. He later Robert Hayley, in a Ford, fell by the Don and Dean Blakely, from Utah, said it was "a fun day - the course wayside, and so did Tyler and Julie had their Meco in second place, and . was great!" McDowell moved up to. Henn and Austin Robison, in an-in third it was their. fellow team second, while Tunnell dropped to other Ford. member, Allen Gerber, in a Jinico. third. Merritt; having some minor ·But Tim Braden went into the run. The big .$UVs, or Class 4100, were next off the line, with four starters. There were three Fords and a Hummer - an H2. Marc Stein started the day in his Ford in the lead. He had a half hour or so on. John Sunderland, in another Ford, and after about 40 miles that's all there was to the class. Noah Pike had started in another Ford, but he was gone on the first lap, and Josh Hall also started, in his H2 Hummer. At Mile 24 Hall lost his Continued on page 14 Justin Lofton did two laps and Maft Loidice did the last one, and the team put their Rob Martensen and Rich Roberts traveled over from Phoenix with their Chenowth Jimco into victory circle in Class 1000, and finished 5th overall. to take the win in the 1100 (SCORE Lite) class. Larry Roese/er, still suffering jetlag from his trip to Dakar, nevertheless led all the Bob 'The Weatherman· Steinberger tried racing for the first time, in the Sportsman way in his Class 1200 Ford and took the victory. Buggy class and ended up as the winner. April 2004 Page 13

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Charlie McDowell drove all the way in his Ford, and in spite of getting Ray McKenzie and Spencer Low, Jr. teamed in a Chevrolet Protruck Gale and Noah Pike, a father-and-son team, shared the driving in their Ford to take second place in Class 3000. Gale probably had the honor of being the elder statesman of the race, at 73. stuck, got to the finish in time to take second place in Class 8100. to take second place in the Protruck class. front differential so he started limp- showed up and gave him a tow, forward gears. So Josh motored in ing along, hoping to get to his pit getting him to his crew. They fixed reverse gear off course and down for repairs. But at Mile 40 the rear the differen.tials {by reglacing them the road to a coffee shop here he differential went also, leaving him with the ones in Rod Hall's pre-run- waited for his crew to come and stranded like a fish out of water. ner) and sent Josh back out onto rescue him. That's when the Henn Hummer the course. But then he lost all his Stein continued to lead and Sunderland Sr. handed off to had to drive about 16 miles with no Sunderland, Jr., who did the sec- power steering. But once that was ond lap. They were about 20 min- fixed he went on steadily. Mean-utes back and holding their own. while, Sunderland, Jr. put Buddy Mike McComas took over for Stein Crisp into their truck for the last and he broke a steering box and lap, and they broke a rear tie rod UST YOUR PHONE #UMBER, YEAR, MODEL.AIID ENGINE SIZE! Sales Information: Payment may be made by credit card, money order or cashier's check. Personal or business checks are not accepted. C.0.D. orders accepted with 50% •pre-payment. $5 Handling charge on all orders. California residents include 7.75% sales tax. Customers responsible for all freight charges. Minimum order is $25. 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These are all Jeep Cherokees, all running the same equipment, the same tires, and so on. They've been run-ning for several years now, steadily growing in numbers and occasion-ally trying a long event. For this year they're divided into a Pro class and a Stock class, with differences in the modifications allowed and the sophistication of parts permit-ted. There were 14 of them all told, nine in the Pro class and five in the Stock group, and they would do only two laps. These classes have to run at moderate speeds or else they c~n't get to the finish line, so the big job for the co-driver (passenger} is to keep an eye out for faster vehicles that may be catching them. They need to be prepared to move to one side and avoid being nerfed (bumped) which can sometimes result in damage. (Although it's not supposed to be a _hard enough bump to do damage, accidents do happen.} In the Pro group they all made it through the first lap, and they were running close with Barrie ·Thompson on almost the same minute as Ray Currie in front of the pack. Then Charlie Peltzer and Steve Thomasson were tied in a battle for third place. Thomp-son, who said he had a "killer time" and called the race "epic", said the course. was a lot tougher than the MDR courses they've been accustomed to. He took the win by about an hour. In second place it was Currie, whose son, Casey, drove the second half. They'd been on the same minute as Thompson part way through the second lap, but then they had to stop when "something under the front end broke" and needed to be welded. That cost them nearly an hour and dropped them to second place. John Coleman and Chris Reilly finished third reporting flat tires. Their wind-shield was peppered with holes as if something bigger and faster had sprayed them with small rocks. Mike Barrett and Bruce Kerstner were fourth, the final finisher in this group, with a rear quarter panel all smashed in. In the Stock group they ran in a fairly close knit group at first, with Jonathan Gyner and Bob Ganzer in the lead, and Jon Louis and Brad Dusty Times

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Noah and Matt Pike, Zach Churchill and Willie Stroppe pooled their John Sunderland Sr. and John Sunderland, Jr., and Buddy Crisp took talents and still had a miserably long first lap in their Ford and couldn't turns at the wheel in their Ford and even with a broken tie rod, Todd Wyllie did all the driving in his Chevrolet, but had to get a new passenger when the first became ill. He added oil,. and finished the get to the finish line. finished second in Class 4100. Cook in second place, 12 minutes " behind them. Tim Hayosh and Kurt Puhl; who switched from rac-ing 5-1600 to race in this class, ran third, tied with Jim and James Hunt. Hayosh, racing in this grpup for the very first time, ran out of gas in the infield short-course near the main pit, and lost some time getting going again. On the second lap Gyner had the lead most of the way through the loop, with Hayosh and Puhl in second place. But then Gyner had what he called "major, major elec-trical problems" and Hayosh moved to the front to take the win. Bill and Robert Frey were second in this group reporting that they'd broken a track bar and a tie rod. In third it was Gyner and Ganzer, followed in by Jim and James Hunt who said they'd had no problems, but found the course "rough and dusty." They Marc Stein and Mike Mccomas shared driving in their Ford and took the win in the big· SUV class, 4100, by nearly an hour. were the last finishers. The Class 7 300 cars were next, with nine entries, seven Fords, one Nissan, one Toyota. This is essen-tially the same as SCORE's Stock Mini class. The first lap lead be-longed to Kreg Donahoe, in the Toyota, with a lead of three min-utes on Eric Tapley in one of the Fords. In third place it was Aaron Dixon, another Ford, this one a new truck. Dixon had already had a loose wire on the ignition and just before the end of the lap he'd lost a nut on a tie rod. John Baker, one of the Fords, had led a good part of the way, but broke before complet-ing the lap. On the second lap the Dixon truck went into the lead, with brother Ian now at the wheel. Tapley ran second, about three minutes behind him and Donahoe was third a half hour later. Dixon had a bad moment or two when he lost that pesky tie rod again, this time because of a sheared bolt. But repairs were quick. Ron Isaacson, in the lone Nissan, disappeared on Barrie Thompson called the Parker race an "epic~ found it tougher than he was used to, but had a good time and won the JeepSpeed Pro division by nearly an hour. John Webster and Eric Tapley were stuck for a while in their Ford, but said it was the "first time we didn't have to work on the truck. • They took the Class 7300 win. Dusty Times this lap, and so did Shane McFall and Carl Fitts, both in Fords and Rob MacCachren, Ford, who'd bro-ken something, replaced it and bro-ken again. Into the third lap John Webster, who took over for Tapley, and Aaron Dixon, who was back at the wheel, were tied to the mi.nute about a third of the way through the lap. But Webster's day was just a bit better than Dixon's. He got stuck once and had to dig out, then went on to take the victory. Dixon had to spend time·repair-ing a leaf spring hanger. They fin-ished second, just 18 i;ninutes off the winning time. In third it was Lance Magin, who's been a long time getting to the finish line in his Ford. He reported that he'd lost his batteries, and had driven by the light of a Mini Mag flash-light for a while, trying to conserve them. Donahoe, who shared the driving with Dylan Evans and Tim Serviss, had motor mount and shock tower problems and had to keep adding coolant, but got to the finish in fourth place. He was the final finisher in this group. The small SUVs (Class 3100) went off the line next, with three entries. Scott Douglas put his Ford into the early lead and stayed there. He was chased by Mike Falkosky, in another Ford, and John Holmes, in still another Ford. Douglas had a perfect day, with no problems at all, and finished with the win. He said, "That's a long time for this little truck!" He won by about 50 minutes. Falkosky had a good day also, but said it "got dark too early". Then he lost his headlights and had to use his top lights, which had to be adjusted before he could see well. He took second place and was the final finisher in the class. Holmes ran third all the way, lost about two hours on the second lap, but kept coming, only to fade away in the very last section and not get to the finish. There was only one Sportsman 5-1600 car, driven by the team of Dane Crawford and Mike Byrd. They were locals, from Lake April 2004 day as second in Class 8000. John Swift and his son Jonathan, age 15, shared the driving in their Class 3000 Ford, and took the win. Jonathan's still driving with a Learner's Permit, but he had no trouble at all. Havasu and Parker, and did their required two laps in 6:53:05, say-ing that although it was "pretty rough in some areas" they'd had no problems and no flat tires, and in fact, had a "great time." There were five Sportsman buggies starting at the end of the pack, and one of them was Bruce Fraley, obviously entered as a chase vehicle for MacCachren. He did one long lap, most of the time probably spent trying to help Mac, then parked it. The Hunt broth-ers, from the Protruck class had an entry also, but it didn't do a lap, nor did Peter Claas or Keith Moore. But Boti Steinberger, more usually known as "The Weather-man", had his good looking Kreger four-seater entered, and he was there to finish. His son, Scott, was predicting that he'd overdrive and break something. And Bob was worried that someone in a big fast Call for special on HID's, deat other quality Hel vehicle might bump him and scratch his powder coat, but he was determined to finish. And finish he did. They were required to do only two laps. Steinberger said he was stuck on a berm for about an hour, and also reported that he'd lost his transmission for about a half ·hour, but it mysteriously came back. So he took the win, and was the only car in the class to finish. The BITD heads back to Ne-vada for their second race of the season, the April 23-25 Terrible's Town, which is always well liked, situated as it is right in the Ter-·rible Herbst's parking lot. It's an easy race to watch, or chase, with access easy to find off the high-way. And with both start and fin-ish right there in the parking lot, no one· has to go very far from their creature comforts while they wait for their favorites to come back home. ~ Page 15

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53RD UDDEHOLM SWEDISH RALLY 2004 Half century Of Tradition comes To An End By Martin Holmes Photos: Maurice Selden Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena show their winning form as they literally fly their Citroen Xsara to the overall win at the Swedish Rally. Over 50 years of tradition came to an end at the Swedish Rally! Finally a non-Scandina-vian driver has won the event, considered the most specialised in the world championship. It was a measured win. Sebastien Loeb held his place behind Markko Martin until the Ford driver made an error, cut a corner, touched a stone and wrecked his suspension. Martin fell back and finished seventh. Marcus Gran-holm had a rally full of adven-tures and brought the 307 into second place, while surprise drive of the event went to Ford's guest nominated driver Janne Tuohino, on his first works Rally, who finished fourth overall. Cit-rcen and Loeb hear their respec-tive categories in the champion-ship. The first PCWRC round of the season led to a walkaway win for Jani Paasonen, a large num-ber of top drivers spent time off the road. Despite the reduced range of team entries, four manu-facturers took turns to make fast-est times on stages and each of the top four placings went to a different team. Sebastien took it well in his stride. Following his win two weeks earlier at Monte Carlo, he joked "Winning a non-asphalt event was important to me. Actually I would be happy if studs were allowed in all the championship events, they seem to help me do well!" Breaking over a half century of tradition seemed to have passed the Frenchman by. Externally it seemed to be business as usual in Sweden. The route was familiar with very few, and then only minor changes since last year, but it was as magi-cal as ever. Once again the re-markable record in which no non-Scandinavian drivers had won the event remained. Everyone was friendly and calm but, be-neath the surface, it was to be a momentous event, the very last world championship event before the new alternative-format-rules (Mille Pisies or "2 + 3 ") came into force. It was the last of the six day rallies before the five day for-mat starts in Mexico, the last time there would always be set-time servicing before flexiservice be-comes mandatory. It was the first time under current rules that gravel note crews were banned. On another front Christina Lundqvist became only the sec-ond l~dy in current world cham-pionship rallying to be given the position of Clerk of the Course, while her colleague, Bertii Klarin, the erstwhile CofC, be-came the event's General Man-ager. Peugeot had to be favourites, having won this event for the past four years and having led in Monte Carlo before technical trouble slowed them. They had also won on the two occasions in which thev had been present in Sweden ( 1985 and 1986) with the 205 Turbo 16. Subaru were expecting this to be the final ap-pearance of the 2003 Impreza, before the 2004 model makes its appearance in Mexico. At Ford there was a change to their sec-ond driver, on this occasion Janne. Tuohino being their points scorer alongside Markko Martin rather than Francois Duval (who ·was run for experience in a third car). Mitsubishi this time put Kristian Sohlberg into their sec-ond car (Gianluigi Galli and Daniel Sola were both compet-ing in the PCWRC, this time with Group N cars), but otherwise the ten car world championship en-try was similar to last mc:mth at the Mediterranean. Once again this event was the opening round of the FIA's Production Car championship. Numbers of regis-tered drivers were down on last year but the high quality re-mained. Nine (which means half) of the entries had been en-gaged in the series before, four Also a high Pyer, Marcus Granholm and Timo Rautiainen were second overall in their Peugeot 307, 47 seconds in arrears. drivers in both previous seasons. world champion Petter Solberg's What was impressive was the co-driver, said "it is crazy that we number of non-championship can only cover the two passes in entries, including various JWRC daylight if we drive fast on the competitors (like J ari-Matti open roads and non stop all day." Latvala Per-Gunnar Andersson, General opinion about Stages 3/ Kos ti Katajamaki, M irco 4, at the north end of the route, Baldacci and G.uerlain Chicent) was that this stage was absurdly who had Group N cars for this fast. For 30 kilometres or so it was event, just to gain experience. flat-out in top gear. Only the Jan Villa had the first 2003 Focus twisty section towards the end of WRC to be sold. the stage slowed' the cars down. Sweden is nothing without its Mattias Ekstrom arrived at the extreme weather conditions, so Ceremonial Start with a novel it was alarming to find heavy rain publicity gimmick on the roof of falling in Karlstad on the first day his Evo VII - a Thule roof-rack of recce. Fortunately, there had box! It disappeared when the rally been periods of cold earlier in the began in earnest. winter, so that warm weather and Two rule changes were in the rain would not destroy the tracks mind. Firstly the rule limiting the when recceing started. The tern-number of tyres that could be perature levels were critical. Mid- used during the event. It was day on Wednesday in Hagsfors, generally conceded that this was the epicentre of the event, saw a soft introduction to what will plus five degrees and sunshine, become a very hard rule, on ac-the stages still in prime condition, count of firstly there being nine but how many days of plus de-tyre changing points on the grees would it take before the event, so that each car could use stages dissolved into mud and 90 tyres. Also that there were slush? relatively few alternative tyres If Peugeot were the favourite available for the teams. Secondly manufacturers, how much more the new complete ban on gravel Marcus Granholm the favourite note crews. Before the rally Peu-driver! Of all ten manufacturers' geot competition chief, Corrado entries, only Granholm-had ever Provera, stated emphatically that won this event before, which he their team would honour the ban has done three times. There was (which he described as a another famous veteran on the "gentleman's agreement", on ac-lists, this was seven times Swed-count of the_loose power of en-ish rally winner Stig Blomqvist, forcement) and he hoped the this year not entered in any FIA other teams would do the same. championship, and listed among The goal posts for the rule were the amateur drivers, between the moving however. Was nobody Touring Car racer Mattias allowed to give information, or Ekstrom and the JWRC driver was the limit only to drive along Per-Gunnar Andersson. the stage? What about metro Two British co-drivers, Phil crews standing near the stages? Mills and David Senior, were on This was another rather loosely tenterhooks with the prospect of worded rule which was causing births to their families: The Sun-headaches and uncertainties. day before the event Phil became After defying the FIA's ban on the father of a boy while David placing the names of co-drivers continued to await news. Like at on the sides of the competition Monte Carlo, reconnaissance cars, Subaru finally complied and again was a tight affair. Phil Mills, took away the names of Mills and Lehtinen for this event. Jani Paasonen and Sirka Rautiainen were the PCWRC winners, their Mitsubishi Looking like a snowplow, the Subaru lmpreza of Petter Solberg and Philip Mills Shakedown took place, for the final time, on a Thursday morning on a track which started snowy but which deteriorated to gravel. Petter Solberg only had the chance to make three runs before he was involved in a street accident with.a spectating driver said to be Belgian. "Fortunately the damage was limited to a bent wing, and thankfully again we had our in-car camera running so the police could see exactly what happened! In addition to the bent wing, however, the sus-pension was also broken, maybe caused when he swerved off the road after the collision. The three runs were enough for Solberg to make fastest time, 0.2 seconds Lancer Evo VII drifting through the snow. _fin_is_h_ed_ t_h_ird_o_ve_r._c1t._i_in_S_wi_ede_ n_. _________ ______ _ Page 16 . April 2004 Dusty Times

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Janne Tuohino and Jukka Aho drove their good looking ford Focus Blending with the snow the Subaru lmpreza WRX of Alister McRae Carlos Sainz-corners hard before a very appreciative crowd, he was fifth overall in his Citroen Xsara. to a nice fourth overall-at the Swedish Rally. and David Senior ran to second place in PCWRC. ahead of Marcus Gronholm (who spun on Stage 2, both Martin and normally I do not look out of the was celebrating his 36th birth-Francois Cu val, stalled at the car at all. It's my way of handling day). Two drivers were equal startofStage2.Solbergwasfifth thestress!" third, just a second slower, Car-on Stage 1 but spun oi:i. Stage 2 · It was a dramatic day, not the los Sainz and Daniel Carlsson in and dropped back two places. At least the matter of a helicopter the semi-works Bozian team the bottom of the manufactur-which made a forced landing on 206WRC. Carlsson's Bozian ers' cars were Mitsubishi. On the a frozen lake, only to discover teammate Henning Solberg was first stage Gilles Panizzi was took late the lake was not fro-only a tenth slower, but was in quicker than his Scandinavian zen. The helicopter dropped out fifth place! At the PCWRC teammate Kristian Sohlberg, who of.sight below the waters and the Shakedown Manfred Stohl rolled spun. The Finn then locked up occupants had to swim to safely. his OMV team Mitsubishi. "My his brakes on Stage 2 and went Stage 4 was a repeat of the' poor people are going to work all · off the road losing four minutes long Stage 3, and was to be the night, and I am not sure even and dropped to 63rd place. The first real test as to whether the then we will be allowed to carry Frenchman was himself going ban on gravel note crews actu-on. It was unfortunate. They did cautiously. "The car is not stable, ally mattered. There was debate not allow us to recce the Shake-it moves around too much, and I as to what extent the surfaces down test beforehand, but actu-cannot hold the car when we are would degrade. In fact, the roads ally that did not cause the crash." going flat out." Tobias Johansson were a little more damaged than The Stewards allowed them to lost five minutes in a snow bank expected, but not desperately so. qualify as starters (a champion-and partly blocked the road. His The weather getting warmer, by • ship requirement) by walking fellow Ford-driving-Swede evening it was raining quite hard. across the start time ramp, which Andreas Eriksson cut a comer to Drivers reckoned the conditions they duly did ... then another avoid hitting the other car, and in other respects were ideal, hard story ... Another pre-rally panic suffered a puncture. On Stage 3 icy surface, and every slight de-came for the Arai team, when· (the first of the two long stages feet seemed to adopt undue im-their Subaru engine exploded of the day) Gronholm lost his portance. Prospects for the rest while the car was being driven power steering and dropped of the rally began to look very on a normal highway, after nearly a minute to Martin who poor. Petter Solberg was up to scrutineering. The ·panic was took the lead. Gronholm's prob- third place. Sainz felt his Citroen where to find a replacement en-lem came at around half dis- lacked traction on Stage 4 and gine, and finally their fellow STI-tance, so at first it did not slow he dropped 15.5 seconds to team-supported team Top Run parted the driver too much, until the mate Loeb, which dropped Car-with their spare. twistier final stretches. This 52km los to fourth. Loeb rose to second Leg 1 stage was incredibly fast for more - after Stage 3. Mikko Hirvonen Marcus Gronholm started off than half its distance, cars being dropped back behind Marcus full of vigo1:1r, for the second rally driven flat out always in ·top gear. Gronholm ("Many problems, not running taking the lead on the Martin's average speed was helped by iced-up tyre valves, so opening stage in his Peugeot 127kph, which included a series we could not pressure the tyres 307WRC. Carlos Sainz, desper-· of sharp comers at the finish correctly"). Sainz confirmed the ate not to finish his career with-around a motocross course. These greater amount of gravel. "We out at least one Swedish Rally moments are one reason why co- fitted tyres with studs longer than _ win, was quick to take up the driver Michael Park is happy. to we required, which meant many challenge. Sebastien Loeb started sit so low in the car: "I can never studs snapped off on the gravel." fastinthirdplacebutslippedbe-see anything closer than about Mitsubishi were in trouble. hind Markko Martin when he 100 metres in front of the car, but Panizzi had already mentioned t that the gearbox seemed noisy, Stage 2. Marcos Ligato started in not it failed on the stage alto-second but in the second stage gether. Then Kristian Sohl berg lost the hydraulics of his differ-hit a snowbank and stopped to ential and fell back behind Toshi clear away the snow imbedded Arai and Gianluigi Galli. Several in the front of the car, then the crews were working together for turbo boost pressure failed, near the first time (for example Sola/ the end of the stage, and re-Amigo, Paasonen/Rautianen) mained that way through the fi-while Arabian Middle East cham-nal stage of the day, a superspe-pion Nasser Al-Attiyah was dis- • cial at Hagsfors. The turbo prob- covering the delights of speed in lem was a detached pipe, soon winter! Galli felt the engine repaired. He ended the d~y in lacked response. While the local 35th position overall. Martin fin-drivers made a good start, ished the day with a lead of 23.3 Paasonen was lying fifth in Group seconds, over Loeb, "A bigger gap N after the first stage, but on the than I would have expected," second stage Paasonen was fast-which confirmed that there had est overall and started to catch been more gravel on the long re- up. Mitsubishis were proving sut-run stage than predicted. The prisingly dominant over Subaru. consensus about the missing The leading Group N car was the gravel note crews? Same for ev-non-championship entry of eryone, was the general opinion. Mattias Ekstrom who was gradu-Solberg was buoyant as usual, ally caught by the-championship "It's been a public holiday for car of Paasonen. All 17 crews Norway. Everyone seems to have were still running even after the escaped to Sweden to watch the long Stage 3. Alister McRae was rally! They know J have never gaining confidence in his Suba-done well here before, and feel ru and rose to second place in the they can help." championship category, albeit a In PCWRC, the day started half minute behind Paasonen. dramatically when the Galli dropped time with an en-Scrutineers examined the re-gine response problem on the paired OMV Mitsubishi of Man-stage which made him a fa-fred Stohl. They noticed the· mously notorious driver two years damaged roll cage and declared previously, on account of the ii-it unsafe to continue. There was legal recce scandal. There were news in Alister McRae's camp, two important retirements in the David Senior had overnight be-non-championship category: come the father of a baby girl! Jukka Ketomaki, winner of the .There were 18 official starters, Arctic Rally (one week previ-dropping to 17 when Stohl with- ously) with driveshaft failure, drew. Jani Paasonen took an im- while Jari-Matti Latvala's Suba-mediate lead, holding this even ru had an engine failu·re. 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Tomasz Kuchar and Maciej Wodniak drove their Mitsubishi Lancer Markko Martin and Michael Park get up in the air in the arctic night, Karamjat Singh and Allen Oh Mal drove their Proton Pert to a not too good 10th overall at the Swedish Rally . . Evo VII to a decent f01Jrth placp in PCWRC. they were seventh overall in their Ford Focus. subishi was McRae's Impreza. Bozian 206WRC driver Daniel only" myth (does Martin count as The Top Run team finally Carlsson had the two rear shock Scandinavian?) and knew that solved Ligato's transmission prob- absorbers collapse, right at the avoiding mistakes was now para-lem, it was a broken cable. Marcos start of Stage 6. It was a strange mount. Peugeot were looking for had a couple of small delays on coincidence, as both had new ways t9 re-set the suspension to the two remaining stages but was shock absorbers fitted at service avoid performance loss, when the looking forward to the next two the night before. Of the privateer studs begari to fail. Petter Solberg days. "Finally the car is good, to- Focus drivers, Andreas Eriksson had two bad stages, firstly with a morrow we start properly!" In the spun, Jari Villa went off three spin then damaging the suspen-non-championship Group N cat-times while front runner Tobias sion when he touched a rock. Loix egory, Mattias Ekstrom fought Johansson suffered the most from was still suffering with a misfire. back from his delay on Stage 3, the unploughed Stage 6 and was T.wo more stages to go. Gronholm "It was my fault, we put too much over a minute slower than the was 26 seconds behind Loeb and air in the tyres." He got back in later runners. "It wasn't just the planned to make his grand attack front of Jani Paasonen, but only problem of th_e loose snow, it was and claim yet another Scandina-after a discussion with the local that you could not tell what was vian victory. It seemed a good police about the legal speed lim-beneath, whether it was hard idea until he slid off the road and its for dri~ing in built up areas. packed snow or ice." smashed the front of his car. He Paasonen won the PCWRC cat-On the second group of stages finished the stage with his car in egory on every stage of the day, Martin held his advantage despitt a shocking state losing only a despite a transmission problem. stalling on the start line of Stage quarter minute to Loeb, but still "It turns right far more easily than 8 and having a bad rhythm on 9. holding second place. Loix mean-it turns left. A whole lot of lights Loeb admitted some small errors while had gone, the engine failed, are flashing, so maybe something on Stage 8. Sainz had two disas-but whether this was s throwback is wrong." The team discovered ters, firstly he touched a snow- to the misfiring nobody immedi-the differential hydraulic pressure bank on a straight stretch of road, ately knew. On the final stage of was fluctuating, and were bleed-which flicked snow on to the the day, the superspecial at ing the system at every opportu-windscreen which instantly froze Hagfors, Gronholm was still run-nity. Alister McRae was going and which the "wipers could not ning in his damaged car. He main-well, despite the tyres overheat-dislodge. He stopped to scrape it tained his second place, dropping ing on Stage 4, but within ten sec- away, and when he got going only a further .2 seconds to Loeb. onds were Gianluigi Galli (his en- again he found Hirvonen just re-Paasonen still led PCWRC, gine response trouble continuing} gaining the road, swerved to avoid even though the OMV team was and Toshi Arai. Karamjit Singh the Subaru and stalled the en- having to bleed the differential struggled·with constant under-gine. Gronholm found the.car had hydraulics all the time, then he steering, while on Stage 4 Mark a strange ·sensation when he had overheatipg. "I don't like Higgins went over a crest flat out slowed in the last few sectors of looking at instruments, they tell and clipped a bank which spun the stages. This was a strange me bad things. I saw 1.10 degrees, him round 360 degrees, happily he stage for cars going off the road. and d.id not like to look any remained on the road, though he Hirvonen lost over six minutes more." Higgins went into the dropped two places down to sev-when there were only three spec- S'nowbanks on both sides of the enth. Not going happily was Stig tators able to help him get going. road but survived. Singh Blomqvist, on his 38th Swedish "The car was stuck with the struggled on, "We will really Rally. Stanislav Griazine went off wheels helplessly spinning." Duval have to test this car before we the ro·ad and retired. All 17 lost 40 minutes off the road, ar- rally it again," and also had a PCWRC starters were stiU run-riving at service only two minutes slow puncture. Al-Attiyah was ning, 62 cars altogether. before he wpuld have been ex-gradually improving, "I have Leg 2 eluded from the event. "We just never driven on snow before" but As soon as it was daylight, there understeered off the road straight by mid morning he was nearly in was quite a different scene. White into a snowbank." Carlsson lost the points zone. Arai got up to snow covered the ground. The two minutes when he touched a third, in front of Galli, when the organisers gave warnings that snowbank and his car was trapped. Italian had power steering trouble many of the car parks were still "Most of our time loss was due to and ·went off the road. Ligato snowbound, up to 20cm of snow waiting for spectators to arrive!" made third fastest PCWRC time being reported. The organisers Loix's battered car was working on Stage 3, then his horrible rally were evidently caught by surprise, fine until it developed a misfire. ended on Stage '] when the .as they did not have time to Petter Solberg fitted snow tyres Subaru's gearbox failed and he plough Stage 6 and only ploughed but these were neither worse nor was stran~ed on the stage. Arai one width's worth of track over better than the usual ice tyres. lost time off the road. "We had Stage 7. The top 15 cars were, as After Stage 10, Martin's lead snow on the windscreen, where usual, in reverse seeded order, so had shrunk to 22.4 seconds, but it it froze and the wiper could not th~ first four cars were all priva- was all under control, but not for move it. The next moment I was teer Fords, then came the. two much longer. A short way into also off the road!" Higgins then semi-works 206WRCs, before the Stage 11 he slid wide and hit a had his final error of the rally,.off top nine remaining works cars. rock which damaged the suspen-the road for good. "We went off Gronholm was in fine form, mak- sion and the rear differential, and into a snowbank, with only a tree ing fastest time on the first three in a. flash Loeb was leading the to stop us going too far. Unfortu-stages of the day. Martin was sur- . tally. Martin finished the stage in nately there were only five spec-prised how much snow had fallen. ninth place, and still there was ta tors anywhere near, and we World Champion Solberg went off the problem to carry out repairs. could not continue." Sebastian the road on the first stage and lost M-Sport people did well to keep Vollak hit snowbanks twice and 40 seconds or so while spectators him from losing more time. Gron- had snowdust stick on his screen pushed his car out. Freddy Loix holm was up to second, 26.2 sec-as well. Galli still had_ his response arrived with the front of his Peu-onds behind the Frenchman. trouble. Arai incurred a 20 sec-geot smashed and snow stills tuck Janne Tuohino was third, another ond penalty for delay when a in the front grills. "We hit a snow 48.9 seconds further back. Loeb power steering pipe had to be re-l bank and it spun us round." foundhimselfleadingyetanother placed.Onthetwofinalstages Henning Solberg had seized rear world championship rally, in line of the day, Paasonen's engine shock absorbers, then fellow to smash the "Scandinavians' was still overheating: "It's now Pag.e 18 April 2004 up to 112 degrees!" Singh went road, Villa's 2003 car, retired. off the road for nearly a minute, The battles anticipated for the "The differential is playing up, day were for fourth place, be-its on and off all the time, mak-tween Tuohino and Sainz (0.8 ing it very difficulno drive." He seconds overnight). Gronholm got back-on the road just in front started the day 40.2 seconds be-of Arai; who sufferetl Singh's hind Loeb, but on the first stage snowdust for the rest of the stage. of the day Gronholm spun once Tomasz Kuchar lost all his lights again. The Finn held his second on Stage 12 (run in half-light}, place, but he was now 72.4 sec-then the gear selectors failed and onds behind. Tyre choices were his car was stuck in third. 15 cars the topic, ice tyres were gener-were still active in PCWRC, a .ally agreed, once again to be the remarkable statistic! Georgi best. Duval had a misfire on Stage Geradzhiev had gear linkage 14, which cleared itself, then on trouble, struggling with only third the first corner of Stage 18 he and fifth gears operational. The went off the road again. The battle Swedish Group N drivers (who for fourth place was gathering did not have a regulatory limit momentum. For the next four on the number of tyres they stages the gap was never greater could use) were unbeatable, than 1.6 seconds with the two holding the top four places in drivers lying on Stage 1 7, then front of Paasonen's PCWRC en- Carlos fell back with overheating try. Local interests began to get which led to loss of oil pressure. aroused in the non-championship Duval reached the end of the last Group N field. Mattias Ekstrom stage in 45th out of 50 runners, was not only beating the PCWRC but the entry was then withdrawn cars but his Pirelli-shod Mitsubi- and the car did not go to the fin-shi was ahead of the Michelin- ish so only 49 were classified. tyred official Mitsubishi cars. In PCWRC, all remaining 15 That meant war! What was even drivers were still going strong. more embarrassing was that a Trivino went into a snow bank Touring Car driver on his only and arrived at the finish with annual major rally was in front. snow embedded everywhere. Both Ekstrom and the Mitsubishi Next into the snowbank was 'drivers Kenneth Backlund and Singh on the penultimate stage, Stig-Olov Walfridsson were each he lost 13 minutes and fell out of supplied with far superior devel-the points to 10th place. Then opment tyres which they had Xavier Pons stopped on the pen-previously been told did not ex-ultimate stage for even longer ist! No such gifts for the PCWRC and eventually got going again. drivers. Their tyres had to be For Singh this was a disaster at marked before the start. It was the end of a difficult rally with interesting that of the 16 entered the new Proton Part VII, which PCWRC drivers, 12 ran Pirellis had not been tested at all before and six Michelins.' When Fumio the event. Paasonen reached the Nutahara starts his challenge in finish having to keep adding wa-Mexico, there will be a Yoko-ter to the car. hama-shod car as well. Loeb was bemused, almost as if Leg 3 he had not appreciated the enor-More snow fell overnight and mity_of his achievement. For Cit-the day promised to be a Swedish ·roen the pattern is becoming very Rally classic. Francois Duval encouraging. The company is very (placed 46th of the 51 cars still reliable, their drivers can win ev-running) had the pleasure of erywhere. "For me the most im-opening the roads, sweeping away portant thing was that I have fi-the loose snow left by the over- · nally won a rally that isn't on night snow ploughs, so now the tarmac," Seba~tien said after the first five cars through the -stages event. "I hope it won't be the only were Fords! Second.car on the one ... !" ~ 53rd Uddeholm 5-dish Rally 618.02.2004 Kal1stad (S) WC round 2 PCWRC l't>ll1d 1 WC points WR WO PC 1 (3) Sebastien LOEB/Oaniel Elena FIMC Citroen Xsara WRC 16DDM92 (F) 3h.26m.17.7s. -10 10 -2 (5) Marcus GRONHOLMfTimo Rautiainen FIN Peugeot 307 WRC 962PRV75 (F) 3h.27m.04.1s. 8 8 3 (1) Petter SOLBERG/Philip Mills N/GB Subaru lmpreza WRC S90WRT (GB) 3h.27m.39.2s. 6 6 4 (8) Jame TUOHINOIJukka Aho FIN Ford Focus RS WRC · R550TH (GB) 3h.27m.59,8s. 5 5 5 (4) Carlos SAINZ/Marc Marti E Citroen Xsara WRC 58CXN78 (F) 3h.28m.44.7s. 4 4 6 (12) Henning Solberg(Cato Menkerud N Peugeot 206 WRC 814NVT75 (N) 3h.30m.35.3s. - · 3 7 (7) Mancko MARTINIMichael Park EEIGB Ford Focus RS WRC EN02UCT (GB) 3h.31m.56.0s. 3 2 8 (14) Daniel Carlsson/Mattias Andersson S Peugeot 206 WRC 9.50NVB75 (F) 3h.32m.08.1s. • 1 9 (2) Mikko HIRVONEN/Jarmo Lehtinen FIN Subaru lmpreza WRC S30WRT(GB) 3h.35m.35.9s. 2 10 (16) Andreas Eriksson/Per Ola Svensson S Ford Focus RS WRC V4FMC (GB) 3h.38m.55.1s. -Dusty Times

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SNORE AVI 2004 Mccac'9ren Wins Again. By John Calvin Photos: Trackside Photo Rob MacCachren had his usual trouble free race, he took the 1600 win on both days and was second overall as well. Todd Jergenson had a good weekend, he took the Class 10 win on both days and was the overall winner at the SNORE Avi race. . The 2004 SNORE season der was reversed for the first five place, Harrah ·was in third, opener was a: howling success. cars. Race 1 was for Heavy Metal, Dafner was in fourth and Pheg-Blessed by great weather and a Mini Metal and Sportsman and ley was a fong fifth after a few good entry, everyone we talked they would run four laps both problems and Gremm had retired to was elated with the weekend. days. Race 2 was Classes 9 and 5-from the •fray. On the final lap Brian Freemal was a lap shy in Saturday's race, led all six laps on Sunday and took SNORE enacted a new format for 1600 and they would run five Monte Tibbetts took tQ.e win, he -th_e_C_ta_s_s_1o_w._z_'n_fa_r_t_'he_wee_ k_e_n_d. ______________ _ this race, ala Laughlin, running laps. Race 3 was for 1/2-1600 only proudly wears the South Dakota was trying to make up time in White took the lead-after the first a short-course once on Saturday and that would be a six lap race. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation fourth place. Tibbetts still held lap on Saturday, Toby Kalkowski and again on Sunday, by groups Race 4 would be for Classes 1 and logo on his vehicle. Rick Harrah the lead after the third lap, Har- was a minute and change behind of selected classes and the com- 10 and that would also be six laps was less than two minutes away rah moved up into the second in second and Tom Giordano was petition was hot and heavy. each day. in second very happy with the spot, Phegley had slipped a bit to a few more seconds back in third. There were 69 cars just panting First off on Saturday was course and his brand new truck, third and Dafner was in fourth. There was no change in position to get out on the short course and ' Heavy Metal and Rick Harrah Adam Dafner came along some Tibbetts took the checkers on on the second lap and on the third give it the ol' college try. This took the immediate lead, Monte four minutes later and John Pheg- Lap 4, still the leader and first lap White still had the lead, course was completely on Indian Tibbetts was right on his tail and ley was about half an hour in ar- overall for the class this week- Kalkowski had disappeared and land, no BLM involvement and, John Phegley was runniqg a rears as he took the fourth spot. end. Harrah was second this day Giordano was in second place. being the format was different, strong third. Greg Becker was in The Heavy Metal race on and was second overall as well, Lap 4 saw only one vehicle take the entrants were eager to get fourth, Eric Gremm was fifth and Sunday saw Monte Tibbetts in less than two minutes in arrears. the checkered flag and that was under way and test the waters. Adam Dafner was sixth. On the the lead after the first lap, Greg John Phegley brought his big or-Jeff White, the only finisher. The course waS1l. bit under 12 second lap Tibbetts too~ the lead, Becker was in the second spot, ange beast in for a third place, Giordano had a full plate, he miles long, lap times would be in although not by much, Harrah John Phegley was in third, Rick third overall. Adam Dafner broke an adjuster, lost the alter-the quarter of an hour bracket was a close second, Becker had Harrah was in fourth and Adam didn't complete his final lap, he nator and broke the steering ad-for the fast cars and the ruts moved up to third, Gremm was Dafner was a long fifth after hav- was fourth in overall standings. juster, that was mended by a would get deeper and deeper in fourth, and Phegley and ing some problems. Tibbetts still Greg Becker, who only got in four Butch Dean pit. with every passing car and Sun-Dafner were busy fighting for the held the lead after the second lap laps all weeke_nd was fifth over-On Sunday, White took-the day could be a problem for some. fifth spot. On Lap 3, Becker took was completed, Phegley was all and Eric Gremm was sixth lead on.the first lap and there he The cars started 30 seconds apart the lead with a super fast lap, hanging on to the second spot, overall. remained to take the win, the and on Sunday, the starting or-Tibbetts was demoted to second Harrah was in third and Dafner In the Mini Metal contest, Jeff overall win as well for Mini r-------------------------------------------------------~ Performance Proven for Desert & Off-Road Use 150 Heavy Duty Sizes to Choose from Detail & Pressure Wash Tanks Marine Holding & Water Tanks Bulk Storage & Waste Tanks R.V. Tanks Quality Products & Friendly S~rvice www.ronco-plastla.com. RONCO PLASTICS, INC. • .714-259-1385 • FAX 714-259-0759 • www.ronco-plastics.com 15022 Parkwav looo, Suite B • Tustin, CA 92780 • CALL, WRITE or FAX Us to Receive a Free Catalor:1 I I I I I I I I I I I ~-------------------------------------------------------~ Page 20 Aprll 2004 -Dusty Times

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Garit Wallace churns up the dust as he heads for a very.decent third Brandon Hughes finished in third place on both days, rolled the car On Saturday, Laine Knecht rolled on the 1st lap, Bob Dziurawiec took overall in the hotly contested 1600 battle. on Saturday and ended up third overall in the Class 9 contest. over, were short a lap Oil Saturday but still took third overall in 5-1600. _ was the Pellessier/Shapley combo Courtney was sixth and Deloe ond, trying to work the front end decent laps and took the overall ones. Gn Saturday Dane taking the overall win, Cox was was the seventh and final fin- bugs out of his truck. Clan& dis- win. MacCachren got in two good Crawford led the first lap, Jasper · a minute and change into sec- isher. appeared on the second lap and laps and called it a day. Overall, Dyer was just a wee bit behind in ond and Wall was another two In Sportsman Truck class, Rob got in a 20 minute lap and Clans took the win and Rob was second, Brent Shermak was run-minutes back. Myers took fourth Pete Clans led the first lap on Sat-the unofficial win for the day. second. ning in third, Mike Ault was overall, Power·s was fifth, urday, Rob MacCachren was sec-On Sunday, Clans got in three The 5-.1600 races were good fourth and Laine Knecht was Page 24 · ■■■I l■■■I l■■I · ■-■■■■ · fifth. There were no changes in position on Laps 2 and 3 but Bob yle Taylo e tf oroe~ own Kevin Davis push th n alter se feel like Mach ~ ba Hr, mid-a , · ghtf orce's HID April 2004 Dziurawiec was in for Laine Knecht, who had rolled on the first lap. On Lap 4, Crawford still led, Shermak moved into second, Ault was in third and Knecht was fourth. Dyer was out. When the checkers flew it was Crawford\ Shermak and Ault who had left second gear somewhere out on the course. Knecht was among the missing. On Sunday, Dyer took the lead on the first lap, Shermak was in second, Crawford was third, Bob Dziurawiec was in for-Knecht was in fourth and Ault was fifth. The second lap was a · repeat of the first and, on the third lap, Dyer still led, Shermak was still in second, Knecht was in third and Crawford was fourth and Ault was on the trailer. There was no position change on the fourth lap and when the checkered flag flew it was Dyer, who had led all the way. Shermal< was second, Crawford was third and Knecht was fourth. The overalls read: Brent Shermak in first, Dana Crawford was in second place, just over a minute in arrears, Laine Knecht was third and Jasper Dyer was fourth. Class 9 had 16 cars ready to race, and race they did. Corey Torres was first to finish Lap l, Kent Graves was second, Glenn Dicton was third, Cody Rash was fourth and Rick Poole was fifth. Andy Kisner was sixth, Tom Mar-tin was seventh, Brandon Hughes .was eighth, Jim Neal came in ninth-and George de Sousa Dias was running 10th. Jer-emy Evans was in 11th place, Ron Rash came across 12th, Steve Johnson was r_unning in 13th place, Clint Braun was in 1_4th and Sid Schickling was 15th. Mike Wichman never crossed the finish line. Torres was still leading after Lap 2, Poole moved up to second ·place, Glenn Dicton was still third, Cody Rash still in fourtli, Evans was up to fifth place, Hughes moved-up to sixth place, in spite of a slight r9ll-over out on the course, Neal was up two spots to seventh and Braun was up six spots to eighth place. Ron Rash was up to ninth place. He ha~ a broken steering 'wheel and navigated with vise-grips for part of a lap. Johnson was 10th and Andy Kisner had dropped to 11th place. On the third lap,•the first five places re-mained the same, Neal was up to sixth place, Hughes had dropped to seventh, Braun was still eighth, Dusty Times

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John Phegley had a bat{ got in his required eight laps, had problems Don Wall had a good race both days, he ran trouble free and finished Cody Freeman races through the dust as he heads to a 3rd place on Saturday, a 5th place on Sunday and that got him 4th overall in 1600. on Saturday, but still hung in for third overall in Heavy Metal. third overall in the Sportsman Buggy class. Ron Rash still in ninth, Johnson Rash was 11th. On the second lap second behind in second, Jeremy remained in 10th place and Cody Rash moved into fourth, Harmon came along five seconds Kisner was still running in 11th Kisner mo.ved into fifth, Braun later, in third place, Garit place. On the fourth lap it was dropped to sixth. and seventh Wallace was fourth and Brian still Torres, Poole second and through 11th remained in their Burgess was fifth. Brad Inch was · Dicton was third. Evans was respective positions. On Lap 3 the in sixth place, Russ Winkler was fourth, Neal was fifth, Cody top four remained in place. seventh, Paul Bailey was.eighth, Rash was sixth, Hughes was sev-Kisner moved into fifth, Braun Rob MacCachren was in ninth enth and Braun was eighth. remained in sixth, Martin was and Mike Duenas was 10th. Day Ninth was Ron Rash, Johnson still seventh, Johnson moved up to Gang was in 11th place, Chad in 10th thanks to a couple of flat eighth, Dias moved up to ninth Shupp and Corey Goin were tied tires and Kisner was 11th. On the and Ron Rash was 10th. On Lap in the 12th spot, Rusty Stewart , last lap the ranks had thinned a 4 no positions changed. On the was 14th,_Chaz Sutton was 15th bit. Rick Poole took the check-fifth and final lap, nothing much and Nie Lyon was 16th. There ers for the win, Corey Torres was changed. Torres took the Class 9 were a few changes on the sec-a minute and a half behind, he win, Poole was second, third went ond lap. MacCachren and Haw-did have a flat to contend with, to Hughes. Cody Rash was fourth, ley were in a dead heat for first Jim Neal was third, five minutes Kisner was fifth, Dias was sixth, place, Harmon was still in third, in arrears, Brandon Hughes was Ron Rash was seventh and Tom Inch was up to fourth, Winkler fourth, Cody Rash was fifth and Martin was eighth. In the overall was in fifth and Cqdy Freeman Ron Rash was the sixth and final standings, it was Rick Poole tak- was sixth. Day Gang moved up finisher. ing the Class 9 win, Corey Torres to seventh place, Duenas was · The ranks were a lot thinner was 27 seconds back in second eighth, Wallace was in ninth and Shupp was in 10th. Goin was run-enth place, Shupp was in eighth, ning 11th, Burgess had dropped - Gang was up to ninth in spite of a way down to 12th, Sutton was lay-it-on-it's-side episode just be-13th, Lyon was in 14th and Bailey fore the start/finish and Harmon was 15th. On Lap 3, MacCach-had fallen to 10th place. 11th ren took the lead and he retained place belonged to Duenas, Sut-it through the race. Aaron Haw-ton was in 12th, Lyon was 13th ley dropped into §econd spot, and Goin was in 14th, he had Harmon was stuck in fifth. Free- stopped to help anothercompeti-man was still in sixth, Wallace tor dig his car out. On Lap 5, the was up two spots to seventh, Bur- first eight places remained the gess was up four spots to eighth, same. Harmon had moved up a Shupp was ninth and Goin was spot into ninth, Gang dropped a 10th. Gang dropped to 11th with spot to 10th and 11th through a little miscue near the start/fin-14th were the same as last lap. ish line, Duenas dropped four MacCachren took the checkers spots to 12th, Sutton was 13th and on the final lap after a trouble Lyon was still in 14th place. Lap free run, with more than five 4 still had Rob in first, Aaron sec-minutes in hand. Second place ond, Inch had moved up to third, went to Brad Inch, third was Winkler was fourth, ·Freeman Cody freeman, Garit Wallace was fifth and Burgess had moved was in fourth place and Brian up to sixth. Wallace was in sev-Continued on page 26 on Sunday but the racing was just -place and Brandon Hughes was as good. Corey Torres led again third. Cody Rash was fourth, on the first lap and this time he brother Ron was fifth and Andy stayed right there for the entire Kisner was sixth. Clint Braun was race and happily took the check-seventh, Steve Johnson was ers. Rick Poole was second all the eighth, de Sousa Diaz was ninth Tfte Blfferencel way and Brandon Hughes ran and Jim Neal was 10th. third for his five laps. Clint Braun There were 16 Class 1600 cars was fourth on Lap 1, Cody Rash ready to go and there was defi-was fifth, Andy Kisner was sixth, nitely some great racing in the Tom Martin was seventh and Jim ranks as both days progressed. At Neal was eighth. Ninth spot went the end of the first lap on Satur-to Steve Johnson, George de day it was Aaron Hawley in the Sousa Dias was 10th and Ron lead. Cody Freeman was just one Monte Tibbets took second place in Heavy Metal on Saturday, won on Sunday and that gave him the overall win in class. Jeff White was the Mini Metal winner on both days of racing, ran trouble free and was the class overall winner. Dusty Times 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 bar for precise front/rear pressure ratios.Standard pedal length is 10.25". (5.2 to 1 ratio) CNC-2045D Steel Pedal, Short or Tall M/C Floor Mount. 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Cody Rash was 4th on SaturdilY, 4th again on Sunday and, guess Chad Shupp was sixth in Saturday's race, fifth in the Sunday fracas Ron Rash steered with vise-grips for a while but when the weekend where he finished overall in Class 9? 4th overall. and that gave him fifth overall in the 1600 contest. was over he was in the fifth ovef1J/I spot in Class 9. Burgess was in fifth after laying was into fourth and Wa'l'la_c_e_w--'a=-s-•l-ey_ m_o_v_e_d' u_p_ a_s_p_o-:-t-:-t-o'l""'i2""t'h_a_n_dr--.====~~==========================; the car on it's side in the out-fifth. Cody Freeman dropped to Lyon was 13th. On the fifth lap back. Chad Shupp finished sixth, sixth, Hawley was way off the the top three remained the Jeremy Harmon ended up in sev-pace in seventh, Goin dropped a same, Wallace was up to fourth, enth, fighting a flat tire, Aaron spot to eighth, Shupp was in Goin dropped to fifth, Harmon Hawley dropped six places to ninth and Bailey was 10th. 11th picked up three spots to sixth, eighth, compliments of a loose spot was held by Duenas, Sut-Freeman was still seventh, Bailey coil wire and a flat half a mile ton was in 12th, Lyon was 13th was eighth, ninth was Duenas from the finish. Day Gang fin- · and Day Gang was an unhappy and Sutton was still 10th. 11th ished an unhappy ninth place, 14th. MacCachren and Harmon through 13th remained the Mike Duenas was 10th he lost still held the first two spots on same. The final, sixth lap saw 2nd and 4th gear and Nie Lyon Lap J, Burgess was now third, MacCachren take the win yet was the 11th and final finisher. Wallace was fourth, Cody Free-again. Burgess was less than On Sunday, there was just as man was fifth, Goin had. moved three minutes behind in second much action in the 1600 race as up to sixth, Shupp was up two place, Wallace was third, Shupp you could expect. Cody Free-spots into seventh, Bailey was in was fourth, Harmon was up to man led the first lap, MacCach-eighth, Duenas was up to ninth fifth and Freeman was in sixth. ren was a few tics behind, Aaron and Sutton was up to 10th. Inch Bailey was seventh, Inch worked Hawley was running third, Brad dropped to 11th after missing a his way up to eighth, Sutton was Inch was fourth and Garit jump and scaring himself to in ninth and Hawley was up to Wallace was fifth. Brian Burgess death, Lyon was in 12th and 10th. Duenas finished in 11th, and Jeremy Harmon were in a Hawley was 13th. Lap 4 had Goin dropped way down to 12th dead tie for sixth, Corey Goin MacCachren still in the lead, and Lyon was the 13th and final was eighth, Chad Shupp was Burgess had moved into second, finisher. When both day's times ninth, Paul Bailey was in 10th Shupp had moved all the way up were combined it was MacCach-and Mike Duenas was 11th. to third, Goin was up to fourth ren taking the overall win, Bur-Chaz Sutton was running 12th, and Wallace was fifth. Bailey gess was sec-ond, Wallace was in Day Gang was 13th and Nie was running sixth, Freeman third. Cody Freeman was.fourth Lyon was 14th. MacCachren dropped to seventh, Duenas was and Shupp was fifth. Jeremy took the lead on the second lap, in eighth, Harmon fell way back Harmon came in sixth, Inch was Harmon jumped into second, to ninth and Sutton remained in .seventh, Hawley was eighth, Inch moved up to third, Burgess l 0th. Inch was still 11th, Haw-Duenas was in ninth and Lyon www.nevadaoffroadbuggy.com CROW . ' I ' • l --~ =---. 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There was no change in position on Laps 2 and 3. On Lap 4, only Jergenson was left and he motored around quite quickly and finished his required six laps in an hour and a half. On Sunday, Jergenson took the lead on the first lap and there he remained throughout the race. Jim Temple was sec-ond and Mike Tieman was third. On Laps 2, 3 and 4 Jergenson continued to lead while Temple nipped at his heels. Temple never finished his fifth lap and Jergenson contin-ued on to take the win and the overall win as well. Temple was second overall, Tieman was third and Gould was fourth. Class 10 saw seven cars go for the win and here's the way it shook out. Saturday Bill Dicton led the first lap, Mike Gaughan, Jr. was second, 10 seconds be-hind, T.J. Flores was in third, Brian Freemal was fourth, Corey Cook was.fifth, Dave Campbell was sixth and Bryan Freeman was seventh in his four seater with-four brav~ souls on board. On Lap 2 Freemal took the lead, Dicton dropped to second, Gaughan was in third, Campbell was in fo,urth, Freeman was fifth and Flores was in sixth after los-ing second gear and his power steering, which he had to stop to fix. Lap 3, Freemal still leading, Gaughan moved into second place, in spite of losing fourth gear at the end of the second lap, Campbell was up to third, Free-man was in fourth and Flores was in fifth. Lap 4, Freemal still lead-ing, Gaughan in second, about three minutes behind, Campbell is in third after getting stuck on a tree for a while and Flores is fourth. Lap 5 and we're down to two competitors, Freemal is lead-ing and Gaughan is less than three minutes back. Final Satur-day lap, guess what Mike Gaugh-an Jr. is the only one left stand-ing and he takes the Class 100 Saturday win. Sunday, last race of the week-end and we're down to six start-ers. Once again, Brian Freemal Billy Shapley/John Pellissier split the driving chores, they were 1st on Saturday, 6th on Sunday, but were the overall Sportsman Buggy winners. Dusty Times

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CODE RACE READY PRODUCTS 275 Ibara .Takes The overall· By]. Preston Bradshaw Photos: Foto-Baja-Mex Juan Carlos Ibarra drove his powerful steed to the Class 1 win at the Race Ready 275, he was first overall as well. · Sergio Gutierrez comes in for a landing as he heads for the Class 1600 win in the CODE Race Ready 275 race. The CODE Race Ready Prod-ucts 275 was held in December 2003 and was well attended. The course ran a serpentine route from Ensenada to San Felipe, both well known cities located in the northern_ section of the Baja peninsula. AT RIGHT: The gold medal in the Class 10 contest went to Javier Robles, seen here at speed on his way to the checkered Rag. Dusty Times reports on the CODE races with regularity, we have a detailed story and lots of pictures to go with it. This race however, something went wrong and we were unable to get a true story of the race, but we do have lots of pictures and we'll do our best to make it an interesting read for those of you who enjoy off road racing south of the border. There were cars,. trucks and motorcycles entered in this event and although we don't do a lot of motorcycle coverage any more, we'll get some of them in this story and pictorial There were 61 motorcycles en-tered, a very nice entry and there were 153 cars and trucks ready to make the under 300 mile trek to the eastern side of the penin-sula. In the car and truck classes it was Juan Carlos Ibarra, from En-senada taking the Class 1 win as well as the overall in his power-ful single seater. Enrique Legaspy, residing in Colonet, was In Class 8, it was Sam Stahl taking the win with ease, seen here in his Ford pickup heading for 12th overall. The Class 5 win went to Joe Heger, he finished an amazing third overall in his good looking and brutally strong car. Page 27 secon ove second in Class 1, he was an hour and a half behind the winner, sixth overall, obviously having The Class 10 win went to Javier Robles, his time of 5:50:31 on the long trek. Javier hails from Continued on page 28 Worldwide benchmark manufacturer of military-specification wiring systems for all motorsport applications MoTeC Engine Management and Data Acquisition Systems Robust 32-bit sequential f1.Jel end spark control systems built ·t o w ithstand -extreme racing ar·-d pre-running . punishment. Turn-key systems available for all popular off-road engin"e packages. Digital display and data acquisition systems for all levels of competition. Engine and chassis dynamometer services available. Sakata MotOl'SPort Electronics, inc 689 s. State College Blvd. Unit K Fullerton, CA Tel: 714-446·9413 Fax: 714·446-9247 www.sakatamotorsport.com April 2004 • Utilizing the finest Raychem System 25 components. the industry standard for all professional racing sanctions. Engineering, assembly, and comprehensive testing performed 100% in-house. Complete harness assemblies and circuit control components are available to suit your budget. .. ,: 19. '-I r-uE r· High-Accuracy Air-Fuel Ratio Meters~ l,.ightweight, stand-alon e syste m w orks with all e n gines a n d alternate f u e ls -carburet ed o r fuel in jected. For the dedicated engine tuner who needs t o know exact;ly what their engine 1s doing. No flashing lights - just the fac t s ... Nail 1t; t;o a number! :-.... <= ...... ---~ __,----~~~<~-=~, rvtCJTCJRSPDRT ELECT,RCJNICS vv~•re making connecc-,ons ... Dusty Times

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Jorge Perez took the win in the Motorcycle safari class, under six First Pro motorcycle, second overall in bikes was Rodolfo tribe, seen hours in total time and first overall in the bike classes. here ·heading for ihe checkered flag. Martin Uzarraga drove his Bud light Bug to a nice win ~n the Sportsman Class 15, he was thir{j overall in sportsman. perial, CA drove the course in less than six hours and he was third overall with his great drive in his i:eally lethal looking car. There were 15 Class l/2-1600's on the starting line and they re-ally had a great race. The class win went to Sergio Gutierrez, Ensenada, Sergio's great time of six and a quarter hours put him fifth overall in this very competi-tive class. Second in 1600 was Jose Soto, Mexicali, he was only 11 minutes out of the class win and was recorded as the seventh over-Mario Salcido drove a good race, he won the Class 7 battle and was listed at 46th Ninth overall and first in 5-1600 was Mario Ledezma who had plenty of lights that . all finisher. Just 10 minutes later came Bill Lawrence, he's from San Vincente his third place fin-ish in 1600 put him eighth over-all. Mexicali and his 10 hour fin-ishing time put his Ford in at 46th overall. overall on the cross peninsula run. he didn't need this race. -----------------------------ABOVE: Class 9 was huge but it was a breeze for Eric Fisher, seen here at speed heading for the Class 9 checkered flag. ABOVE RIGHT: Sergio Duron drove his truck to the Class 7S win, he was listed at 32nd overall in the trans peninsula race. Mexicali. Second in the Class 10 battle was Ricardo Malo, also from Mexicali and Ricardo was fourth overall in the race. Class 8 had seven entrants but it wasn't too much of a battle as Sam Stahl, San Diego, took the win in his Ford pickup, 12th over-all in the race. Second in Class 8 was·Gabriel Arce, he's from En-senada and he really had a ball in his slightly less than new pickup. He was 25th overall. Im.-Eric Solorzano took the win in the crowded Class 11 contest, seen here at speed on his way to a well deserved.victory. There were 14 Class 5-1600 entrants and the win went to Danny Ledezma, he's from Chula Vista and he really drove a great race,. his well lighted Bug fin-ished ninth overall. 10th overall, just one minute and 44 seconds later, along came Daniel Lopez, Ensenada and he was second in class, 10th overall. Jason Gregory, Alpine, CA was third in 5-1600, just 65 seconds out of second place and he was 11th overall. . Fourteen Class 9 cars were ready for battle and when the checkers flew at San Felipe it was Continued on oaoe 30 Mario Gastelum drove a fast race, he beat a dozen good cars to take the Sportsman safari Open Class win, 1st overall in sportsman. Luivan Voelker didn't have a lot of trouble taking the Safari Class Cesar Gutierrez had an easy day, he won the Safari record Class by Ricardo Malo drove his great looking Class 10 car to a nice second win, he had 40 minutes in hand and was 6th overall in Sportsman. 45 minutes and was declared 4th overall in Sportsman. in class, he was listed as the 4th overall finisher. Dusty Times April 2004 Page 28 ...

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..,_. Gabriel Arce drove his ancient Ford to a beautiful second place in class 8, he was 25th overall as well. Seventh overall and second in Class 1600, Jose Soto seen here in the air heading for the checkered flag. Luis Floriano was second across the finish line in the Safari Open class, seen here at speed heading for the flag. Eric Fisher taking the Class 9 win, Eric, from Ensenada made the cross peninsula trek in less than seven hours and was 14th overall as well. Raul Agular was second in Class 9, also from Ensenada, he was 13 minutes out of the class and when the race was over, it win and was 17th overall at the was Sergio Duron, from Mexicali end. Third in Class 9 was Ivan who took the class win, Sergio Gomez, out of Mexicali and 20th was 32nd ovendl with a finishing overall at race end. time of just over eight hours. Sec-There were 14 Class 7S entries ond in Class 7S was Dan Street, he's from San Diego and he was the.37th overall finisher. 10 minutes behind the class There were 20 Class 11 en-leader and was officially re-trarits, and, surprise, surprise, the corded as 34th overall. Third in class winner was Eric Solorzano, 7S was Eduardo Gonzalez, Luc-out of San Diego who led the eme Valley, CA, he was listed as · huge Class 11 pack and was 38th overall in the race. Second in Class 11 was Ramon Hernandez, he's from Ensenada and he had a long ride, finishing over an hour behind the class winner, 45th overall. Third in Class 11, Guill-ermo Ruiz, also from Ensenada, was only 10 minutes out of sec-ond place, 46th overall. There were 13 Class 14 Safari entrants and this always competi-tive class was taken by Mario Gastelum, he's from El Centro, and he was first overall in the Sportsman classes. Luis Floriano was second in the class, Luis, who hails from Tijuana was 19 min-utes out of the class win and was second overall in Sportsman. Javier Candelas, Mexicali was third in class, one hour behind the leader and eighth overall in Sportsman. GET MICROSTUBS! 934 PRO VERSION The·re were 13 entries in the Class 15 Sportsman race and when it was all over, it w·as Mar-tin Lizarraga, from Tijuana tak-ing the gold medal, listed at third overall in Sportsman. Jose Guti-errez, also from Tijuana was sec-ond in class, he was listed at fifth overall in Sportsman. Seventh overall and third in Class 15 Sportsman was juan Guevara, he's from Calexico, listed.at sev-enth overall. There were 11 entrants in th~ Safari class and Luivan Voelker, out of Mexicali came in first in class, sixth overall in Sportsman. Omar Dipp was second in Safari, he's from Mexicali and was listed as ninth overall. Jesus Lopez, Ti-juana, came in third in Safari class and was listed as 18th over-all in Sportsman. Now IN STOCK! Fl SPECIALIST -!1~'$ Fl'...~· c; .;_j,_ 7L EJ!U TUNDRA4WD lONOTRAVEl ~-CO/LOVER & BYPASS SETUP WITH 4V✓D! ~PErformancE ~ U Suspension 99-03 filVERADO COilOVE/l KIT NO M_ORE BALW_91NTSI NEW UN/BALL KIT AVAILABLE/ --·---.--, NI:.. 1:..Ubl:.. ADVANCED SUSPENSION 4WD fUPE/lDUTY lIFTKITf 3" TO 12" AVAILABLE! The. class Safari record was won by Cesar Gutierrez, he's from Ensenada and was listed at fourth overall in Sportsman. Abraham Marquez, also from Ensenada was second in class and he was officially listed at 10th overall. Third in this class was Pedro Athie, he too from Ense-nada was t·hird in class Safari record and was 13th overall. First of the motorcycles to cross the finish line was Jorge Perez, he's from Ensenada, first in Safari class and listed at first ov~rall as well. The second mo-torcycle across the finish line was in the Pro class, it was Rodolfo lribe, he's from Tijuana, he was listed at second overall, less than two minutes out·of the overall win. WE STOCK MORE PARTS THAN ANYONE/ 909. 737.RACE (7223) MajorACc~~~le~ard5 That's it from this reporter, I hope we have shed a bit of light on the Race Ready Products 275. Look for our CODE race reports PEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! 2871 Ragle Way Corona, CA 92879 . ... v,s~ -._ J DISC VER as the season goes on. ~ Dusty Times April 2004 Page 30 11

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· MORE F&L FUELS 400 second Time To Race, ·Nosala Takes overall By Ann DoMldson Photos: Track.side Photo Wayne Nosala drove his good looking car to first in the Class 1 battle, and Wayne was first overall as well at the ·• MORE F&l Fuel 400. Mojave Off Road Enthusiasts (MORE) kicked off the 2004 season -January 31 Lucerne Valley. The F&L Fuels 400 was a 43 mile course with three outlying pits. Pro classes had to complete nine laps with all other classes driving six laps. This was the first Pro 1600 race in the season and brought out quite a few cars to fight for the money Pro 1600 offered. Any race that covers 400 miles, many drivers had back up drivers and co-drivers. There were only a small few that drove or co-drove the en-tire race. These guys "Iron-manned" and deserve a big pat on the back for their stamina. Wayne Nosala, Mike Malloy, and Bill Markel drove the entire nine laps. With Doug Silcock driving his 9 car and Matt Tovery driving his 9 truck the required six-laps. Ryan Radall sat in the right seat the entire race, co-driving for Bryon Ziegler team in their 1600 car. The racers in Class 1, 10 and ma0 Page 32 jority of the Open Baja bugs (Class 5) agreed to race in Class 1, resulting in a larger purse. The day was cold with wind that kept the course dirt free. If you don't already know this, the silt in the- Lucerne Valley is as. common as the fog is in London. Wayne Nosala racing his Class 10 single seat bright blue beam car won overall and Class 1, a blistering five minutes ahead of the next finisher. This was his second time to race this car. His average speed was almost 50 mph with a total time of seven hou·rs and 12 minutes. He encountered loose exhaust collector bolts on Lap 1 and a flat tire on Lap 6 that slowed him down. Otherwise he had a trouble free day and drove the en-tire race. Wayne said "I could not have done this without the help from the CORE Pit Glub, T ransaxle Engi-neering, Fat Performance for all their advice and Tim Baker for being there in case I needed to get out of the car." James Golden just bought last season's SCORE Class 12 champion. His first race with this car he drove five laps and Jason Hatz drove four laps. With three co-driver changes, they finished eight minutes off the pace. Bill Markel with his Penhall open car drove the entire time with two co-driver changes. Car owner, Scott Martin got out after the first lap and Donald Harper got in for the remainder of the race. Bill finished third in Class 1 and thanked FAIR PITS for all their support. Bill does all the prep himself and had no real troubles at this race. John Hayes and Tim Sharp fin-ished four laps in their purple and yellow Open Class 5, Baja bug. Rich-ard Lesher aJ;).d his son, Ryan drove down from Northern California to race their single seat Lothringer. For the first two laps this car smoked the competition with the fastest lap time April 2004 Gerado tribe took the Class 5-1600 win, he ran fast and reliable except for a horrendously long sixth lap. of 55.1 mph. A blown transmission put their car on the trailer. Steve (Ace) Bradford intro-duced the Lesher team to off road. Ace started the race in his older style beam car and suffered a heart at-tack while driving on Lap 3. Ryan Lesher stopped racing and the pit crew from Curt Geer all tried to help Ace. }l'othing could be done. Ace· passed away ·doing what he loved, racing. Ace had been involved in all types of motor S{X)rts from motorcycle racing to dirt track. Usually seen rac-ing the VORRA series in Northern California, ACe will be missed by all who knew him. Class 5 had one entry, the bright orange Baja bug of the Criswell fam-ily. Driving duties were split between John Criswell and Steve Griffen. Steve wanted to thank the Criswell family for letting him drive the car while Tim Criswell is unable to race for awhile. They had some down time with a c. v. joint going out along with the need to weld the trailing arm back together on the last lap. Steve drove the first four laps and the last two with John driving only one. Pro 1600 first race of the four race season had a good finishing rate. Only three cars entered were unable to complete the required nine laps. Mike Malloy in his single seat, brightly painted Lothringer won this class and· second overall. Mike drove the en-tire race solo and had a c.v. boot prob-lem six miles from the finish line. Mike averaged 49.2 mph for the en-tire nine laps and has proven he can win. Dwaine and Rob Walters came Dusty Times

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Dwaine Walters is now running in ½-1600 and he brought his talent Third place in the Class 1 contest went to Bill Markel, seen here Jeff Sack was well on the way to a podium finish in Class 5-1600, with him, he was second in class at the MORE race. slightly in the air in his good looking car. major problems forced him to retire after six laps. in second place 11 minutes behind the leader. Rob drove two laps and had never driven a 1600 car before. His experience has been driving a 9 car. He and Dwaine proved to be a good team with a car that was prepped and had no test time. Brian Burgess in his Porter built two seat with a Fat motor was less than two minutes behind with a third place finish. Brian was racing a 1 Z car and decided to run 1600. He drove five laps and L.J . .Kennedy the last four. They were slowed down by a shifter problem. Watch out because Brian is ready to race as many races as he can with this car. Car #1615 and fourth place was raced by no other than John Kennedy. The first four and a half laps were driven by Jerry Longo. John and Lisa Kennedy drove the last four and a half laps. They prep their own car and said it's been awhile since this car has been torn down. They finished in fourth place in a very competitive class; they must be doing something right. Fifth place went to a team that rolled. Paul Keller lost his roof on the roll, quick encountered no flats but did break thinking along with good teamwork, the steering linkage on their car slow-a cardboard spare tire cover from a ing them down for 15 minutes to re-passenger car was cut out and zip pair it. Finishing in ninth place, Rick, tied for a makeshift r6of. The motor their father was pleased to see them wasn't up to par and they suffered a do so well in his pre-runner. flat on Lap 7. A lap average of 46.4 Tenth place was Jimmy Hook and . mph, this team was in good spirits Cash Vessels in the black single seat and happy with their fifth place fin- car. This team finished just seven ish. Jeremy Creig and Davy Girdner seconds behind the Boyer family. with the help from the CORE pit club Brian Ziegler driving his black two came in sixth. CORE changed two seat car finished in 11th place. Curt front flats that they suffered in a bad. and Bryon Geer were eight minutes place on the course and it took some behind him in 12th and the last to time to drive to a pit. Lorenzo Rod- complete all laps required. They riguez and Brett Mower suffered a broke a wheel off that took some time blown front shock, the loss of their to repair. the first lap and hit a huge hole ar Class 501600 had to drive six laps. speed. The transmission stuck in first The class was won by a slight one gear. He got the car back to the main minute and five seconds on cor-pit and his crew put forth a gallant rected time; showing up at the finish effort to fix the problem. They even line with Gerardo lribe leading and went so far as to pulling the transmis- Guy Savedra right on his tail, liter-sion apart with no luck. Continued on page 34 breaks due to a rear break lines fail-The three drivers that did not fin-ing and one flat. Aside from the prob- ish were, Nick Tidemann, who went lems suffered in the Lucerne silt, they seven laps before calling it a day. brought the car to the finish line in Randy Jones and Brad Inch team seventh. Car #1604 belonged to went five laps. Randy was ·driving Garit Wallace. He rolled at Mile wnenherolledthecar. Theroofwas Marker # 11 but did get the finish smashed and all the oil drained from line in eighth place. Greg Boyer, the motor. A decision to call it a day along with younger brother, Cory, was made 'before motor damage split the driving duties evenly with could happen. Jimmy Messick had Matt Towery put his Ford through it's paces at the F&L 400. After this takeoff, he each driving 200 mile;;:s;..· Th!,!!:e~b:;!ro~th:e!:rs:_. ---!v;;erv~b~a~d.!.lu~c;;!k~. ~H!!e~d:.:_n.:,:· v:;e..:1~8~m~i~le;;:s.;o:!.:n:_,;;;;toa;;;;k;;;;;;;;th;;;;e;;;;C;;;;ta;;;;s;;;;s;;;;8;;;;t";;;;o:;;;;iph_;;:;!Y~h;;;;o;;;;m;;;;e;;;;. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ . :~.. ~ • X )/i1:mt; ;!~:w;: :~•-BEST1N TUF DESER"T RACING ASSOCIATION ns Curt & Barrie 1st in Your lassesl Cu rt LeDuc and Barrie Thompson In The Spotlight. Barrie Thompson took first place honors in Class 1700 by nearly an h_our. Curt LeDuc won first place by 1 hour and 24 minutes in Class 8000, during the Best In The Desert, Parker 425 held in Las Vegas, NV. Curt LeDuc also finished an impressive 3.rd overall with a time of 7:31 :47! Great Job Guys! -Dusty Times April 2004 ~U'"W Page 33

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• Matt Gumz was in the fight for the top three in Class 9 blif he lost lots Brian Burgess had a trouble free run in the 1600 class and he took Ed Depina was a bit off the Class 9 winning pace, he ended up in the of time with a very long last lap. home the bronze medal from the MORE F&L Fuel 400. fourth place in his really great looking car. 81F===;,=.;;;~~mjiiiiiii'-n"iiiiiiajiiiiiiiiijii~~~~~~;;;;:;,;~;=;a;:;;a,'--1<K'.cornp:ftitricht"cdr;;ro;:;;vwe~fo~u;"rr1l;;ap;s~aMn~dITKTtim~ Kevin Kopetch was the fastest of the 13 Class 9 entrants, he took the class win with a bit over two minutes in hand ally. Gerardo finished first but the last five to six miles were a real battle between the two cars ·neck and neck. Somehow Gerardo broke his . . . . . . ..,. _;~ /:=~:=:=~~ ~~~ KREGER Fabric~tioo:,,hc.~-Pr~tt~:JtiltJo}providing race rea~v:i<nriiv2h~wiri:'ih~~~~;;tfove r·acer as well al the· deJirt enthusiast. For over 10 years KREGER Fab., has b,een offering a,wide ra11ge of products. from Custom Bunt Desert Cars and Pre-Runners to Floaters, Hub:s, and an extensive line of Off-Road Accessories. We also provide unsur-passed Race-Prep and Set-Up Services. KREGER Fabrication is your one stop race shop! Give us a call for more information and experience the dif-ference a KREGER Car or Race Set-Up can make! Page 34 Kopitch drove three reporting no problems. Doug Silcock drove the required seven laps with no one tak-ing over the driving duties and using one tank of gas to do it. Doug said he had no flats, changed co-drivers and the intercom stopped working but otherwise had a trouble free day only finishing a little over a minute be-hind the winner. Matt Gumz and Joel Peel brought home the bronze with their effort. A ball joint problem, throttle screen trouble and a flat on the last lap put them down on some time. Ed Depina started first off the line and ended up in fourth place in his single seat car. Mike Malloy was super fast, he took the Class 112-1600 win with ease and missed the overall by five minutes. Fifth place was Chris Haney in his red two seat car. This was the second race he has driven in and his co-driver, Norbert Mill has never been in an off road car. What a way to learn. After Chris got out on Lap 3, Matt Shepard jumped in. Matt being used to driving a 1600 car, said "As for me, I'd forgotten how much rougher those 9 cars are. Give me back my power steering! My 200 miles seemed like 500." steering wheel and borrowed one from Cory Bantilan. Guy "Zilla" April 2004 Savada and dad, Art, were very happy to have finished the race. They had a string of bad luck last year and didn't see the finish line. Guy drove five laps and then Billy Worthing and Art got in the car to finish the race. They would like ~o thank the FAIR pit for their great support. Jeff Sack, Mike Norris and David Stevenson were unable to fin-ish. Class 9 had a total of 13 cars with seven of them making it to the finish line. The Kopitch team took seven hours and eight minutes to complete the seven laps required. Kevin The patriotic paint job on the sixth place finisher was nice to see. Ken Hucklebridge wa~ the last car of the class to start. The last car to complete all of the laps belongs to Elizabeth Proctor who drove four laps before get~g out, finishing in seventh. Jim Golden gave it a good run in Class 1, he came in second, about eight minutes in arrears at the MORE contest. The 5-1600 contest was close, Guy Savedra took the silver medal, a mere 65 seconds away from the top spot. Dusty Times

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John Kennedy comes in for a landing at the F&L 400, John finished Doug Si/cock was really flying at the F&L Fuel 400, he was second in Fifth place in the class 112-1600 battle went to Paul Keller, he was fourth in the Class 1600 contest. class 9, a bit over two minutes out of the win. just slighUy off the pace for the required nine laps. A blown transmission put the ef-the FAIR pit dub, butlaterbroke an Winner of the 1977 Baja 1000 by They rolled the F9rd Ranger after .-points for this season. A copy of how fort of Steve Morgan and Scott upper ball joint, finishing up in 12th. Frank Vessels. Matt had a lotoffun the MOREawardsceremonyisJanu- this system works can be picked up Annand out of contention on the Last, but not forgotten in thisclas.5, is in Lucerne. Driving a total of six laps, ary. Jim is now in the process ofre- at the timing trailer at any of the last lap. Dan Owen along with Dan Cory Bantilan who drove a 9 car Matt gave rides to his crew that has building what is left after the car- races. Martin completed six laps. Drew sporting a purple VW body. Cory helped him out. He had to stop a few nage. Jim was out there to help out The next race planned on the Kelty did not have a good start with steering wheel finished in first place times to add oil and lost his brakes on FAIR with pitting. George Lamonte MORE schedule is for March 26-2 7 stalling on the starting line. The single in 5-1600 when he loaned it to Ger- the last lap but Matt reported a good showed up and was unable to com- in Barsto·w. Additional companies seat car went five laps and called it a ardo Iribe. time by all. plete a lat. He was seen on the course had signed up for contingency mak-day. Ron Rash, car #990, broke a Matt Towery showed up in a full One mini truck showed up. No, with a drive train problem. ing it MORE worth your while to race steering column that was welded by size 8 truck that has a lot of history. it was not Jim Fay and Diego Lopez. MORE has a new system to store with this series. ~ Chris Haney had a few really bad laps and that dropped him to a fifth Sixth place in the Class 1600 contest went to Dave Girdner, seen Sadly, "Ace" Bradford, seen here at speed, passed away in his car place finish in the highly competitive Class 9 race. here ready to launch at !lie F&L Fuel 400 contest. during the race, a heart attack the supposed cause. : 1111'1/11&.•l'!!!!!t S~K . ..,._ • .,.,,_,'IIICHN_OI.OGY 714.530.8701 • FAX714.530.B702 12842 JOY STREET, GARDEN GROVE, CA 92840 WMNV.Jcingshoclcs.corn Dusty Times April 2004 2.5" --€1hi!.i~ Need coil springs? Coll King Shocks! We have custom and produdion coils in stock, and the experience to get you what you need. Call today! Page 35 L... wtt::.

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CODE VW AUTOPARTES 250 ~ Lugo ~onquers 1600 Group By]. Preston Bradshaw Photos: Foto-Baja-Mex Ricardo Coronado had a great race, he ran trouble free and took the Class 8 win with ease, he was first ov{lrall as well. was really a horse race for the gold medal. When the dust had cleared it was Victor Lugo, out of Mexicali who took home the laurels. Victor ran his race in 5:05:54 and was second over-all, missing the coveted first overall spot by a mere four minutes. He re-ally did a nice job. Second.spot in the 1600 class went to Jorge Sanchez, also from Mexicali and he was a mere two minutes away from the class win. Bill Hanson, from Yuma, Arizona was third in the 1600 battle but a penalty set him down a spot and that put Jaime Boquiren, from San Diego, into the bronze medal category. Martin Gonzales and Richard Cons, both from Mexicali were the fifth and sixth place finishers in 1600. Jplio tron (/[OY.!LJliS gr~/iUOOkifJJJ BJJjg,,j}µg to_the Cliiss .S.-1600 vil:tory, be... won Giass-1 wasnlt-well represented, by just a minute and change, 13th overall. there was only one entry, Juan Carlos The first CODE race of the were 120 entries lined up and ready Ibarra, but he never got to the finish 2004 season, the VW Autopartes to go and for the most part, they all line, end of Class 1 entry. 250 was run on January 31 and a made a good race of it. Class 10 had five entries, only two good time was had by all. There · The largest class was 1600 and that of them got to the checkered flag and ~--------'c__-------""--Gabriel Barragan was the big winner in class 1, he had over three minutes in hand at the end and was 18th overall in the race. they both had troubles along the way. First in Class 10 was Alfredo Canchola, he's from Mexicali and al-though he took the class win he was a long time getting there and was listed at 17th overall. Doug Aleman was second in class but he was more than eight and a half hours getting to the finish and finished 33rd overall. There were five entries in Class 8 but only one of them made it all the war to the finish line. And, &_uess what? He was first overall with a time of 5:02: 19; obviously having a trouble free run. Ricardo Coronado made it a fast run in his Ford truck and was a very happy gut, taking the class win and the overall as well. Class 5 had three entrants but there is little to report as none of them were able to complete the race. Class 7 had nine entries and the first two guys fought it out all the way. The class win went to Gabriel Barragan, he's from San Luis, Arizona and he was listed as 18th overall. Sec~ and across the finish line was Jose A Gonzalez from Mexicali and he was just a tick over three minutes in arrears at the flag. His 20th overall finish had to do a lot for his self-esteem. Third in class was Victor Islas, from Mexicali, 24th overall and fourth in class was •Mario Montes, 32ndoverall. They were the only finishers in Class 7. There were 13 5-1600's in the race and six of them made it all the way to the finish. Julian Patron, he's First in Class 18 was the good looking truck of Julio Curiel, he won by Josue Delgado took the Safari Class win with ease, he had almost an Jorge Sanchez gets it up in the air on his way to a nice second place almost an hour and was 8th overall in Sportsman. hour in hand at the end and was 4th overall in Sportsman. in the Class 1600 conflict, 3rd overall in the race. Jaime Boquiren was the third finisher in the 1600 class, he was a Jose Gonzalez was really flying, he finished a decent second place A very close second place finish in Class 5-1600, Eduardo Pena great fifth overall as well, seen here at speed. in Class 1, just three minutes out of the class win. missed the big win by just a bit over a minute. Page 36 April 2004 Dusty Times

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The Class 7S winner was Dan Street, seen here in his good looking Ford truck, 10th overall in the race standings. The Class 11 win went to Miguel Mexia, seen here in his neat and tidy bug heading for the cherished finish line. from Chula Vista took the class win, he was 13th overall for his efforts. Just over a minute later came Eduardo Pena, he's from Mexicali and was officially given 14th over-all. Arturo Islas, also from Mexicali was third in 5-1600, he is listed as finishing 16th overall. Class 7s had five entries but, un-fortunately, only one of them was able to find the finish line. Dan Street, from San Diego was the class winner, he turned a very quick time of 6:08:36 and was listed as a very quick 10th overall in the race standings. There were 12 Class 9 cars en-tered but they too had troubles and only five of them finished the race. Eric Fisher, from Ensenada was the class winner, he was listed as an as-tonishing eighth overall, quite a feat for a Class 9 car. Second in Class 9 was Ramon Nunz, from Mexicali, he was more than half an hour ifi ar-rears and he finished 15th overall. The Class 15 winner was Jose Gutierrez, he took the class by over half an hour and was 1st overall in the Spottsman category. Alfredo Canchola was the Class 10 winner but he had lots of troubles to plague him along the way, 17th overall in the race. Dusty Times Eric Fisher took the Class 9 win, he did a remarkable job, finishing eighth overall in the standings. Hector Pimentel had to hustle to win Class 14, he took the win with only a five minute cushion over second place. Humberto Solorzano, he's from T ecate took the bronze medal in Class 9, 21st overall in the race. The other two finishers were Ricardo Fierro and Juan Mayoral, Jr. There were seven entrants in Class 11 and five of them made it all the way to the finish. Miguel Mexia, from Mexicali was the class winner. Second in class was Hugo Zamora, from Ensenada, he was 15 minutes event ot a crash • ftllows head mouement in arrears. Third was Mexicali resi-dent Francisco Escareno, he was over an hour behind second place and he was followed in by Luis Carapia and Gonzalo Jimenez. In the Sportsman classes there was lots of entries and lots of action. In the Class 14 contest there were seven drivers in contention and three of them made it all the way around. Hector Pimentel, from • no cumbersome collar to wear • Quick, ooe-Ume adjustment • Does not hook into lap belt • Reduces neck tension by 45-70% • Great for all types of motor racing, especially where driuer changes· are common 1.BOIJ.700.2350 • Fax 909.360.0436 3834 Wacker Drive • Mira Loma, CA 91752 Aprll 2004 Mexicali was the class winner and second overall in Sportsman cat-egory. Rodrigo Obeso was second across the line, he too is from Mexi-cali and he finished less than five minutes behind the leader and wa·s shown ~s third overall in Sportsman. Rick Sanchez, from Calexico was the third and final finisher in Class 14, listed at seventh overall. There were 13 Class 15 vehicles entered and seven of them made it to the end of the race. The big winner was Jose Gutierrez, Tijuana, and he ripped around the course in 3:51 :09, listed as first overall in the Sportsman · division. Second was Oscar Hernandez, he's from Calexico and he finished half an hour behind the class leader. Evaristo Nunez, from Mexicali was the third place finisher and was sixth overall in Sportsman. There were 10 running in Class 18 and 500Ai of them made it all the way to the finish. Julio Curiel, Hacienda Heights, CA was the class winner, he had a trouble free run and was eighth overall in Sportsman. Ramon Hurtado, from Mexicali, was second to finish in class but he was almost an hour back from the class winner. Miguel A. Jimenez took the bronze medal in Class 18, he was about 50 minutes behind second place. There were 14 entered in the Sa-fari class and only five of them fin-ished. The class winner, Josue Delgado, Mexicali, had a good run, he finished fourth overall in Sports-man. Lorenzo Dojaquez came in sec-ond in Safari class, he was quite a way back from the class winner, close to an hour, he was ninth overall in Sportsman. Third to finish in class, also from Mexicali, Miguel Dario had a long day, almost six and a half hours to the finish but glad to be there in 13th overall in Soortsm:m. The race had a 44% finishing ra-tio, not too bad for the first race of the season. Next race on the CODE schedule is the Grupo T ersa BFG 200, April 24th in Saq Felipe.~ Page 37

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fastest time on Stage 7 by 22 sec-onds. In third place was Seamus Burke, with Char-lie Bradley riding shotgun and they are sitting in third place, a . mere five seconds out of second spot. time champion of Motocross found the snowy, ice cold rally world quite a bit dif-ferent of what he was used to· as he buried his car deep into a snow bank pn Stage 4. It cost him about 20 minutes and dropped him well down in the standings. WHY AREN'T YOU ADVERTISING YOUR WARES IN DUSTY TIMES?????????????????r??? Most of the competitors made it through the 818-882-0004 Group 5 Cham-first four special Second Group N, 2nd overall, snow flying, sliding through a tum, stages bu t many Shane Mitchell and Paul Donnelly in their Subaru lmpreza WRX found the final three stages Utecht had a run in with a much more challenging than snow bank during the night the early portion of Friday's stages and Leon Styles Mitsu-ac tion. Ramana Lagemann bishi fought ice buildup on was out of the verit with ma-the windshield with a non-op-jor steering problems on his erating defroster. pion Doug Shepherd was leading Group 5 after the first day and is running Subaru lmpreza WRX, Mark Travis Pastrana, the many eighth overall. Chris· Whiteman leads the Group 2 contingent and is sitting in 12th overall. Patrick Moto is leading the Production GR di-vision and sits 13th overall. Competition ftlr System the budget racer in mind. Conuerted by the pro's at Parker Pumper to ultimate lono travel Get tl,e benefits of °"' Lo,,g Travel system ad 3" lift spindles, aeatiog 6" of lih for inaedi6/e ground deoronc,. rr@v<t! ■ 3' lift spindles ■ Upper Control arms ~~~W)' ■ Lower Control arms ■ Coil springs ■ 3 way front shocks ■ Performance rear shocks ■ Rear kit deUuer maximum air flow, this HJC helmet is Snell m-rated, and is auailabte in sizes S-HHKL ford lono travel system a· Suspension System used in a racing 1 appllcati□n with coil aver shacks. Using Fabtech custom I beams, this configuration cycles au! at 19' al wheel travel The comalete saurce"ltir race,s an11crews • Fax 909.360.0436 • • bod Rit . Our lull llne !!fiberglass kits include front lenders, bedsides and hoods. The front fenders and bqdsides custom i beams Olfroad bullet proof design provides maximum strength with 4130 Chromoly steel ...__ ____ __. are Oared with wheel travel in mind. 3-wau adjustable shocR absorber ___ _... _ _._ /' --:PROTeCH=. (.0 pa111•011manc• INOCKI touota Jono travel system Our Toyota 2 wheel drive, 6' 'Ivan Dan' l□ng travel system. Bullt ta satisfy all the sertous □If readers out there. Page 40 1 /Bth' thick plate and tubular inner structure. 1990-94 lord ranger y · performance sustem Our extended radius arms are □llset further inboa!d □llertng increased tire cli!arance and 4 • more wheel travel . Dual Shock System 2 shacks per !rant whee~ adds high perf□rmaJ_1ce dampening. extended radius arms Our exh!llded radius arms are offset further inboard for increased tire cli!arance. Ranger models sh□wn, which include new pivot mounts. 1998-on lord ranger z.s· performance sustem 2.5' □f lift with a 2' increase in wheel travel 1973-87 C10 Y " lono travel sustem Gives you the needed clearance far 33' tall tires . April 2004 angled spare tire mount ~ Constructed using 1 1 / 4' steel tubing and MIG welded al the j□ints far long lasting strength and durability. rr flat spare tire mount stamped steel tabs Our vast ass□rtmenl of stamped sleel labs simpllly y□ur labrtcati□n needs. www-Fabtechmotorsports_com DH E-MAIL US AT info@fabtechrnotorsports.com Dusty Times

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In Memorium It has been seven years since Jean Calvin slipped her earthly bonds and went to that great off road race in the sky. Jean was such a great lover of our sport and of all those who participated in it. She loved to race, hated to work on the car but was always available with opinions on how to make things work. Jean was the greatest promoter of off road racing that there ever was so, when you have a spare minute, think a good thought for Jean, she is still watching over us and we all still miss her. Jolwv 13. Calviw 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 J~an 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 HDRA 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 whole time. A great time was had by all! fhey came back ye!l,r after Page 42 year·, Jean having fun and. their home in the San John asking why are we here? Fei:nando 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 rac.ing 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 belief. 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 downhill 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 some 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, w:ill 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 in Dusty Times. off road races in the sky. It was Jean, many will follow in only the_n that I realized tha:t 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 Mental Images When did it happen? How did she convince her husband . John to go along with her ob-session with off road racing? Whenever we hear words or phrases, our mind sons through its' infinite data base and displays the :mage that represents what we heard. As if by magic we have in-stant recall of che events chat have made impressions on our mind. One of che bits of information chat has made an inde!ible impression on my mind, is rhat of Jean Calvin. For chose of you chat did not have rhe opportunity co know her as I did, this is che image char my mind brings up for me to remember. 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. Ir was the running of the 25th SNORE 250 in Jean, Nevada. A. J. and I decided to enter chat race April 2004 for its' historical significance. to talk ·to;-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 !1111sh l_111e for post ~ace tech and time when there weren't many mspectton. Along wtth t~e racers women driving off road, so we there were the race officials, the had a common basis for our talk. media, a~d ~undre~s of spectators: We could trade horror stories It was qutte 1m~ress1ve. Then, fro!'Il about bathrooms and one-piece out ~f the park111g area, J s:iw Jean driving suits and 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 negouate the then I was writing also, and of-bu!ms 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. 111 Itself, was no easy task-for her, And I also co-drove·with her in because she had lost half of her her race car. We ran in Class 9, suspension _sys~em and needed a and then moved up to the 1-2-cane to ma111ta111 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 ·Dusty top. Proceedmg at an angle, she re-Times she moved from our office peated_ rhe process. Down the face building, but I was writing for of the burm, pause, up the face of her regularly, and we talked to the middle of the burm, pause, each other often. Then in '94 she down the b_urm, pause, up the last moved back to an office adjacent burm and she was across. You to mine. she was by then dealing might say to yourself, why didn't with the loss of the lower part of you help her? Well !'11 cell y~u why. her left leg, as well as the near con-she would have hit me with her stant pain from the plates and cane! Jean was very independent. screws that held both legs together. As she approac~e1 the throngs of. Still, her indomitable will took her people, her face. In up and pale? to work seven days a week and to the afternoon sun. She looked as 1f h ' • h h d · h. d J"fi 1 as many races ass e could fit 111. sd e a I JU~dt ac ieve !fa ht e, onhg She broke her hip a couple of ream. sat to myse , w at s s e d • d smiling at? Then it dawned on me. years ago an m1sse 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 year ago she had to perceived them as conquering war- be persuaded to leave _the office to riors returning from some distant se~ he~ doctor. Her gn_t a~d deter-campaign. To her they were all he- m111auon were asto111sh111g. 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 done. its' champioi:is, and I hope that Jean was a rough old bird, your 1:1ental image of Jean para!-stubborn, critical, loyal and hon-leis m111e. 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. pain any longer. Much more than that: Jean was a men;or, 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-ticle she'd written. She was easy · JudySmith Dusty Times

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► car. CORE member~ were there for race support and to cheer him on. Randy had passed many other cars and finished in a pack. Corrected time took a few minutes to calculate and Randy Was thrilled to be de-clared the winner. Congratulations Randy. BFGaadricH Corner 'It /IIIP"" ~ By Ann Donaldson California Off Road Enthusiasts (CORE} was started back in the late Bis~ The-same time other pit clubs wuestatml,, some along with CORE havcendwuho this day. The CORE dubisalra, pitn all type5 of of road -.ehclafrom buggies to trucks. CORE on setting up pits for different Jllt]IIJ(lteU thi;. year. The yar licked off with the an-nualCOREawankfor driver, pit per-sm,, amdpason of the year. Thewin-nns are Johnny Burns fot Driver of me Year, Johnny finished second in _ ninedass poirit5 and seventh overall inlhe:SNORE series. Pit Peson of the Year 1'ffll to Bot,. Depew who bas btto:vitalpilhelpand has been tow-ing the alRE trailer to the races. Pason of die Year award went to Ti Foody-who took on the duties racr directm-. A custom black jachumbroidered with their name and.wliat was woo' on the back is pre-lmtedtothe winners. Thanks for all the help these guys gave to CORE for lhepa.st year. Thrfirst CORE pit event was in )cmumy at the SCORE Laughlin Desert CbaRenge. Randy Jones raced ms UiOO car. Randy waS running strong in second place on Saturday wb::n he rolled ending his run for the c:hccfced flag for the day. A little known fac.t, Randy won Day 2, four ~ ahead of the second place The CORE club was out in force for the first MORE·race of the year in Lucerne Valley. Since this race is 400 miles, most drivers teamed up. Brad Inch and Randy Jones in 1600, Davy Girdner and Jeremy Craig also in a 1600 car. Brad bad motor problems from the starting line. After three laps, Randy got in. At this point, the motor was not very happy. When Randy rolled the car a makeshift roof was constructed. Babe Jones came up with the idea to use a door from his motor • home. It was then noticed that oil was leaking and the decision was made to call it a day. Davy and Jeremy had better luck. Two flat tires on remote places on the course slowed them down but they did take the check-ered flag, finishing in 6th place. Only a few drove or co-drove the entire nine lap race. Three teams that CORE pitted for, Bryon Ziegler and co-driver, Ryan Radall stuck it out in their 1600. T'aey hit a rock in the dust resulting in two front flats along with carburetor jetting problems. They fin-ished in 11th. Mike Malloy finished second over-all and won the 1600 class. Ac. v. boot problem caused some down time but his bright orange car showed how it is able to perform and his driving skill took the trophy home. Wayne Nosala broUght out his bright blue beam car for the second time to race. He won Class 1 and took the overall win. Excenent radio support from CORE helped him take the big trophy home. Pit support consisted of main pit with four outlying pits. Main c pit had Allison Chase keeping lap times and radio communications at a superb level. Along with Thom Singer, Bob · 1 ·eams racing on BrUoodrich tires swept every class in which they competed, including taking home the overall victory in the San Feli-pe 250, held in San Felipe, Mexico. Mark Post scored his first over-all win and first win in the re-no~ned Trophy Truck class this year, while other BFGoodrich Tires teams scored 15 of 16 class wins and the top 10 positions overall. "We love going to Mexico, es-pecially when the results end up like this", said Frank DeAngelo, Off Road Motorsports Manager for BFG. "We are extremely pleased with each of our teams efforts and Depew, Steve McMillin and John Lapes, Mike Ridlan and the Jones family clan. This included the always entertaining Babe Jones. His wife, Barbara. provided an excellent spa-ghetti dinner the evening before the race. Tim Baker was there with his parents who provided chicken with all the trimmings for lunch. Aside from pit duties, the crew was amused by watching someone try tQ start his motorcycle. For about 20 minutes, with many attempts and few people trying to start it. It finally did start to a round of cheers from CORE pit per-sonnel. Pit A consisted of the veteran CORE pit family, Gary and his daugh-ter, Kara Hall, who brought a friend and T.J. Greig was also present. They reported a relaxed day with no pit activity. Pit B consisted of Johnny Burria, Tom Craig Sr., Dave Caspino. They too reported not much activity. Johnny did help tum over a 1600 car that flipped on it's lid. Pit Chad Tim Lindsay and Todd and Kyle Jorgenson running it. Todd 1RANSAXLE ENGINEERING, INC. SNORE 1999 Transaxle Builder Of The Year congratulations M.O.R.E. F&L 400 Wayne Nosal■ Mike Malloy l.81 Class 1 -1st Overall 1st 1/2-1800 -2•111 Ov•rall BIii Markel - Class 1 - 4111 Overall TlUlNSAXLE ENGINEERING JEFF FIELD 9763VARIEL AVENUE CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 818-998-2739 age46 April 2004 Tires we're particularly happy with the Baja T/A's performance in a race that has gained a reputation for being one of the fastest races on the schedule. The BFGoodrich T/AKR helped four-wheel teams beat the motorcycles to the finish line, the first time this has ever happened in a SCORE desert race. The Baja T/ A is the only professional grade, ultra high performance, race proven tire offered to the public. With 18 consecutive victories in the Baja 1000, off road racing's leg-endary endurance race, the Baja TIA offers an aggressive tread pat-towed Brad's car back to the main pit. In doing so, he got a flat on his truck but was able to change to a spare tire. . Pit D was the last pit before the finish line. Dave Girdner Sr. and Rich Clark saw the most pit action. They changed tires on three separate cars. Roving from main to outlying pits was Larry Altolf. He has been vital with bringing parts and car parts to where it's needed. This race he brought back to the main pit what was left of Brad Inch's roof among other duties. Thanks to all who helped out. A quick side note, some-one was tagging motor homes with stickers at the main pit. These were nice die out sticlters with a team logo on them. we know who you are. CORE has a new member, Rich Clark. who recently bought a 1/2-1600 car. Rich was able to shake the car down after the race was completed and very happy with his purchase .. Rich plans on racing this year. We can't wait to see it race. Johnny Burns will race the first SNORE race of the season. There looks like CORE will have a strong showing at the SNORE Buffalo Bill's race in April. This race is a fun course and a favorite of many racers. If you have any questions about CORE, v1s1t our website, www.corepits.com or contact Wayne Nosala at (818) 703-1971. See you in the desert. By Clive Skilton After years of absence, Jeeps were back in numbers racing on the legendary Parker race course. All Jeepspeed entries ran two 135 mile laps. Fifteen Jeepspeed entries were present: six were rookies and nine were returning !003 racers. Although the drivers had talked of a con-servati've first lap pace, they were foot to the floor all the way. Mike Barnett was first out with rear axle problems just a few miles into the race. Steve Ghamari had new car blues af-ter 20 miles but carried on at a tern with industry leading durabil-ity. For more than 30 years, BFG tires have used motorsports as a proving ground. Success on the street begins with winning on the track and BFG Tires is involved in every type of racing, including oval, road, drag, desert and extreme rock crawling. With 18 consecutive Baja 1000 wins, the most wins in rock crawling history and an un-matched record on pavement BFG Tires has proved the only records it breaks are it's own. You can visit BFG Tires on line at www.bfgoodrichtimes.com. reduced pace. Charlie Peltzer hit a boulder with the front dif-ferential and that slowed his pace a bit. Thirteen of the 14 starters cleared the 100 mile mark by late morning. Currie led Thomp-son by 10 seconds, Peltzer was six minutes back. Thomasson was a minute later and Bunch was right on his tail. Jon Gymer was sixth on the road at the 100 mile mark, followed by Louis, Hayosh, Ghamari, Hunt, Frey and Copitas, all running about a minute apart. This very close, highly competitive racing is the exciting norm in these restricted Jeepspeed Challenge race cars. There was a nerfing incident past the 100 mile mark, Thomasson and Bunch were in-volved and both drivers were found guilty of abusive nerfing, t·heir points were cancelled for the Parker race and both are on probation for the remainder of the 2004 Jeepspeed Challenge. As the race progressed Casey Currie and the Skyjacker car of Barrie Thompson drove away from the rest of the field. Casey broke a lower shock mount on a rock and Barrie cruised by him to take the race win. Going only two laps, the winning Jeepspeed car was fourth overall, finishing just behind his soulmate, the Skyjacker Ford of Curt LeDuc. Currie finished one hour later. Tim Hayosh, the Stock class winner was only 28 minutes be-hind the Pro car of Currie, fol-lowed by Frey, Gymer and Hunt. On Sunday morning, at the Blue Water Casino, Casey Folks presented trophies and prize monies from Best In The Desert organization. Add)tionally, Clive Skilton, founding father of the Jeepspeed organization presented extra prize checks and trophies from the Jeepspeed sponsors, American Racing Wheels and BFGoodrich. After this hugely successful start to the 2004 Jeepspeed rac-ing season, Skilton reminded all in attendance that the second Jeepspeed round will be held at the Mojave 250 in Barstow, CA. The date is April 3, 2004 and the race is presented and sanc-tioned by Mojave Desert Rac-ing. Point Standings as of the BITD Parker are: Pro class: Barrie Thompson, 50 points; Ray Currie, 41 points; John Cole-man, 32 points; Mike Barnett, 23 points. Stock class.: Tim Hayosh, 30 points; Bill Frey, 25 points; Jon Gymer, 20 points; James Hunt, 15 points. Dusty Times·

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Box 2122 CALEXICO, CA 92231 4x4 FOREVER, LTD. 1665 DELAWARE ST. 0sHKOSH,Wl54901 ATTb.NTION 12.ACb. c 12.ALLY 01<.C'.;'ANIZb.l<.6 List your coming events in DUSTY TIMES free. It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailiing list. Don't call, but mail your 2004 schedule as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: 1115151101 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-5003 REDl.JNE PERf oRi1AIICE, !NC. LS1 6 I-STAR PRE-RUN OR RACE PACKAGES NORTltSTAR PACKAGES ROM $7500.00 COMPLETE 400 HP LS1 PACKAGES FROM $13,500.00 COMPLETE 485 HP WE OFFER COMPLErE DYNO SERVICES, ENGINE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS AND AN UNMATCHED REPUTATION FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTIONn (714) 777-5758 PHONE (714) 777-5759 FAX 4531 l!ISl!'NNOWElt CfltCll!' ANAHl!'fM, CA. 92107 April 2004 Page 53

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... Classified ... Some of the items advertised in these pages may not be legal for sale or use in all 50 states. Read-ers are advised to consult appro-priate local or state authorities for information before purchase of any specific item. Tatum Motorsports built '99 Tahoe 2 door/4 seat. Street legal with only 835 miles! Full tube chassis, plate A-Arms, race truck style suspension. Front dual A-Arm, 21" travel, Sway-A-Way shocks, (2 per wheel), Cone spindles, CNC. Rear trailing arm 3 link with 24" travel, Eibach springs, Sway-A-Way (2 per wheel), CNC, Cone. Mogi Turo 400 trans, Dana 60 rear. Castillo Motorsports 400 ci. Engine, 15" Cha.mpions with Bead-lock, BFG Baja T A's. A/C, stereo, PCI ra.dio1 Beard, Crow, Autometer, Halon Fire System, on board welder, por-table air. $180K. Ref #895. Call Baja Brokers (760) 723-2117 or check us out at www.bajaconcepts.com. FOR SALE: Ford Ranger/ Pre-Runner. Full Chromoly-. Tig-Welded chassis 3.0 Kuster coil overs-dual rate 4.0 V-6-New, smog legal. Fresh rebuit trand's. Ford 9" Rear emd w/ chromoly axle's, 5.14 R & P, spool, trussed and 4 linked with Hymes-3.1 splined Willwood rear disc brakes. Ford 1 ton spindles with disc brakes. Boxed chrcimoly beams. Boxed Chromoly ex-tended radius arms. Equal length Hymes steering. Limit straps and Swaybarred 35x12.50 Goodyear project's. Imco 36 gal fuel tank. Beard · seats,Deist belts 5 pt. Auto-meter gauges-Custom dash Art Carr shifter. Quick re-lease steering w/u joints. Fi-berglass hood and fender's. Dual Tran·s cooler's.Aluminum radiator w/quick release core support w/fan's. All stainless fuel and oil lines. 24" frt tr.avel-30" rear travel. Dual Optima Batterey's. All painted white-Must See. More info and photo's e-mail-Jeff@mckenzies.com (714) 441-1212. Over $75,000.00 in-vested, sell for $32,000.00. FOR SALE: Class 3 Jeep "77", 401,550 Hp AMC, Turbo 400, Dana 60 rear w/spool, Dana 44 front, Swayaway shocks, Parker Pumper 34-gallon cell, BFG Baja Ter-rains, Quadratrac, Auto-meter, Art Carr, remote trans cooler, lights, radio, lots of spares, race ready! Class champion. $28,500.00 (623) 566-4828. : or ro ite race truck CORR series, stan-d a rd ize d chassis, King Shocks, 9" rear. end, new Boatec Body, exceptional alu-minum work. HPV igni'tion , Autometer Dry Sump Scot cr.ank, Carrillo Rods, JE Pis-tons, Engine and aluminum head by Sellin performance. Dual 48 webers.· G-Force 5 speed with Long shifter. Gold star clutch. ATL Fuel Cell. Strange alum carrier, Howe steering, Wilwood Brakes. Everything like new. Raced 1 season. $30,000.00. Ready to Race. (402) 750-4163. FOR SALE: 1968 Ford PreRunner/Race. 351C Cobra Jet O hrs. Art Carr C-6 Currie Rear 5.14 w/ steel spool Wilwood. 2.5 Sway-A-Way front. W /air bumps. 22" Travel. 2.5 Fox rear. W /air bumps, Sway Bar 25" rear, 3 link. 2".120 chassis, 32 gal cell, Simp-son, Aeroquip, CNC, much more. Kurt $12,500.00 OBO 909 672-7406. FOR SALE: 28" Ultra Hauler Trailer, full bath/ kitchen, king bunk, 3 couches/beds w/tables, race interior, Onan 7K generator, 2 Gas tanks 60/ 30, 2 1 SK A/C's W /Heat, dual Thermo windows, sat-ellite, Awnings, Hydraulic Brakes, M.T. Wheels, l0pl. tires, for all toys! $25,995.00 OBO (909) 721-1-890 or (909) 244-4051. FOR SALE: Class 5-1600 SCORE legal. Fat Motor, Mendeola transaxle, Fox Shocks, PCI Radios, Cen-terlines, Parker Pumper, SACO, chromoly frame, very light competitive car. Buy it all or may be willing to part out. Make reason-able offers. (415) 586-7972 FOR SALE: International or (925) 518-3881. toterhome with 40' drop deck ,...-~----SELLERS WANTED; Baja trailer. Setup has·a stove, mi--------------~ Brokers is desperate for crowave, fridge,•sink, shower, FOR SALE: Jimco 1/1600 more sellers as our inven-toilet and can sleep 4 persons. 1" 2003 SCORE Points and tory is shrinking due to re-FOR SALE: 115" Wheel Base Single Seat chassis, combo spindles, Wright Rack-n-pinion,Fresh 1600 single port, driver air system, 18 gallon fuel cell. $9500.00 OBO. www. ca rlo ts e rvices. com/ db.htin or call Chuck at (254) 442-1683 . . FOR SALE: )imco SS Class 12, Completely Rebuilt in 2003. New Major 1776, Hewland, Fox·, Coilover/By-pass Flameout, Beard, Micro Stubs. Very Fast, Ready to Race. $32,000.00. Call Mike @ (909) 660-6999. '" . FOR SALE: Chenowth Class 9, Fresh motor, Fields tranny, Beard, CNC, Fox, 300m tor-sions, Wright rack, PIAA, Crow Belts, BFG, Cactus Pumper, Race Radio, inter-· com, Spare motor, trans, tires, wheels, arms, spring plates, etc. $7,500.00 or Be.st offer. (909) 849-1002. FOR SALE: Class 8 Chevy, 2 generators, 2 year old 20x40 True Grit. 1" Laughlin, cent sales. Please contact Dale White Truck, zero time black canopy, air compressor, Laughlin Leap, San Felipe us so we can hefp you sell FOR SALE: Raceco on ground up rebuild, 428 overhead tire/storage rack, 12 and Baja 500. New FAT your vehicle with minimal Racecar, 3 race radios, 1 dry sump s/b, Braswell, Dual new tires, new paint in 2002, motor, CNC disk brakes, hassle and excellent ser-base antennae, 2 Bell hel-MSD, Mogi TH 400, BORLA, could be setup to haul 2 ve-PCI, FOX, Mastercraft. vice! Clients ranging mets, wired for radios, 2 CNC 6 piston, Lee PS, 55 gal hicles. Tractor has a 350hp. Prepped and race ready. across the globe and need race suits-fire suits, 2 dump Fuel Safe, Optimas, Bilstein Detroit, 13 speed, licensed as $19,000.00. Spares available. more listings to help ser-cans, gas pump for 50 gal external Coilovers, New a "RV", no CDL needed!. Se-Call Eric Allen (760) 497-vice the popular sport we drum, extra tires, Type 4 body, new everything, rious inquires only please. 5669. kitracer@cox.net. all enjoy. Visit motor, 2666cc built by spares. $60,000.00. Call $39,000.00OBO.CallJeffat http://www.race-www.bajaconcepts.com. FAT. $24,000.00 OBO Mike@ (408) 835-4921. (414) 630-6254. dezert.com/trader/eric. For more information. (626) 575-3547 Ext 0. ----------■---------■--------■----■---------------------------■------------------------------------·--Sell or swap your extra parts and pieces in DUSTY TIMES. Classified Advertising rate is only $25 for 45 words each month, not including name, address and phone number. Add $5.00 for use of black and white photo, or a very sharp color print. Maximum size 5"x7".All Classified Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE. REMEMBER - CLASSIFIED AD SPACE IS LIMITED - YOUR AD MAY BE PUT OFF ONE ISSUE IF NOT RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. Enclosed is$ ___________ _ (Send check or money order, no Cash} Name ------------------------------Address----------------------------Phone City---------------------------~--Please run ad times Mail to: DUSTY TIMES 20761 Plummer Street Chatsworth, CA 91311 DUllliJlilllll Classified Ad Deadlines 2004-2005 ISSUE DEADLINE May, 04 April 9, 04 June, 04 May 14, 04 July, 04 June 11, 04 August, 04 July 9, 04 Sept., 04 Aug. 13, 04 October, 04 Sept 10, 04 November, 04 Oct 8, 04 December, 04Nov 12, 04 January, 05 Dec 10, 04 February, 05 Jan 7,05 March, 05 Feb 11, 05 State ____________ Zip --------------------------~--,-,---,,.--~-~-----------------~-~-,-,,,-~-~-~-~---,,....,,._~ __________________________________________ _ -Page 54 April 2004 Dusty Times

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DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS WHO KEEP DUlliJlil■IG REPORTING THE OFF ROAD NEWS! FOR SALE: 2002 Kreger Fabri-cation Class 10. 2nd place '03 Baja 1000, 3rd place '03 Baja 500,Znd place Pro-IO Points Champion '02. Fully prepped and race ready. Wiks racing 2000cc TypelV, Kreger floaters and hubs, King shocks, Mendeola 5 speed, in dash Lowrancw GPS, PCiradio/intercom, the best of everything. $65,000 OBO Will Higman weekdays 714-848-8222e-mail: whigman@rwli.net • POWERFUL • PRECISE 2-Capacity, 180" Bends Steel, 4130, Stainless, Aluminum Square, Round, Bar, Pipe Perfect for the: • Race Car Builder • Small Fabrication Shop •Home Shop Call for a FREE BROCHURE Sell Your Car, Pre-Runner, Parts or Bits & Pieces Right Here ... Dusty Times Has The OH Road Readership You 're Looking For. Only $25 for up to 45 words plus $5 with photo. See Form on Page 54. (541 )382-1573 www.tubeshark.com Manut'ai:tiired By t!iCD Dusty Times FOR SALE: Chenowth 1000 1-1600 Top finisher. Close ratio Bus Box, Neal Pedals, Sway-A-Way bars, Fox Shock, King pin Front end, Fresh engine. Many internal mods. Driver air system, Al-ternator. Many extras. Only reason for selling-moved to different Class. Kennedy clutch. Goodyear tires. Alum wheels. (860) 584-9625. FOR SALE: 1600 PreRunner, 12: 1, Bus Trans, New superdigger III, Power Steering, Helm Front end, Parker Pumper, Halon Flameout, 20 gal roll Fuel Cell, Jamar Hydraulics, Fox Shocks, PCI Radio intercom wired helmets,, Mastercraft suspension seats, Centerline, more. Turn Key. Call Rich (909) 821-4523 $10,600.00. MAJOR PERFORMANCE Type 4 motor, 2.0 class 10. Brand new, super nice 44 Weber built by Kenny. 911 fan shroud, Web Cam, per-fect 2 seat Class 10,. Paid $8,000.00 will sell for $5,500.00. Call Rich at (760) 505-1700. FOR SALE: MDR Overall winning Class l Car. V-6 Chevy Bowtie racing engine, (New heads & Carb). King Shocks, 35" BFG's on Ultra Beadlocks. Ready to Race. $60,000.00 or make a real offer. Call Keith at (714) 746-1999, (714) 633-9994, or Dave at (714) 633-3635. FOR SALE: Chenowth 2 seat 10-12 car, 2275 cc, dual 44 Webers custom in-take UMP, Mendeola, Fox Coil overs and triple by-pass, Foddrill arms, Master-craft, Howe, Diablo, oil cooler MSD dual coil & MSD system, Hella & K.C. 32 gallon fuel cell $18,500.00. Call Mike @ (909) 244-4757 or (909) 721-2960. FOR SALE: 2 Seat Class l Chenowth.3.6L Porsche. Jeff Fields Auto tranny. Triple Bypass Bilstein w/ Fortin P.S . up front. New triple Bypass 3.0 Kings in rear-New Mastercraft Seats/nets, Summers Hubs, CNC front hubs. 934 CY'S. Super reliable-Car is race ready. $55,000.00. (858) 395-4565. FOR SALE: CODE 1400 Champ (2-1600) Ready to Race, Fox Shocks, SAW, King Adj, Woods Arms, Wright Combo & Steer-ing Box, Jamar, Beard VDO, Centerlines, 930 CV's, Thing Drums, Ump power steering. $11,000.00. No Motor $8,000.00 (760) 353-7489 or cell (760) 455-6608. • Custom Pro Cell Bladders with seamless Fuel Sale's "Pro Cell" is our top·oMhe-line racino cell /hat comes ready to super·tough, triple coated construction • 1 O year Bladder warranty • Safety foam baffling • Custom manufactured aluminum containers • FIA·FT3, SCORE and SODA approved • Custom manufactured fillers • (800) 433·6524 technical hotline • Over 25 years experience instal/andit'sbackedbya e . full 10 year warranty. . . ror -=ire into ca.l.l or writ.a to: J..J.rc.r&Lt ~r/ru.l. SAL• EL SAF 250 S . Z . 'fimbelr J..venue ReCDond, OP. 51'7156 RacingCe/ls 000-03-6524 1 , SU-92]-li015 http: //wvw. fue.l..•at'•. cc:a April 2004 FOR SALE: Truggy, Street Le-gal 4 seater. Brand new, less than 2K miles, built on 1973 Chevj, truck chassis (smog exempt). Total Performance 383, forge<i crank+ rods, Dart heads, 500hp. aluminum radiator, turbo 400. Fluidine tranny cooler w/fan., trussed Dana 60, 35 spline, spool. Wilwood disc brakes, 13" front travel w/ custom A-Arms and coil over shocks, 19" rear travel w/National springs and bypa~ shocks, 4 Fox air bumps, 4 Taylo seats w/5 pt. Harnesses, Moma, Autometer, Winters shifter, Howe P/S, CNC brake pedal, race radio, upholstered, 6 PIAA lights, 6 35" Yokohama race tire 32 gal. Fuel Cell Very fun on/off road. $35,000.00. Call Kevin at (619) 401-6783 or (619) 733-8388. FOR SALE: TSCO Motor-sports' Aluminum Chevy V-6-Built by HP Engines, w/Lethal Dose fuel injection, this engine has 500 + hp. This is a complete package, including electronics. We were going to upgrade our Class l O car to Class 1, but that car is being sold. $20,000.00. Call Mark at 1-800-547-2414. INDb.X TO AD\lb.12. 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